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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-11-21
GOVERNORS SUPPORT
| ROOSEVELT'S PLANS
Unemployment Insurance and
New Relief Program &C.
cupy President

Warm Springs, Ca, Nov. 21.--
(AP)-Unemployment insurance and
new relief plans are occupying Pres
ident Roosevelt, who has called for
fullest cooperation by the states.
The federally-fostered state con-
trolled unemployment insurance pro-
posal of the administration was put
before the governors of the south
eastern states Tuesday night by Mr..
Roosevelt.
He also disclosed definitely that
the administration is formulating .
new relief plan aimed at productive
work for men and elimination of
direct grants. Details were withheld.
The governors, in apparent CO.
operative mood, told newspaper men
that mo opposition was expressed"
to the unemployment insurance pro-
posal.
Mr.. Roosevelt suggested the closest
relations between the federal and
state governments. He endorsed
heartily the regional meeting Of gov
errors such as just held by the ex-
ecutives of the southeastern states
and proposed a liason with the ma
tional government to permit more
complete cooperation in the recovery
campaign.
The president has definitely de-
clared unemployment insurance q
part of the administratie program
for next session.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-11-21
WOMAN QUESTIONED,
ADMITS OWNERSHIP,
DENIES KNOWLEDGE
Ruby Clarke, IS, Arrested by
Police on Charge Of
Homicide
WoRKMEN MAKE DISCOVERY
Suspect Remains Calm Under
Questioning; Past History
Traced

New York, Nov. 21.-{ReDiscovery
of the bodies Of three infants in .
trunk which had been checked In Z
Brooklyn warehouse on July is. 1882
was disclosed Wednesday in the line
up at police headquarters.
The discovery led to the arrest Of
. woman who identified herself q
Ruby Clarke, 50, Of Rocky Road, Up
per Nyack, N. Y. Questioned In the
lineup, she said the trunk belonged
to her, but denied she had known
what it contained.
Since the summer Of 1882 the trunk
had gathered dust in the warehouse,
located at IS Lexington Avenue,
Booklyn. Suspicious workmen final
" opened 1t and made the find Tues
day. Police speedily traced ownership
Of the luggage.
Miss Clarke said that she was mar
ried Is years ago to . man named
Mahod, and that on his death six
years later she resumed her maiden
name Of Clarke.
At the time she sent the trunk to
the warehouse she lived ut 1000 Pres
ident street. Brooklyn.
Miss Clarke said she was . graduate
Of Vermont Teachers college, and
that she taught school In Vermont
prior to 1924. After that and until
three years ago, she said, she was en-
ployed Is q bookkeeper by various
Long Island banks.
Upon learning Miss Clarke's present
address, police communicated with
her parents and learned she was on q
hunting trip near Lake George. N. Y.
Detectives got In touch with her and
she returned voluntarily Tuesday
night.
The condition Of the three bodies
prevented immediate determination
Of their age or sex.
Miss Clarke appeared composed
during quizzing by Inspector Joseph
Donovan.
Miss Clarke Is under arrest on 4
charge Of homicide, brought against
her by the district attorneys office
Tuesday night.
Police reported that the woman had
pointed out to them that the lock on
the trunk was defective, and that It
was bound only by . strap.
The prisoner, q woman Of medium
height, was well-groomed and taste
fully dressed.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-11-21
STEAMER SINKS IN
LAKE HURON; SECOND
VESSEL IS CRIPPLED
II Survivors of Crew Taken
Aboard LOOMS, Proceeding
to Coast Guard Station
VISIBILITY IS STILL BAD
Collision Occurs 80 Miles South
by East From Thunder
Bay Island
VISIBILITY Is STILL BAD

