The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, November 20, 1935, Page 1

North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper ESTABLISHED 1873 Eth THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE io BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1935 Mayors Recommend Federal Relief Plan Extension GONTINUED CARE BY U.S. OF TRANSIENTS ALSO IS RRQUESTED Congress Will Be Asked to Pro-|* vide Dole Funds Through June 30, 1937 HOUSING PROGRAM FAVORED President Assures Conference That Uncle Sam Will Not Permit Distress Washington, Nov. 20.—()—Contin- uation of the federal relief program through the next fiscal year was rec- ommended Wednesday by the United States conference of mayors. The mayors decided to “petition congress for additional appropriations for the fiscal year 1936-37 sufficient to meet a planned and comprehensive program for relief work and direct ald to meet the unemployment situa- tion throughout the country for such @ period.” They expressed “appreciation and gratitude” for the parts played in the relief program thus far by congress and President Roosevelt,. who told them only Tuesday that the govern- ment was going to permit no one to starve. “Want State Aid In another resolution the mayors ‘urged that cities “fake proper steps to insure adequate and proper cooper- ation and contribution from their own states” to supplement federal funds. ‘The government's present work re- lef program was planned to care for 3,500,000 of the unemployed until next July 1, An extension in line with the mayors’ request would con- tinue federal relief activities until June 30, 1937. It asked the federal: government-to" continue relief for transients, holding that municipalities are unable to meet this problem adequately. The organization favored “a well- coordinated and extensive housing Program for the so-called low income group,” and pledged assistance to. the Preparation and realization of any such program financed substantially by the federal government. .. Places Budget First President Roosevelt, after saying the federal government would allow no person to starve, placed next year’s budget at the top of his work sched- ule Wednesday as he made ready to leave on his annual visit, to Warm Springs, Ga. Daniel Bell, director of the budget, and Representative Buchanan of ‘Texas, chairman of the house appro- Priations committee, have been asked to meet the president at Warm Springs Monday to go dver depart- mental requests and perhaps give some thought to relief needs after next July 1. . Repeats Question Addressing the niayors, Mr. Roose- velt repeated a question asked at the press conference: “Is the govern- ment going to stop direct relief next July?” answeg,” the it said, “was that the federal government, atid I am sure your answer will be the same for the city governments, does not propose to let people starve after the first of July any more than during the fra! few years.” able to work being given | jobs work relief projects and the others) being taken care of by states and mu- nicipalities, CONVICT DAUGHTER OF KILLING FATHER Mountaineers Heed Scriptural Injunction in Finding ~ Comely Girl Guilty Wise, Va., Nov. 20.—()—Attorneys, for comely Edith Maxwell, con’ of killing ‘her blacksmith father be- cause he objected to her coming. home at midnight, pushed attempts Wed- to sweep aside her 25-year Judge Rules Pair ‘ Must Share Cash 2 Brooklyn, N. Y., Nov. 20—(#)— .A wife has a right to all the cash she can. find in her husband's pockets, County Judge I. Nova ruled today. “It is not a crime when a wife relieves a husband of his pocket contents,” Judge Nova said in dis- @ larceny ‘complaint against Mrs. Carolyn Mead, 20, brought by her husband Frank Mead. But Judge Nove added: “What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander, a husband also has the right to relieve a wife's pocketbook of such monies as are there.” PIONEER DAUGHTERS FAVOR HOSPITAL 10 AID CRIPPLED CHILD Vote $5 to Rogers Memorial _ Fund; Urge Money Be Spent to Help Hanicapped Recommendation that the memorial for the late Will Rogers take the form of a hospital for crippled children has been made by the Burleigh County chapter, Pioneer Daughters of North Dakota. It voted a $5 contribution to the fund. ! The chapter, deeply interested in Camp Grassick, children health camp of the North Dakota Tuberculosis as- ,-O’Hare.Lauds