The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, June 26, 1931, Page 1

North Dakota’s Oldest: Newspaper The Weather Fair, warmer Friday night; Ssterday ESTABLISHED BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 1931 PRICE FIVE CENTS Heat Wave Grips Entire Nation Bannon Asserts He Is Innocent of Murder Post and Gatty Land at Novo Sibirsk, Siberia TAKES STAND IN OWN DEFENSE AT TRIAL IN CROSBY Testifies He Was Ignorant of Wholesale Murder of Haven Family by Only Son 29 WITNESSES FOR STATE Attorneys for Defendant Plan to Show Haven Property Was Not Dissipated Crosby, N. D., June 26.—(#)—Jamet F. Bannon, 55, today declared from the witness stand in district court here that he is innocent of the charre LS. COMPROMISE. ON HOOVER SCHEME! LING 10 of helping in the massacre of the six | Stimson Indicates Attitude in members of the Albert E. Haven fam- ily near Schafer, N. D., on or about) February 10, 1930. The gray-hsired defendant, the; father of Charles Bannon, 22, who confessed the murders and who was hanged by'a mob at Schafer on Jan- uary 29, 1931, asserted he did nut par- ticipate in the murders and had no knowledge that they haa been com- mitted. Bannon, occasionally smoothing his gray hair with his hand, spoke in a low voice as. he answered questions by Attorney E. J. Mollraith, of his counsel. His eyelids blinked rapidly, a habit that has been noticeable in the courtroom. When he first sat down in the witness chair he drum- med@ with his fingers on ‘ts arm. Bannon, was still on the stand un- der direct examination, when Judge John C. Lowe ordered a noon: recess. Born in Illinois Bannon testified that he was born in Minois, and brought up in Iowa; that he had worked in Minneapolis as @ young man and that he was married in Chicago, when 3 years ld; that Charles was the only child born to this union. In -1914, Bannon moved to North Dakota and farmed for two years near Norwich, east of Minot, and then removed to McKenzie county where he has since resided except for short visits in Oregon. Mrs. Bannon Formal Statement After Re- viewing French Note Washington, June 26.—(®)— The willingness of the United States to compromise with France on a war debt and reparations moratorium Plan was indicated Friday by Secre- cussions to reconcile the two view- points, Early conclusions in the discussions {now being carried on in Paris by Am- bassador Edge and Secretary Mellon with French officials rege! expected jgratifying cordiality to the president's Proposal.” Prevention of future wars came in- urday, conferring with the Italian leaders about July 7, with those in owns 400 acres of land in McKenzie | paris on July 15 and 16, in Germany county at the present time he said. Bannon said that on Saturday pre- ceding the Sunday night or Monday morning when the Haven murders occurred, Charles, who was living with him on a farm about four miles | ny, from the Haven place, told him Haven had spoken to him about working for the Havens. On Sunday Charles went to the Haven farm, and when he returned Monday about two o'clock, he told his father ne had gone to work for the Havens and that he had taken them to Williston. Charles told him, Bannon testified. | im) that they had left about three o'clock in the morning. Son Gave Details Details of the trip as Bannon sald Charles told him were related by the defendant. Bannon said he next saw Charles on Wednesday of the same week when he (James) went to the Haven farm. Shortly after he arrived Robert, Fas- sett came. Fassett, a state witness, had previously testified that this was on a Monday and that he was posl- tive of this. Bannon related about about July 21 and in London some six days later. Premier Laval announced at Paris that formal conversations between the two countries would begin to- orrow. The French reply expressed readi- ness to place at the disposal of the Bank of International Settlements a sum equal to its share of the non- postponable annuity due from Ger- many with the exception of amounts necessary to execution of balances: of current contracts for utilization proving German credit and other central European countries. Suggest ‘Precautions’ All necessary precautions should be taken, the note added, to assure that such sums should be used only { ic purposes. The reply said it was considered advisable