The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, June 25, 1934, Page 1

é . ESTABLISHED 1873 Mother Kills Two Children U. S. May Challenge Vogel Road Contracts toms FELON SIGNATURE |J_z=Sicte eet /TEANESSEE NRGRO |LANGERMAINTAINS seer er xiner 60-YEAR-OLD BANK || Ait Ditingor IS SUBJECTED 10 WASHINGTON STUDY Palen’s Opinion Is That Official Does Not Have Right to Sign Contracts PROJECTS MAY BE HELD UP Federal Engineers Concur Low Bidders Entitled to Handle Projects Officials at Washington will rule on the right of Frank Vogel to sigr contracts for federal highway work in North Dakota. ‘This was made clear Monday after A. E. Palen, St. Paul, engineer in tharge of the federal bureau of pub- fic works in the northwest, had re- turned home following 9 conference {with Vogel here in which the latter ‘was told Palen did not believe he had Buthority to sign contracts. The challenge to Vogel was based bn his recent conviction on a charge of conspiracy against the government, plong with William Langer and three Other defendants, Palen took the stand that Vogel is ineligible to hold public office as a result of his con- wiction on a felony charge. Despite Palen’s stand, however, Nogel went ahead and awarded con- tracts to 15 bidders on highway jobs ®@nd the government men indicated they would make no effort to hold up the work, since the government @esires to give employment to as ‘many men as possible as quickly as possible. Federal Bureau to Review ‘What will happen, it was indicated, fs that as soon as the first decument on the new lettings is received by Palen at St. Paul, he will forward it to Washington with a notation as to the situation in North Dakota. There At will be reviewed by the federal bu- feau of public roads and possibly by the Federal Public Roads Board, of which Interior Secretary Harold Ickes \s chairman. In the event either of those bodies hold that Vogel is not qualified to act @s an agent for the government in igning the contracts, the money for e projects may be held up. Neither Palen nor H. J. Taylor, North Dakota engineer for the bureau bf public roads, took this drastic step turday because the only question aised was that of Vogel's eligibility ind they felt this could be repaired iter by having his successor in office, pxpected by them to be named with- in a week, sign the contracts over pgain. It will be a week or more be- foce contractors awarded work can et their bonds and get on the jobs fa they expect the situation to be leared up by then by Vogel's re- moval, Because all of the money being spent on road construction ts furnish- pd by the government, Vogel acts as ® government agent in signing the pontracts and the it re- rves the right to hold up any ac- ion, either through the district - peer here, the regional engineer at jt. Paul or the bureau of public roads g pontractors awarded work were en- itled to the jobs on the basis of their ids and that the prices were satis- The 15 contracts awarded by Vogel tall for the expenditure of $568,490.47. ‘The successful bidders and contracts pwarded were: Grading Emmons couhty—9.329 miles, Brad- lock south and Kintyre south, Dowd rothers, Clark, 8. D., $22,252.23; ag Joe Simons, Mandan, $6,- Emmons—6.712, west of Strasburg, Dowd Brothers, $17,767.65. Eddy—15.322, on 8. R. 15. New Rock- Coman, Goodrich, You Are Invited To Our Party Every Tribune resder is invited fo arene the E ua i fe i in tF I E i is the only agency com- piling ‘election ‘returns, in’ North Dakota, you will be able to get | the of the by inant ete The i, lau ts usual fail. of returse then available, on | j North Dakota’s yee Oldest Newspaper In a weird suicide pact that mis- carried at the last moment, Leonard Hodge, 23, above, is in Jonesboro, Ark., jail, and Clif- ford Miller, 23, below, is dead. Miller shot himself to death after the pair filpped a nicked to see who would go first, but Hodge, unnerved by the sight of blood, could -not shoot, and faces @ first degree murder charge for aiding in a suicide. SIX ARE KILLED IN DEVASTATING MIDWEST STORMS Damage Through Wisconsin and Illinois Areas Estimated Over $500,000 3° & Dlinois th fatality was that of Ver- land Arye, 19, crushed when a barn _, Meacieegsiecn tenes Five hundred dancers were forced to flee & dance hall near Mundelein, Til, which was destroyed by fire that followed @ bolt of lightning. An en- e f ! il plant and other buildings were dam- aged at Stanley, Wis. where the total property loss was estimated at $100,- Mrs. Katherine Urell Succumbs to Heart Attack at Home of Daughter Here BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, MONDAY, JUNE 25, 1934 LYNCHING BRINGS ARREST OF EIGHT Colored Man Pays With Life for Slap He Gave White Man At Dance MURDERED IN COLD BLOOD 14-Year-Old Boy Gives Informa- “tion Leading to Apprehen- sion of Killers Manchester, Tenn., June 25—(?)