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

| Sunda North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper ESTABLISHED 1873 pti THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1933 Prepare Draft on Diversion for Wash ENGINEERS DECLARE | SCHEME PRAGTIGAL IN SPECIAL REPORT Outside Cost of Water Conser-' vation Project Placed At | $65,376,500 | WOULD RAISE LAKE 14 FEET Giant Dam Near Garrison in) Missouri Would Back Wa- ter to Williston i i] Devils Lake, N. D., Sept. 25.—()}— Bringing with them copies of a re-: port which they said declared the/ Missouri diversion project not only | feasible and practical but a vital ne- cessity to North and South Dakota | and parts of Minnesota, officials of | the Missouri River Diversion associa- | tion returned here Sunday to prepare | a draft for presentation to Washing- | ton. The report was drawn by a Kansas City, Mo., engineering firm and was presented in preliminary form at Far- go Saturday to F. W. Murphy, region- al director of the federal public works ‘rogram, and to 8. J. Doyle, Henry Ez) Holt and Thomas H. Moodie, members of the North Dakota public works ad- visory board. Outside cost estimates for the proj- ect were placed at $65,376,500 the re- vised plans propose a dam in the Mis- fourt river south of Garrison, N. D., enly 140 feet. high instead of 190 feet | &s previously planned. | This dam, the officials said, will Provide complete flood and navigation control on the Missouri river and pro- Guce as high as 85,000 horsepower for ‘use on lines now existing in the Da- Fotas as a hydro-electric development. ‘This power developnient, it was point- ed out, would pay the entire cost and maintenance and operation of both the power plant and the diversion nished for the James and Sheyenne rivers and several leys with a consequent rise in water tables of the surrounding areas. Total acreage to be improved by the project was estimated at 20,000,000, exclusive of Minnesota acreage near the Red river of the north. The report said a large portion of the money spent on the project would be paid for unskilled labor and that 3t would be possible to begin work in a very short time, if ahd when approved The project could be from several points at the same time. Water in the Missouri river above the dam would be stored in a lake ex- tending to the outskirts of Williston, and a constant flow of water would be maintained below the dam in the river by automatic spillway gates, prevent- ing channel shifting and flood dam- age on the river as far as the mouth. of the Misspuri. It was pointed out the project would dovetail with federal plans for con- trol of floods on the lower Mississipp! | and, with other projects existing or contemplated, would greatly minimize Canger of flood damage in southern states, x : In Line With Program The project is entirely in line with th § a : E i § : | i H | pl g Target of Balked Kidnap Plot Southwestern desperadoes plot- ted to kidnap: Peggy Ann Lan- don, above, 16-year-old daugh- ter of Governor Alf M. Lan- don of Kanses in an effort to Ife-term convicts in the Kan- don has revealed. naming Har- vey Bailey. alleged member of the Urschel kidnap gang, as one of the plotters. MEDORA STOCKMEN URGE FIXED PRICE SAME BEE Propose Plan For Stabilization Which Might Be Self- Supporting Dickinson, N. D., Sept. 20.—(7)}— Fixing of a fair price for beef is urged by the Medora Stock Growers’ as- sociation in a resolution sent to Sec- retary of Agriculture Henry A. Wal- lace. The Association has a membership of 150 cattiemen and farmers. They resolve that: “The government set a price on beef. Not a price that the buyers of beef producers’ products will have to pay, but a price, as between the gov- ernment and the producer, a price which we think will not cause over- production but a price within which we think we can operate. As this price is above the market price today, we ask that the government borrow from the R.F.C. a fund large enough to pay the beef producer the difference be- tween the fixed price and that which he receives on the market. That before he receives that money, he be allow- producer is to receive nothing but the market price, but whenever the | market goes above the fixed price the government shall take that which the luct can Eile tgresrpent is in effect.” 