The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 9, 1932, Page 1

_North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper ESTABLISHED 1873 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, MONDAY, MAY 9, 1932 New Tax Bill Given to Se Conservatives Beaten in French Election BR TARDEN'S (¢—S==No Fever |PORMER MEMBER OF PREMIER TARDIEU'S GOVERNMENT LOSES | | TO RADICAL GROUP Herriot, Who Rose to Power in 1924, Makes Come-Back in Sunday Vote IS LEADING SOCIALIST ‘Left’ Groups Have 358 Seats in ‘Chamber to 244 For Present Regime ' Paris, May 9.—(®)—Defeated by a decisive margin in Sunday's parlia- mentary election, Premier Andre Tar- dieu will resign Tuesday night with a request that his successor be chosen immediately. Edouard Herriot, who was premier in 1924, is the most likely choice to succeed M. Tardieu. The parties of the Left, which have not been in power, except for a few days, since the famous “Left Cartel” of Herriot in 1924, swept away the Republican majority in the chamber of deputies and left Herriot’s radical socialists and the socialists with a substantial control. On the basis of Sunday's vote the Left groups had 358 seats in the new chamber, compared with the present government's 244. Excluding the com- munists, this gave the Left a maj- ority of 100 seats. Herriot appeared to be the man of the hour. His party captured 151 of the 615 seats, a gain of 42. Leon Blum’s socialists won 129 seats, a gain of 12, and the Republican socialists, also a Left group, won 39 seats. The communists won 9 seats and the dis- sident communists 12. The new chamber does not meet until June 1. TWO CANDIDATES SEEK VACANT PRESIDENCY Paris, May 9.—(?)—Two candidates to succeed President Paul Doumer who was assassinated Friday were of- ficially in the running Monday. The election is to be held at Ver- sailles Tuesday. Paul Painleve, for- mer premier, consented Monday to become a candidate. Albert Le Brun,; president of the senate, presented his candidacy Sunday. The new president will be chosen by a joint session of the chamber of deputies and the senate. Thousands of Parisians filed by the Elysee palace to pay tribute to the president. After lying in state un- til Thursday the body will be taken to Notre Dame cathedral for funeral services and then to the family vault. FIND 15 DEAD IN FRENCH LANDSLIDE Two Apartment Houses in Out- skirts of Lyons Crushed by Catastrophe France, May 9.—(#)—Fif- teen bodies were removed Monday from the ruins of two apartment thouses which were engulfed Sunday by landslides, and it was feared at least 30 more lay in the wreckage. Twelve injured were removed be- fore rescuers were ordered away by Edouard Herriot, the mayor and for- mer premier, who himself escaped death from anouier landslide “only by leaping to safety. ‘The rescue parties returned to the ruins, however, after cries were heard in the wreckage. At midnight they discovered # woman, pinned by @ ‘beam. She said she was not hurt. She was removed and taken to a hospital. ‘Explosions and fires followed the slides. The first occurred at 9 a. m., while many of the residents were asleep. It cracked the gas mains. The fire department removed the first 12 persons before the second and trl pr aude pean down, crush- ing both . M. Herriot, whose. party emerged vicfor in the national elections Sun- day, leaped to the top of the ruins when firemen failed to obey his re- quest to leave. Engineers had: pre- dicted a new collapse of the walls. “Do you want to be killed?” he shouted. He ‘himself jumped just in time to escape the crash. About 100 persons were killed in a similar landslide on Fourviere Hill here in November, 1930. The slide Monday was blamed on heavy rains and melting snows which undermined the subsoil in the hills. Relic of Gold Days Found Worth $2,000 | \, Found Worth $2,000 Lewiston, Mont., May 9.—(P)— | NES eens HEINRICH BRUENING Heinrich Bruening, Germany's chancellor, served notice on the world again Monday that Germany cannot pay the reparations now provided for. He said the financial conference at Lausanne next month will lead the way either to world recovery or col- lapse. His statement followed announce- ment that the Bank for International Settlements at. Basel, Switzerland, had authorized a three-month re- newal of its one-fourth share in the $90,000,000 credit granted to Germany @ year ago. Others participating in the credit were the Bank of France, Bank of England and the U. 8. fed- eral reserve system. SUPPORT TICKET 1S SHAFER'S PLEA AT GRAND FORKS RALLY Says Hyland Leading in Gover- norship Race But Organi- zation is Needed Grand Forks, N. D., May 9.