The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, April 18, 1936, Page 1

ss eae econ taed e q + CONCILIATORS ADDS ESTABLISHED 1878 BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, SATURDAY, APRIL 18, 1936 Ge fair slightly Yarter it; cool Sunday, The Weather ht and Sunday; PRICE FIVE CENTS G. Men Nab Trio for Hamm Kidnaping Italy Fortifies for Possible War Crisis With British PAIUREOPLEAGUE |Flanson to Resign TO EUROPEAN FEAR Ethiopians Inform Geneva That Badoglio Is Preparing to Bomb Addis Ababa TURKEY ADDS TO WORRIES Bulgaria Alarmed by Report Ancient Army Has Reoc- cupied Dardanelles (Copyright, 1936, Associated Press) Italy’s southern army contacted the Ethiopian forces on the Somaliland front, Marshal Pietro Badoglio re- ported Saturday in a communique believed to refer to a battle on the line facing Harar, second city of Rumors of « battle on this tront reports cf a drive by the northern army from toward Addis Ababa. Badoglio’s communication, believed to be a veiled reference to a battle, came just as Italy fortified its home forces for a crisis in the conflict with Britain over the Ethiopian campaign. Sufficient men have been called to bring the Italian navy to its full ngth. The Fascist air fleet also has reached a peak of efficiency. Conciliators Fail Failure of the conciliation commit- tee of 13 to effect peace and the call- a Straits between the Marmora and Aegean seas. oi Await News it sources, finding it ‘hinea to believe that Turkey had dropped a new bombshell inte troubled From Ole Olson Hops On Roosevelt Bandwagon Bids for Progressive Backing as He Opens Fire on Nonpar- tisan League New Rockford, N. D., April 18— (®)—The opening cam- paign guns in the Democratic primary Tace were fired Saturday by Ole H. Olson, who, in explaining his candi- dacy, came out openly for President Roosevelt. Bidding for progressive support, the former acting governor charged that the original Nonpartisan League pro- gram is “gradually being auatreyed and has turned into an organization for office and job seekers.” Outlining the original formation of the league, Olson stated that “ambiti- ous individuals turned traitors,” were “weeded out” of the league some years ago but thet they “sneaked back,” secured league endorsement and were elected. “As there are not enough jobs to go around,” Olson said, “we now have the two factions that two years ago stood shoulder to shoulder, collecting steers, dimes and nickels. In addition, they had the legislature pass a law that takes the pennies, in the mean- time condemning President Roosevelt and the New Deal for furnishing the ies, “If anyone dared to oppose that vicious racket he was ridiculed and threatened with mob violence for in- terfering. Yes, the so-called Nonpar- tisan controlled legislature in the closing days of its session voted to investigate those who had dared to interfere. Anyone who refused to Be once tan rte tear weeks lecting percentage from the employes| “ had to confront trumped-up charges and kangaroo courts and were later kicked out. “As to the two major national po- tical parties, there can be no ques- tion as to which is the more progres- sive, admitting, of course, that there are reactionaries in both,” Olson as- serted. “I feel that President Roose- velt is entitled to the support of the Progressives, being ridiculed by the ultra-conservatives for what he has done, and by the ultra-radicals for what he has not done. Mr. Roosevelt has at least gone a long way in. re- Bisbee Murder Trial Postponed to May 19 Cando, N. D., April 18—Trial of Dr. J. M. Phillips, Bisbee physician, appointed by the state supreme court to preside in the case after an affi- davit of prejudice was filed against another judge. Spring Pig Crop Gain In State Is Forecast Fargo, N. D., April 18. — (F) — A issued | Spring pig crop of 480,000 Head is an- ance with an old law. Southern Part of N. D. Is Busy With Seeding Fargo, N. D., April 18—(P)—N. D.| n, Gorman, state county agent leader, ported that Former Burleigh Man, 78, Dies at Williston Williston, N. D., April 18.—Calvin = Mannhaven Farmer, 36, Commits Suicide Mannhaven, N. D., April 18.—Adam Guenthner, 36, farmer in this com- munity, committed suicide by hang- ing Monday afternoon. Financial teverses are believed to have induced him to take his life. He leaves a (widow and severs! children. ,000 Weather to date, said Kilenholz, has been favorable for farrowing, with losses expected to be no more than Buffalo Boy Drowns In Well Near Home Buffalo, N. D., April 18.