The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 16, 1932, Page 1

“ | Nf re iow t cs ” ¥ ay Se ae ‘North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper ESTABLISHED 1873 Mystery Woman Figures in MAYOR DISCLOSES SEX OF ‘UNKNOWN’ FIGURE IN INQUIRY Speaks of Person Mentioned in Seabury Investigation As ‘Her’ ROOSEVELT PRESSES PROBE Seeks to Untangle New Yorker's Financial Affairs By Questioning Executive Chamber, Albany, N. Y., Aug. 16.—(#)—Governor Roosevelt's investigation of Mayor Walker Tues- day probed close to the identity of the “unknown person,” who figures in the inquiry, when the mayor re- vealed that the mysterious bee ngiial| of money was a woman. ‘When Governor Roosevelt served that the evidence showed that @ letter of credit for $10,000 was ar- ranged for the same “unknown per- son” to whom Russell T. Sherwood, | missing accountant, paid $7,500, Walker said: “I know nothing about the letter of credit. I do know that Sherwood handled income matters for the ‘un- known person’ and an examination of her accounts would show she had Several bank accounts in the city.” Name of Actress Is Linked With Walker Executive Chamber, Albany, N. Y., Aug. 16—(7)—The name of Betty Compton, the actress, was unofficially linked with the “un- known person” of the Walker in- vestigation Tuesday when Mayor Waiker, answering reporters’ in- quiries if it were Miss Compton, replied: “Who do you suppose it was?” The identity of the “unknown per- son” has been scrupulously guarded by Samuel Seabury, investigator for the Hofstadter legislative committee. Walker's remark was the first re- ference to the sex of the mysterious figure that has repeatedly bobbed up | in the investigation and the execu-/ tive hearing here. | Seeks Secret Evidence | John J. Curtin, counsel to the mayor, fought to obtain secret evi- dence compiled by the Tammany in-} ob- | , THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE i On Honeymoon 5 I —.. FRANCES STARR New York, Aug. 16.—(?)—Frances Starr, leading actress in many of the late David Belasco’s stage produc- jtions, and her new husband, Robert Golden Donaldson, Washington banker, were on a honeymoon Tues- day somewhere in the White moun- tains of New Hampshire. They were married Monday at her apartment. It was Miss Starr's second mar- riage, she and William Haskell Cof- fin, illustrator and portrait painter, were divorced in Reno in 1930. Donaldson, who is 55 years old, is a widower. Miss Starr said she was 42, SALES LEVY AGAIN | LOOMS AS SUBJECT Indications Are Matter Will Come Up At Congress Ses- sion in December Washington, Aug. 16. — (®) — The Sales tax, cause of many a bitter con- Sressional debate, now is being vestigators, but his demand went un-/ warmed up for another start through answered as the governor moved} quickly to a scrutiny of letters of credit that Sherwood obtained. Curtin had particularly desired to look over the Seabury accountants’ work sheets to find out how the Hof- stadter investigator reached his con- clusion that Sherwood paid out large sums of money for the mayor. Roose- | velt refused to ask for the work! sheets. Throughout the morning session, Roosevelt sought to untangle the evi- | dence involving Walker’s relations with Sherwood, whom Seabury was never able to question. Walker, testi- fying, and Curtin arguing, contended Sherwood, an employe of Walker's law firm, as a “courtesy,” made out checks for Walker's relatives. Each time, however, the mayor reimbursed him with cash, Mr. Walker said. “Have you any record of the! amounts in cash you gave Sher- wood?” Roosevelt asked Walker. “No,” replied the mayor, “I haven't even kept my own check book.” - Mrs. Walker Is Ill The mayor likely will fight the rest of his battle for exoneration without his wife. Mrs. Walker, who attended the first day of the hearing, became ill last Thursday night. She collapsed while attending mass Monday. Walk- er said she would return to New York today accompanied by the family physician. fs Walker denied to Roosevelt that he knew of special accounts maintained by Sherwood, whom Seabury con- tends, handled almost $1,000,000 for the mayor. The governor, soon after the hear- ing opened, began to trace the move- (Continued on Page Seven) American Is Killed the legislative mill. Of course, before congress meets the fire may go out, but there stil! are members who think a genera) sales tax of, say 1% per cent should be substituted for the many special excise levies naw in the law. Senator Smoot, chairman of his branch’s finance committee, predicts the December session will see a new study of the tax situation. In the j house, where all tax legislation must originate, Democrats already have a special committee surveying the prob- |lem. Smoot and