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

4 North Dakota’s 4 Oldest Newspaper ESTABLISHED 1873 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 9, 1930 Gasoline Price War Raging on Pacific Coast [wes avec ost Attractive Child?. | TACOMA MOTORISTS ARE BUYING FUEL ~ ATS GENTS GALLON Fight to Finish Apparently in Progress; Some of Dealers May Be Exterminated END IS NOT YET IN SIGHT * One Oil Man to Ask for Federal Intervention; Charges Unfair Tactics San Francisco, July 9.—(?)—While gasoline prices ranged from eight to fourteen cents a gallon on the Pa- cific coast today, rumors indicated the price slashing was a fight to a finish with the extermination of weaker re- tailers as a possibility. Tacoma motorists were buying gas- oline at eight cents, at Los Angeles it sold at 10 cents, Seattle at 11 to 13 cents with similar prices here. It was slightly higher at other points. Oil company officials admitted the f° “war” was the most serious ever fac- ed by distributors on the Pacific coast. An Independent Dealers association here threatened to sell gasoline at Herbert H. McMillan, vice president of the McMillan Petroleum company, announced he would ask for federal intervention, charging gasoline is be- ing sold 7% cents below production cost “obviously to injure competitors and lessen competition through un- fair trade tactics.” . KANSAS GOVERNOR ATTACKS POLICIES OF FEDERAL BOARD Wants Export of Farm Machin- | young ery Stopped Because It Pro- motes Farm Competition Hays, Kans. July 9.—()—Differ- ing sharply with the policy of wheat % acreage reduction advocated by Chairman Legge of the federal farm board and Secretary of Agriculture 4 Hyde, Governor Clyde M. Reed, of Kansas today declared American agriculture had been asked “to defi- nitely and permanently subordinate itself to industry.” Speaking on the same program with Legge and Hyde, who are making a tour of five of the mid-western wheat states, Governor Reed sug- gested in place of a wheat acreage reduction, a curtailment of “the man- ufacturing of agricultural implements | serious. 80 as to limit the output to domestic requirements.” He also suggested stopping portation of farm machinery to other «countries, which, he said, enabled ’ them “to produce more wheat at low- er cost s0 as to be better able to com- pete in the world market with the American wheat farmer.” He declared there was no substan- tial over-production of wheat in the world at present but “there may be if the American manufacturer of ag- ricultura! implements can bring it bout in order to create a market for ‘The surplus, he said, “has been ab- sorbed to a point where the only sub- = stantial amount of wheat on hand is in the United States and Canada and the’ excess above normal in the Unit- f Is Under Fire | _ CLAUDIUS H. HUSTON Claudius H. Huston, chairman of the Republican national committee, will be put under fire at a meeting of the committee tomorrow in W: ATTACK ONG.0.P. CHAIRMAN GROWS; HOOVER CONSULTED Foes Reiterate Demand for His Retirement; Huston De- termined to Stick while he apparently was just as de- termined to carry on. Republican leaders were determined to have a showdown with Claud{fus cided, so far as anyone knows, on what steps to take, if any. ‘With revolt against i i It was said today in the Republican circles that the under- standing he, a he adopted when the testimony garding his activities in behalf of Muscle Shoals legislation as president of the Tenness River Improvement association was received by the lobby ittee. He left town yesterday asserting he had no intention of resigning now or at tomorrow's session. He has given those with whom he has talked an impression that he intends to con- chairmanship re- tinue in the temporar- ily at least. Storage Leased by Farm Board Agency |i, Minneapolis, July 9.—(?)