The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, September 18, 1931, Page 1

» , ~ ie ' | Y North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper ESTABLISHED 1878 Colleg NOTE FROM OTHER WOMAN SADD 70 BE EVIDENCE IN CASE Victim’s Father Asserts Brought ‘Great Unhappiness’ Before Her Death it) SAY WOMAN WAS DROWNED | Missive to Savant Was Couched in Affectionate Terms; Sought a ‘Date’ Hampton, Va., Sept. 18.—(7)—A let- | ter which her father said brought! “great unhappiness” to Mrs. Jenny Graham Kane held attention Friday as one of the chief factors leading coroner George K. Vanderslice to of- ficially state she came to her death | “from drowning at the hands of her | husband, Elisha Kent Kane.” i ‘The coroner’s verdict, returned late | Thursday after a four-day inquest, | called the alleged act of the Univer- sity of Tennessee professor, who is a son of Dr. Evan O'Neill Kane, Penn- sylvania ‘surgeon, “a premeditated e Associated Press Photo Nadine Dore of Los Angeles was ‘selected: “Mies North America” at an International “beautequest” at Ocean Park, Cal. Girls from Can- ada and Mexico as well as the murder.” 'W. C. Graham, father of Mrs. Kane,| United States were entered, spoke of the “great ” caused his daughter by discovery of a letter from that woman.” ,Coroner Vanderslice made public ® létter he said was found in the lug- named Betty . for a dinner at a hotel in honor ‘Addressed to “Bashy, Dear,” the| of Joseph H. Widener, chairman epistle indicated its writer was em-| of the Jockey culb. The guests ployed on the 8. 8. America and was include 40 race horses which dated September 1. will dine in stalls around the ben- ‘After describing a European trip it| quet hall. ‘Then they will be par- continued: “There were numerous; aded across a runway for the en- times, Sashy, when I wonder if you tertainment of the other guests, and I would ever get leisure to do some of the old-world places to- eee Place the ~writer said: Egerees | INTED FRONT AIR ts the dedication still to E. H. D. DROUGHT AD DRIVE oe 7 doing with your ayn this summer, Seahy? I really -! Leading Organizations, at Val- ley City Meeting, Agree To Help ———— i ” BLECTION PROSPECT ~ WORRYING BRITISH Powerful Forces Object to prob- able Unsettling In- fluence Now i Ht ath 5 FF i LEE d5e Ee ae i London, Sept. 18—(P) — Prime Minister MacDonald’s national gov- ernment was confronted ee t i ROBBED BY FIVE MEN President and Family Are Kept Under Guard Overnight By Bandits Members of Legion Set Minstrel Dates Decision to hold a minstrel show . @nd carnival in the World Wer Mem- orial building here October 5, 6 and Friday by a com- Bismarck American Milton Junction, Wis. Sept. @)—Five_men Friday Farmers Bank of Milton about $5,000. Entering 7 was Jofin Paul, president mittee of the Although plans for the event have not been members of the ) \ THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA,:FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1931 ESTIMATE NUMBER Guard and Prisoner Wounded as 14 Men Flee From Del- aware Workhouse | AT 3,600 PERSONS \ Figures Are Based on Survey of! Actual and Prospective Situation LOCK BLOWN OFF OF DOOR Prisoners. Then Rushed Into|LOCAL CONDITIONS GOOD Yard and Forced Guard to Open Gate Some Cities Have Problem Big Enough to Cause Them Real Worry ‘Wilmington, Del., Sept. 18—(@—A| (By the Associated Press) North Dakota’s ten largest cities contain or will contain approxi- according to esti city officials and charitable or- tions in the various communi- unemployed, faced the winter months with assurance that a state-wide organization ahd local units will cooperate in the relief) of Sead growing out of unemploy- county workhouse escape of 14 prisoners. Both men will Tecover, physicians said. serious city, with the total unempléyed, in lon - to poppulation, appar- states. fairly good and the number of un- Albert Schneider, Who Started Out to Rob Mercer Bank, Sentenced Here ¢0f 8,187, while Devils Lake, with a Population of 5,451, estimated 175 un- ‘employed. Dickinson's estimate was 300 out of a of 5,025. Mandan and Valley City reported normal Cap tailed with at no relief measures were planned or ESCAPES DEATHBY ROLLING FROM BI j tured Vertebrae as Grain Fills Room EY China Is Ready to Receive Lindberghs|* * Nanking, China, Sept. 18—(?)—Al- a Ly Rs | | i J i 28 i i E i f | ; he ! i Crawls to Safety Despite Frac-; | | { | Cloudy and somewhat warmer to- night; probably showers Saturday. PRICE FIVE CENTS WRECKAGE LEFT BY TROPICAL HURRICANE This Associated Press telephoto shows some of the homes «demolished by the hurricane that spread destruction through 1.000 deaths. ‘Kidnap Victim Slays Trio e Professor Held on Murder Charge Two Men Shot in Eastern Jailbreak) (f STATE JOBLESS Miss North America | ATTEMPT 10 LURE MAN FROM STATION RESULTS IN DEATH Fourth Is Wounded as Scheme to Abduct Texan Ends in Shooting Affray Associated Press Photo in Belize, British Honduras, that wei the Caribbean islands and caused more than Roads and Shippers Present Briefs on Freight Rate Boost to. Federal Body = & PLIERS SAY STORM HALTED PROGRESS IN PACIFIC FUG Details of Landing on Lonely Aleutian: Islands Related to Newspaper _ Tokoyo, Sept. 18.