The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 8, 1933, Page 1

3 a North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper ESTABLISHED 1873 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, MONDAY, MAY 8, 1933 Weather Report Showers tonight and possibly Tuesda: morning; not much change in temp. PRICE FIVE CENTS Two Kidnapers Plead Not Guilty DROUTH WHICH HAD! CAUSED WORRY ENDS, THROUGHOUT STATE: All But One of 25 Points Re-) porting Had Precipitation Over Week-End GROUND SOAKED BY DRIZZLE} Western Area Gets Only Half- Inch; Southeastern Quar- ter Is Drenched North Dakota's crop prospects were | vastly improved by a general rainfall which occurred over the week-end. While the heaviest precipitation oc- curred in the southeastern part of the estate, which received considerable precipitation last week. every section of the state benefited, Of 25 points reporting to tne weather bureau here, all but one reported rain for the 48- hour period ending at 8 a. m., and in many places it still was raining. Fur- ther showers were officially prenicted for all parts of the state. Although precipitation was eal ebout half an inch in the etna niet of the state, every drop sank soil since the moisture came sn a 2 slow | Grizzle which lasted all day Sunday. It broke @ spring drouth which hac begun to worry some crop observers, | freshened pastures and aided in the germination of crops already seeded. The rain was general throughout the northwest and in the Rocky ‘Mountain area, points in neighboring states reporting moderate to heavy tains. said the rain created favorable surface moisture conditions throughout the state and that ground conditions as aj; whole are better now than at any) time for several years past. Although rainfall has been below’ normal since the first of this year, the heavy rains of last October im- proved the sub-soil moisture condi. tions appreciably, he said. Observations by the weather bureau ; ere that the late spring and wet ground in some sections of the state! has caused a curtailment of spring wheat acreage and that more than the norma! acreage of feed crops will be Planted. Winter returned to Montana as five inches of heavy, wet snow fell during j the night. More fell Monday. CHINESE IN FLIGHT AS JAPS PRESS ON Combined Artillery and Bomb Attack Is Second Offen- sive Within Month Tientsin, May troops fled Monday before the second be aimed in the direction of this city within a month. Fears were expressed that this time the advancing forces might continue sll the way to Tientsin. Under a combined artillery and eemb attack the Chinese retreated to Changli, and main forces were con- centrated at Lwanchow, less than 100 miles northwest of here. Fears were expressed for the safety of an Amer- ican Methodist mission at Changli as the invading forces pushed toward that place. In* the new coast campaign, Jap- anese troops Sunday night occupied Peitaiho, a coast city south of Chin- wangtao. “ A Rengo (Japanese) agency dis- patch reports that Tsienansien and Funingsien, towns in the province of Chili, south of the great wall of, China, were occupied today by Jap- anese troops. WILL NOT EXTEND TO PEIPING OR TIENTSIN Tokyo, May 8.—(?)—The renewed Japanese offensive south of the great wall of China will not extend to Peip- ing or Tientsin, the war office told the Associated Press Monday. This restraint will be exercised, the war office spokesman said, because Japan does not intend to provide an excuse for the discussion of her mili- tary disposition in President Roose- velt’s impending conversations with representatives of China and Japan. The war office spokesman declared the Chinese are massing troops in the Peiping region and renewing provoca- tions along the great wall in the hope of luring the Japanese southward into the territory where friction with for- fie interests would be almost inevit- Abie. Cotton Mills Boost Wages by 10 Per Cent Greenwood, 8. C., May 8.—(P)—A 10 per cent wage increase, effective im- mediately, was announced Monday by five cotton mills here. REYNOLDS FARMER DIES Reynolds, N. D., May 8.—(?)