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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-08-26
Nation Is Startled
By Ne,u Kidnapings
Cousin Of Former President Taft Liberated in San Francisco
After Gun Fight in Which Policeman and Alleged
Abductor Die; Victim Tells Strange Story
DENVER Department STORE MAN is MISSING
Indications Are He Was Taken in Mistaken Belief
Belonged to Wealthy Family; Police Find Feminine
Voice Was Used Decoy by Gang

Denver, Aug. 26.-(F)-Department
CT justice agents and police directing
a search through Colorado and wy
oming for Bernard Bitterman, 28-
year-old department store executive
believe he was kidnapped by a person
who thought him a member of the
family Of David May. founder of the
May company stores.
Bitterman disappeared Thursday
night after feminine voice informed
him over the telephone his brother
Robert, had been injured and taken
to the hospital. A similar voice al
ready had telephoned his mother that
the young man would be working late
He has not been seen by friends OF
relatives since.
Alfred Triefus. manager of the
store and close friend of the Bitter
man family, Friday received a note
mailed from Cheyenne. Wyo.
your nephew Is OK" said the
.,ote. You'll hear from US later"
It was signed NRA.
Triefus Immediately called Val
thinner. department of justice agent
and William j.. Armstrong, detective
captain Of the Denver police force.
Bitterman had been acquainted
with Triefus since boyhood and fire.
Quently referred to him as "Uncle
Alfred" Armstrong; theory was that
someone overheard Bitterman refer
to Triefus as Uncle" and conceived
the kidnapping plot on the assumption
that Bitterman was related to May
Triefus is nephew Of May.
Armstrong predicted sudden death
cr quick release may be Bitterman'.
fate after it is learned he is a mar
Of moderate means.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-08-26
HELEN Wills LOSES
TO ANCIENT FOE IN
TENNIS TITLE TILT
Quits Final Match at Forest
Hills When Her Legs Fail
IN Third Set
YOUNGER HELEN IS WINNER
Miss Jacobs Scores First De.
feat Of Famous Rival in Years
Of Competition

Forest Hills, N. Y, Aug. 26.-(PD-
Helen Jacobs of Berkeley, Calf. won
the women's national tennis cham
pionship for the second straight time
Saturday when Mrs. Helen Wills
Moody, seven times champion, de-
faulted to her after three games of
the third and deciding set Of their
final match. The scores were 8-6.
3-6, 80.
After winning only five points In
the first three games Of the final set,
Mrs. Moody went to the judges stand
and announced her legs had given
out and she would be unable to con-
tinue. She passed Immediately
through the officials stand and to
the dressing room without saying
more.
They stood all square at the end Of
two sets. Miss Jacobs captured the
first set, 8-6, but Mrs. Moody came
back to take the second 63, as the
crowd of 1000 thrilled to the spec
tacular battle between the old rivals
from California.
Was Dramatic end
It was dramatic and disappoint-
ing conclusion to one of the most
spectacular matches in the history
of the women's championships. Seven
times previously they had met on
the courts, with Mrs. Moody always
victorious. She never before had lost
even a set to Miss Jacobs and the
crowd was wildly excited as the
Berkeley girl crashed through In the
initial tussle.
When Miss Jacobs returned to the
court to receive the championship
trophy she was given an ovation by
the crowd, which had pulled for hel
throughout the match. Mrs. Moody
did not appear for the ceremony.
This Is the happiest moment Of
my life," said Miss Jacobs.
Later, accompanied by Louis j. Car.
ruthers. former president of the Unit.
ed States Lawn Tennis association
Mrs. Moody returned to the club
house. She explained:
No Use Going On
MY right leg kept bothering me
and I simply could not get to the
ball. There was no use Of my con.
tinuing under the circumstances, al.
though disliked very much to retire
Miss Jacobs was playing beautiful
tennis and deserved to win"
Mrs. Moody was wearing a brace
as the result of her spinal injury
which caused her to withdraw from
the Wightman Cup matches several
weeks ago Her right leg, however
she said, bothered her more than hel
back.
This was Mrs. Moody's first defeat
in singles competition since 1926
when she lost to Mrs. Molla Mallory
in the eastern championships at Rye
N. Y. At the time the Californian
was recovering from an illness and
she subsequently withdrew from the
national tournament.
The default, coming at q moment
when Miss Jacobs was rapidly rush.
ing toward victory in the third set
was the most dramatic since Suzan-
ne Lenglen, the great French player
retired in a match with Mrs. Mallory
here in 1921.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-08-26
'NRA OBSERVANCE IN
BISMARCK Will Be
CHECKED ON MONDAY
Committees Appointed to Visit
Every Business Establish
ment for checkup

