The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 27, 1934, Page 1

MRA r North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE | The Weather Fair, cooler ht; Tuesda: = er Conta y increas- udiness and warmer. ESTABLISHED 1873 BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, MONDAY, AUGUST 27, 1934 PRICE FIVE CENTS -Two Killed in ' Police Chief Chris Martineson Asked to R DECIDES 10 RESIST REMOVAL IN PARLEY WITH HIS ATTORNEY Expects to Declare Fight Plans at Board Meeting Wednesday Evening IN DEPARTMENT 23 YEARS Friends Rally to His Support as News of Resignation Request Spreads Police Chief Chris J. Martineson, member of the Bismarck police force for the last 23 years and head of tlie department for 19 years, has been asked to resign his post by the city commission. Decision to ask Chief Martineson for his resignation was reached by the city commissioners in a special meet- ing Saturday forenoon and City At- torney Charles L. Foster was instruct- ed to inform the police chief of this action. No formal charges of any nature have yet been drawn, Foster said Monday morning, declaring that such action has been forestalled in the anticipation that Martineson would acquiesce to the request for a volun- NEW WELLS INN. D. able that Martineson wil Shortage appearance before city commis- Sion’ -at, tite “asetalapeaiiog inte fing €0 mabe iis-reply 20 tae rou: |piedion @urtag. the copaing: gpncetl ning to make is « the | ng 8 nation request. There will be no|months ‘in drilling of wells through- meeting of the city tonight, its/out the state, to meet the threat of regular meeting. night. disappearing water. Foster notified ‘Martineson of the| With lack of water creating an commission's decision Saturday eve- ning, and since that time the news of the request for his resignation has spread widely throughout the city, with many of the police chief's friends rallying to his support for retention. tert FE FE ec ? : F 3 i | : it 8 vei - Articles of rehabilitation » through which funds will flow to well-digging activities, have been sent to Washing- ton for approval, as the first step of j i i iss Hie Ter Horst i i E | 5 E Saving Is Made in Inspectors’ Salaries; Were $7,814 Under ! F tia atti E g i g Hie BE nal 4 E ga8 a F [ i E ; E ; | i | eG ; , = g i : 4 ¥ iat Hi 4 rf { i zi 4 88 PATCHED UP ARTER JOHNSON HAD QUIT Blue Eagle Administrator Re- signed When His Authority Was Threatened PRESIDENT PACIFIES HIM Richberg to Remain as Coun- sellor With General Slated as Board Chairman (Copyright, 1934, By The A. P.) Washington, Aug. 27—The deep- seated character of NRA’s latest trou- it was learned that General Hugh 8. Johnson angrily walked out on last Monday’s White House conference, resigned in writing, and reconsidered only on the firm insistence of Presi- dent Roosevelt. ‘The dispute arose over an NRA re- organization plan submitted to the president by Donald Richberg, the NRA counsel, and Frances Perkins, the of labor, Among other things, the plan was interpreted by Johnson as contemplating his own retirement to private life. The general walked out when Mr. Roosevelt, seeking to soothe the ruf- fled spirits of his conefreres, suggest- ed that a decision be postponed while Johnson took a rest and a trip to Europe. Government Takes Hand to Help Ts, recension; ‘eo far as John- Communities Facing Water ts | 460,000 are employed in the nation’s cotton mills. While the 's SETS SEPTEMBER 4 AS WALKOUT DATE) Committee Pushes Preparations to Have Alied Industries Join Move STRIKE PROGRAM DEFINITE Quit Work, Crippling Practi- cally All Mills Washington, Aug. 27.—(AP)—The strike committee of the United Tex- tile Workers, with plans completed for a general strike in the cotton tex- tile industry on September 4, Monday began preparations for a similar walk- out in the silk, rayon and woolen in- dustries, Francis J. Gorman, strike committee, said it was “highly possible” that the walkout of silk, woolen and rayon workers would be simultaneous with the cotton strike. The committee said it would an- nounce the exact strike hour on Thursday. Other sources, howet disclosed that secret instructions teady in the hands of regional lead- ere, called for a general stoppage of work at midnight Friday. Inasmuch as the industry 1s ope- tating on a five day week, with mills closed on Saturday, iber 1, and Monday (Labor Day) September 3, the walkout will not become actually effective yutil September 4. The prpjected walkouts will affect Dearly 890,000 workers, of whom some union’s mem- bership represents an actual minority of this number, it includes the skilled workers performing key operations which, when suspended, will. cripple most of the mills, g ig z 4 f j i i labor di ent. The inside story of the incident, as related to the Associated Press au- thoritatively, is this: Relations between Johnson Richberg, although outwardly friend- ly, have been undergoing a change over a period of months. Johnson had heard whispers that people were ho | industry. President Thomas. F. McMahon of the