The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, June 18, 1935, Page 1

ESTABLISHED 1873 North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE The Weather Generally fair tonight and Wednes- day; warmer Wednesday, BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, TUESDAY, JUNE 18, 1935 PRICE FIVE CENTS Deny Confessions in Gibson Case ‘17 Known Dead in Floods and Tornadoes Over Nation Jury Disagrees ADAM RICHETTI 0° \SENATE IS NEARING PAY WITH LIFE FOR | FINAL DECISION ON PART IN MASSACRE} SECURITY MEASURE Gangster Aide of Pretty Boy)Amendments Raise Taxes In- Floyd Convicted in Kansas | tended to Finance Pensions City Slaying Case and Insurance SENTENCED TO BE HANGED ARE HIGHEST ON. RECORD Those Who Would Liberalize Bill Seem to Hold Edge on Conservatives HEAVY DAMAGE IS CAUSED BY WATER AND SEVERE WINDS Nine Injured as Vagaries of Weather Cloud Map of Entire United States CROPS SUFFER SEVERELY 80,000 Acres of Corn and Cot- ton Are Ruined in One Texas Valley Alone f New NRA Chief Verdict Marks End of ‘Last Gun- man to Take Part in Whole- sale Slaughter templated death on the gallows Tues- day as state and federal officials pre- JAMES D. O'NEILL James D. O'Neill, New York banker new head of the skeletonized isn’t exactly sure what will be by the government under the fragments remaining of the once law. His first act, he said, will make a study and move care- Unable to reach a verdict, the Jury which heard the trial Anne Lyddane, shown her hueband who she with having conspired dismissed in Rockville, Mi lated Press Photo) Colorado — Little Arkansas and North Fork rivers in eastern parf— (canoe cre cet, ze LEGIONS VARIETY — SHOW SCORES “H AT OPENING HERE part—third deathay, heavy. crop dem ege—water stationary. Tilinois—Macon river and many creeks in north central section—wa-' First Class Entertainment Of- fered by Production Under Veteran Auspices HILLSBORO WOMAN DIES Lakota, N. D.—Mrs. Sarah Burn- son, 73, formerly of Hillsboro, died Monday night at the home of her daughter, Mrs. E. A. Sorenson, DEATH TOLL INCREASED McCook, Neb.—Death of Mrs. Laura Spalding brought to 104 the total fatalities from the flood in this area two weeks ago. he was injured at that time, ASSIGNMENTS RULED OUT Insurance Commissioner Harold Hopton announced that the state hail insurance department will accept as- sigrments of hail insurance benefits only in cases where the debts have been contracted for necessities of life, ‘specifically ruling out debts owed to implement companies, CONVICTS BEATEN BACK Lansing, Kan.—Convicts who mutinied in the state prison mine here attempted to rush five guards in a gun cage at the 720- foot level but were beaten back tude in Building Submarines Under Pact ter receding. Kansas—Republican river in north central section cutting new channels —water receding. Arkansas—Benton county suffered from a tornado. Oklahoma — Muskogee in north- eastern part of state hit by high wind—five injured. Texas—Erath county in central part hit by tornado—four injured. FEAR DISEASE EPIDEMC IN NEBRASKA DISTRICT Benkelman, Neb,, June 18.—(?)— Small pox vaccine was rushed to this southwestern Nebraska town of 1,100 to check an outbreak following SENATE OOMMITEE SAYS SHIP POLY LEADING 10 GRAFT Claims ‘Saturnalia’ of Robbing the Taxpayer Prevails Un- ¢@amage of $13,000,000. Cloudbursts sent the river and its Be tributaries out of their banks but the floods lacked the force of the previous bale first, der Present Law Bis: ae barrage. The guards New roads, intro- | 12 masks. MAHAN HUNT NEARS N. D. Westby, Mont.—Hunt was made here for William Mahan, wanted in the Weyerhaeuser case, when a woman thought she saw him here Monday night. (Westby is near the Montana-North Dakota border.) TROOPS GO ON HIKE Devils Lake—Troops of the North Dakota national guard ‘Tuesday began their first bivouac in 10 years. They will camp it near Fort Totten in a test of routine and equipment. CONVICTION SET ASIDE The state supreme court set aside the conviction of J. G. Duffy, Divide county man, because his rights were disregarded in connection with a ,;change of venue to Ward county. luced history of Bismarck by waltzing on high uni-cycles, one-wheel affairs ae a Mosier, 34, drowned while attempting to rescue her five-year-old daughter, Betty June, after the child was swept away by flood waters which inundat- ed their Kansas farm home. Search- parties Tuesday resumed the hunt Ee WHEE time steps. If ever a negro could strut it is Johnson. Miss Dean's re- vival of a popular old song, “Won't You Come Home Bill Bailey,” was ry i Hi g E ownership and private operation, the|He was accused of embezzlement. peony tobe euaidnd where this} OONEY REOPENS FIGHT — San Francisco—Tom Mooney Smith Gets Honorary | (pr ,c7ones eee ne eee National Guard Post) sniing nim s writ of, nabess Devils Lake, June 18—(?