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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-08-25
BUSINESS ON WHOLE
LOOKING BETTER IS
ROOSEVELT'S VIEW
President Also Takes Occasion
To Reassure Merchant Mar
Inc Of Backing

Washington. Aug. 25.-(F-Pres-
Etdent Roosevelt s3yS he believes Am
erican business on the whole looks
promising.
Declaring that conditions appear
better than he had expected, the
president also took occasion Friday
to reaSSure specific branch of COM
merce-the merchant marine.
Both the chief executive and Sec
rotary Of Agriculture Wallace said
they favored maintaining the mer-
chant marine. This was by way Of
reply to critics Of recent pronounce
ment of Wallace, in which he ques-
toned whether further extension Of
ship subsidies would be good thing.
President Roosevelt said that since
getting back from his trip to Hawaii,
he had received reports from banks,
industry, transportation and business.
These, he said, shaped up better than
he expected.
Secretary Wallace's statement about
subsidies, made in q recent letter to
Representative Bland OF Virginia,
had raised something Of a storm. He
had suggested that if other countries
were given more Of chance at trans
porting American ocean-borne COM
merce, they would have money to
buy.
Both the president and Wallace
agreed that while this economic prob
lem must be weighed, there are other
factors. such as national defense.
Officials said there was not neces-
Sarily any conflict between the pres
ident's views on business and the
monthly survey Of the federal re-
serve board.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-08-25
Moratorium Decision
On Rent Is Reversed

Acting Gov. Ole H. Olson Saturday
reversed the decision Of one Judge u
the first moratorium case . come
before him. and stepped q the I'D q
another family Ia : second hearing.
district Judge W. 3. achell Of Dick
inson was reversed Ia his decision
that the moratorium WAS Of no IT.
feet In relation 20 IN action brought
by Hulda Leonberger against John
Aloud. for rent.
n the second case. the acting GOV
ernor intsrvensd saying. T cannot
order the moratorium lifted 70 make
exceptions IN this care" which In
volved the home Of Mrs. Alice Ihors.
rud and her husband. Martin. at
AGinot. District Judge A. J. oronna
reviewed the SSase. made no deci1ion.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-08-25
KATHERINE LYONS
CLAIMED SUDDENLY
BY DEATH FRIDAY
Funeral Services for Deputy
County Auditor Set at 9
A. NJ, Monday

Miss Katherine Lyons, deputy
county auditor and lifelong resident
Of Bismarck, died suddenly at Z p. m,
Friday from internal hemorrhages
following treatment at local hos
pital for kidney disorders.
Acting upon doctors advice. Miss
Lyons made arrangements to stay
overnight at the hospital following
her treatment. The hemorrhages
set In and she died suddenly and
without warning.
Funeral services will be held at 8
q. M, Monday at the st. Mary's pro-
cathedral. Rev. Father Robert Fee
han will sing requiem high mass.
Burial will be made at the st. Mary's
cemetery. The body will lie in state
at the home, 200 Mandan Ave-, Sun
day evening.
Pallbearers will be Everett "a
France, Clair Derby, Harry Houar,
Paul Cook. Lawrence Bair and Paul
Halloran.
Born and raised in North Dakota,
Miss Lyons has been very active in
community work. She was q men,
Der Of the Burleigh County Pioneers
association and the Women's Bene-
fit association.
A well-known figure in county af-
fairs, Miss Lyons, known affection
ately by her friends as Kate" has
been employed at the county audi
tors office for over Is years. She
was member Of the st. Mary's Cath
Ole church and active in church work.
Miss Lyons was born Aug. !, 1877,
at the old Fort Lincoln, on the Man
dan side Of the Missouri river. Her
father, soldier In the United States
army, moved to Bismarck when Miss
Lyons was two months old.
She received her education at the
st. Mary's school here and upon
graduation served In stenographic po-
sitions for several years before be-
ginning her service in the county
auditors office.
She leaves to mourn her loss two
sisters and one brother. With her
sister, Mrs. Margaret Moriarity, she
has been making her home at 200
Mandan st. Her brother, John, Jr,
Is the proprietor Of q Bismarck res
taurant.
Mrs. James Tully Of Spokane,
Wash, another sister, is expected to
arrive Sunday for the funeral. She
also has one niece, Mrs. Francis Hal
loran Of Bismarck.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-08-25
GRANT 22PER Cent
CUT IN 500 TAXES
Railroad Gets Third Reduction
Ii as Many Years by Judge
Mjller's Order

