The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, July 9, 1931, Page 1

North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper . ESTABLISHED 1878 Churc FORMER MEMBER OF STATE BODY SCORES CHAIRMAN SAUVAIN Says Administration Board’s Chief Usurped Authority, Wasted State’s Money AWARDS WERE DUPLICATED Tribune Prints Complete State-| . ment, Will Publish Reply for Official Attacked W. J. Church, until recently a) member of the state board of admin- | istration, Thursday addressed a state- ment to the public in which he) pointed out recent actions of the board which he said are not in the: public interest. The activities of Nel- | son Sauvain, board chairman, were , particularly attacked, although! Church said he had no desire to make a personal attack on anyone | in connection with the state’s busi- ness. In brief, Church's allegations are that Sauvain, as chairman, exceeded his authority in awarding a contract at the Grafton School for the Feeble- minded and in appointing a Minne- apolis engineering firm to design a power plant for the state agricultural college at Fargo. The contract for) the latter work had already been awarded to another firm and’ the plans drawn, he said. He further: stated that the state would have to| (Continned on page Six) | 49 PLANS OFFERED 10 CAPITOL, BODY AT ARGO MEBTING Ten North Dakota Men In-' cluded in List of Applicants; Local Men to Be Heard | | i | \ | | Forty-two sets of plans for a new! etate capitol building for North Da-' kota have been submitted to the state! capitol commission, according to: Frank L. Anders, secretary of the) ‘poard who returned here Thursday) from Fargo where the board met/ with a number of North Dakota architects Wednesday., Ten North Dakota architects have appeared before the board outlining their qualifications. Local architects will be given an opportunity to submit plans at & meeting to be held here in the near future, he said. The board met at Grand Forks Tuesday and at Fargo Wednesday. All members were present at both ses- sions. They are George A. Banks, Grand Forks, chairman; Fred L. Conklin, Bismarck; and G. A. Fraser,| Fargo. Fargo, Grand Forks, Jamestown, and Minot architects have submitted plans and it is expected that at least one local firm will offer specifications. to Anders, plans have been submitted by some of the lead- ing architects in the country includ- ing firms from New York, New Or- Jeans, Seattle, Denver, Omaha, St. Paul, Minneapolis, Chicago, Milwau- kee, Indianapolis, and Riverside Cal. The law requires that an architect from the state be selected as the mas- ter architect, if the board finds that; there is an architectural firm in the state qualified for the work. It stipu> Jates that a North Dakota man be se- lected as consulting architect in any event. Van Horn and Ritterbush, local architectural firm, are expected to submit plans in the near future. New England Group Sells to N. D. Pool New England, N. D., July 9.—Of- ficers of the New England Wool Pool have sold the 1931 clip of this organ- ization to the North Dakote Wool Growers’ association, a part of the National Wool Pool set-up. : ‘The price was 14 cents per pound. said to be the highest price yet paid in North Dakota. “This 14 cents a pound represents an 85 per cent payment and under the contract under which the wool may receive an ad-|- THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, THURSDAY, JULY 9, 1931 Ocean Fliers Are Forced Down Ill In London RAMSAY MacDONALD London, July 9—(#)—Prime Min- ter Ramsay MacDonald was slightly 1 Thursday with what was veriously termed an “internal chill” and an at- tack of “nervous indigestion.” A consultation with his physician, Sir Thomas Horder, failed to bring a statement but it is understood the diagnosis was not alarming and that cessation from work for the next few days was the doctor's prescription. (ABSON NAMED 10 REPRESENT U. §, AT DEBT CONFERENCE Envoy to Belgium Will Be Amer- ican Expert on Moratorium Committee Washington, July 9.