The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, November 3, 1937, Page 1

Telephone 2200 NO SANCTIONS, SAYS ITALY; 1S CRITICS OF ROOSEVELT TALK “Coercive Measures’ Demanded by ‘Certain Irresponsible Elements’ Assailed FAIL TO ACCUSE JAPAN Move on Foot in Shanghai War Zone to Move Fighting Away From French Concession (By the Associated Press) .A concerted appeal for direct nego- tiations between China and Japan to end their sanguinary conflict marked the opening session of the Brussels vosiference Wednesday, with Italy as- serting there can be no question of sanctions. Dr. V. K. Wellington Koo asserted that China would not be contributing to the cause of international law peal for the Chinese and Japanese ‘to settle their conflict “by peaceful Processes.” Count Luigi Aldrovandi-Marescott!. Premier Mussolini’s representative, ‘went further. He said the conferen:e could not speak of “quarantine” of one or the other of the fighting na- “It is clear,” said Aldrovandi-Mere- scott!, “that there can be no question sponsible elements or even of speak: ing of a quarantine, more or less moral THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE ESTABLISHED 1873 Tammany, CIO Defeated at Polls - 9-Power Parley Appeals to China, J apan to End Wari vowsiare Fear Foul Play In Valley Death , 92, Wife, | 77, May Part | ae Beach, Calif., Nov. 3.—() —C. B. . Clayton, 92, asked “‘reason- able ‘alimony ” Wednesday in a Spon suit against Mary Clayton, He asserted he has only a pen- sion of $10 8 month, while his wife has $250 monthly income and Property valued at $60,000, They married at Omaha, Neb., Feb, 25, 1929 and separated March 13, 1935, CRAZED CHICAGOAN MURDERS BROTHER 14, AND SISTER, 15 Boy, 24, Wounds Another Sis- ter; Wanted It ‘Biggest Fu- neral Ever Held Here’ of a confectioneer, toid tended to kill two one brothers, James, 29, and George, 28, to make “the biggest funeral ever bare here.” A note, Seen he wished another brother, Jobn, pital patient at aut institution ‘Manteno, Ill., “could have come along with ws.” ‘Haridcutfed 'to a chair, the wild- 240 youth clutched to his of blue pajamas and a carton of cigarets as he was-questioned by Assistant State's Attorney Richara '2}been broken on the door, the tank | wagon stolen, found > toward one or the other of the parties in conflict.” James Economos, 29, told police he Spaak Is Chairman al (In his Chicago speech of October 5 President Roosevelt compared “wor. “I threw chair at lawlessness” to an epidemic, adding: |. 0.04 nin down.” dames “When an epidemic of physical dis- d, “and ease starts to spread, the community approves and joines in a quarantine of the patients.” He did not explain The delegates followed the lead given by arg Spaak, Belgian foreign minister and chairman of the confer- ence, that the Brussels parley should not be an international tribunal be- fore which Japan should be hailed and treated as @ guilty party. In the Far East, negotiations were under way to move Shaighan warfare away from fringes of the French con- cession, where many Americans make their homes. Tells Of Pian A Japanese spokesman told of the conversations to neutralise the Nantao area just south of the concession. He declared that representatives a ee a neu- tral power had app. with a plan designed to avoid. “farther eudangering of foreign and Chinese noncombatants. Coincidentally, foreign military ob- servers reported that Chinese lines ex- tending west from the cuzeiopa Settlement were thinning, and that they would not be surprised if Chinese withdrew from the area im- mediately around Shangha!-within the | arm: next few days. While the neutrality conversations were in progress, Japanese resumed their drive southward from spearhead bases on the south bank of Soochow creek. Independent observers coa- firmed Japanese assertions that Nip- pon’s warriors had crossed the creek at three points and established an infantry front line a half mile to the ecuth. REPORT REBEL AIR RAID TAKES 125 LIVES Madrid, Nov. ee a squads searched bomb-shattered buildings of the Catalan city Lerida Wednesday for additional victims of an insurgent air raid already reported by the gov- ernment to have taken 125 lives. Hospitals were filled with injured and children. tack ‘ After the raiders dropped their bomos the statement charged, they flew iow over the city machine-gunning many panic-stricken residents in the streets The insurgent press in Burgus, meanwhile, published a declaration by Gen. Francisco Franco, the insurgent eader, that “the war is won.” MEAT PRICES DOWN Chicago, Nov. 3.