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

a rd North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper « ESTABLISHED 1873 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, MAY 27, 1932 Would Com The Weather Fair tonight and Sai + frost toe night, Miirig feoperaere Saturday, PRICE FIVE CENTS Court Rules Jones Must Face ! ISTUDENT'BODY PUTS BALLOTING IN 48TH | DISTRICT SCHEDULED FOR JUNE PRIMARY’ \ Decision Holds Citizens Cannot Legally Withdraw Names" From Petitions LAW DECLARED MANDATORY Failure of Senator to Get 1,200 Names Removed Forces Is- sue to Election Manning, N. D., May 27.—(7)—An election to vote on the proposed re- call of State Senator E. W. Jones of Killdeer will be held at the time of the June 29 primary election, J. R. Cuskelly, Dunn county auditor, an- nounced Friday following a decision of Judge Thomas H. Pugh in Stark county district court at Dickinson that withdrawal of 1,200 names on the recall petitions could not be ac- cepted by the auditor. ‘The recall election will be held in Dunn, Mercer and Oliver counties, comprising the 48th district, which Jones represents. Judge Pugh ruled that all provi- sions of the constitutional amend- ment providing for the recall must) be treated as mandatory and that the county auditor has no authority to accept petitions withdrawing names from recall petitions, once such petitions are filed with him. Recall of Jones was asked in peti- tions bearing over 2,800 names. Sub- sequently petitions for withdrawal of 1,200 of the signers were filed with been acceptable, the number of sign- ers would have fallen below the re- quired 30 per cent ‘of the vote cast for governor at the previous election in the district. Mandamus proceedings were! brought against Cuskelly when he refused to call the election. The audi- tor presented the recall and with- drawal petitions to the court, which was asked to determine the proce- dure to be followed. By stipulation of attorneys in the case, the election notice will be*filed as of May 20. This will make it pos- sible to hold the recall election at the time of the June 29 primary instead of. calling a. special election. The statutes require that 40 days’ notice be given before a recall election is FROST I PORECAST AGAIN FOR TONGHT Only Nine Points Had Sub-/ Freezing Temperatures in | State Overnight A second frost warning in as many days was issued for tonight by the! federal weather bureau here Friday morning, after most points in the; state escaped sub-freezing tempera- tures forecast for last night. Only nine points reported frost Fri day morning to the federal bureau; here, according to O. W. Roberts., Many points throughout North Da- kota received rainfall overnight, with the Red River valley generally get-| ting more than an inch. Amenia, Cass county, reported a fall of 1.58 inches while Fargo received 1.36 and Hankin- son 1.20, No rain was received in the extreme western part of the state. Fair weather for tonight and Sat- urday, and rising temperature Satur- day are forecast. Points reporting frost Friday morn- ing were Bottineau, Diekinson, Dunt Center, Fessenden, Jamestown, Max. Napoleon, Parshall and Wishek. Precipitation was reported as, fol- lows: Bismarck .04, Bottineau .18, Carrington .98, Devils Lake .78, Drake .26, Eliéndale .57, Fessenden 87, Grand Forks .98, Jamestown .98, Lar!. more 1.07, Lisbon 1.04, Max .11, Na-; poleon .20, and Wishek .10. Northern South Dakota Thursday received a quarter inch of rainfall as the temperature ranged in the 40's. ‘The mercury dropped 30 degrees from the high mark of Wednesday. Opening Bids for Work on Highways Opening of bids for highway con- struction to cost between $800,000 and $900,000 was in progress before the state highway commission Friday. Contracts will be let Friday and Saturday in’ the biggest létting of the year. Work to be contracted for includes 372 miles of road improvement of which 152.55 miles is earth grading; jtions up to Friday reported precipita- The Japanese Government has flier, pe to Tokyo, ‘arrival in & shown in the cockp! to prepare for the Four Men Lost as Vessels | Collide Off Rhode