The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 10, 1928, Page 1

& ESTABLISHED 1873 PARAGUAYAN-B SENATE, HOUSE SEE DIFFERENT PROBLEMS RISE Senate Has Boulder Dam Situa- tion; House Will Consider War Debts DAM SOLUTION NEARER Representative Garrett An- nounces He Is Opposed to Greek Settlement Washington, Dec. 10.—(AP)—The beginning of the second week of congress found the house drawing away from the senate as far as tangible accomplishments were con- cerned, the senate having an old problem, Boulder Dam, yet to solve, while the house, with the first of the nine appropriation bills behind it, was free to take up the Austrian and Greek war debt settlements. Week-end developments made it seem that the row between Arizona and California over the distribution of water from the proposed dam its solution in prospect. While no definite compromise was announced, it was known that there is hope a final adjustment is not far away. Even before the debt settlements reached the house, it was. known that a fight on one of them was in rospect. Representative Garrett emocratic floor leader, annou: that he would join Representative Crisp, Democrat, Georgia, in oppos- ing the proposed Gre: debt, settle- ment. It amounts to approximately $20,000,000, and under present ar- rangements made for funding it an- other $12,000,000 would be loaned the country by the United States. In addition to the war debts, the house had o its calendar today the joint resolution authorizing the ap- pointment of a congressional com- mittee to attend the exercises at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, Decem- ber 17, to commemorate the twenty- fifth anniversary of the first air- plane flight by the Wright Brothers. Farm relief and tariff revision are marking time at present. Sena- tor McNary’s bill on farm relief has yet to be*passed on by the agricul- ture committee. The Democratic members oz the house ways and means committee are to meet tomor- RTH DAKOTA'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER Le. rs Congress. THE BIS of the fight for Boulder Dam legislation are getting ready for a stiff fight durin, Here you see some of them laying their plans as they study a relief model of t! site in the Senate Building at Washington. Left to right are Senator Phipps,- of -Colorad Swing, of California; Senator Pittman, of Nevada; of California. this session of proposed dam lo; “Congressman 3 Senator McNary of Oregon, and Senator Hiram Johnson YOUNG TEACHER IS FOUND DEAD IN AUTOMOBILE Michigan Woman Had Been Attacked, Clothing Tory; Boy Confesses Sheridan, Mich. Dec. 10—(?)— Jimmy Deakin, 15, son of the janitor of the school in which Miss Flossie Carter taught here, confessed today, state police announced, that he at- tacked and killed Miss Carter, whose body was found yesterday in her car on an abandoned road near here. She was ‘beaten to death. row to fill committee vacancies and|. “She had been criminally attacked. may consider their attit the tariff bill which Se Ropes nae to ote a re en the senate gets through with Boulder Dam it has a bill to regulate interstate shipments of goods made by prison labor before it. Next in line comes the import- ant measure calling for the ‘con- struction of fifteen cruisers for the navy. . The senate foreign relations com- mittee had no task set for today but tomorrow it zyiass to take uy Kellogg-Briand treaty for the re- nunciation of war. Opposiion to the pact has failed to crystallize and ad- ministration leaders are confident that it will be ratified by the senate. WITNESS 1S TO0 ILL T0 TESTIFY Mrs. Potter Remains in Local Hospital; Trial Continues Tomorrow .Mrs. Raymond Potter, wife of the man charged with first-dey mur- der of Oliver Webb, will to appear in the district court here when the trial is resumed Tuesday giternons, Scott Cameron, attorney r the defense, said at noon today. Mrs. Potter’s condition has not improved over the week-end in the manner expected, Cameron said. It is probable that a deposition testi- mony will have to be taken of her or the hed may be brought to the hospital to hear her testimony, the lawyer said. Mrs. Potter has been in a local hospital for a week with an illness that at one time, it is said, threat- ened to develop into peenwenia. Court was recessed last Friday un- til Toeadas, afternoon in hope that she would improve sufficiently