The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 23, 1931, Page 1

North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper OLUME5 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1931 The Weather Bight and ‘Wwestay. Colder ‘aes PRICE FIVE CENTS Holmes Kills Self in Prison Bed — ensinI.V.A.Caucus Mrs. Schroeder and TEMEIBERS [evince arty — OF FACTION FAIL TO ADJUST VIEWS iter Controversy Rages Over Congressional Redistricting’ Question ACTIONAL COALITION SEEN ome |. V. A.’s May Join Non- partisans to Create East- West Districts Prospect that the course of future bislation may be affected by a split h the I. V. A. ranks of the reappor- pnment question loomed Monday as he house and senate hurried to clear heir calendars of bills initiated in he respective branches of the legis- ture. Under the constitution bills intro- ced in one branch must be cleared that branch by the end of the ftieth day of the session. Under brmal procedure the end of the Htieth day will come at 2 p. m., ednesday, although the house may its clock back to com- with the requirements. The difficulty over the pnment measure the I. V. A. senate caucus. At the nish the caucus had failed to agree hd a bitter fight was in prospect. [A majority of the I. V. A. senators wored @ north-south division of the late or, as @ compromise, no division all. A minority-contended steadily an east-west division and refused budge from that position. Would Embarrass Shafer The majority contended that it puld embarrass Governor George F. hafer if the east-west division were de and that he would have to veto e measure in order to maintain mony in the organization. The ority’s contention was that the bvernor would have to solve his own oblems as they occurred. a Reports indicate that the argument (Continued on page nine) DGE APPOINTMENT SENT-T0 COMMITTEE little Prospect Seen for Con- firmation of Judge Nord- bye Nomination reappor- Sunday Washington, Feb. 23.—(?}—Presi- mt Hoover's nomination of Gunnar . Nordbyc to be the additional fed- al judge for Minnesota was sent to sub-committee for investigation onday by the senate judiciary com- ittee in response to a protest by nator Schall, Republican, Minneso- In addition to Schall’s protest, the bmmittee clerk reported some letters complaint had been received. These ere not made public. With a sharp fight forecast, little ospect is seen for Nordbye’s con- ation before the March 4 ad- burnment, the nomination expires. Chairman Norris of the judiciary bmmittee appointed Senators Blaine, Visconsin, and: Stelwer, Oregon, Re- olicans, and King, Democrat, Utah, s a subcommittee to consider the p tion. RIAN QUOTED AS CRMICIZNGLDUGE alians Ask for Particula of Assistant Attorney General’s Speech Washington, Feb. 23.—(#)—The ‘allan embassy Monday requested le Italian consulate in New York to nd to it for study a full report of e remarks made there Saturday | 48¥- ght by Assistant Attorney General ohn Lord O'Brian. The official has been quoted as aving 4 criticized Premier Mussolini in his talk. Ambassador de Martino declined to e any statement of O’Brian’s ech before the Union League club Brooklyn, as in Press dis- atches. It was said on Tag nog Aino Dr. Joseph Rogers, Alexander, Buried Williston, N, D, Feb. 23—(P)—Pu- fal services for Dr. Joseph Rogers, fexander, who died here Friday from ‘These men are the leading figures in what promises to be one of the bitterest, &nd most involved mayoralty campaigns Chicago has had in years. Four candidates have filed for the Republican nomination, while the Democrats are united on one. The Republican primary election on Feb. 24 will find Mayor William Hale Thompson (No. 1) opposed by these candidates: No. 2, Charles V. Barrett; No. 3, Alderman Albert F. Albert, and No. 4, Judge John H. Lyle. No. 5 is the lone Democratic candidate, Anton J. Cermak. Disorders Reported As Chicago Election Nears Army of 70,000 to Keep Order as City Votes for Mayor and Aldermen Chicago, Feb. 23—(#)—An army of approximately 70,000 Monday made plans to maintain order in Tuesday's mayoralty and aldermanic primaries, with reports already before them of pre-election violence. The reports came from the eighth and 30th wards and told of an at- tempt on the life of Theodore Clif- ford, a candidate for alderman, of two sluggings, and two kidnapings. Clif: ford reported to police two shots had been fired at him from another au- tomobile as he rode along in his own car Sunday night. He was slightly hurt by flying glass broken when a bullet shattered the windshield on his machine. Beaten By Hoodlums Bernard Sheehan, 21, and John C. Grady, 30, complained they had been seized and beaten by hoodlums when they handed out