The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, June 19, 1931, Page 1

oii ‘ . 4 ‘ a ¢ » “ a t { = ru s North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE The Weather Partly cloudy to cloudy Friday night and Saturday; cooler Friday ‘night. ESTABLISHED 1873 BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 1931 PRICE FIVE CENTS Byrne Rejects Gas Tax Petitions Two North Dakotans Killed in Auto Accident FATHER AND SON DI NEAR DUNSEITH WHEN MACHINE OVERTURNS | Peter Belgarde, 45, and George| Belgarde, 17, Are Vic- tims of Crash NEPHEW SURVIVES MISHAP Wreck Discovered by Passing Motorist Three Hours After It Occurred » N. D., June 19.— ant = were icilled in an cesta | accident near Dunseith when Peter | Belgarde, 45, was instantly killed and his son George, 17, so badly hurt that | | he died 15 hours later. Only John Demerats, 23, a nephew | of the elder Beigarde, survived the | accident. * The car, driven at a high rate of | speed, left the ecnih nen el) was completely wreci afterwards the woke was y dlspovered by @ passing motorist. The accident occurred shortly after 4 a.m. Belgarde ha been a@farmer in Rolla territory for many years and leaves his widow and nine children. RUE FUNERAL TO 3s | BE HELD SUNDAY, | Ceremony Set for 2:30 P. M. at; McCabe Methodist Church; | Legion to Attend | Puneral services for Erwin Rue, | young Bismarck contractor who died early Thursday following his collapse | as the result of a cerebral, hemor- rhage, wil] be held at the aMeCahe | Methodist church at 2 p. m. Sunday, Rev. Walter E. Vater officiating. The body will le in state at the} ‘Webb funeral parlors until Sunday noon. i Members of the Lloyd Spetz post of the American Legion will participate in a military ceremony which will be held at the cemetery following the funeral. Officials of tho’ Legion said that the coffin prokably would be carried to the cemetery on a caisson ; draped with the American flag as al tribute to a man who had served his | country in France during the World war. A firing squad and military escort will attend from Fort Lincolr. The, American Legion was asked Friday to} assemble at the funeral parlors at 2) p. m, Sunday and march to the! church. j Pallbearers will be Earl M. Hend-; ticks, H. C. McCready, Ben Nelson and George C. Helling of Bismarck, Rolf Norman, Mandan, and Herman Olson of Baldwin. Nelson and Olson are foremen who have served under Rue in construction work. Burial will be made in the family lot at St. Mary's cemetery. After an autopsy, performed Thurs- day afternoon, physicians said death resulted from a cerebral hemorrhage. HOOVER RETURNS 10 MASS OF BUSINESS Press of Many Affairs Causes/ President to Postpone Rapidan Parleys Washington, June 19.—(#)—Presi- dent Hoover turned his attention Fri- day to a mass of business accumulat- ed on his desk while he was in the central states delivering four speeches. Returning to Washington Thursday the chief executive immediately be- gan work on a large pile of mail. In addition, a number of problems and situations confront him, including the new war debt and reparations dis- cussions, and departmental matters. The press of business caused the abandonment of plans to go to the ‘Rapidan camp this week-end, al- though several departments have yet | Pal to review their finances with the pres- ident, looking to possible reductions in expenditures. Most of the depart- ah have completed that task and the president hopes to finish that wore with the ropa Pettey the next, year begins Jul 4 wight of ee bumper crops throughout the rich agricultural re- gion visited caused Mr. Hoover to be cheerful and optimistic over condi- es in that section. The increase in retail store sales mentioned in jthe susaiasispolis. peed as one Of the “favorable rs” as- serting themselves, is looked upon in administration circles as having an unusual effect on small industries. ‘This in turn, it was said, is decreas- ing unemployment in the secondary industrial cities. The fast trip through the great farming belt of the central states seemed to have tired the president Jess than some of the members of his party. Weather throughout was hot ‘and in Springfield he spoke under a canvas awning upon which a blister- ing sun was beating. | iii sg Succeed Capone? | ° JOHNNY TORRIO REPORTER'S STATUS UNDER LAW RAISED | IN DISTRICT COURT Valley City Case Will Test Ques-; tion of When Newspaper- man Is on Duty Valley City, N. D., June 19.