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North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper ESTABLISHED 1873 Hoover. WORST EFFECTS OF |U-S- ~ SRCURITY COLLAPSE * ARE PAST, HE SAYS Contemplated Appointment of ~ Commission’ Representing Various Fields Involved -. ” PROSPERITY IS JUST AHEAD | Wants to Determine What Can Be Done to Assure Stabil- ization in Future study of the stock market, collapse of Jast year, the boom period which pre- ceded it and the depression which followed. If his project meets with. general approval; the chief executive intends to institute the inquiry when the present situation “clears a little,” and, to carry out the investi- gation, he contemplates the appoint- representing MARRIED WOMEN 70 LOSE TEACHING JOBS aie voke New: Rule During the Next School Year proval I shall, when the situation f clears @ little, move to body—representative of business, eco- (Continued on page Eleven) i a F g E88 IND. NSTTUTIONS Board ‘of Administration’ to: In- ag Plans Stock Market Crash S CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IS FLAYED BY FARM LEADERS [ Bishop Quits in Row | Criticize Passing of Resolution Urging Curb of Federal Farm Board Power - ‘AGRICULTURE HAS RIGHTS? Talbott and O'Connor Uphold Federal Plan as Only Agen- cy Promising Equality St. Paul, Minn, May 2—(P)—Lead- ers of farmers organizations last night criticized action of the United States chamber of commerce in passing & resolution urging curbing the powers of the federal farm board. “We feel as we have during the past eight or 10 years that agriculture is gntitled to material assistance at the hands of the government,” C. C. Tal- bott, Jamestown, N. D., chairman of directors of the Nation- “The proposal of the United States chamber of commerce would annul in its entirety everything we have con- tended for.” during Street market crash of the fall of 1929 if the reserve banking ‘system had not been financed to come to the aid of American banks and industries.” GANDE WIL DIRECT dians Plan Huge Demon- stration in Bombay London, May 2—(>)—Plans of Ma- hatma Gandhi, to lead his civil dis- obedience movement personally in Bombay if 100,000 followers homespun can be him. were regarded here today as portending the most serious, develop- ments yet of the present unrest. While there has been no.act tend- i ‘Mexican Mother ‘Bore 37 Children. to take off for his home port by eve- ning. French Aviatrix Sets Mile. rnstein essage that she expected the air throughout the 100,000 FOLLOWERS London Worry Increases as In- TRIBUNE ’ BISMARCK, NORTH: DAKOTA, FRIDAY, MAY.2, 1989 ‘illed in Midwest MINNEAPOLIS BANK | BANDIT TRAPPED IN | BED AT FARM HOME Confesses Five Robberies, After | Being Captured by Posse | in Wisconsin | ‘Stunt Pilot Held HALL.IN’ FROM HIS FLIGHT| i ‘alsin | Night Club Waitresses and: ye } Youth Also Held in Connec- ton P. Covert of Murtrees- tion With Holdup ‘Tenn., who was jailed when the airplane he was piloting in an air circus crashed into a crowd of specta- tors at Fayetteville, killing ret and Alma, Wis., May 2.—(?)—Exhausted by more.than a day of flight before posses and soaked by heavy. rain, Jerome J. Bliss of Minneapolis was captured as he slept today and ac- cording to sheriff Louis Kochender- fer, confessed robbing five Wisconsin banks and one in Minnesota. Bliss, 26 years old, was found asleep in a farm house in which he sought refuge last night while officers of several counties and private citizens halted their efforts.to find him, due to a heavy rain and wind storm. Provided dry clothing and brought here from the farm home of Andrew Beck, a mile from the farm on which three others were found Wednesday night after robbery of the First Na- tional Bank of Nelson earlier that day, Bliss said he was résponsible for the Nelson robbery and insisted the three knew nothing’ of his plans to raid the bank there. Sheriff Kochenderfer said that $1,200 of the $3,426 taken from the Nelson bank was found in Bliss’ pos- session, and that search was to be made today for more money which BRINGS TWO YEARS Neglected Youth Goes to Man- dan Training School; Mexi- can to State Prison sentence in dattet cour, Ula morn-| Bus paid had. been etched in the ing, by. Judge Fred Jansonius, "They (Continued of page Eleven). plead guilty when’ arraigned April 24. | James Cappozzi was given a term of two years in the penitentiary, arid | Glenn Amick, alias Jack Morgen, was sent to the state ‘training school at This Year, Compared to $1,285,950 Last Year istrations at‘the motor vehicle regis- tration department at the close of business April 30 were $1,460.832.15, which was an increase of $183,881.90 over the $1,285,950.25 figure for, the same time in 1929; it is announced by. Enlistment in the him in contact with Cay Lincoln. With a few. the two made away with the Wilde car and were arrested - Judge Jansonius was inclined Hi é Z | 3 3 : | eRe same period last year, In 1929 Cass county led with pay- ‘ments totaling almost $170,000. Ap- proximately $128,000 has been paid in from Cass county this year. Ward county was second highest last’ year with ame, | we a eee $86,000 this year. county nate third with $98,000, ap- proximately. $75,000 beng paid this year. ‘There were 5,084 