The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 27, 1934, Page 1

ESTABLISHED 1873 "SEEK 10 ELIMINATE * PRESENT LINTS ON SUCCESSIVE. TERNS Circulation of Petitions Launch- ed Friday by Association Officials PROPOSE VOTE AT PRIMARY Believe Sheriffs Should Be Al-| lowed to Serve Indefinite- ly at Posts Distribution of two petitions call-! ing for initiation of a constitutonal amendment and a measure which would give sheriffs the right to serve more than two successive terms was launched Friday by the North Da- kota Sheriffs and Peace Officers’ as- sociation. Sheriffs now are restricted to not more than two successive terms or four successive years by Section 173, Article 10, of the constitution as amended by Article 48 of the Amend- ments, and Section 3259 of the com- Piled laws for the year 1913. THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 27, 1934 Mandan Man Recovery Chief \Sheriffs Would Initiate Two New Measu Ni $i-a-Year Girl || { | I | H You can add to New York City’s list of public-spirited citizens the name of Mrs. Mildred Somach (above). Be- res ROYALIST RIOTING MARKS DOWNFALL OF CABINET IN PARIS Demonstrators Smash Through Thousands of Police in Place de l’Opera FLAILING CLUBS IGNORED Chautemps Government Resigns | As Aftermath of Bayonne Pawnshop Scandal Paris, Jan. 27.—(?}—Premier Cam- ie Chautemps and his cabinet re- signed Saturday and Royalist rioters smashed through thousands of police yacked into the huge Place De TOpera. The mob rioted despite all precau- tions which the authorities of Paris mustered to prevent their demonstra- tions. The battling monarchists plowed into the ranks of the gendarmes re- Dratedly. Previously the head of the police force had announced that his precau- tions would “nip in the bud” future nots, but the solid blue ranks of the Confer With President on Relief. With his request for an investigation of alleged graft in the Civil Works Administration granted, Harry L. Hopkins, CWA administra- FACTOR REITERATES IDENTIFICATION OF CHICAGO GANGSTERS: Stands Up Well Under Gruelling | Cross-Examination by Defense Lawyer MOTIVES ARE QUESTIONED, NS eae Or era | Speculator Is Accused of Hav- ing Made Deal to Evade Trial in England { Criminal Courts Building, Chicago, Jan. 27.—(?)}—His voice firm and pos- itive, John Factor reiterated from the witness stand under a gruelling cross- examination Saturday his identifica- tion of three Touhy gangsters charged with his $70,000 kidnaping. Defense Attorney William Scott Stewart, still contending that Factor accused Roger Touhy, Gustav (Gloomy Gus) Schaefer, and Albert (Polly Nose) Kator because of an ulterior motive, questioned Factor in minute wee about his identification of the Resents Question at Senate Inquiry “I don't think you're fair” ... W. W. Atterbury, president of the Pennsylvania Railroad, told what The Weather Unsettled tonight and Sunday; mt colder; cold wave Sunday. PRICE FIVE CENTS CUMMINS APPOINTED | STATE DIRECTOR FOR EMERGENCY COUNCLL To Supervise Coordination of Recovery Projects in North Dakota LEAVES FOR WASHINGTON Among Duties Will Be Adminis« tration of Compliance With NRA Codes R. B. Cummins of Mandan has beers named state director for North Dak- ota of the national emergency coun- cil by President Roosevelt, he ane nounced in Bismarck Saturday. With his appointment Cummins be~ comes one of the key men in the fed- eral government's widespread cam- paign for economic recovery and the oer recovery officer in North Dae cota. The national emergency council's duty is to coordinate the numerous recovery projects, including super- vision of NRA code a Offices for the state director were established in the Eltinge building here several weeks ago by Kenneth Wilson, who will remain here as of- fice manager. All complaints on NRA code come The petitions provide substitutesicause she wants a “clean govern tor, called on the President to discuss the question of advancing Re- pliance developing in North Dakota he thought of his interrogators at for the constitutional amendment and statute which are identically the same as the existing measures except that the word “sheriff” is eliminated from the phrases in both restricting the county treasurer and sheriff to two successive terms or four succes- sive years in office. Proposed for Primary The petitions propose the two measures for