The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 20, 1931, Page 1

North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper ESTABLISHED 1873 Y. S. ,Lindberghs Res THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1931 VPANGSE VESGEL (== Rater Grown NEGOTIATIONS FOR COMES 10 AID OF FLIER AND SPOUSE Couple Were Weary After Hav- ing Spent Night Afloat Enshrouded by Fog ARE QUIZZED BY SKIPPER Reason for Close Questioning By Captain not Explained; Have Motor Trouble Nemuro, Japan, Aug. 20.—()—Mo- tor trouble and fog held Colonel and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh at Ketol Island, one of the world’s worst fog zones, again Thursday. ‘The flying couple, forced down there late Wednesday while on their way from Petropaviovsk to Nemuro, were described in radio reports as rather weary, having spent last night in the cramped quarters of their plane and getting little sleep. In spite of their weariness and an accumulation of trouble during Thurs- day, the fliers were said to be in good spirits. ‘Messages said the couple had spent an uncomfortable night in the plane and remained in it until after 8 o'- clock in the morning, when the Shimushiru Maru, Japanese govern- ment steamer, arrived. They went aboard the ship, stretch- ing their limbs and having breakfast while being interviewed by the skip- per on their landing at Ketol. ‘Wireless reports late Thursday said Lindbergh was working on the motor. He was represented as being hopeful that the trouble soon would be remed- jed and that they would be able to take off Friday morning for Muroton Bay or Nemuro if the weather cleared. said 's pon- tion here bey eg “a than that in which it landed late ‘Wednesday. Changing breezes prompt- ed the moving of the plane. How serious the motor trouble might be was not explained, but the mes- sages indicated the Lindberghs had planned to taxi their pontooned plane to Muroton Bay, Shimushiru Island, 15 miles southwest of Ketoi, for bet- ter harborage, pending resumption of their flight to Nemuro, but that they then discovered the engine was not running properly. Although Japan has rigid laws pro- hibiting flights over its territory with- out permission, the significance of the questioning by the ship's captain was not explained. Before leaving Petropaviovsk Lind- bergh anticipated possible trouble in the Kuriles and asked the Japanese government, through the American embassy in Toklo, for an emergency permit to land in the Kuriles. This was ted.. Hence it was: believed ee iey night’s messages from its Th sme position on the north side of Ketol Island. It had towed the plane there from the south side of the Island. Difficulty was experienced in the towing because of a rough sea and breaking of two lines. The ship's captain expressed some anxiety be- cause of the threatening weather. SPECIAL LOW RATE GRANTED FOR WEST Will Permit Farmers in Drouth Areas to Ship Hay Equip- ment Elsewhere rt Hine a if i ie Mes ? g iH ge fi eee AY ie z E 4 5 g z j i 4 53 4 i i i B 3 ey E i 1 ge a ae ft Eas ! i i & i 2 3 A 3 i 5s ef ll 3 s 8 a i : : PERLE pes eye: LY 4 WALTER 8. GIFFORD Walter 8. Gifford, president of the American Telephone and Telegraph company and one of the nation’s in- dustrial leaders, has been appointed by President Hoover to head his com- Gifford is to work out his own plan. Fred C. Croxton, Columbus, Ohio, was named assistant director of un- employment relief. NORTH DAKOTA BODY ASSUMES CHARGE OF ABERDEEN HOSPITAL Good Samaritan Society also Takes over Institution at Beatrice, Neb. . Dy - 20.4) An+ nouncement that the Lutheran Good Samaritan society of Fargo has taken over the Lincoin hospital of Aberdeen, 8. D., was made bere epoca by F. R. Knautz, as- social ith Rev. August Hoeger, President of the society. Final agreement regarding opera- tion of the hospital is being complet- ed and the institution is expected to change hands formally in a few days, Knautz said. Rev. Hoeger is now at Beatrice, Neb., reorganizing a hospi- tal there which the society took over about two weeks ago. The Lincoln institution has about Beatrice hospital, which has three stories and is capable of caring. for 100 patients, is approximately a $350,- 000 investment. Fargo was then launched and at pres- ent 50 persons are being cared for Order Rate Cut on Florida Vegetables’ i f ; Ol FIRM MERGER ARE NEARING CLOSE| Gigantic Corporation Which Is Proposed Would Have Assets of Billion FIVE COMPANIES INVOLVED Scheme Is to Organize Holding Company to Control Units Now Separate It was understood the plan con- templates formation of a holding com- pany, which probably will be known 5 the Commonwealth Oil Corp. SEs ae aa Provides For Stew And Flops’ in Will | Aukland, N. Z., Aug. 20—(?)