The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 13, 1937, Page 1

id se ‘might be forced to borrow To. Probe. Furthes-Nesdo~-" * "After discuasion of committee mezn- GRAY TELLS SOLONS STATE TREASURY [8 BROKE; NEEDS LOAN Must Borrow From $1,000,000 to $2,000,000 to Meet Requirements PROVIDE FOR TWO MONTHS Watt Recalls Federal Generos- ity in Providing Funds Two Years Ago The North Dakota senate, meeting in secret session, con- firmed the appointment by Gov. William Langer of J. K. Mur- ray of Mott as state tax com- missioner. Although no one was admitted to the executive session except senators, it was learned the con- firmation was approved without opposition, As a result, Murray will immediately succeed Tax Commissioner Lee Nichols. The senate sppropriations commit- tee Wednesday slashed the $1,500,000 relief bill passed by the house to $400,000 and approved it for passage, after deciding to take care of imme- diate state relief needs for two months only, instead of six months as pro- ‘vided in the original house measure. The action was taken after State Tresaurer John Gray informed the appropriations committee the state treasury was “broke” and that he “from $1,000,000 to $2,000,000" to meet state governmental requirements. Rt bers it was decided to approve im- mediate relief funds to take care of January and February needs only, with the understanding that further needs of the state public welfare board would be acted on by the leg- islature later. Senator Wm, Watt of Cass county made the motion to cut the $1,500,000 for the six-month period ending next July 1 to $400,000 for the first two months of this year. “I don’t see why we shoufd approp- tiate all of the money now, when we haven't provided any way to get it,” Senator Watt declared, adding that he wanted “everyone in need to be helped.” “Two years ago the legislature dick- .ered around and finally got the orig- inal amount demanded by the federal government cut down and the federal government came in and ied more of its funds for relief. This year we are requested for more than $6,000,000 as the state's share for re- lief. Someone will have to show me where we can get that money. There is no place to get it. We can’t raise the sales tax rate or it will be re-| ‘ary. ferred. Should Go Slow “I believe we should go slow and provide for immediate nedes first,” Senator Watt added. Appearing before the committee at its request, State Treasurer Gray‘as- serted that every state fund was “broke.” The sales tax money is the conly money coming into the state treasury, he said. He estimated that spproximately $1,500,000 of the sales tax money will be available by June 30. “I don’t see any way out of this situation except to borrow from one to two million dollars,” Gray asserted. The amended house bill was to be reported back on the floor of the senate Wednesday a: fternoon, The bill carrying $1,500,000 had been | Farg passed by the house Tuesday without amendment. Feed Situation in Hand At the hearing on the $1,500,000 re- lief bill before the senate appropria- tions committee, Howard Wood, fed- eral resettlement director, assured the members that livestock owned by needy farmers would not go hungry. with federal and county provision al- ready made sufficient to handle the situation up to Feb. 1. He asserted that under a recent agreement, the federal government, had agreed to provide $240,000 to be (Continued on Page Two) TALK ABOUT ACTION This room was rented in half an hour after the ad appeared. Rooms for Rent COZ¥ FURNISHED room. Gas Private entrance. 113 CLASSIFIED COLUMNS OF The Bismarck Tribune PHONE 2200 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper ~ Senate Cuts Big 3 * From $1,500,000 to $400,000 ‘Was It Hoover?’ Is i Question in Capital i ELATED. PEACE OFPCRS PENDENT Hough Suc ‘atterson at Helm of Association; Two . Officers Re-elected Ed Hough, chief of police at Grand Forks, was elected president of the North Dakota Sheriff and Peace Offi- Nygaard of Jamestown, former Stuts- man county sheriff, as treasurer and C. A. Miller, chief of the criminal identification bureau here, as secre- Other officers chosen were Sheriff A. W. Nystrom of Crosby, first vice- president; Sheriff. Theodore Hed- strom of Valley, City, second vice- Devils Lake Is Chosen Devils Lake was chosen as the site of the 1938 convention. Hearing of committee reports and the approval of resolutions occupied the rest of the time until adjournment shortly after noon, Nearly 300 peace officers, state of- ficials, legislators and guests attended the annual banquet held Tuesday over which Peter B. Garberg of fo as toastmaster. Speakers at the banquet included Supt. W. F. McClelland of the Man- dan state training school, Werner Hanni of Aberdeen, district chief of the United States department of jus- tice; Warden Dell Patterson of the state penitentiary and John Gray state treasurer. z Entertainment Given Under the direction of Raiph War- ren Soule, master of ceremonies, & half-hour entertainment progri was put on by Bismarck and Man- dan young talent. Between courses of the dinner the newly-organized Eagles band played several numbers. Tuesday's afternoon sessions wound up with committee sessions after tne delegates had listened to talks by Hanni, Harold P. Smith’ of the Occi- dental Life Insurance company and Jack Williams of Minot, state ad- jutant of the American Legion. Don’t hesitate to investigate or call! to the attention of the U. 8. depart- ment of justice any happenings ur character of a suspicious nature, Hanni advised the peace officers Tuesday after explaining the work of the federal bureau of investigation and the set-up of the federa: depart- ment. Cites N. D, Example Hanni cited an instance where the innocent observation of a Nurth Da- kota sheriff. made to a G-man, later led to the apprehension of a woman involved in an extortion plot in Cali- fornia. officers were chosen to pro tect the lives and property of others and not to gain mdividua) ziury for themecives in uy sin “1 coopera- (Continued on Fage Two) __ + ESTABLISHED 1878 Chimborazo Photographed at Last He called attention to the fact that, |-foot Mount Chim- ever made in. ot Bresiient Roose- defied the treacherous wind pany of the peak and its icee $100,000 -Bequea By Machen to Schoo F — Philadelphia, Jan, 13.—)—The will of Dr. J. Gresham Machen, one of the founders of the new Presby- terian Church of America, ary of & $200,000 estate to the West- minster Theological seminary, which he helped found. ‘The will probated Tuesday, leaves and an outright bequest of $5,000 to the independent board for Presby- terian foreign missions and an out- right bequest of $10,000 to the sem- inary. Dr. Machen died Jan, 1, im Bis- MS SIPPLE, 06, Heart Attack Suffered Tuesday Fatal to Well-Known Woman Mrs. C. J. Sipple, 6, well-known Bismarck woman, died at 5:50 p. m. ‘Tuesday in a local hospital. Death came unexpectedly following a heart tack whcih she suffered about 10 &. m. Tuesday, and less than six hours ‘after she had entered the hospital. Puneral services had not been ar- late Tuesday afternoon, but it is expected that they will be held aa, in the Convert funeral par- Mrs. Sipple became ill Tuesday Morning at the Sarah Gold shop, where she was employed, and was taken by Mr. Sipple to their apart- ment at 404 Sixth St. A physician was called and upon his advice, Mrs. Sipple was taken to the hospital, where she appeared to be feeling bet-| ter just before death came. Although she had suffered for some time of; high blood pressure she was in or- | dinary good health and never was absent from work because of illness. Caro Spears was born at West Un. jon, Ia., April 2, 1856, the daughter of the late Frank and Cora Spears,| and received her education in the schools of West Union, Superior, Wis,, and Duluth, Minn. She was married to Mr. Sipple, Jan. 19, 1924,' Bismarck to make their home July! 2, 1926, residing here continuously since that time. Mr. Sipple is con- nected with the Copelin Motor Co, In her earlier years, Mrs. Sipple followed the photography trade and