The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 19, 1931, Page 1

North Dakota’s Oldest Newspapei ESTABLISHED 1878 Fog Forces Lindbe South Dakota F SAY SERIOUS CRISIS. | HAS BEEN CREATED BY DROUTHPLAGUE Demand Tax Cut on Agricultural Lands, Reduction in State Expenses SUGGESTIONS CONSIDERED Governor Willing to Reduce Own Pay 50 Per Cent; Hesi- tates About Others i | Pierre, 5. D., Aug. 19.—(%)—Claim- | ing farmers face a serious crisis be- cause of drouth and grasshopper damage and low prices, 200 repre- sentatives of South Dakota’s major farm organizations came here Tues- day and demanded drastic relief ac-| tion by state officials. Of the state tax commission, they asked $00,000,000 reduction in valu- ation of South Dakota's agricultural lands for taxation purposes, asserting this ty has been over-valued during recent years and has borne an unfair share of the tax burden. To Governor Warren E. Green the group addressed a resolution asking him to use his influence to obtain a salary cut of at least 20 per cent for all state employes. If the proposed reductions are not accepted volun- tarily, Governor Green was asked to call a special session of the state legis- lature by Octoper 1 to compel ac- ceptance . salary cuts and to esi] other relief plans. Promises Srey study and co- | operation were given in reply to both requests. Governor Green told the group he would accept a 60-per-cent cut in his own salary if necessary, but would have to give careful consider- ation before reducing the pay of! others. ‘He cited salary reductions and other economy moves already car- ried out and indicated he opposed .& 1 session. Pane tax commission, asked to make © 30 per cent cut from last year’s ag- ricultural land valuations, promised careful consideration of statistics pre- sented before equalization is made. Farm leaders claimed the land has een assessed at least 30 per cent above its ener value in money, inj ition to law. Pe eoresentatives of the Farmers Union, Farm Bureau, State Grange id independent organizations had}; Sas on the relief program before |. presenting it to the governor and the tax commission. © ——— Italians Building | ¢ | New Racing Plane Se New York, Aug. 19.—()—Ital- fan fliers hope to obtain seven miles a minute from a new type of racing plane in which twin pro- pellers are driven by motors de- veloping 3,000 horsepower. Col. Mario de Bernardi, Italian rac- ing ace, who afrived here, told about the pew plane being built for the Schneider cup races. Special Session Is Suggested by Pinchot Harrisburg, Pa. Aug. 19—(P)— Governor Pichot Wednesday sent a Jetter to President Hoover urging & especial session of congress in the near future to consider federal aid for the ‘unemployed. “You have yourself ag eh mee priations by congress for re! re needy in distant parts of the world,” the governor wrote, “and, having obtained them, have super- vised their expenditure. It would seem to be most opportune that you should do no less for our own needy here at home. Only an extra session i Clubmen Will Attend Grand Forks Ceremony Fargo, Aug. 19 (Twenty-five or| more members of the Fargo Cosmo- Ppolitan club will to Grand Forks Saturday to attend, ceremonies inci- dent to installation of a club in that Hannaher, ; Moorhead Rotary club Tuesday. THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19, 1981 ETE RG ‘Pioneer Has Birthday | etic ccs ete atc Dayton, O., Aug. 19.—(®)—An air minded world, steeped in nearly three decades of aviation’s big parade, re- membered Wednesday the birthday of one who pioneered the air—Orville | Wright. At @ quiet summer retreat on the shores of Bay, Canada, Wright observed his sixtieth birthday anniversary. Scores of messages from friends and admirers attested to the recogni- tion of his achievements, realized in collaboration with his brother, Wil- bur, who died in 1912. Enjoying constant good health, he is to be found daily in his Dayton laboratory. COERCION DENIED BY WOMAN MEMBER OF CRIME COMMISSION Ada Comstock Tells Moorhead! Rotarians Hoover Did Not Revise Report | ' Moorhead, Minn, Aug. 19.—(?)— Flat denial that President Hoover in any wow restricted recommendations his crime com-| mission appointed; tion of the wishes of the president made at meetings of the crime com- mission members or at conferences with Hoover, declared Miss Comstock, and commission members at all times felt free to express opinions without restraint Her address was given before the Much has been made of the appar- mei mon IS SEEKING CHANGE IN WAR DEBT POLICY| jand France, heretofore outstanding BANKERS COMMITTEE International Group, Headed by New York Financier, Submits Report SAYS CONFIDENCE NEEDED Disputes Among Leading Na- tions Pointed Out as Bar to Return of Good Times Basel, Switzerland, Aug. 19.—(F)— A recommendation the entire struc- ture of inter-governmental war debts and Hci rations be revised as the f! step toward the return of world prosperity was made Wednes- Hn by the Wiggin Bankers’ Commit- The committee was set up py the bank for international settlements at .