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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-12-06
'ODen Heart Drive
Beqit1S December 8
First Appeal For Public Support
Made BY Legion in An
nuaI Enterprise
DESIGNED TO AID NEEDY
All Contributions Welcome But
Shoes and Clothing Es-
pecialIy Needed

First appeal for public support OF
the American Legion's annual open
Your Heart campaign, designed to
bring Christmas cheer to the poor
and needy in Bismarck and Burleigh
county, was issued Tuesday by L. v.
Miller, chairman of the veterans Or
ganization.
"As in past years the Legion asks
| that people turn over to us discarded
! shoes, clothing and toys and that
| they give, in addition. such other
support as they can," Miller said.
Food, coal, money, household
equipment and anything of whatever
nature will be accepted. The Legion
agrees, on its part, to see that what
ever is donated is put to good use in
the home of some needy family. In
the past we have received such items
as stoves, books. rugs, lamps and
other household furnishings and used
them to relieve the stark poverty OF
many families.
THE big need this year, however,
is for shoes, underwear and clothing,
particularly for children.
Information received by the COM
mittee indicates that many persons
have been saving this material for
| donation to the Legion. We ask
these to prepare their bundles at
! once.
Headquarters for the campaign
| will be opened Dec. 8 in the Baker
| building at Main Ave. and Third ST.,
and persons having gifts to offer
should notify us there after that
time. Our telephone number will be
announced later.
Will Sponsor Charity Ball
"On Dec. ii the American Legion
will sponsor the annual charity ball
to be held in the World War Meuo-
rial building. There will be a grand
march and other features which will
make this the leading social event OF
Bismarck's holiday season.
The plan of action this year Is the
same as that designed by the Legion
for the first campaign, held in 1890
and followed again last year. Toys
will be repaired and reprinted by
prisoners at the state peniteniary and
for this reason citizens are urged to
send whatever they have in the hope
that it can be repaired and good use
made of it.
In the past remarkable transforms
tons of toys have been made by the
men at the penitentiary, who take
both pride and pleasure in the work
Warden c. G. Turner said he is glad
to give the men something to do and
that they always have given excellent
cooperation. Under present condi-
lions he does not have work
enough for all the prisoners.
AS in past years, committees OF L.
gionnaires will have charge of various
phases of the work. One group viii
coordinate the activities Of the Oper
Your Heart campaign with those Of
other charity organizations; another
will arrange for transportation; q
third will be in charge of the head
Quarters; a fourth will investigate the
Ineed of applicants for relief and every
phase of the work will be handled II
similar manner without cost to the
public, the Legion undertaking tint
management of the campaign as it
contribution to community service.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-12-06
Minneapolis Man
To Succeed BabcOck

st. Paul, Dec. 6.-(P)-N. w. Els
berg, city engineer of Minneapolis,
was appointed state highway COM
missioner Tuesday by Governor
Floyd B. Olson, succeeding Charles
M. Babcock. The change is effective
Jan. /.
The office carries an annual sal
airy of $4,000, while at his present
post Elsberg receives $500.
Governor Olson, at conference
with Elsberg Tuesday, is believed to
have persuaded the engineer to take
the position With the possibility the
chief executive may recommend a
salary increase to the next legisla-
ture in January.
Elsberg, As, was born in Minneapo-
lis and is a University of Minnesots
civil engineer graduate.
He has held the Minneapolis posi-.
ton since 1921.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-12-06
PLAN NOT ACCEPTABLE
TO GERMAN DELEGATES

Geneva, Switzerland, Dec. 6.-(P-
Proposals offered by the American
delegation to the world disarmament
conference are in their present form
not acceptable to Germany, German
delegates indicated shortly after
statesmen from five leading nations
resumed their conversations Tuesday
afternoon.
The suggestion, known as the Davis
plan, is based on the necessity for
immediate action" and advances the
idea of convention dealing exclusive
~ with disarmament.
It proposes to scale down arms i'm
mediately and provide permanent
commission to work out the details OF
security, equality, and other points
which the nations have been consid-
ering for months.
Baron Won Neurath, the German
delegate, however, before expressing
definite opposition to the Davis plan
to the other conferees, asked for the
calculation of several points.
Indications at the halfway mark
in the afternoon meeting were that
Germany's final yes or no might not
be delivered this evening since Pre-
mier Macdonald of England and Pre-
mier Herriot of France We're leaving
for Paris.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-12-06
CASHIER IDENTIFIES
i: ACCUSED in HOLDUP
Ed Hungry Slim Vandiver
Pointed Out in Court Room
At HiIIsboro

