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The Washington times., 1931-03-26
CADET SCHOOLS
END MEETING
HERE TODAY
Acting War Chief Payne, Col.
w. H. WaIdron Address Dele
gates at MayfIoWer Hotel

With the assurance, the Ideals
and objectiyes Of the military
schools and colleges of the coun-
try have the support and indorse-
ment Of Government officials and
patriotic organizations, heads OF
AZ such institutions will return
to their respective homes tonight
following the adjournment OF
the eighteenth annual meeting
which has been in session at the
Mayflower Hotel the past three
days.
The climax Of the conferences
was reached last night with the
annual banquet ut which ad-
dresses were made by Acting
Secretary Of War Frederick II.
Payne, Col. w. III. WaldrOn, Of
the office Of the Chief of Militia
Of the u. s. Army, and DR.. Will
lam John Cooper, United States
Commissioner Of Education.
Gray Talk Heard
The meeting this morning was
addressed by DR.. William S.
Gray, dean Of the School of Edu-
cation Of the University Of Chi
cago. DR.. Gray, by means OF
charts and slides, presented a
summary Of investigations into
reading problems which he has
made over a period of years.
A round-table discussion Of mat
ters of unfinished business and
the report of the nominating
committee were the final items on
the program of the annual gath
ering.
Referring to forces which have
been organized and which are
operating in the United States
seeking to break down the Sys-
tenn Of national defense, Colonel
Waldron last night warned his
audience that these workers are
directing their energies prinCi-
palIy toward those educational in
stitutiOnS which provide military
training.
No Cause for War
While their attacks to date
have been made principally
against land-grant colleges, where
they have sought to have military
training courses abolished and
Government support of the train
ing Withdrawn, the main objective,
according to the speaker, is to
cause the abilition of military
training from private schools as
well.
While there is no evidence to
show that military training re-
ceived by students at land-grant
colleges had any bearing on the
entrance of the country into the
World War, there is ample evi-
dence that services rendered by
these $4,000 graduates was Of
great value while the war was in
progress, DR.. Cooper admitted in
his talk last night.
War, an Institution
While DR.. Cooper refrained
from indOrsing in whole the policy
of the private schools giving mill
tary training, stating that insult
ficient investigation has been
made, he said that war is an in
stitutiOn and as such is affected
by the social and economic
changes which have changed other
national institutions.
The Washington times., 1931-03-26
ARB0REAL PARK
STRIKES SNAC

Purchase of five parcels of land
by the Department of Agriculture
as a site for the National Arbore-
tum is being held by a ruling by
Comptroller General McCarl that
the purchase price of $138, ,459 .66
exceeds the maximum fund limit
which he describes as figure
totaling the assessed valuation of
the land plus a Is per cent in
crease. This latter amount is
$64,513.75.
The proposed site comprises
abOut IS acres of land on Hickey
Hill in the northeast section of
the District, near Kingman's
Lake.
The Washington times., 1931-03-26
DEBUCH| GIVEN
FIRST HONOR

A plea for cooperation among
nations with a view to removing
harmful economic barriers and
suicidal business competition, /"
was made last night by Ambassa-
dor Katsuji Debuchi, of Japan,
in a speech accepting from
Georgetown University the first
fellowship awarded in the new
The Washington times., 1931-03-26
z STATE HOMES
FOR POOR ARE ,
ADVOCATED
institutions Vermin Ridden
and Poorly Managed, Say
Backers of New Program

ANNAPOLIS. March 26.-Sen-
sational charges against poorly
managed, vermin-ridden aims
houses" were made before the
house of delegates ways and
means committee yesterday by
proponents Of Lavinia Engle's bill
to merge all county almshouses
into two statewide institutions.
The bill is the result of a ten.
year research into means of hos
pitalization for INDECENT aged and
sick.
Stressing the fact that under
the present system Of county
poor farms there is NO means Of
hOspitalizing these people, DIR.
r. III. Reilly, of the State board
Of health, declared that Baltimore
city and its hospitals were
Swamped with unfOrtunateS, with
out means, seeking hOspitaliza-
tiOn.
These people are often sent
Into prisons and reformatories,
DR.. REILLY declared, because home
counties have no means to care
for them. If the present system
is continued, he said, all counties
should have hospitals equipped to
care for all kinds Of cases at all
times.
Prison Cases Cited
Following DR.. Riley's lead,
Harold Darnell, superintendent
of State Prisons, called attention
to the 200 infirm cases at the
House of Correction. These cases,
according to Mr.. Darnell, have
been committed to the institution
simply because they need medical
attention and have no visible
means of support.
Furthering the plea for favor
able report on the Engle bill,
Mrs. j. Enos Ray, of Prince
Georges county, and a member Of
the investigating subcommittee
appointed to look into almshouse
management, declared that on
one farm a new fireproof stair.
way was blocked by a locked
iron grating, the key to which
was held by the keeper at all
times. The kitchen in this estab-
1ishment, she continued, was In
filthy condition and the cook
slept in the pantry.
Law Held Disregarded
In summing up the plea for
favorable report, Delegate Engle
declared that in one almshouse,
in disregard of the law, an in
sane ward was kept. while on
another farm a mother with a
young child was being held.
The law specifically states that
no children may be held in such
institutions for more than three
months, she stated.
The Washington times., 1931-03-26
TOPSO|L
IS DELIVERED

