The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 19, 1932, Page 1

VA + tomobile driven by George A. Patrick, North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper , \ =. THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE ESTABLISHED 1873 Spans Atlanti World PHYSICIANS ASSERT END IS MATTER OF ONLY A FEW HOURS Members of Re-United Family Rest Nearby After Long Vigil at Bedside RECOGNIZES HER DAUGHTER Regains Consciousness After Efforts of Nurse Who Had Been Dismissed Chicago, Aug. 19.—(?)—The death of Mrs. Edith Rockefeller McCormick, Physicians say, is but a matter of hours. Early Thursday, however, the wom: | an who once was known as the rich- est in the world, was sleeping peace- fully in her suite in a local hotel. Physicians and her nurse stood watch, awaiting developments, while mem-} bers of the sick woman's family rest- ed from their long vigil at her bed- side, in'nearby rooms. It was a tense day for the McCor-/ mick family, united by sickness after | long-enduring schisms, as was Thurs- day when Mrs. McCormick sank into} a coma from which doctors said she would not recover, There was frantic activity to revive her sufficiently to; recognize her younger daughter, Mathilde McCormick Oser, who ar- rived after a 7,000 mile trip from Switzerland to be at her mother's bedside. Relatives of the stricken woman gave Florence Everett, East Hampton, | Mass., nurse, credit for reviving Mrs. McCormick to consciousness so she! could greet Mrs. Oser, whose mar- riage to Max Oser, Swiss riding mas- ter, was the cause of maternal es- trangement, Miss Everett had been dismissed in the be'ief that furthe; sministrations would be fruitiess and was at a rail- road station about to depart for! home, when Mrs. Oscr arrived. Mrs. McCormick’s secretary hurried to the station and found Miss Everett just before the train left. Commandeer- ing an escort of motorcycle police,; the two jumped into a taxicab and made all possible speed back to the sickroom, where the nurse adminis- tered a treatment for which she has been specially trained. ‘The result was beyond the highest | hopes of the assembled relatives. Grouped around the daughter of John D. Rockefeller, were Harold F. McCormick, her former husband, and their children, Fowler McCormick, Muricl McCormick Hubbard, and Mrs. Oser, as well as Fowler's wife, the former Fifi Stillman, ead Edwin Krenn, Mrs. McCormick’s business advisor and associate in the manage-{ ment of her properties. SEVEN ARE BURNED AS FIRE CONSUMES WRECKAGE OF AUTO | Victims Are Trapped as Gaso-| line From Broken Cans Sprays Over Scene Midland, Mich. Aug. 19.—(>)— Seven persons, including an entire family of father, mother and four children, were fatally burned early Friday in their automobile which caught fire after a collision. The victims are Mr. and Mrs. George Messer, of Thompsonville, Mich., and their children, Edward, 1: Forest, 10; Stella, 6; and and Harry Crane, Birmingham, Mich- an, brother-in-law of the father. children died in the burning car before ‘rescuers could reach them. Bed other victims died in hospitals iter. Stanley Sage, night policeman, was burned about the hands as he at- the blazing car, The Messer car collided with an au- 69, of London, Ont. Two five gallon cans of gasoline carried on the run- ning board of Messer’s car were brok- en and the gas over the ma- chine. It and the occupants were trapped. Northwest Leaders. Accept Invitation informal conference in the offices the Minneapolis offices of the eral reserve bank. ¢ ft ./night from Cavallaro di Monzanrano BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 19, 1932 ’s Richest Woman Beli STRIKING IOWA FARMERS GIVE Milk was held off the market and given away by farmers o a readside milk depot near Sioux City, rasre randy to: gin sen, as part of their “strike” for higher “strike” In lowa. This picture shows with farmers ready to give milk away, Preferably to needy per. Prices, (Associated Press Photo) AWAY MILK ‘Striking Farmers Tighten Grip on Sioux City; Continue Road Patrol Forces Are Augmented By Re- cruits From South Dakota and Nebraska PICCARD WILL TEST STRATOSPHERE NEAR HUDSON BAY REGION’ ;City—key point higher prices, Dakota county, Nebraska farmers, jmeeting in Dakota City, five miles ‘south of here, voted their support and jWere patrolling roads leading into {Sioux City from the south Friday. 