The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 18, 1935, Page 2

MAJOR BOWES HOUR STAGED AT ROTARY Members Take Roles of Ama- teur Entertainers at Serv- ice Club Meeting George Duemeland as Major Bowes and Dr. L. W. Larson as Graham Mc- Namee presided over an amateur hour program staged for the enter- tainment of the Bismarck Rotary club at the regular noon luncheon Wednesday. Numbers on the program included: the Bellboys Quartet composed of Burt Finney, A. J. Arnot, A. R. Tavis and Rev. Floyd Logee, accompanied by Clarion Larson at the piano; Hillbilly Hank in two mouth organ selections, Henry Duemeland; Cow- boy Kid in a vocal number, George Humphreys; imitations by Neil O. Churchill; and a comical operation staged by Dr. H. A. Brandes with J. P. Jackson as the patient and Sharon Mote as the nurse. President George Duemeland an- nounced that the next two regular meetings would be held on Tuesday with the Kiwanis club instead of | ‘Wednesday because of the Christmas and New Year holidays. A guitar trio, composed of Vic! Smaltz, Bob Kaiser and John Armen, | played several selections. Dr. George Constans told of the progress of the Open Your Heart campaign and asked that the members contribute clothes, food and money to the Christmas campaign. Guests of the club were J, T. Lud- lum and F. M. Seiberlich, both of Minneapolis, and C. D. Melton, Mc- Clusky. Italians to Purchase 100,000 Tons of Scrap) New York, Dec. 18.—()—Italian in-| terests have established bank credits| here for the purchase of more than! 100,000 tons .: steel’scrap on a cash ‘basis. No estimates of the cost of the tonnage was given, but on the basis of current prices for scrap material. it was figured the credit would have to exceed $1,300,000. | Weather Report | WEATHER FORECAST { For Bismarck and vicinity: Cloudy | and unsettled tonight; Thursday fair not much change} in_temperature. | For North Da-; kota: Cloudy and/ unsettled tonight; Thursday fair,| not much change) in_temperature. | For South Da-/| kota: Cloudy,} colder extreme west portion to- night; Thursday, fair. For Montana: Fair tonight and/ Thursday; colder! extreme east portion tonyght. r Minnesota: Cl and some- what unsettled tonigXt and Thurs- day; no decided change in tempera- ure, WEATHER CONDITIONS A low pressure area is centered over the Great Lakes region, S, S. Marie, 29.74, while a high pressure area ex- tends from Alberta southward to Utah, Boise, Idaho, 30.50. The weath- er is generally fair over the South, but unsettled weather evails throughout the northern districts. Light snow is falling in Minnesota and in northeastern North Dakota. Moderate temperatures prevail in all sections, but with the lowest readings in_ the western Plateau states, Bismarck station barometer, inches: 28.21. Reduced to sea level, 30.06. today 5 a. Mm Sunset today 4:55 p. m. PRECIPITATION For Bismarck Station: Total this month to date . Normal, Total, January Ist to date Normal, January 1st to date Accumulated excess to date CONTINUE from page one: Directs Attorneys To Commence Their Closing Arguments after refusing to contribute to the Leader. Points to Discrepancies “Over a period of months. the checks of Mrs. Scott were only $8, and the only excuse offered for the reduction in salary was that she was absent three days and saw her den- tist eight times,” Lanier stated. “Yet, all the succeeding months she was penalized $5 a month for not con- tributing.” “Judge Christianson testified that not once did the state relief commit- tee approve a reduction in salary.” He referred to Judge A. M. Christ- ianson, member of the supreme court, and in 1933 member of the relief committee. Lanier was to complete his argu- ments Wednesday afternoon, after which Murphy would give his de- fense arguments. The court day Tuesday saw: Erickson Acquitted Acquittal by directed verdict of Oscar E. Erickson, chairman of the Republican State Central Commit- tee and publisher of the Leader, poli- tical weekly, around which revolved the conspiracy charges; Testimony by defense witnesses, in opposition to prosecution evidence, that highway department employes’ morale and efficiency were not affect- ed by solicitation of 5 per cent of their D ; Salaries for support of the Leader, Denial of defense motions for di- rected verdicts for Langer, Kinzer and Vogel. Re-appearance of Erickson as a de- fense witness after his acquittal. Testimony by defense witnesses Langer ordered solicitation of relief employees halted. 