The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, November 4, 1930, Page 1

.|.Nation Is Going To Polls « pit a < » _merce)—147, North Dakota's Oldest Newspaper ESTABLISHED 1873 THE BISMARCK TRIBUN BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1930 The Weather Generally fair tonight and Wednesday, Colder tonight. PRICE FIVE CENTS Early Vote in Bismarck Is Reported Light ONY (SI9BALLOTS |[_caNomoares mv sroric® as namin vormstopay ARE CAST BEFORE 3 AT 13 POLL PLACES Total Primary Vote of 3,967 Expected to Be Surpassed Before Night LEGISLATIVE RACES HOT Candidates for State Offices Make Final Appeals by Ra- dio Last Night Bismarck, as usual, had cast only a light vote up until 3 o'clock this afternoon. The Capital City is expected to fol- low its usual custom of to the polls between 5 and 7 o'clock this evening. Up until 3 p. m. today, only 1,819 voters had gone to their respective polling places and cast ballots. In the primary last June, Bismarck cast a total of 3,967 votes. Because of the fair phere ue many e pect that figure = fore 7 p.m. The city cast its record vote, totaling 4,463, in the November election in 1928. Opening of the polls this morning was signaled by a long blast of the power house whistle, and the whistle ‘was repeated at every hour thereafter. At 3 o'clock this afternoon only one of the city’s 13 polling places had been visited by more than 200 voters. The total votes cast at each of the city’s polling places at 3p. m. and the total vote in each precinct in the June primary election are given in the following table: First ward, first + (William Moore school)—161, (Primary—307). First war, second precinct (Faunce’s garage)—130. (Primary—320). First ward, third precinct (Little's school)—151. ° Third ward, third precinct (Rich- holt school)—108. (Primary—310). y Fourth ward (Bertsch’s garage)— 1 8. Primary—380). Fifth ward (Association of Com- (Primary—309). Sixth ward, first precinct (Fire hall)—156, Sixth ward, second (st. Mary’s school)—174, (Primary—317). Total at 3 p. m—1,819. Primary (Continued on page nine) Irregularities Are Charged in New York New York, Nov. 4—(?)—Charges of irregularities and of an assault upon one voter reached the attorney gen- eral’s office soon after an heavy early voting began here today. ‘The first arrest of the day Pally Panken, a y Cavalier Businessman Is Dead of Pneumonia Cavalier, N. D., Nov. 4—(P)—FPu- Presbyterian church here, for Henry Presbyterian chi for Pico, 65, local furniture dealer, who died Saturday of pneumonis. was i in business and ber of the Masonic lodge, Odd Fellows and A. O. U. W. A daughter, Mrs. Guy Spiller, and a son, William Pico, survive. Mother Gives Life To Save Her Baby 8 pr pHeee EE ae ale DWIGHT W.MORROW NEW: MONTANA Here are the outstanding figures in some of the most interesting of the nation’s political races that come to their close with Tuesday's elections, Dwight W. Morrow, Repub- lican candidate for the senate in New Jersey, and Franklin D. Roosevelt, New York’s Democratic governor who seeks another term, often mentioned as presidential. possibilities, are shown at the ends. In the center is ex-Governor Gif- Be Charged With Murder J. B. Walsh and G. A. Ness Held in Connection With/Fatal Shooting Sunday EEL SE EY Luxury of Bath Denied to Girls oe Frederick, Md., Nov. 4—(?)—Girls N.D., eee ieSeinnic at Hood college are permitted but one urder tub bath a week. There is a short- age of water due to drought. DECLINE SHOWN IN ALCOHOLIC DEATHS probably will be tomorrow} Figure of 4,627 for 1928 Is Re- for pre! Bothne said, and Kerner and Aggola are held| © duced to 4,339 for 1929, as witnesses. Says Government Washington, Nov. 4.—(#)—Deaths from alcoholism in the United States declined last year from the total at- tained in 1928. A census bureau tabulation of the total deaths attributed to that cause in the registration area—46 states, the District of Columbia and a group of nine cities in the other two states —showed 4,339 deaths against 4,627 recorded in 1928. The decrease showed up also in the rate per 100,000 Population which was set at 3.7 against 4.1. The census bureau esti- mated this registration area holds 95 Per cent of the United States popula- Declines took place in New York, OHM HEMPHILL, PENNSYLVANIA ford 8. Pinchot, Republican, of Pennsylvania, who is run- ning for that office again, opposed by John Hemphill, Democrat, below. Mrs. Ruth Hanna McCormick, Illinois Republican, will be the first woman ever elected to the senate if she is chosen over her Democratic opponent, James Hamilton Lewis. Senator Thomas J. Walsh of Montana, @ dry Democrat and hero of the Teapot Dome expose, is BALANCE OF POWER Returns of Voting There Will Be Delayed Until Thursday by New Law Louisville, Ky., Nov. 4—(?)