Alpena, Mich. Nov. 2l.-(R-Four
membres Of the crew Of the steamer
w. C. Franz were lost early Wednes-
day in collision 80 miles south by
east Of Thunder Bay island, Lake
Huron, between the Franz and the
Edward E. LOOMS.
A message from the steamer Reiss
Brothers, standing by, verified by o.
Is. Falor, operator Of radio station
at Rogers City, said the Franz sank
and that IA survivors OF its crew had
been taken aboard the LOOMS, which
was proceeding south under its own
power, with considerable water in
it's forward hold.
The Franz had crew Of Is. Radio
messages said the LOOMS was badly
damaged in the forward collision.
The sea was moderate, the messages
said, but visibility still! bad. The
collision occurred in tn. early morn
ing hours in q heavy fog.
The exact location OF tho collision
was given as 80 miles south by east
from Thunder Bay island, or l7z
AAAsSS CooV Ny SOutAICdos VI 0CuI SCOll
Point light.
Information Still Lacking
The w. G. Franz was q steel screw
steamer OF 2,42o gross tonnage owned
by the Algoma Central and Hudson
Bay railroad. Her captain was Alex
Mcintyre. The LOOMS IS Great
Lakes Transit corporation vessel.
The Franz left Port Colborne, Ont,
for Fort William, Ont.
A message from the Reiss Broth
ers said the LOOMS was heading for
Harbor Beach, Mich, where there is
coast guard station. The names Of
the four crew members lost were
not available, nor could It be learned
the exact extent Of the damage to the
Loomis. It was reported, however.
that the LOOMS crew had the pumps
ct work and had the situation In
hand. The Franz, . freighter 346 feet
long, was built in 1901, and was reg
iStered in Sault Ste. Marie. Mich.
The LOOMS is in command Of Cap
tain Alex Mckenzie. . lake veteran.
The chief engineer u Harold Fla
herty. She carries q crew Of 81 men
and has gross tonnage Of 1870. The
ship was built in 1900 and Buffalo
is her home port.
The Franz had delivered cargo
or wheat at Port Colbo,ne, Ont, and
was up-bound for another load OF
grain.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-11-21
Regain Legion Plans
Community Day Fete

Regain, N. D., Nov. 21.-Elaborate
plans for . Community Day festival
Nov. 70. sponsored by the local post
Of the American Legion. have been
announced by John Carlson. chairman
Of the committee In charge.
Featuring the program will be Z
turkey shoot, street sports and q
dance with tho Wing orchestra fur
njshing the music. The American Le-
gion Auxiliary will serve the Com
munity Day dinner.
o. G. Uhde and Ole Aune are other
members Of the general COMMITTEES
working with Carlson to make the
event "a outstanding success.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-11-21
FEAR PHILADELPHIA
Slain IN DEFAULT
OF RANSOM MONEY
Agents Have Definite Suspects
in Mind; Refuse to Give
Out Information

Philadelphia, Nov. 2l.-(F-Search
for the kidnapers Of William Weiss,
night life character whose disappear
ance was kept secret by his family
for "a days, narrowed down to def
mite suspects Wednesday amid
mounting fear that he was slain In
default Of 100000 ransom.
While Is lace" investigators Of the
U. s. department Of justice combed
the underworld for clues. r. George
Harvey, justice department head here
disclosed he was following definite
trail.
Asked II he had any particular
suspects In mind, he replied:
Eyes, but I would rather not an
swer that question more fully at pres.
ent."
considerable progress has beer
made and we have some general ldes
as to whom we are looking for"
AS to the growing belief that Weiss
was killed by his "snatchers," Harvey
would say only that's something w
always consider as q possibility in 8
kidnap case"
Tuesday j. Edgar Hoover, chief o.
the bureau Of investigation, said al
Washington it was an underworld
case and that he would take persona
charge of it. Fifty men were reported
ready to join the hunt II Weiss wa
not found soon.
After a conference with U. s. At
torney Charles s. McAvoy, Harvey
denied he had asked grand jury action
but said McAvoy promised close CO.
operation.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-11-21
LOCAL TRAINMAN
dies AT CLEND|VE
Leo Blank, Bismarck Resident
Since 1915, Succumbs at
Montana Hospital

