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Honduras Trouble Is Subsiding
Republicans Will Seize Alfonso 9 s Property
DISAPPEARANCE OF
VALUABLE JEWELS
TO BE INVESTIGATED
Spaniards Would Stop Trans
fer of King’s Money to
English Banks !
LABOR LEADER SHOT DEAD
Deposed Monarch Enters Eng*
land in Broad Daylight Al
most Unnoticed
Madrid, April 21.—(/P) —The Repub
lican government la moving rapidly
to seize for the nation all property of
the exiled King Alfonso which can be
considered the property of the na
tion rather than of the man, Alfonso
De Bourbon, aside from his titles.
A special judge has been appoint
ed to investigate reports that valuable
jewels and documents relating to the
Moroccan wars have disappeared
from a showcase at the Royal palace
Britain Recognizes
Spanish Republic
Lindon. April 21.—(AV-Oreat
Britain Tuesday extended recog
nition to the New Spanish Re
public.
which has been sealed by the gov
ernment. The disappearance is at
tributed to some of the highly placed
members of the palace staff.
The mediation of the British em
bassy was understood Tuesday to
have been sought in connection with
transfer of money deposited in the
Bank of Spain by Alfonso XIII, the
bank deciding after a lengthy con
ference to turn over part of the de
posits, which run into high figure.
The minister of finance denied, how
ever, that the British embassy had
interceded.
An appeal to the patriotism of all
Spaniards, particularly aristocrats
and capitalists, to stop their with
drawals of funds from the banks and
industries of Spain to be taken
abroad for investment was published
Tuesday by Indalecio Prieto, new
minister of finance, who warned that
ii the practice had not ceased within
four weeks drastic measures would
be inaugurated. _ . .
The government has constituted
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' FRENCH AND LARSON
. RETIRE FROM BOARD
New City Commission Will Hold
First Meeting at City Hall
Tuesday Night
John P. Prench and John A. Lar
son, retiring members of the board of
city commissioners, attended their last
commission meeting in an official
capacity at the city hall Monday
night. .
Both Prench and Larson had served
as commissioners for the last 12 years.
Previous to the business meeting
. members of the board and their wives
■ attended a dinner given by Mayor A.
P. Lenhart in honor of the retiring
officials. ~.. . .
Routine business occupied the board
which approved a number o* bills,
recommended several tax abatements
to the county cotnmlsslohers and
heard a legal opinion as to city in
surance matters submitted by City
Attorney C. L. young.
H. E. Spohii and Dr. H. T. Perry
will 1.3 present at the first meeting of
the new board to be held Tuesday
night. ,
At that time several city appoint
ments as well as set up of the new
comr-iasion is expected to be an
nounced.
Makes Inspection
Tour in Airplane
Valley City, N. D.', April 21.—-(/P)
Innovating a practice in North Da
kota farm inspection, T. Melvin Lee,
manager of several farms in nine
counties in central North Dakota,
took off from the local airport Tues
day to investigate a number of farms
under his supervision.
The trip, which covers 280 miles by
automobile and takes several days,
was to be made Tuesday in a 174-mile
trek.
The plane is piloted by Arthur
Burnevlk, Fargo, and cost data were
to be taken on the Journey in an ef
fort to determine the practicability of
the project.
.. Grape Peddler Is
Stabbed Seriously
Chicago, April 21.—Iff)—Joseph La
gen. southside grape peddler was
seriously stabbed and burned Tuesday
* by two men, believed by police to be
I extortionists.
1 At Mercy hospital, physicians said
a Lagen probably would die. Question
ft ed by police. Lagen’s wife said rival
K ’ grape dealers had "set extortionists’
■ on him. t
THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE
Bad Gungirl? |
Pal of "Billy the Killer” Miller, Miss
Ruth Saunders, above, tried to flee
from police, during the gunfight at
Bowling Oreen, 0., but she was cap
tured. Chief Galliher shot and kill
ed Miller, while a second girl, Miss
Beulah Baird of Kansas City, was
wounded seriously, and one man es
caped. A. patrolman suffered dan
gerous wounds in the same fight.