submission to the voters at the primary election next June 27. The committee for the petitioners is identical in both cases. This group includes Arthur A. Sunde, Valley City; William A. Thatcher, Botti- neau; James P. Doyle, Bowbells, Gay Freer, Manning; Kasper Neiderkorn, Mott; H. R. Gieselman, Mohall; D.! 8 Mcllwain, Wahpeton; Frank X. Wanner, Dickinson; Oscar J. Ny- gaard, Jamestown; and Arthur Peter- son, Cando. Distribution of such petitions was approved at a recent meeting of the ment to win,” Mrs. Somach, the wife of a physician, is working in Mayor LaGuardia’s office at a salary of $1 &@ year, The mayor's paying it himself. DILLINGER AND GANG: ‘TRY TECHNICALITIES TO EVADE PENALTIES Rely on Legal Strategy to Pré- vent Return to Face Ohio, Indiana Charges , | Tucson, Ariz. Jan, 27.—(#)—Legai suas sad Officers’ secuiai| technicalities have rel 1 ‘in Sheriff Joseph L. Kelley of Bis- (the fight for freedom of John Dil; linger, midwestern desperado, .marck is president of the associa-' three captured henchmen. tion and Deputy Sheriff A. H. Hel-!.) ‘i geson, also of the Capital City, is secretary-treasurer. Return to Helgeson Those circulating the petitions are instructed to return them when sign- ed to Helgeson at Bismarck, postof- fice box No. 513. The petitions for the constitutional measure must bear signatures of 20,- 000 qualified electors and must be filed with the secretary of state 120 days before the election, or Feb. 26. The petitions for the statutory measure must bear 10,000 signatures and be filed with the secretary of state 90 days before the election, or March 28, Circulators, however, are asked -to have the petitions in the hands of Helgeson not later than Feb. 22 and March 25, to make certain that they are available for proper filing before the deadline. Silence Still Rules In Bremer Kidnaping St. Paul, Jan, 27.—(?)—All avenues of communication were kept open Sat- urday to smooth the way for contact between the kidnapers of Edward G. Eremer, and his kin, from whom the abductors have demanded $200,000 for his release. Missing 10 days, the 37-year-old president and owner of the Commer- cial State Bank last communicated ‘with the family four days or more ago and then through the medium of a kidnap gang’s missive. -Since then, only silence has bridged the gap sep- arating the gang’s hideout and the Bremer family. Eager to hear the final word from) the gang—the rendezvous and time of payment for the ransom—the family has promised to keep secret arrange- ments between it and the captors. Kidder Authorities They have shot their way out of more formidable prisons, but they rely Saturday on the strategy of At- torney John L. Van Buskirk to get them out of the county jail here, where they have been under heavy guard since their capture Thursday. Buskirk planned to seek writs of \habeas corpus when bonds were fixed jat $100,000 or more for each of the quartet. He laid further plans to re- {sist extradition proceedings to In- diana and Ohio, where the mobsters are wanted for murder prosecutions, and possibly other midwestern states which they terrorized. Heavy Bail Fixed Bail for Dillinger and Charles Makley, known as the “hardest guy” of the gang, was fixed at $100,000 leach as fugitives from justice. Harry Pierpont and Russell Clark are held in Heu of $105,000 bail each. Governor George White of Ohio asked Indiana authorities to agree to the return of Makley, Pierpont and Clark to the former state, where they are accused of murdering Sheriff Jess Sarber at Lima. The four also face charges of murder at East Chi- Ind., and are of a string of bank robberies in the two states in which an estimated $250,000 was taken. At Indianapolis, Al G. Feeney, In- Police broke on the second attack. As the rioters charged, regardless of the clubs which the police flailed upon them, they shouted: “Down with: Chautemps!” ‘The mobilization of police exceeded any that has yet been attempted since rioting broke out 10 days ago. ‘The Place De l'Opera was guarded with three solid blocks of helmeted nolicemen, both mounted and afoot. Adding to the strength of their {ranks were city firemen, who attached ‘hoses inside the opera under police Protection. Streets Are Barricaded Streets were virtually barricaded with. big police busses and- patrol wagons. But the Royalists smashed into these ranks successfully. ‘The