The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, June 2, 1930, Page 1

4 \ i Ca Rg aE North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper | ESTABLISHED 1873 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, MONDAY, JUNE 2, 1930 The Weather Fair tonight, cloudy Tuesday. Not | Much change in temperature. PRICE FIVE CENTS Crash Kills Washburn Farmer Chicago and Detroit Gang Outbreaks Kill Nine | Seek Iowa Senate Seat | TWO ARE WOUNDED, PERHAPS FATALLY, BY MACHINE GUNS Two of Five Dead in Detroit Are! Policemen Rated ‘Best on the Force’ ARE SHOT DOWN IN STREET Occupants of Auto Open Fire When Officers Stop Them for Questioning i | ‘Nine persons were killed over the week-end in gang outbreaks in Chi- cago and Detroit, according to Asso- ciated Press dispatches. Four were killed and two injured, Perhaps fatally, at Chicago and five were dead from gangsters’ guns at Detroit. ‘The Chicago killers used machine guns. An hour later and at a spot on North Clark street not half a mile from the scene of the Moran gang massacre of last year, another ma- chine gun fusillade was fired, critical- ly wounding three others. Police said the attacks marked the opening of new, intense gang gun- nery; and they had substantiation today when the body of @ “ride” vic- tim ‘was found, propped against the | “ead, alley wall of the Italian Trust and Savings bank on Milwaukee avenue. Sunday’s “little massacre” was at a resort hotel at Fox lake in the sub- urban area northwest of Chicago. The victims, believed to have been mem- bers of the gang faction headed by the Druggan brothers, were seated at @ table on a glass enclosed porch. It ‘was about one o'clock in the morning. Without warning, the machine gun attack was opened on them from out- side, the bullets crashing through the lass. Identified as Hoodlums The dead are Michael Quiru, west side gangster; Sam Pellar, identified as a west side hoodlum; and Joseph Bertsche, whose brother, Barney, has been called a pioneer in north side gang life. George Druggan was. wounded so severely in the machine gun attack it is unlikely he will survive. Blood transfusion was resorted to last night in an effort to save his life. The wounded woman, Mrs. Vivien Mc- Ginnis, 27, wife of a Chicago lawyer, also may not survive her wounds. She was Druggan’s companion at the table. The subsequent gang attack, in which three were wounded, was con- (Continued on page nine) FIGHT STARTED OVER DISTRICT JUDGESHIP Christine Man Would Have His Name on Ballot; Challenges Recent Appointment ‘Mandamus proceedings were insti- tuted in the North Dakota Supreme | the court today by O. 8S. Gunderson, Christine attorney, to compel Secre- tary of State Robert Byrne to place his name on the June 25 no-party ballot as a candidate for judge in the third judicial district. Mr. Byrne has refused to place Mr. Gunderson’s name on the ballot on the ground that there is no election for judge in the district. It is contended by Gunderson that an election should be called to fill out the unexpired term of Judge Charles E. Wolfe, who died early last year. Judge William H. Hutchinson was ap- pointed by Governor George F. Shafer to fill the term which ends in January, 1932. Mr. Gunderson claims | 1. that under the statute an election to fill the vacancy should be called at the first general election following the death of the judge. Mr. Gunderson also attacked the constitutionality of the statute under which Judge Hutchinson was ap- pointed by the governor to fill out the term. Mr. Byrne was ordered by the su- ‘preme court to show cause at a hear- next Monday why the writ of a. Gunderson g A ii all e A a ® $ eee iF 3B STUTSMAN ‘DEFENDERS’ ORGANIZE -¢ Jamestown, N. D., June 2.—(7)— Rev. G. H. Bruns, pastor of the Evangelical church here, was: named Stutsman county chairman of the Constitution Defenders at a meeting here Sunday afternoon. ‘CONVICTED GAMBLER DIES IN NEVADA PRISON GAS CHAMBER) Smiles and Nods to Persons Peering Through Window; Women See Execution Carson City, Nevada, June 2.