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The Bismarck tribune., 1931-09-15
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GRAPE CONCENTRATE
| BY DRY Law CHANGE
Texas Senator Prepares II
Launch New Prohibition
Issue At Next Session

Washington. Sept. 15.-(R-Prohi-
bition's perennial shadow crept to-
ward the next congress Tuesday as
Senator Sheppard, Democrat, Texas.
said he would press legislation aimed
at the sale Of fruit juice concentrates,
which turn readily into wine.
In addition, the co-author Of the
eighteenth amendment, said he would
urge q law making the liquor buyer
equally guilty with the seller.
He introduced bills to carry out
both aims at the last session. His
measure directed at concentrates
came too near the sessions close for
action and the other was shunted
aside.
Senator Sheppard said he believes
the Volstead act now prohibits the
sale Of concentrates for wine making
purposes but added he wanted all
doubt removed" s,,~ "
Mabel walker Willebrandt. formel
assistant attorney general In charge
Of prohibition enforcement, Is the
legal representative Of . grape con-
centrate concern. She told the
WickershAm commission her company
had authority under the law to make
and distribute its product.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-09-15
Forestry Officials Say ConfIag-
ration May Break Out
Despite Efforts
| BEGIN ON RECONSTRUCTION
Launch Work Of Re.Establish.
ing Families in Stricken
Area on Own Land

st. Paul, Sept. 15.-(ReFears that
fires might again break out in the
northern Minnesota areas devastated
by Fridays conflagration were ex-
pressed Tuesday by forestry officials.
While crews Of men launched q
reconstruction program aimed to re-
establish the $50 homeless on their
own land, other forces Of workers
were endeavoring to subdue bog
blazes which caused fires last week
that destroyed more than 80 homes
In four counties.
A. e. Pimley. chief Of fire preven-
ton In the office Of Grover M. Con-
1et, state forestry commissioner, said
every available foot Of spare hose In
Minneapolis, st. Paul and Duluth
had been rushed to the fire zone.
II talked with Mr.. Comet last
night" said Pimley. land he said
that after three days inspecting the
country south Of the border In Lake
Of the Woods, Beltrami and Koochi-
ching county, he feared q recurrence
Of the 1918 disaster would come un-
less the bog fires could be extin-
guished before heavy frost kills the
vegetation In the woods"
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-09-15
LOCAL WOMEN WORK
TO ASSIST JOBLESS
Organize Kitchen to Can Sur
plus Of Fruits and Garden
Vegetables

With more than 400 quarts OF
canned vegetables already placed on
shelves, ready to be distributed as the
need arises Bismarck's Community
Aid committee has begun drive for
conserving the supply OF garden
products which otherwise would go to
waste.
A request was sent out Tuesday tor
additional donations OF vegetables
such as tomatoes, green corn. string
beans, beets and carrots. Fruit also
could be utilized, it was said. More
cans will be needed also and those
having either vegetables or cans u
donate are asked to call Mrs. H. W.
Herman at 872. Boy Scouts or repre-.
sentatives of other organizations VIII
call for the materials
The North Dakota Power and Light
company has given the use OF III
demonstration kitchen. Work OF can
ming Is being carried on under the d.
rection Of Miss Wilma Barlow, home
economist for the company, assisted
by Mrs. r. j. 1iland.
In order that all charitable and
civic organizations may be given ar
equal chance in assisting with thu
work Of canning, schedule has beer
worked out, with q different organiza'
ton In charge each day. The Luth'
eran Ladies' Aid assisted with the
work Tuesday. with Mrs T. H stef'
fen and Mrs. A. M. Omdahl represent
ing the aid. Other helpers were Mrs
Herman, Mrs. Martin Smith and Mrs
Henry Swanson. There Is need to-
more workers and those wishing t<
contribute their services also ar
asked to call the number given above
Other groups who viii have charg'
Of the canning this week are: th'
Nonpartisan Women's club, Wednes'
day: the Mothers club, Thursday
the Independent Charities. Friday
and the Catholic Daughters, Satur'
day. The Methodist Ladies Az
worked Monday.
work will continue through mex
week, or as long as the supply o
vegetables holds out, the committee
said Tuesday. For next week an ad
ditional number Of workers will b
enrolled.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-09-15
REQUEST FOR Rate
BOOST IS Held Up
Railroad Board Suspends Plea
For Increase on Melons
and Vegetables

