The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 21, 1936, Page 3

LEADER IS SHOT BY ASSAILANT IN HOME), « Dr. Mina Hered Figure in Sensa- tional Wrangle in 1935, Hit by One Bullet Tokyo, Feb. 21.—(#)—Dr. Tatsukichi Minobe, principal in the 1935: politi- cally sensational Minobe case which rocked the cabinet of Minister Kei- suke Okada, was wounded slightly at his home Friday. by an assailant who Was shot and arrested. Police said the attacker was Juso Oda, 31, a member of the Taitosha reactionary patriotic organization, who called at Minobe’s home, talked to the doctor for two hours and then drew a pistol. Minobe ran from the house, police said, and Oda fired three times, one bullet: hitting the doctor below the right knee. The four policemen always on guard at the Minobe home because of reac- tionary threats shot Oda three times. He is in a serious condition. Minobe, a noted liberal scholar in constitutional law, was compelled to resign his seat in the house of peers and his professorship in government universities because of a charge by ® military reactionary organization that he taught that Emperor Hirohito was merely an organ of the govern- ment instead of a divine head, The cabinet, under army pressure, issued two statements disavowing the Minobe theories. GOVERNMENT FIGHTS FOR GOLD SEIZED IN BANK DEPOSIT VAULT Lithuanian Financiers Claim They Are Exempt From U- S. Seizure Order New York, Feb. 21—(7)—The fed- eral government took issue Friday with the mysterious Josefowits family, wealthy European , in the first stage of a court fight for pos- session of $338,000 in hoarded gold and an additional $1,000,000 in taxes and penalties. A hearing was called in which the government was on the defensive, or- dered to show cause why the Josefo- witz’ 10,000 $20 gold pieces, seized ‘Tuesday in a raid on a bank deposit vault, should not be returned. The hoard, termed illegal by the government under President er velt’s gold seizure order of Aug. . 28, 1933, was uncovered by Ber’ men in a safe deposit. Zelik Josefowitz, head of,,fiwenig- matic Lithuanian family. Josefowitz claims that, as he is an’ alien, the présidential order may not be applied to him legally. On the eve of the show cause hear- ing the government counter-attacked, started libel proceedings demanding forfeiture of the gold. Later, Joseph T. Higgins, internal revenue collector, filed liens against. the family for $1,000,000 in taxes, penalties and interest. Counterfeiting Count Faces Five S. D. Men| Omaha, Neb., Feb. 21.—()—Harry Cooper, secret service chief here, an- nounced Friday the arrest of five Sioux Falls, 8. D., men on counter- feiting charges. The men held, Cooper said, are Harold Claire Hos- tetter, arrested in Sioux City, Iowa; Arthur H. Maschka, printing house operator; Hubert W. Warwick, 8. M Johnson and John Mundt. Cooper said Warwick is an engraver; Johnson, a photographer, and Mundt @ lawyer. A sixth man is being sought. he stated. Sixteen days ago, Cooper related, the first counterfeit note of what he said was a $6,000 issue of fake $10 bilis bills was passed in Sioux City. The next day Hostetter was arrested there. He later admitted passing ten of the notes, Cooper said. Missing Salesman’s . Auto Found in Park Minneapolis, Feb. 21.—(?)—Mystery Friday surrounded the disappearance of Carl F. Figge, candy salesman, whe has been missing from his home in Minneapolis since Wednesday. Figge’s. automobile steering whee! broken,’was found early Friday in Como Park, St. Paul. Detectives re- ported the steering wheel was broken in pieces but that there were no signs of blood or of violence within the car. An empty billfold and several empty candy boxes were, in the rear seat, Figge’s wife, Mrs. Alice J. Figge told detectives her husband was “not in the habit of staying away from home.” She said he left home Wednes- day with $25 or $30 in his billfold. 75 Driven to Street By Des Moines Blaze Des Moines, Feb. 21.—(?)—An early morning fire which swept through a rubbish heap in the basement of: the Martin hotel here Friday drove more than 75 scantily-clad guests to the streets in subzero temperatures. First warning came when the night clerk, Clyde Shaller, noticed smoke seeping through a telephone switchboard. CAR LOADINGS INCRE. Washington, Feb. 21,—(?)—The As- sociation’ of American Railroads re- ported Friday loadings of revenue freight for the week ending last Sat- urday totaled 631,347 cars, an increase of 9.250 cars, or 15 per cent com- pared with the preceding week. TO IMPROVE UTILITIES Minneapolis, Feb. 21.