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The Washington times., 1933-05-17
|6EA|NEN F|GHT 7
LAYING UP Of
LEV|ATHAN

Claiming that the S. S. Levia.
than, former queen of the seas
and only first class American
ship carrying mail and pas
sengers, is being treated unfairly
in being taken out of commits
sion, q delegation Of the Amer-
can Seamen of the Leviathan is
here to petition Congress for an
investigation.
The International Mercantile
Marine, which has been operat.
ing the Leviathan, has diScrin-
mated against the Leviathan in
favor of English ships, notably
the Majestic and Olympic, which
1t also operates, the seamen
claim.
Claim Divided Interest
Officers of the seamen's or
ganization also are seeking to
verify information they have re-
ceived that the I. M. M. is
financially interested in the
White Star Line, an English
concern.
This would account in large
part, they claim, for the fact
that the upkeep of the Leviathan
has been lax, that the usual
painting and repair of equipment
at the end of each cruise has
been neglected, and that pros
pective passenger trade has been
diverted from the Leviathan.
Contradicting the statement
that the ship is to be taken out
Of commission, and the crew "put
on the beach" because the boat
is obsolete, the seamen claim
the Leviathan is still one of the
five fastest ships sailing the seas
and that her hull and engines
have been pronounced in first
class condition by expert engl'
neers.
Mail Also Diverted
Mail as we'll as passengers have
been diverted from the American
boat, they claim. On the last
homeward trip it was pointed out
only "a sacks of English mail
was brought over.
The Leviathan is the former
vaterland. It was interned at
Hoboken at the beginning of the
war and later used to transport
troops. The Leviathan made her
first voyage under the manage
ment of the U. S. Shipping Board
on May 16, 1928.
The Washington times., 1933-05-17
DC. Hygiene Group
To Name Directors

The District of Columbia So
cial Hygiene Society will hold an
election for directors of the society
at the annual dinner meeting Fri
day at $50 p. m. in Barker Hall,
Y. w. C. A.. Seventeenth and K
Streets Northwest.
Speakers will include DR.. Will
liam A. White, president of the
society; Prof. Frederic M.
ThraSher, of New York University,
and Ray H. Everett, executive sec
retary of the association.
The Washington times., 1933-05-17
WHATS DOING TO-DAY

Kenwood Golf and Country
Club.
Meeting Dahlgren Terrace
Citizens Association, 8 p. M,
Crosby Noyes School, Tenth and
Franklin Streets Northeast.
Meeting-Tall CedarS, 7:3O D.
M. Raleigh Hotel.
Bridge party - Washington
Chapter, Junior Hadassah, $3.50
p. m, National Press Building
Cafeteria.
The Washington times., 1933-05-17
BOYS 59c & CSC BELL Shirts
Bows SOC Blue OVeraIIs

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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-12-11

Occasional snow probable tonight and
Tuesday: colder Tuesday.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-12-11
Merry Christmas for
Afflicted Girl Seen

Milwaukee, Dec. ll.-PeA It
vear-old girl. afflicted for more than
five years with a bone disease wnlcn
tnreatens to lock her Jaws permanent
". is anticipating q happy Christ
mas. :. -,
narents to an operation TN an at
rsmrt to arrest the disease. Several
t:,,es in the last five years. she re-
veaied in juvenile court last week
,er parents have prevented her from
accepting &C treatment by public health
workers. .
nent Milwaukee surgeon. has volun-
tcered to give his services and pro-
,s hospital facilities for the ope-
alton without charge. He said sun
dey night he had not decided de-
f,n,tcjy on the date. but indicated he
rm,ld operate as soon AZ possible
probably before Christmas.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-12-11
Apparent Victim
OF Amnesia Found

Apparently victim Of amnesia,
Charley Bratton, aged Mckenzie
farm hand, was found Monday
morning walking westward along
the Northern Pacific tracks near
Sunny, several miles west of
Mandan.
Bratton recognized neither
Sheriff Joseph L. Kelley nor
Deputy Sheriff A. H. Helgeson
when brought here, though he
knows them well.
Bratton was reported missing
Sunday and search for him was
instituted then. He has been en-
ployed for q number OF years by
w. r. Billy Watson, Mckenzie
farmer.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-12-11
Fargo Park Board
Wins Court Action

