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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-08-29
Baby Face Believed
mobiIizing New Mob
Dillinger's Right Hand Man May
Be Moving in to Terrorize
Northwest
IS SEEN At VIRGINIA, MINI.
Nelson Surrounding Himself
With Picked Men, Including
karpis and Barker

st. Paul, Mimi, Aug. 29-(R-As-
Stunning the desperado's mantle once
worn by John Dillinger, George Baby
Face" Nelson, an associate of the dead
gengster, may be moving in" to ter
rorize the northwest states which not
so long ago were Dillinger,s stamp
Ing grounds" authorities believe.
The dapper and slight statured Mel
sen, wanted for the killing of w. Car
ter Baum, federal department Of JUS
tice agent, when Dillinger made his
sensational escape from a Little b.
hernia, Wis.,. resort. last spring. Is as
deadly with hts trigger finger as Dill
linger was, federal agents claim.
The Dillinger gang has dwindled
down to Nelson and possibly John
Hamilton, II the latter Is alive, but
the federal men believe Nelson has
surrounded himself with a picked
gang Of desperados, to prey on Soc
iety.
As evidence Of the organized gang,
authorities point to q report that
Homer Van Meter, Dillinger lieuten-
ant, met his death from police bull
lets here last Thursday as the result
OF tip by his own associates who
feared Van Meters associations with
women would endanger plans for new
raids.
Planned Series OF Raids
According to the report Nelson and
his gang had planned to stage a SEN
sational series Of raids on Northern
Minnesota banks. Nelson was recently
reported seen in q city in the north
err section of the state "eyeing up" q
benk at Virginia, MINI. A Duluth
bank also was included in the propos-
et: raid, it was reported.
Other members Of the gang said to
be connected with Baby Face" in
clude Alvin Karpis and Fred Barker.
fCl whom authorities are searching in
connection with the 100000 kidnap-
ping Of Edward G. Bremen, st. Paul
banker, and Arthur DOC" Barker, q
brother Of Fred. There are six other
members of the gang, federal agents
elieve.
That Nelson and company may now
b.. hiding out at Minnesota or Wis
consin resort may be possible, authori-
ties believe, waiting for the heat of
the Van Meter killing to suhside be-
fore carrying out plans for raids.
The wife of Nelson, alias ellis,
captured at the Little Bohemia resort
with two other women but later par
o!ed at Madison, Wis, may have re-
joined her husband, authorities say.
Although Hamilton has been reported
killed the federal agents are inclined
to doubt this and believe he Is now q
Nelson gang lieutenant.
The state bureau OF criminal ap-
prehension and local authorities are
keeping close watch for possibilities
Of raid. while the federal agents are
continuing their constant search for
the man who is charged with the kill
ing Of one Of their force.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-08-29
Fargo Pays Tribute
To Memory Of Clapp

Fargo, N. D.. Aug. 2o-(R-Honor-
Ing the memory Of w. J. Clapp, clerk
Of the Fargo Park board for many
years and early day Fargo attorney,
who died ct his home Tuesday, flags
n and about Fargo parks Wednesday
are ct half mast.
Funeral services will be conducted
IL the First Methodist Episcopal
church 1T 2 ,. m. Thursday, the body
lying In state ct funeral home until
that time. Burial win be IN Crafts.
bury Common, Vt.
One Of F1rgo's first attorneys. Mr..
Clapp has served In many official
capacities. He was alderman, clerk
Of the park board, past president Of
the Commons club Of Fargo and past
president Of the Bar association.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clapp had two chill
dren and three grandchildren. A sis
ter Of Mr.. Clapp lives IN Connecticut.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-08-29
Flax and Rye Process
Tax Is Still Problem

washington, Aug. 2e.-(R-The
farm administration was still strug-
Cling Tuesday with the problem Of
levying processing taxes on the na-
tional output Of flax and rye and In
search Of solutions to stumbling
blocks peculiar to the products.
, The AAA has repeatedly indicated
the taxes will eventually be affixed to
this years crops, but I spokesman
for the administration said Tuesday
no decision had been reached g to
methods. He. expressed the belief .
tax on flax was m imminent GER
tainty, but said rye offered special
problem because normally only q
small portion Of the output was pro-
ceased.
Decision. be said. waited the return
Of Chester Davis. farm administrator.
Davis spoke II Iowa Tuesday.
Flax, re and barley were made
basic commodities BY the last con.
gress, in m amendment 70 the farm
act offered ~ Senator Frazier
lRep., N. d..
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-08-29
CALIFORNIA VOTERS
ENDORSE SINCLAIR
ErstWhiIe Socialist Wins Demo-
cratic Nomination For
Governor