—(#)—The Institute of American Meat Packers said Tues- day a survey showed wholesale prices of most grades and classes of beef, veal and fresh pork dropped from 7 to 30 per cent during October. then George disarmed him. We later found an empty liquor bottle.” The mother, Mrs. Eugenia Econo- mos, witnessed the shooting. Her: husband, Peter, a confectionary store owner, was not home at the time. TO BEGIN RESTUDY OF MISSOURI RIVER DIVERSION PROJECT Army Engineers Will Start New Survey Within Next Week or 10 Days Army engineers will begin a restudy of the Missouri river diversion pro posal within the next week or 10 days. ‘That was the information received added |by State Engineer E. J. Thomas in a telephone conversation with Capt. peshgianae Loper, in charge of the office at Omaha. “Taper said his office will review the previous report of the army engineers, which was adverse to the proposal, in the light of new information ana engineering studies recently advanced by the North Dakota water commis- sion. In connection with the new study, Loper is expected to confer wita George 8S. Knapp, state engineer of Kansas and technical adviser to the North Dakota commission, who de- vused the new engineering plan and under whoée direction the economic study of the proposal was made. STATE BANK AT CENTER CLOSED Deposits Fully Insured by FDIC; New Salem Bank to Set Up Exchange North Dakota's state banking board voted to close the First State Bank of s g ; 5 3 i 3 are grant- bject. to FDIC Body of Man Found in Parked Car Near Alice, N. D.; Oil Station Robber Fargo, N. D., Nov. 3.—(#)—Robbery and possibly murder is the problem confronting Cass county authorities in the Alice neighborhood, where the body of a man was found in a parked car at 7 a, m., Wednesday and a bulk oi! station had been broken into dur- ing the night. Whether the man was a victim of violence had not been determined pending an examination of the body, which was being brought to Fargo. The man’s pockets had apparently been rifled, but contained a number of dynamite caps and fuses. Nearby a bar of soap wrapped in a handker- chief was found buried near a fence The car, a black Chevrolet sedan bearing North Dakota license 110-296 is registered in the name of Nels Pet- terson, Gwinner, N. D., pioneer and former state legislator who died two weeks ago. A check at Gwinner is under way to determine whether any members of the Petterson family are missing, whether the car has been traded or whether license plates have been stolen, erator at Alice, discovered a hasp had few rods away in the ditch with about 10 gallons of gasoline stolen from it, ‘The car, with the body of the man in the back seat, covered with a blanket, was discovered a mile west of town by Charles Lhe wiay Alice farmer. The man appeared to be about Ww years old. Sheriff A. E. Roethke and J. K. Bingham, deputy coroner, and Clar- ence Durham, special deputy, are in- shasta lh = ROTARIANS HEAR OF-- BOY'S WORK ORIGIN Ernest Thompson Seton, First Apostle of Idea, Is Lunch- eon Speaker America’s first apostle of the group boy movement was forced into it as ® means of self-protection, members of the Bismarck Rotary club and nu- merous guests were informed at their luncheon Wednesday noon in the Grand Pacific hotel. ‘The apostle and speaker was Ernest Thompson Seton, noted naturalist and founder of the first band of boys in America. His speech to the local group was an explanation of why he organized a band of boys into what was the forerunner of the Boy Scout movement—and how. | The story was that of a nature lover who bought 150 acres of aban- doned land in Connecticut and went there to live in solitude, He devel- oped the place, with a lake and islands, and stocked it with wild animals. He wanted only to be let alone. Wouldn't Prosecute The boys of the community, how- ever, committed numerous annoying