The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 15, 1928, Page 1

NORTH DAKOTA'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER ESTABLISHED 1873 BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1928 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE The Relectin. =! Coaty Mela ght and Sunday. PRICE FIVE CENTS FEDERAL AID LARGE FOR NORTH DAKOTA ROADS | Demonstration Home to Be Shown Tomorrow SEVERAL HOURS. SLEEP ENABLES KING IN BATTLE Setback Yesterday Not Accom- panied by Any Weakening in Strength 1s SO FAR SATISFACTORY Prince George Sails from New York After Sightseeing About Gotham London, Dec. 15.— (AP) — King George, worn by his long tnd trying battle with illness, today was still struggling bravely for a new foot- hold on life. His majesty had something of a setback yesterday after his ordeal of Wednesday when two operations were performed for the removal of purulent fluid from the base of the right lung. Yesterday was a dis- turbed day, but the king succeeded in getting a number of hours sleep last night and emerged today with a st pulse and without further ex- ion. This morning’s bulletin, which served to alleviate somewhat the dismay felt last night, was as follows: “The king has had sever: hours sleep. The local condition so far factory. There is no increase the exhaustion and the pulse re-. mains steady.” This bulletin was signed by Sir Stanley Hewett and Lord Dawson of Penn, his majesty’s regular physi- s, and by Sir Hugh Rigby, noted surgeon, who performed Wednes- day’s operation. Sleep Is Favorable The fact that his majesty was able ¢o obtain several hours sleep was pointed to as a favorable sign. while continuation of the steady pulse coupled with a slight improvement in the local condition which the bulletin mentioned was regarded as reassuring. Tt was just four weeks ago today Saturday, Nov. 17—that the first symptoms of the king’s illness ap- peared, , Prince George, youngest son of the king of England, was on his way home aboard the Cunarder Beren- garia today after a 10-hour visit to New York. _ During his stay the British prince did what most visitors to the el do — visited the Woolworth tower, Bronx park zoo, and the Metropoli- tan Museum of Art. * He was brought: to .New from Bermuda by the British Durban, aboard which serving as a junior several months, Howard Meets Prince é There was no formal welcome be- cause of the nature of his it, which was only a brief. interlude in his journey to the bedside of his father. He was met at the pier by Sir Esme Howard, British ambassa- Washington, other British and Prentiss Gilbert of the| department of state, representii President Coolidge. mm He had lunch and dinner at the home of Brigadier General and Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt and tea at th home of Mrs. Whitelaw Reid, wi of the former ambassador to the Court of St. James. , The rest of the time he spent in tightaceing, tetally errr by e crowds that sur; al the sidewalks of New yon oe. . A crowd greeted him at the pier on his arrival and several thousand eiger were on hand to see him sail ut aside from that he got no more attention than any other lieutenant in his majesty's service would have been given. EW MARKET Is MADEFOR CORN Hundred-Page Illinois News- paper Printed on Paper Made from Cornstalks Danville, Iil., Dec. 15.—()—From corn stalks to pawape r in six hours was an epitome o! the achievement of modern science today in the pub- Heston cf the Danville Commercial jews. A A special edition of 100 printed on corn stalk paper was sg ed by the Commercial News, it be- ing the first time such paper was This Unique’ celtor actual is unique e was printed g: ‘italks grown on 8 surrounding It was described as-heralding @ new epoch in the paper industry as well as creating a new market for farm products which once were merely waste, The corn stalk pulp was manufac- tured by a Danville company and made into paper by a manufacturing company at Kalamazoo, the entire Process requiring only six hours of Dan- 'e]more than 100 Bismarck residents tomorrow will have an 0) by @ group of Bismarck firms at 811 the property so that visitors m correspondent for the Associated p SARATOGA SETS NEW SBA SPEED RECORD IN TEST United States Navy’s Plane Carrier Travels 40 Miles Per Hour San Pedro, Calif., Dec. 1 The United States navy’ seas the most powerful ship afloat, following her performance in breaking the world’s ‘record for ‘power, recently