The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 23, 1935, Page 1

i a (=== ] THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE The Weather Unsettled tonight and Saturday; ous Saturday. i ESTABLISHED 1873 ismarck Trounces Shelb BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 1935 y Nine, ( to 1 War Veteran Hunted for Valley City Cafe Killing Demand ‘Gag’ as Neutrality Policy Act Speeds to House WOMAN SHOT DEAD { AS SHE SITS WITH FRIENDS IN BOOTH Shell-Shocked John Helland, 45, Turns Gun on Bartender But Misfires £ MRS. CONRAD LARSON DEAD No Motive Determined Yet for , Attack on Two Late Thursday Night Valley City, N. D. Aug. 23.—()— North Dakota authorities were con- ducting a manhunt Friday for a shell-shocked World war veteran, who late Thursday night shot and killed Mrs. Conrad Larson, 45, mother of three children, in a Valley City beer parlor. The authorities were requqested to seize John Helland, 45, cafe employee, who according to witnesses, police said, drew a revolver at the Pollyanna cafe here and fired point blank at Mrs, Larson who was sitting in a booth with several women com- panions, Helland, according to the story told Police, then threatened H. L. Julson and Jack Cheska, bartenders in the Place, and as Cheska yelled at Hel- land, attempted to shoot Cheska, but the gun missed fire. He then fled down an alley. Were Police said Helland and M Mrs. Lar- son were acquaintances but refused to make any statement on possible mo- tive of the crime. The authorities Can’t Referee Bouts ] Much as he would like to, James Moran of Minot, secretary of the state boxing commission, cannot referee boxing bouts, his duties not permitting him to act in such capacity. Moran was forced to turn down an invitation to act as arbiter in a Devils Lake ring. HEART RIVER DAM BACKERS 10 FORM CONSERVATION UNIT. Lower Wage Rates, Material Costs, Cut Estimated Pro- ject Expenditures Glen Ullin, N. D., Aug. 23.—(P}— said they expected to capture Helland} Advocates of a river control program shortly, “if he is alive, “expressing!in the Heart river valley are prepar- possibility he “might commit suicide.” Police said the shooting occurred about 11 p. m. Helland first talked and Christ Norgard, a mail carrier. According to the story told police, he paced up and down the floor teeping his hands in his pockets. He later descended into the base- ment to the Pollyanna cafe. Walk- ing up to where Mrs. Larson was seated with woman friends, police said, Helland drew his gun and fired, the bullet piercing the woman's fore- Larson slumped to the Car Helland was not. driving a car, po- lice said, stating they expected to find him in this vicinity unless he obtained a ride. According to Manoles’ story to po- lice, Helland was not under the in- fluence of liquor, Helland is draw- ing @ government pension and was employed at “Porkie’s” cafe in Valley City as cook and bartender. Police said he suffered from shell-shock and gas while in World war service over- seas. He is unmarried. A coroner’s inquest was to be held probably late Friday. FUTURE ROAD PLAN PROGRAM IS DRAWN = Exhaustive Traffic Survey to Show Value of Highways Part of Project Under direction of W. J. Flanni- gan, state highway commissioner, a program of planning state highways for the future, and of determining sources of mi BE edit eye eee stages gent ea ii ji s & = i ; & 5 QFgE ee i i CARNERA- NEUSEL SIGNED New York, Aug. den Nov. 1. ing to organize as a conservation dis- trict, preliminary to the presentation of their project to WPA, following a meeting of Morton ahd Grant ‘county ¢itizens here Thursday. Among those present were L. H. Belk, district engineer of the WPA at Mandan, and M. O. Ryan of Fargo, secretary of the state planning board. Tentative plans provide for the for- mation of one water conservation dis- trict comprising Morton and Grant counties. When the boundaries are fixed, 50 per cent of the residents of the area will be asked to petition E. J. Thomas, stgte conservation com- missioner, for approval of their asso- ciation. If approved, the county boards will name association officers to represent the two counties, The district may then spread a levy or float a bond issue to provide that portion of the materials required