to contemplate before the expiration of the one-year’s moratorium an exam- ination of measures whereby Ger- many would resume her reparations payments. g | ‘The French note not only approved | ofthe i } z it the principle expressed the hope that “other meas- of ures may be taken to favo? restoration of credit and ~| in the world.” ON GAS TAX ISSUE File Two Actions, One Directed Against Auditor and Other Against Byrne HEARING EXPECTED SOON Highway Department Proposes to Expand Construction Work If Increase Proves Legal forcing the provisions of the law. the other is directed at Secre- tary of State Robert Byrne io show hy petitions for a referendum gas tax law should not be filed petitioners seek further that Byrne show cause “why his erroneous .de- cision not to file the petition should not be reversed and set aside.” Want More Time It is claimed by the petitioners that if the petitions are insufficient, as alleged by Byrne, they should be given 20 days for correction or amendment “as provided for by the constitution of this state.” Setting forth that signatures of in|more than 9,000 electors were filed with the secretary of state for a ref- section 25, of the state constitution. Byrne, in rejecting the petitions, rul- ed that nearly 3,000 signatures were defective and their deduction brought the number of valid signers below the required 7,000 mark. Byrne said he had waived sum- mons and other formalities in con- ection with the case and will be rey for a hearing at the pleasure court. North Dakota's highway construc- will be expanded to em- tion program brace an additional $1,500,000 of work | i the next year in the event the four-cent tax becomes.effective July 1, officials of the state highway de- partment said late Thursday. State Gets Half Under the new law, the state re- ceives one half of the one-cent in- crease, while the other half goes to EVALYN KNAPP Many Evalyn Knapp, above, lovely blonde sctress who rose to stardom in Holly- The case against Steen is brought | wood within a year after leaving the New York stage, has a fair chance the “Richland County Oil com- . Knapp, an_out-of. STUDENTS SET OUT ON PRACTICE MARCH C. M. T. C. Battalion to Spend First Night in Field in Nearly 400 student soldiers at the Citizens Military Training Camp at Ft. Lincoln were given a taste of a soldier’s life in the field when they . march in the hot Friday. At the conclusion of the march the battalion pitched “pup” tents prepar- atory to spending the nighi in Supper was served from rolling kitchens, attached to the unit. Thursday evening & wrest tournament was held ai the j training camps and urged students to make every effort to avail themselves to recover from a broken back suffered when she fell backward from a cliff hiking in the Hollywood Heights, according to hospital attendants. -doors fan, wes accompanied by her brother at the time of the accident. Railroads Are Granted Consent to Cut Rates 1. .C. C. Approves Proposal to Establish Emergency Tariffs for Drought Area Washington, June 26.—(?)—Four northwestern railroads gained the consent of the interstate commerce commission Friday to reduce livestock freight rates from drought areas in North Dakota, South Dakota and Montana to places where feed and water are available. were the Great } |FROM MOSCOW IN 10 AND ONE-HALF HOURS Planned to Take Off at Mid- hight Tonight for Irkutsk, 1,050 Miles Away | TREACHEROUS HOPS AHEAD) Delay in Flight Today Caused When They Had to Chart Trek Across Steppes Irkutsk, Siberia, June 26.—()— Wiley Post and Harold Gatty, Amer- icans flying around the world, landed at Novo Sibirsk, Siberia, at 1:31 p. m. (Greenwich time) Friday from Mos- cow after a flight of 1,450 miles in 10 hours and 32 minutes. The airmen planned to resume their flight to Irkutsk, 1,050 miles away, at midnight tonight. They had hoped to make Irkutsk the second largest city in Siberia, by tonight, but the necessity of charting the 5,000 mile trek across the steppes delayed their departure. They faced some fog and poor visibility on the initial stages across the Ural moun- tains. When they left Moscow they had flown nearly 5,000 miles in three days, practically a third of an estimated distance of 15,000 miles. Possibly the most difficult part of their task faced them via Khabarovsk or Yakutsk, across the sea of Okhotsk to Petro- paviovsk, Kamchatka, and then across the Bering Sea to Nome, Alat ka, where they hope to be on Sunday. The territory over which they will fly in the next few days is among the most desolate and least populated in the world. , ~ Post and Gatty arrived In Moscow from Berlin at 5:30 p, m. (10:10 E. 8. T.) Thursday after a 925-mile, non-stop hop in slightly more than eight hours, a record for the distance. WATFORD CITY MAN DROWNS IN RIVER R. E. M’Namara, 22, Loses Life Attempting to Wade Across Little Missouri Watford City, N. D., June 26.