The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, July 21, 1932, Page 1

co The was, whats ‘ - \ ~ | _North Dakota’s * Oldest Newspaper THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE Pair tonight end Pridey; Wide ESTABLISHED 1873 BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA. THURSDAY, JULY 21, 1932 PRICE FIVE CENTS Chicago Firm Low on Capitol COMPLETE RETURNS SHOW LANGER WON BY 25,000 MARGIN Compilation Is Made by Secre-| tary of State From Reports of Counties THOMPSON MAJORITY SMALL Superintendent of Public In- struction Race Was Closest in Primary if United States Senator Gerald P. Nye defeated Governor George F. Shafer by a majority of 70,780 votes for the U. S. senatorial nomination on the Republican ticket and William; Langer held a margin of 25,000 votes! the Rockies to the Great Lakes and over Frank Hyland for the guberna-| torial nomination; complete returns compiled by the secretary of state's office from North Dakota's 2.235 pre- cincts showed Thursday. Nye’s vote was 134,024 and Shafer's 63,244. The returns are to be submitted to the state canvassing board which meets next week. P. W. Lanier of Jamestown won the Democratic nomination for senator over Halvor L. Halvorson, Minot, by a vote of 16,464 to 9,916. H. C. DePuy of Grafton defeated Tobias Casey of Dickinson, 15,939 to; 10,261. Returns on the other Demo-; cratic candidates have not yet been completed. Arthur E. Thompson, Washburn, took a zaargin of less than 7,000 votes in the superintendent of public in- struction race in which more than 213,000 votes were cast. The vote was Thompson, 110,602; Bertha R. Palmer, 102,700. Both will be given a place on the November ballot, as the two high- est candidates in this No-Party con- test are the nominees. The initiated measure providing for outlawing crop mortgages was adopt- ed, the vote being 111,596 in favor, and 97,165 against. In the Republican *gubernatorial contest, Langer’s opponents—Hyland, W. E. Black and I. J. Moe—received a total of 102,443 votes against Lang- | er’s total of 93,183. Black received 13,976, Moe 20,172 and Hyland 68,275. In the other Republican contests the vote was: Congress, two highest nominated: J. H. Sinclair, 99,629; William Lemke, 89,837; Thomas Hall, 67,428; O. B. Burtness, 62,824; U. L. Burdick, 41,535. | Lieutenant governor — Frederick Cuthbert, 16,628; Roy Johnson, 72,- 336; Ole Olson, 95,795. Secretary of state—Robert Byrne, 120,591; A. L. Garnes, 62,369. State auditor—Berta Baker, 105,168; John Steen, 85,488. State treasurer—Alfred Dale, 116,- 608; Della M. Wardrope, 66,434. Attorney general—A. J. Gronna, 102,367; James Morris, 86,314. Commissioner of insurance—Her-/ man H. Dahl, 75,751; S. A. Olsness, | 105,772. Commissioner of agriculture and Jabor—John Husby, 97,509; Joseph A. Kitchen, 84,841. Railroad commissioner—Thomas G. Johnson, 79,689; Ben C. Larkin, 97,161. ‘Tabulation of the remainder of the returns on other primary election contests have not yet been completed. Say Canadian Crop In Good Condition Winnipeg, Man., July 21—(7)— favored by warm days and generous rainfall Manitoba’s grain crop is stated to have made excellent pro- gress in a report issued Wednesday by the provincial department of agriculture. Wheat cutting will com- mence within a week. Coarse grains in some districts are not filled so well, but there will be a fair crop. A small acreage Was sown to fall rye this year, but growth has been satisfactory and the grain is almost ready for the binder. Grasshoppers are still active at attered points but it is difficult to timate the damage. Some damage from hail has been reported in the outhern portion of the province but the damage is negligible. adian Doubtful Of N. D. Movement toon, July 21.