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The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-26
mrs. A. MACDONALD,
| PIONEER OF GLENCOE
| DISTRICT, SuCCUMBS
70-Year-old Woman Dies ot
Pneumonia After illness Of
Only a Few Days

Mrs. Annette Macdonald, widow OF
the late Alex Macdonald. pioneer In
the Glencoe district. died at q local
hospital at 10:30 o'clock Friday night
! Her death was caused by pneu-
monia. She was brought to the local
hospital Monday. Until that time
she had been In good health.
Mrs. Macdonald was 10 years old.
Her husband. who died last July a.
was prominent pioneer of the SEN
ate. At one time he was state SEN
ator from Emmons county and had
served as land. commissioner under
Governor John Burke.
Mrs. Macdonald, nee Annette
Smith, was born in Knox county,
Missouri. July a., 1861. She moved
to a. farm near Glencoe with her fam
lily in June. 1883. She was married
to Mr.. Macdonald at Glencoe Dec. Is,
1885. and had lived there since.
She leaves two daughters and two
sons, Mrs. w. G. Robinson, Mrs. s..
8. Tracy, and Donald Macdonald, all
residing at Braddock, and william
Macdonald, Moffit. She also leaves
two sisters. Mrs. George Day, Bri-
tin. and Mrs. Pearl Tracy, Santa Ana,
Calf.
Funeral services will be conducted
from the Glencoe church at 2:30
o'clock Sunday afternoon, with Rev.
John Mcdonald, Hazelton, officiat-
ing. Interment will be made In the
Glencoe cemetery.
Mrs. Macdonalds body will lie In
state at Perry,s Funeral Parlors Sat-
urday evening.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-26
SENATE COMMITTEE
SAYS BROKER LOANS
ADDED TO DISTRESS
Reviews Circumstances Lead
ing Up to Stock Market
Collapse in 1929
OFFICIALS ARE RAPED
Report Asserts They Failed to
investigate With View to
Future Action

washington, Dec. 26.-tPl-A SHARP
criticism Of federal reserve author
tiles on the ground they failed to act
promptly to prevent a recurrence o1
the stock market panic in 1929 game
Saturday from q banking sub-com.
mittee.
It was coupled with the assertion
that intensive participation u banks
in the securities market had exag.
gerated business fluctuations and un-
dermined economic stability.
The report assailed the "very
significant and miSchievous role
played by brokers loans for the &C.
count of others during the initiation
period and asserted no investigation
was launched by federal reserve
authorities with view to controlling
them in the future until the senate
ordered an inquiry by the special
banking subcommittee, headed BY
Senator Glass, Democrat, Virginia.
The committee in its report made
no definite recommendations, but
pointed the way for remedial legisla.
ton which Glass expects to Introduce
this session.
Members of the subcommittee
were, in addition to Chairman Glass
Senators Norbeck; Republican, South
Dakota; Townsend, Republican. Della
ware; Walcott. Republican, Connec-
ticut, and Bulkley. Democrat, Ohio.
The Glass committee found banks
almost unanimously opposed to fur
ther restrictions on bank investments
in securities. IS
The report said "the almost uni
versal response" to QUESTIONABLE
sent out by the committee was that
present restrictions were sufficient.
The committee gave figures to show
that investments Of banks In securi-
ties outside Of the government. rail-
road and public utility groups have in
creased considerably in the last dec
ade.
It's check up covering 1880 showed
that practically half Of the security
Investments of the banks were outside
this field, whereas LESS than 40 per
cEllU WdS ~ AlSCSVCO " yCobo 0VAOAV
1.-THE increase in holdings outsids
of these groups was especially marked
in the case of smaller institutions,
it said.
A study of security loans, the COM
mittee found. indicated that such
advances have been major element
in American banking only since the
World war;"
Shows Purpose Of Loans
The report said that a QUESTIONABLE
showed much the larger part OF Sc
curity loans were not made for COM
mercial, industrial or agricultural
uses, but rather for the purpose OF
carrying securities"
It added that few banks find It fea-
sible to classify these loans according
to purpose with any precision.
Continued on page eleven)
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-26
PARTICIPATION BY U. 8.
is HELD UNLIKELY

