The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, October 16, 1934, Page 1

rs nm vey ail sary f os o é 4 Hau North Dakota’s fe’ Oldest Newspaper THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE The Weather Cloudy and colder tonight; Wednes- day partly cloudy. ESTABLISHED 1873 BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1934 PRICE FIVE CENTS Typhoon Rips Through Manila Notes “EXPERT REASONABLY CERTAIN SUSPECT'S HAND WROTE NOTES @ilentz Produces Kidnap Let- ters, Declares They Incrim- inate Alien MAY REVEAL FINGERPRINTS Both Sides Expected to Com- plete Their Cases Before Nightfall Tuesday New York, Oct. 16—()—A hand- writing expert's testimony indicated Tuesday that the fate of Bruno Rich- ard Hauptmann, indicted in New Jer- sey on a charge of murder in the Lindbergh kidnaping, may rest on the letter “X”. The testimony was given in a hearing in which Hauptmann sought to escape extradition to New Jersey from New York. The expert, Albert D. Osborn, testi- fied before Supreme Court Justice Ernest E. L. Hammer, that it was the formation of this letter that led him to the opinion Hauptmann wrote the original ransom note left in the Lind- berghs’ Hopewell, N. J. home the night their son was abducted. Sees Peculiar Formation The peculiar formation of this let- ter, written in the manner of a “double E,” Osborn said, appeared in both the original ransom note and in Hauptmann’s writing of the word “Bronx.” ————— Plans Navy Day. f Osborn spent 15 minutes on the stand fingering the exhibits and try- ing to call them by their proper ex- hibit numbers. Justice Hammer told him to testify only as to those ex- hibits of the six Hauptmann auto li- cense registration applications, that he had used definitely as a basis for handwriting ie Osborn selected five. “The letter I was looking for was the small ‘x,’” he said. “It appears several times—I think three times— in the disputed letter (referring to the original ransom note). Attorney General David T. Wil- entz of New Jersey told Supreme Court Justice Hammer that the Lind- bergh ransom notes, which he claimed the state had proved were written by Hauptmann, “are an admission and @ confession on the part of Haupt- mann that he was in the baby’s room the night of the kidnaping.” Wilentz dramatically read ex- cerpts from the ransom notes, includ- ing one which asked “why did you ignore our letter we left in your room?” Another quotation was “now we will send you the sleeping suit from the baby,” and a third asked “did you send the little package to Mr. Lindbergh? It contains the sleep- ing suit from the baby.” Before Tuesday's session began 5 Hauptmann was asked whether she felt that her husband had vindicated imself on the stand Monday... “I have nothing to say,” she said. Evidence Sufficient Atl General Wilentz expressed the belief that sufficient evidence, under the law, had been given Mon- day’ to warrant Hauptman’s extradi- tion. He said that, as he interpreted the law, where a conflict of opinion is established as to the possibility (Continued on Page 7) KEY MAN IN WHEAT SMUGGLING NABBED Thomas C. Wildish, Elisberry, Taken Into Custody by U. S. Marshal Fargo, N. D., Oct, 16—()—Arrest nounced by the United States mar- shal’s office here Tuesday. Wildish was taken into custody by Deputy Marshal G. H. Trimble, when arraigned before a U. 8. com- missioner was released on $2,500. bond Pending trial at the term of federal z Sarles charged with conspiracy to) violate the tariff act. He also is at Uberty under $2,500 bond Mrs.’ DR. GEORGE M. CONSTANS Appointment of the honorary committee for the state's observ- ance of Navy Day, Oct. 27, was States Naval reserve, and Mrs. B. COME OUT OF MINE AFTER 5-DAY FAST Company Reaches Compromise Agreement With Fanatic Hungarians PRIVATIONS MAY BE FATAL Men Stagger Into Arms of Waiting Wives; Half-Starved, Many Mad Pecs, Hungary, Oct. 16—(P}—Twelve hundred “suicide striking” miners: came out of their pits alive Tuesday on promises of better pay but express- ed dissatisfaction with the offer|' which had kept them from dying un- derground. One miner, speaking for his com- rades, said: “The new terms offered by the company are no good. We accepted them because we were de- &. Nickerson, state chairman. The observance, sponsored by the Navy League of America, falls appro- priately on the birthday of Theo- dore Roosevelt, “father of the modern American navy.” FEAR FOR LIFE OF MRS. STOLL