The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 9, 1936, Page 1

fi [ates] THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE ESTABLISHED 1873 BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, MONDAY, MARCH 9, 1936 The Weather Cloudy and colder tonight; Tuesday generally fair and colder. PRICE FIVE CENTS -N. D. Income Tax Must Be Paid » xk * Europe 15 COMMITTEES 10 DIRECT BISMARCK’S JULY CELEBRATION Milhollan Heads Group That Will Coordinate All Ac- tivities of Fete DIVERSIFY ENTERTAINMENT Parade, Picnic, Fireworks, Pag- eant and Host of Other Events Planned Appointment of 15 committees to have general charge of the gigantic celebration to be held in Bismarck July 3, 4 and 5 was announced Mon- day by Frank Milhollan, chairman of the general committee in charge of the affair. Detailed arrangements for the af- fair will be left in the hands of the various sub-committees, working un- der the direction of the general com- mittee, and will be made public as soon as possible that residents of Bis- marck and the surrounding territory may be informed. The nature and extent of the con- templated celebration is indicated by the designation of such committees as those on Territorial Observance, His- toric Parade, Old Settlers Picnic, A Pageant, Historic Decorations and Window Display, Band and Male Chorus contests, Carnival, Fireworks and Dance, Water Sports and other contests and Housing and Conces- sions. Two Organizations Aid Two Bismarck organizations have been designated as committees. The American Legion has been asked to manage the fireworks and dance pro- gram and the Junior Association of Commerce has been invited to take charge of Water Sports and other contests. Appointment of individuals to have of these activities. will: be left tothe heads of those orgati-' izations. . Members of the general committee, in addition to Milhollan, are: Mrs. FP. H. Waldo, Governor Walter Wel- ford, F. L. Conklin, George F. Will, Russell Reid, George F. Shafer; Fred Peterson, R. H. Penwarden and F. M. Roberts. Members of other committees fol- low, the chairman being listed first in each instance: Finance—R. B. Kirkwood, B. O. Refvem, Wm. Ayers, Burt Finney and Wm. H, Schermer. Publicity—Kenneth W. Simons, Frank E. Fitzsimonds, Chas. Good- win, F. M. Roberts and J. G. Mac- Gregor. To Arrange Program Territorial Observance Program—F. L. Conklin, George F. Shafer, Judge John Burke, Chas. Robertson, Ed. M. Nelson, J. E. Davis and C. L. Young. Historic Parade—Adj. Gen, Frayne Baker, Col. J. 8. Leonard, George F. Will, Russell Reid, Spencer Boise, Capt. Herman A. Brocopp and A. R. Tavis. . Old Settlers Picnic—Geo. F. Will, Fred Peterson, Wm. A. Falconer, Judge A. M. Christianson, Birlea Ward, Carl Nelson, Mrs. E. P. Quain and Lynn Sperry. Pageant—Mrs. F. H. Waldo, Rus- sell Reid, Jacob Horner, Mrs. J. C. Peltier, Hazel Pearce Halvorson, Mrs. Joseph 8. Leonard, Miss Marie Huber, Sey Enea Ape Mee: Le Onis Decorations and Displays Historic Decorations and Window Displays—George F. Bird, 8. W. Cor- win, W. 8, Ayers, Walter Renden and Pred Copelin. Bands and Male Chorus—Arthur Tavis, Clarion Larson, C. F. Dirlam, Ralph W. Soule, E. B. Klein and Ken- neth W. Simons. Carnival—James W. Guthrie, L. F. Gordon zB Committee on Invitation—Judge A. G. Burr, Gov. Walter Welford, Mayor A. P. Lenhart, Arthur E, Thompson and Archie O. Johnson. Reception Committee—Dr. H. A. Brandes, Judge W. L. Nuessle, Gov. Walter Welford, J. E. Davis and Judge James Morris. Locomotive Saved in Stanley House Blaze Stanley, N. D., March 9.—(P)— fire Saturday afternoon destroyed the Great Northern engine house here with loss estimated at $5,000 by M. L. Gaetz, division superintendent. Cause of the blaze was unknown. Starting at 3 p. m., the blaze got small inland community about 15 miles Engine house| northwest of in removing s loco-|#Ppeared Feb. rapidly out of hang. crews succeeded motive before serious damage was done, but the Stanley fire d it was powerless to check the fire before the frame structure, built in 1921, was| ¥inter. destroyed. The fire caused no interruption in| Hot Weather Attire service on the Stanley branch line. e engine house will be rebuilt dur- 1g the spring, Gaetz indicated. LODGE MEETING SET ga Grand Forks, N. D., March 9.