The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 19, 1930, Page 2

| | | a a North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper ESTABLISHED 1873 T Zuta’ Ss Recards It —_ —__—. BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 19, 1930 N. D. Loses Million In Road POLGE CHIE, EDITOR AND POLITICIAN ARE IN PAY CHECK LIST Chicago State’s Attorney Con- tinues Probe Into Dealings of Slain Gangster OFFERS TO REPAY, SPURNED Evanston Chief Wrote Letter to Zuta Asking for Loan of $400 Chicago, Aug. 19.—(P)—Two checks signed by the slain gangster, Jack Zuta, each for $200 and each made payable to State Senator Harry W. Starr of the thirteenth Illinois dis- trict, were taken from the Zuta strongbox today and made public by the state's attorney. One check was dated October 5, 1926, and the other October 16 of the same year. Starr was elected to the state senate . AY the city editor of the News were added"today persons who had financial dealings ae editor of realtor of the News, and he iden- tified his signature on an uncancelled Eddie Schneider, 18-year-old Jersey Cly, N. pin before taking off from Associated Press Photo " praed receiving his father’s from Wesitieid: i airport in an attempt to shatter the junior tranmoontinental speed record: Emily Newell Blair Says Women Leaders Took Too Much for. hele After Victory Washingsen, Aug. 19.—(#)—Emily Newell, Blair, who campaigned for suffrage ih Missouri back in 1914, is “frankly quite discouraged about wouien in politics.” She’ made this: known today in her contribution—the first pessimistic one ing —to a fat compendium of opinions on women and the ballot gathered by the League of Women Voters to‘mark the tenth birthday of feminine suf- trage in America. ° All these views, notables of both sexes, are to be pub-! lished for the anniversary on August Craig told of being accommodated 26, of the signing by former Secretary 1 fil a tt i i Rt i a eet ie | E i 2 j i f F Hf ; i it if & ry g 5 g a j z i | i a i é i at Rg z H eae Bi . | ol wilt FR 88 a& ' E i i | EE ~Would Save Sweetie, of State Colby of the proclamation or|that actually culminated the move- iment. . “Iam afraid,” Mrs. Blair said, “the have made the same mis- = {take as the tem e group. Both of them thought that with their vic- tory they had only to defend their Position; and so, just as the Women's Christian Temperance Union stopped its educational work for temperance ‘and devoted itself to claiming the eighteenth amendment worked; so the suffragists stopped their educational work of convincing people that wom- en had a right to equality and devot- ed themselevs Cag interests.” “The pelos of thes suffrage to women has not brought about the millennium, but it has meantadecided step toward better government . . There are indifferent citizens among women as among men, but the addi- | tion of women certainly has meant 2 large increase in the number of citi-| zens oon both conscientious’ and Said Newton D. Baker, former war secretary: “The years of under the nineteenth amendment are not enough to enable me to ex- press any positive judgments as to ‘the use which women in generai have made of their suffrage privilege.” HAVELOCK SCHOOL REMODELED Havelock, N. D., Aug. 19.—Have- ' gathered _ from | “| SUFFRAGIST PIONEER IS GLOOMY OVER WOMAN’S PART IN POLITICS PROHIBITION AGENT ISUNDER SUSPENSION sare Administrator, at Albany, N. Y., Charged With Misconduct; Others Disciplined Washington, Aug. 19.—(?)—George Golding, prohibition administrator at Albany, New York, was under indef- inite suspension today on charges in- | volving personal misconduct, which, if sustained will result in his dismissal from the service. Prohibition Director Woodcock, who announced yesterday he would pun- ish illegal personal behavior of agents, said Golding was charged with mis- conduct with several stenographers in his office. The charges, brought by the girls themselves, are on file with the civil service commission which has power to oust the admin- istrator from the government service. Woodcock said the charges were first made last July 15, and that a him to believe the girls were in “no way to blame.” Two other agents, Robert F. Myrtle, of Milwaukee, and Basil N. Quinn, of ; Washington, D. C., were given five- day suspensions yesterday for their behavior in quarrels with motorists |over traffic rules. Myrtle, the di-‘ rector said, attempted to arrest a motorist and drew a gun when asked to show his authority. Quinn was said to have struck a driver and taken :|him to police station, exceeding his authority. Acknowledging the penalties to be | mild, Woodcock said, he sought through these punishments to check abuses and promised more stern if necessary. The dry chief refused to go into de> tails of the Golding case. He said the administrator’s record on the whole ‘appears to be good. CAR HITS BRIDGE Grand Forks, Aug. 19.