set by her sister ship, the’ Lexi new 8] over almost the same ‘Which the Lexington ex- ots. Battle fleet officers were jubilant over the results of the Saratoga’: final trials and declared that the performance of. the sister ships fin ot applying. clecrie power te idea of applying electric power warship construction. The Saratoga end Lexii each 880 feet long, displace ind _cost the navy $45,000,000 » Each is a floating home for fighting also bate a eee Rien battery guns, 12 five-i anti-ai craft guns and four torpedo tubes. A. F AND A.M HONORS SPEAR Will Be Installed as Worship- ful Master of Organization Monday Night G. L. Spear will be installed as worshipful master of luge} with a ie rt Mandan St. just north of Avenue D. locate it easily. The Home was constructed for Kenneth can acs unity to visit the Demonstration Home which has been built A si been placed in front of - Simons, state 38, who plans to move into it as soon as the Demonstration period is com- leted. The Demonstration period will last one week. Further facts about the home will be found 7 in this edition of the Tribune — ; Nagging Cause of | Marital Murder | 3 Shreveport, La., Dec. 15.—(P)— Contin * nagcing, pectiealary over nancial matters, cli- eoaea hr final urge to “go ahead and kill me” were assigned today as reasons for the slaying of Mrs. Charles Taylor, whose Body was found in a Tockea trunk in a Mem- phis suburb early this week. Taylor, her husband, arrested yes- terday in Sh confessed to Dees dr and. left her’ body’ in the 3 in .' Taylor said he struck her ker when she taunted him TUCKER ENTERS Convicted Slayer of Verona Bismarck Friday Francis Tucker, convicted slayer: of Hans C. Bjone, Verona bank cashier, today is _ No. 4859 -in : the state penitentiary. He was breamhe to Bismarck. yes- terday by J. N. Cruden, Moure county sheriff, and a deputy, P. H. Benjamin, and was pissed in the state prison about m, The sheriffs and Tucker the trip from Ua Moure by automobile. tipo was pemrgrern to the bps iary al a year faa been "at libert; ‘Leder “ bonds teeding it eo bail was en «ppeal, by Judge *cariee Wolfe, Wahpe- re » - ton, of the third district. ‘Tucker's appeal is now being con- sidered ty the state supreme court. Liner Celtic Remains at Mercy of Breakers Cobh, Irish Free State, Dec. 15.— (AP)—The liner Celtic, on the rocks | chal pat entrance to Cork harbor, was by today vessel’s position was 80 proeeriene that salvage. men could not go aboard. Their tugs had to take refuge in the harbor. Much cargo remains in the ship which it is feared is doomed. zane | FACTORY BLAST. Pe sau ilickéll ito the kaw ot: fice at'a regular election a month for’ Cm Fosteson, senior Mites ve Taylor, senior deacon; F. F. Skinner, junior deacon; Rural Churches Hear Rev. G. LeRoy White, Bismarck, al ited ‘iotelet superin- at Motte Ster- ‘wil be features. of actual operation. Discovery of the | the use of corn stalks for paper was made by Dr. Bela Dorner of Hun- | churches. Hours of services follow: Mo Sterling, 3 p.m, nm. , has are FATAL 10 TRIO Indianapolis, Dec. 15.—(AP) — S, A. INITIATES PENITENTIARY elsewhere KELLOGG PACT RESERVATIONS ARE RESOLVED Senator Moses Introduces Res- olution to Guarantee Amer- ican Rights Washington, Dec. 15.—(AP)—On the hitherto clear blue sky of the Kellogg-Briand treaty. there has appeared something that looks like a reservation cloud. It was introduced in the senate yesterday as a resolution by Senator H. Moses of New Hamp- shire, and this is what it said: “Resolved, that the senate of the United States declares that in ad- vising and conacnting to the. multi- Jateral eat it does so with the itanding: That the treaty imposes no obligatiog on the United Statés to resort to coercive or punitive meas- ures against any offending nation. “2-—That the treaty does not im- pose any limitations upon the Mon- roe Doctrine or the, traditional poli- cies of the United States. “3—That to defend its terri trade or interests. “4—That the treaty does not ob- ligate, the United States to the con- of any treaty to which the United States is not a party.” Senator Reed, Democrat, Missouri, who made aynam for himself by his fight on the L-ageu of Nations, has declared that he favored a “proper resolution.” * Moses said that his resolution would not be a part of the treaty ae merely a declaration of Amer- ts. Chairman Borah, of the senate foreign relations committee, and one of those who favors of the Kellogg-Briand