The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, July 7, 1931, Page 1

French Sign Debt Agreement Agreement on Waterway Appe Mayor Indicted |Record Wool Pool + U.S. AND CANADIAN North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper ESTABLISHED 1878 OFFICIALS MAKING PROGRESS ON PLAN Washington Receives Intima- tion That Premier Will Push Project Forward MINISTERS VISIT HOOVER Hanford M’Nider and Major W. D. Herridge in Conference at White House THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, TUESDAY, JULY 7, 1981 ‘Washington, July 7.—(#)—Strong Indications were evident in official | | circles Tuesday that Canada and the ‘United States were making progress, toward an agreement to proceed with the St. Lawrence waterway project. Hopeful intimations that Premier; Bennett of Canada would be willing to push forward the waterway pro- ject have reached the Washington| | government. Hanford MacNider, American min- ister to Canada, and Major W. D. Herridge, Canadian minister to the United States, talked with President Hoover at the white house Tuesday, but there was no official statement as to the purpose of the visit. Acting Secretary Castle of the state depart-| ment described the visit as of “no significance,” but officials said it could be assumed that the waterway Project was discussed. ‘VEST BAND’ 10 HAVE BUSY TIME American Legion Musical Or- ganization to Be Active at Valley City Meeting Valley City, N. D., July 7.—)— “The livest band in the world” will make more appearance at the state convention of the American Legion here July 12, 13 and 14 than at any prior session of state veterans. Assembling at 10 a. m. Sunday, the 31 members of the State Legion band from 31 different North Dakota towns will conduct one of their two annual rehearsals and in the afternoon will appear at the dedication of a new bandstand here. They will play a memorial service Sunday night and will start the con- vention on its way Monday at 8:30 a. m. They also will greet the national commander and escort the Legion Auxiliary to the joint session of ‘Legion men and women. In addition to this an appearance will be made at the annual state _@rum and bugle corps contest and numerous street concerts are planned. K. A. Fitch of Fargo is again man- aging the group; Raymond A. Wells, of the Tower City Post, is drum ma- jor and Arnold C. Forbes of Wahpe- ton is directing. Miss Audrey Houglum again ap- pears as band queen, doing both vocal and dance numbers and escorting the Legionnaires in their parades. Curtis Name Drawn Into Damage Action Chicago, July 7.—(?)—Asking $500,- 00 damages from E. Haldeman-Jul- lus of Girard, Kan., and his publish- ing companies, a suit alleging libel was on file Tuesday in the U. 8. dis- trict court by Harold A. Moore, vice president of the American Bond and Mortgage company. Moore denies charges he claims. were made in an article in Haldeman- Julius ‘magazine’ the American Free- man, May 9, 1931, that he and the mortgage concern engaged in irregu- Jarities in financing various real estate projects. These include the Mayflower hotel in We resides. In his declaration, Moore stated the vice it’s name was Action In Albert Fall Case Delayed justice Washington, July 7.—()—J District of Columbia of prison be carried out immedi: otely.. The hearing was put off be- cause of other cases. where Vice President Charles Curtis) Mayor Charles H. Kline, above, of Pittsburgh faces prosecution on 48 charges of malfeasance in office in ‘connection with irregularities in the contracts were awarded to and ma- Purchased from other than|for the Department of Commerce, low bidders. CHARGE MINNESOTA | BOYS WITH FIRING | SHOTS AT HEARSE (Officers Say One Was Dis- gruntled When He Was Re- jected as a Pallbearer Wadena, Minn., July 7.—(?)—Two {brothers were charged with destroy- \ing property today after, officers said. they shot at a hearse during funeral jServices for which one was rejected | 88 Pallbearer because he wore over- alls. The rites were at Sebeka. When Charles Milbradt appeared at services for a friend, Stanley Clark, a substitute was pressed into service. Officers said Milbradt be- came incensed at not being allowed to serve and went home for his {brother Gust. The brothers, who had a rifle, ar- rived at the cemetery as burial was | taking place, and, officers sald, shot holes in tires of the hearse, throw- mourners into confusion. lourners formed a posse after the | services, found the brothers, and caused their arrest. Montana Highway Great Fals, Mont., July 7.