The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, September 23, 1931, Page 1

“ a empl penne pi If aa ree aoe SRS * Minot, N. D., Sept. 23—(?)—-Mrs. North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper ESTABLISHED 1878 THE BISMARCK TRIBU The Weather Fair, light frost tonight; Thurs- day fair and somewhat warmer. BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1931 PRICE FIVE CENTS Legion to Vote on Prohibition Minot Woman Killed BODY FOUND NEAR HOME; OFFICIALS FIND THROAT GUT; Manner in Which Wound Was Received Not Certain,-How- ever, Say Police SCOUT ACCIDENT THEORY| Say Death May Have Occurred in Auto Crash But Mur- | der More Likely Dena Korchenko, 37, a widow, was found dead in Minot at 7. m. Wed-!command, Major General Smedley D.} hind a{ Butler Wednesday came to the end of nesday, her ‘body lying behind ai nis official duties with the Marines. about her head. Two theories of her death, tne! major one that she was murdered! and the other that she was fatally! wounded in an automobile accident, received the attention of authori! The cut on the left side of her! throat was several inches long. The windpipe and blood vessels had been severed. ‘There was also a deep hole in her right cheek, one scalp wound/ about two and one-half inches above; her left ear, and another such wound! behind the right ear. The face was| bruised on the right cheek and her‘ lip was injured. Dr. R. W. Pence, Ward county cor-| oner, examined the body shortly) after its discovery and said it ap- peared the woman had been- dead! several hours. Believes Knife Used It is the coroner's opinion that Mrs. Korchenko’s wounds were caused by a knife or some other sharp edged instrument. How- ever, he said it was possible that the wounds might have resulted from the woman's having beén hurled through a windshield in an automo~ bile. accident. An inquest was.start- ed at 2 p. m. ‘When the body was found, it was fully clothed with the exception of one shoe. The body was found by Mrs. Kor- chenko’s son, Daniel, 13, who awak- ened this morning to find his moth- er not at home. He looked out a window and saw her lying near the hedge, @ short distance south of the rooming house. Persons in the house were ques- tioned by Police Chief W. J. O'Leary. One of them, John Savora, was taken to the Ward county jail where he is | being held by officials. The others were under surveillance at the room- ing house. Proprietor Quissed Among those questioned was Wil- liam Savora, proprietor of the house. John Savora is his son and lives at the place. Present in the house/ Plaza, recently re- | i i E is known to have visited and talked with Mrs. Korchenko. This man, said to be a sheep herd- er in the Towner vicinity, may have returned to McHenry county, it Is thought. Mrs. Korchenko's children told po- lice that the sheep herder had tried (Continued on page five) REED MENTIONED AS DEMOCRATIC CHOICE Former Missouri Senator May Toss Hat Into Presidential Contest Kansas City, Sept. 23.—(%)—Spec- ulation over Democratic presidentia! prospects again embraces the name of James A. Reed, former United States senator from Missouri. Two newspapers, the Kansas City Star and the St. Louis Globe-Demc- crat, said We Reed would make an active bid for the presi- dency in 1932 and observers saw in the situation a threat to the political strength of Franklin D. Roosevelt, governor of New York. The former senator ‘declined to make a fo.mnal statement, but an- nounced he had informed a St. Louis inquirer he would “consider it a com- pliment” to have the Missouri deic- gation pledged to him at the next) © Democratic national convention, as it was in 1928. Edward J. White, vice president, and general counsel of the Missouri Pacific railroad, obtained thet infor- White announced that, in view of Reed's stand, plans for form- eee gota ace deena |? "Ends Long Service lignated to sit on the side-lines as) | given by the Marines in honor of | ¢ MAJ. GEN. BUTLER Quantico, Va.. Sept. 23.