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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-11-20
Gotham Beer Baron
Is Placed on Trial

New York. Nov. 2O-(R-The same
federal finger that was shaken under
the nose Of Al Capone In Chicago two
years ago was pointed Monday at
Waxey Gordon, sometimes dubbed
the last Of the big beer barons.
Gordon, called for trial In federal
court Monday, Is charged with the
evasion Of income taxes on reputad
annual incomes In excess Of = mil
lion dollars in 1880 and 1881. The gov
ernment contends that Gordon had
q net income In 1880 Of 1855, 900 and
q net income the following year OF
81, 026, 900, the income accruing from
the sale OF beverages"
-Four Of the governments most I'M.
portant witnesses, Ill Of whom were
associates Of Gordon. have been ss-'
sassinated il the gang manner since
the filing q charges against 0orGpn-
Names q witnesses called 70 toGtt9y
have bean carefully guarded. tn opg-
eminent having Expressed fer In
their safety.
The sum which the governlout
charges Gordon should have pai0 q
income tax i e677.oo0
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-11-20
DALE REFUSES TO
PAY HUGE BILL Of
ENGINEERING FIRM
PilIsbury Company Having
Trouble Getting s., 800
for Alleged Services

Payment of $1,000 to the Pillsbury
Engineering company of Minneapolis
for plans and specifications for q
power plant at the state prison was
held up Monday by State Treasurer
Alfred "ale. who has asked the at
torney general to rule on the legality
Of the payment.
The board of administration and
industrial commission authorized pay
ment Of the fee for the work done by
the Pillsbury company. Construction
Of the plant was abandoned after
the North Dakota Power and Light
Co. agreed to furnish electricity at a
reduced rate, estimated by state Of
ficials to effect saving Of 5000
annually.
An attorney generals opinion has
been given to the board OF admins
tration stating that payment Of the
fee for the engineering company from
funds of the institutions benefiting
by the saving is legal.
Dale, in his request for an opinion,
drew attention to the law under
which the industrial commission au-
thorized the Pillsbury company to
draw plans and Specifications for a
power plant to serve ssate buildings
and institutions in Bismarck and
Mandan. Tie law provided for q
$250,000 bond issue for construction
Of the plant.
The voucher for the payment to
the engineering firm has been APP
proved by State Auditor Berta Baker,
and then passed on to the treasurer
for payment.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-11-20
State Soil Survey
Aiding Appraisers

st. Paul. Nov. 20.-R)-A North
Dakota soil survey has been Of great
help to appraisers working out Of the
federal land bank here, according to
S. r. Day, chief appraiser.
The Land Bank. part Of the farm
credit administration in the seventh
district including North Dakota,
Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan.
has $50 appraisers In the four states
appraising farms on which loans
have been asked
The North Dakota soil survey is
second to that Of Wisconsin in the
four states. Day said
I'VE have found these soil surveys
very helpful and very reliable" he
declared. Our appraisers use them
to check their judgment, but an ap-
praiser is required to be on each 20
Of q farm with his soil augur to make
tests. He must establish Of his own
knowledge the soil properties Of the
farm"
Cold weather will slow up appraisal
work, Day said. because Of the diff
Guilty Of obtaining soil specimens.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-11-20
Alleged Desperate
Nabbed in CHICAGO

Chicago. Nov. 20-tP)-A caravan of
heavily Warmed Chicago and Indiana
state police made It's way out OF the
city early Monday bearing Harry
Copeland, 80. wanted for murder in
Ohio and bank robbery in Indiana,
back to the Hoosier state prison at
Michigan City.
Copeland, identified by witnesses as
one Of the desperadoes who delivered
John Dillinger, paroled Indiana con-
vict, from the jail at Lima, O., last
October IL after killing Sheriff Jess
Sarber, was arrested Sunday night as
he brandished . revolver after an au-
tomobile accident.
At first he maintained he was John
Stanton and connected with q Labor
Union. But telltale fingerprints gave
away his true identity and police said
his presence in the city led them to
believe the outlaw gang led by Dill
niger was In hiding here.
Less than q week ago Dillinger shot
his way out OF carefully laid police
trap.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-11-20
Father Would Void
Adoption of Actress

