The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, November 18, 1930, Page 1

North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE The Weather Snow probable tonight and Wednes- day. Not much change in temperature, ESTABLISHED 1878 ; BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1980 PRICE FIVE CENTS Decide Reapportionment Basis Wheat PRENZIED PIT SEES SHARP PRICE DROP FOLLOWED BY RISE Professional Traders Come to Support of Market After Selling Wave NOVEMBER DROPS 812 CENTS Quotations Go to Lowest Mark in History of Big Canadi- an Market Winnipeg, Nov. 18—(4)—Wheat Prices fell as much as eight and a half cents a bushel on the Winnipeg market today, then bounded back three cents or more. November wheat fell to 55% cents, but rallied to 58% as heavy liquidation by Chicago and New York interests brought the sell- ing wave to a climax and professional traders came to the support of the market. November wheat fell farthest, 8% cents, and touched 55% cents a bush- el. December was 7% cents down at 55%. Starting at the opening, values slipped drastically until a general wave of selling in a frenzied pit shot quotations to the lowest in history. ‘There was absolutely no support and buyers had deserted the pit as traders sought to unload. PRICES AT CHICAGO, ARE RELATIVELY STEADY Prices sagged today under the weight of violent selling at Winnipeg but held above the figures at which United States government agencies went into the market last week. Althought the Winnipeg prices dropped as much as 814 cents, the ex- treme loss in wheat futures in Chi- cago at noon was 1% cents. Decem- ber wheek the he Lea Bee have been purchased by the stabifiza- tion corporation Saturday—73 for old style contracts and 73% for the new. ‘New May wheat, which has been the strong spot ever since official con- tirmation of the government's inter- est in the market, held at 76, off only’ % to %4 cent. Apparently limitless orders piled in to keep December. wheat at 73 or frac- tionally above, but July, which gained sensationally yesterday, sagged to close at 72 7-8 to 73 1-8. CANADIAN REMIERS WANT FIXED PRICE Ottawa, Nov. 18—(?)—Premiers of Canada’s three prairie provinces ask- ed the dominion government today to fix a guaranteed minimum price for wheat, at @ conference with the prime minister. The premiers were told in reply that the proposals must await the return of Premier Bennett from England. No announcement was made of the proposed minimum price, or whether the premiere had a def- inite figure beyond which the domin- ion should not let the wheat market fall. It was believed the provincial premiers felt such a step would put the Canadian government into the wheat business and in the absence of the prime minister no commitment of this kind could be given. When ‘Conquering Lion’ Led Procession Here, clad in his coronati see Ras Tafari, Haile Selassie I, Lord Elect of God and the Light carrying giobe Kings , Power of LEVINE OFFERS DEFENSE ON CHARGE OF Famous American Aviator Is Held by Police at Vienna, Austria CLAIMS MISUNDERSTANDING Engraver, However, Claims Dies for Making Small Coins Were Ordered Vienna, Nov. 18.—(#)—Charles A. Levine, held on suspicion of intention of forgery, vigorously defended him- self in police court today. The police president had said Le- vine had given orders to a Vienna engraver for metal dies and matrices to enable him to coin certain French franc pieces as issued by the French chamber of commerce. Levine protested that he was badly misunderstood by the engravers, that what he really wanted were dies from. which he could cast medals for dis- tinguished airmen. The engraver maintained he under- stood Levine very well and that his orders were unmistakable. Levine also asserted he only wanted the dies for his and his wife's portraits. Meanwhile, the Austrian police have wired the French police to send &@ commission to Vienna to study the and scepter, and wearing his crown of priceless jewels, of Ethiopia, Conquering Lion of the Tribe of Judah, Trinity and Emperor of Abyssinia. Tens of thousands of native warriors and chieftains, garbed in barbaric brilliance, thundered savage cries of acclaim as their bearded monarch, who claims descent from King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba, Jed the coronation Addis Ababa. In this NEA Service-Tribun Procession in e picture, which was flown by special plane to London and thus is the first to reach the United States, are shown the king, center; his youngest son, and next the