—()—Presi-| party dent Hoover ‘Phursday des:gnated Hugh 8. Gibson, American ambassa- dor /to Belgium, as American repre- sentative on the experts committee which will work out details of the in- tergovernmental debt moratorium. Acting Secretary Castle of the state department, in announcing the des- lignation, said the ambassador would serve as an observer. Frederick Livesey, reparations ex- pert of the state department, will be sent to London to assist Gibson. Castle expressed the opinion a sat- isfactory arrangement would be found for the suspension of Germany's con- ditional reparations payments due July 15 so that nation would not be considered technically in default of its debts. The acting secretary said he had made it clear in his discussions with diplomatic representatives of the other nations that the United States considered President Hoover's one- year moratorium plan morally inj force and that Germany would not be required to make July 15 pay- ments. FRANCO-ITALIAN ACCORD PROJECTED Rome, July 8—()—The possibility of the reopening of Franco-Italian naval negotiations shared interest to- day with a conference between Sec- retary of State Henry L. Stimson and Premier Mussolini. The government was informed France would forward a new naval limitation proposal designed to lead to an accord. The news came vhile Stimson was on his way to Tome from Naples. It was assumed the French govern- ment had taken advantage of Stim- son’s visit to resume the long-deferred negotiations, inasmuch as armament is one of the subjects he will discuss on his tour of European capitals. Foreign Minister Grandi has said that Italy has not given up hope for @ naval limitation treaty with France and that she is sympathetic toward the 1932 armament conference at Geneva. She still adheres to her or- iginal basis but is willing to discuss an adjustment of certain points which satisfy France. Montana Counties To be Given Help Grand Forkes, N. D., July 9.—(?)}— Ten additional drouth stricken coun- ties, all in eastern Montana, have been designated to receive feed and livestock loans from the federal gov- ernment under the last relief plan, ‘Walter E. Eliff, administrative officer in charge of the Grand Forks region- al seed loan office, announced Wed- nesday. Montana counties designated are Phillips, Valley, Sheridan, Roosevelt, Petroleum, Garfield, McCone, Rich- land, Prairie and Dawson. increase} Walther Leaguers —— t Bulls Disapprove | Of Modern Music °° Name New Officers MUSSOLINI PLACES BAN ON CATHOLIC ACTION SOCIETIES \Says Fascists May Not Be Members of Such Groups Be- cause of ‘Incompatibility’ MAY CANCEL CONCORDAT Vatican Faced With Problem of Whether Il Duce’s Move Revokes Treaties Rome, July 9.—(?)—Premier Mus- solini Thursday placed a ban on Fas- cist membership in the Catholic ac- tion organizations, thereby raising the question of virtual abrogation of the concordat with the Vatican. As the “Duce” or chief of the Fas- cist party, he prohibited any of his followers from belonging to the sev- eral societies comprised in Catholic action, branches of which were dis- solved by the government May 30. The Vatican is now faced with the problem of whether the Fascist party action is equivalent to a government action and if so whether the ban on membership constitutes revocation of authority for such bodies to exist which is an essential part of the con- cordat. Further, the pope has always maintained that the concordat and Lateran treaty must stand or fall to- gether, and if the concordat lapses then the Lateran treaty must lapse. ‘The premier’s order was trans- mitted by Giovanni Turiati, secretary of the Fascist party, as follows “Under the orders of his excellency, the chief of government and the Duce of Fascismo, it is herein de- clared that there is incompatibility betwee membership in the Fascist and membership in any or- ganization depending upon Catholic action.” ‘This order was sent to all federal secretaries of the party for immedi- ate execution. The government attack on Cath- olic Action organizations of May 30, when 15,000 clubs were closed, was limited to the youth and university clubs. This was done indirectly by dissolving all youth organizations which were not affiliated with the Fascist party. Thursday's action, although tech- nically by the Fascist party, is a di- irect action by Premier Mussolini who |s head of both the government and ‘the party and whose attitude toward the church organizations is thus; made clear. ‘The organizations placed under the | party ban number about 10,000 and have an adult membership. MEXICANS REJECT INJUNCTION PLEAS i Mexico City, July 9.—(P)—Petitiqns | for injunction against the Vera Cruz| state law placing restrictions on the) church, filed by Catholic pricsts of Vera Cruz in:all the district courts of | the country, were rejected Thursday | by the six district courts of Mexico/ City. | ‘The courts held the matter was one; for direct reference to the Vera Cruz! state legislature rather than to the tribunals and that, inasmuch as the, petitioners have: not been ejected | from their churches, they have not) mn directly affected by the law, iting the number of priests in Vera | Cruz to 11. WOOL POOL ADVANCE IS RAISED ONE CENT Four Carloads of Wool Already Delivered Here; Several More Expected Dakota. ay |Solicitation Banned By Gopher Attorneys St. Peul, Minn., July 9.