The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 3, 1931, Page 1

i 4 a ¥ * « | 93 an affair and were given to quarrels| and reconciliat \ . Beck to rent aad. . North. Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper ESTABLISHED 1878 VIOLATION OF LAWS BY NATIONALISTS IS ~ EXPECTED TO STOP Text ‘of Formula Upon Which Agreement Was Made Not Available Immediately SATISFACTION IS EXPRESSED Compromise on Other Points at Issue Between Leaders Confidently Expected New Delhi, March 3—()—Mahat- ma Gandhi‘and Sir Georgé Schuster, Indian finance minister, conferring ‘Tuesday at the Vice-Regal palace, reached an agréement on the salt question, one of the outstanding problems in the way of abandonment of the civil disobedience campaign. Almost exactly a year ago the In- dian nationalists, led by Gandhi, initiated a campaign of violation of the salt laws, which provide for a British monopoly. Throughout cur- rent negotiations for calling off the civil campaign, Gandhi has contend- ed the Indian people be empowered to make their own salt. t Acknowledgment of this principle, it was thought, will not interfere ma- terlally with the government salt monopoly, which still will supply salt to the major part of India. ‘The text of the formula upon which agreement was reached was not im- mediately available. Much satisfaction was expressed here at the conclusion of the agree- ment which clears the way of one of the most important obstacles to set- tlement of nationalist demands and participation of the congress-party in @ round table ‘conference to work out & new constitutional i wore for India. Irwin would find formulas or com- promises during. their conversations ‘Tuesday, on other points at issue. ‘These includé Gandhi's demand for an investigation of alleged police brutality, picketing of shops, and the boycott of foreign goods. Although the Mahatma declared Tuesday morning that he was deter- mined to close his conversations with Lord Irwin ‘Tuesday it. was consider- | ed possible that discussion of . final details of the settlement. might be ex- tended until Wednesday. SAY SLAIN WOMAN WAS BLACKMAILER Police Official Thinks Vivian Gordon Was Murdered Be- cause of Activities New York, March 3.—()—The theory that Vivian Gordon, vice graft tipster, was slain because she was operating a black-mail’ring was held Commissioner Edward P. diaries, he said. Notations made public by Distric: Attorney Charles B. McLaughlin and read before the Bronx grand jury ac- cused. John A. Rareloff, her. lawyer. and Samuel Cohen, an ex-convict, of designs on her life as early as two years ago. They are held in $50,000 bail each as material witnesses and are freedom on habeas corpus proceedings. Miss wrote in her diary in Gordon January, 1929: things as John A. “It’s best to put down hal ‘would stoop to anything.” Ensuing entries indicated the au- thor and the lawyer were involved in tions. John A. Larson Buys Local Lumber Yard Announcement that he has pur- Carpenter Lumber company returned here to live was made today by John A. Larson. Larson, who recently left Bismarck to make his home in Minneapolis fellowing his as manager of the extensive interests of the Capen oe ei ane ee the properties have been and he which he will operate under the name ot the Bismarck Lumber sa ‘The Carpenter company ‘ev eral other North Dakota lumber yards but Larson said he will confine his interest to the local ‘enterprise ifor th t. 6 es "The Larson's sold their home when’ they moved to Minneapolis. ex- another soon, Earl In Murder Tangle N . as The mutilated body of # woman found near Bowling Green, Vs., has been identified as that of Mrs. Phoebe Stader (above), of Rahway, N. J. William Frazer (below), retired New York restaurant operator, was ar- drove it. Rahway for the:dead body of the woman propped ‘up in the car, COMMITTEES MAKE FIVE PER CENT GUT}=2: Appropriations for State Insti- tutions Are Reduced by Leg- islative ‘Bodies Original appropriation requests by state institutions of learning at Mi- not, Bottineau, Valley City, Dickin- son, ‘Mayville and Ellendale, were ever, were reluctant to aprove reduc- tions oo Lal poe and sub- commit from appropriations committees of both houses reached an agreement to reduce institutional Fequests about five per cent. Ap’ Tecommended and reductions approved by the senate appropriations committee