—What Lok atta id given to a newspaper the state workmen's Sencscation act is the question pre- sented to the Barnes county district court in @ case filed by Mrs. Mabel | Heinze against the State Workmen's | Compensation Bureau. Mrs, Heinze, editor and publisher \of the Tower City Topics, a weekly newspaper is asking compensation for the death of her husband, Georg: Heinze, who was killed in an auto- imobile accident Jan. 24, 1931. Heinze, at the time of his death, was employed by the People’s pe Publishing company here. It is leged that he was driving out ste the country to get a story for that. publication when his machine was struck by a Northern Pacific railroad Passenger train. Heinze and his ‘companion, a printer in the employ ‘of the same newspaper, were killed. Attorneys representing Mrs. Heinze will attempt to show that Heinze was engaged in his official duties and that he was therefore insured under the state insurance act, since his news- paper had paid a premium for such protection. The general rule governing the ad- missability of claims has been that the accident in question must be sus- tained while the person killed or in- jured was engaged in his normal em- ployment. In most cases the place where the accident occurred has been one of the strong determining fac- tors. In the Heinze case, the plaintit! contends that, since a reporters work may take him anywhere, he should be protected while on duty, regardless of whether that duty is performed during normal working hours or at other times. The question never has been raised before and is expected to set a pre- cedent in disposing of similar cases in the future. Jury in ‘Girl Mart’ Case Is Dismissed San Diego, Calif, June 19—(#)— The jury trying a “girl market” case having failed to agree, ecknae Pantages, theater rhagnate, and three co-defendants Friday faced retrial on a date tentatively set as July 13. After 24 hours deliberation the jur- ors reported. themselves unable to reach a verdict, voting nine for ac- quittal and three for conviction, and were Glemissed Thureday, Dy: ‘Thursday by the court. | JORNNY TORRIO TO SUCCEED AL CAPONE AS GANGLAND CHIEF Proclamation That Former Leader Has Returned Is Posted in Underworld HAS ESCAPED DEATH OFTEN) New Czar of Racketeers Is Man Who Brought ‘Scarface Al’ From Brooklyn | Chicago, June 19.—(#) — Friday's Herald and Examiner said Johnny “the immune” Torrio has succeeded | Alphonse Capone. The proclamation that Torrio had invested himself with the ducal robes of gangland leadership, the) newspaper said, was posted Thursday | night in the haunts of the half- world. weeks that the protege of “Big Jim” to intervene once more in underworld | activities. Bullets from George “Bugs” Moran gang guns hastened Torrio’s decision several years ago to quit Chicago’s gang warfare. Twice before attempts ion his life were unsuccessful. “Thus he gained the sobriquet of the im- mune.” It was Torrio who brought Capone west from Brooklyn a decade ago to manage Colosimo's 22nd St. vice dis-: trict. And when Torrio ree | Capone climbed onto the throne. The newspaper said it was Torrio' who ordered Capone to “take the rap” | against him and plead gulity to the government's indictments charging: liquor law and income tax pideeal 1 On this plea, Capone will tenced June 30. United States George E. Q. Johnson, the director of | the drive against Capone, has already made.ready to war on Torrio. j While Johnson refused to comment Thursday night on rumors of Torrio’s return, the district attorney said Thursday the government has made | its plan for the offensive against Ca- Ppone’s successor. JACK GUZIK RUNNING GAMBLING SYNDICATE Chicago, June 19.—(?)—The Daily News said Friday Jack Guzik, No. 2 man in the Capone syndicate, had taken personal charge of the gambl- ing privileges in the suburban areas and was running the outlying road- side inns “high, wide and handsome.” Whereas “Scarface Al” Capone ap- parently has resigned himself to his coming term in a federal peniten- tiary and is easing out of control of the syndicate, the News said Guzik, who is under five-year sentence for income tax evasion, is not fretting but is “making hay before the sun starts shining through penitentiary bars.” ‘The News gave the names of a number of well-known roadhouses and descriptions of the gambling rooms where it said patrons were be- ing accommodated nightly. SUICIDE THEORY IS CONSIDERED AGAIN) Have Little Hope for Solving) Starr Faithfull Mystery Un- til Briton Arrives New York, June 19.—()—Theories before Nassau county authorities in their investigation of the death of Starr Faithfull centered on suicide TWO QUESTIONED ABOUT KIDNAPING Minneapolis Patrolman and An-|is other Man Are Accused by Twin Cities Girls Mineapolis, June 19.—()—A police and another man were patrolman and held ficd questioning ing the kidnaping Friday concern- | at; of two girls and motorists on Friday as the grand jury was called to give the case attention again. District Attorney Elvin N. Edwards had little hope of solution of the mys- tery until the arrival Monday of Dr. G. Jameson Carr, surgeon of the murdered. Inspector Harold King, chief of Nassau detectives, is giving Ruth Will Not Take Off Until Sunday Here's a picture that William F. C. the collection of Sir Joseph Duveen. Duveen’s Daughter to Wed Garthwaite, son of a wealthy English) Rumors have been persistent for: banker and ship owner, wouldn't trade for all the priceless art treasures in| For it is a portrait of the famous art) Colosimo had returned from Floride | dealer’s daughter, Miss Dorothy Duveen, whose engagement to Garthwaite has just been announced. ‘Surprisingly Strong ___X-Ray Tube Produced BOARD OF STRATEGY | TO SUPPORT DRY IN PRESIDENTIAL RAGE District Attorney | plane for Series of 1,500 Non- Church Meetings Throughout U.S. Announced Washington, June 19.