The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 3, 1935, Page 1

’ ¥ North Dakota’s | yer Oldest Newspaper THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE The Weather Partly cloudy, with ture freening tempera- tonight,’ Saturday fair, warmer. ESTABLISHED 1873 BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, MAY 3, 1935 PRICE FIVE CENTS 60 Slain in Bloody Filipino Uprising Left-Wing Gro ULTRA-LIBERALS 10 DECIDE IF TIME I$ RIPE FOR PROGRAM Call for Conference Issued by Four Congressmen .and Farmer-Labor Leader LONG ATTACKS PRESIDENT Louisiana Dictator Terms New Deal ‘St. Vitus Dance Gov- ernment’ in Speech Washington, May 3.—(?)—With Senator Long (D. La.) again assail- ing the Roosevelt administration, half-a-hundred or more left-wing leaders headed for a conference here Saturday to decide whether the time Is ripe for @ national third party Roosevelt-opposed pay the soldiers’ bonus with new cur- tency. Referring to the president’s ad- cue of last Sunday night, Long “Our president, the knight of the Nourmahal, says we are confused be- cause we see just how Cite telnet maze ook onto el FEE HL: quit EF = mg-ze SUBMIT PLANS FOR u Germany Reveals Threats From Sea, Sky and Land Dread that recalls the dark days of near-famine in the submarine blockade of 1917 stirs again in England treat; Sylt. The mup British coasts. pating invasion from the sky. ARMY POST HOUSING AND RIVER PROJECT $165,000 Program for Ft. Lin- coln Building Laid Before Works Administrator lic works program were presented Thursday to Major Philip B. Fleming, deputy public works administrator. The entire North Dakota congression- al delegation accompanied seven pub- lic leaders to the conference. Earlier, W. J. Flanigan, North Da- kota highway , discussed &@ proposed bridge between Fargo and Moorhead, Minn., with Thomas H. MacDonald, federal roads commis- / Flannigan, who also called on Fleming, said MacDonald had advised the Minnesota highway commiis- sion must file an application before action may be taken on the bridge. Other members of the delegation were Adjutant General Frayne Baker; J. P. Cain, Dickinson, chairman of the state planning board; 8. W. Thomp- son, Devils Lake, president of the Missouri River Diversion association; Cc. P. Robertson of the Bismarck Chamber of Commerce; Jack Wil- oy Fargo, department adjutant of the American Legion; L. A. Campbell. Helena, Mont., secretary of the Mon- bel tana Chamber of Commerce, and M. eC hades Fargo, secretary of the forth Dakota Chamber of Commerce. circ EXHUME BODIES OF Spanish Aviator on Solo Hop to Mexico tmote-filed farm house last Decem- TRIO IN FARM FIRE i Chemical Analysis Ordered on Rumors That Poigon Con- tributed to Deaths ap SieTiiaL gnats of, the bodies of farmers, who died in their was being made here Friday by London, May 3.—(#)—Juan Ignacion direction of Attorney General P. O. Pombo, Spanish aviator, hopped off Friday from Heston airdrome on the first leg of a flight to Mexico, D. F.,/at Steele. Mi analysis pn which he hopes to set a new long/ being made by Dr. L. W. Larson of Sathre to determine whether any of the trio died as result of poisoning. ‘The bodies were exhumed Thursday is sunt solo flight record and win| Bismarck, and chemical analysis by A. W. Ecklund of the state public Oe aid his sweetheart was| health laboratories. walting for him in the Mexican cap- The three, who died December 20 take off for the 4,600-mile hop across the Atlantic ocean to Mexico, Underwood School to Graduate 18 Seniors|#2,™*7 "ve contributed to the Underwood, N. BD. May 3-—Roret| own for several days, Dr. Larson | under ‘Witchcraft Minot eee ee ead een HAS 122 DESCENDANTS from fumes and smoke ‘whence io ay will talowing crecqurning o¢ 8 Jari, were Hartwig Stern, Nels Reuy sn2 Minneapolis man, Olaf Borrud. Sathre ordered the exhumation and ansipis tolloning petitions trom var rious persons, after rumors that pol- Results of the anslysis will not be aioe af:| May Relief Grant for State Is $1,088,175 tendent of, feahioaton, May, 4—1P-—May, re: De. John F. grants, including all activities rural rehabilitation, were an- by Harry L. Hop- nounced Thursday TL, May 3.