follow: The Minot normal school, $360,895, Bottineau state normal industrial school, $104,906, a re- duction. of. $5,969. Most of the cuts were madé in funds for Action on Garrison Bill Delayed Again Committee action on the bill ap- Propriating $177,000 towards con- struction ofa Bend” Te b ihe house Feb. 23:by:a vote of.63 to 48. ‘ “BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, TUESDAY, MARCH 3, 1931 DAVIS EXONBRATED OF CORRUPTION BY SENATE COMMITTEE Group, However, Condemns Ex- penditure of $600,000 in State’s Prmiary OPPONENTS CLEARED ALSO Patterson of Missouri. Would Clear Pennsylvanian With- out Qualifi¢ation Washington, March 3—(7)—The Nye campaign funds committee told the senate Tuesday its investigations had yielded: nothing to reflect upon the honor and integrity of Senator Jarhes J. Davis of Pennsylvania. The long-awaited report on the Not only the former labor secretary but his opponents as well were cleared of any suggestion of smirch, but for all the statement was qualified. $600,000 Was Spent than $600,000 in the primary ... can be construed as in itself constituting corruption,” the committee concluded, “in fairness to Senator Davis as wed any corruption for which he may be held personally responsible, nor has anything been revealed .... reflecting upon’ the Honor and integrity. of Sen- atot Davis .or any other senatorial Besides Chairman Nye, who mg’ a ‘ators ‘Dalé, Republican, Vermont, and Il, Washington, and Wagner, New York, Democrats, signed the report. Patterson Disagrees A. minority report submitted by Senator Patterson, Republican. Mis- souri, cleared Davis without qualifi- cation and objected to the concluding Paragraph of the majority report. He said this was inserted after the first draft ‘had been agreed upon. Regarding the contention that Da- vis was chargeable with only a smal! percentage of the total spent for the majority to each individual candidate.” But it called to attention that the senate had condemned the $195,000 expenditure in behalf of former Sen- ator Newberry, Republican, Michigan, and the $785,000 for the Vare-Beidel- JUDGE OVERRULES DEFENSE MOTION = Attorney Would Have ‘Not Guilty’ Verdict in Kirkland penditure of $623,928 it reported for the Davis-Brown ticket in the -Repub- lican primary last year. Trial Directed Author of Culture Book Warns M That Women Are Outdistancing Them «Gh wilst aed to be the weaker le cteati 2 (1)-J, Thor fight Al Smith in 1928 cost him reelection in 1930; (2) Senator Furnifold M.| Muscle Shoals Bill I ites senate loses several of its most colorful figures, with the, these six members on March 4, along with seven others. They mas Heflin of Alabamg, whose desertion of the Democrats to Simmons of North Carolina, 77-year-old Democrat; (3) Charles 5. Deneen ‘of Tilinois, defeated for the Republican re} MéCortnick,:who lost. to.a Democrat; (4) 1L,. Blease, colorful-South. Carolina 3; () Guy D. Goff of West Virginia, a Republican and ‘8 millionaire; (6) Frederic H. Gillett of Massachusetts, 80-year-old Republican, Woman Wins Verdict of $15,000 Against Osjord NYE TO SPEAK AT POLITICAL DINNER , {of the Nonpartisan ‘state executive ree = DEMOCRAT RY LAW Junior Senator to Address Gath- ering and Confer With Leaders of Party United States’ Senator Gerald P. Nye will be the principal speaker at @ dinner to be staged March 6 at the Patterson hotel, a committee of Non- partisan leaders announced Tuesday. Senator Nye is scheduled to arrive in Bismarck Friday night and is ex- to confer with leaders of his party in both branches of the legisla- ture as well as with others who are expected to gather here for the event. Only a brief speaking program will be arranged for the dinner, according to C. N. Lee, Dunn county, chairman committee. Nye's conference with members of the legislature and with other party leaders are expected to relate to the of the party, both state and national, and to plans for the 1932 primary election campaign at which the junior senator will be up for re- election. WOUNDS ASSUAGED Harmony Is Spread Thick as Party's Chieftains Gather for Conference » March 3.