The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 4, 1935, Page 1

ESTABLISHED 1873 x THE BISMARCK TRIBU BISMARCK, ‘NORTH DAKOTA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1935 Marshals Guard Perjury Ca Italians, Ethiopians Gird for Decisive African The Weather Partly clot cloudy Seg and Thursday; uee change in temp. PRICE FIVE CENTS Battle MAJOR ENGAGEMENT: | Two sca mis Italians’ ces A A in Ethiopia SUBSTITUTES READY HERALDED BY BITTER GUERILLA WARF ARE Main Armies Maintain Positions |, Within Fighting Distance of Each Other ROME HEARS OMINOUS NOTE Duce Begins Preparations for Possible Hostilities in Medi- terranean Area (By the Associated Press) {talian and Ethiopian troops girded themselves Wednesday for a long- heralded decisive battle on the East African war front. From Asmara, port of entry in the Fascist colony of Eritrea, came a re- port that skirmishes between the op- posing armies on the northern front - were becoming hotter, and th> major The relatively slow progress which Italy's invading armies have made in the first two months of their Ethiopian conquest is shown by this map. Since Oct. 2, when the Italians first pushed over the border from Assab, they have advanced about 80 miles in the northern wrea and about 126 IF AAA 1S INVALID, WALLACE DECLARES Mentions Sales or Income Tax! As Alternative for Process- ing Levy DROUTH RAISED MEAT PRICE | Defends Trade Treaty, Stating It Will Increase Market for Goods Chicago, Dec. 4.—()—Should the supreme court find all or part of tho AAA unconstitutional, Secretary of Agriculture Wallace said Wednesday he would have acceptable substitutes to offer. The Iowa-born cabinet member ex- plained any decision by the supreme court would be received equably by his department. If the processing tax feature of the Welford Recalls Commissioner's Talk in| ,, Which Speaker Urged Use Any proposed transfer of funds jfrom the sales tax division to the jstate hail insurance fund or any other department is a legislative mat- ter to be decided at the 1937 session, {Governor Welford said Wednesday. The comment was in answer to re- cent announcement by Harold Hop- ton, state insurance commissioner, that he will ask that $1,000,000 trans- ferred from the hail fund surplus to common schools by the 1935 legisla- ture, be returned to the hail fund from any surplus in sales tax re- ceipts, “In a circular mailed Wednesday with hail insurance checks, Mr. Hop- ton said he knew nothing of the pro- posal to give the schools the $1,000,000 Until after both houses had been Pledged to it, and claims his depart- ;ment did not support the move,” Wel- of Hail Fund | Refutes "To V Visit Elks Lodge ] Jurors | ORDINARY LIMITS TO. LIBERTY RESTRICTED BY JUDGE'S ORDERS. Hopton Statement Admonishes Prospective Jury- men Not to Discuss Case At Any Time 11 TALESMEN UNDER WATCH Colfax Farmer Questioned Thor- oughly As to Discussion With Friends Defense counsel for William Langer and three co-defendants, on trial in federal court here for alleged perjury, used peremptory challenges freely Wednesday as selection of a jury pro- ceeded slowly. With the trial extending into the second day, 24 of the 40 granted the defense had been used. P. W. Lanier, federal district attor- ney, had used eight of the govern- ment’s 24 challenges. On trial with former Governot Langer are Oscar E. Erickson, chair- man of the Republican state central committee; R. A. Kinzer, and Frank A. Vogel. The four weer recently tried on federal conspiracy charges ending in a jury disagreement. engagement seemed nearer at hand. Italian officers said periodic ex- changes of five showed the forces of miles in the south, though bombing planes’ and reconnoitering forces have made deeper forays Slowness of the campaign is regarded responsible for Marshal Pietro Badoglio’s taking over chief command trom Gen. Emilio de Bono, Absence of any major battles in the first two months ind{- ford declared. Repeats Hopton’s Words act proves to be unconstitutional, some 10 alternatives are available, he said, mentioning a sales tax or use of the Noel Tharalson of Devils Lake, (above), deputy