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

\ North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper ESTABLISHED 1873 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1982 Fair tonight and Wi The Weather cool tonight, cooler ‘ agg PRICE FIVE CENTS Hurricane Kills 30 at San Juan Samuel Insull Would Retur ECONOMY AND SPEED [Bombing Is E IN SUPPLY BILLS ARE| Framed Radical Case WOUL) DEFER RAIL UTILITIES: AFFAIRS ~ BEING SCANNED BY FEDERAL OFFICIALS Former Magnate’s Son Left For Paris Over Week-End to Visit Parents TRIP CALLED ‘COINCIDENCE’ State’s Attorney Plans to Call Officials of Four Firms to His Office g Chicago, Sept. 27.—()—As several agencies of the state and federal gov- ernments were engaged Tuesday in searching the records of the bankrupt Insull investment trusts word came from Paris that Samuel Insull, de-! Posed utility magnate, had expressed his willingness to return to the Unit- ed States voluntarily to assist in the investigations. Monday announcement was made ‘is son, Samuel Insull, Jr., who was president of the two investment trusts in which .the losses of stockholders are expected to exceed 300 million dollars, had left Chicago suddenly to visit his father and mother. James Simpson, chairman of the board of Commonwealth Edison com- pany, one of the Insull operating con- cerns, said Young Insull had taken a vacation on his recommendation, “He had been much concerned over the illness of his mother,” Simpson said, “and at my suggestion he is go- ing to Paris to visit her. He left Sat- urday and will return in November.” Young Insull is vice chairman of the Commonwealth Edison company, and two other Chicago operating companies, as well as president of two| of the investment trusts founded by/ his father. Simpson said Young Insull’s trip was “purely a coincidence and cer- tainly had no bearing on the investi- gations.” State's Attorney John A. Swanson planned to begin calling officials of four Insull companies to his office ‘Tuesday for questioning about trans- actions which interested his investi- gators, | { i | LEGISLATIVE PROBE \ DEMANDED BY SOLON { Chicago, Sept. 27.—-(7)—A legisle- | tive investigation of the Illinois com- merce commission in relation to thej| Insull crash has been demanded by} State Representative J. W. Harris (Rep.) of the 2ist district. H The representative plans, he said, to introduce a resolution providing} for the investigation at the special! session of the Illinois general assem- bly, which reconvened Tuesday after | r @ two-week3 recess. NORBECK TO RELEASE ‘STARTLING’ FACTS Rapid City, 8 D., Sept. 27.—(7)—| Declaring that it is the purpose of; the senate banking committee to! “clean house,” Senator Peter Norbeck | of South Dakota, its chairman, said Monday that he is ready to put startling information regarding Insull utilities before the group. Data gathered by committee inves- tigations will be considered by the committee when congress convenes, the senator said. “Our investigation shows false re- ports as to earnings,” Norbeck said. “The result was that tens of thou- sands of people were led to pay high Prices for stocks: that today are al- most without value. Investigators are at work now gathering material which will be presented at meetings of the whole committee when con- gress convenes.” Publisher Is Named Colorado Senator Denver, Sept. 27.—(#)—Democrats outnumbered Republicans by one Tuesday in the U. 8. senate with the appointment of Walter Walker, Grand Junction newspaper publisher, to that body to fill a vacancy caused by the death of Senator Charles W. Water- man. On the roster of the upper house now are 48 Democrats, 47 Republi- cans and one Farmer-Labor member. Appointment of Walker by Gover- nor William H. Adams Monday was not unexpected. But Colorado poli- tical circles still were uncertain Tues- | Bloor, Minot. | To Marry ——————_.