New York. Nov. 20.-R1-It was
Franz Schubert who inquired melodi-
ously who Is Sylvan" and It will be
the supreme court Of the state Of New
York that will write the answer.
The question before the court Mon
day was not 50 much who Sylvia Sid
rey Is but rather what her legal
status as . daughter Is.
The screen actress father. Victor
Kosow. has taken action to void her
adoption by DR.. sigmund Sidney, who
is the husband OF Sylvia sidney's
mother. Kosow and the present Mrs.
Sidney were divorced IN 1915. five
years after 6ylvias birth.
Miss Sidney's side Of the story, as
told In correspondence with her
counsel. Is that until May, 1892, she
had not seen her father since she
was o little girl.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-11-20
State PROGRAM FOR
CIVIL WORKS EFFORT
WILDE DETERMINED
Three Who Went to Washington
Last Week Will Have
Charge Of Meeting
COUNTY LEADERS INVITED
Separate Seed.Feed and En-.
pIoyment Conferences Con.
tsmplated by Chiefs

Relief administrators from every
county in North Dakota are being n
vited to Bismarck Wednesday for an
all-day conference during which de-
tails Of the new civil works program
will be outlined, it Is announced by
John E. Williams. secretary Of the
STATE emergency relief committee.
In charge Of the conference will Be
the three North Dakotans who at
tended the national civil works con-
ference in Washington last week.
They are Supreme Court Justice A.
NJ. Christensen. chairman Of the
state relief committee; James G. TAy-
lor, state unemployment director: and
williams.
Invited to the conference are the
following from each county: county
relief work chairman or member Of
The emergency relief committee chair
man or member Of the county board
Of commissioners, chairman Of the re-
employment committee or manager.
and chairman OF the feed relief COM
mittee.
williams said an attendance Of $50
Is hoped for.
win Last All Day
The conference will be held In the
World War Memorial building, be-
ginning at IL a. N. and continuing
through the day.
In connection with the main meet
ing, sub-conferences are planned. r.
A. Wilson, state feed relief director.
e. ,,cts to call county feed relief men
II 4 specael meeting AID Ta-''r plans
! a special conference with reeniploy-
ment directors. -,
All types Of projects hot under the
public works program, having . per-
manent nature and for the public
good, will come under the new civil
works program, Williams said, includ-
ing improvement Of parks. extension
OF sewer and water mains. widening
Of streets, building Of dams, repair
ing schools and school equipment and
grounds, repairing and improving
courthouses, and others.
All money for labor viii be supplied
by the federal government. he said.
but communities must furnish mate
rails needed.
The civil works program has avail
able $400, 100000 from the public
works fund, he said. North Dakota
will be permitted to take about $4,000
men from the relief lists and put
them on full-time, full-pay jobs, he
said.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-11-20
Income Tax Changes !
May Sock Wealthy

Washington. Nov. 20.-(R)-Revision
Of federal revenue laws may call upon
wealthy individuals and corporations
to pay $500 O0O, 900 to 4400. 000. 900 adj
ditional income taxes annually with
out m increase IN rates.
The plan. already formulated by q
house ways and means committee.
Contemplates wiping out many mod
ifications made since 1920 In the ad-
ministrative features Of the income
tax law.
Many exemptions now allowed both
individuals and corporations may be
entirely eliminated. Whether cor
porations shall be allowed to continue
to file consolidated returns Is Just one
question the subcommittee plans to
submit to the full group at hearings
beginning December I.
Reduction In the present 50-per-
cent allowance for depreciation and
the limitation Of amounts allowed for
depletion also are to b reported on
then.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-11-20
Long Range Weather Forecasting
Is Based on Data Gathered Here

course, in day by day details-as
the weather the world has expe-
rienced in 1888. It Is possible
that there will be q years lag in
the repetition Of the 1888 meteor
illogical phenomena, owing to q
complication which cannot yet be
exactly predicted.
Next summer would have the
same general weather pattern as
the world experienced during the
summer OF 1911. The discovery
marks long step forward toward
the day Of long range forecasting,
when temperature and precipita-
ton for given area can be pre-
dfcted years In advance. The
announcement does not mean
that such forecasting Is yet per-
fected. An enormous amount Of
work, remains to be DONE"
DR.. Abbott gave records to show
that the rainfall OF central India
followed this cycle from 1865 70
date-with three complete repcti-
lions, and that study 81 Bis
nlarck. N. D., records from 1875
to 1882 was predicted Every wcll'
from the previous 13-yesr cycles.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-11-20
SEEK MANDAN GIRL
who DISAPPEARED
WITHC0ASY SLAYER
Katherine Zachmeier Believed
in Company Of Murderer
At San Diego

