The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 16, 1936, Page 1

2] THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE ESTABLISHED 1873 The Weather Fair tonight, becor unset! BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, MONDAY, MARCH 16, 1936 Hitler’s E iver Drops at Williston, NO PERIL EXPECTED UNLESS JAMS FORM ALONG ‘BIG MUDDY’ Missouri Here Within 4.8 Feet of Flood Stage With Ice Disintegrating GORGE REPORTED AT SANGER Rampaging Streams in East Begin to Subside After Claiming 28 Lives Settlers living along the low bot- toms of the Missouri river in North a EF ii ult | i Be chief WPA engineer; “A. F. Young and Gordon Bina, WPA engineers stationed at Williston, and Arvid Backlund, Minot, district WPA engi- neers, Gradual drops in the river at Glas- gow and Wolf Point, in Montana, were reported Sunday night. Flood waters which had swirled over river banks and bridges for four days in New England, the middle Atlantic states and Canada, taking a toll of 28 lives, steadily receded Mon- day. Highways Damaged ‘With streams in most of the af- back levels, chief engineer of the (Continued on Page Two) EXTREMISTS SEIZE ZAMORA’S PROPERTY Aunt of Spanish President Is Attacked But Saved From Harm by Police Properties owned by President Niceto Alcala Zamora. An aunt of the president was at- tacked by the extremists but saved from serious injury by police. The sudden attack on the presi- Corner Collision Begins Romance Pretty Toby Ryan, 19, Murmurs Only Apologies to Handsome Young Man She Runs Into on Crowded Street Intersection CHAPTER I The young man said hastily, “I’m sorry—” His voice low, pleasantly modulated. Toby noticed that, even before she noticed the broad, rough tweed shoulders, the hat brim dipping jauntily, the brown eyes. Toby’s gray-blue eyes met the brown ones. She:said, “It’s all right,” and smiled in the way that brought the dimple into one cheek. Then she hurried on toward the employes’ entrance of Bergman’s department store. “Shouldn’t go whirling around corners,” she reminded her- self severely. », Bumping into people! Ought to look where in price from 29 cents for the imita- tion ivory bracelets to $79.50 for the “debutante watch” (special this week only) glittering magnificently with six tiny diamonds on either side of the small oblong face. The store stylist called these wares “junk jewelry,” signifying that their intrinsic value was slight. Neverthe- Toby, folding a denim counter cover, murmured, “Good morning,” to Maurine Ball and moved aside in the narrow space behind the counter. ,” answered Maurine who was also “in the jewelry.” She add- ed, “Lord, do I feel dead this morn- taceEee 5 ee i E Z g Prince Serge Mdivani Is Killed in Polo Game Palm Beach, Fla., March 16—(?)— Death in a polo game gave a final dramatic touch Monday to the colors ful life story of 33-year-old Prince Serge Mdivani, one of the widely- known “marrving Mdivani” brothers. Alen of Newport. R. 1, collapsed at his side from the shock of grief, Prince Serge died late Sunday a few minutes after he io was kicked on the head by his horse from which he had fallen. sf The tragedy, recalling the death of his brother, Prince Alexis, in an auto- mobile accident in Spain a few months ago, occurred at the Delray Beach polo field about 20 miles south of here. Prince Serge’s bride, one of Amer- ica’s outstanding socialites, was the divorced wife of Prince Alexis. Prince Serge’s wife was watching the match be- j tween his Geor- gians and the Texans, led by Cecil Smith, when Serge attempted a daring maneu- ver. He cut his pony across the line of play for a difficult. reach. His mount collid- ed with Smith’s. Down went® pony and rider. Prince Serge struggled to his PRINCE SERGE MDIVANI 10 MOTHER, CHILD Mrs. Paul Serhienko and Her. Baby Daughter Die of Burns at Dickinson STOVE BLAST FATAL | STATE'S INCOME TAX BUREAU IS SWAMPED WITH LEVY RETURNS More Than 10,000 Evidences of Payment Pour Into Com- missioner’s Office ESTIMATE $100,000 YIELD Only Returns Bearing Postmark of Not Later Than To- night Being Accepted North Dakotans swamped the state income tax department with re- Teports of midnight tonight. 