The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 28, 1935, Page 1

\ —_— | North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper \ THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE ESTABLISHED 1873 BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1985 PRICE FIVE CENTS Bond Payoff Cuts State Debt 5 Millions. M CONCEIVED DEA 10 |Former BASE HIS DESPERATE FINANCIAL STRAITS|+-stioping Ring Dice Tells Amazing Story to G-Men Judge of High Court Dies E. T. Burke, Who Served From 1911 to 1917, Is Strick- of How He'Staged Abduc- tion Without Aid en in Illinois WILL FACE FEDERAL CHARGE Information was received here Sat- urday of the death at Flossmoor, Ill., on Christmas day of E. T. Burke, one Skin Punctures:on Arm Caused time member of the North Dakota supreme court and former resident of Bismarck. by Pins; Taped and Tied Judge Burke, who was an attorney for the department of justice at Himself on Road Washington, D. C., was visiting in New York, Dec. 28.—()—Confess- ing that his “kidnaping” was a hoax Illinois when he was stricken with his fatal illness. He was 65 years old. His death occurred on his 35th wed- ding anniversary. engineered in an attempt to get some Judge Burke was born near Minne- money, Caleb J. Milne, IV, was ar- apolis, Minn., Nov. 5, 1870, the son of raigned Saturday before U. 8. Com- John and Elizabeth B, Burke who had missioner Garrett W. Cotter, on a immigrated from Ireland. charge of attempted extortion, a vio- Shortly after his birth his parents lation of the U. 8. postal laws. moved to Cass county, North Dakota, Bail was set at $7,500 and a hearing settling on a claim near Fargo in on the charge was scheduled for Jan. 9% The specific charge on which Milne ‘was arraigned said he had deposited “a letter in the United States mails demanding $20,000.” Hoover Reveals Story J. Edgar Hoover, chief of the fed- eral bureau of investigation, announc- ed Saturday that Milne “kidnapped himself as a matter of publicity to help him get a job on the stage.” “He broke shortly after midnight,” Hoover said, “and, told us the whole story of how he had conceived the idea when he was in desperate finan- cial straits and couldn’t get a job.” The youth, grandson of a wealthy retired Pennsylvania textile manufac- turer, was arrested by the federal Yarmouth, N. 8., Dec, 28.—(#)— Harry Howard Raymond, 17, American shipping magnate and descendant of a family which has followed the sea for generations, died Friday night. POLICE POSSE KILLS MURDERER TRAPPED IN HOUSE AT BUTTE Women and Two Children Held Captive All Friday by Hungry Desperado G-MEN WILL NOT COUNT MILNE’S HOAX New York, Dec. 28.—()}—The hoax kidnaping of Caleb J. Milne, 4th, will not be entered in the fed- eral bureau, of investigation’s kid- naping box score. “Before this case we had 63 kid- napings, all solved,” said J. Edgar Hoover, director of the bureau. “It’s still 63—this one doesn’t count.” “Butte; Mont., Dec: 28.—(7)—William Henry Knight, slayer of four men, was shot to death in @ fog.of tear gas by possemen Friday night, ending ® one-man reign of terror in south- western Montana. ‘The 39-year-old ex-convict, object of sensational three-day manhunt. died a few hours after he was-cor: nered and shot at the home of a former employe, James Gilligan. Gilligan, his wife, and two small children were held captive by the desperado until they persuaded him to it them to remove the child- ren, David 5, and Hazel, 2, to their grandmother's home. . Knight consented and the terrified; parents notified police, who made short work of the man who boasted agents at Hoover’s direction, and held “somewhere in New York city.” Young Milne, Hoover said, faked a story to his landlady that a “Dr. Green of Gracie Square” wanted him to go to Philadelphia because his grandfather was ill. Mailed ‘Ransom’ Note He cut words from newspapers to form a “ransom” note, which he taining his wrist watch and a news- paper he had touched with blood. of killing two peace officers. Then Milne went by bus to Tren-| A posse surrounded the house and ton, N. J., where he remained for! Jack Duggan, assistant police chief, about four days. Finally he moved/fired s bullet into Knight's head as on to Doylestown, Pa., on Dec. 18. the fugitive ran from the house. “He went up by a schoolhouse, ——— ees wt. D, LEADS DRIVE 10 | GUT CAR FATALITIES) eyes and mouth, tied his ankles, knees | rolled Despite Increased Travel, 14 and hands and down a States Diminished Auto Deaths in 1935 tery story writer was found, posed object of a kidnaping. Arm Punct ures Pin Pricks Marks on his arm which Milne were made «Continued on Page Three) YOUNG DEMOCRATS TO STAGE DINNER Committee to Supervise Politi- cal Get-Together Appoint- ed by Joseph Byrne . 