—()—The prohibition bogey which of late has haunted » Tues- day was all but laid. Appeal Planned After Burleigh! Jury Awards Case to Mrs. Floyd Hastings Gunder K. Osjord, head of the state department of criminal apprehension, must pay Mrs. Floyd Hastings, Bis- marck, $15,000. A. verdict handed down by a jury in Burleigh county district court Mon- day orders Osjord to pay these dam- ages as a result of an automobile ac- cident last November in which Floyd Hastings, husband of the plaintiff, was fatally injured.. The jury brought in the verdict after three and a half hours of delib- eration. John F. Sullivan, speaking for the law firm of Sullivan, Hanley and Sullivan, counsel for the defense, an- nounced that an appeal would be carried to the state supreme court. ‘The case for the plaintiff was based on the ground that. Osjord had violated state traffic regulations, which indirectly caused the death of Hastings, the sole means of support to’ his wife and two children. The defense contended that Mrs. Hastings, who was driving the Has- tings car at the time of the. accident, had been guilty of negligence and was. responsible for the accident. BANDITS GET $8,500 IN CASH AND BO Fifth Bank Robbery in Thirteen Months in Redwood County, Minnesota, Staged Vesta, Minn, March 3.—(P?)—The 13 months yielded a-pair of robbers between $1,200 and $1,500 in cash and negotiable oa bonds here Tues- Two of the State Bank of forced into the vault be- in southwestern 140 miles from the Twin Cities. : DL cashier, IN CONTRAST WITH WHITE MEN'¥GIFTS Beginning of Civilization Here Shown by Visiting Cards and Newspapers ALL ARE IN GOOD CONDITION Box From Cornerstone of Old Capitol Opened in Presence ,of Legislature Scenes and conditions of 50 years ago were recalled to the memory of Bismarck residents by the contents of the box placed in the cornerstone of the old capitol building 48 years ago, @ list of which has been com- Piled by Russell Reid, superintendent of the state historical society. The visiting cards of distinguished guests, present for the occasion, and copies of the Bismarck Tribune and two other newspapers, contrasted sharply with a piece of bright-colored chintz and some. buttons, found in the copper container. All of the ar- ticles were in excellent condition, al- though the pencil markings on some Pieces of paper had grown indistinct with the passage of the years. Although it was difficult to find anyone in Bismarck who could recon- struct the scene of the original cor- nerstone laying, it seemed probable that a number of persons had access to the box before it was sealed and Placed in the stone. Deposited By Indian It is assumed that the piece of bright cloth was deposited by an In- dian woman.or brave. Four glass beads; a steel key, a small brass dut- ton, a.dlack metal button and four brags rings may have come from the same source. Mrs. J. P. Dunn, one of Bismarck’s “Old-timers” said Tuesday that she attended the ceremony but was too far away from the cornerstone itself to see what took place. It would ap- pear, however, that certain individ- uals were permitted to file past the | box and deposit their cards and such other objects as were handy. Mrs. Dunn recalled that a dispute arose at the time over a proposal to place a bottle of wine or whiskey in the box and that the W. C. T. U. ob- jected strenuously. No bottles were found in the box when it was opened. Joseph Dietrich, also present at the cornerstone laying, said he could not remember the system used in select- ing material to be placed in the box. Newspapers, in addition to the Bis- marck Tribune, were the Steel Her- ald and the St. Paul Daily Globe. Beneath the newspapers was an envelope containing a blue print of the proposed state capitol and grounds, the program for the dedica- tion ceremonies and @ newspaper supplement, written by ‘Territorial Governor N. G. Ordway as a defense of his administration. Disclosed Water Plan How early Bismarck residents got (Continued on page six) Paul Whiteman Wins Divorce from Wife Chicago, March 3.-(?}-Paul White- man, self-styled “King of Jazz” has won a divorce from his dancing wife, Mrs. Mildred Whiteman, known on the stage as Vanda Hoff. Desertion was the, charge. ‘The decree was granted Monday by Judge John J. Sullivan in superior court, It was stipulated that Mrs. White- man is to receive $600 a week alimony and three of the “jazz king’s” insur- ance policies totaling $80,000 on which she must pay the premiums. White- man is to have custody of their seven- year-old son, Paul, three months of E BISMARCK TRIBUNE EDGAR JADWIN EDGAR JADWIN, ONCE TOP ARMY ENGINEER, DIES IN PANAMA CITY Retired Lieutenant General Most Noted for Rivers and Harbor Work Panama City, March 3.