these Democrats are bearing in mind President Hoover's acceptance speech statement that “recent increases in revenues, while temporary, should be again examined. and if they tend to sap the vitality of industry, and thus retard employ- ment, they must be revised.” There are many in and out of con- &ress who believe some of the excise rates do “sap the vitality of industry” just as there are many who think a general sales levy would be more harmful Harriman Favors It Henry I. Harriman, president of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, is in the former group Chamber members who feel as he does doubtless will talk over things with their congressmen between now and the first Monday in December. taxes in his annual message will have considerable bearing, as will the re- port of the special house committee All are hopeful the increased rates and improving conditions will bring enough money to balance the budget. Only plain figures compiled by the treasury will settle that question. Hoover: already has said he is not in By Chinese Bandits) tavor of a general sales tax, but when he addressed the senate on the subject. Peiping, China, Aug. 16.—()—Lieu- | last May, he added: tenant Robert H. Soule, assistant mil- New York Net Star Beaten by Newcomer Jones GE thie eine ed the Newport Casino tennis - nament with its first nae Cag by eliminating Sidney lew third, in a third-round “In order to solve our problem and ‘Whether after that . tude, the president never few hours, following his to 27. New American Ship -FORBITERDEBATE, Newport, R. I, Aug. 16—(#%)—Dave|se_voted down # general levy, 883i say pio GRANDE DO SUL BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 16, 1932 | Second Son Bo ‘Armed Deputies to Halt Farm Blockade FRANCES SLATTERY TAKES LEADERSHIP IN ELECTION HERE Miss Betty Leach Is Close Sec- ond With 93,000 Votes; Catherine Andrist Third Spirited voting in the Bismarck merchants’ popularity election put Frances Slattery back in first place Tuesday, 1,000 votes ahead of Betty Leach, who led the field Monday. Miss Slattery received 18,500 votes to bring her total to 94,000 and to lift her from third place to the leading Position in election tabulations to date. In third place was Catherine An- | drist with 81,700 votes, a total which was 20,000 higher than it was under Monday's listings. Ruby Jacobson, who was runner-up to Miss Leach Monday, had dropped into fourth place in tabulations made at 5 p. m. Monday. It was nip and tuck between Miss Jacobson and Alice Lee, whose total was 79,100 only 400 less than that of Miss Jacobson. Still leading the girls from out of the city was Esther Watson of Mc- Kenzie, who polled 9,100 votes Monday to bring her total to 71,600. Other leaders in the contest were: Ernestine Carufel, Bismarck, 61,600; Luella Tollefson, Menoken, 61,400; Alice Marsh, Bismarck, 47,700; Ethel Fisher, Bismarck, 45,400; Marian Yea- ter, Bismarck, 41,600; Madeline Schmidt, Richardton, 36,400; June Boardman, Bismarck, 35,600; Betty Haagenson, Bismarck, 31,700; Veron- ica, Werstlein, Bismarck, 26,600; Jessie Phillips, Bismarck, 24,800; Olarice Belk, Bismarck, 24,200; Elsie Nelson, Bismarck, 22,500; Katherine Brown, Bismarck, 18,000; Aldeen Paris, Bis- (Continued on page two) (DULUTH YOUTHS ARE ACCUSED OF MURDER Minnesota Officer Says Gang Killed Contractor in November, 1930 St. Paul, Aug. 16.—()—Herman Vall of the state crime bureau Tues- day named Rudolph and Edward Kunasiewicz, Duluth youths serving terms in the Michigan penitentiary for a bank holdup as the slayers of Charles Sundell, contractor near Duluth, in November, 1930. The brothers with Frank and John Jacobinski, also brothers, have been identified as the killers of Nels Berglin, Forest Lake night marshal, in a filling station holdup April 12, but Minnesota authorities were un- successful in having them returned to this state. A third member of the group is in the Michigan prison also. John Jacobinski, 22, is under ar- rest in Seattle, Wash., having been trapped when he sought to withdraw | vit by telegraph alleged loot of a bank robbery after depositing it in a Min- neapolis bank. Jacobinski has been hunted as the killer of Gordon D. Wilson, shot by 2 gunman who stole his automobile in Minneapolis July 5. The Forest Lake slaying occurred while the gunmen were traveling to the Twin Cities after five holdups in Duluth. Jacobinski also was sought for the What President Hoover says about) torture robbery of Jacob Leuthner, bachelor near Isle, Minn., and rob- bery of a Hermansville, Mich., bank were identified as participants in the Forest Lake holdup. Report 15 Killed in New Brazilian Battle Rio de Janerio, Aug. 16.—(?)