The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, November 4, 1937, Page 1

ESTABLISHED 1873 nn rT TO OEE North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper BISMARCK, N. D., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1937 ISMARCK TRIBUN PRICE FIVE CENTS STRSTR SIR AAT As: oo The Weather Mostly cloudy tonight, followed by generally fair Friday; colder. | Taxpayers Challenge State Levy | Monoxide Theory Advanced in Mystery Alice Death - AUTOPSY FAIS 10. "To Offer Aid of CONFRM OR BLAST | = Subcommittee FOULPLAY RUMORS ee Stomach Contents, Tissues From Body Left in Car to Be Analyzed by U. U. S. Likely to Be on Nine-Pow- er Group Named to Ap- proach Belligerents ( (By the Associated Press) | The Brussels conference of 19 na-/ tions decided Thursday to empower ®@ sub-committee to offer its aid to Japan and China in effecting peace between the two nations, and reliable indications were that the United States, Britain and Belgium would be on the committee. tation to attend the conference in Brussels, called under provisions of the nine power treaty which pledges respect for territorial integrity of China, marine corps officer, expects the Brussels nine-power conference on Sino-Japanese hostilities to fail “because the United States is not sufficiently interested to save it.” “England wants us to pull her Srrjoaue out of the fire,” “We're in danger in China be- cause of our ships and soldiers. NIGHT CALLERS SOUGHT Theory Man Was Burglar and Murder Victim Upheld by Findings Italy and France also probably would be represented, Fargo, N. D. Nov. 6—(P)— t Chemical tests at the Agricul- tural college Thursday revealed nitroglycerin was contained | to reply to Japan’s refusal of an invi- N. D., Nov, 4—(7)—In spite ot a man whose body was found in the rear seat of @ stolen car near Alice Wednesday, a short distance from a bulk oil station which had = |MSTPAY| szis:| AND INTEREST ON Last Payment on Delinquent Taxes Became Overdue Oct. 15, Taylor Reminds i: one ear, indicating had wounded 700, dragged or had lain on the ground. jaccording to the Spanish government. PREDICTS DOWNFA OF LEWIS, GREEN Minneapolis Labor Leader Ad-|no longer ‘dresses Grand Forks —|rent tases during Ociober were alc ‘Taxpayers must pay the penalty and interest on the second installment of their personal property taxes now as well as on the first, County Treasurer Theodore Taylor reminded Friday, pointing out that the final day for the payment of the second installment was Oct. 15. Many taxpayers have come in since then to pay the second installment ex- pecting to avoid payment of penalty but this is Blood Being Analysed Following an autopsy Wednesday the man’s stomach contents, some tissues and blood samples were sent to the University of North Dakota for analysis. Cass county authorities were seek- ‘They were driving, he said, a car similar to the one in which the dead ‘Strike’ Meeting pore peas eo oortibg us 16 Projects Worth $1,000,000) turned. . man’s body was found. *: Are Involved: Retiring Di: One of the horses, “Flint Shot,” was Senet eleved tocbutod whee | Orand Forks, B.D. Nor, tum Gur vecireniuaWor | ae an ee ro . D. i ve i oat etre ae . a eae ee ¥ ———— men uni Ions f distillace and five gallons. od ble works Rareibiese ant toons] eee ee hs : ns of ve ve 5 pul con- Mo. gasoline. Authorities said the car “s struction projects pending are ex-| Conductor Joe F. Benson of Mem- probably refused to operate on dis- pected to be called this month, H. C.|phis said cows on the track caused tillate and the man’s companiors ‘Knudsen, retiring state PWA Cid the accident, car after death. EXPLOSION VICTIM'S CONDITION CRITICAL Other Dickinson Girl, Burned Saving Sister, Progress- ing Satisfactorily Fargo, N. D., Nov. 4.—Ill eight days Be ees tna Fargo boepltal: Tea a a Boasimae te taken to Seattle for burial. New Troops Pour Into condition of Betty Faller, 7, seriously burned in a kitchen explosion, remained critical Thi only one place slong Soochow creek, where they drove narrow wedge into the Chinese position south of the disciplined, | creek. But the Japanese foothold here was su precarious it was doubtful if it could survive a Chinese counter at- tack which was due shortly. The Chinese positions in the rear areas were so formidable it was con- sidered likely the Chinese could suc- ceed in holding up the Japanese for some time. The Chinese morale was exceed- ingly high despite seyere casualties. After viewing the Chinese in com- bat, an American military observer remarked: “It is inspiring to see these untutored and _half-trained Chinese boys with their inferior equipment and lack of experience standing four square against seasoned te Japanese had landed at | Japanese warriors.” or gat Se 4 Shanghai, rl. of fresh Chinese troops, well equip- ped and ND INSTALLMENTS ze China’s Shanghai Lines 2/32 CUT TO FOUR MILLS SETONS WILL TELL =(Dry Missouri Corn Won’t Respond to OF LIFE-LONG WORK Lore of Great Outdoors and In- dian Tales Will Be Un- . | folded Tonight Seton and his