United Textile Workers has call- ed a meeting of the entire executive council for Tuesday, at which rep- resentatives of the woolen and worst- ed, silk, rayon and dyeing divisions will be present. Meanwhile early intervention by the national labor relations board was expected. The strike chieftains have indicated they would prefer its mediation services to those of any other agency. Gorman indicated the union was Prepared for a long conflict with the He said 2 statement by George A. Sloan, chairman of the cotton tex- tile code authority, that the strike was “inconceivable,” would be an- by himself and William Green, Nearly 800,000 Workers Will! chairman of the r esign [teFieht Removal {)BREAK WITHIN NRA {TEXTILE INUSTRY |U.S. Backs Fight for Better State Health — In Co-ed’s Slaying i soot Harold Taylor (above) has been ques- tioned in connection with the slaying near Birmingham, Als., of Faye New, college student, whose body, the throat cut, was found in a cornfield. Police reported that Taylor admitted he had been driving with her, but that she left his car after repulsing his advances a mile from ihe slaying RAILS ASK PERMIT TO BOOST FREIGHT BILLS 17” MILLIONS ing Costs; Solvency Threat- ened Is Plea Washington, Aug. 27.—(#)—The larger railroads of the country asked the interstate commerce commission Monday to authorize an $17,000,000 increase in the nation’s freight bill. Citing mounting costs, they pleaded for a general increase on every com- modity and class of freight, ranging upward to ten per cent on first class freight. They said an estimated $293,- swered wresident of the American Federation of Labor, in a nation-wide radio ad- dress Tuesday night. MOODIE COMMENDS ACTING GOV Democratic Candidate Lauds Olson's Operation of State phrases meaning, in free translation, “the situation speaks for itself.” The president replied at once. Writing in longhand, he reiterated his regard and appreciation, asked that the be withdrawn, and Government ‘Williston, N. D., Aug. 27.—(#)—Tom Moodie, Democratic nominee for gov- ernor, Monday lauded Acting Gover- nor Ole H. Olson’s stand on operation of state government. - Olson in an address at Grenora, at which newly-discovered sodium sul- Phate deposits were dedicated, had called on his listeners to “halt racket- in state government” and to; So matters stood when the presi- dent left on Tuesday for Illinois, to iH i ge i Fa g & = eh g : E E i Fp 2 a ge s F i i Hr : 000,000 increase in costs in 1935 would “jeopardize the solvency of. a larger number of important railway sys- tems,” unless relief is given. ‘The proposed boosts touch all manu- factured products, major farm pro- ducts which of recent years have been exempted from increases, and products of forest and mine. ‘The petition was filed by the associa- tion of railway executives for all class 1 carriers—railroads doing $1,000,000 or more business a year. Similar peti- tions will be presented to all state railroad commissions, the proposal be- ing to raise intrastate rates also. An early hearing is asked. The roads ask an increase of 3 cents per 100 pounds on grain and grain products except in the east where there would be no raise; 3 to 30 cents @ ton on coal and 3 to 45 cents on coke; 10 per cent on cotton with @ maximum of 5‘cents per 100 pounds; 10 per cent on tobacco with a maxi- mum of 4 cents, and other products in proportion. There are some excep- tions in the far west and in sections where truck competition is keen. Some rates which were raised Aug. 20 are + act! pted, says the Petition, by the restoration of the 10 per cent cut in railroad wages in 1932 and increase in costs of materials. The wage restoration is estimated to add $100,000,000 to costs this year, increas- ing to $165,000,000 in 1945, and mater- fal costs are expected to add $137,- 000,000 in 1935, It is known that the carriers also are thinking of the $60,000,000 a year they say will be added to costs by the railroad declared constitutional. Thix item, however, was omitted from the peti- tion because court action ‘is pending. retirement act should it be WIDOW NOT CANDIDATE Springfield, Tl, Aug. 27—(#)—For- ‘mal announcement was made Monday that Mrs. Henry T. Rainey would not jan e, J e -Sitting on Hornets, Attains Goal Tamps, Fla, Aug. 27.7)— himself, his relatives Death was the goal sought by Jumping in Ramon Peres and he attained it remained in the water just a few by sitting nude in the midst of minutes and then swam out—fail thousands of hornets. ing to attain his fatal to Peres, 34-year-old cigar Later he left his home and went maker without work, Sunday night to an adjoining lot which was in after hours of agony. His body fested with in some places was swollen to Peres removed his clothing, sat more than twice normal size by down in the midst of the the stings. ing insects and refused all Peres’ firsl attempted to kill | to come back home. Staff of 100 Nurses Works Un- der Direction of Dr. Maysil Williams NEEDY GET FREE SERVICE 10,000 Children Are Immunized Against Diptheria; Work Be- ing