The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 4, 1929, Page 1

}) o a NORTH DAKOTA'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER ESTABLISHED 1873 THE BISMARCK BISMARCK AND MANDAN BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, SATURDAY, MAY 4, 1929 _TRIBUNE| ermans and Americans Agree On War Debt SETTLEMENT JUST SPLITS DIFFERENG IN ORIGINAL OFFERS Britons and Japs Favorable, ico ‘City Laredo French, Belgians and Ital- ians Dissenting FRANCE TO MAKE DECISION Young's Compromise Ranges Near 32 Billion Marks, Pay- able in 37 Years Paris, May 4—(?)—Owen D. Young, chairman of the experts’ committee, presented a new scheme|which has been under con- sideration for settlement of the reparations problem to a meeting of the creditor delegates this afternoon. It was reported in Brit- ish circles that Mr. Young told the creditor experts that Ger- many had accepted the scheme in principle and that England and Japan had approved it. Paris, May (P)—The German and American reparations delegations have reached a full agreement on a complete settlement of the repara- tions problem. It remains however for the Americans to win the French and Belgian delegations to their plan. Owen D. Young, chief of the Amer- ican delegation, today was conferring with the delegations of the other creditor nations to this end. The British and the Japanese dele- gations were stated authoritatively tentatively to have approved the set- tlement, leaving France and Belgium particularly and possibly Italy dis- senting. The final decision of course rested with France, far and away the larg- est creditor. Plenary Session Expected If conferences today are favorable it was believed there will be a plenary session Monday, when various of the. reparations experts who have left Paris will have returned... -- It was said there were naturally many details to be arranged yet but the broad outline of the plan was well defined. It was far from certain the French and Belgians will accept the Ameri- can proposals. The French point of view is they presented an irreducible minimum claims total, based on what they must pay to America plus only @ fraction of what they have spent for reparations. Premier Poincare has declared pub- licly that France cannot make further sacrifices and it was commented that even if the French experts approved the Americans’ plan in order to dis- pose of the vexing problem it was most probable parliament and the government would reject the settle- ment. Observers Are Skeptical Observers close to the delegations themselves said there was only a slim hope the settlement agreed upon by the Americans and Germans would Prove acceptable to the French or Belgians. Mr. Young, however, they said, was determined to do his ut- most to achieve the settlement which the committee already has spent three motiths vainly seeking. posed settlement just about | were The proj splits the difference between the ori- ginal German offer of annuities of 1,650,000.000 marks and the allied de- mand of ennuities of 2,200,000,000 marks. The German pffer, calculated at five per cent interest plus nine-tenths per cent for amortization, had a Present valuc of about 26,000,000,000 gold marks (about $6,240,000,000). The allied demand amounted roughly to rency was added. about 41,000,000,000 marks (about $10,000,000,000). to America would be met by the In- ternational bank from its profits, It was explained that’ if one con- sidered the allied claims as reduced by those three billions (estimated present value of the last 21 years.an- huities) to a little over 38,000,000,000 marks then Mr. Young’s compromise ‘of 32,000,000,000 marks was almost exactly between the original German offer and the creditors bill. In this connection it was comment- that Dr. Schacht orle International banks have of 5,000,000,000 gold marks ference trimmed this ’3 plan calls for an ini- & El He ff 53 i i Ai _slleseet golst ELNBHELY vicobie _sf0hs#esEs Stati Uistclch feetatrl VAEhU ant sth i phat GUHA EIB Rriee Gg 3 iH s z 4 Attempt to Dynamite Mexican Train Fails Mexico City, May 4—(M)—A dis- patch to Excelsior from Queretaro today said an attempt to dynamite the Mexico City Laredo passenger train near Queretaro Thursday night failed when a freight train running ahead of the passenger train set off the bomb itself. The freight train not greatly damaced. The Mex- passenger trains al- ys carry a number of Americans. 5 RECORDS BROKEN AT DAKOTA RELAYS MOHAWK RIVER DAM BREAKS, INUNDATING {3 MILES OF VALLEY Houses, Bridges and Highways Swept Away by Torrent Released Suddenly HEAVY RAIN CAUSES BREAK Shallow Stream Rises 20 Feet ‘Simpson Breaks 100 Yard World Record Columbus, Ohio, May 4.