—()—No resolu- dvocating holding wheat until it es @ dollar along the line pro- | by some North Dakota farmers pme from district conventions of hited farmers of Canada, Sas- n section, Frank Ellason, , Said Thursday. wre. is no resolution advocating ethod on the agenda of the in Saskatoon Showers Cool Many Sections Thursday Night as Fatality Reports Come in MINNEAPOLIS HAS RECORD Temperature Goes to 102 Dur- ing Day But Sinks to 76 as Night Falls (By The Associated Press) Torch-like temperatures subsided Thursday throughout the upper Mis- sissippi basin as the nation credited 38 more deaths to extreme summer heat. Showers swept meroifully across the northern brow of the land from on into the north Atlantic states, but southern areas still gasped in anticipation of relief promises by Friday. Minneapolis produced an official record for Wednesday with 102 de- grees but last night the citizens slept at 76 degrees. The Dakotas and Nebraska also cooled off considerably, while show- ers and breezes brought much-need- ed relief to Texas, Missouri, Kansas, and Oklahoma, seat of the worst of the current wave. The drop aver- aged 10 degrees, but El Paso still suffered from 100-degree heat. Twenty-eight heat deaths were dis- tributed widely, St. Louis reporting x, Minnesota and Illinois four each and Pittsburgh three. Ten others died of drowning or electrocution during thunderstorms. The \:cather man _ unqualifiedly promised temperatures “not 80 warm” Thursday to most of Wiscon- sin, Iowa, Minnesota, the Dakotas, Nebraska, and Kansas while showers nen. Predicted for the lower lake re- ion. NORTHWEST'S DEATH TOLL STANDS AT 46 St. Paul, July 21.—()—The death toll from the nine-day heat wave in the northwest Thursday mounted to 46 as three additional fatalities were reported. Cooler temperatures were reported throughout the area following rains in some sections, Donald Ingram, 22-year-old son of a@ Methodist minister of Villard, drowned in Lake Amelia, while Clar- ence Krantz, formerly of Bertha but now of Detroit, Mich., died as the re- sult of a swimming accident. James Boler, 92, oldest resident of Haverhill township, Olmsted county, died Wednesday of the heat. Krantz came to Bertha with his wife to visit his parents. He, his 13- year-old brother Warren, and three neighbor boys went to the Wing river “swimming hole,” six miles north of Bertha, to get relief from the heat. Krantz dove from the bank five feet above the water while the others looked on. Warren noticed blood on the water and dove in and brought his brother, his head injured, to shore. He died in a Bertha hospital. It was found Krantz suffered a skull fracture and a broken neck as the re- POWER AUTHORITY OF ENPIRE STATE RAPS CANAL PACT Political Complications Seen as Result of Letter Sent to Roosevelt Albany, N. Y¥., July 21.—()—The controversy originating in New York over the St. Lawrence waterway treaty flamed brightly Thursday as likely to be the first major point of attack in Governor Franklin D Roosevelt's campaign for the presi- dency. In a lengthy and strongly worded communication to the governor, the Roosevelt-appointed power authority of New York state Wednesday night took the federal administration to task on the ground that it had been guilty of bad faith and had violated New York's “state's rights.” ‘The power body, whose chairman is Frank P. Walsh of New York, assail- ed President Hoover's telegram to Roosevelt on July 10 as containing a statement which it said “cannot be reconciled with the repeated declara- tions of the state department” indi- cating that St. Lawrence treaty nego- tiations had only recently begun.” President Hoover, rejecting Mr. Roosevelt's suggestion for a confer- ence between the New York governor and himself to clear away New York's difficulties before the treaty was en- tered into, reminded Roosevelt that the St. Lawrence negotiations had been going on for “nearly three} years.” The power authority told Roosevelt it wished “to point out the discrep- president ... and the official record.” ‘The authority cited a letter from Acting Secretary of State William R. Castle, Jr., to Roosevelt on August 13, 1931, and a subsequent statement to! the press in which Castle said “it was clear that the governor has been mis- informed” in his belief that negotia-; tions. had been in progress with Canada. The power authority's communica- tion, which Roosevelt smilingly term- ed a “very excellent letter.” recom- mended to the governor that he cease to correspond or confer with the na- tional administration on the St. Law-} rence seaway matter. committee. Found In Jungle Clarence L. McElroy of Me- daryvile, Ind., was found alive in a Mexican jungle more than two weeks after his plane crashed as he was en route to Honduras. (Associated Press Photo.) NEW PLAX-SELLING PLAN CONSIDERED ancy between the statement of the/Committee Probes Proposal to Market Seed on Basis of Oil Content Minneapolis, July 21.