The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 22, 1931, Page 1

. ; % 3 ™~ » os ] 7 f \ } { ‘y F Two Confess Part in Kidnaping of Woman {CANNON ACCUSED OF North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper ESTABLISHED 1873 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE The Weather Fair and slightly colder Tues@ay night; Wed. increasing cloudiness, BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1931 PRICE FIVE CENTS ind Body of Si LAUNDRY MARK ON | TOWEL CLUE WHICH ‘LEADS 10 ARRESTS Kansas Farmers Held as Minor Participants in Mrs. Don- nelly’s Abduction PLOTTED FOR: TWO MONTHS Three Other Men, Two Believed to Be From New York, implicated By Pair Kansas City, Dec. 22.—(?)—A laun- dry mark has led to the arrest of two Kansas dairy farmers as minor par- ticipants,in the kidnaping of Mrs. Nell Donnelly, millionaire garment ; manufacturer. Police said they had | confessed. i Gathering together loose ends of} the abduction plot, which ended in; the mysterious release of the victim | and George Blair, her negro chauf-: feur, without the payment of the de-' manded $75,000 ransom, officers! sought four other men, reputed to have actually executed the plot. The prisoners, farmers west of Kan- sas City, allegedly confessed following | their arrest late Monday night thar) they had supplied the shabby four; room rural cottage in which Mrs. Donnelly was held from last Wednes- | day until Friday. Arrest 22-Year-Old Identification of the cottaeg by the; woman manufacturer was followed, immediately by. the arrest of Paul/ Scheidt, 22-year-old lessee. Scheidt,’ who also manages a milk depot, im-! plicated William Lacey Browning, 42,| Holliday, Kas., the second prisoner. The cottage was located by detec- tives who traced a laundry mark on a towel given Mrs. Donnelly by her ab- ductors. She wrapped the towel; about her, and still wore it when she, was released. The mark was traced to Emil G. Buinger. who owns. the cottage leased by Scheidt. Officers said Browning named Mar- shall De: Pew: also of Holliday, as the, leader. De Pew, according to a state-' ment released under Browning's sig- nature, suggested two months ago Browning locate an isolated house in which Paul Donnelly, husband of Mrs. Donnely, could be held pending the the payment.of ransom. $7,500 Is Promised After a promise of $7,500 Browning 4s alleged to have arranged with Scheidt for the use of the latter’s cot- tage. Schiedt was declared to have been promised $1,000 for the use of the house. H Other participants in the actual kidnaping, which took place in the driveway of Mrs. Donnelly’s southside home in>Kansas City, were said in Browning's statement to: include: two men from the East, the statement re- lated Browning believed the men to| be from New York. H Both Browning and Scheidt were. éeclared to have believed Mr., Donnel- | ly was the intended victim. SERVE.NOTICE OF | LOWER RAIL WAGES 15 Per Cent Reduction Will Take Effect in 30 Days, Association Declares Chicago, Dec. 22—(#)—The “Big! Four” Brotherhoods of Railway Em-/ ployes were served Monday by mem-/| bers of the Association of Western Railways with 30-day notices of a 15; per cent. wage reduction. Frightened IN MONDAY’S SETS Heavy Sets and Climatic Little Slam Are Highlights of ‘Battle of Century’ BARON’S PLAYING PRAISED Leader and His Partner Bid All Possible Except in Two Cases Monday Night ! — Savies New York, Dec. 22.—(7)—Heavy sets Santa Monica, Calif., Dec. 22-—(7)— and a climatic title slam, involving, Fearing a plot against her life, Marion brilliant elimination and end play,! Davies, film actress, had her house ' were largely responsible for Ely cul-! Lert Lm ciara hn a beftson’s side being 11,120 points e sending home of Tuesda: rubber @ Chitstmas package containing venice) vivbaatieess bec smokeless powder, and matches set against sandpaper. At first thought the work of a joke- ster, the package ‘took on a serious inight, Waldemar von Zedtwitz, added aspect late Monday when it was fully; " opened after being immersed several |*025 points to Culbertson's plus, win- hours in water, Detectives said ex-,ning four of the six rubbers of the |Lenz and Oswald Jacoby. Culbertson and his partner of a , © small lead slugs, |tact birdge match with Sidney 8.