—(>)— Support of the entire Independent Voters’ association ticket was urged by Governor George F. Shafer at an organization meeting of the Grand Forks county Independent forces here Saturday. Frank Hyland of Devils Lake, can- didate for governor; Roy Johnson, master farmer of Casselton and can- didate for lieutenant governor; John L. Hulteng, president of the Grand Forks city commission, and Miss Mabel Davies, county Independent ‘Women Voters’ association chairman, were the other speakers. All three candidates predicted vic- tory in the June primary and sounded @ warning against overconfidence James A. Dinnie, county chairman, presided, and visitors from all the coun- ties in northeastern North Dakota at- tended. Approximately 300 were at the dinner. Ignoring his own candidacy for the senate, Governor Shafer pleaded for the support of the Independent state ticket. He declared that at the pres- ent time Hyland was way out in front in the race for the governorship and urged the voters to see he was the leading candidate all the time from now until the final election in No- vember. The governor began by saying his interest was more in the succzss of the Independent ticket than in his own candidacy. “I can tell you peo- ple that Frank Hyland is known and respected in. every county of this state and will go into the governor's office with more love and admiration than any other man who ever assumed the office,” he said. “No man in North Dakote has a better reputation than Frank Hyland for doing constructive things for the state.” Governor Shafer continued. “Thirty years of service to the people have endeared him to all classes, and in that time I have known of many constructive things he has done, but never of one destructive act.” In relating Hyland’s record in the legislatute, the governor said he hac been in one of the two branches for 20 years and that he was one of the courageous men in the senate in 1917 who withstood the gyi of By Townley organization. He was one o! the men who defeated house bill 44 4 1 SUCCUMBS IN MINOT Judge C. J. Fisk Had Held Many Important Offices of Public Trust GUARANTY FUND REFEREE Left High Tribunal After Ele- vation to Chief Justice- ship in 1917 Minot, N. D., May 9.—(?)—Judge Charles J. Fisk, 70, of Minot, former J justice of the North Dakota supreme court, former district judge and a per- sonal friend of the late William Jenn- ings Bryan, died Sunday at 7 a. m. after a lengthy illness. As a boy aged 11, Judge Fisk began earning his own living, and in the 46 years he lived in North Dakota his name was ever prominent in the work of the bench and bar. Funeral services will be held in Minot Wednesday. It was 40 years ago on April 1 that Judge Fisk came to Dakota territory, at once won admittance to the bar and began to practice at Larimore. His ability, however, soon brought him in- to prominence and he removed to the larger city of Grand Forks, where he entered into a partnership with At- torney Tracy R. Bangs, who is still practicing there. Professional honors and advance- ment came to him rapidly. In 1893, he was made secretary of the state commission to revise the seven codes of the state and continued to act in that capacity until 1895. He served as city attorney of Grand Forks from 1893 to 1895, and also as assistant United States district attorney. Hi launched into a wider judicial service with election to the bench of the first Judicial district in 1897. Served With Distinction For 10 years, Judge Fisk served with distinction on the district court bench and the people of North Dakota then honored him with election to the su- preme court, where he served 10 years. In 1915 he was chief justice. When his term expired in 1917 Judge Fisk retired to private practice, locating in Minot. In 1923 Judge Fisk was appointed referee for the State Guaranty Fund commission to hear claims against the state guaranty fund and served in that capacity until the position was dissolved by legislative act about four years ago. Born on March 11, 1862, at Morri- son, Ill., Charles Joseph Fisk was the son of Clark and Adelia Fisk, both of whom were typical New Englanders. After attending the common and high schools at Morrison, Fisk, attracted by the bar, decided to pursue legal study at Northern Illinois college at Fulton, Ill., where he completed his course in 1883. Dissuaded in his de- sire to try his fortunes in the north- west, he stayed in the vicinity of his home, working in law offices and studying. Soon, however, the