— (%) — Junior Rasmussen, 8, drowned in a Death Claims 70-Year Old Zap Woman Here Mop. Maniaiece Fens, 2, es 35 a. m. . bod State Post Former Land Commissioner Is Asked to Give Up Job By Governor Replying to the demand of Gov. Walter Welford, H. B. Hanson, former state land commissioner, will resign from the state land department May 1, Ludwig Pederson, secretary of the state board of university and school lands, announced Saturday. Hanson's resignation was asked by Welford who acted in his capacity.as chairman of the state board of uni- versity and school lands. Welford said his request for Han- son’s resignation resulted from “com- plaints that Hanson had misused his office in the purchase of several build- ings on state lands.” Succeeded Pederson Hanson had been an employe of the state land department since 1933, when he was appointed land commis- sioner to fill the vacancy created by Hen fered of Pederson who at that time became manager of the state mill and elevator. Since Sept. 1, 1935, when Pederson again became land commissioner, Hanson has been in charge of scal- ing down loans. Members of the state board of uni- evrsity and school lands were reluc- tant to discuss the resignation. They admitted an “investigation is being made, and some action probably will be taken at the next meeting of the board April 30.” Hanson refused to discuss the de- mand of the governor‘for his resigna- “ton. and said he would have no state- ment to make until after the board had sigan taken Rovoig iit aes lacie cen 4s ported to have been taken during his buildings were. reported. in- volved, Welford said. He declared in- formation given him claimed Hanson had made “certain low price apprat- sals on buildings owned by the board, and had recommended their sale, then had sold them to a third party, later buying them back himself.” ‘The buildings were reported all to be in Kidder county, in which Han- son's farm is located. CONRAD AND YOUNG ADDRESS TAXPAYERS |ss=" Stark Group Meets With N. D. Officers; Morton Body Pro- tests Levy Raise Dickinson, N. D., April 18—()— Stark county taxpayers centered their interest in a general discussion of tax poopie: at a mass meeting here Fri- ye Principal speakers were John Con- rad of Erie, state president of the North Dakota Taxpayers association, and Horace Young of Fargo, attorney for the Cass county and state bodies. Conrad and Young outlined plans| ing: ot the state organization which gen- erally emphasize efforts to assure Proper expenditures of tax monies. It was the first meeting with state officers since the county group was cree Frank Ray, Dickinson, chairman of the meeting committee, presided at the session attended by 150 persons. John Milsten of Belfield, president, heads the list of county Officers elected some time ago. At a similar meeting in Mandan, from which state officers came to Dickinson, only action taken by the ‘|Morton County Taxpayers association was the election of delegates to the state convention and a decision to bring legal action to force the county commission to remove a 25 per cent boost in texable valuations on Mor- A protest with the board is to be filed by John F. Sullivan of Mandan, association attorne; board remove from its resolution the assessment increase. If met with refusal, the association announced it would enter district earl Wn ap attamnps 90 eee Tne 28. increase and an order from the court striking out the boost, W. H. ered of Mandan, county presi- Missionary to Speak At M’Kenzie Church y, asking that the} nintery PROGRAM OF STATE | NY WPA RECREATIONAL CONFERENCE GIVEN Sessions of Three-Day Meeting to Open Monday Morning at Capitol PLAN PICNIC AT OLD FORT | cra Moodie, State Administrator, and Averill, Consultant, to Speak Program of the three-day state- wide planning conference for recrea- tion supervisors and directors of the WPA, which opens at 9 a. m., Monday in the hearing room of the capitol, was announced Saturday by Mrs. Havel Falley, state recreational direc- tor. Special entertainment features dur- ing the conference will be the state one-act play tournament Monday evening between the winners of four district contests, and a picnic at Fort McKean following the afternoon ses- sions Tuesday. Topic for the Monday morning ses- sions will be “Philosophy and Inter- pretation of Leisure” with Mrs. Falley acting as chairman. Speakers on this phase of the recreational