—Simon Shafer, 66, died Sunday at the farm near here where be has lived since coming to North Dakota 46 years ago. | O. W. Roberts, federal meteorologist, | 8, —(®) — Chinese | Japanese-Manchukuan offensive to| _ | Fills Garner’s Shoes | i | | 1 { | | i i mutton: ‘H. West, former Texas ranger, | Who succeeded Vice President John} | Nance Garner as representative from | ithe 15th district of Texas, is shown here as he came to the national capi- tal to take his seat. ‘FAMILY QUARREL [8 ~ ENDED BY SHOOTING | OF LOCAL RESIDENT | | Jacob L. Mertz Wounded in Hip | As Soldier Fires to Halt | Attack On Wife en ae, | pital with a bullet wound in his hip, | his wife, Mrs. Mabel Mertz, has knife ; wounds on her arm and Clyde Ruth- erford, 22, Fort Lincoln soldier, is held j Without charge in connection with the shooting of Mertz as the result of @ | family row which occurred early Sun- day morning. According to Rutherford, who is married to a sister of Mertz, he and |his wife, Mrs. Mertz, Harold Bruce,| another soldier, and Mrs. Cecil Parks, ; wife of still another soldier, returned ito the Mertz home at 222 West Broad- j way about 1:30 o'clock Sunday morn-) ling, after having attended a | {at Fort Lincoln. |. Mertz and his wife had some words, ihe said, and, after he had gone to} bed, he heard a scream in the room} joccupied by Mr. and Mrs. Mertz. | Going to the door of the room, he |saw Mertz and his wife struggling, ‘he said, the woman apparently having {been thrown upon a davenport and | Mertz trying to cut her with a pocket- knife. It was in this struggle that} Mrs, Mertz is believed by police to have been cut on the arm. Rutherford said he shouted to/ Mertz to let the woman go and when jhe failed to do so, Rutherford got a {revolver from his trunk and, return- ling to the doorway of the Mertz/ room, fired a shot which struck Mertz) in the fleshy part of the hip. Rutherford, clad in his bathrobe. ifled from the house and went to the jhome of Claude Hunter, another sol- ‘dier, at the northwest corner of Sec- ond St., and Rosser Ave. Borrowing ‘some clothes from Hunter, the two {later returned to the Mertz home but found the man and his wife had been itaken to the hospital. He said he purposely aimed low so jas not to inflict serious injury on Mertz and fired only in order to pre- vent a possible murder. Police have | filed no charges against him pending further investigation. Mertz, he said, had accused his wife of being too friendly with other men and the quarrel which followed the woman's return from the dance ment. | The wounded man now is employed ny the Haggart Construction com- {pany but had been unemployed for some time. Mr. and Mrs. Mertz were {married at Goodrich and have two jehildren. Before her marriage Mrs. iMertz was Miss Mabel Tulp of the | Sheridan county town. Rutherford jWas married to Miss Emma Mertz of | Goodrich. The Mertz family was said to have lived for several years at Wishek be- fore moving to Bismarck. Lone Eagle and Anne Delayed by Weather Columbus, O., May 8.—(#)—Heavy weather between Columbus and Washington held Col. and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh here Monday morning. They had planned to fly to the national capital but decided to remain until the weather cleared. None the worse from battling a land in an isolated section of the Texas Panhandle and sleep overnight in their plane, Col. and Mrs. Lind- bergh landed at Port Columbus for the night stop at 8:32 p. m. “People shouldn’t worry. It's liable to happen anytime in the western country,” Col. Lindbergh said of the Texas experience. It was better to land, he added, than attempt to go through a sandstorm. |and H. F. Tiedman. was a continuation of an old argu- severe sandstorm that forced them to) pro) BEGIN DEFENSE OF COUNTY FATHERS IN OUSTER PROCEEDING Prosecution Closes Case With- out Offering Direct Evi- dence On Charges 1931 DEAL IS REVIEWED Defendants Show Failure to Re- new Contract That Year Cost County Money Prosecution of three Burieigh county commissioners, suspended by Govér- nor William Langer pending hearing jof charges against therii, was closed Monday morning and the defense be- gan presenting testimony to contro- vert the evidence offered by the pros- ecution. Defendants in the case are Chair- man Axel Soder, Charles Swanson Attorney F. E. McCurdy, directing {the prosecution, closed his case with- out offering any direct testimony to support charges that the three com- missioners were guilty of fraud, col- ausion and crime in office, as charged in a complaint filed against them by five Burleigh county citizens. He did prove that the county