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BY ALFRED H. LAWSON, Vice Presto
de2I-ia2. s.G.T. a.a. lO.12.l3
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EMBELLISHMENTS PROPERTY.
DEAD STORAGE.
RENT-DESK SPACE.
WANTED-RAHROAD SIDING.

WANTED-TO RENT SPACE REASONABLE
IN fenced yard, having railroad spur. Suit
able unloading several cars coal at time
Prefer yard with Waterman. Can Room 625r
phone North 2Io6.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-30
Bank Officials Have
Confidence in Future

New York, Dec. 30.-P1-Confi-
dence in the future of business and
belief that the ailing world is near
ing recovery were expressed Wed
nesday by officials Of the Irving
Trust company, in year-end surveys.
Lewis E. Pierson, chairman of the
board, and Harry E. Ward, presi-
dent of the trust company, were both
Of the opinion that deflation has
progressed so far that turn for the
better can not be far away. -
The panorama of economic his
tory, Ward said, has been one of
alternate periods of prosperity and
depression land the present should
"varn us that this is no time for
pessimism."
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-30
HEAVY POLL MARKS
VOTE BY films ON
PROHIBITION issue
Flock to Polls in Larger Mum.
bers Than For Presiden-
tiaI Election

Helsingfors, Finland, Dec. 30.-(R
Finland began the second day Of it,
two-day prohibition referendum Wed
nesday with heavier vote cast than
is usually polled on the first day Of
regular national elections.
Complete figures for the first days
poll in the capital showed that 1854
per cent of the voters registered their
preference Tuesday, as compared
with 1877 per cent on the first day
of the last presidential election.
In some "silk stocking" districts III
Helsingfors the poll was as high as
48.9 per cent. In working class dis
tricts fewer votes were cast, the per-
centage dropping as low as 1S.
Percentages reported from other
points ranged from Is to 43.
The count will not begin before
midnight Wednesday.
Both sides, In newspaper argument
Tuesday, made much Of the fact that
several American newspaper corre-
spondents have come here for the
election. The prohibitionists said an
adverse vote might affect prohibition
in the United States.
The 'antis," however, suggested
that the presence Of the Americans
showed the United States has dis
covered prohibition resulted in cor
ruption and hopes Finland may point
way out.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-30
Clergy Restriction
Law Made Effective

Mexico City, Dec. 30.-(P)-Presi-
dent Ortiz Rubio has approved the
clergy restriction law passed last
week by the senate and chamber OF
deputies, and it is effective Wed.
nesday on publication in the Diario
Official.
The law permits the Catholic
church to have Is priests in Mexico
City.
It was passed last week by the
senate and chamber Of deputies. The
law allows three days for the speci-
fled number of priests to register
themselves with municipal authori-
ties.
Registration of priests by stats
authorities was the prime issue un-
til the religious settlement Of 1929.
That settlement was aided by the
late Senator Dwight w. Morrow. Dur
ing the interval a bitter religious
conflict was waged, costing many
lives.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-30
north DAKOTA AND
iowa CONTEST FOR
CUSTODY OF WHITE
Both States Want California
Suspect to Answer Charges
of Robbery

A contest between the states of
North Dakota and Iowa for the GUS
ttody Of George E. White, bank ronbcr
suspect held In Long Beach, Calf,
has developed.
White, alias James L. Murphy and
known to police as "the Turk. Is
charged with participating in the rob-
berry of the DEMONSTRATIONS Bank and
Trust company of Bismarck Aug. Z,
1880.
He also is wanted in Iowa on a
charge of participating In the robbery
of a bank at Calumet last June.
With Iowa officials already on their
way to Long Beach in an effort to get
custody of White. Chris j. Maritime
son, Bismarck police chief. Wednes-
day was considering ways and means
of bringing the man here to answer
the North Dakota charge.
Martineson was informed by G. l.
Yancy. chief of police at Long Beach
that officials Of the Iowa state bureau
of criminal Identification are on their
way to California at present.
w. c. Macfadden. secretary OF the
North Dakota Bankers association, has
requested the California Bankers as
sociation to do everything possible to
assist in bringing the man to Bis
marck to face the charges.
More Particulars Asked
In his telegram to Martineson We'd
nesday morning, Yancy asked fol
more particulars regarding the North
Dakota charges. Martineson hopes to
be able to offer as large reward for
White as that put up by Iowa, which
is $3.50, he said.
Since Governor George F. Shafer
is out of the city at present. the loca
police chief has been unable to Sc
cure help from the executive in the
fight for custody Of the robbel
suspect.
Martineson wired copy Of the
North Dakota warrant for Whites ar
rest to Long Beach authorities Tues
day.
White was identified by photograph
last June 3 as one of the robbers by
Charles Whitley, Jr.. customer who
entered the bank during the daylight
holdup here.
Martineson claims five men com.
mitted the robbery and declares thres
of them, including White, already
have been identified by photographs
White is serving 30-day sentenc.
for petit larceny in Long Beach anc
| will be released Jan. 5.
The Bismarck police head has been
searching for the Turk" since last
June. when he received Tip" from
Minneapolis that White was one OF
the five who robbed the Capital City
!! institution.
Martineson got his first trace o.
| White last Aug. 10. He was arrested
Continued on page SeveD
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-30
Farmer Arrested in
Mercy Murder Case