| } l {CULBERTSON LEAD |Johnson to Propose BOOSTED 1011,120 | Moratorium Quits Coaching “JOSEPH DIETRICH IN of the bombs would have; caused serious injury, at least, to any- ‘one nearby. That the plot failed, detectives said they believe, was due to the tightly ‘wrapped box containing the powder from reaching the powder. . May, butler for the actress, started to unwrap the package on its receipt Monday. A ,small key pro- truded from it. May turned the key and smoke issued from the package. He hurriedly soaked it in water and| ar hours later authorities open- CRA GHD ‘Came to North Dakota 61 Years Ago; Knew Many Famous Frontier Characters Joseph Dietrich, 85, a resident of gravely ill with heart disease. Relatives described his condition as critical at noon Tuesday. Dietrich Was said to have been, in the best of health until he was strick- en with a sudden heart attack Sun- day. The oldest resident in Bismarck to- day, Dietyich came up the Missouri by steamer in 1869 to settle at Painted ‘Woods, then a river fuelling station. Later he lived at Burleightown, near the site where Bismarck now stands. When the Northern Pacific railroad marck spang up, Dietrich was one of the town’s original settlers. He knew General Custer and many of the men of his ill-fated command who were killed in the expedition to the Little Big Horn. Dietrich was one of the operators of @ bus line that operated between Bis- marck and the Black Hills and his early life was spent among many of the most famous characters in pioneer history. Indicted for Slaying The action was taken in conjunc- tion with the other railroads of the | nation in line with a-decision reached | by the presidents at their conference | in New York iast Friday. i , Under the terms of the railway la- bor, act, the railroads and their em- | Kenmare, N. D., Man| “Minne Dec, 22.—(7)—An in-, dictment charging first-degree mur-| der was reported voted by the Henne- pin county grand jury Tuesday; against Edward Race as the result of | was extended to the river and Bis- |*!8m ployes will attempt to negotiate a set- its investigation into the shooting of tlement on the wage reduction, but in Andrew - Erickson in a local ‘apart- case of failure, the arbitration com-!ment last Wednesday. mission will’ undertake to terminate! Five witnesses were heard including! the dispute. ‘mary Ruth Erickson, sister “of the r slain -man, who was present at ‘the More Counts Against broker reported” to have sold Pay pea volver the same. day. esc o, | Tuesday Shortest ’ Day of This Year ps A aaron ‘Tuesday was the shortest day 6 the Te well-known old sol planned to confine his day to exactly eight and a half-hours. At Bismarck, he rose at Commission Dismissed 8t. Paul, Dec. 22.—()—Governor F. B, Olson Tuesday dismissed two more charges against members of the rail- road and warehouse commission, ac- cusing them of neglect of duty in con- nection with alleged “plugging” of cars of grain by the Farmers Union Terminal association at elevator M in Minneapolis. * | | od The governor held that there was no evidence to show that the commis- sion had failed to investigate and fix Misono A for:the “plugging” of lax. Portant which is fighting ouster Frochetas instituted by Senator Gerald T. seconds lin of Minneapolis, and leaves circum- stances surrounding the April weigh- up of grain at elevator M as the only basis for the remaining charges. governor has dismissed ‘11 of the charges. ROB WISCONSIN BANK - Wautoma, Wis., Dec. 22.—(#—The ‘Wautoma State bank was robbed of $6,000, Tuesday by holdup men who slugged the cashier, A. H. Schultz, as he opened a safe. \ 15 8:27 a. m., and was to call it a day at 4:57 p, m. v Sol has been leading up to the short, day for the last week by cli; off A OCD BONE BEA working vy. Wednesday, the sun will work eight longer than and thereafter will continue adding to the ‘ of the day. ©. 'W. Roberts, federal meteorolo- ‘The | gist here, said ‘that sunrise and sunset throughout the state can be computed by. using Bismarck time, and making it one minute earlier for each 12% | vide for a needy family or by making! miles as one goes east, and one min- ute later for a similar distance going west. . » The shortest day the jenn of ‘aie sun being at its greate: lination, known as the winter solstice. 