The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 31, 1928, Page 1

2CK TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 1928 [===] THE BIS SSTABLISHED 1878 SIX KILLED WHEN BLAST WRECKS BUILDING No Tax Reduction Better Than Too Big a Cut, Coolidge Says ziP0si0x SHIP PROGRAM W.C. 1. U. LEADERS MEET TO PROMOTE IS FELT IN. “TS DISCUSSED BY PRESIDENT Plan Carries No Thought of Entry Inte Competitive Construction, He Says BALANCED BUDGET BEST System Has Brought Great Good to Nation—Any Sur- plus Can Be Paid'on Debt Washington, Jan, 31—(%)—Em- phasizing anew the need for -main- the semi-annual government business meeting last night that it ‘is- fer better to have no tax reduction than well-being of the nation. In this ¢cnnection, he mentioned national attention stration’s naval ding progr..m, ' “It consiaers our ow> require- ments alone and carries no thought of entry into competi:’ve construc- it does conten.plate the ships a. fast as possible.” Can Always Use Surplus ths paling &f Reapinn’ Governmental ee] government expenditures withir receipts, Mr. bese sorter out that any sur- plus al could be sped to the iblic debt, the reduction of which, said, is in itself indirect tax re- ¢ farther moderate tag, reduction,” of further ion, the maximum red ¥ now afford. There was n thought in that recommendation, J Contirue* om -4ge two) TRAIN VICTI LIVED ON FARM AT NAPOLEON Left Home Friday Night Without Telling Family Where He Planned to Go Napoleon, N. D., Jan. 31.—(7)— V. L. Vrooman, 47, living 13 miles northeast of here apparently made urney of 39 miles to commit sui- be: heels of a North- Instead, ‘ joey brat tion Here comes Clarence Chamberlin suburban highway such as lots of ing New York for down oth SUBURBAN ROAD HIS FLYING FIELD the road in his midget airplane—a perfect take-off from an ordinary er folks will Be making a few years from ‘now. Chamberlin was leave’ tour of Pennsylvania. , . Hickman Family Secrets Bared As _ Depositions Are Read in Court FRENCH FLYER: ARE ACCLAIMED IN GUATEMALA Indirect Reference to Lind-| 1. angeies, Jan. 31—(AP) — bergh Seen in Deceitful |Femily secrets, gathered from the Ambassador’ Remark Guatemala City, Guatemala, Ji 81.—()—What has become re then proclaimed al Pin merica, today more > need of the nee Oe cultured Peoples ious Fracce.' “Viva Francais! Althoug! the Associated Press that the as unfounded, the papers have published no denial. like those of glor- Viva Central 1 Viva ine $500 RAISED T0 BUY PHRASANTS Local Sportsemen Meet With Fine Success in Start of Drive Fee Committee Meets to had been raised pheasants in verry sight citizens of Bismarck, interested disa) f | a aae fl protecting the wild life of i HA Ee i fr J F f ii | F Hs tt ti ij sf 3 Rg F i Defense Plans to Show That Strain of Insanity Ran Through Young Criminat’s Family For Three Genera- tions—Only Three Witnesses to Be Called hills of Arkansas and brought to a Los Angeles court room in the hope they would save William E1- Hickman from the gallows, tened the interest in the san- telal of the Sag kidnaper ictures of the lives of Hickm: that ward height CAMPAIGN OF SEN. CURTIS IS NOW UNDER WAY]: Formally Launches in New York Last Night—Lowden Headquarters Closed — New York, Jan. 31.—(AP)—The aan er heen avowed can- le for the can presiden- tial nomination — Senator Charles Curtis of Kansas—was formally un- der way in New York city today while the headquarters of his fellow midwesterner, former Governor 13) Frank ©. Lowden of Hlinois, was ty, Arkansas. These were intended by. _ defense to show « strain of ity with his ma- generations, begibni ‘eran ky and Otto ternal grandparents, Buck. 500 Pages Still to Be Resd About 100 typed pages, the ter- timony of midwest witnesses, all relatives and {friends of Hickman’s family, were read into the court record, leaving about 500 pages to be read. Other depositions follow the Hickman family away from Se- bastian county and ‘to Kansas City and will include the testimony of boyhood companions of the defend- ant, ‘The first deposition offered pain:- ed the grandfather as subject to “fits,” the grandmother as frail and given to tears and “talking fool the mother, Mra. Eva Hickman, depressed, morose and, at one time, attempting suicide and the father, William Thomas Hickman, as “queer.” Except for the defense alienists, only three witnesses will be pre- by the aatenehy _ Lect Walsh, chief counsel for pol ig will be Mrs. Hickma: William Hickman, the father, apd) (Continued on page two) Plan Entertainment For Grain Dealers a hs the \-| Members of the Bismarck Associ- Commerce Farmers Grain- committee gen are " Yelock this afternoon ae 0 Cee 6 BS INew Yorks —... The closed. The campaign of Senator was launched by Gov. Ben 8. of Kansas in an address R dinner of the Kansas Sock ‘at headqiidi several months ago at the Waldorf, was closed on “the otders of the gentlemen who ordered it opened,” said Mrs. William F. Crawford; who directed dismantling of the offices. Her husband had ‘been in charge, Called “Man; of the People” Governor Paulen at the Kansas) dinner hailed Senator Curtis, who rose from “race track jockey to leadership of his party in the sen- ate,” as “the man of the people.” Prior’ to the dinner, Governor Paulen predicted to . newspaper men that Se! r Curtis, if nom. inated, would ca! all but 11 states and have a fighting chance in three of these. 