lure of the new northwest was too impelling and he came to Dakota territory which was henceforth to be his home. Married in 1886 o Later in the year of 1886, when he came to Dakota territory, Judge Fisk went back to Sterling, Ill., where he was united in marriage to Miss Ida M. Meyers of Sterling. To them two daughters were born— Helen, Mrs. George E. Valker of Minot and Doris, Mrs. Earl Draper, Detroit Lakes, Minn, Mrs. Fisk died in July, 1919, the victim of an airplane accident. In addition to the two daughters he leaves three sisters and one brother. The sisters are Mrs. William McFar- land, living at Mound, Minn. and in California; Mrs. George Dodd and Ida M. Fisk, both of Norman, Okla., and the brother is Judge Frank E. Fisk, who practices law at Williston. Judge Fisk was a Scottish Rite Ma- son, a Shriner and an Elk. He was a member of Kem Temple of Shriners at Grand Forks and was a charter member of and the first exalted ruler of the Grand Forks Elks lodge. He was identified with the Metho- dist Episcopal church. WASHBURN WOMAN DIES Mrs. William A. Partridge, Wash- burn, died in a local hospital shortly before 9 o'clock Saturday evening. She was 60 years old and had been iu “Townley’s Socialistic constitution,” |the hospital since May 3. the. governor said. “And for that| Her death was caused by pancre- (Continued on page seven) jatitis. Report Short Cut in Di Diagnosis of Cancer Which May Save Many Lives New Orleans, May 9.—(®)—A short cut in cancer diagnosis promising more hope for the most Mont “This new method enables an expert microscope to see at showed the radium work at the scientific Cre woe Oe latest development ie are on display for several thousand phy- siclans attending the five days annual meeting of the associa- tion, The high speed diagnosis is the result of 10 years’ study ‘vy several Physicians including A. C. Brod- ers, M. D., of the Mayo clinic, and Max Cutler, M. D., of the Mich- ael Reese hospital, Chicago. Dr. EB. Starr Judd of Fraps, | Seek His Alleged Accomplices | )N.D. SUPREME COURT) GASTON 'Seek Means’ SEE NEW TURN IN NEGOTIATIONS 10 OBTAIN LINDY BABY {Activities on Yacht Halt and Mysterious Trips Are Made by Airplane inew turn in negotiations for the re- ‘covery of Charles Augustus Lind- lbergh, Jr., was indicated Monday by the cessation of activities aboard the sea-going yacht Marcon and a sup- posed week-end plane trip by the |negotiators. | The plane flight was presumably imade by John Hughes Curtis, the principal negotiator, and Lieutenant {George L. Richard, naval officer, since Friday night when the Marcon returned from her latest cruise out ito sea. Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh also was believed to have left the naval base by plane. | Rear Admiral Guy H. Burrage, re: \tired, and the Very Rev. H. Dobson- Peacock, associated with Curtis as intermediaries, refused to give any information concerning the negotia- | tions, PLAN NEW ATTACKS ON JAP CHIEFTAINS Korean Says Campaign of Bombings and Terrorism Will be Continued Shanghai, May 9—(?)—Bomb at- tacks on Japanese leaders in Japan and Manchuria, similar to that which occurred in Hongkew Park here on April 29, were predicted Monday in a statement which emanated from the Korean colony. It purported to give the true ex- planation of the Hongkew bombing 10 days ago which resulted in the death of one high Japanese official and the injury of several others. It was signed by Kim Koo, a Kor- ean said to be head of the Korean Patriots’ society. Kim said he was the instigator of the Hongkew bomb- ing and that he wanted the world to know the truth so the Japanese would stop rounding up Korean resi- dents of Shanghai for questioning. He said he sent Yun Kil, a young Korean revolutionary to Hongkew Park that day with bombs and that the young man “achieved his pur- pose.” Yun is now in the hands of the Japanese, he said, and “may be dead or alive.” Kim said he himself had left Shanghai before the statement was issued in his name, but he added: “My life is dedicated to freeing my country. The Japanese are doing everythnig in their power to appre- hend me, but my work continues. Our association seeks to kill Japanese civil and military leaders. There will be other affairs similar to that at Hong- kew soon, both in Japan and Man- WASHINGTON G. 0. P. IS DRY , Seattle, May 9.—(?)—By a vote of be Bett the resolutions committee here Saturday voted for a plan fa strict enforcement of all Drouibiton iam. In $100,000 Lindy Fraud Republican state convention | teams B. MEANS Accomplices Police Search Records For Clue to Identity of ‘Tough- Looking’ Man ‘Washington, May . 