The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 9, 1933, Page 1

Coes oe es North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper ESTABLISHED 1873 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, TUESDAY, MAY 9, 1933 Weather Report Partly cloudy tonight; Wednesd: cloudy, robabl showers; not ‘much change in temperature. PRICE FIVE CENTS Two Women Slain at Beach House Rejects Cost of Production Scheme Hearing in Burleigh Ouster Case Closed Wishek Attorney to Present Transcript to Governor Without Recommendations; Court Reporter Expects Document to Be Ready in 10 Days DEMOCRAT MAJORITY STANDS PAT BEHIND! ROOSEVELT LEADERS ‘Approves Farm-Inflation Mea- sure After Eliminating Simpson Proposal EXPECT SENATE TO AGREE ‘Action By Upper Body Will Be Last Step on Legisla- tion’s Pathway | | Washington, May 9.—(AP)—The! house stood squarely by the admin- istration Tuesday, rejecting the “cost of production” amendment to the vast | farm reliefeinflation bill, approving | the rest of the measure and putting; it up to the senate where quick’ agreement was expected. The senate action, due Wednes- day, will be the last step necessary to send the bill to President | velt for, signature unless present in- | dications ar¢ reversed and the sena- tors decide to hold out for the Norris-Simpson clause which seeks | to guarantee cost of production and | @ reasonable profit to the farmer. | The house stand was voted after; the members adopted a rule offered: by the Democratic leaders to pre-) vent Republican opponents from) making further technical delays. | a Are Highlights n Farm Situation (By the Associated Press) Farm bill sent back to senate | by house, minus Norris-Simpson } cost-of-production feature. Meas- { ure may go to white house Wed- |; nesday. : } buy nothing, sell notning* is New Jersey legislature passes bill to create state board of con- trol purchase, distribution and sale of milk and cream. New York city health commis- sioner threatens importation of milk from near-western states if farm strike in present “milk shed” takes effect. Department of agriculture scien- tists approve addition of alcohol to fuel gasoline to aid corn and barley Producers. Department of agriculture to seek Secretary Hull's opinion on whether processing tax in farm bill will violate spirit of proposed “tariff truce.” Martial law, declared as result of mobbing of judge, is to be lifted Saturday in Plymouth county, Towa. Get Important Federal Posts DANIEL W. McCORMACK Although the press of legislation has taken up most of President Roosevelt's time, the designation of GUY T. HELVERING faithful Democrats to hold important federal posts 1s beginning to gather speed. latest to be assigned leading places in the administra tion set-up. W. A. JULIAN Above are three of the McCormack is the new immigration commissioner; Helvering, former Kansas congressman, has been ap- PLOT T0 FOWL TWO ILLINOIS KIDNAPERS Freeport, Ill, May 9.—(?)—Because jtheir wealthy victim let himself be || kidnaped and the sheriff kept just a ||Step ahead of their plot, two alleged abductors Waited in a cell Tuesday to be prosecuted for a $25,000 ransom conspiracy, | William Trevillian, vice president of jthe W. T. Rawleigh company, walked |from his office Monday evening look- jing forward to being kidnaped. He was. Two men seized him, jbundled him off to an abandoned farm and tossed him gagged and bound, into the basement. But Jack and “Red” Schultz of La Salle, Ill, formerly undercover meu jfor Sheriff E. J. Welter of La Salle jeounty, happened to have been in Preeport recently looking for jobs. They fell in with William Stubbe, 27, ~ {of Rock Grove, Ill, and Le Verne Only Monday they had blocked the; Moore, 21, a mailing room employe at vote by a point of order against a change in the bill made by the con- Tuesday's rule forbade any ferees. more points of order. The house vote rejecting the ‘cost! of production” amendment was 108 to 283. Speaker Rainey voted against the amendment. In addition to privileged status for; Democrats gave! similar position to the $500,000,000 ‘Wagner-Lewis relief bill, and made the farm bill the Plans for sending the Muscle Shoals- ‘Tennessee basin development meas-/ ure to conference. In addition, the leadership moved! administration secur- ities’ bill, approved Monday in prin-} ciple by the senate, to conference. ‘The senate, after two hours of de- bate, passed its own measure as a substitute for the