The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 6, 1932, Page 1

a ¢ North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper ESTABLISHED 1878 Indians Begin Democrats Fa RASKOB INSISTS ON PROPOSAL 10 OBTAIN VIEWS OF ELECTORS Would Have Party Take No Stand Other Than For Referendum Vote SEES HARMONY AS RESULT Says Idea Would Permit All Factions tn Party to Agree on Program Washington, Jan. 6—(AP)—The democratic party faced Wednesday the freshly stated desire of Chairman Raskob to keep the prohibition issue to the fore in this year of presiden- | tia) election. Under a warning that its virtual destruction would be the alternative, | the chairman laid down a pressing demand that the party declare at the convention this summer for submit- ting the entire question to the. people for a new decision. He was equally emphatic that the | party itself keep on the fence, going neither wet nor dry, until the voters have had their say. Raskob made public his views Tuesday night in a lengthy letter to the national com- mittee he heads, supplementing this with remarks. evoked by questioning reporters who surrounded him as he arrived for the committee meeting Saturday. The stand for resubmission, con- tended the chairman, will allow the contending elements in the party, both wets and supporters of prohibition, to find common ground. The alterna- tive, as he saw it, was either a party | rent asunder, north against south, or @ party diminished in importance by the rise of a third political group, a “liberty” party. The issue, he main- tained, must be met by convention ime. Holds Center of Stage With publication of the letter, oth- er business to come before the com- mittee session, such as selection convention city and date, faded: i1 the background. To avoid a re] tion of the outbreak he precipitated with the issue last March, the chair- man intended, he said, to ask the committee to refer his plan to the convention, without declaring itself for or against it, but an outburst seemed unavoidable, nevertheless. The proposition Rasko» wishes laid before the voters does pot involve complete repeal of prohibition, but rather a choice between retention of the eighteenth amendment unmodi- | fied, and his “home rule” plan under ; which the people of each state could exempt themselves from national pro- hibition by voting for state liquor control. At his press conference the demo- cratic leader offered to bet two to one the country would reverse its prohi- bition stand within “our lifetime.” Under pressing questions of half a hundred newspapermen, he asserted | any wet | he was not trying to “jam” plank into the democratic platform, that he had no choice. among the democratit candidates for the presi-; dential nomination, that he had no preference among cities seeking the convention. Would Junk Tradition Furthermore, he favored junking| tradition and holding the democratic convention ahead of the republican meeting of June 14.- He spoke for a brief platform “touching all vital is- sues without the usual whereases.” In his letter to the committee Ras- kob reported that his questionnaire poll of 1928 campaign fund gontribu- tors showed that of 25,578 replies re- ceived, 93 per cent favored resub- mission of the 18th amendment; 95 per cent wanted all future constitu- tional changes ratified by popular vote and not legislatures of the states, while only 22 per cent considered pro- hibition could be ignored by the party platform. Replies came from 33 per cent of those queried. Raskob restated the convention plank he has had in mind, saying: “The plank I suggest for considera- tion provides that the democratic members of the United States senate and house of representatives will vote in favor of a proposal (which is real- ly @.referendum) which will give to the people of the United States op- portunity to vote directly on the ques- tion as to whether they- wish (Continued on page. Seven) Strong Anti-Trust Laws Asked by Nye Washington, Jan. 6—(AP)—Three bills to strengthen and clarify the an- ti-trust laws were introduced Tues- day by Senator Nye. ‘ One of the ‘measures by the Nerth ta, would make it il- crimination an unf of competition. i The bills also would make trade ice conference rules enforceable |-the courts. by In a statement read to the senate, business est ‘ threatened by. giant and would-be monopolies.” ‘ the | $3,000,000,000. to ’ | Shown above is the cabin in the| jOzark mountains near Springfield, Mo., where six officers were killed while trying to capture Harry Young. jbandit wanted for murder. « .Below is a picture of Young. killed