The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 30, 1932, Page 1

“North Dakota’s ‘Oldest Newspaper ESTABLISHED 1873 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE ISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 30, 1932 The Weather ednesday Party Renew Effort to Halt Picketing POURING OF CEMENT TOBHCININ 0 DAYS CONTRACTOR STATES Excavation Operations Are Ex- pected to Be Completed By Next Monday STEEL WORK WILL FOLLOW Contractors Confer With Com- mission With View to Closing Contracts Concrete work on North Dakota's new state capitol building will be started early next week, probably! Monday, Cliford M. Norris, vice presi- dent of the Lundoff-Bicknell com- pany, Chicago construction firm, said ‘Tuesday. | Norris’ statement followed an an-! nouncement by Paul A. Wachter, of the Wachter Transfer company, co- contractor for digging operations,| that excavation work probably will be} completed by next Monday. | Norris said that about 100 men will) be put to work'on the concrete oper- ations, building forms and shafts, completing digging work, and getting: machinery in shape for operation. Actual pouring of concrete probably | will not begin before 10 days, he said. | pending arrival here of steel rein-| forcements. . Steel Work to Follow Following the completion of con-/} crete work, speed of which will be de- Pendent upon weather conditions workers will begin the structural steel work for the 18-story skyscraper, the | vice president said. Norris said plans call for immedi- ate erection of all the steel frame- work rather than just a few stories, pointing out that if weather ts favor- | able work will continue through the winter. “If weather is unfavorable,” he said, “we will have to call a halt to operations until warm weather re- { In general charge of the construc- tion work for the Lundoff-Bicknell Lundoff-Bicknell man here is Erik| Smith, purchasing agent. Almost 40 men have been employed at excavation work for the last two! weeks, Wachter said. Workmen me‘! considerable difficulty when they struck a ledge of “extremely hard” sandstone, which Wachter said re- tarded digging operations. Hold Conference Here i The Lundoff-Bicknell men andj Colonel Horatio B. Hackett and John! A. Sutherland, of the Holabird and Root architectural firm of. Chicago, | were in conference here Tuesday with | the capitol commission and sub-con- tractors with a view to closing sub- contracts in the near future. The conference may continue) through Wednesday before details in} connection with the various contracts | are completed, members of the com-j mission said. A number of contrac- tors were here to appear before the | commission. RALLY DAY PROGRAM ATTRACTS 300 HERE: 4-H Club Members and Parents Guests of Kiwanis Club at Luncheon More than 300 members of Burleigh county 4-H clubs and their parents were guests of Bismarck and the Capital City Kiwanis club Tuesday for the annual junior club “rally day.” c Members of the Kiwanis club were hosts to the visitors during the noon hour at a luncheon given in the au- ditorium of the World War Memorial building. Approximately 400 at- tended. Following a short welcoming ad- dress by Governor George F. Shafer luncheon was served. Following the luncheon, H. A. McNutt. agricultural agent for the Soo Line, gave a short address on club work, its costs and benefits. The program. which was arranged by H. O. Putnam, county agricultural agent, begun at 10 a. m., when the visitors made a trip to the radiocast- ing station of KFYR, six miles east of the city. . From there the club members wens to the Armour Creamery and then to the memorial Following the luncheon the clud} and members were guests at the Capitol ‘Theatre for a motion picture pro- gram. The inpection tour ended with a visit to the. Roosevelt cabin on Cap- itol Hill. ‘ " A.B. Brink, vico president of the Kiwanis club, presided at the lunch-; enn in the absence of President Frank | H. Waldo. ‘Ma’ Ferguson Again Leads Texas Rival Dallas, Texas, Aug. 30.