The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 20, 1937, Page 1

i Roosevelt Challenges Forces of Pelf Bandit Kidnaps, Murders Michigan State Trooper } { { ESTABLISHED 1878 BISMARCK, N. D., WEDN! North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper ESDAY, JANUARY 20, 1937 PRICE FIVE CENTS The Weather — Snow, colder tonight, with severe cold wave; Thursday fair, colder. POLICEMAN CHAINED TO RURAL MAIL BOX AFTER BEING SLAIN Husky Officer Overpowered in Patrol Car After Arrest- ing Ex-Convict ESCAPES TWO GUN BATTLES Hundreds Searching Country- side for Perpetrator of Brutal Crime’ » Mich. Jan. 20.—(P)—The bulletplteed ody of lchgan state ft E f it | POpere ek oe is E 2 ss came upon the hunted car near Lulu, Mich., and again a gun battle ensued . with Benoit finally abandoning the patrol car. He escaped on foot into nearby woods. In the blood-stained car was the uniform coat of Trooper Hammond. It was saturated with blood. . At 5 a. m., officers patrolling woods in the area came upon the body of the missing trooper. Hammond had been shot through the head. His body was slumped against a rural mail box and his wrists were shackled with his own handcuffs to # steel post. CARNDUFF FARMER HELD AS SMUGGLER Jury Finds Canadian Involved With Five Americans in Border ‘Running’ Minot, N. D, Jan. 19—()=-John | Steeves, Carnduff, Sask. farmer, Wednesday was found guilty by a fed- eral district court jury in Minot, of Participating in a cattle smuggling| ‘erisls produced by similar tactics in conspiracy. The jury returned a sealed verdict which was opened when court con- vened Wednesday morning. The case went to the jury Tuesday, on the fourth day of the trial, and the ver- aie was reported reached eight hours er, U. 8. District Attorney P. W. Lanier said he may move for imposition of Th Jaw, he said, is two years in « federal Penitentiary and $5,000 fine. Steeves and five residents of the United States were jointly indicted by 2 federal grand jury at Fargo last September for conspiring to smuggle 7 head of cattle into the United States from Canada in October, 1935. The five co-defendants — William Stammen, formerly of Foxholm; Mur- Tell, Sidney and Ward Peterson, broth- ers living near Sherwood, and Robert Tveten, Sherwood—all pleaded ‘guilty before the trial and are now awaiting of conspiracy ti @ wool smuggling transaction, got under way. Cando Man Involved In Fatal Road Crash Minneapolis, Jan. 2.—7—A man identified as Loren Davidson, about young gave him a job. Quick Solution of Disputes Remote WHO. REPRESENTS LABOR IS ONE OF STRIKE'S PUZZLES How to Adjust Differences Be- tween Worker Factions Is Another Trouble Two Minor Strikes Settied But + Major Controversies Still Remain (By the Associated Press) Settlement of two strikes and pros- |- pects for an amicable agreement in a third brightened the dark picture of industrial strife in the nation Wed- nesday but there was no hope for immediate solution of major labor disputes. A week-old strike at the Briggs Manufacturing company in. Detroit ended after a clash between pickets and police Tuesday. Some 1,800 workers, including a number who had been laid off, were to resume work at the automotive body plant. An agreement achieved after three weeks of negotiations ended an 18- months old strike at the A. J. Linde- mann and Hoverson company stove works in Milwaukee. The accord, in- volving 600 strikers, called tor main- tenance of strikers’ seniority rights. Detroit, Jan. 20.—Who really rep- resents the workers in Genera] Mot- ors plants and how to adjust the dif- ferences between the ‘warring fac- tions involved remained one of the underlying troubles Tuesday as nego- tiations between company officials and striking U. A. W. A. leaders col- lapsed. Ez. organizer of the! recognition of a shop committee Flint Alliance, formed to: oppose work and eee eee ae The widespread General Motors corporation strike front shifted to New York and Washington. William 8. Knudsen, G. M. executive, went to New York, presumably for/a confer- ence with President Alfred P. Sloan dr., while Homer Martin, president of the United Automobile Workers union, aald he would confer with John L, Lewis, head of the committee for First promise to this effect was - u, P sien, poduetsial organization, at Washing: president, in a statement. to em-|' a@ clash between pickets and dep- uty sheriffs at the Berkshire