The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, September 2, 1932, Page 1

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Peace Reigns on All Farm Strike Fronts » HELP OF GOVERNORS = *{SCHOOL ENROLLMENT while leaders of the movement sought gubernatorial aid to further their fight for higher produce prices. an Proclamations from the governors | @ - 98 roy North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper , ‘4 ESTABLISHED 1873 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE The Weather Partly clondy ap¢ cooler tonight BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1932 "PRICE FIVE CENTS Walker Resigns Post as Mayor SOUGHT BY LEADERS IN OWA CAMPAIGN Would Have Executives Issue Proclamations Asking Produce Be Held RENO APPROVES OF IDEA Four Have Accepted Invitations | to Attend Conference at Sioux City Des Moines, Iowa, Sept. 1—(P)— Peace reigned along all fronts of the now suspended farm strike Friday of Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Minnesota, calling upon farmers to withhold their produce from the mar- ket, were suggested to the eecutives of the affected states by Woodbury county members of the Farmers’ Holi- day association who offered to with- draw their pickets from the highways if such action is taken. The suggestion was made to Milo Reno, head of the Holiday associa- tion, in a telegram, copies of which were sent to the governors. Reno ap- proved of the idea and said the gub- ernatorial proclamations and with- drawal of pickets “would do a lot to prepare for the conference of gov- ernors of midwest states September The governors’ conference, sched- uled for Sioux City, Iowa, will see« means to settle differences between | farmers and produce buyers over Prices and bring the Holiday move- ment to a conclusion. To date Gov- ernors Turner of Iowa, White of Ohio, Olson of Minnesota and Shafer of} North Dakota have indicated they will attend or be represented at the meeting. One Arrest at Omaha The strike situation was quiet last{ night with the exception of one arrest at Omaha in connection with picket- ing activities. A limited amount of; Picketing was reported from Sioux} City, but at Des Moines and other Points all the highways were cleared | as a result of the recent decision of. i | Strike leaders to call a truce, pend- | ing the forthcoming governors’! Meeting. Other developments were: »; The milk strike at Austin, Minn.,| ‘ended Thursday when producers and: distributors agreed on a price of $1.55} per hundredweight, a 20-cent increase | over the old figure. { ._ At Oklahoma City, Okla, R. L.! Rickerd, president of the Holiday as- | ‘sociation in that state, warned mem-/ bers against violence as he proceeded! with organization activities. { At Cherokee, Ia., Farmers’ Holiday , adherents who previously declared they would stay on highways near’ there until details of a mysterious! shooting affair in wihch 14 pickets; were wounded were settled Friday | were leaving for their homes. { Where Thursday there were abou: 300 or 400 Holiday workers at out-4 posts, Friday morning there were be- ! tween 100 and 200, and the situation | was described as quiet. ! Confer With Official } Decision of the “strikers.” members ; of the National Farmers’ Holiday ‘as-; sociation, which has sought higher | farm prices by trying to keep produce | from markets, to abandon their picket stations came after two conferences, with Cherokee County Attorney R. G./ Rodman. i Rodman said that the shooting | early Wednesday, when nine men in speeding automobiles raced through picket lines, hurled tear gas bombs and opened fire with shotguns and rifles, was discussed at the meetings with pickets. The attorney said he was not yet ready to announce the results of the sessions. Possibility of extension of the strike into northern Ohio was seen in an announcement of Mr. and Mrs, Mor- ris Self of Union Hill that a mass meeting would be held Friday to dis- cuss organization of the Holiday movement in that state. HOLIDAY PROPOSAL IS FAVORED AT JAMESTOWN Jamestown, N. D., Sept. 2.—(?)