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

North Dakota’s Oldest. Newspaper THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE The Weather Generally fair tonight and Friday. Not much change in temperatare. ESTABLISHED 1878 BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1930 PRICE FIVE CENTS Plan FUNERAL SERVIGES \I_Sits Approvat_| SET FOR WEDNESDAY | J5 5 AT WASHBURN HALL Politician and Builder Was' Taken lil Over Year Ago; Failed Gradually FOUNDED M’LEAN COUNTY Laid Out Washburn Townsite After Serving as County Commissioner Here FRANK R. McNINCH 7 Washington, Dec. 18.—(?)—Frank ‘King|R.: McNinch, North Carolina, bore fed- | committee approval today as a nom- inee to the federal cet commis- ston, ten gin through efforts of a member of' the senate so new that he had scarcely had time to warm his chair. Cameron Morrison, sworn in St- | yesterday as senator from North Car- ona, to. succéed the late Lee 8. Overman, immediately went to bat for. McNinch before the interstate commefce committee. It voted 10 to five for approval, with the smaller figure representing Democratic votes. Josiah Bailey, who will join Morri- p. son after March—to give the Tar Heel hall with Rev. G. W. Stewart, Man-/ state a complete aah omsasorial team dan, officiating. for the -first time in 30 years—had ‘The Bismarck Elks lodge, of which | done his utmost to have McNinch re- also will! jected. Political, Economic Leader A political and economic leader in McLean. and Burleigh counties for more than four decades, John Sai terlund. came to be known affection- ately as “King John” among his as- soctates and he was known. through- out the state by his royal pseudonym. VERMONT, FRANK L. sce cerceee| GREENE, SUCCUMBS Gourity’s: first sheriff and. its-repre-| Veteran Solon Dies Wednesday Following Hernia Opera- tion Monday tn Burleigh |, St, Albans, Vi. Des, 1810) ver, ‘county he established his home- | mont mourned the pests what is known as “Dry Ped L rene, her ‘sel United (Continued on page seven) tates died at a hospital DEVISLAKE, GRAND (se emree-nue FORKS REPORT SNOW Two Deaths Caused Indirectly by Severe Weather in North Carolina Was Partially Senator Greene had been paral; 1924 when struck by a stray bullet fired in gunfight between bootie TS born here Feb. 10, 1870. His father's illness forced him to sell papers, run errands, act as a janitor and do farm work to aid in the sup- port of the family. ‘Was Editor Once years was re- to serve until 1025" services will be held Sat- Relative at Devils Lake 3 ay i Greene, of Vermont, who died yes- \-|terday, was a relative of C. W. Mary Anne|Greene, secretary of the Devils Lake | Senator Greene's father 2 Ba9 ai | i i i Sa It| Gangsters Feel Money Pinch, Judge Claims pinch is being felt by Chicago gang- sters, Judge John H. Lyle, their mil- said he believed. ‘The vault had been dynamited. Clinton, Ind., Bank | 28"dan s sion cosh bond when ar- Robber Dies of Wound | set for ne tock Rio, the personal . 1 on Chicago's list of Snogping Taye \STMAS voice at age . He gave 2 song | at Hunter college. 4 ¥ Hol jPuty Administrator Louis J. Tutt at Elks x and the father of the local man were cousins, ba ‘King John’ Satterlund, Dakota Pioneer, Dies FEDERAL JUSTICES DECISION IS ON FILE Judge William Clark’s Ruling Is Invoked in Cases in Other States DRY LAW WORK CONTINUES Effect of Anti-Prohibition Find- ing Will Be Nullified by Appeal Newark, N. J., Dec. 18—()}—Unit- ed States Attorney Philip Forman to- day appealed to the supreme court of the United States from Federal Judge William Clark’s decision hold- ay the eighteenth amendment in- valid. The legal procedure took but a few moments. Frederick M. P. Pearse ob- tained from the court an order quashing the indictment against William Sprague, Wantage, charged with illegal transportation of beer. Forman then asked Judge Clark for permission to appeal. The order. signed, Forman then filed with the district court clerk the notice of ap- peal which the latter in turn will transmit to the clerk of the highest meg | ‘Would Stop Effect The effect of filing an appeal will be to hold Judge Clark's decision in abeyance until it has been reviewed by the supreme court. Although defense attorneys in New Jersey and other states lost no time in seeking to have indictments against their clients quashed on the basis of Judge Clark's decision, other federal Judges refused to follow the invei- dating opinion. Federal Judge William Runyon, at Newark, in the first liquor case be- fore him after the tendering of Judge Clark's opinion refused to dismiss the defendant on the ground the eight- counsel for three liquor case defend- ants, filed motions to quash the in- the New Jersey decision that the eighteenth amendment was invalid. ; The United States attorney's office said the Clark decision was of no ef- fect in that