The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, July 25, 1933, Page 1

North Dakote’s Oldest. Newspaper ESTABLISHED 1873 TELEGRAMS FLOOD INTO WHITE HOUSE FOLLOWING ADDRESS President Pleased By Ready Response to Call For Ac- tion By Industry 5,000 PLEDGES RECEIVED Postoffices to Publish Lists of Firms Which Subscribe to New Plan ‘Washington, July 25.—(?)—Charter members of the Roosevelt “roll of honor” in the striving to better the times by boosting buying power en- rolled in legions Tuesday by tele- grams to the white Lee site Preparing to tage stock of pro- gram's progress at a meeting with the “recovery council,” President Roose- velt was described as highly pleased with the more than 5,000 pledges of support received before the day was half done. The postoffice department made ready to post the “honor” rolls in its branches in every city and hamlet, so members of the community might know those employers who heeded the call the president made last night to raise wages and restrict working hours. Members of the cabinet and ad- ministrators of the major laws en- acted since March, who compromise the “recovery council,” gathered reams of material for review at the afternoon session in the executive of- fices. Whether the consensus taken will lead to any shifts in the attack remains to be seen. Hugh 8. Johnson, administrator of the industrial law, and his aides, pro- ceeded with taking of testimony on the proposed codes to govern the oil, lumber, rayon weaving and wool in- dustries. The hearings on the last named were concluded Tuesday. ‘The president’s appeal was terse; “We are not going through another winter like the last.... It is time for courageous action, and the re- covery bill gives us the means te conquer unemployment. ... “The pene is simply this: ould’ Act Together “If all employers will act together to shorten hours and raise wages we can put people’ back to work. No employer will suffer, because the re- lative level of competitive cost will advance by the same amount for all. But if any considerable group should lag or shirk, this great opportunity will pass "3 by and we will go into ancther desperate winter. This must not happen... .. “TZ csk that even before the dates set in the agreements which we have sent out, the employers of the coun- try who have not already done so— the big fellov’s and the little fellows —shall at og .» write or telegraph to me pereonaiy at tne white house, (Contim ed on Page Seven) Bulbe ads Armada To Shediac Harbor Shediac, July 25.—(?)—General Italo Balbo, leading his air Armada on the return trip from New York, landed here at 2:55 p. m. E. 8. T. to- day. Two of the 24 planes were missing as the fleet arrived at Shediac, its first halting place east of New York, one of them having come down at Rockland, Me., with a broken oil line and the other at Milledgeville, N. B., » short of fuel. The Rockland plane took off f-om there after getting oil. Tais was the second lap of the return flight to Italy. Balbo's destin- ation in the United States on his flight from Italy was Chicago where he and his officers visited the Cen- tury of Progress exposition last week. ‘Then he flew here on the first lap of the flight home. Weather reports Tuesday morning were unfavorable, but when later re- ports told of fog over Maine clear- ing the word was given t> start. —__ Foreign Powers Ask | ‘| For U.S. Wine Trade} oF Washington, July 25.—(%)— Foreign powers already are clam- oring to get favorable treatment for their wines, whiskies, and beers in case the 18th amendment is repealed. France and half a dozen other nations have sounded out Ameri- can officials in London and Washington on the possibilities of tariff trades on elcoholic beverages. The line up of Tennessee, Ar- kansas, and Alabama for pro- hibition repeal, many diplomats say, has-persuaded them that the American market will be to liquor imports by the end of this year. Naturally, they want information about the tariff po- Mey this government will adopt in connection with foreign bev- erages—and concessions, if they can get them. Portugal, Great Britain, France, Spain, Germany and Italy were the countries from which the United States exten- sively imported pre-Volstead bev- erages. The imports of alcoholic drinks into the United States in 1913 totaled over 17,000,000 gallons with a value of $20,743,128 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE ‘BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, TUESDAY, JULY 25, 1933 Roger Tuohy, center