The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 20, 1930, Page 1

au North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper © THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE The Weather Gomewhat unsettled tonight and Wednesday. Warmer tonight, ee 18738 BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, TUESDAY, MAY 20, 1930 DEBENTURE PLANK IN TARIFF MEASURE WILL BE ABANDONED Restrictions on Senate Con- ferees Removed; Compro- mise Is Being Sought ACTION IS EXPECTED SOON Death of Bill Averted by Narrow Margin When Curtis Breaks Tie Vote in Senate ‘Washington, May 20.—(?)—Free from restrictions which had threat- ened to bring the Smoot-Hawley bill to an untimely death, the tariff con- ferees of the senate today sought a compromis¢ adjustment of their dis- putes with the house. A meeting of both houses and sen- ate managers was called for late in the afternoon to take up anew the task of settling the differences of the two branches of congress. Final con- gressional action before the end of the week was predicted. ‘Two disagreements remained to be composed. These concerned the sen- ate amendments attaching the export debenture plan to the bill and revok- ing the authority of the president to make emergency changes in customs rates. The Republican leaders favored a plan under which the debenture plan would. be abandoned and a com- promise worked out on the latter. However, the flexible provision adopt- ed by the house is much broader in its scope than that of the existing law and a new difficulty presented itself in indications that the house con- ferees might insist upon retention of the clauses approved by them. The death of the bill was averted by the narrowest possible margin late yesterday when Vice President Curtis broke a 42-42 tie and voted to free the senate’s conferees from a previous agreement binding them not to re- cede from the senate's flexible amendments. A few minutes before the senate had voted 43 to 41 to release its con- ferees from a similar restriction with respect to the debenture amendments. Had either vote had the opposite result, all were agreed, the tariff bill would have died in conference, as the house managers had decided to con- tinue negotiations unless the senate conferees were given a free hand. The senate’s action. was regarded as a victory for President Hoover who has been open and vigorous in nis op- position to both the senate amend- ments, written into the bill by the Democratic - Independent Republican coalition. MURDER PROBE WILL COME 10 BAD LANDS Minnesota Authorities to Check on Story Given by North Dakota Sheepherder Grand Rapids, Minn., May 20.—() —W. B. Taylor, Itasca county attor- ney, today planned to leave for cen- tral North Dakota to check on a story told him Monday by Bradley Card, in which Card denied any connection with the killing of Norman D. Fair- banks, Sr. Hibbing, deputy state game warden. Card, arrested Saturday in the Bad Lands of North Dakota as a of the shooting of Fairbanks last April 24, is held in jail here pending investigation of his story, with his preliminary examination set for May 29. In denying shooting Fairbanks at a cabin in the Wolf Lake district, Card told the county attorney he had been working in the Bad Lands in North Dakota since June, 1928. Tay- lor is to interview persons for whom Card says he had worked during the st two rs. Preaek etliecs in the Wolf Lake district have failed to identify Card as the man who had lived at the cab- in where the shooting occurred, Tay- lor said, while Harvey Kuluvar, deputy game warden who was with Fairbanks at the time of the shoot- ing, also failed to identify Card peers as the man who fired the Japanese Navy Men Oppose London Pact Tokyo. May 20.