The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, April 29, 1931, Page 1

LF 4 i | -_— \ : os North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper ESTABLISHED 1873 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29, 1981 " a 4 The Weather Mostly fair Wedn and oma : esday night PRICE FIVE CENTS MEMBER OF CABINET GIVES VIEWS BEFORE COMMERCIAL GROUP Buying Power Cut by ‘Billions of Dollars’ Through Wage Cuts, He Says ‘DECLARES HE IS OPTIMIST Trend of Business Is Upward, Says President ofeU. Ss. Chamber of Commerce Atlantic City, N. J., April 29.—()}— The most prosperous periods of the nation’s industrial history, sald Rob- ert P. Lamont, secretary of commerce, at the opening session Wednesday of the United States Chamber of Com- merce, have been those “coincident with high wages and shorter hours.” “If millions of workers are out of employment for a year through loss of wages, their buying power is cut by billions of dollars,” the secretary said, “If the income of the remain- ing millions still employed is cut 10 per cent through shorter hours and part-time work, the loss amounts to | 9) several more billions, Add to this great loss in buying power the re- trenchment due to the fears and un- certainties of Leone and it will be a staggering amount.” A governmental program. contemp- lating expenditures of as high as a billion dollars a year would be help- ful, he said, but “could not material- ly affect the situation.” Followed Butterworth Mr. Lamont’s address followed President William Butterworth’s key- note speech. The convention was called to order at 10 o'clock. “I am enough of an optimist,” Mr. Lamont said, “to believe that indus- trial history again will repeat itself and that the next 50 years will wit- ness further displacement of laber, and the further development of many new products and services whith will afford employment to those displaced and suppiy the ever-expanding wants of our people. “But these bright prospects for the Jong-term future cannot obscure the fact we are deep into one of the most severe depressions of our business history. In spite of this I am sure it will not be denied there has been less actual distress and less social dis- turbance than ever before under sim- umstances. ver ndustry generally has shown an fnterest in its workers of a quality never before seen in this or any oth- er country. Labor's attitude as well has been a most enlightened one. “This voluntary assumption of the part of industry has been one of the most important factors in carrying us thus far without serious distress or disturbance through major de- ‘pression. Mr. Lamont said he had seen no way whereby the federal gvernment could have helped the situation more (Continned on page Six PLAN 70 CONTINUE __ FIGHT ON WALKER City Affairs Committee Defeat- "ed in First Attempt by Gov- ernor’s Decision New York, April 29.—(#)—The city affairs committee, defeated in its first attemp to force the removal of Mayor ‘Walker, will continue its fight “until every one of its charges has been thoroughly investigated.” ‘The decision was announced in a formal statement after dismissal of the charges by Governor Roosevelt. ‘The committee had accused the may- or of condoning incompetence and encouraging corruption in the city government. “The governor's failure to act up- on the charges of the city affairs committee against Mayor Walker brings to an end the first skirmish in the battle between civic decency and the Tammany machine,” the com-| te! mittee’s statement said “The city affairs committee will not rest until every one of its charges has been thoroughly investigated and the may- to account under oath harged. The governor gaid the accusations were so general in character that he hd not jutified in proceeding fur- Governor Shafer Back in Bismarck Seve e 5 On Trial Again | Valparaiso, Ind., April 29.—()— Virgil Kirkland was summoned Wed-. nesday to a second trial which will determine whether he is responsible for the death of Arlene Draves. The -year-old ex-football star in Gary, jailed for months, was ordered to ap- pear in Porter county circuit court to watch selection of a jury—before the same judge who heard the first STILL OPERATORS GIVEN SENTENCES IN FEDERAL COURT Eight Who Pleaded Guilty. to Operating Still on Slope Meted Punishment Eight men who last week pleaded guilty to conspiring to violate the fed- eral prohibition laws were given jail and prison terms ranging from nine to 14 months by Judge Andrew Miller | port in federal court here Tuesday. Six of the men were sentenced to 14 months in federal prison while the other two are to serve nine months in the Cass county jail. All were re- Jeased.on bonds after application was filed with the court for a stay of exe- cution of sentence. Those who received prison sen- tences were