The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 12, 1930, Page 1

4 North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper ESTABLISHED 1873 SHARP CUTS MADE BY BUDGET BOARD IN APPROPRIATIONS Slash Three-Quarters of Million From Requests of N. D. Institutions WOULD SPEND LESS MONEY Tax Cut Appears Possible if * Legislature Acts on Sug- gestions Made Budget requests of state institu-' tions for the next biengium were slashed nearly in half—from $9,423,- 030.39 to $5,279,648—in recommenda tions drawn up by the state budget board, according to figures announced today by John Steen, state auditor and ex-officio board secretary. The amount allowed to the state institutions by the last legislature for the 1929-1931 - biennium totalled $6,007,623.64. of state ents Requests departm« were cut from $3,042,330.51 to $2,916,- 162. The 1929 legislature a - ed $3,023,443.32 for the present bien- nium. Appropriations requested from the general and special funds for all gov- ernmental and Ci a ris aggregate $13,635,349.90, wi je board pared down to $9,441,138.24, or nearly $1,000,000 less than the bien- nial appropriations voted by the last legislature. The budget board therefore slashed $4,194,211.66 from the various re- quests for appropriations and if its recommendations are tapes by bn legislature, lor 1931-1933 biennium will be approxi- matély one million dollars less than the funds provided for the present biennium by the 1929 legislature. Recommendations of the . board, drawn up after an investigation of needs of the various state depart- ments and institutions will be placed before the legislature when it meets in January. Members of the board are Governor George F. Shafer, chairman; State Auditor Steen, Attorney General James Morris, Representative D. L. Peters, Wolford, chairman of the house appropriations committee, and Senator P. T. Kretschmar, Venturia, who succeeded Senator E. H. Brant, chairman of the senate appropria- tions committee, who resigned his ex- officio post as a member of the bud- get board. Both state institutions and state departments asked for a total ap- propriation of $12,465,360.90 for the biennium, but the board allowed $8,294,210.24. The last legislature al- lowed for the present biennium $9,031,066.96. Besides these appropriations, there are $98,000 in standing appropria- tions from the general fund over which the budget board has no con- trol. These include $85,000,000 for an (Continuea on page eleven) WOULD CUT DOWN ON LIQUOR LAW STORIES Woodcock Recommends Taking Enforcement Publicity Off Front Pages ‘Washington, Dec. 12.—()—Prohibi- tion Director Woodcock would like to take prohibition enforcement entirely off the front pages of newspapers. He is planning now a thoroughly military structure for his enforcing machine, including en Sreer rating system for agents. Just what he values as efficiency was indicated yesterday in the issuance of a citation to two Oklahoma agents who got their men, under difficulty, without Dloods'wd. But no Christmas drive, no caimret raiding, for him. Just day in and day out pressure against commercial violators is the way he the | been: THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER ‘12, 1930 Find Five Bodies of Haven ___ Family; Expect Confession _$9,441,138.24 Budget Recommende CHARLES £. SHAFER, ‘Santa Claus Safe After Battling in Snowstorm aaa county, pictured above. ment Institute banquet in 4-H boys and Ask Public to Continue Contri butions to ‘Open Your Heart’ Campaign With the demand heavy for mate- rial already collected, Bismarck’s American Legion post today asked the public for additional help in fur- clothes and other supplies to the unfortunate of the city and county. i 4 considerable supply of goods has accumulated in the headquar- Main but is be! feducéd more rapidly than it is bane because replenished of the heavy de- mand, Milton Rue, chairman of the “Open Your Heart” campaign said Tomorrow, Rue said, boy scouts will make a canvass of the city in effort to collect discarded and dam- aged toys. These will be repainted or repaired, if possible, by prisoners at the state penitentiary under an agreement reached by the Legion with Warden C. C. Turner. “Iam convinced that we are doing some’ real good,” Rue said. “We are trying to give only to those persons who really need help and are not parceling out material at random. Anyone who contributes to this project can be assured that it will be used for a worthy purpose.” Articles solicited by the Legion, in addition to money, are