—(?)—One kins, the relief administrator, includ- hundred twenty-two direct descend- ants survive Mrs. Elizabeth Neff, 88, who died Friday. She left 11 grandchildren, and 61 great-grand- “ children. Towa, not yet determined; Minne- sota $3,229,135; Montana $812,508; “living children, 50|North Dakote $1,088,175; South Da- $1,321,545; Wisconsin $3,644,- with Germany's blunt announc: jackles, and turther revelation thi At the left ts Britain's answer to the a! Aldershot, where the air defense brigade trains with al) the latest equipment for detecting the Reich h: Eats aon aoe Murphy- nobody got his first name or ad- dress—enjoys eating razor blades ——if the impromptu audience con- tributes enough—and he'll snap the top off a five-gallon bottle and masticate it if youll “lay the dough on the line.” A group of Harrisburg physi- cians, nurses and hospital at- taches and the X-Ray picture they made-will attest he suffered few ill effects from munching and hse tig two sharp safety-razor preree fame spread through the city from a transients’ “hotel” and Thursday a Harrisburg phy- sician took him to a clinic, A nurse brought from the sup- ply room two fresh razor blades. Calling only for a glass of water, Murphy chewed and swallowed the blades and stepped in front of the X-Ray camera. The X-Ray films, the physi- clans said, disclosed about 200 to 300 fragments of steel in Mur- phy’s stomach. was nicked only slightly. A bit of glass showed up on the X-Ray plates, too, but Murphy explained he had eaten the top of & five-gallon bottle on a bet. ENGLAND LAUNCHES AIR DEFENSE PLANS London Hears Reich Has Facili- ties to Build 100 Planes Monthly Copyright, 1935, by the Associated Press) London, May 3.—Information that Germany has facilities for bullding 100 fighting planes a month as re- Placements was received in high British quarters Friday as the gov- ernment threw into high gear its air force expansion program to meet Adolf Hitler's challenge. The 100-planes-a-month capacity was understood to be in addition to Germany's facilities for regular con- struction in the event of hostilities. The high sources which disclosed this information said they were told Germany is immediately expanding her aviation construction program with the expectation of attaining suon ® monthly replacement production concerning the extent of the reich’s air force plans, Sir John Simon, for- eign secretary, and other officials concede that the government still is uncertain it has full information con- tention of a former grand juror that (Jataie) Condon gave conflicting testimony when he iden- tified Bruno Richard Hauptmann the “John” of the Lindbergh ransom was described as “absurd” Friday by Samuel J. Foley, district attorney of the Bronx. Harry L. Wahley, who made the charge, was a member of the grand jury in the Bronx which heard Dr. Condon’s story after the, arrest here of Hauptmann. nent that she has built 12 powerful new U-boats, breaking & new flying and naval base on the Isle of indicates the short distance planes and subs would travel to reach the French and menace, un anti-aircraft gun in action near a com: At the right. above a sub nosing up from the sea, is a Junkers plane, easily copvertible into a German bomber. T|GANGSTER TO TAKE *) STAND IN TRIAL OF BREMER KIDNAPERS Byron Bolton, Machine Gunner for Karpis Mob, Will Testify Friday BULLETIN St. Paul, May 3.—(7)—A packed courtroom was surprised and disap- pointed when Federal Judge M. M. Joyce recessed the Bremer kidnap trial Friday afternoon, until 10 a. m., Monday, without the government putting on the stand its final and star witness, Byron Bolton, who pre- viously pleaded gulity to complicity in conspiracy to kidnap Edward G. Bremer. 8t. Paul, May 3—(?)