The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 21, 1933, Page 1

’* ROAD DEPARTMENT North Dakota’s Oldest Newspa, ESTABLISHED 1873 = 2 ESAS I A AR RES EE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1933 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE The Weather tonight; rising temp. Friday 3 PRICE FIVE CENTS Propose Rail Shakeup in West Will Start Moving Into Capitol ~ TUESDAY MORNING, TO CHANGE OFFICE Other Departments in Down- town Buildings Will Fol- low in Near Future DELAYED BY THURSDAY FIRE! Occupation of New Structure Will Permit Saving of $1,876 Monthly Occupation of North Dakota’s new capitol building by state departments will be started next Tuesday, it was announced Thursday by R. M. Rish- worth, chairman of the state capitol building commission. First department to move in will be; the highway commission, leading a procession into the new $2,000,000 structure during the next month of most departments now occupying buildings in downtown Bismarck, Rishworth said. The state now is paying a monthly rental in downtown Bismarck of $1,- 876.67, Rishworth said. This expense will Be eliminated as soon as the de- partments move into the new struc- ture. ‘The highway department will occupy the fourth and fifth floors in the 18- story tower. Following the highway department will be the motor vehicle department, railroad commission and game and fish department all on the 13th floor. Delayed by Fire Occupation of the 13th floor by the three departments was delayed a few days by a fire Thursday morning. Huge billows of smoke which from the floor caused considerable excitement on Capitol Hill. Asphalt ~ pitch, being heated with a gasoline “ fire to cement composition flooring to the concrete base caught fire, scorch- ing window and door casings, melting window glass and damaging plaster. Damaged material will be replaced, E. M. Nelson, inspector for the capitol commission, said. ‘Workmen poured water on the fire, causing it to spread. A chemical ex- tinguisher practically put out the fire by the time the Bismarck city fire department arrived to attack the blaze. An insurance adjustment is to be made on the damage, according to Nelson Sauvain, chairman of the state board of administration. © Under an arrangement made by the capitol commission with the general and sub-contractors, the state depart- ments will occupy the new structure without definitely “accepting” the building. “Acceptance” would neces- (Continued on Page Two) Land Bank Records ‘Million Dollar Day’ St. Paul, Dec. 21.—(?)—Another “million dollar day” in loans was achieved by the Federal Land Bank of St. Paul Wednesday, the total for the day being $1,081,650. Of this the Land bank closed “y $603,200 in loans and the Commis- sioner’s department closed $278,450. ‘The first “million dollar day” occurred November 28 when the total volume ‘was $1,198,300. The daily average for the last two weeks has been $606,000 in General Agent Leo T. Crowley's plans to put into farmer’s hands $18,000,000 during the month of December. Up to date a little over $10,500,000 has been December. WOMEN SEEK RECORD Miami, Fia., Dec. 21—(#)—Hoping to stay aloft until New Year's day or longer, Frances Marsalis and Helen Richey sent their endurance plane in great circles over Miami and the sur- ‘ rounding country Thursday. Then the Three Wise Men opened up the treasures which they had borne with them out of. the east and presented unto Him their gifts ef gold and frankincense and myrrh and departed. SHOPPING cupistn CHRISMAS The priceless boon of sight has been restored to Mrs. Mabel Naylor, Green Bay, Wis., because her husband, Thomas, saved and hoped through the seven years of their married life. Blind since 7, an operation brought back Mrs. Naylor’s vision at 28. Her greatest thrill came when, for the first time, she saw her children, Mildred, 4, and Laverne, 3, as shown above. standing, toiled, Doctors Offer Emergency Medical Re [LIVERMORE ASSERTS |>srse st tan cove on AMNESIA WAS CAUSE OF DISAPPEARANCE Stock Speculator Returns Home Wednesday After Reading About Seif New York, Dec, 21—(?)—Jesse L. Livermore, prominent Wall Street op- erator whose disappearance led to fears he had been kidnaped, is safe at home again after an absence of a Uttle more than 24 hours. He awoke in a room in a midtown hotel Wednesday afternoon, saw 2 newspaper which told of the search being made for him, and immediate- ly took a taxicab home. There he told police and depart- ment of justice agents that he had been “with friends.” Later police re- ported Livermore told them that from the time he had left his office around 5 o'clock Tuesday afternoon until he awoke in the hotel “his mind had been a blank.” ‘3 however, time later he was said to have gone to bed. The stock operator, once called “the boy plunger,” was last seen Tuesday afternoon leaving his office said Lit ing “a little strangely.” A taxi driver told police he had {condition are unable to foot the pres- ie Ee lief Proposal ; and Services of Family | Physicians A plan for giving poor and unem- Ployed sick persons necessary medi- ‘cal care at reduced costs will be mel {sented to all boards of county com- missoners in North Dakota at their January meetings by a committee of the North Dakota Medical associa- tion, it was announced in Bismarck Tuesday by Dr. H. A. Brandes, chair- man, 2 Under the proposal, all duly-licen- sed physicians in the county would be ‘named county physicians and a sched- ule of uniform “less than cost” fees be established for all counties accept- ing the plan. Appointment of all physicians as} county medical officers, Dr. Brandes; ‘said, would permit all needy families | to seek attention from their regu- lar family physicians. Many needy families hesitate to visit the county doctor, he said, through pride and other personal reasons. Would Provide Saving The uniform scale of low prices would provide a saving for medical expenses borne by the counties and prevent padding of accounts or other E iaaiaiaall the chairman In connection with the plan, a com- mittee of doctors representing each local medical society would cooperate with the county board in setting up standards of medical care and serve las referee and conciliator in any dis- putes which might arise. The proposal follows the regulations of the federal relief administration, Dr. Brandes said, and at present is being practiced with success in several North Dakota counties. “Many poor persons need medical | attention at present,” the committee head said, “but for personal reasons refuse to visit the county doctor. In other cases, counties in poor financial aqiagee ft iyi inet 9 PEMBINA RECLUSE SLAIN; OFFICIALS PROBING MYSTERY 80-Year-Old Hermit Found Dead in Pool of Blood on Floor of Shack HAD $40 IN HIS POCKETS Neighbor Went to Visit Place When He Saw No Sign of Life for Two Days Hamilton, N. D., Dec. 21.—(®)— \Pembina county officials Thursday {were investigating the death of Adam | McKenzie, 80-year-old recluse, found dead Wednesday in a pool of blood on ;the floor of his shack on the bank of ithe Tongue river, 10 miles northeast |of here. McKenzie, reputed to have kept considerable money in his shack, was believed by officials to have been slain in a robbery attempt but examination of his clothing revealed $40 in his pockets. Whether the shack had been looted had not been determined and further investigation of the place was ordered. County Coroner B. 8. Thorwaldson of Cavalier, here with other officials on the case, called an inquest for late Thursday. McKenzie’s body was brought here and efforts are being made to get in touch with two broth- ers in the Canadian northwest. The body was found by Gene Ber- ard, a neighbor from whom McKensie frequently obtained bread. The re- cluse, Berard said, had not made his usual visit for a few days and when no smoke was seen coming from Mc- Kenzie’s shack Berard went to the place to investigate. An investigation of the body dis- closed Mekenzie's __had._heen fractured. His right hand bore a deep cut and his left arm was bruis- ed. Although McKenzie had lived in the district half a century few were ac- quainted with him and little is known of his life. It was generally known that he owned property here and in ‘Canada and he was reported to have kept considerable cash in his shack. He was well liked by his neighbors, it was said, and had no known en- emies in this vicinity. Conservation Corps To Loosen Up Belts Washington, Dec. 21.—(#)—The 315,000 conservation corps men are going to have a real Christmas. Already at forest camps throughout, the country trees are being obtained for decoration on the initiative of the men. But most important of all—some 45,000 turkeys are to serve as the main part of Christmas dinners. Here is a typical menu of one camp: Oyster soup and crackers, fresh roast pork, young roast turkey and oyster dressing, sweet relish and cran- berries, giblet gravy, lettuce salad. creamed mashed potatoes, southern style sweet potatoes, creamed peas, banana and apple pie, Boston cream and fruit cakes, ice cream, assorted nuts, candies and fruits, bread, but- ter, coffee, cigars and cigarettes. Memorial Services Held for Navy Flier San Diego, Calif., Dec. 21.—()}—Me- morial services were held at the North Island naval air station for Lieu- tenant William 8. Arthur, 27, navy flier who was killed last week in a crash at sea off La Jolla. discontinued. However, naval author- ities pointed out that ‘ normipeune and Next Week REPORT 18,000 MEN AT WORK ON STATE CIVIL WORKS JOBS Payroll Is Estimated by State, Director At More Than $275,000 A Week \2,200 PROJECTS APPROVED Williams Fears Only One Fourth | of Special Allotment Can Be Used Approximately 18,000 men are at work this week on civil works admin- istration projects throughout the state, John Williams, secretary of the federal emergency relief committee in North Dakota said Thursday. Computed on the basis of a mini- mum wage scale of 50 cents an hour for unskilled labor and upwards for semi-skilled labor, limited to 30 hours @ week, the payroll for such work- men will run more than $275,000 a week. A full quota of 15,000 men under the first C. W. A. allotment is at work, some 2,000 men are employed ‘on federal projects, and about 1,000 additional men are employed on the extra allotment for the drought- stricken areas in the state, Williams said. He estimated that 2,200 C. W. A. projects have been approved by the state organization with additional Propositions being presented daily. Pointing out that the additional 20,000 jobs alloted North Dakota last week under the CWA program were Umited to the drought territories and are only available for highway work, Williams said indications are it will he possible only about one-fourth of the additfonal allotment. Owing to weather conditions it is possible to do only graveling and there is not enough of that type of work for more than one-fourth of the allotment, ne said. | Insane Indians Are En Route to Capital Canton, 8. D., Dec. 21.—(#)—Trav- eling by special train and in charge of 17 attendants, 70 patients from Hiawatha hospital here, federal asy- lum for insane Indians, Thursday are en route to Washington, where they will be in St. Elizabeth's hos- pital on orders of the Indian depart- ment. Dr. L. L. Culp, recently placed in charge of the institution, said 17 were left behind when the special train departed. They will be returned to their homes as soon as necessary arrangements are made. The special is scheduled to reach Washington Friday. Removal of the patients ended a three-month fight to prevent closing of the Hiawatha hospital, ordered by Indian Commissioner Collier last Oc- tober after a report on an inspec- tion trip made by Dr. Samuel Silk of St. Elizabeth. Dr. Silk’s charges resulted in removal of Dr. H. R. Hum- mer, superintendent. ee te ] Aimee Resentful of | Los Angeles, Dec, 21.—(7)—In an une! cross-complaint to the divorce suit of her night club husband, Evangelist Aimee Sem- Begins One Way Trip Under Guard Flanked by heavily armed state troopers, George Crawford, diminu- tive Negro sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of Mrs. Agnes Boeing lisley, society sportswoman, is here shown being hustled from the Leesburg, Va., courthouse to the state penitentiary at Richmond. Nation’s Cash Registers Are Playing Happy Tune GERMANY ACCUSED OF DIRECTING SPY SYSTEM IN FRANCE Probe of Espionage Ring Broad- ens as Seized Documents Are Studied Paris, Dec. 21.—(?)—Shadows of Germany's reputedly master spy sys- tem were seen by police Thursday be- hind the operations of a mysterious band of 40 spies in whose alleged net- work two Americans were caught. With 10 persons under arrest and the investigation broadening outside the borders of France, fears were ex- pressed by authorities that highly veluable documents containing French military secrets already had left the country. Threads of evidence leading to Ber- lin were declared to have been inc cated in the huge mass of confis- cated documents studied by the in- vestigating magistrate. Survey Discloses Better Busi- ness in All Areas as Peo- ple Rush to Buy (By the Associated Press) The cash registers of the merchants iu America’s principal cities apper- ently are playing a happy pre-holiday tune of better business. The Kellys, the Smiths, the Jonses and others are laying their money on PRINCE PLAN WOULD REDUCE NUMBER OF PASSENGER TRAINS North Coast Limited, Empire Builder and Olympian Would Be Consolidated SCHEME HITS BISMARCK Idea Is to Run De Luxe Train Over St. Paul Road to Terry, Montana Washington, Dec. 21. — (7) — The three luxurious passenger trains from Chicago to Seattle, were termed un- necessary in underlying studies of the Prince plan of railroad consolidation submitted to Joseph B. Eastman, fed- fal coordinator of trans} One of the studies outlines the pos- sibility for savings in operation of the Great Northern railway'’s “Empire Builder,” the Northern Pacific’a “North Coast Limited” and the Chi- cago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pa- cific’s “Olympian.” The other delves into savings through rearranging the freight han- dling situation in the Seattle-Tacoma, the counters for Christmas goods in larger numbers than they did a year| ’ ago, an unofficial survey revealed Thursday, leaving retailers with the impression that there Claus after all. is a Santa) All sections of the country reported | ;; business “on the up and up.” From Manhattan Island on the east to the Pacific on the west, and from the northern states to the gulf there was optimism. The gains as compared with last year ran from just a trifle to as high as 35 and 50 per cent. True it is that the man with the| >. dollars in many instances is going in for practical and useful gifts, but still, the survey revealed, he is buy- ‘The discovery of communist doc-| ing. uments among the many papers and books seized caused police to believe at first that Soviet espionage was in- volved chiefly, but as the investiga- tion sped forward Thursday officials conjectured it might have been part of the plan to allow such documents With these developments, also said they thought Mr. and Mrs. Robert Switze, listed as having lived formerly in New York and New Jer- sey, might possibly have been merely tools in the hands of the real lead- ers of the espionage syndicate who escaped abroad. Police explained that the young Americans were taken into custody after they had been found in posses- sion of large sums of money and with their baggage packed, leading investi- gators to believe they were prepered for flight after having spirited the most important military secrets across the frontier. : The Switzes and other foreigners Probably would be deported, officials said unless serious evidence was un- covered against them. ~* Meanwhile, it was indicated that the United States government would in- vestigate the case of Mr. and Mrs. |Switze. Robert D. Murphy, American consul, talked with French authorities Thurs- day morning about the part Mr. and ‘Mrs. Switze might have had in what ings to Washington. Ten persons were under arrest (Thursday as authorities pressed their investigations in a wide-spread drive that extended to all parts of France and to at least one other country. Name Farm Manager Retail association executives in New York City said a definite increase over last year was shown. Brisk Christmas shopping was also reported in Chicago. The survey in sections showed: This Is How It Looks East—The Albany, N. Y., chamber of commerce heard that daily dollar receipts in retail storens were gen- erally up. The Baltimore, Md. ‘chamber’s informal survey indicated that business was better. Many busi- ness houses in Philadelphia reported the greatest pre-Christmas business in their history. In Washington busi- ness was slow in getting started, but was gaining momentum daily. Pitts- burgh, Pa., department stores sales were up 14 per cent. Middlewest:—Downtown streets in Milwaukee thronged with shoppers and 7,000 sacks of outgoing mail went out one day this week. A survey of 23 Ohio cities showed that 22 of them were enjoying 10 to 25 per cent in-| gains of from 12 to 40 per cent. New England — Increases ranging from 13 to 33 per cent in the volume of Christmas shopping were reported year, South—“A great deal better” than last year was the way the Atlanta, Ga., Merchants association reported. jphis To Allotment Board | 53° ixo. Dec. 21.—(#)—Guy ©. i F 7£ itt rf g de sf i : & 8 ti £ Hu Eps 3 z ell one ie BaRE zee “EB