Knit- ting Mills at Reading, Pa., resulted in injury to one striker and arrest of two others Tuesday night. negotiations, In the latter statement iking ber; t it was asserted that no right of any iets i vibes Toa te Cm workers not ited. by the) arinn., mills, They voted against a (UAWA) will be preji in any of peace plan proffered kibe solagsn ted tal it, jomed ts Benson eaaie a pale thenap ‘to seek “all employes of General Motors, t@ settiente: disput which new attention was ” 4,500. peta poked pre Oe ne eee the Pacific maritime strike. = ©IN.D, GOLDEN GLOVES FINALS ARE TONIGHT intelligent. therefore judge more) Start Set for 8 P. M., in Memor- “First, let me say that General ial Building; Bag-Punch- Seman than touay, This gooe buse| ME Exhibition Slated ness insures plenty of jobs, with gen- erous hours of employment, for some time to come. Wages are higher to-/with gameness and determination day, by far, than the corporation !standing out from every tensed muscle, ever paid before, And, not only that,|will be paired off tonight to do bat- but the amount that each dolla: ;tle for the championship awards in buys is importantly greater than it ore Dakota's Cervadad annual Golden was during the last period of good} Gloves business, say in 1929. Again, ape tiers oriene tinal bouts in Class Ant progress has been made in pro~ A these from 10 a atudded viding steadier work through the| will be a4 awarded sapphire-studded earn the right to compete Count General ‘Motors. workers are|i2, the Northwest Golden Gloves tour- nament at Minneapolis in February. the eS tite Sees et: (Clase Billets wil be presented wiih Golden Glove emblems, ors, and as much, if not more than) seven of the 31 preliminary bouts the workers of any other business. No night ended in knockouts one can honestly say otherwise. with Bie of the sleep severing punch- wi Intimidation’ pes see ronieh: bole e equal ner yet Priond tions you|Punching opponents, The bouts will are being fore out of your jobs by [su start at 8 p. ang at the World, War sit-down strikes, by wide-spread in- ier Tuesda! timidation, and by shortage of ma- night's program an the exhibition many allied industries. Your em- a beets Sandel Pe poh nes ployment and wages and the welfare] mixer, 8tefonowics’ act was a re- of your families are being endangered markable exhibition of the coordina- as well ag to the business, it seems only fair that I should tell you the Twenty-six young amateur boxers, to bargain collectively you must (Continued un Page Two) Halstead Re-elected | Hebron Brick Chief "sei.es tacnally of Mandan, former Fargo, N. D., Jan. 20.—(P)—A, M. Halstead, Jamestown, was re-elected president of the Hebron Brick com- pany Tuesday night as directors or- ganized. A. E. Draeb, Hebron, was alternating chosen vice president to succeed P. 8. Consolidated Drys Jungers, Hebron; R. R. Wolfer, Jamestown, re-elected secretary and treasurer, and Ernest Jaege, Heoron,| Favor County Option superintendent of operations ‘Siocke holders _ named folfer,) Fargo, N. D., "Jan, . 20.—/)—Adop- Draeb, James Dirnie of Grand Forks artot 6 casts ‘onion measure by and A. L. Peterson of Buffaso as the the state legislature is one of six pro- board of directors. woke, BRIDGE PLANS 3 fo AE i H E s i ages ref Ree 4 = ny cunsideted Henry with the theft of $47. “just ‘2 foolish | man.” Huber furnished bail and the sale of hard liquor foisted » them?” ISWOLLEN STREAMS - {JOB INSURANCE ACT BATTERING LEVEES OVER MIDDLEWEST Hundreds of Families Forced to Leave Inundated Homes in Valleys ADDITIONAL RAIN FORECAST Pittsburgh Fear Subsides as Waters Drop; Mississippi Is Bulging (By the Associated Press) Rain-swollen streams battered lev- ees with unabated fury in the mid- Glewest Wednesday, sweeping over lowlands and forcing hundreds of families from flood-engulfed homes. Anxiety for the safety of thousands of other persons was heightened by forecasts of additional rains in por- tions of Ohio, Indiana, Missouri, Tlli- nois and Arkansas, Red Cross officials said at least 550 families evacuated homes in the vi- cinity of Kennett and Senath, Mo., where the raging St. Francis river pounded through at least nine levee breaks. Weary emergency workers demobilized efter a losing fight to re- strain the stream. were inundated along the Missouri- Arkansas line. Monette and Black Oak, Ark., and the rich farming area of Northeastern