The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 3, 1928, Page 1

RTH DAKOTA’S OLDEST NEWSPAPER ESTABLISHED 1873 ECUADOR BOUND FOR PERU VISIT President Ayora Declares Bet- ter Feeling Has Been Created by Tour HOLD TWO-HOUR MEETIN Host Proud Republic’s Fi- nances Are Based on United States’ Methods U. S. S. Maryland, En Route to Callao, Peru, Dec. 3—(#)—Herbert Hoover today left Ecuador for Peru where he plans to land Wednesday at Callao. The president-elect was accompa. nied on the 70-mile ride on the cruiser Cleveland, from Guayaquil by President Ayora who through newspaper men sent greetings to the American people. He said he was pleased because of Mr. visit, declaring it would create bet- ter feeling and improve relations between the United States and South America. After reviewing financial, sani- tary and other reforms which he said his government had accom- plished, Ayora asserted that Ecua- dor maintained friendly relations with all countries, Wants Boundary Peace “There are home boundary dis- putes,” he said. “My government favors early and final settlement of these on the basis of justice and equality and wants to deal with them through direct negotiations with the governments concerned.” The principal boundary dispute is with Peru and there is also one pending with Colombia. Ayora, who traveled to Guayaquil to formally welcome Hoover yester- day, talked with the President-elect more than two hours, discussing fi- nancial and economic affairs of Ecuador and the manner in which the United States might assist the republic. Ayora Proud of Bank Ayora seems proud of the fact that Ecuador's finances been restored to a gold basis, with.a cen- tra! bank system fashioned some- what along the lines of the United States federal reserve banks. There i a farm bank in Ecuador. Besides Ayora, Hoover was ac- companied to the Maryland by For- eign Minister La Fronle, Finance Minister Tejada and the American minister, Gerhard A. Bading. Mr. Hoover was informed that the Maryland would be accompanied to Callao by the flagship of the Peru- vian navy. From Callao the Pres- ident-elect plans to go to Lima by motor. It is probable that Hoover will call at Antofagasta, Chile, instead of Molendo, ,Peru, to receive Bolivian offici: Under arrangements, now pending, the call at Antofagasta would be made Saturday. ILLNESS FATAL TON.D.DOCTOR Martin P. Rindlaub, Fargo, Dies; Sister Hurt Rushing to Bedside Fargo, N. D., Dec. 3 \Gieria P. Rindlaub, jr., 54 years, as- iated with his brother and sister, Doctors John H. and Elizabeth P. Rindlaub, in Fargo since 1905, died i a Minneapolis, Minn., sanitarium, Hoover's midnight Sunday, of general sep-j of ine by to her brother’s yy car r bedside Saturday night, Dr. Eliza- beth, riding with her brother-in-law ane alee: Mr. and Me John . coledge, Fargo, narrowly escape serious injury when the machine tipped over near Minneapolis. Badly jarred, Dr. Elizabeth was taken to,a Minneapolis hospital, where exam- iration revealed no serious injuries. Mr. and Mrs. Wooledge were un- injured. Dartmouth Student Dies Climbing Peak Hanover, N. H., Dec. 3.—(P)—A hiking trip "up the snowclad sides of Mt. Washington proved a fatal exertion for Herbert Judson Young of St. Louis, Mo., uth col freshman. Five companions carried him for hours in a vain attempt to reach medical aid before death came. The story of their adventure was told here today by the survivors, who, like Young, were members of the Dartmouth outing club. Ezra Meeker, 97, who had gone over the Oregon trail in all sorts of conveyances since the prairie schooner days of 1849, died in Se- attle this morning after several months’ illness. It was little over a month ago that the famous pioneer passed through Bismarck. He was ing his last great transcont tal trip. In Bismarck he paid other pioneer a compliment—Henry Ford, who helped to put Meeker’s first transcontinental transportation means—the covered wagon, out of usage forever. EZRA MEEKER, OREGON TRAIL PIONEER, DIES One of Last Survivors of Cov- ered Wagon Era Succumbs at Age of 97 Seattle, Wash., Dec. 3.—(?)