Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune (Newspaper) - August 4, 1932, Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin A P LEASED WIRE paper Is 67 lined wire with the report of tho Associated PreM A C T I E WS P A P Jtt Nineteenth 5849 Wisconsin Rapids Wis Thursday August 4 1932 Final Single Copy Five Cents PROGRESSIVE CANDIDATES DISCLOSE POLICIES MINE RAISED BY ARMED FORCES RESCUE NON- UNION WORKMEN FROM MINE WHERE THEY WERE SIEGE OF COAL Local Band Legion Drum and Bugle Corps Play at Monday Mrs Bluebeard Is Recaptured HELD PRISONERS PICKETS BY Terre Haute Ind Aug siege of the Dixie Bee coal mine was raised by the armed forces of the state of Indiana today and 65 besieged miners were free A union picket line whose sniping held the 65 men prisoners for two days faded into the night as 820 national guardsmen heavily armed marched to the mine Four In Hospital Four wounded miners without medical attention since Tuesday when they fought a rifle battle in which one picket was killed and four injured were brought to Terre Haute hospital The picket line its strength estimated at from 500 to men faded into the night as a de- tachment of 250 guardsmen rushed to the mine at midnight to remove the injured One of the workmen was struck by four bullets Haggard from their vigil the workmen said they be- arrival of six national guard planes late yesterday saved their lives Pickets appeared to be ing to rush the mine they said when the first plane swooped over the battle line Governor Sends Troops The planes were the advance guard of the infantry companies dered here by Governor Harry G Leslie After an order to bomb the picket positions with tear gas was counter- manded soon after it was issued last night the pilots maintained a con- stant patrol over the area This the besieged miners the ended the bloodiest fight in recent Indiana mine labor disputes Protect Mine Property When the guardsmen arrived they took positions protecting the mine property The wounded who were brought to Terre Haute were Gerald Gradle 26 Sullivan shot twice in the right leg and twice in the right hand John Pullman 31 Terre Haute let wound in the right side Elmer Bedwell 26 shot in the left arm and Glenn Brossman 31 Terre Haute who was struck in the right leg Acting on behalf of Governor lie Adjutant General Paul E The third of a series of summer concerts by the Wisconsin Rapids city band in central Wisconsin com- will be held next Monday evening August 8 at Friendship with the appearance of the American Legion drum and bugle corps of Charles Hagerstrom post this city as an added tion The concert will be played on the steps of the court house in Friendship between the hours of 8 and 9 o'clock Director E A bert has prepared an excellent gram for the local musical visit to Adams county Benefit of A-F Band An ice cream social will be held I while the concert is in progress for the benefit of the about 30 pieces is now fully uni- formed Monday all others night's concert as are in the series is under Proceeds the Friendship concert band will go into a fund for chase of uniforms for the representing the twin com- Cars furnishing transportation for the local band and drum and bugle corps are to meet at the consin Rapids city hall at Monday evening from whence they will proceed directly to the scene of the concert The Legion corps will continue on to Adams and march back to the court house at Friendship as a fitting prelude to the concert The corps numbering the auspices of the Wisconsin ids Chamber of Commerce dent L P Daniels has appointed committees in charge of the sical visitations of which John gan is general chairman The eral arrangements committee in- cludes Elbert Kellogg chairman Jerry Herschleb Francis Daly Frank Eckardt Charles Nash R F Johnson Fred Bushnell Ben Smart Paul Pratt and William F Huffman The committee on trans- portation consists of William F leue chairman Joe G Hagen Frank D Abel Einar Olson and George L Heilman Invite Local Residents Chairman Ragan issued a general invitation today to all Wisconsin Rapids people to accompany the band on its trip Monday evening Let's go down and visit our Adams county he said The road is well oiled and in good shape and you will find the trip a pleasant one Citizens of Adams and ship are planning an appropriate ceremony to welcome the sin Rapids motorcade to their com- IN CAMP THREE OTHERS WOUNDED AS PRISONERS MAKE DARING BREAK FROM CAMP ADE IN ARKANSAS: LED BY TRUSTY were killed in a daring Tucker Prison Farm Ark Aug 4 convicts and three wounded break from a prison camp stockade and a subsequent gun battle be- tween the fugitives and officers day Seven convicts one of whom ed a trusty serving as a guaid at Hold Fatal Auto Mishap Unavoidable A jury found yesterday afternoon that George McGrath this city who was recently killed in an automobile accident at the corner of Eighth and Chestnut streets came today and for the next three days for Lyda Southard 40 woman beard who escaped May 5 1931 from the Idaho state prison at Boise Idaho ended in the Topeka Kan postoffice where she dered to a detective who recognized her Mrs Southard was alleged to have poisoned four husbands and another male relative to collect