The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 20, 1933, Page 1

' North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE Weather Report Fair tonight; Sunday generally faiz and sormewhat warmer. ESTABLISHED 1873 BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, SATURDAY, MAY 20, 1933 PRICE FIVE CENTS | Abandon Prison Power Project Bismarck Leads in Track and Field Meet CAPTURES TWO OR |7setbipiomat Dies UPWARD MOVEMENT FIRST FOUR EVENTS T0 ESTABLISH EDGE Boelter and Beylund Set New Marks in Shot-Put and High Hurdles UNDERWOOD YOUTH STARS Landgren Soars to 11 Feet, Five Inches for New Pole Vault Record BULLETIN Bismarck had a lead of six points over Mohall, in the Capital City Track and Field meet $at- urday when the first six events had been run. The scores were Bismarck 19, Mohall 13, Fargo 104, Minot 7 and Underwood 5. Behan of Mohall hung up anew record in the mile run of 4:45.3, with Feiler, Gladstone, second; Welliver, Bismarck, third, and Robinson, Dickinson, fourth. Heth of Minot took first in the discus with Boelter, Bismarck, Distance 114 feet, 7 inches. Bismarck athletes took an early Jead in the Capital City high school track and field meet here Saturday as meet records were lowered in the finals of three of the first four events. Bismarck collected 14 points in the first four events while Fargo held second position with 8 1-2 points, Mohall had 8, and Underwood 5. ‘New records were established in the pole vault by M. Landgren of Un- derwood, who vaulted 11 feet 5 inch-) s, and in the shot put by Boelter of Bismarck who tossed the weight 46 feet 10 1-2 inches. Though Bey- Jund of Bismarck made the 120-yard high hurdles in 17.1 seconds to low- er the former record, the mark will not stand as he kicked over the first nurdie, ‘The summary: 120-yard high hurdles—Won_ by Beylund of Bismarck; Kreutz, Far- go, second; W. Fisher, Fargo, third; Bibelheimer, Linton, fourth. Time: 17.1 owers old record). Pole vault—Won by M. Landgren, Underwood; W. Fisher, Fargo, and T. Albers, Hazen, tied for second; F. Clement, Fargo, fourth. Height: 11 ft, 5 inches (new record). 100-yard_ dash—Won by Ellingson, Mohall; Boelter, Bismarck, second; Sailer, Stanton, third; Owens, Bis- marck, fourth. Time: 10.8 seconds. Shot put—Won by Boelter, Bis- marck; Dietz, Mohall, second; Faw- bush, Minot, third; Kilspotted, Solen, fourth. Distance: 46 feet, 10 1-2 inches (new record). Shone in Preliminaries | Both Boelter and Beylund had ex-| ceeded previous marks in the pre- Jiminaries. Beylund topped the tim- bers in 27.5 seconds Friday afternoon, bettering the mark of 28 seconds made by LeRoy Sanders, Bismarck, in 1928. Saturday morning Boelter heaved the pellet 46 feet, 10 1-2 inches, bet- tering the previous mark of 46 feet, 8 3-4 inches made by John O'Hare, Bismarck, in 1930. About 100 athletes are participat- ing in the meet under ideal weather conditions. uecars in the morning prelimin- aries: Shot put—Kilspotted of Solen, Dietz and L. Sundahl of Mohall, Boelter of Bismarck, Fandrick of Hazen and Fawbush of Minot. Best distance— 46 feet 10 1-2 inches (new record) by Boelter. Discus—Kilspotted of Solen, John ston of Fargo, Dietz of Mohall, Boel- ter of Bismarck, Fandrick of Hazen and Heth of Minot. Best distance— 107 feet 3 inches by Boelter and Heth. Javelin—Meyer of Linton, O. Fisher and Johnston of Fargo, L. Sundahl and O. Sundahl of Mohall and Schlickenmayer of Bismarck. Best distance—156 feet 4 1-2 inches by L. Sundahl. Broad jump—B. Saldin of Colehar- bor, Clements of Fargo, Fitzmaurice of Mohall, Kearns of Hazen, Delaney of Dickinson and Smith of Hazen.) Best distance—20 feet 1 1-2 inches by | Clements. High jump—B. Saldin of Colehar- bor, Shepherd of Fargo, Beylund and Hulbert of Bismarck, Albers and Smith of Hazen, Fawbush of Minot and Ashbacker of Dickinson. Qualify- ing height—5 feet 4 inches. Conferees Agree on Securities Measure ‘Washington, May 20—()—-Congres- sional conferees on the securities reg- ulation bill reached a complete agree- ment Saturday and the report will be taken up in the house early next week. Although accepting most of the house provisions, the conferees re- tained the amendment of Senator Johnson (Rep., Cal.) setting up @ cor- Poration to help American investors recover payments on defaulted for- eign bonds, This was modified, how- ever, to take effect only on proclama- tion of the president. MOONEY AWAITS DECISION San Francisco, May 20.