The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 14, 1928, Page 1

eae ESTABLISHED 1873 AGRE WET SENATORS _ CHUCKLE OVER _ MBASURE COUP Liquor Law Enforcement Fund|day and de 4 ¢ Raised on Unsuspecting Members WILL UPSET FISCAL PLAN Session Begun Lamb-Like May Sweep Through to Leonine Close Washington, Dec. 14—(AP)—The senate went to work today with some of its members, particularly the wets, still chuckling over an event of yesterday. The treasury-postoffice sppro) ation bill had already passed, w! Senator Bruce, Democrat, an amendment raising the fe liquor law enforcement from $1: 500,000 to $270,627,384. It was ac: cepted, apparently few knowii what had happened. When the real- ization came the wets laughter and the drys took comfort in the belief that the Bruce addition would be stricken out in conference, since the zlded apportionment would upset, MILD AND WET WEATHER HITS CAPITAL TODAY Humidity Again Over 90 Per Cent; Frost Is Absent; Rains Are Light Weather was mild and wet here today. Temperatur: at 7 a. m., which was 38 degrees above sero, melted ice which had formed on lamp posta, sidewalks, pavement, and vegetation during the night and the streets in the city were wet and slippery all the government’s fiscal program as - it went through. The senate began this session’s legislation in lamb-like fashion, but sh _it may sweep through its program “like a lion before adjournment comes. The treasury postoffice bill has been disposed of handily and Boulder dam has succumbed to amendments snd compromises until, @ the vote on it was looked upon as an assured thing. The house also was nearing a vote on the second .? the appropria- tion bills, that providing funds for the interior department and the ag- ricultural department poprceriatios bill has been whipped into baste = it was about ready for tl loor. Two senate committee hearings commanded attention today. One was on the meee Se treaty by the foreign relations committee. The other, which began as the con- sideration of the nomination of Roy ©. West, secretary of the interior, ‘| CONCILIATION IN . Wi ad branched off into what resem-| yoy", & Sica another oil inquiry. Beginning | 4,049. with questions asked West about the renewal of the Salt Creek oil lease to Harry F. > the committee later™ called Dr. j Work, secretary of the interior when the contract was renewed, and today William J. Donovan, an assistant attorney general, had been sum- moned to testify. = The senate foreign relations com- mittee has had two brief hearings on the Kellogg-Briand pact and be- gan the third with the prospect that reservations might be offered. Other committees of both houses had routine meetings before them. |< HIGHWAY BODY it|rara of Cuba, its author. It provides __ PARES BUDGET Tentatively Agreed to Cut Maintenance Figure to $1,105,000 Consideration of violating the prohibition laws: Coast officials her in Ed the ees the mother yum flee, stationed off shore with a balf millior dollar cargo tr on charges who David Mickelson, 78, Morton Farmer, Dies BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1928 Ohio. Flapper’ Murder Mystery Solved by Suicide ‘Flu’ Epidemic: Said on Decrease Here ‘Absences from School Are on ‘Increase, ‘However, as° a egrere was sent today to of- of bre ihtige lire North Dakota jag for a report on con- ditions there which: resulted in clos- | ing that institution. This morning the’ board had no official knowledge of the action of university.author- . Schools and institutions over the ‘state and nation were continuing to close this morning because of the wave of influenza and ‘colds which is sweeping the sounlay. Though absences from school are increasing, the epidemic i ried Dr. C. E, Stackhouse, city health of- ficer, said this morning. Many st the children, he said, are being kept away from school in order to keep the disease from spreading. Nodaks Game Canceled Fis) University fs Calaao. clesad yesieniey, noon and can- celed basketball games with the Uni- versity of North Dakota which were to have been played tomorrow night. Influenza among students at the University of Minnesota has become mounced that officials of the service have extended their She bed facilities into the ballroom of the Minnesota Union to care for the constantly increasing number of pa- tients. intsitution, will not be the] closed, however, until the epidemic decreases. fi baltaeed of micbhane, sanes in Bis- marck today mount as com- pared to 74) Wednesday. Of 2,914 s in institutions in the city, or 21 per cent, were reported indisposed this morning. Approxi- mately five per cent of the other le in the city are sick, it is esti- mated. 90 of 1,127 ns in Man- te training school not Bolfvis ‘absent i Paige t al training from voting, the, Pan-. ican iteday ith the exception of the two nations, the vote was unanimous. The conciliation proposal was pre- sented by Victor Maurtua of Peru, and seconded by Ambassador Fer- that the special conference commit- tee constituted to look into the con- troversy should be maintained to render whatever services are ac- plan, which was decided upon in a last minute meeting of the'com- mittee before noon, provided that if both Bolivia and Paraguay accept the offer of the conference the commi ly to the matter be main- FARGO MAN IS CRASH VICTIM before! Two Other Fargo+Men Hurt HH Whep. Auto Collides With "ber ‘Truck in Fog —_— t Elk River, Minn., Dec. 14.