The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 18, 1931, Page 1

JS ‘Oldest Newspaper ‘VOLUMES - : Hou Senate Committee Approves Veteran Bill BARLY PASSAGE OF | MEASURE FORESEEN - DESPITE PRESDENT Finance Group Votes 13 to 3 for House Measure; Rejects Substitute HOOVER LETTER IS READ hairman Smoot, Reed and Bingham Are Only Opponents of Proposal rashington, Feb. 18.—()—Over- ar Ee opposit riding ition © President Hoover, the senate finance committee approved the veterans Joan bill Wednesday without change. Quick senate action was looked for. The president’s views were given in letter to Chairman Smoot and read to the committee. He went on record as fearing the legislation “will not . only nullify the benefits to the veter- an but inflict injury to the country @s a while.” Within an hour, the committee Ks froved 8:06) 2. tt see ee ere after rejecting a sul . A Denicorats Yoted solidly for the bill @s passed by the house. six. Republicans, led by Senator Watson, the party leader, joined in support of the house bill after the futile attempt to substitute it. 81 moot, Reed Crpoeet ‘Those voting against the bill were Chairman Smoot and Reed © of Pennsylvania and Bingham of Connecticut, both Republicans. ‘Those for the measure were: Re- publicans, Watson, Shortridge, Couz- ens,-Keyes, La Follette and Thomas of Idaho. Democrats, Simmons, Ha rison, George, Walsh, Massachusett Barkley, Thomas of Oklahoma and ‘onnally. Cc ' Senator King, Democrat, Utah, withheld his vote. ‘The motion to report the house bill without change was made by Senator Harrisbn, Democrat, Missiéstpp!, aft- er the series of amendments Were re- ear Wh, Dent, Mame chusetts, offered a substitute bill pro- viding for cash payments of $150 without interest to veterans actually in distress. The payments would be charged against the bonus insurance certificates. Vote Nine To Eight ‘This was rejected nine to eight. Under Secretary Mills, and veter- ans administrator Hines testified be- fore the committee the administration would accept a bill extending the loan © privileges to those veterans actually Ain distress, which they estimated at 200,000 to 300,000. ". Mills testified he believed the ve- teran “with gumption” would take auvantage of the 4% per cent inter- est rate to make the loans and “make some money.” “The average veteran (without gumption would take advantage of it anyway,” he added. President THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1931 pitol Bill 95-17 se Passes Should Throttle Movement: crowded with citizens of the state and many who witnessed scene returned to their homes convinced that there is still with which the capitol commission bill the upper body with the emergency clause restored, the adherents of the bill who have been in close touch surprised ‘ ok Gavilan Sia CE government movement to place the capital on wheels, _ eT eae ee action, which Senate abt aL pee z &, g Sy New Monarchist Cabinet Sworn in by King Alfonso Action Averts Revolution or Dio- tatorship; Admiral Anzar Is Premier Madrid, Feb. 18—(m)—After four days of political turmoil and uncer- tainty, Spain Wednesday had a new Monarchist cabinet, avoiding revolu- tion on the one hand and dictatorship on the other, Either of those possibilities had seemed imminent, but now it is bée- past week the situation is once more tranquil, at least for the time being. Admiral Juan Bautista Aznar, the oldest ranking officer in the Spanish navy and generally regarded as a it Hoover accompanied his e letter with one to him from adminis- trator Hines, which estimated “that 2,550,000 veterans will avail them- ‘selves of tne full loan value under the approximately $1,000,000,000." HOLNBERC ASSAILED BY GOVERNOR OLSON vernor Charges Department » Head Using His Office for q Political Purpose St. Paul, bh. 18.—(}—Gove dB. “ate | HH 3-4 GARRISON BRIDGE IS RECONSIDERED IN HOUSE TUESDAY Halvorson of Ward Succeeds in Putting Bill Into General Orders Rejecting a majority committee re- Port to indefinitely postpone a bill Providing for construction of a Mis- sourl river bridge near Garrison, the house Tuesday chose to further deli- berate on the matter. The measure was placed in gen the house, asa committee of the prea will decide what to do with the Leading the fight to kill the bill, M. H. Lynch, id county Inde- Pendent, produced a mass of figures purporting to show the infeasibility of erecting the bridge at this time. H, L. Halvorson, Ward county In- Gependent, offered a substitute mo- bei tion to place the bill in general or- ders, which was adopted after a heat- ec argument, 65 to 45. In addition to by several Independ- beara iene support of all two Nonpartisan William Crockett Fe ve ny Canadians residing in Southern Cal- ifornia will decide whether Marjorie Wright, above, of Ontario, will act as queen of the annual mid-winter out- door revel participated in some 10,000 of her countrymen at An- geles, She, and other nominees, will be judged on beauty and personality. COMMITTEE FAVORS BILL REORGANIZING ROADS DEPARTMENT Action Taken After Bonzer and Cain, Authors, Agreeon | “~~ Provisions ‘The senate state affairs commit- tee. Wednesday