The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, April 27, 1932, Page 1

od te >» & North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper ESTABLISHED 1873 HE BISMARCK TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 1932 The Weather | Cloudy and slightly warmer to- night; Thurs. probably showers, PRICE FIVE CENTS Al Smith Wins in Massachusetts N. D. Democrats Throng to New Rockford wwe MANY CANDIDATES THREATEN HARMONY AT STATE MEETING Eight Different Men Indorsed by County Conventions For Governor WILL CONVENE THURSDAY Bismarck Men Possibilities For Congressional and Trea- surer Races New Rockford, N. D., April 27—(#) —Full of hope and optimism, North Dakota Democrats came here Wed- nesday prepared to choose a slate of candidates for state and congres- sional offices at their state conven- tion which opens Thursday. The entire body of delegates chosen at last week's county conventions was expected to be on hand by Wed- nesday night. ged resin inspired by the 85,000 Democratic votes polled in the March presidential preference primary, was the dominant note in informal dis- cussions of the delegates, bound by & common purpose directed at making their party more than a perfunctory factor in state politics. Those men and women entrusted with the responsibility of drawing up ‘a ticket were particularly conscious of the significance that attaches to this year’s convention as a result of the prominence into which the state par- ty was hurled by Democracy’s rec- ord-breaking vote received in March, Large Field of Candidates ‘The large field of candidates which presents itself constitutes a threat against harmony for which party leaders are striving, but many county conventions took nce of such a situation and instructed their del- egates to “get behind” the majority selections. Tobias D. Casey of Dickinson, in- dorsed by five Slope district coun- ties as a candidate for governor, stands out as one of the strong con- tenders for that office. Bowman, Slope, Dunn, Golden Valley ‘and Stark counties have sent delegates instructed for Cascy. H. C. DePuy of Grafton has the a ee an Secretary Attacks Payment ‘ Pippin Princess | ° > Miss Mary Jane Youell of Hinton, W. Va., a junior at New River State Col- lege, Montgomery, will be “Princess West Virginia” at the annual Shen- andoah Valley apple blossom festival in Winchester, Va.. in May. The ap- ple princess was selected by Governor William G. Conley, who knows a peach when he sees one. BLACK ANNOUNCES PROGRAM ON WHICH HE SEEKS ELECTION Fargo Candidate For Gover- norship is Strong For State Tax Reduction W. E. Black, Fargo, a Republican candidate for governor, - Wednesday announced his plattorm which calls for reduced cost of government, revi- sion of the state income tax, a 44-hour week for state employes, and reduc- tion of state indebtedness. Black is @ candidate independent of affiliation backing of the Walsh county del-/with any of the established political egates in the gubernatorial race. Other names associated with this in- dorsement include J. A. Coffey of Jamestown, Max Strehlow of Kin- dred, N. M. Lunde of Cooperstown, Walter Welford of Pembina, John F. Sullivan of Mandan and Dr. R. H. avitt of Carson. ae Bangs of Grand Forks, 8. J. Doyle of Fargo and P. W. Lanier of Jamestown will come before the con- vention as “favorite sons” for in- dorsement for the U. S. senatorial nomination, with thelr home coun- ties supporting them. Others promi- Parties in the state. The platform: “A definite guarantee to the people to reduce the cost of the administra- tion of the state government by the elimination of overlapping govern- mental agencies and the elimination of unnecessary political job-holders, and to rectify any unjust distribution of the state tax burden as between the farmer and city property owner wherever such inequality may exist. “To revise, after a careful investi- gation, the state income tax law to Place the burden where it rightfully nently mentioned for the office in-| belongs. de State Senator W. D. Lynch of {a Moure, J. L. Page of Bottineau, George E. Duis of Grand Forks and Fred McLean of Grand Forks, the Jatter two at somewhat of a disad- vantage by virtue of their home coun- ty's indorsement of Bangs. ‘Ward county Democrats offer George Murray of Berthold for one of the two seats in the lower house of congress. Murray, a brother of Oklahoma's Governor William ‘(Alfa- Ifa Bill) Murray, has the full sup- port of the Ward delegation. Mur- ray also has been mentioned as a candidate for commissioner of agri- culture and labor. Murphy Is Mentioned ‘The candidate’s committee of the} Democratic party, at a meeting at Jamestown, received the names of possible candidates for the various indorsements. Those suggested for congress include R. B. Murphy of Bismarck, W. E. Cook of Harvey, and Lanier. For the other offices, candidates suggested are J. A. Berg of Coopers- town and John McGill of Verona for lieutenant governor; Walter Mc- Donald of Minnewaukan and Thur- man Wright of Linton for attorney general; W. L. Johnson of Ashley and Leo McDonald of Mandan for audi- tor; William Schantz of Bismarck for treasurer; A. C. Chapman of Nor- | now. “An administrative program to set the proper taxes and reduce state ex- penditures in order not only to bal- ance the state budget but also to re- duce the state indebtedness. “Introduction of business efficiency into the management of state busi- ness. A survey to be made by disin- | terested, competent engineers to study every state department and institu- tion to the end of eliminating un- necessary labor and waste of mater- jals, “To place every full-salaried state employee on a forty-four hour week basis and hold- each -departmental head to the absolute responsibility. of its enforcement. _ Must Reverse Tendency “In viewing the fast-mounting ex- pense of government over the past 30 years, it is a self-evident fact that this must be stopped or our taxes will be- come confiscatory, if they are not so We must return to the more simple forms of government, doing away with interlocking commissions and duplication of work, wherein each officer and employee must do an hon- est day’s work. “To further tax by equitable means all common carriers operating in com- penn with the railroads of the state. “To thoroughly check up on the matter of rates being charged by the ma, Perry Banner of Dickinson and: several public utilities of the state. E. W. Kibler of Cavalier for railroad commissioner, and Gloria Hoffman of Pleasant Lake, and Mrs. W. E. Hoopes of Carrington for secretary of state. Indications are that efforts will be made to obtain a plank in the plat- (Continued on page seven) Senate Committee Boosts Income Taxes Washington, April 27.—(P)—The senate finance committee rewrote the income and corporation tax provisions of the house revenue bill Wednesday, boosting the rates all the way up the Individual income rates were doubled over the present levies and raised a notch above the house fig- ures. The corporation tax of 12 per cent was *tepped up to 14 per cent. The high inheritance and gift taxes vot- ed bv the house were accepted. ‘rhe committee struck out the house provision for an added tax of 114 per cent on consolidated returns of cor- porations, All normal individual income tax rates were boosted above the increases provided by the house and the maxi- mum surtax rate was raised from 40 to 45 per cent. A complete investigation of this mat- ter is warranted by the wide variance of rates charged in several localities. “The banking system of our state must be organized so that the de- Positors’ money is safe and yet be available for legitimate local use. “A special emphasis to be placed on the matter of securing the most value per dollar on the funds expended by the state highway department. “The present economic crisis leaves no room for political connivances and waste of state funds. The duty of the (Continued on page seven) Adopt Secret Plan For Market Probe Washington, April 27.—()—A secret plan for investigation of the New York stock market was worked out ‘Wednesday hy the steering committee of the senate banking committee. At the end of a session behind closed doors, the newly-formed com- mittee was believed to have agreed to send secret agents to New York to study stock exchange and brokerage records, ° Chairman Norbeck said the group was “working in secret on a program that will best develop the abuses of the system that all know to exist but "are hard fo prove.” of Bonus Mills Uses. Forceful Language: in Opposition Talk Before House Committee CLAIMS DEVICE ‘DISHONEST’ Charges it Is Obligation Not Due; Says Money Would Not be Honest Washington, April 27.