The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, July 22, 1931, Page 1

I. C. C.. Suspends Hearing on Freight Rates 4 North Dakota’s’ Oldest Newspaper ESTABLISHED 1878 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, 1981 The Weather ia ae it and Thursday; PRICE FIVE CENTS London Parley Near Success OPPOSITION WILL TOPREPARE CASE BE CIVEN CHANCE Action Taken Following Argu- ment as to Whether Post- ponement Is Justified INDEPENDENT VIEW VOICED Chairman Brainerd Says Body Will Resist Outside Pressure for Rate Boost ' Washington. July 22.—(#)—The In- terstate Commerce Commission has suspended hearings on the’ railroads’ application for a 15-per-cent increase in freight rates to permit the opposi- tion to prepare its case. The action was taken late yester- day after attorneys had argued for hours on whether the hearings shoula be continued without interruption until August 31. Railroad represent- atives maintained the proceedings should continue, while attorneys for the opposition claimed they needed time for study. No date was set for resumption of the hearings. However, Commission- er Meyer announced the commissi would consider a motion of the rai roads to resume testimony beofre Au- gust 31. Tuesday, Chairman Brainerd of the commission, issued a declaration of independence from all outside pres- sure in acting on the appeal for nigh- er rates. In a letter to Senator Capper, Re- publican, Kansas, the chairman said the commission would not be stampeded into approving the in- crease. He added it would continue as previously “to render its decisions based upon ‘the recofd as mace’ un- disturbed by all the winds that blow.” Senator Capper -had telegraphed. Brainerd of news stories containing a threat by Representative Peck of Pennsylvanai to urge congressional action if the commission did not act | quickly and favorably on the reil- roads’ application. , ‘WEST ORGANIZES TO BATTLE BOOST Chicago, July 22—()—J. T. Scott of Topeka, Kan., was organizing plans ‘Wednesday to resist, on behalf of the committee of western state commis- sions of which he is chairman, the 15-per-cent freight rate increase asked by railroads before the Inter- state Commerce Commission. Agricultural interests in Wiscon- sin, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Ar- kansas, North and South Dakota, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Colorado were represented Tuesday at a meeting at which preliminaries were discussed. The group expects to go before the commerce. commission Aug. 31. Trotzky Condemns Regime of Stalin New York, July 22—(#)—Leo Trot- zky, in his latest thesis on Commun- ism prepared for distribution in America, holds the world revolution must be accomplished or the dictator- ship of proletariat Russia must fall. The former chief of the red army, now in exile at Moda, an Asiatic suburb of Istanbul, bitterly attacks the Stalin regime, denouncing it as @ centrist bureaucracy which has “strangled” the Communist party, leaving itself without eyes or ears. In this new pamphlet, translated Into several languages and being pre- pared for American distribution, he e268? #89. Stillwater, Minn., Company B, First Minnesota Volun- teers, Grand Army of the Republic, had but one answer Tuesday night. Though the life of the club officially ended one year ago when Charles M. Lockwood of Chamberlain, 8. D., the last man, opened the bottle of Bur- gundy wine and drank the last toast to his 33 dead comrades, the roll call ceremony and toast was solemnly re- peated here on the 45th anniversary of the battle of Bull Run. GROP CONDITIONS T0 BE ANALYZED AT RAIL MEETING | Traffic Experts From Northwest | to Estimate Prospective | Size of Yield Sioux Falls, 8. D., July 22—)— Crop, conditions and probable yields will be closely analyzed Thursday in Preparation for the fall transporta- tion ‘to terminal markets when the Northwest Shippers advisory board members gathered here for an all-day session. Reports for the four states in the \district will be made by state vice \chairmen, A. A. D. Rahn:for Minne- sota; OC. W. McDonnell for North Da- kota; G. B, Kennard for South Da- kota and E. H: Polleys for Montana. P. J. Coleman,, Minneapolis, dis- beg manager, will make the mes reviewed by a former general chair- man, Curtis L: Mosher, of the apolis Federal Reserve bank. Reports of a score of other com- mittees will be made at the meeting over which R. F. Gunkelman, Fargo, w i i g Fae His ; Roll call of the Last Man's club of veterans and members of the Veter- Barnes Urges Farm Board To Hold Grain Off Market { ' i } In the presence of other Civil war ans of Foreign Wars, Captain Lock- wood stood at attention, facing 33 black-draped chairs. He heard pro- posed a silent toast to his comrades of the past. He heard the unanswer- ing names on the roll call. He heard @ bugle blow “taps.” u With no sentimentality and few signs of his 89 years of age, he said simply the occasion made him sad, but that it was one he could not miss if alive. Chamber of Commerce Lead Says He Believes Action Would Raise Price Minneapolis, July 22.