The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, June 24, 1931, Page 1

North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper ESTABLISHED 1873 THE BISMARCK TRIBUN BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 1931 The Weather "Mostly fair Wednesday night and Thursday; cooler Wednesday night. PRICE FIVE CENTS American Fliers Span Atiantic CLAIM FATHER AND SON WERE ON FARM FOLLOWING SLAYING Four of -State’s 52 Witnesses Take Stand in Crosby Trial This Forenoon YOUNG WITNESS IMPORTANT Prosecution of 55- Year-Old, Father of Lynched Mur- . derer, Is Launched Crosby, N. D., June 24.—()—Prom- ising that it would be shown that James F. Bannon, 55, had a part in the slaying of the Albert E. Haven family of six persons near Schafer on or about Feb. 10, 1930, “so he could secure their personal property,” the state Wednesday began introduction of testimony in the first-degree mur- der trial of Bannon here. During the forenoon session the prosecution got before the jury what it considers one of its most significant portions of evidence, that to the ef- fect that within about 15 hours after the Havens were last seen alive, Ban- non and his son Charles, 22, were up- on the Haven farm in apparent charge of the premises. Charles, in December 1930, con- fessed the Haven murders, declared his father innocent of the crime, and was lynched by a mob at Schafer on January 29, 1930. Four of the 52 witnesses under subpoena for the prosecution occupied the stand during the forenoon ses- sion, these being Dr. P. O, C. John- son, Watford City, who examined the bodies of the Havens after they were exhumed; Harry Larson, McKenzie county coroner, who directed the ex- humation of the bodies after their location had been revealed by-Charles 16-year-old boy who last saw the Havens alive about sundown on Feb- ruary 9, and Robert Fassett, who at times had worked for the Havens and who once was accused by Charles Bannon of having had a part in the murders, an accusation which later was repudiated. ‘Young Witness Important Of all witnesses to be summoned, Fassett is regarded by the prosecu- tion as being one of the most im- portant in its effort to prove Bannon guilty and to send him to the peni- tentiary for life. Dr. Johnson, the first witness called to the stand testified that Albert Haven had met instant death from being struck by a blunt instru- ment on the right side of his tace and skull. Daniel and Leland Haven apparently had died from bullet wounds in their skulls. the witness said. Dr. Johnson said that the skull of Mrs. Haven had been frac- tured. He also testified that the woman’s limbs had apparently been amputated by some kind of a blunt instrument. The testimony of Coroner Larson was similar to that of Dr. Johnson. Ellsworth Swenson testified that he went to the Haven farm about noon of February 9 and waited there until Daniel and Leland came home about two o'clock. He played with them there until about dark, when he went home. Swenson said that Charles Bannon came to the Haven farm about four (Continued on page two) WILLISTON COMPANY WINS RIFLE MATCH Bismarck Guardsmen Are Third in Team Competition at Camp Grafton Devils Lake, N. D., June 24.—(?)— ‘With a score of 1,139, Company E of ‘Williston was named winner of rifie competition in the 164th North Da- kota Infantry at their Camp Grafton encampment, near here. The Williston company’s score de- feated the 1,120 scored by Company K of Dickinson. Company A of Bis- marck was third with 1,106. Ai three companies are in the third battalion Two men, Calvin Christoff, Com- pany A, and Rufus Lee, Company K, tied for the record individual score with totals of 240. They divided a $10 prize. ‘Trophies will be awarded the Wil- Uston and Dickinson companies for first and second places. More men qualified on the rifle range than in any previous competition, according to Major F. Behounek of Grand Yorks, rango officer. Wednesday night the regiment will nonor the memory of Captain George J. Ranes, Service company, Lisbon, who was killed in an airplane cri in southern North Dakota some time ago. Captain Ranes, it is said, was the only officer of the North Dakota regiment who has died since the ‘World war. i A regimental parade will be held, and Captain Ranes’ horse will be draped and led in the parade. ‘Thirty-five members of the reg!