GROWS AS SILENCE HOLDS Authorities Seek Two Men But Have Only Blind Alleys to Work on Louisville, Ky., Oct. 16—(7)—Solu- tion of the Stoll kidnap mystery was represented by police Tuesday to rest on the capture of two men—one the short and muscular man who executed the @ttual abduction—and the other @ strapping six-footer. As nerve-wprn peace officers—fed- eral and municipal—groped through the maze of clues that have arisen since the disappearance of Alice Speed Stoll, it became known that the! second man sought for questioning in the case is of blonde coloring and about 40 years old. His features are described as thin— long, pointed nose, narrow lips and close-set eyes. Maid Describes ‘Fiend’ The description of the kidnaper given authorities by Anne Woolet, the Stoll maid, outlined him as having an. extremely pale face that was twisted into a “fiendish” grimace all during. the time he was in sight. | George Stoll, a brother-in-law, spoke the thoughts of the clan. “If we could just get some word it wouldn't such a terrific strain. If there were ony some way of knowing how she Indications that Frederic M. Sack- ett, former ambassador to Germany jand uncle of Mrs. Stoll, has become the real intermediary in the case, were given in reliable quarters by persons who declined use of their names. Sackett is known to be spending a home, presence are frequent. Meanwhile, belief that Mrs. Stoll was alive was expressed by the Louis- ville Courier-Journal. Pointing tothe fact that two days have passed since the family had broadcast an appeal to the kidnaper, the newspaper said a member of the family declined to comment on the from the kidnap victim. George Stoll, her brother-in-law, has said the family would even delay announcement of Mrs. Stoll’s return, pon such FAINTS AS ORDERED Kimball, Neb—“Fainting women the title of a Ne- Mrs, Parish did just that; the ber scooped up about $28 and walked away. mented.”. What the miners underwent below ground probably will mean suicide for some of them, for a few are in such critical condition from their priva- tions and underground air poisoning that physicians said they feared they might die. Hospitals were crowded with 110 of the “resurrected“ miners who, when they were brought out of their black pit, looked like starved beggars with their faces covered with whiskers and their clothes in tatters. Gnawed Shoe Leather Lajos Molnar, a 72-year old miner who had been working in the local pits for 58 years, was the spokes- man for the miners. “Our pangs of hunger.” he said, “maddened us to such an extent that we ate our leather belts and gnawed ‘The peril-fraught 11,323-mile route of the London-to-Melbourne air race, with the official stopping places and the distances of each stop, are shown on the map above. Col, Roscoe Turner (upper right) our shoes. “We couldn't even have the small) of the corridor. The men placed their knees in this position against the men on the opposite side so they wouldn't topple over. “Even 80, scores collapsed from weakness. Helpless to rise, they were trampled on in the pitch blackness by their comrades.” Expressing the dissatisfaction of the men with the operators’ offer, he said: Compares Plight “We don’t even get 25 per cent of our demands. Could any American coal miner live on 30 cents a day and support his wife and family?” The miners’ dissatisfaction with the company’s settlement was also shared by the townspeople. Shopkeepers sold the miners and their families bread and bologna on credit and a fund was started to give them charity. Not too soon did the men bring to, a close their self-imposed imprison- (Continued on Page 7) be CORN-HOG PROGRAM CONTINUANCE. GETS FARMERS’ APPROVAL Poll Shows Producers Over- whelmingly in Favor of Plan Again Next Year (Copyright, 1. 