—(P)— R. H. “Bob” White, Elko gambler, died today in the lethal gas chamber at the Nevada state prison here. had been convicted on circumstantial evidence of the murder of Louis La- | | vell, another gambler. White was taken at 4:40 a. m., into the stone chamber he helped build— an air tight room nine feet long by eight wide and seven high—and strapped into a chair. He smiled and nodded to persons peering through a: window. There were 53 witnesses, including two women. Before White's chair stood a two- gallon crockery jar containing a quart of sulphuric acid and half a gallon of water. A string extending into the next room was pulled, opening a contain- er dropping nearly a dozen one-ounce “eggs” of cranide of potassium into the acid solution. Gas was generated almost instantly. , Takes Deep Breath White nodded again as the gas started to come up from the gener- ator. Then he took a deep breath, as deep as he could inhale. He leaned back easily. At the third breath his head fell back. His arms and body twitched as in @ convulsion, and then was still. Three minutes after he entered the death chamber he apparently was White did not appear nervous. He shook hands with the warden and the other two men who helped strap him int the chair. MAY PRECIPITATION | HERE BELOW NORMAL Temperature Also Below Aver- age Last Month; Northeast “Section Drenched © Bismarck’s rainfall during May was .13 of an inch below normal of O. W. Roberts, federal meteorologist here. Only 2.19 inches of precipitation | was recorded during the month while the normal is 2.32. Mean tempera- ture for is pero ed was 52 ae grees, or 2.5 degrees low normal. Mercury dropped to its lowest point, 29 degrees above zero, May 17, while it reached its highest level, 87 de- grees above, three days later. The night of May 11-12 brought of 1.04 inches of precipita- tion, the most for any 24 hour period | OPPos! during the month. Snow which.fell during the month totaled 1.5 inches. Average hourly velocity of the wind, the prevailing direction of which was north, was 10.8 miles, with the maxi- mum being 34 miles per hour for five minutes from the northwest May 21. Mean atmospheric pressure was 29.90, the highest being 20.40 on the 28th and the lowest 29.30 on the fourth. Sunshine was five per cent below normal. Northeastern North Dakota exper- ienced the most precipitation of any section of the state during the month and the extreme west central portion rene with 5.99 inches, record- ed the heaviest rainfall in North Da- kota, while Beach with .98 inches was the only point to record less than one inch during the month. Other points where heavy rainfall occurred were Grand Forks with 5.25 inches; Pem: bina 4.38, and Hillsboro 4.04. ‘Total precipitation at various points during May follow: Bismarck 2.19, Beach .98, Bottineau 2.10, Carrington 2.64, Crosby 1.29, Dickinson 1.22, Drake 3.74, Dunn Center 1.74, Fes- senden 3.02, Hankinson 2.75, Hetting- er 2.12, Jamestown 3.68, Max 2.20, Minot 2.39, Napoleon 2.04, Sanish 1.14, Williston 1.34, Wishek 3.36, Garrison 1.73, Zap 1.49, Steele 3.75 and Tioga 67. William Lehto Dies Here; Farmer of Wing William Lehto, 53, a farmer of ‘Wing, died here Saturday evening while under treatment for illness. ‘The body was sent home for funeral services tomorrow at the Finn Lu- theran church at Wing. Lehto was a native of Finland, where he was born July 13, 1876. He had been in this country 27 years, was | farming south of Wing. He leaves a Jansonius Dismisses Minot Recall Case Minot, N. D., June June 2.—(P)—Holding that the burden of proof rests on the to show that, the city audi- tor erred in issuing a certificate stat- ing there was an insufficiency of legal signatures on petitions for the recall of four of the five Minot city com- missioners, District Judge Fred Jan- sonius of Bismarck today ordered dis- missal of an alternative writ of man- damus issued against the auditor. Dismissal of the writ without pre- Judice was ordered, the judge said, so those who instituted the litigation may come into court if they desire, and offer evidence to support their contention that there was a suf- ficiency of legal signatures. Unless such steps to reopen the case are taken, the dismissal order will stand. He! | British amateur golf tourney. | | Name of Jones Is | Magic in Atlanta i Atlanta, Ga., June 2.