The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, June 9, 1930, Page 1

c) * @t-both Hettinger and Reeder. North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper ESTABLISHED 1873 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, MONDAY, JUNE 9, 1930 The Weather Cloudy tonight and Tuesday, with pose aibly showers tonight. Cooler tonight PRICE FIVE CENTS 13 Dead in Two Explosions Neu ewspaperman Killed in 1 Chicago Gang MURDER OCCURS IN MIDST OF CROWD IN BOULEVARD TUNNEL Victim Had Been Investigating Activities.of Underworld for Tribune BLAME RACKETEER ENMITY) if Grapevine of Newspaper Gossip Had Reporter ‘Marked for Death’ a Week Ago Chicago, June 9—(#)—A veteran newspaper reporter who “knew too much” of gangland was shot dead to- © day in a crowded pedestrian tunnel under Michigan boulevard, at Ran-/} dolph street. The victim was Albert “Jake” ‘Lingle, for 15 years a member of the Chicago Tribune staff and of late as- signed to under cover work in the sudden revival of gang murders. Newspaper “grapevines” had carried the gossip a week ago that he was marked for death because of his knowledge of the underworld. Lingle was 40 years old, married, and the father of two children. He was understood to be well to do. The Tribune posted a reward of $25,000 for the arrest and conviction of Lingle's slayer. Lingle had just emerged from the eastern end of the pedestrian tunnel when his assailant fired several shots. Lingle fell dead, struck in the back of | the head. The assassin fled to the street and disappeared. The tunnel was filled with passen- gers bound for the races on the Illi- nois central special trains and the shots threw them into panic. Fired At Close Range A witness, several paces behind Lingle, said he saw the killer slip up behind the reporter, level his weapon a few feet from his victim's head and fire. Then he dropped the gun, dashed up the runway toward the sta- tion, vaulted over a fence and van- ished into the boulevard crowd. His weapon, an old style 45 calibre revolver, was found near the dead man. Lingle left the Tribune office about 12:30 p. m. for luncheon. Police be- Neve some gangster trailed him to the Illinois Central tunnel as the oppor- tune place and then slew him. The reporter was about 40 years old. William F. Russell, commissioner of police, and Chief John Stege of the detective bureau went to the scene| immeditely and took charge of the in- vestigation. During the winter of 1928-29 the re- porter was a guest at the Miami estate of Alphonse Capone, boss of gangland. ‘Armorer’ Near Death Russell, alias Frank Thompson, oft- en called “the armorer of gangland,” drove into a New Milford filling sta- tion last night, weak from a bullet wound near the heart. He would not talk, although phy- (Continued on page seven) WORK 1S COMPLETED BY TARIFF CONFEREES Disputed Rate on Watch Im- ports Is Reduced by New Agreement Washington, June 9.—(/P)}—The tar- | {ff bill conferees completed their cor- section of the measure today and Sen- ator Smoot said he would report it to the senate in a few hours. To meet points of order ratsed | against the watch paragraphs, the tariff adjusters reduced the rate on watch jewels from 20 to 15 cents apNce, whether set or unset, and eliminated the levy of 15 cents each on dials, A further correction transferred watches and other time-measuring devices designed not to be worn on the person from the clock to the| watch section at lower rates. The two sections of the report— one including most of the rate sec- tions and the other the flexible provi- | sion and the lumber tariff—will be | merged tomorrow. They will be de-/| bated collectively and disposed of with a single vote. Republican leaders today claimed enough votes to pass the bill by a nar-/| Tow margin. Byrne Campaigns in Southwest Section Secretary of State Robert Byrne, Nonpartisan candidate for reelection, ‘will make campaign addresses tonight Sun- might he addressed an audience Balt Lake, south of Crystal Gprings. ‘Next Sunday he will make another Political address at Lake Williams. FOUR BELIEVED DROWNED Souderton, Pa., June 9.