—(#)}—Secre- tary Mills Wednesday loosed a power- ful administration offensive against cash payment of the soldiers’ bonus. | and means committee appearing as a witness in its extended hearings on the issue. In language no less forceful than that Charles G. Dawes employed be- fore the same committee a week ago, his opposition to the $2,400,000,000 outlay, whether paid in borrowed money or through inflation of the currency. “The measure now before you is designed to pay an obligation not due, in money that is not honest,” Mills said. “The adjusted service cer- tificates do not mature until 1945. To pay them at their face value today, less the amount that has been bor- rowed on them would, in effect, al- most double the payment provided for by the adjusted service compen- sation act and would involve an im- mediate cost to the government of about $2,400,000,000. “In other words the government is to pay almost twice the amount it undertook to pay.” “To select this moment,” he went on, “to destroy our hopes of a bal- anced budget and to deal a smashing blow to national confidence, is to me simply incomprehensible. The pro- ponents of this measure fully re-! cognized that the cost cannot be borne by legitimate means ... They would discharge what they state to be a solemn obligation of the govern- | ment ... by setting the printing! presses to work printing dishonest dollars. “For a great, powerful nation ...! and essentially dishonest device {would to ny mind be worse than an act of financial bankruptey. It would constitute moral bankruptcy. “Destroy confidence and you dry up credit and paralyze enterprise. No measure was ever drafted better cal- culated to destroy confidence than the one now before you. Enact it in-/ to law and you will stifle all hope of an early economic recovery and write! the most lamentable chapter in American history.” Though he thus dealt chiefly with the Patman bill for an issue of treas- ury notes to cash bonus, Mills at- tacked arguments of those who ad- vocate borrowing the necessary funds. “The financial position of the gov- ernment is not such as to permit the} treasury to meet this demand,” he said. “We are faced with an enor- mous deficit. No additional $2,400,- 000,000 can be raised by taxation. “Taking into consideration all of the elements of the existing situation, at excessive cost. with serious em- barrassment to, the government in meeting its unavoidable obligations and with damage to the public credit.” When Mills concluded the state- ment, Represetnative Ragon, (D., Ark.), asked what amount in securi- ties the treasury would offer for sale this year. “Over and above refunding opera- tions about $1,500,000,000,” Mills re- plied. To further questions, Milis empha sized that “it is very desirable to ex- Pand credit.” “I have no quarrel with anyone who wants to stop the deflationary process,” he said. “But I do have a quarrel with such an essentially dis- honest device.” “What effect do you think the new reserve bank policy of increasing pur- cbases of government bonds will have toward enlarging credit?” Ragon asked. “A most decided effect,” Mills said. Farmer-Labor Party Hears Jacob Coxey Omaha, Neb., April 27.—()—Issu- ance by the federal government “of enough currency to pay the soldiers’ bonus and put every idle man to work on public improvements,” was advo- cated Tuesday by Major Jacob 8. Coxey of Massillon, Ohio, in his ad- dress before the national convention of the Farmer-Labor party. Mayor Coxey, who in 1894 com- manded “‘Coxey’s Army” in the march on Washington. vigorously assailed the present American money system, terming it “absurd.” Roy Harrop. of Council Bluffs. Towa, national vice chairman, predict- ed that “not prosperity, but revolution les around the corner,” unless the Present economic condition is im- proved. FARGO YOUTH SENTENCED Fargo, April 27.—(7)—An 18-year- old Fargo youth was sentenced to 90 days in the Cass county jail and fined $200 and costs Tuesday when he Pleaded guilty in Cass county court of having liquor in his possession. Be is one of two youths arrested Monday when they and a 17-year-old girl were found in a car which the father of one of the boys had report- ed stolen, The other boy was turned over to juvenile court. Babies Fed Ground Glass jOne of the most vicious attempts te take human life ever uncovered is being investigated by Philadelphia ree since Mrs. Margaret Cetrino and He spoke before the house ways/her seven children have been taken t 4 + hospital in serious condition. It has been announced that ground glass was put in the milk consumed by the family. two of the children. Above are shown, Liberty Cetrino, 4 and his sister, Stella, 2, tie new imeary cnet aoe none’ Must Equalize Taxation, Hoover Tells Governors DARROW READY FOR FINAL ATTEMPT 10 CLEAR AMERICANS To Plead Insanity and ‘Unwrit- ten Law’ in ‘Honor Slay- ing’ Trial Honolulu, Darrow, son-in-law, hahawai. only fense, April 27.