Wayne, w. Va, Dec. So
R-A mountain farmer is held
in Jail Wednesday in the alleged
mercy" murder of his mentally
deficient daughter.
Smith Webb, who, his neigh
bors say, "did his best" to care
for the unfortunate girl for rs
years, was arrested Tuesday
night. He protested innocence,
declaring the girl might have
swallowed beetle poison.
Officers say he poisoned his
daughter, Maude, and then
dressed her in "Sunday best to
place her in homemade coffin.
A rough grave had been exca.
waited before authorities started
a probe when they heard Webb
had no death certificate.
The daughter died in convul-
sions December Ia. Physicians
said she died Of a different
chemical than the beetle poison.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-30
Mail Clerk Killed
In Bomb Explosion
Three Others Seriously Injured
in Mystery Blast at
Easton, Pa.
ONE LOSES BOTH HIS ARMS
Postal inspectors Seek Identity
Of Persons Who Perpe-
trated Crime

Easton, Pa, Dec. 30.-(P)-One
clerk was killed and three others in
jured seriously Wednesday when 6
bomb In a mail package exploded i'll
the parcel post division Of the Easton
postoffice.
Edward Werkheiser died In nos
pital shortly after his admission.
John House was In the Easton hos
pital with both forearms blown off,
one eye blown out and other injuries
which may result in his death.
Arlington A. Albert also was III the
hospital. His condition was reported
As fair.
Clarence Keller was ordered to his
home. His condition was not con-
sidered serious.
Postoffice work was suspended as
explosive experts and state. county
and city police began an investiga-
ton.
Five other packages. believed mail.
ed by the same persons who sent the
one which exploded, were being
examined.
The explosive was believed to have
been mailed by two young men, de.
scribed as foreigners. At the same
time they mailed five other packages
addressing all of them in the lobb!
OF the postoffice.
Werkheiser, before he died, said III
and the other clerks were suspicioI
Of the packages and decided to opei
one of them.
House had both hands on the pack
age which was resting on a scal|
when it exploded. The steel scal'
was twisted like wire and was thrown
about 10 feet. Werkheiser apparentl.
had one OF his hands on the scale 10
it, too, was torn off.
Examination of an insured parce
receipt by police led them to believ'
the package that went off was ad
dressed to J. Everhart, Huntingdon
Pa. Three of the others were di
rected to New York City, one to Balti
more, Va, and the other to Pitts
burgh.
All the packages carried the sam
return address, Mr.. j. Makey, Dover
N. J.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-30
DEMOCRAT FAV0RS
HOOVER PROPOSAL
Chairman Of House Committee
to Act on Government
Consolidation Plan

Washington, Dec. 30.-lP)-Strong
support in the house is assured for
President Hoover's proposals to save
money by grouping governmental
agencies whose efforts overlap.
Chairman Cochran Of the expendi-
lures committee, which will handle
the consolidation legislation, is in ac-
cord with most of the chief executives
recommendations.
The committee plans to begin work
Jan. Z on the consolidation program
by taking up shippingboard activities.
Hoover wishes to transfer most OF
it's work to the department Of COM
merce and Cochran already has asked
the white house for concrete ideas on
how this can be done.
Then the committee will turn to the
presidential suggestion for the con-
solidation of all federal construction
under an administrator of public
works.
when that was suggested once be-
fore, we didn't approve because 1t was
proposed to take rivers and harbors
work away from army engineers
Cochran said Wednesday. I'VE un-
derstand now the administration is
ready to let that duty stay where 1t
iS."
Hoover and the Missouri Democrat
also hold similar ideas on these preSl-
dental suggestions: Consolidation OF
public health services and creation OF
a single bureau to handle all conser-
vation activities.
! Efforts to slash federal expendi-
lures were pledged support at the
white house by Chairman Jones OF the
senate appropriations committee.
The Washington Republican said ne
informed President Hoover he pro-
posed to cooperate with the Demo.
cratic chairman of the house appro'
priations committee in every way pos
Sih1e
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-30
Local Man Hurt in
Peculiar Accident

