The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 17, 1935, Page 1

North Dakota’s ESTABLISHED 1878 Oldest Newspaper THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, MAY 17, 1985 The Weather Showers tonight and probably Satur- day morning; warmer tonight, PRICE FIVE CENTS Jury Convicts Five Bremer Kidnapers ‘Sales WELFORD INFORMED {$4,200,000 in Unpaid PRESDENT 10 GIVE STATE MUST MATCH |Taxes Is N. D. Problem ~ ORLOSE U. 8. FUNDS Success of Movement Will Mean Withdrawat of Monies, FERA Director Says ASKS ACTIVITY STOPPED Governor Sees No Other Re- course Than Special Ses- sion If Plan Works and calling of a special session of the state legislature, hung as twin threats over the state Friday as the result of referendum activity against the new two per cent retail tax. From Pierce Atwater, St. Paul, re- gional FERA director, came the no- tice that should the sales tax, which provides relief funds matching fed- eral monies, be “successfully se- ferred” that federal funds might be withdrawn, as was done in Illinois. Gov. Walter Welford declared he “saw no other recourse but to call a special session of the legislature” should the sales tax be successfully referred. In his telegram to the governor, Atwater declared: Concerned Over “I am concerned over agitation in istration has no opinion about the type of revenue measures to be adopted by any state, it is absolutely essential that state funds be available for relief purposes to continuity. of federal funds.” Referring of the sales tax, Atwater would necessitate and before the matter was settled would cause acute distress among people in the state. “Trust you can arrange to give present legislation a fair trial and thereby avoid chaotic condition such as now exists in Illinois,” he told the tax Hilts ‘Selfish Interests’ Gov. Welford declared the sales referendum -.novement was RICHBERG REPORTED READY TO QUIT NRA President’s Right Hand Man Said Planning Return to Private Life HT gs HT g g Southeastern Bankers Meet at Valley City Valley City, N.D., May 17. Bankers from southeastern North kota gathered here Thursday for three district state banker sassocia- “tion Average of 32.5 Delinquency Reported by Commissioner for 1931-34 Period A tabulation by counties of tax payments and deélin- rion for the 1931-34 pe- More than $4,200,000 in delinquen- from 1931 to 1934, inclusive, declared Tecords revealed the total amount at $4,208,039, out of a total $12,046,367 over the four-year Unquencies, ty, has been constant since 1931. ‘Traill Least Delinquent Significant, in the face of drouth and general state crop conditions, were figures which revealed Trail county in the eastern border section of the state, to have the smallest total amount of delinquencies for the pe- riod—17.60 per cent, while McKenzie county, at the opposite side of the state, showed the highest per cent of delinquencies—49.71 per cent, close to cbt Eeage AT MARCH CRITICS Davis Issues Statement Form- ally Denying Part in Farm- ers’ Demonstration May 17.—()—Without sponsor, duction control used to finance, the farmers’ visit meetings. Speakers included Adam Lefor,/them Thomas state bank examiner; H. ly Kidnaper e Convicted | Arthur (Dec) Barker, above, leader of the notorious Barker- Karpis gang, and four co-defend- ants were convicted Friday by a St. Paul jury of the kidnaping of Edward G. Bremer, wealthy St. Paul banker. Two other defend- ants, William Vidler and Philip Delaney, were acquitted. TOMLINSON SPEEDS TO 14 RECORDS ON S00-MILE FLIGHT ‘Twin-Motored TWA Airliner Is Created With Two New World Marks | |. New Yolk, May 17.—()—Fourteen speed records were marked up Fri- day for a twin-motored transport Plane at the end of a nonstop 3,100- mile flight over a course between Washington, Norfolk, Va. and New York. The records were set by Daniel W. ‘Tomlinson, former navy flier, and Joseph E. Bartles, flying a TWA Douglas airliner for more than 19 hours. They landed at Floyd Ben- nett field Friday at 1:10 a. m., east- ern standard time. Tomlinson, one-time member of the navy’s famous acrobatic team of sea hawks, emerged smiling from the plane, showing little sign of fatigue His wife, who had spent the entire time at the field following progress of the flight, rushed to greet him. Cover 3,106.849 Miles The fliers, starting from Floyd Bennett field at 5:59 a. m. Thurs- day, covered 3,106.849 miles, or 5,000 kilometers. ‘They covered four laps of a tri- angular course of 621 miles (1,000 kilometers) between Floyd Bennett Field, Bolling Field, Washington, and ‘Willoughby Spit, Norfolk, Va. Because of poor flying conditions around Norfolk Thursday night, a fifth lap was abandoned, and the final 621 miles were flown to and from Bolling Field and then over a course between Floyd Bennett Field, Newark airport and North Beach air- port, Queens. On the first four laps the aver- were respectively 168,047, BILLION IN WORKS PROJECTS HIS 0. K. Reason for Not Giving Immedi- ate Approval After Session Not Announced 100 MILLION FOR WISCONSIN Two-Hour Meeting of 22-Man Advisory Group Acts on Wide Range of Plans Washington, May 17.