richly costumed chief eunuch of the royal court. Note in the background the guard of modernly armed and uniformed native soldiers. NORTH DAKOTAN IS ROBBED IN ILLINOIS Jamestown Aviator Is Victim of ~ Couple to Whom He Gave “Lift’ in Auto , Havana, Ill., Nov. d8—(®)—A story of having been robbed of his auto- mobile and his money by a man and woman to whom he had offered a Tide was told yesterday by Olaf An- derson, aviator of Jamestown, N. D. assailants, after robbing him, His bound him and left him in a field rob a ee at Roseville morning of escaping in led police to believe they were Anderson's robbers. North Dakota man’s car was yesterday at Canton, after he had left here for Lambert airport, 0, P. WILL HAVE CAPITAL OFFICE ‘A. C. Brainard to Head] Failure of Fess to Attend White Local Masonic Lodge A. C. Brainerd was elected worthy master of Bismarck Lodge, A. F. and A. M., Monday evening. He succeeds A. L. Fosteson. Other officers elected were Howard Taylor, senior warden; F. F. Skin- nef, junior warden; J. L. Bell, trustee; Gilbert Haugen, secretary; and H. L. Lobach, treasurer. The latter three were reelected. Installation will take place two weeks hence, when the appointive Positions will be filled. Mussolini Orders Salary Reduction Rome, Nov. %8.—(?)}—The council of cent for all state employees in Italy, including themsel ves. This reduction will become effec- tive Dec. 1 and is designed to obviate the necessity of increasing taxation. The decision came after it had been stated that there was a deficit of ~ $36,450,000 facing the state in the first four months of the budgetary Period to come. [Hooked Like Stickpin| But Was Only a Mole - Chicago, Nov. 18.—(#)—The neck of- Joseph Dematriads of Oak Park attracted the attention of one of two robbers another who held not. That's’ mole.” e House Conference Stirs Speculation ‘Washington, Nov. 18.—()—The Re- publican party will maintain a per- manent organization in the capital from now on, in preparation for the campaigns preceding the 1932 presi- dential election. ‘This was determined at conferences of party officials with President Hoo- ver yesterday. Most of the officers of the Republican national committee were at the white house, but Senator Fess, of Ohio, the national chairman. was not. ‘His absence from the conferences immediately stirred fresh speculation on the possibility of his intention to retire. However, late in the evening, his presence necessary ss they dealt with office affairs requ’ * only the atten:ion of the officer: ho talked with the nt. Pe The aefinite result of the consulta- tion was that Robert H. Lucas, of , executive director of the EL ATTE Hel iH REPORT CATHOLIC CENSUS Vatican City, Nov. 18.—(?)}—Statis- tics compiled semi-officially but con- sidered by the Vatican as substantial- ly correct show that at the end of 1929 Catholics in the world number 341,430,900. Of these 109.097.L00 were in North, Central and Scuth Amer- ica, SUES CLOSED BANK GROUP Cincinnati, Nov. 18—(P)— Charles P. Taft, II, attorney, said late today: that in behalf of the Chemical Bank and Trust com- pany, New York, he had filed suit for $1,600,000 and interest against the Banco-Kentucky. Taft said the suit involved two unpaid Promissory notes. ‘The Banco Kentucky and seven other institutions in that state failed to open their doors today. Their deposits were said to total $60,000,000. FIND KIDNAPED SPORTSMAN Tulsa, Okla., Nov. 18—(P)— George Hurford, wealthy Tulsa and race bookmaker, who was kidnaped Sunday night, was found unharmed today at Chetopa, Kansas, where he had been arrested as a suspicious character after having been put out of his captors’ automobile, Chief of Police Garland Marris was notified by two detectives whom he had sent to Chetopa. HEAR OF HUGE FUND Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 18—(P)— William Ritchie Jr., Omaha at- torney, today told the senate's committee investigating campaign expenditures in Nebraska that a friend informed him last winter $60,000 had been sent into Ne- braska by the “Republican na- tional, commitee” to defeat Sena- tor rge W. Norris in his con- test for reelection. Long Island Jobless Need No Assistance Glen Cove, N. Y., Nov. 19.