8] f Johnson of Minnehaha Aug. 19.—()— county, South Dakota, expressed the Sioux City, Aug. 19.—(P—Striking farmers augmented their forces Fri- day to tighten their grip on Sioux in their “war” for Desires to Know Effects of Magnetic Force, Evident There, on Cosmic Rays Desenzano, Italy, Prof. Auguste Piccard, rested Friday belief that interstate commerce was after his record-breaking ascent into being interferred with in violation of the stratosphere Thursday, announced ‘federal law. The matter was infor- he would begin immediately to pre-'mally brought to the attention of Pare fora third ascent from the Olaf Eidem. United States district at- northwest short of Hudson Bay, in torney at Sioux Falls, but he planned Canada. no inquiry unless a formal complaint “The moment we finish the work is made. of calculating the results recorded by| Meanwhile the picketing farmers in our instruments on Thursday's flight,” Plymouth and Woodbury counties in he said, “we will begin preparations Iowa agreed, in conferences with au-| |for the third experiment. {thorities, to move back to the county “We plan to take off from the lines and continue their picketing af- northwest shore of Hudson Bay, as ter having reduced the number of Close as we can get to the North Pole. ‘trucks entering the city from several Our purpose will be to complete the hundred to two in 24 hours. study of cosmic rays at a point where; This restriction on highway trans- the lines of magnetic force penetrate portation has reduced the _ livestock the stratosphere. {receipts at Sioux City stockyards “A solution for many scientific more than half. Many farmers were Problems will be provided when we shipping by rail, however, and at De: know how the rays act under these ‘Moines W. O. Fraser of the Unite: Conditions.” {States department of agriculture said The third expedition, he said, would a marked increase in marketing at jot begin until the middle of next cities adjacent to Sioux City was ap- i summer, (parent. He and Max Cosyns, his companion’ After a conference lasting far into on the flight, slept for, 11 hours the night, mill: producers and distrib- Thursday night and wher!’ they arose utors broke up agein without coming Friday morning there was a batch of to terms. The disagreement, which congratulatory telegrams, among Precipitated the present blockade, them one from the king and queen of arose over demands of farmers for an the Belgians. jimerease in milk prices. im | ° Prof. Piccard said Cosyns did all ¢ - apie pm | Girl Runner Raps the observation of cosmic rays during | Wedlock Decathlon the flight, he himself giving all his attention to navigation of the balloon. Chicago, Aug. 19.—()—It seems certain Mildred Didrikson, the Like Rain on Roof The rays, he said, saareoned, in in. te tooremen’ one caning ere ike an Texas girl who runs more hurdles on a tin roof.” i im less time than any other lass rve own sensations, but he was ‘indeseribebly” beautiful, “Prom; tight, is just decathlon” was i 4 the Ply sre neat ase ibe tyr-) “I'm an all-around athlete, but rhenian and Adriatic seas and the’ there are 10 events to do in a day Italian lakes all at the same time. It) that would wear ane out.” She Was difficult to follow the map, he} eure tem food ay eet dole are pein Se ee | ing, cooking meals, caring ‘tor the The instruments, as well as the! baby, cleaning the house, going to gondola itself, were taken Thursday, the grocer. hanging up the ice here he landed. to the Ttallan avia- ing socxs, school here. Prof. Piccard said oa ge ia et sh te Gorse tae gre | ered Methodist gon e grouns Py pages * though the gondola itself was den Bishop Dies in Ohio @ little by the: impact. Expects Interesting Data w Richmond, Ohio, Aug. 19.—(?) -Undoubtedly, he said, they would; especially on the effect of cosmic rays day night by the death of Bishop Earl that far above the earth's surface, the Cranston, 92. study of which was the principal rea-| Retired 16 years ago, the bishop had son he braved the stratosphere a been in failing health several months. second time. 