The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 27, 1936, Page 1

ESTABLISHED 1873 Marmarth Well Is Big Producer nee oa Two North Dakota Banks Robbed Today FDR Fires Hunt for Mo x kk DAYLIGHT RAIDERS GET $2,000 IN CASH INMADDOCK HOLDUP Dickey Institution Looted of $200 by Marauders Work- ing During Night BANKERS LOCKED IN VAULT Two Gangs Escape After Stag- ing Fifth and Sixth of Series of Robberies Two North Dakota banks were loot- ed by hold-up men and robbers Tues- day. During the night four men entered the Farmers and Merchants bank at Dickey in LaMoure county and es- caped after looting the vault of $200. At 1:30 p. m. Wednesday two others staged a daylight holdup of the Farm- ers State bank at Maddock, Benson county, and escaped with cash esti- mated at from $2,000 to $2,500. C. I. Erstad, cashier of the Mad- dock bank, and two other employes had just returned from lunch when @ man, unshaven and wearing over- alls, entered the building and waved an automatic revolver at Erstad, 8. L. Graver, assistant cashier, and Miss Florence Hanson, bookkeeper. “This is a holdup,” he warned. “Don't make any move or yell or I'll shoot.” Forced to Lie on Floor He then forced Graver and Miss Hanson to lie on the floor, and was joined by his armed companion. While the companion guarded the two on the floor, Erstad was forced to open the combination of the safe at the point of the gun. agree sesh “If you don’t, I'll batter your head in,” he told Erstad. The cashier opened the safe. Scooping up the cash, the two ban- dits ordered thé three employes into the vault and closed the door. The two were seen entering a dark colored sedan or coach (V-8 Ford) and speed- ed eastward out of Maddock toward Grand Forks. Erstad said a complete checkup of the loss would not be finished until Thursday. There were no negotiable bonds or other paper kept in the bank, he said. Fires at Robbers The fifth bank burglary in North Dakota in recent months, four men entered the Farmers and Merchants bank at Dickey at 2 a. m. Wednesday, burned their way into the vault and escaped with $200. J. C. Taylor, local elevator man, who heard the men at work, shot at them with a .22 calibre rifle but was unable to determine if he hit the car. Lawrence Larson, assistant cashier, said the men did not get into the safe in the vault. Fifty dollars of the Joot was in pennies. Entrance was gained by prying a rear window. Previous bank burglaries in the state were at Denhoff, Zap, Cummings and New Leipzig. Dickey is in north central LaMoure county on a branch line of the North- ern Pacific railway out of Jamestown. C. A. Miller, superintendent, and H. O. Sortomme, fingerprint expert, from the state bureau of criminal identifi- cation and apprehension left early ‘Wednesday for the crime scene. Senate Relief Fixers Vote Appropriations THANKS TO A 45c TRIBUNE LOST AD LOST—Saturday, Lady’s Oxford glasses in business district. Finder please telephone Mrs. Hall, 200, Reward. TRIBUNE ADS GET RESULTS THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE The Weather Fair tonight; Thursday becoming un- settled; little change in temperature. BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, 1936 xk * by Jean Seivwright she walked lightly along Fifth possible to believe that she had famous manufacturer’s office. good start.” into her handbag, she repeated Everything was new to Gail, for is was her first visit to New York since she had been a child. What @ gay time she’d had then! Still she couldn’t have been more than five when, one day, her father had taken her into his arms and told her that her beautiful mother would never come home again—that she'd gone away to be with the angels. Gail had not been able to under- stand that. She had needed her mother. Of course there was old Martha, the housekeeper. Many & time Martha had stopped her work to listen to the child’s questions, to try to answer them and to join, rather clumsily, in Gail's play. When she did this Martha would stop fre- { quently, dabbing at her wrinkled face with a handkerchief. Gail herself had been too young at her mother's death to miss her for any length of time. And soon she was big enough to go to school. Then Martha had grown too old to do the housework and had gone to her cot- tage on Cape Cod. By the time Gail was in her teens she was traveling all over the country with her father, en- joying the carefree hours camping wherever he, an artist, wished to stop to paint. Her education—there was no de- nying it—had been