The Rhinelander Daily News from Rhinelander, Wisconsin • Page 1

NINETEENTH YEAft-NO. 104 EtGHf PAgESTOOAV rull Witt JLDC AaSoCMtMl PftHM Austro-German Pact Tangles Diplomacy fnwdi Quarters Mini BAWDS W1LL BALLOT Accord May Cause West ern Coalition. Duce Backs Hitler Breakdown of Security System at Conference Held Possible. By the Associated Press A sharp division of opinion among European powers was the judgment levied today upon the Austro-G a agreement an- n'bUnced Saturday in an effort to stabilize relations between the two nations. Within Austria the pact was approved by all but Hapsburg re- sto.rationists, Jews and the Heim- wehr, all of whom believed their interests would be impaired.

From Germany, Chancellor Adolf Hitler declared the new understanding would "open the way for combined further efforts for the good of the two'German states." II Duce was credited Italy with having a hand in negotiations, and his. own newspaper asserted the chief now may feel free to face Great Britain and France in the open with Germany regarded as a friend, not a rival. Parley Failure Possible. France and Great Britain, however, wondered whether the efforts at European security through the Locarno treaty might not break down eventually, French official quarters hinted the outcome may be agreements between Britain and France and Britain and Belgium, an international alliance to face the eastern European The tangled diplomatic situation drew a three-point outline of probable French demands for the prospective Locarno conference at Brussels: 1. Germany and Italy must accept French terms to begin discussion on German denunciation of the mutual last Inarch when Nazi troops resqccupiedTthe Rhineland.

2. Germany will hot be admitted to the Hitler formulates, a basis on which to renew his nation's in Locarnp. conversations. 3. France that a break.

down in; conciliation efforts be de- delegates at Such, a declaratigh', officials said, would' make effective virtual alliances Great Britain and France and Great Britain and Bel- 1 Presumably, the three-power western it were create an interna tional alignment aimed against the eastern European coalition strengthened Saturday by the Austro-German accord. A western combination might be advisable, diplomats felt, in view of the reported co-operation given Germany by Italy in successful negotiation of the Austro-German declaration. IN RECALL ELECTION WISCONSIN RAPIDS, July 13 -rWisconsin Rapids voters will ballot tomorrow in the second school board recall election in four years. Five members of the board are opposed by candidates who entered the field following refusal of the board to rehire 13 union teachers, members of a federation affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, DUCE ORDERS TROOPS REMOVED FROM LIBYA ROME, July 13 The Italian government today ordered the withdrawal of 40,000 troops form the Italian colony of Libya, along the Egyptian border, in answer to Great Britain's removal of her home fleet from the Mediterranean. RHINELANDER, MbNDAV EVENING, JULY 13, 1936 Welcome, Florists! Rhihelancter is pleased to entertain the members of the Wisconsin-Upper Michigan Florists' association.

The function of the florist is an important one in social and community life. He contributes to the enjoyment of living and he bringd comfort and solace in time of grief. In recent years he has become a highly important factor in the movement to bring greater beauty and loveliness to the American home. Through his well-organized and intelligently directed trade associations, he has met his new responsibilities and he is constantly striving to improve both his product and his service. That several hundred persons have left their establishments during this period of high temperatures, when delicate plants must be most carefully attended, is proof of the devotion of the florists to association activities.

It is to be hoped that their loyalty will be repaid with a highly profitable and enjoyable convention. Luciano Gangster Sought After Girl's Torture Story Victim Asserts "Killer" Carved Her with Knife, Turned on Gas. WASHINGTON, July 13 Henna-haired Jean Bell's story that a "killer" mutilated her and left her to die after she "ran out" on a promise to help free Charles (Lucky) Luciano, vice overlord, from Sing Sing prison resulted today in a wide search in New York City for the man she named. MORE DROUGHT CASH GRANTED U. S.

Allots Additional $3,000,000 for Direct Subsistence Aid. Hughes Is Freed Without Bond in Traffic Fatality LOS ANGELES, July 13 Howard Hughes, multimillionaire film producer and aviator, was free on his own recognizance today after police booked him suspicion of negligent homicide. Hughes, who holds several air speed records and produced the $4,000.000 "Hell's Angels," was the driver of an automobile Police Officers J. R. Wallace and C.