4 r. Rockford, N. D., Sept. a tam w’s stand on one referred | next Monday. | Other three in the army. All are na- | one now resides in Nevada. 5 | Decatur attorney and author of a effect the release of severa) |“four-point plan” sas penitentiary, Governor Lan- | wi the|two mountaineers Sunday afternoon, FIVE MDDLEWEST NEN ADVANGED FOR LBGION COMMANDER Illineis, lowa, Nebraska, Wis- consin and Nevada Lead- ers Mentioned SAM REYNOLDS OUT AGAIN World War Veterans Will As- semble For National Con- vention Next Week Chicago, Sept. 25. — ( — Legion drums are rolling a battle cry for the election of the national comman- der at the annual convention of the ex-servieemen opening in Chicago Five candidates nave entered the sts so far to win the highest honor the American Legion can bestow up- on a member. Louis A. Johnson, Clarksburg, W. Va., is the present na- tional commander. Two of the five served hitches dur- ing the war in the navy, and the tives of the Middle West, although Tllinois, host state to the 1933 | meeting, has advanced Ed Hayes, of compensation {and hospitalization for disabled vet- erans. Towa’s favorite son is Ray Murphy | of Ida Grove. He is a former state |commander and was joint author of | the state law which provided a $22,- & $1,800,000 disability fund. | Nebraska’s drums are beating. for) Sam W. of Omaha, a 43- year-old, fiery, outspoken = naire, who plans to resume the fight for the office that he started last year \in Portland. Reynolds fought imme- diate payment of the bonus a year ago and withdrew after the first bal- lot when it became apparent that his stand’ on that controversial question | | the foré in Viles H. Whaiey, a Racine attorney who served as Wisconsin state commander in 1933. Whaley was a member of the national execu- tive committee in 1924-26 and has been a director of the Legion pub- Ushing committee since 1927. George W. Malone of Nevada. A na- tive of LaFontaine, Kansas, Malone has had a picturesque career. He says that he has been an itinerant farm hand, mucker in a mine, sur- veyor, university student, graduate engineer, buck private and a lieu- tenant overseas in the 40th division. He has been the Nevada state engi- neer. He organized and was the first commander of the Nevada depart- ment of Legion. . MOUNTAINEER SLAYS; RAILROAD EXECUTIVE: Poaching Fine Believed Only Motive Waynesville, N. C., Sept. 25.—P— | A mountain man’s smouldering grudge against the wealthy easterner was’ blamed by officers Monday for the| slaying of Thomas Price, 65-year-old | rail executive of New York. Price was well known for his philanthropies. Riding horseback along a trail on his 1,200-acre estate near here with railroad was halted by In the burst of gunfire that followed Price was shot to death and his friends were wounded. ; Shortly afterward Dewey Potter, 30, surrendered here and was quoted as saying he shot Price. His brother, Olarence, 35, and Eric Ledford, 22 came to town with him and also were a Wayne Potter, Dewey's 14- year-old son, joined. them in jail Monday after he was sald to have ad- mitted being a member of his father’s I convicted from hich normally ar the. soidierc’. beriue f2nd, will e|pan it opposing, the three referred argued bere before measures supported by the Langer Fred Jansonius at 1:30 p, m. Satur-|administration, Returns from 14 out parle arent <a Bas ca ‘of 18 precincts show: General A. J. ‘County « 3 Yes-375; No 227. The hearing had been set for Sept. of : Yes .296; No 272. 10° but was postponed from day to| Banks: Yes 215: No 304. ed ta abstr cant shy aera commana eq 8: No 319. neys fon: Yes 263; No genera! was reached Saturdey on a| Beer:, Yes 483; No 182.” f Movies: Yes 387; No 281. 