for the North Da- ee Emperor Haile Selassie were pressing in considerable force against the Fas- cist- front lines beyond Makale,- the Ethiopian village so easily occupied in the forward advance a few weeks ago. ‘The new commander of the Italian forces in East Africa, Marshal Pietro Badoglio, apparently is preparing for a decisive thrust southward in keep- ing with a desire of Premier Musso- lini to close the period of relative in- activity and pursue the campaign of occupation.with more, vigor. , . Within Fighting Distance At Makale the main armies of the two nations maintained’ ‘positions within fighting distance of each other after a first encounter from, which native defenders were reported to have retired. Italian ogee there recognized ’ officially ~ “the |* first time the Use ofa dtarth coming major engagement. An ominous note was sounded in Rome. Troops which had been ex- |, pected to depart for the southern front are still in Italy, usually well in- formed sources said. - Home: defenses are being tightened. All naval leaves have been withdrawn by Mussolini, it |. was reported, and some of the sea forces were believed by informed quarters to be concerttrating m‘stra- tegic points against the possibility of Mediterranean hostilities, Speculation centered on the possi- bility that troops are being kept at home, and sea and air forces mar- shaled for any eventualities arising from European tension over the ap- plication of League of Nations sanc- tions against Italy. Fill Air Force Vacancies. Significance was attached to orders for filling all vacancies in the third arm of Il Duce's defenses, the air ieee; one of. the most powerful of all. The Fascist army of a million men has reached full ap sect fal with the (Continued on iaie0 cn Base Fayen) PROLONGED SESSION FOR CONGRESS SEEN Democratic Representatives at Odds With Leaders Over Length of Time Washington, Dec. 4.—(4)—Though some Democratic leaders hope the session of congress beginning in Jan- uary will be short and harmonious, others predict it will be neither. Representative Taylor (Dem., Colo.), acting Democratic leader of the house, said Wednesday: “The business of the government has got s0 big we never can have a short session any more, “As for an harmonious session, we never have had one in a campaign year—there is so darn much politics involved. Even if the boys were dis- posed to be harmonious, the. news- papers wouldn't let them.” June 15 is Taylor’s, guess for an a doctor until Tuesday night. He was taken to the hospital immediately upon the doctor’s orders. His son> in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Milton Swanston of Fargo, were noti- fied of his illness ‘and ‘arrived ‘ here) we . His ailment ype cates Ethiopians are adhering to their announced plan of drawing the invaders into the interior with little resistance until ey tk heme! reach eda for the eens defense by untrained warriors. | AMBRIGAN - LEGION ANNUAL CARNIVAL All-Professional Stage Stage Show Be 'Flanked ‘by Novel- eee, ties-and Games “Bismarck’s big World War Memo- opening . Wednesday night of the American Legion’s annual entertain- ment, “A Night in Monte Carlo.” Featuring the attraction will be an all-professional stage show, which will hold forth on a stage erected on the main floor. Around the sides of the room are booths, concessions and games operated by members of the Legion. and its auxiliary. Refreshments will be served in the| basement and an after-show also will be presented there. Ralph Edwards of Minneapolis will be stage director of the show, Curtis F. Dirlam in charge of the 30-piece band which will provide the music. Harry M. Rosenthal is chairman of the Legion’s supervising committec.. Performance in Two Parts The performance has been divided into two parts to permit patrons to stretch between the acts which will be introduced by Clyde Snyder, 240- pound master of ceremoniés, Bjolne brothers, hand-to-hand bal- ancers, will open the program, fol- lowed by the Three Voices, a male comedy singing group, the Moreen troupe in a single-trapeze number and March and Play, a song and comedy act with