The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 27, 1932, Page 1

«! fe North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper, CSTABLISHED 1873 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1932 Weather Report . Partly cloudy and beat een» Mad night; colder We PRICE FIVE CENTS | Insull Wins Fi Abandon Hope for 54 TRAGEDY BLACKENS WEEK-END HOLIDAY FOR LITTLE TOWN Bodies of 39 Already Recovered; Rescue Squads Are Working Slowly POISONOUS GAS IS MENACE aster Promises to Be Second Largest in History of Minois Moweaqua, Ill., Dec. 27.—(7)—Hope was stricken from Moweaqua’s vocab- ulary Tuesday as this village of 1,400 moved to bury its dead—victims of a coal mine disaster. No longer was there a vestige of belief the remaining 15 men trapped some 700 feet underground still could be alive. Saturday 54 miners were entombed after aif explosion loosened an avalanche of debris, clogging ave- nues of escape. Already 39 bodies have been unearthed. The rescue crew which broke the seal on the north entry to facilitate the circulation of air reported upon coming to the surface that they had seen another body lying just inside the barricade, making 40 known dead. ‘The condition of the body was such that no attempt would be made to remove it until Wednesday when the entry is to be exploded, they said. As to the others—“not even a mir- acle could save them now.” ‘That was the way John Millhouse, direc- tor of the rescue squads, put it. Late Monday night workers hack- ed through ‘shale, rock and coal to open up the north wing of the mine! where it was believed the 15 were trapped. By noon Tuesday, Mill- house said, sufficient fresh air would have seeped through to make it safe for squads to go into that section. ‘The explosion apparently had its greatest effect in the north wing of the “T-shaped mine, he said. The men there, he believed, either were victims of poison gas or had been crushed to death. The bodies of the 39 were found in debris at the intersection of the “T” and in the south wing. Over the Christmas holidays ex- pert rescue squads toiled ceaselessly, burrowing through debris in the hope of reaching someone alive, someone who could guide them to others who still might be alive. Rescuers’ efforts were met only by bodies. : From time to time rescue squads were driven back by seeping gas and crumbling debris. If none are brought; out alive the death toll will be the! second largest for any mine disaster in the state, Millhouse said. The largest was in 1909 when fire roared through a coal mine at Cherry, snuf- fing out 267 lives. HOLD SUSPECT IN SLAYING AT LAKE Jack Spiesman Arrested As Af- termath of Eight-Year-Old Murder Case Des Moines, Towa, Dec. 27.—(P)— Des Moines authorities Tuesday were holding a man who gave the name of Jack Spiesman, believed to have been involved in a slaying in Devils Lake, N. D., more than eight years ago. Au- thorities were checking the North Da- kota city for details of the shooting the: N SNEESBY SHOT AS HE SURPRISED BURGLARS Devils Lake, N. D., Dec. 27.—(?)}— Charles Sneesby, 53, night patrolman of Devils Lake, was shot June 26, 1924, when he surprised a gang of bandits attempting to break into the postof- fice here. - The robbers were working at a door the building the gang fled. Jack Spiesman lived here number of years. His father for a was & i Sales Tax Brought eee oie Forward by Solons' ‘Washington, Deo, 27—(P)—1 g g >F E il i el | She’sa EG ' bE ———————$$$$+— ‘The only American woman ever to receive a degree of Doctor of Philoso- phy from Belgium's University of Louvaine is Miss Elizabeth Salmon, shown above as she returned to her native New York. She also is the youngest woman of any nationality to win the degree. PRESIDENT - ELECT AND DAVIS CONFER ON DISARMAMENT Envoy Tells Roosevelt Reduced Arms Necessary For World Recovery Albany, N. Y., Dec. 27.—(?)—Presi- dent-Elect Roosevelt and Norman H. Davis Tuesday continued their pri- vate discussion of world . disarma- ment, war debts and economics. The American, diplomat told Roosevelt Monday night there are favorable signs on the disarmament horizon. Davis, who was sent by President Hoover as American delegate to the disarmament conference at Genéva, remained as an overnight guest at the executive mansion after a fire- side conference with the president- elect. Sitting in the Roosevelt study, he rejated his belief that disarma- ment is necessary to a restoration of world confidence and credit, and said he believed important steps had been istmas PIONEER PUBLISHE OF NORTH DAKOTA DIES IN 84TH YEAR John J. Jordan, in Newspaper Work More Than 71 Years, Succumbs Fargo, N. D., Dec. 27.