The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 19, 1930, Page 1

North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper ESTABLISHED 1873 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, MONDAY, MAY 19, 1930 The Weather Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday. Not much change in temperature, PRICE FIVE CENTS Court Upholds Railroad Board. North Dakota Man Denies Murder Charge EY-CONVICT 1S HELD | BUSINESS ACTIVITY IS NEARING NORMAL, IN CONNECTION WITH | DECLARES COMMERCE DEPARTMENT HEAD MINNESOTAN'S DEATH Arrested Saturday in Bad Lands After a Long Search by Sheriff and Deputies FORMAL CHARGE WITHHELD State Game Warden ‘Not Sure’ North Dakota Sheepherd- er Is Man Sought Grand Rapids, Minn., May 19.—(?) —Claiming he had lived in the North Dakota Bad Lands for the past two years, Bradley Card, arrested Satur- day as a suspect of the killing of a Hibbing deputy state game warden, today denied any connection with the slaying. Card, an alleged former North Dakota convict, made the de- nial in a statement to W. B. Taylor, Itasca county attorney. A check of the story told by Card, taken into custody in the Bad Lands of North Dakota Saturday as a su- spect of the killing of the deputy warden, Norman D. Fairbanks, is be- ing made by Taylor and Sheriff Howard A. Harmond. Harvey Kuluvar, Bovey, deputy state game warden, with Fairbanks at the time of the shooting April 24, said he could not “positively” iden- tify Card as the man who shot Fair- banks. At the request of County Attorney Taylor, arraignment of Card was postponed to May 29 to permit him to investigate claims of the suspect that he was working on an Indian reservation near Elbowoods, N. D., at the time of the shooting. Harvey Kulevar, Bovey, Itasca county game warden who was with Fairbanks when the latter was shot April 24, viewed Card today and was cobutful he was the assailant. Kulevar identified a picture of Card after Fairbanks was shot. The ‘warden’ said Card's picture bore & striking resemblance to the assailant but that he was “not sure” now. Card, in a written statement to County Attorney Taylor, said he had not been in Minnesota since he was released from the North Dakota prison in 1928. He served a term in that state for embezzlement in con- nection with stealing three sheep, which he traded for a horse. Card said he had worked in various parts of North Dakota the past two years, most of the time as a sheep herder, and gave the county attorney a statement outlining his movements during that period. His son, Ralph, whom authorities at first believed was with him at the time of the shooting, is working at Emmet, N. D., Card said. Taylor said a report from a min- ister at Fargo, N. D., and the pro- prietor of a hotel at Moorhead that Card was seen in that vicinity the (Continued on page nine) HOOVER TO WATCH FLEET MANEUVERS President Leaves Capital To- night to Attend Mimic War- fare of Navy Craft Washington, May 19.—(#)—The battle fleet of Se United Pico gr preened for inspection, ploug! way down the Atlantic seaboard to- day while its commander in chief, President Hoover, made ready to re- view it off the Virginia capes. Accompanied by Secretary Adams. and ‘Admiral Charles F. Hughes, chief of naval operations, Mr. Hoover will leave the capital tonight by special train for Norfolk. Early tomorrow, he will board the newest of the navy's big fighting craft, the cruiser Salt Lake City, and then, with the ship at anchor off Cape Henry, he will look on as the 65 vesels of the fleet engage in a mimic warfare. From the decks of the carriers Lex- ington and: Saratoga more: than 100 swift planes will be hurled into the air as they pass the reviewing stand, and these also will maneuver in war pantomime. vin one of the most difficult maneu- vers of the day, an: airplane is to leave the deck of a carrier and at- tempt to make contact with the a rigible Los Angeles in the air, the pilot of the plane going aboard the dirigible. This feat has been accom- Plished but once before, but never over water. Catholic Daughters Will Meet in Fargo Jamestown, N. D., May 19.—(P)— Fargo was chosen as the 1931 confer- ence city at the closing session of a two-day meeting here of the Catholic Daughters of America. Representa- tives of eight courts in the state at- tending the meeting. Mrs. J. P. Hess, Mandan, state re- gent, presided and Mrs. C. O. Smith of Fargo is secretary. The juvenile daughters Troop No. 13 of St. Ce- RAVAGE SOUTHLAND | Chinatown that he reminisced, but of | remoter days, when he helped Gen- ‘Washington, May 19.