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

North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper The Weather Unsettled, with showers tonight; Fri- day unsettled; little change in temp. THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE ESTABLISHED 1873 BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, THURSDAY, JUNE 13, 1935 PRICE FIVE CENTS House Will Act Quickly on New NRA ‘Fears of New War Loom in Sino-Jap Crisis?tsiin pists ~ JPAN EXPECTED HUNDREDS DIE IN GERMAN POWDER BLAST ASK FOR CREATION “OF NEW GOVERNMENT Some Observers See Possibility That New Independent State May Be Set Up POLITICAL CHANGE OPPOSED Chinese Agree to Other De- mands But Balk at Giving Up Complete Control ——_—_____—___—_—___—_ Re-elected to Job ‘ MORTON PAGE Among officers re-elected by the North Dakota Taxpayers association ‘Wednesday at its convention in Man- dan was Morton Page, Fargo, sec- ‘trom |7e#"Y of the group. ‘NEW SALEM MARKS FOUNDING OF FAMED ‘DAIRYMEN'S CIRCUIT ‘Wrong Side Up’ Plaque, Com- amemorating. Beginnings. - of Dairying, Unveiled (By a Tribune Staff Man) New Salem, N. D., June 13.—In the silver anniversary of its famous Hol- stein Breeders circuit, celebrated the golden jubilee reunion of its pioneers and commemorated an Indian's “wrong side up” admonition to which the community traces much of its imperial through the great wall from ‘The consensus was that the Japan- ese army was well on its way to-| progr, ward establishing an enlarged de- militarized zone between Manchukuo and China proper. » The tension increased when Jap- ‘nese army authorities at Tientsin announced they had received evidence of “a new secret anti-Japanese 50- ciety,” similar to the banned blue- “ hereabouts with present, but slso 30 black and white cattle of the type which always fur- nish the artists with their inspirations for painting pastoral scenes, were guests, *. Herd Sires Present Piebe Boy, H. P. H. Lola, D. ‘army | Perintendent of circuit activities, in charge of the show and explained to the scores of visiting dairymen the aristocratic breeding of the animals. “Star alone,” aid {Girts Heroic Act || Causes Her Death ee N. D. Taxpayer Group Discusses New Levy BiG PLANT INJURED: Convention Sticks to Non-Poli- tical Policy and Shelves Resolution ENDORSEMENT IS REFUSED Motion to Favor ‘Jackpot Plan’ of Handling Public Money ciation Thursday held to @ non- partisan stand anent the sales tax despite a broiling given the issue in last convention arguments at Man- dan Wednesday. A fight broke out over a resolution urging sales tax support in the special nitely the jut eventually to its non-political policy. While avoiding the sales tax to that extent, despite acting Governor Wel- ford’s plea for support of the levy, HIS WHOLE PROGRAM BVERY EMPLOVE IN [BIG CLIPPER PLANE |Acccuse Mrs. Gibson _ [pes spooaytnactmont of x BUCKS HEAVY WINDS Of Trysts VILLAGE EVACUATED) TO REACH HONOLULU! hse: say worer voters Records Show 13,000 Workers Were in Place When Ter- tific Explosion Came GHASTLY SCENES ENACTED Police Guards Rush to Place Along With First Aid; Re- fuse to Give Out News (Copyright, 1935, by the Associated Press.) Berlin, June 13—A new explosion at Reinsdorf, 52 miles southwest of Berlin, where an estimated 100 to 1,000 persons were killed when the big explosives factory blew up there at 3 Pp. m. Thursday, early Thursday eve- ning caused authorities to order im- mediate evacuation of the entire vil- the convention took stands on num- | lage. erous other topics relating to public expenditures. Resolutions were adopted favoring the “jackpot” plan of state and gov- ernmental unit spending, a general budget and accounting law, prohibi- tion of legislators from taking profit- able jobs from the state, and passage of appropriation bills before the 40th legislative day. Officers Are Re-elected John Conrad of Erie was re-elected president. All other association of- ficlals were returned to office—How- Is Approved ‘The North Dakota Taxpayers 5 pense was prescribed at a separate northwest tax conference, here and in sought remedies along four lines. ‘They were: More efficient accounting systems. Cash basis operations for munici- Palities, Budget