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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-06-19
BY WILLIAM HANIM

vNAAAA1AAvA AAIANANA
From the time was kidnapped by
two men and another man who was
driving their automobile shortly after
noon last Thursday I never was
abused. They treated me kindly all
the time.
I was surprised as two men came
up to me about 12:45 p. M, last
Thursday. One of them said Hello,
MIR. Hamm," and, after shaking hands
one grabbed me on each side and they
put me into car.
They were not rough with me but,
we'll, they convinced me ought to go.
I had only fleeing impression Of the
two mems appearances, although one
OF them resembled Verne Sankey. I
couldn't be sure of course.
I couldn't say how long drive we
took, but it seemed about eight hours.
And the same time coming back to-
day when three men again were in the
car with me. There wasn't very much
conversation during the ride back.
After we had gone about 80 miles
out of st. Paul we stopped and met
another car. There were several men
in it. There signed four ransom
notes while laying on the bottom of
the machine.
Then they took off the hood and
placed some goggles over my eyes.
They were taken off just before we
pulled up to the house where I was
held. couldn't recognize any of the
country we went through because I
had those goggles on my eyes all the
time and they were covered inside
with cotton.
Finally, after I had been driven
quite long time, we stopped at a
house. 1t was a two-story house
somewhere in northern Minnesota
although for time I had thought it
was in Wisconsin. The windows were
boarded up.
They came in to see me in the room
anytime I wanted anything. I called
them when wanted something and
they treated me nicely. I asked for
anything wanted and ordered any,
thing wanted. ;.
Sunday, we started out after dark,
two men, the driver, and myself. They
put the goggles back on me and after
another ride they left me out at
Wyoming on the main highway. 1 had
some money. They made no effort
to take it from me while was a pris-
Oner. -.
l don't think could find the place
where I was held prisoner. I am
happy to be home again.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-06-19
DIES IN CAR CRASH

DIES IN CAR CRASH
Beresford, S. D., June 19.-(P-
Favian Couture, %, was killed near
here shortly after midnight when
his car struck bridge abutment and
turned over.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-06-19

Decreases in arrests also were noted
I'm Minneapolis, Los Angeles, San
Francisco and Baltimore.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-06-19
NOW. WHO ELSE WANTS
BLOWOUT PROTECTION FREE?

vertown has the most skid-resisting
tread. Its squeegee drying action
gives your car ertra road-grip, reduces
danger of skidding to a minimum.
Remember, this ''3 times safer
tire" costs not a penny more than
standard tires. So why take chances?
That blister-that blowout in the
making may be in your tire right
now. Put set of Silvertowns on your
car. BE SAFE!
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-06-19

Hat bands originated in medieval
times when a knight tied his lady's
scarf on his helmet.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-06-19
HAMM GIVES BRIEF
STORY OF ORDEAL
Millionaire Is Not Sure He
Would Know Abductors
Again II He Saw Them

Copyright by Associated Press, 1889
st. Paul, June 19.-(R)-The follow
ing was written exclusively for the
Associated Press by William Hamm,
millionaire president Of the Theo.
Hamm Brewing company in recount
ing his experience while held nearly
four days by kidnapers who original
~ demanded 100000 ransom.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-06-19

IF YOU were offered tire that is
/ saving thousands of lives and
preventing thousands of those blow
out accidents that MAIN and cripple
people. . wouldn't you be interested?
And if that tire didn't cost you
penny more than standard tires -.
wouldn't you want it on your car:
What causes bIow-outs
Today's high speeds 40, so, so and
70-generate terrific heat inside your
tires. Rubber and fabric begin to
separate. A blister forms and
GROWS :. until BANG! A blowout.
And terrible drag starts pulling
your car off the highway.
But now Goodrich has perfected the
amazing Life-Saver Golden Ply. This
invention resists the most intense
heat. Rubber and fabric don't sep
arate. Thus blisters don't form in
side the tire. Blow-outs are prevented
before they even start!
At gruelling speeds on the worlds
fastest track the new Goodrich Safety
Silvertown with the Life-Saver Golden
Ply, lasted 3 times as long as first quail
ity tires that did not have this fea-
ture. These Silvertowns nerer blew.
Scientific tests with leading makes
OF tires prore that the Goodrich Sill
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1933-05-25
An Old Soldier
N N By ~ ~
Katherine Edelman