—(7}—First details of what happened to Don Moyle and C. A. Allen, California fliers who were found on Siberian island this week North Dakota Commission Chal- lenges Claims Made by Carriers at Hearing Washington, Sept. 18—()—Widely divergent views on the of railroads to raise freight rates 15 per cent were presented Friday to the In- rind Commerce Commission in 53 ets. Several score more written argu- ments are expected before the com- mission Monday begins to hear gral discussions by attorneys. was Today day for filing briefs but com- iaelont oeetels said briefs whith did not reach them today would be re- ceived because only about ten days were allowed for preparing them. The briefs covered the full range of industries and tions ing at hearings throughout the coun- nine days after they had taken off | try. from Japan on a projected non-stop transpacific flight, were published Friday by the ne per Asahi. The article, signél by Moyle and Allen and sent by wireless from the rescue ship Buriat, said they had been forced to turn back toward Siberia by a storm after they had circled over the Aleutian islands for about 20 hours. ‘Their story said that as they near- ed the Aleutian islands, they encoun- tered a gale. Asahi quoted the fliers as saying their plane was tossed “up, down and aside like a leaf,” by the storm. “For nearly 20 hours,” they said, superhuman efforts.’ The dispatch said Moyle and Allen flew for 34 hours after leaving Sam- F i | tm, they said, continued to for seven days they were to continue their flight. On day, the weather improved took off and finally landed Miano Pilgino, Siberia. went through a trying ordeal,” filers, but added they were they plan- for Seattle Saturday but mention where they got gas- to continue their projected fight. Moyle and Allen did not mention how they existed for seven days or more on the uninhabited island. SEEK FIREBUG IN WARPETON BLAZE Fire Destroys Railroad Round- house; Is Fifth Within Short Time & BREESE y ane Wahpeton, N. D., Sept. 18—()—|™4 | Believed to have been set by @ pyro- Heve a fire bug is working in Wahpe- ton, five other fires having occurred here recently. Minneapolis Banker Is Sentenced to Pen Minneapolis, Sept. 18—(7)—The full amount of his defalcations still unknown, Lindsay 8. Smith, assistant secretary of the Hennepin Savings and Loan association, was sentenced to from one to 10 years in the Still- cee penitentiary for embezzling $30, ‘The money was taken from the fi- nancial institution which had em- ployed him for more than 15 years and in which his father, John L. Smith, was the secretary. Smith pleaded guilty to first degree ~ [ard laroena, The larger railroads, through a committee of 18, and the western car- riers presented briefs designed to show they have made a case which the Py a should decide in their favor. The Minnesota railroad and ware- house commission and the states of, South Dakota, Massachusetts, North’ Dakota and California, also submitted nts. Unlike the short-line railroad brief filed two days ago, which indicated willingness for agricultural products to be exempted, the brief for the ma- asserted “each class of service ad- pensat! The Minnesote, South Dakota, urged the commission to grant motion made by a group of western states for dismissal of the railroads’ Petition. The North Dakota railroad com- mission declared the railroads were not faced with any emergency requir- ing “such drastic and summary ac- tion.” “We' insist,” its brief said, “that the only lawful way carriers may in- crease their rates is by filing of spe- cific tariffs subject to suspension and justification in the manner prescribed by law. . : “We deny the carriers are efficient- ly managed when their entire passen- ger business is elther operated at a logs or at least on a profit so thin that the freight traffic is required to bear the burden of insufficient pas- senger train revenue. “We deny their capital expenditures have been wisely and properly made. In the face of constantly declining tonnage the railroads made huge cap- ital expenditures in 1930 which could fed by any rea- not possibly be justif! sonable anticipation of future busi- neeThe railroads have been overbuilt and there is today in the United States a huge surplus of transporta- tion facilities. No reasonable rate level can be maintained which will produce attractive returns on rail- road facilities valued far in excess of a fair value the available tonnage and needs of the shipping iblic.’ E. M. Hendricks, traffic expert for the North Dakota commission, and Rex Willard, Fargo, economist for the state agricultural college, are in ‘Washnigton and plan to make oral arguments in behalf of North Dako- te’s case Monday. Willard is chair- man of the economic committee of the western states opposing the increase and also will represent the other states. ‘The brief recites that “two-thirds of the state has suffered a terrible drouth, resulting in a total loss of crops and sustenance for thousands of farmers.” “Thousands of families,” it con- tinues, “are being cared for by the Red Cross or other agencies and are in such a state of abject poverty that it is utter folly to expect increased revenues from increased freight rates to or from North \.” ROAD CONDITIONS GOOD All constructed portions of the state highway system are in good condition generally, the North Dakota highway department reported in the weekly + ISAYS TAX BURDEN BEING SHIFTED TO BUSINESS PROPERTY Acker Points Out Effects of Latest Equalization Madé By State The 1931 agsessment