by the WPA. Officials of the WPA and of the state planning board said definite ap- Proval of the district's application cannot be assured but that formation of the district isanecssary step lead- ing to presentation of the project. Belk said the project, formerly esti- mated at approximately $1,000,000, might now be constructed for 20 to 30 per cent less, due to declining wage rates and material costs since the time the original estimate was pre- Benefits of the projects would in- uae water conservation, at least par- tial flood control, and in combatting Pollution, recreation, and ane Seema Proponents COLT DRAGS BOY 70 DEATH AT BENEDICT Benedict, N. D., Aug. 23.—Walter Braumberger, 12-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs, Ben Braumberger, farmers near here, was dragged to death Thursday . to|waist. Frightened by barnyard noise, the colt ran away. The boy was dead when picked up by his parents. Grand Forks Seeks New Guard Armory Grand Forks, N. D., Aug. 23.—(?)— y| Deeding of the city auditorium to the state of North Dakota as the site for @ new armory here was recommended ‘Thursday night by the city Plannin board. The armory, according to Plan, would provide space for the Present auditorium uses. N. J. Nudists Resent Knothole Neighbor | i vi Hes F i g é ! or ‘BREATHING SPELL’ GRANTED MORTGAGE BURDENED FARMERS House Amends and Passes| Senate’s Frazier-Lemke Farm Lien Moratorium Act REPLACES INVALIDATED LAW Permits Debtor to Go Into Bankruptcy Retaining Prop- erty by Rent Payments = and passed Friday by the nome bill would let farmers who claim go into federal court and get payments on their tntea yaate deferred for as long as Rep. igs (Rep.-N. D.) described it as “simply designed to give the farmer a breathing spell after he goes into bankruptcy.’ One amendment of minor nature was adopted. ‘The measure, designed to replace the five-year moratorium law de- clared unconstitutional by the su- preme court last spring, would per- mit farmers threatened with fore- closure and unable to obtain relief through conciliation methods to go into bankruptcy. Farmers then could retain possession of their property by payment of a “reasonable” rental, if the courts permitted. By payment of the property’s value as fixed by a -court appraiser, the farmer et. -any levee up to.three years could regain his property completely. y Lemke said the measure is not a pore for spel shanti farm debt refinancing ) which cons tends is required to enable farmers. to meet their obligations. Action on CONFESSED SLAYER OF TWO MEN AVERS HE SLEW 23 MORE 21-Year-Old Tramp Pros- pector’s Tale BODIES OF VICTIMS HUNTED Robbery Apparent Motive for Two Murders in Water- Filled Gold Mine Auburn, Calif, Aug. 23.—(#)—Skep- tical officers sought Friday to check the amazing story of an admitted slayer that the bodies of 25 additional victims He in the hills near here. Sheriff Elmer H. Gum organized a party to search for two graves de- scribed by Earl (Bud) Kimball, alias Cramer, who has confessed he killed James G. Kennett, Sr., a retired Chi- ‘cago contractor, and a 17-year-old youth believed to be T. Mangan, a Colfax, Calif, CCC worker. & group of newsmen who had sought to question him about the disappear- ance recently of a man known vari- ously as Fred Realing or Griling. The slayings, Kimball asserted, took Place during the two years the 21- year-old itinerant prospector has been in this vicinity. The reporters were given purvorted locations of the bodies of two men identified as J. J. (Radium) John- son, @ prospector, and Realing or Cae &@ mine camp caretaker, both ‘ing. Of three more victims for whose deaths he claimed responsibility, Kimball would give only meager de- tails and he flatly refused to discuss who the 20 other victims might be Resling or Griling had been found. ‘Kennett’s battered body was found ‘Thursday when an abandoned, water- filled gold mine shaft was drained. ‘The body of the youth had been found earlier, floating in the water of a nearby shaft. The motive for the two slayings ap- that measure is not expected at this session of congress. PRESIDENT SIGNS $10 WORD BANKING BILL Washington, Aug. 23.