The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 8, 1936, Page 2

is THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1986 2 DE NEWS’ GIVEN BRITISH BY MORGAN, SENATORS DECLARE Wilson . Indirectly Authorized Credits for Allies, Probe Reveals Washington, Jan, 8—(P)—Evidence| that J. P. Morgan invited Great Bri-| tain to buy control of an American| arms plant before this country enter- ed the World War was introduced) Wednesday in the senate’s investiga-; tion of wartime finance. The invitation was contained in a cablegram from Morgan to the Mor- house in London. J. P. Morgan) and tompany then was purchasing; agent in the United States for Great; ritain and France. Dated Jan. 14, 1916, it said the Win- | chester Repeating Arms company was/| Be from Chairman Nye of the commit: tee that “we'll make the record” be- fore deciding whether submarines or business were to blame. Elaborating previous testimony that the House of Morgan arranged the Purchase of $3,000,000,000 worth of goods for the Allies prior to the Unit- ed States declaration of war, the company said the Bethlehem Steel company got $246,499,058 of this bus- iness. Earlier in the hearing evidence that lorgan and company contracted for $194,000,000 worth of rities for the Al- lies in 1915, before the United States entered the conflict, was read into the record. Tuesday the committee disclosed evidence tending to show that Presi- dent Wilson himself indirectly gave the “go ahead” sign for the first of many American credits to the Allies, a shift in neutrality policy opposed by Secretary of State William Jen- nings Bryan. Sympathies With Allies Morgan and his associates made plain that from the first their sym- pathies were with the Allies. “When the government turned it- self loose, we turned ourself loose,” Morgan smiled. in financial difficulties. The story of the delivery of inside “This point is, would the British) information to the British was con- government be interested in purchas-| tained in a book of cablegrams copied ing this stock or in making any sug-| from: Morgan records. gestions regarding its purchase, or| One message sent by H. P. Davison, would they like to investigate the sit-!2 wartime Morgan partner, to the uation with the possible view of J. P.! London office of the company evident- ‘Morgan and company interesting oth-/ ly related to the third Lusitania note ers in the purchase in which event} to Germany asserting “fundamental” they might have to become a party?” | rights of the United States. It ap-{ the message continued. i pcereneae “ baie bal | to “authorities.” One telegram speci- ; The ieeiyy tour cave tater, showed fically designated the chancellor of the British opposed such procedure. | the exchequer as the one to receive The senate munitions committee, | the information. which is examining Morgan and his! partners, contends American finan-| cial transactions with the Allies led this country into the war. It held in reserve Wednesday evi- +—________- ___—-¢ | Additional Markets | oO dence that Morgan’s company sup-! yew Beotre Aa eed: plied Great Britain with “inside in-| ARiSe bs OER? DIK, formation” on American governmenta! | Cities Service Pity activity before the United States join- Elec. Bond & Shai 18% ed the struggle. : ee Morgan himself was questioned but | : little as the second day of the inquiry | HUM ST II ual New York, Jan. 8—()—Govern-' wore on, but he was quick to quit | ent: bonds: smoking his underslung pipe and bark uu, “I certainly did!” when asked at one) TTeAsury ee point if he wrote his printed state- oo i ment of Tuesday that German acts, not international finance, sent this} country into the war. Nye Serves Notice | Repetition of that statement by) ‘Thomas W. Lamont, a Morgan part-| ‘There are only about 30 stars with- 1 NEW YORK BONDS New York, Jan. 8.—(?)—Bonds | close: Great Northern 7's of 1936 102%. COUGHLIN T0 ATTACK CONSTITUTIONALITY OF {3 RESERVE ACT Refuses to Say Whether or Not He Will Support Roose- | velt This Fall Washington, Jan. 8.—(#)—Father| Charles E. Coughlin told reporters Wednesday he intended to file suit against the federal reserve board at- tacking the constitutionality of the 1913 federal reserve act and all its amendments, Coughlin made his statement after a talk with President Roosevelt which he described as “entirely social.” Coughlin added he was going to es- tablish a national newspaper and was looking for the best possible editorial writers. Asked if he was going to support President Roosevelt in the next cam-. paign, Father Coughlin said that was not discussed. Asked his thoughts on the ruling of the AAA by the supreme court, Father Coughlin said he thought an editorial in today’s Baltimore Sun, stating that not only the New Deal but perhaps the