—()—Four persons are believed to have drowned ; ‘when an automobile plunged into 50 feet'of water in an abandoned quarry mear here last night. Today the bodies of two women were recovered. | Floating on the water were straw hats of two men. | -———_____________+ Convention Speaker | —— | SETH GORDON | Seth Gordon, conservation director for the Izaak Walton League of America, will be one of the principal speakers at the Izaak Walton League state convention, opening here tomorrow. ‘STATE'S GAME FANS OPEN BIG MEETING quet Day of Izaak Walton League Gathering North Dakota game life of prairie, here for two days, beginning at 9/ o'clock tomorrow morning, when reg- | istration of delegates to the state meeting of the Izaak Walton League | cific hotel. An hour later the convention is to be called to order in Elks hall by Hugo P. Remington, the state presi- dent, of Lisbon. Mayor A. P. Len- hart will deliver the address of wel- come and J. H. Shannach, of cde will make the response. Tuesday will be the talk day of the | meeting, Wednesday being almost en- tirely set aside for business, including guest speakers are being brought here to make the main addresses of the , O. H. Johnson, of Pierre, di- rector of the department of game and mead, assistant U. S. game conserva- E. Gordon, director of conservation of hee Izaak Walton League of Amer- ca. { Banquet in Evening Another talk will be an outline of | North Dakota fish and game condi- tions, by Burnie Maurek, state game | and fish commissioner, of Sanish. Tuesday also will be favored with the annual banquet. This is to be held at the Patterson hotel, at 7 o'clock, and is to be featured with a program of short talks, hunting and fishing reels, amusement stunts and music. Those who desire to partici- pate, men and women, must register with John P. Tucker, secretary, and thus get their ticket. to the public—men and women— though not members. Attendance similarly is free at the sportsmen's | show to be staged in the old armory building, Broadway and Second street. Here will be made a big dis- | play of firearms, fishing tackle, am- munition, sportsmen’s wearing ap- parel, moving picture. machines and cameras and an exhibit of mounted springer spaniels, bench and field tried, from the Avondale kennels in ‘Winnipeg, sent here by the owner, E. Chevrier. -for Tuesday After the welcome addresses, the secretary's annual report, reports of standing committees and appoint- | ment of other committees by Presi- dent Remington, tomorrow morning, 11 o'clock as follows: 11 a. m.—Outline of North Dakota Maurek, Sanish, game and fish com- missioner of North Dakota; discussion led by Dr. R. W. Pence, Minot. m.—Addres:: “Upland Game Eupora, .iss., June 9.—(#)—A jus- tice of the peace was charged today with killing his wife in the confusion Precipitated when he attempted to search a car for liquor ney a ey “singing bee” near here. Three including another woman, were wounded in a fight which attended the justice's action. Lee M. Ferguson, the justice of the ;Peace, was freed on his own recog- nizance on a manslaughter charge. not set. Information gathered by Sheriff John W. Gary was that Ferguson, with two Webster county sheriff's | deputies, arrived at a church near ‘BACKSLIDING’ INCITY TOMORROW: Tuesday Will Be Talk and Ban-, | timber and waters will hold the stage | begins in the lobby of the Grand Pa-! the annual election of officers. Three | fish of South Dakota; Talbott Den-| tion officer, Washington; and Seth | Attendance at the sessions is open | | North Dakota game pirds and ani- | There also will be a display of 15) the program of talks will proceed at | game and fish conditions, Burnie | CANDIDATES WEAK ON PROMISES 10 SAVE THE STATE Be’ in North Dakota Po- litical Campaign IS FEARED But Hope Still Remains; Old- Timers May Come to Front With Pledges Yet By KENNETH W. SIMONS It begins to look like North Dako- | ,ta’s voters are going to be deprived of one of their inherent rights. The state political campaign got under way last week. The leading candidates delivered “keynote speech- es” and a few preliminary fireworks were touched off. But so far no one has come right out and offered to save the state. It is something of a change from past campaigns when saving the state was a favorite politi- cal sport. Of course the most voluble “sav- | iors” didn’t always win and the state went right along just the same with- out being saved. It didn’t seem to mind. But the boys reduced the pres- { sure inside their chests and those folks who