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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-01-23
GRAND JURY Names
Dozen PARTICIPANTS
IN 100000 Crime
Two Indictments Returned for
Trial Of Conspirators,
Actual Abduct0rS
BARKER, KARPIs HEAD LIST
Federal investigators Reported
to Have Complete Details
OF Kidnapping

st. Paul. Mimi, Jan. 23.-(ReThs
federal government, determined 70
wipe out the kidnapers Of Edward g.
Bremen, st. Paul banker, or bring ali
concerned to trial, had moved another
step toward its objective Wednesday.
A federal grand jury. meeting In
deep secrecy. Tuesday was reported to
have returned two indictments nam
ing approximately q dozen persons
as conspirators or actual participants
in the Bremen kidnapping Of . year
ago In which 100000 ransom was
paid.
Arthur Doc Barker, desperate
held here by federal agents who claim
he Is one OF the principals In the
KIDNAPPING, was reported to be one Of
those indicted. Alvin Karpis and
Harry Campbell, gunner for whom .
nationwide search Is being conducted
by the federal operatives, also are
named, according to reports.
Case Completely Detailed
The grand jury action followed
what IS said to be complete break"
Of the case to federal investigators.
The indictments, closely guarded, are
presumed to relate in detail the
events leading up to the kidnapping,
the crime itself, and events attend
ant upon 1t which constitute . part
Of the crime.
As the indictments were returned,
three persons in addition to Barker
were held in Jail here In connection
with the case, and others were re-
ported to be in secret custody Of de-
partment Of justice agents. ThosA
held include Byron Bolton Of Chi
cago. captured there January 8 when
Russell Gibson, alias "Slim" Gray
also wanted In connection with tho
kidnapping, was shot and killed BY
federal agents: Elmer Farmer, Chi.
cago innkeeper, and Harold Alder
ton Of Bensenville, H., the Chicago
suburb where the department Of Jus
dee y said to have located tho kid.
nap hideout.
whereabouts Of two women cap>
tured at the time Gray was killed
and Bolton arrested are unknown.
Two Separate Indictments
One indictment Is said to cllarG4
various defendants with actual par
ticipation In the crime and the other
charges . conspiracy TO commit the
crime.
No indication was available immed,
lately as to when defendants nov in
Continued on Page TWo)
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-01-23
Brockett Elevator
Destroyed by Fire

Brockett, N. D., Jan. 23.-(ReFire
starting near the stove in the office
OF the Equity Elevator and Trading
Company elevator here Tuesday night
destroyed the building and 10000
bushels Of grain causing . loss esti-
mated by Q. ]. Sundeen, manager, q
approximately $4,000 believed covered
BY insurance.
Cold weather hampered the Brock.
EFT fire department which. with
chemicals and water from pressure
tanks, prevented the flames from
spreading to nearby buildings. The
LAkota department WAS called but va
unable 10 come here because q
blocked roads
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-01-23
JAP TROOPS ATTACK
Chinese PROVINCE
1000 Using Airplanes and Ar.
tilIery in Battle Over
Chahar Cities
Copyright, 1885. by the Associate
Pre9s.)

(Copyright, 1885, by the Associated
Press.)
Peiping, Jan. ga whitening on
slaught Of 1000 Japanese and Man
chukuau troops using airplanes. ar
mored automobiles and artillery
against armed cities In Chahar prov
ince Of China was reported In Chi.
nese official dispatches from Kalgan
to the capital Wednesday.
The report said Tltsikou, . town
near the Chahar-Jehol border. had
been bombed from the air and shelled
by artillery. Other attacks. the adj
vices said, were launched against
Kuyuan and Tungchetze, described Is
places within Chahar province"
Recent reports from China have
expressed uneasiness over the mill
tary situation In Chahar province.
The japanese announced that Sung
Chem Yuan, provincial chairman Of
Chahar, had sent forces under his
command across the Mauchukuan
border into Jehol province. formerly
part Of China but captured BY the
japanese three years ego when they
created Nanchukuo In eastern China
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-01-23
Borah Seeks Debate
On Old Age Pensions