campaign literature asking the selection of John O’Shay over John 8. Clark. Simultaneously O’Shay headquarters reported two unnamed men had been kidnaped in an automobile and attacked by their abductors before they were freed on the outskirts of the city. Credentials were issued to 45,000 poll watchers by Judge Edmund K. Jarecki, .supervisior of the election, and a force of 15,500 judges and clerks of election will be augmented by 5,000 policemen and a special city and county detail, of several thousand men. Capone Reported Home As primary day approached there was speculation about Alphonse Ca- pone, the gang leader, Rumor had it he was in Chicago. His meee said that he “probably” was, but where could not be learned. Police said if he had come back from his winter sojourn at Miami, #la., they did not think he had returned for Tuesday's primaries, but rather to ap- | pear in federal court next Wednes- ‘Capone's appearance was ordered in connection ‘with @ citation for con- tempt of court, issued when he failed to come in a year ago for questioning about his income tax. Meanwhile Mayor MORE WICKERSHAM DATA TO SENATORS Information on Some of 16 States Omitted Last Week Is Forwarded Washington, Feb. 23.—(?)—Trans- fer to the senate by the Wickersham commission of prohibition data on some of the 16 states omitted from tine material already sent to the cap- itol was assured Monday by members of the commission. While it was said at commission headquarters that data was lacking on conditions in six states or so, the remaining reports available are to be forwarded to the senators. Thirty- two states were covered in the infor- mation sent last week. The new material deals with some states where anti-prohibition senti- ment is apparent—such as New York and Ilinois. Omission of some of the available data from the original consignment was said at the commission to have cecurred name withheld, said there was some dissatisfaction among the members that any testimony had been submit- ted to the senate without the approv- al of the full commission. He assert- ed the selection of what was sent and what retained had been made entire- ly by Chairman 8 PRISONERS KILLED INESCAPE ATTENPT Chicago Convicts Shot as They Scale Wall in Futile Dash for Liberty Joliet, TL, Feb. 23—(#)—Prison guards, forewarned of an impending plot by prisoners to escape, early SOPRANO VOICE OF NELLIE MELBA IS SILENCED BY DEATH Malady Contracted in Egypt Brings Death to 71-Year-Old Prima Donna GIVEN UNIVERSAL ACCLAIM ‘Australian Nightingale’ Had Appeared on United States Stages Often Sydney, Australia, Feb. 23.—(P)— The curtain was rung down Monday on the life of Dame Nellie Melba, one of the purest sopranos grand opera has ever known, after weeks abed with a strange illness which baffled her physicians. Seventy-one years old, the famous prima donna for several days had fought a losing battle with a skin malady picked up in Egypt and ag- gravated by a long journey home from Europe before Christmas and the extreme heat of the Australian summer, Friends believed she hastened. her own end with insistance upon spend- ing Christmas in her native Australia, Her real name was Nellie Porter Mitchell, changed by her marriage in 1882 to Armstrong. Known to all the world as the suc- cessor to Patti and Jenny Lind; Melba sang last in America at the New York Metropolitan in Faust in 1917-18, and after that was seldom heard in public, / She was stricken with a severe at- tack of influenza in Feb. 1929. In 1930she contracted the disease which brought her death and was so ill last November when the ship bringing her from Europe reached Freemantle, ‘West Australia, that she could not land. ‘Universally Acclaimed Nellie Melba, “The Australian Nightingale,” Eri lover: the world over for the purity, flexl- bility and sweetness of her voice in its dazzling upper registers, was uni- versally acclaimed by critics as one of the greatest sopranos of any era. Well known in the United States, which she toured numerous times both in grand opera and in concert, Mme. Melba also was the pride of London musical circles and idol of the Parisian public. Her success in Italy. Russia, Germany and in her own na- tive Australia was equally notable for the high honors accorded her. The musical education of Mme. Melba began when she was three years of age. As the age of six she made her first appearance as a vocalist. Determined to give a public enter- tainment, she hired a theater and Dague Electrocuted Gunwoman Was First of Her ’ Sex Ever to Be Electrocuted in Pennsylvania IS ‘IRON IRENE’ UNTIL END Woman’s Body Tense and Struggling, Fists Clenched, as End Comes Rockview Penitentiary, Bellefonte, Pa., Feb. 23.