The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, June 12, 1931, Page 1

& North Dakota’s' Oldest Newspaper THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE The Weather Pair Friday night and Saterday; mot much change in temperatare. ESTABLISHED 1878 Board to Fight Proposed Freight Rate Boost RAILROADS WILL ASK INGREASE 10 OFFSET EARNINGS REDUCTION Additional 10 Per Cent, or $400,000,000, in Revenue ls Desired SAID EMERGENCY MEASURE| North Dakota Railroad Com-| mission Unalterably Op- posed to Revision PL TET NNT ACEI Sentenced to Die i Preparations were made Friday by ; the North Dakota board of railroad ; commissioners to take an “unalter- | able stand” against a proposal of the nation’s railroads to petition the in- | terstate commerce commission for aj general increase in freight rates of; 15 per cent. ~ ! Ben C. Larkin, chairman of the, state railroad board, in commenting on an Associated Press dispatch from | New York that representatives, of | eastern, western and southern groups of roads have agreed to petition for the increase, said that the commis- sion will take Steps to file a formal answer to the raflroads’ proposal as! soon as official notice of the action is received. ‘The New York Dispatch stated the Petition was described by railroad representatives as en emergency mea- sure to mect a slump in rail revenue | resulting from earnings falling to a} low level. it is proposed to obtain a; Julia Maude Lowther, 23, and of In- dian descent, is shown here as she listened to the verdict of a jury at Jefferson, Ohio, which decided she must die for ambushing and slaying her paramour’s wife, Mrs. Tilby Smith. She is the first woman to face death in the electric chair in Ohio. Smith also is under sentence of death. $400,000,000 increase = in through the raise in rates. Unalterably Opposed “We are unalterably opposed to a revenue | 'WORK OF ELKS W BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, JUNE 12, 1931 Holds Reapportionment Is Valid LIFE OF THRILLS 1§ REVEALED BY DIARY OF DROWNED WOMAN ‘| Have Experienced Every Sen- sation Life Holds,’ 25- Year-Old Wrote INVESTIGATE MURDER ANGLE Reveals Starr Faithfull Was to Have Been Witness in Set- tlement Case New York, June 12.—()—Investi- gation of the drowning of Miss Starr Faithfull, whose diary tells of experi- encing every thrill, reached the grand jury stege Friday. Elvin N. Edwards, district attorney of Nassau county, said he would call 15 witnesses at Mineola. Long Beach last Monday. Inquiry 25-year-old girl, who lived in Green- | wich village, a member of a family in modest circumstances, has devel- oped incidents of gay life in New York and London and on liners, with one visit to a hospital for acute alco- holism and one trip to a sanitarium for observation. A 30-paige diary written by Starr and found by a detective in the Faithfull home contains the follow- ing: “I have experienced every sensation life holds and if (deletion) does not ee me soon, I have nothing to live for.’ Most of the contents of the dfary were withheld. Detectives said there were various references to the possi- Starr's Body was washed ashore at | since then as to the activities of the | PRICE FIVE CENTS P. J. HODGINS P. J. Hodgins, Chicago, founder and director general of the International Federation of Cosmopolitan clubs will be the principal speaker at the organ- ization meeting of the local group tonight at the Grand Pacific hotel. Before founding the new service organization Hodgins practiced law in Kansas City. COSMOPOLITAN CLUB TO BE INAUGURATED AT PROGRAM TONIGHT P, J. Hodgins, Chicago, and, Governor Shafer Will Be Main Speakers 4TH SERVICE CLUB IN CITY 45 Bismarck Business Men| Will Be Charter Members of New Organization | Arrangements were completed Fri-| day for the formal inauguration at; the Grand Pacific Hotel of Bismarck’s | latest civic organization, the new Cos-! mopolitan club. Headlining the program are P. J. Hodgins, Chicago, founder and direc-) tor general of the organization, and | Gov. George F. Shafer. ‘tepresenta-| tives of the city, Association of Com- | merce, and of the three luncheon | clubs already organized in Bismarck | will extend felicitations and greetings ; to the new club as will representatives of Cosmopolitan clubs at Fargo and | Minot. H. O. Chapman, Sioux Falls, 8. D., international president of the federa- tion of Cosmopolitan clubs, wil! pre-| side at the dinner and the functions; to follow. Henry Halvorson will lead in community singing and Mayor Lenhart will