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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-11-16
MINIMUM WAGE
FEATURESC0DE
PLANNED BY GIL
Mexic0's Provisional President
to Submit Plans to
Congress
PREVENTS CHILD LABOR
Would Abolish Saloons and
Gambling Houses in Labor
Centers
PREVENTS CHILD LABOR

Mexico City, Nov. 16.-R-A
minimum wage and annual vacations
with pay would be assured workers
in Mexico under q labor code which
Emilio Portes Gil, Mexico's incom-
ing president, intends to submit to
congress. Other provisions of the
code include:
Compulsory arbitration Of labor
disputes.
Restriction Of labor by minors and
women.
An eight-hour day and a six-day
week.
Conscription Of labor in case Of
national need.
Abolition of saloons and gambling
houses in labor centers.
Senior Portes Gil, who now is Sec
retary Of interior, placed his pro-
posals before the Congress of Work
ers and Employers. He said they
represented his own ideas and those
OF the late President-elect Alvaro
Obregon.
Four Annual Holidays
The minimum wage would be fixed
in accordance with the cost of living.
In addition to annual vacations with
pay, the workers would have four
annual holidays.
The right to strike would be rec.
ognized, but violence forbidden.
Each plant would have an arbitra-
tion tribunal composed Of an equal
number of representatives Of work.
ers and employers.
Such disputes as the company
courts were unable to settle would
60 to municipal courts Of three mem.
bers. There would be central arbi.
tration board in each state capital
The nation would be divided into sis
districts, with a labor tribunal il
each district.
Child Labor Laws
Children under IL years Of age
would be forbidden to work. Womer
and minors under Is, except menials
would not be allowed to work more
than six hours daily, and never after
10 o'clock at night.
Women about to become mother.
would be forbidden physical exertior
three months before childbirth. They
would be entitled to full wages fol
one month after childbirth.
Every able-bodied citizen woult
have to learn trade or profession
and work at it at least one year
When the nations needs demanded
it he would have to place himself
at the disposal of the nation and
work at least one month in a post
assigned by labor authorities.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-11-16
EFF0RTT0GET
MISSING
OFFICER FAILS
Mans Voice Breaks as He Tells
of Separation from Wife,
Child
STORY OF MUTINY TOLD
Brazilian saw Captain Run.
ming Along Ships Side
as It Sank
STORY OF MUTINY TOLD

New York, Nov. 16.-(AP)-Con-
tinuing his investigation Of the sink
ing of the British liner Vestris and
the loss of Ill lives, United States
Attorney Tuttle today had under
subpoena the wireless correspond
ence between Captain Carey Of the
vestris and the boats owners. the
Lamport and Holt line.
This action was taken to deter
mine whether before he broadcast
the s O s Captain Carey notified
the New York office of the owners
OF the dangerous list of his shin and
was ordered to proceed.
Six survivors of the Vestris. ali
passengers, were questioned in the
first day of the hearing.
Charges Made
Among their charges were:
That there were general incom.
petence and lack of discipline among
officers and crew.
That two filled boatloads were
left hanging in their davits and car.
ried down with the ship.
That no orders were issued to don
lifebelts and that no competent Off
GERS were assigned to lifeboats.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-11-16
One Killed as Wind,
Rain Strike Oklahoma

Orlando, Okla, Nov. 16.-(AP)-
One woman was killed, youth was
fatally inju-.'d and :hree other per-
sons were hurt here last night when
2 severe wind storm hit the edge Of
Orlando, demolishing two homes and
2 barn and damaging several other
houses.
The wind, which had none Of the
peculiarities Of tornado, swept
along . narrow path across portions
Of Logan and Noble counties with
terrific force being accompanied by
rain Of almost cloudburst proper
tions.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-11-16
FARMER FOUND
DEAD IN HOTEL
Helmer Majander, Burleigh
County Resident. Is Appar-
ent Suicide

