Lead Daily Call from Lead, South Dakota • Page 1

AELY CALM THE WEATHER SNOW probably onlght and Thursday. Unsettled Thursday; not much change In temperature. OFFICIAL PAPER CITY AND COUNTY THE BLACK HILLS EVENING NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATED PRESS SERVICE LEAD DAILY CALL, LEAD, BO. DAK. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 1937 FRK3B 1TV1I CJBNT9 THIRTT-THIBD TEAR COUNTY AUDITORS TO MORE THAN 2 Additional One-Cent Gasoline Tax Is Center of Discussion THOUSAND DIE IN EARTHQU AKE Reports On Great Disaster In Ja pan Continue to Bear Out Tales of Death and Property Destruction.

TOKYO, March 9. (AP) The horror of Monday's earthquake In central Japan continues to grow as reports arrive. The home office an nounced yetserday afternon that 2,275 persons were killed and were injured. Houses numbering 3,806 were destroyed by fire; 3.11S by the earthquake and 1,657 homes were damaged by the shock. Army and navy expeditions are on the way, together with other relief parties, with food, clothing and medicines.

It Is clear that the disaster is one of the greatest in Japan's history. Fifty thousand men, women and children are homeless. Asks Red Cross Aid WASHINGTON, March 9 (AP) President Coolidge asked the Am- riMn Red Cross to offer aid to Japan, in the earthquake disaster. REYISI0N OF GRAIN RATES IS POSTPONED Will Await Complet'nn of Investiga tion Now Under Way WASHINGTON, March 9. (AP) Revision of rates on grain from North and South Dakota to market ing terminals has been postponed by the Interstate Commerce Commission until an Investigation into western gTaln rates is completed South Dakota farm organizations sought the reduction as opposed to (the rallorad proposal for an in crease.

CYCLONES TAKE BOWLING GAME FROM STEAM ROLLERS The Cyclones won last night's bowling match by a large margin from the Steam Rollers. The winners took three gameg and piled np a pin total of 2631. The pin total of the Steam Rollers was 2446 Yakich was high point man, rolling 239 in hig second game and mak lng a Pin total of 621. Steam Rollers Mattson 165 178 15! Saxer 148 169 14i Mulquin 170 142 Whaley 147 185 Lovejoy 171 143 173 Stromer 159 175 Cyclones Krllanovlch 167 155 Pavlovich 159 161 Kermu 144 168 Yakich 192 239 Mastrovlch 179 195 137 160 IS 2 190 183 John Andrews, brought Into mu nicipal court yesterday afternoon for a preliminary hearing on a charge of abusive and profane language, filed by Antone Notarre, was convicted. Sentence was deierrea until March 15.

Itmitimni-i. BULOW SIGNS NUMBER OF BILLS TODAY Includes Erskine Bill Wbich Makes Fourth Conviction of a Felony in This State Punishable by Life Sentence. PIERRE, March 9 (AP) The following bills became laws In South, Dakota today when they were signed by Governor Bulow. House Bill 143. Ash of Clark.

To make employers responsible tor Injuries to employees under workmen's compensation act' to extent 2 00 with $100 for hospital fees, $100 for medical fees, for period not to exceed 1 weeks House Bill 263. Comlttee. To require state's attorneys to commence and prosecute all actions brought for the support of any minor illegitimate child of an un married woman. House BiJI 197. Committee.

Admitting shrubs to classification for county tree bounties and setting regultlons for the planting of trees and shrubs. House Bill 161. Committee. Providing for burial by the state of honorably discharged war veterans their wives or widows whose state Is Insufficient to defray the cost, providing the cost of the lot shall not exceed $100. House Bill '145.

Committee. To appropriate $8,000 for the burial of deceased soldiers and sailors for biennlum ending June SO, 1920. House Bill 226. Puder of Dewey. To appropriate $6,000 to be paid out on vochers approved by the attorney general for expense inourrde In aiding any disabled veteran of the world war In presenting his claim for disability compensa-ton before the Veterans Bureau.

House Bill 239. Committee. To establish a firemen's pension and relief fund In cities of the first class. House Bill 258. Committee.

To reinstate a section droppea irom the statues in a previous session requiring the director of taxation to be an authorized and counsellor of law authorized to practice in the courts of the state, in his duties in relation to the Inheritance tax department. Senate Bill 1. By Erskine of Meade. Habitaual criminal law, patterned after Baume's law of New York state, in which life sentence upon fourth conviction of a felony is discretionary In the court. The Baume's law, however, makes such sentence mandatory.