—(7)—In view | of estimates bearing upon business conditions which the commerce de- partment has gathered, Secretary La- mont said today he had formed the tentative opinion that normal busi- ness activity would be attained in the near future. “If the ‘showing of the charts maintained’ by business observers is correct,” Mr, Lamont observed, busie THOUSANDS HOMELESS AS FLOODS, TORNADO, Parts of Ark: Inundated; 17 Negroes Killed by Twister Little Rock, Ark., May 19.—)—j; One section of Arkansas was overrun with flood waters today with an esti- mated 3,000 persons homeless and heavy property damage, and another section was recovering from a tor- nado which killed at least 17 negroes, and injured a hundred or more. Flood waters spread over an area of 50 square miles in the south Ar- kansas oil fields, inundating many oil field camps and three.or four small towns. The Red river bottoms of southwest Arkansas rapidly were being sul as hundreds of res- idents e' A tornado early yesterday struck | the village of Elaine, and a large plantation, in Phillips county, adja- cent to the Mississippi river, killing 17 negroes, injuring a hundred, and creating @ missing list of six others. | A million dollars worth of damage to the oil industry was estimated by Standard Oil Company of Louisiana , officials to have resulted from the sas and Texas! Cross with the situation at 8: further rises were anticipated. kansas. ‘The Ouachita river was overflow- ing lowlands with muth higher stages predicted for Camden and Arkadel- The tornado at Elaine and vicinity demolished tenant houses on the plantation of G. B. Lambert, St. Louis. Most of the houses situated near a levee protecting the plantation from the Mississippi river were swept into an adjacent swamp and with them went the bodies of several vic- tims. Three negroes who escaped sald they were playing cards when the tor- appeared. They said the storm «Continued on page nine) Four Killed, 20 Hurt As Nacionalista Meet In Cuba Is Dispersed Artemisa, Cuba, May 19.—()—Sol- diers breaking up a nacionalista po- litical meeting Sunday killed four persons and ‘injured more than 20 ‘lothers. There ‘was some firing be- tween the troops and the nacioalis- tas, opponents of the Machado ad- ministration. Piano Manufacturer Charged With Arson | t: . Elgin, IU.,..May 19.—(?)—Thomas Farrell, 65-year-old .president of the piano company ‘bearing his name, is held on a charge of arson Soloring the cecienetion, by fire yesterday of the building 10 five-gallon. water jars which he believed had contained gas- line. Paper and excelsior, he said, had been strewn in the factory aisles. Farrell denied having set the fire. He said the plant is insured for $80,- 000, half of which was taken out six pe ago. Citizens Seeking | California Judge, Calif, May 19—(>— | | { | | Groupe of citizens, spurred on by Te Groups of citizens, ie ward offers totaling $1,000, joined in inereasing numbers today the hunt for Superior. Judge Edward W. Engs, who disappeared last Friday from his home, wheré he was under treatment for illness. Judge Engs’ physicians said he was suffering from & nervous collapse. swirling waters of Red river further , west reached the top of levees and | ‘The high water disrupted highway traffic generally over the state and | interrupted rail traffic in south Ar-, ness operations in the United States | as they are variously expressed are aobut 6 per cent below what might be considered normal. “In 1921 at this time they were about 20 per cent below normal and it took something like six months for them to recover but we have not nearly so far to go now as the country had to go then to attain what we think of as normal business.” | Retiring Postman | Served With Custer j New York, May 19.—(?)