The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 13, 1935, Page 1

| Oldest Newspaper ESTABLISHED 1878 Dirigi xk * Hauptmann rate Left to Jury POSSIBLE VERDICTS ARE DEATH, LIFE IN PRISON, ACQUITTAL ‘Do You Believe That?’ Judge Asks of Attacks on Jaf- sie’s Testimony HEAR DEFENSE OBJECTIONS Defendant Returned to Cell to Await Decision of Eight Men, Four Women (Copyright, en the Associated Flemington, N. J., Feb. 13—The jury trying Bruno Richard Haupt- mann for the kidnaping and murder of baby Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr., began its deliberations Wednesday after being instructed that it could return three possible verdicts—mur- der in the first degree, the same with recommendation for life imprison- ment, or Bieter ‘The final charge of the court paid particular attention to the disputed Piuability of the important state wit- nesses, Dr. John F. (Jafsie) Condon and Amandus aera and to the Hunterdon county, and that first gree murder would lie if a burglary was shown. Objection also was taken to the court’s remarks about the manner of the baby’s death, to the court’s fail- ure to mention any defense witnesses aside from the defendant, and to a comparison made between the de- fense and state alibi witnesses. Arguments for the exceptions took 80 minutes of the court's time after the jury |. ‘The defense ob- Jected to the failure of the court to deliver 12 other instructions it had suggested. Adjournment was taken at 12:09 p. m. (Continued on Page Four) YOUNG LOCAL MAK FOUND DEAD HERE EARLY WEDNESDAY Body of Frederick G. Knowles/ xia Discovered in Car Near Athletic Field Frederick Grant Knowles, 26, son of Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Knowles, 316 Avenue A West, was found dead early son was found in the car and that the death was clearly due to suicide. There ‘will be no inquest. ‘The young man’s father said his son had appeared to be in the best of spirits at the family dinner Tuesday evening and was at a loss to account for his son’s act. Mr. Knowles was born in Bismarck August 6, 1908, After graduating from Bismarck high school he attended the Universities of North Dakota and of Towa. At the latter school he was a member of the Kappa Sigma frater- nity. For three years prior to last May he was ® member of the X-ray de- partment of the medical corps at Sterling general hospital, Manila, P. I, During his stay in the Orient he also saw active military service at Bayete! oF as a member of the army gy real ‘home last May, Mr. Les associated with his Knowles became father in the Jewelry business in this promising business career ‘was cut short by his death. Besides his parents he leaves one brother, Dr. George H. Knowles, Seat- tle, Wash., and one. sister, Alice Know- les, a senior in Bismarck high school. Funeral arrangements have not been made pending receipt of word from Dr. Knowles when he will arrive in Bismarck. Restored Wages Get day President @ave notice that congress vide revenue to meet this and any othey increases in the regular budget. ~~ Tliness Is Fatal _ ‘WALTER CUSHING Walter Cushing, editor of the Beach Advance and dean of west- ern North Dakota newspaper- men, died in a local hospital breif Piubrsolpern Aaclrade after a anes DEATH STRIKES AS MOTT PAIR SIT IN CLOSED AUTOMOBILE Bodies Found in Morning When Family of Girl's Sister Investigates crept unheeded into a closed auto- ‘mobile near here Tuesday and struck down a youthful couple as they sat in the machine. Dead from carbon monoxide pois- loning, according to Coroner 8. W. Hill, are Glenn Hendricks, 23, FERA employe and Joan Renke, 19, Mott high school student.’ Dr. Hill said the two apparently had been overcome by fumes leaking from a manifold heater in the car, the engine of which had been left Tunning. He placed time of death about 1 A. M. Tuesday. Three hours after the set time of death, Miss Renke’s sister and broth- er-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Bieber, passed within a few feet of the car. They heard the engine Tunning, and presumed the couple were talking, Dr. Hill said, and con- tinued into the house, not far from the spot where the car was parked. ‘The Biebers were returning from a dance at the time. Three hours later—at 7 A. M—the Biebers heard the motor of the car ‘still running and investigated. They discovered the slumped bodies of the two. Dr. Hill returned a verdict of accidental death, following an inves- tigation with State's Attorney R. J. Bite, Bicbers live six miles north- east of Mott. Surviving Miss Renke are her sis- ter and a brother. Hendricks’ moth- er and father, Mr. and Mrs, William 80M | Hendricks, both of Mott, and a sister, Mrs. Edwin Weinberger survive him. arrangements have not been completed. Roosevelt Approval glued to that door in the Bruno Hauptmann, still ile, omits the atuwer to hie fate in le teal at Plemingion, J. for the Lindbergh kidnap-murder. He, world, for THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1935 ek *& T|WALTER F, CUSHING, ) VETERAN PUBLISHER OF BEACH, SUCCUMBS Dean of Slope Newspapermen Dies at Local Hospital Early Wednesday HEART DISEASE IS FATAL Came to State in 1879, Was Former Editor of Bis- marck Tribune ‘Walter F. Cushing of Beach, pioneer North Dakota newspaperman and publisher, boyhood companion of An- drew Mellon, former secretary of the treasurer, and also an intimate friend lof the late President Theodore Roo- sevelt, died early Wednesday at a local hospital following a prolonged illness. Cushing, whose colorful life as trav- eler, community builder, printer. promoter, reporter and publisher, led him into many corners of the earth, was an eye witness to the assassins tion of President McKinley. would have been 78 years old next June 21. ‘The veteran publisher, who wielded @ powerful pen in state politics and who was @ life-long Republican, en- tered a local hospital November 29, suffering from a heart ailment. For a time he rallied and was sufficiently improved to walk about. He was forced to his bed by a relapse two weeks ago where he remained until his death at 3 a. m., phn Funeral Here Friday Puneral services will be held here at 2:30 p. m., Friday at the Masonic Mott, N. D., Feb: 13.—(}—Death|temple to be conducted by the Rose Croix degree or Scottish Rite Masons, with G. F. Dullam of Bismarck, mas- ter, in charge. Burial will be at Fair- view cemetery beside his wife, who died a number of years ago. Active and honorary pallbearers in- clude Thomas Hall, former congress- man, E. G. Wanner, F. G. Orr, T. G. Plomason, F. L. Gage, John Lyng- stad, all of Bismarck; W. H. Stuts- man and Earl Tostevin of Mandan, and several close friends from Beach. M. F. Graham, president of the North Dakota Press association, in a letter of sympathy to members of the Cushing family on behalf of the 200 publishers of the state stated that “our wish is that we, too, may emu- late Walter Cushing in a life of serv- ice to his fellow mi Born in Pennsylvania Born at Tidioute, Pa., a suburb of Pittsburgh, on June 21, 1857, Mr. Cushing was reared in Pittsburgh where he was a companion of An- drew Mellon. He completed his edu- cation in Columbia university. His desire to become @ newspaper- man strong in him, Cushing learned the printing trade on Pittsburgh news- papers, beginning the profession there ‘in 1877. He purchased a newspaper in upper Pennsylvania, only to be persuaded in 1879 by the Grandin who established farms in Traill county, that the Da- kota territories held more in. store for him. He went to Valley City, intention, tablishment. ‘Cushing entered the business f first as lumber dealer and grain buy- jer. ef He romsined in. Valiy ‘Clty Un til 1887. In the nine years he made (Continued on Page Seven) 2_ and the |. have eyes courthouse, waiting the moe xk * xk * ble Macon Lost in Ocean Macon Joins Sister Ship, Akron, in Disaster; Sinks Off California Coast The Weather Unsettied tonight and Fraretey. possibly colder Thuredsy, PRICE FIVE CENTS x ke * TWO MEMBERS OF GREW ARE MISSING; 8f OTHERS SAVED One or Two of Gas Cells Burst While Craft Was Nearing California Base FLEET COMES TO RESCUE Commander Makes Futile At- tempt to Save Ship; Exact Cause Still Unknown ‘The tragic fate of every American-made navy dirigible overtook the Macon Tuesday evening as she neared her Sunnyvale base atiee ins maneuvers with the fleet off the California coast, Two of the crew were lost; two others injured. Congress launched an immediate investigation Wednes- BYRNE IS HOPEFUL CCC CAMP WILL BE RETURNED 10 CITY Has.Asked for Continuance of) Local Work