com- mission did business with the Bis- marck Tribune company at a time when the county had a contract with the Quick Print, Inc., for the furnish- ing of certain items. He did not prove that the items furnished by The Tribune were the same as those named in the contract with the Quick Print and offered no evidence bearing directly on the charge that the three accused commissioners had entered into collusion with The Tribune com- any to extend a contract for sup- Plies in 1933. County Commissioner William Fricke, a member of the board who was not removed from office, testified Monday morning that, before a ma- jority of the board voted this spring vo extend a contract with The Trib: une at a 10 per cent reduction from 1932 prices, there was discussion of the fact that the same situation had arisen in 1931 and that the county had paid higher prices, after getting new bids, than it would have paid if the 1930 contract had been extended. In 1931 a contract with The Tribune ;company was renewed but later re- scinded after receipt of an opinion from Charles Simon, then assistant attorney general. It is on the basis \of this opinion that McCurdy con- vends the defendants knew they were violating the law in extending a con- tract for 1933, although State’s At- torney George F. Register has testi- fied at the hearing that he had ad- vised them the requirements of the law were uncertain. Tiedman Not Mentioned the prosecution has been directed toward showing that Swanson and Soder had, as members of the com- mission, participated in contracts and other affairs whereby the county did business with The Tribune com- pany, but no explanation was made George F. Will, continuing members igeas Ecronees sents! INJURED IN MISHAP of the board who are not accused same things and in the same man- ner. To date no evidence touching upon the charges against H. P. Tiedman, @ new member of the board, has been injected into the record and with the prosecution's case closed it appears that none will be offered on this point. Under cross-examination Monday by John F. Sullivan, who with Thomas Burke is representing the defense, Fricke testified that there was some discussion this year of the legality of extending the contract and certain on that point. ‘was discussion of the point that the! county could have saved money in 1931 by renewing its 1930 contract | with The Tribune, he said. The con- tract for 1930, which it was proposed to renew, and the contract for 1931, ceived, were offered in evidence. Sul- livan pointed out the differences in the two to show that the county lost money by not extending its 1930 con- tract. He also pointed out that the contract finally entered into with the Quick Print made no mention as such common items as letterheads and envelopes. The fact that the county purchased items of this class from The Tribune company in 1931 has been stressed by McCurdy as tending to show collu- sion and fraud in office, although the purchases were approved by all mem- bers of the county board. No Secrecy About Deal J. F. Fortenberry, salesman for The Tribune company, was the first de- fense witness. He testified that he posed to renew the 1932 contract for 1933, offering a 10 per cent cut in prices and advised the board that the counties of Emmons, Grant and Slope had renewed similar contracts with other supply firms. Efforts by McCurdy to rule out Fortenberry’s testimony on his con- versation with the board members were overruled by Commissioner O. G. Abern, presiding at the hearing. The witness said a majority of the The Lindberghs were forced down in| board regarded the offer as a good the blinding sandstorm a few hours after they left Albuquerque, Saturda; N. M.! one in view of their experience in 1931 and accepted it afi (Continuea on Page Seven) All of the evidence presented by) in the removal proceedings, did the! that none of the commissioners were} There also| entered into after bids had been re-| |Gandhi Beg Which Ma, HUTCHINSON RECALL (MOVE BEGUN ARTER ADDRESS BY LANGER |Farmers Holiday Association! Reaches Decision At Oakes | Early Sunday Oakes, N. D., May 8.