district. Invoked In Chicago The decision also was invoked in federal court in Chicago when is | torneys for George Morris filed a motion to quash an ied violation of the prohibition Ww. ‘Two cases in which the validity of ‘and | the eighteenth amendment is attack- ed are now pending in federal courts in New York and Rhode: Island, The New York case is under ad- visement of three judges in the Unit- ed_ States circuit court of . Federal liquor raids were made in New Jersey after Col. Amos W. Wood- cock, prohibition director wired De- Newark to carry on despite Judge Clark's decision, : CALIFORNIA SCHOOL OFFICER KILLS SELF Warren B. Bovard Leaves Note Saying ‘Goodbye, Blanie, 1 Am Going’ . , vie versity of Southern California, died shortly after a bullet pierced his head st his home during the night. Bolice he committed They disclosed one sentence of a note left by Bovard, which said: “Goodbye, Blanie, I am going.’ At first the police reported the note said: “I‘am going to meet Doheny’s son,” but later explained the name “Blanie” had been confused over the tel wtih that of Doheny The Officers had not identified “Blame.” Edward L. Doheny, Jr., son of the oll , & heavy donor to the Closed Embden Bank Is Paying Dividend ‘A dividend of 10 per cent is being paid to depositors of the closed Embden State bank making total dividends paid by this bank 20 per cent, according to L. R. Baird, re- ceiver of closed state banks. Payment is being made through the office of O. L. Engen, district man- ager at Fargo. FORMAL DEES AEE ABANDON- Nice, France, Dec. 18.—()—It is no j longer necessary to have soup and fish in order to lose one’s money. | Regulations requiring dinner clothes for admission to sundry places along \ the Riviera where one may speculate on the spinning. wheel and the like abolished. | Bave been. QUICK APPEALFROM |Defense Rests Case in Trial of Major Shepard NAT STRICT SE Cutest Freshman s| OG Associated Presse Photo Harriet Mason, Camden, Ark., fresh- man, won hands down as the cutest: co-ed at Hendrix-Henderson college, Conway, Ark. ‘OPEN YOUR HEART COMMITTEE DOES RUSHING BUSINESS Five Legionnaires on Duty Dis- tributing Goods Donated by Citizenry Figures compiled today on the “Open Your Heart” campaign of the American Legion showed that | 327 persons have donated material, to the movement, in addition : to: large number which have contribu The number of cases in which help has been extended stood at 205 and was continuing to rise. Five members of the American Le- gion post were on duty at the Main quarters today and all ters and select the material which their families can use. In addition packages are being made up and sent out to needy families. A heavy stock of toys has been re- ceived and many are being repaired by prisoners at the state peniten- tiary. The list of families for which the Legion will pinch hit for Santa Claus contained 189 names this morning and was still growing. Approximately 10 requests for help have been rejected by the Legion, ac- cording to Chairman Milton Rue, ac- tion being taken when investigation showed the applicants to be “plain pan-handlers.” Many contributions were received today. Finney’s drug store sent 70 dolls and other toys. Barker's Bak- ery will donate 24 loaves of bread daily from now until Christmas; Bergeson’s donated clothes and coal and the Wache Grocery company sent a stock of groceries. ‘The cash fund being raised in con- nection ‘with the movement stood at $312.10. New contributions were: Total . Poincare Continues Slow Improvement Paris, Dec. 18.—(?)—Condition of Raymond Poincare, French states- man, continues to improve, giving new hope to his thousands of friends that he will survive his sudaen attack Prague, Dec. 18—(?)—General Janin, French who was with the Legion in Siberia tn 1919, purports to reveal the location of the remains of the former Russian Czar and members of his family in a ‘The newspaper, Ceske Slovo, pub- merich, who had other objects of the royal family in a box and some trunks. After various vicissitudes Janin claims to have escaped from Russia with the remains which he brought to Prance and offered to the Grand Counsel Charges Autopsy Per- formed on Mrs. Shepard Was Incomplete POISON THEORY IS ASSAILED Laboratory Chief Says Brain, Heart, Lungs Should Have Been Examined Kansas City, Kans., Dec. 18—(7)— .