The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 20, 1934, Page 1

‘¥==| THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1934 The Weather ‘Unsettled tonight and Friday, prob- ably occasional snow; not so cold. ESTABLISHED 1878 Reveal Stark County Murders s Asks Moodie Quo Warranto Writ ; POSTPONE. HEARING FASHION CRITICS NAME BEST DRESSED WOMEN OF U.S. [Three Men TR((PS HALT RACE PRICE FIVE CENTS sp cS Confessions to Two Unrelated ON APPLICATION T0 BEGIN PROCEEDINGS Attorney General’s Contention Identical to That in Re- straining Action HOPE FOR QUICK DECISION Murphy's Appeal on Order Against Byrne Scheduled to Be Heard Friday Hearing on an application by At- General P, O. Sathre for per- mission to begin a quo warranto against Gov.-Elect Thomas i lf sitleleelthtie Es AEG a 8 55 § fyi! Faia $85 ai 5 i g8 E é i rT Hn ft ue i i i i 5 E I : Se. gz i by i ef de fu lt: E F fies es Fss g { | Pa t rt i i | i i lites i HH gPUtTe = z 2 i | | 3 E i z i s " : aii 9 ete 2 Es F & 5 "i fF Be EF f eBE OF FARGO DIOCESE CLAIMED BY DEATH Stricken Suddenly Late Wed- nesday Evening After Brief Illness i [ i ! ‘i Fal le 3 i He i rae it i ai va E & i Ey = e g 5 z i i re ok Hi g aie He Eg i z g ae il & i fel Lp stage. Mrs. John Hay Whitney, best at- tired sportswoman. 3 Swarthout, best dressed Gladys aingar, Santa Claus tivities. but of excellent materials. Blue is her favorite color. Will Allot — Children’s Party Candy ‘Kids’ Annual Christmas Pro- gram Will Be Held at City Auditorium Monday ‘Bismarck next Monday and approxi- mately 1,500 Capital City children will be on hand at the city audit to sift from Pees H rpetfactielet evi trietteetae Rey aout Be ie Un itis if : 7 : Sees Business Gains een? A Bs ie age aed Wednesday, sald widespread business gains had been made in the north- ‘west and over the nation as a whole, but that fear of additional taxation if sees a8 NEW CASH DONATED TO HELP NEEDY IN OPEN HEART DRIVE Total Contributed Mounts to $166.65 as Veterans Con- tinue Good Work Swelled by the addition of $68.50 in cash and new contributions of cloth- ing and other material, Bismarck’s “Open Your Heart” campaign Thurs- day went ahead with peal ‘business of 3's “ged E in it a Be z Found Dead Near ' Steele (Special to The Tribune) Steele, N. D., Dec. 20.—Three men ‘were discovered dead at noon Thurs- day in a farm house south of here. They were Hartvig Sterk, prominent farmer of the Pursian Lake vicinity; PRESIDENT GLAD 10 EXAMINE PLANS OF BUSINESS LEADERS Clashes With Some of New Deal Views ‘Washington, Dec. 20.—(#)—Presi- dent Roosevelt was pictured by high authorities Thuraday as ready to ex- amine “on its merits” the program for recovery which captains of in- dustry are bringing here after a three- day conference ‘at White Sulphur The opinion expressed in official quarters was that the president would be glad to receive any “cooperative Suggestions” from business, labor, farmers and other groups as he puts his ideas on paper for the congress meeting January 3. Many commentators viewed: the platform of the “business conference for recovery” as in tone, although clashing in certain respects with ideas of some high New Dealers, and with some New Deal trends. ‘While the White House awaited a copy of the platform of the 90 business leaders, expected to be brought here Thursday or, Friday by C. B. Ames and George Mead, several New Deal- ers on Capitol Hill took shots at the Program. Many, including high Re- agai withheld comment for, the e. Mixed Reactions to Plan Some, noting the businessmen’s suggestion that the relief burden should be returned to the states, said the time for that has not yet ar- rived. Some assailed the proposal. For instance, Gov. Bryan of Nebraska called it “unfair and unpatriotic.” ‘The capital noted with interest that the White Sulphur Springs confer- men as John J. Raskob, Owen D. Young, heads of the chamber of com- merce of the United States and the association, to further emergency basis for a year, with the continuance of new codes conditioned nitely defers # balanced budget.’ (Continued on Page 7) | Van Meter Conspiracy Case Given to Jury Burke Election Fight Bowhbells, N. D., Dec. 20.