The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, November 13, 1930, Page 1

‘North Dakota’s Oldest: Newspaper ESTABLISHED 1878 State Wins In Many Die As Landslide Legge Says Wheat THREE BODIES ARE TAKEN FROM RUINS IN GITY OF LYONS Are Only Ones to Be Recovered; Many Are Still Trapped in Wreckage WOULD-BE RESCUERS KILLED Former Premier, Now Mayor of City, Asks Army Engineers to Give Aid thrown the entire city of Lyons into mourning. In the dead of last night practically the entire Fourviere hill, surmounted from a sick bed where he had been confined fo: several days. call to army THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1980 | Dikie Queen _] PROHIBITION’S FRIENDS AND FORMAL ACTIN FOES SEEK TO END ARGUMENT OUTCOME OF WOUND|cimex to:Dipute by voaesl HIGH LIGHTS OF Miss Janie Secrest of Monroe, N. C., is officially—and, probably, unoffi- cially as well—the most beautiful co-ed at North Carolina college for Women, Greensboro, N. C. She was given that title by her 1800 fellow students in a secret vote. = MAN GOES INSANE: SHEPPERD CONDEMNS State’s Crop Would Feed Every Beast Fargo, N. D., Nov. 13.—()—By- products valued at thousands of dol- lars are wasted in North Dakota each year, declared Dr. J. H. Shepperd, president of the North Dakota Agri- we one of a series sponsored by the Greater North Dakota association. tie a & the Boy Scouts of America to succeed the late Milton A. McRae, publisher, the national executive board an- pounced today. & WOUNDS WIFE AND KILLS 3 CHILDREN Turns Gun on Self and Commits Suicide; Poverty. Delu- sion Is Blamed Uniontown, Pa. Nov. 13—(7)}— Three children were shot and killed today by their father, R. W. Play- ford, 55, @ prominent Uniontown lawyer and banker, who then killed | 4, himself, apparently while under the ‘The dead, besides the father, are Nancy Playford, 13, Pauline, 9, and | ¢ Margaret, 10. Mrs. Nancy Playford, 45, was so seriously wounded that Geath was believed imminent. Playford fired shots into the heads ot his victims as they slept, and then fein a58 fi 2 g ey okee fe ie Seven Injured as WING CASE AWAITS Deputy Sheriff, Wounded in Af- fray Tuesday, Still in Crit- ical Condition FEAR ONSET OF PNEUMONIA Townsfolk Tell Sheriff and County Attorney Alleged As- sailant Was Drinking Court action against John Holmes, Wing blacksmith, and his stepson, Charles Frazer, in the shooting and stabbings at the northern Burleigh county town Tuesday night, today was awaiting the outcome of the Seen. as Aim of Both Ene- mies and Supporters ALL WANT DECISIVE ACTION May Be Issue Between Parties at Election or Submitted to Referendum Washington, Nov. 13—(P}—A cli- Either as an issue between the par- ties in the presidential election or in the fornt of a popular referendum, & 1932 show down has been advocated in statements from both wets and George | drys in in all the affair so as to be able to lodge charges against the two men whén the situ- ation clears up. Piepkorn was not in good condition to reports 5 5 i i tee : & | fee EE A | ai 7 i H fil LE 4 fan SNOW IS FORECAST FOR STATE TONIGHT Drop in Temperature Is Expect- ed to Interrupt Warm Indian Summer congress, ‘Now it has developed some of the BARLY BISMARCK GIVEN IN SPEECH Interesting Incidents of Early Days Are Related by Dr. Fannie Dunn Quain History of the settlement of Bis- marck and incidents of early days here were related by Dr. Fannie Dunn Quain following a business meeting of the American Legion Auxiliary last evening at the Business and Profes- sional Women’s club rooms. Mrs. Quain is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John P. Dunn, who were among the first residents of Bismarck. ‘The town was not called Bismarck at first, Mrs. Quain pointed out, ex- plaining that the first few log dwell- ings were called Burleightown. It of | was located on the river bottoms south| \-8Up] members the president’s law enforcement com- ett if Hitt iE ely today on the conferences for which Director Woodcock of the prohibition bureau yesterday returned to the cap- meeting in 1933, would adopt "hicom the eighteenth New York, Nov. 13.