LIE WAS an old man, with the
i Il weight Of many years upon hi1
shoulders. Yet, as he walked along
the busy, crowded street, he held
his head high and walked straight
and erect as a younger man. There
was q quiet pride In his bearing that
made itself felt by all who saw
him, q sort, OF inward satisfaction
and content that reflected itself in
his face. Mingled with II, q look
Of half-wistful sadness was there
too, but It took keen observer 70
see It.
The little pin that he wore In hia
coat lapel told his story. He was
q soldier of his country. But this
was not all that he had given-his
own doing and fighting was as moth
ing compared to what he had given
when his son went to the far-off bat
tlefield never to return. But al
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1933-05-25
Heroes of North and
South Live In Memory

a s THE war between the states
"A dragged out its tragic length,
women In the North began decorat-
ing the steadily multiplying graves
of their loved ones with the flow.
ers that frightened the countryside.
After the. war the Grand Army Of
the Republic made the decoration
Of graves Of the Union dead part
Of its ritual; and Gen. John A. Lo-
gan, commander-in-chief of the g. A.
R., designated May 80 for that pur-
pose. This was the origin Of "Deco-
ration day." which Is now known
more appropriately as Memorial
day.
The southern states also set
apart days for decorating the graves
Of the Confederate dead. Spring un-
locks the flowers earlier down In
Dixie; and because Of this num-
Der of the southernmost states held
their memorial ceremonies on April
28. The day observed In North Car
olina and Kentucky is May 10. while
In Tennessee 1t Is June 8. Alone
among the states that seeded, vir-
ginia lays her floral tribute on the
graves of the Gray on the same day
that the graves of the Blue are dec
grated In the North, and the ceremo-
mics are equally impressive.-De-
troit Free Press.
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Old Confederate Flag
Presented TO Museums

THE famous Confederate battle
4 flag Of the First Virginia regi-
ment, made by the women Of Rich
mond from their silk dresses, and
which led the noted command from
Bull Run to Gettysburg. came TO
the Confederate museum and now
rests with other southern trophies
The museum Is In the old White
House of the Confederacy.
The blood-stained and battle-torn
banner saw Its last service In Pick
ett's charge at Gettysburg, where
the southern troops swept up the
slopes Of Cemetery hill to virtual
humiliation. Preserved by the late
Col Charles T. Loehr, historian and
custodian Of the First Virginia, the
flag was presented to the museum
by his children, William A. Loehr,
Charles z. Loehr, Mrs. Oscar l.
Kent and Mrs. Bernard L. Dickin-
son. ..a..
Colonel Loehr, as historian, de-
scribed the fate OF the flag on the
day Of Pitckett's charge In these
words:
"The color guard Is dead and the
color sergeant has lost his arm; our
colonel lies dying on the field-thc
regiment lost 40 men out Of about
100 who went into thar Charge
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We Paw Our Respects

an MEMORIAL day we stand at
" the graves OF our dead and in
woke their spirit as we offer votive
wreaths to their undying memory.
In special way we offer a tribute
Of honor to those who offered the
prime sacrifice In the defense Of our
national ideals and institutions. It
Ii day on which we acknowledge a
debt which we can never pay and
which is symbolized In the evanes-
cent fragrance Of the flowers laid
upon the lowly mounds that cover
the forms once dear of those whose
disembodied spirits, like the perfume
Of the flowers, still linger some
where blown by the winds OF time
athwart the boundless meadows of
eternity.-Illniois State Register.
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AAAL-AEA
Memories
and Resolves
/ "a e a a "a a M N p u