Fargo, Dec. ll.-(R)-In q decision
announced Monday, Judge G. w. Butts
Of Devils Lake dismissed an action in
stituted by Gust Steen against the
Fargo park board in which an ATTEMPT
was made to bar the sale Of park pssp-
erty to the City Of Fargo to Be used By
the latter as . site for Q sewage dis
posal plant.
Judge BUTTE. likewise holds that the
sewage project, in connection with
which the city commission recently
opened bids ana determined the low
bidders, Is q necessity, and cannot b
enjoined.
II private persons have claim tc
damage by reason Of odors arising
from such sewage plant, Butts hold
they have redress Through the oOmt
in later action
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-12-11
Notorious Criminal
is i'm Tolls Again

Omaha, Neb. Dec. l1.-R-Dell
Hanlon, known q decade ago as Slip
perry DELI whose crime career led to
q life term In the Colorado prison and
who later was given his freedom as .
gift for helping quell . prison riot
Is In jail again.
He Il held here with his wife, Ruth,
In connection with the $4,000 holdup
OF q cafe In Denver Saturday. Held
with them are seven other persons.
Hanlon was paroled from the Col
orado prison last spring on recon-
mendation Of the prison board as =
reward for his conduct In the riot at
the prison In 1879. when he acted 81
''go-between' for convicts and OFF,
Gals seeking to end the mutiny.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-12-11
BARRACKS CAPTURED
BY LOYAL SOLDIERS
AFTER Brisk BATTLE
Defenders Flee Into Labyrinth
or Old Monastery and :.
Escape, However
SEVEN BODIES ARE FOUND
Government Considers Declare.
ton Of Martial Law to
Pacify Country

Madrid, Dec. Government
troops, moving under q merciless bar
rage Of gunfire, early Monday charged
and captured the villa-Nueva mill
lary barracks in which rebel forces
mad held out against q heavy bonn
bardment for hours. At least seven
If the rebels were slain.
These known dead brought to IS
the number slain in the anarchist re-
volutionary movement which broke
cut Friday and which flared with
rev violence in central and north
eastern Spain Sunday.
Swarming over the walls Of the
improvised fortress. the soldiers quick
ly took over the barracks, which had
been the most bitterly contested point
in the more than three days scatter
ed fighting.
Throughout the night, the civilian
defenders, under q renegade army
sergeant, withstood machine gun fire.
FINALLY two army planes were ordered
trom Madrid to bomb the barracks.
But, when dawn came and the planes
bad not arrived, the. colonel in charge
|Of the troops ordered the final charge.
The Extremists fell back from their
posts as the soldiers clambered over
the walls. Seven bodies Of rebels were
found, but none Of the survivors.
Troops immediately began q search
pf the hundreds Of tiny cells.
The search lasted all through the
morning and at noon troops reported
they were unable to find the seven or
Eight rebels who were supposed to be
inside. Officers said they might have
Escaped through one Of the numerous
passages Of the old convent.
1t was not known whether the SER
Eeant leader Of the uprising was
knlong the dead as the bodies were
E!l dressed IN civilian clothes and un-
identified.
Assault troops and civil guardS were
despatched to surrounding towns to
overcome Extremist manifestations.
Meanwhile, with the situation III
|pther parts Of the revolt-affected re-
zion remaining tense, the government
Considered declaring martial law.
The situation at Barcelona was con-
f.dered increasingly serious. Early In
ne morning. authorities stationed IA
trucks carrying machine-gunners IN
districts held by Extremists to halt
The terrorist bombings and incendiar-
ISM.
Extremists attempted to burn a
Madrid orphanage housing more than
900 children but the fire was ex-
flnguished with little damage.
Firemen found the doors had been
saturated with gasoline before they
were ignited. The government ord
Pred the arrest Of syndicalist workers
fa the railroads when the syndicalist
Railway union decided to join the
btrike.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-12-11
ICE COVERS WINGS
AND TWO AlRPLANES
CRASH IN BLIZZARD
Pilots, Flying Without Passen-
gers, Bail Out and Reach
Ground Safely