'He died at his country home near From the minute he crawled out ofjhere on the Ohio river. His wife the gondola Thursday, shaky after and a few friends were at the bedside. the sudden drop from below zero/ Bishop of temperatures to sizzing heat, the pro- fessor was all the calm scientist. They ‘reached their greatest height, South, and was author of a book on Professor Riccard said. three hours|the subject, entitled “Breaking Down after they took off Thursday morn- Walls.” ing from Dubendorf, Switzerland. | Besides. his widow, the bishop is From that vantage point of 10 miles, survived by three daughters and a ison, the world was a strange looking place. Funeral ‘services will be held at tie Landmarks vere indistinct and maps ‘were of little value. Only the large lakes indicated where. they were. He recognized Lake Garda. 12 miles northwest of Cavallaro di Monzanrano, and de- cided to land there. but it took two ‘hours to bring the balloon down. © PLANS TIGER HUNT. Beach Hollywood, Aug. 19.—(—Douzlas GERMAN ADMIRAL DIES Fairbanks began preparations Friday. Goettingen. Germany, Aug. 19.—(#) for a fours, into the Orient to hunt, —Admiral Hans Zenker, 62, who. com- pre aired tigers, f a i He ts to sail next manccd the cruiser Yon Der. Tann at Francisoo, ex’ the kttle of Jut'and during the World » Japan, adi war, died’ at ¢ senatorium here to- jays ‘ FRANCES SLATTERY c in Solo Fii eved Near Death PARLEY ATOTTAWA | TO END SATURDAY; _ SUGGES FORECAST Great Britain's Ban on ‘Dump- ing’ Seen as Biggest Re- sult of Meeting i Ottawa, Ont. Aug. 19.—()—The! British imperial economic conference, which began a month ago, determined to lift the world's great common- wealth of nations out of economic distress, is expected to end Saturday claiming a psychological, if not actual, victory. Frid it seemed likely Great Britain's promise, as the greatest consumer of world exports, to take the lead in an international ban against “dumping” would be pro- claimed as the chief success of the Parley. A formula to prevent price slashing by Russian or any other country. without specifically naming the Soviet Union, was expected to be an- nounced Friday or at least at the fi- nal plenary session scheduled Satur- day. The dominions, especiaily Canada and Australia, insisted from the first. that the proposed world tariff of six cents a bushel on wheat, four cents REMAINS AHEAD IN ELECTION CONTEST Bismarck Girl Gets 51,000 Votes to Shatter Previous Voting Records Shattering all records to date, Frances Slattery polled 51,000 votes to maintain her lead in the Bismarck @ pound on copper and 20 per cent preference on lumber, would offer no Protection in a market on which state-controlled products could be sold in what they called “an un- economic fashion” that would guar- antee disposal. Regardless of the form she proposes to adopt to check dumping, the United Kingdom was believed to have assured herself adequate compensa- tion in a freer entry of her industria! products into the nations of the com- monwealth. May Hurt U. S, Trade What she gains will probably be largely at the expense of exports to |Canada from the United States, al- merchants’ popularity election Fri- day. Miss Slattery led the field with a tetal of 177,500 votes. Five other Bismarck girls received though some American observers were jinclined to believe the United States’ lloss will be no more than the total [loss of trade resulting from the multi- {tude of bi-lateral trade treaties be- tween the dominions. strong support in tabulations Thurs-| Probably little will be known about day to stay well in the running for/the rates involved in trade prefer- the grand prize award. Jences until contracts are placed be- Ruby Jacobson was in second place |fore the respective parliaments. Until |with a total of 148,200 votes and/then any estimate of the commercial Catherine Andrist close on her heels/loss to the United States would be Methodist Episcopal church | reveal very interesting information lost, one of its greatest leaders Thurs-! with a total of 144,100. | Fourth position was held by Alice | Lee, who was close behind Miss An- drist with 140,500 votes. Betty Leach