—Arthur Olind, Oslo, Minn., is in serious condi- tion in a hospital here, the result of Grand Forks. The car, driven by ‘Theodore Hoff, Oslo, hit the side of the bridge when the driver was blinded :by. dust, Olind suffered in- ternal and other injuries. Too Bad Oyster Isn’t Hen; She Lays Half Million Eggs in Single Year New York, Aug. 19.—()—Herolc ef- forts of the Atlantic coast oyster to, Preserve her race were described to- | myriad She produces from 15,000,000 to during one spawning utes. Since each oyster may spawn fivé or six times during a le sea- ton, the annual egg production of a single oyster may a The feat : reported to ther- was @ gather- ing of biologsts of inte: Te- 000 a year. One purpose of thé meet- ing was to learn why so few of these tide. She said as little as 15 ounces in 2,000 gallons of water kills adult starfish in a few minutes. Although oysters are now taboo for human sumption during the four {months without the traditional “R,” | sclence has found a way and summer joysters were predicted by J. M. Lem- {on, of the U. 8. bureau of fisheries. “It has been demonstrated,’ he said, “that oysters can be rapidly frozen and placed in storage for several months without any detrimental ef-: fects upen th 4, color, digestibil- ity and food value.” an automobile accident near East | Crew. -|Richland county jail today. HE BISMARCK TRIBUNE The Weather Probably showers tonight and Wednes~ day. Not much change in temperature. NIL ek VC IN PRICE FIVE CENTS KIND WORDS |French Bantam Car | To Invade America Detroit, Aug. 19. — (®) — Another coon is to make its sppearanse in the soon ce its a] in the American market. William C. Durant, noted automo- tive financier, announced today that Durant Motors, Inc., has contracted to manufacture 100,000 of the Mathis cars now built in the E..E. C. Mathis | factory in Strasbourg, France. Durant announced a reorganization of personnel of Durant Motors, Inc., that brings him again into the active presidency of the company. VTAHITPS PASSENGERS ‘COME WITH VENTU T0 AMERICAN PORT { |Majority Will Proceed While Grew and Few Others Will Remain at Pago Pago Pago Pago, Aug. 19.—(?)—The liner Ventura was due at this American naval base at 1 p. m., today (5:30 p. m., P. 8. T.) with the 317 persons res- cued from the British steamer Tahiti, which went down in the south Pa- cific yesterday after being in distress for three days. Of the 317 persons rescued, 149 members of the Tahiti's crew and sixteen passengers will disembark here. The other passengers will con- bev hg to San Francisco aboard the conrrenilie the Ventura reported “all's well.” Pceaes from Wellington to San cisco, the Tahiti lost its starboard etbelie “about 460 miles east of Rarotonga, Cook Islands. A leak de- pce oe oe and engine room d. Ships in the vicinity cane the. disebied vessel rushed to its assistance. SCHOOLMA'AMS WILL NOW HAVE TO STAY YEAR Seattle, Aug. 19.—(7)—Two Se; a school teachers may be forced ti main for a year on th@ island ot Rarotonga ‘as a result of the sinking of the liner Tahiti. The teachers, Miss Jean Lane and i Mrs, Irene Lansing, planned to return to the United States on the Tahiti. This liner stopped at Rar a once @ year and was the only trai cific ship calling there. She sank while approaching the island. Miss Lane and Mrs. Lansing cabled relatives of their predicament. The government may be asked to provide special transportation for the teachers. RESCUE BY VENTURA IS THRILLING ONE Wellington, N. Z., Aug. 19. E- First stories from passengers of the ill-fated Pacific passenger liner Tahiti reaching here today from Pago Pago indicated masterly, sea- manship on the part of the captains of both