—(?)—Clarence astute criminal Wednesday faced his final attempt to clear four Americans in a murder trial which brought the 75-year-old legal veteran out of -retirement. * He was to present a three-hour deliberately to adopt this insidious/Closing argument before a racially mixed jury trying Mrs. Granville For- tescue, Lieut. Thomas H. Massie, her and two navy enlisted men for the lynching of Joseph Ka- The Hawaiian had confessed participation criminal attack upon Mrs. Thalia Massie, the naval officer's wife. Although the prosecution was al- lotted a period following Darrow’s address, attorneys for both sides were hopeful the case would be in the hands of the jury before adjourn- ment Wednesday. Darrow was expected to plead not the defense contention Lieutenant Massie was momentarily insane when he held the pistol that killed Kahahawai, but also the “un- written law.” The insanity plea presumably had a jolt coming at the hands of Judge Charles 8. Davis in the instructions. This was foreshadowed Pe remark no such sum can be borrowed except Of Barry S. Ulrich, associate prosecu- ea eer tor, in his address to the jury Tues- day. Ulrich told the jurors Judge Davis would instruct them the insanity claim would not be sufficient to clear Mas- sie if it merely showed Massie to be mentally deranged the moment the {shot was fired. Ulrich also said the judge would rule the insanity de- in order to be considered, would have to indicate the naval of- ficer was mentally deranged through every step of the tragedy. wai was slain early in January. Neither Judge Davis nor the de- fense challenged Ulrich’s statement. In the defense testimony the claim was made Massie’s mind went blank when he stood before Kahahawai with a pistol and heard the native ° confess the attack on Mrs. Massie. The navy officer testified he remem- bered nothing thereafter until he was taken to the police station, less than two hours later. Unless Judge Davis’ alter the situation, bring in a conviction of second-de: gree murder, as charged; manslaug] ‘ter, or acquittal. Second-degree mur- der is punishable by 20 years to life imprisonment. cove! tion attorney, allegedly ina concern.” that time. “We can not ment,” he said. consumption and employment. Kahaha- governments, instructions the jury may Persons who have Reduced Expenditures and Bal- anced Budgets Are Urged by Executive Richmond, Va., April 27.—(@)—As “the sure highway to national re-/Shipments from terminal markets— ” President Hoover cited to the; governors conference Wednesday the “absolute necessity” of reduced ex-) Penditures, better distributed taxa-| and balanced budgets on the’ Part of government. Town councils, county commissions, State legislatures and the congress agree on these fundamentals, he said, but to accomplish them “we must have the intelligent support of the people themselves, vested interest and vested habit do not. by their organized sectional and group oppositions or individual acton, defeat these high purposes.” Expressing a wish for greater co- operation toward settling governmen- tal problems, he suggested that the governors sponsor in their states such conferences as they have been hold- ing here. Having the local executives! jexamine their difficulties together, | he said, “would help toward a realiza- tion that local expenditures and taxes are a part of a great national prob- lem in stability as well as one of local that selfish Adjustments Are Needed Stressing the need for adjustments, |the president told of federal, state; and local government expenditures rising from $2,900,000,000 in 1913 to $13,200,000,000 in 1930 and the total outstanding debt going from $4,800,- 000,000 to $30,600,000,000 in the same Before the war total govern- mental cost represented but eight per cent of the national Hoover estimated the present propor- tion at above 20 per cent. income and restore economic stability in the nation by continuing to siphon so large a part of private