wife, Julia Seton, will tell a Bismarck audience about the things they know best—animals and Indians. Mr. Seton, nationally-famous na- }turalist and author of many well- known books on animals, is to . tell {stories of his wild friends and of the great outdoors. Mrs. Seton, recognized as an author - {ity on Indian lore, will don. several j beautiful Indian costumes as she U- lustrates Indian songs, tells of Indian philosophy, and relates stories of the ted man. The personal charm that is ex- ipected to make the Seton family’s | program particularly entertaining re- vealed itself at an informal dinner jiu their honor Wednesday evening. Tall, gray-haired, handsome Mr. Seton is an adept story-teller. He was talking of successful Mor- mon irrigation projects in Utah. “Their alfalfa,” he related, “has roots 20 feet deep. They have parsnips, I'm told, that grow deeper, but it’s not profitable to raise them, Chinamen get at the other end.” Someone in Utah had asked a Mor- mon irrigator if he didn’t find irri- Lesa “a damn poor substitute” for was the answer, “we think spe is a. damn poor substitute for ir- costumes that are said to be among the most beautiful ever ‘Thursday they appeared before landan Rotary, at Mandan school, and at the Amateur Detectiv: Faces Imprisonment Oakland, Calif, Nov. 4—(#)—Rol- and Flinn, 36, amateur detective who helped smash a big counterfeiting ring, lay critically wounded in a hos- 1 Thureday, faced with a federal agent’s threat to imprison him with four men he was instrumental in con- victing. U..8. Secret Service Capt. Thomas B. Foster said Flinn was shot Wed- nesday by Watchman Earl Howell while holding up patrons of a resort. Foster said the erstwhile secret ser- vice informer offered to help run down a big counterfeiting ring in 1933. He said recent discovery of $3,900 counterfeit bills in Flinn’s home Jed to an investigation of Flinn as a suspected member of the ring. WILL BID ON PW WORK THIS MONTH By PAUL D. HOEMAKER cornhusking contest. Thousands of excited specta- tors tramped over the rolling acres of the Weber Bros. farm, eight miles north of here, to watch the contestants, all trained to athletic perfection. The 20 represent the pick of corn husk- ers from ten states where hitting the bangboard is a ma‘or fall Mapa. eled ouk.the, porn. in PASSENGERS HURT Body of Fireman Found Be- neath Wreckage; Engineer, Race-Horses Injured Batesville, Miss., Nov. 4.—(?)—The CATTLE ON TRACK | BISMARCK FRIENDS Outsiders’ Touch; Contest Is 4 Clearing a Path for Telephone Lines on Weber Farm this area just to get the feel of it. Champions and runners-up from states other than Missouri said the corn did not react to their touch as it did back home and attributed it to the fact there hes been little rain here in re- cent weeks. Jack Wolles of South Dakota predicted trouble from ears fall- ing to the ground. Twelve noon (CST) is the hour bomb starting the ten state cham- ete euime ro President ‘Roosevelt, who had Today unable to do so because he was en route from Hyde Park to Washington. A brief glimpse of the blue ribbon field: Iowa Champion Lee Stodgell, oldest man of the 20, From a state which supplied the national champion last year. South Dakota’s champion, round- faced Chance Stone, defeated a man who had been state titlist five years. Runner-up is Jack Wolles. Minnesota champion, sturdy Harry Brown, went to three national contests as a Ne- braska husker before transferring his farming allegiance. Runner- up Ray Hanson wants to lay the Sag at the feet of his two months ay tt ¢ ; Husband Pops Diva | In Eye With Tomato Hollywood, Nov. 4.—(7)—Gladys Swarthout sang. The audience let fly with tomatoes—the movie said Thursday after finishing de! of the state setup, abandoned for a regional. centralization plan. Involved are 16 projects. November dates for opening bids on eight of these already are set. Plans and spec- ifications for the other eight will be completed and bids called for this month, he said. It marks the cleanup on a four- Revision of Minimum Grain Weight Vetoed TO POLICE ROSTER Bismarck Man Has Background of Police Work and Army Service Police Chief ‘W. R. Ebeling Thurs- Mrs. Moody Denies She Has Pro Plans San Francisco, Nov. 4.—(?)—] Wills Moody said Thursday: “I have not signed a contract, I do not intend to, and I have no plans for turning professional.” She declined further comment. : a script called for it. It was her first tomato recep- tion, but she took it. She took one tomato right over the eye. It was hurd by her singer-husband, JAMESTOWN COLLEGE x8 GIVEN $5000 Donor Is George Dayton, Min- neapolis; Money to Go to Endowment Fund + Jamestown, N. D,, Nov. 4—(P)— President B. H. Kroeze of Jamestown ‘College Thursday announced the pre- sentation of a gift of $50,000 to the institution. The donor is Dr. George D. Dayton of Minneapolis and the sum has been allocated to the per- manent endowment funds of the col- lege. Dr. Dayton’s gift will integrate into the $10,000,000 drive set by all Presby- terian colleges for 1938-1940. During