The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 8, 1933, Page 1

fe 4 S ‘ ‘" 4 eee. a ‘ North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper ESTABLISHED 1873 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 8, 1933 Large N. D. Miners Ad Oo Many MACHINE GUNS AND HEAVY GUARDS RULE IN ISLAND CAPITAL 21 Killed and 130 Wounded in Demonstration At Havana Monday Night MACHADO STILL ON JOB Refuses to Quit Presidency; Reference to ‘Foreign In- jy terference’ Raps U. S. Havana, Aug. 8.—()—Strife-torn Cuba Tuesday counted the cost of a widespread strike in terms of 8 + mounting death toll and a tense poll- tical situation complicated by de- mands for President Machado's resig- nation and his efforts to re-establish peace by armed force. Machine guns and heavy guards at « Public buildings were withdrawn after 21 persons were killed and 130 wound- ed during a demonstration Monday night which followed a report that Machado had quit.* The A B C opposition society had broadcast a report that the president had agreed to withdraw, whereupon thousands rushed into the streets in an hilarious mood. Thousands gath- ered at the capitol. Fifty uniformed Policemen hurried to the scene, to be Joined later by mounted officers. In a blaze of rifle, pistol, and sub- machine gun fire, scores fell, dead and wounded. Similar scenes occurred in other parts of Havana and dem- onstrations in which several were kill- ed took place in nearby towns. Ambassador Is Mediator U. &. Ambassador Sumner Welles, who is seeking to end Cuba’s tur- moil, declared after a long interview with President Machado Tuesday that “mediation is not ended.” The ambassador spent an hour and 80 minutes with the president, whose resignation has been asked by all Cuban political parties as the only way to bring about peace. Welles faid his call was pleasant. The disorders came as a climax to @ week of agitation and strikes, which spread as opposition leaders sought to induce President Machado, » storm center of political unrest, to retire from his office, and while Wel- les sought. agreement by all groups upon a proposed plan of peaceful set- tlement. Uptown stores continued closed ‘Tuesday although many smaller ones on the outskirts opened. Rifles were distributed to all po- lice, who toured the city in auto- mobiles. Began As Rumor Affair The strike that started nearly two ‘weeks ago with a small walkout of omnibus drivers and since has gained adherents in nearly every trade, de- veloped further Tuesday with the an- nouncement that employes in the pub- lic instruction and treasury depart- ments were prepared to strike. The former ask eight concessions, includ- ing wages overdue the last nine months. The legislature Monday gave the president authority to suspend con- stitutional guarantees of personal lib- erty in an effort to curb the spread- ing strike. Immediately military forces took over Havana and heavy firing rang through the streets. . ,,it was understood Machado told five Liberal party representatives he ‘was ready to leave office if the people 80 willed, but that he would not quit es the result of any “foreign inter- meddling.” E Political circles took this as a refer- ence to Ambassador Welles’ attempts to mediate the political differences. ‘Welles was understood to have sug- gested a peace formula in which it was provided that Machado take a “leave of absence.” ‘Arizona Is Voting On Wet Amendment Phoenix, Ariz., Aug. 8.—()—Arizona ‘votes on the wet and dry question ‘Tuesday and dry leaders agreed they have only an outside chance of pre- venting this state from becoming the twenty-first to ratify the proposed re- peal amendment to the federal con- stitution. Because the drys were unable to ob- tain enough signatures on initiative Petitions, only repeal candidates for delegates to a state convention to pass on the amendment appear.on the ballot. Anti-repeal votes, however, may be written in. Uncle Bim Comes Back to Tribune With this issue Uncle Bim, wily ‘Townsend Zander, and all the other characters in the Gumps comic strip return to the Bismarck Tribune. All of their doings during the last week * are shown on Page 2. Hereafter this famous comic strip will run daily in its regular position on The Tribune's comic page. Poor Uncle Bim still is losing in that long-drawn-out poker game. Ap- parently the poor fellow hasn’t a _, chance, but somehow we feel he'll / pull through. After all he didn’t be- come the richest man in Australia because he was dumber than average and the old fox may have a few tricks up his sleeve yet. Right now, though, it looks bad for him. Bring yourself up to date by read- {pg ell sbout