3 Left of Nine Of nine defendants originally charged in the conspiracy indictment, two have pleaded guilty, four have been absolved by directed verdicts of acquittal and three are still on trial. The trio remaining are charged with | conspiring to obstruct administration of an act of congress through alleg- edly forcing political contributions from relief and state highway depart- ment employes. Late in the day, Judge Wyman ord- ered court recessed subject to call, after Murphy had informed the court a witness had been unable to reach the courtroom. Lanier explained he was not prepared to place rebuttal ‘itnesses in the stand even though defense had completed its testimony. “I think I can say that with this one witness, the defense will be com- pleted,” Murphy told the court. After the witness had failed to appear fol- lowing a wait, continuance of the re- cess through the night was ordered. Brant Resigned E. H. Brant, Emmons county treas- secretary in 1933, testified he took the Position at request of Langer with understanding it would be only tem- porary. He said he resigned about March 15 of that year, over protests jof Langer, to assume the position of county treasurer. Joseph Kinzer, son of the Elder Kinzer, now 8 Bank of North Da- kota employe, testified he had been employed in the state relief setup in August, 1933, at the time his father was discharged as secretary. He said he continued collection of Leader solicitation monies “at the re- quest of the employes.” He denied his father asked him to collect the pledges. He said post-dated checks repre- senting percentages of the pledges to the Leader were turned over to him each month “by representatives of the Leader.” Kinzer testified Mrs. Edith Scott, urer, who preceded Kinzer as relief up. THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBEK 18, 193 September, 1933, were blocked by sustained defense objections. Thomas Denies Inefficiency Similar denials that morale or ef- ficiency of highway department em- Ployes was affected by solicitations came from E. J. Thomas, Bismarck division head in 1933, and now state engineer, He said he made contrib- utions to the Leader fund “voluntar- ily.” On cross-examination he told Lanier he contributed to the Langer defense fund. Dave Hamilton, state senator, and in charge of highway equipment in 1933, testified Hepner refused to ‘‘co- operate,” and that he (Hamilton) complained of Hepner to Vogel. He declared he saw no signs of soli- citation of highway employes affect- ing their moral or efficiency. Through John A. Williams, succes- sor to Kinzer as relief secretary, Mur- phy introduced minutes of the relief committee to show the committee “passed on salaries of employes in- cluding that of Mrs. Edith Scott.” Questions Fail Attempts by Lanier to elicit testi- mony from Williams as to whether he knew Mrs. Scott’s salary had been reduced not only failed but brought correction of the court. “Now, Mr. Lanter,” Judge Wyman interrupted, after Murphy had ob- jected several times, “it should not be necessary for the court to direct an attorney of your experience con- cerning proper cross-examiination. This is highly improper. I don’t want to have to call your attention to it again.” Another defense witness, Paul J. Yeater, highway department em- Ploye, a defendant in the first trial for whom a directed verdict“ of ac- quittal was ordered, testified high- way department employes discussed “prize fights, elections—and Langer trials” during working hours. “—and did they talk about 5 per cent solicitations during May, June and July, 1933?” asked Lanier. “—Yes, sir,” said Yeater.. Tells of Salary Raises W. G. McGraw, chief draftsman of the highway department, was called to tell of a raise given John Flagg, another department employe in 1933. Flagg testified he had been given a raise, after Vogel had told him he, would increase his salary to take care of a Leader contribution. McGraw testified Flagg’s raise was “consistent with his services,” and that in the summer of* 1933, because of lack of highway work “10 to 15 em- Ployes, single men, were let go.” On cross-examination McGraw was asked by Lanier, “the salaries of the men generally at that time were so low a raise generally would have been merited?” “Yes,” said McGraw. Wanted Collections Stopped Over objections of Lanier, who claimed such testimony to be “hear- say-self-serving” R. M. Stangler, man- ager of the Bank of North Dakota and a relief committee member in 1933, testified Langer “told me he wanted collections from relief em- ployes stopped and the matter cleaned Similar testimony that Langer “dis- approved” of collections from