—Ezra Meeker, 97, one of the last of the survivors of the pioneers of the cov- ered wagon era, died here this morn- ing after an illness of several months. Meeker clung tenaciously to li until the end, holding on by* sheer will power after physicians and rel- atives had given him up. He had been at the point of death in a De- troit hospital for two months before returning here eight weeks ago. He had grown gradually weaker and when his condition became alarming it was impossible to move him to a hospital. Last Thursday the pioneer was re- ported to have shown great improve- ment, and hones were held momen- tarily by his doctors that he would recover and live to reach his 98th birthday this month. Late yesterday there was a change for the worse, and he sank rapidly. The pioneer, who brought his bride and a leh weeks old child west over the old Oregon trail by ox team in 1852, had intended to be- gin a second automobile tour of the trail when he was forced to en- ter the Detroit hospital in the first rhe illness of his long and event- ife, A son, Marion J. Meeker, and three daughters, Mrs. Carrie Osborne and Mrs. Ella Templeton of Seattle, and Mrs. Roderick McDonald of Peshas- tin, Wash., survive him. Meeker was bordn at Huntsville, Ohio, on December 29, 1830. Meeker was born at Huntsville, books on pioneer life although he had fut four months schooling in his ie, First By Plane Among the first few hundred men to cross the American continent by ox team and actually the last man *|to make the journey by that mode of travel, Ezra Meeker also was among the first passengers to cross the continent in an aicplane. The last trip was made when he was within two months of being 94 years ‘The ‘venerable ioneer’s first ex- ploit in crossing the continent by ox team came about through necessity | R. and love of adventure; the proved D.| more than half a centuty later, was undertaken in an’ effort to - | ber ate the history of the early migra- tions and to suitably mark the sores of the once famous Oregon fall The airplane trip, madp in Oc- tober, 1924, was taken as s means of contrasting the first mode of travel across the country with the most modern way and Mr. Meeker attained the distinction of being the only person to make the journey by ox team and Lai poset Whereas Mr. Meeker’s pilgrimages by ox team, particularly the first, had been slow and arduous, on oceasion of his airplane tris Pad hours of actual flyi Teoaeit ‘im from (Continued on page eleven) WITC the | ment of alimony and THE BIS The Weather CK TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1928 CONGRESS OPENS WITH FARM ILLS PARAMOUNT HOOVER LEAVES |[ “49 Pioneer Deaa_||200 DEAD, 400 HURTINOUAKE SHAKING CHILE Martial Law Proclaimed in Devastated Area 150 Miles from Santiago RAZE HOUSES FOR SAFETY Soldiers Ordered to Shoot Ma- rauders as Troops Guard Food Supplies Santiago, Chile, Dec. 3—(P)— President Ibanez today was on the scene directing relief measures for the survivors of an earthquake which devastated a large area 150 miles to the south of Santiago. A casualty list compiled from various unofficial sources placed the deaths at 230 with more than 400 injured. Martial law was established at Talca, an industrial city of 36,000] R; population, which apparently bore the brunt of the quake. Official advices from there said that only ten cent of the houses were habitable. Buildings not already razed by the quake were being demolished to avert further danger from a sudden collapse. The deaths at T: were estimated at_108 with 300 injured. President Thanez, who had been in the south of Chile, hurried to Talca as soon as he learned of the catastro- Rhe. He found that relief work had already been set in motion by Min- ister of War Blanche, who flew to Talca by airplane from the capital. Soldiers were ordered to shoot on sight any marauders. Troops took over most of the food supply to pre- vent looting and they were rationing them out. Tent hospitals were established throughout the stricken region by the Red Cross when suitable build- ings were not available. The naval commander at Port Constitution said that 54 were dead there and about 100 injured. Three cruisers were sent to the port by the government. The officers found the damage there was widespread. + The whole vicinity presented a desolate aspect. ds were blocked by falling trees and wires. Refugees were moving over them afoot or in various conveyances with their be- MRS. CASHMAN DEAD AT HOME Funeral Services for Bismarck Woman to Be Held Tuesday Afternoon Mrs. W. C. Cashman, 53, resident of Bismarck for 20 years, died at her home at 52? Ninth street at 7:20 Sunday morning, cancer being the cause of her death. irs. Cashman had been troubled with cancer for about 15 months ight, fe iin — . til, the ni al ually until . ime of her de fr The body is to lie*in state at the Webb Funeral Parlors this after- noon and evening, it is announced. will be ‘conducted Methodist Episcopal cRurch at 2 p. Rev. Walter E. Vater will read serv- ices. Pallbearers will be chosen from among leaders of the McCabe church, of which Mrs. Cashman was a member. 