The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 28, 1931, Page 1

i 2 ase. THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE -2=- COMMITTEE DECIDES. |{ ere Boteon 7 TO SUBMIT DIVIDED REPORT ON MEASURE Little Discussion Held On Swett Bill, Providing East, West Districts TOM HALL SENDS MESSAGE Second District Representative Says He Has Not Yet Been Consulted Members of the North Dakota sen- the reapportionment ques- tion Saturday. ‘With practically no discussion, the state affairs committee of the upper legislative branch agreed to disagree late Friday and the question will be presented to the senate with a ma- jority recommendation that the Swett bill, providing for an East-West di- vision be. killed. A minority report will recommend that the bill be passed. Indications wer» that the battle on the question will be staged late Sat- urday wtih the outcome very much in doubt. ‘H. F. Swett, Kidder county Non- partisan, introduced the bill in the house, which‘ approved the measure after a bitter fight. Richland county's representatives supported the membership to make passage of the measure possible when the vote was taken in the house. The Swett bill provides for estab- lishing an east and a west district, with Burleigh county in the western district. The redistricting problem arose as a result of congressional re- apportionment by which North Da- kota loses one of its three congress- men. Hall Not Consulted purposes ‘has ever been submitted to him was made Saturday by Congress- man Thomas Hall in a telegram to The Tribune. Hall’s telegram read: “Refer Tues- day story. No plan districting ever submitted.me. Proposal illogical, un- fair, tricky. Proposal included all topography, industry agriculture. Few exceptions, states having only two representatives chosen at large.” In its Tuesday issue The Tribune carried an editorial favoring an east- (Continued on page three) ABANDON HOPE FOR INDIA AGREEMENT Working. Committee Rejects Viceroy’s Proposals For Compromise Plan New Delhi, India, Feb. 28.—(7)— ‘The working committee of the In- dian congress party Saturday voted to; reject the viceroy’s proposals for & compromise settlement of the party’s It was said all hope of a settle- ment of the differences between the congress and the government over the status of India had been vir- tually abandoned by the. congress party Saturday night. CONGRESS CLEARS MAJOR WORK EARLY Drive For Passage of Appro- priation Measures Ended Suddenly Friday gressional leaders claim broken all records Saturday with the calendar cleared of major business four days before adjournment. The vital legislation of the short session all enacted, the weary legisla- tors turned to finishing the odds and ends, with time to spare before the adjourning hour at noon next Wed- nesday. A veto by President Hoover of the measure providing for government operation of the Muscle Shoals power plant 1s awaited on capitol hill but leaders do not see enough votes in sight to enact this over the presi- dential disapproval. ‘The drive for passage of the ap- propriation measures carrying $4,- 000,000,000 for next year’s operation: of the government ended suddenly Friday with approval of a conference report adjusting differences on the naval supply bil. Taxes Will Become Delinquent Monday ‘Taxpayers of Burleigh county who have not paid their property personal or real estate taxes must do so before| _ office i Be ee ght It they. wish ta wold ai 5 per cent penalty. according to Claire treasurer. Derby, < The taxes became due Dec. 31 and will become delinquent March “1, as Oixed by law. Get out your history text-book. member the daring attempt of R. P. Hobson to blockade the Spanish fleet by sinking the collier Merrimac in the cliennel of Santiago harbor during the Spanish-American war? Here is how Hobson—Captain Hob- son now—appears today. He’s pic- tured as he attended a world con- ference on aa education in New ‘ork. LET CONTRACTS ON 142 MILES OF N. D. ROAD CONSTRUCTION Golden Valley, Stark, M’Lean, “Burleigh, and Morton Pro- jects Planned Re- Lieut. , Gontracts for $900,385.38 highway struction work Were let by the state highway commission here Fri- day. The work includes 118.849 miles surfacing and 23.077 mileg grading. ‘The contracts and awards are: Surfacing: Highway No. 84, Golden Valley county, north and south of Beach, 14.031 miles, Win Coman, Goodrich, N. D., $18,920. No, 85, Stark county, north of Bel- field, 6.023 miles. Win Coman, $7,622. No. 60, Bottineau county, Bottineau, ' 22.168 miles. Megarry Bros., Bain, N.. D.,. $33,911. No, 59, Wells county, south of Fes- senden, 13.089. miles, Cosmos Con- struction Co., Cosmos, Minn., $18,624. No. 11, Richland county, near Lid- gerwood, 5.176. miles, Megarry Bros., $12,226. No. 20, Stutsman county, north of Jamestown, 11.021 miles, Hector Con- struction Co., Hector, Minn., $20,940. No. 18, Cass. county, south of Cas- selton, 10.414 - miles, Advance Con- struction Co., Fargo, $43,450. No. 37, McLean county, west of Gar- rison, 7,911 miles, Win Coman, $9,413. No. 14, Burleigh. county, north of Sterling, 10.69 miles, Wilder and Wil- der, Kenmare, -N.