—(7)—An association which has existed since 1913 was disbanded on Kings Hill Tuesday. Its work completed, the Yellowstone- Glacier Bee-Line association held its final session with the satisfaction of having launched and carried through plans for a highway between the parks by Way of Livingston, Mont., Falls. The last meeting consisted of re- Leer by officers, several talks and a Pi Construction now provided for will result in an improved highway from Gardiner to Kalispell. Congressman Scott Leavitt has been president of the association since it was formed. Lindy to Establish Tokyo, July 7.—(#)—The aviation bureau announced Tuesday it had Kakumabetsu and Paramushir. all in Child is Injured Wit Loses H of Humor city purchasing department. The | Ported in grand jury indictments charge that) t#l today. Group Quits Work White Sulphur Springs and Great Fuel Dumps in North granted Col. Charles A. Lindbergh permission to establish fuel dumps at Muroton Bay, Shimushiru island, and the Kurile islands, to aid him in his tages is accused of conspiring forthcoming flight from America | with Jesse H. Shreve, & San Diego the Far Bast. man, and Olive Clark Day In Auto Accident June, Middaugh, 13, daughter of R. A. Middaugh, 307 But Is Expected Here GOVERNMENT WILL INVESTIGATE. PALL OF PLANE ON HOUSE Motor of Ship Falls Into Bed- room; ‘Pardon Us for Intrud- ing,’ Says Dazed Flier Minneapolis, July 7.—(#)—Investi- gation into the accident that sent an airplane crashing into a roof of a house Monday night, was to be launched by the United States de- partment of commerce Tuesday. Four persons escaped serious injury while the pilot, Al Meyers, 33, was re- “fair” condition at a hospi- F. H. Longeway, airplane inspector | will try to determine the cause of the; accident. | Meyers 1s believed to have suffered internal injuries. Jack Taylor, 19, a passenger in the plane, escaped with) & few bruises and scratches. ‘The plane ran out of gasoline at an altitude of 3,000 feet and landed on the of a home, dropping its motor into a bedroom. In the house were Mrs. Margaret Gannon, her daughter, Genevieve, 24, and a son, Roy, 27. Roy had just left the bedroom when the heavy motor dropped through the ceiling. ‘Residents saw the pilot make a fu- tile effort to land in a vacant field He drove out of the sky at ® sharp angle, bank- ed sharply, was caught in a gust of , and dived into the house. slid off the south side the and the other wing, with Paiste of the fuselage, landed in rront yard. Meyers dropped through the roof the motor. Taylor was still in eockpit.of the plane when tt the ground. The accident also had its touch of comedy. Taylor, apparently dazed by the sudden drop, stumbled to his} feet, and murmured, according to; witnesses: “Pardon us for intruding.” Wants Referendum On Liquor Question; Los Angeles, July 7.—(?)—United States District Judge Paul J. McCor- mick, member of the Wickersham} crime commission, in an interview Monday said prohibition could not be enforced at the present time and that another year's trial would be required to determine whether it is enforce- able at all. “Present enforcement of the dry law is unsatisfactory,” he said. “There should be a national referendum on the question.” . Colorado Man to Head Elks Lodge Seattle, July 7—(P)—The only, avowed candidate for the honor, John R. Coen of Sterling, Colo, was as- sured of election here today as grand exalted ruler of the Benevolent and Protective order of Elks. More than 10,000 persons attended the meeting last night formally open- ing the 67th national convention of the order. May Drop Charges Against Pantages San Diego, Calif., July 7.—(?)—Tom Whelan, district attorney, said today conspiracy and morals charges + Alexander Pantages, theater magnate, and three others might be . Retrial of the group 1s docketed to open next Monday. age eo ok i? business and William Jobelmann, alleged oper- ators of a Hollywood “girl market,” to bring Lydia Nitto, a minor, to a hotel party here for immoral] pur- Officials Believe 250,000- Pound Mark Will Be Ex- ceeded Within Week ACCEPTING WOOL TODAY Advances Will Be Made to Farmers on Product, County Agent Declares Farmers from the Missour! Slope district had delivered more than 50,- 000 pounds of wool to the Missouri Slope Wool Pool here by noon Tues- day and officials estimated that last year’s total of a quarter million pounds probably would be exceeded before the end of the week. ‘Tuesday was the first day that wool was accepted. H. E. Wildfang, Sterling, and H. O. Putnam, county agent, are accepting the wool and are supervising mark- ing and weighing. Grading will start Friday, accord- ing to Wildfang, who said that Frank