The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, April 11, 1932, Page 1

-§ 4 Ne, | ~ ; wh a ‘ A ‘YA. Yy \ + e North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper ESTABLISHED 1873. ~ PAYS $50,000 FOR STOLEN BABY BUT GETS NO RESULTS Banks Asked to Assist in Trac- : ing Bills; Serial Num- bers Are Listed 7 DISCLOSES RANSOM NOTE Says Contents Gave Him Posi- tive Means of Identifying Criminals Hopewell, N. J., April 11—(4)—The sign of the double cross flamed across; the Lindbergh baby kidnaping case Monday. Col. Charles A. Lindbergh had paic $50,000 for his stolen child—but the baby has not been returned. ~ The serial numbers of each bill are in the hands of bankers throughout the country. They have been request- ed to telegraph the treasurer of the United States if any of ‘the bills—all of 1928 issue—come to their notice. Col. Lindbergh, in another of the tare statements he has authorized since the child was stolen from the Sourland Hills estate March 1, made several points clear last night. He disclosed definitely there was an original ransom note and that this note was such as to provide an abso- lute means of identifying the kid- napers. He made clear the parties to whom he paid $50,000 in five, 10 and 20 dol- lar banknotes early this month—had convinced him they were bona fide representatives of the kidnapers, if not the kidnapers themselves. He went further and reiterated his hope the kidnapers would make good their promise. I was even reported Col. Lindbergh was willing to consider replacing the currency—the serial numbers of which now are in the hands of all banks in the country— with gold coins which carry no iden- tification numbers. Text of Statement Col. Lindbergh’s statement Sunday night said: “At the time the baby was kidnaped a ransom note for $50,000 was left in the nursery. For obvious reasons it was necessary to withhold informa- tion concerning the ransom note. ' “A means was offered in the ran-; som note of positive identification of! the kidnapers thereafter. Subsequent | notes received were identified by this means and at the time the ransom was paid over the kidnapers used the same means to positively identify themselves as the ones who had ‘car-/ ried off the baby. “This is the only means by which Col. Lindbergh can know for a fact; that he is dealing with the kidnapers. It has been withheld and will be with-/ held by Colonel Lindbergh for future; identification. “It must be remembered that the/| baby has not been returned and it has; been and still is the policy of the} state police authorities that the pri- imary motive is to accomplish the safe return of the baby and all efforts are; and will be bent in this direction.” | The money—nearly five thousand bills—was paid some time before Apri} 6th. dust where the representatives of the kidnapers were contacted, was not announced. Monday's Daily News says the rendezvous for the payment of the ransom money was the Long; Island Aviation Country, club at, Hicksville, L. I. and that it took: place a week ago Sunday. | Four'in Party The News says tnose present at the) meeting with the kidnapers’ repre- sentative were Col. Lindbergh, his close friend and adviser Col. Henry! Breckenridge, John Fogarty (a pri- vate detective) and a representative of Dr. John F. Condon, Sr., 72-year- old teacher and welfare worker who; has been identified as the author of| the “Jafsie” advertisements which! have appeared in New York papers | The “Jafsie”. advertisements have; been used in an effort to negotiate with the abductors. There appeared in papers Monday —as there has appeared for the pas’' few days, this advertisement: { “What is wrong? Have you crossed | It was signed “Jafsie.” Condon, who picked the signature “Jafsie” because it sounds like his initials, J. F. C., was reported Monday as undiscouraged at the failure of the; kidnapers to return the child. He in-; dicated the spot designated for the, return was off Martha's Vineyard, | Mass., and he pointed out the waters there were alive with coast guard and rum running boats at the time set for the return, He was not surprised. he said, that the kidnapérs declined to risk being caught. 3 Tha three Norfolk, Va., “interme- diaries” who have believed themselves | jn contact with the kidnapers, said q Da] me? Please better directions.” ‘ ous groups {items in the general THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE | BIS! [eee | Dispute Smallest Baby Title | Kansas City apparently clinched the No sooner had the one-pound son of Mr. and Mrs. William St. John of| than Mrs. Carl Kaut, also of Kansas City, rose to challenge his rights. The tiny infant, only 14 inches long, with three-inch long arms, is fed by an eye-dropper and apparently is getting along all rig.t. shows the father of Mrs. St. John’s sister, Miss Margaret Hammer, look- ing at incubator in which the one-pound baby lives. and her son, James Irwin Kaut, eight, who weighed only three-quarters! of a pound at birth. She thinks ne was the smallest baby on record to su flyweight championship of the world ‘Lop Picutle Below is Mrs. Kaut ive, ‘ CONFLICTING VIEWS ON ECONOMY MOVE UNDER DISCUSSION Adjustment Sought as President and Congress Seek to Reduce Expenses Washington, April 11.