The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, April 25, 1931, Page 1

North Dakota’s “Oldest Newspaper SSTABLISHED 1878 $968,6 Butler in Another Inte { Baseball Man Dies 4) CARRY’ HERRMANN, |Two Main Objects IgGSTERS PROTEST UGANST STATEMENT (F HAITT MINISTER} pelegarde Declares ‘Nobody Knows About Fort’ Whichi Marine Captured RECEIVED MEDAL FOR DEED Charge Made by Haitian Printed in Washington Herald Un- der Copyright hington, April. 25.—(?)—Major fon aenaciey D. Butler was at the fore of another international dispute gaturday—this time with himself as rotestant. ‘A letter of protest from the stormy petrel of the marine corps against itatements attributed to Minister Bellegarde of Haiti in which the min- ister was quoted a8 qué basis upon which @ congressional medal of nonor had been given Butler tus been turned over to the state de- partment for investigation. In transmitting the protest to the ttate department, the navy depart- nent said it was taking that course as amatter of routine. Secretary Stim- wn said it had not yet reached him ind he would not be able to take up the matter actively until next week, but that it would be actively investi- gated. The secretary said it was necessary for him to know the facts before he could determine whether the depart- ment would take the question up dppomatically, Guards Ay Prejudice The attitude of the secretary was tnderstood to be that the question should be approached without preju- tice and without reference to a re- cent incident when remarks by But- ler about Premier Mussolini of Italy forced the state department to apolo- te formally to the Itallan govern- ment. ae Minister Bellegarde was quoted!’ ‘epyrighted article in the Washington ferald recently as saying a fort for the capture of which Butler was awarded a congressional medal of honor did not exist. The fort in question was known as Fort Riviere, in Haiti. The citation accompanying the award to Butler, said General But- ker displayed conspicuous bravery during an assault upon the fort on Nov. 17, 1915, after entering through 4 breach in the wall, described as a hatardous undertaking in view of the firing of the enemy through the pass- age, General Butler also was awarded the Haitian Medaille Militaire with the following citation: “For the great service he has ren- dered to this country in pacifying the north, particularly for the capture of onan the last stronghold of ‘acos,” The citation was signed in Sep- fember, 1920, by the then President lenave of Haiti. 8 Bellegarde Speaks Minister Bellegarde said Saturday that when the reporter of the Wash- (Continned on page Six) DBFENSE OF BYRD _-MADEBY AVIATOR Lieut. Comm. George Noville Disagrees With Anthony Fokker’s Opinion of 98, Angeles, April 25.—(P)—A cry the crew of a transatlantic plane “f the shoreline of France was quoted lay in refutation of Anthony pliers autobiographical criticism of a F cif 5 FS F iF] ji . * | Perry, alias George AUGUST HERRMANN SOUTH BEND KILLING THOUGHT CONNECTED George L. Perry, Alias George Parker, Implicated in Black- lidge Case Chicago, April 25.—(#}—The Chi- cago Herald and Examiner said Sat- urday that Chicago detectives were working on a theory that George L. Parker, slain Fri- ¢ay night in South Bend, Ind., was rehee dare i fldcxcon “gage dane shaving, been involved, in the Litsing- er-Blacklidge affair, which occurred several months ago. Mrs. Blacklidge Chicago politician, he lent her the money, but not for the Faro game. Mra, Blacklidge, collector of inter- nal-revenue for northern Illinois, subsequently resigned. Perry was shot as he stepped out of his father-in-law’s garage where he had just. parked his car. Although Perry lived and was con- cious a half hour after he was shot, he refused to divulge the names of his slayers. “He was a friend of mine,” was all he would say. ‘The widow said that she and Perry had fled to France February 10, shortly after. the swindle. Their fiight, she said, was because of her hii aoe termed asthe “Blacklidge case.” SEIZE $5,000,000 NARCOTICS CARGO 51,000 Ounces of Morphine, 8,500 of Heroin, 8,500 of Opium Taken New York, April 25.