left, was “in- duced” to pose for this picture in the | manner shown. He was reluctant to face the camera, never having been Photographed before, but the police LAND DEPARTMENT WILL ENCOURAGE | LOAN REFINANCING Second Mortgage By Land! Loan Commissioner Used to Pay Taxes and Interest The state land department will re- finance its loans, as far as possible, through the United States land bank commissioner, according to Deputy Commissioner Thomas Devaney. The land ank commissioner can make a loan on an appraised valua- tion of 75 per cent and can take a; mortgage on the land on that basis, | less the amount of the first mortgage. | The loans will be obtained on the same basis as those being negotiated by the Bank of North Dakota. The money secured on the second mortgage will be used to pay back taxes and interest owing to the state land department and the department will agree with the land bank com- missioner not to foreclose on the first mortgage for a period of fzom three to five years without the consent of the commissioner. ‘While the land department cannot negotiate these loans directly, it is encouraging farmers who have bor- rowed money from the state to re- finance their loans where possible and is assisting in making out the necessary papers required by the land bank commissioner. The department ths made no mort- gage foreclosures since October or November 1932, Devaney said. “About 100 foreclosures are pending in the attorney general's office at the pres- ent time,” he said. “However, | we are not foreclosing if the owner of the land objects,” he continu “In other words we are living up’to the provisions of the governor's morator- jum.” Collections have been exceptionally good during the last two months, said Devaney. He believes the increase in collections is due to the rise in the price of farm products, especially in the price of wheat. Some of the mort- gages which were about to be fore- jclosed on have been reinstated when the interest and part of the principal has been paid during the past six or seven weeks. ‘4 “The department will be unable to make any further farm loans © until interest and principal on mortgages now in arrears are paid up,” said De- vaney. “The department is required to loan one-third of its income on farm lands and the balance must be invested in municipal and school bonds. At present we are overloaned for the reason that the department has been compelled to’ pay taxes where the mortgagee has been unable to meet his obligations, which adds to the amount already loaned very ma- terlally,” he said. Bond payments by municipalities have been exceptional- ly good during the last three months, Devaney said. _. LINDBERGHS ARE BUSY Gothaab, Greenland, July 25.—(>)— Col. and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh began a survey of the Godthaab vicin- ity Tuesday and planned to continue their aerial mapping tour to Holstein- borg, on the west coast of Greenland, Thursday. o O’CONNELL’S EXPECT BREAK Albany, N. Y., July 25.—(AP)— The family of Hidnared John J. O'Connell, Jr., held 19 days, was rep- resented as expecting » “break” Tuesday in the deal fer the youth's | return. 1 | At the right is Harry Ward, rookie policeman, who arrested Tuohy and three members of his gang. He was unarmed, but so were the gangsters, and the law prevailed. Tuohy and his pals had their guns in the golf Cox Is Fighting to Continue Conference London, July 25.—(?)—In two days the world economic conference will Tecess, but increasing support was maingest Tuesday for James M. Cox's thesis that “we shall continue the tack along the whole line until the world econimic difficulties are solved.” The former governor of Ohio advo- cated formation of a permanent ex- ecutive body which could reassemble the congress. EXECUTIVE ACTION ON BEER IS ASKED Sponsors of Initiated Measure| to Talk With Langer on Special Election Governor Langer may decide to call a special election on the initiated beer bill in the near future. A committee representing the peti- tioners for the initiated measure, headed by Usher L. Burdick, Fargo attorney, and Charles Streich, former member of the legislature from Bot- tineau county, will meet with the gov- ernor Tuesday afternoon and believe that a decision will be reached at the conference. September 23 is the earliest date| at which an election can be called, according to Streich and Mike Egan of Bottineau, who have been in Bis- marck for several days in an effort to obtain a meeting with the governor. There