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ESTABLISHED 1873
Mexican Earthquake Kills 300
Revenue BUI Report to Go to Senate Monday
HOUSE CONSIDERS
MEASURE DURING
SESSION SATURDAY
Hope to Get Bill Before Senate
For Final Congressional
Action Today
HOOVER AT RAPIDAN CAMP
As Agreed on by Conferees,
Measure Has Bigger Yield
Than Anticipated
Washington, June 4.—(/P) —The sen
ate has agreed to take up the revenue
report at noon Monday.
None of the numerous members
present demanded a roll call vote in
the house.
Carrying to a finish the tremendous j
burst of speed put into enactment of 1
the new revenue bill, the house Satur
day met far ahead of its usual time,
pitching immediately into the con
ference report on the measure. ,
Approval without difficulty was ex- (
pected. No further changes were
possible except by returning the sl,-
119,000,000 measure to the conferees,
a step which apparently no respon
sible members were even thinking of.
It was the plan of the leaders to
act swiftly enough to permit the sen
ate, engaged in a full day's session
on the economy bill, to register its
approval also and send the measure
to the white house.
President Hoover was at his Ra
pidan camp, however, so even if he
were willing to waive the customary
period of examination before signing,
the bill could not become law before
next Monday or Tuesday.
As agreed to by conferees for the
two branches, the tax bill actually
was higher in expected yield than at
any time during its hectic career
through congress. This was possible
because, although conference rules
forbid Insertion of items not ap
proved by one branch of congress or
the other, the conferees were free to
adopt any tax approved by either
house, modifying it within maximum
limits previously set.
Bill Little Changed
Except in details, however, the bill
was substantially as passed by the
senate. The most marked change
was alteration of the three per cent
electricity tax so that it will be paidj
directly by the consumer on his j
monthly bill. As the senate had pass- i
ed it, each utility company would
have paid, probably without being
able to pass on the tax until new
rate schedules were approved by local
regulating commissions.
It was agreed to keep the senate
income tax rates, which reach the
1921 level of normal tax of 4 per cent
on the first $4,000, 8 per cent on in
comes above that and surtaxes up to
55 per cent on income in excess- of
$1,000,000.
The tariffs—on oil, coal, lumber and
copper—were retained.
Further outlining the decisions of I
the conferees, Rep. Crisp said late I
Friday: i
“The stock transfer tax of 4 cents i
a share will apply to stock loans for
short sales.”
“We agreed to the senate provisions
on automobiles, tires, chewing gum,
lubricating oil, brewers’ wort, grape
concentrates, jewelry and boats.
“The senate receded on the boot
legger tax.”
This last tax was for 100 per cent
on all proceeds proven to have been
derived from crime.
Recede on Games Tax
The senate receded on its amend
ments to exempt the Olympic games
and" college football games from the
admissions tax. Crisp added there
had been “n& controversy whatever
over the gift tax.”
“The senate provisions on telephone
and telegraph messages, including the
language on leased wires, were re
tained,” Crisp said. “We kept also
the senate provisions on second class
mail and extended the first class
rates until July 1, 1934.
“We kept the senate provision on
insurance and admissions and the
house language on foreign credits.”
The senate rates were retained on
bond transfers, but the senate receded
on the Gore amendment for a tax of
80 per cent on all salaries and bonuses
over $75,000. The house conferees ac
cepted the two-cent tax on bank
checks.
The house conferees agreed to the
senate’s levy of 3 per cent on elec
trical energy with an amendment
making it apply to domestic and com
mercial consumers, but exempted in
dustrial gas.
The five per cent levies on soap,
mouth wash and tooth paste were ap
proved. -
A four per cent tax on oil. pipe line
charges was retained.
Explains Action
Explaining the conferees’ action on
the consolidated and affiliated corpo
rate returns, Crisp said the house had
been anxious to test out whether the
imposition of a higher tax over the
flat rate for corporations would not
produce more money for the govern
ment.
The senate had placed a flat 14 per
cent rate on all corporate returns,
after the house had put the rate at
13 per cent for single corporation
returns and 15 per cent on consoli
dated and affiliated returns. Under
the compromise, the flate rate is 13%
per cent for single corporate returns
and 14% for consolidated and affili
ated return*.
THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE
‘HARMONY TWINS’ WIN AIR RACE
Lieut. John H. Bishop and his aide, Lieut. Wilfrid J. Paul, often called the
harmony twins in the army air service, won the national balloon race
when their bag landed in Saskatchewan.
