The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 28, 1936, Page 1

RIBUNE TELEPHONE | 2-200 ESTABLISHED 1878 North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper BISMARCK, N. D., MONDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1936 NAN GRABS SON OF me WEALTHY DOCTOR Note Turned Out on Child’s| | Printing Press Demands $28,000 Decatur, Ga., Dec. buildings. SETS SEATTLE RENDEZVOUS| “Firemen and’ pol Three Other Youngsters Terri- fied by Abductor in Living Room of Home fash. Dec. 28.—(P)—A ial, who declined to allow the use of his name, reported Mon- day the Dr. W. W. Mattson family had been directed to make contact with the kidnaper of Charles Mattson, 10, some time Monday afternoon, He said the contact was ordered estab- lished through publication of a want ad in a Seattle newspaper. i The official said the instructions e were included in the note left’ by the M shabbily-dressed kidnaper when he abducted Charles from the Mattson living room Sunday night. He also confirmed the note demanded $26,000) Ottawa, Ont., Dec. i! ransom. f) The note was apparently turn-jordinary wheat and the long-lived if ed out on a child’s printing press! roots of grass, has been developed by was the major clue in the seiz- ure of brown-eyed Charles Matt- i son from the living room of his pala- \ tial home Sunday night. Three other 4 mental Monday. farms, f absence of the parents, } ‘W. W. Mattson. | @ Department of justice agents re- Dr. and Mrs. fused to divulge the full contents of |lend in Western Canada. the note but a reliable source said a Seattle rendezvous was named for { payment of the money. ‘ Searched Children First r The masked. intruder broke into { the living room, searched the children |!8. 1 “for money, found none, then snatch= t ing the boy, cried: ! “This is something better than ( money.” ] He threw the note to the floor, lift- + ed the boy into his arms and fled to- | canada, : ward the waterfront. through the A ‘ same French window by which he en- & tered. Charles’ sister, Muriel, 14, and her ‘ay friend, Virginia Chatfield of Seattle, A were sitting on a davenport near the é window when the man first appeared. 7! William Mattson, 16, elder brother of the kidnaped child, was wearing night clothes and a bathrobe. Mask Slips Off Face The children said the man’s mask slipped from his face while he was in the room, enabling them to see he had @ dark-complexion and a heavy beard. They described him as slight- ly built, middle-aged, poorly dressed i) » and wearing dark trousers, a blue jacket and a light tan cap. Search turned to the waterfront on the theory the kidnaper may have hhad a boat beached below the Mattson q home for his getaway. The $50,000 residence overlooks the waterfront some two blocks and 300 feet below it down a steep terrace. Within 20 miles of Tacoma, there are thousands of sheltered inlets on the south which might effectively ‘ hide a boat. On shore, officers combed ravines ‘@nd wooded sections near the Matt- son home. Ran Toward Waterfront The two girls told police they saw the kidnaper run over the top of the terrace toward the waterfront. | They disclosed that Charles, a boy with an intriguing smile, had told of seeing @ man in the kitchen of the home only a few minutes previously. Sent their on an errand for the other three, he returned with the church Benny Hansen, Vincent ence Hansen. Besides her husband, now of Los Angeles, Calif. story of having seen a man lurking in the dark. ‘Brother and sister laughed age ane Toe ved hes coueace in the at him. count The family also said Dr.’ Mattson surprised a man in his garage more than a week ago and found a fully- Packed medical kit died last spring. 7 \ was the last one of*major note. The| Monday. office in Minot the | Firemen Dig Dog From Brick Trap PURSE echt Sicha Terrorized into sudden flight by exploding firecrackers, a stray dog squeezed into s narrow space be- Firemen and police failed to rescue him with ropes from above. ‘Then they went to work on one of the brick walls. Eight hours of tunneling with the men working in. shifts finally enabled them to free the hapless animal. CANADA DEVELOPS PERENNIAL WHEAT Unlikely to Replace Grains But May Prove Val- uable as Forage 2—(P)—A pel nial wheat, a plant with the seed of Plant breeders of Canadian experi- it was announced | Dr. L. E, Kirk, dominion agrostolo- terrified youngsters were menaced by | gist, said the new wheat is unlikely the bearded invader's pistol in the|to replace annual wheats for bread | making but may prove a valuanle forage plant to restore to productive use large areas of drouth