Rayburn securities bill, approved unanimously by the to speed the house on Friday. Gasoline Prices Drop Three Cents a Gallon! the Rawleigh plant. The Schult: brothers said Moore suggested a bit of easy money by kidnaping Trevil- lian. As the plan unfolded, the former under-cover men returned to La Salie, informed Sheriff Welter of the con- Spiracy and the sheriff invoked the aid of intelligence men from Chicago federal offices and also told Trevil- lian, who agreed to submit to kidnap- and Moore. Pair Quickly Arrested The officers surrounded the farm near Durand soon after the abduction Monday night and, with the aid of the Schultz brothers, nabbed the alleged kidnapers, Stubbe, according to the plans re- yealed by the sheriff, was to receive $2,000 for providing the hideout, and in raising the ransom. The balance of $15,000 was to be divided between the two La Salle aids. With the Trevillian kidnaping suc- cessfully consumated the sheriff said the gang then: planned to seize W. 4T. Rawleigh, head of the company Gasoline prices dropped three cents} and a relative of Trevillian by mar- a gallon in Bismarck and North Da- / Triage. Kota Monday—the largest single re- duction in the history of the gasoline industry, local dealers said. The drop brought common Sasoline | to 15.1 cents per gallon. Ethyl gaso- line dropped 3% cents to 17.6 cents. The drop was put into effect by all/ companies operating in this state in It was originally planned to ar- sioner’ T. E. White at Ottawa, -IIl., Tuesday but it was later reported that the case would be placed in the state courts due to the uncertainty existing as. to whether or not the extortion note was sent through the an effort to encourage motorists to| mails. make more automobile tours this sea- on, local merchants said. Anderson Second in Minneapolis Primary Minneapolis, May 9.—(?)—William A. Anderson, incumbent, and A. C, “Buzz” Bainbridge, theater owner, were nominated for mayor. Bainbridge led the 14 candidates with 24,135 votes with 76 precincts unreported. Anderson, who ran. with- out the backing of a Farmer-Labor convention which two years ago sup- Borted nim, was in second place with Lifts Martial Law In Iowa Farm War Des Moines, May 9.—(?)—Governor Clyde L, Herring Tuesday announced that martial law will be lifted and civil courts will resume their functions in Crawford and Plymouth counties at 9 a, m. Thursday. > oY Japanese Trying to Halt Suicide Craze el Tokyo, May 9.—(7)—Because 55 girls and young men have com- mitted suicide since Feb. 11 at Mount Mihara on Oshima Island, 50 miles southwest of Tokyo, the Oshima police have asked the home office for reinforcements. The sensational death of a school girl Feb. 11 brought Mi- hara into the limelight and it became the favorite suicide spot of the lovelorn. and the life weary. Six youths jumped into the voleano’s crater last Sunday. All the recent victims were under 28 years of age, the majority in their teens. Japan's suicide rate is always high. The beautiful Kegon wa- terfalls near Nikoo used to be the favorite spot for persons desir- ing to die. They went there from all parts of the country. ing and help trap the pair, Stubbe| Moore was to get $8,000 as his share |“ raign the pair before U. 8. Commis-| Increases in Pay Are Announc-! ed By Many Firms Through- | out Nation | 1 Chicago, May 9. — () — Cheering ; news came to thousands of American; workmen Tuesday in the form of ‘wage increase announcements, One announcement alone—that of | E. L. Cord — that employes of the’ i Minnesota members of Nation- | Manufacturer, Forewarned ee peat peer - ” ive-per-cent increase effective ‘ed- sl Hermes Hoidey pactintion | Submits to Abduction As |nesday, affects approximately 10,000 | have voted to Join general farm || workmen. The companies involved strike with slogan “stay at home, |! Police Watch i the Auburn Automobile .com- ny, the Lycoming Manufacturing ican airways. Other announcements, in line with President Roosevelt's request for wage increases, were: Ten per cent advances to some 9,000: South Carolina textile mill workers. | A 7 per cent increase for employes | of the Standard Kid company of | ‘Wilmington, Del. | A 10 per cent boost in wages for em- | ployes of the J. 8. Bache & company, | brokerage firm, who were with the {concern prior to January 1. At the same time things looked jbrighter for hog and lamb raisers, whose products forged ahead Monday to new highs for recent weeks in the