The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, April 23, 1932, Page 1

ry x ax je f North Dakota’s ‘Oldest Newspaper ‘ESTABLISHED 1873 BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, SATURDAY, APRIL 23, 1932 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE The Weather Sh tonight cooler. ow*punday cloudy. PRICE FIVE CENTS rop REPORTED ASWATER SOAKS INTO GROUND Backbone of Three-Year Drouth is Regarded:as Definitely ; Broken ONE BRIDGE WASHED OUT Motorist Plunges Into Creek Near Wishek But is Not Seriously Injured Rainfall as heavy as four inches in 124 hours occurred in North’ Dakota ‘Friday night and Saturday but only | One case of damage was reported. That occurred when a bridge on ‘> Bichway No. 3 was washed out half a Mile west of Wishek. Approaches to “the bridge were barricaded but an Unidentified motorist crashed though hem at 4 a. m., Saturday and plunged ‘> with his car into the creek. He was «the only occupant in the machine and } &rambled out without serious injury. In other parts of the Logan-Mc- Intosh area no damage was reported ©. and most of the rain soaked into the soil, putting it in excellent condition From all other parts of the state. with the exception of the Red Rivez valley, which was not in need of mois- ture, came reports that the precipita- tion nad been of great benefit. West and northwest the prospect was ma- terially brightened and the backbone ‘of the drouth which had prevailed for Mearly three years was regarded as definitely broken. . A deficiency of 7.33 inches precipi- tation has been recorded for the state fn the last three years, Roberts saic, In the northwestern part of the state Yess than one-half of the general pre- pitation was received. last year. ; 7 Since April 1, every weather station @m the state has reported an accumu- be ation of precipitation. ‘The rainfall officially recorded at the various weather stations since April 1 follows: Bismarck 1.30, Amenia 1.96, Beach 1.93, Bottineau .29, Carrington 1.54, Crosby 1.27, Devils Lake 1.56, Dickin- son .67, Dunn Center: .81, Ellendale. 3.92, Fessenden 1.10. Grand Forks 3.08, Jamestown 2,33, Larimore: 2.01, Lisbon 2.34, Max .79, Minot 1.75. Napoleon} 4.78, Pembina .98, Williston 71, Wishek | 450, Fargo-Moorhead 72. ‘The official figures on the amount of precipitation at Sanish were not available. but good soaking rains had been reported from that area. Roberts said every ietaatord ypoints ts of normal rai in the keg area and that the dry spell , fn that section promises to become a matter of history before the summer ls over. 4, Soaking rains, which came down in torrents in some sections Friday, brought inestimable benefits to North Dekota farm lands and broke the back of the drought that has baked the northwestern part of the state for the last. three years. Napoleon recorded 4.20 inches fm a seven-hour rainstorm which began at 10 p. m. Friday night. Wishek received four inches, James-/} town 2.1 inches, Beach 1.8 inches, Minot 1.65 inches, and Lisbon 1.21 es. wo. W. Roberts, federal meteorolog-| j ‘fat here, said that as a result of re- ent rains crop prospects in North “Dakota are the most promising in (Years. Foes of Initiated Bills Choose Name “Defenders of the public schools” ia'the name chosen by a group or- ganized under the leadership of P. H. Miller of Washburn to campaign against five proposed initiated mea- sures dealing with taxes. Miller said that the organization will begin an active campaign in May to combat the measures, which were initiated under the sponsorship of the North Dakota Taxpayers association. ler is president of the McLean ity Taxpayers association. \" “An organization in every county in the state is planned, Miller said. Ed Larson, Crosby, former postmaster ( there, has joined the group and is engaged in organization work: Miller said he had visited 20 coun- ties in the state and had found en- couraging support. He said he or oth- er persons connected with the organ- ization will visit every county in the state. The North Dakota Education asso- elation has pledged its support to the “defenders” groups, Miller stated. Man Who Blew Up Rails Is Sentenced Minot, N. D., April .23.