it on Page 2 i} Are Dead a ‘Bell is Penalized Gets New Position R. J. KAMPLIN R. J. Kamplin, former assistant at- torney general and a past command- er of the North Dakota department, American Legion, has accepted a Position in the legal department of the Standard Oil company of In- diana and will move from 8t. Paul to Chicago to take up his new work. Upon leaving the service of the state here, Kamplin entered the legal department of the federal land bank at St. Paul but was there only a short time when he received the offer from the big oil firm. Mrs. Kamplin and their small daughter, now in Bismarck, will leave soon to join Mr. Kamplin at Chicago, QUICK ACCEPTANCE OF BLUE EAGLE I$ ASKED BY JOHNSON Recovery Administrator Sets Two-Week Limit For All to Come in wi Aug. 8—()—Te em- Ployers the country over went Tuesday an indirect but renewed warning that Hugh 8S. Johnson, recovery adminis- trator, wants everybody under the blue eagle in two weeks. With that goal in mind, he appoint- ed a special board to consider and speed temporarly application of the many pending codes that fix minimum wages and minimum hours for as many trades. When the two weeks has expired the administrator now plans a con- certed appeal for consumers to buy only from the men who are entitled to display the blue eagle. As members of that board, Johnson named Robert T. Stevens, a deputy administrator; Edward R. Stettinius, secretary of the recovery administra- tion's industrial advisory board; Rob- ert K. Straus, an administrative as- sistant to Johnson; W. Woolston, of the labor advisory board, and Kil- bourne Johnston, son of the adminis- trator. The hope is that this board may speed study of the many pending codes and. order into temporary effect ‘as many of them as are acceptable. Later all will be studied in public hearings and modifications made if any are necessary. This move will augment the con- tinuing attempt to get employers to sign individual agreements with the president to raise wages and shorten working hours. One major purpose of the temporary codes is to apply them to groups which feel the blanket presidental agreement is too inelas- tic for their purposes. Behind the two-way drive is the an- nounced objective of 5,000,000 new Jobs by Labor Day, less than a month away. Pressure, meanwhile, will be put on lagging employers by the many. local organizations now being established. General Johnson said no specific date had been set for attempting to complete the drive to bring all em- ployers under either temporary or Permanent codes. While. he hopes that within the next two weeks this can be accom- plished and the signal given for con- sumers to buy only from Blue Eagle firms, he pointed out the time de- pended upon the speed with which the recovery administration could study the codes presented and give approvals. Two More Are Held In Hamm Kidnaping Chicago, Aug. 8.—(?}—Two men ar- rested as suspécts in the kidneping of William Hamm, Jr., St. Paul brewer, were in the custody of federal author- ities today after winning their re- lease from police on a writ of habeas corpus. They are William Ford and James ‘Wagner, seized last Thursday. Mon- day Chief Justice John Prystalski of the Cook county criminal court ord- ered police to file formal charges against them or to give them their freedom. SEEK YOUNG BANDITS Duluth, Aug. 8—(?)—Two youthful bandits who during the night kid- naped three men, including a deputy sheriff whom they robbed of a small amount’ of cash and several weapons, were the objects of search Tuesday in northern Minnesota and Wisconsin. ROADS FAIR TO GOOD Roads in North Dakota were in fair to good condition Tuesday, according 1 to the state highway department. ‘FRENCH OVERJOYED | AS AVIATORS BREAK OLD DISTANCE MARK Plan Great Reception For Rossi and Codos When They Return to Paris | | Paris, Aug. 8—(P)—Fifty million |Frenchmen, bubbling with enthu- |siasm over the thrilling non-stop {flight of two countrymen from New York to Rayak, Syria, prepared Tues- day to crown Maurice Rossi and Paul Codos with fitting glory. The pair are expected to rest a few |days in Syria where they arrived in the monoplane, the Joseph Le Brix |Monday evening with the claim of having surpassed the world distance record by about 560 miles. But when they do return there will be a grand welcome. ‘ Air officials began checking figures given them which showed Rossi and Codos covered about 5,900 miles, or about 560 miles farther than the pre- vious distance record of two British officers, O. R. Gayford and G. E. Nicholetts, set last February. BALBO LEADS FLEET TO HORTA, AZORES Horta, Azores, Aug. 8&—()—Gen- eral Italo Balbo’s Italian air armada of 24 seaplanes successfully com- pleted Tuesday the longest hop of the journey from Rome to Chicago and back again. The general led his ships from Shoal Harbor, Newfoundland, to the Azores. Harbor Grace, N. F., Aug. 8.