The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, October 29, 1937, Page 1

ESTABLISHED 1873 3 ; 4 Generations of One > HRAD-ON COLLISION INJOWA TAKES SIX | LIVES, INJURES 3 Great Grandmother, Grand- mother, Daughter, and Baby Are Victims KILLED AS JAPANESE BOMBARD SHANGHAI American Mission Property Heavily Damaged; ‘Lost Battalion’ Hangs on North Dakota’s BISMARCK, N. D., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1937 Oldest Newspaper + | Telephone | THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE NDBA PRESIDENT; PICK 4 DIRECTORS CARS MEET ON HILL PEACE MOVE IS MADE Seek Truck-Driver Witness in|’ Cedar Rapids; Survivors’ |. Stories Incoherent dapan Woul Consider Armistice Negotiations, If China Proposed Talks « (By the Asseciated Press) Death in combat and revolt touched y i BE ® war, formal and officially de- clared, but: Chinese and Japanese fought on ia Chi domination of rich North China was the goal. Three British soldiers were killed in Shang- hai during shelling of Hungjao, sub- ‘urb west of the International Gettle- ment, and many Americans and other foreigners abandoned homes in that sector. American mission pro- vl it i iz a = a “se so te om farmers, August G. Bahmer Will Retire on Pension Sunday After 34 Years of Work Richard Halliburton to Address Closing Session of Huge Convention Minot, Ni D., Oct. 29.—()—The largest educator’s convention ever held. in Minot—the “Golden Jubilee” gath- ering of the North Dakota Education- fal association—was in its final stages here Friday. Secretary M. E. McCurdy of Fargo reported registrations Friday forenoon totaled 1,986 teachers from all parts of the state, with liklihood the figure our cross the 2,000 mark before the close, Action on resolutions to be present- led by a committee of which Supt..J. C. (Gould of Mandan is chairman, was the chief item of unfinished business remaining before the N.D.E.A.’s rep- resentative assembly Friday afternoon. An address tonight by Richara Hal burton, traveler and writer, on ad- ventures in far corners of the earth, will highlight the closing general se: sion of the convention in the high school auditorium. Afterward, bring- ling the convention to a close, there will be a ball in the Minot armory, Choose Waller The NDEA elected A. M. Waller, Minot, president; Mrs. Florence Bell, Fargo, vice president and four di. rectors—P. A. Dalager, Stanley, a Adeline Stevenson, Fargo, for three year terms; Prof. Erick Selke, Grand Vous at 6:30 p. m. Joining with local associates Gertians, French ht on in Spain—a,civil war be- Sween a socialist government and an insurgent Fascist army, In London, nonintervention group to find some way of get- Americans, Italians, etc., so that danger of of the war to all Europe lessened. He eft BEES é une Bie und elsewhere military guards reinforced, British army authorities blockaded Soochow Creek with junks and cargo boats to forestall Japanese naval ‘attacks on the Chinese “lost bat- talion,” beleaguered opposite the In- ternational Settlement. Heit 2 Launches British authorities halted two Ja- Mrs. Edward R. Renschier, 39, Dies After Month’s Iliness E. J. Shrum of Bowman, Gurle Sand of Mayville was elected president of North: trative Women in Education” at 8 ‘breakfast meeting of the group here ‘Thursday. She succeeds Elsie J. Cook, of the Minot Teachers College. Caroline Evingson, Fargo, superin- tendent of Cass county schools, was elected secretary, and May Byrdston of Valley City, treasurer. ‘The old saying “you can’t teach an old dog new tricks” has been exploded by the WPA adult education program, Earl E. Cis state. director, told state educators. “Psychologists teli us adults, up to a certain agé, can learn as easily or more easily than children or adolescents,” he said, Social Security Grants Total $230,425,436 Washington, Oct. 29.