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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-09-30
FISH COMMITTEE
TO SIT IN WEST
Inquiry Into Russian Activity in
America to. Be Resumed
on Pacific Coast

Chicago, Sept. 30.-R|-Its inquiry
into soviet RusSa,s grain operations
and other communistic activity halt
ed for the time, the Fish congression-
al committee was en- route today to
the Pacific coast.
Testimony by officials Of the Chi
cago Board Of Trade and brokers yes
terday tabled the Russian short-sell-
ing Of wheat as legitimate hedging
and revealed them as handled in the
regular line of business by the brok-
ers, who acted for the all Russian
Textile syndicate.
joseph p. Griffin, thrice president
Of the Board Of Trade and partner OF
J. 8. Bache and company, which sold
100000 bushels Of wheat for the
Russians, said the sales were, In part.
at q fixed price, indicating there was
no attempt to depress the market.
He said low prices for wheat were
due to q generally depressed condi-
ton in all commodities.
Board Of Trade officials said the
soviet was barred from future short
operations because there was
an inherent evil In foreign govern
ments competing with private trad
erS.
In addition to the grain men. the
committee heard John L. Lewis, In
ternational president Of the United
Mine Workers Of America. Lewis
cited instances in recent years In
which Russian communists had at
tempted to arouse miners and said
there was no room in America for
communist philosophy.
Rep. Hamilton Fish. chairman Of
the committee, announced the COM
would hear about communists
activity In Seattle, Los Angeles, San
and other far : western
points. The results Of its investiga-
ton will not be made public until
he said.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-09-30
TARIFF COMMISSION
CHANGES ITS RULES
Will Require Applicants for
Changes in Future to
Submit Evidence

Washington, Sept. 30.-P)-Going
forward under newly revised rules Of
procedure the reorganized tariff COM
mission today expected quick action
on changes being sought in tariff
schedules.
In the future, applicants for the
changes will bear the burden Of prov
ing their necessity. They will be re-
quired to submit statements OF in
formation before Investigations are
undertaken, setting out evidence on
domestic and foreign costs of MATER
ials, production and transportation as
well as presenting the competitive
picture.
Public notices Of all such applica-
lions and Of dates set for hearings,
so as to give all interested parties a
chance to be heard, also was provid-
ed under the changed regulations. In
the past the commission investigated
each application and made up q state
ment Of information Of its own be-
fore it undertook to pass upon the
merits Of the change sought.
The new rules were approved yes
terday after reorganization Of the
commission was completed with the
announcement by President Hoover
that Thomas Walker Page. Virginia
Democrat, would be. vice chairman
under Henry P. Fletcher, the former
diplomat selected to head the COM
mission. Lincoln Dixon, the last
member Of the group to be appointed,
took the oath Of office yesterday al
SO. He is a Democrat from Indiana.
Another former diplomat added to
the staff Of the commission was Le-
land Harrison of New York, who has
just resigned as minister to Uruguay.
His appointment was announced as
Chief OF the international relations
division o fthe commission.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-09-30
CONGRESS MAY AIR
KELLEY'S CHARGES
Wilbur Says Interior Depart
ment Will Welcome Com.
plete Investigation

Washington, Sept. 30.-(R-A con-
gressional airing appeared likely to-
day for the charges Of favoritism to
large oil companies brought against
Secretary Wilbur by Ralph s. Kelley
In resigning as chief Of the field d.
vision Of the federal land office In
Denver.
The interior secretary refused to
accept Kelley'S resignation but an
nounced the latter'S suspension from
office, welcoming q full investigation.
Kelly. in New York, said last night he
did not regard himself any longer an
employee Of the interior department
and restated the charges made In his
letter or resignation, which he made
public Sunday.
The former land office mar added
he would be prepared to anplfy MS
charges later and would be ready to
appear before a congressional commit
tee should the suggestion Of Chair
man Nye Of the senate lands COM
mittee for an investigation be ap-
proved. The latter termed the
charges amazing and said: Kelley
will have to be heard in congress-"
Secretary Wilbur made a vigorous
defense of his oil land policy and
said he had directed Kelley to fle
Immediately the names Of companies
he claimed had been favored, with
specific details of each case.
Have Enormous Value
The charges hinged on the dis
posal Of public lands in Colorado
which Kelley asserted contained pc
troleum deposits in the form OF OIL
shale which even at present low
prices would exceed $40,0 600 0 5000 IN
value. He asserted that. through po-
litical pressure on the office OF The
interior secretary, the large oil coma
panies had received favorable con-
sideration for illegal claims to some
Of these lands.
Wilbur said no leases for oil shale
had been issued under his admins
tration and further that action had
been brought to forfeit all claims to
such lands on which the required as
sessment work Of 500 q year had not
been done. Something more than
5000, 900 acres Of such lands In Colo
RADIO, Utah and Wyoming, he said,
had been covered by claims filed
prior to 1920, the majority Of these
being held in the name Of "individ-
uals or associations Of individuals,
made up largely Of local people IN the
immediate vicinity" !
Whether any Of these had passed
into the hands of the larger oil con-
Germs after patent, he said, was not
known to the department and was
beyond its control.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-09-30
Safety Group Seeks
To Curb Death Toll