iChicago markets. ‘BROAD PROGRAM T0 | HELP BUSINESS AND | LABOR IS PREPARED Proposal Expected to Be Pre- sented to President Roose- velt Tuesday | Washington, May 9. — () — The broad am for reviving business through three billion dollars for pubile construction and federal cooperation on industrial regulation, was complet - ed Tuesday by administration advis- ers for submission to President Roose- t. Senator Wagner (Dem., N. Y.), in charge of the drafting, announced it probably would be presented to the white house late Tuesday. Primarily designed to regulate in- ‘dustrial production through what President Roosevelt has described as 8 “partnership,” the legislation would relax the anti-trust laws to permit agreements within: industries subject to governmental approval. Wagner and his associates have added to this industrial control plan @ proposal for a three-billion dollar construction program by the federal government, states, municipalities and Private interests. 55 It is proposed to set up a public works administrator with power ‘to supervise the entire construction pro- gram in order to speed up the exten- sion of credit for local governmental units. About one billion dollars of the to- tal would be provided by the treas- ury for federal public wotks and the remainder advanced by the recon- struction corporation for loans to lo- cal governmental units and private industry. Indcrses Planned Production The industrial control section of the bill contemplates the creation of a federal board to supervise agree- ments reached by trade associations for planned and regu'ated industrial production. | Through this means authors of the} proposal hope to halt runious compe- tition, restore prices and wages, and spread employment. Lewis W. Douglas, director of the budget is acting as a clearing house for the proposals before submission to the white house. The dozens of industrial panaceas |which have been presented were un- i (Continued on page four) ‘ pointed internal revenue commissioner, and Julian, De mocratic national committeeman from Ohio, will be | treasurer of the United States. His signature will appear on all the bank notes issued during his incumbency. Cheering News of Wage Boosts Is Given to Many VICTIM ENGAGES IN MINNESOTANS VOTE 110 JOIN MOVE FOR | GREAT FARM STRIKE Meeting Adopts Slogan ‘Stay At Home, Buy Nothing, Sell Nothing’ 8t. Paul, Minn., May 9.—(?)—Min- nesota members of the National Farmers Holiday association have voted to join a general farm strike, effective next Saturday. Meeting in state convention Montevideo Monday, 4,000 represent atives of the association endorsed the company, Duesenberg, inc. and Amer-' national strike called recently at Des Moines and adopted as their slogan, “stay at home, buy nothing, sell nothing.” As these steps were being taken here, announcement was made that martial law, in effect in several Iowa counties following an attack on Dis- trict Judge C. C. Bradley at Le Mars, would be lifted this week, probably Saturday. Troops are expected to begin moving out of the Iowa “farm war” zone soon thereafter. The Minnesota association adopted @ resolution urging that all labor or- ganizations and truck drivers join the farmers in a sympathetic strike. Gov. Floyd B. Olson, Minnesota's Farmer-Labor party executive, was asked in another resolution to declare an official holiday for. creameries during the strike. This was urged in an effort to prevent any violence. Asks State Embargo The association will petition Gov. Olson to “declare an embargo on all agricultural products of the state and use his power to enforce it.” “Protest” meetings to influence closing of shipping associations, creameries, elevators and produce buyers, in the same manner as mort- gage foreclosure demonstrations have been held, also were urged. Milk for the needy and sick and food for the unemployed in cities dur- ing the strike for higher prices for farm products, would be furnished on applications of relief organization. Expressing determination not to pay interest, debts or taxes “until the dol- lar is made to serve as an honest measure of value,” the association ‘Tuesday adopted a resolution demand- ing a national moratorium on fore- closures on farms and city homes and Personal property. A demand that federal government take over the entire banking and credit system as a public utility “to be operated for the benefit and pro- tection of all the people” also was made in