—(AP. —Harry Lang, 40,: of ‘Fargo, was instantly killed, and two other: Far- coal 0] goans were injured, one seriously, when their automobile collided with a truck here late yesterday. Frank Collette, about 46, of Far- go, suffered a broken left hip, and may lose his left eye as a result the clash. He was taken to Raphael’s hospital, St. Cloud. . MacDonald, about 25, also of Fargo, was only slightly hurt. Lang’s party was en route to the twin cities when the accident oc- curred. A fog and rain prevented him from seeing the truck until too late to avoid » crash. i Mac! , after receiving first aid treatment, left for St. Paul. He is connected with Noyes Brothers and Cutler’s branch at Fargo. GROUNDED SHIP CREW REMOVED London, Loans a age Message received by Lloyd’s said that all hands had been removed ftom the liner Celtic, which is on the rocks at the entrance to Cork har- bor. The skeleton crew which has been left aboard was taken off dur- ing ‘the night because of rough "A radio message special met from a 8] officer aboard the salvage steamer Restorer, said that there was increase in a which had been Pre- | agreed that it was most prudent to remove‘ all ¢| Widow Found Dead 99 PRETTY YOUNG WOMEN ARE HELD sen. CAPTIVE BY INSURGENTS Mary’s school, 180 of 550 stu- With Skull Crushed Pete 22 | shot at her husband next an| Mary’ HE BISMARCK TRIBUNE DGET DECREASED IN HOUSE YOUNG MATRON |[_ Pioneer Deed]! ANNUAL SUPPLY CONFESSES TO PORCH MURDER Fires Bullet Into Heart After Admitting Slaying to Her Husband HAD ILLICIT FRIENDSHIP Crumpled Suicide Note Found by Mate Leads to Unveiling of Crime Canton, O., Dec. 14.—(AP)—Mrs. Margaret Heldman, 21, of Lorain, O., last night fired a bullet into her heart. A week she called Ver- nard' E. Fearn, year coal dealer, to the door of his home and shot him to death in the presence of his wife and child. oung ~-oman’s husband, W-| O. Heldman, a furnace salesman, with her from her the office of jibson when she ead her aoa Gh Sete everything to her hus! agreed to surrender herself. Chance revealed her illicit ac- eine with Fearn during tl last few months. Heldman icked from a waste basket in their ome yesterday @ crumpled suicide note she had written several days and then discarded. Confronted ith its contents she admitted she was the comely qe woman slayer for whom a wide search was being je. “Put on your hat and coat,” Held- man yelled at her. They got in their car and started for Canton, where they lived until they moved to Lorain on October 22. On the long'ttip Mrs. Heldman told her husband Fearn had pursued her and made her. life a “hell on earth.” ee ee revenge herself at any c e night of December 2, four anys ‘be- fore a] , she went to Canton to visit a sister and these awaited her chance. The moment she told Heldman, when she found Fearn at home,’ She called him to the door and emptied the contents of a .38 calibre automatic into his body. tired iH rk had ut. of high school just a little more ‘than two years, re ‘the story over and over again while her husband hurried: on: to ‘iee. to surrender ired ‘the itty, D- parently from the same black’ bag that she carried to the Fearn home shé drew an automatic and fired one shot into her body. . It was the sa: gun that had taken the life of the rator. Heldman raced for the sheriff's office ‘and found Gibson in. -The wounded girl was taken immediately to Mercy hospital but she was dead upon arrival. Heldman returned to of| the sheriff's office and there made ‘St.| 8 complete statement of all his wife had told him. XMAS VACATION AFFECTS 2,300): Public, Parochial and Indian Schools Planning Christmas Programs Aoprerimstaly 2,300 Bismarck school children will their ces sanetiee. & weel sree acc an_ announce! made by H. O. Saxvik, superintend- ent of schools. Vacation this year will extend from the evening of Dec. 21 to the morning of Jan. 7, the superintend- ent Students at the Bismarck Indian school will have one week's vacation from Dec. 24 to Jan. 2, according to officials. is Schools beginning their vacation Friday follow: High school, St. ace: William Moore, Will, “‘achool annex, Richholt, and Roose velt. Girls at the Indian school will Lees eee and oe fore many Of the grades in the city schools will also have Christmas programs be- fore vacation begins next week. ‘Nerve Medicine’ Is . Fatal to Woman Who ‘ook Shot at Hubby Redfield, 8, D., Dec. 14.—(P)— Ma Bole Noones, to as “nerve medicine.” Her husband and two sons survive. Funeral services for R. H. Thistle- thwaite will be conducted at the 1] Elks hall at 2 p.m. Sunday. Thistle- thwaite, pioneer Dakotan and former city auditor and statistician in the Ice of the commissioner and |: bor, died here Wednesday. He 2 70 years old. =LONG STRUGGLE FACES KING AT DANGER STAGE Queen Mary Thanks President Coolidge for Condolence Message London, Dec. 14.