Joe Fettig, Linton; Tom Asbridge, Grant county; David Gut- terman, New York; Isaac Saxon, Phil- adelphia; and Maurice Weiner, St. Paul. Jail sentences were given to Andrew Feist, Linton, and Irvin As- bridge, Grant county. The case grew out of a raid on a still onthe Asbridge farm near Leith in the fall of 1929. A large still capa- ble of distilling 300 gallons of al- cohol together with 391 gallons of the distilled product were seized by fed- eral agents. In sentencing the group, Judge Miller deplored “the existence of gangs organized to prey upon society for unlawful gain.” He declared that their existence was largely responsi- particularly rep- rehensible in view of the fact that all of the defendants were in the prime of life and that none of them was Feist and Irvin Asbridge were given lighter sentences than the others be- cause of the fact that they merely worked for the others for wages and were not to share in the profits of the enterprise. ‘The federal prison.to which the men will be committed is to be named by the attorney general. Court’ at- taches indicated that they probabl (Continued on page six) USE FACTOR MA‘ should apply to the University of California for loan of a new machine. ‘With gears, rays of light and photo- electric plates it finds factors in no time. HUGHES IS AWARDED |'Western Speaker DECISION BY JUDGE IN WECURDY ACTION Federal Jurist Orders Verdict for Defendant After Three- Day Trial RULES ON ‘PROBABLE CAUSE’ Says Question of Malice Could Not Be Submitted to Jury Al- though Present in Case Federal Judge Andrew Miller threw the suit of F. E. McCurdy against E. A. Hughes out of court Tuesday aft- ernoon. His instruction to the jury to re- turn a verdict for the defendant after a trial lasting three days, came.on mo- tion by the defendant made after the plaintiff had rested his case. In his decision, given orally from the bench, Judge Miller held that Mc- Curdy had no cause of action against Hughes as the result of the latter's action in attempting to have him dis- barred as an attorney at law in 1929. He said the filing of an affidavit did not constitute a prosecution under the law and that there was nothing in the record to prove that McCurdy had, in fact, been prosecuted by ‘Hughes, since neither his person nor property had been brought within the jurisdiction of the supreme court with which the Hughes’ affidavit was filed. This point previously had been raised by the defense but had been temporarily overruled. In his deci- sion, Judge Miller said he had felt it would be better to have all of the facts presented by the plaintiff before giving his final ruling on that point. ‘The McCurdy suit, together with the disbarment action by Hughes upon which it was based, were aftermaths of the Patterson tax case-in which a committee of Burleigh county tax- payers sought to enforce collection of delinquent taxes owed by E. G. Pat- terson, former member of the board of county commissioners. In his af- fidavit seeking McCurdy's disbarment, Hughes contended that McCurdy had entered into a “deal” with Patter- son whereby the latter. was to sup- McCurdy for state’s attorney in 1928 in return for the latter’s good of- fices in effecting a favorable settle- ment of the tax case. In commenting on the testimony of- fered in the federal court suit, in which McCurdy sought damages for alleged malicious prosecution, Judge Miller said he could see no “probable cause” for Hughes filing the disbar- ment proceeding against: McCurdy. Commenting on the question of malice on Hughes’ part in filing the affidavit, Judge Miller held that the question was one for the jury to decide but that the matter could not (Continned on page Six) TRAIN PASSENGERS ATTACKED BY NEGRO Porter Injures Four Persons With Club and Ax Before He Is Subdued Utica, N. ¥., April 29—()—A por- ter attacked passengers, and train- men, on a New York Central train near here Wednesday, injuring four persons with a club and ax before be- ing subdued. ‘The fight began in a sleeping car in the early morning hours, continued through two Pullman coaches, and in the private car of C. B Broadhead, superintendent of the Adirondack division of the New York Central. At the end of Broadhead’s car, the porter, J. E. Smith of New York City, swung an ax he had taken from an emergency closet in the faces of his pursuers, holding them at bay. At Thendara, 60 miles west of here, tear gas bombs. When Smith saw the troopers, he submitted to arrest without further fight. Smith was rebuked by a sleeping car conductor for entering the berth of @ woman passenger on the train. Californian Building Most Powerful Radio Set to ‘Tune in on the Stars’ Mount Wilson Observatory, Cal., most powerful amplifying tubes ever built it, It is designed to tune in’on the light waves from stars millions of ‘away, and the amplifying. tubes are expected to register for peer Fairest Co-ed ~ | Now the “Show Me” state comes for- ward with another beauty. She's Miss Helen Duncan, above, of Nor- borne, Mo., and she was chosen by Flo Ziegfeld as the most beautiful girl at the University of Missouri. Good taste? Sure, that’s what Zieg- feld has. “UM NPALBER 4TH BASEBALL CHIEF 10 SUCCUMB IN MONTH tAmeriean League Organizer Joins Barnard, Johnson, Herrmann in Death Youngstown, O., April 29.