—-If a close race for control of the national house of representatives develops ‘in today’s election, the party to hold the baence of power may not be known until after the delayed count is com- plied in Kentucky. Kentucky's new election law pro- vides county election boards begin tabulating the, vote the day after the election. Should control of the house of rep- resentatives depend upon the lineup of Kentucky's delegation of eleven congressmen after the returns in other states are tabulated, it will prob- ably not be known which rarty will nae the balance of power until ursday. An even longer time would be re- quired to determine the political com- SEN.NORRIS GILBERT M.HITCHCOCK AEBRASKA HEBRAGA | ; ple GOV. ROOSEVELT ANEW YORK opposed for reelection by Albert J. Galen, an extremely wet. Republican. Robert J. Buckley, Democrat, runs for the senate in Ohio on a dripping wet platform, while Marcus Coolidge, also Democrat, is doing likewise in Massachusetts. Senator Tom Heflin, ousted from his party for opposition to Al Smith in 1928, is running as an independent in Ala- bama. Two veterans, Senator Norris, Republican, and ex- Senator Gilbert M. Hitchcock, oppose each other in Nebraska. Two Jamestown Men May- [KENTUCKY MAY HOLD |HOOVER AND PARTY WILL HEAR ELECTION RETURNS BY RADIO {Bunch of Grapes _ Executive Plans to Retire at Insured for $500 New York, Nov. 4.—(?)—There'’s a $500 bunch of grapes in town. It comes from Bussels, where it was in- sured for that sum while growing in a hot-house. The bunch, which weighs 30 pounds,.will-be exhibited at a flower show. Until then it will be in cold storage. NEGRO KILLED IN 10:30; Plans of Cabinet Members Vary ‘Washington, Nov. 4—(7)—The home radio and telephone will bring elec- tion results to President Hoover and & majority of his cabinet, though some will be found all through’ elec- tion day and election night on the Republican fighting front. With a number of intimate friends the president expects to recvive 1e- turns in the white house until his usual retiring hour—10:30 o'clock. Farmer Pleads Not Guilty of Slaying Crosby, N. D., Nov. 4.—(P)—Louis Larson, 65, confessed slayer of his neighbor, Peter Moe, last Tuesday near Grenora, pleaded not guilty to a charge of first degree murder tn dis- trict court here yesterday. Larson appeared before Judge John C. Lowe, Minot, who said he would call a special term of district court here early in December. Attorneys for Larson said he would plead self defense. The slaying was the outgrowth of a dispute over a farm wagon. VOTERS’ INTEREST IS WIDELY SPREAD, DISPATCHES SHOW Brief Stories From Leading States Disclose Multiplic- ity of Issues Notes on today’s election, as com- piled today by the Associated Press from leading states, show a wide range of interest in the various mat- ters for decision. The following brief dispatches give a bird’s-eye-view of the conditions and issues in various centers as the electorate went to the polls to make the decision on various contests, SUNNY SKIES GREET MAJORITY OF VOTERS ‘Washington.—Sunny skies greeted the voters of all but a half dozen states today as they balloted. ‘The weather bureau reported “ex- ceptionally fine weather” prevailing in more than 90 per cent of the coun- try. Rain, or threats of rain, were re- ported in a strip extending along the coast from southern New Jersey to northern South Carolina. southern New England. PROHIBITION ISSUE IS RAISED IN OHIO squarely to the front. Rain was forecast for late in the day in eastern New York state and Columbus.—Ohio was writing its de- cision today on a senatorial contest which brought prohibition and the record of the Hoover administration Today ELECTORATE WILL NAME CONGRESSMEN AND 32 GOVERNORS Swing Away From Huge Repub- | ican Majorities of 1928 Is Conceded RETURNS WILL TELL STORY Republican Domination of Housé and Senate Menaced, ' Leaders Admit (By The Associated Press) In an election weighted with un- certainties the nation is deciding to- day who shall sit in congress and in the places of authority at 32 state capitals. A Democratic swing away from the great Republican majorities of 1928 is conceded, but its extent is so be- clouded, even in the private reckon- ings of party leaders, that only the returns themselves can tell the story. Basing their campaign of attack on President Hoover's conduct of his ad- ministration in the business crisis, the Democrats are acknowledged even by the Republican stalwarts to have menaced seriously Republican dom- Bay State Voters Are Early Risers New Ashford, Mass. Nov. 4.