The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 14, 1934, Page 1

H \ North Dakota’s w Oldest Newspaper THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE The Weather Fair tonight and Tu 3 rising a Penkperatiire A ESTABLISHED 1873 BUT MANY SECTIONS GET NO RELIEF FROM DROUTHY CONDITIONS Lightning Kills Two Men Dur- ing General Rain in lowa; Kansas Benefited REPORT SNOW IN FAR WEST Wyoming, Montana, Colorado, New Mexico Helped by Un- seasonable Display (By The Associated Press) ‘Week-end rains drenched parts of a drought-stritken midwest, but gen- eral predictions for fair weather Mon- day and Tuesday classed the relief as only a stop-gap. Precipitation, both rain and snow, ranged from light drizzles in some sections to 4%-inch downpours in others, but agricultural experts said additional moisture was impefative to material improvement. Showers fell generally throughout the agricultural area Sunday, assur- ing in many sections the germination of corn and proving a boon to the oat crop. The weather was cooler. Lightning killed two men in Iowa and rain in that state was rather general, but a recurrence of dust storms was reported at Sioux City and Cherokee. Topeka, Kas., was soaked with 4.08 inches of rain, the heaviest fall since Sept. 4, 1930. However, the long- parched western section of the state remained dry. Scattered showers, insufficient to bring permanent relief, fell in Mli- nois, Minnesota and parts of South Snow, turning almost immediately into rain, provided much needed moisture for Montana, Wyoming, Colorado and northern New Mexico. Rain was general throughout Wis- consin. Farm Chiefs Are Worried Forecasts of light showers over the drought-gripped farm belt failed to remove official apprehension at Washington. Some administration officers privately expressed fear of an expanded destruction of crops. Farm administration and relief of- ficials inclined to regard the situa- tion as the most severe in the recent history of the nation. They declined to make even a rough estimate of crop damage. Instead they concentrated on pro- viding relief for farm families and livestock. Through the Red Cross and state and county relief organiza- tions, the. federal relief administra- tion planned to alleviate suffering caused by the heat, drought and dust. Farm administration leaders put their heads together to hear reports from George E. Farrell and Dr. A. G. Black, chiefs of the wheat and corn- hog sections, who returned from sur- vey trips through the area. Reopening of the wheat contract sign-up campaign until May 16 was reported to be accomplishing results. Many previous non-signers were said to be coming in to get benefit pay- ments for reducing acreage already shriveled by the weather. Begins Second Year It was against this dusty back- ground that the farm administration started its second year Monday. The first 12 months saw the enrollment of nearly 3,000,000 farmers in production control plans. Officials reported that benefit payments totaling more than $185,380,000 had been distributed to cotton, wheat, tobacco and corn-hog producers. They announced that these payments and increased prices had boosted farm income from $3,979,000,- 000 to $5,530,000,000 during the year. All in all, nearly 36,000,000 acres were withdrawn from production. Loans totaling $170,000,000 were made to southern farmers on stored cotton and to midwestern producers on stored corn, In addition, the federal relief ad- ministration engineered the purchase and distribution to the needy of 240,- 000,000 pounds of pork, 8,000,000 bush- els of wheat, 50,000,000 pounds of but- ter, 6,000,000 pounds of cheese and 18,000,000 pounds of canned beef. (Continued on Page 4) President’s Mother Leads in Observance (By The Associated Press) Mrs. James Roosevelt, mother of the president, led the nation’s observance she was the guest of honor at the “world peace ways” dinner and the principal speaker on the Golden Rule foundation’s annual program, both in New York. At Washington wreaths from 24 chapters of the American war moth- Rumor ‘Wampas Baby Will Wed oe — Romance has invaded the ranke of the Wampas baby stars, say Hollywood's ever-busy _match- makers, and this time they de- clare Jacqueline Wells, one of the 1934 selections, is the girl in the case. She'll wed William Janney, of stage and screen, they buzz. It it’s true, the ve picture shows Janney has an eye for beauty, TO CLEAR CALENDAR BEFORE ADJOURNING Dozen Major Bills Remain to Be Acted Upon Before Start- ing for Home Washington, May 14.