—(P)—Pruhi- bition organizations stood agreed Fri- | day upon the membership of a com- bined “board of strategy” that will di- rect the dry forces in 1932 in their fight to elect a president favoring the 18th amendment. As the partial membership of this board became known Friday, it dis- closed not only the old-line diy or- ganizations but also the recently cre- ated Allied Forces had contribuied to its make up. Contending that more active work was necessary than that planned by the national conference of organiza- tions, the younger Allied Forces an- nounced several weeks ago they would stage a whirlwind campaign. Led by the Reverend Daniel A. Poling, head of the World Christian Endeavor movement, and Dr. Oliver W. Stewart, president of the flying squadron, the Allied Forces mapped plans for a series of 1,500 non-church meetings throughout the country, in a drive to obtain 2,000,000 pledges. Senator Borah, Idaho, was one of the nationally-prominent speakers to cooperate in the nation-wide pro- gram. On the combined “board of strat- egy,” it was disclosed Friday, how- ever, are not only the names of Drs. Poling and Stewart, but also those of Bishop James Cannon, Jr., of the Methodist Episcopal Church South; F. Scott McBride, superintendent of | the Anti-Saloon league; Dr, Clarence True Wilson, chairman of the Board of Temperance of the Methodist Episcopal church; Mrs. Ella A. Boole, president of the W. C. T. U., and Dr. Ernest H. Cherrington, chairman of the National Conference of Organiza- tions supporting the 18th amendment. Thus far, 35 members have been chosen for the board. At the meeting of the executive committee of the National Conference of Organizations here June 26, dry leaders expect ad- ditional names will be added. . * SUPPORT HOOVER San Francisco, June 19.—(P)}— Northern California Republican lead- ers began their drive at a dinner here ‘Thursday night to support President ed for renomination and reelec- 1 2,000,000-Volt Device Produces Rays Equaling 100,000 Grams of Radium Pasadena, Cal., June 19.—(?)—Two German professors who four years ago adopted Benjamin Franklin’s idea of trying to harness the thun- derbolt have built an X-ray tube that has surprised the scientific world. By disregarding most laws for building X-ray tubes, they took some mubker, some paper, some aluminum ‘and’ some used crankcase oil and built @ little three-foot instrument more powerful than all the radium in the world, and infinitely greater than the most powerful X-ray tubes that other scientists considered feasible. The story of the big tube built by Professors F. Lange and A. Brasch of the University of Berlin was unfolded before the American Association for yesterday. The foremost authorities in the world on X-ray building were there. | The main problem hinged upon the | destructive effect of electron glide currents on the inside of the glass that destroyed costly high power tubes, paper by Professor Lange and Brasch, who were not present. Gasps of astonishment were heard as the paper was read. It told of construction of a 2,000,000 volt X-ray tube, powered by a surge generator of the condensor type, producing hard gamma rays equal to 100,000 grams ‘The very problem which others had been discussing as an obstacle, was used by the Germans as a stepping jstone. Instead of glass for the elec- trons to glide on, the Germans built the tube out of paper, rubber and rings of aluminum. Not having the money for expensive transformer oil to immerse it in, they turned to crank case drainings. Then they put the electron glide} menace of present tubes to work by building a greased pole for these electrons to slide down the center of the tube, a porcelain cylinder. The paper concluded with the an- nouncement 7,000,000 volt tubes were possible, and scientists believe if the experiments of the Germans are car- ried to a successful conclusion the mystery of the cosmic ray will be solved, and great advances made in other things. FRENCH PROGRAM APPROVED Paris, June 18.—(?)