|for the slayings. Clark asserts that Crawford, ticlan. At the left is Leonard Wi Four Men Die in Crash of | Plane on Canadian Lake o———. Is Taking Tuxedo . j the behest of the seven-power con- ference in London to investigate Ger- many’s credit needs. It is headed by Albert H. Wiggin, of New York, chair- man of the board of the Chase Na- tional bank, and is composed of the representatives of the 10 leading banking nations in the world. Their report criticized political dif- ferences existing between Germany and her European neighbors and urged current disputes be cleared up in order that -“good times” might again prevail in all nations. Germany’s reparations payments were assailed as an immense obstacle to the peaceful, economic progress of the world and the great powers were advised to “lose no time” in revising the schedule of international pay- ments and “thereby bring to the world and Germany sorely needed as- sistance. World Needs Assurance “We think it essential that before the period of-prolongation of credits Tecommended by the London confer- ence comes to an end that the gov- ernments concerned should give to the world the assurance that internation- al political relations are established on a basis of mutual confidence, the sine qua non of economic recovery, and that international payments to be made by Germany will not be such as to imperil the maintenance of her} financial stability.” The recommendation came from Idading bankers of the United States ents of such revision. “Until relations between Germany and other powers are fair- ly established on the basis of sympa- thetic cooperation and mutual con- fidence,” the report said, “and an im- portant source of difficulty is thereby removed, there can be no assurance of continued and peaceful economic On Atlantic Flight | —+ Detroit, Aug. 10.—(#)—Space and weight are at a premium on @ translantic flight, but Edwin L. Preston found room for a tux- edo when he took off Tuesday on a hop-skip-and-jump flight to Copenhagen. He said he “might need it in Copenhagen.” Robert H. Collignon, Preston's co-pilot and radio operator, did not reveal whether his luggage includes formal dress. CHINESE DROWN AS HUGE DYKE BREAKS: ° 1 | | | t Hundreds Engulfed by Rushing Waters of Yangtse River In Hankow Area Hankow, China, Aug. 19.—(7)— Flood waters of the Yangtse river to- day broke through the big Chiakow dyke protecting Hankow'’s western suburb, inundating the native indus- trial district and taking several hun- dred more lives. Adding to the chaos of the last three weeks, in which flood waters! have robbed some 30,000,000 persons of their homes and left 10,000,000 des- titute, the renewed onslaught of the river covered the highest ground in Hankow under five feet of water and 1 | A committee representing Ger- many's creditor nations, meeting alongside the Wiggin group, sgreed to recommend to their central banks that existing short term credits total- ing about $1,200,000,000 be extended ifor a further six-month period. To Permit. Withdrawal After many hours of sharp discus- sion, the German spokesman agreed to permit the gradual partial with- Com - Reichsbank balances now id by foreign depositors. The Wiggin committee asserted it was essential that the normal process of investment of fresh capital should be resumed in order to increase the purchasing power of the world. ‘The report swung a heavy club on|°: “During the seven years between 1924 and 1930 Germany's foreign in- Gebtedness grew faster than the assets owned by her abroad: 18,200,000,000 'Reichsmarks. Her total indebtedness is estimated at 25,000,000,000 Reichs- some for ite enforcement” abe, deriared. for h jared “Four members believed the im- Lue i & the lower areas 10 to 20 feet deep. Epidemics became more serious among the refugees, who had noth- ing to drink but flood water. Typhoid, cholera and dysentery raged un- checked. Industry in Hankow was demoral- ized. Big flour, cotton and silk mills were flooded when the dyke broke. ‘Such confusion prevailed that it was) ton. impossible to count casualties. All foreigners were reported safe. In Wuchang an important dyke burst. In the ancient city of Han- yang the waters topped the gates of as “probably China's most terrible disaster in the present century.” Carson, N. D., Aug. 19.— Theodore Martell, ¢ounty tural agent, expects Grant county's annual fair at Leith this year to be the largest in history. He says lists of entries have been larger than ever in northwest fairs this year. Green and White Oysters as Cures for! Anemia Demonstrated before Chemists 1 BY | shifting Winds Aid jthe flames’ back into the towns. arm Groups Ask and at the right W. I. Gilbert, attor- neys for Clark, who Tuesday heard the state demand the death penalty he shot in self-defense. The case was expected to go to the jury late Wed- nesday or early Thursday. Members of Rescue Party Fall| To Death as They Attempt To Bring Craft Down | Rainy Lake, Ont, Aug. 19.