—(7)—A negro driver of a motor car was in court for parking overtime. The judge made sure that the name of the culprit was correct, then let him go. It happened on the day of the final round of the The name was Bobby Jones. LIONS OF BISMARCK PROPOSE TRAINING STATION ON RIVER Steps Taken to Get Two Boats From Government to Turn Scouts Into Sailors Bismarck is to become a Boy Scout and Camp Fire Girls naval station. The Lions club at its noon luncheon, today, took steps to get a 36 or 50- foot motor launch from the U. 8. navy to place on the Missouri, for training scouts to be sailormen, while for the girls a 20-foot dingey will be requested. How to go about this was brought to the attention of the club by B. F. Brown, chief metalsmith in the navy, a former Devils Lake resident, who is spending a.few days in this sec- tion. Brown suggested that the club get the boats and start a naval training school here, in which operation of Power launches, swimming, rope knotting and splicing and such crafts could be taught. Will Cost $251 The boats for Bismarck will cost the club $1 and about $250 freight. They will be requested through the nation- al scout council. Brown will use his {influence to get them and has offered to make any necessary repairs and re- placements from , where he has. been stationed. this same plan at Fargo and that city ob- tained two boats for the Boy Scouts and Camp Fire Girls. Bismarck, he said, is the best place in the state, with its river, for establishing naval training. The Boy Scouts committee, A. C. Isaminger, F. E. McCurdy and A. P. Neff at once took steps to make ap- Plication for the craft from the bu- reau of supplies and accounts of the navy. Shipley Elected President The annual election of the club re- sulted in the election of the nominces Proposed last week, there being no ition. D. E. Shipley becomes President and A. A. Myers, secretary. PARDON BOARD WILL HEAR MALUSKY CASE William Gummer, Fargo ‘Lifer,’ Also Seeks Clemency at Present Session Hearings on 130 applications for pardon were begun at the state pen- itentiary by the state pardon board today. The board is expected to sit for three days before completing its work. Outstanding among the pardon " | cases is that of Joe Malusky, sentenc- ed to four years under the state's ha- bitual criminal act, for a second li- quor law offense. Malusky's case Probably will be reached tomorrow, members of the board said. Among them is William Gummer, sentenced from Cass county for first degree murder February 28, 1922. N. P. Is Repairing Track at Sterling Replacing of the track torn up when Northern Pacific train No. 3 was wrecked at Sterling Saturday will be completed by early tonight, railroad officials said today. Wreeking crews today had cleared away the debris caused when nine of the 11 cars left the rails, and were repairing the damaged tracks. North Dakota Farmer Kills Self With Gun Juanita, N, D., June 2—(?)—Be- lteved tem ly insane, Swen Stok- himself to death Sunday. Surviving are three children, the oldest 12 years. Funeral services will be held at Juanita Tuesday. 15 Believed Lost In Sea Collision New Haven, England, June 2—(?)}— Fifteen men today were believed to have lost their lives in a collision be- tween the Swedish steamer Inger and the Italian motorship Literno. The Inger was sunk, with but three of its crew of 18 being saved. The two ships came together in a thick fog in the English channel. One of the three survivors said the ship began to fill immediately after she was struck amidships and listed so quickly it was impossible to launch beats successfully, | Gov. John Hammill (below, right) and Rep. L. J. Dickinson (above, right) are candidates for the Republican nomination for the Iowa senate seat now held by Daniel F, Steck (left), a Democrat. SENATORSHIP CHIEF BATTLE IN IOWA PRIMARY ELECTION Liner’s Crew Tells Strange Tale of Sea te New York, June 2.—(?)—The crew of the transatlantic liner Caronia has @ carrier pigeon and a hawk in the same cage to prove the story, to-wit: that the hawk pursued the pigeon 560 miles at sea till both fell exhausted om the ship, and that they refused food till put-in the. same cage, » NORTHWEST MISHAPS CAUSE 12 FATALITIES Seven Persons Drown, Four Vic- tims of Auto Accidents; Train Kills Youth St. Paul, June 2.