The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, September 5, 1935, Page 1

| (=) THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE ESTABLISHED 1878 Storm Deaths kk * All Passengers L RESGUE ERFBCTED IN CALM SEA BUT SKY 1S OVERCAST Passengers Unfold Saga of Courage, Tell of Dreadful Night in Storm RADIO TELLS OF TRANSFER Captain and Part of Crew Re- main on Board to Keep Possession of Ship (Copyright, 1935, by the Associated Press) Miami, Fla., Sept. 5.—(#)—The task of removing passengers remaining aboard the hapless liner Dixie, Trop- ical Radio reported, was completed ‘Thursday morning by three ships BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1935 xk Stricken Liner and Scene of Storm Disaster while the rescued persons unfolded | Miami, & sea saga of courage. ¥ The transfer of those who remained on the liner, fast aground on treach- erous French reef, Florida Keys, was carried out with celerity, messages from the Dixie's master, E. W. Sund- strom, indicated. Over a calm sea, @ low, overcast sky threatening, the life boats shut- tled to and from the side of the Dixie. “Started to load passengers six a. m. on launch of Warbler,” Captain Sundstrom wirelessed offices of the Morgan line in New York, “First boat takes 20 passengers.” Messages Come Swiftly Subsequent messages from the Dixie came swiftly. “Second launch left ship with 18 passengers.” “Third launch, 18 passengers.” “Fourth launch, 18 passengers.” ‘Thus, the story. of the transfer was ‘told in terse radio messages. Conditions were ideal for the rescue, according to the skipper's wireless. The sea was placid. ‘When the transferring was resumed ‘Thursday morning, 220 persons—143 passengers and 77 members of the crew—were on the Dixie. Divisional headquarters of the coast guard at Jacksonville, Fia., re- ceived a report from the cutter Saukee that it had aboard 54 of the Dixie's passengers—brought to her by two motorboats, the salvage tug War- ler and coast guard boats Numbers Completion of the task of removing the passengers was told by Captain Sundstrom in a message to 8. I. Cooper, manager of the Morgan line, at his New York office. “all passengers and crew that were to leave off at 8.50 a. m.” The message meant that the skip- per and a skeleton crew remains on the Dixie—necessary, according to admiralty law, to enable the Morgan line to retain possession of the ves- sel. ‘The Saukee wirelessed that some of the passengers were transferred to the Morgan liner El Occidente by smaller boats, and that the cutters Carrabassett and Pandora, which en- gaged in rescue work ‘Wednesday night, were back on the job Thure- morning. oan Morgan liner, El Mundo, was also on the scene. She returned from Miami where she discharged pas- sengers Wednesday night. Meanwhile, the narrative of - the marine drama was unfolded by some - of the Dixie's early-removed passen- ‘Ss. eehere was no hysteria,” said Miss Florence E. Steiler, of San Francisco. “we all sang. The death which seemed to face us was discussed with ‘unprecedented freedom. “Fear seemed to be unknown, as swe were all of the opinion we would finally be carried down.” Miss Steller was one of the passen- gers taken from the Dixie, aground ‘on French reef, Florida Keys, by the United Fruit liner Atenas Wednes- ae Rain, Sea Halt Rescue Before again-swelling seas and rain. forced rescue ships to abandon their work Wednesday night, 164 persons ff the . had been taken of by the War- remained ‘With the 20 removed bler’s launch, 200 persons Dixie up on. the rocks and the keys, swept by Tuesday's storm with a death list which may CAS BOMB THWART ATTENPTED ROBBERY OF VENTURIA BANK Plunderers Frightened Away When Acetylene Torch Sets ’ Off Safety Device Venturia, N. D., Sept. 5.—()—An attempted bank burglarly, in which. Plunderers were frightened away by release of a gas bomb, was revealed early Thursday at the First State Bank here. ‘ State’s Attorney Max Wishek, in- vestigating the attempted burglary with McIntosh County Sheriff Christ Bauer, declared the burglars had cut; @ two-foot-square hole in the bank/ vault door with acetylene torches. The attempt was discovered by W. E. Kretchmar, cashier of the bank. No loot was obtained. Wishek said the gas bomb was re- leased when the cutting flame of the torch touched the apparatus inside the vault door. The burglars failed to penetrate an inside vault door and fled, leaving be- hind tanks of oxygen and actelyene gas, pinchers, a wi bar, and a cream can with a label, “Arend Post, Hastings, N. D.” Wishek said he be- Meved the tanks of gas had been stolen. Entrance to the bank was obtained through a rear window, Wishek said. The burglars ripped off a door, lean- it against the vault, from which hung an old canvas as a screen street window. Wishek esti- mated the burglars worked for two or @. A. Miller, head of the state bu- ju of identification, left Bismarck Thi morning. on the vessel Thursday anata: 7 {Fina Crying Beggar | Had Money in Bank -——-—. New York, Sept. 5—(?)