The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, September 3, 1935, Page 1

Fewe ewer Than 300 Persons Are Killed i in Holiday Crashes AMLITY List 1s |Campbell Lifts Auto Speed BELOW EXPECTATION) Mark; in Run on Old Salt Bed DF SARETY-GQUNCIL Experts Had Predicted Death Roll of Between 350 and 400 Persons RAIN IS LEADING FACTOR Poor Visibility Caused Many Drivers to Display More “Caution in States during the triple La- or Day week-end holiday. ‘The national safety council had predicted the death toll would mount to between 350 and 400, and describ- ed the week-end as “death’s favorite * holiday.” Rain in many sections was one fac- tor which tended to reduce thé num- ber of deaths, as drivers proceeded more cautiously than usual. Another factor, safety experts sald, was the wide-spread publicity urging motorists to use greater care, Injured Put at 200 re at early Tuesday placed the death list at 283. No de- finite check could be made of the in- jured, but estimates placed the se- riously hurt at more than 200, Deaths from drownings and other ital accidents, not included in the automobile figures, tended to swell the grand total. Eight states and the District of Columbia had clean records. Arizona, Delaware, Florida, Louisiana, Mis- sissippi, Nebraska, North and South Dakota reported no automobile fa- talities, ; California headed the list of states with the greatest number of deaths —33, New. York. was secqnd with 24| persons and Tlinois next with 17, Other state figures were nine .in Tennessee and Wisconsin, three in| ing Minnesota, two in Montana, » Three persons were killed:in a plane crash in California Sunday night and %) another man died there in a burn- ; ing summer cabin. 15 Listed in Northwest In the Northwest there were 15 violent deaths; 10 in traffic accidents, two drownings and ¢éne in a tractor mishap. The victims included five Worth- ington, Minn., men who lost their lives when their speeding car crashed ine ® bridge abutment as they raced ® passenger train near Sibley, She Helmer A. Nelson, 62, Canby; ; Nelson, 57, his wife, and tevear-old TAKEN BY DEATH ‘| Dr. Henry H. Healy Had Long Been Leader in North Da- kota Health Circles ———__—-. N, D., Sept. 3.—(P)— gg eo | “Bobby while, in the federal building TWO MORE NABBED ROR COMPLICITY IN | BREMER KIDNAPING: William Weaver and Myrtle! Eaton Arrested on Flor- ida Chicken Ranch \ St. Paul, Sept, 3—(?)—William Weaver and Myrtle Eaton, among 22/ indicted::in ‘the’ $200,000 Ed-/ Ware G. Bremer kidnaping, were held in the county jail here Tuesday pend- arraignment in federal district | Brought here late Monday by air-| plane by federal agents, following their capture Sunday on a chicken ranch near Allendale, Fis., the two) were questioned about the abduction and then jailed. Weaver is charged with the actual kidnaping of the St. Paul banker January 17, 1934. Mrs, Eaton is ac- cused of. conspiracy. ‘Weaver and Mrs. Eaton had been living in Florida as Mr. and Mrs. J. ‘W. Osborne. They had legally adopted ® two-year-old baby the first of the year and were known by neighbors as chicken farmers. In their house,- about two miles from Allendale, however, were found @ half dozen guns, including a shoi- Of the others indicted for the ac- tual kidnaping, Harry Sawyer, foriner St. Paul bootlegger, is being held in Farmet and Harold Alderton, wille, Ill, are serving 20 years; is held in the county pending sentencing and Volney Davis is serving a life term. Hison to five yeurs to life imprisonment. Delay Arraignment George F. eulieet, United Stains district attorney, said arraignment of Mrs. Baton and Weaver will not be for some time. Bail bond of $100,000 for Weaver and $15,000 for Mrs. Eaton was set by the court when they were indicted. ‘Their two-year-old adopted boy, Osborne,” frolicked, mean- He is the second child to be drawn jjyear ago, Gladys Sawyer was arrest~ ary g i af. g g & ed in Cleveland by agents seeking her husband, Harry Sawyer, alleged “fin: case. She had a five- ada Will Export 50,000,000 Bushels Winnipes, Sept. 3,—(#)—Unofficial yy night said Canada | BELGIAN QUEEN IS LAID 10 REST IN CRYPT AT LAEKEN Sorrowing King, His Side Band- aged, Follows Consort to the Grave Brussels, Sept. 3—(*)—The body of Queen Astrid of the Belgians was in- terred Tuesday in the royal crypt at Laeken. Tens of thousands watched as As- trid’s lonely king, Leopold