The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 13, 1931, Page 1

wv North Dakota's Oldest Newspaper ESTABLISHED 1873 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1931 Delay Action on Gas T ax. _Will Withdraw Marines from Nicaragua a Kg rd y f te BXPRCT'TO REMOVE ~~ ALL FORGES AFTER ELECTIONS OF 1992 800 Now on Combat Duty Against Insurgents Will Be Withdrawn by. June MONCADA APPROVES PLAN Detachment Will Be Left but Solely for Training Pur- poses, Stimson Says Washington, Feb. 13.—(%)—The ‘United States is to withdraw marines from Nicaragua. Acceptance by President Moncada of Nicaragua of a definte plan to substantially reduce marine forces in Nicaragua by June and pave the way for complete withdrawal after the elections of 1932 was announced Fri- day by Secretary Stimson. ‘The marines to be withdrawn by June, plans for which will become immediately effective, are those on combat duty aganist the insurgent forces and total about 800. The re- maining marine force will be sta- tioned in Managua, the capital, and will devote their attention solely to training purposes and as an aviation unit required in some sections due to lack of roads. All marines under the plan will be out of Nicaragua following the 1932 election. ‘The withdrawal plen is linked with a plan to immediately increase by 500 the Nicaraguan National Guard which will wage a vigorous campaign against bandit forces, most promi- nent among whose leaders was the elusive “General” Sandino. The augmenting of the National Guard will increase its strength to about 2,000. By June the marine force of 500 ‘will be in contrast to one over 5,000 in Nicaragua on Jan. 1, 1929, ‘The plan was devised by Stimson while in. conference. with American Minister Hanna, Major General Farnk R. McOoy, army officer, who supervised the 1928 elections, and Brigadier General Douglas McDougal, former commander of the Nicaraguan National Guard and a United States marine officer. ‘The secretary summoned these three to Washington for the confer- ence. ‘The plan covers provision to pay for the increase by Nicaragua of the guard and looks toward the eventual suppression of the insurgent forces in the republic. Stimson withheld any announce- ment of the plan until it had been accepted by the Nicaraguan presi- dent. QUICK PASSAGE OF SOLDIER BILL- SEEN House Committee Prepared to Report Formally on Com- promise Measure Washington, Feb. 13—(#)—A for- ‘mal report recommending early pass- age of a compromise bill to swell the borrowing power of veterans on gom- pensation certificates to $1,700,000,000 ‘was made ready for introduction. Fri- day by the house ways and means committee. Prompt approval for the measure, put forward for depression-relief as ‘well as to aid veterans, was anticipat- ed. House leaders prepared to bring it up next Monday under a rule of procedure precluding amendments Chairman Hawley called the commit- tee to give formal assent after a unanimous agreement Thursday set- tled the controversy which has raged for weeks. Delegation of Three Leaves for Chicago A delegation of three, appointed by Gov. George F. Shafer, left for Chi- cago Thursday night to determine whether state exhibits shall be en- tered in the world fair to be held there in 1933. Secretary of State Robert Byrne, Adjutant General G. A. Fraser, 4 will jierart4 the feasibility of es- tablishing an all-state building at the fair. Legaiature, which "wil bo asked to wi wi act on thelr recommendation, Rowbottom Indicted On Charge of Bribery Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. 13—()— Harry E. Rowbottom, representative in congress the first Indiana district, was indicted Friday by a fed- eral grand jury on & of ac- cepting bribes for using his influence to obtain post office appointments in district. : Rowbottom,:@ Republican, was ar- merifioaly charging. the, accept vit 3] el accept- ance of $750 for recommending the E | { | | '[__ $10,000 Horse ‘EMERGENCY CLAUSE { | i i [Senate Group Recommends Heres $10,000 worth ot horseflesh, this champion Arabian steed having been purchased by Philip K. Wrigley, noted for his famous Arab stables, for his Catalina Island, Calif, rancho. ‘The horse's name is Kaaba. NONPARTISAN WOME ELECT MRS. DALE Succeeds Mrs. Barbara Parkin- son, Willow City; Other 4 Officers: Reelected Mrs.