N. G. Lewis, 46-year-old Bis
marck man, was in a local hos
pital Wednesday suffering from
undetermined injuries received in
a peculiar automobile accident
near the state penitentiary early
Tuesday afternoon.
Lewis, driving east, was just
rounding the IS" turn Immediate
ly east OF the penitentiary, when
a truck driven by Alfred Arisman,
Driscoll, approached from the
east.
Arisman applied his brakes to
slow down for the meeting, he
told Bismarck policemen, and his
truck began spinning and contin-
ued whirling around and around
for about 200 feet.
The Whirling truck sideswiped
the machine which Lewis was
driving and wrecked it. Arisman
attributed the spinning to the thin
coating OF ice on the highway.
Lewis may have suffered inter-
nal injuries, his doctor said We'd
nesday before X-ray photographs
were completed. The injured
man. employed by the Chris
Bertsch, Jr., garage, resides at 300
Avenue B.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-30
|, Y. A. FACTION Will
NAME CANDIDATES
AT MINOT MEETING
Call For Rump Republican Con-
vention Is Issued BY
Fargo Chairman

Fargo, Dec. 30.-lPl-I. v. A. Repub-
licans Of North Dakota will meet In
Minot Thursday, Jan. %, to select
candidates to be entered in the March
presidential primary for delegates tc
the National Republican convention
and candidates for national commit
teeman and committeewoman.
The call for the convention issued
Tuesday over the signatures Of A. w
Fowler Of Fargo. state chairman OF
the rump Republican committee, ano
M. Tschida, Glen Ullin. secretary
contemplates a delegate gathering
with the delegates from the counties
to be elected at mass county conven.
tions held in each county seat or
Thursday Jan. 81.
Representation is based on one dele.
gate for each 400 votes or major frac.
ton thereof cast for Gov. George F
Shafer in the 1880 primary.
The presidential primary is hele
March 10. The call for the indorsine
convention follows:
"A state endorsing convention o.
the real. Republicans Of North Da-
kota, both men and women, is hereby
called to meet in Minot, N. D.. at II
a. M, on Thursday, Jan. %, 1882 fol
the purpose Of endorsing the required
number of candidates for presidential
electors. for delegates to the Repubil'
can national convention, for Repubi.
can national committeeman. and fol
Republican national committeeman
an, to be voted for at the March pri'
mary.
"The several counties of the state
shall be entitled to the following re.
presentation in such conventions, bas'
ed upon one delegate for each 4O(
votes, or major fraction thereof, cas-
for George F. Shafer for governor II
the 1880 primary election, and one ad'
ditional delegate from each county
The list follows in part:
Adams, 4; Barnes, 9; Billings, 2
Bowman, 3; Burleigh. II; Cass. q
Dunn, 4; Eddy, 3; Emmons, 8; Foster
4: Golden Valley. 3; Grand Forks, is
Grant, S; Hettinger. 4; Kidder, 4
Logan, 6; Mcintosh, S; Mckenzie, S
Mclean, s.; Morton, IL: Mercer, 3
Mountrail. 6: Ward. ID: Wells. S
Williams, 6: Oliver. 2; Sheridan. 3
Sioux. 8; Slope, 3; Stark, 8; Steele, 4
Stutsman, 10.
Delegates to such state convention
from each county shall be selected a
county mass conventions Of real Re
publicans, and such convention i
hereby called to be held in each coun
ty at the court house in the count.
seat thereof. at 2 p. m. on Thursday
Jan. 81, 1882.
"The chairman and secretary o
each county convention held hereun
der, should, at the adjournment there
Of, make certificates, in duplicates
giving names end residents OF dele
gates selected. One copy should b
forthwith mailed to the undersigned
state chairman. The other cop,
should be taken to the state conven
ton"
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-30
Asserts Women Pop
Question Nowadays