food, cloth- ing, shoes, fuel, canned goods, toys, nuts, candy or other articles which may contribute to a merry Christ- mas for the unfortunate. These items need not be new but should be in usable conditions. Two Die When Chicago Gang War Is Resumed Chicago, Dec. 12—(7)—A fusillade of shots and the roar of an automo- \bile engine signalized the apparent! resumption early today of gangland warfare, quiescent for a month or more. To well-dressed young men were the victims. Both had been shot in déath. Police said they were identi- fied as Rudolph Mareno, 24, and John Thomasulo, 28, alias George Mayo, adding that Mayo had police records in Buffalo, N. Y., and Rochester, Ind. A lonely highway in the Evergreen Park district was the scene of their assassination. Mrs. Martha Van Woerden of Crown Point, Ind. a guest in the home of Joseph Klemp, 8 truck farmer, heard the shots and the roar of the motor of an automo- bile. A few minutes later Theodore Wierama, a resident of Evergreen Park, en route home in his car found the bodies beside the road. ANOTHER MINNEAPOLIS VICTIM Minneapolis, Dec. 12.—(#)—Minne- apolis’ traffic death toll for 1930 rose to 82 as Louis Labissoniers, 45, died at General hospital from injuires suf- fered Wednesday. Missouri Slope Residents Outstanding ‘Tribute was paid hundreds of North Dakota 4-H. club leaders with the) recognition Dec. 10 of the two outstanding leaders pictured above, Mrs. P. P. Bliss, McKenzie, Burleigh county, and Francis L. Haibeck, Steele, Kidder ‘This honor was extended at the annual Achieve- which was attended by more than 400 ‘ls, and many of their leaders, LEGION REPORTS DEMAND FOR (GOODS IS GROWING HEAVIER ra Mouse Raises Havoc | |, At Women’s Meeting| London, Dec. 12.—(-- Miss Ishbel MacDonald, daughter of the prime minster, addressing @ women’s dinner here last night, was interrupted by the sudden appearance of @ mouse fleeing from a cat. Some of the women Jaughed but many hastily wrapped their long skirts around their knees and pulled their feet up under them on-their chair seats: The cat chased the mouse un- der the women’s chair for the en- tire length of the table and calm ‘was not restored until both dis- appeared. BREIUNG JURY IS UNABLE 10 AGREE Grand Forks Manslaughter Case Is Set for Retrial in January Grand Forks, N. D., Dec. 12.—(?)— The jury in the trial of Chris Brei- ung, 28, Grand Forks bricklayer, on @ manslaughter charge today was dis- charged at 3:20 a. m. after failing to agree on a verdict. The case was reset for trial during the. January, 1931, district court term. Judge A. T..Cole, Fargo, who pre- sided, remained in his chambers all night to receive the verdict but dis- banded the jury when the foreman reported there was no prospect of an ent. Breiung was charged with man- slaughter in connection with the death of Peder Tweton, Hatton, who was fatally injured in an automobile accident south of Grand Forks Sept. 2. The state alleged that Brejung’s negligence caused the accident H. G. Owen, state's attorney-elect, il te Prosecutor at Breiung’s next ri Sioux City Grocer Is Killed by Two Bandits Sioux City, Iowa, Dec. 12.—(P)— Louis Friedman, 36, was shot and killed in his grocery store early today by two armed bandits during an at- tempted holdup. When Friedman refused to throw up his hands one of the bandits slug- ged him over the head with a black- jack. Friedman, however, continued GOVERNOR'S FATHER, IS DEAD AT SHAFER Complications Incident to Ad- vanced Age Cause Death of State Pioneer FUNERAL IS NOT ARRANGED Attempting to Inform Governor, Who Is en Route Here From Washington Schafer, N. D., Dec. 12—()— Charles E. Shafer, 80, father of Gov- ernor George F. Shafer, died today at his home here of complications in- cident to advanced age. Mr. Shafer had suffered for the last several years from a diabetic condition and his health had been failing until a few days ago when he was forced to his bed. Governor Shafer is en route home from Washington and his office at Bismarck was trying to get in touch with him this afternoon. It is \thought probable he will come here direct from’ Washington. Charles Shafer was rej to have started by automobile from Hillsboro and will pick up the gov- ernor’s wife at Bismarck and bring her here. Funeral Is Delayed Funeral ements will be de- layed pending the arrival of the gov- ernor or advices from him. Although widely known as the father of Governor George F. Shafer, Charles ©. Shafer.had to dis- tinction in his own rig! ety He wasone of the last of that band of