—(#)—Con- @ress drove full tilt Monday toward action on the dozen major measures that together spell adjournment. Democratic leaders ordered a faster tempo. The senate, its big bill cal- BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, MONDAY, MAY 14, 1934 WEALTHY OIL MAN STILL IS PRISONER OF KIDNAPING BAND Effort to Pay $60,000 Ransom Ends Suddenly When Agent Senses Trap SECRECY SHROUDS AFFAIR Early Reports of Attempted Hi- jacking of Intermediary Are Not Verified Los Angeles, May 14.—(#)—The back-fire of an automobile, and the suspicion of an emissary with a black bag containing $60,000 ransom money that hi-jackers were after him, ter- minated with dramatic suddenness Monday a move that had been ex- pected would result in release of Wil- Nam F. Gettle, kidnaped Beverly ‘Mills millionaire. First reports were that the special emissary had shot it out with hi- Jackers, but later reports to the police failed to disclose any shooting. Meanwhile there was definite evi- dence that the abducted millionaire was alive, and it was believed that the halt in negotiations with the kid- Napers was temporary. The alleged attempt to seize the money, carried in a black satchel and true early in the day but later could not be verified. intermediary thought he was being surrounded by men in three machines and opened fire on them, certain they could not be the kidnapers because of informa- tion he had obtained in notes picked up on his strange expedition. In a matter of minutes the district, about eight miles southwest of '0s Angeles, was blocked off by swift moving police automobiles. Officers leading the hunt believed the emis- sary had been made away with as he attempted to pass the money, but this it soon developed was erroneous. Shortly after detective headquart- ers learned the emissary was safe, two men fell into the police blockade. One of them possessed a firearm and wore a red sweater. In the course of another brief in- terval, Noon received a telephone call from @ man who was identified by his voice as the kidnapers’ contact man, saying. “Something has happened out at Downey.” He referred to the district where the revolver fire occurred and apparently this marked, for the time being, a cessation of all real efforts to establish & contact. Plan Second Attempt The emissary, upon escaping from the suspected hijackers, raced to a telephone, notified authorities he was safe and in possession of the money, and a squad of police machines raced to his protection. He was escorted back to his office and plans were laid anew to pay about the release of Gettle. Held on Coast for $75,000 Ransom WILLIAM F, GETTLE Kidnaped from his country estate, William F. Gettle, millionaire Cali- fornia oil man, is held for $75,000 ransom. Efforts by an unnamed in- termediary to pay the money early Monday resulted in a gunfight when men in three cars attempted to hold him up. MEAT PACKERS ASK WAR DEPARTMENT INCREASE IN WAGES TO PURCHASE DATA AND REDUCED HOURS; ON FLYING HAZARDS FOUR ARE INJURED WHEN AUTO GRASHES INTO PARKED TRUCK Local High Schoo! Students! Taken to Hospital After Mishap Early Sunday TRUCK OWNER ADMITS GUILT Young Driver Says Big Vehicle| Took Up Most of Street, Had No Lights Four Bismarck high school een ‘were injured, two severely, when the automobile in which they were riding | rammed into a large truck parked on} Seventh St., between Avenues D end} E about 1 o'clock Sunday morning. | The injured: i Peggy Jane Skeels, 16 years old.; junior, dauebtur of Mr. and Mrs. B./ K, Skeels. 521 Thaycr Avenue West, | in local hospital suffering from cuts | on face, gashed lips, tooth knocked out and left hip dislocates. i Miss Louise Dietz, 17, also a junior. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 8. D. Dietz. | who recently moved to Fargo but who still retain their residence here at 1002 Eighth St., in hospital suffering from broken collarbone and cuts on face. Clinton Bailey, 17, senior, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. O. Bailey, 523 Avenue A West; cuts on face and forehead and gash under right eye. Richard Grabow, sophomore, son of Mr, and Mrs. Karl F. Grabow, 507 Rosser Avenue West; minor cuts on face, Condition Is Favorable Miss Skeels, who suffered the most, serious injuries, was “resting comfort- | ably” Monday forenoon, according to her father, and Miss Dietz also was in favorable condition. The two boys required surgical attention after the mishap but did not remain in the hospital. Brought into court before Police Magistrate Edward 8. Allen at 10 o'clock Monday forenoon, Fred Metel- stedt of 818 Seventh St., owner of the truck, pleaded guilty to a charge of parking an automobile at night with- out proper lights. The complaint against Metelstedt was signed by E. O. Bailey, father of Clinton, driver of the machine in which the four students were riding. Magistrate Allen deferred passing of sentence pending an investigation in- to the mishap. He did not indicate definitely when he expects to pass sentence. According to the children’s story, they were driving north on Seventh St. following a DeMolay party at the Masonic temple, en route to the home of Miss Dietz. Pickets Watch Firms in St.