Tuesday, along with his brother Jen- nings, in a gunfight with police ar Houston, Tex. | WEATHER AS OTHER © STIS ET ION Middlewest; European Riv- ers at Flood Stage i | Bismarck was the bright spot oa the weather map of North Dakvta: Wednesday despite ogcasional flur-{ ities of snow. ! Relatively. mild, clear weather pre- } 16 "Wete"as other sections of the {country battled with snowdrifts piled up by driving winds and rains which threatened to send streams past the flood stage. South Dakota points reported heavy |; snow with roads blocked and com- munications. facilities impaired. Towans were shoveling snowdrifts that were as deep as 15 inches and [generally throughout the state were j the heaviest of the season. | In Minnesota and Wisconsin, high-! way travel in many areas was imped-| ed as the heaviest snowfall of the| season was piling up in drifts Southern Minnesota heaviest downfall, with 15 covering the ground at Albert Lea. Heavy snow and rains in the plains area from the Rocky Mountains east/ to the Mississippi River valley, hac disrupted traffic. . i Two deaths, both in Oklahoma. i were attributed to the elements. A landslide, caused by heavy rains, caused the wrecking of a train, which resulted in the death of the engineer William McFarland, Kelleysville, died from exposure to the cold. In Arkansas, torrential rains swell- ed streams and blocked highways. 4 Forecasts indicated the storm hag apated but that another might fdi- jaw. Much of the farm land of Europe ‘and a good many little towns alony river banks were under water Wed- nesday as heavy rains sent streams past the flood stage. f Several rivers in Germany had overrun their banks, there was con- siderable suffering among the flood- ed areas in Czechoslovakia, and (France also was having river trouble. | Mellon Impeachment Washington, Jan. 6.—(?)—A resolu- tion seeking the impeachment of Secretary Mellon was introduced: in the house by Representative Patman, Democrat, Texas. ‘ fPatman based his charges on a sta- tute of 1789 forbidding a treasury head from engaging in commerce. He said Mellon owned voting stock in 300 cor- Porations with combined assets of “Bince becoming secretary, Mellon been the owner in whole or in of many sea vessels competing ame Tene in commerce,” the Grant Extradition i Sacramento, Calif., Jan. 6.—(AP)— Extradition of Ernest I. Tebler from Los Angeles to North Dakota to an- swer to @ charge of embezaling $9,000 the bank of Oberon was ap- Traffic Hampered By Drifts. in| received the 1 neMes| 224 Jennings Young, peace officers Of Oberon Banker ae Scene and Dead Bandit | RENEW SEARCH FOR: MISSING GANGSTERS Desperadoes Killed Texas May Be All Who Aided in Massacre Two in Houston, Tex., Jan. 6.—(?)—With one trail from a blaod-stained Ozark farmyard having ended here with the jdeath of two desperate killers, Harry of the southwest renewed a search for other members of the Young gang ‘Wednesday. ze Whether two or four desperadoes shot the six Springfield, Mo.. officers who! lost their dives Saturday in storming the farm home: of Mrs. J D. Young, widowed mother of the ‘killers, was the question. Harry and Jennings Young, who fled to ‘Texas in a stolen car, shot themselves rather than be capturea when surrounded in a cottage by Houston police Tuesday. Ed Waddle, Springfield chief of po- lice, expressed belief they alone were responsible for the murders, despite previous reports that perhaps four men- were involved. No trace had been found of Paul Young, another of the brothers, miss- ing since the shooting, or Fred-Bar- ker, a fugitive wanted in West Plains, Mo., for the slaying of Sheriff Roy Kelly. Ben Bilyeu, a detective who sur- vived the farm house slaughter, said he had recognized Barker as a mem- ber of the gang there. The Springfield police chief safd, > ——_—_- |- Today in Congress a o Hee Senate Receives $50,000,000 reconstruction corporation bill. Finance committee continues hear- ings on sale of foreign securities in United States. Manufactures subcommittee pushes study of unemployment ‘relief bills. Public lands committee studies bill to transfer public domain to states. House Concludes. Bert of defi- cies appropriat pea Seas. Banking committee completes study of reconstruction corporation bill. “Naval committee continues hearings bill. Muscle Shoals hearings held by mil- itary committee. ‘Ways and Means committee calls administration officials on the-Demo- cratic tariff. bill. Agriculture committee studies leg- islation to make farm board wheat available for relief. Sat its faoes Ged hewn tin teh : hands of a receiver after ‘Toblet alc Asks $50,000 for ery chaos tus ie vas ine|. , Crosby .Postoffice tank's assistant cashier. pil eee , Jan. 6. (AP) — The consideration «we THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1932 stvil Campai cing Prohibition 23-Story Building , Is Plan for Capitol [LENZ IS HAPPY AS GULBERTSON'S LEAD IS CUT ONCE MORE Only 13 Rubbers Left to Play; Contest Scheduled to End Friday Night New York, Jan. 6——(#)—Sidney 8.