—(?)}— The Polish-American fliers, Ben- jamin and Joseph Admowicz, and Emil Birgen, escaped serious injury when their huge monoplane, “White Eagle” cracked up in a landing here this- afternoon. The men, who planned a trans- ocean flight from New York to Poland, left New York Tuesday morning on a “practice hop” to Har- bor Grace. TROUBLE BREWS IN VALLEY OVER ORDER ON WHEAT STORAGE Federal Warehouse Laws Pro- hibiting Shipment of Stored Grain Raises Issue Enforcement of state and federal warehouse laws is leading toward trouble in the Red River valley, it was disclosed Tuesday by the state railroad board. Existing statutes prohibit shipment by an elevator manager of grain stored in his elevator. In the past this law frequently has been ignored in North Dakota in order to keep elevators open for the receipt Of more grain. In these cases grain represented by storage tickets has been shipped to termin and stored there, even though the law contemplated that it be stored in the elevator which accepted it. Now, however, the government has asked the state railroad board to stop the practice and the state is coope- rating by enforcing the law strictly. Federal officials believe, according to Ben C. Larkin, railroad commissioner in charge of warehouses, that such action tends toward establishing a more orderly marketing system. In the Red River valley, where there is a fair grain crop, many elevators have asked permission to reship grain for storage at the state elevator at Grand Forks and else- where and have been refused. The result is to fill the elevator and block acceptance of any additional grain. Advices from the federal depart- ment of agriculture are that any re- shipments must be accompanied by the surrender and cancellation of warehouse receipts. Under this rul- ing such shipments probably would have to be made by the owner of the grain rather than by the elevator. Burglars Unable to Open Safe at Oakes Burglars who entered the Soo Line railroad depot at Oakes through a window last night were unsuccessful in an effort to open the office safe, it was reported at division offices here Tuesday. i A plate was torn loose from the up- per left hand corner of the safe but the door remained unopened. Soo of- ficials said no one reported hearing any noise during the night and they did not know what time the office was entered. | | Manager of State Enterprise! * Gets No Pay Because Spen- cer Writes Checks LANGER VETO UPHOLDS ACT! Gronna and Husby Unable to Force Change or Force Payment of Supporter ' ! C. A. Bell isn’t getting any salary just now as manager of the state- owned elevator at Grand Forks be- cause O. L. Spencer, mill manager and director of the whole enterprise, will not sign a check for the amount due. ‘This was disclosed Tuesday as an! aftermath of the recent veto by Gov- ernor William Langer of a proposal to remove Speicer and some other friends of the governor from the state mill payroll. Backing the ouster effort were At- torney General A. J. Gronna and Commissioner of Agriculture John Husby, who became “minority” mem- bers of the state industrial commis- sion when the governor was given the veto power by the last legislature. Gronna and Husby want Bell re- tained as manager of the elevator but they cannot compel Spencer to pay him without the backing of the gov- ernor, The governor, by use of the veto, backs Spencer but Bell has stay- ed on the job at the request of the “minority” members of the industrial commission who hope the governor will change his mind about retaining Spencer as general manager of the mill and elevator. Federal Man Raised Issue The quarrel between Bell and Spen- cer has been brewing for a long time. It was brought to a head last Novem- Ler when R. 8. Yohe, in charge of the adminstration of the United States Warehouse act checked up the eleva- tor and found that the account with the Red Cross for milling and crack- ing wheat had been closed and that the Red Cross was 19,000 bushels short. He put Spencer on the spot as the one responsible for not deliv- ering the wheat to the Red Cross. Yohe in a letter to Andrew Robbie, then chairman of the mill and eleva- tor association on Nov. 2, 1932, re- ferred to the transaction and recom- mended that the entire warehouse or elevator facilities be licensed under the federal warehouse act, that the elevator manager and superintendent have complete control of the