—France’s naval construction program for 1931-32, en- tailing the expenditure of $20,000,000 up to 1935, stood approved Friday, but @ proposal to build a 23,000-ton super- cruiser to match German's Deutsch- land rested in committee for further consideration. Dapper Mayor Walker Celebrates 50th Birthday as Just Another Day New York, June 19—(#)—Mayor James J. Walker, whose favorite -“But by the time this is ited I may be worse. You can’t tell. It's a fast world.” Never at a loss for wisecracks birthday questions “Everybody taking care of it for me. spond to all toasts. I’m a veteran. now.” such characterizations as jeas 4 Jimmy the playboy, etc.2” ‘Stop. It’s all the bunk.” Kol od about your last 60 “Now, do as you like about it, si don’t write an obituary notice = Ee E } ‘That was the warning issued to the Advancement of science | Alexander Goetz, Pasadena, read 2; the use of X-rays against cancer and |. FIVE-YEAR PLANTS DECLARED MENACE TO UNITED STATES North Dakota Bankers Hear Description of Soviet’s Unusual System BISMARCK MAN IS SPEAKER Security Association Manager Makes Attack on Govern- ment in Business Fargo, June 19.—(?)—Russia’s mil- Peasants, abiding by rules of their five-year plan wth a faith that sur- Passes religious fervor, constitute a menace to the stability of the United States which will take a concerted effort of the entire nation to combat. approximately 250 members of the North Dakota Bankers’ associatioa ‘and their wives as they gathcred in Fargo Thursday for their 29th annual convention. The meeting was to end today with election of officers and selection of the next meeting place. Three speakers at the convention detailed activities of the Soviet gov- ernment in the agricultural and in- dustrial worlds and said few persons |in the Northwest fully appreciate the | widespread activity in which the Rus- {sian government has engaged. The speakers were Joseph Chap-| man, Minneapolis, who said wheat was produced in Russia so cheaply; other nations can not hope to com-/ pete with it in the world market; James G. Dickson, of the Universiy of Wisconsin, who recently completed a seven-month tour of Russia, and Herbert Woodward, Minneapolis, northwest manager of the Security Owners’ association. Woodward also declared every time jpeople put their government into \business they repudiate the constitu- tion of the United States, and cited North Dakota's state-owned bank and mill as instances. (Continued on page nine) ‘331 SWORN IN AT | C.M.T.¢. CEREMONY {Boys Form Hollow Square and Take Oath of Allegiance; ‘| First Parade Today Having been sworn in as civilan 'soldiers Thursday afternoon, students at the Fort Lincoln C. M. T. C. faced |their first parade Friday evening. ‘The ceremony was scheduled for 5 m. This afternoon the first regularly; conducted trip to the - municipal swimming pool took place with scores of boys disporting themselves in the) cooling waters. The “swearing in” ceremony Thurs- day was simple but impressive. The battalion was formed in a hollow square on the main parade ground and as each candidate stood with right hand raised, Lt. Col. Wallace McNamara read the oath and the ‘boys repeated it after him. The form of the oath follows: “I solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the United States of America, and while at this camp I will obey those in authority and observe all the rules and regulations of the camp to the best of my ability, so help me God.” The final enrollment at the camp stood Friday at 331, number of those who were ordered to report having failed to come for various rea- ns. Lieutenant Eugene Prosser, reserve corps chaplain from Rapid City, 8. D., arrived Wednesday and will have charge of Protestant religious services at the camp Sunday morning. He was born and reared in North Dakota. Inspections of the camp by high military officials are planned for the near future. Colonel James A Hig- gins, C. M. T. C. officer for the sev- enth corps area, accompanied by Col- onel Bottoms, corps area quartermas- ter, is to arrive here June 23. On June 27 Col. Alexander M. Mil- ler, area chief of staff and Lt. Col. Alfred Brandt, assistant chief of staff, together with Captain Earl C. Ewert, will arrive here for an inspection tour. Say Mellon Invited . London, June 19.—(?)—The London only prepared to discuss incessant Brings Tunes Back Peter Arno, Caricaturist, May bled by family affairs, faced the pos- sibility Friday of having something still further to worry about. was being debated. Arno consulted with me today con- cerning the desirability of bringing a ‘slander sutt against Mr. and Mr. Vanderbilt's attorney, Sam- uel Platt. The purpose of the suit would be to secure a judicial determi- nation of the facts in this matter which has been brought to public at- To Discuss Payments a 2 Rudolph Friml, whose musical tri- lions of ‘shuffling, mostly illiterate| WMPHS include “Vagabond King.” is shown above as he arrived at San Francisco aboard the Malolo from the Orient, where he obtained themes for several new operettas. Two of the operettas will have their locale in Japan and another “Vagabond King,” Probably in Hawaii. VANDERBILT MAY BE DEFENDANT BECAUSE OF EPISODE IN RENO Start Action Charging He Was Slandered Reno, Nevada, June 19.—(?)