—(#)— The feasibility of selling flax seed on the basis of oil content was being dis- cussed at a meeting Thursday of a special committee of the Flax Insti- tute of the United States. Dean W. C. Coffey of the Minne: sota farm school is chairman of the Other members are Dan SHORTER DAY, WEEK Only Means of Restoring Prosperity sult of striking a rock. pssst ees | Nature Cited as Remedy for Crime Chicago, July 21.—(7)—To solve the nation’s crime problem, get close to nature. ‘That was the advice Wednes- day night of Professor M. 8. Ward, head of the Valley City (N. D.) public schools in an ad- dress at the annual banquet of the American Association of Nurserymen in convention here. No nurserymen, he said, has ever been convicted of any serious crime, The reasons he listed as living close to nature; being in a wholesome business that inspired wholesome living; spiritual and esthetic values learned from na- ture, and understanding of the language that nature speaks. ‘Higher-Ups” Shielded In Third-Degree Case Mineol N. Y., July 21—(AP)— A harge that “higher-ups” were be- ing protected echoed in Long Is- land’s third-degree Jtting. ‘Thursday as the investigation of the death of Y’yman Stark, 20, in police head- quarters reached the grand jury stepe George J. Mulry, attorney for 12 of 13 nolicemen arrested Wednes- o — to death of Stark, insisted that some shield “higher-ups”. livia Declared In State of Siege eae Paz, Bolivia, July 21.—(P)—A of siege was declared Thursday ughout the republic of Bolivia as sult of anti-Paraguayan demon- bions arising from popular excite- over the boundary dispute he- Uruguay and Bolivia. fese demonstrations continued + in| trict . ttorney Elvin N. Edw: ‘After hastily ‘-legraphing the tik jury to meet Thursday, dis- pre- d to push the case along by ask- ing indictments ranging from second- degree murder down to conspiracy: to obstruct justice. MINERS ASK PROTECTION ee Ind. July 21.—(AP)— Three companies of Indiana Nation- al guardsmen were ordered Thurs- 'to the vicinity of the Hoosier coal » which 20 non-union workmen have refused to leave until assured Leen aisteers maintaining "a tiou . sympat around the shaft. ing unemployment. ‘The executive council of the federa- tion proposed the program Wednesday through its spokesman, William Green, the federation president, as the only cure for unemployment. “The executive council now de- mands and shall continue to demand that industrial managemnt be com- Ppelled to act through the pressure of public opinion expressed as we hop: it will be, by the chief executive of the nation,” the statement declared. ‘The council directed Green to urge URGED ON INDUSTRY Labor Council Sees Proposal as Atlantic City, N. J., July 21.—()— A five-day week and six-hour day “forced” upon industry through the pressure of public opinion expressed by President Hoover, is the American Federation of Labor's plan for reliev- A. Wallace of St. Paul, Dr. A. H. Ben- ton of the North Dakota Agricultural college, T. L. Daniels and F. C. Smith of Minneapolis. Dr. H. L. Walster, North Dakota Agricultural college, president, and James 8. Milloy of Minneapolis, secretary of the insti- tute, are joining the committee in its deliberations. The committee to study this work was appointed at the last annual meeting of the institute here March 28. The group also is discussing flax; development work carried on by farm schools of Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and Montana. ‘The secretary reported that the U. 8. department of agriculture’s appro- priation bill, passed just before con- gress adjourned, included an item of $3,700 to assist in financing this par- ticular work by the four schools. The fund has been allocated as follows: North Dakota, $2,500; Minnesota, $450; South Dakota, $275, and Montana, $275, with $200 set aside as a re- serve. This is the first time congress has approved such an appropriation, the secretary reported. Until 1931 pri- vate interests furnished the flax de- velopment fund for the schools and last year Arthur M. Hyde, secretary of agriculture, made a special appro- priation out of the departmental re- serve fund following an appeal by northwest interests. Nye’s Majority Over Shafer Death