Proposal Of the railroads for an in
crease in North Dakota intrastate
freight rates on melons and vege-
tables, including potatoes, has been
suspended by the state railroad COM
mission.
The commission previously protest.
ed to the Interstate Commerce Com
mission against new carload ratings
on melons and vegetables issued By
the railroads to become effective or
interstate traffic Of that class In the
western district October Is.
SUSPENSION Of the proposed inter
state rates Is asked by the commits.
sion, pending investigation.
The proposed intrastate rates wert
ordered suspended for 100 days from
and after October Is when they vert
to have become effective.
The state commission claims there
IS no justification for increasing ths
carload Classification intrastate or In
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-09-15
Presents Views to Federal
y; Structures Group Meeting
in London

London, Sept. 15.-(F1-1n the soft,
deliberate voice which America heard
over the radio Sunday Mahatma
Gandhi Tuesday presented to the fed
eral structures committee Of the In
dian round-table conference his de-
mand for home rule and self-deter-
nination In India.
Speaking for that teeming mass he
has characterized as "1ndia's dumb
millions" he declared he had come to
London In spirit Of cooperation and
that he was determined to strive to
the utmost for an agreement.
II, at any time, he finds he Is not
serving q useful purpose he will with
draw from the conference, he said.
At this high point of his career, In
what was perhaps the most important
speech he has made, he demanded
complete self government for India
and granting Of all the other condi-
tions enumerated in the Karachi
mandate given him by the national
lists Of India.
India, he said, Is willing to remain
q partner in the British empire, but
that partnership must be such that II
may be terminated at the will Of eth
er party.
If God Wills" he said, ut will be
a permanent partnership, but at the
same time, the right to terminate the
association will constitute real test
Of the equality Of position enjoyed by
both partners"
Delegates sat In silence while this
frail person, who looked like medic.
val crusader In his white robes, de.
veloped his case point by point. rising
at times to eloquence which seemed
to surprise even his adherents.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-09-15
Community DRAMA
SOCIETY PLANNED
Persons Interested In Stage Ac-
tivities Invited to Join
Organization

A community dramatic society, to
be known as the Bismarck Players,
will be organized In the city In the
near future, according to John w.
Reel, director OF recreational activity.
The purpose Of the organization
will be to afford Bismarck residents
an opportunity to engage in dramatic
activities. A committee in charge Of
the project, named at q meeting last
Friday evening, includes Helen Vale,
Mrs. Henry ]. Duemeland, Mrs. +. H.
Waldo, Mrs. G. D. Dursema, Thomas
j. Burke, Harold d. Shaft, and Reel.
More than 40 representatives, Of vari-
GUS organizations in the city attended
the Friday night meeting.
All persons interested In the idea,
whether they care to take active part
in the organization or not, are invited
to attend the next meeing, the date Of
which will be announced by the COM
mittee after its next meeting Thurs
day.
I'VE do not hope to make finished
actors, or produce perfect dramatic
productions, the committee an
nounced Tuesday. Neither Is 1t the
intent to put on great number OF
plays. The plan Is more to enjoy the
plays that are produced. A recrea-
tional interest Is being catered to 50
that those caring for dramatics may
have an opportunity to express their
desire dramatically.
"At least two divisions viii be
formed. One will produce plays, and
the other will cater to those interest
ed In reading and interpreting plays
and other literary masterpieces.
Committees will be appointed to
select suitable plays, make costumes,
construct stage scenery, study the art
Of stage makeup, lighting, and other
stage effects, publicity and business
management, and such other activi-
ties as may be incident to the pro-
ductions.
Among the outstanding perform
ances planned for this season will b
a Christmas Play to be given on tho
night Of Dec. Is at the World War
Memorial building"
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-09-15
SUGGESTS CHANGE
IN MEETING time
OF W0MENS GROUP
Stats President Tells Fedora
ton Convention In Spring
IL Advisable

