The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, April 26, 1932, Page 1

North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper ESTABLISHED 1873 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, TUESDAY, APRIL 26, 1932 The Weather Fair tonight and Wednesday. ‘Warmer. PRICE FIVE CENTS | Bares Tricke ry in Wall Street . Taxpayers Would Reduce City Expenditures ASK COMMISSIONERS [Hines Gives Cost TO ARRANGE SESSION FOR BUDGET REVIEW Robert Webb, Spokesman, Re- quests Cooperation From Bismarck Dads PASS PLUMBING ORDINANCE Lenhart Plan For Efficiency in Recreational Program is Indorsed A request that the city commission’ economize wherever possible in the administration of Bismarck’s affairs and prepare a statement of the city’s financial condition in the near future for study by a taxpayers committee ‘was made Monday evening at the ‘weekly business meeting of the com- mission. Robert Webb, chairman of the city committee of the Burleigh County quest. He said his committee desired to review the city’s affairs with the commssioners as soon as possible with a view toward reducing expenditures as far as practicable. He said the committee believes the commission, since it has a more in- timate knowledge of city affairs, ‘would know best how to keep expen- ditures down and for this reason the taxpayers desire the utmost cooper- ation from them. The commission said it would notify the taxpayers committee when it was ready to go over the problem. This taxpayers committee met with the school board a short time ago, with the result that the school bud- get was slashed. Pass Plumbing Ordinance A new plumbing ordinance, similar to the model ordinance prepared by Herbert Hoover when he was secre- tary of commerce and containing sec- tions of the Michigan code, was given its final reading and adopted by the commission Monday evening. This ordinance requires plumbers to serve at least three years as help- ers or apprentices or to have a plum- ber’s education in a recognized trade school before qualifying as journey- man plumbers. A plumber also is required to serve at least one year as ® journeyman before being able to take an examination to qualify as a master plumber. Plumbers in the city who have been master plumbers for four years will not be required to take such an examination. The examinations will be given by a committee made up of the city engineer, superintendent of the waterworks, and Fred J. Hes- singer, plumber named Monday night by the commission as the third mem- ber. Clarence W. and Roert A. Ritter- bush were named deputy building in- spectors to aid in inspecting plumbing work. They will be paid for their services in fees. Warn Dog Owners Commissioners issued a warning that all dog owners must purchase dog licenses for their animals. The li- cense for a male dog costs $1, that for @ female $5. W. P. Lomas, of the Lomas Oil com- pany at 917 Main avenue, appeared before the commission with a request for permission to install two more gasoline tanks on the company’s prop- erty. Since it appeared possible the proposed tanks might interfere with Main avenue traffic, Commissioner H. T. Perry was delegated to look over the property before the commission takes action on the request. Decision to resume the free gar-| day. bage-hauling service for residences next Monday was reached by the com- mission, A petition by the park board that ‘Thayer avenue between Sixteenth and Seventeenth Sts. be closed was ap- proved and the commissioners decid- ed to give 30 days notice that such action will be taken. The two blocks on either side of this particular block on Thayer avenue at present are be- ing used for “subsistence” gardens planted by needy families. In the winter a skating rink was established in that area. The park board may be able to utilize the two blocks of prop- erty for park purposes in future years. A $500 bond presented by Rue Brothers, Inc., the firm which has the sidewalk contract for this year, was approved. Deny Abatement Plea The commission decided to recom- mend to the Burleigh county commis- sioners that an application for abate- ment in taxes, made the Henry Stephens company, be denied. The property involved is eight feet wide and is occupied by the City Cafe at 302% Main avenue. The Ste} company claimed that the assessed valuation of $2,200, making the total tax for last year $132.42, was too high. ‘The commission, found, however, that the assessed valuation was figured in the same fashion as that for neighbor- ing property. : Petitions for construction of a side- ‘walk ana curb and gutter, a driveway, and an alley were received and the commission. ordered investigations of the property inyolved before taking definite action. H. A. Brocopp and A. P. Aune, residents of Twelfth St. between Avenue E and Boulevard av- enue, requested sidewalk be construct- ed before their residences. Brocopp to build a driveway into his property on Second St. just south of Avenue C. Several petitioners asked for a 20- (Continued on page seven) jleft Froid at 5 o'clock Sunday morn- ‘Taxpayers association, made the re- jing. Of Bonu REPUBLICAN CHIEF OF MONTANA KILLED AS PLANE GRASHES J. W. Schnitzler and Pilot Die When Craft Plunges Into Isolated Stream Malta, Mont., April 26.