—A group of 400 Stutsman county farm- ers and businessmen voted to adopt the farm holiday plan at a meeting here Thursday night. ‘A board of six directors, consist- of farmers and businessmen, was elected, and another member will be ‘added when the group formally or- izes Saturday night. wirectors named are John McElroy, i Spotlight Leaves Them as Walker Quits i | DR. WM. H. WALKER Shown above are some of the lead- jing figures who participated in or were mentioned in the Walker investi- | ihe “cut him in” on stock profits to ‘the tune of $250,000. Judze Seabury, who prosecuted the Walker inquiry, i said Block aided in ge’ |chise as the result of his “benefi- j cence.” shown to have a large income from city cases. of the fees collected from other doc-! Governor Roosevelt found him- gation which resulted in the resigna- tion of the New York mayor Thursday night. Mayor Walker, world-famous play- boy, is shown above throwing out the baseball at the opening of a game. He is expected to run again for mayor of New York. Paul Block, publisher, is the man who was so friendly to the mayor that tors, GOVERNOR ROCSEVELT tiny Dr. Wm. H. Walker Seabury said he got pa: g a bus fran- was cae at SAMUEL SEABURY RUSSELL T. SHERWOOD self with less to do when Walker re- moved the case from his “court.” Russell T. Sherwood, Wet 's fi- nancial secretary, was the “mystery man” of this great political drama. He disappeared when Seabury tried to find him in order to ask him some questions about the Mayor's financial affairs. | rt FRANGES SLATTERY AND ALICE LEE 10P POPULARITY FIELD ! | \? | Thursday Shakeup Relegates | Andrist and Jacobson to Third and Fourth Each of the four leaders in the Bismarck merchants’ popularity race changed places when’ votes were tabulated at 5 p. m. Thursday, with Frances Slattery and Alice Lee, both of Bismarck, surging into first and second positions, The shakeup relegated Catherine Andrist and Ruby Jacobson, also of the Capital City, to third and fourth Ces, Miss Slattery had 459,600 votes, Miss Lee 451,300, Miss Andrist 446,100 and Miss Jacobson 444,700. Betty Leach, Ernestine Carufel and Alice Marsh, all of Bismarck, were fifth, sixth and seventh with 340,700, 303,100 and 142,400, respectively. Overthrowing a precedent of alter- nation which had been observed for Several consecutive days, Esther Watson, McKenzie, maintained her Tead over Luella Tollefson, Menoken, for eighth place and leadership in the contest in the Bismarck trade territory, For several days these two girls had taken turns at the leader- ship, until Miss Watson grabbed the lead for two consecutive days. Other leaders came in the follow- Veronica Werstlein, Bis- and R. R. Wolfer, Jamestown bank- | 65,400 ers; W. J. Flannigan, Jamestown railroad man; E. E. Greene, James- town, secretary of the North Dakota Farmers Union; H. G. Knobel, Buch- anan; and Garfield Wilson, Wood- worth, farmers. Wheat in Manitoba | Averages 17 Bushels nipeg, Man., Sept. 2.—()—Cut- eer iat in Manitoba is almost completed and thresaing is well under : , About 45,000,000 bushels of ‘wheat have been harvested in the ‘province to date, the Manitoba de- ment of agriculture estimates. ging the province as a whole, wheat Wi average 17 bushels to the acre little better, the department 62,800; ton, 58,) 100; Caroline Hall, Bismarck, 57,400; Elsie Nelson, Bismarck, 54,600, Marian Yeater, Bismarck, 53,700, Betty Haagensen, Bismarck, 47,400; Dorothy" Atwood, Bismarck, 43,500; Aldeen Paris, Bismarck, 41,600; Irene Britton, Bismarck, 31,700; Katherine Brown, Bismarck, 29,600; Jessie Phil- lips, Bismarck, 27,000; Dorothy Seitz, Mandan, 25,100; Katherine Kositzky, Bismarck, 24,600; Ruth M. E. Jordan, Bismarck, 21,300; Isabelle Gordon, (Continued ot page two) einer ae “TIS AN ILL WIND’ Palm Beach, Sept. 2.—(?)—Those | who were wondering where their next meal was coming from can thank the tropical stor for it. A large school of blue fish fvas blown into the har- bor and the were caught in large numbers by}unemployed persons. a aes ne Breaks Both Feet s| In Two-Story Fall jes to the ground Thursday fore- noon, Thomas J, McLaughlin, 68-year-old janitor of William Moore school, suffered fractures of heel bones in both feet. His condition Friday morning was good, his docior sald, but it will require several months for his injuries to heal. He is in a local hospital, McLaughlin was washing win- dows when the mishap occurred. He resides at 410 Avenuc E. Johnny Risko Wins cut With Levinsky Cleveland, Sept. 2.—(4)— Johhny Risko, the slugging Cleveland baker boy, rode high, wide, and handsome along the fistic comeback trail Fri- day. vision last night added the scalp of youthful King Levinsky to his belt, from which dangle the war locks of Mickey Walker and Tuffy Risko also took a decision from Le- The veteran of the heavyweight di vinsky at Boston last year. Referee Matt Brock thought Le- virsky won, but two judges decided in favor of the Clevelander. U. S. Golf Team Wins Walker Trophy Again Brookline, Sept forces. It was the seventh straight tri- umph in the international series for the Americans in 10 years. five under par, George T. Dunlap, Jr., buried Eric McRuvie, young Bri- ton, 10 up, in the most startling vic- i | Shooting a record-smashing 6 —— Failing from a ladder two stor- Griffiths. 2 The U. 8. Friday clinched the Walker Cup, British-American golf trophy, after six successive victories in the ,| two-day competition for the home INDIANS GATHER AT FORT YATES FOR BIG ANNIVERSARY FETE Celebration Marks £0th Anni- versary of Peace Between White Man and Red | Fort Yates, N. D., Sept. 2—(?)