San Diego, Nov. z0.-lP,-Police
Monday rcdoubled efforts to find
Miss katherine zachmeier. So. who
disappeared from her home last
Tuesday with man police say has
been identified as Thomas H. Jones,
accused Of murder.
Friends Of Miss Zachmeier have
identified photographs Of Jones as
those Of the man who supposedly en-
gagged the woman as a housekeeper,
and employees of a furniture store. &C
cording to police. are certain a man.
accompanied by a woman. who placed
large order for household goods
Tuesday, was Jones.
Miss Zachmeier came to San Diego
from Mandan, N. D., seeking employ
ment. friends said. When she dis
appeared Tuesday, her friends thought
1t was her first contact with the man
believed to be Jones, but 1t was ascer-
tanned Monday SIZE met the man last
week and was In his company on
three occasions. police said.
Jones Is sought for the murder Of
Mrs. Laura Straw. whose dismem-
bcred body was found floating III sea-
bags In San Diego bay month ago.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-11-20

Cambridge, Mas. Nov. 20.-(Re
Evidence that electricity controls
weather all over the world was
announced to the National Acad-
envy Of Sciences here Monday.
The electric control runs In Q
definite cycle. causing rains,
droughts and heat spells to re-
peat themselves once every g
years, with comparatively minor
variations for individual locali-
ties.
This electric cycle comes from
the sun. Spinning Nike q big top.
the suns northern and southern
hemispheres are electrically
charged the opposite Of each
other. one positive, the other
negative. These charges reverse
from north to south, taking 23
years for the change.
The report was made by Or.
Charles q. Abbott, secretary Of
the Smithsonian Institution.
washington.
"The weather Of 1856" said
this report, WILL have the same
general pattern differing. q
i X w *
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-11-20
THORESEN DECIDES
TO ENTER CONTEST
FORCOYERNORSH|P
Grand Forks Man Declares Time
Has Come for True Pro-
gressive Spirit
DEMANDS TRUE ECONOMY
Opposes Extension Of Industrial
Program; Would Help
Present Enterprises

Grand Forks, N. D., Nov. 2O.-tP,-
L. H. H. Thoresen. Grand Forks. for
mer state tax commissioner. has an
he Is a candidate for the Re-
publican nomination for governor.
In a statement issued Saturday he
declared he believes the time has
come when the true progressive spirit
would make Itself felt In our state
government"
He called for true economy" de-
tlaring that while there has been
some attempt at curtailment Of gov
expenditures much which
seems an apparent gain has been lost
through thoughtless action In other
fields"
Thoresen, for many years active In
the Nonpartisan League, said he
firmly believes In its fundamental
principles" but that he does not be-
lieve the league or state should lend
itself to any attempt to bring about a
new industrial program" but that
I'VE should rather plan thoughtfully
and Systematically that such Of our
Institutions and industries as We have
may prosper and be successful"
Thoresen was candidate for gov
crnor In 1928 but was defeated in the
primary election by George F. Shafer.
Last year he was nosed out for the
Nonpartisan League nomination for
governor by William LANCER.
In political circles. the mama 161
Peter Garberg. Fargo, former =. s..
district attorney, also Is prominently
mentioned as possible candidate for
governor. while Governor william
LANCER Is regarded as a candidate to
succeed himself.
Text Of Statement)
In a prepared statement Thoresen
said:
1T is true I have let 1t be known
to those of my friends who are In
uerested that my present plans are to
become candidate for governor next
year. I believe the time has come
when the true progressive spirit would
make itself felt In our state govern
ment. While there has been some at
tempt at curtailment of governmental
expenditures, at the same time. much
which seems an apparent gain has
been lost through thoughtless action
In other fields.
Economy does not mean the cur
tailment Of expenditures, but rather
4 well planned and systematic man.
agement Of governmental affairs. ]
believe that with systematic planning
and cooperation we may do much YET
u11done which will mean true economy
and be Of lasting benefit to the people
while I have consistently support
ed the program Of the Nonpartisar
League and do now firmly believe II
its fundamental principles, yet l Dc
rot believe the organization nor the
offices Of the state should lend itsen
IN any attempt to bring about q new
industrial program. Such was never
the true program Of the organization
We should rather plan thoughtfully
ard Systematically that such Of ou
institutions and industries as we have
may prosper and be successful.
From my past experience In STATE
government feel I have knowledge
Of the needs and the problems Of thu
state and it is because Of desire
that I may have an opportunity t.
give unselfish service that shall asl
for support"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-11-20
Bismarck Chest Fund
Passes $500 Mark

