The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 24, 1934, Page 1

ESTABLISHED 1873 — SALARY COSTS ARE LOWERED 10 sito WERE OVER $5,00 Dismissal of Excess Inspectors of Langer Machine Accounts for Saving COLLECTIONS $318,405.50 Average Expenditures Under Former Commissioner Were $9,546 Monthly A total saving of $4,449.16 monthly on the payroll of the state beer de- partment has been brought about since the administration of 8. A. Papke as head of the nna beer and Papke pointed out that beer depart- ment inspectors have been dismissed; and that their duties have been ab- sorbed by the regulatory department. ‘The number of regulatory department inspectors also has been reduced. Figures released by the department showed that the payroll for the office and inspectors of the beer department: totaled $5,131.66 per month under O. 'T. Owen, former commissioner, com- pared with a payroll under Papke of were $318,405.48 and expenditures $85,914.90 for an average expenditure of $9,546.10 per month. A recapitulation of all collections to July 21, 1934, date Papke went into office, showed the state received $28,- 800 from wholesale licenses, $118,550 from retail licenses; $170,836.34 from stamp sales and $319.14 from inciden- to August 21 to $351,917.57. CATTLEMEN WARNE AGAINST CANE FE Stunting by Drouth or Frost Makes Feeding Exceptionally Hazardous Investigations of reports erous cattle have died sugar cane brought a wi . O. Branden! il dat use extra vigilance in prevent trom eating sugar cane, sorght dan grass or .even corn and that have been killed or severely stunted in an immature E 3 5 tal ‘gs i i visti aE Wi . United States border cz 3a THOMPSON PREDICTS police are search-|cent increase in next year’s wheat BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 24, 1934 Child Is Killed |PAYROLL GANGSTERS By beacon Shot GET $50,000 CASH IN BUTLER HOLDUP Two Suspects in Daring Brook- lyn Robbery Held by Phila- delphia Police ROME BANDITS GET $9,785 Attempt to Force Vault of Can- adian Bank Frustrated by Accountant (By the Associated Press) In the wake of the daring day- light robbery in Brooklyn Tuesday, bandits early Friday held up an un- armed mail truck in Butler, Pa., and escaped with the richest haul of its kind in the history of the Pittsburgh district. The loot consisted in a $50,- 000 payroll. ‘At Rome, Ga., also bandits armed Because a drunken reveler wan- tonly fired a shot from an auto speeding down a Chicago street, Bobby Pitts, Jr., above, 2-year- old son of a poor Chicago fam- ily, is dead and police are con- ducting a far-flung search for the killer. The bullet struck the boy in the forehead as he sat in bis wagon. successful holdup of two bank Soectet otal fi rt of a weekly payroll. ein eat to force open a vault of the Canadian Bank of Commerce, Lennoxville, Que., was frustrated by & 30-year-old accountant who shot and wounded one of two men working at the vault door. FEDERAL AID FUND FOR ND, TEACHERS E Tells County Superintendents in netae, oe Heat as a Convention Here Prospects save three Brovkimn widreates. = Are Good Prospects are good that federal aid will be made available for 2,000 teach- ers whose salaries remain unpaid for the last three months of 1933, Arthur E Thompson, superintendent of pub- lie instruction, Friday told the annual conference of county superintendents, Assistant Chief Inspector John J. Sullivan, informed that a money bag had been found on the beach at Keansburg, N. J., said that so far as he could determine it had no connec- tion with the holdup. Butler Bandits Use Plane ‘Three men protected by dark glasses and a battery of revolvers negotiated the $50,000 payroll holdup at Butler. ‘The money, enroute to nearby Lan- aid for the unpaid indefinite, he believed there was & good chance federal money would made available. He pointed out that z g 3 Z fall [ Feuk gil Be ge : janadian mounted largely in the central part of the caPthe brush in the Numedahl dis-|ecreage over this year’s, private ne- state, reported freezing tempera- trict northwest of here for a man who|gotiations began Friday between the} tures Friday morning. escaped frdm federal officials Wed- | representatives of the United States, ‘The lowest readings were at nesday and is believed to answer a|Canada, Australia and Argentina in Parshall and Sanish where & description of Albin Johnson, wanted |an effort to get some good out of the] minimum of 28 degrees, four be- at Harris, Minn., in connection with| wreckage of the international wheat| low freezing was recorded. the burning of his wife and children.