—(#)—For blowing out a portion of Great North- ern main line track near Selz, and en approaching ‘train, of Delamere, N. D., must serye not less than one. and one-half.and not more than four years in the state penitentiary. Taken before District Judge C. W. Buttz at Devils Lake Friday, Dahl en- tered a plea of guilty to a charge of malicious injury to @ railroad. Sentencing of Dahl came a few hours after he had confessed to Sheriff O. M. Rohrer and State’s At- torney Stanley Casey of Pierce coun- 4 ye Outlo TILE DAMAGE IS pion rathed co ON HONEYMOON 60 miles a day. PROSECUTOR WILL ATTEMPT T0 UPSET PLEA OF INSANITY Honolulu Murder Case Nears End; Argument on In- structions Looms Honolulu, April 23.—(#)—Circum- vention of the ‘insanity defense of Lieut. Thomas H. Massie was’ at- tempted Saturday by Prosecutor John C. Kelley under a handicap Clarence Darrow. declined to lift. Darrow, aged leader of the defense of the four persons accused of lynch- ing Joseph Kahshawai, refused to Permit Kelley's -alienists to put the young navy officer under observation Montgomery Winn, Darrow’s assist- ant, said: “We don’t contend Mr. Massie is insane now, £0 we fail to see why their examination of him is neces- sary.” Kelley said he bclieved Massie never was insane and he hoped, with testimony of alienists to ‘onvert the jury to his belief. The prosecutor said he would asi the court to instruct the jurors the accused quartet could be convicted o° Second ‘degree murder, as charged. even though the jury might believe Massie was mentally deranged when he held the pistol that killed the na- tive. Four prosecution rebuttal wit- nesses remain to be called. Although Kelley's immediate prob- lem was the opening of the rebutta. he asserted one of the hardest battles of the spectacular case would be over the instructions to the racially varied jury. He said he expected the defense to ask that the jury might include among its possible findings a verdict of “not guilty by reason of insanity.” but that he would fight this conten- tion. Darrow spent Friday preparing proposed instructions to the jury, but refused to reveal their nature. re | ————_ —-——-_+ Crossword Puzzles | | Return to Tribune | pea er eee What's a nine-letter word be- ginning with “s” meaning desk? ‘This type of question again will be familiar among Tribune read- vers starting today, for the Trib- une is resuming publication of daily crossword puzzles. This feature was aropped some time ago, but so numerous have heen letters to the editor request- Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Philbrook are shown on their return to Kan- sas City from a bicycling honeymoon trip that start and covered nearly 5,000 miles in 19 states and C: 3 Arrested in Chicago Kidnap, Robber Round-Up ing that the puzzle be published that the Tribune again will run them daily. So sharpen your pencil, grab your Bible, and a to iis on ee day's le, which is mede up Sibueel we words. It will be found on an inside page. Meat Falls from Skies Like Manna $$ _—_—_____—# Engin, ‘Man., April 23—7)— Goose for dinner Sunday, Yum! Yum! A flock of wild geese was flying over town when an elec- trical storm broke. A thunder- bolt hit the flock and down tumbled 52 birds. They were di- vided among the citizens. ENGLISH FRATERNITY MEETS Jamestown, N. D., April 23—(P)— Members of Sigma Tau Delta, national profesional collegiate, English fra- ternity, are holding a northwest re- gional convention at Jamestown col- lege. Visiting delegates and instruc- tors include 30 delegates from three chapters, the Agricu!tural college in Fargo, the State Teachers college at Moorhead and Iora Alpha chapter, Jamestown college. ° | | o eterans Want Bonus Associated Press Photo last October 19 . They averaged 11 Men and Two Women Are Held; Guns and Ammuni- tion Are Seized Chicago, April 23.—(4)—Eleven men and two women were arrested Friday night by state's attorney's police un-| der Chief Investigator Pat Roche in} connection with the recent kidnaping of Howard A. Woolverton, South Bend, Ind, manufacturer, and 29 bank robberies. Authorities said the 13 were impli- cated by confessions of other mem- bers of the suspected gang already in custody at Racine, Wis, and Hart- ford, Ind. The arrests were made in Chicago| Heights, a suburb. Most of the 13 were seized in their homes. A search of some of them yielded a large num- ber of firearms and much ammuntion The confessions implicating the gang. the authorities said, were mads by two men and two women held as) the Indiana city, who were credit- ed with having confessed to taking part in a series of bank robberies for which former sheriff Ira Barton of Blackford county is in