resignation followed a series of demonstrations against the govern- ment as a result of the recent col- lapse of the Bayonne municipal pawn- shop and a resultant “mud bath” for government officials in the chamber of deputies. Two cabinet ministers, Albert Dali- mier, minister of colonies, and Eu- gene Raynaldy, minister of justice, re- signed under the fire of the deputies. The Chautemps government lasted exactly two months. , Its collapse was the fourth within a year. The cabinet members debated their resignation for an hour and a quarter. After the session they walked across the street from Chautemps’s office to Elysee palace, to which President Le- Brun had been summoned hurriedly. The president thanked the ministers for their services and asked them to continue at their posts until a new ministry can be formed. LeBrun then summoned the presi- dents of the senate and the chamber of deputies to come and confer with POUR HN HELD IN RIOTING AT LINTON Fifth Awaits Hearing Follow- ing Disturbance Over CWA Disbursements | construction Finance Corporation fund: cities to lighten local reliet problems. Hopkins (right) and Jesso Jones, R.F.C. head, who also con- ferred with the President. are nictured leaving the White House. SILVER AMENDMENT HARRY PEYTON OF DEFEATED 457043 WILLISTON HEADS IN SENATE CONTEST = STATE HOTEL MEN 14 Republicans Join Western: Elected Saturday Afternoon at! Democrats in Fight for Final Session of Conven- White Metal tion Here { Washington, Jan. 27.—(#)—The} Harry K. Peyton of Williston was diana state director of public safety.} rinton, N. D:, Jan. 27.—()—Four said he also believed the three gang: men have been bound over to the senate silver bloc showed its strength Saturday but failed to secure adop- tion of an amendment to the admin- istration money bill providing for purchase of the white metal until it reached a ratio of 16 to 1 with gold. The vote was 45 to 43. Fourteen Republicans, including some regarded as .conservative by their colleagues, joined in the vote for the amendment. As a final vote on the monetary legislation approached, the senate re- jected the Wheeler amendment after @ last-minute expression of opposi- tion from President Roosevelt—given by Robinson, the party leader. It_was the last serious obstacle to a final vote on the bill, with approval of the measure conceded on all sides. The amendment by Senator Wheel- er (Dem., Mont.) provided for the purchase of 25,000,000 ounces of sil- ver a month until the price reached & ratio of 16 to 1 with gold, or until ‘750,000,000 ounces had been bought. A vote then was in order on an amendment by Senator Pittman (Dem., Nev.) to authorize the presi- dent to maintain the parity between the standard silver and gold dollars by reducing the weight of the silver dollar up to 60 per cent. Nye-Frazier Favor Silver Senators Frazier and Nye of North Dakota were among 14 Republicans who voted the Wheeler amendment. Senator Schall of Minnesota voted against it and Senators Norbeck and Bulow of South Dakota were an- nounced as paired for the amend- Meutenants should be turned over to| district court and a fifth awaits hear- Ohio authorities. Dillinger, he said, /ing as the aftermath of a disturbance should be brought to Indiana to face | here over CWA fund disbursements in an indictment returned Friday by the! which a mob, estimated at 200 persons Lake county grand jury at Gary,|gathered before the Emmons county charging the outlaw leader with mur-| jan to attempt the release of two dering Police Detective Patrick O’Mal- prisoners arrested in an earlier fracas. ley at East Chicago. ‘The complaint charges the defend- Woman Under Indictment ants and other persons attempted to One of the three women, arrested| hold » public hearing in the Emmons in the police roundup that caught|county courtroom without proper au- the gangsters separated and with|thority. Ordered to , Jona- little chance to fight, was indicted bY |than Hoff, Linton blacksmith, said by the Marion county, Ind., grand of aiding ment. Senator Shipstead of Minnesota voted against the amendment, while regr ‘a Erickson and Wheeler voted for it. The only consequential change in the bill as it apparently heads to- ward the White House is a time lim- itation of the operations of the $2,000,- 000,000 stabilization fund and the chief executive's power to revalue