The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 17, 1931, Page 1

. North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper VOLUMES Concede Early Passage of Veteran Loan Bill RACE 10 GET PLAN TO HOOVER AREAD OF {0-DAY PERIOD Veto by President Expected De- spite Overwhelming Decision in House OPPOSITION 1S MUSTERED Solons Override Mellon, Tilson, and Hawley with 363-39 Landslide Washington, Feb. 17.—(P)—Senate administration leaders conceded bill so opposed by Secretary Mellon will be on the white house steps be- fore the end of the week. The rout of the Hoover forces in the house, where the bill was passed Monday by tho overwhelming vote of 363 to 39, was in in full swing in the senate. a Republican leader Watson appealed to Secretary Mellon to present his views on the legislation before the fi- nance committee Wednesday. At the same time, the administration chief- tain said the bill probably would be rushed to the senate from the com- mittee before Wednesday night. ‘The race is on to get the measure to President soem of ae oe day period before adjournment the session, during which period the president could let the measure die without signing it and without re- turning it to congress. Senator Moses, Republican, New Hampshire, who was an early white house caller Tuesday, informed the president the loan measure would be before him quickly. Administration leaders at the cap- itol are trying to reassemble their rebellious forces to make some man- North Dakotans Favored Measure - ‘Washington, Feb. 17,—(7)—The Pressman the. passage of the en on veterans loan bill follows: For the bill: Minnesota—Andresen, Christ- gau, Clague, Selvig, and Kvale. North Dakota—Burtness, Hall and Sinclair. South Dakota—Christopherson and Williamson. ‘Wisconsin—Browne, Cooper, Frear, Hull, Kading, Nelson, Pea- vey, Schafer, Schneider, and Stafford. ner of attempt at upholding a veto, which Mr. Hoover is expected at the capitol to give in view cf the opposi- tion of Mr. Mellon. ‘Watson agreed in response to de- mands from the finance committee day, to one day. Senator Couzens, Republicun, Michigan, did not want THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1931 Be [ Denies Postal Fraud | shown as @ witness before the senate postal lease investigating committee. He vehemently denied the existence of fraud in connection with postoffice CAPITOL REMOVAL IS LAMPOONED AT THIRD HOUSE FETE Resolution to Declare Stutsman County State of Insanity Offered at Fun Fest ‘Legislative foibles were paraded be- fore the North Dakota legislature Monday at a “third house” session, conducted by employes of the gener- a}: assembly. ‘The fun-makers spared few at the of fous problems that confront the legis- lature. Capitol removal, session, and made capital personalities and of the many ser- Gov. ¢ F. Shafer left his executive chair to act as chief clerk of the-session, but in the opinion of pe presiding officer was “not in good form.” C. R. Verry, who in reality is chief Third house members presented (Continued on page nine) POSTPONE BILL FOR BRIDGE AT GARRISON = Eight to Eight Tie on Motion Is Broken When. 17th Com- mitteeman Casts Vote propriate $177,000 toward: construction of a vehicular bridge across the Missouri river at’ Big Bend, a few miles from Garrison ‘Walter F. Brown, postmaster general, it PLAN EXPEDITION COMMITTEE FAVORS MEASURE 70 BOOST NUMBER OF SIGNERS Bill, in Form of Resolution, Re- vamps Law on Initiative, Referendum RECOMMEND DOG TAX BILL Livestock Shippers’ Bill Post- poned; New Egg Grading Measure Approved A proposed constitutional amend- ment to increase the number of elec- tor snecessary to initiate or refer leg- islation was recommended for passage ict by the senate judiciary com- ‘The proposal, in the form of a con- current resolution, originally provided for 60,000 petitioners to ‘initiate a Measure, and 40,000 to refer a bill, but mittee amendments initiation and 25,000 for a referendum. Another amendment approved it by the committee decreased from 60,000 to 45,000 the number of electors nec- essary to force a special election on an emergency measure. The conimittee approved a measure to authorize the creation of a perm- nent fund for the care and improve- ment of cemeteries. A bill to permit any special school district