prison. Rein- hold Fleuker. on trial for bank rob- bery at Racine, Wis.. also is implicat- ed in the ring, authodities said. Woolverton was kidnaped last Jan- uary as. with Mrs. Woolverton, he was driving from a theater to his home in a fashionable section of South Bend. The counle was taken outside the city limits, where Mrs. Woolverton was re- leased and given a note demanding $50,000. She notified police and while they sought the kidnavers with the aid of the Secret Six and Chicago authorities, ransom was believed to have been paid by intermediates. Woolvertor. was releascd unharmed, oresumably in Chicago. Authorities expressed belief the 13 seized here were connected with the gang of Tommy Hayes, St. Louis gangster slain near Granite City, Ill, last week. presumably while returning from a visit in Chicago Heights, ‘The confessions attributed to men and women held at Racine and Hart- ford City, the authorities.said. involves them in bank robberies staged in Wis- consin, Illinois, Indiana and Michigan but the names of the banks and loca- tions were not immediately available. * Autoists Startled | But It’s All in Fun | i ll ¢ Bismarck police were walking around the streets Saturday play- ing a little game with the public. It was all in fun, however, and nobody minded. Officers, looking grim and re- lentless, carried large pieces of chalk, pausittg now and then to take a swipe at an automobile tire. Passing on, they left a men- acing stripe across the tread. More than one hapless motor- ist groaned as he thought of part- ing with a hard-earned dollar for violating the two-hour - parking ‘ordinance. Pressed for details at headquar- ters, Chief of Police O. J. Mar- tineson had to admit that author- ities were merely getting people used to the idea of obeying the ordinance which is.to go into ef- fect again next week. “We had our fingers crossetl so it didn’t count,” he said. “King’s X is off next week.” Farmer Hurt When He Falls Beneath Drill Charles Wenger, 35, farmer near Mandan, was in a Mandan hospital Saturday suffering from a compound fracture of the right leg received when he fell beneath a drill on nis farm. Wenger fell from his seat when horses hitched to a drill on which h was riding became frightened and ran away. re | tions which will be proposed when the jeent for all but the lowest salaries, |10 per cent cuts in appropriations HOOVER WILL HAVE |\City Water Rates Won’t Be Reduced LIMITED POWER TO REVISE GOVERNMENT House Committee Agrees on Program to Aid in Re- ducing Expenses SOLONS FACING PAY CUT Will Have to Vote on Bill Carry- ing Provision For Reduc- ing Own Salaries Washington, April 23.—(#)—The federal economy program was ad- vanced Saturday to the point of de- finite agreement by the special house committee to recommend giving Pres- ident Hoover a limited power to re- organize the bureaus and departments of the government. He will not be authorized, under the plan, to do away with any exist- ing functions but merely to transfer and consolidate activities in the inter- est of economy and efficiency, his ac- tion being subject within 60 days to veto by congress. But the bill will direct him to recommend abolition of unnecessary tasks to congress for its action. This decision brought near to com- pletion the omnibus retrenchment bill, a measure which will save the government roughly $200,000,000 next fiscal year if its many controversial proposals can survive opposition in house and senate. Although the Democratic leaders all expressed themselves against giving Hoover con- solidating power when he first: propos- ed it, there have been growing indica- tions that many if not all have swung around, so this committee recom- mendation may not have so rough a passage. A. major struggle, however, is in sight over the federal payroll reduc- bill is offered to the. nésday as a rider to the appropriation bill for congress. Many cross-currents of sentiment confuse the issue. Attaching the pay reduction plan to this particular bill was admittedly planned with the in- tention of making each member vote for or against cutting his own pay, a delicate matter for pay-cut foes so close to election time. Sponsors of the flat pay cut, 11 per contest it is the fairest method. President Hoover's opposition is in- tense. He reasserted Friday his de- sire for passage of his own furlough Plan, as the one causing less hardship | as well as saving more. Some con- gressmen are opposed to both, others are divided on which to accept. The president's greatest opposition. however, now is direteted at the flat) launched by the senate. In signing | Friday the first bill so treated he ex- | pressed hope congress would grant flexibility in use of the funds votea So as to avoid or reduce dismissals which he believes may total 50 to 75,- 000 employes if the policy is applied all the way through, and prevent in- terruption of some government func- | tions, Gustafson Renamed By Augustana Synod Fergus Falls, Minn.. April 23.