The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, April 20, 1936, Page 1

North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper ESTABLISHED 1873 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, MONDAY, APRIL 20, 1936 The Weather Unsettled and colder beet BH ‘Tues- day generally fair and continued cold, PRICE FIVE CENTS -Rescuers Race Death in Flooded Mine Italy | Demands Virtually All Ethiopia As Peace Price MUSSOLIN'S TERMS (Infection Strikes OUTLINED BY ALOISI TO LEAGUE COUNCIL Any Armistice, Baron Says, Must Provide for Selassie’s Disarmament DEFENDS IL. DUCE’S PLANS Questions Right of Conciliators to Consider Poison Gas Allegations (By the Associated Press) Premier Mussolini, aanareaeh his Geneva spokesman, declared frankly Monday that his price for peace in Ethiopia would be the acquisitation of the East African empire, Baron Pompeo Aloisi, the Fascist representative at Geneva, told the League of Nations council that 0 Duce’s terms for an armistice were “occupation of all centers of mobil- ization including the capital itself, and frontier points through which », this must assure occupati' 1 of all centers of mobilization including the capital itself and frontier points through which arms may be delivered to Eth- jopia. « Blames Ethiopians Baron Aloisi accused the the council of Salvador De Madariaga of Spain, chairman of the council’s committee of 13. The Ethiopian delegate, Wolde Mariam, in a brief reply, declared “Ethiopia maintains its previous Position” that peace negotiations must be conducted through the regret ‘League peace appeal had hindered the conciliation efforts. The resolution, to be presented for adoption by the council, added: Appeal to Italy “We address to Italy a supreme appeal, so that in the existing circum- stances which require the collabora- tion of all nations to safeguard peace, Italy may bring to a solution her con- flict with Ethiopia in the spirit of the League.” Baron Aloisi said, “it should be un- derstood that the Italian government is attached to its own principles and that it will maintain these principles, but I repeat that Italy does not re- fuse to discuss peace.” Premier Mussolini’s Geneva spokes- man defended I Duce’s plans for Teaalm ices (0eae Atrios yA gee a direct intervention by the League in the (Continued on Page Two) POCKET PICKED BUT MAN POILS GYPSIES Sterling Man Gets $4 Back Af- ter He Threatens to Use Force on Thieves Failure to re-tie the strings on an fashioned Effect of Quakes on Mountains Is Studied Helena, Mont., April 20.—(?)—Did mine if the long series of earth move- ments has changed the altitudes of the peaks. John Laskowski ot Minot, N. D,, heads the engineers. WOOD REELECTED Chicago, April 20.—()—Judge George W. Wood of Waterloo, Iowa, ‘was reelected president of the Isaak Walton League of America Saturday ‘at the closing session of the organiza- tion’s fourteenth annual convention. ‘Those named to the national board of directors include: Charles M. Bry- ant, Bt. John, N. D. . 4in Beul * Speake Here Today WALTER W. FINKE FINKE AND BOISE 10 ADDRESS BISMARCK JUNIOR ASSOCIATION Young Business and Profes- sional Men to Hear North- west Leaders Today ah Family Lorraine Kiehn, 10, Dies of Bone Inflammation; Three Others in Hospital e Ten-year old Lorraine Kiehn of Beulah was Monday and a sister and a brother were in a local hospital apparently on the road to recovery from mastoiditis, after the infection had stricken four of the six members of the Kiehn family. The young Beulah schoolgirl died at 12:04 p. m., Sunday from mastoid- itis and general septicemia, accord- ing to the attending physician. She with her mother, Mrs. Henry Kiehn, her brother, Leo, and sister. Leona, all entered the hospital on April 10, suffering from infection of the mastoid. Only Mr. Kiehn and a 6-year-old son escaped the infection, which fol- lowed in the wake of severe colds and influenza in the family. Funeral services for Lorraine will pastor of the Evangelical church, in charge. Inter- ment will be made in the Beulah cemetery. The girl was born Aug. 1, 1025 at Golden Valley. She was in the fourth grade of the Beulah public schools. Mr. Kiehn is employed as a miner for the Knife River Coal Co. Mrs. Kiehn was discharged from the hospital five days after she entered. The lenioed two children are expected ecover, Resigns