000 returns, “at least twice as much ‘as the same time last year” had been filed in the income tax department Monday, Albert Hartl, income tax de- partment head, declared. nents term “the highest rates in the nation” to be constitutional. Since that time, Hartl said, more than 8,000 returns have been filed in the office. Up to the time of the court's decision, only approximately 2,000 re- turns had been filed. Hart! estimated the returns now on file represented $100,000 in income to the general fund. The law was passed by the 1935 legislature, to bring an estimated $500,000 annually into the state treasury. ‘Tax Clerks Swamped as received to await a check when the Only returns bearing the postmark lof not later than midnight tonight, will be accepted without penalty, Hartl said. Those who file returns ater must pay a five per cent of tax penalty—not less than $l—and in- terest at the rate of one per cent per month, until the tax and accrued pen- alties are paid. An “unusually” large number of per- sons are making payments only for the first quarter of the tax, Hartl said. “This is probably due to the fact that the tax is so much more than before,” Hartl explained, “and also to the belief the tax may not have to be paid if the law is successfully re- ferred in the June primary election.’ A referendum was filed against the (Continued on Page Two) LOST BOY SURVIVES NIGHT IN DUST GALE 3-Year-Old Colorado Lad Good Condition Despite Dirt, Freezing Cold in Two Buttes, Colo., March 16—(7)— ‘Three-year-old Steve Benson walked into a farm house Monday after spending the night lost in one of the worst dust storms ever to strike this area. More than 500 persons were search- ing for the boy, expecting to find him smothered or frozen to death, when. he reached the farm home of Dewey Fetters, six miles from where he dis- Sunday afternoon. bg slept out,” he said. “Saw the Almost immediately he fell asleep. Doctors examined him and said his condition was “exceptionally " considering that he had been in the open for hours in a dust storm that reduced visibility to zero. He was taken to a hospital at Lamar. The temperature dropped to below freezing and the boy was clad only in overalls. He had lost his shoes and sand burs stuck in his flesh. Valley City Woman Is Hurt in Fatal Crash Chicago, March 16.—(7)—A woman ,|was killed and six persons, including pits Mrs.‘ Serhienko died Sunday night after reaching the hospital. Serhienko fs painfully burned but expected to the seven were brought to a hospital. Mrs. Albertina Bohnoff, 55, of Valley City, N. D., who was riding with Mr. and Mrs. Kellerman, suffered possible flames |internal injuries and cuts on her left {arm and shoulder. taken to a FORM NEW PAR’ i Mitchell 8. D. March 16—(7)—A new-born South Dekota Farmer-La- bor party is scheduled to make its debut in the May primaries with 6 slate of candidates running on ® 13; plank platform. e Killdeer Pastor’s Day Is Strenuous Killdeer, N. D., March 16—(?)— Rev. George L, Holmquist, pastor of St. Johns Evangelical Luther- an church here, wiped his brow Sunday night after a somewhat hectic day. After being presented with twis early Sunday, Rev. Holm- quist officiated at two large wed- dings and two baptisms later in the day. The weddings were those of Clyde Payne and Miss Meranda Anderson, iy, and Tobias Kind and Lydia Eipperspach of Golden Valley. The Holmquist twins, a boy and girl, weighed 7% pounds. CONGRESS INTEREST ININCOME TAX RUSH | IS UNPRECEDENTED -|Volume of Revenue Collected May Have Far Reaching Ef- fect on Levy Program Washington, March 16.—(?)—Con- gress displayed unprecedented inter- jest in the annual income tax rush Monday, as citizens throughout the country hastened to get their returns in before the deadline at midnight Monday. hiskers Count Is Yes 417, No. 424; Vol- untary Whisker Club May Be Formed Bismarck will have no compulsory growing of whiskers—but it probably will have a whisker club. This was decided Monday as count of the votes cast in the whisker elec- tion was completed at The Bismarck Tribune office. : ‘The result was: YES, 417; NO, 424. ‘Thus the pro-whiskerites lost in the balloting almost literally by a whisker. Late gains by the anti-whiskerites swung the day. On Friday the pro's were well ahead, but Saturday’s mail R. M. BLACK brought the nays into better position| ‘and one envelope containing 23 “no” one etl BLACK RESIGNS AS Sees curse ste! BLLENDALE STATE SCHOOL PRESDENT Health of Man Who Directed In- stitution 22 Years Is Rea- ‘gon for Leaving Many legislators hoped the returns ||. would be much larger than estimated. congross might nose. down, the. new congresa~ lown new $792,000,000 tax program advocated by President Roosevelt to finance the farm sid act and part of the bonus cost. In the official budget calculations, the department’s experts estimated that a minimum of $438,000,000 would be received this month, compared to $321,907,000 last March and $228,525,- 000 in March, 1934, Unofficially, however, the treasury expected the collections to run higher than the official estimates. Income taxpayers received a day of grace this year. Because March 15, the day returns and first installments are due, fell on a Sunday, officials ruled that it would be all right if they were postmarked before midnight to- night. A house tax subcommittee proceed- ed Monday with its effort to draw up legislation in response to President Roosevelt's request. The president suggested drastic tax- ex on undistributed corporation prof- its, estimated to yield $620,000,000 a year. He also suggested taxes‘on pro- cessors of agricultural commodities, to raise $517,000,000 over a longer pe- riod, possibly three years. A tentative agreement to lay a tax out in dividends has been reached in the tax subcommittee. N.Y JOBLESS RK LAW HELD ILLEGAL Compulsory Contribution by One Employer for Another Is Called Arbitrary ——— Albany, N. Y., March 16.