The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 6, 1933, Page 3

FARM LEADERS SEE LITTLE EFFECT FOR “NATION-WIDE STRIKE Farm Bureau Federation and Nebraska Farmers Union Not Behind Move Chicago, May 6.—(7)—The belief that America’s breadbasket will not be seriously menaced by a national farm strike has been expressed by some farm leaders. From Edward A. O'Neal, president of the American Farm Bureau Feder- ation, came the opinion that the pro posed strike sponsored by the Nation- al Farmers’ Holiday association would “not assume large proportions or ma- terlally influence prices.” The proposed strike, called for May 13 by the holiday association’s con- vention at Des Moines, providing its demands for farm relief are not granted, will not have the support of the farm bureau federation, O’Nea: said. A similar position was taken by O. G Barrett, farm adviser for Cook county. He said the Cook county farm ‘bureau was opposed to what he de- scribed as “radical” action, which he said, would destroy the ‘good-will of the country as a whole “toward 2 sensible movement for better farm At the same time H. G. Keeney president of the Nebraska Farmers’ Union, asserted at Omaha that there ‘would be no united strike movement among the farmers of Nebraska. Meanwhile, authorities pushed for- ‘ward plans to cope with developments that may come with the strike and to punish Iowa farmers who rioted in two counties last week in protest against mortgage foreclosures. Towa military authorities in the troubled areas continued a search for evidence to support the charges egainst the rioters. Informations charging criminal syn- @icalism in some instances and con- spiracy in others are to be filed next ‘week, Attorney General O’Connor said, adding that here would be no delay beyond the present terms of court. While farm holiday leaders made plans to carry out their strike threat, if they deem it necessary, word came from Aurora, Ill, that dairy farmers furnishing milk to the Chicago area had decided to go on strike May 15. ‘Their object is to get $1.85 per hun- dred pounds. They now are getting $1.45. CONTINUED Girl’s Safe Return For Large Ransom Precedes Arrests called at his West Harwickport garage ‘Wednesday night and forced him to go with them.. Mrs. Buck said she was unaware ‘hat her husband had any connection with the return of the McMath child until word of the child’s recovery on the boat spread through the town Friday night. Investigators Move Rapidly From the home of Cyril Buck, where THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, SATURDAY, MAY 6, 1933 this phase of the questioning had been |coast guards and General Needham #— tesumed Saturday, the police and wit. nesses moved successively to the home of Kenneth and Cyril Buck's mother to Kenneth’s home, to the McMath home and finally back to the home of Kenneth. Margaret McMath accompanied the police back to Kenneth’s home on the final visit and as the cavalcade of cars arrived there, a blue sedan swept into Kenneth Buck’s yard. “Peggy” was told by General Need- ham “I want you to look this car over and see if this is the one.” He referred to the much discussed blue sedan into which the girl was lured from her school room last Tues- day afternoon. Evidently the child was under in- structions to view the car but make no comment despite any questions put to her for in response to General Need- ham’s inquiry she merely gazed at the car and said nothing. Owned By One of Them Although State Police Lieutenant Ernest Bradford said the car belonged to Cyril Buck, members of the Buck family said the car was Kenneth’s. A friend of Mrs. Buck who had been staying with her before the polic ar- rived said Mrs. Buck had talked with @ man in an automobile whom she believed to be @ policeman, Kenneth Buck had been unemployed since last fall. He has a son, Ken- neth, Jr., six years old. Neil C. McMath, once-wealthy bus- inessman and father of Margaret, had been quizzed most of the night by police. William Lee, representative of the McMath family; George Bacon, vice president of the Merchants National Bank of Boston; Ralph Snow, head of the Cape Cod Five Cents Savings Bank of Harwichport, and Sergeant Delaney of the state police were all called in for the questioning. All re- mained aboard the ship through the} night. The progress of