EIDER BANNON TO
BE PROTECTED BY
NATIONAL GUARDS
Detail Will Accompany Accused
Murderer From Williston
to Alexander
A national guard detail will be dis
patched from Bismarck to Williston
Wednesday to guard against any pos
sibility of mob violence at the hearing
of James F. Bannon when he is ar
raigned on a first-degree murder
charge at Alexander Thursday.
Local guard officers stated that
they regarded the matter as merely a
precautionary measure and that they
believed there is little possibility of
violence.
Bannon is charged with complicity
in the killing’ of six members of the
Albert E. Haven family near Schafer
more than a year ago and for which a
mob lynched his son, Charles, last
Jan. 29.
McKenzie county authorities, deter
mined to prevent any possible chance
of a similar fate for the father, re
quested aid from the state adjutant
general’s department in escorting the
prisoner from Williston to McKenzie
county for the hearing.
Adjutant General G. A. Fraser has
ordered a detail of three officers and
14 enlisted men to Williston. Major
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WILL ARRAIGN ONE
OF TRIO WEDNESDAY
Man Arrested in Edgeley Am
bush Charged With Conspir*
acy to Commit Felony
Edgeley, N. D., April 21.—(AP>—Fred
Brossart, one of the trio arrested here
early Saturday following an attempt
ed robbery of the Security National
bank of Edgeley, will be arraigned at
2 p. m. Wednesday, State’s Attorney
A. O. Porter said Tuesday.
Brossart will be charged with as
sault with a dangerous weapon and
with conspiracy to commit a felony.
Ernest Jennings and Henry Roth,
also arrested, have indicated, that
they will waive preliminary examina
tion and have indicated they will
plead guilty to a chtVge of third-de
gree burglary, Porter said.
Under special North Dakota sta
tute, the men face possibility of an
added five-year term for use of a
gun in commission of a crime. Por
ter said he has not decided whether
or not he will seek to invoke this law.
On the burglary count they face a
10-year term. '
Igloo, Fox Terrier That Accompanied
Byrd to North and South Poles, Dies
Chicago, April 21.—GP>—Igloo is
dead.
The Fox Terrier that accom
panied'Rear Admiral Richard E.
Byrd to the North and South
poles, died at 4 a. m. Tuesday in
Boston of an intestinal ailment.
Admiral Byrd, who temporari
ly had suspended his lecture tour
at Springfield, 111., Monday night
to rush back to Boston, received
the word upon arriving here.
"And now that Igloo has died,"
the admiral said, "there’s nothing
to do but go on with the lecture
tour.”
Admiral Byrd felt that he had
lost "more than a friend” in the
passing of Igloo.
"He—was Igloo,” said the ad
miral tersely, "I don’t want to
talk about him.”
Simple rites for Igloo will be .
delayed, Byrd said, until he re- .
turned to Boston a week from
Wednesday.
WALKER REQUESTS
GOVERNOR TO HALT
N. v. PROCEEDINGS
Mayor Denies He 'Condoned In
competence and Encour
aged Corruption’
MAKES REPLY TO CHARGES
Gotham Executive Makes Caus
tic Reference to Two of
His Accusers
New York, April 21.—(AP)—Mayor
Walker, denying that he “condoned
incompetence and encouraged cor
ruption” in the municipal affairs of
New York, has asked Governor
Roosevelt to dismiss the removal
proceedings against him.
In his reply to charges filed by
the city affairs committee he called
the city affairs committee as “an
annex to the Socialist party.”
“I declare that I have adequately
and consistently done my full duty
as mayor of the City of New York,”
said the reply, delivered to the gov
ernor at Albany Monday.
The mayor denied that he has
Ignored “shameful conditions” in the
board of standards and appeals. He
denied there had been corruption in
the department of licenses. He de
scribed as “ridiculous” the charge
that the city is losing $33,000,000 an
nually in condemnation awards.
