The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, April 21, 1931, Page 1

North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper Honduras Tro Republicans Will Seize DISAPPEARANCE OF VALUABLE JEWELS TO BE INVESTIGATED, Spaniards Would Stop Trans- fer of King’s Money to English Banks: LABOR LEADER SHOT DEAD Deposed Monarch Enters Eng- land in Broad Daylight Al- most Unnoticed Madrid, April 21—(?)—The Repub- ican government is moving rapidly to seize for the nation all property of the exiled King Alfonso which can be considered the property of the na- THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE - ‘Bad Gungirl? @ Pal of “Billy the Killer” Miller, Miss Ruth Lesage hg tried < flee from. police. during gunfight at Bowling Green, O., but she was cap- tured. Chief Galliher shot and kill- tion rather than of the man, Alfonso De Bourbon, aside from his titles. ‘A special judge has been appoint- ed to investigate reports that valuable jewels and documents relating to the Moroccan wars have disappeared from a showcase at the Royal palace Britain Recognizes Spanish Republic Lindon, April 21.—UP)—Great Britain Tuesday extended recog- nition to the New Spanish Re- public, which has been sealed by the gov- ernment. The disappearance is at- tributed to some of the highly placed members of the palace staff. The mediation of the British em- bassy was understood Tuesday to have been sought in connection with transfer of money deposited in the Bank of Spain by Alfonso XIII, the bank deciding after a lengthy con- ference ‘o turn over part of the de- posits, which run into high figure. ‘The minister of finance denied, how- ever, that the British embassy. had. int \terceded: ‘An appeal to the patriotism of all Spaniards, particularly — aristocrats and capitalists, to stop their with- drawals of funds from the banks and industries of Spain to be taken abroad for investment was published Tuesday by Indalecio Prieto, new minister of finance, who warned that ix the practice had not ceased within | four weeks drastic measures would be inaugurated. ‘The government has constituted (Continued on page Nine) FRENGH AND LARSON RETIRE FROM BOARD New City Commission Will Hold First Meeting at City Hall Tuesday Night P. French and John A, Lar- Peete members of the board of city commissioners, attended their last commission meeting in an official capacity at the elty hall Monday night. Both French and Larson had served as commissioners for the last 12 years. Previous to the business meeting members of the board and thei’ wives attended # dinner given by Mayor A. P, Lenhart in honor of the retiring City, N. D., April .21—(P}— ues Med in North Da- ed Miller, while a second girl, Miss Beulah Baird of Kansas City, was wounded seriously, and one man es- caped. A.patrolman suffered dan- Gerous wounds in the same fight. ELDER BANNON T0 BE PROTECTED BY NATIONAL GUARDS Detail Will Accompany Accused Murderer From Williston to Alexander A national guard detail will be dis- Patched from Bismarck to. Williston ‘Wednesday to guard against any pos- sibility of mob violence at the hearing of James: F. Bannon’ when he is ar- reigned ion. a firet-degree murder they regurded the matter as merely a precautionary measure and that they. believed there is little possibility of violence. ‘ Bannon is charged with complicity in the killing’ of six members of the Albert E. Haven family near Schafer more than a year ago end for which a mob lynched his son, Charles, last Jan. 29. McKenzie county authorities, deter- mined to prevent any possible chance of a similar fate for the father, re- quested aid from the state adjutant general's department in escorting the prisoner from Williston to McKenzie county for the hearing. . , Adjutant General G. A. Fraser has ordered a detail of three officers and 14 enlisted men to Williston. Major (Continued on page nine) WILL ARRAIGN ONE OF TRIO WEDNESDAY Man Arrested in Edgeley Am- bush Charged With Conspir- acy to Commit Felony Edgeley, N. D., April 21.—()—Fred Brossart, one of the trio arrested here early Saturday. following an attempt- ed robbery of the Security Lda arial vat 3 BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, TUESDA’ 21, 1931 The Weather Uansettied Tuesday night, Wednesdays freesing temperature Tuesday night. PRICE FIVE CENTS” WALKER REQUESTS GOVERNOR 10 HALT N. Y, PROCEEDINGS) Mayor Denies He ‘Condoned In- competence and Encour- aged Corruption’ iMAKES REPLY TO CHARGES | Gotham Executive Makes Caus- tic Reference to Two of His Accusers New York, April 21.