—()}—John J. Jordan is dead. The fingers which for more than 71 years had been turned to newspaper production in the northwest were stilled by death Monday. Infirmities of old age and a body Holiday More Than Half Are Taken in Automobile Accidents Over Week-End CALIFORNIA IS STRUCK HARD Brawls and Shootings, Trains, Drownings and Fires Exact Toll (By The Associated Press) week-end holiday was a costly one in the number of human lives sacrificed, it was revealed Tuesday as reports of violent deaths came from the width and breadth of the land. Tabulations by the Associated Press indicated the total casualties would approach and possibily pass the 400- mark with the Illinois mine disaster, jin which 54 lives were lost, leading the shaken in an accident years ago took | jist, their toll at 8 a. m. while the 84-year- old newspaperman lay unconscious in his home here. ‘The man who first. began his labors with the fourth estate as a newsboy in Minneapolis at the outbreak of the Civil war refused to relinquish his, Gaily duties of editing the Fargo Blade, a weekly, writing his memoirs of a Minnetonka boyhood and avidly scanning the world’s news until a few days ago. Funeral services will be conducted here Wednesday, with burial in a Fargo cemetery. Native of Canada Jordan was born in Eaton, Quebec, Canada, March 18, 1848, the son of Phillip and Susan Hammond Jor- dan, both natives of Canada. In 1853 the family moved to the U. 8. to settle in Minneapolis. Two weeks later, the father, a blacksmith and farmer, died at Minnetonka. He was 47 years old. His widow died in 1874 at the age of 66. On April 19, 1861, Jordan, who had been attending the Minneapolis pub- lic schools, abandoned his books to become a newsboy for the Minne- apolis Atlas, which then had a cir- culation of about 200 copies a week. The move was necessary, Jordan’s brothers, Amos and Lyman, having enlisted in the Union army, leaving their younger brother as the sole support of the widowed mother. Jordan claimed the distinction of being Minneapolis’ first newsboy, as he delivered the papers to the entire list of subscribers over the town. Was Mechanical Foreman In 1867 the Atlas merged with the Chronicle and the name was changed to the Tribune, Jordan becoming foreman of the mechanical room. Starting as a newsboy, next becom- taken toward the reduction of arma-!ing the office “devil,” the job of ments. This in turn, he predicted, would have a favorable effect on ef- forts for a successful world economic conference. After another talk with Roosevelt ‘Tuesday morning, Davis’ plans took him to New York for a meeting wita American members of the commit-| 1! tee on agenda for the world eco- nomic conference, which he said probably would be in London early next summer. He arrived at the executive man- sion late Monday afternoon a few minutes after Governor Roosevelt himself had returned from Hyde Park, where he spent Christmas with his family. The conference of the two old friends began almost imme- diately, with newspapermen sitting in during the first part of the con- versation. “We need disarmament to restore confidence,” Davis said, “because confidence méans credit, and credit is the dynamo for trade and com- merce.” The first step, he said, would be to persuade France and Italy to en- dorse the terms of the London-naval agreement of 1930, particularly re- garding submarine construction. Dis- armament advocates, he said, be- Meved they could ban submarines in spite of the objections of France and Japan, or at least limit them to coastal defense. Then, by outlawing offensive wea- pons, poison gas, mobile heavy- ar- tillery ‘and bombing airplanes and the manufacture of aerial , the world would be ready to work toward a restoration of confi- dence, he went on. Promise to Construct Safe Coasting Place Appeal to parents to keep their chil- dren from on the Mandan St. hill and promise to flood Avenue E for sliding purposes was