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The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-18
CAPITAL Publisher
Cited for Contempt

washington, Dec. l8.-tEt-Edward
B. Mclean, publisher Of the Washing
ton Post. was cited for contempt OF
court Friday for sending q dainttly
wrapped Christmas box to his home
containing summons for his estrans-
ed wife to appear in q Latvian court
as 4 defendant in divorce proceedings.
An order requiring Mclean to show
next Tuesday why he should not pc
held In contempt and imprisoned was
signed by Chief Justice Alfred A.
Wheat Of the District of Columbia SUI
.preme court upon petition by attor-
:. :,eys for his wife. Mrs. Eyalyn Walsh
Mclean.
They contended the newspaper pub
Usher, now In Latvia, had violated q
court injunction forbidding him from
proceeding III any way with divorce
action begun there.
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The manner In which Bismarck's 8
active American Legion post. Is put
ting this city ION the map" is illus
trated by the above reproduction Of =
cartoon appearing in the last edition
Of the American Legion Monthly, ex-
servicemen's magazine which goes to
more than q million veterans Of the
, World war.
The cartoonist was Wallgren, ia
nous for his caricatures Of doughboys
and staff artist for the stars and
Stripes newspaper published over
seas by the A. E. F.. during the war
The Inspiration for the drawing wa
a report sent to national headquarters
Of the Legion by the local post cover.
ing its "Open Your Heart" campaign
for 1890 Since its publication num-
erouS other Legion posts throughout
the country have adopted the Bis
marck idea, according to information
received here.
Here's what the Legion monthly
has to say Of the Bismarck enterprise
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-18

What Do
YOU See?

HARRY HERSCHLEB, Under.
wood Typewriter company:
ut seems that the adverse con-
ditipns prevailing have caused q
more neighborly spirit amongst
business men.
when one man hears OF an
others success IN closing q sale,
he is spurred on to more effort
himself.
+The needs of the unfortunates
have drawn people Of all creeds
together for charitable effort
more so than ever before.
ALSO. though hope doesn't I'LL
uocketboOkS or Stomachs. 1t helps.
THE ability and stamina OF
the ordinary man on the street to
hang on is about the most
marked characteristic that / note
at the present time" ].
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-18
LEM AND JACOBY
WALL0PED HARDLY
new BRIDGE PAIR
Theodore A. Lightner, Culbert'
sons Latest Partner,
Proves Real Star
GET LEAD OF 4,ee5 POINTS
Have Good Run Of Cards and
Usually Make Most Of Them;
Argument Rages

New York. Dec. 18-tF-The great
est swing Of any session Of the con-
tract bridge world series left Ely Cul-
bertson and his new partner-Theo-
dore A. Lightner. q scintillating star
OF his system-4965 points ahead Of
Sidney 8. Lenz and Oswald Jacoby
Friday.
In the eighth session the Culbertson
side won five of six rubbers and
gained 1855 for It's greatest lead in
points. It also went into the lead In
rubbers won for the first time. having
taken 28 compared With 26 for the
representatives Of the official" sys-
tern.
Lightner Is substituting for Mrs
Culbertson so she can prepare for
Christmas. He will be Culbertson'a
partner again Friday night and at the
sessions next week-Monday, Tuesday
and Wednesday nights and Saturday
afternoon.
He had good run Of cards and
usually made the most Of them. Hi
technique. especially In play. aroused
the open admiration Of his opponents
Lenz and Jacoby suffered damaging
sets. They went down IS times, once
on q grand slam effort, doubled. and
once on q bid of one. doubled. or
which they lost 1000 points alone.
Strategic Pass Hurts
The 1000, point loss was due to .
strategic pass by Culbertson after
Lightner had doubled In order fol
Cdlbertscn 10 offer his best suit, Gull
bertsonx strength was mainly In tht
suit bid by Jaeoby- physically.
(Contlnued on page ninel
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-18
German Railroads
Held Unable to Pay

Basel, Switzerland, Dec. l6.-(R-
The Young plan committee OF experts
decided Friday by unanimous vote
that the German railways will be un-
able to meet their nom -postponable
reparations payments next year.
The experts accepted sub-commit-
tees report which contained the
statement it will be impossible for the
railways to balance their budget IN
1882. even though the unconditional
payments. which the Young plan
places upon them. should be turned
back to them now through the Hoo
yer plan.
This disclosure was accepted as the
first official indication the experts
final report would contain q recon-
mendation for q moratorium on con-
ditional payments rather than for
cancellation.
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new OFFENSIVE in
MANCHURIA IS PLAN
OF JAPANESE Army
Announcement Of Drive Against
Bandits Made Following
Friday Conflict

