The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 15, 1933, Page 1

« North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper | ESTABLISHED 1873 - EXPECTED 10 JOIN FRANCE, BRITAIN IN FACING ARMS CRISIS Davis Asks Paul-Boncour to Take Mild Stand So Oth- ers May Assist Him HITLER SPEECH AWAITED! Paris Feels Lifting of Treaty - Restrictions Now Would Be Dangerous Paris, May 15.—(*)—A three-power “ united front of the United States, Great Britain and France, virtually has been achieved to face Germany at the Geneva disarmament confer- a | day. : Norman H. Davis, American am- bassador-at-large, asked Foreign Minister Joseph Paul-Boncour at a 50-minute talk Monday to take a) mild stand toward Chancellor Hit- ler’s expected disarmament pro- nouncement before the reichstag on Wednesday, it was authoritatively said, in order that the United States ns Britain might be able to follow v Military action against a rearmed Germany, treaty experts have found, would be possible only under a de- cision of The Hague tribunal. A d secret French memo- randum concerning the original four- power peace pact of Premier Mus- solini, as published in the Brussels magazine Belge Le Flambeau, ex- pressed the fear that lifting of treaty restrictions on Germany would be a dangerous move at this time. Revision of post-war treaties, sug- gested in the Mussolini proposal, the memorandum was represented as * gaying, “risks giving birth to hopes which would be impossible to satisfy or would excite disquietudes which, even if unjustified, would not fail to place an obstacle to the rapproche- ment of peoples.” \ SENSATION CREATED IN BRITISH CAPITAL London, May 15.—(?)—Efforts were made in Downing Street Monday to calm the sensation in the press over the week-end concerning the general European crisis. There was no effort in British po- litical circles to disguise the dissat- isfaction caused by a speech Satur- day night by Franz von Papen, Ger- man vice-chancellor, in which he compared the present situation in Germany with that which obtained in 1914. Simon Is Silent Foreign Secretary Sfr John Simon declined in the house of commons Monday further to commit himself or the government on the question of intimations that Germany intended to rearm. Sir John declared it was necessary to await resumption of the disarma- ment conference commission’s sessions in Geneva. The foreign minister had been ask- ed if he were prepared to make a statement on “the declaration of the German foreign minister that, what- ever the result of the disarmament conference, Germany intends to re- arm, thereby breaking the terms of the treaty of Versailles.” “I can make no further statement,” Sir John replied, “pending resumption \y of the general commission of the dis- armament conference on Thursday.” Neither would he state whether the recent utterance of Viscount Hail. sham, war minister, in the house of lords, represented the attitude of the government. Lord Hailsham had asserted that in his opinion any attempt on the part of Germany to rearm would be a breach of the Versailles treaty and would bring into operations sanctions + provided by that treaty. HITLER CONCENTRATES ON REICH DEFENSE POLICY Berlin, May 15.—()—All energies of the Hitler regime were centered Monday on outlining a defense of Germany's armament policy. Both Sount Rudolf Hadolny, chief delegate at the world disarmament conference, and Dr. Alfred Rosen- berg, chief of the foreign division of the Nazi party, recently in London, have been recalled for conferences with the chancellor. Their talks will be preparatory to Hitler's speech Wednesday before the reassembled reichstag in which it is believed he will spare no means to show Germany's desire for peace, at the same time setting out a defense for the nation’s stand. Gold Star Mothers \ Sailing for Europe ence Thursday, it was learned Mon-; THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE ‘BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, MONDAY, MAY 15, 1933 | i | Wisconsin BONUS SEEKERS GET i |¢army’ Is Comfortably Fed But | Notably Small, Quarrel- i ing Internally i Washington, May 15.—(AP)—The comfortably fed but numerically slim {bonus army of 1933 Monday got down ite the business of holding a “conven- tion” to frame cash-payment de- j mands. 