The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, June 2, 1933, Page 1

North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper ESTABLISHED 1873 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE | Strike | Bismarck Quiet as Byrn 4 ra et BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, JUNE 2, 1933 TWO WERE HELD AS VIRTUAL PRISONERS BY NATIONAL GUARD | Were Not Permitted to Leave Offices For Three Hours; Mail Was Barred GOVERNOR GAVE ORDERS Acting Adjutant General Says Soldiers Were Directed By Executive All appeared quiet on the “western front” in Bismarck Friday morning. The calm followed a day of hectic military activity Thursday during; which martial law was declared by Governor William Langer, two state! ‘officials were held in virtual captivity | for more than three hours, efforts to file petitions to refer two state laws failed until after 5 p. m. Thursday, and entrance to a district judge's of- fice was denied. After maintaining all-night vigils at the homes of Governor Langer, Sec- retary of State Robert Byrne, State Treasurer Alfred 8. Dale and State} Auditor Berta E. Baker, National Guards were called off duty about 9 a. m. Friday by Adjutant General ‘Herman A. Brocopp, acting under or- | ders of the governor. i Held prisoners in their offices from early afternoon until after 5 p. m. Thursday, Secretary of State Byrne and Treasurer Dale were permitted to! do as they pleased Friday. Byrne left early in the morning for Grand Forks on an official business trip; without benefit of a guard. Guardsmen On Duty These two officials were kept in! custody by Adjutant C aan and a detail of National Guardsmen under orders from the governor. ree three hours they were riot per- ‘nitted to leave their offices and no one was permitted to enter them if carrying packages of any description. Simonson Makes Charge » State Senator Nels P. Simonson of Finley, who attempted to enter with Petitions for a referendum of the sales tax bill, was denied admittance, and placed the documents in the U. S. postoffice for delivery. R. E. Wenzel, arriving with peti- tions for a referendum on an act af- fecting the workmen's compensation bureau, also was denied entrance and} placed his petitions in the postoffice. | In @ statement, Simonson charged that the militia were placed at the secretary of state’s office to prevent; ling of the petitions, although the ‘ostensible reason was receipt by the! governor of anonymous letter threat-| ening him, Byrne, Dale, and Mrs. Baker. It was reported, however, that these letters were received some time ago. : { i \ Released About 5:05 In releasing the two men and their staffs from what amounted to tech- nical arrest, Brocopp said he acted on orders from the governor. The offic-; jals were released about 5:05 p. m. Brocopp had talked on the tele- phone with the governor several times during the afternoon, he said, but had not inquired whether to release the men since his original orders were not to leave anyone pass “until fur- ther orders.” Despite the events of the afternoon and the subsequent filing of the peti- tions after 5 p. m., which had been considered the deadline for filing, / Byrne accepted the petitions, his deputy, Charles Liessman, said. Byrne said the issues will go to the ballots unless he is directed by a court to keep them off, In a previous case, he (Continued on Page Two) 88-Year-Old Woman i Dies Near Bismarck} Mrs. Malcolm Stewart, 88-year-old *farm woman who had lived in North Dakota 38 years, died at her farm home southeast of Bismarck Thurs- day forenoon. Her death was caused by old age and a stroke. Mrs. Stewart leaves three daughters, | four sons, two sisters, one brother and} nine grandchildren. i Sons and daughters are John, Alex, Norman and Willie Stewart, all of Bismarck; Mrs. Christ Smith of Huff; | Mrs. J. C. Wylie of Vermont, N. D.; and Mrs. Claude Houser, Bismarck. Her brother, Alex Monroe, resides in Newfoundland, Canada. Her sis- ters are Mrs, Charles Stone of Bos- ton, Mass., and Miss Anne Monroe of Prince Edward Island, Canada. , Two step-sons are Ronnie Stewart of Vancouver, B. C., and John A. Ste- wart of Bismarck. Funeral services will be conducted from the Stewartsdele church at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon. The body will be interred in the Stewartsdale cemetery. Fargoan to Defend Alleged Murderer Fargo, N. D., June 2—(#)—Clair’ F. Brickner, Fargo attorney, was ap- pointed by Judge Andrew Miller in federal court to defend George (Gold- ie) Nolan, charged with murder in connection with the slaying nine years ego of Charles Sneesby, Devils Lake ‘AGAINST DEMAGOGUE Held Prisoners by Militia | ROBERT BYRNE Secretary of State Robert