another resolution adopted by delegates here from all parts of the state. Declaring that the government has been “corrupted to the service of spe- cial privileges, rather than to the People as a whole,” members went on record as favoring a national third- party movement now in process of organization. Condemn Old Parties The resolution adopted states that “the old parties will have forfeited’ their right to leadership if the gov- (Continued on page four) Navy Will Cut Costs In Next Fiscal Year Washingtoh, May 9—(/)—The navy has agreed to cut its expenses $53,- 000,000 in the next fiscal year. Congress appropriated $308,000,000 for the department which also had an unexpended balance of $13,000,- 000, After weeks of conferences with the budget bureau, navy officials agreed to spend only about $270,- 000,000, exclusive of sums paid out on a ship-building program to boom employment. As a part of the economy move, Officials have tentatively decided to place one-third of the fleet on the “rotating plan,” or inactive status. Recruiting and training at the Nor- folk, Virginia, San Diego, Calif., New- port, Rhode Island, and Great Lakes, Il, training stations also will be temporarily stopped. It was under- stood that a 1,000 reduction in of- ficer personnel is contemplated. = i ' BISMARCK PLUMBING ORDINANCE WILL, GET TEST IN HIGH COURT | Counsel For Ralph Forsythe Planning Appeal For Writ of Habeas Corpus REAPPOINT TWO POLICEMEN Appeal For Abatement on West- ern Baking Firm Taxes Under Consideration The constitutionality of Bismarck’s plumbing ordinance will be tested in the higher courts in the near future, City Attorney Charles L. Foster told members of the city commission at their regular weekly business meeting Monday evening. Though he said he was confident the ordinance is constitutional, he ad- viseg the commission to withhold fur- ther prosecution under the ordinance until after the test is completed. The test will be ‘made by counsel for Ralph Forsythe, who has been unable to secure a city plumbing license and has threatened to continue to violate the ordinance, Foster said. Forsythe at present is under a sus- pended sentence for violating the ord- imance. When he made the open threat before the commission that he {would continue to violate the ordi- jMance, Police Magistrate Edward 8. Allen took steps to revoke the suspen- sion on his sentence. At that time iForsythe’s attorney asked for a few days to prepare his appeal fof a writ of habeas corpus and a test of the ordinance. To District Court First Foster said it is ilkely the case will first go to district court but event- ually will end up in the state supreme court. Reappointment of R. H. Hamro and Peter Reid as city policemen was con- |firmed by the commission. An application by Roy Logan and John Hoffman for abatement in 1931 and 1932 taxes on the Western Bak- ing company building on East Main avenue was taken under considera- tion. Making a personal appearance before the board, the two men claim- ed the building was valued too high in comparison with other business buildings. A petition that Mrs. Jeanette Os- trander be given permission to make an addition to her residence at 519 Fifth St., signed by all but one resi- dent of the block, was referred to the zoning board. One party objects to the proposed addition on the ground that it would be too near the sidewalk in comparison with the average distance from the sidewalk of buildings in the lock. Decision to recommend to the board of Burleigh county commissioners that it sell six lots for prices offered was reached. Mrs. D. Gray offers the face of the delinquent taxes, $105.12, for six lots on Nineteenth 8t., north of Avenue B. Irving W. Cook offers $50 for two lots at Thompson St. and Avenue C. The face of the taxes on the latter two lots-is $110. A resolution expressing apprecia- tion to Governor Langer and the state highway department for use of state equipment in improving the road to the Bismarck municipal airport was adopted. Salvation Army Reports In a report to the commission, Ad- jutant Herbert Smith of the Salva- tion Army declared that his organiza- tion, between Oct. 15 and April 15, fed 9,697 meals to needy men at a total cost of $247, or an average of two and one-half cents per meal, and 9,950 hot lunches to school children at a total cost of $230.90 and average cost of two and three-eighths cents per meal. During the same period 1,119 beds were furnished to