Hillsboro, N. D., Dec. 6.-(P)-H. M
Nash, cashier of the Merchants Ma
tional bank of Hatton, robbed Sept
IA. Monday pointed out Ed Hungry
Slim Vandiver in the Trail county
district court as one of the men who
committed the crime. Vandiver went
on trial charged with the robbery.
Nash was the first state witness
called by George w. Thorp, assistant
prosecutor appointed by Attorney
General James Morris to aid McLair
Johnson, Trail county states attor.
ney.
Nash described details of the rob.
berry. He declared the loot amounted
to $2,138.53. When questioned as tt
what form the loot was. Eli A. Yves.
ton, defense attorney. objected. Pre-
siding Judge Daniel B. Holt at thai
point adjourned the court unit
Tuesday morning.
Members of the jury are Carl E
Johnson, Hatton; Amund Riveland
Buxton; Andrew McSparron, Hills.
boro; Melvin and Rolf Berg, Port.
land, cousins; o. N. Larson, May.
vile; Walter Bohnsack. Hillsboro
Andrew Skarperud, Mayville; Thoma.
Grimstvedt, Blanchard, and c. r
Gullingsrud, Cummings.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-12-06
WOULD HIT ALMOST
EVERYTHING EXCEPT
BARE NECESSITIES
Additional II Per Cent Pay Cut
For Federal Employees A.
so Recommended
BALANCED BUDGET NEEDED
Reorganization of Government
and Banking Systems List
ed As Necessary

Washington, Dec. 6.-tPt-A blan-
keting manufacturers sales tax COW
ering virtually everything but food,
and an additional II per cent pay cut
for federal employees was recon-.
mended to congress Tuesday by Pres
ident Hoover.
In his final message, which did not
touch upon the agitated prohibition
question, the chief executive asserted
three separate efforts to be "neces-
sary foundations to any other action
balancing the budget, complete re-
organization of the nations banking
system, and whole hearted coopera-
ton with other nations in the eco
nomic field.
AS for the present state of the
Union, he said that 1.-The acute phases
OF the crisis have obviously passed.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-12-06
FARMER HOLDS Off
SQUAD OF DEPUTIES
With SHOTGUN FIRE
Finally Surrenders, However,
and Permits Mortgage
Foreclosure Action

Elkhorn, Wis, Dec. 6.-tR)-Max
Cichon, farmer resisting a mortgage
foreclosure action, Tuesday held off
20 deputy sheriffs with shotgun and
rifle fire, and surrendered only after
a battle in which many bullets struck
his home.
Sheriff James Mason estimated hi;
officers fired more than 300 rounds OF
ammunition with rifles and machine
guns.
Cichon surrendered only after all
the windows had been blasted from
his house and after several of the Of
ficers' bullets had come periously
close to his wife and his children
Virginia, 10, and Max, S. The chill.
dren covered in a corner of bed.
room for the hour the battle ragged.
No one was struck by bullets
Cichon was injured slightly by glass
Brought to the county Jail here he
was held on a charge of resisting ar
officer.
Sheriff Mason prepared his assault,
on the farm six miles northwest Of
here with the precision Of a military
maneuver. He even set up a fiele
telephone line and for time directed
his men from a clump of trees on 8
nearby hillside.
The deputies surrounded the house
before dawn. They took posts behind
trees and behind automobiles. Al
daybreak Sheriff Mason telephonee
Cichon, told him his home was sur.
rounded and ordered him to surren.
der. Cichon, he said, refused to CAPT.
tulate. He expressed determination
Ito shoot it out to show the farmer
has some rights" the sheriff said.
Then Cichon was seen running from
his home to the barn to get gun. HI
dashed back, and as he ran deputie!
fired several shots over his head
Once in the house Cichon returned
fire and for an hour the region re-
sounded with the sound of battle
Cichon finally walked from the bacl
door with hands raised.
Since last April. Sheriff Mason hae
been trying to remove Cichon from
the farm. He served numerous writ!
and several times, he said, Cichor
marched him from the farm at tn
point of a shotgun. The mortgage
was held at the Bank of Elkhorn.
Officers said that Mrs. Cichon o,
several occasions participated in tn
firing. The farmer and his wife, the.
said, ran from window to window an,
deputies on all sides Of the structur
were under fire from the house.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-12-06
Wednesday on a 275 per cent beer