the questioning of- ficers was not known. McMath and Lee had been closeted with General Needham and Dis- trict Attorney William C. Crossley of Fall River since father and daugh- ter were taken from Lee's boat, the Bob, Friday afternoon. The bank- ers and Delaney were called into the conference later. $60,000 Ransom Paid In a statement Friday night Gen- eral Needham said he was led to be- leve approximately $60,000 had been turned over to someone Thursday night to assure the safe return of the child. First news of Margaret's safe re- turn after being held captive three days came late Friday as suddenly as her disappearance had taken place Goetey Sls A coast guard boat crept slowly by @ wharf in Wychmere harbor, a short distance from the girl's Harwichport home. As the craft turned seaward to make the run to the Woods Hole coast guard base, General Needham shouted to newspapermen on the wharf: ‘ “The child is aboard and so is her father.” At the Woods Hole base, Mrs. Mc- Math greeted her daughter for a sec- ond time. It was learned that she had visited the “Bob” in Wychmere harbor before dawn Friday, spent a few happy moments with her child and then returned to her home. It was from the “Bob” that Margaret and her father were taken. Agreed to Secrecy ‘The McMath family had agreed to keep all negotiations secret and were to stay aboard the “Bob,” Lee’s boat, for 48 hours before letting anyone know of their whereabouts. In some occupied by the police and the Bucks | berry investigated. “The boat appeared deserted,” | » Needham said, “as we pulled along- side. McMath and his daughter were in the cabin.” Needham made public the girl’s story of her kidnaping Saturday. She told of being blindfolded and tied and taken to a shack “near a cran- bog,” and of being taken Tues- day night to another shack and being locked in a tool-storage room be- neath the structure. Thursday night, she told Needham, she was taken to her father and they boarded the “Bob,” where police and coast guards found them Friday. Details of the contacts made by the kidnapers and the manner in which the ransom money was paid out were not wholly known. Made Contact Wednesday Trent McMath, member of the fam- ily and assistant U. S. attorney in Detroit, said contact was made with the kidnapers late Wednesday night. It was known that an envelope, un- stamped and delivered by hand, was involved in the contact. Thursday arrangements were made to raise the ransom money and that afternoon the Merchants National Bank of Boston requested a state po- lice officer to act as guard for the transfer of a large sum of money. ‘The same time the McMaths, spokesmen for the family said, re- ceived a letter from the child. Mar- garet, however, in telling of her ex- perience, failed to mention his letter. Thursday night an automobile bearing the money from the Boston bank arrived at the McMath home and the ransom money was supposed- ly turned over to the family. A short time later, in the early hours of Friday morning, two men, believed to be the kidnapers or their emissaries, arrived at the McMath home. They left some time later ap- parently bearing the money. The girl was turned over to Mc- Math a short time later. Father Is Examined McMath Saturday underwent rigid questioning by state authorities. The process had continued virtually with- out interruption since early Friday night. Having agreed with the kidnapers, the father told police, to keep the restoration of the child secret for 48 hours to enable them to escape, father and daughter remained aboard Lee's power boat until they were dis- covered by Needham late Friday. First intimation of the source of the ransom money came Saturday in a statement from Snow, who nego- tiated transfer of the funds to Har- wichport and who said the money was transferred from Detroit. The McMaths formerly resided in Detroit. McMath’s father is Francis | Will Speak Here | Rey. Roy E. Olson, director of prison missions at St. Cloud, Minn., and who is affiliated with the Nor- wegian Lutheran Church of America, will speak twice at Trinity Lutheran church here Sunday. His subject in the morning service will be “The Christian Home in Relation to Crime.” At evening services he will speak on “The Responsibility of the Church, Home and the School in the Solution of the Crime Problem.” Rev. Olson is a