—Ray- mond E. McNamara, 22, drowned Monday evening at the Scott Gore The Northern, the Northern Pacific, the} crossing of the Little Missouri river ETE IN f Spelling Bees Are | | New Society Rage e Liverpool, June 26.—(7)—Old fashioned spelling bees are be- coming fashionable on ocean liners. The date and hour of “spelldowns” are posted on bull- etin boards, and the results of the contests often lead to discussions heard on the promenade decks far into the night. HILLIG AND HOIRIIS GET BIG RECEPTION AT DANISH CAPITAL Fly From Bremen to Copen- hagen; Roads Leading to Air- port Jammed by Autos Copenhagen, Denmark, June 26.— (P)—Otto Hillig and Holger Hoiriis, the first immigrants to America to come back to the old country by air, landed here Friday and received a rousing welcome home. Tt was 2:10 p. m. (8:10 a. m. E. &. T.) when their plane alighted at Co- Penhagen’s airport from Bremen, 240 miles away. They had made the hop in 2 hours and 33 minutes. “This is the greatest day of my life,” said Hoiriis as he got out of the plane and was picked up by welcom- ers who paraded him about on their shoulders. He clasped his mother in his arms, Kissed his sister, shook hanas with several other members of the fam- ily, and then heard official welcom- ing words from Minister Fruis Skotts. It was home for Hoiriis, for he was Hillig, technically it was not. He is a native of Stein- brucken, Germany, and as soon as “|the festivities in Denmark are over he and his companion will visit there. The flying field was thronged. Many persons had spent hours there Thursday awaiting news from the fliers while they were making the crossing of the Atlantic. ‘The principal road to the field was so crowded with automobiles long Wi before the plane arrived that traffic virtually was at a standstill. There was'a similar jam of humans within the airdrome when the fliers stepped out of their machine. Former Minister Thyge Rothe, act- ing in behalf of the Aeronautical so- clety, presented them the society's gold plaquette. After that. ceremony Hillig and Hoirlis got in a motor car which fought its way through the crowds to city hall where Burgomaster Hede- bol welcomed them in behalf of the Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. about 42 miles southwest of Watford city. Marie, and the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific. ‘The Great Northern was granted permission to return to the drought area after the drought is over breed- ing stock and stock not ready for market without charge. The North- ern Pacific today applied for similar permission. The Northern Pacific's application, similar to that of all of the other roads, said: City. Unable to use the ferry because of the strong current in the river, swol- len by heavy rains, McNamara, to- gether with Scott Gore, started to wade across the river. Engaged in rounding up cattle, they had planned to spend the night at a ranch on the other side of the Little Missouri. Swept from his feet, McNamara dis- appeared and Gore returned to shore to join William Stewart, who also The fliers had been forced to land at Bremen last night because they were short of e. When _ the’ had refueled their ship at Krefeld, Gamay. where they first touched earth r leaving Harbor Grace, New Foundland, yesterday morning, they became confused because ‘uses the metric system. Intending order 50 gallons of gasoline they ac- 50 liters. nding at Bremen to get suffi- “There is a serious drought in clent gasoline to complete the flight te they decided they was in the group. 