The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, November 28, 1936, Page 1

-[as,| THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE J ESTABLISHED 1873 LITICS by PERTINAX With charity for all and matice ' toward none presumably, is a forerunner to start- ing such a contest, though there is no assurance that such action will ee nee TWO MAIN PHASES The legislative contestants appar- ently place their reliance in two claims. One is the alleged abuse of the absent voters ballot privilege. ‘They think there was dirty work at crossroads in this respect. ‘The other has to do with the Hoh that many ballots were marked for both William Langer and L. J. Wehe, each of whom was a candidate for governor in the independent column. Ballots so marked were invalid but it is asserted that many of them were counted for Tenge : 1 HERE ARE THE ANSWERS The Langer adherents admit they used the absent voter ballots for all they were worth, but that they did it legally. If they did a better job than their rivals, they assert, it merely Struts that the legislative contests were filed merely to “get at the bal- lot boxes” seems based on cold fact. Even {f there were nothing to support the theory it soa seem logical. * WHAT IS THE LAW NOW? Which of the regulative and re- strictive laws relating to the sale of liquor were repealed by the initiated statute permitting the sale of strong drink and which still are in effect is matter which will come before the legislature beyond question. There is a whole body of law, much of which was clearly invalidated and nearly all of which was invalidated by infer- ence. These are found in the state Penal Code, which occupies the second volume of the Compiled Laws for 1913 from page 2,313 to page 2,340. If ‘any were passed since 1013 they would not be listed here. 1 ie AN ANSWER HERE, TOO E ‘As. to ‘the manner” ih’ which the ballots were counted, the governor- elect’s partisans have plenty to say about that, too. ‘They assert that Wehe was entered as a gubernatorial candidate in the independent column merely to con- fuse the voters. Those who supported Langer and. his fellow candidates were instructed to vote for everyone in the independent column. As a re- sult, they assert, many voted for both Langer and’ Wehe, giving their sup- port to the latter in the belief that he was running with the successful candidate. In one Bismarck precinct, alone, they assert, 25 votes were marked for both men and were discarded as a re- sult. In all such cases, they allege, the intention of the voter was de- feated. Their claim is that Langer was deprived of several thousand votes he might have had by their in- ability to clarify the ballot situation in the minds of all of the people. Wehe, of course, indignantly denies that he was a party to any such po- litical plot as the partisans charge. xe % FUSS AND FEATHERS If history means anything, the pro- contests are mere fuss and feathers and will change nothing of importance. Such things rarely do, Never in the history of this state has a contest for the governorship been successful, because there has been no such contest before. Neither, so far as a cursory glimpse at the record shows, has any contest against @ member-elect of the legislature been successful. In all such cases the ballots them- selves are prima facie evidence of the voter's intention. In a recount some votes are thrown out which precinct salt SUBMARINE CRAFT DOUBLED, ADMIRAL REPORTS 10 NATION) Soviets Charge Japan Provok- ing Border Clashes in Far East HEAVY LOSSES RECORDED Fear Japan-Germany Accord May Launch New Out- break on Boundaries Moscow, Nov.e 28—()—Russia vir- tually has doubled her submarine fleet during 1936, Admiral Ivan Orloff, chief of the naval forces, told the all- Union congress of Soviets Saturday. Admiral Orloff announced the fol- lowing percentage increases in naval equipment since Jan. 1, 1933: Submarines—715 per cent; warships —300 per cent; coast artillery—75 per ,|cent; anti-aircraft guns—100 per cent; marine aviation—510 per cent. The. newest submarine figures showed rapid advances in undersea craft construction since January of this year when the percentage in- crease since 1933 was stated officially as 435 per cent. Urges Largest Fleet Urging construction of the largest fleet in the world, Admiral Orloff warned there is “a wild naval race abroad.” “In the face of all-increasing dan- ger, especially