to appear on the stand then. E e Rrctenthden rested its case at noon Friday and the defense placed Several witnesses on the stand when Mrs. Potter’s turn came to testify. It is expected that two or witnesses will follow Mrs. Potter on the witness and then the de- fendant will testify, Cameron said. ‘ording .9 the lawyers, for both the prosecution and the defense, the case will not be ay to the jury ay late Thursday or sometime riday, UNKNOWN MAN the} Mi unable | tod of the the The principal subject concerned» int ciation parent ag marek, ide: Minot’ presi nt, and Hanson, publisher of the Jamestown Sun, host to the ishers ‘There were marks on her throat and-+fleat face, and her clothing had been torn nearly . away. The: 27-year-old teacher’s head had been crushed, ap- Parently ‘with an axe. Beside the body, which was found by Ray Collier, 14-year-old hiker, there was a note. It read: “I did this myself. Please don’t blame any- one else—Miss Carter.” The handwriting’resembled that of iiss Carter but friends declared it was not hers. The note was written on an envelope addressed by her. State police and si it’s officers were convinced the note was a crude attempt by the slayer to forestall-an investigation. Lee Bracy, a 19-year-old Olivet college student, had an engagement to meet Miss Carter Friday night— the night she was last seen alive. Bracy, who was taken into custody last night, was unable to aid officers in their investigation, satisfying them that he was at the college at the hour Miss Carter left Sheridan to drive to her home, four miles away. Bracy said that when he finally reach Sheridan Tuesday night, Miss. Carter had been gone two hours. Bracy was being -h ever, for questioning at lay. youre Collier ‘wi be questioned ‘again concerning his discovery of the woman’s body. , The interior of the coupe showed signs of a struggle. © STATE EDITORS MEETING TODAY Associated Press. Gathering at Jamestown; Expansion ‘Is Planned Jamestown, N. D., Dec. 10.—(?)— Publishers of: the daily newspapers here y for the North Da- association, for discussion ent of the asso- Officers were to be elected today succeed D. Mann, Bis- H. 8, Davies, ident. Percy M. at 1S FOUND DEAD| ges Chicago, Dec. 10.—(AP)—The body of a man, perf with bul- White Star Liner Celtic Stoves Hole in Engine Room Run- ing Aground Three Tugs in Operation Re- moving 500 Passengers to Irish Shore sociation dispatch from Liverpet associ ispat trom Liverpoo today said that it was understood that 27 survivors of the Vestris dis- aster were aboard the liner Celtic when it ran ashore today. The senger list of the Celtic comprised 87 cabin passengers, 47 tourist class passengers, and 119 third class pas- sengers. Cobh, Ireland, Dec, 10.—(P)—A of the liner Celtic were now on tl way to Cobh in tenders. Mem! of the crew remained aboard the order that an .effort to re- her-might’ be -made- at high Point said that all the peers eir bers tl liner in tide, Cobh, Ireland, Dec. 10.—(#)—The White Star liner Celtic stove a hole directly under her engine room when she ran on the rocks off Roches Point near the harbor entrance at 5:40 o'clock this morning. The mis- mee was due. to the pilot being un- able to go aboard owing to a’ gale. Three tugs were removing ‘some 500 passengers from the liner. The Celtic, which left New York Dec. 1 and stopped at Boston the next day, was entering the harbor to disem-: bark about 60 passengers when the mishap occu: . _, Tide Was High, . The tide was high whef the liner hit the rocks almost right under the lighthouse at Roches Point. The ves- sel remained upright and steady. with the weather good. ‘ Although the ship appeared to be in no immediate danger, .arrange- embark all the passengers and shi them on other its to Liverpool, where the liner was due late today. Tenders were sent from Queens- town to take off the passengers. There was no fog at the time of the mishap. The Celtic was within a short distance of where ships ugu- ally cast anchor to meet tenders which come from Queenstown to land mail and passengers. It was estimated that the liner would be on the rocks in about 15 feet of water at low tide. The Dutch tugs Gelizee and Moryedock en- deavered to tow the liner off but indications were that she was fast aground. Bad Weather Hazard Michael __ Johnston, __ lighthouse keeper at Roches Point, said it’ was his peeoel opinion that “if ' the weal became bad, the Celtic was certain to be a total wreck...’ : , “Only the fact that the Celtic was. jing dead slow averted a terrible iter,” Johnson said.’ “How: she got qn the rocks is a mystery.” He said there was a bad storm last hight but the weather was mod- erating. , “I am aftaid the vessel is’ badly |B. C |” he continued. ‘Unless she cap bs lightsnsd enormously, it, will be impossible to get her RAIL EXECUTIVE RESIGNS TODAY message timed noon from Riches | was “Vestris Passengers Held Again OVE BOMBER’ TODAY FACING TERM FOR LIFE ‘Eternal Triangle’ Drama Ends Second Act Today; Paul Reed Held Rockford, Ill., Dec. 10.—(AP)—An “eternal triangle” drama had ended its second act today with Paul Reed facing life imprisonment for the murder by bombing of Vernon Plag- er, whose wife loved. He it was convicted early come! wife, wi witnens Tor'the state to help convi the man with whom she once eloped. i Fee death the. morning of lagt July 18, marking the end of a) rivalry for his wife's attentions, at once brought Reed from his clande- stine’ romance into the .courtroom. And” it was Reed’s whereabouts the night of July 17—when the’ state contended the bomb was fixed. Reed’s denial of gui around his explanation that’he was out of town at the time. A circuit, courtroom packed with crowds had heard Reed and Mrs. Plager ‘bate the story of their -ro- matice, which had included a two weeks’. clopement to Peoria, Ill., and Davenport, Iowa. On their return) Plager caused their arrest, but later forgave his wife. Their last series of secret meet- ings, Mrs. Plager said, occurred two months ‘before the bombing. It was then, she said, that Re ad warned “something wi going to happen Des: +,“That’s that,” was Reed's only comment when awakened in his cell to’be'told'the verdict. His attorneys immediately announced that they ments were made at once to - | S001 ito. of would seek a new trial. CIRCUS DAMAGE SUIT IS ARGUED Defense Contends Engesser, Show Owner, Has Not Been Linked Up With Assault This was argument day in the $15,000 assault damage suit of Al- bert Klett, Medina merchant, against George E. Engesser, Zellmar circus owner, in federal. court. There Seemed a possibility of the case go- ing’ to the jur- late:today. Dw the morning session of court, P. W. Lanier, of counsel for Klett, and C.. raven, of counsel for engesser, | eae ere of the cate to afternoon further amen ‘was to be made by the. oA the opening of court } of coui sro a so cipntyshathng x it no cl at J ip Miller ‘ented the motion, as|der. con! ' ie Bea Friday. when the defense] The Jewel apartment building full Klett as to alleged , as 8 blow " l. Sparks this|fanned by a its| blazes in five serious! then again itand,| wall of the buildi fe took, the a ition sl sctomen fiey tt Pilot for George H. Wilkins Lives at Hatton; First | Flyer at U Washington, Dec. 10.— @) — Award of the distinguished flying {cross to Carl B. Eielson for his air- plane flight as pilot with Capt. George H. Wilkins across the North Pole Jast spring from Point Barrow, Alaska, to Spitzbergen has been an- , nounced by the war department. | The citation designated the flight as an extraordinary achievement iand said the complete success of jthe enterprise distinguished it as “one of the most extraordinary aerial accomplishments of history.” Eielson, who is a first lieutenant of the air corps reserve, ‘is listed on the army rolls with his present ad- dress at Hatton, N. D. WAS FIRST FLYER AT STATE UNIVERSITY Grand Forks, N. D., Dec. 10.— Lieutenant Carl Ben Eielson, arctic flyer, and now in the antarctic re- gions with Captain Wilkins, is re- membered at the University of North Dakota, where he received his de- Gree, as a good student, a debater, an orator, and a “good mixer.” Coming to the university in 1914 from Hatton, N. D., his home, he completed his freshman and.sopho- more work before enlisting in the United States army. He failed to return directly to the North Dakota school after the war, but spent sev- | eral months at the University of ‘Wisconsi He enrolled once more at North Dakota, in Februaty, 1921, and in the following spring he received a Bachelor of Arts degree. His scholarship is attested to by affiliation with two honorary fra. ternities, Phi Delta Phi, legal group; and Delta ig oe Rho, forensic or. ganization. His /social fraternity