—(7)— James R. “Jimmy” McAleer, 66, one of the organizers of the American league, former owner of the Boston | Red Sox, and former manager of the ; St. Louis and Washimgton American league clubs, died Wednesday, after a long illness. In addition to his baseball career, McAleer also was in the. theatrical business as part owner of a stock company. i McAleer’s first wife died last De- cember. Announcement of his sec- ond marriage, which was to Miss Georgianne. Rudge, Youngstown mu- sician, was made in February. McAleer entered professional base- ball with a Youngstown club in 1882. After two years here, he went to Charleston, 8. C., and later to Mem- Phis and Milwaukee. He was with Cleveland until the Brotherhood war led to the formation of the two major leagues. With the late Ban Johnson, he was largely re- sponsible for the organization of the American league. For nine years, McAleer managed the St. Louis Americans, and for two years, the Washington Senators. He was president of the Boston Red Sox in 1912 when they captured the league pennant. A few years later, after 2 quarrel with Ban Johnson, he sold his holdings in the Red Sox and retired “| from baseball. Private funeral services will be held here at 2:00 p. m. Friday. ‘ Within the short space of one month . nd two days, four of the most, prominent powers in the world of major league baseball have passed on. All of them were Ohioans. Ernest Sargent Barnard, president of the American league, was the first of the quartet of leaders to die, ex- piring suddenly: from a heart attack at Rochester, Minn., March 27. He was followed in death the next day by Byron Bancroft Johnson, organ- izer of the league and storm center of baseball for many years, who died August. “ i former chairman of the extinct national baseball former own- Local Man Seriously Ill in Hospital Here E. O. Bailey, secretary-treasurer of the North Dakota Motor Trades as- § ind Electricity Was Cause of Man’s Death Fargo, April 29.—()—Fred Ost- lund, 34, steamfitter and plumber, came to his death through electrocu- | Moore, House Urged Wisconsin Republican Says Pro- gressives Almost Certain to Have Candidate TILSON AND SNELL IN RACE Third Candidate for Late Nich- olas Longworth’s Post Could Block Election Washington, April 20.—()—Pro- gressive Republicans will sponsor a third candidate in the house speaker- ship election next December regard- less of whom party regulars nominate. This was the prediction Wednesday of Representative Schneider, Wiscon- sin Republican, as the capito) dis- cussed prospects of two of the out- standing ‘candidates, Republican Leader Tilson and Chairman Snell of the rules committee. Schneider emphasized that progres- sives are more interested in a liberal legislative program than in details of the organization. “I am convinced there will be a third man in the race,” he said. “I believe the progressives will exact an understanding for liberalization of the rules and for a program of progressive legislation.” Progresgive support of a third can- didate could block indefinitely the election of Democratic Leader Gar- ner of Texas, or his regular Repub- lican opponent, because a majority vote is required to elect a speaker. Meanwhile, the visit to Washington of Tilson and the temporary absence of Snell focused attention on the Con- necticut leader's chances. Tilson definitely entered the race with the statement “I should naturally expect that I should be considered.” He added, however he would not make an active campaign for the chair occupied for six years by the, Jate Nicholas Longworth. ‘Though both Tilson and Snell have predicted that Republicans, on the basi# of a close numerical majority, will organize the house, Schneider's announcement raised doubts over the final result. A compromise western speaker was considered @ possibility. REVEAL ‘REVEREND’ AS FORMER CONVICT Police Say Ralph H. Thurber, Who Says He Was Mission- ary, Served Terms Cleveland, April 29.