The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 13, 1935, Page 2

i Prosecution In Conspiracy Trial | Judge Admits Testimony That Solicitations Impaired De- partment Efficiency Prosecution forces scored Friday in the third federal conspiracy trial of former Gov. William Langer, winning a battle for admission of testimony tending to show “morale and effi- ciency” of state highway department employes had been “impaired” by 5 per cent salary solicitations. Langer, and Frank Vogel, former | & state highway commissioner, R. A.) business manager of the Leader who Kinzer, former secretary of the state relief organization and O. E. Erick-| son, chairman of the state Republican | central committee, are charged with conspiring to obstruct and corrupt administration of an act of congress. | The quartet, the government al-j leges; conspired to obstruct federal} relief laws through allegedly forcing political contributions to the Leader, Langer-sponsored political weekly. The government contends 24 state highway department employes re- ceived portions of their salaries from federal monies and were charged with carrying out administration of fed- eral laws in connection with road work, Personius Is Key 1 The prosecution victory in admit- | ting “morale and efficiency” evidence | followed testimony by Giles Person- | dus, former highway department em- Ploye, that he was discharged in Oc- | tober, 1933, by Vogel who was then commissioner, after refusing to meet payments of 5 per cent of his salary. Admission of the “morale” testi- mony, after a determined battle by chief defense counsel to prevent it, | assumed major importance in the light of Federal Judge A. Lee Wy- man’s charge to the jury in the sec- ond conspiracy trial, concluded Nov. 15 in jury disagreement. At that time, Judge Wyman charg- ed the jury “solicitation of a per- centage of salaries under threats of discharge, direct or implied, might result in lack of efficiency, feeling of resentment, which would result in obstruction of the purpose of the law.” Other Holding Recalled He also held at that time that low- ering of efficiency of employees charged with administering federal acta, as result of solicitations “to that extent the purpose of the United States government would be inter- Weather Report | WEATHER FORECAST Scores fered with, and if it was interfered with, the defendants were presumed At the previous trial, no testimony was introduced by U. 8. District At- torney P. W. Lanier relative to the lowering of efficiency or morale of highway department employees, Lanicr’s first victory came during examination of H. C. McCready, form- er state highway department ém- ploye, now a CCC camp superintend- ent of the soil erosion service at Far- 0, ‘The name of Oscar Chaput, former has pleaded guilty to conspiracy in his testimony. McCready Solicited McCready said he had been solicit- ed for 5 per cent of his annual salary as a highway department employe for support of the Leader in the early part of 1933. McCready testified he asked Chaput if he could receive advertising instead of subscriptions in return for his sal- ary percentage. “Chaput said he'd seen the gover- nor (then Langer) and if he agreed, it would be all right,” McCready tes- tified. “He said he couldn’t pass on that; he'd have to take it up with Gov. Langer. He came back in the after- noon and said ‘I've seen the governor | and it’s all right.’” McCready said he made out checks to cover the amount, but “got in ar- rears.” Later, he said, he received a) letter from Vogel warning him he} would be expected to pay his pledge. “Was your payment made freely | and voluntarily?” asked Lanier. “No, sir.” said McCready. Asked About Contentment “Now—what was your state of mind resulting from the solicitation—was it contended or discontented?” asked Lanier. Defense objections the question was “immaterial,” stopped an answer. Lanier rose to his feet, and ad- dressed the court: “We offer to show by this witness that as a result of the solicitations, the witness was dicontented,” he said Murphy objected to the offer, and was sustained. Lanier asked McCready if the so- licitations “spurred him to greater ef- forts