Byrne and State Treasurer Alfred 8S. Dale were eral hours Thursday afternoon by de- tails of the state national guard on orders of Governor Langer. The troopers ostensibly were sent to their offices to guard them from pos- ALFRED S. DALE sible injury but what actually hap- pened was that they were prevented {held prisoners in their offices for sev- | {70m leaving their offices, despite an expressed wish to do so, and other Persons were prevented from deliver- ing any packages to either office dur- ing the period. .Reasons for the action were not announced. GRADUATES WARNED | BY THOMAS. BURKE Ability to Recognize Him Is suf-| ficient Safeguard, Sen- iors Are Told One ;hundred and twelve graduates of Bismarck high school were pre- sented with diplomas at commence- ment exercises Thursday evening in the city auditorium, which was pack- with parents, relatives and friends of those completing their high school work. ‘ “PresentatYon- wes made by George M. Register, presi- dent of the city board of education. A warning against the demagogue was given the seniors by Thomas J. Burke, former assistant attorney gen- eral, in the main address of the eve- ning. “If you are able to recognize the| demagogue when you see him, neither | you nor your country will have much to fear from him,” Burke said. Has No Philosophy In reality, the demagogue has no philosophy whatever unless it be that his personal advantage is the really important thing and that all ways and means to gain that end are justi- fied, he said. “It is perhaps this lack of stability of thought and principle that is his most distinguishing char- acteristic. He is constantly seeking to emulate the chameleon, changing his color always to harmonize with the situation in which he finds himself. “He will have no compunction whatever about denying a statement he has previously made and charging the press that reported the statement | with wilful falsehood. He will seek to avoid committing himself upon matters about which there is any widespread difference of opinion. He has a strong preference for platitudes and he will talk endlessly about the; virtues of honesty and efficiency in! an abstract way without indicating | either the method or the manner of their application.- He will undertake to take advantage of every prejudice that exists in his bailiwick. If no prejudice exists, he will try to create one by dividing group against group and class against class. If it is neces- sary. to gain his ends, he will resur- rect those antiquated prejudices of Tace and creed. He, does not exist in politics alone.” The very essence of liberty is re- straint, the speaker said. True lib- erty in society.must work upon a co- operative principle. Written Into Constitution “It is this theory of liberty with restraint that was written -into our constitution,”.Burke said. “You will Rote that those statements which we call our constitutional guarantees of liberty are not positive statements of Uberty but ,are statements of re- straint. ‘Congress shall make no law abridging the right to free speech or ceable assembly.’ ‘No soldier shall be quartered, etc.’” He advised the students to abandon old standards reluctantly but to guard against becoming stagnant in thought. At the outset, Burke said he would speak about governmental affairs but that he did not wish to minimize the value of honesty, ambition, work and perseverance, which had often been called to their attention before. Trainmen-Auxiliary Meet at Jamestown Jamestown, N. D., June 2.—(P)— Mrs. Clara Bradley of Columbus, Ohio, grand president of the auxiliary of the Brotherhood of Railway Train- men, conducted a school of instruc- tion here Friday in connection with the organization’s state convention. She will speak at a joint banquet for trainmen and the auxiliary Friday night. * The trainmen opened their meeting Friday afternoon with State President W. J. Flannigan presiding. Lodges in the organization are Jamestown, Minot, Enderlin, Willis- ton, Dickinson, Grand Forks and FOUR NEW LAWS ARE SUSPENDED PENDING DBCISION BY PEOPLE Referendum Petitions, Received By Mail, Accepted By Sec- retary of State Four new laws enacted by the las: legislature were slated for suspension Friday as the result of filing of refer- endum petitions with the secretary of state. Petitions were received by mail by tary of state's office this morning to refer the two-per-cent sales tax law, and the act giving the governor authority to remove work- men’s compensation commissioners without cause. Previously petitions had been filed for referendum of the law abolishing the office of state receiver of closei banks and the law providing for mu- |nicipal liquor stores for sale of