The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, October 31, 1927, Page 1

NORTH DAKOTA'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER ESTABLISHED 1878 ULTIMA THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, MONDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1927 ATUM ISSUED 10 | _W. W. INC ‘| Mrs. Frances Grayson Abandons Transatlantic Flight Plan : PLANE TAKEN BACK 10 NEW YORK SUNDAY Wilmer Stultz, Pilot, Through With Prospect of ‘Flying Blind Over Oceans’ DIFFERENCES REVEALED Woman’s Flying Companion Says It Would Have Been Suicidal to Keep on New York, Oct. 31.—(7)—With the amphibian monoplane Dawn back to Curtiss field today, in- definitely out of the transatlantic flying lists, Wilmer Stultz, the pilot who taken the plane nearly 500 miles on its third start for Copen- hagen and then turned it back, de-| « with the ind over the clared himself thro prospect of “flying oceans.” - Differences between Mrs. Frances Wilson Grayson, owner of the plane, and the pilot became noticeable after the unsuccessful attempts to fly the Dawn _ from Old Orchard, M , to Copenhagen, and were re- vealed in more detail when the craft brought back from Old Orchard yesterday. Stultz Made the “Goat” Stultz charged he had been made the “goat” since the return of the Dawn to Old Orchard after its third take-off, and said it would have been suicidal to have continued the flight against changing winds an inability to get the than 400 fect. He charged that Brice Goldsmi. ., rac’» operator and navigator, ad of being beside him during the crucial sending messages that “didn’. mean anything,” from Mrs. Grayson to Mrs. lidge and others. 4 “Now that the plrne is back here safe, it can remain forever as far as I am concerned, for I am through,” he added. “There is not a pilot in the country who will question my eaement They believe I am doing right.” Stultz said the ship was the best flying craft he had ever handled and that with good weather it would be able to make the flight across. the ocean. “But not wiih me,” he added. “I have been paid and.I hold. no ill feeling toward Mrs. Grayson, “Future? i have many things offered me, but not flying blind over the oceans.” Failed to Get Passport Mrs. Grayson said Stultz has been so skeptical of her intention to make the fligh’ that he faile * to get a Ba rt. e Dawn was stored beside Cay tain Rene Fonck’s Ville de Paris. Fonck abandoned his projected flight to Paris ai returned to France by steame! Many Are Seeking State Farm Loans Announcement by his office that the state land department had more than a million dollars available for farm loans has created a lot of work for W. E, Byerly, who recently took e office as state land commissioner. No sooner had the information been broadcast through the news- papers than the number of farm loan application jumped by leaps and bounds, Byerly said. These are being filed and subjected to the usual investigation as to the desir- ability of the loans and will be acted upon by the state land board as soon as possible. At a recent meet- ing the land board approved 105 loan applications averaging about $1,250 each. One of the most startling Euings he found when he took office, Byer! ‘4 said, was the number of loans whicl had been approved by the board but on which -apaicante had failed to the final steps necessary to get the money. His only solution is the possibility that the applicants were dissatisfied with the the loans awarded them by the board and decided to get their money elsewhere. Loans by the land board are + financed with money held in trust for various state institutions, the money in each case having been ob- wh the sale of lands schools and other insti- the federal government. Bee higher amounts at Roy L, Gray of Fort Madison, Ia., selepted by a m ine after a na- tional survey as the average Ameri- can man, is pictured here as he looks over Chicago from the roof of a hotel. Gray’s home town also was named the average city, “| PRESIDENT OF GREECE FIRED ON BY YOUTH Bullet Strikes Admiral Kon- douriotis in Temple—In- jury Not Serious Athens, Greece, Oct. 31.—(?)