The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, April 11, 1931, Page 1

North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper ESTABLISHED 1873 Speaker Longworth Is Buried Kidnapers Cut Ransom Demand to $100, GRAND JURY IDICTS Good Home Example TWO BISMARCK MEN Suggested by Women NO TRACE IS FOUND OF WISCONSIN MAN MISSING TWO DAYS i k Fred R. Blumer, Monroe Brewer, Disappeared While on Trip to Hotel GET. ANONYMOUS — LETTER Abductors, in Note, Declare They Are ‘Above Average in Brains’ Monroe, Wis., April 11—(7)—R. G. Wells, secretary of the Blumer Pro- ducts company, Saturday received an anonymous letter from Chicago re- ducing to $100,000 the ransom asked for the return of Fred R. Blumer, 50, head of the Monroe brewery, reput- edly held by kidnapers. Blumer, former president of the Brewers’ association, has been missing from his home since ‘Thursday night when he left to keep a telephone “business” appointment. Shortly after, Wells received a tele- phone call stating Blumer was safe but held for $150,000 ransom. ‘The letter received Saturday was in a white government envelope mail- ed at 10:30 p. m. Friday from Chi- cago. It read: “Dear Sir: “We make it 100 grand now. Wrap it in a white paper and wait at the southeast corner of Mfiadison and Canal Tuesday morning be- tween 9 and 10. If you tell anybody about this, well, it will just be too bad. We are above the average in brains, so be careful.” The letter was signed “Unemployed Guys.’ senate Friday amended the reap- Wells said not know. Phether | portionment bill as by. the to vogard the HOP sn reply ts CHE serie eas first. telephone message in which it was stated he would hear: from the kidnapers within 48 hours. The let- ter might be a hoax written by some cutsider, Wells said. This, he said, was the first communication since | tg. Blumer disappeared and he was in- clined to believe it written by the men alleged to have kidnaped Blum- er. He said he would turn the letter over to his representative in Chicago for immediate investigation. Sheriff Myron West said he believ- ed the letter a hoax but that it might elicit a hurried reply from the real kidnapers. “Anyone, even if they pose as ‘average’ intelligent criminals, should have sense enough to know that, the Blumer family is not going to walk down Chicago streets in broad day- light with $100,000 cash on them to be delivered at a specific, corner,” he said. BIORNSON ON WAY TO STATE PRISON Getting Extortionist From Wah- peton to Bismarck Proved State Problem Getting Gordon Bjornson, confess- ed extortionist, from the Richland county jail to the state prison here appeared to have become something of a state problem Saturday. charge of prisoner. court order Forbes had no right to hold Bjornson in jail and let him go, ‘Defends Burke | Charles W. Gore, above, former pros- ecuting attarney at St. Joseph, Mich., faces the task of defending Burke, called the “most man alive,” at Burke's trial for the murder of a St. Joseph policeman. Burke also is accused of leading the execution squad in Chicago's St. Val- entine Day massacre. NEW REDISTRICTING PLAN PRESENTED BY MINNESOTA SENATE Fight in Conference Committee Seen as House Is Opposed to Senate Plan St. Paul, April 11—(#)—The state house by striking out everything ex- cept the enacting clause and then in- serted a new congressional reappor- tionment plan offered by Senator C. #. MacKenzie, Gaylord, Republican national committeeman for Minneso- Action of the senate in altering the house bill will throw the reapportion- ment fight. into a conference com- mittee, for it 1s regarded ‘as almost certain the house will refuse to. ac- cept the senate amendment. The conference committee to be appoint- ed from the two houses will work out the final reapportionment program to reduce the congressional districts from 10 to nine. d The plan offered by Senator Mac- Kenzie eliminates the present 10th district. Rural counties in this dis- trict would be added to the sixth district, throwing Congressmen God- frey G. Goodwin and Harold Knut- son in the same district and three wards of Minneapolis, the third, fourth, and 10th, and rural Hennepin would be added to the present third. The bill, as passed by the house, splits the present seventh district, throwing six of its counties in the second district, placing Congressmen Frank Clague and Paul J. Kvale in the same district. It would atid Tsanti, Chisago, Anoka and Rural to the city of Minneapolis to form two districts, the fifth, and a new seventh. - Some other differences are involved ON LIQUOR CHARGES Oscar Schneider and William Weinstein Accused of Trans- porting Booze 41 PERSONS ARE INDICTED A. T. Olson, Former Van Hook Bank Cashier, Charged With Embezzlement Fargo, N. D., April 11.