relief employes came from Nichols, state tax commissioner, likewise a member ot the relief committee in 1933. Erickson, called as a defense’ wit- ness, declared post-dated checks still in possession of the Leader, after por- tions of pledges had been pald, were “seized by the federal government for the grand jury.” Lanier Quizzes Erickson On cross-examination, Erickson was asked: “Do you know of your own knowledge the checks went to the federal grand jury?” “Yes,” said Erickson. ~ “—of your own knowledge?” per- sisted Lanier, “—well, from records in the Leader office—” explained Erickson. “We're not asking you that,” replied Lanier. then a relief employe, and a govern- ment witness, had been absent “about three days” during one month. Cut Due to Absences When Mrs, Scott was a witness, she testified her salary had been cut af- ter she refused to subscribe to the Leader. The defense maintained her salary was reduced because of her absences. Testimony of another prosecution BY witness, Giles Personius, highway de- Amarillo, Texas, clear.. Calgary, 1 C) oe I, cldy. fe) i i Benve’ cols clear Des partment employe, who testified he had-been discharged after difficulties regarding Leader pledges, was at- tacked by the defense through one of its witnesses, C. J. Meyers, Bismarck, state hail ingurance department em- Ploye. Meyers testified he was employed in the state highway department the 00 | latter part of May, 1933. He said Vo- gel summoned him into his office, and instructed him to tell Personius the latter would be “fired if he didn’t 00 | discontinue talking office politics.” “You have an interest in the out- come of this case,” Lanier asked Mey- ers on cross-examination, Asks About Defense Fund “Have you ever been connected with 00 | OF contributed to the Langer defense lex. clear 22 ich., cldy. 18 Seattle, Wash., cldy. .. 38 RESBSISLSSSS SASS 388888888888888388 z ay a fund?” Lanier asked on cross-exam- ination. “Yes, sir,” replied Meyerds. “That's all,” said Lanier. To refute other government testi- mony, Murphy summoned C. O. Carl- son, general foreman of the state highway department in the Minot di- vision in 1933. He is now an em- Ploye of the state board of railroad commissioners. George E. Hepner, division head at Minot at that time, previously testi- fled for the government that morale and efficiency of employes in the di- vision had been impaired by solicita- tions for the Leader. Carlson testified he had taken Har- old McDonald, solicitor for the Lead- er, and defendant who has pleaded “He's asking you if you know your- self,” Judge Wyman said. “No,” said Erickson, Judge Wyman ordered Erickson’s testimony stricken from the record, on Lanier’s renewed objection to it as from page one hearsay. co D |Duce’s Peace Plan Answer Is Defiant Of League Nations NTINUE from London and Paris to Geneva {failed to indicate those governments! | Planned to repudiate the scheme, re-| gardless of the opposition to it. Another element cropped up in the corridor discussion of peace at Gen- eva. It was a possible abandonment | of a united front for peace in favor of a conception of relativity of peace. In other words,. some delegates in- jclined toward accepting an unsatis- factory peace in East Africa to keep the lid on the pot of European ani-| mosities. Might Accept Plan- From Rome came word that I | Duce’s supporters, while showing some! | dissatisfaction with the peace sug- | gestions, which would provide Ethio-| | pla with access to the Red Sea, be- lieved Mussolini would accept the Franco-British plan, with strong res- {ervations, as a basis for negotiations. |_ Appearing “grave and tired, the (Italian dictator stood among booted {and spurred Blackshirt guards at Pontinia as he delivered his address| ‘calling to the nation to gird itself | jfor the task ahead—“a war of the | proletariat against egoism and hyp- ocrisy.” i Wednesday was Italy's “faith day,” ;Punctuated by the contribution of wedding rings to the war coffers by the nation’s women. Queen Elena, invoking God to bring victory to Italy, led the way by turning over her| joe and King Victor Emmanuel's wedding rings to the government. Columns of women were to file past | ceremonial points until nightfall. i | C ONTINUE D from page one Jury Summoned to Probe Riddle of i Movie Star’s Death (his Hollywood auto livery stand, the {glamorous comedienne died in her luxurious town car in a garage a few jhundred yards up a steep roadway from her apartment. Roland West, her partner in the seaside cafe ven- ture, told police he had “locked out” Miss Todd. Subpoenaed