in- surance She was sentenced from Twin Falls Ida in 1921 to a term of ten years to life SEABURY DENIES CREDIBILITY OF JIMMY WALKER COUNSEL FOR INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE FILES REPLY TO MAYOR'S DEFENSE AGAINST ACCUSATIONS Albany N Y Aug attack on Mayor James J Walker's credibility lay on Gov Franklin D Roosevelt's desk today as the case of New York's Jimmy pushed to the forefront of gubernatorial lems Calls Mayor Evasive The documentary strife between Walker and Samuel Seabury sel to a legislative committee of in- reached a new climax when Seabury filed late yesterday words calling Walker evasive and unworthy of belief It was a reply to Walker's defense against accusations of unfitness on which the mayor's removal is sought Soon Gov Roosevelt is expected to make a decision public He may give Walker a hearing It also was considered possible he might remove Get Busy Photo Win Prize In Tribune Contest Care Needed Madison Wis Aug The death rate per population from auto- mobile accidents in sin increased from 24.2 in 1930 to 24.6 in 1931 ing to figures received here from the department of com- merce In both years however the state's death rate was below the national rate from this cause The death rate for the tion in 1931 was 24.9 In 1930 when persons died from auto accidents the death rate for the country as a whole was 24.5 The Pacific group of states had the est rate in 1930 and 1931 The rate was per population in each year OPEN AT PITTSVILLE REDMEN ERECT TENTED LAGE AT RIVERSIDE PARK TRIBAL DANCES CEREMONIES TO DUCTED or exonerate him on documents on file the basis of INDIAN time Uses Sharp Language Seabury whose tone has hitherto been coldly legal uncorked sharp language Alluding to the mayor's contention that 10 of 15 removal counts are outlawed because they refer to a previous administration Seabury said it was a sorry sight indeed to see a public officer con- tending he must be allowed to con- in office because he was for- enough not to be caught in DETROITER GETS CABINET POST BOY POINTED SECRETARY OF COMMERCE BY HOOVER TO SUCCEED LAMONT RESIGN- ED Vacation and Recreation Snaps Are Subject of Prize Contest Entries Accepted Up to day Aug 22 Amateur photographers of tral Wisconsin aren't forgetting to take their cameras along on their vacations these all very much on the alert to get snaps of people and places which can be entered in The Tribune's photo contest which is now in full swing with Monday August 22 as the deadline for entries To Give Ten Prizes Ten handsome one of which is well worth working are being offered for the best tion outdoor life and recreation snapshots entered by amateur in Wood Adams Clark Jackson Juneau Waushara quette and Portage counties The prizes have not yet been announced but persons contemplating entering the contest may rest assured that they arc worth many times the fort required to take an appropriate picture The awards will include several articles of equipment for campers and tourists as well as cash prizes NATIONAL AND STATE ISSUES ARE OUTLINED Washington Aug Roy Dikeman Chapin of Detroit a ness man undaunted by trade riers and by the rainbow At the rate the pictures are now coming in the present contest should be even more successful than the one on children's photos conducted last month There are more prizes offered this instead of they are even more at- tractive than those given in July Some of the pictures already will bo published during the next DOCUMENT STATES CLAIMS OF ACCOMPLISH MENT DURING PAST PLEDGES TURE ACTION BY KENNETH HOPPING Associated Press Staff Writer Madison Wis Aug The six leading progressive dates who seek nomination in tember for the national and state constitutional offices announced their platform today It is a ment of about words The platform states both the claims of accomplishment under the present state tion and pledges of what the party will do if returned to power Signed by 6 Candidates The candidates who signed it are U S Senator John J Elaine ernor Philip F LaFollette Lieut Gov Henry A Huber Secretary of State Theodore Dammann State Treasurer Solomon Leviatan and State Senator Leonard C Fons candidate for attorney general They declare that as long as they are in control no state tax on BE CON- A tent village inhabited by In- lians from five states was at Riverside park Pittsville the Winnebagoes Chippewas and Oneidas from the stockade here sui rounded I M Pors questioned the to his death as the result of an un- avoidable automobile accident The verdict was returned after the Sioux Saxs and Foxes from ors had deliberated for two hours Minnesota and the Dakotas the following the inquest held at the council chambers of the city hall Coroner R Baker ed at the inquest and District baugh proclaimed mine and adjacent military control To Seek Settlement Late last night the governor the Dixie Bee territory under nt Indianapolis said that as a by officers in a woods 23 miles fiom the prison and three were shot to death two weie wounded and two others surrendered Organizer Wounded R G Jones a rusty who ties said organized the flight and killed Else Howell the trusty ing as a guard was one of those wounded Jones also was blamed for ing Cecil Allen another