extend a message of wel- come from the city administration. Schedule Short Talks | Three-minute talks will be given by | H. P. Goddard for the Association of Commerce; William 8. Ayers for the Lions club; Ray M. Bergeson for the Rotary club; P. E. Bryne for the Ki- — i Held in Slaying 2 Deputy Sheriff William Guess, above, and another officer face murder charges at Ardmore, Okla., for the slaying of Emilio Cortez Rubio, 20, cousin of President Rubio of Mextc and Manuel Gomez, 22, son of prominent Mexican family. Pre: dent Hoover has ordered an investi- gation of the shooting of the boys on a highway near Ardmore, while they were returning from attending college in the U. 8. LINDY CONSIDERS FOUR ROUTES FOR PLIGHT THIS YEAR Another Trail - Blazing Hop! Looms. as Lone Eagle Makes | Plans for Summer Washington, June 12.—()—Possible | aerial routes to the Orient are being studied closely by Charles A. Lind- RULES AGAINST VETO OF GOVERNOR OLSON IN MINNESOTA CASE Judge Gustavus Loevinger Says Power Is Vested in State Legislature MAY GO TO SUPREME COURT Oraws Distinction Between ‘Legislature’ and ‘Legisla- tive Power’ St. Paul, June 12.—(4)—The legis- lature's reduction of Minnesota con- gressional districts from 10 to nine was legal and Governor Floyd B. Ol- son's veto of the measure invalid, Judge Gustavus Loevinger ruled in district court Friday. Judge Loevinger made the decision in sustaining a demurrer by Attorney General H. N. Benson to a test case in which a restraining order was ask- ed by W. Yale Smiley, Minneapolis attorney, ro prohibit the secretary of state from accepting filings or call- ing elections under the act. Smiley said the issue would be car- ried to the state supreme court im- mediately. Speedy action will be Sought because upon the outcome of the case to considerable extent de- pends whether a special legislative session will be called. Governor Olson has said he may call a special session should the courts hold with him that Minnesota was not rcdistricted in accordance with congressional mandate. Difference Between Terms Judge Loevinger held that article 1, section 4, of the federal constitution delegates the power of redistricting to the legislature and not the “legisla- tive power of the state.” The section says “the times, places and manner of holding elections for Senators and representatives shall be Prescribed in each state by the legis- flat percentage increase in all rates; bility of suicide. wanis club: Cap E. Miller for the|bergh in preparation for another latures thereof; but congress may at as the railroads appear to be propos-, Edwards said there was evidence to Jub and Dr. J. . ing,” Mr. Larkin said, “This would CRIPPLED CHILDREN indicate several would have | Fargo Cosmopolitan club ant . J.| trail blazing fight. any time by law make or alter such amount to a calamity as far as North been happler if Bare Pesthtull were | | pone an t ers A. Neuner for the Minot Cosmopoli-! with Mrs. Lindbergh he expects to|Tegulations except as to the places Dakota is concerned.” E. M. Hendricks, rate expert for the state commission, estimated that such an inerease in freight rates would raise the bill of North Dakota ship- pers several million dollars annually. LAUDED BY SPEAKER {North Dakota Club Delegates to State Convention Hear New Jersey Man Mr. Larkin characterized the rail roads’ petition as “unwarranted and without justification.” “North Dakota has been fighting,” he added, “for more just rates. Freight rates have remained constant in the state for about 10 years, while Fargo, N. D., June 12.—(7)—High tribute to the North Dakota State the general tevel of prices for farm products has gone downward. “Numerous cases now are before the interstate commerce commission on various rates which should first be decided. The I. C. C. already has found our class rates too high and (Continued on page eight) MINNESOTA FLIER IS laccomplished in the care of crippled children was paid by Joseph G. Buch, | Trenton, N. J., originator of the crip- {pled children’s movement in New jJersey, at the North Dakota Elks as- sociation meeting Thursday. Since the annual state meeting of the Elks in Dickinson last year, 73 crippled children have bee cared for by the lodge, reported George T. Richmond, Jamestown, secretery of Elks association for the work it has; dead. Stanley E. Faithfull, her step-| father, has denied this statement 1s | true. Te Haybrook as Miss Faithfull's closest friend in London and as the fiance of her sister Eliza- beth, the paper