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The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-08
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EXTEND CREDIT TO
BRINGbEITERDAYS
Huge Federal Reconstruction
Corporation Is Major
Item in Program
MANY SUGGESTIONS MADE
Broad Proposals to Assist Busi-
ness Outlined in Message
to Congress

Washington, Dec. 8-tFeTo bal
ance the treasury books and hasten
better days, President Hoover rec
commended increased taxation to
congress Tuesday along with a many
pointed program to cure credit par
alysis."
Unless taxes go up and expendi-
lures down, he said, the government
will have run behind some $4,400,-
000, 900 by the end of next fiscal year.
He did not specify the method Of
tax revision but suggested it be
made effective for only two years.
A plan for a gigantic federai-
financed reconstruction corporation,
similar to the old War Finance cor
poration. headed the presidents pro-
posals to help business. The agency
would advance money to needy In
duStries.
Offers 16 Recommendations
Besides, in his third annual mes
sage to congress, he advocated that
it.
Subscribe more funds to fed
eral land banks.
Use federal reserve banks to
liberate funds arrested in failed
banks.
Establish a home loan discount
bank system.
Broaden the base for paper
reserve banks can discount.
Overhaul banking laws.
Review postal savings bank leg
islation.
Avoid general tariff revision.
Revise interstate commerce
commission laws regulating rails.
Allow proper consolidation" OF
railroads.
Adjust antitrust laws to re-
move intustices.
Refrain from extending expeu.
ditureS on veterans.
Regulate interstate transmits
zion Of electrical power.
Reject proposals for govern
ment dole.
Transfer shipping board admin
1stration functions to commerce
department.
Make shipping board . regula-
tory body, having Jurisdiction
over coastwise shipping and rates
and services on inland waterways.
Strengthen immigration laws.
Hoover told the legislators he would
deal with taxation more fully in his
budget message Wednesday. He did
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-08
Alleged Murderer
Squir111s at Moose


Clarksburg, w. Va, Dec. s-tRe
A moose was dangled In front Of
Harry F. Powers Tuesday and the
man on trial for his life squirmed.
The circle Of web betting was pro-
auced by DR.. Leroy G. Goff. county
coroner. who said he had found 1t
knotted around the neck Of Mrs.
Dorothy Pressler Lemke, Northboro,
Mass, whom Powers is accused Of
Turing to his garage and Staying.
At the opening session Of the trial
Monday Prosecutor Will G. Morris
put the small-town Casanova within
the shadow Of the gallows by asking
the jury for the death penalty.
Powers showed no emotion then,
but the moose Tuesday seemed to
cause some uneasiness.
A minute later, however, he had
dropped back into his role of yester-
day-that Of q bland. relieving
observer at q drama which seemed to
bore him.
J. e. Moran and F. M. Nugame, ex-
press agents at Fairmont, told of
receiving two trunks from Northboro
In August and Of turning them over
to Powers.
Some Of the contents-fur coats,
dresses and shoes belonging to Mrs.
Lemke-have been on display on
chairs near the opera house foot
lights since they were entered as evi-
dence yesterday.
A. B. Willoughby told Of how a
charred bank book and some half
turned literature" had been found in
the rear Of the death garage. What
this literature" was he did not ex-
plain. Mrs. Lemke's name appeared
on one Of the fragments of the bank
book.
The man who built the so-called
slaughter garage" for Powers, James
+. Smith, took the stand.
He said he had constructed the
windowless place with its four sub
terranean compartments with u
plans.
But Powers was right there all the
time," he testified.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-08
Predict Tariff War
Over British Rates

London, Dec. 8.-(R-At least one
newspaper predicted Monday Great
Britain IS ION the verge OF . tariff
war" There were rumors, too, Of
plan for q Franco-B Belgian economic
union, similar to the now-abandoned
Austro- German customs pact as the
British parliament considered the
question Of q 100 per cent duty on
vegetables and fruits as part Of the
new tariff program.
Conservative supporters OF the ma
tional government pressed their de-
mands for high protection rates in
the face Of a prospect Of reprisals by
Continental Europe. including France,
Germany, Belgium, Holland. scandi-
navia, Spain and Portugal.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-08
Weigher Kept Busy
During Last Month

With coal movement heavy, total
Of 2,l50 loads Of materials was
weighed on the city scales during No
vember, according to the monthly re-
port to the city commission Of Frank
Mccormick, city weigher.
Loads of coal weighed numbered
l.756. Other loads were described as
follows: ice. 81; hay. 81; cattle. 16:
hogs, a; corn. 1876; potatoes, IA; sand,
10; gravel, 7; and miscellaneous, II.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-08
SPEED WESTWARD IN
auto AFTER HOLDUP.
TUESDAY AFTERNOON
Action Of Vice President Fright
ems Robber Band Into
Early Flight
FORCE TRIO TO LIE ON FLOOR
HoIdup Men Scoop Cash From
Counters But Fail to Loot
Bank Vault