ravaged Tt was possible, but not probable, a farmer would be able to seed a field to the wheat and harvest groups of salable grain year after year without the annual labor of plowing and sow- --Plant.breeders developed the plant by cross breeding ordinary strains of wheat with agropyron, a perennial grass closely ‘akin to the common couch grass of eastern Canada and the crested wheat grass of Western ‘Cross breeding was accomplished by fertilizing the flowers of wheat plant with pollen from grass flowers. STRELE WOMAN IS BURIED ON MONDAY Mrs. Leo Lane, 31, Died Thurs- day After Two Weeks’ Funeral services for Mrs. Leo Lane, 31, wife of a Steele, N. D., oil man, who died Thursday, were heid Mon- day afternoon in the Methodist at Steele with Reverend Brown, pastor, officiating. Interment was made in the Steele cemetery. Death came to Mrs. Lane after an illness of about two weeks’ duration. Pallbearers were Granville Selland Foye Harris, Orrie Whitney and Clar- Mrs. leaves two sons, John and Alfred Lee; her mother, Mrs, Myrtle Findley of Steele and her mother-in-law, Mrs. Nellie’Hart, formerly of Bismarck but Bessie May Findley was born Feb. 22, 1905 at Villisca, Ia., the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Findley. She came to North Dakota about 29 years She was married to Leo Lane Jan. 26, 1927 at Steele. The couple lived on @ farm near Steele until recently when they moved to town. Her father Rue Firm to Begin Work on Overpass Work on the overpass to be built by the Rue Construction company in Minot on its bid price of $221,604 will be started by the middle of this week officers of the company said here Charlies F. Martin, business man- ager for the firm, has opened an paratory to be- Charles H. Rue Hillsboro Man Killed, Mandan Couple in Hospital After Crash Near Here A Hillsboro, N. D., man was killed and two Mandan people seriously in- jured in highway accidents that oc- curred over the state this week-end N. D. Traffic Toll tots) $25 Harry Grove, 34, was fatally in- jured Saturday night in a ‘mishap | that occurred south of Hillsboro on Highway 81. A companion, Elroy Schultz, also of Hillsboro, escaped with minor injuries when their auto- mobile failed to negotiate a slight curve, struck a bridge and hurtled across the frozen Elm river. Recover Consciousness Mr, and Mrs, Gilbert Cass, 805 Fifth Ave., N. W., Mandan, recovered |consciousness Monday morning after suffering severe injuries in an acci- dent which involved two atuomobiles and a truck. The mishap occurred between Bismarck and Mandan near Coman’s Tourist court about 8:30 a. m., Monday. Preliminary examination revealed that Mr. Cass suffered cuts and bruises about the head and neck and several fractured ribs and that Mrs Cass received abrasions about her head and a broken wrist. Details of the accident were not im- mediately available. The two Man dan reine were seal Po @ local hospital by Ocecar <Broad- way Ave. W., who was on his way to work in the WPA office at Man- dan. Stepped on Highway As reconstructed by Sheriff Robert Gray at Mandan, the accident oc- cutred when Jim Leahy of Mandan stopped his automobile to clean off the windshield which had become coated with ice. A truck of the Mandan Creamery and Produce company coming from the rear swung out to pass and | EUROPE HOPES FOR |‘TTIS BETTER THAT DIPLOMATIC ENDING | | DIE,’ DESPAIRING TO SPREAD OF WAR! PONTIFF DECLARES Hitler Leading Continent to Peace or Conflict . (By the Associated Press) Hope grew Monday in the foreign Offices of Europe's great spread of the Spanish civil through German intervention. The continent focused its attention on snow-covered Berchtesgaden in Bavaria where Adolf Hitler pondered problems which may decide the ques- tion of peace or war for Europe. London circles pointed out the de- cision Der Fuehrer must make in his war yond any question of going to the aid of the Spanish Fascists, Faces Two Reads faced the alternative of leading Ger- many back to western co-operation for peace or plunging his country into deep isolation. Firm refusal of the Spanish So- clalist government to heed a German ultimatum to free the captured steamer Palos in the face of Nasi threats of “reprisals” was believed to have placed the immediate decision of backing the insurgents to the limit up to Hitler. Adding to the seriousness of the. question were the reported demands of the Fascist leader, Gen. Francisco Franco, for 60,000 troops to ald his drive on Madrid. * Rely on Offers But France and England hoped offers to aid Germany's economical and colonial needs in return for non- intervention would weigh