800 tents—nearly 700 of which are empty—the 1,200 ex-soldiers making up the army which leaders had pre- dicted would total 8,000 prefaced Mon- day’s speech-making with a piping {hot army breakfast. | Despite efforts by leaders of the original Fort Hunt contingent to re- concile the “conservatives” who ac- cepted the camp's hospitality only after four shelterless- days on the {capital's streets, strained relations still existed within the army. These 200 men, led by Mike Thomas of Camden, New Jersey. continued to live apart from those they had charged were “Communist connected.” The thousand or more men who first occupied. Fort Hunt under the ban- ners of the Veterans National Liaison jcommittee, and who accepted the rer jsignations of two of their leaders who were avowedly Communistic, changed the name of their organization to the |Veterans National committee, but the Thomas group remained unappeased. Joseph Salzman of Brooklyn, New York, who led a dozen men in an un- successful effort to march to the white house Sunday, lost all but a few of his followers to the camp's food and shelter. “We went to see President Roose- ‘velt,” said Salzman. “I knew him when he was governor. I stood beside him once when he was making a campaign speech.” The group was placed under tech- nical arrest but soon was liberated. Six Persons Drown In Indiana Floods Indianapolis, May 15.—(?)—Indiana ;Persons drowned during the week-end, |while muddy waters raged down into jthe lower reaches of the Wabash and ; White rivers, bringing serious flood |eonditions to the southern part of the state. Five other deaths previously were jattributed to the high waters and \storms which preceded the floods. PECPLE ON MISSISSIPPI ARE WARNED OF RISE St. Louis, May 15.—(®)—Anxious eyes Monday watched the turbulent waters of the Mississippi river and its tributaries in Missouri and southern Dinois where flood warnings had been given. Sterling State Bank On Unrestricted Basis; \ Business on an unrestricted basis 2sew ‘ork, May 15.—(4)—This year’s| was resumed Saturday by the Sterl- irst contingent of gold star mothers|ing State Bank after # legal holiday ind war widows, who will visit the/of 10 weeks. ‘world war battlefields and grave- H. E. Wildfang is cashier of the in- in Europe as guests of the fed-| stitution, in the eastern part of Bur- eral government, arrived in New York | leigh county. Monday. ‘The Sterling bank, which has been The first of five groups to visit|/in continuous business for more than + Europe this summer comprised 134| quarter of a century, has a capital the President Harding. : “/ ‘women. They will sail Wednesday on|of $12,500 and surplus of $6,500. The reopening assures depositors Monday’s arrivals came from Ne-/|that their accounts will be paid in full braska, Missouri, Wisconsin, Michigan, | and that the bank will continue busi- Towa, South Dakota, Minnesota, Dekota and several other states North | ness on the same basis as before the bank holiday. | DOWN 70 BUSINESS Almost rattling around in the huge | Fort Hunt, Virginia, encampment of | ‘Monday counted a death list of six|* |. U.S. Is Seen as Part of A As Farm Relief-Inflation Became Law Here {s President Roosevelt as he made into law the farm relief-inflation bill. president, left to right, are these farm relief leaders: i Representative H. C. Fulmer of South Carolina, Representative Marvin Jones of Texas, Taber, president of the National Grange; Senator Ellison D. Smith of South Carolina, Henry Mor- genthau, Jr., president of the Farm Board. and Secretary of Agriculture Henry Wallace, Tear Gas Is Used Against [REPORT REFERENDUM (ON HIGHWAY MONEY; Milk Strikers Sheriff's Deputies Release Vap- or in Trying to Halt Two Demonstrations Shawano, Wis. May 15.—(P)—Sev- jeral hundred milk strikers Monday resisted tear gas when they dumped ; milk headed for a plant at Bonduel, east of here. Deputy Sheriff Paul Roepke was struck on the head with a club. He retaliated by knocking down his attacker and then stood off the crowd with his pistol. | The milk plant was closed agains’ the strikers and the milk was dumped at its doors in a cloud of gas released by deputies. | It was the second time during the | strike that tear gas was used by of- |ficials seeking to halt strike activities. | The first use was Sunday when (sheriff's deputies used it in a fight lagainst 400 farmers who dumped 30.