rather haphazard. Gail had gone to 13 schools in as many states. When she was 16 her father decided to go abroad and Gail was enrolled in a boarding school She had been furious at first. Later, when she had met Miss Cranston, a friend of her mother’s, she stilled her rebel heart. After all, the separation from her father was to be only for a few months, When vacation time ar- rived she'd be with him again. . Gail, waiting for the traffic lights to flash from green to red, reviewed alt this briefly. The lights changed then and she joined the throng of men and women hurrying across the street. She was quite unmindful of the fact that more than one person paused to cast speculative glances on the slender girl whose reddish gold curls formed a sunny aureole beneath her tight-fitting little hat. The pavement on the opposite side of the street was in shadow. As Gail walked along, eagerly scanning the numbers, the brakes of a taxi screeched loudly while a woman at her elbow cried, “My, but that was a narrow escape!” Gail looked around and saw the fightened face of a boy, with the hand of the man who had pulled him ee GLAMOROUS [RATE ONUNDIDED ADVENTURE CHAPTER I There were dancing lights in Gail Everett’s amber eyes as avenue. It seemed almost im- won the coveted John S. Larne prize for costume design, and was, even now, on her way to the Pausing for a moment in front of a window display, she opened her pocketbook and pulled out a letter. was—the invitation that had followed her winning of the prize. Once more she unfolded it and read, “If you should decide to come to New York, we shall do all we can to see that you get a Yes, there it Slipping the letter into its envelope and tucking it again the address of the famous silk manufacturer while she turned into E. 34th street. shrewd-looking seated. When Gail approached, this young woman looked up, smiling. “Good morning. What can I do for you?” “I'd like to se Mr. Larne—Mr. John 8. Larne.” “Did you have an appointment with him?” The girl at the desk started to turn the pages of a book which lay open before her. “He's been called out of town unexpected- i Tag “Not a definite one, but he invited me to call when I arrived in New York.” The other girl looked at Gail with appraising eyes. “Perhaps there’s someone else you could speak to? ‘What did you wish to see him about?” For a moment Gail hesitated. Then she said, “I won his prize for costume design, and Mr. Larne wrote and promised he would help me get a start if I decided to come tp New Mork.” oe eco “Oh, how clever of you!” the girl exclaimed, yet Gail felt a note of insincerity in her words. She added, “I'll see what I can do for you,” as she lifted the receiver from its cradle and asked for Mr. Held. Gail watched eagerly. Surely in this magnificent office there must be someone who could help her. She glanced swiftly around the room. That must be someone connected with the firm who was talking to a ye man who was closing a port- folio, Gail thought. Then her eyes rested once more on the girl at the information desk. soe 8 Placing the receiver in its cradle, the girl said, “I'm sorry, Mr. Held is in conference.” She paused for a young woman was split second and Gail felt certain that this was not the message she had re- ceived over the phone. She quickly added, “Perhaps it would be better if you would wait until Mr, Larne re- turns.” “When will that be?” There was an anxious note in Gail's voice. New York without anyone to help her... how would she get a start? Then she remembered her prize money. Surely $500 would last for a long time even if she didn’t get a job right away. She did not know how quickly money goes. “Mr, Larne’s in Florida. He's not expected back for a couple of weeks. But if you'll let me have your name and address, I'll give it to his secre- tary and she will advise you when he can see you.” “Oh, thank you,” Gail answered as the girl handed her a card. Her amber eyes were shadowed as she stepped into the elevator again and she walked along the entrance hall with lagging steps. Outside the building she glanced up and down the avenue. The traffic roared past her. All around were hurrying men and women. Everyone going some- (Continued on Editorial Page) WILLSON TO DECIDE Question Is Whether Bonus- Receiving Veterans Can Remain on Relief ‘Whether war veterans will be strick- en from relief rolls after they re- ceive federal bonus payments will be man of the body, said Tuesday. Milhollan said the board discussed the problem of whether veterans re- kkk CORPORATE PROFIT MAY BE INCREASED White House Conference Does Not Consider Increasing Income Levies IMPORTATIONS ASSESSED Senate Committee Turns Down Proposal to Place 1, Cent Tax on Sugar t Washington, May 27.