He claimed there had been marked
improvement in hospital conditions.
He defended the police and said he
had no control over magistrates’
courts, except to appoint magistrates.
Citing the city affairs committee
as “an annex of the Socialist party,”
he made caustic references to the
two members who signed the demand
for his removal—John Haynes
Holmes, its president, and Rabbi
Stephen S. Wise. He declared Mr.
Holmes to be a “recognized leader in
a group of agitators and Soviet sym
pathizers” and quoted a piece of
doggerel which described Rabbi Wise
as a man of “vast and varied mis
information.”
“As to my position on the question
of official corruption or wrong-do
ing,” the mayor said, “I have said
repeatedly and I again assert that I
will defend no one and protect no
one, but, on tbs other hand, I will
sacrifice no innocent man to preserve
my position as chief executive of the
City of New York, for any reason,
personal or political.”
DETROIT ROBBERS
CET 528,000 LOOT
One Man Arrested and Alleged
Accomplice Sought in City
Hall Robbery
Detroit, April 21.—(VP) —Police were
searching Tuesday for the second of
a pair of daring thieves who cut a
hole in the wire network guarding a
cashier’s desk in the city treasurer’s
office, beneath the eyes of three po
licemen, and fled with $3,000 in cash
and $25,000 in checks Monday after
noon.
Police said they had elicited from
Theodore Crowley, 28, Chicago, ar
rested a few minutes after the theft,
a confession that it was he who took
a seat on a stool usually occupied by
one of three patrolmen assigned to
guard the treasurer’s office, on the
second floor of the city hall, shortly
before closing time. Pretending to
read a newspaper, he cut a hole in
cage. As George Wichow, the
cashier, stepped out of the cage
momentarily, Crowley’s accomplice:
whose name police are withholding
pending his surest, reached through,
scooped up the checks and currency
and the two men fled, in opposite di
rections.
Crowley was arrested in a store
three blocks away. He had neither
the money nor the checks.
Admiral Byrd last saw the little
Terrier when he .was in* Boston,
April 7. The dog was in the best
of health then. The admiral did
not hear of his pet’s illnfess until
he arrived in Springfield,
Igloo lived six years. It was a
pup when the admiral went to
King's Bay to prepare tor the
flight over the North Pole. The
admiral took Igloo along to the
South Pole when he made that
flight two years ago.
"But he didn’t go along in the
plane as many people thought
*he did.” the admiral said. "That
wouldn't have been right. Incase
of an accident what would hap
pen to a dog when the ship had
to be deserted?”
"Then,” asked a reported "Tie
was something of a mascot.”
"A mascot!” the admiral said
almost angrily. Then he feu into
silence—to be broken by. "I don’t
seem to have much privacy, do
I?”
BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, TUESDAY, MiMffll 21, 1931
• 40, He Takes Bride Aged 11
Children marry in India—and nobody cares. But when Albert Bryan, left,
who admits he’s 40 years old, married little 11-year-old Rosetta Copling at
Council Bluffs, la., an investigation was started. The girl, ill with mumps,
declares the wedding was at her request. Her mother, also married at the
same time, testified Rosetta was 16 as the double ceremony was performed
with the couples acting as witnesses for each other.
Siamese Royal Couple on
Last Lap of Long Journey
ST. LOUIS DOCTOR
DISAPPEARS AFTER
ANSWERING A CALL
Police Believe Son-in-Law of
Oil Magnate Lured From
Home by Kidnapers
St. Louis, April 21.—(A*) —Dr. I. D.
Kelley Jr., prominent eye, ear, nose,
and throat specialist and son-in-law
of the late William Cullen Mcßride,
wealthy oil magnate, was believed by
police to have been kidnaped Monday
night after he had been lured from
his home by a telephone call for his
services as a physician. His automo
bile was found Tuesday in St. Louis
county.