effort into the coffers of the govern- “Its abstraction from the people stifles the productivity, the the recovery of Borrowing No Help “Nor can we hide our heads in the jsand by borrowing to cover current government expenses, drain the capital of the country into {public securities and draft it away from industry and commerce.” He urged study of the tax problem with a view toward reorganization to distribute the burden more evenly, jand cutting down duplication in tax- ation by the federal state and local Especially he (Continued on page seven) ‘Hoover Vetoes Bill Granting Pensions Washington, April 27,—()—Presi- | dent Hoover Wednesday vetoed a bill] pr sone ists granting an increase in pensions to soldiers and sailors and in some cases granting new pensions. Hoover said the measure contained 67 items establishing “special pen- sions and increased allowances to for thus we spoke not been able to comply with the general laws.” Children, Separated From Mother, Board Ship For New Home in Norway New York, April 27.—()—Clif- ford Adams, 7, would give up his brand new knife if he could stay back in Sioux Falls, 8. D., with his mother instead of going away to Norway. And Margaret, who !s “going to be eight on the boat,” would give her jumping rope, and Matthew, 5, his marbles, To these three children, who never had seen a skyscraper or a boat, never ridden on a subway or @ train, never seen a movie, nor even # circus, such simple pleas- ures as jumping rope, mumbly peg, or marbles, savor of grandeur. Their father deserted them and their mother, with the small bit of work she can do in Sioux Falls, no longer can support them. nesday they boarded the Stavan- gerfjord bound for their grand- parents’ home in Stavanger, Nor- way. = Brooklyn before playing said. Wed- The conductor on the train and the Rev. R. O. Aase who met them to take them to Norway house in the boat sails, didn't even know their last name. “It’s capital A-D-A-M-8,” spell- ed Clifford as he fumbled with his new knife. Margaret clung to her new red purse and shifted from one foot to the other, while Mat- thew just looked bewildered, when they got off the train in Hoboxen, ‘Tuesda; Ye “We're going to play marbles on the boat, we've got them in our suitcase,” exclaimed Margaret. “I hope they have spinach and potatoes on the boat,” Clifford “I'm going to look for fishes in the ocean,” Matthew added. “Well, your mother soon will a: you in Norway,” vhey were tol “Yes, in two or three years, I guess,” Margaret answered. BY WESTERN LINES Boosts on Scale From North Da- kota Points to Minneapo- lis Are Highest DULUTH ENTERS BATTLE Rate Experts Declare They Had ‘Never Seen Such Mixed- up Proposals’ Chicago, April 27.—(#)—Growers and shippers of wheat opened an at- tack Wednesday on the proposals of western trunk line carriers for gen- eral rate increases that averaged, in some heavy grain areas, as high as 28 per cent. There was no definite trend to the increases asked by railroads: in some instances, rates were unchanged, in lothers reduced. The proposal was designed to maintain the same rev- enue from carrying grain. Kansas and North Dakota were hardest hit in the proposals with Nebraska and Oklahoma averaging not much better. Highest rates submitted were for shipments between North Dakota points and Minneapolis and Kansas points and Kansas City. Proportional rates—those on re- jalso were changed and in many cases increased. To Duluth, proportionals were hiked in the proposals from all mid- west markets. The increases varied from 1 cent between Minneapolis and Duluth to 8 cents between Sioux City and Duluth. Fred Kizer, of the Duluth board of trade, said the carriers were attempt- ing by these increases to keep grain away from a lake port. James F. Cherry, of the western jearriers rate committee, presented the proposals, including those of jsouthwest carriers. Others for far west and northwest roads were ex- pected either Wednesday or Thufs- day. Rate experts said they had “never seen such mixed-up proposals.” C. {B. Bee, of Oklahoma City, represent- ing southwest shippers and growers, said it would “take several days to see lwhere we stend.” In North Dakota present and pro- posed rates to Minneapolis include: Grafton, 17.5 and 23.5; from Rugby, 22.5 and 27.5. From Grand Forks, 16 and 22.5; from Killdeer, 31 and 32. ‘CENTER YOUTH DIES FROM MONOXIDE GAS Norman Barchanger, 20, Strick- en