—()—Under the dome of the capitol a small group Monday sought adjustment of con- writing of a “national economy pro- gram” in one or more bills which, by changes throughout the government structure, would save the taxpayers at least $200,000,000 this year. In a continuance of the all-day fsession with President Hoover at the white house, the special economy committee of the house under Repre- sentative McDuffie (Dem., Ala.), met with Director Roop of the budget Out of their analysis was to\come a de- ‘cision whether to stick to their own plan for a wage and salary rate cut in the federal payroll, or to adopt President Hoover's plan for reducing the working timé, and thus the pay, of federal workers, with flat cuts only for. the highest officials. This was the outstanding point of difference in the tentative budget- balancing program worked out by the legislators and the president. Chair- man McDuffie voiced personal dislike of some of the other provisions but galled for sacrifice of individual ideas by all members in the interest of achieving national financial stability. It is the president’s idea, and Speaker Garner's also, that one big bill should carry all the changes. s0 as to circumvent the numerous vigor~ the individual] Program, fearing that if the proposals went in individ- ually, so many of them would be they were “amazed”. at the turn de- | knocked down that the net achieve- velopmerits had taken. They said they had no knowledge in advance that the Colonel was negotiating with the men to whom the ransom was paid. John H. Curtis, one uf the “in- termediaries,” left Norfolk by naval plane Sunday ostensibly to confer! again with Col. Lindbergh at Hope- well. It was indicated, however, he might also attempt to renew contact with the persons with whom he ‘and his two Norfolk associates have been conducting negotiations. The New York Daily News. the Chi- cago si (Continued on page seven) ment would be puny, McDuffie, how- ‘ever, favored splitting the items in ;three groups, one carrying legislative changes, a second covering-rgductions jin appropriations and the third con- taining plans for consolidating vari- ous agencies. By these tactics he ‘hoped to ‘prevent the blocs joining, and possibly defe the whole pro- gram, | The issue of salary: reductions will confront the Tuesday in strik- ting fashion With the appropriation. bill for congress itself before them, (ting their own salaries. Prize Scholars of Slope Area Here for Contests fiicting views to make possible the | Orators, Musicians, Commercial Workers Taking Part in Programs Boy and girl orators, aspiring young musicians, and youngsters proficient in commercial work invaded Bismarck by the score Monday to participate in district contests held as preliminaries to the annual May conference at the University of North Dakota. Oratorical contests were held in the! high school auditorium, the musical competitions at the municipal autitor- | ium and the commercial contest at) the high school. Several hundred students were on hand long before events were sched- uled to get under way. Judges from the university were in the city to judge contestants in a pro- gram that was expected to last until late afternoon. H. C. Rowland, head of the mu- sic department at the University, was judge of the musical part of the pro-/| gram while Miss Adeline Pierce, ex- tension representative. of the uni- versity, was to pick the winners in the declamation contests. Contests were slated to get under way at 9 a. m. but were delayed al- most an hour through a misunder- standing as to;where programs were to be held. Contestants represented schools from he Missouri Slope district. The high light of the program is to start at 7:30 p. m. tonight when bands and glee clubs will participate in a concert at the auditorium. Clarion E. Larson, in general charge of the musical contest, said the pub- lic is invited to attend. There will be no admission charge. Youngsters from Mandan walked off with the lion's share of honors in musical contests in the morning. An orchestral sro ip from the Morton county city’was selected as the prize- _ (Continued on page seven) Redistricting Law Is Declared Invalid Washington, April 11.