Fargo, N. D., Aug. 2S.-(ReFor the
third time In as many years the Soc
line railroad has been granted . re-
duction in it, taxes by the federal
court.
Judge Andrew Miller Friday signed
an order decreasing the railroads
taxes in North Dakota approximately
100000 or a per cent below the
figure set by the state board OF
equalization.
The order was based on . stipula-
ton entered by the attorneys for the
railroad and the Ctate. Under Judge
Miller,s orders, taxes Of the railroad
will be decreased from approximately
$449, 900 to $3lo, 505.4l. the tax to be
paid in five equal installments on
Sept. !, oct. !, Nov. !, Dec and
Jan. I, 1885.
The assessed valuation Of the 500
line as set by the state board OF
equalization was ~, 2S2 800, and this
amount was decreased BY the court TO
917.3l4,lsl.
The order enjoins the county and
state officials from collecting any tax
for 1888 except g Is set forth Ia Z
table prepared by the attorneys.
The Soc line has brought action
in federal court for the past three
years to have It's taxes reduced. It
has commended on each occasion that
its properties have decreased IN value
and that they have been overassessed
in comparison with other properties
Of the state. In each instance the
railroad has been granted . reduc.
ton.
Like the 500 line, tho Great North
ern and Northern Pacific railroads
also have sought relief In federal court
from alleged oyer-assessments for
1888. The Great Northern seeks Z
reduction Of - per cent In It's assess-
ment and the Northern Pacific =
asking q reduction Of 80 per cent.
The basis Of the complaints are
practically the same mall three suits.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-08-25
Kidnap Plot Against
Detroit Man PrObed

Detroit, Aug. 26.-(R-A purported
plot to kidnap Robert Oakman, De-
troit financier and real estate opera
tor, was being investigated Saturday
morning by Detroit and Windsor,
Ont, police.
Police information was supplied by
Peter Kungel, IS, Of Windsor, who
was found tied hand and foot In Z
clump Of bushes near the Detroit
river here. Kungel told police he had
been abducted, taken for ride and
drugged by Z gang that had tried to
persuade him to disclose information
about Oakman.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-08-25
EXPENSE ACCOUNTS
SHOW IS PAID FOR
JUNE CAMP AIGN|NG
Offenders Face Dismissal, PIo.
masen Says After Study
Of Records
MORE SITS TO FOLLOW
calling on PatroImen, Can.
vassing Tioga,' Listed on
Paid Vouchers
MORE SITS TO FOLLOW

Eighteen highway maintenance pa
trolmen in the Williston division Of
the state highway department satur-
day faced dismissal, Is study Of their
expense accounts during the month
Of June revealed they had charged
the state for time expended In "po-
litical activity" according to +. q.
Plomasen, maintenance department
chief.
The 10 were first Of the MAIN
tenance men to be struck by an In
vestigation Of expense and salary rec
ords which Plomasen has been making
since he first assumed the position Of
maintenance engineer.
Men in other divisions, including
Fargo, may also be discharged - .
result Of his investigations. Plomasen
said.
Plomasen explained that check Of
the sworn expense accounts Of main
tenance men In the Williston division
showed that more than $500 was
spent in the month Of June, In SAL
aries claimed and collected by main.
tenance men for campaign purposes"
"On expense claim after expense
claim appear items Of calling on pa
trolman by order Of r. W. yfa5ier,'"
Plomasen explained. Zone man col.
lected $50 for campaigning: sn0ther
charged the state $3.50 for 'canvassing
Tioga,' while still another collected
$3.50 for distributing campaign pos
tiers. All on state time"
AL Of the expenditures were In the
latter part Of June. Plomasen said,
shortly before the primary election.
Fraser formerly was maintenance
superintendent Of the division. He
was discharged two weeks ago and was
replaced with T. G. Flaten.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-08-25
SAAR BALLOT WILL
DETERMINE FRENCH
OR GERMAN LOYALTY
200 Trains Roll Into Section
From Germany; Chancellor
Hitler to Talk

Berlin. Aug. 25.-(R-More than
200 special trains rolled through Ger
many toward the Rhine Saturday for
. great mobilization Of loyalty to the
saar territory Sunday.
This section, immensely wealthy in
natural resources, votes Jan. Is, 1886,
whether to return to German sover-
eighty, remain under the mandate OF
the League Of Nations, or be attached
to France.
The mobilization recalls the cele-
bratton Of the evacuation Of the
Rhineland four years ago, but this
time it Is on an infinitely bigger scale.
Chancellor Hitler will speak.
Celebrations In 100 towns hailed
the departure Of the last French
troops from Rhineland cities. sun
days loyalty demonstration Is de-
signed to foreshadow the march OF
German sovereignty into the Saar.
The Reich's ponderous propaganda
machinery. which just q week ago
overwhelmed the nation with sugges-
lions, admonitions End commands to
vote YES" Is hurting It's whole weight
into the task Of concentrating the
nations emotion on the saar.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-08-25
CCC Will Entertain
Olson, City Officials

