The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, November 12, 1931, Page 1

” . } 4% ’ * ® * tA 6 * 4 “ . 4 € agg a North Dakota’s '.. Oldest Newspaper eS ESTABLISHED 1873 ‘THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1931 The ‘Weather Fair and warmer tonight; Frida: cloudy and colder, hi PRICE FIVE CENTS Farmers Ask Federal Action Urge C Urged For Senate UNITED STATES 10 JOIN WITH NATIONS IN LEAGUE PARLEY f American Official Says Chance of Acceptance Appears to Be Good MORE FIGHTING REPORTED Chinese Assert Japs Have Seiz- ed Coal Mine Which They Coveted (By The Associated Press) As news of more conflict came from Manchuria, the United States ‘Thursday announced a compromise plan was being prepared for submis-| sion to the League of Nations in Paris next week. Undersecretary Castle of the state department, while not revealing de- tails, said European and American Statesmen had communicated con- cerning the possible means of settle- ment and that the chance of accept- ance by Japan and China seemed good. Tu Paris, Aristide Briand, League of Nations council president, telegraphed league offices at Geneva asking the Secretary to inform both governments the insisted their commanders in Manchuria be ordered to refrain from new ‘aggressions. China informed the league at Ge- neva that the Japanese command in Manchuria had ordered General Mah Chan Shan to evacuate Tsitsihar but that he had failed to do so. A coai mine and colliery near Dairen has been seized, said Dr. Alfred Sze, Chi- nese representative to the league. He erty for a long time. Expect New Outbreak From Tientsin came word an ad rangement by which Japanese agreed ‘to permit a neutral zone search by Chinese police had broken down and that more fighting was in prospect. Japan’s war office reports 15 car- loads of arms and ammunitions and 2,000 troops of an “international com- munist army” have arrived at Angan- chi from Russia to reinforce the Chi- nese General, Mah Chan-Shan. Mukden learned 50 Chinese were killed and 300 wounded in a three- hour battle in the night near Kung- chuling, to the north. Japanese Minister Shigemitsu was instructed by Tokyo to protest to the Nanking government in China against recent troubles in Tientsin, on the ground that Chinese troops went ‘within 50 meters of the Japanese con- cession, which the Japanese govern- ment said was in violation of an agreement signed between the two governments in 1902. The agreement, it was said, was a development of the Boxer protocol. Tientsin, with American and other foreign forces on patrol, fearel more serious fighting between Chinese po- lice and rebel rioters. Tokyo reported 10,000 Japanes> ‘troops would move into Manchuria on Saturday as reinforcements and re- placements. Chinese forces at Chin- chow were estimated at between 20,- 000 and 30,000, and General Mah was reported to have 20,000 more ready to strike in the Nonnt bridge area. Aristide d dispatched another note for the League of Nations to Japan and China, demanding that ‘bot use every means to prevent fur- ther armed conflict. League officials have taken heart at the prospect of more active cooper- ation by the United States which they read into President Hoover's Armis- tice-day speech and the appointment of Ambassador Charles G. Dawes as the American representative at next Monday’s League Council meeting. England's cotton industry is boom- ing as a result of China’s increased demand for textiles. Will Establish New Hettinger Creamery Hettinger, N. D., Nov. 12.—Added impetus to the dairying industry will ‘be given in this section of the state through the establishment of an up- to-date creamery in Hettinger within the next 30 days. ‘The new business will be known as the Lee-Gangeness Oreamery and will be under the management of Jo- eries in the northwest. Dead Civic Worker To Receive Tribute Fargo, N. D., Nov. 12—(%)—Fargo will pay a last tribute to one of its longtime civic workers Friday when Mrs. J. A. Davis, who died: here: Wed- nesday is buried. Dr. W. J. Hutcheson, executive sec- retary of Masonic service and educa- tion and longtime Methodist minister, will officiate. Burial will be in Far- 8 FARGO WOMAN DIES 12,—()—Mrs. Davis) Associated Press Photo Friends of Mrs. Thaddeus H. Caraway, widow of the late senator from Arkansas, have urged her nomination to fill out her husband's unexpired term, RESOLUTION BACKED INBANQUET SPEECH Speaker at Annual Armistice Day Dinner Says Legion- naires Were Justified Defense of the resolution adopted by the American Legion at its con- ‘vention in Detroit which asked that the prohibition question be submitted to the voters was made Wednesday evening by Dr. J. ©. Arnson in the