Rogers Before Service Body A tribute to the late Will Rogers as the most humorous newspaper man of his day and one who also played.an important part in the more serious things in life, was paid by H. F. O'Hare in a talk before the Bismarck Kiwanis club Tues- day noon. O'Hare said it was only fitting orial of some sort should be erected to the memory of so important and great a man and invited Kiwan- ians to contribute to the fund which will go toward erecting the memorial. sociation, voted the gift from its funds and asked the memorial be of @ kind to aid the crippled and handi- capped child. During his lifetime, Rogers gave heavily of both time and money to charitable enterprises of this nature and rarely missed ‘an opportunity to visit such institutions. ‘What do YOU think should be done to perpetuate the memory of this great-hearted American? En- close your suggestion with your con- tribution and mail it to The Tribune or leave it at any bank. Total to date .........+..$264.50 KS SUBSCRIBE NOW Everyone has an opportunity to ating the memory of this fine American and it is hoped that AGGrOSE 2. ..crvcccccecceceercoses Make checks payable to Rog- ers | Commission. and proper that a suitable mem- |, Charred portions day. afte Ellsworth on Flight! Over Polar Region American Will Claim Vast Area of Antarctica for United States, He Radioes New York, Nov. 20.—(?)—Lincoln Ellsworth took off from Dundee island on his projected flight from the We- dell sea to the Ross sea at 2:50 a, m. Eastern Standard Time Wednesday— @ dispatch to the New York Times and the North American Newspaper Alllance stated. Ellsworth was flying in a plane piloted by Herbert Holick-Kenyon. Their route will take them across an unknown portion of Antarctica to Ad- miral Byrd’s former base at Little America. Ellsworth hopes to complete maps of the region he describes as the “great unknown.” The plane was in radio communica- tion with the supply ship at Dundee island and at 3:38 E. S. T. Ellsworth veported “all is well.” be * The supply ship will sail for the Bay of Whales which it expects to reach in five weeks, Ellsworth and the pilot will wait at Little America for the arrival of the ship. Ellsworth said he expected to make the flight of 2,140 miles, 1,300 over territory unseen before by man, in about 14 hours flying time. He wrote he would claim for the United States the unclaimed terri- tory from latitude 77 degrees to the 120th meridian and call it, after his father, James W. Ellsworth Land. BYRD LEFT SUPPLIES FOR ELLSWORTH AT BASE St. Paul, Nov. 20.—()—Rear Ad. Richard E, Byrd, South Polar explor- er, disclosed Wednesday Lincoln Ells- worth. will find supplies when he reaches Little America. “If the weather is all right he wouldn’t have any difficulty in mak- ing the, .fsom Dundee to Little Amerca. We left & supply of meat and canned goods for him and enough gasoline for his return flight,” Byrd said, FIVE PLEAD GUILTY TO FEDERAL LIQUOR TAX EVASION COUNT Two Mandan and Devils Lake Men, Fargo Resident, Change Mind as Trial Begins Five dofendants whom the govern- ment charged with conspiracy to evade the liquor tax, withdrew their pleas of innocence and admitted their guilt in federal district court here Wed- nesday afternoon. The pleas came after a jury had beeri selected and trial was under way before Federal Judge Andrew Miller. Sentence will be passed by Judge Miller at Fargo early next month. ‘The five, indicted with four others on charges of conspiracy to evade taxes, illicit operation of stills and concealment of liquor in places other than bonded warehouses, were Mike Guon and Joe Gold of Mandan; Henry Thoe and Maugice Weiner of Devils Lake,-and. Andrew Milkes of the Twin Cities. under the indictment are . M. Michaels, Don Barry and Floyd Rogers. Arthur Barenson of Fargo, Iso indicted, received a continuance of illness. He is on medical reprieve from the state penitentiary ¢ Bismarck, where he is under 18 2 sentence. P. W. Lanier, federal district at- torney, contended the five were mem- of @ Mquor ring which operated 1932 and extended into Minne- and Wisconsin as well as North defendants also were in- indictment returned persons for a similar of- covering @ ister period of In Ashes of His Home “Towner, N, D, Nov. 20. — () — of the body of a 73- year-old rancher-farmer, Jacob Cole, widower LUKEWARMNESS OF CHINESE HAS JAPS | IRKED, REPORT