The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, June 15, 1935, Page 1

ESTABLISHED 1873. BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, SATURDAY, JUNE 15, 1935 Slope Crops Gibson SENSATIONAL PHASE OF SLAYING TRIAL A REACHED BY STATE § ‘Secret Operative’ Says He Won Defendant’s Confid- ence; Posed as Gangster Weather Delays Strato Hop Claim Rum Ring Is Shattered by Raids Leon Bryan Held Following Activity Here Friday Night by State, Local and Federal Operatives; State’s Attorney Register Directs Cleanup : OTHER ARRESTS EXPECTED SOON SAYS STATE CHIEF Officers Reveal 3,397 Bottles of Wine, Liquor and Cordials Taken from House on Twelfth St., and Cache On Farm Southeast of Bismarck ise of Dictaphone in Effort to Obtain Evidence Is Reveal- One of the largest liquor raids in the history of the state— in which approximately $5,000 worth of liquors, cordials and wines were seized—was revealed Saturday by representatives of the Burleigh county state’s attorney's office and the state regulatory department. | Taking part in the raid were regulatory, beer, and federal operatives, together with operators from the Burleigh county sheriff's and state's attor- ney’s offices, State's Attorney George Register of Burleigh county working in co- operation with members of the state a e ews regulatory department, had been in- vestigating reports of a liquor ring operating in the western half of the any BE Zag? 2 5 raid was a culmination of his investi- gation, Leon Bryan Arrested Hy if Awaiting favorable weather for a new venture into the stra’ state, for the past four weeks. The BEN B. LASKA AND WIFE THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE |= PRICE FIVE CENTS Benefited by Heavy Rains Jury Hears Detective’s Confession Story ‘0s mii cea TO LOOSEN NEARLY ONE INCH IN HOUR Comes at Ideal Time Says Weather Observer Since Soit Was Getting Dry TEXAS HARD HIT BY FLOODS Precipitation Here Only a Marke er to Eight and 10 Inch Falls in South Bismarck enjoyed a heavy rain Sate urday, precipitation at 3 p. m., totale ing 92 inch, but this was only a marker to rains of eight to 10 inches which flooded streams in Texas, causing 12 deaths and property dame age estimated in millons of dollars, Heavily-laden clouds from which light showers came earlier in the day suddenly unloosed their burden short- ly after noon here, turning streets ine to rivers and driving pedestrians to cover, From 1 to 2 p, m., .71 inches fell here, Rushing water reached a depth of one foot at the intersections of Oklahoma City, June 15—(?)—Ben B. Laska was convicted Saturday on| Broadway and paved streets leading federal charges of accepting ransom money as fees for defending Albert |to the north and a number of base- Bates, convicted kidnaper of Charles F. Urschel. ments along the south side of Broad- thorities Captains Albert W. Stevens (left) and Orvil A. Anderson are-shown at One man, Leon Bryan of Bismarck, Laska, Denver attorney, was the first defender of kidnapers to be prose- wi to hi been. of Nat Rapid City, 8. D., beside the gondola in which they will ride. No one was under arrest, charged with en-| cuted by the federal government on the contention that he had guilty knowl- Meeied euae tie 4 water pe over can say where they will land, but the map shows the Ilkely territory. Heat-| edge of the disposal of the ransom money. the curb. Last year the balloon ripped and they landed near Holdrege, Neb, with charge was to be conduct- The sentence will be left to the discretion of Federal Judge Edgar 6. ed late Saturday before Justice of the Vaught. the help of parachutes. (Associated Press Photo) R. one mile south of Bismarck. | 9:30 a. m. Saturday. man of the savings bank division. Laska, defender of kidnapers, the ; DRAFTS NEW NRA ORDER Arbitration Appears Certain in found at the home of Bryan in Bis-| the Urschel kidnaping, spluttered: ‘Washington- . marck, George Moris, head of the “It’s one of the most inconsistent eye Scag a One ‘ state regulatory department, said, cution, pure and simple. JAPS MASS TROOPS, PREPARING FOR NEW Two Crews Made Raids Fresh moisture blanketed the entire A few minutes later, Laska’s star defense witness, Mrs. Molly ©, Edison, | Northwest Saturday with the North Dakota forecast promising more to : men took part in two raids, also a Denver attorney, was arrested on a federal charge of perjury. Co 1 St ik e Cc all ed Off But the home of Bryan, 410 12th) ‘The verdict was reached Friday night after an hour and 10 minutes’ de-|""™* 9) os ts panes 1 = at a farmhouse six miles| liberation but was sealed and not opened until after court convened at — Crops, which county agents gener- Hannaf $ other officers of approximately 3,397 bot- James C. Mathers, young Oklahoma City attorney, jointly accuse ally in the state said in a survey made Other Labor Problems Rise wines, bonded liquor, and cor-| Laska, was freed on a directed verdict of ‘soquittal, fi necused with | the first of the week are 100 per cent Mathers was alleged to have received his fee for defending Harvey |better than they were at the same Bailey. Bates and Bailey now are serving life sentences in Alcatraz prison. | time last year, were greatly benefited. 