Costello, Boston wool expert, had been engaged for the work. A liberal advance, based on current market prices, will be made to farm- ers turning wool over to the pool, Putnam said. The advances will be paid from his office this year, he said, and checks will be mailed a few days after grading has been begun. Wool will be accepted until grading has been completed. Officials urge, however, that farmers deliver wool before Friday so that affairs of the organization may be expedited. Farmers are delivering their prod- uct at the Northern Pacific freight station on Front Avenue where it is marked and weighed on scales that were tested Tuesday. Officials said that disposition of the wool would be determined by cur- rent market prices. They were un- able to say that this time whether or not the organization would pool with the National Wool Pool. . LOCAL MEN T0 EAT ATC. M. T. CAMP Service Club Members to Be Guests at Post; Will Eat From Mess Kits Members of the Rotary, Kiwanis, Lions and Cosmopolitan clubs will be given a taste of military camp life Tuesday evening when they will line up for “chow” at the Citizens Mili- tary Training Camp at Ft. Lincoln. They will be served from rolling kitchens and will eat from canteen cups and mess kits. =” Before eating the visitors will watch the battalion parade at 5:30 p. m. As cars lined the road surround- ing the parade ground and the C. M. T. C. battalion looked on, the Ameri- can Legion Drum and Bugle Corps put on a drill Monday evening. Mem- bers of the unit, in their uniforms of red, green and gold, presented a colorful picture as they gave a demonstration of marching and counter-marching which was en- thusiaeinally applauded by the spec- tors. : Inter-company strength tests will occupy the batallion tonight when each company will be split up into five separate groups, each group representing the company in one test. The tests will be 100-yard dash, gre- nade throw, shot put, pull-up, and hop-step-and-jump. Rockefeller Plans Rockefeller, emperor of oil, wil: be 92 ‘Wednesday and his birthday schedule will observe the old adage: “Business before pleasure.” the forenoon at work with a secre- tary. Despite his age, Mr. Rockfeller’s health was described by his represen- tatives as “excellent.” If the weather is fine, his repre- sentatives said, he'll probably play a & birthday dinner. Birthday Observance) New York, July 7—(7)—John D. Arising early, the elderly capitalist | is expected to spend an hour or so in round of golf and take his daily mo-| 9, tor ride. . In the evening there will be 1A URGES COUNTIES TO PROVIDE FREE SEED FOR FARMERS Shafer Recommends Limited Amount of Millet Be Distrib- uted in Drouth Area PASTURES ARE Recent Rains Make It Possible for Residents of District to Keep Livestock IMPROVED After a survey of conditions in drought-stricken areas of Northwest- ern North Dakota, Gov. George F. Shafer Tuesday recommended to boards of county commissioners in seven counties that a limited amount of millet seed be furnished to farm- ers without funds or credit. The recommendation was made to boards in Mountrail, Williams, Divide, Burke, Renville, Bottoneau, and Ward counties. Recent rains will make it possible | for many farmers to raise millet hay for livestock in the drought area, the governor said. The recommendation, he stated, was made so that farmers in the drought section may have an opportunity to raise feed for their livestock. “If the feed crop can be produced it will save poor funds thousands of dollars next winter,” he added, “and will also save the expense of shipping in hundreds of tons of hay for win- ter feed.” Last Sunday, Governor Shafer vis- ited his former home at Schafer in McKenzie county where he observed conditions. The following day he made a survey of conditions in south- ern Ward county, southern Mountrail, and northwestern McLean county. Good rains, especially east of the river, he said, have brightened pas- tures and restored.the pasture situa- tion somewhat. “Many farmers are planting millet seed, fodder corn and other feed crops for late feed,” he said. “If fa- vorable weather continues they will be able to raise enough feed to carry jtheir livestock through.” ‘The recent rains have changed the drought situation in that they have | revived pastures and opened the pos-: ‘sibility for farmers producing hay jcrops, the governor said. \JAPANESE TROOPS CALLED 10 ACTION Ordered to Scenes of Clashes! Between Chinese and Ko- reans in Last Two Days Tokyo, July 7.