hh see dindiataet oaths the temiporal bone of the skull. the size of the end of the of an average person, it can Just back of the ear. Inflam- or infection of the cellular in- the bone is called mastold- CONVENTION KEYMEN WILL BE PICKED BY been active in junior chamber commerce work since its first incep- tion in the northwest. coe impppeccine ‘Ameri , Kelly Simonson, president of the association, urges a 100 per cent at- tendance of me! A social hour will follow the bust- ness meeting. North Dakota Capitol Grounds Work Begins North Dakote’s capitol grounds got tion of 330 p. m. today in the World War Memorial building. sabe OCenanapls aticeney Tes site contractor, mately %,000 cubic atti of dirt ‘upon which eventually will appear vari- hued flowers and bushes and trees of many types. More than 100 varieties of shrubs and trees are to be planted as part of “PARTIES THIS WEEK LaGuardia Urges Nebraska to Return Norris as Senator Praises Roosevelt Washington, April 20.—(7)—Leaders of both major parties gave sharp at- tention Monday to the approaching national conventions and to the job of picking the key men for the big political shows of June. The Republican and Democratic committees on arrangements both meet this week. The Republican com- paar foregathers Tuesday in Cleve- ‘The Democratic committee wil meet Saturday at Philadelphis. Sen- ator Robinson of Arkansas, the ma- jority leader, is generally expected to be permanent chairman, while Gov- ernors Earle of Pennsylvania and Mc- Nutt of Indiana are prominently mentioned as possible choice for key- noter. Senator Norris (Rep., Neb.), sup- porter of the president, declared in a statement that Mr. Roosevelt “stands out as an ideal statesman, able and competent to solve the difficult prob- lems of state which now confront our leaders. Norris Endorses Move Norris endorsed a move initiated by .|Paul Best, former president of the Dore of Columbia Young Demo- crats, to “First. Voters” be- hind the president’s campaign for re- election. Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia of New York, in an interview at Omaha, Neb., said Norris was “the outstanding statesman of our time.” He urged Nebraskans to “send him back to the senate.” state annual open team-of-four con- tract tournament Wednesday and the pionship matches ursday. Father Dies + Ordeal | Daughter’s Ordea! | PO a la “elections, Mont., April 20.—7)—J1 tistician, sald weather since seeding operations in Montana. A new attack on the administra- tion came from the American Lib- erty , which said in a state- ment that “vituperation, persecution and abuse alone have been used to combat unanswerable facts and logic” offered by the League. Oppose Limiting Courts The organization appealed for con- certed opposition to any curtailment of the courts’ powers by legislation or enya ewes) amendment. leader, eee the opinion that Gov. Alf M, Landon of Kansas would be the @ | pepmetcen presidential nominee, but | that President Roosevelt would be re- elected. He predicted the formation of a Farmer-Labor coalition after the No- of the Frazier-Lemke bill to refinance Ferme porate 2 ae Te He fees thee bal aieiee parties were waging “a gigantic sham battle.” MONTANA. SEEDING SPEEDED Helena, .- ay G. Diamond, federal-state agricul- tural stat Mondsy warm N. D., .—P)—) Rnobieck, te, died Saturday Ins ea hospital. became Tuesday er rppe alla project at Wild Rice, N. D. FORECASTS ARRESTS OF ‘REAL KIDNAPERS' IN LINDBERGH CRIME Chicago Lawyer Claims Cache of $5,000 of Ransom Money Discovered SAYS BRUNO WAS INNOCENT Young Aide of Hoffman in In- vestigation Refuses to Re- veal Details Chicago, April 20.—(@)—Arrest of the persons he termed the “real kid- napers” of the Lindbergh baby “with- in several weeks at the most,” was predicted Monday by Bernard J. Fin- nigan, young Chicago lawyer who said he was taking part in Gov. Harold G. Hoffman's investigation of the case. After flying home from the east Sunday with a claim to discovery of @ hidden cache of $5,000 of the kid- nsom money,” Finnigan de- clared “solution” of the case “may be only a few hours away.” “Any one of several expected breaks may precipitate the case at any mo- ment,” he said in an interview. Finnigan asserted Gov. Hoffman of New Jersey now has evidence showing that Bruno Richard Hauptmann, exe- cuted for the