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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-04-10
WORK ON CAPITOL .
BUILDING May NOT
START this YEAR
Commissioners See Difficulty
in Getting Plans Drawn In
Short Time
ARCHITECT NOT YET NAMED
May Devise Manner Of Choosing
Designer at Next Meeting;
Date Is Uncertain
ARCHITECT NOT YET NAMED

Despite a desire to facilitate prog
ress as much as possible, members Of
the North Dakota Capitol Commissions
are not optimistic about letting q
contract for the proposed 100000
structure before 1882, it became
known Friday.
The reasons for this fact, as re-
lated by commission members, are
numerous. Chief among them is the
difficulty of getting the necessary
surveys made and the plans drawn In
time to begin work this year and,
unless work car be begun In the fall
OF. 1881, they see no apparent reason
for asking bids before next winter.
Although they obtained valuable
information during their recent con-
ference at st. Paul with commission
ers in charge Of erecting a city hall
and courthouse there, members of the
North Dakota commission are appar-
emily little nearer to the selection of
an architect and q commission secre-
tary than they were after their first
meeting.
Indications are, however. that the
plan to be used in selecting architects
will be the same as that used by the
st. Paul commission, which listed q
group Of firms for consideration and
then made a selection from the group.
Numerous architects sought con-
ferences with the commission during
their. visit to st. Paul but few were
granted consideration. From irfor-
nation gained by the commissioners,
however, 1t appears that many outs
standing men and firms are inter-
ested because Of the possibility of en-
HANGING their regulations.
The fact that the North Dakota
building will be located on q site nat
urally advantageous to artistic treat
rnent and will not be dwarfed or its
Importance minimized by adjacent
buildings, gives an opportunity for
artistic conception and execution not
usually found in building projects, 1t
vas pointed out.
Budd Makes Suggestion
Ralph Budd, president of the Great
Northern railroad and a member Of
the st. Paul advisory commission, was
interested in the opportunity to Gre
ate q structure which would har-
monize with the surrounding prairie
Continued on page eleven)
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-04-10
Woman Of HickOk's
Day Dies in Kansas

Dodge City. Kas., April 1C.-R
"A woman who knew the Wild
West Of Bill Hickok's day, ming
led as q dance hall girl among its
cowboys and gunner and served
as q rooming house proprietor. is
dead.
Mrs. Annie Anderson. g.. whose
recollections in many cases were
based on actdal experiences. sue
cumb to heart diSease Thursday.
She knew the first pages Of
Dodge City's history. Mrs. An
derson hailed none Of the Dodge
City ~guntoters as brave.
They were . bunch Of towards"
she said.
!. AS for the exploits Of Bat
M~asterson. the sheriff. In his IA
nous fight on Main street:
HE was standing behind 8 pile
Of steel rails at the railroad sta
ton shootin' back and forth with
q man named Peacock, who was
Just as well protected behind the
old log city rail-" And none dared
contradict her for she would say.
II saw It,"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-04-10
EIGHT CONDEMNED
NEGROES IN RIOT
Protest Against Death Sen
fences Set Because They At
tackled White Girls

Gadsden, Ala, April l0.-VD-Pro-
testing against their sentences. eight
negroes condemned to death at
scottsboro Thursday for attacking
two white girls rioted In the Etowa1
county Jail Friday but were subdued
by guards who placed them In irons.
when finally quieted and asked
what was the matter. n Of the ne
groes replied. 1--WE just don't like that
death sentence"
The negroes, Clarence Norris. 10;
Eugene williams, 10; Haywood Pat
tersou, II: Andy Wright. II: Charlie
Weems, 20; Ole Powell. IS: Willie
Robertson, II, and Glen Montgom-
cry II, were brought here under mill
tary escort with Roy Wright, u.
whose case resulted In q mistrial.
The others were convicted by j,lries.
The l4-year-old negro was con-
fined In . separate cell and cid not
participate in the riot.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-04-10
MAY HIRE LAWYER
70PR0fECf CLAIM
TO LARGE ESTATE
Mandan Man Still Hopeful Of
Fortune Despite Disconsolate
News From Chicago
J. P. Holmes, Mandan, may hire