—(P)—As a, spectator at the last charge he will! It was his farewell party, so he des- 2,000 men and officers whom he had! led staged a spectacular attack on the Marine corps base here. Their charge, reminiscent of many} he has led in foreign lands, marked | the end of Butler's 33 years of col-' orful service as a soldier of the sea. One week from tomorrow he becomes a civilian for the first time since he was @ boy, but his duties ended Wed- nesday. He will carry with him a prediction of Governor Pinchot of Pennsylvania, that more will be heard from him “goon.” Speaking last night at a smoker their retiring commander, Pinchot | described him as “the greatest leader | and builder of morale in the United; States today.” With his voice shaking, Butler; Tuesday told the men who partici-; pated in a final dress parade for him, | they had given him “something to re-/ member the rest of his life.” WILLISTON YOUTH Admits He Stole Airplane From Minnesota Man and Flew Away in it Minot, N. D., Sept. 23—(7)—Law- who Wednesday started to Minneap- olis in the custody of Deputy Sheriff Fred Kramer, has confessed to the officer that he took from the Rob- binsdale airport a plane which he flew to Minot and landed here last Saturday night. White goes back to Minneapolis to face a charge of first-degree larceny in connection with theft of the craft. Altering his original story, in which he denied stealing the plane, White asserted that he and a man known to him as Phil Anderson broke into a at Robbinsdale early Satur- day and removed the machine. In his version, told to the Minne- apolis deputy sheriff, White said An- derson helped him prepare for the getaway but did not accompany him. He said he flev the plane from Rob- binsdale himself, stopping at the Wold Chamberlain Field before head- ing westward. Questioned concerning his motive ~ CONFESSES THEFT rence Norman White, 22, of Williston, ; GOVERNMENT WILL SEEK TO PROTECT LIVING STANDARD} President Expresses Concern as Leading Industries Reduce Wages REGARDS MOVE AS ERROR! Financial Circles, However, Be- lieve it Constructive; La- bor to Resist ‘Washington, Sept. saloon disappointed over the swing toward lower wages, the federal government devoted anxious attention Wednes- day to protecting the American stan- dard of living. The great concern of the presi- dent, it wsa disclosed at the white house, was that everything now bs done to see the more slender pay check should not mean a permanent impairment of the standard of com- fort and security for the American worker. In some high official quarters there was a disposition to feel that the steel and automotive industries had taken the lead toward a re- trenchment policy just at the time when @ recovery from depression was in_sight. No one would predict the full ef- fect, although there was every dis- position to hope that the spread of the movement.could be stopped. One official in close touch with the industrial world pointed out that as the Let em has gone afc a steadily increasing amount of money had accumulated in savings banks. Holds Hopeful View He expressed an opinion that the time had about come when the wage earners -and small salaried people would to spend, with an in- evitable favorable effect on trade. This official further outlined his views as follows: The has been in this de- about two years now. At first the trend was stesdily down: ward. About ‘the first of the year this stopped and since then things' have been bumping along on the bot- tom, up and down, but holding a fairly steady level. After the lowest; point in August, a natural seasonal condition, there -was every reason to| believe the curve would take a steady upward trend. Of course in all past depressions retrenchment has been immediate. In 1921 a great majority of concerns did their wage cutting in the first) few months. No official would comment for quotation, although it was indicated the labor department would have something to say later. The announcement of impending wage cuts in steel, motor, rubber and copper industries was subject to a variety of interpretation in New York financial circles. Po Labor Opposes & Organized labor proclaimed its re- sistance. Some financial writers at- tributed to unnamed business lead- ers the belief the step would hasten ® revival of business. Formal state- ments of corporations concerned merely stressed unsatisfactory present conditions or new standards of valuc. United States Steel took the initia- tive and announced s 10 per cent cut affecting 220,000 employes Oct. 1 Bethlehem Steel followed suit. It will reduce wages 10 per cent Oct. 1 for | ° for taking the airplane, White would say only that he “wanted to get out Holeomb, of Robbinsdale, owner of the plane, who accompanied fly the plane back to Minnesota. Silver Price Rise Interests Montana Helena, Mont. Sept. 23—(P)— While the rise in silver price due to of the gold standard is yet slight, it of the gold standard is eyt slight, it is being watched with interest and ap- preciation in Montana and other western states. If continued substan- tially beyond Tuesday’s price of 28% cents an ounce in New York, it may .