The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, June 7, 1935, Page 1

North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper ESTABLISHED 1878 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, JUNE 7, 1935 The Weather Showers probable tonight and Satur- day; warmer tonight, PRICE FIVE CENTS Quick Approvalof NRA'Stop-Gap’ Seen Crookston Girl Killed, Score Hurt by CRCUS SPECTATORS Sullivan Reports on Tax System Findings | EASED 10 20 YEARS FLEE BEFORE RUSH Advocated by Members of OF ENRAGED ANIMAL [British Premier —] i Eliminations, Simplifications Margaret Ann Francis Fatally Injured When Beast Rams Packed Bleachers CROWD THROWN INTO PANIC us 1 jounty Attorney to Attorney to Recommend Trainer Be Held on Man- slaughter Charge ‘fled elephant stampeded through a row of leachers at the Atterbury Brothers yeeee Ee CHECK OF PETITIONS NEARS COMPLETION Governor Ready to Call Special Election on Sales Tax Referendum at Once Verification of signatures on refer- Survey Committee HITS SPENDING METHODS Opposes System of Allowing Departments to Spend and Remit Balances Elimination of many offices and simplification of the handling of tax monies was advocated at Mandan Friday by John F. Sullivan, member of the interim tax survey committee, coe by the last state legislature to prepare recommendations for re- eee ris eviine we ike" bein workday under,” Sullivan said in commenting pard on taxation and governmental ex- penditure, “would not pass muster in any business enterprise.” rlwe have prepared an estimate of values of real and property, have levied so many mills taxes on this assessed valuation and then be- fore collecting, we have proceeded to make appropriations, spending it be- fore the tax money came in. “Finally we discover a considerable proportion of the taxes have never ‘been paid.” He reported the commission hes ‘been gathering data as to the amount of money collected and has found that approximately $32,000,000 in state, city, school district, county, village and township taxes are being paid in by the people. “The task facing the commission is to make that amount suffice for all governmental expenditures,” Sullivan declared. He said he was opposed to the sys- tem of permitting departments col- lecting taxes for licenses or assess- ments to spend the mc and to turn over to the state whatever hap- __| pens to be left. Palace. Baldwin's interview with the king lasted only ten minutes, and then he returned to Downing street, where the cabinet minis- ters were assembling, to set his new cabinet in motion. BURGUM DESCRIBES HERITAGE OF PAST 101935 GRADUATES Payne Announces 12 Seniors Leading Class in Scholar- ship at Commencement endum petitions against the 2 per|Burgum, pastor cent sales tax was nearing ‘He fhvored Hantii¢ a school directo for each of the county commissioner districts, doing away with school and township treasurers and allowing the gounty treasurer to handle these du- In the 18 months remaining before the next regular legislature convenes, remedy to the next legislature that will mark an honest effort to solve some of the questions confronting the state. The work carved out for the commission is a task that to be prop- erly done should require several years and an appropriation that would en- able an exhaustive research into the whole matter of methods of assess- ment, collection of taxes and particu- larly the spending of the people's money.” 5 Bremer Kidnapers Get Sentences Today 8t. Paul, June 7.