—(7)—In the tense atmosphere surrounding the return of Admiral Kotora Takarabe, minister of marine, from the London confer- ence, and his first conferences with the cabinet and senior naval officers, a sensation was created today by the ° suicide of a high naval officer, which the press is exploiting as an echo of the navy's bitter opposition to the London pact. Lieutenant - commander Eiji Kusa~ kari, attached to the naval general staff, slashed his abdomen with a sword aboard a train between Kobe and Tokyo. He died at a hospital at ‘Numazu, where he was removed from the train. Although Kusakari’s com- rades declined to comment on is act, it was said he recently expressed bit- terness and despondency over the fu- ture of the navy as the result of the London treaty. Admiral Takarabe continues under a close guard of motoreycle officers, GOLDEN-HAIRED AMY JOHNSON DROPS INTO JAVA FOR COFFEE Air Record | i ee, Hailed as the ‘cnn “Lindbergh,” Amy Johnson, above, 22-year-old English aviatrix, has covered more than half the distance from England to Aus- tralia in quest of a new time record for the 9,750-mile trip. She is pic- tured here just before she took off from Croydon Aerodrome, London, to beat Bert Hinkler’s mark of 15% days for the perilous trip . CANNON WEEPS AS HE ADMITS ERROR OF MARKET DEALS Contrition of Bishop and Pub-! licity He Received Cause ‘of Exoneration Dallas, Tex. May 20—(F—The contrition of Bishop James Cannon, Jr., of Washington, D. C., plus the publicity given his case, saved him from a church trial on charges of stock market speculation, it was dis- closed today in the report of the com- mittee on episcopacy to the quadren- nial general conference of the Metho- dist Episcopal Church, South. ‘The bishop's contrition was shown as he made an oral statement to the jeconference after the committee's ex- onerating report was submitted. Tears in his eyes, he publicly admitted he “made a mistake.” Judge G. T. Fitzhugh of Memphis, the principal accuser of the ae protested against the report, whic! he charged was irregular and illegal. A few hisses and many cheers greet- ed the Memphis delegate. The committee report disclosed that a previous action had ordered a trial for Cannon, but that this action had been rescinded. ‘The report included a letter of Bis- hop Cannon, which persuaded the jcommittee to rescind its action. “I now realize the impropriety of such transactions,” the bishop wrote, “and am sorely grieved that they have brought pain and embarrassment to the church.” ‘The accusations centered around Bishop Cannon's admitted transac- tions with Kable and Company, now defunct brokerage house of New York. His accusers stated he knowingly dealt with a “bucket shop.” Six to Graduate at ‘Coleharbor School Coleharbor, N. D., May 20.—Six students will be graduated from Cole- jharbor high school verinendsy. nest, School Superintendent Roy O. trom announced today. Lorine Sigurdson is valedictorian | and Donald W. Saldin is salutatorian. Other members of the class are Mil- |dred Fuglie, Raymond Nelson, Valeria Saldin and Evalyn Tornow. B. H. Kroeze, president of James- town college, will deliver the gradu- ation address. S. A. BACKS HOOVER New York, May 20.—(>)—A message has been forwarded to President Hoo- ver by the national congress of the Salvation Army. in session here, a |suring him of the organization’ proval of his efforts to enforce the prohibition law and lauding his work for world peace. + f Chicago Cops Are Language Experts Chicago; May 20.—(#)—Chicegoans now may call police in seven lan- guages, which should facilitate mat- ters considerably. Police 1313 is the number. If a murder is being committed, and a citizen desires to advise police of the fact, he may do so in French, Polish Swedish, German, Yiddish, Italian or, if he prefers English. The police op- erators who handle these calls speak | these languages fluently, Capt. G. F. Moran announced today. The busiest time on the police nights, and the business hours of the night are between 11 p. m. and 1 a. PEE Ee eee | On WaytoaNew |) switchboard is Saturday and Sunday | ‘Dreadful! Dreadful! |. Thought | | Would Never Make It,’ ; Aviatrix Says WANTS REST ‘SO VERY MUCH’ | ‘Girl in Flying Suit After Eng- | land-to Australia Record Is Interesting Samarang, Java, May 20.—(?)}—A pretty golden-haired girl of 23, as directly from London as an airplane could bring her, dropped -in here to- day and over a cup of coffee at the Airdrome restaurant told the British colony gathered around her how she; crossed the Java sea. Her name, Amy Johnson, meant al- ;Mmost nothing to the English rubber growers and sugar planters who live side by side with Hollanders here, but the apparition of a girl in flying suit striving to beat Bert Hinkler’s 15-day record from England to Aus- tralia excited their admiration and curiosity. She Tooked tired but she smiled cheerfully as she described the Java sea crossing from Singapore as “Dreadful! Dreadful! I thought 1 would never make it.” Heavy tropical storms made her change her direction and