|result in resumption of Operations in standard silver producers and the opening of new properties, Helena mining men indicated. “The silver price increase is yet too small to cause any real action in this territory, but if it should continue it probably will bring definite results,” said J. D. Mackenzie, manager of the American Smelting and Refining company’s plant at East Helena. “With 50-cent silver, a number of mining firms that have been operat- ing at a loss might see a chance to break even and, should that figure be Pee | | May Give Buffalo las Meat to Jobless | Helena, Mont., Sept. 23—(>)}— Buffaloes may form a part of the food to be distributed among Montana's drought sufferers and mployed this winter. , An offer of 50 animals from the expanding herd in Yellowstone e ing the Roosevelt club had been abandoned. 4 exceeded, new properties might be| 8° cuts holds out the danger of 50,000 employes. Youngstown Sheet and Tube ordered a corresponding cut. The General Motors corporation announced a 10 to 20 per cent reduc- Kramer to Minot Tuesday, expects to|tion for 25,000 salaried employes. nani. Gets 138 Proposals MELLY PFUTZIG It may be a peculiar name to American ears but Melly Pfutzig hes received 185 proposals from men in various parts of the world who have seen her] The spokesman asserted the situa- picture. Seventeen were from Englishmen. “I suppose it’s my eyes that, ise had narrowed down 80 it might mesmerize them,” said the fraulein. She lives in Berlin. Auxiliary Prize Is Won By North Dakota Women 5 , Old Man Gloom Is | Given Hard Wallop d New York, Sept. 23.—(?)—Wall Street revolted against. pessimism Wednesday, striking with the best. weapon at its command—a sweep- ing advance in security prices. News of wage cuts in several major industries, rumors that the railroads were soon to get relief, and the confidence implied by the London market's good tone and removal of the ban on short- selling here gave share qoutations @ rapid lift. At their best, principal stocks were $2 to more than $15 higher, with the widest gains in the rails. Mid-afternoon profit-taking re- duced gains temporarily but buy- ing was resumed in the late deal- ings. Sales approximated 3,000,- 000 shares. Bonds were equally strong, in fact, the abrupt reversal of the investment market was hailed as @ change of unusual importance. Cotton rallied about a dollar a bale and wheat closed with ad- vances running up to a cent a bushel. MINNESOTA BANKS CLOSE St. Paul, Sept. 23.—(?)—Five State in four Minnesota counties, Outdo 56 State and Foreign Country Departments in Decorating Table Detroit, Mich. Sept. 23.—(P)— North Dakota's American Legion Auxiliary last night outdid the efforts of 56 other departmetns in the most artistic dinner table. Decorations in |the annual state’s dinner staged by jthe 56 state and foreign country de- ita was the basis of the con- In winning the event, the North Dakota unit headed by Mrs. A. A. Kjelland, Hatton, past president, achieved an honor never before won |in the middle west. Mrs. Kjelland |had charge of the decorations, car- |W jrled out in wheat, plans for which |Mrs. Kjelland has worked on for a |year. | Small sheaves of wheat dotted the table at which Mrs. A. G. Porter, | Edgeley, state president, presided over \the North Dakota gathering of 25. | Seed wheat filled tiny glass bottles as a marker at each seat. Miniature sacks of North Dakota flour were |Placed at the 56 tables and that of \the distinguished guest of the dinner. | Mrs. Wilma Hoyal, Phoenix, Ariz., {national president, announcing the winning award-to the 1,500 guests at ‘the dinner said, “It is a pleasure to | announce the committee’s selection of North Dakota as the most artistically Some 150,000 employed on an hourly! with total deposits of almost $1,000,-|decorated of all 56 competing tables basis will not be affected. 000 The United States Rubber company) Peyton, state banking commissioner, | announced. announced 8 five-day working: sched- ule starting October 1. This will mean a reduction of about 9 per cent in wages to 25,000 employes. Thc! hour! days’ work The American Smelting and Re- fining company and the Utah Copper company announced 10 per cent wage, reductions effective Oct. 1. Forecasts Opposition A forecast of resistance came from Matthew Woll, vice president of the American Federation of Labor, after the announcement by United States Steel. He said: “all I can say is that the action of the United States Steel corpora- tion will certainly not be hi |. Re- gardless of the causes that fnay have prompted it, I fear that this action may well encourage others to do like- e the result of even inconceivable that the workers will "|take this blow without resistance.” ATMOSPHERE CLEARED SAYS STEEL REVIEW |" New York, Sept. 23.