—(#)—|the prescription of Drs. Irving 8. Northwest district officials of the|Barksdale and Baylis H. Earle, for the Sons of Norway Lodge announced|hot summer months. Monday that the district convention|hot weather attire consisting of duck of the order will be at Mayville, June| trousers, sleeveless 19 and 20, xk *k * Tossed Into Confesses He Killed Bismarck Man ee a Howard Lucas, 18, is shown handcuffed to Chief of Police J. B. McAdams at Moberly, Mo., after the self-styled Montana cowboy con- fessed he killed L. G. Knowlen of Bismarck within one-half mile of the North Dakota prison doors after an argument over a $12 room and board bill. Bismarck Police Returning Lucas FRIGHTENED ROBBER THROWS AWAY LOOT OF JEWELRY STORE One Lost Ear Ring Only Article (Associated Press Photo.) Youthful Slayer of Local Man Says He Shot Fearing Know- len Would Draw Gun Mobérly, Mo., March 9.—(?)—Three North Dakota officers were scheduled to arrive in Bismarck Tuesday with Howard Lucas, 18, wanted in connec- tion with the slaying eafly in January of L, G. Knowlen. They left here ‘st Unrecovered by Bonham noon Sunday, after Lucas had waived Brothers Here qextradition, planning a brief stop in | polce Ch Police Chief J. R. McAdams of Mo- berly said Lucas told him he would plead guilty to killing of Knowlen, but added he shot with a small rifle in self defense when Knowlen suddenly put his hand in a pocket as if to draw @ weapon. The shooting, Lucas was quoted as saying, occurred during « quarrel over a $12 board bill. Officers in charge of Lucas were Sheriff Fred E. Anstrom, Police Cap- tain Ryder Hamro and C. A. Miller, head of the state bureau of criminal identification at Bismarck. Knowlen’s body was found buried in a pit along a railroad track near his home. Lucas was traced through an unmailed letter to his parents here, found in the Knowlen home. N.D. CHECKER EVENT COMING MARCH 20-22 Junior Association to Sponsor Annual Three-Day State Tournament Apparently frightened away by two Pedestrians, a robber who early Mon- day had snatched approximately $30 worth of jewelry from the broken window of Bonham Brothers jewelry store, 108 Fourth 8t., tossed his loot under an outside stairway at the rear of 119% Third St. and fled. While Bismarck police believe the robber or robbers broke the plate glass window sometime between 5 and 7 a. m,, Alfred Herfindahl and Chester Teeter, Selfridge truck line operators, think the robbery occurred about 1:15 a. m., they told Clyde A. Bonham. The two Selfridge men stated they were passing the jewelry store about 1:15 a.’ m, and looked at the entrance way attracted by a sound. They no- ticed a man apparently unlocking the front door. Believing the stranger to be the proprietor they walked on noticing a light burning in the rear of the store. As they passed the A. ‘W. Lucas company store, they glanced around and noticed a man darting down the alley they had just crossed. Herfindahl and Teeter declared they thought nothing more about the occurrence until this morning when again passing Bonham Brothers they noticed the window had been smashed Lucas company noticed a number of Monday iones of Hankin- secretary. by A. P. J innovation tournament play ex] will be open to players slightly | under 16 years of age. Arrangements for the event are in charge of the checker committee of the Junior Association of Commerce and all entries, together with the i ham surmises the robber dropped in his flight. class to be entered should be mailed _—_—_—— pe local cor ee. oe ae John Kerns, Gackle, | reading state champion. Other out- Found Frozen in S. D.|##nding checker, stars expected to compete are Dr. T. H. Lewis of Fargo, Willow City, King of Fargo, and Fred Svaren, Lyman Morley, John Daniel- son, R E. Morris and I. Miller, all of Bismarck. : Last year at Minot, Miller won the time and gained of an uncle near Gopher to visit a Soba ie Sey are we ace gene aa of the most severe cold spells of the) ‘The building in which the tourna- For Men Is Advised Greenville, 8. C., March 9.—(/)— Comfort rather than style for men is FOUR POLICEMEN FINED High Point, N. C., March 9.—(?)