The Escanaba Daily Press from Escanaba, Michigan • Page 1

THE ESC AN A BA A II.Y PRESS VOL. XXIII NO. 9. (A ssociated ress eased wire ews ervici ESCANABA, MICHIGAN. SUNDAY, MARCH 29, 1931.

pper ninv ep SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS BURKE WILL FADE TRIAL IN MICHIGAN wee ing Marooned Children Die in Blizzard JSS IN INDUSTRIES State Will Observe April OPENING PLANTS ON SATURDAYS IS COSTLY BY DAVID LAWRENCE (Copyright 1931, by (hr Koronoha I'rraai Washington. Mar. 28. KHiol- Si wart, commissioner of labor watches for the gov eminent what, is happening in the field of wages, and lie says today that the five-day has been receiving considerable momentum ever since the business depression started. His latest figures show that there has been a large net gain in number of industrial a business establishments operating on a five- day week basis.

The lack of sufficient work for five and a half and six days has been largely responsible for the change. In some instances plants have been operating on a threp- dav week basis because they haven't had sufficient orders to keep tip their usual production. AVlien comparing it with three days, especially in cities where plants are numerous and information spreads rapidly on working conditions, the employes who a five-day week consider hem -elves fortunate Question of Pay. Mr. Stewart thinks the majority of the plants that have gone on the five-day basis will keep it up.

though a few rnay go back when conditions are normal Night work and Sunday work will be 11 to a minimum, lie believe. particularly in the toxMIe industry, where it has flourished. (tne factor that is bringing bout the change to a five-day week is the heavy cost of opening plants for a four-hour day on Sat- unlays. The overhead is believed 9 to he in most instances proportionately larger than if the plant were operated an entire day. The idg question in the five- da' week, of course, is what pay the workmen will receiv, Lansing, March 28 (ffy) will observe Monday, April 6 as "Army Hay" with appropriate displays of flags and ceremonies in honor of the United States army.

The day will he observed I throughout the state under the of the Michigan Army i Day committee. Slmllur cere monies will take place throughout the nation. (lovernor Wilber M. Hrtickcr today issued a proclamation eall- ing on the stale to observe the occasion. lie Is honorary chairman the Michigan committee.

Uatlil Utwrmce. BIG PROBLEMS FACING HOOVER President Will He Husv When He Returns to Office Tonight in some cases where there have been payroll cuts the shorter hours have been a compensating factor. Labor turnover is rather low. With so many unemployed ready to fill almost any that becomes available, those with jobs are not changing around or taking chances. Employers are conscious of the cost of replacements.

It is estimated that it costs on the average about $75 to replace the a ker and in the rase of skilled laborer i it Is believed to be much higher. Economic reasons alone are not responsible for tiie low turnover, as It is thought that greater cu- operation between in- st'-ad of and the work-i ni'-n is producing more efficiency. New Motor Car to Be Made In State Rapids, March 28 (JP) The newest member of Michigan's automotive family will go into production Monday. The new addition to the manufacturing plants Is the De Yam Flail Motors corporation which will manufacture the De Vaux-Hall car, a six cylinder automobile. Ten or twelve automobiles will he turned out the first day, Norman De Vaux.

president of the corporation, said today. Washington. March 28 (TP) An accumulation of foreign and domestic problems will confront President Hoover when he re turns to the White House tomorrow night from his Caribbean trip. They include demands for an extra session of congress, differences in his party over farm lief and ways of meeting the treasury deficit, the proposed Austro-dertnan economic union and the silver situation. in addition, hr is scheduled to deliver nine addresses in the next few weeks and considerable time will be required for their preparat ion.