Island: PREGPITATION 1S | NEARLY NORMAL IN NANY PARTS ORN.D, Weather Bureau Figures Show Bismarck District is in Favored Area Rains throughout the state during the last two days have brought the month's precipitation to nearly the normal mark for May in many sec- tions, data compiled by O. W. Roberts, federal meteorologist here show. The Bismarck, Devils Lake, Fessen- den, Jamestown, and Napoleon sta- tion which is above the normal for the entire month of May. The deficiency reported by eight stations up to Friday is less than one-inch below the normal for the month. Eight stations reported de- ficiences of over an inch. Roberts said that during the four days remaining of this month, it ts pessible sufficient rain will fall to bring the total precipitation for the month up to normal in many areas now below normal as over an inch of rain fell throughout eastern North Dakota during the 24-hour period ending at 7 a. m. Friday. Total to Total for Above PLANS U. S. TO TOKYO FLIGHT lon to land in Japan on his Associated Press Photo granted Nat C. Browne, American 1d flight from Se: it of his plane “Lone Star” after hie flight attempt, | i Steamer With 36 Persons Aboard Sinks Rapidly After Crash; 32 Are Rescued’ New York, May 27.—(AP)—The small steamer Grecian, rolling down from Boston to Norfolk with a crew of 35, a cargo of -general freight and no passangers, collided with the City. of Chattanooga in dense fog and dangerous seas off Block Island early | Friday and went to the bottom. The Chattanooga rescued 32 mem-/ bers of the Grecian’s crew and recov- ered the bodies of three of the four) men who were lost. Some of those who were rescued were injured, as indicated by a radio/ call for a surgeon by the City of; Chattanooga. The master of, the Grecian was a-! mong those saved. i The story of the collision was told; graphically in radio messages picked up here by the Radio Marine cor- poration. It could not be determined immed- iately who was injured or how ser- iously, as the steamer’s radio was being kept open for communication with the search for survivors. i Thunderclouds hung over the! Rhode Island coast line as all coast | guard craft in the vicinity joined the search. The sea was running high. The City of Chattanooga remained at the scene of the collision at! anchor. | SAY CHATTANOOGA IS EN ROUTE TO BOSTON | Boston, May 27.— (AP) — The; steamship Chattanooga was report- ed by the coast guard to be proceed- ing to Boston Friday with 31 sur- vivors of the steamer Grecian, res- cued after a collision off Block Is- land in which the Grecian was sunk. The Chattanooga was able to pro- ceed under its own power but condi- tions at sea, where heavy fog pre- 1 City May 27 Month -Below Bismarck ...... 2.32 © x0.4r Amenia 285 = 0.29 Beach 258 8 6-0.60 2.09 -1.43 2.63 0.15 2.0: 1.13 2.03 0.05 2.35 0.92 252 -1.18 3.08 -1.25 2.38 x0.37 2.61 0.32 2.78 x1.45 2.76 .-0.23 3.03 0.25 2.04 xL1T 236 © -x0.42 Oakes 211 1.68 2.43 “LT 4 206 -1.25 Wishek . +. 2.25 288 © -0.63 Fargo-Moorhead 184 2.89 1.05 x—Above normal. ~-— Below normal. — Seven N. D. Students Finish at Augsburg Minneapolis, May 21.—(P)—Seven North Dakotans will be graduated from Augsburg college here at. com- June 1 and 2 for 48 students, In the college division, five North Dakotans will receive diplomas two Flickertail Loratiae® will graduate NOTED SCIENTIST ILLED Pasadena, Calif, May 27,—()—D:. Leonard Tiompson Troland, noter scientist of Harvard university. and famed in the scientific world as thy Co-inventor of coloring processes for | y was killed Priday in ‘® fall over a 250 fpot cliff on Mount ‘while |@roup in 1931. vailed, indicated the trip would be a slow one. SAY VESSEL CARRIED CREW OF ABOUT 40 MEN Baltimore, May 27.—(AP)—The steamer Grecian, which collided with the steamer City of Chattanooga early Friday, carried a crew of about men according to Calvin D, Swank, vice president and assistant general manager of the Merchant and Miners Transportation company. Forks Woolgrowers Get 1931 Dividend Larimore, N. D., May 27.