|The defense rested its case today in the trial of Major Charles A. Shepard for the alleged prison murder of his wife after calling several medical witnesses who cast doubt on the pros- ecution’s contention that Mrs. Shep- ard died of mercurial poisoning. Testimony was rapidly drawing to a close as the government began to present witnesses in rebuttal. Prosecution attorneys indicated they would complete the rebuttal evi- dence late today or tomorrow morn- ing. Defense testimony intended to show the autopsy performed on the body of Mrs, Zenana Shepard was not ex- tensive enough to determine the man- ner of death was presented ' Maj. C. J. Gentzkow, chief of the laboratory at the Fitzsimons Gener- al hospital, Denver, testified “in any case where poison is suspected I would make a complete autopsy, in- cluding examination of the brain, the heart and the lungs.” Prosecution testimony designed to prove Major Shepard poisoned his wife so he might be free to marry Miss Grace Brandon, a young San Antonio stenographer, brought out that only the viscera was examined. Major Gentzkow said he had heard all the testimony as to the symptoms in Mrs. Shepard’s case. “Personally, I would not want to hazard an opinion as to the cause of death,” he added. ‘The defense recalled Maj. E. J. Strickler, chief of the medical ser- vice ere Fort Riley, Kans. who Lid the physician ~ summoned ~ 8h was seized with her fatal illness. Strickler reiterated that Mrs. Shepard's condition was due to ex- cessive use of alcohol and that a stomach pump was not used because symptoms did not indicate its neces- REPUBLICANS DENY NPKELLAR CHARGE Tennessee Senator Assails Hoo- ver in Connection With War Funds Washington, Dec. 18.—(#)—Senate Republicans were quick today to strike back at an attack upon Presi- dent Hoover by Senator McKellar, Democrat, Tennessee, who complained that Mr. Hoover had never given an itemized accounting of the $100,000,- 000 food relief fund he administered in 1919 in Europe as American food adminis trator. After McKellar had reiterated his complaint in asking that the pro- vision of the $16,000,000 employment appropriation giving the president power to allocate the funds stricken out, Senators Vandenberg, of Mich- igan, and Glenn, of Illinois, jumped into action. z only implication in this as- sertion,” said Glenn, “is that Mr. Hoover is a dishonest man and an embezzler of public funds. “I .resent the implication and I deny the insinuation. “I would do the same if the presi- dent of the United States were a Democrat. I believe every true American resents it.” ‘Vandenberg said sharply “Nothing is more futile than an effort at this late date to tarnish the war record of Mr. Hoover as food administrator.” Davis Presiding at Bankers’ Meeting Jamestown, N. D., Dec. 18.—(7)}—J. E. Davis, Bismarck, president of the North Dakota Bankers’ association, is Presiding at an executive committee meeting here today. Routine business was taken up, in- cluding some reports by W. C. Mac- fadden, Fargo, association secretary. French Officer Claims to Have Buried Remains of Czar, Czarina, Czarevitch Duke Nicholass who declined to ac- cept their custody. He then buried them secretly in his own family bur- jal plot. — With remains of the bodies are Jewels and other ornaments believed to have been worn by the Czar, Czarina and their children when they were shot by the Bolsheviks. nault, French high Siberia in 1919, today expressed doubt concerning reports from Prague that Genera! Janin, who was with the Si- berian expedition, had brought the ashes of the former Czar of Russia to France. SPAIN AGAIN CALM FOLLOWING REVOLT AGAINST MONARCHY ‘In Memoriam’ Adequately De- scribes Atmosphere, Cor- respondent Says STRIKE PARTLY SUCCESSFUL Occasional Rifle Shots Sound but Prove Only Warnings From Soldiers Hendaye, Franco-Spanish Frontier, Dec. 18.—()—Spain's northwest sea- coast provinces where revolution flar- ed on Monday today had sunk back into the surface calm which came with defeat at the hands of troops loyal to their king. The phrase “in memoriam,” ade- quately describes the atmosphere, for the people and their leaders seem to feel their day of revolution ts over. A 200-mile automobile trip by an Associated Press correspondent: through the sections which saw not @ little bloodshed and whose people still harbor the will to revolt, reveal- ed those who took part in a concerted effort to overthrow the monarchy are now taking stock of their apparent failure and asking themselves why they failed. Responded With Strike Union labor throughout the sec- tion visited carried through its share of the insurrection by responding to the order for a general strike. But today the town of San Sebas- tian was calm, although still under the spell of the strikers. At Bilbao, where the strike was 99 per cent ef- fective, trolley service was function- ing again but the cars carried crews of civil guardsmen. The streets of both towns and of their industrial suburbs were filled with milling crowds of idle workmen who seemed @ constant threat to the soldiers. Mounted troopers with rifles slung in holsters occasionally charged and dispersed street corner groups, but there has been no serious fighting at Bilbao since Tuesday and none at San Sebastian since the ‘bloody en- counter of last Monday morning. From time to time, as this “tour” moved