treaty without any str attached, asserted he op- the Moses resolution and he llenged the contention that the letters of Great Britain and France might change or modify the treaty. MOFFIT MAN IS VICTIM OF FLU Valentine Benz, 67, Pioneer Farmer and Merchant, Dies in Bismarck Valentine Benz, 67, farmer and merchant at Moffit for 42 years, } died of influenza at a local hospital at 5 a. m. today. He became ill we and was brought to the hog last, a came to Moffit in 1886, ran | game officials. as ” KBITLE DRIVES — The Salvation A: began its Peele ig poet Sn ners of PB aor g thr ee peli street and Clara J. Slette. IRIGOYENSAYS |BOLIVIA STATES HOOVER'S TRIP | PARAGUAY WAS JOINS PEOPLES President-Elect Declares West- ern World “Looks to Argentine DISCUSS TARIFF POLICIES Bonds of Friendship Hold Fast United States and Argen- tina Buenos Aires, Dec. 15.— (AP) — Hailed as one whose friendly visit would do much to iréensify good will between the United States and Ar- gentina, Herbert Hoover today was winding up his sojourn in the sixth largest city of the world. President Irigoyen welcomed Mr. Hoover by saying “we cannot doubt that your spontaeous visit must in- tensify the relations established be- tween our people and be harmonious- ly maintained.” Mr, Hoover replied that the world stood on the threshold of a new er: of advancement onc that Argentina was among those countries to which the western world looked with con- fidence for its contribution to the 1 future, During a day crowded with sight- seeing and various receptions, Mr. Hoover and President Irigoyen spent two hours conferring on various questions that have arisen between the two countries. It was believed that they discussed the future tariff policy of tlie United States, the em- argo on Argentine meats and other problems. After this conference President Trigoyen in officially welcoming Mr. Hoover said that Argentina was held to the United States by bonds friendship, since it was the ex- ample given by the founders of the North American repels which gave Argentina its first lessons in democ- racy. Buenos Aires took the appearance of a carnival city in honor of Mr, Hoover. The stars and stripes float- ed over many miles of beautiful 101 is along with the blue and white flag of Argentin: statue of George Washington in Palermo park was decorated with the flags of both countries. ina bet — uate tomorrow morning on the Argentine cruiser Buenos ethod ae pier oe guay, whence he wii to Rio Jan- tiro aboard the U. S. S tah, NORTH DAKOTA WHEAT SECOND State Production of Spring Wheat Estimated at 69,- 973,000 Bushels Washington, Dec. 15.—(AP)—The department of agriculture today estimated the production of principal crops by important producing states as follows: Corn (Bushels) Illinois, 367,488,000. Wisconsin, 91,203,000. Minnesota, 143,115,000. Towa, 476,012,600. South Dakota, 93,849,000. Nebraska, 212,701,000. Winter Wheat (Bushels) Nebraska, 66,697,000. Kansas, 177,361,000. Spring Wheat (Bushels) Minnesota, 15,747,000. North Dakota, 69,973,000. South Dakot=, 19,312,000, Montana, 74,790,000. Potatoes (Bushels) Maine, 37,840,000. New York, 32,376,000. Pennsylvania, 31,980,000. Michigan, 35,802,000. Wisconsin, 31,970,000, Minnesota, 38,940,000. Volk Sentenced to 30 Days; Guilty of Hunting Illegally Pleading guilty to charges of ille- gally possessing a gun as an alien and hunting on‘a protected game re- serve at a hearing yeste: noon, Joseph Volk, Bismarck, was sentenced to serve 30 days in the county jail. Sentence wi pended at the re- quest of state game wardens, ac- cording to Antone Beer, ice of the peace who conducted hear- folks gun was confiscated by the arrested about three miles east of the chy, by o. Ww. Roberts, official of the Izaak Walton league. A trapping license found in his possession was returned to him. after-| riding PEACE BREAKER Accuses Neighbor of Inexcus- ably Violating Boundary Agreement DEMAND SATISFACTION Teacher Slain by Boy She Slapped Charge Paraguay Is Concen-| ‘ trating Forces at Spot Un- der Dispute La Paz, Bolivia, Dec. 15.