J. P. Holmes, Mandan, may hire
an attorney to protect his interests.
Holmes. according to his reading Of
q letter received from his sister, Mrs.
w. M. Crumbling of Chicago, is going
to receive $500 900 Is his share Of the
estate left by an uncle. who died in
Ireland.
Mrs. Crumbling, in an Associated
Press dispatch, Is quoted as saying
that Holmes must have misunderstood
her letter. She said she had learned
nothing definite about the estate and
intimated that she is not very hope
full that any substantial rewards will
come from 1t.
Holmes. however, vas both inter-
eSted and hopeful Friday, although
he continued to sell horse-radiSh in
a door-to-door campaign in Man
dan. Incidentally, he said, business
has gotten better since Mandan folks
heard about his prospects of getting
a one-twelfth share Of q 100000
estate.
Its funny what money will do for
a fellow" Holmes said. Day before
yesterday people were interested in
my horseradish because it Is good
horseradish, but today, people buy be-
cause l may be q rich man. and
cause maybe I will inherit $560,O00."
Holmes plans to finance his own
investigators by the sale Of his horse
radish. He takes q grip full Of the
condiment with him on his daily trips
between Mandan and Dickinson and
sells it en- route between the two cities.
He feels that he might do better to
60 to Ireland and personally investi-
gate his chances of inheriting q for
tune, but that would take more
money than he could raise.
And besides, this is just the shank
Of the horseradish season and bust
noss cannot wait
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-04-10
BUREAU PLANS TO
RETURN $27S,263
TO n. D. EMPLOYERS
Compensation Board Has
Scheme to Reduce Rates or
Pay Cash Dividends

Plans for the return to employers
of $27B, 263. 80 collected by the work.
mems compensation bureau as pre-
miums and now considered as excess
surplus are being considered by bu-
|rnSku misunderstanding tod state
Iment issued Friday by w. H. Suits
man, r. e. Wenzel and w. g. Preckel,
commissioners.
Announcement of the system to be
followed in returning this money to
the business houses which paid it to
the bureau probably will not be made
until after July 1. the statement saidt
but the indications are that OF
two systems will be followed. The
first is to grant a reduction In the
rates now charged for protection. The
second is to make q dividend pay
ment.
Before final action is taken. how
ever, the bureau will obtain actuarial
advice to determine the soundness of
It's plan.
The main features Of the scheme.
as outlined in the statement, are re-
duction of the percentage charge for
the statutory surplus. originally
placed at 5 per cent, and "a revolu-
tionary change in the method of
charging losses in cases Of death and
permanent total disability" II the plan
contemplated proves feasible from an
actuarial standpoint the statement
said, the fund can be placed upon q
strictly cost basis within the next
two or three years and rates will be
stabilized to prevent undue fluctua-
tons.
A compilation of medical bills paid
by the bureau shows 1t to be the big
gest single customer Of North Dakota
needles and hospitals. All told, the
bureau has paid out. in IL years
81. 607. 1883 for medical care and
treatment. This amount covers.
among other things, the travelling
expenses of claimants and investiga-
tors. The number of claims Is 30,733.
an average Of $34.73 each.
For purpose Of comparison. claims
we're divided into classes, those re-
sulting fatally, those involving per-
manent partial disability, those in
volving temporary disability. and
cases of temporary disability where
only medical bills were allowed.
Cases involving the loss Of less than
seven days are not compensate.
The first class shows 1877 claimants
for whom $76. 1888 was paid, an av-
erage Of $410.63. Permanent partia.
disability claims totaled $40 and $67,-
962.45 wa paid for medical treat
ment. an average of $500. The third
class shows 14,746 claims and $685.
653.48 paid, an average Of $52.l2. The
fourth class shows 1890 claims with
$154.054.17 paid, an average Of $l0.26.
In addition to expenditures fer
medical care, the bureau has paid
Continued on page eleven)
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-04-10
Chicago Woman Is Found
in Husbands Arms
Police Believe Shooting Was
Result Of Suicide Pact With
Her Husband