—(#)—Dist- rit Judge R. G. McFarland of James- ay ettaccoon to peesise of the elec- al al ° tion contest brought by against Earl Walter who was shown by official returns to thave beaten Hanson for the office of Burke county states attorney by two votes. Before and if the actual recount of the ballots is undertaken, the court must rule on motions submitted by both parties to the litigation, ROTING MARKED BY DEATH, DESTRUCTION Two Killed, Seven Wounded in Fight With Troops Over Intended Victim COURTHOUSE BURNED DOWN Judge Declares Mistrial to Pre- vent Further Violence in Riot-Torn Town (Copyright, 1934, By The Associated Press) Shelbyville, Tenn., Dec. 20.—(P)}— Six hundred national guardsmen marched into town Thursday after disorders of the last 24 hours in which the courthouse was burned and two men were killed in a racial out- break. The troops were ordered here by Governor Hill McAlister after a mob tan wild Wednesday on the scent of a lynching, fighting to carry off a Negro whose trial on a charge of at- tacking a young white girl was in- terrupted as the sullen, raging group stormed the courthouse. Four hours after the guardsmen’s bullets had stopped the assault against the courthouse, the building was burned down, at a loss estimated at $150,000, . Threats still ran through the town Thursday. Dr. James L. Morton, county health officer, said he was informed the mob intended to fire the Bedford county jail, after offering a respite to let him remove the 20-odd prisoners. Dr. Morton said he would take advantage of the offer. Negro Disguised as Guard The mob first set the hour of 1 o'clock Thursday morning for the fir- ing of the jail, but this came and passed without the threat being car- tied out. The crowd, partly dispersed, mood, oc- was still in a mei casional shots being . Four trucks of an original detach- ment of 111 national guardsmen, who brought the mob's quarry here for trial Wednesday, were overturned and burned. E. K, Harris, 22-year-old Negro, was on trial for assault of a 14-year-old courtroom to a waiting automobile. An escort of militia sped him to Nashville for safekeeping. Only after their car pulled away from the court- house did the mob sense the ruse. Cheated of their prey, the enraged men turned upon the national guard as it filed from the besieged court- house and marched out of town. They hurled stones and yelled insults at the militiamen. ‘Threaten Vandalism ‘The troops, ordered out by Gover- nor Hill McAlister, found the center of the town little more than a sham- bles, with the cries of the 300 to 500 maddened men still sounding on the "Reported threats of vandalism on a val the city water plant caused a police guard to be thrown around it, and there were small blazes, all of them extinguished. Of the seven wounded, two were in such serious condition that physicians said they could not live. The dead were Edwards, 30-year-old painter, who was shot and bayoneted, and an unidentified white man, Rough treatment was accorded any who dared appear upon the | just.’ E blaze. (Continued on Page 7) [Siar of Bethlehem’ Shines on Bismarck | Bismarck slept night beneath the rays of a “Star of Bethlehem” erected on the eee tg4 SORRE GREE EE EAS accra mie Pie E nite z i Bt ie Be Crimes Obtained Mrs. Nathaniel Gibson Tells of Slaying Husband More Than Year Ago, ‘to Protect Daughter’; Coroner’s Jury Gave Verdict of Suicide STATES ATTORNEY KELLOGG TRACES DOWN SLAYERS Herbert McKirdy of Dickinson Admits ‘Accidental Shooting’ of Wife Was Done ‘in Drunken Rage’; Charged With Second Degree Murder Dickinson, N. D., Dec. 20.—(AP)—Two deaths in Stark county, previously held to be an accidental shooting and a sui- cide, were confessed at Jamestown Wednesday to have been eee it was announced by Theodore Kellogg, state’s at- mney. Kellogg took the suspects in the cases, one of which dated back more than a year, to Jamestown to remove the investiga- tion from the locale of the crimes. The crimes are unrelated. Kellogg said Mrs. Nathaniel Gibson, wife of a rural mail carrier at Dickinson, confessed she killed her husband as he lay in bed Dec. 5, 1938, at 4. a.m. The body was found with a pistol gripped in the left hand, a bullet hole in the left temple. Herbert McKirdy of Dickinson confessed he