or lesser,” in his work. Again defense objections were sus-| tained. Again, Lanier made his offer of proof—“I would like to show, that as} a result of this solicitation, this wit- ness was discontented and was spurred | to lesser degree in his work.” For Bismarck and vicinity: Cloudy | and colder to-; night; Saturday} cloudy. | For North and| South Dakota:) €loudy and cold-} er, snow flurries! extreme east por-| tion tonight; Sat- urday cloudy,; colder east por-/} tion. Por Montana: Unsettled tonight and Saturd ay, | probably lighti portion; colder eas! Botion Cong ; colder east portion tonight. For Minnesota: Local rain or snow Probable tonight and Saturday; cold- er Saturday and in extreme west por-; tion tonight. i ‘WEATHER CONDITIONS The barometric pressure is high over the East and over the Pacific coast states, Roseburg, 30.26 while a} deep low pressure area is centered over eastern Colorado, Denver, 29.48. ‘The weather is unsettled in all sec-| tions and precipitation has occurred from Montana westward and south- ‘westward to the Pacific coast. Light Feecipitadion also occurred in the reat Lakes region and in Minnesota. peratures rose in the Mississippi Valley and Plains States, but some- | ‘what colder weather prevails from the! Rocky Mountains westward to the Pacific coast. ‘Bismarck station barometer, inches: idid the office force—and you in your 27.88. Reduced to sea level, 29.70. Sunrise 8:21 2. m. Sunset 5:54 p. m. PRECIPITATION | For Bismarck Station: ‘Total this month to date 24 Normal, this month to date 21 January Ist to date 17.46; 16.04) ited excess to date 142 NORTH DAKOTA weeraee 1] 00 00 | everything—those things bother you 00 | in your work and there is a tendency 90 | ment?” asked Lani .| Sions” as to the “general effect” of 00| the solicitations. a voluntary?” asked Lanier. Tries Another Tack Lanier tried again: “Do you know if the 5 per cent solicitations spurred employes to greater effort or did it detract from loyalty and greater ef- fort?” Murphy objected, was sustained. Lanier once more made an offer of proof that “solicitations resulted in detracting from loyalty and in lessex effort.” His offer was denied. Twice again, Lanier sought an re swer from McCready, and was halted) by sustained defense objections. Leaning forward in his chair, he} asked the witness: “Did this solicitation interrupt orj impede your work in the highway ~s partment?” Finally Succeeds Murphy again voiced objections, but met his defeat. He was overruled. | McCready answered: “Yes, it did.” | “In what way?” pursued Lanier. “—By the commotion it caused irj the drafting room,” answered Mc- Cready. “What do you mean?” asked Lanier. | “There was continual discussion of how we were going to pay, who we were going to pay it to, how we were going to avoid paying it, for a week or 10 days.” “When days of collection arrived office—did the workers in the office carry on a full time basis on their re- spective jobs?” Always Interruptions “No—” said McCready, “there were ways interruptions in the work when lections were made.” Although McCready and following witnesses were allowed to testify as to effect of the solicitations on their individual work. they were barred by the court from telling their “impres- A. E. LaDue, who said he had been employed by the state highway de- partment for 16 years in the drafting room, testified he had been solicited by Chaput for 5 per cent of his sal- ary, which he agreed to pay. He said he paid with two checks, “Were those payments free and “They were not,” said LaDue. “Did the 5 per cent soliciation im- pede or interrupt your work in the highway department?” asked Lanier. “It did,” said LaDue. “In what way?” Really Needed Money “s-Well, it was taking money I really needed, and there was a certain amount of uncertainty attached to to affect your efficiency,” » replied LaDue. “We object to this answer and ask that it be stricken as not responsive,” Murphy asked the court. The answer to have intended to interfere with it.” | charges, was brought in by McCready | Discussions on future si of Clarence House (above), meeting SCENE OF NAVAL CONFERENCE States urging that they be decreased, are