The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 9, 1934, Page 1

THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE The Weather Partly cloudy tonight and Thurs- xf cayon Anais ESTABLISHED 1873 BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 9, 1934 PRICE FIVE CENTS | Heavy Dust Storm Strikes City |. To Finance School Here Under Original Plan Nation’s Typical High School Girl | 4 PWA WITHDRAWS ITS REQUEST THAT BOND ISSUE BE INCREASED $308,700 Loan-Grant From Federal Agency Will Be Available at Once TO ASK BIDS ON BONDS SOON Construction Probably Will Be- gin in July and Require a Full Year Construction of Bismarck’s pro- posed new high school building will be financed as originally planned, it was announced Wednesday by F. Will, president of the board of ed- ucation. Will explained that the public works administration has withdrawn its re- quest that the Capital City increase its bond issue from $203,000 to $218,- 000 and has informed the school board that a loan and grant of $308,- 700 will be available immediately. Advertisements for bids on the bonds to be issued by the school board probably will be published in the next few days, Will said, as soon as approval of the bond issue details is received from PWA authorities at ‘Washington. No explanation was forthcoming from the PWA, Will said, in regard to the request that the amount of bonds be raised by $15,000. Construction probably will begin early in July. The school board must advertise for bids on bonds for 30 days. Following sale of the bonds, the board will advertise for 20 days for bids on construction. Ritterbush Brothers of Bismarck, architects, estimate that a full year will be required to complete the structure, precluding the possibility that the building can be used before the fall of 1935. Under the plan the building, to- gether with its furnishings, will cost approximately $386,000. Of this sum $203,000 will be supplied by the pro- ceeds of the pro) bond issue and $108,000 by an outright grant from the federal government. In addition, the school board hes $75,000 in a building fund. Of this sum approximately $30,000 will te needed to furnish the building and the remainder will be used for con- stru: tion. SELECT JUDGES FOR DEBATE MATCH HERE Bismarck and Wahpeton High School Trio Will Clash Wednesday Evening Five judges, all residents of Bis- marck, will decide the winner when Bismarck and Wahpeton high school debate teams meet in a state cham- Pionship semi-final contest at the city auditorium Wednesday evening, beginning at 8 o'clock. The are John L. Page, department of public instruction; former Gover- nor George F. Shafer and F. E. Mc- Curdy, attorneys; Secretary of State Robert Byrne; and Lillian E. Cook, secretary of the state library commis- sion. Bismarck will argue the affirmative and Wahpeton the negative side of the question: “Resolved, that the United States should adopt the Brit- ish system of radio operation and control.” The winner of the match here will meet the winner of the Larimore-Car- rington match for the state cham- pionship at the University of North Dakota, Saturday, May 19. Representing Bismarck will be Ber- nadine Cervinski, Junior Birdzell and Philip Gorman. Wehpeton’s trio in- cludes William Davis, Kenneth Pon- ath and George Wolf, Jr. Montana Extortion Plot Is Revealed Wolf Point, Mont., May 9.—(7)}—An attempted extortion plot with Mar- garet Beddor, superintendent of the Wolf Point general hospital, as the intended victim, was disclosed Wed- nesday by Roosevelt county authori- ties as they searched for a middle aged stranger who demanded $1,500 under threat of violence. A ruse by officers to capture the plotter failed when the kept a rendezvous at an ferry on the Missouri river edge near town. The extortionist and an apparent accom- lice escaped in the dark, Town of Millarton Is Razed by Flames ing, @ pool hall, barbershop, and Py- rors [in Gummer Msterr| HOPPERS HATCHING While William Gummer, top, waits in prison here, serving a life term for the murder of Marie Wick in Fargo in 1921, Cass county officials continue to check the record of Arthur James, be- Jew, now accused of the crime. The case against James hinges largely on claims that he is said to have boasted of committing the crime. Gummer has always contended he is innocent. ROOSEVELT MOVES TO FIND SOLUTION OF WAR DEBT ISSUE Clarifying Statement From White House Expected as Result of Developments (Copyright, 1934, By The Associated Press ) Washington, May 9.—(?)