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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-02-27
100 Attend Thursday
Mandan Elk Program

approximately 100 Mandan Elks at
tended the annual past Exalted Rul-
ers' night program in Mandan Thurs
day and honored j. J.. Nygaard,
Jamestown, official district deputy
Grand Exalted Ruler.
Nygaard, on his annual inspection
tour of the Elk chapters within the
state, was the guest of the Mandan
group at the initiation services for
two.
Appearing on the program the
Mandan community chorus of "a
members sang three vocal numbers
and were followed by a Boy Scout
demonstration by Mandan troops.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-02-27
Soldier Loan Bill
Enacted Into Law
Despite President
Continued from page !,

tCOntlTueu from page -
soldiers were in line to apply hours
before the veto.
Although General Hines has not CIV
En- an official opinion on the question,
it was said at his office the accept
&c opinion" was that the certificates
would have to be two years old before
being eligible for loans. as under
regulations governing loans hereto
fore. This would affect numbers of
holders.
Word of the new law went forth
quickly to the "a regional Offices Of
the bureau. so applications could he
accepted at once.
Checks for the loans will he r1ailcd
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-14
pAROLED CONVICT
QUICKLY TAKEN
AFTER ROBBERY

SAN FRANCISCO, May Ia. W.p)-
The American Trust company
branch bank in the San Francisco
Chronicle building on Mission street,
was held up shortly before noon to-
day.
Jacob Kessler, 25, said to be
paroled convict. was captured two
blocks from the bank and was
charged with the crime.
Officers said they found $4,000
taken from the bank in Kessler's
possession. Kessler once served a
two-year term in Folsom peniten-
tiary for a Los Angeles robbery, ac-
cording to local police records.
Bank employees identified Kessler
as the man who entered the insti-
tuition, approached Charles James,
teller, pointed a gun at him and
demanded:
Give me all your big money
quickly"
James stuffed a bag with curren-
cy and Kessler grabbed it, ran out
side and jumped into taxi. A po-
lice officer saw Kessler enter the
cab with the money bag and, when
he heard the bank burglar alarm,
he followed the cab.
AS Kessler got out of the cab and
was paying the driver, the officer,
Sergeant Chamberlain, covered"
Kessler with his gun and then
placed him under arrest.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-14
LABOR ISSUES
WARNING UPON
WAGE SLASHES
Official Asserts Strikes
Must Be Expected If
Cuts Continue.
BY United Press

The American Federation of La
Dor started today a definite move
against reduction of wages, threat
ening strikes if reduction are not
abandoned, as several companies
announced cuts we're necessary.
The Goodrich Tire and Rubber
company has effected a 10 per cent
wage reduction in the past two
months and the Goodyear company
has had reductions over a similar
period ranging from 5 to 20 per
cent. These companies were point
ed to by the A. F. of L. which ar
gued that reduced wages would on
" curtail buying power and delay
prosperity.
At Mansfield, Ohio, 1900 employ
ees of the Empire Steel Corporation
are on strike after per cent
wage reduction. The company op-
ates an open shop" and the work
ers now are demanding a union
lied plant and asking affiliation with
the Amalgamated Association of
Iron, Sheet and Tin Workers of
America. They refused to accept
suspension of the five per cent re-
duction.
Street railway employees in St
Louis have voted to strike Tuesday
if the company maintains its policy
of a 10 per cent wage reduction
The company proposed to pay the
employees 90 per cent of their sal
airy and add the 10 per cent later
if profits warrant.
Meanwhile, the Montreal Star, in
a front page editorial. today an
nounced it would dismiss no en-
ployee without cause and said one
employee would be added to each
department The newspaper sug-
gested other prosperous business
concerns adopt a like policy to
foster greater buying power.
WASHINGTON. May IA. U.p)A
demand for drastic consideration
and drastic action" to halt "the
wage cutting policy urged by GER
tain banking interests and certain
employers" was made last night by
the executive council of the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor. with the
intimation that unless such action
is taken labor will not feel bound
to use its influence further against
strikes.
This appeal, with pointed advice
to workers to resist to the fullest
extent any and all attempts to re-
eiuce wages and lower American
living standards" was inspired by
reported announcement of substan-
tial reduction in wages" by the
GOODYEAR and Goodrich automobile
Tire companies.
Such reductions. the council
charged, are in direct violation of
the explicit pledge made following
the market crash by industrialists
to President Hoover. At that time,
representatives of the employer
class promised not to cut wage
scales during the depression. Since
then there have been numerous re-
ductions, particularly in recent
months
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-14
WHIPPED GIRL
WHO C0NSORTED
WITH HUSBAND

