The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, November 3, 1931, Page 1

|. Sterli q North Dakota’s * Oldest Newspaper ‘ABLISHED 1873 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, TUESDAY, VEMBER 3, 1931 The Weather Fair tonight and Wednesday; colder tonight, PRICE FIVE CENTS peaisatst i area scA SPE ISTNCZES Durum Goes To $1 At Duluth me WELVING. NESS, 98, |Auto Makers Expect ee eee DIES IN HOSPITAL FOLLOWING CRASH Two Others, Hurt in Same Mis- hap, Are Reported as Doing Fairly Well PLAN CORONER’S INQUEST Coroner and State’s Attorney Consider Advisability of Holding Probe f y Melvin G. Ness, 28-year-old Sterl- ing farmer, died in a local hospital at 7:25 o'clock Monday evening from injuries suffered in an automobile ac- cident one mile north of Sterling about 3 a. m. Monday. Two others injured in the same mishap, Charles Gosney, 21, also of Sterling, and Albert Kusler, 37, ot ‘Wing, were getting along “fairly well’ 4n the local hospital Tuesday morn- ing, according to an attendant. They expected to recover. oTGarl’ Beyers, Sterling, the fourth passenger in the machine, escaped rious injury. we Ness suffered a ecu Sean ece ternal injuries, severe rat hhis scalp and legs and his body was badly bruised. ne Inquest Is Ordered, Decision to call an inquest to in- vestigate the accident and its causes was reached Tuesday forenoon by | George 8. Register and W. E. Perry, Burleigh county state's attorney and coroner. Members of the jury select-| ed are Fred Peterson, E. B. Klein, and Emanuel A. Brown. ‘The jurors were to be sworn in} ‘Tuesday afternoon but no decision is; expected until after the two in the hospital recover sufficienty to testify. Register and Sheriff Joseph L. Kelley Monday visited the scene of the accident to make an investigation. were going south in Kus- §er’s automobile, with the owner ‘driv fng, when the accident occurred near the driveway of the Theron Ellison farm, on the east side of the highway. Tracks of the auto indicated, Regis- ter said, that the machine swerved toward the ditch on the left side of the road, swung back toward the cen= ter of the road, and then turned back; toward the ditch on the left side. The; machine struck the side of the Elli- son driveway, turned upside down when it. was catapulted completely across the 38-foot driveway, and hit on its top. a Sedan's Top Crushed | ‘The top of the sedan was crushed ‘and the machine wae demolished, the state’s attorney said. | i ‘The left rear wheel of the auto ap-| parently struck @ mail box post, this throwing the machine toward the ditch for the second time. : Beyers told the’ officials that the} car was traveling at least 40 miles anj hhour while Gosney said might have n going 50 miles an hour. Rasen Gosney were in the back | seat while Kusler and Beyers were -D the front. three injured men were ‘brought to Bismarck immediately aft- er the accident by Robert Hudson, son-in-law of Ellison who was sleep- ing at the Ellison home when the) crash awakened him. | Kusler received a fracture of the cheek bone, a severe laceration of his} scalp, and cuts and bruises about the body and limbs. Gosney suffered a fractured shoulder blade and injuries} his chest and intestines. * Ness ‘was born March 14, 1903, at ng Man Succumbs to Accident Injuries Edison Will Suit | REPUBLICAN RULE {not only from Gardiner'’s opinions COMMITTEE FACES DIFFICULT TASK IN NAMING CHAIRMAN Apparently No One Wants to Head Group Selected to Probe Navy Charges Washington, Nov. 3. — (#) — The committee named by President Hoo- ver to investigate the truth of state- {ments by the Navy League regarding his naval policy ran into difficulties today at the outset. ' John Hays Hammond, one of the| members, could not be found. Two} other members let it be known they} would not accept the chairmanship. | Assistant Secretary Jahncke of the | Navy, torn between loyalty to the president and long activity in league | circles, will not have it. Undersecre- tary Castle of the state department | considers himself too close to Hoover. | The two other members, Admiral Hugh Rodman, retired, and Elliot Wadsworth of Boston had nothing to! say about the committee work. { The group will seek a “neutral Place” to hold its sessions to avoid appearing unduly influenced by eithe> administration