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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-09-18
INDEBTEDNESS
annual ACCOUNT Of
BERTA BAKER SHOWS
State Debt Reduced $3.50, 300;
Has So, 3,7e6,o32 in It's
Checking Account
SCHOOLS, GREATEST COST
State Tax Total Of $2, ,64e, ass
Biggest item in Common.
wealth Golfers
SCHOOLS, GREATEST COST

While She still has plenty OF cash
OH hand, North Dakota at the close
Of the fiscal year had q smaller bal
ance than year ago. Tucked away
IN her sock June 80, end OF the fiscal
year. the state had 81. .409. .624. $23, At
less than she boasted In 1928.
This is revealed in the annual
statement of Bcrta Baker, state
treasurer.
Numbers listed. subtotalcd and
totaled since July l, 1928, by hundreds
of state employees and then boiled
down, show the state checked out .
cold $22 .97l .367 while she was collect.
ing $23054,l42. The difference in l1ef
cash balance is made up in fund pay.
mentS.
A survey OF the exhaustive report
shows substantial increases in Q
number Of accounts.
The general fund increased $455.-
24l. the hail insurance fund Sos 5578,
the motor vehicle fund is larger than
that Of year ago by $l25.702, the
real estate bond payment fund $1ll.-
337 and the fire and tornado fund
$70.972.
Bonded Indebtedness Less
The states bonded Indebtedness
was reduced $3.50, 800 during the year.
OF the larger accounts which re.
vealed decreases are the highway
fund 500, ,4O8. state bridges SO, 900 and
the auto theft fund $0O,413.
Bonded indebtedness Of the state N
made up Of 100000 in Bank ol
North Dakota capital stock. 328 1850.
600 in real estate bonds, and the bal.
ance in mill and elevator construction
and milling bonds The real estate
bonds represent farm loans made
through the Bank Of North Dakota
The total Indebtedness is-$34 ,oO7.cM
rs compared with $34.857 500 a year
ago, a decrease of $250300. On July
l. 81, 900 900 in bank bonds were paid
The payment will not appear. how
ever. until the statement Of June &C
next.
In Healthy Condition
A review OF the statement shows
North Dakota in sound and healthy
condition financially. Cash on hand
is made up Of $3.7o6, ,O32 on check
ing account in the Bank Of North
Dakota. $9,42l .892 in certificates o.
tC0uttnued on page nineI
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-09-18
BUTLER ORDERS QUANTICO TO
CODRY OR LOSE MARINE TRADE

euantico, Virginia. Sept. ie.-(NE
NAtor General emedlcy p. Butler.
commander Of the ouantico marine
base. has put up to the citi1ens and
officials Of this new small town the
question Of getting rid Of booeleGgers
q losing about % per cent q their
retail trade.
Tho town practically surrounded
and supported by the marine baae.
he's bean deprived u IT. mast profit
able customers since Saturday. The
eonefal. whose opinion that prol1i-
bltlon can hc enforced became we'll
Known whilc he was serving = poltco
ooannniasioner of Philadelphia. Issued
"a crder On that day prohlhlttng hia
ouliatod men irom coming hore. olneo
then, the stores and aml1omoQE
places have been virtually deoostod.
Mayor A. =. lGcInteer and m1mborG
of tlae town council callod a the
general, and returned 70 tell neet-
ine oe tho aroused business men ~
had assured them the han would -
lifted after bootleggine and lawless-
49, had been stamped out. H
olfefod - cooperate a11d = aaid a
loye sncgoGto6 that. 4 oeher naotho6a
1allo6, - might ~ ab1e ~ - II
t1e scloon mp ~ cutttng OF the
Noter surely ~ cogtatn plncos, s..
- \ s6t6 ~ hhSo dannnlo1 thnl
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-09-18
L|NDBERGH Starts
AIR TRAIL Blazing
FLIGHT IN TROPICS
7,ooo-Mils Hop-off From Miami
for Dutch Guiana Sched-
uled for Friday