through the strike-ridden area, a rifle shot cracked out, and each time there came the rumor another man had died. But usually the shots were traced to soldiers who had fired into the air to scatter crowds. Bilbao is a hotbed of revolution and the home grounds of the Republicans. Here, if anywhere, a new insurrection might rise, but today the townsmen, with army rifles’ under their noses, were not talking much above a whis- per, and they were not even whisper- ing about revolution. Leaders Take To Heels The Socialist and Republican lead- ers have taken to thei? heels and their followers don’t even know where (Continued on page seven) N.D. DENTIST HELD. ON CRIMINAL COUNT Dr. O. A. Kron Said to Have Threatened to Mur- der Man Minot, N. D., Dec. 18.—()—Facing @ charge of “attempt to commit a fel- ony,” preferred against him by G. A. Bodmer, Kenmare, Dr. O. A. Kron, dentist of that city, today character- ized the accusations as “preposter- ous.” Dr. Kron was brought to Minot late yesterday by deputy sheriffs after a complaint had been signed by Bodmer before Justice of the Peace L. W. Toregeson in Minot. ‘The complaint against Dr. Kron reads as follows: “And maliciously on 16th of December, 1930, attempt to commit felony, to wit; that at said time and place, said defendant grabbed this complaint and did at same time threaten that he was go- ing to commit crime of murdering said complaining witness; that com- plainant prevented commission of said crime by dislodging himself from defendant and to escape from him.” Weather May Delay Italian Air Armada Cartagena, Spain, Dec. 18.—(7)— Bad weather probably will delay the start of the Italian air armada, bound from Italy to Rio de Janeiro for Kunitra, Morocco, its next stop, un- til tomorrow. ‘The six seaplanes which yesterday were separated from the principal flight in a storm and had to come down in Balearic Isles are expected to arrive here today to join the eight planes which succeessfully complet- ed the hop from Orbetello, Italy. OVERNIGHT TRANSCONTINEN- TAL SERVICE Wi mn, Dec. 18.—()—Colonel Lindbergh expects that in a few years a letter can be mailed in New York in the evening and be delivered in San Francisco the next morning. He made a prediction in a speech at a Jeonference on aeronautic regulation. * ae, Changes His Mind | > GILBERT H. BEESEMYER Los Angeles, Dec. 18.—(#)—Gilbert, H. Beesemyer, who previously an- nounced he would plead guilty to a grand theft charge growing out of his confession that he embezzled $8,000,000 from the Guaranty Build- ing and Loan association of Los An- geles, of which he was head, today disclosed he had changed his plans. Beesemyer said through his attorneys he would plead not guilty and: as- serted he was motivated by a desire to make restitution as quickly as pos- sible. He contended that if he pleaded guilty he would be sentenced to prison immediately, but that a not guilty plea would delay his punish- ment and permit his presence here to assist in untangling the affairs of his wrecked company. B7 WERE KILLED OR WOUNDED IN SHORT GUATEMALA REVOLT Orellana Says He Will Serve as President Until Chacon Recovers Guatemala City, Dec. 18—(#)— Guatemala had its third government within a week today after an hour of brisk fighting in the streets of the capital Tuesday afternoon in which 57 persons were killed or wounded. The new president is General Manuel Orellana, who says he will serve only until General Lazaro Cha- con, the elected president, has recov- ered from a severe illness and cere- bral hemorrhage. Baudilio Palma, who was designated to succeed Gen- eral Chacon by: the council of min- isters last week, is understood to be @ refugee at the German legation. those killed in Tuesday's fighting was General Mauro de Leon, minister of war, and first designate as an alternate to succeed General Chacon in the event of his incapac- ity. Colonel Filiberto Aguilars Bon- illa, a member of the presidential staff, and J. Grijalba shot and killed each other in a personal duel in which both fired at the same time. The city and country are quiet and it is believed that ‘completely normal conditions will be restored by tonight. Various garrisons and civil author- itles have signified their adhesion to the new president, who has an- nounced retention of all officials who served under his successors, General Chacon and the civilian, Baudilio Palma. General Orellano explains the brief revolt against Baudillio Palma as brought about through dissatisfaction of military elements with his selec- tion to succeed General Chacon. Missouri Teacher’s Slayer Still Free Maryville, Mo. Dec. 18—()—A widespread search by National Guard troops, peace officers and aroused citizens has failed to apprehend the assailant who attacked and murdered 19-year-old Velma Colter in her coun- try school room near here. ‘Combing of the countryside