new cars register- ed this year compared to 8,262 for the same period a year ago, indicating, according to Mr. Graham, that sales were almost twice as large last year as. this, General King Inspects -Fort Lincoln on Tour Brigadier General Edward L. King, Washington, D. C., assistant chief of staff of the United States. Army, made an unexpected at Fort Lincoln Thursday. Arriving at North Dakota’s only military post Thursday noon, General examination i EF aan i H 3 3 I : i E e if vestigation of Cappozzi’s story. Pend- ing any definite and certain informa- tion either corroborating or challeog- ing it, the court felt the best place for him was in prison. Future ac- tion will depend on what the judge learns about the prisoner. Population Increases In Devils Lake Vicinity Devils Lake, N. D, May 2—()— Census returns from eight towns in northeastern North Dakota were an- on at the fort. He left last night for an: unannounced destination. General King is making an inspec- tion tour of all posts throughout the United States. Croydon to Australia. Hop, Aviatrix’s Plan 7 ith the intention Bert Hinkler’s 15-day record. Cracker Box Squatter Defies Would-Be Evanston, Til, May 2—(?)—May;Karant. “I found the place vacant first was moving day for K. C. Kirre-|and moved in. That makes me & herd, who neglected, however, to con-| squatter, and you know # squatter has sider Max Karant and the principle| rights.” of aquatter’s rights. When Kirreherd' arrived apartment home with a magistrate. The magistrate furniture and high hopes j-|ed that if the facts were found to be ness in new surroundings, he found) as stated he would issue = warrant Karant ahead of him.. Karant had| against Karant for illegal occupancy. set up his abode with some makeshift| Kirreherd returned and told Ka- furniture constructed at random out/rant. The latter was not impressed of cracker boxes. and went to sleep. Kirreherd retired “This is my home,” said Kirreherd,|to the open air, among his furniture. \with asperity and @ wave of the hand.| He hoped the law would do something t out.” : in his behalf today, for the nights are \ ‘will do no such a thing,” replied | quite chilly. Sem eget, tant ate ‘Machine Gun’ Burke and Ally Believed to Have Staged Four Jewel ‘Jobs’ VICTIM IDENTIFIES PICTURE {Duo Sought Since: Valentine's - Day Massacre Thought to Have Associates Los. Angeles, May 2.—()—Police search for Frederick Burke, 36, and August “Augie” Winkler, 32, alleged Chicago gangsters, was intensified to- day following action of & fourth hold- up victim who positively identified Burke as one of two men who robbed him of $3,000 in diamonds. : #H. B. Walters, wo said his home was looted April 3, pointed without hesitation to a picture of Burke in the sheriff's rogues’ gallery. He also identified a picture of Winkler, but not positively. Three speedy pursuit planes were Placed in readiness at airports here to fly immediately to any part of the state on receipt of word of the where- abouts of Burke of Winkler. U. 8. Hammel told Captain Stens: land two men resembling the fugi- tives had robbed him last Tuesday in his home and had obtained $60 in cash and rings worth $700. He posi- tively identified pictures of Burke but was not sure of Winkler. 8. B. Cunningham, of Los Angeles, said two men he believed to be the ihe hunted Chicagons tried to rent a room from him, and Dan Wort, Huntington Park jeweler, re- ported: a similar pair offered to sell *|him some jewelry. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Cooper were robbed in their home in Huntington Park, a suburb of Los An- geles, yesterday of jewels valued at $800. Both Cooper-and- his wife identified. Burke and’ Winkler from Police photographs. Burke and W ,, Sought since potmaasacre in have several associates with them in Los Angeles, Captain Stensland said. Rewards approximating $100,000 are offered for the capture of the two men. They also are charged with sensational shootings and robberies in Detroit, St. Louis, Chicago and Louis- BURNS FATAL TOBOY VICTM OF GASOLINE Farm Lad Who Poured Inflam- mable Into Stove Dies Aft- er Two Weeks Burns resulting from pouring gaso- line on a fire Friday, April 18, brought death to Otto Meidinger, 14, ata nee interment at Hebron, where the boy's father, August Meidinger has a farm. The Meidingers recently moved to Hebron from Medina, where Otto was while his father and mother were absent from the home. It seems that he mistook a can of for kero- sene and poured some of it into the kitchen stove while making a fire. His burns were in the face, on the right arm and side, the hands and both legs to the ankles. Fargo Dead Man Left $799.80 for Someone who can lay legitimate claim to $709.80. To get the money the claim- ant will have to prove relationship to Mier Cunningham, who died here days ago. Cunningham lived in a shack near the Red river and became ill. He died in the county hospital where he had been placed by welfare workers. Today county authorities said they hed found $799.80 in a purse under his mattress but have been unable to locate any relatives. on Dodge Embezzler Will Serve Three Year Term Flat Occupant to Evict Him From Spot)27=2.4"7" court here. Eissinger’s shortages amounted to $3,873.27 but some of this was