—()—A quick o. k. from the White House on the $1,091,802,200 worth of work relief projects recommended to President Roosevelt by chiefs of the relief drive was considered virtually cer- tain in high quarters Friday. Since the president himself attended the session of the advisory allotment board which culminated late Thurs- day when the board recommended the projects, the action of the president in withholding an immediate approval caused some surprise in the capital. The reason was not announced. It was recalled; however, that in the congressional fight over the $4,880,- 000,000 work relief bill—when critics were hammering away at Secrttary Ickes—the word went down the line from the White House that the presi- dent would have the final say in alloting money. Advisors’ Plan for Spending Outlined Washington, May 17.—(P)— Here is the way the advisory al- lotment board President Roosevelt to spend more than a billion dollars a the $4,880,000,- Highways” atid crossings $500,- 000,000. Army engineers $102,186,500. Maine tidal project $10,000,000. Wisconsin plan $100,000,000. Low cost housing $249,860,000, Resettlement $100,000,000. New York City sewers $7,500,- 000. Non-federal projects $1,620,000. Colorado river in Texas $20,- 000,000. Alaska, roads $446,500. Ickes and Harry L. Hopkins have two of the kingpin positions in the work-relief setup. Though the 22- man allotment board gave its formal approval Thursday, observers saw in- dications that it followed a chart largely pre-arranged. : In two hours Thursday it approved the projects, covering a wide range of types in hundreds of localities over the country, Immediately afterward Frank C. Walker, applications chief, read the outline of the projects from mimeo- graphed sheets to which two long- hand notations were attached. ‘The two items that apparently had not been included in the previously prepared sheet were $100,000,000 for 140 projects in Wisconsin and $7,500,- 000 for building a Ward Island sew- age treatment plant in New York city. Some Points Undecided Wisconsin thus obtained in a single allotment a sum of money de- signed, officials said, to take care of all that state’s relief problems. It Tax Referendum Threatens Relief Funds | President Flays AAA Critics as Farmers Pledge Support This sex of upturned faces stretched out before President Roosevelt as he stood on the south portico of the White House and addressed the great assemb- lage of “dirt farmers” from 3¢ states who pledged loyalty to the @@ministration’s farm...program... They heard the it assall “men of the high and mighty” for their “lying about the farm program.” The president is shown in the lower photograph as he made his fighting speech. He de- clared it their duty and his to educate the country that adjust- ment means not only adjustment downward, but also upward. PATMAN BONUS BILL GOES T0 PRESIDENT FOR CERTAIN VETO Last Congressional Formality Completed With Signa- ture of Garner Washington, 17.—(@)—The Patman inflationary bonus bill was sent to the White House Friday for @ certain veto. The last congressional formality’ was completed when Vice President Garner signed the $2,200,000,000 measure, Meanwhile, President Roosevelt set aside Friday afternoon to start writ- ing the veto message which probably will be sent to congress on Monday. Contrary to many reports, the White House said this was the first was granted with the proviso that the state furnish the remainder of the $206,000,000 cost of the projects, arrange to repay the federal govern- ment $30,000,000 and pass certain en- abling legislation. Though the projects are considered : | virtually certain to obtain final ap- proval, some decisions remain to be made before the work relief drive— ‘aimed to provide jobs for 3,500,000— can swing into action. Hopkins, who is head of the pro- gress division, must announce wage and hours schedules, His figures on ‘unemployment totals for various areas, :}on which officials have said the dis- Holds ‘Salesmen Must Pay N. D. License Fee Halting by regulatory inspectors of all salesmen traveling through the state, with insistence the drivers, if engaged in business in the regular fund. state, obtain North Dakota motor vehicle licenses, is in accordance with laws on the statute books since 1927, Charles A. Verret, assistant attorney general, declared Thursday night. Verret said he has ruled that all salesmen from out of the state, who Dakota license fee for their automo- bilea, The reciprocal clause of the law, under which an out-of-state license is acceptable for a reciprocal period hen|of time, is not applicable, except in cases of business men who enter the one on “casual” business, Verret Verret said he based his interpreta- tion principally on section 19, chap- tribution of funds will be based, have not been announced. $500,000,000 For Rail Crossings First of the announcements made by Walker Thursday was $500,000,000 for road and rail crossing projects. Walker said that 100,000,000 of this was from an old unappropriated fed- eral highway fund; with $200,000,000 for highways, roads and streets and an identical sum for grade crossing eliminations coming from the new tory. * (Continued on Page Six) Business Women Open Devils Lake Conclave Devils Lake, N. D., May 17.