If conditions permit then, it is likely lie will take a more ex tended vacation in his home state of California, with a visit to national parks enroute there and the return trip. Heatisl Controversy The situation arising from the farm board's announcement that will terminate wheat stabilization operations on this crop probably will be the tirst question brought to the president's attention. Tiie decision has stirred up a i heated controversy in the party. Senator Reed of Pennsylvania, i usually an administration sup i porter, has dt manded abolition (of the farm board and western independents have revived the export debenture and equaliza tion fee opposed by the Hoover and Cooltdge administrations. Whether increased taxes, issuance of securities or a reduction in the rate of public debt retirement should be mployed to meet the estimated $700,000,000 deficit on July 1 is another question which has arisen during Mr.

absence. FIVE SUCCUMB DURING STORM; 15 NEAR DEATH DRIVER OF STALLED BUS FOUND DEAD ALONG ROAD Towner, March 28 Physicians battled desperately to night to save the lives of fifteen! children, suffering from pneumonia or severe frost bile which already, lias exacted a toll of six lives from a Inis load of liool children, nin rootled for 36 hours in a blizzard, hope was entertained for the 15 Five of the children died from freezing and exposure and little hope was entertained for the 18' who survived the ordeal in the howling blizzard of Thursday and Friday. Teacher Safe Two airplanes were pressed into service late today to rush five of he victims to a Lamar, lios The were piloted by lack Hart, of Lamar, and Eddie Brooks, of Deliver Nightfall prevented removal of more of the suf to hospital. Recovery of the children now he ing treated at Lamar, and of ten being cared for In their homes or in a Holly, Colo hospital, was problematical. Doctors and nurses refused to coiumn themselves Maude teacher of the Pleasant Hill -cliool, which the children attended, was reported safe today.

found shelter in a farm house after starting to walk to her home after the children loft ti the bus Mary Miller, the bus daugiiter; Orlo Cntiedt, tsmise braker, Robert Brow and Kcnnth Johnson, ranging in age from 8 to I years, wen- the vie tims of the sub-zero weather. Carl Miller, driver of the bus, uni of tlii- six victims, lost his life in a vein effort to obtain help for bis charges His body was found to night less than three miles from the bus, which lie hud abandoned a ter instructing the children ut death from Wanderer Confesses To Killing Family of Six With Ax in 1912 RI LI ETI N. Detroit, 'lari II 2H. IfP) A written riinfrwlon of the 11 n.ve murder of six In jilliSea, lima, signed by 1 Robinson, alias (imrgr Meyers, I 8 a.s made public tonight bj detectives of the homicide squad. repeated and which was ali anonymen, tei ves Ma questioning tirati by receipt of ers, 1 and Karl TRADETREATY NOT NEW IDEA, EXPERT TELLS Canny Canine; He's Mind Reader TURNED DOWN Nl Washington.

WAR OUTBREAK ENTED IN 191 1 Detroit. March 28 (Tib Homicide squad detectives announced tonight that a 4S year old wanderer, now confined in the Wayne county jail awaiting sentence for burglary, con fpssed to them that tie killed six persons with an 1 Villisca. Iowa, in June, 1912. He denied knowledge of the deatli of two other persons found chopped to death in house 19 years ago The man, registered as George Meyers, confessed, they said, after It' is dgliti'l tssiN iiUnl BIG BILL DROPS CIRCUS TACTICS Thompson Staffing Last Campaign Minus Theatrical Touch Fire In Detroit Destroys Build in Detroit, March 28 Fire, starting with an explosion, de -1 stroved a three story building oc cupied by Bernstein Hard- ware company, at 1363 Gratiot avenue, tonight, and an adjoining building burned before firemen could check the spread of the flames. A quantity of ammunition was stored in tin- building and spectators were ndangeied by flying bullets as the fire reached this portion of the stock.

No one was injured The loss was estimated at about $75,000. Chicago, March 28 Tiie master showman of Chicago politics, Mayor William Hale Thompson, is staging his last act in Hie mayoralty arena but comic touch is missing. Instead, it is a serious Mayor Thompson battling for his fourth term gainst Anton Bohemian-born "boss" of Cook county Democracy For "Big win or the curtain will fall after the April 7 election. The ihrice- Republican mayor ha announced tiiis campaign admittedly his hardest Is his last The din and ballyliood typical of all Chicago campaigns has garding swelled in volume. But that har- nations to prevent deatli from I acteristic part oi the 1 hompson freezing is missing the circus.