transients, Ad- jutant Smith said. A report from the city bacteriologist for April indicated that milk and water consumed in the city was in satisfactory condition. reported he had weighed 1,181 loads on the city scales in April. They were described as follows: coal 1,025; hay 31, millet 5, cattle 9, hogs 13, oats 7, corn 51, barley 8, potatoes 14, sand and gravel 7. A report that he had acted on 42 cases in March was received from Magistrate Allen. Three persons were fined a total of $21.95 during the per- jod. Cases included disorderly con- duct 27, vagrancy 4, keeping swine in the city 1, forgery in the third de- gree 1, traffic ordinance violations 3, fornication 4, burglary in the third degree 1 and assault and battery 1. North Dakota Youth Dies from Injuries Montgomery, Ala. May 9.—(#)— Private Raymond J. Iberson, 21, of Edgeley, N. D., was injured fatally Monday as his motorcycle crashed into an automobile at Maxwell field, government airport here. Tberson, an unskilled rider, attempt- ed to stop the motorcycle but by mistake accelerated it and struck the automobile. He died six hours later at the post hospital. Therson was a member of the 54th school squadron. F. J. McCormick, city weighmaster, |**7 of the evidence as soon as it is that they knew nothing about were was not disclosed. resenting the Quick Print, Inc., for bids for such material. witnesses. of the complaint, also was called as did not testify. tice and at McCurdy's. request. He ber of the Quick Print firm. ‘ADMINISTRATION IS | FACING SHOWDOWN ON DEBT PAYMENTS President May Ask Power to Bargain in Order to Help World Business Washington, May 9. — (®) — The Roosevelt administration faces its first real showdown on the war debts issue since it came into power. Aware how Europe has enmeshed debts with economic recovery and disarmament, the president is consid- ering asking congress for full author- ity to deal with the problem as he sees fit so as to acheive his aim of in- ternational prosperity. But how far he will go remains to be seen. The administration and congress regards debts as obligations as defi- nite as the proposed consultative lagreements by the United States to satisfy European demands for secur- ity. Yet, since the debts question has been injected into the interantional conversations, the president, in the face of expressed congressional objec- tions, seems bent on meeting the chal- lenge in some way and wants to an- swer bargain with bargain if neces- y: The French cabinet voted Monday against paying its defaulted December Payment without assurance that the forthcoming June installment would postponed. Roosevelt and his aides planned to continue Tuesday the round of con- versations with visiting dignitaries from Germany and China, striving to ensure a successful conclusion of the (Continued on page four) Six in One Family Perish in Flames Rapid City, 8. D., May 9.—(P)—Six members. of a family of nine were ;dead here Tuesday as the result of an early morning fire Monday resulting from a blast which occurred when the father attempted to start a fire in the stove with kerosene. The dead are Mr. and Mrs. John W. Wilcox, and four children; Clara Luella, 7; Carrie Rose, 4; Betty Jane, 3, and Francene Eugenia, less than @ year. Three others—Charles, 12; Delmer, 9, and Johnnie, 11, escaped. Carrie and Betty were burned to death in their beds, the others dying in hospi- tals later in the day. The two-room house in which they Mved was turned into a seething fur- nace in a moment by the explosion. MOTIVES BEHIND ACCUSATION BARED IN FINAL SESSIO Complainants Admit They Knew Nothing About It But Signed Document Because They Were Asked to Do So; Threat to Have Trio Ousted Is Revealed , Hearing in the case of three Burleigh county commis- sioners, suspended from office pending determination of charges against them, was terminated Monday afternoon in the Burleigh county courthouse. 