San Francisco, Aug. 29.-(P-From
a vote gathering raid deep into the
ranks of CALIFORNIA; democracy, Up
ton Sinclair, erstwhile Socialist, Wed
nesday emerged with the party's
nomination for governor under his
"epic' banner for abolishing pow
erty.
Against the Sinclair challenge. de-
cried by old-line Democrats as blow
at the party's existence. the Repub-
licans, on the basis of incomplete re-
turns from Tuesdays primary cleo
ton. named Acting Governor Frank
f. Merriam as their choice to con-
test for the executive post in Novem-
Der.
Gathering the bulk OF his strength
from Los Angeles county, Sinclair
swept far ahead of his nearest Demo-
cratic rival, George Creel, author and
propaganda director for the United
States government during the World
war.
The ''epic-plan" candidates vote
from more than half OF the states
l0,703 precincts, exceeded that given
Acting Governor Merriam in the Re-
publican primary.
The Democratic vote from 6,37O
complete and incomplete precincts
gave: Sinclair, 273,788: Creel 147,4l9;
Justus 8. Wardell, old-line party lead
er. 21,140. and Milton K. Young, the
party's nominee in 1890, l2.457.
For the Republican nomination,
complete and incomplete returns from
6.436 precincts gave: Merriam 1881;
G. G. Young, former governor, g.
TO: John r. Quinn, former national
and state commander Of the American
Legion, 60,265; and Raymond L.
Haight. former state corporation COM
missioner, 1854.
United States Senator Hiram w.
johnson clinched the nomination Of
his party, the Republican, and also
those Of the Democratic, Progressive
and Commonwealth ticket.
The apparent victory Of Sinclair,
whose "epac" plan calls for the state
to take over and operate defunct fac
tories and businesses and farms &C.
quired because Of tax delinquencies q
. means Of placing the unemployed.
was decrihed By him - . victory lnS
the New Deal"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-08-29
President Replies
To Initiation Talk

Hyde Park. N. Y. Aug. 29.-(P)-
President Roosevelt emphasized
Wednesday at his regular press
conference here that it is only the
ultimate intention" of the gov
eminent to use the gold profit from
devaluation Of the dollar and he
laughed away inquiries of infla-
ton by immediate use Of this fund.
The president spoke in response
to questions about the speech Tues
day night by Secretary Morgen-
thau stating the purpose to employ
the $4,000, 000. 900 gold profit event.
ually for retirement Of the public
debt.
Mr.. Roosevelt called attention to
the word ultimately and said that
meant q time pretty far in the fu-
ture. The gold profit fund, he add
ed, is q nest egg and would be so
regarded.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-08-29
Second Stewart Child
Dies Within q Week

Arlene Mae Stewart. four-year-old
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
Stewart Of Sterling, died ct . local
hospital at . .. m, Tuesday. Il was
the second fatality occurring IN the
Stewart family within Z week. Ar
lene'S younger brother, John Dean,
succumbed last Wednesday.
Funeral services viii b held at
p. m. Thursday ct the Sterling town
hall and burial will be made beside
the body Of her brother n the family
lot ct Driscoll.
Besides her parents Arlene Mae has
three sisters and one brother. They
are Mrs. Hnest JOHNSON Of Sterling.
Fern. Shirley and 0leu.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-08-29
UTILITY TAX FUND
OFFER REFUSED BY
ATTORNEY GENERAL
Satire Contends Entering Into
Stipulation Would Bind State
illegally

