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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-11-26
Il CUSTOMS MEN
RESIGN POSITIONS
Nine Held In Custody Following
Investigation Of Govern.
ment Agent

Detroit, Nov. 26.-R-Several weeks
OF investigation by q special agent
acting as . customs border patrolman
here has resulted In the designations
Of u members Of the patrol and IN
the detention by treasury agents OF at
least nine OF them.
Five men were In the county jail
today, having been placed behind bars
between II o'clock last night and
Z a. m. presumably after undergoing
questioning. Four others were said to
be detained at the federal building.
Customs officials announced that
six former patrolmen would be called
before the federal grand jury. but de-
cuned to say II they are among those
under arrest. They declined also to
identity the prisoners, who were held
iucommunicado.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-11-26
Ethel Barrymore Colt
Makes New York Debut

New York. Nov. 26.-R-Ethel
Barrymore Colt. descendant Of ia
nous players, made her New York
debut with Ethel Barrymore last night
in q dramatization Of Julia Peterkin's
Pulitzer prize novel Scarlet Sister
Mary"
Although the critics were uuani-
nous In disapproval Of Barrymores in
Blackface. they and the audience
were liberal In the praise OF the new
est torch bearer.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-11-26
Says GREAT BRITAIN
AND FRANCE PLANNED.
SOVIET INTERVENTION
leonid Ramzin, Being Tried for
Treason, Makes State.
ment in Defense
Churchill SAID LEADER
Former President Poincare and
BRAND, Of France, Also
implicated

Moscow, Nov. 26.-ReEngland and
France were depicted as malevolent
plotters seeking to intervene in So
Wet Russia and overthrow the COM
munist regime by Professor Leonid
Ramzin, "confessing" today before q
revolutionary tribunal which is trying
him for high treason.
Professor Ramzin, speaking into a
microphone which carried his voice
to the furthest reaches Of the COM
munist federation, told an amazing
story Of intrigue, mentioning casual
ly as co-plotters with him, former
President Poincare Of France. Aris-
tide BRAND. French foreign minister.
Colonel Lawrence" and Lord
Churchill" of England. and other
figures Of the two countries.
Facing Death Sentence
The defendant, who Is the leader
of a group Of eight prominent soviet
engineers facing death sentences on
theii pleas Of guilty to the counter
revolutionary conspiracy, declared
that British support to the plot waned
after the second Macdonald regime
was established in 1929 and relations
with the soviet were reestabdShed.
Thereafter, he said. the French and
border countries, Poland, Rumania
and J~ugoslavia, were the principal
conspirators.
Contact with British agents IN
Moscow, Ramzin declared, was estab-
lished through Colonel Lawrence"
newspaper men assuming his refer
ence to be to Lawrence Of Arabia"
or Aircraftsman Shaw, Of the Brit
ish royal flying corps. Another
British representative, Sir Philip
Wears, he said, once told him Lord
Churchilr" was the leading figure
back of the Intervention movement
H. England. It was assumed he re-
fcrred to Winston Churchill. former
conservative chancellor Of the ex-
chequer. since the first Viscount
Churchill is u years old and has not
been active In British politics for
some time.
Ramzin told Of meeting q General
Janville of the French general staff In
Paris and. in company with . former
Czarist general, Lukomsky, Of discuss
ing with him plans for Intervention
in Soviet Russia. They agreed a
force of 100000 or 100000 men, to be
furnished principally by Rumania,
Poland and Jugoslavia, with aid from
white Russian sources, would be SUI
ficient for their purpose, once the
plotters had been able to pave the
way inside the Soviet Union.
Maintains His Composure
The defendant, who was surround
ed by a battery Of suffering white
lights and movie cameras, never fall
tered in his self condemning accusa-
ton of the foreign statesmen. He de-
clared he was positive, although he
had never seen either Poincare or
Churchill. that they were the brains
of the intervention move In their two
countries. He alleged also the "in-
dustrial party" Of which he was head
was the actual representative Of the
French general staff in the Russian
espionage.
He reiterated today information
given In his two hours and a half on
the stand yesterday that the summer
of 1880 was the time set for the In
~tervention, but that, due to various
international complications. 1t was
nnSfnnned tn a 4
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-11-26
Tempting Turkeys
Responsible for
Death of Two Men