— pear in municipal court here to testify as witnesses. Four of them failed to show up in a liquor law case, and Judge Lewis T. Teague fined them $5. each, They endorsed shirt and pith hel- met. xk * FLOOD CONDITIONS NEAR WILLISTON NO CAUSE FOR WORRY Upper Missouri Ice Breaks and Jams Below Williams County Seat HEART ALSO CRACKING UP Water Is Going Out Smoothly, However, and No Trouble Is Expected es Flood conditions prevailed Monday in the Missouri valley near Williston but there is no immediate threat of danger here. This was the gist of Associated Press reports and the observations by ©. W. Roberts, federal weather ob- servers here, Monday. The flood in the upper river was caused by an ice jam at Spanish Point, 15 miles south of the Williams county seat, and the lowlands in the valley were covered with water to a depth of five feet. A previous ice RAIN GENERAL FROM | JAMESTOWN TO BILLINGS Rain, which was general between Jamestown and Billings, Montana, had precipitated between 02 and .03 of an inch of moisture here at 3 p. m. Monday. Thermometers which skipped to @ new spring high of 49 degrees above zero Sunday continued to thaw the snows Monday, with a forecast for cloudy and colder to- night; Tuesday generally fair and colder. ‘The rapidly mielting snow, great- ly speeded by the falling rain, soaked into the ground and cheered state farmers who visualized excel- lent soil conditions for the spring planting. jam at Williston proper went out at 5 a. m. Monday. Farm houses on high ground were reported to be safe unless the river rises much higher. Meanwhile the possibility of a flood in the Heart river and the adjacent Missouri river bottoms loomed as the ice began moving in that stream at Mandan Sunday. It was lifted by higher water and began to move downstream, appar- ently causing no immediate trouble. Biasting at Mouth Officials at Mandan were fearful of trouble, however, and began blast- ing at the mouth of the Heart river in an effort to let the ice flow into the Missouri. The strength of the ice in the Missouri, however, made this difficult. Blasting was tried dur- the last flood in 1929 and proved in- effective. There was no imminent flood dan- ger in the Heart Monday afternoon, although the water was creeping to- ward some homes in the lowlands in southeast Mandan. The CCC camp av the Morton county fairgrounds was evacuated Monday on the advice of Roberts. Monday sfternoon, however, no real jam had developed and the water onpeared to be flowing out under the ce, Roberts was advised Sunday that & jam in the Missouri river at Fort (Continued on Page Two) MARCH RELIEF LOAD CONTINUES 10 RISE Willson Expects No Decrease in State Until April; Case Cost Less North Dakota's relief load will con- tinue to rise during March with prob- able decrease in April, EB. A. Willson, executive director of the state welfare board, foresaw Monday. 5 ye During February, the load increased ly, Willson said, pointing out that a $177,750 allotment was made for March by the board to supplement county funds. He said he expected the average cost per case to drop during March because of warmer weather, bringing @ decrease in demands for coal and other winter necessities. Two counties received no allotments this month, because of surpluses ex- isting from the previous allocation of funds, Willson said, but he refused to name them. Adjustments in allot- ments may be made in various coun- ties before the next meeting of the board March 26, Willson explained. Gives Dunn * POLITICAL BROOM IS WIELDED IN CAPITOL BY WELFORD FORCES Fedje, Martell and Peterson Are Removed From Beer In- * — spector Jobs MRS. HERMAN GETS NOTICE Elimination of Other Backers of Former Governor Also Expected Soon ‘The political broom began to sweep through the state capitol Monday, re- moving several political supporters uf William Langer, anti-Welford guber- natorial candidate, from the payroil. Among those eliminated were Ben Fedje of Bonetraill, Williams county. and Ed Martell, Medina, as state beer inspectors, and Peter Peterson of Reeder as state regulatory inspector. All were removed by George Moris, head of the state regulatory depagt- ment. At the same time Gov. Walter Wel- ford notified Mrs. H. W. Herman, manager of the capitol lunchroom, to relinquish her post “as early as con- venient” and named Mrs. Oliver Lund- quist, Bismarck, to take her place. Mrs. Lundquist is the widow of a former local postmaster. Elimination of Langer supporters from the payroll in other state depart- ments controlled by anti-Langer Non- partisans is expected to start soon. At its closing session the recent con- vention of Langer supporters em- powered a committee to start a recall if friends of the former governor were removed from the payrolf by his po- litical opponents. The removals Mon- day ignored this threat and some state officials intimated that they would welcome any effort directed by thejr opponents to that end. FROM PARTY SOUGHT ON TREASON COUNT Minneapolis Mayor Accused of Betraying Farmer Labor- ites and People Minneapolis, March 9.