Lewis said, which late Saturday night struck and fatally injured Gabe 60-year-old slaesman, as he 4 stood in a street car "safety" zone. Hughes was accompanied by a young woman at the time of the accident. Witnesses said she boarded a steeet car as a crowd gathered, and left the scene. Hughes refused to give the name of his companion, declaring he did not want to "drag her name into this affair unnecessarily," Week-End Traffic Fatal to Three By the Associated Press Automobile accidents took the lives of, three persons in Wisconsin during the week-end, an unusually low figure for a Saturday and Sunday in summer. The dead: Ljeroy Kane, 33, Annapolis, Md.

Kirby Quin, 2, Milwaukee. Joseph Moser, 41, Elgin, 111. Kane, an enlisted man at the U. S. Naval academy, died at a Richland Center hosjjitai Saturday of injuries suffered when his car plunged from a bridge near Richland Center on Highway 14.

The Quin child was killed by a truck near his home Saturday. Moser lost wjven his car overturned in loose gsavel near Cumberland Saturday. MEAT mAjuusy BURNS D0DGEVILLE, July 13 women, Mrs. George Parsons and her daughter, Mrs. Hacking, were routed early today from upstairs Jiving quarters when fire damaged the Parsons and Hocking meat market.

Origin of the fire was undetermined. The loss was estimated at $2,000. Detectives said that a man answering the description of the torturer who carved the cryptic numerals "3-12" and the initials on her body and then tried to kill her by gas had left Washington on a New York bound plane at 4 a. m. Sunday.

Arrest Is Expected. They expressed that he, as as companion whom the the, possible man" in the plot; would be opinion as to the girls story, Chief of Detectives Bernard Thompson "We are investigating this case as murder." The 23-year-old girl, who was rescued from her gas-filled apartment by police early Sunday after a telephone operator heard a weak call for help coming over the wire, was at the District of Columbia women's bureau today. She was suffering considerable pains from the cuts on her right thigh and abdomen, Victim Explains Initials. The girl herself was the first to point out that the carved in letters four inches tall on her right thigh were the initials of Luciano, recently sentenced to 30 to 50 years in Sing Sing as the leader of organized vice in New York, she also called attention to the fact that "3-12" stands for the position of those initials in the alphabet. The girl said, that some weeks ago, Luciano's representatives approached her in New York.

She said they wanted her to sign her name to an article intended for publication in a newspaper, picturing Luciano as "a pretty swell guy" and intimating that he had been framed in the recent sensational vice trial in New York. Luciano is seeking his freedom through an appeal. The girl asserted that she was given $500 to sponsor the article, but then decided not to go through with the bargain. WASHINGTON, July 13 An additional $3,000,000 for direct subsistence grants to drought-stricken farmers of the midwest was allotted today by the resettlement administration. A subsistence fund of $393,000 was set aside for the drought areas last week.

pjfflcials estimated that the addition' of $3,000,000 would be sufficient to' continue grants ranging from $15 to $20 a month per family for two months. the resettlement administrator, plans to leave by plane "tomorrow night; for to organ- sh' administration's emergency drought relief. Officials said Tugwell is working on a program for permanent resettlement and rehabilitation of the arid western and that he would continue this study at Bismarck. Joseph L. Dailey, and W.

W. Alexander, assistants to Tugwell who have just returned from a 17-day tour of the drought area, estimated at a press conference that $30,000,000 would be needed for a cattle feed program until next season unless substantial rains fall soon. They said that if rains come, approximately $15,000,000 would be needed to finance cattle feeding through loans to farmers. POLICE SEEK FIREBUG RACINE, July 13 believed by authorities to have started five other blazes in two weeks in Racine county was sought today in connection with a fire which caused damage estimated at $15,000 on the Randolph Runden farm near Union Grove yesterday. Tax on Property For Schools Less MADISON, July 13 A 15 per cent decrease since 1925 in assessments on property taxpayers to meet the costs of operating local schools was announced today in estimates prepared by the Wisconsin Taxpayers' Alliance.