Omahas from Iowa and the was from Nebraska will carry on their tribal dances in the annual which attracts red men from all parts of the country Seabury contended the record clearly proves the mayor guilty of acts charged They included that he accepted sums from brokerage houses and als that he carried on hidden cial transactions through the now missing Russel T Sherwood that he permitted the designation in city compensation cases of doctors who split fees with his brother Dr liam H Walker and that he failed to produce his financial records or testify frankly Unworthy of Belief After summing up Seabury On this record of equivocation hues of recent is days to give others an idea of ing to take over soon the huge the type of snaps which stand a machine that is trying harder than good chance of meriting the awards ever to help American Pictures eligible for this contest may be scenic views of enchanting vacation sites snaps of witnesses who were sworn in Command McGrath killed when the car George blind which he was dining collided with chieftain of Pittsville was named evasion and contradiction the one by Otto Wadel town of commander of the encampment as in past years the mine agreed to discontinue forts to work the shaft with non- union labor pending a general wage settlement in the Indiana field and that union representatives had dered the pickets disbanded Immediate denial camo from of the Dixie Bee Coal Mining corporation at Terre Haute who said no officer of the mine had con- ferred with the governor Mine officials said today they planned to resume hoisting of coal at the mine as soon as their employes recovered from effects of the long siege Resisted Convicts Howell was shot to death when he resisted attempts of the escaping convicts to take his rifle The convicts setzea what guns and ammunition they could carry and dismantled all other at the camp before fleeing on horses Allen was struck over the head with a gun when he sought to foil the escape Early reports Grand Wadel had entered Eighth street and turned ter stopping at the arterial way while McGrath was north on Eighth street at a rapid rate of speed the testimony ed Besides Dances of war and peace of harvest of Indian wooing and legendary events will be revived Four Sioux from the Black Hills of South Dakota who or has demonstrated himself to unworthy of belief where his official sell their Resignation Accepted Next week ho will succeed as of commerce Robert son Lament whose resignation President Hoover accepted with re- gret and because lie felt the met member ought to be allowed to go to work for himself again Chapin informed at a conference with President Hoover that he would be named to head the commerce de- j left announcement his appointment to the White House J But he did say that business now seem better than at any time since the depression began and that the in conduct is called into question named the quartet b Wadel who testified in President Calvin Coolidge will sing his own behalf other witnesses were Charles Schaeht Ed Anderson John Eraser and Dean Karsseboom The jury was comprised by H J Method J C Bell George Grignon Herman Finup William Harcour and William Otto 3 of Schooner Crew Believed Drowned from the officers who took part in the gun fight did not state which convicts were killed The List of Dead Norfolk Va Aug members of the crew of the Milton S Lankford a small schooner were believed drowned after a collision with the old Bay liner State of Maryland Wednesday Four others Pennsylvania Is to Get Relief Aid Washington Reconstruction Aug Corporation today refused to extend any destitution re- lief aid to Pennsylvania at this time Governor Pinchot and other state officials had requested an immediate loan of and said they would ask later for another Sez Later advices however disclosed of the crew of seven were rescued the convicts killed in the gun battle The crash occurred off the mouth were Loy Smith 23 J D Brown of the Potomac river The schooner 25 and Hershel Chancy 23 all was rolled under the larger vessel's ing short terms for burglary and keel and smashed into shapeless grand larceny They were residents wreckage It was raining and of Arkansas heavy sea was running The State Everett serving a life Lf Maryland only slightly damaged for murder in Franklin county reached here was shot in the right knee and Jones was shot in the right arm Jack Slayton 20 and Walter gins 20 also serving terms for burglary and grand larceny were j the two who surrendered after the fight each daj of the F Ryan Duffy Fond clu Lac candidate for nomination for States senator ami Frank D man candidate for the nomination from this dis- both Democrats will speak at the Friday evening at o'clock Former Governor ter J Kohler inducted into the Winnebago tribe three years ago as an honorary chief with the name of Red and John B pie seeking the Republican nation for the United States ate are scheduled to speak LOR Rolling Contests Log rolling contests featuring Wilbur Marx world's champion since 1926 Robert boy champion and old Jimmie Running will be held Elect Successor To Slain Officer Milwaukee Aug election of Elmer Hene of Vineland N J as president of the tional Baby Chick association