The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, November 24, 1933, Page 1

THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1933 The Weather Oldest Newspaper ESTABLISHED 1873 PRICE FIVE CENTS* 'Woman Doctor Admits Murder ini tee ee CHAMBER. DECLINES TO FAVOR PROGRAN _OPBIDGET ECONOMY Irksome New Taxes Also Re- jected by Deputies; Fi- nancial Drain Pictured LOSS OF GOLD DISCLOSED Drain on Bank of France Said to Total 3,000,000,000 in Recent Weeks ~ id Paris, Nov. French cabinet fell Friday. A scant four weeks after he formed -,®% government to supplant that of Edouard Daladier and hammered to- gether a budget-balancing, franc-sav- ing program, Albert Sarraut himself ‘went down fighting in the chamber of deputies early Friday morning. By an adverse vote of 321 to 247 the chamber bore out advance indi- cations it would be aligned ageinst the Sarraut ministry's program of economies and new taxes. At 3 a. m., every member of the cabinet went, along with the defeat- ed premier, to the presidential pal- face and there made the collapse final «by joining in a general resignation. Camille Chautemps, former pre- mier and present minister of the in- terior, was mentioned most promi- nently as M. Sarraut’s probable suc- cessor. Former Premier Edouard Herriot also was mentioned. Before his defeat, M. Sarraut pic- tured the drain of goid from the Bank of France as “a financial hemorr- Kage.” Gold Is Disappearing A few hours earlier the franc had weakened further in the exchange market and a Bank of France loss of 4 3,000,000,000 francs in gold in recent ‘weeks was made known. Alarmed, French leaders told President Albert LeBrun it was im- perative to have a solid government to protect the franc and end national instability. A wave of resentment at the suc- ceeding cabinet was reflected by Jule Jeanneney and Joseph Caillaux who, after Premier Sarraut’s government had been overthrown, said, “It was a crime to overthrow the government under present circumstances.” “I think,” M. Jeanneney told the president, “that it is about time that the slaughter of ministries ought to cease. The fate of the franc is more important than party contests.” The president began work early in the morning, alarmed by the latest crisis, and received parliamentary of- ficials in an anxious effort to hurry “\ formation of a new government, the fourth of the year. Bonnet's Name Mentioned Official sources said they expected President LeBrun to ask Bonnet, minister of finance in the 24. — (#) — Another) Leading Figures Pictured above are the leading fig- ures in the New Jersey tragedy which resulted in the death of Sheldon Clark, 34, heir to an oil fortune and himself a successful businessman, Mrs. Clark, left, shot her husband after he had struck her over the head with a billiard cue during a quarrel. Pictured with Clark is one of their two sons. In a hospital for treatment for her mit suicide, later announced she would deny a murder charge on the ground of self-defense and tempor- ary insanity. News dispatches said in Jersey Tragedy injury, Mrs. Clark attempted to com-' members of her husband's family will aid in her defense. A former showgirl, Mrs. Clark was nine years ago. Clark was married when she was only 16. That FURTHER GAINS IN “| | TRADE INDICATED DESPITE TROUBLES Commercial Review Declares Retail Distribution “Ap- proaching New Peak MANY MERCHANTS PLEASED Some Sections Report Best Bus- iness in Four Years; De- mand Trend Changes | New York, Nov. 24—(#)—Develop- ments of the last week indicate fur- ther gains in trade in spite of “many cross currents because of national monetary policies and rapid interna- tional adjustments,” the Dun & Brad- an t. Weekly Trade Review said Fri- ‘Even though: interest in the na- tion's monetary situation crowded all other occurrences into the background, asserted the Review, “it was not sufficiently strong to con- ceal the further expansion in retail distribution. With merchants in many sections of the country closing the most satis- | factory fall season in four years, ef- forts are being concentrated on the Promotion of Christmas merchandise, much of which already has been sold. “As consumers apparently have supplied their needs in the way of clothing, shoes and urgent household supplies, the fall force of their cur- rent spending power is going into the more expensive gift items, such as was 3, FIRE CONTINUES 10 ROAR THROUGH HLS NEAR LOS ANGELES {Completely Out of Control, Flames Enter Thickly Populated Section Los Angeles, Nov. 24.