Tokyo, Dec. l8.-tRePlans for a
new and extensive military campaign
against alleged bandits in Manchuria
were announced by spokesman for
the war office Friday as reports were
received Of fighting in which one
Japanse and IA Chinese were killed,
and several wounded.
A dispatch to the Rengo News
Agency from Tientsin, China. said the
Chinchow situation has become SO
acute the Japanese residents OF
Shanhaikwan decided to evacuate.
The new military campaign. the war
office spokesman said. will be a drive
against bandits in the territory just
north Of Chinchow.
Reports also were received that ban
dts are unusually active around
Changchun, Heilintun and other
points.
Field Marshal Prince Kotohito
Kanin was selected Friday as chief OF
the army general staff to succeed
General Hanzo Kanaya. 1t Is the first
time since the Russo-Japanese war q
prince of the royal blood has received
the post. Prince Kotohito Is a ktns-
man of Emperor Hirohito.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-18
Mississippi's Flood
Conditions Alarming

jackson, Miss, Dec. 18.-lR)-Flood
conditions reached alarming proper
tions Friday in portions Of two states
= northern Mississippi and the Ell
dorado section of Arkansas.
The village Of Kenova. near Edo
RADIO, Ark. was swept by overflow
from the Quachita river and Smack
over creek and residents fled their
homes. Highway and railroad traffic
In that section was demoralized and
numerous oil wells were flooded ano
were forced to. case operations.
The Yazoo river and its tributaries
in the northern part Of Mississippi
continued to rise rapidly Friday anc
their overflow spread over fields anc
highways in a manner that threatened
to bring flood conditions eauallin(
those Of 1927 to that delta area.
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Keokuk, Ia, Dec. 18.-(AP)-
A 68-year-old woman's dream to
float down the Mississippi in
flatboat, is going to be realized
she says, despite predictions OF
veteran river men that she can
not succeed. ..
The woman, Miss Randi Lerohl,
former scrubwoman Of Superior,
Wis, now 43 days out of st.
Paul, her starting point, is de-
termined to carry on even though
she is now almost penniless. Her
face is raw from exposure to the
elements, but she won't give up.
And warnings given her at every
port Of call 60 unheeded.
II started, didn't /? I can't
give up what l started"
It is an ambition she had had
more than 20 years.
She has been told repeatedly
y it cannot be done. At Fort Madi-
son men who inspected her 20
foot craft said it could not nego-
tiate the rapid waters that lay
before her. One man said he
couldn't drive a nail irto the
boat, 50 rotten was it. When she
arrived from Nauvoo, ILL.,, Thurs
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-18
Naughty Navajo Indians Are Humbled
By Three Bitter December Billiards

spurned ell attentions and
pfoffered aid. They lived BY
themselves. observing their an
cient customs and performing the
widest dances found in the Ma
vajo country.
But q runner has come out Of
the mountains to the Sahna Springs
trading post, the nearest settle
meYit, and asked for relief for his
fellow tribesmen and their flocks.
superintendent John Hunter said
he gathered from the runner the
Indians were not starving. but
that supplies were low end fear OF
consequences caused their first
appeal to the whites In history.
Supplies will be started imme-
diately.
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Dinner Will open
Church CELEBRATION
Many Pioneer Members Of Bap-
tist Congregation to Speak
at Session

Celebration OF the fiftieth anniver-
sary Of the First Baptist church viii
get under way at $50 o'clock Friday
evening with banquet In the
church par!ors. ~
Among those In attendance viii be
many pioneer members of the congre-
CATION and pastors who have served
it during its half-century Of activity
In Bismarck.
Among the special guests will be
Mrs. Miriam Williams, widow Of Rev
Williams. who gave the main address
when the present church building was
dedicated in 1906. She Is the mother
Of Mrs. Clare Nelson. $40 Mandan St.
Mrs. Nellie Evarts, an active men,
ber OF the church for many years. will
serve as POSTMASTER. Her daughter
Miss Gertrude Evarts. will read the
list Of pastors affiliated With the
church in the so years since 1t was
founded, and also greetings from q
number Of them.
A. program composed Of short ad-
dresses and musical numbers will fol-
low. Flovd Roberts will give q vocal
solo: william Mueller viii give a vio-
Yin number: DR.. Fannie Dunn Q,lain
will speak on Bismarck In the
Eighties" wilt Craven will speak on
"Notes Of Early Days." Esther Jacob
son will sing; Mrs. r. D. Hoskins will
relate Memories of 40 Years." and
trio composed Of Mesdames J. p
French, n. r. O'Hare and Charles
staley will sing, Memories Of Gall.
lee."
Following will be q talk on my
Memories of the Past Is Years BY
Rev. o. 8. Jacobson, former pastor; q
vocal solo by Mrs. g. J.. Worner: 9
talk on 1.-THE State Convention and
the Church." by Dr.. Fred =. Stockton
Fargo: q talk. young People and the
Church. by Rev. w. H. Bayles. HUI.
ron. 8. D.: and . talk. "A Forward
Look.r BY Rev. jackson. In closing
the entire assembly viii sing AUX
Lang 6yne."
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-18
PLANSARE
OUTLINED FOR 1882
BY COUNTY COUNCIL
Special Emphasis Laid on Live.
stock Work BY BurIeigh
Organization