made Tues- day by Mayor A. P. Lenhart. pulling proofs was his lot. He liked to recall pulling proofs of stories re- counting the battle of Antietam, the victory at Gettysburg, Sherman's march through Georgia and distrib- uting the type which told of the as- sassination of Abraham Lincoln in On March 4, 1883, he came to Fargo with his brother, Amos, to en- gage in the newspaper business. His other brother had been wounded in action during the war and died in an army hospital. After coming to Fargo he pur- chased the Republican, forerunner of the Fargo Forum. In later years he also established the Morning Call, forerunner of the morning edition of SIN CERTIFICATES FOR ND, CAPITOL Bangs, Conklin, Fraser, Anders and Kurke Attended Meet- ing At Fargo Fargo, N. D., Dec. 27.—(?)—Signing Of $400,000 in certificates of indebted- ness by the North Dakota capitol ‘commission was completed in Fargo Saturday in anticipation of delivery to the Bank of North Dakota, it be- ‘came known Tuesday. Prior to the transaction, Attorney General James Morris, after a study of the question, ruled the financial step valid, questioning only the value of the certificates as marketable se- curities. The $400,000 of certificates bear 5 per cent interest, the maximum rate that can be paid. They are issues against unessessed and uncollected taxes of future years and will be re- joney becomes available However, fatal automobile accidents. caused by far the greatest death toll, exceeding 200. California, with 20 auto deaths, had the greatest number for any single state although the Pennsylvania-Delaware total was 23. Michigan had 15 and Missouri and New Jersey 11 each. Other classifications in the Asso- ciated Press tabulation of holiday deaths included brawls and shootings, trains, drownings, fires and miscel- laneous. Strangely enough fires, which used to be a factor in the observance of Chirstmas when lighted candles were jused on trees, accounted for only 12 deaths this year. At least 38 persons lost their lives in brawls and shootings while .trains figured in 10 tragic deaths. The 17 drownings reported occurred for the most part in the north, Ken- tucky, Tennessee and Arkansas being the southern states to report such deaths. Their combined total was eight. , With a total of at least 108 deaths classified as miscellaneous 54 were due to the entrapping of the miners at Moweaqua, Ill., the day before Christ- mas. The figures by states included: North Dakota 1 auto death; Montana, 1 by fire, FIND YOUNG COUPLE DEAD IN CAMP CABIN Believe Young Denver People Victims of Either Poison Gas or Wine Denver, Colo., Dec. 27.—(#)—Their faces distorted with pain, their bodies nude, Doris Gillian Cool, 19, and Har- old Crawford, 20, were found dead in @ tourist camp cabin near Aurora, a suburb. Investigating officers said the two may have been asphyxiated, since a gas heater was found burning full blast and the cabin was tightly closed. But a definite theory of the tragedy which occurred Christmas night or early Monday morning, was not ad- vanced pending the result of a chem- ical analysis of the contents of two bottles of wine found in the cabin, and the contents of the pair’s stom- achs. The operator of the camp said they rented a cabin about 10 o'clock Christmas night. About noon Monday, a daughter of the proprietor tried unsuccessfully to arouse the couple. Entrance was gained into the cabin to find the boy and girl sprawled on the floor. Their clothing was scattered about. Search for Miss Cool was started when she failed to return to the home of Mr, and Mrs. Edwin Johnson, her uncle and aunt, with whom she had been staying. She had Christmas dinner with them-and young Craw- ford called for her later in the day. From there they went to Crawford's home, where he lived with his step- father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Her- bert Morris. They left therg about 8 p.m. RESCUE FOUR SAILORS Vigo, Spain, Dec. 27.()—The| crew of the ship Europa II rescued four sailors who were adrift This year’s three-day Christmas|. RETURNS 10 WORK Sufficient Number of Solons Cut Vacation Short to Please Garner SENATE ADJOURNS QUICKLY Speaker Says He Sees Little Chance to Avoid Extra Session in Spring ‘Washington, Dec. 27.