4 Mrs. Cashman was born at Gales- She er al Wyoming, Ill, Mar. 5, 1896. They bay 2 Fargo in 1906, aeving and moving to Bis- } where they have She leaves her husband, a son, Paul E. Cashman, a grandson, Cashman, and an aunt, Mrs. Florence A. Scott, St. Sosenh, Mo. er of Funeral services at the McCabe moved there two yea! marck in Mrs, Cashman was an active ‘and then associate member f the of the Methodist Episcopal church for 41 years. TOO BAD FOR HUBBY New York, Dec. 3.—It was just too bad for Harry M. Baker. He was aboard a liner, with his wife, bound for a vacation trip to Ireland. Then under Viola a ity sheriff placed* him Sp iS, irs e, for nol bd lees al el As a result the second Mrs. Baker went on to Ireland while ‘Harry languished in jail. TOR AND TWO BOYS PACE MYSTIC MURDER COUNT York, Pa. Dec. Blymyer, professed witch doctor, and two, youths, Wilbert Hess, 18, and John Curry, 14, will be ar- from its to and 3.—()—John his statement police said that was Pays $50,000,000 for Mother Love Because he outspokenly objected to his father’s second marriage in 1917, twelve days after the death of his father’s fest wife, Allan A. Ryan, above, was left only a pair of shirt: studs by his father, Thomas Fortune yan of New York. His share of, the estate, lawyers said, would have amounted ‘o $50,000,000. The brothers of Allan each received twelve shares of the fifty-four into which the $250,000,000 estate was divided, GREAT BRITAIN WORRIED OVER ‘KING'S ILLNESS Monarch Given Oxygen as Long Illness Begins to Menace Heart London, Dec. 3.—(AP)—Queen Mary. did not take her usual outing from Buckingham Palace this after- noon. This was the first time that she had omitted her regular drive since the king was taken ill. Extra editions ‘of evening newspa- pers, containing the latest informa- tion on the illness of the king, were called in the streets today for the first time since early in the days of the world wi ditions were Ricky exhausted by eager bu ‘is news expedient is usual times of grave national crisis, and the fact that it was adopted in con- nection with the king’s illness was further indicative of the nation’s in- creasing anxiety. Fears of ‘mpendin; calamity which had gripped the British public throughout the night, after it was learned that King George had been given oxygen ‘and that his long ill- ness menaced his heart, were some- rs. in. s, in NORTH DAKOTA FARMERS WIN GRAIN AWARDS Otto Mund, Milnor, Takes Third Place Corn Prize at Chicago Show SCRANTON MAN WINNER North Dakota Student Live- stock Judges Beat South Dakota, Minnesota Chicago, Dec. 8.—(AP)—Beans and peas, grain exhibits, boys and girls clubs and home economics hav- ing sent the 29th international live- stock exposition off to a rousing start, the real plutocrats of the show—the livestock—were led to the center of the ring today. Champions already have been chosen in the intercollegiate live- stock and crop judging, and in some classes of the grain exhibits. Judg- ing of several classes cattle, shee; ine, horses and grain call new group of contestants . While the judging was going large arena, numerous live- stock associations were holding their The chief interest yesterday we the announcement of winners in the intercollegiate livestock and crop judging contests, and the girls’ home economics con- tests. Oklahoma, whose youthful farm- ers have been amassing an im- pressive list of victories, point record to win the stock judging honors for the third time, thus gaining permanent possession of the bronze Spoor trophy. A mem- ber of its team, Quentin Williams, was high individual. Twenty-three schools, aperees } three from Can- ada, were entered. North Carolina Wins North Carolina, which three times previously has won the crop judging contest, again emerged first in that event, with E. Floyd of the vic- torious team taking individual lau- rels. Seven teams pa Montana’s “Wheat son Smith of Corval championship for the sample of wheat shown with his specimen of hard red winter wheat, repeating his 1927 triumph. Herman Trelle of ‘Wembley, Alberta, also prominent in previous shows, won ‘the reserve championshi le