The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, November 14, 1936, Page 1

: =] THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE ESTABLISHED 1878 LITICS | ey PERTINAX ‘With charity for all and malice toward mene BRAGS AND APOLOGIES This is the season when publica- tions and organisations which con- ducted pre-election polls do their bragging—and their apologising. ‘The biggest brag comes from For- tune Magazine which claims it re- corded @ popular preference of 61.7 per cent for President Roosevelt as compared with the actual returns of 60.5 per cent. This was the only poll which overestimated the president's etrength. Its poll was taken among 4,500 per- sons in all walks of life, the propor- tion being scientifically “loaded” to make it representative. The answers to questions were obtained by per- sonal interview, as is done with sur- veys made for commercial houses. Its showing in October was that 335 per cent believed Roosevelt's election was “essential” to the na- tional welfare; 25.7 per cent pre- ferred him to anyone else; 14.1 per cent thought he had done a fairly good job but that his usefulness was over and 22.5 per cent thought his re-election would be a national cal- amity. Only 4.1 per cent then were undecided; Since the check was repeated from time to time a significant thing is that the feeling in October was about the same as it had been hine months before, when the campaign had not yet started. HIT ALL BUT ONE The American. Institute of Public Opinion, managed Dr. Gallup who organized the first Literary Di- gest polls, indicated 477 probable and 519 possible electoral votes for Roose- velt, whereas he received 523. ‘This poll gave Maine, Vermont and New Hampshire to Landon, listing New York. Ohio, Pennsylvania, Illi- nois, Indiana, Michigan, Iowa, Dela- ware and West Virginia as doubtful but probably for Roosevelt. It was the only poll dealing in electoral votes (Fortune's poll dealt only with public reaction) which correctly placed Pennsylvania in the Roosevelt column, Its main error was in list- ing New Hampshire for Landon, whereas it went for Roosevelt by a small majority. THE BIG APOLOGY The big apology—and practically the only one—comes, of course, from the Literary Digest. Its forecast of a landslide for Lan- don has to be matched against a landslide for Roosevelt and: the re- sult is a headache for this biggest poll. The Digest ument js that it car- in exactly’the® ‘ manner as in previous years when its huge sampling of 10,000,000 ballots substantially indicated the election results, After pointing out. that the vote of the “have nots” did not decide the election, since the labor, relief and negro votes could have been elimin- ated and Roosevelt still would have won, it does hint at its trouble in the fact that only one in five voters took the trouble to reply. It is at a loss to account for the fact that there was ® preponderance of Republicans in the one-fifth who did reply. They tnsist that, do all the tricks they pleased with their figures, “the answer was still Landon” and that was what they announced. Recognizing the fact that they got more replies from persons who had voted for Hoover in 1932 than from those who voted for Roosevelt, des- pite the fact that Roosevelt got. mil- lions more votes than Hoover, the Digest assumes that it sent more bal- lots to people who voted for Roose- velt in 1932 than to those who voted for Hoover but that the latter replied more enthusiastically — and they could not force replies from those who had voted for Roosevelt before. IT WINDS UP NOWHERE The discussion goes through @ maze of speculation and winds up nowhere, about the only concrete thing about it being the announce- ment that the Digest will try it again next time. What may be an answer to whis- pered charges that the Digest tried to “run a bandwagon for Landon” and by its figures sway undecided voters to cast ballots for the Kansan, is contai~ 2d in the statement: “The (Continued on Page Thiee) PIONEER WOMAN, 68, DIES IN HOME HERE Heart Attack Fatal to Mrs. Bar- bara Katzke, Former Jud- son Woman Mrs. Barbara Wetti Katske, 68, 2 tesident of North Dakota for 37 years, died in her home at 1014 Broadway here at 8 p. m., Friday, of heart dis- ease. Funeral services will be held from}! BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1936 Drouth Area Committee to Meet Here Nov. 23 DELEGATES FROMS (Georgia Publisher, STATES 10 SUBMIT | ~Politician Is Dead RHQMAMENDATIONS McKinnon, State Coordinator, Making Arrangements for. Two-Day Conference INVITE MANY OFFICIALS Federal and State, Agencies, Preparations for the meeting here on Monday, Nov. 23, of the national drouth area committee were being made Saturday by A. D, McKinnon, state coordinator for the soil con- servation service. Officials and rep- resentatives from the Dakotas, Wyo- ming, Montana and Nebraska will attend. McKinnon its acting at the request of H. J. Clemmer, Rapid City, 8. D., soil conservation chief of region 9, comprising the Dakotas, Wyoming and Montana. The general meeting will open at 10 a. m., Monday in tl hearing room at the state capitol building and will last all day. Tuesday will be taken up with conferences between the cem- mittee and various groups interested in special projects. Preceding the meeting of the drouth committee there will be @ gathering on Sunday night at the Grand Pacific hotel of the state land use committee, a section of the state planning board. This unit also will make recommendations to the nation- al board. Met Earlier at Fargo This committee met at Fargo on Oct. 19 and drafted a set of prelim- inary suggestions which will be com- pleted at the meeting on Nov. 22. McKinnon 4s chairman of the com- mittes..srith: ‘ Plath; conault-. Roosevelt’s Popular Majority 10,221,000 Cee SS 111,152, 57,052 15,590 6,444 Colvin (Prohibitionist).. Aiken (Social-Laborite). Total vote... +0000. .43,404,777 WORK OF WELFARE BOARDS IN SOCIAL SECURITY OUTLINED District Meeting Held Here to Acquaint Administrators With Program Work to be done by North Dakota county welfare boards in the admin- istration of the social security pro- gram was outlined here Saturday by Miss Helen Hardy, field representa- tive of public assistance of the social security board, Washington, D. C. A series of five district meetings of executive secretaries and case work- ers are being conducted over the state to acquaint them with the plans and procedures to be carried out under the social security act. At a meeting here Friday, Miss Hardy, together with L, I. Nicholson, ant to, the state planning board, as | blind assistance divisions of the North secretary. Other members are Dr. I. Lavine, planning board , consultant; Dr. H. L, Walster, dean of the State Agricultural college; Leroy Moomaw, director of the Dickinson experiment station; F. E. Cobb, shelterbelt di- rector; C. H. Hobbs, planning board engineer; J. H. Haney, director of ex- periments in this area for the In- ternational Harvester Co., and How- ard Wood, state director for the Re- settlement administration. Among federal officials invited to’ attend are J. M. Stephens, superinten- dent of the Great Plains Experiment station at Mandan; H. C. Knudson and W. 'D. Lynch of the PWA; Thomas Moodie, J. R. Kennedy and T. G. Plomasen of the WPA; R. B. Cummings, director of the national emergency council; Howard Wood and Iver_Acker of the Resettlement ad- min{stration; G. E. Eldred of the bureau of public roads; B. F. Maurek and M. O, Steen of the bureau of biological survey, and F. E, Cobb, shelterbelt director. Committees Named Official boards to be represented are the state agricultural conserva- tion committee, state planning board, state welfare board, state soll con- servation advisory committee and the state committee on land use recom- mendation. Private organizations asked to send representatives are the Greater North Dakota association; State Bankers association; Farmers Union and other farm organizations, State Livestock association, all chambers of commerce and commercial clubs, all water con- servation associations, Missouri River Diversion association and other or- ganizations interested in soil and wat:> conservation, and the voluntary soil conservation associations, of which there are eight in the state. In addition Governor Walter Wel- ford and all other state officers in- terested are invited to attend and the governor has been asked to invite all whom he feels would be able to help the national committee in its planning work. Other States Asked Similar groups of officials will at- City, 8. D., nearly 1,000 persons at- tended. Dakota public welfare board, ex- plained the purposes and procedures of the assistance plan. She emphasized the old age assist- ance work, the plan for which was the first formulated