The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 27, 1931, Page 1

id a BLISHED 1878 BOARD REPORTS ARE HEARD AT MEETING C. W. McDonnell, Bismarck Member, Cites Decrease in Lignite Shipments WN. D. FEED SAID SUFFICIENT Marketing of Wheat During First Part of Last Crop Year, Set Speed Record St. Paul, Jan. 27—()—An_ opti- mistic outlook for agriculture during 1981 in some sections, reductions in the shipping volume of some com- modities and crop conditions during the last year in Minnesota, North and South Dakota and Montana were re- vealed in reports presented Tuesday before the eighth annual and 3éth formal meeting of the northwest shippers advisory board here. In surveys made by state vice chair- men, W. H. Perry, Minneapolis, cited figures by the Minnesota cooperative 1eporting service which show reduced plantings of winter and fall-sown rye in Minnesota as compared with 1929, while all 1930 crops in this state, from. @ yield standpoint in percentages of the 10 years average, were 98.7 per cent. The most serious damage was the price decline, the reporting ser- vice survey showed. Low prices for farm products in South Dakota curtailed to a large ex- tent the purchasing power of the farm in that state, G. B. Kennard, Huron, state vice chairman, stated. Favorable weather up until the mid- dle of January left ranges open and has enabled livestock to remain in fine condition, he reported. “People in South Dakota are opti- mistic regarding the 1931 outlook,” Mr. Kennard stated, “and it is be- lieved that with satisfactory condi- tions: prevailing for spring ‘planting that business in general will take an Dakota were reduced during 1930 due to the use of natural gas, mild weather and truck shipments, C. W. McDonnell, Bismarck, reported. Feed (Continued on page nine) ND. LEGION BACKS COMPLETE PAYMENT Expression of Opinion Made to Gyide National Officers and Congressmen Fargo, N. D., Jan. 27.—(#)—World war veterans of North Dakota in mass meetings Monday at the var- jous posts voted almost, for immediate total cash payment of their adjusted service certificates, ac- cording to Jack Williams, Fargo, state adjutant of the American Le- gion, which sponsored the poll. Of 315 veterans who attended the meeting here, 306 voted for immed- jate total payment; four to increase the loan value to 50 per cemt; three to make the cash payment 25 -per cent; and two against any payment. Other returns, unanimous for to- tal cash payment, include Page, 24 votes; La Moure 37, Warwick 22, Mil- ton 12, Enderlin 63, Donnybrook 32, Hamberg 21, Wyndmere 37, Grand Forks, 183 out of 185. Adjutant Williams said the poll was taken for the guidance of national legion headquarters and North Da- kota representatives in congress. MINNESOTA LEADS IN TURKEY PRIZES Gopher State Exhibitors Win Most Honors Monday at Grand Forks Show . ~ Grand Forks, N. D., Jan. 27.—— Judging at the eighth annual all- America n turkey show got under way Monday and was to continue through \Tuesday. The following winners were named Young hen—Mrs. George Gilbert- *‘son, Garfield, Minn., first; Mrs. L. E. \ El Evansville, Minn., second, nsington, Bronge, yearling toms—Mrs. Henry Botz, Cando, first; M. ©. Amos, Rus- sellville, second; Burnett Farm, Cum- mings, z Judges ane A. D. Missourl . turkey producer; - Burton, Texas; ‘Manitoba Agricultural nipeg: @nd Frank. Oroes, THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE. & group of state officials. years ago on a gala day, had been ‘Those appearing in the picture, reading from left to right, are Governor | Treasured mementoes of the past were taken from the cornerstone of the ruined state capitol building by They are shown above just after the work had been completed and the copper box, placed in the stone 48 e F. Shafer, Adjutant Gen- Georg eral Angus Fraser; Russell Reid, superintendent of the state historical society; Captain H. A. Brocopp, com- manding the troops guarding the ruins; and Major Harold Sorenson of the adjutant general’s department. Shafer’s left hand rests on the stone, from which the box, held by Reid, had just been removed. ASSURE FARM BOARD SUPPORT\== BANNON ADMISSION IMPLICATES SECOND IN FAMILY SLAYING Officials Are Renewing ‘Efforts to Connect Eider Benen With Crime Watford City, N. D., Jan. 27.—()}— An admission from Charles Bannon, repudiated by him within a few hours, that he had an accomplice in the slaying of the A. E. Haven fam- February, Tuesday was in the posses- sion of McKenzie county authorities. ‘This latest statement by the youth, which he later contradicted, caused authorities to strengthen their that James F. Bannon, father of Charles and a’co-defendant on a murder charge, has knowledge of the slayings. Charles Bannon recited a story of having an accomplice in the murders while being returned to McKenzie county from Williston, bute few hours later when he was taken to the mur- der farm, he declared he had not told the truth, that he was alone. in the crime. * : SWEDISH FLYER INJURED Stockholm, Sweden, Jan. 27.