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The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-12-04
Gay Scarfs and MuffIers ff For the Holidays
Silk Scarfs in the much want

.a.g ,a ees sa.-@ Silk Scarfs in the much want ed colors- S1.00 to $2.25. Mems Flannel Muf- flers in the new checked patterns-$1.25. Men $ Silk Reefers, assorted colors and patterns, all made with knotted silk fringe-$l.25 to $3.75.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-12-04

med with novelty ornaments and Tn rough gram leather, fitted with coin purse and double faced mirror, moire lined Colors black, navy brown, grey, green and red. Priced from S2.5O.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-12-04

ANNUAL LUTHERAN G.2LE Dec. 6, Turkey Dinner
 adv
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-12-04
Buth-RObes

Women lOO9o all wool flannel Robes. Plain colors and fancy striped, $500 and $6. ChiIdren's all wool flannel and blanket Bath Robes. Sizes 2 to IA. $1.95 to $3.95. Mems l0096 wool flannel Bath Robes, popular stripe, S7.5O.
 Men S blanket beacon cloth, fancy patterns, all sizes, many colors, $7.50.
 MEMS TIES
 $l.25 to $2.50
 BOYS TIES
 35c to 65c CHRISTMAS CARDS at popu- lar prices. Boxes of 25 for soc. 2l beautiful cards, $1.00 box.
The Bismarck tribune., 1933-12-23
Every Congregation in City to
Observe Anniversary Of
Christ's Birth

A long series OF Christmas church
services, In keeping with the customs
OF the various congregations in the
Capital City, has been arranged for
Sunday and Monday in Bismarck.
Every congregation in the city will
observe the religiously significant an
niversary Of the birth Of Jesus Christ
with appropriate ceremonies.
Six churches will hold their OBJ
servance on Christmas Sunday. They
are McCabe Methodist Episcopal,
Presbyterian, First Baptist, First Ger
man Baptist, First Evangelical and
Gospel Tabernacle. Others will hold
services on Christmas day.
st. Georges Episcopal will hold a
service at l1:l5 o'clock Christmas eve.
This service will consist OF Holy COM
munion, special music under direction
OF Miss Florence Fritch. organist, and
a sermon, '"The Paradoxes Of Christ
mas" preached by Rev. John Richard
son, rector. At 10 o'clock Christmas
morning, the service will be repeated
for those who cannot attend on Christ
mas eve. st. Georges Episcopal SUM-
day school will give special program
Continued on Page Threel
The Bismarck tribune., 1933-12-23
Local Churches ARRANGE
Varied Yuletide Services
COnfesses Attempt
To ExtOrt $4,000

Philadelphia. Dec. 23.-tP)-Police
Saturday arrested William Schultze.
"a, In an alleged plot to extort $780,
600 from Lessing j. Rosenwald, mer-
chant and Philanthropist.
Rosenwald, chairman Of the board
Of Sears, Roebuck and Company. told
the police he received q letter about
10 days ago demanding money and
threatening him with bodily harm II
he refused to deliver it.
The police said Schultze, . milk
dealer, confessed sending the letter.
He made the admission, they said, af-
ter they had found writing paper In
his home similar to that on which the
letters to RoSenwald were written.
chant mad philanthropist.
The officers said Schultze told them
he meant no harm to Rosenwald. and
that he felt that II he had $4,000 he
could start a pasteurization plant and
make money, then pay 1t back.
The Bismarck tribune., 1933-12-23
Teacher Tell. Of Cruelties to Blind
Babies in New Jersey Sunshine Home