—(7)}—An hour's discussion of new tax sug- gestions received Tuesday night at the White House failed to pro- duce an agreement Wednesday among senate finance committee Democrats on any plan for re- vising the revenue bill. There was disinclination to swing along with @ new revenue plan suggested at a White House parley. Washington, May 27.—(?)—An eleventh-hour quest for more revenue, possibly to be raised through stiffer taxes on undivided profits of corpora- tions, began Wednesday after Demo- cratic senators in charge of the tax bill emerged from a conference with President Roosevelt. Treasury experts say the measure, in its present tentative form in the senate finance committee, would fall many millions of dollars short of President Roosevelt's request for funds. The bill retains only- vestiges of the original administration pro- gram to wipe out existing corporate levies and substitute a stiff gradu- ated tax on profits undistributed to stockholders. Leaders planned to call the senate finance committee into session Wed- nesday afternoon. Senator King (Dem., Utah), who is acting commit- tee chairman during the temporary illness of Senator Harrison (Dem., Miss.) hinted the 7 per cent rate now proposed for undivided profits might be increased. Agreed on Flat 7% Originally administration officials called for a tax averaging 33% per cent on such profits, but the senate finance committee could agree only on a flat 7 per cent. In addition the committee also de- cided to levy an 18 per cent flat rate on corporate income, and approved repeal of the present exemption of dividends from the 4 per cent normal income tax. Finance committee Democrats did not disclose what the president had to say about the tax bill, but ma: jority Leader Robinson (Dem., Ark.), did assert: “Frankly, we are seeking an amount in addition to the amount the esti- mates now show.” Wide Gulf in Yields President Roosevelt had asked for $620,000,000 permanent revenue and $517,000,000 temporary taxes. Treasury estimates say the bill as altered would VEXATIOUS PROBLEM = yield $560,000,000 in the former cate- Gory and $82,000,000 in the latter. Senators said the White House parley gave no thought to the idea of increasing income taxes on individuals or lowering the exemptions, proposals which have been advocated by some senators. Committeemen figured the total permanent yield of the bill would be Increased $25,000,000 by action taken late Tuesday. The committee decided to apply excise taxes to imported fats and vegetable oils. Befote the oil amendment was approved, however, the committee deleted perilla, perilla seed, tung and tung nuts, fish scraps and meal and other animal scraps and The committeemen turned down a proposal to place a $66,000,000 tax of half-a-cent a pound on sugar. <enmmtie porary granted Wednesday by ict Judge sainst Secretary of O. E. Erickson Seeks to Oust O. H. Erickson re Tax RevenueBig New Field GUARDS HALT SUICIDE ATTEMPT His eyes glazeu by death’s approach, his face wrenched with repugnance for his rescuers, Elmer Davidson, 18, fell into this crouch in his jail cell at Louisville, Ky. crying “I want to die,” when guards cut aim down from a noose he had fashio:‘ed from his shirt. (Associated Press Photo) SCHECHTERS BROKE ON ANNIVERSARY OF KNOCKING OUT NRA Brooklyn Brothers Whose Case Invalidated Measure Once Were Wealthy Brooklyn, N. Y., May 27.—(?)—The Schechter brothers observed Wednes- day the first anniversary of their tri- umph in the supreme court “sick chicken” case that killed NRA by dis- closing they are “broke.” The four brothers, Aaron, Alex, Martin and Joseph Schechter, who Spent $20,000 and went into debt $40,- 000 more to win their case, were in no mood to celebrate. They were pros- Perous poultry dealers a year ago. Their father, David, is about to lose the home in which he has lived 15 years. A bank has foreclosed the mort- gage. and there’s a “for sale” sign on thé house. Joseph, the oldest brother, who led the fight against the NRA, is out of @ job, Aaron and Alex are operating a small retail poultry store. Martin is a $25 clerk in another small poultry shop. Aaron said that persons who urged them to fight the case “sent us a lot of swell letters saying they appreci- ated what we had done very much, but they didn’t send much money in their letters. Snowberger Escapes Injury in Bowl Crash Indianapolis, May 27.