the dollar. ‘This limitation, agreed to by the president, allows two years for these operations; a third if the chief ex- ecutive wants it. elected president of the reorganized North Dakota Hotel Men's associa- tion here Saturday afternoon at the closing session of the organization's two-day meeting. Mrs. M. J. Morris of Drake was named vice president and Keith Ba- con of Grand Forks secretary-treas- urer. Members of the executive board are Fred Peterson of Bismarck, chair- man, five years; P. G. Wick, Mott, four years; Tom Powers, Fargo, three years; J. H. Siebert, Flaxton, two years; and A. J. Breitbach, James- town, one year. H The president and secretary are; ex-officio members of the board. | In view of their long service in the | hotel business, Charles Klaus of Jamestown and Al H. Leimbacher of Fargo were voted honorary member- ships in the organization. Klaus was |the first secretary of the North Da- kota Hotel Men's association and also served as president of the Northwest Hotel Men's association. ‘Commemorate Bacon Resolutions adopted commemorated |the late J. D. Bacon of Grand Forks, expressed sympathy to Irvin Medar, secretary of the Northwest Hotel Men's association, who is ill at his home in Omaha, and thanked the host hotels, the press and the city of Bismarck for assistance given the convention here. ‘The meeting place for the next convention of the organization will be selected by the executive board. The association adopted a n-w constitution and set of by-laws, made necessary by the fact that the hotel operators reorganized their associa- tion. For several years the restaur- ant operators were included in the North Dakota Hotel and Restaurant Operators’ ‘ association. The hotel men divorced themselves from the restaurant operators in view of the fect they operate under different NRA i Discuss NRA Code The NRA code for hotel men was the subject of a lengthy discussion at Saturday Stewart contends Factor named the three defendants in the hope that such testimony might aid his fight against extradition to England on a $7,000,000 stock-fraud charge. He also has declared that Capone gang forces, “with access to government offices”, suggested the Touhys, their gangdom irivals, as defendants in the case. Factor clung tenaciously to a decla- jration that he saw Kator’s face an hour after he was kidnaped. “The coffee man (a kidnaper who brought coffee and food to Factor during 12 days of confinement) of- fered to change my blindfold when I told him my eyes were hurting,” “I saw Kator when it He told of seeing Schaefer when he was being dragged from his automo- bile early in the morning of July 1 while enroute home from a suburban night club, and of glimpsing Touhy’s face while the gang leader was direct- ing him in writing a ransom letter to Mrs. Factor. Questioned about his part in the St. Paul trial of the Touhy gang, when they were charged with the kidnaping of William Hamm, Jr., Fac- tor told of an “experience meeting” with Hamm, in which the two told each other about their abductions. The St. Paul brewer invited Factor and his wife to Sunday dinner, Fac- tor said. “Did you have an interest in that trial?” the defense attorney asked. “I wanted to see justice done,” said Factor. Stewart charged Friday that Fac- tor had swindled widows and orphans in England out of their life savings and that “someone in authority” had led Factor to believe the United States’ supreme court's order for his extradition would not be carried out if he identified the defendants. ‘When Stewart began this line of at- tack, Judge Michael Feinberg, presid- ing, halted him and the matter was argued before the court without the presence of the jury. EXPECT BIG CROWD AT BIRTHDAY BALL Legion Post Told Bismarck Is Enthusiastic in Support Of Proposal the Senate sir and ocean mail contracts hearing, where he's strikingly pictured here. Testi- mony at the hearing disclosed that Senator David A. Reed con- ducted a filibuster to allow time for the awarding of a contract to @ steamship line in which the Pennsylvania Railroad was inter- ested. NYE PRAISES NRA BUT OPENS FIRE ON ANTI-TRUST REPEAL North Dakota Senator Expects Revision to Protect Little Businesses Washington, Jan, 27.