Washington, Dec. 26.-(R)-Parttci-
patton by the United States to the ex-
tent of sending an official delegate to
q world conference on German repair
ations was regarded Saturday as un-
likely in view of the consistent atti-
tude of the American government
that reparations and war debts are
not directly interlocked.
There was lack of official infor-
nation or comment but some observ-
ers assumed Washington might be
asked to send an unofficial observer,
even should the conference be con-
fined to Germany and those nations
directly affected by reparations pay
ments.
It has been anticipated In official
circles the reparations powers prob
ably. would find 1t necessary to meet
in view Of the report made by the
Basel committee as to Germany's ca
pacity to continue reparations pay
ments.
That such a conference Of the rep
arations collecting powers might lead
toward further negotiations as to
other intergovernmental debts would
also seem possible In the official view.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-26
Weather's Vagaries Play Leading
Part in Annual Christmas Pageant

morrow was warmer" in most
eastern spots, and the middlewest,
too. looked for higher tempera-
tureS.
Accidental deaths numbered
1877 or more, mostly due to motor
car crashes. An unusually large
number of automobiles were drawn
to the highways by the holiday
and the mild weather. There
were two major motor car crash
es. seven dying In a grade crossing
accident at Batavia. N. Y, and
eight being killed at Charlotte,
N. c.. when a train struck .
loaded automobile.
OF the fatalities more than 100
resulted from automobile mis-
haps. OF these. approximately
half occurred In the middlewest.
Burns, falls and fireworks were
among the causes of death. Nine
were reported dead from poison
liquor. Five Of the holiday liquor
fatalities were In Pittsburgh.
Among the injured was Estelle
Taylor. former wife Of Jack
Dempsey. She was hurt. but not
seriously. in q motor car collision
in Hollywood, Calf.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-26
COMMITTEE NAMED
TO HOLD HEARINGS
ONDRY LAW REPEAL
Senator Blaine, Wisconsin Wet,
Appointed to Direct Sen
ate Inquiry

Washington, Dec. 26.-P)-A senate
judiciary sub-committee was created
Saturday to hold hearings on meas
ures for the repeal and modification
Of prohibition.
Chairman Norris chose five mem
bers, headed by Senator Blaine. Re-
publican, Wisconsin; to hold hearing;
shortly after Christmas on the vari.
GUS prohibition bills before his com
mittec.
Other members are: Senator Borah
Republican, Idaho; Herbert, Republi-
can, Rhode Island; Ashurst, Demo-
crat, Arizona, and Walsh, Democrat
Montana.
Among the measures the sub-com-
mittee will consider are a resolution
by Senator Bingham, Republican
Connecticut, to repeal the 18th
amendment; a bill by Bingham to al
low physicians to prescribe malt
LIQUORS for medicinal purposes up to
one half pint alcohol every 10 days:
and & third to regulate the sale OF
wood alcohol.
Norris also appointed a sub-com-
mittee to consider Bingham's resolu-
ton to provide machinery for national
referanda, and q resolution which
would require that amendments to
the constitution, proposing to give the
federal government additional power
over individuals, must be ratified by
state conventions rather than legtsla-
lures.
A subcommittee Of the senate
manufacturers committee, headed by
Senator Metcalf, Republican, Rhode
Island, has been appointed to hold
hearings after the holidays on an
other bill by Bingham, to legalize
per cent beer.
Blaine, an opponent Of prohibition
said he would not open hearings until
he has completed a bill to modify the
Volstead act.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-26
JAPS HALT DRIVE
ON CH|NCHOW AND
Fight IS AVERTED
Military Chief Silent But View Is
Diplomats Now Have Up-
per Hand