was employed in several Butte studios and later in Bismarck by the Butler. studio. Five years ago she became connected with the Sarah Gold shop) as a clerk and that work made a large number of friends among the women of the city. Although she was not a member of the local parish, Mrs. Sipple was af- j fillated with the church, | Besides her husband, she leaves ; daughter by a former marriage, Mrs. } Holmes of Carmel, Calif.; a + Mrs, Fred 8. Martin of Santa Calif, and two nieces, Mrs. &. FP, Mathews, alco of Santa Ana, and | Mrs, C. C. Mason of Whittier, Calif. !None 0; the relatives are expected : to come for the funeral, ed IS HEART VICTIM - | Friday. at Butte, Mont., and they came to Pacific Buriai will be made in Fairview 4 cemetery. BISMARCK, N. D., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1937 Relief Bill If J. Edgar Hoover, chief of the mames are not made public. Never-the-less the report was noised around in Bismarck that plane A. C. Jordan of the state criminal identification bureau. He said @ third, believed to be Hoover, remained in the plane. FDR'S OVERHAULING PLAN ‘HOT POTATO" cans in Opposing Certain Parts of Program 3. Should the comptroller general's office be stripped of much authority, as proposed? supporters left the talking to the opposition, pending decision on procedure. They called it a “hot potato.” Chairman Byrd (Dem., Va.) of the senate reorganization committee, dif- fered with the president’s recom- mendations on most major questions. Byrd advocated @ merit system on the basis of competitive examinations in civil service. Jamestown Pioneer, Henry Bensch, Dead Jamestown, N. D., Jan. 13.—(?)— Henry G. Bensch, 79, citizen, died suddenly at noon Wednesday of a heart attack. Survivors are his widow, a daughter, Julia, and two sons, George of Jamestown, and Earl of Chicago, A sister, Mrs. George Eager, and a brother, John of James- town. Funeral services will be held Freight Locomotive Kills 8 Section Men Los Angeles, Jan. 13—()—A freight locomotive backing up in the darkness on the “Mojave desert ran over @ sec- tion crew killing eight men, the Union railroad stated Wednesday. ‘The accident occurred outside Brant, small town on the main line, 75 miles.west of Las Vegas, Nev. if Lemke Likes His | Office Aquarium Washington, Jan. 13—()— From violins to guppies, sight- seers miss a lot of things on capitol hill because they aren't shown into congressional offices. Nearly every suite shows some sign of a hobby. Toward dusk, when congres- sional chores are over for the candidate. FOR PROTAGONISTS Some Democrats Join Republi- The Weather Unsettled — decidedly colder tonight; Thurs- day much colder, PRICE FIVE CENTS MURPHY SUMMONS STRIKE OPPONENTS TO PEACE MERTING Governor Determined to End Controversy Through ‘Rule of Reason’ GUARDSMEN ARE MOBILIZED General Motors Executive Says Strikers Will Get Light, Heat, Water MANHUNT WIDENED FROM WASHINGTON TO MEXICO BORDER Martin Johnson One of Two Dead In Crash of Ship Transport Plane Plummets to Earth as Ice Forms on Wings; 11 Others Aboard Are All Suffering From Injuries Los Angeles, Jan. 13.—(AP)—Martin Johnson, noted ex- plorer, died Wednesday of injuries suffered in Tuesday’s West- ern Air Express transport crash, the second fatality among the 18 persons aboard the ill-fated airliner. James A. Braden, president of the Cleveland, Ohio, Ink Flint, Mich. Jan. 18—(#)—Gov.;company, was crushed to death between two seats when the Frank Murphy, determined to effect two-motored plane pancaked on a fog-shrouded mountainside 15 ene immediate and peaceful termin-/ miles from Union Air terminal, its destination at Burbank on a at of the SeSperanee! sees: flight from Salt Lake City. eae odneday, moeting Co-Pilot Clifford P. Owens and A. L. Loomis of Omaha, a ipany and union representatives AN Ap in his office at the capitol. passenger, were critically hurt. None of those riding in the e aed) coos whose pearions me big atemetal erat escaped prion some injury. arrange a Perley irs, Osa Johnson, the explorer’s wife, suffered