was Alpha Tau Omega. Athletics claimed a considerable share of his attention, and that he had more than ey bility is at- tested when it is recalled he played forward on the campus basketball team which was title holder in 1915 and 1916, ‘ i As a member of the university de- bate squad for two seasons and as & figure in campus oratorical work, Eielson gained considerable recogni- tion from fellow students. Le He was “epee pose pe ventures, as yas, chogen editor of the Dacotah, yearbook published’ Annually at the school, * Because he failed to return to the school the fall of 1917 he was de- rived of the opportunity to actually edit the book. , ‘Aviation which now has made him famous was an avocation of Eielson’s while he attended the universit; after his return to school in 1921. He brought with him bee aeroplane and using a cow-pasture near his fraternity. for a landing field, made many flights. 4 The tale is recalled now that un- appreciative cattle at one time raised havoe,,with his machine when they mistook canvas on the body for some new type of foliage. The machine was badly damaged. University of North Dakota authorities, proud: of their native son, are beginning to claim a, dis- tinetion for Eielson which few people nerally credit him with possess- fhe: That is, that the Lieutenant ‘was-the first student in the hii of the school to fly roplane and to possess one of own. uently, those interested in aeronautics contend. that Ejelson in the time to come, will be pointed out &s a pioneer among aviators in American universities. GREAT FALLS HAS BIG FIRE Damage to Half Dozen Build- ings is Estimated at $500,000 — \ Great Fals, Mont., Dec. 10.—(AP) —A half dozen buildings were dam- aged by fire here last night with an estimated loss of approximately The blaze is believed to started near.the elevator shaft of the five-story Stanton bank building. The' fire spread rapidly and the structure was envelo; in flames soon after the flames were discov- ered. and flying embers, pind wind, started adjoining buildings. 12 streams of wa- Firemen, ter on tl difficulty in trol, when the collapsed the two- ment, crushing twenty the CK TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1928 SOUTH AMERICA DISPUTES LOOM AS BODY MEETS Pan-American Conference As- sembles at Washington; Argentina Out Washington, Dec. 10.—(AP)— Delegates to the Pan-American con- ference assembling here today faced sessions with the knowledge that Argentina was not represented and that Paraguay ang Bolivia have broken diplomatic relations. Argen- tina, only one of the Latin-American republics not to send a delegation, decided not to participate at the last moment. The rift between Bolivia and Paraguay followed a clash be- tween troops on the border. countries sent representatives. After the inaugural speech b; President Coolidge, it had been ar- ranged to lose no time in organizing the conference, beginning by inspec- tion of credentials, with committee assignments next in order A The meeting, called to frame treaty which would extend as far possible the number of international disputes to be settled by arbitration, has a model in the arbitration agree- ments lately negotiated with France and other countries by: the United States A treaty of conciliation is also planned. Under it all international disputes would be studied by an im- rtial commission which would is- le recommendations designed for a ttlement. Pending the report, a maximum time of a year being al- lowed for this, the countries involved would be obliged to refrain from acts which might lead to war. TENSION HOPED TO BE LOWERED BY PEACE BODY League of Nations Council Meets in Lugano Instead of Geneva Lugano, Switzerland, Dec. 10. —(AP)—The council of the League of Nations will do nothing at its Present session to expedite American adhesion to the world court by classifying the problem of advisory opinions, By unanimous vote of its 14 mem- bers the council today postponed ac- tion on a resolution which recom- mended that a study be made as to Both te Announcement that Fred Hovde has been awarded the Rhodes schol- hip from North Dakota was made lay. Hovde, under 21 years of age, is th2 son of Mr. and Mrs. M. R. Hovde, Devils Lake, and is a senior in the School of Chemistry at the Univer- sity of Minnesota. He has recently been mentioned as a candidate for uarterback on the all-American football team and is said to be one of the smartest quarterbacks Minne- sota has ever had. He is also a member of the Gopher basketball team. Ber FRED HOVDE IS GIVEN STATE'S RHODES HONOR Devils Lake Youth, Minnesota Athlete, to Study in Oxford University Devils Lake, N. D., Dec. 10.