Big Investing Corporation
To Begin Work Next Week
Powerful Bankers Organization
Will Hurl $100,000,000
Into Markets
New York, June 4.—<AP)—The Amer
ican Securities Investing Corp., the
$100,000,000 concern formed to acquire
bonds and other securities, is expected
to be ready to begin operations next
week. Its charter was expected to be
filed in Albany Saturday.
Formation of the company, antici
pation of which pushed bond and
stock prices upward Friday, was an
nounced after the close of the market
by J. P. Morgan and Company. Sack
ing the corporation is one of the most
powerful consortiums of New York
bankers ever to band in a joint enter
prise. Certain out-of-town banks al
ready have signified their intention to
participate.
The initial $100,000,000 is subscribed
by 20 leading New York banks and the
corporation is headed by Thomas W.
Lamont, of the Morgan firm. He em
phasized the concern was not a “bond
I pool” but an investing company or
ganized to make profits out of the
! purchase of sound investments for the
“long pull.”
He said its policy, must be based in
large measure upon its confidence in
final action by congress in effective
ly balancing the budget,
j Lamont said the organizers did not
pretend to be trying to “stabilize” the
bond market, but it was the prevail
ing view in Wall Street that its oper
ations would have a good effect.
DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS
FAVORS RELIEF Rill
Party Rule Invoked to Give
% Needed Majority to Gigan
tic Aid Scheme
Washington, June 4.—(J s '—The iron
hand of party rule clamped down on
independent - spirited Democrats of
the house Saturday compelling all
members of the party to vote for the
huge Garner relief program.
It will be taken up Tuesday and
probably passed in fairly short order
on the strength of the Democratic
majority, despite Republican plans to
fight it with everything they’ve got.
The Democrats were bound to the
bill Friday night in party caucus by
a majority vote, obtained only oy
tremendous effort, over spirted oppo
sition of Chairman Byrns of the ap
propriations committee and others.
It was the first time since before
the World war that party rule was
imposed on Democratic votes, though
Republicans have resorted to it often.
The vote in the caucus was 123 to 18,
but it is binding on all 219 Demo
crats. The Republicans have but 211
in the house now, not enough to pre
vent passage of the bill, but plenty to
force abandonment of the original
plan to put the bill through Monday
virtually without debate under a rule
requiring two-thirds majority for
passage.
It is not expected the bill as drawn
—it carries $100,000,000 of outright do
nations for relief of destitution, sl,-
000,000,000 expansion of the recon
struction finance corporation’s capital
for productive construction loans, and
$1,320,000,000 for an expanded federal
public works plan—will finally pass
congress.
The Republican-managed senate
and even its Democratic members,
have ideas somewhat closer to those
of President Hoover, who wants a
$300,000,000 fund for relief loans to
the states and a $1,500,000,000 expan
sion of the reconstruction unit's loan
ing power.
COMMITS SUICIDE
Jackson, Miss., June 4.— —Erie
C. Beales, adjutant general of Missis
sippi, was' found shot to death in his
office at the National Guard armory
here Saturday and a coroner’s jury
returnd a verdict of suicide.
GIRL SCOUTS WILL
MEET IN BISMARCK
Mrs. N. O. Ramstad Selected
For Regional Committee
at Conference
St. Paul, June 4.—<&)—Bismarck
will be host to the 1933 Hiawatha
regional Girl Scout conference. , An
invitation received from the cham
ber of commerce of that city was
accepted at the closing session of the
three-day regional conference here
Friday.
Officers reelected were Miss Kath
erine Abbott, St. Paul, regional chair
man; Mrs. A. A. Weiss. Duluth, Min
nesota's representative on the na
tional Girl Scout board; and Mrs. J.
H. McKeever, Aberdeen, S. D., vice
chairman.
The group voted to authorize the
regional committee to appoint the
secretary this year. Appointments to
the regional committee include Mrs.
N. O. Ramstad of Bismarck.
New Salem Pioneer
Woman Dies in City
Mrs. Fredericka Jahnke, 82-year
old New Salem woman, died in a hos
pital here at 3 o'clock Friday after
noon. She had been in the hospital
for 13 weeks.
Death was caused by complications
resulting from a fractured thigh and
old age.
Mrs. Jahnke was born July 28, 1850,
in Grass-Vielitz, Mecklenburg.