—(?)—Pan- ama’s army and navy colony Tuesday mourned Lieutenant General Edgar Jadwin, retired chief of the army engineers, who died at the Gorgas hospital at 5 p. m. Monday after a cerebral 5 His body, with that of Major Gen- Leroy Irwin, who died at the day for return to the United States, General Jadwin was known most widely for his work with the rivers and harbors of the United States. He came here Feb. 25 to head acom- mittee to determine whether a new interoceanic canal is needed in Nica- ragua, or whether the Panama canal should be provided with new locks. Was 65 Years Old He was 65 years old and was a na- tive of Honesdale, Pa. He was grad- uated from West Point in 1890 and went into the engineering corps. He became a lieutenant general upon re- tirement in 1929. Chairmanship of the federal power commission and adoption by congress (Continued on page six) SENATE DISRUPTED AS FINISH NEARS Upper House Worked Until 3 A. M. Tuesday and Convened Again at 10 o’Clock Washington, March 3.—(#)—Pent feelings, tensed as last chances for much-desired legislation withered and died, held congress in a tight snarl Tuesday as it sought to wind up the session in orderly fashion. The senate, far the more upset of the two branches, found itself at work until 3 o'clock Tuesday morning, deadlocked in a filibuster over a copy- right bill which had vital interest for only a handful of members. It recessed then, to meet at 10 v’clock, expectant of the veto mess- age of President Hoover on the Muscle Shoals operation resolution. It faced the task of cleaning up work Mussolini Regards Naval Pact as PRICE FIVE CENTS ils Bill Ils Vetoed Reach Salt: Agreement y Conditions Recalled by Box Contents) NNRRSMESRE HOOVER OPPOSED 70 PRINCIPLE: CARRIED || Scores Government Entering’ RELCS OF INDIANS [f—Beiteermie ‘Business in Competition With Citizens SUGGESTS DIFFERENT PLAN Declares That Power Problem Cannot Be Solved by Pro- posed System ‘Washington, March 3—(#}—Presi« dent Hoover Tuesday vetoed the Nor- ris Muscle Shoals bill. Opposing the government entering into business “in competition with its citizens,” he suggested that Alabama and Tennessee set up a commission with rt shigieideryeMed from farm or- ganizations and the army engineers to lease Muscle Shoals “in the inter- est of the local community and agri- culture generally.” The president stated in these words his stand on a question which Lr stettahe dard Political issue in “The power problem is not to be solved by the government going into the power business... . the remedy for abuses in the conduct of that in- dustry lies in regulation.” He took the position the present bill puts the government into the business of manufacturing power, because its Provisions place any possible lessees under conditions impractical for Profitable operation. The bill provides that the president be authorized to lease the Alabama plant under cer- tain conditions, and that if such a lease can not be secured the govern- ment operate the power plant and the nitrate manufacturing plant which has been in existence since the war. Calls Bill Impossible The president said the bill was ad- ministratively impossible; that best estimates would indicate a loss of $2,- 000,000 a year in government opera- tion; that the chemical industry with all of its complications could not be Successfully operated by the govern- ment; and that the bill took sway. opi which belong rightly to the He also said that under the bill, which requires that three directors shall have control of the plant, it would not be possible to obtain com- Petent management. The history of the Muscle Shoals Project, he said, should be a demon- stration of the ineptness of the fed< eral government to administer such an enterprise and the penalties which the local community would suffer. Aside from other issues, the presi- dent said the legislation would mean that no other development of power could take place on the Tennessee (Continued on page six) ~ Internationally-Important Event = By BENITO MUSSOLINI (Premier of Italy) ples of the world, and 20 is made @ fortunate beginning of this year of preparation for the gen- eral disarmament conference. Italy has not hesitated for the sake of this high ideal to take |