—(®)— They opened unemployment relief headquarters in this Long Island town, where there are great estates owned by the Morgans and such people. Food and clothing were piled up ready for anybody who asked. The first day the only visitors desired to increase the stock on hand. Piepkorn’s Wound Continues Infected The condition of George Piepkorn, Wing deputy sheriff who was @ week ago, was not good today, it | ¥88 reported at the hospital where he is undergoing treatment. The infec- tion of his wound continues. Piepkorn has had two restless nights. He is about in the same state as Monday, it was said. gs RTE gg | Pulse Beats Fast And Duel Is Halted Ne Budapest, Hungary, Nov. 18.— (®)—The pulse of a fighting man must not beat too fast—cr his Physicians may order the fight discontinued. Count Hermann Salm and Count Ludwig Wentheim, two Hungerian aristocrats, engaged y in a duel, which began with swords but soon developed into a fistfight. Their seconds separated them and they resumed the sword play until # surgeon examined Went- hiem’s pulse. He declared it was beating much too fast. vith the man near exhaustion, and he or- dered the fight discontinued. HIJACKED LIQUOR POURED INTO SEWER Moonshine Taken From Local Garage Is Déstroyed at Police Station ‘The liquor which figured in the hijacking attempt recently at a local garage was turned into sewage Mon- day evening at police headquarters on orders from John Hagan, federal pro- hibition enforcer, and the federal court for the district of North Dakota. Local prohibition agents, W. J. Nicklaus and N. N. Herman, joined Chris J. Martineson, chief of police, who has had 17 kegs of the liqdor in custody, in pouring the stuff into the sewer through an opening in the city hall basement. Witnesses present, besides the pa- trolmen of the police force, were George Humphreys, police commis- sioner; Police Ji E. 8. Allen, George 8. Register, county attorney, Miss Mary Cashel, of the Red Cross, Rev. Ira Herzberg and Police Ser- geant Scott Hall of Grand Forks. The 17 kegs are supposed to have held 180 gallons of moonshine. At the time of the attempted hijacking and pistol duel in the garage the contents of the kegs were described as alcohol. “ Harland Josephson President of Calf Group of Washburn Washburn, N. D., Nov. 18.—Harland Josephson was named president of the Washburn community calf club here recently. | Other officers named were Irving Dahlbotten, vice president; Milton Sauer, secretary; Ross Josephson, treasurer; and O. L. Nordquist, Mc- Lean county agricultural agent, club Other members of the club are Le- Roy Evans, Marvin and Elmer Rieser, Raymond Josephson, Lester Tweeton, Donald Nordquist, Ralph Kraft, Paul Parks, Ralph Lewis, and Leonard Hanson. Max Area Lutherans Meeting at Douglas Douglas, N. D., Nov. 18—A fall convention of the Lutherans of the Rev. Andrew Nordaune, Parshall, and Rev. Marcus Lewis, Van Hook, were on the early program while Rev. L. T. Reishus, Velva, will deliver an address this parish, will present, musical numbers this evening. Rev. J. N. Otte, of the First Pres- Suspect Minnesota Murder Duluth, Minn., Nav {man and Matt Wienko, who was at | the home at the time of the shooting, | also are held pending investigation. Niemi claimed Mrs. Maki had shot her husband. i evidence and to investigate further. NTT T Believe Gorilla » Levine was taken into custody at Emmering Spa, where he was resting, and brought to Vienna. Police said they found a ticket to Venice in his Possession. The police chief said that in Le- vine's baggage had been found cor- respondence revealing an order at Leipsig for machinery serving to forge money, and other letters discussing an order for counters to be used at international gambling resorts. The police president said that, since the bare preparations for forging money constitute a crime in Austria, Levine must stand trial in Vienna, VIENNA ATTORNEY SAYS CHARGE IS LAUGHABLE Paris, Nov. 18—(#)—The Paris edi- tion of the Chicago Tribune, in a “Vientin dispatch’ today said Dr. Koretz, Charlés A. Leyine’s Vienna attorney, had stated that the charge against his client was laughable and that to- day’s investigation would bring his exoneration and freedom. It was out of the question, Dr. Koretz said, “for a man of such po- sition and such wealth to undertake counterfeiting notes of such a small unit as two Francs, or 25 francs, worth only a few cents in American money. He told me emphatically he was innocent and suspected someone of seeking revenge against him,” Koertz said. The lawyer also stated the police had found nothing incriminating in Levine's belongings. ‘The paper said Levine had been ar- rested on the railway station platform in the presence of Miss Mabel Boll, so-called “Queen of Diamonds,” while they were en route to Vienna. MOVIE CENSORSHIP SOUGHT BY W.C.1.U. if Women's Organization Also Warns Political Parties Against Wet Tendencies Houston, Tex., Nov. 18.