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

i] . y “4 \ " an a « Plea But Reports Indicate North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper 1 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE nm YY Increasing cloudiness The Weather tonight and ESTABLISHED 1873 : ’ BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, MONDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1933 Mother, Six Children Burned WORKERS RETURNING| TO PITS ALTHOUGH SOME REMAIN FIRM Confusion Followed Roosevelt Success INSURGENTS STANDING PAT Leader Says Frick Company Must Recognize Union Be- ne fore He Will Quit Pittsburgh, Oct. 9.—(#)—Thousands of western Pennsylvania coal miners began a “back to work” movement Monday and at noon the United Mine ‘Workers of America estimated half of the 75,000 strikers had returned to the pits. Confusion in the coal fields follow- ed President Roosevelt's plea that the miners end their strike pending ad- justment of differences with the operators, but as the day wore on re- ports of resumptions filtered in from several counties in the coal belt. In Fayette county, where the strike started after the H. C. Frick Coke company refused to recognize the un- fon, no mines operated and Martin Ryan, leader of an “insurgent” group said emphatically time and again that his men will not go back until Frick extends recognition. The march back to the pits started slowly but gained momentum. Re- ports from Westmoreland, Indiana, Jefferson, Armstrong, Washington and Alegheny counties said many mines resumed operations after being shut down for several weeks. Operators of the captive” mines remain silent. A few hundred men went to work at mines that were not picketed and in scattered instances small groups of miners managed to get through picket lines. No disorder was report- ed in the area. Philip Murray, international vice president of the union, said he has received no reply from Thomas Moses, Frick president, to his sugges- tion for a conference to discuss the irksome “check. off” problem. The “check off” is the system under which the company deducts union dues from the miners’ wages and turns them over to the union. TROOPS CALLED OUT IN INDIANA TROUBLE i Sullivan, Ind., Oct. 9.—(?)—Threats of @ serious clash between miners who have been operating shafts in north- ern Sullivan county on the coopera- tive plan and union sympathizers re- sulted in ordering out national guards- men Monday. At Indianapolis Governor Paul V. McNutt decided to send the guards- men into the county following reports of dirorders, including shooting. Several homes of miners here and at ra, were bombed during the night and Monday strong picket lines were f around the Starburn mine at Shelburn, 10 miles north of this city. ‘The Starburn mine has been the scene of recent disorders and Frank Stalder was killed several days ago when an automobile dashed through | a line of pickets. Gov. McNutt ordered two compan- jes of the Indiana national guard from Terre Haute to go into the mining district. They include about 300 men. Apparently no one was injured in the bombings. The governor ordered that all of Sullivan county be placed under mili- tary control. Sugar Agreement Is Tossed Into Discard Washington, Oct. 9.—(?)}—The pro- posed sugar stabilization agreement has been scrapped by the Roosevelt administration. This was indicated definitely Sun- eay in authoritative quarters follow- ing. conferences between President ‘Roosevelt and Secretary Wallace. Madge Runey Elected By District P.-T. A. He’s Husky Now You'd never guess it, but the husky youngster you see above about to at- tack his sand pile is Charles Bernard St. John of Kansas City who held honors 18 months ago as the world’s smallest baby when he tipped the beam at just one pound. Below is his happy mother. TWO KILLED AND 14 HURT IN EXPLOSION ON BRITISH VESSEL Blast on Submarine Is Blamed on Water Reaching Bat- teries of Ship Campbeltown Harbor, Scotland, Oct. 9—(P)—An investigation pro- ceeded Monday into an explosion and fire in the submarine L-26 which caused two deaths and serious injur- tes to 14. This was tlhe worst British navai accident since January, 1932, when the submarine M-2 sank off Portland with seven officers and 53 men. The L-26, sister ship of the L-24, which was rammed off Portland in 1924 by a warship with the loss of 43 lives, was about to go to the autumn maneuvers after being grounded five hours on the rocks at Kintyre penin- sula. Under its own power and appar- ently in good shape, the L-26 was re- fioated from the rocks and proceeded here,. The blast occurred Sunday and was due, officials believed, to water reaching the batteries, which were being recharged, through a hole in the hull, : ‘The crew were at their midday meal in the mess room, just above the battery room. Batteries were hurled upward through the floor by the blast. Walls were splintered. Furniture was smashed. Men were thrown in all directions. Officers and the unhurt members Those most seriously hurt were groaning and shouting for help. Some had to suffer further agony when g i i | AS soon as the excitement died KELLYS ENGAGE IN FIGHT WITH GUARD AS HEARING OPENS Woman Slaps Guard as He In- terferes With Kissing of Male Relative BANDIT GETS INTO FRAY) Tries to Hit Offitials With’ Manacled Hands; Is Hit | Over Head With Gun | Oklahoma City, Oct. 9.