-D., $17,444. No. 6, Morton county, south of St. Anthony, 18.146 miles, Northwest Construction company, Fargo, $33,455. No. 10, Morton county, structural, east and west of Hebron, Rue Broth- ers, Bismarck, $18,724. . No. 10, Burleigh county, structural, near McKenzie. south, Rue Bros., $3,499. No. 32, Steele county, south of Fin- PA 15.914 miles, 8. N. Nelson, Fargo, 395. : No, 44, Grand Forks county, near Manvel, 7.163 miles, grading and in- cidentals, M. B, Monson, Grand Forks, $22,526; structural, J. A. Jardine, Far- go, concrete pipe culverts, concrete, Sectional Culvert company, Fargo, $1,686, and corrugated metal pipe, North Dakota Metal Culvert Co., Stranger’Claims He Is Guilty of Crimes Feb. 28.—(7)—A company. -, “I wanted to get the slate clean,”| Henri he said. BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, SATURDAY, .FEBRUARY 28, 1931 Reach Naval Treaty Agreement , : atl ak @ yy (TALY AND BRITAIN State Senate Faces Reapportionment Question bap STATESMANSHIP DEMANDED (An Fditorial) In voting on the proposal to reapportion the state for congres- SSM eee earn er ent eer ra. manship. \ These fathers of the state must make direct answer to the ques- tion of whether they are going to legislate for the benefit of one or more individuals or for the people of the state. Their action will be an important and integral part of their records as lawmakers. They can expect their constituents to judge them upon this basis when they return home. " The fair and equitable redistricting bill now before the senate'is not for or against Thomas Hall, O. B. Burtniess or James H. Sinclair, the three incumbent congressmen. 1I¢ is designed primarily to bene- fit the people of the state. If it insures a square deal to the folks in the great empire of the Missouri Slope country with regard to con- gressional representation, we have no kick coming about that. If the bill passes, and it should pass unless political larceny is to be committed, Hall, Burtness and Sinclair each have the same right to run for office. It is both unfair and unwise to attempt to redistrict the state to meet some political exigency. The state legis- lature is acting for the sovereign people of the great.state of North Dakota, not for the Halls, the Burtnesses or the Sinclairs. ‘The politicians who always seek to beg the issue, postpone and procrastinate, ask for postponement until 1933. The situation will be no different at that time. Those influences seeking to induce a chaotic condition in congressional representation will be on the job in 1933 as they are today and with the same old story. ‘This issue of fixing a fair plan for redistricting is bigger than Hall, Burtness or Sinclair, and the person who can tell what condi- tions . will control the selection of two congressman at the next TWIGHELL TOTTERS. ASL V, AS CHARGE THES GETTING OLD? Said To Be Headed For Political Ash Heap 1S DOOMED BY FAILURE Admits Own Weariness; ‘When 1 Get It On All Sides It Is Too Much’ Editors Note: This is another of a series of news stories intended to take Tribune read- SAY ROBERT LUCAS |[ Stays Rival CHARGEABLE WITH VIOLATION OF LAW Nye Investigating Committee Condemns G. 0. P. ‘Scur- rilous Literature’ DELIVER REPORT IN SENATE Unsuccessful Attempt of Grocer to Defeat Senator Norris Also Scored FOR FRENCH ACTION Full Agreement By M. Aristide Briand Is Expected By Sunday Afternoon U. S. APPROVAL EXPECTED Treaty Will Be Submitted to U. S. and Japan if France Gives Approval Rome, Feb. 28.—(7)—Great Britaist and Italy Saturday reached an ac- cord in principal for the settlement of all naval problems left pending by the London conference of last year. ‘The accord will be. submitted to the French foreign minister, Aristide Briand, in Paris, Sunday, and if he Washington, Feb. 28.—()}—The campaign funds committee reported election must be a prophet indeed. Charging sinister motives, mix- ing issues and talking about sacrificing this or that. candidate is all political gibberish. It convinces no one and gets nowhere. North Dakota is entitled to two congressmen from definite dis- tricts. True, there are some states having as many as two congress- men at large, but these are all large commonwealths with heavy congressional representation, The congressional directory discloses no state in the union, having but two congressmen, where the dis- tricts are not fixed and definite. "This state is entitled to the Same deal which other states have which: elect ONLY ‘TWO CONGRESSMEN. Fence fixers and politica} machinists have injected the issue of candidates into this contest.’ It does not belong there and to leg- islate along such transitory)lnes would be foolish and ineffective. Members of the senate should rise above such considerations which are ridiculous on their face and palpably illogical. Friends of all three congressmen naturally want the interests of their candidates protected, but it simply cannot be done when there are only two congressional jobs for three present incumbents. ‘There is no valid reason why any congressional aspirant should be forced to make an expensive campaign in more than 50 counties. Neither is there any reason why either section of the state, with different interests and different problems, should be deprived of its own congressman, definitely. elected from a specific district, on the wild plea that a Hall, Burtness or a Sinclair will be sacrificed. Better put tHem all on the political block, singly or collectively, than sacrifice the best interests of the people. ‘The Tribune is not interested in the political alignments or the wire-pulling stunts of either political faction, for it speaks for neither. . It is vitally concerned with the welfare of North Dakota and this western country, of which Bismarck is the hub. The state senate should place’ that welfare above the welfare of Hall, Burtness or, Binclatr, of-iall Of them..qormningd.,. If. 4 debt, ts incurred when a man is elected to office, the debt is owed by the man elected rather than by the people who elected him. ‘That-is the only issue before the senate, despite the attempt to. becloud it by a partisan-bossed, truckling press and a group of Political leaders who have had their apple cart tipped over a few times in the past week or so. ers behind the scenes in the current Session of the state legislature. must be excused for some things on that account have a sinister sound for the future of the Cass county Political master. They followed close upon a long series of defeats administered to by members of his own faction. Back cf the comments was the implied be- lef that old age leads to oblivion and the further possibility that Twichell will have trouble in reestablishing himself as the I. V. A. house leader. If he loses it there he almost cer- tainly will lose it in the I. V. A. fac- tion as a whole. The truth is that Twichell.is only 58, which is not old as men go, and still is physically vigorous. But 15 years of leadership have weakened as friends and the former now are beginning to outnumber the latter. Twichell. himself, halfway admit- ted his weariness after the battle last beneath the defeats adiinistored to e defeat him. © He. is quotedds having said te a. Nonpartisan friend: “I am tired. ‘When I get it on all sides it is too much.” ze & For the defeats were not adminis- tered to him by the Nonpartisans, al- though they helped a great deal. They were dealt out at the hands of I. V. A. members of the house who could not see eye to eye with the leader on various matters. Every now and then, and usually State Finishes Its Case caemecrety| In ‘Bridge Slayer’ Trial I_V. A. votes to defeat him. These blows were twice bitter, since they not only defeated the bills but denied Twichell’s leadership. The reasons for this were many and varied, but most general, perhaps, is the fact that many members of the I V. A. faction insist on voting their own votes and will not be “delivered” by Twichell on measures with which they do not agree. In many cases there has been a feeling that Twichell was trying to use the I. V. A. organization to make good on promises made by him in the last atid previous campaigns and which had no real place in the poli- tical set-up. If promises were made, according, to these I. V. A.’s, they should not have been made and they feel no obligation to help Twichell “deliver the goods.” From Fargo come rumblings that ‘Twichell's failure to display leader- (Continued on page three) LILA JIMERSON [S ACQUITTED BY JURY Cayuga Indian Woman Was Tried Twice for Murder of Clotilde Marchand Late Bulletins | Defense Counsel Refuses To- o———_——*| _ say Whether Defendant Will DIES IN ST. PAUL St. Paul, Feb. 28.—(P)—Law- Be First Witness = G. Moultrie, fess sericea opal minister, formerly of Valley City, N. D, died at his | Kansas City, Feb. 28—(e)—The home here today after an illness state rested: Saturday in the trial of of twoiwecks. Mrs. Myrtle A. Bennett for the slay- ing of her husband, John G. Bennett, following a bridge game quarrel. Photographs showing the interior of the Bennett apartment in whick the slaying occurred Sept. 29, 1929, were introduced. Defense counsel, headed by ex- Senator James A. Reed and J. Francis O'Sullivan, declined to say whether the widow would be their first Wit- ness. The defense allegation that the death of Bennett, a wealthy business man, in his apartment the night of Sept. 29, 1929, was accidental was challenged in the testimony of Mrs. Anna Rice, West Frankfort, Ul., his half-sister. While the defendant watched her CANADIAN BANK ROBBED Regina, Sask., Feb. 28—?)— Walking into a branch of the Royal Bank of Canada today, a masked bandit held up the man- ager, Douglas Meiklejohn, just after he had opened the main vault and with the assistance of another masked man who entered later, rifled the vault of $17,000 cash and escaped. FAIL TO AGREE Washington, Feb. 28.