Three masked bandits held up the
First National Bank Of Wilton ct / 10
p. m. Tuesday and escaped with about
$500 in cash.
The trio escaped in an automobile.
believed to be an Essex. and headed
west from Wilton. :
Wilton Is % miles north Of Bis
inarck.
Entering the bank with the lower
parts of their faces covered with
handkerchiefs, the three. robbers,
armed with revolvers, ordered G..
Hochholter, assistant cashier, Miss
Ovetta Christensen, stenographer.
and Isadore Polonsky, q customer. to
lie on the floor in the front part OF
the establishment.
T. H. Steffen, vice president OF the
bank, who was in back room, noticed
the disturbance and rushed down q
stairway into the basement.
Bandits Become Excited
Noticing Steffen fleeing, the three
bandits apparently became excited,
scooped up all the available cash on
the counters, and fled.
Snatching an automatic pistol from
a drawer in the hank. Polonsky gave
chase to the bandits but failed to dis
charge the gun before the bandits
made their getaway because the
safety was on, according to A. M.
Dahl, cashier, who arrived at the
bank shortly after the robbery.
One of the robbers was exception
ally tall, according to Dahl, and was
dressed in striped unionalls, . leath-
er vest, and cap. Dahl estimated he
weighed between 100 and 200 pounds.
Another was of medium built and
stocky stature, and probably weighed
about $50 pounds. The third man
wss short and of sallow complexion.
Dahl said, and weighed about 140
pounds.
ALI of the men were armed with
revolverS.
Frightened away quickly by the un-
expected action Of Steffen when the
vice president dashed downstairs. the
robbers failed to enter the vault Of
the institution, where other cash and
securities were kept.
Failed to Get Securities
As far as was determined Few
minutes after the holdup, the robbers
failed to get any securities. their loot
consisting solely of currency and coin
Neighboring localities were asked to
keep lookout for the bandits and
news of the robbery was sent to Bis
marck Immediately.
H. T. Murphy, Bismarck . stock
holder in the bank, said the loss was
fully covered by insurance.
J. j. Schmidt IS president Of the
bank which is capitalized ct $25, 900.
The bandits parked their car on q
side street during the holdup. accord
ing to Dahl.
The car in which the trio escaped
has been identified positively as q
blue Essex, w. c. MacFadden. secre-
tary of the North Dakota Bankers
association, was informed.
The machine. he said, was seen
standing some distance from the bank
before noon Tuesday, parked facing
into a blind street. The robbery was
the sixth in 1881.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-08
Four Practice Court
Contests Are Played

Four practice basketball games
were played in the gymnasium Of the
World War Memorial building Mon
day evening, according to John w.
Reel, director Of recreational activity.
Reel, w. H. Payne, and A. G. Van
Wyk officiated for the games.
Results of the contests were as fol-
lows:
Methodists Z; Walter League 2.
Faculty Is: Alumni 10.
Bulldogs IS; Quartermasters 5.
Ramblers IS: Whatnots 8.
At 8 p. m. Friday the Rambler and
alumni quints will clash.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-08
RAILROADS given
|. c. G. PERMISSION
T0NCREASER RATES
Ruling Of Federal Body to In
crease Revenue of Carriers
BY 500, 100000