28.—(}—Fourteen states decreased automobile deaths in 1 months of 1935 from 7 to 0. 'T. Benson, brother of Minnesota’s 1871. Later they moved to Highland township, Cass: county, and then to Sheldon, where the elder Burke Operated a newspaper. Attended Two Universities Judge Burke was educated in the Cass county schools and Fargo high school and then attended the Uni- versity of North Dakota for two years before transferring to the University of Minnesota, from which he received his law degree. Beginning practice of law at Valley City, he was elected state’s attorney of Barnes county, serving from 1901 to 1905. He then was elected judge of the fifth judicial district. After serving two years of his second term, to which he was ae-elected without opposition, he resigned to become a candidate for the supreme court, winning election to that tribunal in 1910 and moving to Bismarck to begin the work in 1911, Retiring from the bench in 1917, he continued to. live in Bismarck until 1926, when he was appointed a. spe- cial investigator for the department of justice and moved with his family to Washington. Had Special Abilities Although Judge Burke was a Re- publican, he continued with his work after the change from the Hoover to the Roosevelt administration because (Continiied on Page Three) PIONEER M'KENZIE RANCHER IS: DEAD Joseph Stroud, Writer of ‘Old West’ History, Succumbs at Williston Williston, N. D., Dec. 28.—A color- ful figure of the early North Dakota ranching history and for the last 20 years an employe of the Greaé North- ern railroad here, Joseph G. Stroud, 68, died here Thursday of heart dis- ease. Stroud came to McKenzie county with a Texas trail herd back in 1888. In 1891 he, together with his broth- ers, Robert and William, started a ranch along the Missouri river at the mouth of; Timber creek. The Stroud ranch was about 12 miles southeast of Williston on the McKenzie river. Intensely interested in making the history of those early ranching days @ matter of record, Stroud for years had collected stories of the old west and had set down many of his own reminiscenses. Some of this material has been published in a booklet, “Memories of Old Western Trails in Texas Longhorn Days.” Stroud was assisted by Thomas H. Moodie during the years Moodie was editor of the Williston Herald. In re- cent months he was working on a more elaborate history. The ex-cow- boy and rancher was born in Menard county, Texas. As a boy of 16 he rode the Texas ranges, helping to round up longhorn cattle. Funeral services have been held up Glen Ullin Doctor Is Brother of Senator Glen Ullin, N. D., Dec. 28.—(”)—Dr. newly @ppointed United States sena- i . Benson, returned to his Saturday Games Participation New York, Dec. 28.—(?)—The Na- NCAA Favors Olympic | BRITISH CALL LINDY PILGRIM. RETURNING TO ESCAPE TYRANNY | Freighter May Pass Up Ireland | to Land Famous Passen- * gers at Liverpool MAY ARRIVE ON NEW YEAR Self-Imposed Exile of of American Family Recalls Event of 315 Years Ago (Copyright, 1935, by Associated Press) Belfast, Ireland, Dec. 28.—(7)— A possibility that Col. Charles A. Lindbergh and his family may leave the freighter American Im- porter on its arrival in Ireland and complete their journey from the United States to England by plane developed Saturday. It was learned a plane was standing by at the Aldergrove Royal Air Force airdrome under sealed orders. London, Dec. 28.—(?)—Fresh man- ifestations of sympathy for the fam- ily of Col. Charles A. Lindbergh ap- peared in the British press Saturday as the freighter American Importer, bearing the famous flier, his wife and child, butted through Atlantic break- ers toward the British Isles. The American vessel on which the Lindberghs sailed from New York early last Sunday as the sole passen- gers, apparently to escape renewed threats of kidnaping 3-year-old Jon, approached Ireland where it usually stops at Cobh. Reliable sources said the ship might pass up the Irish port, however, and proceed directly to some English port, probably Liverpool, where the family would set up its residence in the land of no modern recorded kidnaping for Transom. After passing a lone Christmas at sea, the Colonel. Anne and Jon might arrive’ at their seat of self-imposed exile in time for a land observance of the coming of the new year. De- spite heavy winter seas, they were i Saaeieg to dock by next Wednes- y. ‘The Daily Express, recalling that free-born Englishmen who “would not have been able to abide oppres- sion here” sailed for America on the Mayflower 315 years ago, said: “Now, in bitter shame, America sees Lindbergh, her greatest son, sail back to England with his pilgrim child to escape viler tyranny. ... “Uncle Sam need: look no further for his New Year's resolution than to cleanse his great nation of its scum.” INSULL MAY HEAD NEW RADIO CHAIN Chicago Hears Utility King Once Again Is Dabbling in Elec- trical Field Chicago, Dec. 28.