—(#)—The dis- astrous brush fire in foothills north- completely out of control. It crossed the ridge into thickly-populated Earl Canyon and was headed toward the Arroyo Seco, source of the Pasadena municipal water supply. cme front fanned by a treacherous wind. Although the Rose Bowl is in the Arroyo Seco, it is several miles from the fire front and no brush sur- rounds it. Fire officials were hopeful of keep- Sarraut cabinet, to form a new cabi- |ing the flames confined to the limits | ery Program ‘Little Men | With Loud Voices’ | 8 Johnson believes business is on west of Los Angeles roared on Friday | verge of “another forward surge.” in an address) Thursday night, voiced the conviction! The NRA chief, the Roosevelt policies have lifted | are a fortunate people.” j_ “You hear nowadays if any of would be if the president had taken the big plunge,” he said. “Where would the south be if ton had remained at 6 cents. for ample? What would have been ‘SEES BUSINESS ON ~ PRONOUNCED SURGE Atlanta, Nov. 24—(#)—Gen. Hugh nation “25 per cent out of the depths | of this depression” and that compared | The flames moved along a jagged | with conditions early iast spring “we grouches has ever thought. where “eed not radios, jewelry, silverware, pianos. automobiles, electric refrigerators and the better grades of merchandise novelties. “The leading industrial indices give more indications of a trend toward stabilization, as the rate of recession has been narrowed more . “In wholesale markets the center of activity is in holiday merchandise, the postponed orders of last month reaching voluminous proportions the early buying for Christmas has exceeded expectations. Washington, | VERGE OF ANOTHER Nov. 24.—()—The jannounced today that loadings of revenue freight for the week ended November 18 were 599,289 cars an in- crease of 21,613 over the week pre- ceding and 26,666 above 1932. Say Pig Buyers Tried To Cheat Government St. Paul, Nov. 24.—()—Charged |with profiting improperly during the the: the} the chasing plan, Frank King and Sidney A. Johnson, officials of a South 8t. Paul pig company, Friday were free on bond after their arraignment be: ‘fore U. 8. Commissioner W. T. God- dard Thursday. cot- ex) the nearly | signature. They provide a federal al American Railway association an-' federal government's recent pig pur-| GOVERNMENT PLANS /GODE CONTROL FOR HARD DRINK MAKERS Tight Regulation for Three Branches of Beverage Trade Is Contemplated | Washington, Nov. 24.—(%—The fed- jeral government plans tight regula- {tion of the three important branches Jof the alcoholic beverage industry through three separate codes to be promulgated by December 5, the date ot prohibition repeal. Administration-approved codes are being rushed for President Roosevelt's l- cohol control administration to super- |vise domestic distillers and brewers and joint control of liquor importers jby the treasury and agriculture de- | vartments. Hearings opened Friday on a pact fcr distillers. Those for the brewers were set for Monday and importers for Wednesday. | The administration took into its lowm hands the drafting of the codes jatter virtually discarding all impor- lant parts of tentative pacts submit- ted by the industries. | Heretofore, the administration had ;permitted industries to set up their cwn code authorities. It decided to keep its hand on the liquor business. In reaching this conclusion, it ap- moved recommendations of an inter- departmental committee, created by Fresident Roosevelt, for federal ad- {arinistration until congress acts. substitute brewers’ code made public Friday was similar to the gov- «rnment’s pact proposed for distillers, | groviding control of prices and pro- |Gucton and protection to dry states. The federal control administration jis to be composed of five government ‘officials appointed by President Roosevelt and will have complete charge of enforcing the codes for dis- tillers and brewers. The amended importers’ code pro- ides determination of import quotas jOf all alcoholic beverages other than heer and the licensing of all members jof the industry. | \Identify Suspect in Fargo Murder Trial | Fargo, N. D., Nov. 24.—For the first |time since his trial began in federal court here . Wednesday, George | (Goldie) Nolan was identified Thurs- day by two government witnesses as aving been in Devils Lake at about the time Charles Sneesby, with whose murder Nolan is charged, was slain on June 26, 1924. Sarraut Cabinet Beaten as Franc Declines 5,000 at Meeting To Boost Diversion Persons From All Parts of State| Attend Session Held At | Devils Lake | U. S. ENGINEER IS PRESENT Comes to Look and Listen, Not Talk; Will Visit Proposed Dam Site Friday | Devils Lake, N. D., Nov. 24.