The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 28, 1934, Page 1

‘ North Dakota’s | yer Oldest Newspaper THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE i The Weather on ae ESTABLISHED 1873 BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, MONDAY, MAY 28, 1934 PRICE FIVE CENTS ‘Mercury Hits 101 for New May Record Former Worker OUD HARKBRKEN [tet Were natn Epoch-Making Fight |Scout Troops End Zz Big Jamboree Here AS WITTERING SUN BAKES WIDE AREA Heavy Rain Aids Crop Outlook at Napoleon Where 1.28 Inches Fell cy WISHEK HAS LIGHT SHOWER Forecast Is for Cooler Weather After Heat Wave; Napo- leon Reports 105 K OF CS LAUNCH STATE CONVENTION IN CAPITAL CITY Banquet Sunday Night, Also At- tended by Catholic Daught- ers, Is Feature ‘Three hundred fourteen Knights of Columbus and Catholic Daughters of America from several North Dakota Ceremonies Sunday Close Most! Successful Meeting in Council’s History LOCAL CREW WINS PRIZE Troop No. 6 Captures Sweep- stakes; Leader Praises All Who Cooperated Concluding one of the most success- ful jamborees in the history of the Missouri Valley area council, repre- ——_—_____—__—__+ | Escapes Assassin ‘Thermometers Sunday reached the highest mark for May in Bismarck weather bureau history. cities assembled at the World War sentative boy scouts Sunday wound up their three-day program, receiving awards for participation in the con- JEFFERSON CAFFERY The temperature recorded was 101 above zero and four points above the previous record set May 5, 1926. tests and breaking camp. Sweepstakes prizes were awarded to Bismarck’s troop No. 6 with a total A heavy rain fell at Napoleon where groups initiated Sunday by K. of C. Council of 284 points and to Wishek troop No. the precipitation amounted to 1.28]° 1604 of this city. 81 with 217 points. inches. Light showers occurred at A degree team of visiting members ‘Three hundred and eighty - eight ‘Wishek with a reported .01 inch fall. assisted in conferring the three de- boys were registered for the full three Napoleon Sunday recorded the grees of the order at St. Mary's audi+ highest temperature in the United as Aske tet eipehisent nll touching . » Jamestown, Sanish and] Pictured above are Maurice Rossi tare reported temperatures at On€/ and Paul Codos, daring French filers, Bismarck’s weather forecast was| With their plane the Joseph Le Brix. generally fair tonight and Tuesday with cooler weather predicted. For North Dakota the prediction was gen- erally fair tonight and Tuesday, cooler ‘Tuesday in east and south portions. Scattered showers in northern Saskatchewan and Alberta brought a measure of relief to parched farm areas in that section over the week- end but higher temperatures were the rule in Manitoba and southern por- tions of sister provinces to the ‘west. Tentative plans for removal of cat- tle from drouth areas of Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota, were being prepared by the staff of Minne- sota’s university farm Monday for Presentation to Dr. E. 8. Sheets, di- sector of the government's emer- ‘gency drouth relief service, when he arrives from Washington. Sheets To OK Plan Professor Andrew Boss, one of those aiding in the preparations, said a definite program will be worked out and put into action immediately after lantic ocean Pacific coast on a will break all existing records. French Fliers Arrive in FRANK G. GRAMBS IS STRICKEN BY DEATH ARTER LONG ILLNESS Well Known Plumbing Contract- or Succumbs at Age of 67; Here Since '94 nett Field in 38 Hours and 30 Minutes ern standard time, Gotham After Ocean Hop Fly From Paris to Floyd Ben- seph Le Floyd Bennet field at 1:38 p. m., east- , Monday. ‘They appeared over the field from the northeast at 1:32 p. m., and/| dates. torium following a high mass cele- brated at St, Mary’s procathedral at 7:45 o'clock, Bismarck candidates received in- , John Zent, Ver- Steinbrouck. Burke Presides at Banquet .]mately 500 taking part in the parade Cervinski. Mandan men initiated included G. Kennelly, HEBRON BAND IS FIRST To the Hebron high school band, Bismarck to participate in the Boy Scout jamboree, Saturday went the honor of being the first musical organization to play in the new capitol building. The 34-piece organization set up its music and played a short concert following a tour of the structure conducted by state officials. The band is led by J. 1, Berkeland. days of the jamboree with approxi- ‘and contests Saturday afternoon. Paul Netland, area scout executive, in commenting on the jamboree, said that in all of the five councils in which he has worked he has never jseen scouts do as well in general par- ‘inane as they did here. Way camp were