—(AP)—George Simpson, Ohio State's sprinting pride, bettered the world’s record of :09.6 for the 100 yard dash for the second time within two weeks today | when he raced the special invitation dash at the Ohio Relays here in :09.5. Simpson won by two yards from Reginald Bowen of Pitts- burgh who was inches ahead of Jack Elder of Notre Dame. Don) Bennett, Toledo Libbey high school boy. was only inches behind Elder. Three watches caught Simpson at :09.5 and one at :09.4. Simpson started slowly, got a lead at the sixty yard mark and} CITY TOBE CLEANED IN TEN DISTRICTS BY LIONS SCOUTS; Health and Sanitary Officials of | State on Committee of Club to Manage Drive ; Named as Plotter & | in Torch Murder | ° | | North Dakota Aggie Sets Fast Pace in Century; Varsity Relayers Are Fast in Few Minutes; Damage Estimated $100,000 Colebrook, N. H., May 4—()—The Sioux Falls, 8. D., May 4—()-| Mohawk river valley stretching from With five marks already set, the sev-| the Connecticut river castward to- | enth annual Dakota relays here faced | W@rd Dixville Notch presented a scene | today a more complete ‘revision of its | Of flood-wrought huvoc today. Houses | record book. and bridges were swept away and Joe Mendel, Yankton college dash | highways washed out. When waters man and relay mainstay, won the|fushed last night from Balsam dam. broad jump with a leap of 22 feet 5'; | 13 miles above here. The dam burst inches, an inch past the old mark.| {fom pressure due to heav:’ rain. Wert Engelmann of South Dakota} Estimates of property damage state added six inches to the discus |anged as high as $100.00. mark, making 137 feet 8' inches. Ample warnings reached the half Mendel helped Yankton win two re- |40zen or more families comprising lays limited to members of the South | the hamlet of Kidderville, nine miles Dakota college conference. He an- | €@st of this place. chored the half-mile team to a new} The river, ordinarily » compar- record, clipping the time a full second | tively shallow stream, rose 20 fect to 1:31. neh : few rere ee aerate, ee medi gauge nearly half an ‘iour. Nu- taletocttas ceeeaute Milbank a merous wooden bridges went out and three years, Coe college cut more than |ON¢ 40-foot steel bridge was swept seven seconds from the old mark. down the stream. The trestle of the When Morningside college and| Maine Central railroad which spans North Dakota university meet in the|the Mohawk close to its confluence north central conference mile relay} With the Connecticut river, was today another record will be jeopard- | carried into the larger stream. ized. Morntfigside won the half-mile} Damage here was heavy. Eight or yesterday. nine houses disappeared in the river. ‘Sand of North Dakote Aggies made}, The dam which gave way hemmed 1 in two small artificial lakes at the paired Mad Dy atau Balsams, a summer hotel near Dix- may approach the record of 9.9. ville Notch. canst ote creepers ct CBCRPTABY MELLON VOTE IS FAVORABLE possibility. The pole vault mark should be bettered also. Senate Judiciary Committee 8 to 5 in Favor of His Holding Office Dakota Relays summaries: 120 yard high hurdles—Won by Lake, Iowa State Teachers; Thaycr, Vista, second; Lauristen, ; (rete, Neb), third. Time: 15.9. NORTH DAKOTA CHILL Washington, May 4.—(#)—The sen- WEATHER PERSISTS; Freezing Temperatures Main- tained for Third Successive Day in the Northwest me third Ried 4 temperatures were general throughout North Dakota, according to reports to the federal weather bur- cau. Hankinson continues to be the warmest spot in the state. The mini- mum temperature there last night was 35. Ht was the only point to re- port temperatures above freezing. Crosby with 18 and Dunn Center, Lisbon and Napoleon, cach with 20, Minimum temper- in succession SE fs returning un i #8 and King, ind | announced ate judiciary committee voted eight to five today to report to the senate that Secretary Mellon was not dis- qualified to hold office because of his stockholdings. The committee by a similar vote re- fused to call Mr. Mellon for an open investigation of his relations with the companies in which he is a stock- holder. The report of Chairman Norris declaring that Mr. Mellon as a stock- holder violated a statute forbidding the secretary of the treasury to be interested in carrying on trade or commerce was defeated by a vote of 10 to 3. Senators Blainc, Republican, Wis- consin, and Walsh, Democrat, Mon- tana, and Norris voted for the report. Senator Steiwer, Republican, Ore- gon, presented the report whith re- ceived the committee's approval. Senators Borah, Republican, Idaho, Demécrat, Utah, however, they would submit in- dividual reports to the senate. Norris also will place his | report before the senate. ARGHANSTAN TORK BY COND REVOLT Peshawar, India, May 4.