—(7)—J. W. Schnitzler, 49, Froid, Mont., state sen- ator, banker and Republican national committeeman and his pilot, A. L. Hedberg, 24, crashed to their deaths in an isolated stream northwest of Malta during a rain storm Sunday, finding of the wreckage revealed late Monday. Schnitzler and Hedberg braved bad flying weather in taking off from Froid for a trip to Havre, Mont. They Aviators said the banker and avia- tion enthusiast must have encounter- ed rain and an extremely low ceiling during the flight. In a letter received by friends, Schnitzler had authorized the an- nouncement he would be a candidate for reelection by the state central com- mittee May 16 as a national commit- teeman. A report received here said the plane crashed into a hillside rising from Woody Island creek. Hedberg recently took a pilot's examination at Minot, N. was not known whether he received his license. When his services were not required by Senator Schnitzer, he worked as filling station attend- ant. Schnitzler was president of the First State bank at Froid and owned! all the stock, He also was heavily interested in the Culbertson State bank at Culbertson. He had traveled widely and had made several trips ubroad, one o! them as a passenger on the Graf Zeppelin on its second flight from this country to Germany. Schnitzler owned a 15,000 acre tract of land ten miles northwest of Froid and at one time sowed as much as 10,000 acres to wheat and flax. Besides his widow and two daugh- ters, Schnitzler leaves his mother, who lives near Regina, Sask. After arriving in Froid from Mo- hall, N. D., Schnitzler published the Froid Tribune and gradually expand- ed into other business enterprises. He was elected state senator from Roosevelt county in 1924 and reelect- ed four years later. In 1928, on the death of Dr. O. M..Lanstrum of Helena, he was elected Republican national committeeman for Montana. He was a member of the Elks and Masonic lodges. SILENCE ENVELOPS KIDNAPING MYSTERY No Developments Reported in Lindbergh Case; Inter- mediary at Sea Hopewell, N. J., April 26.—(7)—The Lindbergh kidnaping investigation is still bound up in mystery on its 56th John H. Curtis, one of the Norfolk intermediaries trying to get the baby back, was absent from Norfolk and was believed to be at sea on a yacht. A man and woman under observa- tion at Dowington, Pa., were absolved of connection with the case by state troopers who questioned them. Col. H. Norman Schwazkopf, head of the state police, said Col. Charles A. Lindbergh has not reported any new contact with the kidnapers. Boy of 13 Blames Dream for Murder Phoenix, Ariz., April 26.—(?)—Juve- nile officers have announced a thor- ough investigation will be made of 18-year-old Bobby Merrell’s story he “must have been dreaming” when he shot his father to'death and wounded his mother and younger brother. A coroner's jury last night found that the father, R. W. Merrell, died ‘as the result of a gunshot wound in- flicted by his son. No recommenda- tion was made. © The elder Merrell was killed and his wife and 11-year-old son, Charles wounded Sunday night when Bobby ran amuck with a revolver in the Merrell home at Gilbert, 20 miles southeast of here. After the shooting Bobby saddled his pony and came to Phoenix, being found here Monday. ‘The boy's mother was wounded in the neck and his brother in the hip. Neither is in a serious condition. s Payment Veterans Administrator Puts Face Value of Certificates at $3,641,000,000 HAVE HIGH LOAN VALUE Says Payment Now Would Cost Government More Than Ever Was Intended Washington, April 26—(7)—The ad- ministration Tuesday sent its second opposition witness, veterans’ admin- istrator Frank T. Hines, before the house ways and means committee to oppose full cash payment of the sol- diers’ bonus. Hines distributed a table of esti- mates showing that the face value of all certificates issued was $3,641,000,- 000 of which $127,000,000 worth have matured, leaving $3,513,000,000 of cer- tificates now in force. Outstanding certificates had on March 21, a loan value of $1,704,000,000. Hines reviewed the enactment of the bonus law, which he said was often misunderstood by the country. “When it was finally agreed on that he would allow these men $1 