—In- dians from every tribe in the north- west ®Were camped here Friday for the annual fair conducted by Indians of the Standing Rock reservation in connection with celebration of the semi-centennial anniversary of peace between the white man and red man. Many additional Indians are ex- pected to arrive by Saturday, the closing day of the celebration. Pre- parations for the occasion were made by the Sioux Indians and hundreds of lodges have been erected for the {Indians who will enact the ceremon- ies and life customs of 50 years ago. Memories of thcse uneasy days | during which time the early settlers of the Slope country bundled their | families into wagons and took them | into the larger towns of Bismarck | and Mandan, where they could be protected from expected Indian at- tacks, will be stirred by the ceremon- ies. Indians who formerly regarded each other as mortal enemies, sit at the feasts here and take mutual in- terest in the strange ceremonies, in peace and harmony—arrows of ha- tred broken; Tomahawks buried, and the peace pipe smoked. Wild horses just off the slopes of the far hills provide for an exception- al rodeo, Outstanding are the In- dian horse races and ancient tribal war dances which have been seen by few whites. Chiefs Are Colorful Chiefs in all the glory of their i= tory of the day. hereditary feathered head dresses 5 ssa, rene mapa ~@ ‘and buckskin apparel are a colorful Eckman Man of 80 | group as they prepare for presenta- . ‘on Saturday of an historical page- Takes Bride of 51 | jant snowing the progress of the -——- = |Sioux from the nomadic buffalo- Minot, N. D., Sept. 2—(7)— Charles H. Sommer, aged 80, of Eckman, and Mrs. Eva M. Seidel, aged 51, of Minot, were married Thursday by County Judge Wil- Mam Murray. Sommer said he was the village mershal at Eckman. It was the third marriage for both Sommers and Mrs. Seidel. jhunting days to the present time. ‘Tall teepees, before which groups jof singers pound out music on the jtom toms for the dancing warriors and their women, and the tents of |soldiers of the 4th U. S. infantry from Fort Lincoln, make a colorful scene camped within the circle of the encampment, «Continued on page nine) YOUNGER BROTHER KILLED IN BATTLE FOR LOVE OF GIRL Confession Clears 15-Month- Old Mystery Which Baffled Ohio Police WOMAN IN CASE ALSO SLAIN Both Bodies Thrown Into Stone Quarry; All Had Been Drinking Liquor Lima, 0.. Sept. 2—(#)—One of the most baffling crimes in Ohio history. the “quarry murders” of Earl Trues- dale, 20, and his sweetheart, Thelma Woods, 19, was solved Friday, police said, by the alleged confession of Loren Ellsworth Truesdale, Earl's 23- year-old brother. The elder brother was arrested by private detectives Thursday night, and gave the alleged confession, the officers said, in the presence of his mother and father. Jealousy caused by rivalry in love was described as the motive. The younger Truesdale and Miss Woods were slain the evening of Memorial Day, 1931. Their bodies, weighted with” stones, were found several days later in an abandoned water-filled stone quarry at the out- skirts of this city. In the following 15 months the slayings remained a mystery, further confused by several spurious confes- sions made by inmates of state penal institutions who afterward repu- diated them. Officers several times arrested suspects but never includ- ed the elder brother until Thursday night. Loren’s confession, the officers said, told of meeting Earl and Miss Woods in downtown Lima the night of the crime. They bought some liquor, the confession said, and then drove to the quarry There the brothers argued about the girl ,and Loren got a hammer and struck Earl on the head. “He had taken several girls away from me,” Loren was quoted as explain- ing. Leaving the younger brother dying, Loren returned to the girl, and when he told her what he had done she threatened to report him. The con- \esee ‘Made-Over’ Faces Offered Prisoners > Philadelphia, Sept. 2. — (®) — Plastic surgery is being used at the Eastern penitentiary literally to “make over” faces of some of the inmates on the theory a nose is just important to a convict's welfare as a good job—once he is out of prison. It was started when Dr. Mich- ael M. Wolfe, a friend of Warden Herbert (“Hard-Boiled”) Smith, declared prisoners were taught trades and occupations for future life, but that those with battered faces, twisted noses or disfiguring sears were handicapped from the start. Smith agreed, with the result Dr. Wolfe for the last year at- tempted transformation of some of the toughest faces in the rogues’ gallery gratis to