—(P)— Four members of an airplane rescue party from the provincial forestry service were killed Tuesday just as} they learned that the airmen they! sought were safe. a The accident, in which a large metal cabin plane of the Ontario for- estry department, plunged into Rainy River Lake, was the aftermath of the wrecking of two provincial planes in & storm Monday. The dead were: Phillip A. Hutte,; Toronto, pilot; R. V. Greer, Sault Ste. | Marie, Ont., mechanic; J. V. Stewart, district forestry department chief, ; Stretford, Ont., and A. J. Runciman, Stratford, co-pilot. ‘The party was searching for George | ‘Dalshey, a-fiying: boat, was wred! Greer, who had been in another plane which also had been wrecked in the storm, was guilding the party from the forestry base at Fort Francis. | | { | | In Fighting Flames Quick Action LAFOLLETTE SWIDOW IS TAKEN BY DEATH AT WASHINGTON, D. ¢. Mother of Wisconsin Senator And Governor Succumbs Following Operation HAD BEEN ILL SHORT TIME Had Been Working on Biog- raphy of ‘Fighting Bob;’ Few Knew of Sickness Washington, Aug. 19.-(#)-Mrs. Belle Case La Follette, widow, mother and counselor of noted progressive leaders, died here late Tuesday of shock fol- wing an abdominal operation. Both Senator Robert La Follette, r., and Governor Philip La Follette of Wisconsin, sons, were at the bed- side when death came. The distinguished sons of the 72- ‘year-old widow of the late Senator “Fighting Bob” La Follette arrived only a few hours before the end after tushing by airplane and train from their Wisconsin homes. She recog- |nized them, greeting them with a faint smile. So brief was the sickness of Mrs. La Follette that few of her friends knew she was ill. Hope for herrecov- ery had been held out to the last. Accompanied by the sons and a daughter the body was to be placed aboard a train at 2:30 p. m., Wed- nesday. The funeral party is sched- uled to arrive at Madison, Wisconsin, 5:40 p. m. Thursday. Mrs. George |Middleton, of California, will join the party at Chicago. Tentative arrangements call for a | simple service at either the executive mansion or the family home. Engrossed in writing a biography of the man she married more than half @ century ago, Mrs. Le Follette was several days ago and an ked in the storm Monday. | operation to remove an intestinal ob- struction was performed. It was the elder La Follette who gave his wife the name of “The Coun- selor.” He referred to the able assist- ance she rendered in his office and his home while he rose from private United States representative, gover- nor and senator, and finally to the progressive nomination for the presi dency in 1924. woman's suffrage. and for her hus- band in 1924, Mrs. La Follette never: theless found her chief \.ork in mak: ing the family a forum of progres- sivism. It was hey wisdom as mother and her perennial youth of mental outlook that called forth the young Spokane, Aug. 19.—(#)—Residents; of half a dozen northwest towns; breathed easier Wednesday as forest fires veered away from homes to con-| fine their destruction to pine stands | and brush. Armies of residents and quickly- recruited federal, state and protec: tive association fighters, aided by {¢ jvorable winds, checked blazes roaring | at the gates of Troy, Boville, Forest; and. Julietta in Idaho, and Liberty’ Lake and Diamond Lake in Washing- | An undetermined number of farm! buildings were destroyed, but only) one residence in a town. i Reports of human casualties com- | ing out of the confusion on the Bo-| ville and Troy fronts proved un- founded. Although the towns are not in im- mediate danger, the situation still is critical as a shifting wind would send CUT HONEYMOON SHORT Denver, Aug. 19.—()—Paul White- man, musica] master, and his fourth wife, the former Living- ston, red-haired screen actress, Wed- nesday planned to cut their Colorado honeymoon and return tomorrow to Chicago. senator's tribute. GOVERNMENT 10 AID ~ IN DROUTH DISTRICT Hyde Reports on Northwestern Conditions at Meeting of Cabinet in Washington Washington, Aug. 19.—(?)—Assur- nce that the government will make loans available in the mote serious , drought areas of Montana and North and South Dakota has been given by Secretary Hyde. The loans will be made to farmers for the purchase of livestock feed to catry them through the winter months, About $15,000,000 remains from th’ emergency funds appropriat- ed by the last congress. The secretary of agriculture, who urned to Washington Tuesday af- He outlined conditions as he found them to President Hoover at a cab- inet meeting. The bad drought spots, the secre- tary said, were in central and north- eastern Montans, northwestern North Dakota and western and southern {now feeding and caring for farmers It has rghs ‘An active campeigner both for| 2 \ Star Athlete Drowns || ERIC KRENZ Tahoe, Calif., Aug. 19.—(?)