—(#)—Re- ports here today confirmed news of heavy fighting near Lohgarh. Af- ghanistan, between 3,000 troops of the Emir Amanullah and twice | Holly as many followers of Bacha Sako, usurper of Amanullah's throne. The troops of Bacha Sako were said to be gaining the upper hand after four days of incessant. fighting. Very heavy casualties were reported on both sides, YANKEE SOOTOH COL STARS BEAT BRIS bounced in ahead. Tinois’ quarter mile relay team broke the national collegiate record for the 440 yard relay in: :41.5, clipping one-tenth of a second off the mark set by Notre Dame and Penn- sylvanians in 1927. Patterson, Timm, Cave and Burkhardt were the run- ners. George Vossler of Miami university, Oxford, Ohio, lost his shot put cham- plonship to Walsh, brawny Notre Dame football player. as the opening event. Walsh sent the shot 45 fect 2%% inches. Weaver of Chicago was second and Vossler third. John Anderson, Cornell University, an Olympic point winner and Penn relays champion in the discus throw, approached within two fect of the world record today when he tossed the plate 156 feet five inches break- ing his own mect record by almost nine feet. Summaries: Shot put—Won by Walsh, Notre Dame, 45 feet 2%; incht second ‘Weaver. Chicago, 44 feet 11'2 inches; third, Vossler, Miami, 44 feet 11 inches; fourth, Mom Morris, Haver- ford, 44 feet 10%, inches; fifth, An- | derson, Cornell, 44 fect. POTTER'S FIELD FOR WOMAN WHO LIVED AS MAN No One Claims Body of ‘Peter Stratford,’ Who Masquerad- ed as a Male for Years MARRIED ANOTHER WOMAN Did Manual Labor, Wrote Crit- ical Essays, Was Exponent of Ancient Cult Oakland, Calif. May 4.—(%)—A grave in Potter's field yawned today for “Peter Stratford,” a woman who for years masqueraded as a man, married another, woman and worked at jobs varying ‘all the way from heavy manual labor to writing criti- cal essays with a sufistic tint. No one claimed the body. “Peter Stratford” revealed his secret to a physician before ‘“his’) death Thursday. Dozens of letters found among her effects at Niles, Calif, showed glimpses of a personality deeply im- mersed in the lore of sufism, a cult which centuries ago arose as a re- formed faction of Mohammedanism. These were studied in an attempt to learn her life history. ‘Was Literary Critic GRAVE YAWNS Drive of Annihilation Is Planned in Mexico Mexico City, May 4.—()—Fifteen thousand soldiers, the flower of the Mexican army, are to be sent at once to the four states affected by the so- [paien religious rebellion and a cam- i Paign of “annihilation” begun against the insurgents or “Cristeros” as they are called. JAMESTOWN BANKS ARE CONSOLIDATED Three. af Four Institutions. Will Merge and Join With Min- neapolis Bank Jamestown, N. D.. May 4.—(™— Consolidation of three of Jamestown's four banks was announced here to- day. ‘The new deal will bring the Farm- ers and Merchants National Bank, the Citizens National bank and the Security Savings Bank under the {control of the First Bank Stock In- vestment company of Minneapolis. ‘The announcement was made follow- PRIZE FOR BEST SHOWING, | Work to Be Done by Types Set/ .| city into spic and span condition. “Peter Stratford” it was believed,] ing meetings of the boards of direc- was born in New Zealand, the daugh- | tors of the three institutions at which ter of a member of the British royal | the proposed deal was approved. They guards. Several ycars ago she ap-|ecommended that stockholders of peared in New York as Deresley Mor- | the banks approve the merger. A ton, writer and literary critic. And |J@rge number already have signed hits but all scattered. Hornsby, Chi- ting cago, hit a home run. then “Peter Stratford" appeared, wooing Mrs. Elizabeth Rowland as “Stratford” lay il] in a Kansas City hospital. “He” and Mrs. Rowland were married there in 1925. Some of the letters were love mes- sages to women. some were exposi- tions of the sufistic cult and some were personal and business missives. Some of them indicated literary achievement and some were incoher- ent but the thick sheaf of letters found in a trunk in her hotel room cast an insight into the incredible life of a woman who for years worked and lived with men_ without exciting Suspicion concerning her sex. Has Masculine Characteristics Her masculine characteristics, in- cluding a baritone voice, set her apart until, ming more and more the habits of a man, she finally aban- doned her feminine character com- wealy and took a man’s place in the world. An Oakland employer said she was the best man he ever hired. Mrs. Rowland was located yesterday in wood. She declared she had left “Stratford” a few months ago writing for the screen at present. CHICAGO CUBS BEAT PHILADELPHIA 164 Philadelphia, May 4.