to succeed Charles Sawyer Hoytville 0 who was shot to death heie last Saturday was announced at n quet which ended the organization's convention last night Reese V Hicks Kansas City who psychology has taken place Has Optimistic Aides When the Hudson motor cur nate takes over the holm of the huge agency that businessmen he will find aides who have much the same optimistic they have said who are ready to go with any sales he proposes Exactly what a oan intends to do was not ed is recovering at n hospital from wounds received when C A man Knoxville Tenn killed er was elected executive secretary rand Rapids Mich was chosen for next year's convention The shooting of Sawyer and Hicks during a committee ng at which Norman was ousted rom membership in the association or unethical practices Norman suicide The schooner was watermelons loaded with Continue Probe of Dry Raid Shooting Milwaukee Aug Cunningham deputy prohibition ad- ministrator announced today that further investigation of the ing of William Brown 35 a raid Tuesday night on a still near Salem Wis will rest with the of- fice of the district administrator in Chicago Cunningham said he would sub- mit to John F J Herbert Chicago district administrator all tion about the case gathered by self and Kenosha county authorities D B McKenzie prohibition agent who shot Brown said his revolver accidentally discharged while he chased the man Cunningham ex- McKenzie reported he drew the weapon because he anticipated a fight in arresting Brown is in a Kenosha hospital suffering from wound in the hip His condition U not serious Dives Into River Fractures Spine Beloit Wis Aug John Brown 17 was reported in critical condition at municipal hospital here today He fractured a vertebra when he dived into the Pecatonica river at Man Who Received Aid While Buying Car Must Repay City Youthful Bandit Flees in Fright Elkhorn Wis Aug Equipped with a mask a revolver and three pieces of sash cord n young robber became frightened last night and failed in an attempt to hold up two bachelor brothers ry and Charles and their sister Minnie on their farm west of here The gunman fired eral shots nt the brothers wnen they fled as he entered the bnrn while they were doing chores and an- the Then he caped into H cornfield as the sister ran to neighbors to summon aid mals fish and game wild life Scenes and photos of people young or old engaged in various athletic con- tests fishing hunting swimming or boating Other subjects of a nature aie also acceptable but they must follow the vacation or tion theme Rules Are Simple RuleK of the contest are simple All amateur photographers in the eight central Wisconsin counties heretofore named are eligible tos may be taken anywhere must be clear cut with no size the larger the better Pictures may in- clude people but this is not sary if the scenic value is great enough All photos must be by name and address of con- testant names of persons appearing in picture and any interesting facts and information regarding the ture not to 50 words i length Contestants need not be ers to The Tribune so long as the live within the prescribed area Photos will not be returned unles accompanied by n stamped self envelope Mail your entry to The Tribune Photo Contest Edit or not later than Monday Augus 22 Prize winners will be Saturday August 27 Missing Arpin Girl Writes to Parents Attention CARRIER SUBSCRIBERS Weekly Collection Friday Evening and Saturday Morning Please Have Exact Change Ready All was lovely while Anton dall Fourth street south could spend his pay check and trade his chickens for an automobile and get his groceries and goods from the city through its poor commissioner but there was bound to be a ing and that reckoning came day Must Reimburse City Randall was hailed into court be- fore Judge E N afternoon on a charge of ob- goods and groceries under false pretenses and now he must pay the costs of the action and burse the city for the groceries and goods which amounted to mately three dollars The arrest was made by Under- sheriff Ernie Stevens when Randall returned from Stevens Point to get gome of the household goods he had left in the rented house on Fourth street He heard that the sheriff was looking for him and was ed to see Judge This he did The court official called the who read the warrant which had been sworn out by Mrs Nettie Wesley city poor er and he was placed under arrest He then told his story which ran something like this Bought Car Ho had been working for the for- estry bureau of the conservation de- at lake and had re- a check for on July 24 The check and 24 spring chickens he took to Roy Clark and tendered a note along with the chickens and check and bought a car for the consideration He received aid from the city two and then went to Stevens Point where he claims he is selling household ar- ticles and has a number of salesmen under him He needed the car he said to continue earning and in lieu of that claim the court ordered an adjournment for sixty days ing which time ho must report to Judge every two weeks He must also pay the costs of the case and reimburse the city and if this is not done he will stand trial Poor Commissioner Acts Mrs Wesley had the warrant sworn out for