a day for each day's service in the United States, and $1.25 a day for each day's service overseas, plus 25 per cent for deferred payment were printed on the certificate the face value 20 years hence,” Hines said. “I think the vet- erans thus gained the belief that this sum printed on the face of the certi- ficate was the amount of bonus due him. “If we pay these certificates off now, it is equivalent to paying the or- iginal bonus plus 25 per cent $1,600,- ., but it] 000,000. Hines estimated present veteran unemployment at 600,000 or approxi- mately the same number as when the bonus plan became law in 1924. “Then in addition, there are prob- ably 500,000 to 700,000 veterans on part time employment.” Hines said that on March 31, total outstanding loans on certificates ag- gregated $1,386,828,000. This figurz included $964,284,000 loaned out of the certificate fund, $362,444,000 loaned from the government's insurance fund arid $60,000,000 of unredeemed bank loans. “We are practically financing an- other war,” Hines said. “The govern- ment has spent about $6,000,000,000 on Warld war veterans today. If we continue at the present rate without changes in law, the government will jhave spent $21,500,000,000 in 1945, or the cost of the war. “For the veterans of all other wars we have spent $8,000,000.000.” Hines said state benefits for World in addition to about $72,000,000 spent on hospitals and homes. Hines did not directly state his per- sonal position on the proposed cash payment plan, but said he would do so later if the committee desited. ‘LAWYERS PREPARE APPEAL TO JURY IN TRIAL AT HONOLULU Arguments to Hinge on Ques- tion of Whether Navy Lieu- tenant Was Sane Honolulu, April 26.—(#)—To a jury fashioned from “melting pot” mater- fal from east and west, two groups of attorneys turned Tuesday with op- Posing pleas—one for conviction and the other for the acquittal of the four Persons accused of lynching Joseph Kahahawai. John C. Kelley, public prosecutor, seeks to convince the 12 men that Lieutenant Thomas H. Massie, U. S. N., was rational when he shot the na- tive and that the other three defend- ants—Mrs. Granville Fortescue, Al- bert O. Jones and E. J, Lord—like- wise are responsible to the law. Mrs. Fortescue, society matron, is Massie’s mother-in-law. Lord and Jones are navy enlisted men. Ka- hahawai allegedly confessed to partici- pation in a criminal attack on Mrs. Thalia Massie, wife of the lieutenant. Clarence Darrow, veteran Chicago criminal attorney who heads the de- fense counsel, will follow Kelley with @ double appeal of honor and insan- ity—an appeal which may be the last great plea in his long career. Dar- row came out of retirement in the hope of clearing the four accused per- sons charged with second-degree murder, the penalty for which is 20 years to life imprisonment. Will Talk Several Hours Kelley said his argument would not take long, Darrow announced would speak for several hours. Barry would do all the pleading for the de- fense, His three colleagues are George 8. Leisure, Lieutenant L. H. C. John- son, and Montgomery Winn. Who Wouldn't Be | Mystified by This Clendennin, W. Va., April 26— (®)—Farmer John H. Board is mystified but it’s all right with him. While he was repairing a ° The keynote of Darrow’s approach the jury was in the defense conten- ling was legally justi- momentary insanity faced ‘wn pistol and heard the native al- bes confess taking part in the a slaying the at- war veterans aggregated $519,791,000; he| delegates contest and a majority of it! cance of the double test was left un- he | til after a count of the votes. Lieutenant Massie at/ dent Curtis. Kahahawai with edly itack, Behind this, however, was the plea | istration of Governor William H. (Al- unwritten law—that the naval|falfa Bill) Murray. LILACS AND PEONIES [DAMAGED BY SEVERE ‘COLD DURING NIGHT Mercury Dips to 21 Degrees; Tender Plants and Sprout- ed Seeds Killed NEW WARNING IS ISSUED Weather Man Advises Covering Garden Stuff Again Tuesday Night With their lilac and peony buds killed or damaged for the second successive season, Bismarck flori- culturists, gardeners and nurserymen Tuesday morning took inventory of other damage caused by the severe jeold wave which struck North Da- kota during the night. Only those lilacs which were amply protected by covering survived the night, George F. Will, of the Oscar | H. Will Seed company said. Un- protected peonies, other tender flow- er plants, and garden seeds which already have sprouted were damaged also, the seed man said. Will said that small grain crops were not hurt, however. Mercury dropped to 21 degrees above zero in Bismarck during the night and temperatures throughout the state ranged from 16 at Dunn Center to 26 degrees above