—(P)— Members of the Grand Forks County Wool Growers’ association, in annual session here Thursday, recived $18,- 045 due them on wool marketed last year through the national association The money distributed among asso- clation members, an average of $43.94 .|Representative Tells Governor HEAT ON BOARD FOR UNIVERSITY POLICY and Control Group Kane is ‘Spiteful’ Republican Worries Taking SPEAKER OF HOUSE OFFERS MEASURE T0 PRESENTS SHARP LETTERS EXPAND EMPLOYMENT Recognize Need For Reducing | Would Provide $2,100,000,000 Expenses But Demand Ef- ficiency be Retained Announcements of changes in the teaching staff at the University of North Dakota were made Thursday at Grand Forks almost at the same| time that a representative of Blue | Key, campus service fraternity, was demanding of Governor George F. Shafer and the state board of admin- istration that such action be taken. The student representative came here as the result of seething activ- ity on the campus during which, it was reported, consideration had been given to a proposed students’ strike in order to emphasize objection to the university’s management. The student représentative brought with him numerous letters from stu- dents, many of which bitterly as- sailed the board for the manner in which it has managed the univer- sity’s affairs. In statements to the board the Blue Key man was said to have as- serted that the students recognize the need for curtailing expenses and are in favor of reducing them 20 per cent. He further asserted, however, that they feel President Thomas F. Kane is using the demand for econ- omy to eliminate from the faculty those professors or instructors who have been none too enthusiastic about his management of university affairs. Eight Are Supported In conferences with the governor and board of administration, the stu- dent representative made special pleas against dismissal of Dr. Robert S. Forsyth,professor of, English; E. K. Smiley, dean of men; Dr. George A. Geiger, phiaoey de- partment; Prof. Henry Doak; Eng- lish department; Dr. Gottfried Hult of the classical language department; Joseph H. Mader, journalism de- ipartment; H. Foster Jones, English department; and J. Harding, indus- trial arts department. Those who wrote letters which were presented to the governor and the board were Ethel Schlasinger, Phi Beta Kappa, a campus leader of women and president of Matrix, wo- men’s jounralism fraternity; Gilbert W. Stewart, Jr., Mandan, editor of Dacotah, camps year-book for 1933; Laura Christianson, president of the Women’s League Board; Mildred A. Owens, Member of Quo Vadis, wo- jmen’s journalism fraternity; Gilbert band president for 1932; Daune Tray- nor, Devils Lake, presideyt of the Playmakers and newly-elected presi- dent of Blue Key, campus service fraternity and Don R. McCarthy, Minnewaukan, president of Blue Key and editor of the Dacotah last year. Young Traynor’s father, Fred J. Traynor, is president of the Univer-| sity alumni association. Marked For Slaughter The plea to the board made it plain; that the students feel many mem- bers of the faculty were marked for slaughter for reasons of “spite” and asserted that, in the shake-down made neces: teachers should be retained. i A typical letter is that written by Traynor. His letter, addressed to the board of administration, said: “Due to recent rumors as to what men are apt to be let out as instruc- tors and professors at the Univer- sity because of the necessary reduc- tion in expenses for the coming year, I am writing this plea in protest to this rumored action of the Board, as to the type of men which you seem to be cy Sh We all realize that a cut must be made, but we are not willing to see those men who are the best in their departments and who have won national recognition for themselves and our University because of their. abilities. as. instruc- tors, writers and scholars, sacrificed in a time like this. Such men are an asset to our University and they cannot he easily replaced. Student opinion which. should. have some (Continued on page three) Asks Legionnaires to Aid in Rehabilitation per pcrson, represent approximately 75 per cent of the income from woul marketed last year by the county growers through the national assocl- ‘ation. The county consigned Grand Forks, N. D., May 27—(?)