out- lawed in the charge by the statute of imitations and restitution upwards of $2,000 had been made. Eissinger has a wife and four chil- dren at Dodge. He said.he had used the money in an effort to save his father’s farm {rom foreclosure and will pay every cent back. He is hope- Williston, and|vator of 500,000 tudy INFAMOUS CHICAGO GUNMAN’S TRAIL FOUND IN LOS ANGELES *—~ Gets $1,000,000 ] Mrs. Evelyn Marshall Field, above, isn’t about keeping the proverbial wolf from the door. She is reported to have obtained a $1,000,000-a-year income settlement before leaving her New York home for Reno to seek a divorce from Marshall Field III, grandson and heir of Chicago’s late multi-millionaire erchant FARIERS UNON TO BUILD 4 TERMINAL BLEVATORSINN.D. Fargo, Minot, Williston avdSalr- mount Chosen as Sites for Grain Warehouses St. Paul, May 2.—(?)—Preparations for handling the 1930 grain crop have been made by the Farmers Un- fon association, which will expand its terminal warehouse facili- ties from one million bushels capacity to more than five million. M. W. Thatcher, general manager, said the terminals would be located at strategic points on the Great Northern, Northern Pacific, and Soo Line railroads. They will be complet- ed for the 1930 crop movement. Terminal storage properties will be located at Minneapolis, St. Paul, Wil- re se Minot, Fairmount, and Fargo, “These additions,” said Thatcher, “will give the Farmers Union Termin- al association about 3,000,000 bushels of grain elevator capacity in the twin cities and 2,000,000 bushels ca- pacity in the subterminal territor.” Thatcher listed the North Dakota . D.: A subterminal ele- bushels capacity, which will serve farmers living near the Great porroen, lines in western to serve farmers living tributary to the Great Northern and Soo Lines in western North Dakota and eastern Montana. Fairmount, N. D.: A subterminal grain elevator of 500,000 bushels ca- pacity to serve farmers in southeast- Great elevator of to serve farmers on the Northern cific, Great Northern and St. Paul Toads. Mysterious Disease Killing Baby Chicks Fargo, N. D., May 2—(®)-—A new Se Dakota unable to find the disease in medical literature. Tax Clerk’s Brains Of Bug With Mathematical Appetite it’s true—something, bug, animal, or parasite, was eating away the figures Adrian, Mich., May 2—(%)—The figures in. County Clerk Harry Os- good’s tax books won't add because something is eating on them. The statement, Mr. Osgood insists, is not as silly as it sounds. ‘At first Mr.Osgood thought theadd ing machine had gone haywir ful of some reduction in his prison! Then he checked up the columns i \ \the tex books and found that~yes, term on good behavior. es say! PRICE FIVE CENTS Tornadoes NORTH DAKOTA FARM YOUTH I SSTRUCK BY LIGHTNING ON DRIL Nebraska and Missouri Towns Are Razed by Twisters That Claimed Four Lives Each CLOUDBURST TRAPS THRE Minnesota, Wisconsin, Kansag, lowa and North Dakota Bear Brunt Chicago, May 2.—(}—Tornadoa, and tempests dipped sporadically over the middle west yesterday leav< ing @ jagged trail of wreckage and killing 23 persons, eight of them women. Property and livestock loss ran intd millions in nine states, The tornade formations occurred at Teksmah, Neb., Norborne,Mo., Westby, Wis., ang Russell, Iowa. In the Dakotas, Minnesota, THe nois and Kansas the storms were cone fined to electrical display and winds. ‘The deaths by states were Nebraska 4, Missouri 5, Minnesota §, North Dae kota 1, Ilinois 4; Wisconsin 1, Kane sas 2, and Iowa 1. The four Nebraska deaths occurred ny Keeper Wicocbd there was also a avy Property and injuries. eae The Russell, Iowa, tornado caused the death of Mrs. Louis Bishop, and beptorend eae eight others. failure of the electric plant Nec oe added to the tere ror of the tornado damage there. Through the night doctors at the Tekamah hospital and the American Legion hall, an improvised hospital, worked by lamplight and flashlights, treating scores of men, women and Streets of the Nebraska town were choked with debris. The tornado did. Tekamah, the baby of Mr. and Hans C. Anderson was killed in he reached a hospital. Surviving are his widow and @ son. aoe Mystery Blast Kills Two Persons in Home Vancouver, Wash. May 2.—(F)— Clark county authorities today bored deeper into the ern North Dakota and northeastern | and Campbell, the only witness, told. Census Taker Has Nothing to Report. Redding Calif., May 2.—(?)—When Dr. Asa McKenzie got the job of census | enumerator for an area of 204-square miles in North Lassen county he im- mediately began to figure his profits at four cents for each person counted. Asa scanned 293 of those square miles without meeting a single hu- man being. re oe ee wat beginning to less came upon a lone man and hailed him with exceeding zest as he explained his mission. ‘The lonely one eyed him coldly. “Aw, I don’t live here,” he said. Asa’s report: Population 0. In- crease 0. Percentage of gein or loss, 0. Taxed by Attack ~ in front of rgpncem oiava ina agen Mr. Osgood doesn’ ve is 8 bookworm, but says it might be 2 bookworm’'s relative—a mathematic worm, or something like that, Bug specialists will be consulted at once, ind the work of ferreting out and slaying the creature will stert, _ Pssssteen