The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 6, 1930, Page 1

y North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper ESTABLISHED 1878 _ THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1930 The Weather Mostly fair tonight and Sunday, Little change in temperature, PRICE FIVE CENTS Moorhead Policeman Is Killed 64 Belgians Are Dead From Mysterious Fo Santa Claus Leaves North Pole on First Leg Of Bismarck Trip; Is Driving Remdeer Team ‘UNITED CHRISTMAS CHEER EFFORT PLANNED FOR CITY OFFICIALS DISCREDIT BELIEF THAT POISON GAS 1S TAKING LIVES Terror- Stricken Peasants in Meuse Valley Provide Them: selves With Masks SUFFOCATING CLOUD -LIFTS Choking as of Asthma or As- phyxiation Characterizes Each of Deaths Liege, Belgium, Dec. 6—(/)}—Al- though the death cloud lifted today fromthe stricken dstrict of Bel- gium where 64 victims succumbed to; suffocating fog within the past 48 hours, the region still is fearful of fug was that of Professor J. B. & (Continued on page sieven! ANNA KUMMER GASE NEARING REBUTTAL TESTIMONY RAPDLY Half-Brother of Girl Says He/o%, Cannot Recall Cruel Acts of Father Towner, N. D., Dec. 6.—(}—Prose- cution in the trial of Miss Anna Kummer, 21, charged with killing her father, moved rapidly towards its re- buttal testimony today, as the state sought to break down the defense of- fered by the girl. : A vigorous attack was made by the prosecution of the story told by the girl that her father, Theodore Kum: tured by his slayer and the widowed mother as being brutal toward them, threatening to take their lives and keeping them in constant fear, Jacob Kummer, a half er of Anna this. ey. 2 Eee ] Wins Europe Trip NL iced a Bec | vel FARM WOMEN TOLD DEMOCRATIC PARTY WILL BRING RELIEF 4-|G.-0. P. Charged With Discrim- _-: ination; Women Urged to - Enter Politics women’s division of the National Democratic committee, that the farm- er must look for relief to the Demo- cratic party. “In your generation and mine,” she said, “the Republican party has been in power most of the time. Those administrations have made it their mission to see to it that governmental assistance is forthcom- ing to assure unintterrupted prosper- ity of especially favored interests. After General Contentment “The Democratic party believes the degree to which agriculture and the stable, a “You who live on the farms and your husbands and children constitute ly one-third of the citi- H Kansas City, Kas. Dec. 6-—?)—A jury was completed todsy for the Major A Republicans Set Up Agrieultural Group FARMER LOAN FUND IS INCREASED T0 60 MILLION IN SENATE Agriculture Committee Gives Unanimous Approval De- spite President became loud in view of these de- velopments, but a fuller test of the cooperation pledge given by Deme- cratic chieftains appeared in pros- pect during the debate of the bill. : In the house agriculture commit- that way. Representative . Democrat, Louisiana, was out il figure. administration ¥ ‘The second item on the Hoover re- Joining the senate in week-end recess, both these committees were dri' ahead today e: it of votes which would permit them to report the bills New Image Broadcast System Is Announced San Francisco, Dec. 6.—()—Philo T. Farnsworth, youthflul inventor of San Francisco, today announced he had discovered a way of transmitting images on a narrow band of radio encies. Farnsworth said his dis- covery would multiply by sbout 40 the number of channels available for television i ton. Nothing can be done about it di- rectly, the officers have found, except to check with the state department the authenticity of the credentials. The paper said some of these public drinkers have challenged the enforce- ment men to take any action. Scot Coal Strikers Will Return to Work state from| penitentiary were included in the| ast cet PUBLIC INVITED T0 Famous Steeds in Fine Fettle as they Start First Trip in Nearly a Year , SANTA IN HIGH SPIRITS Says He Loves All Children, but Those of Missouri Slope Most of All Coordinated Plan Is Adopted at Meeting of Local Agents Friday Action taken by Bismarck agencies interested in Christmas work at a meeting Friday at the Association of Commerce insures to the children of Bismarck, Burleigh county and the bearer Missouri Slope country the most in- (By ARCTIC NEWS SERVICE). besten Dire season in the} North Pole, December 6.