—(7)— Captain Einar Lundborg, the Swedish aviator who rescued the Italian, Gen- eral Noble, after the disastrous Itel- Cleveland, Jan. 31.—(?)—Real- that the machine age BU geERREE 3 ra 3 ily of six persons near Schafer last’ 65,000 Northwest Farmers to Sell Most of Grain Through Federal Agency St. Paul, Jan. 27.—()—Sixty-five thousand farmers, comprising the Farmers’ Union Terminal association eral farm board after Feb. 1, M. W. ‘Thateher,”. their genetal’’ here, said Monday night. ‘The plan was announced at the an- nual stockholders’ meeting, attended also by representatives of the Farm- ers’ Union Livestock Commission company. Thatcher sald the action would make the Grain corporation “the dominant factor in cooperative grain selling in the spring wheat area and help the corporation control the wheat market.” He said it was a demonstration of confidence in Alex- ander Legge’s management of the farm board. The Terminal association will con- tinue to make some direct sales to mills instead of dropping entirely from the selling field, Thatcher said. The new directorate of the Com- mission company, with C. C. Talbott, Jamestown, president of the North Dakota Farmers’ Union as chairman, includes John Erp, Canby, vice chair- man; W. E. Sanderson, Menominee, ‘Wis., secretary; and J. T. Kelly, Cast- agne, Mont., State Senator Nels Ped- etaon, Hilan, Minn., Hemming Nel-|Pany son, Lake Lillian, Minn., State Sen- ator C. W. Fine, Sheyenne, N. D., C. P. Christianson, Minot, and State ~— Ole Olson, New Rockford, Laval Has Completed His French Cabinet Paris, Jan. 27.—(?)}—Senator Pierre Laval, son of & country butcher, and at 47 one of the youngest men to reach the head of the French govern- Will Create Harmonious Light and Color Environment for Man Today of Nela Park. He believes * mia- iu uel ga | me alll 1931 Is Optimistic 15 Cities in United States Have Million Population WESTERN AREA 10 GO BACK 0 OLD TIME BASIS SOON House Puts Martin Bill on Cal- endar With All Members Supporting Measure CARRIES EMERGENCY CLAUSE Argument on Committee Reports Enlivens Monday Session; Splits Occur Western North Dakota Tuesday was assured of a return to the mountain time area in the near future. Two years ago the legislature Placed all of North Dakota in the central time area, the bill passing after bitter opposition from some representatives from the district af- fected. A similar effort had been made at the 1927 session but had failed. But after two years on the new time basis, Senator W. E. Martin of Morton county offered a bill to go back to the old system, whereby the western edge of the central time zone was placed at the Missouri river. It passed the senate without difficulty and Monday was recommended by the house state affairs committee for DENIES FARGO FIRM PAID COMMISSION ON STATE MILL'S FLOUR Manager 0. L. Spencer Refutes . Charge Made fo. Letter.by:. Davenport Man Charges that the state mill and elevator at Grand Forks is paying a commission to a Fargo firm were de- nied by mill officials in communica- tions received Tuesday by Governor George F. Shafer. A committee of legislators called on Governor Shafer last week to ask for an investigation of the charges, which were made in a letter purporting to have been sent«by B. H. Schneider, Davenport, to Rev. R. E. Strutz, Bis- marck. The letter stated that the Goldberg Feed and Seed company of Fargo had a contract with the mill, so that a car of flour could not be purchased from the mill without pay- ing the Fargo concern 10 cents a sack commission. C. L, Spencer, general manager of the mill, in a letter to the goverrlor, stated that “we do not now, nor have we ever paid the Goldberg com- @ commission on any business done with them.” Schneider's name, according to Spencer, was submitted to the mill last Sept. 20 by the Farmers’ Union exchange of St. Paul “as one who was interested in prices on Dakota Maid Wrote Schneider Letter “On Sept. 23,” Spencer continued, “We wrote Mr. Schneider a letter, a i ever answered this letter. “In regard to the Goldberg Feed mill has been in operation, will say that we have had during all this time an agreement with them to act Hil jobbers in the Fargo territory. In territory they buy our flour and the credits for that Hy £ fhe a58% Goze ur e. There was no opposition to the recommendation and the measure was placed on the calendar. An early vote is expected and the bill ap- ‘parently will meet no more opposition in the house than it encountered in the senate. It carries the emergency clause and, if passed, will