______. j Rose Hobart, whose Broadway stage career led to a Hollywood contract, will be leading lady in a real mar- riage scene in October when she weds William M. Grosvenor, Jr., son of the wealthy and socially prominent scientist. COMMUNIST SLATE TO BE OFFERED 10 N.D. VOTERS NOV. 8 Certificates of Nomination For, Group Filed With Secre- tary of State A slate of Communistic candidates for state and national offices will be offered to the voters of North Da- kota at the general election Noy. 8. Certificates of nomination as indi- vidual candidates have been filed with the secretary of state for the Com- ;munistic candidates. The Commun- ists also will present four president- ial electors, as will the Socialist party. Styled the “workers-farmers gov- ernment,” the Communist party offers ‘or: U. 8. Senator—Frank Witty, son. U. 8. Lar- Representative—Ella Reeve Heeaveroietlven Pat J. Bar- Governor—Andrew Omholt, Minot. Lieutenant Governor—B. J. Helland, Forbes. Secretary of State—Roy W. Dalziel, Glenburn. Attorney General—K. P. Loesch, Montpelier. Four individual candidates for pres- idential electors are Louis Tveidt, Forbes; Pete Barry, Bonetrail; Charles Hill, Belden; and LeRoy Gilbertson, Reynolds, who will support William Z. Foster of New York, Socialist presidential electors will be Alex De Groop, York, H. A. Morris, Fargo, Lloyd Lemonson, Fargo, and William Ballou, Fargo, supporting the Socialist candidates, Norman Thomas of New York for president and James H. Maurer of Reading, Pa., for vice president. Communist candidates for legislative posts from the 45th legislative dis- trict whose names will appear on the November ballot are iph Nelson, for state senator; Eric Sveet, Bonetrail, Ole Aronson, Epping, and Hialvor Tvedt, Adams, all for state representative. To Conduct Miklebost Funeral in Minnesota Puneral services for Albert Mikle- bost, Summit, 8. D., who committed suicide by drinking carbolic acid here Sunday, will be held at Brown Val- pa Reig Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. A brother, Vernon, of Summit, and Fred Riley, Fergus Falls, Minn., left for Brown Valley with the body Tues- day. Miklebost leaves four brothers They are Hines: Youngster from Zap Suffers Eye Injury i g i i ie eB Ha Site COMMITTEE'S GOALS Chairman Byrns Says Every Ef- fort Will Be Made to Cut Expenditures AT LEAST THREE BILLS UP Democrat Has Little Hope For Restoration of Federal Salaries Washington, Sept. 27.—()—Econ- omy and expedition were goals set Tuesday by Chairman Byrns of the house appropriations committee in the handling of the big government. supply bills during the coming ses- sion of congress. As head of the powerful group that | ures, Byrns said every effort would be made to cut government expedi- tures and thereby reduce the treas- three of the bills are to be ready for immediate consideration when con- gress convenes for the short session. “Much important legislation will have to be considered by the coming jcongress,” the Tennessee Democrat said. “In order to clear the way for the other legislation, the appropria- tions committee will begin hearings about the middle of November on the treasury and postoffice $1,000,000,000 bill, the agriculture and the interior department measures. “It director J. Clawson Roop of the budget bureau has the estimates ready we will be able to go forward expeditiously.” Byrns said that while no goal could} espenditures could be slashed for the fiscal year, 1934, the committee will “continue its successful effort for economy by making reductions wher- ever possible.” “I do not see how it will be pos- sible to restore the salaries to federal employees that they enjoyed during the last year,” Byrns said. “With the government's revenue reduced the employecs’ salary cut will be contin- ued for another year in all prob- ability.” It was variously estimated that the reduction in salaries and the furlough system considered by the last con- ;gress would save from $65,000,000 to HATA GANDA MAKING PROGRES |Diet Consists of Grapefruit Juice and Sugar Follow- ing ‘Death Fast’ | Poona, India, Sept. 27.—(#)—Ma- hatma Gandhi was progressing fav- orably Tuesday, his physician said, after breaking his “death fast” Mon- day. His diet consisted of grapefruit juice and sugar, and Wednesday he was expected to be able to take some barley water and milk whey. He was visited in his quarters at Yeroda jail Tuesday morning by the noted Indian poet, Rabindranath Ta- gore, Pandit Madan Mohan Mala- viya, and several other prominent Indian leaders. Bombay, Sept. 27.—(?)