Expanded Steadily and quietly reaching into every hamlet and the lonely places of the state, a bulwark of defense against disease and death has been built by the federal government in the past year, in North Dakota. This new first line of preventive offense and defense against disease counts its members in approximately 100 nurses, working under direction of FERA officials and Dr. Maysil M. Williams, state health officer. It sprang into being in December, 1933, with a project submitted to the CWA for eight nurses by the Fargo Health Department. Since that time, in cooperation with state medical and nurses’ associa- tions, the state dental society, legis- lators, and other health and social service organizations, the state nurs- ing service has steadily developed. Hundreds of homes have been visit- ed by the nurses in the comparative short time the service has been in ex- istence. Patients unable to pay for care have received it. Children whose parents were unable to pay for medi- cal treatment have been examined and the first signs of disease have been detected and halted. The service is divided into two Groups: county nursing service and city schools and bedside service. At the present time, only four coun- ties have not availed themselves of the service. 10,000 Children Immunised Special emphasis has been placed on child health maintenance. As-are- sult of the activities of the organiza. tion, more than 10,000 children have been immunized against diphtheria and smallpox in 10 counties. Four- teen counties have similar programs underway, and 10 additional counties have made requests for participation in the service, A small medical relief committee is i ablished in each county to ection of children in urgent need of treatment for such defects as diseased tonsils, adenoids, impaired vi- sion and dental imperfections. Approximately $15,000 per month is expended in the service, caring for the nursing needs of indigent persons. Difficulties of transportation and of weather have beset the nurses. One young nurse, with a widespread field to cover in the western portion of the state, solved her problem by con- structing a box, in which she placed the scales for weighing school child- ren, The box, mounted on a horse, went with the nursing rider of the range on many excursions where it would have been difficult, if not im- possible, for an automobile to make its way. Two other types of nursing main- tained by the service are general day nursing in hospitals which care for and accept patients at public expense, and general duty service in state in- stitutions which participate in public funds, Special duty nursing over a limited period of time for patients eligible for relief, and who are critically ill also is provided. Canada Launches Big Reclamation Project Ottawa, Ont. Aug. 27.—(#)—Re- clamation of millions of acres of the finest wheat land in the world, de- solated by successive years of drouth, is the immediate objective of four governments in Canada—the federal, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta. Plans have been laid already to re- leve distress in dried-out areas of the prairies, feed the impoverished peo- ple, provide seed for next year’s crops and look after millions of half-starved cattle and horses. But’ there is an- other object in mind—how to reclaim the land which has lost its binding and freshness due to years of drouth. For months the dominion depart- ment of agriculture has been experi- menting with grasses gathered from all parte of the world to determine the best to act as a binder to the wind- tosses soil of their prairies. eee eee PE | Uncle Sam Is Gold | Prospector in N. D. —————$<—______________ Uncle Sam has gone gold-pros- Pector — this time in North Dakota. Under the direction of Dr. L. c. of the University of North Dakota, a crew of 20 men have been the “flour” +—_______________s A notable achievement in his first few weeks in office goes to the credit of Police Chief Frank Cullen of St. Paul, above, re- cently promoted from detective Meutenant. Cullen led the squad that shot down Homer Van Meter, Dillinger aide, in a Paul alley. He then launched an intensive campaign to round up “Baby Face” Nelson, also be- lieved to be in St. Paul, CULLEN AND BROWN CONTINUE TRACING VAN METER CLUES St. Paul Police Chief and Aide Return From Mystery Trip Over Week-end St. Paul, Aug. 27.