Pittsburgh, Sept. 30.-R-The reck-
less driver and the driven wreck"
were the main targets Of the National
Safety congress and exposition today
as safety experts sought ways and
means Of making traffic on the ma
TONS highways less dangerous.
Uniform laws governing the perl
odic inspection Of automobiles in all
states were urged as the only prac-
tical means Of eliminating the auto
mobiles that endanger lives because
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-09-30
Sugar Futures See
New Low Quotations

New York. Sept. 30.-R-Raw
sugar futures sold below one cent q
pound at the opening Of trading to-
day for the first time since futures
trading In that commodity was inau-
gurated on the New York coffee and
sugar exchange In 1914.
The October position sold at 0.04
Of q cent q pound, compared with .
previous low Of 1.0l cents q pound.
The decline was said to reflect abb
sence Of Improvement In outside con-
ditions, as well as the weight Of old
crop supplies and the general de-
preston in other commodities.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-09-30
Bears Have Appetite
For Pine and Paint

Portland, Ore, Sept. 30.-R-
Bears roaming the Pacific northwest
forest have developed an appetite
for pine boards and government
paint. Major John D. Guthrie, as
sistant regional forester, said today
bears in the past year have eaten
more than $500 worth of hand paint
ed trail signs erected by the United
States Forest Service.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-09-30

Las year 298 beauty parlors and
2,l66 barber shops paid $14.614.A5 In
license taxes to North Carolina.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-09-30
Two Youths Able
To Leave HOSPITAL

Reynolds, N. D., Sept. 30.-Re
Two Of three youths injured In . rail-
road crossing accident near here Sum
day In which Tony Schabo, 10, Rey-
nolds, was killed, were discharged
from q hospital yesterday and the
third was reported much improved.
Vincent Alderman, 10, and Ray
mond Colee, 81, were discharged.
They suffered cuts and bruises. Rich
ard Anderson, Is. whose shoulder was
injured and q thumb broken, was
much improved. All live near here.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-09-30
Catholic Women Warn
Against Pagan Ideas

Denver, Colo, Sept. 30.-R-
Warning against new pagan Ideas"
relative to the sanctity Of marriage
and the home was forthcoming at the
opening session Of. the tenth annual
convention Of the national council Of
Catholic women.
Miss Mary G. Hawks, Summit, N.
j., national president, said that wom-
an must be the bulwark against the
encroachment Of this new paganism.
Her theme was amplified In q later
address by Bishop John j. NIFTY Of
Salt Laks City.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-09-30
Two Firebugs Keep
Department on Jump

Oakland. Calf, Sept. 30.-E1-Two
firebugs, using buckets OF gasoline to
speed the destruction, set fire to sev-
eral buildings and automobiles here
early today, keeping one Jump ahead
Of police and fireman who trailed
them and extinguished the flames.
After 3 two-hour hunt In which all
available officers in OAKLAND and
Berkeley participated, Frank Greeley.
%, and G. Lund, ~, were arrested as
suspects.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-09-30
Famous Dramatist
Declines New Title

London. Sept. Ber-
nard Shaw desires no handle to his
name, even II offered BY King George.
The authors secretary has written the
Daily Herald that Mr.. Shaw, sounded
on the subject, has definitely refused
to bear any other title than the name
with which his works are associated.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-02
What Would Solomon Do i?

The Sultan of Djimma, in Southwest
Ethiopia, is being made an example Of
by the Department Of Commerce. Until
a short time ago the Sultan, whose
people claim descent from King Sol
ONION and the Queen of Sheba, had
never seen an automobile. He had only
five miles of road in his province and
when he Travelled he was borne by his
slaves in a sedan chair, just like the
chair that Solomon used. Then some
body showed the Sultan picture Of an
automobile and told him what 1t did.
The Sultan's interest was aroused. He
ordered an American automobile, sent
an army of slaves to Adds Ababa, $50
miles away, and the slaves carried it
back over the mountains and through
ravines. The Sultan took to the auto
mobile like a duck to water. A cele-
bration was held. There were probably
floats, one of which undoubtedly pic
tured King Solomon in a sedan chair,
appropriately labeled 1.-THE Old Way
Entered by the Chamber of Commerce
Of Djiren."
Now the Sultan, with only five miles
of road, has small opportunity to ride
In his car. SO he has begun a road
building program and granted a con-
cession for highway through the
mountains from Djtren to Adds Ababa.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-02
China's Three-Ring Circus.