—(#)—Christ- mas leisure was quickly put aside by the house Tuesday, its members re- ‘turning to work and immediately passing a major bill, but the senate held only a perfunctory five-minute session and recessed for three more days. A sufficient number of representa- tives showed up to pass and send to the senate the interior department appropriation bill, providing $43,000,- 000, without need of invoking Speaker Garner's threat to have members ar- jtested and brought to the chamber by the sergeant-at-arms if a quorum failed to appear. Immediately after- ward, the agriculture department ap- Propriation bill was taken up. Leaders concentrated attention on budget balancing, with new indica- tions that the sales tax program de- feated last year might be revived shortly. ‘The house ways and means com- ‘mittee is to meet Jan. 3 to survey the entire question of government finan- ces and taxation.: Another group, @ ‘subcommittee on appropriations, was chosen by Chairman Byrns (Dem., Tenn.), to see what could be done about cutting séme $140,000,000 of an- nual expenditures which are fixed by law. Extra Session Looms Reports that presidential vetoes will pile up the Democratic farm relief and beer legislation and impending controversies surrounding proposals to balance the budget have all but con- vinced the leadership that President- Elect Roosevelt must summon an extra meeting soon after March 4 if cant- paign pledges are to be speedly ful- filled. Garner Monday told newspapermen he personally thought prospects for escaping an extra session were “not bright” in view of frequent reports of Hoover's opposition to immediate modification of the Volstead Act and to the domestic allotment farm relief Plan which house Democrats are/ pushing. Meanwhile, however, a senate judi- clary subcommittee began a study of the constitutional phases of the Col- lier 3.2 per cent beer bill with a view to quick action after Jan. 1. At the same time Chairman Norris of the judiciary group renewed efforts to get the full committee together Wednesday to begin formal consider- ation of the bill. Senator Blaine, Wisconsin Republi- can who heads the subcommittee, Monday suggested a plan of revising the Collier bill, which already has Passed the house, so it would repeal, rather than amend the provisions of the Volstead law. He said if this were done the present limitation of one- half of one per cent would not remain even though the supreme court should hold 3.2 beer unconstitutional. Speculation was rife Tuesday that the Democratic leadership was ready to sponsor the sales tax as a budget balancing measure in view of a state- ment by Chairman Collier of the house ways and means committee that, he would advance it if necessary to make income and expenditures meet. Half Billion Needed He estimated $500,000,000 would have to be raised in addition to any beer revenue and war debt payments. Gar- ner said last Saturday the “budget must be balanced.” Collier’s committee will begin a survey of the entire fed- eral financial picture Jan. 3. House Democrats view an emergency farm relief bill as their next big job after Jan. 1, but action on any com- prehensive permanent program seems destined for an extra session or the next regular meeting of congress. Garner has set “early January” for consideration of the farm bill, which is builf around the domestic allotment principle. Chairman Jones of the agriculture committee said Tuesday Tuesday 55 hours on the disabled boat Valen- Tis STEED OMG Ho te 3 88 AOC RE With President Hoover Off Florida Coast, Dec. 27—(?)}— President Hoover's fishing fleet, which so far has caught nothing worth mentioning, was ordered to weigh anchor at dawn Tuesday with big game fishing off South- ern Florida an eventual goal. ‘The presidential party, after a night spent at anchor at the mouth of the Nassau river, head- ed southward pest Jacksonville and St. Augustine, with the possi- c Beach it be out for fishing en route. Hoover Hasn’t Had Enough Luck Yet to Return With Fish Stories z E : | g i Z | SAMUEL INSULL Samuel Insull does not have to return to the United States to face charges of grand larceny and embe: court following an extradition hearing Tuesday. out of the collapse of Insull’s vast zzlement, it was decided by a Greek The charges grew utilities holdings in middle America and Chicago