(#)—The War office today announced the movement of Japanese troops to the scenes of clashes between Chinese and Koreans which in two days have resulted in 82 deaths and hundreds of injuries. The soldiers were sent to cooperate with Japanese Gendarmes in keeping order. The riots were still raging and ars Near | Mellon at Work on Debt Problem Busy representative of the American plan for a one-year debt holiday, Secre- tary of the Treasury Andrew Mellon here is shown, left, with M. Flandin, French Finance Minister, at the entrance to the Ministry of the Interior in Paris. After Secretary Mellon had delivered his government's memorandum regarding the moratorium, M. Flandin was assigned by the French cabinet to set forth the French view. Valley City Man Named MAN IS HELD IN Succeed Oliver Knudson, Grain Department Head Wesley M'Dowell Appointed to Gov. George F. Shafer today ap- Wisconsin Resident Accused of Poisoning Husband’s Liquor to Get Wife Pointed Wesley McDowell of Valley City as grain commissioner to succeed Oliver Knudson, Fargo, who died re- cently. McDowell for many years was & banker at Marion, N. D., and is a former member of the federal reserve The Weather Fair tonight and Wednesdays warmer Wednesday. PRICE FIVE CENTS [DECISION FOLLOWS LONG DISPUTE OVER DETAILS OF SCHEME All Nations But France Prevl- ously Had Signified Their Approval of Plan PAYMENTS ARE POSTPONED Hoover Proposal Is Designed to Give Germany Breathing Spell; Time to Recover Paris, July 7.—(?)—An international agreement suspending payments on all inter-government war debts aris- ing from the World war until July 1, 1932, was in effect Tuesday as a means of resuscitating the economic life of Germany and the entire world American and French delegates, after 11 days of stubborn negotiations, signed an accord shortly before mid- night which accepted President Hoov- er's offer to defer remittances on in- ter-allied war debts for one year, pro- viding Germany's reparations pay- ments also were postponed. All other nations affected previously had sig- nified their acceptance. The protocol of the accord was ini- tiated in the red drawing room of the ministry of the interior by Secretary of the Treasury Andrew W. Mellon and Ambassador Walter E. Edge, rep- resenting the United States, and by Premier Pierre Laval, Foreign Minis- ter Aristide Briand, Finance Minister Pierre Flandin, and other officials representing France. Hoover is Honored By German Family Berlin, July 7—(?)—President Hoover defeated Secretary of the Treasury Mellon Tuesday in ob- taining first personal 5 tion for the adoption of the re- parations holiday. The name Hoover was given to @ baby boy born in Zehlendorf, a suburb of Berlin, in gratitude for America’s action toward Ger- many. The parents said the child would have been named Melions had it been a girl. As Mellon started to affix his ini- tials the pen broke at “A. W.” and New London, Wis., July 7.—(P)}—| Edward Riske, 48, was held Tuesday | on charges of first-degree murder in| the deaths of Louis Hoffman, 32, and Henry Kopitake, 46. | The charge was placed after an in-/| quest held yesterday in which testi- mony was introduced to reveal asso-/ clations of the three men with Mrs. Catherine Hoffman, 35, who drowned | herself in the Wolf river. Her husband, Hoffman, and Ko-) pitzke, died at a barn dance June 20) after drinking liquor which District Attorney Lloyd Smith charged was bank in Minneapolis. CAPITAL SHOWERS New York Reception Before Heading Westward HONORS ON FLIERS Post and Gatty Face Another poisoned by Riske. Riske is alleged to have poured the poison into the liquor which he fur- nished Hoffman and Kopitzke. Mrs. Hoffman, fearing the testimony at the inquest, committed suicide to es- cape the ordeal, the state claims. It was testified at the inquest that Riske was infatuated with Mrs. Hoff- man. Says Pope ‘Spoiled’ Chance of Agreement Rome, July 7—(P)—Arnaldo Mus- solini, brother of the premier, said anti-Chinese feeling remains high. About 4,000 Chinese have taken refuge in the police station, the medical institute and a noodle factory. mob of about 3,000 Koreans attacked the factory yesterday but they scat- tered when police fired on them, killing seven. A ship carrying about 1,000 Chinese refugees sailed for China from Che- mulpo as a result of fatal outbreaks. The number of Chinese shops, laundries and restaurants des- troyed has not yet been calculated, but is expected to run into the hun- Any continued agitation against Chinese in Korea was expected here to cause retaliatory action in Man churia, Authorities here said there |were more than 600,000 Koreans in Manchuria. Japanese authorities announced the arrest of 90 Korean agitators at this