| Lenz was happier Wednesday, on the | verge of apparently certain defeat, than for some time. For in the rub-/| jbers in which Commander: Winfield! Liggett, Jr., has sat oppos'te him in; place of Oswald Jacoby, resigned, the | ;Plus of Lenz's side in the great con- tract bridge match was 2,665 with 13 rubbers left to play. Eight more rubbers Tuesday night, lof which Lenz and Liggett won six, only intensified the general expecta- tion of neutrals that Ely Culbertson will win handily. The match ends Friday night. There will he no ses- sion tonight. Howard Schenken will be Culbertson’s partner Thursday night. The Culbertson plus was reduced last night by 2,660 to 14,175. 'The| {rubbers won became 72 for Culbertson and 65 for Lenz, the total points 116,- 320 and 102,146 respectively. For the first time in the match, ‘to contribute to the plus uf his side. He was Michael Gottlieb, New York realty broker, a tall handsome youta jwhom Culbertson regards as a star of his team of “string-beans.” Both Ted | Lughtner and Waldemar von Zedt- vate previous partners, are tall and ithin. | | Gottlieb played brilliantly on the! defensive, but Lenz and Liggett had | big cards of which they failed to take full advantage.. The-only little slam, of the session was le “by ‘Culbert- ison; Lenz and Liggett each could {have mage one without trouble. Gott- {lieb made several psychic bids that made minor trouble for Culbertson and Culbertson made one himself that, kept his opponents out of game. Cul- bertson. thought most of the breaks were with his opponents. WATERWAY WILL BE ~ COMPLETED IN 1933 iGreat Lakes-To Gulf Project Will Be Finished Ahead { of Schedule has been given that the $100,000,000 Illinois waterway, providing a freight outlet from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico, will be completed be- fore 1933> : : Industrial and agricultural leaders of the midwest have declared they regard the project as the most im- jaso Chicago, Jan. 6.—(AP)—Assurance Architects Drawing Up Design For Structure to Be Topped By Tower FINAL APPROVAL NOT GIVEN Members of Commission Em- phasize Fact That Arrange- ments Are Indefinite Architects for the new $2,000,000 ‘state capitol are drawing up tenta- tive plans for a 23-story building to be submitted to the state capitol com- mission, G. A. Fraser, member of the commission, said Wednesday. A meeting of the commission is ex- pected to be held here sometime this Month to consider the design. Members of the commission infor- mally have expressed interest in the design, Fraser said, but no definite steps have been'taken yet toward ap- | Proval. The-plan is one of many, but is the outstanding one, Fraser stated. The tentative plan of the architects is to build two wings, adjoining one another, each- wing to contain a chamber for the legislative assembly. while the 23-story tower is set off at the end of the wings for use for state offices. The drafting of plans for such a structure, Fraser said, was undertaken after a thorough study of the capitol site, and are to be offered as a design that will harmonize with the land- symmetrical tower effect, which Culbertson had a partner who failed; Would place the tower in the center) of the wings. The architects believe that such a structure would not har- monize with the site on which the building is to be located. Low building costs. Fraser said, would enable the commission to con-; struct a building that under previous costs would take 000,000. DIGKINSON PROBES COUNTERFEIT RING Preliminary Hearing For Alleg- ed ‘Key Man’ Is Tempor- arily Postponed approximately $3,- Dickinson, N. D., Jan. 6.