exceptional, the. sports- manship was outstanding, and the spirit and enthusiasm with which all boys entered the contests, regardless of ability, was very en- Complimenting business men of the city for the fine spirit of cooperation they showed, the scout executive said, the arrival of Dr. Sheets, who is ex- Pected to reach here in the next day or two. According to reports from extention Frank George Grambs, prominent resident here since 1894 and one of ‘They came down in a long, grace- ful glide and rolled their big plane by Judge Burke, expressing his re- grets that he could not be present and “I have worked with over a thousand men throughout the northwest but never have I found a group assigned the men who had an active part in stating that he expected to be in Bis- to work, such as was called for in specialists and county agents building Bismarck into a modern city, | bringing it to a stop. marck by Monday. this jamboree, that took their assigned throughout Minnesota, Professor Boss said, except for an area in the north- eastern section and a small area in the Red River Valley, pastures are bare. In many places, he said, farm- ers are herding their cattle at road- sides or turning them into wheat fields in an effort to save their herds from starvation. Forest fires did damage yesterday 30 miles north of Duluth at Lake Nichols, at Bass Lake, west of Cotton, ,, and in the town of Alden. At Leke * Nichols eight cabins were destroyed and at Bass Lake 400 acres of timber. At Alden the fire covered 160 acres and endangered farm buildings. At Lake Nichols fire traveled two died at his home, 629 Fourth 8t., at 3:30 a, m., Sunday from heart disease. He was 67 years old. Funeral services will be held at the ‘Webb Funeral chapel Tuesday at 2:30 Pp. m, under the direction of the Elks lodge, of which he was a member. Interment will be made in the St. "s cemetery. In failing health since last fall, Mr. condition became critical’ - weaker later in the day. Born at Honesdale, Penn. Mr. Grambs was born at Honesdale, Their elapsed time since taking off from Le Bourget field, Paris, was 38% hours. Kicked along by obliging tail winds and favored by excellent weather, the monoplane, which lifted its great weight of gasoline from Le Bourget E. J. deputy, was called upon and expressed his opinion that until the teachings of the K. of C. order become general, Donovan, Langdon, past state Jobs, worked so hard to put over their poecans and produced such fine re- ts. Tours of the new state capitol building, the state historical museum and the Roosevelt cabin were con- ducted Sunday » Following this scouts were divided into groups to attend their respective churches for the morning worship. In the contests for the sweepstakes trophies, Bismarck’s troops, seeking the annual Elks cup award, placed as follows: troop No. 6, 284 points (win- Jefferson Caffery, U. 8. minister to Cuba, was unharmed when would-be assassins raked his home with gunfire but a guard was injured, perhaps critically, The incident started the Cuban government on a nation-wide hunt for the marauders. CUBAN POLICE ARE SEEKING WOULD-BE SLAYERS OF ENVOY Four Men Fail in Effort to As- sassinate Caffery by Gang- land Method Havana, May 28.—(?)—The entire strength of the Cuban National po- lice was thrown into a search Mon- day for four men who made a daring attempt Sunday to assassinate Jef- ferson Caffery, United States ambas- sador to Cuba. The cabinet, shaken by the affair, met in a special session to discuss the plot against Caffery’s life. The explo- sion of two bombs in a residential section shortly after midnight added to the excitement which gripped Havana. Authorities expressed determina- tion to put an end to terrorism which has harrassed Havana for months. Police raked the city and its environs for the assailants. All automobiles were searched in the vicinity of the diplomat's home. The attempt, made in gangster fashion, did not harm Caffery but may cost the life of Francisco Ortega, @ soldier on guard at the Caffery home. Four unidentified men rode slowly by in an automobile and blazed away with sawed-off shotguns into the en- trance of the home. It was the hour|the Caffery usually left for the yacht club. The ambassador was some distance gravely wounded. miles through the forest to reach the cabins. The loss was estimated at $20,000. Men and women fled from the cabins as the flames approached the lake. At Bass Lake 200 men fought the fire and finally rain came to their assistance. Mrs. William Paul of Wilton Succumbs Here Last rites for Mrs. William Paul, 37, of Wilton, who died at a local hospi- Penn., September 18, 1866, the son of Mr. and Mrs, Lorenzo Grambs, were both natives of Germany. He was educated at the grammar school and high school of Honesdale, sup- Plementing this with study at the Wyoming Seminary at Kingston, Penn. On leaving school he clerked for a short time in a hardware store in Honesdale, 4 In March, 1887, at the age of 21,| wireless he came to Dakota Territory and took up his residence at Casselton. There he managed a hardware store and| coast. continued in that business until 1804, \ wood. Mrs. Paul was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Herman, Un- derwood. Besides her husband, she Jeaves four children, Herbert and itt tl VF “Injuries Sustained In Mishap Are Fatal Mohall, N. D., May 28.