—(P)—Suspen- sion of the gold standard in and a reduction in steel wage rates |here have “helped to clear the atmos- | phere,” said the trade review of “iron \age” Wednesday. Pointing out that steel producers |had “bowed to the inevitable after weal two years of slack opera- tions,” “set a ednesday John N. EARRINGS ARE FASHIONABLE London, Sept. 23.—(#)—The return at the banquet. North Dakota not, only thought of itself in planning the exhibit, but also remembered all with samples of that state’s fine state- milled flour, bread from which it has been my pleasure to enjoy on s visit ly scale will not be touched, but! o¢ Victorian mode is becoming a bit|to North Dakota last year.” no one will be given more than five! paintul. It is now quite amart to| Assisting Mrs. Kjelland in planning have the earlobes pierced for ear- rings. the decorations was Mrs. J. A. Kas- ‘per, Mandan. London, Sept. 23.—(7)—Ma- hatma Gandhi, who leads mil- lions toward liberty, and Charlie Chaplin, who makes millions laugh, Wednesday cherished a gaeae of mutual understand- is. “A very charming man,” said Gandhi of Chaplin. ‘“*A most interesting figure,” said Chaplin of Gandhi. At Chaplin's behest they met for the first time Tuesday in the east-end home of one of the In- dian’s friends. They talked for 15 minutes— not about India or the silver screen, but about machinery. Sit- ting side by side on a sofa, Chap- lin told Gandhi he did not un- derstand why the latter cham- ploned the use of the spinning wheel in place of modern ap- pliances. “We might install modern jones, ee they have in Lanca- Gandhi and Chaplin Meet in London; Discuss Difficulties of Machine Age on some other part of the world me @ result of our overproduc- ion.””* ‘Their talk was terminated by evening prayers. Gandhi and his English disciple, Mira Behn, knelt and clasped their hands as they intoned their supplications to the God of Hindus. Chaplin sat quietly by and when it was over he said he was glad he had come. MAHATMA’S DISCIPLE IS IGNORED IN WILL London, Sept. 23.—()}—Miss Madeline Slade, daughter of an English admiral, who forsook her high position to become a lowly disciple of Mahatma Gandhi, was not mentioned in the will of her mother as published Wed- nesday. Lady Slade bequeathed an estate of about $50,000 to an- other daughter, Mrs. Edward Vernon, Miss Slade said that she had requested the omission of her name from the will and hye it met with her wholeheart- TO JAP MOVEMENTS IN MANCHURIA AREA Official Spokesman Says Furth- er Developments in Field Will be Stopped SAY REPORTS EXAGGERATED Chinese Evacuate Harbin But Mass Meetings Assume Warlike Complexion (By The Associated Press) A foreign office spokesman an- nounced in Tokyo Wednesday that} Japanese troop movements in Man- churis, so far as occupying positions outside the south Manchurian rail-/ way zone are concerned, must end. | “There are to be no further de- velopments in the field,” the spokes- man informed newspaper correspond- ents’ after a conference with Baron Shidehara, the foreign minister. Previously the foreign minister had consulted with Minister of War Minami. | ‘The foreign office spokesman as-| serted reports on Japanese occupation of Chinese territory outside the south Manchurian railway conesssion area had been grossly exaggerated by over- zealous militarists endeavoring to cre- ate a favorable impression in Japan. A foreign announcment said Jap- fanese troops were withdrawing from the area outside the south Manchu- rian railway zone. Situation Is Quieter said there now were practically ‘no occupation forces outside the south | Manchurian railway zone excepting at Kirin, Changchun, the native city of Mukden, and possibly Antung. ‘The Japanese legation in Nanking Previously advised the foreign office here that China had rejected Japan’s proposal for arbitration of the Man- churian question. ‘The refusal was based on the Chi- nese position that the original sug- gestion for arbitration, as it came from Chinese sources, was unofficial - Murder Is Suspected TOKYOORDERSTALT {Honore aoe MES. JAMES MORRIS Mrs. James Morris, Bismarck, was honored at the Detroit convention of ithe American Legion Auxiliary Tues- day when she was selected as the nominee for vice president from the Auxiliary’s Northwest district. Nom- ination is the equivalent of election since she was chosen at a district caucus. LISBON MAN FACES CHARGE OF BEATING HIS WIFE 10 DEATH Officials Claim Woman Died From Injuries Inflicted | by Husband Lisbon, N. D., Sept. 23.