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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-08-11
SCENT NEW:
KIDNAP. TRAILS IN
URSCHEL ABDUCTION
Seek Minneapolis Men For More
Information; Grand Jury
Probes Hamm Case

st. Paul, Aug. 11.-(N-New kid
nap trails stretched before depart
ment of justice operatives Friday in
the Ursci1el abduction as the United
States government neared a climax
in another kidnaping-that OF Will
liam Hamm, Jr-, millionaire. st. Paul
brewer.
A special federal grand jury was
ordered convened Friday morning to
hear witnesses in the Hamm case in
volving the Touhy gang of Chicago
as federal agents broadened their
hunt for suspects. In the abduction OF
Charles Urschel, millionaire Okla
homa oil man. .,-.-..-- -,..-.....
They sought, it was understood, q
former cigar store and cafe owner
Of Minneapolis who, when in bust.
ness. operated books on horse races
and baseball games. This unidenti.
fled man, it was hoped, would supply
the missing link between the three
men in custody in st. Paul and thu
actual kidnapers of Urschel.
Werner Hanni, chief of the burea,
Of investigation for this district, re-
fused to comment on the reported
development beyond admitting wv
are making progress. Attorneys TO,
two Of the men held conferred witt
Hanni late Thursday.
''''' Prisoner Changes Story
Afterward it was reported one O
the trio changed his story as to how
he obtained the. marked ransom
money, which was part of that pait
for Urscheps freedom, and the hun
for the Minneapolis cigar store ownel
was started. About a dozen more
persons were questioned Thursday b!
federal operatives but none was held
Previous, Hanni said "impossibl,
and unreasonable stories" were re-
lated by William Nelson, unemployed
Sam Kronick, barber supply and cos
metic business house head, ant
Charles Wolk, transfer compan!
head, all Of Minneapolis. From then
federal operatives said they accounted
for about 81 500 of the ransom. Abou
$500 additional had dribbled into st
Paul banks from unknown sources.
Meanwhile, William Hamm, WHIT
paid 100000 for his freedom, re-
turned from a vacation to appear be
fore the grand jury which is to con
slider evidence against the four Touh.
gangsters, including their leader
Roger Touhy, now held in Wisconsin
Besides Hamm the following will
be ready to appear: Sheriff Georg'
O'Brien, Elkhorn, Wis, and four o
his deputies, Harry and Will Ward
George Wisell and Paul Schinke.
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Boy Is Killed When
Storm Hits Wisconsin

Glenwood City, Wis, Aug. u.-(P
-Tornadoes swept through parts of
Dunn, Barron and st. Croix counties
late Thursday, killing q 1o-year-old
boy, injuring his father and sister
and destroying farm buildings. The
boy was Frederick Doyan, Jr., son OF
Frederick Doyan, farmer living In
Dunn county.
A timber blown from q corn crib
struck Frederick on the head. He
died short time later. The elder
Doyan also was struck by timber.
A huge splinter was driven through
his daughters leg.
A second storm swept through the
farming district four and half miles
north Of Reeve in Barron county, lev
cling buildings.
Farm buildings northeast Of Clear
Lake and in st. Croix county were de-
Stroyed.
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when they held that Ambassador
Welles was guilty Of 'intermeddling"
and that his mediation activities were
to the sovereignty Of
Cuba.
BY the plan the present secretary
of state, Orestes Ferrara, would re-
sign and General Herrara would be
appointed by, President Machado to
his post.
Would Ask for Leave
Thereafter General Machado would
ask congress for q leave Of absence.
thus opening the. way. for General
Herrera to succeed to the presidency
in conformity with the provisions Of
the Cuban constitution. s''-'..
General Herreras occupancy OF tho
presidency would be transitory, it was
said. The reason behind the pro-
posal that he take the position at all
is that the Liberal party, to which
President Machado belongs Is unwill-
ing to surrender power Immediately
without period of REIMBURSEMENT.
General Herrera also is a Liberal.
Once he assembled to the presi-
dency, General Herrera would form a
national cabinet representing all the
political factions, and the work OF
mediation in the nations political
conflict would be continued
Street Car Bombed
AS the drive to GUST President Ma
chado neared its climax huge bomb
was exploded beneath Havana street
car loaded with policemen, seven Of
whom were injured, one perhaps ia
tally.
Meanwhile interior cities reported
that, as result of the general strike
Continued on page two)
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CROP CONDITIONS IN
/ UNITED STATES ARE
LOWEST NCENTURY
Widespread Drouth Damage in
Middle West Causes Cut
in Production
ALL GRAINS ARE HARD HIT
Acute Distress, However, Held
Limited to Few Scatter
ed Districts