bearings for the citizen to pioneers | speak his mind. Limitations on debt totals. ‘The conference was held in connec- tion with the North Dakota Taxpay- ets Association convention. NELS ERICKSON, 83, CLAIMED BY DEATH!" Funeral Services for Burleigh County Pioneer Will Be Held Friday One of Burleigh county's Fatal Mishap Here Held Unavoidable Arrives at Pearl Harbor on Time After Second Test Flight From California SOUGHT BAD WEATHER TEST Waited Deliberately Until Ad- verse Conditions Prevail- ed Over Pacific Ocean Honolulu, June 13—(#)—The Pan- American Airways clipper plane ar- rived at Pearl harbor, near here, at 6:26 a. m. Thursday (11:56 a. m. east- call (berate time) from Alameda, The giant seaplane completed the first leg of its pioneering commercial flight to Midway island in just three minutes under 18 hours, which ap- parently was the schedule on which she was running. The plane shot over Honolulu, circled over the airbase at Pearl har- bor in a Jong sweep three miles sea- ward, then settled down in the chan- nel for a perfect landing. The time for the 2,410-mile hop from the mainland was virtually the same as that on the clipper’s first flight last April. There was little more fanfare Thusdey than on the daily return of navy flying boats from regular exer- ‘When the clipper left Alameda Wednesday at 5:59 p. m. Eastern .|Standard Time, it was disclosed the ‘The entire district resembled » bat- tlefield. Houses were blown down. Late News Bulletins flight had been delayed until weather reports indicated stormy conditions ; be. found somewhere on. the leg of the trip. Such conditions. it was explained, were desired so tests might be made to determine their effect on regularly scheduled trans- Pacific flights in the future. While the clipper continued at a steady speed of 105 to 116 miles an hour, the sixeman crew worked just as steadily at various tests, particu- larly one concerned with the effect of a “cold front” in the atmosphere on the plane's operation. Officials explained this as a con- dition caused by the influx of cold sir from the Arctic down to the mid- Pacific area, CENTER MERCHANT ELECTED 0 HEAD N. D. ASSOCIATION Retailers Conclude Thirty-Fifth Annual Convention Here Thursday Ernie H. Johnston, Center, was elected president of the North Dakota Retail Merchants association at clos- in sessions of the two-day conven- tion here Thursday afternoon. He succeeds J. Norman Ellison, Minot. Other officers elected were Robert K. Herbst, Fargo, first vice president; L. O, Isaacson, Perth, second vice president; and Welter D. Powell, se- treasurer. New directors of the association are Ellison; C. E. Kelsvan, Almont; M. A. Odell, Grand Forks; C. A. Johnstone, Venturia; 8. A. Hoveland, Hartland; C. F. Carlson, Hope and H. F. Easton,’ ‘Crosby. A special luncheon for dealers in drygoods and women’s wear was held at noon with Lewis T. Orlady, James- After devoting Wednesday after- noon to the consideration of specific problems of merchandising, delegates banqueted in the evening and listened to addresses by Governor Walter Wel- ford and Attorney George Shafer. Banquet Held Wednesday With the coming of bounteous rains ant and Alleged Paramour Drove Together Daily HAD SIGNALLING SYSTEM Asserts Lights Were Used by Woman and Friend for Pur- pose of Communication jULLETIN Mrs, R, Beneke, Dickinson rooming house proprietor, testi- fied in district court Thursday that Joe Donis, alleged paramour of Mrs. Gladys Gibson, charged with her husband’s murder, moved into the Gibson home two days after Gibson's death, Two Dickinson neighbors of Mrs. Gladys Gibson Thursday testified she kept a daily rendezvous with her al- leged paramour, Joseph Donis, in the fall of 1933 up to the night preceding her husband's fatal shooting with which she is charged. a Mrs, Ed Veetz, a small woman with @ tiny voice, told the court she had observed from the window of her home that Donis and Mrs. Gibson had @ system of signalling each other before the meeting took place in the evening. Her testimony was badly battered in the scathing cross-examination launched by defense attorneys. Her husband, @ Dickinson laborer, followed her to the stand, partly col- laborating