The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 22, 1934, Page 1

North Dakota’s ~ Oldest Newspaper ESTABLISHED 1878 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, TUESDAY, MAY 22, 1934 ger Seeks to Avoid Trial The Weather Generally fair tonight and Wednes- wad slightly warmer tonight. PRICE FIVE CENTS One Man Killed in Mill City Truck Strike Wedding, But Real Just the Same 44 OTHERS INJURED WHEN NEW RIOTING OCCURS AT MARKET Immediate Result of Fatality Is Renewed Effort to Ad- just Trouble OFFICIALS DECLARE TRUCE Decide to Close Market Place Pending New Labor Board Negotiations (By The Associated Press) One man was killed in renewed rioting in the Minneapolis truckers strike Tuesday and at least 44 others were injured, some seriously. s The immediate result was new ac- “tion to adjust the difficulties which have turned Minneapolis into an armed camp. . At & conference between Governor Floyd B. Olson, Sheriff John Wall and Police Chief Michael Johannes and strikers’ representatives, it was agreed to halt further activity pend- ing a decision by the regional labor board on the one phase of the dis- pute which remained in controversy after meetings Monday night. This Pertained *to the signing of written contracts between the employers and the union. It also was decided to close the city market, scene of rioting Monday and Tuesday, until the strike is adjusted. Meanwhile, the Naticnal Labor Board at Washington ordered B. Marshman, a labor conciliator, to go to Minneapolis to assist in effecting ® settlement. Dead Man Was Volunteeer The dead man is.C. Arthur Lyman, President ard general manager of the American Ball company, who suc- cumbed to a blow on the head receiv- ed when attacked by strikers. He had volunteered, along with hundreds of others, for service as a special deputy sheriff in an effort to keep or- der. The city market was converted into a bedlam of noise, flying missiles and teeming strikers as truck drivers and their sympathizers rioted in a two- block square area. Eighteen special policemen, some believed seriously injured, were among those taken to the city hospital in am- bulances and police squad cars. The injured were bleeding profusely. The mob was in riotous control of the market place. Police, fighting desperately, attempted to stem the tide of battle and resorted to driving squad cars, with sirens screaming, {nto the throng. Some dodged. Others did not, or could not. A few strikers, struck down by glancing blows from fenders, were hurt, First Avenue north, a block from the main traffic artery in the heart of the downtown district, was choked with persons for three blocks. Some special deputies, in fear of their lives, ripped their badges off end handed them to strikers. One special officer, cornered with a regu- lar policeman, was severely beaten until he surrendered his badge. Blood streamed from the nose and mouth of another unidentified deputy ‘as he lay on the littered pavement af- ter being beaten severely. Finally, room was made in an ambulance and he was rushed to @ hosptial for emergency treatment. Glen Ullin Pioneer Dies in Bismarck Adam Pitterer, Morton county pio- North neer who to Dakota 40 years ago, died at 12:50’ Monday aft- The body was taken to the farm home 13 miles south of Glen Ullin fasted a9 4 es? ke F ‘Americans Advance British Golf Tourne: Scotland, May 22 Johnny Gootiman and Johnny led the invaders parade in the Bei as z Qe A Movie Just like in the movies, though it was real, and very much in earnest, was the wedding of Carme' Geraghty, film actress, to Carey Wilson, scenario writer. Here are the fower-decked bride, left, and bride- groom, with Jean Harlow, right, who was matron of honor. CITY COMMISSION IS PLANNING CURB ON DOOR KNOCKERS Proposed New Ordinance Would Halt Uninvited Soliciting at Homes An ordinance designed to end house- to-house aoliciting in Bismarck was. given its frst reading at a meeting of the city commission Tuesday even- ing. Patterned after the famous Green River, Wyo., ordinance, which has been upheld by the federal court of circuit appeals of the tenth district, the law will make it a nuisance, pun- ishable by a fine of $100 or imprison- ment not to exceed 90 days or both, to “make uninvited calls at residences, by solicitors, peddlers, hawkers, itin- erant merchants, transient vendors of merchandise, photographers and mag- azine or periodical subscription agents, not having been requested to do 50.” The ordinance holds in the case of either solicitation or selling at the time the call is made. A second ordinance introduced by the commission would prohibit park- ing of trucks of over one-half ton capacity or more than six feet in width in the residential district. of the city, except for loading and un- loading. Both of the proposea ordinances will be given their second reading Alfred Zuger, attorney for the Nor- thern Pacfic railroad, appeared before the commissioners to request more time in which to make the fill-in at, the corner of Fifth St. and Main Ave. His request was eranted. Irvine Cook made a complaint that cattle were running on a piece of his property. The matter was referred commissioners. A. W. Ecklund, city bacteriologist, reported that he had informed 55 complied already. ‘Three hundred seventy-thred of 553|U°# pupils of city schools given general physical examina‘ by Esther H. Bs a 2 g a . i a, o f a ig Bi i Z r i # H i, i i i g i : i Fireproof Stockyard Planned by Chicago Chicago, May 22.