legal- | ized beer. These laws were to become effective July 1, but are automatically suspend- ed until voted on as soon as referen- dum petitions are accepted as suffi- cient by the secretary of state. The bank receiver petitions already have been found sufficient, with the others japparently ip such form as to assure a ruling that they are sufficient, ! Charles Liessman, deputy secretary of state, said Friday. Seven thousand signatures are re- quired to refer a law, and all referen- dum petitions received contain in ex- cess of this number. Petitions circulated for referendum: of the law providing a $200,000 ap- propriation for the state highway de- partment were not filed. Was Final Day Thursday was the final day for fil- ing petitions, but National Guardsmen Surrounded the secretary of state's of- fice and refused to permit any per-: sons to enter. Sponsors of the sales tax and workmen’s compensation law referendum were denied admission to the office, but mailed the petitions. Liessman said that since the pack- ages containing the petitions bear Thursday's post mark they will be considered as having been presented on that day. The petitions were ac- cepted, he said, as properly filed, and a ruling on their sufficiency as | form will be made. In addition to the referendum peti- tions, initiative petitions for a law tu permit Sunday movies have been filed with the secretary of state and the issue is assured of a place on the bal- lot at the next state-wide election Although 10,000 signatures are re- quired for initiating a law. the peti- tions bear approximately 40,000. Stock Prices Go to New High for Year New York, June 2.—(}—On a turn- over of around 7,000,000 shares, the stock market swarmed up to @ new average high for the year Friday. Extreme gains of $1 to more than $3 were general and a few issues made much larger advances. Utility stocks, which had been lagging behind rails and industrials, came forward vigor- ously, while gold* mining issues be- came buoyant. Most commodities were much less boisterous than shares. Wheat and corn closed with small changes. Cot- ton was rather irregular. MARRIES INDIAN PRINCE ‘Chicago, June 2—(?)—The socially prominent Mrs. Katherine Winter- botham Buchanan of Chicago, Friday admitted that she and Kumar Jehan Seesodia-Warliker, a prince of India, had been secretly married. She said the ceremony took place Thursday, but refused to reveal details. FOUR SENTENCED TO DIE Altona, Germany, June 2.—()— Four ringleaders of the bloody Nazi- Communist riots here July 17, 1932, Friday were sentenced to death and GOVERNOR DENIES HE WANTED 70 PREVENT! FILING OF PETITIONS Brocopp Silent on Orders Re- ceived; Attempt to Cut Telephone Line Hinted ALL ORDERS WERE VERBAL Tribune Man Has’ Interview With Acting Head of North Dakota Militia Governor William Langer Friday denied that his order to place Na- tional Guardsmen around several state offices, resulting in virtual im- Prisonment of Secretary of State Robert Byrne and State Treasurer Alfred 8S. Dale was aimed at prevent- ing filing of petitions to refer several laws passed by the last legislature. Adjutant General Herman A. Bro- copp, in charge of the guards, re- fused to divulge orders to him from Langer which resulted in Byrne's im- prisonment in his office and preven- tion of filing of petitions. An interview obtained with Adjut- ant General Brocopp at noon Fri- day by a Tribune representative fail- ed to shed much light, except by in- ference, on what Governor Langer’s instructions to him were. ‘When excitement was running high Thursday afternoon, while Byrne was being held prisoner, however, Brocopp said everything he was doing was on order of the governor. Upon request of the Tribune man, Adjutant General Brocopp Friday readily furnished him with a mimeo- | graphed copy of the martial law proc- ‘lamation signed by the governor. “I didn’t check the copy word for word,” Brocopp said, “but I think it |is a verbatim copy.” | Questions and Answers | Ensuing questions put by the Trib- {une man and.answers made by Bro- jcopp follow: ; @. Is this-a complete copy of the jorder which the governor gave you in regard to yesterday's activities? | Yes. & Did the governor later instruct jyou to keep (Secretary of State) Byrne a prisoner, not letting him leave the office, or did he instruct you to cut telephone wires leading to Byrne's | office and then later change his mind? (Rumors were current in Bis- marck Friday that the governor had first ordered Brocopp to cut telephone wires leading to Byrne's office but ;that this order later was withdrawn). A. All other orders came later | verbally. + @Q. We realize you're on the spot in this predicament, General, but ; what