—()—Julius H. Barnes of New York city, chair- man of the board of the United States Chamber of Commerce, today expressed the opinion the federal farm board should withhold fromi the mar- ket 250,000,000 bushels of wheat it is carrying over from the 1930 crop, un- til price levels for this year’s wheat crop have increased. Barnes stopped on his return to the east after a visit to St. Cloud, his boy- hood home. Prefacing his statements with the declaration he did not want to be placed in the position of urging the federal farm board to amend its plan of gradual marketing of its wheat stock, he said he hoped, how- ever, the board would withhold mar. keting of the wheat surplus until a higher level of prices had been estab- lished for this year’s wheat. “If it were possible to handle the old surplus so a higher level of prices would be established for the new crop, I believe the old wheat eventu- ally would be absorbed at similarly Higher prices,” Barnes said. “The problem of handling the carry-over wheat stocks is of paramount impor- tance, in the light of prospects for reduced harvests of wheat this year in the northwest in Canada and probably in Russia.” General Motors New York, July 22.—(?)—General Motors corporation Wednesday re- ported second quarter net earnings of $55,122,767, equal after preferred divi- dends to $1.22 a share on the common stock. Net earni for the first six months of this year totaled $64,122,- compared with net operating profits of $68,856,355, or $2.15 @ share for the first half of last year. MINISTER IS INSTALLED McClusky, N. D., July 22.—Rey. Gus aoe ‘Wednesday, “To Pay Dividend! Boat Passenger Is Injured in Oklahoma Will Be Lenient Landlord Oklahoma City, July 22.—(7)— Oklahoma state is going to be & lenient landlord to 2,120 farmers living on public’ school land. Governor W. H. Murray, who himself was once a farmer, has set aside a state statute by ex- ecutive order and declared a moratorium on the payment of 1930-1931 rentals on 340,000 acres of farm land owned by the state, until February 1, 1932. KANSAS COUNTIES DELAY TAX DATE Topeka, Kas. July 22—(7)— Many Kansas counties have de- clared a mosatorium on taxes in an effort to assist farmers of the country’s chief wheat producing state who are offered the lowest prices in history in a year which brought their largest crop. A survey reveals officials of at least 17 counties out of 105 in the state postponed for periods rang- ing up to one month the date fixed by law for payment of semi- annual tax installments without penalty. TWO MEET DEATH IN SPANISH RIOTS Fighting Occurs Between Troops and Populace in Suburb of Seville Seville, Spain, July 22.—(#}—Troops went into action in Triana, suburb of and sprinkled the fire of a couple of roof snipers. This aroused a barrage of pistol fire from surrounding roofs. A machine gun squad entered the street and sprayed walls and windows, resulting in the death of a laborer in the street and a 16-year-old girl in her home. Fatalities now total fifteen, with a large number of wounded and hun- dreds arrested. The governor has ordered all Syn- dicalist centers closed. Numerous radical st were rounded up Wednesday by police as a result of two bomb explosions during; the night. The bombs did slight dam- age. Civil guards Wednesday started | for Cadiz with two truck loads of| prisoners who will be deported to the Spanish penal island off the. coast of Africa as a result of labor riots the last few days. Van Hook Banker Is Sentenced to Prison| Fargo, N. D., July 22—(7)—Arthur T. Olson, former cashier of the First National Bank of Van Hook, was sentenced to serve three years in @ federal penitentiary by Judge An- drew Miller in federal court on each of seven counts contained in an in- dictment charging embezzlement and abstraction of funds from the bank. ‘The sentences are to run concurrent- | The former cashier, whose de- falcations were discovered and the) indictment returned early this year, was charged -with defrauding the bank of approximately $35,000. Olson appeared in