Fargo, N. D., Sept. 15.-(Hf-A
recommendation that the order Of
meetings of the North Dakota Fed
ration of Womens clubs be reversed,
the state convention being held In
the late spring and the district con-
ventions in the fall, was made at the
35th convention of the organisation
today at the Little Country theatre
North Dakota Agricultural college
by Mrs. Albert E. Jones, president.
In making the recommendation Mrs
Jones said several states had made
the change this year and that It had
proved very satisfactory. Another
recommended change In club pro-
cedure, made In her annual report
was that district presidents would
automatically become members Of the
nominating committee. As this now
stands, any member from district
may serve on this committee, hel
election being . matter Of district
choice.
Mrs. Jones spoke Of the response
Of all clubs to the different projects
that have been launched during the
past year under the federation aus.
pices "They are doubly valuable
she stated, lin that they were volun.
tary. The staunch support Of the
board, the council and the individual
club members IS what has made thu
organization grow and prosper"
Mrs. George F. Shafer, wife o1
North Dakota's governor, and Mrs
Jones were the featured speakers q
the formal opening Of the 35th con.
ventton Of the North Dakota fedora.
ton Monday night.
Little aS the world may thtnl
about 1t. the greatest thought build
ing institution in North America
the woman's club. When We Say
woman's club we mean the unit Of al
organized women's work." Mrs. Jone
said, presenting her greetings to tn
clubwomen Of city and state.
Mrs. N. G. Young, former presi
dent Of the federation, the only Far
60 woman to serve the state In tina
capacity, welcomed the visitors, an<
w. r. Black, q member Of the cit.
commission, spoke for Mayor A. T
Lynner, who Is absent from the city
Other speakers were Mrs. J. II. Nov
ius Of Lidgerwood. president Of tn
fourth district, and Mrs. r. A. d
Mars, st. Thomas. DR.. A. w. Rata
pastor Of the Presbyterian church
gave the invocation. Mrs. F. D. Hen
derson, Fargo organist, and Mrs. +
G. Harris, Cando. state music chair
man, and q vocalist, gave the musica
| numbers.
| Mrs. shafer. Mrs. Jones and th
state officers received the delegate
and visitors at q reception following
the opening program.
! Fargo clubWomen were hoetesseS.
The convention business session
opened Tuesday. A feature Of tn
day was the arts and crafts exhibi
and tea ct the Fine Arts clubhouse
the planting Of the Frances 6heldol
| Bolley Memorial tree and the earn
ival Of nations" at the agriculturs
/! college armOry.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-09-15
South Dakota Banker
Enters Penitentiary

Faulkton. s. D., Sept. 15.-(RE-
Thomas O'Brein, former president OF
the closed Hoven State bank. pleaded
guilty Monday to charges Of making
excessive loans to stockholders and to
two charges Of embezzling closed
bank funds. He was sentenced to
four years In the state penitentiary.
O'Brien was sentenced by Circuit
Judge J. H. Bottom to four years on
each of the two embezzlement counts,
involving sums Of $500 and $4,000,
respectively, and to three years on the
third count Of making excessive loans.
The sentences are to. run concur
rently.
In custody Of Sheriff Frank Nee
han, Potter county, O'Brieu was tax
en- to the penitentiasy ct Sioux tAlls
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-09-15
CAPITOL Commission
To Meet Here Sept. 19