Wednesday on 275 per cent beer
bill by sponsoring measure allow
ing modification of the Volstead act.
Referring of the Glass resolution
to committee was the first legisla-
tive action of the senate this ses-
sion, and came at the conclusion of
the reading of President Hoover's
annual message.
The senate gave unanimous con-
sent to the move at the request OF
Senator Glass (Dem., Va after he
said he had received reasonable as
surance" the judiciary committee
would give prompt attention" to
the legislation and report on it.
It was on the Glass resolution at
the end of the last session that there
was recorded for the first time a
vote on the question of considering
prohibition repeal.
The resolution proposes to repea.
the amendment and substitute pro-
vision in the constitution making it
illegal to sell liquor in saloons, but
permitting its sale in hotels and res
taurants.
1t also would provide for protec-
ton of dry states from the invasion
of liquor from wet commonwealth.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-12-06
Will MAKE
PLEA FOR FREEDOM
Convicted Slayer Of Oliver Webb
Granted Special Privilege
BY Pardon Board

RAYMOND Potter, serving life
term in prison for murder, is to be
given an opportunity to make plea
for freedom before the state pardon
board, now in session.
The board has granted permission
for him and his counsel to be heard.
and is expected to take up the case
at a special meeting, following COM
pletion of the calendar Of cases now
being heard.
Potter was convicted in 1929 for
the killing of Oliver Webb of Bis
marck.
Because life prisoners must serve
half their life expectancy before they
are eligible for pardon or parole, per-
mission to apply for clemency first
must be granted by the pardon board
The board continued its hearing OF
cases Tuesday after considering Is
applications Monday. Three paroles
were granted.
TWO "lifers" were heard and their
cases Tuesday were under considera-
ton. They were Sam Kallel, SEN
fenced from Pembina county fol
murder in 1922, and Clarence Orion
sentenced from Towner county II
1915.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-12-06
|M'KENNA APPOINTED
| TO HEAR ACTION BY
| D0NNYBR0OK WIDOW
Napoleon Jurist Named After
Affidavit of Prejudice
Bans M'FarIand
BRADFORD FILES CHARGES
Asserts jamestown Judge A.
ready Had Expressed Ad-
verse Opinion in Case

District Judge George M. McKenna
of Napoleon will preside at the trial
in Burleigh county district court Of
the case in which Mrs. Esther John
son, Donnybrook widow, is suing
William LANCER for $4,000 which she
claims to have paid the attorney to
work for the release of her son from
prison.
Action was taken by the state su-
preme court after B. H. Bradford
Minot, attorney for Mrs. johnson, had
filed an affidavit of prejudice against
District Judge R. G. Mcfarland
Jamestown, scheduled to preside In
other cases tried at the December
term of the Burleigh county district
court.
Bradford, In his affidavit of preju-
dice, charged Mcfarland with hay
ing publicly defended LANCER with
respect to the charges contained In
the complaint in this action before
the voters Of the district, and did
then and there claim knowledge OF
facts with respect thereto and ex-
press his opinion in that he said the
charges were without foundation In
fact and were brought for political
purposes"
The complaint was filed by Mrs
johnson who said she paid LANCER
$1,000 to work for the release of hel
son, Floyd, serving a life term fol-
murder, from state prison and signed
a contract calling for the payment Of
$4,000 more.
She asked that the worth Of any
services performed by LANCER in hel
behalf be adjudicated and that thu
contract be rescinded and declared
void.
The case is on the calendar for thu
December term of the Burleigf
county district court.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-12-06
PR0POS
AND BEER MEASURE
ARE PUSHED AHEAD
Glass Resolution For Prohibi.
ton Repeal Under Consid-
GRAFTON in Senate
HOUSE WORKS ON BEER BILL
Newest Plan Would Make Sell
ing of Liquor in Hotels,
Restaurants Legal

Washington, Dec. 6.-(Ap-The SEN
ate Tuesday referred back to its jul
dietary committee the Glass resolu-
ton proposing repeal of the 18th
amendment and substituting a ban
against the saloon.
This had been suggested as the
probable vehicle for early prohibit
ton debate promised in the senate,
where both the Republican and DEM
ocratic leaders agreed Tuesday that
the issue certainly will be threshed
out this session.
In the house. meanwhile, Chairman
Collier opened the way for hearings
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-12-06
Principal Points
In Golfers Bill