—()— Rev. Oscar Gustafson, Elbow : Lake,| was re-elected president of the Red River Valley conference of the Augus- tant Lutheran Synod Thursday for his 11th term. Adin Nelson, Fergus Falls, was elected treasurer succeeding August Lundgren, Warren. Other officers. also re-elected, are: Rev. Walfred E. Erickson, Hallock, vice president and | Rev. Elmer Dahlgren, Lancaster, sec- retary. Bismarck Plans to Retire All Outstanding Bonds by 1943, Manager Says CONSUMPTION ON INCREASE Earnings Used to Retire Bonds and Warrants and Provide For Maintenance There is no possibility that Bis- marck water rates will be reduced in the near future if the city is to pay off the obligations it incurred when it purchased the city’s water system. City Auditor Myron H. Atkinson said Saturday. His statement followed queries which he said Bismarck residents have made regarding the possibility of a cut in this item of their regular budgets. As it stands now the city water de- Partment has a balance of $90,000 in its sinking fund and is paying all op- erating expenses, but the sinking fund is mortgaged to. pay off the bonds issued to pay for the property. On the basis of present rates and consumption, the water department cost the city $69,454.93 in 1931, this figure including an allowance for plant depreciation and $21,861.23 to Pay interest on outstanding bonds. The actual operating expenses, such as power, maintenance, etc., were only $34,340.44. ‘ Collections totalled $95,608.27, of which the largest item was $81,814.30 in meter sales. The remainder was lcomposed of miscellaneous items and sales of un-metered water. Bonds Are Retired The balance was $26,153.34 on the black ink side of the ledger and of this sum $11,000 went to retire out- standing bonds. The rest went into the sinking fund. If the present system of operation is continued, Atkinson said, the city will have the entire waterworks sys- ‘tem “paid for by 1943, barring unfore- seen occurrences or further expendi- tures. The statement of maintenance and operation expenses (exclusive of bond retirement) and income for: the fiscal year ending June 30, 1931, was givel by Atkinson as follows: Expenses Power and pumping...... + $ 9,603.22 Filtration and purification. 6,530.70 Maintenance of grounds.... 1,237.83 Transmissn and distribut’n 3,766.18 General (including supplies, salaries, collections, etc).. 12,902.50 $34,340.44 13,253.26 21,861.23 Plant depreciation . Interest on bonds . oe 004 $69,454.93 e Total expenses incom Meter sales. .........-++e0 $81,814.30 Flat rate and miscellaneous sales ... . 2,074.94 Hydrant rent 8,750.00 Interest .... 2,969.03 Total income ........ $95,608.27 Income and expenses (exclusive of (Continued on page ten) Hunters’ Stamp Tax Proposed to League Chicago, April 23—()—A stamp tax proposal to put the cost of con- serving and propagating migratory waterfowl “on the man who shoots migratory birds” has been laid before the Izaak Walton League of America by Senator Harry B. Hawes of Mis- sourl. He told delegates to the league's national _ convention Friday night enough revenue could be obtained to finance duck refuges and breeding grounds simply by requiring every mi- gratory bird hunter to purchase a special stamp at the postoffice to place on his state hunting license. Bishop Wehrle to 50th Anniversary Celebrate Sunday of His Ordination Richardton, N. D., April 23— (®)—Bishop Vincent Wehrle of the Bismarck diocese will be hon- ored here Sunday on the 50th an- niversary of his priesthood in the Roman Catholic church. Old friends and dignitaries of the church will be-here for the celebration at Assumption Abbey. Bishop Wehrle was ordained in Switzerland in 1882 and came to America, offering his services to the then struggling Benedictine community of New Subjaco ‘in Arkansas. His health later ne- cessitated a change and he went to St. Meinrad’s Abbey, Indiana, and