Toll Raises [Heaton and Byrne | As Heat Wave Ebbs Elected POLITICAL RIOTING CONTINUES IN REICH DESPITE IRON RULE Two Men Killed, Many Injured, in New Outbreaks; Hitler Is Pleased Berlin, July 21,—(AP)—Two men were killed and a number injured in olitical riots in Germany last night in spite of martial law and dictator- ship. A communist was shot dead and a number wounded at midnight when an emergency squad fired upon a group of 200 communists who gath- ered in southeastern Berlin to pro- test "Vednesday’s martial law decree. Another communist was slain by police during a communist-national socialist battle at Weisswasser, Sax- ony. Several were injured in a three- cornered clash at Homberg in which Nazis, communists and Reichsbanner- men participated. At Buer, in the Ruhr, Nazis fired upon a group of “iron fronts,” republican supporters, seriously wounding three. In a speech at Bremen Adolph Hit- ler, Nazi leader, expressed his glee over the dictatorship established in Prussia and Brandenburg by the Von Papen government. “It was high time” the Nazi chieftain said. The crowd thundered out a mighty cheer when it was announced that Premier Braun, for 11 years head of the Prussian ministry, and Karl Sever- ing, minister of defense, were re- moved from office by the new dic- tatorial regime. On the other hand, a_ mighty crowd, only part of which could squeeze its way into the big circus tent provided for it, cheered former Chancellor Heinrich Bruening at Munich when he deplored the treat- of Herr Severing. e no other man,” Dr. Bruen- ing said, “Severing gave 14 years of his life for the German nation and against communism.” Bruening branded the declaration of martial law as inspired by Hitler, a. needless. Police closed the publishing offices of the communist newspaper “Rote Fahne” here Wednesday night. The .|paper Wednesday published a special jissue in which it urged a political mass strike in protect against the dictatorship. Delegates of labor organizations from all over the country were sum- moned to meet Thursday to consider the situation. Formal proceedings were begun Thursday against Albert Grzesinski, socialist head of the Prussian police, and his two chief assistants, Bern- hard Weiss and Albert Heimansberg, who were arrested Wednesday after refusing to submit to a federal order displacing them. They are charged with resisting military authority. ‘Last Man’ Prepares For Formal Ceremony Stillwater, Minn., July 21.—()—The Last Man’s club rallied Thursday, keeping faith with an old tradition but only an 80-year-old Civil war vet- eran—the “Last Man”—arrived to an- swer roll call. Tonight in the presence of 33 chairs draped in black, set about a table whose centerpiece will be a bottle of rare old Burgundy wine, the last man, Charles Lockwood, of Chamberlain, 8. D., will call the roll of 34 charter members of the 47-year-old club. Silence will greet him when the first 33 names are called. After he has answered “here,” he will carry out another tradition of the club, a sacred routine to this straight, spare old man whose black hair is faintly sprinkled ‘organization President Hoover to call a conference of representatives of all industry in the United States and representatives of labor as the first step toward put- ting the five-day meee six-hour day Program into operat The council challenged industrial management to present a better plan Say 15 Rebels Dead In Brazilian Battle Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 21.—(?) —A government communique Thurs- Montana Lawmaker day said federal troops operating against a rebel force had killed 15 of the enemy and captured the village with gray. He will drink a toast te those who have gone before him. And then he will close up the records for another year. Fargo Is Troubled By Sewage Problem day as the afte ‘math of the beating] missing one was being made the goat to|‘The Beaten in Primary Heiena, Mont., July 21.—()—John M. Evans, veteran Montana repres- entative in congress, Thursday ap- parently had lost his bid for the Democratic renomination from the first district. With all but &4 pre- cincts reported, John P. Monoghan, youthful Butte attorney, led 19,001 to 17,871. Political leaders said there was lit- tle the of Manuel Jaoqi portant Southern Minas Geraes. about 40 miles, Paulo wit! Here Are Signs of Improved Business (By The Associated Press) Lynn, Mass.