LOS ANGELES. May IA. U.P)--
Found guilty of switching Miss Lois
Fournier, young stenographer. with
a tree branch, Mrs. Mary Baxter
today faced sentence on a battery
charge
When Mrs. Baxter faced Judge
Georgia Bullock she freely admitted
administering the switching and
said she did it because Miss Four
nier went to Tijuana with Harry C..
Baxter, public accountant and hus-
band of the defendant.
Mr.. Baxter and had been mar
ried % years and couldn't stand
for anything like that" Mrs. Bax-
ter told Judge Bullock. Il had
warned her 70 keep away from my
husband but the warnings were not
needed. I cut a switch from tree
and went to her home. / think /
was justified in thrashing her.
Mrs. Baxter said she learned her
husband and Miss Fournier were in
Tijuana because her daughter,
GLADYS Baxter, %, was at the Mexi-
can resort and accidentally met her
father and the stenographer.
The girl told her mother and the
switching of the stenographer fol-
lowed on March %.
Sentence will be passed tomor-
row.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-14
WOMAN ACCUSED
in POISON CASE
GIVEN ACQUITTAL

LOS ANGELES, May IA. U.P)-
The asserted poisoning to death OF
August Lindstrom, retired lumber
man, remained a mystery today af-
ter a jury acquitted Mrs. Anna
Erickson, AZ.
Mrs. Esther Carlson. co-defend-
ant with Mrs. Erickson on murder
charges, died before she could be
brought to trial, but as she lay on
her deathbed efforts were made to
determine If she were Mrs. Belle
Guinness, alleged killer of IA persons
on an Indiana farm.
Lindstrom, testimony showed, had
enough arsenic in his body to kill
10 persons
The retired luInbernan died un-
der apparently natural circum-
stances several months ago, but a
son, Charles Lindstrom of Chicago,
ordered the body exhumed from its
Williams, Ariz., grave. and then the
discovery of the poison in his sys-
TEN was made.
Mrs. Carlson was LindStrom's
housekeeper. Shortly after his
death. it was discovered that she
had withdrawn $4,000 from a bank
account held jointly in the name of
Ljndstrom and Mrs. Carlson, testi-
mony showed. Mrs. Erickson was
given $500 of the sum, according to
her own admission.
There the thread of evidence
stopped. The prosecution attempt
cd to prove assertions of a druggist
that two women resembling Mrs.
Carlson and Mrs. Erickson had
tried to purchase arsenic. but the
Jury refused to believe Mrs. Erick-
son guilty.
The woman tainted as the verdict
was read. She was led sobbing
from the courtroom by her two
children. Ernest, 16. and Emma, 13,
who sat by her side through the
proceedings.
Despite Identification by two men
of the body of Mrs. Carlson as that
of Mrs. Guinness. authorities here
remained unconyinced she was the
Indiana murderess, and the invest
igation was dropped with her fun
eral yesterday
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-14
EXPERIMENTS OF
DIR. NICHOLSON
WILL CONTINUE

PASADENA, Cal, May IA. U.p)-
The last major work of DR.. Albert
A. Nicholson, noted scientist who
died here last Saturday. will be car
ried to a conclusion, DR.. Francis C.
Pease. who aided Dr. Nicholson,
said today.
DR.. Michelson's experiments III
measuring the velocity of light not
only will be continued but appear to
be completely successful. according
to DR.. Pease.
1t was while conducting his speed
of light tests on ranch near
Santa Ana, Cal, that DR.. Michel
son collapsed in the illness which
resulted in his death.
The program for which Dr.
Nicholson worked will be carried
out to the letter" DR.. Pease said.
observations will be continued un-
til sufficient experiments have been
made for compiling the vN~city Of
light. About three-fourths of the
necessary observations have been
made at the present time.
DR.. Pease estimated that the re-
naming observations will be finish
ed within a month. After the work
is done, the scientist said, it will
be necessary TO determine the ey
act measurement of the mile-long
vacuum tube used for the flashing
of light beams by an intricate sys-
tenn of mirrors.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-14
SOiOns Excited
During Meeting
Continued from page II