her testimony of the meet- ings and the signalling arrangement. Mrs. R. Beneke, operator of Donis’ rooming house, was called as the court recessed at-noon, Saw Him Every Day Under questioning by Assistant State’s Attorney, H. A. Mackoff, Mrs. Veetz stated that Mrs. Gibson drove to the Beneke rooming house “almost, every day.” Donis would join her at ee and they would drive away, she said. The room in whi¢h Donis lived, Mrs, Veetz testified, was on the east side of the house with the window plainly visible from the Gibson home. With Donis © —_—_—_— |Remembers Old Days| Wok RICHARDS Once regarded as a “cattle king” and still @ rancher near Killdeer, W. L. Richards is a gold mine of informa- tion on the early days in North Da- kota and one of the most picturesque figures in the state. COUPLE ACCUSED IN ABDUCTION LAUNCH FIGHT FOR FREEDOM Plead Not Guilty to Federal Charge in Weyerhaeuser Kidnaping Case (Copyright, 1935, by the Associated * Press) ) Tacoma, Wash. June 13—(P)— Temporarily escaping Washington's new death-for-kidnapers law, Har- mon M. Waley and his wife, Mar- fought for their freedom “On December 4, 1933 (the night! Thursday from the less stringent fed- preceding Gibson’s death) did you/eral kidnap act for the abduction of see Mrs, Gibson and Donis together?” Mackoff inquired, “T did” “What time was it?” “Between 7 and 8 o'clock. They ‘were parked in front of the Beneke's.” Under cross-examination, Defense Attorney Al Kuhfeld opened fire by demanding to know if the meetings took place “every afternoon.” The witness said they had. “You never went any place your- self?” “Not very often. I don’t go much.” Raises Question of Light “When did this light business (the system Donis allegedly had of turn- ing his lights off and on to attract Mrs. Gibson’s attention) take place?” The witness said it was during September, October and November. “When did the lights flicker—what time of the night?” “Between 7 and 8.” “And it was dark enough in Sep- tember so that you could see the lights flicker between 7 and 8?” “I didn’t say I only saw it in Sep- tember,” the witness replied. “Oh, now you want to change it?” . An amused smile broke over the usually expressionless face of the de- fendant and she leaned over to whis- per something in her attorney's ear. Mrs. Veetz made no answer. “Every time the lights flickered, Mrs. Gibson rushed over?” the attor- ney pursued, “Yes.” “And every time the car came up you rushed to the window?” “Yes. I did purposely.” Continued in December “And she continued to drive up after December 4?” : “Yes,” “She didn’t even stay away on the day of the funeral, I suppose?” “I didn’t say that.” On December 4, the witness said, Mrs. Gibson kept the usual rendez- vous between 7 and 8 p. m. and she and Donis were gone until 9:30, (Continued on Page Two) Navigation Returns To Lower Missouri Kansas City, June 13—(?)—Com- pass in review before President Roosevelt in rain that looked like a for better weather for their finale, Sandringham, Eng, June 19-—()— ., June King peri was reported Thureday to be recoveringysatisfactorily from sitack of broads) cater. nine-year-old George Weyerhaeuser. Even as they nonchalantly pleaded “not guilty” department authoritics Pressed their search in Montana and Canada for William Mahan, bank robber and former convict, charged as the third member of the snatch gang. Apparently the Waleys, who were flown here Wednesday from Salt Lake City, hope to beat the charge which put the case under federal jurisdiction—the allegation that they crossed @ state line, taking George to Blanchard and Spirit Lake in Idaho, before his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Weyerhaeuser, Jr., brought about his telease with $200,000. Heavy Bail Is Fixed The Waleys entered pleas of not guilty to the kidnap charge and to the charge they conspired with Mahan to use the mails to defraud George's father of the ransom sum. Their bail on the conspiracy charge was set at $100,000 each—the exact sum the Weyerhaeusers paid for their boy’s freedom. No bail was set on the kidnap charge. Informed of the pleas, Pierce county Prosecutor Harry H. Johnston as- serted: “If they beat the federal case, I'll file under