The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 4, 1930, Page 1

North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper ESTABLISHED 1873 - THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1980 The Weather it and fo Rot tush hangs in temperate PRICE FIVE CENTS 6 Lunatics Are Free In Gotham Legion Launches ‘Open Your Heart’ Drive ASKS CIMZENS 0. Santa Claus Announces He Will] {0UTHFUL MEN 0F William Gummer Plea for Freedom Denied by Board I Expected to Quit | ASSIST IN MAKING CHRISTMAS CHEER Will Supplement Work Done by Other Organizations in Co» ordinated Campaign SEEK SMALL CONTRIBUTIONS ‘ist of Items Sought Includes Services, Food, Fuel, Toys, Candy, and Money é g [vil aE 5 i i i a Fi & 4 ut ee f i iE fs EES | Fi : E i : ag Make Long Trip to Bismarck RADIOGR WORLD WIDE WIRELESS lard, Bismarck, North Dakota. AM North Pole, Dec. 4, 1930, Glad to know children of your community want me to come and see them. Think I can make trip, starting soon. Will advise you when I will start. You may tell children I am coming and will bring my‘reindeer. Give the boys and girls of Bis- SANTA CLAUS marck my love. dren. “For, after all, Santa with attentive ear Having gotten one worry off his mind, Mr. Goddard today had under consideration plans for Santa’s ree ception in Bismarck. “Of course what we do will depend. largely on Santa’s own desires,” God- dard said “But we will have to pro- vide a stable for his reindeer and I think the Northern Pacific park ‘would be as good a place as any. “Then, too, we must not forget those little ones who may be sick and unable to come down town to see Santa Claus. Perhaps we can arrange for him to visit the children in the hospitals and those who are unable to leave their homes. “A little later I may be able to make an arrangement for Santa to make such trips. I am sure he will be glad to do so if he has the time.” Champion Steer Is Sold for $2.50 a Pound Compared to $8. TWO.PARDONS ARE GRANTED BY BOARD or Eleven Men Paroled; Five Pris- A acing the entrance of the Continued on page nine) 22 ARE KILLED IN BURMA EARTHQUAKE) Many Others Injured and Ma- terial Damage Is Heavy in Pyu District Rangoon, Burma, Dec. 4—(P}— Twenty-two persons are known to have been killed and a number of others injured in two which rocked Burma during the night. There was much material Woman, a Resident of Barnes 53 Years, Dies}! Valley City, N. D., Dec. 4—()— Mrs, James Burchill, a resident of Barnes county for 53 years, died today as the result of an injury to her spine received in an automobile accident Tuestiay ht. near Hastings nig! Returning to Valley City from La Moure with her husband, the automo- and Mrs. Burchill was from the machine. She leaves her widowet and four sons. Seek Riley Relatives oners Serving Life Terms Denied Clemency Two pardons and 11 paroles were granted by the state pardon board which considered more than a hun- ht. eee oil Applications .were de- Near Minot or Crosby| mprovements in Fargo, N. D., Dec. 4—(7)—Bellef Eastern Hotel Buys ‘Best at Livestock Show for $2,700 at Auction buying meat, and not dramatic values, at the auction ring of the in- ternational livestock exposition today. ‘The result was that “Jimmy,” the grand champion steer, shown by J. F. McKenny, King City, Mo., was sold for $2.50 a pound as contrasted with the $8.25 paid to a 17-year-old boy from Iowa last year. “Jimmy” was worth exactly $2,700 to the Breakers Hotel, Atlantic City, N. J.—a long way from the $7,800 that Elhott Brown, Rosehill, Iowa, got in-1929 for “Lucky Strike” from J. C. Penney, chain store 25 Year Ago V. A. MARSHALED C. V. Freeman, Regarded as Likely Choice for Speaker, ls Twichell Supporter THREE OTHERS MENTIONED Gordon Cox Held Most Formi- dable Rival of Red River © Valley Man (By a Tribune Staff Man) Grand Forks, N. D., Dec. 4—In the Political battle being waged between the young and old in the Red River Valley, one cannot help but notice the counter attack which has been launched by the I. V. A. organization “ical the leadership of L. L. Twich- If there are young men opposing Twichell’s status in the party, there are young men su} it, too, One gets this attitude most strong- ly,here where @ young man who sup- Ports