The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 9, 1933, Page 1

(& nm) a” 5 * make their first known public appear- North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper ESTABLISHED 1873 Blizzard Retains I TEMPERATURES RISE SOMEWHAT AND WIND VELOCITY IS LOWER Situation Continues to Be Worst in Years, However; No Relief in Sight RAILROADS HANDICAPPED Northern Pacific Trains Are Late and Soo Line Fails to Keep Schedules Though temperatures rose consid- erably and velocity of the wind drop- ped slightly in the last 24-hour pe- riod, the most severe blizzard in the last four decades held North Dakota in its grip for the fourth consecutive day Thursday. After reaching 35 degrees below zero Wednesday, the mercury bobbed upward to the 20-below mark during the night and reached 13 below here at 7 a. m. Thursday. Wind from the northwest dropped from 30 miles an hour Wednesday to 20 miles Thursday. No relief is in sight for the next 24 hours, O. W. Roberts, federal me- teorologist here, said Thursday fore- noon. Though generally fair weather is expected Friday, Roberts said, the high wind will continue until Thurs- day night and little change’ in tem- perature is in prospect. Highway traffic was paralyzed throughout the state, airway trans- portation continued to be crippled, Northern Pacific passenger trains in- Freezes Face and Hands at Dickinson Dickinson, N. D., Feb. 9.—()— Clarence Cugjel was recovering at a hospital here from seriously frozen face and hands: With the temperature 35 degrees below zero ‘Wednesday evening, he was. picked up near the railroad tracks where he had fallen in the snow. Passengers on a west-bound train, which arrived here two and one-half hours late Wednesday afternoon, were delayed an addi- tional six hours while railroad crews worked to free a freight train from an eight-foot drift near the yards. THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1933 | Battleship Seized by Mutineers Mutiny on the high seas is being enacted as a Sumatran crew pushes the Dutch battleship De Seven Provincien (pictured above) through because their wages had been reduced, they seized the vessel, kidnaped nine Dutch officers and some sub- | officers and put out to sea. The entire East Indian fleet: is searching for the vessel, which is heavily armed. The map shows Kuta Raja the Indian ocean. (A) where the vessel was seized was sighted, Will Permit Capitol Body To Ask Written Questions SCORES OF SOOUTS ARE GIVEN AWARDS AT COURT OF HONOR Charles Liessman Receives Sil- ver Beaver Award For to Bismarck were hours late, the Soo Line train failed to leave Bismarck Leadership Work for Minot, though trains operated on the Soo branch south of here, and taxicabs in the Capital City were taxed to the limit. Local hospitals reported no new cases of freezing Thursday morning. Entire Nation Affected North Dakota was not the only Scores of Bismarck Boy Scouts and leaders received awards for advance- ment Wednesday evening at a special court of honor program—the feature event of a week-long program in ob- servance of the 23rd anniversary of scouting in the United States. state gripped by the wintry weather —the whole northern half. of the United States, the Pacific coast and Rocky mountain area and the At- lantic seaboard recording . intense human suffering and crop damage before winter’s onslaught. Highways in the Red River valley, which were open Wednesday, were choked with snowdrifts Thursday morning .and T. G. Plomasen, main- tenance engineer of the state high- way department, reiterated his warn- ing to motorists to stay off all roads. Snow plows will not be sent out to clear highways until the wind dies down. At 9:30 a. m. Thursday the mer- cury was only 10 degrees below zero in Bismarck. Low temperatures for the night throughout the state show- ed North Dakota was warming up gradually, At Devils Lake the low reading was 26 below, Fargo the same, and Williston only 18 below. Huron, 8. D., reported 22 below, Helena, Mont., 34 below, and Landa, Wyo., 36 below, the coldest point on Thursday 8 weather map. Northern Pacific passenger train No. 2, due here at 12:10 p. was three hours late Thursday and No. 3, due into Bismarck at 11:35 a. m., was two hours behind time. Worse in Max Area The blizzard in the Max area, de- seribed as the worst in history Wed- nesday, was even worse Thursday, it (Continued on Page Two) Refuses Davis’ | | Nye Washington, Feb. 9.