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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-02-19
EXECUTIVE BOARD
OF THREE IS ASKED
Traynor's Bill Would Make Ad-
ministration Board Appoin-
tive by Governor

Elimination of the secretary OF agri-
culture and the superintendent Of
public instruction and ex-officio men,
bers Of the state board Of administra-
ton is proposed In a measure intro
duced in the North Dakota House
Wednesday by Edwin Traynor. Ram
sey county I. v. A.
Under the bill, the board would be
composed Of three appointive members
only, each to be named by the govern
Or for six years, a provided by the
present law. The governor Is en-
powered to remove members for cause.
The measure, II enacted into law,
would become effective July l, 1881.
At present Secretary Of Agriculture
and Labor Joseph A. Kitchen, and
Superintendent Of Public instruction
Bertha r. Palmer are the ex-officio
members Of the board, which has gen.
eral supervision and administration
over the state penal, charitable and
educational institutions of the state,
and general supervision Of public and
common schools.
In addition to the ex.officio men,
bers there are on the present board
three members appointed by the gov
ernor. The bill makes no change In
the board as far as the appointive
members are concerned.
The board was created by the 1919
legislature.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-02-19
BELIEVE They HAVE
TRAIL OF KIDNAPER
California Officials Seek Man
Seen with Girl in San Mar.
COS Vicinity

San Diego. Cal, Feb. 1e.-{R-
Shertff's officers Thursday picked up
what they believed to be q trail Of
the kidnaper Of Virginia Brooks, 10,
who disappeared Feb. IL while on her
way to school here.
Sheriff Carl Klindt Of Escondido
reported an automobile driven by q
man about SO years old had been seen
twice Wednesday near San Marcos,
CAL, and that in the car was q girl
resembling Photographic likenesses Of
the Brooks girl.
Two Escondido merchants told
Klindt the first time the car passed
them, the man was sitting on the
girls feet holding her down with his
hands. The second time, the mer-
chants automobile was stuck in tho
mud on q narrow road. They told
the deputy that when they tried to
halt the other car 1t increased its
speed and struck the front fender Of
their automobile.
In both instances the man was said
to have been holding the girl down on
the seat.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-02-19
CHANGESPLANNED
FOR CONSTITUTION
Premier Aznar, Now in Control
of Situation, Will Call
Local Elections

Madrid, Feb. 19.-R-Limited re-
vision and modernization Of the
Spanish constitution Of 1875 Is ex-
pected from the new government Of
Premier Juan Bautista Aznar whose
monarchist ministry meets Thursday
evening in its first formal session.
1--WE shall call municipal elections
first" Admiral Aznar said Thursday.
Then we shall have balloting for
provincial populations and finally
parliamentary elections"
The parliament probably Will be
brought together several months from
now, but will not have the power OF 9
constituent cortes" demanded by the
Republicans and parties Of the left.
They wished it to decide II Spain
should continue q monarchy or
should become q republic.
The premier said reforms Of GER
tain clauses Of the constitution OF
1876" would be asked but he did not
indicate which clauses he referred to
or what would be the effect Of the
changes.
The new government has succeeded
Ia its one day Of life In restoring .
iemblance of order although virtual
martial law continued Thursday. and
NE suspension Of the constitutional
guarantees was maintained.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-02-19
CHARGES COLLISION
PREVENTS PROBE OF
P0STOFFICE LEASE
Answer to Insulting Question
From Blaine Refused by
Harry New

Washington, Feb. 19.-F)-A fiat
charge there is collision to prevent
q second grand jury investigation Of
the st. Paul commercial station pos
tai lease was made Thursday by
Chairman Blaine OF the senate COM
raittee investigating thaslease.
Cross-examining former Postmas-
er General New, Blaine Bxida "chain
OF circumstances Was growing In
strength to show there was collision"
to prevent the second investigation.
Blaine's charge followed q sharp
clash with New, In which the latter
asserted the committee chairman was
insulting"
Blaine questioned New at length
about reports submitted by postal In
spectorS sent to investigate the lease
after a grand jury had found EVIL
dence Of fraud and recommended q
full investigation.
The committee chairman said the
inspectors sent to st. Paul by New
had criticized the first grand jury
which found evidences of fraud in the
lease.
New insisted he had sent the in
spectors TO obtain the truth. After q
long cross examination, Blaine asked:
do you still contend the inspectors
were not sent to place a construction
on the evidence that would discredit
future Investigations"
THAT question:" New said, lis al
most insulting, and not worthy Of
answer"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-02-19
Designer Is
Killed in Trial Hop