Bismarck's subscription to the COM
munity chest fund has passed the
$500 mark and has q good prospect
Of reaching the $4,000 quota, It was
announced Monday BY II. =. Goddard.
secretary.
Some committees have not vet re-
ported, Goddard said. He reiterated
his plea to committee chairmen to
report their subscriptions Is soon 8
convenient.
Goddard said II persons remaining
to be solicited subscribe the amounts
asked OF them, the drive will attain
It's goal.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-11-20
LIONS MEET hi sT. PAUL

st. Paul. Nov. 20-(R-Melvin Jones
Of Chicago. secretary-general and
founder Of the international Associa-
ton Of Lions clubs. win be here FRI
day for q conference. Those expected
include District Governor Harry J.
Weinbergen Of Dickinson, N. D., and
the Rev. w. ~. Allen Of Grand Forks,
chairman Of the international board
81 directors.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-11-20
GIRL RECENTLY ASKED
MONEY FROM RELATIVES

Two days after she mySteriously
disappeared from her home in San
Diego. Calf. Miss Katherine Zach
meier, IS. formerly Of Mandan. tele-
phoned her father here to ask that
$40O be sent her, relatives disclosed
Monday.
They said they had not heard fur
Their from the woman since the phone
call was made from San Diego. and
expressed fears for her safety.
George Zachmeier. the woman's
father. sent $500 and her brother sent
an additional 5000.
Mrs. Julia Zachmeier, sister-in-
law, said the family feared Katherine
was forced to appeal for funds and
may be the victim Of plot.
Miss Zachmeier left here October
/ for a visit in San Diego, according
to her father. She was accompanied
by two girls named Warner.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-11-20
HUNTER
SUFFERS WOUND IN
CALF OF LEFT LEG
Gun Accidentally Fired BY Law
renee creiner At Huff
Saturday Night

Only one shooting mish.2 Vas re-
ported over the weekend 4long the
Missouri river in North Dakota IS
hundreds OF hunters began their
four-day quest for big game.
One man was wounded late satur-
day when q gun accidentally dis
charged as he and his associates were
preparing to hunt deer the following
morning.
As the season opened Sunday, many
hunters baRged their allotment Of one
buck each and reported the fleet ami
mails plentiful all along the hunting
front.
Having suffered q flesh wound In his
left leg Saturday night In the only
mishap reported. E. H. illness, So
year-old Bismarck man, was In local
hospital Monday.
illness. salesman for local whole
sale grocery concern, lives at l0l5
Fourth st.
Bullet Fired by Accident
The bullet was accidentally fired by
Lawrence Greiner Of Huff. illness told
Fred E. Anstrom, Burleigh county de-
putty sheriff. The pellet, from $3.50
rifle, entered just above the calf. took
q downward course through the
muscle, but failed to injure the bone,
his doctor said.
illness was in fair condition Mon
day, the doctor said, the wound not
being serious unless complications de-
velop.
Illness, in company with Harry w.
Gray Of Wilton and another man
named SimonS, illness told AnStrom.
motored to Huff, In Morton county
south Of Mandan, early Saturday eve
ming, and at q store there met Grein-
er and Everett Toole, with whom they
were to hunt the following day.
In the store, several bullets were
placed in the rifle and Greiner was
working the extractor. Apparently
thinking all Of the shells had been ex-
tracted, Greiner pulled the trigger and
the gun fired, illness told Anstrom.
The mishap occurred shortly after
o'clock and Illness was brought to
the hospital here about 8 o'clock.
More Than 80 Arrested
More than 80 persons were arrested
Dy regular and special game wardens
over the weekend for violating hunt
ing laws, it was announced Monday
at the office Of the state game and
fish department.
Firearms Of all those arrested were
confiscated and will be offered to the
highest bidders In an auction sale, It
was said.
Men were arrested for hunting
without licenses, shooting does and
shooting at night.
The automobile Of Philip Delzer Of
Napoleon was confiscated and DelzeT
is facing charge Of shooting deer at
night. He is at liberty on his own
ilecognizance.
It was estimated nearly 20 per cent
IT hunters shot their allotteI bucks
| he first day. game department Of.
ficial said.
He said . light snow would ait
hunters considerably, helping them K
track game.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-11-20
Extra Vigilance Is
Seen at Hamm Trial

st. Paul, Nov. 20.-(R-Extra Wig.
lance was exercised by armed guardi
posted about the federal courtroom
where four Chicago suspects are on
trial for the william Hamm. Jr.. kid
mapping Saturday with officers search
ing all defense witnesses before per-
hitting them to enter. Reading Of
dispositions intended to show that
Defendant Gustav Schafer was In
California ct the time Of the kid
mapping continued.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-11-20
GERMANS FIGHT PAGANIsM