Dr. Kelley was called from his home
at 10 o’clock Monday night by a man
whose name, Mrs. Kelley, the phy
sician’s wife, said sounded like
“Holmes. - ' Mrs. Kelley said the man
apparently asked Dr. Kelley to meet
him at the western edge of the city,
near Clayton, a suburb, and treat his
nephew for an ear ache.
The doctor declined the caller’s
proffer of an automobile and said
he would go in his own car.
When the physician failed to re
turn at midnight, Mrs. Kelley be
came uneasy and called Lon Hocker,
president of the St. Louis police
board and city and county police de
partment, who began an organized
search.
County and city police were with
out a clew as to the whereabouts of
the physician. No demand for ran
som had been received by the doctor's
family, as far as the authorities
knew.
Mrs. Kelley said she heard the
physician repeat "just east of the
Terminal bridge across Clayton road,”
and "two blocks east of the fiUing
station.”
The police questioned residents and
the filling station attendants there
without gaining any clews.
SUNDAY MOVIES IN
ENGLAND FAVORED
Kneeling Britons Ask for Divine
‘Visitation Upon Heads of
Iniquitous*
London. April 21. </P) While
kneeling Britons outside prayed for a
divine "visitation upon the heads of
Iniquitous defenders” of the bUI
legallring Sunday movies and other
amusements the house of commons
Monday night passed the measure,
258 to 210, on its second reading.
A barrage of prayer was raised by
ardent Sabbatharians while debate on
the movie biU was in progress. A
huge prayer meeting was organized
by the Lord’s Day Observance society
in a nearby hall to synchronize with
the debate and as division time ap
proached most of those attending re
paired to parliament aqiuue and
formed groups for prayer.
An occasional loud voice would pro
claim to such applause as would greet
a campaign slogan: "Honor the Sab
bath day to keep it holy.” Now and
then fierce arguments arose between
the Sabbatharians and their opponents
and police had to intervene. Finally,
just before the commons division, the
police cleared the square.
BARNES WOMAN BURIED
Valley City, N. D., April 21.—<tf>—
Funeral services were held here
day for Mrs. Mary Ferguson, 67, who
died after a lingering illness of in
fluenza and pneumonia. She had
been a Barnes county resident for 47
years. *
Special Train Leaves Chicago
for Scarborough at
10:20 A. M.
Chicago, April 21.—</P>—Their long
transcontinental Journey broken by a
brief rest in the Chicago terminal,
King Prajadhipok and Queen Rambai
Barnl of Siam started on the last lap
of their trip to New York at 10:20 a.
m. Tuesday.
Seemingly refreshed by sleep, the
king for the seoond time since his ar
rival on the American continent ven
tured from the seclusion of his private
car and posed for cameramen, waving
to the salutes of the crowd gathered
at the rear of the train.
His only visitor here was Gen. Na
than William MacChesney, Chicago
consul for Slam.
Switching operations in the yards
required an hour and a half, the Soo
Line delivering the monarch’s train to
the chaperonage of New York Central
officials over whose line the royal
couple will travel to the Atlantic sea
board. There King Prajadhipok will
be treated for an ocular affliction.
He is suffering also from a cold and
malarial affection contracted during
the journey.
Only division points were scheduled
stops on the eastward trip. These
were Elkhart, Ind., Toledo, and Cleve
land, 0., Buffalo. Syracuse and Utica,
N. Y., with Scarsborough the destina- j
tion. ;
MINOT ELECTION
CONTEST OPENED
Corbett, Beaten by Seven Votes,
Charges Improper Rejection
of Ballots
Minot N. D.. April 21.— (IP) —A con
test of the election of H. E. Buck as
Minot city commissioner, by a margin
of seven votes over V. A. Corbett, who
had served for eight years, was in
stituted Tuesday by Corbett.
Corbett alleges that many ballots
were Improperly rejected and not
counted by election officials, and that
sufficient votes for him were so re
jected as to change the result of the
election.
It is the contention of the con
testant that in several Instances bal
lots where more than one candidate
had been voted for police magistrate
were rejected also as to the city com
mission candidates, even though they
were properly voted for.