—(7)—A new and fireproof stockyards, yet one with familiar features, will rise from the ashes of the one almost destroyed by fire last week. The nine-story exchange building will probably not be razed. Its walls and foundations are intact. At the time of the fire, 127 commission firms had offices there—the nerve center of the vast industry. TURPY” MASSETH ACCUSED OF ARSON Fire Marshal Charges Local Man Attempted to Set Gam- ble Robinson Fire Charged with third degree arson, Lawrence “Tuffy” Masseth was being held in the city jail Tuesday to await a hearing which will be held before Police Magistrate Edward Allen Wed- resday at 10 a. m. Masseth’s arrest followed a fire call at the Gamble-Robinson Co. ware- house Sunday morning at 3:10 a. m. Fire is alleged to have been set in a pile of baled hay in an alley on the east side of the company’s of- The blaze was brought under con- trol before it had gained any head- way as the result of an alarm sent in by Nathan Rockwell, employe of the Copelin Motor Co., located direct- ly across Main Avenue from the Gamble-Robinson warehouse. Rockwell also informed Chief of Police Chris Martineson of the al- Jeged incendiarism. Rockwell stood in a window of the Copelin garage from where, he said, he saw @ enter the alleyway and light a mat to the baled hay. Fire was instane- ous, he said. Formal charges of incendiarism against Masseth were sworn out Tues- day by J. H. McKay, state fire mar- shal, chiefly on the testimony given by Rockwell. Add Two Names to Independent Ticket} ‘treasurer, by ces without candidates. those of state auditor, state, railroad Tax Is Ruled V i E i i ue an i DEATH DIVIDENDS’ ARE CONDEMNED B MICHIGAN SENATOR Vandenberg Says Profits Are ‘Public Enemy No. 1’ in Peace Equation mand for the elimi ganiza spurred the ition Tuesday of @ searching in- quiry into traffic in arms. Senator Vandenberg (Rep.-Mich.) co-author of a resolution under which @ special senate committee expects to bare this summer the inner workings of the international trade in ma- terials of war, said: “Commercial motive is public enemy number 1 in the peace equation. The end of war profits—the termination of dividends from death—will do more to hasten the elimination of need- less war than any other thing on earth.” | _ His demand followed disclosure that the committee will study, among other things, the advisability of a government monopoly of the arms and munitions business. Senator Nye (Rep.-N. D.) announced the selection of Stephen Raushen- bush, regarded as an ace investigator, to act as the committee's prosecutor. He recently conducted a utilities study in Pennsylvania. Advising the committee will be such economists as Manley Hudson of Harvard law school, Harold G. Moul- Paraguay the subjects of the Nye-Vandenberg PARAGUAY, BOLIVIA LIKE TWO BULLDOGS Speed Attack in Gran Chaco as World Embargo on Munitions Looms DAIRY INDUSTRY OF CITY HOPES TO END MILK WAR SOON County Agent Calls Meeting; Seeks to Settle Price- Cutting Dispute LOCAL SHORTAGE FEARED Retail Price Reduced From 10 to 7 Cents Since First of Month Engaged in a milk war since May 1, Bismarck milk distributors and dairy- men who sell direct to the consumer, will attempt to settle their differ- ences at a meeting called by County Agent H. O. Putnam at his office for Wednesday evening. ‘With the continued drought creat- ing a situation which makes feed for cattle higher in price and difficult to secure, Putnam will attempt to secure for the dairy producers the Price of $1.75 per hundred pounds of Taw milk, formerly paid by the dis- tributors. The price in effect at the Present time is $1.30. The prices quoted above are for milk containing a 3.5 butterfat con- tent. For every point above 3.5, 3 cents more per 100 is i Unless an agreement is reached be- tween the opposing factions at once, Putnam said, a serious milk shortage threatens the city. He by saying that the producers would be forced to cut their herds.to the minimum if prices for their products were not such that they could afford to continue in business. Views Are Conflicting Interviews with members of the opposing factions Tuesday resulted in & conflict of views as to where the ny for the price-cutting ies. Since the first of the month, the retail price of milk has been reduced from 10 cents to 7 cents per quart. A cut of one cent a quart was made on May 