The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 30, 1936, Page 1

(ae ] THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE ESTABLISHED 1873 BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, 1936 The Weather Probably light snow tonight and Pri- day; not much change in mperature, PRICE FIVE CENTS Bullet Hole Found in Knowlen’s Skull Roosevelt Seeks $2,249,178,375, to Pay Off Bonus POLITICAL WASTERS NEW FARMBILLIS Kid Cann Pointed ~ DOES NOT MENTION [Avers Loeb Was Prison Favorite NEW TAX INLETTER TO SPEAKER BYRNS Ways and Means Committee, Waits Further Word From President of Treasury BORROWINGS ARE EXPECTED Estimates of Eventual Cost of Gift to Veterans Range Up to Four Billion Washington, Jan. 30.—()—Presi- aent Roosevelt’s request for a $2,249,- 178,375 appropriation to meet bonus payment costs—a formal business let- ter which did not mention taxes— ‘was made public Thursday by Speaker yrns, It went to the speaker’s office Wed- nesday night. Byrns said he would refer the letter to the appropriations commit tee. Chairman Doughton (Dem.-N.C.), of the ways and means committee, where tax legislation must originate, said he did not see that Mr. Roose- velt’s request for funds—which he re- garded as routine—necessarily meant new tax legislation would be sought. He reiterated it was his disposition to await definite word from the White House or the treasury before doing anything at all on taxes. The text of the president's letter: Transmits Estimates “I have the honor to transmit here- with for the consideration of con- gtess, for the purpose of carrying out the adjusted compensation payment act, 1936 supplemental estimates of appropriations for the veterans’ ad- ministration, fiscal year 1936 and 1937, $2,242,500,000, and for the treasury de- partment, fiscal years 1936 and 1937, $6,678,275, amounting in all to $2,249,- 178,375. “The details of these estimates, the for their transmission at this ‘time, are set forth in the letter of the act- ing director of the bureau of the budget transmitted herewith, with whose comments and observations thereon I concur.” Secretary Morgenthau told his press conference that President Roosevelt's request for the appropriation was simply carrying out “orderly and regular procedure.” ‘The bonus bill did not carry any appropriation. Expect to Borrow In lieu of new taxes it was be- lieved that the treasury, for the pres- ent at least, would borrow to meet the bonus cost. Since no one knows how many vet- erans will choose to cash their bonus bonds next summer and how many will hold them for years to obtain the 3 per cent interest offered, experts find it impossible to say just how much money will be needed in the near future. Estimates of the eventual cost of the bonus range from $2,491,000,000 to something like $4,000,000,000. The last figure was mentioned by Senator Thomas (Dem.-Okla.) as a possibility if the treasury adheres to “orthodox” financing methods, as it has indicated Pilot Dies Saving Denton, Tex., Jan, 30.—(?)—Pi- lot Ted Kincannon was credited ‘Thursday with saving the lives of five passengers in an accident which caused his death. an his Ameican Air) plane crashed into a clump of trees in & forced landing during a blind- ing snowstorm, ‘The passengers, shaken but able the wreckage, said the pilot warned them to adj their safety belts, and shut off gasoline cocks as the ship went down. VETERANS IN LARCE NUMBERS ARE FILING BONUS APPLICATIONS Copelin Motor Co. and Legion Club Rooms Are Registra- tion Headquarters Bismarck’s two “bonus headquar- ters” at the Legion rooms in the ‘World ‘War Memorial building and the display room of the Copelin Mo- tor Co. were doing a “land office” business Thursday as the first of ap- ! FIRST IN LINE John Brought Plenty of Fort Yates and George Haugen of Bis- marck were the first two World War veterans to make out appli- cations for the bonus payments at the American Legion ¢lubrooms qnd V, F. W. healquarters after the two offices were opened here. proximately 1,000 World War veterans in Burleigh county filed applications for the bonus payments. Wars and American Legion posts, respectively, assumed charge of the registration work. Close to 50 applications made out at the V. F. W. he juarters Wednesday, the first day applications were taken. A dozen applications had been made out before the Legion of- fices formally opened at noon Thurs- day. Cooperating with the two groups is the local post of the Dis- abled