Washington, Dec. 6.-(P)-Prln-
cipal points in the Collier bill to
modify the Volstead law:
Permits manufacture and sale OF
beer, lager beer, ale and porter
containing 2.75 per cent alcohol by
weight.
Reduces the present tax OF S. a
barrel of 81 gallons passed during
the World war period to SIS a bar
rel.
Permits sale of Notwithstanding
vinous liquors made by natural fer
mentation of grape juice, and i'm
poses a tax of 20 cents a gallon,
the same as under existing law,
for wines of less than IA per cent
alcohol.
Permits sale of beer in bottles
and barrels.
Protects dry states from ship
nents of interstate character.
Provides penalties for violations
in accordance with existing laws.
Takes effect within 80 days after
enactment.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-12-06
CITY AUTHORITIES
APPROVE PLANS TO
HOUSE LEGISLATURE
Senate Will Be Chartered in
Gymnasium of World War
Memorial Building

A proposal to house the 1888 state
legislature in the city auditorium and
the World War Memorial building was
approved by the city commission in ses-
sion here Monday night.
The senate will meet in the gym
nasium of the World War Memorial
building while the house will sit in the
city auditorium.
Under terms drawn up by the board
Of managers of the buildings and the
state board of administration, no rent
will be charged by the city but all ad-
ditional expenses will be paid by the
state. All partitions must be built
by the state and will be removed by
it at the end of the session. Com
mittee rooms will not be furnished
this year by the city but the state
may partition off rooms for that
purpose.
Entrance Through Ramp
Entrance into the senate chamber
will be through the ramp extending
from the east end of the World War
Memorial building to the auditorium
An ordinance providing for the
licensing of gas appliance filters was
given final passage by the commits
sion.
Referring specifically to installers
of gas humidifiers, refrigerators or
hot water heaters the ordinance is
designed to permit the licensing of
those trained to install such equip
ment but not qualified to pass master
plumber examinations.
Under the provisions of the ordi-
nance gas filters will be required to
pass city examinations before licenses
will be issued.
Young Gives Opinion
c. L. Young. city attorney, gave an
opinion in which he said he believed
it permissible for the city magistrate
to put fined defendants to work on
city streets and alleys. The opinion
was given in response to a request
from E. S. Allen. police magistrate.
Members of the board decided to
caution police to keep parking lanes
open and to make arrests for parking
| in alleys as a means of reducing fire
hazards. H. T. Perry, fire commits
sioner, issued statement to the gen.
eral public asking that motorists re-
frain from following and crowding
fire trucks answering fire alarms. The
practice has greatly impeded the de-
partment in its work and should be
discontinued, Perry said. He also
asked that cars be parked at least a
block away from fires so firemen may
have ample room in which to work.
Renew Hospital Contract
Decision was made to renew a con-
tract with the st. Alexius hospital for
the care of city detention cases.
Maintenance costs Of the city deten-
ton hospital, which was abandoned a
year ago, averaged approximately ST.
500 annually whereas under the pres
ent system detention cases can be
taken care of by the hospital at cost
to the city of from $1,000 to $1.200
City Auditor M. H. Atkinson said.
The scales report as submitted by
the city weightmaster listed 2,206 loads
weighed during November, with rev.
enue listed at $22260. Loads weighed
were as follows: coal 1925, ice Is. cat
tie 8. hogs %. corn 1872. potatoes s.
sand %, gravel 4, and miscellaneous
1877.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-12-06
CZECHOSLOVAKIA
REQUESTS RELIEF

Washington, Dec. 6.-(P)-1nto the
stir of congressional discussion of war
debts Tuesday was thrust the second
appeal of Czechoslovakia for relief
from Dec. IS payments, amounting to
81, 100000 on the principal.
Applying it's first note to this gov
eminent, communication handed to
Secretary Stimson by the Czechoslo-
vakian minister said that country can
not meet the forthcoming INSTALL
ments without endangering her pres
ent economic and financial struc-
ture."
A warning that American trade
would suffer If the United States
failed to extend the moratorium was
included.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-12-06
BACKS ALLOTMENT PLAN

Philadelphia, Dec. 6.-(F)-Dr. Ed
ward S. Mead. professor of corpora
ton finance of the University of
Pennsylvania, told the engineers club
Tuesday that "the voluntary allotment
plan, which represents President-Elect
Roosevelt's ideas of effective farm re-
lief, offers the best method immedi-
ately available to bring the country
out of the business depression"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-12-06
HOOVER PLANS SPECIAL
MESSAGE ON WAR DEBTS

Washington, Dec. 6.-R-Simul-
taneous with a reiteration in his an
nual message to congress that Euro
pean war debt payments due Dec. is
should be met, President Hoover
Tuesday made known he would send
a special message to congress upon
the debt problem. The time was not
specified.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-12-06
FIND POSTMASTER DEAD