further quoted him to the effect that there were influ- ential people in New York who were concerned in the case and to whom her death would have been a matter of importance. i The Daily Express said Scotland Yard was searching for a man whom Miss Faithfull had sought repeatedly during a visit to London in 1928 The manager of the hotel at which she stayed was reported by the Express to have found in her baggage, which she left behind, a dairy “so frank that he locked it up.” Her trunks later were shipped to New York. WAS TO BE WITNESS IN SETTLEMENT CASE MENOKEN PERSONS HURT IN ACCIDENT i Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Welch and Daughter, Ruth, Are in Local Hospital Three members of a Menoken fam- ily are in a local hospital suffering from injuries suffered in an automo- bile accident six miles east of Bis- marck Thursday night. Mrs. A. 7. Welch, most severely in- Indicted on Liquor Counts Members of Liquor-Vice-Gam-| bling Syndicate Charged With 5,000 Offenses Chicago, June 12.—()—Alphonse | Capone and 68 other defendants, many of them members of his liquor- vice-gambling syndicate, were in- dicted Friday by a federal grand jury for conspiracy to violate the national prohibition law. The indictments charge members of Capone's gang with 5,000 offenses. The, gang leader was indicted just a week ago for violating the incame tax laws, the government charging that he owed $215,080.48 on a six- year income of $1,038,654.84. He 1s tanites. 2 Hodgins will give the closing ad- dress, following Governor Shafer on ithe program, and will install the of- (Continued on page eight) ‘POPE SENDS REPLY TO IL DUCE'S NOTE Document From Vatican Un- derstood to Be Conciliatory | to Government Vatican City, June 12.—(4)—Pope Pius XI friday handed his reply ta the Italian government's recent note in the church-state controversy to Papal Nuncio Borgongini-Duca and cross over either the turbulent At- lantic, the broad Pacific or the frozen wastes of the Arctic ocean in his stream-lined and pontoon-fitted of choosing senators. Judge Loevinger said no case had been called to his attention or found in which the word “legislature” as used in any state constitution or in Lockheed monoplane before the sum- mer ends. any state or federal law ever has been construed as meaning the legis lative power of the state or the en- considered. A inal decision will des | i legislative machinery of the state, pend upon establishment of satisfac-} Concerning inequalities in the pop- tory fuel bases. One route would take ulation of some districts—the reason the young couple over the Atlantic Governor Olson gave for his veto— to Greenland and thence to Spitz-| Judge Loevinger said this is a legis- bergen and across Siberia to Japan. (Continued on page eleven) RED RIOTS CONTINUE TO DISTURB GERMANY Communists Protest Against Emergency Tax Decrees May Cross Arctic ‘The second would be along the wa- terways of northern Canada to the; northernmost fringe of the Alaskan coast and over a portion of the Arctic ocean to Siberia. The third would send the fliers up the Canadian coast to the Aleutian Islands that stretch from Alaska in a@ long string toward the eastern coast of the Asiatic continent. Should they land ncar Kamchatka the route the association. jured of the three, is suffering from | already under six months sentence for | instructed him to take it to Foreign | then would be southward to Japan. re HELD IN CONSPIRACY ‘Although the crippled chuldren's| Tendon, June | 12—-WP-—Rudolph | two severe scalp. wounds, contusions | contempt of the federal court, Minister Dino Grandi. ate, fuiih comibig, in anion Issued by Bruening movement has been under way in the Bhd reaper ae ney he bes of the body and possible fractures, —_—— Although the details were not|rindbergh said he was particularly es state for several years, this is the first. lie Faithfull had been slain doctors said. Former Minn esota made public, the message is believed | interested, was the route across Alas-| Berlin, June 12—( (P)\—Widespread Charge ‘Dusty’ Rhoades With Megal Possession of 53 Beaver Skins Virginia, Minn. June 12.