The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, November 25, 1935, Page 1

ay ESTABLISHED 1873 sate | THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1935 The Weather OY ne CR day; rising tem PRICE FIVE CENTS” Army ‘Reds’ Lead Rebellion in Brazil North China Severs Political Allegiance to Nanking ADNINSTRATOR OF AUTONOMOUS ZONE HAS JAPAN'S HELP Similar Action Forecast in Two Other Provinces South of Great Wall 5,000,000 PEOPLE IN AREA Central Government Warned Against Interfering With Local Affairs Tientsin, China, Nov. 25.—(?)— Martial law prevailed here Mon- day night following the collapse of a coup by agitators for auton- omy. Police armed with bayonets were posted in the streets. (Copyright 1935, Associated Press) Tungchow Hopeh Province, Nov. 25.—An autonomous government was inaugurated Monday for a wide area of North China, embracing 25 coun- ties in Hopeh province. Yin Ju-Keng, administrative oom- missioner of the demilitarized zone, who proclaimed political independ- ence from the Central Chinese gov- ernment for this region, announced: “I stand for the rescue of China and close harmony with Japan.” The newly-proclaimed self-govern- ment agea included roughly about 8,- 600 square miles—all territory south of the Great Wall to within a few miles of Peiping and Tientsin, and also taking in several counties of southeastern Chahar province. Chinese estimates placed the popu- lation of the autonomous area at about 5,000,000. See Similar Action A belief spread widely that the es- tablishment of an autonomous regime in the demilitarized zone was a fore- runner of similar action by Gen. Sung ‘Hopeh .and|- Cheh-Yuan,. overlord of. Chahar provinces. ‘The response of other North China leaders to the separatist movement was uncertain, however, in view of the declaration by the Nanking National- ist government that it opposed the autonomy campaign — originally aimed at the five North China prov- inces of Hopeh, Chahar, Shantung, Shansi, and Suiyuan and their: popu- lation of 95,000,000. Japanese troops, concentrated along the Great Wall, stood ready to block * any effort by the central forces of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek to enter the affected area. Yin Ju-Keng set himself up as head bf the new autonomous govern- ment. Friendly With Japan The proclamation by Yin, who maintained friendly relations with the Japanese military, said his gov- ernment recogniz-d the sovereignty of Nanking but warned against interfer- ence by the central government in lo- cal affairs. ‘The inauguration made Tungchow, 3 miles east of Peiping and site of the North China American school, capital of the new government. Yin’s proclamation of autonomy criticized bitterly the Kuomintang (Chinese Nationalist party) and de- clared cooperation between’ North China, Japan, and the Japanese- advised state of Manchoukuo was es- sential to the well-being of the north- ern Chinese populace. WASHINGTON WATCHES SITUATION IN FAR EAST Washington, Nov. 25.—()—Admin- istration officials, who have viewed the. recent autonomy move in North China with some concern, watched closely Monday for further news on the es- tablishment of .an autonomous gov- ernment in eastern Hopei province. When reports of the movement, sup- ported by Japan, first came in several days ago, they were quickly inter- preted here as intended to extend the Japanese sphere of influence south of the Great Wall. Both the United States and Great Britain have large business interests in that area, State department of- ficials noted press reports that auton- omist agitators Mandan Man’s Sister Killed in Auto Crash eee Mrs. Ada J. Jolley of Portland, Ore., president of the Oregon State W. C. T. U. and a sister of J. T. Sarvis of ‘Mandan was killed Saturday in an tomobile accident at The Dalles, ‘Mrs, Jolley and the late Mr. Jolley, were former North Dakota residents, WELFORD REFUSES TO HAZARD GUESS ON FDR'S STRENGTH Says Prospects Good for Clear- ing Up Unsettled Politics in North Dakota 8t. Paul, Nov. 25.