Warrington, Jan. 23.-ReA de.
mand for fun and open" debate on
the Townsend old age pension plan
came "wednesday from Senator Borat
@ congressional committees pushed
ahead With hearings on the admin
istration1 social security program.
without endorsing the Townsend
plan. Borah said In . statement thai
its widespread support entitled It t.
open consideration rather than being
pigeon holed.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-01-23

Madison. Wis, Jan. 23.-(R-
When Arthur Koehler steps upon
the witness stand In the Lind
bergh kidnapping trial Wednes-
day, he viii climax q career Of
wood study that has held his at.
tention since youth and won him
the distinction Of being the gov
ernment's ace wood technologist.
Criminal trials are not new to
Koehler, tho 40-year-old member
Of the y. 8. forest laboratory
staff here. In his 20 years at the
laboratory, he has been called In
on scores Of cases to ferret out
clews buried In the grain Of
strange woods.
His experiences and his findings
led G. p. Winslow. director Of the
laboratory, to title Koehler the
mo. wood technologist in the
government service"
The prosecution In the Haupt-
mann trial Is expected to call up
on that experience to trace the
course Of q few pieces Of wood
from the forest to the ladder us.
ed In the LindberRh kidnaping.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-01-23
NOODLE ADDRESSES
SHERIFF AND PEACE
OFFICERS MEETING
Committees Appointed, Routine
Business Transacted by
Convention Delegates

An address by Governor ThomaA
H. Noodle and the election Of officers
Wednesday occupied delegates at tina
second-day sessions of the Annua,
convention Of the North Dakota
Sheriff and Peace Officers associa-
ton.
Routine business, reports Of stand
ing committees and the appointment
Of new committees occupied the time
Of the So delegates who registered for
the convention Tuesday.
Welcome to the Capital City was
extended by Mayor A. p. Lenhart Ut
q breakfast Wednesday morning. Len
hart in his talk commended the as
ISOLATION for It's proposed legislative
program and stressed the need for .
state highway patrol and drivers Ii
cense law Other speakers were May
or Jack Patterson, Minot: william
Cbeling, acting chief Of police, Biz
marck; City Commissioners Ruff.
Grand Forks: Oscar Nygard. James
town and Senator william Thatcher.
Bottineau. Archie O'Connor Of Penn
bina acted as toastmaster.
After the breakfast program the
delegates were escorted by Warden
Dell Patterson through the state
penitentiary where they also were
dinner guests.
Talks by Noodle, Attorney General
IN. o. Satire, Charles Wattam, secre-
tary Of the North Dakota Bankers
association, and Z representative Of
the department. Of Justice. who WA
due to arrive from st. Paul. were Slat-
Cd for Wednesday afternoon.
Consideration Of the Legislative pro-
gram, which would ask the establish.
meut Of . system Of state police, and
the reports from committees viii &C.
cupy the attention Of the delegates
Thursday. The convention comes 70
ID close with Q banquet In the eve
ming.
Committees appointed we're:
Radio-Ed Hough. Grand vorks,
Ryder HamEo, Bismarck: 3. Z. der.
dorff. lGinot: Fred Anstrom. Hts
MAZck.
legislativs-William Thatcher, hot
tineen: o. J. Nygaard. Jamestown: A.
II. OConnor, Cavalier: Il. W. Carl
soo, klnot: Art Peterson. CAndo: A.
Nv. Nystrcm. Crosby and "a Hougfl,
Grand Nogks.
Publications-Peter Macarthur. EAr-
%: O'Connor. Cavalier: Nystrom
Crosby and Robert Gray. Aandna.
~ = Il
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-01-23
Senate Gets Second Moratorium Bill:
House Proposal to Abolish Justices
Moratorium Sponsored by Holt.
dayites Considered With
Cain.Young Plan
NINE OTHER BILLS HEARD
Would Restore Motor Vehicle
Fund to State Highway
Department

