The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 16, 1930, Page 1

“North DaKota’s Oldest Newspaper THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE ESTABLISHED 1878 The Weather Fair with rising temperature tonight Saturday fair and warmer, ———y BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, MAY 16, 1930 PRICE FIVE E CENTS | Owens to Advise F: British Move to Settle Troubles in India BISMARCK-FARGO FAVORED IN PEACE CONFERENCE BEING SOUGHT WITH INSURGENT LEADER Government Meeting and Secret Session of Indian Congress Presage Action WOMAN DISTURBER JUGGED; Ninety Hurt in Violent Riots; Over Delivery of Liquor | and ‘Makings’ Bombay, India, May 16.—(#)—In- dian peace prospects brightened today when announcement was made in liberal quarters of an early expected government move for negotiations with Mahatma Gandhi, civil disobdi- ence prisoner. A government meet- ing at Bombay and a secret session of the all-India congress, held simul- taneously, presaged decisive action in some direction, it was declared, before the week-end. While these reports were going abroad, Mme. Sarojini Naedu, suc- cessor of the Mahatma and Abbas Tyabji, was arrested early today for attempting a salt raid at Dharsaana and shortly afterward set at liberty. Mme. Naidu ‘and her band of volun- teers had sat in the road outside of the village since” — forenoon, when halted by Some of her follewers were detain- ed after her release. All were given food and drink. Violent rioting occurred late ene today at My Mensingh, Benegal, in which aboit 90 persons were injured. ‘The clash occurred over delivery of liquor and herbs used to make liquor, from the government depot to retail shops. Carts with armed guards were obstructed’ by civil disobedience vol- unteers. The police charged when the disturbers became violent. Mrs. Kamaladevi Chattopadhyaya, sister-in-law’ of Mrs. Naidu: Carojini, Hindu poetess and nationalist lead- er, was arrested today for her activ- ity in the civil disobedience campaign and sentenced to nine months and two weeks imprisonment. Sholapur advices said all the mills in that large textile community re- cocoon this forenoon without inci- lent FOSTER AND DICKEY COUNTIES GROWING) La Moure County Suffers Popu- lation Loss; Harvey Has Grown 35 Percent Increases in population of Foster and Dickey counties and a decrease in that of Le Moure were reported town, district census supervisor. Foster grew from 6,108 in 1920 to 6,350 this year while Dickey's popu- lation increased in the ‘same period from 10,499 to 10,867. La Moure’s population shrank from | 11,564 in 1920 to 11,501 this year. Harvey, Wells county city, has a population of 2,156 as compared with 1,590 in 1920, the increase being 566 residents or 35.59 per cent. Tappen and Tuttle, villages in Kidder county, grew 47.25 and 19 per | cent respectively. Tappen grew from | 182 to 268, the gain being 86, while Tuttle grew from 321 to 383, the in- crease being 62. Hague, county, has a population of 281 while | Robinson, Kidder county, has 185 residents. ‘Twenty-nine districts in Mr. Buck’s area showed a population this year of 7,328 as compared with 6,352 a dec- ade ago, the gain being 976. Five other districts -today, for which 1920 figures are not available, have an aggregate population of 1,210. Today’s figures follow: Kidder County— Tp. R. 0 130, BR, G8 wells County— Harvey City .. Logan County— Midder Cou: | 1590 Pen Vill Tp. 143, Theele, po Tuttle Village Tuttle Vill Chestina . Westford Pettibo: Bunker Rexin Robinson, includin, Robinson Village < (185) 375 GIRL CONTINUES FLIGHT Rangoon, Burma, May 16.—(~— Miss Amy Johnson, British girl avi- ator, started from here at 10:30 a. m. in continuation of her flight from Emmons | posed Croydon, England, to Australia. Three thousand miles remain to her journey. SINBAD THE BULLSNAKE IS DEAD; BODY TO LIE IN STATE Sinbad, the bulisnake that created 8o much attention for a week as a/ prospective. reptilian gladiator against | a rattlesnake, disappointed his friends | and admirers by dying Thursday | afternoon, after an attempt to stir up | @ fight between him and a sewer rat ; had failed and after the rat likewise had died. The snake now is taking a bath in @ pail of strong embalming fluid at the Capital funeral establishment and | will be preserved as a souvenir of the time when he excited the sporting | Pete’ Man Nabbed | For Ancient Crime CT Chicago, May 16.