Chicago, Nov. 26.-(R-Tempt-
ing turkeys, police said, lured two
men to their deaths last night.
Both were fatally shot.
The first to die was q man who
tried to cut his way through the
window Of the butcher shop Of
william Branska, where there was
$1,000 worth Of dressed turkeys.
Branska, asleep In the rear of the
place, was awakened by the in
truder, whom he killed.
A few minutes later two police
men shot and killed q man as he
fled from q butcher shop with an
armload Of dressed turkeys.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-11-26
Thanksgiving Day
Program in City

The following Is q program OF
Thanksgiving day events in the
city tomorrow:
10 a. m.-Union Thanksgiving
service at First Baptist church.
IL a. m.-Prayer and worship
In new Trinity Lutheran church.
IL to 8-Dinners.
8 p. m~.-Ftremen's dance at
Community building begins.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-11-26
Once North Dakota .
Merchant Succumbs

Duluth. Mimi, Nov. 26.-ReWil-
liam ]. Bailey, 76, pioneer lumber
dealer Of Crookston and Euclid. Mimi,
and Inkster, N. D., died on q train
yesterday while en- route from Aitkin
to Duluth with his son, N. s. Bailey,
Duluth.
He leaves his widow at Walker. and
two sons, John Bailey at Aitktn ans
Admiral r. Bailey at Walker.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-11-26
Russian Charges TW0 POlUers With Pl0ttinq
Demand for Santa Claus
To Visit City Is Strong
crist Of Letters PiIing Up in Of.
flee Of Association Of
Commerce

When Santa Claus asked the chill
dren Of Bismarck and the Missouri
Slope to write letters saying If they
want to see him this year, he started
something. according to Harry p.
Goddard, secretary Of the Association
of Commerce.
Santa appointed Mr.. Goddard as
his agent to make q survey Of the
children living hereabouts to see II
they really want him to visit Bis
marck this year.
MI. Goddard didn't know all the
children living In Bismarck and ur-
rounding territory. 50 he asked The
Tribune to help him notify the chill
dren that they must write him letters
II they want to see Santa Claus.
The first announcement of this fact
made Monday and Tuesday Mr..
Goddard had a large number Of let
tiers from children who say they will
be disappointed II Santa Claus doesn't
come.
This morning the man who carries
the mail to Mr.. Goddard's office had
SO many letters that his pack was al
most as big as that Of Santa Claus.
It begins to look as though Santa
will get all the invitations to come to
Bismarck that anyone could wish,
but Mr.. Goddard says 1t takes a
strong demand to induce Santa to
make special trips such as the one
which may bring him here and that
more letters are necessary.
The mailman doesn't mind carry
Ing them. He says 1t Is all in q good
cause. MI. Goddard Is opening every
one and Is making q list Of the chill
dren who write to him.
Just send your letter to Mr.. Cod
dard at the Association of Commerce.
He will see that 1t is forwarded to
Santa Claus.
Below are some Of the letters that
MI. Goddard already has received.
They were picked at random from
the big pile which the mailman
brought this morning. 1t would take
almost an entire newspaper to print
them all so The Tribune Just picked
these by chance. Here is what these
Bismarck children think Of Santa
making us a visit:
- - So"
WELCOME SANTA
Dear Santa Claus:
I want you to come and see me. /
still got some Of the toys that you
gave me two years ago. I am eight
years old. My name Is Milton Klein.
I live on 512 Thirteenth street. We
got . dog named Chip and a cat
named Niger. I think that's all I'll
write because it's eight O'Clock.
Goodbye and good luck.
MILTON KLEIN.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-11-26
Fargo Man Instantly
Killed in Auto Crash

Fargo, N. D., Nov. 26.-R)-Severt
Dahl, 20, Fargo, was instantly killed
eight miles west of Enderlin Monday
night when an automobile in which
he was returning to his home here
overturned. Dahl suffered a broken
neck Is the machine turned over aft
er plunging from q 10-foot grade.
Herbert Groth, driver of the car, re.
ceived minor injuries.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-11-26
|SVERDRUP, POLAR
EXPLORER, IS DEAD
Spent a Number Of Winters
Above Arctic Circle Dur.
ing Strenuous Life
Oslo. Norway, Nov. 26.-R-Otto
Sverdrup. polar explorer. died during
the night. He wa 70 years old.

