The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 19, 1932, Page 1

= — Sar “ : POLICE CHIEF § [YS|[ venders in N. D. Luther League and Choral Union Convention ||Ask Jones Recall * arranges Fete | ee A LYING BOATBUILDER | As State Senator iinet —— WASKOTIMPLGATED DIREGTING BOARD. (tr, tari “tone Roa Be att _ in OF LUTHER LEAGUE of Legislator POPE SENDS FELICITATIONS North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper ESTABLISHED 1873 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE Hundreds Attend Jubilee Fete BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, THURSDAY, MAY 19, 1932 Exonerate Curtis As Schwarzkopf Bitter at Refusal of Rev. Dobson-Peacock to Cooperate Lindbergh Kidna per titioucs Row Will Dispose of Business in Con- nection With Sessions Opening Friday The Weather Mostly unsettled, showers tonight or Friday; cooler. PRICE FIVE CENTS For Demanding Action; ‘Piracy’ Says Defendant Manning, N. D., May 19.—(#)—Re- call of State Senator E. W. Jones 0: of Laymen A colorful assemblage of hundreds of Roman Catholic dignitaries and laymen from several states and Can- ada gathered in Bismarck Thursday — A meeting of the board of directors; REV. N. M. YLVISAKER of the North Dakota Luther League and Choral Union at Trinity Lutheran Killdeer, representing the 48th legis- lative district composed of Mercer, Oliver and Dunn counties, was asked FATHER JOHN SLAG to pay tribute to Most Rev, Vincent Hopewell, N. J., May 19.—(?)}—Su-| Wehrle, bishop of Bismarck diocese perintendent of State Police H. Nor- Minneapol! church : .m. Thursd will of the Roman Catholic church, at his Le ata betta th Leeds md oe tart proceeds in the organisation's alee Dae ng Se ney we puesvery Rey. seus tor of (201te2 sacerdotal jubilee program. “ ye . g, rector } pahecticesid eid at og | President of N. D. Luther League and a ee | ee. REY, J. A. AASGAARD RATT eu RS aime, petitions bore approximately |St. Mary's procathedral here. was i Weber eetsitinb tat Sh ‘ : Choral Uni ther League innenpolis ands 500 signatures, which is considerably {charge of arrangements for the cele- . Mary's procathedral Thursda: $ Norfolk, with the actual kidnapers of Union “> President of Norwegian’ Lutheran | tinues through Sunday. ranly re 13h y more than the number necessary to obtain a vote for the recall of an of- ficial. The statute requires signatures rs bration of Most Rev. Vincent Wehrle's Golden Sacerdotal Jubilee, being cele- brated here Thursday. forenoon for the pontifical high mass the Lindbergh baby and the collection which wascelebrated by Bishop Weh- hw of the ransom money.” The directors will dispose of busi- ness in connection with the conven- Church of America tion. ‘ i ® * a alee \ ’ oo * ei ' - a+ The Newark Evening News said! Thursday that 10 days after the kid- naping Chief of Police William Wal- ter of Trenton received an anonymous | letter directing police to “follow the Lindbergh telephone wires” and the; baby and “the three other men” would be found. 1 The body of the baby was found a; week ago close to the main road from Hopewell to Princeton. Along that road ran special wires laid by police conducting the investigation from the Lindbergh garage. ‘The News said Chief Walter favored the theory that the letter might have | been written by one of four men who; kidnaped the baby. After Curtis’ confession, investiga- tion was immediately begun as to) Curtis’ whereabouts on the night of March 1 when the baby was kidnaped and the night of April 2. when the $50,000 ransom was paid by Dr. John Members of the board are’ Re' A. O. Nesset, Leeds, president; Re' Opie 8. Rindahl, Lutheran church, vice president; Miss Hilda J. Wisnes, Minnewaukan, sec- J. C. Lund, Minot, treasurer; | Mrs. D. Stoeve, Fargo, director of music; Rev. George O. Loftness, Dev- ils Lake, and Miss Caroline J. Eving- retar son, Farg More than 2,000 and possibly as titions later, but that those presented many as 4,000 are expected to attend the Sunday morning and afternoon programs at the World War Memorial building, Rev. Rindahl said Thursday. All other sessions of the convention {will be conducted at Trinity Lutheran church. Delegates to the convention will register at 8 a. m. Friday. A prelude is scheduled for 9 a. m., with Mrs. |Rindahl at the piano, Prof. Carl B.