—(#)—Joe (Big Charley) Harris, wh» modestly de- scribes himself as having been for- merly “one of the best ‘Pete’ men in business,” has come upon hard ways. Too old—he's 64—to be a “Pete” man any more, Joe lately has been bum- ming nickels.” A “Pete” man, to translate, is a safeblower. In his day Harris, alias Montague, alias St. Clair, is reputed to have taken a small fortune from various safes in this country and Canada, but it has been a long time since anything has been heard of him. Police have been seeking him for 18 years for a bank robbery in New Westminster, B. C. Yesterday Harris shuffled up to a detective in plain clothes and begged for a dime “to get a cup of coffee.” The detective took him to the bureau of identification where, through fin- gerprint records, he was identified as the man wanted for the New West- minster robbery. The old man ad- mitted he was Harris, but denied the New Westminster crime. JACOB OSTER 10 GO ON TRIAL IN MURDER CASENEXT TUESDAY Langer Refuses to Divulge What | Defense Will Be; Defend- ant in Jail Here Charged with first degree murder in connection with the death of John J. Peterson, of Hazelton, last March, Jacoh Oster, Hazelton, will go on trial | in Emmons county district court at Linton next Tuesday. Oster is held here in the county jail. William Langer, Bismarck, attorney | for Oster, said the defense was pre- Pared for the trial, but would divulge what the defense would be. According to authorities, Oster con- | fessed to the slaying because Peter- son was alleged to have broken up the Oster home. ‘ELEVATOR PARLEY today by Charles 8. Buck, Jr., James- | , IS INVITED BY A. ¢. Commerce Association Suggests All N. D. Points Involved Meet in Minneapolis Location of a subterminal elevator here by the Farmers Union may de- pend-on a conference at the Nicollet hotel, Minneapolis, which the local Association of Commerce has pro- to other cities in the state which are interested in a similar Proposal. . The new elevator committee of the association met Thursday afternoon and chose J. E. Davis as chairman, then discussed the proposal made by the Union. As a result of the views exchanged, & message was sent to James Barrett, | secretary of the Minot Association of Commerce; A. E. Ketter, secretary of the Williston Commercial club; W. J. Fulton, secretary of the Jamestown Commercial club; W. P, Chestnut, secretary of the Fargo Commercial club, and to the secretary of the Fatr- mount Commercial club. ‘This message invited these bodies to send a representative to a confer- ence proposed by the Bismarck Asso- ciation of Commerce, to be held at the Nicollet, Monday, May 19, at 9 a. m. The views of the other bodies are invited on the proposal, meanwhile. blood of Bismarck as a prospective demonstrator of reptilian pugilism. His body will lie in stete in the win- ifaw of the 805 tire shop when prop- erly embalmed. Please omit flowers. What killed Sinbad is a mystery, | but it is surmised that it was sun- | stroke. He could not survive the heat jthat broke out so suddenly after a | week of rain. Those who claim to know say it would have caused no trouble had the snake been on his natural terrain, but in the cardboard (Continued on page Eleven) 'NBW JERSEY G. 0. P. SETS STAGE FOR HOT PRORIBITION BATTLE Former Secretary of National Democrats and Republican In- Committee to Take the Dry Side; Morrow Is Wet Newark, N. J., May 16.—(4)—Repre- sentative Franklin W. Fort, former secretary of the Republican national committee, announced today he would enter the race for the Republican nomination for U. 8. senator from New Jersey against Ambassador Dwight W. Morrow and former Sen- ator Joseph 8S. Frelinghuysen on a Platform of support of the eighteenth amendment. Both Mr. Morrow and Frelinghuysen have advocated repeal of the prohibition laws. In a speech last night Morrow de- scribed conditions after 10 years of federal prohibition as deplorable. “It is not fair to assume,” he said, “that all resentment against national prohibition is due to a desire for un- limited license to be intemperate. There is no community in the United States that desires that. The resent- ment is due to the feeling that an unreasonable. control ig being im- Posed. “States or subdivisions of states whose sympathy is not wth the law, |leave to an overburdened federal |government, with a wholly inadequate } Police force, the task of carrying out |@ great social reform. “I bring you no