were those specific orders? A. (Nothing bus silence). , At this point, B. E. Jones, who was | Visiting General Brocopp interposed the suggestion that General Brocopp’ “is in a tight place here.” | “Regarding your question about the | wires,” General Brocopp volunteered, “you might get some information if (Continued on Page Nine) ASSERTS ROOSEVELT ORDERED PURCHASES FROM GOTHAM FIRM Army Quartermaster Chief 'Y Michigan Is Probing Lobbying Activities ‘Lansing, Mich., June 2—(P)—The | committee investigating charges of | improper lobbying activities in the! legislature, Friday had before it de-j{ scriptions of alleged beer parties andj trips to Chicago as well as charges: that “legislators took money.” | Floyd Fitzsimmons, former Benton | Harbor fight promoter and backer of ! a dog racing measure before the legis- ; lature, denied he had used money il- | legally to influence votes for his meas- | ure. Senator Joe Foster, of Lansing | appeared as counsel for Fitzsimmons. | ABRUPT RECESS IS TAKEN IN INQUIRY ON MORGAN DEALS: Battle on Question Addressed to! Lamont Halts Action Until Monday . | Washington, June 2.—(}—The sen- | ate investigation of J. P. Morgan and company was recessed abruptly until! Monday after John W. Davis, counsel for the firm, protested Friday against @ question directed at Thomas S. La- mont, junior partner, which led up to his 1930 income tax return. The white-haired Davis, former presidential candidate, leaped to his feet to object when Ferdinand Pecora, aggressive senate committee counsel, called young Lamont to the stand and asked him about sales of stock De- cember 30, 1930. “This is not fair play,” Davis pro-j} tested, asserting that Lamont had not been advised he would be questioned about the stocks. | While Lamont sat quietly at the} table, and his senior partner—J. P.! Morgan—listened intently from the background, Davis and Pecora argued the question. Chairman Fletcher finally ruled the) question was pertinent. Lamont then said he did not recol-; lect about the sales and he was direct-: sag look them up over the week- end. Asks Private Meeting Davis asked Chairman Fletcher for | a meeting of the committee Monday | before the resumption of the inquiry, | presumably to decide whether Pecora’s | question was pertinent. The sudden cessation of question and answer, which through several; hours had held the rapt attention of | another crowd because of George} Whitney’s—another Morgan partner— giving the inside story of huge market operations to stem the market fall of late 1929, caught everybody by sur- prise. Lamont had been on the stand aj very few minutes before the clash oc- curred. He was the third Morgan partner to be examined. After the recess was taken, Pecora; refused to reply to questions from! newspapermen whether the question had any connection with the question | of income taxes. i Previous testimony before the com- mittee had disclosed that the 20 Mor- gan partners paid a total of $48,000 income tax in 1930. { The committee was taken behind! the scenes. of financial drama of the chaotic days of late ’29 by Whitney who told in matter-of-fact fashion how a few bankers—with $250,000,000 , at their fingers—supported the crash- ing market. It was a profitable operation, too. Whitney testified that although loss had been expected, the 1,146,609 shares | Purchased were sold for $1,067,355; more than the cost, exclusive of in- terest. The massive purchases lasted some three weeks. i Gives Testimony on For- | estry Toilet Kits Washington, June 2.—(P)—Major General John L. DeWitt, quarter- master general of the army, Friday told the senate military committee that Robert Fechner, director of the reforestation work, advised him that President Roosevelt had instructed Fechner to purchase 200,000 toilet kits from Bevier and Company of New York for reforestation camp em- Ployes. « Louis M. Howe, secretary to the president, appearing Thursday, before the committee formally opened an in- vestigation into the purchase of the kits at $1.40 each which army officials said could be bought for 85 cents, told members he advised Fechner he (Fechner) had authority to buy them if considered desirable. “I advised Mr. Fechner strongly not to have anything to do with it (pur- chasing the kits),” DeWitt said to committee members, “but first of all to be in the president was fully advised. “Mr. Fechner said he had betn or- dered to do it. Mr. Fechner said he had been ordered by the president.” Senator Black (Dem. Ala.) inter- ‘rupted DeWitt to ask “did he say how he got the order from the presi- dent?” “He said he had received a tele- phone message from Mr. Howe,” re- Plied DeWitt. Dewitt told of receiving a letter from Fechner that