—()—Chair- man Nye of the now defunct sena- HARBINGERS OF SPRIN Chicago, Feb. 9.—()—Two robins, reputed harbingers of spring, made the mistake of selecting the coldest day of the 1932-1933 winter season to ance. They didn’t seem to care. Participating in the program be- sides the scouts were Charles Liess- man, member of the Missouri Valley Area council; Supreme Court Jus- tice A. M. Christianson. area council tice A. M. Christianson, area council court of honor chairman; J. N. Ro- herty, chairman of the Bismarck dis- trict committee; Dr. J. O. Arnson, scout commissioner; W. H. Payne, and F. H. Waldo, members of the court of honor committee; . HA. Brandes, chairman of the Rotary troop committee; State Representa- tive H. F. Swett, Steele; State Senator Boy Scout band; Frank Fitzsimonds, assistant scoutmaster of the KFYR Lone Scout tribe; and eight of the city’s nine scoutmasters. The program was held in the audi- torium of the World War Memorial Liessman was presented with the eves Beaver Award in recognition of since organiza: tion of the council in 1927 and has served as chairman of the Elks troop Plea for Assistance] marck *!layed when I. L. Davis, superintend- | Nations to Survey By Associated Press Shows Six-Point Program Being Considered WORLD LEADERS TO ATTEND Hitler May Be Present For Op- ening; Other Dictators to Be Represented London, Feb. 9.—(}—Roused to new hope for the return of prosper- ity, the nations of the world have | been assured by Prime Minister Ram- say MacDonald that the world éco- nomic conference will be held at the earliest possible moment. A survey by Associated Press cor- respondents stationed in the various European capitals shows that the conference preparatory commission, with its-work just completed, has fo- cused attention on a@ six-point pro- gram for recovery. League of Nations officials already What Nations Seek From World Parley (By the Associated Press) Here is what the nations of the ‘world hope to obtain from the first world economic conference eyer held, which is to take place next summer in London: The United States desires a con- || Centrated drive to lower interna- tional trade barriers that world || Commerce may be revived. Great Britain looks for a new world economic structure on the basis of the pending debts negoti- ations with the United States. France hopes for current stabil- ization and the return of Britain to the gold standard. cor ged desires solution of the world economic _ and. financial problems through international co- operation. Italy advocates a new “Economic League of Nations.” Russia hopes for part of economic non-aggression. The small nations of central Europe, convinced that the prob- lem of recovery is one for the great powers to solve, hope that the great will get about it and that their efforts will be suc- cessful in order that the countries of the Danube may enjoy reflect- ed prosperity. and Melaboe (B) where the craft lphabess Will Receive Evidence From Them But Reject i Testimony in Rebuttal The North Dakota legislative in- | vestigating committee announced Thursday, after an executive session lasting nearly an hour, that mem- bers of the capitol commission will be asked to submit “in writing” any questions “they have overlooked” or “any rebuttal on any points under consideration” for consideration of the legislative group. E. R. Sinkler, counsel for the com-| mittee, gave out the information shortly after the hearing Thi x The motion regarding the capit commission was presented to the leg- islative committee by Sen. Chas. G.| tional Bangert, one of the members, and} Adolf Hitler, who sits in the chair adopted unanimously. He moved “that the attorney be/monial instructed to advise the members of the capitol building commission that | prospect if they have overlooked any ques-| dictators. tions they wish to ask witnesses who/| nito Mussolini will assign the Rus- have already been on the stand, that| sian and Italian interests to special they submit such questions in writ-| en’ - ing for the consideration of this} It will be MacDonald's task to put committee, and that if they desire|the delegates face to face with the to offer any evidence, not in rebuttal, | troubles of the world as catalogued but which will give this committee|by the tory experts under six information with reference to the! formidable headings as follows: matter under investigation, the at-| Monetary and credit policy. torney advise them to submit to this have arrived in London to discuss conference arrangements with the bring nations a host of famous men and high-brow economists and worried financiers, but also picturesque na- figures. bt a 5. Tariff and treaty policy. . 