—(P)— tion of delegates, a meeting of the executive board and a lunch- eon comprised Friday morning’s ac- tivities of the sixteenth annual two- day convention of the North Dakota State Federation of Business and Professional Women’s clubs here Fri- of the federal housing ad- President , istrator the] he said were “lying” about the admin-| ter 186, subdivision “A” and “C” of| ministration, are scheduled for the aftemnoon. istration’s agricultural program. the 1931 session laws. 1 work by the president on the veto message and until it was finished there could be no estimate of its length. It will go to the: house first,.where leaders concede it will be quickly overridden. ‘The real test will come in the sen- ate, probably about the middle of the week. Administration leaders maintained they had the votes to sustain the chief executive. While Patman chieftains made no flat claims, they expressed optimism. Both Factions Confident ‘The veto, the White House has said will be accompanied by “as forceful an argument” as the presi- dent has. Administration leaders insisted they had retained all their strength and that the veto would be upheld by the senate with votes to spare. Patmanites were saying that they had gained strength and some— though not all—were predicting vic- As for the house, the strongest ad- ministration supporters doubted—to use the statistics of Rep. Boland of Pennsylvania, Democratic whip—that more than 125 of the 432 members would vote to sustain the veto. That would be far less than the one-third vote necessary if the house is to up- hold the veto. In the senate, the bonus bloc was not unanimous in its claims. Sena- tor Long (D.-La.) said “we must have the votes;” Senator Borah (R.- Ida.) said the bill was gaining strength, but was still short of the required two-thirds; Senator Thomas (D.-Okla.) who decided Thursday to let the bill go to the White House, said “we think we are in the best possible shape.” Rep. Patman (D.-Texas) father of the bill, expressed no doubt that the senate would override the veto. Bismarck Welcomes First AGNER LABOR BILL PASSED BY SENATE House to Get President’s View on Measure Before Tak- ing Action Washington, May 17.—()—House leaders agreed Friday to obtain a definite expression of President Roosevelt’s opinion of the Wagner labor disputes bill before starting to maneuver it to the floor for a vote, Supporters of the measure, passed 63 to 12 Thursday by the senate with- out an amendment, say the presi- dent wants it enacted. Mr. Roose- velt, however, has not openly en- dorsed the bill and it is not on his “must” legislative program. The house labor committee was ready to give its backing to provide legislative right of way. It already has approved a companion bill by Chairman Connery (D.-Mass.) But Chairman O'Connor of the rules committee said he would go to the White House and discuss the bill with the president before going ahead with it. The bill aims, its backers say, at establishing permanet legal sanction for collective bargaining by labor through representatives of its own choosing. It differs from the indus- trial recovery act in that the latter section 7A offers collective bargain- ing only to employes in codified in- dustries. The vote of northwest senators on the Wagner bill follows: Minnesota —For, Shipstead; paired, against, Schall; North Dakota—For, Nye and Frazier; South Dakota—For, Bulow; Wisconsin—For, Duffy and LaFol- lette. Georgia Repeal Vote Gives Drys 230 Lead Atlanta, May 17.—(#)—Additional re-checked returns from Wednesday’s repeal referendum in Georgia in-| creased the lead of the prohibitionists to 230 votes Friday. The latest tabulation gave: for re- peal 81,889; » repeal 82,119, Scout Jamboree Arrivals Committee Chairmen Apply Fin- ishing Touches to Area- Wide Exposition Bismarck was the mecca for Mis- sourt Slope Boy Scouts Friday as tepresentatives from 67 area council troops, accompanied by scout leaders, began to arrive here for the second annual Camping Exposition opening tonight at Pioneer Park. Unfavorable weather predictions failed to dampen the enthusiasm of committee chairmen as they applied finishing touches to an extensive pro- gram for the area-wide three-day jamboree, The approximately 200 Capital City scouts who began pitching camp at the jamboree site Thursday night were re-enforced Friday afternoon by ‘first arrivals from outside troops that ‘were given camp assignments and be- gan setting up tents and laying out ‘troop displays. First out-of-town troop to arrive was the Wishek troop which began setting up camp Friday morning. By nightfall it is expected that about 200 additional scouts from neighboring towns will be ready for the opening councilfire program. Provide for Bad Weather Spencer Boise, general chairman, made arrangements to quarter the scouts in the high school gymnasium in the event of rain and negotiations were underway to utilize the facili- ties of the World War Memorial build- ing for the rally contests should bad weather force the program inside. Supper will be called at 6:30 