—(?)—Samuel In- sull, once head of a two billion dollar Public utilities empire, just can’t leave {electricity alone, his friends said Sat- urday. The 76-year old power magnate re- cently emerged from voluntary retire- ment into which he retreated after ac- quittal on state and federal charges of conspiracy with the bankruptcy of some of his utilities companies. Some of his former associates hinted he would head a new radio chain in the middlewest. Insull again assumed his former sphinxlike attitude and re- fused to deny or affirm the reports. LaSalle Street reports said the pro- posed chain would be capitalized a $100,000, but that no stock would be offered to the public. The suggested combination has been given the tentative name of the Af- filiated Broadcasting company and would include at least 15 small stations of 100 to 500 watt power in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota and Michigan. KJBRSTAD REMOVAL FROM PRESIDENCY Dickinson Educator Again Un- der Fire as Four Men Sign Petition to Board /HARRIS REFUSES COMMENT H. O. Pippin’s Name Enters Pic- ‘ture as Possible Future Chief of School A demand for replacement of C. L. Kjerstad as president of Dickinson State Teachers college has been filed with the state board of administra- tion, it was learned Saturday. Kjerstad last fall was the object of a similar attempt. At that time, the board apparently settled the discus- {sion with an announcement no change would be made at the school | “for the present.” Kjerstad. it was learned from board members, is scheduled to appear be- fore the board Monday to report on his efforts to heal breaches at Dick- inson. None of the board members ex- pressed the belief Kjerstad would be dismissed or that any such action ‘was contemplated, Harris Talks Reluctantly J. D. Harris, head of the board, was reluctant to discuss the demand for Kjerstad's replacement. He said the board had received a petition signed by four persons, including a state representative, in which Kjerstad’s replacement was asked. The petition to the board was signed by E. D. Culver, Jacob Krier, Ray Schnell, representative of the Bist district, and Dan Noonan of Richardton, Harris said. The petition recalled “oral com- plaints” made to the board on pre- vious occasions and declared “there is. no need of bringing any charges in detail,” asserting board members were “well acquainted with true condi- tions.” R. M. Rishworth, another member of the board, said there was a “possi- bility” Kjerstad might be asked to resign effective at the end of the present school year. Another Post Broached It also was possible, board members| said, Kjerstad might be offered an- other position in an institution as a faculty member. Mrs. Jennie Ulsrud, third member of the board, said there was a “possi- bility” of a “post-dated” resignation by Kjerstad, although she expressed opposition to any plan to force Dr. Kjerstad out of the presidency now.” The name of H. O. Pippin, Stark county superintendent of schools, was reported under consideration should there be any future vacancy in the Dickinson college post. “He's not the only candidate,” Mrs. Ulsrud said. She declared others likewise were seeking the job. Buchanan Proposes Washington, Dec, 28.—(#)—The idea of levying sales taxes on luxuries to support the New Deal's social secur- ity program was suggested Saturday by Chairman Buchanan (Dem., Tex.) of the house appropriations commit- tee. Such levies would be substitutes for the taxes on payrolls and em- ployes which the security act now provides. Paralysis Preventing Nose Spray I Developed OF COLLEGE ASKED, ilne Confesses Staging ‘Kidnaping’ Single-Handed Laval Wins Double Vote of Confidence pes, ako ’ ‘Mars His Record || aa a Majorities So Small, However, That Danger of Cabinet Crisis Remains (Copyright, 1935 by Associated Press) Paris, Dec, 28.