The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 15, 1931, Page 1

Nortti Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper ESTABLISHED 1873 Missouri Diversion Urged at Chicago ‘i ‘THE BISMARCK TRIB BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA. THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 1931 New Naturopath Battle ISRECOMMENDED AS |{__Mother wins _}/SENATE DEMOCRATS IMPORTANT PART IN FLOOD RELIEF PLANS 5S. W. Thompson Says Parts Of Dakotas Are Destined to Become Seml-Arid CITIES NATURAL RESERVOIR Flood Control and Conservation Listed as Objects by Asso- ciation’s Head Chicago, Jan. 15.—()—A_ proposal for a huge reservoir in North Dakota ‘was submitted Wednesday as a means of attaining a triple goal: Mississippi trol, irrigation, presel it in Washingtot The re] nts mn. association is compdeed of North and South Dakota men and its head- quarters are at Devils Lake, N. D. ted the great western farm~- would become semi-arid methods Resume Inquest ‘Into ; Farmer’s Fire Death nN Jan. 15.—(?)—An inquott Tato the =:|MEXICO CITY HIT BY DRIVEN BACK FROM Relief Plan Sponsors Allow Stripping of $15,000,000 From Appropriation CONSIDER DIFFERENT PLAN Red Cross Begins Receiving FOOD LOAN DEMAND|{ Contributions Toward $10,- 000,000 Relief Fund Washington, Jan. 15.—(?)}—Driven! back from their $15,000,000 food loan demand, the senate Democrats re- formed their lines Thursday in a new stand for appropriations to feed those threatened with starvation. ‘The leader of the minority, Sena- tor Robinson, Arkansas, set as the program for this session, a $25,000,- 000 fund to be administered by the Red Cross, without provision for re- payment, Seeing the hopelessness of their earlier position, the food appropria- tion sponsors yielded Wednesday to} let the $45,000,000 drought relief loan SHARPEST QUAKE N (zgeteences ne stripped of the Caraway amendment: T 0 D RS which would have given $15,000,000 more for food.. Simultaneously, how- ever, they prepared to attach the $25,000,000 to the agriculture depart- ment supply bill. ee ‘Two-Thirds jeeded 25 Are Dead And Many In-| ‘To do this they have to muster a jured; Phenomenon Arouses. | {ro-iri" vols, and, Robinon. be: Fear Of: Inhabitants warned: “Much other relatively unimportant legislation is going on the scrap And if they succeed when the vote comes, Robinson's forces were deter- mined to hold fast even though the Mexico City, Jan. : 15.—(7)—The earthquake felt in Mexico! City for 19 years caused at least 25 5 same time house proved equally unyielding and tng balldings and throwing” the in-| would leave, the sagricdioare departs ing. in-| woujd leave, cA lepart— habitants into panic. ‘ment without appropriated funds to A was killed by a falling| carry on its multitude of activities ‘wall four persons were injured/ and might be sufficient to force the by falling objects in ‘houses. extra session of the new congress ‘The shock for two minutes shook/ which the administration is deter- buildings with a rolling motion.) mined to avoid. Minor quakes continued for five min-| As the struggle in congress stiffen- utes after the principal shock. ed the Red Cross began receiving substantial contributions in its drive for $10,000,000 to feed farmers in the! drought states. Simultaneously, how- ever, field reports reflected .a situa- tion increasingly grave, with the number of those destitute increasing by leaps and bounds. The weather turning to snow and bitter cold in| several of the afflicted states, added to the misery. i} Thomas Scores Red Cross - A charge by Senator Thomas, Dem- Pointed out that half of: was an endowment fund, which only interest could be touch- OLIVER CHILD IS - ACCIDENTALLY SHOT) Dies F¥om Gunshot Wound Sus- tained When He Knocks Gun to the Floor in a Fall department supply bil! 408 Requests ‘Open Your Rae em Ee Refuses Office | to take his seat. LUCAS 10 APOLOGIZE IF AL WILL DECLARE HEFAVORSDRY LAW Smith Asks Apology From Re- publican for Distributing Bar-Room Cartoon ‘Washington, Jan. 15,—(?)