The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 20, 1932, Page 1

G. O. P. Committee Meets Here ANT-SALOON GROUP hs N Oldest Newspaper ESTABLISHED 1878 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20, 1982 League Warns Parties Against Wet Stand ~ SAYS LIQUOR TABOO FOR 1992 PLATRORM| John J. Raskob ‘Home Rule’ Plan Is Particularly Scored By Dry Organization WOMEN AMONG. SPEAKERS Body Says it Will Not ‘Hesitate to Allow Settlement ‘In Constitutional Way’ ‘Washington, Jan. 20.—(?)— The Anti-Saloon League biennial cénven- tion left behind it Wednesday a war! to the political parties to pe ga of prohibition this elec- tion ‘year. Reiterated by the speakers who Mother of Twins Is Co-ed, Too 2 Mothers, if you think caring for your children is difficult, just consider the case of Wilva Davis, former stage star. She left the University of Minnhe- mounted the platform at Tuesday: sota in 1926 to star on Broadway. Then she met Paul Martin, Jr. and ht's final gathering, this theme wa summed up in a declaration ped policy . which asserted modification are not for party pate forms or party lines.” With that the veteran dry organ- ization went on record as anything that might eed prohibi- tion: referendums, — resubmissions, state control, modification and beer! proposals, as well as repeal attempts. Raskob Plan Condemned It scored particularly the Raskob “home .rule” plan of Rquor control,| asserting: “Let there be no mistake, Raskob- fan ‘home rule’ means eventually saloon rule.” Among the individual expressions was the declaration of Mrs. Jesse W. Nicholson, president of the National ‘Women's Democratic Law Enforce- ment League: “Tg there's any doubt, let any party have 8 wet candidate next fall and} the women will give him such a lick-! ‘ing as he never had.” Dr. A. J. Barton of North Carolina, chairman of the league’s executive committee, asserted the south would deny ppt to any presidential (Continued: on page Seven) + So ont ‘on page Seven + [Weather Report ‘ FORECAST _ For Bismarck and vicinity: Mostly cloudy tonight and Thursday; not so *For North IDa- : Mo kota: disuay tonight and ‘Thursday; not s0 cold Thursday and cast and | central portions tonight. For South a i kota: Probably lo- B cal snows tonight *and Thursday; not so cold Thursday extreme east por- OB For Montana: Unsettied tonight: colder” southenst For Minnesota: ly: to- night and Thursday; not so cold to- night in northwest portion and In| ‘west portion Thursday. CONDITIONS High pressure now covers the north- ern portion of the district being cen: tered over the Red River Valley; and the Pacific Coast (Winnij 80.42; Roseburg, Ore. 30.41 low lies over the Lower Missourt ley and Southern” Plateau Region; Light precipitation has been general from North Dakota. west to the coast and southern Rocky Mountain district. ‘Temperatures have fallen over all sections except for the extreme south- 8 of the district, the Low- ft 20 opr ‘ees or more {h southern Manitoba, eastern North Dakota, western Minnesota and South Dakota, Bismarck station barometer, inches: 28.36; reduced to sea level 30.37. work. And here you x'Coast Guard, FIFTH PERSON DIES ARTER GUN BATTLE ‘Little feanig dohaes Johnson Suc- cumbs to Wound Suffered Last Week-End London, Ky., Jan. 20.—(/”)—Ken- tucky’s worst gun fight’ in recent his- the standpoint of lives lost, was written into the records Wednesday. The toll of the feud shooting in the New Salem churchyard was brought to five with the death Tues- Ty | day night of “Little Henry” Johnson. The other victims were “Big Hen- ry” and Earl Johnson, brothers, who were cousins of the man who died ‘Tuesday night, and Forrest’ and Hom- er Crook, brothers who were neigh- bors of the Johnsons. They were slain Saturday in the feud outbreak in which “Little Henry” was wounded by a stray bullet. Willie Johnson; brother of ‘Big Henry” and Earl, was the only mem- ber of the two families present who survived. He was we-nded in the cused him of wronging their 17-year- old sister, Ruby. i The girl, visiting her sister, Mrs ‘Will Settles, near. Connersville, Ind., said she and Willie Johnson wore {principals in a mock wedding’ she thought _ was legally solemnized. Sheriff W. H. Steele said no charge would be placed against Wille un- less further investigation revealed he took part in the shooting. Kentucky's worst. gun, battle dur- ing the 20th century heretofore was ported | the Clayhole election shooting in Breathitt county in 1921 in which four men were killed and 17 wounded. MTATION. PRECIP! patty 24 hrs. ending 7 tal this BISMARCK, snow Devils Lake, cla; NEW RACKET DEATH OCCURS IN CHICAGO 4 se cee Cleaner’s Card Bearing Name of M. Costabile Found in Valley City, ch Williston, snow Grand Jamestown, noha Other Stations— ated Texas, clear. Boise, Idaho, clear. is Ita., ‘el eo City Barnonton,: All Helena, Miont.. cl Huron, 8. a Kamloops, B. Kansas Cit; ty, Me, nde: Help Victims of Flood INKENTUCKY FEUD} married him. Her duties in caring for a home