believed them had a good time for a while anyway. But hope still remains. The cam- paign is young yet and maybe some- one of the old-timers with the state- ned habit will come to the front te in the good old-fashioned way before \4 he campaign is over. | With the Nonpartisans and Inde- | pendents apparently in accord on | such time-honored issues as the state mill and elevator and the Bank of North Dakota, it remained for the opening speeches of the gubernatorial | candidates to outline whatever issues they cared to talk about. Brant Raps “Chain Industry” Mr. E. H. Brant, the Nonpartisan | candidate, struck the political anvil and the result was a few sparks con- demning “chain industry.” He didn't | say exactly what he meant by the term but it was generally presumed that he meant chain banks and chain stores. Governor Shafer talked at great |length in his opening address at Steele, claiming credit for reducing e state taxes and recommending a | commission to investigate the city, | county, township and school districts in the state as well as the state gov- ernment to determine how efficiency could be improved and economy ef- | fected. He also recommended a com- (Continued on page seven) ‘LAUNDRYMAN DEAD IN TONG OUTBREAK Minneapolis Chinese Slain by Gunmen Who Fire From Automobile Minneapolis, June 9.—()—Reper- cussions of tong war slayings in New York and Chicago last week, echoed in Minneapolis today with the death of Woo Sam, Chinese laundryman. Prank Hong, secretary of the Hip Sing Tong, of which Sam was a mem- ber, laid the slaying to differences between the Hip Sing and the On Leong Tongs. Sam died early today. He was shot by gunmen in a passing automobile last night. Before he died he told) Police one of his attackers was @ member of the Leong Tong. Louis Wong, secretary of the On Leongs, denied his group was im- Plicated in the killing. CHICAGO POLICE EXPECT TROUBL! Chicago, June 9.—(#)—The police intelligance division, having inter- cepted telephone messages indicating that Chicago Chinese Tongmen would disregard agreements in the east, had five squads and 25 extra patrolmen in “Chinatown” early today. Tong leaders here admitted that local peace negotiations had fallen ed for trouble.” Chang Gong Gang, one of Chicago's | wealthiest Chinese, was shot to death in the street Saturday. Official’s Wife Killed in Raid On Southern Church; Husband Held here as the choral gathering was end- ing, and attempted to search a car owned by Tom Brown Elkins, 19. Elkins protested and a struggle en- sued in which shots were fired. A number of men joined in. Elkins was through and that they were “prepar- | y, War JOSIAH W. BAILEY Josiah W. Bailey defeated Senator Furnifold M. Simmons, incumbent, in the contest for the Democratic senatorial nomination at a primary election Sat- urday in North Carolina. Simmons has represented his state in the senate | tor the last 29 years and is the oldest member of that body, in point of service, Associated Press Phot, FURNIFOLD M. SIMMONS Late News Bulletins 18 INDICTED St. Paul, June 9.—(?)—Eigh- teen persons were reported named in an indictment returned today by the federal grand jury in con- nection with its investigation of the Ten Thousand Lakes Fur Farms corporation. The indict- ment was reported to contain 20 counts of using the mails to de- fraud. Two of the 18 were said to be former state officials. MASONS HOLD CEREMONY Pembina, N. D., June 9.—(?)— Gathered at the historic spot where the first Masonic meeting in North Dakota was held, hun- dreds of Masons from North Da- kota, Manitoba and Minnesota Participated in ceremonies mark- ing the 50th anniversary of the Pembina lodge. TRY TO STOP ELOPEMENT Los Angeles, Calif., June 9.