Preferred stipulations In the II per
cent utilities tax suit pending in fed
eral court, by which monies held by
the federal court register would be
released to counties were refused
Tuesday by Attorney General p. O.
Satire.
Satire refused to enter into the
stipulations on the grounds that they
would bind the state illegally" to an
agreement which would set the 1888
tax levy arbitrarily on the 1882 basis.
such an agreement would be IL
legal" Satire said. I'VE cannot bind
the state to such IN agreement. The
state would stand to lose by 1t in some
instances" Involved In the action Is
approximately 100000.
He pointed out that by the terms Of
the stipulations offered by the utility
companies, the payments made out Of
funds now held In escrow by the court,
would represent complete payment Of
taxes for the year 1888. in event the
II per cent gross earnings tax law
was held invalid.
Assessments for the year 1888 might
b more or In some instances might
b less than monies deSposited BY
the companies with the court" Satire
"The companies ask that
We agree to the 1882 tax as the basis
for the 1888 tax, and that the 1883
tax shall be considered paid, II these
monies are released and paid to coun-
ties"
Satire said q stipulation offered by
him by which the monies would Be re-
leased. but would b considered only
= payments applied to the taxes
assessed against the plaintiff for the
year 1883" under provisions Of Chap
ter 22o Of the laws Of 1870, has been
refused by counsel for the utility COM
panies.
The stipulation offered by the util-
ity companies provided that payments
under the stipulation should be con.
sidered . - full discharge Of It's en-.
tire tax obligations for the year
1885," should the u per cent law
be held invalid.
Under the terms Of sathre,s offer
I'd stipulation, he said, any overpay-
ments could be returned to the COM
panies on the basis Of assessed valua-
tions for 1888, under the old law, or
Il It were discovered payments were
not enough to cover levies on assess
ID valuations, additional payment
could be demanded.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-08-29
FEDERAL ACTION ON
DIVERSION PROJECT
IS BELIEVED NEAR
Survey Of James and Sheyenne
Seen as Forerunner Of Mis-.
souri, Work
CONGRESSMAN OPTIMISTIC
Sinclair Ventures Opinion Engi-
nssrs Will Find Expansion
Necessary

Washington, Aug. 2o.-R)-Friends
Of the Missouri river diversion project
viewed as an encouraging sign We'd
nesday Secretary Ickes' ALLEGATION Of
$4,000 for q survey Of the James and
Sheyenne rivers in North Dakota with
. view to determining the feasibility
Of impounding flood waters Of the
Two streams.
Ickes announced Tuesday the ap-
preparation Of public works money 70
the army engineers. following q hasty
reconnaissance Of the two rivers con-
Quoted by the engineers in surveying
the Missouri river.
Ickes said the PWA wanted to
know whether . series Of reservoirs
constructed along the two streams
would help solve the states water
problem, judged serious enough by the
administration for . presidential tour
Of the drouth area.
The Mississippi valley committee OF
the PWA recommended the survey AZ
ter viewing the hasty study Of the en-
gineers. The committee found the
reconnaissance justified further in
vestigation.
Sinclair Encouraged
Although there was q disposition
among some observers to- view the
secretary's action as q move to side
track the Missouri diversion plan,
Representative Sinclair Rep., N. d.,
was encouraged by the announcement
Sinclair predicted the study would
vindicate the claims Of proponents OF
the Missouri river plan that the James
and 6heyenne would not provide q
sufficient water supply to meet the
states needs.
"The army engineers will learn
something about the James and Shey-
enne," Sinclair said. "They will learn
they cannot get water there. Then
they will be forced to 60 to the Mis-
souri,"
He said there had been practically
no flow in either the James or Shey-
enne this summer.
Sinclair ventured the opinion the
PWA might have authorized the sur
vey to supplement some other scheme
1t has in mind" but he was more
pleased than alarmed.
First Move BY President
A spokesman for the Mississippi
Valley committee explained the sur
vey would investigate the cost of i'm
pounding waters Of the two streams,
inquire into prospective location Of
reservoirs, establish the amount OF
water that could be annually impound-
ed and determine how much could
be stored.
Authorization for the study was
viewed Is the first move Of the adj
to carry out the promise
Of President Roosevelt, made at Devils
Lake, N. D., early this month, to do
something" for the drouth ridden
state.
The president said he was deeply
sympathetic" and promised q solution.
He said safe foundation" on which
to work had not yet been found, but
assured his listeners 1t would be
found.
The Mississippi Valley committee
disclosed Wednesday 1t had received
q report on North Dakota water levels,
submitted by DR.. Simpson, state geol-
ogist. The study was not made pub
lie, but will be incorporated In q re-
port to Ickes covering the entire Mis-
sissippi Valley situation. to be SUBJ
mitted about October /.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-08-29
HUNDRED GET CALL
TO APPEAR BEFORE
MUN|T|Ol PROBERS
American Makers Of War Sup.
plies to Be Asked to Tell
Secrets Of Trade
HOLD SIR BASIL LETTERS
Principal Witness May Be lrsnes
Du Pont Of Vast Chemical
Enterprise