Mukden, Manchuria, Dec. 26.-(P)-
The japanese advance on Chinchow
appeared Saturday to have been halt
ed once more.
authoritative sources said most de-
tachments Of the army Of occupation
driving towards Chinchow in q cam
paign against Chinese irregulars had
been withdrawn to the South Man
churian railway zone and that a
major conflict had been ayerted fe.
the present.
The only troops remaining In the
territory southwest Of Mukden, it was
said, were a battalion at Tienchuang-
tai and force operating east OF
Liaochung.
General Shigeru Honjo's headquar-
tiers were silent on this development
but informed circles construed 1t as
an indication the conflict over pos
session Of the three eastern provinces
was being waged around the worlds
council tables.
Dispatches from Tokyo represented
the japanese foreign office as de-
ploring the latest communications Of
the United States, Great Britain and
France on the grounds they tended
to foment the problem rather than
settle It. .s+
Japan was expected to reply her
intentions toward Chinchow had been
m!sinterpreted but that she must
press on In her drive to wipe out ir-
regular elements In the area between
Mukden and the great wall.
The Tokyo press quoted Minister OF
War Sadao Arah as saying 80 TAI
as the military authorities are con-
cerned our attitude, as often an
nounced heretofore. remains un-
changed and any such interference
viii not affect cur policy in the least. .
It was understood the statement
stresses the point Japan is making
every effort to avoid hostilities at
Chinchow and still has hopes the law
less elements will be removed by some
means other than force.
It emphasizes the Importance OF
maintaining peace and order in Man.
clauria but tells the three powers In
polite terms Japan makes no promises
to alter her stand in Manchuria as
long as japanese lives and property
Continued on page eleven)
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-26

Pasadena, CAL. Dec. 26.-(R)-When
Prof. Albert Einstein, the bushy-
haired little man with the sagging
suit and complicated mathematical
equations, arrives in California Sun
day, he hopes he will be recognized
only as an ordinary scientist, taking
advantage of the research facilities OF
the California Institute of Technology
and the Mt. Wilson observatory.
In correspondence with the men at
the two institutions, with whom he
will work, Prof. Einstein has request
ed he be spared the, publicity occa-
stoned by his first visit to the United
States. He Is ,desirous of pursuing his
studies with all the time that will be
available.
Prof. Einstein avoided New York 50
that he might be spared the ordeal OF
interviews and receptions.
Just what Prof. Einstein's plans are
is not known to either the staff Of
the California institute or the Mt
Wilson observatory.
I'VE will endeavor to respect DR.
Einstein's wishes. whatever they may
be-" said DR.. Robert A. Millikan, ia.
nous physicist who is head Of the
California institute. "All the facili-
ties of the institute will be at hi
command"
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-26
|CHILEANS SUPPRESS
COMMUNIST RIOTING
President Esteban Orders Radi-
cal Agitation Crushed in
Country

Santiago, Chile. Dec. 26-(R-A
communist uprising against the gov
ernment of President Juan Estcban
Montero led Saturday to an order
that radical agitation be crushed
throughout Chile.
It was the official reply to an out
break in which almost q score OF
persons were killed and many more
wounded Friday in Atacama province
where soldiers and carabineros de-
feated communists in two battles at
Copiaro and Vallenar.
A large band of insurgents, armed
with two machine guns and other
arms, was still hiding smoewhere on
the Pampa, back of Copiaro and was
being hunted by troops who feared
it might raid some small village.
They were the survivors of we'll
organized group that seized the
Copiaro barracks and held them for
three hours before they were dis
lodged in an attack In which II per-
sons, two of them women bystand-
ers, were slain during severe hand
to-hand fighting.
In Vallenar, communists fired on
police. killing one and wounding
others, when the latter ordered them
to break up a meeting. They bar
ricaded thenlselvs In large build
ing and gave battle until carabineros
routed them out, inflicting moro
casualties. The carabineros were
working under orders from Santiago.
to "dislodge the reds and wipe out
agitation. using whatever force Is
necessary"
A fire in Rancauga, which de-
stroyed block of buildings, was first
attributed to the radicals but later
was said to be of other origin. Re-
ports Of troubles in the coal region
Of Lota Coronel were denied. Anto-
fagasta was said to be quiet. The
cabinet met lengthily to direct an In
vestigation Of the trouble.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-26
WOMAN JUROR IS
DECLARED GUILTY
IN EFDERAL court
Judges Assert She Periured Self
in Order to Get on
Foshay Panel