depredations. Seton was advised to prosecute them but didn’t like the idea and besides he didn’t think it} would be effective. So instead of starting a local war he invited the boys out to his place; to share it with him. Twenty were invited and 42 came, he said, and all are still his friends with the excep- tion of four who died in France dur- | ing the The ides, ‘he said, was to appeal to the inborn instincts of every boy and put them to constructive use. The (Continued on Page Two) BOYS ADMIT THEY OPENED HYDRANTS Three Confess Part in Hallo- ween Pranks to Police; Rest to Be Questioned Seventeen Bismarck boys, 15 to 19 years old, faced the prospect of pay- ing for 57 street light bulbs broken here recently, Chief of Police W. R. Ebeling said Wednesday. Three boys questioned Wednesday morning admitted turning on fire hydrants while Halloweening last week-end and others were to be ques- tioned Thursday afternoon. Fifteen water hydrants, one of which was ly , were turned on by pranksters, according to Ebeling. Cost of the broken bulbs is about 20 cents apiece, W. R. Renden, manager of the Northern Light and Power company, which maintains the street light circuit in the residential district, said. “But the cost is comparatively in- significant,” Renden declared, urging that boys find some other less destruc- | his tive way of having fun hereafter. “It 4s the trouble and inconvenience the boys cause by breaking the street lights that does the most harm, not to mention the traffic hazard and policing difficulty that is created when the lights are out.” jthat ever confronted North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper BISMARCK, N. D., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1937 5 MEN REPORTED KILLED AS PLANES CRASH IN MID-AIR Two Fliers Bail Out Over Seat- tle Airport, Float to Safety ' in Parachues VICTIMS ARE WAVY MEN Tenative List of Dead Includes Lieutenant, Cadets, Machin- ist Mate, Radio Man Seattle, Nov. 3.—(#)—Five persons were reported killed Wednesday when two navy planes collided in mid-air over the southern end of Boeing field. Men who witnessed the crash said two fliers in the smaller of the planes bailed out with parachutes and landed safely. The five men reported killed were in the other plane. The five men killed in the larger plane, an amphibian, were identified by Sand Point naval air station as: Lieut. Henry B. Twohy, Spokane. Aviation Cadet K. F. Schmidt, Min- nesota (city undetermined). Aviation Cadet Kenneth Rhuddy, Seattle. Machinist's Mate M. McCroddan, Seattle. Radio Operator R. E. Reagan, Seat- James Decker, bulk oil station op- | tle. Pe oem: The two who landed safely were Aviation Chief Machinist's Mate J. D. Goodsell and Seaman W. 8. Bowman. (Home addresses undetermined.) RED GROSS WILL OPEN DRIVE FOR MEMBERS NOV, 14 {Renewat t-Oampaign will Bi Held in County Through Thanksgiving Day Burleigh county's Red Croas chap- ter is preparing to seek renewal of memberships in the annual roll call extending from Armistice Day to Thanksgiving Day this year. Because the Red Cross participates in the Bismarck Community Ches’, no campaign is conducted within the city limits but township drives ate held throughout the county under the direction of township chairmen. Con- tributions, no matter how small, are welcomed by the county chapter. Recounting achievements of Ameri- ca’s greatest humanitarian organiza- tion during the past year, Mrs. F. L. Conklin, Bismarck, chairman of the Burleigh county chapter and Miss Mary Cashel, executive secretary, stressed the tremendous relief job successfully accomplished in the Ohio- Mississippi floods last January. ‘At that time, the Red Cross was |‘@rm called upon to furnish food, cloth- ing and shelter from 1,500,000 refugees whose homes ranged from western Pennsylvania to the southern tip of Louisiana, “It was the most acute situation the American ‘Red Cross during peace time,” Mrs. Conklin emphasized. ‘Families which had regarded themselves as the most secure in their communities suddenly found themselves the unwilling vic- \tims of disaster and in need of emer- gency assistance. Given $24,000,000 “It was during that time that the |pany people of the United States responded tw this tragedy by furnishing the Red (Continued on Page Two) LATEST DRAFT OF FARM BILL Ha FOR TAX ON WHEAT House Committee Agree Agrees on 20 Cent Processing Tax on Grain, Cotton, Rice i ea eee = FRAZIER RAPS HEARINGS Accuses ‘Administration Spokesmen’ of ‘Packing’ Field Legislation Meeting Washington, Nov. 3—()—The house agriculture committee's latest draft of the farm bill called Wednesday for processing taxes of three cents a pound on cotton, 20 cents » bushel on hese: and one-half cent a pound on rice. Chairman Jones (Dem.