—(#)—Dr. Nich- Aged Farmer Injured When Car Tips Over An aged farmer, who said he was Peter Arnberg, living nine miles east of here but in the fall of 1872 the town was moved to its present site and the name changed to Edwinton. Later it was changed to Bismarck, in honor of the German statesman, pos- sibly in an effort to please the Ger- man capitalists who had money in- vested in the Northern Pacific rail- way, then being built to Bismarck. As was the case in most frontier villages of that day, there were no ‘women residents, the men sending for their wives and ays Sliced they had homes prepared. wom- en to come to Bismarck arrived by boat, that~being the safest mode of travel, Mrs. Quain said. Among those early arrivals were Mrs. R. R. Marsh, Linda Slaughter, Mrs. James Emmons, Mrs, T. P. Davis and several others. ‘The town was really a tent village in "78Mrs, -Quain declared. Many, tents had aides built of cottonwood, boards, sawed at Bly’s mill on the river. They had canvas roofs and frequently the earth was the only floor. Others were built of rough- hewn logs. The first finished lumber arrived on. the first freight train, which reached Bismarck in July, 1673. From this material a Mr. Marsh built the town’s first frame hotel. Tribune Launched in "73 ‘The year "73 was an important one for the little city for that year the first newspaper, The Bismarck Trib- une began publication; the county was organized; city government work- ed out; and a postoffice was estab- Ushed. Linda Slaughter served as the first postmistress, holding the office until ‘77. Duties were not arduous, as mail was received at six-week in- tervals. With the county organized, John Dunn, James Emmons and a man named Mercer were elected county commissioners, The first mayor was Edmund Hackett, territorial ap- pointee, who was later replaced by) John A. McLean, the first mayor to be elected by popular vote, The first school in the settlement, was @ private one taught by Miss Ad- die Waffler in '73. The following year @ public school was established with Mrs. Slaughter as teacher. Mrs. Slaughter was active in the com- munity life. It was she who organ- ized a Sunday school and helped to raise funds for a church. She had the honor, also of sending the first measage from Bismarck when the lines were extended this far. The entire message sent was read by Mrs. Used Gambling Den for Church Mrs. Quain pointed out the inter- esting fact that, though a church was built in Bismarck, no services were ever held in it. Instead, the first sermon was preached in a gambling hall, the proprietor merely pushing back the tables to accommodate the congregation. It is said on this oc- (Continued on page eleven) Picturesque Argot of Gangsters Soon May be Found in Dictionary New York, Nov. 13—(#)—It fore a racketeer can be “put on the spot” without a single quota- sentence. in. But one still “does time” in quotes. “Not all of the 75,000 new words that fill two cabinets and a vault 4 in my office are slang expressions about to be made respectable,” Dr. Vizetelly said, “the number of scientific words coined recently ig enormous. One geological work that came out not long ago had 5,000 words in it. If I want to go into the field of medicine, I could add 5,000 words more to the dic- tionary.” Ordinarily it takes word five years to get into the dictiorary. If a distinguished scholar or lit- erary man happens to use it, the probationary period many be shorter. For instance, George Bernard Shaw in a recent address which was brought into the United States by radio used the expres- sion “get away with it.” His in- troduction was not needed, how- ever, The expression already was in Dr. Vizetelly’s dictionary. A slang expression may get in- to the dictionary, but it doesn’t always stay there. The dictionary is rather like the social register in that respect. Only words do not disgrace themselves or marry beneath thelr stations. They just die. PARM BOARD HEAD SENDS MESSAGE T0 MEMBERS OF UNION Praises North Dakota Organiza- tion Members for Loyalty Under Severe Strain ASK STORAGE LAW CHANGE Urge Amendment Prohibiting Sale of Stored Grain Ex- cept by Owner Minot, N. D., Nov. 13.—(?)—Alexan- der Legge, chairman of the federal farm board, in a message read at the Concluding session of the North Da- kota Farmers Union here last night said last Monday's price on wheat will be the low mark, at least for some months to come. Read by M. W. Thatcher, St. Paul, manager of the Farmers Union Ter- minal association, the message said that in the best judgment of the farm board and based on all informa- tion available, there is hope for some improvement in cereal prices. “Its encouraging,” the message read,” to know that your members are standing by loyally in this period of distress. It surely is a test for their sincerity and staying qualities.” The three-day convention ended with a night session at which resolu- tions were adopted and the report of the election committee was received. Recommend New Law ‘The convention adopted a report of its legislative committee recommend- ing that stored grain must be kept as such until it is sold by the owner of the storage ticket. A law was rec- ommended which would make it a felony for anyone except the owner of the storage ticket to sell stored grain. ‘The convention adopted resolutions asking congress to pass a wheat tax to be imposed on every bushel pro- duced by any man, woman or corpor- ation that is not actually estavlished on the farm, and is engaged