Delivery was started today on
10000 cubic yards Of topsoil for
the plaza between the Capitol and
the Union Station. It will cost
about $50, and comes from the
Southern Maryland Soil Com
pany, of Brookville, Md.
David Lynn, architect Of the
Capitol, expects delivery tomor-
row of some of the TOO red oak
trees for the Plaza.
The Washington times., 1931-03-26

John Carroll Academy of Diplo-
macy.
The plea for cooperation was
heard by the ambassadors and
ministers of 27 foreign countries,
representing practically the entire
diplomatic corps, which had as
sembled in CASTOR Hall as
guests of the university for the
celebration of Founders Day.
DR.. w. Coleman Nevis, S. j.,
The Washington times., 1931-03-26

president of Georgetown Univer-
sity, read the diploma comforting
upon the ambassador the first
fellowship to be awarded In the
new academy, named after the
bishop who founded the Catholic
institution.
The Most Rev. Pietro Fumasoni
Biondi, apostolic delegate to the
United States, presented the
diploma.
The Washington times., 1931-03-26
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The Washington times., 1931-03-26
HOward L0uU Class
Hears Roscoe Pound

DR.. Roscoe Pound, dean Of the
Harvard University Law School,
Cambridge, Mass, will speak at
the Howard University Law School
on Saturday morning.
Dean Pound is a member OF the
Wickersham committee on law
enforcement, and Is one Of the
most outstanding legal writer's in
America.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-04-09

New York, April 0.-(P)-Zaro
Agha, the Turk who claims to be
l57 years DID, sailed for home
Thursday on the Bremen and
was glad he was to shake the dust
Of the United States from his
American style shoes.
For this Turk, who says he Is q
veteran Of five wars and II mar
riages, has had enough Of US. He
wants to get back to his house In
Stamboul. Everybody has been
most kind to him. He has met
such American elninents as Eliza
beth Marbury, Democratic Ma
tional committeewoman from
New York. and Tallulah Bank
head, actress. But to q man who
says he remembers the face Of
Napoleon Bonaparte, such honors
are puny.
FARO has been feeling cooped
up. He has lived In various ho-
tels during the last few months
and his only exercise has been
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-04-09
Man Charged With
Numbering Woman
Harry Stein Accused in New
York Of Staying Vivian Cor
don Feb. rs
FOUR OTHERS ARE ARRESTED
Three Men Mentioned in Broad
way ButterfIy's' Diary Deny
Knowing Her

New York, April 9.-R)-Harry
Stein, who went to prison In 1921 for
attempting to strangle a woman. was
held Thursday for the Feb. 26 murder
of Vivian Gordon, stranger victim.
Four others were arrested Us wit
nesses. Police said the motive Of the
murder had been robbery and not, as
first suspected, to prevent her testify
ing as a vice inquiry witness.
Police produced. three persons who
identified Stein as the man who on
the day the Gordon murder was III
possession of articles similar to those
stolen from Vivian Gordon-a minK
coat, q wrist watch. and q chain.
Records revealed Stein was convict
ed 10 years ago and sentenced to 10
years imprisonment for robbing Mary
Glickman at her Bronx apartment
after he had bound, gagged end at
tempted to strangle her.
The arrests were made simultanc-
ously Wednesday night in various
parts Of the city. Besides Stein. those
arrested were:
Samuel Greenhauer, alias Green
berg, Greenhear and "Greenie;" Nor
ris (Doc) Levine; David Butterman:
Jack Holdcroft.
Stein. Levine and Greehauer are
three of the men mentioned in Vivian
Gordon's diary-the diary in which
she set down her affairs of love and
blackmail and fear.
The three - Stein, Levine and
Greenhour-denied knowing the Cor
don woman. They could not explain
their names In her diary.
The Vivian Gordon murder case is
the most recent Of the series involv-
ing women who had figured In the
misty Broadway night Life. II, as
police say. the murder has been
solved by the five arrests announced
Thursday, 1t will be the first solution
of the series. The Dorothy King case
probably is the best-known Of the
unsolved Broadway Butterfly" cases.
The immediate thought upon the
discovery of Vivian Gordon's body
was that her murder had been done
to silence her threatened testimony
in the police vice squad investigation.
She had written 1sidor r. Kresel, the
prosecutor Of the probe, shortly be-
fore her death, offering to testify.
This theory never gained great
credence among investigators. Some
believed her death was the result of
personal vengeance, and others sug-
gested her alleged blackmailing ac-
tivities may have brought about an
accounting.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-04-09
RepreSet1tlfiue
Sudden Victim
OF Pneumonia
Nation Stricken in Mourning by Sudden Death Of First Official
Of House Of Representatives, Who Had Served
Country for SO Years
FUNERAL WILL Be HELD IN CINCINNATI, SATURDAY
President Hoover Will Attend Servces Ohio Politician Became
Monday Following Strenuous Work During
Congressional Session