contents and that the person in charge of the mill have no connection whatever} with the elevator. Since Yohe's letter Spencer has re- points | | Action to Remove Wishek Dismissed ‘The removal action brought against Max Wishek, state's attorney of Mc- Intosh county, alleging he violated approving it in his epecty as state's a tt capi as state's shormey has been ordered by Governor William Langer, it was tused to bond Bell, as manager of the | elevator, and the U. S. government) has been compelled to cancel its li- cense under the federal warehouse act. Gronna Asked Action | At the meeting of the Industrial Gommission on July 26, Attorney Gen- | eral Gronna moved that the recom- mendations of Mr. Yohe be complied with and that a federal license be procured under the federal warehouse | act. Husby seconded the motion and tke governor voted against it, thereby (Continued on Page Seven) | eal Na rai ae a | Nine Save Village From Forest Fire Crandon, Wis., Aug. 8—(P)—A village was saved from destruction because nine men flatly refused to leave their forest fire fighting Posts, but dozens of fires contin- ued to menace property Tuesday in widely scattered sections of northern Wisconsin and the upper Peninsula of Michigan. When a fire swept through the village of Nelma.on the Wiscon- sin-Michigan state line in Forest county Monday, 100 persons were forced to evacuate but nine men remained. Robert Adams, Earl Buchanan, Henry Gibbs, Jacob, Paul and Henry Pueschner, with two civil- jan conservation corps recruits, disregarded orders to leave. They hauled a pump to the Brule River and for two hours played streams of water on houses and business structures as the flames swept up to the edge of the village, then with a roar sped over lawns and across balsam thickets to the other side. Sheds, rubbish and shrubbery went up in flames, but the larger buildings, drenched with water, were saved. Pembina Archer Is Second at St. Louis St. Louis, Aug. 8—(P)—An arrow, flashing from the bow of Curtis Hill of Dayton, O., sped 518 yards to a | , | | i} x On his way home to Seattle, Wash., from a district meeting of the lodge at Rochester, Minn., Exalted Ruler Walter F. Meier of the B. P. O. E. stopped off in Bismarck-Mandan Tuesday to visit the local Elks lodges. He was introduced as a special guest at the Kiwanis club’s luncheon meet- ing and spoke a few words. Visiting Elks were here from Fargo, Valley City, Jamestown, Minot, Mandan and Dickinson to meet Meier, Sam Stern of Fargo, vice president of the Elks association, also spoke at the lunch- eon. Following the Kiwanis meeting the exalted ruler addressed local and visiting Elks officials. He will be a guest Tuesday evening of the Man- dan Elks lodge at a “Dutch lunch” at the Elks club rooms there at 6:30 o'clock (Bismarck time). BIGHT APPLICATIONS ARE PRESENTED 10 Projects Listed Include $335,- 000 For School Building in Bismarck Devils Lake, N. D. Aug. 8—()—Eight applications for projects in North Da- kota were presented Monday at the opening meeting.here of the advisory committee of the North Dakota fed- eral public works committee. These include a $500,000 sewage dis- posal plant for Fargo; a petition for a municipal light plant at Minot; a sewage disposal -and water works plant for Valley City, approximately $225,000; a $335,000 project at Bis- marck; a $15,000 gymnasium at Nia- gara; a filter plant at New Rockford; @ $90,000 high school at Larimore and @ $10,000 community hall at Hensel. These public work projects were submitted through delegations or by mail to the committee, said H. A. Borden, temporary secretary. Members of the advisory committee, all here, were Henry Holt, Grand Forks; 8. J. Doyle, Fargo, and Thomas Moodie, Williston. No definite organization or proced- ure with reference to projects has ? been made, pending appointment of an engineer who will study the var- \|dous projects and report to the com- mittee, which in turn will make rec- ommendations to Washington. The engineer will check each pro- Ject as to its feasibility and cost. Matt Murphy, city attorney of Far- go, and members of the Fargo com- mission presented that city’s applica- tion. Secretary Borden indicated it would bé several days before anything definite would develop. The Bismarck project is for the erection of a high school building here. It was presented at Devils Lake by Dr. W. E. Cole and Burt Fin- ney, school board members; Superin- tendent H. O. Saxvik and City Audi- tor M. H. Atkinson. Cole said Tuesday the primary ob- ject of the local delegation was to get the facts on what action is nec- essary and that no formal applica- tion for the local project has yet been made. May Call Marines ; From Post in Haiti Washington, Aug. 8—(P}—A new agreement may remove marines from Haiti for the first time since an angry mob on July 26, 1915, dragged Presi- dent Guillame Sam from refuge in the French legation and killed him. This new agreement was signed in Port au Prince, Haitian capital, by Norman Armour, American minister. It provides withdrawal of American marines from the Haitian constabu- lary so that only natives will officer the “garde” by October 1, 1934. Thirty new national record for free style archery at the national archery tour- nament Monday. | Hill broke his own record of 503 yards set July 30 at Cincinnati. C.