being ‘eld in \Yestminster’s Naval conference. (Associated Press Photo) eh cts the world’s navies, with the United place of delegates to the London in general?” “Yes.” ‘Hiring and firing of employes?” —Yes, to some extent.” '—And what was known as office answered LaDue, “but it wasn’t usual for them to take up the Fubrest and discuss it when work- ing.” William Barneck, one of the first of 24 highway department employes to be called, declared he had been Solicited by Chaput early in May, 1933, in the highway department. Barneck testified Chaput told him the employes were “expected” . to give 5 per cent of their annual sal- aries.” He testified he told Chaput, “I had no time to sell the subscriptions and it was just a question of taking the money away from me.” He said Chaput had told him he would receive subscriptions to the newspaper which he might sell. Had Taken Salary Cut Sortly before the solicitation, he said “we had all received a 20 per cert reduction in salary. My salary was $175 monthly.” “Were you a man of family?’ ‘asked Lanier. Chief Defense Counsel] Francis Mur- phy objected, and was sustained. Barneck identified four post-dated checks which he said represented the 5 per cent payment of $105. He paid all of them, he said. “Was your execution, delivery and Payment of these checks free and voluntary?” asked Lanier. “I wouldn't say it was voluntary—I wasn't in any position to give anyone ;$105—” answered Barneck. “—We object to the last part of the answer,” Murphy said. Orders Answer Expunged Judge Wyman ordered that part of the answer expunged. Several times, through Barneck, Lanier sought an answer as to wheth- er the witness's efficiency had been “impaired” as a result of solicitations. Successful defense objections barred an answer. “Did this matter (the solicitations) come up for discussion during working hours?” asked Lanier. “Yes,” said Barneck. “Did the loss of the 5 per cent you paid cause you any financial dis- tress?” Lanier continued. Again sustained defense object#ons halted the witness reply. Demoted and Promoted Under cross-examination, Barneck testified he had been “demoted and promoted” during his service in the department, but had “never” been de- moted during Vogel’s term of office. Frank E, Cave, structural engineer of the highway department, said he had been solicited by Harold Mc- Donald, another defendant in the case who has pleaded: guilty, and former solicitor for the Leader. McDonald solicited him in May, 1933, Cave testified, for 5 per cent of his annual salary. Cave said he told MeDonald “I couldn’t afford it.” Several others were present ‘at the time, he said. Had Argument “I had an argument with him rela- tive to making the subscriptions. I finally asked him relative to his au- thority to take these subscriptions and “he said he didn’t know much about the plan, that he'd got his in- formation only the night before at the governor's residence.” The alleged solicitations took place during Langer’s term of office as governor. “Was that contribution free and voluntary?” asked Lanier. “No, sir” Cave said. Under cross-examination, Oave said months period covered by the indict- “There was,” said LaDue, Can't Recall Number LaDue said he could not tell how tions or discus- ing| he received subscriptions to the Lead- [00 hours by the employes during the 12 er in return for his money and that he “sold three for one dollar and three for 10 cents each.” Recalls Previous 1 Murphy, reading from the the first conspiracy trial in ed Cave if he recalled tes' record of residence. fused.” wer you confused now?” asked Mur- phy. From J. L. Clifford, also a Bismarck highway department employe, La- nier drew testimony he had been so- licited by Chaput in May, 1933. “Clifford said he countered the sub- scription “proposition” with a plan of receiving advertising instead. Okay With Governo- H “He (Chaput) said he'd have to take it up with the governor.” Clif- ford said, “he came back and said it was all right, we could have advertis- ing credit instead of: subscriptions.” Clifford said he gave four checks, making payments to G. A. Hample, another employe, and a former de-! fendant in the case against