become effective as soon as it is signed by the gov- ernor, House Has Argument Argument on two committee re- ports. enlivened the house session. Monday and split the body without age pension bill had been placed Mona orders for additional consid- eration, despite a majority committee report to kill it and another commit- tee report recommending for passage @ bill reducing sheriff's mileage fees was adopted. Dissension first broke out over the adoption of reports from the state af- fairs committee on the old age pen- sion bill. Following reading of the minority report, the report of the majority was read and L. L. Twichell, Independent leader and committee chairman, moved its adoption. His motion was BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA. TUESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1931 Only Five, However, Are Offi- cially Credited With Figure by Uncle Sam New York, Jan. 27.—(#)—Literal Unele Sam says there are five cities in the United States with a popula- tion in excess of one million, against three in 1920; but a more poetic li- cense reveals that actually there are 15 municipalities in the magic mil- lion class. Whatever Uncle Sam's 1930 census takers may say, the citizens of those municipalities always talk in terms of “Greater City” millions. ‘Whether the 1940 census count ac- tually will show at least 12 cities with more than 8 million depends on how these cities and their suburbs solve | the problem of union. Boston proper has 781,188 citizens by the 1930 census, but 1,955,168 per- sons were counted in the closely: packed network of 43 cities and towns separated as a rule by arbitrary and artificial boundaries. Where are these 15 potential mil- lion-souled communities? The government lists New York City, Chicago, Philadelphia, Detroit ‘and Los Angeles, the latter two hav- ing climbed in the band wagon since 1920. But New York actually has four boroughs — Manhattan, Brooklyn, (Queens and the Bronx, each with ‘more than a million population. The Bronx and Queens likewise crossed the million matk since 1920. Considering the boroughs separate- ly, Brooklyn, which has outgrown Father Manhattan is second city in the land with 2,560,401 population. Cleveland trembles on the verge of its first million, but the metropolitan Population is far over the mark; the same applies to St. Louis, Baltimore, Boston, Pittsburgh and San Fran- cisco. Other cities already in the million class also have their suburban trou- bles. For instance Philadelphia, with 1,950,961, unofficially counts its resi- dents at 2,500,000, while Chicago, boasting 3,376,438, sees @ million addi- fional_in ita suburbs;.and some day expects to join Milwaukee which is ‘well on the way to its own first mil- lion, POSITION OF RUM SHIP IS DISPUTED Counsel for Crew of Josephine substituted by one from Albert Van Berkom, Nonpartisan, and author of the bill, recommending it for passage. H. F. Swett, Nonpartisan, moverl that the old age pension bill be re- ferred to Genefal Orders. After argu- ment on parliamentary procedure, Speaker C. Vernon Freeman ruled that Swett’s motion was before the Twichell Loses in Vote. Swett urged the bill be placed in General Orders to enable Van Ber- kom to discuss it before the entire membership, stating it was a measure of importance and merited considera- tion by the whole group. Twichell contended it would be well for the house to abide by the reports of its committees; that otherwise s general practice of this nature would (Continued on page nine) BOASTS OF ROBBING NORTH DAKOTA BANK One of Three Arrested in Minne- apolis Tells of Splitting $1,600 Loot i ul tak z g Ry FFE E k | ; é i i [ i | | i t | i 3 E i 4 i i ; K Charges Boat Was Outside of Limit New York, Jan. 27—(P)—A dispute as to the position of the Canadian Tum-runner Josephine K when she was shelled by the coast guard Satur- day night and her master fatally wounded added to the international complications Tuesday. At the arraignment of the crew be- fore United States Commissioner Cotter Monday, Assistant United States Attorney Robert B. Watts de- manded high bail on the ground the vessel was sighted within the 2-mile limit, in breach of the treaty between Great Britain and the United States. the treasury. In contradiction, Louis Halle, the crew's attorney, said: “The acts complained of were not within the treaty limit. These men are guilty of no crime. And there is No master on this vessel—he has al- ready put up the highest bail.” Commissioner Cotter held 21 pris- oners—crews of the Josephine K., the scow Brooklyn and the tug Dauntless Six—all of whom were captured, in bail ranging from $7,500 to $500 each. Hearing was set for Feb. 10. The was conspiracy to smuggle Uquor in violation of the prohibition jand custom laws. |W. P. to Build Own San Francisco Line own all rail entrance into San Fran- cisco, by construction of a from Niles via Redwood Quint street within the “munietpal wpe. Was taben to the oepital early Roosevelt Kindergarten News Is Latest Publication in Local Field Bismarck’s latest news organ has been christened the “Roose- edition bears the date | Mary Evelyn Petree, above, a junior at the University of Tennessee, has keen elected the most popular girl on the campus by vote of her fellow stu- dents. She is an honor student and lives in Knoxville, Tenn. ITALY ASKS REDRESS BECAUSE OF BUTLER TALE ABOUT IL DUCE Mussolini Said Described as Hit- -and-Run Driver by U. S. Major General Washington, Jan. 27.