The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, November 27, 1936, Page 1

North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE | The Weather Generally fair tonight and Sat- urday; colder Saturday. ESTABLISHED 1873 BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1936 TAX COLLECTION ON JOB'S PERMANENGY IS URGED BY GREEN) Suggestion Made to Stabilize Industry and Wipe Out Seasonal Slumps WILL REQUIRE AMENDMENT . Federation Will Insist on Safe- guards for Old Age Bene. fits Pool Tamps, Fia., Nev. 27—(?)—The American Federation of Labor Fri- day threw its strength back of the 30-hour work week “as the of the 30-hour week into national law. ‘Tampa, Fia., Nov. 27.—(?)—William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, urged Friday that the federal unemployment insur- ance tax be assessed on a sliding scale in an effort to stabilise industry and wipe out seasonal slumps for workers. Collection of the tax on the basis of the permanency of a worker's job in an industry would require an amend- ment to the social security act, in which the federation will advocate five other major changes by the com- ing congress, Green cited the automobile indus- try as typical of the fields whose workers probably would be benefitted. Safeguards Insisted On would: 1. Extend unemployment 4neur- ance and’ the compulsory old age an- nulty plans to cover am estimated 3,000,000 agricultural workers and to all industrial employes. 2. Provide the ear-marked fund would not be dependent upon con- gressional appropriation. : Ask Increases 3. Increase the maximum contri- bution by the federal government for old age pensions from $15 to $25 a month. 4. Make the federal government a “third.party” to the old age benefit assessments, thereby reducing amount 5. Have the government collect the entire employer-paid: payroll tax for unemployment insurance, with subse- quent grants to state pools. A new bid for John L, Lewis’ rebel Committee for Industrial Organizs- tion to meet with the federation’s peace committee and discuss setile- ment of the year-long feud, will be sent to Lewis Saturday. 2 LOCAL PERSONS HURT IN MISHAPS M. M, Ruder Seriously Injured in Head-on Collision Near Denhoff Two Bismarck physician ‘tbs had apparently punctured a lung z est Seeyks han eeveloped HE ; i i rai iy 2 e * ER ;| Treachery Aids Duce’s Mystery SIR BASIL JOHN M. SCHANTZ CLAIMED BY DEATE Pioneer Resident of Missouri Slope Area Was Father of Bismarck Man. , John Matthias Schants, 72, dent of the Missouri Slope area for i FDR Pleads fo i Labor Chief Urges Sliding Scale for Jobless Insuran Sir Basil Zaharoff, Man, Dies One of World's Wealthiest Men Was Called Greatest Arma- ments Salesman Monte Carlo, Nov. 27—(?)—Sir Basil |manarott, so-called mystery arma- He died at 9 a. m. at the hotel to | Which came 10 days ago on his annual , visit. Death was sudden, for he seem- ed in excellent health for his years, motoring and lunching at the hotel restaurant Thuraday, Sir Basil, whose fortune was built \largely from his armament, shipbuild- ing, oil and banking enterprises, once was reputed to have had a controlling interest in the Monte Carlo gambling concessions, but he never gambled himself. Sir Basil, “the mystery man of ,” gained his vast wealth and his reputation as “maker and breaker of kings,” through imagination-shi tering in armaments and mi tions, a resi-|, During the last years of his life, two of the world’s great powers sought to draw. aside the veil of secrecy with the last 53 years, died in s locall which Sir Basil had cloaked his exis- hospital at 7:45 p. m. Wednesday of pneumonia. He was brought to the hospital Nov. 22 but failed to respond, to treatment, M.. Schants was born July 4, 1864, at Spayer in the Ukraine, the eldest son of one of the founders of the "Linked to Investigations His name was linked prominently with arms investigations in both the United States and Great Britain. In 1934, agents of the American sen- ate’s special investigating committee Teported they had found a connection between the Aaya arms salesman When he was 19 years id-he came to America with his parents, three brothers and four sisters. Soon