Chicago, April 1o-(R-Mrs. Frank
lin g. Simmons, with q bullet wound
in her head, was found dying early
Friday In the arms Of her husband
an employee of Armour and company
Simmons said his wife shot herself
accidentally. Police doubted this and
expressed belief the couple, grievine
deeply for a year over the death OF
their three-year-old daughter. Bar
bara, had made q suicide pact and
that Simmons was discovered by his
wife's parents before he could kill
himself.
The parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred
N, Grant, Dodge Center, MIMI, heard
the shot. rushed to the kitchen OF
the Simmons Rogers Park home, and
found Mrs. Simmons embracing her
husband, a bullet wound. In her head
and q pistol on the floor. She was
rushed to a hospital. but died within
an hour.
From the position of the wound,
police said, Mrs. Simmons could not
have inflicted 1t.
The woman,s father said both she
and Simmons attempted suicide sew
eral months ago by taking an over
dose of sleeping potion. Later, Sim
mons again tried to end his life,
Grant said, by turning on the gas In
the kitchen.
II don't think her husband shot
her." Mrs. Simmons mother told po-
lice. II believe she killed herself,
something my husband and I have
been trying to prevent ever since they
became heartbroken at the death Of
their child"
Mrs. Simmons, the mother said, OBJ
tanned the pistol while visiting at
the Grant home in Dodge Center
last month.
I'VE tried to be with them as much
as possible" Mrs. Grant said. AFTER
their visit to our home, we came to
Chicago"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-04-10
SPEAKERS FUNERAL
SATURDAY WILL Be
HELDIN CINCINNATI
Engine, Coach for Body, Private
Car, and Pullman Included
Y in Train
HOOVER MESSAGE Received
Mrs. Alice Roosevelt %LongWorth
and Two Brothers Accom-
panying Remains
HOOVER MESSAGE Received

Aiken. S. G., April 10.-ReThe
special train bearing the body Of
Nicholas Longworth. speaker of the
house. left here for Cincinnati Friday
morning at 1l:40 q. m, E. s. T..
The casket "a taken from the
home of James Curtis, where he died
Thursday, at II a. m, and placed
aboard a special train.
As the funeral cortege moved
through the city's streets en- route to
the railway station, hundreds Of per-
sons stood with bowed heads.
Business was at q StandStil1.
The funeral train vas due to arrive
In Cincinnati Saturday morning at Z
o'clock over the Southern Railway.
Citizens followed the hearse to the
railway station and Mrs. Longworth
and other members of the family
passed through the streets almost I'M
noticed and boarded the train.
Local ~pallbearers, flower cars, and
q delegation Of Aiken citizens fol-
lowed the hearse.
To convey the body to Ohio over
the mountains Of North Carolina
Tennessee and Kentucky the govern
ment arranged for a special train.
1t consisted of an engine, a coach fol-
the body, the private a of Charles
w. Clark, Of Aiken and New York,
and a Pullman. MI. Clark'S q was
primarily for Mrs. Alice Roosevelt
Longworth and her brothers. Kermit
and Archibald, who flew to Aiken
from New York. but arrived after
their brother s-in-law death: Mr.
Curtis; Colonel Campbell Hodges
President Hoover's military aide who
was sent from washington to render
all possible assistance, and q faithful
sorrowing servant. the man who had
been Mr.. Lorgworth's valet 81 years
The train in Cincinnati will be met
by other relatives. including Mrs
Ethel Roosevelt Derby and the speak
~er's s~ix-year-old daughter. Paulina
Funeral services will be at 2 p. m
President Hoover and vice president
Curtis and a congressional delega-
ton will go from washington to at
tend.
Among hundreds Of messages re-
ceived by Mrs. Longworth was the
following:
my Dear Mrs Longworth:
II am profoundly grieved to learn
Of the passing Of your husband and
wish you to know how deeply Mrs
CONTINUED on page eleven)
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-04-10
Minnesota Official
Given Death Threat

Thief River Falls, Mimi, April 10.
-R-An anonymous threat Of death
to A. K. Lockrem, Pennington coun-
ty commissioners. was under invesd-
CATION Friday.
Warning him to keep your nose
out OF county affairs from now on"
the letter told him to resign at the
next meeting Of the county board.
IT you don't III use you for my
target. I nm q, good shot," 1t con-
tinued.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-04-10
S. d. Hearing Might
Last Several Weeks

Pierre, s. D., April lO.-R-With
carly indications that it might last
several weeks and with only one new
piece Of information revealed at the
opening session. the embezlement
hearing for Fred r. Smith. former
South Dakota banking superintend-
ent. entered its second day Friday
morning.
Attorney General n. g. Sharpe,
whose banking Investigations led to
Smiths resignation and arrest. re-
vealed Thursday the prosecution
would try to show that the former
banking head misappropriated closed
bank funds to aid commercial pro-
jects In which he was Interested at
his home town Of Platte.
Sharpe previously charged 0m1fh
deposited more than . million do1la1s
In the Farmers State hank of Hlatte.
now elosed. which Ms opsratsd M
near relatives.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-04-10
@. w. Roberts Shows
Slight Improvement

q. w. Roberts, federal meteorolo-
gist here for the last Is years. who Is
suffering from q heart ailnent in q
local hospital. was slightly improved
friday, according to physicians who
described his condition Is still crit
ical.
Roberts was taken to the hospital
Monday, March 50. and has been IN an
unconscious or seuai-conscious con-
dlttnn sinne Tuesday.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-04-10
Spinal Meningitis
Grips Niagara Falls