—(AP)— The Bolivian reply to the League of Nations was made public today. It was said that Paraguay had been guilty of aggression in attacking a|' small Bolivian garrison with su- perior numbers, killing 20 sol ers, 2 officers, and taking the remaining members of the garrison prisoners after setting fire to the living quar- ters. The reply continued: “Paraguay had agreed with Bo- ivia to submit all differences re- garding the zone of demarkation to arbitration and to submit to the eaceful solution of all differences. espite this agreement and in an in- excusable and surprising manner, Paraguay, breaking Articles 10 and 13 of the covenant of the League of Nations, committed: the aggression which we denounce solemnly to the council.” that the only not forthcoming to take such mili- tary measures as might be necessary to preserve and defend Bolivi: e- curity. It charged that Paraguay had concentrated forces in the vicin- ity and was assembling general staff in the neighborhood of the frontier. The note said that it was logical to expect that new clashes would occur and that the Bolivian government should be prepared for such clashes, The note added that long as Paraguay refused to isfy the reparations she owes” it would not be possible for the Bolivian govern- ment to enter peaceful megotiations. AVIATOR-YEGG APPREHENDED Robbing Same Bank Three Times ‘in Fed. Months Proves Downfall and bank robbing, emulated the man who killed the goose that laid the golden eggs. The story of his down- fall is that he held up the same bank at Breckenridge, Okla., three times within a period of two months. Norris today was under of 50 years in the penitentiary the last robbery committed August 8. He drew a recent sentence of 30 years for the first robbery on June 6 of this year. He still faces trial, along with an alleged accomplice, for the second robbery, committed on June 22. aR & His total loot, bank officials claim, was approximately $2,200. The first robbery yielded $1,150, the last $397, and the one for which he is yet to be tried $630.50. Fred H. Pra president of the bank, testified the second trial h ended yesterday, it he be- came pretty familia. with the oft- pearing robber, and noticed his similarity to Norris, a former farm hend in the vicinity. Norris had become a student aviator in the army air service at Kelly Field, Tex., but investigation there revealed he been absent on the date of each holdup. ait rT Lea ie ; Hot Steam Pipe Is | Tough Racket, Say Captured Convicts ——$$_$_________@ Washington, Dec. Thee 3s sock: thing. an esca| convict conducting himself in too serious and sober a manner. Patrolmen Brennan and Cook were up Massachusetts avenue early in the morning when they saw three men dressed from head to foot in blue denim. The trio walked with weary, solemn air of men, who after moving iron rails all day were on their way home with two things in mind: Food and a chair with not too much wood in it. “The foo) outfits they Bid into for these all night masquerade parties,” commented one officer. “Masquerade, my eye,” returned his partner. “Can’ cool sober.”. 5.—(AP)— you see they’re Because she :lapped his face and ulled his hair three years ago, Miss ‘lossie Carter, Sheridan, Mich., school teacher, was killed by James Deacons, 15-year-old i pupil, according to the bo: sion. The body of Miss Carter was found in her coupe, badly beaten and with evidence of attack. GREAT STAR OF STAGE, SCREEN DIES SUDDENLY Theodore Roberts Has Made His Last Characterization; Death Unexpected Los Angeles, Dec. 15.— (AP) — Theodore Roberts, beloved actor who devoted nearly a lifetime to the stage and screen, passed away un- expectedly here yesterday afternoon. He became seriously ill two weeks on just after concluding his final fil i Ri “Noisy Neighbors.” berts, whose long career as a thespian earned him the title of “the grend old man of the stage and screen,” was bora in San Francisco in 1861. The si claimed him in 1880 after he taught elocution for a time in the Bay City, his first: appearance being with James O'Neill. in Richelieu. : He made his professional entry into New York with Fanny Daven- port. Later he was associated there with other noted dh heey including May Robson and William H. Crane. Among his best efforts were cha acterizations as “Svengali” in Tri by; “Simon Legree” in Uncle Tom’ Cabin, and “Tabywana” in The Squaw Man. e Roberts’ screen appearances in “Grumpy,” “The Old Homestead” and “The Men Commandments” were among the outstanding ones. More than a year ago he began a vaudeville tour of the United States but this was interrupted by illness. The actor’s manipulations with a long black cigar made him famous on the silver screen, becoming al- most his trademark, berts’ parents were wealthy, his father owning a line of merchant ships plying between the west coast and the