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

ER AN LL NE . North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper TABLISHED 1873 BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1933 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE pa The Weather Uneising.temperatare tought PRICE FIVE CENTS N. D. Banks to Insure Deposits Texas Mob Cuts Out Negro Suspect’s Heart MUTILATES BODY OF MAN CHARGED WITH ASSAULT ON WOMAN UJNDBERGH HEADING NORTHWARD ON HOP | TO UNITED STATES jLeaves Natal, Brazil, With Cheers of Townsfolk Ring- ing in His Ears Accused Ex-Convict Fatally Wounded in Battle Pre- ceding His Arrest ENRAGED GANG RENDS BODY Drag It Through Negro Section of Small Town to Ter- rorize Inhabitants Natal, Barzil, Dec. 8—(#}—Colonel (and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh hopped Kountze, Tex. Dec. 8.—(}—David itor Miami, Fia., in their big, red mono- sregory, & Negro ex-convict accused | plane Friday at 8:15 a. m. local time of criminally attacking and slaying) (6:15 9. m. ES.T), ia white woman, was shot to death Accompanied by the British consul, hen he allegedly resisted arrest by| Mr, Scotchbrook, who with his wife b posse and his body later mutilated was host to the Lindberghs during land burned by a mob which dragged ht to a pyre in the Negro section of iKountze early Priday. their stay here, the couple motored from the consulate to the docks, There the American colony joined Officers: and incensed citizens had i a ig for the Negro since | ®@miring Brazilians in a noisy fare- Mrs. Mellie Williams Brockman, 30,| Well. wife of a farmer, Fisbr eee Seon on; It was an uneventful takeoff. Col p highway near here last urday.| Lindbergh inspected the plane, tried hursday night a posse trailed the|the motor and they were away easily, Negro to his hiding place in the beifry| circling once before they headed of a Negro church at bec a eae north. between Kountze and Beaumont,! The probable route of the where he was shot and wounded| American couple lies along theta vhen officers said he drew a pistol! mouths of the Amazon river, by the pnd resisted arrest. French, Dutch and British Guianas, The wounded Negro, unconscious,/ northward over the lesser Antilles Was taken to a hospital at Beaumont/and the Bahamas, and across the but when officers received informa-/ Caribbean to Miami. ion that a mob was forming at] The total distance of such a route ountze and starting toward Beau-/is approximately 3,740 miles, ey eae nec OTATE ORRICES MAY MOVE INTO CAPITOL BEFORE MONTH ENDS being able to make any statement as jo his guilt or innocence, the Negro Difficulties Between Commis- sion and Construction fied as the car bearing him sped to- Company Ironed Out vard Vidor, six miles east of Beau- mont. Crowd Seizes Body The body was taken to Silsbee, an- Pther small town in the vicinity by heriff Miles Jordan of Hardin coun- y. On learning of these develop- ents, the mob, slowly increasing in ize, trailed the sheriff to Silsbee, took he body from him, tied it behind an utomobile with chains, and dragged jt for 35 minutes through the Negro ection of Kountze. Members of the frenzied mob of proximately 300 cut out the Negro’s eart and other organs before cast-; Announcing that all difficulties be- fing it to the flames. tween the North Dakota capitol Sarcastic Passages | Mark Wenzel Ouster| Four-Hour Duel of Wits Ends Late Thursday as Commis- sioner Is Excused Will Complete Testimony Friday With Only Few Witnesses to Be Called BULLETIN Laura Schlechter, cashier of the ‘workmen's compensation bureau, and T. W. Sette, an employe of the Bank of North Dakota, were called as wit- nesses in the Wenzel ouster case Fri- day afternoon. Each testified to fi- nancial dealings between the bureau and the bank, Examination of R. E, Wenzel, whose removal as Workmen's Compensation Bureau commissioner is sought, was completed by the state late Thurs- day after he had been on the wit- There was talk of raiding the Har- in county jail here and inflicting imilar treatment upon two other Negroes under arrest, suspected of having aided Gregory to evade offi- ers shortly after Mrs. Brockman was ied. But the mob dispersed after burning the body. In the face of mob threats, 20 dep- ties, rangers and armed citizens tood guard in the county jail until | building commission and the Lundoff- \Bicknell Construction company had jbeen ironed out, R. M. Rishworth, commission chairman, Friday expres- sed a hope that state departments