- 000 pounds of milk en route to Chi- cago. A new supply of the gas was Tushed to that area by plane from Chicago. Only 35 deputies were on duty at the time and to disperse the battling crown they said they had to resort to tear gas. Later in the day a force of Walworth county deputies arrived and escorted trucks over highways deserted, by then, of pickets. Winnebago, Sheboygan, Milwaukee, Racine and Kenosha county deputies also were poised for action as city health commissioners sent trucks de- signated with red crosses into the country to get milk for children and the sick. Leaders of the Wisconsin coopera- tive milk pool agreed to suggestions that milk be allowed to go through for children and the sick, but insisted that it be handled through their or- ganization. Governor A. G. Schmede- man refused to allow health commis- sioners to deal with the pool or any other group of farmers. STATE HOLIDAY GROUP SUPPORTS PRESIDENT Approval of the order issued by | Milo Reno, president of the National Farmers Holiday association, calling off the farm strike was voted by the executive board of the state associa- tion at a meeting late Saturday night at Rugby, Usher L. Burdick, Fargo, head of the state group, an- nounced here Monday. In a resolution the board expressed “great faith in President Roosevelt and desires to give him all the op- portunity he wants to construct a program for the relief of agricul- ure.” “Until we know his plan is futile,” the resolution said, “we desire to support him unhesitatingly. We commend him for his request that all foreclosures cease, and we trust (Continuea on Page Two) See Increased Use Of Medicinal Liquor Washington, May 15.—(#)—The Pint arweek limit on medicinal liquor off. Beginning Monday, physicians may prescribe as much as they think their Patients need and they don’t have to tell the government what the ailments are that require a whisky treatment. ‘As a result, federal officials look for a sharp rise in medicinal liquor consumption. ‘The American Medical association advocated lifting the regulations on Uquor prescriptions. Congress com- Plied this spring, this being the sec- ond a the prohibition laws since March 4. Legalization of 3.2 beer and wine was the first. Under the new regulations virtual- ly all the restrictions of physicians are lifted. Only when a physician Prescribes for a patient for an extend- ed period of months must he notify the government of the amount. But he will not be required to reveal the ailment except on specfi¢ request of ‘an enforcement agent who, in turn, Grouped behind the Representative Wall Dozey of Mississippi, Louis J. BILL BEING SOUGHT { Petition Would Suspend $200,- | 000 Appropriation For Road Department | \ Suspension of the law providing an appropriation of $200,000 far mainten- jance of the state highway department for the next biennium was threatened | Monday with circulation of petitions for a referendum of the act. The petitions were reported to have been placed in circulation at Fargo by the “Reciprocity League of Bismarck, with the committee of petitioners composed of A. W. Johnson, Glen- field, Paul E. Seim, Finley, C. J. Carl- son, Valley City, G. A. Hubble, Wing, and John Dawson, Mandan. | If the 7,000 signers required to re- fer a law are obtained, its operation would be suspended until voted on. The appropriation is for the bien- |nium beginning July 1. Of the $200,- 000 appropriated, $191,200 is for gen- leral operating expenses. | As introduced, the bill called for an appropriation of $311,850, but this was reduced by the senate appropria- tions committee. Frank A. Vogel, state highway com- ; missioner, said that if the law carry- ling the department's budget is re- ferred it would “wreck” the highway department. Says Labor Would Suffer Thousands of men who are expect- ed to be engaged in highway construc- tion if proposed federal aid is made available would be thrown out of work, while maintenance of highways would be at a standstill, he said. He called attention to the bill in- troduced in congress for making fed- eral aid available to states for high- way construction, declaring the state department of highways has prepared for submission to the U. S. Bureau of public roads for approval plans for) |approximately 1,600 miles of various types of highway improvement includ- ing projects in every county in the state. When 100 per cent federal emer- gency funds are available, he added, the highway department planned to advertise these projects for letting contracts. He estimated work would be furnished for approximately 12,000 men. If the maintenance budget is re- ferred, however, he said, “it will not only be impossible for this state to take advantage of the. proposed 100 per cent federal aid appropriation, but the work of maintaining the present constructed state and federal high- ; Ways