Washington, Aug. 1.-(P-One of
the smallest crops of grain harvested
in the United States in this century
was forecast Friday by the crop re-
porting board of the department of
agriculture, which attributed the con-
dition to drought damage through
the middle west.
Its report, based on August l con-
ditions, indicated the second smallest
corn crop since 1901, the smallest
wheat crop since 1893 and an oats
crop about one half of that last year.
The board said the drought had af-
fected larger area than that in
1890, practically the whole of the
United States being injured as Of
July l.
The area in acute distress is smaller
now, 1t added, being limited chiefly
to the Panhandle Of Texas, western
Oklahoma and southwestern Kansas
and to an area extending from GEN.
trail South Dakota into southwestern
Minnesota.
Offsets Big Carryover
80 far as can be told at this time
with early grains now all threshed
and late corn dependent on weather
conditions for some months ahead,
total grain production this year will
be l6 per cent less than In any Of the
last 10 years and "a per cent less
than the average production during
that PERIOD" the board said. 1.-THE
low yields Of food and feed crops
will more than offset the fairly large
carryover Of such products on farms
and elsewhere and necessitate as
close utilization of available supplies
as in 1880 when similar conditions
prevailed"
The indicated production Of corn,
2,273,O19,000 bushels, compared with
2,876, 600, 1000 last year.
The wheat crop of all types was
estimated at 499. GIL 900 bushels, more
than 10O,00O,00O less than the amount
of wheat normally required In this
country for food, feed and seed. This
compares with a crop last year of
726 900 900 bushels.
The board forecast the oats crop
at sec, 745, 900 bushels, compared with
l ,238, 000, 900 last year, and an aver
age production from 1926 to 1880 Of
1,190, 900, 900 annually.
The winter wheat yield per acre
Continued on page two)
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MinOt Net Performer
Beaten at Rochester

Rochester, MIMI, Aug. 1l.-P)-
Leslie Johnson Of Minneapolis was to
oppose Carl Helmholz of Rochester
in one bracket Of the mems singles,
division of the Northwest Clay Court
championship Friday at the Roches-
ter tennis club, while Roy Huber of
st. Paul was to meet Wesley Painter
of Minneapolis in the other bracket.
Helmholz and Huber also will meet
in the finals of the junior division
Saturday as a result OF semi-final
victories. Huber downed Read Wool
edge, Minot, N. D., SO. 6-3.
In the seni-finals Of the mems
doubles, G. Helmholz and Widen will
clash with Rethorst and Wooledge.
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Women's Bureau Reports Cotton
Mills Are Evading NRA Agreement

Washington, Aug. l1.-Re
The women's bureau reported
Friday that the cotton textile
code, the first major agreement
reached under the industrial re-
covery act, should increase wom-
ems earnings and purchasing
power.
From a study covering 28,462
women In representative mills Of
six northern and five southern
states, the bureau computed av-
erage earnings for a 40-hour
week, the maximum set by the
code.
In no state did such computed
average earnings equal the min
imum rates of $12 a week north
and $13 week south, set by the
code for a 40-hour week." the re-
port said.
In the five southern states,
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average earnings for 40 hours
ranged from 1874 in Alabama to
$9.16 in Virginia. In the six
northern states the range was
from 1895 in Rhode Island to
1926 in New York.
III these women had been paid
no more than the minimum Of
$l2 in the south, $13 in the north,
they would have received a total
Of $353,136, an increase Of % per
cent over the average Of 1892.
"The numbers employed in the
industry also should be increased
materially. The 49, 62 women re-
ported had worked an average Of
42.2 hours each, "a longer than
permitted by the code. On this
basis, TIE additional number that
could be employed with shortened
hours would be 1865, an increase
Of SIS per cent"
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ROOSEVELT RETURNING
TO NATIONAL CAPITAL