}—Major instructor on duty with the witnesses who obtained his con- viction on the 1916 preparedness North’ Dakota national guard, last week was named an additional lieu- along with Paige and Jewett added a J touch of brisk action to the The Claim U. S. Willing To Stabilize Dollar f : , June 18.—(/P)}—Affirmation of an intention to keep her navy strong- er than that of Adolf Hitler was France's answer Tuesday to. Anglo- German naval negotiations. : F. E. Shepard Taken To Hospital Tuesday day bombing charge were per- jured. It is now up to the state to show they were not. DROP HOMESTEAD PLANS Washington—Government plans to abandon 18 of 64 projected subsistence homestead projects were revealed to be under consideration. It was ad- ed the idea hasn’t worked out wel the matinee for 10 cents. charge for adults will remain at cents. ting pretty” in the world money mar- kets. g sf , i E ! shape and the main New Warehouse — + Kai At State Enterprise shina The we ay “ Prisoners at Kansas _—— v "Tuesday on the dlspu Sietetel who Penitentiary Mutiny osattecters sag Neth vevaled Me eae ee BUILDEES Washington — Contractors and builders entered a protest against the government plan of limiting expen- ditures for materials per worker to mill and aye in ‘ et tone and | $1100 8 ‘tage 100 or $1,200. oe located on —_— IN AIR 338 HOURS Paty. were ap- Meridian, Miss.—Al and Fred of P.O.) Key, seeking to break the non- Theodore it record, had been in com-| the air 338 hours at 2:30 p. m. » Jt.) Fred nearly fell to his death lord, third) Monday as he was oiling the en- gine from his perch on a strut. NEBRASKA GOVERNOR| | “Fishts Ouster Suit} AND TRAM COMPANY IN SHARP QUARREL Street Car Operators Refuse to Accept Plan for Strike Negotiations CHIEF EXECUTIVE IS FIRM ‘No Answer to My Order’ He Tells Directors of Firm During Conference Omaha, Neb, June 18—(P)— Omaha's military dictator, Governor R. L. Cochran, Tuesday blasted as “unreasonable” a counter-arbitration plan of the Omaha and Council Bluffs street railway company and threw his 1,800 national guardsmen into a stege against the company’s trams. Tuesday was the third full day under martial law here. Cochran demanded full arbitration and labor accepted early Monday. After an ignored deadline brought Cochran's order to run the trams off the streets Monday the company sub- mitted a substitute proposal substan- tially the same as it presented when the strike began last April 20. “This is no answer to my request,” the governor bluntly told five com- pany directors who bore the mesasge. “For the present the street cars stay in the barn.” Quiet Is Shattered : The quiet which blanketed the city for the first two days of its military occupation was broken Monday by sporadic outbreaks. An effigy of Po- lice Commissioner Frank Myers was burned on the south side where two men were killed and 150 injured in three sanguine days of rioting last week. Brickbats flew at a tram em- ploye’s house. Troops criusing in heavy trucks and armde with fixed bayonets found hoodlums melting away in their paths, Si Summary justice, dealt by by a mil- {tary court, faced violators. Of six men guilty of selling beer after hours fixed by the military authorities, three got jail sentences ranging from 5 to 15 days, fines of $100 each, and padiocking of their taverns. Another man was fined and two others were freed. But to Mr. Average Citizen, it was “business as usual,” by specific order of Brig. General H. J. Paul, com- mander of the troops. Mayor Roy N. Towl Tuesday ordered police not to molest “jitney buses” while the trams were barred from the streets. Difficulties over bond re- quirements faced the jitneys in recent PEACH RETURNING TO CHINESE, FRONT