| D. Curtis, Pembina, N. D., was second | in the event with 411 yards, } V—_—__—___— { LAWYER IS ACCUSED | Daniell, Jr., Boston lawyer accused of | Placing two tear gas bombs in the stock exchange last Friday and caus-| ing employes to flee from the build- ing, was indicted Tuesday for mali- cious mischief, @ felony. 1 cays later, the marine brigade of about 800 men would leave the island. Local Persons Hurt In Crash at Windsor, Jamestown, N. D., Aug. 8—(?)— | William Noggle, his daughter Ione, ! New York, Aug. 8.—(?)—Eugene 8./and Edith Guthrie, all of Bismarck,| were badly cut and bruised when the automobile in which they were riding struck a telephone pole near Wind- sor Monday. The girls remained in a Jamestown hospital overnight and ‘will be taken to Bismarck Tuesday. | SEEKS ADVICE OF SCHOOL HEADS ON SPECIAL ELECTION Mimeographed Letter From! Governor Langer Sent Throughout State ASKS ABOUT SCHOOL FUNDS! | Says Sales Tax, Which Has Been Referred, Would Pro- vide School Money School board officials throughout |North Dakota have been asked by Governor William Langer whether they believe he should call a special election for consideration of the re- ferred sales tax measure. In a mimeographed letter sent to school officials the executive said “I shall appreciate it if you will let me know whether your school has suffi- cient funds so that it can be kept open as many months as it was last year, and also whether, in your judg- ment, I ought to call a special election on the sales tax so that we can keep the schools open.” In the letter the governor said that many school officials are writing to him stating that, unless some money can be borrowed or warrants or certi- ficates sold, they will be unable to open up their schools. “The legislature intended to take care of this at its last session,” the governor's letter said, “and passed a sales tax of two per cent as an emer- gency measure only to last for a per- jod of two years. This law as passed provides that one-fourth of the in- come should be set aside for the com- mon schools of the state, and that the other three-fourths should be used to pay interest on real estate bonds, the proceeds of which were loaned to the farmers by the Bank of North Da- kota. Later, this tax bill was referred by a referendum petition.” Langer said that if a special elec- tion.is.called for consideration of the sales tax measure, the state also will have to vote on other initiated and referred masures, including the re- ceiver of closed banks bill, the beer bill, the workmen's compensation bu- reau bill and others. ‘ The governor requested replies from the school officials within the “next two or three days”. The letter was sent out last Saturday. Union Chiefs Vote To Return to Work Uniontown, Pa., Aug. 8.—(P)—More| than 100 heads of United Mine Work- ers locals, representing about 20,000 miners, vcted unanimously Tuesday to return to work in the soft coal fields of southwestern Pennsylvania. The action was taken in a rising vote after Edward F. McGrady, labor advisor of the national recovery ad- ministration, delivered a stirring ap- peal to the men to support President Roosevelt's recovery program. The men have been on strike for more than two weeks, demanding rec- ognition of the United Mine Workers of America. Agents of U. S. Attorney Lloyd W. Bryan worked to trace the source of Pamphlets urging the miners not to accept the truce. Officials of the United Mine Workers of America at-} tributed the literature to “Red agita- | rs.” ONE MINBR KILLED IN_INDIANA FIELD Clinton, Ind., Aug. 8.