work will be Thomas H. Moodie, state WPA admin- istrator; Rev. G. W. Stewart, Mandan, Morton county executive secretary; Paul 8. Bliss, director of intake and certification; and Walter’C. Averill, Northwest Business Picture For Coming Year Is Brighter Moses Has Nothing to Say About ut Candidacy Washington, Moses department ferred Friday with federal officials Omar ® land acquisition pro- in western North Dakota in- Solving 800,000 acres. He said he was “progressing slowly” but had no defi- nite announcement yet. Moses said he had no announce- ment to make on his possible candi- dacy for governor of North Dakota on the Democratic ticket, and probably would not decide until he had re- turned to the state. SUIT AGAINST FUND ON BOND OF MYERS STARTED BY STATE Case Revolves Around Hail Loss Claim, Irregularly Set- tled in 1935 Suit for $2,100 against the state bonding fund on the bond of ©. J. Lansing, Mich., consultant, community | MYers, discharged assistant manager organization for leisure. of the state hail insurance depart- |" Shippers Estimate More Cars Will Be Needed to Handle More Commodities Business is definitely going to be much better this year than last. ‘This is the opinion of the Regional Shippers Advisory boards throughout the country and their prophecy is important—for they have never been substantially wrong. Just how good business will be is indicated by their estimates as to the number of railroad cars which will be needed to handle the nation’s freight. It is a business, not a political prophecy, and its average of accuracy is within one per cent. On this basis, freight shipments will be 9.5 per cent higher during April, May and June than they were during the same three months of 1935. In carloading figures it is esti- mated that 4,984,325 cars will be need- ed as compared with actual loadings of 4,551,737 in the second three-month Period of 1935. Only Three Decreases Of 29 classes of commodities listed all but three show estimated in- creases. Among those decreases are hay, straw and alfalfa, which still were being shipped in large quanti- peat yt toy thao legs shortage of feed due to the d drouth, of 1934, The decrease in this item is estimated at 24 per cent. Other decreases listed are 10.7 per beers in ieiocigd fruits and 6 per cent nee terme increases will come in use of F Mrs, Blanche Harding, Dickinson,|ment, began Saturday in Burleigh shipments of building materials. Thus fourth district recreational director, will preside at the afternoon meeting to discuss “Leadership Training Tech- nique.” Principal talks will be given by Mrs. Rilla’ Ertresvaag, Bottineau county supervisor; Herman Peters, member of the Bismarck Community | i934, Players; and Mrs. Mary Healy Ford, Ward county Aiba ns supervisor. aa ce nn “Organization and tic of Recreation” will be the discussion topic at the Tuesday morning ses- sions. H. L, Chaffee, second district director, will preside and Averill, Bliss, E. M. Hendrickson, first district di- rector; J. W. McKinnon, assistant to the state planning board; Carolyn MacBride, Stark county supervisor; and J. R. Van Dyke, WPA safety en- gineer, will be the main speakers. Another session on “Leadership Training Technique” will be held Tuesday afternoon with Hendrickson in charge. Talks will be given by Mrs. » E. R. Forbes, assistant pace county supervisor, and Mrs. Wednesday's morning session will be devoted to “The Government in Re- creation,” under the guidance of Av- erill, Speakers are to include: Rob- ert E. Byrne, state NYA administator; Mrs. Falley; Earle Clarke, adult edu- cation director; Pauline Reynolds, Fargo, associate director, RRA home management plan; Russell Reid from the state park board and Carl Tau- bert, regional representative, national park service. Slate Demonstrat tions will take up the balance of the meeting Wednesday afternoon. Guy Booth, third district director, will be in charge. Special demonstrations to be given include: archery, Mrs. Hard- ; basketry; Esther Maxwell, Bis- marck; block printing, Ruth Rudser, Bismarck; bead work, May Martell, Mercer county supervisor; bird houses, J Francis Stine, Emmons county sup- ervisor; canes and buttons, Andrew Carr, Adams county supervisor; clay work, Charles Grantier, Dickinson Clay Products Co.; chip carving, Ruth Rudser; kites, Andrew Carr; leather tooling, Paul Netland, area Boy Scout executive; playground equipment, Mrs. Lois Schempp, McLean county eupereie; soap carving, Mrs, The- Bismarck; spatter r-int, Mrs, ot L. Chaffee, Amenia, toys, Thelma Thompson, Hettinger county it aideaaa and weaving, Esther Max- well, STUDENTS OPPOSE ROTC Lincoln, Neb., April 18.