the Tahiti and the rescue ship Ventura prevented an appalling disaster. - Twice before the Ventura arrived, when there seemed no hope of rescue at hand, the Tahiti’s captain gave orders for passengers to take to the lifeboats. All aboard the Tahiti were grate- ful for what appeared to be their de- liverance when the freighter Peny- bryn hove above the horizon and! made her way to a point near the| distressed Tahiti. But although she| stood by and was willing to do all possible to succor the disabled and sinking craft, the Penybryn lacked equipment to transfer the Tahiti’s company. Fear ruled the Tahiti for three days but throughout their harrowing experience. the passengers Were order- ly and obedient to the dictates of wiser minds. When the great good fortune of rescue came to them the woman passengers first were trans- ferred, then the men and finally the When all hands were aboard the Ventura an attempt was made to save the mail in her holds. With some of the bags already taken off, ship's boats were returning for more when the Tahiti lurched and took another roll. The waves swept over he bows,! which failed to rise again. Then the doomed liner straightened on an even kéel, her stern rose and she disap- peared in a boiling white whirlpool. Charge Three Boys With Office Theft Wahpeton, N. D., Aug. 19.—(7)— Charged with grand larceny, three Hankinson youths were held in the Police said they had obtained confessions to theft’ of a cash register from a motor company here early yesterday. The three are Arthur Mendenwalt, 24. John Cox and Duane MacQuten. both 23. The trio was arrested at Graceville, Minn. Of’ the $156 in the cash reg- ister when it was taken from the ga- Tagg here, but $56 was recovered. The register was found in a ditch along the roadside near Campbell, Minn. NO TRAFFIC WHISTLES New York, Aug. 19—Traffic police- | men’s whistles are to be abolished. ! The idea is ‘to help make the town less noisy. 4 ment: ‘Be a lawyer. I'd kill him.” Mary Pope, Mr. and Mrs, John Russell Pupe of New York and Newport, ts dead here, the victim of her own automobile. a FOR PRISONERS Denver Attorney Says New Type of Criminal Is Responsible for Prison Riots Chicago, Aug. 19.—()—Kind words for prison inmates and harsh ones for lawyers were spoken yesterday at the Preliminary conference of the Ameri- can Bar association which formally ‘Opens its 1930 convention tomorrow. At @ group meeting of attorneys, Justiee Royal A. Stone of the Min- mesota supreme court told of attend- ing a play where the audience showed audible approval of a character state- “If I had a son preparing to \“It wasn't the actor's saying this at disturbed me particularly,” Jus- Bice Stone said, “it was the marked Spproval of the audience that bother- @4. No profession is put on a lower Plane than ours. “The answer is intensive, efficient local bar associations. Let us put our Profession so high in ethics and ef- ficiency that no other can equal it.” New Criminals Unruly William W. Grant, Denver attor- ney, told the criminal law section of the association that idleness and over- crowding of convicts and the evolu- tion of a new type of criminal were: i Tesponsible for prison riots. Grant, chairman of a committee appointed by Gov. William H. Adams to investigate the Colorado prison “onl @ year ago, described the old criminal as “one who took his Inedfline, who served his sentence often in idleness, occasionally on the rock pile, and who submitted to ill treatment in poor quarters. garded it as part of the game.” The new type of criminal, Grant said, is not only different in himself but “infects the rest of the prison Population with discontent, resent- Ment against any kind of discipline ‘nd an unscrupulous pate re face the rights, feelings and of the rest of the world, thet = ‘ter as I know, has never been duplt licated in prison history.” Idleness Breeds Mischief ‘The things of immediate interest to @ convict, Grant said, are where he is to live, what he is to wear afi eat, "work ‘he is to do-and what op- he for recreation is afforded ane the Colorado state prison, the attorney said, there are cells for 580 men, in which more than 800 live. Nowhere, Grant said, is the maxim “the devil finds mischief. for idle hands to do” so true as in the peni- tentiary. “In practically all of the institutions at which riots have taken place, there has not been sufficient work to keep inmat tes busy.” NEGRO LYNCHED BY NORTH CAROLINA MOB Is Hanged and Riddled With Bul- lets After Jail Is En- tered by Ruse Tarboro, N. C., Aug. 19.