9—(?)—Other actors were sought Monday in the {queer drama which Gaston B. Means/ {Fortescue and the three navy men ; Were commuted by Governor Lawr- jence M. Judd. ithe strangest ever jtable “Aloha” ceremony for every | Passenger ship. TUMULT AND TEARS MARK DEPARTURE OF PAIR FROM HAW All Mrs. Massie and Husband Board Vessel For Home; Sub- poena Server Thwarted CAPTAIN DOES HIS STUFF Jams Policeman Against Wall as Woman and Mother Rush to Staterooms Honolulu, May 9.—()—Mrs. Thalia Massie and others who became en- meshed in Honolulu’s episode of tragedy and crime, have left Hawali with tumult, tears and anger marking their departure. With Honolulu police sceking to’ ‘serve her with a subpoena, Mrs. Mas- sie, her husband, Lieut. Thomas H. Massie, and her mother, Mrs. Gran- ville Fortescuc, were put aboard the liner Malolo Sunday by a naval sub- marine tender and with the aid of a high naval officer who held police at bay. The police had sought to serve Mrs. Massie with a formal summons to appear at the scheduled retrial of four men accused of attacking her last September. She was unwilling to proceed with the case in view of the outcome of its sequel, that in which Mrs. Fortescue, Massie and E. J. Lord and Albert O. Jones, navy enlisted men, were convicted of the lynching of Joseph Kahahawai. The attack led to the abduction and slaying of Kahahawai. On the stand Massie testified he fired the fatal shot after the native had con- fessed taking part in the assault. Mrs. This departure of the principals and their attorney, Clarence Darrow and George S. Leisure, was perhaps witnessed on jHonolulu’s waterfront, with its inevi- Piers Are Crowded is alleged to have staged for Mrs. Ed-! ward B. McLean, and $100,000 of her | | money. | From the many recorded pages of: |Means’ exploits they hoped to obtain! a hint as to whom he enlisted to rep-| ‘resent go-betweens for the Lindbergh Norfolk, Va. May 9.—(P)—Some | paby'’s kidnapers in those complicated 'tion 12 miles away edged up beside | negotiations and dramatic confer- | | jences from which the wealthy Wash- ington woman emerged minus the |huge sum she gave him as ransom; | money, Quite confident the District of Co- |lumbia grand jury would return an} indictment against him Tuesday on; the larceny-after-trust charge, the! |government men directed their efforts; |to build up a strong case. Means is! jin jail under $100,000 bond. The McLean money still is unac- jcounted for. Means is said to have) jtold Mrs. McLean he gave it to a} man he believed was her represent- | tative. A search of his house has been | made and other hiding places are/ |sought. | One man the agents would like to get hold of is the tough-looking in- dividual who, Mrs. McLean said, Means brought to her at Aiken, South Carolina, allegedly as a negotiator for the kidnapers, but if any clues| to his identity exist the agents are keeping quiet about them. | BLOOD CLOT CAUSED JASON WAITS DEATH) Bismarck Man Was Victim of| Sudden Heart Attack in Room Friday Forenoon ‘The sudden death of Jason E. Watt, | who was found dead in his room here forenoon, was caused by a blood clot in his heart, W. E. Perry, Burleigh county coroner, said Mon- day. An autopsy was performed on the body late Saturday. Wait's body was taken to St. Paul Sunday evening for funeral and burial services there. An escort composed of Bismarck Elks and Rotarians accompanied the body to the train here and an escort of St. Paul Elks met the train there Monday morning. Wait, a musician and artist, was a member of the Elks lodge and Rotary club here. He was 51 years old and) had lived here since 1924. FUNERAL SERVICES ARE HELD IN ST. PAUL St. Paul, May 9.—()—Puneral services for Jason E. Wait, Bismarck, N. D,, former resident of St. Paul more than 40 years, were held Mon- day in the Listoe & Wold chapel here. Burial will be in Oakland cemetery. Mr. Wait, 51, died unexpectedly Fri- day in Bismarck. A sister, Margaret F. Wait of St. Paul, is the only sur- vivor, CALL OFF GOLF MATCH jman, stood there waiting for Mrs. Massie. Captain Wortman lowered his The piers were crowded, reports of ing heightened the already public interest. The Royal Hawaiian band was playing on the pier and leis of flowers were piled high on the shoulders of departing individuals. Almost unnoticed, the submarine tender from Pearl Harbor naval sta- the big liner. Mrs. Fortescue appear- ed on its deck. Then came bluejack- ets with Lieutenant Massie’s dog “Chris,” and an assortment of bag- gage. Lieut. and