—()—Three tons of narcotics, confiscated after they had been unloaded from the liner Milwaukee, were at the army base at Brooklyn Saturday {cr in- ventory. Constituting the largest seizure ever made in New York at one time, they were valued by police at more than $5,000,000. Newspapers said that a tip came from abroad. Police detectives. cus- toms officials, and federal narcotic agents clustered around 17 large. crates on pler 8 Friday af:ernoon and together opened one of the boxes. It was found to store three layers of A preliminary y the crates contained 51,000 ounces of morphine, 8,500 out of heroin, and 8,500- ounces of opium. ‘The crates, reinforced by metal possessing a “proper manifest could have claimed the shipment and trucked it away. The shipment was supposed to have contained woolens. $$$ __—_——? [ Time-Saving Plan Will Begin Sunday ry te i i 3 eet i i es% WITH FARO SWINDLE|= FORMER BASEBALL LEADER, SUCCUMBS) = Is Third of Diamond’s Once Powerful Forces to Die Within Last Month ALL THREE WERE OHIOANS Cincinnati Man Was Past Ex- alted Ruler of Elks, High in Masonic Work Cincinnati, O., April 25.—(7)—The unexpected death here Saturday of August “Garry” Herrmann, former chairman of the extinct national baseball commission, marked the passing within a month of the third of baseball’s once powerful forces, all ball club, died at his home after & year’s illness. He suffered a gen- eral breakdown years old. On last March 27 Ernest S. Bar- nard, late president of the American league and former president of the Cleveland Indians, died at Rochester, Minn., of a heart 3 Less than one day later Byron Bancroft Johnson, Iron-fisted ruler of the American league for a quarter of a century, passed away at a St. Louis hospital after a long illness. Johnson was a native of Norwalk, Ohio. Preferred Seclusion Since Herrmann’s retirement in 1927 from active baseball life he sel- ‘eT | dom was seen in public. He preferred the seclusion of his home rather than mingle with former. associates. For a year or two he maintained an office near his former baseball headquarters but was caught in the recent Stock. market crash and lost much: of his wealth. heaita, often imagined fh bidity health, he was penni- ‘“(Continned on: page Six) THINK BOMB GAUSED BLAZE IN MAIL CAR Combination Baggage and Mail Car, Attached to Passen- ger Train, Razed North Dorset, Vt., April 25—)— An explosion which fired and de- je and stroyed a combination baggag mail car attached to a Rutland rail- | Belgian embassy. road passenger train as it passed through North was under investigation Saturday. It was believed @ bomb in # mail sak |ter-mile of the embassy. They at- caused the explosion. ~ William A. Goddard, mail clerk, and Joseph Pilon, baggagemaster, with slight burns. The car, ¢ | held in connection with the arrest of - | fessed to anti- Fascist activity and Order Memorial to Surrender of Indian Washington, * Indian office has ate erection of 8 aut to Colonel —| En THE BISM in health and was 71/Under unusual lto go to the Belgian embassy. The Weather Fair, hard freeze Saturday night; fair, not s0 cold Sunday afternoon. PRICE FIVE CENTS on D.A4.R.Program Die: ||Group Will Fight Against com. munism and Strive for Ade- | quate Defense HEAR REPRESENTATIVE FISH] Administration Official Makes First Statement on Russia in Seven Years Washington, April 25.—(#)—Daugh- ters of. the American Revolution 'reached the end of their 40th an- | nual, congress Saturday with twin ob- jectives—to stamp out communism and to obtain stronger national de- fense—engraved more boldly on their program. Action on a few minor resolutions and closing formalities were the only; events before the banquet national A EXPECT MORE THAN 200 BOY SCOUTS 10 COME HERE IN MAY Will Make Camp and Partici- pate in Contests as Part of Area Jamboree PLANS ARE GOING FORWARD Chairman of Various Commit- tees Active in Arranging for District Celebration Committees arranging for the jam- boree of Boy Scouts from all parts of the Missouri Slope area, to be held here May 22 to 24, expect to have the details of the celebration well in hand in the near future, W. H. Payne, gen- \Saturday night, closing the week's gathering of approximately 4,000 of me rei aon members. eral chairman, said Saturday. More than 200 scouts are expected. Chairmen already active are H. O. father’s home near Sutton Bay, Mich.,| Shortly after the convention Friday Adam Bellinger, her sweetheart, died |®dopted resolutions opposing recog- Saxvik, prizes and decorations; Kelly Simonson, arrangements, and John circumstances, © The | nition of Russia, Green H. Hackworth, : solicitor, made the first pronounce- ment by a state department official on * | the question in more than seven years. Hackworth told the American so- ciety of international law that “this government has considered that the present regime in Russia is deficient} girl declares he shot himself, MUSSOLINI QUIETS conditions of international inter- course.” These conditions Hackworth named as: “Failure to respect international obligations of preceding governments,” PROTESTS AGANST ANT-PASOST WORK eer affairs without interference or con- I Duce Shouts to Mobs That/ ‘31 by other states,” and “failure to Italy Is ‘On Its Toes to accord to the and property of i foreigners within its jurisdiction that Defend’ Regime degree of respect and protection re- quired by international law. Rome, (iP) .