—Leaving history 9 here early this morning, Santa Claus sociation of Canmace tice & today was speeding southward on the wanis and Rotary clubs, . Salvation | first leg of his pre-Christmas trip to Army, Red Cross, Boy Scouts and/| visit the boys and girls of Bismarck, N. D., and vicinity. ‘arrangements were posed of Dunder, Blitzen, Comet, Vix- en, Prancer, Dancer, Dasher and made to prevent duplication of ¢f-| tissher was in fine fettle as it start- Even the prisoners at the ed off on Santa Claus’ first trip since movement to make Christmas a hap-| Santa, himself, also was in high py event in every home in Bismarck | spirits as he drew on his big gloves and the Missouri Slope territory. | and climbed into his sleigh. “It may Warden C. C. Turner offered to be a long hard trip but I expect to make it in record time,” Santa told 2 gat unless he has local help. , ‘the fairies give magic to the heels of ‘The offer was ly accepted and | my reindeer and they cover the en- part of the prison shops probably will | tire world in a night. resemble Santa Claus’ own toy fac-| “This trip, however, is different. 1 tories for the next few weeks. am going on my own as a 4s, outlined at the meeting, the/ trip before the big event. The rein- rovides for filling the|deer have been in the stable ever tummies of ‘every child in the area | since last imas morning and as well as for the distribution of toys. | they are growing a little fractious. ‘With Santa Claus due to arrive in| The toy shops are all runnin, Bismarck for.a pre-holiday. visit, at-| smoothly my direction isn’t re- reception, "HO. Baxvik is tn charge TCG, tnere so Tam taking, this of this committee and will arrange a er oe , Seare.eeaces . exact date [gn erat wd ne toc se FLASHER PHY SIGIAN stay have not been determined but as on Saeerene ree) TD BE FREED a Siena sO0k ‘Will Stage Parade ‘ Doctor Convicted of Second-De- | gree Murder Is Granted Clem- ency by Pardon Board hospitals. In addition, arrangements (Continuea on page eleven) After six years of prison Jife, Dr. W. R. Shortridge, former Flasher, N. D., physician, will receive his free- dom this month as the result of « VST ELK SERVE Lodge Offers to Provide Free pardon board. Transportation for Relatives Sentenced to a 10-year term fol- : lowing his conviction on a charge of of Deceased Members second-degree murder, Dr. Shortridge will end his prison term December Invitation to the public to attena| 18 The board ordered the sentence the memorial services of the Bis- A complete calendar of the cases considered by the pardon board, showed that besides two pardons and may not have avail- able to bring them to the auditorium, !1 Paroles, there were 27 commuta- are asked by Mellen to call any taxi tions granted. company and charge the cost of the] 4 ___—____________, service Bismarck lodge. ‘A. M. Christianson, associate jus-|| ‘Todays Football | tice of the state supreme court, will] o————___—____—- give the principal address at the First Period A special program of music in-| Carnegie 0; W. & J. 0. cludes the playing of Mendelssohn’s| Navy 0; Pennsylvania 0. funeral march by Mrs. Grace Duryea] Western Maryland 0; Univ. Mary- Morris; a solo by Mrs. Frank Barnes,| land 0. “Going Home,” Dvorak; a quartet] Colgate 7; N. ¥. U. 0. selection, “God So Loved the World,”| Georgia 0; Georgia Tech 0. Marks, by Mrs. G. E. Wingreene, Mrs.| North Carolina 0; Duke 0. F. J. Bavendick, Henry Halvorson and George Humphreys; and a reces- Second Period sional by Riley, played by Mrs. Mor-| Colgate 7; New York U. 0. ‘The names of Elks who have died| W. J. 0; Camesie 7, during the last year and for whom!” Waller Maryland 0; Maryland chairs will be draped in black at the) yi ersit 0. " cecnany sr Sohn Kelly, Ala Br us strom, Homan, J. J. Runey, Third Period ine | Col N.Y. 0.0. Pompeiian Jewelry, Valued at Great Fortune, Discovered in Excavations PROHIBITION'S FOES WORK OVERTIME IN PUNMELING ENEMY Show Greater Strength in Bat- tles Against Various Ap- propriations Washington, Dec. 6.