But Says Out- look Is Doubtful Hope that Bismarck again will have CCC camp this year was ex! ‘Wednesday by Robert Byrne, head of the CCC park service in North Da- kota. Byrne said application for the des- ignation of a camp at Bismarck was made last winter but that no decision service, Byrne asked for definjte in- formation if it is available. The situation is complicated, he ex- Plained, because of the uncertainty at Washington as to what congress will do with the big relief appropria- tion, carrying funds for continuance of the CCC organization. If President Roosevelt's recommen- accepted, Byrne said, the day into the cause of the disaster. Crew Calm in Face of Disaster; (Copyright, 1935, by the Associated Press) 8an Francisco, Feb. 13—A_ vivid story of how the dirigible Macon crashed off Point Sur, Cal., late Tues- day was told in # statement released {here Wednesday by her master, Lieut. ‘Commander Herbert V. Wiley. The commander, also a survivor of the Akron disaster, said the first trou- ‘ble developed when the ship was about three miles off Point Sur. A short jar was felt and inquiry developed that the wheel had slipped out of the ele- vator man’s hand. ‘The ship took a bow up inclination and rose, the commander said, with the elevator man apparently losing control. Wiley said he received immediately @ telephone report from aft that the No. 1 cell was gone. All ballast and emergency fuel in the after part of the page were dropped. Gas was valved from the forward gas cell in an effort to regain control. Engines Slowed Immediately The inclination of the ship had reached 25 degrees and she ascended rapidly. “The engines were slowed immed- lately as the ship took se up angle,” id Comma wile: structure caused by the operation of the rudder and elevators at the high air speeds. “I surmised that the structure was damaged over No. 1 gas cell in the pec of the fins, and endeavored to relieve the strain on that pert of the ship's structure. Reports were soon received that the ship's outer cover ing was gone over No. 1 and 2 gas cells, Loss of Life; Craft Ascended at Sharp Angle Before Final Plunge Into Ocean Commander Wiley Tells _|NONPARTISAN CLUBS Of Macon’s Crash at Sea) \j$\T [RCISLATURE Discipline Responsible for Small and although occasionally the in- clination was reduced considerably, it could not be kept to a small angle. Begins to Descend “Meanwhile, the ship began to des- cend from 4,000 feet and even down to 3,000 feet. I expected to get the ship under control with the engines and the one rudder that was report- ed functioning. “From about 3,000 feet down the ship descended at an average rate of 300 feet per minute, and in spite of dropping all ballast and endeavoring to drop airplanes from the airplane hangar, the descent continued. The angle of inclination which had got- ten as low as 10 degrees again in- creased as the stern hung down to- ward the water. “At 1,000 feet the order was given to stand by to abandon ship although the emergency signal to the crew had ‘been given immediately after the cas: ualty. About three minutes after the casualty I had told the radio to send out the ‘808.’ “The stern hit the water with a jar and I told everyone to get out of the control car and jump before the control car submerged. Swim to Rubber Boats “Everyone was out before I climb- ed out a window and poised to jump. As s00n as we were in the water the rubber lifeboats which the crew had prepared were floating around and we swam to them. “After getting into a boat and as- sembling five boats we picked up a number of men out of the water and endeavored to stay close to the air- ship as several men were observed still aboard on top end in the nose. “The ship sank slowly stern first, crumbling from the action of the swell. We had a number of flares and a number had been dropped overboar: from the control car. “The people in the bow fired several signal rockets which attracted the cruisers which were in the vicinity. “We were picked up with dispatch and great credit is due to the com- mand of the cruisers and their per- sonnel for their expeditious and ef- ficient work.” Eighty-one of the 83 men on board were rescued. Two still are missing. Cancer Proves Fatal To Stanton Farmer Fred ©. Winmill, 72, retired farmer | tam; Born