Captain Sverdrup in his life time
gained q reputation as one Of the
foremost polar explorers. He spent q
number Of winters above the arctic
circle, at various times conducting
expeditions to Franz Joseph Land,
along the northern Siberian coast.
and elsewhere In the arctic.
Twice he headed expeditions to
search for lost Russian exploring
parties, once In 1914 aboard the ship
Eclipse which was forced to spenG the
winter north Of Siberia, ice-bouud,
and In 1920 to the Kara sea to seek q
Russian party icebound In the steam
er Salovic.
Growing old, he gave his expert ad-
vice to rescue parties arranged for
lost members Of the Mobile expedition
and for ROAD A~mundsen. his friend
Of longstanding, who was lost off
Tromsoe In q futile attempt to aid
General Mobile.
Next to Road Amundsen and
Fridtjoe hansen, Sverdrup was Nor.
ways greatest arctic explorer.
He participated in numerous arctic
rescues, and once he crossed Green
land on skis with Nansen.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-11-26
Tribune Won't Be
Printed Thursday

The Bismarck Tribune will not
be published Thanksgiving day.
Employees of The Bismarck
Tribune company will join with
other citizens Of the city in cele.
brating the national holiday.
giving thanks, and. last but not
least. enjoying turkey and trim
min.s.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-11-26
HUNDREDS INJURED
AS IZU PENINSULA
HAS SHOCK SERIES
1850 Buildings and GAS Houses
Are Reported Destroyed
by .1remors
LOSS PLACED IN MILLIONS
Fires, Landslides and Burst
ing Reservoirs Add to
Devastation
LOSS PLACED IN MILLIONS

Tokyo, Nov. 26.-ReAt least $50
persons were killed and several hun
dred injured today in eastern Japan,s
most destructive earthquake since the
disaster Of 1923.
Striking q score Of towns and VII
lagos OF northern LEU peninsula, the
playground Of Japan, at 4:O3 q. m.
(2:03 p. m. EST. Tuesday, the quake
destroyed or seriously damaged $500
buildings and 645 houses according to
an official estimate. It climaxed a
series Of earthquakes in that area
since Nov. 10.
With communications partially re-
stored In the stricken area, which Ia
125 miles southwest Of here, authori.
ties began the tragic tally Of the cas-
ualties.
Much Havoc Raised
Fires. landslides and bursting res
ervoirs added to the havoc after the
quake had reached its maximum of
violence. Many communities had vet
TO be heard from and their reports
were expected to enlarge the death
roll. Property losses already have
been estimated in the scores Of mil
lions of. yen.
Reports indicated the heaviest blow
fell upon the area extending from
Mishima to Numazu, q region about
Is miles long and S to 10 miles wide.
The village Of Nirayawa was wiped
out, SO persons being killed there.
Nagoka, q hot springs resort, also was
destroyed. % having persisted there.
"A group OF small villages in the
southern part Of the stricken area re-
ported 80 dead.
The larger towns on the northern
edge OF the quake belt escaped with
relatively less damage. Mishima re-
ported four deaths, Numazu ore and
Atarni three. Fires, however, added
to the destruction In these towns but
they were controlled.
A portion Of this stricken area also
suffered heavily in the earthquake of
1923, notably Atanni, Hakone and Ito.
Definite news from Shimoda, at the
southern tip Of Izu peninsula, was
lacking, but a naval plane flying e
the town reported no serious damage
had been observed.
Troops Enter Region
Troops from Mishima and Shizuoka
entered the stricken region to main
tain order and relieve suffering.
Newspapers organized relief units to
aid the Red Cross and the military,
while the home ministry sent experts
to ward off disease.
Scores Of injured were taken to tho
hospital at Mishima, which escaped
serious damage. A party Of seismolo-
gists from Okyo Central observatory
went to the quake belt and issued
warnings that further seismic activity
was likely there.
Most Of the inhabitants. even those
Continued on page nine)
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-11-26
Dear Santa Claus:

Dear Santa Claus:
I wish you would come to US. I
wish you would come to Bismarck to
bring me and my brother a few toys.
I am Z years old and my brother is
6 years old. I wish you would bring
CONTINUED on page nine)
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-11-26
MIST STOP TURKEY THEFTs

MUST STOP TURKEY THEFTS
Easton, Nd, Nov. 26.-tF-Because
thefts of turkeys and chickens have
been increasing with the approach OF
turkey Day the county grand jury
has urged that the Legislature decree
the whipping post for poultry thieves.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-11-26
The Weather

Increasing cloudiness and warmer
tonight. Thursday probably snow.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-31

TALKIE' STAR ENDS COLDS
QUICK WAY DOCTORS URGE
Doctors Show How to Relieve
Coughs Quickly to Avoid
Running Sound Films