child’s death, was “a Positively innocent man.” “A number of other people,” were the kidnap plotters, the lawyer added, explaining he “couldn’t say why” he thought so “without saying too much.” Finnigan said he “could not say” whether the “real kidnapers” were underworld characters, or what their motive was. He insisted, however, that the “ransom money” he said he uncover- ed “in New York state” with the aid of a client, Stephen Spitz, would “un- questionably” lead to a cleanup of [the case! ‘ : Spitz, a, convicted forger who left jail here to seek the money, said he had “bought” it in Trenton, N. J., for 40 cents on the dollar. Finnigan sald It was “available” to Hoffman. He said “a lot more” ransom bills “will be produced.” Finnigan and Spits left Chicago April 1. The lawyer returned Monday alone. He traveled under an assumed name. He said “friends of the governor” got Spitz out of jail here by paying an $892 balance of a $1,000 fine against Spitz. Spitz claimed to have “bought” the “ransom money” from two men nam- ed “Adolph Blaustein” and “Fred Menk” in August, 1934, He said he then claimed he hid it. HOLD BROOKLYNITE FOR WENDEL KIDNAPING Brooklyn, N. Y., April 20—(P)}— Kings county officers formally charged Martin Schlossman Monday with kid- naping Paul H. Wendel, sought two other suspects in Detroit, and hoped @ complete solution of the mysterious off-shoot of the Lindbergh murder case was near. ‘Wendel told officers he was kidnap- ed and held a prisoner in the Brook- lyn home of Schlossman’s father-in- law for 10 days and tortured until he “confessed” he abducted Baby Charles A. Lindbergh. He later repudiated the confession. District Attorney William F. X. Geoghan said Schlossman confessed he helped kidnap Wendel and that someorie paid him “expenses” for his part in the affair. He refused, how- ever, Geoghan said, to tell who was “behind” the kidnaping. Four detectives, sent to Detroit by airplane, hoped to find the two other suspects Monday, with the Popparas tion of Detroit police. Watt Endorsed for Senate Re-election Fargo, N. D., April 20.—(7)—William Watt of Leonard, senator from the llth district, was endorsed for re- election on the Republican ticket by anti-Langerites Saturday. Harry Rob- berts of Buffalo and Charles Uefer of Leonard were endorsed as candi- dates for the house. Farley Will Address Democrat Convention Fargo, N. D., April 20.—(?)—Post- master General James A. Farley will be principal guest and speaker at the North Dakota Democratic con- vention at Devils Lake May 12, it was announced Monday by W. E. Glotzbach of An- nomoose, acting by Farley that he had accepted the invitation to tend the conven- UMESALFARLEY tio) and the postmaster general will deliver an dress about 3 p. m., May 12. A state- wide radio hookup is planned, Glotz- bach announced. Farley visited North Dakota two years ago when he opened the Demo- cratic campaign here in 1934. Kidnapers and Hideout in Hamm Abduction Case ‘Edmund C. Bartholmey ALLEGHENIES AGAIN TAKE LIVES OF TWO TRAVELERS IN PLANE Fred Harvey, Restaurant Chain Operator, and Wife Die in Flaming Wreck Johnstown, Pa., April 20.—(#)—The second Allegheny mountain air trag- edy in a fortnight marked up as victims Monday Frederick H. Harvey, Kansas City business executive, and his wife. The 41-year-old vice president of the Harvey railway eating house sys- tem and Mrs, Elizabeth Harvey, 31, died Sunday in the flaming’ wreckage of their airplane on a rocky hilltop 15 miles from Johnstown. Sixty miles to the southeast, near Uniontown, the big air transport Sun Racer fell in the mountains April 7 and took the lives of 10 passenger» and two pilots. Harvey, a veteran pilot and a direc- tor of Transcontinental and Western airlines, had flown east to meet Mrs. Harvey, returning from a, visit. in Eng- land. While flying over the hills near the mining village of Dunlo, Harvey's re- cently purchased (Beechcraft) ship apparently hit a set of power lines near a mountaintop and plunged to the earth. The bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Har- vey were burned beyond recognition. Residents around the tiny hamlet of Dunlo who heard the crash said the motor of Harvey's ship seemed to be missing fire shortly before it began to dive. Sales Tax Applies to Exchange Telephones Exchange companies handling tele- phone service—mutual and otherwise —Monday were termed retailers and were held Mable for collection of two per cent sales tax in a ruling by the state sales tax division. The new rule holds gross receipts of an exchange company must include assessments made to subscribers well fed periodic billings for Talphase! service, The sales tax must be added to the charge or assessments by the ex- change company, the rule held. HUNT HUGO WEISE Helena, Mont., April 20.