-Texas) sald, however, that no final decisions had been reached on the levies, alluded to in the bill as “tariff equal- izing taxes” and which are similar to the old processing taxes. Marketing quotes also have been omitted from the latest draft because they are in controversy. Nevertheless, Jones said, the committee discussed the possibility of using them as a con- trol feature of a permanent farm pro- Jones said the committee was “pretty well agreed” on inclusion of for farm products. It virtually is in agreement, also, he said, that me secretary of ture should given authority to ask the eats Commerce commission for removal of discriminations and adjustments of freight rates for agricultural commod- ities. Frasier Hits Hearings Meanwhile, Senator Frasier (Rep.- N.D.) asserted “administration spokes- dacie foes a hearings con- luc senate agriculture itiee OF: ‘which he is a menbee is St would ony aout pe cet of the witnesses.” “were Saministration eres | County agents, soil sad farm bureau federation officials got their men out because they wanted to hold their jobs. “Sentiment, of course, was strong for the ever-normal plan. But out by the de) bureau is strong sentiment was pre- dominant for the ever-normal gran- ary. “There were quite @ lot of other witnesses, too, but with the reed the ever-normal granary got through the department of Phe and farm bureau, sentiment was strong for that measure.” (The committee has been holding Rear Lvhtcnievasl to drafting new for congress.) ficials to press for the ever-normal granary plan, and, he added, “the ture department also took & great deal of interest in it, too.” (Under the ever-normal granary Proposal crops would be stored on farms in bumper years for use in lean ones.) MAN, DAUGHTER BURNED Covington, Ind., Nov. 3.—(7)—Jeasie Monical, 31, bridge. construction com- foreman, and - his 6-year-old | Can You Chasing [t?/*.22 3 _altees ve Leaving two of their number to sara ous ares Mrs. Tegge, three men re eS ae Hl i i it One Girl—A Very Pretty Girl—Found Out She|* ‘ro wo two lant workers, but overlooked | Menth— A Couldn’t; Begin This Human, Dramatic “Ruy, “orth, cleaner at the, dlry Mey ste e280 on Love Story of a Modern Couple Today the arm Two police oquads were| July TZBS8 140830 : sx CHAPTER I Raabe and Detective George Tesge| Sept. 1010244 1486.60 30 49.85 “Silly of me not to have cabled,” Jill Wentworth decided. ied Sh AA Flt A ORTEIBE. OU | Te actu? ak tai well and She was one of a gay crowd that had si down the |nis shots, Raabe pursued ixonatinged pumping operations will continue, gangplank, onto the docks, and out into the sunshine—a cross-|stairway. The gunman continued | Smith declares. ing from Europe just behind. ana and Raabe fell, pierced by ba abueves st he scales re- During the year of study and travel she had not felt one little twinge of Doma gias sey bere tectte and about her—kissing, patting, —there was not one soil, she was definitely, sa oul tn Poe eta Sr irre! impodinnent, Jill saw her own smart luggage rub- bing noses with several shabby bags, which bore, nevertheless, as many foreign stamps as her own. Not far away the owner of these was arguing with a porter. The young man appeared much concerned about one very large and battered case. There was a belligerent squaring of his shoulders. And then Jill gasped. The young man turned. It couldn't be ... But it was, the same young artist who had persisted in cropping up in her pathway over all Europe. But how had he reached the United States at the very moment of her own arrival? He couldn’t have come over Capture now, here on had, she {One Captured, 3 Escape in The Weather Generally fair tonight and Thursday; rising