The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 4, 1934, Page 1

a! . ” yy ca North Dakota’s rx Oldest Newspaper THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE The Weather Fair ht and fy yd ESTABLISHED 1873 BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, MAY 4, 1934 PRICE FIVE CENTS Airmail Junction Here Looms WILLIAM Hl. WOODIN (5 PREY 10 ILLNESS AFTER LONG FIGHT Throat Infection Which Forced Retirement Aggravated by Complications PRESIDENT IS GRIEVED Roosevelt Refers to Former Cabinet Officer as ‘My Dear Friend’ New York, May 4—(?)—William H. ‘Woodin, the frail little secretary of the treasury who helped pilot the na- tion through the 1933 banking crisis, is dead. He succumbed Thursday night to complications which followed a throat infection. He would have been 66 years old May 27. The throat trouble developed last summer and forced him to leave the treasury post in November. When told of Woodin’s death, Presi- dent Roosevelt said at Washington: “Iam deeply shocked and distressed by the passing of my dear friend.” An industrialist at the expense of a boyhood ambition to be a doctor, ‘Woodin turned to music after his 60th birthday and achieved note as a com- Poser. A spring rain, reminiscent of one of his best known musical compositions —“Spring Is in My Heart”—pattered outside his hospital window as death came. A warm friend of Franklin D. Roosevelt, he talked affectionately of the president shortly before the end. Played Guitar Well Woodin made a picturesque cabinet officer. He liked to play the guitar —and he did it well. Postage stamps, prints and objects of art, all of which he collected, were other hobbies of the mild-mannered man who guided the treasury through grave times. He had a boyish spirit that pre- vailed no matter how solemn the oc- casion and he smiled his way through his enormous tasks in Washington. The national banking holiday pre- vailed from the hour he took office. He worked at the job night and day. After a few hours sleep he was back at the White House each morning, always smiling and cheerful, talking over the next move with the presi- dent. There came a time when the name of Woodin was mentioned on lists obtained from J. P. Morgan and Com- pany as among those offered stocks at preferred prices. A demand went up for his resignation. He went ‘o the president and offered it. Roosevelt took him on a cruise down the Potomac river over that wrek-end and made clear his resig- nation was not desired. But the then treasury secretary came back still in- pra lest he embarrass the presi- nt. ‘When his health weakened, Woodin tried again to . President Roosevelt wouldn't listen, saying ‘Woodin had done “a grand job.” The presiders granted him an indefinite Teave of absence, hoping Woodin could return to the office. Resigned January 1 But Woodin’s health did not im- prove sufficiently and he resigned Jan. 1, Henry Morgenthau, Jr., act- ing treasury secretary, was sworn in as his successor. In his last hours Woodin talked fre- quently of President Roosevelt, whom he called “governor.” “From what he said, he was ex- tremely fond of the president,” said ‘Dr. Robert Buckley, one of the ‘Woodin physicians. “He seemed to believe he was con- ferring with the president, saying: “Yes, governor, No, governor. I don’t think so, governor.’” A hemorrhage sent Woodin to the Manhattan Eye and Ear hospital April 2, He improved somewhat, then took a turn for the worse. He lapsed into unconsciousness Thursday after- noon and died at 5:15 p. m. (EST). Mrs. Woodin Mrs. Mary Minor, were at the bed- side. He also leaves two other daugh- ters, Mrs. O. F. Harvey of New York and Mrs, Wallace W. Rowe of Cin- cinnati, and a son, William H. .@Woodin, Jr., who is in Arizona for his own health. Dr. Jerome Wagner gave the cause of death as nephritis and uremia, fol- lowing upon the throat infection. Sev- eral specialists were called into con- ‘gultation during Woodin’s illness. Funeral services will be held at the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian church at 4 p. m. Saturday. Burial will be at Berwick, Pa., the city of his youth, New Gold Strike Is Reported in Montana Helena, Mont., May 4.—(#)—Mon- scanned essay reports ues of $27,123.14 a ton in samples submitted from a vein discovered in the Channel Gold WILLIAM H. WOODIN William H. Woodin, who helped President Roosevelt guide the nation through the 1933 banking crisis as secretary of the treasury, died Thursday in a New York hospital as the result of a hemorrhage. AIRWAYS GUARDED EXPECT NRA 0 BE TO KEEP DILLINGER) HIT BY REPORT ON FROM NEW GETAWAY Police Bel Gunman Wounded and Waiting for Chance to Flee Chicago, May 4.—(?)