has resulted in shift of the tax burden from) farm lands to other classes of prop- erty, Iver Acker, state tax commis- sioner, said Friday in analyzing data compiled by his office in connection with this year’s tax levy. AS 4 result of the 1931 assessment and equalization there was @ reduc- tion of farm values amounting to $132,725,700 as compared with last year’s values. Farm land valuations this year were placed at $674,271,570, while last year the valuations were $86,997,270, City real estate was décreased $7,- 366,157; personal property was de- creased $14,200,296; railroad property was decreased $5,895,582. Power and oe utilities were increased $2,552,- The assessed valuation of telephone Property decreased $152,427. The as- sessment of commercial telephone property, however, $363,- 616 over 1930. Property of 109 companies while the assessment of 1930 covered the prop- erty of 785 companies. The property of mutual and cooperative telephone companies, under an act passed in 1931, is not assessed. Such compa- nies pay a flat tax of 50 cents per telephone. Express property was not assessed this year as it is subject to a gross earnings, tax under an act passed in| street railway property was decreased $28,253 and sleeping car property $32,516. net decrease in all pri valuations was $158,454,001. Farm lands decreased 16.45 per cent and all other property decreased 4.88 per cent. The percentage decrease on city real estate was 4.82 per cent,| on personal property 8.95 per cent, on railroads 3.01 per cent. and gas property valuations increased 22.38 per cent. Various percentages of decrease occurred in the smaller utilities. Drop Is Continuous The total assessed valuation of farm lands in 1919 was $1,072,107,652. This year (1931) the assessed valua- tion of farm lands is $674,271,570, a, decrease of $397,896,083 or 37.11 per cent having occurred in the 12-year’ period. In 1917 farm lands and farm improvements constituted 56.18 per cent of the total assessed valuation of all property; in 1918 farm lands) and farm improvements were 58.52 (Continued on page ten) Kings and Queens Cut Sale of Cards ° New York, Sept: 18—(7)—EW Culbertson, contract bridge ex- pert, is back from Russia with a story about royalty. He had a scheme for doubling the sale of Playing cards in the Soviets, but the man in charge of the syndi- cate would have none of it. “He told me,” Culbertson said, “that he had been put on the job be- cause there are kings and queens in the decks. He boasted he had slashed the annnal sale to 1,500,- The assessed valuation ot | PAY SLAYER ALSO IS INJURED Shifts Pistol to Left Hand to Complete Job of Thwart- ing Abductors Atlanta, Tex., Sept. 18—()—Three men were shot to death and a fourth was wounded dangerously near here Thursday night by J. H. Boyd, 50, Louisiana gasoline station operator, who said they had lured him from his station and kidnaped him. Officers identified the dead men as Hardy Luce, 45; Bill Fish, 38, Boyd's step-son; and Early Sullivan, 28. Physicians said they did not expect Bill Sullivan, brother of Early Sulli- van and brother-in-law of Fish, to ne All were filling station opera- rs. One pistol bullet fractured 's right arm. arr Another plowed a furrow across his chest. Boyd said two of the men came to ‘his station, told him their motor had developed trouble and to tow them in, He said RESOLUTION ASKS FAMILY HEADS BE CIVEN PREFERENCE Local Trainmen’s Organization Directs Request to Pub- lic Officials $ The position of the group was set forth in a resolution, adopted Sep- tember 13 and made public Friday by J. M, Stahl, secretary-treasurer of the Seige ge ts, without regard to political affiliation, and to all county officers. Stahl said a resolution, similar in tone, was sent to Governor George F. Shafer about three weeks ago and its receipt had been acknowledged by the governor's secretary, but nothing further had come of it. The text of the resolution follows: “Whereas, exist economic con- ditions in the State of North Dakota and our different counties make it imperative that positions be held by erably the head of such family, that no one, male or female, be given @ position if the head of such family is earning a livelihood by other occu- tions; “And Whereas, our attention has been invited to the fact that many state departments and county offices are employing different members of ‘operty| the same family in addition to the head of such family, “And Whereas, we are advised that relatives, “Now Therefore, Be It Resolved that Bismarck No. 936 of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen go on record as opposed to different state departments employing their immediate relatives, or more than the head or one member of a family, and that county offices employ but one member of a family. “The purpose of this resolution is to enable as many families as possi- ble an opportunity to earn sufficient money to live on during the coming winter or depression period. “And be it further resolved that copies of this resolution be sent to all state officials. and county offices in this state and that due publicity be given this resolution.” Stahl said copies of the resolution already had been sent to the/ five other lodges of the railway trainmen in North Dakota and that these are expected to indorse the movement started here. *|Soo Line Officials | Visiting in Bismarck