—Charley Suttin, postman in Chinatown for 40 | years, retired today. But as he left the postoffice for his home :1 Jersey City, it was not of eral George A. Custer make a survey | of the Dakota Indian territory. Sitting Bull was still sitting down in those days, and Crazy. Horse had not allied with him to worry the whites. Suttin enlisted in New York and had been assigned to the twen- tieth infantry at Fort Snelling, Minn. “I remember Custer as a strict dis- ciplinarian.” he said. “The plains were the real wild west of fiction then—nothing but prairie dogs and sage brush. I formed a great friend- ship with the bugle boy, Johnny Bat- ten. He was killed in the Custer massacre.” Suttin long since ceased to feel at home in New York. “Nobody knows anybody here any BISMARCK CHOSEN BY EVANGELICALS POR 1930 MEETING Local Ministers Reappointed by Church Convention Closing Sunday at Streeter | Bismarck will be host to the 1931 , Meeting of the North Dakota Confer- ence of the Evangelical church, it was decided at the closing meeting of the annual session which closed at Streeter yesterday. The meeting was set for May 14. ‘The woman's missionary society will | meet at Holmes July 3 to 6, it was announced by Mrs. G. T. Nehrenberg, president of the society, who attended the annual conference. Rey. C. F. Strutz was named pre- siding elder of the Bismarck district of the church while Rev. Ira E. Herz- berg, pastor of the First Evangelical church of Bismarck, and Rev. A. H. Ermel, pastor of the Second Evangel- ical church of Bismarck, were named to represent their congregations. R. C. Tammen was named to rep- resent the Second Evangelical church of this city as a member of the quar- terly conference. Appointments made bee 8.P. Spreng, Naperville, Ill., follow: ae Bismarck District C. F. Strutz, elder. Ashley, F. J. Knuth; Balfour-Drake, O. R. Breaw; Bismarck First Evan- seca! church, Ira E. Herzberg; Bis- marck Second, A. H. Ermel; Chaseley, J. H. Schaeffer; Elgin, Carl Bach; Hagen, H. E. Bergland; Hebron, K. Hirning; Kulm, F. W. Agte; Lehr, G. C. Thiele; Linton, R. Bloedeau; Mar- tin-Anamoose, H. C. Lehner; Mc- Clusky, Alex Gehring; Streeter, Wil- Mam Butschat; Tuttle, R. E. Strutz; ‘Wishek-Napoleon, E. K. Heimer. Fargo Di C. A. Bramer, presiding elder. Alice, A. W. Heidinger; Bantry, G. H. Mittag; Bowbells, R. R. Strutz; Chaffee, W. L. Hoy; Cavalier, F. Breaw; Des Lacs-Hartland, William Brieger; Donaldson, J. J. Bennetts: Ellendale, John Fischer; c. E. Parr; Holmes, L. E. Belzer; James- town, G. H. Bruns; Marion, G. Mor- itz; Osnabrock, W. W. White; Wal- cott, H. C. Knuth; field secretary of Florence’ Crittenden Home, E. J. Bechtel. 4 Members of the quarterly confer- ence are: Alice, A. F. Hectera: Fargo, E. J. Bechtel; Bismarck Sec: ond, R. C. Tammen; ret: F. Loew- en; Alice, O. E. Schmidt Charles Welschel, Wiliam Brether, and J. H. Schaeffer were ordained elders and G. H. Mittag was or- dainéd deacon by Bishop alae Parachute Jumping. Record Established New York, May 19.—(7)—A ‘new record for mass parachute jumping is on the books. Twenty men bailed out of a huge plane and floated to Potter’s Field Gets . Unidentified Body) Lynd, Minn’, May 19-(0— Tee body of a man found in a box car; here last Wednesday, the head crushed and the hands and feet) bound, was. buried without identifica- | tion today. OLD SEA DOG DIES celia’s court at Mandan of which Mrs. Clarice Connolly is councilor, was given the trophy for . outstanding charity work, (a: Dubuque. Iowa. May 19.—\7\—Rear Admiral Godfrey S. Blocklinger. 82. | retired, died-in his-epartment vester- | earth from a height of 2,500 feet. The | previous record was 15. ° Fireman Is Injured In Wreck near Havre, Havre, Mont., May 19.—(4)—Three cars and the engine of Great North- | ern passenger train No, 236, north- | bound between Butte and Havre, were | .| Graf Zeppelin arrived here this after- shows him before the microphone di Rock Springs, Wyo., May 1! |Except for one policeman, st {all peace officers and other officials of Rock Springs, including Mayor P. C. Bunning, today were called to ap- jPear in federal court at Cheyenne to answer charges of conspiracy to vio- late national prohibition laws. Fourteen arrests were made yester- day on indictments returned Satur- day. Other indictments brought against citizens of the town brought = Gallant Bullfrog - - Makes Record Leap Nis. sacl cise ae | Angeles Camp, Calif., May 19.—() —The pride of San Joaquin, a gal- lant bull frog if ever there was one, ! again holds the title of the champion leaper of the world won yesterday be- fore encouraging shouts of 30,000 spectators. A giant croaker, “the Pride of San Joaquin,” was crowned king of the hoppers at the annual contest here in 1928, but last year lost his champion- | ship. Instead of retiring into oblivion, the ex-champion was placed in train-| jing by his owner, Louis Fisher, of Stockton, Calif., who sought to dem- onstrate that a frog can “come-back.” Fisher measured his protege’s prac- tice leaps with secret pride. Yesterday the contestants in the 1930 jumping contest toed the mark. Leaps of from two to ten feet were made by all frogs except “Pride,” who| was the last to perform. “Pride” drew in his_ breath, croaked joyfully, and hurled nimself into space. The tape measure re-| corded 12 feet 10% inches. | GRAF ZEPPELIN TAKES OFF ON LONG FLIGHT BULLETIN Spain, May 19.