—The war debt problem, an international thorn for a decade, was reported Wednes- day to have taken a turn that prob- ably will draw a quick, clarifying statement from the White House. It was stated authoritatively that lif “anticipated developments” in the sensitive debt field take place, Presi- dent Roosevelt may put forward sug- gestions for a general settlement with European debtor nations. An expectation that some word might actually issue from the White House before nightfall was expressed in one informed administration quar- ter, but this was held to last-minute changes in plans. Any immediate statement from the White House, however, is scheduled president shortly will dispatch to con- gress. Q Capitol Hill predictions that Roose- velt will refuse further token pay- | *#n. ments meanwhile were discounted by Secretary Hull. Holds Definite Views Definite word that Roosevelt is taking a first-hand interest in war debt tangle was forthcoming night from an official close chief executive. He said that as Tuesday night the president definite views on the debt but hed not finally decided form of the suggestion to be present: ed to congress. 4 Although informed sources declin- age erEreiel At his press conference Wednesday the it emphasized that the United States stands for collection of war debts but will grant a hearing to nations in distress who ask for re- IN BURLEIGH SAYS REPORT 10 PUTNAM County Agent Warns Farmers to Prepare Now for Work of Spreading Bait POISON IS EXPECTED SOON —_— | Continued Warm Weather will| Have Effect of Increasing Number of Pests Declaring that grasshoppers are beginning to hatch in Burleigh coun- ty, H. O. Putnam, agricultural agent, Wednesday advised farmers to keep on the lookout for infested areas in Preparation for distribution of poison. Putnam said that, in addition to receiving hatching reports from sev- eral points in the county, he himself had noted hatching immediately south of Bismarck’s baseball park. Poison donated by the federal gov- ernment is expected here monentarily and Putnam Wednesday expected to complete arrangements for an effici- ent distribution throughout the coun- ty, with “key” men named in each of the townships. The poison is free, mixed with bran, but farmers will be required to supply the water for the proper mixture and to distribute the poison in infested areas on their own farms. Continuéd heat should bring on general hatching of the parasites, the agent said. Hatching starts earliest in areas having light soils. ‘Though there is no immediate cause for alarm, Putnam said, it is his sug- Gestion that the poison be spread as soon as available and before migration of the grasshopper hordes sets in. A report from Hettinger county said that grasshoppers which, because of warm dry weather, seem to have hatohed several weeks earlier than anticipated, have already done con- siderable crop damage there, accord- ing to Mayor R. A. Grant, Mott, ex- Perienced realtor, after a trip across the county Tuesday. “I found enough young hoppers on 60 acres of land near Havelock to devastate a township,” Grant said. He estimates 300 to 400 hoppers per square foot on this field where wheat has been eaten off close to the ground by hungry young insects, Evan Hall, agricultural agent for the Milwaukee road, Wednesday wired the state agricultural college, Fargo, urg- ing necessity of quick action on part of county commissioners and township officials in spreading poison now on hand. Three cars of mixed poison already have gone out from New Eng- land to township organizations. County Agent Donald Lawrence said Tuesday that work of spreading poison would start Wednesday in sev- eral Slope county communites. “There should be 30 cars here right now,” Grant said. Violence Reported in Alabama Mine Strike (By The Associated Press) Violence in the Alabama coal and iron fields had entered the nation’s strike scene Wednesday. Two Negro miners were killed and several others wounded in @ clash with officers Tuesday night near the Ishkooda iron mine on Red Moun- Another dispute brought out 2,500 Wheat Production Put at Low Figure > ‘Washington, May 9—(#)—Sec- retary Wallace declared Wednes- day that from present weather indications the 1934 production of wheat in the United States might be as low as 450,000,000 bushels, compared with the normal crop of more than 800,000,000. In the interview, he said it was yet too early to estimate with any degree of accuracy what the crop would be, but that abnormal weather conditions might have a serious curtailing effect. The secretary apparently had informed the weather bureau to call immediately “if it even looks like rain” in the midwest, where drought conditions were reported general from the Ohio valley west to the central and northern Great Plains. An accurate report on crop conditions will be given tomorrow in the regular monthly bulletin of the crop reporting board. JUDGE REFUSES 10 REDUCE BOND FOR INSULL'S RELEASE Holds Matter Is Not Properly Before Him; Prisoner Chipper and Blithe BULLETIN Chicago, May 9.—(?)—Judge Will M. Sparks of the U. 8S. Circuit Court of appeals granted a habeas corpus writ for Samuel Insull this afternoon snd agreed to hear & petition at 9 a m. Thursday for the reduction of his $200,000 bond. Chicago, May 9.