said “complying with instructions of the president, Franklin D. Roosevelt,” he had signed an order for purchasing the kits. This letter, DeWitt continued, said “I am further instructed by direction of the president” to tell the war de- partment to make no further pur- night patrolmen, during an attempt] Mandan in North Dakota and Dil-jsix others to hard labor from three| chases of such supplies and to cancel to rob the Devils Lake post office. worth in Minnesota. and ea half to 10 years. contracts “It pie as I recall, on November 11,” sAid Whitney quietly. The Morgan artnership agreement, finally was made public by the com- mittee Thursday. It showed that J. P. Morgan himself has the final word on all vital matters, can oust partners, fix the amount of money due them, and can even dissolve the firm under certain conditions. Such power concentrated in one man raised the question among the! investigators as to whether the bank-/! ing house should be classed as a part- nership for taxation purposes. Sen- ator Costigan (Dem. Colo.) raised this issue and it was believed to be among the important angles now under scrut- iny at the department of justice and! the bureau of internal revenue. The operation involving two separ- ate lists of customers was a distribu- tion of Johns-Manville stock, in June, 1927. Those classed by the investiga- tors as real insiders obtained 343,750 shares at 47%, the Morgan's purchase Bre Others bought 56,200 shares at Cummings Is Investigating Attorney General Cummins made known last night that the justice department was investigating the in- come tax returns filed by the Mor- gan partners. It already was known that the internal revenue bureau was examining the long-guarded part- nership agreement in connection with the tax payments. The point at issue, as described by investigators, is that the agreement may legally constitute an employment contract rather than a partnership, which would affect deductions allow- able under the income tax laws. The final hour of Thursday's ques- tioning developed several important points. Among them: Harvey C. Couch, director of the reconstruction corporation was listed as @ selected purchaser of Morgan's stock in 1929 before he took office. , Dale Ar |days remaining until the originally set jtaken part in getting disagreements }industry and allocate its production by jbeing still deep in the question of |sale of beer to initiate a new beer law jin North Dakota and refer the pres- jfrom persons who subscribed to the QUICK ENACTMENT. OF SOME BIG BILLS SEEN IN CONGRESS Glass Bank Reform Act Takes Leading Place Following Morgan Disclosures ROOSEVELT IS PUSHING IT Takes Personal Hand in Adjust- ing Differences Between Senate and House Washington, June 2—(P)—Just eight congressional adjournment date, a pile of legislation still was wedged in conference and committees Friday, but quick enactment was sighted for several big bills, the Glass bank re- form act leading them. This bill, its redrafting of present} banking practice become increasingly significant in the light of the Morga: investigation, was promised a quick agreement in senate-house conference j after President Roosevelt himself had adjusted. Seantor Glass (Dem., Va.). its author, after a white house round- table session, predicted the final com- Promise would be obtained Friday. One more bill entered the final stage. The Wagner measure to reor- ganize the federal emp!oyment systen: to make it more helpful to the states was passed by the house late Thurs- day and so sent back t> the senate for action on several minor changes. to the railroad reorganiaztion bill, also already passed by the senate, taking it up under a plan of procedure which Many amendments were made to it in committee. Also advancing was the industrial re- covery act, in which the senate fi- nance committee planned to make changes in the tax rates fixed by the ;house and probably incorporate a new briefly-phrased amendment to permit the president to take hold of the oil states, It is to be ready for senate action the first of the week. But the senate itself was not ready. veterans’ appropriations. The bill carrying these was to have been passed the first of the week but ora- tory, amendments and action on nom- inations have left its issues unsettled. Waiting for passage are the gold clause cancellation act and the two- billion-dollar plan for refinancing home mortgages. ACCUSE LOCAL MAN OF TRYING 10 BALK BEER PETITIONERS J. P. Walsh Indicted By Federal Grand Jury on Complaint of Wet Group Fargo, N. D., June 2—(#)—An al- leged attempt to balk efforts of the association for legalization of the ent beer law resulted in filing of criminal charges against