Aiken, S. c. April l9-(AP)Nicholas Longworth speaker
OF the national house Of representatives died here
m, E. S. t.. Thursday.
Longworth's amazing vitality physicians sad alone kept
him alive during the night and until his DEATH He taken
i'll last Monday of pneumonia in one lung
At his bedside his wife, the former Alice Roosevelt
daughter of President Theodore Roosevelt his friend
James Curtis at whose home he contracted the disease
His daughter, Paulina, not with him.
Taken sick Monday physicians diagnosed
Mnday steadily
condition desperate.
Mrs Longworth notified
suffering
fortttude,
Iongworts Roosevelt
speeding bedside
the time Of the speakers
to
duties speaker Of the
1t not believed serious until
little
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-04-09
Aged Turk Leaves u. S. for Turkey to
Visit With His IS Sons and Daughters

walking. His Interpreter Is au-
thority for the statement that he
has covered 20 to IS blocks daily
pretty good hike for q man Of
157. But it hasn't been enough.
In Stamboul he will be close to
the various farms Of his various
relatives-that are SO sons and
daughters alone.
A couple Of days before he sail
ed FARO had the misfortune to
damage his most priced souvenir
Of American ciyilization. He
dropped his set Of false teeth.
The old Turk AYERS he has had
three natural sets Of teeth Ia his
life, the last arriving when he
was los and staying with him Is
years.
But teeth aren't necessary to
him, as he eats no food that re-
Quires much naastication. Rice
boiled soft and whole wheat bread
are hts staples, together With
sweets In any form availab1ss
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-04-09
Republican Margin
Narrowed by Death

Washington. April 9.-(P,-The
death Of Nicholas Longworth mar
rowed to one the Republican ma
jority in the new house of repre-
sentatives.
And In narrowing the margin.
the chances of Representative
Garner, Democratic leader, Texas
Jack" and warm personal
friend to Longworth during their
rs years together in the house
for the speakership were ad-
vanced.
The count Of the house to con-
vene in December now stands:
Republicans, ZIG; Democrats. 215:
Farmer-Labor, /; three vacancies:
one in Wisconsin, assuredly Re-
publican, one in Louisiana. assur-
edly Democratic, and Longworth's
district doubtful.
Representative Tilson, Con-
necticut. Republican floor leader.
was considered among the logical
candidates for the speakership
nomination.
There was no assurance from
Representative Kvale, Minnesota.
the lone Farmer-Laborite, whether
he would vote for Republican or
Democratic organization of the
new house.
A special election to fill the va
cancy In the first Ohio congress
sional district must be called by
the governor under the Ohio
statutes.
Governor White said he would
look into the law on the proceed
ure to be followed in a congres-
sional vacancy. The law does not
specify a time limit on when the
special election shall be called.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-04-09
LONGWORTH LAUDED
AS HUMAN BEING
ANDPARTY LEADER
Nation Is Cast Into Mourning by
Death, of Genial and Pol
ished Nick