When Indianapolis people catch
cold they are sure to feel miserable
and may risk pneumonia. But Hol-
lywood stars also know that a cough,
sneeze or hoarseness iS~Sure to spoil
expensive sound films. So they now
end colds with Ayers Pectoral-a
remedy which doctors found to be
quickest and surest of different
methods tested for head colds,
coughs and chest colds.
Robert Montgomery. for example,
had a severe cold which made him
feel too miserable to work. Then
he started taking a spoonful Of
Ayers Cherry Pectoral every Is
minutes so that his cold would be
relieved in time to resume work at
the studio next day.
THE quick relief from Ayers
Pectoral was certainly remarkable, 4"
says Mr.. Montgomery. Almost i'm
mediately my cold began to disap-
pear. BY night, I was a great deal
better and the next morning 1
awoke with the welcome freedom
from congestion. In a day or so
Ayers Pectoral licked the cold COM
pletely and was able to resume
work without loss of time"
In indianapolis homes. as in Holly
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-31
hint FIREBUC
TO BLAME FOR
$4,000 BLAZE
Garage and Two Trucks
Destroyed by Flames
at Coal Yard.

Fires in the city Tuesday night
and early today caused several
thousand dollars loss and one routed
a family early this morning.
Two trucks, worth $1,000, and q
garage valued at $4,000, burned
Tuesday night at the Comfort Coal
Company yards, 1741 Naomi street
J. S. Burrows, secretary and treas
urer of the firm, said he did not
know how the blaze originated, al
though it was in neighborhood
where a f1rebug has been active re-
Gently.
Firemen Tuesday afternoon ex-
tinguished one blaze at 518 East
Tenth street, the home of Mrs.
Pearl Keaton, and an hour later re-
turned to battle a blaze in another
part Of the double house, at 1902
Park avenue.
In the first fire, started by a
motion picture protector, damage
was about $50, while in the second
blaze, in the home of Joseph Thea
bold, loss was about $4,000.
An overheated f1ue in the garden
er's house at Crows Nest, home Of
j. A. Goodman, president of Real
Silk Hosiery Mills, on Kessler boule-
ward, caused about 500 damage.
A defective CRATE caused a small
fire in the home of Mrs. Maude E.
Dunbar, 2815 Washington boulevard,
early today.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-31
new LAW CODE
TO Be IN FORCE
West Virginia Statutes to
Be Reversed Thursday.

By United Press
CHARLESTON, w. Va, Dec. 81
West Virginia's new code of stat
utory law, code that cost 100000
to revise and draft and was author
lied by the 1921 legislature, will be-
come effective Thursday.
The code was adopted by the 1929
legislature. 1t almost completely
revises old statutes and resulted in
the killing Of hundreds of laws that
were considered antiquated or in
adequate to cope with present day
needs.
The work was begun by three
commissions appointed by former
Governor E. F. Morgan. The COM
mission submitted it's report in 1927,
and two years later a joint legisla-
tive committee, aided by the state
bar association, completed the final
draft.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-31
aim BILL AT
Low WAGES IN
ROAD BUILDING
Minimum Pay Proposed for
All LaborerS on Pub
lie Projects.

Rejecting the results of The
Times investigation conducted last
summer showing that contractors on
state highways were forcing laborers
into peonage by taking advantage
OF the economic depression, bill
directed at this evil is to be intro
duced in the coming legislature.
This measure, drafted and spon-
sored by Representative z. Curtis
White Of Indianapolis, prescribes
minimum wages for all workmen
employed by contractors on public
works.
This measure provides that the
minimum wage which must be paid
shall be determined by the prevail
ing rates paid workmen, including
laborerS and mechanics in the To-
cality where the public construction
is being done. This provision would
apply to all contracts for public
works by local governmental di-
visions as we'll as state contracts.
Schedules Of wages paid by the
contractors would have to be filed
with the state or local governmental
until.
Any contractor refusing to honor
the wage determined by the state
or local unit or by court upon ap-
peal shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor and upon conviction
shall not be fined more than $500
for the first offense, and $1,000 and
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-31
FIRE MARSHAL
ARRESTS PAIR
Two Charged as Members
of Theft, Arson Ring.