thereafter his father took up a homestead near what now is He- bron, N. D., and when he became of age Mr. Schantz filed on a home- stead six miles from the site where Glen Ullin later was established. Introduced New Ideas There he engaged throughout his life in farming and livestock r: . being one of the first farmers in the Missouri Slope district to introduce Hereford cattle and Percheron horses. In 1885 he was married to Cather: ine Bleth, who died in 1907 after bear- ing him eight children, two sons and six daughters. One of the sons died in boyhood. The other is William M. Schantz, Bismarck accountant. Other surviving children of this marriage are Mrs. Cecilia Herz, Ta- tes war materials adopted country, Great Britain, which knighted him for his services, brought his name before @ royal commission ‘investigating in- ternational munitions manufacturers. It was in Spain that the man of mystery was reported to have laid the foundation of his fabulous wealth. Interest Turns to Spain —but, friends said, it was a sentimen- tion. of arms and munitions to nearly all of the powers of the continent. ‘His was the genius that supplied the Mrs,! Allies with many of the materials of far from 1914 to 1918, Ramifications ‘and|f his interests were shown in later also leaves 23 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Mr. Schantz was married a second! time to Mrs, Rose’ Herz, who died in 1912, and still later was married to Mrs. Susan Wetch, ne ae ay ys ts cise Catherine Conquest of Ethiopia Rome, Nov. 27.—(#)—The Italian government officially announced Fri- day that Gore, “Ethiopia's second cap- ital,” had fallen to’an Italian flying and his folowers “prisoners of the tribesmen of the region who were sup- posed to support Halle Selassie’s so- called provisional government,” which was centered at Gore. Gore. was the seat of the Ethiopian government fol- lowing Emperor Haile Selassie’s flight. Germany ‘Abolishes Literary Criticisms Berlin, Nov. 27.—(?)—Theatrical and terary criticisms in years by his backing of Venizelos, his life-long friend, in the establishment of the Greek republic, Collapsed After Bath Employes of the hotel said Sir Basil collapsed in the arms of his valet as the latter was dressing him following his morning bath. He died shortly afterwards. One of the many mysteries sur- rounding Sir Basil was apparently cleared up by a death certificate. This gave the place and date of his birth—never known exactly — as Phanaz, Turkey, Oct. 20, 1850. W.P LANGLEY, 56, DIES OF PNEUMONIA Body of Burleigh County Farm- er to Be Taken to Windom, Minn. for Burial at 1:15 p. m. ,Thursday at a local hos- pital. “Pneumonia was given’ as the And it was to Spain that his inter- est turned in the last days of his life tal and not a commercial interest. A battery of secretaries prepared day- y-day accounts of the progress of the revolt in Spain for Sir Basil's informa- Zaharoff rose from an obscurity 50 dense that not even the date of his birth was known, to become the first salesman of Europe, selling his wares ,William Porter Langley, 56, early homesteader south of Driscoll, died r NADRD TUNNELING OUT REFUGE SPOTS T0 CHEAT BOMBERS Besieged People Digging Vast Labyrinth of Underground: Shelters AMERICANS LEAVE CAPITAL Light Skirmishing Is Only Ao- tivity on University City Battlefront Madrid, Nov. 27.—(4)—The besieged people of Madrid Friday to turn their bomb-torn city into s vast labyrinth of underground passages, Seizing whatever implements were available, or using their bare hands, householders began tunneling from cellar to cellar to provide places of refuge in case their homes are brought crashing down upon ~ their heads, During the devastating shelling of the last three weeks, hundreds of refugees in the basements of the clty have died by asphyxiation. Meanwhile, at Valencia, 73 Amer- icans awaited evacuation from Spain: aboard the United States cruiser Ra- leigh, following a safe but trying trip from the closed embassy here. The Madrid food supply commis- sariat worked hard at transporting supplies from eastern Spain. It vir- tually had succeeded in placing the whole city on a vegetarian diet, due to the scarcity of meat. Light skirmishing made up the only| activity on the University City bate tlefront in northwestern Madrid after @ flerce, early-week battle. Militia- men were throwing hand grenades at their old trick of sending two or three tanks on a raid toward the model U.S. HITS NEW PEA FDR Orders Experts to Study Effect on Domestic Econ- omy of Investments Washington, Nov. 27.