will begin moving into the new structure before the first of the year. A month ago the builders announced they would not permit state depart- ments to move in until the commis- sion had “accept ” the building and turned over to them the remaining j10 per cent of “Budget A,” or more than $80,000. The builders, however, have with- Grawn from this position, Rishworth (said, and will permit moving in as {soon as the building is in shape, which Probably will be at the end of this month. In return for the privilege of mov- he danger had passed. Mrs, Brockman started for Kountze plone in a light truck and was found shot to death beside the truck, which had been set afire. Flames had Feared her body. She had planned 0 exchange a pair of baby shoes she fad purchased. SAN JOSE MOBSTERS TO FACE PROSECUTION San Jose, Cal., Dec. 8.—(?)—Iden- i ification of leaders of the mob that lynched the kidnap-slayers of Brooke . Hart was awaited by authorities re Friday after Dis:rict Attorney in, Rishworth said, the state will eat the building, enabling the con- | tractors to “save considerably.” Rishworth anticipates that all floors in the tower section of the new 19- story structure from the fourth to the Fred L. Thomas announced he would prosecute if “proper evidence” is pre- Rented. Sheriff William J. Emig, injured by the mob as it stormed the Jail Hohn M. Holmes, who confessed to illing Hart in a $40,000 extortion plot, said no immediate arrests are ontemplated. FOUR MEN ARE HELD IN MISSOURI LYNCHING hen are in y in connection with See eee ae ‘arner, 19-year-old Negro, said by po- to havs confessed an attack on 8 13th, inclusive, will be in shape for occupancy before the new year be- UA branches of the construction eagt have all departments located in down- town office buildings move into the new capitol as soon as possible to effect economy in rent. Canadian Mounties Arrest Rum Runners : i gl rere : i z a rain #258 g 8 i i ay ness stand nearly four hours. Frequently Wenzel and his inter- rogators clashed and sarcastic re- marks were exchanged at the hearing being conducted before Thomas Clifford, Langdon, special commis- sioner appointed by Gov. Langer to take testimony. ‘Wenzel was closely questioned by Charles A. Verret, assistant attorney general, and S. E. Ellsworth, James- town, special assistant. regarding the amount of the time he spent attend- ing meetings of the North Dakota bar association, of which Wenzel has been secretary since 1920. Other questions referred to bond investments made by the bureau, Wenzel's use of a $44 floor polisher, and travel expenses for attending bar association meetings. Former Gov. F. Schafer. attorney for Wenzel, objected to some of the testimony as immaterial and outside the complaint. State’s Case Is Short The hearing was in recess Friday morning to permit. Commissioner Clifford to place his wife in a hospi=| tal here for treatment, she having come here from Langdon for that Purpose. Verret said it would require only a short time to close the state’s case since he had only a few wit- nesses to follow Wenzel, who was the first called to the stand Thursday. At the opening of the afternoon session Wenzel was further questioned about the use of a floor waxer be- longing to the compensation bureau. He said he believed he returned it about three days before removal pro- ceedings were started and his sus- pension ordered. His suspension was revoked by Gov. Langer after a district court decision held the governor was without auth- ority to suspend Wenzel pending the cutcome of removal proceedin, After Thursday afternoon's ses- sion, J. E. Pfeifer, appointed to suc- ceed Wenzel during the suspension, turned over the office key to R. H. Walker, chairman of the, bureau. ‘Wenzel, who was suspended Oct. 26, returned to live duties Friday. Asked the reason for discharge of John Garberick as secretary of the minimum wage commission, Wenzel replied there were “a number of rea- sons.” Wenzel denied he discharged Gar- berick because the bureau employe signed an affidavit against him. He Johnson Applauds ‘Roosevelt Dollar’ Dec. 8.