the state law and demand the death penalty.” Washington's untried kidnap law makes death the automatic penalty for kidnaping unless the jury recom- mends life imprisonment, The Lind- bergh law provides death only in case the victim is harmed. Department of justice operatives de- clined to explain why the Waleys were whisked away to the Thurston county jail at Olympia or what the next step would be in prosecuting the Pacific northwest’s most notorious crime. Nor was it disclosed whether the accused kidnapers had been “kid- naped” to Tacoma from Salt Lake City or had waived removal hearings. Pair Waived Hearing In waiving a hearing at the ar- raignment and declining to be repre- sented by an attorney, it was ex- plained, the Waleys cannot be tried in federal district court until a grand jury has been summoned and has in- dicted them. Then they would be ar- raigned before the district judge. , they can stand on Wed- the government's proof that they crossed a state line with their little all business services were held Wednesday for Bais 2s ares ae ee ee bor, Coal and Transportae tion Measures ACCEPTS BORAH AMENDMENT Anti-Trust Provision Is Given Approval; Long Beaten in 16-Hour Filibuster Washington, June 13.—(?)—Final congressional approval of the NRA extension resolution by Friday night was indicated Thursday when Presi< dent Roosevelt told house leaders he was willing to accept the measure, passed earlier in the day by the sen- ate after crushing a 15% hour fill- buster by Senator Long (Dem. La.). At the White House conference with house leaders the president said he also would accept the Borah amend- ment to tighten enforcement of anti- trust laws. Just before the conference, Chairs man O'Connor of the rules commit- tee, commenting on the senate addie tion of the Borah amendment, said: “To hell with them. If their amend- ment is what I understand it to be, the house wouldn’t stand for it and T shall fight it.” i Long Loses in Filibuster The senate adopted the NRA reso- lution, extending an abbreviated NRA until next April 1, at 6:10 a.m. Some senate leaders expressed the opinion that Long, white faced and weary, had given up at 4 a. m., leaving Sen- ators Schall (Rep. Minn.) and McCarney (Dem., Nev.) to carry on. ‘They emphasized he was not refused recognition later by the chair, but just “gave up.” Plan Special Resolution Since parliamentarians said it woulé take unanimous consent to get house approval of the senate measure Thurs- day, the schedule was to bring in a special resolution Friday making it in order to accept the senate resolution, time, seperer ioee eee day night the senate resolution ex- tending NRA for 9% months and di- recting that any voluntary codes which suspend anti-trust laws must include guarantees of collective bar- gaining, minimum wages, maximum hours, prohibition of child labor and of unfair trade practices against ex- isting law. Chairman Granted Authority Also, Chairman O'Connor was auc thorized by his rules committee te call up, whenever he sees fit, the bill extending the position of transporta- tion coordinator. O'Connor decided, too, to call the committee into session Friday for a hearing on the Wagner labor disputes bill, which also has been passed by the senate and approved by a house committee. The president, a conferee reported privately, likewise renewed his insist- ence upon prompt enactment of the Guffey coal bill and was informed that the house ways and means com- mittee was preparing to go to work on it. Likewise, it was added, the presi- dent expressed the hope that congress would act promptly on a bill estab- lishing @ federal alcohol control com- mission to replace the federal alcohol control administration, ruled out of existence by the supreme court's dec- laration that the NRA was unconsti- tutional, The bill went to the house only af- first deciding that, when % again on Friday, the social security measure, a major item in the Roose: velt program, will be debated. Before the heavy-lidded senators had raised their voices in “ayes” to jam through Senator Borah (Rep.- fered an amendment to the anti-trust laws, This was adopted, also, without a record vote, As Senator Pittman (Dem.-Nev.),