—(7)—A treas- ury report showing that foreigners in- creased their capital holding in this country by $2,281,659,000 between Jan. 1, 1935, and last Sept. 30, was studied Friday by fiscal experts seeking to determine whether the inflow threat- ens domestic economy. Under instructions by President Roosevelt, treasury, federal reserve and securities commission experts are scrutinizing capital movements into the United States with a view to their effects on the nation’s internal prices ‘and credit. An influx of foreign money has the effect of boosting security prices and increasing the reservoir of funds available for an expansion of credit. Conversely, a sharp outflow might send prices down and sop up some of the available credit supply. The treasury figures indicated ag- gregate foreign holdings in this coun- try of about $7,000,000,000, the highest, on record. Light Plant Pays _ Bills as Present Marting Ferry, O., Nov. 27—(P)— Residents of Martins Ferry will receive combination Christmas the insurgents who, before dawn, tried, FOREIGN CAPTAL IN, CONTESTED SOLONS MAY BE UNABLE 10 VOTE FOR SPEAKER Political. Circles Speculate’ on Possibility of Further Fight for Seats DENIAL TO CHARGES DRAWN Ten Days Allowed by Law for Preparation of Answers to Accusations (By the Associated Press) Expected additional notices of legis- lative contests had failed to mater- |ialize in North Dakota Friday and the total impending struggles for po- | sitions in the house or representatives stood at six. There was speculation in political circles whether any further contests would develop. Possible outgrowths , of the actions, which already affect six winning representati#es whose legislative districts cover 12 counties, also was the subject of speculation, Alvin Strutz of Bismarck, law part- ‘ner of Governor-Elect Wi Langer, branded the serles of contests as a “political maneuver and a subterfuge to get at the ballot boxes” and “an {effort by Langer opposition to gain control of the speaker's chair in the house.” Legislature Must Decide Since legislative contests wind up with an investigation determined in the house of representatives itself, Strutz explained that contested so- ons, all considered Langer supporters, mig! be unable to vote until a speaker is elected and the election contests subsequently settled. General denials are being prepared by legal counsel representing the con- testees, Representatives-elect W.. J. bert Grelser of Wishek, Henry Sem- erad of Manning and William Holm- quist of Reeder, Langford is a Dem- ocrat. Counties from which they were cert- ifled by county canvassing boards as elected are Griggs, Steele, McIntosh, Hettinger, Kidder, Sheridan, Morton, Mercer, Oliver, Dunn Adams and Lo- gan, i Law Is Wide Open Ten days are allowed for answer of the charges by those whose elections are being contested. Bismarck lawyers declare the law covering these election contests is “wide open” and that the action may be set for hearing before a notary public or-any other officer that may take depositions, and that the. plain- tiff may set the date for hearing. Anyone may be subpoensed, ine cluding the county judge who is in charge of the ballot boxes. Any testi- mony or evidence presented is sub- mitted to the legislature finally. Charges of illegal counting of votes, placing of illegal identification marks on the balots and counting improper absent voters ballots were the basis for the various actions. Orchestra Player Is Killed in Car Crash Madison, Minn., Nov. 27.—(#)—Four persons injured in an auto-truck col- lision which took the life of Edward Kaiser, 19, orchestra member, were cards and electric light bills. But, Says the Municipal light com- pany, all the bills will be stamped “paid.” City officials say they'll make the Christmas presents to cut a surplus of $250,000 in light plant funds. John Boettiger. Appointed by Hearst as P-| Editorial Strike Is Ended Seattle, Nov. 37.