—()—Tom Mooney’s right to place himself in jeopardy a second time rested with the California supreme court here Saturday while the gray-haired San Quentin convict waited in the county Jail for a decision. i 1 Grand Rapids, Mich.. May 20.—(7)— Death has written finis to a diplo- matic career that took Thomas J. O'- Brien to Denmark, Japan, Italy and won for him recognition for keen in- sight into the intricacies of interna- tional affairs. He was 90 years old and died at his home here yesterday afternoon after @ long illness. O'Brien had to his credit the nego- tiations conducted at Tokyo for more than two years which ended in the famous “gentlemen's agreement” re- garding Japanese immigration. It was said by his contemporaries that it was his keen foresight and wisdom which restrained the Cali- jfornia legislature from adopting re- strictive alien land laws that might have precipitated serious complica- tions between the United States and Japan. He was also down in the records as having first broached the project of American acquisition of the Danish West Indies although it was ten years after his ministry at Copenhagen be- jfore the Virgin Islands became terri- tory of the United States. As Ambassador to Italy, O'Brien ex- tended effective good offices in paving the way for peace between Italy and Turkey between whom war had brok- en out a few weeks before his arrival in Rome in November, 1911. Despite his record in ee ;Peace, Mr. O’Brien was a firm be- lever in preparedness. “Disarmament of nations is an idealistic dream,” he once said. “The United States can maintain her posi- tion of power and dignity among the nations only by establishing national defenses commensurate with those of other countries, or at least sufficient for national security.” However, he always considered a trans-Pacific conflict as most unlike- ly. “If this country had nothing more serious to wérry about than war with Japan, it would be a more light-heart- ed nation,” he remarked on his eighty- fifth birthday. 'MONTANAN NAMED PRODUCTION CHIEF | FOR AGRICULTURE Chester Davis Appointed by Peek and Wallace; Acre- age Reduction Seen Washington, May 20.—(#)—Chester Davis, former Montana commissioner |of agriculture, will be appointed pro- duction administrator in charge of re- lations with farmers to be undertaken under the new farm adjustment act. ‘The selection was made by Secre- tary Wallace and Chief Administra- tor Peek. It was accepted as an indi- cation that reduction of acreage of basic commodities of which a surplus now is produced will be attempted definitely under the powers lodged in Wallace. It will be part of Davis’ task to per- fect organizations of farmers by states and counties to carry out programs of reducing areas devoted to the basic crops, in line with the domestic allot- ment or other plan adopted to reduce farm output in an effort to better Prices. Virginian Named by University Women Minneapolis, May 20.—(?)—Dr. Meta Glass, president of Sweet Briar college, Sweet Briar, Va, was elected president of the American Association of University Women at its biennial convention Saturdsy. . Glass suc- ceeds Dr. Mary E. Woolley, South Hadley, Mass. Other new officers are Dr. Mary Yost, dean of women, Stanford uni- versity, California, first vice presi- dent; Miss Jeanette 8. Kelly, Wil- lamsburg, Va., director of the South Atlantic section; Dr. Irma E. Voigt, dean of women, Ohio university, Athens, Ohio, director of northeast central section; Miss Martha Catcb- ing Enochs, Jackson, Miss., director of southeast central section; Mrs. Wil- liam 8. Garnsey, Greeley, Colo., di- rector of Rocky Mountain section. Los Angeles was selected as the next convention city. SELECT C. C. C. MEN Williston, N. D., May 22. — (®) -- Fifty-nine young men have been lected from a large number of appli- cants to take the examination to fill Williams county's quota of 46 men for | ithe state conservation camp. IN BUILDING WORK NOTED AT CAPITAL News Follows Marked Revival In Business and Gains In Employment FOOD PRICE DROP SHOWN General Average of Wholesale Commodity Prices, How- ever, Is Higher ‘Washington, May 20.