The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 3, 1936, Page 1

Lins. | THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE ESTABLISHED 1878 BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, TUESDAY, MARCH 3, 1936 Rain ahr to colder tonight; The Weather snow and dec! ‘Wed, fair, wie PRICE FIVE CENTS Nonpartisans Fail to Agree on Truce kk * President Proposes Taxing Plans N. D. Visit ESTIMATES LEVY ON SURPLUS INCOME 10 YIELD $1,614,000,000 Asks Repeal of Graduated In- come, Excess Profits and Other Assessments HITS DIVIDENDS’ EXEMPTION Tax Averaging 331, Per Cent on Stock Holders Is Trea- sury's Estimate Washington, March 3—(P)}—A tax program which stunned con- VISIT NORTH DAKOTA |: Howard Hunter Coming on In- spection Tour, May Visit in Bismarck among stockholders, yield roughly at $1,614,000,000. Get 620 Millions Mere Treasury experts said the new pro- 5 pi age E F of Civil War Veteran and Early Blacksmith i Tommy Touhy Pleads Innocence to Robbery aaa E me ner | E i i aH i : 5 a | Hi BE I g i i i F; Pi Ba = & F Lp fF i ur Assassins Fail To Kill Rich Cuban 5 xk x * BUILDING WORKERS STRIKE MARKED BY VIOLENCE OUTBURST Flying Squadrons Battle Guards and Workers Ignoring Walkout Call WALL STREET UNAFFECTED Mayor LaGuardia Calls Second Conference Attemping to Settle Dispute March 3.—(%)—Fresh outbursts of violence flared Tuesday in the building workers strike as rov- ing bands of strikers sought recruits New York, their differences in a conference at Mayor Laguardia’s chambers. In the presence of a special guard and eight passengers, five men yanked Sol Drinaututi, 23, from an elevator in a 16-story at 352 Fourth Ave., and beat him. Drinaututi was ® replacement worker. Police forces were further augmented to cope with the situation. Wall Street Net Vuinerable squadrons” of strikers vis- Doctors Fear for Baby Long Asleep Erie, Pa., March 3.—()}—Doctors shook their heads sadly over Baby Yarrington’s crib Tuesday for her future is anything but bright, even if she should awaken from the deep sleep which has held her six Jong months, “Because of her long confine- ment, Maxine will be a lifelong invalid when and if she awak- ens,” said Dr. H. B, Emerson as he made his daily inspection. BSWARCK WIL BE HONORED BY BOWES ONSINDAY, APRIL : Capital Designated as Honor City on Famous Amateur Hour Broadcast Bismarck has been designated as the honor city for Maj. Edward Bowes’ amateur hour for Sunday April 5 and on that date residents of North Da- kota’s capital city and vicinity will have the privilege of voting by tele- phone for the performers on the fa- mous broadcast who win their ap- Announcement of the decision was made Tuesday by the Bismarck As- sociation of Commerce and Charles Mitchell, 100 Fifth 8t., local agent for Chase and Sanborn, sponsors of this most famous of radio entertain- ments. R. E. Sandberg, district sup- ervisor, will assist Mitchell and local officials in making the local arrange- ments, which will include a battery Bowes during—the—broadcast the rest of the nation a better idea pan ee proclamation dealing with the ama- teur hour and Bismarck will extend all of the courtesies usual to sucn an affair. Complete details of the local arrangements will be announced later. :| THIRD PARTY FOLK ASKING LEAGUE 10 HELP ORGANIZATION ;| Resolutions Attack Sales Tax, Huge Security Offering Favor Revision of Farm Rent Provisions Cooperation of the divided Non- Intangibles The convention also passed the fol- lowing resolutions: Declaring for abolishment of the two-per-cent sales tax. Calling for taxes on intangible property, including bank deposits and gradusted income taxes, gift taxes, and increased assessed valuations of railroads and other prop- * kkk PEACE ORSANCTIONS (Biismarck’s WPA ARE OFFERED ITALY BY LEAGUE LEADERS Ethiopia and Rome Given One Week in Which to Reply to Appeal OIL EMBARGO IS PREPARED ‘Mussolini’s Praise of American Neutrality Regarded as Slap at Geneva (Copyright, 1936, Associated Press) ‘With the Northern Italian army, at the Front, Ethiopia, March 3. —The Italian army Tuesday crushed 30,000 Ethiopians under The League of Nations’ “Committee of 13” representing every member of the council except Italy, decided Tues- day to appeal to Italy and Ethiopia for peace and gave the two nations one week in which to reply. the day by Anthony Eden, foreign secretary, and Plerre-Etienne Flandin, the French foreign minister. League officials said the draft the peace appeal suggested that be negotiations for the cessation hostilities and preliminary to negotiations to be held in Geneva. Report Selassie 51 ar Higile Selagaie bad for ‘St Geneva, but the activi- tles of the League of Nations did serve to substantiate this angle. As a matter of fact, league of! Prepared a program for the out of an oil embargo against Ii the member nations should one as an additional sanction Tl Duce’s government. Premier Mussolini himself met with his cabinet in Rome to consider means of defiance of the sanctions already in force, Praise Is Criticism He praised the neutrality policy of the United States as an instrument of world peace. Obliquely, his praise was interpreted as a criticism of na- PRIVATE BANKING IN ITALY IS ABOLISHED Absolute State Finance Control Envisaged by Order of Duce’s Council (Copyright, 1936, Associated Press) Rome, March 3.