The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 24, 1931, Page 1

North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper ESTABLISHED 1878 HOWELL INTRODUCES MEASURE PROVIDING RIGID ENFORCEMENT ' Consideration of Bill Given Pre- ferred Position by Vote of 39 to 29 w™ PERMITS SEARCH OF HOMES ‘ > Wets Offer Amendment to Pro- vide Life Imprisonment’ for Law Violators Washington, Jan. 24—(7)—The liquor question moved into the sen- ate chamber Saturday, and prospects ‘were the visit would be a stormy one and long. [Held in Slaying — questioning I}FINISH AWARDING OF PRIZES FOR ANNUAL POULTRY SHOW HERE Prize-Winning Exhibitors Are Given Awards of Merchan- dise and Cash CARSON BOY 4-H CHAMPION Leroy Leitch Wins Tribune Cup; N. S. Trauger, Hazelton, Wins Grand Title Officials of the 12th annual Slope Poultry show completed the details of making awards to the prize- | ning exhibitors Friday to wind up the business of the 1931 exhibition. Winners of the three major awards were Leroy Leitch, 1: A vehicle for unlimited prohibition ' “debate, the Howell bill to establish a drastic enforcement act for the Dis- trict of Columbia, stood at the top of the calendar, designated as the order of business. It was given preferred position late Friday by a 39 to 29 vote after its Nebraska Republican author pleaded for its consideration with a vivid de- scription of drinking conditions in the capital. Republican leader Watson and such drys as Senators Borah of Ida- ra ho, and Smoot of Utah, Republicans, tried to prevent it up, arguing that tine *Heouid be alevoted now to legislation of national scope, espe- cially that having bearing on relief projects, Oppose Howell Bill Anti-prohibitionists were laying for the Howell Bill, planning to offer as amendments many proposals, includ- ing some of those advanced by the ‘Wickersham commission for which they seek tests. The senate wets ad~ mit: themselves outnumbered but al- ready ‘have offered such amendments as to provide life imprisonment for} . dry law violators and to make. legal four per cent beer. Senator Howell’s bill contains @ provision permitting search and seizure in homes, to which Attorney General Mitchell is opposed. Objec- tion also has been advanced to this by Senator Watson with the associ- ation it conflicts with the Wicker- sham report’s views, but the meas- ure’s author contends that as a local police. regulation it does not come ‘within the scope of these recommen- dations. In arguing for his bill Howell Fri- day said diplomatic liquor permits had, during three months, brought * into the ci ena liquor ie “pro- vied 20 qui lor every diplomat ‘and member of his household, down to the maids and janitors.” Ordered 9,009 Quarts At # recent convention here, he said, 9,000 quarts of liquor were or- dered by the chairman of the enter- ittee. Howell said the Bonzer Truck Bills Put Governor ‘on Spot’; Highway Bat- tle in Prospect Another: cause of the com » Police in con-| boy, whose entry won the slaying of Enid| ‘tribune trophy for the sweepstakes tt, school teacher, whose body | championship in the 4-H division; N. was recovered from an irrigation|s, Trauger, Hazelton, whose entry canal more than two months after| won the grand championship in: the her disappearance. POLITICAL POT Is BEGINNING 70 BOIL senior division; and Arthur Orth, Granville, who received a silver cup for his champion tom turkey. Other 4-H winners were Violet Spanberg, Baldwin, who was awarded the O. H. Will company silver cup for the best single entry display; Rose Adele Wildfang, McKenzie, the Central Meat Market cup for the best pen; Alvin Trygg, Baldwin, sec- Taylor, three books, Harris and ‘Woodmansee. ‘Awarded Merchandise Exhibitors winning merchandise, tain breeds were: Wilbur Field, Bis- merck, the Washburn Coal company ward for the best display from Bur- leigh county, two tons of coal, and the Interstate Seed company award of a corn sheller for the best display of Buff Orpingtons; N. 8. pullet'from the Bismarck Paint and Glass company; Jeff May, Bismarck, one bottle poultry disinfectant, Bis- ing. Another few weeks may sée it/ marck Paint and Glass company, best Barred Rock cockerel and Logan's merrily. One reason for the lack of speed in| grocery, 12 cans of fruit, best display developing legislative interest i8 the|of Barred Rocks; Peter Werlen, one