|Will Buy Explorer's Notes on wns in Taek Kinch : . sae. . , Who claims in Louis After Mass Meeting Conditions in Norther- {truck had no lights, sald he did not Paci Waters see the parked machine until his se- of 2,500 Workers (By the Associated Press) Washington, May 14.—()—Congress endar badly jammed, was called into!" This bizzare twist to the abduction session well before the usual noon|of the oil millionaire came after a starting time for a third time in us|night of mysterious organization of many legislative days: Police forces in which scores of fast The Glass-Barkley bill to aid pri-| machines were moved about the city vate industry in finding new capital] as though on a gigantic checkerboard Industrial strife spread to the meat packing business Monday, with strikes of meat cutters and butchers ordered in St. Louis and Des Moines, @; another death was charged to the has given the president money to snap up a@ $10,000 bargain in information about flying conditions in the north Pacific. Tucked away in the war department appropriation bill which just became through a $540,000,000 federal reserve- RFC loan fund was the senate’s im- mediate task. Passage was anticl- pated before night. Sensing a con- troversy in the house, banking com- mittee Democrats sought to learn whether the president wanted both federal reserve and RFC proposals linked. Both senate and house lead- ers have been working under this as- sumption. In contrast to the overloaded sen- ate, the house already has most of the mergency needs which President Roosevelt will transmit probably Monday or Tues- cay Boe Wil. bene A1OGE. Aue. 8 Done Machine Guns Seal Star Witness’ Lips] pa 4 efforts to trap the kidnapers. e figure in the reputed effort to pay the Tansom, was one of the leaders of the search for Gettle since his abduction last Wednesday. At the request of authorities, it was agreed to withhold his name. First (Continued on Page Two) Say Montana Slayer Temporarily Insane Malta, Mont., May 14.—UP)—A cor- oner’s jury decided Saturday that J. T. Walls, 24, was temporarily insane bottle and shot Judd Gustoferson be- fore committing suicide with a 22 calibre rifle. prolonged coal mine troubles in Illi- nois. law is a provision authorizing the Picketing of St. Louis packing| President to noe soot ioe houses was ordered by » mass meet-|/nforma' “ oo ue - ing of workers which authorized the] fotrend werthes seeah se teOro strike. About 2,500 workers are in-jern altitudes.” volved. Gd ate aecing nian The information to be purchased ‘Wages 0! cents an hour for but -| already has bee! ers and 60 cents for laborers, with a ery EMER BA hed 32-hour week. that Asiatic At Des Moines officials of the see piney the Pratiange amen Amalgamated Meat Cutters andjeq that information should concern Butcher Workmen's union announced poth “civil and military aviation.” a walkout of 670 packing house work-| walitary experts believe the data ers has been called for Monday un-| win aga immeasurably to America’s less demands of the union are met. defenses against an aerial attack from The union asks an arbitration agree-|the Pacific. It will bring to the Unit- ment, a 10-per-cent increase in wages z and a 30-hour week. ed State long-sought, and in these Joe Apaees, a United Mine Worker| 2 employed the Peabody Coal com- Pany, was shot and killed at Taylor-|sirune out between the Alaskan pen- Ville, Ill, Police arrested Eddie New-| Qin end tne Of ee man, member of the rival Progressive Hl , including Japan, Miners’ Union, as the slayer. know much more about the north Philadelphia painters were ordered |Pacific than does the United States, to strike for a minimum wage of $1/°XPerts say. They add that other an hour. Powers have guarded that information At Washington William Green, | “losely. president of the American Federation lof Labor, warned there probably would| Girl’s Note Reveals be more strikes in the automobile in- a dustry unless striking employes of the| Intention to Suicide Fisher body plant at Flint, Mich., win is their demands for union recognition} Jamestown, N. D., May 14.—(?). and collective bargaining. & result of the strike of filling station ‘ier by Miss Alma Marle Johnson, 19, attendants. “ ” ‘At Butte, Mont, 3,600 copper miners | "no ied, in @. "suicide pact continued @ peaceful “holiday.” They Funeral Coe ne setae see in piace ot [Gotham at Hankinson Sunday after- & $4.50 dally wage. ENTI! ELECT day. mine = ee ae v.