No intimations as to improprieties
on the part of anyone is contained in
the proceedings.
When the votes for candidates for
city commission were counted by the
canvassing board, it was found that
Buck had received d total of 1,776 and
Corbett, 1,768.
" Will Offer Tips 8
On Flower Gardens
• ♦
It's always a delight to have a vase
of colorful acid fragrant flowers on
the table, but even a greater pleasure
to know they’re all
your own, flowers
planted and culti
vated and picked In
your own garden.
You can enjoy
this pleasure In an
easy and simple
way by following
the advice of one
of Unde Sam’s gar
den experts, D. Vic
tor Lumsden of the
U. S. Department
of Agriculture.
Lumsden has
written a series of
articles telling how and what to grow
in the home flower garden. It is
full of useful and helpful informa
tion.
The first article in this series starts
Wednesday in the Ithwisrei Trtbnns.
OLSON’S FIRST VETO
SIKES CONFERENCE
REDISTRICTING PLAN
Minnesota Governor Scores 'ln
equitable Distribution of
Population’
DEFENDS FARM DISTRICTS
Solons, Admitting Defeat of Bill,
Begin Consideration of
New Division
St. Paul, April 21.—(/p)—Governor
Floyd B. Olson recorded his first veto
late Monday when he refused to ap
prove the conference plan for con
gressional reapportionment passed
earlier in the day by the senate and
last Saturday by the house.
The chief executive attacked the
measure as “obviously an inequitable
distribution of the population of
Minnesota. His message was re
ceived by the house at 5:30 p. m., and
after being read, Representative Iver
Iverscn, chairman of the house ap
portionment committee, moved that
the mesage and the bill containing
the plan, be tabled.
As the result of the veto, confer
ences were called and plans for a
strenuous effort to obtain a new plan
made.
It was considered useless to attempt
to pass the measure over the gover
nor’s veto in either house.
The governor’s veto message ad
dressed to the house:
“I am returning herewith without
my approval H. B. 1456—A bill for an
act to divide the state of Minnesota
into nine congressional districts.
“The state of Minnesota must be
redistricted but that redistricting
should be based upon a fair division
of population. H. B. 1456 is obviously
an inequitable distribution of the
population of Minnesota.
“There is a difference of 116,000 be
tween the proposed fifth district,
which contains the largest population,
and e proposed first district, which
contains the smallest population.
"Taking the so-called agricultural
districts there is a difference of 98,-
000 between the proposed seventh dis
trict, an agricultural district, which
contains the largest population of the
agricultural districts, and the pro
posed first district, an agricultural
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FORMAN WOMAN IS
VICTIM OF FLAMES
Attempt to Kindle Fire With Can
of Kerosene Ends Tragi
cally Monday
(Special To The Tribane)
Forman, N. D., April 21.—Mrs. Ida
Smedsrud, 28, wife of a local account
ant, died here Monday from burns
suffered when she attempted to
kindle a fire in the living room of
her home using kerosene.
In lighting the fire Mrs. Smedsrud
first ignited the kindling and then
poured kerosene on the flames from
a two-gallon car. The flame was
sucked back into the. container ignit
ing its entire contents. In the ex
plosion which followed she was cov
ered with liquid fire.
Neighbors said that as she rushed
across the street for aid her entire
body was enveloped in a mass of
flames.
She was rushed to a Brittin hospi
tal where the combined efforts of
three doctors were enlisted in a vain
attempt to save her life. Despite the
fact that seven-eighths of the sur
face of her body was burned, she
lived through the night, death com
ing early Monday afternoon.
Mrs. Smedsrud had been employed
as an assistant in the law offices of
McKenzie and Leslie for a number of
years.
25 Weather Bureaus of Sun Expected
to Predict Magnetic Storms on Earth
Mount Wilson Observatory,
Calif.. April 21.—(A*) —Twenty-five
weather bureaus of the sun are
being organized around the earth.
By these, astronomers expect to
learn just how storms in the sun
cause magnetic storms on the
earth.