—Fif- were killed and many wounded in a battle between federal and re- bel troops on the southern front, ac- cording to reports received here from Waldomiro Lima, federal r. leaders claimed to have JOIN WITH SAO PAULO Sioux City Sheriff, Will Put Guards on Trucks Seek- ing to Enter City FARMERS STILL ON JOB Picket Roads to Bar Products Going to Market; Start Buying Strike Sioux City, Ia., Aug. 16—()—Sheriff John A. Davenport, backed by 50 armed deputies Tuesday was ready to escort trucks carrying farm pro- ducts through the blockade farmers have thrown about the city to enforce their selling strike. Fifty more were to be recruited and placed on trucks coming and going from the city. Davenport declared their orders were not to break the barricade lines but to insist progress a ‘ag trucks shall not be interfered with. Although the situation was gen- erally quiet Tuesday, the farmers’ blockade of the highways continued in effect and few truckers attempted to enter the city with milk, livestock, or farm products. Either the farmers who previously attempted to run the blockade have been converted to the strikers’ side or they have been frightened away from the city by the demonstrations of Sunday and Monday. When the special force of deputies went on duty at 4 o'clock Tuesday morning they found large groups of farmers stationed along the high- ways. | Truck traffic on almost all of the roads had come to a virtual stand- still by Monday evening. A few stock trucks, coming to Sioux City from distant points on the Denison high- way were escorted unmolested through the blockade by the deputies. So effective was the blockade Mon- day night that only one cattle truck got through and less than 10 hog trucks entered the stockyards here. Use of the 100 special deputies, re- cruited from the unemployed, was decided upon at a meeting Monday night. T. L. Taggart, federal em- Ployment director for Iowa, immedi- ately undertook the work of gather- ing the men. Calling for national guard troops training at Camp Dodge was discuss- ed but the group agreed the situation was still within local control. The governor's office at Des Moines re- Ported no request for troops had been received. Highways Picketed Picketing of highways leading in- to the city and boycotts of merchants here and in numerous towns in west- ern Iowa continued while at Kingsley Produce dealers did not open their stores in fear of reprisal. Meanwhile at Des Moines, the Farmers Holiday association conclud- ed an all-day secret session Monday with the adoption of a statement which reiterated the group's demand for higher farm prices and declared any attempt to deny the farmer a re- turn covering the cost of production “is an attempt to force the farmer in- to a condition of virtual slavery and is contrary to the spirit of the thir- teenth amendment to the constitu- tion, which prohibits involuntary ser- a Representatives of 10 midwestern states gathered at Monday's meeting and formulated plains for continuance of the selling holiday, even beyond the 30-day limit first set if necessary. E. E. Kennedy of Kankakee, IIl., reported inaugurated of the strike in Illinois Monday morning while D. 8. Wightman of Wayne, Neb., said the movement was gaining headway in his state. A spokesman from North Daxota told of progress of the strike there while Wisconsin sent a pledge of cooperation and promised an early beginning in the leading dairy state of the midwest. South Dakota Affected South Dakota farmers also were af- fected by the blockade. Farmers sta- tioned themselves at the Iowa side (Continued on Page Seven) Begin Job of Digging Basement for Capitol — Work of digging the basement for rnt MORE THAN 1,000 | KNOWN DESTITUTE: 20) ARE INJURED Emergency Stations Are Set Up to Care For Those Hurt =| in Storm | i RED CROSS GIVES FOOD) Will Have to Care For Many Who Lost All Crops and Other Possessions Houston, Tex. Aug. 16.—(®)— Tenant farmers were the principal sufferers of the hurricane which swept southern coastal Texas Satur- day night and Sunday, taking at Teast 35 lives. Relief workers estimated more than 1,000 persons were destitute. Emer- gency stations continued the treat- ment of the injured, estimated by station attendants variously from 200 up and in most cases requiring only first aid. ‘The Red Cross and Houston relief societies furnished food and other necessities, The government ordered the coast guard cutter Unalga from Fort Lauderdale, Fla., to aid in re- Hef work. Agricultural authorities said the damage to crops would run into mil- lions, with the major ones—cotton and rice—estimated to be damaged to the extent of $2,000,000. At West Columbia, the Rev. H. R. Spraker, named to head relief in “I mean 800 persons in addition to those who, although hard hit, will be able to finance themselves in re- ‘uilding and repairing their homes ‘and carrying on until they are able to harvest a crop next year, or who have jobs which will feed them,” he said. “They have lost all their posses- sions. -They are without homes, suf- ficient clothing or means of earning a living. About half are negroes and Mexicans.” Floyd Enlow, county attorney of Brazoria county, heading the relief organization at Angleton, had similar story. A citizens committee at Freeport was supplying food to 400 persons. COMMUNISTS PLAN Would Force Government to Take New Measures to Help Unemployed Berlin, Aug. 16.