—(#)—Mrs Miriam A. Ferguson’s lead over Gov- ernor R. 8. Sterling in the Democratic gubernatorial race was increased to 1,287 votes on the second compilation ‘The returns from all 254 counties 224: complete, gave: Ferguson 474,530; Sterling 473,233. . . fe |relator in this proceeding How to Watch . evade anhue .. The thousands of eyes that will view of the celestial spectacle. That's the timely warning from Sun’s Eclipse saows mow to watch the cclipse through smoked glass. be turned skyward in Bismarck Wed- ; Nesdlay when Old Sol does his disappearing act had better take a dark Miss Eleanor Brown, secretary of the National Society for the Prevention of Blindness, who says that vision may be seriously weakened by looking at an eclipse with the naked eye. Miss Brown does not recommend the use of ordinary lightly-tinted j motoring glasses. “A test for any glass, colored or smoked,” she says, “is to glance at the sun through it. glass is not dark enough.” The best way of smoking glass, If you find you must squint to maintain your gaze, the she says, is to hold it over a candle aflame, moving it along to get an even coating. Hold the smoked side away from the face, while using it, so it won't be brushed off. A photographic film. or plate is satisfactory for this purpose if it has been uniformly exposed. But you should try the squint test to be sure it is dark enough. The eclipse, only 67 per cent of which may be seen at Bismarck, will begin at 12:44 p. m. and continue until 3:06 p. m., according to O. W. Rob- company is John Davis. Another} erts, federal meteorologist here. The darkest period, which will last only 100 seconds, will begin at 1:57 p. m. Four Glen Ullin Persons Injured in Auto Accident DECISION BY JUDGE ASSERTS GOVERNOR MAY REMOVE MAYOR Says Judicial Procedure De- pends Upon Judgment of State Executive Albany, N. Y¥.. Aug. 30.—()—The tight of Governor Franklin D. Roose- velt to remove Mayor James J. Wal- ker from office has been establishec by a court decision. Supreme Court Justice Elis! J Sta- ley. ruled Monday night the governor jhad the authority to remove the may- or and that in’ conducting the hear- ing he was not bound by the courts to adhere to any rules of judicial pro- cedure. Justice Staley cited orecedents by which he observed the governor might be said to be in error in three in- stances in his conduct of the pro- ings, but he pointed out that the cor have no right to interfere. “Courts have no power over his (the governor's) person,” he wrote, “and they cannot commit him for a isobedience of judicial process.” “For errors, if any, of law oe of fe: in the proceedings now before him he is responsible, not to the courts. but to the people and his own con- arr to Mayor Walker's con: In faye = tention & hat he is not being given a fair hearing because, instead of call- ing before him all the witnesses who testified against the mayor before the Hofstadter committee, Gov. Roose- velt has admitted the committee's records as evidence, Justice Staley, after quoting previous interpretations of the law, observed: a it eye trial “The uirement for a ge of Section 34 of the provisions the public officers law do not coun- tenance, in my judgment, wholesale receipt and use of testimony taken by egal Walker) as a matter of common jus- tice. is entitled to receive that full measure of protection which has been accorded to others.” Justice Staley said that, as he in- terpreted the law, the mayor could be removed, “only for cause, and for @.cause relating to some act or omis- sion on the part of the officer which ints to official misconduct or Place during his | Portier Ca |Three Women in Local Hospital | Following Mishap West of Mandan Tuesday Three Glen Ullin women were in a local hospital Tuesday suffering from severe injuries sustained in an auto- mobile accident about 10 miles west of Mandan shortiy after midnight Tuesday. They were Mrs. Joseph Geck, Sr., 55] years old, Mrs. Joseph Geck, Jr., 26, and Miss Elizabeth Meissner, 27. None was in critical condition, ac- cording to their attending doctor in @ statement Tuesday forenoon. Mrs. Geck, Sr., suffered fractures of her right arm and left shoulder, bruises about her hips, and shock Mrs. Geck, Jr. had severe face lacerations and Miss Meissner re- ceived multiple body lacerations. Joseph Geck, Jr., who was driving the face but left the hospital after | receiving treatment. Geck was driving westward when his car struck the bumper of an oncoming machine, the doctor said he was told. The impact caused the automobile to swerve and crash into the ditch at- the side of U. 8. High- way No. 10. The injured were brought to the hospital about 2 a. m. To Hold Inquest in Grand Forks Death Grand Forks, N. D., Aug. 30.