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

b ¢ North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper ESTABLISHED 1878 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, TUESDAY, JULY 14, 1931 . The Weather Unsettled tonight and Wednes- day; cooler Wednesday. PRICE FIVE CENTS Germans Declare Moratorium 600 B (HCUBBOES AND GIRLS ENTERTAINED BY KIWANIS GROUP Most of Visitors Are Children Although About 100 Adults Also Take Part — PICNIC LUNCH Motion Picture Show, Free Swimming, Visits to Bis- marck Plants Features IS SERVED Nearly 600 members of Burleigh county 4-H clubs and members of their families were in Bismarck Tuesday as guests of the Kiwanis| club at festivities held in connection) with Burleigh County Rally Day. i Most of the visitors were children} although there were about a hundred: adults who were acting as escorts. j County Agent H. O. Putnam, in, charge of the affair, said the response | to the invitation had proved most gratifying and that the youngsters: were enthusiastic in their reception of the program offered for their en- tertainment. i A picnic lunch was served duri the noon hour at the World War Me-/ morial building. Justice John Burke of the state au | preme court welcomed the visitors in @ short address after the lunch had! been served. After the party had gathered at the Memorial building at 10 a. m. it was) subdivided into groups and taken through the building. The groups then moved on to the new Burleigh county court house where a similar! inspection was made. | Following the lunch at the Me- morial building the visitors were tak-! en to the Capitoi theater, where a! special two-hour program; was pre- sented. After the performance the young- eters were given an opportunity to see for themselves how a large baking es- tablishment . functions when they! were taken through the Western Bak- ing company plant on east Main St. ‘The party was split up into small) groups and taken through the plant! by guides who explained each pro-| cess separately. A similar procedure was followed} at the Bismarck Tribune plant where} they were shown the workings of a daily newspaper and a job printing! plant. | Following their visit to the Trib-| une many of the youngsters took ad- vantage of the facilities offered by the municipal swimming pool which were offered to them free of charge es a climax to the day’s program. NAME HOPE SNYDER BOARD SECRETARY Appointment Made by Railroad Commission to Fill Vacancy Caused by Parsons Death itment of Hope Snyder, pres- ‘Tuesday by Ben C. Larkin, chairman.; The new chief clerk succeeds Miss Mary Parsons, who died Monday, and 4s the second woman to hold the of- fice in the history of the state. Lar- kin said the appointment was made immediately after Miss Parsons’ Lason Rites to be Held in Bismarck Puneral services for Mrs. C. E. La- Mary's church at eight a. m. Rev.|Adams, gold Father H. W. Holleman, officiating. ‘The body will lie in state at the ‘Webb Funeral Chapel Tuesday after- tery. Forest Fires Sweep Woods in Mountains Spokane, Wash, July 14.—(7)— fires in Montana and Idsho defied the efforts of 1,500 men to pring them under control Tuesday. ‘A conflagration in the Clearwater forest of north Idaho had charred al- meet Belg today eign aaa itemn| attempters on urleigh Persons Here for Rally Day Fall Headed For Federal Prison pene Above are two pictures of Albert B. Fall, secretary of the interior in the Harding cabinet, who Tuesday was sentenced at Washington to serve a year and a day in the New Mexico state prison for accepting a bribe from Edward L, Doheny, oil magnate. The clerk of the District of Columbia supreme court will send warrant of commitment to the United States marshal in New Mexico, or Texas, and he will take Fall to prison. ‘The few remaining steps necessary to send Fall to jail are expected with- in two or three days. Under the new sentence Fall will become eligible to parole in four months, but the fact that his fine of $100,000 has not been paid would require an ad- ditional 30 days of service if he should take a pauper’s oath, instead of pay- ing the fine. ‘The change in the sentence will not deprive Fall of nis citizenship, al- | though he will probably lose his civil rights in New Mexico. These could be restored to him by the govrenor. seat sts peonereoseresrerecestse rece | C. M. T. Camp at Fort Lincoln Demobilizes Month's Army Training for Northwest Youths at Local Post Is Concluded The majority of students at the Citizens