A second two-year moratorium
measure, sponsored by the North
Dakota Farmers Holiday association,
made its appearance In the state sem
ate Tuesday.
Introduced by Senator's Harry Pet
erson Of Mountrail and william A.
Thatcher Of Bottineau, the proposal
was referred to the committee on
judiciary which already has the
Cain Young moratorium under con-
sideration.
Nine other bills introduced at
Tuesday afternoons session included
measures to:
Restore the motor vehicle reg
istration fund, diverted partly to
the real estate bond payment
fund, to the state highway de-
partment.
Make the county treasurer the
treasurer Of all tax districts
within the county, Including
cities, villages, townships, towns,
school districts and park districts,
excepting cities with 5000 or more
population.
Appropriate $3.50 to create .
federated, legislative, cooperative
agricultural association by COOP
Grafton with other surplus pro-
ducing states.
Debate broke loose again over ma
jority and minority reports on . pro.
posal to increase salaries Of senate
employees an average Of SO cents Z
day Is already has been done in the
house with the action again deferred
pending an opinion by Attorney Gen.
eral P. o. Satire.
Deferment was brought about on
motion Of Senator william Watt Of
Cass county who asked that final
action be withheld until the attorney
general rules on whether the senate
can make the raise which, it was
charged, would increase salaries
above the limit set In the statutes.
Says Boost Unwsrranted
Watts motion to defer action was
approved by q viva voce vote after
the minority report asking that the
salaries not be increased but remain
the same as during the 1888 legisla-
tive session had lost by vote Of n
to 10. The senate was then pre-
pared to vote on the majority report
Of the committee on employment.
Protesting that the senate did not
have to increase salaries just be-
cause the house did 50. Watt de.
clared he was against the increase
because it was mot warranted"
Watt said he had lived on q farm
in North Dakota for so years and
CONTINUED on Page Two)
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-01-23
CHICAGO MASSACRE
MYSTERY CLEARED
Karpis.Barker Cangster Admits
Part in Sayings; Names
Five Associates

Chicago, Jan. 23.-R)-The Chi
cago American in copyrighted story
Wednesday asserted that Byron Boil
ton, Karpis-Barker gangster. had
admitted taking part In the infamous
st. Valentines Day massacre Of 1929
the bloodiest crime in Chicago
gangland annals-and had named
his five associates In tho slaughter
Of seven men.
The killers, according to the i'd
mission attributed to Bolton, were
Fred (Killer) Burke, Claude Maddox.
Gus Winkler, Fred Goetz, Murray
Humphreys and Bolton.
The actual machine gunners who
moved down their rivals In North
Side garage, Bolton was said to have
declared, were himself, Maddox.
Humphreys and Winkler.
He named Burke and 0oetz as the
two men In police uniforms, armed
with sawed-off shotguns, witnesses
reported seeing leave the North
Clark street garage after the mass
murders.
Bolton, the American said, haa
given his story in detailed formal
statement to the United States gov
eminent.
Bolton was seized January in 4
raid on an apartment hideout on the
northwest side. Russell Gibson, his
companion, was killed by the raiders
Bolton is now In st. Paul In connec-
ton with the 100000 ransom kid
aping OF Edward q. Bremen. brewer
Bolton, before entering crime, wa
an expert machine gunner In the
United States navy.
The seven killed were: Peter Gus.
berg. ex-convict: Frank Gutenberg
his brother: Adam Heyer. alias Ar
thur Hayes. ex-convict; James Clark
brother.in-law Of George (Bues)
Moran, North Side gang leader q
tho time: John May. garage me-
chanic: Albert Weinshank and DR.
Reiuhardt Il. 9chwimu1er.
May was . youth who happened tc
b in the garage when the killers
entered. Dr.. echwimmer was said e
have been associated with the gang
yters for the kick" he got out Of #
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-01-23
Appropriation Of $9,925 Voted
for Veterans Service Com.
mission Office
u. S. JURY SELECTION HIT
Resolution Introduced Calling
on Congress to Pass
Townsend Pensions