in other business activities, the tax to be not less than 15 cents per gross bushel, and to be placed in a revolving fund for use in furthering cooperative work of wheat farmers. It recom- Mended imposition of a graduated tax on every gross bushel of wheat pro- duced by any person, persons or cor- Poration in excess of 5,000 bushels. They urged incorporation of a Farm- ers Union Supply company in each organized county. Huff's Work Praised The work of OC. E. Huff, national President, was praised. The management of the state mill and elevator was asked to use the columns of the Farmers Union Herald for advertising purposes. In case of future war it. was urged that wealth as well as men be con- scripted. Installation of a device in scales of grain elevators which automatical- ly would record the correct weight at the moment of balancing was recom- mended. A desire for more uniform quality of twine obtained from the North Da- kota penitentiary plant was voiced. More effective and broader com- (Continued on page sieven) MURDER THEORY IS ADVANCED IN DEATH Portland Police Probe Death of Wife in Apartment of Hus- band’s Secretary Portland, Ore. Nov. 13—(P)— Prosecuting authorities sought to de- about the former secretary's relations with Bowles. The women were reported to have quarreled and Mrs, Paris telephoned to Bowles, who hurried to the scene. Bowles told officers he and the two women had discussed the situation and Mrs. Bowles had gone to the kitchen, apparently to get a glass of water. He said he had a partial view ef Mrs. Bowles as she stood at the kitchen sink and that presently he saw her slump to the floor. Bowles said he rushed to the kitch- en and found his wife with a bread knife plunged into her breast. He summoned a physician but she died in a few minutes. Bowles, who is 34 and scion of a prominent family of Portland and Seattle, said he and his wife had been separated about a month. Mrs. Bowles was 33. She leeves to| small deughters. aaa arg [Condemns Statement | Path acetate citrate Senator Carter Glass of Virginia, a Democratic leader, feels that lead- ers of his party made a mistake in issuing a statement that they would cooperate with the administration in an effort to improve conditions. Although approving the idea con- tained in it, Glass said issuance of the statement smacked too strongly of an apology for Democratic victory to suit him, PLOT 70 KIDNAP COAST PUBLISHER BARED BY POLICE Revelation Comes on Heels of Arrest of Alleged Gang Member Los Angeles, Nov. 13.—()—Frus- tration of an alleged plot by a well organized gang to. kidnap Harry Chandler, owner of the Los Angeles Times and president of the American Newspaper Publishers’ association, was claimed by the district attorney's office and police today. Revelation of a purported plot against Chandler and other promi- nent citizens here, whose names were not disclosed, came last night on the heels of the arrest of Robert Gilhou- sen, 23, who police said admitted he and two others abducted and robbed W. R. Finch, manager of a Beverly Hills telegraph office, Sept. 15. District. Attorney Buron Fitts said, while Gilhousen had no connection with the plan to abduct the publish- er, the youth learned of the plot through contacts with gang members in robberies. Chandler said first intimation he was marked as a victim of the gang was received 10 days ago. Officers said the tip came from underworld sources. Two detectives were assigned to accompany Chandler constantly. Fitts said his office and police re- ceived information concerning the ar- rival here of professional criminals from the east. He asserted the in- vestigation revealed, among other things, that plots had been made against several prominent citizens of Los Angeles. Authorities revealed two Los An- geles citizens already had paid ran- som to the gangsters behind the kid- nap plot to avoid carrying out of threats. From authoritative sources the As- sociated Press learned officials sus- pected the reorganized gang of Morris Moll, known as “the phantom gun- man,” wanted here for robbery and for questioning in connection with a murder, of planning the abductions, Moll, leading three others robbers, in 1923 obtained more than $40,000 from David Antink, chain drugstore col- lector, in a gun battle during which Antink and one of the robbers were wounded. Moll alone escaped. The others were convicted and served peniten- tiary sentences. Later Moll was ar- rested in Florida and removed to ‘Minnesota on a narcotic charge. Los Angeles authorities endeavored to ex- tradite him, but Moll jumped bond in Minnesota and disappeared. Paralytic Stroke Kills Fargo Woman Fargo, N. D., Nov. 13.