—The stock exchange and the cotton, bullion and other markets were closed Tuesday in honor of the birthday, according to the Hindu calendar, of Mahatma Gandhi. Resident of Fargo Dies in Bismarck L. W. Werner, 34, Fargo, Bismarck at 12.50 p. m. Monday from effects of a ruptured appendix fol- lowing an illness of six days. A representative of a tractor manufacturing company, he was tak- en ill Wednesday while in Bismarck on business. He had lived in Fargo for the last there from Gales- THOUSANDS LOST BY N. D, INVESTORS IN UTILITIES DEBACLE Records of Boom Period, Show- ing Operations in State, Destroyed By Fire Although losses to North Dakota investors as a result of the collapse of the great Insull utilities empire prob- ably will run into hundreds of thou- sands of dollars, the figure cannot be estimated by the state officials hese. A check of the records of the state; securites commission, which licenses formulates the appropriation meas-|and supervises the sale of stock in! North Dakota, discloses that permis- sion to sell $120,000 worth of stock was Pany, Insull stock-selling affiliate, be- tween Sept. 21, 1931, and July 22, 1932, when the company’s permit to sell stock was cancelled at its own request. Records for the boom period of 1927 to 1929, when soaring prices, stock splits and dividends and easy money made the picture rosy, are not avail- able. They were destroyed in the capitol fire and were irreplacable. It is safe to estimate, however, that the amount of stock sold in this period far exceeded that for which author- ity was granted the following Septem: ber, 1931. Subsequent events disclose that the Insull companies already were begin- stock sales when the last sales cam- paign listed by the state securities commission began, and that it was the tremendous stock sales of 1927 to 1929 which made the rapid expansion of the company possible. cho of \ ahaa | Home of Judge Who Sentenced | Sacco and Vanzetti Is Blown Up TWO WOMEN ARE INJURED | Judge Webster Thayer Escapes Unhurt; Wife, Maid Suf- fer Shock Worcester, Mass., Sept. 27.—(P)— The home of Judge Webster Thayer who sentenced to death Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, interna- tionally-known radicals, after they were convicted of murder, was wreck- ed by an explosion Tuesday. Police ; Said the blast, which occurred just af- ter 4 a. m., apparently was caused by ® bomb. | Judge Thayer was uninjured but Thayer was buried beneath wreckage and received a laceration on jthe forehead and suffered a severe ury deficit. In addition, at least| issued to the Utility Securities com- shock. She and a maid, Miss Joan ! Ashe, suffering from shock, were tak- en to hospitals. The judge was uninjured and was found groping about his room by po- scemen. Communists, who have accused fudge Thayer of sending Sacco and ;Vanzetti to their deaths merely be- cause they were radicals, several times in the past have held demon- strations in front of the judge's home, jbut never had made any visible at- ag at violence. ‘HARVARD PRESIDENT’S |HOME IS UNDER GUARD {__ Cambridge, Mass., Sept. 27.—(®)— ; Guards were thrown around the home be set now as to how much federal|Ning to feel the pinch of reduced!of President A. Lawrence Lowell of ;Harvard university Tuesday after word had been received of the explo- sion at the home of Judge Webster Thayer in Worcester. Uniformed and plain clothes police- men patrolled the house. They ex- ‘The $120,000 in stock authorized to pigined they were called in to aid the be sold in this state beginning with Harvard police because the college September, 1931, were all in blocks, opens Wednesday and there were an mostly of 20,000 each, and represents securities issued by seven different Insull utilities or affilates. The list includes Central and Southwest Util- ities company common, Midwest Util- itiess convertible preferred, and Mid- west Utilities company common, Mid- land United States company pre- ferred, Seaboard Public Service com- pany no par convertible preferred, Seaboard Public Service company preferred and Insull Utilities invest- ment common. In the case of each stock issue au- thorized to be sold in the state, the promoters filed with the securities commission a prospectus or resume of the sales arguments which they pro- posed to present. In each instance the fact that an income from the stock was guaranteed was prominent-| ly listed along with statements re- garding the various utility enterprises operated by the company whose se- curities were to be marketed. Confessed Slayer of Dry Agent Arrested Aitkin, Minn. Sept. 27.