Mrs. Kraeuter. The charges in
clude these. That she bound
children's mouths with adhesive
tape because they talked: that q
girl had been made to lick cake
Of soap: that another child had
been lashed with a wet towel; that
wrists were tightly bandaged:
that acts normal to all children
brought punishment more severe
than those practiced in q reform
atory.
In Albany, N. Y. Friday, DR..
James H Foster, assistant New
York state commissioner Of well
fare, announced four children had
been taken out Of the home be-
cause Of the failure Of the man.
ayers to remove Mrs. Kraeuter.
It was four months ago that
Miss Kathleen e. Hunt. q register
ed nurse employed at the home.
resigned and put her charges In
writing.
The home Is q private institu-
tion Of the international Sum
shine Society and as such requires
no license from the state Of New
jersey. Tho inmates include
children placed there by their
parents. or by various states IN
the east.
Commissioner Ellis said he felt
the criticisms were "generaliza-
tions with q few isolated cases to
support them"
II didn't feel there was any
proof that Mrs. Kraeuter was q
hard disciplinarian and brute. .
h0 said
The Bismarck tribune., 1933-12-23
Continue Probe of
Old Hermit's Death

Cavalier, N. D., Dec. 23.-(F>-With
two theories to work on, one that
Adam Mckenzie, aged bachelor, was
slain and the other that he died OF
natural causes, Pembina county au-
thorities Saturday were conducting an
extensive investigation Of the mana
death.
McKenzie's frozen and wounded
body was found In his shack on the
bank Of the Tongue river 10 miles
northeast OF Hamilton wednesday. A
coroners jury, after hearing numer-
Gus witnesses including doctors, held
the man died at the hands Of Z per-
son Or persons unknown.
A postmortem examination was per-
formed following the inquest and q
doctors death certificate was issued
which said death was the result q
old age, according to States Attor-
ney H. Johanneson. Further investi-
cations conducted Friday by Sheriff
Archie B. O'Connor,s force and tho
states attorney revealed new evidences
that Mckenzie possibly Was slain By
someone who sought TO rob him,
JohanneSOn said.
Samples Of stains on . club found
outside the door Of McKenzie's shack
were sent to the North Dakota uni
verMty laboratories ct Grand Forks
for analysis to determine whether O.
not they were human blood. the states
attorney said.
Funeral services for Mckenzie were
set for Saturday after authorities
were informed relatives In Canada
would be unable to come here.
The Bismarck tribune., 1933-12-23
Convict Young Mason
OF Causing Big Fire

Leipzig, Dec. 23.-(R)-The supreme
court ended three months Of delibcra-
tions Saturday with the verdict that
Marinus Van Der Lubbe. a. . brick
mason from Holland, must die for
setting fire to the reichStag building
in Berlin last February.
At the same time the court freed
four Communists whom the state had
held to be responsible with Van Der
Lubbe. Thus ended one Of the most
spectacular trials in German history.
The Communists acquitted were
Ernst Torgler. former Communist
whip In the reicfstag, and three Bull
garian refugees, 0eorgi Dimitroff'
Blagoi Popoff and Wassil Taneff.
Van Der Lpbbe did not appear 70
take any notice Of the verdict. Apath-
etic at the end as In the beginning
Of the trial-a grotesque figure IN
hunched- -oyer position, with shock
Of tousled hair almost touching hi
knees-he seemed already dead.
throughout the trial Van Der Lubbe
insisted that he set the fire alone and
unaided.
The Bismarck tribune., 1933-12-23

Summit N. J.. Dec. 23.-(F-
Miss Edna II. Ennis, teacher In
charge Of the school at the Ar.
thur Sunshine Home and Kinder
garten for bind babies, stated at
the opening Friday Of the public
inquiry into allegations Of cruel
disciplinary measures on the part
Of the superintendent. that she
had seen children with their hands
bound and had heard the matron
tell q child his throat was cut after
she had drawn the blunt edge Of
q knife across 1t.
Miss Ennis related the story to
an unofficial board headed by
william J. Ellis, state commits
sioner Of institutions and agen.
cies.
She said the children were ''ner.
vous" as the result Of the type Of
punishment inflicted by the sup
erintendent, Mrs. Gladys Kraeuter.
She said she thought Mrs. Kraeu.
ter did not mean to be 'cruel" but
that the superintendent lacked
the fright background Of know
ledge"
Everything else In the home, she
said, was perfectly all right
the food Is good and the home Is
very clean"
william ]. Ellis, New Jersey
state commissioner OF institutions
and agencies. and several mem.
bers Of his staff make up the In
quiring board with J. Fred stickel.
Of Newark. q former common
pleas Judge, who Is . member Of
the homes board Of governors.
Target ot the accuSattons 4
The Bismarck tribune., 1933-12-23
WAGE fight RACES
ON CWA PROJECTS
Skilled Workers Refuse Pay
Checks at so Cents an
Hour; Demand $1.20

