The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 12, 1937, Page 1

The Weather Unsettled tonight and : ' North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper Wednesday; slightly warmer tonight, ESTABLISHED 1873 BISMARCK, N. D., TUESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1937 PRICE FIVE CENTS FOR Speeds Kidnap-Killer Hun ‘ kk k kik ok! Sek eS xk *k * xk & x * * xk * .. Radiator ‘Liquor Highballs Kill 11 Fort Totten Indians Spotlighted in Brutal Tacoma Tragedy DOGTOR CALLED T0 \ ATTEND SICK CHILD FINDS OTHERS DYING Anti-Freeze Fluids Drained From Car Radiators Quick- ly Kills Celebrators ONE STILL CRITICALLY ILL Death Mixes Deadly Drinks at ‘Moccasin’ Party That Be- gan Saturday Night Devils Lake, N. D., Jan. 12—(?)}— G-Men Examining Battered Remains Of Tacoma Youth 10-Year-Old Charles Mattson Dead Some Time ‘Before His Bloody Body, Frozen Stiff, Was Located South of Everett Mighty Force of Detectives Directed by Hoover Turned Loose to Run Down Brute Who Was Too Yellow to Contact Father Directly Seattle, Jan. 12.—(7)—The Seattle Times today quoted an un- named authority as stating clothing of Charles Mattson, kidnap- murder victim, had been found in an automobile abandoned at an Everett service station. The newspaper stated federal bureau of in- vestigation agents impounded the automobile and the clothing. Tacoma, Wash., Jan. 12,.—(AP)—Under direct orders from President Roosevelt to continue until their quarry is found, federal bureau of investigation agents pushed their hunt Tues- day for Charles Mattson’s kidnap-slayer. The United States department of justice offered a reward of $10,000 for arrest of the depraved killer and Washington state authorities stepped aside to allow the agents free rein. Grim G-men echoed the president’s instructions to enlist “every. means at our command” to “capture and punish the perpetrator of this ghastly crime,” with the war-cry: “Get the kidnaper at all costs.” From a secret autopsy over the broken, frozen little body found in snow-covered woods Monday, justice department men ‘|and physicians sought evidence to place a noose about the neck of the savage slayer who spurned Dr. W. W. Mattson’s efforts to deliver the demanded $28,000 ransom. President Roosevelt issued his orders to the corps of agents in an official statement, asserting: “Attorney General Cummings informs me . . . that special agents of the federal bureau of investigation of the department of justice are engaged in a search which will be pursued res lentlessly and will not be terminated until the murderer i death toll to 11. Officials opened an investigation VANCOUVER. ISLAND tors containing denatured and other forms of anti-freeze which they consumed, PLANE S REPORTED. MISSING ON COAST WITH 13 PERSONS Martin Johnsons, Famed Ex- plorers, Among 10 Pas- sengers Aboard Craft 2 E i bey a sil 5 = 2 E ‘Tuesday secret hearings begin Fargo, ‘Wednesday on the Ese $790,- | Weaver, 72, Fargo, formerly of End Pfau, 50, PROPHETIC PICTURE—48 hours before he was seized Charles frolicked with a play- mate, permitted his chum to tie him to « tree on Christmas day. DR. MATTSON—Ready and willing to pay $28,000 for his son’s telease was Dr. W. W. Mattson, SISTER ‘AND PET—No more will Charles play with his sister Muriel and his pet spaniel. Muriel the kidnaping. "8 C OUNTRY— of the abducted boy, admitted a man who “looked like a for- eigner.”. MRS. MATTSON—Bereaved is Mrs..W..W. Mattson, Charles’ HAROLD NATHAN—Directing the far-flung hunt for the. brutal kidnap-killer is Harold Nathan, ace operative of the Federal Bu- of Seattle chum of Muriel Mattson nfay be able to identify the kid- naper when caught. She was a» witness to the actual abduction. Stork Hovers Over Auto Near Center ? pital. A 7-pound, 7-ounce boy was born to Mrs. Kilber in the family Fargo, Jan. 12.—(7)—Mrs. Nancy kosh, Wis. died of pneumonia Mon- West Fargo Business Man Dies o of Ailment Fargo, N. D., laine 12.—()}—Simon P. Nelson, West reg merchant, died of pneumonia Sunday in a Fargo hos- pital where he had been confined isince Saturday. ee dardueah tad |Besides Mrs. Nelson, he leaves his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Nelson, Montpelier, N. D.; a ee eg June, at home; six brothers and sisters; James, West Fargo, Lioyd, Dorothy, and Mrs. Eva Olson, all of Montpelier, and Oliver of Minne- apolis. RELIEF TAX UPHELD Madison, Wis., aa: 12.()—The state supreme court Tuesday eae the validity of the emergency relief ee eet ty the 1986 legiaisture. oc. dividends of Wisconsin corporations paid in 1933. GRAIN N. D., Jan. spats apidl am Tower City grain buyer and |day in @ Pargo ROADS BLOCKED AS POSSE SEARCHES) Harelg Nathan Relief Dominates House and Senate Lower Branch Approves Emer- gency Money Bill, Passes Loan Resolution Relief dominated the first day of real activity in the state legislature Monday. With house and senate committees organized and ready for action, the first measure introduced was one to appropriate $1,500,000 for the relief needs of North Dakotans between now and July 1. An additional bill will provide relief money for the period from July 1, 1937, to July 1, 1939. Bolstering the relief bill, which was committee of Minnewaukan, died Sun-| approved for passage by the house hospital. |" appropriations Monday uv night, was a resolution authorizing Where Bod; Was Found DEPT. OF JUSTICE TAKES ‘OFFICIAL’ CHARGE # Virginia Chatfield County Relief Supply Depot in Fargo Looms Fargo, Jan. das = Wt) = ape Case county welfare board Tuesday had warned Fargo grocers that either a county supply depot will be estab- lished through which all relief sup- plies will be handled, or merchants caught disregarding regulations will be cut off from further business with relief clients; Charles M. Pollock, acting board chairman, said flagrant violations of the rules have been perpetrated | through connivance of merchants with relief clients. In many cases, he said, canned peaches, pork chops, tobacco other items listed as luxuries were furnished to clients and billed to the county as items permitted under the rules, BLAST BURNS 16 MEN New Castle, Ind. Jan. 12.