pioneers which invaded the West when the Indian still was an active jventure in his blood to enjoy life on the plains. He was the first white man to settle in what is now McKenzie county and continued as a rancher in that dis- trict until the time of his death. Mr. Shafer was born in New York state, Feb. 8, 1850, and came to the Red River Valley in 1876. He went to Bismarck the next year and then went to Miles City, Mont. He hunt- ed and trapped along the Missouri fiver for several years and in 1880 became post trader at Glendive, gov- ernment troops being stationed there at that time. In 1882 he came back to North Dakota settling on a ranch near Dickinson and in 1884,he settled in McKenzie county on the banks of the Missouri river. Shortly after he discovered some springs near the present town of Schafer, McKenzie county seat, which was named after him, and settled there. The town- site includes a part of this home ranch. In 1686 Mr. Shafer married Eva Diehm, daughter of another pioneer who had settled in Western North Dakota. Governor Shafer, his eldest child, was born Nov. 23, 1888, on & ranch northeast of Dickinson. In 1890 he moved his family to the ranch which he had established in McKen- zie county and the future governor grew to manhood there. In 1892 Charles H, Shafer was born. He is 8 practicing attorney at Hillsboro, Traill county. Fred Shafer, who operates the home ranch for his father, was born in 1894 and his only daughter, Mrs, E. R. Farrell, Grand Forks, was born in 1903. Continued Raising Cattle When the big cattle companies left the country during the nineties be- cause the settlers were encroaching on the open range, Mr. Shafer con- tinued on his home property and adapted himself to changing condi- tions. He became a farmer, too, al- though he still retained his liking for cattle and continued to raise some livestock as long as he was ac- tive in the management of the home to struggle and the other bandit shot | property. him between the eyes. The bandits fled in an automobile. Man Knows Enough to Outline Plan For Getting Power Out of Sunshine New York, Dec, 12.—(7)—Dr. Rob- A. Millikan, the physicist, sald to- science already knows enough to “| outline a method of getting power Six ‘Pops’ Enable Man to Leave Jail ee Evanston, I, Dec 12—(#)--A sharp explosive a free man. “No use holding him,” ex- plained Lieut. Carl Ekman, “be- cause what blew up was the evi- dence, namely six bottles of home brew.” | this will be done oil sources are ex- address before the bottled, in coal and oil in by-gone ages, and this reserve will do for us and our children, but what then? ‘The answer is here, and it ts not | hopeless one. “It is this—there is enough energy ‘When his son was inaugurated gov- ernor in 1929, Mr. Shafer was an in- terested spectator. Together with his lifelong friend John W. Goodall, he was given a place of honor on the rostrum from which his son delivered his inaugural address. The appearance of the two pioneers sent us each day by the sun for all from the sun in a day as much heat as is produced by all the coal burned in 24 hours throughout “Further, we' now ready to be able from utilizing sunshine directly now. We are not likely to utilize it appre- clably so long as coal and oll and gas are as abundant and accessible as ” now.’ in the house chamber where the in- augural ceremony was held, was the signal for a spontaneous demonstra- tion of enthusiasm by the audience. ‘This was generally interpreted at that time as not only a tribute to the two pioneers themselves but a tribute to their comrades of the old West who had long since passed into the shadow. x ETS AST: More Contribute to Legion’s Xmas Fund Twenty dollars was added to the American Legion's Christmas cheer fund by contributions an- nounced today. Persons desiring to contribute to this effort to bring cheer to the unfortunate of Bismarck afid Burleigh county at the holiday season are asked by the Legion to send their contributions to ite Christmas committee. The vet- earns have pledged themselves to use the money only for the pur- poses indicated. The position of the fund today follows: Previously contributed. Bill_ Furness.. B. E. Hite! A Friend. John C. Spare R. Van Neste. MORCK WATCHES AS ATTORNEYS SELECT JURORS FOR TRIAL Alleged Slayer Holds Child on Knee as Murder Case Opens in District Court Drawn and pale from the strain of an, near Sterling last September. At noon today court officials were uncertain as to whether additional talesmen would be called. ‘The case was