—(?)—Uni- versity students from seven states cratic and pledged to “do all we can to promote peace.” GORDON THOMLIN DIES Edgeley, N. D., April 18,—(?)—Gor- don Thomilin, 43, state scale inspector, living on a farm four miles south of this city, died Friday. He is survived by his widow and nine children, county district court. ‘The suit was instituted by the state of North Dakota, doing business as the state hail insurance department. Myers, employed in the department April 5, 1935, was discharged Feb. 8, Claims on the bond rere ss tein an, assertedly irregularly settled foes claim, made to the Secon by Axel Person of Luverne, Steele county, July 5, last year. Person, tenant of a farm owned by Howard E. Fleming of New York, pos- sessed a three-quarter interest crops produced from the land while Fleming obtained the remainder, the complaint asserts.” Claim Forgery A consent to insure, ostensibly ob- tained from Fleming, and filed with the state hail insurance ent July 3 of last year is “a false, fraudu- lent and forged instrument,” the com- plaint alleges. Rejection of a notice of loss claim filed on the property July 5 also is Myers also is charged in the com- plaint with having “wrongfully, pur- posely and intentionally” removed shipments of gravel, sand and stone are due to rise 9.9 per cent; lumber, 183 per cent; iron and steel, 167 per cent; cement, 11.3 per cent; brick and clay products, 25.1 per cent; lime and plaster, 12.5 per cent; paper, Local Wheat Market Makes 5-Cent Jump Bismarck quotations on dark north- ern wheat rose 5 cents in the last two days, bringing the market top Satur- day to $.97, one of the highest fig- ures since Jan. 4 when it stood at 91.11. The rise was 3 cents Friday with additional 2-cent gain Saturday, ac- cording to figures furnished by Rus- sell-Miller Co. Drouth in the south- west is given as the probable cause of the higher prices. FLANNIGAN PROBING STORY THAT FRAZIER FIRED ON MOTORISTS State’s Attorney Asserts He ‘May’ Issue Warrant For Engineer's Arrest Williston, N. D., April 18.—(?)— State's Attorney Walter Burk said Saturday afternoon he “may” issue a watrant Tuesday for arrest of Roy W. Frazier, highway maintenance en- gineer reported to have shot at auto- mobiles of two motorists near Tioga four days ago. Burk awaited arrival here of Stan- ley Haustvelt of Tioga who complain- ed to county officials Frazier shot a bullet into a tire of his car after he ignored a “road closed” sign on High- way No, 2 east of Tioga. “I invite authorities to apprehend fing,|me and bring the matter into open important increases expected are 19.1 per cent in agricultural im- Plements and vehicles other than automobiles; automobiles and trucks, 13.1 per cent; 12.2 per cent in ore and concentrates; 19.5 per cent in cotton in}and 22.6 per cent in grains. More Building, Fewer Cars In the Northwest board territory there will be more building but fewer automobiles will be sold. The com- modity list shows 16 anticipated in- creases with five anticipated de- creases and other items unchanged. amos the important increases ex- pected are: grains, 44.1 per cent; fresh fruits other than citrus fruits, 120.6 per cent; potatoes, 14.8 per cent; other fresh vegetables, 76.5 per cent; which | livestock, 20 per cent; ore and con- centrates, 15 per cent; gravel, sand and stone, 9.5 per cent; iron and steel, 20 per cent; and boilers, 14.4 per cent; cement, 51.4 per cent; lime and plaster, 19.9 per cent; agricultural implements and vehicles other than automobiles, 17.9 per cent; paper board and prepared roofing, 10 per cent. Among the decreases are: Flour, and destroyed from office files a proof|meal and other mill products, 10 per of loss on the Person farm STOCKHOLM RAIDERS OBTAIN $750 IN LOOT Automobile Bearing N. D. Li- cense Plates Sought by S. D. Officers Stockholm, 8. D., April 18—(P)— State department of justice agents and Grant county officials Saturday were investigating a burglary of the Stockholm State bank in which loot- ers obtained an estimated $750 in cur- rency early Friday. ‘The burglars used a torch to burn their way into the bank safe. Arthur Berg, cashier, who estimated the loss, sald the men had skipped about $1,- a to & second compartment of the vault. Three eight-gallon cream cans, in which water