2y the Associated e85) Farmers by their own ballot are overwbemingly in favor of continua- tion of the Agricultural Adjustment Administration’s corn-hog program for another year.. Nearly complete returns from 500,- 000 farmers showed Tuesday & 2 to 1 vote of approval on the controversial Production-control feature of the AAA in a poll/of the big corn pro- ducing states conducted by county extension agents. North Dakota farmers voted al- most unanimously for continuation of the program in the first results avail- able. Only three counties had re- (Continued on Page 7) Low Air Pressure Is Cause of Scare > of smoke. and Clyde Pgngborn (upper cen- ter), crack American pil have entered the great-vade” with their low-winged, all-metal Boeing transport monoplane (directly above). At the right are some of the other outstanding pflots of many nations who will be in the competition. The race is sched- uled to start Saturday. ptmann’s ‘X’ Declared in Kidnap STRIKE SUIGDISTS James W. Jacques Woods De Sibour 11,323-Mile London-Melbourne Air Derby Attracts Famous Fliers TOTAL: PEPE Mrs, J. Col. James C. Keith-Miller Fitsmaurice James Mollison Amy Mollison WARNS NEGUGENT |Community Chest Fund 'POLGE GLOSING IN Advance Drive to Open \ ‘yTOR’ WANTED IN SEA DISASTER, U.8. BOARD FINDS Morro Castle Captain and Four Of Staff Face Loss of Licenses New York, Oct. 16.—()—The board of inquiry of the United States steam- boat servide in a report made public Tuesday charged Captain William F. ‘Warms and four staff officers of the Morro Castle with negligence in con- nection with the burning of the Ward liner and the attendant loss of 132 lives. The preliminary report, signed by Captain Karl C. Neilsen and James Smith, inspectors of the New York district, gives no cause of responsi- bility for the fire. I¢ was explained the board’s duty ends with determin- ing if the officers were negligent in the performance of their duty. Officers charged with negligence in addition to Warms are Chief Engineer Eben 8. Abbott, Second Officer Clar- ence Hackney, Third Officer Harold Hansen and First Assistant Engineer Antonio R. Buija. The officers -charged with negli- gence are ordered to appear at 2 Oct. 29 to show cause why their licenses should not be suspended or revoked. Acting Chief Officer Ivan Freeman was the only deck officer’ not found cording to the testimony, the report says, fought the fire and later went forward and let go the anchor. Five Specific Charges Five specifications are charged against Captain Warms, accusing him of delay “in sending out wireless dis- tress signals” and “unduly jeopardiz- ing the lives of passengers crew,” and of failure to stop the vesse! after he was “aware that the super- structure was cn fire and the vessel ‘was steaming into s fresh breeze.” Peet as onees baer AeainDk snsinest: Wt) disect the crew, | Teams Will Begin Preliminary Solicitation Friday; Goal Set at $11,000 Teams for advance solicitation in two phases of the Community Chest Fund drive, which will be launched in its entirety Tuesday, Oct. 23, were named by H. P. Goddard, secretary, Tuesday and will begin their prelim- inary canvass Friday morning. the advance solicitation will be teams handling advance gifts and the canvass of business firms hav- ing their headquarters outside the city. These teams will begin their pre- liminary drive following a short meet- ing at 9:30 a. m. Friday at the As- sociation of Commerce offices in the Community Chest committees are: for solicitation of business houses with headquarters out of town—Har- vey Niles and J. J. Loberg, A. Christianson and O. O. Lokken, Dr. R. 8, Towne and B. O. Refvem; for advance gifts—C. R. Robertson and J. L, Peterson, James Trimble and C. L, Foster, J. P. Wagner and O. V. Bowman, Burt Finney and R. B. Webb, L. K. Thompson and Carl Nelson, J. C. Taylor and J. P. French, H. J. Duemeland and J. E. Davis, F. M. Davis and C. E. Ligon, H. A. Brandes and E. T. McCanna. Goal Set at $11,000 The goal of the Community Chest drive has been set at $11,000. Sup- ported by the chest funds are the Bis- marck Boy Scouts, Bismarck Girl’ Scouts’ Council, Juvenile Band, Com- munity Council, American Red Cross Society, Salvation Army, North Da- kota Children’s Home, St. John’s Orphanage, North Dakota House of Mercy, Florence Crittenton home and the Bismarck Community Christmas. It has been repeatedly emphasized by sponsors of the Chest drive that and!none of the organizations which the fund supports are eligible for federal aid and are therefore entirely de- pendent on the success of the cam- paign for their continued existence. General committees named last week have been busy selecting teams for the city-wide canvass which opens: Tuesday. Chest officers are A. M. Christian- son, president; Dr. H. A. Brandes, vice president; J. L. Peterson, treasurer and H. P. Goddard, secretary. Mem- bers of the budget committee are L. K. Thompson, chairman; Theodore, Quanrud, J. C. Taylor, W. B. Couch, R. W. Lumry, Miss Henricka B. Beach and Mrs. F. R. Smyth. HEARING POSTPONED St. Paul, Oct. 16.