Two men are under arrest by the
state fire marshal today as members
of an alleged auto theft and arson
ring.
They are Eugene Ratliff, %, OF
1886 East Southern avenue, and
John M. Rohrman, 81, r. r, g, La
fayette, Ind.
Specific charges are that on Nov
10, 1929, they burned a car which
they had stolen and later collected
$465 insurance on it.
Arrests were made after an in
vestigation by Charles F. Bridges
and Virgil Quinn of the state fire
marshal's office
On Dec. 20 Ratliff was given five
years probation by the northern dis
trict federal court following charges
of violating the Dyer act. Rohr-
man, who is the father of eight chill
dren is said to have been his part
ner over a considerable period OF
time
Trial will be in Tippecanoe coun-
ty on charges of arson and con-
spiracy.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-31
CITY JOBS CHANGE
Transfers and Appointments
Are Made by Moore.

Several new appointments and
transfers in his department we're
announced today by City Engineer
A. H. Moore.
Earl Johnson was promoted from junior
field aid to senior field aid to succeed Her
bert -Rlocmkes. resigned
William r. Hunt. craftsman, was named
to succeed Johnson
E.. NJ Davis was transferred from the
food prevention department to succeed
Hunt.
Arthur l.. Braun was promoted from
Junior to senior inspector.
S. E More. 22l1 College avenue dis
charged Monday. was reinstated as a
regular inspector following the RESIGNATION
OF Fred Crespors. 1908 Park avenue, who
becomes deputy sheriff.
A.. Klapper. Samuel DuShane. James D.
Moriarity. Henry T. Berger. and Frank
M. Patten. we're promoted from temporary
to regular inspectors. All changes take
effect immediately.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-31
WORRY CROWS
IN EUROPE OVER
FRANCES COLD
Four Nation Farley Fore
seen to Seek Solution of
World Problem.

PARIS, Dec. 31.-FTench financial
experts are convinced that the
New Year will bring France, the
United States, England and Ger
many together for an Official con-
ference seeking solution for
the mal-distribution and under
production Of gold for monetary
purposes.
Arrangements for this conference
ere said to have been made during
the visit Of George Harrison, Gov
ernor Of the federal reserve bank
OF the United states. Harrison con-
ferred with Montagu Norman, Of
the Bank Of England, and officials
Of the French and German state
banks in Paris and Berlin.
At the close Of the present year
the vaults of the Bank Of France
hold more than $1,000 ,OOo, 900 in gold,
or approximately 18 per cent Of the
worlds supply.
U. S. Is Biggest Holder
The United States the worlds
largest holder, has more than
$4,0l0000,000, while the Bank of
England's reserves have dwindled
down to approximately $3.50 000, 900.
France has been draining gold
from both England and Germany
until both countries are complain
ing loudly that Frances and the
United States disproportionate gold
holdings is one Of the chief causes
OF the world economic crisis, when
added to the fact that there is an
actual shortage Of raw gold for
monetary purposes.
Gold historians are arguing that
every business crisis in modern his
tory always is accompanied by. or
preceded by, shortage in gold
production.
Need New Gold Fields
The az California gold rush
brought an untold era of prosperity
TO the United States until 1878,
when a gold shortage was caused by
Americas conversion of her Civil
war paper into gold and Germany's
adoption of the gold standard.
This crisis, according to gold stu
dents, lasted until 1896 when new
gold fields were found in South
Africa and world business became
brisk again
Since the beginning Of the pres
ent century the production of gold
again has fallen of, or rather has
not kept pace with the increase in
international trade and the demand
for gold.
Quite probably this conference
will study means Of developing new
gold fields to remedy the present
world crisis.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-31
R0PKEY SLATED
FOR REELECTION
City Council Expected to
Retain President.

Unless an open factional break
occurs in the so-far harmonious
city council, Ernest G. Ropkey is
expected to be reelected president
during the reorganization session Of
the council at noon Jan. 5.
The Rev. G. A. Hilderbrand, vice
president, also is reported slated for
reelection.
The noon meeting will be followed
by another that night at which reg
ular business of the council will be
transacted.
Following the election, the presi-
dent will name several standing
committees for 1881, one of the
most important being the airport
committee, in view of the actual
operation of municipal field soon.
Present members of the airport
committee are Ropkey, Leo F.
WEIGH and Maurice Tenant.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-31
NUN, 70, IS DEAD
Sister Liberia SChoemann
III Four Days.

Sister Liboria Schoemann, for the
past fourteen years attached to st
Francis hospital, died early today
after a four-day battle with pneu-
monia. She was former school,
teacher.
She was born in Cleveland. Sur
viving her are a sister, Mrs. Kath-
airline Grimm and half brother
Augustus Knight of that city.