SAYS \Mikado’s Troops Concentrated Along Great Wall Ready for Occupation CONSCRIPTION IS ORDERED) United States Believed to Be Concerned Over Sino- Japanese Situation (Copyright, 1935, Associated Press) The Japanese military became irk- ed Wednesday, reliable reports said, over an impending meeting between Chiang Kai-Shek, military overlord of the central Chinese government, and Akira Ariyoshi, Japanese ambassador to China, on the North China auto- nomy movement. Ariyoshi left here to consult with Chiang and other high central gov- ernment officials as Chinese reports from the north said that, despite a strongly worded Japanese military warning, North China leaders were lukewarm to the campaign for self- government. A spokesman denied reports that Maj. Gen. Kenji Doihara had issued an ultimatum to North China auth- orities, demanding a favorable re- Sponse to demands for political in- dependence by noon Wednesday, un- der pain of Japanese army occupa- tion. Called Counter Act The military spokesman said the, only purpose of Japanese troop con- centration along the Great Wall was to counteract massing of Nanking troops just south of the provinces in- volved in the autonomy campaign. Although Nationalist government leaders ordered nation-wide military conscription there were scant indica- fons of active resistance to the movement, Chinese sources insisted that Major General Dojhara, “the Lawrence of Manchuria,” had threatened Japanese occupation of North China if Chinese Officials did not accede at once to demands for their answers to the autonomy program. Blame Currency Policies In Tokyo the campaign for political! independence of North China was at-| tributed in part by a Japanese for- eign office source Wednesday to American and British currency po- licies. A summary of Japan’s position, is- sued by this source, said the United States’ silver purchase policy, inten- sifying China’s economic troubles, and Britain's support of Nanking currency | {reform were among the factors “stim- julating the spontaneous popular movement for autonomy of North China.” In Washington, administration of- ficials were authoritatively described as concerned over the situation. American business firms have large holdings and investments there, but whether the U, 8. government migh: send a note to Japan or take other action to invoke the nine-power treaty remained to be seen, LAKE MAN INJURED IN STORE HOLDUP Paroled N. D. Convict Is Held for Assault of Residential Grocery Operator LOCAL ROTARIANS: TOLD ROGERS WAS Dr. E. P. Says Cowboy’s Wit and Humor Was Great Medicine for Nation The late Will Rogers, cowboy sage and humorist, was the best psycholo- gist and the greatest expert in men- tal diseases America has known since Mark Twain, Dr. E. P. Quain told fellow members of the Rotary club at their luncheon meeting Wednesday noon at the Grand Pacific hotel. Rogers, Dr. Quain said, spread hu- mor and good nature throughout the country, dosing it out like a physician treats his patients and with greatly beneficial effect. It was just what the nation needed to relieve it from worry and mental and nervous ten- sion, he said. Stressing the practical value of hu- mor as an aid to sound approach to pressing questions, Dr. Quain recalled the manner in which the late Thomas R. Marshall, when vice president, turned bitterness into good-will by remarking in the senate, during a de- bate on an economic question, that what America really needed was a “good five-cent cigar.” An International Laugh On another occasion, he said, busi- nessmen and officials of the United States and Chile were at odds on an important matter and a conference was called to discuss it. Both sides were looking daggers at each other Devils Lake, N. D., Nov. 20.—(P)— A Devils Lake merchant was dan- gerously injured and a paroled North Dakota prison convict Wednesday is held in the county jail facing charges of assault with @ dangerous weapon following what was ieersined, as a holdup attempt here Thesday night. Ike Adelman, manager of a resi- dential grocery store, was struck sev- en times over the head by his assaii- ant whom he identified Wednesday as Lester “Slim” Hamel, Devils Lake, sentenced to serve one to three years in the state penitentiary on a charge of assisting a prisoner to escape from the Ramsey county jail here in the spring of 1934, Hamel, arrested Tuesday night by Sheriff Bert Smutz and a city patrol- man, denies any implication in the assault. Meanwhile Adelman was in a se- rious condition in @ local hospital. Burlington Railroad Men Voting on Strike Chicago, Nov. 20.