—Pa- trolman Walter Mitchell obsery- ed a tattered beggar sob bitterly when passersby ignored his out- stretched hand. Questioned, the mendicant talked of suicide and the officer took him in custody for safe- keeping. A search of the man’s clothing revealed $375 in currency and bank books showittg deposits of BEER DEPARTMENT TO PUSH RADS ON WHISKEY SELLERS Owen Vows Determination to Make Life Miserable for N. D. Bootleggers North Dakota’s beer department is going to continue to make life miser- able for bootleggers, Commissioner Owen T, Owen, declared Thursday as he reported results of five more raids by his agents at different points in the state. At Bordulac, Alfred Larsgard was arrested by the Stutsman county sheriff on complaint of States At- torney Russell D. Chase after 22 pints of whiskey, alcohol and gin and had been found on Larsgard’s prem- ises. He pleaded guilty and was given a suspended jail sentence and fine up- on his promise to take out a beer li- cense and to refrain from selling hard liquor. From the home of Steve Wetzstein at Carrington agents took one quart of alcohol, and two and one half pints of gin, @ revolver and some dence shown by the people.” | Dickinson Bakery’s Articles Are Filed '$202.748 IN STATE AID IS DISTRIBUTED TO SCHOOL BOARDS Amount, Received From Land Grant Fund, Is Decrease ~From 1934 Figure Distribution ‘of $222,718 to 58 coun- ties out of the state tuition fund, was begun Thursday, Arthur E. Thomp- son, superintendent of public instruc- tion, announced. The amount represented a decrease Of $19,018 as compared with the $241,- 736 distributed to schools of the state for the first quarter in 1934, A census taken by Thompson for the purpose of allocating the’ funds also revealed that the number of children of school age in the various counties had decreased during the last year by 5,444, Unmarried persons between the ages of six and 21 years, are classed as those of “school age.” In the first quarter of the 1934 school year a total of 221,777 was marked in the census. This year the total dropped to 216,333 persons. Funds for the distribution come from interest and income of the monies invested by the university and school lands board from federal land grants. Cass County Gets Most Cass county leads in the number of persons of school age with 18,105, and with payment of $18,648.15. Ward county receives the second largest amount—$10,148.59, on the basis of 9,853 persons of school age in the county. Grand Forks county follows closely, with the payment of $10,012.63, and 9,721 persons of school age. Payment and number of persons in Missouri Slope counties and those of ‘Children Fund 1,866 $ 1,921.98 5.796 5,969.88 1,151 1,185.53 1,464 = 1,507.92 6149 6,333.47 18,105 18,648.15 3,463.89 1962. 2,020.86 1,254 1,291.62 ‘97721 10,012.63 ‘Williams cee dettAs RE Change in Rates on Sheep Made Public May T eave Str keke ROOSEVELT ORDER TO GUT EXPENSES STIRS MUCH TALK Political Observers See Hint of Balanced Budget in Exe- cutive’s Action EMERGENCY HELD PASSED President Tells Newspapermen Worst Is Over; Plans Future Moves Washington, Sept. 5.—()—Presi- dent Roosevelt's orders placing all emergency agencies under the budget bureau aroused speculation here Thursday as to whether this might not be a move toward meeting oppo- sition attacks on New Deal spending. First stirrings of the approaching election campaign have indicated that heavy governmental expenditures and an unbalanced budget would figure prominently as an issue. Republican spokesmen apparently intend to keep it a live subject. In his talk with newspapermen at Hyde Park, N. Y., Wednesday, how- ever, Roosevelt said the national emergency had passed and that his orders contemplated a reduction in employe personnel and eventual con- solidation where