panacea for this ;deplorable condition. I know of no magical solution. I cannot, however, |stand before my friends and neigh- bors and ask for their suffrage with- out having them know my attitude toward this problem. “First I believe that the way out of ithe present difficulty is to recognize ‘clearly the fundamental difference not between the nature of the federal |government and the state govern- ment. I believe this involves a repeal |of the eighteenth amendment and the substitution therefor of an amendment which will restore to the states the power to determine their Policy toward the liquor traffic and vest in the federal government power to give all possible protection and as- sistance to those states that desire complete prohibition against invasion from the states that do not.” | WASHINGTON IS STIRRED BY MORROW’'S STAND Washington, May 16. — (#) — An- nouncement of Dwight W. Morrow that he is seeking the Republican senatorial nomination in New Jersey | 85 an advocate of the repeal of the jeigthteenth amendment was followed |by expression of a variety of opinions |in Washington. F. Scott McBride, general superin- jtendent of the Anti-Saloon League, |denounced Morrow’s stand as an “out jand out wet platform” and said the |question of presenting a dry candi- |date would be left to the state organ- |ization of the league. Representative Bachrach, Republi- can, dean of the New Jersey delega- | tion in congress, said he approved |Morrow’s position. | Opinion that the country would not agree with Morrow was expressed by |Senator Jones, Republican, Washing- ton, the author of the Jones law. “That goes right back to where we teenth amendment,” he said, .refer- ring to Morrow's position. “I don’t think the country wants to do that.” Morrow's stand was termed “good judgment” by Representative Gra- ham, Republican, Pennsylvania, an avowed wet. McBride asserted Morrow had adopted “the program of Henry H. Curran, president of the Association Against the Prohibition Amendment.” Constable Evicts Wrong Family; Jury Orders Payment of $500 Detroit, Mey 16.—(7)—When Con- stable Arthur Terry gets an order to évict household goods, he doesn't fool. The constable got an order to re- luove the effects from a residence the other day, so he rolled up his sleeves and started in. He tossed furniture and antiques out of the windows, tore up bedding and evicted everything in sight, including the canary. Just to show he really knew his ‘business, he Went down in the basement and shoveled five tons of coal onto the street. Then he mopped his brow, shook hands with himself and turned in his report. “Well, I sure cleaned out that place at 18,641 Albany avenue,” he reported to Samuel L. Mays, court commis- “What! 18,641 Albany?” said the loner. “I told you to go to 18,108 Caldwell avenue.” “What! 18,1¢> Caldwell,” said the constable. “I guess I made a slight mistake. Excuse it please.” Constable Terry did such a good /in job of evicting the wrong family that it took three days to gather the household effects together again. And a jury in Judge Theodore Rich- | | Republicans, but while the former were before we adopted the eigh-| m' ter's court decided the constable’s work ought to be worth $500 to the! wrongly-evicted family. SENATE AND HOUSE REACH IMPASSE ON DBBENTURE SCHEME Senate Conferees Need Free Hand to Prevent Failure of Legislation HOUSE STANDS TO GUNS: surgents Oppose Moves -of G.O.P Regulars Washington, May 16.—(P)—The | showdown on the debenture and leg- islative flexible tariff provisions promised in the senate late today was postponed probably until next week when the tariff bill conferees reached an impasse on how to get the bill back to the senate. The fate of the tariff bill appar- ently hangs upon a senate vote on the question of giving its con- ferees a free hand in their ne- gotiations with the conference com-/| mittee of the house. Deadlocked on the senate’s amend- ment to revoke authority of the presi- dent to proclam emergency tariff changes, the Republican senatorial conferees sought to be released from @ previously imposed restriction bind- ing them to insist upon this pro- vision. The house conferees, meanwhile, stood steadfastly upon their decision not to carry negotiations further un- til representatives of the senate were given authority to work out a com- Promise. The senate’s amendment had been voted down by the house. Congressional leaders were con- vinced rejection by the senate of its conferees’ request could only have the result of killing the tariff bill, the Product of 16 months of effort, in conference. ‘The move of the Republican con- ferees was opposed by leaders of the Democrats and of the Independent were confident of mustering a major- ity, the latter were not so certain. Regular Republican leaders were frankly worried. The amendment, together with the export debenture plan, also in dis- pute, were written into the bill by the Democratic - Independent Republican coalition last fall. CANADIAN COMMONS MAKE COUNTERMOVE Ottawa, May 16.