—()—Ambas- sador «e Martino of Italy in a formal statement characterized Tuesday as “untrue and slanderous” remarks re- garding Premier Mussolini attributed to Major General Smedley Butler in ®@ recent address in Philadelphia. The navy department has asked Butler to explain the speech but has had no reply as yet, Major General Butler commands a marine post at Quantico, Va. Adeq redress has been de- manded by the Italian government in @ formal protest to the state depart- ment against Butler's remarks. In an address delivered before the contemporary club of Philadel- phia Jan. 19, Major General Smedley D. Butler stated, the ambassador's statement said, “as it appears from the Philadelphia papers, that Signor Mussolini had invited a friend of the general’s (whose name, however, he did not mention) to accompany him in a tour around Italy in an ar- moured automobile; that during this tour Signor Mussolini ran over a child without stopping when the child was hit and that when the general's friend screamed when the accident occurred, Mussolini uttered these words: ‘What is one life in the af- fairs of a state? “The royal Italy embassy can state has never invited any American to accompany him on any trip around That, if any accident of this sort has happened, Signor Mussolini would have done what is the duty of every- one—he would have stopped and brought help. “The Italian ambassador has pro- tested to the department of state against such untrue, and slanderous allegations, expressed by a general in active service.” Bismarck Attorney Is Critically Tl F. O. Hellstrom, Bismarck attorney and former warden of the North Da- kota penitentiary, is in a local hos- pital suffering from a kidney ailment. The Weather Pair Tuesday night and Wednesday. Little change in temperature, Open Highway Battle Looms { Agricultural Outlook for SHPPERS ADVISOR CRISIS IS NEARING AS TO NAME NEW MAN Expiration of Moe’s Term on |, ‘They Like Her | February 1 May Embar. rass Administration BONZER BILL ABOUT READY. Administration Antidote to Ex- pected Measure Offered by Cain and Ployhar Lines for the legislative battle over highway policy were being drawn to- day and the fight should be out in the open within the next few days. A bill to put operation of the high- way department under the supervision of one man probably will be offered in the senate We . V. A. In its major provisions the bill is the same as that offered by Bonzer two years ago and beaten after @ hard battle. Additional sentiment in favor of the two years, however, and sponsors of the legislation are hopeful that it will Pass, even though it has the oppo- sition of the administration as repre- sented by Governor George F. Shafer and L. L. Twichell, majority leader in the house. Under the terms of the propped bill one man would have chatge of the activities of the entite highway department under the title of chief highway commissioner. Two other commissioners would be appointed by the governor to serve with him in awarding Cpugsice and their ap- Proval woul necessary on all pur- chases of $3,000 or more. tee The two highway commissioners would get $10 a day and expenses for Lacehi dimmers rnd bla nice woul we no voice in the operation or policies of the de] j The proposed bill would limit the amounts which could be spent for ad- ministration and clerical he! would require a complete a § thor- ough audit of the departme: {s busi- ness each year, Meanwhile, the highway. was approaching a crisis fro} ministration angle. The gov' has’ not yet submitted his bills t} increase the gasoline tax and the motpr vehicle (Continued on page n)pe) NEW MEXICO ASRS FRAZIER'S APOLOGY State Senate Says North Da- kotan Made Unwarranted: Attack on Hagerman Santa Fe, N. M., Jan. 27.—(}—The New Mexico state senate has asked a ticipated in a deal to lease Na‘ dian lands for $1,000, the same categorically that Signor Mussolini | King. Italy. That the premier has never | Oil run over any child, man or woman. | Was This booklet of 48 pages, illustrated, not only gives the essential facts con- cerning every President from ~? ay