4 The governor said he would con- cede but 11 states to Gov. Alfred E./ Smith in the event he should be the Democratic nominee. These he named as New Jersey, Virginia, South Carolina, Delaware, Mary- land, Georgia, Alabama, Mississipp:, Louisiana, Texas and Arkansas. Virginia, Alabama and Texas are doubtful Smith states, be said. He asserted that Governor Smith would run better against Secretary He:- bert Hoover than he would against] agandis Senator Curtis. Coolidge Resumes | Breakfast Meetings Jan. 31.—()—White Washington, Jan. ri fe House breakfasts were resi day. when President - Coolid; in- of Democratic and Republican senators for buckwheat) de-| cakes and sausage. Those invited were Senator Bing- DRY CANDIDATES FOR PUBLIC OFFICES zation Says Nullification of Liquor Laws by Wet Ju- diciary and Enforcement Of- ficers Might Follow Election of Wet to Presidency. Chicago, Jan. 30—(7)}—Bent on solidifying the phalanx of women voters in behalf of the cause at the 1928 So nati and mid- ‘western of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union met here today for a ler- ence. Gathered around the council table with the national officers were state W. C. T. UL aca from Mlinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minne- sota, Ohio and Wi in and rep- Tesentatives of a half dozen wom- en's political, religious and law en- forcement bodies. Promotion of dry candidates for public offices and the advancement of law observance enforcment were put forth e rims of the conference by Mrs. Ella E. Boole, conn Ww. ea Meet as she. presi it cS le in the middlewest. as Laws Might be Nullified Nullification of by a wet judiciary and wet enforce- ment officers was pointed out as a peril that might follow the election & wet to the presidency, Mrs. Margaret C. Muns, national trea- rer. ined ees can be ae or nul- the very appoi ents a -esident makes,” declared Mrs. juns. “A vet president could se- lect judges who could“make a mock- ery of prohibitioh. The attorney ral could ruin law enforcement. president appoints district at- terneys who crn refuse to ite bootleggers. He appoints secre- tary of the treasury under whom le has placed the iL comggrre| uni e presi a] Sea ee ibition de , customs Ufticers and coast guards and the diplomats who may or may not negotiate the treaties to smuggling. The whole the wet interests is to resident.” » Minnesota president, it must have the hearty su of public opinion. To this Se chs, calphas the néed for a pape ehageatc —— to instill coming generations ‘a reverence for eae knowledge of the phy- sical effécts of alcohol. * Charge Called Unfounded The charge that prohibition has increased crime cannot be sub- in an attack on “we! peat in which she character- as Cartes nacelle. Bi de Yo, who is corresponding = tary ot the W. C. T. U., answered the charge with the statement that “no commission and no expert has ever discussed prohibition as the cause of crime.” She. absolved the federal govern- ment of responsibility for deaths from poison liquor by explaining that ol acturers 8! 1906 have pelscned And dabeted als coho! escap> Ha i alcol for Me stcial al- cohol tax 3 i wet prop-) “To the accusation by Poets ince al- i is a : Fae J F r H it gage i the liquor laws|day, the 8-3, 5 Hi Braby, commsaai tened| of the railroad board Nail Trae ot rel MISSING SUB IS FOUND SAFE NEAR FLORIDA News Dispels Fears ‘That An- other Disaster Had Over- taken U. 8S. Navy DETAILS ARE LACKING 8-3 Is Steaming Southward Towards Cuba Today Un- der Her Own Power Washington, Jan. 31.—)—Fears that another disaster like that of the submarine 8-4 had overtaken the were lled today with the news that eras was fate in Florida waters and steaming toward Cuba. Missing since sundown last Satur- a , sister of the S-4, was errs He whe at 8 eas position given in a message Rear Admiral ing the control force of which the submarine was = rt, was latitude 27.30, longitude 14.07. Thé message added that S-3 was proceeding under ther own Power to Guantanamo, Cuba, but gave no other details. ‘When she disappeared last Satur- day the S-3 and her convoy were 100 perf south of Cape Hatteras. The submarine passed from sight of her sister ships during a storm and un- til last night on word was received from her. While deeply concerned over the ship's disappearance, the navy de- Lpodasgeen! declined to entertain grave fears until the ship should be re- ported overdue at her destination in iba tomorrow Cal ht. prevent/ details are Taking se the S-3’s safe al She, ‘had “nutter damage to her ie radio and, sitneneh unable to report her positian, noc steaming south on RAIL BOARD IS NOT NOTIFIED ABOUT MERGER to Protect Public's Inter- "est, Milhollan Says Sie. atene to. comply with ie 8 requiring the approval the state rail board for all pub- lic utility mergers and consolida- have been taker. by tLe Hughes Electric company, Bismarck, and the Northern Power ind Light company, Mobridge, 8. D., Frank Milhollan, oe of the board, said here to- A recent anouncement by E. A. Hughes said that the consolidation had arrangec and that main of- fices of the combined company would link the power distributing system and plants of the two com- paries which serve about 150 towns and villages in the Western Dakotas. The law requiring the approval before . such mergers or consolidations can be State Board's Only Concern Is} j,5; ‘|lican, In “O. B. Gates,” 74, Los Ai lice say they have capt the long sought Theophilus J. Mow- rey, one of the greatest creative check writers in the country, who is said to have accumulated $300,- the] 000 by the es ie route since =| INDIANAPOLIS MAYORSHIP IS AGAIN AN ISSUE Police and Detectives Guard Offices of Slack as Others Try to Oust Him Indianapolis, Jan. 31.