Helmer Majander, about Is, form
er farmer in the Sterling and Wing
districts, was found dead about
p. m. yesterday in his room in the
Princess hotel.
He is apparently suicide, accord
ing to E. J. Gobel, Burleigh county
coroner, who found a half-emptied
bottle Of white liquid, which has not
yet been analyzed, in his room.
Majander became despondent two
years ago after the death Of his
wife, and his dependency was in
creased this year when he lost his
farm. He has threatened to commit
suicide several times recently, ac-
cording to friends Of the man.
Troubled with rheumatism and
reduced to proverty through finan.
cial losses, Majander came to Bis
marck short time ago to seek
county aid. He was directed to .ap-
ply for county poor relief through
his township officers. 1t is not
known whether he had done this or
not.
Majander had been in Bismarck,
OtOPpIu& ~ Iu0 uOL>I III WHICH ne
was found dead, for the last 10 days,
according to the coroner's investiga-
tion.
Failing to see the man yesterday,
q group Of friends went to his room
about Z p. m. They found the door
locked. Alarmed, one of them peered
over the transom and saw Majander.
fully dressed, lying on the bed in
the room. They summoned the no.
tel clerk and upon entrance found
him dead.
Police officials and the coroner
arrived at the hotel about 8 o'clock.
Gobel said that the man had evi-
IDENTIFY been dead since midnight
Wednesday.
Relatives Of his former wife at
Wing have been notified Of his
death, and funeral arrangements are
pending further word from the rela-
tives.
Majander had made his latest
threat Of suicide Wednesday night,
according to the friends who were
questioned by the police officials and
the coroner.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-11-16
HOOVER FACES
TASK OF TALK
IN NICARAGUA
Diplomatic Message Planned
for Turbulent Central Amer
lean Nation

Stanford University, Calf, Nov.
16.-R-With many details of the
itinerary for his goodwill voyage
to South America still to be worked
out, Herbert Hoover today faced the
difficult diplomatic task of working
out the character of the message he
will deliver to Nicaragua when he
touches that turbulent Central Amer
lean republic.
In the elections, supervised by the
United States marines, and which
took place but two days before his
own, the Conservative party in Mic
aragua. represented by President
Diaz, whom the United States has
recognized, was defeated, and Gen.
eral Jose Maria Moncada, Liberal,
was elected. It may be that when
the battleship Maryland docks at
Corinto the president-elect will be
met by both the prcsident-elect Of
Nicaragua and the Conservative rep
resentative, President Diaz.
The diplomatic difficulties are en-
HANGED by the fact that although the
United States refused to recognize
Chamorro, a Conservative, after
Sacasa, Liberal president, has been
unseated by a revolution, it did rec
ognize President Diaz, chosen by the
Nicaraguan Congress to succeed
him. In the revolutions which fol-
lowed, the United States marines
were sent to the country, and they
remained there to supervise the
election in which another Liberal was
chosen.
The battleship Maryland, which
will carry his party on the goodwill
mission, was to leave San Francisco
today to move down the California
coast to San Pedro, where the presi-
dent-elect will board it on Monday.
The ship, has been in drydock for
the last several days in preparation
for the trip.
A representative Of the state de.
partment was to come to the Hoover
home today to issue passports to
all members Of the family.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-11-16
Missouri Slope Masonic
Consistory Is Planned
100 Degrees Being Conferred
at Bismarck Reunion by
Fargo Officers

Bismarck and the Masonic lodges
in the surrounding territory will un-
doubtedly have full-fledged con-
sistory by next spring, Walter Reed,
Fargo, inspector general Of the lodge
in North Dakota, said in Bismarck
today.
The inspector general has been in
Bismarck for the last few days as
sisting in comforting of degrees on
candidates at the Bismarck -Mandan
Reunion.
"The matter has been discussed at
meetings of officials of the lodges
for several years, but no official ac-
ton ever was taken on the matter"
Reed declared.
After the large class that is be-
ing initiated into the lodge at Bis
marck during this reunion, there is
no doubt that a full-fledged con-
sistory is a necessity.
To Aid Application
"Although no application has been
made by the Bismarck lodge for the
consistory, they have signified their
intention of doing so and I will see
that they get it."
More than 100 degrees will have
been conferred on candidates by 10
o'clock tonight, the closing hour of
the ceremonies, according to Gilbert
). Haugen, Bismarck, secretary of
the local Masonic lodge. Applica-
tlons had been received from at
lease 100 persons at noon today, he
said, and the number was expected
to be well over that mark by 5 b. m.
today, the closing hour for the appli-
cations.
Work at the reunion today was in
charge Of the Great Plains Council
OF kodash Of Fargo. The other con-
ferring work held during the reunion
has been in charge of the Bismarck,
Mandan and Linton lodges.
Fargoans In Charge
NJ. H. Aved, Fargo, was in charge
OF the conferring work starting at
$3.50 a. m. today. The degrees in
cluded those from the 18th to the
2lst. J. P. Hardy, Fargo, was in
charge of the 21st degree: A. G..
Johnson, 22nd; Judge Roberts, 23rd;
Walter Reed, oath; w. T. Steven
son, 25th; Walter Reed, 26th:
Emanuel Sgutt, 9th; Walter Reed,
18th; Morris Aved, goth, conferred
in full form; and A. d. Scott, 3Oth,
also conferred in full form. Ali
leaders are members of the Fargo
council.
The program of ceremonies this
morning was scheduled to be held at
the city auditorium, but last min
ute change was made and it was held
in the Masonic temple instead.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-11-16
MATE SLAYER
TAKES POISON