0. G. Abern, Wishek attorney appointed to preside at the j hearing, said he will make no recommendations to Governor William Langer regarding the case but will certify a transcript Court Reporter Clifford Jansonius said he expected to have the transcript ready in 10 days or two weeks. It will be a bulky affair and will be paid for by the county. ei Monday afternoon’s session was marked by testimony of four men who signed the petition against the commissioners | read in the published record of the commissioner’s proceed- |ings and what they had been told by “others.” Who the others _ ,Another sensation was testimony by Axel Soder and H. F. Tiedman, suspended commissioners, that E. J. Conrad, rep- ing and supplies, had warned them they would be removed by the governor unless they acceded to his demand to advertise On cross-examination F, E. McCurdy, prosecuting the case, asked if Conrad had not merely threatened to file a complaint with the governor but was given an emphatic “no” by both { The four who were called by the defense to testity regarding their sign- ing. of the petition which was the basis for Temoving the three commis- sioners, were H. P. Asselstine, who has a farm east of the city and also maintains a residence in Bismarck; C. A. Anderson, Moffit; L. E. Heaton, McKenzie, and P. P. Bliss, McKenzie. Asselstine said he signed the complaint April 19 in McCurdy’'s law of- the things charged against the accused commissioners and had no informa- tion regarding the crimes alleged in the petition other than what he had read in the published reports of the commissioners’ proceedings, He ad- mitted that he had no personal knowledge of the entire affair. Objection By Prosecutor Is Overruled When Anderson was called McCurdy objected to “cumbering the rec- ord” with material which he contended was irrelevant, but was overruled. Anderson's testimony as to his knowledge of any wrongdoing by the commissioners was exactly the same as that of Asselstine, except that, when he signed the complaint in McCurdy’s office, Conrad was present. Heaton said the same thing and that McCurdy and Conrad were present, while Bliss said that McCurdy, Conrad and F. G. Orr were present when he signed the complaint at McCurdy’s request. Orr also is a mem- completed. the case except what they had a firm bidding on county print- C. W. Ritterbush, the fifth signer @ witness but could not be found and said he knew nothing about any of Charles A. Swanson, one of the de- fendants who has represented the! second commissioner's district for more than 16 years, denied that he had entered into any deal of “any name, nature or description with The Bismarck Tribune company, or any of its representatives or agents” with regard to a printing contract which was made the basis of the complaint against the three commissioners. Axel Soder and H. F. Tiedman, the! er defendants, made similar de- is. Swanson said that in 1931 all five commissioners voted to extend a con- tract for county printing and sup- plies then in force with The Bismarck Tribune but that three days later the action was rescinded and it was de- jclded to advertise for bids. The con- tract then was awarded to the Quick Print, he said, but he voted “no” be- cause the bid of that firm was chang-j| ed after it was opened, either by Con-j{ rad or by George F. Will, commission chairman, by adding some additional writing to it. Another reason, he said, was that he compared the bid with the old contract, which it had been Proposed to renew, and found the old | contract to be cheaper for the coun- iy. Would Save Money In 1933, he said, he voted 4o renew @ contract which had been given to The Tribune in 1932 at a 10-per-cent discount, the consideration being a 10-per-cent reduction in prices. He said the proposition was made by J.! F. Fortenberry, a Tribune representa- tive, in open meeting and that he had no knowledge that such a proj was to be made prior to the time it was offered. Two days later, he said, Conrad and Orr protested and in April they Presented a written “remonstrance” to the board, objecting to its action in not asking for new bids. He said they also appeared before the board in April and made further protest. Asked by McCurdy about his con- ception of the law governing the board’s action, Swanson said he had received several different versions of the law, that he did not believe ad- vertising was necessary and that he considered it his duty to take the cheapest price for the county. His experience in 1931, when it would have been cheaper to renew the old contract, influenced his decision, he sal He said Tiedman and Soder went to see State's Attorney George F. Register to ascertain the legality of extending the contract, were told the question was in doubt and, at Regis- ter's suggestion, the board passed & resolution barring all but emergency purchases under the extended con- tract until an opinion should be ready jruling on the matter. Register told ; him, he said, that A. J. Gronna, now attorney general, had written an opinion to the Williams county board, |when he was state's attorney of that jcounty, saying it was not necessary to j advertise for bids. } DWARFED ITALIAN, ~ ACCUSED BY POLICE, _ FOUND UNCONSCIOUS Murder and Attempted Suicide Seen By Officials As Probable Explanation RECENT QUARREL BLAMED One of Victims Had Worked As Housekeeper For Alleged Assailant (Tribune Special Service) Beach, N. D., May 9.