—(#)—Five men accused of conspiracy in the $200,- 000 kidnaping of Edward G. Bremer, St. Paul banker, will be sentenced in federal court here late today. The government also planned to move for arraignment of another pect, Harry Sawyer, St. Paul, al-|m VANDIVER SENTENCE BY BOARD'S ACTION Pardon Group Not Entirely Sat- isfied Lifer Is Victim of Mistaken Identity 80 APPLICATIONS REMAIN William Gummer, K. L. Schneid- “er Cases Set for Special Hearings July 23 Ed Vandiver, who claimed he was in Huron, 8. D., at the time of the Hatton, N. D., robbery for which he was convicted, was granted a commu- tation of sentence from life imprison- ment to 20 years by the North Dakota lon board Fridey as it adjourned until July 23. Eighty applications remained on the calendar as the board completed con- sideration of 120 applications of which 50 were denied and 70 were granted pardons, paroles, commutations of sentence or restoration to citizenship. Vandiver, whose claim of innocence in connection with robbery of the Hatton Merchants National Bank was bolstered by .a report of Attorney General P. O. Sathre containing num- erous affidavits by persons who said he was in Huron at the time of the robbery, had sought @ full pardon. Find Evidence Conflicts Members of the. board said they did not feel a pardon could be granted at this time because testimony showed there was conflicting evidence wheth- er he had been in Huron or Hatton. ‘The robbery occurred Sept. 14, 1932. ‘The board was “not completely sat- isfied” Vandiver was at Huron and said the commutation of sentence would give him an opportunity to come before the board at a future Gate for perdon. ‘The application of A. A. Baronsen who hed berved-enly s week;of-an‘18 months’ sentence for engaging in the liquor. traffic was denied. Among cases set for hearing July 23 were the applications of William Gummer, convicted. of the murder of Marie Wick at Fargo; Floyd John- son, murder, Ward county; and K. L. Schneider, murder; Burleigh county. Investigate Gummer Case Attorney General Sathre was or- dered to make an investigation of facts surrounding the Gummer case fol- lowing the appearance before the board of counsel for Gummer, claim- ing new evidence uncovered tended to show the crime. was committed by others than Gummer. Pardoned were Gordon Bjornson, sentenced April 1, 1931, from Richland county to five years; and James E. White, Pierce county, embeszlement. Citisenship was restored to John C. Peterson, Burke county; Charles Cur- rie, Grand Forks county; Charles Redding, McLean county; and Arthur Springer, Stutsman county. Albert Lovejoy, sentenced to s term Denied were applications of Joseph Berger, Stutsman county murderer, Gust Reibold, Mercer county murder- er, and Charles Thurston, convicted of statutory offense.in Foster county. Heart Trouble Fatal To Lemmon, S, D., Man Mons Monson, 58, Lemmon, 8. D., carpenter, died at 10:30 a. m., Friday ‘at a local hospital from » heart ail- ment. He was atken to the hospital May 24. Puneral arrangements have not yet been made. Mr. Monson was born, August 21, 1876, in Norway. Thomson’s 146 Is Low Among se jurisdiction of police es in cities of 5,000 population or} Marian C. Year-Old Burnstad Boy Succumbs Friday) P-v. Sueum. ' n Warren Kirsch, 14-year-old of Mr. = Mrs. Frank Kirsch p live in vicinity of Burnstad, midied at 6:30 a. 8. m. Friday, at a fal hospital after an illness of sev- North Dakota Woman Is Dead at San Diego Grand Forks, N. D., June 7.—(®)— Mrs. Theresa Maley Osborne, 55, for- mer operator of millinery shops in Fargo and Minot, is dead in San , Calif, friends here were ad- ‘Thursday. 36-Hole Totals in U.S. Open|# ; ooknent Country Club, Pittsburgh, 1.—(?)—Gene Sarazen, the fav- cae lost his putting touch after a spectacular start Friday and finished with » 74 for his second round in the United States open golf champion- ship, for a 36-hole total of 149, three shots behind Jimmy Thomson of Long Beach, Calif, Thomson had a total of | .5 Sarazen was out in 36, but coming back he three-putted the 14th and 18th, after being in trouble on three make an already difficult golfing life that much more complicated for the struggling field. Scores soared, aver- aging even higher than Thursday's. Alvin (Butch) Krueger of Beloit, ‘Wis., who set the first day’s pace with 71, finished his second round with a 77 for a total of 148. Olin Dutra, of Los Angeles, the de- fending champion, was only able to slice a stroke off his first day’s score as he posted a 76 for 153. Al Espinosa, Akron, O., veteran, scored @ 76 for a total of 151. Other low 36-hole totals included: Mortie Dutra, Detroit, 75-77—152. Jack Gordon, Buffalo, 