Schwerin, Germany. She was married
to Henry Jahnke in 1873 and they
came to the United States in 1881,
moving to Dakota Territory in 1884.
She leaves her husband, now In
Germany, one son, six daughters, 25
grandchildren and six great grand
children. The son and daughters are
William Jahnke and Mrs. W. Joersz,
Bismarck; Mrs. Carl Joersz. Mrs. Al
bert Joersz and Mrs. Otto Meier, New
Salem; Mrs. S. Gussner, Flasher; and
Mrs. R. Fairmann, Mandan.
’Funeral services will be conducted
Monday from the Evangelical church
at New Salem, of which she was a
member, with Rev. A. Bareiss officiat
ing.
Rain in Prospect for
Oklahoma Flood Area
Oklahoma City, June 4. —(/P) — More
rain was forecast Saturday for the
central Oklahoma flood area, where
swollen rivers and creeks Friday took
a known toll of six lives, striking
hardest in the south part of Okla
homa City.
The crest of the flood, which swept
devastatingly through the city early
Friday while the people slept, moved
on Seminole, Shawnee and other
towns in a rich oil area. Seven per
sons were missing and the injured
list reached 30.
In Oklahoma City, more than 3,000
persons were homeless and nearly
700 homes were demolished or made
uninhabitable. Most of the flood
victims were poor; many lived in
tents in the community camp for un
employed.
Publicity Pamphlet
Is Sent to 200,000
The North Dakota publicity pamph
let, containing statements of candi
dates and texts of Initiated measures
to be voted on at the June 29 primary
election, is being distributed through
the secretary of state’s office to more
than 200,000 citizens of the state.
Issued under provisions of the state
constitution, the pamphlet lists 26
candidates for nomination on the Re
publican ballot, two candidates on the
no-party ballot, seven initiated mea
sures and a statement In opposition
to some 81 the proposals. The Demo
cratic candidates did not enter state
ment*.
BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, SATURDAY, JUNE 4, 1932
COST-PLUS BASIS
OFFERED BIDDERS
ON STATE CAPITOL
Commission Says Plan Will Pro
tect Taxpayers, Contrac
tor and Laborer
ADVERTISING IS STARTED
Home Building Materials Will be
Favored, George A. Bangs
Asserts
Grand Forks. N. D., June 4. —(AP) —
Protection for North Dakota taxpay
er, contractor, manufacturer and la-,
boring man is the purpose of the
guaranty cost contract that will be
awarded to the successful bidder on
the new North Dakota state capi
tol, George A. Bangs, chairman of
the capitol commission, said Friday.
Advertisements for bids are ap
pearing in the leading newspapers
of the state Saturday and the pro
posals will be opened July 21, at the
i office of the commission in Bis
marck, he said.
Under the ordinary contract for
the construction of a building, the
contractor agrees to construct the
building according to the specifica
tions for a certain amount. He is at
liberty to purchase his materials any
place that he cares to go, provided
only that they come up to the re
quirements of the specifications. He
is allowed to employ sub-contractors
to do certain parts work at
any price he can obtain. He can
hire labor at the lowesUposslble fig
ures and import it from where he
pleases.
But the law that established the
capitol commission after the destruc
tion of the old state house at Bis
marck in December of 1930, plainly
established the fact that it was the
jintent of the legislature to favor
North Dakota Industry and labor,
I Bangs pointed out.
j The members of the commission
' realized, he said, that under the ordi
|nary form of building contract they
could do little to compel the success
' ful bidder to use North Dakota mate
rial in so far as possible. He would
naturally have the right to purchase
material in the lowest market. He
would be allowed to squeeze sub
contractors to the limit and employ
jthe cheapest labor available.
! The cheaper the contractor could
.build the building, the greater would
; bc his profit.
State Contractors Favored
Realizing that at the present time
construction of million and a half
dollar building is uncommon and
that contractors would be anxious to
obtain this work, the commission
(Continued on page two)
PLEA OF NOT GUILTY
ENTERED BY CURTIS
Indictment Charges Him With
Hindering in Capture of
Lindbergh Kidnapers
Flemington, N. J.,. June 4.— <7P)—
John Hughes Curtis entered a plea
of not guilty Saturday to an Indict
ment charging him with hindering
capture of the kidnap-murderers of
the Lindbergh baby. Trial was set for
June 27.