Word has been received here that
Leo Blank, Sc, Northern Pacific train
man and formerly Burleigh county
farmer, died at $50 p. m, Tuesday at
the Northern Pacific hospital at Glen
dive, Mont. Funeral arrangements
have not yet been made.
Mr.. Blank has been resident of
North Dakota since 1915, coming here
with his family from Burlington, Ia.
He farmed a tract Of land 61s miles
east of Bismarck for five years after
coming to the state and since quitting
farming has been employed by the
railroad. He was affiliated with the
First Evangelical church here.
He was born in 1873 at Burlington.
He leaves his wife and one son. George,
both living at Buffalo, Mo-; one sister,
Mrs. Kate McKibben OF Poets, Colo,
and three brothers, Otto, George and
Dennis Blank, all OF Burlington. A. G.
Small, brother in-law Of Mr.. Blank,
went to Glendive Wednesday to ac-
company the body here.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-11-21
Death Mystery
On Bleak Isle
Still unSoIved

Los Angeles, Nov. 2l.-(F-First
accurate descriptions Of the two
bodies found Saturday on q waterless
rock of the Galapagos Archipelago
established Wednesday with appar-
ent certainty that the strange EN-
press" of Charles Island - Baroness
Eloise Borsquet de Wagner-was not
one of the victims.
A radio message to the Associated
Press from Captain Manuel Rodriguez
of the tuna clipper Santa Amaro,
who found the bodies, gave descrip-
ton of the smaller body which fitted
Alfred Rudolph LOrenz, Of Paris.
Lorenz's passport was found near
the bodies.
He was an estranged companion Of
the Baroness de Wagner, brought by
her to the old convict Isle Of Charles
about two years ago.
Doubt that the second body, larger
Of the two, was any Of the nine known
inhabitants of the convict isle. which
Is l6O miles south of the scene of the
tragic discovery. was expressed here
by man familiar with all the figures
there.
The second body was reported by
Captain Rodriguez to be six feet tall
with head bald in front and slight
tuft of brown hair in back.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-11-21
SUIT CHARGES HUGE
FRAUD. BY MORTGAGE
FIRM IN NORTHWEST
owatonna Man Alleges Bond
holders Induced to Take
Worthless Collateral

Owatonna, Mimi, Nov. 21.-tR-A
charge of fraud, alleging bondhold-
ers of six northwest states were in
duced to dispose of q major portion
of q $3,500,000 bond investment at q
heavy loss or to exchange gold bond
security for worthless collateral" is
contained in complaint filed in dis
trict court here Tuesday by DR.. L. w.
Scott for himself and in behalf Of all
other bondholders OF the Guaranteed
Mortgage Co.
The suit will be tried in Steele
county district court unless the
United States district court orders
transfer Of the case to federal juris-
diction because Of its interstate en-
tanglements. There are bondholders
in Minnesota, North and South Da-
kota, Wisconsin. Iowa and Montana.
The Guaranteed Mortgage Co.,
Delaware corporation licensed In 1926
to operate In Minnesota, has been en-
gagged in the general mortgage BUSH
ness, loaning cash on both city and
farm property secured with first
mortgages. The complaint states
funds totaling approximately $780,
600 were subscribed by residents Of
the northwest states who were given
gold bond support of corporations
listed in the action, other than the
Guaranteed company, as the COM
pany's first mortgage collateral.
In June, 1888, according to the
complaint. bondholders were inform
ed that corporations underwriting the
project were no longer stable and
that q refunding and refinancing plan
was necessary to prevent collapse
Of the Guaranteed Mortgage Co.. and
subsequent heavy loss to stockhold-
ers. The plan, the complaint contin-
ues, prevented bondholders from get
ting full principal and interest. In
duced some to sell outright for IS per
cent and others to exchange their
gold bond stock for other worthless
security.
Named as defendants In the action
in addition to the Guaranteed Mort
gage Co., were its officers, e. r. Price,
Ethan A. Howell and r. 8. Zumberge
and other underwriting corporations,
including the y. s. Fidelity & Guar
anty Co.. the Associated Mortgage
companies and the Business COM
pany.
The complaint requests that the
refunding and refinancing plan be
Cancelled; that original gold bonds
with all coupons attached be returned
to bondholders: that the Associated
Mortgage companies be restrained
from attempting to force the First
National Bank Il Trust Co. Of Min
neapolis. Is trustee. to foreclose by
jeopardizing collateral in possession
Of the bank, and that the defend
ants be restrained from continuing
efforts to obtain any undeposited
bonds Of the Guaranteed Mortgage
Co.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-11-21
NOODLE At CAPITAL
TO MEET HOPKINS
Covernor.Elsct Hopes to Ex-
pedite Movement Of Feed
Into Drouth Areas