prisoners who volunteered. NYE, SINCLAIR AND LEMKE TAKE STAND ON MANY SUBJECTS Offer Pledge to People As to What They Will Do If Vot- ers Support Them North Dakota's Republican nom- inees for the U. S. senate and the lower house of congress, Friday is- sued a statement in which they take a pledge to demand that congress “without further delay or quibbling” pass four measures, including the Frazier farm relief bill and a bill for payment of the soldiers’ compensa- tion in cash. U. S. Senator Gerald P. Nye and Congressman J. H. Sinclair, who were renominated in the June primary election, and William Lemke, con- {gressional nominee, joined Senior {Senator Lynn J. Frazier in the state- | ment that if reelected or elected, they will “first, last and all the time de- mand” the passage of the follow- ing measure The Frazier farra relief bill, as in- troduced in the last session of con- gress, providing that the U. S. gov- ernment refinance the existing farm indebtedness at 1 1-2 per cent in- terest and 1 1-2 per cent principal cn the amortization plan by issuing federal reserve notes. The amended marketing act, as in- fession said he then struck her with the hammer and attempted to con- iceal the killings by sinking the bodies iin the quan ‘STOCK PRICE RISE | IS UNACCOMPANIED BY GAIN IN LOANS i i Indications Are That Most Se-| curities Have Been Paid For in Cash | | | New York, Sept. 2—(#)—A rise in |stock prices of aimost i100 per cent, rs’ loans of consequence, is one of jthe phenomena of the extraordinary past two months in the New York stock exchange. ! The fact that stocks could achieve such a recovery without an important sincrease in marginal trading has been widely advanced as one of the mar- ket’s most bullish aspects. While the total quoted value of shares listed in the exchange. as measured by price indices has appre- ciated some $12,000,000 from their lows of early July, the latest weekly brokers’ loan statement shows a total Only $14,000,000 above the July low. The most obvious explanation of the sweeping advance, unaccompa- nied by an important increase in! loans, would be that there had been heavy buying of stocks for which fuli payment was made in cash. Whil: there is some difference of opinion in Wall Street as to the extent of this buying, even skeptics are inclined to agree that it has been substantial. { In this connection, some brokers / have reported clear indications of an} extensive flow of hoarded cash into; Securites. One broker tells of a cus-| tomer who a few weeks ago brought in $250,000 in gold and gold certifi- | cates, and invested it in stocks. An- other tells of a recent payment of $40,000 in gold. | It also is acknowledged that there has been considerable buying for cash for foreign account. British and Scot- tish investors were reported sub- stantial buyers in the earlier stages of the advance. Texas Senators May Investigate Election Austin, Tex. Sept. 2—()—A com- mittee of the Texas senate had under consideration Friday a resolution which would authorize a legislative investigation of last Saturday's Dem- ceratic run-off primary in which Governor R. 8. Sterling has charged many illegal ballots were cast. The race for the governorship nom- ination was of principal interest and virtually comptete unofficial tabula- tions of the Texas election bureau show Governor Sterling trailing Mrs. chief executive, by nearly 2,400. accompanied by no increase in brok-; { ganizations,” troduced in the last session of con- {gress and endorsed by the Farmers ; Union, be guaranteed the cost of produc- tion for that part of their product which is consumed within the U. S. and that the surplus be disposed of under the equalization fee, the de- benture or the domestic allotment plan, or all three combined. Pay Bonus in Cash Payment of the soldiers’ compensa- tion in cash, by issuing federal re- serve notes or treasury certifica.es. A five-day week and six-hour day for employes in industry, for unem- ployment insurance, old-age pensions, and “other reasonable relief legisla- tion as is worked out and demand- ed by organized labor.” “We have all the material elements in this nation with which to bring jabout the greatest period of pros- |perity the world has ever witnessed,” the men said in the statement out- lining their pledge. If the measures are enacted into law, they said, then “unemployment and starvation will cease—business vill again become normal and the lestruction of human life and prop- erty will be a thing of the past, and |the farmers and starving laboring men will no longer have to resort to jthe first law of nature—self-preserv- ation.” “We invite the farmers, the farm (organizations, the veterans and vet- eran organizations, the laboring peo- ple and labor organizations, the