supreme court also is on trial, “is a very salient thought.” L. J. Wehe Will Head Townsend Club No. 1 dent of the Townsend Club No. 1 at the semi-annual election of officers held here Tuesday night. Other officers chosen were John Boss, vice president; June Middaugh, secretary and Fred Weist, treasurer. Members named to the executive com- mittee were J. W. Riley, R. A. Mid- daugh, Mrs, Jennie Smith, Dr. A. L. Kershaw, W. R. Collis and Mrs. Frank Buckley. Harold Hopton will be the principal speaker at an open meeting to be held next Tuesday. Following Hopton’s talk, an open forum discussion will be held during which the “pros” and “cons” of the plan will be brought out. A drive will be made in the near future to bring the membership to 1,000 by April 1. At present there are ner, brought sharply-worded notice in a hundred trillion miles of us. 600 members in the Bismarck club. Three Initiated to Legion Scout Troop Elmer Overlander, Robert Grey and Bernard Ehli were accepted into membership in Boy Scout Troop No. 9 at an investiture ceremony held prey evening at the Wachter school. ‘ Interested observers were the pér- ents of the troop members, guests at the annual parents’ night. One of the features of the ceremony was the requirement that each boy in the troop introduce his parents to the gathering. Members of the American Legion, sponsoring organization of the troop, also took part in the affair. Following the investiture each of the four patrols put on a skit, rang- ig from an amateur-night presen- tation to plays, prepared and pro- duced by’ the boys. Lunch was served at the close of the formal program, after which the boys and their fathers played games. HOFFMAN STUDYING HAUPTMANN TRIAL Trenton, N. J., Jan. 8—()—Gov. Harold G. Hoffman, it was disclosed Wednesday, is studying the transcript of the trial of Bruno Hauptmann, sentenced to die next week for the Lindbergh baby kidnap-murder. The governor is a member of the New Jersey court of pardons which will convene Saturday to consider; Hauptmann’s plea for clemency. His execution was reported to have been set for Friday, Jan. 17, at 8 p. m. Hauptmarin received news of the Kimberling, state prison warden, without visible emotion. The condemned man’s spiritual ad- viser, the Rev. John Matthiesen of Trenton, after visiting him Tuesday, reasserted belief in his innocence and reported him “hopeful and cheerful.” JAPAN DISINTERESTED ! London, Jan. 8—(7)—A Japanese spokesman announced Wednesday his nation’s delegation to the internation- al naval conference, while ready to ‘discuss the subject, was not partic- ularly interested in British, French and Italian proposals for an exchange of fleet information. The killer whale is the only variety of whale with teeth. It is a flesh- eater, has no commercial value, and is not hunted by mankind. about MUSSOLINI PRIMING HIS FORCE AT FRONT Probe of Poison Gas Use by Invading Romans (By the Associated Press) Ethiopia asked the League of Na- merciless extermination” Wednesday as unofficial sources at Rome pre- more men into his African campaign. Emperor Haile Selassie’s govern- ment based its plea for a League com- mission of inquiry on alleged contin- ued employment of poison gas by the invading Fascists. 4 “These are not accidental isolated acts attributable to individuals,” the plea declared. “They represent mani- festly inexorable application of a pol- icy of merciless extermination of the Ethiopian people, proclaimed by the Italian government in its press.” Battle Fleets Parade Sudden orders for large scale move- ments of French and British battle fleets in the Mediterranean sea Wed- nesday assured the greatest naval concentration yet in those waters by the time the League of Nations coun- cil convenes for further action on the Italo-Ethiopian war. The council meets Jan. 20, Whether Atty. L. J. Wehe was elected presi-|¢xecution date from Col. Mark O.;or not it will add new sanctions to those already imposed upon Italy is uncertain. But on that day 92 French war- ships, ranging from battleships to submarines, will be cruising the Medi- terranean along with a possibly aug- mented British fleet. Recall Four Warships The British admiralty, in recalling four warships now in the Mediter- ranean, Wednesday announced a mid- January cruise of four other battle craft and a destroyer flotilla, with even greater tonnage than the craft withdrawn. At first it was thought the cruise ships, which include the great bat- tleships Nelson and Rodney, would replace the four men-of-war which will be withdrawn from the Mediter- ranean. However, the admiralty later announced the cruise would not go into the latter sea. your winter gasoline You will not hear your starter go slower, s+l-o-w-e-r, s-l-o--w-ee--r before Winter Blend Conoco Bronze starts up in this weather. 