—()—After a heated debate, the Minnesota State association adopted a report of committee which classifies of business by an attor- practices, at s meet- As Planes Appeared Over Fairbanks ‘The picture above shows how the banks, Alaska on its first refueling contact with the mother ship which will supply it with gasoline and oil two more times before it reaches Japan. This picture was taken at Fort Worth, Texas before the two planes left there for the Transpacific adventure. ‘The upper plane is the same one which flew through Bismarck more than @ week ago en route to Alaska to per: h Statement Raps Boar airplane Fort Worth locked over Fair- ‘form its part in the big adventure. iSecret Service Men and R GRASSHOPPERS ARE MENACING CROPS IN orters SEVERAL DISTRICTS Entomologist Says Many Re- “quests for Aid in Battling Pest Are Received Fargo, July 9.—()—Grasshoppers are becoming a real menace to crops in several sections of North Dakota, J. A. Munro, entomoicgist at the North Dakota Agricultural college, | said Thursday. ‘Reports to this office indicate that the grasshopper problem has become more serious in some counties than was apparent 10 days ago,” Munro! said. “William Page, county agent in Grand Forks county, reports the hop- are doing serious damage to crops in parts of that county and that arsenic and other poison materials are being used in an effort to contro! them. “w. J. LaMarre, county auditor a! Grafton, reports that the infestation has become so serious in Walsh county that the commissioners have met and decided to take action. “Several farmers from Trail! county have called my office in the last few days to discuss the grass- hopper situation and to secure di- rections for making up and applying | poison bait. “H. W. Herbison, Minnewaukan, county agent of Benson county, states Under Probe White House Seeks to Learn How News Hounds Learned of Hoover's Activities Washington, July 9.—(#)—Secret service and newspaper men covering the white house were under. investi- gation today as a result of. stories: published of President Hoover's sud- den departure from Rapidan camp Sunday. y Who ordered the investigation could not be learned definitely, but several reporters and all the secret service men have been questioned as to where the facts came from. The stories dealt with the fact that the chief executive did not wait for his Sunday dinner, to which Attorney General Mitchell had been invited. Secret service men were forced to run from their quarters buttoning up their shirts in order to catch up with the speeding car of the president. ‘There also was said to be objection to reports of the fact that the 100- mile trip from the camp to Wash- ington, some of it over dangerous dirt road, had been made in two hours; and a half. The white house secret service has been called on to explain how news- page men became apprised of the! fat Huge Loan Sought By German Banker London, July 9.—(?)—Hans Luther, head of the German Reischbank paid a hurried visit to London Taursdey and after @ two-hour conference with \the ambassador at the German em-: bassy, left for Paris. Germany 1s reported to be seeking) an international loan of two billion marks on the strength of her nation- wide “credit front” to restore confi- dence in her financial status. that the hoppers are present there in alarming numbers. Hoppers also are in abundant numbers in parts of Stutsman county. One of the most hopeful features of the situation is the fact that farmers are alive to the necessity for | immediate control measures. “A previous survey shows Grant county has a few hoppers, In Bow- - | man county they are just beginning | to show up, and they have been re- ported from several parts of Kidder county and in the slope on prairie grass and alfalfa fields.” /What Does a Chinese Laundryman Think About? Youth Gives Answer To those who wonder what @ ital mind. his celestial oF most HURLEY TO PHILIPPINES Washington, July 9.—(4)—Secre- tary Hurley announced today he would sail from Seattle, Wash., Au- Islands. | of the Probably will sail with the secretary. the province of Canton, Chins, two years ago and has found time ther @ working knowledge lold friends in Bismarck, Medora, and ———— DENIES REQUEST FOR MORATORIUM North Dakotans Offer Sugges- tion That Year’s Delay Be Granted on Mortgages SCENT CONCERTED ACTION Head of Federal Institution Says Petitions Are in Same Form and Language St. Paul, July 9.