student of reformation of criminals and delinquents and has close contact with the men with whom, he works, having an office at the Minnesota state reformatory. He has been received warmly in scores of Northwest communities where he has given addresses. less night and that she had a slight temperature, although it was not sufficient to require the services of a physician, ASK GOVERNMENT'S RETURN 10 PEOPLE Banking System Is Failure, Senator Frazier Tells Work- ers and Farmers I. McMath, wealthy and socially prominent engineer, banker and in- dustrialist. His father-in-law is Wil- liam R. Hales, structural steel man- ufacturer, also wealthy and socially prominent. Snow revealed the source of the ransom money in a statement in which he sought to make clear his connection with the negotiations for the return of the child. Clears His Connection “I want to make it clear that my only connection with this case was in the transfer of money from De- troit to Harwichport through a Bos- ton banking connection,” he said. It was learned from an authorita- tive source that the total sum paid in ransom was approximately $60,000. Friday night the amount had been estimated at between $70,000 and $80,- 000. Trent McMath of Detroit, a rela- manner news that the child was aboard the “Bob” leaked out and tive of the girl’s father, said Satur- day that Margaret had spent a rest- Washington, May 6.—(?)—Demands for the return of control of the gov- ernment to the people were made Saturday before the “Continenfal Congress of Workers and Farmers for Economic Reconstruction.” The delegates, coming from the farming and manufacturing centers of many states, heard Norman Thomas, Socialist leader; Senator Frazier of North Dakota and John A. Simpson, president of the Farmers’ Union, issue strong calls for immed- jate united action. The Washington auditorium was the scene of the congress at which, the organizing committees said, a “new declaration of independence” will be drafted. Farm and unemploy- ment relief, government ownership, civil liberties, banking and negroes rights were some of the subjects up for discussion. Senator Frazier said the banking system must be reorganized. “Our great capitalistic banking big busi- Summer’s around the corner! ALREADY you are beginning to enjoy the outdoor season. Wouldn’t you welcome a crisp breakfast tomorrow? Well, serve Kellogg’s Corn Flakes, The refreshing crispness and flavor of these toasted flakes make appetites take a new lease on life. Good for you rich in energy and easy to digest. "Fine for the children, Order the red-and-green package from your grocer. Made by Kellogg in Battle Creek. too. So ness system is a failure,” he said. “The people have been exploited long enough. The control of the govern- ment must be returned to the peo- ple.” The impending farmers strike in the midwest, Frazier asserted, could be averted if congress would pass leg- islation giving farmers costs of pro- duction and a fair profit, lower in- terest rates on indebtedness, and cur- rency inflation “that would put money into actual circulation.” Chevrolet Will Build Cars at World’s Fair Installation of equipment for the assembly of automobiles at “A Cen- tury of Progress Exposition” at Chi- cago already has been started by the Chevrolet Motor company, W. 8. Knudsen, president and general man- ager, announced Saturday. Complete installation will be ef- fected well in advance of the sched- uled opening of the 1933 World’s Fair Knudsen said, assuring visitors that they will be able to see an automobile built up from the bare frame to the completed car. A balcony seven feet above the as- sembly line, and erected in circular form so that visitors may walk com- Pletely around the line and watch every operation in the building of a modern automobile has been provided. Production of 25 or 30 cars a day is planned. Two body types—coaches and sedans—will be built on the Mas- ter Chevrolet wheelbase. Regular in- spection posts will check every opera- tion along the line, and the cars will be driven out under their own power, tested, put through final inspection and may be purchased on the spot and driven home by their new owner. Chevrolet is the only company which will operate an automobile as- sembly line at the fair, Knudsen said. Alleged Communists Are Active at Forks Grand Forks, N. D., May 6.