Arkansas faced flood waters, Southern Indiana flood waters evicted several hundred persons Yrom their homes. Rivers in Southern Illinois rose steadily. The city council of Mt. Carmel, Ill., appealed for shelter for refugees. More than 100 homes were evacuated in the Wabash river b Highways at Shawneetown were der water to a depth of 2% feet. ‘Thirty-five persons found shelter in @ suburban Cincinnati church. Scores of homes on riverside streets were without gas and heat, endanger- ing the lives of many persons afflict- ed with influenza. ‘The turbulent Ohio river reached a 58.6 foot mark at Cincinnatt last mid- night, 46 feet over flood stage. Meteorologist W. C. Devereaux pre- dicted a 60-foot crest despite the prospect of light rains. At flood stage along its entire 980-mile length, the Ohio was expected to reach a 60-foot crest at Ashland, Ky., and Ports- mouth, O., late Wednesday or early Thug: yy in Pittsburgh subsided enen ‘the Allegheny and Mononga- hela rivers receded after reaching a 28.1 foot, crest. Hundreds of either left or prepared to leave for higher ground in Western Tennessee. The Mississippi river approached flood stage at Memphis. Oregon Turkeys Lead In Capturing Honors LIKE MINNESOTA'S OFFERED IN SENATE Three-Man Commission to Re- place Regulatory Depart- i ment Also Proposed TWICHELL, FRAZIER ARGUE Veteran Cass Solon Charges Committee Exceeded Its Authority in House North Dakota solons Wednesday studied a bill calling for state un- employment insurance and another which would create a three-man com- mission to. replace the regulatory de- partment functions. The unemployment insurance bill, modeled after the Minnesota plan, would tax employers from 1.8 per cent of each payroll for 1937 up to 2.7 per cent for 1938 to 1941, inclusive. Rates would be lowered after 1941 on pay- Falls where steady employment pre- vails, Benefits would depend on salaries of employes protected and would range from $5 to $15 a week, two years after contributions first accrue. Three Are Authors The measure was authored by Sen- ators J. T, McGillic of Morton, J. C. Blaisdell of Ward, and N. N. Nelson of Grand Forks. The state treasurer, attorney gen- eal and governor would comprise the gulatory commission proposed in Tegislation introduced by Senator John Brostuen. The commission would assume the functions of the present regulatory department, re- sponsible for administration of regu- latory laws including those concern- ing beer. ‘The commission would name its Sale esr phage vot eee food comntissioner and to be named by this néw group, ‘ould: serve as assistant directors. The bill provides for six inspectors, “eis in each judicial district. Sheriffs would be enlisted to ald the commission and would be paid mileage by their re- spective counties. Kidnap Bill Intreduced Other bills presented to the senate inclide one making kidnsping pun; ishable up to a life term with pardon be parole prohibited unless innocence is established, Dancing where intoxicating liquor ‘is sold would be prohibited under an- other bill, and the recall law would be amended to apply to elective city officials under another proposal. Senator E. F. Mutchler of Mercer sponsored the bill prohibiting dancing lowland residents |!" oF adjacent to places serving in- toxicants, while Senator Nelson of Grand Forks submitted the. proposed act under which city councilmen and members of park boards, where elected by city vote, could be recalled, espe- cially applicable to Grand Forks, Members of the house tangled over authority granted a committee to call upon the governor prior to his de- parture for Washington. Grand Forks, ND, ‘D., Jan, 20—(P)—" “They exceeded their authority in Oregon and Minnesota were in the lead in. the All-American Turkey show here Wednesday, with eight and seven champions each, as judging in 24 classes had reached completion. in the live bird division will be finished Wednesday, and results of the dressed bird competition judged by Thomas W. Heltz of the U. 8. department of agriculture will be announced Wednesday afternoon. Five hundred dressed birds in 24 classes bring the total in this division Missouri, two from Texas, two from South Dakots, snd one from North drafting a letter to the president and signing their own names without re- porting back to these assemblies,” charged Rep. L, L. Twitchell of Cass county. Frasier Replics | Rep. Roy Frasier of Divide county, chairman of the house delegation of three that jointly with a senate dele- gation called upon Governor Langer before he left, said the letter con- tained nothing that the original res- olution passed by the house had not said. Under the resolution the members {were to ask Governor Langer urge upon President Roosevelt the (Continued on Page Two) Mattson Boy’s Notes Tacoma, Wash., Jan. 20.