—(7)—The Cana- dian budget, carrying a provision for countervailing tariff duties to meet higher tariffs in the United States against Canadian products, was pass- ed by the House of Commons last night by a vote of 144 to 86. Heaton Man Named To Head Bank Group Valley City, N. D., May 16.—(7)—C. T. Turnery, Heaton, was elected presi- dent of the fifth district group, North Dakota Bankers association at the closing session of the annual conven- tion here. He succeeds Guy Cook, Carrington. Other officers named were R. M. DePuy, Jamestown, vice President; Lynn Schwoebel, New Rockford, score ane and Sor E. Nelson, Walley /Giy seeuens City, treasurer. PEDERAL MEN SEEK MUSIC PLAGIARISTS Eastern Publishers Claim Copy- right Law Violators Have Obtained $100,000 Los Angeles, May 16.—(?)—With more than a dozen arrests already | singing. made, department of justice agents today planned further roundups of alleged song thieves who were said tu have obtained $100,000 in profits from illegally printing copyrighted sheet s. The government agents said a gen- eral conspiracy had been entered into in Los Angeles by song writers, pub- lishers and printing firms to turn out quantities of popular songs for sale in Pacific coast cities in violation of copyright laws. The investigation was launched up- on complaint by eastern publishers. Eight men were arraigned agen Ane United States commissioner day on complaints of molting. ne copyright laws. Legge Says Wheat Outlook Brighter Washington, May 16.—()—Express- ing confidence in the wheat market situation, Chairman Legge of the farm board said he did not believe the price would go to 87 or 85 cents a bushel, as he said had been predicted by market observers some time ago. He asserted the grain stabilization corporation has accomplished its pur- pote of preventing any big fluctuation Prices. He said handling of the new crop was not expected to be an excessive burden on the cooperatives. The Farmers National Grain cor- Poration, Legge said, will enter the export field with the new crop but | Most of the athletes were on the | pects are that contestants will face a NOVELIST'S PEN Is STATE TRACK AND FIELD MEET Grand Forks, N. D., May 16.—(P)— Approximately 220 North Dakota high school athletes gathered at the Uni- versity of North Dakota today pre- pared for preliminary events of the inter-scholastic field and track meet. Ground this morning and others ar- rived before competition got under | way at 1:30 p. m. today. A bright day dawned but continued tains made the ground soft. Pros- heavy track. STILLED IN DEATH William J. Locke, Author of ‘Be- loved Vagabond,’ Dies in Paris i Paris, May 16.—(@)—The pen which created “the beloved vagabond” today was stilled forever. created “the Beloved Vagabond” today | novelist, died at) his home here at; 9:35 p. m. last) night after a long illness, He was 67. His adopted daughter, Sheila Locke, who for- sook her own par- ents to live with him, was at the writer's bedside. His body will be taken to England for burial. Jack of all trades and master of one—this was William John Locke, mathematician, school teacher, architect and at last @ novelist. Locke's life may be depicted best by chronicling it according to his vari- ous occupations. He was mathema- tician at St. John’s college, Cam- bridge, where he was graduated with high honors in mathematics in 1884, Though he was born: in the Barba- does, March 20, 1863, the son of John Locke, a Trinidad banker, much of his early schooling was.in England. He was, however, graduated..at the ee Royal College, Trinidad in William J. Locke Tetiee studying architecture, Locke held the position of Secretary of the Royal Institute of British Architects from 1897 to 1907, He was elected to membership in the architectural so- cleties of Holland, Spain, Portugal and the United States. Locke’s