—(?)—Leaders of Germany’s 3,500,000 communists laid plans Tuesday for a nation-wide strike war against the von Papen government to force it into meas- ures for the relief of unemployment. | “We must place the mass of the people in the fight against the gov- ernment and the national socialis hunger offensive,” Ernst Thaelmann, communist leadér, declared in an ap- Peal sent out to his followers. “It must be on the widest possible basis. “Economic strikes, agitation by the unemployed, rent strikes and lastly a general strike in all cities—that’s the line of fight. The party should facil- itate the assembly of these weapons in a battle against every capitalistic escape from the crisis. This is nec- essary for the protection of the pro- letarian revolution.” In the meantime, the government Was also goaded from the right by denunciations of its policies by. the Hitlerites. Explaining Hitler’s re- fusal ‘to participate in a cabinet in @ secondary posit! President von Hindenburg ‘and the government leaders, the Nazis credit- ed him with remaining true to the party and the people. “The policies of the von Papen government can never be the policies of the national socialist party,” the Nazis statement said. “A govern- ment in which we do not lead can never result in" anything but failure to bring about a turn for the better in the affairs which concern Ger- many’s future. “We want no pussy-footing or half- way measures. We want a policy of wisdom and deeds, which is the only thing that.can save the German Named by nights of Columbus jreturned higher prices to its mem- Walker Probe At Least 35 Are Dead in Texas Hurricane | Second Child Brings Them New Joy _| COLONEL AND MBS. C New Buying GRAIN CORPORATION LAST YEARS WORK Profit of $1,000,000 Made in 1931; Marketing Policies Outlined Chicago, Aug. 16.—(?)—Etched in a| statistics and figures, a rosy picture of the Farmers’ National Grain cor- poration’s activites for the last year was presented to stockholders in an- nual session Tuesday. Reviewing the past, officers predict- ed ultimate success for the corpor: tion in the face of attacks and ad- verse criticism toward its activities. George S. Milnor, general manager the fiscal year ending May 31, the corporation purchased and handled in excess of 148,000,000 bushels of grain, not including that purchased from or handled for the grain stabil- ization corporation. Merchandising policies of the cor- poration, Milnor said, not only had bers than those paid by competitors, but had placed grain producers in a better position to market their com- modities. “The duty to which we are primar- ily giving our time and effort,” said Milnor, “is to market producer mem- bers’ grain efficiently, economically and at better prices.” Controls Many Elevators His report showed that at the end of the fiscal year the corporation controlled more than 175,000,000 bush- els of country and terminal ware- house storage space, a gain of more than 55,000,000 bushels over the pre- vious year. Walter I. Beam, vice president and treasurer, reported that the close of the fiscal year found the corporatior. had completed its liquidation of bank loans and that “for the second con- secutive year was entirely out of debt to all of its bankers.” He said net earnings were in excess of $1,000,000, and termed the two out- standing events of the year’s opera- by |tions the funding of the corporation's $16,000,000 debt to the federal farm board, and the development of the national organization as the single grain marketing medium of its reg- ional stockholders. C. E. Huff, president of the Farm- ers’ Union National Grain corpora- tion, declared the attitude of the Chi- cago board of trade in refusing mem- bership to a subsidiary of the cooper- HARLES A. LINDBERGH Wave Sends Security Prices Upward Occasional Flurries of Profit- Taking Fail to Halt General Trend New York, Aug. 16—(4)—Securities prices again surged forward in fresh waves of buying Tuesday. The stock market met occasional flurries of profit-taking, which pared down the extreme gains, but a num- ber of the rails and :. few industrials pushed up to new high levels for the erased the losses of the setback late last week. The