American Veterans, which is from this county have been filled. Applications are being sent via regis- tered mail, to the respective points where the compensation was first drawn. At Mandan, quarters were opened at the Kennelly Furnture Co. store Thursday morning with John Ken- nelly in charge. Walter Brophy, D. A. V. comman- der, stressed the fact that all veter- the|ans must appear in person to make issuing currency against idle the treasury. He said he expec to call a meeting promptly of steering committee backing his The Patman group stepped back let the baby bond bonus bill through, promising to renew th campaign when the issue of finding the needed funds was reached. Rep. Snell of New York, house Re- publican leader, said he saw no rea- son for Mr. Roosevelt's request at this time. He said he thought it would have been wiser to wait for a deter- mination of how much money actually would be needed and what the defic- ijency in available bonus funds would be, then incorporate a request for the money in a deficiency appropriation bill in the next congress. Pensions for Indian War Veterans Asked Washington, Jan. 30.—(7)—A bill pensioning men and widows of men who served the military during the Indian wars was introduced Wednes- day by Representative McCormack (Dem.-Mass.). The measure would provide a $75 pension for any person who served 90 days in the regular army from vided for persons who served in the state troops of Minnesota, North and South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Colo- rado, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, Wasnington, Oregon, Utah, Califor- nia and Nevada. : AAA’s Death No Tonic To Packers, They say Chicago, Jan. 30.—()}—Meat pack- ing employment and production, cur- tained because livestock supplies .re low, will receive little stimulus this year from invalidation of the AAA the industry predicted Thursday and a return to normal operation is not ex! until the last vestige of tue 1934 drouth has faded away. out the application because of the necessity of having fingerprints of each veteran on the application. Need Discharge Papers It was also pointed out that veter- applications. necessary for making out the appli- cations are the notices of discharge pad the adjusted compensation certi- ‘icates, Department Commander P. G. Har- rington of the V. F. W. said that many of the 60 “bonus stations” throughout the state had already re- ceived the application forms mailed from here Wednesday and indications were that a quick cleanup of all ap- Plications will be made, He estimated that the major por- tion of the registration work would be complied within the hext two weeks, Hold Last Rites for" Spiritwood Pioneer Spiritwood, N. D., Jan. 30.—Brief services for Thomas Kane, pioneer of this community, were held Sunday in the home of his twin sister, Thomas Davis, and were followed by rites in the Spiritwood Methodist church with Rev. W. J. Medland, pas- tery spring when it will be buried at Spiritwood. BURDICK HAS BILL Washington, Jan. 30.—(?)—Repre- sentative Burdick (Rep.-N.D.) Wed- introduced a bill providing that where land owners have sold their property to the United States, but still possess it pending acceptance or final payment by the government, aA produce crops on the land mean- wi FELONS MUST REGISTER St. Paul, Jan. 30.—()—The city council Wednesday an ordi- mance requiring all persons who have been convicted of felonies tn the past 10 years to register and be finger- printed at police headquarters upon jarrival here, =~ Commanders Wesley Sherwin andj Milton Rue of the local Veterans of: State’s Attorney Dissatisfied With Stories Related by Joliet Authorities Joliet, Il, Jan. 30.—(#)—Nathan Leopold, Jr., who with the slain Rich- ard Loeb, killed Bobby Franks “for ® thrill” Thursday faced questioning about their life in prison since their “perfect crime” went awry in 1924. State’s Attorney Will R. McCabe of Will county, charging the two wealthy, polished young intellectuals were penitentiary favorites, declared he in- tended to find out how the two “trus- ties” roamed prison offices. . Testimony at Wednesday’s inquest into Loeb’s slaying in what the con- vict called his “private bath” aroused the county prosecutor’s wrath. Loeb was slashed to death Tuesday in a fierce battle with James Day, a 23- year old Chicagoan serving time for thievery. Faces Difficult Job McCabe admitted he faced a diffi- cult job in his attempt to make Leo- pold talk. The