Chinese Soldiers Withdraw From Disputed Area and Japs Retain Control (Copyright, 1935, by the Associated Press) Tientsin, June 18. — The veteran Japanese troops of the Tientsin gar- rison departed for Tangku Tuesday, reducing the local forces to their nor- mal strength of about 800. Chinese troops also continued to withdraw in great numbers. Tokyo's continental war officers as- serted, however, that their forces are persisting in their heavy concentration along the great wall as a “precaution- ary measure.” Japanese sources, denying reports that they planned “drastic action,” expressed belief that the Changpet in- cident—the arrest of three Japanese secret service men—would be settled peacefully. ; “Sung Cheh-Yuan (removed Tues- day as governor of China's Chaher province) appears sincerely us to settle the incident through concili- ation,” said Lt. Col. Y. Ishii, chief of staff of Japan’s Tientsin garrison. (A dispatch from Changchun to Rengo, Japanese news agency, report- ed that Japan’s Kwantung army had agreed to settlement of the incident, with Chinese acceptance of Japanese demands for an apology and punish- ment of responsible officials.) ‘The Japanese military watched the Chinese troops operations closely, three airplanes flying freely over the province from Tientsin. Although Japanese advices from Changchun said the Changpel inci- dent had been settled, both Chinese and Japanese sources here declined to comment on the situation. Can’t Reduce Fees, . Says N. D. Registrar L. H. McCoy, state motor vehicle registrar, Tuesday reiterated his as- sertion that he had no power to waive automobile license fees or pen- allies. His explanation came after numer- ous letters had been received by him asking that portions of the fees be ‘waiveé by him, or that penalty pay- ments be dispensed with by the de- partment. “I have no discretion under the law to waive any portion of these fees,” McCoy explained. “They must be paid before » licetive can be issued.” FLOYD B. OLSON ‘His continuance in office at stake, Governor Floyd B. Olson of Minne- sota is keeping close’ watch on the ouster action brought against him in @ Minneapolis court. He is accused of having violated the corrupt prac- tices act in his last campaign. OLSON 1S FIGHTING REMOVAL ACTION IN MINNESOTA COURTS Ouster Suit Is Based on Free Publicity Given Him by Farmer-Labor Sheet Minneapolis, June 18. — (®) — The validity of signatures of 29 persons who signed a petition asking removal of Governor Floyd B. Olson from of- fice and alleged violation of the cor- rupt practices law, was a point of dis- pute Tuesday in the ouster suit against the chief executive in district court here. Under cross-exai by Ol- son’s counsel Tuesday, Harold Birke- land said he had induced several per- sons to sign the petition and that in his “opinion” it was originated by counsel for grain and flour milling interests. Under cross-examination by Frank W. Murphy, Olson’s attorney, two of the signers Monday denied under oath they had sworn to the petition before @ notary as required by law. Previous testimony by J. T. Rich- ardson, cashier for E. W. Cameron, one of the signers, who notarized the signatures of seven of the petitioners, was that he had witnessed the signa- tures of seven signers. Two Enter Denials F. A. Henkel and L. C. White, both signers of the petition, denied under cross examination having fixed their signatures on the document in the presence of Richardson. White tes- tified he had never seen Richardson prior to the latter's appearance on the stand. A series of objections to the entire Proceedings was entered by Murphy at the beginning of the hearing on the suit, which charges Olson with violation of the corrupt practices act on the ground that he had a financial interest in the Farmer Labor Leader, official publication of the Farmer La- bor Association,,and that the paper gave Olson free publicity during the 1934 campaign. Murphy charged no proper petition had been filed; that the petition was not filed within the 30-day limit set by law; that no proper was made; that the petition is and the act under which the suit is filed is burdensome and unreason- able. ‘The day’s hearing was preliminary to the actual irial of the case on its merits. Giant Clipper Safe At Island in Pacific Honolulu, June 18.