whom charges were dismissed. Clifford ae clared his contributions were “not voluntary.” A salary raise, after he had pro- tested inability to pay the contribu- tion of 5 per cent was given him by Vogel, John Flagg, highway depart- ment draftsman testified. Flagg said he had been solicited by Chaput. His salary at that time was $68 per month. After first refusing tu contribute, Flagg said he was called into the office of Vogel, the highway commissioner. Couldn’t Afford It “Vogel said I hadn’t been paying my 2 and 5 per cent,” Flagg recalled. “I told him I'd been paying the 2 per cent but nét the 5 per cent, because I couldn't afford it. “Vogel said he'd raise my ‘salary to $75, and said ‘it will more than take care of the 5 per cent.’ He asked me if I'd_pay the 5 per cent then, and I} said ‘Yes, sir.’” Flagg said he received the raise and made a 5 per cent contribution, pay- ing two of four check: “Was your payment act?” asked Lanier., “It was after I got the raise,” re- plied Flagg. : Gave Money Back Under cross-examination, Flagg ad- mitted he had talked to Vogel about “trouble with bills” about the time he received his salary raise. He admitted Vogel paid a $3.50 bill for him, but said he later gave the money back to Vogel. H. M. Leonhard, 2 highway depart- ment employe, also told of the pro- posal by which advertising space in- stead of subscriptions to the Leader were obtained in return for 5 per cent contributions. Leonhard said after being solicited by Chaput in the spring of 1933, and agreeing to the pledge of salary per- centages, he received a letter from Vogel in which the latter reminded him of his pledge and said he “ex- pected” it to be paid. “Was your contribution free and voluntary?” asked Lanier. “It was not,” replied Leonhard. Called ‘Job Insurance’ He testified Chaput told him he re- garded the contribution as “job in- surance.” Responding to questions by Lanier, Leonhard said he “never received any of the advertising. I sold one ad, and they told me I was doubling up on another salesman at the same place and wouldn’t allow it.” He said he received no subscriptions to the news- paper. i PRIEST LEFT $46,000 Crookstop, Minn., Dec. 13.—(P)— Bequests of $46,000 are contained in the will of the late Rev. Elie Theillon, famed* “business priest,” pastor of Gentilly church, who died Dec. 4. HILINERS ELECT CAPTAINS Valley City, N. D., Dec, 13.—()}— Kenneth Willey and Sig Erickson, backfield stars, were elected co-cap- tains of the Valley City high school 1936 football ‘team, SANISH MAN DIES I must have been con- a voluntary iC 9 ‘GROCER’ NORRIS IS CONVICTED OF LYING IN ELECTION PROBE Nebraskan Attempted to Run Against Senator Name- sake in 1930 Poll Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 13.—(?}—"“Gro- cer” George W. Norris, 36-year-old former Broken Bow, Neb., grocer who attempted to become a candidate in 1930 against Senator George W. Nor- ris (Rep.-Neb.), Friday stood con- victed of perjuring himself before a U. 8. senate committee which inves- tigated his attempted candidacy. Deliberating only 6 hours and 3 minutes, a federal district court jury Thursday night found the grocer “wilfully, knowingly, and corruptly” testified falsely before the senatorial committee. Federal Judge T. C. Munger deferred sentence until Jan. 2 at the request of W. E. Shuman of North Platte, Neb. chief defense counsel. - Government attorneys said the de- fense had three days to file a motion for a new trial. The grocer faces a ‘possible maxi- mum sentence of five years and a maximum fine of’ $2,000. “Grocer” Norris was convicted of falsely telling the senatorial commit- tee he received no money and no as- surance of financial aid if he would become a candidate for senator. The senatorial investigating com- mittee, which was headed by Senator Gerald P. Nye (Rep.