in any city having a popula- tion of more than 10,000, when authorized by a two-thirds vote of the electors, to establish a junior college in conjunction with a high school was approved by the senate committee on education; Favor Dog Tax ‘The dog tax bill, after. drastic revi- sion of its original provisions, was) Tecommended for pasage by the house committee on livestock Tuesday. ‘The provision requiring licensing, of all dogs in North Dakota was re- tained. by the requitement that. such lecense money be paid into a fund for paying damages to livestock own- (Continued on page nine) ITO ‘LOST WoRLD’ Dozen Scientists Will Make Trip Into Southern Venezuela by Air, Land New York, Feb. 17.—(?)— Sclentific expedition into the “lost world” of southern Venezuela by land and by air was described by the New York Times Tuesday. Plant and animal life and the geo- origin of the terrain, collect- ing to be brought home. They hope to find biological data substantiating the theory of evolu- Edison Celebrates 84th Birthday aT Fort Myers, Fla., paid high tribute to its “first citizen” on Thomas A. Edison's 84th birthday anniversary the other day. The aged inventor is strikingly pictured here, with Mrs. Edison, as they attended ceremonies dedicating in his honor @ new $500,000 bridge across the Caloosahatchee river. The Florida city has been Edison's winter home for 48 years. Military Dictatorship Probability for Spain PLAN FOR REPEAL OF {8TH AMENDMENT IS WAGNER'S PROPOSAL Senator culated saloon. hibition the WICKERSHAM SILENT ON SENATE RQUES ppear- Urg PRESIDENT SIGNS HOUR WEEK BLL Investigation to Deter- mine Means of Boosting Postoffice Revenue Will Not Say Whether Law En- ine forcement Group Will Turn Over Data vwse| Charles Farrell and Virginia Will Prevent Return of Saloon and Meet Wickersham Re- port, He Says Washington, Feb. 17.—()—Assert- ing the Wickersham report was “the beginning of the end” of prohibition, Wagner, Democrat, New York, Tuesday proposed a plan for repeal of the 18th amendment, cal- to prevent return of the The New Yorker, in a speech to the senate, advocated repeal of the pro- amendment with concurrent action by non-prohibition states “to insure the conservation of the one achievement of national prohibition” abolition of the saloon. He said his plan, a brand new pro- posal for solution of the liquor prob- Jem, would meet e' ultimate re- quirement laid down sham commission and would remove | ¢; the law ‘enforcement group's single , | Objection to outright repeal. “Repeal is Wagner said. sion. Public opinion has already passed that post. It is now headed straight for repeal. * * * : “T have listened with patience to the Wicker- the order of the day,” “It is too late for revi- ited assertions upon this floor repeat of the doctrine of impossibility. You tell me repeal is impossible. I answer you it is inevitable. ‘You tell me that @ small minority of the states can prevent it. I know they can, but I am sure they will not. Negroes Are Victims Of Poisonous Drinks Chestertown, Md., Feb. 17.—(7)— Seven negroes, one 8 woman, were dead here Tuesday and several others were reported to be in a dangerous condition as the result of drinking what the coroner ‘said was poison al- Even Revolution is Possibility as Long Range Guns Point at Madkid Madrid, Feb. 17—(P)—( Telephone via London)—As King Alfonso strove Tuesday to give Spain a responsible government all indications were that @ new military dictatorship would be set up. Long range guns were trained ominously on the city and machine guns had been placed strategically in preparation for any eventuality. Per- sistent reports gained credence that General Leopoldo Saro, former chief of the king’s palace guards, would be the new dictator. Censorship again was established Tuesday night. Supplementing the reports that General Saro would take the power were additional ones to the effect that @ military clique had recalled Gen- eral Martinez Anido, from the Balearic Islands. General Anido was one of the former dictator Primo de Rivera's right-hand men. ‘Those most closely acquainted with events said the situation was uncer- tain and fraught with grave possibili- les, The streets were thronged wtih men Tuesday night and with the talk of a dictatorship was mingled that of a Possible revolution. Earlier in the day Sanchez Guerra, leader of the constitutionalist move- ment and one of the strong men of the movement, had failed to find suf- ficient support to enable him to form a cabinet. He gave up his efforts and the king summoned Melquiades Al- varez, leader of the reformists, who likewise declined the premiership. With the cabinet situation thus at @ deadlock the perenne of a dic- tatorship loomed large. 