Neigh, Neb., Nov. 16.-(R-Ern.
est Wilmer, confessed slayer Of his
wife, last September, committed
suicide in the county jail here last
night by taking poison. Witme,
had given himself. up five weeks
after the killing and signed full
confession.
During the day Wilmer had writ
ten two letters, one to his mother At
Pender, Neb., and another to his
wife's sister, lola Egger, at Norfolk.
In one letter he wrote Something
told me to kill my wife and some
one is calling to me now. ] am 20.
ing to join my wife,"
How Wilmer secured the poison ID
unknown.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-11-16
Negroes Groom Way
to RaskOb Treasury

Savannah, Ga, Nov. 16.-(P-
Spiritual singers have crooned their
way into the heart and pocketbook
Of John J. Raskob, chairman of the
Democratic national executive COM
mittee.
After hearing the Georgia State
Industrial college (negroes) singers
last night, the manager Of Governor
Alfred E. Smiths campaign gave
$500 to the institution. The whole
student body participated in the
singing.
Governor Alfred E. Smith and his
party, en- route to Biloxi, Miss, were
in the audience.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-11-16

I
with bon,b-throwing the order of the
day.
The French were wondering when
riots would break out in the streets
OF Paris, Lyons and other great in
dustrial centers. England was shiv-
ering with fear at the prospect that
two million soldiers returning from
France and finding their peace-time
Jobs gone, might take things into
their own hands. In Finland the
Whites and the Reds were battling
for the mastery.
And here is Europe today: The
Red Republic Of Hungary is only a
memory. It was followed by a White
Terror which in turn has been sup
(Contir ued on page two)
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-11-16
PLANE WRECK
DIAMOND LOST

Pittsburgh, Pa, Nov. 16.-(AP)-
"A diamond valued at $18,640, the
largest and most valuable gem lost
in the wreckinp of an air mail plane
near Polk, Pa, last month, still il
missing, according to Postal In.
spector William H. Tafel.
The diamond was q part Of the
ships $125,000 registered mai
cargo. More than seven hundred
other stones have been recovered
either from the ground or from
souvenir hunters who visited the
scene Of the wreck and picked ur
diamonds before q guard could be
stationed about the plane.
The mail plane crashed on Octo.
ber 18 while flying from New York
to Cleveland. The pilot, William C.
Hopson, was killed.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-11-16
Federal Court Will Y
Convene in Bismarck

A federal jury for the southwest
ern and central district Of North
Dakota will convene in Bismarck
Dec. 4, according to IN announce
ment made here today.
Judge Andrew Miller, Fargo, will
have charge Of the federal court pro-
ceedings.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-11-16
.EMANCIPATOR. DIES

Philadelphia, Nov. 16.-@- DIR.
Moses Stern, who practiced medicine
for 80 years and urged many re-
forms, Is dead. He lived to see some
Of them adopted, notably bobbed hair
Tor women. One idea Of his that
has not approached realization was
for . law compelling males to marry
at q and females ct Is. He was .
bachelor.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-11-16

campaign uni
forms, were set
upon and beaten.
A bit later the
unions Of metal
lurgical workers
went Bolshevik
and seized all the
great automobile
plants in Milan
1 and Turin, flew
Me red flag over
the buildings and
turned the fac
tories over to So
viets.
B q r c e | o n q,
Spain, was a hot
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-11-16
SUPERSTITTON WORKs

Chicago, Nov. 16.-(R-It Is bad
luck, the superstitious say, to cross
the street, through . funeral pro.
cession. Fred D. Stevens drove his
car through the line Of machines
following the body Of the late State
Representative Thomas Curran yer.
terday, and was killed when his car
collided with another.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-11-16