Bismarck will participate In the
nationwide checkup Monday on MIRA
observance. A committee headed by
Mayor A. P. Lenhart will make COM
plete check of business houses in the
city and they hope to find every bust
ness establishment q signer Of the
recovery agreement.
The city has been divided into dis
tricts and sub committees, consisting
Of two men to a squad, will check the
town. The QUESTIONABLE to be used
will be simple but will have all the
information desired. It will be given
to each business institution to fill out
and sign, according to H. P. Goddard,
secretary of the Bismarck Chamber Of
Commerce. The QUESTIONABLE will
show whether the institution has
signed the MIRA agreement and is
complying with the code adopted for
his particular business.
The general committee will meet In
the offices of the Chamber Of Com
merce at 10 o'clock Monday morning
and the squads will then be assigned
to their districts.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-08-26

San Francisco, Aug. 26.-(P)-Freed
from q kidnaper who fell dying in a
blaze of gun fire after fatally wound
ing an officer in a crowded public
market. William F. Wood, IS, q cousin
Of the late William Howard Taft, was
under care Of physicians Saturday.
Wood, who said he had been held
captive four days. tortured and forced
10 walk the streets in silence while
arranging for his own ransom. was
reported near collapse.
Bank books, securities and cash az
gregating $4,000. which Wood assert
I'd he had been forced to turn over to
his abductor, were found in the lat
ter's pockets
Woods release came with dramatic
suddenness Friday in the market
where his kidnapers had taken him
Ito buy some walnuts.' The sight of
a policeman nerved Wood to cry for
Lelp.
Responding to the cry. Patrolman
Michael Mcdonald, 81, received three
bullets in his body from the kidnapers
pistol and fell MORALLY wounded. He
died several hours later.
The kidnaper. identified as How
ard Stafford Meek, 30, alias Henry
Jennings, q former ferryboat ticket
taker, was shot down by other officers
IS he fled along a street outside the
market.
Wood, a retired business man, took
refuge in grocery department Of thu
market as the shooting started. He
was at first taken into custody as q
suspected confederate of the slair
man but quickly explained his iden.
tity.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-08-26
Oil Price-Fixing Is
Declared a Blunder

Washington. Aug. 26. - up - The
conclusion that price-fixing provisions
If the MIRA code for the oil industry
constitute "a serious economic blum
Ger" has been presented to Hugh s.
Johnson, the recovery administrator
by economic advisers.
The memorandum was signed by
DR.. Alexander Sachs. chief of the
FRA research and planning division
and Joseph E. Pogue. economic ad-
wiser to johnson on the oil industry
1t said p-ice-fixing would threaten
the existence Of small refiners and
distributors.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-08-26
JOHNSON CONSIDERS
Way OF PROTECTING
CONSUMER INTEREST
Aim Will Be to Keep Prices on
Reasonable Basis from Fac.
tory to Buyer
EXPECT NEW AUTO CODE
Final Accord Is Believed Near:
Coal Men Still Lost in Fog
Of Agreement
EXPECT new AUTO CODE

washington, Aug. 26.-(P-Action
to keep prices reasonable all the way
from the factory to the buyer emerged
Saturday as necessary and major
job for the recovery administration.
1t may get Under way right after
the pending big codes of fair practice
for the automobile, coal and retail
trades-are out of the way.
Barring only unexpected opposition
from the NRAs labor advisory board,
a final accord on the automobile code
was expected Saturday, SO the agree
ment could be taken to Hyde Park
Tor President Roosevelt's signature.
Whether bituminous coal code con-
ferences between non union Appala-
chan field mine operators and union
labor leaders would end before night
was less certain. After that, it will
be necessary to obtain the approval
Of coal men from other areas for the
terms outlined.
Presidential approval Of the com.
pact for retail stores in time to make
1t effective right after Labor Day was
the objective. The separate code for
druggists was due for similar fast
treatment. The drug hearing was on
again Saturday with a completely re-
vamped agreement substituted for
one brought In Friday, which the
MIRA refused to take.
Once these groups are under bind
ing codes definite hump will have
been passed by MIRA and the long
range Job of policing the compacts
will come to the fore.
The part that price control will
play in this was accentu4ted by Hugh
s. Johnson, the administrator, with a
statement that he intended to set up
complete organization to watch
what the code signing industries are
doing so they may be warned II
prices get too high. He Is concerned
already, he said, with some future
price quotations which have come to
his attention.
The big stick" which the govern
ment may WELD to keep prices In
line is the presidential power to lift
the recovery laws grant of immunity
from antitrust law prosecution. With
the NRA, the department of justice
Is keeping an eye to the situation,
ready to step in II necessary.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-08-26
R0ADDEPARTMENT
AWARDS CONTRACTS
AT FRIDAY MEETING
Bids for Painting Missouri River
Bridge Rejected; Will Ask
New Offers