Extensive livestock operations will
be undertaken by local farmers in
1882 under q program outlined by the
1urleigh county agricultural council,
H. o. Putnam, county agent, announc-
ed Friday.
Special emphasis will be placed on
livestock work with hogs and beef
cattle listed among the major projects
for the year.
Under the plan, All clubs in the
county will continue programs already
started. stressing livestock production
and the raising of alfalfa, sweet clov-
er, millet, and sudan grass as fodde.
crops.
In the home economics division,
plans were set forth to reorganize jun
Tor clothing clubs. promote organiza-
ton of food clubs, and encourage the
continuation Of other projects already
undertaken.
In connection with livestock plans,
the council urged the adoption Of q
program calling for extensive develop
ment of the industry within the coun-
ty. Among recommendations was q
proposal to stage Junior livestock
show IN connection with the annual
Achievement Day In September.
The committee urged that farmers
assist In locating breeding stock, con-
tinue purebred sire campaigns, con-
tinue baby beef club work. partici-
pate in feeding demonstrations, and
attend agricultural conferences.
It also was urged that farmers rats
I, ing hogs procure better breeding stock
maintain sanitary pens, and encour-
age the formation of pig clubs among
boys.
A series of meetings held in CO.
operation with the Northwestern Crop
! improvement Association are expected
to bring about q number of soil tests
with the idea of improving soil con-
| dit.ons. The ACCESSIBILITY Of using
phosphorous on certain types Of land
will be discussed as well as the feast
bility of using certain fertilizers.
I Farmers were asked to cooperate
with and assist the wool pool when.
ever possible and to take advantage ot
the ram sale and exchange to be held
next fall.
Culling, disease-prevention, and ca.
ponizing demonstrations will feature
the poultry projects for the year. 1r
addition encouragement to poultry
clubs and the Missouri Slope Poultry
show was urged.
The council went on record as fav.
oring the continuation Of gopher era
dication work and the practice o.
making shelterbelt paintings.
Members Of the council are: George
H. Will and Walter sellens, Bismarck
Erwin Anderson. L. E. Heaton, Jr., p
p. Bliss, and Mrs. p. p. Bliss, Nc
Kenzie; Anthony Erickson and Enocl
Anderson, Wilton; A. J. Norlin. Me
noken; Tyler Johnson, Sterling; Mrs
A. E. Kopplin. Wing; Mrs. Emf
Enockson, Moffit; and p. M. Gosney
Sterling.
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Gallup, N. NJ, Dec. 18.-(R-
Three December blizzards have
numbled the naughty Black
Mountain Navajo Indians ~ IN
end sought by the white man
since 1865, but unsuccessfully un-
til near-privation turned them to
the Great White Father Friday.
More than 60 years ago, the fa-
nous Indian scout, Kit Carson.
subdued the belligerent Navajos
and took them to . government
reservation near Fort Sumner. A
large group Of the Indians fled
into the Black Mountain region.
200 miles northwest Of here.
From their escape. 66 years ago
until the present they had
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-18
Ally Of Roosevelt
Dies in Connecticut

Pennington, Conn.,. Dec. 18.-tR-
Herbert Knox Smith, 81, political
allay Of the late President Theodore
Roosevelt In the Bull Moose progress
sive movement Of 1912, died Thursday
Of heart disease.
His widow. Gertrude e. Smith, Is a
national leader in the league Of wom-
en- voters.
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MRS, DDNNELLY NOT
HARMED During Sc
HOURS IN CAPTIVITY
Wealthy Founder of Garment
Company and Negro chauf-
feur Abducted Wednesday
WERE KIDNAPPED By TRIO
Only One OF Abductors Was
Discourteous, Kansas City
Woman Tells Officials
WERE KIDNAPPED BY TRIO