first novel appeared in 1895. It was “The Gate of Samaria.” He wrote more than thirty novels. Among those best known to American readers is “The Beloved Vagabond.” Other later popular works were “The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne,” “Stella Maris,” “The Wonderful Year,” “The Rough Road,” “The House of Balta- zar,” and “The Mountebank.” HOMEMAKER CLUBS TO STAGE EXHIBIT Members of Various Units in County to Attend Picnic at Menoken June 4 | An achievement day outing by the Homemaker clubs of the county has! been set for June 4 at, Menoken pic- nic grounds. Attendance will rep- resent 12 of these organizations, A style demonstration will be one of the features of the program, which is to open at 10 a. m. with business session. The program for 1930-31 will be adopted at this session. The period from 12 to 1:30 will be given over to a luncheon and community The style review will be held in the afternoon. All the garments made by club members as club projects during the year will be put on exhibit. Each club also will put on a stunt. The final feature of the outing will be the announcement of the prize- winning clubs. The awards will be based on the records kept and the garments made. Each club will send these to the county agent's office here, where Inez LaBossier and Grace DeLong, extension specialists in gar- ment making, will pass on them and decide the prize winners, June 3, the day preceding the outing. Seek Gang Slayer In Jewel Robbery Los Angeles, May 16.—(#)—Search for Fred Burke, Chicago gangster, sought in connection with the famous St. Valentine’s massacre there, was intensified today with identification of the man as a@ participant in a $2,334 jewel robbery in Los Angeles last night. Mr, and Mrs. J. P. Kerr identified @ photograph of the gangster as one of two robbers who forced their way into the Kerr home.. Other recent victims of jewel robberies also have identified Burke as a holdup man. HOOVER INVITED TO FARGO Fargo, N. D.. May 16.—(4}—Presi- Chief interest in the preliminaries | is expected to be centered in efforts of Fargo and Bismarck to place as many as possible in the finals which will be held Saturday afternoon. | These schools are likely to fight fo the 1930 title. i i Mandan, Fessenden and Ellendale also expected to place enough men in | the field to make a good showing in | the finals. ‘The performance of individual stars | is expected to draw attention with (Continued on page Eleven) ‘Dash Recor Is Set Today Gilbert Benzon, Bismarck, and Gerald Prescott, Steele, Run Dead Heat Gilbert Benzon, Bismarck, and Gerald Prescott, Steele, this aft- ernoon jointly broke the eight- year-old state record in the 100 yard dash when they ran a dead heat in 10.1 seconds in = qualify- ing heat at the state track and fleld meet at Grand Forks. The former record, 10.2 seconds, was set in 1922 by Rolf Harmsen, competing as a representative of the state school for the deaf. Harmsen now lives in Bismarck, where he is employed as a lino- type operator by the Bismarck Tribune company. DRY LAW ENDORSED BY CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH CONFERENCE rington Meeting Sunday Movies Condemned at Closing Session of Car- Carrington, N. D., May 16.—()}— Resolutions condemning Sunday mov- ies and opposing and changes in the Prohibition laws were adopted by the North Dakota Congregationalists at the closing session of their state con- vention here Thursday night. Rev. Ralph A. Conrad, Fargo, was elected moderator to succeed H. W. Wilson, New Rockford. Dr. W. 8. Ashley, Leeds, heads the directors of the executive comtaleiees Rev. Howard F. peerean gies ici is secretary, and Rev. New Rockford, is area of the the executive committee. Jamestown was selected as the 1931 meeting place and Mrs. F. M. War- ner of that city was named secretary of the executive committee, Dead Dry Agent’s Wife Is Given Appointment Washington, May 16.—(#)—Civil service regulations have been waived to permit the appointment as a gov- ernment clerk of Mzs. Helen Hall York, whose husband, a prohibition agent, was killed on duty a little more than a month ago. President Hoover last night issued an executive order to Mrs. York to become a “clerk in the classified service of the treasury department without compliance with the requirements of the civil service tules.” She has three small children. BABY DROWNED IN UNUSED BASEMENT Two-Year-Old Son of Osna- brock Couple Dies After Fall Into a Foot of Water Langdon, N. D., May 16.