feature ‘address at the annual Armis- tice Day banquet, sponsored by the Legion Auxiliary. Dr. Arnson declared the Legion- naires had a right to make such a Proposal on a subject which is so {popular a question and chi the: criticisms made by Dr. Clarence ‘True Wilson as “ridiculous.” He chal- lenged the latter’s description of the convention as a gathering of a drunk- en and disorderly lot. ould Maintain Armaments ‘The speaker also pointed to the necessity of maintenance of arma- ments by the United States, declar- ing that ample protection is insurance against war. Members of the Legion, American War Mothers, and fathers of veterans were special guests at the banquet in the gymnasium of the World War Memorial building. Mrs. George F. Shafer presided as toastmistress and Mrs. Harry W. Rosenthal, president of the Auxiliary, extended a welcome to the guests. In giving a response, Spencer 8. | Boise, conimander of the Legion post, announced winners in the recent membership contest staged by the post. He said the post has a mem- bership of 459, the largest on record for Bismarck, for 1932. Milton ‘Rue and A..C. Brainerd won first and sec- ond places, respectively, in the indi- vidual contest, while a squad cap- tained by Rue and including Ken- neth King, Thomas Burke, John Musolf, Russell A. Young, and Frayne Baker won the group contest over three other squads. Last year’s mem- peaks Mrs. John Burke, state president of the War Mothers, gave a short mes- sage of greeting, representing her or- | ganization. In a short talk, William Schantz, chef de gare of Les Quarante Hommes et Huit Chevaux, described the or- ganization and purposes of the 40 and 8, which is the “play” organization of the Legion made up of members who have distinguished themselves through extraordinary service to the Legion. Eleven pupils of Miss Margaret Ann Ramsey presented a series of solo, duet, and group dances as part of the program. Solo dances were given by Audrey Waldschmidt, Dorothy Bar- neck, Anne Bergeson, and Peggy Ber- geson while Bernadine Barrett and Camille Wachter presented a duet, dance. Others in the finale group dance were Beverly Bauer, Marian and Arlene Ruder. The ments were played by Mrs. Arthi Bauer and Mrs. Harris Robinson. Several songs were sung by the au- dience. Two hundred and nineteen persons attended the banquet. Omaha Liquor Dealer Is Killed by Gunmen Omaha, Neb., Nov. 12.—()—George Kubik, south side Hquor dealer, was early Thursday. He was dumped! from an automobile and left for dead outside the city limits but remained, conscious several hours. from a meee Iquor syndicate but of Detectives Paul Sutton that he had been abducted by the trio, whom plate on their automobile,” LEGION PROHIBITION shot to death by three men herelii. nee Before his death Kubik told Chiet| were SAY KENNEY WILL BE ELEVATED 10 GN. PRESIDENCY Story of Goat Is Recalled By Friends of Present Chief of Traffic IS RAILROAD TRADEMARK No Official Announcement Made But Appointment Seems Certain Minneapolis, Nov. 12.—()— The story of “Kenney’s Goat” was re- called Thursday by rail officials and’ | workers as they talked about the |probable elevation of William P. | Kenney of St. Paul to the presidency ;of the Great Northern railway to ‘succeed Ralph Budd. |. Years ago a Minneapolis newsboy hitched a goat to a small wagon to haul newspapers to his stand. It solved a transportation problem for the youth, but it proved objectionable to the neighbors, who disliked the animal's odor. He sold it to a ranch- er near Midvale, Mont. Young Kenney took up progressed rapidly. stopped at Midvale to inquire about It had died but its off- spring roamed the countryside. On @ mountain trail, Mr. Kenney turned his binoculars to a high ledge and saw a “billy”. which had a startling resemblance to his former pet. ‘That gave Kenney an inspiration. For several years Great Northern of- ficials had been seeking a trademark. The goat standing on the ledge be- came the trademark—now better known as “Kenney's Goat.” ‘Hasn't Got it Yet’ At Seattle late Wednesday Kenney, on a western trip with other Great Northern officials, told questioners ie naven’s been told I'm going fo get it yet.” But Joseph Chapman, Minneapolis, @ director, was nearby and comment- ed “you're. to get it all right.” Two fon o heard the conver- sation and smiled apparent Official announcement approval. of Budd's tors. Budd thus far has said nothing as to his successor or his future plans. There was considerable speculation on the significance of Budd's transfer. Word of the change, which would cause him to succeed F. E. William- son as Burlington president, came as 8 surprise to most persons in company fices. of: | Williamzon will go to the New York Central as president, succeeding Pat- 2a Crowley, who resigned Wednes- Two theories as to the changes were commonly advanced here. The first is: Northerns Control Burlington ‘Though the Burljngton is owned and controlled by the Great Northern and Northern Pacific, it is bigger than either, earns more money, is believed to pay its president a higher salary, and therefore its presidency is more desirable than that of the Great Northern. The other was that some major re- alignment of relationships. between the Northerns and the Burlington is contemplated which will make the Burlington more independent and powerful than in the past, and that Budd is going into the Burlington to take charge of this plan. ‘There also was casual talk of a pos- sible revival of the plan to merge the Northerns after separating them from the Burlington as advocated by the Interstate Commerce Commission, which would leave the Burlington a separate system with Budd at its head. ‘The preponderance of opinion, how- ever, was that there is not likely to be merger project, wo aroused, biter merger project, as it ue opposition throughout the northwest in the last few years. No announcement was made Thurs- day as to who would succeed Kenney as traffic vice president of the Great Northern. The nemes of H. H. Brown, general traffic manager, and W. P. Burnham, western traffic manager, were most frequently mentioned. BISMARCK WOMAN IS INJURED IN GRASH Mrs. W. E. Cleveland and Leo Wagner, Sanborn, Are in Hospital Here Mrs. ‘V. E. Cleveland, Bismarck, and Leo Wagner, Sanborn, were in a local hospital Thursday morning suffering from fractured legs re- ceived in an automobile accident on the Bismarck-Mandan highway about 9 p. m., Wednesday. Sire. Cleveland suffered a fracture across t' knee joint in her left leg while Wagner's fracture was across int of his right leg. through the underpass near Mandan on his way to Bismarck, Wagner, who was driving, was blind- ed by the bright lights of an oncom- Police said they learned Kubik re- hine. Unable to see the road, ceived an ultimatum three weeks ago capes gens an “sbutment of the thrown tl the windshield, suffering cuts and bruises. In the back seat of the auto were h Mrs. Cleveland and Wagner through with minor hurts, he believed had an Illinois license| Mr. Cleveland and Ole Sundeg, Ruso, who escaped successor must come from the direc-; BUNKROOM IN AIR' LEVIATHAN Comfortable double-deck bun! ing accommodations on the ni: are shown a couple of the ship's heated by electricity, provide sleep- 3 new dirigible, the Akron. Above ‘ew of 52 responding to “reveille,” or whatever they blow to get eky-going sailors up in the morning. | Housekeeper in Minot Asserts” Innocence of «Crime; Explains How Blood Came to Be on Trousers D., Nov. 12.—(AP)— “Did you’ kill that woman?” “No, sir.” And thus in district court in Mi- not Thursday William Savora, charged with the first degree mur- der of. his housekeeper, Mrs. Dena Korchenko, on September 22, assert- ed his innocence. In_ explanation of how human blood came to be found upon his clothing after the woman’s murder, Savora testified that it may have come there about three weeks be- fore the woman’s death when she, while drunk, fell against a stove in the Savora house and cut her head. Savora said he picked the woman off the floor, carried her to a sink where he “washed her off” and treated her wounds. He said he got |blood on his shirt but did not know whether he got any on his trousers {on which human blood was found by |chemists after the murder. The defense counsel considered ‘that a victory was scored Thursday when the court ordered the use of an interpreter in the questioning of Savora, An interpreter was seated beside Savora but Savora was answering the questions being asked him on di- rect examination in broken English. Judge George H. Moeliring, who is presiding, inquired of the jurors if they could understand what the defendant was saying, and several indicated they could not. “I can’t either,” remarked the court. “We had better use the in- terpreter.” State’s Attorney Paul Campbell protested that he could understand what Savora was saying and pointed out that the court reporter, George 'W. Olson, apparently was not hav- ing any difficulties, either. Campbell said he believed the de- \fendant could be understood if close attention was paid. The court paid:no attention to the prosecutor’s opposition and the use Minot, N. Savora Denies Slaying of the. interpreter. began. Considerable ‘of the’ nny against Savora has been about con- versations had with him following the murder, in some of which alleged conflicting statements were brought out. HOOVER AND GRANDI EXPECTED 10 PROBE PROBLEMS OF WORLD Italian Statesman and Presi- dent to Have Few Reserva- tions in Discussion Washington, Nov. 12.