Miller left the Towner school at Ixiop theatres, daily tloz- 1 ft 30 last Thursday morn-! mootings sprinkled ing when the school was dosed he 1 with charges of bigotry and "gold coast deals" as 1 iie iandi dates into 11 filial ten days of the most intense battle of their political careers. Already, close to a thousand hours of radio addresses, harmony broadcasts and dramatizations have been wirelessed into the homes, The mayor still fights his own fighl his factional leaders only allies Former- a Charles S. organization is a political mummy. Leaders who supported Judge John Lyle in the primary art' (onspiiu ous by their absence. Staid Senator Lewis, once more the fighting Ham" of old commands tiie battery of Cennak gi tiers.

cause of the storm. Less than three miles away (in' driver was unable to see abend in the snow and attempted to turn hack. His bus struck a fence post and stalled. Until early yesterday morning! Miller remained with the children, then started out afoot to summon I help. Die of Exposure Snow covered up his tracks and he never readied a telephone.

During the day three children died of exposure. Others became hysterical and one boy accidentally knocked out a window of the bus. In an effort to keep warm, the lill- (Continued on Page Two) I Anderson said, told them he re- 2,000 from a stranger fore ho eomnittteed the murders, but that an additional $5,000 which hud been promised was refused after the crime. Denied Accusations The anonymous letter reached the detective hortly after Meyers whs nnvift.Mi February 1 -H iwsm P.mi burglary lie had been trapped in IVrUu a suburban residence and pleaded guilty to the charge. The letter ambassador to crmanv and viis said VOII will go to the Wavne tria leading authority on foreign county Jail and interview a man named Mevers vou will learn some 1 1 thing about a murder in VaUisen.

A.istrn Iowa. 19 'ears ago a particularly horrible murder." old and consummation At first, the detectives said. Mey- originally was prevented by th. answered their questions in a out hi oak of w.ii bantering spirit, that Pierian 1 1 bad been in Vallisea. He told 1 Kate to the International bain them that be had wandered about 1 and a torolgn for more than twenty years and trade i --1 for the had been in a great many Jails but Industrialists league "vou can't pm something on me Ini with being its author, lie is vi a town where never been I here to confer with to i mat Communication with Sheriff John! Industrialists relatlvi to tin pro C'nnkel at Red Dak.

Iowa, gained posed ai-cord for the detectives information that "As far hack as 1912. 1 was the axe murders had been cotn- quested to ubmtt an expert mltted. but even the sheriff was port on a customs union of tin rather hazy about details, they said. Austro Hungarian monarch' with The ib'te, fives then re questioned Rumania and Serbia hut Meyers, using the names of Mr and feelers showed a union of sen- Mrs Joseph Moore, who with tlucr I Daily Agrari an countries would four children and two daughters of result in such an overproduction Joe StIIHnger were killed in an axe of fnnn products as to ruin the I murder on the night of June 9, 1912. farmers Tills afternoon, Rickman ami An saw that part deraott said, Meyers broke down i to an i customs mi land to tjieni All right, you guys industrial no use going on with this countries, in oHx-r 'lords that I got the right He then must look ro the west to a they said, admitted the killings and country Germany for a part gave Dm promise of $5,000 as the wh'u ahsorli our agricul motive tural surplus confession, as related hv the stmt.si I nuu detectives, waa a wlerd story Mey ,914 things hud advanced was quoted as saying that ho (() ill a saloon in Kansas City in )ht, Kf.u ttH Was to dis June, 1912, when he ht.

wjth hn.1 just gotten out of jail. A lnaI1K But Sarajevo and the out stranger he said, him bn.a] and told him that would pay, $5.000 to anybody who wm.i.l kill ugUHns 20 family in alllsca. there yH was no shooting, as shooting would fertod hoonor is to An tria make too much noino id Li. rmaiiy hoping suid. tho stranger nod him in I.

fit iw, lopo that Hi land mln- II son. pointod out the family he iiiii i i 1 st or of raiio- plans for an i witched wiped out and paid in onomir union oi all would I an axe and 1 entered the reolized or at least that sono I house about midnight," was 01 nations mor- as saving, and "killed them than ani1 would ajj create a unified economic area said he had served a "Only when all Hop an early in Ohio for hurelurv. realization of these plans failed ani tricks "Bozo ilesi i anlne In this city for niany a dav. is the only said to be able to read his man- i A a -k Il im a it Is "thought a erred" and immediati- answered. In a recent strut ion for Senator Fletcher at the a 11 a I.

ubtraeted and did MURDER CHARGE WAITING FOR GUNMAN IS St. Joseph Mo An mi with machine "America most Inal." Fred Burk March 2' dor car Inistlii un will ret dangerous rim to Michigan he trial policeman Gov. Hear souri today signed which will deli ve wholesale todv of Ht. Joseph. i Caulfield of ml the into reputed office; charged CLERK DETAILS MURDER SCENE McFarland Testifies But Fails to Identify Men Held As Assassins IK roit.