-Alfred 8. Dale, Bismarck, was elected president of the North Dakota Federation of Nonpartisan clubs at the closing session here Thurs- day afternoon. She succeeds Mrs. Barbara Parkinson, Willow City, who was named second vice president. Other officers were reelected. They are Mrs. Minnie’ D. Craig, Esmond; first vice president; Mrs. Bertha Cleveland, Tuttle, executive secretary and Mrs. Florence Lyon, Cando, re- cording secretary. Awarding of convention prizes and Toutine .business took up the re- mainder of the afternoon. Mrs. Theresa Helming, Bottineau county, received first prize of $5 for the best Paper on the topic, “How to Revive a Club.” The $2 second prize went to Mrs. Marie Durey, Ellendale. Mrs. F. L. Phelps, Pettibone, who Js 74 years of age, was found to be the oldest delegate present for the convention. She received a $2 award. ‘The Willow City delegation was selected as the group coming farthest to the meeting and received a $5 prize. Mrs. Durey won the $5 prize cftered to the single delegate coming farthest as well as a $1 prize given to ie most loquacious club representa- ve. Kidder county, with four present, had the largest county delegation, re- ceiving a $5 award and Eddy county delegates were presented a $5 prize for the best stunt given for the stunt night program. Resolutions adopted included a recommendation that congress pass! governor should accept the responsibility for the state mill and elevator. They went on record as favoring the Jones Maternity bill and urged that more work be done in the way of pre-school clinics and other activi- ties looking toward better care for the mother and child. Appreciation was expressed to the Bismarck club and to others who had tention, tn the clocing meeage.pre- vention, in the Ing message pre- pared by Mrs. Emma Nagle, James- town, Mrs. C. G. Boise, Bismarck, and Mrs. J. 8. Cox, PLACED ON CAPITOL BILL BY COMMITTEE Measure for Passage With ‘Hurry-Up’ Provision VOTE SATURDAY POSSIBLE Must Get Two-Thirds Majority to Retain Amendment; House Would Be Asked to Concur Presentation of a report on the capitol bill Friday was delayed by Frank Ployhar, 4 chairman of the senate state af- fairs committee. Ployhar indi- cated the report would be pre- sented Saturday. The senate committee on state af- fairs Thursday restored the emerg- ency clause to the $2,000,000 capitol building bill and recommended the measure for passage. By its action the committee re- turned to the bill the emergency pro- vision which was eliminated when the measure passed the house. Senator D. H. Hamilton of Mc- Henry county, a member of the state affairs committee, opposed the amendment by which the emergency clause was restored and indicated he would carry his fight to the floor of the senate. ‘The committee’s report is scheduled to be brought into the senate today. A two-thirds vote is necessary to re- tain the emergency clause. When the measure was passed by the house by @ 62 to 51 vote, the clause was stricken out because of lack of a two- ity. Indications are the bill may come to a final vote in the senate Saturday, should the senate act on the com- mittee report Friday. — If sufficient votes are mustered in the-senate (tertie) me with the emergency | proposal will be sent to the house for toncur- rence’ fi the amendment. Should the house again reject the emergency clause, the measure would go to a conference’ committee. Came As Surprise Action on the bill by the senate committee came as a surprise as the committee was not expected to ac: until next week. A roll call was not taken but in the vive voce vote there was a pre- ponderance of “ayes,” and a few scat- tered “nays.” The committee indefinitely post- poned a measure by Senator S. J. At- kins of Towner county, providing for the transfer of $300,000 from the re- turned soldiers’ fund to the general (Continued on page nine) COMMITTEE FAVORS MEYER NOMINATION Brookhart, Fletcher and Blaine Only Members of Commit- tee Voting Negatively Washington, Feb. 13.—(#)—The nomination of Eugene Meyer to be governor of the federal reserve board ‘was approved Friday by the senate peaking committee. The vote was pt Senators Brookhart, Iowa, and Blaine, Wisconsin, Republicans, and Florida, . voted also op- posed Meyer in the sub-committee which approved the nomination Wed- nesday, 3 to 2. Blaine was not on the sub-committee. ‘The nomination went to the senate calendar, where it must lie over a day before it can be considered. Preparing to seek an agreement for a time to vote, leaders held no hope of reaching a roll call on Meyer. be- fore late next week. An overwhelming majority for the nominee was predicted as 8 result of the line up for him in the committee Friday, but