Washington, Dec. 8.-(P)-Virtually
unrestricted permission to .he coun-
try's hard pressed railroads to increase
freight rates by more than $l00, ,000,-
600 had been given Tuesday by the
Interstate Commerce Commission.
The extra charges are to remain III
effect not longer than March 81, 1888.
The commission late yesterday au-
thorized without restraint the placing
Of surcharges on freight bills Of all
products except major agricultural
crops. It also withdrew restrictions
requiring pooling of proceeds.
As soon as he was officially inform
ed today r. H. Ashton, chairman OF
the. Association Of Railway executives
called meeting of that organization
for Friday, December II to decide
what they will do.
The commission in October refused
to allow a Is per cent rate increase
but outlined a plan which it would
approve.
This called for surcharges Of So and
$6 q car on some types of freight and
one and two cents per 100 pounds on
others, the proceeds to be pooled ana
given needy lines to pay bond interest.
Yesterdays decision changed the per
car surcharges to six and twelve cents
per ton.
At the time of its original decision
the commission estimated that these
surcharges would net between $780,
600, 900 and $l25 ,00O,0 900 a year.
The Interstate Commerce Commls-
sion late Monday announced 1t had
withdrawn restrictions 1t imposed
when, in refusing the carriers l5 per
cent rate increase last October, 1t
agreed to temporary surcharge ar
rangenient provided funds were pooled
and used to pay interest on bonds OF
tottering lines.
The commission found 1t had no
Jurisdiction over loans by and between
common carriers and ruled it would
neither approve nor disapprove eth
er the loaning plan or the agency
the carriers have said they expected
to set up.
The surcharges may now be put into
effect as soon as the railroads can
prepare and file tariffs with the COM
mission under the rules. They may
either ask for permission to make
them effective on one or two days no.
tice or they can give the statutory 80
days notice. The commission has SAID
it will grant applications for immed-
late introduction of the raises.
The pooling plan had met drastic
opposition from the railroads.
The commission decided to revoke
its previous limitations by vote OF Z
to 4,
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-08
Budd Is Elected to
Be Burlington Chief

New York, Dec. 8.-@- Ralph
Budd, president of the Great North
ern railway. Tuesday was elected
president Of the Chicago. Burlington
& Quincy railway. effective Jan. /.
He will succeed F. e. Williamson, who
becomes president Of the New York
Central Jan. I. w. p. Kenney, was
elected q director to succeed William
son In that position.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-08
NAVY LEAGUE AGAIN
ATTACKS PRESIDENT
Seizes Moment Of Congress
Meeting to Launch Drive
For Investigation

Washington. Dec. 8.-(F-William g.
Howard Gardiner seized the moment
of congress assembling to again assail
President Hoover's conduct on naval
affairs, calling tor a sweeping investi-
cation.
His plea, latest utterance In the
long-drawn controversy between the
white house and the Navy League
fell on fertile ground, for advocates
Of a more powerful naval establish
ment are planning to push large con-
struction bills at this session.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-08
PIONEER WOMAN DIES

Buffalo. N. D., Dec. 8.-(R9Mrs.
Nels Woller. So, one Of the earliest set
tiers In the Buffalo area, died at the
Martin Kringler farm near here Mon
day. Mr.. and Mrs. Woller came to
Buffalo when they had to walk to
Fargo to pay taxes and buy groceries.
Mr.. Woller died about two years ago.
Funeral services and burial win BE-
held in Buffalo.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-08
REPORT PERUVIAN CLASH

Lima, Peru, Dec. 8.-(PEA sharp
clash between citizens and police at
Paijan, near Trujillo, yesterday In
which 10 persons were killed and IS
wounded. according to a dispatch to
Ell Comercio, prefaced Peru's presi-
dental inaugural Tuesday.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-08
TELLS OF BEATING

Lisbon, N. D.-Mrs Amelia Schill-
ner, witness in the manslaughter case
of Lawrence Osman. said Osman's
wife. whom he Is accused of beating
fatally, showed marks on a visit to
her home. The next day, she said,
Osman told her Il beat her, but did
not think beat her that bad"
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-08
FIRE VICTIM DIES

Rochester, Mimi, Dec. 8.-Pc
Michael Tieden, farmer near Dodge
Center, burned earlier IN the Gay
when his home was destroyed by fire.
died In a hospital.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-08
LEGIONs DEMAND

PRESENTS LEGION'S DEMAND
Washington-Henry L. Stevens,
national commander of the Amer
lean Legion, laid before President
Hoover the veterans demand for
q prohibition referendum and
asked an additional expenditure
Of $2500O, 900 = year for veterans
relief.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-08
Effort of Veterans
Is Well Advertised
Late News
Bulletins
(By The Associated Press)

WESTERN SENATORS BOLT
Washington - Twelve western
Republicans bolted the party's
choice for president pro tempore
Of the senate Tuesday and elec-
ton of that officer went over un.
til Wednesday.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-08
CHINESE STUDENTS
nrN1ANnING ACTION

Shanghai, Dec. 8.-(PCThousands
of Chinese students deserted their
studies throughout China Tuesday to
participate in demonstrations against
officials whom they charge with fall
ing to oppose aggression by the jap
anese in Manchuria.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-08
TRIAL IS HALTED

Fargo-Trial Of Lee Dillage,
Ignite, and Ed Madison, former
Fargo police chief, was halted
when the jury panel was tempo
rarily exhausted. In the jury box
at the time were T. p. Allen and
r. o. Anderson, Bismarck, and Ar
thur Lenihan, Baldwin.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-08
GRANDI RETURNS HOME