Acting Governor Ole II. Olson,
members Of the city commission and
park board Win be guests Of the Bis
marck civilian conservation corps ct
. 4tag party being held Ct the camp
grounds Monday evening ct Z o'clock.
a program Of entertainment. In
GLIDING boxing, wrestling and muSic
= being prepared b. the corps and win
BE- followed By : Weiner roast.
The guest list also viii include
Captains Virgil Dell, Patrick Kelly
and George Connors Of IT. Lincoln.
Captain T. II. q. waters 4 "a charee
Of The Coo camp
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-08-25
HEl finger OPENS
COURTHOUSE BIDS
Bismarck Contractor d Low for
General Construction Of
Building

Mott, N. D., Aug. 25-R)ELow bids
on four separate contracts In con-
nection with proposed construction Of
. new Hettinger county courthouse
totaled 4o6,83S when opened here Ftt-
day by the board Of county commits
stoners.
Awarding Of the contracts viii bc
considered ct the next commissioners
meeting, probably Tuesday.
Low bid among four opened on the
general construction contract WAS
that Of A. J.Weinberger. Bismarck. ct
t7eoe0.
Low bidders on other contracts
were: Plumbing and heating. Moeer
Plumbing and Heating Co.. 4l2,5oo:
electric wiring. James River Electric
Co, e2.0o0: electric fixtures. Moser
Plumbing and Heating Co. 9l,3oo.
The county has . considerable
amount Of money Ia court house
fund, but probably will need to bor-
row approximately 120,Oo0. according
to the county auditor. A ,pGpposed
bond Issue for 100000 for courteous
construction Vas defeated II 1873.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-08-25
Mrs. Clinic Is Named
Barnes School Head

Valley City. n. D., Aug. 25-(F)-
Mrs. Nettie Clinic Of Darcy was ap-
pointed county superintendent Of
schools to succeed Walter A. Eggert.
resigned, 1t Q meeting Of the board
Of Barnes county commissioners FRI
day. She was selected from . large
field Of applicants ana assumed her
duties Saturday. Eggert resigned to
accept the superintendency q public
schools Ct Dlus Island, I'll. suburb q
Chicago.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-08-25
Highway Workers
Are Seeing Snakes

North Dakota has the snakes,
bad-rattlesnakes, too.
It's all on account Of the drouth,
though-take any one Of q num-
Der of old-time highway workers
word for 1t.
Desperate for water, rattle
snakes in the southwestern por-
tons of the state are crawling
over highways and roads seeking
ponds and creeks, reports to the
state highway department de-
Clare.
The rattlers customarily remain
quiet during the months Of July
and August, when they shed their
skins. This year, the opposite is
true, according to A. D. La Due,
highway division inspector. Men
have reported seeing numerous
snakes moving ceaselessly across
the arid county-in search of one
good swig.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-08-25
Mrs. Julia Myhre, Il,
Of Grand Forks, Dies

Grand Forks, N. D.. Aug. 36-R3-
Mrs. Julia Ayhre, Tl-yeAr old resident
Of Grand Forks county since lo7o,
died here Ia hospital late Thurs
day. Born IN Norway, Ars. kyhre
came to rr0ebcrn county. Minnesota.
In 1914, and moved 70 the vicinity Of
Buxton. n. D.. II 1870. She moved to
Grand Forks III 1919.
Funeral services WIN - Monday In
Grand Fogks With hurial at Duxton,
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-08-25
Genevieve Parsons is
Secretary Of Board

Miss Genevieve Parsons, secretary
tc Acting Gov. Ole H. Olson Saturday
became secretary Of the state pardon
board. following resignation Of Miss
Marguerite Fredericks.
Miss Fredericks resigned to assume
q position with the First National
Bank ct Mandan.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-08-25
Van METER HlDE0UT
sought FOR CLUES 4
OF LAST CANISTER
Woman in Case Held in Hope
OF Learning Whereabouts
Of Baby Face
HAMILTON BELIEVED DEAD
st. Paul Police Link Slain
Mobster With $4,000
Brooklyn Robbery
HAMILTON BELIEVED DEAD