—(7)— An inquest will be held here Tuesday into the death of William Vallert, 32, Wisconsin Rapids, Wis. who died in @ hospital Sunday after being slashed in a quarrel at Mekinock Friday night. Vallert's alleged knife assailant, Nicholas Tovar. a Mexican, is in jail and may face a first-degree murder charge because of Vallert’s death. The charge against Tovar will hinge on the verdict of the coroner's jury. Several witnesses to the quarrel..in which Vallert was stabbed were sub- by sheriff's officers Monday Bank Messenger Is Robbed in Milwaukee Milwaukee, Wis., Aug. 30—(?)—Two robbers armed with a machine gun took $21,000 in currency and $31,000 in checks from a Badger State Bank messenger on a busy downtown street, ‘Tuesday. The messenger, Kenneth Miller and a guard, Paul Rother, were held up after ‘their automobile had been to a curb by the robbers’ car. STORM HITS MINNESOTA Little Falls, Minn,, Aug. 30.—()—A severe windstorm Monday blew down several small lunchstands at the Mor- rison county fair grounds and indi- rectly caused the injury of a five year-old boy. A heavy rain accom- panied the wind. the machine, sustained lacerations of | STAGE IS SET FOR BIG FREE SHOW 10 | BE OFFERED BY SUN Scientific Instruments of 43 Expeditions to Record Eclipse Wednesday (By The Associated Press) | The solar system's free show is about to begin and the giant “mid- way of the total eclipse” that runs across New England is crowded with ecientists and Jaymen. The scientific instruments of 43 expeditions are in place and last min- ute adjustments have been made. It’s the weatherman who is worry- ing the astronomers. He predictea “Wednesday, partly cloudy” for Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont} —states where the majority of scien- tific camps are located. For Mas- sachusetts, a corner of which lies in the path of the total eclipse, the pre-| diction is “fair and warmer” for eclipse day. Thirty aviators stood by at points along the 100-mile wide belt of the eclipse, ready to carry scientists to heights above the clouds if a haze or rain should interfere. Hundreds of thousands of dollars! have been expended over a period of weeks to provide the scientific set- ting for the 90-second spectacle. While each expedition has its own particular purpose in making its the shadow's arrival Wednesday for an answer to the question: “What does an eclipse mean?” The “meaning” sought is more in- {formation about what's going on in the sun, the source of human health and food, and, indirectly, the source ofall physical life on earth, Vermonters Are Favored New Englanders will first see the total eclipse at Derby, Vt., at 3:27 p.m. (E. 8. T.). Seven minutes will elapse from the time the eclipse becomes total at the Canadian border in Vermont until it is seen at Provincetown, Mass., last New England community to view it. The eclipse will be total over a belt 100 miles wide. The center line of {totality runs down from Canada through Derby, Vt., across the White mountains in New Hampshire, through Fryeburg and Biddeford in Maine and out across Massachusetts bay. Along the New England coast line, the 100-mile belt extends from Bev- erly, Mass., to Wiscasset, Me. In the area of totality the sun will be blotted out for 100 seconds in Can- ada and about 90 seconds in New | England. From beginning to end the eclipse will last approximately two hours. Outside the area of totality there will be a partial eclipse in every part of the U.S. In the east the sun will be reduced to a crescent thin enough jto change the color of daylight and jbring .a slight coolness to the air. From the midwest to the coast the eclipse is something to be looked at only through smoked glasses, To witness the corona one must go to the area where the eclipse will be | total. | The cost of observation has been {estimated at $1,000 a second. | There will not be another eclipse visible in New England until 1963. Preacher Condemns Son-in-Law Slayer Marshall, Ill. Aug. 30.—(?)—Hu- bert C. Moor, 31-year-old Robinson, officials to have confessed the slaying of his wife, Marjorie, 32, was kept un- der constant guard in his cell Tues day to prevent any possible attempt at suicide. The teacher was said by Sherif! James Turner to have become morose and sullen since confessing the slay- ing which he blamed on “unwashed dishes.” The Rev. A. E. Wrentmore, pastor ot a Christian church at Inidanapolis and father of Mrs. Moor, visited county authorities Monday in efforts to aid prosecution of his son-in-law The preacher, who expressed his con- fidence in Moor immediately after the slaying Aug. 14, told the sherif! that he now believed, in view of the he electric chair is ||Government to Keep Cotton Off study of the spectacle, all alike await | Il, high school teacher, reported by} Market $50,000,000 Fund Provided by R. F. C. to Finance New Farm Board Plan DETAILS OF IDEA WITHHELD Indications Are, However, Sales-Suspension Period to Be Half Year Washington, Aug. 30.