-N.D.), ques- tioned some of the most prominent Republicans in Nebraska during its inquiry. “Grocer” Norris’ attempt to become 8 candidate against Nebraska’s veter- an Republican independent failed because his filing papers arrived a day too late, and the Nebraska supreme court denied him a place on the pri- mary election ballot. Senator Norris won renomination and was re-elected. INUED rom. page oe Funeral Services , Delay Conference With Detectives sirous to have the department of jus- tice take a hand in the situation.” Minneapolis city and.county au- thorities Friday posted rewards to- talling $3,000 to spur the hunt for the Liggett slayers. The Minneapolis city council adopt- ed a resolution calling for payment- of @ $2,500 reward for evidence leading to arrest and conviction of Liggett’s Slayer or slayers. ‘The resolution also included a pro- posal for paying another $2,500 re- ward for information leading to the apprehension of the slayer or slayers of Howard Guilford, another contro- versial Minneapolis editor killed by gunmen Sept. 6, 1934. County Votes Reward The Hennepin county board, acting on request of County Attorney Ed. J. Goff, voted to approve a $500 reward maximum allowable under the law The board will give final approval to the reward Monday. Waldahl’s resolution asked that $50,000 be set aside to defray the cost of the investigation. The interim commission, under the terms of the resolution, would be em- Powered to subpoena witnesses and records and would be given police power to require their presence be- fore the committee. It would be re- quired to communicate its findings and recommendations to the governor. Called ‘Cowardly Murder’ Inspired by the murder of Liggett, the resolution termed the slaying a “cowardly murder of a man who was engaged in a commendable attempt of drive vice and corruption from the state.” Replying to a letter from Mrs. Liggett requesting him to appoint a special prosecutor, Governor Olson advised her Friday the attorney gen- eral of the state, H. H. Peterson, would superintend the prosecution. Two of his assistants are investigating the “I look upon the murder of your husband as a- direct attack upon the right of every citizen to carry on a lawful means of livelihood without being subjected to violence and I de- sire that every feasible effort be used to apprehend and punish his murder- ers,” the governor wrote. “If there are any other suggestions you desire to make do not hesitate to write me or call upon me in person.” Funeral Held Friday Funeral services at 2 p. m., delayed conferences between Mrs. Liggett and investigators. The body will be cre- mated. The state crime bureau enlarged its investigation to encompass Liggett’s activities in Rochester and Austin, Southern Minnesota towns where he operated his Midwest American, weekly newspaper, last year. Not overly optimistic of uneart! Promising leads in those towns, Mel- ‘vin-©. Passolt, chief of the state crime bureau said “we are not overlooking ‘any bets” as he headed a separate in- Striking indeed ts the resemblance Dr. Dafoe, as they spend a quiet hour in the study of the famed coun- try physician during a ull in the of the reel Dr. Dafoe to the real movie starring the Dionne quin- tuplets. Dr. Allan R. Dafoe, right, 1s showing one of his valuable old books to Jean Hersholt, headliner from Hollywood, who is cast a3 the doctor in the play. ATTORNEYS DEBATE. | AVENUE OF TESTING HOLDING FIRM LAW Utilities’ Counsel Accuses U. S. of Handpicking Case for Court Ruling ‘Washington, Dec. 13.—(4)—The cov ernment and the utilities were in a tight deadlock Priday over the proper way to test the constitutionality of the Roosevelt Holding company law. The impasse appeared unlikely to be brok- en for at least two weeks. Attorney General Cummings stepped into District of Columbia supreme court Thursday to argue that the test case should be narrowed down to a suit the government has brought against Electric Bond & Share com-/ Tells Reporters It Will Be Some j ‘or. pany in New York. : Cummings asked that seven injunc- tion suits brought in the local court by utility firms be stayed pending aj United States supreme court ruling in the Electric Bond and Share case. The injunction suits attack the) holding company law, which would regulate utility holding firms and eliminate those deemed “unnecessary.” About 50 such suits have been brought throughout the country. But John C. Higgins, New York utility lawyer, accused the govern- ment of “handpicking” its test case, and said it did not cover all points involved in the others. He indicated a willingness to negotiate to narrow down the court battles, if the utilities | could have a say in choosing the bat- tleground. . Justice Jennings Bailey took the matter under advisement. His decl- sion is not expected until at least two weeks hence. REDS RIOT IN GENEVA Geneva, Dec. 13.