Berlin. Nov. 2o.-(HEA WIDESPREAD
movement against the incurston Of
paganism IN the German Evangelical
church-as the doctrines Of Naxi
Christian radicals are undisguiscdly
termed BY their opponents WAS be-
lieved growing arace Monday. espe-
cially Ia northern Germany.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-11-20
Cakes Man Killed
By Fall Into Hole

Cakes. N. D.. Nov. N-(HD-Robert
Kilchennan, IS. serviceman for the
Ottertail Power company was killed
Sunday when he fell into . hole
where he was fixing drain pipe for
q cistern.
The body was recovered.
He leaves hts widow and two young
children, hts mother. four brothers
and two sisters.
Rites will be Tuesday with the
American Legion and the Masonic
lodge II charge.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-11-20
STAGE MOORHEAD ROBBERY

Moorhead, MIMI, Nov. 20-tP1-Two
unmasked bandits, brandishing nick
el-plated revolvers. held up the With
nell oil station here Sunday night,
took $l2 from q cash register and ABB
Quoted the attendant. Jerome York.
Oilw0rth, Mimi. whom they released
unframed ct the eastern outskirts Of
the city.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-11-20

VALUABLE CATTLE POISONED
Hebron, N. D., Nov. 20.-A number
of valuable cattle have died here re-
Gently. thought to have been poi
soned BY eating corn. State veteri-
marian T. q. Brandcnburg was sum-
Inoned from B.sm.rck to investigate
the cause Of death.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-11-20
THOUSANDS WORKING|
under FEDERAL PLAN
SAYS RELIEF LEADER
Full. Time, FuII-Paid Jobs Being
Opened Up in All Parts
of Country
WOMEN ATTEND MEETlNG'
Meet With Mrs. Roosevelt in e..
fort to Offer Help to
Feminine Jobless

Washington, Nov. 20.-(F)-Many
thousands Of men were said by public
officials Monday to be at work under
the new civil works plan Of trans
terring the needy from relief to full
time. full-paid jobs.
Reports of the transfers came in
to the new civil works administration,
which, however. did not have suf-
ficient figures to estimate the total
Of new jobs. Plans were being made
Tor other relief steps In the announced
effort to get 1000 900 back at work
within the next month.
A number of prominent women were
invited to white house conference
at noon Monday with Mrs. Franklin
d. Roosevelt to consider the needs of
unemployed women.
Representatives Of the public works
administration were continuing dis
cusstons with railroad officials of an
other new plan under which the car
rlers would obtain public works money
II they agreed Immediately to put men
on repair jobs.
Frank G. Wright, director of PWAs
new transportation loan division, re-
ported to Secretary Ickes that pro-
gress already had been made.
by deferring repairs that should
have been made" the PWA said. 1.-THE
railroads have built up q large back
Jog Of employment
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-11-20
OFFER STAMP COLLECTION

New York, Nov. 2o.-lE1EA t215,-
600 collection Of United States stamps
was put up for auction MondAy-the
largest stamp Offering ever made 1t
q single session. ~
The collection, one Of the worlds
largest. Is that Of the late Arthur
HIND, Utica. n. y. manulnctuler.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-11-20
CHANGE ROsT11AgTER9

Warrington, Nov. 2o.-tR,-Ihe
pcstoffice department announced
Monday that w. q. RobertSon had
been appointed acting postmaster IN
Minneapolis effective y tn elc1e q
business MQn6ny Nh
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-11-20
SOUTH Dakota TO
GET oil SMALL DAMS

Washington, Nov. 20--(P)-Approval
BY the civil works administration OF
Oil small dam projects In South Da-
kota costing about $227,750 was an
rounced Sunday by Governor Berry.
He added the South Dakota attor-
icy general would represent him at a
meeting Of representatives from the
Dakotas and Minnesota In Fargo, N.
D., this week to map out q plan of
grasshopper eradication.
With the grasshopper menace re-
moved aid drought alleviated by the
diversion dams. Berry said his state
ought to have good crop next year
and that's all we need"