75-79—154. Al Watrous, Detroit, 75-80—155. Horton Smith, Chicago, 73-79—152. Victor Ghezsi, Deal, N. J., 75-78— spent Eldred, Pittsburgh, 75-77— Olin Dutra, Los Angeles, 71-16 153. George Von Elm, Los Angeles, 81- 14-155. Sam Parks, Jr., Pittsburgh, 77-73— Ray Mangrum, Los Angeles, 76-76 152, Paul Runyan, White Plains, N. Y., rd, Hershey, Pa., 79-78— Mad Elephan REPUBLICANS PLAN ‘GRASS ROOTS’ RALLY, ™,. eon E. Here are elx ‘men who will take important roles reote” convention of Repul @tates June 10-11 In the auditorium (above) at Soringheld, 1, Left to right, top rews Arthur White resolutions’ cha Peano i oht, ‘elow yet vi Jotnest, inte Ulinots Repubites airman; low: Justus ili chal Spangler, another possible pooch gag F mealotellosmmcenae (ot tha th the “grass American Legion. (Associated Press Edward A. Hayes, former national iblicane of nine possible , and William: Allen ir of the NEW FEDERAL CHEF Eight Are Executed for DIRECTS HUNT FOR Crimes imes Against Society TACOMA KIDNAPERS Harold J. Nathan, Hoover As- sistant, Takes Charge of Widespread Search (Copyright, 1935, by the Associated Press) Tacoma, Wash. June 1%.—Search for the kidnapers of George Weyer- heeuser spread Friday to San Fran- cisco and Montana as a high depart- ment of justice official assumed di- rect command of the hunt, FORMER DEVILS LAKER RECEIVED RANSOM NOTE Devils Lake, N. D., June 7.—(F) —The man who received the first Weyerhaeuser ransom note is a former Devils Laker. His name is Cc. E. Hannon, who was ticket agent at the Great Northern depot here for seven years having re- moved to the Pacific Coast 15 years ago. He is now a telegrapher at Hunt- ington, Oregon, and received the $20 bill from a man who bought @ ticket to Salt Lake City. Harold J. Nathan, assistant to John Edgar Hoover, director of the bureau of investigation, flew. here from ‘Washington to lead the quest for the abductors and the $200,000 ransom they obtained. Soon after his arrival, Captain of Detectives John J. Keegan of Port- land announced that -Jack Bailey, former northwest rum baron, and Herbert Lester Johnstone, another man wanted for questioning in the kid- naping, had been reported seen Mon- Perms, Mont. Early Friday Police Inspector Fred Buts at San Francicso said J. R. Mc- Kee, a former neighbor of Harold McAtee, also wanted for questioning in « St. Louis kiliing, reported he saw McAtee in the Bay City recently. Reports on Suspect Check ‘The reported whereabouts of Bailey and Hear! Captain Keegan de- government’ agents have been in this locality for six months and hed warned many (Continued on Page Two) Mrs. Mary Carey and Son Die on Gallows for Murder of Her Brother 2 MILLENS ELECTROCUTED Two Southern Negroes Pay With Lives for Criminally Attacking White Women (By the Associated Press) An aged mother was one of eight prisoners who paid with their lives Friday for crimes against society. In a misty dawn Mrs. May H. Carey, first white woman to be hanged in Delaware, walked to the gallows in the Sussex county jail yard and died pray- ing for forgiveness. A few moments later she was fol- lowed by her 27-year-old son, Howard, who had been convicted with her of murdering Mrs. Carey’s brother, Rob- ert Hitchens, seven years ago for his $2,000 life insurance. As midnight tolled, the first of three prisoners to die in expiration of the shooting of @ policeman during a bank holdup, went in silence to the electric chair of the Massachusetts ‘state prison. He was Murton Millen, 25-year-old leader of @ gang which terrorized Massachusetts about a year ago. At 10 minute intervals the others—first his 21-year-old brother, Irving, and then Abraham Faber—shuffled the 13 paces to the execution chamber. At Huntsville, Tex. Albert Carr, Houston Negro, paid with his life in the state’s electric chair for brutally attacking a white woman. In the San Quentin, Cal. Peecn, Edward L. Lange, 26-year- killer, was hanged at noon Friday. At Columbia, 8, C., Thurmond Har- ris, 24, a Negro, was electrocuted for criminally assaulting a 68-year-old white woman last March. Car Dealers Discuss Code of Fair Trade Jamestown, N. D., June 7.