The question Involved is how
long it takes the outbreaks on the
sun to start a storm on the earth.
Light from the sun travels the
03,000,000 miles to the earth In
eight minutes. Perhaps the mag
netic disturbance travels, that
fast, but it will be a year or so be
fore the astronomers are ready to
report the results of the solar ob
servations. Then will be known
the possibility of forecasting
storm! on earth caused by solar
magnetic disturbances.
Dr. Charles E. St John, mem
ber of the international commit
tee on the relation of solar to
terrestrial phenomena, an
nounced Tuesday that organi
sation of the weather bureaus of
the sun may be perfected next
July in Brussels. The committee
holds its triennial ««iplQn then.
Killed Cop?
Guy F. Sprague, 59, head of the Grain
Traders company, Chicago, is charged
with the murder of Patrolman Pa
trick Gallagher, killed at a party held
for Sprague. The officer tried to
quiet a noisy group and was shot.
cm NOT DECIDED
FOR WHAT OFFICE HE
WILL ME,™
Weighs Reelection Possibilities
Against Those of Race
for Senate
Washington, April 21.—(JPy—Repub
lican leaders looking ahead to the
1932 presidential race are waiting
eagerly for the decision to be made
by Vice President Curtis on seeking
reelection.
If this party veteran determines to
go out for his former seat in the .
ate from Kansas rather than take a
chance on another four-year term as
vice president, it is conceded the
move will bolster anti-Hoover Re
publican forces.
Curtis will announce his decision
in the fall. Meanwhile he is keeping
his own counsel. Priends say he is
confronted with pleas from both
those who would have him run again
for vice president and those in Kan
sas who would have him campaign
against Senator McGill, a Democrat.
There are no ties to the future be
tween Curtis and Hoover. There
have been rumors of other vice presi
dential candidates in the official fam
ily of the president. There now is
speculation of whether Curtis cares
to risk his fortune again with the
Hoover organization in a national
election.
The attitude of Curtis is being
watched particularly by restless Re
publicans of uncertain strength who
are speculating on an attempt to
overthrow Hoover in the next con
vention. This group has its nucleus
in the dissatisfied Hoover organiza
tion of 1928 in the south headed by
Horace Mann.
Speaker Finds He
Is at Wrong Club
e 1
Quincy, 111., April 21.—(AP) —
State Senator Roy Adair walked
In upon a luncheon culb Monday,
was ushered to a seat, ate his din
ner nervously, arranged some pa
pers, cleared his throat, and pre
pared to be introduced.
The man who sat at his elbow
was keenly Interested m the sen
ator’s notes. “What,” he asked,
“are those?”
“They’re notes for my speech,"
replied the senator in surprise.
“Speech?” exclaimed the neigh
bor. “Oh, yes. You’re speaking
at the Kiwanis club today, aren’t
you?”
“Certainly.”
“Well—Pardon me, this is the
Exchange club.”
These solar weather bureaus
will be equipped with spectro
helioscopes that observe the
bright and dark flocculi on the
sun’s disk. Dr. George Ellery
Hale, Pasadena, Is the inventor.
Dr. Bt. John announced obser
vations here had established In
one case a magnetic earth storm
registered on the Mt. Wilson
magnometer corresponding pre
cisely to a solar outbreak observed
through the spectroheliscope
The 35 solar weather bureaus
will have their international
headquarters here.
Bites for the solar weather bu
reau stations, some of which al
ready are In operation, include
Greenwich and Cambridge, Eng
land; Zurich, Bwitserland; Flor
ence, Italy; Beirut, Syria; Kodl
akanal, South India; Nanking,
China; Waterloo and Canberra,
Australia; Apia, Samoa; Hunan
cayo, Peru; Cambridge, Mass.;
New York City and Poughbsepsle,
N. Y.; Vermillion, 8. D.; Williams
Bay, Wis.; Chicago; Columbus,
Ohio; Mount Wilson, Pasadena,
and Claremont, Osllf.
