The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 5, 1930, Page 1

t ee Oldest Newspaper x THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE Cloudy; probably snow beginning to- night or Thursday. Warmer tonight. ESTABLISHED 1873 ° BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5, 1930 PRICE FIVE CENTS Ford, PROPERTY DAMAGE ‘TRIBUNE WILL HELP HATTON TO OR AOMILLTONS 1 | MONEY TOLL TAKEN Trapped in Collapsing Houses, | ic _ Many Die as Dike Breaks and Ravages Town CEMETERY WASHED AWAY! ‘Two Quarters of City of Moissac | |§ Is Obliterated as Tran River Runs Wild Property damage ie shbor- | hood of 1,000,000,000 francs (about $40,000,000) and heavy loss of lite, | |} with estimates running from 30 to: more than 100 dead, constitute the toll so far known of the sudden ERECT BEN Samuelson Dead | EIELSON MEMORIAL nen Dakota’s Oldest News- paper and KFYR Cooper- ate in Slope Appeal ANYONE CAN CONTRIBUTE ipal Auditorium Would Be Suitable for funds which will be an auditorium in me- Carl Ben Eielson at Hatton, Arctic aviator’s home, is today by The Bismarck Tadiocasting station Il as all other daily and radio stations in of the Bismarck district contribute to the me- are urged to forward contributions to either the Trib- i | Hero’s Home Town Feels Munic- ; | i HENRY FORD SCORES RAILROAD RATES AS ~EXORBITANT PROFT Advises Congress to Leave Pro- hibition Alone and Adjust Unjust Tariffs ARE TOO HIGH EVERYWHERE Believes Present Rate Structure Gives Common Carriers Handsome Profit Phe ft cad cela ‘Phe world and North Dakota lost one (Copyright, 1930, by Associated Press) | Fort Myers, Fla., Mar. 5.—(?)—If of its most famous flying sons when congress wishes to do constructive jthe Arctic wastes pictured above took work, let its members set about ad- itheir toll of death in Carl Ben Eiel- justing railroad rates, and leave the |Son, Hatton aviator-explorer, also the floods that for three days have ravaged central and southern France. ‘There are still no exact details of the catastrophe at Moissac, where a dike collapsed and f'zcded the city. An early estimate’ of 100 lives ‘ i that the villages of Lastours, Citou, Lespinassiere and Cabrespine were ravaged and a number of persons drowned. In one town a cemetery was washed away, the coffins joining other debris (Continued on page nine.) CHARLES CHAPLIN TO MAKE SILENT FILMS; or KFYR. Address comuzica- “The Eielson Meinortal These funds will be forwarded to the Carl Ben Eielson Memorial as- |» sociation, Inc., which announced its Paul L. Samuelson; 30, once editor director ‘of the Ui of Nore iniversity - ial stadium there died Tuesday in the pital after an illness of two years. Samuelson made a name for himself stand on statewide appeal had been made. Other Agencies Cooperate Other radio stations in will. rep~>-2nt the memorial N. B. Black, Fargo ne : i John Gilbert May Join Comedian | Se in Production of Only ‘Non-Squawkies’ Hollywood, Calif, Mar. $—(m—! ‘Tentative plans for the formation of | & new film company to bear his name | for the production of silent pictures ; announced today by Charles! « said the czypany would star, in addition to himself, four or five of the foremost players in the industry. He declined to disclose the identity of any of the players he has ; under consideration, but admitted he | had “discussed the project with John ; i E i gi E TAFT STRONGER AND i t | i i i ie z i E i | Z SE Hill z g i & F Hi Despite Vigor, Physicians Stil Regard Famous Man's Con- dition as Hopeless i d | 4 f E $9 7 i ii ! = z= 53 = = AS COMMITTEE: HEAD Central Committee Has Ap- pointment Power 5 gar? gf et i g i i i \ Detroit, Mich. Mar. 5.—(#)-—Beg- cannot be chaosers, but they cer- should not be ex-husbands. Potacsynski was out . Cup of Coffee at One Too “My former husband! ? f : if fi iu te il f t “hg ay 7 7 if Plans today. ogee abe arn Seatee aEe| Snel Veterans’ Bureau hos- er ine, a Meyer, operators of the radio station here, to join in the campaign was made this morning shortly afler the newspapers, and network, which associa ~| beating down the railroads, because a 3 cheaper carrying rates.” | | MORE ACTIVE TODAY © WIBAUXFLOOD COST | prohibition law alone—that is, the |life of his mechanic, Earl Borland. conviction of Henry Ford. |The terrific force with which the plane crashed 90 miles southeast of Mr. Ford's impression and the sug- | gestion are founded on many months |+n0 tur ship Nanuk in bleak Siberia is revealed in this picture of the Leap of the rate situation. He made ideas known during an interview in the office at his Fort Myers winter | wreckage. The photo shows the fuselage of the plane with one wing intact. The motor, 100 feet away, is estate. “Rates are too high everywhere,” he said. “Railroad officials every so often appear with a plan that they |stiown to the right. The plane oe entitled gor ae ec on crashed Nov. 9 but the wreckage was vestment. ve present rate structure gives the carriers a not found until January 19 and it was handsome but none the less unjust |"0t until several weeks after that that and