—()—Silence Tuesday surrounded the $50,000,000 which Jesse H. Jones, a director of the reconstruction corporation, Tues- day night arnounced had been made available to keep government-con- trolled cotton off the market until 193% Farm board officials declined to discuss the proposed loan but it was struction corporation were not in full agreement concerning it. The American Cotton Cooperative association and the cotton stabiliza- tion corporation requested the loan with farm board approval, but under different terms from those which the reconstruction corporation specified in giving its approval. Jones announced the program Monday night in a radio address. He said: “We have authorized $50,000,000 for cotton cooperative and cotton stab- ilization corporations to enable them to hold their cotton until 1933.” This statement was added to an advance copy of his address on gen- eral policies of the corporation just before Jones began to speak. He did not elaborate on it and in a later interview would say only the loan was requested by the farm board. Carl Williams, vice chairman and cotton member of the board, also de- clined comment “at this time.” But it was learned present plans would have the sales-suspension period iast half a year at the minimum. The $50,000,000 fund aggregates loans of $25 a bale on up to 2,000,- 000. bales of cotton and will be ad- vanced as needed to meet finance. carrying and other charges. For some time reports have been current here and in the cotton belt that the farm board would act to {withhold from a rising market the cotton stores it controls. But only Saturday Williams advised Governor Murray of Oklahoma that the board's Policy of selling stabilization stocks as market conditions permitted would {remain unchanged. DEPUY CLUB FORMED HERE BY DEMOGRATS | State-Wide Movement For Or- ganization of Similar Lo- cal Units Launched A State-wide movement for organ- ization of local DePuy-For-Governor clubs was launched in Bismarck Mon- day evening with the formation of a unit here. More than a score of persons at- tended the organization meeting for the second DePuy-For-Governor club {in the state, and another meeting is jPlanned in the near future to give all others interested an opportunity to jSffiliate with the organization. The Bismarck club plans an ex- tensive campaign by personal visits jand distribution of literature in H. C. DePuy’s behalf throughout Burleigh county. Though the club's object principally is to support DePuy and the rest of the Democratic state ticket, the organization also will work in behalf of the Democratic nominees for national offices. The first DePuy-For-Governor club wes organized at Grafton shortly af- jter that city’s resident was indorsed for the gubernatorial race by the state Democratic convention. J. L. Powell was named president of the Bismarck unit Monday evening and J. F. Fortenberry and Leonard Miller were elected treasurer and se- cretary, respectively. Members of the jexecutive committee are H. E. Ste- wart, Walter Pomeroy, B. E. Hitch- cock, W. E. Doty and Fred Peterson. The campaign for organization of DePuy clubs throughout the state was indorsed last Sunday at a meeting of “I like to turn on the current my- self.” the sheriff quoted the preach- er, a8 saying. Nebraska Sheriff Is Ambushed by Gunmen Pierce, Neb., Aug. 30—()—Gun- men ambushed a sheriff's car north- west of here Tuesday, wounded Sher- iff Ed Schwartz and killed Paul Low- ery of O'Neill. The latter was accom- Panying the sheriff. : The sheriff after the shooting stopped two cars, disarmed their other men and a woman were ar- rested Inter. © SEE PEACE IN BRAZIL Porto Alegre, Brazil, Aug. 30.—(?)