or naval armament sentiment. i Their inquiry, a statement from the; white house said, must be “‘solely into| the assertions of fact” made by Gar- diner, and not into his “opinions or conclusions.” | The league president had accused Hoover of an “abysmal ignorance of why navies are maintained.” The league pamphlet, under his name. contained other bristling statements, , too, which could be classed as opin- ions or conclusions. dust about the time the president’ was pondering over his committee, Secretary Adams injected his views inte the controversy for the first time. Earlier in the day he had conferred} with Hoover. Adams charged Gardiner with de- scending “from the high places of dig- nified. discussion to that of personal attack upon the commander-in-chief of the navy, the president proce- dure which I deeply resent.” “Without going into details,” he said, “I take the liberty of saying the pamphlet is full of misleading state- ments.” There {is considerable speculation as to just how far the five-man court named by the president will go. For one thing, it was directed specifically, to examine the accuracy only of such statements by Gardiner “as may be readily determined from departmen- tal records.” In addition, it was warned away,! and conclusions, but also from “bud- getary or general policies of the navy.” The Navy League leader claimea; directly, for instance, that President | Hoover and Prime Minister Mac- Donald in 1929 reached agreements that never have “been divulged in their entirety,” and that the adminis- tration refused to allow an executive session of the senate foreign relations committee to view the full record of| negotiations prior to the \don | naval conference. These statements have been labeled a “tissue of falsehoods” by Secretary! Stimson. hinted also that the pro- posal of Foreign Minister Grandi of Italy. for a one-year arms holiday actually was inspired by the Hoover) Pelican Rapids, Minn., the son of Mr. ‘and Mrs. Martin Ness. He was mar-| Tied to Miss Meta Illchen, of Hazel- ton, March 14, 1922, and they lived on, their farm three miles east of Ster- Hy & i & Leaves Ness leaves his widow ard four| children, Bernard, Margaret. Milton, and Meriln, all living on the farm, jhis mother, Mrs. Oscar Anderson, living on a farm between Driscoll and / Sterling; two sisters, # half sis- ter, and @ brother. The sisters and brother are Gladys Ness, teacher in the Lincoln rural school south of Bis-' mrack; Marian Ness and Clara An- derson, both at Sterling; and Elme> Ness, Los Angeles, Calif. i Definite funeral arrangements are incomplete pending word from Elmer but the last rites will be co.ducted at Sterling. Burial will be made 2 Sterling also. ‘Assert Padlock Law Freezes Real Estate Washington, Nov. 3.—(P)—An esti- mate that from an eighth to a quarter of billion dollars worth of real es- jin a truck owned by the Wachter tate is being “frozen” each year by prohibition padlock was made Monday by The Crusaders, an anti-prohibition organization. In the last 24 months, it figured. private incomes of about $39,000,000 were “junked” in a “fuitle attempt to; enforce the prohibition law.” Polish Tenor Makes | Big Hit in Chicago Chicago, Nov. 3—(?)—Jan Kiepura, | Polish tenor, was acclaimed alike by critics and the brilliant audience which attended his American debut Monday night in Puccini's “La Tos-! ca.” It was the opening of the tenta season of the Chicago Civic Opera jadministration, and that if this gov- ‘ernment accepts the proposal “it does \so knowing that its action specically ests.” FIREMEN EXTINGUISH serves British ard Japanese inter- TWO FIRES MONDAY Box Car Burns at Penitentiary; Garbage Truck Is Dam- aged By Flames Bismarck had two minor fires Monday afternoon. At 3:30 o'clock, flames of unknown origin damaged a box car on a spur track near the state penitenitary. Firemen extinguished the blaze after the flames had damaged most of the wooden car, which was empty when the fire started. Flames from a nearby fire at the’ city dump grounds spread to rubbish Transfer company about 5 o'clock. Tne box on the truck was damaged considerably before firemen arrived. Brother of Sandin | Is Dead in St. Paul! Charles J. Sandin, 63, Minot busi-' ness man, died Monday at the home of his brother, John Sandin, in St.’ Paul, according to word received here by another brother, A. L. Sandin, 323/ Park St. He is survived by three children, a son and daughter residing in Fargo, | and » daughter in Chicago, and by eight brothers and sisters. . company. Inesday in St. Paul. in Funeral services will be held Wed-- | pany in the future of the motor car | Point to Tradition About Effect | of General Conditions on | Business | EXPECT IT TO LEAD WAY Believe New Models and Inten- sive Sales Effort Will Bring Results i |. Detroit, Nov. 3—(P)—It long has , been a@ tradition in the automobile jindustry that it is first to feel the ‘effects of an industrial decline and | first to recover. Many of Michigan’s {business leaders believe the motor’ car industry will lead the way again as it did in the past. No small part of the feeling that better days are at hand ts based up- on the impending presentation of new models by a majority of the automobile manufacturers. Many of these new types already are in pro- cess of construction while others are to come off the production lines within the next few weeks. The ef- fect of this new model production already has been felt in related in- dustries that supply tools and parts for the various motor car makers. Its effect upon employment will come shortly when all the makers planning new types put them into production. Preliminary showings of some of the new models disclose why the in- dustry’s leaders are depending 50 confidently upon them to supply the impetus needed to thaw out a frozen motor car market. Apparently every- thing the industry has been able to develop in engineering improvement, has been incorporated in the new cars. Coupled with the impending ap- pearance of new models is tite fact! that the motor car industry has! Asserting that his father had been “unduly influenced” by his stepmother cleared its decks in preparation for a! and his half-brother, Charles, William L. Edison has announced that he vigorous sales campaign. Virtually no surplus stock will be in dealers’ hands when the new cars are for- mally presented. ‘The faith of the Ford Motor cori- industry 1s snown in the expenditure of $0009 tr the taainton of v8 OOO Expected Here For worn-out motor cars. DELAY IN TRING MURDER CASE IS AIM OF LAWYERS Defense Seeks to Postpone Trial; Prosecution Pushes In would contest the will by which the were left to his two youngest sons. William L. Edison, shown at the upper left, is the great inventor's son by his first wife. Theodore Edison, who with Ik-of the estate, is shown at upper left. Charles Edison and-his‘mother are‘in'the lower picture. =~ Charles will inherit the bulk of the Thomas A. Edison millions. Annual N.D. Three-Day Convention Opens at 9 A. M. Wednesday in Me- morial Building ‘Two thousand persons are expected here for the 44th annual meeting of the North Dakota Education associa- tion in Bismarck Wednesday, Thurs- day, and Friday, it was announced Tuesday by M. E. McCurdy, Fargo, secretary. For Early Action | Phoenix, Ariz., Nov. 3.—(?)—Oppos- | ing wishes of defense attorneys to de- | lay trial of Winnie Ruth Judd, 26-; year-old confessed slayer of her two; former friends, County Attorney | Lloyd Andrews said he will seek an; early preliminary hearing and en-| deavor to have her fate placed in the! hands of @ jury by the first week in! December. Mrs. Judd was ordered taken to court Tuesday to have the date for! the preliminary trial set. Yesterday | she reiterated her story of how she} killed Miss Hedvig Samuelson and, Mrs. Agnes Le Roi to Herman Lewko- | witz, one of her attorneys. Mrs, Judd, however, said the “self | defense” killing took place before breakfast on the morning of Oct. 17 rather than after breakfast. The state maintains she killed the two! women the night of Oct. 16. Replying to an attack made by Paul Schenck, another defense attorney, that Arizona authorities were “har- rassing” Mrs. Judd with lengthy ques- tionings, Andrews said the charge was “ridiculous.” ‘Ma’ Kennedy Flops As Vaudeville Star| San Francisco, Nov. 3.—(?)—Mrs. Minnie (Ma) Kennedy Hudson, moth- er of Aimee Semple McPherson Hut- ton, retired from the stage ‘Tuesday | after a week's appearance in a vaude- ville skit here with her husband, Guy Edward Hudson. { Mrs. Kennedy Hudson said the; four-a-day schedule wes impairing | her health. The theater manage- ment, however, seid the act had not) been the drawing card they expected) it to be. Hudson said he would continue on the stage in another act. Minot Boy ScoutIs | Honored With Award! New York, Nov. 3.