Washington, Nov. 2l.-(ReGover-
nor-elect Thomas Noodle Of North
Dakota arranged to see Harry L. Hop
kins, federal relief administrator,
late Wednesday to reach an under
standing" on the relief situation -
It affects his state.
He said he wanted ''helpfully to CO.
operate" with Hopkins In any pro-
gram for North Dakota.
Noodle said he also plans to At
tend Q conference In Chicago the lat
ter part Of this week With the regional
relief administrator to make m ef-
fort to find out what can be done to
arrange for feed for North Dakota
cattle. The feeding problem. he said
Is serious.
Noodle said he had given little
thought 50 far to program for the
coming legislature Is he still requir-
ed rest from his strenuous campaign
However. he said. land use and water
conservation are problems that should
be confronted quickly and that Il
some plan Of Missouri river diversion
| Is not worked out In the near future
one-third Of North and South Dakota
will be returned to desert country.
Meanwhile, r. J. Edmonds, regional
relief director for North Dakota, said
the FERA was hopeful Of returning
North Dakota's relief administration
to the status Of state supervision. The
federal government, under orders o.
EDirector Harry 1. Hopkins, assumed
cherge Of relief matters In the STATE
Believing .c:::::3va! Of former Gov. VIM
LANCER as relief director.
Edmonds said Hopkins had asked
Gov. Ole Olson to file application
with the FERA for Decentralization
pf the relief department and thai
&Olson had telegraphed he was Tor.
rarding the request.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-11-21
Skin Turns Purple;
Physicians Baffled

Kansas City, Nov. 21.-R-An
ailment which caused q woman's
skin to turn purple puzzled physi-
clans here Wednesday.
Mrs. Edith Perry, 80, became III
last Friday and her fair skin
turned . light blush color. Her
physician ordered her to q hospital
after he was unable to stop the
change in color. The tint has
gradually deepened since the pa
tient became i'll.
Physicians attending q Jackson
County Medical society meeting
Tuesday night viewed the patient
but were unable to determine the
cause Of her condition.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-11-21
DRASTIC MERCURY
DROP IS FORECAST
S Degrees Above Zero Weather
Predicted for North Da-
kota Wednesday

Winters threat, lowering over the
state for the last two days, will ma
terialize Wednesday night with q
drop In the temperature to s degrees
above zero. according to the forecast
Of the U. 8. weather bureau here.
The forecast was partly cloudy
Wednesday night and Thursday: cold
wave Wednesday night, with temper
ature about degrees above zero. "
Slightly colder weather for the north
ern part Of the state was predicted.
Cloudiness was general over the
state Tuesday with many points re-
porting rain. Precipitation was light,
however. Devils Lake and Williston
reported snow.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-11-21
BUFFERS CHARGES
OF FASCIST SCHEME
DECLARED FICTION
House Committee on Un.Amer.
lean Activities to Continue
Probe, However
PLOT ALLEGATION DENIED
MacCuire Called to Testify; Nc
Cormick Does Not Di-
vulgs Details