—(?)—Oli- ver Moore, 29, negro, charged with criminally assaulting two smali white girls, was taken from the Edgecombe county jail by 200 masked men, hanged to a tree and his body riddled by bullets. After gaining admittance to the jail on @ ruse, the mob carried the negro to his home, approximately 100 yards across the line in Wilson county and |15 miles from here. Then they strung him to a tree and fired scores of bullets into his body. Deputy R. O. Watson, who lives with his family at the jail, had re- jtired when he heard a voice calling him early today. Believing it to be an officer with a prisoner, he went to the door and called, “Have you got a man for me?” Someone in the mob answered affirmatively and Watson unbolted the door. As he did he sa‘ the crowd of masked men and made an effort to throw the bolt. The men rushed through, forced him into his office and took all the keys from a peg on the wall. The men unlocked cell after cell until they found Moore. The negro apparently realizing his fate, went to his death without s word. Sheriff W. E. Barden. notified as soon as the men drove off. went in search of the lynchers. He reached the negro’s home after the mob had dispersed and found the body. Wat- son said none of the men in the mob had been recognized. This was the first lynching in North Carolina since 1921. Wealthy Girl Dies In Her Own New Car Newport, R. I., Aug. 19.—?)—Miss 17-year-old daughter of recent gift of her grandmother. A prospective debutante in the fashion- able summer colony, she was fatally |al injured last night when her machine collided with another car. She suf- fered a fractured skull and died be- fore reaching a hospital. HAVE NEW LUNCH ROOM Havelock, N, D., Aug. 19.—With the hotel at Havelock having gone out of business, Rudy Johns has established 4 lunch room to accommodate local and transient patrons. Involve } Many Public Men LAWYERS HEAR SELVES RAPPED; Aid STATE LACKS FURDS FOR NEW HIGHWAYS [__shes Feminine noch Arden |) NATION CANNOT HE Mrs. Catherine R. Packard, who disa| North Dakota Unable to Match U. S. Allotment of $2,001,- 841; Loses Money 50,000 SHEEP ARE COMING Secretary Hyde Named by Pres- ident as Chairman of Nation- al Drought Relief Work Indications are that North Dakota will lose a large portion of its federal road aid because of lack of funds for new highway construction, according to officials of the state Highway com- mission. The state has been allotted $2,001,- 841 for new construction, but must match this amount if the federal funds are to become Vavaflable for |road work. Previously North Dekota received approximately $1,200,000. Officials believed it would be diffi- cult to match the old allotment, and that it would be practically impos- sible to take advantage of the $800,- 000 increase granted by the federal government this year unless some ac- Associated Press Photo peared a year ago, has reappeared, He re-) after her husband, George, identified a body as hers and remarried. She is shown on the courthouse steps at Springfield, Vt., with authorities who are trying to straighten out the strange tangle. BOY OF 18 SETS N LOCAL WOMANS INJURED IN FIRE |Mrs. W. P. Knott Suffers Cuts. on Arm Following Explo- sion in Home Mrs. W. P. Knott, 1404 Thayer 8t., today was recovering from the eftects | of shock and cuts on her arm which resulted from an explosion in her| home Monday night. Mrs. Knott was washing clothes in| her basement when the laundry stove exploded. Mr. Knott said the cause of the explosion had not been de-/| termined. ‘The stove was between Mrs. Knott | and the cellar steps and she was) trapped by the flames which followed the blast. She escaped, however, by leaping upon a nearby table, pushing out the glass in a cellar window and crawling through the window to the outside. Her arm was cut in the effort and three stitches were necessary to close the wound. Mr. Knott said this morn- ing that the injury was not serious | and that Mrs. Knott, was recovering | from the shock of her narrow escape. The flames were ‘extinguished by the fire department after the house had been damaged by smoke. WATCH! COMMUNITY GROW New England, N. D. Aug. 19.