— Admiral Paul Kondouriotis, 72, first | He rcarg of Greece, today bore on jis right temple the scar of a bul- let fired by an unemployed waiter] in an attempt to assassinate him. waiter. was saved from a lynching by a mob. Lodged in jail, he told’ police the attempt was made. because the Greek state refused to support him during the time he was without work. The president entered his automo- bile in front of the municipal build- ing, where he had just opened form-| P-| ally the congress of Greek mayors. A youth of 25, Zafioios Goussios, drew a revolver and fired two shots, One of the bullets struck the windshield of the presidential auto- mobile, shattering the glass in front at Adiniral Kondoural woes and strik- ing him in it temple. « Condition Rot Critical dlant: policy surrounded, toe youth sai Police s and hurried him off to jail. Presi- dent Kondouriotis was treated at a hospital and the surgeon said his condition was satisfactory. The cabinet council ately after the shooting take nece: measures to suppress all subversive tendencies against the state. The foreign minister advo- gated that measures be taken sembling those against h France in 1926, when subversive ele- ments were up by the ported. The minister of war told the cab- inet that the crime was wholly com- munist in its inception. Goussios is stated to have been the Larissa cor- respondent of an Athenian Lage ist newspaper.’ said they learned of con weeks immedi- re- anarchists in| here Melion Would Limit Tax Cut to $225,000,000 Secretary of the Treasury Places Maximum Figure Even Lower Than Previously Estimated — Argues For Continuation of Auto Tax, War-time Excise and Miscel- laneous Tax Washington, Oct. 31.—(?)—Li tation of the prospective tax reduc- tion to approximately $225,000,000 —a lower figure even than previous- day by Secretary Mellon at the o iy Tet lelion at the open- ing of | the tax hearings by the house ways and means committec. tax reduction program he submitted follows: 1, Reduction of the corporation oad 13 1-2 per cent to 12 per cent. 2, Extending permission to cor- porations with net income of $25,- 000 or less, and with not more than 10 stockholders, to file returns and pay the tax as oe or cor- Porations at their option, 3. Revision of surtax rates ap- plying on individual incomes be- tween $16,000 and $90,000. 4, Repeal of the estate tax. 5. Exemption from taxation of the income derived from American bankers’ accounts held by foreign central banks of issue. Wants Auto Tax Retained Contrary to expectations, the secretary opposed any change what- ever in the remaining war time ex- cise and miscellaneous taxes. | He argued at length for the retention of the present three per cent levy on automobiles and the 10 per cent tax on admissions applying to tickets selling for more than 75 cents on the ground that these duties and the excise tax on tobacco should be kept “in the = of a well-balanced m. 8 i The administration program con- templated no further reductions in the normal income rates applying to individuals nor any further increase in the exemptions allowed individ- uals, which propositions have been the battle grounds of past revenue legislative fights. Nor is any re- duction along these lines now planned by congressional 1929 Surplus is Basis Arguing for the limitation of the total tax cut to $225,000,000 in the face of surplus of $635,000,000 for the last fiscal year and a prospec- tive margin of $455,000,000 for this year, Mr. Mellon insisted that the jis for the reduction must be the surplus available in the fiscal year roy This, he said, is estimated -at 000,000. * The secretary frankly admitted that “for a number of years past the treasury estimates have under-esti- mated revenue that was later real- ized,” and recognized that the argu- ment may be made again that the estimated surplus for 1929 is too low in view of the big margins of last r and this year. ¥ Anticipating the demands which will be made for larger reductions on the grounds that the estimates of the surplus for 1929 are too low in view of the fact that past estimates have always been low, the secretary denied that the under-estimates in the past were the result of “deliber- ‘to| ate intention or policy.” No Concealed Surplus “Every effort to avoid a repetition of this result,” he said, “has been made in preparation of the estimates resented. It would be unwar- ranted and unwise to assume that in the present estimates there is any concealed jus. In these fi 