— John Gray, a wealthy farmer, has bequeathed $20,000 to be spent for mulligan stew and flops. He ‘was moved to pity for the ho- boes who camped near his farm and made provision for food and os for wayferers in his WOMAN'S: BODY IS FOUND NEAR SMALL WISCONSIN VILLAGE Believe She Was Slain Although Few Traces of Violence Are Evident Kenosha, Wis., Aug. 20.—(?)—The body of an unidentified woman about, 30 years old, was found near the vil- lage of Silver Lake Thursday. Coroner A. B. Schmitz expressed belief the woman was slain. He said '@ cursory examination showed several bruises about the legs and shoulders. The Towa HOOVER MAINTAINS SILENCE REGARDING REPORT OF BANKERS No Need for Immediate Policy Declaration Is Forseen By Administration ‘Washington, August 20—(?)—Ad- ministration silence still cloaked Thursday reactions of the Washing- ton government to suggested solutions of Germany's economic plight put for- ward by the Wiggin committee of in- ternational bankers. High officials doubted that any im- mediate occasion for a policy declara- tion by the Hoover administration would arise. While the Wiggin report will be studied closely, it was intimat- ed that it has already disclosed rami- fications even beyond the question of revision of inter-government debts which attracted first attention. The Wiggin committee has injected the question of private German debts sharply into discussion of the world depression remedies. Up to now relation of Germany to the world-wide economic crisis has been dealt with in international con- ‘| ferences and negotiations only from the aspect of inter-governmental debts, reparations due from Germany and war debts due the United States. Results in Doubt Whether the report of the Wiggin committee foreshadows some definite efforts to work out & method of scal- ing down all of these German com- mitments, both public and private, or Three-Day Session of Capitol Body Fails to Produce Definite Results TO MEET AGAIN IN FARGO Conference Next Week May See Action Toward Construction Of New Building A three-day meeting of the Capitol Building commission here adjourned Wednesday until early next week when members will meet at Fargo to consider further selection of an arch- itect for the proposed $2,000,000 state- house. Members said they had committed themselves to no definite choice, but hoped to reach a conclusion at the Fargo meeting. The commissioners said they have eliminated all but three of the out-of-state firms under consideration. George A. Bangs of Grand. Forks, chairman; Adjutant General G. A. Fraser of Fargo and F. L. Conklin of Bismarck, who make up the commis- sion, and Frank L. Anders, secretary, Participated in the sessions. The commission is chiefly concern- ed, Fraser said, with selecting arch- itects who will be able to work. to- gether in the interests of obtaining the best possible structure. “In event an out-of-state architect is chosen, the commission must it to be taken merely as an advisory warning from the bankers, is not known in Ws . No official, even privately, would attempt to unravel the meaning of the suggestion of the Wiggin commit- tee conclusions that the “snowball of Germany's foreign debts”, both pub- Uc and private, must be checked as a step toward world . "i has sought to keep out of all but one aspect of loans to Germany, financed by American banking groups. Affirmatively, Washington has dis- countenanced any such loans as might directly or indirectly go toward expansion of the armanent burdens of Europe. Otherwise it has follow- ed a hands-off policy, refusing speci- fic approval or disapproval for loans not changeable on that ground. Is Advisory Only The only glimpse of official reac- tion to the Wiggin committee report was the note sounded at the state de- partment, reminding inquirers that the bankers spoke for themselves