--Premier Pierre La- val, fighting for his political life, wrested a double vote of confidence from the chamber of deputies Satur- day but his majorities were so small that the danger of a cabinet crisis re- mained. The votes came after two days of debate on foreign policy and while armed mobile guards were held in readiness outside the chamber to crush possible disorders. By the slim margins of 296 to 276 and 304 to 262 Laval escaped the fate of his fellow-author of the dynamited Anglo-French plan, Sir Samuel Hoare. Hoare was forced to resign as Great Britain's foreign secretary because of resentment to the proposal. Pledges to Follow League Laval, defending himself against bitter leftist attacks pledged Satur- day that he would follow the League of Nations to the limit in its efforts to end the war in Africa. Although the second vote gave him an increased margin, it still was small enough to foreshadow difficult shoals ahead for the swarthy Laval’s cabi- net. Some deputies feared Eduard Her- riot and the other Radical Socialist ministers might resign or that the cabinet might be overthrown when the chamber returns from its New Year's vacation Jan. 14. The first vote, as is usual, came on @ question of technical procedure and was followed by a vote on the ques- tion of confidence in Lavan’s foreign Policy itself. Keep Crowds Moving Police kept crowds outside the chamber building on the move, and the mobile guards, with carbines swung; across their, shoulders, were held ready at a nearby railway sta- tion, while the noisy debate went on in the chamber. Laval, seeking to refute every attack on him, outlined his actions to show that he “remained faithful to the (League) covenant and all undertak- jings by France.” Laval stressed his belief that an oil embargo would be really. workable only if nations outside the League voted for similar action. “We must await the decision of the American congress before we can take such action,” said the premier. CHAHAR INVADED BY JAPAN-AIDED ARMY ieve Thrust Aimed at Cutting Trade Routes to Mongo- lian Republic Shanghai, Dec. 28—(P)—A Man- chukuan army assisted by Japanese Luxuries’ Sales Tax) airplanes, said a Chinese report Sat- Y, urday, was advancing across Chahar province in China’ and threatening to sever part of it from Chinese control. The invaders were reported to be driving a military wedge toward Shangtu, on Chahar’s western fron- tier, and possibly isolating the north- ern half of the province. Simultaneously, 2,000 irregulars un- der the pro-Japanese leader Liu Kewi-Tang were reported to be in- vading northern Hopeh province. Chinese observers expressed the opinion the Manchukuan thrust into Chahar was inspired by the Japanese in an effort to cut trade routes be- Washington, Dec. 28.—(4)—Infan-' tween China and outer Mongolia, the tile paralysis immunization through use of a nasal spray—90 per cent ef- fective in tests on monkeys and in- expensive—has been developed by Drs. Charles Armstrong and W. T. Harri- son of the National Institute of Health. independent republic in which Soviet influence is dominant. Japanese militarists were reported to be bargaining with North China Officials for installation of a Mongol regime, friendly to Manchukuo, in the seized Chahar districts. Pictured above are some of the workers in Bismarck’s Open Your halted for a moment from packing baskets for distribution to the needy, last Monday.’ The sacks in the. foreground contained. pota- When Bismarck Opened Its Heart (Special to The Tribune) Jgmestown, N. D., Dec. 28.—C. C. Talbott, president of the North Dakota Farmers Union, has mo- tored hundreds of thousands of miles without an accident. His all-time record, friends say, was the speedy chauffeuring of Rexford G. Tugwell, national director of the Rural Resettle- ment administration, from Devils Lake to Bismarck the summer of 1934. It was so fast, Talbott never has denied he drove an average of 80 miles an hour. Saturday morning at his home here Talbott, in backing his car out of his garage, hit a tree, knocked the front seat out of the car, marred his record. COLLEGE BAND 10 PLAY HERE SUNDAY’ Einar Husby and John Carlson, | Who Made Trip to Norway, to Play in Home City Climaxing musical attractions of the holiday season in the Capital City will be the concert by the Concordia college band of Moorhead, Minn., at 8 o'clock Sunday evening in Trinity Lutheran church, Previous appearances of the band, which is directed by J. A. Holvik, prior to the 1935 Norway tour, under spon- sorship of this