—(P)—A three-day search of the north woods for the alleged slayer of a federal prohibition agent had ended Tues- day, with three men held in jail here. The third man taken into custody, Harry Hedstrom, admitted, authori- ties said, that he had shot James G. Harney, St. Paul prohibition agent last Friday as Harney and three other agents raided a still on the Hedstrom farm near Tamarack, Minn. Hedstrom was arrested Monday night near Cromwell, when a poy bor farmer revealed his hiding place. Hedstrom, in his alleged confession, said he had run into Harney near the still. The farmer fled, with Harney asking to halt. After runn- ing a short distance, Hedstrom told officers he stopped and fired at Har- ney, who was shot in the neck. Har- ney’s body was hidden in the brush and Hedstrom disappeared in the wilderness. Hedstrom's brother, Gust, and their brother-in-law, Emil Giving, prev- fously had been picked up for ques- tioning and were held in the county Jail here Tuesday. Harney’s funeral was set for Tues- day at Cloquet. He was a brother of M. L. Harney, head of the Chi- cago Prohibition Enforcement dis- trict. Aged Slayer of A. J. Jury For Life a ei at § i z 5 z i H i u ij Ege HA af 33 j & i ei HH ~ i : HE i unusally large number of strangers on ; the campus. President Lowell was one of the committee of three named by the then Governor Alvan T. Fuller to hear witnesses and pass on the guilt Jor innocence of Sacco and Vanzetti , They found the pair had been con- jVieted justly. |Call Special Term For Murder Trial Minot, N. D., Sept. 27.—(7)—A spe- cial term of Burke county district court will be convened at Bowbells {| Oct. 3 for the murder trial of Henry Frazon, Columbus farmer. Frazon is charged with the first- degree murder of George G. Keup, mayor of Columbus and former banker there. Frazon’s counsel, H. L. Halvorson of Minot, hinted insanity might be the defense. The special court term was called by District Judge John C. Lowe of Minot. “I have decided not to remove the case from Burke county as I feel the defense which will be interposed can be availed of there as well as else- | i n to Aid in Prob PRESIDENT HOOVER WAGE NEGOTIATIONS Feels Clearer Background Will Be Afforded After First of Year ANOTHER WAGE CUT ASKED 1. C. C. and R. F. C. Directors Confer, Over Railroad Loan Policies Washington, Sept. 27.—(F)—A sus- pension of railway wage negotiations during the rest of 1932 is favored by President Hoover. The chief executive feels the eco- nomic situation after the first of the year will afford a clearer background for discussing a proposed additional 10 per cent pay cut. His position was made known Mon- day by Secretary Doak. After con- ferring with Hoover, Doak said in a formal statement: “In the matter of the railway wage discussion now going on, the presi- way labor and to the leading rail- way presidents who have conferred with him, that he feels that it is de- sirable that this question should be deferred at the present time. “The present agreement does not expire until Feb. 1, next. The presi- dent's view was that it might be well agreed to defer further discus- sions until the end of the year, as the general economic situation would be much clearer at that time and negotiations could be based on a bet- ter realization of the actual circum- stances existing.” Hoover's sought by the Railway Labor Execu- tives’ association after this group re- fused to confer with railroad presi- dents on the subject of another wage cut. A one-year 10 per cent reduc- tion was agreed to last year. “We desire to suggest,” the labor executive had said in a statement left with the president, “that when the government is called upon to lend public money to the railroads, the government can at the time Probably insist that the railroads shall refrain from starting or from Joining in any suicidal program to re- duce wages and to curtail services and thereby to nullify the efforts of the government to promote economic recovery.” At about the time Doak issued his Statement, interstate commerce com- missioners and reconstruction cor- Poration directors were conferring over railroad loan policies. U. S. Balloon Appears Bennett Cup Winner Warsaw, Poland, Sept. 27.