—(#)—The national Woman's Christian Temper- ance union was prepared today to launch a move for federal censorship of motion pictures and to warn po- liteal parties against any wet ten- dencies, This, too, was election day, but it appeared certain present officers would be chosen again. Miss Maude M. Aldrich, director of the union’s motion picture depart- ment, was ready to offer a resolution asking congress to “enact a law for the federal supervision of motion pic- tures, establishing higher moral stand- ards, before production, for films that are to be licensed for interstate and international commerce.” Aldrich felt the need for such @ law, the resolution said, “realizing that America produces over 80 per cent of the films shown abroad, and that these films often portray wanton waste of wealth and needless extrava- gance, and carry to other nations a picture of the worst instead of the best in our national life and character, thereby creating international misun- derstanding and undermining good. will for the United States in the world market.” ‘The political medicine had been prepared by both Democratic and Re- publican elements in the convention ening. | in executive sessions. Both groups said they would demand of their parties that they hold fast to support pro- hibition. Migs Aldrich’s movie report, which she intended to make before offering her resolution, declared that “repeated promises to stop putting anti-prohibi- tion and anti-respect-for-authority Propaganda on the screen have been followed by continued production of films containing this very propa- ganda.” DIES UNDER AUTO Minneapolis,- Nov. 18.—(?)—The ‘5th traffic fatality of the year oc- curred when ,John Fliegelman, 75, | was struck by an automobile driven by K. G. Perrin, as he was crossing @ street, COUNTERFEITING Is Loose in Iowa @ Council Bluffs, Ia., Nov. 18—(#) —Stories that residents in the vicinity 0. Atlantic, Iowa, had seen what they believed was a gorilla were given additional credence today following reports that persons living in the Mis- souri river bottoms two miles * from here had seen the animal. Tracks of a large foot were seen in the mud and a farmer said he saw the beast, about the size of a man, at close range. Doubters have pointed out that the tropical animal could scarcely survive the rigors of an Iowa winter. Peace officers have vol- unteered their aid in seeking the beast, which is believed to have escaped from a circus near Glen- ‘wood more than a year ago. ) PERSONS ESCAPE SERIOUS HURTS IN HEAD-ON COLLISION J. C. Oberg, C. J. Martineson, R. E. Truesdale and Two Women in Cars J. C. Oberg and Police Chief Chris J. Martineson, both of Bismarck, and Robert E. Truesdale, Mott, and two unnamed women narrowly escaped serious injury shortly before noon to- day when the automobiles in which !they Were riding collided head-on near the top of a hill on a curve seven miles northeast of Flasher, Morton county. Oberg, the driver, and Martineson ‘were on their way to Mott and Trues- dale, accompained by the two women, was traveling toward St. Anthony when the accitient occurred. Reports from Flasher indicate that the two machines were demolished. Mrs, Oberg this afternoon said that she had been informed none of the five was hurt seriously. Martineson and Oberg were brought to the city about 3 o'clock, the police chief re- celving treatments for his cuts and bruises at @ local hospital. Wreckers were sent from two Bismarck garages to bring the automobiles here for repair. Mr. Oberg is manager of the Wins- ton-Newell company here and Mr. Truesdale is a banker at Mott. ADMINISTRATOR IS NAMED IN CASE OF VANISHING FAMILY Safety Deposit Box at Watford City Discloses Valuable Watford City, N. D., Nov. 18.—(P}— C. H. Evenson, public administrator, yesterday was appointed guardian of the estate of the A. E. Haven family of six persons, missing from Schafer since last February 10, following in- vestigation of contents of a safety deposit box in @ local bank. Search today was directed toward the Pacific northwest, where the fam- ily is supposed to have gone. No word has been received from the family Since last February 17. In the deposit box were found two Canadian government war loan bonds, each of $500 denomination; a certifi- cate for $500 in shares of an oil and gas company in Montana; a joint life in- surance policy for Mr. and Mrs, Haven for $2,000; and a letter indicating a balance of $2,000 