—()—Communists demonstrated Friday in front of the hotels housing the British, French, and other delegations to the League of Nations. Spectatorr said they, burned the British flag to which an oil can was tied and shouted: “Shall w2 fight for this?” TAYLOR, HEBRON WIN Sentinel Butte, N. D., Dec. 13.—() —Taylor and Hebron took the lead in the Northern Missouri Slope bas- ketball race with early season victor- jes. Taylor defeated Almont at Al- mont 27 to 13 and Hebron eked out a 13 to 12 win over New Salem. county coroner. They have not been examined by authorities. One bullet was tested by a ballistic expert and found to have been fired from a sub-machine gun. No Complaint Signed One suspect still was in custody, Isadore (Kid Cann) Blumenfeld, who has been identified as the slayer by Mrs. Liggett. She has not signed a complaint against him, however, and E J. Goff, county attorney, said for- mal presentation of what evidence hhas been collected probably would not be made to the grand jury until next week, Supplementing his appeal to Wash- ington for federal aid, Governor Ol- son, in a special message to the state legislature, urged appropriation of “sufficient” money to employ some national detective agency to aid the CONTINUE D Former N. D. Doctor Murdered by Maniac N. D., and was at one time mayor of Larimore, N. D. He practiced for sev- eral years in Larimore and Minneap- olis and later returned to the uni- versity as an instructor, coming eas: in 1926. “One of his two children, Arvj university of Minnesota. A brother, Paul, is a physician at Minot, N. D. Dr. Wiberg, 38, practiced in Duluth for seven years and came to New York in 1928. His parents live in Lake Crystal, Minn. He had one child. /EXTENSION OF PEACE ACT IS FDR'S DESIRE Weeks Before He Finishes Proposal ‘Washington, Dec. 13—(4)—Contin- uation, in some form or other, of the temporary neutrality law will be pro- posed to the next congress by Presi- dent Roosevelt. He told his regular press conference Friday that the present neutrality law, enacted last August, expires next February. Obviously he is trying to get something to take its place. However, Mr. Roosevelt said it would be a couple of weeks before his pro- posal on neutrality is put into final form. Mr. Roosevelt discussed a number of subjects with several score newsmen. They were brought up by questions after his opening announcement that there is no news. Asked about Thursday’s two-hour talk with the high command of the navy, the president said this related entirely to a discussion of increasing the naval reserves, a step he favors. HELEN RICHEY GETS JOB Washington, Dec. 13.—(?)—Helen Richey, the only woman ever to hold @ job gs pilot on a regular air trans- port line, was named Friday as an air-marking pilot for the bureau of air commerce. BURGLARIZE OIL STATION Fargo, N. D., Dec. 13.—(#)—The Economy Trackage service station of Fargo was burglarized Thursday night of a large.quantity of articles, includ- ing the cash register, an adding ma- chine and typewriter. fer ROBBERS NAB $4,300 Rockland, Mass. Dec. 13.—(P)— Three men robbed the Givren Shoe company of a $4,300 payroll Friday, after unsuccessfully attempting to kidnap the manager of the plant. attorney general in the case. H. E. Stassen of South 8t. Paul, Dakota county attorney, said he vestigation of the sub-machine gun] would ask for a comparison of bullets killing of Liggett last Monday night. Trained Political Editor ‘The Midwest American in Roches- ter and Austin, as in Minneapolis, was @ political newspaper—“the only kind of a newspaper I know how to Minot, N.. D. Dec. 13.