The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, November 23, 1936, Page 1

\ | we > North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper ESTABLISHED 1873 Experts Study Ways to Save Water BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1936 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE Undetermined Number Crushed in Alaska Landslide RUSH OF MUD AND ROCK SUNDAY HITS CITY'S HOME AREA 100-Foot Wide Mass of Muck Rumbles Off Mountain Into Juneau Apartments CRIES HEARD FROM DEBRIS City Plunged Into Darkne Cutting Off of Power, Communication Lines by Juneau, Alaska, Nov. 23—(7)— One woman was killed, nine per- sons were in hospitals and from five to twenty-five reported miss- ing Monday as rescuers were. clearing away debris left by a landslide Sunday. Three others were reported dead. Juneau, Alaska, Nov. 23.—(#)—Four dead, seven injured and possibly 25 trapped were unconfirmed estimates Monday of a toll exacted by a huge Jandslide of mud and rock which fell with crushing force Sunday night on Juneau's apartment house district. Through disrupted communications came the reports of the dead and the estimate of Fire Chief V. W. Mulvihill that more than a score may have been killed or trapped by the 100-foot wide mass which rumbled down from a rain-swept mountain. Muffied cries from the debris were heard as rescue workers toiled through the night. The slide demolished two apartment houses, a lodging house, a two-story concrete store and several homes. Power Lines Cut Off It cut off power lines, plunging the city into darkness and disrupted tele- phone and U, 8. Sign&l corps com- munications, The injured inclu¢@i: Alfred Bates, his side pierced by a Gust Erickson, crushed and injured ery ‘Maki, ‘a fractured ankle. Mrs. H, Lee, Negreas, a fractured Mr. and Mrs, Albert Person and their two children, Gail -and Allen, badly. bruised and shocked. fie. reported dead were unidenti- The heavy rains of the last few days caused two slides. The first did slight damage. The'second a few hours later was 100 feet wide and from 10 to 40 feet deep. Bumble Heard by Victims ‘The rumble was heard by persons living at the foot of the mountain. Some rushed from their homes, Erickson and Mrs. Lee were trapped in his house where rescue crews dug them out. The Perrsoh family was caught in the three story Nickinovich frame apartment house and were among the first removed. A terrified woman and two child- ren, none badly hurt, were taken from mud up to their necks. In the concrete structure which the alide carried across a street, Mr. and ‘Mrs, Hugo Peterson’ were believed to have been caught. Their daughter, Lillian Peterson, was rescued, Mrs. Fred Mattson, a resident of the same apartment house, was missing. Before power was restored and lights turned on, fire department trucks and automobiles poured their headlights on the ruins while men hacked at the slide. A power shovel was moved up and bit into the mass. Mulvihill sald efforts were centered on rescuing persons whose voices could be heard. Four were believed to be in one place. In another. a woman apparently was under s plano. in IN PLOT AGAINST OPERA STARS ‘Two inmates of the North Dakota penitentiary, Floyd Fowler (left), convcited of forgery, and Theodore Larson (right), serving life for murder, were named as conspirators in a plot to extort money from opera stars by faking lewd pictures. (AP Photo) Court Stops Gray Pledging ‘Credit’ RODGERS’ ADDRESS FEATURES CLOSING TRUCK-BUS SESSION Failure to Tell Story to Public Was Weakness of Indus- try, He Asserts One of the greatest weaknesses of the motor transportation industry is that it has failed to tell its story to the public, Ted V. Rodgers, president of the..American Trucking: associa- tion, told delegates to the third an- nual convention of the Northwest ‘Truck and Bus association at the ban- quet here Saturday night which brought the two-day sessions to an end, For many years the industry play- ed a “lone hand,” preferring to fol- low a policy of “rugged individual- ism” rather than take the public in- to its confidence, he asserted. Recently there has been a swing in the opposite direction and “today the public is becoming more and more conscious of the importance of motor transportation,” he said. Cites Growth Citing the growth of the industry, Rodgers stated that trucks pay $329,- 000,000 in taxes each year, which is $75,000,000 more than the