20th ‘person convicted for a part in| Commenting pn the rains, O. W. Roberts, federal meteorlogist here, prosecutions in America, It’s perse-|said the moisture was coming “just at the proper time.” He also stated “That jury never went out and considered the evidence. It had its mind |the benefit of a rise in temperature, f Ll Be be it of made up. Each end every one of those jurors took an oath to listen fatrly | particularly for corn, good id fi paar Peiatere yesegh ig Heres ant mov~! to all the testimony and they did not do it—they violated that oath.” “In some places,” Roberts sald, “it 4 INVASION OF CHINA ey ae: tautag nr ri apenas i es arrest, immediately was arraigned and|was beginning to get a Mttle dey and y j farmhouse. led ni '. the moist todi cutor, follows: i Mexico, D. ¥.—The cabinet of Pres-/Beneath the house, in @ cache, were|" Laska sprang to her defense, shouting: fe a eee 5 8 1 Situation Is Held Serious as Policies after Car-|ing to Moris and Register who 1-8-4 8 3 s $ “This is an outrage. There's nothing to it. They're prejudiced against | clined to blow.” me and everybody who tries to help me.” Never in his fg he gddeq, had Mrs. Edison had testified in behalf of Laska that Edward Feldman, c lenas and Plutarco Elias Calles, for-|mated the current retail price of the| step-son of Albert Bates, whom Laska unsuccessfully defended, paid Laska|f® Seen wheat grow so Two Series of Demands mer president and Mexico's “strong|liquor at approximately $5,000. $2, ing the last week, Later, after FA 5 970 in bills of varying denominations instead of in the ransom notes as she was being Confront Chinese pies poate a nee reports Popocetr of a liquor ring poliman rented: ‘ison tat $5, ding preliminary hearing set sinmeraainn at 7a. pee tenis Bond for Mrs. Edi was set af 000, e 1 eel e bree} een supplying the western section of the} for Friday, June 21. eee inson and Wishek, three-fifths of an state and that while only one man was now under arrest a special in- Yestietion jnto other phases would) Texas Officers Moris refused to reveal what other ‘ ‘iat #2 9 5 back others were involved in the purchase was written: of this liquor and shipment into the come to see » Warns of i | Has Perfect Record A Sentinel Butte girl has equal- led and is one up on June Ness, the eighth grade graduate of Washburn, N. D., schools who has sf i g Sg £2 a i E : age 40" és 3 e i } a ’s newly arrived troops took ft . Mr. and Mrs, Harmon Waley will stations in the Tientsin and Pelp- [Sra enna teat tn erigtear sins | be. tried in federal court for the TAL oJ perfect a‘tendunce ris for ostensibly as replace-| may 7. Wages and recognition of a| kidnaping of George Weyerhaeu- PNEUMONIA I FA Sia Pens OF oe only ona union are in issue. ' uated from the Sentinel Butte Settlement of the Toledo strike eighth grade without being either through arbitration appeared certain absent. or tardy but also this when Edward F. McGrady, assistant spring comp‘ected her first year in secretary of labor, said he would - ie apes ee ee perfect at- E. D. Bieretz, international president \dance unmarred. of the electrical ‘workers’ union to ; Funeral Services Will Be Held wee nea uate penne are joialeny es y eo reached. . Sunday Afternoon at Webb Tribune Saturday pes MA: Tovey, =| A federal mediation board gave up Butte superintendent in discouragement and the seamen’s Funeral Chapel phy strike on the Pacific coast continued. = 3 BRITAIN PREPARES i POR AIR ATTACKS Commerce ,|ble ‘June 24 to renew negotiations to- Puts Eight Battalions on War- ward new wage Go hour pai ines Time Basis Behind Anti- cern Saturday as Japan was reporied| cwiricts were not officially represent . Aircraft Guns troops slong the great wall'nad tutled to signify they would agree . pped on Peiping. Aen , London, June 15—(?)—Great Brit- ambessticr, 4 ain ordered Saturday that eight bat- B s F iH 4 : : é i = gf 3 3 $4 5 £ E i 3 i 2 e if i g E E 2 BE EERE (| 5 i iy EfEREF Epf E f | Mr. Neideffer was married to Miss|talions be formed immediately on a Edith Weeks beter ee SO big maceaie basjs for anti-aircraft de- The surprise war office announce- ment, culminating the nation’s air force expansion, said five units will be made over into search-light bat- talions and three more, including the Neideffer of Rockwell Field, Calif.;|£8mous Royal Fusiliers, will become: G. A. Neldeffer, city; Mrs, Ruth Ste- anti-aircraft artillery brigades. P 4 The order by the army council pro- . : , ley, ving in North Carolina; and} 104° ony for the London ares. Or- oss ganization of similar, units for the’ Aged Mott Resident great midland manufacturing cities is Succumbs to Illness) reached by expected. The war office emphasized