—(#)—Two ant notes in the handwriting Of 10-year-old Charles Mattson, writ- ten to his parents from a kidnap lair, were disclosed Wednesday as federal agents here apparently faced an im- passe in their search for the boy's al In a copyrighted story, the Seattle Post-Int published what it sald were the texts of the notes, both containing threats of death for their roune writer. The newspaper said the two notes ‘as received by Dr. W. W. Mattson, the boys father, were (verbatim punc- tell you where to leave the suit case, If cars are ie To Father Revealed kid knows and we dont and we will mention it at nites : § § “If you di tions will be off for "| and two freight locomotives collided description | “sit-down” THIS BOSSY GIVES CHAMPAGNE Dalry farmers might be interested In this cow which, instead of milk, dispenses champagne. It Is a mechanical contraption which made its jsa Maxwell’s farm party for Park avenue society folk In New York. One of the so-called farmers is shown “milking” the cow for the sparkling beverage. (Associated Press Photo) Bismarck Digs Out From 6-Inch Snow appearance at Precipitation .37 Over Normal and Highest in January for Three Years , * * Bismarck struggled to free itself ‘Wednesday from six inches of newly- fallen snow which brought the pre- cipitation this January to the high- est point here for the month since 1933. Thirty-one hundredths of an inch of precipitation was recorded at the federal weather bureau station Wed- nesday morning, the biggest since the downpour Sept. 13 during which 49 inch of rain fell. Total precipitation to date this month is 63. inch, which is 37 inch over the normal for January. Last year in the entire month only .36 inch was recorded, while in 1935 the total for the month was .04 and in 1934 it 08. “oow covered the entire northwest, delaying highway, rail and air traffic at many points. Heaviest fall was recorded at Valley City, where eight inches came down, while Fargo got the same as Bismarck. Light snow continued generally over the state, O. W. Roberts, federal meteorologist, said, Cold Wave Coming’ A severe cold wave, moving across the state from the northwest, has been predicted to add to the travel hazards. Northwest Airways were off schedule and buses and trains were several hours late in arriving here. Roberts said that temperatures would “drop sharply” by nightfall to 15 to 20 below zero. Indications were that Minnesota highways may also be blocked by snow and Arctic weather menaces for the second time this month the $100,000,- 000 citrus crops of California. While Bismarck residents strug- gled to clear pathways to their resi- dences and business establishments or shovel out cars parked overnight, snowplows of the North Dakota high- way department worked feverishly to keep open the main-traveled roads. to! motorists were warned to keep off the A light wind over the entire state was piling the light snow into high drifts and motor travel was heavy to, impossible at some stations It was believed that many of the federal and state highways would be closed before nightfall if the wind became any stronger. North Dakota's third victim of severely cold weather in the past five days was reported with the death of Emanuel Kuldon, 50, whose body was found two miles from his home, be- tween Kulm and Jud. The fall of snow sent the mercury up close to the zero mark. It was three degrees below zero at the cold- est time Tuesday night and was only two points shy of that at 9 a. m. One man froze to death, another died in an overheated stove mishap during storms which swept Montana Tuesday. Two Northern Pacific loco- motives crashed head-on at Muir tun- nel, 13 miles west of Livingston. Trainmen escaped uninjured. At Butte the frozen body of Hugh Malloy, 31, was found three blocks from his home. A passerby discovered the body in a snowdrift after Mailoy apparently lost his way in a blizzard. Blinding snow was blamed for @ truck-car collision south of Salt Lake City in which Carl McCarter, 55, Glendale, Calif., was killed. 