— A plea for the concerted efforts of all American Legion posts in promoting rehabilitation work among veterans and their families was sounded last to Relieve Destitution, Finance Building Washington, May 27.—()—Speaker Garner Friday led the Democratic forces of the house into direct opposi- tion to the Hoover administration on the one final, important issue coming before congress. This is the relief of destitution and expansion of employment Garner's $2,100,000,000 bill carrying funds for direct federal relief, ex- panded construction loans and a spec- tacular program detailing hundreds upon hundreds of cities and towns to share in a billion dollars worth of federal building, was ushered into the house on a basis that had all the ear- marks of strict partisanship. The Democrats of the house haa met by themselves Thursday night to hear Garner expound the plan and t give it an informal, standing vote o! approval. Accentuating the making of this move, was the simultaneous enunciation by Secretary Mills of the administration's flat opposition to a public works program and to any fur- ther borrowing whatever as a “shocl. to public confidence.” Democrats to Caucus But Garner's future plans made his intention even clearer. The bill was headed ‘for the ways and means com- mittee, to be reported back for action Front Seat | writing of Satisfactory Prohibi- tion Plank is Unexpected- ly Difficult STALWARTS COMPLAINING Assert Hoover is Ignoring Them in Plans For Convention at Chicago Washington, May campaign-year worries of the Repub- licans, overshadowed for so long by the more spectacular tribulations of the Democrats, have taken a front seat once more in national politics. Writing a prohibition plank accept- | able alike to the Kepublican wets and Republican drys has proved harder | than many expected. Campaign funds remain almost non-existent. A fully- qualified campaign manager still is; lacking. Senator Borah has decided! not even to attend the June 14 Chi-| jcago. convention. On top of it all, a powerful group of Stalwarts in con- gress is complaining bitterly they) have been left out of party councils | All of these things have added ma- terially to the natural irritations of a time of great political stress. In large measure they have diverted attention during the present week from the continuing Democratic strife over the presidential nomination. Democrats Still Troubled This does not mean the Democratic |problem has grown any simpler. It is ;moving along for convention solution about as everybody expected. The Week saw Franklin D. Rooseveit cap- jture the Delaware delegation of 6, and he stands to add 20 more Satur- day from Utah and Colorado. On the basis of the Roosevelt claims that will 27. — (#) — The {snains' to be seen, by pete Ces eet ere make a total of 599. or 21 more than sec e onventi ‘ity. | formal approval of the party, making | John Oana eee ier, possible steamroller passage through pringing his total to 90. and Alfred} the hes ide ie eee aera |E. Smith received formal pledge of | crats, with other plans, w lo, Te- New Jersey's 32, making him 94. Secs co conse critien tank) It takes 770 to nominate. Of the tically: $100:000,009 to x Sean br th | 122 remaining to be selected after this : 000; $a = \week, Roosevelt, h chi t president, through any agency he may 38. If he rons, it will ‘tine | sree designate, to relieve destitution wher- near the needed two-thirds that one ever it may occur; capital \ldptoev tad ad two of the favorite-son states to $3,000,000,000 of the reconstruction | could turn the trick. His supporters | inane Pets rernicis ey ter, |have been sending out feelers, partic- | bs -“jularly toward Missouri, Illinois and} ivate cipeen potereey or aed state Or Ohio, but there is no sign of a de- eee: aot cexpenditure sof st | ermining development in the imme- ; "diate offing. {000,000,000 on public buildings, high- eos hac centenconstie Republican | way construction, rivers and harbors | troubles stands the question of what! and flood control. | The bill does not specifically