The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 13, 1931, Page 1

~ |: Two Arrested in Mic \ a i ‘ ood , ~~ ‘ t s , a ‘ a ny North Dakota’s Oldest. Newspaper THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE Partly cloudy to cloudy tonight and Priday; cooler Friday. ESTABLISHED 1878 BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 18, 1931 PRICE FIVE CENTS Farmer M e POLICE SAY ONE | MAN WAS OWNER OF DEATH PISTOL Ex-Convict Grilled by Police Au- thorities of Area in Which Crime Occurred RESEMBLES HOST OF FOUR Appearance Similar to That of Man Who Entertained Quar- tet in Restaurant Ypsilanti, Mich. Aug. 13.—@)— Herbert Smith, said by police to be the owner of the gun used to slay Harry Lore, one of four, young per- sons whose burned bodies were found on a county road near here early Tuesday, was under arrest here Thursday. He was being grilled by a dozen Detroit and Ypsilanti officials. _ ‘Smith, police said, closely resembles the man reported seen in a restau- rant early Tuesday with Lore, Thomas Wheatley, Vivian Gold and Anna May Harrison, two hours and a half be- fore their bodies were found in a blaz- ing automobile eight miles from here. They said Smitit has a prison record. The revolver turned over to prosecut- ing officials by the chief of police of Ypsilanti Thursday, was identified by by ballistics experts as that with which Lore was shot to death. Negro Also Quizzed A few hours after questioning of Smith began, officials announced that a second man, a negro, had been taken into custody and also was be- ing questioned with Smith. Prosecutor Harry 8. Toy of Wayne county gave a short statement to newspapermen in which he said: “We have the man who admits owning the gun with which Lore was shot. +"Tk man is a negro.” Toy declined to amplify his state~ ment. Other officers said they thought the gun belonged to Smith. Investigators said the hands of the negro, known only as “Flowers” were cut and scratched and that he could not account for the injuries. Lore’s three companions, ‘Wheatley of Denton, Anna May Har- rison and Vivian Gold, both of Cleve-; Jand, were slain by blows, an examin- ation revealed. Then their bedies were in Wheatley’s automo- bile, soaked with gasoline and set afire. Police had been seeking a rough- ly-dressed man about 30 years old ies were sone in the burning auto- bile, eight miles away. The sone were victims of an attack If the man sought is not one killers, officers said, at least he clear up the mystery of young couples had spent after 8 p. m. Monday when were seen in Ypsilanti, the munity of the two boys. Hands Policeman gee g glee Fy i B 5 § lis qice aid were ment agency. And Bho sald were crround on are cut to §648,268,008 in 1031, a re-| ‘The board sent the proposition to| And Pend stains believed to be blood | duction of $151,300,008 or 1899 per|governors of Alabama, Arizona, Ar- on wearing apparel in shanty on/*Rt. 9) os) ts ine = wheels occupied by two illiterate \, Se Soman” ps anadian Arctic. brothers, a mile from the death scene. |S0n 1s $152,382,776 in 1930 and $124,- Lindbergh said he had told Can- ‘The brothers, Paul Keene, 49, and 517,343 in 1931, a cut of $27,865,433 or | Carolina, Tennessee and Texas. adian officials he Lawrence, 38, still were in custody. |18.20 per cent. —_————_— herders in their quarters ‘had not accounted satisfactorily | Totals show $045,045,877 in 1930, Colville River, if possible, but that fog for the blood-stained cl@b, investiga- | $760,780,351 in 1931, a reduction of prevented them from the tors , but neither brother can drive | $179,165,526 or 18.88 per cent. herd on their flight from Aklavik to a car and if they were the slayers, of- y totals of $153, | Point Barrow. ficers could not account for the dis-|598,103 in 1930 were slashed to $138,- {The next hop of the covery of Miss Gold’s purse six miles | 885,406 this year, a cut of: $14,712,787 5 | will take them over the away or for the presence of @ second or 6.58 per cent. tal western tip of St. Lawrence Island it the scene. total valuat Pa jto Cape Navarin, aueemenlle # 102,544,070 in 1030 and °9908,665,787 rs TAX VALUES SHOW Total,.on Basis of Local Ass valuation of locally assessed proper- ty in North Dakota for 1931 are dis- closed in reports of counties to the Thomas |state board of equalization. {which had reported up to Thursday show a reduction of $193,878,313 in valuation, or 17.58 per cent under ijast year’s figures. 