Military Training Camp at Fort Lincoln were on their way home Tuesday as demobilization at the camp neared completion. A few still are at the post, officers said, but it was expected that by Wednesday evening the camp would be evacuated. ‘The final entertainment was held Monday evening when a number of students of a Bismarck school put on a program of fancy dancing. The program was sponsored by Lions club. Special awards for proficiency in camp activities were made public Monday when orders were read nam- ing the winners. Prise Announced Awards were as follows: Medals for students demonstrating most profici- ency in camp: Edwin K. Sheaffer, basic student; Uel U. Wiggins, blue student; Ward H. Swanson, white student; and Melvin Anderson, red and Ralph F. Walden. Baseball and bat, authographed by Babe Ruth, to Olai M. Anderson as best “soldier athlete” in camp. Silver oe ead M as win- ner of strel Silver cup to Floyd Sax as best “all round” man in camp. Silver cup to John bor i as win- ner of citizenship cont a ey oo Gey Reaves, in citize course: . » John. = ue, Leland B. May, and Virgil N. Thompson. Bilver cup to Claude E. Miller, best “ll round” athlete in camp. Silver cup to John L. McChesney, (Continued on page five) 3,010 School Children Listed in City; 16 Are Found in One Family with his gun and took all available Legislator | Found Dead Carson, N. D., July 14—(AP)— Peter Keierleber, member of the 1929 and 1931 North Dakota House | of Representatives from the 47th; district Monday was found hanging in a barn near his farm home miles south of here. The body was found by his wi shortly after he had left the house. Keierleber had been suffering from: erysipelas, which he contracted dur-| ing the last term of the North Da-) kota legislature. Financial troubles are also believed to have worried Kelerleber, who is said to have remarked to his wife and friends that “he thought he was go- ing to be cleaned out and that he would hang himself.” No one had taken his remarks seriously. Grant ‘County Coroner Emanuel Hertz said no inquest would be nec- CASHIER WOUNDED “ASBANK ISROBBED H. A. Warner, Jr., Will Recover; Minnesota Institution Loses $1,000 White Bear Lake, Minn., July 14. —(AP)—One man Tuesday held w and robbed the First State Banl here, shot the cashier, H. ‘A. War- ner, Jr. and escaped with from $1,000 to $1,500. After shooting Warner, the gun- man, who had been in a rear room with the cashier, ran to the front of the bank, covered three employes ih. vA Warner fell he cues the tatobter to barcy sates rol Urry awa: ut brense tating a large sum of money in the it. ‘Warner, shot in the shoulder, will recover. == MAYOR RECALLED BY BISMARCK LEGION POST GETS AWARD FOR BEST SERVICE Capital City Veterans First to Win Kamplin Cup for Out- standing Achievement Bismarck Takes Second Place in Legion Contest Local Drummers and Buglers Win Prize at Valley City; Grand Forks Is First MAN IS KILLED, TWO WOMEN HURT, STRESS CHRISTMAS DRIVE! Farco FINISHES UP THIRD IN CAR ACCIDENT ‘Open Your Heart’ Campaign Held to Be Finest Activity of Any Organization Valley City, N. D. July 14—)— For showing the most outstanding service to its community, stale and nation, Lloyd Spetz Post No. 1 of Bis- marck was awarded the Rheinhart J. Kamplin trophy here Tuesday. In the race for the trophy, the three judges voted second place to Tim Running Post No. 24 of Devils Lake, and third place to Florence Kimball Post No. 6 of Lisbon. The judges were three non-Legion men, C. E. Allen, president of State Teachers’ college, Valley City; Wil- lam G. Beck, dean of the college of liberal arts, University of North Da- kota; and J. H. Shepperd, Fargo, president of North Dakota State Agri- cultural college. To the Bismarck post goes the dis- tinction of being the first to receive the new silver-plated cup. It is to be kept in constant circulation and is! to be awarded at each department) convention, without becoming the permanent possession of any one post. The American Legion, Auxiliary and Forty and Eight Monday hoot in a parade which brought thousands of visitors from about the countryside| to this city. Posts vied with one an-) other in the display of floats which! ranged from the grotesque to impres- sive. Outstanding among the achieve- ments of the Bismarck post. was the| ing. “Open Your Heart” campaign, con- ducted to relieve distress among the needy in that city last Christmastime. The report showed that thousands of articles were donated to the post by the