numerous uncontested measures to
pave the way for adjournment to-
morrow afternoon.
Mining stock will remain under
jurisdiction of Californias blue sky
law, the assembly mining commit
tee decided, when it tabled a bill
by Senator Bert A. Cassidy, Auburn.
Senator Cassidy, bitterly assailed
by corporations and others who
claimed it would open the door
for a flood of wildcat mining
stocks" blamed Governor Rolph and
his administration for writing the
bill, handing it to him to be intro
duced, and then abandoning it in
the face of certain defeat.
Endorsed by police officials of
the state, the bill connecting major
police headquarters of the state by
teletype communicating system
for fast action in crime detection,
was given final approval by the as
Sembly. The measure, by Senator
j. I. Wagy, Bakersfield, calls for an
appropriation of $l73,500 for the
teletype system, which will be
hooked into the state bureau of
criminal Identification at Sacra-
mento.
The secret divorce, or press gag
bill, of Senator c. c. Baker, Salinas,
enabling attorneys to file divorce
complaints in general terms with
out giving specific charges. was
approved by the assembly on mo-
ton of Assemblyman Bert B. Sny-
der. Santa Cruz.
Two men who served sentences
in San Quentin prison for crime
they did not commit will be paid
S7,S46 by the state for damages, un-
der bill passed by the senate last
night.
The men were pardoned January
5 by Governor Young as one of the
last acts of his administration
The men are Walter E. Evans and
Miles H. Ledbetter, convicted in
Los Angeles county and sentenced
November 7, 1929 for terms of one
to IA years
Both houses continued to strug-
gle through bulky calendars today,
with indications that the sessions
would continue until early tomor-
row morning.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-14
Items Of News
About Town

Ma ior Shoup is here from Pasa-
dena to look after property belong
ing to the Mrs. Rex B. Clark estate.
J. Goldfinch, who owns property
in Ell Centre, is here for few days
looking after his holdings.
U. S. Grant, president of the U.
s. Grant Auto Equipment company,
is a business visitor in the valley
today. II. J. Besinger, assistant
branch manager of the Firestone
company. and w. D. Johnson, mer-
chandising manager, also are visi-
tors at the u. S. Grant plant here
today.
Leroy Holt. president of the
Bank of America, who has been Ill
for the past 10 days, is reported as
being somewhat improved in health.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-14
BABY BANDIT
MAKES ESCAPE
FROM POLICE

LOS ANGELES, May IA. U.P)-
Willie Soslofsky, l3. known as the
boy bandit" escaped from Juvenile
hal, with another boy by crawling
over a roof ard down a wall, 1t was
revealed today.
Young Soslofsky gained notoriety
here when he was arrested after
wounding youthful accomplice in
crime with a revolver shot.
Willie, who came here few
weeks ago from New York, con-
fessed to a number of burglaries
enroute, according to police.
Only this week he stood before
Juvenile Judge Samuel r. Blake
and replied II won't promise you
nutting." when judge attempted to
make Willie promise to mend his
ways.
Today when the breakfast roll
call rang out in Juvenile hall there
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-14

was no answer to the name: willie
Soslofsky."
An examination of the windows
of Willies dormitory and the ad-
joining roof told the story of the
escape of young Soslofsky and
James Smith of Long Beach.
Soslofsky came to Los Angeles
with Nicholas Duane, Is, also of
New York. They staged robbery
and secured a room together When
Nicholas threw a basin of soapy
water on Willie the latter failed to
see the humor and ir1licted minor
bullet wound on Duane. who called
police.
Police said the two youths con-
fessed to almost so burglaries and
holdups. some of which probably
were products of youthful exagger-
alton. A number, however, were
traced to them.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-14
Chimney Sitter
Breaks Strike
TOXIC May IA Oil

TOXIC, May IA tU.p)
-Hiroshi Chiba, chimney sitting
striker, descended from his perch
atop a smokestack of the Japan dye
works today after the settlement of
strike in which he joined with
hundreds of fellow workers. He was
taken to hospital to recover from
his vigil of SIC hours and % min
utes.
Chiba had been deaf to pleas of
fellow workers and the police to
leave the chimney. which he climbed
May as a protest against the COM
pany's treatment of workers, al
though friends feared for his life
because of the cold weather.
Other employees had gone on
hunger strikes, going without food
until some tainted on the streets.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-14
File Protest On
Lettuce Rates

LOS ANGELES, May IL. UP
Complaints against alleged unrea-
sonable rates charged by the South
ern Pacific company for the trans
portation of lettuce in carload lots
from Guadalupe TO Los Angeles
were on file today with the state
board Of railroad commission.
Six Los Angeles shippers and
handlers Of produce were complain
ants. They were the Safeway
Stores, Inc, Consolidated Produce
Company, Ltd, Kings Baker Broth
ers company. Louie Produce COM
pany. Rivers Brothers company.
and Myers, Darling 81 Hinton.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-14
Daily Reports
OF Finance And
Grain Markets

