The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, October 4, 1933, Page 1

u North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper ESTABLISHED 1873 BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1933 ¥ THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE The Weather tonight and probably Thare- Pair r day; warmer tonight. PRICE FIVE CENTS Giants Win 2nd Straight Game 35 Known Dead in California Holocaust RELIEF WORKERS ON COAST ARB TRAPPED INBLAZING INFERNO 35 Charred Bodies Recovered, » Many Others Known to Have Perished INEXPERIENCE IS BLAMED Unskilled Foremen Directed Men to Their Deaths in Fight Against Flames Los Angeles, Oct. 4—(?)}—Grim- faced searchers Wednesday stumbled over the fire-seared walls of a canyon in Griffith Park, from which 35 charred bodies had been recovered, expecting to bring back the remains many more unemployment relief; workers who were trapped in a brush | fire Tuesday afternoon. Besides the 35 recovered) R. C. Hus- ton assistant superintendent of coun- ty charities, said many ere - missing’ and the death list may reach 50. Approximately 135 men were in hos- pitals, many of them injured seriously in the mad scramble up the sides of | the box-like canyon that became a raging inferno when a strong wind fanned the brush fire they were at- tempting to extinguish. Throughout the night relatives of the more than 3,700 workers on the roads of the park crowded about the county morgue and a’ hastily im- provised mortuary. So badly were the bodies burned that not a single victim of the fire Ho been identified Wednesday morn- ing. : Lacked E: ir ; e catasti to “lack of experience in brash fre] fighting” on the part of those who died and the men who sent them into the canyon of death. ‘ Fire Chief Ralph Scott corrobor- ated Merill’s views by the statement “tt was suicide to send those men in- to a walled-in canyon whose entrance was blocked by raging flames and whose only other means of exit was a winding cow-path up the wall of the ravine.” Blindly following orders of their foremen, more than a thousand work- men streamed into the box-like Min- eral Wells Canyon. Deep in the canyon a small area was burning. There was little or no wind, the flames and smoke from the burning scrub oak growth in the seagate floof shooting straight up- ward. Suddenly a wind whipped down in- to the canyon, fanning the blaze into a furnace of death sweeping outward from its center. In a few seconds the approximately 1,500 men who had en- vered the canyon were scrambling up its steep sides. Cowpath is Crowded : The cowpath became a line of fight- ing, sweltering, cursing, praying hu- manity. The strong clambered over the weak. With death crackling at their heels, the workmen struggled | upward. Survivors said the: flames jumped as high as 100 feet.at the time, catch- ing up with and bringing down the over them or struck down by flames. wont story was told by Michael rnandez. “Our foreman ordered the lower level,” he said. | Shown above at the left is Mrs. Lil-; | an Chessen, sentenced to life in pri-| json for the kidnaping of Banker) ; August Luer at Alton, Ill, as she left | jthe jail at Edwardsville, Il, on her! | way to the penitentiary. | At the right are Percy: M. Fitzger- jald, Christ Nicolo Gitcho and Ran-| dolph E. Norvell, convicted in the! same case. Gitcho was given a five-| year term. Fitzgerald and Norvell were sentenced to life. i Tax Levy Is Set by N.D.Board The state tax levy was set by the state board of equalization Wednes- day at 6.79 mills to derive $3,5: 680.70 for operation of the state gov- ernment and payment of bonds and interest. Last year the levy was fixed at 6.83 mills to derive $3,876,207. Total interest and sinking fund levies were placed at 3.54 mills com- pared with 2.63 mills a year ago. The general property tax levy was fixed at 2.95 mills, compared with 3.90 mills & year ago. The levy was set on a total assessed valuation of $1,036,430,364 for all property subject to the levy in North Dakota, or about $10,000,000 less than the 1932 assessed valuation. ; The assessment base is 50 per cent of the total assessed valuation. AUTO ACCIDENTS IN THREE MORE LIVES |Two State Residents and Mon-| tnan Victims in Fatal | Mishaps Three more names Wednesday had been added to the fast-growing list of automobile mishap death victims in Dakota. ‘They were Anton Odden of Edin- burg; Martin Lee, ,74, of Renville county; and -William Gardner, 65, of Bainville, Mont. A jury