New York, Dec. 30.-tR-
Leap year means nothing to
James ]. Mccormick, chief of
the marriage license bureau, ex-
cept just another year with one
day added.
"The women folks don't wait
for leap year to pop the ques-
tion any more. Most of them do
the proposing nowadays any.
way" he said.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-30
WINTER RETURNS TO
NORTH DAKOTA With
HEAVY FALL OF SNOW
Temperatures Are Mild in State;
Fair and Colder Is
Prediction

Heavy SHOWS brought winter
back to North Dakota and the west
ern states Wednesday after pc
riod of abnormal warmth in almost
every section.
No low temperatures were re-
ported in North Dakota, however
and O. w. Roberts, federal meteor
ologist here, said it would clear
up Wednesday afternoon and the
weather would be fair and colder
Wednesday night and Thursday.
The snowfall in North Dakota fol-
lowed two days of intermittent
heavy fog, with some sections re.
porting sleet.
Streets in Bismarck Tuesday were
coated with a thin skim if slippery
ice following a night Of dense fog
Though many persons slipped and
fell on the streets in the city, nc
serious injuries we're reported Wed.
nesday morning.
Temperature here at 7 a. m
Wednesday was 30 degrees above
zero. Four and one-half inches o1
snow had fallen here at 2 p. m.
Though motor traffic has beer
hampered considerably by the snow
Roberts said the absence of vino
throughout the state has minimizec
the danger of it's drifting on high.
ways. No wind is in sight for the
immediate future, he said.
Golf and tennis gave way to win.
ter sports of the Rocky Mountain re.
gion after snowfall Tuesday. Col
der weather was forecast for the
east.
Silver City, Idaho, mining town
was cut off from the outside worlc
by snowstorm residents described
as the worst they had experienced
in 20 years. Reports by telephone
to Boise, Idaho, said there was ne
distress among the inhabitants
Snowshoes were the only means OF
entering or leaving the town.
Snow fell in the mountains o1
California and streams, swelled by
previous precipitation, still were
rising. The flood situation, how
ever, was not acute.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-30
Campaign Costs Are
Put Under New Fire

Washington, Dec. 30.-tP)-A per-
manent governmental agency to look
into campaign costs was urged We'd
nesday by Senator Cutting, Republi-
can, New Mexico.
Cutting, whose views often coincide
with those Of the leaders of the SEN
ate Republican independent group, al
so advocated constitutional amend
ment giving congress the power to
deal with primary and nomination
conventions.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-30
LEM PICKS UP $40
POINTS IN CONTEST.
L|GGETT PLAYS WELL
New Partner Is More Conscrva-
tive and Psychic Bids
Are Absent

New York. Dec. 30.-(P-Thanks to
the help of jovial. conservative new
partner. Sidney S. Lenz was $40 points
nearer Ely Culbertson Wednesday u,
the prolonged test of contract bridge
systems.
With Commander Winfield Llggett,
Jr., u. s. N. retired. opposite him In
place Of Oswald Jacoby. resigned,
Lenz won five of nine rubbers at the
fifteenth session and cut the Culbert-
son plus to 1920.
There are SO more rubbers in the
series. Culbertson's side has accumu-
lated 98.850 points as against 1880
and has won So rubbers against 49.
Play will be resumed Wednesday
night.
Three doubles were factors In the
sessions swing. Liggett, doubled at
five clubs. took all the tricks. Dou-
bled at five hearts, he fulfilled his
contract. He was not vulnerable
either time. Doubled when vulner-
able in a contract for four spades
Lenz made five.
The advantage obtained by the
doubles was diminished when Mrs
Culbertson succeeded at little slam
vulnerable. giving her TOO rubber
Liggett could have prevented the
slams success by correct choice of ar
opening lead. He could have set Mrs
Culbertson once when he doubled hel
at two diamonds, but failed.
/ LenZ In Good HumOr
With the departure of Jacoby anc
his psychic bids and sets to prevent
the other side going game, Lenz wa.
| In good humor, which he retained ever
when pointing out errors to Liggett
long q favorite partner of his at auc.
ton and now member of the ad.
visory council of Bridge Headquar.
tiers, Inc, sponsors of the official
system of contract. Lenz and Ligget'
were set only three times for mirol
losses.
Culbertson blamed the decrease ol
his plus on freak distribution. For in
stance. when Liggett took 13 tricks or
a tract for five clubs doubled, LEM
had no spades and Liggett had nj
diamonds. Mrs. Culbertson. who hele
two aces and two kings. could take nj
tricks. Distribution favored Lenz ane
Liggett on the other doubles Also
Culbertson rem aimed confident
about the outcome of the 15O-rubbel
match, pointing out the rate OF gair
for Lenz's side in the last two sessions
would leave 1t far behind at the enc
of the match,
Presumably Liggett will continue a!
LEM partner to the end. since ia
coby announced he would not return
Mrs. Culbertson has at least 10 more
rubbers to play, and Culbertson ha'
various other partners in view. On
whom he had in mind. Mrs. John A
Warner, daughter Of Alfred E. Smith
has found she will be unable to play
With both sides vulnerable. Cul
tContinued on page sevenj
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-30
Color Photography
Opened to Amateur