co-author of the sen- ational Bobby Franks murder in 1924 eclined gravely to testify Wednes- day. The shocking circumstances of Leob’s death, with the killer, Day, blaming persistent abnormal advances id Loeb, already were working a re- form. Warden Joseph Ragen said he was investigating the private lives of the thousands of convicts and would send degenerates to the state prison for the insane at Menard. The great secrecy with which Loeb’s body was taken from the prison Tues- day night, in an ambulance with li- cense plates concealed, revived reports current some weeks ago that it was planned to free Loeb and Leopold both, oe hoax deaths. This was scoffed at by the warden, State's Attorney McCabe, and two county investigators, all of-whom saw the body and said it was unquestion- ably Loeb, said Wednesday that Loeb did not have the “power” within the prison of which Day, in a statement to investigators, said Loeb boasted. Day claimed Loeb promised him money and other advantages if he would submit to improper advances which he charged were made by the 30-year-old Franks slayer. Loeb's body was cremated Wednes- day after private services. ADMINSTRATION AND FRAZIER - LEMKE ACT SUPPORTERS. BATTLE Lemke Theatens ‘to Tell the World What's Behind This’ as Fight Warms Up Washington, Jan. 30.—()—Admin- istration leaders and midwestern farm bloc workers were in a neck-and- neck race Thursday to head off or force a,vote on the inflationary Fra- zier-Lefke farm mortgage refinanc- ing bill, A petition circulated by Represent- ative Lemke (Rep., N. D.), if signed by 218 members, would require the house to vote on the measure for gov- ernment refinancing of all farm debts at 1% per cent each, principal and interest, a year through @ $3,000,- 000,000 new money revolving fund. The petition Thursday had 213 sig- natures. This was one less than last week's total, but two more than it carried when last session’s jockeying for names was resumed in earnest. One majority leader, seeking to keep the bill from coming to a vote, re- marked privately thet “we can get a name taken off every time they (the Frazier-Lemkeites) put on one.” Informed of this, Lemke replied: “They (the leaders) have about spent their strength. They've got all the weak-kneed ones now. And pretty what's behind this.” . Last session the leaders openly worked to get names off of the peti- Mrs.|tion, but denied that it was at White House insistence. The Lemke group. |- * however, contended the president had broken faith with them by passing the word along to defeat the petition after .| telling them at a White House con- ference he would not interfere with a til | vote. North Dakota Dentist Succeeds Slain Rowe New York, Jan. 30.—(#)—Dr. Houghton Holliday, formerly of North Dakota and Thi Minnesota, jursday served as acting associate dean of Co- lumbia university’s school of dental and oral surgery. Dr. Holliday, asso- ciate professor of dentistry, succeed: Dr. Arthur Taylor Rowe, killed Dec. 12 by @ crazed technician. Rowe was a native of Casselton, N. D. Dr. Holliday, appointed Wednesday, was born in Sanborn, N. D., in 1889, was graduated from the University » Practiced in Minneapo- of Minnesota, fils ‘and Rochester, Minn., and came ri to Columbia in 1928, soon I am going to tell the world] P! ASSAILED BY LANDON BEFORE KANSAS GOP) TESTOP STRENGTH) Says Administration Has Pre- sented No Permanent Solu- tion of Major Problems RAPS ‘HALF-BAKED’ LAWS [Kansas Republicans Give Him 18 Votes Towards Party Nomination as President Topeka, Kans. Jan. 30.—(#}—Gov. Alf M. Landon decried “political wasters” of the New Deal as stumb- ling blocks to recovery Wednesday night while cheering Kansas Repub- licans hailed him as their party's “logical” presidential nominee. In his first public analysis of na- tional issues the Kansas governor found flaws in almost every under- taking of the Roosevelt administra- tion. But he remained silent on the presidential campaign launched in his behalf Wednesday. ‘The address climaxed a “Kansas day” rally in which state Republicans adopted resolutions virtually project- ing him into the G. O. P. presidential picture. “The clinching proof of the New Deal's failure is that almost as many persons are out of work today as there were when it first set up shop,” he told an applauding audience of 2,300. “The administration has presented no permanent solution of our major problems.” Thanks His Backers -An affable “thank you” was the only acknowledgement