was carried to cool the metal and a short iron bar were left in the bank building. Officers Saturday sought an auto- mobile bearing North Dakota license plates, after members of the bank's board, who were in session until mid- night Thursday, said they had seen such @ car on leaving the building. Roosevelt Allots Seed Loan Funds ‘ eblaaten. peri Mee hoe hige A In_ addition to Friday's allocation of|the Farm Credit administration an- nounced that $7,000,000 would be transferred from the resettlement ad- ministration to its account, bringing the total available for crop loans to p | 7000000. New regulations also were issued by APP ee fea gtd tively assisted by the resettlement ad- ministration or employed on WPA Projects to apply for emergency cent; hay, straw and alfalfa, 63.4 tions by O. E. Lofthus, adjuster for the/per cent; poultry and dairy products, Handicraft exhibits and demonstra- oes nt, : 79 per cent; brick and clay products, 5 per cent, and automobiles and trucks, 23.3 per cent. In number es- timated carloadings are 296,953 for the district as compared with 266,- 606 loaded during the spring months year ago. The average increase is put at 11,4 per cent or a figure slight- ly higher than that for the nation asa Wi See Raised Standards A fair deduction from the esti- mates is that these experts anticipate a rise in the standard of living. This is indicated by the phenomenal in- crease in the fresh fruits and fresh vegetable items. While not luxury The figure for lumber is ped car- (Continued on Page Three! Morton Grade School Contest Date Is Set Center, N. D., April 18—Supt, R. C. Stubbs has announced Saturday, April 25, as the date for the final elementary singing, declamation and spelling: contests for Oliver county. They will be held in the Center band hall, beginning at 9:30 a. m. Supt. J. C. Gould, Mandan, will judge sing- ing events, and Jack O. Reidel, Mer- cer. county school superintendent, declamation. The Center juvenile band and Hannover school chorus will take part in the program, which is open to the public. Charles S. Dawson, Fargo Pioneer, Dies|"¢ Fargo, N. D., April 18—()—Charles 8. Dawson, 75, died at his home in a Saturday. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Monday. Mr. Daw- son formerly resided in Eveleth, Minn. He leaves his widow, two daughters Luella and Ruth, and a son, Charles A., of the Dawson In- surance Agency, Fargo. A native of Scotland, Mr. Dawson for many years was in the dry goods business here. : 5 DIE IN STORM Berlin, April 18—(?)—Five English schoolboys, members of a hiking party of 27, died of exhaustion Sat- urday in the hilly region east of Priedburg, in the southwest German state of Baden, after the party lost ite way ina heavy snowstorm, court which is the proper place to submit proof that I acted without au- thority,” Frazier said. He admitted firing bullets into a tire of Haustveit’s machine, claiming the latter refused to obey his de-|hergh mands to stop. “If there are any other bullet holes in the hood or windshield or else- where on the machine, someone else put them there,” Frazier asserted. State Highway Commissioner W. J. Flannigan was still conducting an in- vestigation of the reported shooting, as were deputy sheriffs. Keith Boyd, Frazier’s terminal chief, informed Burk the automobile of Haustveit had been struck by bullets} listed which penetrated a front tire and the hood of the car. Another motorist, Marcelus Joyce, White Earth farmer, Boyd said, in- formed him 11 shots were fired at machine while he was en route home ‘SAME GANG? THAT ABDUCTED BREMER INVOLVED IN CASE Bensenville, Ill., Postmaster and Two Others in Custody, Hoover Says OTHER ARRESTS FORECAST. St. Paul Brewer Identifies House in Which He Was Held for $100,000 Ransom (By the Associgted Press) Justice department agents chalked up the $100,000 William A. Hamm, Jr., kidnaping as virtually solved Sat- urday with the arrests of three per- sons, one a postmaster. In connection with the June, 1933, abduction of the St. Paul brewer, J. Edgar Hoover announced his agents had arrested Charles J. Fitzgerald in Los Angeles, Jack Pfeiffer in St. Paul and Edmund C. Bartholmey in Bene senville, Ill., where he is postmaster. “I think we have solved the Hanim kidnaping at last,” Hoover said, add- ing that “there may be more arrests soon.” Bartholmey pleaded not guilty when arraigned before Federal Judge M. M. Joyce in St. Paul Saturday. Bond was set at $100,000 and