—()—Con- conferees today aban- doned efforts to formulate a con- had told her she would “keep the mo- positions and attempts to bring about an understanding were formally called off. TOOK OWN LIFE Minot, N. D., Feb. 28.—(?)—H. Hi. Miller, 22, Carpio. found dying in a local hotel Friday, suecumb- “poison my God knows why I did it. But I'll tell you, Annie, when this is all over.” Reed protested the introduction of the testimony of Mrs. Rice, a surprise witness. He demonstrated ques- tioning that she suffered from deaf- ness. A mock battle between O'Sullivan and Reed, drew from Stanley M. Hall, Buffalo, N. ¥., Feb. 28.—()—Lila| 24 inistered wil dimergon, Cayuga Indian women | according to findings of coroner's en Be foe, toe susan. of Ces jury empaneled by Coroner R. V. oe meer ual] ASKED 10 FURNISH EVIDENGE 10:07 a. m. after having been locked Minnesota Senator Asserted up overnight. The case was given to the jury at 4:50 p.m. Friday. The trial began Feb. 16. Nomination Of Nordbye Was ‘Obnoxious’ have been fired accidentally. Willetta Henry, negro maid, testi- fied she heard four shots. R. Woodman, patrolman. testified Mrs. Bennett, and “Jack, why did you do it, why did you do it?” and later said, “If Jack's gone, I want to go too.” Jack Carlton, Bronzed Cowhand for Several Years, Revealed as Woman ete! iss Blackwell, Okla., Feb. 28.—(?)— “Jack” Carlton, bronzed cowhand employed several years on ranches in the vicinity of Mid- land, Texas, was revealed jatur- day as @ woman. Mrs. J. L. Jones, head of Ton- kawa, Okla., charities, said hun- ding. E. J. Post, superintendent of "the City five tribes agency, notifed, ssid he would investigate * Saturday to determine wether the woman was 8 ward of the govern- ment intently Mrs. Rice said Mrs. Bennett) Anna to the senate Saturday that Robert H. Lucas, executive director of the Republican national committee is chargeable with violation of the cor- rupt practices act in connection with the “circulation of scurrilous literature in Nebraska and other states” in the 1930 campaign. Condemning incidents in the Ne- braska senatorial race as a part of a conspiracy to defeat Senator Norris, the report said Lucas had failed to report to the house on the date pre- scribed by law the personal expendi- ture of more than $4,000 for campaign literature. ‘Tried To Hide Deal Chairman Nye submitted the re- port, which concluded in respect to this “that Mr. Lucas attempted to conceal the transaction, designedly failed to report as required by the federal sorrupt practices act, and is chargeable with a wilfull violation under section 314.” ‘This section prescribes a fine of not more than $1,000 and imprisonment for not more than two years. The report also assailed the unsuc- cessful attempt to file George W. Norris, broken bow grocer, in the primary against Senator George W. Norris to “confuse” the voters. se | accepts, a five-power treaty carrying Mrs. Freda Daugherty is only 15, but | limitation of all categories of naval she is a wife and a killer, ac tonnage will emerge. Inasmuch aa to her confession that she shot and} Foreign Minister Arthur Henderson killed Mrs. Geraldine Harriman, 27,|Cf Great Britain, already had reach- because this young divorcee was try-|€d an agreement in principle with ing to ‘vi: Mrs, Daugherty’s husband, | the French, M. Briand’s acceptance is Ray. She is in the Marietta, O., jail, | expected. ; che-ged with murder. Mr. Henderson himself was so OVEN ON eee BOX TAKEN FROM OLD CORNERSTONE “if the talks there are as satisfactory Find Cards and Other Docu- as they have been here.” Expects Full Agreement ments in Receptacle Taken From Capitol Building He left for Paris, with A. V. Alex- ander, first Lord of the A and British admiralty deel hopes Suaday afternoon to obtain full agreement with the French. When that is accomplished the text of the new accird will be submitted to the government of the United States, Japan and the British dominions signatory to the tripartite treaty of London for their final approval and the elaboration of a five-powér limi- tation document. The London naval treaty signed last April, prescribes limitation and reduction of naval armament for the United States, Great Britain and Japan, and agreemeht on some phases ot the naval disarmament problem among those three nations, France and Italy. The first three signatories are par- ties to the limitation and reduction agreement. France and Italy signed only those sections relating to “hu- manization” of submarines, a capital ship holiday and certain other tech- nical phases. December 31, 1936, is set as the terminating date of the treaty. Conferred Three Days Negotiations which led to the ac- cord have been carried on here for the last three days, largely by ad- miralty experts, following similar ne- gotiations in Paris. Friday Premier Mussolini himself took over Italian direction of the conversations and this morning gave his approval to the agreement. Then a brief joint com- munique was issued. It read in part: “An accord has been reached on the principles of questions which re- mained in suspense after the London