in this state. Accurate Budgeting Needed ‘The “importance” and philosophy of accurate budgeting in connection with old age assistance cases and the need of properly qualified workers to do the job, was discussed by the fiefd representative. “Bince each grant is reviewed by representatives of the social security board,” Miss Hardy stated, “not only must each county welfare office have at least one person who is thoroughly familiar with the program but it is desirable that county welfare board members and county commissioners should familiarize themselves as much as possible with requirements.” In this way, she declared, assurance may be had that every community may share in the benefits from the peers kinds of assistance out- Quota Is Limited Re-investigation and _ re-certifica- tion of WPA workers which is being required by the works progress ad- ministration because of the limited quota ssigned to North Dakota was discussed by Miss Clara Hjerpe, WPA representative. She said this work is necessary s0 all families in absolute need of the assistance provided through the se- curity wage ‘“‘may be assured employ- | ings. ment” and those now able to provide for their own needs or whose budget- ary requirements are relatively low may be removed from the WPA rolls. Executive secretaries and case work- ers from Burleigh, Morton, McIntosh, Sheridan, Grant, Sioux, McLean, Mer- cer and Oliver attended the Bismarck conference. Manslaughter Trial Nearing Conclusion Devils Lake, Nov. 14.—(7)—Rebuttal and introduction of evi- dence in the John and Dan Roy the national committee |day Heading will be Morris Cooke, director of rural marck two months ago. Holt Removes Three Montana Road Chiefs Helena, Mont., Nov. 14.—()—Gov- ernor Holt Saturday had removed col-| measured six ters Kill Large Golden Eagl Werner, N. D., Nov. 14.—(7}—A golden eagle, in full-grown by two Werner hunters, and Collins Inkster. feet and Clark Howell, Editor of Atlanta Constitution, Succumbs at 73 Years Atlanta, Nov. 14.—(?)—Clark How- ell, 73, editor and president of the Atlanta Constitution and Democratic national committeeman from Georgia, died at his home Saturday following @ long illness from an intestinal dis- order. * Bedfast for eight weeks, he under- went two operations, the latest one last week. He died at 6:15 a. m., (CST). A pioneer in the formation of “Roosevelt-for-President” clubs, How- ell maintained an active interest in national and state politics until the end. He was chosen last June to succeed Govenor Eugene Talmadge as the state's Democratic committeeman, a position he had held from 1896 to 1924, Breaks With Governor A one-time supporter of Talmadge, Howell broke with the governor when the latter launched an attack on farm and relief policies of the New Deal. Although the editor opposed Sen- stor Richard B. Russell, Jr., for the senate in 1982, he lined up with him for re-election against Governor Tal- madge in the Sept. 9 primary, throw- ing the columns of the Constitution into the fight. Russell was renomi- nated by a vote of landslide propor- tions. Howell served as chairman of a Roosevelt. appointed commission for the study of aviation in foreign coun- tries. Original A P Director Howell, known nationally for his journalistic work, was one of the orig- inal directors of the Associated Press He was elected to the position in 1900 and held it at the time of his death. A “scoop” of his cub reporter days on the New York Times was the sub- Ject of a story he sometimes told. He obtained an interview with Gov. Samuel J. Tilden of New York that y. ended the talk of nomina-: tion by the Democrats of the “old ticket” and paved the way for the nomination and election of Grover Cleveland to the presidency. Although he served the nation on various temporary commissions, How- ell declined several diplomatic posts offered him in 1933, , Leaves Widow, 4 Sons ‘The editor is survived by his widow, the former Mrs, Margaret Cannon Carr, of Durham, N. C., four sons in- cluding Clark Howell, Jr., and four sisters, Miss Rosalie Howell of New York; and Mrs. R. L. Foreman, Sr., Mrs. R. G. McAliley, and Mrs. A. A. Heidenreich, all of Atlanta. “Puneral services are to be held Sunday but the hour and other de- tails had not been determined early Saturday. Fechner Praises Park Service Work in N. D. Washington, Nov. 14.