| Coroner E. D. Willett said the deaths Sandberg of Minot became presi- ;Tesulted from “double suicide.” dent of the North Dakota Dental as-| The girl left s noté saying the two sociation at a special meeting of the |/had planned to take their own lives, state group held at Valley City Sat-|and assumed responsibility for her urday in connection with a south |death. central district gathering of dentists| It was believed the pair left the col- there, and Dr. L. C. Anderson of/lege Wednesday forenoon, An im- Jamestown was named president-| mediate search was begun when their elect. The group re-elected Dr. I. W.|absence was noticed, but the bodies Slingsby of as secretary, and|were not discovered until Saturday Dr. L. Cc, itz of Jamestown was {morning by children playing on the % GB eae camuse, " it was revealed in notes; dan was within 40 feet of the truck. He endeavored to swerve out of the way, he said, but was unable to clear it because it was parked a consider- able distance from the curb. Seventh St. at that point is only 30 feet wide. The Bailey boy's father said the inside rear wheel of the truck was two feet and eight inches from the curb and that the body of the truck ex- tended another eighth feet and eight inches into the street, or 11 feet and four inches from the curb. The rear of the parked truck shear- ed the right side of the top from the sedan in which the children were rid- ing. Miss Skeels was injured the most severely since she was sitting in the right front seat. She was extricat- ed from the wreckage by her com. panions only after considerable dif- ficulty since the sedan remained wedged under the rear end of the truck. Is Now ‘Through’ Street For the last week Seventh St. has been used as a “through” highway, all cars being routed over Seventh instead of Sixth, the ordinary “through” street, in view of the fact that construction work is being done on Sixth St. Miss Skeels was unconscious when taken from the wreckage. but had re- gained consciousness in the hospital by 3 a. m, Sunday, her father said Monday. Parents of all the children were called by the boys immediately after the mishap. ‘The quartet had stopped at a local restaurant for refreshments following | the DeMolay party at the Masonic Temple. May Dull Teeth of Stock Control Act Washington, May 14—(#)—The famous teeth of the securities act are likely to lose their razor edge in the series of conferences initiated Mon- Conferees from senate ‘and house, Draws Spotlight In Sea Mail Quiz A prominent figure in the re- sumed ocean mail contract probe is P. A. S. Franklin, above, head of the International Mercantile Marine. Franklin will be quizzed by senators on alleged secret advices he sent to Kermit’ Roosevelt and Vin- cent Astor during the recent trip ‘of: President Roosevelt on “Astor's yacht. PRICE FIVE CENTS Arnegard Farmer Is Kidnaped ‘Week-end Rains Drench Parts of Midwest? tm _ AS BANDITS SNATCH _ FATHER FROM MIDST | | | | "Kenzie County Man Is Forc- ed to Drive Pair to Minot in His Car |CARRIED SHOTGUN, PISTOL |‘Keep Still or He Won't Come Back Alive’ Was Grim Warning to Wife Minot, N. D. May 14—(#)—Kid- naped by two gunmen fleeing from the scene of a crime at Sidney, Mont., a McKenzie county farmer was lib- erated by his abductors a mile from Minot shortly after daylight Sunday morning. Terrified by the threats against his life made by the two men, the victim of the abduction, Hugo Oberg, whose Postoffice address is Arnegard, obeyed | the instructions given him by the heavily armed pair and, after finding his automobile in Minot, drove away without notifying authorities here. After compelling Oberg to drive them to within one mile of Minot, | the two men made him get out of the automobile, and told him he would ;find it abandoned on Highway No. 2 in Minot, which he did after walking | into the city. At the Henry Green farm in Mc- Kenzie county, 15 miles east of Sid- | Rey, where the abduction of Oberg, a son-in-law of Green, occurred, the several members of the family who had been intimidated by the sawed- UTAH GIRL KILLED IN COAST TRAGEDY; Broken Body Is Found in Park as Aftermath of Party in Apartment San Francisco, May 14.—(%)— Twenty-two hours after the broken body of Miss Louise Jeppesen, 23, Utah girl. was found in Golden Gate park, Millard Hickman, port engineer for the Matson Navigation company, was booked by police on a murder charge here Monday. Hickman admitted, captain of in- spectors Charles Dullea said, that Miss Jeppesen, member of a prominent Ogden and Salt Lake City family, was in his apartment until 3 a. m. Sunday, but that she then left, alone. The girl, whose body was found about an hour later in the park, had been criminally attacked, beaten and strangled with a belt and scarf torn from her ensemble outfit, police said. Captain Dullea said Hickman, 40 years old. was in a party of four dancing and drinking with Miss Jep- Pesen Saturday night and into Sun- day