pre- vide for a bond issue to cover the las: jitem but Garner told the Democrats Thursday night that the treasury has {full authority to issue up to $28.000 - |000,000 in bonds and more in short term paper. To carry the new bonds however, the bill provides a one- fourth of a cent per gallon tax on gasoline, for interest and sinking |fund. j Would Build in N. D. The Garner bill contained, among ‘others, the following new public ibuilding allotments not heretofore authorized by congress: Havre, Mont., public building cost increased from $250,000 to $290,000. North Dakota: Kenmare, postoffice $65,000; Oakes, postoffice $75,000; Grand Forks, postoffice and court- house, $185,000; in all, $325,000. sary by economy, the best | South Dakota: Mobridge, postoffice | 1$90,000; Rapid City, postoffice $75,- 000; Yankton, postoffice $55,000; in all, $220,000. The bill allots $5,800,000 on public building’ projects costing approxi- mately $100,000 each including one at Pukwana, 8. D. The bill allots $101,080,000 on proj- ects to cost approximately $70,000 each, including: North Dakota: Bottineau, Coopers- town, Crosby, Ellendale, Harvey, Hettinger, Langdon, Lisbon, New Rockford, Rugby. The bill allots $46,310,000 on $55,000 projects, which include: North Dakota: Beach, Bowman, Cando, Casselton, Enderlin, Fessen- den, Hankinson, Hillsboro, La Moure, Lidgerwood, Mayville, Mott, Park River, and Stanley. South Dakota: Armour, Britton, Dell Rapids. De Smet, Freeman, Gettysburg, Highmore, Howard, Ip- iswich, Kimball, Marion, Newell, Parkston, Philip, Platte Salem, Ste- phan, Wagner, and Woonsocket. On behalf of the administration, Secretary Mills Thursday night pro- neunced absolute opposition to any big public works program and any new bond issues. 4 Acting Chairman Crisp Friday set Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of next week for hearings before the house ways and means committee on growers 64,272 pounds of wool to the national (night by E. V. Cliff, National Legior. | the bill. George Wolfe, president, and A. C . of the North Da. state organization. Nye Coming Here for Political Conference P. committeeman of .Ortonville, Minn.. said in citing tion work among veterans. “In the armistice we forgot our du- He. com- .;mended the Legion for what it has so far toward rehabilitation. FIRES UNDER CONTROL Toronto, Ont., May 27.—(#)—Foresy N. D. Woman at Tomb Of Unknown Soldier Paris, May 27.—(#)—Mrs. Elizabeth P. Anderson of North Dakota, one of @ group of American Gold Star Moth- France, a ers now visiting » placed wreath of laurel leaves and lilies 4 on the tomb of ‘Tar- to do about prohibition. Presideat! | Hoover, with enough undisputed dele- gates now behind him to insure re- nomination on the first ballot, has jgiven party leaders the impression he would not object to the right kind of referendum proposal, but that he has no proposal of his own. There is a; general disposition not to alienate the {organized drys, whose leaders appar- ‘ently are making no promises. | Cannon Serves Notice | On the contrary, Bishop Cannon {has served notice that referendum {proposals are to be regarded as “fu- |tile,” and some of the dry leaders are |listening to speculation whether Sen- ;ator Borah, who recently discussed |prohibition with Hoover and came jaway unsatisfied might not be will- ling to run for president as an inde- pendent dry. The meeting of drys to be held here next week may make real history. The flare-up of certain congres- ;sional leaders over party organization {presents for the president a lesser, but by no means unimportant prob- lem. Somehow word reached Capitul Hill that the white house would just as soon see congress remain in ses- sion during the conventions and was making plans for a senator-less, con- jgressman-less show at Chicago. That hurt several of those who have {long been prominent convention fig- ures. They told administration lead- ers about it quietly and confidently, but forcibly. The result is yet to be secn. | ASSERTS COMPROMISE WILL DEFEAT PARTY Chicago, May 27.