Senate Bill 202. By Amsden of Grant. Providing for the payment of $10 per month by guardians of feeble minded persons in stite institutions. Senate Bill 66. By Barnard of Davison." An appropriation of to meet deficiency expenses incurred by the State Fair boaru.

UVFS FOUR DAYS BY ARTIFICAL RESPIRATION Endless Human Chain Holds Back Death CHICAGO, March 9. (AP) An endless human chain held Albert i- innJ4 nf llvlnff oyer the hurgh hehad not drawn a normal iU of paralysis of the diaphraghm. Propped In bed. Frlck was able to converse briefly with those about h'm. Physicians redoubled their pfforts to prevent a fatal Instant's break In the rythmic procession of haye be(jn lnduclng artlfl- cial respiration since Sunday morn ing.

He was taken to a hospital Saturday with paralysis, three days after he had two teeth extracted. WEATHER AND ROADS Reported by the North Western Bell at 8 a. Today Lead 19; snowing roads good Deadwod 25; snowing roads YOUTH THROWS BOMB INTO PARENTS' BED Father Awakened- When Bomb Lands on Bed DALLAS, ajajrch 9 (AP) Howard Barr 15, confessed last night that he tossed a lighted dynamite bomb intt the bedroom of his father and stepmother early The elder Bar awakened, when! the bomb landed, bn the bed, tore out the fuse and hurled the missile out of the windowt It did not ex- tA Thft bov. ft a written statement, explained the act by saying that he desjred to go to California to visit his mother, whom he has not seen for nine years. No charge has peen filed against the lad.

LIONS HEAR DAMON CLARK AND YELLOW ROBE TODAY PhRuncev Yellow Robe, discipli narian of the Indfen schol at Rapid City, wag guest'of the Lions club this noon at their regular weekly luncheon and meeting at the A. and F. cafe. Mr. Yellow Robe spoke in an entertaining and enlightening manner on the present day Indian problem, along similar lines of his lecture before the Lead and Dead-wood women's clubs in Deadwod last niEht.

He is a speaker of con- -i-ahi. ohilltv and has a keen sense of humor. Renresentative Damon Clark, member of the club, was the only other sneaker today. He gave most interesting talk on the recent session of the legislature. SNIPER SENTENCED TO ELECTRIC CHAIR tvonk Carter Will We Jane 24, Supreme Court Soya LINCOLN, March 9 (AP) Frank Carter, sniper who terrorized Omaha resldenta with an automatic silencer revolver must die In an electric cMir June 14, the su preme coufr MILE HI FIVE TO MEET FT.

MEADE CAGERS HERE Mile Hi Five cagers have booked a game with Ft. Meade to take place in the high school gymnasium at 8 o'clock tomorow evening. The team from Ft. Meade Is the one which eliminated the Lead boys In the recent non-professlonal tournament staged at the fort. A good preliminary game will precede tne main clash tomorow night.

NORTH HILLS MYTHICAL OUINTET IS CHOSEN SPEARFISH, March 9 The Let ter Men's club of the Black Hills Teachers college has made a select ion for the Northern Hills all- tournament first and second basket ball teams. The first team names Gadler, Gay and Cheney from the Lead aggregation, and the secona Haves. Hixon and Ceto. Following are the first and second mytnicai quintets: iFirst Team Gadler, Lead. Keene, Deadwod.

W. Johnson, f. Sturgtg Gay, Lead. Schmoker, Deadwood Cheney, g. Lead.

Strong, (Capt.) Newell. Lockhart, Deadwod Second Team Hays, Lead. Beck, Spearfish. Hixon, Lead. Thomas, Nisland.

Johnson, (Capt.) Deadwod Widoss, g. Belle Fourche. Cetto, e. Lead. Water Game Fund and General Appropriations Bills WiH Require Major Attention of Special Ses sion.

(By Walter Travis) PIERRE, March 9. The added cent on the gasoline tax, imposed by the recent legislature, Is providing as much discussion as any other enactment of that session. It promises to continue to through a onoriAl session and erhaps for some time following. A- tax of one. cent a gallon, to go into' the general fund of the state, was added to the present three cents that go into the highway funds.

Friends of the extra collection urged It as a just tax, taken only from those who choose to use gasoline, and permitting tourists and those with no other property than automobiles to do their share in meeting the general fund overdraft and lifting the burden of the property tax. Judge W. Ser, director of taxation, says that with the help of this gas tax it will be possible to reduce valuations on agricultural lands 15 per cent and still care for special appropriations already mad and such a general bill as that passed by the regular session, and vetoed. Opponents of the gas tax say that it will hit the farmers most, that people want no more taxes and that they will take the thing to a referendum vote. That brings up another problem.