—(#)—“Rever- end” Ralph H. Thurber, who sent medical authorities of the country looking up his case when he claimed he expected to die from a malignant oriental disease, Wednesday stood re- vealed by police as an ex-convict with @ long police record. Thurber claimed he recently had returned from 10 years’ missionary work in the straits settlements and Korea, but police said during part of that time he was serving sentences on bad cl.eck charges in Ohio and Cali- fornia penitentiaries. . who was shell shocked while with the Canadian forces overseas during the World war and since then had heen subject to hallucinations, Mrs. Thur- ber was believed on her way here. Physicians at the City hospital, however, said Thurber may be ill from distomiasis, a disease common in the far east but rare in this coun- try, as he claims. The disease at- tacks the body. LIVESTOCK LOAN COMPANY FORMED Bancorporation Will Finance Livestock Industry in All of Its Branches Minneapolis, April 29. ization of the Northwest Livestock tion. Edward W. Decker, president of the said the new com- pany would finance the livestock in- ashe. a All Desnetian se OF 2 SIAMESE KING AND QUEEN ARE GUESTS OF U. 5. PRESIDENT ———_ King Prajadhipok Is First Abso- lute Monarch to Cross White House Threshold HIGH FORMALITY OBSERVED Asiatic Visitor Cancels Radio Speech and Trips Upon Physician’s Advice Washington, April 29.—(?)—For the first time in history, an absolute monarch crossed the threshold of the white house Wednesday to receive a friendly handclasp of welcome by the president of the United States. Accompanied by aides and his queen, King Prajadhipok of Siam called formally on President Hoover to receive the president's welcome to the United States. Mrs. Hoover wel- comed the queen. By long standing custom, the call was a highly formal one and was im- mediately returned by the President and Mrs. Hoover at the royal resi- dence of the eastern ruling couple on Massachusetts avenue. A considerable crowd gathered out- side the Larz Anderson home, loaned for their residence during the official stay in Washington, to watch the coming and going of the cabinet, supreme court members and diplo- matic corps to whom the king had granted audience. Queen Is Smiling ‘The queen smiled at people grouped around the north entrance to the white house as she and the king walked up the stone steps. ‘The king, erect, looked neither to the right nor the left, but he ac- knowledged the deep bow of the white house doormen with an almost imperceptible nod. Other members of the Siamese party diti not arrive tntil several minutes later. They were headed by Prince Svasti, father of the queen, and Princess Svasti. Behind them came the Siamese minister and other members of the legation. Members of the court party said they had not heard previously of the death of Mrs. Whitelaw Reid in France and regret was expressed. The king and queen came here from Ophir Hall, Mrs. Reid’s estate in New York, and plan to return there when they leave Washington Friday. Members of the party said it was probable that Mrs, Reid’s death would not affect the program ar- (Continned on page Six) sd {BULLETINS {| ° MOORHEAD WOMAN HURT Fargo, April 29.—(?)—Mrs. Grace Berquist, Moorhead, em- ployed in a Fargo department store, was badly cut about the head when an auto in which she was riding crashed with a truck. Passengers with her in a small roadster, Miss Lucille Murphy of Hillsboro and Miss Grace Mur- phy of Fargo, cousins, were not injured. QUAKE KILLS 100 Moscow, April 29.—(?)—At least 100 persons were reported killed or injured Wednesday in an earthquake which struck three districts of the Soviet republic of Nakichevan in Trans-Caucasia. EAKER ON FLIGHT Burbank, Calif., April 29.—(?)— Captain Ira Eaker, United States army corps test pilot, took off shortly after 10:30 a, m, Wednes- day on a flight by easy stages to Washington to deliver the newest type of air transport to be used by the army. Five Insane Negroes Die in Dormitory Fire Clarksvilie, Tenn., April 29.—(7)— Five negroes, described as “mentally deficient” were burned to death early Wednesday in a fire that destroyed a wing of a dormitory at the Mont- gomery county poor farm, 20 miles from here. ‘The dead are: John McElroy, 45; Dave Gallaher, 21; Leslie Hunt, 25; William Jarrett, 60, and William Newell, 75. ‘The cause of the blaze has not been determined. James Powell, superintendent of the farm, said the negroes were consid- ered as possibly “criminally insane” and were kept locked up at night in @ separate wing of the dormitory. ee n Succumb in Oil Well Fire Lamont Urges High Wages, Shorter Hours IMEN AND EQUIPMENT RUSHED TO SCENE OF {ists Pesident_]) QKLAHOWA TRAGEDY BRYAN UNTIEDT ‘Washington, April 29—(?)—Bryan Two Other Men, Pulled From Inferno Tuesday Night, Near Death in Hospital STORIES OF HEROISM TOLD Officials Declare Others Might Have Died, But Hope All Are Accounted for New York, April 29.—(P)}—The New York offices of the Sinclair Oil company was advised at 3 p. m. Wednesday by its forman at Gladewater, Texas, that 10 men had lost their lives in the fire at the Sinclair No. 1 Cole well. Gladewater, Tex., April 29.