height, and long distances were flown only a few feet above sea level. “T really thought this was the end,” she said. However, she reached the Java shore safely and followed the coastline as far as Tjomal, where she was forced down onto a smal! clearing studded with bamboo poles. The poles tore the fabric of her plane's wings and it was necessary to repair them with sticking plaster. “I want so very much to rest,” she said. “But I am convinced I shall reach my destination,” she added. Leaving the restaurant she started up her engine and within a few min- utes was headed for suid which she reached at 1:20 p. m. She left! Croydon May 5. ‘MYSTERY OF RIBBON Strangled Young Woman During Burglary Attempt Chicago, May 20.—(#)—Police, quite unexpectedly, stuntbled last night up- on the man they believe to be the “ribbon slayer” of Mrs. Mildred Hels- | ing. i ‘William H. Putscher, 19, confessed | the crime. He was under arrest for a series of burglaries and during ques- tioning Deputy Police Commissioner Stege accused him of the Helsing murder. To Stege's surprise, Putsch- er began making a detailed statement of how he had slain the 26-year-old bride April 1 in her Oak Park home. Mrs. Helsing, the youth said. re- turned home as he was burglarizing the place. To silence her, he snatched a hair ribbon from a dresser drawer, and drew it tight about her neck. Then he fled. Shown a photograph of the body} as it was found, Putscher became agi- tated and cried that he was not guil- ty. Subsequently, police said, he signed a confession. After a night's sleep the youth re- pudiated his confession, declaring; “they told me they would hang it on | me anyway, so I thought I might as well admit it.” Stanford Coeds Open Campaign for Funds To Allow More Women Stanford University, Calif, May >. —()}—Stanford's 500 coeds, limited that number by a rule of the ieee: sity, today launched a campaign for | & $10,000,000 endowment to permit’ the entry of more girl students. Miss Sylvia Weaver, women’s edi- tor of the Stanford Daily, asserted the object of the endowment would be to “flood the campus” with coeds who will keep the Stanford boys from wandering up to the University of California and to other schools in} search of feminine companionship. “We want the endowment fund to flood the campus with coeds so that no longer will there be grounds for the belief that all Stanford women jare mental geniuses—traditionally | avoided by all collegians on the hec- tic search for romance.” Minneapois-St. Paul Pneumatic Mail Tubes Recommended by Maas Washington, May ay 20 (author ity to construct underground matic tubes for transportation of mall between the general postoffices at St. Paul and Minnespolis, Minn., and the St. Paul postoffice and the St. Paul municipal airport, would be provided under a bill introduced by Representative Melvin Maas of St. Paul. MAGNATE BEQUEATHS MOVIES Yonkers, N. Y., May 20.—(?!—In- stead of a portrait William Boyce |Thompson, copper magnate, is to |leave the movies to posterity. Films lot his activities about his home have |been made for the purpose. MURDER IS SOLVED Chicago Youth Coniesses Ho! British Policeman and Eight WALSH CANDIDATE AGAIN Helena. Mont., May 20.—\—U. 8. Senator Thomas J. Walsh filed as a who accompany his automobile wher-|m. Wednesday and Thursday nights candidate for the Democratic nemin- ever he goes. jee the most peeceful. ation to succeed himself. PRICE FIVE CENTS National Figures HANFORD MacNIDER ©. 'L. Bodenhamer, national commander of the American Legion, will be in Bismerck during the North Dakota Veterans’ organization late in July, according to word received by the local committee on-arrangements from Jack Williams, Fargo, state adjutant, Wil- Hams said the commander has given said it also ts possible that Hanford MacNider, the American Legion, HOOVER REVIEWS PARADE OF AMERICA’S SEA DEFENDERS Appeintment of Roberts Confirmed Washington, D. C., May 20.