the opposition of Brook- hart was expected to defer a vote for a time. HEAD STATE CLUBS) |New Naval Fighting Plane With Speed Of 306 Miles an Hour Is Under Cover E | A Beauty from the Carolines That members of the North Carolina State College Forestry club are no backwoodsmen can be seen in their choice of charming Miss Betsy Shore, above, of Raleigh, a club sponsor. Miss Shore is a graduate of Peace Insti- tute and prominent in Raleigh society, FIREMEN OVERCOME BY BURNING OL IN NEW YORK BUILDING 48 Are in Hospitals After Five- hour Fight, Many Others Are Affected Rochester, N.Y., Feb. 13—(#)— With 48 firemen in hospitals and many more recovering from smoke and gas poisoning after receiving first jaid, a five-hour fire was extinguished Friday morning, putting an end to a situation which overcame entire com- panies. Smoke and carbon monoxide. gas, formed. when water came in contact with burning fuel oil in the basement of a retail store building on Main street, dropped firemen by the jscores, Even those wth gas masks were overcome almost as rapidly as those without. More than 100 fire- men were affected. Emergency first aid stations were set up near the fire by nurses and in- ternes and ambulances kept up steady runs to and from hospitals. Spectators aided surviving firemen to rescue those who were overcome. Mrs..Clara Francis, a graduate of Irving Sanitarium of San Francisco, rendered valuable service. One of the first on the scene, she gave first aid to those in ambulances which were unable to go to hospitals imme- diately. Three firemen returned to duty after being treated, only to be felled again by the fumes. Firemen were handicapped in fighting the flames because of the work of rescuing fallen companions. Damage was slight, being estimat- ed at $20,000. Krueger Awaiting Robbery Hearing Napoleon, N. D., Feb. 13—(P)— Charged with robbing the First Ger- man State Bank of Fredonia, Otto F. Krueger, 23-year-old Ashley youth, will be given a hearing here late Fri- day. Krueger’ confessed to authorities that he held up the bank Wednesday. ‘Three hours after the robbery, he was arrested and $660 of the $665 taken from the bank were recovered in his room. According to Krueger's confession, he held up the bank to obtain funds with which to make good several hundred dollars of worthless checks he had written. To Consider Grain Embargo Bill Next Representat Burtness, Republi- can, North Dakota, has introduced a bill for a 12-months embargo on wheat, feed grains and butter. Chair- man Legge has given’ his approval ‘| to it. SETS OUTING DATE Man’s Strange Action in Air Endangers Lives Attempts to Get Into Control Compartment of Airplane to Help Pilot Detroit, Feb. 13—(7)—A. man who endangered the lives of two fellow- passengers and the pilot of-a Chica- go-Detroit lane with his eccen- tric’ actions’ “was under ob-' servation for a while in the psycho- pathic ward of a receiving hospital Friday. He is James J. Mangan, advertis- ing manager for a: Chicago novelty company. The reason -for his strange actions has not been determined but one of the physiciang said Thursday night they might -have been a mani- festation of air sickness. Louis Steward, Plano, Ill., the pilot, said Mangan leaped from his seat, shouting at the top of his voice, when the plane was over South Bend, Ind., and tried several times to climb into the control room of the plane, shouting that he wanted “to help you Tun this plane.” Then. Steward said, “he would run back and forth in the plane, once in a while opening the door and throw- ing out money.” The other passen- gers were terrified, the pilot said. By fighting Mangan off with one hand when he attempted to enter the control rooms, Steward brought the plane safely to land at the city airport. There four policeman removed Man- gan from the ship and took him to the hospital. Mangan’s age was given at about 35 years, Mangan was released from the re- ceiving hospital psychopathic ward Friday after being held for observa- tion. He was taken from the hospital by @ man said by hospital officials to his brother. DEMAND VOTE ON PRLIEP MEASURE Senate Leaders, Facing Filibus- ter, Insist on Action on Compromise Bill Washington, Feb. 13—()—Senate leaders announced at the outset of STATE POLICE BILL GETS APPROVAL OF SENATE COMMITTEE Group Amends Measure to Make Maximum of Patrolmen 20 and Motorcycles 25 FAVOR ABSENT VOTING BILL Optometrist Supervision Bill Postponed; Approve Sub- Contractor Claim Bill A bill providing for establishment