—(7)—Names of 41 persons indicted by a federal Fred | grand jury which ended its session in Fargo Friday and who have been ar- rested and released under bond were announced Saturday. Twenty-five are charged with vio- lation of the national prohibtion act. Oscar Schneider and William Wein- stein, Bismarck, who are alleged to have been involved in a liquor hijack- ing in a Bismarck garage last Sept. 16 which resulted in a shooting af- term of federal court in Bismarck. Arthur T. Olson, former cashier of the First National Bank of Van Hook, N. D., was indicted on a charge of em- bezzlement. He is alleged to have embezzled approximately $35,000 from the institution. He is at libery under $10,000 bond. Wallace Thwaits, Moose Jaw, Sask., who is held in Minneapolis following indictment there on a: second-degree robbery charge, was indicted on. two f - Queen of Queens ; ly during which Schneidec was/Queen of Queens is the title given shot, presumably by hijackers, were | Mile. Lucienne Clement, above, young indicted on charges of transporting| Parisian shop assistant. lquor. Both have been arrested and | been selected to preside over all the released on bond pending the next) other beauty queens of the city at their annual celebration. PHYSICIAN EXPECTS ULTIMATE RECOVERY She has BISMARCK, NORTH: DAKOTA, SATURDAY, APRIL 11, 1931 Unofficial Law Enforcement! Commission Presents Views to President OPPOSES DRY LAW CHANGES |Wife of Governor of Pennsyl- vania Says Dry Law ‘Tough Nut to Crack’ Washington, April 11—(7)—A na- tion-wide educational campaign, for- tified by “good example in the home,” was named Saturday by an unofficial law enforcement commission of 22 women as their chief recommenda- tion for improving the present prohi- bition situation. ‘This was the conclusion of a com- posite prohibition report, presented ‘Friday to President Hoover and de- scribed as a “woman's postcript” to the Wickersham study. It was made public Saturday at a luncheon by the women’s national committee for law enforcement. In one of the 22 individual studies from which the consensus was drawn, ‘Mrs. Clement L. Shaver, wife of the former chairman of the Democratic national committee, urged women to forget they were Democrats or Re- publicans and vote only “to overthrow the liquor traffic.” She said Presi- dent Hoover was in a “strong posi- tion” because of his prohibition stand. ‘Tough Nut to Crack’ Mrs. Gifford Pinchot, wife of the Pennsylvania governor,. conceded en- forcement was “a tough nut to crack,” adding if the drys did not want it enough to fight for it the amendment “might just as well be repealed.” Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, voman suffrage leader, said she had never observed a liquor law that was en- toreed,: but-that prohthition-was “a, better Jaw and better enforced” than any system she had seen. Mrs, Fisher, wife of the Yale university economist, quoted her husband that prohibition had “raised productivity by at least. three billion dollars a year.” Commander Evangeline Booth of the Salvation Army used statistics to suggest the conclusion that a man “has a better chance of life in this country with her bandits than in Britain with her brewers.” “We believe,” said the composite statement “that the report of the Wickersham commission has done! much to strengthen opinion favoring } the 18th amendment. “We believe that their conclusions, arrived at in spite of the personal preferences of at least half cf the; commission, testify more strongly than anything else could have done to the social and economic benefits already evident as a result of the 18th i OF 0. W. ROBERTS Federal Meteerologist-Very Much Improved,’ Doctor Re- ports Saturday Neon charges, illegal entry into the United Mann act. If-O. W. Roberts, veteran federal meteorologist, continues to improve as he has in the last 36 hours, his ulti- mate recovery seems assured, his at- tending physician said Saturday noon. Roberts was rational Saturday and is regarded as “very much improved.” His doctor said that from present in- dications, barring further complica- escape at Grand Forks, a!so was indicted on two’ charges, illegal entry and under the Mann act. Baker Pleaded guilty Friday before. Federal Judge Andrew Miller on the illegal entry charge and was sentenced to 10 days in the Grand Forks county jail from where he will be deported to Canada. Mrs. Ida Griffith, Minot, was in- Sted Oe aree or cmibeartion |tions, it would be possible. to remove of which she was a clerk. him from the hospital to his home Hugh Alexander Quinn pleaded|Within a week or 10 days.. His con- guilty before Judge Miller to illegal|Valescence, however, probably will ex- entry and was sentenced to 10 days, |tend over a considerable. period. Others charged with violation of the| Roberts was taken to a local hos- national prohibition act besides Wein-|Pitel two weeks ago suffering from a stein and Schneider are: heart ailment. He grew rapidjy worse Harry Parker, Glenfield; John|#nd during the first part of tie week Peterson, Rolette; Mrs. Oscar Haulge, lay in a state of coma. After a rest- Minot; Oscar Reynolds, Mandan; Ben| ‘ul night Tuesday he began to show Horwitz, Bismarck; Lutzi Haas, New|#isns of slight improvement and dur- Rockford; : Frank Rothschiller, Man-|'ng the last 2¢ hours has shown de- dan; Martin Berzol, Gladstone; Got-|Cided improvement. se ao ome UID E LAKE YOUTH KILLED IN ACCIDENT Funeral Held. Friday for Milton Haas, Who Was Struck _ by Automobile Opposes Any Change The. report stated its authors were opposed to the revision of the amend- ment suggested by the Wickersham commission, as well as to modifica- tion, repeal, a national referendum, and to the liquor control plan put forward by Commissioner Henry W. Anderson. “We maintain,” the report said, “that the question has been referred to the people in every congressional election, with the result that after five such elections there are more members of congress favorable to pro- hibition'than at the time of the pass- age of the amendment. “We find the public not only unin- formed but largely misinformed be-| cause many channels of publicity are virtually closed to prohibition iactual information. “We find that the opponents of Turtle Lake, 'N. D., April 11—(?)