March 28 i (g McFarland's long awaited story of the assassination oi Gerald Buckley, as saw it. was In Recorder's court today at the trial of Ted Rizzino, Joe marito and Livecchi, the tlirt'e men indicted for slay ing. McFarland hail been in virtual hiding he was identified with case as a witness late last summer. Early on morn ing of July 28 was on duty at desk ill Hie lohbv of Hie La as night clerk and from that vnmo. point wit- associates of Fatrolman Skelly.

whom Burke is with slaving Chicago officers disappointed in their hope of returning gunman Illinois to stand (rial for machine gun tmissacr of seven George (Bugs I Moran gang sters St day. 1929. of fcri'il cooperate with Michigan in Burke's prosecution Life Maximum. A life sentence In the penitentiary Is the maximum that can be Imposed on Burke us th. Michigan is" does not provide for capital punishment.

Harry Ditohbnrne. a si.stant state's attorney of Cook countv Illinois, said "We will satisfied with Governor decision We first. Init Michigan filed its requi sit ion first." offeru! to augment Hie Michigan officers who will guard Burke by the addition of five liicago defei't ives v. ho are here. Informed of the action of Governor Caulfield, prisoner dis played the chav- ai (eristic of him 1 Thursday morning in the farm hi'iise of father t.w.

fi'itcr. near Milan, "Is that so?" inquir wli' iit told lie was going to Mich igan. "Wdl. when do we start?" It was uncertain lien officers would leave with Tiie armored car with of officers, halted at Mai toward St Jo that extraditionhad crew Mo upon been nesn a ing. ne WH 8 abie Rive a ci of slaying, MeFarland was unable to identl- fy any of tlio defendants as ruen he saw enter lobby and siioot Huckley to death.

itilissil hy Harry spe S. Toy and other attor neys, MeFarland told how had grunti been standing rack at eating a lunch at ubout 1 Iti a. tu. night of in bis slaying. liow liad been elude to Buckley in was lobby reati ing a newspuper and how he had looked a minute before ahooting to men enter liotel, from Adelaide door.

witnusH said ot men stopped at rigar otliers to ni' mentality? Burke -ho' th chair. of these physician t.iss-ls Ili-- 225 pound gunman loll cell, lilanketed alioir ex the gaze of the curious, li there by Dr Ailli.m St. Joseph physician. and Charles Byrd, head for the treatment i tal diseases. They pronoun alleged killer of high after a brief i "Did you come In re to xamii uic III the 'a lit Mey.

prison term beginning in summer set burglary, 1919 and ending lust also suhl lie formerly Eastern Grappler Breaks West Trust Ex-Ban ker Awaits lotion of Court YV FATHER LAKE MICHIGAN Fresh northwest winds, possibly strong at times; cloudy Sunday, probably preceded hv snow flurries. LOWER MICHIGAN Snow flurries Sunday with somewhat in north. UPPER MICHIGAN -Occasional snow Sunday: Monday generally fair; not much change in temperature. At High Last 7 P. M.

lit Hours ESCWABA 27 27 Today Alpena Marquette 28 4fi MemphIs 42 2 4 Milwaukee 38 4 0 48 Cincinnati 5 2 New Orleans 58 Cleveland 60 New York 46 Denver 42 Port Arthur 2 Detroit. 56 St. Louis 3 4 Duluth 84 St. Paul 3 4 Evansville 4 2 Salt Lake 40 Galveston 5 6 Frisco 6 8 Grand Rapids 50 Son Mich. 28 Jacksonville 7 8Trimpn 78 Kansas 06 Washington r.o Ludington 40 White River 2C Miami 76 Winnipeg 24 House Has Right To Expel Member Lansing.