of a state police was recommended for pasasge Friday by the senate committee on state affairs. The bill was amended to reduce the maximum number of members of the state police from 25 to 20, and the number of motorcycles to be used from 30 to 25. ‘The adjutant general would be head of the state police under the terms of the bill, which is sponsored by Senators S. J. Atkins, Towner county, and James P. Cain, Stark county. Two measures by Senator 8. W. Fine, Benson county, providing for granting authority to the county board of commissioners to reduce sal- aries of county officials were indef- initely postponed by the committee. The house committee on elections recommended for passage a measure to permit voters physically unable to attend the polls to vote on an absent voters’ ballot. A minority of the committee, however, will bring in a report recommending indefinite post- Ponement of the proposal. A measure to provide stricter su- pervision of optometrists was indef- initely postponed by the house judi- ciary committee. Under the bill, op- tometrists’ annual license fees would be raised from $5 to $15 of which $12 was to be turned over to the North Dakota Optometric association. The measure further provided for revoca- 4 fon. of the license of any optometrist. is practicing healing except where so entitled to practice under existing laws of the state. The judiciary committee of the house approved a proposal limiting the time within which claims of sub- contractors furnishing any labor or supplies for state or municipal im- provements may be made and en- forced. Under the bill, the principal con- tractor, at any time after completion of any work or improvement for the state of sub-divisions, may publish a notice in any legal newspaper stating the improvements have been com- pleted and that all sub-contractors who furnished labor or supplies must file their claims with the contractor (Continued on page nine) BLAINE PROMISES PROOF OF CHARGE Says He Will Produce Evidence Showing Large Political Contributions ~ Washington, Feb. 13.—(?)—Chair- man Blaine of the senate postal lease investigating committee, said Friday he would produce evidence of large political contributions by post office lessors ‘at the proper time” despite Postmaster General Brown's state- ment they have only contributed $500 since 1924. Blaine said he did not want to Place the evidence in the record until some of those concerned have been called to testify. Replying to Brown's assertion that he has “not a scintilla of evidence,” to support his charges of corruption in postal leases, Blaine said the post- master general, “after the testimony is all in, will have ample opportunity under oath to rebut it.” “I decline to be drawn into a per- sonal controversy with him,” he added. Brown, in a statement, charged Blaine with using his “cloak of sen- atorial immunity” to deceive the American people into believing there ‘vad been widespread corruption and fraud in the making of postal leases. officer, Colonel Skeletti, were Published here Friday. Helen is said to have written Carol, whose friend in Paris. the red-headed Magda Lupescu, is understood to be lodged now near the royal quarters, that she will resist all efforts to unllify the di- vorce she obtained from him in Absentia in 1928. While the. holy synod of the Ri orthodox church de- clared that divorce null and void shortly after Carol became king I Governor General jj | [ i | | i \ | Descendant of a family famed in Ireland's peerage, the Earl of Bess- borough, above, has unexpectedly been appointed Governor General of Canada. His name had not been mentioned among the probable suc- cessors to the post formerly held by Lord Willingdon, who has been named Viceroy of India. Lord Bessborough has had wide experience in parlia- mentary and military affairs and in business. VANDERBILT SAYS BUTLER TWISTED MUSSOLINI STORY Says Anecdote Was Mere ‘Squib’ to What Might Have Developed From Trial Los Angeles, Feb. 13.—(?)