|#ssociation. | Ylvisaker, Concordia College, at the pastor of Trinity governor at the preceding election ve 4 by 30 per cent of those who voted for About 4,500 votes were cast for gover- nor in the three counties represented by Jones. Under the law. the recall petitions must be filed with the auditor in the county in which the legislative officer resides. The county auidtor said he will rule on the sufficiency of the pe- have been examined and appear to be in proper form. £ The recall will be voted on during the June 29 primary clection. A can- didate to succeed Jones, in the event the recall movement is successful, is jexpected to file later. Jones was elected to a four-year term to the senate in 1930. He is filiated with the Independent Voters’ The recall petitions give no reason 42, COUNTY AUDITORS GATHERED HERE FOR rle himself and during which Arch- bishop John G. Murray, St. Paul, de- livered the sermon. Other hundreds were turned away at the door. Even the aisles of the church were crowded and all avail- able standing room in the procathe- dral was taken. Bishop Wehrle’s mass was one of the high points on the jubilee pro- gram. This was followed by 1 p. m. ANNUAL CONVENTION xis: Sumi Attendance at Meetings Thurs- day Reaches 200; State, Officers Speak Forty-two of North county auditors were Dakota's 53 in Bismarck at which state officials and i taries of the Catholic covuet ees speakers. At the banquet a cablegram from Rome in which Pope Pius conferred the Papal blessing on Bishop Wehrle and felicitated him upon his golden jubilee was read. The jubilarian’s mass was one of the most impressive religious cere- monies ever celebrated in Bismarck. Likened to Father for seeking his removal, but merely |Thursday for the annual meeting of i|the North Dakota Auditors’ associa- tenishop Wehrle was likened too tion at what is considered the most |;zther of a family by Archbishop representative convention in the his-| cn prio ed Aa pre ae Heat —s i f Rev. C.|‘POLITICAL ‘Y’ tory of the organization. Z. 3 "Fivisaker, Moorhead, Minn Miss |18- JONES" ANSWER Besides regular delegates, wives |Tungry, children,” Bishop Wehrle Edith Okerlund, Fargo: Rev. F.B.An-| -Killdeer, N. D., May 19—()—State [nd deputies present brought the at” | consecration with anniversary of. his \aersen and Dr. J. N. Anderson, Min- Senator E. W. Jones, whose recall was ares at meetings to nearly two| stistaction that pees te tameee pre rehearsal is scheduled toelty midioe sak Maenete: peor Governor George F. Shafer made a haha Bae rage! st peg a 1 p.m. Another prelude is planned | termed the move as “political piracy.” plea to the convention the ieee 77-year-old niente, gine ae Aning for 2 p.m, with Prof, Yivisaker at the| He charged that men affiliated with |@@Y Morning session in which Ne lnishop of the Bismarck di s organ, Miss Marie Lemohn at the pi-|the Nonpartisan League came here |¥7éed auditors to poanape hiner od 22_years. . tae ‘Rev. Ulvilde Oeil Tend bine lars rare ee aaa an er ina to familiarize thera Bishop Wehrle's life has been one : = f if titan whieh will be followed at 2:30|feents ses Unfounded State |selves with tax matters, of unselfishness and sacrifice, Arch- bishop Murray said, bi roar y he history of the y said, but he approach- oclock by Bible study under the di-| Jones said he was attacked for his|_, Never before in t 3 es the end of the road w great- irection of Rev. ©. B. Yivisaker. At 3/vote on the four-cent line tax (State has there been such intense and with the t est of wealth—“a pure mind, a pure te Jotlock Rev. J. A. Fjelstad, Edmore, |pii], and the measure to increase the | Widespread. interest in tax matters, |heart, and an 1, a PI Gang Last Reported at Stark- / R lel speak on “The Ideal Church.” |number of signers required to initiate Governor Shafer said. It is the duty apostolic soul.’ weather; Cashier, Captive 10 Hours, Freed F. Condon. Schwarzkopf's statement came as a result of this investigation. Condon Is Cooperating After exonerating Curtis of impli- cation in the actual kidnaping and collection of the ransom, Schwarz- kopf said that Dr. Condon had been “most cooperative with the police” and had offered to come to Hopewell or go anywhere else with the investi- gators. “A message received from _ his jorgan. and Miss Grace Livdahl, Bis- marck, singing. Rev. Ulvilden, Minot, state that the signers