and the birth of twins forced her to give up the,stage. Now she has decided to finish her schodl her feeding. her hkl inane twins while studying at her home in Minneapolis, Mi Red Cross |Warmth Record Established in St. Paul; Atlantic Struck By Severe Storm (By The Associated Press) The coast guard and National Red Cross worked together Wednesday to bring relief to the floodswept Missis- sippi Delta and its thousands of re- fugees. While a squad of Red Cross work- ers moved swiftly to alleviate suffer- ing among the homeless and enforce public health measures in refugee cen- ' ters, coast guard boats and ‘crews, Ape ram, the Great Lakes. tations, gave reassurance. to farooned householders in the water- bound back country. Wholesale vaccinations “in ‘ the crowded, half-flooded towns of six counties, where farm families sought comparative safety after seeing their homes inundated from breaks in the Detta levee systems, were ordered by the Red Cross and were proceeding rapidly under the direction of county health officers. The swollen Tallahatchie, Yazoo and tributary streams continued to of- fer the menace of additional damage with a further spread of the floods. An all-time record was broken in St. Paul as the city entered its 20th day of winter without having experienced zero weather, According to records produced by M. R. Hovde, United States weather ob- server, the longest previous record of winter weather above zero there end- ed Jan. 18, 1889, Seven transatlantic passenger ves- sels, including the speedy - Europa, ploughed through stormy seas toward New York from one to three days late as a result of the most severe storm of the winter. Cold wind helped bring sub-zero temperatures to parts of the north- west. The coldest point reporting was Thief River Falls, Minn., with 15 de- grees below zero. WILL BRING CAPITAL . FIGHT OUT IN-OPEN To Discuss Plans For Resisting Frien and} Elvin. is a. action, of. Mabi Gandhi and has |Hint at Accomplice BRITISH FEEL PINGH OF INDIAN BOYCOTT WHILE JAPS PROFIT 100,000 Merchants Expected to Gather Thursday to Pro- \ test Restrictions (By The Associated: Press) Bombay's markets and exchanges have been closed for 16 days in pro- test against the government's meas- and the merchants organization has called a meeting expected to.be at- tended Thursday by 100,000 persons to protest against’ the restrictive or- dinances and the arrest of Mahatma Gandhi, Such .a meeting would be in defi- ance of the law forbidding gather- fngs of more than five persons. Sta- tistics issued Wednesday gave some idea of the effect the boycott is hav- ing on British business. They showed Japan is fast replacing England in the cloth market, despite increased duties. Sen Gupta Arrested Sen Gupta, former mayor of Cal- cutta and prominent’ member of Gandhi's cabinet, was arrested Wed- nesday ‘as he arrived on an Italian steamer and taken to jail at Poona, | where the Mahatma also is com- mitted. No illegal act was charged against. him, and it was presumed he was being ‘held on a charge of member- \ship in the national congress which |* (has been banned by the government, Charges of terrorization, beating of Indian women and rough handling of prisoners by British authorities were made by Rev. H. V. H. Elwin, a young English missionary who has been deported from the frontier. id of Mahatma worked with mong the untouchables. The Ma- hatma asked the missionary to go to the northwest frontier and ‘report on conditions there, and he said he learned “things that ought to make an_Englishman ashamed.” Troops have been raiding villages, he said, and forcing Indian authori- ities to point out people who picketed cloth and liquor shops on pain of be- ing beaten if they refused. Women were roughly handled, he said, and members of the “red shirts” were beaten and their uniforms burned. Police, also attacked with their staves a crowd which was praying outside a mosque, he said, and threw the bleeding, semi-conscious men in- to the rive DENVER BAKER HELD B. P. Bower Threatened: With Death Unless $50,000 in Ransom Is Paid Denver, Colo., Jan. 20.—(/P)—An ap-[ parent drive by a gang of gunmen against a Denver bakery Sorparetion has culminated in the kidnaping of Benjamin P. Bower, 62, the manager, by two men who threatened him with death unless $50,000 ransom was peid by noon Wednesday. Bower was abducted from a group of six persons at his home here late Removal Attempt at As- sociation Meeting seat of state government’ from Bis- marck will be brought into the open ‘Wednesday night at\the annual meet- ing of the Bismarck Association of Commerce at the World War Memor- Plans to resist attempts to move the | nesses - Ig you tell OF police it will be Just Urbans; IL, Jan. 20.