More than 80 men employed on civil
works projects In Bismarck are re-
naming off the jobs pending def
mite decision from the federal govern
nent in q dispute over classification
and wages. according to r. A. Mid
daugh, spokesman for the strikers.
The strikers, Middaugh said, have
worked for three weeks but have not
received their proper wages yet des-
pite the fact that Christmas Is upon
U.s."
Middaugh said the men, as skilled
laborers, are entitled to $l.20 or more
per hour for their work. Checks is
sued to those who are striking were
based on an 80-cent scale, but the re-
cipients refused to accept them.
The argument between the strikers
and the county CWA set-up IS over
whether there are any classificationa
and wage scales for laborers between
the skilled and unskilled classes" Mid
daugh claims there Is no such I'm
between classification authorized
while the county administration takes
the opposite view.
The whole matter has been sub
nittcd to the federal CWA admins
tration by the state CWA admins
tratiou.
In . conference Friday night, the
state set-up suggested that the strik-
ers accept the checks based on the
$50 scale, with the provision that
they would not be barred from claim
ing additional pay II higher wage
scales were approved. This proposal
was rejected by the strikers, however
and both parties TO the argument are
awaiting . definite decision from the
federal CWA administration.
The Bismarck tribune., 1933-12-23
CORN HOG PROGRAM
SCHEDULED TO open
With THE new Year
Nine States Have Set Up Tenn.
porary Committees to As
sist In Drive

Washington. Dec. 23.-(ReThe
farm administration announced Fri
day that the campaign to secure
pledges OF midwestern farmers to re-
duce their corn acreage and hog pro-
duction in 1894 would begin with the
new year.
Since Secretary Wallace announced
the reduction program two weeks ago
committees in Iowa. Nebraska. South
Dakota, Minnesota, Indiana, Kansas
Missouri, Ohio and Illinois have been
setting up temporary committees to
handle the work Of the campaign.
States are being organized through
county committees. which In turn des-
ignate township groups to hold meet
ings OF corn and hog producers and
carry out the actual work Of securing
signatures to reduction contracts.
Contracts and other forms are be-
ing completed and will be mailed to
|state, county, and township committees
within the coming week, DR.. A. O.
Black, chief Of the corn-hog section
said.
Farmers who sign the contracts
agree to reduce their corn acreage
BY 1t least 20 per cent below the aver
age sown In 1882 and to reduce their
number OF litters Of hogs farrowed
and hogs marketed from those lit
ters by IS percent for the same period
In return contract signers viii re-
ceive benefit payments Of 80 cents
| per b.,shel on the estimated yield pei
acre Of the land contracted to the
government and $500 per head on u
per cent Of the average number ol
hogs produced for market during the
two-year base period.
The Bismarck tribune., 1933-12-23
CAPITAL CITY HAS
FESTIVE AIR; SANTA
MAKES APPEARANCE
Activities At City Auditorium
Are Fore-Runner Of Work
Over Weekend
GOOD BUSINESS REPORTED
Merchants Happy a. They Re.
port Best Holiday Trade
in Several Years
GOOD BUSINESS REPORTED