st. Paul, Aug. 25.-(R-Tt1e WON
an in the case" Saturday was . cen
trail figure around which revolved ef-
forts Of police to locate the hideaway
Of the slain mobster. Homer Van
Meter, and to learn about recent
movements Of another Dillinger gun
man, George Baby Face" Nelson.
Statements made Friday by the
woman, Opal Meliga, known also Is
Opal Mulligan, st. Paul waitress. sent
Chief Of Police Frank Cullen and
Detective Thomas Brown, who killed
Van Meter here late Thursday, on
two secret missions.
Concerning q third member Of the
notorious gang, John Hamilton, chief
understudy Of the late John Dillinger
police expressed the belief h was
dead.
Letters Yield Clues
While the persistent questioning OF
the woman apparently failed to re-
veal Van Meters hideout, the source
Of his wealth-he had 1888 in cash
In his pockets and in = money belt
when he was shetland the where
abouts Of his two automobiles. Chief
Cullen said letters and papers found
on the body were regarded - impor-
tant clues.
Although Chief Cullen refused Ia
discuss the parpose 81 his trip, It wa
reported they were searching for q St
Paul police character seen here fire.
Quently with Van Meter in the past
two weeks, In the hope he could dis
close what connections the Dillinger
mob had or has In st. Paul's under
world.
Van Meters body was borne from
st. Paul late Friday In q motor
hearse, en- route to Fort Wayne, Ind,
his childhood home, where relatives
said he would be buried, probably late
Saturday.
Authorities professed no knowledge
Of "Baby Face" Nelson's whereabouts,
but pressed their search for Van
Meters hideout in the hope something
could be learned there.
Hamilton Has DISAPPEARED
The fact Hamilton. q leading fig
ure in the gang while Dillinger was
alive. has not been seen for months
has led police to believe he is dead.
The added bits Of information
cleaned here and there.supported the
possibility Hamilton had been killed
after the flight from the Little Bo-
hernia resort near Mercer, WIS.,, this
spring.
Van Meters new straw hat. pur-
chased in q New York store, recalled
to. police the daring tl27. 900 robbery
Of q money truck In Brooklyn last
Tuesday. It was known Van Meter
had been In and out Of st. Paul dur
ing the last two weeks.
Chief Cullen and Detective Brown
had not returned from their second
trip early Saturday afternoon. While
strictest secrecy prevailed, 1t was be-
lieved they might be searching for
the cache in which loot from the
Sioux Falls. 8. D.. and Mason City,
Iowa bank robberies staged In March,
both attributed by some to the Dill
linger gang.
While police continue to hold the
Meliga girl, r. L. Palarjne, attorney,
said he had been asked by her moth
er and sister to take steps to free her.
He said he would confer With them.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-08-25
BOYS WILL De BOYS

Pottstown, PA Reading company
express train ground to stop within
Sc feet Of three boys lying With their
heads on the rails.
The boys jumped up. thumbed their
noses at the engineer and fled-but
rot quite fast enough.
It was oil . "joke." Donald Rogers.
IS: Thomas Ibach, 16, and Charles
James. II. told Squire Otto Meyer Of
Royersford.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-25
Chicago LW.O. Increases
Quota As DriUe Is Pushed
For Daily's 100000 Fund

CHICAGO, Aug. 23-Appause greeted the rejec
ton of quota of $500 tentatively set for the Chicago In
ternaOnal Workers Order in the 100000 Daily drive.
A. H. Case, of the W. o., insisted that the organza-
ton be given quota of s1,2OO promising that this
amount would be surpassed.
Socialist competition this Daily
fined to the Districts Chicago
challenged Section of the Communist
their quotas and
The section Section
section would challenge
section in District to fulfill quota.
Cleveland Section Challenge
Section Cleveland has challenged Youngstown Akron
has further decided of
to meet at the time of the District Conference
contract competition
Daily Worker Daily Worker Saturday
points contained the political
Anniversary of Party"
District Pittsburgh proposed that every
quota than
parties for the Daily Worker,
Bring Drive Into Factories
But the task the continues
sis bring organ
cations That why quota
but the units includes the organization
the territory of the applies the section
namely that they shall set minimum $500
raised by Section Daily
The Gallup section of District 49,
Helper Utah. section reaching their
section expects to raise its quota full by Sept
In Connecticut of the
have in each city large affair other plans
progress
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-25
Independent
Unions Meet
On Unity Plan
X entatives of
10000 Work Toward
Joint Action