—The Farmers Holiday association in the third judi- cial district early Sunday passed out petitions seeking the recall of Judge |W. H. Hutchinson, after Gov. William \Langer had made a fiery speech con- demning any jurist who opposes his ‘The action came after a dramatic refusal of Judge Hutchinson, con- ferred with at LaMoure with a com- mittee dispatched from here, to re- {consider his opposition to the mora- torium, Judge Hutchinson said: “I will abide by the constitution of the state of North Dakota. I will consider each case on its individual merits.” Then the committee returned to Oakes and reported to the executive committee, composed of 39 members of every county in the judicial dis- | trict. Before the vote was taken, Gover- nor Langer, who was in Oakes to ad- |dress such meetings as have been ar- ranged for him in other parts of the state, was asked to come before the session. During his talks he said: ‘The constitution promises each man liberty and happiness, and by | God I intend to see that our people get it. Soon I shall make it possible for you all to have a holiday and get out and circulate your petitions. I shall order a holiday in this judicial district. and publish the proclamation above my signature in every paper that will print it.” He said he would favor the recall against any judge who refused to abide by his moratorium. The executive committee pool dis- closed 34 in favor, 5 against the re- call. Included in the five were At- torneys Bangert of Enderlin and Gra- ham of Ellendale, who said they could not, as attorneys, favor such action. Usher L. Burdick presided at the meeting of the executive committee. After the meeting he passed out peti- tions he had prepared previously, and urged attendants who see they got into each part of the district. Those sent to LaMoure to confer with Judge Hutchinson were L. A. Washburn of Edgeley, chairman of the gro..p, Mrs. Fred Musel of Lis- hon and G. H. McQuary of Napoleon. They returned to the meeting here about 11 p. m. The open meeting held for Langer developed no unusual circumstances, Langer giving much the same kind sf a talk he has given in other parts of the state. ‘GARAGE EMPLOYE IS 1A. L. Coleman Suffers Broken Leg As Aftermath of Highway Collision | A. L. Coleman, 22, employe of \Fleck’s garage, suffered a broken leg &s the aftermath of an accident Sun- jday night on the Bismarck-Mandan {highway between the Northern Pa- jeiflc underpass and the Memorial bridge. Coleman, driving the Fleck com- jPany’s wrecking car, had gone to the iscene of @ collision between automo- biles driven by John Jungers of Re- jgent and Joe N. Boaken, Mandan. Each of the cars was disabled, lying jon opposite sides of the road and off the pavement, As he stepped from the wrecking )car, according to police, he was struck by another automobile, driven by Al- bert Hegge of Elgin. who was driving home from Bismarck. Poor visibility is blamed by police for both accidents. Rain and mist are believed to have caused Jungers and Boaken to misjudge the distance be- tween their cars and their left front wheels locked. the wheel on each car being torn off. In the car with Jungers was a man whose name was listed by police as Allace and who is said to live at Tay- lor, together with Jerry Meacham of Glenwood, Minn. Riding in the car with Boaken were George Trainer and John Sinkula, Mandan. C. B, McLarnan, Fargo, and “Dutch” | Wagner, Bismarck, were listed by po- ee as witnesses to Coleman's acci- nt. 20 SAILORS DROWN Longyear City, Spitzbergen, May 8./ —(?)—The story of a shipwreck in! jwhich a gale-hammered Russian| steamer carried 20 sailors to the bot- moratorium on mortgage foreclosures. | . j8ives me but it has never failed me | Tousignan, St. Paul, Saturday night. ins Fast’ y Be Fatal Indian Leader Will Go Without Food For Three Weeks to ‘Purify’ Self RELEASED FROM JAIL CELL Would Not Change Plans Even \f Temple Were Opened to ‘Untouchables’ Poona, India, May 8.