The Daily Plainsman from Huron, South Dakota • Page 1

EVE URO HURON, SOUTH DAKOTA, MONDAY, MAY 9, 1932 ARE BURIED IN LANDSLIDES Tardieu Defeatec Decisively; i i Resign As Premier Cabinet Announces That Resig nation Will Be Presented As Soon Aa New President Is Elected Tomorrow. May --Defeated by a atjive margin in yesterday's parliamen ttiy election. Premier Andre Tardieu wil resign tomorrow night with a reques a his successor be chosen immediately. An official announcement after a cabinet meeting this morning said that the i esignatton will be presented as soon as the parliament has elected a new president to succeed Paul Doumer. and tha i'.

will be accompanied by a request that the present government not be asked to continue in oqice until the new chamber of deputies just elected convenes in June Edouurd Harriot, who was premier in 392-4. is the most likely choice to succeed M. Turdien. with returns practically complete from yesterday's voting, his party of the left had swept away the republican majority in the chamber, giving the left groups substantial control. The cabinet communique said its course of uclion had been deckled upon "in view of the situation created by the coinci- of a presidential election, coming so closely after a general election which changed the chamber majority." When tho decision was made known many members of the chamber considered it as iir.plying that Tardieu woulc i to take part in the disarrna- ruTt conference at Geneva or in other international meetings.

Ritchie, White To Gain Power Delegate Of Home Slates Will Be Given In Primary Elections (By the Associated Press) Two more candidates for the democratic presidential nomination will obtain actual delegate strength this week, Albert C. Ritchie of Maryland and George White of Ohio. The two governors will receive the votes of their respective states, White by a primary on Tuesday which is expected to give him almost all if not every one of Ohio's 52, Ritchie taking Mary- Sand's 16 in convention Thursday without any opposition. Meanwhile, tnday the camp of Franklin D. Raotf-evclt expected a dozen more votes for the New York governor, half from Arizona and half from Wyoming.

B-'th were choosing delegates in Kt.ite conventions. To this total Roose- vc-U hoped also to add another 16 tomorrow in West Virginia's primary, though Gov. William H. Murray of Okla- is entered against him there. very little opposition President Hoover stands lo pick 98 votes Tuesday to give him a strength of better than 900.

Ohio will name 55 and West Virginia 19 in primaries, while a convention in France Pays Final Tribute To Doumer Patriarchal, 73-year-old President Paul Doumer of France, who was shot and fatally wounded In Paris by a fanatical Russian, is shown above iu a recent portrait. His popularity had steadily increased his election last June and he was believed to have few political enemies. Two Candidates Seeking To Succeed Assassinated President Of France Pairleve, Former Premier, And Albert LeBrun, President Of Senate, Aspire To Be Elected Head Of Republic. PARIS, May 9 candidates succeed President Paul Doumer who was assassinated Friday were officially the running today. The election is to be held at Versailles omorrow.

Paul Painleve, former prem- ar, formally consented today to become a andidate. Albert Le Brun, president of he senate, presented his candidacy formally yesterday. The new president will be chosen by a oint session of the chamber of deputies the senate. Pay Tribute Thousands of partisans filed by the Slysee Palace to pay tribute to the dead resident. After lying in state until liursday morning the body will be tak- to Notre Dame cathedral for funeral ervices.

Detectives of the surete generals saic ley believed important information on aul Gorgolov, the assassin, might be ecured by questioning two men with horn they said he was associated closely ere. One of these was M. Javkovleff, ditor of the anti-soviet paper, "Nabat," Tocsin." Gorgolov, they said, had printed a Hopes To Cut Time Of Lindbergh's Flight NEWARK, N. May Lou Reichers hopes will be the fastest flight across the Atlantic is scheduled to start from the Newark airport tomorrow night. Reichers, long distance speed flier who hopes to cut in half the time of Col.

Charles A. Lindbergh's crossing, will fly a low-wing monoplane by way of Harbor Grace, N. F. and Ireland, making stops in both countries. rr.

-11 i t.tt^\ i i i Tennessee will select 24 more delegates. bookl outlming his anti-soviet pro- to a green party dicta Three contests in Ohio, one against Joseph I. France of Maryland, and two egainst delegates pledged to Mayor Jacob S. Coxey, of Massillon, offer all the opposition to the Hoover drive in the week. Dlscuss Details Of State House Annex PIERRE, May 9- (IP)-- Details connected with construction of the new statehouse annex occupied the state capitol torship in Russia to be headed by him.