besides Peters and West to tell of the last hours of the 30-year old actress were: Grauman Questioned Sid Grauman, theatrical impres- ario, who telephoned West at 2 a. m,, | Sunday at Miss Todd’s request to in- form him she was leaving for home. Mrs. Alice Todd, the star's mother. Mrs. Wallace Ford, wife of the actor, who said she received a cryptic tele- phone call from Miss Todd about 4 Stanley Lupino, English comedian, and his wife, hosts at the party which Miss Todd left to go to her death. Police held strongly to the theory of accidental death from carbon mon- oxide fumes as she sat in the car but did not discount the possibility of) | murder or suicide. Gas Saturated Blood A preliminary report by Dr. A. F. Wagner, county autopsy surgeon, dis-| closed the actress’ blood had 75 per} cent saturation by carbon monoxide, ;and her‘brdin, .13 per cent saturation |by alcohol. | Detectives were inclined to discard \the theory a phantom slayer preparea ithe scene to indicate an accident. peace proposals dead. but advices | j She said. in Forest Lawn Memorial park, Glen- dale, Calif. at 3:30 p. m., Thursday, followed by cremation. Ronald Dutton, attorney for the screen beauty, said her estate amount- ed to % million dollars. All will go to the widowed mother, except $1.00 to her divorced husband, Pasquale De from page one’ Cicco, C° D Lie Detector Test For ‘Kid Cann’ Is Lawyer’s Proposal sion that two men sat in the front. seat dnd the gunman in the rear. Remembers Only Killer Mrs. Liggett, in her statement to police, said two men were in the car. Immediately after the slaying and be- fore qu stioning, however, she indi- cated there were “two or three” per- sons in it. Wednesday she said the only thing she remembered clearly was the grinning face of the killer, whom she has identified as Blumen- feld. Marda, her 10-year old daughter, will not testify before the grand jury, “I would not subject her to anything like that. She has seen NTINUE jenough.” Schuldberg publicly demanded an investigation of his liquor business Wednesday. He was accused by Lig- gett of the Miwest American of vi- olating the liquor laws. Schuldberg sent his demand to Gov. Floyd B. Ol- son, the attorney general, state and federal liquor officials, and Homer 8. Cummings, United States attorney general. Report Discrepancy Reports investigators had found a discrepancy in Kid Cann’s alibi could not be confirmed from either the at- torney general's office or assistant county attorneys working on the case. They have gone over the story of his: movements on Dec. 9 time and again after police originally described the alibi as “airtight.” Originally scheduled for presenta- ion Wednesday, state attorney gener- als on the case: won a postponement until Friday, studying in the mean- time the movements of another uni- dentified person and his possible con- nection with the slaying of Dec. 9 which has been attributed by them to Minneapolis gangsters. Godfrey Knight, Cass Pioneer, Dies Aged 96 Fargo, N. D., Dec. 18.—()—God- frey Knight, 96, resident of North Dakota 53 years, died here Tuesday in the home of a son-in-law and daughter, Prof. and Mrs. H. L. Bol- ley. In 1882 he came from Michigan to settle near Hunter. Eight years later he moved to Fargo, entering the hardware business, He was a director of the old Red River National Bank and later of the First National Bank of Fargo. Besides Mrs. Bolley, he leaves two grandchildren, Mrs. J. W. Anseriberger of Minot and Miss Lorissa Sheldon of Ames, Iowa. Private Masonic rites |p. m, Sunday. | will be held here Thursday with bur- ; ial at Hunter. Car Occupants Hurt In Collision Today Miss Mildred Gray, 14, and Miss Doris Sjoberg, 20, the former working for Mrs. Peter Foster and the second residing at 313 Nineteenth St., re- ceived scratches and body bruises Wednesday morning when cars driven by Frank Gabel, 313 Nineteenth St., going west on Rosser avenue, and K. S. Davey of Fargo, driving south on Tenth St., collided. They were taken to the St. Alexius hospital and are being kept there for observation, ac- | Private funeral services will be held cording to the attending physician, GIVE HER A FOR CHRISTMAS KINDLY BE PRACTICAL BEAUTIFUL FUR COAT SAVE MONEY AT THIS S THREE PRICE GROUPS ALE Group One +340 Group Two ‘44% achedule Tuesday MRS, GEO, TEKIPPE |erise 1 Bot cont so DIES AT AGE OF 43 Rites for Local Woman to Be Held Here Thursday; Burial at Kulm Mrs. George TeKippe, 43, 421 Thir- teenth St., died at 8:05 a. m., Wed- nesday at a local hospital after a lin- gering illness. The cause of