London. Nov. 16.- R = There
seem to be opportunities for police
wealth here, O. well as in rtMaaei-
phia. A labor member charged in
commons that = London sergeant had
received $240, 900 from night clubs,
bookmakers and others.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-11-16
VESTRIS STATISTICS
(By the Associated Press)
Rnusrol Es~

NcvISeu IIgurCS ISSUED 0y
Sanderson & Sons, agents for
the Lamport & Holt line, show:
Aboard at sailing: 326 per-
sons; 128 passengers, 1893 crew.
Rescued: 60 passengers, 155
crew. Total 2l5.
Presumably dead: Passengers
81. crew 43. Total Ill.
Bodies recovered: %.
Missing: 80.
Dead and missing include q
women, Is children.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-11-16
NOTED CEOLOCIST DEAD

Chicago, Nov. 16.- (AP) ~ Prof.
Thomas G. Chamberlin, IS, noted
geologist, originator Of the theory
that , giant star passing close to
the sun from 5 to 5 billion years
ago drew fragments Of such which
eventually formed the earth, died.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-11-16
FARGO iiAYOR HONORED

Fargo, N. D., Nov. 16. (AP)-
Major ]. H. Dahl Of Fargo, was
unanimously reelected president Of
the North Dakota League Of Mu-
nicipalties. Valley City was award
ed the 1929 meeting.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-11-16

That some lifeboats were improp-
erly equipped and leaked like sieves
at every seam.
That in some cases the launching
tackle was out of commission.
That rescuing steamers passed
several lifeboats, occupants being
unable to signal because Of defective
flares.
The six witnesses were Fred W.
Puppe. an electrical engineer of
Brooklyn, whose wife and baby were
lost; Jose ranta Anna of Brazil,
former New York elevator operator
who goes by the name Of "John
Santone"; Wallace M. Sinclair. of
Bound Brook, N. j.; Herman Ruck-
ert, German paper manufacturers;
Carlos Quiros. Chancellor of the Ar.
gentine consulate in New York; and
Walter Spitz, of Berne, Switzerland.
In a statement at the close of the
hearing, Mr.. Tuttle said:
To Fix Blame
From the testimony taken in to.
days hearings x X it is fully ap.
parent that we shall ultimately OBJ.
tain evidence to fix blame for the
wreck and the great loss of life. You
can state that this office will make
every effort to place the responsible
lity where it belongs"
He said some of the officers and
members Of the crew had already
been questioned privately and would
be put on the stand to tell their
stories publicly.
Most of the six passengers who
testified were still highly nervous
and Mr.. Tuttle said it was probable
that few moro Of them would be
called as Re did not wish to harass
their feelings further by making
them recount the terrible ordeal
they had been through.
Mr.. Puppc's voice broke at times
as he told Of seeing his wife and
baby being lowered in a lifeboat and
how he tried to follow them:
Keep that man out of that boat,
don't let him go down there" he
said the captain called.
II called back: MY wife and child
are in that boat
That makes no difference. That
boat is too full the captain called
back"
That was the last he ever saw Of
the two.
Lack of Organization
Sinclair, who was the ealmest Of
all the Witnesses, and who had
travelled much at sea, said what i'm
pressed him most was the "lack Of
any intelligent plan Of lowering the
!ifeboats or getting the passengers
into them." He also testified that
the lifeboat in which he finally es-
capped was unseaworthy.
Quiros testified to one instance Of
mutiny in the crew, . negro member,
he said, jerking = pistol from an Of
ficer's hand and throwing it over
board. The captain, he said, ap-
peared hesitant throughout and un-
certain what to do.
Santa Anna, who said he was one
Of the last men to leave the ship,
told Of seeing the captain running
along the side Of the capsized ves-
sci just before she sank. The cap
tain was wearing no lifebelt and was
drowned.
Norfolk, Va. Nov. 16.-(F1-Ex-
hausted from hours Of exposure at
sea, eight survivors Of the founder
ing OF the steamship vestris were
safely ashore here today, regaiuin9
strength BY much-needed rest.
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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-11-16
TUNNEY Is SPOKESMAN