The gas tax bill Is a revenue measure. The constitution provides that necessary revenue measures are not among those which may be held up by the referendum. No record has been found of a revenue measure ever having been referred to a vote. Some people contend It is impossible to establish that it Is a necessary revenue measure until a general appropriation bill ls passed requiring income from it. Some think It is exempt from a referendum because of Its revenue feature alone.

It la a problem that will keep thosa in the law studying for a time, and the prospect Is that it will be placed before the courts If a referendum is attempted. The general appropriation bill and the game fund bill are the two measures most discussed as requiring the attention of a special session. Once convened, the lawmakers may in session as long as they like and consider any matters they please but the urge of private business is a fair guarantee of a short session ana attention only to major problems. Without a general appropriation bill taxpayers of the state would be deprived of the protection and service for which they pay taxes, offices would close and institutions would be out of funds. Without either a direct appropriation from the general fund or a continued separation of game money from the general the projects of the game department would be without support.

These things were known at the time -of the regular There ls room for much conjecture as to what the changes in thought will be when the lawmakers gather again. And the rets of the wondering about the gathering is as to when It will be, which nobody seems to know, and what other things beside these two the members will rank as of first importance. DEMPSEY CLAIMS WILL MEET ANY OPPONENT NEW YORK, March 9. (AP) Jack Dempsey has empowered Tex Rickard to match him against any. opponent In an elimlnalton tourna ment now under way.

Rising MEET IN PIERRE SOON Administrative Problems of Auditors Will Be Analysed. PIERRE, S. March Administrative'-problems of county auditors will be analysed before the fifteenth annual conference of the county auditors with the division of taxation, to be held in Pierre March 16th and 17th by a corps of 15 speakers. Dave McCullough, rural credits commissioner, will present the subject "Rural Credits" at the initial business session. The auditors will be welcomed to the capital by Mayor J.

E. Hippie of Pierre, and will hear an addres sin the morning of the 16th by Governor J. Bulow. Buell F. Jones attorney general.

will outline the status of litigation affecting banks and rural credit lands. C. E. Coyne, motor director, will discuss the "Duties of County Auditors in Connection with Motor Vehicle Laws." Permanent school fund allot ments will be treated in an addres by P. J.

Engstrom commissioner of schol and public lands. "Uniform Public Auditing" will be discussed by E. A. Jones, state auditor. Miss Gladys Pyle.

secretary- of state, will deal with election laws In an afternoon addhess, and D. E. Walker, deputy hail insurance com missioner will speak on "Hail In surance. Addresses at the Thursday meeting will be on "Taxation" by D. W.

Baer, director of taxation: "Loose Leaf Tax Boks" by D. F. Howe, Minnehaha countly auditor; "Instructions to Assessors" M. J. Joy of Spink county; "Equalization by Township and County Boards" by .0.

Jennson, of Moody county; "County Assessors," by F. A. Haley of Fall River county; "Separation of State and County Levies," H. D. Doolittle, Edmunds county auditor; "Change In Assessment Date," O.

E. Lincoln, Jones county auditor; "Valuation of City Proerty at City Limits and Farm Lands Near City" A. DePue, Aurora county audit or, and "Opeartion of Seed Grain Law," Mrs. Marjorie Johnson, ban-born county auditor. Attorney General Jones will dls cuss interpretation of the new laws betore the afternoon meeting.

BILL HAS STRUGLLE FOR FINAL PASSAGE Permits Commissioners to Name Banks Depositors for County Funds. PERRE, S. March 9. (AP) One of te most interesting struggles of bills In the twentieth legislative session for survival and passage was that exeprienced by the house bill to permit county commissioners to name the banks in their countieB which would be the actle depositories for county funds. The actual history of the bill goes back slightly before the bill itself aDoeared on the floor of the house.

The first chapter was wnuu when Representative Mayo of Law rence county introduced a bill to regulate the qualifications of students to pass the state bar examination. This bill was quickly and effectively smothered in a committee. inai was House Bill 84. A few days later House Bill 107 was introduced by the committee on state affairs. This bill carried the, provision to permit the county com mlssloners to name passage in the house but was killed In the senate.