Abolishing Of township justices Of
the peace and township constables was
advocated in . bill proposed in the
house Tuesday, which also had before
1t q resolution calling OH congress to
pass the Townsend old age pension
plan.
The house postponed action indefi-
nitely on q proposal to amend and
repeal sections Of law governing max
imum fines, interest and premiums to
be charged by Building and Loan as
sociations.
An appropriation Of $9.925 was
voted by the house when it passed .
bill for operation Of the veterans
service commissioner office.
For action by the house Wednesday
two bills will come on the floor for q
vote with committee recommendation
that they pass.
The committee on appropriations
Tuesday recommended passage Of q
$780, 68.3l appropriation for upkeep
OF the state capitol and grounds. Also
recommended for passage Wednesday
is q $4,000 appropriation for voca-
tional education and rehabilitation.
Two Resolutions Passed
Two resolutions, one calling on con-
gress to allow payment Of feed and
seed loans in kind-bushel for bushel
Of feed or seed loaned - the other
asking congress pass Frazier and Nc
Nary bills, were passed Tuesday.
Amendments to two appropriations
bills-one q bill appropriating $26,650
for the state livestock sanitary board,
the second appropriating 5000 for bee
inspection, will be voted on Wednes-
day when the house sits as q commit
tee Of the whole.
Peter Peterson Of Bottineau intro
duced the resolution Tuesday asking
congress pass the Townsend plan bill.
The resolution was referred to the
committee on federal relations.
The present system Of selecting fed
eral jurors was criticized in 4 resolu-
ton introduced by James G. Thoreson
Of Barnes county.
The resolution called on congress to
consider present state laws governing
selection Of jurors. and declared "there
has been Z great deal Of criticism Of
the manner Of selecting jurors for
service in the federal courts in the
state Of North Dakota: the present
plan Of selecting jurors in the federal
districts courts gives the clerk and
the jury commissioner entirely too
much opportunity to select jurors per-
sonally agreeable to them: we urge
upon the congress the enactment OF
necessary legislation which shall rem
edy such condition, which shall pro-
vide an impartial, unbiased and un-
controlled method for selecting fed
eral jurors"
CONTINUED on PAGE Two)
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-01-23
Girl Hats Train,
Saves Boys Life

Pittsburgh, Jan. 23.-R)-A
16-year-old Dorothy Barton had
for q flag was q tiny wisp Of hand
kerchief but she waved It Justify
and the train ground to . stop
lust In front Of Bobby Bahrick.
Bobby. Z. was crossing the tracks
near hig home In Elizabeth Tues
day when he fell and caught his
foot.
The engineer saW the 0utterlns
aienal and Get the airbrakes.
Thon Dorothy ran hack to
Bobby and pulled him free - tho
locomotive stopped not T. feet
away U
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-01-23
Senate Arms PrObers
Query Warship Bids

Warrington, Jan. 33.-(R-AfteE
hearing denials that there was any
''collusion" In bidding senate NUM-
lions investigators sought more In
formation Wednesday on Z rise In the
cost Of warships. They said the unit
cost Of cruisers had jumped from g.
O00, 900 to $4,000, 600.
Senator Nye Rep. N. d. commit
tee chairman. said Q. L. Bardo. form
er president Of the New York Ship
building Company, summoned foE
Wednesdays session, would b ques-
toned - to methods Of bidding on
naval construction.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-01-23
SECOND cold WAVE
HITS middle West
AS DEATHS MOUNT
North Dakota Temperatures
Drop az Low as 40 Below
Zero, at WiIliston
FLOODS RAGE IN SOUTH
Toll Attributed to Weather Va.
carries Totals More Than
10 Wednesday
(Bx the Associated Pressl