Minneapolis, Dec. 26.-(F)-Mrs
Genevieve A. Clark, only woman
juror in the recent Foshay trial, Sat.
urday was held in contempt Of court
on grounds she committed perjury
when examined for service with thu
panel.
She was sentenced to serve six
months in the Ramsey county Jail ir
st. Paul by Judges Gunnar H. Nord-
bye and John B. Sanborn of federal
district court and fined $1,000. They
ruled that the middle-aged housewife
had given false and disarming" an
swers when examined as prospective
juror, concealing among other things
that she was former employe of 9
F'oshay firm.
1t was Mrs. Clark'S insiStence on &C.
quittal Of w. B. Foshay, Minneapolis
promoter, and six associates, which
resulted in disagreement and dis.
charge OF the jury after weeks de.
liberation In the trial of the sever
men on mail fraud charges. The II
male jurors all voted for conviction
on all II counts.
A stay OF AZ days was granted By
the court which added that while
her conduct was reprehensible, We
must recognize the fact that it has
IN large measure, carried with i,
its own punishment.
Mrs. Clark" it went on, "has
brought upon herself the contempt OF
the community In which she lives
not because she voted for the acquit-
tai OF the defendants in the F'oShay
case-but because her vote was not
believed to represent her honest con-
vtction based on the evidence and the
law"
Defendant Listens Calmly
While Mrs. Clark listened calmly
the opinion of the judges was read
They found that information regard
ing one Of the governments CHIEF
witnesses In the Foshay trial had been
conveyed to her during its course by
her husband, D. D. Clark, real estate
operator. Mrs. Clark had been placed
In custody of a bailiff with other jur-
ors but was visited frequently by her
husband.
Mrs. Clark told the jurors that the
witness, G. M. Coble, Omaha account
ant, had once been instrumental "in
sending an innocent man to prison.
They also emphasized evidence that
the husband had some time before
the trial, which began in September,
had business relations with two of the
defendants. Foshay and Palmer Mar
by.
Mrs. Clark was employed by one OF
the F'oshay enterprises a few months
before they went into reccivership in
November, 1929. She had also been
employed by a St Paul bank some years
previous where Marby was frequent
visitor.
The decision disregarded her testi-
mony that she had forgotten" her
employment under Foshay and point
ed to testimony Of other persons ex-
amined as jurors the same day that
she had expressed as anxious to serve
on the jury because OF special rea-
sons"
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-26
Find No Clues in
Search for Slayer

Cincinnati, O.. Dec. 26. = R =
Friends Of little Marian Mclean
gathered for her funeral services Sat-
urday as police found themselves ap-
parently no nearer than ever to soiu-
ton Of the kidnapping and staying OF
the six-year-old girl. The gifts that
had been ready for Marians Christ
mas lay untouched at her home. Her
estranged father and mother, reunit-
ed by their common grief. were at the
home Of relatives at Elsmere. KY
near here.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-26
|ENCYCLICAL LETTER
| CONTAINS CALL FOR
| UNITED CHRISTENDOM
Pope Addresses Appeal Particu-
.IarIy to Churches Of East.
ern Europe
STRESSES BELIEF IN VIRGIN
Says Mary Must Be Accorded
Reverence Properly Due
Mother of Cod