ask for a recall will lead the group in a hymn, which election of the senator. will be followed by conference ses- MISS HILDA WISNES MRS. DAVID STOEVE Minnewaukan REY. O. S. RINDAHL Bismarek Vice president of N. D. Luther League and Choral Union. Secretary of N. D. Luther League aid and Choral Union Director of N. D. Choral Union Pictured above are leaders on the program of the convention of the North Dakota Luther League and Choral Union convention which will open here Friday and continue through Sunday. daughter this morning,” Schwarzkopf uane' ttt aster’ omen POsses Patrol Canadian Border in Hunt muturcerntce Kor Bandits Who Robbed Ipswich Bank resumed. As soon as Dr. Condon is rested we will continue taking him; around.” - bs Schwarzkopt's statement also made comment on the telegram from Rev.! H. Dobson-Peacock, in which the| Norfolk associate in the Curtis ac- BRIN ( IZZED IN ) (By The Associated Press) U. S. and Canadian border patrols along the international boundary) Thursday kept watch for four ban- tivities declined to come to Hopewell, but said he would give all information dits who robbed the Bank of Ipswich, 8. D., and kept the cashier captive in 2 Archbishop Murray sketched the Choir Will Sing and refer legislation. of county auditors to be conversant ite of Bishop Wehri At 8 p. m. the program will open! «] have always been a friend of the with them, so that they can pass in- le from the time ; A of his baptism at his Swiss h 7 jcholr, w B. 1 A, Acker H-|to every one,” Jones said. Vici how " H ‘anderson as soloists. Rev. Selmer A.| propa; ul om cious! department discussed liabilities of years ago until the present. Berge, Fargo, will talk on “My Propaganda has been circulated /sureties under depository bonds. He His guiding hand, the archbisho} seats cua ie atiaie be ae eared i. great part in the i among my friends and the a! €| development of the Bismarck ‘Church, a Far-Flung Enterprise.” The | actual political piracy.” stressed the fact, that unless expira. irek diocese, {Mandan Circuit Choral Union, under |""«t stand on my record and my ef- tion dates were tino in the Beads, jthe direction of Rev. E. 8. Tollefson, 7 they remained in force for only a ; Watford City, will sing. Greetings to police going to Norfolk. not only in the religious aspect, but forts to do everything possible to help! four-year period. . i their automobile for 10 hours. will be brought by Mayor A. P. Len: “Under these circumstances,” said also in the agricultural, political, and the taxpayer.” Outlines Hazards | Chester Doolittle, the cashier, was| Confession of Third Man Causes | hart and Rev. P. A. Grisvold, Beach, Schwarzkopf, “it will not be pozsible to pelgee Mr. Curtis with Mr. Pea- also in the agric Streets Roped Off He outlined some of the fire ha- dnesd: ight at an land Rev. Nesset will give the re- Jones figured in the news at thejzards causing greatest loss to prop- at anj si i weed Teac eear Bixford, N. D.| Officials to Absolve Ac- sponse. cused Pair cock, which at this time we are very; anxious to do. There is no legal way so grease Raped Of in which we can force me pec cen at Was the erowd which as- presence in either Hopewell or Flem- | last session of the legislature when helerty insured by the bonding depart-|Ccleates and church dignitaries to quested the @ post of #25000 tn Nor- Dr, A. J. Aasgaard, Minneapolis, Yielded to political pressure and votes |ment and told of the work of inspec- |°"4 ia ve Procathedral that. po- ie enti ed by Col. Lind- from where the bandit car is believed; president of the Norwegian Lutheran |#8ainst the bill to redistrict the state|tion to eliminate these losses. vehicular traffic. e (acing to prevent sored 4 aceite eho were present | to have headed north. Bharoh of America, heads the list of fr congressional purposes. His vote) Attorney General James Morris.| clicked as the pr ee of camerss: era Ps of er fade the request.” The last report was the men had convention speakers. Others are Rev. was cast following a telephone con-|who was scheduled to speak on the ward an a intaeaad rant Fede ser Curtis, after 10 weeks of promise 85| new york, May 19—(?)