—The govern- ment Friday was ready to call to the stand one of its leading witnesses, Byron Bolton of Chicago, in the federal court trial of ten persons charged with conspiracy in the $200,000 kidnaping of Edward G. Bremer, St. Paul banker. Bolton, who pleaded guilty to conspiracy at the opening of the trial April 15, was the reputed ma- chine gunner for the Barker-Karpis gang which is accused of abducting Bremer. As the prosecution neared the end of its case, it was reported that the government will ask dismissal of charges against two of the ten de- fendants—Mrs. Edna Murray, the “kissing bandit,” and Jess Doyle, Kansas City gangster. Pair Face Other Charges It was indicated the government believes it does not have a strong enough case against these two. In the event the charges against them are dropped, Mrs. Murray will be re- turned to the Missouri prison from | this which she escaped while serving 25 years for robbery, while Doyle will be turned over to Minneapolis or Okemah, Okla. authorities, who want him to face robbery charges. Evidence designed to show that the Barker-Karpis gang threatened death to the mother, newphews of Harold Alderton, Ben- senville, Ill, “if anything goes wrong” was brought out in cross-examination of William C. Ryan, department of justice agent. Leveling a barrage of questions at the agent with a view of showing that Alderton’s written confession of his part in the abduction of Bremer did (Continued on Page Five) MOISTURE EXCEEDS NORMAL THROUGHOUT NORTHWEST STATES Bulk of Precipitation Comes During April Following Heavy Spring Snows SET 10-YEAR RECORD HERE Local Area Has 4.35 Inches to Date Compared to 7.74 for All of 1934 By the Associated Press) Cold statistics Friday indicated un- mistakably the soil-soaking precipita- tion registered in the northwest this spring as the pleasant and potential- ly profitable business of erasing scars UPHOLD RIOTERS IN | SLAYINGS, KIDNAPED New York Attorney and Journal- ist Seized by Two Carloads of Masked Men WOMAN VIEWS ABDUCTIONS Governor Mobilizes State Police for Search; Situation Tense in Mining Town Gallup, N. M., May 3—(#)—Robert Minor, New York journalist and David Levinson, Philadelphia attor- ney, were reported in the hands of kidnapers Friday after the two had come here in the interests of ten un- left .by recent drouths proceeded in four states. Official and unofficial figures ob- tained from scores of points in Minn- esote, North Dakota, South Dakota and Montana show that moisture has been deposited over the fertile land- scape in almost record breaking pro- portions, City after city reported that mea- surements at the end of April not only exceeded normal but also provid- ed a surplus running up to more than four inches for the first four months of the year. The bulk of the precipitation oc- curred during April following heavy snows during the late winter months. In South Dakota which has had its full share of the protracted drouth, Sioux Falls recorded the wettest April in the history of the weather bureau here. The total was 6.43 inches. The South Dakota metropolis had a sur- plus of more than four inches up to May 1. Lisbon Gets 7.39 Inches North Dakota also shared in the wet cycle, Lisbon the most, the tota) for that poin€ being 7.39 inches. A‘ Bismarck, for the first four months of the year, 4.35 inches of precipita- tion was registered, compared with ‘7.7% inches for the whole of 1934. Bis- marck reported an excess moisture for this period of almost two inches, the greatest surplus in ten years. Montana which has been hard hit in recent dry seasons, reported good precipitation for the first quarter of 1935, with five strategic points re- ceiving more than normal moisture for the period. ‘The upward surge in the moisture statistics actually began laste last *|summer, with the Minneapolis weath- er bureau reporting that in seven of the last eight months there has been @ surplus with the peak for the 1935 months reached in April with 2.32 inches, or slightly above normal. Minnesota had some wringing wet spots. At Pipestone, the surplus for the first four months of the year was in excess of four inches. Fergus Falls reported the wettest April in 11 years. Bemidji had 3.03 inches during the Past month which is far above the average. House Democrats See ‘Clear Sailing’ Ahead ‘Washington, cratic leaders in the house cocked a weather eye over the legislative seas Friday and concluded in the words of Speaker Byrns, that “It'll be clear Sailing from now on.” Still far ahead of the senate; the Democratic chiefs mapped out a ten- tative schedule calling for passage of Hairy administration bills in about me a omnibus banking next week, legislative appropriations the week after, followed by utilities holding company, NRA extension, ship sub- sidy, and other measures, including taxes. Leaders still expect the house will have passsed them all by mid- brother and _two| June. FORKS MAN GUILTY Minneapolis, May 3.