—(4)—Presi- |dent Roosevelt Friday signed the | banking bill giving the federal reserve |board greater control over national credit, In genial mood, Mr. Roosevelt re- marked the financial measure had tts! i PIONEER WOMAN, 04 DES OF PNEUMONIA Mrs. Kirschmann, Resident Here Since 1892, Will Be Buried Sunday Mrs, Elizabeth Kirschmann, 94, be- lieved to be Bismarck’s oldest living woman and a resident here continual- ly since 1892, died at 12:50 a. m., Fri- ut Eighth 8&t., death was pneumonia complicated by infirmities of old age. came to the Da- SAYS NAZIS FOIL REDS Berlin, Aug. 23.—(?)—Paul Joseph Goebbels, minister of propaganda, told the international penal congress that the Nazi idea had saved | signed pieced patrolling of State Highway No. 10! |Burops from communism. parently had been robbery. ALBERTA VOTES 10 EXPERIMENT WITH STATE GREDIT PLAN Banish Poverty Party Wins Elections; to Institute Undefined Program Calgary, Alta., Aug. 23.—(7)—Every adult bonafide citizen of Alberta province Friday became potentially eligible fora $25 monthly dividend as & result of a sweep of Thursday's elections by the social credit league. Other benefits under the social credit policy call. for the establish- ment of a just price for consumer and producer and the use of secur- ities for the purchase of goods and services, The Credit League, led by William Aberhart, 57-year-old _evangelist- school ‘teacher, was conceded by Pre- mier Reid of the united farmers gov- ernment of Alberta to have won the election. Aberhart, who was not « candidate ioe offen but is expected 2: aceon , campaigned on ® platform banish poverty and unemployment, and create credit within the province. To pay @ dividend of $25 monthly it has been estimated would take annually. It would be & levy, the form of which announced. Aberhart sPauey, was not one citizen will be giv- throuy Settee will pene of cur- When You When you see that stertling blue uniform—take it easy—it’s one of the new state highway. “cops. The new patrol of five took to the Sas highways Friday, headed by Frank L. Putnam, acting superintend- ent of the organization. With their first job the delivery of more than 100,000 drivers’ licenses to clerks of court in the 53 counties of the state, the patrolmen stepped on the starters of their brand-new, high- speed automobiles and the first state traffic enforcement unit in the. state ‘was under way. to Districts California Officers Skeptical of Kimball told his gruesome story to/ until the. “bodies” of Johnson...and }, Measure Makes No Major Change in Similar Bill Passed by Senate Washington, Aug. 23.—(P)— House leaders Friday. agreed to jam the neutrality resolution through promptly under proced- ure forbidding amendments and drastically limiting debate. With only 40 minutes debate allowed, the required two thirds majority for approval was expected. Washington, Aug. 23.—(7)—With supporters demanding a “gag” to in- |sure lightning action, a bill creating a brand new neutrality policy for America sped to the house floor Fri- day for a quick vote. Chairman McReynolds (Dem. Tenn.), whose foreign affairs com- mittee had drafted the compromise measure which bears the sanction of President Roosevelt, asked for the gag rule. It would limit debate to 40 minutes and forbid any amend- ments which might upset the plans of leaders. The measure makes no major change in a similar bill passed by the senate amid cries of legislators that Europe was sitting on a keg of TNT and that the United States must stand clear. Instead of making the mandatory embargo on arms and mu- | nitions shipments to belligerents a permanent law, the house measure stipulates that it shall expire next ‘Feb, 29. Limits President's Power The house measure, a seven-point one, also gives the president discre- tionary authority to keep American ships from carrying munitions, forbid Americans to ride on foreign vessels, prevent ships from carrying arms or men, to belligerent ships at sea, pro- hibit entry of submarines to Amer- ican waters. The bill also requires that ou munitions shipments be made nse, and sets up a national munitions board to enforce the licen ing plan. Aside from the temporary clause and some comparatively minor amendments, the “compromise” bill is similar to the senate’s. When the bill expires next February, some legisla- tors are expected to push for broader legislation, including a provision to prevent belligerents from raising money in the United States through loans or credits. Not Permanent Law The temporary clause in the house bill was adopted by the chamber’s foreign affairs committee after Presi- dent erie emphatically disap- mandatory Proved permanent, Reutrality 1 law before next session, SENATE PASSES ACT TO AID ‘LITTLE DEBTOR’ Washington, Aug. 23.