railroads; that the industry was the third larg- est codified under the NRA with re- tail stores first and construction sec- ond; and that inter-city trucking Jansonius I sues Injunction in Effort to Halt Orders for Liquor Stamps State Treasurer John Gray was restrained Mon- day from pledging the credit of the state for the purchas- ing or printing of liquor tax stamps in an order signed by District Judge Fred Janso- nius. The order, however, may not settle the attack on the law as Charles A. Verret, assistant attorney general, and Treasurer Gray indicated liquor tax stamps would be ohtained . hou! the credit of the atate,” and have already been ‘ordered for sale on Dec. 3. STAMP ORDER LEGAL, SATHRE SAYS ‘The state treasurer may legally ob- tain liquor tax stamps without pledg- ing the credit of the state permitting the newly adopted legalized liquor law to go itno effect Dec. 3, Attorney Gen- eral P. O. Sathre said Monday in answering an attack upon the law. The answer was to be submitted to District Judge Fred Jansonius of Bismarck at a hearing Monday after- noon on a temporary restraining order Prohibiting State Treasurer John Gray from contracting for \iquor tax stamps through use of any state funds The restraining order was obtained by Francis Murphy, Fargo attorney, acting in behalf of Prof. James E. Cox of the University of North Dakota, a prohibition leader, in an effort to pre- vent the law from going into effect in North Dakota, Dec. 3, and until the alone employs more people than all} next legislature makes an appropria- of the railroads put together. While the industry moves only 12 tion for purchase of such stamps. It was contended in the complaint per cent of the nation’s tonnage, it|made by Professor Cox that there was has over three billion dollars worth of no specific appropriation in the initi- equipment and garages and 48,000) ated measure for such purpose, and communities and one out of every|said the state constitution prevented seven persons depend solely on trucks} use of state funds for any purpose not and busses for transportation. The need for strong statewide as- sociations was to sell the idea of safe- ty to the industry as a builder of goodwill and to cooperate with the shippers to halt abuses of the trade. j Expect Fair Return duly authorized by law. Funds derived from the sale of liquor tax stamps will not become funds of the state but will “remain # trust fund,” it was asserted in the answer of the attorney general. The ad- ministration of the law is placed in the state treasurer and tax commissioner, “Motor transportation concerns/he said, and all moneys for printing want and expect a fair return forjof stamps and incidental expenses their labor and do not seek to take come out of that trust fund and not advantage of the public, knowing|out of any state monies, he asserted. that if its charges are unreasonable the larger shippers’ will set up. their own equipment to do the hauling,” he said. Though the provisions of the year- old motor carrier act, the industiy is regulated the same as the railroads by the interstate commerce commis- sion, he said, pointing out that the American Ttucking association is co- operating with the I. C. C. 100 per cent in all of its activities, Rodgers left here Sunday for Jef- ferson City, Mo., where he will at- tend a meeting of the Missouri as- sociation. J. B. Edell of Fargo introduced Rodgers and presided at the banquet. At the close he called upon Nels Goe-| be sen of Minot, retiring president of the| substantial loss association to adjourn the convention. | prices of meal and oil. (Continued on Page Two) Soybean Processors To Buy From Orient Chicago, Nov. 23.—() — Leading soybean have.decided. to turn to the oriental market for soy- vill, Ih. president of the, National Soybean Processors association, said Saturday. ‘He said the reason for this develop- ment was based on what he charac- C Today The Bismarck Tribune begins running its annual series of Christmas Shopping day reminders. But they are different this year. Notice the sketch at the bottom of this page. Day by day The Tribune will present brief excerpts from Clement Clarke Moore's always popular poem, “A Visit From St. Nicholas,” illustrated with amusing sketches by George Scrabo, staff artist for NEA. dies get a world of enjoyment in putting their crayons to work coloring the sketches. On Christ- mas day they. will have the Christmas. Mothers! sketches from story of the night before having the kiddies ent the YOUNG DEVILS LAKE INDIAN GIRL RAPED, SLAIN AFTER PARTY Joe Mazakohamni, 22-Year-Old Indian, Held for Alva Iron Bear’s Death VICTIM ONLY 13 YEARS OLD Celebrators at Shack Assert Youth Forced Girl to Ac- company Him Devils Lake, N. D., Nov. 23.