— A Negro who slapped a white man at ‘& Negro dance has paid with his life, and Monday eight white farmers were in jail charged with killing him. Stripped of his clothing, shot four times and beaten with a weapon be- Meved to have been an axe, the Negro, Dick Wilkerson, 35, was found dead in an oat field Sunday by two farmers who lived near the scene of the crime, 14 miles southeast of here. A few hours later, upon informa- tion furnished them by @ 14-year old boy, Coffee county officers arrested eight young farmers and charged: Meanwhile, officers had found that the Negro’s home had been invaded and wrecked. Sheriff Huffman said the slaying 2358 rie 2 Fe z find E ghaece Z : E F i what I have learned, got him the car and tore off his clothes there 4 28 George Robidou Dies From Can- cer Sunday; Came Here 57 Years Ago George Robidou, 68, a resident of , | three sons. ~@ Michel Dan, and two neckpieces Wishek; Prank .” Bumaret; ‘end | trom the’ store ot the Wew York Par SILENCE ON VITAL QUERIES OF VOTERS Fight Centers Around Convic- tion of Executive on Fed- eral Charges DEMOCRATS REMAIN QUIET Week Is Marked by Intensive Battling of Three Repub- lican Candidates A raging, tumultuous campaign by time-pressed candidates, unparalleled in North Dakota's history, comes to a close Wednesday, when electors throughout the state claim the final word, It has been a campaign centering in and revolving around the convic- tion of one man on criminal charges —the conviction of William Langer on charges of defrauding the United States government. Time has been one of the most im- portant factors in the three-cornered fight for the right to enter the field in the general election as the Repub- iican nominee. Little campaigning was' done during the trial of Langer, which ended only 11 days before the primary election date. Ewch of the three candidates for Republican gubernatorial nomination —T. H. H. Thoresen, J. P. breed ra has plunged through an in- tensive schedule of speeches and meetings which began in earnest little more than a week ago. Democrats on Sidelines ‘The campaign has been marked, too, by the spectacle of an opposing party Paigning, “ht for the fall battle, satisfied that its endorsed slate will be nominated. Only two of its candidacies—the gov- erncrship and congressman—are be- ing contested. Thomas Moodie is op- Posed by R. A. Johnson for governor, and E. A. Johansson has filed for congressman. Langer, stepping into a last minute drive for. votes, under forced draft, has appealed to electors to support him on the basis of his record as gov- ernor, His opponents have met his plea with criticism and point to his ad- missions during his trial as points upon which he should be rejected. As the hour for voting approached these were elements Langer must overcome to be chosen the nominee: 1. Conviction of charges of de- frauding the United States govern- ment. 2. Revolt of six state officials his rule. 3. Questioning by federal forces of legality of more than $500,000 in high- way contracts signed by Frank Vogel, [ state highway commissioner and a Langer appointee, cs E E 4 g : : was convicted have reiterated by his opponents. The group of state officials which stepped away from Eos, ER AEE flu | He i Litlill tirade st e eeizeae Gln ‘THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE The spectacular career of Jimmy Wedell, holder of the world land plane speed record of 305.33 miles per hour, came to an end Sunday when the Plane which he was instructing a student to fly fell into a nose dive and crashed near Patterson, La. ROOSEVELT WORKS ON STATE AFFAIRS PRIOR TO CRUISE President Allocates First Drouth Relief Funds to Stricken Areas of West Hyde Park, N. ¥.,.June 2%5—(7)— President Roosevelt began Monday an intensive week to arrange affairs of state, prior to his-departure Saturday for his long-planned cruise to Hawaii and the west coast. Before leaving Monday night for the capital he took up the last of the bills passed by the recent congress ‘ahd went over the list of recommenda- tions for the two new important com- missions to be selected—the stock ex- change and communications agencies. He allocated $150,000,000 of drouth re- ef funds Sunday night. The president took advantage of his brief stay here at the family home to tslk with state political leaders. Gov- ernor Lehman and Edward J. Flynn, The Weather Parti; tonight; Tuesday Drebably Tals and warner: PRICE FIVE CENTS, ASSOCIATION WILL CELEBRATE, JULY 2-4 Conclave at Deadwood, S. D., to Hear Nationally Reknown- ed Speakers FULL PROGRAM ARRANGED Local Institution Listed Among 18 in Territory Half Cen- tury Old Deadwood, 8. D., June 25.