—More ithan 5,000 persons attended a mass meeting here Thursday night in the interest of the Missouri river diversion | Project. ; | | Major Philip B. Fleming, army’ jengineer and personal representative of secretary of the Interior Ickes and Frank W. Murphy, regional public works advisor, attended the state- wide gathering. Major Fleming said he had come to| North Dakota to “look, listen and not .” He said he was “pinchhitting” for Colonel H. M. Waite, deputy ad- ministrator of public works, who was unable to attend. | Murphy said the dam at Garrison | should be built and added that fed-! eral officials are becoming convinced that unless the ground waters of a great area in North and South Da- kota are replenished it will be “disas- | trous” for the territory. “This work should have been done! 25 years ago,” said Murphy. “I be- lieve it will be done now. You can- not stay the approach of a desert un- less waters of the Missouri are inter- cepted and put to use. This dam will have to be built on the Missouri river. ‘We must have diversion to save these two states.” | Many Express Views H Spokesmen for scores of delega-| tions throughout the state offered their sentiments backing the Missouri river diversion project, including members of the North Dakota Public Works Advisory board, * 8. J. Doyle, chairman, said that it we lose all the other projects applied for in North Dakota and get Missouri river diversion our labors will be qualified successfully. Thomas Moodie, Williston, and Henry Holt, Grand Forks, also spoke. The meeting was opened by Mayor Harry E. McHugh, who introduced 8. ‘W. Thompson, president of the diver- sion association. On the platform were Mayor Fleming, Doyle, Moodie, Murphy, Nellie Daugherty, Minot, Democratic national committeewo- man, Professor Howard Simpson and Halvor Halvorson of Minot. Simpson, who is state geologist, said the water question in North Da- kota is greater than depression. i He said 50 years ago there were| 53000 lakes in North Dakota and now) the state is facing a condition of drought and dried up streams. He outlined the diversion problem, stating that the project was not to net and serve as premier. LeBrun is known to admire Bonnet and was said to be hopeful of a quick selection of a competent financial cabinet in order to avert danger from the franc. Friends of Edouard Herriot, former Premier, insisted that the time was Mot ripe for his ption of power. Through the lo} of the cham- ber of deputies, which has over- thrown three cabinets already this * year, ran the prediction that LeBrun would offer the premiership to Her- riot as a courtesy, that Herriot would refuse, and that then the president 4 Defendant Testifies In Trial at Moorhead Moorhead, Minn. Nov. 24.—(P)— ‘William Norris, on trial for man- testified, “James A. Garrity, county attorney, of the Angeles Crest highway which skirts the Arroyo Seco to the south and west, Earl Canyon estates include tor McLaglen, actor. saved when the wind veered. A number of houses in Tugunga their way into the northern section of that city. Some estimates by fire officials place the number at 150. The county fire warden’s placed the damage Friday at $4,000,- 000 mostly caused by loss of valuable watershed land. Keystone Politicians Convicted in Court Philadelphia, Nov. 24—()—State Senator John J. McClure and seventy vodefendants were convicted Friday on a federal charge of participating in the alleged Delaware county liquor “ tion” organization. All were specifically charged with conspiracy to violate the national prohibition law. Among those convicted were Eugene F. White, chief clerk of the Pennsyl. victed. would be sent to jail immedi- ately. He said bail would be granted * rested the state's case suddenly at 1 servicé, pm Indications were the case will go * to the jury Priday- 5 sthat the whole recovery program voices frantically waving puny ‘The towns of La Crescenta, Tujun-|fiags of faise and futile warning in| ga and La Canada apparently were|the path of a resistless advance of a! sgreat people. corporals of disaster now.” Johnson declared that criticism President Roosevelt because he office| spending too much was the -“silliest, ghastliest criticism that has yet peared.” European shindig that affected not one tithe as much as lethal blight has affected them,” said, “then we surely can spend more; billions to fight hack this curse of! humanity if it scrapes the bottom of the box.” Wounded Youngster suffered when's playmate shot H| Fa H eles eu 3 zd i Hf tell some of the, area's Professor R. Prospect if we were going into this; winter with 13,000,000 unemptoyed? Johnson called