The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 31, 1935, Page 1

> 4 ESTABLISHED 1873 ERREETOCNNITNIaTISE Set BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, TUFSDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1935 Lindberghs Disembark to Seek S LEFT U.S. 10 AVOD BRUNO'S EXECUTION, SHP CREW ASSERTS Dash From Liverpool Docks to Hotel Under Guard of Cor- don of Detectives DOCKWORKERS CHEER TRIO No One Allowed to Approach Famous Family and Col- onel Remains Silent (Copyright, 1935, by Associated Press) Liverpool, Dec. 31.—()—Col. Charles A. Lindbergh and his family disem- barked Tuesday from the United States ship American Importer and Tushed away to his destination in a taxicab. Colonel Lindbergh himself made no immediate comment, but members of the crew quoted him as saying he left the United States simply to be absent during the execution of Bruno Rich- ard Hauptmann. Reporters had no chance to ask any questions. Dock Workers Cheer Them Dashing through a locked-off portion of the docks, the Lindberghs jumped. into a taxi while a throng of dock-' workers, ‘loitering about at lunchtime, cheered. Lindbergh flashed a smile in return, By Mrs, Lindbergh seemed somewhat Serious. A police car led the way into the | pose. heart of Liverpool, and on to a down- town hotel where the little family went into seclusion, Members of the crew of the Ameri- can vessel said reports that the col- onel, his wife and 3-year-old son Jon took flight from American criminals were untrue, Persons aboard the ship, on which the Lindbergh family were the only ah passengers, said the famous filer him- self assefted he. wished -to be absent: the week of Jan. 13, when Hauptmann is scheduled to die for the kidnap killing of Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr. The American Importer arrived off its Glacet-ne dock, in the Mersey river, at 7:25 a. m., (1:25 a. m, central standard time) and dropped anchor to await the turn of the tide. Starts Through Locks Then a tug puffed up the side of the vessel and started it through the Jocks. In the middle of the first lock, the ship unexpectedly was tied up while two home office officials and two uni- formed bobbies boarded her, At 12:30 p.m. the family finally was disembarked, after considerable delay and passing back and forth by Officials. _ The door facing the gangway op- ened, and the petite Anne Morrow Lindbergh, clad in a smartly-tailored suit, glanced about with a worried look, She saw the waiting crowd, many of them dockworkers and as a cheer went up she smiled. Then she ran quickly down the gangway, with the bareheaded Lind- bergh, carrying his son, close behind. Jon Hugs Father Jon, a sturdy figure in a blue woolen romper suit, clutched his fath- er tightly around the neck. His face was buried deeply in Lindbergh’s shoulder and he did not look at the crowd. Several thousand workmen were Just returning from lunch to the Liv- erpool docks as the Lindberghs dis- embarked. Some cheered; some stood in_ silence. No one was allowed to approach the Lindberghs and the Colonel himself said nothing. Hundreds of spectators, held back by police guards, waited impatiently and shouted: “Come on, Lindy.” Port Captain Davis, who went aboard the vessel with other port officials, returned to shore and announced the ‘Lindberghs were on board, awake and ready to disembark. A greater assembly of police than ever guarded a shipment of gold into England was on hand to protect the Lindberghs on their arrival, 10 days after they sailed from New York. Every entrance to the dockyards was guarded by cordons of stalwart bob- bies who demanded identifications and ‘Passes from all entrants, Escorted by Detectives Escorted by a carload of detectives they drove irectly to the Adelphi ho- tel. ‘There, they passed swiftly through the lobby without registering and went directly to their rooms. Even (Continued op Page Two) Bismarck ’35 Business Best THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE Since 1929 eclusion in iverpool ° Home Education Upheld in Court Chicago, Dec. 31.—(—Jurors who deliberated all night decided Tuesday Dr. and Mrs. Richard Spencer had the right to educate their pretty 16-year-old daughter at home rather than send her to Public school. Mrs, Mary Belle Spencer, the mother, who is an attorney, served as lawyer for her husband, who was charged with violating the state compulsory education law. The jury’s “not guilty” verdict ended a long dispute between the Spencers and school authorities of Chicago Heights. OLSON'S FUTURE T0 HINGE ON OUTCOME OF OPERATION TODAY Doctors Sew Up Wound After Determining Medical Treat- ment Is Necessary | | ° Rochester, Minn., Dec. 31.