If the fippancy can be forgiven in
so grave a situation, the troubles IN
China may be likened to a three-ring
circus in full action. Three forces are
at work simultaneously. all antagonistic.
Three groups of armies are in the field,
fighting. pillaging, destroying. One OF
these army groups is that Of the Nam
king government, the Nationalist, so
styled, fighting on two fronts-in the
North against the Shansi revolutionists
and In the South against the Com
munists. The Northern armies are those
OF two war lords, who have combined
with the purpose of destroying the
Nationalist power in certain provinces
and the setting up of a new government
there. The Communists have loose
organization, consisting of swarms Of
armed bands, apparently with no spe-
cific central leadership. but animated by
an impulse to destroy the Nationalist
government in the southern and central
provinces and to establish a rule of
what Russia calls the proletariat.
For the purpose Of weakening the Ma
tionalist organization. the Northern
leaders have been favoring the Com
nunists. though without maintaining
any contact with them. But it Is now
reported that the late success Of the red
bandits - the Southern Communist
swarms are veritably no other than
bandits-has given the Northern "tu-
chuns" concern. Too much Roadway in
that direction is not desirable from
their point of view. Furthermore, the
Communists in their advance upon
Hankow, which is at present the object
Of their attack, are destroying the line
of the Peking- Hankow Railway, upon
which Feng Yu-hsieng, commander OF
the principal Northern Army, relies fol
his own eventual attack upon that same
center.
It has been the policy of Chang Kali
shek, Nationalist chief, to fight chiefly
against the Northern forces, leaving the
Southern Communists for later treat
! nent when he has subdued the rebel
Nnn In Shantup:. Chihli. Shansi and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-02
Mexico Threatens
Fruit Fly Epidemic

From the Houston Post Dispatch.
Now the threat of an invasion OF
the fruit fly from another direction
arises. Last year. it was Florida that
was the center of infestation. This
year. Mexico appears to have an infes-
tation. Rigid quarantine against Flor.
ida fruits was instituted to prevent the
pest coming from that quarter into
this State. 1t is to be presumed that
extraordinary precautions will be taken
at border points now by Federal off,
Gals to enforce regulations against
bringing in Of fruit from Mexico that
does not have a clean bill of health.
These quarantine measures to some
may seem extreme, but they have been
found most effective in checking the
spread of crop pests. The end justi-
fies the means. In the case of the
fruit fly, the ban cannot be too rigid,
for this insect is perhaps the most de-
structive enemy that attacks fruit. 1t
is an old scourge. 1t has appeared in
various parts of the world in the past.
and wherever it has struck, 1t has
devastated the fruit industry. In
modern times, scientific methods have
been discovered to prevent its spread, q
and its toll is not nearly so great aS4
formerly. But cooperation on theS
part of the public with Government :
off1ctals Is essential to repelhng a fly
invasion
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-02

Northern Honan. But his conquest of
the Northerners has not been easy Of
accomplishment. Indeed, It has been
quite definitely blocked, due largely to
OBJECTIONS on the part Of some of his
generals and their forces. At present
the campaign In Shantung, the prin-
cipal area of the Northern war, is at
stalemate, with the trend somewhat
adverse to the Nationalist. Meanwhile
the Communist movement in the South
has gained headway and has, in the
catastrophe at Changsha. capital Of
Human, and the advance upon Han
kow, exposed the Nationalist govern
ment to a grave danger.
A most keenly interested spectator of
this tragic turmoil sits in place Of
vantage at Mukden, watching closely.
Chang Hsueh-liang, marshal of Man
churia and virtual ruler of the three
eastern provinces OF China, has OBJ
served neutrality as between the Ma
tionalists and the Northerners. He
once rendered his good offices for set
Element, which were not accepted. He
has consistently maintained the role
of an outsider. though technically he
is the representative of Marking In
command of the northeastern area. Yet
nobody is deluded by his careful avoid
ance of partisanship in this present sit
uation and he is not of late especially
particular about his camoufiage. A re-
cent report from Peking states that al
though Chang Hsueh-liang is still strad-
ding the fence by refusing to receive
delegates from Marking or Peking, each
seeking his support, his representative
at Peking has just formally called on
Wang Ching-wei, leader of the Kuo-
mintang left wing, who has just re-
turned from exile and Is cooperating
with the Northern leaders in the or
ganization of a new government at
Picking. Outside of the fighting in
the South, this gesture is perhaps the
most significant development in the
Chinese situation for several weeks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-02
Brands Union May Develop,
But Slowly, Say Americans