—The Fu...ers National Grain corporation, marketing agency of the federal farm rd, has leased three million bush- ‘cost, els more storage space in Minneapolis | terminal elevators, it was announced DAVIS ELECTED TO HEAD STATE BANKING GROUP é T. Kretschmar, Venturia, Is Elected Vice President; Far- go 1930 Convention City MEETING IS ENDING TODAY Golf, a Playlet and Sightseeing Trips on Final Program This Afternoon J. E. Davis, president of the Dakota National Bank and Trust company, of Bismarck, and of the Citizens State bank of Goodrich, was elected presi- dent of the North Dakota Bankers’ association, today and presided over the closing business. Paul T. Kretsch- mar, president of the First State bank, Venturia, was elected vice presi- dent, and Fargo was chosen as the place for the 1931 meeting. The annual meeting wound up in sightseeing and golfing this after- noon. Cars were assembled at the Masonic temple at 2 o'clock, when a country bank playlet was put on by staff members of the Bismarck banks. After that trips were made to the capitol and Roosevelt cabin, Fort Lin- coln, the Northern Great Plains ex- periment station at Mandan, and other points of interest in the twin communities. Scope of Resolutions ‘The resolutions adopted in the final hours of the meeting put the assocl- ation on record as the fin- Oats, Barley and Speltz Headed Out; Rye Ready to Cut; Corn Is Clean Spiritualists Expect Conan Doyle’s London, July 9.—(P)—A message the spirit of Sir Arthur Conan as his body is lowered into spiritualism, she would not have survived Sir Ar- thur’s death an hour. wife bere, yesterday died from:her burns. | “A seance may be necessary to es- > Body Goes to Grave Jess, which is quite possible, he wishes to give the message to the world. in which case whatever he says will be the | published.” The son denied current reports that @ secret code had been arranged, stating “we should know very quickly would rely upon her knowledge of {Sir Arthur's little quirks of nature through her years of intimacy with him to guard her against perpetration in a grave in the garden of his home at Crowborough, Sussex. 1 JOHN RAYMOND LE HUQUET This is John Raymond Le Huquet of Victoria, B. C., whose picture was awarded a $1,500 grand prize in a contest sponsored by the Photographers’ Association of America to determine the most attractive child in the United States or Canada. TAR AND FEATHER IOWA MAN, Late News Bulletins BABE RUTH SUSPENDED New York, July 9:—()—Babe Ruth received a three-day sus- pension today as the result of an McDONALD GOVERNMENT WINS: London, July 9.—(*)—By a ma- jority of only three votes, the Mac- Donald government today scraped through a divison on the finance bill which had been regarded as critical. MAJORS ISSUE ULTIMATUM ‘FIND TORTURE CHAMBER STARTS ‘SITTING’ CONTEST Milwaukee,- Wis., July 9—(P)— His opponents in an en- durance tree-sitting contest hav- ing turned backers and aides, Jim- mie Clemons, 10, completed 29 hours sitting on the branches of a catalpa tree near his home at 12:30 p. m. today. Reports that threatening weather and the ad- verse attitude of his parents had “forced ” the youthful en- durance sitter when his roost had only been well warmed, were found to be untrue. On the con- trary, he was found by netvspaper reporters to have won the support of relatives. ARREST KILLER SUSPECT New York, July 9.—(7)—A man whom police describe as a former secret service agent of the Ger- man government and more re- cently an operative for the Soviet was sitting in a car with Joseph Mozynki, essen dealer, when he was shot gnd killed by the “3x-killer” tentatively identi- fled the suspect as the man who killed Mozynski, according to Dis- trict Attorney , James T. Hallinan. Lightning Kills Man, Misses Companions Howard Lake, Ariz, July 9—(?)}— @ ranch house caretaker, here yester- {of him were Mw cn LEAVE HIM NUDE IN STREET Victim Says He Recognized 17 Attackers; Local Scandal Blamed for Incident Orange City, Iowa, July 9—(P)— John De Jong, 41, widower and father of five children, today told Sioux county officers he was captured by a band of men who tarred and feather- ed him and left him nude in the streets here. He said he could recog- nize -17 of his attackers. Sioux county officers said they be- Heved the attack was the result of rumors involving De Jong in a local scandal. De Jong said he was captured at the fair grounds, driven into the country, forced to undress and tarred and feathered. He said his attackers re- leased him in the street without re- turning any of his clothes. SECOND WOOL CAR ABOUT READY 10 G0 So Far Missouri Slope Pool Has Concentrated About 300,- 000 Pounds Here Concentration, grading and ship- ment of Missouri Slope pool wool is nearing the end here, being so near completion that A. R. Miesen, retiring county agent, who has been assisting in receiving the clips, is able to leave now for his new position in the agri- cultural department of the Northern Pacific railroad. He