1,200 OUT OF WORK Cumberland, Md., Jan. | strike at the Kelly- Springfield Tire company’s plant here threw approximately 1,200 employes out of work Wednesday. w PRESIDENT UTTERS RINGING CHALLENGE ASRAINWHPSFAGE Calls for Control of Blind Econ: omic Forces and Blindly Selfish Men HAVE TOO LITTLE, HE SAYS Determined to Make Every Cit- izen the Subject of His Country's Interest The abstract of President Rocse- velt’s inauguration address will be found on page 5. Washington, Jan, 20.—(%)—Presl- dent Franklin D. Roosevelt formally opened his second administration Wednesday with a demand for more and stronger government consecrated to “provide enough for those who have too little.” In militant phrases which left spe- cific details to the future, he spoke to a rain-drenched, attentive crowd on the capitol plaza of the need for gov- ernment “to solve for the individual the ever-rising problems of a complex, civilization” and to control “blind economic forces and blindly selfish men.” From a white-columned stand be. low the towering capitol dome, the chief executive told the rain-drenched throng: “I assume the solemn obligation of the American people forward ‘along the road which they have chosen to advance. ... The test of our pros- perity is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little.” Dutch bible and repeating the presie dential oath to black-robed Chief Jus tice. Hughes. Minutes before, Vice President Garner was sworn in by FEDERAL APPROVAL OF ROADS PROGRAM IS MGURREN'S AIM New Highway Commissioner | Loses No Time in Ousting | ,.:3' erie reviewing pera first took the tial oath,” to Flannigan Aides Ga 3G MeGuirety new appointee of | cern.” Ov. iam Langer to the office of} Fronting white-columned stand state highway commissioner, planned | ararnged Pei! porary but Wednesday to hold a conference with highway department engineers prob- ably before the end of the week to discuss plans for obtaining federal approval of @ roads program involv- ing use of government aid. McGurren, who replaced Commis- sioner W. J. Flannigan, predicted the federal bureau of public roads would approve release of $1,960,000 in fed- eral aid as an outright grant to the state highway department to be un- der contract before July 1. Warned by the previous highway administration that disruption in the department might cause loss of fed- eral aid to the state, McGurren began a housecleaning program immediate- ly after taking office Tuesday, Oscar Chaput, department attor- ney; H, E. Paul, general maintenance superintendent, and Frank Putnam, state highway patrol head, were dis- missed, McGurren announced. Paul Drew, Valley City district maintenance superintendent, and Nick McKellar and John Burritt, Fargo, shop foreman and district maintenance head, respectively, were also ousted. George Schoenberger, Casselton, replaced Drew and C. E.|i,, Van Horn, Bismarck, was appointed deputy registrar of motor vehicles. Other appointments were pending. 300 Boat Passengers Drown in Ch China River Canton, china, Jar Jan, 20.—()—Vir- tually all the 300 pasengers aboard the Pearl river tugboat Manchuk were reported drowned Wednesday after the craft hit a rock near 100 miles south of Canton, in a tos. She vanished beneath the surface at once, leaving a struggling mass of Rooeevells fees: face. ‘hooses Open Car The cathatine completed consti- tutional inal uirements, But units of marchers. Their route lay die'in the epldh, | [from the capital, ‘along Penayirania petede since 1001 and. bythe” presi- Kaiser’s Celebration dential reviewing stand. Canceled Due to Cold] Mf, 27ers ons Bs fem eae Doorn, The Netherlands, Jan. 20.— (#)—All invitations issued for a cele- bration in connection with former Kaiser Wilhelm’s 78th birthday @ week from Wednesday were canceled Wednesday morning. The former | into ruler has @ severe cold. No anxiety | inte was felt, it was stated, but the can- cellation was decided upon as a “wise precaution.” Traveler Packs im Cat Up Four Days | |toms7 nour and breaktasted alone im Great Neck, N. Y., Jan. 20—(#)— ‘Stanton packed her trunk to go visiting at Cape Cod. After she left, her sister, Mrs. M, Renwick Dyett, discovered her cat was missing. Four days later, Mrs. Stanton unpacked her trunk, removing, among other articles the feline. The cat was hungry and thirsty, but otherwise little the worse.