court with his wife and their small adopted son and each of the seven counts of the in- dictment. Man Found Dying in Meat Shep Basement Rauser was installed as pastor of the Rosenfield Baptist church. The Rev. athe ee Hs hi F i é ie iB Tend i : i i i 2 c BE - 32 i ii 4 Ei 5 i Hf Tuesday | Rum War Bullet Pierces Youth’s Body as Excursion Vessel Enters Line of Fire FUGITIVES ESCAPE ‘FEDS’ Reach Canada After Dumping Part of Load; Customs Man Offers Explanation Detroit, July 22—(P)—An excur- sion steamer with 1,000 members of church Young People’s society on) board became the center of a brush; between liquor runners and U. 8. cus- | toms border patrolmen on the Detroit | Tiver Tuesday night and one of the! shots fired wounded an excutsionist | in the arm. | The fugitive speedboat and its crew of two escaped into Canadian waters, having’ dumped a part of its cargo. | Witnesses Welieve the shot which wounded Arthur Gajeski, 23, on the steamer Ste. Claire, probably rico- cheted from the hull of the rum; boat. Passengers said the rum boat had) taken refuge from three pursuing boats alongside the steamer and that! the crew of a border patrol boat had | fired 40 shots at the two liquor run- ners, with the Ste. Claire in the line’ of fire. | ‘Walter S. Petty, assistant U. 8. col-| | Affairs of Heart Rule Aimee’s Family lector of customs, after interviewing! Here are the members of the fam- the patrolment involved, said it had j), ly of Aimee Semple McPherson, who been a running fight between the rum' recently have | runners and the patrolmen. If a bor-' 14, der pgtrol bullet struck Gejeski, it/ must have ricocheted, he said. PARDON FOR FALL *~ BRING CONSIDERED | Justice Department Undertakes Study of Case; Will Req ommend to Hoover Washington, July 22.—(%)—Al- though Albert B. Fall has made no personal application to President Hoover for clemency, an exception has been made of the former cabinet membér’s case and the justice depart- ment has undertaken a study of it. The exception was made from & presidential ruling that petitions for pardons must be signed by the appli- cants before they are to be consider- ed. However, the justice department began collecting facts upon which a recommendation for or against clem- ency might be made on the basis of Bratton of New Mexico and that| state’s legislative branches. These petitions were sent to the white house and referred to the justice depart- ;ment. Only the routine investigation would be made, Attorney General Mitchell said Tuesday, adding efforts were being made to obtain opinions from the men who and sentenced the former secretary of the {interior as to what, if any, clemency should be shown. Mitchell also said the rule generally compelling a prisoner to serve a third of his sentence before his petition would be considered need not neces- sarily apply to Fall. Bootleggers Meet To Discuss Prices SN New York American says that rum runners and bootleggers of the Atlantic seaboard are in con- vention at a hotel in an attempt to stabilize liquor prices. The newspaper says one rum runner complained @ competition had cut his price from $3 to $2.50 @ case transported to shore from Tum row. ($112,000 Insurance Paid Here in 1930 gone in for wedding Ings and marital entanglements on @ large scale. Aimee is shown at the right below. At the left above is “Ma” RKennedy- Hudson, Aimee’s mother, who mar- ried Mr. Hudson and now seeks an- nulment while Hudson faces charges lof bigamy and a suit for $250,000 for jbreach of proniise to another woman. At the right above is Rolph Mc- Pherson, Aimee’s 19-year-old son and jLorna Dee, his new bride. They’ were married Tuesday night at An- gelus Temple, Los Angeles, by Aimee herself with 5,500 looking on. At the lower left is Mr. and Mrs. William Bradley Smyth, married while Mrs. Smyth and Mama Aimee were on @ wotld tour. The suit against Mr. Hudson, filed TOURING SCOUTS TO Saree nc memes VISIT YELLOWSTONE iParty of 19 Has Completed | Trip Through the Black Hills in Motor Truck Bismarck’s touring trovp of 19 Boy |Scouts, who have just completed a jtrip through the Black Hills by | truck, will extend their journey to in- |clude the Yellowstone Park, accord- ing to a telephone communication received here Wednesday. Decision to make the additional trip was made at a conference held in Rapid City late Tuesday. After the scouts had pooled their finances, it was found that there were suf- ficient funds to finance the trip. Glen Wallace, New York, former Bismarck man who is acting as lead- er of the trip, will continue to be in New York, July 