The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 28, 1932, Page 3

> Od se ‘ -THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE. MONDAY, MARCH 28, 1932 Mooney’s Fight For Impetus By Mayor Walker’s Support Highlights “of What ‘Prisoner Calls ‘Colossal Frame-up’ Are Listed The story of Tom Mooney, the world’s most famous prisoner, is largely the atory of his 15-year battle for freedom following the conviction which stirred America as no other court case has since the Dred Scott decision by the U. 8. supreme court before the Civil War. Highlights in Mooney’s life and his fight against what he terms the “most colossal frame-up in history,” despite the fact that California courts have upheld his conviction, are given chronologically below: 1881—Tom Mooney born in Chicago of Irish parents, His father was a miner and his early childhood was spent in association principally with the working class. 1906—Became interested in social- ism and began work as a labor organ- izer in various parts of the country. 1908—Supported Eugene V. Debs, So- cilist candidate, for the presidency and traveled about the United States .on Debs’ “Red Train,” working as an organizer in the Debs cause, 1911—July' 4, married Mrs. Rena Brink Hermann. 1913—Met Warren K. Billings, who was later convicted -with him on charges of being responsible for the 1916 Preparedness Day bombing in San Francisco. Led Pacific Gas and a company strike at San Fran- cisco. 1916—July, headed strike of United Railway Carmen, San Francisco, July 22, bomb. exploded during Prepared- ness Day parade in San Francisco, killing six almost instantly and seri- ously injuring more than 40 others. July 25, Mooney arrested and charged with being responsible for the bomb- ing on July 22. 1917—January, convicted of partici- pation in Preparedness Day bombing and sentenced to death on May 17, 1917. Conviction’ obtained principally on testimony of John McDonald, Frank C. Oxman and Estelle Smith. April, Oxman’s tesitmony attacked when letters to Ed Rigell, asking that Rigell come to San Francisco to testi- fy in the Mooney trial, are’ discovered and published. According to the plan cutlined in the letters, Rigell was to testity that Oxman was in San Francisco the day of the bombing. The remainder of the year was spent in gaining stays of execution for the condemned man. 4 1918—President Wilson writes three letters to Governor William D. Steph- ens of California urging that a new hearing be held on the case. Nov. 28, death sentence commuted to life im- prisonment by Governor Stephens. 1921—Februcry, John McDonald, another of the key witnesses against Mooney, signs affidavits saying his testimony was perjured. April, par- don denied Mooney by Governor Stephens. 1922-28 Numerous efforts to ob- tain a pardon for Mooney failed, de- spite increasing evidence that testi- meny given against him was unre- Mable. 1929—March 19, Estelle Smith, last of the three principal witnesses fgainst Mooney at his trial in 1917, made a sworn statement that she identified Mooney falsely at his trial. She said that she had been forced to make the identification by threats from those interested in his prosecu- tion. In November, Mrs. Dora Mon- roe Wegee gave an affidavit that her brother, Lewis Smith, then dead, had confessed to her that he threw the bomb at the 1916 Preparedness Day parade. 1930—July 8, Governor C. C. Young denies Mooney application for par- don. John McDonald, one of the key witnesses against Mooney, found in Baltimore and volunteers to go back to California and “tell the truth about his part in the Mooney case.” He admitted there that his entire story was perjured. Dec. 1, Callfor- nia supreme court denies to recom- mend a pardon for Mooney, by a vote of six to one. The dissenting justice commenting strongly on the “gross injustice” he believed had been done Mooney. 