—7}—Senator Nye (Rep. N. D.) said in a speech Friday night that big business, “tak- ing advantage of NRA codes,” was “clubbing to death what remains of competition.” “It is time they were checked, not helped,” Nye said. “But here they are, instead, taking advantage of NRA codes, clubbing to death what remains of competition, while they and their agents stand on the side- lines shouting, ‘Little business is what upset our economic structure and ‘brought on the depression’.” “And some Americans thought- Nessly say ‘amen’.” Nye, in his address broadcast over @ radio network, said the recovery Program and its administrators al- ways would have his praise for rais- ing wages, shortening hours and abol- ishing child labor. Those reforms, however, he said, ‘could have been accomplished with- out waiving the anti-trust laws. “The truth is that monopolists have grabbed at the anti-trust waiver feature of the national recovery act and are using it to destroy competi- tion,” he said. “I cannot believe our president sponsors any such deal, and I am sure that these approaching days are going to see the adoption of policies by NRA such as will permit the sun to shine again for the consumer and for the owners and employes of small business ventures still remaining de- spite the onslaughts of monopoly and Indications are that a big crowd will|its unfair practices.” attend the “President's Birthday Ball” to be held Tuesday night in the World War Memorial building, members of the local American Legion post were informed Friday night by 8. 8. Boise, Lions club; P. E. 3yrne, Kiwanis: A. R. Tavis, Rotary; Bruce Doyle, Elks, Sees Ex-Kaiser as Mountain Wanderer Doorn, the Netherlands, Jan. 27— (@)—Exercises in honor of former Kaiser Wilhelm’s 75th birthday were opened by the Rev. Ludwig Schneller henceforth will be filed with Cummins in the Bismarck office rather than with the St, Paul office, the new di- rector said. Cummins left Saturday for Wash ington, D. C., to attend a national conference of state directors for the emergency council. His duties will be explained and interpreted at this ses- sion, he said. Cummins is a native of Mandan, is has three children. Ho expects to continue DEFENDANT WINNER IN DAMAGE ACTION |Jury Decides in Favor of Ben- ton Transportation Co., Late Friday i | 4 After deliberating nearly five hours. 2 Burleigh county district court jury Friday evening brought in « verdict for the defendant in the damage ac- tion brought by Joseph Leach of Bis- marck against the Benton Transpore tation Company, of Bismarck. Leach had sued for $2,000, alleged due him for salary and expenses wus working for the transportation ™. After selection of a jury had been started late Friday, principals in the John Schafer vs. Arthur W. Gi damage case announced to R. G. McFarland of Jamestown Satur- Gay forenoon that a settlement had been reached out of court. The settlement was for $1,325 for the plaintiff, who had sued for dam- ages resulting when he was injured while working for the defendant in the summer of 1932. Schafer was Lurt while working in « hay field. Scheduled to get under way Sat- urday afternoon was another personal injury damage case, brought by E. J. Schultz of Bismarck against V. J. Wilson and Vincent Wilson of Bis- marck. This case grows out of an au- tomobile accident last summer in which Schultz was severely injured. Cars driven by Schults and Vincent Wilson collided near the O. E. Ander- son Jaber yard on eastern Main av- enue Prussian Churchmen Put Under Iron Rule Berlin, Jan. 27.—(?)}—1 ‘at Doorn house Saturday with a ser-| f Fischer attempted away, John Gels-| py 9 54-36 vote Friday the senate] A » A. . and linger is alleged to have struck at the| upheld sole control of the big stabil-|tion and R. A. Young, Central Trades seven other convicts last Se) ‘The woman, May under $100,000 bail Probing Man’s Death Lake Williams, N. D., Jan. 37.—(#) ities are in- SCREEN STAR ENGAGED Hollywood, Jan. 27.—(?)—Maureen Soe in’ Hollywood. thoughi-ahe ad one John Villers Farrow are engaged. Anna A special deputy attempted | Hotel pam ization fund by the treasury secretary. nae hold back the surging . Geisinger were taken to Persons gathered before {of Pressure camp and 43 second Byrd Men Endangered As Ice Wall Crumbles Byrd apprehension Saturday for the safety men of the pensation bureau, led a discussion on state and NRA code laws. Saturday afternoon the - Into Court Monday in the shelters, the nished by the federal government.