Mr. Twichell is a candidate for the speakership of the house at the next session of the state legislature. . The man is C. V. Freeman, young in years but @ veteran in political ex- perience, who represents the sixth leg- islative district in the legislature. Mr. Freeman is very distinctly a ‘Twichell supporter and the belief here in the Red River Valley is that he is Twichell’s candidate for the ‘speakership, Mr. Freeman doesn’t say s0, how- statement, is to send letters to his fellow I. V. A.’s who have been elect- CAUSES ARGUMENT Louisiana Representative Would Have 60 Rather Than 25 Millions Washington, Dec. 4—(7)—A rift in the house agriculture committee widened today in the consideration of Proposals to authorize funds for loans to farmers for seed, fertilizer and feed to rehabilitate the drought stricken areas. Dr. C. W. Warburton, secretary of the federal drought relief committee, testified in favor of the $25,000,000 fund, as proposed in a resolution by Chairman Haugen of the committee. Representative Aswell, of Louisiana, ranking minority member, charged Warburton “controlled Secretary Hyde” on seed and fertilizer loan matters. He declared Warburton had arbitrarily placed the relief figure at $25,000,000 when, he said, state drought committees had estimated be | $60,000,000 was needed. ner in this division was fed by Saral (Continued on page nine) 5 5 BEE s aii g i i Would Provide The Louisianan is author of a reso- lution to provide $60, 5 The witness rejoined that Aswell “pays me a great compliment when he says I control Secretary Hyde, for you men know Secretary Hyde is con- trolled by no one.” The senate agriculture committee opens hearings tomorrow on the re- lief legislation. The house committee became charged that maneuverings over the Proposed legislation by Secretary Hyde, Chairman Haugen, of the com- mittee, and Chairman McNary, of the senate agriculture committee, consti- Aswell said that Hyde after con- ferring with the presiden Hyde told him “of course you know we don't have any money.” Cox is regarded dable candidatewithRulon looming as 8 probable compromise if the battle in the I. V. A. caucus grows bitter. Peters Is Mentioned D. E. Peters of Pierce county, an unsuccessful candidate for the honor at the last session, also is being men- tioned but has not proposed himself as @ candidate so far as is known here. Of the quartet, Peters is much older than the other three. Other factors disclose that Twich- (Continued on page nine) GERMAN COMMUNIST ‘DISORDER CONTINUES Two Already Killed in Unem- ployment Demonstrations Woman Dies Despite Heroic Fire Rescue Minneapolis, Dec. 4.—(#)}—Trapped it |on the first floor of an old fist build- ezttey BSee ing at 1724-26 Nicollet avenue, woman died from suffocation and burns a few minutes after a dar- FOR COUNTER MOVE convict stayer ot marie wick in 1921 Makes Written Statement MAINTAINS HIS INNOCENCE Case Can Be Worked Upon and Slayer Found, Appli- cant Believes William Gummer’s hopes for free- dom from a life term in prison were blasted late yesterday. The state Pardon board has denied his applica- tion for commutation of sentence. The decision of the board came aft- er two attorneys presented the plea to the board, contending newly-dis- covered evidence proved Gummer in- nocent of the murder of Marie Wick, of Grygla, Minn., who was slain in a Fargo hotel where Gummer was Aight clerk in 1921. This plea was followed by a writ- ten statement by Gummer, who de- nied his guilt and maintained he knew no more about the murder than what he had told investigators at the time the girl was attacked. Gummer entered the state peniten- tiary in 1922 when he was 21. His Present application for commutation was the first effort to gain his free- dom. In 1928, an application was filed with the board but his attorn later asked the matter be deferred Pending further investigation. Based On Probe The plea for Gummer’s release was on what his attorneys claimed to be results of an investigation car- ried on since Gummer’s convic‘ion at Valley City, and subsequent de- (Continued on page six) MAIL EARLY, SAYS POSTOFFICE HEAD ,| Larson Asks: Public Coopera- tion in Avoiding Christ- mas Rush An appeal to Bismarck citizens to