"The estimates show that changes in the state aid system since 1925 have tended to reduce slightly the share of the burden of-local school costs borne by property taxpayers and increase the share of the cost borne by other forms of taxation," the report said. "Prior to the introduction of the present state aid system, property taxpayers paid 85 per cent of school expenditures. The percentage has now decreased to 70 per cent." ELKS OPEN CONVENTION LOS ANGELES, July 13 "Hello Bill" was Los Angeles' greeting today as 35,000 members of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks took possession of the city for their seventy-secon4 national convention. State Needs More Industry, Democratic Candidate Says BEAVER DAM, July 13 W. Lueck, convention endorsed Democratic candidate for staged in his honor yesterday, said governor speaking a celebration Wisconsin needs If elected governor, Lueck promised that "all industries and all people will be welcomed here and every fair and legitimate effort will be made to keep them here." He added that he would, if elected, on a survey of the industries in Wisconsin and on legislation to keep industry in the state and that he would seek to attract industries here from other states.

Declaring in favor of the new program. Lueck said am a Democrat and I am a Roosevelt Democrat I subscribe to his pro- grani-r-it is one of active progress and where nvunan rights are placed first. "i am a firm believer in the principle that while a governor the chief executive of his state, that what he does shall not be merely subect to his whims or to the dictates of politicians, but that the people shall have a full and true voice in our state affairs," he added, Speaking of conservation of natural resources, Lueck asserted his intention to seek increased benefits for the people of Wisconsin through advertising of the state's recreational advantages. U. S.

Sen. F. Ryan Duffy and Charles E. Broughton, national Democratic comojitteeman from Wisconsin, also spoke, praising Lueck and the new deal. Duffy took cognizance of recent criticism of tbe reciprocal trade treaty with Canada, and declared that the pact is not harmful to farmers.

Broughton that Lueck always has been a supporter of the new deal. PRICE FIVE CENTS ive Predicted For Next 36 Hours; Deaths Mount FLEE 'DUST TO SEEK NEW START IN LIFE Northern Half of Nation Sizzles tinder Record-Shattering Heat Wave. Rains Fizzle Out Deaths Jump to Crop' Losses Estimated at $300,000,000. i CHICAGO, July 13 Drought' and record-shattering heat clung to the long suffering middle west and east in the northern half of the na- tion today as life-giving rains in portions of the northwest over week-end which were expected to aid other afflicted sections "fizzled out." Deaths from prostration and drowning mounted to at least 1.412 1 and crop destruction continued at a devastating pace with damage in excess of $300,000,000 when- a relentless sun seared "the major 1936 na- i childW 4 eP iffully tied and strapped to their battered automobile, this couple and their Monday" for harassed farmers in the breadbasket of America and their gasping urban residents when he announced no new rains were in sight for the northwest or any other heat baked area. He said generally fair weather with torrid temperatures would continue today and tomorrow for drought areas in general, but that cooler weather was likely in the eastern section of the northwest Tuesday.

Purely local showers forecast for North Dakota and northwestern Minnesota, and for North Dakota, Northern Minnesota, northwestern Wisconsin and upper Michigan tomorrow. Illinois Hopeful. There was hope, Lloyd said, of relief from the intense heat in Illinois, where prostration has taken almost 200 lives, and states to the east, by possibly Wednesday, but he could not sight the badly needed rain for the major corn Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska and Indiana. He explained that a new cool wave, moving down from the northern Pacific states, would probably bring cooler weather tomorrow to the Dakotas, Nebraska, Minnesota, northwestern Wisconsin, upper Michigan and the extreme northern portion of lower Michigan. When this joins with the cool wave which halted at the western border of middle America yesterr day, it is likely the' combined forces of the two will be able to break the mass of heat possibly Wednesday over the central states, he added.

Rain Aids Crops. The precipitation over the weekend in the northwest' was of untold benefit. Besides aiding crops and pasturage in some sections it also lifted the fire scourge in eastern Wyoming and southeastern Montana. Men and women laughed and shouted in the rain, and their children played in mud puddles. Farmers wondered if the cool weather and rain would rid the area of the grasshopper and cricket horde.