busi- ness and professional men and wom- en and business and professional or- the statement con- tinued, ‘to make a demand upon their candidates for the U. S. senate and their candidates for members of (Continued on page Nine) Treasury Department Plans New Financing Washington, Sept. 2—()—The treasury department is expected to announce early next week a big re- financing program variously estimat- ed_from $1,000,000,000 to $1,400,000,000. The operation is made necessary through the maturing September 15 of two short-term obligations total- ing $712,504,500; possible requirement Of $250,000,000 for the reconstruction corporation: a possible $200,000,000 for the optional public construction program in the relief act; $100,000,- 000 for general expenses, and probably $125,000,000 for the home loan bank system. Assert Alcohol Aids In Disease Treatment New Haven, Conn., Sept. 2—(7)— Alcohol has been found becefivial in treating some diseases but injurious in others by Dr. Harold E. Himwich and Dr. Louis H, Nahum of the Yale Medical school. Results in their study showing al- cohol increases the acidity of the blood to points formerly believed in- compatible with life were made pub- Dr, Himwich read a paper at the In- ternational Congress of the Miriam A. (Ma) Ferguson, former|jation of Societics for Experimental|but lately had been chauffeur Biology. the farm bureau and the! iG sp : |grange, providing that the farmers|Payne, principal while clean-up reg- lic Friday here and at Rome, where! EXPECTED 70 TOTAL ; 2,(00 IN BISMARCK t Ringing of Bells Monday to! End Three-Months of Lei- sure For Children i 88 PERSONS ON FACULTIES 1 Roster of Public Institutions | Lists 67 While St. Mary's Has 21 Approximately 2,750 Bismarck boys and girls will resume their reading, ‘riting and 'rithmetic endeavors next Monday morning when school bells throughout the city will ring for the beginning of the new term. The bells will bring to a close three |months’ of summer vacation—swim- |ming, camping, traveling, leisure and |fun, | H. ©. Saxvik, superintendent of leity schools, expects more than 500 to jteport for study at Bismarck high |school and approximately 1,600 at the |Various public grade schools. Very Rev. John A. Slagg, superin- tendent of St. Mary's parochial school, forecasts an enroliment of 650 students, 150 in the high school and 500 in the grades. Saxvik does not expect an enroll- ;ment much larger than that of last jYear for the city high school but be- lievex the grade schools will have about 100 more pupils than for last term. The predicted enrollment for St. Mary's is slightly larger than last year's. Faculties Include 88 | Faculties for Capital the schools this year will include 88 per- sons—67 for public schools and 21 at City St. Mary's. Most of the public school teachers are expected to arrive here this week-end. Some remained here through the summer. Though no major improvements to school buildings have been effected; during the summer, according to the superintendents, all have been re- | paired and reconditioned for the com- jing terms, | Pupils at all schools will assemble jat 9 o'clock Monday forenoon. | Registration at the city high school ‘has been practically completed. Reg- istration for most students was con- ducted last spring, according to W. H. istration work has been in progress this week. At the city high school all classes will convene for short sessions in the forenoon. Students will be excused for the remainder of the day and the regular schedule of classes will begin Tuesday morning. Classes in the public grade schools likewise will be organized Monday forenoon and excused until the fol- jlowing day. Teachers Will Meet | Facutly meetings ure planned Mon-} day afternoon, Saxvik said. The high school faculty will meet at the high school building. Saxvik said it is probable that only the principals from the grade school faculties will be called together. The time and place for the meeting has not been decided upon. (Continued on page nine) 'HOLD SUSPECTS IN 8, D, BANK ROBBERY | One of Pair Identified as Man} Who Assisted in Crime At Whitewood Sioux Falls, S. D., Sept. 2.