Grand Forks, N. D., Sept. l5.-R)-
A meeting Of the state capitol build
ing commission will be held at Bis.
marck September 10, it was announc-
ed Tuesday by George A. Bangs.
chairman.
Architects recently selected by the
commission are expected to meet
with the board members.
Those who plan to attend are Mr..
Bangs, G. A. Fraser, and F. L. Conk-
lin, Bismarck, members Of the COM
mission, Frank L. Anders, secretary;
Joseph Bell Deremer. and Samuel T.
Deremer, Grand Forks, and w. =.
Kurke, Fargo, architects, together
with representative Of Holabird and
Root, Chicago architects.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-09-15
To Keep Treasurer's
Office Open Tonight

Offices Of the Burleigh county
treasurer will be kept open tonight
for the convenience Of those who wish
to nay their personal property taxes
before they are turned over to the
sheriff for collection, Clair q. Derby
announced Tuesday.
The offices will be open from Z p
m. to 8 p. m.
Delinquent tax lists will be sub
mitted to the sheriff Wednesday
Derby said, and immediate steps .t
collect them will be taken.
A penalty Of one dollar Will ot
added
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-09-15
Two Want Big Tax
On Larger Incomes

Washington, Sept. l5.-(R-A Re-
publican independent and . Demo-
cratic senator Monday Joined those
who are advocating tax legislation
in the next congress by raising the
levy on large incomes.
Senator Sheppard, Dem ocrat.
Texas, said he thought 1t the most
logical method Of meeting the pros
pective treasury deficit, while sena-
tor Frazier, North Dakota, said he
believed additional demands on huge
Incomes should have been In effect
long ago.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-09-15

Pestilence, Fear, Riots, Rauage Stricken City
Fear NelU Fires in
Minnesota Forests
Quarrel Adjusted
AS Divorce Nears

New York, Sept. 15.-R-
Bruce Bairnsfather, English car
toonist, and his wife, Cecille.
have made up. The reconcilia-
ton occurred just as Supreme
Court Justice Glennon was about
to sign the interlocutory divorce
decree granted Mrs. BARNS
father. In her suit she named
Constance Collier, English act
reSS.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-09-15
Candhi Asks Full Partnership for India
Doctors Puzzled by
Girls Long Sleep

Rio de Janeiro, Sept. 15.-Fe
Olga Storch Of Cangassu, Rio
Grande Do Sui. has doctors puz.
zled. She has been asleep for
three months. Although her
slumber seems to be normal, ef-
forts to awaken her have been
of no avail.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-09-15
Argentine Reports
Plague of L0custs

Santa Fe, Argentina, Sept. l5.-
R)-Swarms Of locusts have In
vaded 900 square miles In the Ar
gentine provinces Of Santa Re,
Cordoba and Santiago Del Es-
tero. threatening crop almost
ready for harvest, including
wheat, maize and sugar.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-09-15
YOuTH Is ExECUTED

Boston, Sept l5.-(ReFauI v. HUT.
ley, 20, was electrocuted at the
Charlestown state prison Tuesday Tor
the murder Of police officer. He was
the second youngest person ever 70
be electrocuted Ia Massachusetts,
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-09-15
BELIZE HANDICAPPED
lNI'S EFFORTS TO
REPAIR DAMAGE
Estimates of Dead Still Ap.
proach 1000; Exact Num-
ber Will Not Be Known
BURY AND CREMATE VICTIMS
american In Area Sends Warm
ing Critical Problems Still
TO Be Solved
BURY AND CREMATE VICTIMS