—(#)—Another pioneering feat—the first flight of a commercial plane to and from Mid- way Island—went into the log book of the Pan American’s clipper Tuesday as mechanics groomed the huge flying boat for the return hop to Alameda, Calif, next Friday. The clipper swooped down out of the afternoon sun at 4:28 p, m. (9:58 P m. eastern standard time) Monday and came to rest on the waters of Pearl Harvor just 10 hours and five minutes after leaving lonely Midway Island, 1,323 miles to the northwest. TOLEDO STRIVE ENDS Toledo, June 18.—(#)—Union elec- trical workers of the Toledo Edison their demand for a 20 per cent increase went forward. i i | Six Soviet Women | Make Record Leap Moscow, June 18.—(P)—Six young women, aged between 20 and 23, basked in public acclaim Tuesday for their record mass parachute leap Monday from an altitude of four and one-half miles without oxygen DEFENSE DECLARES WOMAN WAS COWED INTO ADMISSIONS Attorney Tells Jury It Will Be Proved That Husband Took His Own Life ‘INTIMACY’ CHARGE FLAYED Will Offer Evidence to Prove That Donis Was Friendly With Husband Also Mrs, Gladys Gibson was lured from her home and cowed into admissions “absolutely in- consistent with the facts,” the defense charged Tuesday in its opening statement to the jury hearing her trial for the mur-' der of her husband. As court convened, Judge George M. McKenna stated, “Let the record show that the state rests” and then ordered a recess during which attorneys for both sides went behind closed doors to hear motions by the defense. The state completed its case Mon- day, after calling its twenty-seventh witness to the stand. During the six days of testimony, the prosecution produced evidence tending to show that intimate relations with her al- leged paramour, Joseph Donis, and her husband’s $8,000 in insurance were motives for the alleged murder. In a heated final session, two alleged admissions of guilt, supplementing a written statement that the defendant killed her husband “to protect my daughters” were placed in the records. Foster Mother Testifies Mrs. Belle Webster, an elderly gray haired woman and the defendant's foster mother, was the first victim called by the defense Tuesday morn- ing. Between sobs, she related how Mrs, Gibson had met her the morning following the. shooting, saying “moth- er, this is awful.” ¥n rapid succession, three other. wit-, nesses were called in the morning session, Ralph Baker of Halliday and Archie Gibson of Sturges, Mich., a brother of the defendant’s husband, testified that the deceased Nathniel Gibson was an expert shot with his left hand. Mrs, Grace McKenrie of La Crosse, Wis. and a resident of Dickinson at the time of the shooting, told of her friendship with the Gib- son family. Mrs. McKenzie testified the Gibsons led an ordinary family life bus that in 1933 Mr. Gibson changed. “Before, he was jolly and cheerful, al- ways kidding. But then he became moody and stared into space,” she testified. She said he read religious books all the time and that he had told her of his theory that the world was coming to an end. In his summation of evidence the defense will offer, Defense Attorney Al Kuhfeld said: “We will show you that Mrs. Gladys Gibson was born 37 years ago, Gladys Olson and at six weeks of age Mrs. Belle Webster took her into her home and reared her to womanhood. Was Married at 18 “We will prove that just before she was 18, she married Nathaniel Gibson and they moved to a farm in Dunn county; that she is the mother of two children and that the relations be- tween her and her husband were al- ways pleasant and satisfactory. “We will prove that, though things came up that were not exemplary, Mrs. Gibson did not let them hurt her married life. We will show that after and were there at the time of his death. “While living on the farm, she took her share of farm duties, assisted in carrying the mail route of her hus- band. “At Dickinson their relations were In 1931, Mrs, Gibson be- “We will prove that in June, 1932, at Mr. Gibson’s own suggestion, Joseph Donis carried Mr. Gibson’s mail route while he was at a training’ camp with Company K; that he (Donis) had roomed at the Gibson home since and that there was a a PESELGTE rn EE FREES 8. AHH Heel fi t