on deposit in the Bank of Toronto at Mazewood, Sask., on August 10, 1927. Sheriff C. A. Jacobson and State's Attorney J. 8. Taylor of McKenzie county are investigating the theory of foul play advanced by relatives. Authorities say they have no foun- dation on which to base a definite supposition the family may be dead, and are hopeful they will be found somewhere in Oregon or Washington. The Haven family, consisting of the parents and four children, the oldest 19 years and the youngest 3 months, left their farm near Schafer intending to go to Oregon, according to Charles Bannon, who now tenants the Haven farm. Bannon referred to officials a letter he says he received a short time after the departure of the family, purport- ing to be written from Colton, Ore., by the oldest son, Daniel. The letter, bore a return address of a postoffice at Colton which the postmaster there says does not exist. Silence has en- sued since the letter was received. An insurance policy has been allowed to lapse, and payment on a federal farm loan has not been made. The letter from Daniel stated the family intended to live at Colton for at least a year. It said the father and mother were in good health. State's Attorney Taylor planned to go to’Williston to make a thorough in- vestigation and to determine if the family left by train or by automobile. Price Collapses on Winnipeg Market CALIFORNIA GAINS NINE HOUSE SEATS; [ls Critically J} 2), LOSES MEMBER David Belasco New York, Nov. 18—(7)—David Be- lasco, 76, dean of stage producers, {rallied today from an attack of lobar Pneumonia and was described by his Physician as “much improved” after @ restful night. Believed yesterday to be seriously ill, Belasco was brought .home from Baltimore, where he had been re- hearsing his newest play, and was put to bed in his hotel apartment, from which all but his daughter, Mrs. Mor- is Gest, and his doctor were barred. BISMARCK HIT FIRST TIME THIS YEAR BY LARGE, WET FLAKES Snowfall Is Expected to Con- tinue Through Night and Wednesday Bismarck was having its first snow of the season today. Large flakes of heavy, wet snow started falling early this forenoon and continued through the day, prac- tically all of it melting as it fell to leave sidewalks and streets sloppy. Federal weather officials here pre- dicted that the snow would con- tinue through today, tonight, and to- morrow in the Bismarck vicinity, with not much change in tempera- ture. Officials expect a temperature drop in southwestern North Dakota tonight. First This Month . Today's precipitation was the first recorded in Bismarck this month. The normal precipitation for Novem- ber is .57 of an inch. Normal snow- fall for November is five inches. Snow had not fallen in sufficient quantity by noon today to make it possible for ® measure to be made, according to weather men. ‘Temperature dropped to’ 21 degrees above zero in Bismarck during the night, the high yesterday being 46 degrees. Williston reported eight above and Devils Lake 18 above. It was 30 at Jamestown, 26 at Valley City, and 26 at Fargo this morning. It was reported cloudy at all North Dakota points. Mercury was two below zero at Qu’Appelle, Sask., during the night. Weather caused two deaths in west- ern states in the last 24 hours, one di- rectly and the other indirectly. A thick blanket of snow covered Utah today, spread by a storm which yesterday wrecked an airplane and injured the pilot, trapped a wood- chopper on a mountain road, and drove hunters to shelter. Fear was felt for the safety of Al- lan Larson, 25, woodchopper who was last seen walking in a snow storm between Thistle Junction and Springville. Montana Youth Killed Blinded by snow, Donald Kerr, Dutton, Mont., missed a steer at which he was firing and fatally wounded a ranch hand, Russell Ol- son, 18. William C. Godfrey, chief forest ranger in the Crater Lake national park, Oregon, was reported to have died last night of exhaustion after battling on foot through 44 inches of snow from Fort Klamath, on his way to government camp. He was found dying in Rudey Lueck, two miles south of government camp. after a searching party had started out from Fort Klamath when Godfrey had been unreported for 24 hours. Some North Dakota Towns Are Isolated Fargo, N. D., Nov. 18.