—(Pi— James D. Hewitson, two-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Percy C. Hewitson of Osnabrock, drowned yesterday when he fell into an unused basement, into a foot of water. The body was found by Walter Nel- son, who saw a thread of the boy's sweater on the edge of the opening through which he had fallen. MARTIN GARAGE ENTERED Martin, N. D., May 16.—()}—Prowl- ers broke a lock and kicked a door in to enter the garage of Christ Heen local merchant, here last night, but left without taking a thing, Heer said today. ——_—_—_________-+ | Honored by College Rachael {Evelyn Jacobson —_L. John Nickerson Miss Evelyn Jacobson of Bismarck, | daughter of O. 8. Jacobson of 1212 | Avenue D, and L. John Nickerson of | Watertown, 8. Dak., were elected the | two most representative students at Sioux Falls college, Sioux Falls, S. Dak., in an election held last fall, the | Tesults of which were kept secret until now. The announcement was made at the school this week. Miss Jacobson has been particu. larly active in affairs at the college during her three years there. She has been for three years one of the active members in the YWCA, is a member of the Tuckabatchie club, has been a Stylus reporter during the last | year, was society editor of the Sioux Brave, college annual, has been for two years a member of the Sioux Lit- erary society, has sung for three years in the college mixed chorus, has been @ member of the Wamen’s Athletic as- sociation for threo years and was treasurer of the group during her first year at the school, She was | secretary of a club composed of chil- dren of ministers, and has been a winner of the Purple Feather, symbol of honor at the school. Nickerson is also one of the most prominent students on the campus, CE eres eee Tropical Showers Bother Eskimo Dog Panama City, May 16.—(®)—Driv- ing rain, ushering in the tropical rainy season, makes Igloo, pet Eskimo dog of Rear Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd, shiver as he never shivered in the antarctic. 4 The hard showers, typical of the Panama summer months, began yes- terday during ceremonies incident to the explorer’s arrival here after his antractic expedition. The. dog, which accompanies him everywhere, ap- peared completely miserable. The explorer, watching a swimming exhibition, asked repeatedly if the children disporting themselves in the rain would not catch cold. He was told no, that swimming in the rain was good Panama ao JURY BXONERATES GOVERNOR KOHLER Wisconsin Executive Is Given Clean Bill; Judge May Upset the Verdict, However Sheboygan, Wis, May 16.—(7)— Exonerated of excessive campaign ex- Penditures by a jury’s special ver- dict, Gov. Walter J. Kohler today cel- ebrated his “vindication” as he await- ed the final verdict in his ouster suit from Circuit Court Judge Gustave Gehrz. A final decision on the charge that Kohler violated the state’s corrupt Practices act by expending more than the legal $4,000 in his 1928 campaign, will be given within a few days. Concluding a trial that lasted 23 days, the jury last night returned negative answers to questions sub- puted to it. The rine neeeiye answers “special verdi | arm Board. WILLISTON MAN IS NAMED AS COUNSEL FOR FEDERAL BODY North Dakotan Will Go to Wash- ington to Take Up His New Work June 7 |S PROMINENT IN THE STATE Appointee Is Former Head of Elks and Has Been Worket for Crippled Childrery Williston, N. D1 May 1.—P— William G. Owens of Williston today announced he had been appointed federal farm board attorney, and that he had accepted. He plans to go to Washington to take up his new work June 1, He has been e resident here 20 years. Mr. Owens is a member of thé North Dakota judicial council and President of the North Dukota Elks association. He has been g leader in the work of the order in behalf of crippled children, Four years ago Mr. Owens was & candidate for the Republicn nomina~ ee ct in the third district, in le was assistant attorney gen- eral of North Dakota, na Mr. and Mrs. Owens have two chile dren, W. C. Owens, Minot, and Jea« hette, who will be graduated from the University of North Dakota this year, Mr. Owens is a graduate of the University of Minnesota and was county attorney of Redwood county, Minnesota before coming here 20 years ago. MANSLAUGHTER CASE ||IS GIVEN 70 THE JURY Three Verdicts Possibley Self. Defense Question to Des termine Verdict Lisbon, N. D., May 16.