United States Is forcing the states of
Europe to unite. If the drift Is that
way, 1t cannot be prevented, and per-
haps ought not to be resisted. The
League Assembly will have plenty of
Opportunity to express itself on the
question, and probably no great harm
will be done If representatives of Euro
pean countries in the meantime meet to
talk over Brands project"
There was never any prospect that
European nationalistic barriers would
suddenly be RACED, but even lowering
or tunneling certain OF them, especially
the barriers which prevent reasonable
freedom In commerce and exchange,
would be something" thinks the Erie
Dtspatch-Herald, while the Houston
Chronicle, in the course of an analysis
OF the situation, points out: THE ma
jority of Europe's people are loyal to
the League. They fail to realize that
the Geneva body cannot aid them eco
nomically. Only united economic
front can really help them maintain
their present positions. BRAND seems
to have failed, but perhaps in later
years his idea will bear fruit"
There will be no early union" agrees
the Raleigh News and Observer, but
the suggestion will bear fruit in CO.
operation and in unity OF sentiment"
The Hartford Times also holds to the
view that history doubtless will accord
Aristide BRAND credit for constructive
and prophetic genius. He has not and
doubtless will not effect an epochal
reformation of European polity, but that
he Is leading an Inauguration of it APP
pears altogether credible" concludes
that paper.
Less favorable opinions come from
several newspapers. The st. Louis
Times records that "a part of the
French people admit the objections are
so clear and sound that the union, If
ever accomplished, could be nothing
more than a name" Accepting the
Italian reply as unfavorable, the Albany
Knickerbocker Press concludes: France
is accused of invoking the European
union scheme, tied into dominance by
the League of Nations, as a camouflage
to hide real intent of making irrevo-
cable the present territorial status.
Manifestly, Italy and France are far
from being in accord"
Nevertheless, the Omaha World Her
aid is convinced that 1T is distinctly
encouraging to all who hope war may
be avoided in the future that the former
enemies of Europe are considering alli-
ances, however tenuous, and planning
united action, however hesitant." The
Charleston Daily Mail suggests that lit
may require many years of preliminary
work before all the difficulties and OBJ
Stacles can be removed" The Chicago
Daily News feels sure that "only a small
beginning at best can be hoped for,
even by the most sanguine advocate of
federation"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-02
Encouraging Home Ownership.

The papers say the President smiled
his conference yesterday with the an
nouncement that II have appointed
another commission" For this one is
the twenty-fcurth since March 4, 1929.
But if the twenty-three preceding COM
missions have followed the demand
that accounts for the birth of No "a,
no apologies are needed.
The White House Conference on
Home Building and Home Ownership is
to undertake a Nationwide investiga-
ton Of the problems presented in home
ownership and building. seeking to find
methods for removal of influences
which seriously limit the spread of
home ownership. both in town and
country" The appointment Of such a
body has been urged on President Hoo
yer by those who are awake to q rather
alarming falling of In home building
and home ownership. 1t represents the
important problem.
Last December the vice president of
the National Association of Real Estate
Boards. reporting to the National Bust
ness Survey Conference of the United
States Chamber of Commerce, named
the preceding October as the worst
month that We have had in our business
In the last fifty years" The condition he
attributed partly to the lack of money
for construction and to excessive tax on
real estate, pointing to New York City,
where ninety-two per cent Of the tax
burden there Is borne by real estate.
Similar conditions as to real estate taxes
are found, Of course, in nearly every city
of the country. At the same time the
American Construction Council report
ed q decline Of 1915 per cent in dwelling
house construction under the previous
years figures.
Meeting In Grand Rapids, Mich. last
month, the United States Building &
Loan League heard plans for the estab-
Nshment Of short-term financing agen-
cies for the benefit Of home owners.
while the rising cost Of small homes and
the necessity of radical steps to lower
1t and provide convenient terms for pur-
chasers Of small means we're emphasized
as pressing topics Of the times.
Home ownership Is decreasing. Apart
ment houses are becoming more popu-
lar everywhere. Eighty-ave per cent
Of the population in normal times de-
pends upon an annual income Of less
than $4,000. The initial cost Of home
Is high. The price of home-purchase
loans is high and these expenses, plus
money for taxes and upkeep, become
eloquent arguments for renting as OPP
posed to home purchase.
The Presidents new commission,
which, by the way. is being financed
by private contributions, will undertake
systematic survey and study of all the
factors that bear on home ownership
financing, design. equipment, city
planning, transportation, etc. The goal
Of such research is not remedial legis-
lation, but an assembly of facts that
will stimulate private enterprise in
answering the demand for home owner
ship by bringing the purchase OF
home within the means Of the average
wage Garner.