—(?)—Awards for! heroism to 25 Boy Scouts were an-| nounced by Daniel Carter Beard, na-/| tional scout commissioner and chair- man of the National Court of Honor.) Four received gold medals for out- | standing deeds of valor. They were’ Leonard R. Hardy. 16, Highlands, N.| J.; Trafton £. Buchanan. 15, Renovo, : Pa.; George L. Nelson. 30, secutmas- | ter. Long Beach. Calif. and Gerald! Barbeau, 24, scoutmaster, Pasadena, | Calif. ! Winners of 21 certificates of hero-| ism included Arthur Grandin, Minot, . D. The session will open at 9 a. m. Wednesday with a representative as- sembly in the dining room of the World War Memorial building. A general assembly in the city auditor- jum is on the program for 17:45 p. m, Wednesday. Another general assembly will be held at the city auditorium at 9 a. m. Thursday. Sectional meetings will begin.in the memorial building, Burleigh county courthouse, and the Will junior high school at 2 p. m. Thursday and will be continued at 1:30 p. m. Friday. Delegates will attend other general assemblies in the auditorium at 7:45 p. m. Thursday and 9 a, m. Friday. The Fisk Jubilee Singers will pre- sent a special musical program at the auditorium Friday at 8 p. m. Committee Meets Tonight Members of* the executive commit- tee will meet in the parlor of the Grand Pacific hotel at 8 o'clock this evening. Speakers on the general assembly programs include Governor Gecrge F. Shafer; Dr. Earl E. Harper, president of Evansville College, Evansville, Ind.; Bertha R. Palmer, state superintend- ent of public instruction; Miss Erna Grassmuck, Indiana State teachers college, Indiana, Pa.; Edgar G. Doudna, secretary of the board of re- gents of Wisconsin normal schools, Madison; Dr. .W. C. Sainsbury, Fargo; pastor; John W. Reel, Bismarck di- rector of recreational activity; and Supreme Court Justice A. M. Christ- ianson, Bismarck. Special meetings of 23 departments of the association are on the pro- gram. Superintendents to Speak Four superintendents of city schools will be speakers at the representative assembly sessions at 9 a. m. and 2 p. m. Wednesday in the memorial build- ing. They are W. E. Lillo, Larimore, and G. W. Hanna, Valley City, on the morning program, and J. G. Moore, Fargo, and L. A. White, Minot, on the afternoon program, ‘The session will open: with reports of the credentials and executive com- (Continuea on page seven) ee | New Heat Record For November Set ER Sie A new November heat record was established in Bismarck Mon/ day when the temperature rose to 73.9 degrees. This is the highest temperature for November recorded in the 58 years since the establishment of the federal weather bureau here in 1874, according to O. W. Rob- erts, federal meteorologist. o | | st ° E.A. Meeting a 7 | Boy of 121s Shot | By Young Playmate | | | —— — Gary, Ind., Nov. 3—(#)—Harold Seymour, 12, of Crown Point, was shot to death last night by Wil- bur Sherman, 11. Seymour and a companion rode bicycles to the Sherman home. Ac- cording to tis: story told police, | young Sherman told them to leave or he would shoot. Think- ing their playmate’s threat was made in fun, the boys paid no at- tention. The boy then fired, ac- cording to police. WOMEN'S PHYSICAL CLASSES PLANNED Those Interested Are Invited to Attend First Classes Thurs- day, Nov. 12 Bismarck women and girls will have; their first indoor physical recreation | Meetings of the season Thursday, Nov. 12, it was announced Tuesday by John W. Reel, director of Pecreation. | The classes will meet in the World| ‘War Memorialbuilding at 3:30 and} 7:30 p. m. on that day and each’ Thursday thereafter, providing there/| are at least 10 in each class, he said. | IN HOUSE HINGES ONBALLOT RESULT Observers Will Attempt to Read| Political Future From Re- turns in Races ADMINISTRATION ASSAILED Democrats Attack Hoover Rec- ord in Each of Five Dis- tricts at Stake ‘Washington, Nov. 3.—(?)