—(>)}— The fiftieth anniversary of the Da- kota Bankers association, reputed to be the first group of its kind formed in any state, will be observed here July 2, 3 and 4 at a joint meeting of the Bankers’ associations of North and South Dakota. Eight main speakers, most of them widely known in banking circles, are listed on the three-day program pre- Pared by George A. Starring, Huron,|' executive manager of the South Da- kota Bankers association, and C. C. Wattam, Fargo, secretary of the North Dakota organization. Starring said the Dakota Bankers association, organized in 1884 when the two states comprised a single ter- ritory, is known as the first bankers organization formed in any state. Texas bankers formec an association later the same year. - Judge Birdsell to Talk Rudolph 8. Hecht, New Orleans, first vice president of the American Bankers association, will discuss “new banking problems” at the meeting here. Another speaker will be Judge L. E. Birdzell, Washington, general counsel of the federal deposit insur- ‘ance corporation, who will describe activities of that federal department. Orval W. Adams, Salt Lake City, vice “chairman of the-bank manage- ment commission of the American Bankers association, will discuss “patriotism of proper bank manage- ment.” Abner J. Stilwell of Chicago, member of the banking code com- mittee, will talk on the fair competi- tion code. “Recent bank legislation and regu- lations thereunder” is the subject of J. N. Peyton, chairman of the board of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve bank. Other speakers are Frank T. Merrill, Minot, N. D., who will talk on “Selling Your Bank to the Public,” W. C. MacFadden, Fargo, N. D., sec- retary of the North Dakota Bankers group for 28 years, and T. A. Boright, Minneapolis, publisher of the Com- state secretary of state and Bronx leader, were dinner guests Sunday. Mr. Roosevelt allocated the first of the drouth relief funds Sunday night’ in an executive order which specified $56,250,000 for direct aid to the states in _the stricken area. ‘The remainder of the first distribu- Probably in Minneapolis, and Green Bay Wis., where the Tercentenary of the state will be celebrated. Justice Department Carefully Guards Details of Renew- 20 miles west of Langdon. She was riding on the front end of the cook car which was being hauled | mation leading s behind a car driven by & son. capture of Lester °:. Gillis (Baby & shock the son stopped the car Face Nelson) $5,000 is posted, and discovered his mother apparently had | $3,500 for information that will snare fallea from the cook car and a wheel| him. had crushed her chest and both arms.| The federal charge against Dillinger She lived for half an hour. for several roeatiy been Linch at the state sud elevatorin Grand Pprks... mercial West. The North and South Dakota as- sociations will have separate sessions the opening morning of the onven- tion for election of officers and other routine business. Monday after: oon, July 2, members of the American Bankers association from the two states will have a separate meeting. Accused, with three other girls, of harboring John Dillinger, Patricia Cherrington is shown here as she atepped from a plane in Madison, Wis., to face trial. She was taken to the Wisconsin capital from Chicago, where she ‘was arrested, pleaded not guilty on arraignment, and was held in $20,000 bond. BACKERS POINT OUT NEED FOR SUPPORT OF SCHOOL MEASURE) =tscristsemsaee.s Proposed Measure Designed to/ancther barn. Relieve Serious Situation, Advocates Say Seven reasons why the - initiated school measure should receive the| floor of their bedroom upstairs, support of North Dakotans at the|were shot through the head. primary election Wednesday have Bankers to See Roundup Joint sessions of the North and South Dakota groups are scheduled Monday ovening. Tuesda; morning and Wednesday afternoon, delegates will visit the Black Hills roundup at Belle Fourche Tuesday afternoon, and Wednesday afternoon. D. R. Green, Grand Forks, presi- cant of the North Dakota association, Eigateen South Dakota banks and seven in North Dakota are listed as “50-year-old banks” either as or- ganized or by right of direct succes- North Dakota banks 50 years old: First National Bank, Bismarck, 1879; First National Bank, Buffalo, 1882; First National Bank and Trust Co., Fargo, 1878; Grafton