Contracts for 142 miles of road i'm.
provement work were let by the state
highway commission Friday at cost
Of s131 ,602.25.
Among IA contracts awarded wa:
one for 29.573 miles of regraveline
north and south, Of Fargo in Cas-
county. J. L. Mccormick, Fargo, was
low bidder with s24,e02.24.
Bids for painting the Bismarck.
Mandan bridge over the Missouri river
were rejected and the work will be
re-advertised for September 20.
The contracts awarded are:
Griggs Barnes counties - 25.56s
miles regravel and stock pile. north
and south Of Hannaford and north
and south Of Darcy, Advance Con-
s:ruction Co.. Fargo. $l0,98l 80.
Sargent-l5.632 miles regravel and
stock pile, north, south and east Of
Forman, w. E. Dada, Forman, ST.
45805.
Richland-8973 miles regravel and
stock pile, west Of Pennington, Au.
gust Vogts. Wyndmere, $4,398.80.
Ward-20.682 miles regravel and
stock pile, east and west of Des Laos
and northwest and southeast OF Car
pho. McGarry Bros, Spiritwood, a.
727.10.
Morton-ll.645 miles scoria surface
and stockpile, north Of Glen Ullin
Megarry Bros, Spiritwood, $12.691 rs
Ward-9.5 miles gravel surfacing
south Of Minot, Megarry Bros, $780,
207.57.
Renville-5.Ol5 grading and Incl.
dentals, east and west Of Glenburn
Studer and Manion, Bismarck, $l3,-
1924.
Renyille-Structural work, Rue Bro.
theirs. Bismarck. $6,462.2l: corrugated
metal pipe culvert, H. v. Johnston
Culvert Co., $l,262.68; concrete pipe
culvert. North Dakota Concrete Pro-
ducts Co., Bismarck. $l,9l76S.
Morton-9.538 miles gravel surfac-
ing and stock pile, north of New Sa-
lem, Megarry Bros, Spiritwood, $751;
$50.
ais north OF Armenia. J. A. Jardine
Fargo, A,457.74.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-08-26
Hear Man COnfesses
Murder of Salesman

st. Paul, Aug. 26.-lP)-The state
crime bureau announced Saturday it
had been advised that Dewey Bryant,
a Negro held at Danville, ILL.,, had
confessed the Staying Of Robert Ack-
land at Kenyon, Mimi, In March.
Ackland, a Minneapolis salesman,
vas found dead in the feed tank Of
a railroad poultry car on q siding at
Kenyon. His head had been battered
with stove poker.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-08-26
TWIN CITIES MEN
PLACED UNDER BOND

st., Paul. Mimi. Aug. 26.-(P-
Charged with conspiracy in the
Charles F. Urschel kidnapping at Okla
homa City. seven Twin Cities men
were arraigned before U. s. Commits
sioner w. r. Goddard late Friday.
Bond for each of the seven, five of
whom surrendered voluntarily Friday
was fixed at $4,000. Two Of them
waived removal hearing, but the
other five asked for q hearing, which
will be held next Thursday.
Unable to supply the bail, the sew
en- were lodged in the Ramsey county
jail following the sarraignment.
Sam Kozberg OF st. Paul and Sam
J. Kronick Of Minneapolis were the
two who waived the removal hearing.
The others are Isadore Blumefeld,
alias Kid Cam; Charles r. Wolk,
Barney Berman, Peter Hackett and
Cliff Sicily, all OF Minneapolis.
They were indicted at Oklahoma
City after 5000 OF the $200, 900 ran
som paid for Urschels release was
discovered in Minneapolis.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-08-26
FARMERS LOANS ARE
over $45,0O0,0O0
FOR SEED AND FEED
$40, 100000 Is Still Owing Fed.
eral Government for Aid
Advanced Since 1921