—Riding to the sway of balloting Tuesday inj five congressional districts is the 13- year-old domination of the house by Republicans. From the results of these and other elections in a number of states, ob- servers will seek to read political foreshadowings of events during the 1932 presidential campaign. Of the five special elections called! to fill vacancies in the house, the outcome in two usually Repubiican districts is considered doubtful. They are the first Ohio and the eighth Michigan. The Democrats, who have formed the house minority since 1918, have assailed the Hoover administration. Whatever the election results, they will be generally interpreted as the political sentiment toward the chief | executive. Should the Republicans return rep- resentatives from the three seats traditionally theirs, the most they could do would be to tie the Demo- crats at 216, as the Democrats have virtually been conceded victory in the other two districts, normally in their column. The present lineup give the Demo- crats 214; Republicans 213; Farmer- Labor one; vacancies seven. One vacancy in the fifth New Jersey dis- trict, usually Republican, will be filled December 1. It may be the decisive district, should Tuesday's elections go as im the past. ~"*<~" The seventh vacancy, in the first Dies in California 4 oe GEORGE B. WINSEIP George B. Winship, founder of the Grand Forks Herald and a North Dakota leader in the state's formative years, died Tuesday at San Diego, California. GORGE B, WINSHIP DIES IN CALIFORNIA ARTERLONG ILLNESS Pioneer Publisher and State Senator Was One of North Dakota Builders San Diego, C: Nov. 3—(P)}— George B. Winship, 84, pioneer North Dakota state senator and publisher, died here Tuesday after an illness that began late in September. ‘Winship was taken ill with. neural- gia September 28 shortly after cele- brating his 84th birthday and a ser- ies of complications set in. He leaves ~-deughter,, Barbera W. Fogarty of San Diego; a grandson, HIGHEST PRICE IN 18 MONTHS IS PAID ONMINNESOTA MART North Dakota Grain of Extra Fine Quality Brings Good Premium WORLD SITUATION BETTER Indications Are That Tremends ous Bread-Grain Surplus Is Dwindling Minneapolis, Nov. 3—(#)—For the first time in 18 months, No. 1 amber durum reached the dollar mark in the local cash market Tuesday. A car of durum from Clyde, N. D., of very fine quality, testing 63.4 in weight, 3 per cent, spring wheat, 12.2 moisture and 15.40 protein, sold at 26 cents over Duluth’s December price, or $1.00 even. cane Th car of grain was bought b: flour mill. ss idol GERMAN AND FRENCH CROPS ARE SPROUTING Berlin, Nov. 3—(#)—Wet weather, which is causing millions of bushels of French and German wheat to Sprout in the shocks, is eliminating some of the world surplus which de- pressed markets during th and summer. . See In German market circles it was said that from 30,000,000 to 50,000,000 bushels would be unfit for milling because of the weather and would have to be used for fodder. The same sources said Russian ex port organizations are trying to secure cancellations of some of their futures commitments in England and that Russian wheat exports dropped 2,000,000 bushels last week under the week preceding. An official at the eailetg ooemh said the country’s vheat supply sufficient needs, with some for ee ot Some statisticlans compared Ger many’s present cereal crops with the Poor years of 1924-25 and 1926-27, Whether these factors will result in the purchase of more wheat from the United States, or whether orders will go to Argentina, Canada or elses where, can not now be determined, George Winship Welgo, of New York; New Hampshire, will not be filled un- til January 5, too late for the rep- resentative to participate in house, organization when congress convenes December 7. The dispute in New York between Governor Franklin Roosevelt and Al- fred E. Smith, the 1928 Democratic presidential nominee, over a forestra- tion amendment to the state consti- tution, has bothered the Democrats. a brother, F. M. Winship, San Diego; and a sister, Mrs, May Kinmore, Chula Vista, Calif. George B. Winship was born at Saco, Maine, Sept. 26, 1847, Of Eng- lish ancestry, the family had been residents of New England since early colonial times. In 1851 the family moved west and settled at La Crosse, Wis., moving in 1857 to La Crescent, Roosevelt looms as presidential tim- ber and Smith continues the titular party leader. Anton J. Cermak, Democratic ma- yor of