- ment will be awarded service medals during ® regimental parade Baad night. i . | bottom. APPOINTMENTS OF | STUDENT OFFICERS Numerous Awards to Be Made | to Those Showing Proficiency at C. M. T. Camp Announcement of appointment of student officers and a list of awards for athletic, military and scholastic | proficiency was made Wednesday by Lt. Col. Wallace McNamara, com- mander of the Citizens Military Training Camp at Ft. Lincoln. Four students were appointed cap- tains to act as company commanders, four as first and four as second lieu- tenants. Noncommissioned student officers appointed included four first sergeants, 30 sergeants and 39 cor- porals. | Gold and bronze medals, silver trophy cups, watch fobs, a baseball bat autographed by Babe Ruth, horseshoe pitching outfits and num- erous other prizes will be awarded to individuals and groups displaying proficiency in the various phases of camp activity. A medal with citation will be awarded by the Veterans of Foreign Wars to the basic (first year candi- dates) candidate demonstrating the most proficiency during the camp period. Medals will also be given by the Military Training Camps associa- |tion to the best second-year man in camp as well as to the best third and fourth-year man. In addition they will award a medal to the best basic man in each company. Offer Company Trophies Other awards include a silver cup for the company standing highest in the strength test; a silver cup for the best “all around” man in camp; a silver cup for the best athlete in |camp; gold, silver and bronze medals for first, second and third best bandsman and rifleman. Athletic awards include gold and bronze medals for first and second in singles and doubles tennis matclifes; gold medals for boxing and wrestling champions in each of the eight weight classes; gold medals for each members of the winning relay track team; gold, silver and bronze medals for the first three places in each of five swimming and diving events; gold, silver and bronze medals for the first three places in each of 10 track events; official horseshoe outfits for winners in the horseshoe pitching events; watch fobs for each member of the baseball, kittenball and volley- ball teams winning the C. M. T. C. series; and a baseball bat, autograph- ed by Babe Ruth for the best soldier athlete in camp. Prizes Fi ror Essays Camp officers said Wednesday that in order to insure a fair and just cone clusion as to prize. winners, all those com} for the non-athletic com- Petitions would be required to sub- mit written essays on one of an fol- lowing topics: “The Ideal Citizen,’ “Elements of, Citizenship,” “Duties and Obligations of a Citizen,” “What It Means to Be a Citizen,” “Why Is Our Constitution Pointed Out as a Model for Other Governments,” and “What Is the Distinguishing Feature of Our Constitution as Compared with Other Sparel Each pany commander will se- lect one first, one second one third and one four-year man from his company to compete for the Military Training Camp association's medal for the best man in each group. Fina) awards. will be made by a (Continued on page two) Wiley Post, left, and Harold Gatty, right, landed in England Wednesday after a transatlantic flight, the first long hop of @ series which they hope will take them around the world in seven days. shown above and the route which they will attempt to follow on their round-the-world tour is shown at the ‘(French Disagree With Hoover | On Details of Debt Proposal Reply to U. S. Moratorium Plan Handed to Ambassador Edge by Premier Laval Paris, June 24—()—The French for a year’s suspension of war debts {payments and reparations was hand- ed to Ambassador Edge hy Premier ‘Laval this afternoon. ‘ | Accompanied by J. Theodore Mar- riner, counsellor of the embassy. Am- bassador Edge discussed the docu- ment for half an hour with the pre- mier. ‘The French government transmit- ted the reply to Ambassador Claudel at Washington who is expected tu, turn it over to the state department} late today. Premier Laval was understood to have given Ambassador Edge detailed explanations of the contents which! will be given out Friday. Well-informed quarters stated the; French reply agrees with Presiden: Hoover that something must be done/| to aid Germany and thus Europe, but disagrees with the president's plan of | carrying out the proposal. | The reply, it is understood, makes an effort to maintain the integrity of; the Young plan and the uncondition-| al