March 28 (Tpi Attorney General Paul W. Voorhies ruled today that the state house of reprc sentatives lias the right to expel Representative Walter Kanur, of Hamtramck. if tt so desires. Representative Kanar is facing federal churges of perjury In connection with his naturalization ten years ago. The opinion from the attorney general was asked hy Representative Claude W.

Coats, of Munising, a member of special house committee investigating Kanar's case. Indian Congress Okehs Truce Treaty Karachi, India. March 28 A resolution approving the Delhi pact between Mahatma Gandhi and Vice roy Irwin was passed by the All- India congress committee today, Insuring compete victory for the aged Tills resolution and others framed by the working committee of the congress and adopted by tho All- India committee are certain to be automatically passed by all the do) tomorrow Providence, L. March 28 (TPi For tiie first time since the organization of the National Ool- logiuti'li'giate Wrestling assoeia tion. four years ago, one of its championships was bestowed on an eastern college grappler bore tonight at the Brown gymnasium The cowboys from Oklahoma A.

and M. us they have been doing since 1 928, took tho major allures of Hie titles, winning half of the division competitions, 155. and 175 pound classes. Three other championships wen' distributed among Iowa State, Kansas Stale Aggies and Northwestern. John Engel, captain of Lehigh mat team and runner up in the intercolleglates, dented the west's domination of this sport hy scoring a tlonal fall on Jesse Arends of Iowa State Teachers, in the 118 pounds finale.

Poured Wine On Graves Of Dead He Tells Judge Hammond, March 28 (TP) Ell R'ogula, East Chicago, charged with possessing 70 gal Ions of wine, explained it tins way: see. Judge, take it eacli Sunday to tiie cemetery and put a little on the graves of my old people so they will have some thing to "What will they do now?" asked Judge Smith. "Well, they Just won't get any. all," said Ell. to explain it was Just 1 an old Serbian custom.

The Judge continued the rase I Detroit March 28 (yP) Alleged to have embezzled between 10 ,000 and $15.000 from Ameri- 1 'iiti State bank of Highland Park, which lie was branch manager, Alexander E. Oruenberg tonight awaited the action of the circuit court Arraigned before Justice of the P'uce George L. Badder to da' the former banker pb'aded guilty to embezzlement ot $7.900 from the bank. His alleged defalcations extended over veral years, bank officials suid was In Mb hlgun prison Meyers said he had never been able shake from his mind the visions of six persons lie had killed, in 1 Ids years of wandering and expreBsed relief, once his wan told that it was off lit mind. Youths Escape From County Jail Bay City, March 28 Bay Cifv Post of Michigan state police received a rad message at 4o p.

m. Haturdu' that four youths escaped from Hit Alpena county Jail. Shortlv after, another radio message reported theft of ui automobile. It is believed Hie youths made their in the stolen nr Tho escaped prisoners it John Annoti. 17.

Donald Ander son, 18 Wilfred Girard, 1 arid. Freeman Barteau, 18 we decide to makt ntng on a limited scab countries. to entente fears customs union merelv some deep, hidden pL ialtst expansion by In-gill wo Fokker Loses Thrill Of Flying Airplanes COHN I Service Writer Vow York lost love of women because he devoted bis mind and time to machinery! lie made millions, but lost the taste for money save for its value in bolstering ambitious dreams! He rose from a self-taught flier to a domo of the a'iation Industry, but he lias lost the thrill of flying and today uses a plane only when he wants to get some where in a hurry. Having had a speaking acquaintance with death a dozen times, tie now finds ironi cat fears trailing his flying efforts. Such are some of the hidden sidelights in the life of Anthony Fokker, who at the age of 4 1 has set out, he admits, to be the Ford of the airways.

He wants to cap- ture control of the aviation in-, diistrv. Taught Himself I These sidelights are to 1" m. in an extremely candid liumar document which lies at ment In the office of a New Yolk publishing house and which will appear between the covers of i book tith'd, Flying Du'ch man," early in April, From a iad in the li town of Haarlem, Holland, build ing tils own crude craft and teaching himself to fly. has passed through it hmidr-c strange experiences to reach present status. "Then," he relates, "I wantcn merely to a successful tiler I became that, and then wanted to be a manufacturer.