while doing parochial work there attracted the attention of . Bishop Martin Marty, who was in charge of the newly formed vicar- late Apostolic of the two Dakotas, With an old buggy, or by sleigh, he crossed and re-crossed hun- dreds of miles, but became con- vinced that he would not accom- Plish his aim single-handed. He resolved to lay the foundation for & monastic community in the midst of this vast missionary ter- ritory, and established a monas- tery, St. Gall’s, at. Devils Lake, the first unit being built in 1893. At the urgent request of Bis- hop Stanley, Prior. Vincent de- ‘cided to make a second foundation’ for'a religious community and, under permission granted by Rome in 1902, Richardton was selected as the site. The town consisted of 10 sod houses when # was chosen, but, under the guidance of Prior Vin- cent it grew to become one of the important communities in this section of the state. In 1903, Rome was petitioned to raise the priory to the rank of abbey, and Prior Vincent Wehrle was ap- Bey ited first Abbot by Pope Pius His work in behalf of the Ger- man-speaking population in the western half of the state and the steady growth of the Catholic church in North Dakota, singled Abbot Vincent out for head of the newly-erected diocese of Bis- marck. He was appointed bishop on April 9, 1910, and consecrated on May 19 of the same year in St. Paul, Minn., by most Rev. John Ireland, archbishop of St. Paul. With the of the Holy See, Bishop Wehrle contin- ued in his office as abbot until the duties of the newly organized and flourishing diocese of Bis- called for all his attention. marck He as abbot July 6, 1915, to devote his time to his other duties, |REPORT AL CAPONE RENEWS OFFER 10 ASSIST LINDBERGHS Official Says He Guarantees Re- turn of Child if Released Temporarily Hopewell, N. J., April 23—()—The Lindbergh kidnaping mystery, now 53 days old, continued Saturday to baffle attempts at solution. The highlight of the last 24 hours was a high official's statement that Al Capone had offered a flat guar: antee to effect Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr.’s, return in a few days if he were released temporarily from the prison cell he occupies in Chicago. gangster chief denied making the of- fer. The same high official said he be- sonally had reestablished contact with persons who mulcted him of a $50,000 ransom payment recently and then ran out on their promise to re- turn the kidnaped child. Two Norfolk men trying to deal homes from secret missions after a colleague, the Rev. H. Dobson-Pea- cock, had said Col. Lindbergh had renewed his request for the three to continue their work. On their return, Rear Admiral Guy H. Burrage and John H. Curtis, the two intermediar- jes, refused to say where they had been or what success they had. | Two of the bills with which the ransom was paid turned up in Hav- ana, Ill., dispatches from there said. The “Jafsie” advertisement, “What is wrong?” disappeared from news-} papers for the first time since a few days after the money was paid on} April 2. “Jafsie” is Dr. John F, Con-/ don, Bronx educator, who commun-| icated with the supposed kidnapers by a series of advertisements and then turned over Col. Lindbergh's money to a man in a Bronx cemetery. ARRESTED IN AFRICA IN LINDBERGH CASE New York, April 23.—()—Commis- sioner Mulrooney of New Yerk police and Col. H. Norman Schwarzkopf, head of New Jersey state police, were | at a loss Saturday to explain the ar- rest of John M. Long at Johannes- burg, South Africa, in connection {with the Lindbergh kidnaping. Col. Schwarzkopf said “None of the {police authorities at these headquar- | \ters (the Lindbergh home) requested | his arrest and we have nothing which ; would indicate that he is in any way| connected with this case.” VO START DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME SUNDAY Many Cities Will Turn Clocks Back One Hour For Re- mainder of Summer Many eastern cities will begin their daylight-saving time schedule Sun- day but Bismarck and North Dakota will leave their clocks as they are. For the remainder of the summer Bismarck persons must bear in mind the time change when communicat- ing in one way or another with those Points having the daylight-saving ‘system. Only a part of the U. 8. will ob- serve the practice. Some states have laws forbidding it. New York will have 199 cities and towns on daylight-saving time. New Jersey cities