—Alfred E. Smith had a reply Thursday presidential candidate demanded of the executive director of the Repub- lican national committee. Smith, in a letter to Senator Wag- ner, Democrat, New York, had asked apology from the Republican com- mittee for “permitting” Lucas to dis-| inson, tribute a bar-room cartoon which he said, contained a quotation attributed to him which he had not made. Lucas issued a statement Wednes- day night saying he would apologize for sending out a cartoon represent- ing Smith and Chairman Raskob of the Democratic national committee as wets if Smith would announce he now favored prohibition. ‘The Republican official asked also whether Smith and Raskob were con- sidering: “Apologizing to the Ameri- can people for the action of Governor Smith’s hand-picked chairman, Mr. Raskob, in subsidizing with large sums of money an organized cam- extending over more than a year to misrepresent and smear the president of the United States.” The letter of the former New, York governor had set forth that the quot- ation in the cartoon—which was part of the literature circulated in Ne- braska in the Lucas effort to defeat Senator Norris, Republican independ- ent—was one of which had been presented last year by unauthorized Persons at a political meeting as a hoax and was immediately and pub- licly disavowed. “Governor Smith asks me to apol- terior which has been pending since before Christmas, and tomorrow a vote is promised on reconsideration of a bill to spend $30,000,000 on modernizing | battleships. Noltimier Is Loser ‘In $2,000 Court Suit Fargo, N. D., Jan. 15.—(7)—Charles F. Noltimier, president of the defunct, Quebec Fur Farms, Inc., Fargo, was ld Hable by a jury for return of 1,000 he obtained in connection with ‘8 stock sale by a jury here Wednes- day. Noltimier, sued in @ civil action in laborer Italian Air Armada Ends 6,194-Mile Hop ogize,” said Lucas, “he says @ car- toon was distributed which conveyed the information that he was ‘wet.’ He says the impression made there was based on incorrect information. If the governor will state that he had done @ complete about-face since 1928 and is-now for prohibition, then Filled by Heart’ Drive Cash Donations Of $412.90 Re- ceived, and American Legion Added $58.70 CASHEL PRAISES CAMPAIGN Total Of 3,764 Items Given Away Inoluded Clothing, Food, Ne ies Thirty-three different classifica- tions of items were given away by the American Legion in its “Open Your Heart” campaign which was conducted from Dec. 8 to 24, Milton Rue, campaign chairman, announced Thursday. The Legion received $412.90 in cash through solicitation through The Tribune and contributed $58.70 from its own treasury when this money failed to meet the need, mak- ing @ total cash expenditure of $471.60 In addition 449 donations of food, clothing, toys and other ma- CLARA BOW STILL IS TESTIFYING AGAINST | FORMER SECRETARY State ‘Claims Daisy DeBoe At- tempted to Blackmail ‘It’ Girl of $125,000 RED-HEADED ACTRESS SOBS Defendant Charges That Flam- ing Screen Heroine Once Tried to Kill Her Los Angeles, Jan. 15.—(7)—Clara, Bow clung Thursday to her role as prosecution withess in the trial of her former secretary, Daisy de Boe, on charges of grand theft. Alternately sobbing and stamping @ foot while testifying, the red-head- ed actress yesterday sought to show Miss de Boe stole $16,000 of her money and attempted to obtain $125,000 from her in an extortion e. terial were received. This figure does | schemt not include toys and other material collected by the Boy Scouts, who co- operated with the Legion. 408 Requests Filled The number of requests for ald, ee during the campaign, totalled “I feel that the Legion's effort was an outstanding achievement,” said Miss Mary Cashel, Red Cross worker, in commenting on the campaign. “It fixed up many families for the win- ter and there has been a noticeable decrease in requests for aid since the campaign ended. I feel that the men of the Legion distinguished them- selves by the efficiency with which they conducted the campaign for material and the manner in which points outside the county and was from Wibaux, Montana. list of such places follows: Menoken, McKenzie, Sterling, Driscoll, Moffit, Glencoe, Goats agree! a ton, Still, Regan, » Arena, a Turtle Lake, Painted Woods, Washburn, Mandan, Cannonball, Timmer, New Leipzig, Mary, and Wi- baux, Mont. Handled by Committees “Nine committees functioned in connection with the campaign,” Rue said, “and all did their work splen- didly. It was the excellent coordi- nation of these workers which made “Was Best Friend’ “She was my best friend,” sobbed the actress after an indignant out- burst. “She was my best friend in the world. I’m sorry to be crying, but I can’t help it.” Then she daubed at her nose with a powder puff. Miss Bow had been recalled to the stand to testify concerning an al- leged attempt by Miss de Boe to ob- tain $125,000 from her under threat of having letters and telegrams from the film flapper’s boy friends released to newspapers. “I asked Daisy, ‘and you're not kid- ding me? Isn't it true that you're trying to shake me down for $125,- 000?” the actress testified. On this point, W. I. Gilbert, attor- ney for the actress testified later Miss de Boe approached him in his office last Nov. 3, stating she had some, papers of Clara’s and no one could pala bepepslerry the film actress I and not a cent Jess.” Miss Bow defended her latest “boy] friend,” Rex Bell, cowboy actor, with) heated denials that*he was at present, holding the position formerly held by Miss de Boe. Charges Killing Attempt Miss de Boe's 30-page statement in- cluded: “If I had gotten into an argument with her she would have tried to kill me, because she tried it’ once before. I wanted to get settled as quietly as possible and keep Clara out of the papers, because one more slam in the papers and Clara is through in pictures.” Miss de Boe allegedly admitted in the statement that she diverted $35,000 of Miss Bow’s money to her own use. She said she had seen love letters to Miss Bow from Gary Cooper, film actor; Victor Fleming, motion picture director; Harry Rich- man, New York actor, and Dr. Earl Pierson, Texas physician. She burned ohn | 0me of the letters, she said. . 8 4 Dohn; investigation, A. L. Fosteson; executive committee, L. V. Miller and ‘William M. Schantz. ‘The detailed list of material and , 55 packages of I owe him an apology.” TRACTOR DRIVER PENALIZED Wright must ‘pay $50 ér spend a fort- night in the hoosegow. Motor ve- hicles are prohibited on the island. 6 ests for fuel, oo ene one hotel Veteran Thames Bargemen Deplore Passing of Swearing, Score Spats “Till never see 8 self-i : bargee wearing spats. But with these new ideas, and book- ? it YOUTH MEETS DEATH UNDER HEAVY TRUCK South Dakota Lad Is Pinned Under Loaded Truck as It Slides Down Hill (Tribune Special Service) New Leipzig, N. D., Jan. 15.—With almost his entire body pinned be- neath a heavily-loaded truck, Ber- nard Sherman, 17-year-old Morris- town, 8. D. youth, was instantly killed an accident in which the motor truck’ he was driving backed down hil ane immed, down junder indictment for the Morristown high school and a mem- ber of the 1930-1931 basketball team. Ross Petitions for i: al SRB A: Looms Mee 4 Flies Own Plane | To keep her various social engage- ments in Florida and New York, Aline Rhonie, above, New York s0- ciety aviatrix, has just top speed of 160 miles an hour. She left on a flight to Florida. OFFICERS OF FIRST NATIONAL BANK ARE ALL REELECTED E. T. M’Canna, Formerly Of Union National Bank of Mi- not, Made Vice-President ‘With but one addition to the roster of officers, the First National Bank, at its annual meeting Thursday re- elected all former officers who have served’ the bank for many years. E. T. McCanna, former executive vice president of the Union National Bank of Minot, becomes # vice president of the First National, Officers named follow: Board of directors, C. B. Little, J. L. Bell, O. N. Dunham, E. A. Hughes and P. J. Meyers: officers, president, C. B. Little; vice presidents, J. L. Bell, E. T. McCanna; vice president and cashier, Frank E. Shepard; assistant vice president, Eugene W. Leonard. Assistant cashiers are: H. E. Hanson, B. F. Lawyer, L. P. Warren, C. A. Heupel. Mr, McCanna, the new officer, has been with the Union National Bank of Minot for the past eight months and previous to that served as an of- ficer of the First National Bank of St. Paul. ‘The First National is rounding out fifty-one years of service to Bismarck and the Slope territory. Combined resources of its associates are over $494,000,000. “The last statement of PRICE FIVE CENTS UNLICENSED GROUP SET 10 INTRODUCE ANOTHER MEASURE Practitioners Of Naturopathic School Of Healing to Seek Legal Recognition MAKE ATTACK ON GOVERNOR Licensed Doctors Are Termed ‘Medical Trust’; Bill Sup- porters Hopeful Renewal of the bitterest fight of the 1929 legislative seasion was fore- cast Thursday when it became known that the naturopathic doctors of the state would again introduce a bill to give legal standing to members of that cult. Governor FP. Suater on cheraes Chat bets ener: ing the “medical trust,” as the na- turopaths classify the medical doc- Tribune to Offer Calendar of Bills Bn pri today The Tribune ers readers a : legislative Gaon will be a feature this newspaper now until the end of the tive session. It will list tors, were distributed Wednesdsy and recently the governor received @ let- ter in which he was bitterly assailed. Reports Are Disavowed These, however, were disavowed by many of the naturopaths who will Participate in the lobby for their new condition which follows, issued as of} wit December 31, reflects its strong finan- cial position in the Northwest. $2,022,488.26 106,500.00 16,412.01 29,242.65 1,079,593.63 ‘Other Interest earned not collected . Securities 280,123.35 100,000.00 109.84 3,696, $4,276,367.58 Hoodlum’s Sweetheart Might Establish Alibi Chicago, Jan. 15—(P)—Betty Cook, sweetheart of Leo V. Brothers, who is m ffering Booklet on ‘amous Love Affairs ba | i i i el H | a & g L; i i i Ie HI i os ji ie i ek i 2 8 3 E Bye BBE z j i i i