at Far- go, according to O. W. Roberts, fed- eral meteorologist here. Dickinson Is Cold Other state temperaturse included: Dickinson 17, Drake and Bottineau 18, Max and Napoleon 19, Beach and Carrington 20. The state had only scattered light precipitation during the night. Han- |kinson, which reported a total of .28 'of an inch Tuesday morning, had the most of state points in the last 24 hours. A change in the weather Tuesday inight and Wednesday is predicted by the federal weather bureau here, the forecast being for fair and warmer. Roberts said -the- mercury may {drop to near the freezing point again Tuesday night and Wednesday morn- ing, however, and warned residents jto cover their tender plants again. Will said he feared most of the tree blossom buds were killed or; damaged by the night cold and said he held but little hope for the sur- vival of any seeds which already had sprouted. | Only that small grain which had{ grown above the ground, and that! does not include much, if any, in| ithis section, was damaged, he said. | The toll among flower plants is certain to be heavy, however. With the temperature continuing | to drop Monday evening, many Bis- marck residents covered their most prised plants with burlap sacks, lankets and any other material; available for plant protection. Hl The cold night followed a cloudy day which had opened with a con- siderable fall of heavy, moist snow. ROOSEVELT POWER PACING REAL TEST Voters of Massachusetts and Pennsylvania Choose Be- tween Him and Smith Washington, April 26.—(AP)—On the voting front in Massachusetts and Pennsylvania was tested Tues- day the bold challenge of Alfred E. Smith against Franklin D. Roose velt’s imposing bid for the presi- dential nomination. Primaries in both states faced the voters with a direct choice between the two candidates. The balloting was the climax toa campaign which, many observers believed, held the fortunes of the entire movement summed up by the words: “Stop Roosevelt.” The many influential Democratic leaders still uncommitted waited for the result from the two states to chart their course. The double en- gagement overshadowed a great vol- ume of delegate choosing during the day in Republican ranks, and the one other Democratic selection of six delegates in Alaska. The Roosevelt forces count on these to swell the 267 votes which now put him out in front alone. Sentiment of political observers has discounted the bay state and key- stone state results to a partial ex- tent, opinion estimating Smith would carry the bulk of Massachusetts’ 36 Pennsylvania’s 76 would go to Roose- velt. But assaying the final signifi- HOOVER GETS SUPPORT OF ‘SOONER’ DELEGATES Oklahoma City, April 26.—()—Ok- lahoma’s 25 votes in the Republican national convention were tagged defi- nitely Tuesday for the renomination of President Hoover and Vice Presi- The party's state convention here Monday was of one mind in instruct- ing its national delegation and in con- demning the Democratic state admin- Senate Committee Hears Farm Plans FIGHT LOOMS OVER SCHEME 10 REDUCE VETERAN BENEFITS Battle Over Economy Bill Will Get Under Way in House Wednesday Washington, April 26.—(7)—A ter- rific struggle over the provisions to scale down benefits to World war vet- erans in the $217,000,000 omnibus re- trenchment bill was in prospect Tues- day as the special economy committee began preparations for the opening battle Wednesday in the house. The committee met with Chairman McDuffie to put the finishing touches to the formal report to be laid before the house Tuesday afternoon. The American Legion and other veterans’ organizations have begun a ‘campaign against the revised pro- visions cutting allowances, pensions and hospitalization to ex-service men who have incomes over $1,500 if single and $3,500 if married, with $400 allowed for each dependent. Shortly before McDuffie introduced the bill Monday, the committee re- vised the 10 secticns affecting the vet- erans to lessen opposition agains: them, and, as the Alabaman said “to give the break to every deserving veteran.” Previously it had reduced President Hoover's suggestions for saving $80,- 000,000 through changes in veterans’ legislation to $58,000,000. Monday it cut that amount to $46,00,000. Although the disputed section does not call for a pauper’s oath, it re- quires a certificate from the veteran containing information as to his in- come before he is entitled to benefits unless he comes in one of the numer- ous classes excepted. Pay Cut Foes Active Foes of pay cuts for federal em- ployes also worked intensively Tues- day to form a coalition that would break down the iron-bound rule of procedure under which leaders in the house intend to force through the economy bill. Reduction of