The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 14, 1931, Page 1

ee K ' * a ~ 4 , x ) rs ~ ; « ee + r q es « r rm North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper ESTABLISHED 1878 Alfonso’s Property Confi Interi INDIAN PROGRAN T0 ESCAPE REDUCTION, | OFFICIALS INDIGATE Policy Which Hinges on Em- ployment of High-Grade Per- sonnel to Continue BIG CUTS OUT OF QUESTION Various Branches of Depart- ment to Be Surveyed This Week-End at Rapidan Washington, May 14.—(%)—A little around the edges rather than any major su is the eco- nomic offering interior departments officials plan to lay before President Hoover in the coming week-end con- ference at his Rapidan camp. They do not see in their domain anything to compare with the aban- donment of 20 to 30 army posts or- dered for the war department. Major cuts, they fear, are impossible unless there is a change in general policy as to public works. The Indian office, which receives one of the biggest shares of the total appropriation, has inaugurated a pol- icy which hinges on employment of high-calibre personnel at attractive salaries. It received for the fiscal year 1932 &@ net appropriation of about $25,000,- 000, The staff reorganization and its construction program will require that figure as a minimum for next year. If a material cut were made officials fear their program would :be wrecked. other $15,000,000, as in this year, and the bureau hopes to get $5,000,000 to start the All-American canal. - ‘The education. office is conducting surveys which ft fears would be dis- THE BISMARCK BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, THURSDAY, MAY TRIBUNE The Weather Pair, slightly warmer Thursday night; Friday increasing cloudiness, 14, 1931 PRICE FIVE CENTS or Department to Trim Expenditures -—@ In French Mix-up [ Though Paul Doumer, above, was elected the 13th president of France ‘Wednesday, Aristide Briand, below, defeated candidate, was more in the public eye of France. Frenchmen were speculating on whether Briand would ‘be dropped as foreign minister. The veteran minister left Thursday for Geneva to attend the meeting of the committee of the confederation of Europe. FUTURE OF BRIAND, BEATEN CANDIDATE, REMAINS PROBLEM Foreign Minister of France De- parts for Geneva for Con- federation Meeting Paris, May 14.—(P)}—Aristide Bri- and, veteran of the foreign office, in rupted ‘or made. more expensive by reduction in‘ appropriations. The Jand office is catching up on accumu- (Continued on page twelve) OD) ARE KILLED IN CAIRO DISORDERS Police Use Machine Guns to Quell Egyptian Mobs Dur- ing Striker Clash defeat Thursday was more in the French eye than Paul Doumer, suc- cessful candidate for president. Briand’s associates thought his friends had repudiated him and the policies: of international conciliation which he fathered. Thursday there was widespread ex- pectation that he would offer his resignation as foreign minister, a post which he has held almost without in- terruption for seven years, and would retire into the comparative be ogi lament. It was believed he would request fire | Briand to remain in the government at least until June 13, when accord- so oe ce ie ae presi presen’ font to the incoming official. 2 PANEER WON [tenors ome OF BISMARCK DIE - IN LAST 24 HOURS Mrs. E. E. Morris and Mrs. Christina Robidou Stricken by Ailments SUCCUMB 15 HOURS APART Were Among Early Settlers in Burleigh County and Had Many Acquaintances Two pioneer Bismarck women died bere in the last 24 hours. They were Mrs. E. BE. Morris and Mrs. Christina Robidou, who died within a few hours of one another. Mrs. Morris died at 6:45 a. m. Thursday following an illness of three months. Two daughters and three sons were at her bedside wher the end came. Her death brings to a close the life of a woman who long had been iden- tified with charitable work in Bis- marck and whose acquaintanceship included many of the early pioneers who founded this community. Catherine Ritchey Morris, widow of the late E. E. Morris, was born in County Dawn, Ireland, in 1857. As a child of seven she came to America with her parents who settled in Wis- consin, She was educated in the ‘schools of that state and was married there in 1883. In the fall of the same year the couple moved to Mandan where Mr. Morris was employed in the offices of the Northern Pacific Express company. Two years later they moved to Bismarck and had lived here since that time. Enthusiastic In Work During her long residence in the city Mrs. Morris had been active in social and church affairs. Enthu- elastic in her work for the church, she ‘was hostess-at the reception given tor the late Rev. Bishop John Shanley when he was ordained Bishop of North Dakota in 1893. Mrs. Morris leaves four sons and two daughters, They are Glen W., Portland, Ore.; Charles, Bismarck; Edward E., San Francisco; Eugene R., Minot; and the Misses Boniface and Catherine, Bismarck. Brothers and sisters are Mrs. A. B. Christianson, Chicago; Mrs. Belle Gibson, Genesee Depot, Wis.; Mrs. Mary Ferry, Mid- dletown, Wis.; Thomas and James Ritchey, Troy Center, Wis.; Charles Ritchey, New York. Mrs. (Continued on page twelve) BISMARCK DENTIST NAMED PRESIDENT Dr. R. S. Towne Heads State Group; Next Convention Will Be in Minot Fargo, N. D., May 14.