—(?)—Members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire- when Ambassador Culbertson entered to open the discussion. Without say- ing anything Dr. Quain said, the statesman took from his pocket a pink mechanical elephant, gravely wound it up and placed it on the table. The toy waddled along the confer- ence table and as it did so grins re- Placed frowns, chuckles appeared in place of latent snarls and by the time the elephant had run its course everyone was in good humor. The difficulty was settled amicably and without recriminations, Dr. Quain said, because enjoyment of a laugh, in common swept away the clouds. : A Duty and Privilege It is a duty as well as a privilege to give to the Rogers Memorial, Dr. Quain asserted, because by so doing the nation will merely be paying something toward the services which GREAT PHYSICIAN When Nor’easter Viciously Lashed Atlan Hundreds of thousands of dol- lars damage was inflicted by a raging northeaster which pounded the Atlantic coast and caused several vessels to send up distress signals. The top photo shows one casualty of the storm, a 30-foot | motor cruiser smashed in Long Island Sound. The» Boston freighter Hartwelson (above), a 3,000-ton vessel, was disabled temporarily by the raging gale off Ocean City, Md. It reported one seaman had been washed over- board. CHARGE OF MURDER PACES MRS. HAGA McKenzie County Farm Woman Is Bound Over for Trial in District Court Schafer, N. D., Nov. 20.—(#)—Mrs. Emma Haga, 50, farm wife, Wednes- day relied on a self-defense plea as she faced arraignment on a first de- gree murder charge for the slaying of her husband. Bound over to McKenzie county dis- trict court, Mrs. Haga said her hus- band, shot the night of Nov. 9 at their farm home near East Fairview, had threatened her. District Judge A. G. Gronna re- ceived the case here following a pre- liminary hearing at East Fairview be- fore Justice of the Peace J. L. Hors- ley of Watford City. State’s Attorney W. A. Jacobsen of McKenzie county said Deputy Sheriff Charles Moore of East Fairview testi- fied Mrs. Haga came to his office the night of the shooting and told of killing her husband. Deputy Moere testified, said Jacob- sen, to going to the farm home and finding the body in a bedroom. -A second witness at the hearing was the Hagas’ 13-year-old son, Wilbur, who, Jacobsen said, testified his mother awakened him and told him what had happened. PWA Power Project Deadlines Extended Washington, Nov. 20.—(#)—Upon the filing of a 28rd suit against gov- ernment loans for municipal power Projects, the PWA Wednesday allow- ed such projects exemption from the Dec. 15 deadline for start of con- struction. The deadline will be ex- tended, if necessary, pending disposi- tion ‘of the suits, Secretary Ickes said. SEIZE FORTUNE IN DRUG Baltimore, Nov. 20.—(#)—Discovery of approximately 50 pounds of a con- traband narcotic believed smuggled into Baltimore from ships lying in the harbor, was reported by police early Wednesday. Value of the fin was estimated at $100,000. NRA STAFF CUT from ® peak of over 5,000 to 2,348. GONSISTORY CONVOKED Vatican City, Nov. 20.—UP)—Pope a ene , rd IMOODIE APPEAL FOR WPA WAGE BOOST IN ND, HAS APPROVAL Workers Will Get Immediate In- crease in Pay in All Coun- ties But Cass Federal WPA project émployes will receive an immediate increase in wages in North Dakota in all coun- ties except Cass, State Director Thomas H. Moodie announced Wed- nesday. He said he had obtained consent of Harry L. Hopkins, federal admin- istrator, to make the increase. Cass county was not included because WPA wages in that county were automat- ically higher under the population- wage ratio laid down in the ‘Washington regulations, Moodie said. The new wages in all counties ex- cept Cass as compared with those in effect now are: $40 instead of $35 per month for unskilled labor; $45 instead of $44 for intermediate la- bor; $55 instead of $52 for skilled help, and $61 for professional and technical labor instead of the present scale of $57. There are nearly 5,000 now em- ployed under the WPA program in the state and 5,000 North Dakotans under the CCC program either in camps in this or other states