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North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper ESTABLISHED 1878 BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, TUESDAY, JUNE 4, 1935 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE The Weather Generally fair tonight and Wed- nesday; warmer Wednesday, PRICE FIVE CENTS President Will Bare NRA Plan Today 400 Die in Flood Trapping Mexican W FEAR FOR LIVES OF PERSONS MAROONED ON BRIDGE ONLY SEVEN ESCAPE CHURCH AS WATERS COLLAPSE BUILDING Most of Victims Were Members of Group Celebrating San Pedro Festival DISASTER FOLLOWS RAINS Mountain Streams Roar Out of Courses, Inundating Vil- lages and Fields Fears were entertained for a number of persons Neb., after the swirling waters cut off thelr only avenues of escape. Aviators flying over the scene sald people could be seen moving about on the span. (Associated Press Photo) marooned on this flood eurrounded bridge near McCook, GIRL FURNISHED TIP LEADING TO ARREST OF KARPIS MOBSTER Apprehension of Davis Brings Government’s Score in Bremer Case to Nine EIGHT STILL ‘AT LARGE Gangster Pleads Guilty to Charge Deciding ‘You Can't Beat These G-Guys’ St. Paul, June 4—(7)—A woman Barker-Karpis gangster who Monday pleaded guilty to conspiracy to kid- nap Edward G. Bremer, St. Pai banker, it was learned from an at thoritative source here Tuesday. Davis’ arrest brought the federal government’s score in the $200,000 ab- duction to nine in jail, Four others are dead, five were acquitted and eight are still at large. Following a “tip” by a Chicago girl with whom Davis was seen on several occasions after his escape at York: z i i 1 E 5 m., Monday, sent mountain streams So acer 9) FEDERAL AGENTS vulages below. Within two hours were Quick Solution to Weyer- haeuser Abduction (Copyright, 1935, by the Associated Press) Xochimilev Tt was believed the dead in San| Tecoma, June 4—Increasing their Gi San Pablo and Ostotepec| Tacoma field force to about 30 by the ee its, arrival of a dozen men, federal de- NEW SOUTHWEST AREA MENACED BY FLOODS Junction City, Kas. June 4—()—]| to clear up the George Weyerhaeuser | Like the tenacles of a struggling oc-/kidnaping within the week. burdened they face the possibility i & 33 : & g E i s Hh Bz uf & i ask | i Hi i rs i fE gee an aE nu SEGEE rie Hl i Hn ie Ay if 4 5 i i sb f | H i j H | é a] E 8 i : E : [ F | : i Extent proporty damage like-!in Chicago, pleaded in 8t. Paul wise is unknown. ‘The property 1085] to complicity in, thee $205000, Ba in Nebraska has been placed a¢ $11-1G. Bremer kidnaping. Prisoner Inspires Poetry by Police --—-@ | | raat e] Ege all iH g iH aitls Fots Hal E rel 5 | MASSED IN TACOMA) Justice Department Hopes for| esis! ward | Passed. Signatures for Sales Tax referendum committee were O. J. Sor- He, Buxton; H. F. Easton, Crosby; ©. Isaacson, Fessenden, and A. Pr to awaited petitions expected from other sources to refer the sales tax law and obtained—20,000 more than the 30,000 required by law to effect a speciul election call by the governor within 130 days after adjournment of the legislature at which the measure was Final day for filing the peti- tion is June 6, according to C. A. Verret, assistant attorney general. Both sides in the sales tax fight Tuesday appeared confident their moves and counter-moves wonld pre- sales tax referendum petitions may drop off to nullify the move. Both Factions Confident Other supporters of the measure claim the move to kill the law could IL DUCE Rome, June 4.—(?)—Benito Mus- solini, Italy's black-shirted premier, has a black eye. z To sympathetic inquirers, Tl Duce explained Tuesday his disfigurement was the result of being knocked 7,000 Names Filed to [PARDON BOARD 10 Refer Income Tax Law| REVIEW CASES OF unvaldsen Caime over 80,000 DOON, D. CONVICTS ville, Ill., from federal agents bring- ing him to Chicago from Kansas Cit; government officers maintained a trap for the gangster for a week, it was learned. They missed him on two occasions previous to his capture. Planned to Meet Girl Davis, companion of Edna Murray, “kissing bandit,” who was freed of conspiracy charges in the kidnaping of the St. Paul banker and returned Missouri Appeals of 27 Murderers, In-|and authorities were informed of the cluding Will Gummer and Ed eee eee ae ere were convinced Davis had no connection Vandiver, Will Be Heard benign ola ot rien ey ‘Weyerhaeuser’*in ‘Tacoma, for re-| Wash, and it was explained the gangster would not have been brought to St. Paul, had he had any connec- tion with the boy’s abduction, despite the pending Bremer charge. t Davis, it was learned, planned to C./pleag not guilty, but after. question- H. Trulson and his son, M. V. Trul-|ing for a few hours by federal agents, ‘With 200 cases facing them orshippers Work Funds Asked for Huge Topographic Map Proposal Would Put Engineers and Architects to Work on Geological Survey WOULD REQUIRE 10 YEARS Allotment Board Decides to Lower Ratio of Material Costs on New Projects ‘Washington, June 4—(#)—Into the