—(7)—A $3.365.- 000 construction and improvement program on Northern States Power in Brushy, Run, Va., Feb. 21.— More than 18 120 years after the end of the war of 1812, one name remains on the federal rolls as a beneficiary of a soldier of that conflict, a strik- ing illustration of the length of time that a government pays war costs after the dlash of arms has halted. The Jast. pensioner of the struggle with England is Mrs. Lydia Ann Graham, 98,-of Brushy Run, Va. Widow of Isaac Graham, drummer boy of 1812, she was married to the veteran in 1869, when he was an elderly man and she was a woman of 32. Graham died in 1881. Now Mrs. Graham dwells alone in her moun- tain. cottage, raising chickens and cultivating her garden, liying com- fortably on the $50 check which she receives each month from the vet- erans’ administration. She has no modern conveniences—running wa- ter, lights, or gas—but still uses kero- sene lamps and carries in her own fuel. The one great annual event in her life is ‘the family reunion at her home. She has three daughters, all of whom have large families, While the pension list of the war of 1812 has dwindled to one beneficiary, sev- eral thousand veterans and widows of veterans of the Civil war still are receiving checks from Washington, and officials estimate that this cen- tury will be drawing to a close before the last one has passed away. If pen- sions are granted to widows of World war soldiers, which is expected to be the next goal of veterans’ organiza- tions, the government will be paying them well into the next century. THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1936 “JAPANESE POLITICAL |Last Pensioner of 1812 |WAISTER SEEKS ADD Still Lives in Virginia Lydia Ann Graham, 98, as she stepped out in front of her West Virginia mountain home the other day in near-zero weather to have this picture taken, Standing Rock Indians’ Privation Told in Capital Poise Will Count In Pie Baking Tilt | i is Chicago, Feb. 21.—(}—When it ples, it’s poise Ten girls’ from as many states were ready Friday to compete for the cherry pie baking champion- ship of the nation—first prize to sets forth that the personality and poise of the contestant counts for 20 points. That's five points more than is “resi for the fla- vor of pepeten ley FARM GIRL CERTAIN SHE WILL BE FREED Emma Willis, 18, Goes on Trial for Murder of Father She Called Cruel Anadarko, Okla. Feb. 21.—(7)— Crowds jammed the small court room here Monday as the trial of Emma Willis, 18-year-old farm girl charged with murder in the slaying of her father, got under way. Defense Attorney W. H. Cooper disclosed that his announced “big surprise” would be the testimony of Dr. Coyne Campbell, second Okla- homa City alienist to be summoned by the defense. Dr. F..B. Erwin, Oklahoma City mental specialist, also had examined Miss Willis. The high school girl defendant, who has said she shot her father, I. H. Willis, to stop his asserted treatment of his family, remained calm and confident of acquittal. a eee |2MonkeysIgnore | | Tantalizing Trap | *~Bt Paul, Feb. 21—()—Pree and unencumbered, the two monkeys ‘on the loose in the city auditorium tantalized would-be captors yet Friday. While the janitorial crew was about ready to deliver an SOS, the escaped members of Frank Buck's animal show took life com- fortably in the ceiling girders and elsewhere, The trap set by Bert Wheeler, auditorium employe, was lacking any charm for the monkeys. Wheeler's strategy, however, was to tease them along until they thought the trap was safe to en- ter. ° | No More Frozen Noses for Flyers Zooming threugh the air fu vu n cockpit these wiuter days ix ¥ good way to urn your uuse inte ao icicle, which doeso’t improve | the morale of a flyer. Theretore Uncle Sam har ordered heavy woolen helmets -like cif tor ow {t tucks under th % —_ Afraid-of-Hawk Asks Washing- ton Officials to Order Release of Cattle Washington, Feb. 21.