Bismarck took on q festive air Sats
urday as Santa Claus came to town
to visit children in . program at the
City Auditorium and laSt.minute
shoppers crowded the stores to make
final purchases.
Merchants throughout the Missouri
Slope were happy. reporting the best
Christmas business in several seasons
and indications were that few, II any,
would be missed in the distribution Of
Yuletide cheer.
Santa Claus was receiving final dir
ections as to his major activities
scheduled for Sunday night, and the
celebration for Bismarck children at
the auditorium was merely an i'd.
vance demonstration Of hts powers.
Each member Of the huge juvenile
audience received bag Of candy.
Brisk weather did not halt the dis
tribution OF 265 basketsfull Of holi-
day goodies by the Capital City Good.
fellows" to the needy of the district
Fifteen Of them got out their auto-
mobiles to perform this service Sat.
urday morning. Clubwomen and
others had packed the baskets Friday
afternoon.
Play d Highlight
One Of the highlights OF the holi.
day celebration will be Presentation At
The Dover Road" ct the City Audi.
torium by the Community Playsrs
Christmas night. The curtain win riso
at $50 p. m, upon this most ambt-
tious enterprise Of the local gruup.
Sunday will mark tho OPENING q
the Bismarck Hockey League season,
with the Bismarck and AGandan Fur
esters clashing ct North Rink g .
o'clock. Monday afternoon the Blacks
hawks will play the high school sax
tet.
Inmates Of the state penitentissy
are looking forward to pleasant
Christmas Day. Following Q dinner Of
turkey and trimmings. . program Will
be presented at l:30 o'clock including
music by Hopkins eight-piece orches-
tr;. with Duke" Butterfly at the
piano. singing, tap and clog dancing.
string instrumental music, old-time
ftddling. accordion music, magician
acts and others.
The Bismarck tribune., 1933-12-23
Crown Prince Born
To GLADDEN. Japanese

Tokyo, Dec. 23.-(F-A child was
born to the empress Of Japan satur-
day-a son destined some day to be-
come the l25th Mikado Of the worlds
oldest dynasty.
While In many other lands devout
preparations were made to recall the
birth Of another infant-the Christ
child-Japan hailed with deep emo
ton the coming Of the little princeling.
One long blast from Tokyo's sirens
split the air at dawn. The city held
Its breath. Another blast Was heard,
and the capital began . mighty cele-
bration.
A single blast would have been cause
for near mourning, g Il had been at
the coming Of the four little girls
three still uving-in the royal house
hold.
But two meant the arrival Of the
long and eagerly-awaited crown
prince Of the island empire Of nearly
100 ,O00. 900 future subjects.
The Bismarck tribune., 1933-12-23
American Says Spy
Charge Is Frame-Up

Paris, Dec. 23.-(R)-Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Gordon switz. Americans held
by French police on espionage charges.
fatty declared themselves victims Of
q police "frameup" when they were
examined by magistrate Saturday.
switz. denied all connection with
the alleged espionage, and defended
himself vigorously during q three
hour examination. terming the charges
complete error" He said he came
to France as agent for an American
instrument firm and d trying to mar
ket sound almplifier.
The Bismarck tribune., 1933-12-23
TOWNLEY IS SILENT
ON ROOSEVELT RAP
AT INDUSTRY PLAN
Has Nothing to Say Of Presi-
dents Insistence on Com.
munity Action
WANTS TO THINK IT OVER
First Show Good Faith Is Ex-
ecutive's Dictum on Pro-
moter's Scheme
WANTS TO THINK IT OVER