Roosevelt Field, N. Y. Sept. l0.-(H
Colonel and Mrs. Charles "A. Lind
bergh took off at 8:55 e. D. TD To-
day for Washington, on their vay to
Miami. Fla. from where they will
start q 20-day tour Of central and
South America.
The colonel flew monoplane Dor.
rowed from Morgan. Belmont. wealthy
New Yorker. He had planned 70 take
4 mechanic and radio operator but
because Of 4 business stop In WASH
ington. his crew will join him Ii
Miami tomorrow.
The colonel announced his business
in Washington was In regard 70 his
tour which will inaugurate q new air
mail line for the pan.Amer1can air.
ways.
When his business Is completed In
the capital, he will hop Oft later In
the day for some point between
washington and Miami where he VII
spend the night and continue from.
there to Miami ThursdAy.
Colonel Lindbergh will leave Miami
Friday morning On hts 1000 mile 1T
trail blazing flight to Dutch Guiana
The trip will b over the reversed
route Of his good will flight made 4
year and half ago.
Radio bulletins Of the progress 81
his plane viii be broadcast every halt
hour during his pan.American fltghts
Before the takeoff the colonel WI
In . joyial mood and willingly posees
for cameramen.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-09-18
NAVAL LIMITATIONS
PROGRESS PLEASING
TO HOOVER'S HOPES
Believe Substantial Reduction
44-
Will Be Possible at Expira.
ton Of the Treaty

washington, Sept. lS.-R>- AL
though failing to realize the MAXI
mum Of the hopes he entertained ct
the outset Of the Anglo. American ne
gotiations, President Hoover IS be-
lieved to be well satisfied with the
progress that has been made toward
further limitation Of naval arma-
mentS.
Il the agreement In principle
reached between the United States
and Great Britain Is ratified BY the
other three major naval powers
through . Limitation program for them
consonant with the Anglo o-American,
the belief here Is that much more
substantial reductions In naval es.
tablishments viii be possible ct the
expiration Of the Warrington arms
treaty In 1o96.
BY that time, the navies OF the
world would have become stabilized.
BY stabilixation naval men explain
they mean the categories Of ships viii
have been built up Or reduced to the
maximums prescribed by treaty. That
being the case, It would be compar-
ativcly simple TO survey the actual
naval strength with . view to arrtv.
Ing ct reductions.
Administration officials claim the
Anglo-American agreement In prin-
ciple would end competition witch ol
itself Win result In smaller cruiser
fleets and great savings to the people
Of both Great Britain and the United
States. The fleet Of Great Britain
BY lo96 would be reduced from :
projected g ships % 50. Because of
the great inleriority e it, modern
cruiser fleet = compared To that Of
Great Britain. the United States &C.
tsaally win have 70 build up TO the
agreed limit BY constructing either
10 o. l3 Of the IS eight-inch gun
cruisers authorised last year. How.
ever, there will be some saving. what.
ever the form Of the final agreement.
. some Of the authorised cruisers
would not - constructed.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-09-18
l. K. THOMPSON WILL DIRECT
COMMUNITY CHEST FUND DRIVE
Campaign First Week Of 0c.
tober Planned by Associ.
alton Of Commerce
TO NOMINATE DIRECTORS
Executive Committee to Handle
Arrangements for Charity
Affair ls Named

Organization for the Community
Chest drive was effected. Tuesday
evening, at q meeting Of the directors
at the Association Of Commerce rooms
and L. K. Thompson was made chair
man of the general committee and Of
the campaign to collect funds.
The time for the drive was set by
selecting October 3, 4 and 5. with
prolongation agreed on II necessary
to devote more time to seeing all the
prospective contributors.
These items Of business were all
that were taken up at this time. The
nominating committee to suggest the
directorate for next year will meet at
the association rooms at 4:30 this
afternoon. It consists of the presi-
dents of the three service clubs. w. s..
Ayers. of the Lions. Worth Lunlry. Of
the KiwanianS. DR.. Harry Brandes,
Of the Rotarians. Mrs. H. J. Taylor.
of the Women's Community council,
and Mrs. r. v. Stair. Of the Business
and Professional Women's club.
As a committee to handle the
solicitations which must be made to
home offices Of foreign business or
ganizations represented here. F. Z.
Conklin, A. NJ. Christianson and J..
L. Bell were named.
On advanced gift solicitation, w. =.
NueSsle, F. M. Davis. James Trimble,
J. C. Taylor. M. B. Gilman. Carl Mel
son. o. w. Mattison, F. H. Waldo. C..
L. Foster and L. K. Thompson were
appointed.
A large committee to handle the
setting up of the 40 soliciting teams.
allotment of names and other fea-
lures Immediately connected with the
canvass was made up by naming H.
j. Duemeland. Mrs L. B. Sowles. Mrs.
John Gammons, G. L. Foster, M. B.
Gilman and DR.. F. B. Strauss.
On publicity. Judge A. NJ. Christian
son. j. H. Gibbons, Left Fugels0 and
Ivan Jones were selected.
To. organize and conduct = special
campaign at the capitol. E. J.. Taylor,
Charles Liesman, Miss Lillian Cook,
Lyman Baker. Mary Parsons, E. @.
Wanncr and Earl Peck were named.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-09-18
MURDERER Of YORK
OUYHESENYENCED
TO PRISON. FOR LIFE
Slayer Felt Sorry Five Minutes
After Killing; Gives Fam.
lily His Savings