—(?)—Mayor Thomas E. Latimer of Minneapolis, elected with Farmet-Labor party sup- port, Monday found himself the tar- get for attack by party leaders of the county who asked that he be ousted from the organization. “ Al Hansen, county chairman, in an address to the Hennepin county (Min- neapolis) Farmet-Labor convention the city during his term of office. A resolution asking expulsion of Latimer was offered to- the conven- tion, but after heated arguments from. the floor it was decided that the labor disputes and other matters. John Drennen Rites Held Here Saturday Puneral services for John Drennen, who committed suicide after shooting three Bismarck women early last week, were held here Saturday. Burial was made in St. Mary’s cemetery. Mrs. Appolonia Baker, shot when she at- tempted to shield her two daugh- ters, Agnes and Betty, was reported “very much improved” by hospital at- tendants. «(Grateful Relief Client Light Plant Manning, N. D., March 9—-(?)—| There is a new electric light plant be- ing installed in the Dunn county courthouse—the gift of # relief client. ‘The aged electric plant at the coun- ty building had worn out and county commissioners were contemplating the expense of replicement when J. F, Weinrich of Halliday offered them his, ~ Weinrich, whose plant had provided the city of Halliday with electricity until the franchise was given to an- other company, donated the equip- ment, valued at $2,000. Nearly 80 years old, Weinrich had been receiving ald from the county for three or four years and offered his plant as a gift in appreciation. LATIMER’S OUSTING xk * France Rallies Its Allies by Treaties Great Britain May Attempt to Obtain Some Consideration for Hitler’s Proposal; Duce Sees Chance to Negotiate (By the Associated Press) Anthony Eden, British foreign secretary, warned Germany Monday Great Britain would assist France or Belgium in the event of a German attack while French officials said war to oust Nazi troops in the Rhineland was impossible. Eden’s pronouncement to the house of commons included the foreign secretary’s belief that there is no reason to suppose that “the present German action implies a threat of hostilities.” Heavy troop movements on the left bank of the Rhine brought artillery and infantry into position in the French steel and concrete frontier posts. German foreign office officials disclosed their irritation at the manner in which Germany was notified of the special League of Nations council session Friday to consider French and Belgian protests against Adolf Hitler’s denunciation of the Locarno treaty. Eden’s address evoked some criticism in Paris, with one official declaring “Great Britain is on the way to betraying France once again. All the fine words are worth nothing.” Hitler’s Pacific Offers Noted by Eden (Copyright, 1936, Associated Press) London, March 9.—Prime Minister Baldwin declared Monday thet if the countries of Europe want to stop ag- gressions they will have “to be much more ready for war than they are today, otherwise the aggressor will have his own way.” The head of the British govern- ment made this declaration in the house of commons shortly after his foreign secretary, Anthony Eden, had stated that Great Britain would go to the defense of France or Belgium it Germany attacked elther one ‘of those nations. Eden said there was “no reason to suppose that the present German ac- tion implies a threat of hostilities,” but Baldwin admitted that there ap- peared “less hope today,” than for many years of “bringing France and Germany together again.” Confidence Shaken Eden indicated that Great Britain was willing to consider Reichsfuehrer Hitler's proposals for new peace trea- ties, but that Germany's act in mov- ing into the demilitarized Rhineland “has profoundly shaken confidence in any engagement into which the government. of may, in the future, enter.” Baldwin asked that parliament ap- prove the British government's pro- grams for building up British de- fe lenses, The prime minister declared that Great Britain's design was “to keep calm, to keep our heads and to con- tinue to try and bring France and Germany together in friendship with ourselves.” Note Pacific Offers Eden’s address preceded a two-day debate on Britain’s rearmament, with the government gravely concerned over Germany's unilateral denuncia- tion of the Locarno pact, but at the same time noting the pacific offers Adolf Hitler made last Saturday in his reichstag