—(7)—Minot meeting here Wednesday, the dates to be fixed by the executive committee. Officers named include president, Briand Thursday offered his resig- nation as foreign minister, a post he elected. has held for seven years, but Premier Laval and other colleagues persuaded mediate tasks at Geneva are com- pleted. ‘When Briand left the Quai D'Orsay, where the cabinet met, he confirmed Foreign Statesman Fol- lowing Attack imaginary defense of and Detroit. Later the force will be divided for maneuv- ers over the east coast, converging at May 14—(?)—Five men, in their attempt to rob the Drs. G. P. Jorgenson, Grand Forks; Minot; and Dr. L,_C. Anderson, Js Delegates to the national conven- tion at Memphis, Tenn., Oct. 19 to 23 inclusive, are Drs. Albert Hallenberg, ‘These busts of four noted Americans were unveiled in the Hall of Fame at New York university Thursday. Upper left: Walt Whitman, the poet, who spent his youth in Brooklyn, did was a resident of Camden, N. J., at newspaper work in New Orleans, and the time of his death. Upper right: James Monroe, fifth president and sponsor of the Monroe doctrine, who was @ native of Virginia. Lower right: Matthew Fontaine Maury, famed oceanographer and scientist, who was born near Fredericksburg, Va. Lower right: James Abbott McNeill Whistler, distinguished painter and etcher, : whose birthplace was Lowell, Mass. Busts. of Four- Americans Unveiled in | Hall of Fame BELASCO IS DEAD New York, May 14.—(7)—David Belasco, dean of American the- atrical producers, died at 4:15 Pp. m, ‘Thursday, He died at the Hotel Gladstone, where he had been ill for many months, He was 77 years old. Mr. Belasco’s physician, Dr. Je- rome B. Wagner, and his daugh- ter, the wife of Morris Gest, the- atrical producer, were in his apartment at the time of his MINNESOTA BANK ROBBED OF $3000 Employes and Customer in! Lonsdale Institution Forced to Lie on Floor Lonsdale, Minn., May 14.—(P)— Forcing three employes and a cus- tomer to lie on the floor while they scooped up $3,000 in cash, two ban- its held up the State Bank of Lons- dale at 1:30 p. m. Thursday. The two entered a coupe left near the bank and drove toward Lakeville and the Twin Cities. Lonsdale is in a county, 50 miles southwest of St. Pat In January, 1930, three men robbed the bank of $10,000. The two men told employes and a customers to “stick ‘em up,” then changed their minds and made them lie on the floor. cusek, a customer, were in the bank. Macheck said the men obtained all available cash but made no effort to enter the vault. Washington, May 14—(?)—Miss Adele Jahncke, daughter of Assistant Secretary of Navy Memory of Monroe, Maury, Whistler, and Whitman Hon- ored by Program | New York, May 14.—(4#)—Busts of |four illustrious emericans were un- veiled in the hall of fame Thursday land a distinguished company cele- brated thelr memory in prose and Poetry. The statues, placed with 65 others Freviously unveiled at New York uni- versity, are likenesses of: James Monroe, fifth president, sponsor of the Monroe doctrine. Matthew Fontaine Maury, ocean- ographer, called the “Pathfinder of the seas.” His researches in mapping ocean currents and winds saved mil- hons on dollars to shippers by re- ducing sailing time. James Abbott McNeil whistler, peer etcher, watercolorist and sa- ti Walt Whitman, called the “poet of democracy.” President Hoover sent a letter | praising the enduring quality of the work of the four. He said the Mon- roe doctrine “has formed the firm foundation upon which had steadily grown an ever-increasing mutual re- spect and good will between our own country and those advancing nations to the south of us.” Henry Morgenthau said it was due largely to the doctrine that the Americas are practically a happy family of nations, and Elihu Root sent a letter emphasizing the doc- trine asserted the independence of American states. Diplomats repre- senting 10 Pan-American countries attended. One Killed, 50 Hurt In Japanese Flames fire at Shi » Machi, 150 miles north of night. The tire, which did esti- ite i ee >e COURTAULD TELLS HOW HE SUFFERED IN ARCTIC STORMS British Explorer Was Buried in Igloo Beneath Ice and Snow in Greenland CHIMNEY WAS VENTILATOR Rescuers Found Huge Snow- drift, Which Turned Out to Be Scientist's Haven (Copyright, 1931, By The Associated Press.) ) Angmagsalik, Greenland, May 14.