Mrs. Massie then emerged, accompanied by Captain Ward K. Wortman, commander of the submarine base, to which Massie had been attached. The party stepped into a cargo port of the Malolo. Subpoena in hand, Dewey Mookini, a Honolulu police- heavy shoulders and collided with Mookini while Mrs. Massie darted up a corridor to her stateroom. “TI shall report you to your superior, officer,” Wortman stormed. “You assaulted me!” shouted the policeman, Wortman, panting, thrust Mookini against a wall while Mrs. Massie got into her stateroom and Mrs. Fortes- cue followed. Mookini wriggled away, Pushed the door open and tried to read it to Mrs. Massie. The door slammed shut in his face. Then Mrs. Fortescue emerged, eyes blazing. “Will someone go for Mr. Darrow;” She pleaded. Words Are Exchanged There was an angry exchange of words between Captain Wortman and the policeman. Massie approched them, extending his hand to Mookini. “No hard feelings here,” said Mas- sie. “I know what your duty is.” Captain Wortman then extended his hand to the policeman and they i Wants Referendum GEORGE W. WICKERSHAM George W. Wickersham, chairman of the Hoover commission which stu- died the prohibition question, an- nounced Sunday that he favors a ref- erendum on this hotly-argued ques- tion. WICKERSHAM URGES REFERENDUM VOTE ON DRY LAW ISSUE ;Chairman of Hoover Commis- sion Explains Apparent Discrepancy in Report Washington. May 9—(?)—George W. Wickersham believes more strong- ly than ever a referendum on pro- |hibition is needed. Sixteen months after winding up the work of the notable crime-study commission which bore his name, Wickersham expressed the conviction in an interview Sunday that a vote on altering the 18th amendment jthe police hunt for Mrs, Massie hav-|through state conventions would do intense! much good by crystallizing what he termed the “sober, informed, and deliberate opinion of the people.” He knew, he said, that several members of his commission held the same opinion. In this interview Wickersham abandoned the complete silence he had clung to steadfastly in regard to the commission's work. He was asked about the apparent discrepancy between the conclusions appended to the report and the views expressed by a majority of the mem- bers in their individual expressions. While the summary set forth “the commission is opposed to repeal of the 18th amendment,” the greater number of the commissioners argued some way. “Six of the members,” replied Wickersham, “felt in varying degrees that prohibition was not a success in its form at that time. Four of us felt, that it was not being enforced pro- perly but that sufficient opportunity had not been given to judge it a fail- ure. One member (Newton D. Baker) felt that the whole question should be remitted at once to the states. All were opposed to a return of the saloon. “The summary represented the best, flicting opinions. A majority agreed that if the amendment was revised it should be made to read that con- gress shall have power to regulate or prohibit the manufacture and trans- Portation within the U. 8.” N. D. WOMAN TO SPEAK Grand Forks, N. D., May 9.—(P)}— Mrs. Jane Gavere, secretary of the bureau of public information, exten- sion division, University of North Da- kota, is scheduled to speak before the library service section of the national also made up. The lieutenant then invited Lono McCallum and Arthur Stagbar, detectives accompanying Moo- Kini, into the Massie stateroom. They (Continued on page seven) university extension division’ confer- ence in Minneapolis. The conference is to be held May 11, 12 and 13. Mrs. Gavere will report on several phases of service relative to radio, magazines and club aids. By Insurance Suit in Minneapolis Minneapolis, May 9.—(?)—A woman who believed her first husband dead and who had mar- ried again, Monday had learned he was still alive and that he, too, had wed once more and had reared another family of five children. The strange story was brought to light through an effort of the woman to collect on a life insur- ance policy of her husband, ac- cording to H. E. Maag. an attor- ney of Minneapolis, who handled the case. On May 29, 1923, Maurice A Ri- ley, a garage man, disappeared from his home in Hassan town- ship. His automobile was found in Minneapolis but there was no clue to Riley's whereabouts. Mrs. Riley, believing her hus- band had been killed, obtained work and sent her five children to live with relatives. Seven years later she took steps to have her husband declared legally dead “and filed suit against an insur- ance company to collect on the $1,000 policy. She also filed suit for divorce and obtained a decree on grounds of desertion. Then she married @ man named Bestland. While the insurance suit was pending, slight- idea Riley wanted to leave her. always had believed he the dry law should be changed in) view we could obtain from the con-| The Weather Fair oom we and cri PRICE FIVE CENTS nate MEASURE IN FORM DECIDED UPON A’ MILLS CONFERENCE Raises Income and Corporation Taxes Above Figures Voted by House EXCISE LEVIES REDUCED Loss in Revenue is Offset by Du- ties on Rubber and Some Other Items Washington, May 9.