The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 20, 1933, Page 1

“ North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE The Weather Unsettled tonight and Thursday; ' much colder tonig warmer Thurs ESTABLISHED 1873 BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1933 PRICE FIVE CENTS Millions Get Recovery Jobs . Meningitis, DBCISION REACHED BY CORONER'S JURY FOLLOWING INQUEST No One Blamed in Tragedy; De- tails of Bismarck Drink- ing Party Bared 11 WITNESSES ARE CALLED Doctors, Chemists and Compan- ions Subpoenaed to Give Evidence in Case A verdict that the mysterious death Alcoholism Causes Girl’s Death AVERAGE CITIZEN | Elected Rose , Tourney Queen of Miss Marie Ferderer, 21-year-old | Mandan woman who expired in a lo-| cal hospital Dec. 11, was caused by! acute meningitis and acute alcoholism | was reached Tuesday night by a Bur-, leigh county coroner’s jury following an inquest. The jurors, Obert A. Olson, J. B. Smith and N. E. Harris, all of Bis- marck, reached their decision a few minutes after two and one-half hours of testimony were completed. The complete verdict was: “The jurors upon their oaths do say that said Marie Ferderer died in the St. Alexius Hospital in Bismarck, in Bur- leigh county, North Dakota, on the 11th day of December, 1933, at 1:40 o'clock p. m., from the effects of acute meningitis and acute alcohol- ism; that the same was not felonious.” Eleven witnesses were called to the stand in the inquest. Five of them had participated in a liquor drinking party the night preceding Miss Ferd- erer’s death, in the apartment of Mrs. Frances M. Thompson at 100 Avenue B, Bismarck. Others on the party besides Mrs. Thompson were Warren & O. Johnson, 22 years old, who resides! at the same apartment house; Ken- neth J. Filbach, 19, and LaVerne “Bunny” Paynter, 22, members of & local orchestra; Miss Eunice Carlson, 20, and Miss Ferderer, both of Man- dan. Doctors Are Called Other witnesses were Dr. C. E. Stackhouse of Bismarck, who was called to treat Miss Ferderer two hours before her death and who par- ticipated in the autopsy performed upon her body in an effort to deter- mine the cause of death; Dr. L. W. Larson of Bismarck, who assisted in the post-mortem; Floyd Roberts, first assistant chemist of the state regula- tory department here; Coroner Perry, and Deputy Sheriff A. H. Helgeson. According to testimony of the five survivors of the drinking party, Miss Ferderer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew J. Ferderer of 107 Sixth Ave- nue, northeast, Mandan, had become “drunk” during the affair. She and Miss Carlson caught the 5:30 p. m. (M. 8. T.) bus on Sunday, Dec. 10, at Mandan and came to Bis- marck, reaching here at 6:45 p. m. (Cc. 8. T.) They went directly to the apartment of Paynter and Flibach at 100 Avenue B, next to that of Mrs. ‘Thompson, and cleaned their apart- ment up. On the bus, Miss Ferderer had complained of a headache, Miss Carlson testified. Party Began At 11 The party in Mrs. n's apartment began about 11 o'clock the night of Sunday, Dec. 10, with the participants drinking “alcohol in hot water with sugar,” the witnesses said. ‘Throughout the party, testimony in- dicated, Miss Ferderer drank strong drinks and drank them often, insist- Wing that she mix most of them her- self. 1 They consumed all of the liquor in one “brown” pint bottle and then Johnson secured another half pint, which he placed in the same bottle, and most of that was consumed. Shortly after midnight Miss Ferd- erer became quite intoxicated, the witnesses said, and decided she was in no condition to go home to Man- dan. Paynter left with Miss Carlson to ‘Continued on Page Three) re come into the place where Christ Child lay, they gave tings to Mary, his mother; and ightway fell upon their knees worshiped Him that was to be the Sayiour. aad zou FARMERS SEEKING Ruler of a vast realm Miss Treva Scott, 19, above—“Queen of the Seven Se: A Pasadena junior college student, Miss Scott has been selected to reign at the annual Tournament of Roses in the California city on New Year’s Day. LOANS MUST AGREE TO SLASH ACREAGE: Federal Credit Set-Up Working! in Harmony With Agricul- ture Department i { ' \ { i | Spring wheat farmers desiring {loans for seeding purposes through | Production credit associations, the !new type cf local lending institutions jbeing organized, will be required to agree to seed not more than 85 per cent of their average annual acreage for the base period, according to an announcemen’ by the frm credit ade ministration. This also will apply to loans made through the regional agricultural jcredit corporation and other institu- jticns borrowing through the inter- mediate credit banks. The same Policy was followed in making loans to the winter wheat farmers