—()—Private bank- ing in Italy was abolished Tuesday by '@ sweeping banking reform, passed by the council of ministers. The cabinet ordered the four be, farmer gest banks in Italy—the Bank . Snapped Up by Public}‘sston Washington, March 3.—(#)—The reception largest governmen financing issue of post-war days. An and able offering of securities for $1,250,000,000/ 7 cash was “heavily oversubscribed” Labor's report that 12, were jobless in January. “& Italy, the Banca Commercial Italiana, Credito Italians and Banco Di Roma —declared public banks. The ministers also confirmed s public Denk. stain toe 6 number of The strength of the Bank of Italy was reduced to s capitalization of 300,000,000 lire (about $24,000,000), to be subscribed to by the public banks. quently come to their sid. Burke’s Candidacy Formally A Announced ax OR Undistributed Corporation Profits BOTH SIDES STAND ‘Workers’ Strike! FIRM IN DECISION Resent Laboring Extra Hours to Make Up Time Lost Dur- ing Cold Spell An undetermined number of Bis- marck WPA workers were on strike Tuesday, protesting against an in- Crease in the hours of work ordered that they might make up time for which they already have been paid but for which they have not worked. Leaders of the strike were in con- ference Tuesday with Ed Comm, Man- dan, chief engineer for the Mandan district, and Gordon Moore, WPA engineer for Bismarck, and it was ex- pected the issue would be taken up at state WPA headquarters later in the day. The trouble arose out of the fact that during recent cold weather it was impossible for many of the men to work, They were paid their regular WPA wages, however, that they might support their families. Recently, however, in order that the government might obtain value for its money, the working day was lengthened two hours so that the tae workers might make up lost Under former regulations the work- ing day was six hours, Under the new order it is eight hours a day. =a 2 His Bubble Bursts Allen Person of Crosby, N. D., can’t collect his part of a success- ful $150,000 New Orleans race track bet because his bank re- fused to cash a certificate of de- posit before the due date, The gamblers required Person to show 4 could have paid off his bet had lost. TAXICAB INSURANCE MANDATORY IN CITY. REVISED ORDINANCE Amendment Requires $1,000 Property, $5,000-$10,000 Liability Protection First reading was given to an amendment to the present taxicab or- dinance, which will require the li- censed cab companies to obtain prop- ,jerty and accident lability insurance by April 1, at the regular meeting of the board of city commissioners Mon- - | day night, Balky Human Hearts Brought Back to Life them beating in order to study their action as affected by various diseases and 5 drugs. Dr. Kountz did not explain his method, Hearts of persons dead as long as six hours were revived success- Power Alcohol Plant To Begin Work in May May 1. The plant, to be located in Atchinson, Kan., will annually con- vert 1,500,000 bushels of corn into alcohol suitable for mixing with gas- oline as s motor fuel. The amendment, needing a second reading before it is approved, provides that all cab companies must have $1,000 property damage and from $5,000 to $10,000 accident lability in- surance before they will be allowed to operate within the corporate limits of the city. Waldo Bryan made an application for @ permit to run a bus to the Sib- ley Island transient camp and permis- sion was given with the stipulation that the bus make a regularly ap- Pointed stop at a designated point in the city. Approves Sub-Contract The board approved a sub-contract, let by the Haggart Construction Co., general contractors for the pre-sedi- mentation basin at the city water- aes plant, to the Phillips Roofing A second reading was given to the ordinance permitting the use of cop- per pipe as lead-ins td residences from the city water mains and it was approved. Reports of A. W. Ecklund, city bacteriologist, for January and February and the report of E. 8. Al- len, police magistrate, for February were read and approved. The commissioners discussed the feasibility of constructing the admin- istration building at the municipal airport, already approved as a WPA Project, which calls for an expenditure ,of approximately $8,000 by the city for building materials and superin- tendence. Tentative agreements have already been made with the two com- panies operating mail planes here for rental of space in the new building. Final decision on the proposed con- struction was deferred on recommen- dation