PRICE FIVE CENTS Distinguished Visitors Ernest Thompson Seton Julia Seton In Bismarck Wednesday for a two-day series of engage- ments was the famous naturalist family, Ernest Thompson Seton ‘and his wife, Julia Seton, above. Wednesday noon Mr, Seton ad- dressed Bismarck Rotary and ‘Wednesday afternoon the Setons were to address a throng of school children in the Bismarck high school gymnasium. Tonight they will be guests of Firm to Deepen Oil Well at Marmarth KILLED IN BLOODY Field Revealed ML WAUKEE BATTLE honor at @ reception in the high school library in Bismarck. Hours are from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. The public is invited. There will be a Program and refreshments. Thursday the Setons will ap- pear twice in Mandan and climax their visit here with a public ad- dress in the Bismarck high school gymnasium. Tickets for the ad- dress are 40 cents for adults and 25 cents for children. (Special to The Bismarck Tribune) Marmarth, N. D., Nov. 3.—Feeling that possibilities for decorering, somes oil-producing horisons’ marth field are good, the Montane: ‘Dakota Utilities Company Wednesday announced it plans to deepen its dis- covery well just over the North Da- kota-Montana border from here. Cecil B. Smith, engineer in charge of exploring the Cedar Creek anticline for the company, asserted the com- y was well satisfied with results Dairy Robbery Attempt; Later Seized in Raid Milwaukee, Nov. 3.—(P) — Acting [be temperature. LA GUARDIA GIVEN 494,425 PLURALITY Sweeps Every Borough to Poll Record-Breaking Total; Farley Disappointed BRUCE BARTON IS ELECTED CIO Candidate Loses in Detroit; Returns Indefinite From Na- tional Point of View (By the Associated Press) Mounting returns emphasized Wed- nesday the defeats absorbed by Tam- Hall and the Committee for Ln- smashing for district attorney of New York county. was shot to death as police frustrated the burglary. The fifth was captured so far but felt that greater volume could perhaps be obtained by sinking bits still further into the gealogic structures at this point, The original exploring well was: completed to a depth of 8,186 feet. There was no water in the formation at that depth and after testing by on the spot. The three were seized Wednesday in a@ raid on an apartment house less a block from the Safety build- swabbing, pumping equipment was in- stalled. Pumping started Dec. 2, 1936. The following results were obtained: See Days Pumped 364: 16 On March 17 the well valve was closed as storage tanks were full. In July oil was transferred to additional storage facilities, and the pumping equipment was removed. The well was allowed to flow freely with the following results: tinkered with the combination’ of the dairy safe, Patrolmen Cecil Daugherty and Charles Smith were wounded while exchanging shots with Raabe’s slayer. Detective Adolph Kraemer said the trio arrested Wednesday gave their names as Patrick Connolly, 44, 1965 15 9.10) Michael Kalameyer, 45, and Charles 1963 31 6.33 Coffey, 58, all of Chicago. 2028 8630 6.76 Oil trom this horizon, Smith says, is about the same quality as that found in upper horizons, but there is no. water in the producing formation 80 far penetrated. At the Smith No. 1 well, one-half mile eee Of the discovery well, water pepere and pumping equipment installed after Pamcing commenced May 22, 1937. and has continued since. Results °F pouities this test to date are as follows: £‘rikers at Work Pending Negotiations Grand Forks, N. D., Nov. 3—(?)— negotiations striking Grand River Project Would Aid Wide Area employes were to return to work Wed- nesday at the Grand Forks Mercantile Co., and Nash-Stone Co, Gamble-. ‘Also on strike here anne aes for. |Elsholtz Tri-City Lines, Ine. completion. viet Foremost LaGuardia’s striking victory in New York. He was the first “reform” can- pemoara’, who polled beeen Both are supporters of Pres!- dent oo Roosevelt's policies. Despite an apparently complete de- feat in Detroit, CIO chieftains found some cheer in having fh the New York and Pitcburgh magore! RESULTS “Please take out my ad. The’ table is sold, I had so many calls I could have sold several.” LET ‘TRIBUNE WANT ADS WORK FOR YOU Phone 2900, ask for the WANT AD DESK