—Strick- en, apparently by heart attack while swimming in Emerald Bay here, Eric Krenz, 24, former Stanford ath- lete and holder of the world’s discus record, drowned Tuesday. Krenz, who since leaving Stanford had been employed by a San Francis- co accounting firm, had gone boat- ing with a girl. He decided to take a swim and lowered himself from the \end of the boat, swam a few strokes, then disappeared under the surface. The girl tried to go to his assist- ance but being unfamiliar with row- ing only got farther away. Residents on shore, 300 yards away, put out in small boats but arrived too late. The body was recovered. Krenz was the first man in history to throw the discus more than 160 feet and his mark of 163 feet 8 3-4 inches, although subsequently sur- passed by Paul Jessup, university of recognized | Washington, is as the .| world record. Krenz had been pr: ticing steadily in anticipation of set- ting a mark of 170 feet at the Olym- pic games next year. ‘NEWS OF REVOLT IN CUBA BOTTLED UP BY Battles Are Brewing in Several Places Havana, Aug. 19.—(?)—Authorita- ive news of the Cuban revolt was ef- fectively bottled up by government, censorship Wednesday but reports in- dicated decisive battles were brew- ing in several provinces. A rebel expedition comprising 500 men and scores of machine guns landed at Gibrari in upper Oriente from the German vessel Frederick Il. The palace admitted unofficially the report was true but said the force’ was surrounded by federal troops. Another expeditionary force was reported to have landed on the upper Santa Clara coast and rebels were said to have derailed the Fomento- Trinidad train south of Santa Clara. The government dispztched 200 more soldiers to Santa Clara. Army headquarters announced Col- onel Aurelio Hevia, his son and two other Rebel leaders were captured in a drug store in Colon, Matanzas Province. They will be imprisoned in Cabana fortress with former Presi- dent Menocal and Col. Mendieta, prime movers of the revolt. Major Celestino Baizan surrendered at the Palace and was jailed. President Gerardo Machado re- mained in Santa Clara, attempting to quell the movement, but little news) of his success reached here. He had expected to return several days ago but the tenacity of the Insurgents has: delayed his departure. Fear the insurrection might spread to Havana led the government 5 i i i it if HF F E 2 STRICT CENSORSHIP law practice to district attorney. | Unofficial Reports Indicate Big; The Weather Unsettled tonight and Thursdey, prob- ably showers; warmer PRICE FIVE CENTS Down EMERGENCY LANDING MADE IN DANGEROUS WATERS OF KURILES Famous Aviator and Wife Ap- parently Spending Night In Plane off Rocky Island ANNE SIGNALS FOR HELP Asks Positions of Two Ships as Plane Circles Blindly In Heavy Fog Nemuro, Japan, Aug. 19.—(P)— Landing in the treacherous waters off Ketoi Island on being forced down @ second time in their attempt to fly 897 miles over the stormy Kurile Islands from Petropaviovsk, Kam- chatka, to Nemuro, Colonel and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh Wednesday |night were afloat in their plane on the sheltered side of a forbidding and uninhabited island about which whirl powerful ocean currents. A few minutes after leaving Pe- tropaviovsk their motor developed trouble and they were forced to de- scend at Avatcha Bay, Kamchatke. Two hours later they were off again and got as far as Shimushiru Island, a little over half way to Nemuro, when they ran into a fog bank 1,000 feet deep. Turning back with the intention of landing at Muroton Bay, Shimushiru, the Lindbergh’s evidently found the harbor there enshrouded by fog and were unable to effect a landing. Mrs. less station here for the position of two ships, the Kokusai Maru and the Shimushiru Maru, both of which she knew were in her vicinity. Get Down Safely Finally the fliers brought Plane safely down on the lee of rockbound island of Ketol, 15 from Muroton Bay. Whether they would be able to reach shore was not clear in the reports. Strong currents swish about most of the Kuriles and vessels approach them with the utmost caution. That the Lindbergh’s At Ketol the Lindbergh’s were in the realm of the Hairy Antu, a prim- | ae People inhabiting the e Ainu live in caves and hunt ae ‘ane the crudest a the Lindbergh’s approach recently brought them out of their $ for a glimpse at the “great man Leaving Petropaviovsk at 8:45 a. m. (6:45 p. m. Tuesday E. 8. T.) after two-and-one-half days delay in their vacation flight because of bad weath- er, the filers made good time down the island chain after repairing their motor. Mi from the plane in- dicated they had flown about in the opeeirincype region of Shimushiru about an hour before making ance mi the lessages Landing ing back Mrs. Lindbergh messaged that the landing would be made at Muroton Bay, saying the Plane was descending at 4:26 p. m. eae ee, 5(ea6 a.m. E.8.T.) Some e reported the at Ketol and said they Baas 4 their flight to Nemuro “as soon as Possible.” Lindbergh anticipated the @ ity of trouble over the ene Tae Me Upon turni American embassy ing it to seek in his behalf an emerg- ency landing permit for somewhere in that region. The permit was ited. The Kurile region is a paradise f hunters, fishermen and naturalists The encircling seas teem with fish. Huge grizzly