from Germany and Japan, our party could not neglect the fleet,” he told the Russian con- Gressional delegates. - Reports of heavy losses in a pitched battle between Russian and Japanese border patrols in the far east threat- ened a new crisis in the Soviet’s strained relations with Japan. The Soviet government rejected a Japanese protest over a border incl- dent Tuesday and lodged its own over the-tatest ‘clash the Officials, fearing a repeated out- burst of hostilities because of the Japanese-German accord against Communism, were reported to have ordered Russian patrols streagthened at all far eastern outposts. Latest dispatches from Khabarovsk said a battle Thursday on Russian ter- ritory cost both sides heavily. Military advices said the Japanese patrol withdrew at dusk after day- long fighting, but reorganizea tts lines and penetrated two miles across the frontier under cover of darkness. Strengthened Russian resistance, far east reports suid, halted the in- vasion. INVALID MOTHER OF TWO ASSAULTED BY MORON IN CHICAGO Attack on 27-Year-Old Woman Is Latest Crime in Series of Offenses Chicago, Nov. 28.—(7)—A marauder who attacked and slashed Mrs, Gen- evieve Richards, 27-year-old invalid mother of two children, left her critic- ally injured Saturday, latest victim in a recent cycle of vicious offenses against Chicago women and girls. The man climbed through a win- dow of Mrs. Richards’ first floor apartment Friday night and seized her when she left her bedroom to quiet the barking of a dog which sensed the intruder’s presence. Detectives declared the attacker probably was the same who ravished ‘Miss Anna Brasy, 38, in her home only a mile from the Richards’ home tast Saturday. Miss Brasy is in a serious condition. Doctors said Mrs, Richards was! slashed deeply on the back and ab- domen and suffered froni shock. Edward Richards, her husband, who is employed as a Milwaukee road din- ing car steward, was notified at Spo- kane. Wash. Detectives remarked that Mrs, Richards was the second dining car steward’s wife attacked within the last four months. A jury Friday night convicted Rufo Swain, 27-year-old Negro, of the mur- der of Mrs, Louise Trammel, 24, wife of @ Grand Trunk railroad steward, and fixed punishment at death in the electric chair. BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1936 Aggressive Action Needed (An Editorial) Several times during the last few months Resettle- ment Administrator Howard his superiors in the national allotment of funds to Nor Wood has recommended to government a more generous th Dakotans whose normal sources of income were shriveled by the drouth. His proposal was that allotments be based on the aver- age of $20 per month per family for July, August and Sep- tember; $25 per family for ember, and $30 per family March. Yet the basis still is The proposed schedule is little enough. October, November and Dec- for January, February and only $20. If it were adopted it would mean that recipients of this relief would, in the main, be forced to live on an absolute minimum basis. What should not be overlooked is the fact that our farm population faces this winter the cost of living on a basis which approximates the cost of living in town. Usually farmers have produce which reduces their living costs. failed they often have had Even in a year when their cash crops have incidental income. This condition prevails in pitifully few instances this yei the sum total in most cases. ar. A few chickens and some milk from the dairy herd is Gone are the farm meat sup- ply, the canned vegetables, the excess supplies of milk and butter which have been a support in most times past. FACING THE FARMER NOW IS THE NECESSITY FOR BUYING FOOD, FUEL AND CLOTHES WITH PRACTICALLY NOTHING EXCEPT WHAT THE GOV- ERNMENT GIVES HIM. And this condition takes no heed of the necessity for buying feed to keep his founda- tion herds and flocks alive. The condition is one which demands action at the earliest possible moment. Hardship already is apparent. It will get worse as the weather grows colder. The problem, as disclosed at conferences between state and federal agencies, is one of money. If the government increases its allotment per family, the funds available will be depleted that much quicker and they are sufficient now to last only until February. The question facing Resettlement officials is that of “getting along” until a new