leaves tonight, and H. E. Wildfang, pool president, will be in charge of the receiving ena for the pool during the remainder ot the concentration at the N. P. and ‘wool have been received. This is grad- ed as -rapidly as Frank Costello, licensed federal wool grader, can dis- pose of it. One car has been shipped out—about 45,000 pounds—and an- other will be ready with today’s grad- ing. Prices offered by buyers have not been attractive enough to sell and the wool is going to market through the National Wool Corporation, a farm- board cooperative, as rapidly as pos- sible, the growers receiving 90 per cent of prospective price estimated tentatively on the present value of wool. The dealers have been tendering about 18 cents, which is virtually what the growers can get on nt, which offers the pos- sibility of a higher price latcr bring- ing additional returns. With President Wildfang in charge of further concentration and ship- ment, members with any matters rel- give to the pool should make their reference to him, either personally or by cor i Additional Quakes Reported in India Calcutta, India, July 9.—(?)—Dis- patches from Dhubri, Goalpara, and Assam state that earthquakes con- tinue. To date 118 shocks have been recorded. Practically every building in Dhubri in damaged. Lightning killed Macedonio Ortega, 80, | has bee! Shocks of milder intensity are also day. Two men sitting on either sidc | felt every few hours in the Rangoon unharmed.’ district. - [FRENCH PILOT IS FORCED DOWN ON TRANSOCEAN HOP Is Rescued After Oil Leak Halts His Flight From Brazil to Equatorial Africa CARRIED MAIL CONSIGNMENT Radio Brings Vessel to Aid of Disabled Plane When Trouble Develops Dakar, Senegal, July 9.—()—Jean Mermoz, noted French airman, on the first west to east transatlantic air mail flight between South America and Africa, was forced to come down on the sea when well over half way across today. He and his two companions, Leo- pold Gimme, radio operator, and Jean D’Abry, navigator, were rescued and the 600 pounds of air mail which they took aboard on leaving Natal, Brazil, yesterday were saved. Mermoz, three hours earlier, had discovered an oil leak which appar- ently was not serious, but two hours before he came down the oil pressure dropped alarmingly and he sent a wireless message that he was heading toward the dispatch boat Pohcee, one Of several boats patrolling the route in case of emergency. The Pohcee, being informed of Mer- moz’ trouble, started to. the rescue and met the plane. She stood by and took aboard the three men and the mail. The mail was to be transferred to another dispatch boat and car- ried at full speed to Africa for relay by plane to Paris. Mermoz came down about 650 miles southwest of Dakar. His landing was made at 10:20 a. m. after he had been in the air 14 hours and was well advanced on the last half of his transatlantic journey. The weather was good and there was litfle, wind. NEW YORK RETAINS POPULATION RATING Holds Place as Second Only to London Among Cities of World New York, July 9—(#)—Complete census figures for the five boroughs published. today showed New York holding its place as the second city of the vorld in population, exceeded only by London. The final count gives the American metropolis 6,958,792 as compared to 7,742,212, the last available ‘igure for Greater London. The population of New York ex- ceeds that of any of the capitals of Continental Europe, Berlin being third in the world list wth 4,013,588. Paris had 2,838,416. Chicago with a 1930 population of 3,373,753 1s second in the United States and fourth rank- ing city in the world. During the decade since the 1920 census, New York has acquired 1,338,- 744 additional inhabitants, the in- crease from the 1920 figure of 5,620,- 048 being a gain of 24 per cent. Figures for the five boroughs show @ decided migration from Manhattan to Brooklyn, the Bronx and Queens. Brooklyn is the largest borough with @ total of 2,596,154, a gain of 286 per cent. Manhattan dropped from 2,284,103 to 1,856,439, a loss of 18 per cent. i ,Queens Borough on Long Island had the greatest increase in popula- tion during the 10-year period, jump- ing 130 per cent which gave it a total of 1,082,212. The Bronx gained 73 per cent, going from 732,016 in 1920, to 1,266,734 in the present count. Richmond (Staten Island) is counted at 157,253, a gain of 35 per cert over its 1920 population of 116,531. HAL CARLSON HAS DAUGHTER Rockford, Ill., July 9.