10th session and making the rubbers stand’ 38 for Culbertson’s side to 31 for the opposition. The lead exceeds by 4,090 points the largest plus Lenz and Jacoby ever had in their test of the Lenz system and lead, which prevented OXYGEN | aeainst Culbertson’s. That plus was! 7,030 and it came after the first hand of rubber 28. Six rubbers short of the half way mark of the match, Culbertson, with three different partners, has accum- ulated a total of 62.380 points as com- pared with 51,260 for Lenz and Ja- Culbertson Enthusiastic Never was Culbertson so enthusias- tic about the merits of his system ‘With the exception of two failures t+ essay little slams, one of them being questionable because of a part score, he and the Baron, as von Zedtwits ty known to the bridge world despite his renunctation of the title when he was naturalized, usually bid all possible. Lenz had little comment to make on the session except to point out he had suffered heavily by a mistake on his own, though saving points through ‘mistakes of his opponents (referring to two failures to contract for slams) By his own mistake he meant his first psychic bid of the match which caused him to be set five doubled and ‘@ loss is quite exceptional among high ranking. players in tonrnaments. It) came in rubber 65, the second of the session, in which four sets cost Lenz and Jacoby 2,300 points. Pass 10,000 Mark Culbertson and the Baron won the rubber and passed the 10,000 mark right there. The gain, 2,580 points, was the largest for one rubber re- called by experts from an outstanding match when it is considered there was only a 500 bonus for rubber and no premiums were involved. “ “Ol, Oi, Waldy,” broadcast Cul- bertson once, when the Baron failed to raise him to slam, but there came great praise when on the last hand of the session Von Zedtwitz added 1,450 points to-the score of Culbertson’s side in one lump. ‘A successful little slam when vul- nerable and a 700 rubber all at once (Gontinued on page seven) WORKERS PREPARE > YULETIDE BASKETS Goodfellows Committee Super- yising Collection of Food \For Needy Preparations for the distribution of Christmas baskets among poor fami- the community were in full Tuesday a8 members of the Hes in John F. “Chick” Meehan, who withdrew as head coach at New York university, returned to his duties as vice president of a con- tracting firm. He sald he deter. mined that he never will coach foot- ball “on a big time basis again.” (CHANG KAl -SHEK AND GOVERNMENT | RESIGN IN CHINA Ministers ‘and: Vice: Ministers Submit Resignations As a Unit Tuesday Nanking, China, Dec. 22.—(@)— China's. fast-shifting, political stage underwent an additional shake-up ;and vice-ministers, tendered their Bismarck for 61 years, lies at his home| vyinerable and lose 1,800 points. Such | Tesignations as a unit. The capital was astounded by the news. Former President Chiang Kai-Shek left suddenly by airplane for his na- tive town of Fénghua, in northern Chekiang. His departure was carried jdid not know of it. Only Tuesday morning he had indicated to party leaders who are convened here to ; form a new government he intended setting up the new regime. The reason for his leaving remain- ‘ed a mystery. Belief was expressed in some quarters, however, a number of the leaders slated to come here to assist in forming the new government. declined to do so unless General Chiang departed. Nanking was buzzing with rumors chiefs which,.some observers said, might make the likelihood of the mote. : The resigrations of the cabinet members were turned in desp¥e ap- peals by General Chen Ming Shu, acting head of the executive Yuan, ministers declined and the govern- ment machinery is now at a com- plete standstill. FALLING ROOF KILLS TWO Stuttgart, Germany, Dec. 22.