Washington, Dec. 23-(P)-President
Roosevelt was represented Friday as
being In favor Of federal cooperation
In establishment Of small factories In
rural states SO that raw materials
could be finished near the source OF
their production.
The president would insist. however,
that communities In which such in
dustries might be established first
show their good faith by setting them
up with their own money.
A proposal that $1,000, 900 of public
works money Be allocated to finance
system Of state e-owned mills and fac
tories in North Dakota was submit
ted to the president earlier In the
week by Senator Frazier Rep. N. d.
and A. G. Townley Of that state.
Townley led a delegation OF North
Dakotans to Washington last week
and placed the request before the
public works administration.
The proposal Is q revival Of q por-
ton Of the Nonpartisan League plat
form Of several years ago. II 1t could
be carried out, Townley contends. It
would make the state economically
self-sufficient in that 1t would not
have to send It's raw materials into
other states to be processed. He be-
lleves farmers then would be saved
from high freight rates and the gar
which exists now between the mar
ket price Of farm products and the
price the farmer pays for clothing
and groceries would be narrowed.
Puts State First
Townley has insisted, however, upon
state rather than community-owned
enterprises. He declined to comment
Friday night on the presidents reac-
ton. preferring. he said, to wait until
he had given 1t consideration.
Accompanied by Senator Frazier
Townley went to the interior depart
ment Friday to discuss his plan with
10. L. Chapman, assistant secretary
He said later that formal application
for loan to the Bank Of North Da-
kota would be filed with the public
works administration. The state. he
said, would pledge the industries q
security for the loan.
Townley said he would discuss the
loan Saturday with Gov. VIM. LANCER
who Is expected to return here. The
governor announced here Monday hi
favored the industrial plan, but de.
clared emphatically he would not con.
sent to q state bond issue II suct
was the security demand Of the pub.
lie works administration.
The North Dakota state bank 1
under the industrial commission, o.
which the governor Is q member. ane
the loan application must be approved
by q majority of the membership be.
fore It Is submitted to Washington.
The Bismarck tribune., 1933-12-23
FINANCIAL EXPERTS
WATCHING MOVES TO
STABILIZE CURRENCY
Speculation Is Rife as Federal
Reserve Board Is Called
to Meeting

Washington, Dec. 23.-(P)-Presi-
dent Roosevelt Saturday pursued q
sort Of hybrid bimetallic-commodity
dollar idea in the search for higher
prices.
The capital eagerly sought eM-
dences Of any administration moves
to carry out his expressed hope for
extension OF the silver stabilization
plan to ether media Of exchange, per-
haps gold, and wondered whether
Friday nights secret and hurried
meeting Of federal reserve board gov
ernors was necessitated by develop
ments or forecast others to come.
The president expects silver COIN
age, among other things. to depreci-
ate the dollar in silver-using coun-
tries just as gold purchases have done
II. nations which use that metal as .
base.
When that depreciation. both at
home and abroad, reaches q level
which Roosevelt considers satisfac-
tory, and when commodity prices suit
him, he hopes for stabilizat;on.
Would Regulate Dollar
He would like to regulate the dol
lar then SO that its purchasing power.
in terms Of commodities, would be
more constant. Constancy, his ad-
visers say, would be achieved through
continued control Of the value Of
gold and silver. So the dollar, 1t Is
theorized, would be indirectly based
on commodities with its purchasing
power directed through changes In the
price OF two basic metals.
The presidential hope for interna-
tional concord on such program Is
based upon what he termed the really
significant feature of the silver plan
for the first time, the world agreed
upon means Of handling one Of the
two great fundamental currency
bases.
Sixty-six nations signed the silver
agreement reached at the London
economic conference, but stabilization
/ oi gold-backed currencies frequently
has been rejected by the United States
because Roosevelt thought prices were
rot high enough.
Result Is In Doubt
Whether and how much American
exports to silver using countries viii
increase Is dependent on the price oi
silver as fixed In the open market
and not on the American government
price which applies only to domestic
newly -mined metal.
Attempts to estimate possible IN.
creases in United States sales x
China, India. Mexico and other silvel
using countries are made more diff
cult by this fact as well Is by dis.
agreement among experts.
The American government price o.
CAS- cents an ounce was about 50 PEI
cent above the open market price. q
established between buyers and sell
ers by bargaining, when the silye
! Continued On to Paes Nlnel
The Bismarck tribune., 1933-12-23
North Dakota Man Is
Slugged in Mill City

Minneapolis. Dec. 23.-(R)-Victim
OF q brutal attack in which two men
slugged, robbed and then stripped him
Of his shoes, Steve Ross Of Griffin, N.
D., was found unconscious on the side
walk at Fifth street and Sixth avenue
north. Minneapolis, at 2:30 a. m. Sat-
urday.
Griffin was taken to the General
hospital where he was found to have
. badly laoerated scalp. He said he
had been robbed Of $l8.
The Bismarck tribune., 1933-12-23
GIRL ATTACKED, SLAIN