—The airways out of Chicago were guarded Friday to keep John Dillinger from flying away, Convinced that the elusive Indiana outlaw is still hiding somewhere in the underworld haunts, possibly wounded and awaiting a chance to flee, the police were keeping a sharp lookout at the airports. Investigators claimed they had trac- ed members of the Dillinger gang from the north side, where one of his escape cars was found last Wednes- day, to a south side hideout where they found evidence leading them to believe that Dillinger had planned to take to the air. No other avenue of escape was left unguarded. The police were going over the city in the most highly or- ganized manhunt in the history of Chicago. Members of a picked squad of 50 men were making a house to house search. They have visited homes, apart- ments, flats, cottages, barns and even vacant buildings but without obtain- ing any information other than the indication that “Wooden Gun John,” and one daughter, |¢f ing their hunt for the slippery gun. man, 8 Florida sheriff launched a movement to increase the reward for his capture “dead or alive.” Asserting he would put up $25, Sheriff H. W. Lawrence of West Palm Beach issued a call for other sheriffs (Continued on Page Two) Two Known Dead as Fire Sweeps Forest Doughton, N. C., May 4—(#)—Two persons were believed to have perish- ed and 13 homes to have been des- troyed by forest fires which continued unabated Friday after sweeping through approximately 200,000 acres St ene forests in northwestern Reports SMALL BUSINESSES Darrow Statement to President Roosevelt May Be Some- what Sharp in Tone Washington, May 4—(7)—An em- barrassing spot for NRA developed Friday with completion by Clarence Darrow’s review board cf a report on codes from the viewpoint of small business. The review board, after six weeks of listening to objections against a score of codes, has passed judgment on six or eight, among them the steel industry's. It is now recommending velt. This criticism from inside the gov- ernment family will come right on top of shafts launched by a conserva- tive business bloc at the convention of the chamber of commerce of the United States. Just now, also, Hugh 8, Johnson, already rebuffed in the endeavor to effect a general quick shortening of work hours, is engaged in controversy with some industries because of his refusal to let them distribute blue eagles. Johnson will speak tonight in Col- support of NRA. ‘There have been forewarnings that Darrow report would be somewhat in tone. review board itself is a result NRA denunciations by Senators and Borah, western Republican Urges Farmers to Return Cards Soon A plea to Burleigh county farm- ers to fill out and return immedi- ately questionnaire cards sent out recently in connection with the corn-hog survey was issued Friday by H. O. Putnam, county agricul- tural agent. Putnam said that about 1,000 ARMS FOR DECISIVE DRIVE ON HOPPERS Townships in Burleigh County Urged to Cooperate With ‘Key Men’ POISON MIXTURE AWAITED 35 Per Cent of County Infested Last Fall; Hatching Season Near A call to arms for Burleigh coun- ty’s supreme thrust in the war on grasshoppers was issued Friday by H. O. Putnam, county agricultural agent, who called attention to the fact that a survey last fall showed 35 per cent of the land in the county infested with the pests. Practically all of the 47 townships in the county have enlisted in the battle, the agent said. Those townships which have not yet reported to Putnam their “key men” in the grasshopper war are urged to do so immediately. Poison mixture, supplied by the federal government, is expected here in the next few days. Farmers them- selves must distribute the poison on their own property and supply water for the mix. Though the townships will have some expense in connec- tion with distribution of the poison, the federal government is bearing the lion’s share of the expense, Put- nam said. Putnam said it is the duty of every farmer to cooperate in the concerted effort against the grasshopper being made by Canada and: the United States, pointing out that every coun- ty in North Dakota has enlisted in the battle. Grasshopper eggs are about ready to hatch, Putnam said, declaring some may have been hatched already. The dry, warm weather has been ideal from the grasshopper's point of view, he said, though it is possible that high winds have exposed some eggs to the killing rays of the sun or buried them so deeply that it will be impossible for them to hatch. The poison distribution will be done by persons on relief lists under direc- tion of and in cooperation with “key” men in each of the townships. Each farmer, however, must spread the '@ series of changes to President Roose- | y, Poison on his own farm. Surveys of infested areas are rec- ommended before distribution of the poison. Military Services for Montgomery Are Held Military funeral services for Frank g of Bismarck, 39-year- old veteran of the World War who died last Tuesday, were conducted Friday afternoon from Webb's Fun- eral Parlors here. Officiating