—(7)—S8u- preme Court Justice Pierce H. Rus- sell Monday held unconstitutional the New York state unemployment in- surance law. The judge refused to grant an in- junction asked by the Associated In- dustries of New York state, however. He said he did not wish to stop the state’s job insurance machinery from operating until the state’s highest court, the court of appeals, has pass-' ed_on the law's constitutionality. In his opinion, Justice Russell said: “It is my opinion that the compul- sory contribution by an employer to be paid as an unem| it insure ance benefit to an employee of an- other is without validity under our system of government and constitutes unwarranted, unreasonable and arbi- trary transfer of:the property of one to another in violation of the due process clause of the constitution.” Ellendale, Wahpeton Inspections Planned [emaeete ot the state board of ad- Monday to ap- seca Bont lendale Normal and Industrial school and the State School of Science at Wahpeton as a further step toward reorganization of the two institutions. DENIES KIDNAPER ARREST the Pine in R. M. Black, for 22 years president of presented in person Friday by & manithe Ellendale state normal and in- who apparently hadn’t-shaved since/dustrial school, effective Aug. 1. No the election started, contained 41/successor was named. “aye” ballots. He explained that they] Black asked that he be relieved of were voted by the fellows “down by}his duties which he said were “too the gas house.” Three petitions, two} strenuous.” for and one against whiskers, were} “I would like to be excused from the Prices bears duties that seem to be in- nt _to the ition in these stren- The probability that a whisker cluD/ uous times,” ee stated in his resig- , with prizes forination. “I feel that a new and the men with the blackest whiskers, younger man can carry on these duties the reddest whiskers, the whitest whiskers, the longest whiskers, etc., Milhollan, charge of the gigantic community celebration to be held here July 3, 4| rtainly there is a lot of interest in the forth- celebration—and that a lot ple want whiskers,” said Mil- lan. the vote “HER CHILDREN AWAY Wanted to Save Them From Poverty and Cold in Their Cold Basement Home San Francisco, March 16.—(P)—A desperate young mother’s decision to give away her two small daughters to strangers she had never seen, to save them from poverty in a cold and dark basement, was disclosed Monday. The plight of Mrs. Linda Jones, 22, came to light when Mrs. Einar Sim: onsen told of a woman standing in & public park and asking passers-by: “Don’t you want s baby? My neighbor wants to give her baby away.” Mrs. Jones, who readily surrendered her claim when Mrs. Simonsen sought to adopt one of the little girls, said she sent Mrs. Kathleen Elder, a neigh- bor, to the park seeking foster par- ents for the children. “I was desperate,” the mother ex- plained. “My husband I had separat- ed. There was nothing ahead of the children but hardships and hunger. The basement was dark and cold. They were undernourished.” Mrs. Jones said she did not know the name of the family that took her 38-year-old daughter. the coming year to better advantage, and I trust under wise and aggressive leadership the school can realize the mission that its founders had so clear- ly in mind.” He ex appreciation to the board of its “cooperation” with him while in office. Accepting the resignation, Theodore Martell, commissioner of agriculture and labor and member of the board, asserted that the health of Black was such that not to accept would be pro- viding “a handicap” to the president of the school. Only Forlorn Hope of Saving Bruno Remains Trenton, N. J. March 16.