1931—Agitation for Mooney’s re- lease from prison continued, with many newspapers hitherto neutral joining in the fight to have him par- dened. Mayor James J. Walker of New York makes trip to California to appeal directly to Governor James H. Rolph. Jr., to pardon Mooney. Savs One Tax Enough For Insurance Firms Foreign insurance companies who Pay taxes on gross premiums or gross earnings are not required to again pay a tax on the personal property held within the state of North Da- kota, Charles Simon, assistant state attorney general. ruled in an opinion given to M. W. Murphy, city attorney of Fargo. Murphy, in asking for an opinion, stated the city assessor of Fargo pro- poses to tax the physical properties of all insurance companies, ‘The gross premiums or gross earn- ings tax paid by the insurance com- panies is a lieu tax, the opinion says. The statutes provide, Simon said, that all personal property of insurance companies that are subject to a lieu tax upon gross premiums or gross earnings shall be exempt from taxa- tion. Closed Banks May Get Federal Loans Either the receiver of closed state banks or a depositors’ liquidating committee may make loans from the reconstruction finance cor) tion, according to an opinion by Attorney General James Morris. ‘ A court may authorize the receiver and liquidating committee in behalf of their trusts to pledge assets and trusts for loans from the finance cor- poration, the opinion states. . Morris furnished the opinion on in- quiries from Joseph Chapman, man- ager of the Minneapélis agency of the reconstruction finance corporation. SET LEHIGH HEARING . A hearing has been set for March $1 by the state railroad commission on the complaint of the Lehigh Bri- quetting company against waukee railroad _ will be conducted at the com- missions’ offices here. Freedom Given Grain Rate Data to Be Given by Board Representatives of the North Da- kota railroad commission will attend hearings before the Interstate Com- 5 to consider grain rates. The hearing was set following a re- cent decision of the United States Su- Preme court setting aside the I. C. C. order in the grain case. The I. C. C. has announced the hearings will be solely on the general question of conditions affecting grain and grain products and their trans- portation since September 22, 1928, the date on which former hearings Fay Harding mittee of Western State Railroad commissioners in charge of presenta- tion of evidence before the I. C. C. Charles F. Martin, chief statistician for the North Dakota commission, in cooperation: with O. M. Fuller, econo- tural college, is preparing economic and statistical studies covering the North Dakota situation. ‘The proceedings, Larkin said, are of especial importance to North Da. kota as nearly fifty per cent of all freight traffic originated in this state is wheat and a substantial amount of the remainder of the traffic is other grain, Propose Schedule For Poultry Shows To provide more favorable oppor- tunity for small poultry breeders of the state to exhibit their birds at the has been adopted by the state poultry association. The plan was suggested by F. E. Moore, extension poultryman of the agricultural college, as a means by North Dakota poultry raisers. Under the new arrangement, the about the second week of December, the Missouri Slope event in Bismarck about the second week in January and the state show in Fargo the third week in January. The All-American Turkey show in Grand Forks is scheduled for the fourth week in Jan- uary. County and local shows will be held before the larger exhibitions. Stanley Tornbaum, Northwood, is president of the state association, and O. A. Barton, head of the poultry de- partment at the agricultural college. is secretary. Stock Caretakers Given Free Passes Railroads will furnish free trans- portation both ways for one caretaker of one carload of livestock, according to an order of the state railroad com- mission. In an order of the I. C. C. preserib- ing new livestock rates, rules and-reg= ulations, which became effective Jan- juary 25, last, provision was made for free transportation one way for one caretaker accompanying one carload of livestock. On petition of the rail- roads, the interstate commission caretaker both ‘ways. The new rule ‘became effective last week. Jurors Find Doran Innocent of Larceny Hillsboro, N. Di, March 28—(?)