—(#)}—The Minnesota reapportionment act, veto- ed by Governor Olson, was Monday declared ‘invalid by the supreme court. ‘The decision was delivered by Chief Justice Hughes. He analyzed the meaning of the rs word reapportionment and said re- districting a state .was a law-making power which made submission of ‘Such legislation to the governor nec-|w, -Thom; essary. / “The reapportionment’ laws passed by the legislatures of Missouri and i "torce candidates ior Minnesota's ‘Tribune and the Detroit Mirror, the members will have to vote on cut- rine congressional seats to run at New York were set aside also. ‘The effect of th» decision is to! , Lindbergh Double-Crossed MARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, MONDAY, APRIL 11, 1932 SLOPE DELEGATIONS Wall Street Raids Denied by Whitney PRESENT: ARGUMENTS AT BRIDGE HEARING Mercer Declares it Cannot Bear Share of Expense For Garrison Span ARMY ENGINEER IN CHARGE Proponents of Bridge Declare it Would Aid in Develop- ment of Area. Resolutions and testimony for and against construction of a vehicular bridge across the Missouri tiver near Garrison were presented at a public hearing in the Burleigh county court- house Monday forenoon conducted by Captain Theodore Wyman, of the U. 8. Army engineers. The object of the hearing was to obtain testimony on whether the pro- Posed bridge, specificiations of which {already have been prepared, would in- terfere with navigation in the river. Captain Wyman said no announce- ments will be made in the near future regarding results of the hearing. He will make recommendations to the war department. Mercer Is Opposed Two resolutions, presented by the Mercer County Taxpayers’ association and the Mercer county commissioners, were opposed to the bridge. Mercer county complained it would be unable to bear its share of the expense in the immediate future. One-sixth of the total expenses. es- timated between $475,000 and $500,000, would be divided between Mercer and McLean counties, the state would pay cne-third and the federal government one-half. Representatives of Minot, Garrison, and Krem were strongly in favor of the structure, while 8. W. Thompson, spokesman for the Devils Lake delega- tion, said Devils Lake would not ob- ilong as it did not interfere with a pro- Missouri river diversion dam in which Devils Lake is interested. Dakota association, the state highway department, and the Missouri river ‘commission also were represented. Frahm Explains Steps H. C. Frahm, chief engineer of the highway department, opened the hearing with a brief explanation of the approvriation for the bridge made at the last session of the legislature. He said the department had been or- dered to take necessary steps to se- cure the bridge. Other speakers included Thompson; Col. Frayne Baker, Bismarck; W. C. Cull, Garrison Civic club; E. A. Boh- rer, spokesman for a group of farmers near Krem; John Pullis and Joe No- va, both of Stanton. running north and south over the river between McLean and Mercer counties. It would consist of four overhead truss spans, each 412 fee’ from center to center of piers, with 2 60-foot deck approach span on the right bank. The over-all length of the bridge would be 1,708 feet be- head truss span from: the right bank is intended for navigation, is levei, and provides a minimum horizontal clearance at low water of 395 feet (normal to channel approximately 376 feet) and a minimum vertical clear- ance of 43.1 feet above the extreme high water elevation of navigation season. The span would ‘be built at what is known as Big Bend, seven and one- half miles east of Garrison, Would Connect Highways The principal argument presented in favor of the bridge was that 'c would connect many important high- ways and make it considerably more convenient to cross the river in thas area. Cull pointed out that it would con- nect state highways Nos. 31 and 25, \which pass through Stanton, with U. 8. highways Nos. 83 (at Garrison) an 7 (at Underwood) and state highways Nos, 28 and 37, at Garrison. wood to Cummins and U. 8. No. 83 connects Bismarck and Minot. State highway No. 37 runs east and wes! through Garrison and state highway No. 28 runs north from Emmet to Ry- der and continues north. Proponents of the bridge argue that the span would immediately acceler- ate development of the area. Those who registered at the hearing includ A. D. McKinnon, Clifford Johnson, H. C. Frahm and Frank of the state highway depart- Col. Frayne Baker, Bismarck; Frank W. Breakey, of the Devils Lake Chamber of Commerce; J. A. Reuter, C. J. Ehlers, Rev. Father H. J. Maun- dry, J. E. Sullivan, and W. ©. Cull, of the Garrison Civic club; LIGHTNING STRIKES BARN: Grand Forks, N. D., April 31.—(?)