The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, July 24, 1936, Page 1

el Oldest Newspaper THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE ESTABLISHED 1878 BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, JULY 24, 1936 Landon Pleads for Free Competition Fascists Battle Marxists for Possession of Madrid Battleship Oklahoma Ordered to Spanish Shores STOP THIS FUMBLING REBELS APPARENTLY || Prophecy and Fulfillment ||SNGERE APOLOGY IS WINNING AS REVOLT CONTINUES IN SPAIN Reds Threaten to Kill 500 Aris- tocrats Unless Planes Stop Bombing AMERICAN FLAG IS FIRED ON Navy Rushes Warships to Ports Where Bloodshed Threat- ens Nationals Press) Spanish Fascists and loyal leftist troops battled Friday 26 miles north- west of Madrid for possession of the capital city. Renewing an attack blocked Thurs- day by liberal artillery, infantry and airplanes, the Fascist armies of Gen. Francisco Franco, rebel leader, fought for control of the pass of Guadatrama, gateway to Madrid. Some 6,000 men defended the pass. Reinforcements of militia and of as- sult and civ) guards were dispatched to their aid during the night. Reports indicated neither side had gained the advantage. Rebels Gain Ascendancy Diplomatic dispatches received Paris from Madrid said the rebels apparently were “on top” in Spain. President Manuel Azana announced that the rebels were “failing.” Spanish Communists in San Sebas- tian, the summer resident of American Ambassador Claude G. Bowers and other foreign diplomats, threatened to kill 500 Spanish aristocrats unless rebel airplanes ceased bombing the town, said reports received in Irun, 4,000 Killed in Battle An estimate of 4,000 dead in bitter facist-leftist fighting for possession of San Sebastian, was made. Friday night by Col. ;Villanueva, rebél com- In a vicious battle near Endarleza, northern Spain, 55 rebels and an un- Getemined” number of government militiamen were killed. These cas- ualties added to a roughly estimated 25,000 killed and wounded previously during the insurrection. acta penta none ms Bowers, wi! summering San Sebastian, was reported to have taken refuge at Fuenterrabia, fort- ress @ few miles from the city. The state department was advised the re- mainder of the embassy staff had as- sembled in a hotel. Rebels Pound Town Villanueva pounded the town most of the day with a battery of three field guns from the hills to the south. He admitted San Sebastian was still in loyalist hands, Spanish rebels fought leftist gov- ernment forces only a few miles from Madrid while the fascist high com- mand was reported to be maneuver- ing to “starve out” the capital city Beith dro ith ith @ major topic of interest, not here but elgewhere in the nation, the observations made by Major ory. ous Dakota Constitutional convention are interesting. His talk was in the nature of a prophesy and is reprinted here without comment other than to co it for the careful reading of every Western North Da- kota n, eee Address of Major Charles Francis Powell, director of U. S. Geological survey, to North Dakota Constitutional Convention, Monday, August 5, 1889. eee Mr. President, and gentlemen of the Convention: I am not accustomed to speak on occasions like this. In the first place I never made a political speech in my life and it seems to me I am almost out of place here. When I was a boy they used to bring to the table the dinner and the finest things came at the last. part of the feast, but somehow in the high falutin’ dinners they give now they fill the people with wines and viands of many kinds and then end with strong cheese and hard crackers. I think that is what your president is do- ing today. He wants to top off with something very plain. I know nothing about the silver question but I have studied somewhat the subject of irrigation. I was a farm boy and have been engaged in farming and have spent a good deal of time studying many of the problems which interest your people. I remember in my childhood my father moving into Mlinois. Then I remember when Minnesota and Wisconsin were making states and now you are making two states of Dakota. All these years I have watched the march of pro- gress across the continent and have seen all this western half of America grow up as it were from a wilderness. Of the questions that practically interest the people who are en- gaged in farming I have made some study, and in my remarks I will confine myself wholly to some practical questions re- lating to irrigation, and then I will show what the Constitu- tional Convention should have to say about them. State Has Curious Geographical Position __ The State of North Dakota has a curious position geograph- ically in relation