—A verdict of not guilty was returned by @ district court jury here at 9:15 p. m, Saturday in the case of Ed T. Doran of Grand Forks, charged with grand larceny in connection with the $1,900 robbery of the First National Bank of Reynolds Jan. 21. Olaf O. Yorum, ‘retired Hillsboro ty sheriff, was the foreman of the the verdict calmly. Compensation Bureau Collections Falling Premium collections by the North Dakota Workmen's Compensation Bu- reau last January and February to- taled $66,800, R. E. Wenzel, chairman of the bureau, announced. For the same two months in 1931, the collec- tions totaleg $121,900. Compensation payments during January and February of this year to- taled $99,900, while for the corre- sponding months a year ago, the total ‘was $106,000. REPRIEVE IS BRIEF Harrisburg, Pa. March 28—(#)— Quincey Wallandz, of Philadelphia, whose execution for wife murder was delayed because of lack of power early Monday, was electrocuted at 9:42 a. m., the governor's office an- nounced. ‘The Tribune Want Ads Cash in: With BAKING POWDER FOR OVER 40 YE USE less than of high vy OUR COVERNMENT mist for the North Dakota Agricul- | district show in Minot will be held/Salem-Hannover organization, business man and former Traill coun-|ernment wheat for livestock feed. jury which took four ballots and was |Griggs, out three hours and 35 minutes righ ge Sheridan, Mercer, Stutsman, receiving the case from Judge M. J.;and Nelson. Englert at 5:40 p.m. Doran received | The Red Cross is distributing free TAXES ON LUXURIES Recommends Estate, Income, and Surtax Amendments For Big Revenue merce commission in Chicago April] Washington, March 28.—(?)—The American farm bureau federation proposed in a letter to house mem- bers Monday that the . revenue stricken from the tax: -bill by réjec- tion of the sales levy be made up by assessments upon selected luxuries and specified commodities, and excise taxes upon certain imports. It submitted a list of sources of revenue which it estimated would bring in $856,000,000. These included the estate, income and surtax amendments which al- ready have been adopted. On this list also were a numbér of taxes on imports, several of which were rejected Saturday after in-' dependent leaders had rallied behind Republican and Democratic leaders to Usd the onrush of such amend- ments. New Salem-Hannover Herds Leading State Fargo, N. D., March 28.—An aver- age of 246 pounds of butterfat for each of 641 cows in 26 herds placed the New Salem-Hannover dairy herd improvement association of Morton county at the head of the list in Feb- Tuary, according to a summary pre- pared by E. J. Haslerud, extension dairyman of North Dakota Agricul- tural college. The records give the North Central association in Ramsey and Benson counties second position with a 24.1 pound average. Ratings of other groups were Cass county, district and state shows next county, 23.8 pounds; Richland county, year, a plan to correlate these events /|20.8- pounds, with the Northeastern association, in Pembina and Walsh counties, fifth. The average butter- fat production for the state was 22 pounds for 1,582 cows on test.: Thirty- of encouraging greater participation!seven herds average better than 25 pounds per cow. Cole H. Stetson, member of the New had the best producing herd, 15 Holsteins averaging 43.1 pounds of butterfat. Kapaun and Lanfenberg, Cass coun- ty,'are owners of the highest produc- ling cow, a grade Holstein with 86.3 pounds of butterfat to her credit for February. 15,000 Pheasants Trapped in State Approximately 15,000 pheasants have been trapped in Dickey, Rich- land and Sargent counties and dis- tributed over the state to communi- ties, sportmens’ organizations and in- dividuals under the direction of the state game and fish department. The birds were available for all who made applications in time for the department to fill them. Trapped by farmers in the three counties, the birds were paid for at the rate of 50 cents each. This is the largest distribution of game birds ever made in the state, Burnie Mau- rek, state game and fish commission- er, said. Despite the deep snow and severe weather during the past winter, the pheasants were in good physical con- amended its order to permit railroads /dition and the loss of birds in ship-i 1 t was small. Most of the counties had pulled the trigger several times to:fusnish tree transportation for His! Mer without causing the shell to explode, jhe told his parents. ‘Horace Plunkett, Irish Leader, Dies! in the state secured birds through this Tiacoing tions were directed ‘Trap operat by Warden George Wilson of Oakes and shipments made from Hankinson and Oakes. 10 More Counties to Get Farm Board Wheat Washington, D. C., March 28—(?) —Ten additional North Dakota coun- ties have been designated by the agriculture department to the Red Cross as eligible to receive free gov- The counties are: Eddy, Foster, Steele, Pembina, Grand wheat which was donated by con- gress from farm board supplies. The agriculture department found in these 10.counties that some bad [arought spots existed and relief was needed. SPME PRicg| ARS | NAME DRY WORKER Denver, March 28.