exorbitant profit.” st ithe bodies were located. In the photo “Convoys of trucks everywhere are old Seattle high school girl, who spent 8 months in the Arctic aboard the ice-bound fur ship Nanuk, is shown upon her return home. It was the Nanuk that Eielson was flying to when death flew with him through the Arctic blizzard. He was planning to remove Marion and the $1,000,000 cargo of furs aboard the vessel. With Delivers Cars by Trucks .! Mr. Ford commented upon the fact - | that automobiles manufactured by his company are being delivered in Flor- ida and in Michigan by truck because, he said, of a saving in comparison with railroad rates. : “Can you explain why rates on fruit are higher from Florida than from California, as far as large markets of the country are concerned?” he was “No more than I can explain why they are, high on everything else. It looks, » like so! nq | e | Sta. "em ® © DOLCE SERGEANT IS SHOT DEAD IN FIGHT WITH NEGRO GUNMEN ber of Florida banks closed their | Despite Fatal Wound Policeman doors during the summer?” “No, but it might have been because Kills Assailant; Second Gunman Dying from the right. ! of railroad rates. I don’t know much about banks and would not like to 5} say definitely.” | Speaks from Experience | Mr. Ford spoke from personal ex- | perience as far as operation of com- mon carriers is concerned. His com- | pany recently owned a railroad. The automobile builder was em- phatic in expressing his belief that | structure of the present prohibition | law is satisfactory. | “So is the enforcement of the law,” {came as an afterthought. “We've had no trouble from drunk- enness in our plant at Dearborn and we're right on the border,” he pointed 1 out. Il; ‘The seller and the buyer of illicit_ liquor should be punished, Mr. Ford believes, inasmuch as he sees one as j guilty of violation of the law as the other. “It won't do any good to stir up the ¢ situation,” he responded, in rer to @ question as to his opin- ion of recent conferences at Washing- ton, and in other cities on the sub- cae they stir it up they'll only get in trouble.” Newark, N. J., Mar. 5.—(#)—Police Sergeant Robert Anderson, 35, was shot and killed and Patrolman Marion Thigpen, negro, slightly wounded early today in a pistol fight with two negro gunmen, One of the gunmen was shot dead and the other is reported dying at City hospital with nine bullet wounds.. The wounded gunman, who is al- leged to have shot Anderson, was dead gunman is known as “Cokey Joe” but whose name is believed to be William Merrick. and another patrolman, Frank Wycalek, were informed at 1:30 a. m. that the two negroes had } been flourishing revolvers and had On their way to the house the police- ment were joined by Sergeant Ander- and two other officers. Shouts loud voices led the squad to a floor apartment, where they surprised a group of negro men and women. At Anderson’s command, “stick ‘em up” the man identified as Billups RED GROSS $19,502! ;|Rebuilding, Replacement and| Sanitation Principal Ex- pense, Report Shows A second shot ploughed into Ander- son's chest but the Sergeant kept his feet and’ fired three times each shot hitting Billups. “Cokey Joe” shot th the mouth by Wycalek and died instantly as he tried to es- cape from the room. Billups started down stairs, but Thigpen, who had recovered con- sciousness, caught him on the second of which $18,34 contributed by | floor and subdued him with a night duals and organizations ald |* Sergeant Anderson died at a hos- pital without regaining consciousness. for Wibaux, Mont., March 5.—()—Ac- complishments of the American Na- tional Red Cross here during the flood that claimed three lives, de- stroyed 25 dwellings and resulted in| losses to 127 families last June, are revealed in a report of that society. Relief funds it totaled $19,552, wi . They're Wrong, Believe It or Not! on the right, Marion Swenson, 17 year | Marion in the picture are her father, Olaf .Swenson,. her mother and ber sister: * Marion ig second identified as Audley Billups, 26. The | Arrested Autoist Persuades Police |. Where Crash Ended Eielson’s Life ' | Standing Rock Lands’ Opzning Would Bring Settlers, Says Devine Passage by congress of the William- son bill, opening land in the Cheyenne jriver and Standing Rock Indian re- servations of North and South Da- kota to homestead entry for five | Years after March 1, 1930, would bring | few new settlers to North Dakota, ac- ‘cording to J. M. Devine, state com- missioner of immigration. | Most of the reservation territory lies in South Dakota, Mr. Devitie said and the lands which would be opened ; to homestead by the bill are largely located in that state. |. The bill passed at the house yes- | terday and was sent to the senate. SNOW PROBABILITY, WEATHER MEN SAY Missouri Rises to 12.5-Foot | Level; Most of Main State Highways Open Increasing cloudiness and probable | snow tonight or Thursday despite higher temperature was the weather forecast for Bismarck today. Bismarck was the second coldest ‘spot in North Dakota at 7 a. m., with the mercury