—(P)— Counsel for Bruno Richard Haupt- mann looked Monday to the return of Dr. John F. “Jafsie” Condon, Lind- bergh ransom intermediary, from a tropical vacation to lend impetus to an eleventh hour struggle to save Hauptmann from the electric chair. Condon, who has been in Panama for two months, is aboard the Grace liner Santa Inez, due to dock in New York Tuesday. C. Lloyd Fisher, battling desperately to save the Bronx carpenter from exe- cution, said he would demand that Condon be examined as vigorously as Hauptmann himself was cross-exam- ined at his Flemington trial for kid- naping and slaying Charles A. Lind- bergh, Jr. Hauptmann probably will be put to death on the night of Tuesday, March 31. Miller Ousted; Lee Has Old Warden Job P. H. Miller of Washburn was oust- led Monday as chief state game warden iby Arthur I. Peterson, commissioner of game and fish, who immediately replaced him with E. M. Lee of Fargo, former chief warden. Commissioner Peterson said the change was made “for the good of the service.” Lee was ousted from the depart- ment nearly a year ago. In reassum- ing his duties he also will be given complete charge of the state Junior Game Warden league which he as- sisted in creating @ year ago, spons- loved by the department. - Five Italian Aviators Die Behind Own Lines Rome, March 16.— (®) — General Pietro Badoglio advised his govern- ment Monday in s communique from A third child was taken by the hus-| tne band when the couple separated. Bank Call Issued by Federal Comptroller wi “March 16—()—The comptroller of the currency issued a call Monday for the condition of all hess Wednesday March 4, Ogiala reservation won southwestern | national banks at the close of busi-|Plonship Saturday night 22 victory Bridgewater. PRICE FIVE CENTS quality Demand Accepted ontinues to Rise Hereit ithe conc Nays’ Stage Hurricane Finish to Beat W REFUSES 10 DISCUSS HS PEACE PROPOSAL London Action Regarded as Tantamount to Qualified — Refusal of Suggestion PRIVATE DISCUSSIONS HELD Great Britain’s Position as Mé« diator Becomes Increas« ingly More Difficult - (Copyright, 1936, Associated Press) Frankfort-on-Main, Germany, March 16.—Adolf Hitler, making his third speech in the reichstag election campaign, declared in this remilitarized Rhineland town Monday night that “the world must know that there are not two or three different opinions in Germany but only one.” “I do not need this election for myself,” he sald, “for I can stand on my own feet. “I want this for the benefit of foreigners. They must know that German is united.” . (Copyright, 1936, Associated Press) Lond (Copyright, 1936, Associated Press) London, March 16.—The League of Nations council, in secret seasion, agreed Monday to Reichsfuehrer Hite ler’s demands for equality but flatly ES fraternal that the coun must uss his peace proposals. Hitler had offered to send a repe resentative to the council's delibera- tion on Germany’s remilitarization of the Rhineland only on « basis of full equality in the conference and with the understanding that his recent of- fer of new peace pacts would be cons sidered. Six nations headed by France op- posed Hitler's insistence on bringing his peace proposals up simultaneous- ly with the discussion of the Rhine« land reoccupation. The other nations with France were Turkey, Spain, Rus ' sia, siege and Rumania, ‘ote Unanimously ‘The council then voted unanimously | to accept Hitler’s first condition and | to reject the second. ‘The vote was interpreted as tantae mount to a qualified refusal of Hite ler’s conditions. ‘ The council was agreed that Gere many was entitled to sit in the coune cil on an equal footing with the other Locarno powers—that is, without the right to vote. ‘The council ruled, however, that the reichsfuehrer’s proposals were a mate ter, not for the council, but for the signatories of the Locarno pact, It was stated that, owing to thelr status as interested parties in the Loe carno pact, France and' Belgium, as well as Germany, would not be en- (Continued on Page Two) TWO YOUTHS HURT IN AUTO MISHAPS Unidentified Drivers Not Blamed for Street Accidents Here Saturday Two youths were struck by motors’ ists here Saturday afternoon and evee ning, but neither received serious ine juries. Betty Jean Baker, 7-year-old daughe ter of Mr. and Mrs, George Baker, who live near the baseball park, was struck by a truck as she started to cross Main 8t. in the middle of the block near the International Harvester come pany building Saturday afternoon. She was thrown into a mud puddle where she was picked up by Mrs, Irv- ing Young and taken to a local clinic for medical treatment. She had lacerated scalp and bruises upon her A 11-year-old boy, the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Verbesky of Butte, N. D4 lwas struck by an automobile on Sev- enth St. between Broadway and Thayer FARGO WOMAN DIES : Fargo, N. D., March 16.—(2)—Mrs, Peter Goldschmitz, 46, died Sunday ina hospital. A brother and Rachel Williams,