—()—The Seville, noon completing fhe first leg of her |voyage from Friedrichsafen, Ger- many, to the new world. The giant ship had taken off this! morning from Friedrichshafen, Ger- many, her home port. Before returning to Friedrichshaf- en, three weeks or more from now, Dr. Hugo Eckener, the ship's master, | hopes to traverse about 18,000 miiles— @ jaunt second in scope only to the | Graf's circumnavigation of the globe | last fall. From Rio Janeiro the craft | will fly to Havana and Lakehurst, | starting the return transatlantic trip from the latter port. | From ‘Friedrichshafen, Dr. Eckener set his course across Lake'Constafice to Basel, Switzerland, directly into a | heari-wind which cut his speed to 40 miles an hour. From Basel the Graf flew down the Rhine valfey toward ilies, pass- ing Besacon, “Lyons. and Valence. Of the 22 passengers aboard, six disembarked at ‘Seville to make room for others who will fly to Rio Janeiro. Among those hoarding ,the ship at Seville will be Mrs. ‘Mary Pierce of New York, whose persistence Mortow beat Senate Campaign ‘Assorinted Press Photo Dwight W. Morrow, former ambassador to Mexico, father-in-law of Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, and now a candidate for the senate from New Jersey, created something of a furore when he announced his support of the move- ment to repeal the prohibition amendment to the constitution. This picture luring his opening campaign speech at Newark, N. J. WYOMING TOWN’S OFFICIALS HELD ON DRY LAW CHARGES’ —(#)—|the total of persons named to el Those arrested were released on $1,500 bond each. Other officials arrested included) Edward E. Johnson, police, magis-| trate; Ralph Harnes, city treasurer; Matt Steffeson and Charles A. Greg- ory, councilmen; James Harris, po- lice chief; Val Marcini, assistant po- lice chief; Joe Davenport, Sam Ry- der and John Veronda, patrolmen, and George Harris, deputy sheriff. COMMITTEE FAVORS ROBERTS FOR POST! Hoover's Supreme Court Nom-! inee Approved by Senate Judiciary Group Washington, May 19.—(?)—A favor- jable report on the nomination of wen J. Roberts, of Philadelphia, to be an associate justice of the supreme ‘court, was ordered today by the sen- ate judiciary committec. ‘The vote was unanimous. Republican leaders planned to call the nomination up on the senate floor this afternoon or tomorrow and quick approval was expected. The judiciary committee voted after a sub-committee, which consid- ered the nomination, had unanimous- ly favored confirmation. ‘The sub-committee was composed |of Senators Borah, Republican, Ida- ho; Overman, Democrat, North Caro- lina, and Herbert, Republican, Rhode | Island. No protests had been filed against Roberts and the committee acted aft- er brief discussion. Roberts was nominated by Presi- lent Hoover after the senate rejected Judge John J. Parker, of North Caro- lina, Recount Is Sought By National Capital | Washington, May 19.—()—Sugges- | tions for a recount of the capital's Population today followed the an- nouncement by the census bureau that the 1930 total was 485,716, a gain of only eleven per cent over the 437,- 571 count ten years ago. Compilers of the city directory re- cently estimated the.population of the District of Columbia at 591,616. J. Sterling Moran, census supervi- | sor, said the comparatively small in. crease was probably due to the fact |that many persons who had_ their business in Washington drove to and from their homes in Maryland or Virginia. Racketeer May Face Tax-dodging Charge Chicago, May 19.—(#)—The Herald and Examiner says the federal gov- ernment has completed for presenta- tion to the grand jury evidence by which it hopes to indict Al Capone for income tax law violation. Con- viction carries a maximum of 10 years imprisonment and 4 $10,000 in making the unlucky transatlantic trip of last May against the wishes of her family almost brought diplomatic intervention. Four of those aboard now are Americans, among them George Crouse of Syracuse, New York, and his sister, Mrs. Durston, of Syracuse. | Four are women, among them being, Lady Grace Drummond-Hay and| | Frau Hammer, wife of Fritz Hammer, | | flight to South America. The ship is carrying fuel and sup-! fine. Capone's brother, Ralph, was convicted recently on the same charge. Heart Disease Fatal To Railroad Veteran | Jamestown, N. D., May 19.