—()—Obie W. Heston, 25, Grand Forks, N. D., Thursday was found guilty of steal- ing $425 of payroll money from a girl cashier in a sandwich shop here and sentenced to serve an indeterm- inate term of up to ten years in the St. Cloud reformatory. Sathre’s Investigation Supports Innocence Claim of N. D. Convict Freedom gestured Friday to Ed (Hungry Slim) Vandiver, wan- minstrel-laborer, serving & of the ‘Vandiver was convicted Decem- ber 12, 1932, of participation in robbery of the September 14, 1932. Vandiver, who declares his oc- cupation as “songster” and la- borer, has constantly insisted he is innocent. His persistence—Vandiver has appealed to four North Dakota chie{ executives for sid—resulted the South Dakota city at the time robbery. in the state board of pardons di- mendations would be Sathre re- fused to reveal, } May 3.—(?)—Demo- |" employed persons facing mass mur- der charges. Mrs Joe Bartol, wife of one of the men held as a result of the jobless riot here April 4, reported the two were kidnaped Thursday night by a band of masked men who drove away in three motor cars. The woman, who said she had been conferring with Minor and Levinson in their parked automobile, reported that Minor was slugged by the abductors. A tense atmosphere developed in this coal mining town, long torn by labor strife, as local and state law enforcement agencies were mobilized. Attorney General Frank Patton called for apprehension and prosecu- tion of “any persons connected with this Gallup kidnaping, whether it be real or a frameup.” Later State Policeman Earl Irish informed Patton that his investigat- fon indicated the kidnaping was “genuine.” Kidnapers Wear Black Hoods Gov. Clyde Tingley was in touch with the situation from his/Santa Fe home. An alarm was dispatched to motorcycle policemen thoughout the state and officers of nearby counties joined in patrolling highways. Mrs. Bartol hysterical at times, re- lated to authoritiese how two carloads of men first circled the parked au- tomobile in which she and Minor and Levinson were sitting. The two cars returned with a third, she said, and their occupants pulled Minor and Levinson out of their seats. All of the kidnapers were described as wearing black hoods with eye slits. ‘The April jobless riot in which three persons were killed resulted in wholesale arrests. At the preliminary hearing 10 out of 48 persons seized were ordered hcid for prosecution un- der a New Mexico law which holds any participant in a mob action which renal in fatalities subject to murder cl Levinson, an international labor de- fense attorney, was said by his com- panions to have appeared in the reichstag fire trial in Germany. Minor was described as contemplating a nationwide speaking tour to organ- ise the defense. BONUS COMPROMISE PROSPECT BRIGHTER Victory Is Seen for Harrison Bill Due to Patman-Vin- son Rivalry Washington, May 3—(#)—With a showdown approaching in the senate Friday the prospects of the Harrison bonus compromise were believed to be brighter because of rivalry between the Patman and Vinson cash bonus camps, Administration leaders felt that if they could beat the Vinson bill, with its strong support from the Republi- can side, they could fight off the Pat- Iman measure. Some senators to vote for the Vinson measure would loppose the Patman bill because of its provis‘on for the issuance of new cur- rency tc cash the certificates. Meanwhile, administration efforts to speed action on the bonus, with a Umitation of debate, collapsed tem- porarily in the senate, with Chairman Harrison threatening a Saturday ses- sion in order to obtain a decision. As the senate started the second day of debate on the hotly disputed measure, no one apparently was ready to talk, and Vice President Garner called for a vote on