1. On May 14 or there- abouts the present price went into ef- fect. Lewis J. Garske, operating a dairy farm one mile southeast of the city, and Chris Yegen, dairyman, six and one-half miles southeast of here, who delivers approximately 1,200 quarts of milk daily to residents, were forced to reduce their prices after the op- Posing faction solicited their custom- ow @ reduced figure May 1, Garske said, J. P. Spies, manager of the Bis- marck Dairy Co. and W. E. Doty, manager of the Bridgeman-Russell Co., contradicted Garske’s statement. They said the price-cutting actually began last winter and that Garske started it himself. Basis for the Fight ‘The basis of the fight between dis- oF fea E ge this! few light showers that helped bring “and orchestra. DROUTH PARTIALLY CHECKED BY RAIN IN SOME REGIONS Upper llliaois and Wisconsin Favored as High Temper- atures Are Reduced NEBRASKA GETS SHOWERS Most Parts of Midwest, How- ever, Get No Relief From Long Dry Spell Chicago, May 22—(#)—The drouth was checked, partially at least, in some areas of the parched portions of the central west Tuesday. Farmers of parts of northern Illinois and in some sections of Wisconsin hailed with joy downpours that broke @ wave of intensive heat and brought aid to crops, while residents of cities in the rain area welcomed the Precipitation as a relief from a ra- Pidly growing fire hazard. Nearly a half inch of rain fell Mon- day night in the Chicago area, ac- companied by winds and thunder- storms that sent the temperature tumbling from 90 to 67. A 50-mile an hour wind whipped Chicago, dam- aging several unfinished buildings at the Century of Progress grounds. Rains ranging upwards to one inch fell in some sections of Wisconsin Monday and Monday night. In Nebraska, one of the hardest hit of the rainless states, there were a relief from the intensive heat, but which gave little help to the farmers. Meanwhile reports continued to pour in from many sections of ir- reparable damage from the long dry spell. H.C. Donovan, a Chicago crop expert, said wheat stands in western Kansas, eastern Colorado and Ne- braska were virtually ruined. SCHOOL MUSICIANS APPEAR WEDNESDAY Clarion E. Larson Announces Program for Free Concert at Memorial Building Clarion E. Larson, director, has an- nounced the program which will be given by the Bismarck high school band, the second band and the junior orchestra at 8 o'clock Wednesday evening at the World War Memorial building. The concert will be free and is open to the public. Over 100 players will give the fol- lowing numbers: March, “Iowa Band Law,” King, and “Mtdley Overture,” Dalbey—High School Band. “Valse,” Schmidt; “Dance of the Crickets, “Seredy, and “Celebrated Minuet,” from Valensin’s “First Sym- phony”—Junior Orchestra. Cornet solo—James Bijelland; Cor- net solo—Melvin Thorson. March, “Star”; Grande”; “Commander”; March, “Coast Guard”—Second Band. March, “Invercargill”—High School Band; “America,” combined bands Independents Rally To Norris’ Support Washington, May 22.—(#)—Repub- Mean Independents and Democrats united in the senate in a drive for another vote on the Norris constitutional amendment to abolish the electoral college. Friends of the proposal, which is designed to make independent can- didacies practicable, were confident they could force reconsideration of the vote which the senate reject- ed it 5 Senator Norris (Rep., Neb.), author of the amendment, had the almost solid support of the Democrats as well as the votes of all his western independent colleagues as he sought, reconsideration. ‘The Nebraskan hoped to break in on scheduled senate debate on the tariff with his effort. Minnesota Pastor’s Son Dies in Local Hospital William James Hirsch, two-year-old son of Rev. and Mrs. Hirsch of Taylor Falls, Minn., died Funeral services at Lisbon with Rev. Elmer Duden of- Besides his parents, the boy leaves a brother, Robert, age 7, and a sister, a a | Launches Campaign | eS T. H. H. THORESEN Attacking Governor Langer as a “friend of big business” although pre- tending to be its enemy, Thoresen launched his campaign for the Repub- lican gubernatorial nomination at a Political rally in Valley City Tuesday. A former local resident and now of Grand Forks, he is the endorsee of the Jamestown Nonpartisan convention. THORESEN ASSAILS LANGER RECORD AS BIG BUSINESS AID Says Governor, Despite Preten- sions, Is Subservient to ‘Interests’ Valley City, N. D., May 21—(7)— Charging that Gov. William Langer is “the-most obedient servant of, and has served, large corporations more faithfully than any governor we have had during the past decade,” T. H. H. Thoresen, Grand Forks, candidate for the Republican nomination for gov- ernor, formally opened his campaign Tuesday afternoon. Thoresen is a can- didate on the anti-Langer Nonpar- tisan League ticket. Also on the speaking program was C Liebert Crum, candidate for attor- ney general, who termed the present