will have to be suspended,” If North Dakota fails to use the fed- eral funds allotted to the state, the ; U. 8. Bureau of public roads will re- appropriate this state’s share to the other states, he said. Strike at One-Man Rule The committee of petitioners di- recting the proposed referendum, in @ statement said they seek to strike at the “one-man” highway cammis- sion created by the last legislature and which they contend they can- not legally refer. The one-man highway commission | law was an emergency act, which, if referred, would not be suspended. Acts that are not emergency meas- ures, such as the maintenance bud- get, become automatically suspended when sufficient petitions are filed. The statement characterizes the one-man bill as giving the commis- sioner unlimited power in letting con- tracts, in hiring and dismissing em- ployes and states that it “creates a czar from whose decision there is no; “It places,” the statement contin- ues, “too much temptation before one man who, if he chose, could shake down every contractor who bid on highway or bridge construction or must have direct authority from a superior. every manufacturer who sold sup- plies.” “West Named University Chief TO AlD AGRICULTURE ARE BEING DRAFTED Administrators Seek to Elimin- ate ‘Cut-Throat’ Compe- tition in Markets WILL DELAY USE OF POWER Wallace to Go Slow on Levying Processing Tax Because of Tariff Issue Washington, May 15.—()—First ef- forts to help agriculture under the new farm act centered Monday about the drafting of trade agreements to remove depressing influences on farm prices which the administrators lay at the door of “cut-throat competi- tion.” George N, Peek, chief administrator, moved towards creation of agreement number one covering prices and hand- ling of fluid milk for the Chicago metropolitan area which he’ described as in a “chaotic state.” Secretary Wallace said that one or two of the principal powers of the act will not be used at the start. One of these was authority to levy process- ing taxes and use the proceeds to fi- nance a program for acreage retire- ment as part of a drive for domestic crop production. ‘The act provides that when a pro- cessing tax is levied, 8 compensatory import tax on the commodity or prod- ucts manufactured from it shall go into effect simultaneously. This tax would be, in effect, a tariff duty, add- ed to duties already imposed on some of the basic commodities in the bill— wheat, cotton, corn, hogs, tobacco, rice and dairy products. The white house has taken the position that imposition jof these taxes might be regarded as a ibreach of the recent tariff truce. Is Selecting Helpers Wallace will select this week the chiefs to direct the farm adjustment Program for most of the basic com- modities, Wallace said he 1s anxious that farmers do not expect extensive ac- complishments from the act within a short time. He said that the problems to which his administrators will ad- dress themselves are so involved that quick results are out of the question. Because of the effect. of the tariff truce on the probable use of process- ing taxes to finance acreage reduc- tion, he is uncertain as to what can be accomplished in that direction this crop year. Even though the tax coula be used promptly, he said, there was no certainty that acreage retirement could be made effective for 1933 crops because of the advance in planting and the time which will be required; to set up commodity councils, explore ; the position of each crop and devi methods to improve their status. He regards the formulation of an acre-| age-control program covering winter wheat to be planted this fall as more lkely of accomplishment. ' Henry Morgenthau, Jr., farm board chairman who will direct the mort- gage relief program, authorized in the farm act, began conferences Monday with representatives of leading insur- ance companies who jointly are owet about $3,000,000,000 in farm mortgages ; Under the act Morgenthau is author- ized to refinance up to $2,000,000,000 in farm mortgages during the next} two years. | ‘Will Report to Secretary | Representatives of milk producers and processors from the Chicago area were instructed by Peek to agree among themselves and submit the re- sult to him. If Peek and Secretary Wallace find the agreement satisfactory they have power under the act to legalize it and require its observance. Meanwhile, Peek conferred inform- ally with several representatives of the cotton industry regarding the possibilities of working