|. A-special detail of police, 1mmoned sApEN 2: eases nig | emma mann, seme solini, appearing personally before @/ against communist disturbance Pri great crowd of students demonstgat- fas was expected to be back, at rou: ing at the Venezia Palace Satirday work Saturday. They were with: noon, quleted. thls profs egninst Seay aftr Representative Pi Nov anti-fascist demonstrations in Brus-|winiam® Sherman Walker, chairman sels with.a pledge of Fascist alertness }of national defense, made an annual against its enemies. report recommending measures for Il Duce, holding his hand aloft for increased protection. é ‘Only two policemen were on duty cee ab pet «ead arg at the night session at which Sena- versity to the Palace, intending later tor Moses, New Hampshire, called for by. “I have something thought,” said Moses, a member of the senate foreign | relations committee, “that foreign del- egates to naval disarmament confer- ences must have taken their view of the United States from ... publica- tions which seek constantly to in- culcate the opinion that a large “The Italy of the students is al- ways on its toes to.defend the revo- lutionary regime and Fascism against the stupid calumnies of anti-Fas- cists.” ‘When Premier Mussolini had con- cluded his brief appearance before the mass of shouting humanity most They Dorset Friday night |ot soldiers and police who were let commemorat- | ceeded nis cree ee Chief Joseph of [0nd hour when the pace quickened. Indians of them dispersed but a number of groups with flags marched toward the majority of Americans are morons.” THREE NEGROES ARE HELD FOR ROBBERY Accused of Attacking Fur Sales- man Near Buffalo; Arrested at Jamestown were stopped by ‘arge squads tioned at every corner within a quar- tempted a half-hearted demonstra- tion at the bounds of the restricted area, but the troops broke it up, po- lice arresting two student leaders. The students met first at the uni- versity to protect recent anti-Fascist demonstrations in Brussel. They plastered Rome with red and green posters urging a protest against the Belgians demonstrations, which were Jamestown, N. D., April 25.—(P}— ‘Three riegroes, alleged to have robbed Harry Tankenoff, St. Paul fur sales- man of approximately $2,000 worth of furs and about $60 in cash near Buf- alo, N. D., were arrested in James- town late Friday. The men gave the names of Rich- ard Hubbard, James Smith and Charles B. Moore. Tankenoff was held up on U. S. Highway 10 about four miles east of Buffalo while repairing a tire. He ‘was compelled to drive his auto gbout three miles north of the main high- way where the robbers forced him out of his car, took his money, beat him after binding him with pieces of his own clothing and barbed wire and then fled with his automobile, containing the furs. of the negroes were arrested they entered a filling station gasoline. The third escaped to the James river and swam across with police in close pursuit. atrested two hours later near lorth Dakota state hospital. TRAMPLED BY COLTS the Belgian professor Leo Moulin April 10 in Milan, which the authori- ties are alleged to have kept secret for a week. Italian authorities announced Sat- urday that Professor Moulin has con- that he will be held for trial before & ‘special tribunal for defense of the Stock Market Falls Into Rapid Decline New York, April 25.