—()—Gow Walter Welford of North Dakota said here Monday North Dakota farmers and citizens are “looking into the future with a great deal of optimism” des- pite disappointment over this year's wheat crop. Governor Welford was here to attend the tri-state Red Riv- er water conservation and anti-pollu- tion meeting. He said prospects were good for clearing up the “unsettled” political situation in the near future, but de- clined to comment on President Roosevelt's strength in his state. Asked about the recently signed trade treaty with Canada, he said the only adverse comment he had heard came from potato growers. Speaking of the international sit- uation, Governor Welford praised sanctions and said he believed con- tinuance of the present United States foreign policy would make it possible to avoid foreign entanglements. CHINA CLIPPER TIED UP AT MIDWAY DOCK Poises for Wake Island Lap Where It Is Due to Arrive Before Leaving Midway Island, Nov. 25.—(?)— (Via Pan American Railio).—The China clipper took off at 12:12 p. gd C.S.T. Monday for Wake Is- id. Midway Islands, Nov, 25.—(?)—(By Pan-American Airways Radio)—The transpacific flight of the China clip- per was charted for Wake island Monday and it was due to arrive “be- fore” its departure since the huge fly- ing boat will gain a day in crossing the international date-line on the 1,191-mile hop. Lonely Midway's residents re-read their airmail letters from home and put ving turkeys on ice after welcoming the clipper at 8:01 p. m (CST) Sunday and unloading its Mid- way cargo. Docks in Quiet Lagoon The 25-ton clipper was docked in a quiet lagoon after a noisy welcome from a handful of airways employes and hundreds of aroused gooney birds. The ship brought mail from the mainland, cranberries and turkeys from Honolulu, second stop on the Alameda-Manila flight. Most of the clipper’s remaining car- go is destined for Manila, although 38 sacks of mail will be left at Guam and a few at Wake. Monday’s flight is the shortest leg of the 8,000-mile joiirney. Sunday’s 1,323-mile flight from Honolulu was made in less than nine hours. Sister Ship at Alameda While the China clipper was roar- ing toward Midway, her sister ship, the Philippine clipper, landed at Alameda, completing a flight from the eastern coast. The Philippine clipper soon will join the transpacific airmail service to be followed later by the Hawaii clipper. Eventually passengers will be car- ried on the huge sky liners. No Hunting Accidents Or Violations Noted No hunting accidents had been re- ported as North Dakota’s four-day open season on deer neared its dead- line set for sunset Monday. Although not plentiful, many hunters returned with bucks, with partment will place the confiscated Hettinger Farmer. Shot Mysteriously |Bady of Carl Wilson, 30, Found in Field as Posse Follows Bloody Trail Hettinger, N. D., Nov. 25.—(7)— An inquest opened Monday into the slaying of Carl Wilson, farmer near here, was continued until Tuesday, States Attorney Henry Moen said no new developments had been uncovered, Funeral ser- vices have been tentatively ar- ranged for Tuesday afternoon. Hettinger, N. D., Nov. 25.—(P)— County investigators, theorizing mur- der, Monday sought clues to the slay- ing of Carl Wilson, 30. Following a trail of blood, a posse Sunday found Wilson’s body two miles from his farm home. Wilson had been missing since Friday. Officers said Wilson may have been shot by a shotgun sniper while he was at home and died on the way to a neighbor's house. Wilson’s wife was at her parents’ home at the time. Search Began Friday Search for Wilson began Friday when his wife, who had been ill at the home of her mother, Mrs, George Mueller, living three miles from the Wilson farm, became alarmed at her husband's failure to visit her. She returned home to find her hus- band missing, a window pane shatter- ed as by a shotgun blast from the! outside and blood on the walls of the home, a gate post and a barn door. In a nearby field was Wilson's horse, saddled, but there was no blood on the saddle. Mail had not been removed from the Wilson box since last Monday. Some buckshot were found in the walls of the Wilson home. Theorize on Killing Sheriff Frank A. Zank and State's Attorney Henry Moen speculated that Wilson was shot by an unidentified assailant standing outside the house, and that he attempted to reach a neighbor's*home ‘but-was unable to do so because of the wound and loss of blood. Wilson had lived in the Hettinger vicinity for the last 11 years and, in addition to his wife, leaves four children. They are ‘aaah 9, Cleon 6, Paul 4, eee James 3. VOLCANO SPOUTING RAD RIVER OF LAVA Little Fear Felt for Hawaiian City as‘ Cooling Rock Slows Flow's Pace Hilo, Hawaii, Nov. 25.