with a 138,600 ballots }to her credit was next in line while Ernestine Carufel had sixth place honors with 125,700. Esther Watson still was in the lead jin the contest for girls living in the | Bismarck trade territory with 90,600 votes and Dorothy Seitz was pacing the Mandan candidates with 11,300. Bismarck, 177,000; Ethel Fisher, | Bismarck, 64,000; Luella Tollefson, Menoken, 63,400; Veronica Werstlein, Bismarck, 47,400; Marian Yeater, Bis- Marck, 46,400; Madeline Schmidt, Richardton, 36,400; June Boardman, Bismarck, 36,100; Betty Haagenson, 35,300; Jessie Phillips, Bis- marck, 24,800; Irene Brittin, Bismarck, 24,500; Clarice Belk, Bismarck, 24,200; | Elsie Nelson, Bismarck, 22,500; Aldeen Parts, Bismarck, 18,200; Katherine Brown, Bismarck, 18,200; and Caro- line Hall, Bismarck, 17,900, In an effort to clarify election rules ‘iday, managers of the contest said (Continued on page two) READY FOR HOP Prince Rupert, B. Aug. 19.—(P)— Captain Wolfgang Gronau, Ger- man round-the-world flier, awaited favorable weather here Friday before hopping off for Alaska, the next stop in pe globe-circling “safe and sane” (Copyright, 1932, By The Associ- ated Press) Berlin, Aug. 19:—()—Smashing of the atoms of lead. second heaviest metal, with the new high power German X-ray tube was described in detail Friday by Their giant-power tube, smash- ing atoms by the millions, dis- Poses of the myths that “unlock- ing the energy of the atom” might some day Pls dard Seeienine energy capable destroying world, they said. They will soon. start experi. menting with the rays 4£ the new tubs again to determine their fectiveness against cancer. Brasch and Lange were seen at the Physics Institute of the Uni-: versity. of- Berlin where they are working far into the nights set-. ting up a still more powerful tube with which they hope to disinte- grate the atoms of uranium, the ' heaviest.of all elements. $ Other leaders were: Alice Marsh,! votes would be given only for striNly | | guesswork. | AS @ result of the rate secrecy it was reported Friday certain British ;}manufacturers have contracted with {Russia for a billion board feet |of softwood lumber, contingent on the conference advancing the empire preference. discussions of dumping the action of ithe American farm board in selling wheat abroad did not escape defini- tion. The farm board consistently j has denied this was dumping, on the +ground there is a difference between elling below the cost of acquisition and below world price levels. The stabilization corporation's wheat stocks are about depleted, but the cotton stabilization corporation has about a million bales on its hands and the American Cotton Co- operative association has several mil- lion bales more—all of which was ac- quired at about double the curren: world prices but which eventually must be sold on the world rank | | ° seule (Retin JON Be One maar | Sportsman of 75 Wins Horse Race a ee Washington Courthouse, Aug. 19.—()}—"Uncle Stephen” Phil- lips, 90 years old and still a lad, capped his 75-year racing record by driving his trotter to victory. But it probably will be his last race, “I’m pretty tuckered,” he said, as he stretched out in an armchair given him by admirers. oung German Scientists Use Giant X-Ray Tube to Smash Atoms of Lead A graphic idea may be had of the accomplishment in disinte- grating a lead atom from the more than 200 electrons and pro- It was remarked that in conference | Roosevelt Refuses to Dismiss Ouster Denies Counsel in Hearing of Charges Against Mayor TO HEAR MORE TESTIMONY Sessions Will Be Resumed Mon- day; Curtin Discusses Sherwood Accounts Executive Chamber, Albany, N. ¥., Aug. 19.