the motion of Senator Clark (Dem., Mo.), to substi- tute the Vinson cash payment bill on the ine Fh Harrison compromise. tor Thomas (Dem., Okla.) pro- tested that the matter was of such importance that a vote should go over until next week when more senators Also turned back was an amend- ment to the Vinson bill to per- mit President Roosevelt to make a readjustment of war debts and use the proceeds for bonus payments. The ‘amendment was offered by Senator Gore (Dem., Okla.) and was vigorous- ly opposed by. Senator Robinson who argued that it was too important a subject to be dealt with without com- ‘mittee study. rel p Maps 1936 Third Party Strategy PAIR, PLANNING 10 \{SecsNo War Danger’) f Frank B, Kellogg Washington, May 3.—(#)— Frank B. Kellogg, former secre- tary of state, father of the Kel- logg peace pact and World Court judge, expressed the opinion Fri- day there was no danger of war in Europe and that the nations would settle their differences by Peaceful means. “Germany knows no one is go- ing to make war on her, and she knows she isn’t going to make war on anyone else,” Kellogg said. “That makes the danger of war bess than it has been for a long ithe growth of arbitration as & peaceful means to settle differ- ences between nations is encour- aging and, if I may say 20, the and educational influence.” PROPOSALS TO END AUTOMOBILE STRIKE ARE BEING DRAFTED Peace Plan Will-Be Presented Shortly to Representa- tives of A. F. of L. Detroit, May 3—(#)—Peace pro- posals designed to return to work more than 32,000 men affected by strikes in the automobile and allied industries were being drafted Friday. ‘The proposals, it was learned au- thoritatively, will be presented shortly to American Federation of Labor rep- resentatives in Toledo, where the strike movement originated in the Sperrost Motor Co. plant 10 days Detinite confirmation that a set- tlement was rapidly taking shape was lacking at the various strike headquarters here, but Secretary of Labor Perkins in Washington viewed the situation optimistically. Her chief representative on the strike scene, Edward F. McGrady, first assistant secretary of labor, was endeavoring to harmonize the wage dispute between the General Motors management and spokesmen for the American Federation of Labor. Dillon, McGrady Confer Francis J. Dillon, A. F. of L. or- ganizer in the automobile field, spent much of Thursday in conferences with McGrady, and later in a con- ference with McGrady and William 8. Knudsen, exeoutive vice president of General Motors. Elsewhere in the half a dozen states where General Motors plants are affected by the strike, the situa- tion was reported as quiet. The only flare-up was in Toledo, scene of the key strike of Chevrolet Motor Co. workers. There Fred Schwake, business agent for the Toledo Automobile Workers Union voiced a threat of violence if General Motors attempt- ed to transfer its manufacturing op- erations from Toledo to a subsidiary plant in Muncie, Ind. He said if auch a move developed, he would advocate demolishment of the Mun- cle plant. Spokesmen for Knudsen and the Chevrolet interests whose heavy May production schedule is being seriou: ly affected by the strikes and shut- downs in Toledo, Cleveland, Cin- cinnati, Kansas City, St. Louis and Janesville, Wis. plants, remained silent Friday, waiting for develop- ments in the McGrady-Knudsen conversations. Kentucky Wind Storm Takes Lives of Three Louisville, Ky., May 3.—((#)—FPur- fous wind storms accompanied by lightning that killed three persons and drenching rains spent them- selves eastward Friday after spread- ing damage over sections of western Kentucky and southern Indians. Churchill Downs, where thorough- breds are on edge for the Kentucky Derby Saturday, was but the animals were excited by the thunder and lightning. More than 100 homes and some 50 business buildings in Louisville were unroofed. Power lines and trolley cables were severed. Part of Louis- ville, a half dozen nearby towns and Frankfort, the state capital, were without lights, Trees, shrubbery and derby festival decorations were scat- tered in Louisville streets. Mary Jane Floyd, 4, escaped un- hurt when a door fell over her bed to shield her from falling timber and bricks when the Floyd home was wrecked POLICE CLASH WITH COMMUNISTIC GROUP IN TWO PROVINCES Japs Deny Supporting Move- ment; Accused of Providing ‘Rented’ Firearms REPORT SITUATION GRAVE Extremists Demand Immediate Independence; Plebescite Set for May 14 Manila, P. I., May 3.