—()—The “Roose- in the words of General is “the the New York, velt dollar,’ Hugh 8. Johnson, NRA chief, money on the face of STATE TO FINISH QUICKLY) SITAPPEN PRIEST IS. | OP ! In Verbal Tilt | | F ! R. E. WENZEL j | Sarcasm and acrimony marked ver- bal tilts betwen R. E. Wenzel, com- missioner of the state workmen's compensation bureau, and his prose- cutors at Thursday's session of the hearing on charges filed against the state official. The state apparently sought to force admissions from Wen- zel which would bolster its attempt to oust him from office, but the effort met with small success. KILLED WHEN AUTO PLOWS INTO DITCH Rev. Father Victor Waszko Dies in Local Hospital Follow- | ing Accident | i pee i Rev. Father Victor L. Waszko. oriest of St. Paul's Catholic church.at Tappen, died in a local hospital at 2:40 o'clock Friday morning from in- saries suffered in an automobile acct- | dent near Sterling shortly before noon Thursday. Three others escaped serious injury in the mishap. They were Leo Sauer, Eric Kohler and a mechanic who was driving the machine, all of Tappen. They were on their way to Bismarck for a business visit. The driver of the machine said faulty brakes and fresh loose snow on the highway robbed him of control of | ; which is believed to; have rolled over three times at the) stde of the road. | Rey. Father Waszko was thrown! zrom the machine while the other tnree were in the auto when it came to a stop. They climbed through a/ hole in the top which is believed to Mave been caused when Rev. Father Waszko was thrown out. The priest, who was 42 years old, was brought to the hospital here at 12°40 o'clock Thursday afternoon, Puneral services have not been ar- | ranged pending arrival here of two of | Rev. Father Waszko's brothers from Chicago, Aloysius Waszko and Frank Waszko, The priest leaves another | brother, Paul, and his sister, Miss | nee Waszko, both living in Chicago | also. Rev. Father Waszko was graduated from St, Paul's Seminary in St. Paul | with the class of 1926. In that same year he took charge of a parish at Ihompson, near Grand Forks, where be remained for two years. After ‘bout four years’ service at Drayton, Le sepnt a few weeks at Jamestown tine machine, pen congregat a Rev. Father Waszko also leaves his aunt, Mrs. Rohde, who lives with the priest's brothers at Chicago, Rev. Father Waszko was unconsci- ous when brought here and never re- gained consciousness. He suffered a fracture of his skull, brain concussion and a laceration of the left side of his sealp, his doctor said, ‘The priest's body will lie in state at the J. W. Calnan Funeral Home here ‘until it is taken from Bismarck. The will be conducted at Tappen 1 to Chleago fo ‘eal fl lor luneral interment rites. Federal Assistance | Bottineau, Cavalier, LaMoure, 9,000 MEN WORKING ON JOBS PROVIDED BY RELIER AGENCY istate Chief Expects 15,000 Names to Bé‘on Payroll in Short Time NEW PROPOSALS APPROVED Wide Field Covered by Sugges- tions Submitted to Central Bureau Here Between 8,000 and 9,000. men went to work on civil works projects this | week, according to a check-up con- ducted by John Williams, secretary “of the federal emergency relief commit- tee in North Dakota, who said Friday that approximately 15,000 men would be at work when the program gets in full swing. Under the CWA program unskilled laborers will receive 50 cents an hour and are limited td 30 hours a week. A tew skilled and semi-skilled laborers receive wages ranging from 50 cents to $1.20 an hour which, with the pres- ent number of men employed, means that more than $120,000 a week will go for wages of men employed on the projects in North Dakota. The CWA offices here have been busy from 16 to 18 hours a day keeping the ma- chinery moving to place the men at work and considering the various projects proposed from over the state approximately 1,000 projects, spread over practically every county, have been approved to date. The projects being sent in for ap- proval daily by local relief commit- tees in each county cover a wide field end include public building and park (provements, graveling of roads, small extensions and improvement of szwers, drains and water works, ac- vording to Harris Robinson, engineer af the state civil works administra- tion, Most counties are nearing their lum quota, he said, and con- siderable work is being done to revise, eliminate, and cut down projects pre- sented to the administration office. The List By Counties Williams’ survey of men at work this week by counties follows: Barnes 329, Benson 150, Billings 53, Bowman 159, Burke 31, Burleigh 402, Cass 415, Dickey 180, Divide 212, Dunn 234, Eddy 111, Emmons 82, Foster 100, Golden Valley 50, Grand Forks 480, Grant 150, Griggs 103, Hettinger 514, Kidder 152, Logan 200, McIntosh 174, McKenzie 84, Mercer 100, Morton 450, Mountrail 260, Nelson 200, Oliver 60, Plerce 267, Ramsey 220, Renville 205, Richland 210, Sheridan 88, Sioux 89, Slope 300, Stark 232, Steele 120, Stu in 300, Towner 147, Walsh 311, Ward 163, Wells 158, Wjlliams 203. No figures were given for errr Ic Henry, McLean, Pembina, Ransom, Rolette, Sargent and Traill counties. EMPLOYED 18 HOPKINS ESTIMATE Washington, Dec, 8.—(?)—Harry L. Hopkins estimated Friday that the civil works administration has 2,500,- |900 on its payroll, on the basis of telegraph poll Thursday. Inability to purchase shovels, picks and other tools, and the fact that some of the “work relief” projects which had been in operation in the various states failed to meet the civil works requirements, were held re- sponsible by Hopkins for the fact that the peers is apparently behind Hopkins said he expects the entire 4,000,000 men it is planned to employ to be on the job by next Saturday. If they are rot, he said, states which have not filled their quota will have the jobs made available to them transferred to other states. "Just Charge This | | Up to Mr. Hoover | | 2a named st the regional conference on grasshopper control at Fargo, and J. . Milloy, chairman of the board of Girectors of the Greater North Da- JAP NAVAL HERO DIES Tokyo, Dec. &—(?)—Count Gombei Yamamoto, 81, twice premier of Japan @fid a naval hero of the Russo-Japan- ‘paral, died ‘ese Wer, in he served as an ad-, y night, » She hag been here three days. JAPS EXTENDING POWER Moscow—| from Russian sources in Shanghai said the Japan- ese were sterting @ conquest of Mon- ‘kestan {One eae Chine Tye ,|mittees which actually govern coded Chairman PEEK IS EXPECTED TO RESIGN OFFICE; MAY GET NEW POST Lack of Agreement With Liber- als in Agricultural Depart- ment Blamed i Washington, Dec. 8—(?)—Agricul- ture department liberals could claim jnt least a partial victory Friday in their differences with more conserv- ative George N. Peek, farm adminis- trator, because officials expected his} resignation soon. At the same time, It was equally evident that President Roosevelt wished earnestly to retain the head of the agricultural adjustment a ministration in some other high fed+ eral position.. Secretary Wallace, under whom Peek has been working, offered a new post to his aide. At least one other Position elsewhere, not immediately specified, was said to have been pro- posed. At any rate, officials held unlikely @ compromise between Peek and lib- erals in the agricultural department. Tension which had existed for months and finally broke out openly, showing that the secretary often accepted the advice of others rather than that of Peek, was. believed by these officials to have made untenable Peek’s pres- ent position. In many of these cases, Peek fa- vored compromise with business whereas the liberals urged compulsion where they thought it necessary. The suggestion was made that Peek might follow to the NRA the codes, other than those involving processing, | which were transferred from the AAA to Hugh 8. Johnson's agency, but Peek said he had heard nothing of that “rumor” and that he did not wish to discuss his resignation. It was known though, that one of Peek’s basic objections to his AAA job was that his decisions there were subjact to approval or veto by Secre- ‘tary Wallace; that a transfer to the |NRA would simply move the veto vower to Johnson; that Peek still thought the AAA should be independ- jent, operating directly under the president. i | PLAN TO SUPERVISE | INDUSTRIAL CODES |Labor and Consumer Would Have Place on Bodies to Observe Operations Washington, Dec. 8—(#)—The NRA, jinstead of agreeing to appoint labor | members to authorities administering codes, is working on a plan for the creation of governmental boards in- cluding labor and consumer repre- sentatives to observe industrial opera- tion. It was definitely understood Friday that the organized labor demand for a place with industrialists on the com- industries has been turned down. The most vigorous pressure from business convinced officials that to grant it would wreck the present relationship built up in NRA. Industrialists who made the representations to Hugh 8. Johnson came away satisfied. This led to the new formula, still in an indefinite stage, by which labor, clamoring for @ “partnership” with business under the industrial law, would be granted a front seat among reviewing authorities and would have jmea in strategic position to object to inimical to the work- Addition of a.consumer represen- \tative, this plan’s authors say would bring customer participation to the same privileged status as labor and ilessen the objection of industrialists, who oppose labor organization, to the commanding position which would bey given the worker side. Labor chiefs have yet to be heard from on the new plan but they have been preserving the most complete silence since it was broached to them and the turndown of their first pro- posal was made. While not indicat- ing consent, the silence has been in- terpreted by observers as a friendly one, Two More Are Named A. W. Skesley of Fargo, whose ap- |pointment to the state board of med- jical examiners was announced Fri- day, and Dr. L. B. Green of Edgeley, whose appointment was announced in October by Governor William Lan- ger, succeed Dr. J. L. Bowen of Dick- inson, Dr. C. E. Stackhouse of Bis- marek, and Dr. F. L. Wicke of Valley To N. D. Medical Body, | Grand Forks, N .D., Dec. 8—(}—| Dr. A. D, McCannell of Minot, Dr. of League Raps Langer Record Manager of Nonpartisan Cam- paign in 1932 Sees ‘Man Wanted? Sign ONLY ONE PROMISE KEPT Says That Was Pledge to Wreck Nonpartisan League Made to IVA's in 1920 (Special To The Tribune) Forman, N. D., Dec. 8.—John Nys- tul, who managed William Langer’s campaign for governor in 1932, turn- ed his attention to the record which the governor has made in office in an address here Thursday night and found it wanting in benefit to the people of the state. As a result, he said, a “man wanted” sign hangs on the door of the execu. tive office and the people will put a/ new man in the position at the next election. : Addressing a gathering of Nonpar- tisan League adherents, Nystul said jLanger has kept only one promise. That was his pledge to “wreck the Nonpartisan League” made when a candidate for governor on the I. V. A. ticket in 1920. Asserting that Langer has surround- ed himself with advisers chosen only for their pliability and who neither command nor deserve the confidence of the people, Nystul warned that Langer is bending every effort to con- trol the next Nonpartisan state con- vention and is attempting to exclude from the League all who do not sub- scribe to the acts of the governor. State payrollers now are touring the state at the taxpayers expense trying to tell Nonpartisans what to do and how to do it, he said, and sug- gested that the men and women who believe in Nonpartisan principles tell these employes of the “highway, regu- latory and beer commissioner's de- partments” to mind their own busi- ness. The speech, viewed by many as the opening gun by the anti-Langer forces within the League, follows in Part: The Picture in 1932 “At the last convention of the Non- partisan League in Bismarck, March 1932, the organization nominated thir- teen candidates to state and national office. A state executive committee was elected by the same convention and the responsibility for the conduct of the campaign was placed upon this committee. The outcome of the June 1932 primary campaign is now a mat- ter of history. Every candidate en- dorsed by the League was nominated and in every instance by substantial majorities. The executive committee and its campaign management con- ducted the work throughout the sum- mer, and in the general election in ‘November the League broke all records by sweeping into office each and every state and national official endorsed by the group. In addition to this, a majority in both the House and Sen- ate were men elected with League en- dorsement. “By record breaking majorities, you elected to office Robert Byrne, Secre- tary of State; 8. A. Olsness, Commis- sioner of Insurance; John Husby, Sec- retary of Agriculture and Labor; Arthur Thompson, Superintendent of Public Instruction; Alfred 8. Dale, State Treasurer, and the others. You returned Senator Gerald P. Nye to the United States Senate with the largest majority ever accorded any candidate in the history of North Dakota poli- tics, carrying every precinct in the state. You re-elected Jim Sinclair to congress. You sent Bill Lemke to Washington as congressman. In each case you chose wisely and your judg- ment was sound, because each of those names I have mentioned has proved himself worthy of the trust and con- fidence you reposed. in him. Reluct- antly, too, you voted for Bill Langer for governor, and by a slight majority he was accorded the place at the head of the ticket and inducted into office as governor of the State of North Dakota in January 1933. Had a Fine Chance “No governor ever had a finer chance for a successful administra- tion than William Langer. His party was in control of every state depart- ment and the legislature was over- whelmingly of his own pretended poli- tical faith, “Almost a year has passed since the so-called “new deal” was initiated in our state government and this. would seem an opportune time for placing an evaluation upon the ac- complishments of the Langer admin- istration to date. My consideration of the present governor will be en- tirely disassociated from any person- al bias, and I shall confine myself exclusively to an analysis of his lack of faith to the principles of the party responsible for his election to office. I shall consider his stewardshii which you might have-a right City, according to Dr. G. M. William- (Continued on Page Two) to expect between the governor, the ex- ecutive committee and the other j state officials. In the course of the j son of Grand Forks, secretary of the| time allotted to me, it shall be my board. * ! ALL BUT ONE HAS MADE APPLICATION FOR FEDERAL HELP Government Is Striving to Re- open 12 Institutions Clos- | ed Since Holiday 1128 EXAMINATIONS MADE Work on Remaining Six Near, Completion; National Out- look Brightens North Dakota state banks have ap- | pied for membership in the Federal | Deposit Insurance Corporation “prac- tically 100 per cent,” it was announced tere Friday by Walter W. Olson, state supervisor for the corporation. All but one of the 135 state banks now open have made application, Ol- | 20n said, and it is hoped that the re- |maining institutions will apply to make the standing 100 per cent. Efforts also are being made to have she remaining dozen state banks, which have not reopened since Presi- dent Roosevelt’s bank holiday last March, either get their affairs in shape for membership in the deposit | Corporation or liquidate to pay off de- | D0sitors, Olson said. | Examinations of 128 applying banks already have been completed and work is nearing completion on the other six, Olson said, while examiners already have begun work in the dozen closed banks. The staff has been cut from 17 to 15 men, the | supervisor said. Insurance Begins Jan. 1 Beginning Jan. 1, all member banks will have their individual deposits up to $2,500 insured under the federal corporation. Up to noon last Monday 6,748 banks in the United States which are not members of the Federal Reserve Sys- tem had applied for membership in the FDIC, according to Walter J. Cummings, chairman. All banks which are members of the Federal Reserve System automa- tically are members of ‘the new cor- Poration. Of the 6,748 state banks which had applied Monday, 5,180 or 76 per cent already have been completely examin- ed as to their qualifications for mem- bership. All applicants in Arizona, Idaho, Montana, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Oregon, Washington and ‘Wyoming have been examined. Dec. 15 is the deadline for comple- tion of examinations. Illinois leads in the number of state banks applying for membership, with 472 banks in that state seeking inclu- sion. Next come Minnesota with 426, Missouri 391, Wisconsin 365, Indiana 353, New York 328 and Ohio 318. Examination throughout the coun- try has been handled by a force of 1,641 examiners. All state banks which are admitted to the temporary insurance fund will be in good financial condition, this being made possible through coopera- tion of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation in purchasing preferred stocks or capital notes of some insti- tutions. Final decision as to which state banks will be admitted to the insur- ance fund will be made by the three directors of the FDIC, including Cum- mings, J. F. T. O'Connor, former North Dakotan who is comptroller of the currency, and E. G. Bennett. The names of all banks which qual- ify will be announced simultaneously just before the fund goes into oper- ation Jan. 1. Oil Men Will Check - On Code Observance North Dakota's oil code committee will put an inspector in the field Jan- uary 1 to check up on the manner in which the labor provisions of the code are being observed in this state. Announcement of this decision was made here Friday by J. A. Kohler of the Kohler Oil company upon his re- turn from a meeting of the commit- tce at Jamestown Thursday. told by the shepherds concerning the child who was born to be Sa. viour of the world wondered at the tidings, but Mary kept ali these things and pondered then in her heart. SHOPPING