New York, Nov. 2l-ReBehind
thick veil Of secrecy, the congress
sional committee on un-American &C.
tivities called Gerald G. Mcclure, 4
Wall Street bond salesman, to testify
further Wednesday in connection with
General Smedley D. Buffers pur-
ported charge Of q Fascist plot" to
create q United States dictatorship.
While General Butler maintained
q close silence in Philadelphia over
the contents Of the story given to the
committee Tuesday. the charge was
dubbed "a publicity stunt" silly,
perfect moonshine" and amazing
by various prominent men whose
uames have been drawn into the
story.
Prior to calling MacGuire, to re-
sumo his testimony begun Tuesday,
the committee studied briefly Ger
tain aspects" Of alleged Communist
activities among workers Of the fur
trade industry.
Mccormick Remains Silent
Chairman John w. Mccormick Of
the committee did not divulge de-
tails, but It was understood the COM
mittee planned to look into the Or
ganization Of fur workers and past
worker activities.
Recently. an organization Of fur
workers left the American Federation
Of Labor to affiliate with the needle
trade workers industrial union, of
which Ben Gold Is national secretary.
The move Was understood to be left
wing shift.
The assertion that Buffers story
was q publicity stunt came from
MacGuire who was named by the
former marine corps head as the man
who urged him to head the Fascist
army.
"Our attitude Is that It's all joke,
q publicity stunt by Butler" said Nc
CURE. Ills statement: are untrue.
There never was such plot. Any
thing he says must have been made
up out Of whole cloth. out Of his own
mind"
Col. 0rayson M. p. Murphy, head Of
the brokerage house employing Nc
CURE, cha: acterized the charges as
silly"
General Hugh s. Johnson former
NRA administrators, commenting on a
report that Butler had told friends
In Philadelphia that Johnson was
scheduled to be dictator, said:
He had better be pretty careful
Nobody said word to me about any,
thing Of the kind, and II they did,
I'd throw them out the window.
know nothing about It,
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-11-21
CONTINUED HOPPER
CAMP Align MAPPED
AT FARGO MEETING
Menace Not So Great But Wide
spread Infestation Still
Needs Control

Fargo, N. D., Nov. 21.-(R-Recom-
mendations for an annual grasshop-
per egg survey by the federal gov
eminent In cooperation with the var
ious states, with an adequate appro-
priation to the bureau Of entomology
for that purpose, were made in resell
utions adopted by the second annual
conference on the grasshopper sur
vey concluded here Wednesday.
The conference held grasshopper
infestation was not state problem
but q national problem, and went on
record as Of the opinion grasshopper
emergency still exists.
Outlook Still Serious
"The grasshopper outlook for 1895
Is most serious in North Dakota, Min
nesota, Wisconsin and Michigan, the
resolutions state.
The conference Tuesday night
heard addresses by Gov. Ole H. Oh.
son Of North Dakota and J. H. Evans
minister Of agriculture Of the prov.
ince Of Manitoba.
Both men paid high tribute x
courage Of farmers Of the northwest
in meeting the many disastrous con.
ditions that have faced them in thu
last few years with grim but cheer
full determination" as Gov. Olson ex.
pressed 1t, and both paid tribute *
scientists, government experts. rail.
roads and others who have aided II
helping them fight Insect pests and
solve other problems.
Evans declared there have been de.
pressions, drouths, pests and pesti.
lences since the earliest history o.
man, that man always has conquered
and that the greatest assurance fac.
ing agriculture Is the fact that thu
last three decades have revealed 1
remarkable progress In development
Of the farming business.
Praises Farmer Courage
Gov. Olson declared the grasshop'
pers are second only to the drouth .,
the most discouraging scourge facing
the farming business.
"But," he said, "let us be Thankful
that we have class Of people no.
easily discouraged. When ! went K
Williston the other day and saw thl
great crowds gathered there. cheer
full, laughing. joking in the face o.
one Of the most serious troubles tha'
ever has overtaken any people, I wa,
convinced that you can't keep NORTH
Dakota down for long. Give US 1
little rain and this state viii boune
back to prosperous times"
B. z. Groom Of the q. N. p. A.. WIKI
opened the meeting. said the 1873
poisoning campaign was successful
but that the control was made mort
effective because Of the heavy dus
storms which buried the eggs or TIL
young ,hoppers 20 deeply they per
ished, and because many young hop
pers starved when the drouth becaml
severe.
A. Z. Ford, South Dakota entomol
ogist, said that while grasshopper
are supposed to thrive on drouth,
became 90 severe In some sections o
his state this year that they starvet
to death.
Every speaker had figures to show
however. that the poison bait plal
OF control was the one reliable meth
ID Of handling the situation and owe
most Of the territory represented
some poisoning viii be necessary II
1885.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-11-21
ST ROAD CONTRACTS
FOR $4,000 Will
| BEAWARDEDNOV.%
Projects include Grading, Grav.
cling, oil Mix and Con.
crete Paving
FOR COMPLETION IN 1896
Earth Excavation for 6.263
Miles South and East Of
Wilton to Be Let