morning. Hickman, Captain Dt lea said, declared he had no know- ledge of the girl's death. Others in the party who were ques- tioned were Thomas Dee, 40, official of an engineering concern; and Miss Blanche McKay, attractive blonde re- siding at a San Francisco hotel. | off shotgun and pistol carried by the | pair, also obeyed the instructions of | the gunmen not to notify authorities. Terrified Farm Family Before leaving the farm, at which ‘they had appeared at 10 o'clock Sat- ily to feed them, the two men took told the terrified husband and wife and children that “he won't come back alive if you tell anyone about | this.” referring to Oberg. Sheriff G. T. O'Brien of Sidney first notified the Minot police about the crime at 1la.m. Sunday, and two | hours later he advised them of the jreturn of Oberg. Descriptions which | Oberg furnished to him were turned over to the police by the Sidney sher- iff. A loot-laden automobile which the two men had abandoned in Sidney has been identified as having played a part in a holdup in April at Kan- sas City, Mo., Sheriff O’Brien said. The two men fled out of Sidney ‘Friday night, after the police there came upon the automobile late at night and took the ignition key out of the machine. Subsequently the | Police discovered that the Bismarck Grocery company there had been burglarized and they then enlisted the help of Sheriff O'Brien. An in- vestigation disclosed that the loot from the wholesale house was in the automobile. Walked Into North Dakota A search was made for the strang- ers in Sidney but no suspect was ap- Pprehended. Sheriff O'Brien said his investiga- tion indicates that the two men walked across the Montana-North | Dakota boundary line into North Da- kota and hid in a strawstack in Mc- Kenzie county all day Saturday. At 10 o'clock Saturday night, bran- dishing the sawed-off shotgun and i ENGINEER iN HELD. urday night, and compelled the fam- { | the batteries out of the telephone and Two Others Released {the pistol, the pair walked into the Dee and Miss McCay, both of whom} declared they left Hickman’s apart- ture and knew nothing of her death, were released by police shortly before fame after several. hours of question-| Hickman, who told police he first met Miss Jeppesen May 8 through Dee, was quoted by Captain Dullea as saying: “At no time have my relations with her advanced beyond a proper state.” Miss Jeppesen Captain Dullea said Hickman claimed, “passed out” dur- ing the Saturday night party. Hick- but when he attempted to remove her shoes she became angry and left the} apartment. “She ‘left alone,” Hickman was! Quoted as declaring. “That was about oe m. I did not leave my room at Assistant District Attorney Peter| Mullins, who participated in the in- vestigation, however, said employes at the hotel apartment reported they had seen Hickman enter the elevator with the girl. \ Roosevelt Prepares Important Measures) Washington, May 14.—(?)}—Presi- dent Roosevelt polished Monday for & quick trip to congress his last two important measures for this session— @ trimmed supplemental recovery ap- Prepriance bill and a plan to pro- m : The $1,322,000,000 supplemental re- covery measure may reach Capitol Hill before sunset. The home build- jing and bill either will The recovery a! has been slashed from ait original $1500. 000,000 figure in an effort to bring the budget nearer into balance. Out Green farm home and, threatening death to the family, demanded food. ment prior to Miss Jeppesen’s depar-| After eating, they compelled Oberg to drive them away in his coupe and di- rected him to come to Minot. Descriptions of the two men were furnished to all police officers and all members of the police force, and because Oberg had said he believed the two intended to steal an automo- bile in Minot Sunday night to con- tinue their flight, police officers kept a sharp lookout for the pair Sunday night. No report of an automobile theft in Minot last night was made. One of the gunmen was described man added, the police inspector said,|’as six feet tall, aged about 40, dark that he tried to make her comfortable | complexioned, rough features, wear- ing dark cap, blue cotton blazer and bibless overalls. The other was de- scribed as five feet six inches tall, aged about 35, weight between 140 and 150 pounds, light complexioned, wearing brown zipper blazer and bib- less overalls. Explosion of Lamp Kills Williston Girl Williston, N. D, May 14—()—Burns suffered in an explosion of a 16, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lars Soiseth. Her mother received painful burns Two-Year-Old Tuttle Infant Dies in City Alys Christensen, two-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Christensen of Tuttle, died in a local hospital at 3 o'clock Sunday & short illness.