—(7)—An Indian was held in jail Monday as authorities investigated the death of Alva Iron Bear, 13, Indian girl, as the aftermath of a party in a shack here early Sunday. While it was at first believed the girl’ was strangled, Coroner A. E. Toomey, after performing an autopsy, called it a “case of brutal rape.” Joe Mazakohamni, 22, was jailed by Benson and Ramsey county authori- ties, and arrival of federal department. of justice agents was awaited to con- tinue investigation of the case. Authorities said more than a dozen Indians who attended a party in the three-room shack of “Indian Annie Welke” were questioned about the girl's death, The witnesses, according to police, sald Mazakohamni forced the girl to accompany him from the house and returned without her about three hours later. 35 DISTRICT COURT JURORS ARE NAMED Term Opens Dec. 1, Talesmen Do Not Report Until Week Later ‘Thirty-five jurors were chosen here Saturday afternoon to serve during) the December term of the Burleigh county district court, which convenes Dec. 1. The jurors will not report until Monday, Dec. 7, one week after the court term opens, Ten of the talesmen chosen were from Bismarck. They are F. H. Evarts, C. W. Starkle, Price Owens, Paul La- France, R. J. Fleck, A. W. Stadler, Roy Logan, J. L. Barth, Theodore Quanrud and Mrs. D, E. Shipley. Others named were: Philip Sol- berg and Frank Donaldson, Bismarck rural; Earl Mowder, Mrs. Art Strand,| Gottlieb Steinert, and J. A. Richard- son, all of Regan; Harold Zuroff of Sterling; Herman Sellinger and Tom Novak, both of Wing; Henry Larson of McKenzie; John Harms, P. D. Holmes, Glen Baker and M. O. Sher- man, all of Menoken; August Beich) of Goodrich; John Merkel and D. D. Barkman, both of Arena; Nick Hol-| gerson, Fred M. Brown, Mrs. Oscar) Brostrom and Rudolph Sorenson, all of Wilton; Arthur Schroeder and Lowell » both of Bald- win; L. B. Olson of Driscoll. All Maritime Unions Get Order to Strike San Francisco, Nov. 23.—(#)—Unions representing ships’ officers called a walkout for noon at all American ports Monday. Officials here of two American Fed- eration of Labor unions—the Masters, Mates and Pilots association and the Marine Engineers Beneficial associa- ton—sald it was the first time to their knowledge that a nation-wide mari- time strike has been called. Assistant Secretary of Labor Ed- ward F. McGrady, meanwhile, pressed efforts here to settle the far-flung waterfront disputes and their attend- ant conflicts. FAMOUS ARCHITECT DIES Chicago, Nov. 23.—(#)—Ernest Rob- ert Graham, architect who designed many famous buildings, died Sunday. Pictured above are John Batt- cher, secretary, and Dell Patter- son, warden at the North Dakota penitentiary here, standing in front of a truck loaded with squash and pumpkins grown on land irrigated last summer by pumping from the Missouri river. Little was obtained from the sev- eral thousand other acres farmed by the prison but the 40 irrigated acres yielded handsomely. ~ As is true of others who irrigat- ed in this area last year, Warden Patterson feels he would have ob- tained even more if he had, at the beginning 6f the year, the ex- perience which was his at the end of the season. To make a success IRRIGATION PROVIDES PLENTY FOR PRISON of irrigation, he insists, a man must have knowledge and experi- ence as well as water. The pumpkins and squash shown on the truck are part of five tons of these vegetables grown on a relatively small part of the irrigated plot. Most of them weré canned for use at the prison this winter. AIR RAIDERS BOMB MINISTRY OF WAR Foreign Submarines Charged With Attack on Warships “at Cartagena Rome, Nov. 23.—(?)—Italy will give “moral support” to any blockade of Spanish ports by the insurgent regime, it was stated authoritatively Monday night. Madrid, Nov. 23.