—(?) —Michael Narlian, an attorney, announced today he had tele- graphed the sheriff at Yuma, Ariz., on authority of Tom Mix, to stop an alleged elopement of Ruth Jane Mix, 17-year-old daughter of the actor, with Doug- las Gilmore, film actor. LINTON FARMER INJURED Jacob Taxas, farmer living near Linton, is in the Bismarck hos- pital suffering from a broken leg, received Savurday morning while trying to ride a wild horse. The horse threw him to the ground and trampled him, break- ing his leg. He was brought to the Bismarck hospital for treat- ment, TIGHT-LIPPED MAN LYING NEAR DEATH Minneapolis Victi Victim Refuses to) | Clear Mystery of Stab Wounds any statement was near death today from mysterious stab wounds. women and a man held for question- | jing insisted that they did not know how he was stabbed but admitted | taking him to the hospital. The victim is Nels Pierson, 24, who was brought to General hospital early | this morning by the two women and & man. One of the women, Mrs. Blanche |Engen, said she, her daughter, Leona Engen, Ed Bergstrom, a friend, and night. They drove to the hone of} jher former husband. After staying there a while, she said, they returned to her home. Pierson, she said, left and was gone for a while. “When he came back, he asked us to take him \to @ doctor. He said he had been stabbed,” the woman said. Bergstrom, she said, could not see well at night so Pierson took the wheel. “He asked me to hold his wound,” she said. “At first I didn’t think he was stabbed, until I saw blood on my hands.” Statements also were made by her daughter and Bergstrom, but Pierson refused to others, |shot through the lung and critically | ‘lk. wounded. Clubs and pistol butts were brought into play. Mrs. Ferguson ran into the thick of the fray. A bullet struck \her and she fell fatally wounded. | Sim J. Sewalt, 65, a bystander, was |18, and Archie Morris, 23, suffered | bruised eyes and heads. A stray bullet struck Mrs. Floyd Cooper, 23. unding her painfully in ithe right leg. Confirmation Class From Mercer in City | The confirmation class of Mercer, ‘The date of a preliminary hearing was shot in the knee, while T. D. Castle, | Lutheran church was in the city to- | day, having its photo taken. There were 10 boys and 17 girls. Accom- panying them were Pastor Joseph | Huetmeyer and many of the parents. The clacs was confirmed June 1, SIMMONS LOSES SENATE SEAT AFTER 29 YEARS OF SERVICE | Minneapolis, June 9.—(7)—A tight- |lipped victim who refused to make) Two! | Pierson, were at her home Sunday pai Veteran North Carolina Solon Beaten in Primary by Jo- siah W. Bailey Charlotte, N. C., June 9—(?}—The colors of the North Carolina Demo- cratic party in the race for the United States senate will be carried in this fall's general election by Josiah W. Bailey, 56-year-old Raleigh attorney. | Bailey defeated Senator Furnifold |M. Simmons, who has served his state | in the senate for 29 years, in Satur- day's Democratic primary. With 1,514 of the state's 1,799 pre- cincts reported, Bailey had a lead of | 61,905 votes. The tabulation showed: Bailey, 183,390; Simmons, 121,465; and Thomas L. Estep, wet, 1,073, Senator Simmons, who for many years was virtual dictator of the Dem- ocratic party in this state, and whose defeat was attributed by many to his| refusal to support Alfred E. Smith, the Democratic nominee, in the last presi- dential election, said that on the basis | of returns he had received he had/| been defeated. Intimations that the veteran legis- |lator might run as an independent were discounted when he termed such ‘PREMIER | @ tremendous popular display in her | with accession dating from the death CAROL, NOW. KING, MAY BE RECONCILED Princess Helen Said Still to Be’ in Love With New Ru- manian Ruler RESIGNS POST! Quits to Make Way for New| Government; Plan Octo- ber Coronation Bucharest, Rumania, June 9.—(7)— An early reconciliation between the, newly instated King Carol II of Ru-| manta and his former wife Princess | Helen today was forecast in official | circles when Carol returned their son Michael to his mother. Joint corona- tion in October of Carol and Helen was predicted. The most vital of Carol’s problems was the relationship between him and his former wife, Princess Helen, mother of nine year old Michael, former king and now back in the nursery. Carol had an interview with Prin- | cess Helen last night and it is under. | stood it was decided for the present at any rate neither would apply {or | annulment of the decree of divorce | granted Princess Helen two years ago. | The Bucharest papers state that little Michael's education will now be in the hands of the king and hence- forth he will live at the royal palace | at Cotroceni. Demonstration Moves Helen Helen was understood to have view- ed and to have been moved deeply by | former husband's favor yesterday, as he, only Friday night returned from five years of exile, was declared king, of his father, Ferdinand, on July 20, 1927. Ghai tee | Sets New Mark | | LIEUT. APOLLO SOUCEK Washington, June 9.