Vatican City, Dec. 26.-(P)-A plea
for union among Christian churches
the world over was issued Saturday
by Pope Plus XI in an encyclical en-
titled LUX VeritatiS" (The Light of
Truth).
Although it was addressed particu-
larly to the Eastern churches, it also
was addressed to "all our brothers and
most beloved sons who are departed
from the Apostolic See," a call for re-
turn to lone fold under one shepherd
- to that true faith which is jeal-
ously conserved, secure and inviolate,
in the Roman church."
I'VE recall to those who govern
flocks separated from U.s." the pontiff
wrote, that the faith which their an
cestors solemnly professed at the
council of Ephesus is conserved un-
changed and Is strenuously defended
now as in the past by this supreme
cathedral of truth. It is neces-
sary that all good men unite in Jesus
Christ and in his mythical spouse, the
church, with single, uniform and
sincere profession"
Appealing to Protestants to vener-
ate the Virgin Mary, the pope said:
Are they perhaps ignorant of or
do they not reflect attentively upon
the fact that nothing can be more ac-
ceptable to Jesus Christ than to
venerate her according to her merits,
to love her deeply, and to study our
selves so that through initiating her
most holy example we may gain her
valuable protection?"
Speaks to Mothers
| The pontiff addressed special .ap-
peal to modern mothers:
Those mothers of modern times
who are annoyed by children and
marriage bonds and who have Will
fled and violated the duties which
these impose, will find it particularly
useful to lift their eyes to Mary and
Continued on page eleven)
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-26
Bandit Accidentally
Kills His Accompice

Pittsburgh, Dec. 26.-tP)-A bandit,
using his pistol to club store owner,
Friday shot and killed his accom-
plice.
The weapon discharged as Morris
Wolf was hit on the head. The bull
let struck a man left to watch the
door.
j. L. Keenan,, 81. Youngstown, o..
was arrested as he attempted to flee.
He said the dead man was J. F. Gull
lian, %, youngstown.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-26
Gopher Testifies
To Mild Weather
Tribune Special Service)

\x1IUOuC 0pCOA0A OASASSJ
Falkirk. N. D.. Dec. 26.-The
unusual sight Of a gamboling
gopher here last week is mute
testimony to the unusual mild
ness of winter in North Dakota
this year.
Gophers ordinarily are hiber-
mating underground in North
Dakota at this time Of the year.
Andrew Schafer, who saw the
little animal here, said "he
seemed to believe it was spring
as he was running happily"
Many residents in this district
have reported seeing meadowlalks
recently, which is almost as un-
usual as the appearance Of the
gopher.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-26
PRAY OR co HUNGRY

Kendalvillc, Ind. Dec. 26.-(H1--It
Is pay or So hungry as far as Lawson
Brickley. restau-anteur. Is concerned.
II floa.ers can't recite the Lords S
Prayer from memory they are shown
the door.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-26

FIRE CAUSES HEAVY LOSS
Swift Current, Sask., Dec. 26.-(R)c
Fire Of undetermined origin Friday
demolished the Empress hotel here At
an estimated loss of 100000.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-26
youngstown Man Dies
In Local Hospital

Joseph Brilz. resident of Young
town. Morton county. died In q local
hospital at 4:30 o'clock Saturday
morning
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-26
THREE MEET DEATH
IN PERUVIAN RIOT

Lima, Peru. Dec. 26.-(F)-Three
persons were killed and six wounded
in a communist riot at Trujillo on
Christmas eve, the correspondent for
the newspaper Ell Comercio reported
Saturday.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-26
The Weather

Mostly cloudy, slightly colder to.
night; Sunday probably fair.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-12
OPERATION CURES /.
POISONING CASES
Medical Association Told of
Surgery Used to Remove !
Mercury.
BY HOWARD w. BLAKESLEE,
Associated Press Science Editor.