—(®)— William Withnell, 67, veteran North- ern Pacific railroad employe, fell wno has been asked to pilot the Dor- | | dead at his home here Sunday as the press today commented cautiously on nier plane, DO-X, ‘on its projected | result of heart disase. Withnell. who|the plan of Aristride Briand, French | | was born in England, came to James- | foreign minister, for a European Fed- In addition to hisjeration of Nations. The view seemed! J.:Dorsey, Northern Pacific yardmas- town in 1882. _R. Phillips, police believe they have ; found the answer to several of the | The others captured Phillips. Chicago, May 19.—(%)—In Frank city’s recent bomb outrages. They trapped Phillips early yester- ¢ay in the act of bombing a restaur- ant. Acting on a tip, the officers lay in wait. The man placed the bomb in the restaurant doorway and ig- nited the fuse by pressing the lighted end of his cigar against it. Police rushed in, firing in the air. One of them trampled the sputtering fuse. The prisoner, police said today, has confessed two other bombings of re- cent weeks. For one of these bomb- ings, he said, he received $100; for ‘PINEAPPLE’ EXPERT CAUGHT IN ACT BY CHICAGO POLICE the other, $150. He was hired, he told officers, by the same man in each in- | stance. Phillips said he learned bomb mak- | ing during the war. Later he served | @ sentence in an Ohio penitentiary. | The state's attorney's office said Phillips worked alone, making his | own bombs, soliciting business and Placing the “pineapples” himself. | The bomb which had been ignited | when police arrested him yesterday was intended to blow up Gus Fram- Gos’ restaurant. Adjoining is the C. and O. Cafe, a cabaret in which were 50 people at the time the bomb was | Planted. Had it exploded, police said, many persons might have been killed or injured, so powerful was the bomb. — | Shoots Self in Neck | Without Using Gun ae) Chicago, May 19.—(#)—Frank Tut- tle shot himself in the neck last night —without a gun. There is no catch to this. it while in his room at He will recover. He tells about it. | “I held a pistol cartridge in a spoon over a gas jet. I wanted to see if ted he would explode it.” DISCUSS PLANS FOR LEGION CONVENTION Thousands of ex-Service Men’ and Their Friends Will Come | to Bismarck in July | aac | Plans for the largest convention ever held by the North Dakota de- partment of the American Legion) were considered here yesterday at a) meeting of State Commander Harry \Hart and Adjutant Jack Williams with members of the local Legion convention committee. ‘The convention, to be held July 26 |and 29, is expected to bring thousands {of Legionnaires and their friends to Bismarck. A carnival company will | Show here during the convention and arrangements have been made for free acts to aid in entertaining the crowds, Such matters as the housing situa- tion, parade, and the convention pro- gram were discussed yesterday. De- He did! & local hotel. jmade when the various committees ,have completed their work. Committee chairmen who met yes- \terday with the state officers were: 'S. S. Boise, chairman of the general |committee and of the sub-committee on hotel reservations; Dr. W. E Cole, entertainment of speakers; Major Harold Sorenson, parade and police; F. J. Bassett, street and business house decorations; R. V. Stair, trans- Portation; A. L. Fosteson, band and drum corps; Myron Atkinson, halls and signs; Fraye Baker, free acts, carnival and judges’ stand; W. A. Sather, ways and means; K. W. Si- mons, publicity and program; and John Bowers, registration and badges. |‘Cat Eye Annie’ Back In Prison Cell After | Auburn, N. Y., May 19.—(4)—After less than seven hours of freedom in her latest of many jail and. prison breaks, “Cat Eye Annie” McD¥well, | 48, who fled from the Auburn wom- | en's prison, was captured near Camil- Jus this afternoon. ‘Scout Murder Theory In Death Near Minot Minot, N. D., May 19.—()—Sheriff W. E. Slaybaugh said he was con- }vinced Carl Johnson, Duluth, Minn., found dead in a shack seven miles ‘from here, had either accidentally shot himself or had committed sui- cide. | Johnson had lived near Kenmare for several years. His body was found | Sesurcay with a bullet wound in the re | Ward county authorities investi- | gated a murder theory but declared | elrcumstances caused them to dis- jcount it. A rifle, with several shells in it, was found alongside Johnson's body. 45 Are Killed by Avalanche in Java Semarang, Java, May 19.