Roosevelt Field. N. r. Feb. 1o.-R
-Emry Davis, designer Of . mystery
plane. took his glider into the air
Thursday for the first time and was
killed when 1t crashed. Carl Nelson.
his co-pilot, was slightly injured.
The ship, q tandem monoplane
glider with an odd, sQuare-shaped
fuselage and front and rear wings Of
equal length, was being towed by an
automobile when 1t nose-dived to the
earth. Davis, q man Of u, came here
q couple Of years ago and refused to
tell anyone the details Of the innova-
ton he was tinkering with.
The glider was about only 50 feet in
the air when It crashed.
Field officials estimated that DUR
ing the last two years the inventor
spent about 100000 on hts glider.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-02-19
ALBERT W. BENHAM
FACES INDICTMENT
'One-Man Mint at Belvidere, ILL.,,
Accused Of Operating Con-
fidence Game

Be1videre, ILL.,. Feb. l9.-(ReThe
spectacular rise Of Albert w. Benham
from a shipping clerk to q financial
wizard" had an aftermath Thursday
in his indictment by the grand jury.
Benham, variously called "the one
man mint" Prosperity A." and
Midas" because his business, extend
ing over q period Of two years was
reputed to have paid investors as
high as 50 per cent interest, was &C
cused Of operating q confidence game
and obtaining money under false pre-
lenses -Four true bills were returned
by the county grand jury.
A bench warrant for his arrest was
issued. Benham, who described his
business rs that Of buying up bank
rupt stocks at low prices and selling
them quickly at large profits. was
missing, but his friends said that he
would return to face tho charges.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-02-19
SON IS WITNESS IN
MOTHERS HEARING
14-Year-oId Says Mrs. Anna
Arnot Acted Peculiarly Since
December, 1925

Glasgow. Mont. Feb. 19.-R-
Fourteen-year-old Robert Arnot took
the witness stand Wednesday In his
mothers sanity hearing and said she
had acted peculiarly since the failure.
In December. 1925, Of banks In which
his father was interested.
The mother, Mrs. Anna Berrigan
Arnot. Is charged with the poison MUIR
der Of her. husband, J. z. Arnct. last
August. II found sane Mrs. Arnot
viii be tried on the charge.
The boy said his mother, after the
bank crashes. called him and his
brother baby names. He testified
that on the night his father died he
was at a tourist park and was wax
ened by his mother. She asked him
II he WIS all right and II he wanted
TO come home.
It seemed she had just left, he said,
when he heard the fire alarm which
led to the discovery Of his fathers
body. partly burned, on a heap Of
rubbish in the basement Of their
home.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-02-19
UNDECIDED ON HOW
MUCH TO ALLOT TO
Counties, HOWEVER
Majority Of Senate Group Fa-
vors One and Half Cent to
County Provision
VOTE TO DELAY FOUR BILLS
Majority, Minority Reports on
Gas Tax Bill to Be SUBJ
mitted to Senate

The senate state affairs committee
Thursday approved the four-cent gas
tax bill, but stood divided OF what
amount Of the tax should be appor-
toned to the counties.
A majority Of the committee favor
ed an amendment to the bill to pro-
vide for epportionment Of one and
one-half cents of the four-cent tax
to the counties, while minority adj
vocated an amendment to give coun-
ties one and one-third cents Of the
tax. Under the present law, counties
receive one-third of the three-cent
tax.
Majority and minority reports will
b. submitted to the senate. While
both reports approve the bill. they
will contain the respective amend
lnents on the amount Of the tax to be
apportioned to counties for work on
county highways and bridges and cul-
verts leading to federal aid and state
aid highways.
Senator p. j. Murphy, Walsh, Of
fered the minority amendment, while
Senator j. X. Brostuen, Mckenzie
Williams, submitted the majority
amendment.
Senator G. A. Miller, Mc1ntosh-Lo-
gan, told the committee that although
he favored ap%portioning part of the
tax to counties, that some Of the
counties were not using the funds for
proper purposes. He charged that In
his county, the one-cent now appor-
toned out for county road aid was
being used for county highway work
where 1t serves best for political pur-
poses.
The committee voted to Indefinite
" postpone a measure by Senator A.
F. Bonzer Jr., Richland, providing
for placing registration of motor
vehicles with county ~treasurers. in
stead of the state motor vehicle regis
trar.
Senator Bonzer's bill to unity the
motor vehicle registration laws also
was indefinitely postponed.
Senator Dell Patterson's bill to tax
contracts FOR sale Of personal proper
ty on the installment plan was In
definitely postponed, and similar ac-
ton was taken on a bill by Senator
j. H. Burkhart. Ward, to provide for
use of radio broadcasting stations by
state officials and candidates for
state offices at a cost not to exceed
SO an hour.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-02-19
MITCHELL FAV0RS
TAPPING OF WIRES
BY DRY LAW FORCE
Attorney General Tells Commit
tee Of Ordering Procedure
in Certain Cases