—(P)— Frank Rosemeir, assistant St. Louis county attorney, has issued a com- plaint charging C. R. (Dusty) Rhoades, local aviator, with illegal possession of 53 beaver skins. The charge constitutes a gross misde- meanor. Informed the warrant had been is- sued, Rhoades voluntarily surren- dered to police Thursday night. He was accompanied by his attorney, Victory Essling, Eveleth, and two business associates, ch a Big ey ione a mining engineer, ant je ingston, of the Kingston-Rhoades Air Line, of which Rhoades is general manager. Rhoades refused to make a formal year any constructive program has been carried out, it was said. | 100 Per Cent-Attendance There was 100 per cent attendance at the meeting, every lodge in the state having delegates preser:t, and every delegation reporteo having cared for several crippled children. Mr. Buch told the convention in New Jersey the crippled children’s activi- ties have been under way for 10 years and that during the entire period his state has never been able to report 100 per cent. Lake; T. M. Condon, Valley City; Frank Van Kent, Grand Forks; L. K. Thompson, Bismarck; A. C, Pagen- kopf and Judge J. D. Harris, Dickin- son; George Richmond, Jamestown, secretary of the state association; Al Weinhandl, Mandan; Dr. C. J. Lys in New York because she was to have been the principal witness in “a $25,- 000 settlement case which would have caused a sensation when it came to PERMITS BUS LINE TO CHANGE COURSE Will Go Through Herried and/ . Selby Instead of Ashley and Ellendale Permission has been granted by the | North Dakota board of railroad com~- missioners of the Inter-State Trans- A. T. Welch, Menoken merchant, and his daughter, Ruth, both sustain- ed contusions of the body. ‘The trio were injured when their car collided with another car driven by Laurence Knief, Bismarck, at about 9:30 ». m. Both cars were pro- ceeding eastward on the highway No. 10 and Knief was making a turn to the north when the accident occurred. The Welch car turned a complete Somersault from the impact of the collision, throwing Mr. Welch free from the var. motorists broyght the in- jured to a Bismarck hospital. Both cars were badly damaged. Bad Weather Hampers Salvage of Submarine Weiheiwei, China, June 12.—(7)— Efforts to salvage the British sub- Coach Near Death Minneapolis, June 12.—(#)—Henry L. “Doc” Williams, former football coach at the University of Minnesota, was “very low” Friday and death was a matter of but a short time, his phy- sician said. Dr. Williams has been unconscious nearly two days and opiates were be- ing administered to ease the pain, his physician said. The former coach, an outstanding figure in Big Ten football circles for nearly a quarter century, has been in Swedish hospital for several months suffering from heart disease. BUILD BOX CARS Brainerd, Minn., June 12.—(?)— An additional 34 men were at work Thursday in the car department of the Northern Pacific railway shops to adopt a conciliatory tone toward the government and is said to be con- siderably milder than previous Vati- can notes. A high Vatican official said “within a week now everything will be settled.” Before handing over the note, the pontiff conferred with his papal nuncio for an hour and a| half and they discussed every angle of | the controversy. He was reported to have adopted in his latest message the tone of a father grieved at the way- wardness of beloved sons, instead of that of an independent sovereign ad- dressing a foreign power. Vatican circles were more optimistic of a quick settlement than at any time since the beginning of the dispute. STATE HEADS 10 SEE | INCOME TAX FIGURES ka, over the Bering Sea to Siberis. and then to the Nipponese Islands. Lindbergh said his decision to make the flight in a pontoon-equipped plane had been reached after a study of the rivers and lakes aloug the! Projected routes. | May Hamper Takeoff H “If it comes to a forced landing in much of that territory,” the aviator; said, “we would have almost as good) @ chance with pontoons as with wheels. Of course, the changes of taking off again after landing might: not be so good.” | Lindbergh did not desire to discuss | the possibility of obtaining permis- | sion from the Soviet government to) fly over Russian territory, explaining that representatives of that country; undoubtedly would make known whether he would be permitted to fly over it. Japan was the first of the governments to welcome the Lind: communist riots against emergency tax decrees caused the police to take special precautions Friday on orders of the ministry of the interior. Communists again clashed with au- thorities at a mass meeting in Berlin Thursday night by 12,000 persons. Police searched them for weapons and arrested scores. Ernst Thaell- man, the chief speaker and a member of the reichstag, was taken into cus- tody when he refused to submit to search. As the crowd moved away after the