foes of the recovery those of Mae Marsh, actress and Vic-| program ‘a few little men with loud j “Awake slight men!” he cried. “You! were destroyed when the flames ate/ may have been leaders once. You are! “If we can spend $42000,000,000 for | the privilege of competing in a remote Returns to School i ‘The men were indicted at Aberdeen, 8. D., on charges of forging bills of lading, defrauding the government by use of false writings, using the mails to defraud and conspiracy to defraud. Trial has been set for next May 1 in Aberdeen. | BP. J. Ryan, counsel for the two, was inclined to minimize the seriousness of the chaiges. He said he will go to Aberdeen to participate with counsel for Jay H. Bennett, Aberdeen live- stock buyes who also was indicted, in entering a not guilty plea for his cli- ents and a demurrer to the charges. Bush May Return to Minneapolis Millers ted' al was ap-! our this | " he} in 1932, was under contract to man- age the Cincinnati Reds for another year but had let it be known he was open to offers elsewhere and desired to leave in view of recent club changes. Aimee Is Willing to Give Hutton Divorce Dallas, Tex. Nov. 24—(P}—Aimee McPherson Hutton, here E i 5 z i ia Hy S Re I ri Hz | Hi F t i il M. L, Wright of Minnewaukan testi- fied he picked Nolan up on the high- ay between Minnewaukan and Devils Lake June 24 and gave him a |ride into Devils Lake. Ernest Ever- |son, Minneapolis, radio entertainer, testified he. was in Devils Lake the |week of the Sneesby murder and saw \Nolan around the rooming house of Mrs. Olga Borgeson. Asked if he saw jNolan the day of the murder, he said he could not remember. An attempt by Francis Murphy of defense counsel to have the charge against Nolan decreased from first to second-degree murder failed when {Judge Andrew Miller overruled an jobjection to testimony intended to |show the slaying took place during an attempted iobbery. ‘Registrar Abandons License Plates Plan ‘The state motor vehicle department ‘has abandoned the plan of giving 1934 |licenses in the various counties a jfeparate number, L. H. McCoy, regis- jtra, said Friday. ‘This action has been taken because | establishment a pl for manu- |tacture of motor vehicle license plates Federal Money to Repair and Repaint Already approved by work of and re- Grain the Missouri but to take the peak load of floods and divert it into eastern low lands, into the James, Sheyenne, Red rivers and the Devils Lake basin. Means True Conservation He said it is a true water conser- vation program. The project is one which could employ 20000 people for number of years. It is an economic factor, one which would supply water fo cities of North Dakota and farms with adequate water. 1 Scores of stories were related by! spokesmen, from various communities | where they described farmers hauling | water to feed livestock where wells were going dry. Among speakers urging the diver- sion plan were Dr. John Crawford of New Rockford, Otto Brech of Drake, Mayor Jack Patterson of Minot, Dr. W. H. Porter of.Cavalier county, Tom Clifford of Langdon, John Kehoe of Cando, Walter McDonald of Minne- waukan, Edwin Traynor of Stark- jWeather; Maurice Ryan, secretary of the Greater North Dakota association, Fargo; John Moses of Mercer county, | I Victim in Mystery {visional regime was left to specula- MRS, RHETA WYNEKOOP Found dead from gunshot wounds on an operating table in the office of her mother-in-law, a woman physi- cian, the death of Mrs. Wynekoop has presented Chicago police with one of the strangest mystery murder cases in years. Her mother-in-law Friday was said to have coniessed to the crime. ROOSEVELT DECIDES TO CHANGE ENVOYS AT GUBAN CAPITAL Welles to Come Home and Be Succeeded by Caffery; Recognition Hinted | Warm Springs, Ga., Nov. 24.—(#)- President Roosevelt is changing am- bassadors to Cuba in the confidence of the early establishment of a gov- ernment there meeting his conditions for recognition through stability. Apparently satisfied that the pro- visional government of President Grau San Martin “will reach some Peaceful agreement” in the “near fu- ture,” which “may result in general support of a government,” he an- nounced his diplomatic transfer sud- denly late Thursday night. Ambassador Sumner Welles, after @ return to Cuba to complete the understanding, is returning to the United States as assistant secretary of state and Jefferson Caffery, pres- ent assistant secretary of state, is go- ing to Havana. “We earnestly hope,” said Roose- velt in his statement, “that in the near future through a spirit of com- promise on all sides, the Cuban peo- ple themselves will reach some peace- ful agreement which may’ result in general support of a government and thus avoid continued civil disturb- Whether the new move means rec- ognition of the Grau San Martin pro- tion but significance was attached to the presidential declaration urging “a spirit of compromise on all sides.” Officials to Probe | Death at Williston Williston, N. D., Nov. 24.