opened early yester- day before a courtroom packed with interesting spectators. Morck’s 27-year-old wife sits at his side during the proceedings while he holds in his arms an infant son, one of his six children, all of whom are under the age of nine." Probably the most interested spec- tators in the entire court were Stephan’s widow and daughter and a son, who is himself an attorney. Morck manifested deep interest in the movements of attorneys, both for the defense and for the state, inter- Tup' occasionally to offer sug- gestions and pausing now and then to quiet his son whose childish prat- tle was the only light note in an otherwise solemn atmosphere. B. F. Tillotson and Alfred Zuger are representing the defendant and State’s Attorney George 8. Register and Attorney General James Morris are counsel for the state. Indications are that the jury will be completed this afternoon and that presentation of evjdence will begin late today. DRISCOLL MAN DIES FROM HEART DISEASE Funeral Services to Be Conduct- ed From Driscoll Commu- nity Hall Sunday E. W. Wakefield, 71, well known farmer of Driscoll, died suddenly ‘Thursday at 7 a. m. from heart dis- ease. * Wakefield was born March 10, 1859 at Forest City, Minn. For the last 25 years he has lived in Driscoll. He has been a cream buyer, game war- den, and mail carrier for 11 years. , In 1835 he married Addie Peters at their marriage they ern Minnesota where he lived until his wife's death. her death he moved to Driscoll, where he later married Mrs. Mathilda Gus- tafson, Ryder, N. D. Wakefield had the distinction of being the third white child born in Meeker county, Minn. He leaves his widow; five sons, Herbert of Spruce Lake, Canada; Lee of Norbury, Canada, Tom of Galt, Ont., Canada, Clair, British Colum- bia, Canada, and Donald of Minne- apolis, Minn.; one daughter, Mrs. Emil Lee, Litchfield, Minn.; two sis- ters Luella Shriner, Chicago, Ill, and Mrs. C. E. Smith, Williston, N. D.; one brother, Lee Wakefield, Lynwood, Calif.; and 16 grandchildren. Funeral services will be held from the community hall at Driscoll Sun- day at 3 p.m. Rev. Lars Foss, Dris- coll, will officiate. PETTERS TO BE REVEALED Big Rapids, Mich. Dec. 12—(7)— Names of coeds at Ferris Institute caught petting are to be revealed at public essemblies, President Wells D. ‘White announces. Rescues Eskimo Family From Wolves and Will Bring Them to Bismarck Santa Claus is found again. Lost yesterday somewhere in the wilds of northern Canada, the ruddy old gentleman turned up today at Le Pas, Manitoba after a long and hazardous trip from Fort Nelson, British Columbia, ‘With him were Tautak, an Eskimo, together with Igaluk and Ertak, Tau- tak’s wife and child, and an Eskimo dog team. The menner in which he found Tautak and his family is one of the most thrilling chapters of his long journey from the North Pole to visit the boys and girls of Bismarck and the Missouri Slope area, according to @ dispatch from The Tribune's spe- cial correspondent at Le Pas. Blinding Snowstorm Hits Sweeping through Northern Al- berta, Santa Claus said, he encoun- tered a blinding snowstorm which made progress difficult and caused even Blitzen, his wonderful lead reindeer, to lose the way. ‘When the weather finally cleared he heard sharp barking in the dis- tance and later came upon the Eski- mo family surrounded by a pack of wolves. Tautak had run out of am- munition and his situation was des- erate. Santa Claus’ arrival drove the wolves away and Tautak offered to guide Santa Claus here to show his gratitude. The offer was accepted and later it was agreed that Tautak and his family should accompany Santa Claus to Bismarck to help care for the reindeer during his visit to North Dakota’s capital city. This, it was explained, will give Santa more time to talk and visit with the chil- dren of the city and from all parts of the Missourl Slope country who are expected to come here to see him. Tired out after his long trip, Santa Claus said he would make the rel- atively short journey to Winnipeg today or tomorrow and woul arrive in Bismarck Monday. Preparations for his reception were made by an Association of Commerce committee which met yesterday. A parade will be held at 12:30 p. m. Monday in which Santa Claus will head a procession of school children. Starting from Santa Claus’ camp in the Northern Pacific park it will pro- ceed west on Main avenue to second street, thence north to Broadway, then East to Ninth street; thence north to Rosser avenue, west on Ros- ser avenue to Fifth street and south on Fifth street to. the starting point. 