to the party workers who greeted him as “the next president.” The Republican state central com- mittee endorsed him—making certain 18 Landon votes at the Cleveland convention—arid the Karisal Day club broke a 45-year-old tradition against political endorsements by pledging it- self to Landon as a candidate: The governor, alternating his views of the nation’s problems with critical barbs at the present adminisration, charged the “New Deal” with “delay- ing the return of prosperity,” and condemned “half-baked legislatfon, maladministration and the dangerous shortcuts to permanent change at- tempted in the name of emergency.” He urged Republicans to go into the next campaign willing to concede “the good points of the opposition as we are courageous to point out what we consider the errors. Briefly, the Landon view of na- tional questions: Hits at Bureaucracy National government — “The time hhas come for a direct attack on the attempt at Washington to substitute @ tax-eating bureaucracy for a liberal Democratic system.” National finances—“A nation will survive to correct its political mis- takes... if an unsound financial pro- gram is coupled with such mistakes . . the nation faces destruction.” Relief — “We need desperately a cheaper, simpler and more responsible relief administration throughout the nation.” Farm problem — “A policy that is not limited in its benefits to immedi- ate cash returns, but seeks as well to rebuild the fertility of the soil... would’ fit ig with the demand of ag- riculture for equality with industry.” The supreme court—“The action of the supreme court in cutting away some of the errors in recent national legislation has given a healthy im- petus to our entire economic life.” Called Balance Wheel The constitution—“The constitution is not an obstacle to progress it is the balance wheel of progress.’ “Unfortunately, now as always, there are people today calling them- selves liberal who regard any sugges- tion of economy as reactionary,” the governor said. “When the record of the adminis- tration is challenged the only answer is ‘what would you do?’ “That begs the question. Their pro- gram is not only ineffective, it is de- structive of the American system. In the face of that fact no reasonable citizen should ask us what to do.” For the next Republican national ps ; uggested: “A straightforward declaration that will set forth the careful thought and serious convictions not of one person but of many. ... Behind the platform + must be an honest intention to redeem pledges.” Mrs. John Schmidt Is Buried at Montpelier Montpelier, N. D., Jan. 30.—Puneral services for Mrs. John Schmidt were Vestris Deaths Cost Liner Firm $500,000 New York, Jan, 30.—(P)—A federal order Thursday permitted the for loss HEADED FOR FIRST | Annual Cost of New Measure Has Been Estimated at $440,000,000 TO CONSIDER IT ON MONDAY Borah Reported to Be Ready to Challenge Its Validity on Senate Floor Washington, Jan. 30.—(7)—A tax bill to finance the new farm program was projected by the administration Thursday coincident with the formal report to the senate of the soil con- servation-subsidy plan. Attorney General Cummins said the tax program would go to capitol hill within a week. Simultaneously, Presi- ident Roosevelt summoned to the White House Secretaries Morgenthau and Wallace, Cummings and Daniel W. Bell, director of the budget, to dis- cuss the problem of financing subsidy payments. Annual cost of the temporary farm bill which the agriculture committee formally laid before the senate has been estimated at $440,000,000. Whether the tax program under con- sideration would seek to raise all this amount, more or less, was not known. s of Liquor Dealer’s Wife Sneer as Andersch Id tifies Her Husband Minneapolis, Jan. 30.—(?)—The Prosecution’s star witness, Wesley Andersch, pointed an accusing finger at Isadore (Kid Cann) Blumenfeld in district court Thursday as the ma- chine. gun killer of Walter Liggett, militant weekly newspaper publisher. The lips of the Kid's wife, sitting immediately behind him, curled in a sneer as Andersch rose from the wit- ness chair and extended his long arm towards the defendant. Kid Cann, at the behest of his counsel, Thomas McMeekin, stood up while the identi- fication was made. Fred Pike, handling the state's case, led up to the time of the night Dec. 9, last, when Andersch claims he stepped out of a rear door of an apart- ment building and was nearly run down by the killer's