girls, and the Kelly circus review, with a revolving ladder act and dog and pony numbers, Following the intermission, the show will carry on with Migkey Car- lisle in a dance novelty; the Sjolnes in Bumpity Bumps, a comedy acro- batic act, the Three Voices in more songs, Clyde Snyder in a novelty dance, the Moreen troupe on the double trapeze and teeter board, an- other music number by the chorus pod Mist Resnice Hely fo Wat walking sensation. Edwards to Perform attendance is expected, Rosenthal said Wednesday as he over In Battle for Bonus) ‘Washington, Dec. Dec. 4—()—-A “units lea" front” ‘of veterans’ fr jensoegy next | found « ready market. It sold within WALL OPEN TONIGHT rial building was all ready for the; Barton Urges Business. HIGHWAY CONTRACTS To Advertise Its Story’ lPictures Business and Politics| As Rivals for Leadership of American ‘People New - York, : Dec.’ 4.—)—Picturing | business and politics as rivals for the ileadership of .the .American people, Bruce Barton, nationally known sales rconsultant, urged industry. Wednesday. |to choose advertising as its weapon. for the conflict. In ‘an ‘address wrepared for :deliv-} ery before the Congress of American Industry, in, conjunction with a con- vention of the National Association of Manufacturers, Barton said: i “Fundantentally, ‘the people of the United States think they should have, ;® better. life, more. comfort,. more security, more opportunity, more hope. “What they are. likely to do is to, make a choice between industry and Politics as to the easiest method of achieving all these benefits. “Industry and politics, at the mo- jment, are competitors for the con- fidence and favor of the same patron, the public.” Do Not Tell Story Pointing to the accomplishments of the automobile, farm implements, electrical, and steel industries as examples of the benefits of business leadership, Barton said, “we have a story to tell, but we do not tell it.” Barton then asserted, “this story should be told with all the imagina- tion and art of which modern adver-! tising is capable.” Politics, he said, “has no such con- vincing and persuasive story as this; the telling of it genuinely, consistent- ly, continuously, is your surest path to victory in the competition, “By advertising, we may win our} competition with the politicians for | the favor of the owners of America.” Criticism Is Impotent : He warned, however, that “mere opposition and criticism are not much good. Attacks on the motives of our Political * competitors will not avail.” ‘He advised industry for 1936 to “spend half as much time with our lawyers trying to circumvent the po- liticians, and twice as much time with our sales managers and our advertis- ing agents seeking to make ourselves popular with the boss of the politic- jans—the public.” In another prepared address, James A. Emery, general counsel of the as-; sociation, called the meeting “a call| to arms, not against physical assault but against the march of ideas and theories that steal into the minds of men like a thief in the night.” — Japan Edges Out U. S. Shanghai, Dec. 4.—(?)—Japan has usurped the leadership long held by the United States in the rich Chinese markets, eustoms statistics for Octo- ber disclosed Wednesday. American exports to China dropped to a low of about $3,966,000 while Japanese ex- Ready Market Found _For Matanuska Pork Anchorage, age Dec, ears day an pounds’ of “Matanuska Valley . pork two days and brought many calls for !North, Dakota were let Tuesday by jHaggart Construction company, In Rich Chinese Trade) *.,432°4 LET FOR 33 MILES AT $172,000 COST icitiegs hating, Graveling, Oil-Mixing Job West of Taylor Is Biggest Plum Contracts for approximately 33 miles of road construction in the state highway department on bids totaling, more than $172,000. Biggest contract may go to in o Fargo, whose bid of $78,487.36 tenta- ; tively won the job of grading, gravel- ding and oil-mixing 7.170 miles in Stark county. west of Taylor. The contract ds being held for concur- rence. Action was deferred on four other projects involving grading in Ward county south of Baden, Golden Valley