—(P)—A preliminary hearing for E. E. Taylor, alias E. E. Thorpe, held here and al- leged to be the “key” man of a coun- terfeiting gang operating throughout the middle west, was postponed as federal and state officers sought further evidence of operations of the ring. Local officers claim Taylor has been ntified as the man who cashed two counterfeit travelers checks here two weeks ago. Jack Stewart, Glendive, Mont., ar- rested with Taylor at Newell, 8. D., several days ago, will be returned to Dickinson, States Attorney T. F. Mur- tha said. Stewart is alleged to have identified Taylor when he cashed {Portant transportation development in years. Lower freight rates for prod- | Ugts being shipped to scores of points are regarded as a probable result. Original plans were to have the waterway, a 100-mile excavation lead- ing from Lake Michigan to Utica, Ill, ready for passage of freight barges by May 1, 1933. It had been general- ly believed, however, delays in con- struction would cause a postponement of several months. First indication the waterway would be completed earlier than expected was received Tuesday in an announce- however, “I am very positive that only|ment from the war department at Is Sought by Texan the two men were at the farm house."| Washington containing “information that work on the waterway had pro- gressed faster than had been expected and that it probably would be com- Pleted by next October 15. what police claim were spurious checks. Requisition papers for the return to North Dakota of Jack Stewart of Glendive, Mont., held at Deadwood, 8. D., on a charge of selling a forged instrument, were issued Wednesday by Governor George F. Shafer. 64-Year-Old Moffit Woman Dies in City Mrs. H. O. Kendall, 64-year-old Moffit woman, died in a local hos- pital at 1:50 o'clock Tuesday after- noon. Death was caused by a cerebral hemorrhage. She had been in the hospital since Dec. 30. Communistic Community Will Adopt Capitalistic Form of Organization Amana, Iowa, Jan. 6.—(P)—A communistic organization which has existed for more than two centuries under the plan of “share ‘and share alike,” was moving Wednesday toward incor- a stock company un- - i B In- recent years Aman’s youth proportionate share, have come to fee) they and had little chance for ad it, to leadere of the com fll Eg FF The Weather . Cloudy tonight and Thi rent “occasional snow; not much * PRICE FIVE CENTS - Issue Again 1 | dren, whom she loved intensely, in | her own life, i | Will Represent District Nomin- ally Republican and Dry Since 1925 | | Manchester, N. H., Jan. 6—(AP)— | William N. Rogers, of Wakefield, a wet. democrat, Wednesday stood as the choice of the first New Hampshire | congressional district, nominally «re- jpublican and represented by a dry jSince 1925. { He is the first democrat to repre- sent the state in congress in 10 years | and was the last of his party to serve in the national house. Former Governor John H. Bartlett, | Rogers’ republican opponent for the {seat made vacant by the death of Fletcher Hale of LaConia, received 24,505 votes to Rogers’ 27,453 at Tues- day's special election. Republicans and democrats alike saw in Bartlett's defeat a rebuff to the administration. (SELECT JURY 10 | TRY LAKOTA MEN; Three Women on Cass Panel in Case of Chisholm, Lewis and Gronna Fargo, N. D., Jan. 6—(AP)—Three Fargo women on the jury which will try R. G. Chisholm, C. W. Lew- lis and James D. Gronna, officers of the closed Farmers and Merchants State bank of Lakota, on charges of making false entries in a report sub- mitted the state banking department. The jury was completed Tuesday af- ter a full day had been devoted to examination of prospective jurors. Both sides used the entire 10 pre- emptory challenges allowed by law bringing the total number drawn for jury duty on the case to 32. Members of the jury are E. G. Lin- ke, Leonard; Joe Eischelberger, Ar- thur; N. E. Skunes, Grandin; Dewey Grieve, Buffalo; 8, P. Harmon, Amen- ia; Arthur Zaeske, Leonard; Mrs. Frank Peterson, Mrs. Albert Gerloch, Mrs. Clara_D. Knight, W. J. Shee- han, John Seime and Earl Urick, all of Fargo. ‘Taking of testimony will begin to- Te fees babel Ld fi VICTIMS OF NURSE’S JEALOUSY? sociated Press Photo Aa John B. Heindel (right), aged 4, and his brother George, 9 months old, were found strangled in the nursery of their River Forest, Iil., home when their parents returned from a neighborhood party. Roth, 23, a nursemaid, whose body was found hanged in a basement closet, was believed by police and the parents to have slain the chil- lary & fit of jealousy and to have taken ‘Wet Democrat Victorious rscape. The design departs from the} | In New Hampshire Vote GANGSTER KEEPS _ WORD 10 POLICE; __ BONDSRECOVERED Nearly $3,000,000 in Stolen Securities Given to Offi- cials in Chicago Chicago, Jan. 6—(#)—The denoue- ment of the looting of the Lincoln National Bank and Trust company— the largest bank robbery in history— has come with recovery of nearly $3,000,000 in stolen bonds, which were returned to their rightful owners be- cause a gangster kept his word. Gus Winkler, reputed “Brains” of the gang of Fred Burke, “the killer” and an associate of the