—(P) —While Fred Hovde, University of Minnesota football star, was being toasted at a banquet ceremonial in his honor here, honors, other than athletic, were awarded him in an- other section of the county. Sunday, ‘announcement was made in Swarth- more, Penn., that Hovde had been elected to the list of the 1928 Rhode’s scholars. Hovde, not yet 21 years old, was the guest of 200 Devils Lake bus!- ness men at a “testimonial” banquet. He left for Minneapolis to resume his studies, yesterday, a few hours before the announcement that he had heen elected a Rhodes scholar was received here. He came here following his ex- amination by the Rhodes judging committee at Grand Forks, N. D., & whether advisory opini if Saturday. - requested by a Hts pa lores The award carries an annual sti- of the council. Meetings of the “big three” states- men who formulated the Locarno peace pacts, today were expected to do much to lessen the general ten- sion in Eurepe, The statesmen will hold their conferences in connection with the session of the League of Nations council, opening today. The council is meeting at Lugano instead of Geneva, on the suggestion of Dr. Gustav Stresemann, German foreign minister, because of his health and the great value he attaches to meet- ing his colleagues. itatesmen attending the council meetings acknowledge that they ree di harediand, anxious over the opean political situation. They. hoped, however, that their anxiety would be lessened by the conferences between Dr. Stresemann, Briand, French foreign minister, and Sir Austen Chamberlain, British foreign secretary, Dr. Stresemann has publicly ex- ressed his pessimism over the re- lations between his country and the allied powers due to hesitancy in re- Roving troops from German soil. Since his arrival here, he has talked with M. Briand, later the French foreign minister called on Sir Aus- ten. It was understood that Dr. Stresemann said frankly that recent official utterances had. created an impression that relations between German, France and Great Britain, were not what the German govern- ment and people had thought they Aristide were, after Germany's entrance into the league and the negotiations of pacts, “TWO ENGINEERS KILLED la) \5 ane experienced| hort Worth, Tex., Dec, 10.—(AP) ‘Two engineers were killed and ten keeping the flames un-/ persons injured in head-on railroad collision o! city railroad northwest of here. Fort Worth & Denver Blowing $1,000 a Day Is a Difficult Task pend of 400 pounds or about $2,000. Prominent in high school and uni- versity athletics, Hovde was also known as a “good” student. In 1926, during his senior year at the high school, he was a member of the basketball team which entered the national tournament at Chicago. He entered the University of Minne- sota the same year to study in the colleg of chemical engineering, and is now a@ senior. Hovde was born in Erie, Pa., Feb. 7, 1908, coming here with his par- ents when he was 4 years old. His father, M. R. Hovde, is director of the Devil’s Lake weather bureau. Throughout his university years Hovde has maintained a high scho- lastic record and also earned the rep: utation this year as an outstanding football player. He has a “B” aver- age for his more than three years in the school of chemistry, and this year earned mention in several all- American selections for his long- distance runs as a quarterback. Hovde is a member of Phi Delta Theta fraternity and a member of several honor scientific societies, Intellect Is Important The choice for Rhodes scholarship is based on intellectual attaiments, combined with qualities of character and leadership, and interest in out- door sports. The present year marks the be- ginning of a new basis of tenure for the Rhodes scholarships. They for- merly were appointed for three years, but since it now is possible for an American graduate to take a degree at Oxford in two years, the Rhodes trustees have authorized ap- Scholar - Athlete Weather day. No tonight and Tues- lecided change. PRICE FIVE CEN1S OLIVIAN DISPUTE IS TENSE | Give Up? Not by This Dam Site ||Eielson Awarded Flying Cross for Polar Flight PAN-AMERICAN ACTION MIGHT | EFFECT PEACE |‘If War Is Necessary We Wil All Go? Bolivian President Says TROOPS HAVE CLASHED Paper Urges Avenging Deaths of Manchego and Lozada, Officers Lugano, Switzerland, Dec. 10.