heavily. Germany gave Spain another day of grace before determining what ac- tion she would take. Movement of German warships to Spanish waters was reported but the Nazi foreign office remained non-commital. Unofficial reports from Rome that Italy would co-operate in the Franco- British demand that Germany halt movement of volunteers to Spain was considered as a favorable omen. PROGRAM OF SCOUT COURT ANNOUNCED crashed head-on into the car driven by Mr. Cass, it appeared to Sheriff Gray. Funeral services for Grove have been tentatively set for Wednesday He leaves his parents, Mr. and Mrs. 0. G. Grove, his widow, one son and six brothers and sisters. No injuest is scheduled. The death brought the year's toll from cars in North Dakota to 125, one short of the all-time record es- tablished in 1934. Tce-coated, treacherous highways were the cause of many other acci- dents over the week-end with the heavy fog and cold weather adding to the motoring difficulties. Selfridge Men Hurt Also in a local hospital suffering from injuries were Peter Wingerter, 20, and Anton Kronberger, 21, both of Selfridge. The pair were brought to the hospital Sunday afternoon X-rays were. taken Monday to de- termine the seriousness of the in- juries received in an automobile mis: bap near Selfridge Saturday night. Miss Eileen Rice, 23, school teacher at Beulah, was recovering from a cracked vertebrae received when the car in which she was riding collided with another containing some people from Hazen about eight miles east of the Mercer county town last week. Miss Rice was one of seven teach- ers at Beulah on treir way home for the Christmas holidays. Her home is at Mercer. Three other teachers were cording ported injured. At Fargo a total of Concert by Bismarck High School Band to Open Event Here Wednesday Program for the annual vacation court of honor of the Bismarck dis- trict of the Missouri Valley Area council, Boy Scouts of America, was announced Monday by Dr. L. W. Lar- son, chairman. The advancement program will be held at 7 p.m. Wed- nesday in the World War Memorial building. A 45-minute concert by the Bis- marck senior high school band will open the program to be followed by the assembly, officers and scouts calls, blown by eight buglers. Commissioner Robert Kirkwood will call the scouts to attention and George Shafer will lead the salute to the flag. The audience will then join in singing the first verse of “America,” Jed by Russell Saxvik and accom- panied by the band. Dr. Larson will open the program with an explanation of the court of honor, after which the scouts will be|¢ presented for their advancement ewards. Approximately. 100 Bismarck youths are expected to receive the awards, nine of which will be for the Eagle rank. Final meeting of the board of re- view is scheduled for tonight and the complete list of advancements will be announced Wednesday. 24 Negroes Drowned In Capsizing of Boat Kingston, Jamaica, The lst of known d rose to 24 Monday in the of a boat Faces Alternative of powers for} Vatican City, Dec. 28.—(#)}—Pope diplomatic solution to the threatened | Pius, despairing of his recovery after Christmas retreat might go far be-! gard the hemhorrhage as a minor de- In effect, these sources said, Hitler | tion and accompanying ills of old Business and Civic Leader 20 Years Was Stricken Sud- denly Sunday Night Paralysis Spreads From Legs Along Left Side and Arm, Doctors Find J. P. Spies, 59, president of the Bis- marck Dairy company and of the Mis- souri Slope Distributing company and @ business leader in Bismarck for the last 20 years, died at 3:45 a. m., Mon- day in his home, 211 First 8t. Mr. Spies had been troubled by heart disease and high blood pressure for several years but appeared to be in good health and spirits all day Sunday. He played cards and talked with members of his household most of the dey and at 7:45 p. m., went out to go for an automobile ride. He was stricken before he could start the car but managed to get back to the house and his room unaided. ss A. M, Brazero] who lives at the The pope's haerrti) ee , heard him threshing sources reported, was first indi- cation the pontift: has become aware Poe ee mount of the gravity of his illness. Previous- ly, he has been described es the only person in the Vatican who was not worried over his paralytic condition and pain. Breaks Own Rule Breaking his own ban against re- celving church officials, the pondtt at 5 Giscussed ecclesiastical with | thereafter moved with his parents to Pietro Cardinal Fumasoni-Biondi, for-| Alpany, Minn., where he spent his boyhood. He was educated in