—()—Social Security for more than 20,000,000 per- sons since February, 1936, cost $230,- 425,436 in federal grants to states, the Social Security board said Friday. Public assistance grants for the aged, steamed up Soochow Creek toward the warehouse opposite United States marine corps lines where the lone Chinese detachment has held off at- tackers since Chinese evacuation of Chapei two days ago. Japanese troops moved a hattery of With Blood Poisoning Mrs. Edward R. Renschler, 39, well Linton homemaker, died in a local hospital at 9:15 p. m. Thursday after a month’s illness with blood poisoning. i iY ! Hf i g ges ze i | he 2F.B fk i Hed zie He it if ofe E 2 Increase in ‘Some Passenger’ Rail Fares to go Into Ef- fect in 3 or 4 Months i E Hy [ 25 7 on roofto| the “lost bat- watch the stand of talion.” When Japanese naval launches creek, Cl BF E i 5 g 8 CASS COUNTY JURY Oct. 28 Is Warmest in History of Bismarck Criticized for 3 Drunken Driving Acquitals by States At- torney Bergesen the blind, and dependent children accounted for $214,464,571 of the out- lay. The balance of $15,960,865 paid the cost of administering state unem- ployment compensation laws for 21,- 000,000 insured workers. The needy and dependent supported by the grants now total 1,996,200, in- cluding 1,469,700 aged; 39,000 blind, Hold Swa (MINOT MAN NAMED Forks, for s two-year term, and Supt. 400 Boys Will Munch Hot Dogs, Preserve Order During Police Halloween Ball While cops and oldsters make merry at the policemen’s Halloween ball in the World War Memorial building Saturday night, some 240 Boy Scouts and their friends—about 400 in all— will see that law and order hold sway at large in Bismarck. As has been customary for several years, city scouts will take upon them- selves the biggest share of thé job of preventing Halloween pranksters from becoming destructive, “Its up to the boys almost entirely this year,” Chief of Police W. R. Evel- ing said, “but I think they can handle the job better than we could. They did @ fine job last year and this year, when the responsibility is almost en- tirely theirs, I think they'll do even better.” But it won't be all work and no fun for the Scouts if plans of the Bismarck Junior Association of Commerce, which sponsors and directs the pro- gram, have anything to do about it. Eight hundred buns and hot dogs will be ready for serving to the boys when they come in in small groups for 11 o'clock snacks. For desert there will be 400 doughnuts, and all this will be washed down with 800 cups of hot chocolate, “which means that there'll be more than enough for everybody,” said Helge chairman of the JAC committee direct charge. ‘The Scouts and their friends—every bring different points in the city at 7:30 Pp. m, Saturday ready to go out on eis beaks reese meee as ey ws: Troops 1, 2 and 3, Junior and Senior Mroap't William Moore school. “ iW echoolsit eta Presbyterian church. Troop 7 and 8, St. Mary’s school gymnasium. ‘Troop 9, Wachter school. Troop 10, Richholt school. Troop 11, Rogsevelt school. Members of the junior association's committee in general charge, in addi- tion to Zethren, are : Dr. Richard Krause, Ober A. Kobs, George Gron- berg and Charles Ourrie Goodwin. Others who will assist the commit- tee in the job of preparing the lunches and distributing them to the various meeting places, will be Dick Pen- warden, Kelly Simonson, Charles Whittey, Fred Diehl, William Mc- Crory, Henry Wadeson, Donald Solum, Richard Middaugh, William Lamet, A J. Scott and Virgil Woodin. The lunches will be prepared in the domestic science room of the Junior high school, Arrested on Charge Of Smuggling Cattle Fargo, N. D., Oct. 29.—()—Gunder Fortuna, N. of cattle from Saskatchewan, Canada, to Divide county. Legaard was re- leased from the Divide county jail on Feb. 17 after serving a 30-day sentence and 487,500 children. on a previous cattle smuggling charge. NURSE'S FUNCTIONS IN TREATMENTS FOR SYPHILIS OUTLINED Aroused Public Opinion Needed to Stop Spread of Dis- ease in Nation Concluding the symposium on syph- ilis and gonorrhea Miss Pearl Mcver, of the U. 8. Public Health service in her address Friday afternoon before the North Dakota State Nurses’ asso- ciation convention outlined the four- fold functions of a nurse in the con- trol of syphilis, claimed to be niore prevalent than any communicable dis- ease except gonorrhea and the com- mon cold, A nurse's duties are not unlike those in the control of any long-time com- muunicable disease, she sald, and in- clude assisting