3,000 Children Expected Approximately 3,000 children are expected to be in line. An additional celebration will be held at 7:15 o'clock Monday evening at the N. P. Park when school chil- dren of the city will gather to inspect the camp. They will sing three Christmas songs under the direction of Clarion Larsen, who was visiting the schools today to teach the chil- dren the songs. Santa Claus will give an interview to a Tribune representative on con- ditions at the North Pole at 5:45 o'clock Monday evening. This will be broadcast over KFYR. This will be in the nature of greetings to the children of Bismarck and the Mis- souri Slope. At 6:30 p. m. Tuesday he will broadcast a farewell talk on the radio. . Cuba Calm Over Its Internal Troubles Havana, Dec. 12—(7)}—Cuba went about its business today with no out- ward indication that the constitution had been suspended from one end of the island to the other. Police re- mained in charge but there had been no necessity for calling out troops, although the country is virtually un- der martial law. Street gatherings are forbidden, largely as a result of yesterday's dis- turbances in which one man was fa- tally wounded, The Weather Mostly cloudy tonight and Saturday, No Guster thane in temperature. PRICE FIVE CENTS d\Remains Found In Cattle Barn On Home Place Bannon Tells Where Gruesome Remains Are Located; Digging for Body of Mother Under Way; One Child's Body Dismembe: d Williston, N. D., Dec. 12—(AP)—Solution of the murder and disappearance of six members of the A, E, Haven family near Watford City neared completion today. Thursday afternoon the body of a three-month-old infant was found. Last night the bodies of Haven, his sons Daniel, 19, and Leland, 16, were dug up from beneath a cow-stable and to- day the; were digging anew for the body of Mrs. Haven and the remains of the three-year-old son, Charles, whose feet and legs were found buried with the bodies of his father and older brothers. Bannon Will Be Charged with Murder ‘The bodies were recovered by following directions given by Charles Bannon, 22, neighboring farm hand, who is held in jail here and who will’ be charged with murder in connection with the crime. After a long grilling today, Bannon, who previously had contended that Mrs. Haven had killed the other members of her family and had taken her three-year-old son and disappeared, told where the body of Mrs, Haven. would be found. A party, headed by Coroner Harry Larson, McKenzie county, imme- diately left for the Haven place to dig for it. Bodies, Limbs Found Under Floor of Barn Gruesome Fate of Haven Family Revealed to Horror-Strick- en Onlookers Watford City, N. D., Dec. 12—(P)— To A. J. Knox, Williston attorney re- tained to defend Charles Bannon on a charge of embezzling the property of the A. E. Haven family, is being given the credit for inducing the young man to reveal the whereabouts of bodies killed in North Dakota's most gruesome murder mystery of re- cent years. Bannon was arrested on the embez- zlement charge, but much of the questioning had to do with the dis- appearance of the Haven family, missing since last February. At noon Thursday, when the hear- ing recessed, Bannon was taken into @ conference with his mother, Rev. J. K. Meyers of the Watford City Pres- byterian church, and his attorney. For an hour and a half the four talked-behind closed doors, with the mother, attorney, and minister plead- ing with Bannon that if he knew anything concerning the Havens’ whereabouts to tell them. After much persuasion, during which prayers were offered by the minister, Bannon tersely announced that the three-months-old Haven in- fant, a girl, was buried in a refuse pile near Cherry Creek, close to the Haven barns and granaries. Charged Mrs. Haven Mrs. Haven, he said, during a fit of insanity, had killed the child by trampling on it and the father had buried it. Then, Bannon said, he took the remainder of the family to Williston to flee from the country, naming the date of their departure as last Feb. 10. Bannon’s attorney asked officials for two automobiles to go to the Hav- en farm. Nothing was given out to the public as to the mission but a number of citizens followed the cars and upon arrival at the farm were di- rected to begin digging in the refuse pile. In a short time the remains of me infant were found, embedded in At the direction of McKenzie coun- ty authorities, Bannon’s removal to the county jail was ordered and he was hurriedly taken to Williston and put in a cell. Two hours later Bannon was visited by his attorney. When his counsel | Vaeral walked out of the jail, he carried with him a diagram showing where the bodies of Haven and the two elder sons were buried. To State's Attorney J. 8. Taylor and Sheriff C. A. Jacobson, Knox te- vealed the information obtained from Bannon. Two automobiles were made ready at 9:30 o'clock last night, with (Continued on page sleven) Hollywood Building and Loan Official Admits Misappropriating $8,000,000 Hollywood, Cal., Dec. 12.