— (®)}—Ashford, with 36 voters, was the first place in Massachusetts to count its ballots today. The vote was: For Governor: Ely (D) 7. For U. 8S. Senator: Butler (R) 3; Coolidge (D) 4. ‘The polls opened at 5:45 a, m., and a half hour later all the reg- istered voters in the town had re- corded their vote, Butler (R) 29; inance in the house, and reduced the Republican margin in the senate. As a result, control of senate or house, or both, by a Democratic-In- dependent coalition, was a possibility. Prohibition, unrecognized by either party as @ national issue, has all but monopolized the stage in many local- ities and any overturns will be scru- tinized with extreme interest by wets and drys. See Augury For 1932 Senator Roscoe C. McCulloch, seek- For the full story of the ballots— whether the seventy-second congress will be dominated by Democratic op- Position—he will wait until next day. Two years ago, at Palo Alto, Cali- fornia, he retired early also, but only KENTUCKY QUARREL Argument at Voting Booth Ends in Death of Reputed ‘Bad Man’ Danville, Kentucky, Nov. 4.—(?)— plexion of the senate should the less! an election quarrel at Turkey Pen likely eventually arise that the holder of Kentucky's seat would give either party the majority. Senator John M. Robsion is the Republican nominee to succeed him- self. He is opposed by Judge M. M. Logan for the long term and by Ben Williamson for the short term. Cause for Gratitude Pennsylvania, [Illinois, Ohio, New Jersey, Michigan, and Missouri. completed the list of those reporting more than 100 such deaths. Increased deaths were recorded in 19 of the 46 reporting states, several in the west. Among them were Ari- zona, Colorado, Iowa, Nevada, New . North Dakota, Oregon, Utah, and Washington. In the south seven 8 BEE 23 Bs unchanged creases. New England states report- SG RGR FOTOS. WN SA MEE Josses. New York's total, the highest re- Ported, was 817, against 866 for the Preceding year. Deaths in North Dakota from alco- holism in 1929 numbered 22 compared to 14 in 1928, an increase of eight. THOMPSON IMPROVES Chicago, Nov. 4.—(?}—A continua- tion of the favorable condition of Mayor William Hale Thompson, who underwent an emergency operation last Friday for relief from appendici- tis, was noted today. Mary Garden Scores Great Triumph In Appearance at Amarillo, Texas Atagie: Tanne. pr, Ses as Howe made haste to assert he western cow country city, never had said Miss Garden “couldn't she once was bitterly accused of f1 * Ising,” but ly that she “didn't a ae i ef EF if E 3 i eit i 4 8 a i E E z | Is Seen by Hoover Washington, Nov. 4.—()—Presi- dent Hoover today called on America to observe Armistice day with grati- tude that the agencies of peace have been strengthened and the nation’s relations with other countries “are aay grounded in amity and ac- cord.” School Board Gets Bids on Bleachers ‘The school board Monday evening received two bids for constructing bleachers for the use of the High school in its athletic events on Hughes field. ‘The bids were laid over pending receipt of information that will clar- ball and athletic events at the High school, but the discussion did not in- volve action. iia Vagary of State’s Election Law Keeps | Shafer from Voting | precinct here today resulted in the fatal shooting of Ed Doneghy, negro, by Joe Hayden, 60, white Democratic challenger. Doneghy was killed when he visited the precinct to “straighten out” a trivial disagreement as to ne- gro voting at the booth. Hayden was arrested by Sheriff James Dean, made bond a few min- utes later, and returned to the elec- tion booth to continue his work. He claimed he shot in self-defense. ‘Witnesses said the negro came to the voting booth and said he had heard there had been trouble. He announced he would regulate the sit- uation and became involved in an argument with election workers. ‘The negro, witnesses said, his attack at Hayden, the row became heated and Doneghy reached for his hip pocket. Hayden fired four bullets into the negro's body and as he fell, witnenees said, his hand clasped a pistol. ‘The sheriff's office said Doneghy had a reputation for being “bad” and had caused considerable trouble be- fore. Five Niagara Youths To Be Quizzed About Shooting Into Auto Grand Forks, N. D., Nov. 4.