—()—House action was awaited Friday on a bill designed to aid the financially em- barrassed small business man and urban home owner by liberalizing the bankruptcy laws. The bill, introduced by Senator Frazier (Rep. N. D.), was passed by the senate Thursday. It would wie the debtor to stay in possession of Property for three years provided he Paid a reasonable rental fixed by the court, and turtfed control of his prop- erty over to the court. The debtor could obtain full pos- session at the end of the three year period by paying its value as ap- praised under court direction. REVOLT AGAINST AAA COTTON PLAN THREATENS Washington, Aug. 23.—()—A threat, of “revolt” on the AAA’s new cotton program is plaguing leaders who thought they had ended all major fighting for this session of congress. ‘They still expect, however, that con- gress will adjorun by Saturday night. ‘They went to bed Thursday night satisfied that their big tasks were virtually over. This morning they awoke to find Senator Byrnes (Dem., 8. C.) leading @ movement for immediate legislation aimed at a cotton loan-and-grant plan the AAA announced Thursday night. He would force the AAA to lend farmers 12 cents a pound on the 1935 crop, as it did last year. The AAA's plan calls for only a 9 cent loan, with a guarantee of a 12 @ system of direct grants from the government. It Won’t Pay to See ‘Red’ Espy Bluecoats | te:be.divided betwee: perth and south groups. No. 10 will be the dividing line between areas. George Robinson of Hillsboro, will be temporarily assigned to a district stretching north of No. 10 from Fargo to Jamestown, to Lake, Church’s Ferry, Cando and northward to the Canadian line. Working out of Fargo will be George A. Swenson, covering territory south of No. 10 to Jamestown north to Carrington on No. 81, west to Tur+ tle Lake, south to Bismarck and Man- dan, then to Fort Yates. (Continued on Page Eight) cent return to the growers through| frie | Roosevelt Gives Republicans Work to Do | James H. Sinclair, left, former North Dakota representative to con- gress, and John G. Winant, former governor of New Hampshire, both Republicans, Friday were appointed to federal positions by President Roosevelt. Sinclair was named a member of a special Mexican claims commission. Winant was appointed chairman of the new social se- curity board. To work with Winant, Roosevelt named Arthur J. Altmeyer of Wisconsin and Vincent Morgan Miles of Arkansas. BRITAIN'S DEFENSES |ROOSEVELT FORCES BOLSTERED AS WAR} HOUSE 10 APPROVE CLOUDS ROLL LOWER) UTILITIES MEASURE Unitéd States Will Be Ruined| Observers Divided Whether Act Staying Neutral, Labor Leader Forecasts (By the Associated Press) Informed quarters in London said Friday the British cabinet’s commit- tee for imperial defense had ap- proved plans for speeding up the re- distribution and reinforcement of military forces at vital points along the British empire's lines of com- munications. George Lansbury, leader of the la- bor opposition in parliament, said the United States ‘cannot possibly keep out of the next war.” Lansbury voiced a strong plea for America to “stand in with us” in the Italo-Ethiopian crisis. He discounted the efficacy of the neutrality resolu- tion before the congress of the Unit- ed States. “I do not think anyone can remain neutral in a war of any dimensions,” he said. “The United States will be ruined anyway if they stay neutral for, bear 1t in mind, if there is an- other war, civiliziation will be irre- his | trievably smashed. Sees General Upheaval Lansbury predicted an Italo-Ethi opian war was “bound to mean a gen- eral upheaval.” ‘The three main decisions taken by the cabinet, were merely to reiterate its policy already outlined by Sir Samuel Hoare in the house of com- mons Aug. 1. First, Britain will adhere rigidly to the league obligations, but not