has been considerable talk of a special session of the legislature as being more economical than a special election, but it is pointed out that there are at least 39 members of the rt ture at present on the state pay- roll and it is contended that they will be unable to serve in the legisla- ture after being employed by the state. There is no assurance, if a special ‘session is called, that a majority of the members would vote for the legal- ization of the sale of beer. The bill that was passed at the last session had a bare majority of one vote in the house. The sentiment of the mem- bers, {t is pointed out, may not have to any extent. If a special election is called on the initiated law, the voters also will vote on’ the referred law which was pass- ed by the last session of the legisla- ture. This provided for the establish- ment of municipal liquor stores. Supporters of the initiated law point out that the state is losing an im- mense revenue due to the fact that the state has no law licensing the sale of beer. They contend that the pres- ent prohibition laws are being flag- rantly violated in every city, town and village of the state and that the ad- joining states of Minnesota and Mon- tana are profiting from the licenses on beer shipped into North Dakota. Ickes Will Appoint Work Directors Soon Washington, July 25.—(?)—Early announcement of the names of re- gional and state public works ad- ministrators was promised by Sec- tetary Ickes organization Tuesday, but there was no indication as to the exact time. The men to be selected will co- operate with the central agency here in picking out the most worthy proj- ects to be constructed in the gov. bag which Ward is holding and were unable to get to them quickly. brewer, for a ransom of $100,000. CHICAGO GANGSTER ~ AND PALS ARE HELD Men to St. Paul to Face Charges There Milwaukee, Wis., July 25.—(AP) —The federal government was strik- ing at the kidnap racket Tuesday— aiming at Roger Touhy, Chicago gang chieftuin, and three of his as- sociates as the alleged abductors of William Hamm, Jr., wealthy St. Paul brewer. Touhy and his three lieutenants were closely guarded inethe county jail here while the government pre- pared to ask their removal to St. kidnaping Hamm. Hamm was seized near the Theodore Hamm brewery of which he is president, on June 15 and held nearly four days until pay- ment of $100,000 ransom freed him. The government planned to take Touhy -and his men before U. S. Commissioner Floyd E. Jenkins Tuesday. Federal authorities said they believed the gangsters would resist removal. In that event, a hearing would be held before Federal Judge F, A. Geiger. The warrants naming Touhy and his men, Willie Sharkey, Eddie Mc- Fadden and “Gloomy Gus” Schaeffer, were drawn under the new anti-kid- naping law. They charge interstate transportation of Hamm, specifically that he was taken from St. Paul “to the vicinity of Beloit and Janesville,” is. Melvin Purvis, chief of the U. S. Bureau of Investigation at Chicago, said the government has positive identification of all four men. He declined to say whether Hamm, who viewed the men in Chicago on Sun- day, made the identification. How- ever, Hamm said in St. Paul last night he was not able to identify any of the four as the men who seized him June 15 and held him un- til payment of $100,000 ransom. Touhy and his men were brought here late Monday from Elkhorn, Wis., where they were held in jail for several hours after being rushed back into Wisconsin from Chicago. They were arrested at Elkhorn last Wednesday after an automobile accident. Federal officers immedi- ately took charge and without cere- mony sped them to Chicago for ques- tioning about the $50,000 kidnaping of John Factor, the speculator. Back in Elkhorn, fugitive from justice charges were served on the gangsters and they were brought on to Milwaukee. Iowa Officers Seek Bandits from Texas Sutherland, Iowa, July 25.—(P)— Officers spread out from Sutherland eastward through three counties to LaVerne Tuesday in a renewed search for the three members of the Bar- Tow gang who escaped during a gun battle near Dexter, Iowa, Monday. A posse of federal, state and coun- ty officers raided a reported hangout of the gang in a ravine near here Tuesday but found no evidences of recent occupation. Several small posses, each with a machine gun, were working toward LaVerne but it was feared the gang Tuohy and his gang have been charged with kidnaping William Hamm, Jr., wealthy St. Paul, Minn, | INAMM ABDUCTION Will Be Removed By Federal Paul, where they face charges of | Chicago Gangster and Rookie Policeman Who Captured Him | | HOME OWNERS BANK TO BE OPENED HERE SOON SAYS MPLEAN} Plans to Divide State Into Four Districts With Main Office At Fargo WILL STRIVE FOR SPEED Emphasizes That Only Distress- ed Property Will Benefit Under New Plan Fargo, N. D., July 25.