government pay is but one of the highly controversial items in the bill, upon which rests to a large measure success of efforts to balance the 1933 budget. The coalition movement echoed the bitter sales tax fight in which the house revolt swamped the leadership. In that case no restricting rule was offered, so the revenue bill was open to all amendments and the member- ship ran away with it. To avoid a repetition, Democratic and Republican leaders united be- hind a rule which would permit con- sideration of but four amendments under each of 10 titles in the eco- nomy bill—each covers numberless items—and allow but 10 minutes de- bate on each proffered change. Those in both parties who object to both the 11 per cent salary slash proposed by Chairman McDuffie (Dem., Ala.) of the economy com- mittee, and to President Hoover's alternative for furloughs without pay, sought rejection of the rule by the house. Opponents of reductions in veteran allowances and other items also engaged in the effort. Seed Loans Received Here Total $70,000 Burleigh county farmers had re- ceived more than $70,000 in federal seed loans Tuesday morning, accord- ing to Fred Swenson, register of deeds, who distributes the checks. Four hundred seventy-five farmers already have received their checks, averaging about $150 each, Swenson said. The register of deeds has an addi- tional 175 checks which have not been distributed, he said. He is not permitted to distribute these until the farmers to whom they are made out present proper waivers of prior claims on this year’s crop, he said. Will Cut Expenses At Training School Plans for a 20 per cent reduction in the maintenance cost of the State Training school at Mandan were worked out at a conference between members of the state board of admin- istration and W. F. McClelland, su- perintendent. ‘The cut will mean a saving of ap- proximately $15,000 a year, and will take the form of a ten per cent reduc- tion in all salaries and reduction in the general cost of maintenance. The salary reduction is effective July 1. FORD SURPRISES HOOVER Washington, April 26.—(#)—After a surprise call at the white house, save $500 a year by raising part of their own foodstuffs, DROP CONSPIRACY CHARGES Forman, N. D., April 26.—(®)— Charges of conspiracy in destruction of the Straubville elevator by April 10 were dismissed in justice court here against Leo T. Butler and Patrick J. Hurley, secretary of war, (Continued om page seven) Sterling T. Wagner, Straubville men, who have been under arrest since April 14, Political Leaders Seek Infor- mation; Little Chance For Action Seen CLAMOR FOR RELIEF RISES Farmers Feel They Have Borne Unjust Burdens For 10 Years; Want Action ‘Washington, April 26—()—Well aware of the importance of the farm vote, the Republican and Democratic leadership attempted at a conference between farm leaders and the senate agriculture committee Tuesday to sense the farmers’ viewpoint and cull fruitful ideas for party campaign platforms. It is generally believed by those who follow agriculture’s fortune in Washington that there is little, if any, chance that major legisiation for the farmers’ benefit will be pass- ed by this congress. They point par- ticularly to the lateness of the hour and the coming of a new presidential campaign. Nevertheless, each party is faced with the admittedly difficult task of formulating platforms which will at- tract rural attention when the party candidates take the field soon after the conventions in June. The ideas advanced Tuesday by farm organiza- tion spokesmen were expected to prove helpful. Farmers themselves, contending they have shouldered economic troubles for 10 years, are clamoring for some form of direct relief. The conference was called for the pri- mary purpose of working out a pro- gram which has a chance of con- gressional approval. Meanwhile, M. L. Wilson, dean of the Montana state agricultural col- lege, sought from Edward A. O'Neal, president of the American Farm Bu- reau federation, favor for the domes- tic allotment plan of farm relief. O'Neal Is Interested O'Neal came here to attend the conference of farm leaders. He had heard comment on the allotment plan and wanted to know more about it. Wilson, who is representing the Montana farm bureau federation and @ group of midwestern and eastern business men, may confer also with other farm leaders who attend the conference. He plans to return home Wednesday. He said Monday he has decided up-j on an excise tax of 42 cents to carry into effect the provisions of the allotment plan rather than attempt to collect 42 cents from millers for allotment certificates. Under the plan, worked out more fully in relation to wheat although it is designed to aid cotton and tobac- co as