the patient to make @ complete recovery, assisting in lo- cating the source of the disease, in- structing patients and contacts with regard to prevention of the spread of the disease, and assisting with the General program of community edu- “The technic which makes the nurse such a valuable adjunct to this program,” she aserted, “is her ability to win the confidence of per- gons under her care, to respect their individual personalities and to appre- ciate their individual problems.” Cites Profession’s Guilt “Even we as heatlh workers have sald, ex- . prevalence of “The taint of secrecy. and sin is what keeps this plague from being mastered like smalijox, or diphtheria, or our other vanishing pestilences,” she said, quoting Dr. Paul DeKruif. syphilis is responsible for 10 per cent of all insanity, 15 per cent of all blindness, 50 per cent of all children born blind and the largest cause of still births and premature deaths of infants,” she declared. Discusses Pregnancy In his discussion of the diseases in pregnancy, Dr. P. W. Freise of Bis- marek stated that syphilis is diffi- (Continued on Page Two) SPECIAL TRANN 10 DEPART AT6 AW At Least 150 Expected Aboard ‘Homecoming Special’ at Start of Trip re; would | ford, Seton to Revisit Old Scenes Here 3 Local Men Camped With Na- turalist 11 Years Ago; Will Give Public Talk Thursday When Ernest Thompson Seton vis- its Bismarck next Wednesday and Thursday, the famous naturalist will Pedition through the Great Plains ce- gion in which Seton revisited scenes uf | be his earlier outdoor life. He spent the first week in the vicinity of Bismarck and Fort Yates. Seton will also see familiar faces during his visit to the Capital City. Three local men, George Will, Rus- sel: hie are Clell Gannon Peers panied the Seton party on part of the expedition. Will and Gannon were with Seton about two gymnasium é the exact titles of their talks not been made public, it is presumed they will discuss the subjects to which each has devoted the greater part of his life—the outdoors, and Indians. Tickets for adults will cost 40 cents; for school children, 25 cents. The Setons are being brought to Bismarck largely through the efforts FE of Mr. Will.and H. O. Saxvik, super- intendent of city schools. To Address Rotarians Members of the Bismarcr Rotary club will hear Seton Wednesday noon. Wednesday at 3 p. m. Mr. and Mrs. Seton will address some 1,200 Bismarck junior and senior high school children in the high school gymnasium. St. Mary's high school dinner, exact nature of which has not been deter 5 Thursday morning they will appear at Mandan high school and at noon Mr. Seton will address the Mandan Rotary club. Early in the afternoon they will speak at the state training cd Scouts to Initiste Him Mr. lagpscatye dot at saree ages.’ 30 additional At their Santa Fe, the Setons conduct and-study camp known stitute” for both adults It is devoted chiefly to outdoors, 11 Philosophy. <e Bes E | z 5 ig E i 5 Bi : 3 a = 3 A g FA 5 Ei : a i z aa ‘ g fle iL. tis cit ae = Hi z & 3 3 &. cE Fy 8 if IS TAKEN BY DEATH PRICE FIVE CENTS :| Baker, Gov. Prominent North Dakota Wom- en’s Leader Dies in Fargo ip wea Fe REE To Lead Parade When the University of North Da- kota band strikes up “It’s For You, North Dakota U” at the varsity homecoming in Grand Forks Sat- urday, the pert miss above with the engaging smile, twinkling legs and deft hands will twirl a baton as drum major. She is Miss Ruth Coghlan of Bismarck, Gaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Coghlan, 610 Eighth St. N. D. BOARD NAMES STANLEY MAN NEW LAND COMIMSSIONER Ole B. Stray, Newspaper Pub- lisher, Succeeds Ludvig Pederson Ole B. Stray, Stanley newspaper publisher, was appointed state land commissioner Friday by the state board of university and school lands, succeeding Ludvig Pederson. One of eight candidates for the po- sition, Stray was named to a two- year term, serving at the “pleasure of the board.” Indications were that Pederson, who has served two years under an appointment during the of former Gov. Walter Wel- will be retained in the depart- ment. The vote was made unanimous when Attorney General P. O. Sathre, who first voted