zach recurring Memorial day
~ ought to impress upon Ameri-
cans anew not only an apprecia-
ton Of what they owe the survivors
Of the lighting men OF sixty years
ago, whose ranks are now only O
dim memory, but a determination to
avoid If possible In the future every
influence calculated to lead the re-
public into new conflicts. To the
veterans Of three wars-the last the
bloodiest Of all wars-we pay our
respects, as to men who risked all
for the flag they love, who struggled
with fate and came forth glorious
ly triumphant.
Memorial day, and every other
patriotic holiday, may well be dedi-
Gated to thoughts Of peace present
and future as well as to thoughts
Of wars past. We have seen the
devastation and tragedy Of conflict.
II remains for us, as a nation de-
voted to the arts Of husbandry and
Industry, so to meet the issue Of the
hour as to make unnecessary the
repetition Of such sacrifices as come
to every American mind at this
time.
This means striving for peace by
every device approved by expert
ence as sane. 1t does not mean,
however, dwelling in a FOOLS para
disc. 1t cannot mean that one ma
ton shall adopt a policy Of nom
resistance, while the rest OF the
world arms. Armies and navies
may become superfuous when po-
licemen are superfuous; when, in
other words, humanity has advanced
to degree Of perfection not yet at
hand.
So the sun rises on another day
sacred to memories and undimmed
by time. A day on which every
American, while honoring our war
riors alive and dead, should singh
ly resolve" that so far as his influ-
ence goes 1t shall be directed for
the prevention Of future wars
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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though It had been hard beyond tell.
ing, he had been glad when he
watched him 60. had been proud
that another Of his race was willing
to give his all for his country.
Now, he was nearing the end him
self-soon he would meet with those
who had gone before. And he was
happier than most men in the sun.
set Of life, for he felt that he had
done his duty; and more, that he
had done It through love.
An he looked aloft to where Old
Glory nuttered In the breeze, the
look Of pride upon his face deep
ened and he whispered softly to
himself: "May the little l and mine
have done help others to keep you
all through the years as bright and
shining as you are today-as true
an emblem Of the cause Of liberty
and freedom as you are now"
Q. 1s31. Western Newspaper Union.
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James Scott Conant and Jennett
Bryant Conant, he entered Har-
ward college In 1910, after prepar-
ing at the Roxbury Latin school.
Completing his college work in
1913, after three years In which he
attained high honors, Conant was
graduated with the degree Of A. B.
His degree Of Phi. d. was con-
ferred In 1916 and the next year
he received an appointment as in
structor at Harvard.
After serving during the war
with the bureaus of chemistry and
mines, he returned to Harvard in
1919 as assistant professor Of chem
istry. In 1925 he became an asso-
ciate professor and two years later
a full professor. His present posi-
ton of Sheldon Emery professor
dates from 1929.
g. 1889. Western Newspaper Union.
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was Z. v. SoOng,
the youthful ap-
pearing minister Of
finance Of China,
who was presented
by Minister Alfred
SEE. Doctor Soong
naturally was espe-
cially interested in
W h a t s t a n d the
President m / g h t
take in the Sino-
japanese quarrel,
and he stated in de-
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1933-05-25