Advocates of that porvlslon ior county depositories were persistent, and Representative Mayo's bar ex- hiii hroueht out of a in i ii i committee and remodeled to strihe out all of the provisions or me- u.ib.-nai bill and substitute the provisions of the active depositaries measure. House Bill 84 then carrying amendments to make it as House Bill 107 was passed by the house and for a second time It was killed In the dld not de. te Nq -d which was The bill was killed in tive depositories clause moved re- consider the vote by which the senate bill was killed. The next step in the plot was to take Senate Bill 120, strlnking out all of its provisions after "A bill and Insert again amendments to give the county commissioners con- trol over the active depositories 12a wa ma(je to carry the provisions of House BlUs 84 and 107 which had been Kiuea In the senate. Senat Bill 120 passed the house.

It wa ssent to the senate and in its form as Senate Bill 120 it passed the senate and was sent to the governor for fats signature. and or PIONEER ASKS MONUMENT TO CHIEF SITTING BULL Famous Chiefs Warriors Used Bear Butte a Sfgnal Tower A monument of Sitting Bull, Indian chief la command of the red-men who massacred Oen. George Custer and his men. Is demanded by Grasshopper Jim, of Sturgis, who was an Intimate friend of Sitting Bull. Grasshopper Jim proposes that the monument be In the form of a park enclosing Bear Butte from the top of which Indian signalmen under Sitting Bull used to send their signals.

Grasshopper Jim is one of the northwest's few remaining picturesque plainsmen and scouts of the days when the west was untamed as yet, and uncontamlnated hj movie houses, oil stations, tourists, sardine cans, beauty parlors and restrooms. His real name is juno Frederick, but he Is much better known as Grasshopper Jim. According to Grasshopper It was perfectly natural that Sitting Bull and his braves should have sought to drive the whites off the plains. Here is what he said In an interview: "The death of Joe Gossage editor of the Rapid City Journal, reminds me of a promise which Pat Murray and I made to Chief Yellow Robe, an Indian preacher of the white man's gospel. Robe askeo why Sitting Bull couldn have a monument the same as many hon ored white men and Indians.

'Sitting Bull made the last great courageous stand for the rights of th Indians and won a hot battle with one of the best Indian fighters of all time, Custer. Pat and i oromlsed Yellow Robe that we would do what we could to have a monument of some kind dedicatee; to Sitting Bull. 'My proposal is that Bear Butte which I own, become a memorial. it i of historical Importance Dy reason of the use the Indians put it to very often the sending of signals. Near Bear Butte are the council grounds which Sitting Bull and his braves often used." Pioneer-Times.

YELLOW ROBE TALKS ON INDIAN PROBIM Recommends Complete Cftlaenshlp For Bed Men That the red man does ot have an equal chance at American citis-enshlp with the immigrants who come Into this country tnrougn Ellis island is the contention of Chauncey Yellow Robe, full blood-nrt Sioux, and disciplinarian of the Fodoml Indain school at Kapia r.ltv. who gave a lecture ueioio the Round Table club of Deadwood last night, and to which the Women's club of Lead was invited. Mr. Yellow Robe Is a desceoani fiitiinir Hull, famous chieftain who led the red men In the historic Custer massacre. The lecture last night wa8 given in the full regalia nf a Sioux chieftain.

In speaking of the present day tha Indians he he helieved the solution of the Indian problem lay In giving me a I man full rlentS lO with equal opportuni ties for education, business life and social activities as other citizens. He said the Indians as a whole would never become good and useful cltiiens If the government continued to keep them penned up on the reservations. Even though eo out to school ad receive an education, he said. when, they re-, turn they soon revert to their old form oT living. The speaker told In a most Interesting and amusing manner of his boyhod among the Sioux, saying that when he saw the first white man he believed him to be the "evil spirit." -When the Great Spirit created the Indian made a mould out of clay and baked it In a fire which He bad built on a mountain top, slid Mr.

Yellow Robe. "He let it bake too long-it was "7 and He threw It across thereby creating the oiaca tried again. thU time taking It it. oven too soon, and again a the sea. creating IUBBCU iV MP-.

The third time the clav was baked just right, and thus was created the Indian. other it FORCES ARRIVE fli MANAGUA Detachment of 700 Men From the Henderson uivir.TTA. Nicaragua, March 9. a i.iiiar detachment of 7Kn men and 40 officers from the United States transport Henderson arrived In Managua last night. The total number ls now have come here from the Henderson since reaching Cornito several days ogo.