—(#)—The Post-In- editorial staff was re-as- sembled Friday to resume publication Sunday night under a:new publisher —John Boettiger, son-in-law of Pres- ident Roosevelt. 4 Boettiger will arrive to take charge of the morning newspaper, which was closed for more than three months by a news room strike, as s00n as soon Seiheican wind up hip sctitcs tn Hew and a severe hip injury. His home is at: Utica, 8. D. Suffering minor injuries were Neil Walker, Lidgerwood, N. D.; Mike Dosch, Yankton, and Roy Gasemen, Parkston, President’s Son-in-Law Now Seattle Publisher} PAST, NEW V.F.W. COMMANDERS PRICE FIVE CENTS" orld Peace at Rio Ce PRESIDENT VARGAS, 5000 CHILDREN, AT! -PIBR 10 GREET FDR SHERWIN of the Gilbert N. Nelson post of BERNSTEIN Wesley Sherwin, left, recently handed over the reins as commander the Veterans of Foreign Wars to Harry Bernstein, right, who was elected to the office for the coming year. Sherwin is commander of District No. 1, comprising the Mis- souri Slope area, for the veterans’ organization and is in charge of increasing the number of V.F.W. posts in this district, WALLIS SIMPSONS DOMICILE GUARDED BY BRITISH POLICE Life of King Edward's Friend ~ Threatened Dally by An- - + onymous Writers London, Nov. 27.—(7)—British po- threatening letters to Mrs. Wallis Simpson attempt to harm her, guarded the American friend of King Edward Friday. A reliable source de- clared Mrs. Simpson receives more than 300 letters a day, the majority of which are intensely antagonistic. Two patrolmen have been stationed before her home in Cumberland ter- race and a third has been assigned to keep a constant lookout for explos- ives in packages delivered at the former Baltimore debutante’s home. The third policeman goes to such lengths as delving into ash cans be- fore they are returned to Mrs. Simp- son's home after being emptied, it was reported. Ernest Aldrich Simpson, her di- vorced husband, meanwhile, met Mrs. Jacques A. L. Raffray of New York when she arrived from the United States. Mrs. Raffray is generally erédited with having introduced Mrs. Simpson to the king. Simpson and Mrs. Raffray ducked into a taxicab and sat on the floor to evade photographers outside the station. The dispute in upper London circles over the friendship between King Ed- ward and Mrs. Simpson broke into print inferentially when the publica- tion “The Week,” devoted much space te discussion of London newspaper editorials, Commenting on articles in the Times and Daily Telegraph, “The Week” said “both papers in their fer- vent defense of the cabinet went so far as to actually speak a threat to the monarchy itself.” HUNT MISSING MEN GIGANTIC RANCH Captain of Texas Rangers Thinks Hunters Were Slain in Texas ‘Empire’ pelitlede ae : i | | ie 3f H i HE i E i ‘ ei i 5 i te hte 3 FE z 5 E id | : : ‘ | ‘2 & Hi itt g i 89,710, respectivel: Commissioner agriculture, John N Hagan (R), 137,330; commissioner—S. Donald (R), 119,570; M. Martell Roosevelt Carrie Every N. D. Count Final Unofficial Vote for Gover- hor Gives Langer Mar- gin of 3,068 The recent governorship fight at- tracted a new record vote for North Dakota of 275,827 balolts or 1,408 more than the previous record set two years ago, it was disclosed Friday in a cheek by bial Eoqeteeys Press of county canvi ard returns... . It. wes also feveaied that in ‘the presidential race, Roosevelt carried every county in the state, amassing a total vote of 163,148 while Landon received 72,723, Lemke 36,710, Thomas | 522, Browder 360 and Colvin 200 votes. lice, apprehensive lest writers of In 1932, Roosevelt received 178,350q those pessimists who scoff and Hoover 71,772. The final unofficial vote for gov- ernor gave the Independent, William Langer, the victory by a margin of 3,068 votes. Langer received 98,754; Governor Welford, Republican, 95,686, and John Moses, Democrat, 80,790. L. J. Wehe and P. J, Barrett, Ind Warships Boom Salutes as U.S. Cruiser Makes Second Stop of Voyage CROWDS CHEER EXECUTIVES U. S. President Plans to