—(#)—Judge Sam- uel Alschuler in U. 8. Circuit Court of Appeals refused Wednesday a motion by- Samuel -Insull's attorney to reduce the $200,000 bond on which the elderly prisoner is held in the county jail. The appeals judge held the matter was not properly before him. Attorney Floyd E. Thompson said he would press for a reduction of bond before another judge and expected al- so to seek Insull’s release by habeas corpus proceedings. Meanwhile, the government prepar- ed to arraign Insull Friday morning on charges of using the mails to de- fraud and removing assets of a bank- rupt firm. Insull arose at six a. m. Wednesday after his first night a prisoner in Cook county jail. He was chipper and blithe and had apparently recovered entire- ly from the strain of his rapid-fire day in court Tuesday. Shortly after arising, he left the prison hospital ward, where he spent th: night, and went down to the jail dispensary to meet newspapermen. Uses Wheel Chair Dr. Francis W. McNamara, jail Physician, insisted that Insull be brought into the dispensary on a wheel chair, remarking that his gen- eral condition was still bad and must not be aggravated. His shock of white hair had been cut by the jail barber and Insull re- called with amusement that his last trim had been at Istanbul. How did he like his surroundings? Insull wouldn't talk about that, nor of his family—family affairs were never mixed with business, he explain- ed. He had not conversed with any of the fellow inmates of his hospital ward, among whom is 13-year-old George Rogalski, held for kidnaping jn | and the murder of a little girl. He Wie Fok Glogs His .charges against him. “What is the real story back of it 2” someone ventured to ask. “I’m not going to tell it,” he said. | Then after a moment's reflection, he went on: “Many people seem surprised how @ Scout Braves Death In Rescuing Child 2 Ee j 3 z & arraigned, 5 They will come into court with In- Insull’s son, Samuel, Jr., and his brother, Martin, will stand at the bar with him. The other defendants in the bankruptcy case—they were in- dicted June 1, 1933—are: Harold L. Stuart, president of Halsey Stuart & Co., securities house; Philip J. Meno z WORK RELIEF WAGE RATE IS FIXED BY N.D, APPEAL BOARD Minimum of 50 Cents an Hour Ordered for City; Country Remains at 35 LOCAL COMMITTEE PRAISED State Group Says Guthrie and Aides Dealt Fairly in De- ciding Matter ‘Wages for common labor on work relief projects in Bismarck were fixed at 50 cents an hour, while the scale of 35 cents an hour outside the city of Bismarck in Burleigh county was con- tinued by an adjustment committee considering an appeal from the deci- sion of the Burleigh county wage-rate committee affecting wages of such workers. Confidence was expressed in the local board. The adjustment committee ap- pointed by Judge A. M. Christianson, federal relief administrator for North Dakota, reported unanimously that “the Burleigh county wage rate com- mittee acted fairly in determining the wage scale for skilled and unskilled labor in the city of Bismarck and throughout Burleigh county, and that any criticism impugning the motives of the county committee, or any mem- ber thereof, in determining said wage rates, is absolutely uncalled for.” Committee is Commended Further the adjustment committee “is entitled to commendation and merits the appreciation of the people of Burleigh county and the state re- lief administration.” Members of the committee were former Governor Walter Maddock, Former State Tax Commissioner I. A. Acker of Hillsboro, ter representing labor. Complaint was filed with the relief administration appealing from the decision of the county wage rate com- mittee’s action in fixing the wage scale at 40 cents an hour for common labor employed on federal work relief pro- jects in Bismarck, and 35 cents an hour outside of Bismarck. The ap- Pelants asked that the scale be fixed at 50 cents an hour for the entire county. The adjustment committee reported that “after careful deliberation your committee finds that it is impossible to determine prevailing wage rates for common labor in the city of Bismarck or throughout Burleigh county, it ap- pearing that no definite wage rate has been established. Wide Range Reported “The evidence adduced before your committee showed that wages for common labor ranged all the way (Continued on Page Two) BELIEVE SIX DEAD IN MISSING PLANE Craft Carrying Four Frenchmen, | Two Englishmen, Fails to Cross Channel Le Bourget, France, May 9.—(?)