naval conference, “The terms of the project must stil! be submitted to the French govern- ment. If the French government agrees the proposals will be submitted the governments of the United States, Japan, Great Britain and the British dominions who were represented at jurday's accord is accepted by the French and written irtto the blank spaces of the London treaty, Governor George F. Shafer Satur- day opened the copper box placed in the cornerstone of the capitol build- ine. at its dedication 48 years ago. ceremony was-held at the mu- ‘It declared further that Samuel R.! nicipal auditorium before the mem- McKelvie, member of the farm board | bers of the legislature and a packed and former Nebraska governor, and | gi Charles A. McCloud, Republican na- tional committeeman for Nebraska, had violated the Nebraska election laws by “concealing” contributions to the campaign of Willis M. Stebbins, former state treasurer, who opposed Norris in the primary. Would Prevent ‘Evils’ ‘The committee recommended legis- lation to prevent the “evils” found. “How far the various methods out- lined above were interrelated and constituted successive stages of a single conspiracy, are yet to be deter- mined,” the report said. “After the major facts became known, two of the principal figures in the conspir- acy, ‘Grocer’ Norris and Victor Sey- mour, were in process of indictment for perjury and were, therefore, not available as witnesses. “The committee has been impress- ed, however, by the fact that- ali these activities have been actuated by the common motive of accomplishing the defeat of Senator Norris by fair means or foul; have been carried out by agents whom the record shows were in frequent communication; and have been characterized by the com- mon features of concealment of funds, employment of ficitious names, and elaborate precautions to preven’ either the actors or the source of the funds from being publicly disclosed.” allery. Ranged behind ‘the governor on the platform were seated a number of Dakota pioneers, many of whom were present at the dedication ceremonies in 1883. Miscellaneous articles, taken from the box, and described by the gover- nor as he removed each item, ranged from a communication from Prince Bismarck of Germany to a ticket good for a barrel of water. The documents enclosed in the box were remarkably well preserved. Several items which had been writ- ten in pencil were somewhat faded, however, and could be read only with difficulty. ‘The visiting cards of a large num- ber of foreign dignitaries were found in the box as well as those of many American celebrities. The cards of the envoys from Germany predomi- nated but there were a number of French and English represented as well as cards of persons representing nearly every country in Europe. J. P. Jackson and C. B. Little of Bismarck and Judge B. F. Spaulding of Fargo are among those now living whose names were found in the box. A program describing the dedica- tion ceremonies was enclosed as were @ number of documents bearing on the history of Dakota territory. A printed article, written by the governor in defense of his adminis- tration and presumably placed in the Mrs. Anna B. Arnot pos: ab: bi [order, ocrasiogen mate {st el settle, at least until 1996, long iment among the spectators. | standing owen, Branos En Route to Asylum] "The bor together with its contents, |and Italy over the relative size of will be placed in a glass case and put on display in the main auditorium of the new World War Memorial building until the close of the legisla- tive assembly next week. WILL CHARGE MAN WITH AXE MURDER Devils Lake Officials Continue Investigation Into Death Of Negro their fleets. Glasgow, Mont., Feb. 28.—(?)—Mrs. Berrigan Arnot Friday night was on her way to the state hospital for the insane at Warm Springs, with Sheriff Ben Olson and his wife as escorts. factory to Great Britain, is expected at the state department to receive the approval of the United States. Tribune Offers : Book on Seafoods Twenty billion The woman was declared insane by @ district court jury. She had been given a hearing to determine whether she was mentally capable of assist- ing counsel in her defense ops charge of having caused the death of her husband, J. E. Arnot, former Glasgow banker, by poisoning. Formal order of commitment was issued by Judge John Hurley. The law provides the woman if she recovers her sanity after treatment PRE Sis % at the hospital must be returned to/ nevis . D., anni Glasgow for trial on the murder Alaska is estimated at three charge. het posh oo is seen that country Proportionately its share of this delicious and healthful Ameri- Fargo, Fe". 28.—()—Car! Nelson, 64, a clothing merchant Duluth, Minn., for 38 years, died in hospital. ‘.er- from the effects of a paralytic stroke suffered four years ago. He came here four years ago to live with # son, L. G. Nelson. Beginning of End for Al Capone in Chicago Racket Circles Is Fo Chicago, Feb. 28.—(}—A be- ginning of the end of the grip of | . Pictured by