—(7)}—Ma- hatma Gandhi began a fast Monday which he said could not be broken for three weeks even though every temple is opened to India’s Untouch- ables and “untouchability wholly re- moved” before then. ‘The 63-year-old nationalist. leader | began the ordeal at noon in the pres- | yotees and friend. Doctors said the; fast would mean his death. ? He issued this: statement just af. ter beginning the fast: “Every day: brings me fresh; justification for: the ordeal whichi God and truth: have sent me The discoveries L- have been making} would have par-! alyzed me but for, my fast and what- ever it may mean’ for the cause, it. certainly will be Gandhi my saving. Whether I survive or not’ is of little moment. Built as I am, these fasts are indispensable. I con-{ fess I have no strength but what God | hitherto and gives me confidence that it will not fail me now.” | Gandhi said the fast was intended | to remove bitterness, purify hearts and make clear that his movement in behalf of the Untouchables is wholly moral. Gandhi was released from prison a few hours after he started his fast. He had been held there since Jan. 4, 1932, in connection with his civil dis- obedience campaign against British rule, i WEEK-END MISHAPS TAKE SEVEN LIVES; Traffic, Lightning and Fire Ac-| cidents Are Reported in Northwest St. Paul, May 8 —(#)—Violent deaths took a toll of seven in the Northwest over the week-end. Five died in traffic accidents, one ‘vas struck by lightning and fatally nurned and another perished in a cabin fire. The dead: Mrs. Herman Schmidt, 33, Hinck- ley, struck by lightning and fatally ourned in home late Sunday. Cyrus Robinson, 38, Wabasha, burned to death when fire that de- stroyed his cottage at West Newton. F. D. Stewart, 89, Winona Civil War veteran, killed by hit-run driver. Jerry Collins, Dickinson, N. D., crushed beneath overturned automo- ile. Philip Gobiel, 52, 197 South Wa- kasha Street, St. Paul, fatally hurt when struck by car driven by George Edward Figart, 26, Austin, fatally hurt in motorcycle crash. Lyle J. Sullivan, 6, Minneapolis, ; fatally hurt Saturday night when struck by a detached automobile trail- er, near which he was playing. 1 AUTO MISHAP FATAL | TO DICKD IN MAN Dickinson, N. D., May: 8.—(#)—Pin- ned beneath the car for a half hour} before it could be lifted, Jerry Collins of Dickinson was fatally injured in an automobile accident one mile east ot here on Highway No. 10 early Sunday. Helen Carroll, an occupant of the ear, escaped injury when she was caught under the overturned vehicle. Three others, thrown through the top sustained minor bruises and shock. They were Charles Collins, Clifford Carroll and Mrs. L. A. Carroll The accident occurred when the Griver, Charles Collins, became blind- ed by headlights of an approaching car. Harry Bading and Jerome Obri- gewitch, who came along the high- way shortly after the accident, were able to right the overturned car. Col- lins was dead when found. TWO KILLED AT FESSENDEN Fessenden, N. D., May 8.—Dan Phil- lips, 50, and Ben Vinnard, Fessenden farm hands, were killed early Sunday when struck by an autoniobile driven by Walter Stabbert. Stabbert was absolved of blame in a coroner's in- quest Monday. tom of the Arctic was told Monday. “A last farewell to everybody. We are! sinking,” said a message flashed by, the salvage vessel Rouslan, a craft of | 200 tons, before she plunged to the! bottom off South Cape. Spitzhergen, | some dis-|several hundred miles north of thejzan working. sarctic circle. ‘ STEEL PRODUCTION UPPED Youngstown, O., May 8.—(?!—Steel Production took an unexpected jump in this district Monday. when three jagain it didn’t work. Kenneth Buck, left, 28, and his brother, Cyril, 41, Monday pleaded not guilty to charges in connection with the abduction of 10-year-old Margaret McMath last week. Their cases were continued to May 22 and each was held in lieu of $100,000 bail. 'Government-Industry — Planned ‘SAVED FROM DEATH AS TRIGGER FAILS, GIRL KILLS SLAYER Farm Hand, Crazed By Liquor, Shoots Employer Threatens Family and Elgin, Ill, May 8.—(?)—Seventeen- | year-old Loretta Schmitz was clear- jed Monday of any blame for killing the crazed farm hand who shot her | father to death. The girl told a coroner's jury how Oliver Day, 48, first tried to kill her and then handed her his shotgun and told her she must end his life. The jury promptly voted complete exoneration for her, terming as mur- der the death of her father, John Schmitz, and the shooting of Day justifiable homicide. State's Attorney George D. Carbary recommended such verdicts and Loretta was never arrested. Authorities said they believed that Day had become moody over his fail- ure to win the girl's affections. Early Sunday, Day, believed crazed by liquor, dashed into the bedroom of Mr. and Mrs, Schmitz, for whom he had worked 15 years as a farm hand, armed with a shot gun and said he intended to kill them all. As Schmitz leaped from bed and struggled with the man Day shot him fatally through the