—(#)—Robert Fechner, director of emergency con- servation work, reported Saturday Civilian Conservation Corps camps under the national park service had carried on construction and develop- ment in seven park areas of North Dakota, totaling 69,168 acres. Fechner said the work included de- velopment of park roads, picnic areas, shelters, water facilities, table and bench combinations, fireplaces and foot trails, placing of signs and mark- ers and restoration of historic build- Fechner ‘singled out as typical the work being done to restore the old military road at Fort Lincoln and to mark buildings and points of historic interes. EMBASSY IN GHINA [Ruthless Attacker Kills Schoolgirl, 5 PROBES MINNESOTA MISSIONARY'S DEATH Reports Say Karl Olsen Was Driven from Home While Il With Smallpox JAPANESE TROOPS ACCUSED Military Circles Deny Knowl- edge of Report; Property Need Said Motive Peiping, Nov. 14.—(#)—Investigation of the death at Kalgan of Karl Bern- hardt Olsen, American missionary of Gully, Minn. was ordered by the United States embassy Saturday on the basis of reports he had been driven from his home by Japanese troops while ill with smalJpox. Representatives of thé embassy | were dispatched into North China to inquire into Olsen's death, to deter- mine the whereabouts of two other American missionaries, and to gather first-hand information on reports of fighting in Suiyuan province, Olsen died at Kalgan early Friday. Reports received at the embassy here declared his death followed eviction by Japanese troops from his home, 80 miles northwest of Kalgan. Call Report Absurd Japanese military circles here de- nied knowledge of the report and at the same time called it “patentJy ab- surd.” The embassy said it was informed Japanese military authorities north- west of Kalgan had desired for sev- eral weeks the property of Olsen’s in- dependent mission for their use. Re- cently they took over his tiny chapel, tefusing to permit the missionary to conduct services for his Mongol con- verts, an embassy spokesman declared. Shortly afterward, Olsen was taken ill with smallpox. While he was lying ill within his home, next door to the confiscated chanel Japanese.officials |, demanded the house for military pur- Poses, the embassy report asserted. Forced to Vacate Trey forced him, despite his illness, his wife and three children to vacate the residence, the spokesman said he was informed. Evicted, the refugee family man- aged to reach Kalgan, where Olsen was reported to have died as a result of hardship and lack of medical at- tention. The diplomatic officials were in- structed to investigate the situation on the Sulyuan-Chahar border and if necessary to go further into the northwest. Approximately 40 Americans, prin- cipally missionaries, were scattered throughout the northwestern area where communication systems are very poor. Hunt Other Missionaries Embassy envoys were instructed to investigate the whereabout of two Dinuba, Calif., missionaries, the Rev. and Mrs. Abraham Wiens, attached to the Mennonite Brethren Mission with headquarters in Chicago. The Rev. and Mrs. Wiens were re- ported to have been captured by ban- dits and carried off to the mountains. Gopher Editor Faces Charge of Extortion Minneapolis, Nov. 14.—()—Arthur Kasherman, Minneapolis newspaper publisher, was at liberty Saturday on $1,500 bond pending trial on an ex- tortion charge set for Nov. 23. Kash- erman was arrested last month after, authorities asserted, he had allegedly extorted $25 from Elizabeth Regan, rooming house operator. Fiend Slashes Child's Throat When She Resists His Ad- vances Near School Chicago, Nov. 14. — (#) — Shocked and grim-visaged squads of policemen pressed a citywide search Saturday for a ruthless attacker who left 5- year-old Antoinette Tiritilli with her throat cut and bleeding to death in a school yard where she resisted his advances, A hasty transfusion of blood from her mother proved futile and the lit- tle girl died Friday night in the oper- ating room of the County hospital. Police department veterans charac- terized the slaying as unparalleled in fiendishness since Janet Wilkinson, ri ues murdered by a degenerate in Was White Man Antoinette, almost incoherent from fright, ‘and pain, was unable in a short period of consciousness to de- scribe the slayer, except that he was white. “I was playing in the school yard when he came up and grabbed my hand and offered to get me some candy.” she sobbed, “I was afraid