bond market jahead. While larger advances ap- peared in the more speculative issues, | particularly among the rails, the gen- eral list was higher. In the over- the-counter market, bank and insur- ance company stocks made substan- tial advances. Cotton featured the commodities, moving up nearly $1 a bale to new highs for the recovery. Sugar, lead, silver, rubber and several other lines were somewhat higher. Wheat, after advancing about a cent a bushel, lost ia eng closed lower. had a buoyant ning, when trading hit a feverish ees bas during the next three hours the gen- eral list failed to equal the high levels of the first few minutes, although a number of the rails were bid uj smartly in the middle of the day. Extreme advances of $1 to $7 a share were reduced from $1 to $3 by profit- taking here and there, although the lst turned dull on the decline. LANIER ASKS NYE T0 TAKE PUBLIC STAND Sends Open Letter to Senator Demanding He Declare Self on Presidency —_—__. Jamestown, N. D., Aug. 16.—(P)—P. W. Lanier, Democratic nominee for United States senator, Tuesday an- nounced an open letter to Senator calling on the senator to announce whether he is supporting President Hoover or Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt in the presidential cam- Paign. “Inasmuch as the Democrats are Presenting to the voters of the state & complete ticket headed by Franklin D. Roosevelt and John N. Garner, and inasmuch as I have the honor to be the candidate on this ticket for the United States senatorship, I deem ative “probably marks the final stand of private tradesmen against the growing strength and importance of farmer-owned cooperatives.” Tuesday. Bailey was identified Monday as the gunman who directed the largest bank robbery in history, that of the Lincoln, Neb. National Bank and ‘Trust more summer recovery, having more than! also moved} The Weather day; cooler tonight. PRICE FIVE CENTS o Lindberghs | | ARRIVAL BRIGHTENS HOME DEPRESSED BY | KIDNAPING TRAGEDY Is Born Five Months and 16 Days After Charles, Jr., Disappeared DETAILS NOT AVAILABLE Mrs. Cri Morrow on Hand For Betty Gow to Be Retained as Nurse Englewood, N. J., Aug. 16—(%)— Another son was born to the Charles A. Lindbergh’s Tuesday, bringing happiness back to a home long dark- ened by deepest tragedy. Five months and 16 days after 20- months-old Charles Augustus Lind- bergh, Jr., was stolen from his crib to meet his death while all the world sought him, the second baby was born at 6:30 a. m. Only the fact that a second son had been born was immediately available, but it was generally under- stood the baby and its mother were both in good health. The child was understood to have been born in the Dwight W. Morrow home where the first baby was born and where Mrs. Lindbergh is known to have been up to the past day or two. Mrs. Morrow, Mrs. Lindbergh's mother, was present, having recently returned from Europe. Although no statement was forth- coming on this point the probability was considered the new baby’s nurse would be Betty Gow, the Scottish girl who was the first baby's nurse ind who first discovered the kidnap- Miss Gow was questioned at length after the kidnaping as were all the Lindbergh servants. Her sailor sui- tor. Henry Johnson, was detained for a long time and finally deported. The Lindberghs always expressed com- Plete faith in her. She is at present on a visit to her home in Scotland. Seeks Relief in Work Col. Lindbergh, from the moment jon that blustery March night when ~— Sirst discovered his first son was missing, has sought assuagement of his grief in constant activity of one sort or another. Up to the time the baby’s body was found he was always in the van of the searchers, himself directing va- rious phases of the hunt for the kid- napers and attempting negotiations with them through the agency, among others, of Dr. John F. Con- don, aged Bronx educator, and John Hughes Curtis, Norfolk, Va., boat- builder. Through Dr. Condon, who had negotiated for return of the baby through newspaper advertisements signed “Jafsie,” he paid a futile $50,- 000 rensom which Dr. Condon passed over a cemetery hedge in the Bronx. Payment of this money was fol- lowed, by direction of the people who received it, by a series of airplane flights by the distracted father in search of a boat on which the baby was said to be held. This boat was never found and Col. Lindbergh finally came to the conclusion he had been duped and made public the P| numbers of all the ransom bills in the hope of thus tracing the people who had so cruelly deceived him. He has always expressed confidence in Dr. Condon. Curtis, the Norfolk shipbuilder was arrested and convicted of obstructing Gerald P. Nye, Republican nominee, | !can EF ji 3 5 pile é FI if i