—(@)—A scar- let river of lava rolled towards Hilo Monday, the boiling mass fed by great fountains spouting from a new rift in Mauna Loa mountain, The molten rock, spewed 400 feet into the river by the pressure of sub- terranean gasses, followed a bed left by an eruption in 1855 when lava flowed to within five miles of the city. In places, the speed of the flow was estimated by Hawaii National Park staff men at 25 miles an hour. Its pace diminished as it cooled, however, and little fear was felt for this city, separated from Mauna Loa by some 40 miles of comparatively flat. rough table lands. Activity in Mokuaweoweo crater, at the top of Mauna Loa, had ceased, said an airplane pilot who flew over the volcano. Rose Sailer, Beulah, Is Dead of Pneumonia Miss Rose Sailer, 20, of Beulah, died at 3:20 a. m., Sunday at a loca: hospital from pneumonia. She had been a patient at the hospital since Nov. 5. Born Feb. 3, 1915 at Beulah, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Sailer, she grew up and recetved her educa- tion there. Funeral services will be held Wed- nesday afternoon at the Beulah Lu- theran church with Rev. S. Joachim officiating. Burial will be made in the Beulah cemetery. Besides her parents, Miss Sailer leaves three sisters and four broth ers. ' Parents of Local Man Die Within Two Weeks Mrs. Mary Copelin, 84, of 1810 Bry- ‘ant Ave. 8&., Minneapolis, passed way Monday morning exactly two weeks after the death of her husband, HOLD TAX INVALID age. see ee Ans aa cage ” TIREND OF BUSINESS LEAGUE POSTPONES 2 Public Library Honors Benefactor IS TO COUNTY SEATS, SALES TAX REVEALS 12 Cities in North Dakota Do More Than 43 Per Cent of Volume FARGO DOES BIGGEST SHARE Bismarck Makes 92.7 Per Cent of All Sales in Burleigh County A definite trend of business in North Dakota to county seats is re- vealed in the state's first statistical report on sales tax returns, made Monday to Gov. Walter Welford by Lee Nichols, state tax commissioner. The report, which covers the first two months of the sales tax, indicated @ cost of collection and administra- tion of 2.1 per cent. Actual receipts during the following three months, however, have been ;considerably over estimates used in the report, reducing cost of adminis- tration to less than 2 per cent, Nich- ols. said. With statistical machinery now in operation, next quarterly reports will show a more complete picture of busi- ness in the various retail groups, Nichols. explained, but statisticians believed the general ratio of business j@s between various towns, cities and counties would remain virtually the same. Cities Do Most Based on sales tax collections, which represented 2 per cent of all retail sales, 12 cities did 43.679 per cent of all the business in the state during the period covered. Fargo did 11.257 per cent of all business in the entire state; Minot was second with 6.174 per cent; Grand Forks third with 5.337 per cent; Bismarck, 5.069; Devils Lake, 2.776; Jamestown 2,749; Valley City, 2.268; - Williston, ~-2:125; 1.875; Mandan, 1.567; Wahpeton, 1.451 and Grafton, 1.031. All other towns did less than 1 per cent of the busi- ness in the state, Percentages of county seats in re- jlation to the amount of business done in their respective counties, however, were much larger in most cases, the report revealed. Bismarck Leads Class In Burleigh county, Bismarck made 92.7 per cent of all the retail sales in the county; in Cass county Fargo did 83.595 of all the retail business; Grand Forks 82 per cent in Grand Forks county; Valley City, more than 71 per cent in Barnes county; Het- tinger, 65.6 per cent in Adams coun- ty; in Griggs county Cooperstown showed 62 per cent; Watford City 68.7 per cent in McKenzie county; Rugby, 72 per cent in Pierce county; Devils Lake more than 75.8 per cent in Ramsey county; Dickinson, 72 per cent in Stark county; Jamestown ye! per cent in Stutsman county; Mino| {81 per cent in Ward county; Williston 63 per cent in Williams county; New Rockford 76 per cent in Eddy county; Carrington 70 per cent