— (AP) — President Hoover’s appointment of Owen J. Roberts of Philadel- phia as associate justice of the supreme court was con- firmed by the senate by the senate today. INDIAN NATIONALISTS GOONPARTIAL STRIKE Constables Injured by Ex- plosion of Bomb Bombay, May 20—(P)—A partial hartal, or stoppage of work, was ob- served today in protest at arrest of nationalist vounteers who raided the salt depots at Wadala and Dharsa- sana. More than 50,000 people participat- ed in a funeral procession for a na- tionalist volunteer who was killed yesterday while leaning from a fast- moving electric train. Dispatches from Karachi today said a British police superintendent and eight Indian constables had been in- jured by a bomb explosion in the bazaars at Multan, Punjab. Forty ar- rests were made. The police were dispersing a mob when the bomb was thrown in their midst and exploded. The crowd had gathered while the goods of a shop- keeper were being seized for non- payment of the local water tax. The Indian Merchants chamber of this city has telegraphed the viceroy, Lord Irwin, asking that he institute a public inquiry of recent | rioting and its handling at Sholapur. The British newspaper, The Times of India, makes a similar plea. OSTER MURDER TRIAL AT LINTON DELAYED ‘Action on Plea for Change of Venue to Decide Place and Time of Trial (Special To The Tribune) Linton, N. D., May 20.—Trial of Jacob Oster, charged with the mur- der of John Peterson, a neighboring Emmons county farmer, was delayed ip Emmons county district court to- lay. When and where the case will be tried will not be determined until! District Judge Thomas H. Pugh, Dickinson, comes here to hear argu-! ments for a change of venue. Oster has claimed that he could not gbtain a fair trial in Emmons county be- cause of local prejudice against him. Judge Pugh is expected here to hear arguments on the plea for a change of venue on Thursday and Friday. County Auditors to Meet at Jamestown Jamestown, N. D, May 20—(F)— Problems confronting county audi- tors of the state will be discussed at the 26th annual meeting of the North Dakota County Auditors’ association, May 21 to 23, ‘ Prominent state officials are scheduled to speak at the sessions. Attorney General James Morris, W. E Byerly, state land commissioner; J. A Dinnie, member of the state high- way commission; I. A. Acker, state | tax commissioner; Martin Hagen, manager of the state hail insurance to Visit Bismarck 0. L, BODENHAMER state convention of the World War his promise to attend. The adjutant past national commander of attend, Fighting Ships of U. S. Navy! Mass Off Virginia Capes for Maneuvers EXECUTIVE RIDES CRUISER! Warriors of Sea, Deep and Air! to Take Part in Mimic War- fare as President Watches By KIRKE L. SIMPSON Aboard U. S. S. Saratoga, at sca, off | Virginia Capes, May 20.—(#)—Over blue waters of the Atlantic the massed iaopes jetted of the nation mobilized arade under the eyes of the lecevacnaarslseeniee President Hoo- { ver, and then deploy in battle ma- | neuvers. Ships of the surface, from ponder- ous battleships to slender destroyers; giants of the underseas forces, the | fleet of submarines V-2 and V-3; ships of the air, from the vast, silvery bulk of the non-combatant Zeppelin, Los Angeles, to the tiny, one-man fighting planes, and the thronging air squadrons aboard the great car- riers Saratoga and Lexington were in- cluded in the great sea muster. Ocean Sweep Is Stage A 10-mile sweep of blue ocean was the stage over which the navy, for! the first time in history, assembled | to play its mimic warfare with the! chief executive of the nation looking on. Its focal point was the new eight-inch gun cruiser, Salt Lake City, which put into Hampton Roads early in the day to take the chief executive and his party on board. Plans for the rusfing mimic attacks by destroyers spreading their blind- ing smoke screen as they leaped through the surges, by cruisers sweeping in to support the lighter ships, by squadron after squadron of roaring airplanes, all were made to center about the Salt Lake City and her distinguished company that the president might see for himself the navy at its grim business of keeping fit for battle. The fleet itself was specially or- ganized for review and maneuvers. The Florida and Utah, if the London naval pact becomes effective, will go | to the scrap heap before another an- {nual mobilization of the United States fleet is held. Three Battleships Missing Three active battleships, the Ar- kansas, Wyoming and New York, were missing, awaiting to take aboard the middies from Annapolis for the | | summer cruise, but the force mobil- | | ized for the president represented the ‘bulk of the combat sea power under | the stars and stripes. | Almost the whole fleet was included in the mimic warfare following the review with cruisers and destroyers plunging away for 10 miles