—(AP)—Al- though mon George has successful- ly passed through a very critical phase of his illness, the late: cial word from Buckingham P; today indicated that there was long and difficult struggle ahead of him before the danger point was passed’ and he reached a convalescent latest official word was con- tained ‘in a message sent by Lord Stamfordham, the king’s private secretary, on behalf of Queen Mary in reply to President Coolidge's cor- dial message to the king. This message said: “The.queen is most grateful to you, Mr. President, for your kind message'of which his ity wilt Joie, coorensbe inion &s soon eteeagth “ ‘the -tecent treated one phase of the king’s ser- -ious illness, The consequences of the infection will entail weeks of slow and anxious progress before convalescence can be reached.” This message was more informa- re than the morning's official bul- in which stated: ‘The slight improvement in the condition noted last evening is maintained. An: Progress must be slow and difficult.’ The bulletin was signed by Sir Hugh Rigby, Sir Stanley Hewett, and Lord Dawson o¢ Penn. Indicating the greatly weakened the "ay ee ft Wed: ing operations o: ines- day, and the effects of infection on stem, was the fact made known by the queen’s message that the king had not yet been informed of Mr. Coolidge’s tele; This, it was stated, would mmunicated to him only when he gained a sufficient measure of strength. Fargo’s Civic Needs Will Be Studied by Newly Created Body Fargo, Dec. 14—(AP)—Fargo's municipal juirements ill be studied yds special council newly ‘created through the local chamber of.commerce, with a plan similar to that employed recently in St. Paul, adopted. A municipal auditorium, cy, Mall. sewage disposal Pa ample park ex>ansion program, added hools fi ls and fire department stations are included in the study. Murdered Man’s Son Questioned by Police Carbondale, Tl., Dec, 14.—(P)— Victor A. Hundley, son of J, C. Hund- ley, ex-mayor of Carbondale, who ith his wife, Elle, was shot to death in their home Wednesday night, was questioned all night by State's aera, Fletcher iamis one Sheriff: Flannagan. He not vary. from his story of being Posey when the fatal shots were Hundley said he realized there was Suspicion against him. aloe to'be ficers who told him bis father and stepmother. YOUTHFUL GANGSTER GOES T0 must be in after| Reed BILL TRIMMING DUE TO POLICY Federal Highways, Corn Borer Control, Among Important Items ANNOUNCE DISCOVERIES Experts Predict Corn Borer Will Eventually Infest. Whole Nation Washington, Dec. 14—()—The house received from its appropriar ni noc aay, the third of e nine annual supply measures, that for the agriculturel daperteasnt’ roviding $142,598,047, a decrease of 1,115,246 from the total of the cur- Tent .year, In lopping off $585,648 from budget estimates for next fiscal year the committee adhered to its policy of trimming original recommenda- tions as it did in both the treasury- postoffice and interior bills; Sev. eral million dollars were cut from soln proposals in the latter meas- Among important items in the bill are $74,000,000 for federal aid high- ways; $989,000 for corn borer con- trol; $8,000,000 for forest roads and trails; $567,500 for gypsy and brown tail moth control; a reappropriation of $97,120 of an available unexpend- ed balance from pink boll worm erad- ication, and $1,440,000 for agricul- tural experiment stations. A total of $2,780,000 is provided for cooperative agricultural exten- sion work; $500,000 for investigation by the weather bureau of atmos- Pheric phenomena; $736,000 for eradicating the cattle tick; $497,000 tor eradicating hog cholera; for administration of the packers and stockyards act, and $454,700 for blister-rust control in the wheat areas. To Protect Birds For protection of migratory birds. the biological survey is provided $178,013, and for cooperative market- ing work the bureau of agriculture economics is granted $290,000, _ Dairying Large Industry Dairying now is a three billior dollar industry and has almost doubled its lead upon corn and ine, Ma _mesnest contender for dain as ey anarines oie airy industry, of. - culture, diy osed also that the search of ¥c department for new uses for dairy products had led them far afield in experimentation. Chief among the new uses that had been discovered was a milk sugar, he said. Four million ds of this product is made yearly, and is used la: it and hospitals. Other experiments, he said, were being conducted to improve the va- rieties of cheese made in this coun- try. Discovery of a method of mak-. ing cheeses of several foreign types, d, would provide a market for ten million dollars worth of milk. Corn Borer Spreading While predicting that the corn borer eventually will infest every section of the country where it can Continued on page eleven) VOTEON STATE BAR MEN ENDS C. L. Foster and Thomas J. Burke, Bismarck Attorneys, Canvassing Members of the state bar associa- tion tomorrow will end voting on candidates for the state bar board to succeed Young, Bismarck, in of them to succeed Mr. Young, is a candidate for reap tment. The election has been