—(4)—Mayor Walker, denying that he “condoned incompetence and encouraged cor- ruption” in the municipal affairs of New York, has Governor Roosevelt to dismiss the removal Proceedings against him. In his reply to charges filed by the city affairs committee he called the city affairs committee as “an annex to the Socialist party.” “I declare that I have adequately and consistently done my full duty &8 mayor of the City of New York,” said the reply, delivered to the gov- ernor at Albany Monday. ‘The mayor denied that he has ignored “shameful conditions” in the board of standards and appeals. He denied there had been corruption in the. department of licenses. He de- scribed as “ridiculous” the charge that the city is losing $33,000,000 an- nually in condemnation awards. He claimed there had been marked improvement in hospital conditions. He defended the police and said he had no control over magistrates’ courts, except to appoint magistrates. Citing the city affairs committee as “an annex of the Socialist party,” he made caustic references to the two members who signed the demand for his removal—John Haynes Holmes, its president, Stephen S. Wise. He declared Mr. Holmes to be a “recognized leader in @ group of Seviet sym- Pathizers” and qi apiece of Goggerel which described Rabbi Wise as a man of “vast and varied mis- information.” “As to my position on the question of official corruption or wrong-do- ing,” the mayor said, “I have said repeatedly and I again assert that I will defend no one and protect no one, but, on tes other hand, I will sacrifice no innocent man to preserve my position as chief executive of the City of New York, for any reason, personal or political.” DETROIT ROBBERS GET $28,000 LOOT One Man Arrested and Alleged Accomplice Sought in City Hall Robbery Detroit, April 21.—(?)—Police were searching Tuesday for the second of a pair of daring thieves who cut a hole in the wire network guarding a . a | 40, He Takes Bride Aged 11 Er E : aE Children marry in India—and nobody cares. But when Albert Bryan, left, who admits he’s 40 years old, married little 11-year-old Rosetta Copling at Council Bluffs, Ia., an investigation was started. The girl, ill with mumps, declares the wedding was at her request.,. Her mother, also married at the same time, testified Rosetta was 16 as the double ceremony was performed with the couples acting as witnesses for each other. Siamese Royal Couple on Last Lap of Long Journey ST. LOUIS DOCTOR DISAPPEARS AFTER _ ANSWERING A CALL Police Believe Son-in-Law of Oil Magnate Lured From Home by Kidnapers Special Train Leaves Chicago for Scarsborough at 10:20 A. M. transcontinental Journey broken by a brief rest in the Chicago terminal, King Prajadhipok and Queen Rambai Barni of Siam started on the last lap of their trip to New York at 10:20 a. m. Tuesday. Seemingly refreshed by sleep, the king for the second time since his ar- rival on the American continent ven- tured from the seclusion of his private car and posed for cameramen, waving to the salutes of the crowd gathered at the réar of the train. His only visitor here was Gen. Na- Bt. Louis, April 21.—()—Dr. 1. Dy Kelley Jr., prominent eye, ear, nose, and throat specialist and son-in-law of the late William Cullen McBride, wealthy oil magnate, was believed by Police to have been kidnaped Monday night after he had been lured from his home by a telephone call for his services a8 @ physician. His automo- bile was found Tuesday in St. Louis county. Dr. Kelley was called from his home at 10 o'clock Monday night by a man whose name, Mrs. Kelley, the phy- ‘said sounded like Kelley said the man consul for Siam. Switching operations in the yards required an hour and a half, the Soo Line delivering the monarch’s train to the chaperonage of New York Central officials over whose line the royal couple will travel to the Atlantic sea- There King Prajadhipok will be treated for an ocular affliction. He is suffering also from a cold and malarial affection contracted during the journey. Only. division points were scheduled stops on the eastward trip. These were Elkhart, Ind., Toledo, and Cleve- land, O., Buffalo, Syracuse and Utica, i Y., with Scarsborough the destina- jon. MINOT ELECTION CONTEST OPENED Corbett, Beaten by Seven Votes, Charges Improper Rejection of Ballots sician’s wife, “Holmes.” Mrs. apparently asked Dr. Kelley to meet him at the western edge of the city, near Clayton, a suburb, and treat his nephew for an ear ache. The doctor declined the caller's proffer of an automobile and said he would go in his own car. When the physician failed to re- turn at midnight, Mrs. Kelley be- came uneasy and called Lon Hocker, president of the St. Louis police board and city and county police de- partment, who began an organized search, | County and city police were with- out a clew as to the whereabouts of the physician. No demand for ran- som had been received by the doctor's family, as far as the authorities