comparatively: small number of bills/ case of canned goods, Gussner’s, best of @ controversial nature which have/ display of White Rocks; O, L. Nord- been introdiiced thus far. 3 for new legislation of-|E. Conkey company, Cleveland, Ohio, fered to date number 142 as compared | best White Rock cockerel; Mrs. Frank with 153 at‘this time in the session | Josephson, Washburn, one auto tire, of 1929. Of the bills offered so far|Corwin-Churchill, best display White 75 have been presented in the house Wyandottes; C. B. Nagel, and 67 in'the senate. Since there are| pills, Conkey, best cockel 118 house members and only 49 sena-| Brown, Baldwin, five ‘gallons oil, tors, however, members of the upper | Lomas Oil company, best display of body have the best batting average|single comb Rhode Island Reds; with regard to seeking new legislation.| Arthur Nelson, Carson, 12 cans of quist, Underwood, poultry powder, G. pineapple, Jones and Patera, best dis- parative | Play of rose comb Rhode Island Reds; the|C. B. Nagel, Bismarck, a box of ap- » Brown and Tiedman, best dis- «Continued on page three) tainment commi police of the ‘capital had no author- ity to enforce the prohibition law and the district attorney would not pros- ecute persons for carrying a pint of liquor. Senator Tydings, Democrat, Mary- Jand, told the senate a vote by the people of Washington would defeat the Howell bill three to one. He ad- ‘vanced th: life imprisonment amend- ment, while the one increasing the alcoholic content of beer was pro- posed by. Senator Bingham, Repub- a * Mean, Connecticut, Mrs. Blacklidge Quits - ‘Washington, Jan. 24.—(?)—Mrs. (Myrtle T. Blacklidge Saturday re- signed as collector of internal revenue in Diinois. The internal revenue bureau re- tveived the resignation Saturday morning and said it would be accept- £ & iM g ; A Hd g g E i from three cents to four cent governmental banking and school code bus and truck regulator bill; ure for increasing the motor vehicle Ucense’tax; a tax revision bill; a bill to tax oleomargarine; a number of in-|Election Is Followed Immedi- surance bills and an industrial survey bi. One difficulty, apparently, has been unanimity among the In- dependents on some of these items. They. are ‘having ‘As Revenue Collector To Remove Con Of Old Cornerstone =e Man Who Learned to Ride in Front - ~ Yard Is Champ All-Around Cowboy Visalia, Calif, Jan. 24—(#)—In his mother’s front yard, Clay Carr T GEORGE LEE NEW So! ARMOUR FIRM HEAD ately by Resignation of Philip Armour Ill the trials which! Chicago, Jan. 24—(7)—The firm of|the usually ‘come to a majority. Personal/ armour & Company, packers, Satur- Political ambitions and cross-purposes|day was headed by T. George Lee, former stenographer, whose election presidency was followed almost. by the resignation of 1 pyde, 19-year-old Indian, told a jury en ‘THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA. SATURDAY, JANUARY 2, 1931 Long Senate Liquor Question Debate Looms|t#) iid [sentient ating sare TWO RIVAL MOBS OF The sun's rays won't have any trouble finding the little Misses Virginia and Winifred Anthony, twin visitors from Philadelphia at Palm Beach, Fila. Here they're pictured on the sands, looking “doubly” cute in their sun front bathing suits. Their parents are Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe T. Anthony, prominent social registerites. The Weather Mostly cloudy and considerably colded Saturday night and Sunday. PRICE FIVE CENTS OR CONSTRUCTING A [sheen taventor 169000)000 BUILDING Bill Providing for Body Support- ed by I. V. A. and Non- partisans Alike THREE MEMBERS PLANNED Would Serve Without Salary but Secretary Would Re. ceive $4,000 Yearly GUNMEN IN SHOOTING MIX-UP ON BROADWAY Night Club Owner and Reputed Gambler Is Taken to Hos- pital Wounded CLUB INTERIOR IS WRECKED Wounded Man, Gambler of “Plunger Type,’ Said Friend of Arnold Rothstein init Creation of a capitol commission charged with the responsibility of « constructing @ $2,000,000 state capitol building, to replace the one destroyed. by fire last month, 4s provided in a measure introduced in the house Sat- urday afternoon by the state affairs committee. New York, Jan. 24—(%)—In the Velvet-Curtained Club Abbey, one of the hot spots of Broadway's night life, two rival “mobs” of gunmen shot Inde| it out before dawn Saturday morn- Daisy DeBoe Guilty of One Grand Theft Count 19-YEAR-OLD INDIAN TELLS HOW HE SHOT NORTH DAKOTA MAN Declares. Oscar Olson, Federal Agent, Had Threatened to Kill Him Los Angeles, Jan. 24.