—()—Keeping a watchful eye on a coal mine as its 200 non-union employes reported for work Tuesday, officers hoped to pre- vent repetition of a clash between guards and pickets in which Sam White, a storekeeper at Universal, was shot fatally Monday. Dry Law Enforcers Taken Off Payroll Washington, Aug. 8—()—All pro- hibition enforcement employees of the government Tuesday received official notification of dismissal, effective at midnight Wednesday, under Presi- dent Roosevelt's federal reorganiza- tion program abolishing the bureau. John 8. Hurley, expected to head the prohibition unit of the new divi- | sion of investigation being establish-/ ed in the justice department, said the| order applied to all of the 1,800 em-/| Ployees. : Some 1,200 will be re-employed im- mediately to work in the division of investigation, Hurley saying there would be “no material change” in en- forcement activities. | Bottlers of State Will Support Code Though giving general support to the national bottlers code in line with the national recovery act, North Da- kota bottlers will recommend slight changes for northwest producers, H. H. | Williams of Mandan, state bottlers secretary, said following a meeting at) Mandan Monday. Fifteen plants in the state were represented at the meeting with John M. Silver, Superior, Neb., representa- tive of the American Carbonated Bev- erage manufacturers association. State beverage manufacturers re- quested minor changes in the plan | On Job in Cuba 5 ithe car as it turned to the righthand | \side of the highway. The Thorlakson — Ad | | i | \ SUMNER WELLES Sumner Welles, American minister to Cuba, is taking an active part in the effort to bring peace out of chaos now prevailing on the island. "REDS ACCUSED OF CAUSING VIOLENCE IN Blt MILK WAR Members of Large Cooperatives | Decide to Arm and Patrol Their Plants | Albany, N. Y., Aug. 8.—(?)—Several groups of milk producers Tuesday considered organizing volunteer guards to end New York state's milk strike disorders described by Rep- resentative Hamilton Fish, Jr., as “a reign of terror.” Five hundred members of the Dairymen’s League and Sheffield Producers association, powerful co- operatives, decided to arm themselves and patrol their plants in Otsego county unless state and local author- ities can provide more protection. It was understood similar action was being planned in other sections where picketing and milk dumping continued in spite of patrols afford- ed by state police and sheriffs’ de- Pputies. New charges that “reds and bol- sheviks” dre promoting the strike followed the exposure of the plot to dynamite bridges and culverts near Rochester Monday night to stop milk shipments. The veteran assembly- man, Louis A. Cuvillier, New York Democrat, blamed the Communists for the violence and demanded in the legislature that Governor Herbert H. Lehman call out the state militia. GIRL IS KILLED IN MOTORING ACCIDENT Four Others Injured When Truck Strikes Passing Car Near Dunseith i i ' | | Bottineau, N. D., Aug. 8—(?)—One live-year-old girl was killed, her younger sister critically hurt, and four ether persons suffered injuries vary- ing from minor to serious as a result of an auto accident a short distance east of Dunseith Monday afternoon. | All were riding in the automobile of | B. H. Thorlakson, Baptist colporter | missionary, of Stanley, who was one of those hurt. The injured are pa-| tients in a hospital here. | June Thorlakson, daughter of the missionary pastor, died as the result of a skull fracture. The injured are: Sanny, four-year- old sister of June, who has an injury to her head of undetermnied extent and many body bruises. Mrs, B. H. Thorlakson, 39, who has serious injuries to her head and neck but who is expected to recover. Helge Thorlakson, 76, father of the | Rev. Mr. Thorlakson, whose left} Shoulder is hurt and who has an in- | jury to the left side of his chest. | Miss Gudrun Torklason, 37, sister | of Rev. Thorlakson, who suffered body | bruises and possibly other injuries, | ‘The doctor in charge of the patients said the condition of Sanny is very critical. The automobile was passing a truck, which struck the right rear wheel of | machine went into a ditch and turned | over. Unemployed Councils | Face Heavy Program Delegates here for the first annual convention of the North Dakota As-/| sociation of Unemployed Councils and | Workers’ Clubs Tuesday afternoon! were to adopt a constitution and by-| laws, elect officers and adopt reso- lutions at their closing session. Most of Tuesday morning was de- voted to committee meetings. ! Paul Saulter of Aberdeen, 8. D., na-| Weather Report Generally fair tonight and Wednes- day; slightly warmer tonight; cooler Wednesday. PRICE FIVE CENTS pt Code s Cuban Strike Continues SHALL OPERATORS PLAN TO DRAW UP SEPARATE PROGRAN will Hold Series of District Meetings Within Week or 10 Days LABOR PROBLEM DIFFEREN? Tentative Code Calls For 40- Hour Week and 40-Cent Minimum Wage Out of a meeting here Monday of 35 lignite coal mine operators from throughout the state came a