—(#)—The stock stumbled into some heavy sell- the last half hour Saturday closed with net losses ranging $5-in prominent issues. Z in the neighborhood of 1,500,000 shares. . Pivotal stocks were supported at opening, but the market soon into’ a decline which pro- slowly until well into the sec General Electric was a late feature, $2 a share to a new low of Man Afflicted With Strange Disease| liver’ has not been destroyed by Parasites, Faust, who saw many such “ sald the disease far ad- in its observance of the fundamental | Friday vigilance to assure United States naval) ty | “Patient” and four “rescuers.” Karasiewicz, events and program. Scout Executive W. B. Fulton is co- [Pershing ontracts Let rgument 290 MILES OF N. D. HIGHWAYS INCLUDED IN YEAR'S PROJECTS Construction or improvement Planned in 25 of State’s 53 Counties LETTING SETS NEW RECORD Plans Include Earth Grading, Oil Mix Surfacing, and Gravel Surfacing Attention! Thousands of overseas veterans moved up to the front under order from this young man’s father. He is Francis Warren Pershing, son of General John J. Pershing, and is a senior at Yale university. Note his remarkable resemblance to the for- mer commander of the A. E. F. operating with the committees and expects to stage a court of honor on the night of May 23 at which awards will be given to scouts eligible to re- ceive them. The scouts will arrive in Bismarck afternoon and will make camp at a site to be designated, probably the baseball park. They will cook all of their own meals while here and will sleep in tents. The Friday evening program will consist of a campfire celebration. Saturday morning will mark the beginning of a program of contests for both teams and individuals. A public demonstration of various phases of scout work, such as wall- climbing, will be held early Saturday evening, according to present plans, and this will be followed by the court of honor, to be held at the Liberty Memorial building. After attending religious services Sunday morning, the visitors will be taken on an automobile tour of Bis- marck and Mandan. A baseball game | Probably will be arranged for the aft- jernoon. The lads will return to their homes Sunday evening. Valley Area and all scouts are in- vited. They must furnish their own jfood, tents and equipment, with the exception of some items to be use in the contests. One of the most interesting compe- titions will be that relating to camp- ing skill. The tents of the various troops will be judged by expeits and @ prize awarded to the boys showing the most proficiency. There aiso will be a camp cookery competition. Other contests scheduled are: Archery competition—30 arrows at 30 yards with bows and arrows to be made by the scout. Individual signal-sending contest, using the semaphore method; also a signal-receiving contest. Individual knot-tying contest, each contestant to furnish his own ropes. Individual scouts-pace contest, the scout nearest the goal at the end of 12 minutes to be adjudged the winner. Bugling contest, entrants to fur- nish their own bugles. A roller-bandaging contest, the par- ticipants to be teams composed of one A “care-of-broken-bones contest, aiso for teams of five. The events tentatively planned for Saturday night are for teams of eight boys each and include a wall-scaling contest; water-carrying contest, nail- criving contest, lighted-candle relay There are 50 troops in the Missouri | 9 LEGION APPROVES PLAN TD SPONSOR GOLF COURSE HERE Instructs Committee to Con- tinue Work and Submit Defi- nite Proposal Approval of the proposa: that the American Legion sponsor a public golf! course in Bismarck was voiced by members of the veterans’ organization at a meeting Friday night. ‘The post activities committee, which’ irecommended the golf course proposal.| j was reappointed to complete plans for carrying out the suggestion and report. pointed a member of the committee 1to handle its legal business. Other members of the committee are Dr. J.) . Arnson, chairman; A. L. Fosteson,| R. H. Kratz, Harris Robinson and} Kenneth W. Simons. More support for the Boy Scout troop organized by the Legion and di-/ rected by legion men was | by the veterans present. A project was outlined whereby Legion members| will assist members of the troop in| earning scout uniforms by giving them employment. One member of the troop has prospects of getting an un- usual job, that of guide for a member of the Legion who likes to fish and wishes to learn where the best fishing holes are. Others were promised em- ployment taking care of lawns and gardens, ' Past commanders of the local post) were presented with past-commanders. buttons in recognition of their serv-| ices since the post was organized in 1919, They were R. J. Kamplin, now | state commander of the Legion; Dr. W. E. Cole, Walter Sather, Carl Knudtson, L. P. Warren, A. A. Jones, Philip Webb, Ferris Cordner, John’ Musolf and A. L, Fosteson. | Two other past commanderr were! unable to attend and the buttons will be sent to them. They were G. H.j Rust, Fargo, and William C. Paul-; son of San Diego, Calif. Rust, who has just completed a tour of duty in} the east with the war department of the federal government, wrote from Scranton, Pa., regretting his inability and team relay-jump. Members of the general committee in charge, in addition to the chair- men of special committees, are John Karasiewicz, Waldo Ellickson, Arnold Van Weck, W. G. Fulton, and C. J. Bakken, Mandan, deputy scout com- missioner. Dickinson Jurist Suffers Operation Dickinson, N. D., April 25.