—Corne- Mus Vanderbilt Jr., Friday told his version of the Mussolini hit-run story | tor which Major General Smedley D. Butler was ordered to face court mar- tial, and asserted the anecdote would have “proved merely a squib com- pared to issues which testimony tak- ing would have made public” had the; court-martial not been called off. Vanderbilt said General Butler “took a story of mine, twisted it around to score a point for himself, and made me the goat.” | “Testimony I would have given at Butler's court-martial,” Vanderbilt said, “would have brought out state- ments made by the general at a gath- ering of members of the American sffiliated lecture bureau last Novem- ker. “These statements,” he said, concerned.,‘failure of a foreign power to live up to the terms of the naval pact entered into last year between the United States, Great Britain and Japan.” Vanderbilt said the third speaker at the November meeting of the lec- ture bureau in New York, at which he and Butler spoke, was “an official cf a foreign government.” Vanderbilt's story of the Mussolini incident was as follows: “I was riding with Mussolini, who drove. A small child ran in front of the machine at a sharp turn in the road and was hit. I looked back to} see if the child was hurt. Mussolini Placed his hand on my knee and said ‘never look back, Vanderbilt, al- ways look ahead in life.’” Fair Friday night and Saturday. Rising temperature. PRICE FIVE CENTS Bill LEGISLATIVE JAM ON HIGHWAY BILLS HELD IN PROSPECT Two Proposals to Reorganize Department May Affect Motor Fuel Levy ASK REGISTRATION CHANGE Bonzer Bill Would Make County Treasurers Responsible for Issuing Licenses ‘With only 10 working days in which to consider senate bills, members of the North Dakota upper house today headed toward a final decision on va- rious matters involving the state highway department which now are before it. At a meeting of the state affairs committee Friday the administra- tion’s proposal for a one-cent increase in the gasoline tax was considered but no action was taken. A division of sentiment was apparent in the committee, some members asking that the increase, if granted, be given to the counties for the improvement of county road systems. The probable cause of delay, how over, is that the gasoline tax bill is ap- parently involved in a mass of other highway legislation now before the committee. Some of these measures nee ci dais the committee for ive weel out action havi! taken on them. Painais Heading the list are two bills to re< organize the highway department. One, offered by Senator A. F. Bonzer, Jr., of Lidgerwood, an I. V. A., would put one man in control of highway operations. He would be chief high- Way commissioner and would be di- rectly responsible to the governor for administration of the department. Two part-time commissioners are Provided for but their authority would cover only the letting of contracts for more than $3,000. Administration Favors Change The second reorganization measure is one sponsored by Senators J. P. Cain, Dickinson; Frank Ployhar, Val- ley City, and P. J. Murphy, Grafton, and has the endorsement of Governor (Continued on page nine) WILL ESTABLISH LIVESTOCK CENTER | Farmers Cooperative Shipping Group to Make Mandan Concentration Point Completing their organization Thursday the Farmers’ Union Live- stock Marketing association which was incorporated at Richardton Wed- nesday, will launch a producer-con- trolled livestock concentration cen- ter in Mandan, according to G. H. Knobel, Jamestown, chairman and President of the new group. The organization is composed of all livestock shipping associations west of the river to the Montana border a @ few east of the river Knobel said. The group will use the Northern Pacific stock yards at Mandan and will ship all classes of livestock to the Farmers’ Union Livestock Cooperative association at South St. Paul. They intend to start Feb. 18 Knobel satd. Meeting Friday the association elected the following officer: G. H. Knobel, Jamestown, president; Ray NATUROPATH BILL IS KILLE , By a vote of 66 to 40, the house Friday killed the bill for the li- censing of naturopathic physi- tS The clincher motion was ap- plied to the action, Frazier Backs Bill For Road Building Washington, Feb. 13.—(P)}—Senator Frazier, Republican, North Dakota, introduced a bill to make $11,092,861 available for construction of public roads and bridges in North Dakota. He said this amount had been re- ceived from sale of public lands in the state, placed in the reclamation fund and never used for irrigation Bucharest Reports Queen Helen Is Planning to Marry Rumanian Officer purposes. existent, since legal annulment would have to come through the Gress, Gladstone, vice president; and C. C. Turner, Gladstone, secre- tary-treasurer. Members of the board in addition to the officers are. Hans Schmidt, Killdeer; C. M. McMillan, Bentley; Walter Hanson, Flasher, John L. Schmid, Beulah; and Fred Hurmence, New Salem. 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