concussion tolled, Geperonee gst anni] and a fractured right knee. the criminal identification bu- Michigan national Ten ns at Sacramento had been - to check on Haynes’ finger- Murphy requested William 8. . prints, Knudsen, General Motors executive vice-president, and Homer Martin, Tacoma,” Wash, Jan.) 18 =e president of the United Automobile Charles Mattzon's flower-banked ‘Workers of America, each accom- casket Wednesday shielded from the panied by two associates, to meet in gaze of his sororwing family the Lansing at 10 a, m. Wednesday with brutal wounds he suffered at the hands of a kidnaper and slayer. the governor and James F. Dewey, lederal conciliator. ied Hundreds of officers hunted Pending the outcome of this con- throughout the Pacific northwest for ference, Governor Murph: uested the kidnaper of the 10-year-old Ta. iy req ‘coma boy as Dr. and Mrs. W. W. Mat son prepared for the ordeal of the funeral services at 3 p.m. Wednesday. Details of the boy’s wounds, learned at a closely guarded autopsy, were withheld entirely from Mrs. Mattson and from the two remaining children, Mr. and Mrs, Martin Johnson William, 16, and Muriel, 14, friends a said. No announcement of what the Johnson was “delirious and was screaming from pain and autopsy showed was made by federal shock” when found, a witness said. He died Wednesday at the |#8ents or by physicians who cone Good Samaritan hospital of his injuries. aera ected by Ween Richard Gardner, deputy county surveyor, quoted Pilot) One stab wound from the back ale William, Lewis as saying “the Burbank station seemed tied up|most pierced the body, but missed with other calls” and -he couldn’t get through; also that ice|Vits! organs and left Charles in tore aan ‘on the wing, he lost his course and one motor sputtered Labbieoahe reat Sendo Vai yen , Chronicle said in @ copyrighted Uniine-a six-mule team and wagon, rescuers toiled'all night |coms dispatch. ‘ = bring out the injured during a snow storm. The big ship|, The autopsy also indicated the boy clos- struck a foothill in murky weather 10 miles from its terminal ion, rolling along a slope for 20 feet. 50,000 ONLOOKERS ad Age Plcture srested frat axriy. SEE FIVE NARGOTC Horde of Federal Agents Are Running Down Every Bit of Information ROOSEVELT SPURS SEARCH Body of Man Found Frozen to Death in Missouri Under Examination Folsom, Calif. Jan. 13—(P)— Folsom prison authorities re- ceived word Wednesday federal officials are seeking Fred Orrin Haynes, former two-time convict, in connection with the Mattson kidnaping. The nature of the evi- dence pointing toward Haynes was not revealed but it was stated in the Fisher body No. 2 plant here, outside of which score of persons were injured in the riot. While the 1: Murphy mentioned “the unfortur nate situation at Flint” and told the he from the Olive View sanitarium—a semi-conscious pilot mumbling in- coherently into a radio no longer working; every occupant “piled up on ! frozen body was discovered.” Killed Thursday or Friday Coroner Otto H. Mittelstadt of Seate tle, who examined the body when it was found Monday at Everett, Wi said he was sure the boy was either last Thursday or Friday. Armed with definite, valuable clues, officers hunted widely frem northerne out of the compartment, a gun in his hand,” Gardner said. “He had just fired a shot to direct rescuers to the scene, “I pulled open the cabin door. My eyes fell first on the dead man, James Braden, His body had fallen over a woman and she was asking for some- one to help lift him aside. She her-!urged on by President Roosevelt's plea self apparently was suffering from a|that the brutal crime be solved quickly, broken leg. A man who became frightened and ran away from s news-stand was sought in the vicinity of an Bernard> ino, Calif, Federal investigators displayed some interest in an unidentified man, reported to have acted “queer” while traveling on a bus ticket issued in Kelso, Wash., and whose frozen body en in Peiping Is Scene of Gruesome Action pictures I had seen of him. He was delirous