yester- day revealed only a slender clue— footprints 1n a muddy depression a hundred yards from the building in which Miss Colter was slain Tuesday. Maryville citizens have collected a fund of $500 as a reward for the cap- ture of the slayer. Production Suspended In Ford Motor Plant Detroit, Mich., Dec. 18—(7}—Pro- duction was suspended in the Ford Motor company’s plants here today. A statement by the company said the suspension “is in line with the policy of closing at this season of the year in order that an inventory may be taken.” The statement did not indicate how long the plants would be closed. Heretofore the year-end inventory period has been two weeks. The Ford company has been operating on @& three-days-a-week schedule for ap- proximately three months. CAN'T STRIKE ATTORNEY Minneapolis, Dec. 18.—(?)—Victor Nylund, bridge foreman, was fined $10 in county district court for contempt of court after he had struck Chester L. Nichols, an attorney, after the lat- | er had made remarks concerning Ny- lund’s niece, the complaining witness in a statutory case. dup Hearing Saturday GATES, WICKS AND NORD PLACED UNDER $9,000 BONDS BACH Kenneth McDonald Not Ar- raigned Pending Arrival 4 of His Counsel FACE BANK ROBBERY COUNT, Sioux County's Indian Sheriff Characterizes Charge as Frameup Preliminary hea John Gates and reo cota else county men who are charged with the robbing of a Hurdsfield bank last August will be held at 10 a. m. Saturday, it was decided today. Gates, Joe Wicks, deputy sheriff, and A. L. Nord, an insurance agent, were arraigned this at Fes- senden before County Judge J. L. Johnston and were held under $5,000 bond each pending the hearing. Kenneth McDonald, an attorney and the fourth defendant was not ar- raigned as his counsel, John F. Sulli- van of Mandan, wished to be present. William Langer, counsel for Gates, Wicks and Nord, left today for Fes- wincen to consult with the three men Z retained bneny him as defense Gates, Sioux county's Indian = iff, who was recently defeated. for reelection, characterized the = frame-up. in A. Layne, state's attorni Well’s county, will prosecute ceans assiated by L. H. > nolly, Morton county state's atte ney, who will serve as a special as- sistant attorney general. McDonald was not being held in Jail with the other defendants but was free in Mandan under the tech- nical custody of Connolly. He ran sand Hicsaiys 8s state's attorney of county at the ek bu eas peeled lection last fall lord, a former con’ Parole from ths pounce cast cording to Warden ©. C. Turner. Langer said today that he has little information regarding the case other than what he learned at 2 brief con- ference with his clients in the Man- dan Jail late Tuesday night. A de- puty sheriff was present at the time, Langer said, and he was refused per- (Continued on page seven) FRENCH CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES 1S DIVIDED Premier Theodore Steeg Seeks Confidnce Vote for New Cabinet Paris, Dec. 18—(7}—Premier Theo- dore Steeg took his newly formed cabinet before a sharply divided chamber of deputies today and asked for a vote of confidence to enable him to carry on with his government. In “pricy sei declaration he as- sured the deputies that the foreign Policies of Aristide Briand would be carried on and that France would continue to strive for “peace in se- curity.” There was a distinct air of pessi- mism in the lobbies and tightly pack- ed galleries of the chamber and even friends of the government doubted if it could obtain a majority. HOUSE FAVORS FARM BOARD FUND BOOST Bill Providing Additional $150,- 000,000 Passes Without Opposition Washington, Dec. 18.—(#)—The house today passed the Wood bill to provide an additional $150,000,000 for the farm board. au eee pow snes to the sen- ate. thou opposition. Chairman Wood of the sppropris- tions committee had explained that the board advised the committee fully on its plans to use the money. Representative Cochran, Democrat, Missouri, at first objected to bringing up the measure under unanimous con- sent, but upon Wood's explanation withdrew his objection. Legge recommended the farm act be amended to permit government supervision of rules made by commod- ity exchanges. He asked that either the secretary of agriculture or other Officers be given authority to enforce le e futures market of boards subsidiaries ‘and quoted letters from millers as saying the price of wheat would be down 25 cents but for the board’s operations. House Rejects Attempt ToBoost Drought Fund Washington, Dec. 18—(#)—The house today rejected an attempt to double the administration’s $30,000,- 000 drought relief measure. The count was 139 to -105 on a standing vote. Representative Jones, Democrat, Texas, who sponsored the ineresse, demanded a count by tellers. ‘Those for and against " or acd apa beenn vesiag $5 Hist