in Foster county. largest per capita tax of any com- munity in the state. With a popula- tion of 15, the sales tax totaled $6.78 for each resident over a two months’ period. Three retail establishments ‘are in the town, Other .large per capita payments were at Durbin in Cass county, $5.013 and Falkirk in McLean county, $5,163. The average per capita tax pay- ment for the entire state was 67.4 cents for the two months’ per- iod. Figured on that basis it was es- timated the per capita tax per year will be $4.044, Fargo Business Big Cass county, with 1,133 retail deal- ers, did more than 13 per cent of the business of the state during the per- fod covered; Ward county was sec- ond with 7.5 per cent; Grarid Forks county third with 6.5 per cent and Burleigh county fourth with 5.4 per cent. Retail stores dealing in food com- prise 23.7 per cent of all the business establishments in the state, but they did only 19.7 per cent of the business, according to the report. Included in the food group are bakeries, dairy- men, confectionery stores, fruit stands, groceries and meat markets and eat- ing houses. On the other hand the general merchandise group, compris- ing 17.3 per cent of the business es- tablishments, did 28.1 per cent of the itotal business. ACTION T0 CUT OFF ITALY FUEL SUPPLY Doubt of U. S. Being Abie to Stop Exports Also Is Fac- tor in Delay FRANCE SITUATION CRITICAL Paris Remains Skeptical of Peace; Ethiopians Claim Battle Victories (By the Associated Press) Premier Mussolini scored a diplo- matic victory in his campaign against sanctions Monday as Blackshirt troops stood poised in East Africa for re- newed thrusts at the domain of Em- peror Haile Selassie. For the present at least, Italy will escape the imposition of an oil embar- go by the League of Nations. Tl Duce was reported earlier to have warned France that a ban on oil shipments as an impediment to the prosecution of his campaign of occu- pation in Ethiopia “would mean war.” Monday he had the satisfaction of seeing his blunt warning, coupled with other considerations, bear fruit. At Geneva the League announced Fri- day’s session of the sanctions commit- tee of 18, called to consider the pro- posed embargo, will be postponed to an undetermined date. Duce’s Threat Effective Great Britain and France, moti- vated not only by Mussolini's adamant stand but also by doubt over the ability of the United States govern- ment to halt oil shipments, decided to seek a delay in imposing the proposed embargo, authoritative reports said. Considered, too, was a critical in- ternal situation in France which would make it impossible for Premier Laval to leave Paris Friday to attend @ meeting of the League's sanctions committee at So hold hts : " to hol ernment -eadecably ae “to furthe further his his nego- tlations "tor Ttalo-Ethioplan peace, Laval was reported authoritatively in Paris to have urged postponement of @ decision on an oil ban for fear of “serious consequences” to European peace. The reference to the American gov- ernment’s action was to that of last week when the administration acted to stop the flow of American oil to Italy by requests to shippers to aban- don such trade, and by financial pres- sure on those shippers indebted to the government. Listens to Britain Inasmuch as Great Britain has been the mainspring of the sanctions move- ment at Geneva, word from London that Downing Street had agreed to postponement of the Geneva meeting Hanover, in Oliver county, paid the| troo} Women Too Gullible, Says Northwest Budget Expert on oil sanctions was taken to mean no further action would be taken by the League for the present. Opinion was mixed as to whether this new attitude on the part of France and Britain might revive nope for an early peace. Geneva hoped negotiations among Italy, Ethiopia and the League might be initiated, but Paris remained skeptical. At Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian gov- ernment announced Ras Seyoumn’s Ps three Italian battal- ions north of Makale, killed the com- mander and several soldiers, and dis- persed the others. Another announce- ment said Ethiopians had driven the Italians south of Gorrahei. KENMARE OPTICIAN KILLED IN GAR CRASH Merritt's Skull Fractured as “ Auto Collides With Truck in Fog Near Ray Williston, N. D., Nov. 25.