— First destruction by lightning in Grand Forks county was reported Fri- day night st the John Scott farm, . / one mile east of Gilby. A barn was loss totaling $3,500. All tween abutments. The second over-; U. 8. No. 7 runs east from Under- | ject to construction of the bridge so! (MANDAN WOMAN IS Other communities represented at| the hearing were Bismarck, Stanton. ; and Hazen, while the Greater North} PROSECUTOR READY | TO TELL STORY OF HONOLULU SLAYING 29 Witnesses Called in Effort to Convict Four Whites in ‘Honor’ Murder Honolulu, April 11.—()—One side— the prosecution's side—of the story of the killing of an Hawaiian accused of attacking a white woman was ready to be told in court Monday as the Fortescue-Massie “honor slaying” trial moved into its second stage. The prosecution assembled witness- es for the presentation of testimony ‘and evidence, the next -step in the deepest drama the “paradise of the Pacific’ has experienced in years. As the trial resumed after recess- ing over Saturday and Sunday, Public Prosecutor John C. Kelley had before him the names of 29 persons who pro- fessed to have knowledge of one phase or another of the killing of Joseph Kahahawai, Hawaiian accused with four other men of attacking Mrs. Thalia Massie. With the pidgin English they speak in court, since most of the prosecu- tion's witnesses are Oriental and ‘mix- ed blood, Kelley hopes to force a chain of circumstantial evidence which will send Mrs. Massie’s husband, Lieut. Thomas H. Massie; her mother, Mrs. Granville R. Fortescue, and two navy enlisted men, E. J. Lord and Albert O. Jones, to prison as the killers. The case is being tried before what is termed the “whitest jury” ever called in Hawaii. Six men of Amer- ican extraction and one of German was seated in the face of the prose- cution’s fight to have a jury of Orien- tal and mixed blood. KILLED WHEN AUTO PLUNGES INTO DITCH Mrs. George Hecker is Victim of; Accident Near St. Anthony Early Monday The bridge would be a atructur¢ jyreq Monday when the automobile | i ! ' jured. jday. J. K. Kennelly, sforton county jcoroner, said no inquest would be Mrs. George Hecker, 38, Mandan, ; wife of a Northern Pacific engineer. | was fatally injured and Jacob lasecal| man, also of Mandan, seriously in-| in which they were riding struck loose | ravel and plunged down a 20-foot mbankment eight miles south of St | Anthony. H Mr. Hecker suffered severe bruises, while Mrs. Hoffman escaped unin- Mrs. Hecker died before she; could be extricated from the wreck-| age. Hoffman was taken to a Man-| dan hospital. He suffered a broken; collarbone, three fractured ribs and internal injuries. Striking loose gravel at a turn in the road, the car skidded against the wing of an underpass and rolled down a 20-foot embankment. Hecker, dri- ver of the car, said the brakes locked as he slowed for the corner. The ac- cident occurred about 1:30 a.m. Mon~ held. Funeral arrangements have now been made. MERCURY TUMBLES IN CITY OVERNIGHT Higher Temperatures Forecast For Tuesday; Bottineau is Coolest Gray skies spread over Bismarck Monday forenoon following a con- siderable drop in the temperature overnight. After reaching a maximum of 56 degrees above zero Sunday afternoon, the mercury to 24 degrees, or eight below freezing, at 7 a. m. Monday. ‘The forecast for Bismarck and the vicinity is for somewhat higher tem- peratures Tuesday, with fair weather in prospect for Monday night and A. W.| Tuesday. Temperatures throughout the state at 7 a. m. Monday ranged from 18 degrees above zero at Bottineau to 36 degrees above at Hankinson. It was 19 above at Beach. Slightly warmer weather is fore- Mis-'cast for the extreme western part of the state Monday night while colder weather is in prospect for the south- east section. Six points reported precipitation over the week-end as follows: Amenia 12; Ellendale 21; Hankinson 16; Oakes 24; and Fargo .22. Borne by a cold wind, snow mixed with an April downpour at, Fargo Saturday tp bring a touch of winter, to what had been spring. Stock Exchange President Tells Senate ‘We do Not Have Any Bear Raids’ PROMISES TO COOPERATE Says He Will Furnish Data Asked by Committee; Tells of Liquidation Washington, April 11.—(#)—Saying “we do not have any bear raids,” Richard Whitney, president of the New York stock exchange, promised ‘complete cooperation Monday with the senate's, inquiry into the ex- change in testimony to the banking committee. eSnator Brookhart (Rep. Iowa) brought up the rumors of a huge bear raid planned for Saturday, which were understood at the capitol to have caused a speeding up of the in- vestigation. Whitney told him he knew nothing of any such raid except something he had been told by Senator Wal- cott, (Rep., Conn.), about operations in U. 8. Steel. The exchange president also men- tioned the stocks of American Tele- Phone and Telegraph, Public Service of New Jersey and Consolidated Gas of New York as among those referred to in connection with the purported bear raids. ij He said there had been “no bear raiding,” but “great liquidation” in these stocks. : ; Brought Data Along Whitney was instructed by sub- Poena to bring with him a list of all corporations in whose stock there was @ short account above 10,000 shares at the close of business last Friday; the total number of shares in each such Stock; a list of the exchange members through whom the trading was done; the names of clients for’ whom the short sales were made, together with full details of the volume for each ac- count. i After being sworn, Whitney read a statement saying: “In view of telephone communica- tions with a member of the senate jfinance committee on Friday indicat- jing a desire for specific information, I asked members of the exchange to aid in supplying it.” He called attention that the ex- change had offices throughout the nation. “I regret that I cannot assure the committee that the statistics request-! ed can be promised before -Friday noon,” he said. “T assure you of every intent to give 27% all the data requested.” Senator Blaine (Rep. Wis.), asked if a@ telegram that had been received} here by Walcott should be placed ia the record. Couzens said that, as members of the committee had not seen the tele- gram, Blaine’s question should be considered in executive session. | Blaine said he wanted to use the telegram as the basis for examination of the witnesses and Chairman Nor- beck said the question should be de- cided later. Senator Glass (Dem. Va.), de- manded of Whitney to know what, kind of short selling is legitimate and what is illegitimate. May Be Short or Long “A bear raid may be short selling or it may be long selling,” said ‘Whit- ney. “I say it is illegitimate because it demoralizes the market.” . The exchange president said he had} data showing the complete short position on the stock exchange up to April 5, and said this already had been made public. It would be almost impossible to go into every detail asked by the com- mittee, he said, many short accounts having been in existence for months. Senator Couzens (Rep., Mich.), in- quired if Whitney thought his data represented all the short selling. “I am confident it is so, so far as our members are concerned,” he re- Plied. “Members are subject to ex- pulsion if they do not answer our questions.” Whitney said the short-selling data had been given to the press “to show the public that the exaggerations in regard to it were purely ridiculous.” Senator Brookhart (Rep., Iowa), asked about reports “of an attempt to stage a bear raid last Saturday that would make the day a black Satur- day. have no knowledge of a bear raid except some statement made to me by Senator Walcott last Friday re- garding some operations in United States steel,” Whitney replied. “We do not have any bear raids.” Whitney said administration claims of bear raids on the stock market were “purely ridiculous.” For two hours. the bronzed-faced stock exchange president + parried question and answer with the com- mitteemen. Senators from the wheat belt indulged in most of the exam- ination. Whitney blamed the public for the Germans Re-Elect Hindenbu : Child Still Missin ft ‘Old Paul’ Wins VON HINDENBURG German voters Sunday reelected Paul von Hindenburg, war hero and chief executive for the last seven years, to a second term as president. He is 84 now and will be-91 when he com- pletes his new term. DEMOCRATS CAST 84,670 VOTES IN ELECTION MARCH 15 Official Count Reported by Se- cretary of State; Other Returns Given The Democratic vote cast for pres- idential preference candidates in the North Dakota March 15 primary to- taled 84,670, according to complete unofficial returns compiled by the secretary of state's office. The returns show Gov. F: Roose- velt of New York defeated Governor William (Alfalfa Bill) Murray of Oklahoma, in the Democratic presi- dential contest by 20,598 votes. The vote was Roosevelt 52,634; Murray 32,036. In the Republican presidential pre- ference race, Joseph I. France, for- mer Maryland senator, the success- ful candidate, polled 36,876 votes, and his opponent, “General” Jacob 8. Coxey, mayor 6f Massillon, Ohio, 24,824. William Stern, Fargo, elected na- tional Republican committeeman, re- ceived 49,497 votes. F. J. Graham, Ellendale, incumbent, received 34,182, and H. C. Schumacher, Fargo, 9,159. Mrs. Selma Stenerson, Minot, poll- ed 48,199 votes to win the Repub- lican national committeewoman con- test over Mrs. Minnie D. Craig, Es- pone incumbent, who received 39,- . H. Perry, Ellendale, successful Democratic national committeeman candidate, polled 25,673 votes, and J. Nelson Kelly, Grand Forks, incum- bent, 23,306. Charles Perry, Crosby, received 21,445 votes. Miss Nellie Dougherty, Minot, un- opposed for Democratic national committeewoman, votes. The proposal to move the state capital from Bismarck to Jamestown was defeated 170,071 to 24,368. ig How Other Bills Fared Five other measures voted on at the primary were defeated as follows: Future amendments to the consti- + ;tution: No, 104,952; yes, 51,350. Legislative power, initiative and referendum: No, 100,550; yes, 50,988. on tax: No, 106,798; yes, 69, Absent voters ballot: No, 76,068; yes, 65,793. The vote cast for the remainder of the ticket follows: G. O. P. Delegate Race Delegates to Republican national convention, 11 highest elected, slates (Continued on page six) HYLAND WELCOMED Devils Lake Man Would be Con- servative, Fight ‘Radi- cals’ if Elected Devils Lake, N, D., April 11.