J. P. Walsh, Bismarck, in federal court, it was an- nounced by Peter B. Garberg, U. 8 district attorney, after a grand jury which had been in session two days reported. Walsh was indicted by the grand jury on complaint of D. E. Shipley and others who are members of the committee in charge of circulation of petitions to bring about election on the d beer bill. "The Bismarck man is charged with using the mails to defraud, the indict- ment containing four counts, two in- volving the alleged obtaining of money fund for bringing about legalization of beer and two alleging the defraud- ing of the committee. It is alleged Walsh had petitions al- most identical with those circulated by the committee printed and sent them to persons known to be in sym- pathy with the movement with a re- quest that they have the petitions filled out and mailed to Box 164, Bis- marck. The names of the committee were used in the fictitious petitions, it is alleged, and they are identical with the petition circulated by the commit- tee except that the portion of the wording on the real petitions which was necessary to bring about an elec- tion was omitted in the ficititious peti- tions. It is understood a warrant has been issued for Walsh but he has not been arrested. Ex-Convict Held for Mann Act Violation Fargo, N. D., June 2.—(?)—Herbert Nichols, recently released from the state penitentiary at Bismarck after completing a term for grand larceny, was indicted by a federal grand jury ‘Thursday on a charge of violating the The representatives quickly turned | indicated passage sometime Saturday | Freed Leads Convicts In Kansas Break Murderer of three men, Wilbur Underhill, above; is one of 11 convicts hunted in Oklahoma after their break from the Kan- sas penitentiary. Underhill, one of the ring leaders, abducted the warden and two guards as hostages. The picture was taken when Underhill was wounded and captured after breaking Oklahoma's penitentiary. OKLAHOMA CONVICTS BACK IN PRISON; 10 KANSANS STILL FREE One Is Captured While Eating At Farmhouse; Admits His Identity BULLETIN Siloam Springs, Ark., June 2—(P) —Lewis Bechtel, one of the 11 con- victs who escaped from the Kansas Penitentiary Tuesday, was captured Friday at a farm house one and one- half miles from Dripping Springs, Okla. He admitted his identity. Posses were close behind two com- panions. Scarred by more bullets and a bank robbery, the trails of the other 10 Kansas prison fugitives twisted anew through the Oklahoma-Arkansas hill and mountain country, but two escap- ed Oklahoma convicts were back again behind bars. = The reckless killers and robbers who broke from the Kansas state peniten- tiary at Lansing during a Memorial Day baseball game are blamed for killing a Chetopa, Kas., officer; have stolen and commandeered numerous motor cars; held a half dozen men and women as temporary hostages; engaged in running gunfights with manhunters and climaxed their con- tempt for the law late Thursday with the $2,100 robbery of a Chelsa bank. Not so elusive were the two convict- ed killers, Jim Stribling and H. D. Bradbury, who fled from Oklahoma prison at McAlester late Wednesday with the arms and autombile of 2 guard. They were caught Thursday night at Stuart, 20 miles west of the penitentiary, by two marshals who surprised them trying to board a train, They had abandoned the guard’s motor car on a mountain road. Followed Hot Trail sans seems hot several miles north- west of Siloam Springs, Ark., where three auto thieves shot it out Wednes- day night with the police chief, Bob LaFollette. A posse started a new search over the steep foot’ trails in that section after three fishermen late Thursday night reported seeing three armed men making their way along Flint creek. There are no mo- tor roads in the immediate vicinity. Earlier in the day another posse had lost the convict trail two miles from where the fishermen sighted the tric. Bands of armed citizens and cha- grined officers from a half dozen Ok- lahoma counties scouted the Chelsea countryside until late Thursday night but returned empty handed, convinced the desperadoes again were securely secreted in hidehouts in the rough hills, Pursued by @ posse, the bank rob- bers fled in a southwesterly direction from Chelsea, @ town of 1,500 about 40 miles northeast of Tulsa, then circled west and north and finally were lost while traveling eastward toward the upper corner of the state. Shots were exchanged but apparently none took effect. One pursuing car was dis- abled and careened inio a ditch after it was riddled with robber bullets, but the occupants were uninjured. A posse took Bechtel by surprise as he was eating a meal at a farm house. He offered no resistance. ‘GOOD-TIME’ ALLOWANCE GIVEN GOOD CONVICTS Topeka, June 2—(#)—A six-month good-time allowance for approxi- mately 1,000 convicts who did not avail themselves of an opportunity to participate in the Memorial Day Mann Act. He is alleged to have il- (Continued on Page Two) Sisseton, §. D., to Fargo. break from Kansas penitentiary was Landon The trail of one group of the Kan- | legally transported a woman from] announced Pridar br Gov. Alf M.