meeting, police were forced wo fire blank cartridges and to use heir clubs to maintain order. Several newspa- per offices were placed under guard to prevent damage. Five persons were wounded in Hamburg, when police broke up a radical demonstration near the Eng- jlish church. Ten thousand persons were present at a gathering preceding vrwe}. | 088 cated for many of the cases, marine Poseidon, sunk off the Shan-| here, rushing construction of 500 new berghs. Several countries have indi. statement but, sald he woe ae id Friday Portation compar ges tung peninsula, were hindered Friday | box cars. cated that they would grant permis- ee outhewak. ed come & shower a ize declared | , Bevause all of "Thursday afternoon |charige, the, route. 0 by stormy weather on the Yellow Sea. ee eel es |slon for the flight over their terrl-| cya toucniere nea reoull of aus was taken up with reports - | Aberdeen line. by the rail-| British and Japanese divers are in MASON MEETING ENDS tories. \thorities’ efforts to separate a mob of he was being “persecuted.” Taken before Municipal Judge J. P. & Carey, Rhoades pleaded not guilty and was bound over to court, on bonds of $750. The bond was signed by Richards and Kingston. Two committees appointed by Sam Stern, Fargo, acting president, were {road board, the line will operate via ‘Under an order issued Herried, Mound City and Selby, 8. D., and will abandon the Ashley and El- lendale, N. D. Citizens of Ellendale, Ashley and constant danger of losing the wreck because of the elements. Eighteen of the crew went down with the Poseidon after a collision with a Chinese coastal steamer Tuesday. Yankton, 8. D., June 12.—(7)—In- stallation of newly-elected officers marked the closing session of the 57th annual communication, grand lodge A. F. and A. M. of South Dako- ta. Heirs-at-Law Also Will Be Per-; mitted to Inspect Returns Under Regulation =o | Louis XIII Painting =| Stolen from Palace communists fighting among them- selves. Police had to resort to fire- arms to battle their way out. Conflict between communists and national socialists brought 20 arrests f are the resolutions com- ro — 245 Rhoades caid he was at his flying |G4¥. Tere Se Orc p Brown, Far-| Venturia Corners, N. D., protested | Thirty-five others were rescued. Washington, June 12—(P—Inspec-| Versailles, France, June 12()—|in Bremen. Officers attempted to w "|. @y base near Tower late Thursday when | go: 7, p o'connor, Grand Forks; T.|against the Transportation company’s tion of federal income tax returns by|The curator of the Versailles palace |rescue the nazis and the reds pelted rN! friends told him of newspaper stories) y," settie, Williston; tion, and hearings were held state officials is permitted under | said Friday that a painting @ King|both groups with stones, using iron to the effect that he was sought. Rocks Which Float Are Common modified treasury regulation. Louis XIII on horseback had been drainpipes for hand-to-hand fight- ‘The 3 skins found at his home hed! tee composed of Frank Van Kent,| The commission by its order per- ‘The new rule also permits heirs-at- stolen from the second floor of the | ing. no state tags attached. Rhoades s8¥5 | Grand Forks; A. C. Pagenkopf, Dick-| mits the company to change its route law to inspect the return on the in-| Palace. Radical disorders broke out in Kas- he has the tags covering the ship-|inson and Judge I. ©. Davis, Bis-|to follow U. 8. Highway No. 83 and In Badlands of North Dakota dividual under whose will they are| Le Journal said the police had been sel for the second successive night. ment and can clear himself. to omit serving towns located on beneficiaries. The heir is required to| keeping the theft secret because it /-Threatening crowds gathered in the from through- State High’ No. 11 until such time Shien such condi- show that he has a material interest in information contained in the re- has been credited to a “foreign vis- itor whose position will create a sen- main streets and resisted police until the latter resorted to clubs and blank i out the state attended the banquet in /as that highway ts put in hi Defense Witnesses 01 _ | out the state attended the benantt to a a eg aiained in ouch Denner which float may excite “To prove my contention I'am |turn. Right to refuse to any indi- | sation. cartridges. Stand in Valley City] wnicn tr. Buch was the principal |that it may be reasonably considered | comment in the Swiss Tyrol but | sending you a small plece of our | vidual the privilege of inspecting the ea The discovery that an agen shoe- — speaker, L, B. Hanna, former gover-|an all-year road. y are common in North Da- | rocg that you may float it your- |return is vested in the commissioner |G, A, R, and W.R.C. | maker had been killed the preceding Valley City, N. D, June 12—(%—| nor of North Dakots, was the toast-| “Non-service over 25 to 27 per cent| kote’s Bad Lands. self and be ‘satisfied. 