—(#)—A toll of 12 lives, in addition to injuries to many Persons, was taken by mishaps during the holiday week-end in the North- west. High wind which swept the area Sunday was a factor in the deaths of seven persons by drowning. Four were victims of automobile accidents while one person fell beneath a freight train. An additional death followed the falling of a 20-year-old Waterville youth beneath a freight train. Clay- ton Harris died at Mankato Friday after suffering injuries. The most serious accident occurred late Sunday on\Birch Lake near Bab- bitt, in St. Louis county, Minn., when @ boat was capsized by a strong wind, resulting in drowning of four of its seven occupants. The other three clung to the boat and were swept ashore by wind. The dead are Steve Golvic, about Rep. L. J. Dickinson and Gov- ernor John Hammill Seek Place in Washington Des Moines, June 2.—(}—lowans today registered their preferences for party candidates for senator, gover- nor and other state and congression- al offices: at the biennial primary election. Ggmpeign managers expected that good weather would hold the vote to about $75,000, They anticipated that many ‘farmers who are behind in their worlgwould remain in the flelds, although the polls remain open until 8 p.m. The major contests on the Repub- lican ticket are for nominations for senator and governor. Representa- tive L. J. Dickinson, Governor John Hammill, Frank J. Lund and’ W. Payne are contesting for the senator- ship. Otto Lange, Ed Smith, and Dan Turner are the candidates for the Republican gubernatorial nomi- ination. Senator Daniel F. Steck headed an unopposed Democratic slate, with Fred P. Hagemann of Waverly as the Party's candidate for governor. Late News Bulletins OVERRIDE VETO Washington, June 2—(?)—The senate today overrode President Hoover's veto of the measure Uberalizing Spanish war veterans pension. The vote was 61 to 18. 40 years old, Ely; Peter Hutar, 16 years old, Ely; Joseph Doane, 15 years old, Babbitt and Raymond Hock, 14 years old, of Babbitt. Fred J. Traunsperger, 53, Minne- apolis, was injured fatally Sunday night when struck by a car driven by District Judge Frank E. Reed, Minne- apolis. Norman Deering, six-year-old son of Mr, and Mrs. George Deering, St. Cloud, drowned Saturday in sluice at the Northern States Power com- pany, while playing. Merlin Olson, 15, Harmony, drowned late Sunday while bathing at Lake George 13 miles north of Anoka, Ralph Cieminski, nine, drowned Friday night when he slipped off a houseboat into the Mississippi river at Winona. Mrs. Charles Schiller, 71, Duluth, was killed Sunday when an auto turned over in loose gravel near Iron- wood, Mich. Roberts Inducted To Supreme Bench —, Washington, June 2.—(7)—Owen J. Roberts of Philadelphia was inducted into office today as an associated justice of supreme court. ‘When h® had taken the oath, the bench again had its full membership of nine for the first time since Feb- ruary. Roberts succeeds the late Justice Sanford of Tennessee. I. C. C. Is Overruled By U. S. High Court Washington, June 2.—(#)}—Reduced railroad rates ordered by the inter- state commerce commission on decid- uous fruits shipped out of California were set acMic today by the supreme court. HERMAN N. MIDTBO DIES Minot, N. D., June 2.—(7)— Herman N. Midtbo, 50, several times a candidate for public of- fices in North Dakota, died in a local hospital Sunday. FARGO NUN DIES Fargo, N. D, June 2—(P}— Sister Josephine McRaith, 60, a nun at St. John’s hospital here and formerly stationed at hospi- tals at Grand Forks and Minne- apolis and St. Paul, Minn., died here today. PLAN DAIRY CO-UP Minneapolis, June 2—(>)—W. F. Schilling, dairy member of the federal farm board, today an- nounced that a new cooperative setup for dairymen of South Da- kota, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri and Oklahoma would be organized soon as a central] mar- keting unit, FOREST FIRE RAGING Duluth, Minn. June 2—(P}— A forest fire starting shortly be- fore noon today seven miles north of Duluth early this afternoon had destroyed buildings on three farms, was threatening 150 addi- tional farms and was sweeeping ever a territory of more than 500 acres. POSSES BATTLE EACH OTHER Bellaire, Mich., June 2.