Curtis, who pleaded not guilty des
pite his confession to police, seemed
entirely unconcerned and there was a
faint smile on his face as he looked
directly at the Judge. He waived
reading of the indictment and was
remanded to jail in lieu of bail.
As soon as the brief proceedings
were over Curtis was told that he was
remanded to Jail to await trial. He
nodded his head.
“Thank you very much,” he said,
speaking directly to the judge.
He was in the courtroom less than
three minutes.
The indictment, reading of which
he waived, charged that he wilfully
gave false Information “for the pur
poseof preventing and hindering” ar
rest of the kidnapers.
Hohenzollern 1$ Seen a$ Possible
Successor to Paul Von Hindenberg
Berlin. June 4.—(A 5 ) —A promi
nent German nationalist source
predicted Saturday that Presi
dent Paul von Hlndenburg would
retire on his 85th birthday. Oct.
2, and urge election of former
Crown Prince Friederich Wil
helm von HohenzoUem as his
successor.
The source of the prediction
was one of the most influential
politicians in the German na
tionalist party, the editor of the
most Important of the newspa
pers, Alfred Hugenberg, nation
alist head and recently a candi
date for president against Von
Hlndenburg.
The move, If it developed suc
cessfully, again would put the
house of HohenzoUem at the
head of the German government.
Official circle* denied, however,
that any such plan was In Pres
ident von Klndenburg’s mind
Tha Centrist Dally “Der Deut
Bonus Advocates
Have Forced Vote
Signature of 145th Congress
man, Garrett of Texas,
Placed on Petition
SECURED 12 SIGNERS TODAY
Representative Patman Pre
dicts Discharge of Com
mittee, Bill’s Passage
Washington, June 4.—<AP)—C ash
bonus advocates Saturday secured
the 145 signatures necessary to force
a house vote June 13 on the $2,000,-
000,000 full payment Issue.
The 145th signature was put on the
[bill just as Speaker Garner called
for a vote on final house action on
the tax bill.
There was no demonstration as
Representative Garrett (Dem., Tex.)
put his name on the petition while
house members waited for the vote
on the tax bill.
When the house met Saturday 12
signatures were needed on the bonus
petition.
Under the rules, the motion to take
the bonus bill away from the ways
and means committee, which report
ed it adversely, cannot be voted upon
before June 13. If congress has not
adjourned on that day for the two
party conventions, a vote will be in
order.
Representative Patman (Dem..
Tex.*, leader of the bonus advocates,
predicted as’ soon as the petition was
completed that “there are enough
votes in the house to discharge the
committee and pass the bill.”
Sponsors of cash payment of the
soldiers’ bonus carried on a deter
mined drive to obtain signatures to
force a house vote on the legislation
demanded by hundreds of former
service men already, here and en
route.
District of Columbia officials pon
dered whether to evacuate the grow
ing throng of former sendee men
demanding payment.
VETERANS AND POLICE
BATTLE IN CLEVELAND
Cleveland. 0., June 4.— (JP) —Police
and about 100 bonus marchers clash
ed in the Pennsylvania railroad yards
Saturday when the veterans made a
futile attempt to storm the round
house to obtain transportation to
Washingon.
One marcher was beaten into un
consciousness and several others fell
before a charge of mounted police of
ficers, swinging riot clubs from the
saddle.
The group of marchers numbered
about 100. part of the main body of
about 1,000 men who earlier were
quietly moved out of the yards by
several hundred police reserves after
blockading the Pennsylvania main
line during the night.
Police were sent to the yards a few
hours after officials of the Pennsyl
vania asked Governor George White
for state milita. Adjutant General
Frank D. Henderson said local auth
orities were able to cope with the sit
uation.
The veterans refused transportation
Friday night promptly took charge of
the yard, forced shopmen to “take the
eurening off,” and announced no more
east-bound freight trains would leave
without them. The railroad held
three trains, scheduled to leave for
Pittsburgh, in the yard.
1932 Graduates
‘Paint Up’ City j
Boys of this year's class grad
uating from Bismarck high school
conducted their “program of mis
chief” Friday night or Saturday
morning but caused no damage,
according to C. J. Martineson,
chief of police.
As a result. Bismarck residents
on their way to work Saturday
morning found some of the busi
ness streets painted with modern
istic designs, the central them of
which appeared to be a large “B.