—()— Charged with manslaughter in con- nection with his wife's death Sept. 9 in a Fargo hospital, Lawrence Osman, 30-year-old Engelvale farmer, is lodged in the Ransom county jail here. Osman, it is alleged, beat his 26- died from injuries he inflicted: Denying the charge, Osman holds to the story that he first told officials that his wife died from injuries suf- fered in a fall downstairs in their and lacked the consent of the Nan- | home. king government. $1 The refusal of China to to the appointment of a joint Sino-Jap- anese commission came as a distinct surprise. The cabinet also announced its op- position to any military administra- tion at Mukden and other points oc- cupied by the Japanese. It was decid- ed to leave civilian authorities in control. Counter-Attack Late Tuesday it was reported that a strong force of Chinese troops made @ counter-attack at Kungchulingg, south of Changchun, but no addition- jal details had been received early ednesday. It was announced the Japanese government will issue tomorrow or Friday a statement on Japan’s posi- tion in Manchuria. The statement probably will touch upon the League of Nation’s suggestion that Japan withdraw her troops from Chinese territory. Vernacular newspapers quoted of- ficials as pointing out that Japan at no time during the present crisis has exceeded the number of troops she is allowed in Manchurian territory by treaty rights and, therefore, the gov- ernment believes no intervention by the League of Nations or any other third party is warranted. Chinese Evacuate Harbin Foreign official dispatches report- ed Chinese troops were evacuating Harbin in anticipation of its occupa- tion by Japanese forces, reported to be advancing northward from in. A report that Russian troops were mobilizing on the north Manchurian border was regarded by Chinese in Harbin as strengthening their belief that a secret understanding exists between. Japan. and Soviet Russia for @ division of spoils in Manchuria. Resolutions urging war with Japan and tightening of the anti-Japanese boycott were adopted at a mass meeting in Peiping as part of the nation-wide “humiliation day” exer- cises. A mass meeting attended by about, 100,000 persons adopted resolutions in Nanking calling upon the Nation- alist government to order a generai mobilization. Say Mrs. Collings Relieved of Guilt « The arrest Tuesday followed an in- vestigation by Charles 8. Ego, Ran- som county state’s attorney, and was instigated by friends and relatives of the dead woman. Osman has been in the county jail here since Friday, Sept. 11, when he fled from threatening groups of his neighbors who, upon rumors that Mrs. Osman had died from a beating, talked of lynching him. He has re- mained in jail since then for his own protection. The warrant for his ar- Test was sworn out Tuesday. A rupture of the spleen is given in the death certificate as the cause of Mrs. Osman’s death. Information furnished by Osman declared in this death certificate that Mrs. Osman’s injuries resulted in a fall down stairs. After the accident, according to Os- hospital where an operation was de- clared necessary. A hemorrhage occurred resulting in the woman’s death. AUTUMN 10 ARRIVE - HERE THIS EVENING Eastern Part of Nation Swelters and Northwest Is Chilled as Summer Ends Preceded by a light frost which damaged only the delicate plants in flower and truck gardens throughout western North Dakota during the night, Autumn was making its way to the Missouri Slope Wednesday. Autumn is scheduled to arrive here at 6:24 oclock this evening to take place of Summer, which has been on duty for the last three months. Autumn will prevail until 1:30 p. m. Dec. 22, when it will be replaced by Winter, according to O. W. Rob- erts, federal meteorologist here. Minimum temperatures in the state ranged from 30 degrees above zero at Bottineau to 38 at Fargo. Only four points reported precipi- tation, Crosby and Sanish, .03 of an eh each, and Drake and Max, .01 eae] North Dakota will have fair weath- er tonight with a light frost pos- New York, Sept. 23.—(7)—Convinc- | sible but it will be warmer Thurs- ed that. Mrs. Benjamin P. Collings is|day, according to the forecast “relieved of all culpability” for her Light frost was reported overnight husband’s strange death in Long|@t Beach, Bottineau, Dickinson, Island Sound, District Attorney Alex-|Dunn Center, Hettinger, Max, Na- ander B. Blue of Suffolk county Wed-| Ppoleon, Wishek, and Bismarck. nesday pressed search for a madman Roberts said only a few flower, who, be believes, murdered the Stam-| tomato, and pumpkin plants in the ford, Conn.,.engineer. lower areas were damaged. Detectives and New York police| Washington, D. C., Wednesday was were watching for a man, whose!spending the last day of summer name, Blue