03 or 189 percent, other real estate 1s reduced $27,865,433, or 18.29 per cent, and personal property is reduc-| ed $14,712,787 or 9.58 per cent under e|last_ year’s valuation. - urban real estate and earance at the restaurant, the bod-| erty p little shift of the tax burden from|pbales. The board, through the stabill- farm lands to other locally assessed|zation group, holds 1,300,000 bales of property if valuations are allowed to|the 1929 crop. stand by the state board of equaliza- pawl ae state tax commis-|carried out by southern farmers as er, . have been reduced all the way from) 4,000,000 bales and withholding from one per cent to 42 per cent as compar-|this year’s market of 3,000,000 bales / ed with last year’s valuation. The!more.” psaraee decrease is about 19 per| The announcement that Alexander cent. show a larger percentage than western counties. equalization will convene io hear representatives of the cgunties and municipalities of the state relative to the equalization of property velua- tion. every county except Dunn, farm lands valued at -$796,563,101 in 1930 \ BURNED CAR PYRE OF FOUR YOUNG PERSONS © Associated Press Photo The bodies of two young women and two young men, burned beyond recognition, were found In this automobile near Ann Arbor, Mich. They were identified as Anna May Harrison, 17, ind Vivian Gould, 15, both of Cleveland; Thomas Wheatley, 16, of Denton, Mich. and Harry Lore, 16, of Ypsilanti, Mich, Board Tells Cotton Farmers To Plow Suggestion Made by Federal Of- ficials as Only Remedy to Low-Price Situation SHARP REDUCTIONS = rsday the financial salvation of the cotton farmer depended entirely upon the attitude of the governors of jthe southern states toward the board’s Proposal to destroy one-third of the crop. * In 8 drastic effort to restore « fair price for cotton, the farm board of- "\ fered to withhold from the market for one year 3,000,000 bales if southern | LINDY IS ments, Is $193,787,313 Un-, Will Be, Del * der 1930 Figures layed; Guests | crop under cultivation. Telegrams were sent late Wednes- | day to governors of 14 cotton produc- | ing states urging adoption of the proposition. Reports reaching Wash- ington said the offer was not viewed | with favor in many southern regions. Chairman Stone dispatched the of- fer after conferring with directors of the American Cotton Cooperative as- sociation and the Cotton Stabilization corporation on the agriculture depart- Fifty-two of the state’s 53 counties, ing as planned. after arriving Farm lands are reduced $151,300,~, bales. The forecast sharply reduced the staple’s market price. If growers plow under every third row under cultivation, Stone said, the Prop-| American Cooperative association means that tere will be very) would be asked to withhold 2,000,000 ginsk, across the “The reduction in valuation of Stone said the program, “if fully |SHort notice. well as by ourselves will mean reduc- Farm lands in the various counties}tion of the total supply by at least//ons of this town. Eastern counties, Legge of Chicago, former board chair- bes. Breve man, and Cason J. Callaway of La Grange, Georgia, had been elected to Next Tuesday, the state board of/the directorate of the stabilization corporation to “give added confi- dence” to the stabilization work, pre- ceded the board’s new proposition a The board’s stabilization and cooperative organizing policies were while Legge chairman of the $500,000,000 govern- generally, of decrease hibition. mile into the Based on figures for this year trom to Win Consideration From President 8t. es er] Tae 5 % iy ii BE 2 ik is ® z “ {in no great hurry and ment's 1981 crop estimate of 15,584,000 | avait clearer skies for the hazardous | 1,067-mile flight from Nome to Kara- | Meanwhile, they In the afternoon, front, Eskimo kyak racing was shown the flfers. In frail skin crafts, one man to @ boat, several Eskimos put out half Bering Sea and raced back to the beach. A prize of $10 was given the winner, with awards of $5 each for second and third Ea ekEe Under Part of Crop DELAYED AT NOME BY CLOUD ANDRAINY WEATHER | Take-Off for Siberia Probably At Wolf Dance brute ucts te a : pane Sie, ett ic reductions e ‘ering clouds and rai le- Planters would destroy a part of the i.veq the departure of Col. and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh, flying vaca-; tioners, for the Orient. Lindbergh said it was “very doubt- | $7 ful” if the take-off for the Siberian! coast could be made Thursday morn- | In commenting on the change of plans, for Lindbergh had announced here Pspaeerad after- oon that they “must be on their way”: ollow: Thursday morning, he said they were |e comuaibies. tenia: well could Bering sea. Mechanics have gone over their; monoplane in its berth on the waters! of Safety bay, 21 miles to the east, and the gasoline tanks have been filled ‘to capacity, more than 500 gallons. |The Lindberghs are ready to start on i ie 2] if ad | have “thoroughly | enjoyed” the Alaskan variety of en-; tertainment given them by the citi-/ historic “gold rush” Wednesday night they were guests at an eskimo “wolf dance,” after hav- few hours before an eski- mo blanket-tossing and wrestling ex- on the water would visit the east of