the pub- llc schools and later graduated from St. Johns university at Collegeville, Minn., after which he went to work for the Empire Cream Separator company of Chicago asa traveling salesman. It was in that capacity that he first came to Bismarck and. noted the opportunity for a dairy distribut- ing firm here. Twenty years ago he and Miss Mary Braverol, his cousin, organized the Bismarck. Dairy company and in- stalled here the first milk pasteuriza- tion plant in the northwest. He was very proud of this fact. ‘They. were assisted in the business by Ambrose, John and Kathleen Braz- erol, nephews and niece of Miss Braterol, who came here to work Kathleen Brazerol now is Mrs. Harold Fitch of Bismarck. Purchased McKenzie Home Mr. Spies purchased the old Alex- ander McKenzie residence at 211 First St., and made his home here with Miss Brazerol and the younger members of the family. He was active both in business and civic affairs and in 1932 helped organize the Missouri Slope Distributing company to engage in the beer business. Recently this firm branched out into the wholesale Uquor distributing business. Although he never married, Mr. Spies enjoyed a unique home life, being “Uncle Joe” to the Brazerol children and taking a keen interest in them and in their children. Leader in Lodge Circles He was past president of the Bis- marck Lions club, a member of the Catholic Order of Foresters of Albany, Minn., and of the Elks and Eagles lodges. Funeral arrangements have not been completed, but the tentative plan is ‘to conduct services here Wednesday morning, after which the body will be taken to Albany, Minn., for burial. In addition to the members of the "| Brazerol family, who were distant blood relatives, although personally close to him, Mr. Spies leaves one brother, John Spies of St. Cloud, ‘Minn., and a cousin, Charles Spies of Pelican Rapids, Minn., with whom he visited each summer, Pallbearers at the funeral here will be Herbert Winters, John Fleck, Brown, Frank Clausen, Wil- & alight hemorrhage in his paralysed left leg, was reported Monday: night to have told a church official: “In this condition I cannot be the pope; it is better that I die.” Physicians attending the aged pon- tiff, however, were understood to re- velopment in the Holy Father's struggle against circulatory conges- ficlal admitted to the pope's sick room. Amanti Milani kept close watch on the - pope throughout the restless night, visiting the sickroom several times. after reliable reports said the partial paralysis had spread from the Jegs slong the left side and arm. ‘Two doctors and’s hospital attend- fant were constantly at the Holy Father's side. The. left leg was said to be’ particularly painful Sunday and was swollen to » marked 5 Even during the spasms of suffer- |, the aged pontitt good cheer, and be- tween the intervals of pain drifted SHBLTERBELT WINS FORESTER SUPPORT Results Clearly Demonstrate Feasibility in Great Plains, Report States Honorary pallbearers will be Dr. C. E. Stackhouse, E. G. Patterson, R. J. Fleck, Jack Fleck, Fred Peterson, John ‘Peterson, D. E. Shipley, Dr. F. B. Strauss, J. W. Hintgen, N. O. Churchill, Dr A. M. Fisher, P. J. Meyer, J. P. Wagner, Fred Minser, L. K. Thompson, George Shuck, Paul Wachter, 8. W. Corwin, J. C. Taylor, Henry Duemeland, W. 8. Ayres, Fred Thimmesch, Bob McCarney, Jack Woodard, M. B. Fitch, John L. Lar- 5 Cohenour, Henry vorson, W. B. Couch, Birlea Ward, Kein, ‘Washing! ,| Office officials reported Munday & ,,| patent for a new automobile design, aie = if if i a THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE PRICE FIVE CENTS | 12 Believed Dead in Air Crash § Contact With Kidnaper of Tacoma Boy Expected Today "mH. mi” SHABBILY DRESSED [N. D. Highway Tol Is Swelled to 125 Joseph P. Spies Dies of Apoplex The Weather Snow probable tonight and: > Tuesday ; not quite so cold — tonight. AMONG VICTIMS IN WEST COAST MISHAP Robert McLean, Who Lived Here as Boy, Was Co-pilot on P= a Sea Stricken Shi [Logan Lad Talks Self ee {_into a Year in Jail || was RELATED TO LAMBERTS Paul Bitz got “fresh” with SSS ae Judge George McKenna in dis- trict court at Linton and will have a year in jail to think it over. Bitz, recently was convicted of a sta- tutory jury and was ordered to pay $1,- 000 for the support of the child. He was allowed to return to his home that he woula post a bond for faithful performance under the judgment but instead “lit out” for Montana. He was found there by Sheriff Langeliers turned Brought Kenna conversation went something like this: “Well Paul, I am surprised that you walked out on us.” “I didn’t