and towns on the new time will be 118 strong. Illinois will have Chicago and 21 others. © The new time will directly affect some 142,000,000 persons in the Uni- ted States and Europe. Canada will come in, too, on May 1 and then the savers of sunlight will number approximately 145,000,000. France set its clocks up on April 1, Portugal on April 2, Belgium on April 3 and Great Britain on April 17. Hol- land will start on May 22 and keep the time that way for five months, Brazil and Chile already have had their little fun with the clocks. Both of them went back to standard time April 1, after five months of early rising. Prominent Resident Of St. Thomas Dies St. Thomas, N. April 23—(>)— Mrs. James Whelan, prominent resi- dent of this district for almost 40 years, died Friday at her home here. She had been ill the last two years. Funeral services were tentatively set for Monday in the Catholic church here and burial will be in the Catholic cemetery. Mrs. Whelan, who was Margaret Kenefic before her marriage, was born in New York state. She moved with her family to Devils Leke and lived there a short time. She was married Aug. 15, 1893, to James Whe- lan and the couple moved here. For many years they operated consider- able farm land near here and later Mr. Whelan went into the elevator business, She leaves two sons, Louis, who lives at the family home, and Tom, who is married. The latter is a mem- ‘ber of the executive committee of the state American Legion, ‘Mr. Whelan died six years ago. " The! Meved Col. Charles A. Lindbergh per-| with the kidnapers returned to their | Progressive Republican party here {City, nominated by the Progressive Auditor Suspended Associated Press Photo J. W. Long (above) was a pended from his office as state auditor of lowa by Gov. Dan Turn. after an Investigation commis. sion found Long had made wrong. ful charges on expense items, ‘PROGRESSIVES ASK | INDORSEES TO LET MOE-LANGER ALONE Nye, Gronna and Dale Added to Favored List at Grand Forks Meeting Grand Forks, N. D., April 23.—(?)— Usher L. Burdick of Fargo, candidate for congress from North Dakota, met with the executive committee of the last night. The committee indorsed Gerald P. Nye as a candidate for reelection to the United States senate; Arthur J. Gronna of Williston for attorney gen- eral and Alfred 8. Dale of Bismarck for state treasurer. The three mo- tions for indorsements were unani- mous. 7 Another motion, unanimously adopted by the committee, stated that “each of the candidates mutually in- dorsed for office by both the Progres- sive Republican party and the Non- partisan League be requested not to take any active part in supporting the candidacy of either William Lan- ger, nominated by the Nonpartisans for governor, or of I. J. Moe of Valley Republicans for governor.” Moe stat- ed the request was agreeable to him Executive committee members who attended the meeting were Chairman E. A. Duff of Dazey; Secretary-treas- urer C. J. Carlson of Valley City; J. M. Gibbons of Finley, Theodore Kal. dor of Hillsboro; O. J. Sorlie of Bux- ton, and C. O. Wheeler of Tower City. Others present were Moe, Burdick, John Husby, candidate for commis- sioner of agriculture and labor: John Strong, P. D. Peterson, N. P. Simon- son of Finley, Peter Aarhus of Fargo, and Judge H. A. Bronson of Grand Forks. NONPARTISAN SLATE INDORSED IN STARK Dickinson, N. D., April 23.—(#)—In- dorsement of the full slate of candi- dates chosen at the Nonpartisan League state convention was voted by the “Stark County Farmer-Labor League,” which has been organized here. The ticket approved is headed by U. 8. Senator Gerald P. Nye, candidate for reelection, and William Langer, Bismarck, candidate for Republican nomination for governor. A platform adopted by the organi- zation calls on officials of all govern- mental units “to exercise rigid econ- omy in the conducts of their affairs to bring about tax reduction.” Elimination of “useless and over- lapping offices, boards, inspectors and commission,” is urged. The group affirmed its “belief in, and support of, the progressive prin- ciples of Lincoln, Roosevelt and La Follette,” and declared its belief that these principles applied “to our pres- ent national situation would solve our present difficulties.” > Late Bulletins “l SAYS MASSIE SANE Honolulu—Dr. Paul Bowers, Los Angeles alienist, testified he had found nothing in the record to show that Lieut. Thomas H. Mas- sie