showed hard red Spring whe Idaho Corn First No contests were held yesterd: except in the grain show, in whic regional honors were decided as a Pesliminnty, to competiton for the ionships in the several classes of graii Ralph Hafer, of Gooding, Idaho, won first place for corn, gle 1 Leo F. Block of Or- tonville, Minn., was second. Otto Mund of Milnor, N. D., was what allayed by the doctors’ report] third. issued this morning. The report said that the king’s condition was slight- ly improved. re remained in the public mind, however, a conviction that the king was fighting for his life with the issues. still very much in doubt. This ce intensified dl ithe aint: edge that oxygen. was being used in his, case, although Buckin; tam ace .authorities minimi: the im- portance of this and explained it was customary to administer oxygen for its tonic effect in such cases. Sir Kore ry Hawete and vera Daw- son of Penn, i ysi issued this medical bul E a. m.: “The king has had three hours of quieter pk since the issuing of the last bulletin. The temperature is now 99.8 and there is a slight im- Provement in the general condition. No mention was made of how the king's hard taxed heart was func- tioning with the exception of the in- ference regarding it contained in the statement that his general condition was slightly improved. Wet Towel Newest | Microphone ‘Device’ | _Saeane Device | a Hal f : r E Lt iH t Es & F y BE : r A : ea 4 E H ff et a £ E: : s é ae 4 aaa ¥ ze EE f F E f 4 i rd, Oklahoma A. & M. won the stu- dents’ stock judging contest. Iowa laced 12th, North Dakota 14th, ae 1%th and South Dakota r In the durum wheat all regions| division Clarence Dilse, Scranton, N. D., was 14th and Louis F. Puppe, St. Thomas, N. 15th. KIDDER COUNTY JUDGE'S CAR IS DANCE SEIZURE} Burleigh County Officials Claim Liquor Was Found in Heustad Auto Ed. Heustad, judge of the courity court of Kidder county, went to a dance at Sterling, Burleigh county, Saturday night. F. E. McCurdy state’s attorney of Burleigh county; Sheriff Rollin Welch and Ed. Christ, enforcement ye for the attorney general’s of- » went to the same ce. Sitting in thir automobile out- side the dance hall the local officials me Aap of men leave the dance car and returned "the Bure trio searched the pier ebgaese| found the bottle. They said it con- tained alcoholic liquor. Having found the bottle they con- ited’ the and it Bismarck. tis owned ‘Jadge Mee iscurty ana Wales thay at file charges against ‘rules Heustad and issue a warant for nat charges, however. Heustad was an unsuccessful can- didate for reelection last month. UNITED STATES- CANADA LIQUOR ILLS UNSOLVED Approximately Two Million Dollars Worth of Rum Smug- gled Each Month HIGH SEAS ENTRY LITTLE Criminal Prohibition Cases In- crease 15,000, Mrs. Wille- brandt Says , Washington, Dec. 3.—(AP)—The fight against the smuggling ‘of li- quor from Canada into the United States which has been a major prob- lem of the prohibition enforcement authorities during the past year was declared to be still unsolved in the annual report of the Department of Justice trarsmitted today to Con- gress by Attorney General Sargent. ‘The Canadian situation was dealt with by Mrs. Mabel Walker Wille- brandt, assistant attorney gene: ment, whose report was incorporat- ed in the Attorney General’s report. Sh that, while the federal t were successfully com! ing the illegal entry of liquor from the high seas, approximately $2,000,- 000 worth of liquor a month was smuggled across the Canadian bor- ler. ,. Mrs. Willebrandt quoted statistics issued by the Department of Trade and Commerce of Canada which she declared showed that there were 1,169,002 gallons of whiskey alone, valued at $18,883,541, exported to the United States in 1928, Wets Spend $24,397,958 “These figures given, cover the ex- rtations of whiskey only,” Mrs. illebrandt said, “and the same rec. ords show that the total of all al- coholic beverages exported to the United States from Canada during the year ending June 30, 1928, amounted to $24,397,958. As ob- served heretofore these records show only the liquor which was regularly cleared through Canadian customs. Some of ‘t may be short circuited for consumption in Canada. On the other hand, it is believed a substan- tial amount of liquor enters the United States across the Northern border of which the Canadian cus- toms no record.” Mrs. Willebrandt said that the figures showed that the volume of the illegal traffic had increased more’ than 75 per cent in three years, In explaining the decrease of smuggling from the high seas the woman assistant attorney general said that effective work by coast | Sool Prohibition and Treasury partment forces had decreased the number of vessels hovering off t liquor to fast craft which would dash to safety-of secluded spots to unl led, hac decreased from 31 in 1927 to 22 in 1928 and in the last year 28 such vessels had been for- feited to the government. 