—Newly formed Ela- to start » about 500 miles northwest of here on the Guaxupe- Mu-Zambinho front. wounded son both sides and eight rebels were captured. ‘The Guaxupe-Muzambinho Figen . im- because it controls the rail- Sao Several were Fargo, July 21.—(#)—Believing it will be necessary to secure the crea- tion of some kind of an interstate sewage area, including Fargo and Moorhead, by joint legislative enact- ment of the legislatures of Minnesota and North Dakota to properly handle the local sewage disposal problem, the Fargo city commission expects to ap- h| point a committee to handle the mat- r Put at 70,780 Chairmen County Republican and Demo- cratic Central Committees Are Organized OVER 40 AT EACH MEETING J. R. Falconer and Chris Bertsch Are Chosen for State Committees L. E. Heaton, McKenzie, and P. E. Byrne, 120 Avenue A west, Bismarck, were elected chairmen of the Burleigh county Republican and Democratic central committees, respectively, at meetings Wednesday afternoon. | Precinct committeemen elected at! the June 29 primary are -nembers of | the central committees, which were; required by statute to organize Wed- | nesday. | James R. Falconer, living near Bis- | marck, was named Burleigh’s repre-} sentative on the state Republican| ‘committee while Chris Bertsch, Jr., 602 Sixth St. Bismarck, will be the county's representative on the state Democratic committee. The Republicans elected C. D. Dur- sema, 714 Raymond St., Bismarck, as secretary, and E. A. Trygg, Baldwin, as treasurer, while the Democrats chose M. W. Arndt, 923 Eigth St., sec- retary and John N. Forister, 415 Ros- ser avenue west, treasurer. The chairmen and secretaries are ex-officio members of the executive committees, which were named as follows: Republican—A. C. Jordan, Driscoll: F. C. Uhde, Estherville township; Fred Josephson, Wing; August Doehle, Long Lake; and J. O. Lein,/ village of Wing. Democratic — Dr. Fannie Dunn Quain, 518 Avenue A, Bismarck; John F. Fortenberry, 2000 Avenue A; Axel Soder, Wing; Fred Korn, McKenzi William McDonald, Missouri town: ship; S. 8. Clifford, 411 Sixth St.; and Willtam E.}Nichol, Long Lake, More than 40 attended the Repub- lican meeting, including about 35 Nonpartisans and half a dozen affili- ated with the Independent Voters as- sociation faction, while 44 were pres- ent at the Democratic meeting. In the contest for membership on {the state Democratic committee, Bertsch defeated Soder 30 to 14. { Two resolutions adopted by the Re- publicans pledged support to the en- tire Republican slate nominated at the June 29 primary election and rec- ommended immeidate letting of con- tracts for the new state capitol and beginning of construction in the near ‘tuture “in the interests of economy.” HALL’S BROTHER NAMED BY STUTSMAN G. 0. P. Jamestown, N. D., July 21—()— Stutsman county Republican and Democratic committeemen held meetings here Wednesday and organ- ized their parties for the next two years. William Hall, a brother of Con- gressman Thomas Hall of the second jdistrict, was named Republican coun- ty chairman; A. W. Aylmer, secre- tary-treasurer, and William Sinclair, Cleveland farmer, state committee- man. | Judge J. A. Coffey, a former dis-| trict judge, was elected chairman of the Democratic committee; Judge E. H. Mattingly, reelected secretary and Peter Zappas, Jamestown, treasurer. | P, W. Lanier, nominee for U. 8. sen- ator, is state committeeman. ‘The independent faction of the Republican party had a majority of one over the Stutsman county pro- gressive league when the temporary chairman was named before proxies were voted. CHAIRMEN REELECTED AT CASS MEETINGS Fargo, N. D., July 21.—(7)—J. A. Jardine and W. 8. Hooper were re- elected Cass county chairmen by the Republicans and Democrats respec- tively at meetings of precinct com- mitteemen of the two parties. RECEIVERSHIP ORDERED Chicago, July 21,—(AP)—The Chi- cago, Aurora, and Elgin railway, an electric interurban line that was part of the great Insull empire, was laced in receivership Thursday. Science Produces | Tanned Goldfish | New York, July 21.—(?)—Even a gold fish can be tanned—if > se ter Monday, it was announced Thurs- day by A. T. Lynner, mayor, and F. W. Sheffield, commissioner in charge of waterworks and sewage disposal. Rail Consolidation Wins Board Approval Washington, July 21.