cashier's desk in the city treusurer’s| knew. ; » beneath the eyes of three po- n, and fled with $3,000 in cash and $25,000 in checks Monday after- oon. Police said they had elicited from Theodore Crowley, 28, Chicago, ar- rested a few minutes after the theft, a confession that it was he who took seat on'a stool usually occupied by i , | Kneeling Britons Ask for Divine Mrs. Kelley said she heard the physician repeat “just east of the Terminal bridge across Clayton road,” and “two blocks east of the filling station.” The police questioned residents and the filling station attendants there without gaining any clews. SUNDAY MOVIES IN ENGLAND FAVORED Minot N. D., April 21—(7)—A con- test of the election of H. E. Buck as Minot city commissioner, by a margin. of seven votes over V. A. Corbett, who had served for eight years, was in- stituted Tuesday by. Corbett. Corbett alleges that many ballots were improperly rejected and not counted by election officials, and that sufficient votes for him were so re- jected as to change the result of the election. ; ‘Visitation Upori Heads. of Iniquitous’ London, April 21. — () — While kneeling Britons outside prayed for a divine “visitation upon the heads of iniquitous defenders” of the bill Sunday. movies and other Hed r 7 than William MacChesney, Chicago uble Is S -Alfonso’s OLSON'S FIRST VETO j | STRIKES CONFERENCE REDISTRICTING PLAN Minnesota Governor Scores ‘In- equitable Distribution of Population’ DEFENDS FARM DISTRICTS Solons, Admitting Defeat of Bill, Begin Consideration of New Division St. Paul, April 21.—(4)—Governor He B. Olson recorded his first. veto late Monday when he refused to ap- prove the conference plan for con- gressional reapportionment passed earlier in the day by the senate and last Saturday by the house. The chief executive attacked the measure as “obviously an inequitable distribution of the population of Minnesota. His message was re- ceived by the house at 5:30 p. m., and after being read, Representative Iver Iverson, chaicman of the house ap- Pportionment committee, moved that the mesage and the bill containing the plan, be tabled. As the result of the veto, confer- ences were called and plans for a strenuous effort to obtain a new plan made. It was considered useless to attempt. to pass the measure over the gover- nor's veto in either house. Chicago, April 21—(}—Thelr long| gran eg ye nate” Messaee ad- to the house: “I am returning herewith without my approval H. B. 1456—A bill for an act to divide the state of Minnesota into nine congressional districts. “The state of Minnesota must be| lean leaders looking ahead to the} redistricted but that redistricting should be based upon a fair division of population. H. B. 1456 is obviously an inequitable distribution’ of the Population of Minnesota. “There is a difference of 116,000 be- tween the proposed fifth district, which contains the largest population, and “le proposed first district, which contains the smallest population. “Taking the so-called agricultural districts there is a difference of 98,- 000 between the proposed seventh dis- trict, an agricultural district, which contains the largest population of the agricultural districts, and the pro- posed first district, an agricultural (Continued on page nine) FORMAN WOMAN IS VICTIM OF FLAMES Attempt to Kindle Fire With Can of Kerosene Ends Tragi- cally Monday (Special To The Tribune) Forman, N. D., April 21.—Mrs. Ida Smedsrud, 28, wife of a local account- ant, died here Monday from burns suffered when she attempted to kindle a fire in the living room of her home using kerosene. In lighting the fire Mrs. Smedsrud first ignited the kindling and then Poured kerosene on the flames from a two-gallon car. The flame was sucked, back into the. container ignit- ing its entire contents. In the ex- plosion which followed she was cov-/ ered with hquid fire. Neighbors said that as she rushed across the street for aid her entire body*was enveloped in a mass of She was rushed to a Brittin hospi- tal where the combined efforts of three doctors were enlisted in a vain attempt to save her life. Despite the fact that seven-eighths of the sur- face of her body was burned, she lived through the night, death com- ing early Monday afternoon. Mrs. Smedsrud had been employed as an assistant in the law offices of McKenzie and Leslie for a number of years. Property oO Killed Cop? eo Guy F. Sprague, 59, head of the Grain Traders company, Chicago, is charged with the murder of Patrolman Pa- trick Gallagher, killed at a party held for Sprague. The officer tried to quiet a noisy group and was shot. CURTIS NOT DECIDED FOR WHAT OFFICE HE WILL RUN NEXT YEAR Weighs Reelection Possibilities Against Those of Race for Senate Washington, April 21.