Binghampton, N. Y, Dec. 80
R)-Phutographs in natural colors
for the amateur with his small fold
ing camera have now been made
commercially possible, it was an
nounced Wednesday by Horace W.
Davis, president of Agfa-Ansco cor
poration, where experiments have
been going on for many years.
A special film is required, but the
ordinary camera may be used, the
only change necessary being SIM
pie device known as pressure plate
to keep the film secure while in use.
The film is actually three films
in one, each separate surface being
sensitized to single primary color
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-30

1t is estimated Bismarck residents
spend 1850 annually for tobacco;
S65 900 for amusements; 100000 for
automobile tires; $4,000 for radios,
monographs, and phonograph records.
In 1880 Bismarck spent $473.65o for
new automobiles and $80,800 for new
motor trucks. Bismarck residents, ex-
elusive of state departments. spend
about $55,00O annually for two-cent
stamps and use approximately 1885,
600 bank checks and drafts each year.
Eighty mine Bismarck real estate
transfers were registered during 1880,
the average valuation Of the transfers
being between $70O and $500.
Recommendation Listed
Secretary Melons recommendations
for new taxes and increases on exist
ing taxes follow:
Tobacco products (excluding cigars)
Increase of 16 2i3 per cent over
present tax. (The present government
tax on a pack of cigarettes is six
cents. A man who smokes a pack a
day now pays the government $2l.9O
year. He would pay $685. more).
Amusements-Tenp per cent tax on
all tickets selling for more than 10
cents. CAT present, no tax on tickets
selling for less than $3.
Bank checks-A stamp tax Of two
cents on each check or draft. (No
such tax now.
Telegrams-A tax Of five cents on
each message costing from IA to SO
cents; a tax of 10 cents on each mes
sage costing SO cents or more. tNo
tax at presenO.
Long-distance telephone calls
Same as kilograms.
Automobiles-Five per cent tax on
new cars. (No such tax now.
Trucks-Three per cent tax on new
ones. (No such tax now.
Tires and accessories-Tax OF two
and one-half per cent. .(No such tax
now.
Radios and phonographs-A sales
tax of five per cent; which also would
apply to phonograph records. (No
such tax now.
/ Real estate transfers-A stamp tax
of so cents for each $500 Of value IN
excess of 500. (No such tax now.
Stock transfers-An increase OF one
Continued on page four)
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-30
BELIEVE STEAMER LOST

London, Dec. 30.-(F)-A message
to Lloyd's from Koenigsberg, Ger
many, Wednesday said lifebuoy
and some wreckage from the MISS
ing steamer Liro has been found
off the coast of East Pressua.
The steamer left Hull, England,
December 10. 1t is an Esthonian
ship ard carried a crew of II and
some passengers. It has not been
reported since December 13.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-30
INJURY PROVES FATAL

Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 30.-tP-Peri-
tonitis from an injury suffered in a
football game December a.. caused
the death Wednesday of George
Schmidt. II. His brother poked
knee against Schmidt's abdomen and
ruptured an intestine. An operation
was performed Christmas cay but in
lection had set in.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-30
DILL FAyoRs ROOSEVELT

Washington. Dec. 30.-(P-Senator
Dill asserted Wednesday that "the
best way for the Democratic party to
meet the threat and even the creation
Of q third party in 1882 will be to
nominate Franklin D. Roosevelt for
president"