The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, November 22, 1929, Page 1

North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper ESTABLISHED 1873 CASHIER FORCED TO HAND OVER CASH AS CUSTOMER LOOKS ON Escapes With $1,000 to $1,500 After Locking Men in Vault for Five Minutes SCREWDRIVER FREES TWO Absent Cashier Returns Yegg Saunters In, Waits = Before Pulling Gun : Minot, N. D., Nov. 22.—(?—A lone unmasked bandit at 9:30 o'clock this morning held uj Douglas State bank at Douglas, 37 miles south of Minot, and escaped with between $1,000 and $1,500 in currency. L. H. Odegard, cashier, and Orrin Roberts, a farmer customer, were locked in the vault by the robber after he had compelled the cashier, at the point of a gun, to hand him the loot. Odegard and Roberts escaped from the vault in about five minutes by using a screwdriver to unlock the combination from the inside. Posses of Douglas citizens and county officials were organized pursuits over several highways were started. Word of the robbery was broadcast from the Minot radio sta- tion snd listeners weré asked to be on the lookout for a blue (Buick) coupe in which the bandit is thought i vault door and locked it. Odegard said he believed the rob- fled in a blue Pee) nee i i i i H ol ie 4 E Ht i il é z i i 8 iF KH Ht | t f i ty it 2 : iil s Gi to é UAL - 4 PARTIES SEEK LOST NORTH DAKOTA FLYER [__ Been ton, tore Teen | Eielson Lost, Saving Them Marion Swensen and her father, Olaf Swensen, head of a Seattle fur com- pany, are icebound in their ship Nanuk near North Cape, Siberia. In the same vicinity, Lt. Carl Ben Eielson, famous North Dakota aviator anc lieved to have made a forced landing or crashed on second attempt to reach the Nanuk from Nome. WHO’S GOING TO PAY $2,274 BILL RUN UP ON REPORTERS’ PHONE?, Julius Bacon Becomes | Watertown Resident Watertown, 8. D., Nov. 22—(>)}— former publisher of the dally | roulette wheel.” elected |r tink specu Watertown | little to do with it,” the banker re- i lo transpolar flyer, is bell his Last Month’s Long Distance Toll Charges Read Like Mi- | dady’s. Hats Account . Chicago, Nov. 22.—(P}—The_tele-| = aE ef ll i A i i i Ed i f is 2 E Hy ie de i i i : i g F rl tt 2 i ib ii il i 1 Ree fe : i al it i i | s ° f K eft ! Hl Pid bide i <, ii a Hi { ri : ilfy itz is g i 1 ii i i fe I 2 £ i 5 & & ; i ; renege Raga a BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1929 = THE BISMARCK TRIBUN The Weather Gnow probably tonight and Satur Warmer tonight, colder Satu | BANKER REITERATES COALITION CAUSE OF STOCK PRICES CRASH | Increased Issuance of Breuer .- Loan, Securities, Capital Tax Other Factors |HAS PSYCHOLOGICAL ACTION Kent Defends Mitchell for Mak- ing Funds Available Dur- ing Financial Pinch ‘Washington, Nov. 22.—(#—Fred e Kent, a director of the Bankers Trust company of New York, reiterated to- day before the senate lobby commit- {tee that the action of the senate coa- lition on the tariff bill was partially | responsible for the recent stock mar- | ket disturbance. Kent, a small man who is rather | deaf, told the committee he was sorry to cause any inconvenience. Before beginning his testimony, he set up @ mechanical contrivance to ‘aid him in hearing. He said he had been correctly quoted in a recent speech holding the senate coalition partially responsible for the stock market decline but he added that that was only one of the causes named. Names Other Factors creased issuance of new securities during 1929, the increase in brokers loans and an increase in the capital tax. Senator Glass, Democrat, Virginia, committee, asked Kent if he omitted to say that 90 per cent of the trans- actions on the stock exchange “were as much gambling as if they would bet on the point an arrow on a lation had quite a plied. ‘Psychological Effect’ Kent said the “psychological effect on the people” because “the senate did not function on the tariff bill” was a contributing factor in stock disturbances. He testified the deposits of his bank were between $450,000,000 and $550,- 000,000 and that its loans to brokers “were only about $40,000,000." Asked by Senator Walsh. Democrat, Montana, what effect the federal re- witness answered: “It had no effect on banks who were not borrowing from the federal reserve banks.” “Did it have any effect on Charles E. Mitchell of the National City bank?” Walsh inquired. TH bi i F i i iH ; dss. "Ines cena Other reasons for the fall in ‘stock | was wirelessed from steamers which prices, the witness said. were the in- | had put into the port of Burin. j fuel swept away. Kelly's cove—Two "| dwellings and all fishing Lone Unmasked Bandit Loots Douglas Bank ™ rine PRICE FIVE CEN ‘TIDAL WAVE DEATH TOLL 1S ESTIMATED Provisions, Medical Supplies, | Doctors and Nurses Rushed to the Stricken Area | DESTROYED WINTER SUPPLY Relief Operations in New- foundiland Villages St. Johns, N. F., Nov. 22.