—(?)—Ros- well P. Merritt,-Kenmare optician cian, was killed Sunday when his car collided in fog with a truck three miles northeast of Ray. Coroner Lloyd P. Everson, whose jury called the accident unavoidable, said Dr. Merritt apparently was driv- ing at high speed. Dr. Merritt, who suffered a compound skull fracture and died instantly, was on his way to Havre, Mont., to spend Thanksgiving with his wife and married daughter. Axel Anderson, the truck driver, suffered minor injuries. Merritt was president of the North Dakota state board of examiners in optometry. 3 4 i i 8 g z t Picture Hanging Is Feature of Centennial Celebration Throughout Nation As a part of the Andrew Carnegie centennial celebration,;-opening- Mon- day in the United States and the British Dominion, a portrait of the famous industrialist and benefactor has been hung in the Bismarck Pub- lic library. The reproduction of a portrait of Carnegie by Luis Mora has been hung on the east wall of the building, con- structed with a $25,000 donation made by the Carnegie Corporation of New York in 1917. Carnegie’s memory is being honored all over the world, particularly in his native city of Dunfermline, Scotland, from which he emigrated with his family to the United States in 1848. Special ceremonies are being held in New York, Pittsburgh, Washington, D. C,, and many more of the 2,811 cities in which he donated libraries. Although Carnegie is known to the world as a financier and philan- thropist, he did much writing, some of which attracted wide attention, par- ticularly that in which he expound- ed his philosophy of the trusteeship of wealth. One of these reads: Philosophy Behind Gifts “I choose free libraries as the best. agencies for improving the masses of the people because they give nothing for nothing. They only help those who help themselves. They never pauperize. They reach the aspiring, and open to these the chief treas- ures of the world—those stored up out lower tastes. I prefer the free public library to most if not any other agencies for the happiness and im- provement of a community.” Bismarck’s present library had its earliest beginnings in 1916 when the Bismarck Civic League put on a drive for books. The drive netted about 1,500 volumes, organized by the Li- brary Commission staff and volunteer help, and placed in what was then the Association of Commerce rooms on Fourth St. Four of the five members of the original library board are still serv- ing as directors. They are C. B. Lit- tle, C. L. Young, George F. Will and Otto Holta. Mrs. Agatha Patterson was a member of the first board. Her place has been taken by George M. Register. Mrs. Florence Harriet Davis was first librarian. Building Completed in 1918 The present library building was completed early in the spring of 1918. Since then a children’s room has been Provided in the basement and many modern library conveniences have been added. Miss Pauline Rich of Billings, Mont., became librarian in June, 1925 to be followed by Miss Helen Kenedy in 1926 and later by Miss Ruth King, the present librarian. Other members of the present library staff are Miss Beatrice Bowman, children’s librarian; Miss Mary Litt, first assistant and Ubrarian; Angelene Davis, desk assist- ant, and Mattie Hamery, page. Last year a hospital service, through rf i in books. A taste for reading drives | =_| NATAL IN POWER OF REBELS AS REVOLT CONTINUES SPREAD Land, Sea and Air Forces Sent to Northeastern State to Quell Rebels FEAR FELT FOR ZEPPELIN Outbreak Interpreted as First Step in Opening Drive of Socialists Rio de Janeiro, Nov. 25.—(7)—An army group which federal officials said was composed of Communists held Natal in its power Monday, defying the national government. President Getulio Vargas called his cabinet to an emergency meeting to consider the situation in the great northern area affected by the Natal outburst. Federal authorities said that sympa- thetic uprisings in the states of Per- nambuco and Alagoas had been stifl- ed. It was believed the rebellion was undertaken by non-commissioned of- ficers of the army in an effort to gain power. Government officials accused the rebels of Communistic aims, Land, sea, and air forces were dis- patched to the northeast