and not for governments. While the Wig- gin study was favored at the London seven-power conversations on the German financial and economic cris- is attended by secretaries Stimson and Mellon, it has no official status but is purely advisory in scope. In the absence of any intimation of the attitude of the Hoover adminis- tration toward implications of debt and reparations revisions made by the ‘Wiggin report, previous declarations may be significant. In launching the one-year moratorium designed to tide over the German banking crisis of ee uclies alte =. paral le Te- publican platform of 1928 on which he was elected. ‘The president then declared him- self unalterably opposed to debt can- cellation but added that the United Dickinson to Conduct Election Next Month Dickinson, N. D., Aug. 20.—In order to fill the vacancy on the city com- choose a North Dakota architect as an associate. In that case we shall «want the state architect to be an in- tegral factor in the work as co-part- ners without submerging the North Dakota architect.” ‘The commission discussed the form of contracts which would be made with architects selected. Members terials and labor will be given prefer- ence as far as possible. Gandhi Unrepentant Bombay, India, Aug. 20.—(P)—All hope that Mahatma Gandhi might help England frame a new constitu- tion for India apeared to have van- ished today with a blunt statement unrepentant for publishing his indict- ment against the government. Similarly, Viceroy Willingdon sud- denly stiffened his attitude at Cal- cutta and decided to abandon his fortnight tour of India and return to Simla to deal with Gandhi's chal- lenge. He was represented as feeling that Gandht’s presence at the second round table conference is impossible in view of his broadside charging breaches in the Delhi pact. Thus India seems once more to be on the verge of a calamitous civil dis- obedience campaign, for Gandhi al- ready has declared he will not accept the conference's decision ‘as binding upon the nationalists and will renew his fight against the government if it fails to grant his demands for self- government unfettered by British control. See Higher Prices For Crude Petroleum Kilgore, Tex., Aug. 20.—(#)—There were indications of higher prices for crude oil Thursday as the Oklahoma martial law shutdown ‘of production continued for the third week and the martial law lid was clamped tighter ie gEF eek rays Have Important Effect Plant Evolution; Revises Nature ena, the closest wild relative to it i Es f ii : : f i PEE § E br i ge ett é i Tey » w g He. [ Hi Be A a he Ei Ha! il: x ge As New Fight Looms) by Gandhi at Ahmedabad that he is | Reissner, showgirl companion of the : Love In a cottage means more to Tho! the wealth of his father, John Barry Ryan, escued from Plane Off Kuriles Commission Fails To Name Architect SWAPS MILLIONS FOR LOVE ‘Press Photo Fortune Ryan, 2nd, than stern capitalist. He was disinherited when he married the former Mrs. Mayme Masters, young widow. Ryan and his bride are shown here at the home of Mrs. Ryan’s parents at Monarch, near Sheridan, Wyo. Troops of Government are Victors in JURORS WILL PROBE SEA-LINER MYSTERY Seek to Learn How Japanese Merchant Disappeared from Liner During Cruise New York, Aug. 20.—(7)—The mys-| terlous disappearance of Hisashi Fuji- mura, Japanese importer of Norwalk. Conn., from the liner Belgenland last week will be investigated by a federal grand jury. Assistant United States Attorney Lumbard announced that Miss Mary Japanese on a six-day cruise to Hali- fax, had been asked to appear before | the grand jury Monday. She was) questioned in private Wednesday for! six hours. Lumbard said Miss Reissner had been friendly with the Japanese for several months before she sailed with him and his seven-year-old daughter | on the Belgenland cruise. j Miss Reissner, known on the stage as Mary Dale, said she attended a shipboard party last Friday given by Miss Mildred Harris, former wife of Charles Chaplin. She was gone for three hours. On her return to her stateroom, she told federal authori- the importer was misising. Miss Harris also was questioned but ‘A reward of $5,000 has been offered man’s firm for infor- porter. as q ‘three-year-old daughter died in New York. 1,236 Loan Requests Filed in Mountrail Cuban Battle Between 200 and 300 Men Re- ported in Bitter Fight- ing at Gibara Havana, Aug. 20.