—(#)—Every Page in the book of international problems in which Italian-American cooperation might offer solutions will be turned next week by Foreign Min- ister Grandi of Italy and President Hoover. Like the talks between President Hoover and Premier Laval of France however, the world’s economic situa- tion and the bearing which interna- tional relations have upon it will be constantly in the foreground. The Italian statesman will carry the full backing of Premier Mussolini, which means support of the Italian government without reservations. President Hoover is fully prepared to discuss all five of the points un- derstood to be contained in the pro- gram which the foreign minister brings. Three of the foreign minister's points will offer no difficulty. They are almost echoes of American policy, calling for world economic coopera- tion, disarmament by a fair method and maintenance of the gold stand- ard. On the other two, the president will seek an understanding of Italy's posi- tion. They center around war debts and reparations and peace treaty revision. Scientist Asserts Person Who Reads Is Blind More Than Half the Time Cleveland, Nov. 12.—(?)—When you do such things as read this newspaper you are stone blind during all but tiny fragments of split seconds. These tiny fragments were measured by Frank K. Moss, re- search engineer in the lighting laboratory at Nela Park here. He found them to range in size from seven to 15 hundredths of a sec- on id. As you read a printed line your eye moves and stops at short in- tervals.. While the eye is in mo- tion it “picks up” the reading matter, but the connection with the brain is shut off. The while the eye moves until it has “picked up” all it can hold, or in other words, until you “get an eye full,” the connection to the brain is broken. You are blind, Moss discovered, about three tenths of a second at a time. The eye accurately meas- ures this interval, and he said, if you don’t pick up what you have read in that length of time ‘ you probably would be unable to read. In conducting this experiment Moss used an accurately timed rotating disc painted white on a white background and pierced in the center with two parallel slits. How the vision lagged behind the actual position of the parallel slits in relations to the horizon- tal, was made known by the sub- ject through signals. Moss made 150,000 measure- ments on this one subject, using varied intensities of light. They were part. of his effort to deter- mine how much light our eyes need for comfort while at work. He estimates that they need about 13 times as much as they get in customary office lighting, which averages in strength that of an eight candlepower lamp on a sheet of paper held a foot away. Another peculiar phenomenon of the eye, Moss discovered, is that it increases in accuracy and rapidity of action after a dey of hard work, ompromise in Manchurian Dispute GREW OF SCHOONER RESCUED FROM SEA BY U.S, NAVY SHIP 11 Men Found Living and Five Dead; Captain of Vessel Badly Injured BAD WEATHER REPORTED Nine Airplanes Joined in Search For Group Reported By Mail Pilot Balboa, C. Z., Nov. 12.—(7)—The U: 8. 8. Swan reported Thursday she had picked up the crew of the wrecked schooner Baden Baden with 11 men living, five dead and the captain bad- ly injured. She took the lifeboat in tow after taking out the survivors and their dead and is proceeding to Coco Solo. Captain Wabli, the message said, was suffering from serious injuries to the spine. The Baden Baden left Rio Hacha, Colombia, on Nov. 5 for Cristobal. She carries no radio and it was feared she may have been lost. Vessels search- ing for the castaways reported heavy weather in the vicinity where the boat was found. At least nine planes searched Wednesday after a mail plane pilot sald he saw the small craft with the castaways. The Baden Baden had been in the coastwise |trade with wood cargoes. METEOR DISPLA TO LIGHTEN SKY IN NEAR FUTURE Leonids Expected to Appear in East After Midnight; Nov. 16 Is Best Cambridge, Mass. Nov. 12.