—(7)— | Two firemen were killed and 11 were new outbreak of Monday’s fire. late Tuesday when the entire Na-| tional government, cabinet, ministers; ; out quietly. Even his associates here} to attend the sessions and assist inj of renewed splits among the party) formation of @ new government re-| that they carry on their duties. The’ Change California Opponent of Hoover’s Plan Says He Will Offer Amendment VIOLATING LAWS IN COMMITTEE REPORT Bishop Accounted For Only $58,558 of $136,000 in DECISION HOPED FOR SOON Westerner Would Have Suspen- sion Apply to Uncondition- al Reparations Washington, Dec. 22—(7)—An at- tempt to make the one-year debt suspension apply not only to.condi- tional but unconditional reparations to France will be made in the senate. Senator Johnson of California, the most outspoken opponent of the moratorium, said Tuesday in debate that he would offer such an amend- ment. A little earlier Johnson charged the President had failed to tell congress that his original proposal for a sus- pension of all debts had been changed at the insistence of France to permit payment by Germany of ‘unconditional reparations. Senate leaders hoped to bring the measure to a vote before adjourn- ment Tuesday night: Debate against the moratorium was Participated in by Senator Nye, Re- Publeian, North Dakota, who said it ~— Welcomes «Fund, Committee Says REPORT SUBMITTED BY NYE EER GET ARENA AERO (7 Small Girl Slain *| ¢ -Year-Old Girl CHILD DIED AFTER CRIMINAL ATTACK, CORONER DECLARES Remains of Marian M’Lean Lo- cated in Tenement Build- ing Near Her Home KIDNAPER STILL AT LARGE Cincinnati's Man-Hunting Pow- er Turns Out in Search of Girl’s Murderer Senate Asked to Withhold Opin- ion Until Virginian Has Chance to Explain MARIAN McLEAN Washington, Dec. 22—()—The sen- ate was informed by its special cam- paign funds investigating committee Tuesday that Bishop James Cannon, dr., collected more than $136,000 in the anti-Smith Democratic campaign of | 1928, but reported only $58,558 in ac- cordance with law. Summarizing its lengthy inquiry in- to handling of money by the bishop, the committee reported this had re- vegled “numerous apparent violations of the federal corrupt practices act and many unexplained discrepancies” TROUBLE BREWING ANEW IN INDIA AS GANDHI NEARS HOME Nationalist Leader Says He Is between the bank accounts in which the funds were deposited and the re- ports made to the clerk of the house. All the money collected, it said, should have been accounted for under the law. It was this report upon which Bis- hop Cannon Monday asked the senate to withhold judgment until he has had an opportunity to reply. The is Grandchildren Washington, Dec. 22—(/?)—Presi- dent Hoover tossed aside the cares ‘| of chief executive for a moment .| Tuesday to become just a grand- father, welcoming two blue-eyed, blond-haired children into their second home, the white house. Too impatient to await their ar- rival inside the white house, he '| stepped onto the open portico as soon as their automobile swung jl into the grounds. Within a min- ute he had an arm around’ young || Peggy ‘Ann, with an affectionate ;| kiss for her, and a pet for Peter || Hoover, who clung to his leg. ' fl would “enable the international bank- ers to. have dropped into their stock- ings Christmas morning a gift the like of which other ‘Americans would cherish.” Nye offered an amendment to:au- thorize the federal land banks to grant @ moratorium to its farm bor- rowers on the same terms as the Hoo- ver moratorium allows postponement of intergovernmental debts for a year. He said America was drifting into a course dictated by the selfishness and | Breed of international bankers in or- ,;der that “they may have access tc whatever ability Europe may have to pay at this time.” International bankers, Nye added, hope for complete cancellation of (Continued on page Seven) | Doctor Denies Fall Shows Any Change Santa Fe, N. M., Dec. 22.—()—Dr. E. W. Fiske, physician at the New Mexico state prison, said Tuesday Al- ; bert B. Fall had undergone no serious change in health since his commit- ment to serve a year and a day on conviction of accepting a bribe. Informed that Senator Cutting, Republican, of New Mexico, had told President Hoover he found the condition of the former secretary of the’ interior “bad” on a recent vis- it, Dr. Fiske indicated Fall apparent ly was as strong as he was when he entered the penitentiary last summer. { SAFE ROBBEBS BUSY Minneapolis, Dec. 22.