TUNNEY is SPOKESMAN
Washington, Nov. 16.-tR1-Cap-
tain Eugene Tunney will Be spokes-
man when : soccer trophy, the gift
Of American marines, is presented
TO the Royal msrines at Portsmouth,
Epelaud, December Is.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-11-16
MANsLAUCHTER CHARGED

MANSLAUGHTER C6ARGEO
Grand Forks, N. D., Nov. l6.-(H1
Ed Benson Of Lakota, was CHARGED
with first degree manslaurhter fol-
lowing inquest into death Of Flor.
ence Thompson Of Grand Forks,
killed in automobile collision.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-11-16

Norfolk, Va, Nov. 16.-(F) )-Ex-
hausted from hours Of exposure at
sea, eight survivors Of the founder
ing Of the steamship Vestris were
safely ashore here today, regaining
strength by much-needed rest.
OF the group five were women,
one OF whom had. lost her husband
and . child. two others their hus-
bands, and fourth, who also had
lost : child, learned that her hus-
band had come safely through the
great tragedy Of the seas. The eitht
were brought into Hampton Hco1G
llCQatian94 q pe19 ,tl1l
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-11-16
The Weather

Fair tonight and Saturday. Not
much change in temperature.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-05
PERU CREETS
HOOVER With
BIG HOLIDAY
Delegation On
Hand When Presi-
dent Elect Lands at
Port Callao

CALLA0, Peru, Dec. 5.-LP-Pres-
ident-elect Hoover. landing on Peru
Wan soil this morning on his good
will tour, was given an enthusiastic
welcome by a great crowd of from
10000 TO 10000 persons. who cheer
ed and applaud-d ham as he came
ashore from the L. ;. 5. Maryland.
Nine seaplancs 81 the Peruvian
navy scared over the harbor as
President-elect Hoover started for
the shore. Three Peruvian subma-
rines. a half dozen destroyers and
cruisers and other smaller craft
lined the route across the harbor
from the Maryland to the pier.
remnants were flying and s~slutes
roaring as Mr.. Hoover in the Mary
lands launches with the Peruvian
governments official welcoming par
ty passed through the lane Of ships.
Previously the president of the
cabinet and Foreign Minister Rada
\ Camio with a group of prominent
government officials boarded the
Maryland and warmly greeted Mr..
Hoover. The foreign minister ex-
pressed the utmost pleasure that the
government and the people Of Peru
found in Mr.. Hoover and the convic-
ton that 1t was of great Importance
to international friendship.
Or. Carlos Roe. mayo of Callao.
greeted the president-elect and ex-
tended an official welcome in behalf
Of the municipality and the people
Of the port.
Alexander p. Moore, United States
ambassador, arrived a the pier and
Joined the official welcoming party
shortly before Mr.. Hoover's arrival.
There we're hundreds of school child
rem lining the route from the pier to
q nearby plaza where the president
elect was officially welcomed.
The eight mile stretch Of highway
between the port Of Callao and Lima.
Peru's capital. was lined on each side
by thousands Of brilliantly uniform
cd gendarmes stationed about twenty
yards apart the entire distance.
Both Lima and Callao were beflag-
Eed and all the buildings between
the two cities were decorated.
Just as in the other republics Wis
tied. this Hoover Day" was a ma
tiona holiday in Peru By a presi-
Dental proclamation and an act or
congress.
A committee Of deputies called up-
on the president-elect at Callao and
presented him with a formal scroll
announcing the congressional action
by which Mr.. Hoover was voted n
guest OF the nation.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-05

Girl in the United States She had
had = remarkable score Of 90.
William Tobias of Birch Run, Sag
inaw County. Michigan, had a rat
ing of 97.4 to top the field Of the
masculine side. Tobias IL Is years
cid, m eighth grader in the Birch
run school. Thelma said she was
seventeen and n half" and a fresh
man at Aberdeen North State Teach
ers' college. Both said the copybock
maxIm OF early 70 bed and early
to rise" was a factor in making them
healthy.
Miss Svarstad weighs l22 pounds
and is five feet three and one-half
inches tall. Milk Is a practical item
on her daily menu. She breakfasts
on fruit, milk and toast. eats a hea-
w meal in the middle Of the day in
GLIDING meat and potatoes, vege-
tables and salads. and has a some
what lighter meal in the evening.
Tobias said he had no special diet.
He plays on the school athletic
teams, favoring baseball and basket
ball. He likes boxing, too, and ad-
mires Jack Dempsey.