—Charles A. Whitmore, building and loan com- missioner, announced today defalca- tions totaling several million dollars from the Guaranty Building and Loan association were admitted in a written confession by Gilbert Beese- myer, 45, its secretary-manager. Directors of the association said Beesemyer’s misappropriations might aggregate $8,000,000. They were said to have affected not only the asso- ciation, in which he was a 65 per cent stockholder, but also the North American Bond and Mortgage com- pany and the Guaranty Holding cor- poration, both of Los Angeles. Beese- myer was described as having been @ director of the latter concerns. The confessions, Whitmore said, were given to him and to directors of the association early after which Beesemyer was taken into custody. He was charged with grand theft. Whitmore said the confession dis- closed the most amazing and elab- orate peculations of their kind in California in recent years. Beese- myer said the abstractions were made over a period of nine years. The building and loan association was capitalized at $11,000,000 but of- ficlals said its deposits exceeded that figure. It was allied with the Bank of Hollywood, a relatively new insti- tution, which failed to open its doors Monday. Whitmore said: “The loss is certain tobe very great. While this is the largest defalcation in recent years and comer at a time of unrest, nevertheless it should not be allowed to shake public confidence in the building and loan business.” Whitmore said his department would take charge of the Guaranty Building and Loan association and Uquidate the remaining assets for the benefit, of 20,000 depositors, At 2 o'clock this afternoon search- Bannon was said to hay i thorities he had placed ‘he ‘ond rin @ grave six ae a half fe of obtaining Signs of the remains of Mrae Ban non, According to Bannon’s latest statement, made public by State's Attorney J. 8. Taylor and A. J. Knox, and part of the body. of the three- year-old child. Dug Up and Reburied Bannon told Taylor, the latter said, find it along with the body of Haven. Authorities said they feel i hasbeen definitely established that the child is dead, thus accounting for the entire family which Bannon originally said had gone to Authorities continued their qt Bannon in an effort to obtain fession that be killed the family and to ascertain how together with the details. sald he is certain in his own that Bannon is responsible for all the deaths. Search for the elder Bannon west was intensified today. rant already has been sent leva charging him with embezzle- ment. Today it was revealed that authori- ties learned that the elder Bannon had written to his son from Oswego, Ore., Dec. 2. There were two sheets of paper in «(Continued on page eleven) MORAN IS ACQUITTED OF VAGRANGY COUNT Chicago Jury Finds That ‘Bugs’ Is Successful Business Man in City ‘Waukegan, Ill, Dec. 12—()—The “gangless gang leader” of Chicago, “Bugs” Moran, today stood acquitted of a charge that he is a nt. ‘The “public enemy,” @ classification given Moran by the Chicago Crime commission, was freed of the charge by a Lake county jury after five hours of deliberation last night. Moran shook hands with the jurors and announced his next step would be to “clear yp” another vagrancy com- plaint still pending against him in Chicago and confer with government authorities reported to be investigat- ing his income tax payments. Moran, referred to as the “gangless gang leader” because many of his fol- lowers have been slain, including the seven killed by machine guns in a North Clark street garage a year ago last St. Valentine's day, was pictured by the prosecution as an associate of gangsters with no lawful occupation. The defense described him as 8 suc- cessful business man and property owner, who also dabbled @ bit in stocks. Hospital Will Give Its Babes Insurance Malden, Mass, Dec. 12—()—A pital authorities believe the practice to be unique in this country. CHRISTMAS WEDDINGS FREE New Bern, N. C.,