Washington. Feb. 19.-P-Wire
tapping by prohibition agents In Ger
tain cases was approved before the
house expenditures committee Thurs
day by Attorney General Mitchell.
The attorney general told the COM
mittee he issued an order Jan. 10.
permitting wire tapping in special
cases when approved by the head Of
the bureau involved and the assistant
attorney general in charge Of the case.
This order, he testified, was issued
to remove q discrepancy in the regu-
lations for the investigation and pro-
hibition bureaus. The former bureau
prohibited the practice under a 1928
regulation while it was permitted in
the prohibition branch.
Mitchell said he had not felt he
was in a position to establish an
iron clad rule" so left 1t open for
consideration Of the bureau heads in
volved lin specific cases."
Assistant Attorney General Young
quist, In charge OF prohibition, testi-
fled he had approved wire tapping In
three specific cases since the order
Of Jan. 10.
This was done, he said In the alb
Sence Of Director Woodcock of the
prohibition bureau.
Woodcock told the committee wire
tapping had not been brought to his
attention until a question was asked
about it before the appropriations
committee in December.
The bureau has a group of men
who supervise wires to obtain evi-
dence," he said. He approved the
new order of the attorney general
and added he agreed wire tapping
should be used only in special cases.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-02-19
FATHER OF WORTH
LUMRY SUCCUMBS
o. H.. Lumry, 70. Is Victim OF
IParalytic Stroke Wednes-
day in Florida

O. n. Lumry, 70, father Of Worth
Lumry, 81 Third street, died We'd
nesday afternoon at Lake Worth, Fla.
following q paralytic stroke. accord
ing to information received In Bis
marck. Mr.. Lumry had left Tuesday
for Florida, upon receiving word OF
his fathers illness.
Mr.. Lumry vas q pioneer resi-
dent Of Garrison, Mclean county. and
for many years was engaged In the
implement business there. Since re-
firing some years ago. he has spent
much Of his time In Florida and In
visiting his children. He continued to
manage his farm near Garrison,
usually spending the summer months
there.
Besides his son Worth. MI. Lumry
leaves two daughters, Mrs. John WILL
son, Lewiston, Mont, and Mrs. VII
liam Gross, Helena, Mont, as well e.
several brothers and sisters.
Funeral services will be held at the
old family home at Kearney, Neb.,
and interment will be made there be-
side the grave Of his wife, who died
q number Of years ago.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-02-19
CROWDED. CALENDAR
CREATES need FOR
LEGISLATIVE SPEED
Capitol Bin Passed Wednesday
by IS to " Vote; Will Be
Signed Soon
TO BE effective At ONCE
TwlchelI Invokes Rule Against
SWEET; Objects to Enforce-
ment for Himself
TO BE EFFECTIVE At ONCE

With the capitol building bill Dub
OF the way, the house OF representa-.
tives OF the North Dakota general as.
sembly planned their first niehh
meeting for Thursday.
A crowded calendar and the neces.
sity OF disposing Of all bills introduced
IN the house by the fiftieth day Of the
session was the reason for the over.
time work on the part Of the law.
makers.
The house passed the capitol build
Ing bill Wednesday by q IS to II
count with one absent and not voting.
The measure is being enrolled and
probably will be presented to tho
governor for signature on Friday or
Saturday. 1t will become effective
as soon as the executive signs 1t.
The first test vote was on the
adoption Of the senate amendment.
which restored the emergency clause
to the measure. This carried by a n
to IS count and the bill then was
placed on final passage.
The emergency clause was attached
to the bill when 1t was introduced but
was lost when the house failed to give
it the necessary two-thirds majority
when the issue was presented In that
body.
Before the vote Wednesday, L. L.
Tw1chell. I. v. A. leader, pleaded tina.
a two-thirds majority be obtained on
concurrence in the amendment to
avoid any litigation which might
arise because only a majority adopted
the amendment.
Tw1chell stated that only a MAJOR
ity apparently was necessary to adopt
the amendment. but since It involved
an emergency provision which itself
required a t~wo-thirds vote, 1t would
be well to have q two-thirds major
ity on concutTing with the seuata
proposal. He said this would be q safe.
guard against such an action should
it be brought in court.
Speaks For jamestown
There was no discussion on the bill.
but Arthur J. Rulon, Jamestown I. v.
Continued on page nine)
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-02-19
Tribune Offers
Aircraft Booklet