370 Ships Seized In 1928 a total of 370 domestic craft were seized az rum runners, Mrs. Willebrandt continued, and of that number 174 or 47 per cent were captured off the coast of Florida with cargoes for the most part di- rectly from the Bahama Islands, During the year Mrs, Willebrandt reported, there was an increase of 15,020 in the number of criminal prohibition cases tuted by the department, bringing the total for the year to 55,7°9. Of'these she said the department secured 48,826 con- victions, with jail scntences totalin, 7,700 years and fi penalties ai gating $7,303,563. re wel onvictions for each uittal, added, se of injunction under the pad- lock pronase of the Volstead act was freely used by the department in forfeitures the last year. There were a total of | be 3,999 , ermanent injunctions granted under this provision. Attorney General Sargent espe- cially urged congress to consolidate all legal offic:s under the depart- ment of ;.stice, reiterating his recommendation of a year ago that Proceedings to remove Fach ind with violati eral law from one district to another, be simplified. More District Judges The attorney general also trans- mitted the report of the conference of district j 8 in which congress was ened to increase the number of dist iy s in the southern district of lew York by three and in the eastern district of New York by two. The report said that the condition of the dockets in Brooklyn and New York cannot be bettered such action is taken. conference likewise recom- mended an additional district judge tinued on page eleven) HELL-ROARING LEADVILLE DAYS |g hb 1] James Kelly, 25, led| in charge of prohibition enforce- is of the fed-| bee: Says He Burned Elfrieda Knaak as “confessed” to military police at San Antonio, mL, 31. Kel whose home is Lake Forest, Ill, e1 listed Nov. 15 in the photo section and deserted two days later, accord- ing to Colonel Charles Danforth, commandant of Selfridge Field. He was taken into custody when he walked up to a military policeman and declared he was A. Ww. 0. L. CURRAN WANTS CONRAD RUMOR NAILED AS ‘LIE? State Printer Asks Commission to Probe Records to Quash ‘Insinuation’ 5 Members of the state printing commission may.make an investiga- tion of the irs of the ee office—and if they do it will at the request of the state print- er himself. In a letter to Fay Harding, mem- ber of the state railroad board and chairman of the printing commission, dated November 27 and made pub- lic Saturday, State Printer James Curran asked that the investi be made to prove or disprove insin- uations which have been circulated here regarding payments to con- tractors who do -printing for the state. ‘urran, in his letter to Harding, tumors have come to me that E. J. Conrad, proprietor of the Quick Print, Inc., has been circulating sinuations about Bismarck that th Bismarck Tribune company, during the je two years or thereabouts, has been permitted by the state printer to pad its bills for state Printing in excess of the contract. Asks Neutral Investigator “TI want to demand at this time, in justice to myself and the state pub- ication and printing commission as well as the contractor, that the com- mission proceed to investigate those insinuations; that they hi the bills paid to the Bismarck Tribune com- pany for that period or the past four years, if necessary, checked by some neutral printer who has no interest in the state contracts or the two lo- cal posting establishments and pref- erably someone who resides outside the state of North Dakota.” That the commission will accede to Curran’s request is not certain since a recheck of the bills would take considerable time and money. Decision in the matter probably will made next week when Harding returns from Washington. Members of the printing commission, in addi- tion to Harding, are Secretary of State Robert Byrne and Commission- er of Agriculture and Labor Joseph A. Kitchen, , The rumors which Curran men- tioned