to swing | and sweep back in full speed attack | on the battleships and the great ships deploying in line to meet the assault. | From the Saratoga and Lexington the swarming airplanes were under | orders to join the attack on the! | battleships, torpedo planes sweeping | down through the smoke curtain to; comb the flank of the battle line with their missiles. The prog-an. also included 8 feat never before attempted over water and accomplished but once on land. This called for a plane to take off | from one of the aircraft carriers and attach itself to the Los Angeles, and then after an interval disengage itself and return to the carrier. Fire Takes 26 Lives In Egyptian Villages! Cairo, Egypt, May 20.—(?)—Twen- ty-six persons were killed and 326 dwellings destroyed. by fire in the villages of Timsahia and Benisaleh in the Man Falut district Saturday. The first outbreak of fire occurred | jat Timsahia where 226 dwellings were | destroyed and 20 people killed. ‘Three | Wet Issue Rends Penns COURT RULING WILL SAVE N. D. SHIPPERS $1 | Attorney General Morris Says | Railroads Must Refund Ap- proximately $100,000 LIMITS FEDERAL AUTHORITY Suspension of State Freight, Rates Pending I. C. C. Ac- tion Declared Illegal North Dakota shippers will more than $120,000 a year as a-result of the ruling of the United States su- preme court Monday that the ‘state board of railroad commissionets here had the right to control freight rates on intra-state shipments free from interference by federal courts, when no finding regarding those rates had been made by the interstate com- merce commission, Attorney General James Morris said today. By the supreme court decision, an order of the North Dakota commis- sion reducing certain class freight rates in the state became effective, starting July 12, 1929. Mr. Morris es- timated that it will be necessary for railroads in the state to refund ap- Proximately $100,000 to shippers. Mr. Morris, who led the fight against an injunction enjoining the board of railroad commissioners and the attorney general from putting in- to effect an order reducing certain class freight rates in North Dakota, termed the decision of the United | States supreme court as one of vast importance. Case Decided Speedily When a court composed of one United States circuit judge and two federal district judges issued the in- junction, Mr. Morris appealed to the high court. Other states immediately joined in the action, because of the great importance of the principle in- volved. The case was decided with unusual speed by the United States supreme court, taking about 10 months from the time the action was initiated to the time the decision was given by the court. “The decision is of tremendous im- portance to every state, because it fixes a limit beyond which federal authority may not go in encroaching upon a state's power to regulate rates within its borders on intra-state traf- fic.” Mr. Morris said. “It is by far the most important case handled by the attorney gencral's office during the time I have been at the head of the department. “According to the affidavits pre- sented by the railroad companies, the (Continued on page Eleven) “TRUJILLO WILL MAKE: UNITED STATES VISIT Dominican President-Elect Will Not Be Dictator but Eco- nomic Builder Santo Domingo, Dominican Repub- lic, May 20.—(?)—General Rafael Trujillo, president-elect, today made known that he plans to visit the United States before his inauguration. The object of his visit would be to “see some good friends in the marine corps who helped to make me a sec- ond lieutenant,” he said. While his coalition opponent, Fed- erlco Velasquez, was in jail today Trujillo issued a statement setting forth that he would not be a dictator but a builder on economic policies. He said one of the first things he would do after inauguration would be to reduce his own salary, $12,000 a year, and seek a reduction also of the salaries of congressmen from $450 to $350 a month. “Dominicans are poor,” he said, “therefore all must live the same.” General Trujillo said he would make sweeping changes in the army “for maintaining domestic order.” Suspects Plead Not Guilty to Charge of Killing School Girl! Des Moines, May 20.—()—Carl Mc- Cune and Elmer Gibson, suspects in the killing of Evelyn Lee, school girl found dead in the outskirts of the city, will have a preliminary hearing before the grand jury May 27 on charges of murder. At their arraign- ment yesterday they pleaded not guilty in municipal court. |Four Seek Favor of South Dakota G. O. P. Pierre, S D., May 20.