—(%)—Chicago defeated the Philadelphia Nationals in the first- game of a double-header rilek. | today, 16 to 0. While his team mates were scoring, Pat Malone bore down on the Phillie batters. allowing 10 DOLLARS PAVE SALOON Havana, bengal pi ng road 8 certain place with good tentions and a saloon here owned an Englishman is paved with U. silver dollars. war want the American agis i i i ii uit i Ff Hi z : f i £ agreements to do so, it was said. L, B. Niemeyer will be chairman of the board of the consolidated institu- tion. He is vice president of the Farmers and Merchants bank. Other Officers are® President, R. R. Wolfer. now cashier of the Farmers and Merchants bank; vice president, Charles W. Spaulding, Jr., now presi- dent and cashier of the Citizens Na- tional bank; Cashier and trust offi- cer, R. M. Stangler, now cashier of the Security Savings Bank. Following the announcement of this consolidation, one was made an- nouncing the joining of the only oth- er bank here, the James River Na- tional, with the Northwest Bancor- Poration of Minneapolis. SOUTHERN TORNADO _ DEATHS TOTAL 4 Ga, May 4—(%)—The death list’ from ‘tornadoes that struck than 100 uy Tage atk® i it } iz | i Ei F i i i i fs i gz i [ : 5 Ht i bi | i | Aside for Each Day; Meet- ing Monday Evening Clean-up week in Bismarck starts Monday morning with attentio given the streets and sidewalk: ters, ditches and sewers. 1 for the remainder of the week, a «ay will be devoted to each of a scries of special features of cleaning. The campaign on dirt and rubbish will be in charge of the Lions club. as last year. The Lions are enlisting the aid of the ten Boy Scout troops in the work. Each householder is to con- | sider himself or herself one of the army to remove the evidences of winter's slovenliness and to polish the City Has Been Districted In direct charge for the Lions 2 A. L. Bavone, state sanitary enginee: Dr. W. 8. Koller, state bacteriologis and Captain H. A. Brocopp. This | committee is planning a meeting with | the scouts at the high school Mond: evening, to distribute clean-up posters to the boys and instruct them in the methods of their operations. The city has been divided into ten sections and a troop of Boy Scouts | has been assigned to cach. These troops will call on each householder in their sections and leave a poster containing suggestions of what to do in cleaning their premises and cc lars, The troop of that section which shows the completest cleaning upon the check-up at the close of the week will be awarded two free camping memberships by Fred Peterson, of the Grand Pacific hotel, who is one of the most enthusiastic. workers in the Lions club in clean-up and Boy Scout activities. When the check-up has been made, such vacant lots as have not been put in order by their owners will be re- ported to the city commission for ac- tion. Each district can use its own judg- ment as to the program to be adopted, but this arrangement is suggested as the best division of the work: Follow Daily Schedule Monday, Street day: Streets and sidewalks should be cleaned, gutters cleared, ditches opened, sewers flushed, etc. Tuesday, Fly and mosquito day: Cesspools should be cleaned; all priv- ies should be made fly proof; stable and stable yards, poultry and chicken pens cleaned. Depressions in the ground should be filled, mended and garbage cans scoured. Wednesday, Cellar day: Old paper, rags, ashes, and other refuse should be removed from the basement. Base- ments and root cellars should be cleaned. Thursday, Rubbish day: Bush, branches, dead grass and leaves, and other inflammable material from fence corners, buildings and vacant lots should be removed and burned; being cautious about keeping the fires un- der control. All rubbish in back yards such as old papers, rags, tin cans, bottles and ashes should be removed. Friday, Removal day: All non- combustible rubbish and refuse should be hauled to a suitable dump. Saturday, General clean-up: All unfinished work should be done on this day, thus completing the gencral clean up. PECK SUCCEEDS COX IN HIGHWAY OFFICE Frahm, New Department Head, Declines to Comment on Further Changes spoutings Changes in the personnel of the state highway department office force, announced Friday by H. C. Frahm, new department head, places E. E. Peck in the post of chief ac- countant, succeeding Myron W. Cox, and brings Eugene Tuskind from the Minot division office to replace Peck in| as assistant in the construction en- gineering department. Cox, who is leaving the department, formerly was an employe of the state "s office and became chief | 1 i Twenty -two-year-old Frances New- man, also known as Frances Murray, may have planned to double in the role of the murdered bride of Earl F, Peacox, young “torch killer,” from Mount Vernon, N. Y., by telling in- quirers that she was the mysterious “bundle” which Peacox was seen car- rying from his apartment after the murder