—(#)—For the second time, Lieutenant Apollo Soucek today held both the land and seaplane world altitude records for the navy. The National Aeronautics associa- tion announced a bureau of standards icalibration of barographs the navy |flyer took aloft last Wednesday show- ed he reached 43,166 feet, the highest altitude to which man had ever flown. BIG SAVING MADE IN HAIL INSURANCE, SAYS § COMMISSIONER Olsness Tells Mandan Audience Farmers Are $33,000,000 Ahead in Premiums Farmers of North Dakota have saved $33,000,000 through the oper- ation of the state hail insurance de- partment, 5. A. Olsness, Nonpartisan She is said always to have loved the | SUrance commissioner, told @ gather- dashing prince despite his preference | ing at a political rally at Mandan for Mme. Magda Lupeseu, for whom * today. he abandoned his throne and went to Paris. King Carol, with Michael, who now by legislative act is declared never (Continued on page seven) INFANT BURNED 10 | Predictions “ridiculous.”, Bailey en- tered the contest with the avowed in- | tention of “punishing” Simmons for his refusal to support Smith. | SENATE WILL LOSE ITS OLDEST MEMBER i Washington, June 9.— (#)—In the} retirement of Furnifold M. Simmons | the senate will lose its oldest member, in point of service. He has been identified primarily with tariff and taxation legislation. In spite of his years—he is 76—he has been active in the tariff fight now approaching its end. He is a leader of the Democratic-independent Republi- can coalition opposing the tariff bill, and one of the senate’s conferees. With Simmons out of the race, nine | of the present senate membership will not return for the seventy-second congress. Deneen of [Illinois and/ Grundy of Pennsylvania were defeated | jin primary elections, and six are not) candidates for reelection. This group | consists of Gillett of Massachusetts, | Gould of Maine, Phipps of Colorado, | Goff of West Virginia, Sullivan of Wyoming, and Baird of New Jersey. Senator McMaster, Republican, South Dakota, is the only member who has emerged successfully from a primary contest. Senator McNary, Re- | publican, Oregon, was renominated | without opposition. | i | Minneapolis Firm In Drygoods Merger | Minneapolis, June. 9.—()—Merger | of the Wyman, Partridge and com- pany, pioneer Minneapolis dry goods ; {wholesalers and manufacturers, with | |three similar companies, forming the largest wholesale and manufacuring |dry goods concern in the United | States, has been announced by George H. Partridge, president of the {Minneapolis company. Under the merger, Minneapolis re- tains the present plant and opera- tions of Wyman, Partride and com-/ ny. The other companies with which ‘the Minneapolis concern becomes af-| filiated are the Ely and Walker Dry Goods company, St. Louis, Mo.; the ‘Walton N. Moore Dry Goods compa- ny, San Francisco, and the Watts- Ritter company, of Huntington, W. Va. The merged companies will be known as the United Dry Goods com- pany. White Earth Farmer | Is Killed Under Auto! White Earth, N. D., June 9.—(?)— Funeral services were held today for | Pedar Momb, 65, farmer who was | killed when his automobile upset and | | crushed him beneath it on highway | No. 2, one half mile west of here Fri- | chine and lifeless body were found | by_a tourist. Coroner A. Flath decided that no inquest was necessary. Flath said the machine apparently had struck loose |gravel and the front wheels yack- | nifed. \gun nest and killing and capturing DEATH NEAR MOHALL Tragedy Is Result of Explosion; Mother and Small Son Are Injured Mohall, N. D., June 9.—()—A six- month-old infant was burned to death and the mother and a little boy | Olcas and E. H. Brant, Nonparti- san candidate for governor, addressed the rally. Nonpartisans have put the state in partment alone,” Olsness said. “We arrive at this figure by show- ing that we have protected with hail Our records show that this insurance cost if bought from private Sora panies | at their rates.” state tornado fund. about $300,000. “In addition to the hail insurance were injured as the result of an ex- plosion which burned the farm home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Steinberger of Ivanhoe township, near here. given the people at one-half the cost of private insurance, we have built up a revolving surplus fund of $4,000,000. “All of these state insurance enter- Mrs. Steinbehger succeeded in res- | prises have been built to their present cuing two older children, who were | forced to jump with her from the second floor of their home when the flames trapped them. while jumping. Neither was hurt seriously. St. Paul Woman Gets Pardon from Hoover Duluth, Minn., June 9.