well, farmers would receive the 42 cents in exise taxes as a bonus on three-quarters of their wheat con- sumed domestically. The remainder would be sold at the world price, which continues to be the basic price. Wilson has discussed his plan with the farm board, agriculture depart- ment economists, and the Washing- ton representatives of the American farm bureau federation and the na- tional grange. He outlined it briefly to Secretary Hyde when he accom- panied Governor Shafer of North Da- kota to the agriculture department on_a seed loan matter. Chairman Stone of the farm board declined direct comment, saying the board would give the plan further study. It has been examined by board economists who have made a report on it. During Wilson's meet- ing with the board members asked a variety of questions, raising several important points, especially those of His Death Probed ‘Associated Press Photo The fatal shooting of Haden Clarke (above), aviator and writer, in Miami, Fla. was under investiga- tion by police as a “love triang! killing or sulcide.” Mrs. J. M. Keit! Miller and her flying ‘W. N. Lancaster, were held for ques- tioning. EIGHTH ANNUAL N. D. HEALTH CONFERENCE OPENS IN’ BISMARCK Symposium on Health Project in Drought Area Features Opening Day Guardians of the public health in North Dakota convened here Tuesday for the eighth annual conference of the North Dakota Health Officers’ as- sociation. Sessions will continuc through Wednesday. Sessions opened with an address by Dr. Will H. Moore, Valley City, presi- dent, who discussed standard milk ordinances in small cities. Dr. E. C. Haagensen, city health officer of Grand Forks, and A. L. Bavone, state sanitary engineer, led the ensuing dis- cussion. A symposium on the full time public health project in the drought area of northwestern North Dakota was on Tuesday afternoon's program, with a discussion of general administration by Dr. Maysil M. Williams. director of the project. Miss Mary A. Johnson, R. N., Hurdsfield, supervisor of nursing service for the project, discussed nurs- ing administration, Dr. S. J. Hillis, Berthold, the medical field service, and Miss Mabel Alice Taylor, R. N., field nurse, McLean county, nursing field service. Dr, L. N. Serhus, Minot, led a discussion of the medical field service, | Minnesota on Program Late in the afternoon Dr. A. J. Ches- ley, St. Paul, Minnesota state health officer, was to speak on the control of typhoid fever, and was to be fol- lowed by G. B. Pibble, LaMoure coun- ty health officer, who was to outline @ program for local boards of health. Dr. A. A. Whittemore, North Dakota state health officer, was to lead the discussion. A banquet at 7 o'clock this evening will bring the first day's activities to an end. At the Wednesday sessions, Attor- ney General James Morris will dis- cuss public health laws. Dr, H. H. Pfister, Wahpeton, is to talk on the care of deciduous and permanent administration. The plan provides for @ local administration by county committees, a feature which interest- ed the board. New Religious Fight Is Looming in Spain Madrid, April 26.—()—A new bat- tle between the church and the gov- ernment looms in Spain over the question of participation of the ‘church in politics and subjugation of all religious beliefs to the laws of the republic, The cabinet expects soon to submit to the national assembly a new pro- Posal, an amplification of the so- called “religious articles” of the new constitution. The effect of the measure would be directed primarily against the Cath- olic church. While Catholic leaders Profess to see the proposal as “an- other government blow against the church,” sympathizers of the adminis- tration maintain it is a necessary adjustment to moderize Spain. Important points in the projected law call for mutual recognition of all religious creeds before the law but acts of worship must be confinea within the churches. Outside meet- ings or processions must receive spe- cial government permission, Minnesota Youth to Lead N. D. Journalists Grand Forks, N. D., April 26.—(?