automobile. Saw Two Men “How many persons were riding in the automobile,” asked Pike. “I don’t know,” replied the witness, “but I saw two men.” “Do you know who any of the oc- cupants were?” “Yes.” “Who was the occupant of the car that you knew?” “Kid Cann.” “You mean the defendant, Isadore Blumenfeld?” “I don’t know any Isadore Blumen- feld. I know Kid Cann.” “Do you see him in this court- room?” ae “Yes, right there,” and Andersch, 2 self-styled mechanic, stood up and extended his long arm toward the Senator Bankhead, who reported the | Kid. farm bill to the senate, said he would call it up for consideration Monday. ; {he had gone to the a) 5 pl and regulate prices have been tried and the supreme court has held such plans unconstitutional . been demonstrated that prices have been controlled by the amount of money in circulation . . .” / Thomas said the president under existing law had the power to expand the currency by more than $8,000,000, but added: “I wouldn’t want to issue that much. If the president would make @ statement publicly that he is going back to the 1926 price level that would do the job because it would go to that point right away. Would Need Currency “Then he would have to issue some new currency to maintain that level. (Continued on Page Two) SHAPE PLANS FOR LUMBER CONCLAVE Committee Anticipates Large Attendance for Meeting Here Feb. 11-12 Between 600 and 800 delegates are expected here for the North Dakota Retail Lumber Men's association con- vention scheduled for Feb. 11-12, ac- cording to W. T. Kraft of the local arrangements committee. Educational features will be stressed in the meeting, being held in the ‘Capital City for the first time. Busi- ness sessions Tuesday afternoon will be followed by a combined stunt night, smoker and Dutch lunch and the Wednesday speech and business program will be climaxed by the con- vention banquet. Thursday, Feb. 13, will be given over to a Builders’ show sponsored by the Association of Commerce. This show wili include the exhibits which will be placed in the World War Me- morial building for the convention by the leading building material houses of the country. The convention entertainment com- mittee is composed of John A. Larson as chairman, Richard A. Tracy as vice chairman, O. N. Dunham and Mr. Kraft, all of Bismarck; Otto Bauer and Roy Countryman, Man- city auditorium have been leased as convention headquarters. Officers of the association are: J. L. Fargo, secretary, and Ward West Fargo, treasurer. ;| Dillinger Sweetheart Plans to ‘Go Straight’ Detroit, Jan. 30.—/?)—Evelyn Fre- When the court warned counsel that “that’s not definite on the rec- ord,” McMeekin turned to the de- fendant and had him stand up. Car Brushes Him Andersch, 36 years old, previously had described under Kiama tend it l- ing adjoining that in which the Lig- getts lived to get a rug from Miss Dora Isaacson. Coming out of the rear door of the building, he said, he opened the door about two feet or more when a car with dim lights ap- proached at about 15 or 20 miles an hour and brushed the door. “I jerked back and swore at them. The car went on down the alley. I saw two occupants in the front seat and as it-moved down I heard shots. After the car disappeared I saw a man lying on the ground.” Andersch said he had never lived at the apartment and that Miss Isaac- son was @ friend of the family. Wed- nesday, William Hartman, apartment: house caretaker, had testified An- dersch had been seen coming and go- ing from the woman’s apartment at all hours of the day and night and that he had been given to under- stand Andersch was a brother of Miss Isaacson. Asked ‘Who Did It?” The first witness Thursday, Mrs. Hartman, testified she accompanied Andersch and. her husband to the scene of the crime immediately after the killing. She said about 10 min- utes after Liggett was shot the police arrived and they asked the widow “who did it?” “What was Mrs. Liggett’s answer?” asked Prosecutor Pike. “Kid Cann,” the witness replied. Mrs. Hartman said she felt Liggett’s which very faint at first Out As Assassin Applies for Bonus; Dies an Hour Later Fayetteville, Tenn., Jan. 30.—(P) —Glattis H. Sherwood, 44-year- old World War veteran, was the first in Lincoln county to apply for bonus payment under the new law. An hour later he died of a heart attack, HITLER BRANDISHES REICH'S MAILED FIST ONNAZIS BIRTHDAY No Longer Defenseless Slaves But Confident World Citi- zens, He Asserts Berlin, Jan. 30.