The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 10, 1931, Page 1

Nortti Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper ESTABLISHED 1873 DOINGBEST 10 AVOID NEW CONTROVERSIES Republicans Maintain That \ ‘Safe and Sane’ Plan Will Be Forthcoming LOAN PROPOSAL CRITICIZED Both Speaker Longworth and Chairman Snell Favor Ad- ditional Loan Plan Washington, Feb. 10.—()—Tension {was increasing in congress Tuesday over veterans’ aid proposals, with the Republican leaders doing their ut- most to allay new controversial stir- rings. : They maintained that some plan— @ “safe and sane one,” in’ the words of Speaker Longworth—would be brought forth. All factions, includ- ing the numerous advocates of paying off compensation certificates at their face value, waited to see how the house ways and means committee ‘would report. The general expecta- tion was the group would recom- ‘mend @ $500,000,000 increase in loans against the certificates. This plan | has received strong support, although } the treasury has withheld an en- } dorsement. But the full payment advocates in ; both branches were restive. npeimad bee Senator Caraway, Democrat, Arkan- sas, threatened to have his bill taken | eo { away from the ‘finance committee un- { Jess it voted upon it by next Tuesday. Senator Couzens, Republican, Mich- ‘ igan, served notice he would not aid in getting the necessary appropria- tion bills passed if there were any “jockeying” to prevent action on the compensation bills. Several members of the house oriti- cized the loan proposal, Secretary ‘Mellon who is opposed to paying off the certificates at this time and John ‘Thomas Taylor, legislative represent= yative’ of the American Legion, who ‘was charged by some with biocking cash payment efforts, { Both Longworth and Chairman Snell of the house rules committee said they favored the additional loan proposal. COMMITTEE BACKS VETERAN PAYMENT Senate State Affairs Group Rec- ommends House Resolu- tion for Passage a The senate state affairs committee ‘Tuesday recommended for passage & house resolution petitioning congress for early enactment of legislation providing for the immediate payment to war veterans of adjusted compen- sation certificates. The resolution has been approved by the house. The committee also recommended for pasage a bill providing that own- ers of new motor vehicles purchased after July 1 be entitled to a 50 per i cent reduction of the year’s registra- ‘tion fee, and vehicles used for the first time after Oct. 1 be entitled to a 75 per cent reduction. The following bills were indefinitely | postponed b: the committee: ~ ‘A measure requiring mothers to be a resident of a county for three years -previous to making application for mother’s pension, instead of one year “as now provide: wr oie providing for examina- tion and annual licensing of dental “hygienists by the board of dental ex- ‘aminers. A bill providing for retirement and ‘pension for judges. of the supreme ‘and district courts for incapacity or ‘@t the age of 72. 69 Believed Lost In Ship Collision * Tokyo, Feb. 10.—(P)—Sixty-nine persons were feared lost Tuesday ina collision between the French steamer Porthos and the Japanese Kikusui in the harbor during a heavy torm Monday. The Japanese 1 sank quickly and the Porthos, ter picking up 25 of her comple- it, returned to port with small ew Zealand Death ‘Toll Mounts to 212 * London, Feb. 10—(?}—The gover that known » and admits Hee circumstantial evidence faces Mrs, Annay, ith the murder of her husband, J. E. Arnot, banker (lower left) with poison at Glasgow, Mont. A. was selected at the Montana city Monday to test the sanity of Mrs. Arnot. Both the prosecu- and defense has listed between 25 and 30 witnesses for the hearing. Mrs. Arnot admits that Arnot died of E. Arnot (right), former North Dakota woman who to burn his body in the furnace of her home (shown above); but she says he took the by mistake and that she tried to make it appear that he had met death in the fire because she feared she be blamed for his poisoning. Her arrest was due to the refusal of Sheriff Ben Olson (center) to accept the coroner’s jury's verdict that death had been accidental. Sheriff Olson removed Arnot’s body from its grave at Park River, N. D., for the examination which revealed the man had been poisoned. ARNOT MURDER CASE RESUMED :: ATTACKS MINNESOTA STATE SCHOOL AID Education Department Is Con- demned in Joint Resolution to Be Introduced St. Paul, Feb. 10—(#)—The state department. of education is accused of administering the law governing state aid “in a most dictatorial and