—(?)}—The Mayo clinic disclosed Tuesday a de- cision that further operation would fail to cure Gov . Floyd B. Olson's stomach disorder for which he under- went an exploratory operation this morning and directed continued med- ical treatment in the hopes of clear- ing up the condition. Dr. William J. Mayo, himself a wit- ness to the operation Tuesday, said it had been determined that “opera- tion Would not accomplish the pur- A polyp—accumulation of secretion —is in the governor's stomach. An inflamed condition of the stom- ach, physicians reported after the operation, prevented removal of the growth, the nature of which remains to be determined. Exploration Explanatery “The exploration this morning has bss 4 eae erat Dr. Mayo “Wo at an. ¢ ion ‘Would hot sétompli#h the purpése anc we must resort to medical treatment.” The original statement from the staff of physicians at the operation, Dr. Mayo said, “contained everything we have to say.” The statement said: “Operation on Governor Olson this morning revealed a condition in which an extensive operation was not advis- able. Medical treatment will be insti- | tuted following convalescense from the | operation.” The operation, performed under gas, lasted about an hour. Since Dr. Walt- man Walters operating surgeon, did not remove the polyp, hanging inside the stomach, there was no micro- scopic examination. 1 Know Nothing Specific Previous to operating the physicians ‘had insisted that nothing specific could be determined by X-ray alone but that they would have to view the actual conditions under the micro- Scope before making the decision whether the foreign substance was malignant or benign, Olson, the nation’s only Farmer- Labor governor, has announced him- self as a candidate for the United States senate in next year’s campaign. The outcome of the operation may alter his plans. Dr. A. W. Hoaglund of Minneapolis, the governor’s personal physician. here for the operation, said he felt sure there would be no complications. He has operated on the governor twice previously. Possible Resignation Of Kjerstad Pondered Members of the state board of ad- ministration adjourned Monday with- out taking definite action on de- mands for replacement of C. L, Kjer- stad, president of the Dickinson State Teachers’ college. J. D. Harris, chairman of the board, said the body had “taken under ad- visement” the possible resignation of Kjerstad. ‘ Definite action, it was understood, was expected within the next week or 10 days. ELLISON 8. D. SOIL CHIEF Washington, Dec. 31.—()—Arthur D. Ellison was named by the soil con- servation service Tuesday as its South Dakota coordinator. Ellison formerly was agronomist for the service at its Huron, 8. D., demonstration project. NEW CONSUL ON JOB San Antonio, Tex. Dec. 31—(P)— Benjamin R. Hill, Mexican congress- man and newly appointed consul general of Mexico at San Antonio. took over his new post Monday. ’ New Minnesota Banking St, Paul, Dec. 31.—(#)—Robert T. , Minnesota new state banking " disclosed Tuesday in banking commis- ‘The state's new pointed to the United tates n owing the death pf Thomas Yoru moved to Nora Dakote aM : Chief Former Dakotan from Indiana in 1905, taking a home- stead in Hettinger county, where he A, Ben-'| . Onnette Marie HAS: CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS WORRYING Refinancing Would Cost i Another 5 Billion Washington, Dec. 31.—(@)—Demo- cratic leaders were laying plans Tues- day for an attempt to cppe with two} \ drives for @ $5,000,000,000 expansion in the nation’s money in the coming session of congress. A bgttle over monetary expansion | threatens in connection with the; campaign to pay the $2,000,000,000/ soldiers’ bonus immediately. | Although Representative Patman (@em., Tex.), author of the bill to pay with new currency, said he would | compromise on the method of pay- ment if necessary, other expansion- ists, notably Senator Thomas (Dem., Okla.), made plain they would fight any effort to finance the huge outlay through the orthodox issuance of bonds. Worrying the leaders is another measure—the Frazier-Lemke bill to refinance farm indebtedness through currency inflation up to $3,000,000,000. When the last session pf congress closed, the bill’s backers had 207 names on a petition to force it to the house floor for a vote. Only 10 more will be necessary when congress assembles next Fri- day. The strategy of the leaders is centered on keeping names off the petition, for they believe the bill will pass the