—(#)—Reichsfuehrer Hitler declared to the German people Thursday: “Whoever opposes us now does it not because we are Nazis but because we restored military inde- pendence to Germany.” His statement marked the national celebration of the third anniversary of Adolf Hitler's installation as chan- cellor of Germany. Twenty-six thousand of his Nazi storm troop veterans assembled from all over Germany stood before him as he spoke from the steps of the old museum on the edge of the great Lustgarten. Hundreds of thousands of other brownshirts stood at attention around radio loudspeakers throughout the reich to he eri leader's words. “Others are surprised at the miracle of Jan. 30, 1933,” said Hitler. “Not we. For more thar » decade we had look- ed forward to it confidently. .. “All that I am, I am through you; all that you are, you are me. Never has there been a closer bond between a leader and followers than between you and me.” ‘The reichsfuehrer’s speech was pre- ceded by a brief address by Pau! Joseph Goebbels, minister of propa- (ganda, who declared he was proud to say that Berlin now was a German city after having eliminated Jews and Marxists. Goebbels reviewed the events of three years ago when the late Presi- dent Paul von Hindenburg entrusted the chancellorship to the Nazi leader. Hitler spoke 25 minutes in all while his uniformed followers stood rigidly before him. ‘We Seek Peace’ “We seek peace because we love it,” the reichsfuehrer declared. “But we insist on our honor because we do not live without it. “Whoever believes he can deal with us as slaves will find we are the most obstinate people imaginable. We are no longer defenseless helots (slaves) but self confident world citizens... . “Never in the history of Germany has approximately as much been ac- complished as in the three years of our regime.” Hitler claimed for the Nazi move- ment that it “has brought unity into the nation.” Then Hitler told his men: “Our movement no longer depends upon one person. I was merely one clarion voice which called to millions. You, my storm troop comrades, are the guarantors of the future.” He said that sacrifices must be made in the future but that there now was @ guarantee such sacrifices would not be in vain, -|Three Contracts for Stark’s Courthouse Plans Are Approved Dickinson, N. D., Jan. 29.—(P)— Preliminary plans for the new $170,- 000 Stark county courthouse have been approved and with revised cor- rections will be submitted to PWA officials prior to advertising for con- struction bids. Work of razing the old structure that housed the offices of Stark county's administration machinery 50 years, is nearing completion and excavation and basement construction will soon begin. With the revisions accepted the building will have a ground floor with three stories above. The structure will be of brick, tile and face brick ard the exterior trim will be of Indiana limestone. 20,000,000 Persons Still on Relief Rolls Washington, Jan. 30.—(?)—Harry L. Hopkins, WPA administrator, esti- mates dole and work relief rolls are nearly as bulky now as @ year ago when an all-time relief population peak of 20,000,000 was reached. POSTMASTERS NAMED Wi Jan. 30.—()—The postoffice department today an- nounced appointment of the following acting postmasters: John E. Brennan, Harlem, Mont, Ira Ray Manley, Min- newaukan, N. D., Thomas P. ‘Red- mond Pembina, .N. D. Belfield School Okay Belfield, N. D., Jan. 30.—(?)—Bids have been opened for the new $28,- 000 school building to be constructed here under PWA supervision. When final approval is returned from Wash- ington it will be possible for contract- ors to start building activities. Three contracts were approved Dy the officials and Harold E. Bechtel, associate of William F. Kurke, Bis- marck, architect. The bid for the gen- eral work went to Bakke and Nichols of Dickinson. A second Dickinson firm, the Cutnaw Electric company. won low for electrical equipment and installation. The plumbing and heat- ing contract was awarded the Wah- peton Heating and Plumbing com- pany. Froiland Will Direct Pastoral Conference Fargo, N. D., Jan. 30.—(?)