—()—The in- terstate commerce commission Thurs- day approved plans of the four prin- cipal eastern trunk line railroads for consolidation of all roads east of the state line with certain SILK TRUCK STOLEN tions. Barnwell Brothers, Burlington, N. C., 000, was stolen. Mississippi river and north of the Ohio river and the North Carolina modificat New York, July 21. — ) — The driver and helper of a motor truck of were overcome and kidnaped Thurs- day and their truck loaded with 50 cases of artificial slik, valued at $40,- X-rays are used. He “burns” and afterward turns dark under about the same amount of X-rays that gives hu- man skin the appearance of sun- These gold fish experiments are reported Thursday in the American Journal of Cancer by George Milton Smith, M.D., of the Yale university school of medicine. They are part of a study of cancer. X-rays tan the gold fish by driving to the surface black col- or pigment usually packed away tightly mostly out of sight in small cells called melanophores. This tanning is similar to a darkening of the skin or tissues common to some forms of cancer. .| There is reason to suspect some Irish Free State also promises to In Olympic Spotlight Mildred “Babe” Didrickson of Dalas, Tex., again proved she is a one-girl track team by winning five first places in tryouts for the American women’s Olympic team. (Associated Press Photo.) PROBLEMS OF INDIA COME TO FRONT AT EMPIRE CONFERENCE Asiatic Possession Has Most of 450,000,000 Persons Under Flag Ottawa, Ont., July 21—(#)—The shadow of Mahatma Gandhi and the boycotts of India moved over the British empire trade conference and its formal opening ‘Thursday. During the days of conversations and published statements the stress was placed on the trade of Canada and the other dominions. Thursday it began to be remarked that, whereas Canada has a popula- tion of 10,000,000, India has 300,000,- 000 and the Indian delegation, rep- resents two-thirds of the empire's 450,000,000 people. But for the passive resistance of Mahatma Gandhi, now silent in Yeroda jail, and his followers, it was estimated, India would be taking mil- lions of dollars worth more of British goods than it now absorbs. Strategy of Compromise During the last few days, the del- egates, with the celebrated British strategy of compromise, paved the way for preliminary advance to their objective. Canada, transcending all others, moved magnanimously to dis- card her less important industrial enterprises in the interest of British preferment. Many observers wondered, how- ever, if that course was so essential to keep this conference from break- ing up in pious expostulations as its predecessors have done. Canada has only 10,000,000 people, it was recalled, te absorb its share of the output of Great Britain's 40,000,000 almost en- tirely industrially employed citizens. Other dominions and crown colon- jes rose with assurances of willing- ness to give and take, but their popu- lations, too, are in many cases small. A point overlooked thus far is the fact that declining exchange has offset the effect of a number of the American tariff schedules, notably that against feeder cattle. The tariff war between Great Britain and the hold out to Canada the prospect of replacing Irish cattle on British mar- kets. Exchange Helps Canada Regardless of pessimism north of the international line over the Hawley-Smoot tariff act, the decline in Canadian exchange made it pos- {sible for Canada to sell the U. S. practically the same number of head of 1930 as in the same period in 1931. of feeder cattle in the first 11 months ‘The Canadian unit of exchange is now worth more relatively than that @| of any other empire nation. It might —_———_ BIDS ON STRUCTURE INCLUDE ALTERNATES: ON MANY FEATURES Commission to Consult With Ar: chitects in Effort to Deter- mine Winner STATE MEN GET PREFERENCE Offers Set at Rest Fear That Money Available Would Not Finance Project Lindoff Bichnell Co., Chicago, Thursday submitted the lowest bid for the general contract to build the North Dakota state capitol. Their offer was $1,575,000 with a $45,000 deduction if brick is used for facing inster1 of cut stone. Thirteen contractors bid on the job, giving