—(P)—In- structed by Judge George McKenna to return one of three verdites, a Ransom county jury of ten men and two women received the case of S. F. Ford, Soo Line officer charged with manslaughter, at two-thirty this aft- ernoon after a trial of two and one- half days, Ford was charged with manslaugh- ter in the first degree following the killing of James Drew, transient, at Enderlin last March, Possible verdicts, McKenna said, | Were guilty of first or second degrea manslaughter, or acquittal, The question, he said, was whether Ford was forced to shoot in self def Judge McKenna denied a motion defense counsel for a directed verdice in Ford's behalf. BISHOP UNWORRIED AT TRIAL PROSPECT Cannon to Preside at Methodist Conference, Then to Facé His Accusers Dallas, Tex., May May 16—UP)-—Appar- ently unworried by a possible church trial for alleged stock market specu- lations, and still militant in support of the dry cause, Bishop James Cane non, Jr., frequent storm center of re- lgious circles, today was presiding officer of the quadriennial conference of the Methodist Episcopal church, ct” rulings indi- ; South. el the jury believed the governor innocent of the charges of entering ® “corrupt bargain” with conserva- tive Republican organizations and with his company, the Kohler cor- | Poration, to expend more than $100,- ene in behalf of his candidacy. ‘The jurors took but one ballot and were out three hours. Judge Gehrz may accept the jury’s answers as & verdict or may rule against them and give a verdict of guilty. It was ex- pected he would entertain motions from the state for a verdict favoring the prosecution and rule upon them before rendering the decision, Killing Frosts Are Reported in State Reports of killing frosts were re- ceived from practically every section of North Dakota by the Federal Weatyer Bureau here today. A ‘igh pressure area, accompanied by cold weather, is centered over the Dakotas today, resulting in the frost, according to the weather bureau. ‘Passing’ Wife Gets ‘ Pass’ at Chin; Judge Passes on Divorce Chicago, May 16.—(#)—The gallop- ing dominoes, as such dice enthusi- asts as the Harold Schiddells might refer to the tools of the game, have shot their, way into the divorce rec- ords. Last April 3, to quote the records, Mrs, Schiddell suggested to her hus- dent Herbert Hoover will be invited to visit Fargo and make an address operation plans are not far enough advanced to be made public, 1 here while on his proposed vacation! trip in August. band they engage in a bit of crap shooting. They did so do. It was Mrs. Schiddell's luck night. i {She made pass after pass. Mr, Schiddell, not caring much for the way the cubes were galloping, made a pass himself—at Mrs. Schid- dell’s chin. These matters are in the records of Judge Sabath’s court. In granting her a divorce yesterday, Judge Sabath inquired about alimony. Later in the day a meeting of the episcopacy committee of the church was to be held. Unofficial reports said the committee would announce @ decision to bring the bishop to trial, ‘The same source of information de- clared the committee announcement had been withheld so the accused leader would not be called upon to preside while under the direct fire of his associates, Bismarck Youth to Work on Magazine Having been named to the position of advertising manager of the State College Engineer, magazine of the school, of mechanic arts at the North Dakota Agricultural college, Edward Booth, Bismarck, will have charge of the advertising for the publication beginning with the June issue. Booth is enrolled as a freshman in the school of mechanical engineering at the college and is a member of Sigma Phi Delta, @ social and pro- fessional fraternity for engineers. Maude Adams Will Return to Stage New York, May 16.—(4)—Mauae Adams, after retirement of 12 years, will return to the stage in the fall, Her vehicle, said an announcement by the A. L. Erlander Amusement En- terprise, Inc., will be “a modern r= mantic comedy now in process of completion by @ well known Amere ican playwright.” Miss Adams, whose theatrical cae reer began at the age of one, was & “That's taken care of out of court,” leading dramatic star for 21 years, said Attorney Schiddell. 4it, and Schiddell won.” ‘ Irving Eisenman for but probably is best known for her “They shot dice to decide! portrayal of the role of Peter Pan She is now 58 years old, -