Kansas City, Dec. 18.-(R-Nervous
but unharmed after almost SO hours in
the filthy rendezvous of three kid
napers, Mrs. Nelly Donnelly, wealthy
founder of a Kansas City garment
company, and George Blair. her ne
gro chauffeur, were freed carly Fri
day.
They were released from q motor
car near the Kansas Avenue bridge on
the Kansas side Of the city and soon
were back at the Donnelly home.
Their return marked the end of per-
iod of anxious waiting by her hus-
band, Paul Donnelly, and his attor-
neys who were at a loss as to how to
get in touch with the abductors for
the delivery of $4,000 in ransom, de-
manded under q threat of death to
Blair and blindness for the woman.
L. M. Siegfried, chief Of police, said
he was certain no money had been
paid.
Mrs. Donnelly said she and Blair
were taken from the rendezvous
about 80 minutes before they were put
out of a motor car.
Was Kidnapped Wednesday
The KIDNAPPING occurred at her home
Wednesday. AS Blair drove into the
driveway another machine pulled In.
Three men got out.
Blair was forced to move over from
the wheel and two of the men got In
to the rear seat with Mrs. Donn4lly.
AS the car moved away the men
started to blindfold her.
That got my Irish, up" she said,
''and fought. But they finally got
the sack over my head"
Blair also was blindfolded and, AZ
ter 20-minate drive. they were
transferred to another car.
1--WE went out Brookside boulevard
to Huntington road" she related. Il
was kicking and screaming all the
way, trying to attract the attention
from the stream Of motorists. We were
taken into dark house. I was seat
ed without delay and they immediate
" told me they wanted money" She
was compelled to write as one man
dictated.
Had Bed and Cot
She said the captives we're tied
hand and foot. The abductors had
provided bed for her and cot fol
the chauffeur.
She said they were fed milk and
crackers and that only one Of the men
was discourteous. She described the
house as filthy" .....e.-t. ~.
Then the thing got out treferrine
to the news of the abduction) and
they told me they realized they neve,
should have taken a woman and that
they were going to release U.S." .....
Less than an hour later the two
were released.
Former Senator James A. Reed
neigtbor and counsel for Paul Don.
nelly, also said no ransom had beer
paid.
Mrs. Donnelly expressed belief shs
had been kept on the outskirts o
Kansas City, Kansas. She said sht
could hear cows and chickens abou
the place.
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north DAK0TANS TO
SAVE THOUSANDS BY
REDUCED OIL RATES
Reductions Will Run Up to About
20 Cents Per 100 Pounds,
Expert Says

North Dakota's freight bill on Pc
troleum and petroleum products from
the mid-continent field will be re-
duced several hundred thousand
dollars a year as the result Of q re-
vision OF the rates ordered by the In
terstate Commerce Commission, It
was estimated by the state railroad
commission here Friday.
The reductions will run up to about
20 cents per 100 pounds. e. M. Hen
bricks, rate expert for the commits
sion, said. At the maximum reduc-
ton, the freight saving will amount
to about one cent q gallon he said.
Bismarck, Dickinson, Mandan and
jamestown receive reductions OF
about 20 cents per 100 pounds, ac-
corGing to Hendricks, while Williston
and Minots reduction will run about
l8 cents, with Devils Lake Is cents.
Hendricks said that q revision Of
oil rates in 1928 gave North Dakota
reductions about 80 cents per 100
pounds from mid continent fields, ef-
fecting a saving of approximately
$500,000 year on oil shipped into
North Dakota.
The Interstate Commerce Comnlis-
sion said many adjustments were
needed to make the North Dakota
rates and rates to points north and
west on the Great Northern railroad
between Duluth and Pipestone, Min.
nesota, reasonable. The companies
charged rates on oil which went into
effect in 1928 were out Of line with
rates to nearby sections affected BY
recent adjustments. They asked fol
reparation.
| The railroads were directed to make
adjustments of their rates by March
IS. The principle changes were baset
on percentages of the rates on frs
class freight. These percentages were
22.5 per cent on first class to Fargo
and related points: Is per cent t
Jamestown and related points. ane
26ia per cent to Mobridge, s. D., ane
related points All rates are based or
the distance of the haul.
Differentials betweens the points II
the affected territory and Duluth ane
other Minnesota points were ordered
to be retained.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-18

NOMINATIONS CONFIRMED
Washington, Dec. 18-(P)-The SEN
ate Friday confirmed the nomination
of George r. James Of Tennessee and
Wayland w. Magee Of Nebraska to
be members OF the federal reserve
board.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-18
The Weather