—(7)— Authorities will question five Niagara youths here Wednesday regarding & shotgun barrage fired from their auto- mobile into another driven by Miller Urness, Niagara farmer, Monday. The shooting is alleged to have occurred while Urness was taking his daughter and s son of neighbor to school. for a hearing before State's Attorney fe A vagary of the North Dakota elec-| Philip R. Bangs of Grand Forks coun- Officials at tion laws today denied the state’s| ty. first citizen the right to vote. Governor George hospital here, was too weak to go the polls in person and, under the law, the gov- ernor is a patient two voting places can be seen within a block. Milwaukee Knitters Accept Cut in Wages tt the sheriff's office here withheld the names of the five 2. Pea is youths who will be questioned. Hunted Farmer Is Captured in Barn Fond du Lac, Wis., Nov. 4—(P}— Anton Jonelis, Parnell farmer want- ed in connection with the slaying of his wife, 33, was in custody today be- cause of a “hunch” of Sheriff Alfred Zande of Fond du Lac county. While @ posse searching wooded swamps near the Jonelis farm Zande Milwaukee, Wis., Nov. 4—()—Eight | led his deputies to a farm near here i last night to accept a reduc- gue the gen iting in ed exist try. knitters of the Holeproof| owned by a friend of Jonelis and Phoenix Hosiery companies | found him in the barn. The body of Mrs. Jonelis, mother in wages amounting to 14.5 per| of five children, was discovered yes- This was accepted, a spokes-|terday by four of their children as said because the workers realiz-| they returned from school. Zande eral depressed conditions| said Jonelis admitted killing his the full-fashioned indus-| wife. She recently filed sult for a di- vorce, Pirie i cite after assuring himself of his own vic- tory and determining the proportions of the landslide that placed in office with him a staunchly Republican Hope for Majorities The cabinet members hope for ad- ministration majorities. Tonight, those in Washington will keep one ear attuned to the radio an- nouncer’s tale, the other to the tele- phone bringing news from the Re- publican netional committee head- quarters. ‘The most active cabinet member, of course, is James J. Davis, the secre- tary of labor, himself a candidate, who today was in Pittsburgh conduct- ing the finale of his own campaign for the senatorship from Pennsyl- vania, Pittsburgh drew also Andrew W. Mellon, secretary of the treasury, who intended casting his vote at the home precinct in person. Hurley Travels Furthest Traveling furthest to perform his citizen’s ball6t-casting duty, the sec- retary of war, Patrick J, Hurley, hurried out to Tulsa, Okla. That indefatigable campaigner, Vice President Curtis, finished round of oratory in his home town of Topeka, Kans., and after voting planned to dash back to Washington for the avalanche of returns. Postmaster General Walter F. Brown, who has been in the midst of Ohio politics in his home town of Toledo, also planned an election-day return to Washington to watch re- sults. Arthur M. Hyde, secretary of agri- culture, said he would be most con- cerned about results in his state, Mis- souri, The secretary of interior, Ray Lyman Wilbur, California, said he was, most interested in Ohio, Okla- homa and Delaware. ‘Three Women Running Three cabinet members, watching their home states, will take a special interest in the fate of a woman at the polls. Robert nal pre-election statement urging support of Ruth Hanna McCormick as senator. Secretary of State Henry L. (Continued on page nine) New York Sperds $1,127.65 to Count Ballot of Lone Voter in Precinct give up his franchise but decided that, to do so would throw a whole set of New York, Nov. 4.—(?)—Although its daytime population is among the densest in the city, one Times Square election district today yielded but a single voter. ‘It was the 38th precinct of the 10th assembly district, west of Broadway in 40th street, where George Schra- der, who tends a boiler in a nearby skyscraper, cast his solitary ballot. Election officials said Schrader’s vote cost the city $1,127.65. Six elec- tion employes and four party watch- ers were required to handle the ballot. Schrader said his was an “unem- ” intended to as he ing reelection, declared himself in fa- vor of enforcement of prohibition. Robert J. Bulkley, a Cleveland at- torney running on the Democratic ticket, rested the outcome on his ad- vocacy of repeal of the 18th amend- ment. He also condemned the Haw- ley-Smoot tariff. tration and prohibition, MICHIGAN VOTERS TROUBLED BY FOG