the i ae northern and on the Siberian Former Interior Secretary Fails ons oe then a coms se ne RECOMMENDATIONS OF TAXPAYERS ARE OFFERED 10 PUBLIC Suggestions of Citizens’ Com- mittee Would Have Lopped $30,000 off City Budget TWO PROPOSALS ADOPTED Two Others Followed in Part And One Cut Made Not Recommended by Group Recommendations for reductions in expenditures by the city of Bismarck during the current fiscal year, was made by the taxpayer's committee ap- Pointed by the Association of Com- merce, were made public Thursday. Failure of the city administration to follow the suggestions resulted in a split of the city commission Monday night when Commissioner Paul Wach- ter and Mayor A. P. Lenhart protest- ed because the ideas advanced were not followed more closely in budget- ing the city’s expenses. As proposed by the committee, the city's budget would have been reduced approximately $30,000. Cuts made by, the commission totalled $5,860. A check-up Thursday disclosed that two of the 22 recommendations of the committee were adopted by the com- mittee and two others were adopted in part. In addition, one curtailment not suggested by the committee was effected. This was the reduction of the salary of the city weigh-master from $1,500 to $1,200 a year. Recommendations adopted were the reduction in the salary of the nurses at the city detention hospital from $1,200 to $900 a year and elimin- ation of salaries paid to members of the city board of adjustment. ‘Those adopted in part were reduc- tions in the cost of the city lhrary and the city ai that the auditorium be was fre- jected but the appropriation for its upkeep: was cut $1,300 from the a- mount originally proposed. The com- mittee recommended reduction of the library appropriation from $8,620 to $6,620. The commission’s figure was 620. Members of the taxpayers commit- tee were R. B. Webb, chairman; J. P. Jackson, F. C. Ellsworth, Henry Duemeland, J. A. Hyland, E. A. Hughes, C. B. Little and B. O. Ward. ‘The detailed suggestions of tire tax- ‘The following is a list of recom- mended or suggested reductions: General Government ‘That the salaries of the city com- missioners be reduced from $900 to $750 each per year. ‘That the salary of the. building in- spector be cut off. That the salary of the city treas- urer be reduced from $720 to $460 per year. That the salary of the city attor- ney be reduced from $1,200 to $600 per year. = - ‘That the salary of police magistrate be reduced from $1,500 to $1,209 per year. That the salaries of the members of the board of adjustment we cut off. Police it That the suggested appropriation of $9,250 for the year for police offi- cers be reduced to $7,250. Fire Department That the salary of the fire chief be reduced from $1,500 to $720 per the three ge g aE SHE iy li i [ i t ‘i ge SHARP REDUCTION IN GRAIN YIELDS I$ FORECAST FOR N. D. Six Principal Crops Estimated To Produce Total of 119,638,000 Bushels Fargo, N. D., Aug. 13.—(P)—A com- bined production of 119,638,000 bush-| els for the six principal grain crops jin North Dakota is indicated by their August first condition, accoraing to the August first report of the federal agricultural statistician here. This is over 100,000,000 bushels below tne to- tal production of these same crops last year, and over 26,000,000 bushels less than the July first forecast, The continued drought during the early part of July, together with a prolonged period of record-breaking high temperatures, are the causes for @ further decline in the crop pros- pects for the state. Corn, potatoes, and tame hay are the only crops which came through the month of duly without decreases in the indi- cated production. Corn continues to show favorable Prospects in spite of some damage during the heat wave, and the indi- cated production of 25,158,000 bush- els based on an August first condi- tion of 71, is the same as the July first forecast. The 1930 production jWas 19,058,000 bushels, and the five- year average, 21,553,000 bushels. A considerable part of the durum wheat crop was in a critical period of growth at the time of the high temperatures in July, and the result was that many fields failed to fill Properly cote in e August it condition Of 38 indicates a production of 046,000 bushels compared July forecast of 18,808,000 bushels and with the 1930 production of 35,720,000 | Production of other wheat| declined from 35,113,000" busnels as forecast on July first, to 27,010,000] bushels, as indicated by the August first condition of 33 per cent of nor- mal. The 1930 production was 64,- 087,000 bushels. Oats production is forecast to be 19,701,000 bushels com- {pared with 39,585,000 bushels in 1930, ;and_ 47,475,000 bushels, the five-year average. The August first condition |18 reported at 35 per cent compared with 52 per cent on July first. A condition