0 Copenhagen were 80 fined it was useless to go Dakota and eastern McNamara’s body was found Tues- and central Montana resulting in an further at that time. day afternoon about a mile and one- acute shortage of both feed and water half from where he had disappeared. for livestock. He was born on his father’s nome: “In order to move livestock from drought areas shippers desire to for- ward shipments to territory where of the splendid opportunities for training offered at the camp. Miss Mary Slater, student at the feed and water is more abundant and for reforwarding therefrom to market stead four mil:s south of Watford City and had spent all his tife in that district. He leaves his father, six brothers, and three sisters. Funeral services were held in Wat ford City Tuesday morning. North Dakota Man Is Honored by Templars: Minneapolis, June 26.—(#)—Sup- |EXCRPTIONALLY HIGH HUMDITY CAUSE OF - DISCOMFORT INN. D. 18 Deaths in Middlewest Are Blamed to Heat; Nearly a Score Are Drowned SEE NO IMMEDIATE RELIEF Probable Showers and Cooler Weather Predicted Satur- day Night in State Bismarck and North Dakota swei- tered with the rest of the United States under a blazing sun Friday, but unusual humidity caused more discomfiture than the high tempera- eg according to U. 8. meteorologists ere. At noon the relative humidity read- ing was 43 per cent, which officials said was unusually high for 90 de- gree temperature. Humidity ordinar- ily is but 30 per cent in 90 degree heat. Humidity was 85 per cent at 7 a. m. Friday, when the thermometer showed 66 degrees. No relief from the heat ts in sight for the state until Saturday night, ac- cording to O. W. Roberts, of the fed- eral weather bureau. Unsettlec weather with probable showers and cooler weather is predicted for Sat- urday night, but Roberts expects the heat will continue up until then. From the Alleghenies to the Pacific Coast, America sweltered. Heat rec- ords wilted away as temperatures climbed high above the century mark in a dozen states. Eighteen lives were snuffed out Thursday and Friday by summer's blast. Stampedes to beaches brought @ near-score of drownings. Only in the east and parts of the northwest was it moderately cool. Once it got started Friday morn- ing, the mercury lost no time in scur- rying up the thermometer here. After hitting the 89 mark in the city Thursday afternoon, the mercury and by 8 o’clock it was 75. It jumped to 82 at 9, reached 85 at 10, moved up to 87 at 11, and still was on its way sted noon when it passed the 90 marl temperature was ideal for corn crops but not favorable td wheat. Hettinger, Max Hot ported temperatures above 90 and all other points recorded readings in the 80s. North Dakota was comparatively cool Thursday, however, compared to other sections of the western part of the United States. Mercury Thurs- day hit 100 degrees at Sioux City, Ia, and St. Louis, Mo. Many other points reported 98. Tilinois suffered most. In Chicago, thousands rushed to Lake Michigan's shores. Four bathers drowned. It was 100 and above over practically all the downstate. A man died in Peoria and a child in east St. Louis. Three Die In Ohio Ohio had three lives lost in the welter. So did Wisconsin. Indiana had two, Iowa one. The mercury rose all day Thursday in Detroit, setting a new record of 98. ‘The season high of 99 was recorded in Kansas City. It reached 100 in St. Louis. Keeping cool was easy in the na- tion's capital, September weather has ;Prevailed for three days. The ther- mometer dropped to 67 Friday morn- ing. The continued sun-baking and scorching winds brought fear of ex- tensive crop damage to all the mid- dle-west farm bel counties. Under the present law, the ders, the son admitted he had forges| IVT Tth ST neld solution of the Ger-| state recetves two cents and counties | Bismarck Indian school, gave an ex- : og on dimi-|get one cent of the three-cent-a-gal- | hibition of interpretive dancing. Her sister, therefore, will be to give the highway | vocal solo. Americans Leading eit petate the farm on. shares, was| DUt om, extension, of credit. as well and one-half cents| Martin O'Toole, dialectician, regalea In Ryder-Cup Battle| rresiaent tursday in a tele and opera e 20 The latter commission two one-! cent » Teg = Hoover Thi in a tele- ot a contract and that hé should) gucussion = and counties ng shd onecnalt cents) the seitierine with ,etrerel offerings yder-Cup a DE acai ta tie alist ieeeenton. 