—(P)—Foes of prohibition worked overtime yesterday at pummeling their enemy. The house wet bloc failed in its first objective—the elimination of appropriations for denaturing indus- trial alcohol with poisons but they ‘were encouraged by registering the highest vote in years on the effort. Mustered 54 Objectors ‘They mustered 54 objectors to poison denaturants, against only half that figure when the same try was made last year. The majority against them, however, remained unchanged at 106. They made a second effort before the treasury bill which con- tained the item passed, but showed less strength, getting only 36 votes, Numberless other minor attacks on appropriations dealing with prohibi-| istry in succession tion went down to defeat by even greater margins. After the session was over, how- ever, prohibtiion was assailed outside the capitol in a gathering of the ‘women’s organization for national prohibition reform. There Senator Tydings of Maryland, Representative g | Mary T. Norton, of New Jersey, both Democrats, and Mrs. Carroll Miller, Pittsburgh, Democratic national com- mitteewoman from Pennsylvania, Joined in calling for repeal of the eighteenth amendment. Urged Referendum Support- Mrs. Norton..urged support for aj, constitutional referendum on prohi- bition. But Ernest H. Cherrington, secre- tary of the World League Against Al- coholism, issued a statement about the same time declaring obstacles to such @ referendum were insurmount- able. He contended it would cost the drys at least $25,000,000 for campaign- ing, and that the wets could raise such a sum easily by having’ “the handful of wet millionaires who ‘are today lavishly financing the fight against the eighteenth amendment” write a few checks. INDIANS DEAD FROM ANTI-FREEZE DRINKS Two Sioux Residents of Kenel, dust South of North Da- kota Line, Victims Kenel, 8. D., Dec. 6.—(?)—Two In- dians are dead at the Kenel Indian reservation as a result of drinking anti-freeze liquid used in automo- biles. Medical aid could not reach them because of blocked roads. Ben Snow and Jerome Yellow Fat, Sioux Indians, died eight hours after drinking the liquid, believed by them to be an alcoholic drink. Several other Indians who took lesser quan- tities suffered intense pain but re- covered. Kenel is a remote village in north- ern South Dakota near the North Da- kota border. Total Deficit Seen Near $355,000,000 Washington, Dec. 6.—(#)—The def- icit expected by the administration at the end of this fiscal year will be at least $355,000,000. ‘This figure has been arrived at by adding the appropriations for unem- ployment and farm relief to the rou- tine expenditures which alone will ac- count for $180,000,000 deficit estimated in the president’s budget message. It was figured also on the basis of $25,000,000 for farmers’ seed loans. Should the $60,000,000 figure advanced vail, the deficit would total $390,000,000. Any further ap- propriations not included in the pres!- dent’s recommendations to congress would, of course, push the figure still higher. Gunmen Kidnap But Release Young Girl yeplinning to rob the Stock pl tol - well State bank, near here, invaded the home of its cashier, Oscar Ham- ilton, late Jast night, tied Hamilton and his wife to chairs and kidnaped their daughter Helen, 19, when they were forced to flee. They later re- leased her, unharmed, in Chicago. Another daughter, Mary, 15, escaped through a second-floof window when she heard the excitement downstairs and spread the alarm among neigh- bors, frightening the would-be rob- bers into flight. Helen, a high school senior, walked into the Chicago avenue police sta- tion at 3 a. m. teday and told her story. oe Addition Received To Christmas Fund An additional $5 was received today by the American Legion Christmas committee which 1s collecting a fund to be used for the distribution of Christmas OHSU is not n competitive propos! a 8 competitive le tion,” Milton Rue, Legion chair- man sald today. “Every contribu- tion is welcome. Monday we will begin the work of soliciting food, clothing and other materials. aything usable will be welcome. e People should begin getting their or stood as follows: ooo $60.50 vee 5.00 + $65.50 All contributions should be sent to the American Legion Christmas committee, Bismarck, LOUIS BARTHOU WIL SUCCRED TARDIEU AS ‘PRIME IN RANGE Son of Hardware Store Propri- etor Accepts Doumergue’s Invitation Paris, Dec. 6—()}-Louts Barthou today accepted an invitation from President Domergue to form a min- prior to 1914, which gave France