8, the tremens ae cazelpuly nor asa matter y fe, “If tax reductions are made or pro] voted on the assump- n present figutes understate peeetie future receipts, responsi- lity for such reductions or appro: priations must be assumed by those who advocate them. treasury the probable receipts at it figures compatible with dependable forecasts and a8 his ' Morton INTEREST HIGH IN CORN SHOW, OPENING SOON All Parts of State Expected to Be Represented by En- tries in Event RECORDS MAY BE BROKEN Southwest Section, Slope, Northwest to Have Large Displays at Exposition With the state corn show due to coer here Wednesday and continue Thursday, Friday and Saturday, in- terest is high all over the state, ac- cording to reports reaching here. Not only on the Missouri Slope, but in all other parts of the state is enthusiasm being shown for the an- nual exposition. County and community shows, in- tended to serve as preliminary events for the state exhibit, have been held in all parts of the state. a with shows recently held at New Salem and Mandan, is planning to enter more exhibits than im previous years. Sargent to Have Samples Sargent county, which won the state corn show cup last year, ex- pects to have some fine samples at the show this year, while LaMoure, Dickey, Cass, Grand Forks, Rich- land and Walsh counties are expect- ed to have good exhibits. In the southwest corner of the state, Bowman county has held its show, with many exhibits entered. Grant, Sioux, Slope, Billings and Stark are other counties which have held shows. The first annual Dunn county corn show was held recently at Halliday, and many entries are expected to come in from there. In Emmons, Logan, McIntosh, Kidder and Stutsman counties, many communities have held shows, while in northwest corner of the state Divide, Ward, Williams, Mountrail, Towner, and other counties are ex- pected to be represented. Northeast Interested The northeast corner of the state, which had an exceptionally good crop this year, also is planning to make entries. Indications are that all records for number of entries will be shattered. An enlarged premium list has been prepared for the show and distribut- ed throughout the state, with prizes offered for all varieties of corn, as well as iophiee for certain types. Junior displays by corn clubs are another feature of the premium list this year. GAMMONS CASE APPEAL TAKEN Auditing Board Files Writs in Supreme Court, Asking Mandamus Dismissal Appeal from the decision of Judge Fred Jansonius in Burleigh county district court ordering the state au- diting board to pay the salary of John Gammons, secretary of the state industrial commission, was filed today in the supreme court. Grounds on witch the appeal were taken were practically the’ same as those on which the case was argued in district court. The board contended that there is no money available with which to pay Gammons’ salary, arguing that @ balance of $13,137.58 ‘from the 1919 appropriation was repealed by special appropriations of 1921, 1923 and 1925, It was claimed by petitioners for Gammons that this 1919 appropria- tion is still available for use. Judge Jansonius had so decided, applying @ decision of the supreme court in the case of Joseph Coghlan vs. D. C. Poindexter, et. al., which read that “repeals by implication are not favored. It is a reasonable presump- tion that all laws are passed with knowledge of those already existing and that the legislature does not intend to repeal a statute without so declaring.” The ap nts claimed that Gam- mons had further been discharged as secretary since July 7, when Gov- ernor Sorlie appointed Gilbert Sem- ingson. Judge Jansonius had ruled that Gammons had not been legally discharged, since there had not been @ quorum present when the gover- nor ordered him removed, BOVINE T. B. LAW VALID Washington, 1. — UP) oth-| will CELEBRITIES OF SEA AND AIR | Four eminent personages of the sea and the air are these! #, At the left, ff bale none other than Lindy himself, with 7 William P, MacCracken, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Aviation, upon Lindy’s latest visit to the white house; and at the right, Secreteary of the Navy Curtis D. Wilbur at the Washington Navy Yard with Admiral Sir Walter Cowan, commander of two visiting British cruisers. ee Snow Reported in Western States 1S ae eee EE CUA AAI VSO Denver, Oct. 31.