—(#)—The Repub- lican citizens’ committee against tional prohibition messaged Postmas- ter General Walter F. Brown, an ad: ministration leader, Friday that any prohibition plank in the Republican | presidential platform that would be! acceptable to wets and drys alike would “defeat the party.” ILLINOIS KEYNOTER ASKS REFERENDUM Springfield, Il, May 27.—()—Sub- mission to the states of a proposal to repeal the 18th amendment was rec- ommended at the Republican state convention Friday by its temporary chairman and keynoter, Frank Smith of Dwight. Credit Bank Plans To Reduce Interest St. Paul, May 27.—(#)—The federal intermediate credit bank of St. Paul expects to sell about $2,500,000 of de- bentures June 15, and if present fa- vorable market conditions continue. the bank probably will be able to re- duce its interest rate after this sale, according to F. H. Klawon, president Since May 1 the St. Paul intermediate credit bank has been lending funds to farmers’ cooperatives at 5 per cent in- stead of 5% per cent. Credit banks which marketed debentures May 15 have been able to cut their interest charge to 4% per cent a tive analysis of Held As War Spy = Associated Pre: After a 13-year search, this man was arrested in New York as Capt. Photo Fritz Joubert Duquesne, ted In England as an alleged German war spy accused of blowing up the steamer Tennyson off Brazil in 1916. He denied he was Duquesne and gave his name as Frank Craven. BLOCK TESTIFIES 10-YEAR-OLD SON |. INDUCED BiG GIFT Admits Opening Brokerage Ac- count For Mayor Walker, Long His Friend New York, May 27.—(4)—Paul Block testified Friday that it was the soli- citude of his 10-year old son as to how the mayor of New York could live on {a $25,000 salary which led him to es- tablish.a joint brokerage account from which Mayor James J. Walker drew $246,000 without making any in- vestment. Park Commissioner Walter R. Her- rick testified before the Hofstadter legislative committee that in 1926 he bought 300 shares of inter-state trust company stock and paid for them with | $39,000 which was sent to him from ie city hall by Mayor Walker or his secretary, Edward Stanton. Block, newspaper publisher and in- timate friend of Walker for many years, testified that the mayor pro- tested against his opening for him the joint brokerage account, from which Block testified he opened the ac- count Feb. 10, 1927, with S. W. Baruch {& Co. It was called, he said, the “P. B, and J. J. W. account,” after the mayor's initials and his own. Before opening the account. Block testified, he discussed it with Walker, saying: “Jimmy, I'm going to try to make some money for you. I'm going to open a joint account for us and see if I can make some money for you.” Mayor Was Reluctant He said Walker replied: “Aw, you ought not to, do that, Paul.” Block denied that the money from the joint account was “a donation to the mayor,” but testified Walker re- ceived it as a result of Block's munifi- cence. Block's testimony came as Walker's arch inquisitor, Samuel Seabury. struggled with a million dollar jig- saw puzzle from which the key piece was missing. It was around Russell T. Sherwoou, who emerged from a clerk's obscurity to handle big money and then disap- peared when the Hofstadter legisla- tive committee sought to question him, that Seabury’s problem revolved. Spurning with anger the idea that he had any knowledge of Sherwoods $700,225 deposits and of Sherwood s mysterious withdrawal of $263,838 from a secret account with Horn- blower and Weeks, brokers, the may~ or insisted Thursday Seabury’s charge that Sherwood acted as his financial agent was untrue. Challenges Seabury “If I have committed perjury,” he shouted on the stand Thursday while @ crowded hearing room roared vst;) applause, “I would expect to be prose- cuted for it.” Seabury, unable to establish a con- necting link between Walker and Sherwood from the challenging may- or’s own lips, prepared to try anew again Friday before the Hofstadte: committee investigating charges of corruption in the government of the metropolis. He expected to present a compara- Sherwood’s 10 bank and brokerage accounts and Walker's four, trying to establish a link. When the mayor finished