Five days after he shot and killed
Ernest Boo, York filling station At
tendant. Fred J. Pfafflin. La Crosse,
Wis. was en- route to the state peni-
tentiary in Bismarck to serve q SEN
tence of life imprisonment for the
crime.
Pfafflin pleaded guilty when ar
raigned In district court yesterday be-
fore Judge C. w. Buttz and sentence
was pronounced at once. Life Inn
prisonment Is the maximum penalty
for murder In this state.
w. q. Mcdonald, states attorney
Of Benson county. presented to the
court Z confession which Pfafflin
signed Tuesday morning. The prison.
er told the judge that he was sorry
five minutes after . 1T Of ill-temper
had caused him to shoot Boe. He said
Zoe had irritated him BY sptlling gas
oline on the top Of his automobile
tank and that he was nervous from,
driving constantly for four days and
four nights.
He was accompanied In court BY his
brothers. Raymond and Edward Pfaf-
hin Of La Crosse.
Pfafflin gave $3.50. saved from his
earnings as q mail carrier ct L.
Crosse, to Mrs. Boo. widow Of the
dead man.
Funeral services for Boc were held
yesterday 1t the Norwegian Lutheran
church at York. Intcrment was made
there. Boe leaves his widow and two
children. one Of whom was born an
hour after his murder.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-09-18
farm BOARD LOANS
$500,OO0 TO STATE
wheat ASSOCIATION
North 0akota-Montana Wheat
Growers First to Qualify
for Federal Money

Washington. Sept. l8.-tR,-The
federal farm board today approved q
loan Of $500, 600 to the North Dakota
Montana Wheat Growers association
OF Grand Forks, North Dakota.
The loan Is supplemental to one al
ready granted by the federal inter-
mediate Credit Bank Of st. Paul,
MINI.
The advance will be 10 cents bu-
shel on wheat held by the association
with q provision that the combined
sums, obtained from the intermediate
Credit Bank and the farm board,
shall not exceed 81 bushel.
The board said this association was
the first to qualify for the supplement
tai loans which the farm board has
announced it was ready to make to
Cooperative Grain Growers associa-
ti0nS.
Plans for these loans were discussed
1t the boards Chicago conference
with national farm organization rep
resentatives.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-09-18
RAY POTTER Loses
IN ATTEMPT TO GET
new MURDER trial
JUDGE Jansonius Denies Motion
for a New Trial Which
CHARGED Court Errors
FUTURE FIGHT Considered
Judge Says n Opinion he Does
Not Believe the Shooting
Was an Accident

Counsel for Ray Potter. who Is serv-
Ing q life sentence In the statc peni-
tantiarv for the murder OF Oliver
webb. today faced the necessity OF
makinr new motions II they choose
ia continue their efforts to secure 2
new trial for their client.
A motion for new trial, charging
several errors In the trial IN whicn
the Bismarck man was convicted o
Washburn. was denied In district
co~-t this morning by Judge Fred
Jansonius after q weeks deliberatton.
Il have studied the record IN this
case for many days, but find no legal
ground for setting the verdict aside
and granting q new trial." the Judge
said in his opinion.
potter's counsel had charged that
the court erred at Washburn In per-
hitting Mrs. Anne E. Wolfe TO TESTIFY
because she was pretudicial agalnSt
the defendant and incompetent: IN
accepting the verdict despite the fact
that no premeditated design or m
tent 10 kill Webb was shown BY evil
dence: and In accepting the verdict
of first degree murder despite the
fact that the victims dying statement
described the shooting - accidental.
Oral arguments were made last Tues.
day BY Scott Cameron and Louis II.
Connolly. defendants counsel, and
George s. Register and John Sui
livan, representing the state.
Future Action Problematical
Just what action will be taken In
Potter's behalf following Judge jan
sonius' ruling Is problematical, Cam
eron said this morning. He pointed
out that motions charging different
errors could be advanced In district
court. Appeal 70 the state supreme
court 8 another avenue Potter may
tread. Cameron declined to make
any definite announcements regard
ing what the next step Will be but
minated that future fight would Be
considered.
"The evidence Of Mrs. Wolfe was
offered to show q motive" the Judge
said in his opinion. while It Is
not indispensable that . motive be
shown for the commission Of crime,
the existence or nonexistence Of Z
motive is q circumstance that should
be considered by . jury, and Is In .
case such as this proper subject ol
inquiry.
..Tlne testimony Of Mrs. Wolfe was
later corroborated by the testimony
Of Mrs. Potter. except In one partic-
ular. Mrs. Potter testified that she
was alone In the room. while Mrs
Wolfe testified that she heard her
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-09-18
JUDGE REFUSES TO
OKAY wife TRADE
Granting Of Divorces Would
Have Cleared Way for Law
ful Marriages Of Couples