—()—Narrow- ly escaping capture, two safe robbers | |injured seriously Tuesday when parts looted a store of more than $1,000 in| of the roof in the north wing of the cash early Tuesday. They fled over| “Altes Schloss” palace collapsed in a a fence as their operations were dis-| covered by three patrolmen. swing calccion fom er ne word We"! Lenz Demonstrates Why He Is Bachelor Memorial building. ‘The committee is made up of rep- resentatives from the Lions, Rotary, Kiwanis, and Cosmopolitan clubs. Volunteer workers will pack the ‘| baskets Wednesday under eat ny a mittee will permit, Logee said, and ‘special consideration will be given to the needs of each family in preparing them. Workers have been instructed to give careful thought to each basket with the idea of stocking them with food in amounts: proportionate to the number of individuals in the family. Logee announced that the Good- fellows would undertake to adopt fam- flies for whom provision had not sl- ready been mace. In making a final appeal Tuesday, he said, “if there are any undiscover- ed ‘Goodfellows’ in the community they may aid in the dissemination of Christmas cheer by aggreeing to pro- contribution to the committee in Anyone interested in the work has been asked to get in touc’s with Logee or to mail 2 check to D. E. Shipley, treasurer of the committee. fore Bridge Battle By Impatience Be New York, Dec. 22.—(P}-Ely Culbertson was dummy. He came out from the playing room. “Dear Old Sidney,” he said, shaking his head in laughter. “He just kills me.” Culbertson got the score and Lenz did the batting for the gallery. To start with Culbertson brought the Baron Waldemar von Zedtwitz into the game as his partner. The Baron—timid smile, brown necktie, few words—was ready to play on time, but, inas-- much as he was of nobility, there were those who felt certain social amenities should be carried out. Those who did took him in tow and steered him about for intro- duction while the veteran Lenz waited at the bridge table and shouted “come, come on, let's get ” The Baron was almost back at the bridge table when the word went down the hall that he had not yet met the Count. The | Count was Gosta Morner of Swe- } den, former husband of Peggy | Joyce. and more lately wedded to one of the girl reporters covering the match. Lenz bounced a deck of cards s on the bridge table leaped into | the air, shouted: “Tl be back in fifteen min- utes!” “Baron!” shouted Culbertson. Baron!” shouted Mr. Culbert- son's butler. “Baron!” “Baron!” “Baron!” | Bhouted at least a half dozen people in the hallway. The Baron came running. “Call me ‘Mister,’” he said, breathless. - “Come, Sidney,” said Culbert- | son, “the Baron is here—and, by the way, Sidney, I know now why you are a bachelor, you could never wait for a wife.” “Hmf:” Gruntled Lenz as he sat “Cheer up,” encouraged his | vest, Baron von Zedtwitz smiled ‘his timid smile, Culbertson ' wrapped his feet about the chair Sometime in the session Lenz made 4 contract. “Hag! Heg!” he said. “Dear Old Sidney,” Culbertson | told reporters, “he's taking it on | the chin like a man.” bishop now is fighting an indictment jfor violation of the corrupt practices jact in the District of Columbia su- ;preme court. i Was Responsible ‘Alone’ The committee said Bishop Cannon ‘iilmself handled a “large part of the; {funds” and deposited them in ac- jcounts upon which he “alone was able to draw checks.” ‘ ‘The committee reported $18,300 of \‘the political contributions received by | Cannon were placed on deposit to the jevedit of “Jameg Cannon, Jr.,” or “James Cannon, Jr., executor,” prior {to the date of the general election in ‘1928 and “remained on deposit to the jeredit of such accounts for consider- eee periods subsequent to the elec- jon.” The committee further stated “it ‘would appear reasonable” from previ- ous testimony of Bishop Cannon that a safe-deposit box in the American National bank of Richmond, Va., “was used as a depository for some of the large amounts of cash which were re- ceived as campaign contributions, a total of $27,550 in cash having been |received from E. C. Jameson alone.” Jameson, New York financier and Republican, contributed $65,300 to Bis- hop Cannon. Tells of Refusals The committee report, submitted to | the senate Tuesday by Chairman