—Thomas. H. Pugh, judge of the sixth district court, underwent a major opcration at St. Joseph’s hospital Friday morn- ing. Judge Pugh has been in failing health for some time. During his confinement Judge H. L. Berry, Mandan, will attend to his le- gal affairs. A daughter, Mrs. J. N. Austin, and her child, Margaret Jane, arrived from St. Paul to be present during Mr. Pugh’s operation. An only son, Douglas Pugh, accompanied by his ee also came here from Thorne. Chicago Police Bank Records to Be Seized to be present. Numerous past commanders of other} Posts were introduced to the Legion members, many of them being mem- bers of the local post who have. at some time in the past, been com- manders of posts elsewhere in the Iver A. Acker addressed the past commanders on behalf of the post, expressing the appreciation of the membership for the work which they have done in its behalf. Discussing the work of the Legion,/ he asserted that it has proved a powerful influence against both jingo- ism and pacifism and has done more than any other organization to pre- vent the spread of communism in America. STRANGE ALTAR BOYS | Rome, April 25.—(P)—A Syrian, a Japanese, a Chinese and a Jamaican negro have been among altar boys at. @ mass celebrated by Cardinal Mun- delein of Chicago. Contracts for nearly $1,900,000 highway construction were awarded by the state highway commission at a two-day session which was complet- ed Saturday. The lettings, covering construction and improvement of about 290 miles of road in 25 of the state’s 53 coun- ties, are the largest to be made at any monthly meeting in the commis- sion’s history. Contracts let total $968,608.58, which inculdes 130 miles earth grading, 82 miles oil mix surfacing, and 78 miles of gravel surfacing. Gravel projects let in the various counties are: Sargent—0.956, W. R. No. 11, east and west of Cayuga, E. R. Woggner, Primgher, Iowa, $18,438, McIntosh—7.319 miles, S. R. 3, Ash= ley south, Northwest Construction company, Fargo, $8,827. Cass, Richland, Ransom—17.123, 8. R. 46, east of Enderlin, Martin Joyce, Brandon, 8. D., $17,806. ‘Traill—10.096, S. R, 18, north and south of Hatton, Butler Construction company, Grand Forks, $23,230. Towner—10.937, 8. east and south, 8. marck, $9,126. Grand Forks—12.955, S. R. 18, Lari- more south, Butler Construction company, Grand Forks, $12,888, McKenzie—46, S. R. 23, Watford City to Schafer, Win Coman, Good- sir N. D., $6,252, radin; jects in rhe An Proje counties to be McHenry—12.208 on 8. R. 41 south of Velva, hie. ty, 338. on Sana. Burke—7.332, S. R. 8 Northgal north and south, Hanson Brothers, to the post. Harold D. Shaft was aP-! wolverton, Minn.. $18,664. McHenry—13.555, 8. R. 14, Upha: reper ichultz Brothers, Bowbells, 958; structural, Fargo Brit Tron Co., $5,347. = Pt Renville—8.319, 8. R. 28, Sherw Pe south, Hanson Brothers 2. ; Structural, Schult: figu ichultz Brothers, Ward—9.183 miles, 8. R. 53, west of South Prairie, Steg and Ols 3 mond, $36,448. 2 grees Barnes—5.954, U. S. Route 10, east of Valley City, William Collins, Forks, $10.78. oe ‘ass—7.999, U. S. No. 10, west Mapleton, Strom Construction cares (Continned on page Six) NEVADA LODE SAID BiG GOLD PRODUCER Metal May Bring Back Virginia City, Famous in Earlier Days for Silver Reno, Nevada, April 25.—(7)— Nevada State Journal said ple the Comstock Lode, once one of the Lee famous silver deposits in the world, is produci $19.29 to the iP faa a Quoting James M. Leonard, man- ager of rehabilitation operations spon- sored by the Comstock Tunnel and Drainage company, said gold prom- ised to “bring back” the mining camp of Virginia City, where the silver bonanza built fortunes. It was the silver from the Comstock which helped stabilize the credit of the United States following the Civil war, and which caused Nevada to be brought into the Union. “For more than two years,” the Journal stated, “the Comstock Tunnel and Drainage company, through wholly owned subsidiary, the Sutro Tunnel coalition, has been giving its attention to a rehabilitation of the Comstock Lode, and those directing the effort are sanguine that opera- tions are nearing the stage of a com- Plete success.” I i B f if