his two-day duel from his the mayor has testified he drew $246,- 000. S promise Dry Issue Recall Election LEADERS SUGGEST DENTICAL PLANKS INTWOPLATFORNS Plan is to Eliminate Prohibition From Campaign by Ad- vance Agreement SCHEME MEETS OPPOSITION Wets and Drys Both Willing Provided Declaration Suits Their Ideas Washington, May 27—(4)—Respon- sible leaders of the Republicans and Democrats are canvassing the pos- sibility of both parties uniting on identical prohibition platform de- clarations. Two conferences have been held, one in New York and another here, but the movement admittedly has not gotten very far. It is unsatisfactory to the militant wets and drys of both jparties. Senator Reed, of Pennsylvania, high in Republican councils, indorsed the proposal. Senator Robinson, of Arkansas, the Democratic leader, also concurred. Senator Dill of Washington, a Democratic prohibitionist and promi- nent in the campaign of Governor Roosevelt of New York for the presi- dential nomination, advocated it as @ means of fighting the 1932 cam- Paign on the economic issue. In 1852 the Whigs and the Demo- crats tried the same proposition on slavery. Identical declarations were adopted by the two parties on that burning controversy. Leaders of both sides in the prohi- bition contest have said: “All right, if you accept our proposal.” “I should like to see the prohibition question lifted out of partisanship,” said Robinson, “but frankly I don’t see how it can be done.” “I hope it can be done,” said Reed “I think it would be fortunate if we could meet the serious economic is- sues without the prohibition problem at stake.” Whether President Hoover or any of the Democratic presidential candi- dates have been approached or taken a part in the prohibition-elimination conferences is not kno’ EFFORT TO FORCE FARM BILL BALLOT BLOGED BY REED Pennsylvania Senator Objects to Forcing Agricultural Measure Ahead Washington, May 27.—(4)—Senator Reed (Rep., Pa.) blocked an attempt in the senate Friday to obtain an agreement to vote on farm relief leg- islation before the adjournment of congress. Senator Nye (Rep., N. Dak.), asked for an agreement that the senate would not adjourn until it had voted on the McNary omnibus relief bill and the Frazier refinance measure. Reed objected, saying “I don’t think any senator has a right to ask for such an agreement for a single mea- sure, when the senate calendar is clogged with legislation.” Nye appealed to Reed to withdraw his objection, but Senator. Bratton (Dem., N. M.), said he would object if Reed did not, for the same reason that. the Pennsylvania had. Senator Howell (Rep., Neb.), then made his daily plea for farm relief legislation. Senator Frazier (Rep., N. D.) later read to the senate excerpts from let- ters and pamphlets received by him from Henry I. Harriman, Boston, re- cently elected president of the cham- ber of commerce of the United States, on resolutions adopted by that organ- ization favoring help for agriculture and commenting on the Glass banking reform bill. The agricultural material, Frazier said, took one page, while the bank- ing bill was given seventy pages, caus- ing him to declare this organization “has 70 times more interest in the banking bill than in agriculture.” Veteran Missouri Boatman Dies Here Andrew “Murphy” Johnson, veter- an Missouri River boatman who came to the Bismarck area half a century ago when boats were com- mon on the Big Muddy, died at a local hospital at 2:30 o’clock Thurs- day afternoon. : Death was caused by pneumonia. He was 70 years old last March 3. Johnson, who was dubbed with the sobriquet “Murphy” years be- cause his associates thought he looked more like an Irishman than a Swede, had no known living rela- | tives, according to Col. Baker, acquainted with him through river work, He was a native of Sweden. Johnson was ‘ employed on boats which were ane during the sum- mer months in this area and in the winter served as a watchman, living _ a shack on the river’s shore near jismarck. _ He had been in the hospital more than a month. Puneral services will be from Webb's Funeral Pai ‘pastor of th » with Rev.