oppressive manner,” in a joint resolu- tion to be introduced in the state house of representatives Tuesday aft- ernoon. The resolution which will be pre-|the sented by Representative G. W. John- son, Duluth, calls for an investigation of the education department by a committee of five members from each legislative branch. ‘This move is the outgrowth of pro- tests against the requirements school boards have been forced to meet to qualify for state aids. Large sums of money appropriated by the state for furthering education. the resolution states, have been placed at the dispostal of the state department of education. HOUSE COMMITTEE FAVORS COFFIN BILL Measure Provides for Manufac- ture of Caskets by Prison- ers in Penitentiary Approval of 2 = proposing to establish an industry of manufactur- ing coffins at the state penitentiary was given by the house Ittee on| state affairs Tuesday. oetne measure was introduced by C. ‘William manufacturing automobile plates at the state penitentiary has passed the house. bills recommended for pass- e Says His Rocket “lige governing Reach Moon Jury of Farmers to Decide Whether Widow Accused of Murder Is Insane Glasgow, Mont., Feb. 10.—(#)— A jays of farmers will decide whether Anna Berrigan Arnot, charged with the murder of her husband, J. E. Arnot, former Glasgow banker, is in- sane. An examination into her sanity, which will determine whether she will be tried for murder, began in district court before Judge John Hurly Mon- day, and a jury was selected. The jury was locked up for the period of the trial. Each side has listed between 25 and 30 witnesses. An alarm of fire the night of Aug. 17, 1930, in the home of J. E. Arnot, former Glasgow, Mont., banker, re- vealed his body, partly burned, on a heap of rubbish near the furnace in basement. . Mrs. Arnot, returning from a visit to a son, caretaker at a tourist camp, found smoke coming from the base-| {23 ment and called neighbors. A coroner's jury found that Arnot’s death was accidental, and he was buried at Park River, N. D., where his sister, Mrs. Ruth Hudson, lives. W. E. Arnot, a brother of the Glas- gow man, insurance company repre- sentative, and Sheriff Benjamin Olson were not satisfied with the inquest verdict. and continued their investi- gations. They obtained an autopsy on the body, had the viscera examined by a chemist, and determined that the man died from poison. Mrs. Arnot was placed under ar- rest and, on Sept. 16, was charged with first-degree murder. Six days later she pleaded not guilty. However, on her arrest Mrs. Arnot told officers her husband took poison in mistake for a stomach remedy and, because she feared Glasgow people would suspect her of killing her hus- band, she removed the body to the basement and attempted to burn it. She first named Mike Safarik, a laborer, as her accomplice, saying he helped her carry the body downstairs. | (Conunued on page eleven) Governor Green Loses Before Supreme Court} Pierre, 8. D., Feb. 10.—(@)—The no emergency exists ganization of the rural credit board before July 1. At that time a bill signed Saturday by Govetnor Warren Green will be- come effective, unless eehieted toa Hoovers Have Been Married ; 32 Years ENTIRE FAMILY 1S POSONED.BY-FOOD Two Texas Boys and Father Dead, Mother and Two Other Children Ill Brownwood, Texas, Feb. 10.—(?)— H. A. Jones, 40, a tenant farmer, died Tuesday, the third member of a fam- ily of seven to succumb from eating Poisoned bread—the last food in the house—at breakfast Monday. Jones had been out of work recent- ly and the family’s store of food reached the vanishing point Monday morning. Authorities were attempting to de- termine who was responsible for put- the poison in the home-made bread which Dr. C. W. Gray, county health officer, said contained a dead- ly poison. The father told investigators be- fore he died that after the breakfast some of the children complained of SENATE COMMITTEE TO DELAY ACTION ON CAPITOL BILL Bhairman ‘Saye He Wt Says He Will Press for Action on Other Mat- ters Already Pending OROUTH AID BILL LOSES Suggestion to Furnish Food to Arkansans Declared to Be Unconstitutional * Consideration of the capitol build- ing bill was deferred for several days when the measure came before the hee state affairs committee Mon- ry. A heavy slate of business caused the committee to delay action. Senator Frank E. Ployhar of Val- ley City pointed out that nearly 50 Measures, many of them of major importance, are before the committee and said efforts will be made to dis- pose of some of these before taking up the capitol building bill. i The house