Niagara Falls, N. Y, April 10.-R)
Niagara Falls public schools were
closed Friday and will not reopen for
at least two weeks, on recommends
tion OF the city health officer, who
seeks to prevent spread of cerebro
spinal meningitis.
Six deaths have occurred. Swim
ming pools frequented by children
have been closed and are being clean
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-04-10
jamestown Police
Auto Is Recovered

Fargo, N. D., April 1o.ZR-
jamestown policemen can rest
their feet again.
They've had to walk since
Tuesday when someone stole
their car. It was found here
Thursday night, Fargo police be-
lieving the machine may have
been "conscience-stricken.
"A jamestown officer left here
early Friday with the car to re-
store Il to its beat
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-04-10
ARREST WOMAN IN RAID

Minneapolis, April l0.-F-Mrs.
Dorothy Jantzen. Is. was arrested by
federal prohibition agents and chars-
ed with possession Of an unregistered
still, a. the result Of : raid on IN ex-
elusive residential district here.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-04-10
DOAK JOINS

OOSS1A WINS E0ODU6zA
Washington. April l0.-HJ-Secre-
tary Doak has become q member Of
the national federation Of federal
employees. HIS union card II Of gold.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-17
Grain Market

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, April 17.-Reports Of gen.
eral drought Northwest, with rain ur-
gently needed over wide stretches led to
early upturns in grain prices today.
Furthermore, Liverpool dispatches said
the market there was firm and adj
vancing, with demand good, especially
from European continental countries.
Opening shade to Il higher, wheat
afterward continued strong. Corn START
ed at shade decline to " advance and
subsequently kept near to the initial
range.
Sudden rallies in Liverpool wheat
quotations took the trade here by sur
prise, and were associated largely with
an advance of Argentine exchange rates.
This development contraSted sharply
with preceding fall in Argentine ex-
change and with reports that Argentina
had been offering wheat widely abroad.
Foreigners were reported buying Chi
cago future deliveries Bulls focused
attention, too, on adviceS that in the
principal Spring wheat States north
west, 81 stations showed no rainfall in
the last "A hours. and that especially in
Alberta Province, Canada, moisture
shortage was becoming critical
Kansas reports of damage to wheat
by cutworns gave additional momentum
to price returns. A Chicago crop expert
telegraphing from Norton, Kans., said
hot weather was needed to check in
jury, and that he had never before seen
so many insects and worms in Kansas
at this time Of year. Corn and oats
were inclined to drag, owing to large
receipts Of corn.
Provisions held steady, duplicating the
action Of hog vaii1eS,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-17
Washington Produce

Butter one-pound prints. s4as5:
Eggs = Hennery. 10; current re-
ceipts, 10.
Poultry, alive-Turkeys, young toms
and hens, 32a33; old toms. %: Spring
broilers, 37a40; Winter chickens, 30a33;
hens, heavy, 24a25; light, 22a23; Leg
horn hens, 20; ROSTERS, 12a14; ducks,
Is; keats, young, 75a8o; old, 40. Dressed
turkeys, young, 3Sa40; old, 34a35;
Spring broilers, As; Winter chickens,
Leghorn hens. 22a23: ROSTERS, 15a16;
keats, young, 80a90; old, so.
MeatS-Beef, 13ha1512; veal, 13a15;
lamb. 16a19; pork loins, 1920; fresh
hams, 10; fresh shoulders, IA; smoked
hams, 81; smoked shoulders, IL; strip
bacon, 81; lard, in bulk, IL; in pack
ages, IL.
Live stock-Hogs, heavy, 7OOa7 so;
light and medium, 7.75a8.00; pigs, 7.50a
IT'S; loughs, 400a5.50; calves, 4.50a7 so F.;
Spring lambs, H.
Fruits-Strawberries 2oa40; oranges,
Florida, 3.50a4.25; California, 350a4.25;
lemons, 4.50a5.00; lines, per 100, LISA
200; apples. per bushel, 100a2 90; box
stock, 2.50a2.75; pears, 400a4.50; grape
fruit, 2.50a3.00; honeydews, $50; rhu-
barb hot house, per box, 100; grapes,
Argentina, 3.5Oa4 90: pineappleS, 400.
Vegetables - Potatoes, Maine, 100
pound sacks, ATS; new, per barrel, 800;
Idaho bakers, 275; sweets, per bushel
1.25a1 so; tomatoes, repacks, Florida, s.
pan containers, 200a3.00; Mexican, Tugs,
3.00a500 string beans, 300a4 90; kale,
rs; spinach, rs; cress, rs; turnip salad,
rs; asparagus, 2.00a4.00: celery, 800:
peas, California, 3.25; Mexican, crates,
4.50; eggplant, 2.50a5 90; cabbage, new,
per hamper, 1.25a1.5O; celery, Florida,
3.00a325; parsnips, ITO; peppers, 4.00a
$50; mushrooms. 50a1.00 cucumbers,
hot house, per dozen, 1.50a2.00 cauli-
flower, 1.75a2.00; carrots, per crate, $50;
beets, per crate, $50.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-17
BANKS MAY BE AIDING.
new SPANISH REGIME
Government Has Access to Credit
Facilities Set Up by
Alfonso.
BY A. r. DECKER.
By Gable to The Star.