church have brought large audiences. The Bismarck concert is one in a tour embracing Hebron and Dickinson the afternoon and evening, respec- tively, of Monday, Dec. 30. There will be a concert at Stanton at 3 o'clock Thursday, Jan. 2. The program will open with the “Triumphal March” by Edvard Grieg, which is part of the Sigurd Jorsalfar Suite. Director Halvik has chosen | the famous “Prelude to Lohengrin” by Wagner as the second number. The first group will close with the rendi- tion of the allegro moderato move- ment of the well-known “Unfinished Symphony” by Schubert. H Following the intermission the band will offer “Finlandia,” a tone poem by the Finnish composer Sibelius. Espe- cially popular during the holiday sea- son is the “Nutcracker Suite” from the works of Tschaikowsky. Five| movements of this number will be played on the program, which closes with the brilliant “Finale from the| Fourth Symphony” by the same com- | poser. Donald Berglund, Fergus Falls, Minn,, will be heard in a flute solo. Bismarck students in the personnel are Einar Husby and John Carlson, who both made the trip to Norway. One of the critics hearing the band wrote: “We heard an unusual musical treat of beauty and magnitude. One enjoyed especially the harmony which at all times was brought out by the skillful players. The woodwinds gave forth rich tone quality and the horn section showed a mastery of instru- ment that resulted in a unity and harmony of rare beauty, free from any harshness. The ‘am present- | RETIREMENT PLACES STATE'S TOTAL DEBT NOW AT $31,614,990 Is Largest Single Transaction of Its Kind in History of Government HUGE SAVINGS ON INTEREST 23 Real Estate Issues With Var- ious Maturities Affected by Redemption Retirement of $5,000,000 in North Dakota real estate bonds, cutting the bonded indebtedness of the state farm loan business to $27,443,800 and placing the total state debt at $31,- 614,950 was announced Saturday by State Treasurer John Gray. The check for $5,000,000 given by Gray to the Bank of North Dakota, from which the bonds were purchased was the largest ever written in the history of the state government. Redemption of the bonds before: maturity was ordered by the state in- dustrial commission and was in line with the policy of the administration “to reduce the bonded indebtedness of the state $4,000,000 or $5,000,000 each year,” Gov. Walter Welford asserted. 23 Issues Affected Affected by the retirement were 23 issues, including years of maturity ranging from 1936 to 1948. In addition, $129,991.23 was turned over to the Bank of North Dakota representing accrued interest on the bonds retired up to Jan. 1, 1936, Gray said the retirement would re- duce the state's interest bill $260,000 annually, “enough to pay the capitol Payroll each year.” Still remaining in the real estate /~ bond payment sinking fund was §7,/°~ 000,000, which Gray said woul used to retire additional se! of bonds “as soon as we can get addi. tional available bonds.” Interest Rates Varied Retired were bonds bearing interest rates of from 4% per cent to 6 per cent. It is the first time such & large amount of bonds has been retired be- fore maturity, Gray said. December 5, 1934, more than $4,000,000 in bonds were retired, but the amount includ- ed bonds which had reached matur= ity, Gray said. Seres retired included: 1936, $51,000; 1937, $153,00; 1939, $565,000; 1 $214,000; 1941, $51,000; 1942, $442,000; 1944, $454,000; 1945, $699,000; 1946, $1,141,000; 1947, $249,000; 1948, $981,- Welford Called Mee! Records of the industrial commis- sion show the meeting was ealled by - Governor Welford and the motion to purchase the bonds before maturity was made by Attorney General P. O. Sathre. All members of the commis- sion, including Theodore Martell, .- commissioner of agriculture and labor, ~ supported the proposal. ¥ Accumulation of the money in ad- vance of maturity was made possible by the action of the Bank of North Dakota which refinanced many of its - farm loans with the federal land bank. These farm loans, plus the state's general credit, are the security for all state farm loan bonds, PET PARADE OPENS LOCAL ICE CARNIVAL Hockey Game Will Follow Torch Parade in Evening Program Favored by ideal weather condi- tions, Bureligh county's Winter Sports Carnival got off to a rousing start’ here Saturday when over 40 children took part in the pet parade.. ~~ Retriever, an English Bull, and a just “plain dog.” program are being held. Inch the afternoon events were Traces, @ scavenger hunt i &