—(P)—An explosion burned 16 men seriously in the Chrysler tion's . (plant here Monday. Only slight dam- age was done. caught. 14 PERSONS SHOT IN RIOT OUTSIDE FLINT AUTO BODY PLANTS 112,000 Employes of General Motors Will Be Idle by Nightfall Today (By the Associated Press) Bloodshed darkened the outlook in the deadlocked automobile workers strike Tuesday as the number of men made idle by walkouts or “‘sit downs” in various industries neared a na- tional total of 170,000. Gov. Frank Murphy of Michigan marshaled national guardsmen at Flint after a night clash between po- lice and strike supporters at a Fisher body plant ended with 14 persons shot and @ score otherwise injured. Approximately 50 city policemen sugmented by county officers stood guard near the plant, closed by down” strike. A menacing crowd re- mained throughout the night and showed no indication of leaving the scene, After the last of three skirm- ishes the police withdrew across & bridge near the building to block off the area. 112,000 Workers Idle The scheduled closing of four more General Motors plants Tuesday would leave 112,000 employes idle. Flint police used riot guns and nauseating tear gas in their futile at- tempts to drive the crowd from the Fisher plant and to dislodge several hundred “sit down” strikers inside. The strikers defended themselves with bottles, stones, nuts, bolts and other objects. The removal by company guards of the ladder the strikers had used to deliver food through # second-story window to the men inside was the signal for the crowd to congregate outside the plant. Then the strikers seized control of the plant entrance. Battle Begins When the union men refused to surrender the door to the police the officers began using the gas. Then their riot guns barked. The door was broken in the encounter, and the po- lice sent gas bombs through windows of the building. The “sit down” strikers began throwing milk bottles and other missiles at the policemen. No one inside the plant was hurt, although the gas drove them onto the room of an adjoining building for a time, The casualties were among those fighting in the street. The clashes extended over @ two- hour period. When the lull came ana fresh air had circulated through the plant, the “sit downers” returned in- side. Then they discovered that the heat, which General Motors had eH on ever since the strike began, had and| been turned off. There were casualties among the policemen and deputy sheriffs who tried to rout the strikers, as well as among the striking group. MALAGA BOMBED Gibraltar, Jan. 12.—(7)—Six in- surgent Spanish airplanes and two warships bombarded Malaga for two hours Monday, causing more than 100 casualties and heavy damage. Officers had before them ® mente Picture of the kidnaper, given them by three playmates who saw the be Ree his home the night of About 45 Years O14 The children described the as about 45 years old, & feet 7 or sr weighing 146 pounds, swt complexioned and possibly left_handed. With the undisclosed results of the sutopsy known only to them, federal agents moved against the: nation’s public enemy number one. Harold Nathan, assistant chief of the bureau, did not divulge whether the autopsy had disclosed the exact cause or time of death. It_was known the agents relied chiefly on bits of evidence—the rane som note left behind by the man who abducted Charles from the es) of Dr. W. W. Mattson here Dec, 26, pressions of footprints and tire tracks in the snow where a young hunter found the body; a few fingerprints and the description given by the three children as chief means of tracking down the killer, No Clue of Importance One official asserted none of the federal agents, state police and local Officers had @ single new clue of importance to follow. Coroners T. H. Long of Pierce couns ty (Tacoma) and Stowell Challacombe of Snohomish county (Everett) God nounced they planned no inquest in the boy’s death. Their action indi- cated the kidnaper, if captured, will be tried under either the state or federal kidnaping statutes rather than on _@ murder charge. Either abduction law would allow Prosecutors to seek a death penalty. Although the federal agents were in charge of the case, state and local officers continued their independent searches, Near Everett, Washington patrolmen said they were iveatigating two mysterious automobiles seen in the area Sunday night, when the (Continued on Page Two) REFUNDING ius BONDS 1S PROPOS BY PEMBINA SOLON By Reducing Interest Rate, State Can Save $400,000 Yearly, Whelan Says