September 19, 1865, in Chi- cago, Mr. Winmill received his early DURING CONVENTION 125 Out-of-Town Visitors Here for Federation's Largest Convention One hundred and twenty-five wo- men here for the ninth biennial cot vention of the North Dakota Feder tion of Nonpartisan Women’s clul adjourned business sessions Wednes- day afternoon for a visit to the state legislature. The Third House Grid- iron, a traditional event of the ses- sion, was staged for their benefit at 4p. m. Routine business and a roll call which delegates answered by a brief ccmmient on congress or the state leg- islature occupied the Wednesday session at the World War Memorial building dining room. In the evening, Alice Lorraine Daly, Aberdeen, 8S. D., newspaperwoman, and W. H. Payne, Bismarck high school principal who will speak on “The Plight of Our Schools and Our| mi Duties as Citizens,” will address an ee meeting at the Memorial build- ing. Tea at Executive Mansion Thursday's convention plans in- clude an address by Dr. Maysil Wil- liams, state public health offi a talk on Welfare” by Mrs. Arlan Stair, Bot- tineau; the final business session in the afternoon; a tea for delegates, out-of-town visitors and members of Bismarck Nonpartisan Club No. 1, the hostess group, given by Governor Walter Welford and his sister, Miss Ethel Welford, at the executive man- sion, and the convention banquet at the Patterson hotel Terrace Gardens. Mrs. Helga Kolstad, Steele, federa- tion president, will preside and Mrs. Lydia Langer will be toastmaster at the latter function. “Value of the Nonpartisan Clubs” ‘dls the theme for the conventi 1a which erated gave reviews of the year just closed and told of projected plans. Five counties who wish to be organ- ized have sent visitors. When the registration was com- plete, it was found that this is the | largest convention the federation has include: credentials—Mrs. Shurr, Bot- tineau; Mrs. Cox, Ward, and Mrs. auditing — Miss education there and came to North | anni Dakota with his wife in 1901. “Public Health and Child) (Copyright, 1935, by the Associated Press) San Francisco, Feb. 13.—(P)—Ad- ditional explanation of why the giant navy dirigible Macon crashed into the ocean off Point Sur, central Cal- ifornia, was eagerly awaited Wednes- day as three criusers threaded through the golden gate bearing the 81 survivors of the airship disaster. Two men are The last of the navy’s great dirigi- bles, about which rumors of sabotage gathered at the time of her construc- tion, was beneath the waves of the Pacific, which was true to its name !as Lieut. Commander Herbert V. Wiley and his men took to their rub- ber lifeboats by the light of the Ma- con's last sunset Tuesday. San Francisco's waterfront took on a new feeling of excitement as the cruisers Richmond, Concord, and Cin- cinnati with the survivors, entered ithe bay. Busses waited at pler 14 to take the Macon’s men back to Sunnyvale, her base south of here. ‘The tragic fate of every Americans made giant dirigible the navy has possessed, overtook the queen of the skies as she neared her Sunnyvale base at sunset Tuesday night. One or two of her 12 gas cells sude denly burst as she sped througif squally air and fog 110 miles south of San Francisco. Crew in Rubber Lifeboats ‘The delicately balanced craft nosed abruptly skyward and the immediate efforts of Lieut. Commander Herbert survivor of the Akron disaster, to balance the ship proved futile. Under his orders the unmanagee able dirigible landed, stern first on the water 10 miles off Point Sur. She sank almost immediately but her crew had taken to rubber lifeboat and all but two men were picked up by the cruisers Richmond, Conrod and Cincinnati. The exact fate of the two men—Radioman Ernest Dailey, Bend, Ore., and Florentino Filipino mess sergeant—like the cause of the bursting cells, was not deter- mined. Dailey presumably broke his |back in a 125-foot leap from the ship before it landed. Edquiba was last seen aboard. In the faint hope of finding them ‘alive, @ cruiser division and the crui- ser Milwaukee were directed to con- tinue searching the waters off Point Sur until noon. If they are not found by then the hunt will be abandoned. Two of Crew (Continued on tinued on Page 1 Two) Lincoln in Eulogized In Talk alk by Hoover