—(?)}—Russell Snowberger of Detroit, veteran race car pilot, Wednesday crashed into the upper wall at the first turn of the In- dianapolis motor speedway while mak- ing a test run of a new car at slow speed but neither he nor his mechanic was injured. 6,075 EXTENDED LOANS Lincoln, Neb., May 27.—(?)—Cal A. Ward, regional director of the reset- tlement administration, announced Wednesday emergency seed loans were extended to 6,075 farmers in North and South Dakota, Nebraska and Kansas in the last three weeks. same post, and Harold Hopton, in- cumbent. In the complaint Oscar E. Erickson said he was nominated and endorsed Democrats to Sound Keynote Near Lakota Fargo, N. D., May 27.—(4)—Demo- crats will open their North Dakota state campaign at Stump Lake in Nel- {son county near Lakota next Sunday. John Moses, their gubernatorial nom- ination candidate, will head the speakers’ list including also Henry Holt of Grand Forks and Jess Ny- gaard of Jamestown, congressional candidates, who arranged the meet- ing at @ conference in Fargo. COMMITTEE FAVORS CONTEMPT CITATION AGAINST TOWNSEND Vote 6 to 2 to Recommend Ac- tion and Have Case Turn- ed Over to Courts ‘Washington, May 27.—(4)—A house investigating committee Wednesday voted six to two to recommend to the house that Dr. F. E. Townsend and two of his old age pension organiza- tion aides be cited for contempt and the case turned over to the United States district attorney. The committee recommended the Rev. Clinton Wunder, New York, and J. B. Kiefer, Chicago, be cited with Dr. Townsend for their failure to ap- pear for examination as ordered in subpoenaes. Representatives Tolan (Dem., Calif) and Collins (Rep., Calif) voted against the contempt citation recommenda- tion. They also voted against re- ferring the case to the federal court instead of trying it in the house, No action was taken against Sheri- dan Downey, attorney for Dr. Town- send, who was summoned as a wit- ness last night and answered with a defiant letter to the committee chal- lenging it to “punitive action.” Grand Forks One Link In Vice Resort Chain Minneapolis, May 27.—(4)—Author- ities Wednesday sought Dave Kraft of Minneapolis, indicted Tuesday by ® county grand jury on charges of operating @ house of ill fame. Kraft, County Attorney E. J. Goff said, was wanted for questioning concerning ramifications of a white slave band operating in five north central states. Goff said women’s letters addressed to “Daddy” sent investigators search- ing for Kraft. The letters were found in a “little black bag” during a raid on a vice resort. They came from women in other states. Goff claimed investigation has es: tablished the vice ring either main- tained houses or transported women and girls to and from Superior, Wis. Grand Forks, N. D., Iowa and Minne- sota. *t! Capitol Building to Close pon Saturday Ee memes iat Janiters ang. Gere PRICE FIVE CENTS xk k *& Is Proved Up by Discovery Hole Utilities Officials Say Test Shows Yield of 7,560 Barrels a Day; Marmarth Folk Jubilant as Acidization of Well Brings in Gusher (Special to The Tribune) Marmarth, N. D., May 27.—Oil gushed from the discovery oil well near here Wednesday and the people of southwestern North Dakota and southeastern Montana went delirious for joy. Initial production figures on the well were based on a half hour's flow at the rate of 7,560 barrels a day with the well “wide open. Later the flow was checked to a rate of 3,000 barrels a day and still later the flow was almost entirely closed off pending arrangements to care for the well’s product. Announcement of the proof of commercial oil production in this area was followed by the news that another well will be drilled soon southeast of the discovery well and that several other drilling rigs have been ordered for immediate delivery. Real estate holdings and royalty rights, in which there has long been speculation in this area, went sky high as a result of the news from the discovery well. BAKER ANNOUNCES CITY'S DECORATION DAY PARADE PLANS Four Sections to Constitute Line of March Preceding Me- . morial-Program Under the agreement with the fed- eral department of the interior under which the field is to be developed, the government will retain 10 per cent of any earnings and 37'4 per cent wil go to the state in which the oil is produced. State funds may be used for any legitimate purpose determined by the state legislature, such as roads, schools