bill, providing for a sales tax on oleomargarine, the four- cent gasoline tax proposal, bus and truck measures, and a number of other bills are to be considered. A resolution proposing the state furnish a quantity of state mill and elevator flour and other foods to per- sons of the drouth zone of Arkansas was indefinitely postponed by the committee by a 7 to 5 vote. Senator D. H. Hamilton, McHenry county, who with Senator Dell Pat- terson, Renville county, sponsored the resolution, took steps to bring in a minority report recommending pass- The committee heard an opinion by Charles Simon, assistant attorney general, declaring the proposal, if enacted into law, would be unconsti- tutional. Indefinite postponement of Senator Patterson’s measure providing for the assessment and taxation of lands ‘Owned by thé stdte wad voted by the committee, after it was pointed out the proposal was in conflict with the constitution. The committeemen, however, were generally agreed that some steps should be taken to make possible tax- ation of lands obtained by the state through foreclosure, and voted to ap- point a sub-committee to draw up a proposed amendment to the constitu- tion to remove the restriction now Placed on legislation such as is spon- sored by Senator Patterson. Action was deferred on a bill in- troduced by Senator Patterson for establishment and operation of branch banks of the Bank of North Dakota. Senator Patterson urged approval of the measure which he said will give smaller communities some relief and provide a depository for municipal funds. Senator Walter Bond of Minot said the measure contained some merit, but believed that it went too far. Senator A. W. Fowler of Fargo op- posed the proposal, Cecierine. it would put an increased burden on small feeling ill. He said he walked to the | banks, neighbor’s house to telephone for a physician and when he returned found all of the family ill. Soon he was stricken himself. Hillary Jones, eight, and E. F. Jones, six, died short- ly afterwards. Physicians expressed hope Tuesday of saving the lives of Mrs. Jones and two of the children. An inquest was to be held Tuesday. FIND BRONZE AGE GRAVES Sebastopol, Feb. 10.—(#)—Huge stone coffins containing the remains of men who inhabited Crimea during the bronze age have been found by an expedition of the Russian academy of science which has been excavat- ing along the coast of the Black Sea. _————— | Gold Star Mothers 4 Will Visit France Fate Thwarts Dream of Years As Stanton Man Succumbs in Germany Thwarted by fate as the dream of @ lifetime was about to, true, Henry Sagehorn, 65, judge of Mercer county, early Tuesday at Berlin, os died i Z E HATH i i ed a hospital. That was five he died months ago. Tuesday . without having been permitted to revisit the scenes of his childhood i THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE | BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1931 | Schall Refuses Hoover Request peice Increasing Over Veteran Aid Plans >» (G0 LEADERS ARE [____ Former North Dakota Woman Has Sanity Hearing | The Weather Partly cloudy Tuesday night and ‘Wednesday, Colder Wednesday, PRICE FIVE CENTS lans‘iutmsi SAYS HE WILL NOT WITHDRAW Rail Consolidation _ MICHEL NOMNATION Cont nt es t E x pected Minnesotan Suggests Name Be Submitted to Senate Car- rying Objections 4q INST MITCHELL Tells President to Beware ot Placing Too Much Trust , in Cabinet Member 0 , Report Questioning auestioning Advisabilty | Active at 88 ‘ > of Plan to Be Considered —* by Senate Group HAVE SPLIT INTO 2 GROUPS WARNS A William C. Green, Former North Dakotan, Prepared Report After Investigation Aberin md gh ee. aeemae Washington, Feb. 10.—)—Mem- bers of the senate’ interstate com- merce committee expected a contro- versy Tuesday as they met to con- sider @ report questioning the ad- visability of further railroad consoli- dations. The report, drafted by William C. Green, former North Dakotan, the committee's counsel, after a six- months investigation, has directed bearing on the proposed four-way consolidation of eastern railroads, negotiations for which were sponsor- ed by President Hoover. Committee members have split in- to two groups over Green’s conclusion that a study of the records, hearings, and experiences of the last 19- years “does not disclose a situation requir- ing in the public interest further en- couragement of a comprehensive pro- gram of consolidations as required by the transportation act.” Republican and Democratic inde- pendents on the committee were ex- Pected to urge adoption of the report, while some of the other