— Puneral services were held here Fri- day afternoon: for Milton ‘Haas, nine, ton of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Haas, Of! Turtle Lake, who was killed in an au- tomobile accident near here Tuesday. The boy had been riding with four mation from federal sources by block- propriations of funds for this ae ld Carpio Farmer Kills Minot, N. D.,. April 11—()—The ,of Henry L, Hansen, 61, Carpio, - construction ‘of three grade crossings at $60 each. Kennedy Reappointed , Reappointment of Robert E.. Ken- nedy as state engineer was announc- Governor George F. lerm.. Kennedy: “state eer in 1927 first was by A. G. ; tof Kiva M. Glade, Purpose. It was suggested that the prohibi- tion bureau issue semi-monthly state- ments in popular form on subjects re- lating to the dry law. one persons were arrested in Taids on 10 Five Men Arrested as Federal federal agents Saturday raided a $100,000, and arrested five men. front door with an automobile truck and crashed in six side doors simul- taneously. The brewery was a two- story stricture made to resemble a ehouse. MILITARY RULE IS PUT INTO FORCE IN PORTUGAL CAPITAL Portuguese Government Estab- lishes Blockade About San Miguel and Terceira FEAR SPREAD OF REVOLT Officials Deny Garrison Evora Revolted and That Others Will Follow Lisbon, April 11.—(4)—Lisbon awoke Saturday to find itself in the iron grip of the military. During the night heavy details of soldiers were posted in all public squares and elsewhere and Saturday armored cars patrolled the streets. Theatres were closed and audiences sent home toward the close of per- formances Friday night and all cafes: and music halls were shut up sum- marily. Private cars and taxis were halted in the streets by police with rifles and drivers and occupants forced to show their papers. Unconfirmed reports said that many Persons had been arrested in a new effort to prevent the revolt, which has been successful in Madeira and the Azores, from spreading to the main- land. A decree establishing a blockade and @ government statement said the situ- ation had not changed during the last 24 hours and that there were’many telegrams from the provinces to the minister reporting complete quiet. The statements denied that the gar- rison at Evora had revolted and that others were about to follow suit. The army and navy were said to be com- pletely loyal. Decree establishing a blockade and closing the porte of the islands of Sao Miguel and Terceira in the Azores was published by the Portuguese “govern- ment. ‘The decree was the first official ad- mission the revolt which began a week ago at Funchal, Madeira, had spread to the other eastern Atlantic archi- Pelago owned by Portugal. The principal city in Sao Miguel, largest of the Azores, is Ponta Del- gada, while Angra do Heroismo, capi- tal of the Azores, is the principal city’ on Terceira island. Garrisons of both places Thursday sent word to Lisbon that they were severing relations with the home government. The expeditionary force sent to suppress the rebellion at Funchal ar- rived Friday at Porto Santo, one of the islands of the Madeira group and about 26 miles north of Madeira, on’ which Funchal is located. They are establishing themselves there for the campaign against Funchal. Colonel Noronha, commanding of » ficer of the garrison on the island of Senenene! |Fayal, Azores, has reported to the government that he observed trenches’ being dug at places around Funchal) and 15- and 8.5-centimeter guns be- ing mounted on the hillsides about the city. He said he believed the island to be almost impregnable. $100,000 IS SEIZED Men Raid Brewery Supposed- ly Owned by Capone Chicago, April 11.—()—Fifteen The raiders battered down the Every door was wired so at 000 > ples res eeeee i May Be Dictator | ———————$—$<—<—_—————— It's his task to restore order to Rou- mania’s troubled political” scene. Nicholas Titulescu, above, Roumanian minister to Great Britain, has been summoned by King Carol to form a new government to replace that of Premier George Mironescu, which re- signed. It was reported that Titules- cue plans to establish a virtual dicta- torship. SIOUX COUNTY MEN STILL ARE CHARGED WITH ROBBING BANK Official Says Withdrawal of Charges Must Be Done ‘Without Prejudice’ Fessenden, N. D., April 11.