Belize, British Honduras, Sept. l5.-
PeManifold fears Of q food and
water shortage, an outbreak Of dis
ease and riots by stricken natives
Tuesday dominated Bellies efforts
to repair the havoc OF storm and
flood.
Estimates Of the dead ranged be-
tween 500 and 1000 with the prob
ability that ~hen outlying districts
are heard from the mortality list
will reach the latter figure. The
wholesale burial and cremation OF the
victims without Identification made
it likely the exact numbers never
will be known.
Diddier Mason, Pan-Ameri n
field manager, after q survey o. the
hurricane area, warned crltlcal
problems still remain to be solved
before the work Of reconstructing the
CITY. either on its present site or fur-
ther inland, can 60 forward unlm-
peded.
The food supply is running short,
he said. and the lack OF drinking
water Is serious. The danger OF dis-
ease could not be underestimated IN
his opinion and the possibility o.
trouble among the labortng classes
was q grave factor II. the work OF
relief.
Rehabilitation measures are pro-
ceedtn9 under the direction Of Brit
ish authorities and with the help o.
U. 8. marines and sailors. The Sal
walton Army has taken ever opera
tion OF SOUP kitchens to feed TIT
hungry. Doctors have coulmandeereo
10000 Rallons Of water stored on .
nearby key, Disposal Of the deac
and relief for the injured goes stead
ily forward.
Tho American Navy department has
ordered additional medical supplies
to be sent by airplane from the Pan
anna Canal Zone.
Commander q. H. Bowdey, Of the
e,lnboat Sacramento, reported Mon
day night additional supplies were
needed.
Commander Bowdey reported loca
authorities had the situation well II
hand and that disposal OF bodies
within the city had been practically
completed.
The commander reported that thu
governor of British Honduras hae
made arrangements to procure foot
from New Orleans and that nom
would be required from the Cana
Zone.
The British cruiser Danae will
supplies from the Barbados. was ex'
pected at Belize this afternoon to taxi
over the relief work.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-09-15
FIGHT TYPHOID OUTBREAK

Cleveland. Sept. 15.-(F1-Entrancea
were guarded at the state hospital
Tuesday as doctors and nurses fought
an outbreak Of typhoid fever that has
taken five lives and stricken l26 in
mates. Search for the source Of the
disease has been unproductive.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-09-15
0LD-TIME RESIDENT
OF COUNTY IS DEAD
Mrs. Anna B. Anderson, II,
Succumbs Tuesday; Had
Lived Here Many Years

Mrs. Anna b. Anderson, n, resi-
dent Of Burleigh and Kidder coun-
ties since 1880, died In local hos
pital at 3:45 q. m. Tuesday.
Death was caused by . complica-
ton Of diseases, from which she had
suffered for 10 years. She had en-
tered the hospital here Sept. S.
Born In Sweden March IL, 1854,
she came to Bismarck in 1880 with
Z group Of Swedish immigrants. In
the same year, she and August An
derson were married here BY Rev
J. o. Kavolin, pastor Of the Swedish
Lutheran church.
After living in Bismarck . while
Mr.. and Mrs. Anderson moved tc
Sterling and then Dawson, Mr.. An
derson being employed by the North
eru Pacific Railway company. Later
they settled on q farm south Of Still
In northern Burleigh county. and
lived there until the fall Of 1922
when they moved to Wing to 1--we
with their son, George.
Funeral services will be conducted
at tho Swedish Lutheran church b
Ecklund township. but definite ar'
rangements have not been made
pending word from relatives. Buria'
will be made in Ecklund township.
Eight children were born to Mr.
and Mrs. Anderson, six Of whom m
living. They are George Anderson
Ada Anderson, Wing; Roy Ander'
son, Still; Oscar w. Anderson, Power
Mont; Mrs. Clinton 6tillm n
Choteau. Mont; and Mrs. Beds
Burnett, Port Townsend, Wash. Mrs
Anderson also leaves her husband, x
grandchildren, and q brother. Pete
Myrblom, Ontonagon, Mich.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Anderson aI1k
Ada Anderson were at her bedside q
the time Of her death.
Mrs. Anderson was born neal
Gefle. Sweden, while her husband L
| q native OF sandviken, Sweden.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-09-15

Mexico City, Sept 15.-{R-Heavy
property damage and some loss OF lie
were reported Tuesday Is the result
of hurricane which swept the south
ern half Of the Lower California PEN
insula Saturday and Sunday.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-09-15