and tried to get away, but he pulled me around to the back of the school. He swore at me and took out a knife. I screamed and he lat me across the neck with the knife and ran away and left me on the ground.” Throat, Wrist Slashed Slash wounds on Antoinette’s left hand were evidence of her vain at- tempt to ward off the blade which penetrated her throat. She staggered from the alley, moaning, and was noticed by Romeo Torsillo, 17, and his cousin, Santon Callendo, 17. They carried her to the {home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Tiritilli, Antoinette’s mother, Anna, 38, stopped a truck and the driver raced with the dying girl and her mother to ithe hospital. HURON TUG SINKS, CREW OF 5 DROWN No Identifying Wreckage Found After Mysterious Disappear- ance Friday Rogers City, Mich., Nov. 14.—(?)— Coast guardsmen searched Saturday for trace of a vessel they believed to have been the 70-foot tug Frederick A. Lee, of Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., which sank mysteriously in Lake Hu- ron late Friday, apparently with all hands, Although no identifying wreckage was found at the scene coast guards- men said all indications pointed to the Lee, which left Sarria, Ont., Thurs- day afternoon with five men aboard as the identity of the vessel. The Wallaceburg (Ont.) Sand and Gravel company, which had the Lee under charter during the summer and fall, said five men engaged to return the tug to winter quarters at Sauk Ste. Marie, Ont., were aboard when the vessel left Sarnia. Capt. Theodore Dahlburg, of the Bradley Transportation company, stone carrier Munson, said the vessel disappeared beneath the waves 50 suddenly that he believed there had been an explosion aboard it. That was 13 miles northeast of Pointe Aux Barques. A heavy sea was running. Capt. Dahlburg said the Munson reached the scene within 15 minutes, but he could find no survivors. 53 Killed, Scores Injured As Fascist Planes Bomb Madrid Madrid, Nov. 14.—(#)—Insurgent Other Bombs Spouting water from the broken Dropped to bombers, unloading high explosives} Two other bombs fell near the Hotel | mains was tinged red with the blood into a thronged Madrid plaza, killed | Nacional and one near the government |of the injured men as it flowed an estimated 53 persons and wound- ed 150 others Saturday. pres) This estimate of the dead was an- nounced at 4 p. m. by relief workers. pped explosive missiles, five of which fell into a throng in the Glorieta Atocha ‘@ defense mass meeting barracks on Maria Cristina street. Several more exploded near the Se- govia bridge. the scene and scattered Russie take Ha ewe DRE RED Bodies of men, women and chil- dren, many of them maimed be Pispeg cpa Ae Mad pn i fel s fs 7 i Ppt 2 & Hf i through the wreckage of carts and sutomobiles parked in the plaza. Anti-aircraft guns fired at the planes, but apparently did not hit Daring Socialist linesmen, slashing telephone wires amid bursting insur- yond beside} troyed, Lit steel Hay i L i i | | Se Football Scores FIRST QUARTER N. D. State 0; 8. D. State 0. Columbia jyracuse ig, Nebraska Pittsburgh 0. Ohio State 0; Illinois 0, Alabama 7; Georgia Tech 0. SECOND QUARTER Duquesne 6; Carnegie Tech 0. Penn 13; Penn State 12. Minnesota 21; Texas 0, Purdue 13; Towa 0. Manhattan 13; Georgetown 0. Dartmouth 7; Cornell 6. Notre Dame 6; Army 0, Holy Cross 26; Brown 0. Williams 13; Amherst 7. Duke 7; North Carolina 0. Columbia 14; Syracuse 0. THIRD QUARTER Indiana 13; Chicago 0. Northwestern 3; Michigan 0. Villanova 0; Temple 0. MARITIME WORKERS CHIEF URGES QUICK STRIKE SETTLEMENT Makes Threat Against Employ- ers in Demanding Action in Coast Walkout San Francisco, Nov. 14.—(?)—Harry Bridges, militant Longshoremen’s leader, declared Saturday striking marnie workers would take new actioh against employers unless the maritime strike is settled soon. Business men, who said the dispute is costing west coast firms $7,000,000 daily, demanded quick peace. Bridges, who led the Longshoremen’s walkout two years ago, declared his union and others would “do some- thing” unless deadlocked peace nego- tiations could be resumed “within the next three or four days.” “We understand,” he told San Fran- cisco labor council delegates Friday night, “that west coast shipowners are prepared to hold out for some time, perhaps two or three months. If the ship lines dependent on subsidies don’t do something pretty soon, we