—Mrs. Mary stopped at RiatSmeR Le f few hours May 19 David Stoeve, Fargo; Rev. N. M. ‘Yivis- | versation with Governor George F. peperens Sule unee sto estend os on tops and fenders of prfeiaycosiy traveling straight north across fhe pol eit ol cy capone gee EE B. Andersen, |cal hopes” depend on the defeat of Informa) discussion of some of tne in the procession were delegates of te Wegrede oy their objective, | razeppa. brothers and a sister of| Minneapolis; Rev. Selmer A. Berge, this bill. problems contront ing county sudltors oA See val organized at Sarles,| $3,400 only because the jury disagreed | Fargo; Miss Edith Okerlund, Fargo; Jones had received numerous peti- iP! ga ing pal near the Canadian border, after men|Were freed in district court here Official Says She Had 5, 10 and 20 Dollar Bills and Knew ‘Jafsie’ Wabasha, Minn., Saree tO twas in fail at Flemington. |©- Ford, Brooklyn school teacher, for parishes and missions, priests, abbots, and Rev. J. A. Fjelstad, Edmore. tions from his constituents asking|the morning session, A. H. Sherman, ‘The charge was obstructing justice. whom Assistant District Attorney monsignori, bishops, Bishop Wehrle | Jamestown, president of the associa- blames financial worries for his at-| Thursday. Their release came as a him to support the measure. answering the description of the the sanctuary while Archbishop Mur- * ||W. E. Byerly, state land commission- late Wednesday at the Lind-jsullivan, head of the detective divi- Finkelburg of Winona who ‘ ? charge ulliv fa game of pool. Judge Karl ure, By ‘Kidnaped’ Man | thanked the archbishop and bishops last |that the proposed senate investigation | A resolutions committee appointed laymen of the church for their devout H. Dobson-Peacock, and slightingly py police, however. disclosed the re-'neignt and dress tallied with the de-|giving the name of Ferdinand Miller.| voiced by President Charles E. Huff admitted to police Thursday that aid. Members of the committee were J. The clergyman, Curtis sald, was @/larceny matter, and not in connec-| noolittie was unharmed and had|men here after they had thrown 2|" ne letter was py to Senator| tive. a ‘Edith G. Deen, La Moure county. 3 pressing doubt Curtis would an apartment with $20, $10 and 5/Reebe, president. nage Regi would conduct the investigation. confessed he wrote the ransom |session, were C. E. Colcord, Renville | ¢*treme satisfaction upon his 50 years prosecutor for Wabasha county, Mil- “an old fogy.” The retired command- formation given him by the public/ay main highways. He said they in-|another man, who, he said, had been cob adhesive tape which bound his |ty, Dakota. ms | National Grain corporation we Following the business sessions his name and aid to a hoax fashioned |she teaches. “What can a Priest accom) without the aid of the Senet BE: hop Wehrle asked in expressing his gratitude to his “dear Catholic lay- ‘The 47-year-old boatbuilder, who ‘ with the Lindbergh kidnaping case, the throne cot tie” weet ee i i the state highway department, and ing when he was called to answer the! Assistant Chief Inspector John J. The chaeges twere dismissed . by Confession Given B purchased some tobacco, and played advanted: years Biman Wentie Chicago, May 19—()—A demanalg ; Appoints Committee The sight of jail and iron bars! received an anonymous letter stating November. radio. He asked them if they were fulness during his episcopate, and the a fellow Norfolk negotiator, the Rev. at her home. An investigation they were employed. The men’s|ities to have been made by a maniie made “without further delay” was September after financial reverses the consideration of the convention. retired. Ford was being questioned about &/time of the robbery. Frank Trende of Chaska arrested tW>/-tnursday. movements was purely imagina- Gilbertson, Benson county; and the clergyman, at Norfolk, denied, ex-|Ford paid $100 for a month's rent of jshot and critically wounded H. Plin| plates. t ich | Democratic nominee for congress, Questioned by John Foley, special tee on agriculture and forestry, wh! Conviction provides a penalty of three’ Jacobs of Kings county, Brooklyn, years in jail, a $1,000 fine, or both. ‘ssid he was looking in connection and Archbishop Murray. In the church Bishop Wehrle sat on in his office late Thursday aft- ! tion, presided. tempt to foist his gigantic hoax upon | Was x result of the alleged confession of a : " is tee yorld, waived preliminry hear-jernoon, being questioned. Talders | left Starkweather, | Thee) an attested at Chaska. Demands That Probe |+ A. D. McKinnon, chief engineer of| "ay sat at the coposite oe Be Begun at Once Showing plainly the weight of his —— | er, were slated to speak on the pro- bergh home. jsion, acknowledged at police head- ietor 1 hall said | expressed regret for the false impri- ram Thursday afternoon. Slashes At Peacock Guarters that police ‘some time ago | ,,2n¢,broprictor of the poo! eto alsonment of the brothers since . ee cane for attending the jubilee, the priests of activities of government-aided co-/ | Scranton, Pa., May 19.