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the general information about avia-
ton that is s. widely desired, as In
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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-02-19
F0SHAY INDICTED ON
FRAUD CHARGE With
HALF DOZEN OTHERS.
Company He Headed, with In
terests All Over Continent,
Failed in 1929
IS GRANITE QUARRY MANAGER.
Man Who Set Out to Be Artist
Became Financial Wizard
and Lost Fortune

st. Paul, Feb. l9.-(R-A man who
set out to be an artist and then be-
came q financial wizard who built
and lost a fortune, Thursday stood
indicted by q federal grand jury as
the result of his enterprises.
He Is Wilbur B. Epshay, president
Of the w. B. Foshay company of
Minneapolis. which controlled numer-
Gus public utilities in the United
States. Canada and central America.
The company went into the hands Of
q receiver in November, 1923.
Indicted with Foshay yer six
former officers Of his companies. all
named in connection with the sale Of
the firms securities, through use Of
the mails. They are H. H. Henley,
r. j. Andrus, II. e. McGinty. Palmer
B. Mabry, H. F. WEIGH and G. w.
Salisbury.
Stock Worth $50, 100000
From art student to financier- head
Of utilities whose stock had an esti-
mated value Of $50, 900 marked the
career Of Foshay. As q youth he had
turned his ambitions to art study but
while he was at Columbia university,
his father suffered financial rdCerses
and the son had to 60 to work.
After four years in the employ Of
the New York Central railroad in
New York city, his boyhood home,
Foshay gained his first experience
In public utility operation while work.
ing for a gas company at Tarrytown,
N. Y. This led to executive positions
With electric companies at Wichita,
Kans, San Francisco and Portland,
Ore.
Coming to Minneapolis in 1917. he
organized a company to own, operate
and manage public utilities and to
finance them through sale Of Foshay
securities to the public. Within a
year the enterprise had acquired util-
tiles in Minnesota, South Dakota,
Kansas and Nebraska.
Sold For $25,O ZOO, 900
These properties were sold to east
err interests and a new chain or
ganized, and the latter va sold In
1927 for a sum represented to be
$25, 00O, 900. Another grouping began
and 1t continued until its affairs be-
came 50 involved it was placed In re-
ownership.
One of the prides of Foshay's pro-
jects was q So, o 600 32-story office
building, known as the Foshay tower.
in Minneapolis. It followed the de-
sign of the Washington monument
and also Is q memorial to George
Washington.
Foshay now is manager of a gram
tie quarry near Salida, Colo.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-02-19
Bill Would Boost
Loans Available

Washington, Feb. 1o.-ReThe
veterans loan bill would allow
World War veterans to borrow up
to half the face value of their
bonus insurance certificates.
President Hoover and the treas
ury estimate approximately 81
000,000,O00 will be borrowed. II the
measure becomes q law.
Veterans Administrator Hines
believes 2,550,000 veterans Of the
more than 100000 holding the
adjusted service certificates would
avail themselves Of the loans.
Interest on the loans would be
charged at I Ia per cent instead
Of six per cent Is now.
Veterans now are allowed loans
up to "a IL per cent Of value Of
bonus certificates.
The average loan available to .
veteran would be $500.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-02-19
GUARANTY FUND BILL
FAVORED IN HOUSE
iBiII for Subdepositories in Bank
less Towns Is Postponed
by Solons