—(#)—Inaurgent air raiders attacked the Spanish capital early Monday, dropping several bombs on the ministry of war in the heart of the city. Windows in the war minis- try were shattered. Several other bombs fell in the cen- tral district in the renewal of air as- saults which had been suspended for three days. Charges that two foreign submarines attacked the government warships Cervantes and Mendez Nunez in Car- tagena harbor Sunday were made by the ministry of air and navy in Va- lencia. The government declared the Cervantes was damaged but the Men- dez Nunez was not. Government and Insurgent troops clashed in renewed fighting in Ma- drid’s northwestern university city. ‘The government broadened the scope of the civil conflict by interpreting Italian_and German ition of |Gen, Francisco Franco's Insurgent administration as “a declaration of ware A statement named Germany, Italy and Portugal, although the Berlin and Rome governments are the only Euro- pean administrations which have de- clared formal recognition of the Bur- gos regime. (Guatemala and San 8al- vador, two small nations in Central America, also have recognized Gen- eral Franco's Junta. “The proletariat of all nations must unite against the new peril,” the dec- laration said. “Russia, Mexico and an international popular front are on our side. The streets of Madrid must never be soiled by Fascist marchers.” GEORGE ADE CHEERY Miami Beach, Fla., Nov. 23.—(?)— George Ade, talkative and cheery, has recovered sufficiently from a heart| and lung ailment to sit up and read the newspapers. “It’s good to see I'm still improving,” said the 70-year-old | Indiana author and humorist. Copyright by Mabel Oogeod Wright The Stranger at the Gate By MABEL OSGOOD WRIGHT WNU Servic@ FQUEES® EE +, a IN HUB OF CAPITAL" 40 Acres of Water Land Yield Big Crop for Prison, Dell Patterson Says Irrigation isn’t any quick and easy way to farm prosperity—but it does ‘That is the conclusion of Warden Dell Patterson of the North Dakota prison after a season in which ae irri- gated 40 acres of land in the Mis- souri river bottoms. From the work and labor expended pe obtained lucts, pained at $4,700 ut he feels. R would, ‘béen more had .the work been backed by more skill and knowledge. There 1s, for example, the question of when to put water on the land. Had it been well soaked before seed was planted, .Patterson is sure, the crops would have germinated better. As it was, an effort was made to bring ‘some crops through the soil after the seed had been planted. The ground crusted over and some plants were unable to get through. The time of planting also was recognized as an important factor. If you're golig to frigate you've got to get your crops in on time. Concentrated on Vegetables Because he has a large “family” to feed at the prison, Patterson concen- trated on vegetable crops which re- quire more labor but which also are more valuable. Thus his production record shows: 3,000 Ibs. cabbage 5 tons squash, pumpkins 2,500 muskmelons 500 watermelons 120 bu. string beans 1,400 bu. tomatoes 120 bu. beets 8 bu. spinach 55 bu. sweet corn 75 bu. peppers 35 bu. peas 400 bu. cucumbers 25 bu. onions 65 bu. egg plant 75 bu. carrots, 75 bu. parsnips ‘20 bu. G. Northern beans 1,000 Ibs. celery 1,000 Ibs, Swiss chard 20 bu. radishes 20 bu. lettuce 20 bu. green onions 1,800 bu. potatoes The cost of raising this $4,700 was $2,084 but this figure includes the capitel costs of the venture, most of which will not have to be repeated year. Includes Prison Labor On the other hand it also includes prison fabor which is listed at only 20 cents a day per man. Because prison labor is probably less efficient than hired labor, even though less expensive, there seems no way of drawing information which will be of substantial value to others who plan similar projects. It is al- most impossible to weigh the various factors involved. Anyhow, here is the balance sheet ds 1t appears on the prison books: Cost of Preparing $1,153.50 iH “Guard at regular pay rate, at 20 cents per day. **Guard Irrigation No Quick Way to Farm Riches, But It Works IFDR'S FAILURE 10 CARRY TWO STATES 1S ‘NCONPETENCY’ President Appointed ‘Senior Pollywog’ as Cruiser Steams for Equator = Aboard the U.SS. Chester at sea, Nov. 23.