—(?)—Northwestern | North Dakota farm loan associations | have asked a year’s moratorium on mortgage payments, a step which is impossible, F. H. Klawon, federal Land bank president, said Thursday. Drought, which has ruined crops, is the reason for the requests. Suspension of payments of princi- pal and interest and addition of a year to maturity is sought, but a special act of congress would be nec- essary to do this, he said. Should such permission be granted, the effect on second mortgages and other junior liens against the prop- erty would be questionable, in his opinion. Some special extensions will be granted where conditions warrant, however, he said. Some applications also have come from associations in Wisconsin but fewer than from the North Dakote area, he said. Many ere in almost identical form and, he said, may in- dicate there is a concerted movement’ for such action. i bonds to raise funds for loans to farmers,” Klawon said. “It therefore is necessary they make collections to pay the interest on these bonds. | ‘There is a definite mortgage con-; tract between the farmers and the Federal Land bank. Each case is! considered carefully on its merits and/ where conditions warrant certain privileges or extensions will be grant- ed to those entitled to it.” ‘He emphasized the bank has noth- | ing to do with relief loans being grantd in the drought a.ea by the federal government. ‘These ar- rangements are handled by North Dakota agencies, including the Great- er North Dakota association, the the Agricultural college extension di- vision at Fargo and the committee which conferred with Arthur M. Hyde, agricultural secretary, he said. ROTARY T0 SPONSOR PROGRAM AT(C.M.1.C. Student Band to Present Con- certs in Bismarck and Man- dan This Week A delegation of boy scouts from Camp Chan Owapi and the Bismarck high school tumbling team will be featured on a program sponsored by the Rotary club for the entertain-' ment of the students at the Citizen’s| Military Training Camp at Ft. Lin- coln tonight. Following their performance, en- tertainers from the student battalion will stage a series of “stunts.” A will be awarded to the in- dividual giving the best performance. In the recently completed inter- company strength tests Company M won a slender victory from Company L by @ count of 482,083 to 480,686. Company K placed third wth a score of 463,180 and Company I was fourth | with 435,844. The C. M. T. C. band will give two concerts this week, according to an- nouncement Thursday by camp of- ficers. The first will be given in Mandan Friday evening and the sec- ond at Bismarck Saturday. Both concerts will begin at 7 p. m. Staff Sergeant Albert Fonnes is conductor. Former Children’s Social Organizations Pa., was & recent visitor in New Eng- After spending a brief vacation at in Luck, Wis., Miss Lund came to North Dakota to visit New England while\on her way to Glacier National Park. Dies After Lengthy Period in Hospital , The Weather Fair, warmer tonight; Friday partly cloudy and somewhat warmer. PRICE FIVE CENTS d’s Actions ||FARM LOAN BANK Married Again RUDY VALLEE Rudy Vallee, to Miss Fay Webb, Santa Monica, Calif. SECRETLY MARRIED Eyed Daughter of California Police Chief Orange, N. J., Monday night. months by annulment in 1928. an accomplished dancer, swimmer and equestrienne. Goldwyin-Mayer. beauties and debutantes. later to Broadway, he wrote: side.” park. company” since 1928. Wives of Aviators radio's gift to those who like crooners, is married again. He was secretly wed, Monday night, screen actress, whose father is chief of police at RADIO CROONER IS T0 HS DEAL GIRL Rudy Vallee Is Wed to Brown- New York, July 9.—()—Rudy Val- lee, who crooned himself to fame and ekgpes with @ collegiate jazz band a Cangeweseal tao! facia es @ megaphone, has found his ideal The marriage of the 29-year-old| Yale graduate and radio idol to Miss; Fay Webb, screen actress and daugh- ter of the Santa Monica, Calif., chief of police, is announced. The cere- mony was performed by Police Re- corder Herbert Lighthipe of West Tt was the second marriage for Val- lee, who rose to popularity with such songs as “Vagabond Lover’ ‘and “The Maine Stein Song.” His marriage to; Leonie McCoy, daughter of a coffee! merchant, was dissolved after three) Miss Webb was a Vallee radio fan before she met him when he went to Hollywood to make a picture. She is @ brown-eyed brunette, 23 years old, Pianist, She} Played small screen parts with