out a plan to improve the price and position of the crop this year. No formal action will be taken until after a commodity council for cotton has been estab- lished. ‘The main approach to improvement of conditions in the dairy industry will be through trade agreements, it was explained at the department of agriculture, as thousands of queries from dairy farmers and others were received asking for the program on various commodities. The exact plan to help the dairy industry will not be known for some time. First a commodity council cov- ering that product must be set up and the unusual conditions in the dairy industry examined and the possibili- ties of aid methods thoroughly ex- plored. Because production of milk can not be readily translated into terms of acreage, as in the case of wheat, con- trol or reduction of dairying output can not be handled through leasing or retiring acreage in other ways. The department feels that agree- ments covering local situations may be drawn and put into effect particu- larly covering fluid products, milk and cream, and that the more general or national problems of the industry can be handled in a similar way but less promptly. JAMESTOWN WINS OPENER Jamestown, N. D., May 15.—(P)— Jamestown won the first baseball game played here this season by shut- ting out the St. Paul Nortific team 4 ta 0 Bunday afternoon. MAY BECOME PART OF ROOSEVELT PLAN President Ponders to Proposed New Feature of Industrial Control Bill MEASURE MAY BE DELAYED Addition Keeps Bill From Final Form; Tax. Feature Not Decided Upon Washington, May 15—()—President Roosevelt gave thought Monday to in- cluding provision for a back-to-the- farm. movement in his employment- industrial control bill. This omnibus legislation, intended to top off the administration's domes- tic emergency program, has been widening gradually and plans for re- balancing the city population were looked over by Roosevelt Sunday night. With this new addition in prospect, it appeared likely that the measure would not go to congress before Tues- day or Wednesday. The president still has a decision to make on the form of taxation to be recommended to underwrite the $3,- 300,000,000 public works construction program contained jn the bill to pro- vide thousands of jobs. Advjsers who have proposed a “re- employment” or manufacturers’ tax of between 1 and 1% per cent believe he is inclined to regard this levy as the ‘best available. The steering committee of the Na- tional Association of Manufacturers was called together Monday to discuss the provisions in the measure for in- dustrial supervision by the govern- ment. 1 PIONEER MORTON | FARMER SUCCUMBS 1 John Schultz, Father of Two Bismarck Men, Is Stricken Saturday Night John Schultz, Morton county farm- er for 45 years and father of two Bis- marck men, died at his farm home in Curlew township, Morton county, about 11:30 o'clock Saturday night. ‘His death was caused by apoplexy. Schultz was born in Germany Jan 30, 1859, and came to the United States when young. He was married at Cleveland, Ohio, March 29, 1888. He leaves his widow, six sons, two Gaughters, 18 grandchildren, one great-granddaughter and one sister, who still lives in Germany. Sons and daughters are Paul W. Schultz, 412 Thayer avenue, and ;Enoch Schultz, partner in the Chris Yegen dairy near the city, both of Bismarck; Herman, Benjamin and Fred Schultz, all of Glen Ullin; John Schultz, Pembina; Mrs. Margaret Davenport, Diagonal, Ia.; and Mrs. Lydia Mills, Seattle, Wash. Schultz homesteaded in Claasen township 45 years ago and later bought property across the road in Curlew township. Funeral services, dependent upon the arrival here of Mrs. Davenport, have been tentatively arranged for Tuesday afternoon in the Congrega- tional church at Glen Ullin. If Mrs. Davenport cannot get here by that time, the rites will be Wednesday. Rey. F. W. Gross of Hebron will of- ficiate. The body will be interred in the Glen Ullin cemetery. Negro Can’t Escape | From Ills of Life | Charlotte, N. C., May 15.—(>)— Most men cling to life but life clings to Charley McRae. McRae, a negro, despaired be- cause, he said, he was suspected in a robbery and his wife scold- ed him. He slashed his wrists and wait- ed for death. He slashed his face and cut his throat. Still life clung. He battered his head with a large rock, he laid his neck on @ railroad track. Police snatched him away just before a train rushed past. They took him to a hospital and left him. Then they received a telephone call: “This is the hospital. That man you brought just jumped out of @ second story window and land- ed on his head.” : McRae, however, still is alive. Wilton Coal-Miner Dies in City Sunday Joe Kostyniuk, Wilton coal-miner, died at a local hospital at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon. His death was caused by a pulmonary disorder. Kostyniuk, who was 55 years old, leaves his widow. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday morning from the Cath- olic church at Wilton, with Rev. Father John Wingering officiating. ‘The body will be buried in the Wil- ton cemetery. Kostyniuk was a native of Austria. f Anti-German Front — TPRADE AGREEMENTS |BACK-T0-LAND Al) | {Mtodern ‘Munchausen’ GASTON B. MEANS Government agents declared that Gaston B. Means’ tale of the Lind- bergh kidnaping, told in court in ‘Washington, D. C., was a story which made the famous Baron Munchausen “look like a piker.” Resuming the witness stand Mon- day after his weird story of last week, Means said that only a month ago he had informed attorneys for Mrs. Evalyn Walsh McLean that the four men he said were principals in the kidnaping were in Washington and could be arrested. Means is on trial on = charge of attempting to defraud Mrs. McLean of $35,000 in connection with the kid- naping. He was on the stand only a few minutes. The defense and govern- ment rested and a motion by the de- fense for a directed acquittal was overruled by the judge. Six motions to strike out various parts of testi- mony also were overruled. JAPANESE OPEN NEW DRIVE TO CONTROL INTERIOR OF CHINA Launch Attack On Suburb of Miyun; Say Defenders’ Morale Is Broken Tokyo, May 15.—(?)—Lt.-Gen. Yoshikazu Nichi, personally com- manding his 8th division, Monday at- tacked the town of Nansheng-Chuang, 10 miles northeast of Miyun in north China and about 50 miles from Peip- ing, and the occupation of Miyun was declared imminent. Reports from all fronts received by the Rengo News Agency were that the Chinese morale was collapsing and there were many desertions. Steady progress by four other Jap- anese commanders in their drive westward was reported in Rengo dis- patches from the front Sunday. All were headed toward Fengjun and Tsunhwa. Aided by airplanes, the four com- manders reported they had _ killed hundreds of their Chinese opponents and routed other hundreds. General Sakamoto claimed to have killed 1,300 in his push across the Lwan, while Major General Kunizo Mat- suda, who reached Hsintsichen, 15 miles northwest of Tsienan, told of counting the bodies of 600 dead Chi- nese. Occupation of Shihhsiachen was reported. pressed onward to- ward Miyun, about 40 miles from Peiping. Belated reports of the battles at Shinkailing and Shihhstachen, which ended Saturday, said they were the at Shanghai in 1932. The Japanese admitted the loss of claimed that the bodies of 3,000 Chi- nese were left on the battle field. DEFENDERS EVACUATING TANGSHAN, MINING TOWN Tientsin, May 15.—(?)—Evacuation of Tangshan, headquarters of the British Kailan mining interests, was begun Monday by Chinese forces; after Japanese fliers had attacked the town and bombed Chinese ce- ment works and cotton mills. Anti-aircraft guns went into ac- tion, but the fliers maintained suf- ficient altitude and escaped being hit. It was believed there had been few casualties, but property damage was heavy. | The bombers returned for a sec- ond raid and dropped explosives on Chinese troops scrambling out of trenches one mile outside the city. ‘Two bombs fell in the garden at the residence of the British chief en- gineer of the Kailan mining admin- istration. | Previously the Chinese had evacu- ated Lwanchow, chief city on the! right bank of the Ling river, east of the mining center. Meanwhile, there was an uncon- firmed report here that Japanese au- thorities had handed the Chinese an j ultimatum demanding evacuation not only of the Tientsin area, but also of Tangku, at the mouth of the Pai river on the sea coast 35 miles east of here, Confirmation was received here of reports that fleeing Chinese soldiers had bombed a bridge of the Peiping- Mukden railway over the Lwan river in an attempt to slacken the speed of the Japanese drive. BOOST COTTON PAYROLLS Montgomery, Ala., May 15.—(P)— Pay increases of five and 10 per cent for 1,000 textile operators and 425 new jobs were reported from cotton mills here Monday. 