—()—A sur- prise uprising of political extremists brought bloody battles in three Phil- ippine provinces and death to 60 or more combatants Thursday night and Friday. The insular constublary definitely gained an upper hand in their clashes with the radical Sakdalistas who Thursday night seized control of several towns near Manila in an ad- mitted plan to capture control of the insular government. The insurrectionists planned te establish a vague socialistic regime and declare immediate independence from the United States. American Flag Hauled Down At one town, San Tdlefonso in Bul- agan province north of Mi the rebels proclaimed ‘independence,’ hauled down the American flag and ran up the Sakdalista emblem. A dozen men, including two fili- pino constabularymen, were killed in fighting in two towns Thursday night. Then in a pitched battle with the constabulary Friday, at least 4% were slain in the town of Cabuyao in Laguna province, about 25 miles southeast of Manila. There were un- confirmed reports of other deaths Atsushi Kimura, Japanese consul general here, and Filipino officials, scouted rumors that the extremists were aided by Japanese. The Sakdalistas favor tmmediate independence for the Philippines and oppose the leadership of bese ted President Manuel Quezon, the independence act of the Pricnd can ss, the Philippines must go through a 10-year transitional period before freedom, Plebescite Set for May 16 A plebiscite for ratification of the commonwealth constitution will be held May 14. Capt. Jose Guido of the constabu- lary ingelligence described the situs< tion as “very grave” in a report i@ the governor general's office. Scattered disorders also occurred in Cavite province, south of here, where Acting Provinical Governor Ramon Samonte was held hostage for several hours. About 8,000 American and Philip- pine soldiers, stationed in and near Manila, always are available to aug- ment the constabulary, which has 800 men stationed at the main barracks here. Constabulary officials declared some of the Sakdalista rank and file recently contributed $150 each on representations the money could be used to obtain guns from Japan. The officers said the Sakdalistas had been led to believe this sum would be suf- ficient to “rent” the firearms. Japs Deny Support Japanese Consul General Atsush) Kimura quickly denied reports tha the Sakdal movement was Japanes backed saying there were “no ground» to support such an assertion.” The Sakdalistas chieftain, Benigno Ramos, who Quezon said was a dis- charged employe of his, was reported to be in China, where he went from viewed the disorders as the forerun- ner of possible serious revolutionary activities, This view was held by Resident Commissoner Pedro Gue- vara. Regret that blood had been shea was expressed by Governor General Frank Murphy, who is ill in White Sulphur Springs. Va. He said he was familiar with the Sakdal movement “which is radical but carried on by sincere people.” Quezon, now in New York, blamed the trouble on economic conditions. Bismarck-Larimore Debate Scheduled Announcement that Bismarck will meet Larimore in a state semi-final debate contest at the Valley City State Teachers college auditorium at 2 p. m., on Thursday, May 9, wae made Friday by H. O. Saxvik, Bis- marck school superintendent. C. E Allen, teachers college president, is in charge of the arrangements and wil) select the judges. Bismarck is the defending cham- pion, having defeated Larimore for the title last year after that schoo) hed held it several years in succes- aes for the other semi-final de- a light lunch to the visiting teams after the contest, Saxvik said, 5 DIE IN STORM Little Rock, Ark. May 3—(®)— Arkansas Friday fixed the cost of terrific wind and electrical storm a five dead, ten injured and heavy) property lors. 1 x os