people of Bismarck and distrib-| uted by it to those in need. This was voted the outstanding community service rendered by a legion post in} the state and has been given national recognition. | A. D. McKinnon is commander of | the local post. Milton Rue was man-| ager of the “Open Your Heart” drive. | | VOTERS IN SEATTLE: ‘Businessman’ Executive Oust-| ed Following Charges of | Incompetency © | Seattle, July 14—(#)—Seattie’s “business man mayor,” Frank Ed-' wards, was voted out of office by 2, decisive majority in a recall election; here Monday. Appearing as a “dark horse” in| 1928, Edwards was chosen to succeed | Mrs. Bertha K. Landes. The recall) election, which Edwards and his sup-| porters strenuously tried to forestall,| grew out of incompetency charges’ made against the mayor after he had |, dismissed J. D. Ross as head of the) city light department. | The unofficial returns showed 36,- 637 for the recall and 21,836 against. ‘The question was simply one of re- calling the mayor, no candidates hav- ing been involved. Under the law, the city council must chgose a suc- cessor to Edwards within 20 days. Stephen Welch Will | Be Buried Wednesday| Funeral services for Stephen Welch, | Valley City and Jamestown Bring Up Rear; Addresses Feature Convention Valley City, N. D. July 14—()— Grand Forks Tuesday was awarded first place in the North Dakota American Legion’s annual drum and bugle contest, with Bismarck second and Fargo third. The competition took place Monday night and the scores of the winners were announced at Tuesday's session of the Legion’s 13th annual conven- tion. Valley City took fourth place and Jamestown fifth. Grand Forks took top honors with a score of 93. The judges gave the Forks aggregation a scoring of 98, but @ penalty of five points was imposed because the group played one min- ute overtime. The other scores are: Bismarck, 91; Fargo, 88; Valley City, 79, and Jamestown, 71. : The Legion and Auxiliary both de- voted Tuesday’s session to the trans- action of business and to addresses. Governor George F. Shafer, who was on the morning’s program for a speech, was to talk in the afternoon instead. The Auxiliary will complete its ses- sions late today with the election of officers. Mrs. A. G. Porter, Edgeley, chairman of the Auxillary welfare committee, was regarded as the prob- able successor to Mrs. A. Kielland, Hatton, incumbent president. . Resolutions were adopted by the Legionnaires at the afternoon meet- . ‘Those adopted included reso- lutions setting forth that: Education of war orphans be made an active part of the Legion's pro- gram for the ensuing year.” National, area, and department di- rectors be appointed or reappointed without delay for further develop- ment of the plans for education of war orphans. Increase in rate of pay of the com- missioned personnel of the army, ‘navy and marine corps receive favor- able attention of congress “to the end that there may be retained, even un- der a disarmament , the most capable and efficient officers avail- able.” Such action be taken by the na- tonal legislative committee of the Le- gion as will restrict the operation of the emergency officers’ retirement law to those disabilities which were directly incurred in military service and not otherwise. The present lack of adequate space for administrative purposes hampers operation of the regional office and hospital at Fargo to such extent that enlargement of the project be not postponed. May Amputate Leg of Injured Indian Girl Belcourt, N. D., July 14—(7)—Re- gaining consciousness late yesterday after lying in a coma more than 30 hours, Mary Pays, 15, of Belcourt, who suffered a broken leg when struck by an aul », faced pos- sible amputation of the leg, accord- ing to attaches at the Indian Agency ital here. Mary is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Pays. Mary and Mrs. Ed- ward Holland, 35, who was fatally in- jured, were walking along a road here Saturday night when struck by an au- tomobile driven by Warren Lane of Rolla. Puneral services for Mrs. Holland will be held at Rolla Community, church, with burial at the Rolla cem- etery. : Hospital Tool Shed Sailor Home on Leave Is Victim When Steering Gear Breaks Near Bowman Dickinson, N. D., July 14—()— One man is dead and two of his three sisters, passengers in an automobile he was driving, were injured seriously, as the result of an automobile acci- dent near Bowman Sunday. A. W. Luff, 22, of Rhame, was kill- ed. His car was thrown into