at the last rites were Rev. Walter E. Vater, pastor of Mc- Cabe Methodist Episcopal church, and Rev. Ellis L. Jackson, pastor of the First Baptist church and chaplain of tort Spetz post, No. 1, of the Amer- Many members of the Legion were at the funeral and a firing squad from Fort Lincoln, U. 8, army post, fired a salute as a bugler played taps near the grave at St. Mary’s ceme- tery. Six of Montgomery's fellow-Legion- naires served as pallbearers. They were E. M. Davis, Clair G. Derby, H. M. Leonhard, W. I. Franklin, Theo- dore Martell and Walter Sather. Montgomery was born in Bismarck Nov. 17, 1895, the son of Mr. and Mrs. James Montgomery, who resides at 1208 Avenue B. He leaves one son, le Parene. (ma beoiivere nd one ser r. He served overseas from May 3, 1918, until Feb. 14, 1919, was severely wounded and was a prisoner of war, captive of the Germans. Man Pleads Guilty to | The Chamber of Commerce lected False Pretense Count| Accused of signing a ‘ictitious name to a check which he passed in Bis- i 2. a i ¢>—___________¢ | Attorneys Plan to | Attack Indictments Fargo, N. D., May 4—(7)—A strenuous legal battle is in store Monday when defense attorneys will begin their attack on the in- dictments returned against Gov. Langer and eight associates charg- ing misuse of federal relief funds in the state. George Thorp, Fargo, and E. R. Sinkler, Minot, attorneys for the defendants, have been working steadily for the last 10 days shap- ing their defense. Governor Langer and the others are to appear in federal court to enter pleas and copies of the attacks upon the indictments are to be turned over to the district attorney Saturday by order of Judge Andrew Miller, Briefs covering nearly 100 pages were being prepared Friday and will be submitted to the district attorney sometime Saturday, it ‘was announced. BUSINESS FAVORS MODERATE POLICY FOR COMING YEAR National Chamber of Commerce Condemns Part But Not All of New Deal Washington, May 4—(#)—The Chamber of Commerce of the United States laid down a moderate policy for the coming year Friday in 23 reso- lutions criticizing parts, but not the whole, of the Roosevelt program. Henry I. Harriman, whose attitude toward the administration has been friendly, was re-elected president. The chamber reiterated in resolu- tions its policy for modification of the securities act, urged further modi- fication of the stock exchange legisla- tion, warned against too great a re- Hance on persons in official position and recommended that greater powers be given NRA code authorities. ‘The resolutions, while calling for changes in several particulars and laying down general policies against too great government control, did not, in any major item, denounce the recovery program. Resolutions approved international silver negotiations and demanded re- peal of part of the wheat processing tax. On the wheat processing tax, the chamber said experience had shown “unexpected and unintended conse- quences” and that the exemption of farmers who exchange their wheat for flour should be repealed. Secretary Wallace told the cham- ber that sooner or later the nation may have to engage in more distaste- ful control of agriculture if certain other laws, such as the tariff, are not changed. Would Revise Rules In an address concluding speech making before the chamber, Wallace said that just as there are rules of the game in agriculture there must be rules throughout the economic system. Other resolutions endorsed a policy to give code authorities more power in fixing minimum wages and disap- proved taxation which discriminated among types of businesses. One resolution said the chamber opposed compulsory for | unemployment reserves and advised code authorities to report within six months on a plan for their industries, individually. The chamber recommended that when the federal budget is presented a “real” one in accord with actual laws the chamber said “any attempt by government authority to impose @ censorship in any form upon adver- tising would be an inexcusable intru- sion into private business affairs.” The present emergency bank de- posit insurance law should be continu- ed on a temporary basis the chamber resolved, calling the permanent plan “unsound and destructive.” For Montana, Wyoming, North Da- kota, South Dakota, Nebraska and Minnesota: Oliver 8. Warden, editor, Tribune. {end to that. He said, *Former Secretary of Treasury Succumbs Hemorrhage Fatal to Former Secretary _||(ALLS FARMERS 10 | Wins Latest War | SANDERS RESIGNS JOB AS CHAIRMAN OF NATIONAL G. 0.P. Three-Cornered Struggle for Control in Prospect as Result of Action | gE | SUGGEST WATSON, LOWDEN Hope That Issue Could Be) Dodged Is Blasted by Form of Announcement Washington, May 4.