—()—Gladys Cross, 24, St. Paul, was released from the St. Louis county jail where she had been serving a sentence for man- ufacturing and selling home brew in her home. She was pardoned by President Hoover. Montana Veteran Is Awarded Honor Cross Washington, June 9.—()—Award of the distinguished service cross to Edward F. Kitts of Helena, Montana, former corporal, Company D, 362nd, \infantry, 91st division, for gallantry in action in the World war, was an- nounced by the war department. The citation accompanying the award said Kitts and his men, in an action near Epinonville, France, Sept. 26, 1918 displayed “extraordinary hero- ism” in routing an enemy machine state is all that was necessary to es- cost to taxpayers. The credit of the | state is all tha was necessary to es- Mrs. Stein- | berger and her little boy were injured | tablish them. “After 10 years of operation of the | state fire and tornado insurance, we ‘have paid out in reinsurance with | private companies as prescribed by ‘law $478,000 in premiums. We have received and returned in payment of indemnity about $60,000. “Because of this discrepancy, I contend the reinsurance feature of that law should now be repealed, en- abling the state to carry the entire risk and saye that much more money. When the fund should reach $2,000,- 000, we contend that interest on that an endowment fund, would be suffi- cient to-pay the average loss and op- erating expense of the department by various political subdivisions. “Comparing the figures of the op- position in support of their claim that ness of $7,000,000, we show on the credit side a saving of $37,000,000. “When the present administration takes credit for having made a profit in the state mill, that is no particular credit, as the mill should make more profit with the good will of the Non- | partisan faction. When the Non- | the opposing detachment. Maryland Scientist Finding Cure for | Common Cold Baltimore, June 9-P)—Widespread| In the interest was aroused today by a scien- tist's announcement that he had dis- covered the cause of the common cold and developed @ cure and preventive. Dr. J. A. Pfeiffer, associate of the University of Maryland medical school and an outstanding pathologist, made |the announcement in a paper before the Maryland biological society. He has devised a vaccine which he be- lieves cures a cold and gives a pa- The cause of colds, which cost | American workers $2,000,000.000 a vear | the typical clinical symptoms of acute in lost wages, he said, had been iden- tified as a micrococcus which has fight the sabbotage of the opposition jell the time.” Announces In the course of seven years’ re- search and experiment into the causes of colds the micrococcus has been subjected to tests as well as to ex- periments on animals and humans. “We are certain,” Dr. Pfeiffer saic, “that the micrococcus is the one we have been looking for and that per- sons can be immunized against its at- tacks. We have proved both points to our satisfaction by experiments with animals and humans. “Inoculation of freshly isolated day evening. Momb’s overturned ma- | tient immunity for one to three years. | strains of this organism i1.to the nasal jcavities of. suitable objects produced | rhinitis. ‘biologically identical In these cases a coccus, “While the Independents charge the | debt about $7,000,000, we claim credit | |for saving the farmers $33,000,000 | through the state hail insurance de- | | insurance 90,000,000 acres of land. | cost one-half of what it would have | Olsness called attention also to the | “Through this fund,” he said, “we | now have in the state treasury and|tion of campaign expenditures in the Bank of North Dakota $1,380,000. | Minnesota’s three cornered Republi- |We have a state bonding fund of|can primary contest for the United fund ,which would take the place