county, Beach east and west, Mc- Kenzie county, Montana line east and a structural contract in McKenzie county. On grounds they “exceeded the es- timate,” all bids were rejected on a project for oil-mix surfacing in Lehr. And 1.046 miles grading, south of Washburn. Contracts awarded: Gravel Surfacing Emmons county—6.635 miles, West- field east and west, Butler Construc- tion Co., Grand Forks, $4,806.17. Williams — 4.108 miles, north of Trenton, M. B. Monson, Bismarck, $4,491.78. Emmons—5.401 miles, west of Stras- burg, Butler Construction Co., Grand Forks, $6,546.91. Barnes—6,082 miles, Eckelson south, ; Advance Construction -Co., Fargo, $3,- 409.08. Structural Nelson—0.568 miles, overhead cross- ing structure and approaches, east of Petersburg, J. A. Jardine Bridge Co., Fargo, $51,897.82. Landscaping Ramsey — 0.150 miles, in Devils Lake, Oscar H. Will and Co., Bis- marck, $1,454.41. Burleigh — 0.759. miles, capitoil grounds, Northwest Nursery, Valley City, sub-contractor, H. H. Delger, $21,132.68. i Peter Luger, Pioneer Fargo Man, Dies at 71 income tax to raise the necessary funds. - AAA Up to Expectations Asked if the AAA had met his ex- Pectations, he said: “It has worked better than I anti- cipated. The farmer cooperation has been wholehearted. I venture to say that no matter what party is in power, something of the sort will con- tinue.” The secretary recognized some outcry against the high cost of food,” and said it was true that “meat prices are somewhat out of line.” This is a result not of the govern- ment’s farm program, however, he said, but of the drouth. Pork prices will be reduced somewhat, he said, by the AAA's program of a 30 per cent increase in hog production for next year, Farmer Not Guilty “If prices are higher, the farmer ts not the guilty party,” the secretary said. “He is not getting as high a per- centage of the consumer's dollar as he did in the five years before the war.” Wallace defended the new trade treaty with Canada, under fire from some dairy and beef cattlemen, by saying that its result would be to in- crease the market for manufactured goods, adding: « “We've seen that any increase in payrolls brings an increased demand for beef and dairy products.” He predicted the lower tariff on pork would “be significant” to corn belt farmers. Asked if he had heard much criticism of the treaty, he said: “No, except that I think folks want to know more about it.” TWO MEN SHOT DEAD IN BEER TAVERN ROW ‘Bouncers’ Held in Killings of Revenue Agent, Former Detective Captain Tulsa Okla, Dec. 4.~(?)—Two men, one a federal revenue agent, were shot to death at a night club near here early Wednesday after they had been thrown from the place by “bouncers” who said the pair had at- tempted a holdup. Authorities said no witnesses to the shooting could be found. Guests at the club said they knew nothing of the affray until officers arrived and Pappan, 42, rode to the club with and G. R. McCullough. Verne Hamilton, driver of the taxi- cab in which the federal agent,. Louis Lappan, 42, rode to the club with George Stewart, former detective cap- tain, sald they had been making rou- tine license checks at beer taverns. Harry Brill, Pappan’s superior here, said the agent's record was “good.” Fredonia Man Robbed Born In Middle of Fargo Fargo, N. D., Dec. 4 4.—(?)}—Held up in broad daylight in the heart of Far- go's business district, Jacob Klein- gartner of Fredonia, N. D., was robbed of $15 Tuesday, he reported to police. His assailant followed him out of a ports to China passed the $4,400,000/ week. mark. Footlights First Lady’ Has “Before his election last year, Hop- ton, speaking at Panko's Grove on the Cannon Ball river in Sioux coun- ty. declared that surplus funds in the hail fund and the fire and tornado fund ‘should be put to work to relieve the common schools of the slate, rather than having such funds lying idle in these times of emergency,’ and pledged himself to work for the ac- complishment of that end if elected insurance commissioner. “‘“Why have state funds been lying idle and useless when they can ac- complish so much good?’ Hopton asked his audience,” Welford contin- ued in a statement. “He recommended that the $1,000,000 be used to buy teachers’ warrants and to relieve the tax burden by cutting down the State's bonded indebtedness. “Under the present law, any sur- plus in the sales tax receipts would be transferred into the general fund, where it would comprise a direct re- lef to property owners through a decrease in taxes. The law requires that $2,650,000 of the sales tax re- ceipts during the biennium be paid into the school fund; $1,000,000 be used for relief and $200,000 for old age, blind and mothers’ pensions. From present indications receipts may be considerably over the total amounts allotted, but not on a suf- ficient scale to permit much of a de- crease in the tax levy for general Purposes if Hopton succeeds in ob- taining the $1,000,000 transfer to the hail fund. Surplus Up to Limit “The hail fund surplus at the pres- ent time is up to the limit permitted under the state law—$3,000,000, al- though checks are being written now for the last batch of a total of $2,800,- 000 in losses. Taxes are deducted from the checks, however, and with other tax payments accumulating, the sur- plus will not fall below $1,500,000 and 4s expected to build up again rapidly to the maximum permitted. “That the legislature was deter- mined that the transfer of funds from the hail fund to the schools should be made was evidenced by the } kota Elks, will pay his first of- ficial visit to the Bismarck lodge Friday night. Officers of the lodge headed by James W. Guth- rie, exalted ruler, will be reviewed by Tharalson. A class of candi- dates also will be initiated. Tharalson will be at the Dick- inson lodge tonight. 10,915,000 JOBLESS IN SEPTEMBER, U. &. TABULATIONS SHOW 5,000,000 Found Work Since March, 1933, But Million More Were Idle Washington, Dec. 4.—(#)—Semi- Official estimates on unemployment, which have been in use for some time by the government but were kept a secret until Wednesday, declare that 10,915,000 persons were jobless last September. They also say that 5,000,000 persons, formerly jobless, have found work since March, 1933. The figures originally were com- piled for President ‘Roosevelt's com- mittee on economic security by Rob- ert R. Nathan, its consultant on un- employment statistics. Since that committee completed its work last spring he has kept them current un- officially. Many federal agencies have used the estimates and they have been highly credited by government eco- nomists. But they have never before been disclosed because of the admin- istration’s reluctance to give official standing to any unemployment fig- ures. Although 5,000,000 persons had final votes in the two houses, 103 to 3 any the house and 38 to 6 in the sen- ate.” OUTBREAKS IN FOUR PRISONS FATAL 10 4 Real First Lady Chuckling New York, Dec, 4—()—Mrs. Prank-; Theater-goers sitting near her in lin D, Roosevelt was still chuckling|the fourth row “identifications,’ ‘Wednesday about the “First Lady” more she met Tuesday night over the foot- af Sees ized many funny Uttle Mimerlin) Pontes a | Cae emanate satire “First 2” Wi 5a ° $200 to ain Fun @ Broadway theater, % was “a take off of. situa St. Louis, Dec. 4—(}—Premier people.” x Benito Mussolini of ‘Italy, a Mark |} . That. was her, answer to friends who Twain devotee, has contributed |asked if Alice Roosevelt Longworth, sla want caters [Ba Se Sy a, a ee memory of the author. © in the‘ comedy. : mi whispered ai ” but the real First audible | ter. iisnasbahints, Veroes Vermont, Okla- homa and Tennessee Scenes of Bloodshed Outbreaks in four prisons in the United States Tuesday claimed four lives and eight convicts were the ob- jects of manhunts Wednesday, the Associated Press reported. In Boston two convicts, William Mc- Manus, 27, and Philip Naples, 32, were shot dead together with Louis Richards, 27, truck driver, as guards at the state prison opened fire on five prisoners attempting to escape in Richards’ truck. The three surviving prisoners face first degree murder in-| dictments, Harvey Burnham, 56, Vermont state| prison guard at Windsor, was stabbed to death by