the ditch when the steering gear broke. Virginia, 17, and Laura, are in a hos- pital, suffering from internal injuries and loss of blood. The third sister was unhurt. Luff, a sailor, was home on leave from the United States navy. Mili- tary funeral services will be held at Rhame Wednesday. Besides the sisters, he leaves his mother, two brothers and two other RAILROAD BOARD PROTESTS BOOST IN FREIGHT RATE Larkin Sees No Justice in Pro- posal in Light of Present Economic Conditions Steps were taken Tuesday by the North Dakota board of railroad com- missioners to oppose a proposal by jthe railroads to increase the rates on certain fresh vegetables and fruits. On receipt of notification from the railroads that the rating on vegetables would be increased from Class C to fifth class in western classification territory, Ben C. Larkin, president of the state commission, entered objec- tions to the proposal. Larkin said the change in classifica- tion would roughly be a 25 per cent: increase for shippers of potatoes, cab- bages, onions, beets, carrots, squash, melons and cantaloupes. The protest of the North Dakota commission was forwarded to R. C. Fyfe, chairman of the western classi- fication committee at Chicago, who served notice of the proposed increase. If the railroads do not voluntarily de- sist from changing the rates, the mat- ter will come before the interstate commerce commission. “In view of the severe economic de- pression which is prevalent in North Dakota and throughout the entire United States,” Larkin said, “we can see no reason for increasing the pres- ent rating on these fresh vegetables and fruits at this time.” A hearing has been set at Chicago for July 21, at which time the objec- tion of the North Dakota commission will be formally entered. Other states will appear to voice their sentiments on the proposed change. “While there are numerous com- modity rates applying on these par- ticular vegetables and fruits in west- ern classification territory, which are in the Class C basis or lower,” Larkin said in a letter to Fyfe, “there are also many instances where these same commodities move on the classifica- tion basis, and the proposed increase would result in heavy additional rate burdens to shippers and receivers of fresh vegetables and fruit in North Dakota. “with the exception of a few points At Dickinson Burns |?2e the rest ot on Dickinson, N. D., July 14—A_ tool shed at St. Joseph’s hospital was de- St. Paul Group Will Support New Yorker St. Paul, July 14—()—A move to in Ramsey county for Franklin the of Governor D. Roosevelt of sow Xo for the "| Democratic in 1932 was instituted when a “Roose- velt for President club of Ramsey was organized at a meeting from the lowest rate, while the fifth class is the fifth from the lowest rate. CANCEL HAIL INSURANCE New York, July 14.—(@— .| Virginia, the same day. |ALL BANKS EXCEPT J AACE Bic NATIONAL UN On Trial 1) (LSE TEMPORARILY ° os Precautionary Measures to Tide Nation Over Until Help Comes From Abroad GRANT CREDIT EXTENSION All Banks in Hungary Suspend and Financial Troubles Are Apparent Elsewhere (By the Associated Press) Germany has declared what amounts to a general moratorium of banking operations, closing all banks except the Reichsbank until Thurs- day and perhaps longer. It was Precautionary measure, a temporary effort to tide the institutions over un- til help comes from abroad. The World bank is willing to re- new a $100,000,000 credit due on Thursday and the Bank of France and the Federal Reserve bank of New York, which participated in the credit, also will grant an extension of their part of the total. The Bank of England has not yet ruled. Reaction outside of Germany to the collapse of the Darmstaedter und Na- tional bank has caused the temporary closing of all the banks in Hungary, and suspension of the Mercur bank at Vienna, a subsidiary of the Darm- onatane Sian Rumania, the acia ban! closed wi os 000 deficit. rae Arthur Henderson, British foreign secretary, is on the way to Paris for conferences before he goes to Berlin, and Secretary of State Stimson also is headed for Paris from Rome. Sec- retary Mellon remains on at Cap Ferat, taking no part in the de- velopments. Other developments were the stranding of numerous German tour- ists in Denmark and Switzerland be- cause of refusal of merchants in those countries to accept German marks. Suspension of the Riga Interna- tional Bank at Riga, Latvia, also was announced and Luxembourg banks suspended