Portage, Pa, Dec. ll.-lP)-Braving
raging storm to get the mails
through. two planes Ct the Transcoil-
tinental and Western Air lines crashed
in the snow-swept Allegheny noun
tains early Monday. the pilots bail
ing out safely.
Wings encrusted with ice under a
falling temperature. the two mail
ships. neither carrying passengers.
lost altitude so rapidly that the pilots
had to take to the parachutes, over
the treacherous mountains during a
snow fall of blizzard-like intensity.
One pilot. Gene Burford OF Column
bus, O.. reported he was safe shortly
after he went over the side OF MS
eastbound plane near Portage.
: The other, Harold G. Andrews Of
New York. phoned hours later he had
reached the ground at roaring
Springs, in Blair county. 80 miles from
Portage.
A bowling wind began to swirl snow
over the graveyard OF the skies,
some time before midnight.
Burford dropped out OF the skies
from Columbus and then took Off
from the Pittsburgh airport at 1885
m. Shortly after his take-off, Ice
began to form on the plane wings
and near Portage the pilot reported
he was quitting the ship because 1t
was hopelessly out Of control IN the
heavy going. That was at 2:4O a. m
He took some OF the mail over the
side with him and delivered 1t to the
Portage post office.
soon afterward, the second plane
piloted by Andrews, was reported 10
distress and at Cesson police SAID
thew heard the engine missing. An
drews flashed the word he was bailins
out about 3 a. M. but 1t was not un-
til after 6 q. M. that he reported IN
from Roaring Springs. He had ieit
Harrisburg at l:25 a. m.
Buford's plane was found shortly
after 8 a. M, two miles north OF
The ships are single motored. low
Wing monoplanes. valued at $4,000
each.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-12-11
Coroner to Probe
Mysterious Death

An autopsy to determine the cause
Of the sudden death Of Miss Marie
Ferderer, 20-year-old Mandan wom-
an, was to be conducted Monday at
ternoon, according to w. e. Perry,
Burleigh county coroner.
An ambulance brought Miss Ferd-
erer to the hospital from an apart
ment at 100 Avenue B, hospital AL.
thorities said. ct 1880 O'Clock Nom
day forenoon.
At l:40 o'clock Miss Ferderer was
dead.
The woman was In q coma when
he was called to see her, DR.. G. =.
Stackhouse said. and she did not re-
gain consciousness.
Sheriff ]. L. Kelley launched an
investigation into the episode.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-12-11
GRANT RESIDENT DIES

Carson. N. OAK. Dec. ll.-F. NJ.
Robinson, 60, one Of the earliest
homesteaders Of Grant county. died
suddenly Nov. 80 ct the home Of Mr..
and Mrs. w. @. Dickinson. Found
lead in bed. county authorities were
summoned and q doctors examination
decided he had died from a cerebral
temorrhage. Funeral services were
.eld Dec. and the body was sent to
CttunawA. Ia, for burial. =
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-12-11
Man Kills Himself
Following Quarrel

Great Falls. Mont. Dec. ll.-R-
Burton D. Booth, ~. former taxi
Driver, is dead and his widow is IN q
fritical condition as the outgrowth OF
Ehat police said was q domestic argu-
nent at their apartment here Sunday
Investigation indicated. police said'
(hat Booth beat his wife severely
hen, thinking he had killed her,
|urned pistol on himself and ended
bis life.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-12-11
Cold Weather Emphasizes
Lemons Plea for Needy
Veterans Fire Opening Gun in
Annual Drive to Aid Those
in Distress