LOS ANGELES. 1day IA. dJP)-
Fractionally lower prices featured
moderately active trading on the
Los Angeles Stock Exchange.
Claude Neon, which sold at l7ls
up a, was the only issue to register
gain during the morning hours.
Transamerica, on a turnover OF
$500 shares. old Ii ,. dropped back
to ia, and then recovered to rs,
off ls. from the previous close.
Standard OIL of California was
the most active of the oil issues
with sales of 2200 shares. II de-
clined to 377s. off a.
Southern California Edison lost o
point, selling at Az.
Other prices included:
Union OIL l67s. off j.: Union AS
sociates 16, off Is; Rio Grande As
off y; and Southern California
Edison &C.. 27h, off Is
NEW YORK. May IA. U.P)-
Sweeping declines in railroad shares
today sent that group to new lows
Tor the year and directly affected
the entire stock market.
In the downswing United States
Steel came near the LOG mark-new
low ground since 1924. Rumors
have been circulated in Wall Street
that U. S. Steel corporation planned
sharp wage reductions and that the
dividend would be reduced to IS an
nually at the next dividend meet
ing. These could not be confirmed.
Losses ranging TO more than a
dozen points were made in the rail-
road shares, Pere Marquette prior
preferred being the heaviest loser at
SIS, off Z, and new low.
CHICAGO, May IA. (U.P)-In-
creased pressure on wheat after
midday sent prices tumbling on the |
board Of trade. today, stop loss |
orders being picked up and the close !
was aross.ld t-le bottom at sharp |
loss July led the decline and was |
down to SIC at one time. The un- |
dertone was heavy. Weakness at |
Liverpool coupled with the forecast |
for showers in the northwest and a |
weak stock market precipitated the !
decline. Corn and oats weakened |
early on the favorable crop weather !
and were carried further when |
wheat slunped. The northwest was
q heavy seller.
At the close wheat was Ia to 17sc
lower with May &c off, corn was
5s to Csc lower and oats were
down 4 to &C lower. Provisions
were about steady.
May wheat old closed at 821a,
corn may old .579l, and May oats
old .27ss
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-14
Slayer Suspect
Coming T0Coast

UNIONTOWN, Pa. May IA. U.P)
Henry Yardley, Uniontown, was ex-
pected TO leave for California today
in custody of Detective William
Lloyd, San Diego. Cal. to face
charges Of murder in connection
with the strangling of Mrs. w. B.
Dolly Bibbens, last April IA.
The return was delayed four
days because Of an error in hand
ling the extradition papers. After
the papers had been signed at Har-
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-14
EDUCATOR CHOSEN

CHICAGO, May IA. U.P)-Dr. M.
B. Visscher, professor of physiology
at the University of Southern Cali
fornia. today was named professor
OF physiology and head of that de-
partment in The College of Medi-
cine of the University of Illinois,
effective July /. He will fill the
vacancy created by the death of DR..
George r. Dreyer.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-14

Has Operation-J. R. Wade un-
derwent an operation for appendl-
citis at the FL Centre hospital TINS
morning. His condition is salts
factory so lar. according to at
taches at the hospital. He is an
employee at the Marsh Dry Clean-
ing plant.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-14
Activity Started
In Liquor Drive
Continued from Page ID

small child at the time of the Md,
was not molested.
Fines Imposed
Officers expressed the opinion
that Garrison and partner have
maintained several beer establish
mentS about Ell Centre.
Of four alleged bootleggers ar
rested near Brawley in raids Ttes-
day afternoon, Bill Williams this
morning paid 5000 fine after
pleading guilty, A. l.. Waldrep was
sentenced to the county jail for so
days when he could not pay a fine
Of 5000, l.. G Davis is on $3.50 bond
TO appear before Judge II. B. Griffin
Saturday morning, and Judge Una
Bailey of Westmorland will hear the
case of Anne Davis, arrested on
Judge Griffins Alamorio crossing
ranch, this afternoon. Judge Grif-
fin decided that he is not qualified
to hear evidence against the 23-
year-old Davis woman because she
was arrested on his ranch.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-14
Girl Prisoners
Quit RefOrmatOry

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, May IA. (U.H
Seven of the 80 girls who escaped
from the Alabama training school
for girls yesterday, by climbing
fence during a riot of inmates, re-
turned to the institution today.
Police said they would make no
organized search for the others, IN
the belief the fugitives, penniless,
would voluntarily give themselves
up when they tired of their free
dom.
Affairs at the institution settled
into the usual routine with a new
superintendent, Mrs. T. +. Adams,
Red Cross executive, In charge.
Yesterdays riot occurred after
the resignation of Mrs. Ira Cham
pion as superintendent. She had
been under flE on maltreatment
charges.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-14
DISORDERS IN PERU