—(#)—James H ta | e Jamestown Wins Over ‘Valley City, 3 to 2 Jamestown won its game with Val. ley City Sunday by a 3 to 2 ee age \-] Frazier Bankruptcy y| Highway Department em Will Call for Bids troops: Wise, firs, Measure Is Approved iy placed in this order: Wishek, troop’ No. 81, 217 points (winner); Goodrich, troop No. 15, 167; Fredonia, troop No. 36, 1: Washburn, troop No. 79, 126; McClus- ky, troop No. 56, 105; Napoleon, troop No. 60, 82; Mercer, troop No. 69, ‘Hazelton, troop No. 42, 31; Carson, 16; and Glen Ullin, troop No. 41, 8. Winners in the various contests and Police blamed “communists or other radicals” for the attempt. See Little Hope for Disarmament Parley Geneva, May 28.—(#)—Representa- tives of the United States and Great Britain, emerging from @ long con- ference, indicated Monday that the disarmament conference is in a grave situation and that its collapse is fore- shadowed unless some nation can ; | take heroic action to save it. The Anglo-American conferees were Norman Davis, ambassador-at-large, and Hugh Wilson, minister to Switzer- land, for the United States and Sir troops:|John Simon foreign secretary, and Capt. Anthony Eden, Lord privy seal, for Great Britain. It was understood that Sir John gave no inkling that Great Britain|be concrete steps to save » RUSSIA CONSIDERING ENTRANCE INTO Moscow, May 28.—(?)—The Soviet + |government is “considering very seri- Parade—Bismarck troops: No. 5, first; No. 11, second; No. 6, third, and No. 3, fourth. Outside troops: Good- :|Navy Chief Warns ously all the arguments in support of Soviet Russia's entrance into the ‘League of Nations,” the official news- Paper Izvestia announced Monday. ‘Keep Powder Dry’ Washington, May 28.—()—Out of board | administrator of federal For Government Is Put On Stand Sherrard Ewing of New York Asked to Trace Early History of Government Activity in Sending Relief to Depression- Stricken Families of North Dakota : LANIER CHARGES 28 OVERT ACTS IN TALK TO JURY Opening Statement by Prosecutor Says Langer Used $14,000 of ‘‘Leader” Money in Gambling on Grain Market; Alleges Erickson Signed Checks in Blank The government will seek to prove that Gov. William Langer, on trial with seven co-defendants in federal district court here, had control of funds of “The Leader”, state admin- istration newspaper, District Attorney P. W. Lanier told the jury Monday in his opening statement outlining the charges that the group conspired to violate operation of federal acts cf congress. Prior to the district attorney’s opening statement, Judge Andrew Miller excused as an alternative juror, J. K. Kennelly, Mandan, after questioning him about his connections with an oil company and acquaintance with attorneys of the law firm with which one of the defense lawyers is connected. Following the opening statement represe“tative for six states for the Finance Corporation at the time the Sherrard Ewing of New York, field relief division of the Reconstruction federal relief set-up was established in North Dakota, was called as the first witness. Lanier told the jury that the government will seek to show that Langer and the other defendants conspired to solicit federal employes for five and seven per cent of their year’s salary for payment of the Nonpartisan League campaign fund deficit and for establishment and operation of “The. Leader.” Lanier named three acts of congress, dealing with industrial re- covery and relief, as the ones the defendants obstructed by the alleged solicitations, The government will undertake to Prove 28 overt acts, allegedly commit- ted by the defendants, Lanier told the jury. “One of these acts, we will show, re- volved around the solicitation of a number of persons in the highway de- partment for a percentage of their salaries allegedly for subscriptions for | tio & contemplated newspaper—‘The Leader,” Lanier said. “Post-dated checks were taken from the employes—checks to be paid out of money made available through the federal emergency relief acts, and to be paid