—()—Governor Roosevelt, af- ter listening to seven hours of argu- ment in behalf of Mayor James J. Walker, Friday denied a motion to dismiss the other charges against the New York ‘City executive. In announcing his decision, after John J. Curtin’s argument, Roose- velt said: “These motions are directed to the 15 charges by Judge Seabury (counsel to the Hofstadter committee). “By those motions I am requested to dismiss these charges. I must de-| Cline to do so and at the same time! direct that the hearing proceed.” j He then adjourned the hearing to| Monday. Curtin. Walker had argued. that Samuel Seabury “without any evidence whatever” had charged to Mayor] Walker large transfers of pec | from the accounts of Russell T. ma 1 jwood, missing accountant. Curtin continued his contention be- gun Thursday that Governor Roose- velt should dismiss the ouster charges against the mayor. Court procedure began by Walker Thursday to restrain the governor from removing him was postponed until Monday at Curtin’s request. He! halt the hearing. Summons G. O. P. Leaders Curtin has summoned W. Kingsland Macy, Republican state chairman, and other prominent Republican leaders to testify as the mayor's witnesses. The Democrats repeatedly have claim- | ed the Hofstadter investigation was a/ Political move to becloud what they |Claimed was President Hoover's fail- ure to meet the economic emergency. | “There is not the slightest proof,” said Curtin, “any of this money be- longed to Mayor Walker. It is neith- er fair, nor logical nor lawful that the} mayor should have to account for the money that went into those (the| | Sherwood) accounts.” Supreme Court Justice Ellis J. {Staley Friday postponed considering | Walker's petition to restrain the, governor, but heard arguments for/ and against another effort to halt the} ouster proceedings. i Justice Staley instructed Sidney Le- | vine, attorney, and Henry Epstein, deputy attorney-general, to prepare briefs of their arguments and submit them Monday at 10 a.m. The justice continued the Walker court case un- til Monday at 9 a. m. Argues on -Constitution | Levine, representing George Don-/ |nelly, a “home rule” enthusiast, | argued the state constitutional intent; | was to invest cities with power to re-| move their mayors and other officers. | Epstein contended the courts had ; no power to restrain a governor from; jexercising his executive duties: He} insisted t@> governor had equal pow- ers with the courts and the legisla. ture. “Mr. Levine argues,” Staley said, “that the power of removal is vested in the people and can be invested only through constitutional procedure.” = | “Every act passed by the legis! |ture is deemed to be constitutional replied Epstein, “Section 122 has been | in the New York city charter since jthe charter was enacted. The home rule law specifically provides how a city may provide for removal of its Officials, but the City of New York has not availed itself of that provi-; sion.” Section 122 of the New York City; charter delegates to the governor the commissioner. As he adjourned the hearing, Jus- tice Staley remarked he was more in- terested in having someone explain to him how the constitution delegates than he was in the New York city “home rule” provision for local deter- mination of removal methods. Fargoan Convicted On Robbery Charge Fergus Falls, Minn., Aug. 19.—(#)— A jury in district court last night con- victed Charles Webb, Fargo, N. D., on & charge of first-degree robbery. He will be sentenced later. Motion By Walker's |¢ said he would withhold attempting to} + Lies Near Death | — co MRS. EDITH McCORMICK TROOPS ARE READY TO ENTER ILLINOIS MINE STRIKE FIGHT Held in Readiness at Decatur and Springfield For Emergency Duty Taylorville, Ill, Aug. 19.—()—Illi- nois national guardsmen Friday stood ready in two nearby cities to move into Christian county in event of dis- turbances resulting from the presence of more than 10,000 striking miners intent on picketing working mines. The troops were moved out of Camp Grant at Rockford early Friday and sent to their home armories at Deca- tur and Springfield, both less than 30 imiles distant. The Weather cloudy and 3 iy Shere aaa cee: PRICE FIVE CENTS ght BRITISH AVIATORS FIRST 10 SUCCEED IN WESTWARD HOP Aloft More Than 30 Hours Pi- loting Tiny Plane Through Mist and Fog | WEARINESS. HALTS EFFORT Had Enough Fuel to Continue to New York But Decided to Take Rest Pennfield Ridge, N. B., Aug. 19.