Fair tonight: Saturday probably
rain or snow; not much change.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-09-17
MARRIED WOMEN
HIT BY SLASH IN
ROAD DEPARTMENT
Five Arc Topped off Payroll;
-Four Will Not be Replaced,
Chief Says

Five married women employed In
the state highway department. will
be dropped from the payroll October
i A. d. McKinnon, chief highway
commissioner, announced Thursday.
McKinnon said the lay-off II in
line with q program to economic
within the department, and that 1t
was found preferable to eliminate the
married women In cases where their
husbands also are employed.
One OF the women, doing bookkeep-
ing work, has been replaced by q man
who Is the head Of q family, McKin-
non said. The other women will not
be replaced, according to the COM
missioner.
The move is the second to be TAX
en- by McKinnon in cutting expenses
of the department through curtail-
ment Of personnel. Recently he or
dered the work Of maintenance men
on state highways be limited to eight
hours q day instead Of ten hours, es-
timating that the reducing In hours
will bring about a saving Of about
$4,000 q month for the balance Of
the year. Maintenance men are paid
by the hour.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-09-17
Records Show World Suffered from
Weather Complaint During Summer

mark changed daily from brilliant
sunshine to shivering tempera-
lures and ducked sudden thun-
derstorms. Sweden was cold and
rainy.
Turks froze In the northern dis
tricts and sweltered in the south
ern.
Iceland got the breaks" her
summer. usually q matter Of only
q few days, extended almost UNI
broken for four months.
The West Indies had floods and
storms and finally q hurricane.
And across the Caribbean at Be-
Ike, British Honduras, lies the
wreckage Of one Of the years
greatest storm disasters.
Japan had q typhoon to leave
death on the Island Of Formosa.
China was the theater Of untold
suffering In floods.
Temperatures and winds were
generally etyatic the world over.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-09-17
FEDERATION ELECTS
JAMESTOWN WOMAN
Mrs. John Knauf Wins in Con.
test For Vice Presidency
At Fargo Meeting

Fargo, Sept. 7.-P-Mrs John
Knauf, jamestown, received the ma
jority vote of the North Dakota Fed
Grafton Of Women's Clubs for the vice
presidency at the concluding session
OF the 35th annual convention Here
Thursday. She received 80 votes and
her opponent, Mrs. r. A. Demars, st.
Thomas, received As.
Mrs. II. w. McArdle Of Fargo was
named q director over Mrs. Eugene
Fenelon, Devils Lake, polling 101 votes
to the Devils Lake woman's "A.
Mrs. McArdle will fill out the un-
expired term of Mrs. Knauf.
Mrs. John Keohane, Beach, and
Mrs. o. A. Stevens, Fargo, were re-
elected treasurer and recording Sec
rotary respectively and Mrs. s. N.
Hyde, Williston, and Mrs. w. @. Tay-
lor, LaMoure, were renamed directors.
Mrs. August Peterson, Harvey. was
named to ill the place Of the director
ship left vacant by the retirement Of
Mrs. John Burke, Bismarck, who has
served a full term and was not eligible
for reelection.
The invitation of the Devils Lake
chamber Of commerce that that city
be the site Of the next convention
was accepted. Dates for the 1892
gathering will be set at q meeting Of
the federation board.
The convention, In a final vote on
resolutions, reaffirmed It's stand or
work for the country library extern
sion service in the state; the 18th
amendment to the constitution was
given reiterated support; moves Il
prevent the spread Of communism
were Endorsed as was the disarn-
ament conference for 1882; the world
court and world peace.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-09-17
100 REPORTED DEAD
in MEXICAN STORM
Disturbance Which Struck Pen.
Ursula Also Does Damage
at Vera Cruz

Mexico City. Sept. 17.-R-Up-
wards of 100 lives were lost In hurri-
canes which ravaged the lower Cali
for1aia peninsula over the weekend
and descended on the Vera Cruz gull
coast Wednesday, 1t was estimated
from dispatches Thursday.
A report to the National Telegraph
said more than so persons were killed
at Santa Rosalia. Lower California
and dispatches from La Paz, capital
Of the southern district Of the PENN
sula, said eight were lost when small
vessels in the gulf were wrecked By
the tempest In addition to q number
Of ships still missing.
From Progreso. Yucatan, and Vera
Cruz City came reports numeroui
coastwtse ships and fishing smack,
had not been heard from and had
likely foundered OF went aground ir
the Vera Cruz gale. Vera Cruz har-
Dor was described as clogged with the
wreckage OF small ships. Vessels av.
eraging between 40 and so tons II
size were lost in the harbor. although
their crews managed to escape.