—(7)—After sev- eral clashes the state commerce com- mission Monday postponed its hear- ing into stock sales of the First Bank Stock Corporation until Tuesday aft- ernoon, Oct. 30, i FERA Beef Will Be | ‘Jerked’ by Indians | “Jerking” — ancient Indi method of curing meat for ture use—wili soon be brought in- to play once more, to prepare 1,600 federal relief cattle for food. The cattle will be turned over to Indians near Shields as part of the subsistence program of the federal government, for slaugher- ing and “jerking.” Federal relief authorities plan to distribute an additional 1,000 head of cattle for canning and “Jerking.” FORTUNE IN GRAVEL BLOWN FROM ROADS ’ | > M.|Roherty Estimates $1,500,000 Replacement Cost in High- way Destruction More than $1,500,000 is literally blowing off the highways of North Dakota, J. N. Roherty, state highway department research engineer, esti- mated Tuesday. ‘This huge sum is represented in dust clouds, resulting from gravel destruc- tion by moving vehicles across the state each year, Roherty said. Approximately 200 yards per mile per year disappear from the high- ‘ways, he explained, at an average cost lof more than $1 per yard replace- ment. Maintenace costs annually reach the figure of $1,200,000, he pointed out, including only costs of ditch- cleaning, weed cutting and smooth- ing of surfaces. Serious of money with which to continue construction work on highways faces the department, Roherty said, under the new federal law which will become effective July 1 of next year, making it necessary for the state to match federal monies dollar for dollar, No construction can be undertaken during the next biennium, unless special appropriations are made, Roh- erty said, although the need for mon- ies may not be felt until late in 1935. Until that time, he explained, pres- ent federal relief money will care for construction in the state. Reverting of motor vehicle tax monies to the state highway depart- ment would give the department suf- ficient to meet construction costs, he explained. KILLER BREAKS JAIL Philadelphia, Oct. 16.—(?)—Walter Mika, scheduled to go on trial Wed- nesday for the slaying of Policeman IN KING'S SLAYING Third Member of Assassin Ring Gives Authorities Valued Information Melun, France, Oct. 16—(?)—Valu- able information concerning the in- ternational ring of plotters which delivered death to King Alexander of Yugoslavia was drawn Tuesday from the third man to be held for the Marseille assassinations. French and Yugoslav detectives said their belief that the gang en- gaged in widespread machinations was confirmed by a seven-hour grill- ing of Sylvester Malny. ‘The whereabouts of Dr. Ante Pave- lich, described as the director of the plot, are known to Yugoslav author- ities, police said, and they are clos- ing in on him. A woman accomplice is being traced from Paris. “The case is in fine shape,” said chief Simonevitch of the Yugoslav surete. A five-day search for Malny end- ed when he was seized after hunger and thirst drove him from Fontain- bleau forest. The Surete Nationale announced that Malny had confessed he was sent to Marseille with Kalemen to assassinate the king. Authorities said Mainy fled before the assassination because he feared he would injure other persons in the attempt to take the king’s life. Ac- cording to Malny’s alleged confession, he said, “I was upset by the idea that other persons than the king might be struck and I wanted to abandon the project and told Kalemen so. He grabbed me by the arm. I was then afraid of being shot down myself by Kalemen and I lost myself in the crowd to escape him.” Minnesota Governor Quits as FERA Head St. Paul, Oct. 16.—(7)—Gov. Floyd B. Olson Tuesday resigned as admin- istrator of public relief in Minnesota and turned over the duties to Deputy Administrator L. P. Zimmerman. In a telegram to Harry L. Hop- kins, Washington, federal relief ad- ministrator, Gov. Olson declared that “my political opponents have been en- deavoring to make the administration of public relief a political issue in Minnesota. “Despite the fact that federal in- vestigators have found their charges groundless, they have persisted in their political endeavors. I am un- willing that anything shall interfere with the securing of relief by the needy or with the great humanitarian pro- gram you are directing.” Gov. Olson is @ candidate for re- William Wilson,’ escaped Tuesday from the county prison. election on the Farmer-Labor