|conference which closed Thursday! ‘The official reading at Bis- ‘The man, who gave his name as|night. marck was 33, one degree above « ¥. John Johnson, was apprehended Wed- ‘There was only the faintest hope of} freezing, but some residents in the nesday morning but while being ques-|any success when these negotlations| outlying districts reported dam- Soged by. peizalaen, 1enpe8. Off |e iy eee seul teas tee lip banengoone hg neni hy down an embankment | source Argentina would other tender garden plants. Th wa ae pepers, indicated be ee, acting bee wanes een Tic save toon tat to tas beer: ve narnia ged i oe oe , ‘The situation is regarded as. most sree cf ireee tear’ the offital ‘srnue orrciats are not certain|delicate for Australia, where general] thermometer at the weather Johnson is the man wanted in Harris| elections will be held next month. It)". bureau. * they said he answered the general de- | is known that the Australians are not Porther frost was indicated for scription. April 10, 1933, Albin Jobn- | willing to make any commitments on| friday night -in all parts of the son's home near Harris was destroyed |the subject of reductions until after state but the prospect was for by fire and his wife and several chil- | their elections. warmer weather Saturday. dren burned to death. Johnson's re-| Since American farmers must be- debris and it was believed by authori- | tralian elections, it-was seen as un-| Eillendale—Milk prices here were ties there that he may have set fire|likely that Australian action would| advanced to 10 cents a quart because Ma; — to his home ani escaped come in time to assist the negotiators. /of the feed shortage. THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE | Capone’s New Home Safe, Says Cummins Alcatraz Island federal penitentiary at San Francisco is not escape- proof, but it’s a “very strong prison,” Attorney General Homer 8. Cummings decided after the inspection tour on which he is shown here. In the group inspecting the new cell blocks with their tamper- proof locking system, are, left to right, Mayor Angelo Rossi, San Francisco; Cummings; Warden James A. Johnston, and Police Chief Quinn, San Francisco, Policeman, Woman Tell Of Van Meter Killing Tom Brown, Head of Bureau of Identification, and Mrs. Andrew Stedje,- St. Paul Housewife, Give Versions of Outlaw’s Last Stand Tom Brown, forme: St. Paul chief of police and now head of the police identification bureau, Friday told in his own words how he and three other officers shot and killed Homer Van Meter, Dil- linger mobster known as public enemy No, 2. * One of the few persons to see the slaying of Homer Van Meter, Dillinger gangster, Mrs. Andrew Stedje, St. Paul housewife, gave the following eye-witness account. By MRS. ANDREW STEDJE St. Paul, Aug. 24.—()—If you had told me two minutes before the shoot- ing happened that I was going to see @ dangerous gangster shot down, I wouldn’t have believed you. I was just walking down University avenue toward Marion street. Just as I got to the southeast cor- ner, I heard a couple of shots across the street. I turned around and saw |@ man running across University av- jenue, carrying a straw hat in his hand. He passed right in front of me. Then two men, with sawed-off shot guns who had followed him across the street, rushed past me too. The first man—I didn't know he was Van Meter then—got to the mid- dle of the block between University and Aurora, and then he turned left and ran into the alley. The other two men followed. My two young chil- dren were playing around the neigh- borhood and I was afraid they might be near, so I followed, too. Just as the two men with guns got to the entrance to the alley they be- BY TOM BROWN (Copyright, 1934, By The Associated Press) St. Paul, Aug. 24—We riddled Hom- er Van Meter with bullets when he) opened up on us with his pistol, al-/ though we would have preferred to teke him alive. For two weeks we've had a line on Van Meter and we've been right on his trail all the time. At 5 o'clock Chief Cullen, Jeff Dittrich, Thomas McMahon and I jumped into an au- tomobile and drove to University ave- nue. We had two machine guns and two shotguns with us. At the corner of University and Marion avenues we saw Van Meter walking along the strect. He had a moustache, which he ordinarily does not have, but we recognized him. We took up positions nearby out of his As Van Meter came to the corner Chief Cullen and I, almost simul- .thad to stop shooting