H. S. ’32.”
EDITOR DIES
Helena. Mont., June 4.—(/P) —Guy E
La Juliette. 57, for 19 years city edi
tor and managing editor of the
Helena Independent, died Friday of
apoplexy. He was stricken Monday.
sche” said, on the other hand,
that General Kurt von Schlei
cher, minister of defense In the
new cabinet, met In his home re
cently with Adolf Hitler, na
tional socialist chieftain, and the
former crown prince, and the
three agreed after the Reichstag
elections the cabinet would be
changed slightly to Include sev
eral members of Hitler’s party.
General von Schleicher would
continue the dominating force,
however, the newspaper said it
was agreed.
It said the Nazis were to be
given the controlling influence in
Prussia in return for support of
Von Schleicher’s regime in the
Reich as a whole.
It also was learned from a re
liable source the steel helmet or
ganization is ready to supply one
of it* leaders as minister of de
fense In case Schleicher should
become chancellor after the
Reichstag elections.
MONTANAN REFUSES
TO ENTER PLEA TO
CHARGE OF MURDER
Neville Says *!t was Not Mur
der’ When He Shot An
drew J. Hedrfx
Frank J. Nevills, charged with
fatally shooting Andrew J. Hedrix.
brother of two Bismarck men, at
Sweet Grass, Mont., May 18, has
steadfastly refused to make a plea
to a first-degree murder charge de
spite several preliminary hearings,
according to an Associated Press dis
patch.
Nevills is accused of shooting Hed
rix three times with a .32-calibre
revolver as the outgrowth of a po
litical feud.
George Hedrix. Burleigh county
deputy sheriff, and W. P. Hedrix,
Bismarck farmer, are brothers of the
slain man.
Plea Probably in Fall
The Associated Press dispatch in
dicates that Nevills will make no
plea to the charge until the fall term
of court at/ Shelby, Mont.
Hedrix succeeded Nevills as city
treasurer a short time ago but Nevills
refused to turn over to him the city’s
funds.
Hedrix, who was editor of the Twin
City Advocate, newspaper published
at Sweet Grass. v=*s sitting at a lino
type in his office when Nevills en
tered and shot him without warning,
according to Hedrix's story just be
fore hil death at a Shelby hospital.
Says It Wasn't Murder
At Nevills’ most recent hearing be
fore Judge R. M. Hattersley, Nevills
said, “If I think it is necessary to
get an attorney, I will get one. But
I will tell you. judge, I am looking
at the whole situation just this way.
I know 'this county cannot afford to
spend $5,000 over a mess like this.
The other fellow’s life and mine both
was not worth two bits, so what 1s
the use to fight it? If they want
to bring up the proper kind of charge,
I will simply plead guilty to It: I
will not stand for murder, because
;it was not murder.”
When Nevills objected to employ
ing counsel, declaring “I am not go
ing to hire no attorney at no $1,500
because It ain't there,” Judge Hat
tersley informed him that the court
would not employ counsel for him in
view of the fact that his property
holding indicated he could afford to
do so himself.
Deputy Sheriff Chris Hauskins tes
tified at the coroner's inquest that
Nevills had told him that he had
planned to “get three or four others”
when he shot Hedrix.
ECONOMY RECORD OF
I. V. A. IS PRAISED
Morris Tells Selfridge Audience
Cut of $523,000 a Year
Has Been Made
Selfridge, N. D., June 4.—(AP)—Re
duction of state expenses by more
than one million dollars for the next
biennium w r as termed by Attorney
General James Morris Saturday as
already accomplished by the I. V. A.
administration.
Opening his speaking campaign
here. Morris, a candidate for re-nom
ination. stressed economy in govern
ment. He replied to attacks made by
William Langer, Nonpartisan League
candidate for governor, on the Inde
pendent administration.
“Mr. Langer stated in some of his
speeches that he would reduce the
state tax bill a million dollars for
the tw’o-year period,” Morris said.
“What Langer has promised to do the
Shafer administration has already
more than done. The state board of
administration has already reduced
expenses in various state institutions
$523,000 per year which would be
$1,046,000 for a two-year period.
“Then, too, all of the Independent
departments of the state governmeht
are holding their expenses to a min
imum so that the state expenses will,
under the present independent pro
gram, be reduced far in excess of a
million dollars for the next biennium.
These figures represent actual accom
plishments, not promises.”
Herriot Will Seek
Economic Solution
Paris, June 4.—(A*) —Premier Edou
ard Herriot’s new government, sworn
in Saturday, will base its policy on
energetic collaboration with other na
tions in the solution of the world’s
economic problem, the premier's
spokesman said.