Randall immediately after hearing that he had bought a car on July 24 She recalled that he had received groceries on July 26 and immediately contacted Clark to verify the report of the car chase The warrant was sworn on July 29 and Randall was not In the city the time but he returned yesterday and the court him with open arms District Attorney Charles M Pors represented the state in the action Shoots Self After Slaying Sweetheart Milwaukee Aug 4 A jealous suitor shot and killed Miss Ruth Hilgenberg 21 today at a doctor's office where she was em- ployed and then killed himself with the same revolver The suitor Edward Kramer 38 an automobile mechanic of Crivitz Marinette county had been dis- recently by Miss berg police learned Weed Seed Here's some news for many it's bad Seeds of wild morning glory buried for thirty years sprouted almost at once ter being unearthed and planted according to County Agent H R Lathrope The seeds were buried as part of an experiment to dis- cover how long seeds may lie in the soil and still grow and to discover how long seeds must be buried to be killed The morning glory will be given further opportunity to prove its staying as some of the seeds buried ty years ago are still iq the ground and will not be re- moved for 10 more years Ellen Baker daughter of Mr and Mrs C Elmer Baker who reside four and one-half miles west of Arpin on county trunk M who has been the object of a police search since last Thursday when she disappeared from the home of her sister Mrs Fannie Nelson nt Omaha Nebr is at Rockland Wis from where she mailed a postal card to her parents yesterday according to an Associated Press dispatch re- here today Melville Howard friend of Ellen is attending Adventist academy near La Crosse and has not been corresponding with the girl cording to the reply to a telegram sent him before her whereabouts were made known Rockland is also near La Crosse The girl's parents state that they did not send the girl away from eral property will be levied Regardless of the decrease in state revenues the expenditures of state government must be kept within its income without levying a property the platform said The candidates also urge changes which would broaden the base of the state income tax law and assert that whatever is needed for further un- employment relief should come from the state and federal governments through income taxes They propose that Wisconsin speed up its activities by holding shorter legislative sions with six full days of work each week The platform denies that sive legislation is hostile to try and states that the tion will continue to consult of industry on problems and favors self- government for industry to ize production and employment Cites Achievements Calling attention to the ployment reserves law the labor code wage collection law and a increase in workmen's compensation benefits the platform says these achievements are the re- sult of progressive action and ther says that hours of labor must be reduced to spread employment Farmers are told that town taxes were cut one quarter this year through remission of the state perty tax and increases in state highway aids Continued ment of the oleomargarine tax law under which oleomargarine has practically ceased to be sold in this state and efforts to stabilize milk prices are pledged Opposes Chain Banks The platform renews progressive opposition to chain banking and proposes a permanent tax on chain stores It declares that consumers of the public utilities have been saved money through revitalized Continued on Page Two Four Kenosha County Still Operators Held Milwaukee Wis Aug 4 rour men one of whom was by W Frank Cunningham deputy prohibition administrator as a big shot in the Chicago liquor traffic were awaiting ar- here today on charges of a large bootleg distillery n Paris township Kenosha county Cunningham personally directed le raid last night uncovering two tills about gallons of alcohol pounds gallons of of sugar mash and elaborate friendship an older lome to break up her with Howard but that persuaded her to go to coln to attend high school 3 Slightly Hurt In Auto Accident equipment in a barn on the iansen farm He estimated the out was worth Tho prisoner the agents suspected of directing operations of the still is Peter Sudent of Illinois Those arrested with him were William J Steinbach Clarence Percy A Clark all Paris township Hansen and residents of persons J T Hale and daughter Nell of kee and their guest Miss Jane kins of North Lake received slight injuries when their car turned over on highway 73 between here and Plainfield at about o'clock this morning after the right rear tire blew out Miss Hopkins was thrown from the car and received cuts and bruises to her face and left arm The others received slight injuries The party en route on a vacation trip to Deerwood Luke Minn was picked up by Raymond Lauer and brought here from where they left on the noon train for their homes The car was brought to town for re- pairs Weather Report FOR Mostly cloudy tonight and Friday somewhat cooler Friday Today's Weather Facts i Maximum temperature for hour period ending at 7 m 86 minimum temperature for 24-hour period ending 7 a m 66 at 7 a tav 74