—()—A three- cornered struggle for contro! of the Republican party was precipitated Friday by the resignation of Everett Sanders as chairman of the Republi- can national committee. The contest crystalized overnight into a push between the G. O. P. old guard, the forces of Herbert Hoover and the demand of leaders in the con- Sressional group now in power for “new blood.” The names of James E. Watson of Indiana, former senate leader, and Frank O. Lowden of Illinois, were spoken frequently as being outstand- ing men among the old regulars for the party chairmanship. | There had been a definite effort within the party to put off any fight over leadership. Some had suggested that no new choice be made until af- ter the 1936 convention, when a presi- dential nominee had been selected. A letter from Sanders to members of the committee, made public Thurs- day night, apparently put a definite “I have decided to tender my resig- nation as chairman of the Republican national committee, to take effect up- on the election of my successor.” Follows Out Rule “I, therefore, in accordance with the rules adopted by the Republican na- tional convention held in Chicago June, 1932, governing the procedure of the Republican national committee, do hereby call a special meeting ... Tuesday, June 5... at Chicago.” The chairman of the senatorial campaign committee, Daniel O. Hast- ings of Delaware, observed: “We are hopeful of cooperation. We have been seeking a meeting with Mr. Sanders but he has been ill. Who- ever takes his place, we hope to meet and cooperate with him.” It was reiterated at the same time that Frank Knox, Chicago publisher, would not consider the post. Besides Watson, another middle | Yahya, ruler of Yemen, probably was westerner who is believed to have con- siderable strength, the names of some of those mentioned as possibili- ties included: Silas Strawn of Chicago; Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., and Charles D. Hilles, of New York; Senator Dickinson of Iowa; George H. Moses, former sen- ator from New Hampshire; Ralph E. Williams of Oregon, present vice chairman; Hanford Macnider of Iowa, and James E. Goodrich, former gover- nor of Indiana Threats of Death Bared in Kidnaping Tucson, Ariz, May 4.—(?)—Threats of death hung over two members of the Robles family Friday for failure to pay the $15,000 ransom they have been trying to give kidnapers for the last three days. Revealing a hitherto undiclosed threat of the ransom note delivered to Fernando Robles, a few hours after his daughter, June, was kidnaped April 25, the elderly grandmother of the six-year-old girl said death was decreed for both Fernando and his little girl unless the $15,000 was paid. “They threatened to kill not only the baby but my Fernando if the money was not given,” she told an in- terviewer. She expressed the conviction that the kidnaping was the work of per- sons in Tucson where she believes June is held. “My son each night makes the trips those people ask him to. The money waits. What can we do? They do not| come. If only they would come!” Girl Student Dies In College Tragedy Wayne, Neb. May 4—(?)—The kill- ing of Nancy Ann Alford, 19, and attempted suicide of Ronald Young, 20, was followed Friday by a state- bing the James Ahern store here re- cently. He said he believed the young man killed the girl and then attempted sui- cide rather than face charges of rob- Free Bismarck Man Milwaukee, May 4.—()—Earl J. Bliss, Fargo, N. D. charged with at- “| states, ‘cognizance should not be lost |, | ment. p “Its prospects for development to, IBN SAUD Winner of the world’s latest war| is Ibn Saud, Arabian chieftain, who routed his Yemenite enemies andj captured Hodeidah, seaport on the Red ea. BRITISH MAY TAKE DRASTIC ACTION IN ARABIAN CONFLICT Consider Occupying Seaport Captured by Ibn Saud in Raid on Enemies London, May 4.—()—British occu- pation of Hodeidah was threatened| |Friday because of the breakdown of the civil administration at that im- Portant South Arabian port as a re- sult of the headlong flight of Yemeni hill wa.nors before the conquering troops of Ibn Saud, ruler of Saudi) Arabia. Apprehension over the future am- bitions of the powerful Ibn Saud in other parts of the Arabic world were overshadowed in British official quar- ters by alarming reports that a state of anarchy exists in Yemen itself. Reports Friday said Ibn Saud’'s' formidable military machine was in possession of a great part of Yemen —a state bounded by the Red Sea, the; desert and British-controlled Aden. | It was indicated that the fighting | between Ibn Saud and the Imam over, but the danger of widespread disorders brought a new threat to the early establishment of tranquillity. Pending the restoration of order by Tbn Saud in Hodeidah and other towns evacuated by the retreating Yemeni,| British official circles indicated it may be necessary for British author- ities to take over control. British armed forces already have been dispatched to the war zone to assure