Re- main 12 Hours Before Re- suming Journey Rio de Janeiro, Nov. 27. — (#) — President Roosevelt of the United States told a joint Brazilian congress session Friday: “We cannot counte- nance aggression’ from wherever it may come.” Pausing in his voyage of Inter- American peace, he asserted next week's Buenos Aires conference was an opportunity to banish war forever from the new world, stated the in- struments of peace must be fortified and declared “there is no American conflict that cannot be settled by or- derly and peaceful means.” He asserted the Buenos Aires con- ss provided an opportunity to “banish war from the new world and dedicate it to peace.” Is Heavy Responsibility “It is unthinkable to me,” Mr. Roosevelt told the con; ) Bes- sion, “that in this time of worldwide apprehension we should fail to seize the opportunity to meet what is « heavy responsibility. “This is no time to hestiate. We must be guided by @ serene and gen- erous view of our common needs.”- He spoke from the Tribune of the as he drove to a luncheon, at the home of E. G. Fonter, wealthy Bra- zilian, Members of the supreme court, thelr black robes accentuating the crisp white dress of President Roose- velt's military and naval’ aides and of our‘relations is the best at the of a friendship of nations. “In the present state of it is heartening that the countries of this hemisphere been able, by the exercise of good Pendents, received 308 and 350 votes, | ill respectively. Lemke Got 131,089 Votes Congressman William Lemke, how- ever, received -a much stronger vote in his race for re-election to the na- tional house, obtaining 131,089 votes. Congressman Usher L. Burdick, also ® Republican, was re-elected by 115,- 903 votes. Henry Holt and J. J. Ny- gard, Democrats, received 100.612 and ind the Independ-, ents, E. A. Johansson, 2,701; P. H. Miller, 3,271; I. J. Moe, 3,304; Jasper Haaland, 545, and W. D. Webster, 458. Justice John Burke, re-elected to the bench for a 10-year term, was the chief vote getter with 168,333, and State Auditor Berta Baker, Repub- lican, second, with 164,006 votes. Roosevelt was third high. The initiated liquor measure won by @ majority of 19,288 votes with 147,352 voting for legalized liquor, and 128,- 064 against. Carried 32 Counties Langer carried 32 counties, Welford 14, and Moses 7. Welford had the Jead in Adams, Barnes, Cass, Dickey, Golden Valley, Grand Forks, Pem- bina, Ransom, Richland, Sargent, Traill, Walsh, Ward and Williams counties, Moses led in Burleigh, Fos- ter, Griggs, McKenzie, Nelson, Ram- sey and Renville counties. Langer carried the remainder. The state canvassing board will de- termine the final official figures when it meets at the capitol Dec. 1, but little or no change is expected over the unofficial canvass by the Asso- ciated Press. Unofficial canvass of the other races follow Lieutenant governor — T. H. H. Thoresen, (R), 91,746; P. H. Costello, (D), 80,068; William Crockett, inde- pendent. 76.092. Secretary of state—James D. Gron- na, (R), 154,052; Mary A. Fenelon, William 8. Mc- Hyland @), 88,126. Railroad threat to other regions or races. Hon- orable adherence to the solemn agree- ments among us will harm no other continent. Better for Rest of World “On the contrary, the more firmly peace is established on this hemi- sphere, the more clsoely we live up to the spirit as well as the letter of our agreements, the better it will be for the rest of the world. “Let us present a record which our hemisphere may give the world as convincing proof that peace always is at hand when nations, serene in their sovereign security, meet their current problems with understanding and good will.” President Roosevelt was greeted by the outstretched arms of Brazil's (Continued on Page Four) $50,000 Is Set Aside For Red River Study Washington, Nov. 27.—(?)—Receipt of $50,000 from the Works Progress administration for a survey of flood control and water utilization projects in the Red River Valley of the North, in the Dakotas and Minnesota, was announced by the army engineering corps. Major Dwight Johns, at St. Paul, Minn., will direct the survey A Hisit From St. Nicholas By Clement Clarke Moore _