—(7)—A story of privation and near starvation among Indians at the Standing Rock Indian reservation at Fort Yates, N. D., was laid before government offi- cials Friday by Edward Afraid-Of- Hawk, Sioux Indian secretary of the reservation tribal- council. Afraid-Of-Hawk said he was sent {here to plead for relief, his transpor- j tation paid from a sack of small coins, mostly pennies, collected from his tribesmen, There was no money avail- able from the Indian agency, he said. Rep. Usher L. Burdick, North Da- kota Republican, a friend of the In- dian, took him into his home as soon as he arrived. Conditions Desperate Afraid-Of-Hawk said conditions | among his people had become desper- ate because of extreme weather con- ditions during the past two years. The reservation has experienced the worst winter in 50 years, he sald, and this in the wake of two summers of drouth. Half their cattle had died and the remainder probably would be dead be- fore spring, he said. Horses are al- most as bad off, he added, with little prospect in sight for even a team to pull a plow by spring. Afraid-Of-Hawk asked things: “We want the agent to release us from our promise not to kill the cat- tle that are still alive. They are pret- ty sure to die between now and spring. They make poor meat, but it is better than no meat at all. We also must have some horses and seed for plant- ing and enough rations to see us through until harvest.” Canned Goods Spoil No canned goods are wanted, he said: “They spoil and make our people sick,” he said. “I saw four truck loads hauled out from the agency and dumped. They had spoiled in the cans,” Eight hundred head of cattle, he said, had been shipped in during the winter from Mexico, after the Indians had promised not to kill them, but to return to the government a calf for every cow received. What little feed there was disappeared when the snow and cold came, he said, and the cattle now have frozen feet. “They just stumble around and by and by they fall down and die,” he said. Irish to Repay Loans Obtained in America Washington, Feb. 21.—(#)—Ameri- cans who subscribed to the Irish Re- for two claims within the limit set by the Irish Free State were notified Friday that they probably will be repaic within a short time. The tota] amount originally subscribed in this country was said to have been $5,759,675 Around $4,000,000 has been repaid About 15,000 claims were received tow late for payment. CRASH SINKS TANKER Bremerhaven, Germany, Feb. 21.— (?)—A dutch tanker sank Friday anc four of her crew were missing after @ collision with the British steame: Lagosian during a fog over the Wese: river, In 1936 United States air lines car ried 746,946 passengers, the largest to- tal for any year i» their history. | There’s a delicious meal com- ing when you head for the Prince. MONEY TO LOAN To all classes of salaried men and women in amounts of $25 to $200. Convenient monthly paymetts Planters Investment Co. Minot, North Dakota Mt. August Zimmerman Watchmaker apd Jeweler jy ban berome annorinted ‘The came policien ni work at low prices wi iously. orotected. finned. Kysar Watch Repair Shop BO Wourth St publican loan and who failed to file; IN PROPOSED GRAIN STORAGE RESEARCH Want to Determine Success of Storing High Moisture Content N. D. Wheat —_—— Dean H. L. Walster, director of the state agricultural experiment station at Fargo, sought cooperation Friday of members of the state industrial to aid establishment in North Dakota of a federal investiga- tion of farm grain storage problems. In letters to Governor Welford, chairman of the commission, Theo- dore Martell, commissioner of agri- culture and labor, and Attorney Gen- eral P. O. Sathre, Walster outlined Plans of the federal government to spend from $6,000 to $8,000 this year on the experiment. The proposed plan, Walster said, involves construction of eight 1,000 bushel bins, two ‘of wood and six of metal, each to be provided with dif- ferent methods of ventilation to de- termine how successful grain of high moisture content may be stored. A series of small bins in which spe- cial studies will be carried on, also will be constructed. Walster explained the experiment station was expected to supply the grain for the experiment, but was unable to do so because of limited funds. He said the experiment would “tie up wheat over a period of short-|. age which might run 10 to 15 months.” Walster asked the commission to authorize the state mill and elevator to supply the wheat, retaining title to the grain. Loss through heating, ‘moulding or mechanical damage would be protected by the federal govern- ment “to the extent of about $2,000,” Walster said. In addition to the experiments in the bins, the engineer in charge also will carry on temperature, moisture and ventilation studies at approxi- mately 25 different farms in the state where farm storage is practiced. Weather Conditions Hampering Business New York, Feb. 21.