The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 2, 1929, Page 1

NORTH DAKOTA'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, THURSDAY, MAY 2, 1929 110 INJURED IN Ri ESTABLISHED 1878 7 COMMUNISTS KILLED Waits 3 Years to Die and Is Freed WAGNER PROPOSES |? SINGLE AGENCY FOR CONTROL OF CROPS New York Senator Calls Farm Relief Bill ‘Mockery’ and ‘Dressed Up Scheme’ DEBENTURE NOT WORKABLE Says Pending Bill Bound to Fai Because of Stabilization Principles ‘HARASSMENT NEVER *| JUSTIFIED,’ STATES MRS. WILLEBRAND Delineates Reasons for Urging ‘Wise Discretion’ in Apply- ing Jones Law GIVEN TO W. C. T. U. ORGAN Congress’ Intent Is to Reach Commercial Cases, Seek- ing Higher Penalties | | > Washington, May 2.—(?)—Substi- tution of a single powerful govern- Washington, May 2.—(7)—Long tablished precedent and a belief that “enforcement by harassment is never justified” are held out by Mrs. Mabel ied boned bo tea to hang for murder waiting three years to ment operated corporation for the die. Mrs. Catherine : ae [___The Worlds Richest Baby __|| COLLEGE IS FORCED T0 BORROW $80,000 AS INCOME SHRINKS Land Collections Drop and to Meet Payroll Fargo Institu- tion Makes Two Loans BECOMES STATE PROBLEM Board of Administration Is Try- ing to Find Means of Ad- justing Situation Loans aggregating more than $80,000, which were necessary to mect the payroll and other expenses of the State Agricultural college, have commodity stabilization agencies Pos was freed when her case provided for in the farm relief bill/came me for a new trial. One state ‘was proposed today by Senator Wag- | witness, also accused of a part in the ‘Walker Willebrandt, assistant attor- ney general in charge of prohibition tions, as reasons for her let- OV? brought the financial situation of that institution forcefully to the at- tention of the state board of adminis- prosecut ner, Democrat, New York, as a means | murder, died and Loren Patrick, who] ter directing district attorneys to use tration. ‘a wise discretion” in application of ‘The first loan of $44,506.21 was of controlling surplus crops. is serving a life term for the slaying Describing the in its present |of William Lindstrom, cabinet-maker, form as a “mocker’ ind a “dressed | refused to testify against Mrs. Cassler. up scheme” the Jones 1 Her explanation of the Ictter, which has aroused. widespread comment, was given Mrs. Lenna Lowe Yost, legislative superintendent of the Na: fonal Woman's Christian Temper- ance Union, and is published today” by “the Union Signal,” its official ‘kly organ. “The letter on the application of the new Jones amendment followed to satisfy campaign = slogans, he claimed an interest in 0 MEN € * RP _ the precedent of the department long established in the administration of farm legislation as a representative Fisherman Battles Big Sawfish | the white slave traffic act,” she says. of a state which produces crops With Bare Hands to Pre- Needs Careful Study valued at $260,000,000 a year and is the largest consuming and taxpaying : “Its purpose is to point out to vent Being Sovered United States attorneys the import- should be frankly faced with a direct plan of execution and not through complex machinery and red tape. He contended the debenture ‘was not workable and that the Noi ris amendment providing for reduc- tion of rates whenever overproduc- tion is threatened in an affected crop did not improve it. Asserting that many farm leaders themselves admit that the farmers ‘will not join cooperatives, he declared the whole farm relief plan embodied in the pending bill is bound to fail Decause it intends to set up stabiliza. tion corporations upon the coopera- commonwealth in the country. If stabilization is the intention of ance of a careful study of the evi- dence prior to instituting action, and the administration, he argued, it Port Arthur, Texas, May 2—(P)—| the exercise of a wise discretion in When two Port Arthur men told 8) fitting that evidence into the partic- fish story here of a life and death) ular section of the law, violation of struggle with a colossal sea monster, | which it will best prove in court. For, they produced an 18-foot sawfish| although the average man and wom- they had captured to back up their! an may be unaware of the fact, every One of the fishermen battled |jawyer knows that the prosecutor made to meet the March payroll and Little Cordelia Mellon Scaife, believed to be the richest baby in the world, is| the second of $40,000 was made to shown as she was taking an airing the other day near her home in Pitts- burgh. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Allen Magee Scaife, and is aj was made by the Bank of North Da- granddaughter of R. B. Mellon, formerly of Bismarck, and grandnicce of | kota at the request of the board of Andrew W. Mellon, secretary of the treasury. Some day she may be heiress| administration and was approved by to the Mellon millions, of which there. are many. NORTH DAKOTA No Damage Reported in State; Illinois Fruit Destroyed; St. Louis Huddles ARKANSAS TORNADO KILLS NINE; SNOW BLANKETS MIDDLE WEST IS FROST-BITTEN; ’ Plan Public Park | Penny Payments | meet the April payroll. Each loan the State Industrial commission. In previous years, loans of approx- imately $50,000 have been made to tide the institution over the last few months of cach biennium. R. B. Murphy, board chairman, said he felt that failure of college authorities to ask for sufficient funds to wipe out an old deficit was mainly responsible for the need for the loans, ‘The board is charged by law with su- pervision of the finances of each in- stitution, but has made it a custom to permit the heads of institutions to make up their own budgets and to present their own requests to the state legislature. Coulter Explains Grassy Butte, N. Dak., May 2. Grassy Butte will have a small pul lic park—and it will be paid for in a In a report to the board, Dr. John Lee Coulter, president of the college, said the difficulty lay in the failure of the fish for nearly an hour with his} must weigh evidence and choose bare hands, after it had attacked him. | (make an election of remedies is the Frank Attaway and A. T. Cushion | jegai term that applies) under what were working at the beach Monday | section of the law he will plead the afternoon when they observed the| case, huge fish floundering in the shallow} “Particularly must every United water of the gulf. Attaway decided} states attorney do this with prohibi- to “capture” the monster. When he tion violations. Almost every viola- was within a few feet of the fish, it/ tion reported by prohibition agents is raised its four foot saw-like nose out} jegal infringement of no less than of the water and started for him. | five sections of law, to wit (a) some Unable to escape, Attaway grasped! of the internal revenue statutes ex- the saw and hung on for dear jife.| isting prior to prohibition; (b) the Agge Soest Od 1 pee foes , (e> Mulsance, (a) trans- y spine, hree i portation, (e) sale, (f) or manufac- Jecting necdles would be rammed/turing sections of the national pro- through his body. hibition act; (g) the tariff act, (h) Afters. struggle of nearly an hour! the customs act, and frequently (i) Attaway maneuvered the fish into} the prohibition law of the county or shallow water where Cushion tied a! state. To proceed under possession Tope around the saw, hooked the! of some of the sections, a misdemcan- other end of the rope to a truck and | or complaint may be filed immediatc- pulled the aquatic animal onto the/jy, ‘To choose other sections, the casc beach, must be presented to the grand jury. Harassment Never Justified “Enforcement by harassment is never justified. Morcover, congress has revealed the intent of the new amendment to reach commercial tive structure. “Under this amendment, the plan is surely put into operation. Under the bill, the safer prophecy is that \t will never take effect.” “The amendment placed respon- sibility for the success or failure of the stabilization work where it be- Jongs—on the administration. The administration bill permits.idle boast- ing of sugcess if there be any. and the shifting of blame elsewhere in cart ander bots pans ths fetvextueat “ . 3 is in @ measure in business. The is- sue is: The government being in business, shall it conduct it effective. ly or shall it have its hands and fect tied with red tape and shall it waste its breath in idle ceremony?” ESCAPED MADMAN IS CAPTURED IN CITIES Northwest Women In Joint Convention Fled From Jamestown Insane Hospital March 9; Warden Brown to See Him caped madman was captured by di tectives here last night and held for Minneapolis, May 2.—(P)—An cs- Faribault, Minn., May 2.—(?)