of his wife. This plot was revealed in Peacox’s confession, and the girl—alleged to have been his swectheart—is shown above after be- ing arrested and held under $10,000 bond as a material witness in the crime. CHICAGO SCANDALS END WITH CHARGES | MADE AGAINST 124, Politicians, Public Officials andj} Hoodlums Under Indict- ment for Crimes The Weather Mostly fair tonight and Sunday. Con- ‘ tinued cool, with freezing temperature, PRICE FIVE CENTS : TIED IN TRACK MEET PREBZING WIND HAS. BEST OF SPEED BOYS DURING SEMIFINALS Giant Bismarck Athlete Hurls Spear 141 Feet 11 Inches to Break Record M’KENDRY DEFEATS HORNER Mandan Flash, ‘Speed’ Collins, and Golden of Garrison Are Century Stars Bismarck and Mandan were tied for the lead in the Capital City Track and Field meet being held on Hughes field this afternoon. A bitter wind was hampering the work of the ath- {letes, {hurdles and the 100 yard dash. Bis- Mandan was off to an excellent start when McKendry and Collins Srabbed firsts in the 220 yard low marck got into the running when Big Ted Meinhover heaved the shot further than the rest of the field. Bismarck began creeping up on the leaders when Meinhover again took a first, this time in the discus while Paris grabbed a third. = iSong Fessenden Star ‘ssenden was forging wu the leaders largely due to "the fine low hurdles. Kramer aided him by | taking second in the shot. Gloom settled over Bismarck root- ers when Tait failed to place in the half-mile. The lank fellow has troubled with a sore heel all week, and yesterday he added a blister to his troubles. Jacobson's failure to get bet- ter than a tie for third in the vault was also disappointing to local contingent. As The Tribune went to press Schwartz and Jacobson had cinched and Mandan, 16 each; Fessenden, 13; Napoleon, 4; Denhoff, 6; Garrison, McClusky and Washburn, 3; Carson, 2; and Underwood, 1. 220 low hurdles—Win by Mc! . ond; Me ld, He n, Bis- marck, fourth. Time: 28.1. 100 yard dash—Won by Collins, Mandan; Golden, , second; McDonald, Mandan, third; Wade, Mohall, fourth. Time: 10.4. Shot put—Won by Meinhover, Bis- marck; Meier, Napoleon, second; O'Hare, Bismarck, third; Vosike, Man- dan, fourth. Distance: 40 feet, 11 inches. 880 yard run—Won by Thornton, Fessenden; Kiesz, McClusky, second: Huber, Carson, third; Shafer, Na- Poleon, fourth. Time: 2:16, Pole vault—Won by Akland, Den- hoff; McGuire, Washburn, second; Jacobson, Bismarck, C. Tauer, Under- wood, and Lillibridge, Mandan, tied for third. Height: 10 feet, 3 inches. Discus—Won by Meinhover, Bis- marck; Kramer, Fessenden, second; Paris, Bismarck, third; Hempel, Den- hoff, fourth. Distance: 106 feet, inches. One hundred seventy-one athletes representing 23 schools at the meet, coaches, and officials will be the guests of the Association of Com- merce at a banquet at the Grand Pa- cific hotel at 6:30 o'clock tonight. H, P. Goddard, secretary of the association, will preside. Myron At- kinson, city official, will lead the community singing and Rev. O. 8. Rindahl, pastor of the Trinity Eng- lish Lutheran ‘church, will speak. Cups, badges, and other trophies will be awarded to winning contestants by H. O. Saxvik, superintendent of city schools, at the program. Records ‘Stay Put’ Records, with one exception, stayed “put” as the high school athletes failed to get their | Chicago, May 4.—(AP)—One hun- {dred and twenty-four politicians, ‘public officials and hoodlums today stood formally accused of law viola- \tions, the climax of persistent inves- {tigations, by federal and county grand juries. The county grand jury yesterday indicted 15 in connection with the ; Chicago sanitary district graft scan- dal, including six trustees and the former president, while the federal grand jury returned indictments against 81 persons alleged to have been members of the Chicago Heights booze ring. Several were public of- ficials. The other 28 indicted, six of them police captains, were named earlier in the week in connection with the slot machine graft scandal. Path Cost $4,000,000 The sanitary district investigation began soon after the November elec- tion when it was disclosed that more than 2,000 persons, including several state legislators and other officials, who admitted they did little or no work, were on the payrolls. Expendi- tures of approximately $1,000,000 for @ four mile cinder bridal path and other alleged wasteful and illegal ex- penditures were revealed as the in-/ 34, vestigation progressed. The indictments included charges of conspiracy, embezzlement and il- legal diversions of public funds, all the trustees and former officials be- ing charged with all three. Some of the charges were based on allegations that the district spent more than $250,000 illegally. Capone Testified “Scarface” Al i } l i i : sii