possible. Observers here wondered whether this meant that when congress meets in January the president would re- linquish any of the emergency pow- ers voted to him to deal with the do- mestic crisis, Even before he left for Hyde Park the president gave hints of moves to trim down government agencies. He arranged with heads of bureaus deal- ing with housing activities to prevent an overlapping of their functions, He also set September 12 as a deadline for receiving applications for money from the $4,000,000,000 works fund, Under the new presidential orders, the emergency agencies will have to obtain in advance monthly approval from the budget bureau for all ad- ministrative commitments. Officials here declined to say whether this was preliminary to a definite drive to bal- ance the budget. Lake and one extending the time for filing suits on war risk insurance. APPROVE HOPE AUDITORIUM Washington—A $22,000 loan and $9,826 grant to Hope, N. D., for construction of an auditorium was approved by the PWA. OPEN BETTER LIGHT DRIVE Frank Putnam, assistant superin- tendent of the state highway patrol, said his men have begun a drive on faulty driving lights. Many motor- partment after their lights have been repaired. MINOT VETERANS ELECT Minot—Russell L. Loberg was elected commander of the Minot PREDICTS RYE PROGRAM Washington—At his press confer- ence Secretary Wallace predicted a crop control program for rye with a processing tax of 30 cents a bushel. i The Weather cloudiness and warmer to- ‘unsettled and warmer. ' PRICE FIVE CENTS otal 1,000 icken Liner Italy Asks Halt in |0FMGIAL ADVISES League Discussion Spokesman Wants. Time for Telephone Conference With Mussolini in Rome SAY ETHIOPIA ‘INSULTING’ Dignity Injured, They Seek to Do Something About ‘De- famatory Remarks’ Geneva, Sept. 5—(P)—An Italian spokesman announced Thursday night that Italy was asking the suspension of the League of Nations council ses- sion until after a telephonic confer- ence with Premier Mussolini. The spokesman said Baron Pompeo Aloisi, head of the Italian delegation to the council, wanted time for a per- sonal talk with the head of the Ital- ian government in order to determine Italy’s subsequent course of action at Geneva. Prior to this announcement, Italian delegates said unofficially they would demand the session’s suspension to see what should be done concerning “Ethiopia's defamatory and insulting remarks about Italy.” Two Leave Conference Ttalian officials said they believed the fact that two Italian delegates had walked out of the council cham- ber did not necessarily mean Italy would leave the League of Nations. The Ethiopian delegate, Prof. Gas- ton Jeze, had demanded that the League of Nations take quick action on the question of “whether a war of extermination will soon be launch- ed,” and was answering charges of “barbarism” when the walkout came. Before entering the conference Baron Pompeo Aloisi, chief Italian spokesman, had given newspapermen @ memorandum in which he said he would refuse to answer questions or otherwise enter into discussion with the Ethiopian delegation. “It is beneath our dignity to parley further with uncivilized and unspeak- ably barbarous states,” spoke Italy. Ethiopia Cracks Back “Ethiopia's problem,” was the re- joinder of that empire’s spokesman, “has been to persuade the Italian government to follow, in this particu- lar case, the procedure of civilized states—that is, recourse arbitration rather than force.” Optimists found cause for cheer in the fact that neither Italy nor Ethi- opia had walked out of the league and in the fact that Italy had not speci- fically demanded Ethiopia’s expulson Grounds for optimism were seen in lassie shall not be left to his own de- vices in his “backward empire.” A government spokesman reiterat- ed that Tl Duce was not bluffing when he said recently “the nation is pre- pared to go ahead with the league, without the league or against the Italian statesmen expressed confi- dence that another rung would be added to the ladder by which Fascism has slowly but surely brought Italy world prestige. ‘These officials felt that the world t large could not fail to appreciate the stand Italy has taken at Geneva Ethiopian nation is requisites for mem- a.society of civilized states. sort or any nature will divert Itely ‘from her course.” i ‘This totel in June f : PROPOSAL 10 BUILD GAS PIPELINE PUT UP 