neck. A moment before Schmitz was shot in the leg as the gun was accidentally discharged when Mrs. Schmitz came to her hus- band’s rescue and scuffled with Day. Day then ran to ‘oretta’s room as Mrs. Schmitz, attired in night dress, escaped and fled to the nearby home jof a married daughter to summon help. The girl said she was forced to get on the bed while Day pointed the gun at her. As she waited with her face covered for the shot that would send her into eternity she said she heard the trigger click—but nothing hap- pened. At that the farm hand thrust the weapon into her hands and command- ed her to kill him and then use it on ‘herself. “You kill me or I'll kill you!” she said he commanded. She pulled the trigger and once Then Day told her to release the safety catch on the gun and she did and fired. The man fell mortally wounded and Loretta, with her 11-year-old brother, John, ran to the sister's home. Search for Minnesota Farmer Near Regina St. Paul, May 8—(?)—The hunt for Albin Johnson, missing Harris farmer wanted for questioning con- cerning the death of eight members of his family, switched from Mani- !toba to Saskatchewan Monday. rendent ef Pinkerton Detective Agency, said an investiga- tor arrived in Regina, Sask. The hunt will be centered in the vicinity of Swift Current, Pennington said, in) the belief Johnson may have re-| turned to the section where he once was employed as a farm hand, Private detectives were enlisted by| S. B. Wennerberg, Chisago county, children, whose bodies were found; additional open hearth furnaces b raising steel activity! from 33 to 36 per cent of capacity. | tire, in the ruins of their burned home, piacere Roosevelt Reveals Objective in Address Re- viewing His Work Washington, May 8.—()}—A govern- ment “partnership” with industry to improve wages, shorten working hours and control surplus production will be President Roosevelt's next move in at- tacking economic adversity. He revealed this Sunday night in giving the nation a full exposition of his policies, past and future, for do- Key Declarations From Roosevelt Washington, May 8.—(?)—Here are some of the high-spot sen- tences in President Roosevelt's talk to the nation Sunday night: “Two months ago . . the country was dying by inches.” “Today we have reason to be- lieve that things are a little better than they were two months ago.” “Industry has picked up, rail- roads are carrying more freight, farm prices are better, but I am not going to indulge in issuing proclamations of over-enthusiastic assurance.” ’ “We cannot bally-hoo ourselves back to prosperity.” “I have no expectation of mak- ing a hit every time I come to bat.” “What I seek is the highest pos- sible batting average, not only for myself but for the team.” “Gold, and to a partial extent silver, are perfectly good bases for currency and that is why I decided not to let any of the gold now in the country go out of it.” “It is wholly wrong to call the measures we have taken govern- ment control of farming, control of industry and control of trans- portation.” “It is rather a partnership be- tween government and farming and industry and transportation. mestic and international recovery from the depression. Similar to the measures already Proposed for government cooperation | with agriculture and transportation, the president would put the force of government behind trade agreements; under a relaxation of the- anti-trust laws. Roosevelt also gave notice that he would use the powers about to be giv-! senate, er. him by congress to provide infla- tion “when, as, and if it may be nec- essary to accomplish the purpose.” Would Aid Borrower “The administration,” he aid, “has the definite objective of raising com- modity prices to,such an extent that) (Continued on page two) Naming of O’Connor Approved by Senate | | i | [KENNETH BUCK SAYS SOME ONE ELSE 18 INVOLVED IN CASE Declares ‘| Am Between Them and My Wife and Don’t Know What To Do’ TRIALS WILL BEGIN MAY 22 Cyril Buck, Older Brother, Charged With Extortion, Maintains Silence Provincetown, Mass., May 8.