III, walked behind her coffin. Astrid died in his ‘arms last Wednesday after the auto- mobile he was driving plunged off a country road in Switzerland. The king, his right arm in a sling and his aide bandaged from # broken rib, followed the hearse from the Palace, where the body had been in state, to St. Gudule cathedral, where only 18 months, ago he attended the funeral of his father, King Albert. Prince Carl of Sweden, Queen As- trid’s father, walked to the right of Leopold. On the king's left was his brother. the Count of Flanders. Be- hind him walked the Duke of York, Great Britain’s official representative, and other European royalty and dig- nitaries, all in uniform. Officers Guard Hearse Officers of the royal household walked on each side of the hearse, Heads of the church, carrying a huge silver cross, and troops completed the Procession. The procession wound its way through the lined streets to the dol- orous tolling of the bells of St. Gudule and the booming of a farewell salute jot 33 guns, Just as the gilver and mahogany coffin was carried out of the palace and placed-in the hearse, a bright sun broke through the morning clouds. Troops presented arms smartly as the crowd stood immobile and silent when the procession reached the church, . Trumpets sourided “The Last Post” as the coffin entered the church, The cathedral bells ceased their tolling and the chanting of the funeral mass be- gan. -Dave Henne Morris, United States ambassador to Belgium, walked beside the Japanese ambassador among the | diplomatic corps which accompanied the funeral EN GLENCOE. PIONEER DIES IN BISMARCK Mrs. Sarah McMurrich, 72, Was Charter Member of Sloan Memorial Church Mrs. Sarah McMurrich, 172, for 58 years a resident of the Glencoe com: munity, died at 2:30 a. m., Tuesday, in a local hospital. She had been ill for some time. Funeral services will be held from Sloan Memorial Presbyterian church of Glencoe at 2 p. m., Thurs- day with Rev. E. Matteson of Wilton Officiating. Mrs. McMurrich was a charter member of the Glencoe church, Born Sarah McCrorie in Glasgow, Scotland, June 24, 1863, Mrs. Mc- Murrich came to the United States in 1882 to marry. She arrived in Bis- marck on July 20 and was married on July 22, leaving with her husband to Pilots Mighty Mighty Bluebird Over Glistening Course to Break Former Record Average; New Figure Is "299.875 Per Hour Bonneville Salt Lake Flats, Utah, Sept. 3—(#)—Sir Malcolm Campbell, England’s man of super-speed, bet- tered his own world’s record for land speed Tuesday on the salt beds of Utah with an average of 299.875 miles an hour. Campbell sent his mighty Bluebird thundering through the measured mile on his second run in a slignily slower time than on his first trial. On the opening dash he made the mile in 11.83 seconds for a speed of 304.311 miles an hour. His average time for the measured mile was 12.005, compared to his for- mer record, set last February at Day- tona Beach, Fla., of 13.005. On his second trip over the snow white expanse of salt, he was ciocked in 12.18 seconds for the measured mile and his speed was 295.566 miies an hour. Just Under 300 Average The average of the two times brought him a new record, just a frac- tion under the goal of 300 miles an hour or five miles a minute he had set for himself., His first run was made into the glare of the sun with a slight favor- ing cross wind. On the second trip he was bucking the wind a bit, ‘ch, according to American Automobile As- vociation officials, accounted for his slower speed. The-new record bettered by 23 miles an hour, the 276.816 miles per hour speed he reached only a few months ago. The giant Bluebird roared over the hard salt bed apparently in perfect fashion. Guided by a jet black line oiled into the track, Sir Malcolm steered the six-ton juggernaut with hardly a sway. On his first run “he came close to tying the United States airplane speed record of 304.98. When informed of his average time, after his second run, Sir Malcolm ex- ‘claimed bitterly: Is Disgusted at ‘Failure’ “For goodness sake; now I've got to go through it all again.’ Sir Malcolm said he would make another attempt to beat the 300-mile- an-hour mark Wednesday. On the second run, traveling south- west, Sir Malcolm experienced trouble that apparently slowed him up slightly. Half way through the meas- ured mile, he said, he was driving blindly when steam and exhaust fumes flowed into the cockpit be- cause he had closed the ventilator on the front of the car. He was forced to open the shutter and was pelted by a stream of salt. ‘The terrific: strain at the fastest speed ever traveled on land also caused the left inside tire of the du- sl rear wheels to be torn to NARS, IGKES FRIENDS TO ATTEND FUNERAL Wife of Cabinet Official Killed in Accident; Will Be Bur- ieg Today Chicago, Sept. 3. —, (*) — Intimate friends, representatives of official Washington families and Illinois state make | Officials Tuesday joined Secretary of many years Mrs. McMurrich losely identified with the activi- of the Sloan church. She was one of the first lady elders of the Presbyterian church in North Dakota. In her younger days, Mrs. McMur- rich also was known as southern Bur- leigh count ngel of mercy, for she of a family stricken by iliness. She leaves five children, Mrs. George Harren of Jamestown, asad pad ‘of Dillon, Mont.; William of Glencoe; ‘Hugh of Billings; Mont.; and Mar. | sout Bismarck. garet, 323. Front wenue, She also leaves a brother, Willism of unty’s bs gap hte t= rege ih gall At 2 p.m. (central standard time) they planned to gather in the Ickes family home in suburban Winnetka for funeral services. Later at a burial plot, the family intended to bid a pri- IS JUST UNDER HIS GOAL, Had Hoped to Reach 300-Mile! —_——————_- Italy Grieved by Deal; British RUROPE LOOKS 10 LEAGUE 70 SOLVE THREAT TO PEACE Session Opening Wednesday, However, Seen as ‘Face- Saving’ Effort WILL CONSIDER OIL SALE Diplomats Embarrassed by Incident Europe Tuesday looked toward the League of Nations meeting at Geneva Wednesday as the last hope of avert- ing war in Africa—but no one was optimistic that the league would do more than try to save its face, As- sociated Press dispatches indicated. Small nations were frankly afraid that the league would show itself unable to protect them and the situa- tion was complicated by a general belief that France had assured Mus- solini of @ free hand in his North Africa campaign. Among other things expected to come before the league was the Rickett oil coricession in Ethiopia, given to the Englishman as agent for an American concern, British sources were embarrassed in their peace negc- | tiations by the Rickett action. Hull Makes Statement At Washington Secretary Hull an- nounced Tuesday that the concession granted by the Ethiopian government to the African Exploration and De- velopment corporation would play no part whatever in the attitude of the United States toward the Italo- Ethiopian situation. “Whatever the nature of this trans- action may prove to be, either com- mercially or politically, or both, the attitude and policy of this government towards the controversy between Italy and Ethiopia will be maintained here- after just as it would have been main- tained had this reported oil transac- tion not occurred,” he said. As Hull was making this statement, the senate munitions committee was called into session to determine “what could be done” about learning the interests back of the American cor- poration holding the Ethiopian con- cessions. “I have no doubt,” said Senator Nye (Rep., N. D.), chairman of the com- mittee, “that if congress were in ses- sion we could get funds to go into this.” Selassie Is Aggressive At Addis Ababa, Emperor Haile Selassie equipped some of his troops with gas masks and arrested four per- sons, including the Count De Roque- feuille, a prominent French promo- ter, on espionage charges. The others were his wife, a native clerk and an Italian priest. It was asserted De Roquefeuille had documents photographed in Djibouti and had attempted to sell them to the Ethiopian consul there in an effort to gis them from falling into the hands of Italy. Dispatching 20,000 picked troops to the front, the emperor was reported to have 75,000 men in the front lines at the frontier and 50,000 in reserve. ‘The detachment leaving here traveled in American motor trucks and was to pick up others en route. Italy was obviously agitated by the oil concession deal and its press sought to clarify the situation. British circles were pessimistic re- garding the chances of Anthony Eden, British minister for league affairs, to obtain united action for blocking an Italo-Ethiopian war. This was evidenced in Paris Tues- day, when Eden failed to win Laval to his version of the failure of the tri- Porer contepenre, 14 Laval told the Bri- ish negotiator that France was de- feemined to avoid sanctions and to retain the friendship of Italy. Attacks in the Italian and coni!