— (®)—A story of being buried two months beneath ice and snow in an igloo was told here Thursday by Aug- ustine Courtauld. The British scientist, rescued last week by fellow-members of the Brit- ish arctic air route expedition, had only a chimney way to provide air in his place of refuge on the Green- land ice cap. Courtauld, whom Captain Albin Ahrenberg, Swedish aviator, brought here with H. G. Watkins, chief of the rescue party, from their inland base, was unshaved and almost unrecog- nizeable beneath a long growth of beard, and appeared somewhat the worse for a long enforced diet of seal meat. Watkins said his rescue party toil- ed for many weeks over the ice crags toward where at the winter’s begin- ming they left Courtauld to observe | weather conditions. They frequently lost the trail and were delayed for days when the skies clouded and they could not ascertain their position. In searching a wide ice field they found an enormous drift, covered with @ thick layer of ice which they at once concluded must have been Courtauld’s igloo. At the top of the snowmound, which rose above the surrounding acres of frozen snow the weary party found a small hole which was the only opening in the sur- rounding desert and which they con- cluded must be the igloo's chimney. They shouted down into it, hoping their comrade was safe below, and heard in reply an unexcited: “Hello. All right.” They went to work with spades and a 15 minutes had reached Court- auld. - Courtauld said that two months be- fore a blizzard raged several days, completely covering the igloo. 1t was (Continued on page twelve) STRIKERS JOINING WORKMEN'S UNION 150 Pickets Outside Mansfield, Ohio, Steel Plant Protest Wage Reduction Mansfield, Ohio, May 14.—(}—Ap- proximately 150 pickets were posted in front of the Mansfield plant of the Empire Steel corportation Thursday as the answer of the 1,600 striking employes to an offer of peace by the company. The employes Wednesday night re- Jected the management's proposition to return to work with a recent 5 per cent wage cut rescinded, but with a previous cut of 10 per cent still in effect. Hundreds immediately began signing applications for membership in the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Sheet and Tin Workers ot North America. The plant heretofore has been on an open shop basis. ‘The decision to continue the strike, which began Tuesday, foliowed the announcement of Carl W. Henkel, president of the corporation, that the mills face certain destruction and a permanent shutdown if the workers do not return to their jobs. The employes contend that the present wages, even disregarding the rescinded 5 per cent cut, are 30 per cent under those paid in other steel plants which use union labor. Union- ization of the workers was started by Edward W. Miller, Pittsburgh, a vice president of the Iron, Sheet and Tin association. 4e-|Gold Star Mothers Arrive in France » France, May 14—(P)— hundred and twenty-five Gold with flowers and French and Amer- fean flags for the arrival of the Mothers. Scholar Dies oe | i DR. S. P. BROOKS ‘Waco, Tex., May 14.—)—Dr. 8. P. Brooks, 67, president of Baylor uni- versity, died early Thursday. He suc- cumbed to cancer a few days after Physicians had forbidden him to complete a last labor of love for the school he served 28 years, the sign- ing of diplomas for the 400 members of this year’s graduating class. Dr. Brooks was born in Milledgewille, Ga., Dec, 4, 1863, and came with his par- ents to Texas when five years old. Until he was 22 he lacked even a common school education, but later won degrees at Baylor and Yale. His widow and three children are left. LABOR FEDERATION | URGES WORKMEN TO | OPPOSE WAGE CUTS: A. F. of L. Seeks to Forestall ‘Continuous, Permanent Unemployment’ Washington, May 14.—(?)