—| Jacob Bender, farm machinery dealet, has been a resident of New England 27 years. There were only two build- ings in the town when he arrived— one owned by Asa Gardner, the other | by W. C. McKenzie. Dickinson was the closest rail point at that time. Washington, Aug. 19—()—A proph-! ecy made 58 years ago concerning the spot at which the 1930 center of population of the United States would be found was botnet to today by Clarence E. Batschelet, census geog- rapher, as the most accurate estimate available at this stage of the compu- tations. Undertaking, on the basis of announged returns for the entire country, to trace the movement of that mythical balance point from its 1920 resting place, Batschelet said at this point of the calculations he could not improve on the old figure. In 1872, he said, a brilliant but lit- tle known mathematician, Julius Erasmus Hilgard, estimated the cen- ter of population would cling close to the thirty-ninth parallel of latitude, and would move 126 miles westward between 1875 and 1900 and an added 88 miles between 1900 and 1930. | Hilgard further prophesized this hypothetical point will be about 30 miles east of St. Louis in the year 2000. This, he forecast, would be just wat its ultimate and the’ country ld thereafter be depended on to ‘maintain an approximation of equilib- rium, with St. Louis as pivotal point. In the 1872 population prophecy, published in Scribner's Monthly, Hil- gard made the first reliable computa- tion of the center of population of the United States. The census bu- reau followed two years later with | Eddie Schneider, ' junior record for the fastest westward EW FLYING RECORD ACROSS UNITED STATES Eddie Schneider Cuts Off More Than Four Hours From Old Junior Mark Los Angeles, Aug. 19.—(#)—A slight, eighteen-year-old Jersey city youth, today hela the crossing of the United States. Landing at the Municipal airport at dusk yesterday, the young flier com- ‘pleted his transcontinental c:ossing in a total flying time of 29 hours, 41 jminutes, just 4 hours 22 mintues less | than by the former record holder, the late Frank Goldsborough, of New York. Schneider left Westfield, N. J., Au- | gust 14, flying only during the day |time. He said he experienced much {stormy weather along the route and damaged his plane slightly once when he struck a tree in landing at Altoona, Pa. Schneider first landed at Long Beach Municipal airport. Uncertain where he was, the young flier asked an airport attendant and was told he was at “The Municipal t.” The answer led Schnei- hy der to believe he had reached his destination. Several minutes later ‘he discovered his error. Upon reaching Los Angeles Mu- nicipal airport Schneider took no |chances of making a similar mistake. |To fifty enthusiasts who ran out to meet him he shouted: “Hey, I want to know for sure be- ‘fore I cut off my motor, is this the Los Angeles Municipal airport?” He said later he was undecided when he would start back in an effort |to beat the eastward record of 28 hours, 18 minutes, also set by Golds- borough. Scientist Prophesied 58 Years Ago Where Population Center Would Be years up to that time and each suc- |ceeding census has been tabulated as to population center with scientifc ac- curacy. From 1870 to 1900, the period in which Hilgard said the population center would advance 126 miles, he missed it by but 7.5 miles—it moved 199.5. He based his prophecy not on the statistics at hand, but on a mathe- matical system he evolved. Hilgerd then argued in this fash- ion: The geographical center of the United States map is just below the middle of the northern boundary of Kansas. Owing to the comparative infertility of the territory lying west of that meridian, “it is certain the center of population, when a per- manent ratio of distribution shall have been reached, cannot be far west of the Mississippi river.” And, since there is no great disparity of northern and southern zones it will be near the middle latitude of 39 de- grees, placing it not far from the city of St. Louis. He then took a tentative point near St. Louis as ultimate and moved the center of gravity toward it