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"| BROADWAY AT SECOND REFILL YOUR CAR NOW AT EITHER OF THESE STATIONS LOMAS OIL COMPANY “Bismarck's Newest On East Main Between Ninth and Tenth Super Service Station” The mobilization of five new troop divisions of the Fascist army was de- clared by informed sources at Rome to be under consideration. The move, apparently to inject new force into the Italian field forces, renewed reports that Marshal Pietro Badoglio, com- mander-in-chief in East Africa, had appealed for more men, | Weather Report WEATHER FORECAST For Bismarck and vicinity: “Mostly cloudy tonight and Thursday; some- what warmer to- night; colder Thursday. For North Da- kota: Mostly clou- dy, light snow robable east por- ion tonight and Thursday, Da- fair west cloudy a mn to- 01 night and Thurs- day; snow east tonight; somewhat warmer tonight, colder Thursday. Montana: Unsettled tonight and Thursday, light snow west por- tion; warmer tonight southeast and extreme east; colder north-central and northwest portions Thursday. For Minnesota: Snow probable to- night and Thursday; s temper- ature tonight; colder in ‘tion WEATHER CONDITIONS tric is The baromet h over the Great Lakes region, 8. 8. Marie, 30.50, while a low pressure area is centered over the western Cana- dian Provinces, Calgary, 29.52. Tem- eratures d Sushtly in the reat Lakes region, but temperatures are risinj all other sections. Sub- zero reat were reported in North Dakota, eastern Montana and in the central Canadian Provinces. Preci- pitation has occurred in the Missis- sh Valley, southern Plains States MBlomarck sation wromeer faches;|| HOME IN "THE HEART . Reduced sea level, . Sunrise today 8:28 a. m. OF EVERY WOMAN Senet eRtRT: EEE Be 12 weeks at the World PRECIPITATION Theatre, Minneapolis! ‘rotal this montis to-date 08 Normal, this: month to date 210 Selected Short Subjects Total, January ist to date 08 26c until 7:30 formal, January ist to date .. .10 mulated deficiency to date 02 NORTH DAKOTA WEATHER pig High. onntoak! eesseee 2 High: est ' 24 (84 36 06 %& «00 » TL, hig « 00 Denver, Colo., clear 28 Des Moines, Iowa, sno’ 26 4 Dodge City, Kans., cldy. 20 «22 Edmonton, Alta. clear Oo 00 3 «600 2% 00 14 00 38 00 26 (4 62.00 18 00 20 02 34 00 8 00 22 (06 28 (Ol 6 00 Oo 00 8 00 38.00 46 36 36 01 32 (04 26 «06 26 «00 6 28 16 00 16 12 38 22 2 33 3 WT 10000 EN Selassie Demands League tions to step into Italy's “policy of dicted Mussolini may dispatch 100,000 SBS8ei Mrs. Mattie M. Davis Rites Held in Fargo Fargo, N. D., Jan. 8—(?)—Rites for Mrs. Mattie M. Davis, prominent state educator and club woman, were con- ducted here Tuesday by Rev. R. A. Beard, pastor emeritus of the First CoriBregational church, assisted by Dr. Walter L. Airheart. The Quota club, Mecca Eastern Star chapter, Lake Agassiz, D.A.R. chapter and Fortnightly club membershin attend- ed. Representatives of the Northern School Supply, of which she was vice president, and of the Cass County School Officers association, which she founded, were present. The body was taken to Plainview, Minn., where bur- ial ceremonies were conducted at 3 p. m. Wednesday. STEPS ARE TAKEN 10 RETAIN AAA SETUPS Suggested Contract Signers Give $1 Each to Keep Clerical Force Fargo, N. D., Jan. 8—(#)—Steps‘to perpetuate ‘the county wheat and corn hog production control associations, set up throughout North Dakota un. der the AAA, and from these county groups to form a statewide control or- ganization were taken by the Cass County Wheat Control association here Wednesday. Roy T. Landblom, president of the Cass county group, also is chairman of a state committe> organized last year when 33 countiés sent delegates to Washington from the various county control associations. It will be suggested that all contract signers contribute a $1 membership fee to maintain sufficient clerical forces at the county control head- quarters to keep records. A Objectives are to get the govern- ment to pay up unpaid balances due on contracts and to support amy work- able nationwide farming program that may be developed for controk of ag- ricultural production. DEATH CLAIMS GIRL Minot, N, D., Jan. 8.—(?)—Jeannice Lonberg, 14-year-old school girl, died of heart disease Monday night in her Minot home. She had suffered from asthma since Nov. PARAMOUNT, TODAY (WED.) ONLY at 2:30-7-9 THE ONE SCREEN EVENT WE URGE YOU TO ATTEND. A PICTURE THAT WILL COMPLETELY POSSESS HOUSE VOTE FRIDAY SEEN BY ADVOCATE Washington, Jan. 8.—(?)