momentarily. gan shooting. I couldn't say how many times. Then I saw the first man down on one knee in an open space down the alley. I couldn't tell whether he had a gun or not, I was so excited. ‘The two men shot a couple more times and then the first man crump- led up and his hat rolled away. While he was laying there the two men fired several more shots at him. He didn’t move when the men who killed him bent over him. taneously, shouted a command for him to stop. He whipped out a pis- tol and fired twice. The bullets nsrrowly missed me. ‘Then all four of us opened up. 1 guess we fired about 50 shots in all. Van Meter whirled around and start- the other three officers, ‘When the woman got out of our way I saw : Freight Carloadings Show 1,966 Decrease Washington, Aug. 24—(#)—The American Railway Association ai nounced Friday that loadings of re' enue freight for the week ended Aug- ust 18, totaled 600,564 cars, a decrease of 1,966 from the week, and 42,842 under 1933 but an increase of 82,124 above 1932. Scott, 83, died here, had lived since 1910. Ten Commandments of Marriage <2 Outlined by Nazi Eugenic Chiefs Berlin, Aug. 96. = oe Nazi; Number “Thou shalt keep government has decided to put marri- ” yy bs the spirit and soul pure,” warns STRIKE THREAT OF TEXTILE INDUSTRY SEEN NEAR CRISIS Labor Disputes Brewing on Seven Fronts Cause Wash- ington Concern GORMAN REJECTS PROFFER Kohler, Wis., Petitions Roose- velt to Intervene in Settling Walkout Labor disputes, headed by the threat of a general walkout by cotton mill workers by September 1, were smould- ering Friday on seven fronts. Hopes to avert the cotton textile strike of some 500,000 workers re- ceived another blow Friday when the strike committee appointed to direct the walkout rejected the offer of the “good offices” of the industrial rela- tions board. Francis J. Gorman, chairman of the strike committee, told Robert Bruere, chairman of the cotton textile rela- tions board, that “our experience ... in the operation of the board thus far gives us no confidence in its ability to adjust the issues now at stake in fairness to labor.” In a lengthy communication to Bruere, Gorman said “we shall not enter into any discussions or pro- ceedings unless or until we have valid assurances that the employers in the industry are prepared to meet the issues through representatives fully authorized to act conclusively and im- mediately.” Rejection Seen As Crisis The reaction of the textile commit- tee to the proffer of Bruere to have his board act as a mediating agency brought to a crisis the textile strike situation which threatens to have ap- proximately 750,000 workers in the various branches of the industry on strike within a week. Gorman said wes, Policy has not been changed. We do not intend to go into lengthy conferences. The only proposition that will interest us is one that contains some specific offer.” Pittsburgh's Central Labor Union, spokesman for 100,000 workers, wants President Roosevelt to intervene in the | Aluminum Company of America strike because the situation is “very danger- ous to the industrial peace” of the NRA. Kohler Appeals For Aid Mr. Roosevelt’s aid in settling the strike at the Kohler company’s plumb- ing supply factory in Kohler, Wis., was asked by the Wisconsin State Fed- eration of Labor Friday. Acting on recommendation of the national labor relations board, NRA revoked the Blue Eagle of the Chicago Motor Coach Company. Strik- ing bus drivers rejoiced, hoping to gain the public’s support. A sympathy strike of other transportation work- ers was deferred. A dynamite bomb was exploded ear- ly Friday outside the home of the Dillinger Lieutenant Slain Papke Clips $4,449 from State’s Payrolls [ aeenslvebementatien vet dirs usway Revue tene Two Survive Him i Homer Van Meter The slaying of Homer Van Meter in St. Paul Thursday leaves only two Dillinger lieutenants at large. They are John Hamilton and George “Baby Face” Nelson who now head the “wanted” list of the nation’s criminals. Like his chieftain, Van Meter met death in a police trap baited by a woman whose name is be- ing withheld by authorities. REVAMPING OF NRA 10 BE COMPLETED WITHIN TWO WEEKS Johnson Will Continue in New Setup as Member of Admin- istration Board Washington, Aug. 2¢.