death was a combination of heart and kid- ney diseases, physicians said, Rites will be held at 2:30 p. m., Thursday at Webb's Funeral chapel with Rev. Walter E. Vater, pastor of the McCabe Methodist church, in charge. The body will be taken to Kulm, N. D., her former home, for burial Friday. Mrs, TeKippe was born~Dec. 28, 1891 at Kulm, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Miller, She received her education in the schools there and later taught for several years. ‘On May 26, 1915, she was married to George TeKippe in Bismarck and has lived here since. Besides her -husband, she leaves four children, Dorothea, George and Beverly, all at home; and Delores, who has been attending normal school at Spearfish, 8. ©., but who returned here some time ago when her mother became seriously ill. Mrs. TeKippe also leaves her fath- er; four brothers, John, Jr., Nathan- jel and Godfrey, all at Kulm, and Gust in California and four sisters, Mrs. John Sejwert and Mrs. Emil Jenner, both of Kulm; Mrs, Mary Metz in Idaho and Mrs. Harold Ever- hart of Spearfish, The body will lie in state at the Webb chapel tonight. Townsend Club Aids Holiday Cheer Drive Cash totaling $7.24 and a pair of gloves, donated by someone who hadn’t brought her purse, were col- lected for the Open Your Heart cam- paign by a member masquerading as Santa Claus when the Townsend club The collection; and - mental numbers by the Emil Johnson family and a play, “The Court of St. Vitus,” directed by J. W. Riley, fol- lowed talks by Thomas Hall, former congressman, and. Harold Hopton, state insurance commissioner, cover- ing phases of the Townsend old age revolving pension fund plan. Characters in the play were Mr. Riley as the judge, Mrs. John Ames as the clerk, Leslie Stebbins as the lawyer, Warren Hample as a tramp, Charles Williams as a detective, Mrs. Clarence Pederson as Jane Clay, Frank Williams as a policeman and Mrs, Nellie Anderson as Jane Clay's mother, ‘Election of officers will occur dur- ing the new year’s first meeting, Jan. 7. : Ex-Morton Sheriff Is Convicted of Larceny A dispute over property belonging to Frank Finlayson of Bismarck re- sulted Tuesday in the conviction of Oscar Olson of Mandan, former Mor- ton county sheriff, on a charge of Petty larceny. Olson was sentenced to 30 days in jail ahd a fine of $100 and costs of Police Magistrate E. 8. Allen, How- ever, the judge ruled that in view of the fact that the property had been returned and all court cost paid, the balance of the sentence would be suspended. iM Finlayson charged that Olson took some window frames which he (Fin- Jayson) was going to use in the con- struction of a house. Olson said that he was the owner of the property through a prior agreement with the City Dentist to Spend Vacation in California Dr. ©. ©. Hibbs, 120 Fourth St., de- parted by automobile Wednesday to spend three months in California. Dr. Hibbs said he planned to spend the entire three months on the Mo- jave desert under the hot California sun and expects to return here next spring with a “coat of tan like a ma- hhogany desk.” BISMARCK ELKS 10 STAGE STAG FRIDAY Club Will. Distribute Christmas Baskets to Needy Fami- lies in City Bismarck Elks will gather at the local clubrooms at 8 p. m., Friday, for their annual Christmas stag, to be preceded by a short business meeting. James W. Guthrie, exalted ruler of the lodge, said committees were now working to distribute Christmas’ bas- kets to unfortunate families in Bis- marck and a number of communities in this area. In addition, the local club is continuing its ald to crippled children. A donation of $25 to the Open Your Heart campaign also has been authorized, ° Members of the Elks club will be permitted to bring their friends to the smoker. A holiday turkey raffle and carnival also will be held. Lunch will be served. : R. E. Anderson is general chairman of arrangements and has appointed a committee to assist including Guthrie, E. B. Klein, J. B. Smith, A. J. Klaudt, William McDonald, Frank Milhollan, Charles F. Martin, Walter Brophy, Lars J, Siljan, Harry Turner, Sam W. Clark, Vincent Cavasino, Art Cayou, J, L, Clifford, C. F. Dirlam, J. 8, Fe- vold, Dr. A. M. Fisher, John Fleck, John Graham, C. E. Iverson, Burl Knutson, William Koch, H. M. Leon- hard, David R. McDonald, Gerald Riehholt, Dr. H. T. Perry and D. E. Shipley. Mrs. Munger’s Father Succumbs in Montana Word that her father, Alvin Selb- man, 69, died Wednesday morning in Miles City, Mont., has been received by Mrs. George E. 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