Minneapolis, Aug. 25.-tP)-The fed
eral government has loaned more than
SIS, 100000 to 100000 northwest farm
ers since 1921 and has $50, SOC, 900 COM
ing from them, local crop production
loan office records showed Friday.
OF the $50, 900 borrowers, nearly U.s.
600 have made payments.
In 1921 seed loans were made in
North Dakota to $500 farmers
amounting to $4,000. About 1000
have paid back $4,000. The follow
ing year 1900 loans we're made
amounting to $4,000. About 1000
have paid back $545,0e0.
Not until 1880 were any more loans
made in this or contiguous territory,
but that year 1917 northwest farm
ers borrowed from Uncle Sam $685.
002. OF this number. 1924 have paid
$294,l23. In 1881, when drought hit
the northwest severely, loans mounted
rapidly. There were 1924 crop pro-
duction loans made for total Of 49,
575,946 and 50,399 feed loans for 49,
098, 400. On the crop production loans,
1883 have paid back $488, 728 and on
the feed loans 2,49o have paid s., AGO.
402.
Last year the need for money rose
still higher and crop production loans
were made to 10000 farmers, amount
ing to $24,250,0 900. OF these borrow
ers 1900 have paid back $4,500.000.
This year loans dropped appreci-
ably.
The total loans for this year amount
to $6,606. 100, Of which $4,000 has
been paid back.
These figures cover not only the
northwest states of Minnesota, North
Dakota, South Dakota and Montana,
but Washington, Nebraska, Iowa, and
Wisconsin, because In the consolida-
ton OF farmer loan offices the Min
neapolis headquarters has inherited
business which was begun in other
places.
On the 1892 loans the Minnesota
farmers had paid back 81 per cent,
this is about half more than they
would have had to pay because last
October the government allowed a re-
payment Of rs per cent Of the loans
because Of low price conditions.
Washington has the highest per-
centage Of repayment, Sc per cent, but
in this state greater diversification of
farm products was possible. Iowa paid
back 81 pc cent. Nebraska and Wis
consin Is per cent, South Dakota 81
per cent, and North Dakota and Mon
tana IL per cent.
With the crops in South Dakota al
most total loss and with losses in
parts of the North Dakota, Montana,
and Minnesota. the prospect for COL
lection is not good. en- official said.
However, some Of the districts where
crop losses were the greatest were not
heavy borrowers this year.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-08-26
final. DECISION TO
AWAIT FULL REPORT
ON new AGREEMENT
official Reaction to World Pact
Reserved Until It Is Fully
Analysed
ADMINISTRATORS PLEASED
Wallace and Peek Make No
Secret Of Pleasure at Out
come Of Conference
ADMINISTRATORS PLEASED

Washington, Aug. 26.-P)-A Is per
cent reduction in wheat paintings by
farmers joining in the national wheat
plan was decided on tentatively Fri
day night by the agricultural adjust
ment administration.
It's formal announcement is sched-
uled for late Saturday with the de-
cision remaining on tentative basis
until administrators receive an official
copy Of the international wheat agree
ment signed at London Friday night
by representatives Of 81 Of 81 nations
taking part.
Official reactions to the interna-
t!onal pact were also reserved until
the agreement has been analysed and
a report made by F. E. Murphy. Min
neapolis publisher, the United States
delegate.
Wallace Is Happy
But there was no lack of informal
reactions. Secretary Wallace and
George N. Peek. chief administrator,
were happy over the outcome and the
former was reported to have informed
callers that he regarded It as IAN
outstanding event In agricultural his
tory"
Because Of this years short crop Of
wheat in the United States with
prospects that the harvest will be the
lightest since 1893 ~ administrators
concluded some time ago that m
acreage reduction OF 20 per cent would
not be necessary.
This is the maximum they can re-
quire under contracts being signed by
farmers agreeing to curtail their
paintings for harvest next year. Up
to 1876 million dollars will be avail
able in benefits to the farmers.
In event that efforts to obtain an
international agreement had been
unsuccessful, administrators consider
ed requiring only q 10 per cent cut Of
farmers joining In the voluntary do
mestic allotment plan for the grain.
Some Factors Obscure
OUSJ LOW IlUClI tlAIS COu1lGly y dCl g
age would be reduced II administra-
tors go through with the plan for q
is per cent cut depends on several
factors. The first is on the proper
ton of wheat farmers joining the al
lotment plan.
The campaign to have farmers sign
contracts to reduce their seedlings Is
under way with the most confident
farm officials expecting SO per cent
sign-up. with the more skeptical in
c;ined to forecast 80 per cent.
Another factor making the aggre-
gate reduction difficult of estimating
is that in some cases the reduction by
farmers will be Is per cent below
their paintings in the three years,
1890, 1881, and 1892. with others based
en- paintings for five years. 1928 to
1882, inclusive, either method being
open to certain counties.
The nations paintings Of wheat
during the five-year period has aver
aged between IS million and 60 mil
lion acres. Abandonment Of planted
acres before harvest has been heavy In
tome years., but heaviest this year due
to bad weather conditions.
Some estimates indicate that q Is
per cent cut would reduce the planted
wheat area of the nation about seven
million to eight million acres.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-08-26
Innocent Bystander
Is Slain in Chicago