—(?)— Warnings by alleged Communist sym- Ppathizers caused more than a dozen workers employed by the county to quit their jobs on the streets and at the filter plant here Friday afternoon, according to officials supervising the work, Several of the group who were ap- proached refused to leave and remain- ed at work. Those asked to quit were persons receiving aid from the county through its poor department and doing the work in return for relief granted them, Believe N. D. Farmer Victim of Botulism Blanchard, N. D. May 6.—(7)— Health officials are investigating the death of James Lemm, 27, farmer We are going to you now: in the movies. Who wrote it? entertainment. laugh, thrill. We want we want to have PICTURE?” very best friends theatre and feel friends, “You MUST NOT MISS THIS You will feel like saying that after you see “Be Mine Tonight.” Be among the first to see a picture which is destined to be an international sensation. Have the fun of telling your KRAZY KAT — NEWS CAPITOL THEATRE A New Deal In Entertainment _WHY DO WE URGE YOU TO SEE THIS PICTURE? show a picture whose cast you never heard of in all your life. You never even heard of the story. You have nothing to go on but what we tell We ask you to see “Be Mine Tonight” because we want to renew your interest We want you to see something refreshing. We want you to see it without aski ig us, “Who is in it? at is it all about?” We want you to have some delicious We want to see you We want to see you get a little to_ answer your de- mand for romance. Mixed in with this, you hear a voice of pure gold, J. Kiepura. We want each and every one of you to feel like a discoverer. prove to you that great entertainment does not depend entirely on the stars you know and love so well. We want to How many times do you leave any like telling your about it. Capitol Theatre. rious and he died Wednesday night. Dr. W. H. Cuthbert of Hillsboro, who attended Lemm, said his illness was similar to that suffered by 13 victims of botulism who died two years ago in Walsh county. Dr. H. E. French of the public health department at the University of North Dakota, called to investi- gate the case, said he believed the man died of botulism but that a fur- ther study of the case is being made. Bismarck Minister Convention Speaker Jamestown, N. D. May 6—()— Approximately 200 members of the North Dakota Christian Endeavor registered for the state convention which opened here Friday night a banquet. Rev. Bruce McCullough of Minne- apolis was principal speaker, dis- cussing the subject, “The Adequacy of Jesus for Human Life.” Rev. J. E. Webber, pastor of the Presbyterian church here, where the sessions are being held, welcomed the delegates. Rev. H. E. Derenfield, Mi- not, responded. Other speakers were Esther Lind- gren, Jamestown; Walter LeRoy of Underwood, state president; Esther Bremer, field secretary; and Rev. Ira Herzberg of Bismarck. Ernest Clark gave a violin solo and Agnes Robin- son of Garrison a cornet solo. Prof. T. Y. Stine of Jamestown col- lege was toastmaster. Appointment of committees was made by Leroy Saturday. Committees are: Resolutions—Cleli Gannon, Bismarck, chairman; Daisy B. Reese, Minot, and Leonor Thomp- son, Coleharbor; nominations — Mrs. F. G. Engle, Fargo, Miss Ethel Hau- ser, Jamestown, and Esther Bremer, Fargo. Conference groups met with Rev. G. M. Thomas, Jamestown, Rev. Bruce and Rev. H, R. Shirley, presiding. Bismarck Man Talks At Gideons’ Meeting Fargo, N. D., May 6.—(/?}—Gideons of North Dakota, a Christian com- mercial travelers association of Amer- ica, opened their 26th annual state convention here Saturday, and will continue through Sunday sfternoon, the climax of the convention to be @ concert by a 300-voice male chorus, directed by G. E. Oyloe of Moorhead and T. W. Thorson, Crookston, to be given Sunday afternoon. The morning Saturday was devoted to appointment of committees and several addresses, including “Gideon Loyalty,” C. G. Boise, Bismarck, dis- trict vice president. ENTERS CONTEST Scott Brant, 819 Fifth 8t., is an = by a national air transport compeny, | the prize being a free scholarship at an ayiation school. He was advised Saturday that decision in the con- ATTORNEYS DISCUSS GOVERNOR'S EDICT Sixth District Group to Investi- gate Lawyers Advising ‘Violénce’ Ellendale N. D., May 6.