—P)— Residents of Devils Lake and the congratulatory welcome to State Sen- ator F. H. Hyland, who Wednesday was indorsed by the I. V. A. conven- tion as a gubernatorial candidate for the Republican nomination at the June primary. The governor's boy concert band led a parade, af the head of which rode Hyland. It led to the opera house where businessmen, ness for the city, Dr. John }1929 stock price inflation and agreed with Democratic members as they Poked jibes at the “No More Poverty” slogan heard in those days. Awaiting the specific data on short selling promised by the stock exchange president on Friday, the committee made no effort from him any names of the more prominent dealers in this trading. to get have his signature. He asserted widdie, Fargo, former editor of the Dakots Farmer and Fred P. Mann, Sr., Devils Se tor Hyland, plying, nat ae) 4 Bet hoeeda, expressed on tform. fe ene campaign manner of hy sae seh ee! engaging in busi- o_° was given 58,222|8 BY HOMETOWN FOLK. it warmer Ti Fair:tonii "i matt and Tuer = Fons ay PRICE FIVE CENTS WORLD WAR HERO I GIVEN MAJORITY IN SUNDAY'S ELECTION Plurality in Run-Off Contest Nearly Six Million; Term is Seven Years 4 EXECUTIVE IS 84 YEARS OLD Chancellor Bruening Offers For- mal Resignation But it is Refused Berlin, April 11—(®)—Field Mar- shal Paul von Hindenburg, second president of the German republic, settled back in his presidential chair Monday at 84, for another term of seven years. In Sunday's run-off election he rolled up a plurality of nearly 6,000,- 000 votes over Adolf Hitler, national socialist candidate, his chief oppon- ent. The vote, as announced early Monday, was: Von Hindenburg Hitler .......... Thaelmann (communist) . Invalid +++ -19,350,642 113,417,460 706, Total .. Chancellor inrich Bruening, at President yon Hindenburg’s request, consented to remain in office as chancellor. He offered a formal re- signation when he congratulated the * president on his victory, but withdrew it later. The winner has the satisfaction of knowing he is a majority president. Although he failed to get a majority in the first election March 13, he rolled up a majority of 2,235,794 Sun- day over the combined vote of his two opponents. Two Are Killed One national socialist and one re- Publican were killed during fights in Hamburg and Bremen. Another man fell dead from excitement. Three score persons were injured and hun- dreds arrested. 4 Early Monday morning Hitler call- ed on his followers to gird for the Prussian diet elections on April 24 in an effort to march a step farther toward the goal he called “German liberatior “The nationalist socialists know not what rest is,” he said. That the Hitler movement appar- ently came to a standstill Sunday would seem to be indicated by the fact, that, although his increase from 31.1% of -the vote on March 13 to 36.6 per cent Sunday was substan- jtial, yet the difference did not equal |the vote cast for Lieut. Col. Theodore Duesterberg, nationalist candidate in the March election, who withdrew from the run-off. A large section of the nationalists Was shown to have failed to swing to Hitler and President von Hindenburg increased the percentage of his own vote from 49.6 to 55.9. Asks God’s Blessing The president rose as usual at 7 o'clock this morning and when mem- jbers of his household congratulated him he modestly observed: “May God's blessing rest on this decision of the German people and sales everything for the fatherland’s ood.” He was evidently in the best of health and spirits. After breakfast the venerable octogenarian sat down to write what he called an “allocu- tion” to the German nation in which he thanked the voters for the con- fidence they had shown, solemnly re- Pledged his fidelity to the fatherland and urged that all partisan strife be forgotten. FARM BOARD PROBE ORDERED BY SENATE ON NORRIS’ MOTION Resolution to Inquire Into Com- modity Exchanges Meets no Opposition | Washington, April 11.—(}—A broad investigation of the farm board and A resolution authorizing the senate agricultural committee to make the Seeiraen was approved without Lake Region Saturday extended a| deba' The resolution, introduced by Sen-