—Del- egates from Minnesote, North and South Dakota assembled for a joint meeting of the Woodmen of the World and the Woodmen’s circle here today, formally launching the busi- hess sessions of both organizations. A joint banquet will be held to- night. Speakers will include Colonel B. W. Jewell, national sovereign ad- cases and when commercialism can be shown by the evidence, it is plain congress intended the prosecutor to Press for the higher penalties of the Jones law, with the power of depor- tation of undesirable aliens engaged in such violations to follow. “Evaluating evidence before trial has been always a prosecutor's duty; but it becomes of greater importance since the Jones amendment to the North Dakota officials. viser of the Woodmen of the World, man has under er the. one hhe_ uses most fre- Claren Volstead act shows that congress in- tends those offenses which violate the constitution itself to be felonies and leaves other Volstead violations as misdemeanors. 2 JEALOUSY SEEN AS MOTIVE OF SLAYER White Plains, May 2.—(4)—Jealousy was seen today as a possible motive for the act of Earl F. Peacox, who has confessed to strangling his 20-year- bro wife Dorothy and setting fire to ‘The existence of a rival for his Two Pheaild affections in es Person of a room | former te MAC'S Was with revolve, slugged Allen revealed when Eugene Bussey, owner of the house and a’ roomer| student at Johns Hopkins university, attempted to told of a flirtation with Mrs. Peacox the = == SUNAINGKIN =) SR CHCAGD STIL LOVES CONT London, May 2.+-(%)—The Daily A uckrcin: as saying abe sti as ‘Anthony "De- Bosdart, ussey Baltimore to help Peacox in his de- fense. ait (3 VOLTS COLLAPSE City, May 2.—(™—The iblic learned z z i ! 3 i i : F separated 80/ turned up as an inmate of separated Soot oe eee gossiping and ceny in that state. I : Ht : i g F sue séEs FE i eed 5732 Ki it H iH st | i . E a: i i é G i h i ef ; & 3 g i : 5 e ° Ger- s » “3 fi BLIZZARD SWEEPS ROCKIES Bismarck April Weather Norm: With Precipitation Over, Sunshine Under Richmond, Va. May 2.—(?)— Unverificd reports teceived here late today ‘gave 5@ persons killed and a number injured when a tornado blew down the Rye Cove school, fifteen miles northwest of Gate City. A message to The As- sociated Press from J. B. Rich- mend, a resident of Gate City, sald that every available ambu- lance and doctor had been rushed there. Johnson City, Tenn., May 2— (P)—Two persons were killed, at least five others injured and four houses demolished by 2 tor- nado that struck near Embrec- ville, 10 miles southwest of here at noon today. ‘Those killed were Mrs. Matilda Storey and Benjamin Springer, two and a half years old. Old Man Sunshine is beaming on North Dakota today, scowling frigid- ly on most of the other 48 states and viewing the destruction spewed forth by a tornado in Arkansas late yester- day. Nine persons were killed and from 35 to 40 injured with unverified re- ports of 20 others hurt in Arkansas. Damage is estimated from $250,000 to }300,000. Freezing temperatures were general over North Dakota last night, accord- ing to reports received by the United States Weather bureau here today. Lisbon was coldest with a tempera: ture of 23 degrees. Drake and Max each reported 25 degrees and Minot 26. Bismarck was on the narrow edge with 32. Little damage from frost was re- ported since few crops have grown enough to be injured. Because of the late spring only hardy garden truck has sprouted and these varieties withstood the cold. Snow in Middle West it in Springfield, Snow was falling in Spring! paigi Mlinois, today. It was ini &|with a light rain driven by a strong wind. Edwin Bay, Springfield farm- er, estimated the damage to fruit and crops at a half million dollars. novel way. Each member of the local Home- collections by the state land depart- ment to meet expectations. makers’ club, in charge of the park, will make three aprons and send them to three friends. The friend: The land department manages the land granted to the state by the fed- eral government for the support of will pay as many pennies for the ay the college. The collections for the rons as there are inches in their waistlines. The pennies will go into fund for purchasing seeds and fenc- ing material. The property was donated for the park by Mrs. L. C. McKengiesat a re- cent meeting of'the club. Mrs. B. L. Carr gave & program on “Perennial Flowers and the Farm Garden.” LENHART PROCLAIMS ITY CLEANUP WEEK Period from 1919-20 to 1928-29, were estimated at $800,000. Instead they have totaled only $695,610.85 with the income for the year ending June 30 estimated at $65,000 and included in