Chippewa Falls. Wis.,. Sept. l8.-(R
Social conventions won . victory In
county court late yesterday when
Judge D. E. Cook refused to sanction
q wife trade which startled the
countryside about New Auburn last
November. Judge Cook refused to
grant divorces to Edward w. Heidel-
berger and Mrs. Bessie Brown, two Of
the principals.
The divorce suits would have
cleared the way for lawful marriage
In the wife trade BY which Mrs.
Brown and her five children came to
the Heidelberger home In exchange
for Mrs. Heidelberger and six children
who went to the Brown home.
Since November. the Judge learned,
Mrs. Brown has been Mr.. Hetdel-
bcvger's housekeeper and that Mrs.
fleidelberger has served In like ca
pacity for Mr.. Brown. The families
farms are near each other at New
Auburn.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-09-18

Philadelphia. Sept. lS.-E-United
States 6enator.elect william 8. Ware
still had . tight grasp on the leader
ship Of the Philadelphia Republican
organization today. despite the efforts
Of the Republican League to unseat
him.
The candidates slated by Ware for
nomination for county offices swept
to an overwhelming victory in yes
terday's primary election. the real
fight being for control Of the party
machinery.
The battle centered around the Of
flee Of register Of Wills. for which
william r. Campbell. slated by the
organization for third term. was op-
posed by John f. Dugan. candidate
Of the Republican League. who was
defeated.
Harry G. Davis. executive director
Of the Republican central campaign
committee, said:
THE overwhelming victory Of the
candidates OF the Republican organ
ixation is q triumph Of Senator Ware
To him Is due the credit Of this great
victory over men and interests who
conspired not only against his po-
litical leadership. but sought to take
advantage Of his illness to drive him
to his grave. The victory further
solidifies the leadership of Senator
Ware Of the Republican organization. y
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-09-18
ACTRESS, ONCE TOAST OF KING,
ARRESTED FOR STEALING DRESS
Truly Shattuck, One Time Star
Of First Magnitude, Has
Fallen on Evil Days
ENTERTAINED 2 CONTINENTS
Friends Bail Out Paupsr Beauty
Who Played With Fair
banks and Valentino

Chicago, Sept. l0.-(R- Truly
Shattuck. who danced. sang and was
beautiful on the American and Eu-
ropean stage Is years ago has been
arrested as q thief.
There was q pretty green dress In
q department store. Truly Shattuck,
who In her day had owned jewels and
costly furs, took It.
"A woman must dress II she wants
to work." the 54-year-old actress said.
And I did need work 30 badly. But
oh, the shame Of t.! What position
for one who has shaken hands with
I king"
Miss 6hattuck said she was broke.
The rent on her lodging house room
was past due. The one time star
Of first magnitude had lost its light
behind the clouds Of marching years.
Her vaudeville skit drew its last
half hearted. scattered applause on
the kerosene circuit several months
ago. Then she worked Is waitress,
q seamstress. She lost these jobs. No
one seemed to want to employ the
woman who had entertained two
continents and who had smiled down
from the cinema screen vis-a-vis with
Fairbanks. MacLean, Valentino and
Sydney Chaplain.
Il don't know why did It." she
cried at detective headquarters. I've
had no work for three months. They
told me my vaudeville skit wouldn't
90 over any more. I've tramped the
stroets looking for work. I've read
the want ads. The green dress looked
90 pretty, and 1t was only $l650-hut
didn't have the $780,"
In her poverty she was too proud to
appeal to friends: but friend. 9
restaurant owner. heard Of her arrest
early today, and posted bond for. her
Later she learned the world hat
not entirely forgotten her. The de-
partment store withdrew the chargt
against her and she was freed.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-09-18