Chicago, however, last night in New York, belittled ‘this talk about: a@ Smith-Roosevelt disagreement.” He held the issue was merely a state matter. hope to capture control of the as- sembly. DEPRESSION CAUSE GOOD, CLUB IS TOL G. A. Lindell, Washburn, De- scribes Bright Side of Pic- ture to Kiwanis Much good has been caused by the Present economic depression, G. A. Lindell, Washburn, Mclean county state's attorney, told members of the Bismarck Kiwanis club at their week- ly luncheon Tuesday noon. Lindell cited the instances in which he thought the depression has caused good and predicted that the United States will benefit greatly after the depression lifts. Miss Mildred Fried, head of the physical education departmetn of, Bismarck high school, will be in! charge of the classes. Women's) games and other physical activities; will be on the program for the women, A nominal charge will be made to those participating in the classes,’ Reel said. Information regarding the classes! may be obtained from Reel at his of- | fice in the cityauditorium . Depositors of Bank | At Buford Paid Off Depositors of the First State bank at Buford, Williams county, have been paid off and the bank went into vol- untary liquidation Monday, it was announced Tuesday by Gilbert Sem-| ingson, state bank examiner. De- posits totaled approximately $50,000. | O. J. Morken, president of the bank, also will pay stockholders in full,| Semingson said. FARMERS’ DEMANDS HEARD Blue Earth, Minn., Nov. 3.—()—| | Yielding to demands of two thousand farmers who gathered at the court- house, the Faribault county board of| commissioners adopted resolutions ef- | fecting a reduction of approximately $45,000 in its budget for 1932. | | HEADS JAMESTOWN KIWANIS | Jamestown, N. D., Nov. 3.—()— Henry J. Bernard was elected presi- dent of the Jamestown Kiwanis club jt @ meeting Monday. ‘furlough from his station in Texas; ty superintendent of schools. |brought to a local hospital late Mon- Mrs, Iver Acker sang two solos at the luncheon. “Danny Boy” and “The Night Wind.” Mrs, Acker and Mrs. Opie 8. Rindahl sang a duet, “The Viking Song.” Guests at the meeting included James Guthrie, Jr., U. 8. Army flier who is visiting relatievs here on a J. A. Conners, Huron, 8. D.; and Her- man I. Berger, Lisbon, Ransom coun- Wilton Priest Breaks Arm in Auto Accident Father F. B. Schilowsk!, priest of the Catholic church at Wilton, was day to receive treatment for a break in his left arm. Father Schilowski suffered the broken arm in a minor automobile accident near Wilton. He received treatment in Wilton before he was brought to Bismarck. The priest’s condition was “very good” Tuesday morning, his attend- ing physician said. Irene Rich Granted Divorce from Broker San Francisco, Nov. 3.—(?)—Weep- ing and near collapse, Irene Rich, mo- tion picture actress, obtained a divorce Monday from David Blankenhorn, In New York the Democrats also, Houston county, Minn. For about three years the boy at- tended the village school at intervals between the odd jobs which occupied much of his time, and in 1860 he en- tered the local printing office as an apprentice. He continued at this work for about two years when, busi- ness being slack, he left the printing office and spent a summer working in a brick yard. The Civil war had fired the lad’s imagination and at the age of 15 he offered himself for enlistment but was rejected on ac- count of his youth. He spent the next year in various manual occu- pations and again offered his serv- ices to the government, this time be- ing accepted. He was enrolled as @ private in Company A, First Minnesota cavalry, in which regiment he served until the close of the war. During this pe- riod his company was engaged in the Indian uprising of 1862 which left the territory in an unsettled condi- ‘tion and troops were required con- ‘| stantly to protect the scattered set- tlements and keep the Indians in or- der. ‘The months following the war were spent chiefly in outdoor work and in 1867 Mr. Winship started with Cap- tain Davy’s expedition for the Idaho gold fields, which were then attract- ing much attention. Arrangements had been made for the party to leave Fort Abercrombie on July 1, but be- cause some members of the expedi- tion failed to arrive on time the start was