Chicago, Aug. 2o.-(ReA hundred
officials Of American companies en-
gagged In selling war supplies are un-
der subpoena, it was disclosed We'd
nesday, to tell their secrets to the
first American investigation Of this
trade.
They will be asked to tell what prof.
its are made In explosives, armor
plate, airplanes, poison gas and other
implements Of modern warfare and
to indicate what interest the Ameri-
can companies have, II any, in the So
called international munitions ring"
called abroad the secret information
al"
Senator Gerald p. Nye, Rep., N. D.,
chairman Of the senate committee
which will open hearings in Washing-
ton, September 4, confirmed reports
that the name Of Sir Basil zaharoff,
called the mystery man Of Europe"
would be heard q the committee
went into international angles Of its
study.
Nye would say only, however, that
the committees investigators hold
some interesting letters" between
Sir Basil "a 0reek-born multi-mil-
liouaire-and American armament
firms.
Reports have been that the witness
list Is headed by Irenee DUPONT, direc-
tor Of the vast Du Pout interests which
take In the ~Du Pont de NeMotrs
Chemical plant: and that it includes
heads Of some Of the nations largest
steel companies.
The so-called war lobby" in WASH
ington will come under scrutiny, said
Nye, who heads the committee; and
it will 90 into charges that munition
makers have made collusive bids to
the government.
I'VE will also try to discover what
role the munitions men play in the
disarmament conferences" he said,
and we will look into rumors that
guns are being sent into the Chaco
In violation Of the presidents embar-
Co."
Financial connections Of American
companies with the great munitions
concerns Of Europe are no secret, Nye
said. He left Chicago for Washing-
ton Tuesday.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-08-29
OLD Age PENSION
ADVOCATE TOTALK
Adviser to Townsend Act to Dis
cuss Salary Plan at Audi.
forum Saturday

A regular $500 q month pension for
all persons over so years Of age is the
Townsend Old Age Revolving Pensions
plan that will be reviewed here Sat-
urday by Samuel M. Dick, Phi. D.,
economic adviser to the proposed con-
gressional program.
Arrangements for q meeting at 8
p. m, Saturday at the city auditorium
were completed Wednesday by ]. Will
fred Corr Of Pasadena, Calf, director
Of the lecture division. Corr stopped
In Bismarck long enough Wednesday
to talk to local service club and out
line the proposed program.
Briefly he summarized the Town
send plan Is permitting the retire.
ment Of all citizens past sixty years Of
age on . conditional salary sufficient
to meet the cost Of q decent standard
Of living.
Thus, citizens over 60 years old
would be eliminated from all forms Of
labor and income competition, per-
hitting those under that age to take
their jobs, Corr said. A stipulation
Of the pension agreement requires
expenditure OF the salary" within
the month it is received to effect an
immediate circulation Of money.
The Townsend plan contemplates
no change In our present economic or
money system, he said, but merely
the employment By the federal gov
eminent Of al aged persons to put .
definite sum OF money into circula-
ton and have tho benefits Of the
purchasing power In merchandise and
service.
Petitions are being circulated now
In m effort to sign fifty million vot-
err to present With the plan ct the
next session Of congress. AL ques-
tions relative to tho proposed pro-
gram win be answered BY Dick fol-
lowing his lecture Saturday. Corr
said.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-08-29
THIRD CUSTER MAY
GET ATTENTION OF
STATE HIGH court
Battle OF Writs' to Be Stared
First Before District Judge
Jansonius

For the third time, court battle
involving state officials in the ques-
ton OF power to remove, may move
into state supreme court, it was in
dicated Wednesday in the battle of
writs" between Acting Gov. Ole H.
Olson and J. j. Weeks, tax commits
sioner.
Olson seeks to remove Weeks, and
has appealed to Burleigh County dis
trict court to aid him through writ
Of mandamus. Weeks refuses to be
removed and also has turned to the
court for a writ Of certiorari. holding
Olson has no power to remove sum-
marily.
Attorneys for both sides Charles
Verret, assistant attorney general,
appearing for Weeks, and G. Leibert
Crum, counsel for Olson. said they
planned to carry the litigation to
supreme court for decision, II District
Judge Fred Jansonius held against
either side.
Briefs, claiming legal support for
each side were filed late wednesday,
with Verret questioning the constitu-
tionality Of statutory provisions Great
Ing the office Of tax commissioner and
giving the governor the right to re-
move "at any time" Verret questions
the term, claiming it exceeds the title
Of the office. and therefore Is in viola
ton Of the state constitution.
Verret also maintains Olson is with.
out power to remove Weeks without
cause, and that he has exceeded his
authority, and has performed an IL
legal act in demanding and ordering
the removal Of Weeks. and appoint
ment Of Lyman Baker Of Bismarck to
succeed him. Olsons removal Of Weeks
came two weeks ago. to be immedi-
ately followed by the legal battle.
Crum Is counsel for the acting
governor, claims Olson has acted en-
tirely within his rights as chief exec
utive, and maintaining the statute
questioned by Verret has been upheld
by other states Is giving the right to
remove without cause and ct any
time.
In the meantime, Weeks continues
to act Is state tax commissioner, and
has announced he viii remain until
the courts have finally passed upon
the question q biz egal position.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-08-29

Estimates of New Deal costs by the
two camps have been billions Of dol
lars apart.
Morgenthau's statement that the
$4,000, 600 900 profit" the government
reaped by its gold policy eventually
would be applied to reducing the ma
tional debt also aroused much inter-
est. Word from Wall Street was
that this was regarded as measuring
and likely to bolster the government
bond market.
Observers hold that when the treas
ury pays out gold certificates backed
by this profit, it will mean q currency
imitation Of $4,000, 900 900. Many on
lockers had predicted that this would
be the eventual decision Of the gov
eminent. But Morgenthau made clear
that for the present the government
would continue to keep the -, 000, O00,-
600 under lock and key" so there Il
no saying when the currency will be
issued.
Debt Increase 6 Billion
Secretary Morgenthau said that from
March I. 1888, to June 80, 1884, the
gross public debt increased about
5000. 100000.
Some Observers" he said, "have
concluded that It also represents the
cost Of the New Deal during that pc
Rod, insofar as such cost Is reflected
in . growth Of the public debt.
This assumption is easily made,
but it ignores the all-important fact
that. while we have increased our
debt, we have also increased our as
sets, many Of them In realisable form.
BY this mean assets which in due
time the government will turn into
cash, thereby making them available
for reduction OF the national debt"
Making m inventory Of assets for
his listeners, he said that against this
gross increase we can Offset, either
now O. ultimately, the following As
sets:
"(l). An increase In the treasllry's
cash balance Of 4l,60o, 000, 900.
"(O. The profit Of $500 Oo0, 900
resulting from the reduction in the
gold content Of the dollar.
"(O. The increase In the net assets
Of the agencies wholly owned and r.
nanced by the government, amounting
On june .. 1924. to @l.0e5, 900 poo."
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-08-29
Communists to Name
Slate Of andidatee

Communists Of North pakota vill
select their date Or candidates Iae ~
fan election at meeting % r, I'D
y Patterson hail wednesday q ii
p "A. II y
Memhers q the district nennniftos
al1o annoaneed TIT 8 po111 1ntc v
WIN - a6oe a EIssl
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-08-29
MORGENYHAU Shows
COST OF new DEAL
ONLY HALF BILLION
Expenditures Heavy But Assets
Increased, Secretary Tells
Nation

Washington. Aug. 29.-(P-Secre-
tary Morgenthaus view that the cost
Of the New Deal in its first is months
may run as low as $505, 900 900 is ex-
pected to be talking point in the
fall campaigns.
There appeared no doubt that the
figuring the treasury head did before
a nationwide radio audience Tuesday
night would be acclaimed by friends
and assailed by at least some foes.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-08-29

London, Aug. -. - IN ~ England
welcomed the news Wednesday that
her Prince George would desert In
bachelorhood his elder brother, the
Prince Of Wales.
Announcement that George, 81
year-old fourth son Of the king,
would wed the beautiful Princess
Marina Of Greece, caught London off,
guard. But approval Of the match,
the first in the royal family In II
years, was quickly forthcoming.
Marina, who Is ~, has one qualifi-
cation among others which will be
welcomed by the British folk. She
speaks English perfectly, and has
spent much time In this country.