Washington Springs, S. D., Dec. g.
R-Postmaster Will G. Bromwen OF
Washington Springs was found dead
in his garage Monday. He had been
shot through the heart. Members OF
the family found the body after
Bromwell had gone to the garage to
clean q shotgun
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-12-06
s. d. TO BURY MONSIGNOR

Sioux Falls, 8. D., Dec. 6.-(R)-N-
nal rites will be conducted here We'd
nesday for Monsignor w. v. Nolan, Is,
recently Of Garretson, S. D.. who died
last Thursday at Long Beach. Calf
after a lengthy illness.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-12-06
Youthful Chicago
Slayer Sentenced

Chicago, Dec. 6,-tR)-Sixteen-year.
old Charles Bertrand Arnold, Jr., was
sentenced to one to IL years IN Pom
tiac reformatory Monday for killing
his step-grandmother. Mrs. Ellen O.
Sake
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-12-06
Text of Address
Given on Page 4

The text of President Hoover's
annual message to congress ap-
pears on page of this issue of
The Tribune.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-12-06
Mrs. A. B. WEIGH of
Mandan Has Stroke

Mrs. A. B. WEIGH, wife of Lieut.
Col. A. B. WEIGH, Mandan postmaster,
Is In critical condition at her home
in Mandan following a stroke.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-12-06

If this little girl and hundreds of
other children are to have happy
Christmas, Bismarck residents must
open their hearts and give their help.
The following individuals have
contributed the amounts set after
their name to the Legion's "Open
Your Heart" fund and every Bis
marck citizen is asked to counsel
with himself and determine how
much he can give. Additional con-
tributions will be listed as they are
received and a full report of the
campaigns activities will be made
later.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-12-06
REVISION, HOWEVER,
CONTINUES GOAL OF
PREMIER MUSSOLINI
Adheres to 0ften.voiced Fascist
Policy That Slate Should
Be Wiped Clean
PAYMENT TO BE $1,245, 900
German Delegates Express Dis
approval of American
Plan At Geneva

Rome, Dec. 6.-(P)-Premier Mus
solini disregarded the postponement
actions of other debtor nations Tues
day, when he decided Italy would pay
the 81 ,245,OO0 due the United States
Dec. IS.
Mussolini joined the other debtors
however, in insisting on debt reW-
sions, adhering to the often-voiced
Fascist policy that the war debt slate
should be wiped clean.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-12-06
Weather Report

Generally fair and much colder to.
night; Wednesday fair, continued
cold.
The Washington times., 1932-01-25
CHEST DONORS
ADVISED

Montgomery county residents
working for the Government who
have contributed three days pay
for the relief of unemployment
in the county are requested by
Mrs. Willie Greene Day, execu-
tive secretary, to make sure their
donations have been forwarded
to the Montgomery County Social
Service League.
With the receipt of each pledge
by the league, letter of acknowl
edgment is sent to the contributor
direct, Miss Day said.
After a check or cash is re-
ceived a receipt is mailed to
the donor. Anyone who has given
his pledge or money and has not
heard from the league should get
in touch with the headquarters
in Rockville.
The Washington times., 1932-01-25
ASKS CUT
Of TAG COSTS

RICHMOND. Jan. 25. -Four
bills already introduced in the
Virginia house have to do with
automobile legislation.
Representative R. F. McMurran,
of Portsmouth. introduced a bill
which would reduce the present
automobile license rate of 10 cents
per 100 pounds to so cents and re-
duce the license tag fee of one
half and one ton trucks by IS
each.
Representative Edgar B. Eng
lish, of Richmond. also introduced
a bill to require used-car dealers
to keep a full record of sales. pur-
chasers, number Of the engine in
the car sold and to report all
such records available to police.
The Washington times., 1932-01-25

A resident of Culpeper, Va,
realizing interest in the arrest
of three Washingtonians on a
kidnap charge in Culpeper. is
the winner of the first prize of
$40 in the weekly Washington
Times Newstip Contest.
The story Of the arrest Of a
young man and woman in the
office of the Associated Charities
after they had led a group of Is
persons for aid was awarded
second prize of $40.
The unusual airplane crash at
Lincolnsvile, Md, in which the
pilot escaped uninjured and a
bystander was hurt, as reported
to The Times, won the S. third
prize.
Textbooks were scarce at the
Madison School the other day
when it was discovered that