SUGGESTS GAME COMMISSION OF SPORTSMEN Report Say Movement Is Under Way In Izaak Walton Leafue of the State for Creation of Separate Commotion. PIERRE, March 9. According to reports received In Pierre there 18 a movement started In several parts of the tsate to form chapters of the Izaak Walton League with avowed Intention of getting a large petition signed before the convening of the special session ol the legislature and asking the law makers to create a game and fish commis sion to be composed of sportsmen of the state. With a quatrer of a million dollars coming into the game and fish fund annually from the sportsmen of the state It is desired, according to those backing the movement to take this fund away from the department of agriculture where some of the money Is spent In overhead for the benefit of the department. The gporUmen believe that game and fish division should never have been put in the department of agriculture in the first place, as the department Is a self-supporting department.

They do not believe that the money should go into the general fund for, they contend, if It ever gets into the general fund It will be almost impossible to take it out of that fund in the The money comes from hunting and fishing licenses and It would be unfair to make one class of citizens contribute to the general government upkeep when all benefit from It. The matter, as considered at this time indicate that each commissioner shall recelva a per diem and expenses but. that no commissioner shall receive over $600 per annum, which would -keep the expenses down to a minimum. Meetnigs would be required at least once every quarter according to the tentative plan. Another proposition is to get the American Legion posts of the state interested in the matter of a spors-men commission and in the formation of local chapters of the Izaak Walton League In every community so that the hunters and fishers of the state can come to the special session of the legislature with petitions signed by not less than or 20,000 names.

They believe that it is the only way to break a deadlock of the two major parties In the legislature which resulted in nothing being done at all in the matter of administering the large fund which on July 1, next, will go to the general fund of the tsate. MARIAN MEYERS GIVEN PENITENTIARY SENTENCE Judge Says She Has Not "Had An Even Berak" uvuitt.iTON. March 9 (AP) Marlon Meyers, former co-ed of the University of South Dakota-was sentenced to serve a term of SO in th state penitentiary here fhio mnmine when she pleaded guilty to a charge of third degree hefora Judge A. B. Beck.

In delivering the sentence, the judge declared that the "girl had not received an even Dreaa. hand of society. HIGH SCHOOL BAND WILL GIVE CONCERT NEXT WEEK i fettrii flphnnl band will ine iienu uies rive concert in the school auditor- evening It was mm out -announced today. This will be concert of the season. The band will enter the forthcoming music contest at Spearfish and the solo numbers in the concert Tiidav evening will be the ones with wbich the band people will enter the contest, mis afford Lead people an excellent chance to see what the band can do.

Henry Elster, director of Instrumental music in the public schools, has built up a fine musical organisation this year and the program promises to be a 8 one A small admission to the concert will be charged, and the proceeds will be used towards buying a 1ass horn for the band. A thick, wet blanket of snow today brought a suden end to the springlike weather which held forth yesterday morning. Snow was reported this morning at Spearfish, Belle Fourche, Hill City and Newcastle. Hot Springs was the only town in the Hills where the sun was shining, according to the dally weather report. WILL ADDRESS W.

C. T. U.iposltorles., Its life was tended VAPi-lmmewhit for It attained a successful. Mrs. Francis B.

Heald of San Diego California, a former president the Nebraska W. C. T. V. will address the mid-year executive meet ing of the South Dakota W.

C. T. U. which convenes in Huron today, Mrs. Flora A.

Mitchell, president, announced here today. The address will be delivered be fore the evening meeting, wmcn will be open to the public. The meeting of the hotel xecut- i. in.ntu which was scheduled If 1U in 1 1 1. for tonight at the City hall has been postponed until tomorrow ev- r'wm'irS.

behead i Thn ATAflir quarter, which have been establish ed In the engineers' room of the City hall, and will confer with tne director to go over the plans for paign. the forthcoming cam- NEW LAW TAKES SELF RULE FROM COLONIES Italian Cabinet Approves Measure This Afternoon ROME, March 9. (AP) Every vestige of self government in the Italian North African colonies of Tripolitanla and Cyrenacica ls de-troyed by a new law for their administration approved by the Italian cabinet thig afternon. of good. Spearfish 24; snowing roads good.

Sturgis 30; cloudy orads good Belle Fourche 31; snowing roads good. Hill City 24; snowing roads good CHster 20; cloudy roads good Rapid City 30; cloudy roads good. Hot Springs 30: clear roads good Philip 22; cloudy roads good Presho 30; cloudTy orad's good Chamberlain 30; cloudy roads good. Chadron 32; cloudy roads good Newcastle 30; snowing roads 8 good. For period of 16 hours up to a.

m. Max. 37. Mln. 19.

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