1 While King Alfonso was struggling with one of the gravest crises of his reign, Queen Victoria was speeding toward Madrid to be at his side. She had been ‘in London for a fortnight at the bedside of her mother, the Princess Beatrice, who is il! there. Jake Smith, who died. Valli Secretly Married Saturday, the 14 York, Feb. 17.—(2)— ae i 8 é it gee Lf ii bi . 2 ii as i i ut GANDHI AND VICEROY IRWIN PARTICIPANTS INSTRANGE PARLEY Assumed Meeting Was ‘Satisfactory’ Session Monday Is Interrupted That Mahatma Might Do His Spinning New Delhi, India, Feb. 17—()— For four hours Tuesday afternoon |- Mahatma Gandhi, gaunt leader of India’s restless millions, and Viceroy Lord Irwin, representative of the British empire, met in one of the strangest peace conferences history has ever witnessed. Neither would say much about what they had talked over but they let it be understood their meeting had been mutually satisfactory and that they would continue their talk Wednesday. The negotiations, which could have begun Tuesday morning, were post- poned until early afternoon so Gand- hi might finish his spinning, a rite he carries out daily to symbolize the necessity of the boycott against Brit- ish made cloth. : Viceroy Lord Irwin hoped in the negotiations to persuade Gandhi to call off the civil disobedience cam- paign and collaborate in the working out of a federation and dominion status for India in pursuance of the plans evolved at the Indian round table conference. Gandhi, his mind opened to convic- tion in recent conversations with Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru and M. R. Jaya- kar, friends who attended the London conference, went prepared to seek liberation of the thousands of Indian Political prisaners in India and other concessions which he regards as vital to the well-being of India’s masses. the conference Tuesday Gandh! planned: to return to. the home of Dr. Ansari, Delhi natonalist leader, and talk with Sir Tej and Juyakar again. The same procedure will be followed every day, possibly for a week, until the negotiations either are definitely a failure or suc- URGES PASSAGE OF RESERVOIR MEASURE Says Dam Above Bismarck Would Save Erosion of 10,- 000 Acres Annually Washington, Feb. 17.—(#)—The Sears reservoir flood control bill was urged before the house agriculture! committee Tuesday as a drought! preventive as well as a means of con- trolling floods and increasing naviga- bility of streams. It provides for a commission with headquarters at St. Louis and author- izes expenditure of $750,000,000 for) building reservoirs on the western tributaries of the Mississipp!. Representative Sears, Republican, Nebraska, the author of the bill, told the committee “the only way to pre- vent drought is by raising the water line or building reservoirs.” “The country this year lost between eight and 10 billions of dollars by drought,” he said, “and this can be prevented from recurring only by raising the water line insteachof rush- ing flood waters through the lower country as fast as possible.” One dam built on the Missouri above Bismarck, N. D., at a cost of $45,000,000, he said, would stop erosion of land which now is causing @ loss of 10,000 acres a year along the Mis- souri. No action was taken by the com- mittee. ALLEGED SLAYER IS SOUGHT AS KIDNAPER Seattle Man, Whose Wife Was Slain, Believed Abductor of California Girl ible eset veete Bait ! Both Remain Silent, But It Is WILL MEET SEVERAL TIMES Pretty Miss Pachis Arias will shortly become the “first senorita” of the Francisco Arias, has been named ernment and justice in the adminis- tration of President Ricardo Alfaro, and since the president's two daugh- ters are children, Senorita Arias will be the recognized leader of the re- Public’s younger social set. MAKE LAST MINUTE ATTEMPT AT HOUSE REAPPORTIONMENT House Republican Leadership Opposed