—(7)—Rain and snow moved southward on both sides of the continental divide today to break up several weeks of Indian summer in Montana, Wyoming, Idaho and other northwest states, Points along the divide in Montana reported snow flurries with temperature below freez- ing while the mercury stood in the upper 30's in lower altitudes. Highways were blocked by a snow storm at Laramie, Wyo., yesterday. A cold rain started at Salt Lake City shortly after mid- night and the thermometer dropped to 40 degrees above zero. Other Utah cities ported snow or rain. Air mail service was delayed in some sections of the Pacific coast by wind and rain. One plane was forced down between San Francisco and Reno. TUCKER TRIAL NEAR AT HAND Alleged Slayer of Verona Cashier May Go Before La Moure Court Tomorrow | ? Te. La Moure, N. D., Oct. 31.-—Francis Tucker, charged with murder in the first. degree in connection with the slaying of Hans Bjone, Verona bank cashier, will probably go on trial here Tuesday when the annual term of LaMoure county district court opens, it was said today. State’s Attorney. E. M. Warren said that August Schumack, charged with robbery of the Verona bank on a later date, also is to be tried at the term. Twice Indicted Tucker was twice indicted by the grand jury here. He was first in- dicted several months ago, and when the case was called for trial in La Moure county a demand for change of venue and of judge was made. The demand was granted and the case transferred to Cass county. In a second session, Tucker was reindicted by the grand jur: As a result, prosecutors said, dismissal of the case due for trial in Cass county will be asked when court con- Evidence on which Tucker was in- dicted included the fact that he was alleged to have spent considerable moncy_the following the mur- der. The bank was robbed when Bjone was killed, it was charged. Innocence Claimed Tucker ap; ed before the grand jury and alleged that his extra money resulted from his not payi: any of his creditors for some time and instead saved the money. Schumack, officials say, has con- fessed driving the car for the bandits| who robbed the Verona bank but denies any knowledge of the actual robbery. He was turned over to North Dakota authorities after at- tempts to connect him with robber- ies in South Dakota failed, . Breslow Buys Drag Store in Minnesota “Hay rehased the Central Avenue macy in South St. Paul, Mr. and Mrs, Jos. Breslow are this week preparing to move to the Twin Cities to make their future home. Mr, Breslow is al: in charge of his new business and Mrs. Breslow is for shipment of the house- hold goods and will leave Bismarck the a of the week. They y, live in St, Paul. The resi at 119 Avenue B has been sold L RUSSIA WILL TAKE PART IN ARMS PARLEY Onc of Biggest Obstacles to Success of Conference Thereby Removed Geneva, Oct. 31.—(AP)—Russia has notified the League of Nations that the soviet government will ipate in the work of the pre- paratory commission on a disarma- ment conference, it wag announced at league headquarters today. The absence of Russia had been considered one of the biggest ob- stacles té the convocation of a con- ference which would stand a chance of success in the reduction of land armaments, The commission meets here November 30. The soviet government hitherto as refused collaboration in the disarmament conferences of the league, its last refusal being accom. panied by the decl. jon that the soviet government w disinclined to send delegates to Switzerland he- cause of the then unsettled « versy that grew out of the a 5 sination of Vaslav Vorovaky, soviet representative at the Lausanne con- ference in 1923. Sir Eric Drummond, league secre. tary, today received a telegram from Foreign = Commi: Tchitcherin, saying that now that the Vorovsky incident had been settled by the protocol of April 14, Moscow was willing to participate in the labors of the disarmament commission. A request for information as to the place, date and agenda of the next meeting wae included. 50 Drowned During » Storm on Irish Coast Dublin, Ireland, Oct. 31.