—(7)— The U. 8. Navy balloon participating in the Gordon Bennett cup race landed at 10 a. m., Tuesday close to the town of Wasjule, near Vilna, on the Polish-Latvian frontier. The exact distance it had traveled where,” Halvorson said. “I am satis- fied that Frazon was not in condition mentally to realize what he was do-, ing at the time of this affair.” President of Cuban Senate Assassinated Havana, Sept. 27.—(#)—Clemente Vazquez Bello, president of the Cuban senate and head of the National Li- beral party, was assassinated Tuesday by an unidentified assailant. He was shot as he left his home had won the race and the cup. The navy balloon won last year’s American race also. The pilots this time were Lieutenant G. W. Settle and Wilfred Bushnell. Word from the little town where they landed said they had been forced down when the balloon cover burst. They landed safely, however. The “Goodyear 8,” the other Amer- ican bag, piloted by W. T. Van Or- man, reported it landed near Kaunas, uaa, a fee a. m., Tuesday. other loons, representing va- rious European countries had landed next door to the Havana Country club, and died a short time later in the military hospital at Camp Colum- | bia, | The assassin escaped. ATTORNEY IS RELEASED San Francisco, Sept. 27.—(?)—Vin- cent W. Hallinan, attorney for forme: Public Defender Frank J. Egan, was {released from the county jail Tuesday after serving the 24-hour sentenc? j imposed on him for contempt of court during the trial in which Egan was convicted of murder. Hallinan was found in contempt for alleged ob- structional tactics. Hedrix Thanks Sentence to Prison # [ 7 ” ne yesterday. Specialist. Will Give Demonstrations Here J. K. Wallace, federal market spe- Clalist, will give exhibitions of live- stock grading in Burleigh county Oct. 13, {t was announced Tuesday by HF. ©. Putnam, county agent. The value of proper feeding, breed- ing and care of livestock will be dis- cussed, Putnam said. Exhibitions will be held at the Pat. terson ranch near Wing at 9:30 a, m. and at the Christ Huber farm south of Bismarck at 2 p, Sterling Man Hurt In Auto Accident Carl Beyer, Sterling, sustained four broken ribs and lacerations to the hand when his car went into the ditch ‘last Monday after- dent last week expressed the view,! both to the representatives of rail-{ intervention had been| Lifer at 16 To make it more difficult for a parole board to free him, this 16-year-old boy, Earl Phelps, was sentenced to serve two life terms for the murder of his father and stepmother in Em- inence, Mo. He has been taken to prison to start serving the double term. ‘he boy confessed he killed his father and stepmother because he was angry at their marriage. FARMERS CONTINUE EFFORTS TO CURB MILK DISTRIBUTION Georgians Barricade Highways and Dump Milk Despite Injunction (By The Associated Press) Injunctions against interfering Tuesday as farmers, seeking higher. prices, threatened to curtail deliver- jes to customers in a widespread area. In Georgia a climax in the strug- gle was imminent, while embattled agriculturists considered their next move. Despite a federal injunction against violence, the producers Mon- day barricaded highways and dump- ed hundreds of gallons of milk in an effort to keep it from being sold. The Pedigree Dairies, a large At- lanta distributing company, was ask- ing federal court contempt citations against farmers who allegedly violat- ed a temporary restraining order against interference with the move- ment of milk to Atlanta. Should dairymen in the New York City milk shed decide to strike for prices that would assure them “a chance at least to make a living,” upstate New York dairymen Tuesday were standing ready to ship their product to the metropolis. Dr. Shirley W. Wynne, New York commissioner of health, declared he would “not tolerate any inteference with the city’s milk supply that might in any affect the city’s health.” In Omaha, farmers were calling on @ price agreement to “friendly” dair- jes. The David Cole Creamery com- Pany, one of the two Omahg firms | refusing to accede to the price de- mands of the Nebraska-lowa Co- operative Milk association, obtained a court order restraining association members and others from interfering with the company’s business. Picketing activity broke out anew around. Sioux City, Iowa, Monday night when a truck loaded with ‘hogs was stopped by a crowd of 200 pickets three miles west of Smithland, Iowa. Kad Pickets opened the end-gate of expect- for the to get in Newark Gets Lead Little World Serie: with milk supplies were in force; @ DAMAGE EAUSED BY GALE SAID GREATER THAN THAT OF 1928 Wind, Howling at 120 Miles-an Hour, Ruins $7,000,000 Citrus Crop COMMUNICATION DISRUPTED Hundreds Are Injured and Thou- sands Are Left Homeless By Storm San Juan, P. R. N., Sept. 27.