6. Organization of production and ent of construction for Lundoff-Bick- nell, general contractors, was permit- ted to answer questions he had pre- viously submitted to the committee. Econom women, not only bearded scholars, |!€ Speed ic Meeting modity Prices Through Two Channels | U. S. ENVOYS IN DOUBT Davis and Sackett Have Repre- sented America in Pre- liminary Negotiations Washington, Feb. 9—(#)—The Unit- ed States will enter the world mone- tary and economic conference at Lon- don next summer with a firm convic- tion that a concerted drive by the leading nations to lower international trade barriers will bring revival of world commerce. The conference will approach the betterment of world commodity prices through two channels, the economic and the financial. - On the economic side, tariff quotas Heenses to import and other devices which have been used by nations in restricting trade, will be considered for the purpose of eliminating ob- stacles which have diverted trade from regular courses. On the financial aide the stabiliza- tion of currencies, so as to eliminate exchange regulations, embargoes on the movement of gold and the manip. ulation of credit transfers, are to be U. 8. Policy Not Clear Until Franklin D. Roosevelt has completed his debt and economic dis- cussion with Great Britain in March and has selected a secretary of state and a secretary of the treasury, the tariff policy of the new administra- tion probably will not be well enough defined to make clear whether the United States will be willing to dis- cuss tariff schedules. It is not yet known who the new it will name to represent this country at the London conference Norman H. Davis and Frederic M Sackett, American ambassador at Berlin, were the Unitet States repre- SIX FIREMEN DEAD FOLLOWING BATTLE WITH OMAHA BLAZE Severe Weather Handicaps Ef- forts At Rescue; Hotel Is Destroyed DAMAGE PUT AT $250,000 One Man Rescued After Being Buried in Cellar Beneath Tons of Debris Omaha, Neb., Feb. 9.—()—Six fire- men were killed, one was missing and 17 others were injured when a spec- tacular fire destroyed the four-story Millard hotel, historic down town landmark, early Thursday, during a 15-below zero temperature. The loss was estimated at $250,000. The dead: Captain Edward Schmidt. Captain Thomas Shandy. Pipeman John G. Brandt. Fireman Franklin Kane. Fireman Louis Morocco. Fire Inspector Clarence Urban. After six hours of frantic work, res- (cue crews succeeded in rescuing Cap- tain George Cogan, brother of Fire Chief Patrick Cogan. He was taken to a hospital where his condition was described as serious, but doctors said he had a fair chance to recover. He was rescued 15 minutes after 2 priest crawled into the basement, and administered the last rites of the Catholic church as he lay pinioned under al arge beam. Unsuccessful efforts were being made to locate Fireman John Cogan, no relation to the other two, who was missing. Captain Cogan and Urban were in- specting the building when a blast occurred which toppled the walls and ‘precipitated them into the cellar with tons of debris on top of them. W. S. Rathbun, Chicago, representing the national board of fire underwirters, was with them on the inspection but sentatives on the steering committee| stepped outside the building a few which gave final approval to the pro- gram prepared by international eco- nomists. With international trade down to one-third of what it was in 1929, and world commodity prices three-fourths what they were that year, the econo- mists who arranged the London pro- gram urged there should be a con- certed attack on all conditions which prevent commerce from following nor- mal channels. Plans to better the price of silver will be advocated by American repre- sentatives. While the economists who the program expressed the opinion that no country can success- fully adopt bi-metallism without the cooperation of other important pow- ers, they recommended discussion of plans to avoid the precipitate unload- of surplus governmental supplies of silver with disastrous effects upon exchange, and suggested consideration of using more silver in small coins and in the arts. Mrs. J. C. Williams, 87 Years