—(7)—At- torney General Raymond T. Nagle asked Montana sheriffs and county clerks Monday to help locate Hugo Weise, or Hugo Otto Weise, last heard Charles J. Fitzgerald William A. Hamm, Jr., 8t. Paul brewer, identified the Bensenville, Ill, home above as the place where he was held for $100,000 ransom three years ago. Below are the three men arrested by depart- ment of justice agents in what they describe as a virtual cleanup of the crime. The men are left to right, Edmund C. Bartholmey, Bensenville postmaster, owner of the kidnaper’s lair; Charles J. Fitzgerald, arrested in Los An- geles, and Jack ene teeS seized in &t. + ea eae DENTAL CONVENTION SET HERE MAY 7-8; Annual Golf Tournament to Precede Opening of Two- Day State Meeting State dentists will gather here May 6 for the annual golf tournament at the Bismarck Municipal Course, which will precede the opening of the an- nual two-day convention of the North Dakota State Dental association on May 7. Principal lectures during the con- vention sessions will be given by Doc- tors Arthur E. Smith, Los Angeles; Thomas B. Hartzell and Claude W. Bierman, both of Minneapolis, and Harold Harris, St. Paul. North Dakota dentists conducting demonstrations will include Doctors W. 8. Shaw and Willard N. Brown, both of Fargo; I. L. Aaser of Kill- deer, E. T. Klein of Washburn, H. L. Wright of Hebron, J. K. Blunt of Bismarck, W. C. Robinson of Minot, W. ©. Follett of Devils Lake, F. A. Maides of Grand Forks, H. J. Weir of Dickinson, W. D, Toepke of New Salem, V. A. Bousquet of Maddock and E. E. Johnson of Valley City. Dr. Pred W. Rose of Cooperstown will broadcast on “Your Teeth and Their Care,” during the f «day of the meeting. Gov. Walter “Welford will address the annual banquet in the evening. The ninth yearly assembly of the North Dakota Dental Assistants’ and Nurses association will be held in con- Junction with the dentists’ convention, Dr. J. K. Blunt is general chair- man in charge of the local srragne- ments. Local committees include: Banquet and entertainmenc—W, E. Cole, chairman; C. F. Wirtz, Man- as}dan; and K. W. Morris, Dance hall and music—K. W. Mor- ris, chairman; J. K. Blunt; ard H. E, Btish. Clinics—R. F. Krause, chairman, and H. L. Detbert. Hotel and transportation—J. K. Blundt, chairman. Golf—C. E. Jorde, Mandan, chair- man, and R. F. Krause. Exhibits—F. O. Stucke, chairman, and B. D. Rowley. Publicity—J. K. Blunt, chairman, and A. C, Braxmeier, Mandan. Stag party—C. E. Jorde. Ladies arrangements—Mrs. J. K. | Blunt. deville, is assisting in the Trap shoot—H. & Perry. dack Pfeiffer INDICTMENTS FACE SEVEN PERSONS IN HAMN'S KIDNAPING Six Already Held or Serving Prison Terms; Only Alvin Karpis at Large St. Paul, April 20.—(4)—Seized as & material witness in the $100,000 Wil- liam Hamm, Jr., kidnaping case, Sam. Tanaka, Japanese butler of Jack Peifer, arrested alst Friday, was held for the department of justice in the county jail Monday. Shackled and under heavy guard, Charles (Big Fitz) Fitzgerald, was brought here from Los Angeles by train Monday. Two others already are held in jail here. Fitzgerald was named by the de- partment of justice as the man who clasped Hamm’s hand on June 15, 1933, and said, “Hello, Mr. Hamm,” as two accomplices seized and forced him into an automobile a block from his office. x Fitzgerald Questioned Taken to the offices of the federal bureau of investigation by a squad of agents who accompanied him here from California, Fitzgerald was ques- tioned concerning the abduction as George F. Sullivan, United States dis- trict attorney, prepared to ask a@ spe- cial grand jury Tuesday to indict at least seven men in connection with the case. Six of the seven against whom in- dictments will be sought already are held or serving prison terms, while the other, Alvin Karpis, public enemy No, 1, still is being sought for both the Hamm and Edward G. Bremer