AREQUIPA, Peru. May IA, W.P)-
Violent disorders broke out during
general strike today. Two were
killed and several injured. The mob
stormed the prefecture and sub
prefecture of police, capturing them
and destroying the furniture.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-14
BASEBALL SCORES
American

At Chicago
Philadelphia o.. 600 221 0OO-5 o
Chicago ............ 600 002 0OO-2 7 !
Walberg and Cochrane; Frasier,
Lyons, Henline and Tate.
At Cleveland
Washington 90. 030 00l i00-5 9 0
Cleveland ........ 020 600 01i-4 /
Jones and Spencer; Miller,
Thomas and L. Scwell.
At Detroit
Boston .............. 900 004 00O-4 i3 .
Detroit .......... 0l0 l0l 000-3 IL 0
Turham, Lisenbee, Moore and
Ruel: Hoyt, Herring, Sullivan and
HayWorth.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-14
REPORT MANY
KILLED DURING
EGYPTIAN RIOTS

CAIRO, Egypt, May Il. U.P)-
Violence broke out during the first
elections today since the new con-
stitution was promulgated October
%. 1890.
The police were compelled to fire
on a rioting mob, wounding num-
erous persons in the native districts
during the forenoon.
The rioters demolished several
buses. Schools and many shops
were closed.
Houses of voters were attacked
and considerable damage reported.
Thirty were reported to have
been killed and many wounded.
The police used machine guns
against rioters at the railway work.
shops. Rail service was disrupted.
Those dead in the rioting were
reported to include three English
police.
Cairo was filled with troops to-
day. Important buildings were un-
der guard, while students were pa
rading in the streets and taking
part in various demonstrations.
Serious disturbances were report
ed in the provinces.
BY nid-afternoon the workshop
trouble had been suppressed. Po-
lice denied that any had been
killed, but admitted several had
been seriously wounded. 1t was
learned q woman was killed.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-14
Charged With Bean Theft

TRINIDAD, Colo. U.D - j. l..
Warburton faces charges OF grand
larceny. He is charged with the
theft of $500 pounds OF be1ns'
valued at S64.50.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-14

The field of Kanota oats owned
by Boyd Stewart. Nicasio, Marin
County, was four feet high on April
] and Just coming into bloom.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-14

risburg they we're returned to San
Diego.
The accused man denied any
knowledge of the murder.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-14
National

All games postponed, bad weather.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-14

Voters in Burns Valley, Lake
County. failed to carry a $4,000
school bond issue by six votes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-19
|VEPERSONS HELD
IN DRY LAW RAIDS
Police Activities Staged With
out Use of Hired Liquor
Informers.

The Police Departments first raids
without the aid of hired informers re-
suited in the arrest of five persons on
liquor charges last night.
The policemen who figured in the
raids did their own informing" with
the result that two white men and
three colored persons were taken into
custody.
Members of the police force furnished
the Information on which the raids
were made after two informers had
been dismissed several days before By
Inspector T. A. Bean, chief of the vice
squad
Early discontinuance of the use of
informers in enforcing the gambling
and liquor laws appeared probable last
night following the five arrests.
William E Winstead, 40, of 1920 e
street and Clyde Shaft, 25, of the same
address were arrested on charges OF
possession of 5 gallons of liquor. The
arrests were made in a raid on house
in the 500 block of H street after Po-
liceman T. M. McVearry had made a
purchase. of alleged liquor.
Two unidentified colored persons were
arrested in house in the 2600 block
of Sherman avenue after Policeman
Herbert G. Wanamaker had bought a
small quantity of alleged whisky.
Another person arrested on liquor
charges was William Jones, ST. colored
2100 block of Tenth street, who was
taken into custody after a policeman
had made purchase at his home.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-19
BOY BROWNS IN POND
NEAR RAILROAD SPAN
Rescue Squad Fails to Revive
Victim Taken From Stag
nant Water.

A 14-year colored boy was
drowned last night in stagnant pond
off the Potomac River near the rail-
road bridge, just south of the site OF
the new George Washington Memorial
Boulevard.
The boy. Henry Hewlett, 6O2 Morton
street, was bathing close to the bank
when he slipped off ana sank in IL
feet of water.
Albert Young, IL, also colored. 638
Morton street. ran to a signal tower
on the railroad line, where aid was
summoned. The fire rescue squad
dragged the pond for half an hour be-
fore the body was located by Jesse
Sprouse, 814 Connecticut avenue, q
volunteer diver.
Members CT the squad worked over
the body for some time in a vain effort
to save the boy. He vas pronounced
dead by a physician summoned from
Emergency Hospital,