of Commissioner H, T. Perry. Approve Sale of Lots The sale of four tax lots to which title is held by the county was rec- ommended to the board of county commissioners. Approved for sale were lots 23 and 24, block 27, Sturgis addition to J. B, Kirkland for $40, and lots 15 and 16, block 16, McKenzie and Coffin addition to H. T. Wadeson for $100. William M. Zabel offered $75 for lots 1 and 2, and the north 15 feet of lot 3, block 13, McKenzie and Coffin addition, but the offer was turned down and a counter offer made by the board. An application for the abatement of taxes on lots 21 and 22, block 104, Original Plat, made by William Fal- coner for St. George’s Episcopal church, was referred to Charles Fos- ter, city attorney. If taxes are abat- ed, the property will be turned over to the board of education to be used a8 @ playground at the Will school, which it adjoins. Action on a sec- ond application for abatement of gen- ral taxes on the Episcopal church FOR FINISH FIGHT Two Gatherings Under Way With Platform and Can- didates to Fore EACH SEEKS STRONG TICKET Welford and Langer Sure to Be Rival Gubernatorial Can- didates in June Efforts to reach a peace agreement in the warring Welford and Langer camps of the Nonpartisan League ap- |parentiy had falled Tuesday as th two rival conventions ploughed ahead with the work of selecting rival state tickets. Several groups which have been trying to pour oil on troubled waters since the formal breach occurred Monday were still at work but were receiving little encouragement from either side. Both conventions were under way with the adoption of a platform and selection of candidates for state and national offices the main order of business. Opposed to Comprom: Leaders in the Welford convention, however, asserted there would be “no compromise” with the Langer faction. Governor Welford was lauded in opening speeches ‘at the Welford fac- tion convention, with Langer drawing sharp fire, Praising Welford, H. M. Pippin told the convention the acting governor had made a “remarkable record” wd that if elected to office, he would be “one of the most constructive gov- ernors the state ever had.” It also was announced at the con- vention that state officials of the North. Dakota. Federation of Labor had unofficially taken a stand against Langer and in favor of Welford. The announcement was made by R. A. Middaugh of Bismarck, second vice president of the federation. ©. W. Litten of Fargo, Dr. ©. J. Crawford of New Rockford, Kenneth Dale of Grand Forks and Joe Viassoff of Beach were among other speakers at the opening Welford session. Th¢ convention was to reconvene at 3 p. m, to receive the credentials commit- tee report. Warns Against Trade “We are asked to trade off honest and honorable Governor Welford for the biggest shylock the state ever produced,” said Litten in his conven- tion address. “I am opposed to any compromise.” The Langer convention recessed pending @ report of the credentials committee composed of C. O. Carlson, Minot; Dale Whiteman, Hurdsfield, and R. A. Rottweiler, Grand Forks. Indications were Harry Peterson would be chosen permanent chairman of the Welford group. Harold Hopton, state insurance commissioner, announced J. D. Gronna, secretarry of state, had pledged his support to the Welford faction. Gronna could not be reached immediately for comment. Peacemakers Still Busy A new move was under way on the part of a committee headed by Judge F. J. Graham of Ellendale in an at- tempt to heal the breach between the two contending factions. The committee called for a meeting of delegates of both Welford and Lan- ger factions Tuesday in an effort to form a common platform on which there could be an agreement. A resolution, adopted by the com- mittee and passed among the various (Continued on Page Two) CLARENCE LYERLA COMMITS SUICIDE Bookkeeper at Post Hospital Dies After Drinking Po- tassium Cyanide Unrequited love was given Tuesday as the reason which led Clarence Lyerla, 33, civilian bookkeeper at the Fort Lincoln station hospital, to com- mit suicide by drinking potassium cyanide here Monday night, Lyerla died at 11 p. m., Monday night, about 20 minutes after he in- formed several other persons of tak- ing the poison. A doctor was sum- moned, but arrived too late to save his life. Dr. L. W. Larson, county coroner, said Tuesday that there would be no inquest, the death being clearly a case of suicide. Police discovered a letter written several days ago by Lyerla, in which he stated that he was contemplating taking his own life. Lyerla had been employed at the post hospital for 14 months, having gone there from the Bismarck tran- sient camp. His home is at Granite Falls, Il. Funeral arrangements are being held up pending word from his par- ents, Mr. and Mrs, Z. N. Lyerla of Alto Pass, Il. He also leaves a brother, M. O. Lyerla, of Billings, Mont. Lyerla commuted to Fort Lincoln each day. He was rooming at 316 Mandan &t. )