000,000 bonus for Iowa veterans and) * Smouldering Grudge Following |" Express Office Is Robbed by Gunman R. P. White, bill clerk for the Railway Express agency in Bis- marck, was the victim of a day light holdup at 12:50 p. m., Mon- day. White’ was alone in the express office, housed in a part of the Northern Pacific railroad station, when the lone bandit entered, pointed a gun at him and demand- ed that he open the safe. ‘White lost no time in complying about $450 in currency, command- ed White to remain in the station for five minutes, and walked out. ‘The man was dressed in overalls, but apparently had a blue coat un- der them, White said. He ed the man as being five feet, sev- en inches:tall and weighing about 115 pounds. His complexion was dark and he appeared to be be- tween 35 and 40 years old. TELLS LEAGUE THAT WAR POSSIBILITIE ~ MENACING NATIONS League of Nations Not Improved menacingly over the world startled day at its opening session. signed by Germany, Italy, France and Britain: cat -aid. -considerably- are not everywhere secure.” the election of South African high commissioner in London, to be president of the assem- vly. “He defeated Francisco Castillo The remaining candidate 1s|Najera of Mexico. In an address, Dr. Mowinckel said the position of the league had not improved since a year ago. “It is our duty to improve and strengthen the credit of the league in the eyes of the world,” he declared. “The fact that the league has not succeeded in creating a better situa- tion in the Far East is not calculated to strengthen its position. “The effect of disillusionments to which the situation in Europe has siven rise are perhaps even worse.” ‘Fifteen years after the close of that tratricidal crime, the great war, we find to our shame that we have made ttle progress toward a better under- standing, a purer atmosphere, and a healthier mentality among peoples,” Dr. Mowinckel added. ‘On the contrary, the thought of war and the possibility of war are ever present, hanging over the nations The world economic conference, he went on, made the world public in- creasingly pessimistic and this versely affected the league. Shoots Banded Duck In Moffit District SE58E.8 Heh B8aSene epete te i Ese if eegee a i : : 3 e H IU ; : 4 Hi If FS, q é ee EH : : i gs. Hi alii Fpl A a Ese k E e E abe and the bandit took from the safe | Norse Premier Says Position of Geneva, Sept. 25.—i)}—A_ warning |help banks give the industries of their by Premier Johan Mowinckel of Nor-}communities the credit needed to in-| be joined by the Jacob Ruppert, the way that 2 possibility of war hangs|crease employment. in:-a| | Urider this. ‘torn and divided Europe, where lib-|fehabilitate a bank's capital’ structure Evolve New Credit Idea to Assist NRA Administration Leaders Refuse to Divulge Elements of Program CLOSED BANKS CONSIDERED Hint Re in Rural Communities Would Help Washington, Sept. 25—(7}—A new} idea Monday stimulated President! Roosevelt's campaign to provide need- ed credit for NRA industries and raise the farmer’s income to the price level | of the things he must buy. Tt was evolved at a white house con- ference attended by Roosevelt's fi- nancial advisors, but none would dis- close the elements of the plans agreed upon. Secretaries Woodin and Wal- Jace and Attorney General Cummings | headed the group that gathered in| the president’s study Sunday night, exchanged notes, and then worked out the new line of attack. } With the increase farm prices lagging still behind the cost of com- modities the farmer must have, it was indicated that methods of releasing funds in the cl state and national banks of rural communities furnished an important topic of the white house discussion. Will Assist Banks. Behind this lay the weeks-old pro- blem of inducing the banks to extend loans to commercial enterprises oper- ating under the Blue Eagle. The whole subject was reviewed in detail with the result the administration, in effect, Monday told the bankers the government's billions were ready to It was learned authoritatively the/| length the coordination of four prime | operating upon a sound basis. | acheme.the RFC would erty of thought and personal liberty |by purchasing new issues of preferred stock; the farm credit and home loan | Anot! urprise occasioned administrations would replace slow sor vole by | real estate mortgage assets with thelr readily saleable bonds, and the deposit | guaranty corporation would guaran- tee the funds of new depositors. Works Progress Meanwhile, the public works admin- istration, promising renewed pressure for greater cash expenditures, an- nounced it had approved projects.) which would provide 1,300,000 man weeks of quicx-direct employment. It said $1,600,000,000 of its $3,300,000,000 had been allotted