—(P)—In the form agreed upon last Friday in u conference with Secretary Mills, th2 billion dollar tax bill was reported Monday by the senate finance com- mittee. The bill raises the income tax and corporation rates above the increases voted by the house. It repeals many of the special excise levies providea by the house and offsets this loss in revenue with a rubber import duty, highcr automobile levies and greater admission taxes. Four other tariff items, oil, coal, copper and lumber, remain in the bili. In response to urging by President Hoover in week-end conferences, Re- publican leaders intend to press for Prompt senate consideration of the revenue measure. Spurred by week-end conferences with President Hoover, leaders of the senate pitched in Monday for a driv- ing finish of the congressional ses- sion and the all-important legisla- tion to balance the budget. Confidence Is Voiced Despite the tremendous size of the task ahead, the men who gathered at the white house Saturday and Sunday nights emerged voicing con- ce ilps Satisfactory solution of the national fiscal proble: be obtained. 2 ws: Enactment of the remaining vit bills before the session is pied alae a halt five weeks hence by the na- |tional party conventions, depends now principally on the senate. Be- sides the big revenue bills and the jeconomy measure which must be in- \creased by about $200,000,000, a maj- jority of the government appropria- tion bills remain to be enacted by that branch. Failure to pass any of them within the brief five weeks one compel a return of congress in uly. Cooperation on nonpartisan lines was the watchword brought out by the president's conferees. Though all were republicans, their spokesman, Secretary Mills, placed great em- phasis on this point. “We discussed,” he said, “the best jmethods of assuring cooperation in putting through the economic pro- gram and the revenue bill. The ef- fort has got to be to maintain all around cooperation.” Committee Members Present Finance committee members took Part in the Saturday night session with Hoover. Sunday night he call- ed in the Republicans of the appro- priations committee, which has charge of the economy bill as well as the many pending appropriations, The conclusion was brought out that $237,000,000 in economies had to be secured to meet the revenue bill in its budget-balancing task. By the time the house got through riddling the economy bill it was good for only $40,000,000 or so of savings, and lacked many of the legislative changes sought by the administration. Although President Hoover's offen- sive last week against delays and fear-breeding tactics in congress left \ trail of hard feelings which con- tinued to express itself in sharp statements from prominent Demo- crats, there was a well-defined ten- dency in the latter party to meet the administration in cooperative effort. The Democratic leaders are among the most anxious for final adjourn- gate Petore the conventions. le house, with but one aj = tion bill left to pass, eapecen ts tia itself by the end of the week with nothing much to do but wait for the Senate to get through. Larkin to Attend Big Rate Hearing Ben C. Larkin, chairman of the state railroad board, left Monday for Washington, D. C., to attend oral arguments before the Interstate Commerce commission in a case af- jfecting potato rates from North Da- Strange Marital Tangle Uncovered |". From Washington Larkin will go to Kansas City where he will sit with the I. C. C., as an advisor in the hearing on rates on grain from all Parts of the country. - The latter case is regarded as espe- cially important to North Dakota since the railroads are asking an in- board, under Larkin's leadership, will offer testimony at Kansas City designed to show that, if @ normal crop is obtained in this territory this year, there will be ne need for an increase. Woman Scientist ' Dies from Burns St. Paul, May 9.—(?)—Mrs. Thomas _ . Grierson, 65, secretary-treasurer