}— Wesley Meyer of Detroit Lakes, Minn., was reelected president of Sigma Del- ta Chi, national professional journal- ism fraternity at the University of fire | North Dakota Monday. Hugh Moore, Carrington, was named secretary; Gilbert Stewart. Mandan, vice president; Louis Char- gier, Langdon, treasurer; and Carro!l Simcox, Park River, sergeant at arms. teeth in relation to health, and this will be followed by a symposium on the control of certain communicable diseases. Symposium speakers and their sub- Jects, will be: Dr. W. B. Pierce, Bismarck, county health officer, on poliomyelitis, with Dr. E. G. Sasse, Lidgerwood, county health officer, leading the discussion. Dr. B. K. Kilbourne, Fargo, city health officer, on measles. Will Hear Army Man Major J. R. Oswalt, Fort Lincoln, Medical corps, U. S. A., on venereal diseases, with discussion by F. E. Wheelon, Minot, city health officer. At the afternoon meeting, reports of committees and election of officers will occupy the health officers. Collection of laboratory specimens and interpretation of laboratory re- ports will follow under the leadership of A. W. Ecklund, bacteriologist with the state public health laboratory at Bismarck. Dr. A. F. Jensen, Rugby, county health officer, is to talk on the rela- tion of premature births to public health, with the discussion by Miss Viletta Roche, director, bureau of vital statistics, state health depart- ment. Relationship of the public health |“ nurse to the local health officer will Jamestown Trainman Injured in Accident LA GUARDIA SHOWS HOW STOCK PRICES ARE MADE 10 RISE Says Brokers Interested in Plots Hire Financial Writers to Aid Them EXHIBITS CHECKS AS PROOF Tells of Amounts Paid and Gives Names of Men Who Received Money Washington, April 26.—(?)—! sentative La Guardia of New York charged Tuesday before the senate banking committee that on occasion brokers wanting to boost the price of certain stocks had paid writers on financial topics to ballyhoo those se- curities. : Appearing as a surprise witness, the Dynamic New York Republican brought along two trunks filled with Papers, some of which were circulars sent out by financial houses advising their clients to buy in anticipation of @ bull market. He said A. Newton Plummer, a Publicity counsel, had paid out $286,- 000 to financial writers for publicity and that he had checks to show where $171,000 of the amount was paid. Plummer was employed in one case, LaGuardia said, by the Chase Secur- ities corporation, which, he added, is wees with the Chase National ank, Speaking with emphasis La Guardia told the committee it had “been stat- ed by a responsible official of the New York stock exchange” before a Committee that the exchange and its membership “are such that they have ee. eden to do with the Promotion of stocks, the ballyhooing of stocks.” Challenges Statement His voice rising, the witness assert- ed that “any such statement is dell- berately false.” He added that “misstatement Profitable.” ilk “Misstatements” he said, “may send the market up or down.” The circular read by the witness es- timated the market drop following the approval of a tax on stock transfers at between $2,000,000,000 and $3,000,- 000,000. La Guardia said President Richard Whitney of the New York stock ex- change had testified before the house committee that regulation of the ex- change by statute is not necessary, contending “that they maintain com- Plete control over their men.” “I say that statement is not true,” said La Guardia, “and Mr. Whitney ener it was not true when he made _ He cited a case in which a court judgment was rendered against a Wall Street firm for fraud and said Whit- ney, when reminded of this, “said the court was wrong and the exchange was right.” ‘The New York representative said A. Newton Plummer, a publicity counsel, had paid out $286,000 to fi- nancial writers for publicity. La Guardia said he had checks to show where $171,000 was paid but that Plummer would not reveal the others because some are dead and others are out of a job. Will Deliver Proof “I shall deliver proof that when the stocks are selected to be rigged, high-pressure publicity men are hired to write the stuff.” The representative then named several financial writers who he said were given checks for writing stories portraying Savage Arms stock in a favorable light. This LaGuardia described as “part of the ballyhoo.” He held up before the committee a series of checks bearing 1924 dates and signed, he said, by Plummer. Two for $50 each, he said, were made out to J. F. Lawther, who, he asserted, was “then on the New York Herald-Tribune.” Another for $140.02, he ssid, was made out to W. J. Jomper, then on the Financial America. Numerous other checks, he said, were “given to pay off men who stated he paid them to other finan- cial writers who were ticklish about taking checl aad He told the committee he “did not wish to disclose the name of the pay- off man at this time.” Describing what he referred to as ballyhoo, LaGuardia said 605 stories calculated to induce the public to buy stocks were circulated in 208 Renepepers, ae 11,000,000 circula- ion in ities with tion 32,000,000. sisi o “While the publicity was going out boosting up Pure Oil stock,’ C. O. Smith of Jamestown, North- ern Pacific trainman, was seriously hurt Monday night when a car crush. ed the small bones in his foot. sicians at @ Mandan may be foot. He will be pany hospital at g s sree