10 PWA LEADER Welford and Industrial Com- mission Favor $4,490,- 100 Development WOULD START IN CAPITAL 29 Cities Would Be Served by Extension of Service East From Bismarck A $4,490,100 cooperative venture, with either the state or municipalities acting as distributors, under which natural gas would be extended to 29 cities and communities of central and eastern North Dakota, was submit- ted to the public words administra- tion Thursday. The ject ited by Governor Walter Weltord seung in his own be- half and as member of the state in- dustrial commission, also involves use of natural gas developed in south- western North Dakota. The gas would be extended from Bismarck to Fargo, and from the lat- ter city to Grand Forks, and to all communities between these points. Although set up originally with the state acting as “pipeline company,” officials interested in the project as- serted that should such a setup be ruled out. by PWA, municipalities segved could form the “pipeline com- repaying paying for use of the pipeline owned by the Montana-Dakota power com- pany. Would Employ 3,000 Men According to the application, the project would give employment to 3,000 men, and the state would obtain the money from the federal government, requesting $2,020,545 as an outright grant, and $2,460,555 as a loan, to be repaid by earnings received through transmission of natural gas to the communities and direct sale to larger industrial concerns. A 12-inch pipeline would be con- structed from Bismarck to Fargo, serving all communties en route, and a 10 inch pipeline from Fargo Grand Forks, with two compressor stations, one near Mandan and the other near Fargo, according to the application. ‘The pipeline would hook up with the Montana Dakota Power company pipes here, with the gas coming from the Baker-Glendive gas fields. A pipeline “company” would either be formed or the state industrial commission would act as the pipeline agent. Details as to what form this would take were not clear in the ap- ication and state officials were rin ‘as to details. Name Minneapolis Engineer HH. M. Frederickson of the Montana- Dakota Utilities company, Minneapo- lis, was cited in the application as the engineer of project plans. pipeline would be extended to the “gates” of the communities along the planned rout including James- town and Valley City. ‘The gas would be purchased at the field, run to Bismarck through Mon- tana-Dakota company pipes, and be (Continued on Page Two) HIGHER WPA WAGES ASKED AT GARRISON M'Lean County Mass Meeting Also Demands Relief From . Farm Debt Burden Garrison, N. D., Sept. 5—(P}—A set of resolutions adopted at a mass meet- ing here Wednesday demanded higher ‘WPA wages, and debt relief for farm- ers. : The meeting, at which Acting Gov- ernor Walter Welford spoke encour- agingly of debt relief efforts by the scored “the starvation FLORIDA GOVERNOR OF GREAT DISASTER Lowest Estimates Are 200 to 500; Communication Lines Still Are Down WIDE AREA IS DEVASTATED Scenes of Horror and Desola- tion Meet Rescue Crews Moving Into District (Copyright, meh the Associated Miami, Fla., Sept. 5.—Relief officials estimated Thursday that the tropical hurricane, sweeping terror and destruc- tion across the Florida keys, left in its path a death toll of from 200 to 500 and it “may reach 1,000.” W. P. Mooty advised his chief, Governor Dave Sholtz, from the center of the storm area that fatalities “may reach 1,000.” Other sources have placed the number at from 200 to 500, but the exact figure probably will not be known until communication has been re-established with many marooned points. “Words cannot horrible believed there the deaths would ex- ced 700. ‘The hurricane, dwindling in its de- Georgia ly moved into the stricken regions where they were met by scenes of te}horror and desolation. Fifty-one bodies, few identified, lay in a morgue here, as the difficult mis- sion of bringing aid to the injured and marooned victims was speeded to the coastal regions where the storm was most severe. Countless injured were reported strewn through the keys, battered and work camps on Upper and Lower Matecumbe keys. Should Have Been Moved A similar request went to President Roosevelt Wednesday night from the Miami chamber of commerce and the Coral Gables post of the American Legion. “I want to find out why they didn’t evacuate those islands,” Peterson said. i: He Hai er g 4 8