More than 1,000 fighters of the huge Black Hills forest blaze for more than a week breathed easier as the moisture quenched all but a few spots. Elsewhere, too, in the nation, welcome rain revived the spirits of a sorely-tried populace over the week-end. In Connecticut the drought was believed definitely broken, and temporary relief was given in New York state, New England, Nebraska, Georgia, Virginia and South Carolina. Apache Murderer Dies on Gallows Meets Horrible Death when Body Catches on Side of Trap. SAN CARLOS, July 13 Earl Gardner pint-sized Apache Indian, three times a killer, hanged from a government gallows for 33 minutes at dawn today while armed men stood guard as a warning to tribesman not to interfere.

Gardner, 31 years old who insisted that the government hang him for killing his wife and infant son, and boasted that he would take it "like an Apache," met a horribk' death. His body struck the side of the trap as the trigger was sprung. It dangled there while the helpless victim groaned and kicked. Those directing 'the execution talked once of dropping him again, but decided against it. The noose knot slipped to the side of the rope.

Every minute for fully 20 minutes the attending physician made an examination and shook his head. The government's improvised instrument of death was an old rock crusher used in the construction of dam. The rope was swung from a cross beam. A hole was cut in the floor for a trap. The noose silipped as Gardner the knot moving around in front and snapping his head backward and to one side.

Northern Half Of Natio.n Burns By the Associated Press Record maximum temperatures; which were established with abandon during the past week as a blazing sun gave no respite to the northern half of the nation from the Rockies east, were endangered again today. Readings included: Chicago 87 Grand Forks, N. 102 Rockford, 111. 107 Springfield, 0 103 Dayton, 0 102 Cincinnati, 0 101 Henderson, Ky ..113 Kalamazoo, Mich 107 Detroit, Mich Dululh, Minn 102 (New all-time record.) Devils, Lake, N. D.

102 Saginaw, Mich record.) Grand Rapids, Mich .107 (New all-time record.) Muskegon, Mich. 101 (New all-time record.) Battle Creek, Mich 106 New Forest Fires Tax Fighting Crews Chief Ranger Reports New Blazes- Starting Hourly; Rain No Help. Weather Flash es By the Associated Press MENOMINEE, Swoboda, 75, an inmate of the county infirmary at Talbot, was overcome by heat here Saturday while in the city to attend funeral services for his mother, Mrs. Anna Swoboda, 103, a heat victim. BURLINGTON, Burlington housewife baked beans in the sun as the temperature reached 103.

She placed the pan on an upstairs porch with a tin floor. TWO RIVERS, Wis. Bakeries and food stores ran out of bread, drug stores sold out all their sunburn remedies and rooming houses were jammed as tourists flocked here over the week-end seeking relief from the heat. Some visitors slept on blankets at the beach. MADISON, July 13 spite of light rains that fell in parts of the state's forest protection districts Sunday, new forest fires are breaking out hourly, E.

J. Vanderwall, chief state ranger, reported to the conservation commission today. One fire burned-over 12 acres in Vilas county, yesterday before it was put out by the state forest projection service. All other fires have-'been brought control, ones, starting hourly, add to the hazard of the situation and tax 'the endurance of fire fighters, Vanderwall said. "We have just been fortunate," 1 the chief ranger reported.

"It is so warm that we cannot expect any prolonged effort from any of our crews." Fire- Causes Vary. Most of the fires, Vanderwall said, have resulted from carelessness on the part of smokers and campers, but train sparks also have been responsible. Sparks from one train started five fires on a run through the forest area yesterday and another train started four the previous day, he said. The forest protection service is maintaining a constant vigil to detect fires as soon as they break out and extinguish them before they grow to serious proportions. The crews are working on day and night schedules.