He outlined the organization of the proposed new government, described the uniforms for ib army and ended with an appeal for war, foreign or civil, as the only way to save the Russian refugees, Sends Sympathy The soviet government sent its sympathy through its ambassador, Valerian Dovgolevsky. The note, forwarded to Premier Tardieu, said the soviet union had been "deeply affected by the abom- building commission at a. brief meeting inable outrage." The crime provoked i i a i in Russia it today. The architects were asked to have samples of electrical equipment for the new structure submitted for selection at a future meeting, and were authorized to prepare plans for driveway and sewage disposal system. The commission will meet again to unanimous indignation" in Russia, it said, At the special request of Madame Doumer, the body of the president wiU not be interred in the pantheon with the group of celebrated French heroes which includes Voltaire, Jean Jacques Rousseau -LUC mil TT morrow to consider plans for elevator and Victor Hugo, but in the family vault at Vaugirard cemetery.

Dirigible Akron Passes New Orleans On Cruise NEW ORLEANS, May U. S. navy d-rigible Akron passed over New Orlcr this morning en route to the Pacifn coast. The big ship sailed under an overcast eky, followed a course directly across town and then pointed her nose toward El Paso. Texas, and the west.

She communicated the time of her arrival to the United States naval radio station here. Weather Huron: tonight mid Tuesday. slowly growing warmer Tuesday. South Dakota: Generally fair tonight Tuesday; slightly wanner TucwUy. Evening Huronlte delivery guaranteed ShooM you to fet yi Evening Kuronlte by iu, Western UoJoo--M3 New Turn In Search For Child Indicated NORFOLK, May new turn in negotiations for the recovery of Charles Augustus Lindbergh, was indicated today by the cessation oJ activities aboard the sea-going yacht Marcon and a supposed week-end plane trip by the negotiators.

The plane flight was presumably made by John Hughes Curtis, the principal negotiator, ant' Lieut. George L. Richard, naval officer, since Friday night when the Marcon returned from her latest cruise out to sea. Col. Charles A.

Lindbergh was also believed to left the naval base by plane. Bear Admiral Guy H. Burrage. retired, and tho Very Rev. Dobson-Peacock, associated with Mr.

Curtis as intermediaries, refused to any information today concerning the negotiations. RIVEK RISING YANKTON, May Missouri river was a foot liigher today than yesterday. Yesterday the stage was 5.8. Today WM Confesses To S. F.

Robberies Unemployed Mitchell Printer Admits Entering Finance Company Office SIOUX FALLS, May 9--(fP--Joe Jcune- mann, 22-year-old unemployed printer of Mitchell, signed a confession for police this morning and cleared up the last detail in an inquiry into robberies of finances companies here on April 13 and April 28. Jeunemann, picked up at Mitchell Sunday morning at the request of Chief of Police Guy E. Geelan, admitted that he had assisted George V. Case, now hole in St Paul, in a $1,000 robbery of the Finance Service company April 13. Earlier in tha day police received word that three youths held in Toledo, had made a full confession in the holdup of the Public Finance company late in pril.

They implicated Marie Hames, alias Marie Kosek, who was arrested in Milwaukee Saturday. Trio Is Returned Word that John Newman, Edwin, Majewski and Andy Dako, alias Joe Barrel, had admitted the Public Finance firm stickup came in a wire from Gratton Toohey, assistant chief of police, who went to Toledo late Friday to return the trio here. The youth waived extradition and are on their way back to Sioux Falls. They obtained in a noon robbery and fled to Ohio. Police said late Sunday that Newman, Majewski and Dako possibly were implicated in the $20 holdup of the Hoyal Hotel April 24.

Rope, similar to that used to bind in the fim.nce robbery the 28th, was used in this instance to tie Charles Webb, clerk at the hotel. Juenemann told questioners at the police station that lie had joined Case to get money so he could be married. He was nruirried a week ago Tuesday, he said. He sand lie only received J28 of the $250 in cash which the pair obtained. Suggested By S.

F. Man The robbery was suggested orignially by a Sioux Falls man unfriendly to K. J. Campbell, manager of the finance firm, Juenemann said. This man, whose name was withheld, was declared to have told Case and Juenemann that ought to be good for $1,000," and to fcave described to them the interior of the office, including the location of cadi Japanese Leaders To Be Targets Of Attacks It Is Said Head Of Korean Patriot's Society Admits First Bombing: At Hongkew; Says Work Will Go On; Manchurians Killed.

SHANGHAI. May attacks on Japanese leaders in Japan and Manchuria, similar to that which occurred in Hongkew Park here on April 29, were predicted today in a statement which emanated from the Korean colony. It purported to give the true explanation of the Hongkew bombing ten days ago which resulted in the death of one high Japanese official and the injury of several others. It was signed by Kim Koo, a Korean said to be head of the Korean Patriots' society. Kim said he was the instigator of the Hongkew bombing and that lie wanted to world to know the truth, so the Japanese would stop rounding up Korean re-vidcnts of Shanghai for questioning.