address and his mem- orandum to foreign powers. A general belief prevailed that y | Bden would go to Paris for a meeting there of other signatories of the Lo- carno pact Tuesday, prepared to use his influence so that Hitler's offers for non-aggression and air pacts should not be entirely ignored. The British government already had informed the reich that it took @ grave attitude toward Hitler's abroga- tion of the Locarno pact and the military clauses of the Versailles treaty by sending his troops to the left bank of the Rhine. British Inform Germans Eden expressed this view person- ally to Leopold von Hoesch, German ambassador in London, while Sir Eric Phipps, British ambassador in Berlin, conveyed the same information to the German foreign office. A war office official said: “The war department is proceeding as usual.” News posters, proclaiming in heavy type: “It must not be war,” seemed to typify the view of the average Bri- ton, who appeared little disturbed by the sensational events across the channel, The press united in stressing the need for calm, condemned Germany's action but pointed out that there was little danger of war if sane views pre- dominated. Frazier Wants Law to Define Court Powers Philadelphia, March 9.—(?)—U. 8. Senator Lynn J. Frazier, North Da- kota, urged Sunday night that con- gress “pass a law telling the supreme court just what it can and cannot do.” “The supreme courts of the states and of the nation have a strange habit of declaring unconstitutional any measure which appears to bene- fit the common people,” Frazier said. in an address given under auspices of the Philadelphia People’s Forum. Frazier said he favored a 30-hour work week and added, “I will vote for the Townsend plan if it ever comes to a vote in the senate.” “ Locarno Signers’ Conference Called (Copyright, 1936, Associated Press) Paris, March 9.—French officials declared Monday that a war with Germany to oust Hitlers troops from the Rhineland was impossible and that Great Britain’s apparent sym- pathy with the Reichsfuehrer’s peace offers blocked the French demands for “justice.” They said France was “strong in her right,” but that she still believes in collective security—that is, joint ac- tion by allied nations. The speech made Monday afternoon by Anthony Eden, the British foreign secretary, in the house of commons, afoused exclamations of bitter dis- appointment in the French atmos- phere of profound gloom. Officials said that France had re- lied upon the loyalty of her allies, the little entente of Yugoslavia, Czechos- lovakia and Rumania, and upon her newly-found friend, Russia. Fear France Is Alone Some French officials said private- ly they heard France would be alone in the determination to take quick action against Hitler's violation of the Locarno treaty, but publicly they sald that France could count on her friends. Italian Ambassador Vittorio Cerrutt, informed sources said, assured the French government that Italy would assume its Locarno obligations, if the League of Nations would slacken the sanctions being imposed as punish- ment for the war in Ethiopia. Poland Promises Aid Reports from Warsaw said it was understood in informed Polish quar- ters that Poland gave the French Am- bassador there assurance that she would carry out faithfully her obliga- tions under the Franco-Polish ac- cord. Refusing to examine Hitler’s pro- posals for a substitute security sys- tem “under the menace” of German troops in the Rhineland, France called Paris conference of the Locarno sig- natories, Britain, Italy and Belgium, for Tuesday. Diplomats strove for rapid formu- lation of a program for League of Na- tions action at the council session, called for Friday, after France ap- pealed to Geneva against the Ger- man move. i The French gcvernment reinforced its diplomatic campaign with immed- iate military measures, Borer Forts Garrisoned Troop-laden trucks rumbled over roads to the east in a concentration of armed forces in border forts. (Continued on Page Two) SUPREME COURT HAS GIBSON CASE APPEAL Fate of Dickinson Woman, Con- victed of Murder, Rests With High Tribunal Appeal of Mrs. Gladys Gibson of Dickinson -from conviction on a sec- ond degree murder charge in connec- tion with the death of her husband on Dec. 5, 1933, was in the hands of the state supreme court Monday. ‘The appeal to the state’s high trib- unal was taken after Judge George M. McKenna of Napoleon had denied the motion for a new trial made by the ,| defense