trading in marks because jot the large number of Germans crossing the border to purchase for- eign currency. The administration at Washington was “deeply concerned” over the Ger- man situation and was watching de- velopments closely. Plan Emergency Decrees When Dr. Hans Luther, head of the Reichsbank, returns this afternoon the government expects to issue two emergency decrees, one to restrict the |flight of capital from Germany and . the other regulating traffic in foreign exchange. Directors of the Bank for Interna- tional Settlements unanimously agreed Troy, N. ¥., July 14—(%)—A jury was in the box Tuesday to try John L. Diamond, convalescent gangster chief, on a charge of assault upon Grover Parks, Cairo truckman. Justice Cropsey held court last night until twelve men were selected. Six- ity-one veniremen were examined. Diamond, dressed in black with a black tie, took an active part in se- lecting the jury. BISMARCK MAN IS ELECTED 10 HEAD VETERANS’ GROUP William M. Schantz Named Chef de Gare of 40 and 8, Succeeding Fargo Man Valley City, N. D., July 14.—()— Joseph Rabinovitz, Grand Forks, was considered in American Legion po- litical circles the strongest candidate for state ci ler. Election of officers is scheduled for Tuesday afternoon at the state con- vention here, but an anticipated scramble for the office was rot ex- pected to materialize on the conven- tion floor. The Grand Forks delega- tion came here instructed to support their fellow townsman, and believed other candidates would withdraw in his favor before the election takes place. Officials of the Legion said a free for all fight was in prospect for the commandership but politically in- clined members put their heads to-! gether and by a process of elimina- tion gradually narrowed the field. William Schantz, Bismarck was elected chef de gare of the Forty and Eight, with C. T. Hoverson, Fargo. grand correspondent. Ray Stranahan, Fargo, retiring grand chef, WS to two measures of assistance Mon- named cheminot nationale. ‘day night. They were: Encourage- ons Fete and Buca enéared (Continued on page five) William D. Lyons of Minneapolis for national vice chef. He was honor guest at the banquet and state; wreck. Mrs. A. L. Knhuf, Jamestown, was! elected president of the past presi- dent’s parley to succeed Mrs. Bernard! 8. Nickerson. FORMER GOVERNOR REPORTED BETTER: J. M. Devine Shows improve- ment, Says Physician at Bottineau Hospital > BULLETINS | (By The Associated Press) OIL PROMOTER HELD Oklahoma City—C. C. Julian, oil promoter, is in jail charged wth using the mails to defraud. Bail has been fixed at $50,000. Julian said: “I have always been open and above beard in all my dealings.” MAKE TRADE PACT Ottawa, Can.—Premier R. B. Ben- nett announced an agreement with Australia whereby Canada would give that dominion a tariff preference and Australia would reciprocate. The idea is to divert to each other trade which now is going outside the Brit- ish Empire, Bennett said. ADDED TO DROUTH AREA Grand Forks — Daniels county, Montana, has been added to the dis- trict eligible for drought relief in Northwestern North Dakota and Northeastern Montana. The loan of- fice here ts ready to receive applica- tions but none has been forthcom- ing. | ° i Bottineau, N. D., July 14—()— Continued improvement was shown Tuesday in the condition of Joseph M. Devine, 70, state immigration commissioner and former governor of North Dakota, according to attending physicians at the hospital here, who :said that a high temperature, shown when he entered the hospital, has gone down. The attending physician described Devine’s condition as “exceptionally well” considering what it was when he entered the hospital Thursday. He is, however, still in the danger period, it was said. Devine is ill with lobar Pneumonia. Minneapolis Bishop May Direct Funeral! Fargo, N. D., July 14—(P)—Rt. Rev. Will Hold Parsons F. A. McElwain, Minneapolis, bishop of Minnesota, will be asked to offici- Funeral Wednesday ate at the funeral here Wednesday ices fi for John Poyntz Tyler, Episcopal | Parsons, bishop of North Dakota, who died at his home Monday. TWO ARE KILLED Brainerd, Minn.—Two unidentified men were killed in an automobile accident near Fort Ripley, Minn., Tuesday afternoon. were eee traveling south on trunk number 27 when their machine ae another and plunged into a ut 5 » There an- other service will be held and burial will be made. Heir to Millions Obiects to His Show-Girl Spouse Being ‘High-Hat’