When He Lights Stove in Cook Car An inquest into the death of Nor- man Barchanger, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Barchanger of Center, showed that he died from monoxide gas poisoning, Carl Martin, Oliver county coroner, said Wednesday. The youth was found dead in a cook car he occupied while supervis- ing seeding operations on land owned by his father near Center. He had lighted the gas stove in an apparent attempt to ward off the chill of the weather experienced Monday night. Oxygen in the tightly closed car was used up, causing his death from mon- oxide poisoning. Norman attended Mandan high school four years, where he was ac- tive in school affairs, and was a mem- ber of the Center Juvenile band and the Community orchestra. Besides his parents, he leaves three brothers Funeral services will be conducted at Center Friday after- noon with Rev. G. W. Stewart, Man- dan, officiating. Curtis Refuses to Comment on Trip Norfolk, Va. April 27.—()—John Hughes Curtis returned to Norfolk Wednesday morning from a trip made in the interest of negotiations for the return of the kidnaped Lind- bergh baby. He would not comment and referred all questions to Rear Admiral Guy H. Burrage, retired, spokesman for the three Norfolk in- ATTACK PROPOSALS. [f OF RATE INCREASES | from Jamestown, 20 and 23.5; from) —— Says She’s Wife | as Mrs. Pearl Spector, above, Buffalo, N. Y., beauty shop operator, claims that Theodore Stewart, who married movie actress Olive Borden recently, is really her husband. They were married and no divorce has been ob- tained, she claims. NAME MINOT MAN 10 HEAD HEALTH OFFICERS’ GROUP Or. H. L. Halverson Elected President of Association at Meeting Here Dr. Henry L. Halverson, Minot, was elected president of the North Dakota Heaith Officers’ association in session here Wednesday afternoon. Dr. B. K. Kilbourne, Fargo, was named vice president, and Dr. A. A. Whittemore, Bismarck, reelected sec- retary and treasurer. Dr. Halverson, vice president of the association last year, will succeed Dr. Will H. Moore, Valley City. Discussion during the two-day ses- sion of the association centered around control of cummunicable dis- eases, sanitation problems, nursing administration and field service, and oral hygiene. ‘The program Wednesday included addresses by James Morris, who spoke on “Public Health Laws,” and Dr. H. H. Pfister, Wahpeton, who spoke on “The Care of Deciduous and Perma- nent Teeth in Relation to Health.” Other speakers were Dr. W. B. Pierce, Bismarck; Dr. E. G. Sasse, Lidgerwood; Dr. B. K. Kilbourne, Fargo; Major J. R. Oswalt, Fort Lin- coln; and Dr. F. E. Wheelon, Minot. Speakers scheduled to appear on the afternoon program were A. W. Ecklund, Bismarck, on “Collection of Laboratory Specimens and Interpre- tation of Laboratory Reports”; Dr. A. F. Jensen, Rugby, on “Relation of Premature Births to Public Health”; and Dr. J. F. McKay, Bowesmont, on “relationship Between Public Health Nurse to Local Health Officer.” Miss Viletta Roche, director of the state bureau of vital statistics, and Miss Bessie Nicoll, St. Louis, director of the midwest branch of the Ameri- can Red Cross, also were slated to speak. Approximately 60 physicians and health officers were present at the convention. Douglas Woman Dies From Burns Tuesday Minot, N. D., April 27.—(7)—Mrs. A. L. Forsythe, 24, Douglas, died late Tuesday at Minot as a result of burns which she suffered when a gasoline ia heater exploded in her home early Tuesday. She was burned over much of her body from the neck to the knees. Her arms and hands also were seared. Left are her husband, who suffered minor injuries in the same accident, and her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Au- gust Westby of Douglas. itermediaries. Dunn Democrats Put Man in House Race Killdeer, N. D., April 27.—William Connolly, Dunn Center, was indorsed for.the state legislature from the 48th district by the Dunn county Demo- cratic convention here. Five delegates to the state conven- tion at New Rockford Thursday were named. They are Connolly. T. Leroy Evans, J. R. Cuskelly, Ambrose Dona- hoo and Fred O'Berg. The delegation is uninstructed. TRAFFIC LEADERS MEET 8t. Paul, April 27.