called by F. 8. Anderson, Walsh county coroner, held that Od- den, {i % Sati , Was killed ype ‘neeligentiy driven by W! of . The when Odden River. He died in a Grafton hospital Sunday. State's Attorney T. 1. Dahl is investigating the case. injured when the car ; : é i el i i: EE A Eee s Bi > F lle if BEE Ee NORTH DAKOTA TAKE j Convicted Kidnapers On Way to Prison ISSUED IN FLORIDA, AS STORMS GATHER Two Separate Disturbances Are} Reported By Federal Weather Bureau (By The Associated Press) Hurricane warnings flew through- wut the Florida Keys Wednesday and shipping scurried to cover as two trop- ical storms moved out of the Carib- The weather bureau at Washington, reported a disturbance centering about 60 miles south-southwest of “lenfuegos, apparently moving north- ward at about: nine: miles an hour. Another storm was reported about 370 miles north-northeast of Turk’s Island, apparently of slight intensity. The Key West weather bureau said the storm moving northward or north-westward across Cuba, appar- ently was headed for this city. A wind of 60 miles velocity was re- ported at Havana early Wednesday, levelling some trees and billboards. A blow that reached 50 miles an hour nid slight damage at Kingston, Ja- maica. A northwest wind was blowing 21 to 24 miles an hour at Key West and a Tight but steady rain was falling. Meteorologist R. W. Gray at Miami predicted gale winds for the Miami area. Gray said the maximum veloc- aly of gales is 54 miles an hour which he said is not dangerous. Northeast storm warnings were hoisted on the Florida west coast to Boca Grande, 25 miles north of Fort Myers, and on the east coast as far north as Titusville. ’ CUBAN LEADERS HIDE WHILE STORM RAGES Havana, Oct. 4.—(?)—Although sev- eral members of the A. B. C., Cuban secret ‘political party, were arrested and others went into hiding, a gov- ernment spokesman announced today no drive to round up the society’s members had been ordered. (Continued on Page Two) Driscoll Merchant Succumbs in City Carl J Peterson, merchant at Driscoll the last 24 years, died at @ local hospital at 11:30 o'clock Tuesday evening just a few hours after he had been brought here suf- Peterson March, 1910, and had operated the Peterson General Store there since ‘that time. it 5 He was born at Nora, Sweden, May 5S. i i i i | i day; Many Face Indian Liquor Charges \ Twenty-eight defendants in crimi- nal cases, most of them facing charges of selling liquor to Indians, were arraigned in U. 8. district court here Wednesday morning before Judge Andrew Miller but entering of pleas and passing of sentence in most. of them was deferred until later in the day or Thursday. . James P. Walsh, young Bismarck man, was arraigned on a charge of using the mails to defraud but will not enter his plea until Thursday. Walsh is charged with fraud in connection with diatribustem:-of- bill petitions through the mails. Four Plead Guilty Four defendants pleaded, guilty to charges of selling liquor to Indians, Tony Zarr, Ed Bollinger, Emanuel Wetzstein and Valentine Weisgerber. Fifteen others were arraigned on similar charges but entrance of pleas| was delayed. They were John Wise- man, Ray Lyons, Ignatz Elder, Melvin Johnson, Thomas Short, Jr., Frank Lindere, Martin Rosenberg, H. C. Holmes, Nick Geiss, Charles Meyers, George Miller, Leo Spears, William Mehrer, Roy Morell and Nick Reid- inger. Mehrer, Morell and Reidinger also are charged with manufacture and Possession of liquor, according to| Harry Lashkowitz, assistant to Dis-: trict Attorney P. W. Lanier. | Ray Zuelke, Don Barry and Rolla; Dewey -were arraigned on charges of | conspiracy to violate the nationai| prohibition laws, | 8. M. Kotchman, charged with using the mails to defraud, was to make his plea Wednesday afternoon. | | '| Action Marks Second Defeat for REJECTS PATMAN'S CASH BONUS SCHEME Proposal Sponsored by Five States poiees (EAE STRENGTHEN POLITICAL BAN, Veterans Officials Warned to| Stay Clear; MiamiChosen for 1934 Meeting ! Chicago, Oct. 4.