trained reserves in the World war. It was taken for granted that Bar- thou .would actept the charge once it were offered. Barthou is a self-made man, the a hardware store ietor. the unknown soldier while he minister of war. CAUSES DEATH OF FEDERAL ENGINEER Stanley Rush Sharts, in Charge of N. D. Bureau, Dies Fol- lowing Attack tion work after the historic Dayton flood in 1914. Before coming to St. Paul in 1920 to take up his duties with the Feder- gomery county Ohio. Mr. Sharts came to Bismarck in 1920 to form a local branch office of the United States Bureau of Pub- Uc Roads. He has been associated with num- erous fraternal organizations in this city being a member of the American Legion; the El Zagal Temple of the Consistory of the Scottish Rite. Oth- er affiliations include the Spanish American War Veterans of Ohio; St. John’s Lodge number 13, F. and A. M., Dayton, Ohio; the Society of American Military Engineers; the Society of American Civil Engineers and the Eagles Lodge of Dayton. Mrs. Sharts and Miss Maude Shir- ar, an intimate friend arrived from Dayton this morning. Besides his wife, Bessie B. Sharts, lodge of Masons. All friends of Mr. Sharts are invited to attend. Following the services the body will be taken to the train for transporta- tion to his former home at Dayton and interment there. © SLOPPING Dave ) 0 CURIsTMZe BANDIT FIRES FATAL SHOTS DURING FIGHT FOLLOWING ROBBERY Killer of Roy Larson Says He Is Raymond Larson, For- ; merly of Detroit FUGITIVE WOUNDS HIMSELF Peter McArthur, Cass County Deputy, Also Shot in Run- ning Gunfight Policeman at Moorhead, Minn., is dead and Peter McArthur, Cass county deputy sheriff, is suf- fering from _@ bullet wound on the scalp, while Raymond Larson, a tran- sient, their assailant, is critically wounded as the result of a running gunfight staged through the streets of Fargo and Moorhead at 10:30 a. m. today following the robbery of a grocery store. ‘The policeman died at 12:55 p. m., from wounds inflicted when he ex- posed himself to the fugitive’s firing in the streets of Moorhead, Raymond Larson was taken to the Moorhead jail. The bandit ended thechase, after about 30 shots were fired in the street of the two cities, by attempting to commit suicide. He said he came from Grand Forks four days ago, “broke.” “Nobody gives a damn about me,” he mumbled after his capture. “Shoot and let’s be done.” ped in Lumber Yard ‘The robber shot himself as his pur- suers converged on him in his barrie bill! caded post in @ Moorhead lumber The policeman was shot as he ex- posed himself to the robber after being warned by “Bud” Davis, a od who accompanied Deputy Sheriff Mc- Arthur in the chase across the river "| to Moorhead. The trusty took up the running fight with the transient as Mc- Arthur fell to the street in the first encounter. The bandit entered the Pure Food store ut Fargo about 19:15 a.m. today, brandished & gun, threatened one of the clerks with death as other em- ployes and two customers were held in check that the gun would shoot if interfered with. He had his wea- Pon pressed against Oscar Schroeder, a clerk. Engaged a Taxicab Leaving the store, the robber went to a nearby garage, engaged a cab and ordered the driver to take him to Moorhead. McArthur and Davis arrived in a few minutes while clerks in the store followed the transient down the street, They directed the chase and Mc- ar followed the cab to Moore ead. The robber dismissed the cab driver in front of the Gamble store in Moors head, at which time Davis drew up on the opposite side of the street. A moment later the fugitive emerged on page nine) Shrine and the Bismarck-Mandan | posed HOUSE BODY BACKS 600000 LOAN Agriculture Committee Approves , Plan for Seed, Feed, Fer- tilizer Loans 6.—(?)}—The The committee first rejected by 12 to 6 the resolution of Representative Aswell, Democrat, Louisiana, making the fund $60,000,000. The larger amount was unanimous- ly approved yesterday by the senate agriculture committee. The administration-set figure was $25,000,000, and Representative Ket- cham, Republican, Michigan, pro- the com] 5 Aswell, ranking Democratic com- mittee member, reserve the right to file a minority report and asked the house for $60,000,000. For—Ketcham; Hall, North Dakota; Pratt, New York; Andresen, Minne-