alone; second, no change in the arms em- bargo; third, no official pronounce- ment on the question of sanctions. Fear was expressed in French of- ficial circles that Great Britain's threat of sanctions might stiffen Mussolini's stand. But the British cabinet’s failure to lift the embargo on arms was taken as a favorable gesture to Italy. Paris Hopeful Paris is hopeful that Mussolini, con- vinced of Britain’s firm intent to up- hold the league, will make a slow and peaceful penetration of Ethiopia in- stead of waging war. Informed circles in Rome expressed confidence that Italy had sufficient nds among members of the League of Nations to block any move to bring into play the ultimate powers of the covenant. The possibility was not ignored that Great Britain might, in the absence of support at Geneva, act independ- ently to protect her interests in Af- would be jeopardized by Italian occu- pation of Ethiopia. LaMoure Veterans Form County Post LaMoure, N. D., Aug. 23.—(7)—With 21 chartered members a LaMoure » Devils|county post of the Veterans of For- eign Wars was inducted here. George W. Green of LaMoure is commander. Delegates from Jamestown, Fargo, and Lisbon assisted in the induction work, DAZZY VANCE RELEASED New York, Aug. 23.—(?)—Dazzy Vance, once the highest paid pitcher in baseball, was handed his uncondi- tional release by the Brooklyn Dodg- ers Friday. % “ {abolition of rica should she be convinced they band Is Disguised ‘Death Sen- tence’ or Not Washington, Aug. 23.—(?)—The fa- mous senate-house fight over the utilities bill was all over but the shouting Friday, but legislators still clashed in @ furious post mortem. At the urging of President Roose- velt, the house, which had been standing firm against the administra- tion plan for mandatory abolition of certain utility holding companies by 1942, approved a compromise Thurs- day night, 219 to 142. Some said the compromise was a disguised “death sentence” on cer- tain utility firms, and thus an ad- ministration victory. Others called it a triumph for the house. ‘The house vote was on a motion to instruct its representatives in a sen- ate-house parley to agree to a com- promise letting the securities commis- sion decide what holding companies should operate more than one single, integrated utility system and what holding firms should be limited to a single system. For more than a month, the sen- ate-house conference had been dead- locked. The senate had voted the administration plan for compulsory “unnecessary” holding companies by 1942, and the house, re- Jecting this, voted to give the securi- ties commission authority to determ- ine which should be allowed to live after 1938. Under the compromise a holding firm could operate only a single, in- tegrated system of operating concerns unless the securities commission de- termined that economy, efficiency or other considerations made excep- ‘tions to the rule advisable. Other legislative steps remained before the compromise could become law, but its backers said they would be taken in short order. They pre- dicted the conferees would reach an agreement in about an hour Friday, after which senate and house must approve the pact. iNew Social Law Unit Will Employ 10,000 Washington, Aug. 23.—(7)—Officials of the budget bureau and the presi- dent’s economic security committee estimated Friday that 10,000 people will be employed to administer the social security law. BANDSMEN GET OUTING Kindred, N. D., Aug. 23.—(?)—In appreciation of the work the local has done for the community, the Commercial club is sponsoring a three-day outing, beginning Friday at a lake in Minnesota. Ransom County Cat ] | Nurses Tiny Gopher _— ° Lisbon, N. D., Aug. 23.—()—A gopher is being raised by a cat on the Karl Voss farm near here. The mother cat had kittens. When they were two days old the Voss children captured a tiny gopher. They put the gopher with the kittens and the mother adopted it. The kittens and the gopher are now 7 weeks old. The cat continues to show its ma- ternal interest in the field rodent but the gopher is rapidly becom- . ing more wild and wary. PRICE FIVE CENTS NORTH DAKOTA CLUE TO FOURTH VICTOR Capitat Citians to Play On Other Undefeated Entry Friday Night me BREWER Hi TWO HITS ALLOWED SHELB Oberholzer, Troupe and Johnsom| Lead Stickers’ Attack at Wichita A play-by-play account of the Bismarck--Shelby game as taken off the leased wire at the State Recreation Parlors will be found on the sports page of today’s Tribune. Special to The Tribune Wichita, Kans. Aug. 23.