—()— Dismissal of bank fobbery charges against John Gates, former Sioux county sheriff and Kenneth McDon- ald, Fort Yates attorney, must be done without prejudice if the two meni Gesire their release from arrest, John K. Layne, Wells county state's attorney, said here Saturday. Layne stated that if Gates and Mc- Donald wished to be relieved of charges against them in connection with robbery of a Hurdsfield bank he is willing to dismiss the charges, but insists that it be done without preju- dice to any later developments. Gates and McDonald were arrested Dec. 17 with Joe Wicks, Gates’ dep- uty, and A. R. N@rd, Mandan insur- ance man, on charges of robbing the Farmers and Merchants State bank at Hurdsfield Aug. 14, 1930, of $2,160. Gates and McDonald were released from jail without hearing on their own recognizance Dec. 20. Wicks and Norde were held until Dec. 27 when Justice of the Peace F. J. Ker- shaw dismissed the charges against them on the ground of insufficient evidence. No furth¢ action was tak- en on the charges against Gates and McDonald either for dismissal or ‘BEER VALUED NEAR Prosecution. Attorney General James Morris, who assigned Loius J. Connolly, Man- dan, as special assistant attorney general to assist Wells county authori- ties, said Saturday that whatever ac- tion is taken it will come from Wells county officials. Layne, when asked if the charges were being dismissed against Gates and McDonald, stated he knew noth- ing of such steps. | Layne said he was in accord with the ruling of Kershaw on dismissing the case because of insufficient evi- dence and likewise considered the The Weather Partly cloudy, cloudy Saturéay night and $s warmer Saturday sight, PRICE FIVE: CENTS su TRBUTE IS | PAID STATESHAN BY HIGH OFFICIALS President Hoover and Large Congressional Delegation Attend Last Rites PAULINA LEARNS OF DEATH Those Paying Respects to Com gressman Admitted to Church by Card Only Cincinnati, ©. April 11.—(- Speaker Nicholas Longworth was buried Saturday in Spring Grove cemetery, the resting place of his forebears. No words of eulogy were spoken as the simple ritual of the Episcopal church was read. But a silent tribute was paid to him by men in whose high circles he moved and by townspeople who re- vered him. President Hoover came with an of- ficial party together with a large delegation from congress, where Mr. Longworth served for more than 20 years. Funeral services were held at Christ peda eal babe where the Rt. Rev. lenry Wise bson, Bishop Coadju- tor of the diocese of Souther Ohio, Pronounced the brief prayers in the ritual of the dead. High Officials Present Men and women high in public af- fairs called at the “Rookwood” estate of the Longworths to extend their sympathies. The body arrived by Special train from Aiken, S. C., where Mr. Longworth died of pneumonia, two days ago. The interior of the home was bank- ¢d with floral tributes and inside the church, which had seating capacity for only 750 persons, the aisles, from altar to door, were laden with flow- ers, Paulina, the six-year-old daughter of the Longworths, learned for the first time of the death of her. father ig they, brought: him -heme Saturs: y. So great was the throiig that strict Police regulations had to be put in | force. Infantrymen from Fort Thomas, Ky., stood at the head of the casket while the body laid in state. Admission By Card Speciai seating arrangements were made at the church to accommodate the presidential and congressional Parties and scores of acquaintances. Admission was by card only. The active pallbearers were B. A. Wallingford Sr., his three sons, B. A. Jr., Nicholas and Landon, and Kermit and Archie Roosevelt, brothers of Mrs. Alice Roosevelt Longworth, the widow. There were 50 honorary pall- bearers. The funeral cortege left the Long- worth estate at 1:30. Mrs. Longworth was accompanied by her step mother. Mrs. Theodore (Continued on page eight) GRIST OF EVIDENCE BROUGHT TO HEARING Hope to Prove Former S. D. Bank Head Embezzled More Than $1,000,000 Pierre, 8. D., April 11—()-—With case against. Gates and McDonald as dropped, however, he said, and should ; later developments warrant it, he will seek re-arrest of Wicks and Nord as well as of Gates and McDonald, should they be released from the charges in the meantime. The four men were taken into cus- tody following information divulged by a Mandan woman, Marie Streit- matter, who told of activities of the quartet which led to their arrest. John F. Sullivan, Mandan, attorney for Gates and McDonald, Saturday said he would instigate proceedings for immediate ‘dismissal of the charges against his clients. “T am getting tired of this buck passing,” Sullivan said, and “I serve notice that these men must either be tried or the charges dismissed.” Sullivan said he had questioned the Prosecution more than a month ago about the disposition of the charges but was unable to receive any defi- nate answer. Nebraskan Wants | Good Housekeeper I wanted” One housskeeper, an 654 individual pieces of evidence al- State Bank of Platte Saturday in an effort to have Fred R. Smith, former state superintendent of banks, held for trial in circuit court on charges of embezzlement. Attorney General M.Q. Sharpe, whe is directing the prosecution, suid he expected to complete presentation of She i