—(4)—Toll of the tid vave which lashed an isolated section of the south coast of Burin peninsula after last Monday's earthquake, was believed today to be {close to 36 lives with property loss jof great extent in many small vil- lages. A message flashed last night from the Burin telegraph station listed the names of 26 men, women and chil- dren as dead, but these did not in- {clude fatalities in his own town, the j largest on the peninsula, where earlier dispatches had reported nine dead. The toll of lives thus arrived at 35 or one less than the 36 reported to the “Newfoundland Weekly” at Bos- ton yesterday by Sir Richard A. Squires, Newfoundland premier. | With land communications severed jfor three days by a severe storm pre- ceding the earthquake and tidal wave, first word of the destruction wrought A message from the Burin telegraph station listed the names of 26 men, women and children as dead. The list conflicted with a statement by Pre- mier Richard A, Squires that 36 or more had perished. The premier reported the wall of water had killed 18 at Lord's Cove - and Lamaline; nine at Burin, mostly women and children; seven at Kelly's Cove, and two at Stepaside. Property ‘damage Was reported great, with many families homeless and in need of aid. Relief Steamer Sent A relief steamer left for the stricken area with provisions, medical supplies, doctors and nurses. The minister of marine and fisheries was in charge of relief operations. ‘The Burin peninsula {s located 350 miles from where scientists estimate the submarine disturbance centered in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. The tidal) wave, 15 feet or more high, struck along the coast for a distance of 30 miles. Burin, the largest town affected, has & population of 1230. Reports said the wave reached a height of 40 feet there. Story of Privatfon Told A story of privation and distress over a 30-mile coast from Lamaline, at the tip of the peninsula, to Rock Harbor, near the mainland, was told in the message from the Burin oper- ator. ‘The toll of the tide was itemized as follows: Point Augaul—Five men and three women drowned. Three dwellings, all stages, stores and cod traps = ed. Villagers’ winter provisions and dead. Three Propertics swept away. Port Aux Bras—Seven drowned. Eleven dwellings demolished. Four- teen small schooners smashed or swept‘ to sea along with dories, skiffs waterside buildings. Allan’s Island—All stages and AT 2610 36 LIVES {Government Takes Charge of oe ‘Tiger sober is htiamice 3 cps death. He's 88 now, Georges lemenceau, shown upper left in his last photo, and he says philosophically that he probably will not see another birthday. In the simple little cottage {Of natives within 60 miles of th at Vendee, pictured below, he worked on his memoirs. Upper right is the marble monument which will mark his grave. . “TIGER OF FRANCE’ SNARLS AT _CREEPING SPECTRE OF DEATH Forest Fire Destroys Part of Oregon Town west of here. it of damage, but no lives were be- Ueved to have been lost, since the residents were warned of the danger jhours in advance. Another fire near the Oregon- California line was reported spread- ing. A third fire, of undetermined of this city. WASHINGTON BLAST Five Expected to Die From Ef- fects of Boiler Explosion Beneath Sidewalk cause of an explosion in downtown five persons and inj to many more was the subject today of seven different investigations. The disaster, which occurred late yesterday in a Seventh street ae and shop- the | Ms heart going. jured numbered more than 40, with five in such a serious condi- littered the The inj {tion that death is expected. The vic- nel ha Hi | i bRE I t lin the store escaped through a rear exit. tims of the explosion wer€ mostly passersby, as the force of the blast was upward and outward and many Ail the city’s first aid equipment service. The injured tat sie fi Grants Pass, Ore., Nov. 22.