44 most sanguinary since the hostilities; 60 men killed and 360 wounded, but! Weather Report Partly cloudy and cooler tonight; Tuesday cloudy and cooler. : — lef FORKS EDUCATOR I UNANIMOUS CHOICE FOR IMPORTANT JOB Takes Office July 1 When Resig- nation of Present Head Becomes Effective GIVES FORMAL ACCEPTANCE Montana Chancellor, First Choice For Place, Declines to Accept It John C. West, superintendent of Grand Forks city schools, Mon- day was appointed president of the University of North Dakota by unan- imous vote of the state board of ad- ministration. He will take office July 1, when President Thomas F. Kane's resigna- tion becomes effective. In a telephone conversation with Nelson Sauvain, chairman of the board of administration, West ac- cepted the appointment. He was re- quested to confer with officials at the university to draw up plans for the next year to be submitted to the board when it meets at the school in June. Superintendent of Public Instruc- @| tion Arthur E. Thompson made the motion to appoint West and, on a second by Miss Laura B, Sanderson, the board voted unanimously for the appointment. s Studied at School West has taken his master’s and doctor's degrees at the University of North Dakota and has taught courses in school administration during sum- mer sessions. He had been principal and superintendent of various schools in Minnesota prior to returning to North Dakota to be superintendent of schools for Grand Forks. Sauvain said that the board mem- bers were of the opinion that West will provide as good leadership for the university as any man from the outside and that they were impressed by his popularity with principals and superintendents who studied in his classes. Prior to the appointment of West, the five members of the board fa- vored appointment of Dr. M. A, Brannon, chancellor of the Univer- sity of Montana and formerly affili- ated with the University of North Dakota. Dr. Brannon, however, in« formed the board he could not aca’ ‘Was Favored Alumni of the University of North Dakota from all parts of the state and scattered over the country had urged the board of administration ta name Dr. Brannon. A wire was sent to Dr. Brannon by board members asking if he would be willing to come here for a confers ence with the board of administra< tion relative to the presidency of the university. Dr. Brannon replied that while hig interest in the institution is stro: he believed it would be unwise fc him to accept the presidency if of fered to him. Dr. Brannon for many years was dean of the school of liberal arts at the university and was the first dean of the school of medicine. He later served as president of Beloit college and the University of Idaho before going to Montana. About 60 applications for the prest- dency had been filed with the board of administration, Sauvain said. Appointment of West follows s conference with university officials and Grand Forks businessmen by four members of the state board of administration last week. Sauvain, Miss Sanderson, R. M. Rishworth and Commissioner of Agriculture and | Labor John Husby were the members | who went to Grand Forks. Find Public Enemy Dead in Automobile Chicago, May 15.—(AP)—“Public Enemy” Rocco Belcastro, 25, recorded by police as a burglar, liquor dealer, terrorist, and member of the “circus gang” was found shot to death Mon- day in an automobile, The body had been bound securely with clothes line and electric cord, partly wrapped in a burlap bag, and covered with a blanket. In a shoul- der holster he carried a loaded pistol with six notches on the handle. Police said he was paraded Sunday in @ detective bureau “showup” with other robbery suspects but was not identified by recent victims of crim- inals. They said he left the bureau, apparently nervous, with several other youths. Blood stains on the running board of the automobile, a new machine without license plates, led police to believe Belcastro had been killed else- where and his body placed in the car The machine was parked a mile fro~ the loop. Investigators theorized he had been shot by gangland enemies while bound end helpless. It was the first gangster killing in Chicago in weeks. Iowa Farm Rioter Enters Guilty Piea Denison, Iowa, May 15.—(?)—Cyrus Tague, first to appear of 21 defend- ants charged with contempt of court for attacking state agents at a mort- Sage sale two weeks ago, pleaded guilty and was fined $50 in district court here Monday. On recommendation of Frank B. Hallagan, judge advocate of the mili- tary court which investigated the dis- orders, the charge of conspiracy wae ismissed, cept the appointment. 3