in his letter to Harding have n heard occasionally for some time. “I have no interest in the matter,” Curran said Saturday, “oth- er than to pive anyon who feels that bills passed by this office have been padded, an opportunity to Present any evidence they may have in sup- port of their position. iaring printing pills is a technical proposi- tion and no one but a printer would be competent to m: such a check. I am. not afraid of the results of check by any printer who knows hi business.” Conrad’s Effort Fails The rumors which Curran men- tioned in his letter flew thick and (Continued on page eleven) PRICE FIVE CENTS WANT MEASURE PASSED BEFORE COOLIDGE QUITS Republican Leaders Undecided on Precedence of Two Major Bills CANYON DAM BILL FIRST. West Recommends Construc- tion of Colorado River Dam as Session Opens Washington, Dec. 3.— (4) —Con- gress assembled and prepared itself in short order today for the three busy months ahead and for the 1 ial session Herbert Hoover promised should it be necessary fot farm relief. Meeting after a six months re- cess, the two branches were rapped into order by Vice President Dawes | and Speaker Longworth. They went through the necessary formalities of getting themselves officially organ- ized, and then adjourned until to- morrow when the annual message of President Coolidge will be read. The adjournment was out of respect to those members of the senate and house who died during the recess. Although the membership of the house and senate came together for the first time today since the bitter days of the campaign, there appeared. on the surface no lasting marks of that fight. Norris and Borah, who fought on opporite sides for Smith and for Hoover, sat side by side. immons, of North Carolina, warmly grasped the hand of Robinson, of Arkansas, and Heflin, of Alabama, implacable foe of Governor Smith, seemed to be enjoying himself. Secretary Kellogg, who has a Peace pact he wants ratified, was on the floor of the senate, and Attor- ney General Sargent, dressed in a cutaway coat, was about shaking hands. In the house there was ju- bilati among the members who met again after half a year, and Speaker Longworth was kept busy for a time shaking hands all around. Before the session was half an hour old, it had received the report on Boulder canyon dam estimating the cost of the project at $165,000,- 000. The Boulder canyon bill has right of way in the senate. The farm relief-tariff issue showed itself im- mediately with the introduction of a bill by Representative Williamson, Republican, South Dakota, to revise the duties on certain grains, and Senator Edge, Republican, New Jer- sey, urged agricultural legislation at the present session. Neither house, however, desired any business done today. The pro- re was prayer, a roll call, ap- ointment of committees to notify resident Coolidge that the session had begun, and then adjournment (Continued on page eleven) TWO BISMARCK COURT SITTINGS BEGIN TUESDAY Federal and District Sessions to Start Trials on Big Calendars Tu is court day in Bismarck, Federal and Burleigh county dis- trict courts convene at 10 a. m. to- morrow. Twenty-five witness today are being subpoenaed to appear dis- trict court Wednesday afternoon to testify in the trial of Ray Potter, charged with murder in. the first de- gree in connection with the fatal shooting of Oliver Webb Oct, 27, ac- cording to F. E. McCurdy, state’s attorney. i Forty-five criminal cases, in which more than 50 are defendants with charges ranging from murder in the first degree to liquor law violations, are on the calendar for the December term of district court. The calendar 0 has 119 civil causes. The state’s attorney said thit ing that he will arraign ie as many defendants in criminal cases as possible tomorrow. Forty-six jurors have been ordered to report to the court at 2 p..m. Defendants in criminal c Id in the county il wil immediately after he Dees I, according to plans o! state's attorney. Little will be known of the fed- eral poms galentar sae officials arrive from Fargo tonight, according to officials here. The federal : bag plod ge Fe here tonight. from NOT PASSE, DRY AGENTS CLAIM|=s2<"s=o0e"t Leadville, Colo Dec. 3.—(AP) Hell-roaring old days of this color- ful, “cloud city” mining camp, fed- atsee) selooos bea P persons Successful candidates at the tion’ November 6 will know the cial resylt tomorrow. 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