to agriculture. The eastern portion of the state has sufficient rainfall for agricultural purposes; the western part has insufficient rainfall and the western por- tion is, practically wholly dependent on irrigation. In the western portion all dependence on rains will ultimately bring disaster to the people. They are unwilling yet, a good many of them, to admit it, but the study of the Physical conditions which prevail in this country and the application of the knowl- edge which has been given to manking through the study of ‘these rin Eufope'and Asfa and Affica all prove . this-one fact—that in the western portion of this state they will have to forever depend on artificial irrigation for all agri- culture. In the eastern portion they may depend upon ‘the storms that come from the heavens and there is a middle belt between the two regions which is of very great interest. They will soon learn in the western portion to depend upon irrigation and provide themselves with agencies for the arti- ficial fructifying of the soil with water. In the eastern part sll. AND STATE IN -| Two Branches of Government |2"thwest by Dr. Rexford they will depend on the rainfall and in the middle portion they will have a series of years when they will have abundant crops; then for two or three years they will have less rain- fall and there will.be failure of crops and disaster will come on thousands of people, who will become discouraged and will leave. Up and down, the temperature of agriculture will rise and fall with the seasons in this manner and the only practical thing to do is to look the thing squarely in the face and remember that in middle Dakota agriculture will always be liable to meet with failure unless you provide against it. (Continued on Page Four) Southeast Minnesota Called ‘Garden Spot’ NEW CARRIER PACT om Tural resettlement administrator. to Cooperate in Motor Freight Control OFFERED PRESIDENT BY FATHER COUGHLIN Sorry He Called Him ‘Liar’; Still Striving to Oust Him From Office SPOKE ‘IN RIGHTEOUS ANGER’ Will Obey Church If Ordered to Curtail Political Activi- ties, He Says Detroit, July .—(P}—A public apology by Father Charles E. Cough- lin for calling President Roosevelt a “liar” was in the recosd Friday, but the same open letter to the president that contained it expressed an inten- tion to do all possible to defeat him for re-election. In a subsequent interview at his Shrine of the Little Flower, Father Coughlin said that “I have no per- sonal quarrel with the president, and T believe he is well-intentioned, but he succeeds in surrounding himself with crackpots.” The formal statement was published under the heading “An Open Letter of Apology to President Roosevelt” in the July 27 issue of “Social Justice,” Union for Social Justice. In Righteous Anger Signed by Father Coughlin, it said that he spoke “in righteous anger” |when “I addressed to the president of the United States in a speech at Cleveland July 16 the word ‘liar,’” and “for that action I now offer to the. president my sincere apology.” ‘The same open letter said that “as my president I still respect you; as a fellow citizen and as a man I still regard you highly, but as an execu- tive, despite your excellency’s fine intentions, I deem it best for the wel- fare of our common country that.you be supplanted in office. To that end, An American prelate in Rome said| the church was considering action to curtail the Royal Oak priest's politi- cal activities, which have included Father Coughlin said that “what- ever orders come from Rome curtail- ing my preaching social justice, I shall be only too happy to accede to the| Tequest and obey orders.” | ‘The speech in which he referred to E. Townsend said it “was the) Gracious thing to do: I think more of him for it.” In his open letter of apology, Father Coughlin said his reference was not had |oner had told the police “I wish I had -| field kitchen with five ranges. Com- + {had said, “I could easily have shot BRITON WEO DREW REVOLVER ON KING The U. 8. battleship Oklahoma, was ordered to sail from Cher- bourg, France to Spain to evacu- ate American citizens in case of necessity. This picture was taken while the ship was at Portsmouth, |. England, late in June. (Associated Press Photo). TO REMAIN IN JAIL EMERGENCY DROUTH organ of Father Coughlin’s National | M’Mahon Declares He Wishes | He Had Shot Himself; to Call Witnesses London, July 24.—(?)