—()—Fred W.! McLean, returning to Fargo Monday | from Washington where he was} sworn in as North Daokta state man- | ager of the federal home owners loan | corporation, reports he expects to get the loaning machinery set up and in| motion within a week or two. The state will be divided into four districts, with Fargo as state head- quarters and also headquarters for the southeast district. Branch banks will De established at Grand Forks, Minot, and Bismarck, to be headquar- ters for the other districts. “Realizing the pressing need for re- lef of home owners, the administra- tion is desirous of getting the loan- ing machinery set up and in operation as rapidly as possible,” McLean said. “The government will exchange bonds, which I understand are to draw 4 per cent, the interest on which will be guaranteed by the federal gov- ernment for 18 years, for mortgages. to handle distressed property and mortgagees must agree to the plan. ‘There 1s to be no effort at compelling the mortgagee to accept the bonds. “The banks will have $200,000,000 in cash as a revolving fund to begin business. The home owners loan cor- porgtion may issue $2,200,000,000 of bonds for the relief of mortgaged homes.” McLean said an appraiser and an attorney would be named for each county in North Dakota. Applications will be filed with the nearest branch bank and these will be forwarded to |state headquarters. He left late Monday for his home at Grand Forks and expects to return ‘to Fargo Wednesday 1o begin estab- lishing the state bank here. MOLLISONS RESTING IN GOTHAM HOSPICE English Flying Couple Finish Trip in Ambulance Plane; Put to Bed New York, July 25.—(AP)—The flying Mollisons, who set bravely out jfrom Wales in their own plane only to reach New York in a flying ambu- lance, settled down Tuesday for “a good long rest” and said little about their plans for the future. Capt. Jim and the former Amy Johnson, stars of British aviation, arrived Monday night from Bridge- port, where their plane, “Seafarer,” was wrecked Sunday night within sight of the lights of New York. They came as passengers—in a roomy cabin plane converted into a sky ambulance for the trip. They lay. wearily back on white hospital pillows. A nurse and two physicians sat beside them. : Mrs. Mollison, clad in bright yel- low, her light hair newly dressed, grimaced in pain. Her right hand and her legs were bandaged. Capt. Mollison wore a bandage on his head, where 30 stitches had been taken. He appeared utterly tired. “All we want to do is go to bed for a good long rest,” said Amy, hugging a bouquet that the city’s official greeter handed her. They were put to bed in a hotel suite. The official reception will await their recovery. .Meanwhile, they have expressed fear they can- not get a plane to continue their flight, which was to have taken them to Bagdad and then back.to England. Accident Fatal to Woman Near Clyde Langdon, N. D., July 25.—(?)—Mrs. K. W. Kraft of the Clyde vicinity died in a hospital here shortly after 8 p. m. Monday as the result of injuries she received in an auto accident 17 miles east of here earlier in the day. The mishap occurred when her husband, driving the car down a steep hill, lost control of the machine and it plunged through a guide fence into @ deep ditch, Kraft is in a hospital here, suffer- ing from undetermined injuries, but is expected to recover. Mrs. Kraft leaves @ son and four daughters, in addition to her husband. POLICE CALLED OFF. Oklahoma City, July 25.—(#)—In- vestigation of the kidnaping of Charles F. Urschel, oil millionaire, was at @ standstill Tuesday as the family called off the forces of the law in an effort to encourage the abductors to ernment’s vast re-employment pro-|may have escaped during the night communicate their price for Urschel’s gram. j ‘into Minnesota or South Dakota. safe release. “This is to be a distress institution | O'S! ———_—___—___¢ | Child Revived by | Determined Father an A Fargo, N. D., July 25.