delayed. Party Was Massacred Rumors of fresh Indian tropbles in the west convinced Winship and some of the others that it would be un- wise to proceed and they abandoned (Continued on page seven) To Give Forsythe 2nd Plumber Examination Decision to allow Ralph Forsythe to| take another examination for a mas- ter plumber's license was reached by the city commission in its regular business session Monday evening. Forsythe failed in s previous examination. He will not be aliowed to take another examination before April 1, 1932, however, the commis- sioners deciding he must wait six months from the date of his applica~ tion, Oct. 1. Action on ‘a proposed amendment. to the city business zoning ordinance to permit a neighborhood grocery store in the eastern part of the city was deferred for one week. ‘The commission ordered Joe Ealo- mon to move a news stand he has constructed at Broadway avenue and Fifth street to a location outside the business district by Wednesday night. Salomon was informed he would be permitted to erect @ small news stand at that location or some other location in the business district if he desires, but the present one is too large- The October report of Frank J. wealthy broker, on @ cross-complaint jin which she charged cruelty. « a ction said, vate advices reaching consular officials said Russian crops were Poor in Siberia and the Ukraine, with @ fair harvest in the Volga valley, and that a considerable portion of the Soviet spring crop is unmatured. Officials said the present world crop is not far in excess of world needs. SAY SOVIET CROP DAMAGED BY DROUTH Moscow, Nov. 3.—()}—In spite of heavy losses due to drouth, Russia’s grain crops this year will at least equal those of last year, Vyacheslaff Molotoff, president of the council of People’s commissars told an anti« drouth conference here. Increasing domestic demand may reduce Russia’s wheat exports to Some extent, but it was authoritative- ly denied that the Soviet union will discontinue exports this year and next as reported abroad. An official in a position to know said the increased demand, combined with reduction of the spring crop by drought, undoubtedly will cut the ex- Portable total, but he declared that exports will not be stopped by any means. Molotoft told the conference that the Gross yield of the 1931 grain crop is expected to equal that of last year which was the largest in Russia’s his- tory, and that deliveries to the gov- ernment already have exceeded those in the corresponding period last year, The 1932 sown area, he said, is to be extended beyond the present area. In view of the fact that Russia de- pends largely upon the sales of agri« cultural products abroad for money to finance industrial development, ‘ 4s considered absurd here to think that grain exports would be curtailed, notwithstanding the drop in prices in the world market. Reports abroad that Russia is try- ing to withdraw a large quantity of wheat now in the British market could not be officially confirmed here, McCormick, city weighmaster, was ap- proved at the meeting. i PRICE RAISE AIDS NORTHWEST FARMERS Minneapolis, Nov. 3.—(?)—Bankers Tuesday estimated that recent price increases have added from $30,000,000 to $40,000,000 to the value of wheat held in Minnesota, the Dakotas and Montana. Basing estimates on federal reserve computations of grain held by farm- ers, country elevators and mills, they said about $20,000,000 of this has ac- crued to the benefit of farmers. Dealers said the advances have not caused increased shipments from rural regions to markets. Relief that prices will rise still more appears to be the reason, in their opinion. Wheat mar- keting this fall is considerably below that of the like period of 1930 in these states. The advance in wheat prices has been accompanied by sharp increases in the quotations for rye, barley and other grains, Buildings Destroyed By Fire at Niagara Niagara, N. D., Nov. 3.—(?)—Fire, believed to have originated in the liv- ing quarters of August Hassell in the Tobiason pool hall building Monday destroyed that building and contents and the Niagara garage and part of its contents. The Michigan, N. D. fire department assisted in quelling the flames. The burned buildings were frame structures and the loss has not been definitely determined,