was suffering at any time from the delirium which the defense claims overcame him when he fir- ed the shot that killed Joseph Kahahawai. BABE SMACKS ANOTHER New York—Babe Ruth sent his fifth homer of the season soar- : Are Wet ok Improved by General Rains BISMARCK LEGION REFUSES TO VOTE ON TWO QUESTIONS Joins With Other Ex-Service- men, However, in Ballot at Separate Meeting BONUS 132-50; WET 161-22 Warm Discussion Preceded De- cision on Bonus; Nothing Said on Prohibition Members of Lloyd Spetz Post No. 1, American Legion, Friday night re- fused to consider either the bonus or Prohibition questions submitted to jthem by the state headquarters of the veterans organization. As World War veterans, however, they joined with non-Legion ex-serv- icemen at a separate meeting in bal- loting on both subjects. The result showed World War veterans in this vicinity to be heartily in favor of immediate payment of the bonus and overwhelmingly in favor of a vote on the prohibition question. The vote on the bonus was 132 to 50. On prohibition it was 161 to 22. Warm discussion preceded the vote on the bonus but nothing was said be the floor with regard to prohibi- ion. Objection of the Legion post to consideration of the measures was based on the fact that the last na- tional convention of the Legion, meeting at Detroit, had recorded the Legion's attitude on both issues; that to vote against that action now would tend to divide the organization and that there was no necessity for bringing up the questions in Legion meetings at this time. Mention was made of the fact that the national organization of the Vet- erans of Foreign Wars, by advocating the bonus measure, were to divide the solidarity of the Legion and that the matters had best be considered as ex-Servicemen rather than as Legionnaires. One speaker commented that po- litical considerations might be in- volved and that William Stern, Le- Bismarck Favors Repeal 3.65 to 1 The first 671 Bismarck voters to cast ballots in the Literary Dig- est’s straw poll on prohibition favored repeal of the 18th amend- ment by a margin of 3.65 to 1. Ina special message to The Trib- une Saturday, the Digest said in- complete returns from Bismarck showed 144 for continuance of the ey amendment ahd 527 for re- Peal, gion national committeeman and also Republican national committeeman from North Dakota, might want to know the attitude of North Dakota veterans more because of his Repub- lican post than because of his posi- Hen in the Legion. ie call for the vote specifically stated that Stern was to attend a meeting of the Legion's national committee soon and wanted the vote by state Legionnaires to guide him inn actions there. io vote was taken on a proposal to keep the actions and deliberations of the Legion secret, but considerable Opposition to the idea was voiced. ATTITUDE HERE IS REFLECTED ELSEWHERE Fargo, N. D., April 23.—()—North Dakota former servicemen are over- whelmingly in favor of immediate payment of the adjusted service cer- tificates and are nearly as strong in favor of a referendum on the 18th amendment, if early returns in the special American Legion election Friday night throughout the state are any criterion. Friday night reports had been re- ceived from 14 North Dakota cities, including many of the larger points in the state, and ballots were taken at the U. S. veterans hospital in Far- go, at which veterans from all parts of the state are hospitalized. The returns showed a total of 1,095 Persons favoring immediate payment of the balance due on the service certificates, compared with 168 against immediate payment; 1,128 Persons favored a vote on the 18th amendment compared with. 89 against. was 393 for im- mediate payment with 97 against; 457 for a dry law vote, with 32 against. Voted Solidly on Both Questions Mandan former servicemen voted solidly on both questions. With only foe grt Pacey ogre ghd meeting, there were = Dersons fa sons favoring the vote, none against. (Continued on page three) ing into the right field bleachers in the first of Saturday's game between the hale or} Athletics, The homer, hit Rube Walberg, also scored Lary, Bitter Campaigns in Germany Are Climaxed Berlin, April 23—(}—Bitter cam- many elections, came to a climax Saturday. In the diet election there is a mul- titude of issues and a diversity of remedies which is a plain citizen. | Girl of Four Saves | Her Brother’s Life rescued from drowning.