4 a got 8 coals fem: Bee ee ‘The note described the proposal as | Of each four cents collected. See Bi eee Seloto Country Club, Columbus, Haven. He said he spoke to Charles! , «new sscrifice” for Prance and re-| It is estimated the one-cent in-) Four bouts of. scheduled elght- ‘sont Naa A Regge OF Siena" a dx | 6 sone roan ee Yous tte penn, nom ie Bed ra thn Son ie! » Linen hae ee ee , and Billie Davies, one up, at the ninth y * te ‘The wrestling bouts went off a5 Joined Son on Farm of willingnes to cooperate with the | ¢ proximatel ‘ad-| scheduled with Brunnell, Co L hole of their two-ball foursome in the ‘The defendant said he told Charles| United States in “precautionsry mens: Shots cebetravtion borates ot ted- | cecaating. Mute. Company fr and international Ryder-Cup competition that unless a contract was obtained|ures‘in @ crisis w eral aid. and contributions from| Davidson, Company L, defeating today. the Havens might return and remove | Stave.’ counties. : Carsner, Company I. Both matches Captain Walter Hagen and Dens- them from the place if he had noth- @| _ The $250,000 received by the high-| were won by two straight falls. more Shute were two under per, to ing more than the letter. ble’ Task way department as its half of the} In the boxing ‘McCabe, Bannon said he moved to the Ha- ‘Impossil ie one-cent increase would be matched | compeny I, won from Jack, Company . ven farm and joined his son in the Is Done b: Police S7raie. be counties $ make 6 tote) | &, by % tecrpenlEnocmews 1 the Leo Diegel and Al Espinosa were latter part of March and told of per- y '9650,000. This full amount would! second round. Des Roches, Com- all square with Abe Mitchel] and sonal property which he took with | be matched by federal aid to make @/ pany K, knocked out Kier, Company Fred Robson. him. © | + ohicago, 26——Don's | total of $1,300,000. The estimate of |, in the second round while Scharf, Cox and Billie Burk, took par +p Right Give, Sestimany ever mention to Mrs. Katherine (Continned on page Six) Company M, was awarded s judges Paget teri omg Lawson the police can't do, that . | decision over Griffin, Company I. S. {ion to Bannon ring. the. forenoon,| Last night, Mra. Lamon nap- 140 Get Medals at eeasehall, volleyball and ittenbat : were Deputy Sheritt Bar] Gordon of| “pened slong just ae the tom wee Guard Encampment Baseball Sock: ® Williams county, Ellsworth Swenson, | loading a beer, Tat progts Saas pmpany L defeated Company K, 9 age . McKenzie county youth, and Miles! Six LM eed iy. to 2, and Company M defeated Com- : Anderson of Oswego, Oregon, all of “Yow can’t do that,” cried Mrs. Devils Lake, N. D., June 26—()-- ¥16 to 1. whom had ‘testified: Depu-| Lawson, “it isn't legal You |Golonel John H. Fraine, former com-| PADY J 0 Company I defeated Ty aneritt Peter Halian of MoKensie haven't any search warrants mander of the 1¢4th North Dakota | _Soosno se 14 to 12, and Company L * aft county, Julius Skadron, Watford City “Run along now,” replied Ser- Infantry, now paymester general of/ [10084 company M 35 to 7. : butcher; Sheriff Sivert, Thompsen of Lor pth erga “or, we'll |the oy ge 4 Presentod t McKensie county; . Pat { medals Dakota guard Tt Oaweeo, Oregoe, and States Attor- “You cant’ do that, either.” men for faithful service, Gefeated Company K ney J. 8. Taylor of county. And: ten minutes ister, from | Among those to whom awards were | two games, and Company L. Defeated Deputy” Hallan behind. the bars, Mrs. Lawson j|made for varying periods of service | Company I two games. that when Charles Bannon was be-| was still screaming: “You can't [were: Captain Herman A. Brocopp, ing led out of the McKenzie county! do that.” Sergeants Frank F. Clausen, Hugo A. INJURY CAUSES DEATH jail by @ mob which hanged him, the But she knows better 20w. She ({Schienker and Francis C. Rockey.| Miriot, N. D., June Elden son cried, “Save my father.” apologised and was released. Bismarck; Second Lieutenant Miles |Gallespie, 30; who been a patient ‘The father was tn the Jail in an ©. Richards, and Sergeant Rufus B.|in a Minot hospital since last March Ten persons were under arrest Fri- adjoining cell, but the did not ST. PAUL MERCHANT DIES jLee, Dickinson; snd Second Lieu-| when he suffered severe burns ‘as & day as the result of raids by federal molest Tears came into the Ta eS ke meets more bee bec result of an explosion of county authorities on alleged