ticket. CITY IS HARD HIT BY TROPICAL, GALE: ONLY 5 LIVES LOS Escape of Thousands Left Homeless By Storm Is Called Miraculous | STORM STRIKES IN NIGHT, Damage Estimated as High as $2,500,000; Government Comes to Aid Manila, Oct. 18. — () — Sixteen hours after a typhoon had lashed the city, Manila still was largely marooned at midnight Tuesday with 10 known dead. Streets were in darkness, and no street cars ran during the day. Police, city workers, 400 convicts and utilities crews hacked et trees, poles and other debris, but officers said it would be days before conditions were normal. Police used boats to check the damage and relief needs. They ex- Pressed the opinion there had been additional drownings. Meager dispatches estimated that 3,000 families were homeless in Bu- Ivcan and Rizal provinces, adjoining Manila, Their bamboo and palm- thatched huts were blown down. Police officials said from 2,000 to 3,000 houses were blown down or un- Toofed in Manila, but these estimates clashed with smaller figures given earlier by Governor General Frank Murphy. $500,000 for Relief With $509,000 ordered released for construction and direct relief, Mur- Phy said he was confident there would be no suffering. Twenty hours late, the round-the- world boat President Johnson de- parted at 19 p. m. and narrowly es- © coped collision with the freighter Gertrude Kellogg, which was swept ashore nearby after ramming an ad- joining pier. In addition to four ships driven ashore in Manila bay, the inter-island steamer Mactan and smaller craft ager of the Manila Electric Co., esti- mated the loss of his concern at $100,000. “It seems @ miracle that there are not numerous deaths in view of the falling roofs, trees and poles,” said Governor Murphy after a survey 0; the havoc-strewn city. “Every- thing has been done that can be done to prevent suffering.” He said estimates of damage in Ma- nila alone varied from $250,000 to $2,- 500,000. No reliable source attempted to guess the extent of damage north of the city where the gale reached its height as it roared across Luzon Island ripping thatched huts of the natives to bits, flooding roads and blowing down power and communica- tion lines. 51-Mile An Hour Wind Manila was a scene of desolation as convicts, police and city workmen joined to clear debris-strewn streets. Streets and parks were flooded. Thousands of trees were uprooted by the 57-mile an hour wind. Four ships were washed ashore. Telephone and telegraph poles were blown down. Business and transportation were at @ standstill. Eleven and a half inches of rain poured down cn the city in the 24 hours ended at 4 p. m., Tuesday, the weather bureau reported, with showers still falling at nighttime. Unlike the lesser typhoons which preceded it in recent weeks, the tropi- cal storm struck without warning. Filipino, European and American residents awoke in the midst of a howling storm. While the heaviest property damage probably was in Manila, weather bu- reau officials said loss of life was most likely in nearby provinces. The center of the typhoon’s northwestward Path was only 50 miles from this | Philippine metropolis. A correspondent of the Manila Tribune estimated 10,000 natives were left homeless in Bulucan province, north of Manila. He reported 2,000 small, thatched houses were blown down and many persons were injured. He had no reports on fatalities. General Rains Fall In State Over Night Precipitation ranging up to an inch and a half fell in North Dakota Monday night, and continued in some sections of the state Tuesday. Cloudy ‘nd colder weather was forecast. Heaviest rainfall was received at Pullerton and Moffit where one and a half inches fell in the 24 hours end- ing at 7 a. m, Monday. Two-thirds of an inch was recorded at Bismarck, Jamestown, Danzig and ‘Napoleon. Merricourt and Burn- stad reported .75 of an inch. A half inch fell at Wishek. Other points reporting rain were Fargo, 34 inch, Oakes, 40, Devils Lake 20. North of Bismarck the precipitation was prag- tically negligible. It was still raining Tuesday morn- ing in parts of North Dakota includ- ing Bismarck, Jamestown, Devils Laake, Wishek and Oakes. GUILTY OF CAR THEFT Fargo, N. D., Oct. 16.—(#)—Plead- ing guilty in Cass county district court Monday, Elmer Foss, 19, was sentenced to 18 months in the state penitentiary and Ben Robinson, 18, was ordered committed to the state training school for stealing an guto- mobile, + 4