—(?}—An inquest into the death of A. J. Field, prominent Williston business; man, appeared probable here as states attorney Walter O. Burk Jsunched a preliminary investigation | to determine whether death occurred: from an overdose of medicine. | Field died September 2 after a brief! illness, Suffering from what he be-| lieved to be rheumatism, Field had) taken a medicine prescribed 15 years ago, recently having had the prescrip- | tion refilled. | Mrs. Field sent one of the capsules | Judge Alois Wartner of Harvey, Mayor Christianson of Cooperstown, Halvor Halvorson of Minot, and Gus: Lamb, Michigan, president of the} North Dakota Taxpayers association. | A special train from Minot arrived about 4:30 and, headed by the Elks! Injuries Fatal to iv H Man at Grand Forks af and the original prescription to C. 8. Ladd, state chemist who reported that | the prescription called for three-, tenths of a milligram of colchicin per | capsule while the sample contained! 186 of @ milligram. C. H. Mergens of | the chemical staff at the Agricul- Inspectors Probing Mail Pouch Robbery CONFESSES SLAYING OF SON'S WIFE IN OFFICE AT CHICAGO Gave Girl Overdose of Chioro- form While Examining Her for Pains ATTEMPTED TO REVIVE HEA Desperate When Efforts Falled, She Finally Got Gun and Fired Fatal Shot Chicago,‘ Nov. 24—(}—Confession By Dr. Alice Lindsay Wynekoop that she fired a bullet into the heart of her daughter-in-law while the gir) was unconscious was announced Fri- day by Capt. John Stege. Breaking down at last, after nearly three days of exhausting examination, the 62-year-old woman physician ac- knowledged she had administered chloroform to Rheta, her son's 23- year-old wife, in examining her for s Pelvic pain of which the girl had com- Plained. Friday afternoon Dr. Wynekoop took the stand before a coroner's jury and affirmed the confession she pre- viously signed earlier in the day. She had gone to her surgical office in the basement of the Monroe Street aes Ans death last Tuesday afternoon Rheta partly undressed weighing herself. Rheta complained of severe pains, Dr. Wynekoop said, and she placed the young woman on her operating table and began to administer chlor- oform to ease the pain and facilitate examination. Dr. Wynekoop told Capt. Stege she kept asking Rheta if she could feel the pain and that her daughter-in- law continued to answer affirmative- ly. Finally, the physician explained, Rheta lost consciousness and for 25 minutes she tried strenuously to re- vive her. Became Panic-Stricken ‘When she realized she was losing ground, Dr. Alice said, she became panic-stricken, “All the events of my life flashed through my mind,” Dr. Wynekoop was quoted, “and I thought of a pistol "" wenrful of Blame for ie for killing the girl with the anaesthetic, she said, she obtained the pistol and, holding it five inches from the bare back of the unconscious girl, fired a single shot. That shot penetrated the shoulder piace and passed through Rheta’s art. Capt. Stege placed the time of the killing between 2:30 and 3 p. m. Tuesday, a time when Dr. Wynekoop had said she was absent from the 16 room mansion. For the first time since the mys- terious killing Dr. Alice and her son Earle had met in the police quarters where both had been subjected to night-long questioning, separately. Near the breaking. point but always protesting his innocence, the 28-year- old widower had said he knew of a motive, and wanted to see his‘mother. Pleads for Truth On her shoulder he sobbed a ples that she admit her guilt if she had cose it because of her great love for Look ing solemnly into his redde! eyes, she spoke: “I didn’t do it.” Earle had told the police his wife Inad been termed by ® physician {slightly deranged,” and had put iron eg and drugs in food at their jome. After their two-hour meeting, Earle was led away to lunch. Then began the final questioning that resulted in the doctor’s full statement, with which Police Capt. Stege still pro- fessed to be unsatisfied. Stege said he had found a blood- stained blanket in the house and had concealed this discovery from Dr.” ce. Capt. Stege asserted that the large: amount of blood soaked in the Die mother-in-law's statement, he said: ee T can say, is give her the lime i T SRR8 en i 3 ii |