—(?)}— ‘Two groups of a posse of Antrim county citizens, pursuing several men who robbed the Antrim County State Savings bank at Marcelona, engaged in a pistol battle near here this afternoon, each in the belief that the other group was the handits. Meanwhile the robbers esceped. | bullet through his brain, still clutched | \8 new pistol. | Murder and Suicide | End Family Strife Os Los Angeles, June 2—(#)—Domes- tic strife, which for years caused David G. Borst, 67, and his wife, An- na, 64, to live in the same apartment separated by locked doors and with- by murder and suicide. Mrs. Borst recently filed suit for divorce. Her body was found pierced by two bullets. A few feet away Brost, WINDS, DUST STORM CAUSE DAMAGE IN Trees Are Broken my Gale,} Signs Blown Down and Flowers Withered Considerable damage was done in Bismarck and western North Dakota by the severe wind and dust storm which struck this section Sunday. Following three days of high winds | it damaged crops, broke limbs from some trees and split others, blew down several advertising signboards and caused flowers to wither under the blast of dust and sand. The wind reached a maximum velocity of 52 miles an hour by the three-cup measurement at the feder- al weather station, which is equival- ent to 64 miles by the old four-cup gauge. A rain followed the dense clouds of dust which the wind flung over the city and the country and sifted through crevices into offices and stores. This rain brought the highest pre- cipitation to Beach, where the rain- fall measured 1.97 inches. Most of the rain was in the western section of the state. The eastern section re- Ported none. There was a mere sprinkle here. Dickinson, on the oth- er hand, had .45 of an inch. Max and Crosby, .25; Minot, .20; Hettinger, .17; Portal, .36; Sanish, .25; Williston, 88; and Bottineau, .14. Due To N. D. Depression The storm was due to a deep bar- ometric depression moving from the ©.| western end of the state northeast- ward toward Manitoba, said Observer O. W. Roberts. In the city, the damage done by the fury of the wind was mainly in breaking limbs of trees or ripping off clusters of foliage. At the peniten- tiary, two light poles were blown over at an angle against the wall on the side toward highway No. 10. The report from the country around the city was that grain had advanced too greatly in growth to suffer any blowing out. A few tiles were blown from the roof of the Northern Pacific depot. Mr, and Mrs. Lyle Gray, returning from Winnipeg where they visited they encountered a terrific wind and dust storm between Grand Forks and Carrington. The windshield of the Gray car was deeply pitted by the sand, which also scoured the paint off the fend- ers. Gray said scores of cars were stalled on the road because of dirt- clogged carburetors and gasoline feed lines. At St. Anthony, 17 miles south of Mandan, a farm home was damaged, and two barns destroyed by the wind. The home of Andrew Eckroth was partially moved from its foundation at St. Anthony, while barns on the farms of Ferdinand ‘Hoffman and Fred Fredericks were destroyed. At Mandan a plateglass window in the First National bank building was shattered. Northeastern North Dakota suffer- |ed crop damage from the wind which developed into a southwest gale. In Traill and Towner counties the damage was severe with flax hard hit. Towner reported the loss would be complete unless rain falls today or Tuesday. From western Walsh county reports indicated 20 per cent damage to both {early and late sown crops. Late sown crops were destroyed in some sections. Six Men Kidnap Kansas City Jew Kansas City, June 2—(P)—Police today sought more details of che reputed kidnaping of a young uniden- tified Hebrew, declared by a negro janitor to have been dragged by six men from the Beth Hamidrosh Hagodol temple, where he had sought sanctuary. Harry Chandler, the janitor, last night reported that the victim, hat- less, coatless, and terror stricken, ran into the synagogue, closely pursued by six men. “Rabbi Brode! Call Rabbi Brode for me,” he was declared to have shouted. Rabbi L. J. Brode was con- ducting the last five minutes of serv- ices