unanim- vous expression of willingness to co~ operate in President Roosevelt's re« covery program, adoption of a tenta- tive recovery code by members of the N. D. Lignite Operators association and organization of the Independent Lignite Coal Operators association. The new association, designed to in- clude all the small mine operators in the state, will adopt a separate code ina series of district meetings, accord- ing to Edwin Rupp of Garrison, siamed president. Rupp said the small mine operators could not agree to the code adopted by the operators of the larger mines in view of the fact that the small mine vperators employ a larger number of iaborers and therefore have a differ- ent problem. Rupp said the larger operators, who are members of the N. D. Lignite Op- |erators association, produce about 60 Fer cent of the coal in the state but vointed out that the smaller operators, in producing only 40 per cent of the state's output, employ about 70 per cent of the laborers . Most Are Strip Mines With the exception of the Knife River mine at Beulah, Rupp said, all of the large operators’ mines are strip mines in which machinery cuts down the number of. laborers needed. All of the small operators’ mines, he said, are underground mines, demanding a higher percentage of man power, The new association plans a series oi district meétings within the next week or 10 days at Minot, Kenmare, Williston, Dickinson, Zap and Wilton, for consideration of a separate code. A double purpose of the new associ= ation, Rupp said, is to establish coal prices to such an extent that a fair |returnon the small operator's invest- ment is assured and to guard unfair competition and legislation which would be detrimental to the lignite industry in general and the general welfare of labor, L. C, Stearns of Minot was named secretary of the new association. Rupp, Stearns and H. V. Jebb of New Salem will serve as members of the board of directors, Headquarters will be at Bismarck. The tentative code was adopted by the Truax-Traer mines at Kincaid, Velva and Wilton; Baukol-Noonan |mine at Noonan; Knife River Coal Mining company at Beulah; and the Zap collieries and Dakota Collieries mines at Zap, Republic Junction and Lucky Strike Junction. 40 Cents Minimum Wage It provides for a minimum wage for ordinary and unskilled laborers of 40 cents per hour in comparison with the former wage minimum of about 35 cents an hour; a corresponding in- crease in minimum wages for piece workers and skilled laborers; and a minimum working week of 40 hours, except in emergencies (such as rail- road tie-ups and other developments which would prevent steady output). The code also provides for fair com- betition and other details usually in- Corporated in recovery codes. M. C. Blackstun of Bismarck, chair- man of the executive committee of the N. D. Lignite Operators association, said the association is confident that the tentative code adopted will con- form with the code for coal mine op- erators throughout the nation which will be completed in Washington in the near future, (Continued on to page two) Controversy Follows Operation on Heart Chicago, Aug. 8.—()—Charges and counter-charges filled the air Tues~ day as the 16-year-old boy who was snatched from death when a surgeon Performed an emergency operation and sewed up a knife wound in his heart, was accused of being a mem- ber of a young band of robbers. The boy, Elihu Garmisa, continued on the road to apparent recovery with five stitches in his heart. The surgeon who performed the unique operation was Dr. John D. Koucky, assistant professor of sur- gery at the Illinois school of medicine and a son-in-law of Mrs. George A. Welch, 415 Fourth St. Mrs, Koucky was Miss Margaret Welch of Bis- marck. Dr. Koucky has visited in Bismarck on a number of occasions and also it known to many former students at the University of North Dakotes, where he took his pre-medical work. Later Dr. Koucky was a three-year medical student at the Mayo clinic, Rochester, and completed his work at Rush Medical college. GANDHI’S WIFE JAILED Ahmedabad, India, Aug. 8—(?}— tional organizer of unemployed coun- ceils, was the principal speaker at a} “because of business conditions pecu- Mar to the state.” They ask slight) ‘and in minimum price provisions. i mass meeting open to the public! Monday night. Other speakers were changes in summer working hours:O. A. Mattingly of Williston and R.' newed civil \Baudette of Grand Forks. L The wife of the Mahatma Gandhi was sentenced Tuesday to six months’ simple imprisonment for her activities in connection with her husband's re- disobedience against the British authorities.