—(>—A wom- an and four men were seeking the Republican gubernatorial nomination at the party's state convention today. Heading the list was Miss Gladys Pyle, Huron, who is secretary of state and who received the highest vote for the nomination in the field of five in the May 6 primary election. Because she failed to obtain 35 per cent of the total popular vote at that time the issue must be settled in convention, as provided by the state law. Carl Gunderson, Mitchell, former governor, and Brooke Howell, Fred: erick, were considered her strongest opponents. The other two are Ws> | ren Green, Hazel; and Carl Trygstad, ; Brookings. ‘The nominee will oppose D. A. Mc- j other persons were burned seriously. Cullough of Sioux Falls, Democratic save | 20,000 EACH YEAR (eae Grover Whalen NEW YORK’S POLICE COMMISSIONER WILL RETURN 0 BUSINESS; Plans to Resums $100,000 Job} Which He Left for $10,000 City Position New York, May 20.—(4)—Grover A. Whalen resigned today as police commissioner of New York. He will retire from the office at noon tomor- row. Mr. Whalen told reporters he was returning to the John Wanamaker | department store in an executive ca- pacity. He left a $1°0,000 a year job as gencral manager of the store to accept the $10,000 a year commission- ership. Renowned as the city’s official “greeter” Mr. Whalen was drafted for the police commissionership a year ago last December while the depart- ment was under fire for failure to solve the Rothstein murder. The late Joseph A. Warren, an old senool friend of Mayor Walker's, re- Signed under Whalen stepped in. Although the question as to who killed Arnold Rothstein, Broadway gambler, is still | unsettled, Mr. Whalen has attacked sine police problems of the city with | Ir, Probably his most spectacular front page feats have been his skirmishes | with the communists, climaxed by |“Red Thursday” in Union square on March 6, when at the head of his | force, Mr. Whalen broke up an at- tempted march on city hall. Five communist leaders were found guilty of inciting to riot, and are serving terms, His traffic regulations, espe- | cially in the theater zone, also at- tracted attention. Edward P.’ Mulrooney, assistant chief inspector in charge of the de- tective division, was named _ police commissioner to succeed Mr. Whalen. ONCE INDIAN FIGHTER INDAKOTA SUCCUMBS John A. Kirkwood, Who Died in Soldiers’ Home, Fought Un- der General Custer Fargo, N. D., May 20.—)—John A. Kirkwood, who participated in many Indian battles in Dakota Territory from 1870 to 1890, died in the Nation- al Old Soldiers Home at Washington, D. C., according to word received here today by Frank L. Anders, Fargo, na- tional commander of the Army and Navy Legion of Valor. Kirkwood was @ member of the organization. Kirkwood fought under General Custer and other famous leaders. Tie congressional medal of honor for bravery during the battle of Slim Buttes, Dakota Territory, was award- ed Kirkwood. This battle occurred about 15 miles cast of Bowman, N. D., in 1876. During the fight, Captain von Lutt- witz, Kirkwood’s commanding officer, |was wounded behind Indian lines. | | Kirkwood drove away several Indians, | |and carried his captain on his back {to safety. He served in the Third United States cavalry. + Fat Piggie Falls | | On Way to Market | OO Omehe, Neb, May 20—(%)—This not so little pigge went to market— and beyond. Three hundred pounds he weighed, and he was one of a shipment being unloaded at the stockyards. Some- one had left a manhole ppen, and he fell in. ‘Three hundred pounds of bacon and pork chops down a manhole is nothing to make light of, but busi- |. |ness must go on, and the porker was forgotten. Time passed. Three days later the hog floated from the grease spillway |cutlet. Alive and kicking. Unfortunately, the three days in} the underground passageways affect- | While the entire Assuit. province| choice and incumbent rural credits/ed his health. Officials of the stock- department; A. D. McKinnon, of the | fire fighting machinery was quench-| commissioner, in the general election yards yesterday sadly reported the; state highway department. and F. E. Tunell, manager of the state bond-. ing deparment, are to address the I gathering. ing the blaze at Timsahia fire broke out. at Benisaleh. About 100 dwellings burned and six persons were killed {Causes of the blaze were not reported. | oF in November. None of the 192 delegates to the state convention was pledged to anr candidate. hog had died. Tn a way, it was rather sad. Still pressure and = Mr.! ylvania: KEYSTONE STATE'S VOTERS BALLOTING ON QUESTION TODAY Republican Party, Dominant in State, Sharply Divided Over Prohibition |DEMOCRATS HAVE NO FIGHTS | Battles for G. 0. P. Senator and Governor Nominations Hold : Chief Interest | Philadelphia, May 20.