—(AP)— Two Irish Free State airplanes were searching the Galway and Mayo coast today for the bodies of victims of the Irish fishing fleet, overtaken by a great storm Saturday. It is now feared that more than 50 men were drowned. Virtually every breadwinner at Lackan Bay, a village in’ county Mayo, was drowned. One family lost five men. In Cleggan, county Galway, and nearby fishing towns, 31 fishermen are missing, while eight bodies have been washed ashore. Heart-rending scenes have taken place im the stricken districts as news of the disaster came to the families of the fishermen. Thousands of seals, driven in by the storm, sought shelter in the cliffs, Grand Forks Youth Meets Tragic Death Grand Forks, N. D., Oct. 31.—(P) —The mangled body of George John- son, 18, of Grand Forks, was found in the rear trucks of the babbage car of an eastbound Northern Pacific ed ’, Wi the train crew, hearing gravel strik- ing the bottom of the car, stopped to investigate: ‘The body is believed to have been dragged about 3 1-2 miles, How Johnson happened to be on track when the train struck him is being investigated a officials, coroner's inquest will be held at 10 a. m., Wednesday. HOPS OFF. FOR INDIA Bendar Abbas, Persia, Oct. 31.— (AP)—Lieutenant Otto Koennecke hopped off at 6:30 a. m. today for Karachi, Indié, 700 mile away, in the plane Germania, which he ‘is early |flying to the Usited States by way of the Orient. it Koen- necke set out without his original | Four Killed When Airplane Crashes | eer ae NR Pe Reet South Plainfield, N. J., Oct. 31—Pi—A pleasure jaunt in a new airplane ended at New- market, near here, yesterday in the death of an airplane pilot, his fiancee and two other pass- engers when their craft plunged 500 fect into a corn field five 4 | ‘ minute: after the take-off. The dead are; Leroy Thompson, 28, of Woodbury, Conn., pilot and manager of operations for the Colonial Air Transport company at Teterboro airport. Elizabeth McGowan, 20, school teacher of Hillsdale. Wesley Hubbell, 27, of South- bury, Conn, Thompson's room- mate. George Haubner, 26, of Hills- dale, One explanation of the crash was that Thompson may have fainted at the controls as he was known to have suffered from an attack of grippe. The bodies were crushed be- yond recognition, MAXIMILIAN HARDEN DEAD Bitter Critic of the Kaiser and His Court Succumbs to Bronchitis London, Oct. 31.—(4)—One of the characters who was part of the im- perial atmosphere of Germany, a bitter critic of the Kaiser, has passed from the scene. Maximilian Harden, noted Ger- man editor, who founded Die Zukunft in 1892, died at Montana- Vermala, a wiss resort in the valley of the Rhone, aged Death was sattributed to bronchi His passing attracted general at- tention‘as he was long known not only as a publicist but as the man who bearded the Kaiser, between whom and Harden there was a strong mutual hatred Since Harden enjoyed the patronage of Bismarck, some saw “the iron chancellor’s” hand directing the pen which Hard- en wielded so bitterly against the Kaiser and his court. Hated r an Feared Him Not Maximilian Harden caused more uneasiness to the former royalty of Germany and en who occupied po- litical positions dur'ng the regime of the former kai-er than any other man or agency in Germany. He hated the former war lord more and feared him less than any other Ger- man subject; was violently epposed to the former kaiser, and nevr per- mitted to pass an opportunity to criticize and attack the ruler and those associated with him in the government. . i Harden wgs an amdirer- of Bis- marek and in his exrly writings ardently defended the policies and theories of the “Iron Chancellor.” The. breach between the chancellor and the kaiser shortly after the lat- ter ascended the throne served to increase Harden's admiration for Bismarck and bis antipathy to hen! the kaiser. He began to attract at- tention by a series of es: on po- litical subjects whic) were published in 1888, Four years later in order to get wider circulation for his writings, Harden established Die Zukunft, A! (The Future) a weekly publication. He stood i ment of aosolutism, mil: “kultur” and in his news: cized when and al from the develo, pot m and criti- Pl The Weather Mostly fair tonight and Tuese day. Colder tonight. PRICE FIVE CENTS OLORADO PICKETING OF MINES TO STOP, SAYS. GOVERNOR Will Not Tolerate Intimidation of Miners or Demonstrations of Any Kind MAY CALL OUT TROOPS Surveys Show 7,000 of 12,000 Miners Idle—Mines Virtu- ally at Standstill Denver, Oct, 31.