to Consideration of Legislation We » , Feb. 17—()—Last minute efforts to bring about citanges this session in the reap- portionment of the house which will be effective March 4 were pressed Fesigees & before two house commit- ees, Under the act of 1929, twenty-one states, largely agricult , lose 27 Seats to 11 states, ly indus- trial. The reallocation is based up- on the 1930 census. The house Republican leadership is opposed to granting consideration of reapportionment legislation, but rep- resentatives from agricultural states have mustered enough strength to force an issue. However, with the Snort time remaining of this session, many believe it doubtful if any final action will be possible. ‘Wet representatives from metropo- litan areas are seeking to block any change, particularly because prohibi- tionist members from rural regions are seeking to bar aliens dwelling in cities from the count. house judiciary committee was to give final consideration to the Hoch Tesolution for amending the constitu- tion to eliminate the 7,000,000 aliens from the count. Its proponents be- lieve they have sufficient votes to get it out of committee but the opposi- tion claims the proposal can be sty- mied. A concerted drive has been under way in the census committee to force @ vote on the Thurston bill to in- crease house membership from 435 to 475. Urban members have sought to keep the measure in committee but again the rural legislators have cor- ralled strong support. ITALIANS REFUTE CHARGES OF POPE Pontiff Said Government Has Not Fulfilled Obligations of Treaty [iret Senorita) VOTE BY SENATE Republic of Panama. Her father, | prignt secretary of the department of gov- |” Under the program Tuesday the bers The Weather Mostly tetr Tuesday night and Wednesday. Rising temp. Wed. - PRICE FIVE EXPECT VICTORY FOR BISMARCK IN Local Plea That Legislature Force Jamestown Removal Issue Carries Weight HOUSE SENTIMENT CHANGES Opinion General That Loweg Branch of Legislature Will Fall in Line The capitol building bill the senate by a vote of 44 to 5. The emergency clause declared carried and the “clincher” was applied. This makes it impossible to reconsider the action ex- cept upon a third-thirds vote of: the senate. Prospects that the emergency clause would be retained on the cap~ itol building bill were considered Although the outcome will not be definitely determined until the sena- tors cast their votes, prospects of forcing an early issue on Jamestown’s Pct ce aah eae city appea r for days past. The plea of the Bismarck advo~ cates has been to pass the bill with the emergency clause in order to force early action on the issue creat- ed cj Jamestown’s capital removal el Thirty three votes are needed te retain the emergency clause on the bill, the rule requiring approval of two thirds of the senate on such meas sures. If the senate retains the emergent clause it is the general feeling thes the house, which originally rejected 1%, would fall into line. es Nonpartisan leaders tn the said they felt the lower eee the. legislature would eccept- the Scnate's amendment to the bill. Sev- enty-six of the 113 votes in the house are needed to register the approval of that body for the emergency lause. When first presented to the house for final action, the bill carried the emergency clause, although an effor to remove it had been made in th committee of the whole. It lost, how ever, because: of failure to get the necessary two thirds majority. The changing attitude in the house was indicated Monday when a bill to continue the capital building fund levy, authorized two years ago, came up for decision. The bill specified tat the money shall be used for construction of a capitol building at Bismarck and drew the fire of the Jamestown partisans for that reason, The measure extends from 1936 to 1940 the time for the capitol building tax levyot:one tenth of a It carried, 73 to 34, with six meme absent. The number voting “aye” was within three of the num- ber required for enactment of an emergency cluase. James Milloy Named By N. D. Secretaries James 8. Milloy, Fargo, secretary of the Greater North Dakota Offers Booklet on Modernizing Homes pecans of persons are that iple external changes and too costly internal re-arrangementa will transform uncomfortable archi-