- commented on in the London morn- ing papers. Despite Laval's reported assurance to Eden that the Rickett bombshell! in Ethiopia will be strongly capitalized by Mussolini’s representa- tives at Geneva. It was. unofficially reported that Washnglon for elas in regard fo le regar the corporation which Francis Rickett represented in the oats League to Shadow Box CHARLES E. ARNOTT Three Americans found themselves occupying places in the international spotlight Tuesday as Europe pondered what to do about the oil concession granted by Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia to the Standard Oil com- pany, American corporation. Francis M. Ricketts negotiated the agreement by which the concession was made. Brown is president of the Socony-Vacuum Oil Co., successor to the Standard Oil company of New York, and Arnott is vice president, * Battling Chickens | | Save Lives of Tots e e Beach, N. D., Sept. 3.—()}—An attempt by a flock of chickens to fight a rattlesnake is believed to have probably saved two small sons of Mr, and Mrs. Vincent Volesky from serious injury. Noticing the chickens staging an attack, Volesky found a rat- tlesnake inthe yard of their home, @ half mile east of Saddle Butte. .He killed the reptile. Two children were playing nearby, unaware of their danger. FRANCIS M. RICKETTS Labor Federation Scores WPA Wage LEADERS OF LABOR GENERALLY DEFEND ROOSEVELT POLIGY Applaud Social Legislation En- acted Under New Deal; G. O. P. Assails It Washington, Sept. 3—(?)—The po- Utically minded sought Tuesday to read signs of the future from the tenor of Labor day speeches which con- tained both praise and condemnation of the Roosevelt administration. Leaders of labor generally applauded the social legislation enact- ed under the New Deal, assailed its op- ponents and expressed new hopes for the future. Administration foes, on the other hand, mounted platforms to unleash new attacks. ‘William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, said in a Canton, Ohio, address that the basis for “a better social and economic order has been laid.” In contrast, Eugene Talmadge, Dem- ocratic governor of Georgia, described the administration as “the greatest enemy of labor.” Makes Jobs Fewer “When the policy of the government is to make jobs fewer,” he asserted in 8 speech at Sioux Falls, 8. D., “labor is the first to suffer.” F John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers of America, told a Labor day gathering: “Organized labor, in the contest that is to come, has no choice but to sup- port the president morally, with votes, and with its frugal pennies. Of the result there can be no doubt.” W. W. Murrey, Fargo, Elected President; Sales Tax Mod- ification Asked The North Dakota State Federation of Labor Tuesday closed the doors on the 1935 convention after gestures fa- voring the farmer and WPA worxers. After denouncing WPA wage écales as insufficient and terming farm market conditions “unbearable,” the federation Monday elected W. W. Murrey of Fargo president and asked sales tax modifications, A resolution demanded “immediate Increase” in WPA wages to a 50-cent- an-hour minimum to replace “starva- tion” pay. The federation also de- manded immediate formation of a Program to improve rural credit and marketing facilities, Officers also elected were D. E. dent, and L. J. Mero, Grand Forks, renamed secretary-treasurer. Minot received the 1936 convention. In approving the WPA wage re- solution, the convention first, on the suggestion of Murray, removed the Workers’ League of Grand Forks and the Farm Holiday units of Regan and Lincoln as sponsors, naming the state HURRICANE CAN ES PALATIAL STEAMER ON FLORA REEF Other Vessels Stand by Unable to Help Becayse of Fog and High Seas SOME PASSENGERS BRUISED Suffered When Liner Hit Rocks; Water Slowly Creeping Up In Hold (Copyright, 1935, by the Associsted Press.) King. bpeicpaecnjaceent tne es an ton announced the King was es edit ig building trades conference as sponsor. | + Murray said labor could “fight its own battles without hiding behind” ei affiliates or small groups. The convention also asked the sales ily i i FI ie ffl if