—Believed to have attempted suicide after brutally slaying two women, a mother and her daughter, “Dago Frank” Genino, 60- year-old Italian, was in a hospital here Tuesday afternoon unconscious from a bullet wound in his head. After posses during the forenoon had combed the Badlands in this area in search of Genino, he was found behind his home shortly after noon with the wound in his head and a gun at his side. Bodies of the two women, their heads battered in with some blunt instrument, were found shortly before 9 o'clock Tuesday morning at the home of Mrs. Rosalia Dodge, one of the victims, one mile west of Beach. Victims 85 and 65 Mrs. Dodge was about 85 years old and her daughter, Mrs. Mattie Steger, the other victim, was about 65. Both were widows. The fact that they were fully dress- ed led police to believe that they were slain late Monday night. The bodies were found by Charles Jant, who came to their house tc milk their cows. Mrs. Dodge operat- ed a 15-acre farm. Mrs. Steger, until recently, had been housekeeper for Genino, a dwarf- ed man about four feet six inches tall. Following @ quarrel, she had left his employ and moved her be- longings to her mother’s home, Leaves Note In Italian Suspicion pointed to Genino as the slayer when he could not be found and a note, written in Italian, was found on a table in his home by po- lip, officials when they began their indsiigation, They were unable to translate the note, however. |, Genino was arrested Monday morn- jing on a charge of stealing grain from a Beach elevator and it is un- derstood Mrs. Steger was the inform- ant in the case. This angered Gen- ino who, it is reported, had threat~ ened Mrs. Steger’s life several times before. Genino, who has lived in Beach for many years, resided in a Northern Pacific Railway section house and earned his living through odd jobs about the city. Mrs. Dodge and Mrs. Steger had lived here for many years also. At the hospital here, it was said Genino had a chance to recover should no complications set in. The bullet lodged in the right side of his head. He was semi-conscious Tues- day afternoon. O’Connor Approved For Comptrollership Washington, May 9.—()—Over- whelming approval was given by the senate Monday to President Roose- velt's choice for comptroller of the eurrency—J. F. T. O'Connor of Call- fornia—a few minutes before Sena- tor Reed (Rep., Pa.), voiced belated criticism on the ground the nominee had no banking experience. The senate also confirmed the nom- inations of Lucille F. McMillin of Tennessee and Harry B. Mitchell of Montana as members of the civil serv- ice commission. Heart Ailment Ends Phrase Maker’s Life San Francisco, May 9—(?)—A heart ailment has ended the life of the army officer who uttered the ring- ing war-time phrase, “Lafayette, We Are Here.” Col. Charles E. Stanton, 74, whose declaration was made July 4, 1917, in Paris before the tomb of the Frenchman who aided the American colonies in the Revolutionary war, posal | died Monday night. He was stricken ill less than a week ago. U.S. Wheat Delegation Arrives for Meeting Geneva, May 9.—(P)—The Ameri-: can delegation to the international wheat conference which opens Wed- nesday arrived in Geneva Tuesday. The delegation includes Henry Morgenthau of New York; Ferderick E. Murphy, publisher of the Min- neapolis Tribune; and George C Haas, member of the U. S. farm board. Morgenthau said he came with no concrete plan, but wished first to explore the ground with others to see what should be done to solve the wheat situation. Graveled Highways In Good Condition Gravel highways in North Dakota are in fair to good condition, while earth roads are slippery due to recent rains, the state highway department Teported Tuesday. U. S. Highway No. 83, from Minot 10 miles south, is under construction. A detour is provided four miles south- east of Minot on State Highway No 9, seven miles south and three miles | McCurdy objected. saying that (Continued on page six) west on the county highway. It is ir ifair condition,