over a period of 12 months. “We will show that many of these employes had been out of work for 12 months, and were solicited —their checks to stand against their unearned salaries.” Defense Attorney George Thorp objected when Lanier made the claim that “salaries of $80 to $90 per month were assessed $4 to $4.50—in many in- stances this income going to support a home and children of employes.” Thorp claimed the statement was not pertinent to the indictment. His Objections were overruled. Sums collected from the employes went into a general fund at the Bank of North Dakota—to be known as the “Leader account” Lanier said. “Ostensibly the money was to be used solely for the purpose of pro- moting the newspaper; actually for Purpose of promoting the policies and philosophies of the present ad- ministration, insofar as it is headed by Governor Langer.” Governor Langer and Oscar Chaput, business manager of “The Leader” were named as those in actual control of disbursement of funds from “The Leader” account. Erickson Contributed Nothing “We will show that Oscar E. Erick- son was ostensibly the owner and publisher of ‘The Leader.’ but that he contributed not one cent to the pur- chase of the paper. “We will show that the check book of ‘The Leader’ account was placed before Erickson, who was told to sign the checks in blank; that the check book was left in the governor's office; that the governor and Chaput filled out checks signed in blank on ‘The Leader’ account, and diverted money from that account to the personal account of the ” er’ account. A $2,400 check was taken to the office of a Bismarck broker and applied to the account of Langer to used for a margin account of Langer. Twenty-eight overt acts alleged are expected to be proved by the govern- ment, Lanier said. “We expect to prove all of them,” he told the jurors. “If we sustain the charges, the governmen: will expect a verdict—if we don't, we shall not.” All witnesses, with the exception of & few allowed to remain by stipula- tion, were excluded during testimony of others from the courtroom by order of Judge Miller. Lanier drew the picture of govern- ment jurisdiction by citing to the jury the passage of three government acts, which made possible allocation of fed- eral funds to the State of North Da- Governor Langer, as governmental a fi to disburse the money wit crimination, Lanier said. The defendants “combined Tuptly administer and their own polit 5 § i : i | | } i E 4 E 8 i t i | | [ [ i ; 1 H i E g [tel Epes i if E f ag & 8 signed turned a check it over i I on “The Leader” account in the Bank of North Dakota. Lanier charged that the governor Grew funds from this account and ap- lied them to his personal account at @ local brokerage concern, the money allegedly being used in wheat specula- n. “The government alleges in its in- dictment,” Lanier sald, “that $14,000 was diverted from ‘The Leader’ ac- count to Langer’s brokerage account.” Following Lanier's opening state- ment, George Thorp of defense coun- sel moved to dismiss the action, or to instruct the jury to return a verdict of acquittal on the ground that, on the face of the opening statement, the government failed to show that an ac- tion can be maintained. The court denied the motion and Ewing was called as the first witness. Frequent objections were made by Thorp as Ewing began his testimeny as to the establishment of the fed- eral relief set-up in North Dakote, but these were overruled by the court, Ewing Explains Duties “Proceed to trial! Call the wit- nesses!” the judge ordered, after de- nying the defense motion for dismissal of the case. Ewing was sworn in. He explained that his duties, when he came to North Dakota in January 1933, were to aid the respective states in setting up organizations to handle relief funds. His first visit to North Dakota, he said, was in January, 1933, when he was met by Roy Frazier, representing the governor, who was ill. A state committee, he said, was named and included Judge A. M. Christianson, Chairman; R. M. Stang- ler, Mrs. Minnie Craig, superintendent of Public Instruction, Arthur E. Thompson, Lee Nichols, Morton coun- ty auditor, and E. H. Brant, executive secretary. He said he called at’ the home of the governor after this com- him that the group was ent - isfactory. si rely aah On his first trip he stayed in Bis- marck five days, he said, having to make another visit later when the Sons BFC, setup was com- le Provided Ewing might be recalled i In Peitetarrir Ewing, Attorney to deterinns Tanger. tas Speamse the initial application for state relief funds under the Reconstruction Fi- nance setup was entirely out of the pA i a? | 5 a i i E j s ° 4 B Liat i! i ii