Chicago, Aug. 26.-(P)-Caught in
pistol duel between a robber and a
restaurant proprietor. Miss Florence
Quinn, %, was shot to death Saturday
y'hile eating breakfast in a cafe near
the loop Albert Pappas, restaurateur
vas wounded in the hand He be-
l,eved he wounded ths robber who
fled
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-08-26
Report Texas Giving
Repeal Huge Margin

Dallas, Tex, Aug. 26.-tPj-Unof-
fetal returns from scattered city
precincts in Saturdays statewide
election gave margins ranging from
to I to 20 to for. repeal Of the
18th amendment and legalization Of
80 beer in Texas.
Vice President John N. Garner was
one Of the early voters at Uvalde, his
home. He cast his ballot for repeal
and beer.
Ideal weather prevailed in NEST
parts Of the state and heavy vcte
was expected q the day progressed.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-08-26
Government to Keep
Eye on Foreigners

Washington. Aug. 26-tP1-The gov
eminent is stepping In to supervise
any transactions its IL federal reserve
banks have with foreigners.
1t is taking. full advantage of the
right given it's federal reserve board
in the Glass-Steagall banking act to
watch and approve or disapprove AL
transactions of any kind entered into
by any federal reserve bank with any
foreign bank or banker, or with any
group of foreign banks or bankers"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-08-26
DEAD WOMAN FORMERLY
LIVED IN MINNESOTA

Mankato, Mimi, Aug. 26.-[F>-Miss
Ann Kiffe, slain Friday night in San
Diego, Calf, left Mankato 20 years
ago. She leaves six brothers and sis
tiers: George, Jr., Mankato: Henry,
Minneapolis: Louis, Ray. N. D.; John
Minneapolis; Mrs. Lizzie Deglmann,
Mankato, and Sister M. Acguina, Mil
waukee.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-08-26
Report Sharp Boost
In Railroad Earnings

New York, Aug. 26.-lP-Net ope-
rating income of the first Is railroads
to report for July represents an in
crease of GIT per cent over year ago.
The total for these carriers was
$21, 091 900 against $2,7l4,000 in the
same month of 1882 For June the
roads had net operating income of
$21 10000,
Their gross revenues aggregated
S1o3,l72,oo or 81 per cent larger thar
4 yesr ago ard rs per cent above
June, 1888
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-08-26
St. Louis to Delay
Opening Of School

st. Louis. Aug. 26.-fF-Children In
suburban districts Of this city may
not be able to return to school on
schedule this fall because of the Sc
ricus epidemic Of sleeping sickness"
which has taken 81 lives IN this VI
rinity Ia less than 4 month.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-08-26
RIXEY OUT FOR YEAR

Cincinnati, Aug. 26.-(F9-E ppa
Rixey, 42-year-old mainstay Of the
Cincinnati Reds pitching staff, was
seriously III Saturday due to !ates-
final influenza. Hospital authorities
said It vas unlikely he would return
to the game this year.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-08-26
Makoti Mans Body
Is Taken From Lake

Minot, N. D., Aug. 26.-lP)-The
body Of william Shuler. II. Of Makoti,
missing since Thursday when he dis
appeared from a picnic party, was re-
covered Friday in Carlson lake, SOUTH
west of here. It is believed Shuler
suffered a stroke while bathing in
the lake,
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-08-26
TRANSIENT IS KILLED

Lucca, N. D., Aug. 26.-(P)-An UNI
identified transient was killed here
Friday when he fell under a moving
freight train he was trying to board.
The man was about "a years old, and
five feet 10 inches tall. He wore
white corduroy trousers and q blue
shirt.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-08-26
The Weather

Fair tonight and Sunday; slightly
warmer Sunday. Vs..
The Washington times., 1933-01-13
New Speaker Viva.
Legislature Fifth
Line to SerUe

MARTINSBURG, w. Va,
Jan. l3.-Ralph M. Hiner, Of
Franklin, Pendleton county.
who has just been named
speaker of the West Virginia
house Of delegates, is Of the
fifth generation in his family
to serve in the legislature Of
this State and Of Virginia. His
father, the late Ben H. Hiner.
died while serving his second
term as State Senator. Father
and son were in the two legis-
lative houses at the same time.
The new ,oeaker is SO, at
tended Randolph Macon College.
and was graduated from West
Virginia University. He served
In the Fourteenth infantry dur.
ing the World War, and has
been a member Of the house Of
delegates since 1879.