With a few exceptions most fires have been held to small areas, Vanderwall said, The ground cover is like tinder and light rains that fell over the week-end were of virtually no help, he said. Labor Leaders Confer on Move To Oust Lewis at the court house were asked today to limit themselves to two paper drinking cups a day. MONARCHIST CHIEF KILLED BY ENEMIES MADRID, July 13 body of Jose' Calvo Sotelo, Monarchist leader, was found today in the municipal cemetery shortly after the government critic had been taken from his home by a group of men dressed in the uniforms of assault guards. The noted political leader, accused by his enemies of heading the Fascist movement in Spain, had been killed by clubs, knives, and gun shots. 2,000 Acres Lost In Hiawatha Fire ESCANABA, July 13 A forest fire which burned about 2,000 acres of hardwood slashings in the Hiawatha national forest was under control today.

The damage was estimated at about $10,000. Paul A. Wohlen, forest supervisor for Upper Michigan, said there was a possibility the fire had been incendiary. A crew of 1,600 men fought the blaze which was discovered last Thursday. WASHINGTON, July 13 of $10,000,000 for youth administration work projects during the first three months of the new fiscal year was announced today.

Reich Reported Fortifying Isle LONDON, July 13 Lord Cranborne, under-secretary of state for foreign affairs, told the house of commons today he understood Heli- goland was being fortified by Germany. Asked if the island was being fortified by leave of the British government, Lord Cranborne said, "no, it is not being fortified by leave of anyone." Lord Cranborne, acting in the place of Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden, made the announcement in answer to a question from Oliver Locker-Lampson, conservative member whether Germany's promise not to re-fortify Heligoland had been kept. "Inquiries have been made," said Lord Cranborne. "I understand the island of Heligoland is being re- fortified." He added that no right to inspect the island exists. Opinion Divided on Eve of Ballot to Settle Internal Dissension.

July 13 labor's chieftains conferenceav on eve of a vote to' decide Whether to oust John Lewis and his industrial organization cohorts from the American Federation of Labor. A high tide of activity was reached. Hurried, informal conferences were held as preparations were made for a ballot tomorrow in the federation's executive committee which will determine whether the great labor schism is to occur. The question facing the tive committee, overwhelmingly opposed to the Lewis plan for industrial organization of workers, was whether disciplinary steps against the Lewis committee for industrial organization would react too harmfully against the federation. A minority faction argued that organized labor would suffer terrifically if the C.

I. O. and the 1,250,000 members claimed by its constituent unions were to be lost to the A. F. of L.

The showdown comes in the early stages of Lewis' drive to organize 500,000 steel workers into one large union. While 16 of the 17 executive committee members were lined up against Lewis' plan the sentiment in favor of suspension was not so close to unanimity. Local Showers in Northwest Part of State Only Change Forecast. Toll Climbs to 199 Nine More Drownings over Week-End; Lower aturc in Far North. MILWAUKEE, July 13 Parched Wisconsin's hopes, for relief melted today as the state sweltered in its eighth day of heat Federal Meteorologist Frank Coleman said the promised relief through cooling rains and air for tonight had withered, adding that "no relief was in sight" at least for the next 36 hours to two days.

He repeated his forecast of the last week, "generally fair and continued warm tonight and tomorrow" but moderated it with a prediction of local thundershowers in the northwest portion of the state. The heat wave and drownings have taken a toll of 199 lives in Wisconsin since last Monday. Fifty- I two additional deaths attributed either directly or indirectly to the heat and five more drownings were' reported today. The cooler air which the weather bureau had expected to reach Wisconsin by tonight, Coleman said had moved so slowly across the fiery plain that it became hot. It also headed in a more southerly direction, he said.

Encouraging Signs. The "most encouraging" sign of relief, Coleman said, was that the temperature had fallen in the HudrjJ-l! son Bay region. The high area in the far north, however, 'Jias- no chance of moving in, he s'aid. Until the low pressure area plaguing the middle west moves out. He said the low pressure area acted as "a wall against the cooling north winds.

Peat fires burning in several Dane county marshes were declared "ser- ZEPPELIN COMPLETES FIFTH OCEAN FLIGHT LAKEHURST, N. July 13 The zeppelin Hindenburg, completing her fifth east-west flight across the North Atlantic, was moored to the mast at the naval air station today at 6:45 a. m. (EST). Fifty passengers were aboard.