in a chapel in the rear of the synagogue. No one in the meeting heard the commotion. ST. PAUL GROW! St. Paul, Minn., June out speaking, had been ended today j CITY AND VICINITY | | ping but none of the old “blood and Mr. and Mrs. Harold Hopton, said | bed. | PILLOW FIGHTING’ MARKS STATE CAMPAIGN OPENING ‘Blood and Thunder’ of Past Is Conspicuous by Its Ab- sence This Year By KENNETH W. SIMONS | Nonpartisans swinging into action this week, North Dakota's political campaign will be really under way and an enormous amount of language will disturb the atmosphere during the next four weeks about “the issue” of | the campaign. Perhaps, by the time election day rolls around, the electorate of North Dakota will have some idea of what the issues are. If the voters do they will know more than the leaders of the two major political factions know at this writing. For the “issues” which have been mentioned to date by each side are either historical or imaginary. As ‘the campaign starts, it is a good deal easier to review the situation as it is than to predict what the result will be. Some campaigning has been done to date but it has been mainly | reminiscent of a friendly pillow fight in a girls’ boarding school. There has been a little delicate wrist slap- thunder you're another, save the (Continued on page nine) FARM BOY IS INJURED UNDER WAGON WHEEL George Jennings, 11, Suffers Internal Injuries; Wash- burn Children Hurt George Jennings, Jr., 11-year-old farm boy living near Bismarck, suf- fered severe internal injuries which necessitated an operation when he fell under the wheel of a wagon loaded. with wood Saturday noon. The operation was performed in a local hospital Saturday night and the boy's physician reported that he was Progressing “as well as could be ex- pected” today. The boy was driving a team of horses drawing the load of wood when he apparently decided to step to the road and walk beside the wagon. As he placed his foot on the hub of a front wheel, the horses gave a start, throwing the boy to the road under the wagon. A rear wheel passed over his abdomen. He was brought to the hospital shortly after the accident. Two Washburn children were brought to a local hospital over the week-end following recent accidents nd were reported by hospital at- taches to be improving rapidly this morning. Marjorie, three-year-old daughter of Warren Culligan, is receiving treat- ment for cuts suffered a short time ago when she fell on some broken glass while playing. Mary, three- year-old daughter of William Gtuen- berg, was brought to the hospital at 1:30 a. m. today. She suffered a fractured arm when she fell from a FORMER BUDGET HEAD DIES IN WASHINGTON JOSEPH HOLKUP, 49, F© ic VICTIMOFACCDENT NEAR HERE SATURDAY Head-on Collision of Auto and Truck Occurred on State Highway No. 6 |GARRISON MAN IS INJURED With oth the Independents and/ John Holkup Is Recovering in Local Hospital; Tire Blow- out Blamed for Tragedy Joseph Holkup, 49, farmer of near Washburn, suffered fatal injuries in an automobile-truck collision six miles north of the city on highway No. 6, at 4 o'clock Saturday after- noon and died two hours later in a hospital here. His brother, John, is in the hospital, being treated for injuries suffered in the accident. They are not serious. A cas of John Holkup escaped in- jury. The Holkup car was wrecked he- yond repair, The truck, driven by John Elinter, of Garrison, was turned over in the ditch and the front por- tion smashed. The collision was caused by a tire on the Holkup car blowing out. The brothers were on their way north, bound for home, and their car head- ed for the right ditch when the tire Punctured. Holkup swung it around and it cut directly across the path of the truck, which Elinter said he was unable to stop as he was only 20 paces from the car when the blow-out oc- curred. Coroner Gobel said John Holkup told him Elinter’s truck ‘was the length of a block away when the blowout came. Coroner E. J. Gobel, who investi- gated, found no reason for holding an inquest. He learned that Holku skull was fractured and that he suf- fered internal injuries, possibly a spinal fracture. This will be deter- mined by X-ray pictures taken at the hospital. The