that period Jamestown college will attempt to raise its endowment to $1,300,000 and its assets to about two and a quarter millions of dollars. Landon Against Convention Now. (RFRANCOREGIME Time Not Opportune for Re- publican Gathering, Says Former Candidate Topeka, Kas,, Nov. 4—(P)—Alf M. Landon said Thursday he did not re- */gard time as opportune for a mid- term Republican convention but re- iterated the opinion that if one is called there must be “no limitation on its scope of action and its personnel must come from precinct caucuses or primaries.” In a letter to Rep. Joseph W. Mar- tin, Jr., of Massachusetts, his eastern campaign manager last year, Landon said that “if the convention is to be held, it must be representative of the hearts and convictions and the en- thusiasm of the rank and file of all Groups opposed to the present national administration.” “I have given this matter very ser- fous consideration, and cannot agree that the convention be composed of delegates elected to the '36 conven- tion, but the propcsed convention should not represent 1936 or any other era of the pest. If we are to write a new platform that says what the Re- publican party stands for today the only authority the convention could possibly have would be to have dele- gates selected in caucuses in every pre- cinct in the country. “The opportunity must be provided for the convention to represent every shade of opinion in the Republican party. From Mr. Hoover on one hand to Mr. La Guardia on the other.” Letter Made Public The letter was made public just one cay in advance of the meeting in ‘Chicago of the Republican national (Continued on Page Two) Judson Boosters Don’t Take ‘No’ for Answer Judson, N. D., Nov. 4.—Judson people are not the kind that take “no” for an answer. They proved that when the WPA refused the Judson Booster club's epplication for aid in constructing a dam in a branch of the Heart river here. viewed outstanding civic accomplishment as it met here to review the past year’s ef- forts and to the new. The dam is feet long and 25 feet wide, - It has a spillway 14 feet wide and 10 feet deep. It is riprapped on both sides with stone covered with ‘sand. Water is backed up for a mile and is 7 feet deep at the dam. A walk on top of the dam has been coated with oil-mix. To properly celebrate their ac- Membership of the club Officers are W. E. Klinger, presi- dent, and H. G. Fett, secretary- night with Bob Michaelis and Art Toepke in charge. The club is not without appre- ciation for aid rendered it by the - township board and thanked George Maier, supervisor, for work done on highways in the Judson vicinity, | SOUGHT IN ACTION | BEFORERIGH COURT Tribunal Orders Equalization Board to Show Cause in Mandamus Process | HEARING IS SET FOR NOV. 13 Charge Constitutional Limit Exceeded When Levy Was Fixed at 6.10 Mills The North Dakota supreme court Thursday issued an order to the state board of equalization to show cause why a writ of mandamus for reduc- tion of the state levy to four mills for all purposes except interest should not be issued. Since the board set the state levy at 6.10 mills, this would mean a re- duction of 2.1 mills on the net as- sessed valuation of $471,863,495 or $990,957.49. A hearing was set for Nov. 13 by the supreme court after the justices had agreed to assume original juris- diction in the contesting action brought by seven taxpayers who com- i In the petition submitted by Horace | Young of Fargo, who is counsel for the taxpayers’ association, the tax- payers contend that the state levy is limited by the state constitution ‘to a maximum of 4 mills for all pur- poses except interest. Pointing out that the levy was fixed at 6.10 mills, they contend that the BRITAINIS SEEKING. "BUSINESS RAVORS Chamberlain Tells Common: Act Does Not Mean Recog- nition of Rebel Chief | py DW. HANOOCK surgnts were negotiating for appoint- ment of commercial agents. This did not mean, he declared, de facto diplomatic recognition for In- surgent General Francisco Franco. Britain, with a rearmament hunger for raw materials such as Spain's tich deposits of mercury, iron, copper and pyrites, is seeking commercial concessions at the expense of Italy and Germany, long standing sup- porters of Insurgent Generalissimo Francisco Franco. Negotiations for a trade agreement between Britain and Insurgent Spain were reported nearing completion. Committee Optimistic The 27-nation neutrality commit- tee was optimistic of raking a tangi- ble move at last toward withdrawal of foreign soldiers from the 15- months-old civil war—although there was not complete harmony on the British plan of withdrawal. Both London’s most ardent pro- Franco newspaper, the Daily Mail, and the most enthusiastic pro-Va- lencia_newspaper, the Daily Herald, ‘said Britain was convinced that Franco would win and apparently was losing no time to climb belatedly on the bandwagon. The behind-the-scenes diplomatic Advance Gift Drive To Be Opened Friday Solicitors who will take pert in the advance gift campsign will if