work relief machine, the interior de- partment Tuesday dropped a proposal that idle engineers and architectural draftsmen be put to work mapping the United States and its possessions. The geological survey, a division of the department, applied for $7,828,000 of work relief money to carry on its Portion of the venture one year. Of- ficialg said the coast and geodetic survey would cooperate and that the topographic maps to be prepared would require ten years for com- pletion. Each square mile of the 48 states, Alaska, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands would have an inch-square lace on the maps. It was said that similar ones already had been drawn for about half of this area but that the national resources board consider- ed only about one-fourth of these in conformity with its requirements, ‘The geological survey's proposai was the largest in a batch of applications, totaling $12,776,200, announced by the application division. President Roosevelt’s allotment ad- visory committee, at is fourth meet- ing Monday, decided that projects Proposed from now on must involve a “lowering of the ratio of material costs to labor costs.” At the conclusion of its session the pear ee announced it had recom- me only 21 projects, totaling $13,629,700, GOVERNOR PRAISES RAILROADS’ SERVICE given | changed his mind when he was satis- Davis in federal court Friday, with The board took under consideration |jife imprisonment the possible pen- the plea of A. Barson, convicted boot-|alty, He is also a fugitive from the legger of Fargo, for parole from the|Oxlahoma state prison, where he is he has beeN| serving # sentence for murder. ‘Wax.one BO Diana nit Poceencine He Of the others arrested Be roe vor ti pardon | RTeaee cae, Arthur (Doc) Barker and Oliver Berg have been sent to prison for life; John J. Gos) a 1 Laughlin, Elmer Farmer, Byron 5 Among the 200 prisoners seeking ton Harold Alderton and James J. famous in| Wilson are awaiting sentence in the county jail here, and Harry Sawyer, , 10 seek pardon,| "finger man” is awaiting trial. wi CL Coren ook elem ere while axe vee|Moran, Mrs, Myrtle Eaton and two quests, “pardon, commutation or| Persons indicted as “John Doe” and | “avis piss, of qullly came a1 a Prime interest will et amend surprise, the gangster asserting “the the application of William Gummer minute they read that indictment I Gummer, convicted appeal for pardon is continued from the December meeting of the sertion that hee yay end hed no knowledge e for Ww! he was convicted, Attorney General] oHOOVE VISINs, LOM DEN ner P. O. Sathre, who investigated Van-| president Hoover Tuesday was the Giver’s aliblt witnesses, has declared he | guest of Former Governor Frank O. is satisfied Vandiver was the “victim|y owden of Mlinois, his chief opponent of mistaken identity.” Vandiver has|¢op the Republican presidential nome been in prison since May 22, 1933. He/ ination at the 1928 convention in Kansas City. At the invitation of Gov. Lowden, Inmates convicted of murder and)Mr. Hoover, accompanied by his seeking their freedom are: James) friend Arch Shaw of Chicago, motor- Bannon, McKenzie county, con-|ed from Des Moines where he deliver- victed June 27, 1931; Jacob Bents,jed the commencement address at <Continued on Page Two) | Drake University ‘ New French Cabinet, Headed By Bouisson, Is Overthrown Paris, June 4—(?)—Fernand Bouls- son, France's premier of four days, was thrown out of power Tuesday by & 264 to 262 vote of the chamber of As soon as the chamber vote was an- nounced, the cahinet drafted its resig- natign and went to the Elysee palace to present it to President Lebrun. IN DEVELOPING N. D, Issues Proclamation Designat- ing June 10 to 15 as Railroad Week Designating June 10 to 16 as rail- road week, Governor Walter Welford Tuesday called on the people of the state to give heed to their public transportation systems and the man- ner in which they have aided in the development of North Dakota. Praising the transcontinental lines serving North Dakota and western railroads in general for their progres- sive attitude, the governor point out that they have arranged to have modern transportation equipment on exhibition at various terminals dur- ing the week and intimated that the public would do well to acquaint iteel! po what the modern railroad of- The text of the proclamation fol- lows: “Whereas, the state of North Dakota has been served for building and development of its resources, and “Whereas, because of its dis- tance from markets and the necessity of transporting its prin- cipal products by rail North Da- kota has been peculiarly depend- ent upon railroads and hence de- velopment has, to a large extent, followed the lines of railroad ex- and pansion, “Whereas, the western railroads, have joined together to provide further service to the public through reduced basic fares and sleeping-car charges; through air-conditioning of all principal passenger trains; and by ac- quainting the public with these improved facilities for travel by having on exhibition at various terminals throughout the state exhibits of modern travel and transportation equipment that will be of general interest to the public; Now, therefore, I, Walter Wel- ford, acting governor of the state of North Dakota, do hereby de- clare the week of June 10 to June 15, 1935, to be officially de- signated as railroad week and do Members of the board of di- . search, tectors of the North Dakcta Rural|mer McLean county representative inj A total French ‘First Lady’ Is U. S. Guest MME. ALBERT LEBRUN New York, June 4.