—Legisla- tion authorizing cash payment of the bonus poised Wednesday before the final barrier on the way to the house floor and a probable vote Friday. Democratic leaders predicted the chamber would pass it by a tremend- ous margin. A bill supported by three leading veterans’ organizations and powerful house blocs was ready to be laid before the rules committee with a request for an open rule providing three or four hours debate. Bonus backers planned to bring the measure up for debate Thursday. Speaker Byrns and his leutenants repeated a desire to dispose of the issue promptly to clear the way for other legislation. Bonus forces claimed sufficient strength to pass any measyre over a presidential veto, but talk still circu- lated, particularly in the senate, over U caphagerrd of framing some bill wi CHINESE AGAIN RIOTING Nanking, China, Jan. 8—(#)—The smouldering student movement flared into open rioting in China’s capital Wednesday. Students of the Univer- sity of Nanking, a missionary institu- tion in which American control is predominant, attacked and badly mauled a Chinese gendarme whom they caught tearing down posters urging China to resist foreign in- MIKES VERDICT RETURN== Chicago, Jan. 8.—()}—A verdict of murder and suicide was returned Tuesday by a coroner's jury at the triple inquest’ into the deaths of Philip Mikes, 40, his wife, Penelope, a his step-daughter, Lulu Voornas, INCREASES DIVIDEND f New York, Jan. 8—(#}—The Penn- sylvania Railroad Co, Wednesday announced a dividend of $1 a share on the capital stock, an increase of 50 cents a share over the previous di- vidend paid in March, 1935. MILL OPERATING AGAIN Grand Forks, N. D., Jan. 8—(7}— The state mill and elevator here re- sumed operations Wednesday after being shut down when the supreme might win White House. ap- . - court held the AAA unconstitutional. proval. cpr 0US CURVES 4, 9 1995" But jest wait ‘tl you woe, how Wamer Bros. have shot the works in stars, spectacular songs! —Added— Comedy. - News “Land of Evangeline” CAPITOL -. 26c until 7:30 ALL WHO SEE IT... AN ENRAPTURED LOVE SONG PLAYED ON THE HEARTS iOF ALL WHO HAVE EVER LOVED! "ESCAPE ME NEVER’ HER DIVINE: PERFORM- NEXT ATTRACTION THURS. - FRI. - SAT. A thrill-soaked dramatic bombshell. — - Rochelle Hudson Charter No. 13398 Reserve District No. 9 ‘REPORT OF CONDITION OF THE DAKOTA NATIONAL BANK. & TRUST CO. OF BISMARCK, IN THE STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA, AT THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS ON DECEMBER 31, 1935 Assets Loans and discounts . scueeoeioveiae: -$ 445,823.04 Overdrafts ...... Siscieirenie seein ois ipenain ce 10.36 United States Government obligations, and/or fuly guaranteed ............. 354,018.75 Other bonds, stocks, and securities ...... 290,530.20 Banking house, $58,800.00, furniture and fixtures, $9,399.90 ............0.0. 68,199.90 Real estate owned other than banking house . 10,302.00 Reserve with Federal Reserve bank ......... 207,135.06 Cash, balances with other banks, exchanges for clearing house, etc. .. 456,785.18 Other BBG ocak kicviscee dace 10,866.15 TOTAL ASSETS ........ se eeeceee ee -$1,843,730.64 Liabilities Demand deposits, except U. S. Government depos- its, public funds, and deposits of other banks $ 868,536.34 Time deposit’, except postal savings, public funds and deposits of other banks: steesceesees 337,486.23 Public Funds of States, counties, school districts, or other subdivisions or municipalities...... 184,110.98 1,024.74 322,840.64 United States Government and postal savings de- posits sieeio te Deposits of other ‘banks, including certified and cashier’s checks outstanding .............. Secured by pledge of loans and/or in- vestments 1,024.74 Not secured by pledge of loans and/or investments seccecccccees 1,662,474.19 Total deposits ............$1,663,498.93 Interest, taxes, and other expenses accrued and unpaid Dividends declar not yet payable Set aside for dividends not decl: CORA RA SES HO RON IAS Capital account: Class A preferred stock, 250 shares, par $100.00 per share; common stock, 750 shares, par $100.00 per share 4 -$100,000.00 51,500.00 8,438.48 8,600.00 TOTAL CAPITAL ACCOUNT occ ecencene TOTAL LIABILITIES .... lemorandum 3,796.02 3,750.00 4,147.21 and jared Reserves for contingencies .. 168,538.48 ++. -$1,848,780.64 M Loans and Investments Pledged to Secure Liabilities: United States Government bli; and/or fully guaranteed . 10,500.00 a Total Pledged (excluding rediscounts)..§ 10,500.00 Against U. S. Government and postal savings de- gations, direct PORE eo ce ee 40mon an TOTAL PLEDGED ...:........4...+.8 10,5004 State of North Dakota, County of Buricigh, ss: . ” I, J. P. Wagner, Cashier of the ve named bank, ¢& solemnly swear that the above statement is true to the best of my knowledge and ‘belief. Zo |, P. WAGNER, 5 Sworn to and subscribed before me this ae of Jan- uary, 1 (Seal) ARCHIE 0. JOHNSON, ie __ Notary Public, My commission expires September 20, 1936. Correct—Attest: J. E. DAVIS LOUIS RUBEN FHEO, QUANRUD