Hyde Park, N. Y, Aug. 1l.-(Pr
President Roosevelt packed his bags
for q return to Washington Friday,
ready to act to end the Cuban poliu-
cal turmoil by whatever means de-
velopments make necessary.
In close touch with washington
and Havana, he was determined to
bring political peace to the island
republic and, to all outward appear
ances, he expected an early show
down.
Rested by two weeks at his home on
the Hudson, the president was IN
) buoyant spirits.
He put the sign Of the "Blue
Eagle" firmly over governmental
supplies Thursday night. In an ex-
ecutive order he required the appli-
cation OF the new industrial code for
shorter work hours and higher pay
to all concerns which supply goods to
the government. To tie up the mani
fold threads Of the recovery drive
more closely. he Is returning tonight
to Washington.
Just now the modified reorganiza-
ton Of the government is going into
effect and he also wants to supervise
this.
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Alleged Swindler Is
Arrested in Chicago

Chicago, Aug. 1l.-(P)-The arrest
OF a man police said had been identi-
fled as william Elmer Mead, 59-year-
old alleged confidence man said by
authorities to be wanted in % Ameri-
can cities, was revealed Friday by
Herbert Graham, U. S. postal inspec-
tor from New York.
The inspector said Mead had served
prison terms in London and San
Quentin, but had successfully evaded
arrest for the past II years. The lat
est exploit of which he was accused
he said. was the alleged Fleeing of
Parker G. Morton of Whitman, Mass,
out of $65, 900 at Jacksonville, Fla.
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LARKIN SAYS GRAIN
SHOULD Be KEPT ON
FARM If POSSIBLE
Would Avoid Congestion At To-
cal Markets and Assist
Law Enforcement

Farmers should store their grain
on the farm until they decide to sell
it, Commissioner Ben Larkin Of the
state railroad commission believes. In
that way they will avoid congestion
at the local elevators and make it
easier to comply with the regulations
of. the Agricultural Adjustment act
which prohibits the shipment Of
stored grain from the local elevator.
Calling attention to the provisions
of the state laws passed in 1917 pro-
hibiting the shipping of stored grain
Larkin said: Contrary to our laws
it has become a custom to ship and
sell stored grain. When the ware
houseman's monthly report shows he
did not have sufficient grain to re-
deem his outstanding storage we re-
quire him to submit bond to cover
same.
I'm our several years Of admins
tration we have found that many
farmers have sustained heavy losses.
In some instances the storage has
been more than the value Of the
81 dAAA eAAA AuuAAy dACAAONoCO AAdtC AOoI
large sums by selling stored grain and
not being properly protected in hedg-
ing.
In our several years connection
with this department we have sent
out many circular letters as well as
thousands of personal ones insisting
that warehousemen keep sufficient
grain to redeem their outstanding
storage. Notwithstanding our efforts.
we have been trustee for nearly 100
Warehousemen besides settling a large
number Of claims out of court by COL
lecting from commission companies
and sureties on bonds, all Of which
cases were caused by shipping out
and selling grain that was in store
and using the proceeds for other pur-
poses. This vicious practice has had
the effect Of placing stored grain in
direct competition with cash grain
and, by the apparent large offerings,
of depressing the market for actual
cash grain.
II believe the administration is
making an honest attempt to assist
agriculture and is attempting to have
grain put on the market In an orderly
manner. This is what all farm or
CARNATIONS have advocated for years
and II it Is to be a success 1t must
have the full cooperation of all
farmers and business men,"
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Brokers at Winnipeg
Sue Busted Trader

Winnipeg, Aug. 1l.-R)-Six writs
with total claims of $515,99878 have
been filed in the court of kings
bench here against E. A. Crawford,
grain operator, who failed recently in
New York.
Asking payment of $337, 29858, the
Norris Grain company of Winnipeg
is the largest creditor.
The statement of claims filed In
the suit allege the plaintiffs were all
employed by Crawford to buy and sell
grain, each of them believing they
were his exclusive broker.
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LIST MEN
ORDERED BACK TO
W0RKBY LEADERS
: =,
Unemployed Group Confers
With State Emergency
49,. Relief Committee
THREE REQUESTS ARE MADE
Want Representation, Cash For
Some Bills, School Books
For Children

Striking Bismarck relief workers,
acting on orders of c. D. Mason,
president, and B. j. brennan, secre-
tary. OF the local unemployed council,
returned to work Friday after a one
day respite. - '.''--'..'
Orders for them to return to work
went out late Thursday upon the re-
turn of Mason and brennan from
Spiritwood Lake, where the pair had
gone, as members of committee rep
resenting the state unemployed as
ISOLATION, to confer with Governor
William LANCER over relief problems
Mason and brennan told the strik-
ers that federal restrictions make the
state emergency relief committee
powerless to grant their demands.
: The strikers objected to working
out their relief on public works prof.
ects, including state and federal high
ways, contending that Burleigh is the
only county in the state in which this
procedure is practiced. They also
asked a uniform rate Of pay per day
and specified number of consecu-
tive working hours.
Getting 40 Cents
The men have been getting 40 cents
an hour for their work but payment
has been made in relief orders, not
cash. They also have been restricted
to 24-hour week.
At . conference Of the executive
board Of the state unemployed group
with members Of the state emergency
relief committee Thursday afternoon
the unemployed leaders made three
requests, one Of which was granted
Two were taken under consideration
The leaders requested that mar
from the unemployed council be
placed in the county relief set-up anc
en- agreement was reached whereby
the council will submit names of three
men for tho job. If acceptable to the
state relief committee, one of the mer
proposed will be named to the post.
The unemployed also asked that
needy workers receive 10 cents in cash
from the 40 cents an hour they earn
instead of receiving all the wages ir
orders for necessities. The cash il
needed to take care Of light and gas
bills, for which no provision is made
now, the unemployed men said. Thi.
proposal was taken under considera.
ton.
Would Buy School Books
A third request, also taken under
consideration, was that the schoo
hoard and county relief set-up ar.
-ange to provide school books TO,
needy children. The unemployed
suggested that upon investigation anc
recommendation of the. school nurse
or truant officer In the school dis.
trict, the school board would make 9
request for purchase of books to the
emergency relief set-up, which woulc
pay for the books If approved.
Representing the unemployed at thu
conference were brennan and Masor
of Bismarck, T. j. Conlon and Stanley
Frank Of Dickinson, William Meredith
and r. Baker of Mandan.
Members of the relief committee
present were Supreme Court Justice
A M. Christensen, Lee Nichols, Nor.
Ton county auditor, and r. A. Kinzer
committee secretary. ,.'. 80
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Homestead Entries
Increase in State

Homestead entries are on the in
crease in the U. s. Land office accord
ing to Register Chris Bertsch. In
quiries about free governmental land
are being received daily he said and
he believes it proves that people are
considering going back to the land in
increasing numbers and that land
will increase in value as result.
There are still approximately 200,-
600 acres of land in North Dakota
available for homestead entry, most
of it being in the western part of the
state,
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Farmers:

In an effort to aid farmers in
compiling data necessary for their
participation in the federal wheat
allotment program, the Tribune in
this edition is publishing the COM
plete text Of the application for q
wheat contract.
H. O. Putnam, Burleigh county
agricultural agent, suggests that
farmers Immediately gather the
necessary information, fill in the
blanks and have the application
with them at district allotment
meetings to be held In the near
future.
Tho contract Is printed on Page
TWO
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OF CUBA
WANTS WAR LEADER
AS HIS SUCCESSOR
Proposal Comes From Liberal
Party Which Now Sits in
Seat of Power
REvERSES FORMER STAND
Resolution, Drawn Thursday,
Had Condemned U. S. En-.
voy as MeddIer
REVERSES FORMER STAND

Havana, Aug. 1l.-(P)-Members Of
the executive committee of President
Gerardo Machados own Liberal party
said Friday the government had sub
mitted to United States Ambassador
Sumner Welles a counter-proposal by
which the president would surrender
his office to General Alberto Her
rara, the present secretary of war.
The popular and the conservative
parties already have demanded that
the president step down and now his
own political organization has come
forward with a plan accomplishing
the same object.
The action of the Liberals in part
reversed their decision Thursday
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Strange But True
News Items Of Day
(By The Associated Press)
SOLVES PROBLEM QUICKLY

Hackensack,, N. j., Aug. 1l.-R)-
Anthony Nadratowski, ~, whose alibi
for non-appearance in court was lack
of carfare, found Judge Abram .Lep-.
son quick with solution.
A short time after q bench warrant
had been issued for his arrest, Ma
dratowski telephoned the Judge from
Jersey City, saying he did not have
the fare to Hackensack.
Before he was through talking,
Nadratowski was confronted by police
who had traced the call. He was TAX
en- to Hackensack In q patrol wagon.
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Machado Offers to Quit Post
TO FAVOR Companies Under MIRA.
Sargent County Man
Kills Self Thursday