off-year election. terest. (Continued on page nine) Election Issues 4 | Given at Glance his | ¢—______________-¢ TO BE ELECTED (By the Associated Press) Congress Senate—Thirty nine; 31 for six- year terms, three for terms ending in 1933 and five for terms ending next March. House—Entire membership of 435; except the four seats already decided in Maine. Present line-up: Senate—Republicans 56; Democrats 39; Farmer-Labor 1; majority 49. House—Republicans 260; Democrats 160; vacancies 14, of which 9 are Re- publican and 5 Democratic; major- In 32 states: Incum- bents—Republican 21; Democratic 11. Referenda: ity 218. Governors: Prohibition—On repeal of the 18th amendment in Illinois and Rhode Island; on repeal of the state dry act in Massachusetts. Political observers agreed that the result of this contest and the scramble for congressional seats will record Ohio's views on the Hoover adminis- Detroit.—Light voting characterized the early hours of Michigan's election today, although lifting of a heavy fog which blanketed the lower part of the state this morning was expected to encourage heavy balloting for an A wet and dry fight and a state- wide fight over a constitutional amendment providing for legislative reapportionment on a population basis, were the issues of principal in- A total vote of between 500,000 and Not only are the possible fortunes of President Hoover in 1932 thus en- tangled with today’s verdict at the Polls, but the result is fraught with potentialities for other outstanding figures in American politics, Among other things, the election will decide whether Franklin D. Roosevelt, groomed by his supporters for the presidency, will be reelected governor of New York or voted out of public life. It will determine whether the time has come to confer the title of sena- tor-by-election on a woman, Ruth Hanna McCormick of Illinois. It will disclose whether Democratic Alabama is to discipline Senator Heflin by keeping him at home be- cause he bolted Al Smith. a It will write success or failure across Gifford Pinchot’s spectacular campaign to win the Pennsylvania governorship on the Republican ticket, without the support of power- ful Republican leaders. In Montana, the returns will say whether Senator Walsh, prosecutor of the Teapot Dome investigation, is to return again to the senate after one of the hardest campaigns in his career. In Nebraska, the voters will decide between the veteran Senator Norris and his one-time colleague, former Senator Hitchcock. Maryland will answer whether Al- bert C. Ritchie is to break still an- (Continued on page nine) Vargas Publishes Brazilian Program Rio de Janeiro, Nov. 4.—(7)—Dr. Getulio Vargas, serving his first day as president of Brazil, today publish- ed the program of his administra which, it was stressed, is of a provi- sional and ad iterim character only. The program contains 17 articles, the more important of which provide for amnesty of all political offend- ers; social, educational, and sanitary reforms; creation of a government consultative body; organization of a commission to determine responsibili- ty of officials of the deposed govern- ment for expenditure of public moneys; reorganization of the army and navy from the standpoint of na- tional defense, and reform of the electoral system. Public works— 20 states register opinion on proposals for total expen- | @—————_________g diture of $40,000,000. Lovesick Swain May election clerks out of work. During registration week six clerks and three policemen waited 5 days at the precinct for Schrader to show up and sual. os Ppp d sven, be appeared explanat he "wanted to make sure the staff got a full week's pay.” At 6 o’ciock this evening the clerks will record the lone voter's will. He will not enjoy the constitutional privilege of casting a secret ballot. machine is opened his ‘When the choice will be obvious, lz Given Photograph| > Chicago, Nov. 4.—(P)—If the an- identified young man who fell in love with a girl's picture he saw in 9 pho- tographer’s window should read this ’s papers he will find he went. to a lot of unnecessary trouble. Every day for some time, Michael Granata, the photographer, repovted, the youth passed his looked at the picture and sighed. Eacn pause was longer, each éigh deeper than the time before. Finally he smashed the window, reached in, but fled before a hail of bullets from two policemen, leaving the photograph just where it was. Such devotion, Granata reasoned today, should be rewarded. “If he comes back,” he seid, “I'l give him the picture,”