—A code of fair trade practices to replace that of the late NRA was offered North Dakota’s members of the motor’ industry Friday, The code and a resolution urging adherence, in effect, to wage and hour provisions of the NRA was pro- vided by the North Dakota Motor ‘Trades association seeking state-wide support. D. G. Kelley of Grand Forks told PLANNERS LEARN OF STATES MINERALS ‘Committee Report Urges Im- mediate Development of Importance Deposits Fargo, N. D., June 7.—(?)—Immedi- ate development and utilization of North Dakota's mineral resources was recommended to the state planning University of North Dakota, and was one of several, others being a report and the transfer of all duties of the state mine inspector’s department to the school of mines at the university. The committee also found that ex- tensive deposits of high grade clay are available for developing a ceramic industry; that large, accessible de- posits of bentonite are located in the state, and that gold is known to oc- cur in varying quantities in a sand area embracing an extensive acreage in western North Dakota, although information now available from a re- port of an investigation underway neither affirms nor denies the pres- ence of gold in commercial quantities. It was recommended that further in- vestigation be encouraged; that North Dakota has a large supply of pure glauber’s salt, and that natural gas occurs in one or more counties in southwestern North Dakota, The committee recommended a survey of this area with a view to commercial development. Emmons Board Gets Willson’s Approval Linton, N. D., dune 7—(P)—Ap- an association meeting Thursday of|Linton; C. A. @ code approved in Missouri. E. F. Berry of Jamestow! executive commmibied? presided. t HOUSE TO TAKE UP PLAN IMMEDIATELY AND LIMIT DEBATE President Emphasizes All Vol- untary Codes Must Conform With Anti-Trust Laws PARTY FIGHT INDICATED Labor Organization to Fight Skeleton Revisions Asks More of Act Saved June 7.—(P)—Overe whelming approval of the resolution extending a “stop-gap” NRA organs ization was clearly forecast Friday when the house voted 280 to 100 to. take up the measure immediately and mit debate to one hour. This came after President Roose- velt, at a press conference had em- phasized that all voluntary codes of fair practive must conform to the anti-trust laws. ‘The vote was on what was called @ “special rule” making it in order to proceed immediately to debate and consider the NRA extension resolue tion. O’Connor Rallies Majority Party lines were clearly drawn— with most Republicans voting “no* —after Representative O'Connor of New York, a Democratic leader, ral- Hed his huge party majority with these remarks: “The NRA is not dead; we will not let it die. It is not a political issue, and the Lord help those who try to make it one.” The president said he believed off~ hand that many of the voluntary codes did conform to the laws, but he made it clear that he has no authore ity to waive the fundamental law. In this connection, he said he cere tainly had no objection to the ratifie cation of interstate compacts. ‘Washington, hate @ bill, and indicated that it may clude @ provision for terstate industries to compel them adopt specified labor standards. ‘The union’s council also declared that the A, F. of L, should lead a movement for a constitutional amendment to permit the federal gove (Continued on Page Two) Late News Bulletins PROPOSES TRAFFIC BOARD Washington—Establishment of @ federal transportation commission “with comprehensive powers” over all traffic was proposed to congress by President Roosevelt, GUILD ELECTS BROUN eF RE 8 LAVAL WINS SUPPORT Paris—Premier Pierre Laval, asking decree powers to save the French franc from devaluation, won @ quick vote of confidence from the chamber within 17 hours after he had formed @ government, The vote was 412 to 37, NORMANDIE SAILS New York—New York bade the blage at the fair grounds next Monday night. Some 6,000 dele egates are expected to attend, GETS AIRLINE POST Kansas City — Bert M.