—(#)—The American Legion committee on legislation Wed- nesday voted down resolutions sub- Arraign 28 Defendants in U. S. District Court Here HURRICANE WARNING loin Will Make Plea Thurs-| Mediate payment of the bonus. The proposals had been previously rejected by the sub-committee on ad- justed compensation and the sub- committee's vote came before the legislation committee accompanied by a minority report compiled by Con- gressman Wright Patman of Texas. ‘Whether Patman, having now lost two rounds in his fight to obtain Le- |gion support in his campaign for im- mediate bonus payment in the event of currency inflation, will carry his effort to the convention floor was not revealed. Observers did not look for \any such action, however. The legislation committee later ap- proved a resolution urging that con- gress provide for waiving interest on loans made or to be made on adjust- ed compensation certificates. Only Few On Hand The convention proper, with only a scattering of delegates in the hall, voted to strengthen its regulations against participation in politics by its officials and picked Miami, Fla., for the 1934 convention. Passage of the political resolution recalled action started within the past ~teer'‘year for revocation of the New Mex- leo state department's charter for political activity. The resolution was read before the meeting by L. A. Greene of South Da- kota, chairman of the Legion com- mittee on constitutional amendments. Another report adopted by the con- vention charged many of the codes adopted so far by industry “side-step” the issue of child labor. The report advocated diligent efforts to put the 16-year age limit on employment in every code. Milt D. Campbell, chairman of the Legion’s committee on child welfare, read from the report a declaration that the soft coal code contained a “Joker” regarding child labor. “Fully 100,000 children would be re- leased for school, and ; their jobs made available for adults, if a 16- year minimum were incorporated in the N.R.A. codes,” the committee's re- Port declared. The report attacked provisions for “home work” which it said appeared in many codes, asserting that the use of children in such work “constitutes No Appearance Made No appearance was made by the! ‘White City Creamery, charged with violating the national pure food laws,, but Cordie M. Helferich, facing two! such charges in connection with the| manufacture of butter, pleaded not | guilty to both counts, | Earl Bradley, charged with posses- sion of Mquor, will make his plea| Thursday. George Santee, an Indian facing a| statutory charge, was to make his Plea Wednesday afternoon. Depositions were completed before Judge Miller Tuesday in the case in| which the North Dakota Mill and Elevator association, is seeking to im- press a trust upon assets of the First | National Bank of Grand Forks. Trial of the case, in which the association seeks to recover approximately $100,- 000 which was on deposit in the Grand Forks bank when it closed last March 4, is set for Grand Forks. [oS - | Virginia Supports | | Repeal Amendment | eae , one of the bulwarks of prohibition since 1914, turned thumbs down Tuesday (Continued on Page Two) ST PAUL FINANCIER SUCCUMBS TUESDAY George H. Prince Collapses as He Stepped From Build- ing Elevator St.. Paul, Oct. 4—(#)—George H. Prince, 72, board chairman of the First Bank Stock corporation and of the First National Bank here, col- bank building. He was prominent in a number of and industrial corporations. Amherst, Mass., was his birthplace. From Amherst, Prince came to Min- nesota when he was 18, settling at Stillwater where he became a bank clerk. He moved to St. Paul in 1891 cashier of the Capital Bank. Since served as officer of var- business firms, in- National Bank at *|to allow prices'on the basis of |LEGION COMMITTEE ‘Political Circles Buzzing in Capital INSURGENT MINERS | | REFUSE TO FOLLOW | LEAD OF CHIEFTAINS Boo Labor Leaders and Govern- «ment Agents Who Plead for Return to Work (By the Associated Press) Mass return to work of miners in the western Pennsylvania soft coal fields has been delayed by the refusal of insurgent miners to report. Pleas of union leaders and govern- ment officials for a concerted return were answered Tuesday with boos by @ crowd of from 10,000 to 15,000 min- ers, mostly from the H. C. Frick Coke company mines. Insurgent lead- ers contend the Frick company has not recognized the union. More ‘than 20,000 other miners re- turned to the soft coal pits. Gover- nor Pinchot predicted the situation would “work itself out.” Gen. Hugh 8. Johnson, NRA chief, expressed im- patience with some operators for “quibbling” and called for an end of “mob conditions” in the Pittsburgh bituminous area. At Steubenville, O., 1,000 strikers picketing the Weirton stecl mills started a disturbance which was : ally quelled by tear gas bombs. At Athens, O., 400 miners went on strike against working conditions. At Bel- laire 600 others returned to work. A “vigilante committee” of grape growers and others drove half a hun- dred striking grape pickers out of Lodi, Calif. breaking up a picket brigade. Striking textile workers in Pater- son, N. J., marched on a dyeing plant and smashed virtually every door and window in the place. The mob also beat up a foreman... ....... NRA officials in New York ‘an- nounced the end of two strikes there, with the return to work of 5,000 bak- ery drivers and 2,500 corset makers. Strikers at the Ford Motor com- Pany plant at Edgewater, N. J., voted plans to picket other plants. Strike 500 men to Dearborn to picket the assembly plant in Buffalo. Roosevelt to Speak President Roosevelt talks Wednes- day night before the coriference of Catholic charities at Néw York and is expected to expound in detail his ideas on the troublesome labor issue in the recovery campaign as well as it up. employes to deal with employers through their own representatives. The signing of 17 more codes for in- dustry late Tuesday by the president marked the transition of the recovery drive from the organization to the enforcement phase. After a two-hour talk with General Johnson he designated him to carry on and put into effective operation the new working agreements for in- dustry and commerce which he feels require government supervision in the maturing period. Johnson told newspapermen he would divide the administrative ma- chinery into four or: six sections with an aide in charge of each with him- self as coordinator to see that poll- cies clicked, He emphasized he is principally interested just now in making sure of peaceful relations between labor and employers. He spoke of building up an organization for this purpose from the emergency mediation board now presided over by Senator Wag- ner of New York. One more. of the basic codes re- mains to be signed—that for the re- tail trades. Johnson said all that was necessary for this agreement wad ® decision by himself on the Cane voice cost plus 10 per cent. The agri- culture adjustment administration is opposing this method. . FOUR ARE INJURED IN STEEL MILL FIGHT Ambridge, Pa., Oct. 4.—()—Three Workers were beaten and one picket was wounded by gunfire in an out- break of strike violence at Ambridge steel plant Wednesday. One worker was reported in serious condition. Californian Puts Fire on O’Connor les, Oct. 4.—(7)—Sult ask- Action of Nonpartisans in Read- ing Langer Out of Party Held Significant LITTLE COMMENT OFFERED Governor, Too, Is Silent But Tries Desperately to Rally His Forces (By The Associated Presa) Political circles in the Capital City Wednesday regarded the action of the Nonpartisan League leaders, in- cluding state officials and members of the state executive committee, in reading Gov. Wm. Langer out of the Party as the most significant political development since the new adminis- iration took office, Little comment, however, was offer- ed by state officials who had partici- pated in the conference at Fargo Monday and fromthe governor and his Supporters there was no statement forthcoming. Since the state-wide special elec- tion, in which three referred admin- istration measures supported by the Langer faction were defeated, several conferences have been held here by administration leaders. Langer Group Fearfal Reports emanating from these con- ferences were to the effect that the est ae tiie wineries the resu! election as damaged that facton’s political prestige, and it <8 understood the revolved around ways and means of offsetting that damage. Among those who participated in the several conferences were Gov. Langer, Highway Commissioner Frank Vogel, Stephen Ter Horst, head of the regulatory department; James Milloy, Secretary of the industrial commis- sion; State Senator A. L. Bonzer, Jr., Richland county; Lars Siljan, Garri- son editor; Dell Patterson, warden of the state penitentiary; State Senator D. H. Hamilton, and Adam Lefor of Dickinson, who has been mentioned as @ possible appointee for state bank leaders said they planned to send|examiner. Discussed at these meetings, it was main plant and another group to an‘reported, were matters which: caused the most political comment among op- Position groups. Consider Sore Spots . The mill and elevator, center of considerable controversy since Langer vetoed efforts to discharge O. L. Spen- cer, manager; “The Leader,” admin- istration newspaper financed by 5 per the credit expansion program to back|cent contributions from state em- ployes; the active part taken by the He is standing pat on the right of| Langer group in campaigning for the defeated sales tax law, and certain appointments are understood to have been among topics taken up at the conferences. That the Langer group was consid- ering the feasibility of counselling with the Nonpartisan League leaders in an effort to heal the split that had developed was one of the reports from the conferences held before the meet- ing at Fargo acted. In political cir- cles here, however, it was believed the door to such action is closed as a result of action by the group at Fargo. For the time being, it was indicated, & policy of “watchful waiting” would be pursued by the Langer group. Governor Langer and several of his udvisers are reported to have held an- other informal conference in a local hotel Tuesday evening. Among those in attendance was P. D. Norton of Mi- aot. Topics up for conversation ac- BLAZING RALLY IN STH RANG PUTS SENATORS IN HOLE Washington’s Lone Tally Comes on Goslin’s Home Run in | Third Frame SCHUMACHER PITCHES WELL Young Right-Hander Lets Amer- ican League Champions i Down With Five Hits | Polo Grounds, New York, Oct. 4.— (P)}—A blazing six run rallly in the sixth inning, in which Frank (Lefty) O'Doul touched off the explosion with a pinch single with the bases full, knocked out the veteran Alvin Crowd- er and gave the Giants their second straight world series victory over the Senators Wednesday, 6 to 1. ‘Young Al Schumacher held the Sen- ators to five hits, including a home run by Goose Goslin in the third in- ning. First Inning Senators—Myer walked on a curve that missed the plate by inches. The Senators apparently were trying wait- ing tactics and there was already some activity in the Giant bull pen. Goslin bounded to Ryan who came in fast and threw the Goose out at first, Myer reaching second. Manush drove a long fly to Davis, whose fast throw prevented Myer from making any attempt to advance after the catch. Cronin struck out. Herman Bell, who had started to warm up in the bull pen, sat down again. No runs, no hits, no errors, one left. Giants—Moore struck out swing- ing at a fast one. Critz bunted to Kuhel, who made an easy putout at first. Terry lifted a high fly that Cronin took behind third base. No runs, no hits, no errors, none left. Second Senators—Schulte rapped a ground- er to Schumacher for an easy put-out at first. Kuhel raised a short fly on which Ryan made a nice running in short left field. Bluege walked. Sewell faised'a fly to Moore who caught the ball in left center. No Tuns, no hits, no errors, one left. Giants—Ott, the batting hero of the first game, got a big hand. There was some debate over Ott’s stance on the edge of the batting box. Ott walked on a fourth wide pitch and the crowd booed. Davis sharply to center and Ott pulled up at second. Jackson bunted to Bluege and was thrown out at first on a sac- rifice. Ott advanced to third and Davis to second. Mancuso grounded to Bluege, who made the throw to first base after holding the runners to their bags. Ryan went out to Kuhel, unassisted, the ball glancing off his bat as he was stepping away from a fast one on the inside. No Tuns, one hit, no errors, two left. Third Senators—Crowder grounded out, Jackson to Terry. Myer rapped & hopper to Ryan and was out on a snappy play. Goslin lashed a home run into the upper deck of the right field stand. Manush hoisted to Moore, One run, one hit, no errors, none left. Giants—Schumacher fanned. Moore raised a high fly that was foul by inches near the left field wall. Moore grounded out, Crowder to Kuhel. Af- ter Critz had made numerous fouls Umpire Moriarty called for some new balls. Critz walked. Crowder didn't like the decision and came half way to the plate to register a protest. Crowder got something in his eye and took a moment out. Terry lifted ® high fly to Schulte. No runs, no hits, no errors, one left. Fourth Inning Senators—Cronin raised a high fly to Ott in short right field. Jackson threw out Schulte on the latter's slow grounder. Kuhel topped a sinker and was thrown out, Critsz to Terry. No runs, no hits, no errors, none | left. Giants—Ott hoisted a high fly to Kuhel. Davis raised a high foul that Kuhel grabbed half way to the Giant's dugout. Jackson's hot grounder was speared by Cronin with his gloved hand, retiring the Giamt third base- man with @ fine throw. seh Oe e etteee Hone : Fifth Senators—Bl drove a long w EES § F’stis il ze tie a