}—George An-! drew McMahon, bald Briton who drew | @ revolver at King Edward’s military Parade, was remanded to jail for a week Friday after a hearing on a charge of producing a weapon “with intent to alarm his majesty.” The decision to grant a remand pending continuance of the hearing next Friday was made after Alfred Kerstein, counsel for the prisoner, had announced McMahon wished to testi- fy himself and to call witnesses. “Sitting I the Bow street poifée'sta- tion courtroom, McMahon heard 5; cial Constable Anthony Gordon Dick tell how he smashed at the prisoner's pistol hand when King Edward rode by on Constitution Hill eight days ago. Had ‘Object’ in It The hand had an “object” in it, the constable said. “I saw the object leave his hand at the actual moment I knocked his arm,” he added. Other testimony identified the “ob- Ject” as a loaded pistol which clatter- ed at the feet of the king’s horse. Discrepancies of opinion over whether the revolver actually struck the king’s horse or whether it landed ; in front or behind the animal; whether it was thrown or knocked from Mc- Mahon’s hand, appeared from eye- witnesses’ accounts. “Woman in Gray’ Absent The “woman in gray” credited prev- jously with striking McMahon’s arm did not appear. Constable Dick, how- ever, testified there was a woman in a blue dress at the scene who did nct touch the man’s arm. Attorney General Sir Donald Somer- vell, in charge of the prosecution, quoted the prisoner as telling the po- lice: “I wanted to shoot myself in front of the king, but I lost my head.” The attorney general said the pris- done the job properly,” that he also him;” and that subsequently he had said, “tt would have been better if I had shot myself.” CCC Enrollees Will Be Processed Here First contingents of 500 men, re- cently recruited in North Dakota for service in the CCC were arriving in Bismarck Friday for “processing” at the local CCC camp. Tents for the recruits have been set up at the camp, together with a big N.D., July 4—/)— bonds he following a hear- 1, McBride. He district court on ees pany 4750, located here for the sum- | farmer or feeder entitled to receive) jat the time delivery of car is made, RATES ON FEED GO Reduced Tariffs on Railroads Are Two-Thirds of Nor- mal Charge Emergency rates on hay and forage, reduced to meet hte drouth situation reduced to meet the drouth situation Friday on railroads operating in the state, and will continue until Dec. 31, the state railroad board announced. ‘Phe reduced basis provitits for two~ .| thirds of the normal tariff rate on fodder, ensilage, straw and other for- ages to apply for single line applica- tions, the board reported. It was pointed out by the commis- sion that single line application means will apply only from origins on that railroad. The reduced rates are subject to regulations insuring the application of the rates only on hay and feeds the drouth rates. If shipment is made direct to a the drouth rate, it is billed at the) regular rate, and on presentation by the consignee of a certificate of the! U. &. department of agriculture, pro-) curable from the county agent or other designated officer, authorizing the application of emergency rates, the freight charges will be reduced} the commission explained. { On shipments to dealers or associa-| tion, the certificate which is issued to} the farmer who uses the hay or feed} is surrendered to the dealer, who will apply to the railroad for refund of the charges originally collected. | The state railroad board requested recently the establishment of drouth! relief rates 50 per cent of the normali rate on hay and rough feeds and two-| INTO EFFECT INN. D.: that on each railroad the drouth rates; for use by those entitled to receive|Colonel and Mrs. Lindbergh as his | Wilhelm Goering, the air minister, has WITH RECOVERY GOP LEADER EMPHASIZES 4,000-Word Acceptance Speech Is Punctuated Repeatedly by Applause READS HIS TALK TO THRONG Wants to Restore Government to Efficient and Constitu- tional Basis The complete text of Alfred M. ae ee Topeka, Kas., Alf M. Landon summoned his chief aides Friday to develop in detail his strategy for battling what he calls the New Deal “record” in a presiden- tial campaign “to restore our govern- ment to an efficient as well as con- stitutional basis.” John D. M. Hamilton, the national chairman, fresh from an eastern swing and conferences with anti-Roosevelt Democrats, was called to the gover- nor’s desk. Topping the urgent: problems was the itinerary of campaign tours for Landon; his running mate, Col. Frank Knox of Illinois and Hamilton. One possible guidepost was the na- tion’s reaction to the speech in which Landon formally accepted the unani- mous nomination of his party’s na- tional convention. Wants Free Competition He told a “vast throng which blot- ted out the south lawn of the 16-acre capitol square for “notification night” : that “the time has come to this Berlin, July 24—()—German avi-|fumbling with recovery” endo tee {ation and _ political circles reacted |store and to maintain = free competi- favorably Friday to Col. Charles A.