appropriation can be made by congress. The state has money available but it cannot legally be used. The appropriation made by the last legislature—in- tended to serve until next July 1—was exhausted with the latest apportionment of funds by the State Welfare Board. The new legislature will have to act speedily when it con- venes if the state is to hold up its end of the burden after the first of the year. And against this state-federal impasse is pitted the “prospect of human suffering kota ans pefere has encoun! on a scale which North Da- tered. t to do is a.queéstion. If available funds are used up now, the suffering will become more intense later in the winter unless both congress and the state legislature act quickly to relieve the situation. But that both bodies will fail to move at once to meet the emergency is inconceivable. We here in North Dakota are suffering from a natural calamity as tragic and de- vastating as though it had been wrought by storm, fire or flood. That should be remembered by federal officials who have this matter in charge. lature could not easily forget Members of our own legis- it. We have been penalized, somewhat, by the various newspaper denials that a drouth exists in North Dakota. Flamboyant statements that North Dakota is getting along well may have been true of some parts of the state but they are not true in this area. These statements had the effect of causing federal of- ficials to relax in their preparations to meet the drouth. These efforts should now be resumed with the great- est possible vigor. The whole and aggressive steps taken which already is apparent. situation should be canvassed to meet the grave condition ___ It is not a matter of balancing the budget but of keep- ing our people alive and in position to resume production when summer comes again. The first is a DESIRABLE end. The second is an ABSOLUTE NECESSITY. _ Football Scores AL Columbus, 7; Stanford 0. Navy, 7; Army, 0. THIRD QUARTER Holy Cross, 12; Boston College, 0. Georgia, 2; Georgia Tech., 0. SECOND QUARTER Texas Christian, 0; So. Methodist, 0. FIRST QUARTER Auburn, 6; Florida, 0. L. 8. U. 13; Tulane, 0. YOUNG N. D. STOCK JUDGES WIN FIRST Chicago, Nov. 28.—()—Blue ribbon ambitions and the promise of blue ribbon prizes brought the cream of North American livestock under one) the state, Laist served 17 different roof Saturday. The opening of the 37th Interna- tional Livestock Exposition found 14,653 head of choice cattle, sheep, swine and horses installed in the huge Stockyards Amphitheater — an ail- time record. North Dakota won third and Min: 27, confessed slayer ait Andrew Capoldi, of # 5-year-old girl who resisted an attack two weeks ago, awaits » mental hearing. Langley Rites to Be + Rites for William P, Langley. county pioneer, will be held at Held Here on Sunday|M. M. Ruder Slightly Improved Saturday condition was slightly) , M. M. Ruder, BILLY’ LAIST IS IN | CRITICAL CONDITION Veteran Custodian of Capitol Reported as Considerably Weaker Saturday William “Billy” Laist, 70-year-old honorary “dean” of the new state capitol, who has served as custodian of North Dakota's statehouses 41 con- secutive years, was critically ill in a local hospital Saturday. Attending physicians said the pio- neer Bismarck man was “considerably weaker” Saturday, but they still held out hope for his complete recovery. Laist was taken to the hospital July 12 of this year suffering from a seri- ous abdominal condition. He has been forced to remain there constant- ly since, During his long period of service to administrations starting with Roger break up to and including the term of Gov. Walter Welford. | special law ‘upon title of custodian for life on good be- havior. He cannot be removed ex- cept for cause and then only by the Stricken Suddenly Goodrich, N. D., Nov. Allin in 1895 and continuing without | Navy Defeats Arm Russian Navy Chief Seeks World’s Biggest Fleet HIGHWAY ROBBERS [Dahlen Announces BREAK WINDSHIELD, ESCAPE WITH $150 Iron Bar Thrown Through Front Glass Sends Local Truck Crashing Into Ditch Sending a truck careening into the ditch by throwing a small tron bar through the windshield, two unidenti- fied men held up Art Singer of Bis- marck and escaped with $150 in cash near Mandan Friday night, Singer was driving a truck owned by the Hedahl Motor company of Bis- marck up a long hill about five miles west of Mandan when the robbery took place. Two