—(#)—Tele- phone and telegraph communication with major cities in all directions had been restored here today as hun- dreds of men worked to repair dam- age caused by Sunday's sleet storm which broke down many miles of tel- ephone, telegraph and power wires in this vicinity. In some places poles were broken off and fell across highways, impair- ing automobile traffic. Communication had been estab- lished with Valley City, Bismarck, Jamestown, Grand Forks and the Twin Cities but numerous smaller towns in the state still were cut off from telephone and telegraph com- munication. BAILROAD MAN DIES Sacramento, Calif., Nov. 18.—(?)— Edgab Van Etten, 87, former vice president of the New Centra! raij- road, died here yesterdey. Missouri, Texas, New Jersey, New York and Ohio Make Major Increases SOUTH DAKOTA ALSO LOSES 27 Seats Are Affected by Calcus lations Announced by ; Census Bureau ¢ Washington, Nov. 18—(P)—The long-waited conclusions of the census bureau on how representation in the house should be reapportioned among the states, nounced today by Pres- ident Hoover, showed gains of nine seats for California, four for Michi. gan and three for Texas. The report will be transmitted ta congress in the imminent short ses- sion. It was based on a total popu- lation of 122,093,455. The total house membership of 435 will not be changed. Missouri stands to lose three seats, and Georgia, Iowa, Kentucky, and Pennsylvania each two. New Jersey, New York and Ohio each gain two; while Connecticut Florida, North Carolina, and Washington add one represent- ative apiece, 10 Lose One Each The following states lose one seat each: Alabama, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nebraska, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia a nty-seven seats are affe eee: ” census bureau, in determining whether a state would gain, lose or keep its present membership in the house, used two methods of statistical determination. The result was the same in each case. The total population used for the figuring excluded the counts made last April in the district of Columbia, Alaska, Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, Pana- ma Canal zone, Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands, and also excluded In- dians not taxed. What the Figures Show ‘The census bureau statement, made public at the white house, was com- prised almost entirely of statistics (Continued on page nine) WDAY FILES PROTEST AGAINST KFYR POWER Federal Radio Commission Comes to Defense of Bis- marck Station in Court Legal action in opposition to @ federal radio commission grant of ad- ditional power to Bismarck’s radic station, KFYR, has been started in the United States court of appeals at, Washington by radio station WDAY, ‘The Fargo station charges that the grant was illegal and should be set aside, and asks an injunction against the commission’s grant. No statements regarding the case were forthcoming today from offi- cials of the Meyer Broadcasting com- pany, which operates KFYR. P. J. Meyer, manager, is in Cleveland, O., attending the convention of the Na- tional Broadcasters association. ‘WDAY contends that it had an ap- Plication pending at the same time, and that the grant to the Bismarck station was made without hearing and without notice to it. In addition, the Fargo station charges that KFYR. already is over its legal quota of radio station power. The federal radio commission has come to the defense of the Bismarck station in opposing the granting of an_injunction. WDAY, the commission argues, has shown “no threat of irreparable in- jury” from the grant, but on the con- trary “merely asserts that its prestige may be somewhat diminished by hav- ing another station of similar capac- ity operating in the state.” The two stations will operate with 1,000 watts power each on widely Separated frequencies of 550 kilo- cycles and 940 kilocycles, the commis- sion informs the court. “There is no Probability nor any complaint made of intereference or damage to recep- tion caused thereby,” it adds. “Station KFYR has a large mone- tary investment at stake and would be irreparably injured if this court were to issue an order without hear- ing or without requiring that it be impleaded as a party herein,” con- cludes the commission's answer. The answer was filed by Thad H. Brown, general counsel, D. M. Pa- trick, assistant general counsel, and Arey ur W. Schartfield, assistant cour sel, Father of Bismarck Woman, Pioneer of Barnes County, Dies Valley City, N. D., Nov. 18—(>)— Theodore Meldahl, 71, Barnes Pioneer, died here last night, He leaves his widow, four sons, Al= bert and Arthur, Valley City; Carl, Minneapolis ‘and Theodore, : Texas; and one daughter, Mra, Clif? Lampman, Bismarck. Funeral services will be held Thurs: day.