and was screaming from pain and shock. Stewardess Is Heroine “The stewardess was the heroine. Although suffering from a broken ankle, she limped about trying to help out all the others and cheer killings | them through the ordeal. with a bonfire of 10,000 ounces} “The pilot told me the crash took of assorted narcotics seized after the|place at 11:10 a. m.” ‘be cured by New Year's or die” drive} Injuries as announced by Western ith, Air Express officials were: were forced! Mrs. Martin Johnson, New York, fractured leg. A. L. Loomis, Omaha, head injuries; in critical condition. to have beén thrown into panic by| D, E. Spencer, Chicago, head injur- the killings Wednesday, taking them |ies. ‘The executions were the second in that|China’s anti-narcotics crusade and igllf house to house in the Tacoma area. Have Definite Clues Department of justice operatives kept secret whether they sought one or two men for the brutal crime, but they had definite clues to guide toward the man who played the Be 3588 Bese BF leg. Co-pilot Clifford P. Owens, Bur- re eae bank, cet trashed bade re i R. T. lerson, fractu: . Benjamin Smith, 53, Be as ree rare ae i tured ankle. Is Buried at Hensler| H. H. Hulse, Chicago, uninjured. Puneral services for Benjamin W. Miss Lita James, Los Angeles, un- Smith, Hensler farmer, who died of «| "jured. Arthur 8. Robinson, Rochester, N. heart affliction last Friday, were held ¥., possible fractured ankle, Stewardess Esther Jo Conner, Glen- dale, Calif., fractured ankle. Four miles from the crash scene, Roger Pollard, 19, a patient at the Sanitarium, shouted to his nurses: Patient Hears Crash “There’s an airplane crash just out- A light snow fell over the North- west Wednesday and mild tempera- tures over most of the area. forecast of decidedly colder to- ht ‘Thursday Dakota's E E i i i £ 2 43 paid a personal tribute to Mr. Smith. ‘Hymns were sung by a quartet com- side the window. I heard a great posed of Martha Ellis, Ruth Bagnell, Ardis Gregory and Melvin Peterson with Harold Sorstokke playing ac-|crash and then the cries of many per- companiments, Miss Ellis also sang 2 /s0ns.” ' solo, Robinson, who hobbled on his in- jured ankle to meet the first rescue Party, said: “We had no warning that anything was wrong. We were riding along very smoothly. Suddenly the plane began to drop—drop. Then there was a@ terrible crash.” The plane, due in the Union terminal at 10:45 a, m., reported at 11:05 a. m., is was “coming down to localizer at 8 wife and six children. field.” The message referred tp the aaa agen airport’s radio directional beam, SENATOR NYE BILLED Inquiries Launched Minn,, Jan. 13—(7)—| while snow piled upon the damaged Senator Gerald P. Nye of North Da-| wings and fuselage of the airliner, on kota will be one of the principal|a ridge 100 yards below the Los Pinetos speakers during the forthcoming|ranger lookout station, two govern- Northwest School Farmers’ week and} mental inquiries were set in motion in Red River Valley Winter shows. The] an attempt to determine the cause of senator will talk the night of Feb. 10./ the disaster. ere eae, It was the fifth major airliner acci- SIDNEY SCHOOLS CLOSE dent in the United States in the last Helena, Mont., Jan. 13.—(#)—Schools | 30 days. at Sidney, in eastern Montana, were} The big game hunter had suffered| “I fearea ordered closed because of 300 ab-|/ concussion, fractures of both legs,|pulled that sences resulting from influensa. (Continued on Page Two) (Continued on Pallbearers, old friends and neigh- bors the deceased, were Arthur Dobbs, Elmer Holmnes, Al Dennison, Roy Harrington, Emil Iverson and Ja- ep Anstadt. Interment was made in A This pencil sketch, crude but re- vealing, of the kidnaper of Charles Mattson was regarded by G-men as an important clue in the hunt for the kiler of the Tacoma, Wash., cemetery at Hensler. large number of friends gathered pay their last respects to Mr. Smith, nt nearly all of the 53 years fe in the Hensler community. and who caught a fleeting glimpse of the criminal’s face as his mask