—(#)—Thir- trict, meeting on call here Friday of Charles Coventry, district bar associa- tion president, discussed mutual prob- ith | Jems growing from the edict of gover- nor William Langer on halting mort- gage foreclosure sales and the threat- ened recall of Judge William H. Hutchinson. Out of the meeting came a resolu- tion upbraiding members of the bar who in the last few months have “de liberately counseled and advised vio- lence in resisting the orderly process of law.” Lawyers who have issued “statements seemingly for the pur- McCullough, Minneapolis, Miss Reese, | | pose of intimidating judges of our court” were the object of criticisms contained in a resolution adopted by the group. The resolution recommended ap- pointment of a committee of three au- thorized to investigate “such conduct by lawyers and if found to be as re- Ported, cause complaint to be made to the state bar board for such dis- ciplinary action as may be proper.” Coventry named A. M. Kvello of Lisbon, A. Leslie of Forman and A. G. Porter of Edgeley to the investi- gating committee. ‘The committee will bring its find- ings before the state bar board. pecs ee Eee ee | Marauders Get 25 | Cents From Garage ON Marauders broke into the Sandin- Wilde, Inc., garage Friday night and took 25 cents from the till. Nothing else was taken or dis- turbed, it is believed. A window on the north side of the building was smashed, as was also a window on the inside door of the office, but no other damage has been discovered, ing been left untouched. Authorities are undecided, accord- ing to J. L. Kelley, Burleigh county sheriff, as to whether the job was the work of youthful vandals or a professional burglar. Roosevelt Withholds His Industries Bill Washington, May 6.—(?)—President Roosevelt will withhold a recommen- {dation to congress on a proposal for government-supervised production and competition control by industry itself until he has examined the various programs advanced by business, la- LAST TIMES TONIGHT William Boyd and Dorothy Wilson “Lucky Devils” ty-five attorneys from the sixth : — CHARLIE CHAPLIN MON. - TUES. - WED. Auspices National Music Week “Be Mine Tonight” Says Walter Webster, one of the most famous critics in the world: “One of the grandest talking pictures any one of us is likely to see ... In the past four years we have had a number of outstanding talking pictures, but none in the same class as ‘Be Mine Tonight’!” “Universal's ‘BE MINE TONIGHT’ is a musical diversion of charm and merit. It should delight everybody.” —Mae Tinee, Chicago Tribunc. “THREE STARS—most gorgeous music yet filmed ... a pic- ture you'll long remember!” —Rob Wagner, Liberty Magazine, “A charming picture.” —Walter Winchell. It’s clean, wholesome entertainment for the family. It’s of gorgeous beauty as most of it is filmed in the Austrian Alps. Believe Us When We Say Please Come and See It, It’s Really Worth While endorsed by the Chamber of Com- merce of the United States. It seemed likely that he would wait until a more general agreement has been reached by all interested parties before making a recommendation to congress. Whether the new Icgislation will} be put forward as a modification of the 30-hour work week bill pending in the house or as a part of the pro- posed public works program remains to be seen. 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A Surprise for the Ladies MATINEE LUNCHEON The Management has a real treat in store for our patrons of the Coffee Shop, Starting Easter Monday we will serve a DeLUXE MATINEE LUNCHEON for fifty cents which will include a MATINEE TICKET for the FARGO THEATRE, This ticket will be good until 4 p. m. on any day of the week issued except Sat- |near here to determine whether or! not botulism was the cause. Lemm became ill several hour: after eating home-prepared water. melon pickles. Treatment by a phy sician relieved him for a time but later his condition became more se- test will be made Monday. When he! bor and congressional leaders. entered the contest Brant was a stu-i There appeared Saturday to be dent at the State School of Science /eVery indication that the president's Wahpeton. (views coincided with those of Sena- SSS es | tor Wagner (Dem., N. Y.), who heads Use the Want Ads urdays or Holidays. {a committer of senators and econo-* jee which has agreed on a Plan |