—()—Clarence in federal court Saturday how he killed Oscar Olson, special federal agent from North Dakota. “White man burst in,” he said, “jammed gun against me and said he would kill me. My mother pyshed me aside and said she would have to be killed first, Iran. The white man rushed out and turned a flashlight on me. He raised his pistol. I shot and the white man fell.” Olson, with Condido Hopkins, In- dian federal officer, had gone to the Morongo Indian reservation in River- side county Oct. 26, to search for liquor. At the time the Indians were in the midst of a “period of medita- tion,” a yearly ceremonial in honor of the spirits.of the dead. All witnesses have agreed the two officers had pistols in their hands when they kicked open the door of home of John Hyde, father of Clarence. The government has demanded the Convicted. of Stealing $825 From Her Former Employer, “ai Red-Head Clara Bow Los Angeles, Jan. 24.—(#)—Con- victed by the compromise verdict of an exasperated jury which for hours had been deadlocked eight to four for acquittal, Daisy De Boe languished in jail Saturday awaiting sentence for theft from her former employer, Clara Bow of the films. After more than 48 hours of bitter wrangling the jury of seven men and five women finally brought in a ver- dict Friday. holding Daisy guilty of one of the 35 counts of grand theft with which she was charged and rec- the verdict was heard. guilty. If they were going to make me guilty of one count I was guilty of all. How could they do it?” She was assisted into an ante room by friends who tried vainly to quiet ing. ‘There was little or no exultation over the verdict in the Bow house- hold, where the red-haired actress is “For Daisy's sake I hope the court jury Saturday. Bank at Carson Is New Chain Member Announcement that the First Na- of Carson became affili- iH z Hl I a ia it 8 ing. Police, who got into the place after Charles Sherman, night club owner and reputed gambler, had been taken to a hospital by the club's cigarette girl, found the club a deserted shambles. He had many bruises and several wounds believed to have been caused ty bullets, but his most serious in- juries were stab wounds. The interior of the club was a spat- tered wreck. Broken chairs, splint- cred tables, bullet-pierced walls and many bloodstains led police to the belief that two gangs had translated their enmity into a free-for-all bat- tle with revolvers, knives and fists. The club has engaged the atten- tion of police before. Several fights have occurred there and one gangs- ter was shot in the street nearby. Be- fore it became the Club Abbey it was Texas Guinan’s salon of all-night gayety. Sherman, who was taken to Poly- clinic hospital, was said to have been engaged in the night club business at one time with Frankie Marlow, slain racketeer, and Larry Fay. Re- garded as a gambler of the “plunger” type, and was said by police to have close friend of the late Am- thstein, whose killing remains “eg of New York’s unsolved myster- les. Mavis King, cigarette girl who said she found Sherman in front of the Club Abbey was detained. Police re- garded with suspicion her denial that she said anything to Sherman dur- ing the ride. The cab driver said he heard her mutter to the unconscious an get them yet. We'll get Indentations in the heavy crimson rug indicated to detectives that at least two persons were hurt. DEVILS LAKE FAIR OUT OF A CIRCUIT Dates for Various North Dakota Expositions Next Summer Are Arranged Fargo, N. D., Jan. 24.—(?)—Cireuit A of the North Dakota Association of Fairs will open its season at Minot July 8 and continue three weeks, it was decided Friday at the annual meeting of fair secretaries here, Circuit A this year will consist of the Northwest fair, Minot, the Fargo and Grand Forks State fairs, Devils Lake having withdrawn from the “big four.” ‘The Minot fair will be the week of July 6, the Fargo fair, week of July 13, and Grand Forks, week of July 20. The grain belt circuit is to open June 24 at Bottineau and continue five weeks, according to Franklin Page, Hamilton, re-elected circuit it. President. Dates for the latter circuit are Bot- tineau, June 24 to 