p. m., ‘and the council-fire program, open- ing the jamboree events, is scheduled to start at 7:30 o'clock. Stunts given by the individual troops will feature the council fire program and will be judged on the basis of entertainment for points to- ward the Elks sweepstakes trophy, Judge A. M. Christianson, past- president of the Missouri Valley Area council, and Robert Byrne, present head of the council, will be present- ed with replicas of the five millionth copy of the Handbook for Boys, Boy Scouts of America, in token of appre- ciation for their services during the last two years. A similar copy of the |scout handbook recently was present- ed to President Roosevelt by Wash- ington scouts. The Order of the Ar- row, scout camp society, is making the awards to the two scout leaders. (Continued on Page Six) ARTHUR BARKER AND OLIVER BERG GIVEN LIFE IMPRISONMENT Judge Joyce Defers Sentencing of Alderton, McLaughlin and Wilson VIDLER, DELANEY ACQUITTED Verdict Ends Long Trial of Gang Charged With St. Paul Banker's Abduction St. Paul, May 17. — () — Arthur (Doc) Barker, kidnap outlaw, and four co-defendants were convicted and two others acquitted by a federal court jury in the $200,000 abduction of Edward G. Bremer, wealthy banker. The charge was conspiracy to kid- nap. Convicted with the gangster who with Alvin Karpis headed the Bar- ker-Karpis mob were: Harold Alderton, in whose home at Bensenville, Tl, Bremer was held prisoner 21 days; Oliver Berg, lifer in the Illinois state prison; John J. Mc- Laughlin, 68-year-old former political leader in Chicago, and James J. Wil- son, 27-year-old former Northwestern University medical student. Freed were William Vidler, Chicago “bookie” and Philip Delaney, former restaurant and tavern tor in Chicago and intimate friend of Mc- Laughlin for 25 years. Barker and Berg Get Life Barker was sentenced to life ime prisoment by Federal Judge M. M. Joyce, who imposed a similar sentence upon Berg. Sentence of the other three defend- ants convicted was deferred by Fede eral Judge Joyce. Byron Bolton, alleged machines gunner for the Barker-Karpis mob, and Elmer Farmer, Bensenville, Il., tavern keeper, both of whom pleaded guilty, were not in court and will be sentenced later. Bremer was kidnaped January 1%, 1934, and was returned to his home February 7. The seven defendants were all tried on a charge of conspiracy under the Lindbergh kidnap law, which calls for penalty upon conviction up to life imprisonment. The prisos term is discretionary with the court Judge Praises Jury Before pronouncing sentence Berg, Judge Joyce said to himt story you told was not believed one bit. It was @ fantastic tale which other persons of lesser intelligence than the jury might have bees swayed by.” Judge Joyce in to the jury on their verdict, said that “by verdicts such as yours the incentive to kidnap will soon pass.” When Barker and Berg stood up te be sentenced, Judge Joyce said: “Arthur Barker, you have no de- fense in this case. No one could doubt your guilt. You have had a fair trial. Kidnaping is one crime that the people of this country will not tolerate.” Judge Joyce then sentenced Barker and Berg to “Leavenworth or any other institution the United States attorney may designate” for the rest of their natural lives. With the exception of Philip De- laney none of the prisoners (Continued on Page Six) NRA SUBSTITUTE 10 BRING MORE DELAY Some Senators Predict 7-Point Plan Will Result in No Law Being Passed Washington, May 11.—()—Soms senators predicted Friday that if the house passes the seven-point NRA program approved by President Roosevelt and Donald R. Richberg Thursday no Blue Eagle law will be on the books when the present one expires June 16, ‘They said house acceptance of the plan would lead to a prolonged tug- of-war with the senate, which already has voted to trim NRA’s sails and extend its life only ten months. Even the Democratic leaders in the senate displayed some apprehension about the possibility of completing new legislation by June 16, ‘The program agreed upon at the White House called for a two-year extension of NRA and continuation of its jurisdiction over businesses “substantially affecting interstate commerce” as well as those actually engaged in interstate commerce. The senate-approved measure would make codes apply only to firms doing business across state lines. Some Democratic members of the house ways and means committee, who conferred with Richberg at length Thursday after he made public the seven-point proposal, said its pro- vision for including all businesses salle” interstate commerce was presented to the high-scoring troop.| too As 8 substitute, Rep. Vinson (Dem., Ky.), suggested an arbitrary rule un- der which no business employing less than a certain number of persons— possibly 25 or 50—would be placed under a code. ‘Ways and means committee Demo- crats generally agreed that clarifica- tion of the “intrastate” in the senate resolution was needed. But they said they intended to figure out their own clarification, They told Richberg they would not need him again until the committee opens (bearings on the xesolution next week.