With wiintry weather emphasizing
its urgency, Bismarck's American Le-
gion Open Your Heart drive for old
clothing and household articles to be
distributed among the needy was
launched Monday and will continue
through the week.
The committee in charge has broad
cast an IS. o. s. for articles Of all
sorts which might be Of use to some
family in dire circumstances, includ-
ing dresses, hats, shawls, shoes, coats,
overshoes, underwear. sto c ingS,
gloves. mittens. sweaters, shirts,
hlouses. nightgowns, trousers. socks
and stockings. oyecalls, caps, leggings,
pajamas. bedding, mattresses. blan-
kets. furniture, stoves. toys, books and
household equipment Of all descrip-
tons.
This probably will be the hardest
winter many families in North Dakota
every have known" according to a
statement issued by the committee,
including E. NJ. Davis, Milton Rue and
L. v. Miller.
THE government is helping many
but the federal help alone is not
enough. In addition, they need the
help which only neighbor can give.
They need your help.
Hunger has been appeased but cold
and nakedneSs stalk abroad. They
will grip many men, women and child
rem unless those of us who can help
come to the rescue.
Work With Relief Group
AT the request of the state emer-
gency relief committee. the American
Legion Is collecting clothing for the
relief Of the needy. The story is an
old cne-and q long one. You know
it as well as We. Cold and shiverine
children, poorly-clad: privation-worr
mothers nursing sickly babies; strong
men crushed beneath burden Of woe
from which there is no escape unless
the neighbors help.
I'VE ask you to check our list show.
ing what you can give in this great ef.
tort. We ask that you give whatever
you can spare, not just the things vol
don't want or need. In the name Of
humanity and Of suffering thousands
We ask your help"
Ninety Boy Scouts, assisting thu
Legion In the enterprise, were to can.
vass the city Monday afternoon, In
terviewing mothers and housewives |,
regard to what they might be able *
give. They were to leave with house
wives lists Of articles needed with thu
request that the women check tn,
items they could donate.
CONTINUED on Page Two)
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-12-11
KANSAN SPIRITED
OUT OF OKLAHOMA
AS MOB THREATENS
CoWhand Is Alleged to Have
Confessed Numbering Man
and Wife Recently

Kinsfisher. Okla. Dec. l1.-(P)-
Hustled away In a tense atmosphere
of vague mob rumors and amid the
mobilization Of troops, Jack Wisdom,
whose arrest barely preceded dis
covery OF the body Of Mrs. Harry
Pritchard, was held Monday in the
Kansas state reformatory at Hutchin-
son, Kansas.
The Kansas cowhand was sought III
connection with the disappearance
November q Of Mr.. and Mrs. Pritch-
ard Of Wichita, Kas They disappeared
after allegedly having sought to col
lect from Wisdom. under threat Of
prosecution. for a no-fund check.
Oklahoma and Kansas officers,
meanwhile. moved to carry out in a
systematic way the search for Pritch-
ards body that spread over the coun-
try south of here Sunday night, when
officers drove the handcuffed Wis
dom over side roads, trying to follow
Ills confused directions as to where
the body was hidden.
HE claimed to know where 1t was
but he said he didn't kill Them" said
Sheriff Ed Martin OF Kingfisher.
There's another man mixed up In It,
according to him."
Officers seized the swarthy little
cowboy before dawn in q hideaway
nestled in the lonely eastern Okla
homa hills south Of Jay, rushed him
hundreds OF miles to Kingfisher and
spurred by discovery Of Mrs. Pritch-
ards body under q culvert near
Bison. a few miles south Of here
started the search for the body OF
Pritchard.
Murray Mobiles Troops
Then the rumors Of lynch law
began to fly. Hearing that "a mob Is
forming in Wichita" Governor VIII
liam H. Murray. from Oklahoma City
ordered field artillery batteries mob
ilized at Kingfisher and Enid. told the
troops to shoot to kill II necessary
and added:
I'VE don't want any mobs in Okla.
hcma."
But before the guardsmen could
mobilize. alarmed Wichita officers
had reared northward with Wisdom
in q motor car.
II don't know where they went,
said Sheriff Martin. but later it wa
reported Wisdom had been lodged II
the state reformatory at Hutchinson
Alert for any additional sign 81
trouble, the guardsmen jammed th<
county Jail here until midnight. wher
| 1t became apparent there was no basi.
for the mob rumors.
Wisdom. Is. insisted at Jay that HI
knew nothing Of the Pritchard's dis
appearance.
The search for him became intensa
when the couples motorcar, blood
spattered. and bullet-torn. was founs
near Depew, Okla.
A week ago more than 5000 person.
hunted vainly for the Pritchards i
6outlaern Kansas. and rewards 10
solution Of the case reached $500.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-12-11
HEARING IN WENZEL
OUSTERPROCEED|NC
IS HELD Up ONE DAY
Delay Taken At Request Of Ellis
worth; knudtson Revises
His Testimony