walk out. I rode out.” “Have you made arrangements to pay nothin’.” “A year in the county jail.” Judge McKenna walked out and Bits turned to Sheriff Lange- ers. “Ain't they goin’ to do some- thing?” “Its already done end you did it. You just talked yourself into MARSHAL CHANG 10 RETAIN CONTROL OF CAPITAL AND ARNY Nanking Will Be Lenient With Him Wreckage Sighted on Moun- tainside After Transport Disappeared Sunday a Logan county resident, charge by a district court Twelve persons, one of them a fore mer Bismarck resident, were believed dead Monday in the wreck of a United Airlines plane, forced down in a storm near Burbank, Calif. Co-pilot of the plane was Robert McLean, son of Mr. and Mrs. D. C. McLean, one-time Bismarck . resi- dents, who lived here until he was 13 years old when he moved to Call- fornia with his parents. He was & with the understanding and re- to Linton before Judge Mc- to explain himself, the Second in Family To Die in Crash Robert McLean, believed killed In the crash of a United Airline near Burbank, Calif., is of his family to die in accident, according to of Bismarck, the girl for the support of in jail. Come on. Let's nephew of the late 8. F. Lambert and a cousin of the Lambert children who live at Fourth St. and Thayer ‘Ave. Others believed dead in the wreck- age, reported sighted on a mountain- side north of Burbank, were: Pilot Edward Blom. Stewardess Yvonne Trege. for Releasing Kai- Shek Unharmed Nanking, Dec. 28. — () — Marshal Chiang have told his erstwhile captor, who in @ sudden turn of events voluntarily gave himself up, he would be re- turned to Sianfu, seat of the rebel- id treason and should suffer a traitor's punishment,” Foreign Minister Chang Chung said, explaining the situation, “but his release of the generalissimo unharmed has entitled him to con- sideration.” Authorities believed the premier’s recommendations for leniency would be accepted by the government but to satisfy the requirements of justice Chang would be condemned and then given a special M’Grath Rites to Be Held Later in Week Rites for Orrin McGrath, 54, an employe in the state tax department. who died here Friday, will be held later this week, probably at Glen Ullin where he formerly resided. Arrangements for the funeral serv- ices ere being made by members of the Masonic lodge at Hebron and the Lions club at Glen Ulin with which he formerly was affiliated. A son, Laverne McGrath of Bever- ley, Calif., will arrive later this week to attend the services. Three other children also survive. They are Har- old and Harriet, both of Berkeley, and Owen, who is enlisted in the United States navy. His mother, Mrs. Nellie Oesterling, resides at Al- hambra, Calif. Chang Hsueh-Liang, it was believed Monday, will be restored to command of the armies he led in revolt against Generalissimo Chiang Kal-Shek and the civil crisis his capture of the pre- mier precipitated will soon be for- gotten. Ford is the son of the president of the Grace Line Steamship company. The big ship, missing since 7:37 p. m. (PST) Sunday, when it radiced the air field at Burbank that it was Preparing to land, was sighted at 10 m. Monday (PST) by R. E. Dickin- , airport manager, who had joined in the search for it. He said he saw the wings of the ship on a ridge and that the rest of the transport was “all spread out” in the valley below. After talking with airlines officials he declined to comment further but left Burbank to fly back to the spot where he saw the wreckage for & further check. Ground parties were dispatched to the spot where Dickinson saw the wreckage. Bad Weather Slamed Bad weather was believed to have ‘been the cause of the accident. When he radioed the airport, Pilot Blom asked that the radio beam be turned on to guide him to a landing there, apparently because the storm had re- duced the visibility. Aviation observers advanced the was reported already to his military post. the marshal is “guilty of pardon. lost in the darkness. Radioed Near Field Due at Burbank at 7:37 p. m. (PST), the plane's pilot, Edward Blom, ra- diced a minute ahead of time for = radio beam to direct him to the field. It was the last definite word. The plane then was believed within 15 miles of Burbank. A Simi valley rancher named Har- rington reported the radio and lights in his home were disabled evening at the instant he heard what he believed was a clap of thunder. His body may be viewed by ‘friends from 4 to 8 p .m., Tuesday at the Cal- nan Funeral home. i; J i : i F i Ford Patents Auto from = mountainside With Engine in Rear| De.“ ton, Dec 28—(#—Patent| Blom asked the contzol ed