reparations payments which) France considers inviolable. i The method suggested is that Ger-) many pay her unconditional pay- ments to the bank for international settlements at Basel which would turn back part of them in the form of short term/loans to Germany and for the other creditors of Germany; guaranteed under the Young plan. The premier refused to make any comment concerning the nature of the French answer. He would not, say whether France insisted upon a counter-plan concerning the payment of unconditional annuities by Ger- | many. i} What conditions France attached will not be definitely known until the text is made public, but the cab- inet last night discussed its counter- plan for aiding Germany and com- municated it to Ambassador, Edge. This.conditional acceptance is bas- ed upon France's belief the Young plan is sacred to her financial struc- ture and that it should not be inter- fered with. She holds that the bank for international settlement should be the intermediary for the reception of Germany's unconditional annuities and that the money should be used by the bank for financing Germany and other European nations such as Austria. It is understood here Washington feels that the Hoover plan should be accepted in its entirety and that the technicalities of the Young should not be ‘allowed to affect it. Behind France's policy, it was said, is the fear that once shaken the ore plan will finally fall complete- ly. WASHINGTON READY FOR SUGGESTIONS Washington, June 24. became somewhat clearer today official Washington held itself in readiness to receive possible sugges- already has accepted the proposition without qualification. Meanwhile, We heard of discussions in- tima’ France, Italy and Belgium. + In official quarters. the fear per- alsted that any reservations would delay com} mn of necessary prelimn- [it was learned, accepted the Holy {the controversy and his campaign “of Plan itaking the offenses outside their possible reservations 67 | clothing. American Fliers Land in England | The plane they used is MUSSOLINI TAKES STRONG STAND IN - NOTE T0-VATIC | Holds Youth Clubs Were Closed Because of Political Action Against State | Rome, June 24.—()—Premier Mus-! solini took a firm stand against the| Catholic action clubs in the Italian | reply, delivered at the Vatican Wed-/| nesday, to the recent note from the | |Holy See. | ‘The premier insisted, it was Icarned | on excellent authority, that the dis- solved clubs were anti-Fascist and il- legal, and he saw “no reason to renew discussions on measures taken against | the juvenile association.” The church, it was explained, had | only itself to blame for violence in-| cited by alleged Catholic activity. The formal apology demand, made | by the pope and later modified some- what, was met in the note with the, statement that a severe inquiry is Proceeding regarding insults to the! Pope and damage to church property and “in the assurances of prosecution | of the guilty there is implied the idea that these occurrences are deplored.” The note declared Italy still waited rto hear the Vatican “deplore” serious demonstrations in Juglo - Slavia, al- legedly authorized by church author-| ities there, for. which Italy asked the; Vatican several months ago. After these observations the note. See’s proposal for “conversations to) solve the controversy rapidly and in| ® friendly manner.” Italy agreed with the Vatican it was desirable to define more clearly an article of the concordat authorizing Catholic action which, it was pointed out, was the only article of the Lat-| eran agreement in dispute. The note, it was understood, em- phasized, the closing of the clubs in| no wise prejudiced such interprete- tion because the organizations dis-; solved were charged with activities against the state and therefore shouid | place themselves ‘outside the pro- vision of the article, which permitted | Catholic action and its subsidiaries; ‘but prohibited any mixing in politics | and limited them to religious work. | Italy renewed her protest against! the pope's many addresses discussing Proper place,” by appealing to world public opinion. Powder Blast Burns New England Miner FIRE DAMAGES DIRIGIBLE Lakehurst, N. J., June 24—(7)— Fire today destroyed a small secticn \State Action Necessary Unless) |advocated the calling of a special ses-| \state legislature together would be HILLIG AND HOIRIIS