the safety of foreign residents and interests. It was indicated Italy and France— whose Arabian connections compel} their interest in the situation—may also make some move. Meanwhile, nomads of the desert | are reported to be rushing into Hod- eidah and looting the city, the capture | of which Ibn Saud is reported to have | made certain by putting the Yemeni to utter route. GENERAL TENOR OF TRADE HELD STRONG Commercial Agency Says, How-! ever, Uncertainty Is Prov- | ing Handicap New York, May 4—(#)—The “gen- eral tenor” of trade reports received this week by Dun & Bradstreet con- tinued favorable, “in spite of the un- certainties which are weighing on some districts” and nothing is “dis- cernible in the immediate future to indicate a major let-down in the pres-} ent accelerated pace,” says the mer- cantile agency's weekly review, out Friday. “Although evidences of business are cumulative and in frequent in- stances overwhelming.” the Review of the fact that recovery still is in its initial stages and ig subject to all the fluctuations and unexpected weak- nesses which come to the surface at times in the growth of any new move- the state of sturdy maturity, how- ever, appeared more assured, as great- BISMARCK 10 SIOUX FALLS SERVICE MAY BE ORGANIZED SOON Postoffice Department Asks for Bids on Route, to Be Opened May 25 REJECT FARGO-SEATTLE BID Action on Northern Transcon- tinental Service Is Held Up Temporarily Bismarck may be the junction point for federal north-south and east- west airmail routes, it was indicated Friday when the postoffice depart- ment called for bids on a proposed air-mail route from Sioux Falls, 8. D. to Bismarck. The route is one of 10 for which airmail bids will be opened in Wash- ington May 25, according to an Asso- ciated Press dispatch. Announcement of the proposed new route came simultaneously with re- jection of bids on the Fargo-Wen- achee, Wash., route and announcement, that “in view of the fact that the low bidder on the Fargo-Seattle so- called northern transcontinental route has been rejected and the status of the low bidders on the Chicago- Fargo-Pembina end of this route has hot yet been determined, it has been decided to withhold, for the present, any action on this route.” Northern Turned Down The low bid of Northern Air Trans- port, Inc., for the Fargo-Wenatchee airmail contract, submitted a short time ago, was rejected Friday. The postmaster general said Northern Air ;Was disqualified because the bureau cf aeronautics held its equipment was inadequate; the attorneys reported that the bid was not in legal form; and the postoffice department comp- troller said the company failed to fur- nish information as to its financial responsibility. Northern had submitted a bid of 28.8 cents per airplane mile while Northwest Airlines, Inc., successor to Northwest Airways, Inc., which for- merly ad the airmail contract through Bismarck, submitted a bid of 33% cents per airplane mile. The maximum rate is 45 cents. Northwest had served Bismarck from June, 1931, until March, 1934, when President Roosevelt ordered wholesale cancellation of airmail contracts. Serve Haron, Aberdeen ae prance Sioux Falls-Bismarck would serve both Huron Aberdeen, S. D. ~ Bids for contracts on three other routes also were held up Friday “pending receipt of further informa- tion concerning the qualifications of the low bidders.” These bidders were Hanford Tri- State Airlines, Inc. Sioux City, Ia. for the Chicago-Pembina, N. D., route; Braniff Airways, Inc., Okla- homa City, for the Chicago-Dallas leg; and Alfred Prank, Salt Lake City, nae Salt Lake City-Helena, Mont., All three companies were among concerns which did not hold contracts prior to cancellation. The airmail, untouched by private hands for nearly three months, wil! go out in the ships of nine commer- cial companies over routes totaling 16,797 miles within 30 days. Contracts Are Awarded The nine companies Friday were awarded contracts by the postoffice department in its move to return flying of the airmail to private oper- ators. Fifteen temporary contracts, each for 90 days, were awarded. Five of the lines formerly held air- mail contracts, four are newcomers. Simultaneously, postal officials sent out @ call late Thursday for bids on 10 new routes to be opened May 25, along with new offers on two routes for which proposals were rejected. Analysis of the new contract mak- |ing showed that five companies out ©: the dozen or so which once carried the mail were given 11 of the awards. One route apiece was handed to the newcomers. Farley said the routes now outlined and those for which new bids will be obtained May 25 would bring the air- mail mileage network to 26,548. When the old contracts were cancelled, 25,248 miles were being flown. rob Kacz- 200 er freedom is to be provided for the| Ne exercise of its developing strength, | Mi i H