of | the Nonpartisans incurred indebted- | | by | The Detroit explosion BLASTS AT DETROIT AND IN CALIFORNIA CAUSE FATALITIES Six Killed, Six Injured, in Water. works Tunnel Beneath Detroit River | SEVEN DIE IN THE FAR WEST. Accumulation of Gas in Pasy sageway Held Responsible for Accident Six laborers were killed and six in- jured in a waterworks tunnel 227 feet below the surface of the Detroit river the explosion of a dynamite charge today, according to Associated | Press dispatches. Four of the laborers were killed in stantly. The two others died shortly after in recelving hospital. At least two of the injured are ex- pected to die. The known dead are: Plas Tollison, C. Zulaski and A. Massey. A partial list of the injured in- cludes: Ellis Howe, probably fatally injured; Samuel Seabolt, probably fa- tally injured; William White, T. Craig, John Borup, Frank Baity, John Alley and Claude Winkle. At Oakland, Calif., seven men are dead and one is in a hospital as the result of an explosion in the Hetch- Hetchy tunnel near Calaveras dam in the Alameda county hills. A shot of dynamite in the tunnel some time Sunday opened up a stream of water and evidently blew into a pocket of gas. The gas was not ignited at the time but without the men working in the tunnel know- ing it, apparently seeped into the long passage and accumulated there. The explosion occurred last night. A spark from an electric tram or a pack was believed to have set off the gas. occurred when a worker's pick struck a for- gotten charge of dynamite, which had been left in the tunnel. Early reports that 20 or more men candidate for reelection as state in-| were trapped behind a wall of rock and sand in an adjoining tunnel were found to be false when all the 36 la- borers in the tunned at the time of the explosion were accounted for. NYE TO INVESTIGATE MINNESOTA PRIMARY Says Probers Have Heard Tales of ‘Gross Expenditures’ by Candidates 8t. Paul, June 9.—(#)—Investiga- States senatorial nomination will be started immediately, Senator Gerald | P, Nye, chairman of the senate com- mittee on campaign expenditures, an- nounced here today. Senator Nye said the committee had heard of gross expenditures in the campaign but refused to disclose the details of the charges of their source “until we see whether they are justified or whether they would cast, unjust reflection upon any candi- date. He said however, that they includé: Allegations that gross expenditures have been made in the interests of both Senator Thomas D. Schall and his chief opponent, Governor Theo- dore Christianson. Accusations that money was paid to induce John F. Selb, former registrar of the state railroad and warehouse commission, to file as a third Repub- lican on a “wet” platform. Charges that eastern money has been sent into Minnesota to be spent in the interests of a senatorial candi- date. The inquiry in Minnesota will be without further payment of premiums | conducted by John Andrews of 8t. Paul, secretary of the senate commit- tee, but will be made without public hearings. “Public hearings would require that the charges be made public,” Senator Nye said “and the committee has adopted a policy of avoiding publicity until after a primary election. Mr. Andrews will go into the | Charges and whatever evidence there | may be to substantiate them and re- port to the committee. If his find- partisans were in control, they had to | ings indicate the charges are true, or there is grave evidence of their truth, we will then hold formal public hearings sometime after the primary of June 16.” ‘Play With Matches Is Fatal to Child Moorhead, Minn, June 9.—@)— Robert, 5, son of Mr. and Mrs. Olaf Stofney, Hendrum, Minn., died in a hospital from burns received when he played with matehes, Ends Self-Imposed | Starvation Attempt ° Te | Danville, Va., June 9—(P)—His self | imy@sed starvation at an end, Frank W. Davis, 60, was reported to be gain- ing strength today. Saturday Davis broke his 26-day with those in-! fast under the threat of being trans- been named micrococcus coryza and | jected, was recovered from the dis- ferred from the care of friends here is entirely new to the science of bac- |tericlogy, he said. charge as long as the sympto |Sisted and some tume thereafter.’ per- | to the We: stern State hospital for in- \sane at Stanton. d