—()—A sharp upward movement in building con- struction activity and a rise in whole- sale prices were reported Saturday by the labor department. This news followed reports of reviv- ing business and a slight increase in employment which came during the week from Secretaries Woodin and Perkins and the advisory council of the federal reserve board. The labor department's survey was based on April 15 figures. At the same time a decrease of one-tenth of 1 per cent in retail food prices was shown. Indicated expenditures for building construction during the month ended April 15, based on reports from 778 cities, were 21.2 per cent higher than on March 15. “The 1933 increase of April over March was greater than the increases shown in comparing these months in any of the previous three years,” the department said. “Comparing April, 1933, with March, 1933, there was an increase of 29.4 per cent in the num- ber and-an increase of 10.3 per cent in the estimated cost of new residen- tial buildings. New non-residential buildings increased 44.7 per cent in number and 43.4 per. cent in indicated expenditures.” Index Number Rising The index number of wholesale commodity prices showed an increase from March to April, the second suc- cessive advance in recent months and the first in the monthly index be- tween the two months since 1928. This index, which included 784: commodi- ties weighted according to importance and based on the average prices for the year 1926 as 100, averaged 60.4 for April against 60.2 for March and 65.5 in April of last year. ‘An even further gain was shown in the latest weekly report. The index on May 13 stood at 62.3 as compared with 61.9 on May 9. Railroad car loadings and cotton spinning figures were shown moving upward in response to renewed busi- ness activity. A weekly report of the: former for May and a monthly re- port of the latter for April both re- corded gains over the preceding pe- riod and the same period of last year. Car loadings, taken generally as one of the sure indications of busi- ness trends, recorded a freer move- ment of grain, livestock and mate- rials going into the making of steel. Beer Is Playing Part Beer also played its part toward’ lifting miscellaneous car loadings above both the previous week and the same week of last year. Cotton spinning saw an even 25 per cent more spindles in operation than were functioning in April of last year and almost two per cent more than were whirring last March. ‘The total of 531,095 cars. was an increase of 13,835 over the same week in 1932 although still 215,962 under the same week in 1931. It was 7,276 cars above the week ended May 6 this year. All commodities, with the exception of less-than-carlot freight, showed increases over the corresponding week last year. ‘The movement of grain, livestock and materials going into the making of steel which started several weeks ago continued during the week of May 13, although there was a slight dropping off of grain and grain prod- ucts and livestock as compared to the week ended May 6. ‘The movement held up fairly well in the western districts, grain and grain products loading for the week of May 13 totaling 26,360 cars in that section alone, an increase of 8,448 over the same week last year; and livestock in the western districts to- taled 13,827 cars, an increase of 674 over the same week last year. Ban Celebration of Cuban ‘Independence’ | Havana, May 20.—(?)—Police re- serves were held in barracks and leaves of army officers and men were cancelled Saturday, the 31st anni- versary of Cuban independence, fol- lowing rumors that opponents of President May choose the day for riots and disorders to signify their foot to his regime. Already the government was en- gaged in = campaign against 300 to) 400 rebels in Santa Clara and Cam- aguey provinces, with Maj. Arsenio Qritz, of the army general staff, in command. Three hundred additional troops have been dispatched to aid the 300 already in the field. Police and army forces also were held in quarters at Santiago. The absence from their usual quarters of some persons of known revolutionary leanings and activity in opposition circles were believed responsible for the precautions. Public demonstrations on the inde- pendence anniversary were banned. Groups of not more than three per- sons could gather in Havana province. HIGHER INCOME AND (Mill Audit Bares Favoritism to East CASOLINE LEVIES 70 PAY FOR NEW BONDS} Would Abandon Emergency Revenue Plan If Liquor Sale Is Made Legal WET CONGRESSMEN HAPPY See New Impetus to Prohibition Repeal in President's Statement (Copright, 1933, by the Associated Press) Washington, May 20.—()—Higher | income and gasoline taxes to finance the public works program is the pres- ent decision of the house ways and means committee; with a majority also planning a provision for suspen- sion of the new levies in event of pro- hibition repeal. , As revealed Saturday in interviews with committeemen, an impost on corporate stock dividends also will be effected toward financing the $3,300,- 000,000 public construction-employ- ment bond issue. Anti-prohibition house members, in their private discussions, have dwelt much on President Roosevelt's Wed- nesday message to congress, in which he advocated provision for abandon- ing the new taxes upon repeal of the amendment and the Volstead act. “The pre-prohibition revenue laws would then automatically go into ef- fect,” he pointed out, “and yield enough wholly to eliminate these temporary reemployment taxes.” May Nullify New Taxes In view of this, it appears likely either that a formidable congression- al group will press for automatic dropping of the taxes under such conditions or to empower the admin- istration to nullify them. The sales tax has been thrust aside and no effort will be made to write that controversial form of taxation into the measure. A total of $220,000,000 annually is needed to pay the costs of the bond issue which will be used to finance stupendous construction program to create employment. ‘The committee was ready Saturday to end public hearings and spend the week-end in drafting the taxation sections of the bill which, leaders said, would be reported by Tuesday at the latest for house action. The revenue program agreed upon by a majority of the committee of 25 is the “number one” program sub- mitted by Lewis W. Douglas, director of the budget. It calls for an in- crease from the present four per cent to six in the normal income tax rates on net incomes of $4,000, and an in- crease from eight per cent to 10 on higher incomes, estimated to return $46,000,000. These rates are now at} the war-time levels. DEFINITE ACTION BY AMERICA URGED AT GENEVA CONFERENCE! Swiss Leader Raised Question of Probable U. S. Stand in Event of War Geneva, May 20.—(#)—The question of what the United States will do when there is a threat of war, or when there is war itself, was put before the world disarmament conference Saturday by Dr. Giuseppe Motta, former president of Switzerland. “The truth is,” he declared, “that there must be a@ solidarity of all con- tinents. “I wish, I hope and I expect that the United States will bring us the liberating word.” Dr. Motte, after paying tribute to President Roosevelt's world message, as the delegates of Holland, Finland and Denmark had done, said the con- ference was anxiously awaiting to know to what extent the United States would participate in a consultative pact ideal ag would reinforce the Kel- “We want to know,” he said “if that great nation is ready to take ap- Propriate measures if in the event of & conflict, it becomes necessary to de- fine the aggressor nation and consider what measures would be suitable to put an end to aggression: Written in Fire “It is written in letters of fire across history that the solution of our diffi- cass can be found only in solidar- iy.” The conference desire to know Am- erican intentions, as voiced by Dr. Motta, was not satisfied. ‘The American delegation postponed the presentation of its views, and Nor- man H. Davis, American ambassador- at-large, spent the day at his hotel Preparing a speech to be delivered early next week. Disarmament hopes have risen with an agreement appearing nearer reality. The flow of optimism was attributed first to President Roosevelt's practical recommendations in his world mes- Sage, then to the conciliatory speech of Chancellor Hitler before the reich- iContinued on page five) i NO TRUCE REACHED AT FRIDAY SESSION ON CAPITOL STRIKE Representatives of Labor and, Contractors Talk; Hope For Settlement With no truce effected at a confer- the fifth consecutive day. Hope that a settlement of the situ- | ation would be reached this week-end | at another conference was expressed | Saturday forenoon in a statement is-| sued by Harold Hdnson, president of | Bismarck local, No. 443, of the Inter- national Hodcarriers, Builders and Shows North Dakotans Pay More for State Flour Than Is Charged Elsewhere « 53-CENT EDGE Loss Is Shown on Current Ope- rations; Further Deficit Held in Prospect ——— (By The Associated Press) The state mill and elevator showed ja Joss of $6,653.13 from March 11 to! ence of contractors and leaders of; jApril 13 after charging off bond in-} [striking common laborers Friday eve-/ terest and depreciation on the plant, ning, construction work on the North | While an operating profit of $16,989.91 Dakota state capitol building project |is reflected without considering de-| continued at a standstill Saturday for Preciation or bond interest, according | to an audit by O. B. Lund, auditor and (accountant, filed wth the state boar; lof auditors, The audit is a special examination | made at the request of the state in- dustrial commission to cover the month’s business following the taking over of the mill’s affairs by the com- Common Laborers Union. |mission. Previously the mill and ele- Hanson and “other interested par-vator commission, abolished by the re- ties” will be present at the next con- ference. Whether the Lundoff-Bicknell com. pany, contractors, or the common 1 borers arranged for the Friday eve- Needy Will Resume Road Work Monday Needy men on the Burleigh county emergency relief list, who have been on strike four days for cash as well as merchandise slips, will resume work Monday improv- ing roads, it was announced Sat- urday by Sam J. Kling, represen- tative of the county relief com- mittee. The strikers have decided to re- sume work under the same ar- tangements as prevailed before the strike. ‘The emergency committee point- ed out to strike leaders that it was powerless to pay in cash as they demanded, since the Recon- struction Finance Corporation, which furnishes the relief funds, expressly forbids cash payments. The men will be paid 40 cents an hour in merchandise slips for their work. ning conference, which was held in the Burleigh county courthouse, was not known. Both parties previously had announced that they were “stand- ing pat.” ‘Other Parties’ Held Secret Hanson refused to divulge who the “other interested parties” who will at- tend the next conference, are. More than 90 common laborers, de- manding “50 cents an hour and better working conditions” went on strike Tuesday morning. The Lundoff- Bicknell company suspended opera- tions immediately, throwing all skilled laborers on the project out of employ- jment. The common laborers continued their picketing campaign Saturday and National Guards, ordered to Cap- itol Hill by Governor William Langer. | continued to patrol the property. Hanson's statement was as follows: “A meeting was held in the county commissioner's room at the county court house last night for the purpose ‘of discussing ways and means of set- jtling the strike. This meeting was attended by representatives of the contractors and the labor organiza- tion, It was decided to postpone ac- tion until other interested parties could be present. It is probable thac another meeting will be held this week-end and a definite settlement made of the controversy.” Friends Mourn As M’Cumber Is Buried Washington, May May 20.—(P)—Friends and former colleagues of Porter J. McCumber attended the funeral here Saturday of the former Republican senator from North Dakota, who died Thursday night after suffering ® stroke at his desk on Tuesday. The services were held at his home {elevator,” jcent legislature, administered affairs of the institution. Before considering depreciation of | the plant and interest on bonded in-j |debtedness, the mill department shows a profit of $13,836.20, the elevator de- partment $565.01, and the local eleva-| tor $2,588.70, the audit shows. | “The excessive profit of the tocat | { Lund comments in his re-| Port, “is due to the raise in the price} of grain on hand that was not hedged.” Few Sales in State audit totaled 147,976 barrels, of which 120,678 barrels or 80.5 per cent, were made in the eastern sales territory; | 18,001 barrels or 12.2 per cent in North |Dakota; 9.292 barrels, or 63 per cent in Minnesota,-and 15 barrels in South Dakota. “Flour sales are not taken into our statement of affairs until shipped, with the exception of the wheat mar- ket differential reflected in the hedg- ing.” the report says. “The flour prices were generally re- duced at the beginning of this period, with the result that the sales for east- ern delivery are sold at a price below manufacturing costs which will not appear in the financial statements as |compiled until the products are actu- ally shipped and taken into the finan- cial accounts of the mill.” The present reduced sale price of flour in North Dakota nets the mill an average of 75 to 85 cents a barre! over material and transportation cost, the report says, while the eastern sales are made at a net price or from 25 tu 66 cents below the North Dakota quoted price, when taking into ac- count the added transportation costs and sales discounts in the form of commissions paid. i Eastern Buyer Favored In making a comparison, using the ;Same costs and feed prices in the east- jern and North Dakota sales, Lund jcommented, “they reflect an advan- tage to the eastern buyer of 53 cents per barrel below the price charged the average North Dakota buyer.” |_ The “A” mill unit ran 25 days from March 12 to April 13. “During this period the mill shipped 48,286 barrels of flour and manufac- tured only 34,002 barrels,” the report states. “In other words they shipped 14,284 barrels from stocks manufac- tured and on hand from the previous period; at the present pricings of in- ventories this throws the statements off.” In a regular audit of the mill and elevator covering operations from January 1 to April 13, an operating Profit of $6,314.81 is shown before con- sidering interest on outstanding bond- jed indebtedness and depreciation of the plant, while a loss of $70,412.74 1s shown after charging off these items. The report calls attention that the |First National Bank of Grand Forks business after the bank holiday de- clared last March 4. “The state mill and elevator has on deposit with this bank,” the report states, “$103,251.42, on which they may sustain @ partial loss in the final set- tlement of the bank's affairs.” No loss and burial will be in Abby Mausoleum, (8 set up in the statement on this de- Arlington cemetery, Virginia, just across the Potomac river. McCumber's death, at 75, ended nearly two-score years of public serv-| {ce, including membership in the United States senate from 1899 to 1923, where he rose to the chairman- ship of the powerful finance commit- tee and was remembered after his re-/ tirement as co-author of the Fordney- | McCumber tariff act of 1922 and as father of the pure food laws. At the time of his death the North Dakotan was a member of the inter- national joint commission and prac- ticed law. Says Mitchell Aimed At Profit for Wife New York, May 20.—(#)—A conten- tion that Charles E. Mitchell, former international banker, aimed at a sub- stantial profit for his wife when he sold her 18,300 shares of stock at $212 a share lay before the jury Saturday in Mitchell’s trial on charges of tax evasion. The trial, in recess Saturday, is to resume Monday. The prosecution has indicated that prominent financiers of Wall Street will be called as wit- nesees. posit. “The probable losses on unfilled flour sales had all been charged off in our previous statements,” Lund comments, “and wtih the raise in market prices there are no further losses anticipated. “Wheat on hand was priced at the icurrent market close. Inventories of packing materials and supplies were priced at the lowest market price of recent purchases by the mill.” GIRL BATTLES POISON Detroit, May 20.—(#)—The results of blood tests were awaited Saturday by physicians in the belief they would provide some basis for estimating the chances for life of Agnes Remsik, 22- year-old Chicago girl who 1s battling the effects of a slow but deadly poison taken by mistake nearly two weeks ago. PLEADS WITH STALIN Moscow, May 20.—(?)—Gregory M. Zinovieff, who like Leo Kameneff, brother-in-law of Leon Trotzky, has twice been expelled from the Com- munist party for oppositionist activi- des against Joseph V. Stalin’s lead- ership, Saturday followed Kameneff’s lead in abjectly confessing his errors and pleading for reinstatement. 