ty years old, to
succeed A. Law
renee Lowell. He
Is Sheldon Emery
professor Of organ
ic chemistry in the
university and is
wild ly KIN o W n
a m ong scientists
for his research
work in special
fields.
Born at DOrches-
ter, Mass, March
0R 1902 tho son If
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100 other persons
who were permit
ted to pass through
the strong guards
established by the
government to pre-
vents a demonstra-
ton. Along the sea
wall drive on his
way to his hotel
he was cheered by
t h o u s a n d s who
hope he can help
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pear that ne Is uo-
ing his multifari-
GUS jobs very well.
It was up to him
to persuade t h e
British government
to accept the pro-
posal Of President
r COS ev cit that
there be an inter-
national tariff truce
pending the out
come Of the world
economic conf e r
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."AR against Bolivia In the Gran
- Chaco dispute was formally
declared by President Eusebio Ayala
OF Paraguay, the peace negotia-
lions conducted by neutral South
American nations having failed. The
warfare has been going on unoffi-
cially since June, 1882. Neither ma
ton shows any signs of yielding.
The Paraguayans hailed their Pres
ident's action with joy, and the Bo-
livians said they were ready to fight.
GUNNER WELLES, the capable
y new American ambassador to
Cuba, was received at the dock In
Havana by q few officials and about
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eial paper, government, state, and
municipal bonds, securities Of rail-
roads and other utilities subject to
federal regulation, national bank Sc
curities, and securities issued by ed
ucational and benevolent organiza-
lions.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1933-05-25

Portland
Wheat-Big Bend bluestem, hard
wheat, Tic; soft white and
western white, &c; hard
winter, northern spring and
western red, Gle.
Hay-Buying prices, +. o. b., Port
land; Alfalfa, Yakima, $14.00.
Butterfat-22 o. 23c. -.
Eggs-Ranch, II o. 1Sc. ~
Cattle - Steers, good, $3.50 o.
100. - 81. ..r
Hogs - Good to choice, 4.25 @
5.25. RI ..<~-... 49,.
Lambs-Good to choice, $500 o.
$50. ~. -.
Spokane
Cattle - Steers, good, $500 O.
$50. j.. r.-....1
Hogs-Good to choice, $4.S5 q
$40. :-s.-. a..
Lambs - Medium to good, $3.50
q 6.25.
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perity and peace in the island re-
public. In a statement handed to
local newspaper men the ambassa-
dor referred to the historic bonds
between the United States and
Cuba.
81 will give my most earnest con-
sideration to the fundamental prob
blem of regenerating the healthy
flow Of trade between u.s. he said.
II hold the sincere conviction that
1t Is to the prime interest Of Cuba,
as well as to the interest of the
citizens Of the United States, that
there be considered at an appro-
pirate moment the bases for an
agreement which will stimulate the
advantageous interchange Of COM
modities to an equal extent be-
tween both countries"
Concerning the Cuban political
situation, Mr.. Welles said:
'sThe government of the United
States reitsrates the (Elihu) Root
Interpretation given to the Plat
amendment in 1901; that is, that
the Plat amendment Is not synon-
ymous with intermeddling in the
domestic affairs Of Cuba"
% EPORTS from Washington that
N President Roosevelt planned to
provide emergency relief to avert
a food shortage in cities were ig-
nored by the National Farmers
Holiday association at Des Moines,
and an appeal was issued by it to
every planter and cattleman In the
country to join in the farm strike.
Milo Reno, president Of the asso-
citation, said that when the house
Of representatives killed the Simp-
son amendment to the farm relief
bill, which would have guaranteed
production COSTS. all hopes Of cam
ceiling the strike were shattered.
The other four points Of the as
sociation's demands are: Settle
ment Of mortgages on low-inter-
est, long-term basis, lower property
taxes, free silver and payment Of
the soldier bonus.
Meeting in Montevideo, Mimi,
members of the Minnesota Farm
Holiday association voted to join
in the strike They also demand
ed that the President remove Sec
rotary Of Agriculture Wallace from
Office because he opposed the Simp-
son amendment. The 1000 dele
gates decided they would not pay
interest, taxes or other debts until
the dollar became an honest
measure Of value" The associa-
ton demanded federal operation Of
banks and other credit agencies
and a national Presidential mora
torium on farm, city home and per-
sonal property foreclosures, and 9TH
er relief measures. r. L. Richard,
president Of the Oklahoma Holiday
association, predicted that 80 per
cent of the farmers of Oklahoma
would withhold their products from
market.
HARVARD adds itself to the list
! l Of universities with young
presidents, the corporation having
:
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tail the position of China. No in
formation was given out indicating
Mr.. Roosevelt's intentions in the
matter, but press dispatches from
Washington were received In Peip-
ing quoting Soong as saying he had
been assured Of American interven-
ton In China If Japanese troops cap
tured Peiping. These dispatches
probably were misleading If not en-
tirely false.
Viscount Kikujiro Ishii Is on his
way from Japan to Washington, and
when he meets the President he,
too, will be concerned mainly with
the American attitude toward the
Far East embroglio. He is prepared
to defend the japanese conquest Of
Manchuria and will urge American
recognition Of the puppet state of
Manchukuo. One Of his important
tasks will be to learn how far the
idea Of consultative pact to i'm
plement the Kellogg BRAND anti-war
treaty has developed. AS was said
above, Mr.. Macdonald told parlia-
ment chat the United States had
agreed to take part in such q pact.
Others who consulted with
Mr.. Roosevelt were DR.. Hjalmar
Schacht, president of the Reichs-
bank, who brought up the question
of German equality at arms and
boundary revisions; and Albert ].
PAM, finance minister of Mexico.
COING ahead with the Presidents
~ program for federal regulating
OF most things, the senate has
passed the administration bill for
the control of securities sold in In
terstate commerce. Differences be-
tween the senate measure and that
already put through the house were
mostly slight and easily compro-
missed. The former, however, con-
tanned an amendment offered by
Senator Hiram Johnson Of Cali
fornia setting up federal machinery
to aid holders of foreign bonds that
are in default.
Under the bill, the federal trade
commission will become the govern
ing body of the securities trade. Per-
sons or corporations about to sell
securities in interstate commerce
and agents of foreign governments
about to sell foreign securities must
register each issue with the commits
sion, together with detailed informa-
ton concerning the issue.
Large groups Of securities are ex-
empt, such as short term CONNER
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WASHINGTON NEWS
ITEMS OF INTEREST
Brief Resume of Happenings
Of the Week Collected for
Our Readers
THE MARKETS