—(#)—President Roosevelt, ap- pointed “Senior Pollywog” aboard the cruiser Indianapolis, ordered a watch posted Monday for Davy Jones, royal agent of King Neptune. The fictitious representative, who arranges initiations of travelers at their first crossing of the equator, was expected to arrive during the day to prepare facetious accusations against the Neophytes. Already the president has been charged with “gross incompetency in failure to carry Maine and Vermont” in the national election. The cruisers enroute to the Inter- American Peace conference at Buenos Aires steamed steadily ahead, mak- ing 25 knots an hour in a smooth sea. Dutch and French Guiana were left behind at midnight. The president spent a quiet Sunday, attending church services on the quar- terdeck of the Indianapolis and then working on his mail. Chaplain James M. Hester empha- sized during religious services yester- day the neptune ceremonies werc under the impetus of democracy and “good neighbor policy” in which all Passengers must participate. President Roosevelt continued work. on his speech for the opening sesston of the Buenos Aires conference, at- tended by representatives of the 21 American republics. Former North Dakota Man Hit-Run Victim St. Paul, Nov. 23—(P)—Death claimed the lives of three persons in northwest automobile accidents over the week-end in which scores were in- jured. The victims were Carl Halverson, 55, of Minneapolis, killed by a hit-run. motorist; Mathew Rademacher, 29, of Waconia, Minn., killed when struck by an automobile; Leon Burch, 43, South St. Paul, killed when his car raced uncontrolled for three blocks and crashed into a buildnig. He ap- parently suffered a heart attack. Halverson was a brother of Alvin Halverson, president of the Citizens) First State bank of Northwood. N. D., and a son of Mrs. Carrie Halverson, pioneer resident of that city Quarantine Faces 52 St. Paul Prisoners The Weather Fair tonight and Tuesday; rising temperature. PRICE FIVE CENTS © MANY METHODS OF DEFEATING DROUTH HEARD AT MEETING Drouth Committee Gathering Additional Information for Final Report HAVE NO SPECIFIC PROJECTS Water Question Is Fundamental Problem Facing Area, Welford Declares “Give us water.” ‘This was the general theme of testi- mony presented to the federal drouth area committee at its session here Monday. There were wide variations but they all got around to the same result in the end. There were conservators of the water that falls on the ground; advocates of dams, and irrigationists, but the beginning and the end of the confer- ence had to do with water. How to conserve it in the place where it falls, how to keep it from running out of the country and how to get it back onto the land after it gets into the stream. Coming in for a full share of atten- tion, also, was the water under the ground, the question being how to keep the sub-surface levels from continu- ing to drop with consequent disaster to persons depending on water from wells for themselves and their live- stock. Dvesn't Pay to Wait The committee's own attitude, as expressed by Morris L. Cooke, chair- man, was that it doesn’t pay to wait for rain, that provision should now to get along on less rain fallen at various times in Past. The farmers attitude was expressed by Albert Ferguson, one the 50 farmers who are partic soil conservation demonstration ject at Park River. said, soll in the demonstration pro; didn't blow a bit, whereas at least an inch of soil was blown from the farm gee Hi throwing such lands into the grazing Projects. Dams Prove Beneficial Wyoming had only a brief part in the morning session, its lone repre- sentative saying that grazing essocia- tions hadn’t proved popular there but that WPA and CCC dams were Proving beneficial. In Wyoming, he said, there were too many “big out- fits” for grazing associations to prove popular. Ferguson, speaking for Eastern North Dakota Yarmers, said “This is & good.country but we haven't treat- ed it right. It will do right by use if we do right by it.” . Matt Crowley of Hebron, old-time rancher and farmer, said the main thing in the western area ts to “real- ize that this is not a farming coun- try. When we do the biggest part of our problem is solved.” He said farm- ing had been proved unsuccessful be- cause good rains are received only once in seven to 10 years. Cooke made it plain that the gov- ernment has no plans to move any- one out of this area, that at most it contemplates only a slight shifting of the population within a limited ares. This makes it necessary to find out what can be done to offset the re- curring lack of rain, he said, since % (Continued c~ Page Two) A lisit From St. Nirholag By Clement Clarke Moore 1 “Twas the ni Cheiste\ | ox Chet ll ooh Not 4 cresture wes stirring, mol even @ mouse; (Continued in Next Tesue) ONLY26 MORE. SHOPPING DAYS. TILL CHRISTMAS, ee ‘