By Gable to The Star.
PARIS, France, April IT. 1t Is
suspected that the Spanish Republican
government is making use of the revolv-
ing credit arranged by the former royal
government. This credit was arranged
to the account Of Spain and is managed
by a committee composed of Spanish
bankers, including representatives from
the bank Of Spain.
The comparative strength Of the
peSeta under the present stress suggests
that the credit is being used despite the
hints given by the new government that
the credit would not be used and that
only the commission would be paid.
The rate at which the peseta should
be stabilized is expected to be another
factor in dividing opinion in Spain
proper and Catalonia.
The CatalonianS are business people.
They are exporters and importers. They
have no interest in high valoriZed cur
rency and would prefer a natural if not
low level. Other Spaniards are inves-
tors, interested in the peseta's return
ing to par so that their bonds and in
come yields will be again on the basis
on which they were purchased.
1t is thought that American business
in general will profit by the change in
government, once order is assured, for
the new government promises equal
chances to all countries. Spain now has
one of the highest tariff walls in Europe
but it is thought that the new govern
ment will lower duties II the revenue
needs permit.
1t is also believed that liberty Of i'm
ports will be restored. American auto
mobile men particularly are looking for
a better market in Spain.
(Copyright, l93iO
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-17
WAGE REDUCTIONS DISCUSSED
INFORMALLY BY TRADE CHIEFS
Some Industrial Leaders Believe Present
Schedules Should Be Maintained; Others
Favor Downward Revisions.

of no concerted action to cut wages;
that I'VE see no necessity for wage re-
auctions, and this company is disposed
to resist program of this character
Mr.. Chester added that IT do not in
tend by this statement to indicate a
Slight reduction approaching the re-
duced cost Of living should receive no
consideration on the part of those in
dustries in which wages are such a large
proportion of productive cost"
An important transportation execu-
tive believes that railroad wages will
and must come down, but that this
will help conditions, since there will be
no layoffs-rather there will be in
creased hiring, with a consequent
spread of money to satisfy the demands
Of more people.
The textile industries have been par
ticularly cited for wage reductions B.
B. GoSsett, head of the Gossett Mills
and of Chadwick Hoskins Co. In Geor-
gia, says he knows of no general plan
to reduce wages in the industry, but
says sit Is true there have been scat
tering wage reductions in North and
South in recent months, averaging per-
haps 10 per cent in the South, but I
am positive there Is not now, nor has
there ever been, any concerted action
in this direction in the Southern branch
Of the industry.
II do know, however, that the atti-
tude Of leaders generally, in the North
and South, is to cooperate in every
proper way in the effort to put the in
duStry on a more stable and profitable
basis, making possible fair returns to
stockholders and better wages to en-
ployeS."
Effort at Sterilization.
M. Pendleton, vice president Of the
American Wooden Co., one Of the largest
textile units, with plants in New Eng
land and elsewhere, says briefly that
I'VE do not contemplate any change in
our present wage schedules"
William d. Anderson, head Of the
Bibb Manufacturing Co., said his COM
pany has no plans to cut wages gen.
orally, and we shall avoid such action
unless driven to it by the necessities
arising from competition or by the re-
fusal Of the buying public to pay a fair
price for merchandise, based on its
present COST"
There seems to be no doubt that in
dustrial leaders are trying to keep wages
and employment up. One executive
said, however, that the philosophy that
high wages are necessary to prosperity
is wrong. He insisted that prosperity
brings high wages. He pointed out
that the depression Of 1921, where
wages were quickly and drastically cut,
proved his opinion, pointing to the
rapid recovery at that time. He said
the handwriting on the wall reads lower
wages: not greatly lower, but neverthe-
less down.