—(P)—Negative results were reported Monday by Chief of Police Frank Cullen and De- tective Thomas Brown who returned here from a “mystery” week-end trip following the police shooting here Thursday night of Homer Van Meter, Dillinger lieutenant. The officers admitted their trip was concerned with Van Meter's activities, adding no money in addition to the $1,300 found on Van Meter's body had been recovered, no line on the where- abouts of George “Baby Face” Nel- son, another gangster, had been ob- tained, and no arrests were expected. Although the two had variously been reported as having gone to Iowa and Indiana, they refused to say where they had been. Regarding a statement from an un- named witness Saturday that he saw two men, one of whom he believed resembled Nelson, flee from the scene of the slaying, Chief Cullen said he believed the witness may have mis- taken two officers for companions of the gunmen. Cullen said two detectives went around the block when they saw Van Meter run into the blind alley in which he was slain to cut off pos- sible escape through the block, add- “There were no other men with Van Meter out there.” The officers denied they had been searching for the body of John Ham- ilton, another Dillinger gangster re- Ported from various sources to be dead. A half dozen interpretations had been placed on the mysterious trip. One was that Cullen and Brown had gone to Indiana to sift an un- derworld tip that John Hamilton, member of the Dillinger gang, was dead and that his body had been buried somewhere near Chicago by his pals after he had been reported fatally wounded by deputy sheriffs near St. Paul last April in the gang’s flight from Mercer, Wis. Various re- ports of Hamilton's death never have been confirmed. Another was that officers were try- ing to trace an automobile believed purchased in Chicago by Van Meter, who also was a Dillinger mobster. An Illinois motor vehicle registration card made out to a “Henry Adams,” was found on Van Meter’s body after he had been shot by four 8t. Paul police officers, including Chief Cullen. Van Meter's body has been sent to his former home at Fort Wayne, Ind., and it was considered that Cullen and Brown may attend his funeral there some day this week. °> gr Prospecting gold field, stretching through ares of 80 miles in Ward, Moun- it 5 ill j 5 5 el ill Hil [ E | ighway Crash CAR HITS TRAILER OF TRUCK STOPPED | Chief Makes Good FOR MENDING TIRE William Christianson, Baldwin, Mrs. Loretta Carter, Minot, Are Casualties COLLISION NEAR WILTON Heavy Cloud of Dust Believed Cause of Accident 18 Miles North of Here Death, hiding behind a cloud of dust, halted for seconds on U. 8. Highway 83 five miles south of Wil- ton Sunday evening, then moved on, taking two lives and leaving behind two stricken families. Dead are William Christianson, Baldwin farmer, and Mrs. Loretta Carter of Minot. Seeking new farm lands, Christian- son, his wife, son and daughter-in- law, had spent the day moving from one farm to another. Hope was high as they anticipated their new lands. Then a tire on the Christianson truck blew out. Christianson.. with his son, repaired the tire, prepared to leave. Tried to Warn Carter From the south came a second au- tomobile—the Carter car. Clouds of dust swept across the highway, ob- scuring sight. Christianson hurried down the highway to warn the second car of the truck on the highway. Car- ter, his vision obscured by dust, at- tempted to swerve—too late. The car struck Christianson, wit- nesses said, carried him with a crash into the rear end of a trailer hay- rack at the rear of the truck. The Tack splintered. Great slivers of wood crashed through the windshield of the second car, killing Mrs. Carter. The dust cloud eddied, swept away. Carter and his son Kenneth, 15, were uninjured. They hed been re- turning from a Sunday visit with friends at Bismarck, Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Johnson. Coroner W. E. Perry and Sheriff J. L. Kelly of Bismarck hurried to the scene. Mrs. Carter's body was brought to Bismarck. Christianson’s body was taken to Wilton. A coroner's jury has been sum- moned to review the accident. Wheth- er an inquest will be held was to be | determined by Coroner Perry follow- ing the preliminary investigation. Mrs. Carter, whose maiden name was Loretta Weaver, was born March 21, 1900 at Owatanna, Minn. She re- ceived her education in the public Schools of Mankato and St. Paul and was married to 8. G. Carter, Novem- ber 26, 1915. She came to North Dakota with er husband eight years ago. Mrs. Carter was a member of the Presby- terian church at Minot and also a worker in the Ladies’ Aid organization of that church. Besides her husband she leaves two children, Loretta and Kenneth, three brothers and three sisters. They are Albert, Edward, Charles, Mrs. P. Charter. Mrs. Charles Bentley and Mary, all of St. Paul. NEW TIFF BETWEEN ‘FRANK AND AL’ SEEN Another Break Predicted Over Smith's Support of Liberty League Washington, Aug. 27.—(#)— The capital, ever alert for political por- tents, wondered Monday whether the @emocracy's one-time Damon and Pythias “Frank and Al”—are hav- ing just another tiff or have parted for good. Tuesday's meeting in New York of the American Liberty League's exec- utive committee is awaited for what- Property owners fathered by Alfred E. Smith, John W. Davis, James W. Wadsworth, Jouett Shouse and oth- ers. The meeting possibly will be held in Smith’s office in the Empire building. te 5 Past alliances and the present dis- here] tance between Roosevelt and his pre- decessor as Democratic presidential nominee has ceased to arouse much comment of late. But the Smith af- filiations with the new forum for