accident occurred at the point where the side road to Arnold leads off from state highway No. 6. Elinter, at the time, was bringing @ load of furniture to Bismarck for a brother-in-law. Passersby brought the two Holkups to the hospital here, but Coroner Go- bel has not learned their names nor has he been able to locate and ques- tion them. Joseph Holkup was a native of Czecho-Slovakia. He was born there January 1, 1881, being therefore 49 years six months and seven days of age. He was a farmer. Besides his widow, he leaves a family of nine children. INDIANNATIONALISTS OPEN NEW CAMPAIGN Abandon Raids on Government Salt Pans for Move Refus- ing to Pay Taxes Bombay, India, June 2—()—Of- fictal India today could cease ‘to worry about Indian nationalists’ raids on ,the government salt pans, but faced a problem of greater import- ance—non-payment of taxes, which is being instigated as the next step in the nationalist campaign of civil dis- obedience. The anti-tax campaign which it was said would replace the cam Herbert M. Lord, ‘World's Great- est Paymaster,’ Succumbs After Long Iliness Washington, June 2.—(?)—Herbert M. Lord, former director of the budget, died today. General Lord had been in poor health since his retirement as direc- tor of the budget last year. His son, Major Kenneth P. Lord, had recently visited him but had returned to Fort Leavenworth a few days ago. His daughter, Mrs. Frank Van Rensselaer of Elmira, was with him when he died at 8:35 a. m, at his home. To Herbert M. Lord belonged the distinction of having been the great- est paymaster the world ever has known. During the less than 20 months in which the United States participated in the World war, Gen- eral Lord, director of finance for the War department, theoretically paid out more than $24,000,000,000. And when his military career was at en end later, he became director of the budget, where the chief function was to keep down government expendi- tures. Amenia Man Asks for Toll Line Connection The state Board of Railroad Com- missioners has been requested by L. F. Chaffee of Amenia to establish an Amenis connection for toll lines with the exchange of the Northewestern Bell Telephone company at Casselton, N.D. The commission will hold a hear- | jing on the matter at 10 a. m. June 6, at tbe city hall at Casselton. START FIVE-DAY WEEK | Sacramento, Calif., June 2—(P:—| against the salt laws already has been initiated in the Bardoli district where officials are arriving to post signs warning the peasants their lands will be forfeited if they refuse to pay the taxes. They thus far have found the villages deserted. NEW CAMPAIGN MAY EMBARRASS GOVERNMENT London, June 2-(P)-A Bombay dis- patch to the Daily Hearld today from its own correspondent there quoted a “high official” as saying that if by the end of the year the tax resistance campaign still is succeeding the gov- ernment will be faced with consider- able financial embarrassment. The dispatch added that hope prevailed that civil resistance would have been checked or abandoned by then, “al- though at the moment all signs point in the contrary direction.” Douglas Malloch to Address Merchants Valley City, N. D., June 2—(P)— Douglas Malloch, int known writer and entertainer, has ac- cepted an invitation to address the annual covention of the North Dakota Retail Merchants association which meets here June 17 and 18. Mr. Malloch will arrive June 18, and address the banquet to be held that evening. This is his first visit to North Dakots. He ts the author of eight books, and also contributes poems daily for = newspaper syndicate. He has lec- tured in practically every state in the United States, and in Canada. Two Elevators Leased By Grain Corporation Chicago, June 2—(P)—Ofticials ot the Farmers National Grain corpor- ation completed negotiations for ex- —(P)-—The ‘Sacramento building trade workers’ clusive use of two elevators belonging | 1830 population of St. Paul was an- today inaugurated a five-day week. to the Consolidated Elevator Co., at nounced as 270,883, an increase cf 36,- 185. or 18.41 per cent. Labor leaders estimated 2,309 to 3,000 imen were affected. Duluth. Minn The elevators have & | combined capacity of 2,800,000 bushels,