—(#)—The record-breaking liner Normandie rested in the Hudson's oily swell ‘Tuesday amid preparations for a return trip while her No. 1 pas- wenger, France's petite first Indy, got acquainted with America. The sights on a first trip to the United States occupied chic, dark, haired Mme. Albert Lebrun, wife of the president of France. “A fairy city,” Mme, Lebrun said of New York before leaving coedsy, for an official visit to fashington. She will return here Wednesday evening and will board the Nor- mandie for the return voyage Friday. Late News Bulletins @y The Associated Press) TO FILE NAMES WEDNESDAY —_—— EMERGENCY ACTION AGREED UPON AFTER EXECUTIVE SESSION Quick Legislative Move to Re- store Act on Restricted Basis Sought DETAILS STILL UNKNOWN Will Ask Congressional Leaders’ Support for Proposal at Conference Washington, June 4.—()—Presi- dent Roosevelt and his cabinet agreed Tuesday to submit an emergency leg- islative program to congress for res- toration of NRA on a restricted basis, The president and cabinet met in extraordinary session for more than an hour and a half. It was decided that Mr. Roosevelt will propose action to congress probably immediately, The .NRA legislative program was described to newsmen as likely to bs a@ “piece-ineal” proposition. Details were withheld. At a luncheon in the Press club, meanwhile, General Hugh 8, Johnson, neat nent, said no constitus lonal amen it was necessary to protect NRA principles, He criticized Senator Borah (Rep. Ida.) and Don- ald R. Richberg, present NRA leader, and called upon “ordinary American cooperation and common sense” to save the Blue Eagle, Limited to Interstate Business chief; and Charles West, liaison officer between the administration and con- Fargo—O. Gundvaldsen, secretary | gress, of the People’s Fair Tax League, said he would file petitions seeking a spe- ted | clal election on the sales tax Wednes- day with the secretary of state, CHAIN STORE TAX VOID Madison—The Wisconsin su- preme court ruled wunconstitu- tional and void the 1933 tax up- on gross incomes of chain stores. The court held the law “arbitrary and discriminatory” and a viola- tion of the due process of law article of the U. 8. constitution, BONUS ISSUE DROPPED Some business leaders were calling for a system of voluntary agreements to replace the codes. Harry P, Ken- dall, chairman of the business advis- ory board, laid such s suggestion be- fore the president Monday. Another suggestion receiving much attention in some quarters was the United States, put forward the pro- posal that President Roosevelt ask governors to appoint delegates to s state compact convention looking to- ward an agreement by at least the ‘Washington—Bonus forces in cone] jeadin; trial regulate gress decided to abandon their battle| Ieper Sorters “tates 0 for cash payment at this session of congress a to concentrate on a campaign with the peopie for enact- ment of the Patman inflationary bill other party chiefs summarized the 8 Bills on Program As the congressional leaders and next session, That will put the con-|eW legislative program, it still ine test just before the presidential elec- tion. LINDBERGH QUITS TWA Wilmington, Del.—Henry B. du Pont, chairman of the board of Transcontinental-Western Air- lines, said Col. Charles A, Lind- bergh has withdrawn “for a time at least” from active part in TWA management as technical adviser. UTILITIES TO FIGHT cludes NRA-replacement legislations (Continued on Page Two) Final Tribute Paid To George | Moeilring ‘With state offices closed during the Atlantic City—The administration was warned that the nation’s utility interests would fight to the finish what was called a “devastating and destructive attack” from the New Deal. The warning came from Thomas McCarter, president of the Edison] Burial was made at St, Mary's Electric Institute, in a speech here here. before the institute’s convention, ODD FELLOWS CONVENE Devils Lake—The grand en- campment of North Dakota Odd Fellows convened here in the 1. O. O. F. hall with registration of delegates and visitors to the an- nual 3-day state convention, Patterson Dismisses Deputy J. L. Thompson penitentiary, institution for many years, has been|gram, $9,250; student to relieved of his duties, Warden Dell|defictt caused by withdrawal $3,400. of $1,740,601 Rehabllitation Corgoration will meet ‘at the capitai bere Jupe 12 the state legislature, was appointed| quested from Oe national aulporiey deputy wardep affective hy state FERA