Nat’ nal Bank, 1883; James River National Bank and Trust Co., Jamestown, 1881; First Na- John Erickson Hurt In Automobile Crash John Erickson, Bismarck, member of been advanced by the state campaign | as least twice, the sheriff found, while committee backing the proposed law. the A statement issued by a state edu-|breast. They were found downstairs, cators’ committee headed by Walter |the boy still in bed. M. Ver of Grand Forks ae the mens hee ure is “designed to relieve a serious|years old. ie family had resided financial condition in hundreds of |near here for many school districts without imposing ex- tra burdens upon other districts.” “The law is necessary because the |Mandan hospital shortly after noon 50 per cent valuation measure passed | where physicians seek to save their two years ago prohibits some districts | lives. from offering ordinary school facil- ities. It will forestall the necessity |the two, may not live, doctors said. for several larger districts to close|She suffered a bullet wound in the their high school and is constructed |left side of her head, the pellet com> to enable hundreds of districts to/ing out on the right side. She also maintain decent educational stan- ii in the fleshy part of the nec! Summarizing the merits of the measuf€, which permits districts to|of Jack. He was shot levy up to $70 per pupil in yearly |Tight lung, the bullet taxes at theft own discretion, the|skin on the left side of his body, jcommittee said: Merits of Monger ace “It restores @ part ie power j formerly held by local districts in de- | Children here from their farm at Daw=| termining the kind of a school they |50n, said the boy had been a ride. “It is purely permissive—not man-| Neighbors said, he had beaten his datory. “Hundreds of districts cannot main- tain even the present low standards William A. Melntyre, 60, prominent North Dakota lawyer and president of the Red River National Bank here @ied from a heart attack Saturday bg Playing golf at the countr7 He wase president of the North Dakoss Mer susbetshinn and e ponee ber of the American Bar association. itt iF et H Fy 3 year. “It is fair, equitable and just, and ipport. BEFORE SEEKING 10 TAKE HER OWN LIFE “Did It for Children’s Good,’”? Says Mrs. John Canfield of Dawson SUICIDE ATTEMPT FAIL Kidder Authorities Take Womag to Steele Jail; Bel Unbalanced Dawson, N. D., June 25.—(>}—& farm mother, who said “I did it for the children’s good,” shot and killeg her two sons, critically wounded her two other children, and then unsuce cessfully sought to end her life. The woman is Mrs. John Canfield, residing a half mile north of here. Apparently while they were still int bed, she shot and killed her song Donald, 11, and George. 9. She inflicted critical wounds on heg daughter Margaret, 12, and Jack, 14 Both were taken to a Mandan hose pital. Mrs. Canfield, who in the opinion of the authorities became mentally une balanced, was taken to the Kidder county jail at Steele, while authorities scught to find her husband, who ig away on a horse-selling trip. Feared Children's Sanity The woman said she feared that one ot her children, Jack, would become - insane and “the rest might be the same.” Sheriff D. H. Begeman and States Attorney Arne Vinje of Kidder county, said they believed the killings occurred between 8 and 9 a. m. today, before the children had dressed for breake fast. The victims all were in theig night clothes, Authorities said Mrs. Canfield ape Peared nervous and remorseful whey they arrived, but spoke coherently. rented aby she sought to kil! hee four cl nm, she replied she been worried over the mental meal tion of the oldest boy. She ssid shg “dreaded to have him go to the state hospital for the insane.” “I thought the rest might be the same,” she said, “and decided to oe I did it for the children’s re good,” Tried to Hang Herself ; Her sister-in-law, who was ins when the killings occurred, arrived mtn Canfield attempted to hang her<, self. A hired man was in the barn milke ing cows and Mr. Canfield’s sister, who lived with the family, was in When she returned to the hou: Mrs. Canfield had shot the four childs ren and was attempting to hang here self. The siser-in-law dissuaded hea and notified authorities. The two boys killed were on nog Margaret had been shot in the head Jack had been shot through Mrs. Canfield is between 45 and 50 years, The two Canfield children, Mare Garet, 13 and Jack, 14, arrived at @ The girl, most seriously wounded of Hope was held out for the recovery’ through the lodging in the Physicians said he is mentally ! balanced. oy Neighbors who brought the two Problem to his ’