—(#)—Severe weather conditions continued to have an adverse effect on the flow of busi- ness and trade last week, Dun & Bradstreet reported Friday in their weekly summary. Retail operations were slowed down by snows and sub- zero temperatures in many sections. Gains were confined to urban centers and for all areas the average increase in retail volume over the comparable period last year was held down to 1 to 5 per cent. Secretary Swanson Improving Steadily Washington, Feb. 21.—(#)—The most optimistic report in more than a week on the condition of Secretary Swan- son, ill of pleurisy and a fractured rg came Friday from Naval hospitai. Capt. George C. Thomas, command- ant, said the navy chief has been im- proving “continuously” for several days. The Prince of Wales introduced and |Mmade popular suede shoes for men. The white beard that becom: Bernard Shaw w: universally identified with Geo! about the only sign of age that Miamians detected when he visited the Florida resort briefly on a cruise. Britain's famed Uterateur will be 80 in July, yet he was seen taking this very spry constitutional aboard the 8. 8. Arandora Star, und he sustained nis reputation for nimble repartee in every encounter. ‘DIRTY DOG SHOUTS. | PREMIER AT DEPUTY Teapot Tempest Enlivens Ses-| sion of French Chamber; Includes Slapping Paris, Feb. 21.—(#)—One Rightist | deputy quarreled with Premiere Sar-| raut and another Rightist deputy's! face was slapped by a Communist in| teapot tempests in the chamber of| deputies Friday. Deputy Henry Franklin-Bouillon,| Rightist, spoke in favor of a motion| censuring the government for per-' mitting a Leftist parade of Feb, 16. The premier interrupted him with! of.Sarraut as minister of the interior, protests against the motion and/he having been held responsible for Franklin-Bouillon turned on him with! allegedly inadequate police protec- the statement: “You are the cham- pion of law and order now, but don’t forget you were the man of Mar- seille!” in 1934 which forced the resignation po SS Shoveler Out of Job Due to Wind | Boston, Feb. 21—(7)—A gust of wind blew off a Boston and Maine railroad snow shoveler's cap Fri- day and disclosed the worker was & woman. Dressed as a man, the unidenti- fied woman had worked with a crew of several shovelers for three days, the railroad announced, and might still have been employed at 40 cents an hour if her sex had not been revealed. The foreman of the gang in which the woman worked’ dis- charged her, officials said, as soon as her sex was revealed. It is against the railroad’s policy to employ women for such work. | tion, Sarraut shouted back: dog!” Some deputies held that there was His reference was to the assassina-| possibility for a duel in the case of tion of King Alexander at Marseille} the Rightist-Communist spat, which occurred in the corridors, _ WEDNESDAY LILY Fons SATURDAY NINO MARTINI KOSTELANETZ ORCHESTRA AND CHORUS SP, M. (c. 8. 1.) COLUMBIA NETWORK © 1936, Liccsrr & Myzas Tosacco Co. “You dirty POWER COMPANIES’ PROPOSED MERGER | APPROVAL LIKELY Union Will Not Affect Service and Savings Should Re- sult, Engineer Says Washington, Feb. 21—(?)—Officers of the Montana-Dakota Power com- ‘pany and the Montana-Dakota Utili- ties company told the federal power commission Friday a proposed mer- ger of the two companies would effect, substantial savings to stockholders and result in reduced costs to consumers. F. R. Gamble of Minneapolis, sec- retary and treasurer of both compa- nies, told Frank Hampton, commis- sioner examiner, the companies be- lieve “the merger is in line with the government's desire to consolidate utilities properties and eliminate hold- ing companies,” That the commission probably would not oppose the consolidation was indicated by the tone of commis- sion counsel questioning and the statement of A. H. Grimsley, com- mission engineer, who investigated the operations of the companies in eastern Montana and western North Dakota. “The merger would not affect ser- vice in any way and some savings should result at this time due to the market condition of Grimsley testified. “The merger should enable the people to refinance most advantageously.” securities,”| * Stirs Wrath by Gibe at WPA Stage Money TATEME NT of Maj.Gen. Johnson He good, Eighth Corps Area ge money” for tri- fling project stirred demands in Congress that he be “put on the carpet, one also a defense of “hs view. 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