"Achieves He said he sent Yuri Kil, a young Korean revolutionary to Hongkew Park that day with bombs and that the young man ''achieved his purpose." Yuii is now in the hands of the Japanese, he said, and "may be dead or alive." Kim said he himself had left Shanghai -Before the statement was issued in his name, but he added: "My life is dedicated to freeing my country. The Japanese are doing everything in their power to apprehend me, but my work continues. Our association seeks to kill Japanese civil and military leaders. There will be other affairs similar to that at Hongkew soon, both in Japan and Manchuria. Wickersham Believes Ballot On Apartment Houses Prohibition Is Needed In U.

S. Are Swallowed Up When Earth Slips Head Of Crime Study Commission Expresses Opinion That Referendum Would Be Of Benefit By Crystallizing "Sober, Informed And Deliberate Opinion Of The People" WASHINGTON, May Vf. Wickersham believes more strongly than ever that a referendum on prohibition is needed. Sixteen months after winding up the work of the notable crime-study commission which bore his name, Wickersham expressed the conviction in an interview Edouard Hcrriot, Former Premier Of France. Narrowly E.S' capes Death When Leaps To Safety In Lyons.

yesterday that a vote on altering the 18th amendment through state conventions would do much good by crystallizing what he termed the "sober, informed and 'Snt deliberate opinion of the people." Others Share Opinion He knew, he said, that several members of his commission held the same opinion. In this interview Wickersham abandoned the complete silence he had clung to steadfastly in regard to the commission's work. He was asked about the apparent discrepancy between the conclusions appended to the repovt and the views expressed by a majority of the members in their itMividual expressions. While the summary set forth that "the commission is opposed to repeal of the 18th amendment," the greater number of the commissioners argued the dry law should be changed in some way. of the membvs." replied Wickersham, "fell in varying degrees that prohibition was not a success in its form at that time.

Four of us felt that it was not beingen- 400 REBELS KILLED TOKYO, May hundred Manchurian rebels were reported killed in two battles with Japanese troops in northern Manchuria today, dispatches to the Eengo news from Harbin said. Seven of the rebels were said to be Russians, probably "white" Bussians. The Japanese lost 19 dead. General Nakamura's Japanese brigade occupied Fengchertg after a two-day battle against a force of 5,000 rebels who retreated westward in disorder leaving 300 dead on the field. General Yoda's brigadfe another large rebel force at The rebels retreated eastward.

Oni hundred rebels were killed in this ha'tie, including the seven Russians. The Japanese lost ona dead and 10 wounded in the first battle and 18 dead in the second. Sees Close Of Beet Industry Opponents Of High Tariff Voice forced properly but that sufficient opportunity had not been given to judge it a failure. One member, (Newton D. Baker) felt that the whole question should be remitted at once to the states.

AH were opposed to a return of the saloon. la Best View The summary represented the best view we could obtain from the conflicting A majority agreed that if the amendment was revised it should be made to read that congress shall have power to regulate or prohibit the manufacture and transportation within the United States." Wickersham said he felt the prohibition investigation and report had overshadowed unduly the great body of work dorje by the commission on other angles of law enforcement, but he believed that results from this other and more valuable labor were in process of realization. Y. C. Members Meet At Pierre Toulon Has Big Day; Raids Follow Wind TOULON, May 9--(Jfi--Things happened fast in Toulon, the other day.

A tornado tore through the town, damaging the railroad depot, the bank, the newspaper office and the hotel. Shortly thereafter prohibition agents came and raided five places. Roger Dunham Of Wessington Springs In Speaking- Contest Objection; Cuba Threatened WASHINGTON, May destruction of the American beet sugar ndustry was foreseen in a brief filed with the tariff commission today by opponents if a high sugar tariff. The brief, signed by Daniel C. Roper Washington and Frank Hoberson of Vew Yo attorneys representing the Hershey Corporation, Sugar Process Corporation, Matanzas Sugar Company, Jose Arechab.ila, Insular Sugar Refining Company and Refined Syrupo, said a "super-tariff" on refined sugar would be "a weapon with which the American refiners would wipe out" beet sugar industry.