Nye, recited the refusal of Miss Ada L. Burroughs, treasurer, and the Rev. J. Sidney Peters, secretary, of the anti- Smith committee, to testify. How- ever, it withheld a recommendation of action against them pending a court decision. s “Mr. Peters’ testimony was particu- larly desired by the committee,” said the report, “in order to establish the in Favor of ‘Declaration of War’ Soon (By The Associated Press) Prison terms awaited four members of the Indian national congress com- mittee at Allahabad Tuesday for tak- jing part in the “no-rent” campaign. | Dispatches to the London Daily Mail, meanwhile, quoted Subhas Chandra Rose, fiery nationalist lead- er, as saying he will use all his influ- ence to induce Mahatma Gandhi and jother leaders to agree to a “declara- tion of war” the end of this mouth. | There was nothing to indicate he |meant actual physical warfare, but the Bombay section of-the congress was reported busy trying to solidify opinion in favor of a resumption of |the civil disobedience campaign before Gandhi returins next week, Gandhi still is on the seas, aboard the 8. 8. Pilsna, getting up “reserve strength,” he said, for the ordeal he faces on his arrival. He said he would renew the civil disobedience campaign only after all possibilities of peace had been exhausted. A dispatch to the London Herald from Calcutta said it was regarded as certain the Mahatma will demand withdrawal of the recent drastic or- {dinance, which provides death penal- \tles, in some cases, for the suppres- ision of anti-government movements. VATICAN LIBRARY ROOF COLLAPSES One Killed and At Least Four Injured; Was Established in 15th Century Vatican City, Dec, 22—(7)—One rson was known killed and at least Cincinnati, ©. Dec. 22.— (%) — Thrown across several boards, the body of six-year-old Marian McLean Tuesday was found in the basement of a tenement building near her home in the slum district. The child was abducted last Thursday. Searchers barely missed finding the child alive, in the opinion of Coroner M. Scott Kearns, who said the girl had not been dead long. The body was discovered in the basement by Charles Bishop, who oc- cupied a room on the third floor of the same building. Marian’s clothes were torn and there was @ small blue mark on her forehead. Shock and hemorrhage superin- duced by criminal attack caused the death, Deputy Coroner J. M. Patter- son said. 5 In Basement Monday Bishop said he was in the basement Monday night to fix a furnace fire but did not see the body. He had gone to the cellar to chop kindling when he came upon Marian’s body, tossed onto a pile of boards. No trace had been found of the child’s killer. All the city’s mane hunting power renewed the intensive search for Marian’s slayer as soon as was clad in the blue chineilla coat The girl, too ill to been confined in her tenement home for a month Thursday when her mother, dred McLean, permitted her to down to a narrow street for fresh air. Coroner Kearns was of the opinion Marian was not killed where the body was found. He believed the abductor, knowing all buildings near the girl home were to be searched by a hun- dred firemen taken from their regular work for that purpose, flung the body into the building to keep the scene of the slaying a secret. A tear-stained face indicated the child had cried considerably before she was killed. WOMAN KILLED AS STORM ROCKS BOAT facts with reference to the solicitation | four were reported missing Tuesday alleged deficit of some $6,500, which | vatican library fell through two floors by mail of contributions to pay off an/when the roof over a wing of the! was more than covered by two contri- butions totaling $7,300 made by Mr. E. C. Jameson subsequent to the close of ‘The report on the Cannon inquiry was 19 printed pages long. It told the story of the 10 bank accounts main- tained by the bishop during the 1928 campaign and sought to trace the funds from one account to another and to their ultimate destination. A chart to show this movement of funds was attached. Referring to “loans” ‘refunded to Bishop Cannon from anti-Smith funds, the committee states “it may be noted that the report which had been filed by Miss Burroughs under date of Dec. 31, 1928, had