campaign “a crusade to bring back to the people of North Dakota an admin- istration of honesty and sincerity in state government.” Thoresen assailed the governor's record, declaring Langer “has proved he is subservient to the ‘corporation’ ‘big business’ and ‘outside interests,’ while throwing up a smoke ‘screen condemning such interests for the purpose of gaining the favor of the farmers and working people of North Wants Legal Moratorium Thoresen favored a moratorium on foreclosures by a “legal” method. He charged the Bank of North Dakota hag been allowed to come under the influence of chain bankers and se- verely criticized the Langer adminis- tration “for its lack of economy.” He urged a development of the pres- ent state-owned enterprises, declar- ;|ing that until new conditions create new demands no new industries should be financed by the state. “While I firmly believe in our in- dustrial program,” he declared, “yet I desire, for the purpose of making a lasting and permanent progress, to advocate that we must first make more secure these institutions and indus- MOTION 70 QUASH INDICTMENTS MADE | IN FEDERAL COURT Attorneys Claim Grand Jury Im- properly Drawn; Say Charges Defective NEW LAWYERS ENTER CASE Legal Battery Grows as Gover- nor and Cohorts Face Feds eral Bar of Justice A motiin to quash two indictments against Govenor William Langer and eight associates was made by the de- fense before Judge Andrew Miller in federal district court Tuesday after- noon, Defense counsel made the motion in addition to demurring to the in- dictments, which charge conspiracy to solicit funds from federal employes and conspiracy to obstruct an act of congress. The motion to quash is based on # contention that the grand jury that returned the indictments was illegal- ly selected, and also on grounds of defects in the indictments. Arguments on the demurrers and the motion to quash were started at 2:15 p. m. by George Thorp, Fargo of defense counsel Thorp and E. A. Sinkler, Minot. appeared as representing all nine de- fendants, with five other attorneys appearing individually for some of the defendants. New Lawyers Enter Case iJ. K. Murray of Mott is counsel for Highway Commissioner Frank Vogel; P. J. Garberg, Fargo, for Paul J. Yeater; F. J. Graham, Ellendale, for R. A. and Joseph Kinzer; J. M. Han- ley, Mandan, for Harold McDonald and John Sullivan, Mandan, for G. A. Hample. Erickson in Hospital State Senator Oscar Erickson was the only one of the nine defendants absent. Sinkler{ told the court he hoped Erickson could appear by Wed- nesday. Erickson is ill in a hospital here. The afternoon session followed a brief ceremony in the morning dur- ing which Judge Miller addressed the Prospective jurors, emphasizing that partisanship has no place in the court. The opening was delayed by the task of issuing admission tickets to wit- nesses, jurors, newspapermen and others entitled to them. Even the defendants were required to get tickets. Of the defendants in addition & Governor Langer, Vogel is state high- way commissioner; Erickson is pub- lisher of The Leader, administration newspaper; R. A. Kinzer is a former secretary of the state emergency re- lief committee; Joseph Kinzer, his son, was a clerk in the same depart- ment; Chaput is business manager of The Leader; Yeater and Hample are employes of the state highway department and McDonald is a solici- tor for The Leader. 60 Jurors Report The sixty-one prospective jurors, with one exception, reported. They are: Charles K. Hills, Grand Forks; Oscar Larson, Leeds; John T. Morris, Warwick; Jack Smith, Carrington; T. T. Ridl, Dickinson; J. W. Brant, Harvey; B. O. Refvem, Bismarck; H. A. Kluver, Minot; John Irmen, Bis- bee; Levard Quarve, Fessenden; W. W. Cooke, Fargo; Charles Lueck, Jess Shelley, Egeland; J. I. Brady, Fargo; Nick Eck ‘ahpeton ; Albert Anderson, Hillsboro; Lester T. Crist, Grassy Butte; E. E. Culver, McHenry; O. 8. Hielle. lercer; Thomas Cooper, Parshall; F. tries which we have, before venturing | Emery, into new fields.” The mill and elevator, he continued, “never had a fair chance.” “Lack of vision as to its real aim and purpose and in some instances actual dishonesty of purpose, has all but wrecked the institution.” Eastern brokerage concerns are buying flour approximately one dollar per barrel cheaper than it is costing the farmers of North Dakota “who are actually the cooperative owners of the mill and elevator,” Thoresen declared. Asks Honesty In Industry He recommended for operation of the mill and elevator “honest, con- scientious men to take charge of the Edi industry,” and that these men “would | Solomon oa to be qualified fal operate a flour mill, disregarding ir tical af- {iliations.” = Discussing the Bank of North Da- People of any county are “without adequate and safe de; facilities.” : singe (Continued on Page 3) Chicago Disturbance Is Quelled by Police ti i voi i ttt Hit Ale fe ine