22—(P)—The -/ chara Fe. According to word received here the in about 10 days. | Tuesday, is the third since he and “Ma” did the nuptial parade at mid- |pight on the shores of a Washington lake. Tt was filed by Mrs. Ethel Lee Park- er Harbert, who asserted Hudson had refused to marry her after winning her love and taking her on @ pre- nuptial trip in 1929. ‘While Hudson had the new suit to worry him, Mrs. Kennedy-Hudson was preparing to go to court tomor- row to have her name lopped off in the middle. Mrs. Kennedy-Hudson’s annulment, petition alleged that at the time of her marriage to Hudson he was al- ready legally wedded to Mrs. L. Mar- |garet Newton-Hudson. The latter jhas filed suit for divorce, her action | following the annulment suit brought iby Mrs. Kennedy-Hudson. Million Dollar Brewery Is Seized by Dry Agents Thousands of Barrels Found Neatly Stacked; Equip- ment Is Elaborate PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE STIMSON SAYS AT PRESS MERTING ‘American: Secretary of State Asserts Conference May End by Thursday MUST PLUG UP BATH TUB U. S. Envoy Gives Graphic Illus- stration of Situation Germany Faces London, July 22.—(#}—Secretary of State Stimson said today in a press conference that the seven-power meeting considering Germany's fi- nancial crisis was making and he was hopeful it would morrow. “Real »” Secretary Stimson told the American newspepermen, “is being made by the conference toward alleviating the German financial crisis. I am not without hope that the meeting will finssh tomorrow. “The minds of the delegates seem to be uniting on successive sugges- tions for correction of the precarious Position and for giving aid to Ger- mi progress end to- any. “The stuation was difficult when we came here, but with these ele- ments of progress and hope, I am hopeful of a successful conclusion to the meeting.” Now, the situation, Mr. Stimson said he had told the conference, is something like a bathtub. Water Kunning Away “The stopper has been out and the water has been running out rapidly,” . “Tt is necessary first to put the plug back in the hole. Then it is necessary to examine what water is left and see if it is sufficient for the tub is to be plugged level maintained. The Uinted States’ Britain he said, are Plan which has been evolved—e which is the same as that discussed at Paris. It is as much ® product thought as American, he Most of the other nat tribut= ed_by suggestions in conference. Stimson declined to discuss the remedial measures other than in gen- eral terms, but it was learned the jrecommendations include renewal by the central banks of the $10,000,000 of British agreement the future may be left to the bankers. In fact, he said, he was not sure why the statesmen had been called together at all unless—and here he i—“the statesmen were not so busy as the bankers.” “There has been an entire absence of any acrimonious issues between the ‘countries in: these New York, July 22—(?)—Federal| Participating conferences,” he said. “Feeling al! around has been very good.” party. ‘They expect to return to Bismarck | 18 prohibition agents Wednesday were in| possession of the five-story Phoenix jbrewery, which they raided Tuesday imight under the personal supervision eT Administrator Andrew McCamp- More than 30 agents, armed with: bars, sledge hammers and battering rams, descended on the plant, which they value at $1,000,000 and forced their way in a half-hour’s pounding on various doors and brick walls. Fifty employes escaped while the agents were entering. Four men re- mained behind to submit to arrest. The brewery was described by the raiders as the most complete and modern in this area. ‘There were thousands of barrels neatly stacked. Well oiled and pol- ished machinery, automatic fillers and jcomplete bookkeeping system with a ledger for each borough in New York city. These books, containing cus- tomers’ lists, were seized. BURY DROWNING VICTIM Chicagoan Enters Race to Settle \Contest Over Shortest Name in U. S. He emphasized, however, that Great Britain and the United States are of {much of the same viewpoint, leaving ithe inference which is supported by from other authoritative jSources, that the Prench had taken a Position somewhat opposed to that of the two English speaking countries. Two recommendations are under- som to have been adopted Wednes- The first is that the governments nations participating in the conference for determination as to whether any technical considerations woulda also a statement presented by the commit- tee of finance ministers. This