men stepped out from near an automobile parked on the highway and one of them hurled a piece of iron through the windshield of his truck, Singer stated. Temporarily losing contro) of the machine, Singer careened into the ditch. When the truck stopped the two men came up, informed Singer that “this is a holdup” and searched his clothing. Finding nothing they looked in the truck and located the money box which contained $150. Taking the keys from the truck one of the high- way robbers struck Singer on the face and told him to stay where he was, After they had jumped into the car and drove away, Singer related. Singer then hailed a passing motor- ist who informed Sheriff Robert Gray of Mandan. The robbery took place between 7 and 7:30 p. m., MS.T. COLUMBIA UPSETS STANFORD, 7 10 0; Lions Score Touchdown on Opening Kickoff of Game _- Fought.in, Snow... New York, Nov. 28.—()—Columbia ! beat Stanford, 7-0, Saturday on half- back George Furey’s 79-yard run for 8 touchdown on the opening kickoff. Wearing basketball shoes on the froz- en, snow-dusted gridiron, Stanford! kept pounding near the Columbia: goal all day, but failed to score. George Furey took the Stanford Kickoff on his 21-yard line and bolted straight down the field for a touch- down. Art Waldo converted and Co- lumbia led 7-0 only 14 seconds after the kickoff. Stanford’s first offen- sive came a minute later when Grant Stone recovered Hudasky’s fumble on the Columbia 2¢, but the chance glim- mered when Vollmer intercepted Tony Calvelli’s bullet pass on the four. Luckman’s pass was intercepted by Jim Coffis on the Stanford 25. Luck- man then intercepted Calvelli’s pass on the Columbia 24, The rest of the quarter was devoted to a punting duel between Fred Williams of Stan- ford and Hubert Schulze. It was snowing hard at the end of the pe- riod. Score: Columbia 7; Stanford 0. Columbia’ Line Holds A freak double lateral was inter- cepted at Stanford's 35 by Don But- ler. Coffis sliced off tackle for Stan- ford’s second first down of the game but the Columbia line held and the Punting duel resumed. Stanford threatened twice near the end of the first half, but could not score. Half-time score: Columbia 7; Stanford 0. . The Stanford backs and ends came out on the frozen gridiron wearing basketball shoes after the half and their offense began to click. They drove to Columbia's 44 before punting Vollmer fumbled the punt and Leo Ferko recovered for Stanford on Co- lumbia’s 22, but two stabs at the line and two passes failed and the Lions 37 as the quarter ended with Columbia leading, 7-0. Ouvas stopped the Columbia rally at the start of the fourth period when. he intercepted Luckman’s pass on the gain, "however, and Seldel intercepted Brigham’s pdss on the Columbia 20 to stop the drive. George McCulloch, long-time resident of Goodrich, died here Tuesday. He was talking with friends in the office of the Farmers Elevator when he was stricken with a heart attack. MEAT PACKERS STRIKE Nov. 38. Child Wastes Away As He Talks Continuously Open He Legion Chairman Discloses Plans for Annual Christmas Cheer Campaign Preliminary details of the organi- zation for Bismarck’s seventh annual Open Your Heart campaign were an: nounced Saturday by G. A. Dahlen, general chairman of the American Legion committee in charge. Other civic organizations have been invited to participate this year in order to make it a community-wide enterprise under the leadership of the big veterans’ group, Dahlen said. The campaign slogan, announced at a meeting of committee chairmen Friday evening, was “No child should feel that Christmas is just another day.” Cooperation and collaboration of the organizations which normally are active in such work will be sought by the Open Your Heart administration in order that its efforts may reach not only those who are on relief but those who are in need but have man-|‘ aged to keep off the relief lists. Children Come First Principal attention will be devoted to the needs of children, both city and rural, Dahlen said, and the cam- paign’s aim is to bring Christmas cheer into every household which might otherwise think of Christmas as “just another day.” Announcing the committee's policy toward “chiselers,” Dahlen said this would be dealt with as cases arise but that in no case will children be deprived of cheer and assistance be- cause their fathers or mothers failed to live up to their obligations. In