—(P)—As George “Machine Gun” Kelly and his wife, Kathryn Kelly, started to enter the elevator of the Federal building Monday just before the start of their kidnaping trial, they engaged in a) fight with a guard. As Kathryn paused to kiss a man| relative, the officer tried to prevent) the greeting, giving her a slight shove. | She stumbled and nearly fell. \ Angered, she turned and slapped | the officer in the face. He returned the blow and Kelly, raising his hand- cuffed hands, attempted to attack the officer. Another officer drew his pistol and | struck the outlaw over the head sev-) eral times. | The guard slapped by Mrs. Kelly was ye C. White, department of justice agent. down, the Kellys were taken into the courtroom under heavy guard. Harvey Bailey and Albert Bates were transported by airplane Sunday to the federal prison annex at Leav- enworth, Kas., to begin serving life sentences pronounced Saturday by Judge Edgar 8. Vaught. Ten officers guarded them on the trip. | There was no attempt at a delivery | by pals of the southwest outlaws such {as occur last June 17 when four jofficers were slain in Kansas City, jalong with their .prisoner, Frank ;Nash, as confederates of Nash sought te rescue him. Nash was being re- turned to Leavenworth, from which prison he had escaped. Bailey was indicted for these slayings. TRADE COMMISSION RECOGNIZES ORDER REMOVING MEMBER Declines to Recognize Humph- rey Further; Republican Plans Court Fight Washington, Oct. 9.—(#)—The fed- eral trade commission Monday of: cially recognized President Roosevelt's order removing William E. Humphrey a8 a member. After meeting an hour and a half the membership resolved to “recog- nize the validity of the executive or- der removing Mr. Humphrey, and we hereby decline to further recognize | Mr. Humphrey as a member of the | federal trade commission.” | The ousted Humphrey attended, | Presenting a letter saying “I refuse to recognize such order (-eferring to the president's removal order) as valid, or as being within the president’s right- ful powers. I am convinced that the order is without warrant of law and is ineffectual. “I am therefore, notifying you that I am still a member of the federal trade commission and am ready and PEELE sor, apponted to succeed Stevens,.was to take over his com- taissionership Monday, and the com- ‘the conversations or the conference {approve the immediate allocation to Pictured above are George ~ | chine Gun” Kelly and his wife Kath- ryn, as they appeared Saturday in federal court at Oklahoma City, where the; Pleadea not. gullty | Kellys Appear in Federal Court —| “Ma-|to complicity in the Urschel kidnap- | ing case. They had been expected to Plead guilty but later changed their minds. Whispering in Kelly's ear is James Mathers, defense attorney. Walsh Attorneys Move For Directed Acquittal FVE-POWER ARS PARLEY 1 OPENED WTHNEW KEYNOTE Germany Appears on Equality; With Other Nations At ——- Geneva Conference Geneva, Oct. 9.—(7)—As a result of American initiative, an era of five- dower disarmament conversations, with Germany included on a basis of equality, began Monday. Foreign Minister Joseph Paul-Bon- cour of France and Count Rudolf) Nadolny of Germany were scheduled to confer before nightfall, American Ambassador Norman H. Davis having een successful in bringing the two together in an attempt to iron out their differences. Arthur Henderson of Great Bri- tain, president of the disarmament; conference, was expected to insist upon the wisdom of general conver- sations in his address before the steering committee, which began its discussions Monday, and also to in- sist the conference reopen on Octo- ber 16, as scheduled. i Indications were one rock on which may be wrecked is the question to what extent Germany’s neighbors will record in a treaty their intention to scrap heavy armaments. A German delegate, clarifying Ber- iin’s attitude in the matter, said his| government wants the right to pos- sess from the start types of defensive | armaments which any treaty would vot prohibit to signatories as a whole. This means, he said, the Reich wants tanks, pursuit planes and artil- lery up to 155 millimeters, although the problem of submarines may be postponed until naval treaties are re- vised. The second obstacle to a disarma- ment convention appears to lie in whether France and her allies would Germany of defensive armaments, in- cluding tanks and airplanes. ’ Wedding Festivities | Halted by Tragedy | I | eee Minneapolis, Oct. 9.—()—With- in an hour after a wedding re- ception in honor of her sister, Miss Beatrice Cdden, 24, Min- neapolis, was killed in an automo- bile collision Sunday, The accident occurred while Miss Odden and other attendants at the wedding were on their way downtown. : Four other persons in the car suffered minor injuries. Although both cars overturned, occupants of the ya machine were not seri- ously hurt. The dead girl's older sister, Miss Gladys L. Odden, and Fred Argue Testimony as Consistent, 'SALES EFFORTS INCREASE Mine Trouble Ending in Pennsylvania Field OPENED MONDAY BY APPEAL FROM NRA Johnson Says Every Dollar Some One in Payroll \Need for Many Items, Including Many Necessities of Life, Held Obvious Washington, Oct. 9.—(P}—NRA'S | “Buy Now” campaign is up to the| | American housewife. i ; To her, spender of 85 per cent of the family income, Hugh 8. Johnson especially addressed his appeal to buy, \“not only to save money but also be- \cause every dollar spent now is help- ing to keep the wage earner in her) jfamily on a payroll.” For her, too, store windows were refurbished and advertising intensi- fied in a joint effort with the gov-| jernment to stimulate consumer de-/ jmand into a buying wave that will| boost the entire recovery program. Noting Monday's opening of the |long-planried buying ¢crive, Johnson asked the country’s support: i} | “Industry and trade. cooperating | with the government, under codes of fair competition or agreements with With His Innocence as Alleged Guilt A motion for a directed verdict of acquittal in the James P, Walsh beer jill petition case was made Monday |tained and new jobs for hundreds of jforenoon before Judge Andrew Miller thousands of workers cannot be made in federal district court here when ‘the. government. rested. two counts of using the mails to de- fraud persons out of money. other counts in the indictment, alleg- ing fraud of signatures, were stricken last week when Judge Miller sus- tained a demurrer. Th defendant is alleged to have circulated petitions similar to those circulated by the Association for Legalizing the Sale of Beer and so- liciting contributions to be sent to Box 164 in the Bismarck postoffice in self-addressed stamped envelopes. ‘Consistent With Innocence’ In moving for the directed verdict of acquittal, Thomas J. Burke and John F. Sullivan, defense counsel, declared that all the facts presented in the case by government witnesses are as consistent with Walsh’s inno- cence as with his allegeg guilt. Defense attorneys Walsh had a constitutional right to distribute the petitions, use any names he desired as a committee to repre- sent the petitioners, and to solicit con- tributions to finance distribution of the petitions. The petitions which Walsh is accus- the committee named on the peti- tions circulated by the Association for Legalizing the Sale of Beer. One difference in the petitions was that the bill which would have been in- itiated by the Walsh petitions did not give the governor of North Dakota the power to appoint a beer commis- ‘sioner. District Attorney P. W. Lanier and at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon. Roy Mills of Bismarck was the only for several months, including were circulated. Stipulate to Testimony summoned as another pear the prosecution and defense stip ulated that had she been placed on the stand she would have testified that she received through the mails from Bismarck a set of petitions, self- culating. ‘Walsh case. violate federal liquor laws. Monday. | Fi him Sunday in polite circulars. Ancona, Italy, Oct. air speed record of hour over a 100-1 303.33 miles \claimed by Lieut. Col Imo Monday high Walsh, young Bismarck man, faces Two argued that ed of distributing carried the names of ; his assistant, Harry Lashkowitz, re- sisted the motion and Judge Miller said he would announce his decision | witness heard Monday forenoon. He: testified that Walsh had foomed at | his home at 412 Fifth 8t., Bismarck, | last May, when the two sets of petitions Mrs. Helen Benker of Harmon was) government | witness but when she failed to ap-| ;the president, have done and are do- \ing their part. Hundreds of thou- sands of men, long idle, have gone ;back to work and millions of dol- \lars have been added to payrolls. | Must Maintain Payrolis | “These payrolls cannot be main- unless every consumer in the land ‘does his or her part now. {Por fout years the ‘American con- sumer has been skimping—putting off |buying more than bare necessities juntil ‘better times.’ Better times are here, Better times always mean ‘higher prices. Now is she time to buy for purely selfish reasons. Prices are going up. Buying now is an invest- jment.” ; As the big drive gathered momen- jtum, other NRA activities progressed ‘along routine channels, Aside from the buying campaign, greatest inter- est centered on the ultimate form |provision to stabilize prices by pro- ‘hibiting sales at less than wholesale \cost plus 10 per cent. j. Johnson was expected to send this jmaster charter to President Roosevelt |'Tuesday. Monday the farm adminis- itration opened hearings on a grocery ‘store code with a similar price-regu- ‘lating provision. But while Johnson \favors such price regulation, farm Jadministrators have declared their | | opposition. 'Soviet Flier Sets New Aviation Mark New York, Oct. 9.—()—A one-leg- ged Russian flier, who lost the limb during aerial combat in the World iwar, has taken a place with world| \aviation record holders. | |" Major Alexander P. De Seversky |tlew an amphibian of his own design |177.79 miles an hour to a record for that type of craft Sunday at the na- tional charity air pageant at Roose- |velt Field. | A damaged cowling unexpectedly terminated Jimmy Wedell’s attempt to improve his own world’s land- ne speed record of 305 miles an (hour. He covered the three kilometer course at a speed of 302.02 miles an hour. Mrs. Cecil W. Kenyon of Boston, with 1,017 points, more points than the winning male contestant scored, won the national championship for |sportswpmen pilots, judged on gen- eral excellence of flying and acroba- tics. The men’s division winner was William Zelcer of New York, with 977 points. BUY NOW CAMPAIGN ¢ Sst cir | Spent Is Helping to Keep =f | | | | | {National organization and since then of:the retail trades code with its! Conservators Save addressed stamped envelope and note soliciting contrizutions similar to thése which Walsh is accused of cir- Judge Miller Monday morning an- nounced that it appeared there would | be no more jury cases this term and all jurors not sitting in the At the request of Lashkowitz, Judge Miller ordered the bonds of Don Barry forfeited and a bench warrant for his arrest issued. Barry, Mandan man is charged with conspiracy to Louis, Oct. 9.—(?)—William ‘Malcolm Ritchey, 32, wanted in con- nection with the theft of approxi- ‘mately $500,000 worth of jewelry from salesmen’s sample cases was in jail ve detectives recognized night from his pictures » 9.—(P)—A world an ‘kilometer course was Gug- in command speed school at Densen- On Banking Salaries | Washington, Oct. 9—()—A state- ment issued Sunday from the office of J. F. T. O'Connor, comptroller of the currency, said the operation of national banks by conservators “has resulted in enormous savings in sal- aries, savings which will eventually \redound to the benefit of depositors in such institutions, The statement added: “In 73: banks in 16 states, picked at random, the annual salaries prior to conservatorships amounted to an aggregate of $3,381,822. The present annual salaries in tnese instivutions, under. conservatorships, is’ $1,917,739. In other words, there has been a sav- ing on an annual basis of $1,464,083 or 43.3 per cent.” New York, Oct. 9. — () — Morris Hillquit, lawyer and internationally famous Socialist leader, died at his! home here early Sunday after a long illness. He was 64. He joined the Socialist party in 1888, two years after coming with his parents to the United States from Russia, and soon won recognition as one of the most able of its younger members. At the beginning of the century he had attained a leading place in the had been his party's foremost repre- sentative in national and interna- tional councils as well as its chief adviser. At different times since 1900 Hill- quit had been a member of the na- tional executive committee of the So- elalist party and had been interna- tional secretary of the party since 1904. Since the latter year he also had been a representative on the in- ternational Socialist bureau and chairman of the party's national com- mittee since 1913. CUBA IS SEETHING { Severe Food Shortage Contrib- utes to Crisis as New Revolution Looms i Havana, Oct. 9.—()—Oriente prov- ince and its capitai, Santiago, seethed with unrest Monday because of labor troubles and serious food shortage. Adherents of former President | Mario G. Menocal were reported pre- Paring for a revolution in several Oriente towns. Labor unions met to formulate de- mands and to plan a general strike. Food stocks dwindled; a thousand hungry beggars walked the streets. The political situation was tense. Consumers of electricity in at least | five towns struck for lower rates. In Havana, soldiers and radical members of the ABC secret society were shot at from lousetops while troopers searched for arms in homes of leading oppositionists. Attempts to conciliate political dif- | ferences between the Grau San Mar- tin administration and its opponents, meanwhile, advanced with the ap- Pointment by the pro-Grau student directory of four professors to enter negotiations broken off more than a week ago by the government's un- compromising rejection of demands for its resignation. American ambassador Sumner Welles and Colone! Fulgencio Batista held another consultation in which, Welles said, the protection of Ameri- ‘can property was a major topic. Despondent Farmer Kills Two and Self Appleton, Minn. Oct. 9.—(P)—A farmer, broken by financial worries, slew @ son and a daughter with a hammer, beat his wife aud another son severely and then committed sul- cide Saturday. ‘The dead are William E. McKeever. 43, respected resident sear here; Dar- rell, his 12-year-old son, and Marjorie, @ 14-year-old daughter. The son and daughter had been shot also. Mrs, McKeever and Forrest, 21, another son, were in serious condition from severe head blows but physicians expected them to recover. McKeever slashed nis throat with a razor after believing, in the opinion Of investigators, that all four mem- bers of his family were dead. Tappen Boy Injured In Hunting Accident Kenneth Peterson, 17, son of Mr. Mrs, P, G. Peterson of Tappen, a right hand as accident at ad if: ? a i | . | i : f a Bg | : é i I - i d I { i Heater {field at Anamoose in which he jagain, but one of the plan PRICE FIVE CENTS ALL MEET DEATH AS PAMILY STRAPPED IN BURNING HOUSE Is Believed to Have Started Flames, First No- ticed By Neighbor WOMAN’S EFFORTS FAILED Was Evidently Trying to Rescue Children When Flames Enveloped Her Pequot, Minn. Oct. 9.—(P)—A mother and six children ranging in age from seven months to nine years were burned to death as fire de- stroyed their .home here Monday. The dead are Mrs. Sadie Johnson, 29, and the following children: Elden, seven months; Beverly, two years; Keith, three years; Shirley, four; Warren, seven, and Roland, nine. Investigators believed a heater in the home started the fire, which trapped the family before Mrs. Mar- tha Olds, a neighbor, noticed the flames early Monday. Mrs. Johnson and the three young- er children slept downstairs and the older children upstairs. Mrs. John- son’s body was found near where the stairs had been, indicating she at- tempted to arouse the children sleep- ing upstairs. Bodies of the three older children were found in what was left of their beds in the ruins of the home. The head of the family, Roy John- son, works nights as an electrician at a nearby summer resort and was not at home. After Mrs. Olds saw flames raging in the frame structure, she sum- moned other neighbors. They were unable to enter, however, due to the heat. Minot Aviator Only Slightly Hurt in Fall | TOLABOR TROUBLE of the plane is bent and one wing damaged. The Minot flyer overshot a tended to iand and started to e's hit against the elevator and the ship fell to earth. Laird said he was traveling siowly at the time. The accident happened about dusk. Previous to flying to Anamoose, Laird had called to Anamoose and asked one of his friends to park a sighted truck in the landing area. The car was not in place when Laird ar- |rived, however, and he was unable te land. Anamoose has no regular land: ing field. Declares Bakers Are Paying Farmers More Chicago, Oct. 9.—()—Henry Stude of Chicago, chairman of the Nation- \al Bakers’ council, told delegates to the American Bakers’ association con- vention Monday that figures showed the baking industry was paying farm- ers $3,500,000 more a week than it did last March. “It is unfortunate,” he said, “that an industry with such a record must. stop, every so often, and answer un- warranted and unjustified allegations jabout the price of bread.” | As for consumers, Stude predicted that the bakers’ code now under con- sideration in Washington would not attempt to fix prices. “A clause in the code,” he said, “providing for open prices, and a ‘clause against loss in selling will take care of that.” Body Identified as That of Royal Girl |_ A body found in the Missouri river ! i cf ii fe 4 §