—()—Candi- dates in the bitter factional fight that has divided Pennsylvania Re- publicans as seldom before awaited jthe decision of ‘the electorate at the polls today. While the Republicans were en- | gaged in one of the hardest struggles jthat has ever engulfed the party, the Democrats were without a contest on the state-wide ticket. Candidates to be voted for at the November election are to be nomi- nated for United States senator, gov- ernor, and other state offices. Both major parties will choose nominees |for congress in every district. Wet Issue Important The big contests centered on the candidates for United States senator |and governor, with the wet issue cut- ting into the calculations in a way that led seasoned observers to hesi- \tate about forecasting the result, Campaign managers all claimed vic- tory with varying degrees of positive- ness. For the senatorship, Joseph R. Grundy is battling to retain the seat to which he was appointed by Gover- nor Fisher when William S. Vare was rejected by the senate. Opposing Grundy are Secretary of Labor James J. Davis, backed by the Philadelphia and Pittsburgh organizations, and Francis H. Bohlen, professor in the law school of the University of Penn- sylvania. Grundy and Davis are standing or the enforcement plank adopted at the last Republican national convention jand are listed as drys. Bohlen advo- cates repeal of the 18th amendment. the Volstead act and the state en- jforcement law. All stand for protec- tive tariff. Pinchot Is ‘Bone Dry’ Gifford Pinchot, who seeks the cub- ernatorial nomination, has one run- ning mate—Charles F, Armstrong, of Leechburg, a former member of the legislature and co-author of the state | (Continued on page Eleven) (MINNEAPOLIS SHOWS 462,611 POPULATION |Gain Since 1920 Is 82,029, but Mill City Fell Short of Goal It Had Set Minneapolis, May 20.—(/)—Minne- apolis is a city of 462,611 people, ac- cording to the final figures on the census count announced by Albert E. Bates and Donald O. Wright, census supervisors. The city fell 37,389 short of reach- ing the half million mark which had been the goal of civic organizations and other groups. The 462,611 figure shows Minneapolis has gained 82,029 jin population in the last ten years, when the total population was 380,- 582, Clearing Skies Bring Flood Relief Hope to Two Southern States New Orleans, May 20.—(#)—North- ern Louisiana and northern and cen~ tral Mississippi today hoped clearing skies would alleviate the flood situa- tion which in the past few days has inundated thousands of acres of farm land. In the Red River Valley about two hundred families were homeless, and many were being rendered aid by farmers living in the uplands. One negro was drowned near Ro- desa when caught by the swift cur- rent of Black Bayou, while trying to cross an overflowed stretch. Morrow Unopposed for Short Term in Senate Trenton, N. J, May 20—(?)}—Am- bassador Dwight W. Morrow and John A. Kelly, Belmar lawyer, today were the sole candidates seeking the Republican nomination for the short term for United States senator from New Jersey. The only Democratic candidate for the short term is Miss Thelma Parkinson, Vineland. The short term, so-called, is to fill out the term of former Senator Wal- ter E. Edge from the election in No- vember to next March 4. David Baird,- who was appointed when Senator Edge resigned to become ambassador to France, holds office only until tie next election. Mr. Morrow and Mr. Kelly, who disignated himself as the “ol iL Republican against prohibition,” were left in possession of the field for the short term nomination by the with- drawal of Joseph 8. Frelinghuysen, who announced he had decided to concentrate his efforts upon obtain- ing the nomination for the regular had he lived. he would have Seen: sitx-vear term which begins next a killed. Merch i . a ae =