|tive system—a system under which, jLindbergh’s warning against aerial/and only under which, can there be warfare. independence, equality of opportunity, The unexpected frankness of the/and work for all.” American aviator in discussing the; The crowd appeared with the 48- jimminence of war in Europe at ajyear-old Kansas executive from the jluncheon in his honor Thursday was |start. Again and again he was inter- ‘almost universally praised. rupted by applause. A demonstration | Dr. Hans H. Dieckhoff, in charge of |of shouting, flag-waving and band | American affairs at the German for- (Continued on Page Four) | eign office, said he regarded “Lind- KILLED IN COLLISION la leading German aviator, who re- | jquested that his name be withheld, | Carson Farmer's Wife and Two Children Also Hurt in |said: Crash LINDBERGH'S SPEECH GREBTED PAVORABLY BY BERLN AUDIENCE American to Sit With Hitler When Olympic Games Open Aug. 1 “No aviator has so tersely expressed | what we all feel as your American colonel did.” Major Truman Smith, the United {States military attache who has house guests, said: “Lindbergh began writing the Carson, N. D., July 26. jSpeech Wednesday at our home after} man was killed, his wife seriously in- supper. The next morning he went/| jured, and their two children received over it once more, then read it to me./lesser injuries when an automobile I knew at that time it would ring the/and truck collided here Thursday bell.” night. N.D. Traffic Toll After paying a tribute to German wir 46 ‘is 37 | leadership in the air, Lindbergh ex- William Mutz, 35, farmef near here, pressed fear over Europe's future. Later in the day Lindbergh ac- not yet been fixed, air ministry of¢/ died shortly after arriving at the ficials said they thought he would be|jocal hosptial. Mrs. Mutz received reserved for him. While the exact date of his meet | ing with Hitler and Gen. Hermann cepted tickets to the opening ceree invited to fly to Berchtesgaden, where | serious injuries about the back and thirds of the normal rate on grain and mill feeds, to apply not only for: single line application, as now au- thorized, but also from areas where surplus feeds are available on the! lines of other railroads in other states in the western district. Action has not yet been taken on this request. RED RIVER PROGRAM TOAST $10,000,000 Ickes Calls It First Proposal of | mpym Practical Nature Sub- routine of CCC camp life. Upon of the condition- of New jiand was at |ing process, scheduled for Aug. 3 or 4, | 000,000 water conservation program in the will be sent to the west coast to serve as replacements for North Dakota CCC companies now in that area. Hartl Appointed to ation of lake levels, improvement of channels, control, reduction of Statistician’s Post;stre. pollution and improvement of Named to the post of statisti etd and mitted in U. S. Washington, July 23.—(/P)—Secre- tary Ickes Friday made public a $10,- mony of the Olympic games Aug. 1. A place in the honor box beside Reichsfuehrer Adolf Hitler has been both Hitler and Goering have summer | neck, while a daughter, Gertrude, 10, homes. is suffering from a lacerated leg and other bruises, also in the Carson hos- Sportsmen Will Face | Pits), A son. tetoy. &. js in a Bis oblems of Drouth The Muts automobile and » truck driven by John Mackin of Mott col- can neserntion.of. nis ae eas. lided at an intersection near here. niajor position in the North Dakotas | The Semone was demolished. Izaak Walton league state convention | Mackin was : at Valley City July 31 and August 1, ‘The boy was brought to B ok Ninel Friday. tary, a0-| or examination when Carson physi- Effects of the drouth on wild life | Clans feared he had suffered internal injuries. He was well on the way to other means will bs discussed. || DeaD FROM INJURIES tain | DEA! C. F. Culler, La og Wis. pages Oakes, N. D., July 24.—(?)}—Donald U. 8. Bureau of Fisheries. Other |Hisby, 6, Ludden, seriously injured speakers will include Oscar Johnson, | *fter being struck by an automobile head of the South Dakota game and | ear here Wednesday, died shortly the valley of the Red River of the North, submitted to President Roose- velt by planning boards of Minne- sota and North and South Dakota. Construction of small dams, restor- yi i i fH i after noon Friday. North Won end fh eam |" ‘The child, son of Mr. and Mrs. N. sioner. . E. Higby, was struck by an automo- 8. W. Devils Lake is|bile in which Stanley and Alfred Schultz of Browns Valley, Minn., were occupants. He suffered a fractured skull and broken legs. BLINDED DRIVER KILLS