this figure. Therein, according to‘Dr. Coulter, lies the difficulty. Murphy said he felt that the proper thing to have done would have been to ask the legislature to make up the deficit in the interest and income collections, At the end of cach biennium for the last 10 years the college has bor- rowed about $50,000. June 1927, there was a loan of approxi- mately $50,000 and the Bank of North Dakota carried an overdraft of $21,646.22, according to Dr. Coul- | Mayor Urges Bismarck Citizens to Make City Beautiful Week of May 6-11 Bismarck will clean up during the week of May 6-11. ter's statement. In addition, the col- lege was authorized to use the ex- periment station revolving fund dur- ing May and June of that year. It was reimbursed the following July, the total used being $30,472.86. Otherwise a Balance “Thus you will see that in spite of the fact that during the biennial pc- All citizens and organizations in the city are urged to join in the pro- gram of making Bismarck beautiful during Spring Clean-Up Week in a proclamation issued today by A. P. Lenhart, president of the city com- mission. Mr. Lenhart’s proclamation fol- lows: PROCLAMATION May 6 to 11 “Come on, let's put things in order. Our whole city should be made as clean and orderly as its cleanest home. Then we will have a safer and more healthful city and happier citi- zens. “All citizens arc urged to clean up their premises of rubbish, trim their trees, and make a general cleaning during the week. “Every organization in Bismarck which has the welfare of the city at heart is urged to join in this cam- to make it a success from yevery standpoint. The cooperation of all people is asked in this rn. “Therefore, 1, A. P, Lenhart, pres ident of the city commission, with the approval of enduring winter of snows and its| Week. — warm and mellow March, enhanced - hicago’ to fi of ® flurry downpour of rain. St. Louis people huddled about fireplaces as a néar blizzard whistled inte tie Mince metropolis. Traffic HOOVER DISMISSES STIBBIR ATORNE ‘Washi May 2.—()—William & Deptoht whe has repeatedly re- (Continued on page eleven) MORRIS WILL ATTE GRAIN RATE MEETING Governor Shafer, Unable to At- tend, Reports He Is Great- ly Interested Attorney General James Morris, C. W. McDonnell, president of the North Dakota railroad commission, and P. A. Lee, secretary of the North Dakota Farmers Grain Dealers asso- ciation, will be among those in attend- ance at the conference to be held in Fargo tomorrow on invitation of the traffic committee of the Fargo cham- ber of commerce to consider ways and means of fighting the proposed increase in grain rates from this ter- ritory. Governor George F. Shafer reports that while he will be unable to at- tend in person, he is greatly inter- ested in the conference and has dele- gated Attorney General Morris to represent the governor's office as well as his own. G. L. Ireland, A. I. Hunter and W. P. Davies have been as a delegation to represent the Grand Forks commercial club at the con- ference and Grand Forks will be fur- ther represented by T. A. Durrant, traffic commissioner of the Greater Grand Forks Traffic association. There will be representatives of a number of other: organizations and cities at the conference. NORTH DAKOTA MEN GIVE HOOVER GAVEL 30, | > Soon to Become ° | 4 Mrs. Coolidge | e On a recent visit to Washington, Miss Florence Trumbull, fiancee of John Coolidge, son of the former president, posed for this striking studio portrait. Their engagement has already been announced. Miss Trumbull is a daughter of Governor Trumbull of Connecticut. EDWARDS FREED AS BONDS ARE REDUCED Jansonius Orders $5,000 Bail After Shipp Set $20,000 as Sum for Liberty R. E. Edwards, facing four charges in the next term of Burleigh county district court, is at liberty today under $5,000 bonds. The representative of the U. S. Magic Iceless Refrigerator company late yesterday won his fight to have his bonds reduced from $20,000. Bonds were reduced under an order issued by District Judge Fred Jan- sonius. Bonds had been set at $20,000 by A. E. Shipp, justice of the peace, after a preliminary hearing Tuesday afternoon. Unable to get action on his motion for reduction until yes- terday, Edwards was forced to spend Tuesday night in the county jail. Bonds were furnished shortly after Jansonius made the order. _ Edwards faces charges of obtain- ing money under false pretenses in three instances and of violating the state