Old, Dies Mrs. J. C. Williams, 87 years old, ‘died at 6:30 o'clock Wednesday eve- ning at her home, 211 Twelfth 8t., north. Her death was caused by heart dis- ease. She had been in bed for 10 days. Davis denied testimony which Gust A. Erickson, St. Paul structural steel contractor, had given at the start of the “investigation. req sition about 10 days later and for about $10,000 which was due and that (Continued on Page Two) Blaze at Capitol Causes Excitement ° charged with murder following the cult “sacrifice” of an aged ‘woman. seein Rimarck ato: Bota Police said nthe city’s fire trucks sped to capitol way through barred doors hill—but there was no need for it. desolate Mills homestead as plans Only the wood protection were made to place the body of tank north of the old’ capital | altar ela north of yj building and new structure was Interrupting the haunting ritual burning, and as the Tribune went of fasting and mystic rites, which to press it was apparent damage police say started last Friday, cul- would be slight. minating in @ mad frenzy of ar- Just how the fire started is a dor, the officers ‘arrested two mystery, but it is possible the daughters, two sons, s grandson, blaze resulted from a heating sys- and two sons-in-law and a daugh- tem used to keep the water pipes ter-in-law of the slain woman. warm. The prisoners, held in the Mar- The tank, about 200 feet north tin county jail here, are Jolin of the new capitol structure, is Mills, 36, and Fred, 34, sons of the owned by the state and was built woman; Ballard, a 25-year-old to furnish water pressure for the grandson; Blaine McGinnis and old capitol building. ’ Tom sons-tn-law; Mrs. daughters, Mrs, John Mills, the daughter-in-law. ars ; : i Erbe <octabpte eta iSite seconds before the explosion. Schmidt and three other men were working ona ladder in an alley when a wall collapsed. Harry Weiner, proprietor of the four-story brick structure, estimated the total loss at approximately $250,- 000. All of the 45 guests were believed to have escaped. RIPON, WIS., ALSO BATTLES BIG BLAZE Ripon, Wis., Feb. 9.—(#)—Fire de- stroyed three business buildings here early Thursday causing a loss esti- mated by firemen at $150,000. Three Fond du Lac firemen suffered frozen faces during their 20-mile run to as- sist the local fighters with the tem- perature 25 below zero. $20,000 LOSS CAUSED AT FRANKFORT, S. D. Frankfort, 8. D., Feb. 9.—(?)—Five business buildings burned here last abnormally cold weather handicapped firemen. Loss of the buildings, all frame structures, was estimated at PASS BIL TO OUST NENBERS OF BUREAU House Approves Measure Aimed to Win Control of Com- pensation Board The governor would be permitted to remove without cause any mem- | ber of the workmen's compensation commission under provisions of a bill passed Wednesday by the North Da- kota house of representatives and sent to the senate. ‘The bill was among nine measures, three of them from the senate, to be = BILLY SUNDAY RECOVERING Des Moines, Feb 9.—(?)—Rev. Wil- lam A. Sunday, famed evangelist, was feeeetne ary Eee eee ata brought on by acute indigestion. has been conducting a revival here. Nab Two in Lindbergh Extortion ts Grip on North Dakota « ——. | | May Be Diplomat o— Bachrach RUTH BRYAN OWEN In the new deal for women in poli- tics, Mrs. Ruth Bryan Owen, daugh- ter of the great Commoner, is con- sidered a likely selection for the post of minister to Denmark. She made many friends in this state on a cam- paign through North Dakota in the last election. DEMOCRAT NEW DEAL PROMISES BIG JOBS FOR SEVERAL WOMEN One May Get Cabinet Post; Mrs. Ruth Bryan Owens May Go to Denmark | Miami, Fla., Feb. 9.—(?)—Plans of the new Democratic administration to give “a new deal” for women in the government service bring two names Prominently into the picture—Miss Frances Perkins, of New York for secretary of labor, and Mrs. Ruth Bryan Owen, of Florida for minister to Denmark. Each appointment will be precedent-making if made. Mrs. Owen, daughter of the late William Jennings Bryan, is complet- ing service in the house of represent- atives for which she was defeated for renomination in the last election. Miss Perkins is the New York commission- er of labor. The roll of women under serious consideration for other important of- fices in the new government includes almost a score of prominent workers. There is Mrs. Nellie Tayloe Ross, former governor of Wyoming, who is mentioned