Hearing in the custer proceedings
against r. E. Wenzel, workmen's COM
pensation bureau commissioner, was in
recess Monday at the request Of 8. E.
Ellsworth, special assistant attorney
general who Is assisting the prosecu-
ton. Sessions will be resumed Tues
day morning.
Saturdays session was marked by
the testimony Of Carl E. Knudtson,
bureau secretary, who underwent
6ay-long grilling, first by Charles A.
Verret. assistant attorney general rep
resenting the state, and then by
George F. Shafer. representing Wen
eel.
Saturday morning Knudtson said
he had paid some money to State
Treasurer Alfred s. Dale or someone
representing him, in connection with
the referendum on bill affecting the
compensation bureau, passed last win
ter by the legislature.
Later he denied that he had paid any
funds to Dale or that the treasurer
had anything to do with the matter,
although he had spoken to him about
It.
Attacks Bond Purchases
In an objection entered in the
record, Verret indicated the state will
seek to prove the compensation bu-
reau made bond purchases contrary
to law, chiefly because of the manner
In which the minutes OF the transac-
ton were handled by the commission
ers.
When Shafer cross examined
Knudtson regarding the bond pur-
chases and the minutes In connection
with the transactions, Verret entered
q motion to strike out cross examina-
ton testimony las immaterial and
as not tending to prove or show any
compliance with the statute" in max.
ing the bond purchases.
On direct examination, Knudtsor
said he. Wenzel and another compen.
sation commissioner. w. G. Preckel
had shared in financing circulation Of
petitions to refer the law empower.
ing the governor to remove compen.
sation commissioners without cause
Cross-examined by Shafer. he ties.
titled he paid 500 to either Dale o.
to some one representing Dale.
Paid Dale No Money
Examined later on this point BY
Verret, Knudtson said If he had tes'
titled he paid Dale he misunderstood
the question and was In error. HI
then replied to q question as II
whether he paid any money to Dali
for furthering the referendum BY say
ing: II never paid Dale any money.
Knudtson emphasized Throughout
his testimony practically all Of hi
discussions regarding referendum ex
pense were with Preckel.
After he had agreed with Precke
and Wenzel to share In the refer
cndum expense. Knudtson said. h
met Dale who told him "perhap
some OF these young fellows woul
like to 60 out and work for you.
He said he told Preckel about tn
conversation and two men were oh
tanned to circulate petitions. Knudt
son said he paid one Of the men SO
after 1t was. agreed to employ tlael
for either SITS or $500.
Often there was confusion as to til
referendum transaction, and on OK
casions both Knudtson and verrt
. showed impotence with one another
answers and questions.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-12-11
JURORS PROBE LYNCHING

St. Joseph, Mo-, Dec. ll.-lFE
Leading st. Joseph citizens composed
the special grand jury called Monday
by circuit Judge, J. v. 0addy to inves-
t.gate the lynching Nov. 28 Of Lloyd
Warner. l9-ycar-o'd negro, charged
with assaultins q white woman. Five
alleged members Of the mob are held
for action Of the grand jury.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-12-11
3s,07S PUT TO WORK

Minneapolis, Dec. ll.-RNFTom
the beginning Of Its operations In
August until last Saturday the Ma
tional Unemployment service In Min
nesota has placed total Of 3S,O1s
persons on Jobs. @. . Hollenbeck
state director announced Monday.
Evening star., 1933-03-21
PLAN TO BROADCAST
AT CAPITOL GAINS
Use of Microphone for Banking
Debates Proves Success
Brings Up Proposal Again.
BY ROBERT MACK.

Broadcssting Of important debates
from the halls Of Congress may soon
be an accomplished fact. -
The first actual broadcast of Q de-
bate on the floor Of Congress took place
during discussion Of President Roose-
velt's banking bill. A microphone on
the desk Of Speaker Rainey picked up
the debate and carried 1t over Nation
wide networks to millions of listeners
The extent to which radio was used
during the banking crisis and the
notable success achieved In restoring
public confidence, in the opinion Of
legislators. will hasten the day when
Senate debates and other legislative
proceedings will be broadcast over Ma
tion-wide networks and independent
stations.
Sensing this sentiment Senator Din
q Washington, chairman Of the Inter-
state Commerce Committee, charged
with radio legislation, has reintroduced
his resolution which would authorize
the broadcasting of Senate proceedings
As far back as 1928 Senator Dill In
troduced q similar resolution, but here
tofore the Senate has been inclined to
1rown on such a proposal.
why shouldn't We broadcast Sen
ate and House debates?" he said. Sen.
etors and Representatives are engaged
m public business Let the people all
over America listen to their discus
oions."
tCopyrisht, 1933)