—(®)— Taken from Lake Melissa, near Detroit Lakes, Minn., Sunday, ap- Parently lifeless, 20-month-old Rodney Hammer, son of Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Hammer of Fargo, is alive and little the worse for his experience Tuesday because his father refusing to believe the boy was dead, brought him back to consciousness after an hour’s ap- Plication of artificial respiration. LIGHT MOVEMENT OF GRAIN IN THIS AREA IS SEEN IN REPORTS Shippers Canvass Probable Need For Transportation At Aberdeen Meeting Aberdeen, 8. D., July 25.—(?}— Moverment of the light 1933 grain crop and introduction of resolutions urging coordination in transportation occupied members of the northwest shippers advisory board forty-second formal meeting here Monday. Committee and state vice-chairman reports on crops, business in the northwest, shipments of all commodi- ties, and other rail transportation problems, also were placed before the meeting. Minnesota, North and South Dakota, Montana and a small portion of Wisconsin are included in the dis- trict. Resolutions on coordination in transportation, formulated by a newly janized committee headed by Wes- ley E. Keller of Minneapolis, Minne- sota vice chairman, stressed equal regulation of bus, rail, truck and barge transportation. Plenty of space is available in ter- minal elevators at primary markets, which should be able to handle all new crop offerings without being crowded, P. J, Coleman of Minneapo- lis, chairman of the joint grain trans- portation committee, reported. “From information obtained from our local railroads, I do not anticipate any difficulty in their having a suffi- cient grain car supply to handle our rather short grain crop,” Coleman said. Dakotas Hardest Hit Damage to crops is variously esti- mated as between 40 and 60 per cent in some places, with Minnesota and Montana not so severely injured as South and North Dakota, Coleman declared. Based on figures compiled by the U. 8. Department of Agriculture, the grain committee reported the 1933 wheat crop in the four states in the district will be less than one-half as large as the 10 year average. The government forecast was made on duly 1. The research committee made a forecast of grain shipments in the northwest district of 85,000 cars for the third quarter of 1933, as compared with 51,485 cars shipped in the third quarter of 1932. “Shipments in the third quarter of last year were unusually small in view of the size of last year’s crop,” the committee found. “The increase in this year’s forecast is largely based on the expectation of a more normal marketing movement of the new crop and on the heavier carry-over of wheat into the new crop year.” Flour and feed loading is expected to show an increase over the third quarter of last year, H. W. Hazeltine of Minneapolis, chairman of the flour and feed committee, reported. The estimate for July, August and Sep- i 1 1 | tember this year is placed at 24,100 cars, a 10 per cent increase over last year. Extreme heat during early June took its toll from the potato crop, R. F. Gunkelman of Fargo, chairman of the potato committee reported. This was particularly true in the southern section of Minnesota and throughout South Dakota, with present indica- tions pointing from a very poor crop to a failure throughout that area. J Valiey Is Favored In the Red River Valley, however, where crops were not so far along when the heat wave struck, prospects are for an excellent crop. Due to the Spotted condition it is impossible to accurately estimate the expected Movement of potatoes at this time, Gunkelman said. A marked increase in the total ton- nage of sugar beets raised in Mon- tana, for which the estimate this year 4s 900,000 tons in comparison to 777,- 500 tons a year ago, is expected to re- sult in greater movement of this com- modity during the last quarter of this year, a report by C. W. Doherty of Billings, chairman of the sugar and beet committee, stated. Total movement for this year is Placed at 26,980 carloads against 19,- 715 last year. From October to De- cember this year, movement is ex- ected to reach 20,905 carloads, more! than 5,000 over that of the final quar-' ter last year. Requirements for mason building material is expected to show a good increase compared with the corres- ponding quarter last year, Charles P. Biesanz of Winona, chairman of the stone, sand and gravel committee, stated. “As the government is giving to the various states from $7,000,000 to $10,- 000,000 to be used in construction work we feel that the stone, sand and gravel requirements will exceed the corresponding quarter last vear by at COUNTY TO RESIST FOOTING BILL FOR MARTIAL LAW