—()—Officials of more than 40 railroads and more than 200 industrial organizations scatterea from coast to coast were to assembl: here Wednesday for the national cor. vention of the Associated Traffic Clubs of America. Arrangements are being made to have funeral rites at the Lutheran church in Douglas Saturday, with Rev. 8. O. Sorlien, officiating. TO GARNER SINGLE DELEGATE IN STATE —S New York Governor, However, Holds Slight Lead in Pennsylvania Race SMEDLEY BUTLER IS BEATEN —_——___. ‘Smith Shot His Bolt in Massa- chusetts’ is Rooseveltian Attitude _ Washington, April 27.—(P)—Frank- lin D. Roosevelt's presidential cam- Paign Wednesday was up against its first real disappointment—a smashing Sree in Massachusetts and prospect of @ narrow vic! it = Syivenine tory at best in Penn. In delegate - choosing primaries in both states Alfred E. Smith, the ‘happy warrior” of 1928, stemmed the Onrush of the leading Democratic as- Mr. and Mrs. Forsythe were married last January. Stimson Will Sail For U. S. Next Week Geneva, Switzerland, Apr. 27.—(P)— Henry L. Stimson, the American secre- tary of state, is sailing for the U. 8. next Tuesday, it was announced Wed- It was understood the of state would sail on the Wuleae ious ious diplomats represent the “big die” in iegremsroent cohterditte tae gotiations, Pirant with a showing superior to expectations of any ut his own pars tisans, a showing which revived no- tably the movement to prevent Roose- velt's nomination in the Democratis national convention despite his enor mous lead in delegate strength. The Massachusetts victory blanket- ed the state and swept into Boston, which the Rooseveltians had looked to for strength. Nearly complete un- official returns indicated the New York governor's slate of delegates at large had gone down to a defeat of nearly three to one, and that not one aa Hash ae iret) votes would Bt . His supporters hac = ed five or six at Teast, ee Close In Ivanis, The Pennsylvania results, far from & complete tally, showed a close race in the preferential vote, not binding on the delegates, with Roosevelt inching away from Smith as ballots from outside the latter's Philadelphia stronghold swelled the total. How the first ballot at Chicago. ae in st were in importance thorough beating a) tly istered the tighting uk-marme, Smed- ley Butler, by Senator James J. Davis, running for renomination. Repre- sentative McFadden was piling up lead over Mrs. Cornelia Bryce Pin- chot, wife of the governor, in the 15th Congressional district, and was likely Presi- hi to win. A vehement attack on dent Hoover had placed him on Re- Meret black books, but the ‘amily is no su of the dent either. sacra ie Hoover Is Winner The president was almost assured of the 108 Republican delegate votes in both states, though a candidate fa- vored by his forces in Massachusetts lost to William F. Whiting, of commerce under Calvin Coolidge. Smith's supporters Wednesday were led to a chorus of jubilation with the general theme that the former nom- inee would prove once again a for- midable figure “to be reckoned with,” in naming the party's presidential ‘choice. The Roosevelt men, slower to com- ment until the full story of Tuesday’s voting was unfolded, tended to write off the defeat. “Smith has shot his bolt in Massa- chusetts. The vote there will strength- en Roosevelt in the rest of the coun- try. He can't be stopped,” was the way John F. Costello, District of Co- lumbia national committeeman ex- pressed it. SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR VETERAN DIES William Heiser, 62, Succumbs at Home Here Following Long Illness | William Heiser, 62, veteran of the Spanish-American war, died at his home here at 1517 Bowen St. Tuesday evening following a lingering illness. He had been an invalid since suf- fering a paralytic stroke four years 0. Heiser enlisted in the Dickinson unit of the national guard at the be- ginning of the Spanish-American war and served in the Philippines. Heiser moved here from Lisbon last year. He leaves his widow, three sons, and two daughters. His children are Joseph, Selfridge; John and Burnie, Bismarck; Mrs. Peter Engle, Walker, ote and Mrs. Ben Gwyther, Witsall, font Funeral services will be conducted at Dickinson, Saturday. Interment will be made there. Minnesotans to Visit Denbigh ‘Gold Field’ Minneapolis, April 27—(P}—C. 8. Robb of the Hoel-Robb company said representatives of the firm leave Wednesday for Denbigh, to complete preliminary work beginning mining for. gold. He said an accountant, an neer, and two machinists would trip by airplane. The concern i N.D, before