The time of the crossing from Frankfort-On-Main, Germany, was said by Captain Ernst Lehmanrp, the commander, to have been 63 hours and 37 minutes. The ship made another flying mooring, not resorting- to the spider lines by which dirigibles are usually "walked" to the mast. 300,000 Ducks Die; Crops Burning Up in North Dakota STATE'S HOT SPOTS MILWAUKEE, July 13 (ttf- Temperatures reported in today included: Appletori 111, La Crosse 101, Eau Claire Bay-101, Madispn 101 Rhinelaffder, 107. AVausau Janesville 96, Mahitowoc Su-i perior 95,, Milwaukee 90, Beloit 108 (all time record.) BISMARCK, N. July 13 North Dakota, in the throes of its most critical drought, today turned to conservation pf water, lack of which has ruined three-fourths of the state's grain crop.

Taught by the bitter experiences of this and other drought years, suffering from lack of water, ed crops, dying livestock and dry-, ing wells and waterholes, machinery of federal and state is moving full speed ahead, on scores of projects. Hundreds of dams have been completed or are now being built or planned to up the waste waters of the rolling prairie lands in the drought areas. Lakes which go dry usually, dammed an.d water levels Increased. Mck of water and feed is forcing to out thousands of Ityejfcock. The state game and fish sstunated that 000 wild ducks, or 50 per cent of the local waterfowl, have died because of the drought.

Wells went dry as the water supply gave out, unreplenished by rainfall and insufficient waterholes and lakes. A prediction was made by State WPA Administrator Thomas S. Moodie that every third Dakotan will be on federal relief by spring. The drouth catastrophe that wiped out three-fourths of the state's cash grain crop was cited by Moodie, a former governor, as the force that will thrust men, women and children" on federal support. "In 1934, at the peak of relief, there were 43,000 North Dakota families on federal relief," Moodie said.

"Now estimates are that the peak brought on by present conditions will reach 60,000 families before next one-third of the state population." ious" today. Madison firemen extinguished two such blazes yesterday. A rain of 1.7 inches at Rhineland; er helped hold down brush and forest fires in that area. Mills Shut Down. All outside construction work was halted and several mills shut down at Appleton today because of the heat which reached 111 at noon.

A strong wind at Clover Leaf lake near Clintonville damaged several cottages and felled trees. Nine drownings over the weekend raised the number during the heat wave to 17. Edward Bunch, 21, a farm worker, drowned in Long lake, western Manitowoc county, Saturday. He apparently was seized with cramps. The body was recovered yesterday.

Clifford Wells, 11, of Freedom, drowned late Sunday while swimming in Loon lake near Seymour, Wis. He was hanging onto a which his two small brothers were rowing. Becoming exhausted while swimming across Little Rib lake, Harold Patrick, 31, of Rib Lake drowned Sunday. Point Youth Drowns. Casimir Penkowski, 20, Stevens Point, drowned in the Wisconsin river Sunday.

He waded into deep water and dropped from sight. Edward Kane, 21, of Spring Grove, 111., drowned in Lake Marie, Twin Lakes, Sunday night Kane was floating with an inner tube when it collapsed. He not swim. Robert Phillips, 23, and Gordon Bonus, 22, both of Oxford, drowned yesterday in Parker lake, Adams county. Leroy Smith, 22, of Holmen, drowned in the Black river north of La Crosse late yesterday, and Tony Figarino, 54, of Milwaukee, drowned in Lake Michigan Saturday night.

There were scattered showers in the state yesterday, and a wind" storm uprooted trees at Rhinelander late in the afternoon, but the blistering heat continued to set records in much of Wisconsin. PlattevilJe reported a temperature of 114 yesterday, and then enjoyed a drenching rain that lasted nearly an hour. 110 at Eau Claire. The mercury set an all-time record of 110 at Eau Claire, and reached 109 at Chippewa Falls. er high temperatures were 107 at Janesville, 106 at Wisconsin Rapids and La Crosse, 105 at Phillips and 104 at Oshkosh and Madison.

One name was removed from previous death list whet) rej from Fond du $at Lapine. a casket factory er, had succumbed to tfee proved in error. He was treatment at Fond du Lav however. Deaths attributed yesterday heat, directly or indirectly, ed: Marion Poulspn. 3, Oasfnt; Emma Birtten.

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