HERE Guards Were Called Out By Governor to Prevent Fil- ing of Petitions BILL BELIEVED NEAR $ Assistant Adjutant General, However, Denies Decision Has Been Made Burleigh county will resist any at- tempt by the state to make this coun- ty pay expenses incurred by the Na- tional Guard during martial law in the city of Bismarck June 1 and 2, George F. Will, veteran member of the board of county commissioners, said Tuesday. Though the state has presented no formal bill yet, Will said, it is under- stood that the state expects Burleigh county to pay the cost of the military demonstration. Assistant Adjutant General Herman A. Brocopp said, however, that the administration has not yet reached a decision to charge the county for the expense incurred. It is possible, he said, that salaries for the guardsmen may come from the military fund. De- claring that National Guard expenses incurred so far this year are “not very high,” Brocopp said that the military fund is sufficient to take care of expenses incurred so far. 1913 Statute Involved A 1913 statute says “all officers and enlisted men, while on duty or as- sembled therefor, pursuant to the orders of the governor of the state, sheriff of a county, or mayor of a city, or any other civil officer in case of riot, tumult, breach of the peace, re- sistance to process or whenever called upon in aid of civil authorities, shall receive the pay set forth in section 72 }of this chapter; and such compensa- tion and the necessary expenses in- curred in quartering, caring for, warn- ing for duty, and transporting and subsisting troops, as well as expenses incurred for pay, care and subsistence of officers and enlisted men temp- orarily disabled in the line of duty, while on such duty, as set forth in section 83 of this chapter shall be paid by the county where such service is rendered.” Burleigh county's resistance to pay- ing the bill is expected to be based up- on the contention that Burleigh coun- ty did not ask for martial law, was Powerless to stop it when the governor ordered it and that the governor has publicly admitted several times since that he called out the guardsmen to prevent filing of highway bill referen- dum petitions Governor William Langer, in declaring. martial law, said that the military functions would be restricted to the capitol building con- struction site. The capitol strike was in progress at that time. Understood Around $500 Commissioner Will said he under- stood the expense of the martial law here was “around $500” and declared that the state “will have to go to court” to get it from Burleigh county. With National Guardsmen having been called out in several other coun- ties to prevent mortgage foreclosures under order of Governor Langer, sev- eral other counties are in a position similar to that of Burleigh county. Other counties in which the guards have been called out include Wells, Stutsman, Sioux, Slope, Towner, Ben- son, Richland, Cass and Foster, ac- cording to Assistant Adjutant Gen- eral Brocopp. N adine O'Leary Wins First-Round Contest Minot, N. D., July 25.—(#)—Nadine O'Leary, Bismarck, the defending champion; Agnes Murphy, James- town; Alice Dahl, Valley City and Dollie Craig, Fargo, advanced to the semi-finals in the championship flight of the North Dakota women's golf tournament here Tuesday morning by winning first round matches. The tournament is being played at the Mi- not Country club. Miss O'Leary defeated Mrs. W. H. Shulze, Grand Forks, 4 and 3, in their 18-hole tilt after they had been all even on the first nine. Miss Murphy won from Mrs. L. H. Kermott, Minot, 7 and 6, and Miss Dahl won from Mrs. G. A. Steinbruck, Mandan, by the same margin. Miss Craig defeated Mrs. T. P. O'Connell, Grand Forks, 6 and 4. In_semi-final matches Wednesday the Misses O'Leary and Murphy will meet in the upper bracket and the Misses Dah] and Craig in the lower. In the first flight, Mrs. H. E. Petrie, Linton and Margaret Dahl, Valley City, were tied at the end of 18 holes. Doris Erenfeld, Minot, won from Mrs. M. B. Ruud, Grand Forks, 3 and 2; Mrs. Urb Muenz, Jamestown, defeated Mrs. T. W. Kamps, Van Hook, 2 and 1; and Mrs. A, M. Fruh, Minot, elim- inated Mrs. Charles Davy, Minot, 2 and 1. In a second flight match Mrs. W. C. Wolverton, Linton, won from Mrs. L. J. Palda, Minot, 6 and 5. SUNDAHL WINS TITLE Jamestown, N. D., July 25.