— An unofficial peace plan. requiring general elections within 90 days drivers and brought them here. Two|w. id] A. Johnson, Perry Democratic national and state can- didates at Red Willow Lake, near Binford. The Democratic nominees will open their campaign formally at Red Wil- B. Murphy, congressional candidate. The party’s candidates were sched- uled to speak at a picnic at Red Wil- low Lake Sunday but rain caused nt of the program. At the Sunday meeting it was de- cided to have the state headquarters cooperate closely with the DePuy- For-Governor clubs, Present at the conference were P. nominee; Murphy; DePuy; W. M. Schantz, Bismarcs, nominee for state nominee for attorney general; said to be acceptable to the Sao Paulo rebels, was disclosed here Tyesday. ¢ Casey, Dr. J. E. Levitt and Lean, secretary. indicated the board and the recon-/ AT MONDAY MEETING low Lake Sept. 11, according to R. | used. Bismarck, treasurer; Scott Cameron. Bismarck, members of the executive committee, H. H. Perry, Ellendale, chairman, R.} making effective the budget Stanley | 1932-33 fiscal year, was read Mc- | second time and given final passage. To Start Capitol Concrete Work Next Week New York, Aug. 30.—()—A sour, note sounded Tuesday in the matri- monial music of the Rudy Vallees. “Yes, there is a rift. They just can’t seem to get along together,” said a statement by Hyman Bushel, attorney, who said he represented both the orchestra singer-leader and Mrs. Vallee. The lawyer said Mrs. Vallee, the former Fay Webb whose father is police chief at Santa Monica, Calif., would leave New York at the end of the week. Reports that her destina- tion would be Reno were without con- firmation. Bushel said the domestic difficulties had not reached the point of divorce. He added: “While neither had started divorce proceedings as yet I cannot answer for Mrs. Vallee's plans. If I can't Natural Gas, Coal or Steam! Systems Are Available For Buildings i ee | Bismarck’s city commission will not decide on a method for heating the | | city hall and library during the com- ing winter until it has estimates on costs for three different types, it was \decided at a meeting of the body Monday evening. | A proposal for heating the two buildings by natural gas was submit- ted to the board by the Montana- Dakota Power company but the com- mission postponed definite action on {it until it receives bids for coal, and an estimate on city steam heat for the two structures from the North Dakota Power and Light company. When all the figures are available the commissioners plan to select the. most economical method. City Audi- tor Myron H. Atkinson was instruct- ed to advertise for coal bids im- mediately and to acquaint the North Dakota Power and Light company with its plan. The Montana-Dakota company said in its proposal that new com- mercial rates enable it to offer na- tural gas for the two buildings at a scale which will insure the city a saving of $211 or 20.7 per cent an- nually. The first ,000 cubic feet per month will cost 30 cents per thou- sand feet, the second 200,000 feet will cost 25 cents, while all over 400,000 cubic feet per month will cost 22 1-2 cents, Installation Costs $495 Complete installation for gas heat- ing would cost $425, the company estimated. The gas firm said the city, if it accepted the plan, would not be required to pay any costs un- til the end of the first heating sea- son. If, at this time, tne city decided to retain the gas system, a 10-per- cent cash discount would be allowed. If, on the other hand, the city decided not to continue using natural gas, the company said it would re- move the gas fixtures and replace the coal-burning fixtures without cost. The only charge under this ar- rangement would be for gas actually The saving through the use of natural'gas would pay for the gas fixtures within two and one-half | Their Marriage Hits Sour Note | DY VALLEE AND WIFE Ip 'City Board Will Consider Three Plans for Heating years, the gas company asserted. A letter of recommendation tor the gas heating system, written by patch things up—and I am not sanguine of my ability to do it— divorce will follow. I cannot discuss what the grounds for divorce may be. “They just haven't been hitting it off well. He is away much of the time. He is on tour now. He will return Thursday. And I expect to make a further announcement the following day. “There is no other woman and no other man in the case.” Mrs. Vallee is at the Vallee apart- ment with her father and mother. The Maine Yankee who sang andj} saxophoned his way to stage and ra- dio high place, met Miss Webb in 1930 when she was making a talking picture. They were married July 6, the following year, in West Orange, RUBY JACOBSON AND | CATHERINE ANDRIST STAGE CLOSE RACE Two Leaders Only 100 Votes Apart in Bismarck Popu- larity Contest