listed no unpaid obligations and had stated the amount due on loans was $7,004.31 of the building. ‘The accident occurred only a few minutes after the library had been closed for the day, but five men were reported missing. Four of them were workmen who had been engaged in a Job on the main floor, and the other | ‘was an employe of the library. The roof fell in with a tremendous crash, carried through the floor of the room below, and smashed the floor of the next lower room. It appeared Mkely that it would be days before | the wreckage could be cleared away! and the real damage ascertained. Pope Nicholas V. established the Vatican library on the ground floor of the Basilica in the 15th century The library was enlarged by Pope Sixtus 35 Other Passengers Hurt as Huge Waves Strike Anchor Liner Tuscania Glasgow, Dec. 22—(7)—One woman was fatally injured and 35 other pas- sengers less seriously hurt when a storm struck the anchor liner Tus- cania in mid-ocean last week, pas- sengers from the ship said Tuesday when they disembarked here. The ship left New York Dec. 12 for Belfast and Glasgow. The dead wom- an was, Mrs. Sarah Rodger, 55, Amer- ican, who originally came from Cole- raine, County Berry. Mrs. Rodgers, whose body was taken from the ship at Belfast, was returning to Ireland for Christmas after 30 years in the United States. She was & cook. IV some years later and was trans- ported to its present premises by Sixtus V in 1588. It holds more than 300,000 volumes and about 32,000 manuscripts, many of them dating from antiquity and of great value. It also contains gifts made to popes by many rulers and art collections of various sorts. whereas, on Feb. 11, 1929, alleged re- funds amounting to $17,308.11 were listed as having been paid to Bishop Cannon.” Repayment Is Noted The committee further noted a re- |payment of a “loan” of $5,000 to the ‘anti-Smith Democrats of North Caro- jlna which it said “is clear did not represent a personal advance of funds by Bishop Cannon.” Quoting the testimony of district workers in Virginia for the anti- ) Smith Democrats “that they knew of iy no separate Virginia committee nor of| rarrisburg, Pa., Dec. 22.—()—Mrs. any considerable amounts of money | Gifford Pinchot, wife of the governor sent into their districts by Bishop|of Pennsylvania, Tuesday announced Cannon,” the committee concluded) her candidacy for the Republican “there was no separately organized! nomination for congress in the 15th |committee of Virginia Democrats.” Pennsylvania Woman Becomes Candidate Cannon in challenging senatorial investigation, has contended the un- reported funds went into a strictly state organization, requiring no feder- {al report. Issue Feed Checks At $25,000 a Day Grand Forks, N. D., Dec. 22.—(P)— Although incomplete livestock feed loans are being cleared up rapidly at the Grand Forks federal loan office, the headquarters unit here still is turning out approximately $25,000 a day in feed checks to drouth sufferers in the northwest area, according to Walter E. Eliff, administrative officer in charge. ‘ district. |. She will oppose Congressman Louis 'T. McFadden, who recently attacked President Hoover. CHARGES ARE DISMISSED | St. Paul, Dec. 22.—(P)—Nine of 15 charges of malfeasance and nonfea- sance forming the basis of removal proceedings against three members of the Minnesota state railroad and warehouse commission were dismissed by Governor Floyd B. Olson. INDICTED FOR ROBBERY Chaska, Minn, Dec. 22—(P)—A Carver county grand jury indicted Otto Strand and Lawrence Owczar- zak, Minneapolis, on fire-degree rob- bery charges in connection with the holdup of a Cologne bank. The death ceritficate gave the cause of her death as hemorrhage. Passengers told a tale of terror. The vessel was struck, they said, by @ gigantic wave which swept many of them off their feet. The ship was turned around head-on once on ; Tuesdgy and once again on Wednes- day, they said, by the force.of gale. ‘Wednesday night, they said, many of the third class passengers were in the accommodation companionway when a tremendous sea swept over the vessel, hurled men and women around in the swirling waters on the deck and only the coolness of the crew prevented a panic.