—Bismarck and Duncan, Okla., remained Friday as the only undefeated teams in the race for the national semi-pro and amateur baseball championship of the United States and will battle Friday night in one of the featured games of the tournament being Played at Lawrence stadium here. The North Dakota entry remained undefeated by virtue of a 7-1 victory over Shelby, North Carolina, Thurs- day night, while the Duncan club handed Yuma, Ariz., its first defeat, 10-2. Chet Brewer hurled brilliantly te set the North Carolinans down with two scattered hits, while his mates pounded Sam Lankford for 12 safe blows, including doubles by Dan Oberholzer, Al Leary and Quincy Troupe and a triple by Moose John- son, Strikes Out Eight Taking his place beside Satchel Paige, ace of the Capital City mound staff as one of the tournament heroes. Brewer struck out eight opposing batsmen, gave up only three free passes to first and scored one of Bis- marck’s runs after walking in the eighth. Johnson, heavy-hitting left field- er of the Bismarck nine, drove in three runs, one with his triple in the seventh inning and two more with a timely single after Lankford had loaded the bases in the eighth. Eleven teams remained in the tournament Friday. New York, Kan- sas, and Texas clubs lost a second game Thursday and were eliminated. The Memphis, Tenn. Negro Red ‘Sox ousted the Buffalo, N. Y., Blue Coals, 6-1, Shawnee, Okla., eliminat- ed the Texas Negro Centennials, 5-3, and the Denver Negro Stars put the Arkansas City, Kans. Dubbs out by @ 6-5 score, Denver’s United Fuels edged out Arkansas City, 6-5, to re- main in the running. Score in First Successive doubles by Oberholzer and Leary gave Bismarck a one- run lead in the first inning Thurs- day night in a game which was wit- nessed by approximately 7,000 fans who jammed the stadium to capacity. The Capital City crew added one more in the fourth, drove in a pair in the seventh and pushed over three more in the eighth for the victory. They were in danger only on two occasions, once ‘in the fourth when the North Carolinians loaded the bases on a single, an error and a walk and again in the ninth when the ‘Shelby team scored its lone tally on @ hit, an error and an infield out. Add One in Fourth Taking their turn at bat in the fourth after the Shelby club had been retired with the bases loaded, Bismarck scored its second run, Art Hancock hoisted a neat single over the second baseman’s head and took second when Refern overthrew first. Ted Radcliffe bounced one to the pitcher and was safe on Lankford’s error, Joe Desiderato hit to Lee at short forcing Hancock at third but Brewer got on through another error, loading the bases, and Radcliffe scored when Brewer flied out to centerfield. A walk for Leary, Johnson's triple and an infield out paved the way for @ pair of tallies in the seventh. The final three counters came in the eighth. Desiderato started the trouble with a sharp single to center- field. Brewer walked and Ober- holzer singled, scoring Desiderato from second. Leary was safe on an- other error and after Troupe had fouled out, Johnson singled sharply (Continued on Page Eight) 250 Grain Elevators In State Get Permits Sixty-seven individual companies, operating = total of approximately 250 grain elevators throughout the state, have received warehouse li- censes in the last 10 days, the state board of railroad commissioners said @ | Friday. A total of $1,395,000 in surety bonds have been approved for the various firms, most of which are operators of a string of elevators in the state. ‘There has been some consolidation action among elevators this year, which has reduced the number of applications for licenses, board mem~ bers explained. JIMMY RAISES EYEBROW Dorking, Surrey, Eng., Aug. 23.—() —Former Mayor James J. Walker of New York expressed only polite sur- prise Friday at the statements of At- torney General Homer Cummings in Washington that he “will decide with- in 2 month” whether to press income x