—(%—The state today for the first time openly challanged leaders of the Colorado coal strike called by Industrial Workers of the World with ar order to stop picketing tomorrow. “Patience has ceased to br a@ vir- ture,” Governor W. H. Adams told I. W. W. chief: through Adjutant General Paul Newlone” The governor’s ultimatum wa: de- livered to Roger Francezon, head of the I. W. W. in the Urited States, at his Walsenburg headquerters. In informing Francezon that the governor had decreed picketing was unlawful, the adjutant general warned that any intimidation of miners wishing to work and any demonstrations or attempts to com- municate with workers would not be tolerated. Asks Day to Answer After several hours of considera- tion of the state ultimatum, France- zon said he would recommend that icketing cease. He said the I. W. W. leaders were not in a position to answer the governor’s demand im- mediately and asked for a day at barred before making a definite re- ply. Governor Adams granted the re- quest. “We have a feeling the governor's message is an implied threat,” Francezon said. “We also recog- nize the power of the state. If we dispense with picketing it does not mean that the strike is over.” Troops Are Ready While these military authorities made no mention of the national guard, the adjutant general has checked troop rosters and equipment and informed Governor Adams that mobilization could be under way in a few hours. The governor is known to have an unsigned order declaring marital law in the strike zones, Unofficial surveys indicated that at least 7,000 of the 12,000. miners in tho state were idle. *Altkouga the southern part of the state was hardest hit, the northern lignite fields also are virtually at a stand- still. Some industries have laid off large forces due to lack of coal. Bonding Fund Seeks Recovery of Money Recovery of about $4,000 paid by the state Pending fund on the bond * of W. A. McIntyre, former treasurer of Bowman county, is asked in a suit. filed by the bonding fund against the Bank of North Dakota in district court here. The bonding fund was held liable when the Farmers and Mechanics bank of Bowman closed and Mc- Intyre was found to have on deposit $4,000 more of county money than the bond given by the bank to cover such deposits. It was found, however, that Mc- Intyre had attempted to transfer a part of the deposit by giving checks to the bank of North Dakota, so that the surplus would be deposited in the state owned bank here. The bonding fund claimed that the Bank of North Dakota was negligent in collecting on the checks and there- fore was responsible for its loss. It had one check 18 days before the Bowman bank closed, the petition alleges, and not only failed t. collect the money but failed to notify Mc- Intyre or the bonding fund that it had not been collected. To Decide-Purchase Ouster Case Soon Decision in the case of George H, Purchase, Sioux county state’s ate torney against whom ouster pro- ceedings have been bi ht, will probably be made this pati Gover- no A. G. Sorlie said today. A tran- script of the testimony in the hear- ing has been turned over to the gov- ernor by C. L. Crum, Bismarck, who acted as referee. ‘MME. teil AUTHOR Philadelphia, Oct. 31.— (AP) — John Luther Long, author of “Mad. ame Butterfly,” and other stories yward| and plays, died in a hospital at Clif- ton Springs, N. Y., today, to a telegram received here. leased. He ridiculed lese majestc until no‘ judge a ie risk of being lampoored by the editor's caustic : Paper ‘Widely could pronounce sentence on deli t charged with insul People bought his newspaper, not because they were in Pa btdies id with Bis policion, bat Barely’ to nee Whee he to say on the questions of the day. However, ie Zukuft was widely quoted thi hout Germany and it was not long before newspa- (Continued on page two) - i e i partner, Count George Cedric Solm- Lauback, financial backer of the flight, who suffered ‘slight injuries recently when the Germania made a forced landing. Count Solm-Lauback since reached Bagdad, Irak, by an air liner and left for Cairo, Egypt. ' ¥. ff E to Hutch- inson. Previous to coming. to this along| city Mr. Breslow was in business at @en Ullin, FE