—(P)— At least 30 persons are known to have been killed in a terrific hurricane which struck this city Monday night. The full force of a 120-mile wind Struck before midnight and lashed the city until 2:30 Tuesday morning, causing property damage even great- er than that left in the wake of the disastrous 1928 blow. Hundreds were injured and thou- sands were left homeless. Most of the dead, first reports indicated, were in smaller outlying towns. Here in the city the loss of life was materially reduced by police who took the precaution of rounding up hun- dreds of women and children, remov- ing them from their homes and plac- ing them for safety in the more sub- stantial church and school buildings. The villages, consisting for the most part of flimsy homes, had no such protection. Even in San Juan homes by the hundred were unroofed and torrents of rain poured in. First reports gave the following death toll: Barrios 14 dead; Sabanallana 4; Catanouwv Rio Piedras 10. Reports from the last named town Placed the death toll there as high as 40, with seven members of one family killed in their home. Rio Piedras is about five miles east of San Juan, directly in the path of the storm. The unsubstantial native dwellings stood exposed on the hill- sides. A quick survey Tuesday morning in- dicated that at least 800 of 1,000 dwellings in the ocean front section of the city had been wholly destroyed or rendered uninhabitable. During the night hundreds of fam- ilies had found refuge in the Ancient Spanish Fort of San Cristobal. The death toll mounted as from other outlying districts came in. The little town of Carolina reported 10 dead. A native of Caguas was elec- trocuted by a live wire. Governor Beverley spent the entire morning inspecting the devastated area near San Juan. He ordered Ad- jutant General John A. Wilson to call out 400 national guardsmen to assist the police. From his own observation he esti- mated the damage in the area he cov- ered was greater than that caused by the storm of 1928. The hurricane swept the citrus fruit district and it appeared that the en- tire crop, with an estimated value of $7,000,000, would be a complete loss. This is hurricane season in the Caribbean area. The great storms which occasionally result in terrible catastrophes with heavy tolls of death and property damage usually strike between Sept. 15 and Oct. 1. The last serious storm which nearly wiped out San Juan and the sur- rounding area struck Sept. 13, 1928, killing more than 1,000 persons and causing property damage officially estimated at $85,000,000. It continued _ on and hit the Florida coast, rollins up an additional death toll of 1,000 or more, with property damage estimat- ed at more than $165,000,000. Nearly half a million people in Puerto Rico were left destitute, with- out food or shelter, and were taken care of by the Red Cross and othe: relief agencies. Eighty per cent of the houses in San Juan were un- roofed. OVER 100 KILLED IN GRECIAN EARTHQUAKE Athens, Greece, Sept. 27.—()—More than 100 persons were killed and at Jeast 150 were injured in an earth- quake, which struck the Chaleidice re- gion Monday night. The village of Stratonikion was re- duced to ruins, and the casualties there were placed Tuesday afternoon at 50 dead and 100 injured. Fifty persons were reported killed in the nearby village of Ierissos, where numerous houses collapsed. Baptists Gathering . Here for Conference North 's Ba from over ‘ Dakota’ tists the state were arriving here today for their annual state conference which opens with a dinner and rally tonight and continues through Friday. Dr. Olaf Enget of Powers Lake will preside over the convention sessions.