— (AP)—The frontier clash between Paraguayan and Bolivian troops sev. eral days ago has created interest in League of Nations circles as it is possible one of these nations may appeal to the league to settle the affair. Both Paraguay and Bolivia are members. Washington, Dec. 10.—()—A move by the Pan-American confer- ence on arbitration and conciliation to solve the Paraguayan-Bolivian frontier dispute was started here today even before the parley was officially begun. The step was sponsored by Dr. Orestes Ferrara, Cuban ambassador to Washington and delegate to the conference, and Dr. Victor Maurtua, Peruvian delegate, who proposed that the conference adjure the dis- putants to resort to Pacific means of settlement. \ They circulated a motion among the delegates just prior to the ar- rival of President Coolidge, who opened the conference with an ad- dress of welcome. The plan was to obtain sufficient signatures of dele- gates to permit the subject to be brought before the conference. La Paz, Bolivia, Dec. 10.—(AP)— Popular demonstrations demanding war with Paraguay made the situa- tion in regard to that country more tense today. Diplometic relations {between the two countries were {severed as a result of a border clash between troops on Thursday. “If_war is necessary we will all go,” President Hernado Siles told a crowd that gatiered before the pres- idential palace and@- shouted “We want war, Mr. President.” 6,000 Youths Parade Six thousand youths paraded tc the offices of the general staff and offered to enlist immediately. They were told that they would be called only if necessary. The youths marched through the streets swing- ing lanterns and torches and shout- i “Viva Bolivia; Muera, Para- Congress met in secret session and endorsed the foreign policy of the government and applauded the stand that had been taken. Two commis- sions of leading statesmen were named to advise the government and were remaining in continuous ses- sion to draw up emergency meas- ures. President Siles warned the people in an impromptu speech, that both serenity and firmness were neces- sary in the present situation. President Rowan Paz of congress said that the legislative bodies would collaborate with President Siles un- til victory was assured. He added: “We will obtain Sovereignty, of our i which have always been (The disputed territory of Gran Chaco in which the clash occurred, lies between the Pilcomaya and Paraguay rivers.) The newspaper La Razon said in an extra edition, “We must avenge Manchego and Lozada (two Bolivian officers killed at Fort Van Guardia by Paraguyan forces). The note sent to Charge d’Affaires Elias Ayala, of Paraguay with his diplomatic passport, was made pub- lic by the government. It read: “In the absence of the f minister, I have been entrusted by my government to tell you in repl; to your note of December 7 that ficial advices received in the foreign office prove without any doubt that the clash between Paraguyan and Bolivian forces took place in a very much different manner than ref to in your note. “In view of this insolent attitude I have been instructed by my gov- ernment to send you your diplomatic passport, which is attached to this note. You must leave this capital on the train which leaves Veachs Hen ae Pp. cH An official of ae ‘ore’ office accompany you give you all facilities and guaran- pointpenta, for only two years, in the ‘irst instance, with a possibility of each scholar remaining for a third r, providing his record justified it, and providing he presents a satis- factory plan of study The Rhodes scholars just elected will begin their work at Oxford in October, 1929, for the 32 scholarships open this year there were 398 can- of which previously had selected to represent his He or university in the compe- ion ‘ Bank Deposit Slips Found Under Pillow of Old Man in Hotel! tees for your safe conduct. “Signed: Mariano Xambrana, “Acting Foreign Minister.” JAMES PATTEN FUNERAL HELD One-Time ‘Wheat King’ of Na- tion Given Tribute by Chi- cago Men Dec. 10.—(AP)—" funeral services, for Sem Ar Bate sine whee ees ace