though only $59,- 139,756 has been drawn from the trea- suty for real expenditure. Simultaneously Hugh 8. Johnson, | NRA chief, planned a Blue Eagle buying campaign, intended to help take on additional employees | and raise | Johnson's wages. appeal to buy, as he put | it, “to buy to the limit of prudent) needs” has been delayed by various circumstances within the NRA, not- ably the difficulty of completing the coal code.” With reference to the inpediment of withdrawn from cultivation. N. D, FARMERS SIGN 12,305 APPLICATIONS Wi Sept. 25—(AP)— The with pledges to reduce next year's crop by 3,600,000 acres already re- ceived. Agricultural adjustment administra- tion reports. from state extension showed that up to last Friday the | Morkers 280,448 applications had been signed United States Bi ment ly farmers for contracts to in ne mink Tene Meet Bier ay the tary domestic allotment plan. bl i i i i | i a Fy : i i iL : ani ih : iy F : F gs oF i i F i FE ue i! ea DEPARTURE OF BYRD POLAR SHIP IS HELD UP BECAUSE OF FOG Bear of Oakland Leaves Boston Harbor as Soon as Weather Clears je of Frozen Funds GRAND FORKS MAN IN PARTY| Richard B. Black Will Be Sur- veyor in Little America Expedition Boston, Sept. 25.—(?)—The Bear, first of the two ships which will carry | Rear Admiral Richarl E. Byrd's sec-} ond Antartic expedition to the south Seas, Cleared port Monday amid the shouted farewells of well-wishers. Ad- miral Byrd was aboard and accom- panied the old sealer as far as the outer harbor. There was a last-minute shift in the command of the Bear and Lieut. Robert A. F. English of the U. 8. navy had charge of the vessel as it steamed out of the harbor bound for Little America. Captain Terrence Keough left the Bear on a tug whench she reached Boston lightship. Due to the rush of work in getting the Bear ready for the trip, Keough was unable to take time to study for his master’s sail- ing papers. As a result, he was forced to remain in Boston while English took over command. Admiral Byrd said he was “great- ly disappointed” at the circumstances which forced him to leave Keough be-| hind. The Bear will go to Bayonne, N. J.. to take on oil and then will proceed to the Panama Canal where she will former Pacific Fir, the supply ship of the expedition. The two vessels then the League of Nations assembly Mon-|late night gathering discussed at| will go to Wellirigton, New Zealand. Cargo was stowed aboard the ice- Dr. Mowinckel, president of the|federal agencies into a systematic scarred old whaler Sunday and all was jeague council, declared further that plan intended to release deposits tied|made ship-shape for sailing Monday the four-power peace pact recently|up in closed banks and place banks morning. But a dense fog that blanketed harbor and ocean tempor- erily: held up the ship's- departure. Sunday was a day of farewells for the Bear's crew and the party of “eientists who will sail with her on her two-year mission in Antarctic wa- ters. Captain Bendex Johansen, a Nor- wegian, will pilot the Bear when she reaches the ice fields of the south polar seas. The Bear was expected to reach Dunedin,. New England, the base, in ubout 60 days. There cargoes will be shifted and the whaler will head south into the ice of the Bay of Whales for Byrd's frozen homestead, Little Amer- ica, Customs offigers who issued clear- ance papers for the Bear Sunday also delivered Official documents chang- ing the name of the Byrd flagship from Pacific Fir to Jacob Ruppert in honor of Colonel Jacob Ruppert of New York. The brewer and baseball magnate is one of the principal spon- sors of the expedition, the admiral’s second to the south pole. Admiral Byrd said he would leave Boston on the Jacob Ruppert in about a week. He said the Ruppert would overtake the slower Bear long before the New Zealand's ship base was reached. The Ruppert will complete loading early this week. She will carry the bulk of the supplies, including three eexienes and nearly all of the sledge 8. The personnel on the Bear included |Richard B. Black, Grand Forks, N. D., surveyor. Find More Evidence in False Pretenses Case Eighteen contracts and a check for five dollars which had not been cashed have been found under a rug in a local hotel room cecupied by J. J. Keohen, alias