Washington, April 9.-(F)-Under
the mourning for Speaker Longworth
there was deeper grief in the capital
Thursday for the genial mick" who
was what Representative McDuffie,
Alabama, called "a natural human
being"
There are lot of Republicans we
could do without" McDuffie, the
Democratic whip, wrote the speaker
just few days ago, "but you are not
one of them"
The tribute went with hope for
quick recovery from the cold that
became fatal pneumonia. It accom-
panied q resolution urging Speaker
Longworth to address the Alabama
legislature. The gesture was proposed
by an Alabama Democratic leader
who had talked with the speaker for
q few moments in McDuffie'S capitol
office.
Received First Tributes
It was the Mick" of such incidents
who received first tributes up and
down the capitol. It was he who Is
said to have inspired Democratic
Leader Garner of Texas, to refer,
once, to about 200 Longworth votes
which concededly depended upon the
decision of the speaker.
He was q big man, this "Nick." !"
He was bald and ruddy- faced, uncom-
monty healthy. His clothes and the
handsome cane he carried were those
Of the wealth and position to which
he was born. "Nick's" voice was as
smooth as his hands. except when he
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The Bismarck tribune., 1931-04-09
DEATHOF GIRL HERE
FOUND ACCIDENTAL
BY COR0NER'SJURY
Doctors, School-Mates, and o.
ficiaIs Testify at Official
Inquest

Caroline Haider, 17-year-old st.
Mary's schoolgirl, who was fatally in
jured here Tuesday morning, came to
her death accidentally.
This Is the decision returned We'd
nesday evening by Burleigh county
coroner's jury following an inquest.
Miss Haider died Of cerebral hem
horrages and fracture of the skull
suffered when she was struck by q
truck driven by Edward Tibesar, 18.
Bismarck.
The jury, made up of Roy Mills,
George Humphreys and Roy Kositzky,
returned its verdict after 20 minutes
deliberation.
Corroborative testimony offered by
each Of the eye-witnesses indicated
that the girl was struck as the result
of having become confused when she
saw the truck approaching. Appar-
entity she had seen the truck ap-
preaching from the north on Tenth
st. but had incorrectly gagged the
speed at which it was travelling.
Witnesses said she stepped from the
curb on the east side of the street
and was about three-fourths of the
way across the street when she be-
came confused and started to turn
back.
The driver made an attempt to
drive around her, witnesses said, but
in her confusion she again turned
back and was struck by the front part
Of the truck. All witnesses said that
the truck was not travelling at an ex-
cessive rate Of speed and that the
driver swerved his truck in an effort
to avoid striking her. After having
been struck she was dragged to the
middle of the intersection, the rear
wheel Of the vehicle passing over her
body.
DR.. w. L. Diven testified that the
girl was dying when she was brought
to the hospital and DR.. L. w. Larson,
who examined the body after DEATH
testified that she died as the result
Of cerebral hemorrhages and skull
fracture.
witnesses to the accident were
eight school mates and Mrs. Anna
Roehrick, Of 218 Eleventh st. School
mates were Elizabeth Noby, Anna
Mihm, Robert Schmidt. James Joyce
Vernon Kelly, Frank Burns. Peter
Volk and Eugene Mcdonald.
g. j. Martineson, r. r. Atkinson, A
Risen and o. A. Convert also testi-
fled.
Miss Elizabeth Haider. Chicago
sister Of the accident victim, arrived
In Bismarck Tuesday night to attend
the funeral which will be held at ST.
Anthony at 10 q. m. mountain time
Friday. Rev. Father Andrew Kol-
beck, assisted by Reverend Father
John Stag, Bismarck. will officiate
Burial will be made at the st. An
thory cemetery. -.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-04-09
Mandan Man Is Told He
Will Inherit $5OO,OOO
]. P. Holmes, Northern Pacific
Worker, Is SkepticaI, Yet
Hopeful