NEW YORK. "A preliminary con-
ference of unions outside of the
American Federation of Labor was
held at Irving Plaza, Thursday
night, to consider joint action in
the struggle against company
unionism, for the right of all work
ers to be organized in unions Of
their own choice, and for mutual
aid and cooperation in the struggle
to secure better conditions.
Seventy-f1ve accredited delegates
representing thirty-four unions were
duly seated at the conference. These
delegates represented a membership
of more than 10000 workers.
After an exchange of opinions,
the conference decided to set up
a committee consisting of repre-
sentatives of all the organizations
to spread the movement for uniting
these organizations, TO plan a large
conference in the near future to
which all unions outside the A. F.
of i. will be invited, and also TO
plan immediate joint action on
some of the immediate issues con-
fronting these unions represented.
r. Page, Of the Independent Smok-
ing Pipemakers' Union, was elected
temporary secretary.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-25
PACT OF UNITED ACTION

PACT OF UNITED
The Central Committee of the Party permanent
administrative acivaed the
will to crush
1t clear that this aim
the working having struggle
OF the working class requires therefore that the Socialist Party and
the Communist Party organize this against
In the of the danger which Fasm
aoog population organized attempts by the armed bands against
the proeara the
the necessity carrying out in joint the upon
and they hereby indicate the means and conditions:
THE Socialist Party and the Party
pact of united action by which they pledge organize
and to participate with all their organizations
tants elected delegates etc. country
having for its
working class population against the Fas-
cst organizations, for their dissolution
bFor the defense democratic liberties proportional
representation and the dissolution of Parliament
Against preparations.
d-Aganst the
Against the Fascist terror In Germany Austria
the freedom of Ernst Thaeman seitH and all
other anti-fascist prisoners
campaign will be carried out by means Of Joint meetings
in the greatest possible localities enterprises by
of demonstrations and counter demonstrations
assuring the selfdefense Of workers meetings an
mnts and always watching that the psyche
logical material and moral conditions combined
them maximum and force.
The campaign the
the meetings and demonstrations applying
the methods agitation organization
of broad action of struggle against the
in the of this joint action members either
grips adversar
lend them aid and assistance.
action the two Parties shall recproay
crzng mtans
participating loyalty in this action.
Nevertheless each
its complete independence propaganda without
insult to the other
united demonstrations should exclusively
to the aim and be transformed debates
the doctrine and the tactics of the two Parties
Each Party pledges suppress characterization
quences which might develop within its
the joint action engaged
coordang committee delegates
will be formed in order the the
of the Joint demonstrations COMMITTEES
gatons conflicts that arise The decisions Of this Committee
will be recorded In joint
mlnicated to the workers
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-25
800 Striking Workers
Stop Machines as Rank
and File Raise Demands

MILWAUKEE,, Wis, Aug. "a
Picketing of the Geuder Paeschke
and Frey plant by 300 striking
workers continued to keep produce
ton at a standstill as the strike
leadership began secret negotiations
with the bosses.
The workers are striking for thirty
per cent increase in wages and
recognition of the union. The en-
ployers want a company union.
Striking workers are dissatisfied
with their leadership, which failed
to call all workers of the local out
on strike. The local has presented
demands to the National Enameling
Company which produces the same
material as Geuder, Paeschke and
Frey, but officials of the company
are stalling.
The rank and file workers are
demanding broadening of the
strike committee from five to fifty.
mass meeting of strikers, no
settlement on promise of arbitra-
ton and granting of demands be-
fore returning to work. spreading
of strike to the National Enameling
Stamping Co., and stronger picket
lines backed by other organizations.
including unemployed. These de-
nsnds will be discussed at a meet
ing of the strikers Saturday.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-25
Rail Workers
Forced to PAY
For Pensions

WASHINGTON, D. c., Aug. "a
The railroad companies were today
directed by the Railroad Retire
ment Board to deduct per cent
of all employees earnings from the
pay envelopes in the Railroad Re-
tirement Act providing pensions for
old employees. This act, passed by
the last session of Congress, and
backed by the Railroad Brother
hood unions, is far from satisfac-
tory. A worker does not get a
pension until he is 10 years old.
The act calls for the workers
themselves to contribute 8 per cent
of their pay to the fund. This
means that the railroad workers,
already impoverished by part time
work and high cost of living, will
contribute S30,000,0o0 to the pen
sion fund. The railroad companies
give the balance.
The railroad companies, however,
have been contesting the constitu-
tionality of the Railway Retirement
Act, in the federal courts, in order
to escape payment of even this
meagre and inadequate pension.
The Act was to go into effect on
August l, and payments of pensions
to begin Feb. l, 1885, but the court
fight will delay payments, it is
expected.
The railroads plead poverty" in
spite of the fact that the net OPP
Grating income of the Glass roads
was $70,000,000 in the first half of
this year, or 46 per cent more than
the first half of last year.