some cases, he said, families are suffering hardship because the father drinks or gambles away much of the paycheck. The committee will do what it can to straighten out such individuals,and also will try to pro- ide Christmas cheer for innocent vic- tims of such tragedies. wp Seek fo Learn Facts j Thvestigation of all persons to whom assistance will be given will be made privately by a committee of veterans and others, aided by the American Legfon auxiliary, but in all cases such examinations into family circumstances will be made privately. Work at the Open Your Heart head- quarters, which will be opened soon at @ downtown site to be announced later, will be in charge of Mrs, Harry | Bernstein, heading a committee of 25 Auxillary women who have volun- teered to serve in that capacity. As usual, the Open Your Heart campaign will solicit as gifts for dis- tribution to the poor items of every household use as well as food, cloth- ing, money and toys. Need Cash for Clothes In caring for children, Dahlen said, cash is essential since relatively few items of children’s clothing are do- nated each year. Most children wear out their clothes and experience has been that if poor children attending school are to have warm underwear It/ must be purchased. In such items as shoes and overshoes the matter of getting a proper fit is a question. No item offered need be new and the committee is preparing to have broken toys repaired. “Folks have been surprised at the use made of some things given in the past, but we expect to make as good or a better record this year,” Dahlen said. Roy Neff will have charge of the repair of toys. Last year the Open Your Heart campaign collected and distributed 2,000 toys, 212 articles of furniture, 4,266 garments for men, women and children; 806 pairs of shoes, 16 tons (Continued on Page Three) penn i re anise Am | Primates Reject Peace Doctrine London, Nov. 28. — (®) — The Archbishop of Canterbury, pri- mate of all England, Saturday Tejected the doctrine of full Pacifism “from the point of view of practical realities.” The Head of the Church of England was joined by the Arch- bishop of York in the formal statement. bi The two Erna ee, while Ca demning wars » in their opinion, “circumstances might arise in which participa- tion in war would not be incon- ode their duties as Chris- art Setup ELETYPE BRIEFS+*:2% BABE PONDERS JOB New York.—Babe Ruth formally vas offered the managership of the International Lea- gue Albany Sena- itors Saturday but failed to reach a decision after con- ferring for an hour with Joe Cambria, the Sen- ators’ owner. Ruth announced he would with- hold final decision — until he has had an opportunity to confer with Clark Griffith, president. of the Washington Senators. Wash- ington has a working agreement with Albany. YOUNG ROOSEVELT BETTER Boston.—Franklin D, Roosevelt, Jr., aon of the president, was “resting comfortably” Saturday at Massachu- setts General hospital, where he is], under observation for a sinus infec- tion. His fiance, Miss Ethe] DuPont, visited him. SAVES VALUABLE VIOLN Syracuse, N. Y.—William H. Mac- Donald broke in a window and reached inside his blazing home to grab a violin he valued at $2,000. It was the only thing saved. STORK DERBY ‘HORRIBLE’ Toronto—Lady Astor said Saturday Toronto’s half million dollar Stork 5 77] Derby was “horri- ble.” The Amer- ican born member of parliament, who frequently has expressed her own ideas on the birth and, bringing up of children, said “think of what 2 good that money : = would have done Lady Astor — if it had been left to open air nurseries. What we want today in children is quality, not quantity.” NEW AIRLINES EQUIPPED Bridgeport, Conn. — Two Sikorsky amphibians took off from Bridgeport harbor Saturday on a flight to San- tiago, Chile, where they will be placed in service on a 1500-mile air line from Santiago to Magallanes, on the tip of South America. CALLS GRADUATES ILLITERATE New York — The average college graduate is illiterate, E. C, Kyte, li- brarian of Queen’s college, Kingston, Ont., told the 24th annual conference of Eastern College Librarians at Co- lumbia University Saturday. ALASKA ASSURED FOOD Washington — Secretary Ickes said Saturday the first boatload of food- stuffs for mari- time strikebound Alaska would be carried by a gov- ernment boat leav- ing Seattle about Nov. 30. He also said negotiations had been com- pleted with the Alaska Packers association for chartering the 375-foot ship Arctic for a second trip. Ickes NAMES PETERSON JUSTICE St. Paul—Gov. Hjalmar Petersen Saturday announced the appoint- ment of Attorney General Harry H. Peterson as associate justice of the Minnesota state supreme court to succeed Justice I. M. Olsen, who is to Tetire Dec, 15, because of ill health. ADMITS KILLING MATE Nebraska City, Neb.