The Weather
taMltlfd Taeilar ligkti WNin4in
frees las temperature Tuesday aight.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
HAND REGION IS
AFRAID OFREBELS’
ATTACK, HOWEVER
Refugees Report That Nicara
guan City Also Fears An
other Uprising
INSURGENT BANDS RETREAT
60-Day Period of Martial Law
Is Declared at Request of
President
Washington, April 21.—(/Pi—The in
surrection in northern Honduras was
described as subsiding all along the
coast except in the region inland from
Puerto Cortez, westernmost of the
banana ports, in a report Tuesday
from Minister Julius G. Lay at
Tegucigalpa to the state department.
Minister Lay said Vice Counsul
Thomas C. Wasson at Puerto Cortez,
reported an attack on San Pedro
Sula, 25 miles inland from the port,
was Imminent.
Wasson said the Americans at San
Pedro Sula had asked him to go
there and attempt to arrange an
agreement between government com
manders and the rebel chieftains to
respect a neutral zone around that
town.
Lay informed the department he
had sent the naval attache of the le
gation, Major Peter C. Geyer. of the
marine corps, to investigate and take
such action as seemed necessary in
cooperation with Wasson.
Earlier official dispatches Indicated
General Gregorio Ferrer a. supposed
leader of the revolt, had been at San
Pedro Sula.
Lay said all information reaching
Tegucigalpa, the capita], indicated
the government forces had been con
siderably augmented and would pre
vent the rebels from capturing San
Pedro Sula.
In all other coastal areas previously
affected by the rising, Lay said the
rebels were retreating and that the
government appeared to have the sit
uation well under control.
Nevertheless at the request of Pres
ident Mejia Colindres, the congress
had declared a 60-day period of mar
tial law. ~ t -
The minister sala the American
Cruiser Memphis, lying off La Ceiba,
also was in a position to protect
Americans at Tela. The cruisers
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CAMPBELL DEPENDS
FARM BOARD PLAN
Montanan Says Country Should
Have Large Supply of Wheat
for Emergencies
Washington. April 21—(APi—Thomas
D. Campbell, Montana, identified as
the largest wheat fanner in the
United States, told President Hoover
Monday wheat purchases of the grain
stabilization corporation—which he
placed at 250.000,000 bushels—were
only about 100,000,000 bushels in ex
cess of normal needs.
Campbell, who lunched with Pres
ident Hoover, said it was necessary
for this country to have at least 150,-
000,000 or 200,000,00 bushels of wheat
on hand at all times in case of war or
severe drought in the wheat belt-
A less amount, he added, would be
disastrous in case of crop failure or
attack.
The Montana farmer deplored at
tacks made on the farm board by bus
iness and financial writers, saying
this had brought about a feeling
among the farmers that business was
in opposition to agriculture.
The action of the farm board In
stabilizing wheat price twice during
the last year and a half was said by
Campbell to have averted a panic In
this country.
Had the price of wheat fallen to 50
cents, he said, banks throughout the
wheat belt would have failed and the
country would have been plunged Into
the worst panic of its history.
Grand Jurors Probe
Chicago Police Graft
Chicago, April 21. — (AP) —Special
grand jurors, seeking to uncover al
leged police graft. Tuesday were
putting the private banking records
of Chicago police captains under
scrutiny.
Hie records of the financial af
fairs of 17 captains were already in
the jury’s possession, and the infor
mation reported to have been obtain
ed led to an announcement by offi
cials that the Inquiry would be ex
tended to Include every nook of the
department where crookedness might
be suspected.
Officials of more than 30 banks
Monday told the jurors what they
knew of the accounts of six of the 17
captains, and while no official an
nouncement was made of exactly
what they revealed, the Herald and
Examiner said it was learned that one
captain had been depositing as much
as SB,OOO a day.
Roberts’ Condition
Unchanged Tuesday
Physicians Tuesday noon described
as unchanged the condition of Q. y>
Roberts, veteran weather tmmm
heed here, who is suffsriss
heart disease.
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