—Cor- nelius Vanderbilt, Jr., already trou- Peter Arno, New York caricaturist era for a divorce, announced Thurs- day night he was considering the de- sirabtlity of bringing Vanderbilt and ttorney, Samuel Platt, to account Pel “absurd” statements blaming him Aes ee in the Vanderbilt house- Arno’s attorney, Clyde D. Souther, also issued a formal statement in which he said the question of whether @ suit for slander would be brought It read: “Mr. Vanderbilt tention by statements allegedly given out by Mr. Platt concerning Mr. Arno’s name with that of Mr. Van- derbilt.” When informed Thursday night of the contemplated action, Platt would say nothing other than that he-was “not interested.” Vanderbilt could not be reached. Meanwhile, Reno's divorce colony | was awaiting the outcome of a con- ference between attorneys represent- ing Mr. and Mrs. Vanderbilt, at which it was expected some solution of their marital difficulties would be reached. William Woodburn, for Mrs. Van- derbilt, announced Thursday that j three possibilities would be consid- ered by himself and Mr. Platt—a di- vorce, @ legal separation, or a recon- ciliation. MEXICANS DISCUSS ANTI-CHURGH BILL Governor of State of Vera Cruz in Mexico City to See Presi- dent Rubio Mexico City, June 19.—()—Gover- nor Adalberto Tejeda of the state of Vera Cruz was in Mexico City Friday for a conference with President Pas- cual Ortiz Rubio, presumably in con- nection with the passage of an anti- enue bill by the Vera Cruz legisla- ure. President Ortiz Rubio summoned Governor Tejeda after papal nuncio Leonpoldo Ruis y Flores had an- nounced he would defy the measure restricting a population of more than a pao to’1l priests. Mrs. ql 23, at OFFICIAL DECLARES DOCUMENTS DO NOT COMPLY WITH LAW Says Only 6,000 of 9,000 Sig- natures Legal Whereas 7,000 Are Required MAY BE CARRIED TO COURT Petitions Ask That Law Making Four-Cent Gas Tax Be Re- ferred to Voters - Petitions asking that the law in- creasing the state gasoline tax from three cents to four cents per gallon be referred to the people for a refer- endum vote were rejected Friday by Robert Byrne, secretary of state. Byrne said he refused to accept the documents for filing because they clearly did not comply with the law. Approximately 9,000 signatures were contained on the petitions but in the case of about 3,000, the date of sign- ing and the addresses of the signers obviously were attached by persons other than the signers themselves, Byrne said. When these names were elimanted only 6,000 legal signatures were left on the petitions, whereas ae statutes require 7,000 to refer a We As @ result of Byrne's action, the law by which the present three-cent gasoline tax is increased to four cents becomes effective July 1, unless the court reverses the secretary of state's decision. Petitioners have indicated they will bring mandamus proceed- ings against Byrne in an effort to compel the acceptance of the peti- tions. Found 698 Short In a letter forwarded today by the secretary of state's office to H. C. Schumacher, Fargo, chairman of the committee for the petitioners, Byrne states a careful check of the petitions show 9,277 signatures. In 2,975 cases the secretary of state found that the signer himself did not add the date of signing, his residence and postoffice address and that this information was entered in the handwriting of some person other than the signer. This was held to be contrary to the law governing use of the referendum Clause of the state constitution. After deducting the 2,975 imperfect signatures, Byrne said, there remain- ed only 6,302 which were satisfactory and legal. This is 698 less than the 7,000 required by law. Byrne's letter to Schumacher in which he reviews the case, follows: “You are hereby notified that the Petition for a referendum of 8. B. (Continued on page nine) OFFERS PLAN FOR ‘BROKE’ TOWNSHIP Minnesota Attorney General Shows How Farmers Might Retain Property St. Paul, June 19.—()}—An appeal to the state for help out of a bank- rupt condition by Taylor township, in Beltrami county, was answered Friday by Attorney General Henry N. Benson, who offered a solution. The appeal was made by I. B. Stuart, Hines, chairman of the town board of Taylor, who said the town- ship was approximately $20,000 in debt, and that unless help is received its 190 citizens are likely to lose their homes. The state board of investments ; May assist the township by not forc- jing payment of delinquent interest to- taling ‘$2,000 on $16,000 in outstanding held by the state at this time, Pay said. Suit cannot be started against the township for outstanding orders ap- Proximating $2,000 until money ac- tually comes into the town treasury which should be used for the pay- ment, the attorney general said. A already has started suit for Payment of the orders to prevent the statute of limitations of six years from running out. Dayton Professional Leads in Golf Meet Miami Valley Club, Dayton, O., g a Boge who Great Britain joins in an internation- gute tine too aoatiie hece'at said, |m. ‘Thursday, B