house if it comes to a vote. Talk of a “compromise” bonus bill to win President Roosevelt's “O, K.” was heard in many quarters. The president himself, in declining to answer questions about the bonus Monday, led some quarters to imply that his mind was not closed on the subject, though he vetoed the Patman bill last session. When a reporter raised the bonus question, the president suggested it would be better to wait and see what kind of bill is put forward. He held that questions at present were hypo- thetical. Roosevelts to Spend Quiet New Year’s Eve Washington, Dec. 31,—(#)—The leaders of the nation’s officialdom will stick close to the home fires Tues- oy night waiting for 1936 to make its A > In a snowbanked White House, Presi- dent Roosevelt will remain with his | family. The White is not with- out New Year resolu for Mrs. Roosevelt resolved “to have more time to think.” |. Chief Justice and Mrs, Hughes like- will spend the INFLATION CANPAIN Welford Sees 1936 As Normal Year If Weather Is Better ! | Cites Forward Strides Made by State During Past Year Toward Security By WALTER WELFORD Governor of North Dakota. Bismarck, N. D., Dec. 31.—(#)—The year 1936 will see economic conditions in North Dakota swinging close to normalcy if the weather is favorable for crops. Everything the state government can do to make all other conditions favorable will be done. The executive office is already ar- ranging with the federal govern- ment to haye seed loans available and the right kind of seed on hand be- fore planting time in 1936. Farmers will be able to take advantage of an early planting season if the weather. is favorable. ‘The past year has witnessed several important forward strides for North Dakota. The sales tax, which went into effect in May and was later, en- dorsed by the people in a state refer- endum, has provided needed funds for schools, for relief and for the aged, blind and mothers’ pensions, Moratorium Is Protective 4 A moratorium was declared to pro- tect those temporarily in financial difficulties. The state social security program was perfected to comply with federal regulations so that state will be ready to take advantage of the national so- cial security act when funds are made available by congress. North Dakota became affiliated with the national reclamation asso- ciation, Various water conservation and development projects were stud- ied. The next year should see several of these projects under way. All are vitally important to the areas in- volved. : The year 1936 will witness a big de- velopment+in our state park system, which is well underway as 1935 comes toa close. The state park system will provide us with necessary recreation- al areas, will attract many tourists from outside the state and will pre- serve for posterity the historical and beauty spots of North Dakota. Cites Security Program It is likely that congress will ap- {propriate the necessary funds with- (Continued on Page Two) $3400 SEIZED BY ROBBERS IN FRONT OF GURTIS HOTEL Messenger and Guard Held Up As They Return From Minneapolis Bank Minneapolis, Dec. 31.—(?)—Holdup men held up a bank messenger and guard of the Curtis hotel in Minne- apolis Tuesday and escaped with $3,400 in cash. The robbery was staged directly in front of the hotel, as the guard and messenger were returning from the “bank, Miss Jane Julian, messenger, and ‘Frank Beadle, guard, were returning from the Marquette National bank, where they had gone to obtain enough money to carry the hotel over New Year's day, when they were accosted by the holdup gang. Miss Julian and Beadle, riding in a taxicab, had just pulled up to the Tenth street entrance. A small sedan} drew in behind them. As the man and woman descended to the pave- ment the gang closed in on them. Seizing the grip in which Miss Julian was carrying the money, the robbers jumped back to their ma- chine. It sped away. Clinton C. Melony, manager of the Curtis, said he had sent to the bank for $3,400. i Relief Client. Filed On Gold Quartz Claim Anaconda, Mont., Dec. 31.—(?)— Deer Lodge county records show that James Gadwood filed a certificate of location on the Joeboy quartz claim on June 24,'1919, but did not prove on it and obtain a patent. A friend as- serted in Boston’that Gadwood, a re- Hef recipient, had been offered $50,000 for the property in a telegram which arrived just after his death. Minneapolis Motorman ‘Lost in Loop Half Hour WOMAN SENTENCED FOR BANK ROBBERY REVEALS HER PAST She Was Criminally Asso- ciated; Under Guard Albert Lea, Minn. Dec. 31.