—()—Elmer E. Collins, former county prosecutor of Billings, Mont., has been named as- sistant prohibition administrator for the Rocky Mountain region. Four Cubic Foot Moraine Model Bismarck FAR GROUP URGES Just by way of variety, Berlin staged a new kind of beauty contest—a mis- tress-and-dog competition. And it was no trouble at all to award the first Prize once judges had espied Cilly Feindt, noted continental beauty, and her pet dog, Ardwick Lass, in this charming pose. Missouri Survey Sane at eed Col. J. J. ii ‘The hearing will be held at 10 a. Hearing Planned m, in Room 2851, Munitions: build-|the results of the works ing. way on the lower Missouri. Notice has been given by the divi- sion engineer that he does not favor | bee! making a further survey of the upper | City, ‘Missouri at this time, declaring that A hearing at which further exam- 8. engineers will will be held in Washington April 22, Starts Tonight Entire Evening 35c Matinees 25c CAPITOL Dick Grace, well known to hundreds of Bismarck residents, is the author and co-star in this sensational production. THEATRE AMERICA’S FOREMOST ACES... WAR DEVILS! AIR MAIL WINGMEN! DERBY WINNERS! ENDURANCE WIZ. ARDS! MONARCHS OF THE SKIES— They Helped Make This Wh rling A rare chemical which gives | speed to muscles and may be the | essence of skill was described to | the American Chemical society | Monday. | New uses of cotton, from cloth- | covered highways to possibilities | of converting the whole plant in- to cellulose, were also featured at | the meeting. | The chemical is phosphagen | and is secreted by"the body. It is | * a combination of phosphagen acid and creatine, a body protein prod- uct. It supplies to certain muscles the energy to contract. But it is Find Rare Chemical Gives Speed To Muscles and Increases Skill something more than, mere en- ergy, for apparently some muscles have no phosphagen and it is found Specialized, rapidly contracting muscles. No effective method of admin- istering this chemical is known, for the discoveries are in their be- ginnings. @ paper by R. Adams Dutcher, Ph. D., of in a summary of recent advances in biological chemistry. He cred- ited Hill, Parkinson, Lunsgaard and others with revolutionizing former views of muscle contract- ing by Hippodrome of Action in the Air! most abundantly in highly Starring RICHARD | X and a cast that lives every mo- ment... Real as life for You! with ‘They were reported in Pennsylvania State college, these discoveries. Child Is Killed By ‘Unloaded’ Gun Minot, N. D., Mar. 28.—(AP)— Marjorie Vachal, eight - year - old , daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Va- chal, who reside eight miles south- west of Ross, was killed when a shot- gun in the hands of her 10-year-old brother was accidentally discharged. Dr. O. S. Leedahl of Stanley, Mountrail county coroner, investi- gated the case and decided no inquest was necessary. Stanley, the boy who was holding the gun, said Marjorie was standing at a blackboard drawing pictures when he pointed the gun and pulled the trigger, not expecting that it would be discharged. * i The gun which caused the fatal wound was an old one which was ‘seldom used. It was taken down from its hanging place on the wall by Stanley while his parents were gone. Before the gun went off, Stanley Weybridge, England, Mar. 28. (AP)—Sir Horace Plunkett, noted Irish leader, died Saturday| night. | Plunkett for more than 40 years} filled a unique position in Irish life. His name principally was iden‘ fied with the establishment of agri cultural cooperative societies, and hi work in this respect was admired and imitated in many countries. But he “Our self.” Temple tra will charges Bower, suilder ‘This famous blend of oil of mustard, also was foremost in all activities having as their aim the combination of all Irishmen for the nation’s wel- fare, irrespective of their politics or | creed. Hopes for Peace in India Receive Jolt Bombay, Mar. 28.— (AP) — All | hopes for peace between Mahatma Gandhi and Viceroy Lord Willingdon were dashed Monday on the arri here of Mrs. Sarojini Naidu, presi- ,dent of the national congress, who j last week was reported making an . camphor, menthol and other ingredients brings relief naturally. 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