the ne- cessity that the new units be “ready for action immediately on the out- Find 47 Bodies in break of war or even earlier.” TWO HURT IN CRASH Reich Powder Blast) yuna cus nD. June 15-—(e)— Peeiang Mr. and Mrs. Walter Magnus of Far- go are recovering in a hospital here from injuries received in an automo- bile collision near here Friday. COMPANY A FIGHTERS WIN Devils Lake, N. D., sd Lr John J. Ne of ‘Ieenogle and Pressler, Company A, ea OAs the|Bismarck, won their first bouts in bodies of only 47 persons|the National Guard tournament at -Ithe Nasi government asserted were|Camp Grafton during which Grand missing in the debris of the wrecked|Forks took = leag for the team title : ' by qualifying four, men on dafault, ene ee fe , June 15.— 75 _ 5 re i i z . H | F F H a Lisbon .33, Napoleon .27, Fargo .16, Sey Mahan en os Tlimies aoutngte me eiatea| §=SHOt His Way Out of Trap |i. cm zeal nd pum om. —— and Williston, one-third and Max .23, Jamestown received .19-inch, ” Ne state. | Sentinel Butte Girl i Suspect Makes Escape After|Garrison .15, Minot .13, Crosby .11, : Carrington .10, Bismarck .02. Gunfight Near CCC Camp * “ Aearee. recording cS Beach i was lo overnight perature Friday Night part Briday ‘he jovani ceneraly was sro for maximum, Kirbyville, Tex. June 15—(—A|nigh-point being an 87 at Napoleon. man whom officers said they had) precipitation ranging from light been tipped was William Mahan,|showers to heavy downpours of more sought in the George Weyerhseuser|than an inch soaked Minnesota, kidnaping, escaped after a gunfight !south Dakota and Montana also, At with officers near a CCC camp five|conagen, Mont. 60 miles north of miles east of here Friday night. _—Imaites City, @ terrific wind and hail H. F. Malone, Jasper county con-|storm demolished several buildings. stable, said Kirbyville officers had!several persons were hurt but none received a tip Friday that Mahan was|seriously, the report stated. in the vicinity, The picture was vastly different in First reports that the man, who|Texas where the known dead toteled engaged in the gunfight with officers|12 with scores still missing. A 10- was Alvin Karpis, public enemy No. 1,/inch cloudburst at Italy, Tex., sent was corrected by Malone after the of-|Hog creek far out of its banks and ficer’s return from an all-night/drowned Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Mitchell search. and their two children. They were Malone said the name of Karpls|trapped in their farm home. had been given erroneously in con-} Of the known dead, five were une nection with the gunfight. identified Mexicans at Del Rio on the Mexican border; two were unidentle POST AGAINSTARIS (Sresresex sets ‘The Nueces, Colorado, Llano, Rio STRATOSPHERE HOP serine tributaries, swept across the country ; ot eine 0 d level within a i is @ recor el Noted Airman Hopes to Fly ae 4 with From West to East Coast in {a procession of homes, barns and live- stock, dashed out two highway and New Record Time two railroad bridges at Uvalde, and O. T. Gil, Pigeon pieorey ae: Burbank, Cal., June 15.—()—Wiley | Warned all persons slong Post soared away from Union Air|Fiver between Uvalde and the Terminal here Saturday on his fourth | Mexico to evacuate. attempt to span the continent in a| The Colorado rolled down on Aus= record-setting etratosphere flight to i had demolished a New York City. The noted airman, piloting his The Bio Grande yom. Bap ae famed five-year-old “Winnie Mse,”|Laredo and Eagle Pass, the lef at altitudes ranging between six and|its banks and the Guadalupe Hered seven miles above the earth’s surface, | havoc with highways at hoped to reach Floyd pane } Pal in |between there and San Antonio, New York in seven or.ei urs. a Post, wearing his “Man from Mars,” Missing Child’s Body stratosphere suit, lifted his ship off ° Ri the ground at 4:27 a, m, (6:27 a. m,, Discovered in River CST.) — ‘The takeoff was without incident] New York, June 15—(?)—The body and Post dropped his detachable jog little Jackie Kaul, 5, was recov= landing gear as he neared the endlered from the East river Saturday, of the runway. ending a frantic search which began He will land the “Winnie Mae” on|June ‘6, when the boy disappeared ® special skid forming a part of the|from a playground in fashionable plane's belly. Sutton place on Manhattan’s He planned to follow the “Great |side. was identified by gE Circle Route” via Omaha and Chi-| The body cago, missing boy’s father, John Kaul. Recovery of the body ended # police MISHAPS TAKE SEVEN LIVES search that had progressed on two St. Paul, June 15.—()—Seven vio-|theories since the lent deaths, including four traffic|ance. One theory, believed by E F | his fatalities and two drownings, oc-|mother, was that he had fallen into curred in Minnesote during the last|the river. Police also believed he 24 hours. The other victim was killed|might have been seized by a woman jby Ughtnine of frustrated maternal inetineta,