|4fternoon. Weather Report Fair tonight and Saturdi cooler tonight. di PRICE FIVE CENTS CONSTRUCTION WORK IS RESUMED FRIDAY WITH NEW PAY RATE Common Laborers to Get 40 Cents An Hour With 48- Hour Working Week SIGN AGREEMENT THURSDAY Difficulty At Building Site Re- sulted in Rioting and Military Rule Construction work on the North Dakota state capitol building project was resumed Friday morning, ending an 18-day strike. At 2 p. m,, Friday, however, mar- tial law had not been lifted in the city of Bismarck. Adjutant General Brocopp said he expected the martial law order to be lifted within a few days. Representatives of striking com- mon laborers and contractors for the Project signed an agreement late Thursday following a conference called by Governor William Langer at the executive mansion. Under the agreement, common la- borers will receive 40 cents per hour, with mortar mixers to get 50 cents an hour. It was agreed that 48 hours shall constitute a normal working week, At the conference at the governor's mansion were R. M. Rishworth, chair- man of the capitol commission, Nor- ris, Madsen, Hanson, Moe, and other workers. : Rishworth said the settlement giv- ing strikers higher wages was received with favor by the capitol commission, and it would cost the state “not one cent.” Madsen said he agreed to the increased wage, which would mean an expenditure of money from his “own pocket,” but that he was satisfied with agreement because it would mean continuance of capitol building work. Common laborers walked off the job the morning of May 16, demand- ing 50 rather than 30 cents an hour and better working conditions. Since that day building operations have been at a standstill, all activi- ties being halted by picketing and truces arranged in efforts to bring the parties into agreement. Violence Resulted Once Violence resulted on only one oc- casion, when, under orders of Gov- ernor Langer, the Lundoff-Bicknell company, general contractors, at- peared to resume operations May 24. Common labor pickets hurled brickbats and other missiles at skilled laborers who arrived in trucks and attempted to break through the picket, lines to resume work. Two skilled la- borers were injured in the melee and 11 common laborers were arrested on charges of assault and battery. One was sentenced and charges against the other 10 are pending. Signers of the agreement Thursday night were Harold Hanson, president of Local 443 of the International Hodcarriers, Building and Common Laborers Union of America; Theo- dore L. Moe, secretary of the local; C. M. Norris, vice president of the Lundoff-Bicknell company; and (Continued on Page Two) FRANK PARIS, 77, DIES AT HOME HERE Had Been Farmer in County Nearly Half a Century; Plan Funeral Sunday Frank Paris, farmer in Burleigh county for nearly half a century, died about 5:30 o'clock Friday morn- ing at his home in Bismarck, 404 Fifth St. Paris was 77 years old. He had been ill for about three years of heart and kidney ailments. Paris came to Burleigh county in 1884, being employed by Oscar Ward on the latter's dairy farm a short distance north of Bismarck. In the same year Paris filed on a homestead 10 miles north of the Capital City. Later he operated a dairy farm eight miles north of the city, where he lived for 41 years. He retired three years ago and moved to Bis- marck. Paris was born April 13, 1860, at Pulteney, New York. He lived in Prattsburg, N. Y., until he came to the middle west in 1881. He lived in Minnesota for three years before coming to North Dakota. He was married to Mis Elida Couch Nov. 1, 1892, on a farm 12 miles north of the city. Paris was a member of the local Elks lodge. He leaves his widow, seven children and four grandchildren. Sons and daughters, all. of whom live in Bismarck, are Floyd Paris, Mrs. Paul A. (Florence) Cook, Mrs. Henry A. (Myrtle) Hanson, Hazel Paris, Robert Paris, Aldeen Paris and Jeanne Paris. Miss Aldeen Paris is expected here Saturday from Grand Forks, where she is a student at the University of North Dakota. Grandchildren are Carol and Neil Paris and Robert and Patricia Cook. Funeral services will be conducted from McCabe Methodist Episcopal church here at 2:30 o'clock Sunday Rey. Walter BE. Vater, pastor of the church, will officiate.