alternate bids on 31 changes of materials. A tabulation and consideration of the alternate proposals will be necessary to deter- mine the actual lowest bidder with all alternate items considered. The commission also must consider the three per cent preference to be given North Dakota contractors. Bids in addition to that offered by the Chicago firm were: The B-W Construction Co., Chica- go, bid $1,649,000, with the usual al- ternate bids. The C. F. Haglin and Sons Co., Minneapolis, bid $1,723,000, with a de- duction of $63,000 if brick is used. George A. Fuller Co., Chicago, $1,- 627,000; deduct $51,000 for brick. T. F. Powers Construction Co., Far- BO, $1,719,000; deduct $64,000 for brick. E. A. Moline, Jamestown, $1,650,434; deduct $57,000 for brick. Redlinger & Hansen Co., Wahpeton, $1,682,000; deduct $65,000 for brick. Maurice Schumacher Co., Minne- ainag $1,778,008; deduct $72,000 for rick. William McGee, St. Paul, $1,754,980; deduct $50,500 for brick. Foley Bros., St. Paul, $1,759,830; de- duct $53,300 for brick. Fleisher Engineering Co., Chicago, $1,694,000; deduct $65,000 for brick. L. J. Assenmacher Co., Lincoln, Neb., $1,847,000; deduct $75,000 for brick. Paul Steenberg, St. Paul, $1,624,434. ‘The commission began reading bids on mechanical and electric contracts after completion of the reading of general contract bids. About 600 persons were present when the bids were opened with over 300 of them contractors. The bids set at rest fears ex- pressed by some contractors, that the capitol architects were “trying to get too much for their money” and none of the bids would come within the amount of money available to finance the job. The meeting of the capitol com- mission was held in the city audi- torium in order to accommodate the crowd of bidders and spectators. Many contractors held tight to their bids until the last minute in order to make any changes which appeared advisable upon receipt of additional information. Some contractors estimated that contracting firms represented here spent an aggregate of $100,000 to come here to submit their bids. Hotel lobbies were crowded with contractors, with some of the larger firms represented by large delega- tions, including experts and legal advisers. Following the opening of bids, the commission will go into executive session with the capitol building ar- chitects to begin an immediate tabu- lation of the bids. Several days, how- ever, are expected to elapse before the successful bidders are chosen. Be- sides the regular bids for the build- ing contracts, alternate bids also must be considered. ‘ Stork Rides Car; | Babe Is Caroline | Chicago, July 21.—(#)—The daughter of Mrs. Sarah Johnson, 25, negress, rode into the world in a street car Wednesday night. Conductor M. W. Stenmeier shooed his passengers out and called a doctor. At a hospital where the mother and babe were taken, Mrs. John- son said the circumstances also had provided a name for the child. “We'll call her Caroline,” she said. ° Canadian securities. from the United Kingdom. were securities would be almost erased. THIEF IS LOSER floor ber had connection between the pigment and cancer and information on this is sought in the fish experi- ments. well be at par with the dollar but for the decline in the British pound and the necessity of guaranteeing Canadians have been buying Amer- ican dollars with which to purchase British pounds to pay for imports ‘The im- pression here is that the U. S. is to blame for the decline in Canadian currency. However, the U. 8. holds so much more of Canadian securities than the $700,000,000 hel’ by Great Britain that if the Canadian dollar pegged to the American the value of British-owned Canadian | W Pine Bluff, Ark., July 21.—(?)—The thief who robbed C. E. Lee's henroost | impression is welcome to come again—if he’ll|can’t take my medicine.” repeat the performance. Lee foynd two 50-cent pullets missing. On the lay a $10 bill which the rob- dropped. Prisoner Pictures Capone As Penitent Atlanta, July 21—(P)—A picture of @ penitent Al Capone patiently peg- ging shoes and handing out righteous advice to evil-doers has just come out of Atlanta federal penitentiary. “Rackets,” he is quoted as telling fellow prisoners, “get you nowhere except here.” LAWYEE FINDS WAY Chicago, July A) ws 9 9, meme