1 sent a |°f, internal revenue. night brought the death toll ths week rennet Vines men being tried| master. Speakers besides Mr. Buch |of the time caused by impassable rond| ‘This is the comment of Martin ‘The purpose in the first change is Install Officers)to two. in district court here for robbery of | were William R. Boyd, exalted ruler | conditions” the order states, “is not to C. Scheuffle, justice of the peate piece of this to the Smithonian |to permit state officials to compare — This violence had its counterpart a store at Merricourt were at the of the Fargo lodge; Jess Nygaard, | the best interest of the traveling pub-| for Long X , McKenzie Institution at Washington, D. C., | federal income tax returns to state} Wahpeton, N. D., June 12—(#)—|in verbal warfare against the decrees. home of Henry Bossart at the time| Jamestown district deputy grand ex-/lic or to the best interest of , inspired by recent publi- last year. Th as we {returns of individuals and thereby|The two-day joint convention of the |Comm deputies in the Prussian of the robbery was offered by defense alted ruler; and C. P. Broan, who pre- | furnishing the service.” cation in The Tribune of a state- had guessed—that it was pumice state department, Grand Army of the | diet ted strongly for revolution- witnesses Thursday. sented Mr. Buch with ® gold watch = ment that in Europe certain rocks | stone, and admitted there are Republic and Women’s Relief Corps, ary action and demanded the f ‘The men are Henry and Fred Bos-| and chain. ‘Local Boy Will Get float on the water. many places where it is plentiful. ended Thursday with installation of sart and John Ellingson. Defense De; The assertion was made in the Yes, the Bad Lands are # curious -, witnesses were Mr. and Mrs Jobn| Southeastern N. D. Harvard Law Degree} teature dally ‘by The | world also. «, Ellingson, Mrs. Henry Bossart, Mrs. Roads Are Sli patos ‘Tribune under the heading “This “In both the Yellowstone and ' ‘Dave Bossart, and Mr. and Mrs. Chris . 8 Are SHPPCFY| winiam nuessle, son of Supreme| curious World” in which strange | the little Missouri rivers this stuff Ul Hehr, all of whom said they were at —_—_ Court Justice W.‘L. Nuessle, Bis-| or little-known facts are. pre- can often be seen floating around ‘ the Henry Bossart home the night of Unsurfaced roads in the southeast-/ marck, will be graduated from the; sented. like wood. Of course the stuff is the robbery. ern part of the state are muddy and| Harvard Law School, next week, ac- Writing on the subject of rocks very porous and will fill up and All testified when officers appeared | slippery because of recent heavy rains| cording to here float Scheuffle says: sink in dirty water, and that is at the home, Ellingson and Fred Bos-|in that section, according to the A “In your issue of June 2, last, likely the reason it is not seen sart took the ‘and liquor | weekly road condition report issued/ Nuessle is a graduate of the Uni- Curtous World: column men- floating down the big Missouri.” from the house, put them in the car, Friday by the state highway depart- | versity of North Dakota, a member of| tions floating rock in the Swiss ‘The rock submitted by Scheuf- ST. PAUL MAN DIES and fled. The articles found in the | ment. the class of 1927. William Ferguson says fle looks like a piece of scoria, St. Paul, June 12—(#)—M. J. O'Ne car were said by the state to be part; With continued fair weather, the] He has been at Harvard-for the last| they are a form of asbestos. Fer- being brown in color with bluish- / 68, St. Pau! business man, died of the store robbery loot. report said, all reads in the south-| three years. guson may be right about that, black markings. And when /a five months illness. He had been Severe] more defense witnesses jeastern portion should be dry and ‘He is expected.to arrive here for @| but we too have our floating rock Placed in water it does float as jin the wholesele plumbing, general were to be presented Friday. smooth after today, the report stated. | visit within the next 10 days. | in the Bad Lands, easily as @ plece of wood. (contracting and real estate business. y