(P)— ‘They're. having « holiday in Grothe, because it looked like the a ee troubles. ures'to suppress nationalist activities, | Ruth Judd. Urbana's ‘Young Mayor -To Protect Local Banks: and, Business oe RE Ey In ‘Trunk Murders’ | CONFEREESNEARING Shadow of Another in Case Ap- pears as Prospective Juror ts Questioned JURY REARING COMPLETION Slaying Two ‘Best Friends’ Last October Courthouse, Phoenix, Ariz, Jan. 20. —()—A hint of producing an accom- Plice, or of shifting the burden of guilt was given by defense counsel Wednésday in the selection of jurors who will decide the fate of Winnie The shadow of another person in the case appeared shortly after court c8n- vened for the second day of the trial of the pale-faced, 26-year-old woman jfor the slaying last October of Agnes Anne LeRoi, her friend. She also is charged with murder of Miss Hedvig Samuelson, native of North Dakota. This.indictment is to come up later. Herman Lewkowitz, of defense counsel, demanded of a prospective juror: “If you find human life has been taken and there is no direct evi- dence any connection of this defendant with the taking of human life, and the court instructs tou as to circumstantial evidence, and there is Taised in your mind the possibility this act was committed by another ‘son—" Objection Is Raised Assistant County Attorney G. A. Rodgers came to his feet to block |completion of the question with an pigs It was not, he contended, rie aad statement of the case on ales Howard C. Speakman re- cessed court while ‘counsel went in search of legal authorities. Previously Lewkowitz had hinted to jurors that the question of Mrs. Judd's actual connection wth the slayings {which she once confessed) might ferise. int | |" "Le resonable doubt was Falsée tt your mind as to the connection of this \defendant with the act charged, would you hesitate to vote “not guilty.” The juror being examined, Stewart ng paca said he would not hesi- He was accepted, the 15th ‘juror seated in the panel of 29 required be- fore peremptory challenges may be ex- ercised under Arizona law. Reports Are Revived The defense hint as to possible shifting, at least in part, of the once- confessed guilt revived reports Mrs. Judd had given her counsel a state- ment’ differing from the confession she made when she surrendered in Los Angeles, a week after her two friends had been slain in their Phoe- nix duplex apartment and their bodies sent in trunks to the coast city. ‘The strain of her first ‘the court ‘ing, wearing again the dark blue dress with modest frill about the neck and) sleeves, in which she made her initial appearance. Her face was more hag- ‘When counsel retired to frame their arguments as to gener of Lew- kowits’s questioning of jurors, how- ever, she talked rapidly and animat- edly to her husband, Dr. William C. eae seated at her side. Her blue (Continued on pane as Seven) JUDGE DISMISSES ACTION AT CARSON Decides State .Falled to -Prove P. E. Rasmussen. Com- mitted Embezzlement BY KIDNAPING GANG se Carson, N. D., Jan. 20.—(P)— sine | Hoover case against P. E. Rasmussen, former Orders Holiday Winnie Ruth dudd Charged With WITNESSES URGE BEER BILL Hed| ‘Unloaded’ Gun in Hands “of SENATE AND HOUSE AGREEMENT ON BILL Reconstruction Measure Ex- pected to Be Sent to Presi- dent in Near Future Secretary Stimson Asked to Furnish Barco Oil Conces- sion Correspondence ‘Washington, Jan. - 20.—(?)}—With its highest officers already at work, the reconstruction corporation faced but a few more hours of congressional consideration Wednesday before it will be brought into actuality by presidential signature. Conferees adjusting points of dis- Pute between the senate and house as to just what it will do, by way of giving business a spurt forward, found their task easy. After conferences Senator Norbeck, (R., 8. Dak.) explained that the task of “ironing out” the differences is one that takes time but added, “we are getting along fine and hope to! report the bill tomorrow.” Once that is done, congress pr ably will take a short time 40" bes prove the adjusted legislation and send it to the other end of Pennsyl- vania avenue for President Hoover's signature. After six hours of deliberation Tuesday and Wednesday conferees were agreed the $2,000,000,000 cor- Pporation’s obligations should not be ‘eligible for rediscount through the federal reserve system. Victory for Senate This was a victory for the senate. On another major principle of the mammoth credit organization's make-up the senate yielded, agreeing to a house provision to permit the corporation to make loans to merit entbanks- to -relieve- depositors. special administration-sponsored pill to create a separate corporation for this purpose is pending in both houses. Another point of agreement was a concession on. the part of the house the farm loan commissioner instead of the secretary of agriculture should be a member of the board of direc- tors. A $50,000,000 provision for loans to farmers, conferees agreed, should stay in the bill in essentially the form passed by the senate except the amount will come out of the $2,000,- 000,000 instead of being an additior.