shot his wife, “in a drunken rage,” after returning from a hunting trip Oct. 3, 1934, Kellogg said. WAR INCOME TAXES OF HIGH OFFICIALS TO BE SCRUTINIZED Returns Filed by Members of Wilson War Council to Get Study of Probers ‘ Returning to Dickinson Thursday, Kellogg announced that murder charges would be placed immediately against the principals in the two sep- arate killings. He said Mrs. Gibson would be charged with first degree murder and McKirdy with second de- gree murder. Confessions Obtained The state's attorney said written confessions had been obtained in both cases. Mrs. Gibson has been removed to the Morton county jail at Mandan, and McKirdy is held in the Stuts- man county jail. ‘The death of Gibson had been held, a suicide by a coroner's jury in Dick- inson, and the death of Mrs. McKirdy was held accidental. Washington, Dec. 20.—(#)—The/ Kellogg said Gibson had about war-time income tax returns of Hugh| $8,000 in insurance and that there 8. Johnson, Alexander Legge, Sen-|had been trouble in domestic affairs, ator-elect Joseph F. Guffey of Penn-| at:the time of Mrs. McKirdy’s sylvania and others high in the gov- death, the husband told officials he ernment’s world war councils are/had come in from hunting when his under scrutiny, senate investigators|shotgun jammed, and he was trying of munitions said Thursday, as they|to remove the shells in his home when sought to learn who ordered the re-!his wife was killed. M. Baruch and] The hunt to solve the Gibson ease stretched over Minnesota and North Dakota. Girl Knew of Murder Mrs. Gibson, a blond woman about ina- 149 years old, confessed the murder and at the same time said the secret had been kept nearly a year by a 20- (Continued on Page 7) Late News Bulletins Atlanta — A commercial passenger plane navigated by Captain Eddie Rickenbacker landed at Candler Field here at 12:55 p. m., on a projected record breaking flight between Miami and Chicago. Rickenbacker’s party of 13 passengers paused for lunch at the airport. The plane was about an hour behfhd schedule. Washington—Irenee du Pont told the senate munitions committee “the only way to wage a war is to have an absolute monarch at the head of the government.” The powder manufac- turer made this observation while be- ing questioned about the advisability lof conscripting industry in time of war. Minneapolis—Hearing of a petition dustries board, being among those whose 1918-19 re-|for the ousting of Governor Floyd B. turns were missing, called the testi-|Olson on charges of violation of the mony “ridiculous and rather shame-|currupt practices act today was set ful.” hag i January 28. herclgantag.7 Lo Late ednesday committee became necessary when phy- heard ane thet Deut’ Col, Wil- | sicians refused to allow the sheriff to Mam Williams of the ordnance de-|serve @ summons on the governor partment, whose tax returns were while he is in the hospital. Hae sence #. bad helt) stinneapolis — The 1935 corn-hog stock in the Du Pont company and tracts firm |Teduction program in this territory nae ee ote was launched when administrators involving almost $50,000,000. He - |from Minnesota, North Dakota, South the said, was inter: Angie also, testimony Btee! other | Dakota and Wisconsin sted in United States Steel and otber a2 “instructional meeting here. ‘There was no indication that the Eni returns of any of the men named | 1 ited States said tonight that Great Brita’ land the United States are likely t: sign s naval accord beween them selves after 1936 if there is no gen eral international naval treaty by that time. are: Washington—In a move intents tw y the overlapping taxes, Eugene Meyer, former governor of ‘PreMMdent Rocesvelt directed the treass the federal reserve board; George N.'ury to investigate the federal, state Peek, special advisor to President | nq municipal tax systems. A nation- Roosevelt on foreign trade; Governor |ai conference on taxation next sum- Albert ©. Bie Marziond nd, and !mer may result from the inquiry. All were members or officials of the| washington—Testimony that there had been a write-up of $82,000,000 be- in for the naval delegatio: company, 8 Henry L. Doherty holding all available concern’ was, reopived by the atade commission