morning and 400 at |Sequl. Several hundred were arrest- ed at the other trouble centers. —— Blackened Wastes Farm Group Will | Mark Western Fires Oppose Rate Boost)... rrancisco july 1—Ue)—Flames homes, | lved in Popolo D'Italia Tuesday that the vatican and the state had just about reached an agreement on the Catholic action controversy when the Pope's encyclical “spoiled it.” He said the controversy rested on two points: the closing of the Cath- olic action youth clubs and the edu- cation of Italian youth, and that the latter problem had practically been ved. “The encyclical raised protests abroad but these protests actually were the fruit of aversion against Italy,” he said, “many people love Italy as a garden spot but condemn her and hate her as a power.” ‘The differences between the church and the state are common in coun- tries whose relations with the church are governed by a concordat, he said. DROWNS IN CREEK Lake City, Minn, July 7.—)— While his parents were attending a funeral, Orlin Moeohning, Lake City, Washington, July 7.—(?)— Avia- Harold Gatty, Tuesday faced the last} lap before taking the road westward back home. Behind them lay capital acclaim| led by President Hoover and Vice President Curtis; ahead was another New York reception before they take the air Wednesday on a one-stop: flight to Oklahoma for a week's visit. | With them, as they prepered to fly away in a transport plane, they bore rememberances of cheery greetings from President Hoover, globes engraved with the route of their world dash awarded by Secretary of Commerce Lamont for the National; Press club, a trophy from the builders | of the Winnie Mae, and scrolls as honorary members in the National Aeronautic association. Post carried away a new record for himself—the longest talk he has ever made before an audience. At the evening banquet, the bashful flier re-! lated a stale-by-stale account of the| world journey. Their acceptance of honorary mem- bership in the Aeronautic association made them the sixth and seventh men on a list composed of Orville Wright, Thomas A. Edison, Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh, Rear Admiral Riihard E. Byrd, and Dr. Hugo Ecke- ner. Senator Bingham said he would present to congress a bill empowering the president to award the fliers spe-/ cial gold medals in commemoration her. subject to repay- tion’s new Magellans, Wiley Post and} able in Teton eos, = ginning July 1, 1933. of their feat. Mellon Is Free to Continue His Vacation As French Parley Ends tee _}the emotion and Mr. Edge replied with a “merci beaucoup.” Glasses of cham- Pagne and orangeade graced the con- ference table. Lists Stipulations The text of the agreement lists the following chief stipulations: 1. Payment of inter-governmental war debts is postponed from July 1, 1931, through June 30, 1932. 2. Germany will pay the uncondi- tional annuity of the Young plan to the bank for international settle- ments which in turn will reloan it to 3. The suspended payments will be Premier Laval issued a statement Pointing out that France had safe- guarded her interests but had ex- tended the olive branch to Germany. “Tt is an adhesion which conse< crates a heavy sacrifice for our coun- try,” he said. that the government wished to main- tain that Franco-American solidarity which is a condition of international cooperation more than ever necessary “It will be understood for peace. “It will be observed that the gov- ernment has not allowed France's ia tight to reparations to be lim- if 5 “If, from the accord, confidence is born again in the world, our gesture will not have been in vain. And if, in Germany, the bearing and sense of our generous attitude is understood, @ new era should open for the two peoples.” Americans Issue Statement Mellon and Edge collaborated on a statement expressing similar senti- ments. “The American negotiators express to the American public their happi- ,” they said, “and their appreciation of the generous ef- forts of the French government to reach an agreement destined to re- habilitate the financial structure of the world.” Three points not affecting the United States are still to be threshed out by signatories of the Young plan and the World bank. These are: Measures to aid countries weakened by the suspension of payments, an understant concerning the French fund, and Germany's li- Payments in kind. will leave to a commissior. of fiscal experts the question whether Germany shall her obliga- tions to continue payments in kinc the decision to be in harmony with guarantee ability for France | Fa iff eaid the need expected it woul ‘af least t