——A de- tail of police and detectives were as- signed to guard the offices of L. Ert Slack, Democrat, who sought to continue to held office as mayor of Indianapolis today, while cach of two Republican claimants tried to oust him and assume the ition himself. They are Ira M. Holmes and Joseph L. Hogue. The city counci:, with a Republi- can majority of of the nine council men, decided yesterday that it had elected Slack mayor errone- ously last November and rescinded the action. p Chaos Exists This decision of the counc.” threw the affairs of the city into chaos, when the city treasurer, Clyde E. inson, announced he would not take the sempanasility of issuing the $125,000 city pay roll due today. Holmes, an attorney and a Repub- whose position seemed strengthened by the action of the council, claimed ihe office by right of succession to John L. Duvall, Rte- publican mayor, who resigned. In November the council held that Duvall had no right to the office following his conviction for violating the corrupt practices act in his pri- mary campaign. Holmes has filed &@ quo warranto suit in circuit court for possession of the office Basis of Holmes’ Claim Holmes based his claim on this assumption: Duvall resigned ir. November on the same day the council declared his office vacant. Duvall had ap- pointed his wife, Mrs. Maude E. val, city controller. . Mrs. Duv: r the law, claimed the office when her husband resigned. How- ever, she resigned herself a few min- utes later but not before appointing Holmes city controller. Homes’: ouster suit also named ger | Hogue, city controller in the admin- i -interest. of said, is that of public interest—the deposits, depreciat Te- i foo E 5 i i i i i if g & Ft i ah Hae i istration of the late Lew Shank, who a suit pending in the Indiana supreme court in which he claims that he is the legal mayor. Hi contends Duvall was not legally elected and that ‘he Shanh adminis- tration had never been succeeded. President of Chile to Curb Drunkenness |; Santiago, Chile, Jan. -31.—(AP)— President Emiliano Figueroa-Lar- rain a determined to curb drunkeu- A combat alcoholism congress. The bill would probibit the man- afacture and consumption of any taining alcohol. TWO CITIES Ground Floor. of Building -Oc- cupied by. Grocery—Pro- prietor Lived Upstairs — STILLS ARE IN BASEMENT Investigators Hold to Theory . That Building Must Have Been Dynamited Newton, Mass., Jan. 31.—(M)—Six Persons were deac today a8 the re- sult of a blast which wrecked a two- story ope here and rocked ine city of Walthame's = Sabb m. 's occu te at ery loor. rgone it his wife and two caped himself, rhe ones other vite were : : :& relative, health inspector. “in the itese °O% teat oe ni eel body, believed to be ered from the rains to a xis, The discovery of exten-ive liquor beaten ‘the lief that ihe atills i exploded but Walter L. Wi fon mer state chemist, ani chases “pes use Other ms ome es- ry til, RATE CASE 10 BE REOPENED BY RAR, BOARD Investigation Will Involve Class A Commodity Rates From Various Points‘ ~ Decisis Teopei sion to im : thi rate case involving class. ‘Acome modity rates from. Fargo,. Grand ers Wahpeton and Jamestown nQun railroad Toast, pee: it pear The case involves all rules, regu. lations, practices, minimum weights and, freight rates except those ap. ae rae Seton shipments of lig- nite coal, grain:and grain prod edible livestock and brick, Hearing was held last year on {| application by Jamestown me: chants for removal of alleged di crimination against them in distri uting rates to territory served ; by the 800 Line railroad. The railroad board found that discrimination ex- isted and ordered th irriers to make a proper adjustment, The carriers complied by raising rates from Fargo, Grand Forks an‘l Wahpeton to the same level with rates from schedules wer suspended until September 27, dy which time the board hopes to havo completed its investigation. Tha tentative plan of the board is t> open hearings in the case sometime in March. Since the Jamestown case was Joined with the general investiga- tion of all intrastate rates except those on lignite, conducted by the board last year ,the present mo of the board reopens the whole question except those rates which were definitely. settled by the order issued at the close of the general hearing. : Action of the railroads in attemp*- ing to remove. distributing rate discrimination by raising the rates from Fargo, Grand Forks and Wa:i- railroad board members said. Severe Weather in | Italy and Spain , by-law. . Presidential bill, intended to] 5¢