}—Seeking to forestall what it said would mean “continuous, permanent unemploy- ment,” the American federation of labor’s executive council is asking workers to resist wage reduction “to! the fullest extent.” In a study of joblessness, the coun- cil announced, it found “an attempt which apparently certain banking in- terests and certain employers are} making to bring about a general re-| duction in wages.” “As usual,” said the organization's formal statement, “labor must be de- pended upon to save the situation and Prevent the further imposition of in- justice. For this reason the execu-/ tive council calls upon labor, organ- ized and unorganized, to resist wage reductions. { “The executive council proposes to appeal to the workers to stand firmly in opposition to wage reductions. The council will urge working men and women, both organized and unorgan- ized to resist to the fullest extent any and all attempts to reduce wages and lower American living standards. * © * The council is inspired by a firm conviction that it is only a step from reductions in wages to continu- ous permanent unemployment.” A wage cutting policy, the council held, “constitutes a public violation of the understanding reached” in a conference of industrial and labor leaders with President Hoover. After such a conference in 1929 it was an- nounced that the industrialists had Pledged themselves not to initiate any movement for wage reduction. It was said recently at the white house that the president was pleased that pay levels had been maintained dur- ing the depression. The labor council asserted that an apparent move toward lower wages “Is indefensible both from an ethical and economic viewpoint. “There are strong indications that we are facing a third winter of dis- tressing unemployment,” the council forecast, adding that despite a de- creasing earning power “a number of employers are attempting to further reduce the purchasing power... through the imposition of wage re- ductions.” Canada Sets Mark For Wheat Exports Commissioners. The total, 7,519,293 bushels, was nearly half that exported during entire month of April. scated IFINANGE MINSTER WILL CHECK FUNDS IN EX-KING’S NAME Government Decree Charges Last of Bourbons Had Not Been King Since 1923 SPANIARDS GO. TO CHURCH Catholic Primate of Spain Flees to France Following At- tacks on Churches Madrid, May 14—()—A Catholic Spain went to church after the riots of the last four days in which Cath- olic buildings in many of the prov- inces were destroyed by fire. : Mitel Ais the feast of the as- ension, one of the most important days in the Catholic calendar and a national holiday in Spain. The banks were closed, business and industry were suspended, and the churches were thronged. Cardinal Segura, primate of 5 had fled to France on the fr Rome/and charred ruins of churches and convents were guarded by sol- diers, but the anti-Catholic disorders apparently had ended. Martial law continued in most of the important cities, however, and troops were ready to go into action if the disorders should recur. Banks were ordered by the republi- can government to turn over to the minister of finance, Indalecio Prieto, eae credited to Alfonso de Bour- yn, the deposed who at present is in exile in Park : Make Special Account The Banco de Epana was empower- ed to take charge of all Personal property of the former mon- arch, and to create a special account for accruing rents until the forthcom- ing constitutional convention decides what to do with the money. Consuls and representatives of the Tepublic abroad were ordered to make @ report on Alfonso’s investments and. Properties in other countries, the gov- ernment charging Alfonso had not been. king since 1923, when he per- mitted General Primo de Rivera to become dictator, and that he had misused his royal office for his per- sonal enrichment. Simultaneously the government an- nounced full authority to check dis- (Continued on page twelve) N. D. STUDENTS WIN MINNESOTA HONORS Marcella McKenna, Napoleon, and Simon Miller, Bismarck, Get Awards Minneapolis, May 14—(}—Award of honors to a number of North Da- kotans attending the University of Minnesota was announced at annual cap and gown day exercises Thuraday. President Lotus D. Coffman an- nounced the winners after the tradi- tional parade of the 1,500 students who are candidates for degrees in June. They include: Membership in Sigma XI, honorary selentific society—Marvin Spielman, Larimore; Samuel A. Yuster, Fargo; Jean M. Zetterberg, Valley City. Ali are graduate students. Alpha Omega Alpha, fourth year medical honor group, based on schol- eae aula iene Grand Forks. "au | honorary engineering —Linwood Brightbill, Cando; Oscar { Swenson, Columbus. Iota & Sigma Pi, chemical honor- ary for women—Jean Zetterberg, Val- ley City. Shelvin Fellowship in Chemistry— Samuel A. Yuster, Fargo. Chemistry faculty prize —Oscar Swenson, Columbus. Seniors maintaining scholastic rec- ords of “B” or better— Marcella Mc- Kenna, Napoleon; sophomores, Simon Miller, Bismarck, Vi Lakota; seniors with advanced stand- ing. Frank Woost, Fargo. Silver Spur, junior men’s activities honorary—Arthur Brudvik, Mohall. Tribune Offers Health Feature une’s list of fine features is a series of articles by Dr. Morris Pisnbein, the lieader in the medical profession