Visions OF wealth and affluence
Thursday floated before the eyes of
j. P. Holmes, Mandan. employe Of
tile Northern Pacific railroad.
He was interested and hopeful but
just little skeptical. It seemed too
good to be true.
The source of the vision was let
ter from his sister, Mrs. w. M.
Crumbling of Chicago, who said he
was named as one of IL heirs to the
$6,OO0,00O estate of his uncle, George
Holmes, who got rich in South Africa
and died recently in County Tyrone,
Ireland. at the age of 80. Other
uncles have died in the Holmes fam
lily but a $6,OOO,OO0 uncle is different.
He stands out. Hence the roseate
dreams.
Holmes can use the money. He
admits it and expects to do so-if he
gets it. But he won't spend 1t until
he does get it.
His job with the Northern Pacific
is that of travelling coach cleaner, one
of the humber pursuits in the rail-
road business, and he isn't going to
quit it until the cash in hand assures
him that he is a rich man by inherit
ance. That he will be rich II the
dream comes true is certain for S.
100000, divided among IL heirs, would
make $500,O00 each! a tidy sum.
The prospective rich man has an
other pursuit besides that of working
for the railroad. It Is growing horse
radish and selling it by door-to-door
solicitation. He isn't sure but that,
if he has the time after the expected
wealth arrives, he will not make q
determined effort to improve on cur
rent strains of that good old condi-
ment. He has been interdkted in gar
dening for the last eight years and
his ambition has always been to grow
and manufacture the best horse
radish in the world.
"All this money at once is surely a
happy SURPRISE" Holmes told Trib-
une reporter, "but I don't think 1t will
bother me any. I intend to keep right
on growing and selling horse -radish.
"No, don't think will leave Man
dan. have lived here since 1921 and
like 1t here. want to invest some
money in Mandan real estate.
Il don't think I will give up work
ing for the railroad. It takes quite
time to get the money anyway"
OF direct Irish descent, Holmes was
born in Aliston, Ontario, Canada,
March 80, 1873. Because he was at
flicted with asthma he came to the
United States in 1898. He is q nat
uralized American citizen, getting his
final papers five years after coming
to the United States.
Holmes is cheerful, robust and q
witty talker. He Is humorous and
likes to joke. When asked concern
Ing whether he thought someone
was joking with him he replied that
he did not believe 50. 1T would be q
good joke all right, but very few
people knew that I had q rich uncle, =
he said.
Holmes is the father Of three
daughters, Gertrude. Is; Marian, IL;
and Bertha. 10: and one son, Robert,
10. He intends to send his children
through college when his money laden
ship comes In.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-04-09
0NE-TIME STATE
SENATOR. IS DEAD
Christ Levang, 50, Once Non
partisan Leader, Found
Dead in Automobile

Adams. N. D.. April 9.-(P}-Funer-
al rites for Christ Levang, 50, former
North Dakota senator and Nonparu-
san league leader who was found
dead In his car Monday, viii be held
Saturday afternoon In the Garfield
church near here.
The body was discovered by Louis
Aarenson, farmer, who investigated
after seeing the car parked on the
road five miles from Mr.. Levang's
home all day Sunday. A coroner's
jury held death was due to natural
causes and Coroner p. NJ. Anderson
said q heart attack was responsible.
Mr.. Levang Is believed to have
stopped the car Saturday night to
await daylight to'make repairs. He
was on his way home from Mohall.
Born In Fertile, Iowa, in 1872. he
came to North Dakota with his par
ents as Z child and filed on his pres
ent farm s. years aSo. Mr.. Levang
was senator from 1915 to 1924 and
tax supervisor In 1928 and 1870.
HIS widow. four sons, four dAugh-
ters. three brothers and three sisters
are left.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-04-09
Oath OF OFFICE IS
ADMINISTERED %
Hours AFTER POLL
Democratic Chieftain An
nounced Plans to Sweep
Buns Out Of Office
MARGIN WAS 194,257 VOTES
New Head Of Second City IN u.
S. Warns capone to Re-
main in Florida
MARGIN WAS 1e4,257 VOTES

Chicago, April 9.-(F}-Anton Jo-
seph Cermak took the oath Of office
as Chicago's mayor shortly before
noon Thursday.
The Democratic leader who defeat
ed Mayor William Hale Thompson
Tuesday by 194,257 votes assumed his
new position less than 48 hours after
the polls closed. Every possible short
cut had been taken SO that Cermak
could start his promised reorganiza-
ton Of the municipal government.
The votes were canvassed In record
time, a special meeting of the city
council was called to approve Ger
mak's bond, the new city clerk was
sworn in, and then Cermak tock oath.
"The buns who hang around the
city hall are going to be swept right
out" Cernak told interviewers We'd
nesday. Almost simultaneously he
told London newspaper men in a
transatlantic telephone conversation
that his advice to Alphonse Capone
was for him to stay out Of Chicago
for the next four years.
Should Stay in Florida
"Capone is under sentence here, you
know, and I suggest that he stay III
Florida" Cermak said. His reference
was to a six months sentence i'm
posed on the gang chieftain by fed
eral Judge for contempt of court for
failure to respond to summons from
a grand jury investigating incomes
Sentence was stayed pending appeal.
Administration Of the oath of-of-
flee to CersAak sa9d been tentatively
set for Friday, but completion Of the
official canvass <of Tuesdays voting
in record time Wednesday, made pos
sible this formality Thursday. Ger
max spent some time considering the
selection of department heads. but
declined to give out any advance in
formation. Rumor had 1t that Col. A.
A. sprague might be named as COM
missioner of public works, to succeed
Richard w. Wolfe.
Office holders spent Wednesday
cleaning out their desks at the city
hall, getting ready for the influx Of
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