are going to do something. .. We are going to have to protect ourselves. . .” Bridge's statement was made as e lone government official, Assistant Labor Secretary Edward F, McGrady, worked untiringly to bring about re- sumption of negotiations and peace came in @ strike of local warehouse- men, whose walkout was not connected with the maritime dispute. Bridges, district president of Inter- national Longshoremen’s association, declared east coast seamen were not officially giving promised support, but unofficially rank and file workers were accomplishing considerable by sym- pathetic walkouts. About 500 union warehousemen in wholesale grocery concerns came to terms with employers after gaining a slight wage increase and preferential union hiring. HITLER TAKES OVER RIVERS’ REGULATION Denounces Section of Versail les Treaty Regarding Na- tion’s Waterways Berlin, Nov, 14.—(7)—Germany as- sumed command of her rivers Satur- day, notifying signatories of the treaty of Versailles that the international- ization clause is no longer valid. River traffic henceforth will be sub- ject to German regulation, the third reich asserted. Several of Germany's best water- ways were placed under international commissions by Part XII of the treaty of Versailles, assuring foreign traf- fic equal rights with German shipping. the upper Danube, the Elbe and the Oder. PRICE FIVE CENTS MOTHER'S PLEAS T0 RESCUING FIREMEN ARE OF NO AVAIL ° Men Work for Two Hours in Resuscitation Effort ‘But Find No Life Spark OLDER BROTHER ESCAPES Quartet Had Ventured Out on Thin Ice Covering on Heart River Three Mandan children, sons of Mrs. Florence Henderson, worker on a WPA sewing proj- ect, drowned in the Heart river at Mandan Saturday afternoon. They were John 5, Harley 7, and Donald 9, An older brother, with them when they crashed through the ice, dragged himself out and ran for help but it was half an hour before rescuers could pull the little bodies from the icy water, Firemen were called and made desperate efforts to re- vive the boys, laboring without interruption for more than two hours. panels, wien no spark of ife appeared in any of the bodies, Dr. G, H. Spielman, un- der whose direction the work had been carried forward, de- pied at was useless. ie mem had = ward in thelr work iy ae ean son, the grief-stricken mother, who frantically prayed that their efforts would be successful and that at least one ne her little sons would be spared The whereabouts of Mr. was not immediately ape omnis tata raiciag ie al and the child who cacaped'tiattiee for help. Officials called the fire department, and. then sushed.to the scene, dragging“the -bodies from the water about the time the firemen ar- POSTAL READS GET INSTRUCTIONS HERE Distribution of Employers Forms Under Social Security Act Starts Monday Approximately 20 postal officials from southwestern North Dakota at- tended a meeting here Saturday in connection with social security legis- lation. A. J. Bchriber of Fargo, federal post Office inspector, conducted the meete ing. He announced that forms to be filled out for old age pensions by em- ployers will be distributed starting Monday and that employes forms wil! be delivered Nov. 24. The forms will be delivered by Post- master Chris Bertsch of Bismarck to all employers who have one or more Persons less than 65 years of age actu- ally in their employ on Nov. 16. Cer- tain groups of employes, such as those engaged in self-employment, agricul- tural labor, domestic service, private homes, casual labor not in the course of the employer's trade or business or as employes of the railroad industry subject to the carriers taxing act, are not included among the employes who will be considered when filling in the forms. Delivery of the forms will be made in the regular manner of delivering mail—through post office boxes, through general delivery, or by city, village and star route carriers. The form, which is known as em- Ployer’s application for identification number, should be returned to the Doseinaster on 9 Bel oee Nov. 21. Plann supply every em- ploye coming within the scope of the federal old age benefit provisions of the social security act with forms known as “application for account uumber” by Nov. 24. They will be dis- tributed among employers, who be requested to distribute them Lemke Will Submit New Mortgage Bill i t t i i i I | i : | . z i ‘4 P2z5|3 Mandan Children Drown :