J. J. Kane, and turned over to local police, according to Chief of Police C. J. Martineson. -|They have been turned over to the United States postal authorities, The contracts were signed by wo- men from Montana and various agreements for the women to collect money from prospective students in the Spokane training school, Kochen recently was indicted by a federal grand jury in Fargo for ob- taining money under false pretenses end is being held in the Bismarck county jail awaiting trial. Keohen collected five dollars from each woman for the purpose of fur- nishing a bond which insured him that they would turn over to him places in North Dakota and were| wy “The Weather \ Yor Bismarck be Seren mi oa |. night; Tuesday partly cloudy, warmer. PRICE FIVE CENTS Movies Measure Loses ington mite Buus —— | Governor Succumbs eae es ey i} Albuquerque, N. M.. Sept. 25.—(?)— | Governor Arthur Seligman of New Mexico died unexpectedly in a hotel nere Monday of what physicians de- seribed as an attack of angina pec- CUBAN GOVERNMENT AWAMTS VISIT FROM REBEL LEADER BLAS Expected to Present Himself Momentarily as Deadlock Continues Havana, Sept. 25.—(#)—Still dead- locked with its political opponents, the government of Ramon Grau San Martin awaited the arrival Monday of the rebel leader, Juan Blas Hernan- dez, who was expected to present him- | self to officials. Dispatches from Camaguey said Blas’ forces scattered to avoid conflict. reported up in arms against the gov- ernment, left for Havana, saying he would appear before the army general staff. ‘ At Santa Clara, however, his eldest son, taken prison two days ago, said his father had never rebelled but had LEAD BY 280 WITH 173 PRECINCTS OUT Initiated Bill Had Enjoyed Lead Up Until Late Monday Tabulations RURAL AREAS OPPOSE PLAR Late Tabulations Fail to Change Ratios in Other Election Contests Fargo, N. D., Sept. 25.—()}—Defeat of the measure to permit Sunday mov- yes appeared probable on the face of tabulation of unofficial returns late Monday from 2,067 precincts out of 2,240 in North Dakota. ‘The slight lead in favor of the pro- posal was wiped out, and the trend of the voting from the outlying pre- cincts was against the bill. A margin of 280 votes against the measure Was shown in the latest tabulation, which gave 78,046 in favor and 78,326 against the proposed law. The latest totals included several revisions in the compilations. Returns from 1,790 precincts give on referred measures: Sales tax: for 30,988; against 98,738. Workmen's compensation law: for 42,923; against 83,123. Administration of closed banks: for 42.923; against 82,791. Returns from 1,829 precincts give on initiated measure: Beer bill: for 99,789; against 42,331. Constitutional amendments, 1,817 precincts: County officers: for 72,754; against 033. Reading of legislative bills: for 66,469; against 55,018. Vote on Movies Prets. Prets. County in Co. Rptd. Yes No Adams ..... 33 33 1037 705 Barnes . 63 «63-2275: 2527 Benson - 4 37 971 «1593 Billings .. 16 16 412 196 Bottineau ... 57 54 1629 1867 34 34 O12 S71 39 35 «1104-1169 63 60 63681 1869 wee 93 93 5490 6861 taken the field to settle labor unrest. Government troops had pursued and fired on him, the son maintained, and Blas’ forces scattered to avoi condflict. A six-hour conference between fac- tions supporting and opposing the government broke up late Sunday night without an agreement, although the conferees continued to express op- timism. | Students backing Grau San Martin still were insistent he remain as presi- dent, while the opposition was rep- resented as feeling the entire govern- ‘ment must go if the way is to be cle: ed for any peaceful solution to Cuba's present troubles. | A tense labor situation in the east} continued serious, although no dis- orders were reported over the week- WASHINGTON WILL 45 38 31 Hettinger _ WEIGH FORD CASE \ Instruct Detroit Committee to| Forward All Complaints | Against Manufacturer Detroit, Sept. 25.—(#)—The local NRA board in suburban Dearborn was advised officially Monday that) any complaints against the Ford Mo- tor company must be forwarded to ‘Washington and that the local com- pliance board will be without author- ity to consider them. A. J. 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