—(P}— Mrs, Mary Lyons, who single-handed robbed the State Bank of Twin Lakes | of $670.75 on Dec. 18 and who was; captured shortly afterward, pleaded guilty Monday to a charge of rob- bery in the first degree and was sentenced to serve five to 40 years in the women’s reformatory at Shakopee. { Immediately after pleading guilty, Mrs, Lyons told the court she would make a complete disclosure of her past criminal record and name persons with whom she was associated, if au- thorities would give her protection against possible reprisals by those she implicated. To this authorities agreed, and two expert machine gunners were station- ed outside the jail. The woman's confession was made to County Attorney Elmer R. Peter- son and Sheriff Helmer Myre, who, however, refused to disclose anything it contained pendifg a checkup of| the statements. : In open court, just before she was/| sentenced by District Judge N. E. Pet- erson, Mrs. Lyons gaid she was born in Lakefield, Minn. She said she mar- ried one Joseph Mollers, now deceased, and later was wedded to Robert J. | Moore, whose whereabouts she said she did not know. Shortly after her capture, it was disclosed by Melvin C. Passolt, sup- erintendent of the state bureau of criminal apprehension, that Mrs. Lyons was wanted with her husband for complicity in the holdup of the First National Bank of Hunter, N. D.,/ Sept. 3, 1932, County F. U. Council Formed in Burleigh Organization of a Burleigh County Council of the Farmers Union was effected at a meeting of members of i |TREASURER’S OFFICE Discloses Persons With Whom; | placed in a receiving vault there until Car Is Too Fast Burlington, Wis., Dec. 31.—()— The Delaware man who can't drive his car at night because it is so fast that it catches up and passes the beams of its headlights sought honors Tuesday as the champion Mar of 1935. His entry, filed by telegraph with O. C. Hulett, president of the Burlington Liar’s club, was one of approximately 5,000 considered by the championship liar’s committee. Wednesday in Chicago the com- mittee will sift the lies to the bot- tom, come up with one they think | the best and crown its writer the champion liar of all liars. The championship lie will be broad- cast over a radio hookup. | Champion Liar’s | =~ PLANS 10 SET BACK CLOCK AT MIDNIGHT Last-Minute Rush of Taxpayers Delays Closing of Coun- ty Books County Treasurer Ernest Elness and his staff of co-workers at the courti house will not celebrate New Year's| Day until sometime later in the week. Patterning their action after con- gress and the state legislature, the treasyrer’s office will “stop the clock” at one minute to twelve tonight and keep it there for at least two days. A last-minute rush of taxpayers to get in under the wire with their pay- ments. of delinquent taxes on which penalty and interest goes back on at midnight made this action necessary. A flood of belated collections, through the mails and conveyed by persons, has made the office a bee- hive of activity the past few days and indications are that there will be no letup until closing time tonight. ee are pricing back ‘the clock in order to get tax basta ‘that come through the mails, di on or | before Dec. 31, into our 1935 records,” Elness said. No payments for delinquent taxes will be received from persons after closing time tonight, however, he pointed out. ‘The large number of property hold- ers, taking advantage of the legisla- tive act to redeem property to which the county has taken tax deed with- out the payment of penalty and in- terest, has resulted in a tremendous increase in delinquent tax collections} this month, Elness said. Although exact figures will not be available until the books are closed, it is believed that the collections for December will be greater than the combined total receipts for the last five years. Tax collections have al- PRICE FIVE CE RISING ACTIVITY IN AUTOMOBILE TRADE MOST SIGNIFICANT Wholesale Business Less in Dol: lars But Greater in Goods Volume Than 1930 POSTAL RECEIPTS INCREASE Bankers Declare General Quan-' tity of Business This Year Greater Than Last Bismarck enjoyed better business in 1935 than in any year since 1929. This was disclosed Tuesday by busi- ness statistics gathered by the Bis- 4 marck Association of Commerce. Most significant of a rising level of activity is the automobile trade which registered sales by Bismarck firms totaling $1,631,925, the highest on record with the exception of 1929. The best year between the two pe- riods was 1930 with sales $600,500. The city’s wholesale business showed. only a slight decrease since 1930, fig- ures for that year being $8,582,500, and