—()—Repub- 1932 presidential race are waiting eagerly for the decision to be made by Vice President Curtis on seeking reelection. If this party veteran determines to go out for his former seat in the :-"") ate from: Kensas rather than take a vice president, it 1s conceded the move will bolster anti-Hoover Re- publican forces. Curtis will announce his decision in the fall. Meanwhile he is keeping his own counsel. Friends say he is confronted with pleas from both those who would have him run again for vice president and those in Kan- sas who would have him campaign against Senator McGill, a Democrat. There are no ties to the future be- tween Curtis and Hoover. There have been rumors of other vice presi- dential candidates in the official fam- ily of the president. There now is speculation of whether Curtis cares to risk his fortune again with the Hoover organization in a national election. The attitude of Curtis is being watched particularly by restless Re- publicans of uncertain strength who are speculating on an attempt to overthrow Hoover in the next con- vention. This group has its nucleus in the dissatisfied Hoover organiza- tion of 1928 in the south headed by Horace Mann. —--9 . Speaker Finds He Is at Wrong Club ee eo Quincy, Til, April 21.—()— State Senator Roy Adair walked in upon a luncheon culb ‘fonday, was ushered to a seat, ate his din- ner nervously, arranged some pa- pers, cleared his throat, and pre- pared to be introduced. The man who sat at his elbow was keenly interested in the sen- ator’s notes. “What,” he asked, “are those?” “They're notes for my speech,” replied the senator in surprise. “Speech?” exclaimed the ne:gh- bor. “Oh, yes. You're specking at the Kiwanis club today, aren’t you?” “Certainly.” “Well—Pardon me, this ts the Exchange club.” 25 Weather Bureaus of Sun Expected to Predict Magnetic Storms on Earth Mount Wilson Observatory, Calif., April 21—(7)—Twenty-five weather bureaus of the sun are i He of 785 : i | RasPebsese 88 sereledey #2 ng i E [e i stl LJ 4 e s @ s be 5 om that i i gis G re aut il These solar weather bureaus ubsiding INLAND REGION | ARRADD OF REBELS | ATTACK, HOWEVER Refugees Report That Nicara- guan City Also Fears An- other Uprising INSURGENT BANDS RETREAT 60-Day Period of Martial Law, Is Declared at Request of President Washington, April 21—()}—The in- surrection in northern Honduras was described as subsiding all alomg the coast except in the region inland from Sere Canteens of the nana ports, @ report Tuesday from Minister Julius G. Lay at ‘Tegucigalpa to the state department. Minister Lay said Vice Counsul Thomas C. Wasson at Puerto Cortez, . reported an attack on San Pedro Sula, 25 miles inland from the port, was imminent. ‘Wasson said the Americans at San Pedro Sula had asked him to go there and attempt to arrange an agreement between government com- manders and the rebel chieftains to respect a neutral zone around that Lay informed the department he had sent the naval attache of the le- gation, Major Peter C. Geyer, of the marine corps, to investigate and take such action as seemed necessary in cooperation with Wasson. Earlier official dispatches indicated General Gregorio Ferrera, supposed leader of the revolt, had been at San Pedro Sula. Lay said all information reaching Tegucigalpa, the capital, indicated the government forces had been con- siderably augmented and would pre- | vent the rebels from capturing San | Pedro Sula. In all other coastal areas previously affected by the rising, Lay said the rebels were retreating and that the government appeared to have the sit- uation well under control. Nevertheless at the request of Pres- ident Mejia Colindres, the congress \j had declared a 60-day period of mar- tal Taw. ~ ~ mele. 9 The minister salt the American Cruiser Memphis, lying off La Ceiba, also was in a position to protect Americans at Tela. The cruisers (Continued on page Nine) CAMPBELL DEFENDS FARM BOARD PLAN Montanan Says Country Should Have Large Supply of Wheat for Emergencies Washington, April 2I—(?)—Thomas. D. Campbell, Montana, identified as the largest wheat farmer in the United States, told President Hoover Monday wheat purchases of the grain stabilization corporation—which he Placed at 250,000,000 bushels—were only about 100,000,000 bushels in ex- cess of normal needs. Campbell, who lunched with Pres- ident Hoover, said it was necessary for this country to. have at least 150,- 000,000 or 200,000,00 bushels of wheat on hand at all times in case-of war severe drought in the wheat belt. this country. Had the price of wheat fallen to 50 cents, he said, banks the wheat belt would have failed and the country would have been plunged into. the worst panic of its history. Hearth Slat Putting the private banking records of Chicago .