abductions, the latter for $200,000 ran- som in 1934. Evidence in the Hamm case will be presented to the grand jury by George F. Sullivan, U. 8. District At- torney, following three new arrests announced Saturday. New Arrests The new arrests were those of John Pfeiffer, St. Paul gambler; Edmund C. Bartholmey, former Bensenville, Ill., postmaster, and Fitzgerald. Indictments will be sought against Karpis, Pfeiffer, Bartholm Fitz- gerald, Bryan (Byron) Bolton, Elmer Farmer and Arthur (Doc) Barker. Pfeiffer; Bolton and Bartholmey are TWO OF THREE MEN TRAPPED BY SLIDE ARE STILL LIVING Toronto Lawyer Dies of Expose ure After 8 Days in Nova Scotia Mine WATER IMPERILS SURVIVORS Drillers Work Until Exhausted by Frenzied Effort to Pierce Rocks and Debris (Copyright, 1936, Associated Press) Moose River, N. S., April 20.— While rescue crews, nearing ex- haustion, picked blindly at under- ground rock in the direction they hoped was right, men on the sur- face promised at 1:30 p. m. they would reach within two hours the two men still living. (Copyright, 1936, Associated Press) Moose River, N. 8., April 20.—With three trapped men—two living and one dead—only a few feet away, tired rescue workers reported Monday aft- ernoon that they feared they had miscalculated the position of the gold mine chamber toward which they are digging. One and one-half hours after they had estimated that they only had five feet to go through solid rock to reach the entombed men, they said they were afraid they had missed the old Meagher shaft where the men were caught. They started at once to make & crosscut from their dangerous gallery in an effort to tap the tomb of living men, Dr. D. E. Robertson, one of two men still alive after a week’s imprison~ ment in a gold mine, reported Mone day morning he and his companion could hold out at least 12 hours longe er, Lawyer Is Dead With Dr. Robertson, part owner of the mine, was his timekeeper, Charles Alfred Scadding, and the body of hig partner, Herman R. Magill, Toronto lawyer, who succumbed during the night, apparently to hunger and@ ex Posure, Communications between the sur< face and the 141-foot level where the get through to us for 10 or 12 hours or longer. We can hold out.” Wife Cheers Him. “Good. We are coming. We will be there.” The doctor responded: all right.” The three men were trapped Easter Sunday night when an area of land 400 feet long, 75 feet wide collapsed and sank 15 feet. Since then rescuers have met ree Peated disappointments in efforts to reach the 141-foot level of the Magill shaft where the men were trapped. Complete emergency hospital equips ment stood waiting at the scene ready to treat the exhausted men when they are brought to the surface. All Sunday the trapped men found it difficult to reach the drill hole bee (Continued on Page Two) TIOGA MEN ASSERT FRAZIER FIRED GUN States Attorney Gets Sworn Statement Car Was Hit by Six Bullets “We are Williston, N. D., April 20.—(?)- State's Attorney Walter Burk’s office announced Monday that sworn states ments had been obtained from two motorists asserting six shots had been: fired at their automobile by Roy W. Frazier, divisional highway maintee nance engineer. The two who made the statements, according to the state’s attorney's of- fice, were Stanley and Martin Hause teveit of Tioga. They declared six bullets struck the machine after they had failed to obey ® “road closed” sign near Tioga, Thursday night, it was announced. ‘ They claimed in their statements Frazier failed to identify himself ag roa official, the county authorities Burk was in Dickinson Monday ang further action by him awaits arrival of ‘W. J. Flannigan, state highway commissioner, Tuesday. Corwin Will Attend Congress on Rivers At least two North Dakotans will be in attendance when the annual held in the county jail here; Fitz-| w, gerald was being brought here from Los Angeles; and Barker and Farmer are serving prison terms for the Bremer kidnaping. Bolton has pleaded guilty in the Bremer case and 1s awaiting sentence. The government charges Pfeiffer was the “fingerman” in the Hamm 8. W. Thompson, Devils Lake, will Eopepeant the Misa! Batee SA sion association. They were appointed daloenee ite Gov. Walter Welford, as vue ee abduction; that Hamm was held at/ state Bartholmey’s home in Bensenville, and that the others’ were cla pants.”