QVER ATLANTIC ON HOP T0 COPENHAGEN: Photographer and His Pilot) Hoped to Reach Denmark Within 28 Hours GOOD WEATHER IS FORECAST Take Enough Fuel for 40 Hours;| ‘Have Coffee, Water, Oranges, Bread Harbor Grace, N. F., June 24—()}— Otto Hillig and Holger Hoiriis took| off shortly after daybreak Wednesday on their transatlantic “joy ride” to Copenhagen, Denmark. ' Their monoplane, the Liberty, | roared down the flying field runway at 5:54 a. m., Newfoundland summer time (3:24 a, m. Eastern Srandard! Time), swept into a brisk west wind and headed into the rising sun. The fliers had arrived at the air- port 25 minutes before. r Both seemed confident and Hillig had apparently suffered no ill effects from a cold he contracted yesterday. The two climbed aboard and, lean- ing out a window, waved farewell to the small crowd of bystanders. “Don't let that wind die down,”! was Hillig's parting shot. } Hoirlis, at the controls, smiled, gave | her the gun, and they were off. They had 3,150 miles to travél be-| fore reaching Copenhagen and they expected to make the hop in 28 hours. ; Their monoplane carried 605 gallons; of gasoline and 20 gallons of oil, suf-| ficient fuel for 36 to 40 flying hours.) A gallon of water, a dozen oranges, | coffee and bread—“plenty to last us till we get there’—comprised their Provisions. The weather was auspicious. The -weport they saw gave them clear ‘skies on both sides of the Atlantic and reported a diminishing storm in mid-ocean. Hillig, owner of the monoplane, ts/ @ Liberty, N. Y., photographer. _ Charge Bannon Slew Havens to Get Property Heroine of Tribune Serial LIANE BARRETT HEART OF LIANE By MABEL McELLIOTT CHAPTER 1 The pavement in West 68th street she called home. burned under the soles of Liane Bar- 'yett’s thin shoes as she crossed in the direction of the apartment building Tall it was, its dirty yellow brick facade laced with the unimaginative detail of innumerable fire escapes. Liane carried a limp pa- Hoiriis, pilot of the expedition, emi-/ per bag in one hand. In this were the rolls for lunch. The curve of her grated from Copenhagen seven years/ left arm embraced a package containing lettuce, a few tomatoes and a jar ago. WEATHER FAVORABLE ON TRANSOCEAN ROUTE New York, June 24.—(#)—The weather bureau reported Wednesday | that generally favorable weather con- | ditions prevail in Europe along the; parts which the transatlantic fliers have charted. SENATOR URGES SPECIAL SESSION OF LEGISLATURE Government Acts in Drought | Area, Says Frazier Minot, N. D., June 24—(7)—In s| radio address Tuesday evening, Unit- ed States Senator Lynn J. Frazie:| sion of the state legisiature unless adequate relief is provided by the; United States Department of Agri-} culture for the farmers of northwest | North Dakota who are in need cf feed! for livestock. The speaker calied at-| tention to the fact that great expense would be entailed in calling congress into special session to act on the sit- uation while the cost of calling the much less. Seymour and Norris Facing New Charges Lincoln, Neb., June 24.—(?)—Victor Seymour of Lincoln and George W. Norris, former Broken Bow, Neb., gro- cer and now of Alva, Okla., Tuesday were reindicted by a federal grand jury here for perjury in connection with theiy testimony last fall before the senatorial committee investigat- ing campaign expenditures. Aimee’s Income Tax Is Put Under Fire Washington, June 24.—(7)—An income tax controversy between {Ports three-quarters, jSame welcome amount, and Bowbells } Of prepared salad dressing. Up in the box-like room which served the Barretts as combination living and dining quarters the air had a dead, stifling quality. One of those much discussed early heat waves had descended on the city. Liane, 18, tall and lissome as a young Venus, now threw her red hat} upon the disguised cot bed, her bundles on the drop leaf table and herself into a wicker chair. ingly vital. Indeed the girl looked amazingly alive on this exhausting day. She then announced “I'm dead!” in a voice surpris- Her bronze-gold hair, allowed to grow shoulder-length, was caught in an en- gaging knot at the nape of her neck. It curled and scalloped itself about a} face the color of a sunkissed peach. Her thin dress fitted her charmingly and, since it was sleeveless, lent an air of fictitious coolness. “I'm dead.” Liane continued, catching up her parcels, and going into the kitchenet