—(#)—Carl Gross, 36. star route mail carrier of Sanish, died Thursday it at a hospital here. seo _ ROBBER GETS $8,000 man held up Bernice beiray So bookkeeper run” Liggett had testified in his re- cent court trial cn a statutory offense Preane 8 ines eel He was exon- erated. - which killed. Conrad Althen, liquor racketeer in 1933, and those which felled Liggett. - ‘Taken For a Ride’ - Althen’s body, with 14 bullets in it, was found by a roadside ditch in Da- kota county. He had been indicted in connection with a liquor ring’s oper- ations and authorties theorized he had been “takefi for a ride,” because he knew too much. Blumenfeld was indicted in the same case. Both Althen and Liggett were killed by machine gun bullets and Stassen said he sought the comparison of bullets to determine whether they might have come from the same gun. A shampoo helps when you're in » || a lather over thecondition of your hafr. thur, Jr., is studying dentistry at the} WELL KNOWN DRAMA CHOSEN BY PLAYERS FOR JANUARY OPUS Mrs. Ralph, Truman Will Direct ‘The Fool’ With Cast of 22 Characters “The Fool,” drama in four acts by Channing Pollock, performance of which is to be the Bismarck Commun- ity Players’ contribution to the holi- day atmosphere in the city, will go into rehearsal at 2:30 p. m. Sunday in the junior high school auditorium, according to Mrs. Ralph Truman, di- rector. Scheduled for the second week in January and the most pretentious un- dertaking yet attempted by the Play- ers, “The Fool” will star Herman Pe- ters, who made a local name for him- self in “Tons of Money,” in the lead- ing role of Daniel Gilchrist. Supporting Peters will be Mrs. Ken- neth B. Peterson as Mrs. Henry Gil- liam, Alice Jensen as Mrs, Thornbury, Evelyn Dada as “Dilly” Gilliam, Lau- rence V. Nelson as Brother Barnaby, Evalyn Grace Hermann as Mrs. Tice, Avery Eppler as Gerry Goodkind, John B. Belk as Rev. Everett Wadham, Louise Sween as Clare Jewett, Ken- neth Lauster as George Goodkind, Lorenzo H. Belk as Charles Benfield. Also Otto Hall as the poor man, Ernest Elness as Max Stedtman, Bud Fisher as Joe Hennig, Ted Campagna as Eumanski who is a Polish man, Richard Tiedman as “Grubby,” Har- rison Monk as Mack, Mary Lichten- stein as Mary Margaret, Mabel Rigler as Pearl Hennig, Evelyn Wahl as Miss Levinson, Evelyn Quill as Mrs. Mulli- gan and Louise Lynch as Mrs. Hens- kley. Practically every member of the cast, which was chosen from scores-of aspirants, has appeared in several Players’ performances. Emery T. Putnam, who has accept- ed the position of business manager, states that the amateur thespians will be realizing an ambition of long standing when they stage “The Fool.” | Presented simultaneously in Amer- ica by six companies and by two in England, the play has made theatrical history and has been endorsed en- \thusiastically by churches and schools. It has been read or witnessed by mil- lions of people and has a place on the required reading list of many /col- leges and universities. é Rehearsals for this play will be open to all members of the sponsoring or- ganization, a rule which has been adopted to give everyone in the group an opportunity to study play produc- iOesch Jailed in 1934 | On Bad.Check Charge Aberdeen, S. D., ‘Dec. 13.—(?)—Dis- closures from court records showed Friday that William Oesch, wanted in the slaying of his father-in-law, Henry Kaphingst of Ellendale, N. D., passed a worthless check here a year ago. Oesch pleaded guilty Dec. 31, 1934, eleven days after his arrest, to pass- ing a bad $45 check in a store. Unable to pay a $50 fine, he received a 25-day jail sentence. He was released from Brown county jail Jan. 14, the term counting from his arrest date. The check was drawn on an Ellen- dale bank and signed “William Oesch, Forbes, N. D.” Officials fingerprinted Oesch but took no photographs. FOR SALE Harness Leather in full sides. 35c, ae and 45c Ib. al ‘| “Northern” Hide & Fur Co. Bismarck, N. Dak. FURS We Want Your |) SKUNK, MINK, BADGER WEASELS FOX Be sure and bring or ship us all your furs. We pay highest mar- ket prices. Beef and Horse Hide prices are exceptionally high, at least twice higher than last year at this time. We also have some barrels for sale ‘for salting meat and Pickling purposes. BRING US YOUR METALS “Northern” Hide & Fur Co. Brick Bldg., Corner 9th and Front BISMARCK, N. D. 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