The new cabinet is drawn from the
ranks of M. Herriot’s radical socialist
party and its supporters of the liberal
left.
Ban Finder of Child
As Circus Attraction
Boston, June 4.—(AP)—Three Mas
sachusetts cities have banned a cir
cus act by William Allen, the negro
who found the body of the Lindbergh
baby.
Late News
Bulletins
(By The Amoclated Press)
REPORT LINDY SAILING
New York—After the liner lie de
France sailed Saturday reports circu
lated that Col. Lindbergh and Anne
w'ere among passengers, but these re
ports were denied at the home of Mrs.
Dwight W. Morrow, Lindy s mother
in-law.
GETS MILLS BILL
Washington— The administra
tion's relief bill, sponsored by Se
cretary Mills, was Introduced in
the Senate Saturday by Barbour
(Rep., N. J.) The bill was simi
lar to one introduced In the house
by Hawley (Rep., Ore.).
PREUS IS ELECTED
Minneapolis—Dr. O. J. H. Preus.
president of Augustana College, Sioux
Falls, S. D.. Saturday was elected
president of Luther College, Decorah.
la. He will follow the footsteps of
his father, Rev. C. K. Preus, second
president of Luther College.
HOOVER PLAN OFFERED
Washington—The Hoover plan
to furlough government employes
was offered to the senate Satur
day as a substitute for a flat 10
per cent pay cut after It voted
down a proposal to exempt salar
ies below $2,500 from the cut. Un
der the proposal workers would
be furloughed without pay for a
month of each year.
START ECONOMY DRIVE
Chicago—A national drive to cut
the federal budget $750,000,000 was on
Saturday. It opened with the forma
tion of the national organization to
reduce public expenditures by repre
sentatives of 600 commercial organi
zations in 39 states.
BARE BIG ’WASH SALE’
Washington—New tales of high
finance, describing how officials
of the Anaconda and other copper
companies made huge paper prof
its through dealing in the stocks
of their companies on which they
had ’inside information’ were giv
en Saturday to the senate bank
ing committee.
REVOLT IN CHILE
Santiago, Chile, Jun 4.—(A*'—Re
volution broke out here Saturday
with the army air corps as its nucleus
and Carlos Davila, former ambas
sador to the United States, as one
of the leaders.
POLISH-AMERICAN
WINCING HIS WAY
TOWARD HOMELAND
Stanislaus Hausner Somewhere
Over Atlantic on Flight
Across Ocean
(By The Associated Press)
Stanislaus Hausner sailed Saturday
the route of high adventure —the air
way over the Atlantic from New York
to Europe.
Since 5 o’clock Friday night, East
ern Standard Time, there has been
no word of his progress. He had no
wireless and the only possibility of
news of him rested in the few ships
ploughing the waters over which his
huge Bellanca monoplane charted its
course.
But there was no worry. In the
afternoon, perhaps, if he is unsighted
or unreported, there may be occasion
for concern. The early part of the
day, however, presumably finds the
Poiand-born American droning along.
100 miles an hour, over lonesome
seas.
At 3 o'clock Friday afternoon hisi
monoplane was reported seen over i
Halifax. Two hours later the plane
was observed over Sydney. Nova
Scotia. This indicated Hausner fol
lowed the coastline until he reached
the tip of Cape Breton, at which
point he is believed to have pointed
the nose of his orange-painted plane
over the Atlantic.
Both the Halifax and Sydney re
ports of the plane described it as
painted red, but there was no doubt
among Hausner's friends at Floyd
Bennett field, New York, that the
“red” plane was actually Hausner’s.
His destination is Warsaw, Poland.
In the event his 525 gallons of gaso
line proved insufficient for that 4.275
mile hop, Hausner planned to des
cend either at London, England, or
Paris, France. Should his fuel ap
pear adequate at these cities, he
planned to circle the fields—Croydon
and Le Bourget—and drop packets of
letters.
Weather conditions across the At
lantic were favorable when he took
off at 8:56 a. m. Eastern Standard
Time Friday. A tail wind favored his
plane.
Haucr.er figured to reach the Brit
ish Isles in something less than 30
hours.
57 CANDIDATES FILE
Valley City, N. D., June 4.— <)P) —
Fifty-seven candidates have filed for
the various legislative and county of
fices In Barnes county. The legisla
tive, superintendent of schools, sher
iff. register of deeds and commissioner
otfioee will have the greatest number
of candidates competing. Five office*
are uncootcsted.