—(%)— Youngest Student Associated Press Photo Morris Keaton, 14, of Vernon, Tex., Is the youngest person ever to matriculate at Southern Methodist pre and plays three musical instru- ENGINEER INJURED WHEN TRAIN JUNPS TRACK ATSTERLING Five Coaches Also Are Derailed When Locomotive Journal Breaks The engine and five coaches of No. 4, Northern Pacific eastbound pas- senger train, were pitched into a ditch about 8:25 o'clock Wednesday night three and one-half miles east of Ster- ing when a main journal on the loco- motive broke. Four of the coaches remained on) the tracks. Tom Farmer, Jamestown, engineer, was slightly injured when his leg was! pinioned by machinery of the loco- motive as it pitched and plunged 1,500 feet along the rails before it dove off into the right hand ditch, Another “night of the falling hdirs,” a visitation of the leonid meteors, is due on one of the first four nights of next week. The latest prehistoric record of! these leonid meteors has been found) chiseled in stone in ruins of the an- cient Mayan civilization in Yucatan. ‘This story has it that the “hairs” fell from heaven with the lord of thej jdead, Tzontemocque. The stone bearing this record is believed to have been set up about 600 years before the arrival of the Spaniards in Mex- ico. The Mexicans had a similar) tradition. It describes the fine threads of fire which meteors leave as they flash across the heavens. ‘The leonids appear in the east,| after midnight. For more than 1,000 years these leonids, about three times each cen- tury, have turned night into a beau- tiful but awful sort of day for sev- eral hours at a time. In nearly all lands where they have been seen they have been taken more hay once as the sign of earth's fin- Dr. Willard J. Fisher, meteor ex- pert of the Harvard observatory, says the time when the leonids may ap- pear this month is uncertain, but is more likely to be after midnight, Monday, Nov. 16, The public again is requested to re- port to astronomers the number of meteors it sees, the period of time of observation directions and courses in the sky, and descriptions of very, brilliant meteors. BITTER WEATHER I$ REPORTED IN WEST Rocky Mountain States Cover- ed With Snow and Tem- perature Drops Chicago, Nov. 12—(4)—Throwing off its gentle mantle, autumn got down to the business Thursday of giving many widely separated sections of the na- tion tastes of bitter weather. Snow, falling in an area reaching from Montana to Arizona, left Kall- pal Mont., under a seven inch blan- t. Cold winds drove temperatures downward throughout the district of the Rockies. It was 15 below on Pike's Peak with a 40-mile gale. High winds and muggy atmosphere kept airplanes close to port in the middlewest. Not a plane arrived at or left the Chicago municipal airport Wednesday. A small advertising blimp was lost for hours until it could find landing at Springfield, and an airplane fell to earth near Friendship, Wis. The pilot, Roger Davy, 25, Oconomowoc, ‘Wis., was killed. Poor visibility was believed by au- thorities to be responsible for the death of Harry Thompson, 73, who walked in front of a speeding subur- tban Chicago train. burying the boiler one-fourth its length into the prairie loam. Cling to Safety Rails Six men in the baggage and mail cars, three in each, escaped injuries’ by clinging to the overhead safety rails in their cars as they were tossed and buffeted about. Farmer estimated the train was speeding 50 miles per hour when he. noticed the trouble. He applied the brakes as the journal dropped and one of the drivers broke off. His leg was pinioned as he applied the brakes a second time. He estimated the train traveled from 1,500 to 2,000 feet before coming to a stop. ‘The 55 persons aboard were taken the 30 les back to Bismarck by a relief train that arrived shortly after the derailment. More than 500 feet of rails and ties were torn up. Wreckers on Scene Restoration of traffic over the main line was expected shortly after noon Thursdey, according to T. P. Allen, Bismarck agent for the railroad. Crews of men were at work on the scene with two wreckers Thursday morning. No. 2, eastbound passenger train, was detoured over the Soo Line be- tween here and Jamestown Thurs- day. This train was to go from here north to Wilton, east to Pingree, and south to Jamestown. Allen expected this train would be an hour or an hour and a half late into Jamestown. No. 2 was due in Bismarck at 11:42 a.m. No. 1, westbound train due here at 7:45 o'clock tonight, will come over the main line, however, Allen sald, and is expected to be on time. Investigation Thursday indicated that the derailment was caused as the broken 14-inch journal struck a switch. The broken journal apparently dragged along the track after becom- ing disengaged until it reached the switch. As the two came in contact, the impact which sent the train hurl- ing from the track resulted. Road Dedicated by Nelson County Group Lakota, N. D., Nov. 12.