Grand Rapids, Mich, Dec. 23.-tR
The body Of an unidentified girl.
about II years old. who apparently
had been criminally attacked and
slain. was found In field about two
miles outside the city limits near
East Leonard road shortly before noon
Saturday. The head had been bat
tered and the girls clothing was torn.
The Bismarck tribune., 1933-12-23
SEEK m TRIAL RUN

Portsmouth, N. H. Dec. 23.-(R-
The submarine Cachalot had its first
trial run Friday.
Il. Commander Morrill, 0omstock
commanding officer Of the craft. 4
. native q North Dakota nun which
STATE he was appointed % Tho Naval
academy.
The Bismarck tribune., 1933-12-23
YuIetide Spirit Covers Bismarck
Will Not Publish
Tribune Monday

In view OF the Christmas holi-
day The Tribune will not be pub
lished Monday, giving employees
an opportunity to participate In
yuletide festivities.
Publication of The Tribune will
be resumed Tuesday.
The Bismarck tribune., 1933-12-23
BANKER IS STRICKEN

New York, Dec. %. - @ - Henry
Seligau, member Of the banking firm
Of J. and w. seligan and Company,
died Saturday from . heart attack
He was Is yean old.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-07-06
ALASKA LIVING COSTS

There is no disposition on the part of the Bureau of the Budget to order a separate study of living costs in Alaska, as suggested by Delegate Dimond, so that it could be conclusively proved that federal employees in the Territory are lm- der greater expense, the idea being that they should be forced to ac- cept "a proportionately lesser pay reduction, than those in the States
 Alvin Brown, acting Director of the Budget Bureau, has. advised the Delegate that The amount of reduction in compensation of fed eral employees. is i. determined by Sections ? and 3 of Title Il, of the Act of March 20. 1883 Public No, 9. Under this provision, of law, I do not believe that any discre- ton rests with the President to apply any cost of living figures ex- cept those which apply generally in the United States" is.. ,.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-07-06
HAS ], 15 BILLS NOW
 BEFORE HOUSE
List. of Measures Pending
 Is Announced- Works
 for Relief Funds A 2
Continued from Page One,

ies, from the Department of Com
 merce to the Territory H. R. 4975 authorizes the entry of fur7hearing homesteads on the public lands of Alaska. This bill
 would make it possible for any person who is entitled to enter a homestead, who has held a, lease for fur farming and who has ra- sided on the land as lessee for two years or more to acqure patent | for up to, 160 acres of land. HI. R. 4sO8 would grant citizen
 ship to the Metlakatla Indians. H. R. l848 is the bill for the repeal of the Alaska bone dry
 law.
 1 H. R. 3343 would repeal the act modifying the mining laws inso- 1 far as their application to Alaska lis concerned and would place in l fuli effect and force the general mining laws of the United States. H. R.. 3894 would authorize the IThlingst and Giaida Indians. of Alaska to, bring suit in the Unit ed States, Court of Claims against 1 the United States. a H. R. 3s24 is a bill entitled "To amend Section 6 of the Act of Congress entitled An Act for the nrotection of the fisheries of Al aska. and for other purposes, ap- proved June 6, 1924" It pro |yides that no boat, trap or other property used in fishing shall be summarily seized and held for for feiture for alleged violation of. the fishing laws until and unless the person charged with the violation shall have bsen convicted
 There are also bills for the re- lief of Erik Nylen and Joe Reno
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-07-06
I. H. c. PASSES.

The American section of the International Highway Commission, created during the Hoover admins tration, is now thing of the past. It's duties were recently terminated by order of the President, and ac ticn which was expected following completion of the report which is now being printed, Members of the Commission were Major Maleom Elliott, Ernest Walker Sawyer and Herbert H. Rice of Detroit.