do their Christmas mailing early was made today by Harry Larson, assist- ant postmaster. A pamphlet received here from Wal- ter F. Brown, postmaster general, states that every effort will be made to handle the congestion without de- lay, but owing to the enormous volume this can be done only with the co- operation of the public. He suggests that compliance with the following instructions will be of inestimable value to the postoffice and will in- sure the prompt handling of your 3 . Do your Christmas shopping early so that you can mail your gifts and Greetings at least 10 days before Christmas. Be careful about packing and wrap- ping. Use strong paper and heavy twine. Use quantities of excelsior or like material and be sure containers are strong enough to withstand trans- Portation. articles and perishable ma- Pragile | terials should be plainly labeled 20 Be sure your mail is correctly and completely addressed and that the correct postage is fully prepaid. A special delivery stamp will insure Prompt delivery. Register and insure all valuable No parcel more than 84 inches in If you are uncertain about mailing information consult some member of the postoffice department. Associated Presa Photo ANDRE TARDIEU Paris, Dec. 4—(?)—The Tardieu nt was defeated by 147 votes to 139 in the senate today on a ques- tion of confidence. Such a defeat generally is followed immediately by) the resignation of the government. (GIRL SAID SHE SHOT FATHER IN DEFENSE, WITNESS TESTIFIES State Begins Laying Case Against Anna Kummer Be- fore Towner Jury Towner, N. D., Dec. 4.—(P)—A word Picture of Anna Kummer, 21, on trial for the murder of her father, Theo- dore Kummer, at “Anamoose, last April 28, was placed. before a jury here today by the state’s chief wit- ness, The witness, Mrs. Lina Johnson, a Toomer in the Kummer home, de- scribed the girl as being nervous and pale, one hand twitching after she had shot her father. Mrs. Johnson said Miss Kummer explained after the shooting “I had to do it to save my mother’s life and my own.” Under cross examination the wit- ness was not willing to say that Miss Kummer's eyes were large and glassy following the killing. Couldn't Recall Statement Attorney F. J. Funke, Minot, chief of defense counsel, produced a state- ment which Mrs. Johnson said she had made in which Miss Kummer’s eyes were described as being “large and glassy” but the witness said she (Continued on page nine) ‘Whisky Aging’ Machine to Go, Radio Fans Say i: eee eee enema i Susy, Cal, Dec, 4.—()— nnoyed by rference allegedly from an electrically oper- ated whisky aging machine, radio fans inserted the following adver- tisement this week in the Lassen Advocate: “There is one bootlegger in Susanville who is known to this committee and who has a whisky aging machine. This machine is @ nuisance to radio enthusiasts of Susanville, and unless this - legger, who is known, removes his machine from Susanville, war- rants will be issued for his ar- rest for violation of the prohibi- tion law and for violation of the city ordinance covering radio dis- turbance. “Signed, committee.” Beautiful Form of Light, Preserved by Freezing, Exhibited Before Merchants New York, Dec. 4—()—A beautiful of the kernels while the air about WN. Y. f ere a of liquied air at 312 de- grees below zero'and thawed out for excite. them into extra-rapid i| vibration, ‘This movement is visible .| as light, and lasts until the extra vi- bration ceases. That is not very long, but the scientists found if the glowing sub- stances are frozen in liquid air the vibration is slowed so greatly that the light is quenched. ‘Yet the froze: particles retain their extra energy, and when warmed up spring back into the rapid vibration that hecomes light again. The jars of water beside the pop- ping corn contained, in addition to cubes of ice, @ solution which made them electrical conductors, so that they were electrodes for short radio waves pissing between them and through the corn. The popping suggests interesting possibilities for control of cooking. Mr. Hawkins points out that not a charred kernel appears in such corn, although the kernels are ‘hot. The Popping requires about two minutes. The corn apparatus is an adapta- tion