securities law. COURT TERM HERE IS ZPALLED FOR MAY 20 Judge Jansonius Eager to Have Many Criminal Cases Tried at Session Burleigh county district court will have a jury term, beginning May 20. An order instructing the clerk of court to call 40 jurors for service at that time was made this morning by Judge Fred Jansonius. The judge, according to the order, is eager to have several criminal cases tried at the next term. Many crim- inal cases remained untried when the last term of court was adjourned in December by J. A. Coffey, James- town, former judge. With the question of the legality of the Burleigh county jury unan- swered until spring work had begun, Judge Jansonius chose not to call a term until now, when spring farm work is nearing an end and the jury has been called legal by the state su- Preme court. Forty jurors will be drawn Satur- day morning, according to Charles Fisher, clerk of court. Lindy Is Absent When Anne Reaches Gotham Morrow, betrothed to Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh, came back to New York today with her sister and her North Dakota Singers Appear in Twin Cities New York, May 2.—(#)—Miss Anne; The Weather Mostly fair tonight and Friday. Somewhat warmer Friday. a PRICE FIVE CENTS OTS BERLIN CELEBRATION ENDS WITH BATTLES BEHIND BARRICADES 3,000 Workmen Resist Charge of 500 Policemen Until Bul- lets Start Flying SNIPERS PICK OFF RIOTERS Paving Blocks, Bottles, Rocks Used Freely; Populace Is Terrified by Fights Berlin, May 2.—()—Clashes be- tween police and communists in yés- terday's riotous May day celebration in Berlin resulted in heavy casualties, seven communists being killed and 80 civilians and 30 policemen injured. The casualties were great. cr, as the figures given out by the Police today did not include many communists who were taken to their homes by comrades after being in- Jjured in the fighting. In all there were 900 arrests, of |smtn 725 were released after an ex- amination and the registration of their names, Of the 175 persons still held by the Leonel hese stir of them: will be charged with rio’ and violat Public peace, ZY pa Erect Street Barricades The principal rioting occurred after dark in the working class quarter of Berlin, where communists, in an ef- seid Phe batted their “conquer the streets” slogan for May day, erected beplictd in the main ut of the Pankstrasse and its streets. More than 3,000 worker themselves behind these and held them against 500 who charged with their night-sticks. The police eventually realized their force was too weak, and opened fire He rioters. It was not, until armored cars were that the barricades were finaliyten There was promiscuous firing several hours between the two groups, with snipers of both picking off Op- ponents from behind windows buildings in the neighborhood. Those communists who did not have guns Picked up paving blocks, bottles and rocks and used them to good effect. ll ati a the police were able to subdue them and the surrounding houses were cleared. Populace Terrified ‘There was fighting also in the east- ern and southeastern parts of the city, where light systems broke down and added to the terror of the popu- dace, The conflict did not assume the riousness of that northern section. ee Much of the communist yesterday was derived from ps Police orders denying them the right {to use the streets for their internae tional labor day demonstrations. Authorities were hard put to idene tify many of those dead and injured, since the Communist party had or- dered members to leave papers or other identifying marks at home. The communists, evidently anticipating sanguinary aspects of the demonstra- tion, had their own first aid squads and ambulances working pati in several RACE WITH DEATHS VITORY FOR PLAKE Seattle, May 2—()}— @ thousand-mile race ‘with des desth, Mrs. Peter Kostometinoff of Sitka, Alaska, critically ill from septicemia. was given a fair chance for recovery by her physician here today. ‘ Mrs. Kostometinoff was brought here by plane from Sitka yesterday after her husband had been told the only chance to save her life was to put her under the care of a specialist. The plane landed here 11 hours after the takeoff at 3:40 a. m. Dr. Lester J. Palmer said Mrs. Kos- tometinoff “arrived in excellent con- dition, far better than if she made the trip by boat,” the only other means of transportation, which have taken five days or longer. itz It was not until sfter 11 "p.m. that