said, was known. This man, described as a recently paroled lunatic from a New York institution, was missing from his usual haunts. ‘Three certain youths also were sought on the possibility that one might be the youth who boarded the cruiser Penguin with an older man and attacked Mrs. Collings after throwing her husbend into the sound / ~ sweltering in temperatures 20 degrees above normal. Baltimore had the country’s peak of 100 degrees Tues- day, with Washington close by at 97.3 degrees. It was 80 in Baltimore degrees reezing. year-old wife so severely that she mission also man, he brought his wife to a Fargo| © sported tempe! above, or eight degrees below | the COMMITTEE ASKS CONSIDERATION OF DRY LAW CHANGE Suggests Modification of Vol- stead Act to Permit Beer Manufacture SEEN AS AID TO JOBLESS Recommendation Made by Com- mittee on Unemployment After Hot Fight Detroit, Sept. 23—(4)—The Ameri- can Legion’s unemployment commis- sion Wednesday recommended that the Legion national convention give consideration to modification of the Prohibition act to legalize beer. The recommendation made by the commission said: “Your national employment com- mission feels it to be the duty of the commission to present the following to the attention of this convention: “That, when it shall properly come before this convention, due consider- ation be given to modification of Volstead Act to legalize real beet without conflict with the constitution of the United States in the interest of furnishing added employment. Your beer bras that hundreds of usands o} may be created through Hoe action.” : ived With Cheers The commission’s declaration on beer was received with a cheering demonstration. It was read by How- ard F. Savage of Chicago, past na- tional commander of the Legion and chairman of the unemploymnt com- mission. Action was taken on the b: on beer, which was nreranea! eras ately from the main body of the com- mittee’s report. Savage -pointed out that the commission was rece ommending that the Legion give con- sideration to the beer proposal, The main body of the commission’s Teport reviewed the work of the Le- gion’s Washington conference on un- employment and made recommenda- epee = oe convention give con- leration to adi of ie vocacy of further re~ recommended cone sideration be given by ecoplayars and workers to the five-day week and the six-hour day. nearly three hours of debate, voted against 8 resolution which would have kept prohibition question from the *rme fesolutien was presen lution was Dan Steck, former United Sates ee ator from Iowa, leader of the prohi- bition forces, and was defeated by a vote of 23 to 20. mending that “the Legion should not concern itself with the wet and dry question.” The Legion voted to hold its 1932 national convention in Portland, Ore- jon. No other invitation was received by the convention. Bonus Question Looms The bonus question was pushed in- to prominence Tuesday night by s statement from the national com- mander, Ralph T. O'Neil, in which he renewed his promise there will be full and free discussion on the issue. It was the first utterance on the subject by a Legion leader since President Hoover's address at the ses- sion Monday in which he called at- tention to the condition of the na- tional treasury and asked no burden be added to it. Legionnaires were warned Wednes- day by a former comrade in arms, Administrator Hines of veterans’ af- fairs, not to risk public good-will by. demanding further payment on the adjusted service certificates. Has Ear to Ground Speaking from the same rostrum in the crowded hall of the American Legon’s annual convention from which President Hoover delivered a similar appeal on Monday, Hines said “one with his ear to the ground can- not have failed to hear an occasional rumble and criticism directed toward the American Legion because of its anticipated further demands in behalf of the ex-service men.” think carefully before demanding at this time pensions for widows and orphans of veterans whose deaths were not caused by war service. But if the Legionnaires should de- termine to ask this, he added: “Then, I earnestly urge that the ef- fectiveness of your appeal, in such an admittedly worthy cause, be not per- mitted to be discounted, as surely it will be, by any other action looking to an even greater encumbrance against the treasury, such as the fur- ther payment on adjusted service cer- tificates.” “In our present national economic emergency we must consider the plight of our citizenry at large, even at a temporary sacrifice of our own just needs. FORMER DAKOTAN DIES Hines urged also ex-service men. PO Ole RH HT Pa