— Four Frenciimen and two Englishmen were believed killed Wednesday when the English Channel, between Dieppe, France, and New Haven, England. It was believed to have plunged in- to the channel, 50 miles wide at that point, sinking immediately. The occupants of the plane were: Pilot Cannet, French. Radio Operator Olier, French. Steward Hudson, English. Count Ernest de Neuville, French passenger. M. Guichard, French passenger. A Mr. Tralifard, English passenger. . ‘The plane was sought on both sides the channel, by air and by sea, for ral hours before hope was aban- air ministry notified ships coast to search the channel, reported they were unsuc- lost plane left Le Bourget at 11:15 a. m., Wednesday, and was last sighted over Treport near Dieppe, leaving the French coast at 12:19 . m, One minute later came the last radio indicating that, apparently, was well aboard, The plane was due at Croydon Air- drome at 12:40 p.m. When it failed appear the English field sent out alarm. “ Pls af tel i i sea-|Ramsey Will Build Memorial Structure Devils Lake, N. D., May 9.—(?)—By g i FLEE: if i L I 5 3 a 2 8 Ey ty was neces- § ? é i i i a : i ‘ reported the wage rate committee|. and -William Murray,- Fargo, the-lat-} NgeF | climb 10,000 feet with a full load in 10 overwhelming majority, Devils Lake | for the railroad showed the court mo- 000) tion pictures taken of Hummel in & $75,000 | Chicago. Ramsey partment to 148 for the|the fleet's secret maneuvers in the pical high school girl 1000 con signed to a long-term contract. above, if film judges can be believed. Tournament of Roses in her home city last New Year's Day. : t is Treva Scott, Pasadena, Calif, 2 has been chosen from nts to play the lead in a Hollywood production and Treva wag queen of the 1934 ARMY ASKING BIDS ON 80 BOMBERS 10 OPEN AIR CAMPAIGN | Aim Is to Add 1,000 Fighting Craft to Nation's Defenses in Three Years Washington, May 9.—(?)—The army dug into a $7,500,000 aviation fund Wednesday, starting a three-year drive to acquire 1,000 of the world’ finest fighting planes. . From the office of Harry A. Wood- ting, assistant secretary of war, came a call for bids on a fleet of 80 huge bombing plarres—a call which initiated | the war department's policy of insist- ing upon competitive bidding. House investigators, looking into purchases previously called for but cancelled under the $7,500.00 fund contributed by the PWA, reported that Brigadier General Benjamin Foulois, chief of the air corps, had acted con- trary to law in calling for these and past purchases without competitive bidding. Minimum specifications required twin-engined ships capable of flying 200 miles an hour with a full load at 10,000 feet altitude. Each would have to be able to climb 20,000 feet fully loaded; fly 6 hours half-loaded; and minutes. Each plane will carry from 4 to 6 men, 3 machine guns and 1,500 rounds of ammunition. In the bomb racks will be one 2,000 pound projectile, two of 1,100 pounds, three of 600 pounds and five 300 pound demolition bombs. Requests for bids for 30 attack planes, also to be purchased from the PWA fund, will be advertised within a few days. Congress already has appropriated another $11,486,000 for purchase of Planes for the army during 1935 and air corps engineers now are drawing plans for from between 300 and 400 Planes of all types for delivery next year. New Trial Granted On Movie Evidence Hastings, Minn., May 9.—(?)—Mo- tion pictures of an accident victim allegedly walking about Chicago and boarding street cars with apparent ease, turned a $12,500 damage verdict against the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific railroad to be set aside and a new trial ordered in Da- kota county district court here. Judge W. A. Schultz ordered the new trial and set aside the damage verdict, won last December by Henry Hummel of Savannah, Ill, former ‘employe of the railroad, who charged he suffered permanent injuries to his foot while operating a !ocomotive. In asking for a new trial, counsel WAR SHIPS COLLIDE ‘Washington, May 9.—(/)—A brief message intercepted by the navy de- GOVERMENT WAY ASSUME CONTROL OF SILVER STOCKS Proposal to Include White Me- tal in Money Base Favor- ed by President Washington, May 9.—(?)—The drafting of a measure to transmute silver into a front-rank monetary re- serve was rushed Wednesday under the joined hands of treasury experts and elated senate silverites. Congressional leaders simultaneously made room for the bill on the legis- lative calendar. Although subject to ® final White House check, the meas- ure appeared sure of a presidential blessing. Nationalization of domestic silver stocks and lifting the treasury’s white metal reserves to a 25-75 ratio with $7,756,000,000 of gold assets, were two big, points on which legislative action seemed certain. In figures, the projecied national- ization would have the government take title to about 250,000,000 ounces of floating silver stocks, open a mar- ket for scrap silver and license the huge commercial trade in the metal. Boosting treasury hoidings to “25 Per cent of the monetary value of the metallic reserves of the country” —to use White Holise phrases—ap- parently would mean adding 1,300,- 000,000 more ounces to the present supply of 690,000,000 ounces. Both subjects were canvassed in White House meetings which led Sen- ator Robinson the Democratic leader, to remark from the doorstep of the executive offices Tuesday night: “A draft of the silver bill is being made with a prospect legislation being considered during the present session. Silver legislation in the main will be directory or pertissive.” Some who met with the president said congress would declare the 25- Per-cent reserve @ aational policy and leave getting the necessary silver supply with President Roosevelt. — | Wife Kills Self for | Chicago, May 9.