Metro- The singer's marriage halts many rumors of his prospective engagement. His name as been linked with stage In his book, “Vagabond Dreams) Come True,” in which he described his career from the time he left Westbrook, Maine, to go to Yale and “The rewards for all my striving, scheming, labors and hopes is the comfort that I will receive from the; company of the girl who brings hap- piness to me. Perhaps it will be just! her company, just her presence by my ‘Theatrical and radio engagements | for Vallee and his band are prevent- ing a honeymoon trip. Mr. and Mrs. Vallee will remain at the Vallee 14- room apartment overlooking Central Mrs. Charles Vallee, the singer’ mother, described her new daughter- in-law as a “charming and very pret- ty girl, with whom Rudy has kept In Plane Crackup |UNABLE 10 REPUEL, THEY LAND SHIP AT SOLOMON, ALASKA Projected Non-Stop Refueling Flight From Seattle to Tokyo Meets Sudden End WERE MAKING FAIR SPEED Stretch From Fairbanks to Nome Is Covered at Average of 70 Miles Per Hour Solomon, Alaska, July 9—(?)—The Projected Seattle-Tokyo flight of Reg L. Robbins and Harold 8. Jones, Tex- as aviators, ended here at 9:50 a. m. (E. 8. T.) Thursday, when unfavor- able weather forced the monoplane “Fort Worth” down, unable to make @ final refueling contact for the long dash. Bumpy weather made it impossible for the two ships to establish contact Jong enough to transfer enough gaso- line to the tanks of the ‘Fort Worth,” the fliers said. The refueling ship landed soon after the Fort Worth came down. The fliers were convinced the weather prospect ahead on the haz- ardous route over Bering seas to Tokyo was bad and for that reason gave up the flight. The transpacific plane had passed Nome at 2:10 a. m. (8:10 a. m, E. 8. T.) and was accompanied by its re- fueling ship. The planes appeared over Nome out of a heavy fog bank lying to the east, with all of Nome’s citizens as- sembled to await them. Over the sea to the west good visibility faced them. On the 520-mile stretch from Fair- banks, the planes made a flying speed of about 75 miles an hour. They were sighted here seven hours and 37 min- utes after the Fort Worth first soared over Fairbanks. During that time s refueling was successfully completed. The foggy weather undoubtedly also slowed them down. Robbins and Jones were close to their schedule when they soared over Fairbanks at 7:33 o'clock last night, having flown about 1,600 miles in 17 hours and 36 minutes. They had es- timated their time to Fairbanks at 15 to 17 hours. In its first contact with the res fueling plane, flown by James J. Mat- tern and Nick Greener, the Fort Worth took aboard 200 galions of gasoline. Approaching Fairbanks from the south, the white monoplane was met by an escort of three planes, with the refueler waiting on the ground until the monoplane had circled twice over the city. No messages were dropped and the refueler, with 572 gallons of gas aboard, got into the air slowly. After brief maneuvering by the planes a man believed to be Jones ap- peared from a cockpit-in the Fort Worth and seized the refueling hose. The gas was quickly transferred at an altitude of about 1,000 feet. As the contact was broken a shower of gaso- line went hurtling through the air. No time was wasted in making con- tact. The Fort Worth then straight- ened out and headed for Nome ac- companied by the mother plane. Just before taking off here Mattern said the refueler probably would be landed at Solomon, 35 miles east of Nome, aftet a refueling there, to take on more gasoline before continuing across the Bering Sea to Siberia for the third and final refueling. With the completion of the Seattle- Fairbanks lap, the highest mountain ranges to be encountered were flown Fort Worth. In quest of a $25,000 prize offered by a Japanese newspaper for the first non-stop flight across the Pacific, Robbins and Jones incidentally set a new speed record between Seattle and Columbus, Ohio, July 9.—(?)—Un- deterred by an accident in landing here late yesterday, Mrs. Wiley Post and Mrs. Harold Gatty, wives of the round-the-world fliers, hopped off | for Chickasha, Okla, at 9 a. m. Thursday. The women escaped serious injury Pilots Worker Visits N. D. Washburn, N. D., Charges of non-support, last night when their plane ground- damaged. A In Non-Support Case duly 9—P}— against John were dis- THOUSANDS ATTEND BiG PEACE PICNG Canadians, Americans Gather on Border Near Dunseith for Celebration Dunseith, N. D., July 9—()—Thou- sands Canadian and American residents joined in a neighborly pic- internation: