The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 24, 1933, Page 1

\, North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE Weather Report Partly cloudy tonight; Thursday ft i and Hignily hrioer. Mid _ESTABLISHED 1873 BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 24, 1933 PRICE FIVE CENTS | Two Injured in Capitol Riot nw. Two Inches of Rain Drenches N. D. - GROUND SOAKED 10. L SUB-SOIL DEPTH OF ALMOST TWO FEET I Western’ and Northwestern) Sections Receive Three Inches in Three Days CONDITION SAID EXCELLENT Average Fall in All Sections Since Sunday Morning Has Been 1.71 Inches: All sections of North Dakota have received an average of 1.71 inches of precipitation since Sunday night, it) ‘was announced by federal weather bureau officials here Wednesday morning following another night * during which rainfall was general! throughout the state. ‘Weather men estimated that the moisture has sunk into the ground to a depth of about one and one-half to two feet since the sporadic down- pours began. Western and northwestern sec- tions, where moisture was needed the most, received the greatest precipita- tjon. Beach and Max have reported more than three inches while the reading at Crosby totaled 2.96 inches since Sunday. The showers have delayed farm) work in the northern sections, but this delay has been more than com- pensated for by improvement in soil moisture conditions, which are de- scribed generally by agricultural ex- perts as “excellent.” Precipitation Is Listed Total precipitation for North Da- kota stations for the period from 7! a. m. May 21 to 7 a. m. Wednesday follow: Bismarck, 1.56; Amenia, 1.75; Beach, 3.06; Bottineau, 1.63; Car- rington, 2.38; Crosby, 2.96; Devils Lake, 1.18; Dickinson, 1.61; Drake,! 1.76; Dunn Center, 2.44; Fessenden, 1.95; Grand Forks, 98; Hankinson, -80; Jamestown, 2.05; Larimore, 2.23; Lisbon, 1.43; Max, 3.19; Minot, 2.03; Napoleon, 1.06; Oakes, 1.30; Parshall, | 1.10; Pembina, 1.72; Williston, 1.62; | »~ Wishek, 1.26, and Fargo, .74 inches. Rain recorded at Bismarck for the} 24-hour period ending at 7 a. m./ ‘Wednesday totaled .8 of an inch. Grant County Hart Hit Residents of Grant county Wed- nesday were surveying the results of a tornado which killed four persons near New Leipzig Monday night in- jured eight other persons and caused wide-spread property damage. The tornado struck first near the Harold Lamb farm home at New Leip- zig, where four girls of the Lamb family were killed. The farm is 14 miles south of New Leipzig. Dr. Leonard Moyer, Elgin, attending Mr. and Mrs. Lamb, said Wednesday that Mrs. Lamb is in a critical condi- tion. She is suffering from repeated heart attacks, the physician said, and the shock caused by her children’s deaths has aggravated her condition. Lamb, suffering from an injured back, ‘was reported in favorable condition. Funeral services for the four storm victims were being held Wednesday from the homé of their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Parr, 17 miles south of Elgin. ‘Continuing its path of destruction, J the disturbance swept northeastward to a point eight miles north of wal before its fury was dissipated. The injured included Mr. and Mrs. Harold Lamb, their son, Harold, Jr. and five men employed on a con- struction crew, caught in the wreck- age of their shack. As the twister descended on the Lamb home, Mr. and Mrs. Lamb and Harold sought to keep a.door shut as the strong wind tugged on it. Four small children were in the next room where a heating stove with a fire in it collapsed. Both the baby and Dor- othea, who was holding the child, were instantly killed. Campaign for New Markets Is Planned Washington, May 24.—(P)—A drive for new foreign markets will be un- ertaken under the new farm adjust-{ ment act. George N. Peek, chief administra~ tor, will create the post of “World, ‘Trade Representative.” He intends to fill it with a man experinced in ex- Port farm commodity trade, and will rank the position among the most im- portant in the new administration setup. It has long been Peek’s contention that foreign outlets for American farm products have nto been fully de- veloped, that export efforts for farm goods should be greatly intensified, Particularly in the Orient. The new Program is additional to the effort at reopening old world markets through w tariff reciprocity agreements. Peek proceeded also with arrange- ments for launching the price-boost- ing programs for two of the chief products of American farms, wheat. and cotton. SEES NEED FOR RELIGION Columbus, O.,. May 24.—(P)—Solu- tion of the nation’s social and indus- trial problems can come only through religion, Dr. John McDowell of New York, secretary of the church's board of national missions said today at a meeting preliminary to the 145th gen- As Morgan Appeared Before Senate Probers i 1 i | | Opening of the senate inquiry in the affairs of J. P. Morgan which began GOVERNMENT BUYING (SECURITIES AS PART (OF INFLATION PLAN ‘Initial Purchases to Total $25,- 000,000 But Three Bil- lions Are Authorized ‘Washington, May 24.—()—The fed- eral reserve system is in the open ;market for government securities. launching on a first trial of the con- jtrolled credit inflation powers newly conferred on the president by con- gress. For the present the reserve’s open market committee is purchasing $25,- 000,000 of such securities. The law authorizes buying up to three billions to erase credit and release currency. Though the initial purchasing author- ization was small and the time over which the buying would be spread was not indicated, the action was accepted as indicating the reserve system is in full accord with the president's ex- pansion policy. Even more important. many observ- ers believed the step signified that the administration has no thought of issuing currency to cause expansion unless the open market operations |prove inadequate. The inflation law {authorizes printing of three billions in currency and also makes possible de- valuation of the dollar down to 50 per cent. Once government bonds, or securi- ies of government-controlled corpor- ations are acquired by the reserve they. must be held for a pre-deter- mined length of time unless the sec- retary of the treasury permits earlier disposal. Woodin Is Accused Of Crime in Office Tuesday in Washington, is shown above. At the right is Morgan, shaking hands with Senator Duncan Fletcher of Florida. Ferdinand Pecora, com- mittee counsel, is at the left. Call Morgan Partner’ In Trial of Mitchell New York, May 24—(?)—From the cution hoped Wednesday to disclose new evidence in its drive to convict Charles E. Mitchell of evading $850,- 000 in income, taxes. George Whitney, member of J. P. Morgan & Company, was expected to take the stand. ‘Trial of the form- er head of the National City Bank was adjourned earlier than usual Tuesday because Whitney was in Washington for the senate sub-cora- mittee inquiry into Morgan affairs. Assistant Federal Attorney Thomas E. Dewey said the government has virtually finished introducing evidence regarding the charge that by making a sham sale of stock to his wife, Mit- | chell pes coulaiyed| a fraudulent tax loss in 1929, MARCOVITZ BEGINS PENITENTIARY TERM Supreme Court Denies Rehear- ing For Merchant Who Bought Stolen Turkeys His application for a rehearing on an appeal having been denied by the North Dakota supreme court, Ben Marcovitz, Bismarck merchant, en- tered the state penitentiary late Tuesday to begin serving an indeter- minate term of from one to four years for receiving stolen property. For more than a year after his con- viction, the merchant carried on a fight in the courts for freedom. Marcovitz was found guilty by a jury in Burleigh county district court Feb. 19, 1932, and was séntenced by Judge Fred Jansonius of Bismarck. Governor William Langer, who was counsel for the merchant, carried an appeal to the supreme court, which denied the application. An application for the rehearing wes denied and an order for commitment sent to Clerk lips of a Morgan partner, the prose-! | Washington, May 24. — (#) — High|0f Court Charles Fisher Tuesday. crimes and misdemenors in office| The charges against Marcovitz H | rew out of the purchase of a con- have-now been charged to William Woodin, secretary of the treasury for only: two and a half months, as well against both his immediate prede- ceasors and a score of present and ;Past federal reserve Officials. Representative McFadden (Rep., |Pa.), levelled the charges Tuesday in ithe house in a move for impeach- {ment of the whole group. The house |iistened and filed the question with its judiciary committee. which already has a file of similar proposals by Mc- Fadden. ‘Woodin’s alleged crime had to do with stopping gold redemption of the currency. Andrew W. Mellon and Og- cen L. Mills and others were nounced guilty as “having robbed the United States government and the people of the United States by their theft and sale of the gold reserves of the United States.” There were 32 charges in all. Acquittal of Mooney Is Ordered by Judge Hall of Justice, San Francisco, May 24.—(P)—Superior Judge Louis ‘Ward Wednesday instructed a jury of six men and six women to acquir Thomas J. Mooney, convicted Pre- paredness Day bomber, at his trial on an indictment which had lain dor-| mant 16 years. + The court informed the jury it need rot. necessarily. follow his advice in returning the verdict but ordered 2 verdict of acquittal prepared. The signment of turkeys stolen from the Northern Pacific Railway company by | Tom Brown, Hugh Caya and E. D. Diebs all of whom were sent te pri- Marcovite admitted the purchase of the birds but denied he was aware they were stolen. He said he paid for the birds as a partner in the Bismarck Produce company, declaring he made Payment on the advice of Ditch, his partner. He claimed his connect-on with the company was only financial. The turkeys were stolen as a Northern Pacific train was moving. Barrels in which the birds were pack- ed were rolled from a refrigerator car Pro< | near Apple Creek, east of Bismarck, broken up there ang the birds hauled to Bismarck in trucgs. Whe Marcovitz trial excited consid- erable interest, with the court room packed during the three days testi- mony was taken. | Denver Man Is Freed: Pending Extradition Mitchell, S. D., May 24.—(P)—Ray H./G. Haughton, of Denver, Colo., was released from jail under $500 bond Tuesday pending hearing Friday on a fugitive warrant obtained by | Milton K. Higgins, assistant attorney general of North Dakota. Haughton faces charges of violat- ing the securities laws of North Da- | kota but is fighting extradition. | He is charged with having sold a [bond without giving the proper sur- eral assembly of the Presbyterian| jury retired but immediately signe’ | render papers. Elizabeth Joos of Bis- church in the U. 8. A. ithe acquittat verdict. ¢marck is the complaining witness. JAPANESE CONFIRM REPORTS OF TRUCE IN CHINA WAR ZONE Formal Signing of Asiatic Peace Agreement Is Set For Thursday Tokyo, May 24.—(#)—The foreign office confirmed Wednesday reports: that an agreement for a Chinese- Japanese truce in the North China} war zone had been reached at Peip- ing. The agreement provides, the an- nouncement said, that Chinese troops will remain southwest of a line run-) ning from Yenking to Changping, Shunyi, Paoti and Lutai. Formal signature was scheduled to be affixed ut Miyun Thursday. Yenking is 50 miles north of Peip-, Me ing. The line below which the Chi- nese forces would be kept runs from that point in “a southeasterly direc- tion to within 15 miles of Peiping, terminating at Lutai, which miles north of Tientsin. Previously the war office had de- clared that danger of a conflict for possession of Peiping apparently was over, The Japanese activities in that area, the announcement said, were “practically finished” without the city being occupied by the invading fotces. A Rengo News Agency dispatch from Chinchow, Manchuria, said Wednesday Col. Takayoshi Matsumu- ro, chief of the Japanese special military mission in Jehol province, had been found dead in the wreck- age of an airplane near Weichang, north of Jehol City. It was believed Chinese bandits had {shot down the plane, in which Mat- sumuro left Jehol City Sunday. The body of the pilot also was found. MISSIONARIES TELL OF RENEWED FIGHTING Peiping, May 24.—(#)— Advices: from American missionaries at Tung-' chow, 13 miles east of here, said: Wednesday there was renewed fight-; ing Tuesday night on the eastern’ outskirts of town despite reports of| a Chinese-Japanese truce in the: North China war zone. Ten Chinese were killed, said the) missionaries, who are connected with} the American board of missions.’ They have stuck to their posts after evacuating from Tungchow between 70 and 80 American children who; attended school there. Chinese reinforcements were said to be arriving, with further hostili- ties apparently imminent. The Tungchow mission compound was crowded with 10,000 Chinese refugees. Peiping, however, was more peace- ful than for many days. Relief was marked as the result of Tuesday's reported truce. Chinese reports Tuesday were that Chinese military leaders had been given three days to comply with un- revealed Japanese peace terms. There was no agreement, however, in Chinese press reports concerning the reputed armistice agreement. One section proclaimed that “war has ceased on all fronts,” while an- other maintained tions continue, with the Japanese nearer Peiping.” GIRL IS RECOVERING Detroit, May 24.—(#)—Miss Agnes Remsik, 22-year-old Chicagoan who last week was given only the barest chance to survive the effects of a slow-acting but usually fatal poison taken two weeks ago, Wednesday was said by receiving hospital physicians to be “well out of danger.” is 30) “the war opera-' LISTED AS CLIENTS OF MORGAN'S BANK Senator M’Adco and Secretary Woodin Purchased Stock From New York Firm TELLS OF INCOME TAXES Head of Giant Firm Paid Levies to England But None to United States Washington, May. 24.—(7)—A list of Special clients of J. P. Morgan and Co., including Secretary Woodin and Senator McAdoo of California, was Placed in Wednesday's record of the senate investigation of operations of the huge banking firm. Turning from the testimony by J. P. Morgan that he had paid income tax in England in the last two years, al- though paying none in this country, Ferdinand Pecora, committee counsel, swept into the latest phase of baring Jong-buried Morgan secrets. Inasmuch as Morgan said he could not remember, the counsel turned to George Whitney, a pariner. He quick- ly ascertained that in formation of the Alleghany Corporation through contract with the Van Sweringens of Cleveland, Morgan agreed to buy $35,- 000,000 of bonds for $32,575,000, plus accrued interest, to form a syndicate | for public offering. While Pecora read the long con- tract, both Morgan and Whitney! listened closely. uary 28, 1929, gave Morgan and com- ;Pany the right to purchase 1,250,000 ; shares of the Alleghany Corporation's 3,500,000 shares of common stock at $20 a share. Whitney said the Saag took over this block of stock on bru | ary 15, Woodin, McAdoo Mentioned At this point, the list with Weodin’s and McAdoo’s names was produced | {It comprised those to whom Morgan | sold Alleghany Corporation stock Feb. | 1, 1929, at the purchase price of $20. ‘at that price, for resale. ; Woodin was listed for 1,000 shares. McAdoo, a member of the investi- gating committee, was listed at 500. | Described as a “selected list” the document was almost a “Who's Who” lof American finance. | Among other names on the list was Owen D. Young, 1,000 shares, Chas. A. Lindbergh 500, Thomas S. Lamont !—Morgan partner—2,500, Thomas W. ij Lamont, also a Morgan partner, 18,000. R. B. Mellon, brother of Andrew ; Mellon, 2,000, J. P. Morgan 4,000, J. |P. Morgan “stock account,” 175,100, | Henry Morgan, his son, 2500; John J. Raskob, 2,000; Julius S. Morgan, Jr., | another son of J. P., 8,000. Paid $11,000,000 in 1929 The Morgan partners were shown in testimony to have paid an $11,000,- 000 income tax in this country for 1929, some $48,000 for 1930 and none since. Pursuing the matter Pecora inquir- ed of Morgan whether he in the last two years had paid an income levy to any foreign nation. “I think so, in England,” Morgan replied. “Which year?” “Each year,” Morgan said. | Meanwhile, it developed that the powerful house ways and means com- mittee—aroused by the admission of Morgan and his partners that they have not paid income taxes in the last two years—is to meet soon in an attempt to “plug up holes” in the in- {come tax law. | At the outset of Wednesday's hear- | ing Morgan identified a list of bank- ‘ers and bank directors who have ob- tained loans from his firm. It was made public despite objec- tions to such action Tuesday by John W. Davis, as counsel for Morgan. The names on it also included: Charles G. Dawes, Harvey D. Gib- | Son, Mortimer N. Buckner, C. E. Mit- 'chell, Seward Prosser, Myron C. Tay- lor and Richard Whitney, president ‘of the stock exchange. Morgan told the committee his firm jtakes new partners without requiring i them to furnish new capital. Another capacity crowd hung onto his words as the financier underwent | further questioning by Ferdinand Pe- {cora—the grim-faced committee coun- sel. Will Not Retire In an interview, Morgan denied re- ports he would retire at the conclus- jon of the senate investigation. “I have heard nothing about it,” he said. | Thomas W. Lamont, his right-hand partner, also denied the report. Morgan was dressed as on the first day in a blue business suit. But this time he wore a black and white check- ed tie with a stick-pin. He joked with his aides while waiting for the hearing to begin. Amounts loaned were not included on the list. The regord showed that Dawes and Taylor had paid off the loans. Mitchell, former chairman of the National City bank now on trial for income tax evasion, was on the list. He has disclosed that the loan to him ahs $6,000,000 outstanding, though it was larger at first. One loan was listed to a joint ac- count participated in by Harvey D. Gibson, Mortimer N. Buckner, and (Continued on Page Seven) Part of the agreement, made Jan-) | ‘Morgan purchased 1,250,000 shares | ~_|/FAMOUS NAMES ARE |May Ban Loans to Farmers of State ADMINISTRATION IS EXERTING PRESSURE FOR SPEEDY REPEAL Farley Directing Campaign From Washington, Asks Democrats to Help Washington, May 24—(P)—A full- fledged drive by the administration , |is under way to speed prohibition re- eal. The New York vote and the pros- } pect of eliminating the new taxes for public works financing through rev- enue from liquor sales, combined to spur the Roosevelt forces to action. Postmaster General Farley, the \chairman of the Democratic National |committee, is the spearhead of the repeal campaign from the capital. He announced Tuesday night that he will ask every Democratic worker {in the last election to turn to for i repeal. | Farley, who neither drinks nor \smokes carried this campaign into {New York state last week. He em- ployed there the Democratic machin- \ery which had brought overwhelming victory to Franklin Roosevelt. So far, six states have signifed rati- fication of repeal—Michigan, Wis- consin, Wyoming, New Jersey, Rhode Island and New York. ‘NEW INDUSTRY BILL "SLATED FOR QUICK __ PASSAGE IN HOUSE Ways and Means Committee \ Ruffled By Failure to Ob- tain ‘Gag’ Rule | Washington, May 24.—(?)—The national industry recovery bill, pro- nounced a real boon to employment and business by the house ways and means committee, was set Friday for Possibility Looms As Result of Recent Enactment of State Legislature LETTER DISCLOSES ISSUSE Federal Farm Loan Chief Study- ing Situation and Will Make Ruling FLYING BRICKBATS GREET CARPENTERS ARRIVING FOR WORK Common Laborers Hold Picket Lines As Skilled Trades- men Appear on Job 11 STRIKERS ARE ARRESTED 10 Held in Jail Without Charge; One Sentenced For Strik- ing Officer Two skilled laborers were injured by flying brickbats and 11 striking Possibility that North Dakota farm-|common laborers were placed under ers will be denied the benefits of the/arrest Wednesday forenoon when new farm refinance plan of the fed-| rioting developed as the Lundoff- eral government was indicated Wed-|Bicknell company attempted to re- nesday in a letter received by a localjSume building operations on the realtor from W. L. Day, assistant to F. North Dakota state capitol building. P. Hartwick, 40, 810 First St. and H. Klawon, president of the Federal Joe Guthrie, 48, 622 Tenth St., suffer- Land Bank at St. Paul. The reason given for holding up dis- tribution of application blanks in North Dakota was the operation of Senate Bill No. 3, passed at the last legislative session as an emergency Measure. It prohibits the collection of deficiency judgments and now is before the state supreme court for a decision as to its constitutionality. The local man had asked for a sup- Ply of blanks in order that his clients might take advantage of the federal refinancing program. In reply Day said: “While we have released application blanks in small quantities to the local association secretary-treasurers, all loaning in North Dakota is being held suspended at this time awaiting the ruling from the farm loan commissioner as to whether or not we are able to make loans in view of the provisions of Senate Bill No. 3. “We do not believe it advisable, therefore, to release further applica- tions. and send you a supply as re- quested in your letter of the 13th. We will suggest that, if you keep in touch with the local. secyetary-treasurer, he will probably know as quickly as any- one of any new developments.” The letter was written at St. Paul on May 19. The local associations referred to in the letter were the local National Farm Loan associations or cooperative farmers organizations through which the land bank functions. NEW YORK SUPPORTS REPEAL OF DRY LAW a quick ride to passage once resistance in the rules committee was broken down. The formal report on the bill, made public by Chairman Doughton, held that the “inconvenient tax burden” to be imposed in financing the bill's $3,300,000,000 of public works would be many times exceeded by benefits of new employment. Meanwhile, ruffled at the failure of the rules committee Tusday to give the measure legislative right of way under drastic “gag rule” procedure amendments, Democratic leaders passed the word they would force the issue and get a house vote Thursday or Friday. . Filed late Tuesday night, the report was unanimously agreed to by the bi-partisan ways and means commit- tee, except for the $220,000,000 tax Program, objected to by the Republi- cans, who had fought for the sales tax. The levies, forced into the bill by the Democrats, increase the in- come and gasoline taxes and make stock dividends subject to the higher income imposts. These additional taxes, the report said, “are temporary in character and may be eliminated by proclamation by the president when operating revenues exceed operating expendi- tures, or when the repeal of the eigh- teenth amendment opens a new and ample source of revenue to the gov- ernment.” It added, that “as a matter of pre- caution” the numerous excise taxes passed in the billion dollar revenue bill last year and expiring on June 1, 1934, were to be continued until July 1, 1935. Counterfeiting Cases Are Heard in Court Fergus Falls, Minn., May 24.—(P)— Two cases of counterfeiting came be- fore Judge Joseph W. Molyneaux at the opening of the May term of fed- eral court in this city Tuesday. Ed Fleek, St. Cloud, pleaded guilty to a charge of counterfeiting, but sentence was deferred. The next cases were against Jewell Anderson, Boyd Anderson and Man- fred Seabrook, all of the Barnesville neighborhood. They were alleged to have made 5-cent, 10-cent and 25- cent pieces from zinc obtained from old automobiles. With these they were alleged to have visited a lodge at Detroit Lakes and played slot ma- chines. The trio entered pleas of guilty and were each sentenced to a year in prison, but the court suspend- ed sentence. Shrine Head Cites Aid Given Children Fargo, N. D., May 24.—(#)—Citing work for crippled children as the Shrine's greatest achievement, Earl C. Mills of Des Moines, Iowa, imper- ial potentate of the Ancient Arabic order, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, addressed El Zagal Nobles, wives and other guests at a meeting in his hon- gor bere Tuesday. BY 12 10 1 MARGIN Is Sixth State to Ratify New Amendment; Metropolis Wet By 40 to 1 Albany, N. -Y., May 24.—(@)—New York, by a 12 to one vote, has ex- pressed itself for repeal of the prohi- bition amendment. In the City of New York repeal gentiment in Tuesday's special elec- tion was approximately 41 to one, the vote being: For repeal, 1,478,607; against repeal, 25,506. Figures for the entire state with 5,930 out of 8,837 districts reported were: For repeal, 1,478,607; against repeal, 120,142, As a result of the ballot verdict, 150 delegates pledged to repeal will meec here June 27 and execute the formal- ity of adding New York state to the five others which already have com-! mitted themselves to repeal. A few rural counties with. incom- plete returns showed the vote close enough to be overturned by later fig-j; ures, but for the most part even com- munities heretofore drv returned wet majorities. Eleven counties were un-! reported early Wednesday, but of those from which returns were avail- able only one (Yates) had voted against repeal. Former Governor Alfred E. Smith will be permanent chairman of the cenvention. The wet ticket is a coall- tion affair made up of leading Repub- licans and Democrats. The other states which have voted for repeal are Michigan, New Jersey. Rhode Island, Wisconsin, and Wyom- ing. a | Labor Assembly | To Meet Tonight OO A special meeting of the Bis- marck Central Trades and Labor Assembly will be held Wednesday night to consider the North Da- kota state capitol strike, it is an- nounced by A. Helmer Pearson, president. Only duly-elected delegates of the various crafts represented in the assembly are invited to the session, Pearson said. Represented in the assembly are practically all local skilled’ and common building laborers, typographers, painters, barbers and electricians. Most of the units have three delegates each, Pearson said. \ The assembly so far has taken no active part in the strike, Pear- son said. The meeting is called for 8 o'clock and will be held in the as- sembly hall at 118% Fifth St. ed minor scalp wounds as pickets hurled bricks and other missiles at a truck bearing a load of carpenters, which attempted to break through the picket lines in an effort to get to the capitol project to resume work. Steve Heidt, one of the men arrest- ed, pleaded guilty to a charge of as- sault and battery a short time later before Edward 8. Allen, police magis- trate. He was fined $100 and costs and sentenced to 30 days in the county jail. He struck Deputy Sheriff A. H. Helgeson, who was in charge of a squad of special deputies on duty at the project. ‘Ten others were held without charge pending investigation. Among them was Adam Voight, official of the Bis- marck unit of the International Hod- carriers, Builders and Common Lab- orers Union. Company Officials Move Lundoff-Bicknell officials late Tues- day night reached a decision to resume operations Wednesday morning. Con- struction has been at a standstill since May 16, when more than 90 common laborers walked off the job in a strike for “50 cents an hour and better work- ing conditions.” Resolutions adopted by skilled ‘rgftsmen employed on the job, in- dicating that they were willing to re- sume work under existing contracta and scoring common laborers for their part in the strike, were said to have influenced the contractors to attempt to resume operations. The. skilled laborers, in another resolution, con- demned “two state officials high in. public life” for encouraging the cot et mon laborers in their strike. It is understood that the contrao= tors asked the Burleigh county sher-1 iff’s staff for protection of life and |property and three men were depue tized to assist the peace officers. In the absence of Sheriff J. L. Kelley, who is in South Dakota, Deputy Sheriff A. H. Helgeson took charge of af- fairs. City police, under Chief C. J. Mar- tineson, were assigned to patrol the Property of the Wachter Brothers Transfer company, which firm is ir charge of unloading stone for the capitol from freight cars and trans- porting materials to Capitol Hill. . Asked for Protection It is understood that Helgeson, in an effort to secure National Guard aid in protecting life and property, communicated with Governor Wil- liam Langer, who was at Minot, late Tuesday night. It_is understood that Langer left for Bismarck by automobile immedi- ’/ately and conferred with contractors and police officials shortly after 2 a. m. Wednesday. The question of using National Guardsmen for protection was dis- cussed, it was learned, but action on such a move was deferred on the ground the guardsmen should be used only in the event civil authorities could not handle the situation. Acting Adjutant General Herman A. Brocopp said he had received no or- ders from the governor to interfere in the trouble. Governor Langer Wednesday fore- ‘noon said he had taken no action in the matter. 15 Pickets On Duty About 75 pickets assembled at Cap- itol Hill Wednesday morning to pre- vent any efforts of skilled laborers to get through to the project. They were armed with clubs and bags of bricks, according to witnesses. Trucks carrying a few skilled workers were successful in breaking through picket lines but other groups were intimidated and failed. Some office equipment was allowed through the lines, under protection of the sheriff's force, but most trucks were kept from the project. By early afternoon, however, trucks carrying cement to the project were getting through regularly. One truck driver is said to have been struck with a club by one of the pickets but he was not hurt seriously. Lundoff-Bicknell officials ordered all men coming through the pick lines to refrain from striking ba: at pickets. (Continued on Page Two Peru Accepts Plan To Settle Dispute Geneva, May 24.—(?)—Peru Wed- nesday definitely accepted the League of Nations plan to settle the dispute with Colombia over the Leticia border territory. The plan entails evacuation of seized land and placing the disputed area under the jurisdiction of a league commission. Colombia accepted the program two weeks ago. The commissioners must be at Le- \ticia 30 days after signature of the | accord. which is expected to take place Thursday.