Only 100 votes separated Ruby Jacobson and Catherine Andrist, both of the Capital City, in first and sec- ond places in the Bismarck mer- chants’ popularity race, when ballots were totaled at 5 p. m. Monday. Miss Jacobson’s total was 379,900 votes while Miss Andrist had 379,800. Frances Slattery, Bismarck, was third with 358,200, while Alice Lee, Bismarck, moved into fourth place with 334,300, ahead of Betty Leach, Bismarck, who had 331,400. Ernestine Carufel and Alice Marsh. both of the Capital City, were sixth and seventh with 214,900 and 137,400. respectively. Esther Watson, McKenzie, again forged ahead of Luella Tollefson, Menoken, in the battle between the two Bismarck trade area leaders Miss Watson had 131,100 and Miss Tollefson 129,300. Other leaders included Veronica COUNTY ATTORNEYS PREPARED 10 CALL IOWA GRAND JURIES Sheriffs Add to Number of De- puties But Farm Strike Movement Spreads 11 ARE INJURED IN FIGHT Special Peace Officers Attack- ed While Attempting to Escort Trucks (By The Associated Press) While sheriffs were adding to thei: forces of deputies and county attor- neys were preparing for grand jury investigations—both steps designed to end picekting—leaders of the Farm- ers’ Holiday movement, seeking high- er prices for produce, Tuesday were endeavoring to extend their lines. At Des Moines the roads were Cleared of strikers late Tuesday. Deputy sheriffs and truck drivers, armed with clubs, met no resistance as they brought farm produce into the city. State Sheriff Michael Endres of Nebraska demanded that Iowans who enter Nebraska to urge further par- Burleigh Farmers Are Holding Wheat Burleigh county farmers are co- operating wholeheartedy in the “hold your wheat” campaign. County Agricutural Agent H. O. Putnam said Tuesday. The agent said he believed, fol- lowing a survey of elevators in the county, that all farmers who have storage space are holding. their grain for higher prices. “Farmers who have harvested | and threshed their wheat with combines, of course, have sold their wheat,” Putnam said, “but a great share of the crop already threshed with separators has been held from the market.” i How long Burleigh farmers will hold their grain is problematical, | the agent said. Federal seed loans do not become due until Nov. 30, | and heavy selling may develop immediately preceding that date, he said. ticipation in the holiday should be ce on charges of inciting to tot. Governors of South Dakota, Ne- braska, and Iowa received a state- ment from the Sioux City, Ia., Cham- ber of Commerce saying the situation there was beyond the control of local authorities and recommending help by state officers. Tuesday the strike movement was spreading into southeastern Iowa. Eleven Woodbury county special de- puties were hurt in a fight with sev- eral hundred holiday sympathizers near Cushing, Ia. The argument fol- Jowed the escorting of five trucks of hogs from Moville to the Ida county line. The injured men were taken to a Sioux City hospital, where most of the men were treated and then discharged. Sheriff Keeling said he would de- putize 100 men if need be to curb picketing activities. He promised safe conduct Tuesday to 52 trucks of @ cooperative association. Picketing was expected to start Tuesday near Sioux Falls, 8. D., and Clinton, Ia. Three persons were hurt in Web- ster county, Ia., as a result of picket- ing disturbances. Messages endorsing the movement were received by holiday officials from William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, and others, Gov. Floyd B. Olson of Minnesota Proposed a mammoth cooperative marketing organization of farmers in 15 midwestern states to maintain Prices on a cost-of-production basis. Under his plan an executive com- mittee would fix prices and call upon (Continued on Page Soven) Mollison Again Lands Airplane in Farmyard Sydney, N. 8, Aug. 30.—()—Home- ward bound on his round-trip across the Atlantic, Capt. Werstlein, Bismarck, 78,100; Ethel Fisher, Bismarck, 65,400; June Board- man, Bismarck, 62,200; Elsie Nelson, Bismarck, 54,600; Caroline Hall, Bis- marck, 54,400; | Madeline Setimiat,| Richardton, 53,100; Marian Yeater,|10 days ago. He Bismarck, 50,500; Aldeen Paris, Bis- marck, 41,600; Clarice Belk, Bismarck, the Dickinson public library board, | m scar uses Lage gas for heating Dickinson library, was attached the proposal. : | city hich a (Continued on page three) ey Sunday, en route St. John, N. B. The left