New York. Sept. l6.-R1-Here's q
beauty who wishes she were plump.
Olive Shea, 10. was chosen ct . show
as the most beautiful radio artist.
She weighs no. "Plumpness Is com.
ing In. really" she remarked. u wiah
were o little stouter."
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-09-18

New York, Sept. 18-(P-Represent-
alive Fiorello H. La 0uardia Is the
Republican candidate for mayor q
the result Of his decisive defeat Of
william NJ. Bennett In the city pri-
maries. La 0uardia viii he the prin-
cipal opponent Of Mayor James J.
Walker In his campaign for reelection
this fall. Mayor Walker was renom.
mated by the Democrats without op-
position. In . light vote which
brought out about 70 per cent Of the
registered voters In the city yesterday.
II 0uardiA assumed IN early lead
over Bennett which reached . ratio
OF about four 70 one when three
fourthS Of the return were tabulated.
In 1850 Of the city's 3.4o5 precincts,
La 0uardia had 37.622; Bennett 0.570.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-09-18

London. Sept. l8-tR)-The ever
youthful Bernard Shaw is air-mind-
ed. and although he Is 73 years old
London Is interested In reports that
he is learning to pilot an airplane.
Questioned by the Daily Mail about
reports that he Is having lessons at
the Tag Lane airdromc north OF Lon
don, Shaw wouldn't deny the reports.
but said laughingly that he hadn't
fully decided to become a qualified
pilot just yet. He added more SER
i0usly. "Of course ] have done q bit
Of flying"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-09-18
The Weather

Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday
Rising temperature.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-06-14
To Analyze BrOOkwoOd
Right Wing Policy at
Meeting Tonight at 7

The New York Fellowship of
Brookwood Labor College will meet
tonight at 7 o'clock at the Civic
Club, IS E. Tenth St., for the pur-
pose of discussing the "new policy
of Brcokwood, and specifically the
expulsion of DR.. Arthur w. Calhoun,
instructor of economics.
Many of the students at Brook
wood during the present year, it has
been revealed, were overwhelmingly
opposed to the new policy" which
makes the institution a base for at
lacks against the left wing.
Calhoun was for six years a mem
Der of the faculty of the school. but
was summarily fired when he at
tackled the Music Group, which has
just been officially formed into the
conference for so-called Progressive
Political Action. Calhoun declares
he was dismissed because he refused
to abide by "yellow dog" contract
aimed to prevent him from working
with genuinely progressive and left
wing organizations.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-06-14
Many Delegates to Be
at Working WOmen's
Conference Tomorrow

Representative from large
number Of labor unions and workers
organizations Of men and women are
expected to participate in the annual
conference of the United Council of
Working Women. to be held tomor-
row at Manhattan Lyceum, &c E.
Fourth st.
This will include discussion of the
following questions:
/. The organization of the I'M
organized working women and
workers wives.
2. The new industrial unions and
the relation of the workers wives
to the unions.
8. Working women's problems.
4. Protective legislative laws for
working women and mothers.
5. Workers children problems.
6. Schools, Fairgrounds and nur-
series.
7. Housing and rents.
8. War danger.
9. Defense of the Soviet Union.
10. Defense and relief for work
ers.
The conference will close with a
proletarian banquet tomorrow night.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-06-14
FOR
ENGINEERS FIRM
S10,000,000 More Loss
Thru Officials Graft

CLEVELAND, Ohio, June 13.-
The Brotherhood of Locomotive En-
gineers' subsidiary, the Brotherhood
Investment Co., one of Grand Chief
Stones special frauds, is near a re-
ownership.
A convention of the union two
years ago found such enormous
frauds perpetrated by the official
dom of the union that the estimated
loss to union members was $30,000,-
COO. The investment company was
only ore Of this misleader's swindles,
and was subsidiary of his B. of l..
E. Cooperative National Bank, into
which he sunk forever about $21,-
100000 Of the members money.
The subsidiary itself is capitalized
at $10,000,000, which now disappears
via bankruptcy, if the hearing set
by Judge Paul Jones for June 20
takes the expected action.
The convention which unearthed
this enormous fraud was frightened
at what it found, and tried to cover
up and smooth things over by ap-
pointing a new set of directors,
abolishing the office of grand chief
which had been held by Stone, and
taxing the members heavily to boil
ster the dying ventures, which in
cluded real estate colony in Flor
ida and scab coal mines in West
Virginia.