organization of “Scarface” Al Capone, was the gangster who kept his promise, de- sipte the fact that he had what au- thorities said was an iron-clad alibi, namely that he was in Buffalo, N. Y., when machine gunners ‘looted the Lincoln bank in September of 1930. The denouement came Tuesday aft- ernoon in the office of the “secret six” Chicago crime fighting organiza- tion, when negotiable securites worth $583,000 were handed to W. E. Bark- ley, a directing officer of the bank, by Sergeant Roy Steffens. In the presence of Max Towle, county attor- ney of Lincoln, Neb., Winkler had al- ready supplied proof of the destruc- tion of $2,217,000 worth of registered bonds, making issuance of new certi- ficates possible. R. C. Saunders, chief of the pro- tective department of the Illinois Bankers’ association, said the recov- ery reduced the loss to a mere $10,000 or $15,000, which may be cut by re- storation of other stolen securities which have been traced. Where the securities had been hid- den or from whom Winkler obtained them remained a mystery. It was learned, however, they were left in a cheap suitcase placed on a street cor- ner, where they were picked up by Sergeant Steffens early last Monday morning. -|Cooley Is Appointed Commission Secretary John B. Cooley of Minot has been named secretary of the North Dakota governmental survey commission. on owe ARE. ACTIVE [AS WEAPONLESS WAR FOR FREEDOM OPENS Scores Are Arrested and Put in Jail; British Goods Face Boycott POLICE FUSILLADE KILLS 1. Business Is At Standstill; Cot- ton, Bullion, Grain Ex- changes Closed (By The Associated Press) Nationalist leaders were arrested by the score in India Wednesday as the campaign of civil disobedience gained headway and the boycott of British goods began. Mahatma Gandhi sat spinning in his prison at Poona, but at Beneres one Nationalist was killed when po- lice fired on a mob, and at Jubbul- pore a Nationalist group which had been forbidden to parade squatted in the road and refused to move on. They had been there 24 hours. Elsewhere shops were picketed and business was at a standstill. The Bombay cotton, bullion and grain ex- changes were closed. Mill owners in Calcutta were asked by the congress committee to cancel orders for $1,500,000 worth of British machinery, but in London said the boycott had not brought an enthusiastic response. A number of women were those arrested. sri 3 The women fired the first “gun” as the weaponless war of the rank and file of Mahatma Gandhi's mil- lions began the fight for independ- ence. The women throughout the country, defying ar- rest and ve custom- prospecti' ers not to buy British made goods. —Zhe arrest of the leaders was fol- lowed by an announcement in the Bombay government Gazette that the congress itself and more than 80 al- lied organizations throughout the city and suburbs ere declared unlawful associations. To add to the prevailing unrest in the country, 5,000 railway workers on the Great ‘Indian Peninsular line went on strike in protest against curtailment of their working hours. Included in the organizations out- lawed in Bombay were several boys’ boarding’ schools, declared menaces to public peace. While all the turmoil was going on, Gandhi was peacefully spinning in Poona prison. He said he was great- ly relieved to know that India’s mil- lions are observing loyally his most sotet command to refrain from vio-- lence, | At Benares one man was Killed when police fired 14 rounds into = crowd which gathered in defiance of orders. The police said the mob | stoned them. Several Nationalists were injured ; at Cawnpore when police attacked a. crowd with their staves. Among the nine women arrested was Mrs. Kamaladevi Chattopad- hyaya, sister-in-law of Mrs. Sarojini ; Naidu and leader of the women’s volunteer organization. She, with the other women, was sent to house 1 Of correction to await trial. The government began by extend- jing to four important cities and the entire presidency of Madras the ordi- j nanees outlawing the national con- gress party. Vithalbhai Patel, for- {mer president of the Indian legisla- j tive assembly, was one of the first | to be arrested. The new ordinances prohibit all contributions to Gandhi's party and , all peaceful picketing. Bombay, Cal- jcutta,, New Delhi and Ajmer are ; among the cities covered by the de- | crees, Business Shows Decline Most Hindu stores and sharply. Thus far the only bloodshed was {at Bernares, where one man was kill- ed, and at Allahabad, where two died when police attacked groups of Na- cae refused to disperse. Promulgation of the new ordinance tionalistic