—(AP)— Several hundred persons gathered at Stump Lake, south of here, when a new grade across a portion of the lake was dedicated as 2 huge bonfire rovided light for the ceremonies Reeane night. The road, only 120 feet long, was constructed by farmers, supported by Lakota businessmen and will enable some 60 families on the opposite side of the lake to cut from 11 to 26 miles from the distance they must travel to reach Lakota. Dr. Einar Lohrbauer, mayor of Lakota, was a prime mover in getting the project under way. t Residents of surrounding towns took part in the dedication cere- monies and speakers included S. A. C, Wehe, Dr. Lohrbauer, and Dr. R, E. Beek, all of Lakota, Kenneth Wishart, George Groves, and Mrs. B, A. Wishart, the latter 85 years old, all farmers in the district bene- fited. THREE-YBAR-DELAY ON FARM MORTGAGE PAYMENTS SOUGHT Liberal Governmental Aid For Agriculture Also Is Declar- ed Necessary LEGISLATION IS URGED Numerous Items Are Contained in Program Adopted at Meeting Here BULLETIN Three officers of the North Da- kota Farmers Union were reelect- ed for another year at a meeting of the state board of directors of the organization Thursday after- neon. They are C. C. Talbott, James- town, president; Walter Maddock, Plaza, vice president; and E. E. Greene, Jamestown, secretary. Members named to the execu- tive committee were Talbott, Maddock, and C. W. Fine, Ben- son county. Demands that federal and state of: ficials take drastic action toward Providing legislation and liberal gov- ernmental aid, including a three-year moratorium on farm mortgages for relief of agricultue, came out of the closing session of the annual conven- tion of the North Dakota Farmers Union here Wednesday night. Resolutions recited the plight of farmers resulting from de prices of agricultural commodities and advanced a variety of solutions, many of them suggested and urged by speakers during the three-day meeting. A slate of suggested national leg- islation, designed to decentralize wealth, relieve unemployment, regu- late the value of money, eliminate short selling and bear raids on agri- cultural markets, and to establish a graduated income tax, was approved by the convention. : eta resolutions adopted asked it: All county and state officials don ate 20 per cent of their salaries to» ward relief in the drought area. the price at maturity date. Want Law Changed State laws be changed so that farmers will be furnished teaching cooperat principles and practices be establish- ed_in the state’s public schools. The law prohibiting tenant farm- ers from removing improvements be changed to permit removal of fences erected by tenants. Congress eliminate the name “fed- eral” from the title of federal farm loan banks on grounds the banks are serving a private rather than a fed- eral purpose, and that the title is misleading to bond purchasers, Wheat from the farm board be loaned to farmers, and that payment be made in bushels of wheat. The convention endorsed three re- solutions designed to bring about a three-year moratorium on farm mortgages. One resolution advocates initiation of an amendment to the state consti- tution to set up machinery for the moratorium. The other two call up- on President Hoover and Governor George F. Shafer to use their powers in furthering the moratorium. Gained Wide Support The resolutions previously were considered by local organizations of the Farmers Union in the state and, according to officials, gained wide support. President Hoover is requested in one resolution to call a special ses- Slon of congress for the express pure pose of passing the farm relief bill introduced in congress by Senator Lynn J. Frazier of North Dakota. The resolution asks the president to “declare a moratorium on all farm mortgages made through the federal reserve bank until the special session of congress to be called shall have passed the farmers’ (Frazier) farm relief bill. The president further is asked to declare a moratorium on all loans made through the intermediate and rural credit banks on chattel mort- gages until congress has passed the Frazier bill. Governor Shafer is asked in an- other resolution to take necess: authority under police power of state and that such a move is neces- sary “to avoid a crisis which fast approaching.” ‘The third resolution instructs the state board of the Farmers Union to take action toward intiating a consti- tutional amendment providing for & moratorium so that it may be voted on at the June primary. Seven Directors Named Election of seven state directors, four members of the livestock board and a@ delegate to the national con- vention brought the convention to a close in the early hours of Thursday morning. ©. C. Talbott, president of the state organization, was unanimously chosen director at large, while six district di- rectors were named in accordance with new by-laws adopted by the con- SContinued on page nine)