Here she surveyed with some distaste the sink, the tiny cupboard, the stove with its three burners, the battered oilcloth on the Shelves. She longed for the Ritz and attentive waiters, for cool drinks in tall glasses—and she had this instead. ee Her mother, sitting at an old-fashioned sewing machine in one corner of the living room, looked up, sighed, and did not reply. Yards of sleazy yellow material billowed around her and as she pressed her foot with energy the motor hummed and the yellow stuff resolved itself into a costume. Cass Barrett's costume, in fact, for “The Mark of Man,” a so-called high-brow drama playings that week at the New Art Theater, Cass was 45 years old, still slim, still faintly elegant. jar uptown. In a kindly light she could pass for 35. Not at this exact moment, perhaps, in her faded blue dressing gown with her hair screwed up on top of her head so that the roots showed dark and the ends unnaturally golden. No, today Cass looked all of her 45 years. But the light was harsh and Cass was tired, beset by many worries. The summer, bane of the player's life, yawned emptily ahead of her. Always before this she had managed somehow to pack Liane off to the RECORD MORE RAIN IN NORTH COUNTRY Territory Around Minot Re- ceives Additional Showers; Crop Outlook Improves Minot, N. D., June 24.—(?)—For the second consecutive day, rains have come to the north country, while the territory to the west of Minot, also hard hit by lack of moisture, Wednes- day rejoiced after heavy downpours which promise a chance to grow feed crops for stock. Stanley leaped into the limelight with a full inch of precipitation dur- ing the night, one of the heaviest rains in the last year, while Niobe re- McGregor the and Northgate each a half inch. From Williston, where .14 of an inch fell in the last day, eastward to Mi- not along the main line of the Great Northern, there were showers or steady rains, and in general along the Aimee Semple McPherson and the government was set for hear- ing today before the board of tax aj ppeals. Attorneys for the Los Angeles Evangelist said they would oppose a motion by C. M. Charest, gen- eral counsel for the internal rev- by Mrs. McPherson for a re-de- termination of her income tax for 1927 and 1928. . as- Originally, the government sessed the evangelist $509 in in- come tax for the two years. Lat- er, the internal revenue bureau informed her she owed $17,486 more. It claims she should have re- ipletios inaries and prevent speedy consum- mation of President Hoover’s avowed intention to stimulate world business (Continued on page: two) of the fabric covering of the naval Girigible -Los Angeles while she was) in her hangar. f * 1 ported $19,236 income for 1927 in- stead of $9,712 end $107,385 in 1028 instead of $18,668. . branch lines some moisture descended. Other precipitation figures include Grenora, quarter inch; Crosby, .21: Tagus, Lonetree, half inch; Des Lacs, one-half; Wheelock, one-eighth, and Berthold, one-sixth: Eastward, from Surrey to New Rockford, the rain was general with @ light fall at Surrey becoming heav- ier toward New Rockford. The amount varied ‘from u r to three- quarters of an inch along the cutoff. Towner had a quarter inch. Portal, on the Canadian border, re- ported .21. . LEMMON APPROVES BONDS Lemmon, 8. Voters approved a $20,000 bond issue to finance construction of a city hal! et te station at a special election, Ft country. But there was no such pros- pect this year. Now Liane was out of school, out of that convent to which Cass had so astonishingly managed to send her all these years, and summer in the torrid small apartment stretch- ed before them. Summer, with no job in prospect, rent to pay, food to buy. No wonder Cass looked troubled. Her season at New Art was nearly over. She could hear Liane clattering in the kitchenet. The tap hissed and sputtered, drawers were lustily opened and shut, cutlery clattered on an un- seen tin tray. Presently Liane ap- Peared in the doorway, balancing that tray on one hand in burlesque of an experienced waitress. She said, “Luncheon’s served, mother,” and put it down noisily on the green table. D., June 24.—7)— “Lordy, I hate to think of that long | ing. afternoon at Willabaugh’s,” the girl went on. “My feet do ache so and it is so hard to sell anything to the ter- rible women who are just ‘looking’!” *** * Her mother nodded in sympathy. “I know, my pet. It’s dreadful, but when Mrs. Cronin spoke to me about (Continued on page four) 3-Day Celebration Planned at Medora Medora, N. D,, June 24.