authorities trailed the former power king across Europe before locating him in Athens. Insull was defended by a battery of Greek and English attorneys. Dentist-Slayer’s Note Reveals Troubled Mind ILLNESS FATAL 10 MAGDALEN MANNING Local Young Woman Succumbs to Complications of Influenza and Heart Disease Miss Magdalen E, Manning, daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. James Manning, 2100 Avenue A, died at 9 a. m. Mon- day from complications of influenza and heart disease. She had been ill only a few days. A saleswoman in a local department store, Miss Manning had made her home in Bismarck for many years and was a former student of St. Mary's school. She was born at Balfour, N. D., April 27, 1907, and came to Bismarck with her parents in 1912. Besides her parents, she leaves two brothers, William, Glendive, Mont.; and George, Bismarck; and two sis- ters, Mrs. Joseph Sheehan, Valley City; and Miss Elizabeth, Bismarck. Her grandmother, Mrs. Anna Hunts- man, makes her home with the Mann- ing family. Funeral services will be held from St. Mary's church at 8 a. m. Wednes- day with Very Rev. John A. Slag of- ficiating. Pallbearers will be Terrence Con- way, Jack Conway, Ford LeBarron, William Smith, Vincent Kavaney and Harris Owens. Interment will be in St. cemetery. Members of the Catholic Daughters of America will recite the Rosary at Webb funeral chapel tonight at 8 o'clock. Mary's Prohibitionist Norris Says Change Is Needed Washington, Dec. 27.—(#)—A pro- hibitionist who: favors legalization of beer to “save” the 18th amendment robably will have as much to say fas anyone else in congress about what is done this-session to change the dry laws. He is George W. Norris, gray- haired Nebraska Republican and chairman of the senate judiciary committee, where both the beer and repeal issues are now centered. Though for many years he was one of the strongest supporters of the dry laws, he now favors legalized beer because he believes enforcement has broken down and that unless the Vol- stead act is modified the prohibition amendment itself will be repealed. “I'm ay hing the problem from Doin” Norris sald in‘ explaining his ” exp! position. “I’m a prohibitionist. But the: 28th’ amendment has not been satisfactory and we must either mod- ify the Volstead act or repeal it. “I'd like to give modification a hele before we repeal the amend- ment.” STAGE COMEDIAN DIES New York, Dec. 27.—(P)—Max Rog- ers, 59, nationally known stage favor- ite for many years, is dead. He was one of the Rogers brothers, Germar. dialect comedians who provided fun for a generation of theatre-goers with in skits such as “! Brothers ‘Spain, Rogers Brothers in Wall Street, ‘Rogers Brothers in Harvard.” St. Louis Man Shoots Self in Garage After Hiding For Three Days | | St. Louis, Dec. 27.—()—Dr. Squire Pomeroy Bevier, 60-year-old dentist who returned to his home and ended his life while a search was under way for him, indicated in a note he had written that he killed Mrs. Josephine Stark Elder, 71, in a quarrel over a $50 dental bill. Mrs, Elder, mother of Conway El- der, former judge of the Missouri supreme court, was slain in Dr. Be- vier's office Thursday. Her skull had been crushed by a dentist’s mallet. After hiding three days and nights in a vacant clubhouse on the Mera- mec river, about 13 miles from his home, the dentist returned Sunday night to end his life in the garage at his home. His body, with a bullet wound in the heart, was found Mon- day, and beside it was a long, inco- herent note he had written while a fugitive. The note contained several refer- ences to a man whose enmity, Dr. Bevier wrote, was aroused because the man believed the dentist had re- fused to aid him in becoming a mem- ber of a lodge. “He made threats he would torture me inch by inch,” the note read. “He has been doing it by sending people to me to have work done who would pay a little down then when work was completed—I got no more. Many times this happened.” The sequence of the note is broken at this point, and after a few sen- tences the writer refers to the slay- ing of Mrs. Elder: “This woman confessed (the man’s name) sent her. Worried me for a year. Made her teeth over four times, paid a part at start, then she said she did not want them, I must pay back her money and all her carfare. “I became mad, choked her, then she said (the man’s name) sent her. I became wild—you know the rest.” Sinclair Explains His Beer Bill Vote Minot, N. D., Dec. 27.