TKe WeatKetf
Generally fair tonight; Sunday
unsettled; not much change In
PRICE FIVE CENTS
MANY HOMELESS
AS DEATH STALKS
DURING UPHEAVAL
Property Damage Great as De
structive Shocks Sweep
Wide Area
SMALL TOWNS WIPED OUT
Soldiers Patrolling Streets in
Effort to Prevent
Mexico City. June 4.—(AP)—Dis
patches from Guadalajara said there
were at least 300 known dead or in
jured as a result of earthquakes
which shook Mexico Friday.
The death toll was growing and
thousands were homeless in remote
sections.
Great damage was done over a wide
area and a number of smaller towns
were entirely wiped out.
Delayed official dispatches from
Guadalajara raised the death toll in
that vicinity to at least 30. A score
of towns were seriously damaged or
destroyed.
The towns of Atenguillo and San
Gabriel in the Guadalajara district
were wiped out.
Ciudad Guzman was almost demol
ished and the town of Esperanza was
badly damaged. It was impossible to
establish communication with the
City of Manzanillo.
Other towns which were badly dam
aged and from which an indefinite
number of casualties was reported are
Ameca, Mascota, Autlan. Ixtlann.
Sayula and Tlajomulco.
Eleven were reported dead in the
nearby villages of Tecoma, Coquima
tan, Comala Colima, and Cuhtemoc.
and four soldiers where killed at Za
mora. Michoacan. when a barracks
collapsed.
Complete reports were still lacking
from the coastal cities Jalisco and
Mayarit, where it was thought heavy
damage from tidal waves might have
resulted.
The historic old churches of San
Jose. San Francisco and La Merced ir.
Colima were badly damaged, as was
the beautiful cathedral in Tepic, far
ther north.
Colima reported that subterranean
noises and flashes from the nearby
Colima volcano accompanied the
shocks. Soldiers are patrolling the
streets to prevent disorders. Many
homes were ruined. The city was
without light or water due to the
shocks having put the plants out of
commission.
Seismographical experts here Sat
urday expressed the belief it was a
submarine earth upheaval somewhere
close to the Mexican Port of Colima
that caused the quakes.
They said they believed other dis
turbances in the deep Pacific might
follow, causing further shocks.
Senator Nye Will Be
Here Before Primary
U. S. Senators Gerald P. Nye and
Lynn J. Frazier and Congressman J.
H. Sinclair will come to North Da
kota immediately after the adjourn
ment of congress to participate in the
campaign preceding the June 29 pri
mary election. John Nystul. Nonpar
tisan state campaign manager, said
here Friday.
Nystul, who returned late Thursday
from a trip to St. Paul, during which
he conferred with Senator Nye, and
points in the Red River valley, denied
all reports trat Nye will not be here
for the campaign.
Nystul also said that U. S. Sena
tors Norris of Nebraska. La Follette
of Wisconsin and Shipstead of Min
nesota will be here for three days
each during the last 10 days of thfe
campaign. They will support the
Nonpartisan national and state tick
ets.
Each of the visiting senators will
give at. least one radio address and
they will speak in different sections
of the state. Nystul said.
Nystul Saturday received a tele
gram from Nye in which the latter
said he and Frazier expect to be in
the state about June 19. In view of
the fact that the Frazier farm relief
bill is coming up. Nystul said, the two
senators plan to remain to “see it
through.”
Hyde Opposes Farm
Crop Loan Program
Washington, June 4.— (JP) —Any re
vival of the loans to farmers from the
funds set aside for crop production is
opposed by Secretary Hyde.
The secretary of agriculture said he
disapproved suggestions made to
President Hoover by representatives of
the Texas and New Mexico governors
for a reopening of the crop loan funds
for other than production purposes.
Shafer Will Open
Campaign at Linton
Governor George F. Shafer will
formally open his campaign for the
Republican nomination for United
States senator Monday night at Lin
ton.
From Linton he will continue tub
speaking tour, making two addresses
a day every day except Sundays, up
to June 28 when he will conclude his
campaign.
SIGN FORMAL PACT
Washington, June 4. -OP)-Great Bri
tain end Italy today signed the for
mal agreement postponing interna
tional debt* for one year treat task
July l. under the moratorium pee*
returned a verdict of suicide.
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