—(A.—A stream of mud flowing from the side of Mountain Telemojo has wiped out the entire native village of Likasan in the center of Java. Forty-five in- habitants were killed, only five es- caping from the avalanche. Proposal to Unite Europe Discussed | London, May 19.—(P)—The London | tailed announcements of plans will be | Her Latest Jail Break | | ments i TARIFR BILL'S LIFE IS HELD AT STAKE IN SENATE CONTEST Vote Is Expected to Decide if| Measure Goes to Hoover or Dies in Conference Washington, May 19.—()—The life ‘of the tariff bill was at stake today in the senate. Upon a vote on the export deben- ture plan and the flexible provisions hung the question, leaders of both Parties agreed, of whether the meas- ure, after 16 months of congressionat effort, is to be sent to the white house or die in conference. The vote was on a resolution by Chairman Smoot of the finance com- mittee to release the senate’s con- ferees from previous agreements bind- ing them not to recede from amend- attaching the debenture scheme to the bill and revoking the | President's authority to make emer- gency ‘changes in customs rates. Both of these amendments have | been voted down by the house and the conferees of that branch of con- gress have declined to participate in further conferences unless represent- ‘ atives of the senate are permitted to work out compromises on the two disputed provisions. The two amendments were written into the bill by the senate’s Demo- cratic-Independent Republican coali- tion, over objection of President Hoover. Leaders of the coalition to- day opposed adoption of the Smoot resolution and in addition sought two votes instead of one—separate roll calls on each amendment. In spite of a week-end drive for | ballots by the leaders of the regular Republican bloc, the coalition chief- tains were confident of winning on one of these issues. Senator McKellar, Democrat, Ten- nessee, Jast night issued a statement asserting President Hoover is respon- sible for the “muddled” tariff situ- ation. He charged the chief executive with lack of leadership. At the same time, the National Grange made public an open letter to the senate urging that it stand by the debenture proposal as “the only provision in the bill that will enable the growers of our staple crops to carry the added burden of higher rates on industrial commodities with- out further mortgaging their farms.” PROHIBITION SWITCH Transfer of Enforcement From Treasury to Justice Depart- ment Seen Soon Washington, May 19.—()—Presi- dent Hoover's first major recommen~- dation for strengthening prohibition enforcement today received final con- gressional action when the house agreed to the senate amendments «- the Williamson bill to transfer pro- hibition enforcement to the justice department. The bill now goes to the president, and he is expected to approve it soon. Then the transfer will be undertaken. ‘The. measure places the responsi- bility of dry law enforcement directly under’ Attorney General Mitchell, in- | stead of Secretary Mellon as at pres- ent. Other administration proposals to unify the border patrol and to relieve federal courts congestion by broad- ening the powers of United States commissioners still are pending be- fore the house committees. Under the bill approved today the administration of industrial alcohol remains under the treasury depart- ment along with the bureau of nar- coties. Three Injured Trying To Aid Trapped Girls Philadelphia, May 19,—(7)—Two firemen were injured and a police- man overcome rescuing two girls trapped on the third floor when @ fire started today in the Germantown Y. W. C. A. building. Thirty-nine others were routed by the flames. Jamestown. N. D., May 19.—(P)—J. APPROVED BY HOUSE: JAMESTOWN YARDMASTER HURT | IMPORTANT DECISION FIXES AUTHORITY OF | STATE COMMISSIONS ‘North Dakota Cities tc Cities to Obtain Lower Distributing Rates Ordered by State INJUNCTION ORDER VACATED Ruling of Lower Courts Would Tie Commission's Hands, Says High Tribunal Washington, May 19.—/?)