and charitable institutions. On this basis the state of North Da- kota stands to benefit greatly if, as some geologists feel, substantial oil production is established on the North Dakota side of the line. The dis- covery well is only 900 feet across the line on the Montana side and one reason for placing it there, rather thart in ‘North Dakota, is that this state has no adequate laws govern- ing the operation of oil fields of protecting the rights of investors in them. Initial production figures on the dis- covery well show it to be one of the biggest producers north of Oklahoma and the largest in this section of the country. Nothing previously devel- oped in Montana compares with it, the wells in theSunburst-Kevin field be- ing rated at a much smaller capacity. The workmen poured 2,000 gallons of hydrochloric acid into the well Tuesday and Wednesday morning to eat out reservoirs in the limestone formation in which production was found. Oil has been flowing from the well into tanks, since swabbing was discontinued, at the rate of 150 bar- rels a day. This morning the oil shot through under high pressure and pro- duced the high barrel test. The Montana-Dakota concern has made no announcement yet of any plan for marketing of the oil or Line of march for Bismarck’s Mem- orial Day parade was announced Wed- nesday by Brigadier General Fraynd Baker, parade marshal. The parade will form in four sec- tions under the direction of Adjutant General Baker and his staff of aides, which includes Spencer 8. Boise, de- partment commander pf the Ameri- can Legion; P. G. Harrington, depart- ment commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars; Major Harold Soren- son, United States properties and dis- bursing officer; Capt. H. A. Brocopp, assistant adjutant general, and Lieut. Ferris Cordner. Moving promptly at 10:15 a. m., Saturday from the intersection of Second St., and Broadway Ave., the parade will go south on Second &t., to Main Ave., east on Main to Fourth St., north on Fourth to Broadway, east on Broadway to Sixth St., north on Sixth to Rosser Ave., east on Rosser to Ninth St., south on Ninth to Broadway and east on Broadway to the auditorium. “government regulations landowners in the various zones near the well will share in any proceeds to varying extent. FLOW IS 7,660 BARRELS MANAGER SAYS Baker, Mont., May 27.—()—Harry Schroth, manager of the Montana Da. kota Utilities Co., said the company’s “Little Beaver” oil well showed an open flow daily production rate of 1,660 barrels in test runs Wednesday. Scroth and Dan Helgeson, office manager for the company, said that “so far as is known here this pro- duction would be by far the biggest of any oil well ever brought in in Montana.” “We calculated the daily production by timing 1,000 barrel test runs,” said Helgeson. New Claims Are Filed Against Kelley’s Bond Additional claims against the bonds of Joseph L. Kelley, former Burleigh county sheriff, in the amount of $1, Scheduled At the conclusion of the parade the regular Decoration Day program will be held in the auditorium. . Lieut. Colonel Joseph S. Leonard and his staff of officers will lead the first section to be composed of the third regiment, fourth infantry band, U. 8. army; the third battalion, fourth infantry, U. 8. army; Company A, 164th infantry, N. D. national guard, the Officers’ Reserve Corps and the Sojourners. Commander Milton Rue of the Lloyd Spetz post of the American Le- gion, assisted by Charles Martin and Vern Miller as aides, will have charge of the second section. Included in this section will be the American Legion Drum and Bugle Corps, American Le- gion Post and 40-8 society; Disabled American Veterans; Squadron I, Sons of the American Legion; Red Cross nurses; American Legion Auxillary and Salvation Army. Sherwin in Command The third section will be com- manded by Wesley Sherwin, head of the local post of the Veterans of For- eign Wars with Capt. E. G. Wanner and John G. Karasiewicz as aides. In this division will be the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the Veterans of For- eign Wars Auxiliary; United Spanish ‘War Veterans and the United Spanish War Veterans Auxiliary. H. F. O'Hare, commander of the United Spanish War Veterans, will di- rect the fourth section with J. L. Kelley and Charles Liessman as aides. The Bismarck high school band, lodges and service clubs, Grand Army of the Republic, Women’s Relief the latter seven in autos, will com- this section. é 3 § 2 B i E 4 t E ly bie : di lp