attorneys. Mrs, Gibson’s conviction came after @ 16-day trial in the Burleigh county district court, brought here on & change of venue from Stark county. Sentenced to 15 years in the state penitentiary, Mrs. Gibson began serv- ing the prison term but was later re- leased on a $15,000 bond pending the outcome of the appeal. Clerk of Court Charles Fisher sub- mitted the voluminous reports and the exhibits to the supreme court Monday. Al Kuhfield and C. H. Stark, attorneys for Mrs. Gibson, and Theodore Kellogg, Stark county state's attorney, prepared the manuscripts. x & Turmoil by Rhineland’s Reoccupation JUDGES UNANIMOUS IN UPHOLDING LAW AS CONSTITUTIONAL Christianson Writes Opinion That State Levy Is ‘Not a | Property Tax’ PAYMENTS DUE MARCH 15 Taxpayers Fail in Attack on Whole Structure of ‘High- est Assessment’ North Dakota’s income tax law was upheld Monday by unanimous vote of the five justices of the state supreme court, The court's decision declaring the law constitutional, came after a month's study of questions raised in @ legal attack against the enactment by a group of seven taxpayers. Although new stepped up rates, passed by the 1935 legislature ‘amend- ing the income tax law originally N. D. VOTES IN JUNE ON INCOME TAX LAW Fargo, N. D., March 9.—(?)— The 1935 income tax law, which Monday was upheld by the North Dakota supreme court, will be one of the referred measures to be vot- ed on in the June primaries. Petitions, bearing the required number of signatures, were filed with the secretary of state last year. The petitions were sponsored by the people's referendum committee, with headquarters in Bismarck. Petitioners were O. J. Sorlie of Buxton, H. F. Easton of Crosby, L. O. Isaacson of Perth, Levard Quarve of Fessenden and A. L. Garnes of Regan. passed in 1919 spurred the attack against the statute, the entire income tax structure of the state was in- volved in the action. Declaring the tax to be “not # prop- erty tax,” the court’s opinion, written by Justice A. M. Christianson, was concurred in unanimously, with two members of the court writing short, special concurrences. First Payments Due Less than a week remains before the first quarter payments of the tax under the new rates, claimed by op- ponents to be the highest in the na- tion, are due March 15. Successfully withstanding the su- preme court attack, the law still faces @ second hurdle—a referendum to be voted upon by voters in the June pri- mary election, Although referendum petitions were filed against the law, an insuffictent number of signatures were obtained to suspend its opera- tion because it was passed as an emergency measure. The act was claimed by opponents to be in violation of sections 176 and 179 of the state constitution, calling for uniformity of tax levy on property TAX BEGINS ON $500 INCOME State income tax returns to the North Dakota tax commissioner must bear a postmark of not later than midnight March 16, Com- mulssloner Lee Nichols said Mon- lay. Every resident receiving a net income of $500 or over, if single, and $1,250 or more, if married, must file a return, he said. - The rates, ranging from 1 per cent on the first thousand net in- come upward to 15 per cent, start with 1 per cent on the first thou- sand, jump to 2 per cent on the second thousand and then pro- seoes Seacualy to tne 15 per cent rate. Tax blanks, he said, may be ob- tained from any bank, county or city auditor, or the state tax com- missioner’s office. Under the law, single persons are allowed a credit of $5 after the has been computed while mar- ried persons received a credit of $15 from the tax. There also is a credit of $2, to be subtracted from the tax, for each dependent, Under the law the first return is due March 15, but as that date falls on a Sunday, an extra day of grace is given. and requiring assessments to be made in the district where the property is - situated and of the “due process” provisions of the federal constitution, and a similar provision of the state constitution. Heard on Appeal The action was heard in the state supreme court Feb. 7, after an appeal had been taken from Burleigh county District Judge Fred Jansonius’ deci- sion sistaining a demurrer to the orig- inal complaint of Attorney General P. O. Sathre. The plaintiffs, represented by four groups of attorneys, sought to enjoin (Continued on Page Two) Dr. William Brady has written Three Special Articles on the “Flu.” Look for the first one on the editorial page today.