Rome, Dec. 6.-(F1-Foreign Minis
ter Dino Grandi and his party ar
rived in Rome Tuesday after his trip
to Washington to confer with Presi-,
dent Hoover.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-08
SET SHOW DATES

Minot-Feb. % to 26, inclusive, were
selected as dates for the state seed
grain and potato show to be held here.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-08
Text Of Message
Found on Page 2

The complete text Of President
Hoover's message to congress will
be found on page 2 Of this issue of
The Tribune.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-08

The bidding ran: Mrs. Culbertson
one diamond: Jacoby one spade; Cul-
bertson two spades; Lenz pass; Mrs.
Culbertson three diamonds: Jacoby
pass: Culbertson three hearts; Lenz
three spades; Mrs. Culbertson four
hearts: Jacoby four spades; Culbert-
son five diamonds.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-08
The Weather

Generally fair tonight and We'd
nesday; colder Wednesday.
The Washington times., 1931-01-23
VIRGINIA LISTS
1000 OFFICES

RICHMOND, Va, Jan. 23-Ap-
proximately 1000 political officers
will be elected in Virginia this
year. Four hundred county Off
GERS and a larger number of dis
trict officers will be elected. In
addition, 140 representatives in
the State Senate and the House
of Delegates will be chosen.
The county officers to be
elected are the sheriff, common
wealth's attorney, treasurer and
commissioner of the revenue. The
various magisterial districts in the
counties will each elect their SUI
pervisors, justices of the peace
and constables. The only county
or district officer not up for cleo
ton this year is the county clerk,
whose term of office is for eight
years.
BY virtue of law which was
enacted during Byrd's administra-
ton providing for one conTnis-
sioner of revenue in a county, 100
of these officials are eliminated.
While the legislative campaigns
are getting under way the great
est interest in the rural districts
is in the county officers. Party
lines are tightly drawn in the
races for Senate and House of
Delegates, but in the counties,
there is little regard for party
affiliations.
The Washington times., 1931-01-23
2D|VORCE SUITS
ARE FILED

UPPER MARLBORO, Md, Jan.
23.-Charging that his wife, Irene
I. Penn, deserted him in 1919, S.
R. Penn filed suit for absolute di.
vorce in Circuit Court here yes
terday. The couple were married
in 1917 in Boston, and have no
children. Mr. Penn was repre-
sented by Attorney U. Grant
Tyler.
Annulment proceedings were
filed against Frederick E. Ryon,
of Bowie, by his wife, Mrs. Helen
Ryon. Mrs. Ryon's petition al
leges that her husbands excessive
drinking made it impossible to
live with him, and that she left
his home in July, 1929 The cou-
pie we're married in 1927 and have
no children. S. Marvin Peach rep
resented Mrs, Ryon.
A damage suit for $4,000
against the Washington, Marl-
boro and Annapolis Motor Lines
was filed by Clarence Roberts, IN
behalf of Robert F.. Simms. No
declaration was made in the petit
ton.
The Washington times., 1931-01-23
WATER GUT OFF
IN ARLINGTON
TAX DRIVE
DeIinquents Denied Supply
In Efforts to RepIenish
Fund Depleted by Drought

ARLINGTON, Va, Jan. %.
Carrying out his threat to cut off
the water and remove the meters
in all houses in which the water
rent, due January l, had not been
paid, C. L. Kinnier, Arlington
county engineer, yesterday began
disconnecting approximately 600
extensions into homes of the
county, more than 20 disconnec-
tions being made during the day.
Mr.. Kinnier pointed out that
the law under which this action
is being taken is an old law, which
has not been strictly enforced up
to the present time. In view of
the fact that there is no other
financial backing for the water
department than those funds de-
rived from water rentals, and in
view of the depleted condition of
the county water fund following
the long drought, enforcement of
the law has become necessary.
Mr.. Kinnier pointed out that in
cases where there is really a diff
ficulty in paying the bills and
where the party can show that he
is unable to pay the bill at this
time, the authorities will grant an
extension of time until Febru-
ary l.
The Washington times., 1931-01-23
STUDY
WATER COST