for reappointment of Pederson, joined three other members of the board, State Auditor Berta William Langer and Sec- retary of State James D, Gronna, in the vote for Stray. Fifth member, A. E. n, was attending the State Educational association con- vention in Minot. The Stanley publisher of a weekly newspaper, @ Mountrail county pio- neer, has been a member of the Non- partisan League since its inception and served in the North Dakota house of representatives in 1935 and 1937. Runaway Girls Are Captured at Wishek Two Bismarck girls who, Sheriff Fred Anstrom said, ran away from home Thursday morning were in the Wishek jail Friday awaiting arrival of parents to return them to Bismarck. The two girls hitch-hiked their way from Bismarck and were picked up lat Wishek after a radio broadcast ask- ing that they be arrested was sent out, Anstrom reported. Tt wasn't the first time the two girls | had left their homes without parental permission, according to Anstrom. Little more than a week ago they got as far as Wenatchee, Wash., be- fore they were seized by police. Then, after they had returned as far as Miles City, Mont., with the tickets The Weather Somewhat unsettled tonight and Satur- day; cooler, Attack Attempt Brings Stiff Sentences Family Die-in Auto Crash Policemen Play As Scouts y-Saturday Night TWO FORT YATES INDIANS GET 25, {0 YEARS IN PEN Plead Guilty to Attempted Rape of Girl, 19, Near Sioux County Seat Oct. 9 SENTENCED BY BERRY Third Man Faces Investigation, Liquor Sales on Reserva- Henry Jordan, 28, Fort Yates Indian, was held in the Morton county jail Friday under $5,000 bond for the death of Mary Jane White, 19-year-old Indian girl found near death in a roadside ditch Oct. 9 at Fort Yates. Jordan was arraigned before U. 8. Commissioner J. H. Noakes of Mandan on a charge of man- slaughter on an Indian reserva- tion. The complaint asserts Jor- dan “wilfully and negligently ran over Mary Jane White with a car and then backed over her.” George V. Gayton, 23, and Ben White Jr., 32, Fort Yates Indians who pleaded guilty to attempted rape of Mary Jane White during a drinking bout, donned prison clothes Friday receiving severe sentences, Gayton was sentenced to 25 year in the state penitentiary and White received a 10-year term for attempt- ing to ravish the 19-year-old Indian girl later found dying in 2 roadside ditch near Fort Yates Oct. 9. State's Attorney Irving Koths of Sioux county said Henry Jordan of Fort Yates is facing federal investi- HWAY DRAFTING OFFICES WILL BE CENTRALIZED HERE Will Be Discontinued at 7 Divi- sional Headquarters, Mi- not Paper Is Told Minot, N. D., Oct. 29.—()—In ac- cordance with a policy already adopted in other states, the North Dakota high- ‘way department plans in the near fu- ture to centralize all its designing work in the main office at Bismarck and to discontinue drafting offices at its seven division headquarters, the News ‘was informed Friday. This change in policy, which is be- ing worked out under Zina E. Sevison, Bismarck, chief engineer for the high- way department, is expected to result i: the transfer from the Minot divis- ional office of about six employes, four of them to the bridge department at Bismarck and two to the main draft- ing room, Though details of the plan have not been worked out, it appeared prob- able that the change at the Minot of- fice would take place about the first of the year. Elimination of designing at the Mi- not office, and shifting of bridge de- partment workers would leave the Mi- not office with @ personnel of four. Maintenance and shop employes would not be affected. sent them to get home on, they got off the train and hitch-hiked back to Spokane before they were nabbed , will be made of again. What dis) ithe girls when they return to Bismarck stated. jas not The father of one of the girls left them Friday afternoon for Wishek to bring home. Heart Attack Fatal To Haggart Employe Fargo, N. D., Oct. 29.—(#)—Wilbur Courtemanc! Besides Mrs. Courtemanche there are three children, Donald 19; Lois 14, and Lucille, 12, certain amount of work “is done division offices—it depends on conditions.” Asked whether division drafting of- but a in the