to quell the outburst. ** * Andrew Carnegie Portrait Hung in Bismarck Library REPORT THOUSANDS ARE CONTRIBUTING TO MEMORIAL FUND Interest Evident Throughout State; Campaign to End Thanksgiving Day Thousands of people throughout North Dakota are contributing to the ; Will Rogers Memorial fund, accord- ing to information received here from all parts of the state. The campaign to provide a living memorial for America’s well-loved humorist will end Thanksgiving Day and all persons wishing to contribute are urged to do so before that time. They may leave their contribution at jany bank or mail or bring it to The ‘Tribune office. Information received here from tional headquarters indicates there will no dearth of proposals from which the committee to select the me- morial or memorials can choose. From Wyoming comes a proposal to endow beds in a number of Wyoming hospitals for the treatment of chil- dren ill with tuberculosis, the aim being to keep the money in the state. In other states, including North Dakota, sentiment is strong for the creation of a fund to aid in the treat- ment of crippled children. Meanwhile, ‘the fund in Bismarck rose to $329.45, the account standing as follows: Previously listed A Friend .. 3.00 ‘Theo. Quanr: 1.00 J. P. French . 1.00 J. P. Jackson 1.00 C. C. Larson . 1,00 George Bird .. 1.00 Kelly A. Simonson E A Friend 50 $329.45 SUBSCRIBE NOW Everyone has an opportunity to give something toward perpetu- ating the memory of this fine American and it is hoped that everyone who smiled with Rogers will come forward with a subscrip- tion. Take or send your donation to any bank or to this newspaper. Use the accompanying coupon 80 that you may be given proper credit. The memorials will be of a humanitarian, charitable or edu- cational nature. Fargoan Granted New Trial on Theft Count Heavy Firing. in Natal Private dispatches to political lead- ers of Rio Grande do Norte, now in the national capital, said there was fighting on the streets of Nata] Sun- day in which the firing was heavy. These advices said that the rebels had assumed control of all govern- ment communications, offices, buildings. Gov. Rafael Fernandes and other state officials fled several miles from Natal to the south. Government officials said the up- rising in the northeast appeared to be the opening drive in a Socialistic movement which they said had been— planned — Dec, 18. Fighting was reported to be going ‘on in Olinda, a suburb of Recife, the capital of the state of Pernambuco. Olinda was captured Sunday by a number of soldiers under the com- mand of their sergeants. Capt. Malvino Reis, the secretary of security for the state, got @ group of loyal commissioned officers to- gether and recaptured part of Olinda. It was reported that police made several arrests yesterday at Para and captured large quantities of bombs and hand grenades from alleged malcontents. Zeppelin Warned Fears for the safety of the Graf Zeppelin, due at Recife Monday after @ transatlantic flight from Dakar, Af- rica, were expressed by government Officials. The Graf ordinarily moors at Je- quia on the outskirts of the city, near Olinda, a suburb in which hot fight- and - |ing between federals and rebels is re- ported. Officials of the Condor Syndicate, agents for the famous lighter-than- air craft, sent a radio order to the Graf to land somewhere else if pos- sible, or, failing to find a landing place, proceed directly to Rio de Ja- neiro if it had sufficient gasoline to make the trip. Police and Communists were re- Ported exchanging shots at Curityba, the capital of the southern state of Parana. Several persons were arrest- ed there. ‘SILENCE SURROUNDS ELLSWORTH'S PLANE Antarctic Transcontinental Fliers Last Heard of Few Hours After Takeoff New York, Nov. 25.—(P)—A ware some silence separated Lincoln Elis- worth and his pilot, Erbert Hollock- Ross Sea, 2,140 miles away, last com- municated by wireless with the base ship at 10:48 a. m. (EST) Saturday, only a few hours after their takeoff, the New York Times and the North American Newspaper Alliance re- ported. A wireless dispatch to the Times from Ellsworth’s motorship, the Wyats Earp, asserted, however, the silence “is not a cause to anticipate serious s:|Roosevelt Expected To Give Defense Talk