Wilfred Pelletier, 17-year- ‘old prisoner. No motive was ascribed to the crime which caused no excite- ment Sma, the 350 penitentiary oc- cupants. Armed possemen stalked five despe- rate fugitives from the eri Stax morning A oe | » Prison in the rugged died in the jail from wounds guards. Chief of Detectives Bet Bolt ton lay critically wounded at McAles- found work by September according tw the estimate, the unemployment Tolls had been cut little more than 4,000,000 because nearly a million new Tecruits were added to the employable Population between March, 1933, and Bemeraber.. e peak of un- ates a 18071 000 in March, 1933. His final figure for October has Des been determined, but preliminary alculations indicate it will show a substantial teduction from Septem- ber’s figure of 10,915,000. Nathan estimated that in. Septem- ber there were 2,756,000 unemployed in manufacturing; 1,741,000 in the building industry; 632,000 in the steam railroads; 979,000 in the whole- sale and retail trades; and 663,000 in domestic and personal services other than laundries ai and cleaning and dye- ing establishments, TYNER AT N. Fargo, N. D,, Dec. rasa award H. Tyner of Kearney, Neb., until re- cently engaged in the land classifi- jeation work with the Bureau of Chem- istry and Soils, U. S. Department of Agriculture has been appointed pro- fessor of soils in the agronomy de- partment of the North Dakota Agri- cultural college. SEEK LOWER RATES Pierre, 8. D., Dec. 3.—(#)—Directors of the South Dakota Electric corpora- tion announced Tuesday a drive for lower uniform electric rates‘in the state. wea | Bab Jovel He Can | To Call 25 Witnesses J. K. Murray, one of the defense attorneys, announced that approxi- mately 25 witnesses would be called in an attempt to refute the govern- ment's charges, and that the de- fendants will not testify. Attorneys said a jury may be ob- tained late Wednesday, with prob- abilities the first witness would be summéned Thursday by the govern- ment. The morning passed without inci- dent, attorneys droning through the monotonous repetition of juror exam- ination. As the morning session recessed, Judge Wyman ordered those against whom peremptories had been exer- cised to be excused, leaving but 12 once more in the jury box. The 12 left under guard of three bailiffs, Restrictions Enforced Ordinary restrictions on jurors’ Ifb- erty were enforced by marshals in order, the court cautioned, that noth- ing will happen to “necessitate doing it all over again.’ po The order folle on searching questioning of Maurice Berseth, Col- fax farmer, by District Attorney Lanier, as to whether he had been “approached” since his subpoens. “At suggestions of counsel,” Judge Wyman later ruled, “and in view of the importane of this case and for the peace of mind of the jurors, you will be placed in charge of special officers, “It is highly important that you do not discuss this case among your selves or with others. It is of supreme importance you heed this admoni- tion.’ Eleven prospective jurors, first to go _ under federal guard, were H. J. Even- son, Plaza barber; Walter Maerklein, Oakes farmer; George Allen, Pleasant Lake farmer; A. T. Banik, Grand Forks gasoline dealer; 8. E. Ketchum, Linton farmer; W. N. Nelson, S= town; Allen McKenzie, Kenmare tel man; John F. Keengn, Minbs, packer employe; B. M. Spaulding, Dickinson Telephone company man- ager; Emil Krauth, Hebron Insurance (Continued on Page Seven) FOREIGN DOMINANCE DENIED BY CHINESE Believe North China Council Will Be Patterned After Inner Mongolia Peiping, Dec. 4.—(#)—Gen. Sung Cheh Yuan, commander of the Pel ing-Tientsin garrison, Wednesday told correspondents he was “taking no orders from any foreign power.” He added he expeced the reforms advocated for north China by Gen Ho Ying-Chin, war minister emissary from the central government at:Nan- king, to become effective in “the' very near future.” Officials expressed the belief the new five-province council for north China would be patterned after the semi-independent Mongolian politicai council, which has been operating suc+ cessfully in inner Mongolia for two years,