—()—Presi- dent Roosevelt arranged Friday with Hugh 8. Johnson to effect the reor- ganization of NRA within the next two weeks. Johnson said after a lengthy house Parley he would continue in a new administer the national recovery act. After two weeks vacation Johnson said he would call upon Mr. Roosevelt in Hyde Park, N. Y., and help effect the changes. Closely following Johnson to the ‘White House was Donald R. Richberg, counsel of the NRA, who has been teported at odds with Johnson. together. “So far as I am concerned,” John- the|son said, “I have never had any dis- agreement with Richberg.” It was emphasized that the reor- by Johnson before the presi- cruise. said he did not know about that. Republic Steel corporation’s general manager at Birmingham, Ala. State police were ordered to ‘Williamsport, Pa., where automobiles were stoned while carrying workers from the strike-embattled plant of the National Silk Dying company. ‘The Milwaukee unemployed laid plans for a rival FERA walkout after its offer for a united front in the FERA strike had been refused by the workers’ committee on unemploy- ment on the ground that the council was Communistic. Disorders had SOVIETS AND JAPS "NEARING SHOWDOWN Dispute Over Chinese Eastern Railway Approaches Critical Stage Moscow, Aug. 24.—(?)—Years of differences between Russia and Japan over the Chinese Eastern Railway, key to @ great slice of the Orient, came , F i j iz: i Bs iH “It has got to be worked out so I perry have more time to myself,” he Johnson said his call at the White ‘House was occasioned by the fact that there was a slight misunderstanding council |a@bout “timing” of the NRA organiza- MODE WELCOMES REPUBLICAN STAND Democratic Candidate for Gov- ernor Praises Opponent’s Declaration Fargo, N. D., Aug. 23.—(7)— ‘Thomas H. Moodie, Democratic candidate for North Dakota governor, has nothing but praise for Mrs. William Langer’s declaration that she intends to con- SEs SBE lid i 8 Ht | 2 rH i set-up which contemplates a board to ‘The two men met in the president's anteroom and spoke for a few minutes ganization program was one originally Proposed dent left on his recent Hawaiian Asked if he would be the chairman of the proposed NRA board Johnson PRICE FIVE CENTS VAN METERS DEATH CLOSELY PATTERNED AFTER CHIEFTAINS Outlaw Walks Into St. Paul Po- lice Trap, Baited by Woman, Thursday BODY RIDDLED BY SHOTS Sixth of Mob to Die; Search Now Turns to Hamilton and ‘Baby Face’ ? St. Paul, Minn., Aug. 24.—()—Once more a woman has led a Dillinger gangster to the end of the outlaw trail. Homer Van Meter, John Dillinger’s ace gunman, walked into a police trap Thursday night and fell, full of lead, in an alley. Dillinger himself was similarly slain July 22, baited to his death—in an alley, too—by a woman. Van Meter, the sixth of the Dillinger mob to die, was betrayed unwittingly by his interest in a woman. Her name is being withheld. Police said Van Cullen Is Man of Action, Few Words St. Paul, Minn., Aug. 24.—(?)— Promises and mere words have been conspicuously absent during the first six weeks’ reign of Frank Cullen, St. Paul's new police chief, but there was action aplenty when the burly Irishman, a policeman from the old school, swung into action against Homer Van Meter Thursday night. Cullen dashed from his spacious Office, ignored his private limou- sine and jumped into an police squad car with three other ! Officers when the flash came about the Van Meter stroll that ended on a morgue slab. When the outlaw was spotted on & street near the business district, Chief Cullen crept along a build- ing to within twenty feet of the The chief, back in his office, was poor copy for the and the “I guess so’s” and “yes, that’s right’s” would fill at least a column. Meter had been “going around” with her and that relatives of the woman, suspicious of him, had gone to the Police. A check satisfied officers that the man was Van Meter, and careful Plans were laid for his capture, dead or alive. For two weeks the hunt went on, secretly. Thursday night the law and Van Meter met, and Van Meter, quick- shooting gunman in many a foray against society, was shot down. Chief of Police Frank Cullen re- Paul, but it was learned that it came through relatives of a woman with whom the outlaw associated here. Chief Cullen said his men had found several of Van Meter's hide- [outs here and on several occasions had planted men for him, but each time the outlaw evaded them. The search for Van Meter was car- officers outside the four shot him, being informed 's presence in St. Paul. the Van Meter hunt H icemen, headed by Chief of Frank Cullen, opened fire with machine gun. woman (again the outlaw’s pat- of life followed that of his chief) walked into the line of Prank Cullen, his shots. De- HL ef i 5 g a i | E Hs ef