for the civil service com- mission, and also Mrs. Stanley V. Hodge of Minnesota, who is talked of for postmistress for Minneapolis night as a depleted water supply and |r for collector of internal revenue. James A. Farley, the national chairman, who is busy here compil- ing the tentative slate of appoint- ments to the vast federal machine, has made a promise that women shall receive greater consideration. | With Roosevelt continuing his fish- ing and swimming cruise in the Ba- hamas Islands, there is no way, either, of getting any official word on just who is going to be who. the message from the! yacht himself, Roosevelt reported | ‘Wednesday night that one of the par-| ty—Judge Frederic C. Kernochan of New York City, had fought a 15- round draw with a shark and that “both escaped.” Report Favorably on Farm Mortgage Bill Washington, Feb. 9.—(P)—A senate banking subcommittee Thursday re- ported favorably the Hull bill de- signed to use $500,000,000 of federal credit to bring about a two-year mor- atorium on farm mortgage fore-| 5 closures. A special meeting of the full bank- ing committee was called for Friday to take up the Beene with 2 view toa pt report to the senate. ‘The measure provides for lending N. P. and Milwaukee To Use Same Tracks Seattle, Wash, Feb. 9.—(P)—Plans for joint use of about 300 miles of tracks in Montana and a station in Weather Report Generally fair tonight and Friday; ” continued cold. i PRICE FIVE CENTS POLICE CLAIM PAIR ATTEMPTED T0 GET $90,000 FROM FLIER Threatened to Kidnap Second Son If Money Were Not Paid, Officials Say FALL VICTIMS TO RUSB& Arrested When They Attempt ta Cash $17,000 Check Place ed in Hollow Stump 1 Roanoke, Va., Feb. 9.—(?)}—Police Thursday took into custody Jos Bryant, 19, and Norman Harvey, 26, in what they charge was a crude at- tempt to extort $50,000 from Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh under threat ta kidnap his second son. The two youths, both residents of Roanoke, are being held for United States authorities. A denial they had any connection with threatening letters or that they engaged in correspondence with 3 Roanoke policeman who ted, himself as a representative of Colonel Lindbergh, was made by both. Bryant and Harvey were arrested On a ruse employed by police when Bryant took a $17,000 check that had been planted in a stump in a wooded section in the Weaver Heights aren. some days ago to the state and city: bank to obtairi cash. Bryant walked into the bank abour 11:30 a. m. and went to the window at which W. M. Skelton is teller. Banic’ tellers and cashiers had been tipped. off for two or three weeks to be on: the alert for this check and Mr. Skel-. ton recognized it at once. “I want to get this cashed.” said the youth, who appears to be of limit. ed education and writes a poor hand. Made Bundle “All right, just a minute,” said Skel~ ton, and turning about in the cage, handed the check to Leigh assistant cashier, and asked him to get the bundle of money ready. “How do you want it?” Skelton quired of Bryant. “Make it in big bills,” he replied. Stevens took a money sack and left to get the money ready. He stop- ped in the rear part of the building jand telephoned police headquarters, then took his time to tie up several pads of blank receipts that were nearly the size of currency. He wrap- ped them in brown paper and placed the package in a sack. When he re- turned to the window he saw plain- clothesmen waiting and turned the bag over to Skelton, who handed it through the cage. “Thank you,” murmured Bryant as he walked away smiling. Robert C. Johnson, chief of the {police identification bureau, and Howard Ferguson, a special officer employed by the department, fol- lowed Bryant. The boy walked about a block, where he was joined by Harvey. When Harvey sighted Johnson, he started to run, it was said. Bryant went in another direction to a parked automobile occupied by Harvey's wife, Ethel, and a small child. Johnson arrested the pair and took them to headquarters. Ferguson waited in the vicinity and soon Harvey returned and was captured. Roanoke police have sought those: attempting to extort the money for more than two months. COUNTY MERCHANTS ORGANIZE IN CITY Unit Will Affiliate With State. Association; C. J. Tull- berg Is President Organization of the Burleigh couns: ty merchants association was effect- ed here at a meeting in the Grand’ Pacific hotel Tuesday evening. C. J. Tullberg was