—(?i-- Kenneth and Cyril Buck, brothers Pleaded not guilty Monday to the kid- naping of 10-year-old Margaret Mc- Math. Kenneth asked a continuance of his case and agreed with District Attorney William Crossley on May 22, but Cyril asked an immediate hear- ing. The cases of both, however, were continued to May 22 and each was ordered held in lieu of $100,000 bail. The complainant in both cases was Detective Lt. Bradford. The charge against Cyril W. Buck, recited that “on the first day of May, 1933, and on diverse other occasions, did by verbal communications with Neil C. McMath maliciously threaten an injury to the person of Margaret. A. McMath, with intent thereby to extort money or other pecuniary ad- vantages.” The charge against his brother, i Kenneth E. Buck, alleged that, “on the second day of May, did without lawful authority forcibly seize, con- fine, inveigle and kidnap one Mar- garet McMath who was then in the lawful custody of her father, Neil C. McMath, with intent to cause her to be secretly confined and imprisoned in this commonwealth against her will and with the further intent at | that time to extort money or valuable things thereby.” Says Others Implicated While sitting in the prisoners’ bax Kenneth Buck Monday told reporters there was some one else involved in the crime who ran away and left him to take the blame. With Kenneth was his brother, |Cyril, also held, but Cyril remained silent. Kenneth was asked: “Is it true that there is some one else in on this case?” “Yes, there is,” he replied, and bee gan to shake with sobbing. “I am between them coal my wife," he continued, “and I don’t know what to do. I know I didn’t do it and she knows I didn’t do it. I am between them and my wife and I can’t say anything.” Kenneth was then asked if he meant the “someone else” went away and left him to take the blame. “Yes,” he said, “they ran away and left me.” Kenneth at first said two other men were involved in the kidnaping. “They dumped the kid on my jhands,” he sobbed. Later, however, he said only one other man was involved. Fishermen In Court Room Men who earn their livelihood on the fishing grounds off this port ana sturdy women in house dresses com- prised a majority of the throng in the courtroom. A short time before the case was called, a man in working clothes ap- proached the crowd and shouted. “Come on boys there’s a load of fish in.” Several men hurried from the crowd |and disappeared in the direction of ithe squat-housed waterfront. ‘Toward Cyril Buck, 41, charged with | extortion, Neil C. McMath, Margaret's jfather, feels kindly disposed. For Kenneth Buck, 28, charged with kid- | naping, McMath has little sympathy. District Attorney William C. Cross- ley of Fall River, in charge of the Prosecution, said he would ask for a Special session of the grand jury af- ter the two defendants were ar- raigned. The arraignment was set for noon hefore Judge Robert A. Welch, who, at 30 years of age, is the youngest justice in this part of the state. The $60,000 in ransom money was recovered. Senators Approve Investment Bill Washington, May 8.—(#)—The ad- ministration bill to protect the in- vesting public in the purchase of se- curities was approved Monday by the The drastic legislation was ap- proved by the senate after only two hours of consideration and without @ record vote. The bill now goes to conference for adjustment of differences in the mea- sure as it was passed by the house Friday. The senate added an amendment by Senator Johnson (Rep., Cal.) to set uD @ corporation to negotiate for resum>: tion of payments on defaulted for- i Washington, May 8.—()—The sen-} ate Monday confirmed the nomination of J. F. T. O'Connor of California as comptroller of the currency. former North Dakotan. STRIKE CLOSES MILL ton mill in the country. eign bonds. REPORT TREASURE BORED London, May 8—(#)—The London He is a'Herald Monday reported that a treas- |vre worth £2,000,000, belonging to the i murdered Czar Nicholas II and promi- |nent Russian noblemen, soon will be Salem, Mass., May 8.—(#)—A strike /recovered at Sverdlovsk, on the Asia- of nearly 2,000 textile workers Mon-/jtic side of the Ural mountains. The attorney, after an investigation con-| day closed the Pequot Mills, called |czar's family was slain at Sverdlovsk. yinced him Mrs. Johnson and seven|here the only 100 per cent union cot- ‘then known as Ekaterinberg, after the farmithe mills said the management. wish-; under a house. had been slain prior to the ed the warkers to operate 24 leoms London agent of some of the owners. iach, instead of 20. An agent for ;1917 revolution. The cache was buried long known to the 3 jthe Herald said-