—()—A girl was born yesterday to Mrs. Eva Carl- son, widow of Hal Carlson, Chicago Cubs pitcher who died a month ago. Is Reconciled — WALTER HILL ‘Walter Hill, son of the famous north- west railroad magnate, is reported to have again been reconciled with his wife, @ former actress beauty. MARITAL RIFT IN HILL FAMILY SAID TO BE CLEARED UP Former Follies Girl Dismisses Divorce Action Against the Late Rail Magnate’s Son Livingston, Mont., July 9.—(#)—-For the second time, marital rifts in the family of Walter Hill, son of the late James J. Hill, railroad builder, appar- ently have been smoothed. Dismissal of a divorce suit brought by Mrs. Mildred Hill, former Follies girl, against the son of the railroad magnate, is sought in an action filed yesterday in the district court counsel for the Hills. The petition also asks. cancellation of cross-com- Plaints filed by Hill. Details of the reconciliation are not known, although it is said to have had its origin in a chance meeting of Hill and his wife on @ train upon which they were both returning to Montana. It was learned the Hills plan to establish a home in Seattle. Mrs. Hill left for that city 10 days ago and her husband followed early this week Mrs. Hill filed a suit for sep- aration early in 1929 after returning to Montana from Florida, where the couple spent the first winter of thesr married life. Differences in the fam- ily were settled later, however, and the couple lived together until the fil- ing of the present suit for divorce in October, 1929. At that time Mrs. Hill moved from their honeymoon house at Goat |Mountain, 40 miles north of here, and took quarters with a private family in Livingston. She became active socially and her husband traveled ex- tensively. On’ boarding a train for Livingston, he encountered Mrs. Hill and the couple’s small son, Billy, with some friends returning from St. Paul. The action filed yesterday is believed a result of the chance meeting. —<—_—________.» | Angry Bees Kill | | Team of Horses | oo Oyakima, Wash., July 9.—(?)—For- getting honey, a swarm of neighbor's bees visited Ellis Bounds’ ranch and promptly killed a team of horses and sent the driver to bed suffering from stings. It seems there is little Bounds can do about it, except perhaps, bury the horses. The prosecutor's staff, after hours of search, announced warring bees was one subject legislators apparently had overlooked. GRUNDY GOES ABROAD New York, July 9.—(#)—United States Senator Joseph P. Grundy of Pennsylvania sailed on the steamship Augustus last night for a vacation in Europe. The Augustus is bound for Gibraltar, Naples and Genoa. Chicago Alderman Says Churches Should Oust Their Own ‘Racketeers’ Chicago, July 9.—()—A warning of racketeers and rackets that do not hesitate to knock even at the door of the church has been presented by Alderman Arthur F. Albert to the crime investigation committee of the Chicago Church federation. The alderman told the churchmen that before they attempted to point the finger at other racketeers, they should make certain no rackets had wormed their way into religious, up- lift and reform movements. Meanwhile Acting Police Commis- sioner Alcock sent a letter to all pre- cinct captains, calling upon them to 1 ‘orm him before July 20 of any in- formation they might have concern- ing possible connection between mem- bers of the police force and grafters and racketeers. Alderman Albert, following his ap- pearance before the church commit- tee yesterday, said: “I told the committee I know there jare racketeers in the churches and + tLat the secret of cleaning up the city is in finding an uplift organization free from personal and petty racket- eers. “I told the committee the city hall was being governed by Samuel Ettel- mayor. “Forces in the city hall have been continually selling Mayor Thompson down the stream until the mayor does not know whether he is afoot or on horseback.” Albert urged the church committee to make an appointment with State’s Attorney John A. Swanson and ask him “why he does not get busy and do something.” The church committee also made public an open letter to Col. Robert Isham Randolph, president of the As- sociation of Commerce, asking him whether the press, the church, big business or the courts should share with prohibition the blame for the condition. The Weatlier Local