—(?)—Victorious in the first important battle of the revolution, government troops, air- Planes and. a gunboat joined forces Thursday to drive the rebels from northern Oriente Province. The federals successfully completed @ three-day siege of Gibara on the northern coast of Oriente Wednes- day, official sources said, and sur- rounded their enemies on the out- skirts of the town. The number of casualties was not announced but newspapers estimated between 200 and 300 men were killed and wounded. A million rounds of ammunition, 57 machine guns and 800 rifles were said to have been captured by the government. The fleeing insurgents Danish Steamer Is Fired on by Plane Washington, Aug. 20—(P)—A report from the Danish steamer Frederiksborg that it had been bombed and fired on with ma- chine guns by a plane in Cuban waters was received Thursday at the navy department. The message said: “Bound Antilla. Have just been bombed and machine gunned by Cuban plane outside Antille. Please report authorities.” Tt was received at the naval station at Guantanamo, Cuba, and relayed here. It was sent via the steamship Doris Kellog pre- sumably because the Danish ship carried no radio or was unable to communicate directly with the naval station. The Weather : Fair to unsettled tonight and Friday; cooler Friday. PRICE FIVE CENTS Wheat Offered to China FARM BOARD WILL OPEN NEGOTIATIONS FOR SALE OF GRAIN 15,000,000 Bushels May Be Sent to Orient to Relieve Flood Sufferers WOULD GIVE CREDIT TERMS Official Says ‘He Assumes Debt Would Be Assumed by Chinese Government Washington, Aug. 20.—(#}—The farm board has replied to the Chi- nese government that the grain sta- bilization corporation would be glad to enter negotiations for the sale of 15,000,000 bushels of what for relief of flood sufferers. Chairman Stone said Thursday the board’s answer had been transmitted to the Nanking government through the state department in response to an informal inquiry about the pur- chase of wheat on long term credit. The question of payment has not yet been considered, Stone said, but he assumed it would be on the basis of a straight obligation on the part of that government if negotiations ; Were satisfactory. He added that a governmental obligation was the best credit China had to offer. The sale price would be the market price on the day of shipment. Stone said a stipulation probably would be made that the wheat would be used for flood relief purposes only. The Chinese inquiry was referred to the white house as well as the board. President Hoover has ex- pressed himself as concerned over the serious situation in the Yangtse Val- ley and yesterday so assured the (Chinese president. The board has more than 200,000,000 bushels of wheat bought in price stabilization operations. ‘The chairman revealed that board members have been the Possibility of making some of its store available free for domestic food re- lef. Congressional action would be necessary for this. Stone said he thought only three or four days would be required for con- from which it could be-shipped with- out delay. TOMAHAWK’S SON THANKS BISMARCK North Dakota Capital Called ‘City of My Beloved Father's Friends’ Bismarck is described as the “city “To the city of my beloved father's friends, namely, Bismarck, N. D. “I take this means of thanking each and every person, the Associated Press, and the community at large for their energetic interest and sympa- thetic attitude and for every assist- ance rendered financially and phy- sically in the loss of my beloved fath- er and counselor, Marcellus Red Tomahawk. “Words fail to fully express my deep heartfelt appreciation of all courtesies extended in behalf of my dear father, all of which was comfort- st to took refuge in a railway tunnel and kept! their capture was reported to be im- ment. A number of their leaders were believed to have been slain. Aid in Encounter Learning an expeditionary force had landed at Gibara, the govern- Lore pipethes 5 caniee oF Hees ie fi in behalf of my brothers and Little Eagle, 8. D., Aug. 17, 1931.” Labor Conservatives Win Socialism Fight Minneapolis, Aug. _20—(?)—Wind~ ing up a bitter fight on socialism with : if } i 5 beeeE & &