Cloudy and slightly warmer to
night; showers Wednesday.
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along here" He chuckled as he turned
to Peter. "Don't look as much like q
bull as most of US guys, does hep" he
said. cit takes all sorts to make a police
force. An with few million dollars IN
jewels and furs lyin' around behind half
an inch Of plate glass we'll"
Stopping and starting, still crawling,
their cab turned west at last. The traf-
f1c lights stopped them at Sixth avenue;
halfway to Broadway Charley tapped
on the window again.
"All right Here we are. Pay this
guy of, Pete. Next stop Heaven--or
the other PLACED"
They walked along and stopped ct
the door Of one Ct those old houses you
still find in the forties, the upper floors
Of which have been cut up into fats
that give transient shelter to Broad
ways birds of passage. Charley took q
key from his pocket and opened the
door.
zone on mel" said Purdy. "But this
isn't my stamping ground. Of course"
Peter, utterly mystified, still was con-
scious of chilly fingers travelling up
and down his spine. Whatever was
coming was coming soon.
Quiet, now" said Charley. Go easy
on the Stairs-tread light-put your
toes down first, and If you hit q loose
step skip it. ALI the way to the roof.
He led the way; Peter and the other
detective followed. It was astonishing
to find how light of foot the big detec-
tive was; to mark the way he avoided
any sound. On the topmoSt landing he
paused to listen; tiptoed to each Of two
doors, and bent an ear attentively al
each keyholes
Nobody home, I guess" he said. "All
right"
He reached up and drew down the
ladder tha4 led to skylight and so To
the roof. Peter, too excited to be think
ing, to be specializing, even, as to the
meaning Of what was going on, followed
They crossed the roof, stepped across a
low parapet and down to the roof OF
the corresponding house in Forty
eighth street Now their procedure was
reversed, until they found themselves
on the top landing. But Charley did
not lead the way down the stairs.
He took another key from his pocket
instead and opened the door of the
front flat--the one whose windows,
Peter saw, must face the street.
The room was musty; both windows
were closed, and fiat, stale smell Of
disuse hung in the air. Light came, in
termittsntly, from a flashing electric
sign, and Peter saw that this was a
cheaply furnished room; there was q
golden oak dining table, and he saw two
or three atrocious chairs and a steel
engraving dating from the time OF
Dust was over everything.
Charley led the way into smaller
room. He took third key from his
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pocket and opened O closet door. But
his f1ashlight i1lumined not what Peter
had expected to see,. row OF empty
pegs, but the head Of . narrow flight OF
stairs.
Got youl" said Purdy, enlightened.
Getaway, eha Very neat too. Gam
Ask a copI" said Charley. "come
on--and II you thought you was quiet
before make It double or quits nowl"
They crept down the stairs, Charley
in the Lead with only an occasional
flicker Of his torch to point to q break
or . turn. Until they came to solid
steel door that cleaned in the faint
light like the wall of q bank vault. No
key unlocked this, but series OF heavy
bolts that had evidently been oiled re-
Gently, so smoothly and silently did
they move under Charley's fingers.
The steel door swung open, and now
Peter could see q faint glow through a
thin partition. He could do more than
: see: he could hear as well; hear low
voices, one of which was provokingly
rooted, listening, leaning forward, his
hand on another bolt.
Presently all sound beyond the parti-
ton ceased. A door had closed. Still
Charley waited; Peter wondered If the
others, too, were holding their breath;
was in deadly fear lest ne Sneeze or
cough. But then, Just as 1t seemed TO
him he couldn't endure the tension an
other moment, Charley's hand moved
and the last bolt was slipped back. He
pushed the partition aside, and they
stepped, all three of them, into room
that Peter knew-a room in which he
himself had been not "a hours earlier
the room in which Benny had threat
ened to betray Martha to Connolly I'M
less he got $4,000!
(To be continued.)
Many farmers in Japan are taking up
weaving at home as q side issue.