Bar- tholmey remanded to the Ramsey county jail. Bartholmey, not repre- sented by counsel, entered the plea of not guilty at the suggestion of George Heisey, assistant United States district attorney. The bureau of investigation chief said it was in Bartholmey's home that Hamm was held until his $100,000 Tansom was paid. Karpis Figures in Case Figuring in the case is Alvin Karpis rated as “Public Enemy, No. 1,” since the day John Dillinger was shot down in Chicago by justice department agents. Hoover named Karpis, for- mer associate of “Ma” Barker in the notorious Karpis-Barker gang, a5 one of the actual perpetrators of the Oklahoma City; arrests and convice tion in the January, 1934, of Edward G. Bremer at St. Paul. Hoover's latest computation scored his agents with the solution of 62 kid- napings since the Lindbergh law was only ti Fasc Pibe re venree sa) enbrelyene " Three Cases Left Alvin Karpis, wanted in the Bremer and Hamm kidnapings, and Harry Campbell, wanted with Karpis in the his| Bremer kidnaping; wanted in the Weyerhaeuser kidnap- Boyd,| ing for which Harmon Wiley already ‘Williams-Mountrail county line. He was accompanied by a small daugh- ter. They were not injured, JAMESTOWN SINGERS TO APPEAR TUESDAY Presbyterian Church Is Spon- soring 1936 Appearance of College Chorus The Jamestown College chorus now on its annual spring tour will sing in Bismarck at 8 p. m.,Tuesday in the First Presbyterian church. ‘The singers directed by Prof. Joseph Saylor Black have made many pre- vious appearances in the Capital City and always have received enthusiastic response from local music lovers. Miss Emma King of Menoken, Robert Mote and Emerson Logee of Bismarck and Mrs. Ilo Holstein of Beach are included in the personnel of 35 voices. Professor Black consid- ers the group one of the finest which he has assembled in his 13 years with the school. The program will feature the sing- ing of selections from the opera, “Cav~- alleria Rusticana” by Mascagni with Miss Lavonne Eugene as soloist. Six choral selections also will be in- cluded, besides a variety of vocal solos, instrumental numbers, novelties, trios and reading. For the presentation here, the choral numbers are “The Lord's Prayer” by Gretchmaninoff, “Wind Moods” by Rachmaninoff, “It’s Me, O Lord” and “Couldn’t Hear Nobody Pray” by Nobel Cain, “Kiss Me Again” “Italian Street Song” by Victor Herbert. Hope Fades of Saving Trio Trapped in Mine Moose River, N. 8., April 18—(7)—- A heavy dynamite blast opened & deeper gap into the Moose river gold mine Saturday, but disappointed res- cue workers in their attempts to reach three Toronto men who had been entombed for nearly a week. With a rock barrier of unknown depth still remaining between the workers and the shaft through which they hoped to reach the 141-foot level, virtually all hope of finding Dr. D. E. Robertson, Herman B. MaGill, and Charles Alfred Scadding alive was abandoned, has been sentenced to 45 years in prison; Thomas G. Robinson, Jr., wanted in the $50,000 kidnaping of Alice Speed Stoll, Louisville, Ky. George F. Sullivan, St. Paul, United States district attorney, said he would seek indictment of the three at a federal grand jury session called for Tuesday morning. Fitzgerald, accused of being the man who shook hands with Hamm before two others poked guns in his ribs and ordered him into their car as he strode from his brewery the morning of June 15, Peed was ene an by (Continued on Page RULE SEVEN NEEDY ARE N. D. RESIDENTS Supreme Court Holds Family Had Resided in Grand Forks Legal Period Emery DeFault, his wife, Alba, and their five minor children by supreme court decision, in effect were “offi- cially” residents of Grand Forks coune ty and North Dakota Saturday. Grand Forks county sought to have Marshall coun- ta, claiming they had not resided within the county for a eat and hence were not legally resi- lents, ‘The action revolved around pors tion of salve given one of the De- Fault children by a echool nurse. It was contended giving the salve con- stituted relief, and in effect suspended the time of operation of the statute, which provides a person over 21 years of age obtains residence in a county after he has lived there continuously for one year, providing among other things, that he has not received ree Hef during the 12-months period. The Grand Forks district court ordered the family removed to Mare Forks merchant, died here Saturday. Funeral services will be Monday af- ternoon,