this fall. with the farm credit administration cooperating with the AAA fh its wheat acreage adjustment program. Farmers with an average annual acreage of 95 or more acres are af- fected while those with 80 acres or jless are not. If @ farmer planted 80 acres of wheat or more on the aver- !age and not over 95 he must agree (next year to plant not over 80. The “base period” varies, acvord- ing to the number of years the farmer has been planting spring wheat. If he planted spring wheat during the last four years that will be the base period used in determining the 85 per cent of the average annual acreage he may plant in 1934; if he planted spring wheat in only three of the) last four years, his three-year aver- age will be used as the “base period,’ and he will be required to agree to plant only 85 per cent of that aver- age if he is seeking a loan for spring wheat production. 61 Men Put to Work On Hebron Projects Hebron, N. D., Dec. 19.—(#)—-Sixty- one men of this city were put to work Dec. 11, as Hebron’s~public works program got under way. Of this num- ber, 20 are scoria on the city streets and 31 are building a road north of Hebron, leading to Golden Kurt H. Krauth, local man- service, states. that $6,300 has been alloted to work on the city stréets, and $11,000 has been set aside for building the highway. The 5 which is expected to become a state highway, will be completed to the i SET CONVENTION DATE Fargo, N. D., Dec. 20.—(?)—Dates the annual convention of the | ment was put up as a means to take ; Velt expects Frank C. Walker to sup- |Hugh 8. Johnson, industrial admiais- PRESIDENT DECIDES TO RENEW BLANKET CODES IN INDUSTRY ! Will Continue Agreements Un- til ‘Fair Competition’ Pacts Are Signed SEEKS TO AVOID LET-DOWN | Expects to Have All Trades| Signed Up by Time Four- Month Extension Ends { —— | Washington, Dec. 20.—(P}—Presi- | dent Roosevelt Wednesday announced @ renewal of the blanket reemploy- re code for four months after Jan. In continuing the general code, he told a press conference that all the “fair competition” agreements now cover 70 per cent of all employes who will eventually be covered by codes. The blanket reemployment agree- in the great majority of employers} Pending establishment of individual NRA codes. “In the midst of winter and with many persons out of work,” said the! president in a statement, “it is essen- | tial that the New Year should not/ bring with it any let-down in the re- covery program in the trades and in- Gustries which at that time have not come under approved codes and to which, therefore, only the president’s reemployment agreement applies.” By the end of the four months’ ex- tension period, Roosevelt was repre- sented as confident, permanent codes apply to the remaining 30 per cent of employes will have been worked out, thus making unnecessary the general blanket agreement. Walker to be in Saddle Meanwhile, it developed that Roose- | | | ervise the ‘recovery campaign hence- forth under the “national emergency council” led by him, with the heads of the various recovery units in direct charge of administration and enforce- ment. The president said Wednesday he re- garded the organization of the emer- gency council as a practical adminis- trative business measure with the ob- jective of concentrating the manifold | recovery committees and functions in-! to a cohesive unit. He made it clear that the state di- | rectors would be under the direction! of Walker, long close to the presi- dent in various capacities and who; serves as treasurer of the Democratic National committee. On particular questions, such as en- j forcement of the NRA codes or ad- ministration of them, the state agents will be subject to the jurisdiction of trator. Likewise on questions relating to other recovery agencies, such as the farm credit administration or the home loan corporation, the agents will deal directly with the heads of these units. It is the intention of the adminis- tration to have the new state direct- ers assemble here in the middle of January for an 0! ization session. | Storms Continue to | Batter North Coast, Seattle, Dec. 20.—(7)—Storm dam- | ge mounted Wednesday as the latest of a series of winter gales battled the Pacific Northwest for the fourth con- secutive day. The loss of life was set at three. With communication restored to Tillamook, rich dairy district near the Oregon coast, reports came of power lines down, 50 barns wrecked, herds of vattle scattered and possibly drowned, dredge C’ its moorings and badly damaged. To the north in British Columbia, a mud and rock slide 50 to 75 feet deep und 1,000 feet long last night tied up| poisons could be detected. the Canadian Pacific Kootenay Lake tine. At Vancouver, B. C., thousands of acres of lowland on the southern edge of the city were flooded when the highest tide of the year broke through dikes on the Fraser river Many Injured When Gas Well Explodes | Geneva, 3%. ¥., Dec. 20—(P)}— Steam and dynamite were under Thelr homeland looks great to the Lindberghs, back on American soi) after an air voyage of more than 28,000 miles, and their faces are wreathed in smiles as they step briskly along the dock of the Miami, Fa., seaplane base, after landing their plane on Biscayne Bay. Adding to their joy is the prospect of spending Christmas with their son, Jon, to whom they bade goodby in July. PRYSICIAN ASSERTS ACCIDENT VICTIMS | EIGHT OTHERS ARE HELO! AMERICANS NABBED ' IN FRENCH CLEAN-UP OF ESPIONAGE RING Salesman and Wife Accused of | Being Leaders of Great Spy Set-Up Canadian Couple Said to Be Co- Leaders of International Organization Paris, Dec. 20.—(7)—An American salesman and his wife and a natur- alized Canadian couple were under arrest Wednesday charged by the French police with heading an al- leged espionage service reaching into the French ministry of marine itself. Ten arrests in all were made and police said one other leader, whom they did not name, nad escaped. The American salesman was de- scribed by police as Robert Switz, 28, born in East Orange, N. J. He was arrested without a fight and police said they believe him to be the chief of a band of 10 persons, including five women, all of whom are held. Previously the police announced they had made 18 arrests but later they indicated eight of them had been released temporarily, although they were being kept under surveil- lance. | The gendarmes said they found 19,000 francs in Switz’ room, together with a number of military documents. Arrests Halt Flight They said others of the alleged ring were preparing to flee when they were caught in the roundup. Arrested with Switz was his wife. The man whom police described as a Canadian merchant was Benjamin Bercowitz. Police identified him as the co- chief of the alleged espionage band and said they arrested him as he pre- | pared for flight—his bags already packed—shortly after Switz was tak- en into custody. Three envelopes containing 33,000 francs, which the gendarmes said were intended for accomplices, were found in Bercowitz’ pockets. His wife was said by the police to have had 12,000 francs sewn into her skirt. Among the alleged espionage ma- terial which the police confiscated were three wireless sets, including a clandestine sending outfit, miiitary documents, photographic plates and! movie cameras and large sums of money. Only Tuesday War Minister Edou- | | RUMORS UNFOUNDED IN FAR CONDITION Medical Examiner in Ferderer Case Says Murder, Suicide Theories Probed Three Regent, One Halliday, Three Sterling Persons in Hospitals Dr. L. W. Larson, one of the phy- , sicians who investigated the mysteri- us death of Miss Marie Ferderer,/8uiomobile accident near Carson Wednesday issued a statement de- Tuesday morning, were “progressing tigned to set at rest rumors about the | #8 well as could be expected” in a vase which he said have been in cir- | local hospital Wednesday, their doc- evlation, |tor said. The statement follows: ;_ They were Rev. Father Michael “A case such as Miss Ferderer's 'Binkhorst, Catholic priest, 50 years naturaily calls for much discussion on Old, who suffered a fracture of his the street corners and over the bridge {right thigh, breaks in both bones in tables, Because of the rather sudden ‘his left leg and multiple lacerations; death and the circumstances in the |Mrs. John P. Jungers, 53, fracture of case, a number of theories ranging her right hand and multiple face lac- from sujcide to murder have been ad- |erations; and John P. Jungers, 63 vanced. | the driver, bruises and face cuts. “In attempting to determine the! The car in which they were riding exact cause of death, a medical ex- struck a culvert when Mr. Jungers aminer naturally is influenced by the | lost control following a tire blowout circumstances under which death oc- | or puncture. curred, current rumors, etc. How-| Several other accident victims in ever, he cannot allow theories to su- | local hospitals were progressing satis- percede facts. In our examination, | factorily. Dr. Stackhouse and I could find noth-| They included Ole Christensen, 62- ing to substantiate the theory of mur- , year-old Halliday man, who suffered Three Regent persons, injured in an Ore. | 2er, suicide or death through the use | fractured ribs and a crushed chest of abortifacients. We did find evi-/in an accident near Hazen last Wed- dence of ar acute meningitis and the | nesday in which his daughter, Miss state regulatory department found Mary Christensen, was fatally injured; cthyl alcohol in the organs, No other | Ecward and Florence Schmidkunz and |John Lang, Sterling consolidated ; School students, injured in a collision near Sterling last Thursday. Sadie Eele, another Sterling student injured in the mishap, was released from the hospital Tuesday. Miss Edna Christensen, injured in the Hazen mishap in which her sister was killed, ped has been released from the hos- “Although acute meningitis ordinar- tly does not result in death in a short time, the fulminating type of meningi- tis is capable of producing death in six to eight hours. The actue alco- holism in this case undoubtedly masked the meningeal symptoms. “I hope that those who criticized | our procedure and especially those who have sent anonymous letters de- erying the fact that we have over- jook such drugs as Spanish’ Fly as the obvious cause of death, will be satisfied by the findings as reported at the coroner's inquest. “It is only fair that those who were involved in the case should be ab- solved and that the parents’ bereave- Grand Jurors Indict Public Service Men Crown Point, Ind. Dec. 20—(#)}— Seven persons were reported under indictment Wednesday after an inves- ment should not be increased by un- |tigation by the Lake county grand jury| her home after an evening of dancing founded ” of alleged irregularities of officials of |und cocktail parties. the northern Indiana Service com- ce ater reer commas Mame Packer Stand ["*Macet immediately after the grand| formerly lived in Cedar Rapids, Is. or w Hog Prices | jury's action was reported last night, F ae g Morse Dell Plain, president of the| Ruth May Quit Yanks Omaha, Neb., Dec. 20.—(}—Direct | $100,000,000 concern which formerly ard Daladier announced the govern-| |ment would seek credits to expand! her “iron ring” of border defenses| | Work on Fortifications |. For three years, workers in the {Metz and Lauter border regions have ; been employed on a steel and con- jerete line of fortifications 125 miles |long from which army leaders say a jcontinuous barrage could be laid! down. The roundup is the climax of a two- year search for spies, particularly along the frontiers where scores of isolated cases of espionage have ‘been reported in which several indi- |viduals have been convicted. The. most recent prosecution re- jSulted in the conviction of three men at Thionville Tuesday. An Austrian, Clement Bruss, was sentenced to five years’ imprison- ment on a charge of receiving a map of French fortifications from Joseph Schohn, a workman employed in the building of a fort. Schohn was sen- tenced to serve two years in prison. {Louis Doll, another workman, was fined. The revelation of the international band, reported to include Italians, Yugoslavs, Czechoslovakians, Scandi- navians and Frenchmen—operating with women accomplices—was the culmination of eight months of trail- ing suspects by 300 crack detectives and secret service men after they had received a secret tip. Murrel Indicted by Federal Grand Jury San Antonio, Tex. Dec. 20—(P)— Lieut. John Murrel, former West Point football star, Wednesday was under indictment returned by the federal grand jury, charging him with @ criminal attack on Blanche Ralls Boisclair on the Fort Sam Houston | At a preliminary hearing here sev- oral weeks ago, the young Alabama aivorcee testified the attack occurred when Lieut Murrel offered to take To Accept New Post HIGHWAY PATROLM Military Reservation here last Octo- |* ber 22. | SEES GOOD RESULTS FROM GREAT EFFORT All Sectors Report Improvement and Lessening of Human Suffering nta te Give Her $500,000 Sa TOOL SCARCITY REPORTED Makers of Picks, Axes and Shovels Are Unable to Keep Up With Demand (By The Associated Press) The man-in-the-street’s measuring rod of recovery—jobs and pay envel- opes—went up Wednesday for a read- ing. From many centers where the cutch of joblessness has left its mark came evidences that part of the huge sums allowed by government and pri- vate enterprises and local relief groups | was finding its way into needy pur- |ses. | From other sectors the word was not so glowing; but nowhere, so far as news reports covering the entire country showed was the story gloomy. Pennsylvania pushed forward its lan for putting 323,000 men and ‘omen to work, the state civil works administration Tuesday approving a long list of work-making undertak- gs. For the taking of a statewide | social survey alone the services of 11,- 042 persons will be needed. | An actual scarcity of the trinity of |<ools emblematic of manual labor — |picks, axes and shovels—has been vund in North Carolina. Work that eans jobs for 81,000 men has been | approved there, but only about half ‘hat number are on the CWA payroll Imagine the thrill of reaching into your Christmas stocking and pulling out half a million | dollars! That will be the expe- rience of Henriette Pirrung, above, of St. Louis, who will inherit that fortune on Christ- mas Eve, when she reaches 21. Henriette, her mother, brother, and sister will divide the $2,- 000,000 estate of Henry Pir- rung, Columbus, O., industrialist. tl due to lack of tools. | Manufacturers Caught Short Implement manufactures, caught snort-stocked by the spurting demand | occasioned by operation of the CWA | and CCC programs, are driving ahead | st full speed to catch up. —_—_—__- | Jobs have been arranged for 131,000 i | Massachusetts citizens. Escaped Convict Captured After, eae) and oo ope to . 7 . | si = Brief Gunfight in Illinois | pees snes teri the eouniy are admittedly unavailable, due to 81 Borsien town | Changing conditions and the absence of full reports. To meet this condition \the CWA has 3} ed em} Paris, Til, Dee, 20—P)—Bugene |. 1,603 persons Et an ae Teague, 24, Indiana state policeman, 'employment figures. died in the hospital here Wednesday | The department of labor at Wash- afternoon from a bullet wound receiv- | ington noted a decline in manufactur- ed during the capture of Edward |i2g industrial employment during No- Shouse, escaped convict from the vember—the first decline since March Michigan City, Ind., prison. | —but this was described as seasonal. Indiana and Illinois police prepar- | Secretary Perkins called attention to ed a trap for Shouse after being in-| the fact that the department's figures formed he was in the neighborhood. |<howed an employment rise in manu- Teague was fatally injured in a gun, facturing industries since March of battle when Shouse drove up in front 29.6. In terms of men at work she of the hotel where the policemen estimated 2,500,000 more persons were were waiting. | at work between October 15 and No- A bullet lodged in the back of the vember 15 than were working in officer's head. He did not regain | March. consciousness. Teague had been on|_ The lure of jobs under the CWA at the Indiana state police force only '50 cents an hour was proving @ prob- since last May. ‘Jem in Ohio where, at Toledo, it was Shouse and two women companions ,*¢ported that men employed in indus- in his automobile were started to In- ‘Ties at the NRA code scale of 38-40 dianapolis by State Police Captain cents an heur were quitting for the Matt Leach Wednesday afternoon. better money of the federal organiza- The police recognized the convyjct’s| ton. car, a sedan he had bought in Terre Haute. A police car drove alongside at the curb. Suddenly Shouse recognized Southern States Encouraged Secretaries of manufacturers’ asso- clations in Arkansas, Louisiana, Vir- zinia and Tennessee volunteered the that he was trapped and the police| opinion that employment generally in and convict started shooting. ltnelr territories had been increased Teague was shot twice through the; under NRA. head. Shouse surrendered and prep-| Employment figures in Rhode Island arations were made to rush him back|agreed generally with the national to Indiana immediately. (Continued on Page Three) PREE SHOW 1S MADE 24, of San Diego, Calif, and Mrs. First of Performances Sponsor- Frances Brehman, 28, of Ft. Wayne, Ind. They were cut by flying glass ed by Legion to Begin at 1:30, Not 2 P. M. as the bullets rained through the au-| tomobile windows. Father Convicted of Slaying Two-Year-Old Wagoner, Okla. Dec. 20.—(?)—Jas- per Ingram was convicted Wednes- day of murdering his 2-year-old son. The jury's verdict, returned after 13 hours deliberation, carried a sentence of life imprisonment. Ingram pleaded insanity, contend- ing that hospital and morgue scenes in the world war unbalanced his mind. sober. mramenun imectnenie ‘Living ‘Doll Baby’ | Gains Four Ounces | _ MBS PORE MEnere | Announcement of a change in time for the first of the free motion pic- tures to be given by the American Legion at the Paramount Theater Thursday afternoon was made Wed- |nesday by E. M. Davis, chairman of jthe Legion “Open Your Heart Com- mittee.” Instead of beginning at 2 p. m., the first of the two free shows sched for the afternoon will start at P. m. Adults, who may attend the shows guests of the Legion, are asked to con to the 1:30 performance to make more room for the children at the sccond show, set for 4 p.m. No charge will be made for either Findlay, O. Dec. 20.—(?)—This city’s “Doll Baby” has gained a quarter pound and Wednesday, her fourth day of life, she weighed @ pound and a half—24 whole ounces. Her grandmother, Mrs. Charles Finerd, says “she’s doing Just fine.” “Oh,” said Mrs. Finerd, “we just feed her the old fashioned way— whenever she cries, about 20 or 30 minutes. She takes about a teaspoon of milk at a feeding. Sometimes we give it to her with @ medicine dropper and sometimes with a doll’s nursing bottle.” The tiny girl’s mother, "