ZA00VVe0VVN1
New cold waves swept down from
the north on the midwest and parts
Of the Rocky mountain area Wednes-
day while the number Of fatalitie,
grew and other sections Of the ma
ton were beset by floods, fog. and
snow.
Temperatures plunged to at least
80 degrees below zero throughout
North Dakota Tuesday night with
Williston's recording Of 40 the low
mark for the state.
A let-up from the abnormal sea-
Sonal temperatures was seen in thu
weather bureau forecast for mot *
cold Wednesday night and in the east
and south portions Of the statt
Thursday"
At Grand Forks and Minot thu
mercury tumbled to IS below with
Devils Lake reporting "a, jamestown
80. Valley City, Observation-Disclosures
81 and Fargo 80.
Fog accompanied the intense cole
at Williston, where O2-inch precipi'
tation was received. Bismarck, Will
.O1-inch, was the only other point re-
cording precipitation.
Minnesota Records Broken
Minnesota cold records half q cen
tury old were broken when the mer'
curry plunged to 81 degrees below.
Eveleth, in nothern Minnesota, wa
the states coolest point. while Duluth
with 80 reading, set q 50-year rec
ord for this date. The Twin Cities
81 was the lowest In q years. Othel
minimums varying upward from n
degrees below zero, set record
throughout the state.
Government and private work prof
ects involving outside work wer'
halted. while schools in many part
Of the state were closed.
Telephone and telegraph servic,
suffered when wires snapped under
the severe cold.
Work on the nine-foot channel prof
ects on the Mississippi river, as tn
temperature in the Winona, MINI,
area dropped to 80. coolest In q
years, was halted. With 80 below
Albert Lea experienced its worst cols
since 1904.
Floods In South
Along the Coldwater river in Take
Tunica and Quitman counties in Mis-
sissippi, flood waters which reaches
a depth Of from Is to 20 feet In soml
spots, had driven hundreds Of persons
from the delta homes. Propert.
damage was heavy and fears wer'
expressed that there had been soma
loss Of life. Mississippi Nationa
0uardsmen aided in rescue work.
Serious floods were also menacin(
life and property in western Wash
ington, where thaw sent rivers on
Of their banks, while in the east snow
and colder weather were predicted
with lower temperatures also forecas
for the southeast, including Florida.
Untold damage was done to crops
livestock, and transportation SYSTEM
as the bitter cold dipped into the deer
south, with q snow reported TueSda.
in Florida. Louisiana and Alabama.
A summary Of conditions showed:
Hundreds Of thousands Of dollars
worth Of damage done in the western
washington floods, with traffic ant
communications hampered, and con
CONTINUED on PAge Two)
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-01-23
COMPROMISE GUSTS
ICKES AS ARBlTER
OF WORK BILLIONS
Caucus Agrees to Push Bill
Through in Lump Sum for
Presidents Handling

Washington. Jan. 23.-tFeThe foes
that Secretary Harold I. Ickes has
made on Capitol Hill claimed q VIC
tory Wednesday after hearing reports
that he would not be the arbiter of
the $4,000, 900 900 fund to transfer the
destitute from the dole to public
works.
This was major development in a
revolt" in which dissenting house
Democrats wrung compromise from
the party leadership on plan to rush
q a, $50 900 900 relief -and-works meas
ure through congress under strict
gag" rule.
It was compromise in which both
sides said they gained q measure Of
success. AS the result Of q caucus
agreement Tuesday night. Democratic
leaders predicted the gigantic bill
would 60 through Thursday In q
lump sum" without ear-marking any
Of the money for specific projects.
Thus President Roosevelt would be
granted his wish flor free discretion
In spending the money.
But in answer to demands Of in
SurgentS, it was agreed that three
sections Of the bill, giving the presi-
dent broad power, would be thrown
open to amendments on the floor.
Opponents Of the powers were trying
to determine II they could muster
enough votes to gain their ends. The
caucus voted 100 to IS for q modified
gag" to be introduced Wednesday.
which limits discussion to four hours.
One section Of the bill opened for
amendment would empower President
Roosevelt to continue Ickes as public
works administrator until June 80,
1887, about two years beyond his
present term.
Speaker Byrns, who Is seeking to
press the administration program
through, had told the caucus that he
had received assurances from the
White House that President Roose-
welt himself would distribute the
works money, and see that all prof.
ects got consideration on IAN equal
basis"
The word was passed. though not
by Byrns, that the president had said
neither Ickes nor Harry Hopkins, re-
lief administrator, will become head
Of the new agency that will admins
ter the vast fund.
Insurgents claimed another victory
when Chairman Buchanan (D-Texas)
Of the appropriations committee
agreed to an amendment under which
the works bill would specify no par
ticular project. As originally drawn,
1t mentioned long list, but left out
irrigation, rivers and harbors and
other projects which, In the past, have
been close to the hearts Of congress-
men seeking federal aid for their
home districts.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-01-23
Pioneer Farmer of
AlmOnt Found Dead

A four-day search ended late Tues
day 6 Reynold Nelson, farm hand,
found the body Of Scott Stephens. IS,
pioneer Almont farmer, in . pasture
500 yards from his farm home.
The body had been there four days
while neighbors, relatives and friends
searched the neighborhood for him.
Coroner J. <. Kennedy Of Morton
county said heart disease apparently
was the cause Of death.
He leaves two daughters and sou.
Funeral services viii be held a& New
Salem. probably Thursday.