SEATTLE
Wheat - Soft white and western
white, 63kc; hard winter.
western red and northern
spring, 63kc; bluestem, 20 Q.
Butterfat-22c.
Eggs-Ranch, 10 O. Ice.
Hogs-Good to choice, $40 @
4.50. .-......E
Cattle - Choice steers, $500 @
$50.
Sheep Spring lambs, $3.50 q
1925.
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oSr Of the busiest men In the
=, morld these days is Norman
n Vie american ambassador-at-
10 I'm IN Europe, and it would ap-
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THE international wheat confer
L ence opened In Geneva and the
American delegation was on hand,
its members including Henry Nor
genthau, ST.; George G. Haas, mem
Der of the federal farm board, and
Frederick e. Murphy, publisher Of
the Minneapolis Tribune.
THE Simpson price-fxing amend
L ment to the farm bill was re-
jected by the house by decisive
vote-2S3 to 1O9-because Chair
man Jones of the agriculture COM
mittee declared the President was
opposed to it and Majority Leader
Byrns urged the house to stand be-
hind the administration.
The senate agreed to the report
on the measure by the conference
committee after vain protest by adj
Vocates Of the price fixing amend
ment. It also yielded to the house
by agreeing to broaden the power
Of the secretary of agriculture to ini-
tiate and approve agreements for
marketing farm products, without
regard to the antitrust laws, and
to license the handlers Of agricul-
tural commodities. Under the bill
as finally passed the secretary
may include under these provisions
not only the seven basic commodi-
ties embraced by the benefit and
production control portions Of the
bill but all agricultural products
processed and marketed in this
country.
DRESIDENT ROOSEVELT con-
1 tinued his economic converse
lions with foreign statesmen, and
the most colorful of his visitors