members were prepared to urge radical changes in it, or its rejection. Among tne other conclusions reach- ed by Green, expected to bring out differences were: “That the great benefits of con- solidations now contemplated will ac- e to lines already strong. ‘That such a program of consoli- dation may tend.to. further. weaken weak lines. “That there is no particular objec- tion to. unifications with.no substan-. tial reduction of competition or sub- stantial closing of routes and chan- nels of trade, “That there is substantial opposi- tion to consolidations which violate the anti-trust acts, Green also recommended that if consolidation legislation is to’be con- tinued provision should be made for the protection of employes and for regulation of holding companies. He concluded that under consolidations por considered “labor probably will suffer.” GLEN ULLIN FIRE VICTIM DIES HERE |=. Working is the “best fun” he has ever had, declares Henry M. Leland, above, of Detroit, “grand old man” of the | ef automobile industry, who is still ac- tive at 88, He founded the Cadillac Motor Car company in 1902 and in- troduced «storage battery ignition, electric lighting and starting, as well as other improvements. He now de- votes most of his time to advising ventors. LINES DRAWN FOR FACTIONAL FIGHTS AS DEADLINE NEARS Special Consent Is Needed to Present Bills After 2P.M. Tuesday Practically all legislation to be con- sidered at this session of the general assembly will have been introduced by Tuesday afternoon. Fifty-four bills were offered Mon- day and additional measures were to be presented before the deadline was reached at 2 o'clock Tuesday. With prospective legislation in hand, leaders of contending forces will be able to estimate the situation and to lay plans for the factional battles which may develop during the remaining 25 days of the session. Under the rules of both houses, bills may not be introduced after the 35th day except by special permis- sion. In the house this permission | Parker. is granted by a delayed bills commit- tee, while in the senate the consent of two-thirds of the members is nec- The constitution reauiree that bills introduced in one house be bring with it the unanimous support of the entire state delegation” in congress. Schall told the president that Mitchell had done nothing “for our Party except to stab it in the back.” Cites Parker Nomination and placed in the hands of the other house by the fiftieth day. A number now before the assembly a expected to fall by the wayside before that time. Of the 54 measures introduced Monday 29 were offered in the house, the total presented in that branch during this session to 233, while the 24 introduced in the senate brought the total so far to 196. Steps were taken by Lieutenant Governor John Carr, presiding officer of the senate, to speed up the pro-| ing the ceedings of the assembly with the announcement that senators will be Umited in time they may speak. Mr. Carr told the senate he would hereafter strictly enforce the rule Louis Kroh, Retired Farmer, Dies of Burns Sustained in Garage Fire Louis Kroh, hero of the Glen Ullin fire of Jan. 30, died here Tues- day morning from burns received when he was pinned beneath a fall- ing wall of the Gien Ullin Motor Sales building. Kroh with a number of others was salt equipment from the burn- ing building when the explosion of a gasoline tank crumpled one of the walls burying him beneath a pile of hot brick. general solicitor general, not one was in office a few months after he took office.” LADY AIKINS DIES that no member shall speak more than twice on the same subject, without leave of the senase, nor more than once until every member choos- ing to speak on the subject pending shall have spoken, nor shall any member occupy more than 10 min- utes at the first time, nor more than five minutes at the second time, without unanimous consent of the assembly. iw RISE THIRD CONSECUTIVE DAY Morning Sees Half Hour of Furious Trading but Advance Is Resumed at Midday New York, Feb. 10.—(#—Bears John Jenson, employe of the Mon- Dakota. Power ‘Winnipeg, Man., . 10—(P)— Lady Aikins, widow of the late Sir James Aikins, former lieutenant gov- carried him to a place of safety. ernor of Manitoba, died. Kroh immediately was rushed to a fg EE local hospital where he has been hovering betwen life and death and where he finally succumbed at 5:15 O'clock Tuesday. His wife and Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Moss, daughter and son-in-law of Sa were o> ye DeSee She end came. Louis iy i FI Fy v i 18th Grafton Victim Given ees Rites}t: