The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 6, 1934, Page 1

THE BISMARCK TRIBUN ESTABLISHED 1873 BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1934 PRICE FIVE CENTS French Government Tot Authorities Strike in Bremer Kidnap |Will Call Former {1 MEN ARE HELD IN OWATONNA RAID BY ST. PAUL POLICE No Evidence Is Obtained Against Them in Banker’s Abduction, However MAY FACE OTHER CHARGES Officials Question Them Connection With Bank Jobs, Alcohol Theft 8t. Paul, Feb. 6—(#)—The authori- ties have struck, but without success, in an initial effort to solve the $200,000 kidnaping of Edward Bremer, wealthy banker, abductéd January 17. Eleven men, carrying $4,000 were ar- rested Monday and Monday night at) Owatonna, Minn., in the hope they might furnish information leading to a solution of the case, but chief of Police Thomas Dahill announced after questioning them that he was convinc- ed they had no connection with Brem- er's abduction. Dahill said one automatic pistol was found among the gang when they were captured in an apartment house in which they had been living since Jan. 10. There was a possibility, Dahill said, that the men might be linked with the $38,584 theft Sunday of 5,519 gallons of denatured alcohol here. They were questioned about this and bank rob- beries in Minnesota, although Melvin Passolt, chief of the state bureau of criminal apprehension pointed out there have been no bank “jobs” in the state of late that would net $4,000. Walter Magee, wealthy contractor friend of the missing banker, whose blood-stained automobile was found sbandoned shortly after his abduc- tion last month, declared the ran- som money in $5 and $10 bills had not been paid. The family still awaited communication from the gang, hope- ful some sign would be conveyed to them s6on that would convince them the 37-year-old banker still is alive. ‘The three days and three nights which Adolph Bremer, father of the kidnap victim has allotted the gang be- fore withdrawing his offer of secrecy and cooperation in negotiating with- out police interference, expires at noon Wednesday. Among the men held at Owatonna were Romey Shasky, Forman, N. D., and Anton Daris, Oakes, N. D. Fairbanks Accused - In Divorce Action London, Feb. 6.—()—Douglas Fair- banks Sr. American film star, was served notice Tuesday that he has been named as correspondent in a di- vorce action instituted by young Lord Ashley against the doll-like Lady Ash- ley. The lord secluded himself at Swin- don, 70 miles from London. There the 33-year-old son and heir of the Earl of Shaftesbury waited the serving of the petition Tuesday on Lady Ashley and the American actor. A member of Lord Ashley's house- hold told the Associated Press that he “has nothing to say at this time.” Lord Ashley and his pretty, brown- haired wife, the former Sylvia Hawkes of the stage, have been estranged since January 1928, after less than a year of wedded life. Moorhead Newsboy Is Killed Under Truck Moorhead, Minn., Feb 6.—(?)—Paul il 12-year-old Moorhead newspaper carrier, was killed instant- ly here late Monday when run over by a freight van while he was com- Foshay Receiver Is Beat in Court Suit Dam Fear of a dam collapse, whi tt Hollywood, Calif., residen several years ago, is being with earth to bulwark .it Trucks working on the Bulwarked to: Make Holl which also-displays the beauty of the structure, being sacrificed to insure greater safety. ywood Safer . its since the St. Francis disaster the city fills in the face of the Mulholland Hollywood dam fill are shown in this picture, Hog Prices Rise As Supply On Market Slumps Sharply VETERANS OBSERVE WAR ANNIVERSARY’ i | Chicago, Feb. 6—(@)—The hog Men Who Served in Philippines | nerret was sharply higher in price Recall Old Times at Ban- = Tuesday with the extreme top at quet Monday oe ae paid here since Oct. A sensational reduction in receipts was the chief factor in boosting prices. The run of 15,000 was but. little more than half the number Receipts at Chicago Only Little More Than Half of Nor- mal Number Bismarck and Mandan members of sed Neape ee foreign sobre the anniversary of the estimated Monday, 26,000, and only outbreak of the Philippine insurrec- eather: ton math a banauet atthe a Pa: rh of last Tuesday's receipts of lotel Monday night. Prices ranged from 15 to 30 cents The anniversary of the day OM \nigher in a wild scramble for sup- which Aguinaldo’s forces attacked the | nies by all interests. American troops at Manila falls on February 4, but the celebration, an annual affair with the local veterans, South St. Paul, Minn., Feb. 6.—(?) —Top grade hogs sold at $4 a hun- |AUSTRIA POSTPONES SETTLING DISP Has Not Determined Yet Wheth- er Fascist Body Shall Rule in Tyrol Vienna, Feb. 6.—(#)—Rival factions in the Tyrolese provincial dispute over whether a Fascist commission shall tule the district or merely advise its elected government agreed today on a three-day armistice. The Facist Heimwehr (Home Guard) and Catholic storm troops will con- tinue to occupy Innsbruck. under the truce, but leaders promise to take no further action in the Tyrol until after a conference with Chancellor Englebert Dollfuss Friday regarding their ultimatum for a Fascist reor- ganization—at least in the Tyrof. Tuesday, despite the fact that an additional 1,000 armed guardsmen and Catholic storm troopers were moved was postponed until Monday. ‘HH. F. O'Hare presided as toastmas- ter and speakers included Major James Hanley, Mandan, who gave an address of welcome to the veterans and their guests; Post Commander A. C. Young, regular army major on duty with the national guard; Adju- tant General Earl Sarles; Major A. B. Welch, Mandan; Major Francis A. Byrne, Fort Lincoln; State Senator D._H. Hamilton, and others. Some of the speakers recalled the days of their service in the islands and the tense situation which prevail- ed there after the American troops landed and before the insurrection broke out when it became clear that the United States did not propose to eraceinte, as the natives wished them do. dredweight here Tuesday, the highest price paid since November 14, when 4 grade light porkers sold at .15. ‘The general market appeared un- evenly steady to 20 cents higher. Extremely light receipts and govern- ment buying were factors in the ad- ‘vance. Dry Law Prisoners Hope for. Freedom Washington, Feb. 6.—()—Many of the 7,500 federal prohibition prisoners were hopeful Tuesday they soon would receive freedom. They found encouragement in & statement to newspapermen last night by Attorney General Cummings that “very favorable” consideration would be given to applications for leniency from prisoners whose only crime was violation of the liquor law. The attorney general received re- Porters shortly after the supreme court ruled that all pending federal prohibition cases must be dropped in Frequent reference was made by speakers to the fine records made by North Dakota troops both in the Spanish American War and Philip- pine insurrection and in the World War. ‘The V. F. W. is composed of army and navy men who have served on foreign soil or in foreign waters dur-| view of repeal. ing time of war. i, aS —————___ Incorporation Papers || Judge Miller, Too | Are Filed With Byrne||, Honest, Loses $6.68 | Articles of tion were filed incorporat with Secretary of State Robert Byrne Dakota companies and F. W. Thurnau, all of Fargo, are the tors. The Hankinson Variety store with $5,000 authorized stock was incor- porated with E. E. and Laura Rong- lin, and Maurice 8. Aker, all of Han- kinson, directors, Sharp Recovery Is Staged by Detroit ber, comeback of a city that almost literally was “flat broke” 10, months ago. The automobile , which brings money to from all the 47 other states, set the pace and tatthat the climb ts to [Fe age lll ae" es c ue. 1m the sutomotive field, the Ford| amendsent to the pantiesd Gil to Motor company, which employed 8P-|control cotton production by elimin- proximately 100,000 men during Janu- | ating the bill's gin provision sry reports that its February pro-/and placing a tax of 12 cents a pound duction of from 60,000 co 70,000 units 16 | of cetton ginned in 1934 in excess of the best in four years. 0,000,000 bales. into the city when the dispute devel- suet Monday night, Innsbruck was quiet. The city was the center of the Fas- cist commission formed to take over the government of the Tyrol after a Heimwehr mass meeting. With Dollfuss empowered by the cabinet to appeal to the league of na- tions for protection against what he has termed German attempts to “Nazi- fy” Austria, the situation. throughout the country Tuesday generally may be described as outwardly calm, but tur- bulent beneath the surface. What worried party politicians was the possibility that the Heimwehr) might launch radical reforms in Vien- na while Chancellor Dollfuss was ab- sent on an announced two-day visit to Budapest. TO BURY HATTON WOMAN Hatton, N. D., Feb. 6.—(#)—Funeral services for Mrs. Andrew H. Stevens, 64, who died Friday, will be con- ducted at noon Thursday at her, home here and at 2:30 p. m. at Little Fork Church. QUAKE SHAKES ALBANIA Durazzo, Albania, Feb. 6.—(P)—A Series of earthquakes Monday ipjured three persons, destroyed 10 buildings and damaged 140 more in villages near here. Women participating in relief Navy Head in Quiz EXTORTION PLOT IS Hoover Cabinet Member Asked FOILED BY POLICE AT RARIBAULT, MINN. Farm Hand Is Held When He Sends Young Boys to Post- office for Package Faribault, Minn., Feb, 6—(}—An alleged $2,000 extortion plot was fru- strated Monday by local, state and federal authorities who arrested How- ard Williams, farm hand, when he appeared for a “dummy” package. ‘The arrest followed a letter received Saturday by William Dudley, Shields- ville farmer, demanding $2,000 to be delivered Tuesday upon threat of tak- ing two lives, according to authori- ties. ‘The letter mentioned Dudley's son, Jerome, who is employed at the federal land bank in St. Paul, but it did not ‘say who was the second person threat- ened. Dudley notified authorities and then followed instructions in the letter. He addressed a box to “William McDowd, general delivery, Faribault.” Two young boys called at the post- office about 4:30 p. m. and asked for the package. The boys said they had been given a quarter and sent to ask for the package. After authorities had talked to the boys, the youths were told to follow instructions. The youngsters walked up and down the main street for 20 minutes. Williams finally appeared, took the box and was immediately taken into custody. He was held with- gut charge. ‘Many Affected by Bootlegger Ruling St. Paul, Feb. 6.—(#)—The supreme icourt’s decision declaring inoperative the national prohibition act will ef- fect more than 100 pending federal court cases involving liquor violation charges brought in Minnesota under the repealed 18th amendment, ac- cording to George F. Sullivan, Unit- ed States district attorney. Sullivan said the majority of de- fendants in liquor cases brought un- der the prohibition laws will be freed under the supreme court decision. There are 75 liquor cases awaiting trial in Minnesota, Sullivan said. ‘There are, 22 liquor cases in which the district attorney's office has yet sole informations against defend- ants. They will be freed only at the regu- lar terms of federal court in the dis- tricts where they ordinarily would! face trial. There is a distinct pos- sibility that many of the defendants now charged under the old prohibi- tion statutes will find themselves faced with charges under the in- ternal revenue laws. Dillinger’s Lawyer | Plans Legal Moves Crown Point, Ind., Feb. 6.—(7)—As counsel for John Dillinger, Indiana desperado, was apply legal strategy in an attempt to free his client—or at least to delay his trial—authorities were pressing their search for his henchman John Hamilton. “trigger man” for the Dillinger band, was wounded in a recent east Chicago bank holdup, ahd was undergoing treatment by a kidnaped physician in Chicago. ack Up Your Troubles’ Is Slogan Of Women in Federal Sewing Project atmosphere. Educational work in home making and allied subjects have been combined with the sew- One million articles, of old collected in # chmpaign to Tell About Contracts for Planes, Engines AIDES ALSO SUMMONED Enormous Profits of Airline Of- ficials Disclosed in Sen- ate Probe Washington, Feb. 6—(?)—A house naval affairs subcommittee decided Tuesday to call Charles Francis Adams, former secretary of the navy, and two of his assistants to find out what they know about airplane con- tracts on which it has been told prof- its of as much as 50 per cent were made. The assistants are David 8. Ingalls, assistant secretary for aeronautics from 1929 to 1932, and Edward P. Warner, who held the same post from 1926 until 1929. The decision was reached after Chairman Delaney, of the group in- vestigating navy airplane and engine contracts, concluded that present of- ficials of the navy had no direct knowledge of contracts awarded be- fore last March. “TI think that to clear up the ques- tion’ of why the navy continued to grant contracts after audits showed such big profits, we should summon these three men,” Delaney said. Also by unanimous action, the committee decided to invite more than a score of airplane and engine builders who have had contracts with the navy since the Wilson adminis- tration. No Power to Subpoena Delaney said to newspapermen: “The committee has no power to sub- the persons invited are loyal, triotic American anxious to appear.” army and navy business. From 1927 through 1933, King tes- tified, Pratt-Whitney’s profit on navy engines averaged 36 per cent while its commercial profit was 71. In the same period, Wright aver- aged five per cent on navy and three per cent on commercial sales. Rear Admiral Ernest J. King, chief of the navy’s bureau of aeronautics, submitted a memorandum to the com- mittee explaining the navy’s usual Procedure, but Chairman Delaney whole subject.” King explained that before a naval Plane is built manufacturers enter a design competitior. If enough funds are available the three best designs Gre chosen and experimental planes built. After these are tried in actual service, the navy awards a quantity production contract to the builder of the most satisfactory airplane. Delaney said one reason he had heard given for the award of con- up so much that the airplanes would be out of date.” Mail Probers Busy More United Aircraft ness, inquiry into mail contracts. 086 Boeing Aircraft and for United Aircraft stock. of 19 years of business operations. (Continued on Page 3) | Throughout World | (By The Associated Press) | OM poena or to compel the presence of anyone. But it seems to me that if a- citizens, they ‘will be | emergency elief and civil works ad- The navy's special audit showed airplane and engine makers made bigger profits on commercial than on said “more light is needed on the tracts, without competition, was that “competitive bidding would slow things millions rolled by the senate air mail investi- gating committee as it turned from contempt citations to its chief busi- W. E. Boeing, chairman of the United Board, told of receiving 318,- ‘Transport shares, which had a value of $51,- 528,312 at the 1929 high, in exchange He said the property for which these shares were received was car- ried at $487,119 but was worth much more, representing the accumulation Chairman Black of the committee questioned the witness as to profits cei synced oD Bits of News From Case rt aca tati | Home Loan Chief 1% i} Appointed manager of the Home Owners’ Loan Corporation, which bas two billion dollars to issue to save urban homes from mortgage foreclosure, William ; H. McNeal of Kansas, ts shown bere at bis desk in the HOLC branch office in Chicago, just j before he was called to Washington. CWA EXPENDITURES IN STATE 10 FEB. 4 TOTALED $2,841,224 John E. Williams, Secretary of State Set-Up, Speaks to Kiwanis Olub CWA expenditures up to Feb. 1 totaled $2,841,224 in’ North Dakota and $81,747 in Burlegih county, John E. Williams, secretary of the state ministration set-up, told members of the Bismarck Kiwanis club at their weekly luncheon meeting Tuesday noon. ‘The peak employment by the CWA in North Dakota was reached dur- ing the week of Jan. 18, he said, when 35,077 men drew $517,208 in their pay envelopes. Under federal orders to curtail, men employed for the week ending Feb. 1 drew only $328,951. CWA employment and pay totals in the state were given by Williams as follows: No. of Burleigh County Data Figures were given for Burleigh county also: No. of Men Ttl. Wages 500 | Totals was common in the United States, Williams said, and it was not long be- revolution without warfare. y Action Speedy ‘Two years ago talk of revolution fore the revolution came, but it was a Emergenc: ‘The first emergency relief bill was put through the legislative mill in one day, the speaker said, passing in the house in the forenoon, the senate in tering TROOPS CALLED OUT TO SUBDUE CROWDS; ONE IS KNOWN DEAD Other Casualties Undetermined as Soldiers Fire Into Milling Mob DALADIER WINS IN VOTE Chamber of Deputies Support Him During Session Fraught With Trouble Despite two votes of confidence for the Daladier cabinet in the French chamber of deputies, the stability of the French government was threaten- ed Tuesday by rioting in tne streets of | Paris in which one man is known to | have been killed and a woman severe- | ly injured. | ‘Troops were called to assist police, | unable to hold back the mob, and opened fire on the crowd in the Place | de la Concorde when they were unable | to restore order. The fighting continued, with unde- termined casualties, and at its height fire broke out in the ministry of marine building, near the United States embassy on the Place de la Concorde. Premier Edouard Daladier won his fight for political life Tuesday when tne chamber of deputies, after a riot- ous demonstration, gave him a vote of confidence, The balloting was 300 to 247. For the first time in the memory of deputies a premier had been inter- rupted during a declaration of policy as angry deputies came to blows. Daladier had pleaded for support from the radical Socialist party ta | “prevent a civil war.” The vote of confidence brought Da< \ladier through a severe teste of his week-old cabinet and gave him assur- ance of chamber support of his drastic government shakeup, following the Stavisky scandal. Fear Demonstrations Although Daladier hurled the crisis in the chamber, fears were widespread over the possible effects of the sched< uled demonstrations. Brass-helmeted mounted guards patrolled the streets around the chamber and merchants in the neigh-. borhood closed for the day, pulling down steel shutters. Crowds blocked sidewalks in front of billboards placarded with manifes- toes near the chamber. ‘The fight within the lower house of Parliament took place when Commun- ists and other Leftists clashed with members of the Rightist parties. A score of ushers finally separated them. Daladier was able to complete the declaration after a quarter-hour of The chamber jumped to its feet when the premier began and the ‘vorst disorder in the memory of dep- uties broke out when he asked support to protect his regime. “The fundamentals of agitation,” declared the premier, “lie in the eco- nomic and financial crisis. The inci dents we are witnessing risk the crys- talization of discontent.” Mentions ‘Let Down’ =. He said he had shaken up the gov- 609 |crnment because a ‘‘certain letdown” ‘was revealed by the operations of Sta- visky and the resultant collapse of the Bayonne municipal pawnshop. Daladier declared he thought it was | ‘temarkable that the fact the swind- ler had slipped through the net could serve some ‘bellwethers’ with an ate tempt to overturn the regime.” “We can emerge from this stifling atmosphere” only by courageously and energetically shedding a {ull light” on the scandal. He declared. Eariler, the premier issued an ape peal asa “war veteran myself,” to citie vens of Paris to avoid rioting. Police rans. France's resolve to remain on the gold standard was expressed in @ single sentence: le Peiping — Four thousand pro- | pointed out. i eo tS ee a ee a was first_ reli up, tle mi Siren ier the rebel | usd, but the PWA was found too siow| Falls From Roof of n- 5 in that it necessitated bond elections Generel Damensnes Sone Garage, Breaks Wrist MAY PROHIBIT STRIKES aac Havana—Threatened with s labor|@————_—_________-@|, Merwyn Sobilickenmayer, 7, son of See ae Cuan Doren oe Fe | Accident Victim of W was brought to a local Hibit strikes, f Near Death Here ||hospitat Saturday evening suttering _—_—_______________— | from & dislocated elbow = tured wrist. The accident PARIS TARIMEN STRIRE John Hutchinson, employed by | when he fell off & garage Toot wile ed that ihe Paris taxi strike was | {26 Zap, Colliery company at | playing. He is s grandson of Mr. felt 5 Zap, N. D., was to Bis- jand Mrs. David Schlickenmayer of being felt by all, especially by de- marck about 11:30 Tuesday fore- [514 Twelfth Street, Bismarck. At- bas pees. staees, Seen lenerias noon suffering from injuries that {tending physicians report his condi- rales on one-third since | are likely to prove fatal, accord- | tion as excellent. the walkout s week ago. ing to his attending physician. Ser ‘Very little could be learned | THREE SMOTHERED BY SNOW INRA May Take Hand | sbout the cause of the accident | Rome, Feb. ¢—UP—Aan ft other than it was supposed to | woman, her Italian husband In New York Strike} nave veen caused by an explosion, |thetr baby daughter were found — and occurred about 9:30 o'clock |smothered to death by snow Tuesday New York, Feb. 6—()—The NRA| Tuesday morning. after an avalanche swept over theis will take a hand in New York's taxi- Hutchinson’s left leg and both |winter sports lodge near cab strike. hands were severely mangled, |The woman was the former Mayor F. H. LaGuardia, who went to| the doctor said, and he was un- |Helen Hawkins of Los Angeles. ‘Washington Monday to obtain finan-| conscious when brought to the cial aid for the city, talked with Gen-| hospital. His condition was such OPPOSE MILK CODE eral Hugh 8. Johnson, national re-| that little could be done other New York, Feb. covery administrator, and was prom-| than bandaging his wounds pend- {ent New York state ized an immediate investigation. The fg, 0fl_taererenans ip Ee B- Tevolt against the mayor asked that a regional code for| eral . His injuries were {milk rivers to settle the issues of minimum| of such a nature that his doctor (lying forces ry ates sod Hee serge oF holds out very Uttle hope for his jadoption of the gr ted. recovery. code, ¥-