1S NOTED; Flour sales during the period of the Chosen Head of Western Union | newly elected R. B. White, president of the Western Union | Telegraph Co., learned about his new job while on a Pacific voy- age. He is shown here as he arrived at Los Angeles. (MILK STRIKE CHIEF | SAYS FARMERS WILL SELL OWN PRODUCTS Asserts Wisconsin Dairymen Will Set Up Scheme to | Thwart ‘Trusts’ Shiocton, Wis. May 20.—/P)—Wal- ter M. Singler, president of the Wis- consin Cooperative Milk pool who was milk strike, returned to his farm home here Saturday.. To the As- sociated Press he said: “The farmers have learned a bet- tev way tian the strike.” Then he disclosed a plan of the milk pool to set up its own food prod- ucts manufacturing plants and de- velop a distributing agency which will make direct contact with city con- sumers. Singler said that since Tuesday, when he vanished from a Milwaukee hotel, he had been traveling “here and there,” meeting pool leaders and interviewing officials of existing dis- tributing organizations which are dis- posed to act with farmers on a co- operative basis. The pool does not wish to destroy or boycott the busi- ness of established organizations | Singler said that, since Tuesday, he had been in Wisconsin all the time except on one occasion, when losing his way on a highway, he drove into northern Michigan. He would not discuss the settlement of the milk strike, saying he had not studied the terms under which it had | been called off, nor had he spoken to} his committeemen who negotiated the settlement with Governor A. G. Schmedeman. Learned Valuable Lesson “But we came out of the strike with @ valuable lesson,” he said. “We learned that there is a better way than the strike. We have found out that the trusts have the inside track, and that when their selfish interests are endangered they can ap- Power of the state—national guards- men, deputies, even city police leave; their beats on the pavement to go out to fight the farmers. “So we have learned that, to pro- | tect our interests, we must control the machinery which takes products city consumers. “Definite plans to déliver and to take over such machinery on a large scale basis have been worked out. We are not quite ready to disclose the details of those plans” Friday at Madison the farmers} has not reopened for unrestricted|staged a peaceful demonstration and| waited throughout the afternoon for Singler, after being informed that he) was en route there to address them. They dispersed late in the evening. Speeches were given by other lead- ers and Gov. Schmedeman said he would do everything in his power to ous. Peace and quiet returned to the strike areas Saturday as milk flowed to markets. Federal Officials Seek Ransom Money Denver, May 20.—(7)—Federal of- ficials were enroute Saturday to Chamberlain, 8. D., to start a new search for part of the $60,000 ransom paid for the release of Charles Boett- cher, 2nd, wealthy Denver broker who was kidnaped last February. Arthur Youngberg, who has plead- ed guilty to kidnaping charges, told the officers part of the ransom money 1s buried on a ranch near Chamber- Jain where Boettcher was held cap- tive. He was taken from jail here Friday and promised to aid officers in a search of the ranch. Approxi- mately one-sixth of the ransom money already had been found on the prop- erty. REJECTS LEAGUE PLAN Geneva, May 20.—()—Bolivia Sat- urday rejected recommendations by the council of the League of Nations for the settlement of the dispute with «Paraguay over the Chaco territory. missing in the closing days of the/ which will work in sympathy, he said.! Peal to government and invoke the; from our farms and delivers them to} make the farmer happy and prosper- | RESULT MAY BE 10 REDUCE RATE FOR CITY OF BISMARCK Increased Load on Industrial Plant Gives Opportunity for Slash STATE BOND ISSUE DEAD Proposal to Spend $250,000 on State-Owned Property Is Definitely Out Proposal to enlarge the power Plant at the state penitentiary to serve state buildings in Bismarck was abandoned by the state indus- trial commission Saturday following signing of a contract with the North Dakota Power and Light company of Bismarck to furnish electricity for light and power for state buildings. Previously the state industrial com- mission had voted to issue $250,000 bonds for enlarging the prison pow- er plant. One result of the action, it was in- dicated by M. C. Blackstun, general manager of the power company, is the possibility of a general rate re- duction for Bismarck consumers be- cause of the increased load. “It is very likely that a rate reduc- tion may be offered to the residents of Bismarck affecting the top step of the rate,” Blackstun said. “This rate reduction will possibly amount to 10 per cent.” Engineers from the university and agricultural college had surveyed the prison power situation and took part in negotiations with power company officials which resulted in the con- tract. The rate agreed on calls for a mini- mum of $12,000 a year, which will mean a rate of one cent per kilowatt hour providing the state takes 1,200,- j000 kilowatt hours a year. Any {amount under this.would be at more than one cent because of the mini- jmurn: charge of $12,000. Many Sign Contract Signing the contract were Governor William Langer, Attorney General A, J. Gronna, and Commissioner of Ag- riculture and Labor John Husby, as members of the state industrial com- mission, and heads ¢f the other de- partments which will be served under the contract. These were R. M. Stang- ler, manager of the Bank of North Dakota; C. C. Turner, warden of the state prison; Nelson Sauvain, Laura B. Sanderson, R. M. Rishworth, Huss by and A. E. Thompson, superintend« ent of public instruction, as me of the board of administration, an W. F. McClelland, head of the traine jing school at Mandan. Conferring with members of the ine dustrial commission and power com- pany officials since last Wednesday ‘were Irving Lavine of the university, J. P. Iverson, chief engineer for the State Mill and Elevator; Prof. H. L. Rush of the agricultural college; Frank Nutter, now consulting engi- neer for the capitol building commis- sion, and a Mr. Gordon of the Pills- bury Engineering company, with which Nutter is affiliated. To Electrify Pro} Under the contract made with the North Dakota Power and Light com- pany, the state penitentiary, includ- ing the twine plant, will be complete- jly electrified. Electricity would be furnished to the new license plate | factory to be established at the prison under a 1933 law, and to the tannery and coffin factory, also to be estab- {lished at the prison. | In addition service will be furnished {to the Liberty Memorial building, the state capitol building, Bank of North Dakota, highway commission and j training school. sane contract covers a 10-year pe- M. C. Blackstun, manager of the {power company, said “The load will be very desirable for the power com- |Pany inasmuch as the twine plant joperates 24 hours a day for 11 months of the year.” “This,” he said, “will give satis- factory day and night load to the aie company which will enable it to keep a better balanced load on | the Power plants in their system.” “Owing to this and the load added, jit is very likely that a rate reduc- tion may be offered to the residents | of Bismarck affecting the top step of jthe rate. This rate reduction rail possibly amount to 10 per cent.” Duplicate transmission lines will | Supply electric light and power to the capitol, which will mean almost non- interrupted supply of service, Black- stun said. League to Examine German Jew Problem Geneva, May 20.—(#)—Germany’s treatment of the Jews will come be- fore the council of the League of Na tions. The league decided Saturday to give “urgent treatment” to a petition by Franz Bernheim,-a German Jew re- siding in German Upper Silesia, com- Plaining that the treatment of the Jews violates the German-Polish con- vention guaranteeing complete pro- tection to the life and liberty of su inhabitants without distinction. The petition asks the council to de- clare null and void all discriminatory laws against the Jews, asks that their rights be reinstated. and that they re- ceive compensation. | DIES AT JAMESTOWN , Jamestown, N. D., May 20.—?)— Mrs. Ingrad Johanson, 54, wife of O A. Johanson, chief engineer at the Ellendale Normal and Industrial school, died in # hospital here Friday. She had formerly resided at Man- dan.