—(?)—A young wife was dead Wednesday, ap- parently driven to end her life because of her inability to accept her husband’s philosophy — that there should be no chains on love, not even in marriage. it Wednesday, sent out during Hamm found his wife's body in home, he said, after he re- | Gallivanting Spouse | te ee ee FOLLOWS WAVE OF HEAT THREATENING RECORDS FOR MAY Maximum Temperatures State Tuesday Range From 91 to 104 Degrees in TOUCHED 96 IN BISMARCK Cloudburst in Wisconsin and Tornadic Winds in Montana Are Reported With severe damage reported caused by a cloudburst in southern Wisconsin and tornadic winds at Plentywood, Mont., Bismarck itself had a touch of stormy weather Wed- nesday forenoon when for two hours a heavy wind whipped dust into a heavy cloud enveloping the city. The wind reached a peak of 36 miles per hour and continued from shortly before 11 o'clock until 1 p. m., when a few drops of rain fell. The high wind brought cooler weather following a day in which North Dakota sweltered in unusually high temperatures which in some cases approached and in other cases Probably exceeded all-time heat rec- ords for May. A tour of the stricken area showed the tornado covered a 30-mile radius and that damage may total $100,000. With the southeastern section of the state the only part of North Da- kota receiving any re:ief from the baking heat with light rains and showers reported, maximum tempera- tures in the state ranged from a low of 90 at Pembina to a high of 104 de- grees at Napoleon Tuesaay. Several points in the state reported maximums in excess of 100. It was 103 at Oakes, 101 at Lisbon and 100 at Hankinson and Wisnek. Jamestown reported a high of 99 Tuesday while five points had 96. They were Bismarck, Carrington, Drake, Dunn Center and Minot. Bis- marck's 96 was within one degree of {the all-time high reccrd for May, jaccording to O. W. Roberts, federal nieteorologist here. Little Relief In Sight Little relief was in sight, with the federal forecast calling for partly cloudy weather Wednesday night, and Thursday, somewhat cooler Wedni day night but warmer Thurséay in | the extrem» western pars of the state. | Precipitation totaling 25 of an inch was reported to the Northern Pacific Ra.lway station here Wednesday fore- rvon from the Evkleson disirict in h light show=rs at m and Eluridge. | A strong wind during the night en- | veloped Bismarck in another heavy cloud of dust. The wind reached a | velocity of 30 miles per hour at 1:50 |a. m., Roberts reported, wakening many residents who decided to close | their windows, choosing the lesser of | two evils, dust or heat. A cloudburst sweeping across | Northern Wisconsin early Wednesday damaged residences, business houses, | crops and trees. | Watertown, 50 miles from Milwau- | kee, felt the brunt of the storm for | three hours as a strong wind whipped | off tree branches, damaged power and | communication lines and spattered | hailstones at windows. The basement of a large department store along the Rock river was flooded, as were sev- eral dwellings. Hailstones two inches in diameter fell for five minutes in Milwaukee. A battered countryside lay in the wake of a freakish windstorm which struck the northeast corner of Mon- tana Tuesday night. Three Are Injured Three persons were seriously injured, almost a third of the homes in Plenty- wood were damaged; a dozen houses were unroofed and two business es- tablishments wrecked. At Medicine Lake, 10 inches of sand | were piled on the sidewalks, while six | inches of hail fell in the Raymond area. Meager reports from outlying | Sections indicated that crops and maRy farm buildings had been dam- agd. George Bolster, proprietor of a fill- ing station demolished at Plentywood, Suffered a broken arm, fractured snonlder and possible internal injur- j jes. | From Dooley, 18 miles north of Plentywood, Gladys Laverdure, about 10, was rushed to a hospital for treat- pe of severe cuts and other injur- 8. The city was in darkness Tuesday night and without means of communi- cation with most of the nearby towns, Reports were brought in by motorists, Out! Are Scattered buildings About four-fifths of the sheds and outbuildings in Plentywood were scat-