- al appropriation. The senate finance committee re- quested Secretary Stimson to fur- nish certain correspondence relating to the Barco, Oil concession after: the state depattment head had sub- mitted telegrams with the oil mat- ters eliminated. Advocate Bingham Bill Senator Barbour, new Repubiican member from New Jersey, advocated the Bingham four per cent beer bill as & “step toward the return to rea- gon common sense.” Dr. Martin Dewey, New York, resident of the American Dental as- sociation, testified that the “general nutrition of the American public, the general health of the individual, and improved dental conditions’ would be established by making it Possible for the American people to obtain the benefits from light wines and beer.” Matthew Woll, president of labor's national committee for modification of the Volstead Act, pleaded for a change to permit manufacture of a 2.75 per cent malt beverage. Proposals on ‘Capitol Hill for re- duction of federal salaries were stu- ‘died by President Hoover, but he ad- hered to his position that no general slash is advisable. Further congressional action on the $616,250,000 naval construction bill pte Gh, be delayed until President Dae Remade. th. on it. BOY ACCIDENTALLY SHOOTS HS SSTER Nine-Year-Old Fatal to _ =| EARTHQUAKE ROCKS 200,000 Volts! Your hair would stand on end, too, if you had to sit-in an electric chair with 200,000 volts of electricity turn- ed on. But that’s the lot of evcry freshman taking the electrical course at Oregon Institute of Technology 3) Portland. Here you see Vernon Rose- braugh as the juice was turned on. There is practically no amperage, which accounts for the harmless ef- fect of the charge. PERUVIAN CITIES 10 FRIGHTEN POPULACE Only One Killed But Several Are Seriously Injured as Build- ings Topple Lima, Peru, Jan. 20.—(4)—Inhabit- ants of Lima, Callao, and the sur- rounding area, were recovering Wed- nesday from a night of terror caused by an earthquake . which ripped streets and buildings and resulted in at least one death and serious injury to several. The newspaper El Commercio re- Ported one person killed in the crum- bling of a house at Huacho. The shock was most severe at Ruaraz and Huacho and was strongly felt also at ‘Pisco, Canete, Ica and other towns. ‘The shock, which citizens said was the most severe since 1904, followed a one earlier in the day. The second occurred at 9:30 P. M. on a hot summer night. It was preceded by a hollow, underground rumbling which caused the first fright among the people. Walls of buildings cracked, cornices fell, roofs crumbled and the streets rolled as if in waves. They were Soon filled. with careening automo- biles, out of the drivers’ control in the unsteadiness of the pavements New Rockford Giri underneath. Simultaneously, lights went. out. The darkness was filled with the hysterical screams of thousands who fled in panic from homes, churches and theaters into the unsteady streets and open squares. The crash of breaking glass added to the tumult, RAIL-LABOR PARLEY IS POSTPONED AGAIN Presidents of Carriers Are Pre- paring Statistics on Their Obligations Chicago, ha 20.—()—The sixth session of the ‘negotiations between Tailway 9 Prien and their “ted yas ve morning collect more data in support of their Plea for a 10 per cent wage reduction. Brotherhood and ‘was postponed We ;; to enable the executives to PRICE FIVE GN PARTY GHERS W Wl NOMINATE MEN Fd 1) IMPORTANT OFFI Indications Are No Candida Will Be Entered Against Hoover in Primary WILL DEVISE PLATFOR F. J. Graham and Mrs. Minnie 0 Craig Favored to Retain Present Posts Members of the Republican Stat Central committee met in Bismare| Wednesday and indications they would not endorse a candidat for the presidency to run. at preferential primary election 1 March. . Most leaders of the group rej ed endorsement of President Hoov as an impossibility and there was n one else to whom the committ could turn if it were disposed to git an endorsement. This situation was further Phasized by receipt of informatio from Senators Lynn J. Frazier iin Gerald P. Nye at Washington, s1 gesting that action-be delayed unti later. It wag reported that Senator Johnson of California and Borah Idaho, each of whom had been ask! ed by the North Dakota senators enter the primary, had either fused to do so or had not made decision. The official business of the con: vention was to nominate 11 candi. dates for delegates to the Republican national convention, four for Repub electors. and o Reports that Graham might meet] opposition apparently were without: pre-session. conversations, that the committee endorse Joseph I. France, former| Maryland senator, for the presidency} seemed to get little support and in- dications were that the “favorite son” movement, launched some time ago for Senator Lynn J. Frazier, had Members of the Progressive Re- publican party, who also are mem- bers of the state central committee, saw in the prospective failure of the committee to endorse @ candidate, tentative support for » This idea is based on the thought that national convention y 2 a as ee he dirt ol, nasa