of 38 per cent for barley on August first indicates 8 production of 24,070,000 bushels, 6,000,000 bushels less than the July first forecast, and 22,725,000 bushels less than the 1930 crop. yield estimate for The preliminary jtye is placed at five bushels per acre, which on 773,000 acres remaining for harvest, indicates a production of 3,865,000 bushels, compared with 12,- 144,000 bushels in 1930. A yicld of 5.0 bushels is the lowest ever reported) in the state. Flax production has de- Clined from 6,430,000 bushels as fore- cast on July first to 4,788,009 pushels, the indicated August first production based on a@ condition of 37 per cent of normal. Last year 8,208,000 bush- jels were produced. Potato production estimated on first, compared with 2:771,000 fons produced in 1930 and with 2,964,000 Looe the five-year average produc- in. Condition of pastures is very low a8 reported on August first, 59 per : TEXANS HOPE FOR Wreckers Discover Metal Con- tainer While Razing Old Courthouse AWAKENS OLD MEMORIES Dedication Are Included in Contents Memories of more than 50 years ago were revived Thursday when county officials opened a metal box, found embedded in the cornerstone of the old Burleigh county court house. ‘Workers picking away at the bat- tered masonry of the ancient struc- ture discovered the box late Wednes- day afternoon. Made of tin and lightly built, the box, was badly rusted from the erosion of half a century and its contents were in poor condition. Found in the box were several cop- ies of the Bismarck Tribune, one of which was the edition of July 16, 1873, the second issue published by the then tiny frontier newspaper. A num- ber of other documents, too badly covered with rust to be legible were found. Six coins bearirlg marks of the seventies were also included. A newspaper clipping of the dedi- catory speech by Col. William Thomp- son at the laying of the cornerstone was in good condition. Other items which had withstood the test of years were a directory of the city of Bis- marck and a paper booklet describing the advantages of Bismarck and the vicinity by Mrs. Linda W. Slaughter. The phamplet was bound in heavy paper and was headed “The New Northwest”. The contents of the box was turned over to Russell Reid, superintendent of the state historical society, who will put them in order and endeavor to renovate illegible documents so that they can be read. BETTER CONDITIONS Legislature Passes Bill Provid- ing for Regulation of Oil Production Austin, Tex., Aug. 13—(?)—Mid- Continent oil men Thursday looked for better times in » distressed indus- try due to s conservation bill passed by the Texas legislature and eight days of enforced shutdown of Okla- homa by Governor W. H. ‘Murray. ‘The Texas measure, designed to put @ stricter curb on oil production, was overwhelmingly approved by both houses and signed by Governor Ross S. Sterling Wednesday night, a few hours before the adjournment of a 30-day special session called a Re tive, was seen in an ing Refining and of Cushing, Okla., to pay that amount for needed crude. ie Murray stopped production lahoma’s pro-rated fields Aug. 4. Ex- Government Will Aid Early Newspapers Describing | ets Death In Crash an Torch Murders Find Old Documents | In Cornerstone Box, NECK IS BROKEN AS AUTO PLUNGES INTO DITCH AT ROADSIDE Accident Occurs Five Miles North of Bismarck; Peter Wallin Is Victim SOO LINE MAN IS INJURED Nels Anderson, Section Boss, Is Being Treated for Bruises and Cuts His neck broken as his car plung- ed into the ditch five miles north of Bismarck Wednesday night, Peter Wallin, Baldwin farmer, died before he could be extricated fram the wreckage. His companion, Nels Anderson, Baldwin, section boss for the S00 Line railroad, escaped with injuries to his chest and face lacerations. He was thrown free of the car. ‘Wallin is believed to have lost con- trol of his car, crashing into a guard rail and breaking off several of the Posts before the machine finally catapulted into the ditch. Wallin had been delivering vege- tables to Bismarck customers and was returning to his home north of Bald- win when the accident occurred. He was a pioneer resident of Bur- leigh county, coming to this com- munity with his parents as a boy. A bachelor, he had been Ancient Feud Flares Again in Old Ireland Belfast, Northern Ireland, Pi dae detie ye agitated the Aug. 13. northern count Ireland ~ terday's events at Cottehill, sh Fre Irish Free State, where Orangemen were pre- | verte! ihe mt i ge Al Reservation Indians Washington, Aug. 13.—(7)—A fam- ily-to-family survey of Indian reser- vations in the two Dakotas and Mon- tana is being conducted by the In- F d belie [eile = a it Fak i | i iH a [i 53 iu i i 5 E | ; 4 i i ! i i P i | By iFEee ze and & Company of York and tho BM. Bylloy pany of Chicago. pe i aay Petepening yoann