of the radio fever tube which the General Electric company announced Jess thant year ago. This tube pro- duces artificial fever in human beings and animals and a number of tubes have penn ieee in varies. pation) research tutions for experiment “The artificial fever treatment,” said Mr. Hawkins, “has been used with striking success on a wide vari- ety of ailments in man and animals, but it is being left to the doctors to report the results.” LIBERATED BY THREE ARMED MEN HEADED BY ESCAPED INMATE Murderer and Pyromaniac In- cluded in Group Who Got Out of Asylunr ALL HAVE CRIME RECORDS Police, Confident Fugitives Are in New York City, Or. ganize Search New York, Dec, 4.—(P)—Six insane als, one & murderer and anoth- er a pyromaniac, were hunted in New York city today a few hours after their escape early this morning from the Matteawan hospital for the criminal insane near Beacon, N. ¥. Shortly after midnight three armed men overpowered four employes of the asylum, summoned the six in- mates from their beds and carried them away in two motor cars. About half past five, Mrs. Frank Vanderkuylen heard a pounding on the door of her apartment and an- swered the intruder. He said he was her husband, one of the six fugitives, and demanded admission. Fright- ened, she refused to unbar the door and called Superintendent Kieb of the asylum. By the time New York Police were notified, Vanderkuylen was gone, This ahd other circumstances con- vinced Kieb and New York police that the men were hiding here. Threatened To Escape Several weeks ago Harry Gordon, 38, Rochester’s “mad butcher” who was in the criminal asylum for the slaying three years ago of two ousi- ness rivals and the wounding of two more, was visited by his wife. He told her, Mr. Kieb said, “I'll get out of here some day if I can, and wien I do, I'll take a boat for Poland iight away.” The other escaped men included: Anthony A. Alloy, 41, of New York, sted as a “a dangerous pyromaniac.” John F. Gambill, 23, committed last year from New York for assault. Joseph Kaylor, 35, committed last February from Long Island, for burg- lary and arsan.} “ John G. Biggihs, 30, Brooklyn, eom- Lacy last March after violation Parole. All have long criminal records. Mr. Kieb told the Associated Press he believed Gordon was not informed in advance of plans for a prison break, as the others were thought to have been, but had “horned in” and made his getaway when the rest were delivered, The leader of the gang which rescued the sextet was identified by Matteawan guards as. former in- mate, item Nelson, New York, who escaped a fortnight ago after being sent to the asylum for burglary, Entered In Rear Ward The superintendent said the three men entered the hospital grounds through the rear ward where they encountered Patrick McGrath, the night watchman, and compelled him to accompany them. In the kitchen they came upon Clifford Cooper, night cook. him to join them, they continued through the building toward the front where they picked up Joseph Brown, the roundsman. Then they herded their prisoners into the front office where Samuel Kane, the night of- fice man, was on duty. While one of them guarded tKeir prisoners the other two went to the front dormitory where the six men were in bed. The six apparently were wal for them, Dr. Kieb said, for as as the intruders ay they sprang up from their cots and ran out, two of them left clad only in night attire. They drove away in two automobiles. Mrs. J. D. Wakeman Shows Improvement Gutman Will Head Odd Fellows Lodge At a meeting of the Odd Fellows lodge Tuesday evening officers for the ensuing year were elected. C. H. Gutman was named Noble Grand. Other officers are H. P, vice grand; A. W. Snow, secretary; P D. Kebsgard, treasurer; and H. H. Engen, trustee. Oldest Bank in North Carolina Doesn’t Open Charlotte, N. C., Dec. 4—()}—The First National bank, the oldest na- tional bank in North Carolina, failed to open for business today. Heavy withdrawals led to a decision to close for the protection of depositors. on The bank on September 24 reported deposits of approximately $1,887,000. 1st Bank Stock Group In Minnewaukan Bank vide an extensive district in Benson county, North Dakota, with banking