—(P)—It is the opinion of Congressman J. H. Sinclair of Kenmare, who voted for House Joint Resolution No. 480, pro- posing an amendment to the consti- tution to repeal the 18th amendment, and against the beer bill, that when, and if, the 18th amendment shall be repealed by the people, it will be ap- propriate for congress to pass beer and other liquor legislation. “Regardless of all the nts | Ep of North ‘Dakota Nov. 8 obviously ers lov. indicated they want a change. ht for Freedom Buried Coal Miners Wie ER | Claims 400 Lives) PASSED AS HOUSE [GREECE REFUSES T0 EXTRADITE FORMER UMILITY CHIEFTAIN Chicago Authorities Sought His Custody For Larceny and Embezzlement HAS BATTERY OF LAWYERS European Barrister Traces Fall. en Czar’s History in His Defense Athens, Greece, Det. 27—(7}—The Greek courts Tuesday rejected an American petition for the extradition of Samuel Insull, former Chicago utilities official. Insull was set at lberty immedi- ately. The hearing commenced at 9:30 a.m. Insull asked for a translator and Pandelis Raptarkhis, a lawyer, was appointed. Insull gave his identity and de- clared he had no profession and that he agreed the hearing be made pub- lic. He named Christos Ladas and Dionysi Lazarimos attorneys for the defense. Also present in court was petites bir edd na aia attorney. on after lic Attorney Riga- nakos began his open "addreas, Ladas interrupted, Protesting against the taking of motion pictures. The president of the court issued an ors der prohibiting Photographing. Attorney Riganakos, opening the case, said extradition promotes uni- aes cheered 4 civilized na- » all havi an interest = ishment of offenses, ae Were Martin's Debts He explained Samuel Insull was chairman and Martin (his brother who is facing extradition proceed- ings in Canada) was president of the Mississippi Valley and the Middle West Utilities companies. He said Martin Insull owed debts to brokers who pressed him for payment. The brothers agreed through an at- torney, Riganakos continued, to pay from the companies’ money and is- sued a check on @ bank account. This was exchanged, he said, with another check which was sent to the brokers, The attorney said this procedure was followed to cover embezzlement. The attorney then read a deposition by Oliver McCormick, treasurer of the Utilities companies, explaining how Samuel Insull approved vouchers and Proper officers issued checks for the Payment of $66,000 and $104,000 to Martin Insull’s brokers. The McCormick deposition said the authority to make the payments was based on Samuel Insull’s approval. The attorney also referred to depo- sitions by John A. Swanson, state's attorney for Cook county, IIL, declar- ing the aforesaid acts were - able. Attorney Riganakos said he be- lieved the grand jury could not have indicted the accused for political aims. He said he considered the acts as em- bezzlement according to Greek law and he demanded extradition. Lazarimos, the junior counsel for Insull, followed with a long plea, ex- Plaining how loans were made accord- ing to by-laws of the companies. He declared McCormick, in his deposition, had said that, being treasurer, he is- sued the vouchers which Samuel In- sull approved. The vouchers, the at- torney said, were checked by an audi- tor, booked by competent clerks, and approved by a comptroller. = Accuses reasurer McCormick was l- ble for the custody of the conpaniee Property and, Lazarimos added, should be indicted first if an offense existed. The companies’ by-laws permitted loans to individuals, he said. ‘The companies’ intent to make a civil ac- tion loan contract, he continued, was xpressed by competent officers. If said, the responsibility was civil. If the debtor was not Samuel's brother, but somebody else, no doubt would ex- ist against the defendant, the lawyer added. He went back over Insull’s history since the time when he was secretary to Thomas A. Edison, the inventor. He praised Insull’s ability and char- panies. He appealed to the court's “consci- ‘$ Tejection of the pe- ence,” demanding tition for extradition as not having a legal basis. Robber-Kidnapers