registering six degrees above zero, but the temperature had risen to 25 degrees above at noon, Promising to hit the thirties this aft- ernéon. At noon a wind was blowing from the southeast at @ 12-mile-an- hour velocity. Stage of the Missouri river here rose two-tenths of a foot to the 12.5- foot level here in the last 24 hours with the ice still holding. Most of the main highways throughout the state were open to- dey, though bus service between Bis- nfarck and Minot, for sev- eral days, had not been reestablished. There was a t that a bus would leave here for Minot this aft- ernoon, however. Temperature yesterday rose from six above at 7 o'clock to 30 in the afternoon. Other state tem) jures today were: Devils Lake 5, Jamestown 10, Grand Forks 7, Fargo 13, Williston 8, pag Valley City 12, and Dick- inson 15. Edison Favor Prohibition Fear M ore Than 100 Lost in France Floods axmuraca = WET FORCES BEGINS BEFORE COMMITTEE ' Motor Magnate Says ‘Sane People of Nation’ Will Never | Repeal the Amendment (CROWTHER READS VIEWS facie jInventor Says ‘Prohibition Is Greatest Experiment Yet Made to Benefit Man’ | Washington, Mar. 5—(>)—Big, busy, |Industrial America, filled with happy jhomes where many of the luxuries of jlife are enjoyed, was the picture jpainted today before the house ‘judiciary committee as friends of pro- hibition began their reply to the jseven day attack by the anti-prohibi- , tion group upon the 18th amendment. {The drys, at the outset, backed up thelr contention that the liquor laws ;had proved of untold benefit to the ‘nation by having read into the com- jmittee record the telegrams from Henry Ford and Thomas A. Edison endorsing prohibition. Telegrams from the two were read into the committee record today by | Samuel Crowther, of Bayside, Long Island, an economist and magazine writer, who appeared as the first wit- | ness for friends of prohibition. Edi- son’s message read: “I still feel that prohibition is the greatest experiment yet made to benefit man. “My observation is that its endorse- ment generally is at least 60 per cent ; and is gaining notwithstanding the | impression through false propaganda | that it is a lower per cent. It is | strange to me that some men of great (Continue:’ on page seven) KNFEREPLACES GUN ~ AND BOMBS NEWS | | Whether These Reports Are Sub- | | ject to Hotel Laws Is Be- | ing Appealed _ Chicago Italian Pushcart Vendor | Found Slashed to Death i Ri i | in School Yard TOURIST CANP TEST |... | Ou ST ( Chicago, Mar. 5.—()—For a day, | chine guns in Chicago's crime news. | Joseph Cerrito, a pushcart vende i} was found on the grounds of the Socrates school last night, his breast slashed six times and his throat gashed deep. | Robbery was not the motive for his of the day's candy and ice cream sales. Several years ago, Cerrito was a | State's witness in an extortion plot. | Daniel Clemente was convicted of | threatening Dominic Russo on Cerri- to's evidence. Russo was killed short- camps can be controlled under the} pointed out. hotel licensing act, subjected to in-| arlier in the day, Louis Hernandez, soereians, charged soot ae compelled | a Mexican, was fined $50 and costs Q give accommodati in part | for carrying concealed weapons—a ; equivalent to hotels is to be tested | dagger. J out in the supreme court. Another Italian vender, Joseph Lo- |_ Appeal steps in the case of W. L.|oasio, was found shot to death in Baird, state food commissioner, and/sons told police they accidentally |D. E. Shipley, regulatory inspector, | killed him while shooting at tin cans. | heard before Judge Fred Jansonius, —— 1 December 27, last. are being taken by ; John O. Hanchett, counsel for Lock- wood. + The appeal is based on sustaining oT FD D Successor of Man Murdered in Recent Outbreak Knifed by Spanish Inmate | least, knives replaced bombs and m: | pockets were filled with the proceeds The question of whether tourist jly after Clemente was freed, police Lockwood, Valley City, against R. O.| the basement of his home. Two young of a demurrer interposed by the state. The plaintiff, Lockwood, who had j ; Sone into district court to enjoin the state from interfering with his tour- | ist camp on Thirteenth avenue, Val- | ley City, contends that Judge Jan- Sonius erred in sustaining the de- murrer. Construed Each Cabin A Hotel Shipley, the regulatory department and the court acted under the provi- sions of section 6, chapter 144, laws of 1929. This provides for inspection of hotels, lodging and boarding| | houses and restraurants; prescribes sanitary requirements, licensing and | revocation of licenses, and defines the | duties of the Fie department with | deat respect to sanitary and food condi- ; trial tions in such establishments. oe ea eee The act provides for an inspection | fee of $2.50 for eVery hotel with less | than ten sleeping rooms. ‘th Shipley, the complaint charges, last | .{Continued on page nine) | | Closed Temple Bank Pays Out 100 Per Cent, Depositors of the closed. Security bank of are Auburn, N. Y., Mar. 5.—(®)—Ed- Male of Human Species Is More Vain