—The im- portant ruling was made today by the supreme coure that federal courts are without authority to prevent state ‘ailroad rates from taking effect nding action on them by the Inter- atc Commerce commission. The decision was handed down in an appeal brought by the North Da- kota board of railroad commission- by a federal court, preventing North ers, to set aside an injunction granted Dakota from putting into effect in July, 1929, lower distributing or job- |bing class rates between certain points in that state. The North Dakota commissioners | Were supported by the public service commissions of 37 other states. The court pointed out that injunc- tions by federal courts restraining state railroad rates from taking effect until acted on by the Interstate Com- merce commission would have the effect of indefinitely tying the hands of such state commissions. The Great Northern and other rail- roads challenged the new state rates before the Interstate Commerce com- mission, contending the reductions ordered would discriminate against interstate commerce. The new rates were to take effect in July, 1929, but the railroads ob- tained from a statutory three-judge federal court an order suspending them until the Interstate Commerce commission could pass on them. The railroads defended the injunc- tion on the ground it prevented them joo the injuries they would have suffered if the rates should take ef- fect and then be declared discrimina- |tory by the commission. ja,bhe public service commissions of 37 states were permitted to file a brief in which they contended that should the injunction be approved such com- missions might as well go out of existence. The North Dakota board attacked the injunction on the ground the fed- eral courts had no jurisdiction to sus- Pend state rates pending action on them by the Interstate Commerce commission. They declared a con- trary ruling would substantially de- stroy the power to pera So agian state rates, HEARINGS ON NAVAL TREATY NEAR CLOSE Washington, May 19.—(-P}—Confi- dent they have the votes to ratify the London naval treaty, senate leaders moved today to hasten toward a con- clusion the public hearings begun a week ago. While Rear Admirals Bristol and Jones were reiterating their objec- tions in the course of a technical dis- cussion of eight-inch and six-inch guns, both the foreign relations and naval committees indicated a pur- pose to finish with remaining wit- nesses within the next few days and get the treaty before the senate. Reservations probably will be pre- sented from the naval committee, and Swanson of Virginia, ranking Dem- | ocrat on both committees, said toda: he would ask for a diplomatic ex- change with Great Britain to clear up a disputed interpretation of the section relative to replacements. The administration leaders do not expect menace ratification. Governor Talks at Boy Scout Jamboree Devils Lake, N. D., May 19.—(#)— Governor George F. Shafer discussed |the history of Norway, in connection with that country’s Independence Day celebration yesterday, before a Jamboree here sponsored by the Gov- ernor’s Boy Concert Band. A Norwe- gian holiday program was given in connection with the jamboree. The governor told of the emigration from Norway to this country and of |the process of Americanization of the settlers. Approximately 1,000 persons attend- ed the gathering. Three Found Slain In Brooklyn Feud New York, May 19.—(%)—Three young men were found slain in Brooklyn today—two on a street cor- ner and the third in a vacant lot. Police attributed all three deaths to hoodlum feuds. Each of the three had been shot four times. Italian Mothers Lead In Number of Children New York, May 19.—(?)—Italian | mothers lead in big families in New York. One third of the Italian babies derailed about a mile west of Box- plies sufficient for 120 hours of flying. | widow, he leaves a daughter, Mrs. A.’ pretty generally held there was no ter here, was taken to a hospital at/ arriving last year had four or more elder. Passengers and the train crew were badly shaken up, and Arthur | Bundstrock, fireman, was injured. ‘There are 1.500 pounds of ice and an unusual supply of water ballast (2 i A. Gaustad. Jamestown: a son, D. W. Withneil, Mandan; likelihood of Great Britain toining St. Paul Saturday night for treatment brothers or sisters. and a orother. such an organization. if only, because of injurjes received when he fell from was higher than in any other racial {Thomas Withnel) at Dilworth, Minn. joe her relations with the dominions, je box car. The percentage | ezoun. the opposition, however, to seriously