House bill POS. q measure limiting
the time Of filing claims with the
state guaranty fund commission. and
providing for the administration OF
the funds of the commission and re-
ceivers' certificates issued by the COM
mission, and the transfer Of residual
funds Of the commission to the state
treasurer. was acted upon favorably
by the house committee on banking
at q meeting held Wednesday night.
The bill was approved by the COM
naittee after several minor amend
ments had been added.
The bill providing for s~ubdeposi-
tories Of state banks In towns where
no banking facilities were available,
was indefinitely postponed by the
unanimous vote Of the committee.
Proponents for the bill, both for and
against. had been heard at several
previous meetings Of the committee.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-02-19
Unscrupulous Lawyer Is Condemned
As Accomplish IN Crime by Editor

Chicago. Feb. 1o.-F-The UNI
abused editorial page Is one Of
the desdliest weapons that can be
used against crime and corrupt
politics, William Southern, edi-
tor Of the Independence, Mo-. Ex-
arniner told the Inland Daily
Press association Wednesday.
His talk ended . program
which was scheduled to be re-
sumed Thursday with speeches by
q. A. Ewing. president Of the Ma
tional Livestock Marketing ASSOC
ciation; Prof. II. r. Rush Of the
University Of Illinois, and George
I. 9cherger Of Armour institute.
Southern directed his attack on
dishonest lawyers who ovcrstep
the bounds Of professional ethics
by defending criminals who re-
tain them in advance TO the
crimes they commit.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-02-19
LEGISLATURE FACES
HEAVIEST SLATE OF
WORK this SESSION.
So Measures on Calendars Of
Both Bodies and a in House
General Orders
NIGHT MEETINGS PLANNED
Action on Bonzer.Cain Compro-
mise Highway Bill Expected
in Senate Soon

North Dakota's 22nd legislative as
sembly Thursday was confronted
with the heaviest slate Of business Of
the session.
With l6 calendar days remaining
before the end Of the 60-day session,
there were 81 bills on the senate CAL
endar Thursday. while in the house
there were a measures on the calen-
dar and 81 in general orders.
Two Sundays VI included in the
remaining days Of the session. leaving
q net Of IA working days, including
Thursday. After the 50th day. which
will be Feb. "a, the assemblies must
act on legislation approved by the
opposite house. The joint rules Of
the two branches provide that no bill
that shall have passed one house shall
be sent to the other for concurrence
after the 50th day.
Start Feb. 3
Under this rule, the two assemblies
will confine their work to action on
legislation passed by the opposite
house starting Feb. Is, the 51st legis-
lative day. The session ends March
9Th.
A night meeting may be held In the
house Thursday night to dispose Of the
numerous bills that have accumulated
on the calendar and in general orders.
Night sessions also were in prospect
In the senate.
Committees were working at top
speed disposing Of measures by in
definite postponement or recommenr
datton FOR passage. The assemblies
are acting rapidly OF these committee
reports, with indications that the
calendars Of the two houses will grow
proportionately heavy within the next
few days.
Much Of the major legislation be-
fore the legislature remains to be
acted on.
Members generally expressed q sigh
Of relief over the disposition Of the
capitol building bill, on which final
legislative action was taken Wednesday
The measure is expected to be signed
by the officers Of the two houses, and
then be sent to the governor for sig
nature.
Highway Bill Up
One Of the outstanding bills of the
session was on Thursdays senate
Continued on page nine)
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-02-19

Lawyers must eliminate from
their profession" he said, the
type Of lawyer who accepts . client
In advance Of the crime, for he
becomes . partner In the crime.
I believe this partnership consti-
tutes tho largest individual cause
for crime"
Fred schilplin. st. Cloud. MIMI,
Times, was elected president Of
the association ct. the late We'd
nesday afternoon session. Other
officers are A. o. Lindsay. Quincy.
H., Herald Wing, vice president:
Verne Joy, Centralia, ILL.,, senti-
mel, member Of the board Of d.
rectors to fill the unexpired term
Of Mr.. Lindsay: other directors
(three-year terms). A. N. Clapp.
Clinton. Iowa, Herald; H. II.
Bliss. GAINESVILLE, Wis, Gazette:
Fred Naeter, Cape 0irTardeAu.
Mo-, 3. 2. Missourian.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-02-19
Report on Garrison
Bridge Bill Adopted

The house Thursday afternoon
adopted q minority committee report
recommending for passage . bill ap-
propriating t177,000 for construction
Of the Missouri river bridge 1T the
big Bend" near Garrison.
Motions to indefinitely postpone
and amend the bill were voted down,
after considerable argument.
The bill now goes on the calendar
and probably will be voted on Friday.