send- ing $25 to their homes each month, Moodie said. N. D. Becomes Member Of Reclamation Body Unsettled_ tonight decided change North Dakota has become a mem- ber of the National Reclamation as- sociation, first state to be admitted since its organization in 1932, Govern- or Welford announced Wednesday. jOriginally, 13 western and northwest- ern states organized the association, he said. “Affiliation with the association was sought by North Dakota in hopes it would aid us to obtain official rec- ognition for areas in western sections of the state which hold some promise of qualifying for irrigation projects under the U. S. reclamation bureau,” Welford said. Eject Unruly Youth At Tea for Luther Minneapolis, Nov. 20.—()—Ambas- sador Hans Luther of Germany pre- pared his leave-taking Wednesday of the Twin Cities under calmer condi- tions than when he arrived. '« One of his last engagements before going to New Ulm, Minn., for a speech ‘Wednesday afternoon was his private Jail for Shoplifting St. Paul, Nov. 20.—()—Mrs, Viola Carroll, 40, widow of the slain Tommy Dillinger Pius ‘Wednesday offic woked | Seats he as many as 20 The Weather wursday; no poy PRICE FIVE CENTS pians Launch Offensive REPORT 400 KILLED IN RAGING CONFLICT ON SOUTHERN FRONT Convoy of Italian Trucks Fall Into Ambush; Officers Escape Unscathed ITALY SPEEDS PRODUCTION Diplomats Reported Marking Time Until Decisive Battle Has Been Fought With the Italian Armies at Ma- Ethiopia, Nov. 20.—(/?)— troops in southern an offensive and may attack at any moment, headquarters of- ficers said Wednesday, (By the Associated Press) Ethiopian warriors Wednesday were reported marching to attack the Ital- ian northern front between Dolo and Makale, after a sharp battle on the southern front had caused casualties reported at more than 450 on both sides. Italian headquarters at Asmara re- ceived word a strong column of Haile Selassie’s soldiers was advancing to- ward Selicot, eight miles below Ma- kale, into territory in which the Ital- ians had been consolidating their position. Unofficial dispatches reaching Ha- rar, in eastern Ethiopia, said more than 150 native Somali troops were killed or wounded on the Italian side in a battle in the south, while Ethio- pian casualties were unofficially put at more than 300. ‘These reports said some Italian of- ficers, leading @ convoy of Italian trucks which were ambushed by the Ethiopians, were wounded but es- caped leaving 53 trucks behind. Plan Incrgased Production Premier Mussolini of Italy called together leaders of the nation’s fruit and vegetable growers syndicate to plan increased ..preduction of their products, es part of his program to increase national production in oppo- sition to League of Nations sanctions. Throughout Italy, plans were laid for stimulating production of necessi- ties, while Fascists collected popular subscriptions for aiding the govern- ment. Under a gold monopoly inaugurated Tuesday, the national institute for foreign exchange took control of all gold transactions, In Paris, an authoritative source stated France feels settlement of the war depends on the fighting of a de- cisive battle between Italian and Ethiopian forces, Battle Is Keynote French Premier Pierre Laval con- ferred with Sir George Russell Clark, British ambassador, but informed circles said they saw little prospect of resumption of negotiations be- tween British, French and _ Italian representatives until either Italy or Ethiopia is greatly weakened on the battlefield. Officials in Cairo announced five persons had died from wounds re- ceived in recent anti-British rioting in Egypt, although Egyptian sources ciaimed at least 10 have died. The rioting was the result of bitter feeling against British influence in Egypt. Large sections of the popula- tion had opposed Egypt's joining Britain in league sanctions. Emperor Haile Selassie, who at first had been expected to go to the north- ern front when he left Addis Ababa Tuesday by airplane, was believed by observers to be in the south. VIEW NAVAL PARLEY OF MAJOR INTEREST Phillips, Davis and Standley to Represent U. S. at Lon- don Conference ‘Washington, Nov. 20—()}—The Roo- sevelt administration's surprise move in naming under- secretary of state, as a del London naval confe Dec. 6 was interpreted Wednesday as @ sign the parley is considered of major importance. of the AAA wheat, extended to N