Forman, N. D., Aug. l1.-(R-
Charles Orth, farmer who had been
residing about four miles southwest
of Forman with his daughter, COM
mitted suicide Thursday afternoon.
Members of the family were unable
to give any reason for Orth's action.
About 10, he had been farmer in
the Lidgerwood region until q few
years ago. t'-s..'. ...,.......,' ~.
j. H. Shannon, Sargent county cor
oner, said Orth left the home with q
shotgun, telling members Of the fam
lily he was going to Forman to trade
the weapon for a rifle. -s-,......
There will be no inquest.
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ROOSEVELT ISSUES
ORDER TO PURCHASE
FROM COOPERAT0RS
Action Follows Closely John
sons Declaration Of 0tti-
cial Attitude
THREATENS CANCELLATION
Contractors Who Fail to Come
Under Recovery Code to
Lose Federal Business

Washington, Aug. 11.-(AP)-A
presidential order and governmental
example pushed along Friday the
national recovery administrations
organized campaign to "buy under
the blue eagle emblem" Of industrial
recovery.
Closely following the remark by
Hugh S. Johnson, recovery admins
traitor, that it would be curious" it
the government dealt with firms not
coming in under the recovery pro-
gram, President Roosevelt Thursday
night backed the administrators
words with a presidential order vir-
tually fulfilling Johnson's rredic-
ton.
Roosevelt, at the summer white
house, issued an executive order that
all government contracts would be
cancelled if the contractor did not
comply with the recovery code. Gov
eminent contracts eventually will in
clude big part of the So, 300, 000, 900
public works fund.
At almost the hour the presiden-
tial order was issued, Johnson, in an
address at Baltimore, said that "the
public must buy now, it must buy UNI
der the blue eagle and it must buy
to the full Of its reasonable and pru-
dent needs" This, said the admins
traitor. was nothing less than the
point Of success or failure" in the en-
tire recovery program.
The campaign. johnson predicted,
would intensity during the next three
weeks toward complete saturation
of the country" with the spirit OF the
recovery program.
With its buying campaign def
nitely launched, the NRA pressed its
efforts to swing more industries UNI
' der recovery codes designed to raise
pay and create more jobs.
The bituminous coal industry
code, in a jungle of conflicting ideas
by operators and union, entered the
third day of public hearing.
The administration planned to be-
gin similar hearings August ID on
another major industry, the automo-
bile business.
Capital and labor were not so
prominent in another problem, the
setting up of code Of fair COMPETE
ton for the grain exchanges. Here
the issue appeared to revolve around
the declaration Of George N. Peek,
chief farm administrator, that the
grain exchanges must make further
efforts to "clean house" before their
code would be acceptable.
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feet for wheat.
Washington, Aug. 11.-(P-Where q
farm is operated under share lease,
how are benefit payments for reduc-
iL.g wheat acrega to be divided?
In the same proportion as the di-
vision of the crop under the existing
lease. If a tenant has a cash lease
he gets the payment.
If a tenants lease expires at the
end Of this years harvest and he
moves will be receive any benefit?
Yes. If an allotment is made for the
farm he leaves he IS entitled to share
in the first payment which will be a
benefit on the crop grown this year.
When does the tenant who moves
cr.to that farm. agreeing to reduce
acreage on it the next two years, get
his reward?
Next year.
How much will the 1888 payment
be?
Not less than % cents nor more
than 80 cents a bushel on the farm
er's allotment. less expense Of county
administration, estimated at not more
tran two cents.
When will the 1888 payment be
Made?
The first installment about Septen-
Der Is, 20 cents bushel; the second
Of not less than eight cents, following
proof that the farmer did reduce his
wheat acreage for harvest in 1894.
What is the penalty if producer
receives payments and then fails to
reduce his wheat acreage?
His contract is cancelled, he re-
ceives no further payment and any
made to him must be returned.
Can a producer sell or transfer his
allotment to another producer who
mas signed contratc?
No. Allotments apply to particular
farnos
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FLOOD BRINGS. GOLD.

Denver, Colo.-Eight million dollars
worth Of gold was washed into Denver
by the Cherry Greek flood last week,
water board engineers estimated.
Samples Of the silt have assayed
20 cents in gold to the ton. But au-
thorities said the silt which carried
the gold here is spread so thinly' over
the landscape it cannot be mined"