—(7)— Men and equipment were rushed to the Sinclair No. 1 Cole well, four . miles southeast of here, Wednesday in an effort to subdue the mighty, roaring caldron that burned seven Untiedt, hero of the Colorado bliz-|men to death zard, arrived at the white house Teo otter eh Whos meee pulled shortly after 9 o'clock Wednesday, to! from the inferno after it had become spend a day and a night as guest of jignited were near death in a Long- President and Mrs. Hoover. A.B, CURRIER, 52, RESIDENT OF CITY 20 YEARS, I$ DEAD Had Undergone Operation for Cancer Recently at Mayo Clinic, Rochester A. B. Currier, 52, @ resident of Bis- marck and the vicinity for more than 20 years, died at Rochester, Minn., at 10:30 a. m. Wednesday following an illness of several months. He had recently ation at the Mayo clinic, and physi- clans had diagnosed his illness as cancer. Currier was well-known in western North Dakota, having operated a newspaper at Garrison at one time and had been an insurance adjuster eal was empl in the de- pees of the receiver of closed Currier was born in Albion, Neb. in 1879 and was educated in the public schools of that city. He came North Dakota about 22 years ago and had lived here since. . Funeral services will be held Sun- day at St. Edward, Neb. where a number of relatives reside. TAX DELAY WOULD HURT ROAD WORK Engineer Says Referendum on N. D. Gas Tax Would Neces- sitate Curtailment Suspension of the four-cen: gaso- line tax law by a referendum would cause the state highway department to immediately begin curtailment of its construction program, H. C. Frahm, chief engineer of the state highway department, said Tuesday in commenting on a report from Fargo that a referendum petition on the act is being circulated. Mr. Frahm said that suspension of the law, which provides for an in- crease of from three cents te four cents a gallon in the gasoline tax, would bring about a loss of more than one million dollars a year for high- way construction. The one-cent tax is estimated to provide an additional revenue of about $600,000 a year, which would be matched by a similar amount in federal aid, according to Mr. Frahm. next September, Mr. Frahm said, the highway commission would-have to anticipate its revenue pect. Suspension of the law by the referendum petition immediately would reduce the revenue, he said, and if the voters reject the act would cause a further loss in revenue. “We would have to curtail our undergone an oper- | f view hospital. It was ible others had died in the Blase bub operators ida hopeful all had been accounted for. ‘The dead: Bob Murdock, Orlando, Okle. yore Haroun, Canadian, Okla. rge Albright, Okl: ’. Roy Blankenship, Pulse Oia Bill McCasland Sr., Winona, Okla, Bill McCasland Jr., Winona, Okla. Virgil Woltz, Hunter, Okla. John Keys, 39, Oklahoma City, and laced iro 35, Woodfield, Okla., e hospital at Lor lew in a dying condition. a Fire Gains Momentum The gigantic geyser of fire crackled and leaped unabated, gathering mo- ‘mentum through the night, lighting jthe pine forests for many miles. Its heat became intensified as thousands of barrels of crude oil were lapped up by the shooting flames. It appeared likely several days would be necessary for experts to pings nitro glycerine to blow out the ; While the oil fire snorted and | Popped, buddies of Murdock and Haroun, whose bodies were cremated in the withering caldron, kept a sort of wake over their ashes. Around camp fires they talked of the agoniz- (Continned on page Six) 08 ARE KILLED IN | EGYPT TRAIN FIRE |Only One European Passenger Among Mortalities; 10 Vic- tims Were Children Cairo, Egypt, April 29.—()—Thirty~ eight persons, including 10 children, were burned to death and 36 others were injured Wednesday when the Cairo-Alexandria express caught fire. Only one European passenger was known to be among the mortalities, Several of the injured are expected to \die. Many of the dead, particularly children, were unrecognizable from aswors ot the flames. apparently originated in the crowded third class yeni from a hot box. Unaware of the flames, the engineer pulled on until a signal- man at Benha halted the train. Many of the deaths were caused by pas- Sengers leaping from windows in a wild scramble to escape. WOUNDED GANGSTER DISPLAYS VITALITY Jack ‘Legs’ Diamond Said Slightly Stronger, But Doc- tor Fears He Will Die Albany, N. ¥., April 29.—(?)—The thread of Jack Diamond’s life was gangster was showing some ea the vitality which enabled him to through last year when gang- land bullets had cut him down. He Queen of Siam Assumes Her Duties as American Housewife at Capital Washington, April 29.—()— Along with the dignity and cere- monies of her royal title, Queen Rambai Barni of Siam Wednes- day assumed responsibilities of an American housewife. She was ushered ‘Tuesday night-into a 50-