—(?)—Calm and collected, Trene Schroeder and Walter Glenn Tague went to, their deaths in the electric chair at Rockview peniten- tiary Monday just after break of dawn. The state claimed of them the supreme price for the killing of a guardian of its highways. The woman went to the chair first, at 7 a. m. one contact was made and she was pronounced dead at 7:05. Dague was placed in the chair at 7:08 and five minutes later was dead. Mrs. Schroeder's face was pale, al- most ghastly, except for a slight bit 27 Women Have Been Executed Mrs, Irene Schroeder, who died in the electirc chair at Belle- of rouge on either chee, brought into the death cham! eyes were open uhtil in the big chair, then Neither of the slayers spoke, nor was any word spoken to them. ‘The woman who once wielded a gun with her gunman Jover in merciless bloodshed was as unflinching at her (Continued on page nine) NATION'S CAPITAL OBSERVES HOLIDAY President Hoover and Congress, However, Continue Legis- lative Work personally went about selling tickets to friends who had heard her sing in the choir. Behind her came her dis- tressed father, begging ticket holders as a family favor to stay away, and all but two of them did. Neverthe- less, Melba faced her diminutive au- dience and sang her program pre- cisely as though the hall were packed with enthusists. By the time Melba was 27 years old her father had modified his oppost- tion to her stage ambitions and al- (Continued on page nine) CERRO GOVERNMEN SEEKS VOLUNTEERS Insurgents unofficially Reported to Have Taken All of + Southern Peru provisional Pe ee a iameaet government leul Colonel Luis M. Sanchez Cerro en- and Puno Monday to put down a revolution which began last Friday night at Arequipa, second city of the republic. Official bulletins admitted Arequi- pa had fallen to the insurgents, and that “several” had .been killed in fighting incident to capture of the city. These official communiques of- fered the only definite information available here, everything else being subject to a strict censorship. (Dispatches from Arica, Chilean border town, to Mercurio, Daily of Sunday shot to death three Chicago | Peru had gone convicts who scaled the wall of the old state penitentiary in a futile guards, posted walls with machine guns, mowed The government volunteers of 21 to 30 years of age for 60 days service. Masonao Hanihara in Coma After Operation Tokyo, Feb. 23.—(7)—Masonao Hanihara, ambassador to Washing- Wi Feb. 23.—(P)—With holidays for all but President Hoover and the capital devoted ‘itself to celebrating in ear- pe the 199th birthday of George —————————— TT For the second time in a year Lila Jimerson, Seneca Indian, has gone on trial at Buffalo charged with insti- gating the “witch murder” of Mrs. Clothilde Marchand, wife of a scenic artist. This picture was taken as she sat in the courtroom helping her lawyer select the jury. GOVERNOR Sans BILL PROVIDING FOR NEW CAPITOL Measure Becomes Law When Executive Affixes Signature at 12:35 P. M. The $2,000,000 capitol building bill was enacted into law at 12:35 p. m. today. Governor George F. Shafer signed the measure at that time, and it be- came ,effective immediately by vir- tue of being an emergency bill. Speaker C. V. Freeman of the house, and Lieutenant Governor John Carr of the senate were present at the signing and were photographed with the governor as he affixed his signature. Governor Shafer used @ pen pro- vided for the occasion by the Bis- marck Association of Commerce. The pen will be placed in the cornerstone of the new structure. Signing of the bill brings to an end efforts to provide legislation for the construction of a building to replace the old statehouse destroyed by fire last December 28, A commission will be appointed by the governor to carry out the provisions of the bill. = HOOVER IS MAKING their oldest grandchild, Peggy Ann. Most of tho churches held patriotic services but all lay organizations Postponed until Monday the usui exercises, Monday morning a military mass at the Church of the Immaculate conception was the principal service, attended by a large body of American Legion members and a guard of hon- or of Marines from the Quantico, Va., hall was the chosen scene of a pro- gram sponsored by the daughters, sons and children of the American revolution. Congre:s set its meeting hour early to permit the annual exercises in the IPPRGVE MEASURE ON MUSCLE SHOALS Sudden Action by Senate Unex- pected; Another Vote.to Be Taken 23.— () — The for the vote by which the report was Teport was teken up again un- der unanimous consent agreement providing for s vote in one hour. ‘Aoprces ep nee pecaie wes sudden, iy VETERANS INQUIRY President Expects to Veto Loan Measure Between Now and Thursday Washington, Feb. 23.