Thirty-seven road contracts, all ia
be completed In 1885, with the excep-
ton Of one and involving approxi-
mately $500. 900 will be let BY the
state highway department Novem-
Der q.
Grading, gravel surlacing, land
scaping, concrete paving and oil mix
are included in the projects.
Counties in which contracts are ia
b let include:
Grading
McKende-3.034 miles, on state
route No. So. Fairview north.
Bowman-7O73 miles on s. r. No
Is, south Of Marmarth.
Dunn-o.426 miles on state route
No. g, north and south Of Halliday;
ll.l31 miles on 8. r. "a. Killdeer,
northwest.
Crawling
McHenry-l0.504 miles. Kongsburg
north.
stutsman-33o0 miles northeas,
corner, 5-l42-67, thence south.
Ward-5.203 miles, including grad.
ing, south OF Minot on U. 8. No. IS.
Richland-ll.551 miles on 8. r.
10 north Of Wyndmere.
Mercer-McI.ean-l536 miles on 8
r. southwest Of Elbowwoods.
Adams-le.226 miles on 8. r. 3
north Of Haynes.
Slope-l6.236 on q. 3 06. Amidor
southwest. -
Rolette-l3.320 miles Dunseitf
north and spur to San Haven.
MISREPRESENTATION -. 800
miles on 8. r. Is, northeast Of
Adrian.
Ward-ll go miles or 8. r. q
Ryder to Douglas.
Grant-lc200 miles on 8. r. -
rorth Of Elgin.
Ransom-4.255 miles south Of Butz.
Vile; 3.O43 miles north Of Elliot.
Emmons-6.7l2 miles west Of Stras.
burg; 9.058 miles Kintyre south and
Braddock south.
Pierce-2.9l0 miles SELF west
4.O4l miles, southeast corner Sec. IT,
1922, thence north: 5.741 miles
Orrin east.
Traill-7.l24 miles Clifford cas-
ard west; 0097 miles including grad.
ing, paving and structural on D. 8
81, Hillsboro.
Mountrail-o.e5s miles, north o
Plaza; l0.204 miles south Of Ross.
Sheridan-3.385 miles Lincoln
Valley, east.
Dickey-9.966 miles from south
west corner section l9-l3l.66, Themes
east.
pembina-e.360 miles Backoo south
and Hensel east.
McIIenry-6.77l north and east O.
simcoe; 1897 miles west and south
Of Upham.
Walsh-l5.6Sl miles. between Parl
River and Grafton.
Concrete Paving
Ramsey-0.522 miles On U. 8. No. 2
Devils Lake.
on Mix, Paving and lncidentals
McfIenry-0.704 miles on U. 8
No. 2. in Granville.
Adams-0.6S5 miles on y. 8. No. Il
in Hettinger.
Handspring
Mountrail-O.l57 miles on U. 6
Route No. 2 in Stanley.
Earth Excavation
Burleish-6.263 miles on 8. r. 80
one mile south Of Wilton. thencl
east.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-11-21
October Revenue for
Liquor Up $4,000, 900

washington. Nov 2l.-tP-Octo-
ber's liquor drinkers paid the govern
ment $3,OOO0 900 more In taxes than
september's. but internal revenue -
q whole dropped off.
Most Of the decline from 1919 ,737,-
600 in September to $200, 697. 900 in
October was in income tax collec-
tons. Fourth quarter payments in
September boosted this item to $l7l,-
$4,000, but in the next month it
dropped back to $l9, 900.