—(P)—A of his diocese for their extreme faith- loosed rancor and he spoke bitterly of |that Mrs. Ford had the Lindbergh jooxing for work and they replied; The confession was said by author-| operatives and the private grain trade homesick man who ran away last |py Sherman was to meet Thursday afternoon to draw up resolutions for of the third member of the Norfolk |port was unfounded. Iscriptions given Doolittle andj21, of Butternut, Wis. National Grain cor-| & fantastic kidnaping story with of the third evrel Guy H. Burrage,|"'Builiven sald, he understood Mrs,/Scriptions elven by Dookie ane *-mne new angl> came when Sherit:|Cetoa "ina letter “made public! Which he hoped to disguise his [p, MeWethy, Foster county: George J, Fischer, Richland county; G. A. “publicity fiend” and joined the hoax |tion with the Lindbergh case. been well treated while held captive,|package from an automobile. The! oo. t “McNary (Rep.), of Ore-| | J: Drew Fague, 3l-year-old jus- for the publicity it would bring. This; Jacobs said he was informed Mrs. "| nackage contained automobile license “| tice of the peace and former be! ne dit ee Has ‘Extreme Satisfaction’ Pp {by the men, who, in raiding the bank, | packag gon, chairman of the’ senate commit wens, ce is ey an ting oa ‘The bishop said he looks with such @ statement. 5 Doolittle said the men traveled ex- aeniared * tous} demands his wife recently re- |county; Marshall Bailey, Barnes|°! Priesthood, most of which were Burrage was referred to by Curtis 88) He sent for her, he said, on in-|ciusively on side roads and avoidec |ler is alleged to have admitted he and eet ee ged costed ceived and that he applied the |county; and A. 8. Ward, Stark coun- spent in Dakota Territory and North er has been exonerated by police of jschool authorities and after question | dicated they were not particularly fa- |killed later in an automobile accident‘, fthe| mouth and hands when he was Archbishop Murray any knowledge that he was lending |ing the principal of the school where | iis; with the ngheiek: Mae ae, ine boa ea the/ found lying beside a highway |Thuraday afternoon, members of the The cashier blindfolded and bound| A man arrested with Miller was rsons| Wednesday. MRivenUG Gere tote PR 4 ie tel a cot eh es Pa ne ee erin Agar} ny ay atter being taken from the|held for investigation. ie rand ist palin eee i j beer pe of Commerce MPwo. telegraphic requests, by state that Schoede! e the following jin. oe taken by the ae wi Barton Russell at one time was bees Lane arellaa the investiga-|Birth Control Urged tinued on page eleven) statement. etsy ismarck hotel and wet under way. i ji beveral weeks ago a teletione eal] ag the ‘Henry Cole homestand ‘Dee eer mhers are former North Da- To House Committee|Transfers Offices lor Mrs, A en ye man asked for her. We said .we To Little Bu il ding couldn't call her to the telephone during school hours, whereupon the said ‘This is of the we Washington, May 19.—()—Argu- ments for birth control legislation were laid Thursday before a commit- tee of the house for the first time since 1873. Under the leadership of Illness Is Fatal to Married in Minot | Stanton Farm Youth Minot, N. D. May 19.—(?)— 2 — Now 78 years old, Fra ink W. Walter Cowell, living near Velva, was Ite a third time. ————— potting lived near Mot. || Velva Resident, 78, | | ° The bandits, in releasing the cash- jer, told him to “keep quiet for one Ford’ hour or we will get you.” He, how- ‘Wwe broke the rules. apd. alee Oe oe nee atito the phone. We r “ be bs ‘When she hung up, {shortly i ii : N, D. = Cowell has been single since Stanton dis-| 1923, when his second wife, Bertha Cowell, divorced him in he leaves two 7 win of Stan- sisters are ; Mrs Elma Hertha Richter, ith and Emma be held in the church at 2p. m. am \ | |