for 1935, $8,127,687. The volume of goods moved, however, was as large or larger because prices are generally lower now than they were then. Postal receipts showed a healthy increase for the five-year period from - $200,530 in 1930 to $238,259 in 1935. Bank clearings made a good show- ing. The only comparison covering all local banks is with 1934 when the total was $148,788,586 as compared with $145,682,771 this year. In the figures for 1935, the clearings for De- cember were estimated. Bankers said, however, that the volume of genera] business was great- er this year than last because last year's clearings listed heavy govern- Mient payments for drouth-stricken cattle and a million in the refinanc- ing of farm loans by the Bank of North Dakota and other institutions. That business dwindled sharply dure ing 1935. As encouraging as any business fac- tor was the ending of the drouth in 1935, in the opinion of local business= men. Tuesday precipitation stood at 17,91 inches, an excess of 1.59. inchps-. over the normal fall of 16.32, REPORT AMBULANCE UNITS SLAUGHTER ON ETHIOPIAN FRONT Old Year in East Africa Will Go Out in Crackle of Rifle Fire (By the Associated Press) The alleged slaughter of a Swedish- od shown a sizeable increase over Mrs. Caroline Little To Be Buried in East ‘The body of Mrs. Caroline Gore Little, wife of Col. C. B. Little, 304 Avenue A, West, who died Thursday night at Hollywood, Calif. has been services which will be held when Col. Little goes west in the future. The date has not been definitely set. Following the services, the body will be cremated and the ashes will be taken to Pembroke, N. H., the ances- tral home of Col. Little, for burial. Fargo Man’s Slayer To Get Life Sentence Fargo, N. D., Dec, 31.—(#)—Charles Marratto, 29, ex-convict from Canada, was found guilty of murdering Peter E. Stewart, 71-year-old Fargo grocer, by a Cass county district court jury after deliberating the case Tuesday for 40 minutes. Conviction on a first degree murder charge carries a man- datory sentence of life imprisonment. The murder occurred during @ holdup Dec. 20. Mauna Loa Eruption the Driscoll, Stefling, Moffit and Regan locals, held Saturday at the Sterling hall. Men elected to serve on the board of directors for the coming year were Victor Anderson, Regan, president; | Alden Nelson, Driscoll, vice president; Mrs. G. W. Schlabach, Driscoll, sec- retary-treasurer; August Doehle, Mof- jfit; Oscar Anderson, Sterling, and .{Seth Ecklund, Wilton. Speakers at the meeting were C. C. Talbott, president of the state Farm- ers Union organization; I. Acker, Wal- ser Rea eae ary 0 eller, Olson Boomed for Third Party Leader End Seen by Jan. 10 Hilo, Hawaii, Dec. 31—(?)—An end to Mauna Loa’s. current eruption about Jan. 10 was predicted Tuesday by Dr. Thomas A. Jaggar, govern- ment volcano expert. The forecast followed observations in which the volcanologist expressed belief the flow Ethiopian ambulance unit of 32 by Italian aerial bombs was reported to Addis Ababa Tuesday. by the high. Ethiopian command on the southern African front. aM Ras Desta Demtu, son-in-law of Emperor Haile Selassie, wirelessed his capital that nine Swedish troops and 23 Ethiopians, making up the ambu- lance unit, had died in an aerial bombardment near Dolo, on the Ethiopian-Italian Somaliland fron- tier. In the north, the Italian invaders moved up reinforcements in anticipa- tion of a long-drawn-out campaign and it appeared the old year would go out to the crack of rifle fire, Blackshirt Italy prepared for the most sober new year’s celebration since the World War. * ‘The nation of the geographical bout awaited calmly the turn of the twelfth-month in the knowledge heightened strife and increased blood- shed at the front probably would be the keynote of 1936, sounded Monday by Premier Mussolini when he haart plained the tardiness of advances into Ethiopia. Gilbert Semingsen Is Recovering in Fargo Gilbert Semingsen of Bismarck, di- rector of the finance division of the FERA and former state bank exam- iner, is recovering in a Pargo hospi- tal from effects of an illness that forced him to bed Christmas eve, friends here learned Tuesday. His physician expects him to be able to return home in a few days. NO PAPER WEDNESDAY In order that employes of The Bis- marck Tribune may spend the first of lava which is threatening the Hilo water supply had been slowed down hy bombs dropped last week from army airplanes, Silence Hampers Police ' Probing Chicago day of the new year with their fami- es, there will be no edition of The eee ‘Tribune published Wednes- lay.