28; Cando, June 29 to July 1; Rugby, July 2 to 4; Lang- Gon and Hamilton the two If Lake goes in the belt cir- cuit, Langdon will have July 13 to 16 and Hamilton, July 21 to 23. | ; : il FapeyE gate ep al at eriegle ail Feeciee sf? | i f [ Distinguished daughter of a dis- tinguished family, Miss Natalie Ham- mond, inventor and artist, here is shown in her latest posed portrait. The daughter of John Hays Ham- mond, prominent mining engineer, and sister of John Hays Hammond Jr., wealthy inventor, she has estab- lished @ factory in New York for making metalized products, using a process she devised. ROSS IS POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED AS N. D. ROBBER BY QUARTET Duluth Man Charged With Par- ticipating in Robbery of Minot Drug Store Duluth, Jan. 24—(?)—Positive iden- tification of Harold Ross, former con- vict, as one of the men who took part in the holdup of the Saunders’ drug store at Minot, N. D., last Dec. 24, was made by four men in the drug store at the time of the robbery at a hear- ing in district court here Saturday on & petition for a writ of habeas corpus by Ross. ‘Testimony in the case was compfet- ed at noon Saturday, with the hear- ing adjourned until Saturday after- noon when points of law are to be argued. Elmer W. Anderson and S. O. Mc- Allen, both clerks at thé drug store; Jack Kreifels, Minot salesman in the store at the time of the robbery, and ©. H. Saunders, proprietor, all testi- fied Ross was guarding the front door to the store while two other men held up Saunders and E. L. Burgess, book- keeper, of $6,700. Paul Campbell, state’s attorney of Ward county, N. D., and Mason M. Forbes, St. Louis county attorney, are appearing for the respondent. No Prisoners Hurt as Alabama Prison Burns Wetumpka, Ala. Jan. 24.—(?)— While fire consumed the 92-year-old main building and left wing of the in- stitution, 235 women and 327 men prisoners marched rapidly from the state prison early Saturday without loss of life or injury. The flames were discovered at midnight on the third floor of the main building, housing a garment factory, and had gained headway be- fore the Wetumpka and Montgomery fire departments could get sufficient water pressure to fight the blaze, Says Liquor Arrests Mother Turns Son Over to Police Few Minutes After He Robs by Governor George F. Shafer that the legislature take action in providing a new statehouse. The proposal would give the com- mission, to be composed of three members to be appointed by the gov= wage the rulns of the firewept caps vage the fire-sw itol building. poi to appoint the commissioners within 30 days after the enactment of the bill. One would be selected from each of she State's three congressional dis- Preference would be given North Dakota contractors, architects, labor and material in construction of the building, which must be completed by Jan. 1, 1933. Members of the commission are to serve without compensation, but are authorized to employ a paid secretary to receive not more than $$4,000 a year, Could Be Removed Each member would be bonded for $25,000, ae may be removed by the governor for cause upon hearing. The following is a resume of the various sections of the bill: The board shall meet at Bismarck, and organize 10 days after members receive notice of appointment. The capitol building shall be lo- cated on the present capitol grounds, If architect selected is a non-resie dent he shall associate with him an architect who is a resident of the state; associate, assistant, or consult- ing architects may be employed by the It shall be unlawful for any mem- bers of the board, to be interested di- rectly or indirectly, in any contract for the construction of the building, or in any work connected with it, the Penalty for violation of this clause being imprisonment of not more than one year, or @ fine of not more than ‘$10,000 or both. The board shall adopt no plans or specifications until careful estimate has been made of the cost of super- vision, labor, material and other ex- Penditures necessary to complete the structure, so that the entire aggregate cost will be restricted to $2,000,000. The board is authorized to contract for the performance of the entire work by a contractor who may under- take the entire work, or it may be divided a classes and separate con- No construction or material shall