recommended for passage a bill providing for reorgan- ization of the state highway depart- ment, after Senators A. F. Bonzer, Jr., Richland county, and James P. Cain, Stark county, authors of two reorganization measures, reached an. agreement on the provisions of the measure. The bills introduced by Bonzer and Cain provided for reorganization of the highway department, but varied in many of their provisions. A joint statement, setting forth the agreement reached by Bonzer and Cain, was isued by the two senators Wednesday. It reads; “The authors of senate bills Nos. 157 and 77 have been in conference in an endeavor to harmonize the dif- ferences which exist between the Provisions of the two bills, and have agreed upon certain amendments to senate bill 157, incorporating therein certein of the provisions of senate bill No. 77. Efficiency Is Sought “It is believed that the result will it. “In brief, the amended bill as’ agreed upon makes the following (Continued on pege nine) 2 LOOT STOLEN HERE RECOVERED IN Raid on Minneapolis Apartment Results in Recovery of Goods and One Arrest Sheboygan, Wis., officials working with recovered & quantity of goods stolen from the; Sarah Gold Shop here in a raid on a Minneapolis apartment last week, ac- cording to Guhder K. Osjord of the North Dakota Bureau of identification. al fy ie i cr i ail Hi g e I i E £ 1 Pi i ‘i i 3 if : i a 2 ; i a. i § & fi i 5 & a i NEW PROPOSALS T0 REDISTRICT STATE OFFERED IN HOUSE North-South and East-West District Ideas Re-affirmed a in Measure MATTER TROUBLING I. V. A.’s Inability to Adjust Interests of Hall and Burtness causing Embarrassment With two bills already pending be- fore the house and senate to reap- Portion the Lari for son and Walter Bond of Minot, would create a north district and a south district by running a line through the state from east to west. A bill offered Tuesday by Peter Baseflug, has the same Purpose. The other pending bill would di- vide the state by running a line from north to south, thereby creating an east district and a west district. It was introduced by H. F. Swett of Kidder county. ‘The new bill; offered by J. K. Olaf- son, Pembina county, would accom- Plish the same result, although the division of counties would be ae a ent. Swett's bill places Pierce, t= leigh and Kidder counties in the west, istrict, wheres Olafson’s puts them in the east district. Swett’s bill puts 28 counties in the east district and 30 in the west district. Olafson’s divi- sion would be 25 to 28. Under Swett’s bill, Benson county would be in the east district, whereas Olafson’s puts it in the west district. Have Delayed Action Action on the reappartionment pro- Peaal Spee pean Saleved in an effort to adjust, Bar among the various members of the I. V. A. faction. Of the four bills introduced all except Swett’s have come from the LV. A. ranks. Swett is a Nonparti- fan, The sticking point comes in the fact that the men O. B. Burtness of each thrown into the east district, as Olafson proposes, it would mean an ietrafactional battle between the two for the Republican nomination. Hall is thrown into the west district he would have to fight it out with J. H. Sinclair, Nonpartisan incumbent, in a district where Sinclair has shown outstanding strength for many years. Hall lives in Bismarck and the Olafson proposal to place Burleigh county in the east district, assumed te pave son wieeee of oe Burtness group legislature, is regarded as significant. With three of the bills in the house and only one in the (Continued on page three) GASOLINE TAX BILL IS POSTPONED AGAIN Senate State Affairs Committee Expects to Take Action Thursday Action on the four-cent gasoline) tax was deferred until Thursday by the senate state affairs committee after an executive session Wednes- day. Indefinite postponement was rec- ommended by a majority of the com- mittee on a bill by Senator Dell Pat- in quire licensing of all operators. The committee took favorable ac- tion on a bill to increase the person- nel of the state bureau of crimina! “A bil providing for transferring soldiers’ ali eet Bismarck Is Favored In Senate Resolution Bill Favoring Bismarck as Site Action Follows Overwhelming | Called to Testify | Will Be Sent to Governor —_—_—_—____—_+¢ Vote That Capitol Building Begin at Once SPONSORSHIP IS BIPARTISAN Adopted Measure Recommends That Location of Capital Be Left Unchanged Having voted overwhelmingly to re- build the state capitol at Bismarck and without delay, the state senate ‘Tuesday adopted a resolution favor- ing retention of this city as North Dakota's seat of government. The action followed immediately after the vote on the capitol con- struction bill and constitutes a com- plete endorsement of Bismarck’s stand against Jamestown's proposal to move the capiol to that city. The resolution came in with bi- Partisan sponsorship, being offered by Senators F. T. Gronvold, Pierce county; 8. J. Atkins, Towner county; J. E. Eastgate, Grand Forks county, and A. W. Fowler, Cass county, all I. V. A’s, and by D. H, Hamilton, Mc- Henry county; A. 8. Marshall, Dickey county; G. Patterson, Renville county,’ and P. O. Sathre, Steele