—A weary widow, Mrs, Mary Taylor, 25, awaited in her jail cell here Sat- she must pay for the confessed slaying of her husband, Otha, 33. PLANS FOOD GUARD London—Great Britain established @ new food defense plans depart- ment Saturday to guard her supplies against the possibility of war. The department will organize the supply and distribution of food. SALVAGE SUBMARINE Kiel, Germany.—Salvaging of (Dem., 8. D.) said Saturday he would initiate steps to continue the last ses- ot Simese twin, was reported as favorable Saturday by ‘attaches of York hospital. (Continued on Page Three) PRICE FIVE CENTS | y,7toO SENSATIONAL GAME WAGED BY SERVICE STARS IN ‘PHILLY? Ball Shuttles Back and Forth Steadily From One End to Other MEYER AND INGRAM GREAT Greatest Crowd in History of Eastern Football Packs Stadium Philadelphia, Nov. 28.—(#)—After being on the defensive most of the game, Navy rallied to parade 70 yards for a touchdown in the closing min- utes of the game Saturday and beat the Army, 7 to 0. The biggest crowd that ever has witnessed a football game in the east, exceeding 102,000, jammed the huge municipal stadium. Only the 1926 game at Soldier Field, Chicago, which drew approximately 110,000 spectators, surpassed Saturday's crowd. A bitterly cold wind swept the stadium. Right up to the kickoff time, po- lice and special agents were indus- trious in rounding up unlicensed venders and fugitive ticket specu- lators. Stromberg Kicks Off Stromberg kicked off into the end zone to Schmidt, who managed to squirm past a flock of Cadet tacklers to the 10-yard line. Schmidt dashed off tackle to a first down in two cracks, then Ingram got away around his own left end from fake kick forme ation for 17 yards to Navy's 40 for an- other first down, Ingram and Schmidt quickly car- ried the Navy thrust into Cadet ter- ritory. The soldiers braced on their own 45, and Schmidt punted out of bounds in “coffin corner” on the 5- yard stripe. A rabbit strayed onto the field, scampered half the length of the field, crossing the Navy's goal line, Army took one crack at the Navy ae before Craig, punted yee who returned six yards to ‘8 Wind Twists Punt Cadets held two plays to @ scant three yards and Schmidt aimed for ‘the corner again but the wind took his punt and twisted it into the end zone. Army launched an immediate coun- ter attack from its own 20, Ryan dashed 15 yards off his own left tackle, then Sullivan raced through @ big hole to Navy's 42 before being forced out of bounds. This 25-yard gain was followed by Craig's dash down the sidelines to Navy's 14, for a 28-yard gain. Navy stopped three straight line plays. On fourth down, Craig threw a long forward into the end zone that skidded off the fingertips of Preston, Cadet left end. Punts on Second Down Navy put the pigskin in play on ite own 20 and Schmidt punted on sec- ond down to Craig, who twisted seven. yards to Army's 44. Craig completed a toss to Schwenck, Cadet fullback, for a 5 yard gain. The Midshipmen broke up Army's reverses at midfield. Ferrara nearly blocked Craig's punt but the Army back got the ball away and Ingram let it roll dead on Navy's nine. Schmidt kicked on second down to Craig, who raced 12 yards to Navy's 43. A pass, Craig to Schwenck, netted four yards just before the period ended, Score: Army 0, Navy 0. ‘Monk Meyer Goes In Charles (Monk) Meyer, Army back- field star, replaced Craig at the out- set of the second period. Meyer took one crack at the Navy line, picking up @ yard, then punted out on Navy’s 20. Schmidt punted after two Navy line thrusts gained five yards and Meyer brought the crowd to its feet with @ slithering 25 yard return to Navy's 40. Meyer dashed three yards off his left tackle, then passed to Sullivan for a 16-yard gain, putting the ball on Navy's 26. “Monk” then (Continued on Page Four) A Hisit From St. Nicholas By Clement Clarke Moore Away to the window | flew ' like a flash i Tore open the shutters end | threw up the sash. ONLY 2 MORE SHOPPING DAYS 3S | TILL CHRISTMAS