—(P}—A | forest fire today had destroyed a sec- | tion of the village of Harbor, 50 miles , Dispatches did not reveal the ex- | area, was burning several miles west | INJURED 40 PERSONS | mier Georges Clemenceau this after- {noon was making a magnificent and Washington, Nov. 22.—(#)—The| Washington which moar ht death to} ‘Former Premier Georges Clem- | pany which owns the Nanuk, me | saged from the ship that a dog tean ! BEN EIELSON'S WI CONDUCT AIRSEARG Russian Trader Reports He: ing Lost Plane Fifty Miles From Icebound Ship |FOG PREVENTED SEEING Hi | | May Have Crashed Again Mountain; Dog Team Be- lieved Near Ben Nome, Alaska, Nov. 22.—(4)—Fo parties were scouting the terrain the vicinity of North Cape, Sibert today in search of Carl Ben Eielsou noted arctic pilot, wh jing since November while Pilot Frank Dorbandt waiting here ready to conduct search from the air when the weath er moderates sufficiently to make flight feasible. Eielson, in cooperation with Do bandt, was engaged in transportin Passengers and furs to Nome fron the Swenson Fur Trading company’ ship Nanuk, icebound near No Cape. They also were to take off p gers on the soviet ship Stat locked in the ice near the Nanuk. They made one trip from Nanuk, landing six passengers and quantity of furs in Nome. They forced down at Teller, Alaska b storms on their second trip, to the air again. Then was forced to return to Tel Eielson continued. His plane was sighted by a parts Nanuk, while the motor of the ¢1 was heard 10 miles closer to the shij by a Russian trader. The trader not see the plane, owing to heavy fog] word received from him here yester: day, however, was that he believe Eielson was flying inland. He there was a mountain about 10 mile: from the coast at that point, which Eielson might have crashed. Olaf Swenson, head of the com: ehceau Making Magnifi- | from the Nanuk, should have reache: cent Fight for Life SUFFERING INTENSE AGONY Injettions of Oil Keep Heart Go-; ing in Spite of Excruci- =| Pari, Nov. 22.—(4)—Former Premie: Georges Clemenceau, 88- | year-old veteran French states- | man, is dying. “The Tiger,” is fighting his last battle, it was admitted by his physician, Dr. Degennes, as he left the aged patient's bedside late today. Uraemia has developed and un- | less some extremely unexpected attack on Prime Minister improvement is shown during the night his doctors have abandoned hope. Paris, Nov. «2.—(#)—Former Pre- what many of those close to him con- sider his last fight for life. Suffering intense agony, the old; members of his family. { Even injections of morphine gave | him no relief from the pain caused | by digestional disturbance and only injections of camphorated oil “Is there any hope, doctor?” Dr. Degennes was asked. “I don’t know,” was the reply. | The physician said M. Clemenceau was in the greatest pain and had; visibly to restrain himself from fey | ing out. One of Clemenceau’s closest friends the correspondents: “Clemen- extraordinary physical resist- | Mandel, former cabinet “The Tiger” visited the bed- afternoon ar z z § Z i $ BS i i [ MACDONALD CALLED ating Pain | ‘Prime Minister Is Attacked o ;the locality yesterday where Eielsoi | Was last seen. It would require con: ‘iderable time for the team to repor; {back to the ship, it was explained Swenson said three more dog parties were sent out from the yesterda! ‘KING OF THE QUACKS Resumption of Relations With Soviet Russia London, Nov. 22.—(}—A MacDonald on the resumption diplomatic relations between G | Britain and Soviet Russia was by Commander Oliver Locker-Lamp son, conservative member of p ment, at today's session of 4,000 con: servative party delegates. A resolution introduced by th commander protesting against re- sumption of diplomatic relations wit Russia was adopted by the confer: ence with but one dissenting vote. In introducing his resolution Com. They have much d and debauched our standards. Russia is a moral outlaw. She is al moral leper and the cry ‘unclean, un clean’ ought to go up as long as refuses to pay up.” The commander declared that mier MacDonald was a “very and very weak man and king of quacks,” it it : it i zB i er g 3 F H ‘ fabze if 3 iigiell ee ry tite ap | : ” i inh itn wi: ES spit