—Rev. H. 8. Froiland of Mayville was elected president of the North Dakota dis- trict pastoral conference of the Nor- wegian Lutheran Church of America here Wednesday. He succeeds Dr. David Stoeve of Fargo. Other of- ficers are Rev. A. T. Tjornholm of Hillsboro, vice president; Rev. Oscar Rem of Portland, secretary, and Rev. H. E. Everje, McVille, treasurer. Member of the board of allocation is Rev. Carl Lien of Watford City; reporter to church paper, Rev. G. Sandanger, Fort Ransom; reporter to Scandinavian papers of the state, Rev. J Melvin Moe of Fargo, and reporter for local press, Rev. O. J. Lutness, Enderlin. BELIEVE BISMARCK MAN KILLED AS HE LAY ON SHACK BED Battered, Frozen Condition ot Body Concealed Bullet Wound at First HAD ENTERED TOP OF HEAD Lead Fragments Turned Over to Ballistics Experts for Identification Disclosure that George Knowlea was shot in the head gave local peace officers a new clue Thursday as they attempted to unravel details of the brutal slaying of the Bismarck painter, now believed to have occurred sometime between Dec. 28 and Jan. 1, Discovery that Knowlen had been shot to death was made here Wednese day by Dr. L. W. Larson, county core oner, and sheriff and police officials, who are investigating the murder. Dr. Larson said the bullet had ene tered the top of the skull, a little to the right and slightly forward from the center. Bones in the skull were shattered. Fragments of the bullet were lodged at the base of the skull, When Chief W. R. Ebeling and James D, Knowlen, brother of the slain man, first located the body Tuesday, the head was so battered, apparently from a club, and the corpse so frozen immediate determe ination of the cause of death was ime possible, Lucas Hunt Pressed Search meanwhile went forward for Howard Lucas, erstwhile Montana cowboy whom Knowlen had bee friended. Lucas has not been seen here since Jan. 2 when he visited the law office of Alvin Strutz, local at- torney, regarding the settlement of some wage differences with a former employer. Attempting to arrive at the date of the slaying, peace officers uncovered new evidence here Thursday which indicated that the murder had been committeed at a date at least five days earlier than previously believed. Strutz revealed that Lucas had been | at his office on Jan. 2 and on that date informed the attorney that Knowlen had departed for Iowa, where he intended to make several talks in the interests of the Towne send old age pension plan. Strutz said Lucas had affected a quick settlement of the wages owed him by Charles Pherril at a figure greatly below what he had previously claimed was due him. This fact, coupled with the discovery that the automobile owned by Knowlen had been sold to a wrecking concern on Dec. 31 and the money given to Lucas, was taken by police as an indication that Lucas was trying to (Continued on Page Two) RED DAWSON SIGNS TULANE CONTRACT Minnesota Backfield Mentor to Take Seidel and Bill Bevan South With Him Minneapolis, Jan. 30.—(#)}—Lowell (Red) Dawson, Minnesota backfield coach, Thursday announced that he had signed a four-year contract at $7,500 a year as head football coach at Tulane university. He will take Glenn Seidel, 1935 Gopher football captain, as backfield coach. William (Bill) Bevan, all-America guard in 1934 on the undefeated Gopher eleven, will assist Dawson as line coach at the southern school, he announced. Both former Gopher stars will receive $3,000 a year. Bernie Bierman, Minnesota head coach who brought Dawson with him from Tulane in 1932, has not fet dee cided upon a successor to Dawson. Dawson has been backfield coach since coming to Minnesota and hag been in charge of training Gopher quarterbacks. Under his direction, Dawson's new assistant, Seidel, bee came one of the outstanding quartere backs in the United States from 1933 through 1935. Dawson also developed Vernal (Babe) Levoir, into one of the best field generals in the country during the 1935 season. Bevan, it was learn- ed, turned down a contract as coach at Iowa State Teachers college for the coming season to go to Tulane with Dawson. Bevan was line coach at that institution last season. Dawson will replace Ted Cox, form= er Gopher star who succeeded Biers man at Tulane. It is reported that Cox will become head coach at Texas A&M. Funeral Rites Held For Governor Allen Winnfield, La., Jan. 30.—(?)—Life~ long friends of Gov. O. K. Allen j~<f their final respects Thursday when final rites were held in the Baptist church with burial in a nearby ceme etery. Unofficially, it was believed the Democratic state central commiittes would select a nominee for ratificae tion in the April 21 general election, It was believed the post would go to Allen J. Ellender, who was aomine ated last week for the full six-ycar senate term Degimning next January, / »