county, all. Nonpartisans. The resolution recites the manner in which the capital and the sites for state institutions were located and recommends that the situation created by the voters more than 40 years ago be left unchanged. The resolution now goes to the house where concurrence is expected. ‘Text of Resolution Its text follows: Be It Resolved by the senate of the twenty-second legislative assembly, the house of representatives concur- ring therein: Whereas, at the time of the adop-' tion of our state constitution on Octo- ber Ist, 1689, the people of. this state their votes. .permanentiy located the state institutions as follows: First: The seat of government at. the city of Bismarck, in the county of Burleigh. Second: The state university and the school of mines at the city of Grand Forks, in the county of Grand Forks. Third: The agricultural college at (Continued on page three: LOUIS WOLHEIN, BAD MAN OF FLAS, DIES Beloved Character of Hollywood Fails to Gain Following Operation Los Angeles, Feb. 18.—()—Louis Wolheim, bad man of the screen, but beloved film character of died at 6 a. m. Wednesday. Death followed an operation on Monday. His condition had been re- ported satisfactorily until a few hours before death. He was about 40 years of age. He was suffering from an abdom- inal ailment brought about by a strict diet which he had followed to reduce his weight for a part in a pic- ture. When he entered the hospital he had lost about 30 pounds. After the operation, an attending surgeon, Dr. Clarence Hopkins, said @ condition had been disclosed which might necessitate another operation when the actor recovered but death came as he tried to regain his strength. ‘Alfalfa Bill’ Scores Sinclair’s Activities} Oklahoma City, Feb. 18.—(?)—Har- stood accused Wedni defintely postponed H. B. 275 to re- motor vehicle | 227. Tuesday night. “The wealthy oil operator is seek- ing to break proration,” Murray prt aglyul ‘it —__. BARRY 8. NEW Harry 8. New, postmaster general under President Coolidge, was to tes- tify before the senate postoffice com- mittee regarding the lease of the St. Paul, Minn., commercial station post- JAMESTOWN PLANS TO BUCK ASSENBLY IN CAPITOL EFFORT Announces It Will Test Validity of Bill in Court‘and Ask Referendum Despite the opposition to its scheme expressed ‘Tuesday by the state sen~ ate and the almost united opposition ef the people of the state as express- | f ed by newspapers of all political fac- tions, Jamestown intends to proceed with its capital removal effort, ac- cording to an announcement today by sponsors of the movement. The Jamestown plan, as reported by the Associated Press, is to attack the validity of the capitol building bill in the supreme court and to refer {t to the people of the state for de- cision at an election. The statement, which was design: ed merely as having been made by the Jamestown “Logical Capital City as- sociation,” quotes no one in particu- lar but was sent to the Associated Ere at Bismarck by the Jamestown un. P. M. Hansen, publisher of The Sun, also is manager of the Jamestown capital seizure effort. Statement Is Given The statement follows: “We have been informed over the long distance telephone from Bis- marck that it has been reported there that it is our intention to withdraw «Continued on page three) MAY LINK WOMAN EMERGENCY CLAUSE APPROVED BY LOWER LBCISLATIVE BRANCH for Signature - FOLLOWS SENATE’S ACTION Motion té Concur in Senatq Amendment Passes With But One Vote to Spare Final legislative action on the capitol construction bill, Providing $2,000,000 for a new capitol building in Bis- marck, was taken Wednes- day afternoon when the bill was approved by the house. The senate had amended the measure by inserting the emergency clause, stricken off by the house when the bill was voted on there earlier. The vote was 95 to 17, with one member absent and not voting. The bill now goes to the gov. ernor for signature and will become a law as soon as he ap- proves it ; A motion to concur in the senate amendment attaching the emergency clause was passed with only one vote to spare, the roll call showing 77 favoring the motion with 35 against it. Seventy-six votes are necessary for a motion to pass the house with the emer- gency clause. Those voting against the measure were Anderson, Carl- son, Carothers, Crockett, Flan« nigan, Hanson, Kneeland, Lem- re ee of Bottineau, Mar- ‘illiams, Owings,Qua- ley, Rulon, Savre, Strutz, Tref- ry and Van Berkom. Keierle- ber was absent. Passing the capitol building bill by the overwhelming majority of 44 to 5, the state senate Wednesday sent the measure back to the house and asked that the lower body concur with its on in affixing the emergency lause. pd the terms of the measure, governor must appoint a capitol commission within 30 days after he signs the bill and the commission must meet and organize within 20 days after their appointment. Because of the great amount of WITH “KING MIDAS’ xox Red-Head Will Be Questioned in Connection With A. W. Benham Case 2.| Offers Booklet on ‘King/the nation-wide movement to relieve Modernizing Homes This offering fits in perfectly witht boost, and to