orient. In obedience to his mother’s wishes that he become a minister he entered an_ elocution school at the age of 17 but attracted attention in an amateur play at the school, and was given an opportun- ity to go on the stage. He went on a five-year barnstorming tour that ended when he returned to San Francisco, “renounced the stage” and shipped on a three-year voyage with one of his father’s schooners, which he commanded. It was following his return from the sea that he returned to the stage that he never again left until he for- sook it for the screen. Roberts was the only movie actor to hold a lifetime moving picture contract, given him a few years ago by Paramount. Thistlethwaite Rites Set for 2:30 o’Clock Sunday at Elks Hall Funeral services for R. H. This- tlethwaite will be conducted at 2:30 ap Sunday at.the Elks hall. Serv- 8 were announced for 2 p. m. in yesterday’s issue of the Tribune. Thistlethwaite, pioneer Dakotan and former city auditor and statisti- cian in the office of the commission- er and labor, died here Wednesday. Underwood Girl Is State Club Leader Fargo, N. D., Dec. 15.—(AP)— Helen Olson of Underwood, McLea: _ STATE HIGHWAY FUND TO TOTAL $2,781,657.79 Roads on Which 1929 Money Is to Be Spent Not Designated as Yet 174,330 AUTOS IN STATE Budget Estimates Registration of 185,000 Cars During Next Year Funds available for state highway construction in 1929 will total $2,- 781,657.79, according to the budget adopted Friday by the state high- way commission. Of this sum the state will provide $869,581.12, the federal government $1,216,662.23 and the varfous counties $695,414.44, The roads on which the money will be spent have not been designated. Under the law the highway commis. sion must issue a list of roads for construction during the current year but this data is not required until January. The budget, as adopted today, bal- ances the highway commission's in- come and expenditures at $4,303,- 376.45, The resources include a cash bal- ance of $139,430.21 and $623,560.15 in accounts receivable from the fed- eral government and the counties in addition to the following estimates: auto license fees for the fourth quarter of 1928 and gasoline tax col- lections for December, $80,723.86; poet See vere conn lie cense fees for 9, $775,000; gaso- line taxes, 1929, $1,523,000, On the liabilities side there are listed $180,858.03 for current liabil- ities payable December 31; $15,000 for the state’s share of engineering charges payable this year; $560,- 175.07 for payment of contracts which have been awarded but on which the work has not been com- pleted; $250,000 for the revolving fund to finance work Pending the receipt of federal aid; $1,105 for maintenance of state highways; $13,000 for bridge maintenance; $97,000 for engineering work of all kinds and gravel surveys and $2,086,243.35 for construction work. The federal government’s share of Construction work costs is listed in the budget but the share chargeable’ to the counties is not. In 1928, the budget $2,171,507.99 was collected in line taxes but 40,702 aes ing $699,320.65 wtfe niide, leaving $1,420,000 for the state ‘ighway de- partment, exclusive of any payment which may be made for December. The 1929 budget contemplates col. lection of $2,286,000; and payment of 43,400 refunds totaling $783,000, for the state leaving $1,523,000 highway department. .dn 1928 the number of automo- biles registered was 174,380 and their owners paid $1,773,804 in li- cense fees of which the state high. Way department received $736,952. A ees cost of each license was For 1929 the budget estimates Tegistration of 185,000 cars which wi'l pay fees totaling $1,850,000. Of ae ae rs state will receive 000. le average license c is placed at $10. ai sa THREE SLAYERS ELECTROCUTED Illinois Uses Electric Chair fot First Time as Trio Is Executed shows, Joliet, Ill, Dec. 15.—(7)—Th electric chair as an_ instrument of death was used in Illinois for the first time today in a triple execution. Dominic Bressetti, a Chi Negroes, were electrocuted shortly after 7 a.m., feat murder last ec! Clark, the first to die, was led te. the chair at 7:12 and was pronounced dead six minutes later. Brown fol. a rae a Indian the last to* lie. Bressetti was pronounced dead. three minutes after the current was” “twelve han from Waukegan, scaga ve men from Wa’ 2 of the trial, witnessed the De Warden Elmer J. Green and four death chamber. in the John Brown and Claude Chat, ;