—()—Presi- dent Hoover, preparatory to vetoing the veterans’ loan bill, is having an inquiry made throughout the country to ascertain of veterans in distress. At the white house Monday it was said various federal agencies are making queries to ascertain also how effective the legislation would be as a relief measure. Under the bill the ex-soldier would be able to borrow up to 50 per cent of the face value of his adjusted com- pensation certificate. not previously borrowed — would be able to get $77,500,000 or $137 each. the degree and number | MINORITY REPORTS FAVORED BY HOUSE INBITTER BATTLES Saturday Session Results in Continual Debate on Dis- puted Measures SWETT SCORES BIG VICTORY Offers One-Man Minority Report on Securities Bill; Body Accepts It Discussion of @ bridge bill and two measures involving the sale of securi- ties in North Dakota brought to the House Saturday its stormiest session of the present legislature. The afternoon was almost a con- WING BLACKSMITH USES SUSPENDERS TO CHOKE HIMSELF Was Awaiting Trial en Murder Charge Following Armistice Night Fray HIS INNOCENCE Accused of Inflicting Fatal Wounds on Deputy Sheriff George Peipkorn PROTESTED John Holmes, Wing blacksmith charged with the fatal stabbing of George Peipkorn, deputy sheriff last early Sunday morning by Le earth ire capaho ee tae been at the state awaiting trial. Lopenaeo A prison guard discovered the body at 6 a. m. Sunday. Physicians pro- nounced that death was due to tinual round of debate and resulted in | !ng. | the proposal to appropriate $25,000 for @ bridge across the Little Missouri river in Slope county being placed in general orders for further discussion, despite an unfavorable majority com- mittee report, while the securities measures, considered administration bills and endorsed almost unanimous- ly by the committee for passage, were killed with “clincher” motions at- tached. ‘The House continued its delibera- tions Saturday night, the third con- secutive night in which the group has toiled. Bills of an uncontroversial na- tax | times, The most violent opposition was centered on the securities proposals, House Bills 305 and 306 introduced by the committee on state affairs. House Bill 306, @ proposal to regulate the sale of securities in the state, after receiving much consideration, went down, 64 to 41, while its companion measure, proposing to license securi- ties agents on a salary basis only was disposed of quickly. L. L, Twichell of Cass, Independent leader, fought desperately for the measures, while H. F. Swett, Kidder county Nonpartisan; H. L. Halvorson of Ward, and Gordon Cox of Burleigh, earnestly opposed them. It was a signal victory for Swett, as he was the lone member on the mi- nority committee report recommend- (Continued on page nine) OFFICIALS SEEKING ARIZONA CONVICTS 14 Make Way to Freedom Sun- day with Aid of Steel Con- struction Girder Florence, Ariz., Feb. 23.—(?)—Four- ot his suspenders looped about neck, the other end tied to at the head of his bed. He wi almost flat on the bed with held in @ forward position band at his neck. No signs of gle were cvident and he was Made No Disturbance Prisoners in adjoining rooms testi- fied that he made not the slightest sound; the hospital attendant heard. no disturbance. Prison officials were amazed at the fortitude of a man who could quietly strangle without making the slight A prisoner in the room just oppos- ite testified that he had been awake weeks he has been acting Prison officials said, and being treated in the hospital for a scalp wound sustained when he struck his head against the wall. He had been given to mumbling to him- self but when directly questioned his ‘ak has deen rational, prison officials The position of the bed was such (Continued on page nine) DODGE YOUTH Is ACCIDENT VICTIM Earl Fisher, 21, Dies in Dickin- son Hospital from Automo- bile Collision (Tribune Special Service) Dickinson, N. D., Feb. 23.—Earl Fisher, 21, whose father operates an automobile agency at Dodge, died at 7:30 a. m. Monday in a local hospital as the result of a skull fracture and lacerations received in a head-on au- tomobile collision on highway No. 22 four miles south of Killdeer Sunday night. Herman Jacobson, Dodge, who was riding with Fisher, suffered a broken arm and Lillian Gustafson, also of Dodge and a passenger in the car, was cut above the eye and two stitches were taken in one of her knees. Knute Burley, Killdeer, driver of the other automobile, was the only one of the other five passengers to be hurt. His head is badly bruised. sion and ran head-on into Burley's auto. Beauty Hints Book Offered by Tribune