thunder storms this afternoon of tonight. Thursday fair, not so warm, PRICE FIVE CENTS | Relief From Heat Promised FIVE LIVES TAKEN BY TORRID WAVE IN MIDDLE WEST Local Thunder Storms This Aft- ernoon or Evening, Cooler Tomorrow, Is Forecast TUESDAY PEAK HERE WAS 94 Mercury Goes Above 100 at Het: tinger; Hits 99 at Other State Points A promise of relief in the next 24 hours from the oppressive humidity and heat which has caused discom- fort since Sunday was made to Bis- marck and North Dakota residents today by federal weather officials here. Though North Dakota is in the area hit by extreme heat the last few days, which yesterday took five lives thoughout the middle-west, the state has had no deaths caused by heat. The meteorologist at the Bismarck station forecast local thunder showers throughout the state late this after- noon or evening and- cooler tempera- tures tomorrow. Bismarck sweltered yesterday under temperature which reached its max- imum at 94 degrees. Hettinger, reporting the mercury at the 101 degree mark, was the hot- test point in the state, but Beach, Fessenden, Grand Forks and Sanish, each had 99. Williston sweltered under 98 degrees while Amenia, Bottineau, Crosby, Dickinson, Jamestown, and Larimore reported 97. It was 96 at Carrington, Dunn Center, Drake, Max, and Far- go, 95 at Minot, and 93 at Hankinson. Pembina had the lowest maximum temperature yesterday, an even 90. The lowest temperature for the whole day was 62, reported at Jamestown. Bismarck’s temperature ranged from 74 to 94 during the day. Temperatures above the 100-degree mark were reached in many cities with Mitchell, 8. D., the hottest point reporting in the United States. That city blistered under a 108 degree rec- by lord for the day’s maximum, but was pushed closely by Miles City, Mont.. with 106. Emporia,Kans., baked under @ 105 degree peak. Sioux City, Iowa, the mercury reaching 102 degrees with one prostration. Alec. Nelson, 65, Virginia, Minn. was overcome by the heat in Minne- apolis and died a few minutes later. ©. V. Kerkove, 50, Hatfield, Minn., comitted suicide because of ill health, aggravated by the intense heat. Ed- ward W. Higgins, a carpenter, died of heat prostration while ..orking in Springfield, Mo., on his first day on @ job he had tried for weeks to get. One minor rail accident was. blamed on the heat, three empty freight cars being derailed on the At- chison, Topeka and Santa Fe et Elli- nor, Kans. ‘The expansion and buckling of the rails under the heat were blamed. Continued warmth was the forecast for most of the area. Rudy Sudberg, 49, a painter, of St. Louis died in a hospital, bringing the death toll for the summer to three in that city. Two other men and @ woman were overcome by the heat. &t. Cloud claimed the heat record in Minnesota Tuesday with an unof- ficial record of 102 degrees and bade fair to equal that mark today after an 8 a. m. temperature of 86. With 94 degrees, Brainerd sizzled in the hottest day of the season Tuesday. With the government thermometer registering 82 at 8 a. m. today, the temperature promised to eclipse Tues- day’s mark. r Pipestone registered an official mark of 100 degrees Tuesday with 7L the minimum in the last 24 hours. Ben T. Jarrett, 47, of East St. Louis, died from heat prostration. He was & fireman on the Mobile & Ohio and collapsed yesterday on his locomotive at Red Bud, Ill. Sets Fire to Home Then Takes Own Life Fergus Falls, Minn., July 9—®)— After setting fire to his home in Clitherall township, Franz J. Lundby, . 40 years old, committed suicide by hanging today. Neighbors saw Lundby run from the blazing home toward a clump of woods. They searched and found him hanging from a tree. — Lindbergh Baby Has Sire’s Name —~ Englewood, N. J., July 9.—(7)—The name is Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr. A young man who was born June 22 and has thrived marvelously for more than two weeks without a name, son, corporation attorney, acting as | now has one. A statement issued from the home of his grandfather, Ambassador Dwight W. Morrow, where he was, born, said the baby’s parents had de- cided to call him after his father. The announcement ended much speculation. DETROIT MAN SLAIN Detroit, July 9.—(7)—A man iden- tified as Louis Candea, former hotel proprietor, was shot to death in a saloon today. The slayer escaped. DEAN OF CARDINALS DIES oa City, Be 9. inal Vannut 2 |, 98-year-ol