CLARENDON, Va, Jan. 23.-A
special committee was appointed
last night at the meeting Of the
Arlington-Fairfax Firemen's. AS
sociation to investigate money
charges made in other counties
and cities for water from fire
hydrants. The committee con.
sists of Herbert F.. Smith, chief
of the Clarendon fire department;
Albert C. Schefel, Arlington coun-
ty fire marshal. and B. S. Kid
well, deputy chief Of the Jeffer-
son district fire department.
The committee was appointed
following charges that the coun-
tvs rate of $40 per hydrant was
exorbitant in view of the small
amount of water used by the
fire companies. The hydrants,
it was said, are used for other
purposes and during the drought
a number of them were equipped
for use as drinking fountains and
as sources of water for communi-
ties in which mains have not been
laid.
The matter Of installing a cen
tral switchboard for fire alarms
was also discussed at last nights
meeting, and the presidents of
the various fire companies in the
county were instructed to appear
before the board Of supervisors
at its next meeting and ask that
an appropriation be made for this
purpose,
The Washington times., 1931-01-23
DriUer Jailed
In Bond Default

RIVERDALE, Md, Jan. %
George Henson, of Baltimore, was
jailed here yesterday in default
of SIS collateral for charges of
failing to give the right of way
and operating without a license
He was arrested by State Police
man C. w. Cubbage.
E. F.. Cole, of New YORK, was
arrested by Officer Cubbage for
reckless driving and forced to
post SIS collateral before a local
justice of the peace. He will ap,
pear in police court in Hyatts,
vile Wednesday.
Norman C. Schwartz, of Balti.
more, was likewise arrested by
Officer Cubbage for speed on the
Washington Pike. He posted col
lateral for his appearance in po.
lice court in Hyattsville Wednes.
day.
The Washington times., 1931-01-23
RED CROSS UNIT
PLANS RELIEF

FRONT ROYAL, Va, Jan. %
At a meeting of the Red Cross
chapter of Warren county in the
high school auditorium, new Of
ficers were elected as follows: B.
j. Hillidge, chairman; W. C. Car
ter vice chairman; w. E. Collins,
treasurer, and Mrs. Claude Stokes,
secretary.
The meeting was called for the
purpose of electing officers and
organizing the county for drought
relief work. Miss Vans ArsdaIe, of
Washington, D. c., field represen-
tatiVe of the American Red Cross
in this area, was present and out
lined the setup required by ma
tional headquarters.
A relief committee composed
Of Gen. Beverly F. Browne, chair
man; L. C. Wiley, DR.. L. F. Hans
brough, John B. Earle, H. H. Bow
man and Mrs. I. G. Bierer, was
appointed.
Each member of the committee
was assigned to district to check
family needs.
The Washington times., 1931-01-23
VA. COURT VO|DS
TOWN LAW

FAIRFAX, Va, Jan. 22.-The
case of George w. Suttles, appeal.
ing to the Circuit Court from a
sentence Of $100 and 80 days in
jail imposed by the mayor of Falls
Church, on the charges Of reckless
driving and driving while drunk,
was nolle pressed and the man
freed when Judge Walter McCar,
thy held invalid the Falls Church
town ordinance under which the
sentence had been imposed.
Suttles was arrested last Decem-
ber at the end of a 20-miIe chase
over the Lee Highway. He vas
given the heaviest fine which the
town ordinance provided for his
offense. The Circuit Court held,
however, that the town law is in
valid because it conflicts with the
State prohibition law. Under the
State law the minimum penalty
for driving while intoxicated is
500 and 80 days in jail, while the
town ordinance provides for a
lesser sentence. SuttIes is free,
therefore, on a technicaIity
brought about because he was
tried under a law which is ap-
parently less severe than the law
under which he could legally have
been sentenced.
Mayor Daniel, of Falls Church,
together with CommonweaIth's At
torney Wilson M. Farr are plan
ming to draft a new ordinance,
which will bring the town law into
conformity with the State law.
The Washington times., 1931-01-23
Divorce Granted
Mrs. G.. L. LudDi0

ROCKVILLE, Md, Jan. %.
Gertrude Marie Ludwig, of Silver
Spring, Md, was awarded an alb
solute divorce from Harold L.
Ludwig, also of Silver Spring, in
circuit court.
Mrs. Ludwig, who was repre-
sentde by Attorney Kenneth Lyd.
dane, of Rockville, charged that
her husband deserted her in July
1927. They were married in No.
vember, 1922, and have no chill
dren.
The Washington times., 1931-01-23
Golf Equipment
Leads to Arrests

BETHESDA, Md, Jan. %.
Sandy" Armour, golf pro" at
the Congressional Country Club,
is happy again. for Sergeant Ie
Roy Rogers and Dunbar Padgett,
Montgomery county police off
GERS, have recovered three golf
clubs and eight balls which had
been missing from his locker
since January Is.
AS result, Robert Pressy, of
219 U st. N. W., and William
johnson, 1852 Twenty-fiith st.
N. w., both colored caddies, are
held at the Rockville Jail, charged
with robbery.