—(P}— Two men were taken into custody late for questioning concerning of the Bank of Whitewood, at Whitewood, 8. D., while a gang of bandits which staged a second rob- bery in that state apparently had made good its escape. Loot of $2,500 was taken by two men from the Bank of Whitewood, at Whitewood, in the Black Hills and a gang of five, operating with a ma- chine gun, got about $2,000 from the First National Bank of Flandreau, in the southeastern part of the state. A man who police said is Miles Odle, an escaped convict from San Quentin prison, was arrested at Belle Fourche, northwest of Whitewood, while the second bandit was reported in custody of police at Albion, Mont. in the southeastern part of the state just across the South Dakota line. The loot was not recovered. Police said Odle was identified as one of the bandits by Guy Bailey, cashier of the bank, seized in his home and forced to go to the bank and let the robbers in. Flashing machine guns and pistols, five men took more than $10,000 from the Flandreau bank and fled with a girl clerk, Alma Weide, as a shield. She was released uninjured about one mile out of town. GANGSTER FOUND SLAIN Chicago, Sept. 2—(P)—Walter Zwolinski, a gangster who once shot and killed Edward O'’Donnell’s goat after a quarrel, was found slain in an alley Friday. He helped O’Don- nell hustle beer several years bs another liquor dealer. ATTACKS ROOSEVELT AS BIASED’ JUDGE IN OUSTER HEARIN” Says He Will Carry His Case to Highest Court, That of the People |SEEKS TO ‘CHANGE VENUE” \Asserts Governor Acted Illegal- ly and ‘In Avowed Usurp- ation of Power’ New York, Sept. 2—(@}—James J. Walker is mayor no longer—and the bitter words of his “au revoir” rang through the political world Friday. Looking like a wraith of the former Sparkling “Jimmie,” the man who Tose from Greenwich village obscur- ity to worid notice handed in his resignation Thursday night while Governor Roosevelt prepared to ca!l him again Friday for another session of his long hearing on removal charges. Joseph V. McKee, president of the board of aldermen, automatic- ally became mayor. Almost as sensational as his abrupt resignation and his more-than-a-hint that he would seek vindication by Tunning again, was the Tammany may- or's undisguised assault on the man- ner in which Gov. Roosevelt, national leader of the Democratic party, con- ducted his hearing. “Un-American”—“extraordinary in- quisition” —“travesty”—“mock trial’ “perversion of the executive power’— “studiously unfair"—“biased judge’— were some of the phrases that studded the statement he gave out on his resignation. He announced the purpose of his resignation was to “change the venue.” “I can change it to the supreme au- thority, the people themselevs,” he said. “I can change the place of trial so as to take it away from a biased judge acting illegally and in an avowed usurpation of power, with a Personal interest in the outcome that disqualifies him as a matter of com- mon decency from acting as a judga in the matter.” Roosevelt Is Silent “Nothing at all to say,” was Gov. Roosevelt's only comment Thursday night. But from Samuel Seabury, counsel for the Hofstader legislative investigating committee which dug up the material on which the unfitness charges were based, came this state- ment: “The charges against the mayor were fully proved and corrborated in many instances by documentary evi- dence which was undisputed and by the admissions of the mayor. “The mayor's resignation in the face of this record is equivalent to a confession of guilt. “No intelligent person will be mis- led by the mayor's attempt to substi- tute for a defense an assault upon the good faith and the motives of the le- gally constituted authority to review his acts while in office. “It is highly significant that this excuse is availed of by the mayor on the eve of the governor's inquiry into the relations between the mayor and his fugitive agent, Sherwood. Seabury has charged that Russell T. Sherwood. accountant, handled nearly a million dollars in transac- tions for the mayor before vanishing. Walker denies the charges. Attended Brother’s Funeral The mayor, who has become pale and ill, spent part of ‘1is last day in office at the funeral of his brother, George F. Walker, in St. Patrick’s cathedral. His frail shoulders shook and tears streamed down his cheeks. He was no longer the chipper, gay youth of 51 that New York and a large part of the world knew. After the funeral he dropped from sight for hours, while rumors that he would resign flew. At 10 p. m., he re- turned to the Mayfair house, where he telling reporters he felt porters, with a laugh. “There's @ statement waiting there for you.” Half an hour later City Clerk Michael J. Cruise announced the mayor's resignation. Walker had submitted it after conferences with political leaders reported to include John F. Curry, leader of Tammany Hall, and John H. McCooey, Demo- cratic leader in Brooklyn. The mayor's chief counsel, John J, Curtin, who battled for him before Governor Roosevelt, had written him a formal letter in which he said there were two courses open r 1, “To continue to submit to the illegal and unfair proceedings before the governor, in which may even- tuate an illegal order of removal which would be void from its entry. ‘Submit Case to People’ 2. “To submit your case to the peo- ple of the city of bas York.”