"With the weapon of a prohibitive tariff in their hands, the domestic refiners will first put the makers of white sugar in Cuba out of business," said the document, made public by Morton M. Milford, Washington. "Next the domestic refiners will run the beet sugar industry in the United States. After that there is nothing to prevent them from adding the full duty to the refining margin." It was held American refiners "for years have publicly admitted an excess productive capacity of mote than 50 per cent" and that "for an industry to continue to create excess capacity and contend that interest and dividends on such unjustifiable investment must be considered as a factor costs, shocks the conscience." Statistics were cited designed to show American refiners have been prosperous despite ttnfavorabls economic times "and are selling sugar in foreign countries almost a half cent a pound cheaper than to the American people." Help Put Huron's Unemployed In Jobs ywi my work for unemployed BUB wooun, pletM telephone You will be appncUt- CMMi T. PIERRE, May hundred members of the South Dakota Young Cit izens league were here today for the citizenship organization's sixth state convention.

Finals In the league's state essay anc speaking contest and addresses by stat officials were on today's program. Governor Green spoke at this morning's session, and Dwight Campbell, presiding judge of the state supreme court, gave an address this afternoon. Following the usual custom, school children presided at the convention sessions and provided most of the program Pauline Orth of the Coolidge Y. C. L.

Campbell county, was presiding officer for this morning's session, while Lois Richardson, upper Rapid Y. C. Peii- nington county, was chairman at the afternoon meeting. M. G.

Barnes, deputy state sheriff talked on finger printing at tho afternoon meeting. The annual banquet will be tonight. Finalists hi the essay and speaking contests on "Law Observance" representing six regions of the state, are: Robert Eubanks, Clear Lake; Roger Dunham, Wessington Springs; Grenell Weatherspoon, White River; Howard Shoun, Milesville; Virginia Huck, Ipswich, and Sylvia May drill. Elk Point. Circulation Of Money Increases WASHINGTON, May in circulation in the United States on April 30 increased as compared with March 31 but the total of money in the country decreased $68,041,376.

The treasury's monthly circulation statement today showed that at the end of Arjril money in circulation amounted to $5,464,903,541 with a per capita circulation of $43.76 as compared with $43.74 a month before. The total money on the country on April 30 was 59,198,517,108. Of that amount $4,364,624,657 was in gold coin and bullion. Of the total the treasury held $3,952,873,602. Jimmy Walker To Seek Third Term NEW YORK, May.

by criticism aimed at him and his administration, Mayor James J. Walker, morning papers said, has decided to seek a third term. He has one year left to complete his second four-year term. The Hoftstadter legislative committee's long investigation and Comptroller recent attackj on the administration's budget and some of its policies are said by mayor's political associates to hare decided for him. Plan For State Walton Meeting Nationally Known Speakers Appear On Program At Lake Kampeska In June Plans for the annual state convonUoi of the South Dakota division of the Izaak Walton league at Lake Kampeska near Watsrtown, Junte 26-28, were out lined at a meeting of the organization'; board of directors in Huron yesterday.

President Merle Brown of Sioux Fall, announced several nationally knowi speaker.3 will appear on the program among them Cal Johnson, Chicago, edit or Outdoor America; Paul Reading ton, Washington, chief of tho Biologica Survey; Henry O'Malley, Washington chief of TJ. S. Fisheries; Ray Steel, Wi nona, superirtlendent of the Up per Mississippi Wild Life Refuge; Par ker Anderson of the Minnesota. Schoo of Forestry. Several prominent South Dafcotans al so will give talks.

To Invite Candidates Senator Peter Norbeck and U. S. Cherry, his democratic opporient in the fall election, and Governor Warren Green and Tom Berry, democrat who will oppose him for reelection, will be invitee to give addresses. One of the convention features thi year will be a tournament Sunday, June 26, to select South Dakota's champion all aroun-d Events upon which entries will be judged include trap, pisto' and rifle shooting and fly and bait casting, 'i'he convention proper will convene Monday morning. A sight seehvg trip to fish hatcheries and the sewage disposal plant at and the Big Sioux river diversion dam at Lake Poinsette will be included on the day's program.

Monday night will be devoted to a sportsmen's show and a The Election Tuesday The league will elect officers and close the convention with the annual banquet Tuesday night. Members of the board here for the meeting yesterday included Ole Hagen, president Madison chapter; Jack Cluett, Lake Andes; L. P. Peterson, Mitchell, and vice president G. W.

Stafford of Huron in addition to President Brown. Here to confer with the board on plans for the convention were Karl Mundt of Madison, member, and Chet Snyder of Water-town, chairman of the state game and fish commission; Cliff Coffey of Madison; W. T. Williams and Dr. J.