After that if that the represents for imper this jean ho refuted no better than by 'racing historically the u-tonis i union idea. "The initiative came from Austrian side. If Germany and Austria merge their areas exporting countries like United States can only profit thereby, for the larger the urea to which exports are shippe bet ter. Mass production or mass consumption aro possible only in large economic units. America enti fell far less to a group of poor, Htiinl 1 states than to large.

I prosperous economic unit increased Taxes Sought by Leaders Washington. Mui'li 28 Sentiment for a tax to meet a prospective 70 1 treasury deficit new strength today from and independent Republicans At name time Hepre-eiita live Crowther of New York, a Republican member of and means committee, I Hie opinion of administration leaders on both sides spi tal that no increase would necessary. "Tiie deficit is not alarming "I think the ut can situation. Senator Hull, Ton uessee. said "the huge and almost unimaginable deficit" "as greatest ever undci conditions and "is due 1 inoro of tiie numerous and blunders of tho Hoover ministration in the management of government finances." WIN STATE Madison, March 28 Wisconsin high of Madison won the Mate high school btc hamplonship tonight by two a moment and then fired a shot.

Immediately, both men opened and Buckley slumped forwanl in his chair. McFarland lie waited to no but dropped out of siglit behind tiie desk. McFarland's story of Hi- entry of the gurumn that told Tbursda' by Robert J.n'k son. negro porter at the McFarland said men who actual shooting was short but well built while the other tall Jackson scribed men but also added that the man was Bommarito ami tin tall man Bit ales Admitted Of Murder Charge mentality cannot in Hr Bentz replied former Bon country girl he mar ago. gr et tb.p hu-- to broker.

Hillsboro. Nelson millionaire, bis former Ml Bow les and Mis eerotary. ted murder today by of Bow matron. The hour and and pared leave Neither (lient. i lia rg Ira iv ere Jury nt prom in jury yas minutes Miss Lou Hillsboro make ai Indictments on a am still 2 8.

(TP) irtlami. Lo tick acquit of Mrs. societ mt but "Vom qU estioned nie Porter lied a yea band she real estate The prisoner roach the bars, drew his wif kissed lu severn 1 time dry and unemotional I want some money." li "I need "Will I husband asked Dropping was Richard F. man signed an order which wife $825 i hrough him and She was th fiction that In White. Hie gun U.

Bur ko" released tu hi St. Fr of th Burk most law reach conq tiered brist ling Michigan I'I'H i Joseph, March 2 Michigan, scene of exploits that gave stigma of "Ann iangeroua 8 many Fred idea's tin tonight to tin killer with an armored car with said they proh- wmi id on trig Racine I to 19 Pari, ks pre- at tatutory: against liti'iu init in ahsem of state uttorneys it was not possibie hi ni wliat wonhl taken in Miiit mattor. I nidentified Man Found tn Diteli Harbor. Marcii 2 8 (TP Vpp urently vietila of a murder, body of un minienti liuiu shot Unies in iH'Ck was found in a water diteli Ave inlles north of bere. A quarter of mile north of Un- body un automobili- witli in terlor riddled hy bullets was found wrecked tn a diteli The car Michigan 9- cenHe plates whicli Detroit informed Uoroner G.

Yeisley, Rad been iesued to i Gewyer, Detroit L'ffoi re to womuii Goroiier Yeigley In iicves man was slain in car and body thrown into dttch. ably would not leave before morrow or Monday St. Joseph. Muli where Burk stands- harg with the slaving of Poi'cnian Gharb- Skelly in 1929 trial in Berrien unit' is expected to be short. Prosi'cu- Gunningham believes he has strong against gangster If convicted Burke will he liable to life Imprisonment Be I client Bon uses Are Aired In Court Newark, N.

March 2S. sharing plan father Charles M. Schwab, the st. master under which the thU Steel corporation has distrih uted large bonusos to a number of executives, was defend od today tin answer a suit of minority stockholders To th suit by Hi non M. Ward othar s'ockholdnrH seeking fo have ail or of tiir bonus to the corpora: op latter replied Hn arc not and 1 fbe right plain lo hr ig or naii vhv suit.".