PHILADELPHIA, June 12.-Discov-
cry of an operation somewhat resem-
bling appendicitis that cures some
| hitherto fatal cases of bichIoride of
mercury poisoning was described to the
American Medical Association today.
The operation is called cecostomy.
and enables physicians to wash the poi
son out of one CT the, vital parts of the
body. 1t was reported by Samuel Ber-
! ger, M. D., and his associates, H. S.
Applebaum, M. D., and A. M. Young,
, M. D.. of the Department of Medicine
and Pathology of Mount Sinai Hospital,
Cleveland.
They studied 1853 cases of bichloride
OF mercury poisoning, seeking to learn
exactly how the internal organs are
harmed or destroyed They found that
in large majority OF those who lived
beyond the first "a hours after swallow
ing the bichloride, death was due to
the gangrenouS condition of the lower
intestine.
Poison Removed.
They therefore devised an operation
to head eff the poison before Il reached
this position. BY making an incision
In the same place as that Tor Appendix
cltis. they reached the cecum, sort
of pouch close to the appendix.
The cecum is the site of a valve. so
that 1t is gate between the small and
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the large intestines. The poison, after
leaving the stomach, has to pass down
through this gate before the fatal gan
creme can be produced.
This passage they prevented by keep
ing water flushing the pouch contin-
uously, washing out the poison as fast
as 1t approached the gate. They re-
ported that several patients who were
expected to die had been saved.
Promptness Necessary.
DR.. Berger emphasized that the OPP
Grafton was successful only when per-
formed within a few hours after the
poison had been swallowed. Those upon
whom it was performed after two days
or more all died.
An X-ray method Of detecting lead
poisoning in babies and children in
time to save them from the worst eff
fects was reported by Edward c. Vogt
of the Infants and Childrens Hospi-
tails, Boston.
Infants, especially in the teething
season." he said, will suck toys, chew
furniture and woodwork. If sufficient
lead paint is ingested in these ways,
anemia and symptoms CT encephalo-
Pdtuy OSfCAOp. IeI NcIGSO dppStlIc OlteH
follows. Some children thus addicted
show evidence of mental deficiency.
There are many other sources of
lead poisoning instance, cooking
and eating utensils. lead nipple shields
used by nursing mothers and possibly
certain cosmetics"
Mites Garry Typhus.
The x-ray shows the gathering of
this lead in the system by dark band
at the growing margins of bones. The
band is deposit of lead.
Proof that tiny mites living on rats
are transmitters of endemic typhus
fever was submitted by Bedford Shcl-
mire. NJ D., of Dallas, Tex, and Walter
E. Dove, NJ. D., of the United States
Bureau CT Entomology, Charleston,
S. c.. This fever, they said. recently has
been observed in various parts of
Northeast Texas. It is not the virulent
type of typhus.
The mites previously had been sus-
pected, but the positive evidence. was
not found until recently.
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rum TO AMERICANS"
HELD NO OFFENSE
Lawyer Offers Plea and Wins Capt.
Downey's Freedom on
Bribery Charge.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LIVERPOOL, Nova Scotia, June 12.-
After hearing counsel for the defense
assert that it was no serious offense ito
feed a little rum to the Americans" a
jury acquitted Capt. George Downey Of
bribery early today and disagreed on
charges Of smuggling liquor.
Charges of bribing q public official,
conspiring to smuggle, inducing an
other to be concerned IN the illegal
landing of goods and being concerned
in such landing, were brought against
Can't. Downey. Harry Low of Windsor,
Ontario, and j. Ross Byrne, local law
yer. Byrne was exon Grated by grand
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jury. The case grew out of seizure of
carload of liquor, valued at $4,000,
seized in the railway yards at Truro,
N. S.. last December.
You are asked to convict man who
had something to do with satisfying the
thirst OF the great United States pun-'
lie" said A. w. Jones. counsel for the
defense, in his summation. "You can
not feel 1t serious o.fense to feed a
little rum to the Americans. Their
mouths are always open. AR the whisky