Bartron, Walertown; M. S. Carpenter, Mitchell, former state field secretary of the league. Farm Exports Value Smallest In WASHINGTON, May farm value of American agricultural exports in the last fiscal year, 1930-1931, was the smallest in more than ten years. The value was in the preceding fiscal year, The agriculture department reports that exports last year represented 7.4 of the income from farm production against 10.2 per cent the previous year, and a high figure of for the 19191920 season.

Exports of cotton, lard, pork and hogs, wheat and flour, and unmanufactured constitute about 85 per cent of the value of all agric-ultural exports, but of these cotton was the only commodity which showed a larger percentage of jroduction sent abroad in 1930-1931 than in any of the previous four seasons despite larger than average production. TO SELECT DATE PIERRE, May 9--(ff)--Tha central committee of the democratic party in South Dakota met with State Chairman A. L. here today to select a. date for the party's state convention.

Party leaders discussing the matter before the meeting opened at 2:30 p. regarded JUM Ubtlv thia. LYONS. FRANK. May ght persons were believed buried to.

day under landslides wJiic'- swallowed up two apartment houses in the skirts of Lyons. Twelve injured were removed before rescuers were ordered away by Edouard Harriot, the mayor and former premier, who himself escaped death fi-om another slide only by leaping to safety. The rescue parties returned to tin ruins, however, after cries wore heard in the wreckage. At midnight they discovered a woman, pinned by a bean! She said she was not hurt. She was removed and taken to hos.

pital. Rcsidenls Asleep Explosions and fires preceded tin slides. The first occurred at 9 a. while many of the residents were asleep, It cracked the gas mains. The fire department removed the first twelve persons before the second and larger tumbled down, crushing both buildings, M.

Herriot, whose party emerged vie. tor in the national elections yesterday, leaped to tho top of the ruins when firemen failed to obey his request to leave. Engineers had predicted a new of the walls. Jumps To Safety "Do you want to be i he shout. ed.

He himself jumped jubt in time to escape the crash. About 100 persons were killed in a similar landslide on Fourvicre Hill hera in November, 1930. The slide today was blamed on heavy rains and melting snows which hills. undermined the subsoil iu Church Sessions End At Aberdeen Evangelical Ministerial Appointments Are Announced; Observe Anniversary ABERDEEN, May appointments for the year were announced this morning alter the close ot the state conference of the Evangelical church here yesterday, held in conjunction with the fiftieth anniversary of First Evangelical church, Aberdeen. Speakers yesterday were Bishop George Edward Epp, Rev.

J. R. Niergarth, Cleveland; Rev. William L. Bollman, executive secretary of the board of missions, and Hev.

O. W. Ferk, Scotland. Rev. George E.

Zech, Aberdeen, was reappointed district superintendent. Members of the quarterly conferenca were: A. Oertli, Aberdeen; C. Gcrhardt and Peter Bergland, Big Stone City; Otto Rux, Eureka; A. Frase, Sioux Falls; W.

H. Krueger, Twin Brooks, and E. T. nson, Menno. Assignment ot pastors follows: Aberdeen--Charles W.

Zech; Beresford --George W. Hoefs; Big Stone City--A. Berland; Bowdle--J. C. Sippel; Butler-J.

H. Moore; Clear Lake--William Gaines; Ellingsrn--S. Finkbeiner: Kellarton- Hayti--F. A. Dunn; Wentz; McLaughlin- C.

Sippel; Mil- jank--W. H. Kalas; Menno--C. Jensen; Olivet--L. M.

Binghaman; Monroe--G. H. Ramona--J. D. Musser; A.

Rames; Scotland- W. Ferk; Sioux Falls- Joy E. Long; Twin Brooks--D. F. YingstJ Watertown--L.

C. Miliken; Yankton-John E. Booth. Eureka, Isabel and Winner were placed under the supervision of tha district superintendent rmcl Grotoii under supervision of Aberdeen. 500 Killed In European Stom HANOI, FRENCH INDO-CHINA.

Maf IIP) Five hundred lives were lost in a which swept from the China sea across the southern of the state o( Annam last Wednesday, reports ro ng here today said. Several Europeans were included he death list. The storm struck most furiously at the owns of Phantiet, 75 miles east of capital French Cochin-China, and Jangoy, 30 miles farther along the coast- Li railway. Communications were wrecked and accurate information was difficult to obtain. It was learned, however, that the towns if Cana and Dran were wiped out and hat the European population of Canada vas without shelter.

The hurricane was followed by flood. Hoot Gibson And Wife To Separr HOLLYWOOD, May Gibson- and Sally Eilers have admitted they separated. And tha reason, says Gibson, is professional careers in films. ---i. who plays in western pictures.

sa 1 success of his wife "has made her I- erent cirL" Miss Eilers recently ed la "Bad Girl" ami Team.".