—(#)—A para- lytic stroke caused the death of Mrs. Samuel M. Warner, 51, here yesterday. Born in Minnesota she had been a resident of Devils Lake many years before coming to Fargo two years ago. Surviving are her husband, two daughters, Margaret, of Fargo, and Mrs, Alfred Sherva, Devils Lake; two half-brothers, John Tate, Stanton, Minn., Donald Tate, Chicago, and a half-sister, Mrs. Warren Davis, Can- non Falls, Minn. Oklahoma Woman | | Is Shot by Dog —"\"—""* Ardmore, Okla., Nov. 13.—(?)}— Shot by a dog, Mrs. A. J. Hardy is dead. She and her husband were motoring back from hunt- ing. The dog pawed the trigger The Weather Unsettled tonight and Friday, snow probable tonight, C-‘der. ~ PRICE FIVE CENTS _Street_Car Suit Buries French Homes Low Mark Monday NPPARLAND HOLDS LEGISLATURE ALONE HASPOWER0 ACT Sustains Demurrer to Action Brought by Local Taxpayerg Against State Board SAYS COURT IS POWERLESS Decision Asserts Authority I Vested in People as Repree sented by Lawmakers North Dakota's state-owned street car line running from the Patterson hotel to the capitol in Bismarck can- not be removed without authority of the legislature, which created it. That is the substance of a decision handed down today by District Judge R. G. McFarland, Jamestown. Judge McFarland sustained de- murrers interposed by the state to the action, which was brought by eight Bismarck residents against the state board of administration, the state of North Dakota and the city of Bis- marck, The court held the suit, in effect, was an action against the state. The line came into existence by an act of the legislature in March, 1904. ‘The plaintiffs claimed that a fran- chise granted by the ctiy of Bismarck expired September 23, 1923, but that the state failed to heed a notice from the city council to remove the rail- way equipment. Injury to their prop- erty was alleged by the plaintiffs as @ result of the operation of the street car line. Judge McFarland held that there is no restriction or limitation under the constitution on the state legisla- ture limiting the power to construct and operate the street car line in Bis- marek. “It is the property of the state, and the entire state of North Dakota,” the decision said. “The same author- ity and power which created, owns and placed the street railway where it ts, has power to remove it; but that grant of power does not rest with the court; it rests in the people, speaking through their legislature, with consti- tutional authority, in so far as any rights the plaintiffs may have as against these demurrant defendants are concerned.” Lacked State Consent Harold Shaft, assistant, state attor- ney general, in his demurrer in be- half of the state, contended that the court had no jurisdiction of the de- fendants and of the subject of the action; and that the complaint does not state suffigient facts to consti- tute a cause of action. Judge McFarland pointed out that the action could not be brought with- out the consent of the state, and that ho such consent had been granted. The legislature had the power to grant to the city of Bismarck the right to lay out its streets and con- trol over its streets, the decision said. “This grant of power,” the decision continued, “was subject to the right (Continued on page eleven) of @ shotgun in the car, DUDLEY NASH, ONCE MINOT LAWYER, DIES Heart Trouble Apparent Cause of Death Here; Funeral Not Arranged Dudley Nash, 50, former attorney at Minot, died in a hospital at 12:02 p. m. today, an apparent victim of heart trouble. The cause of his death will not be known definitely, however, un- til after a post-mortem is conducted, his attending physician said. Mr. Nash had been in the local hos- pital since Nov. 2. He leaves an aged mother, residing in Canada, and a di- vorced wife. Until two years ago, Mr. Nash had been a prominent attorney in Minot, having spent several years in active practice there. He was a former state's attorney of Ward county, be- ing elected at the time Imperial Ward existed, and serving during the tims it was divided. He appeared as coun- Sel in some of the most outstanding criminal and civil cases ever tried in Minot. He was born on 8 farm near East Grand Forks, Minn., May 22, 1880. He was educated in the public schools there and also by private tutors. He studied law at the University of North Dakota, being employed in the office of George Bangs, Grand Forks attorney, while he was a student. Funeral arrangements had not been made this afternoon. Indian Is Indicted in North Dakotan’s Death Los Angeles, Nov. 13.—()}—Clarence Hyde, 19, Indian, was indicted by the federal grand jury yesterday on & charge of murdering Oscar Olson, Buxton, N. D., Indian agent. Olson was shot on the Morongo In- dian reservation, near Banning, Oct. 26, two weeks after coming here as a special government agent. Olson and other agents went to the reservation searching for liquor dur- ing an Indian festival. They said