—A three- day celebration is planned by the Me- dora Frontier Day committee and The Dickinson Cowboys, Soe games at 6:15 o'clock each | ze cert wt dances. sod tame ae corps will | sent concerta eech day. POST AND GATTY LAND INENGLAND START FORBERL Spend Only 20 Minutes in Brit- ain to Snatch Bite to Eat and Stretch Legs CROSS OCEAN IN 16 HOURS Pair Left New York Tuesday and Made Brief Stop at Harbor Grace, N. F. BULLETIN Berlin, June 24.—(?)— Wiley Post and Harold Gatty, American round-the-world flires, completed the first lap of their world-gird- ling flight at 8:30 p. m. (2:30 p. m. E. S. T.) here Wednesdty after stops at Chester, Eng., and Han- over, Germany. Chester, England, June 24.—(—)— Wiley Post and Harold Gatty “two young men in a hurry,” on a@ flight around the world, landed safely at, Sealand Royal Air Force Airdrome near here this morning on a flight across the Atlantic, snatched a bite to eat and hopped off 20 minutes later for Moscow via Berlin with the pos- sibility they might not even nalt at the German capital. “Hello, England, we've done it,” said Gatty when their machine came to a standstill after a flight of a little over 16 hours at the Sealand Airdrome. As they stepped from their ma- chines, they were greeted cordially by the British airmen. Post said: “We had a right good flight. It has been a splendid trip. The only diffi- culty we experienced was over a pe- riod of three or four hours during the early stages of the flight when we ran into bad weather. The rest jof the journey was enjoyable and the jsee was calm. We are now well ja@head of our time and are off for Moscow by Berlin.” Declaring they were out to break all records for @ flight around the world, Post said they were anxious to reach Moscow by tomorrow and time could be wasted. If their held out, he added, they might even halt at Berlin, which is 700 miles from Chester. The flight from Ber- lin to Moscow fs 925 miles. Their machine was refueled to cae Pacity. Lost Their Bearings It was not until the airmen were within 200 miles of the coast of Ire- land that they were able to get their bearings. “We passed through a cloudbank at @ great height, so we swooped down below it,” said Post. “We were sur- prised to find water beneath us for we thought during the time we had been above the clouds that we actu- ally were flying over Europe. When we saw the sea we decided to carry on until we struck land. Later we noticed what appeared to be cross- roads and agreed to make a landing.” “When the machine came to a standstill, we were surprised to learn we were at a royal air force station in England. Conditions, as soon as we reached Ireland, were not so good as when we were over the Atlantic. There was fog and rain, but I sup- Pose we shall encounter plenty of that before we reach our goal. We set out to fly the Atlantic in 18 hours and we have done it in less, so, natur- ally, we are delighted. The machine has given no trouble and we are con- fident we shall succeed in our effort.” As soon as the identification num- bers of the machine had been check- ed, Royal Air Force pilots and the ground staff rushed from the hangar jto greet the flires who had left New York City Tuesday, barley turned around at Harbor Grace, Newfound~ land, arfd then hopped over the At- lantic. Left Harbor Grace The fliers took off from Harbor Grace yesterday afternoon and land- ed at the airdrome, six miles from Chester at 1:45 p. m. (7:45 a.m. E. 8, T.) and took for Berlin whicl: they Planned to make in a non-stop flight from Harbor Grace at 2:05 p. m. (8:05 a. m. E. 8. T.) ’ “They made the 2,000-mile crossing from Harbor Grace to Chester in 16 hours and 17 minutes, averaging about 117 miles an hour for the cross- The arrival of the American airmen who have made a rapid-fire trip of their round the world project, was a surprise to the personnel of the air- drome. No word had been received of their near approach. The crew of the Winnie Mae looked none the worse for their long flight across the Atlantic. They wok « turn around the airdrome to stretch jtheir legs, had a bite to eat, obtained weather reports and then climbed i:- (Continued on page two) Vanderbilts Ready to Fight in Divorce War Reno, Nevada, June 24.—(P)—nie lus = Vanderbilts,