— (®)—Capt. J. A. Mollison, the first man to make a solo flight westward across the North Atlantic, landed Just outside this little village at 11:45 a.m. E. 8. T., Friday, too tired to go any farther. For more than 30 hours he had pushed his plane, “The Heart's Con- tent,” stripped down so that it was little more than a flying gasoline tank, across nearly 3,000 miles of ocean through weather that was none too good. He had plenty of fuel and but for his own weariness might have gone on to New York, he said. When he got this far, however, and saw iipash a Lian in the clouds a broad meadow below him, he dropped down to a perfect landing. Pennfield Ridge is a village of not more than 300 population. Even tele- Phones are scarce, but Capt. Molli- son was on a long distance wire re- porting his landing a few minutes after he was down. Farmers and fishermen crowded out from the village to the field about. half a mile from the tiny railroad station. They had seen him coming and had heard the roar of the motor. The plane's wheels had hardly stopped rolling before the first arrivals were crowding about him. Sleeps in Farmhouse What he wanted most of all was 8 rest, So one of the farmers took him to his home nearby. The captain ask- ed that his wife, the former Amy Johnson, be notified of his safety. Word was telephoned. immediately to St. John, 40 miles up the coast to the Bay of Fundy for relay to Mrs. Mollison at London. Capt. Mollison said he expected to {go to St. John after a brief rest here and would continue on to New York Saturday, He lost a lot of time between Hali- fax, where he = Christian county was occupied Fri-|m., ‘and here, because of the foc? day by the striking miners from ad- ‘The mist was heavy over the Bay jacent counties. The occupation was of Fundy and I just groped along,” made without incident. Sheriff}he said, “I wanted to get to ‘New Charles Wieneke had previously re-| York and I could have made it with jeals to join the strike right to remove the mayor and police | priq; epee i E z E ee ®3F gE g g took the positions they lost. moved the barricades on highways and sent his large force of special deputies to their homes. The sheriff had intended to resist the invasion of the striking miners, as Christian county diggers were at work in most of the mines in the county. The decision of several lo- movement, however, caused the sheriff to aban- don his resistance to the invasion. Troops held under arms for possi- {ble duty here are three units with headquarters in Springfield and one whose home armory is located at De- catur, Local Unions Join Two of three mine locals here have voted to join the strikers who seek abrogation of the reduced $5 daily Scale agreement. . The invading miners, joined by late adherents from this county, held & mass meeting Thursday night at | Kineaid. They plan to hold another mass meeting Saturday. But three large mines in Christian county worked Thursday and all were closed Friday. W. C. Argust, superintendent of Peabody mines in the Taylorville area, said no attempt would be made to open the mines “until conditions ig as they reported for work at mine No. 9 near Kincaid, to the governor the power of removal ay’ “We will avoid even a semblance of violence, and are sure miners have damaged no property so far,” said pee McGill of Springfield, a strike ler. South Is Encouraged By Favorable Reports Atlanta, Ga. Aug. 19.—(7)—The south added improvements in the cot- ton and the gas I had but weaving tl those low clouds and that Sate on must have tired me out. I just couldn't go on. The weather was especially bad for the last 18 hours.” He had intended to stop at Har- bor Grace for fuel but got better mileage than he expected and passed ge ine stopping. 05 a. m. Friday he a) over the airport at Halifax, 100 ie east of St. John, headed west. Then ics ‘ ere ee was lost to sight in fog which blanketed jo ey Tegion. shaw pt. Mollison’s ship is a silver Puss moth, a tiny sports plane similar to that frequently used by the Prince of Wales for short trips. Mollison turned it into a flying gasoline tank. It is a high wing monoplane with the name “The Heart's Content” pectied on the fuselage just below tha abin. Before he started Mollison estimat- ed it would take him 23 hours to reach Harbor Grace. as he can for a flight back to Ireland. Mollison is the fourth aviator to achieve a nonstop westward of the North Atlantic ocean and the WIFE IS RELIEVED bp fe das OF CROSSING husband’s plane flight, had