—(AP) —“Billy” Sundahl, Jamestown golf ace, won the city golf championship Monday by defeating Lloyd Knoppen 6-5 in an 18-hole championship least 20 per cent,” Biesanz said. |match, Weather Report Generally fair tonight and Wednes- day; not much change in temperature. PRI ICE FIVE CENTS Grain Traders Offer Reforms Thousands Joining Roosevelt Honor Roll AGREEMENT REACHED TO PLACE LIMIT ON PRICE FLUCTUATIONS Maximum of Five Cents a Bush- el on Wheat to Become Permanent Policy | TO CURB FUTURES HOLDINGS | Increased Margins and Elimins ation of ‘Indemnities’ Also Planned Washington, July 25.—(}—Farm administrators and representatives of grain exchanges Tuesday agreed ten- tatively to limit daily fluctuations in prices on wheat and other grains to 5 cents a bushel as a permanent Policy. The agreement was reached before the close of a two-day conference at which four principal changes in grain marketing practices were approved. ‘ The first, the daily fluctuation limit at five cents, in order to obtain final approval, must be submitted for ac- tion to the business conduct commit- tees of the Chicago Board of Trade and exchanges at Minneapolis, Kan- sas City, Duluth and other points which ordinarily operate along rules ‘similar to those at Chicago, The second provision will be the re- duction of the holdings of futures by any trader to a maximum volume, Probably from 2,000,000 to 5,000,000 bushels, the exact figures to be de- termined later after exchanges have survived the situation. The third provision calls for in- creasing margins or traders. In this instance the exact figure was left un- determined and probably none will be fixed. Rules of the exchanges now require that brokers insist upon “ade- quate margins” from traders. Would Halt Price Shifts Farm administrators took the posi- tion that higher margins should be employed than have been in practice for some time in order te prevent a sudden increase in margin require- ments and a depressing effect on Prices, ‘The fourth “refotm” demanded by administrators and approved by the exchange representatives will be the elimination of trading in both weekly and daily indeminities. This has ale ready been suspended by the Chicage board and other exchanges as @ ree sult of insistence by farm administra= tors and the grain futures administra~ tion. Since last Thursday, limits on daily fluctuations to eight cents a bushel on wheat, five on corn and three cents on oats have been employed under a special rule of the exchanges. Administrators informed Peter B. Carey, president of the Chicago Board of Trade, that President Roosevelt re- garded eight cents as too large a mar~ gin of fluctuation. The five-cent per bushel fluctuation will apply to wheat, rye and barley, with four cents on corn and three cents on oats. PLUMBER ONE UP IN CONTEST WITH CITY Ralph Forsythe Wins Writ of Habeas Corpus in Fight Against Ordinance Ralph Forsythe, Bismarck man who admittedly has been practicing the plumbing trade here without a license, has won the most recent round in his long battle wie tae. city. Hine A writ of habeas corpus prevent incarceration of Forsythe has been granted by Judge Fred Jansonius in Burleigh county district court upon the defendant's request. Charles L. Foster, city attorney, said Tuesday that the North Dakota supreme court will be asked to re- view the case. Forsythe was placed under technical arrest last May 10 by Police Chief C. J. Martineson under order of Po- lice Magistrate Edward 8. Allen. The defendant was fined $100 and $6.55 costs and sentenced to serve 30 days in the city jail last Jan. 14 for violation of the city plumbing ordi nance, but Magistrate Allen suspend- ed the sentence and fine. The magistrate revoked the suspen- sion, however, and ordered Forsythe’s arrest when Forsythe early in May, before the city commission, openly threatened to continue to violate the ordinance. “If you throw me in jail,” he challenged, “you will have to feed my family, and there are eight mouths to feed.” Forsythe had appeared before the board to appeal for a re-marking of nis last examination before the plumb- ing board for a license. Judge Jansonius said he found the city plumbing ordinance “unreason- ably severe” and pointed out that only one of the three examiners on the board was a plumber. He said he doubted if the ordinanae “woud stand up.” | i STUDIOS FACE STRIKE | Hollywood, July 25.—(?)—Motion |picture studios endeavored to main- tain production Tuesday as 5,000 more technicians struck. Union workers left their jobs, spokesmen said, because the studios yesterday hired non-union men to re- | place the 665 sound technicians who jerur Saturday midnight.