at a rate based on the movement in a decade he considered normal. The actual distance moved from 1900 to 1920 was 49 miles, leaving 31 to go in the present census bureau | calculations. Until complete check is made, the bureau experts are content to let this estimate stand as probably within a few miles, possibly five or official computations for all census [six of correctness. \ tion is taken by the legislature to. ob- tain additional revenue for building new highways. May Try It Again There has been a heavy drain on state highway funds for maintenance purposes, offjcials said. Defeat of the proposal to increase gasoline tax from three to four cents at the June primary was a setback to the commission which had hoped to derive additional revenue in this manner. Although no definite plans have been made, it is believed probable that an effort will be made before the legislature to obtain legislation of either increasing the gasoline tax or the motor vehicle registration fee as @ means for obtaining new revenue. Unless some action is taken to ob- tain more money for highway con- struction, however, the state stands to lose as high as one million doile~: federal aid. Rain Helps State Rains in practically every section 0. the state today brought much needea moisture to parched farm lands. It was the most general rainfali since the beginning of the record breaking heat wave nearly two months ago. The showers were heaviest in south- eastern North Dakota, and extended into eastern South Dakota. Ellendale received the heaviest fall in the state, with 2.99 inches for the 24-hour pe- riod ending at 8 a. m. today. Napoleon recorded 2.05 inches, Oakes 1.01, Bismarck 1.02, Drake .15, Jamestown .28, Lisbon .34, M>x .23, Minot .07 and Portal .01. Begch which received 3.08 inches rain dur! the week-end, reported .14 inch ad- ditional today. The moisture will greatly alleviate damage done to forage lands and will aid in putting tilled soil in shape for fall plowing. MONTANA SENDING 50,000 SHEEP HERE Helena, Mont., Aug. 19.—()-—Nego- tations are under way to send 50,000 Montana feeder lambs into North Da- kota and 30,000 into southern Indiana for feeding in those states as a re- sult of drought in this state. This was made known by M. E. Stebbins, secretary of the Montana Wool Growers association. Railroads have granted a half-rate to shippers if the lambs are returned to Mon- tana. If the animals are sent direct to market from the North Dakota and Indiana feeding grounds, the reduced freight charge will not be available, Stebbins explained. NAME SECRETARY HYDE RELIEF BOARD HEAD Washington, Aug. 19.—(4)—Secre- tary Hyde was appointed by President Hoover today as chairman of the na- tional drought relief committee. The head of the agriculture depart- ment has already moved to assure that farmers will get the benefit of reductions made on freight shipments of grain in various sections, having instructed county agents in affected regions to watch the report on the situation. The national relief com- mittee is to coordinate federal activi- ties for cooperation with the groups being set up in stricken states. The movement of feed for livestock into drought-stricken areas will re- ceive immediate attention. The ag- riculture department agents have been charged by Mr. Hyde to look to the interests of the farmer in watch- ing application of the reduced ship- ping rates. Other members of tne national committee will be Chairman Legge ot the Federal Farnt Board; Paul Bestor, federal farm loan commissioner; Roy A. Young, Governor of the federal re- serve board; John Barton Payne, chairman of the American Red Cross; R. H. Aishton, president of the Am- erican Railway association; Ogden Mills, under Secretary of the Treas- ury, and Henry M. Robinson, pres- ident of the First National Bank of Los Angeles. President Hoover announced the Hyde appointment, .saying approxi- mately 300 counties were now em- braced within the drought region where conditions are regarded by re- lief officials as serious. The real burden confronting the stricken farm- ers, he said, was not expected to be reached before next winter. His statement said latest reports j continue to show the drought was severe and that rains had improved conditions only in non-acute areas, _