The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, April 4, 1936, Page 7

{ 4 5 Pouitics ‘With charity for all aud malice toward none Moses Boom No Surprise Democrats seized North Dakota’s pre-campaign political spotlight this week with two developments. One was the boom for John Moses of Haven as a candidate for governor, launched by the Burleigh county wo- men’s organization. The other was the action of the “Progressive Wing” of the party in calling a convention at Jamestowg, presumably to lay the groundwork for a battle at the state convention but possibly in an effort « to swing the primary in a fight with the “regulars” in June. The Moses boom was no and the endorsement of the Burleigh county women’s organization was no mean aid to it. Work among Demo- cratic women in more than half the state is handled directly from Bis- marck and if these contacts are made effective Moses will be a real con- tender. He has the advantage of having made no active enemies within the party, has a pleasant personality and is well located geographically, a good many persons in all parties and fac- tions having taken the stand that the vote in the western half of the state, though numerically inferior to that in the eastern half, would be decisive this year. No Lack of Candidates Because they will have the largest political convention in the state this year and because, for one reason or another they have a certain degree of optimism, there is no dearth of Democratic candidates. Those Democrats who are not them- selves active or potential candidates are having to wear smoked goggles as a disguise to keep their more ambi- tious brethren from bothering them. Almost any tree or bush is liable to hide an aspirant juste waiting to leap into view and seize the prize at the psychological moment. It makes the Democrats a great deal more interest- ing than they have been at any pre- vious time for years. Silence Means Nothing ‘That silence on the Republican front means nothing. There were evidences » Yecently that the remnants of the old IVA faction were trying to “put the heat” on the Welford branch of the Nonpartisan League in an effort to make a deal with them. The prize, as usual, would be the distribution of patronage in the event of a Welford victory and the whole thing had the earmarks of an attempt to strike a bargain. ‘The thing hasn't worked very well. So far as the Welford camp is con- cerned, there will be no more than the ordinary horse-trading—and all political camps do some." The gov- ernor is a cattle man, not a horse trader, and appears to be one of those queer birds who believes principles should count for something in politics. Nevertheless, the probability re- mains that the Welford group will get the bulk of the old IVA vote. Right now members of this faction * are praying, every night before they go to bed, that agricultural and busi- ness conditions will look good in June. They know that apostles of discontent have more trouble in stir- ring up the people when things look good than they do when things look bad. It may be difficult to figure out but history shows that the “ins” get credit for good times and the blame for bad times. If the fields are lush and green and the price pros- pect appears bright the farmers will be cheerful in June—and that will be important. Mixing the Medicine In the quietude of their political sanctums—if a political sanctum can ever be said to be quiet—the Repub- lican factions still are mixing medi- cine and laying out the strategy of their campaign. This will be disclosed as things get under way, but the fac- tors which will govern the activities of both the Welford and anti-Welford camps are apparent now. The Welford story, advanced coolly and without heat, will be that he saved the schools from disaster, made the old-age pension law effective, co- operated with the federal government to aid the farmers and the unem- * ployed, supported the advances rep- resented by the adoption of the so- cial security act arid kept things on an even keel so as to give the state a chance to recover from both the economic and political stresses which have assailed it. Emphasis will be laid on the fact that Welford, a successful farmer, has approached the problems of state from a farmer's point of view and that he will continue to maintain that view if elected. The story will be told to city folk and farmers alike in the belief that the last few years have convinced urban dwellers of the necessity of cooperating in the development of a sound agriculture. There will be little mention of the opposition and the masters of the heavy political thrust and the nasty accusation will be toned down. If their campaign has a slogan it probably will be something like “On- ward and Upward With Welford.” In other words, it will represent an attack on conditions rather than on the opposition. Enemy's Course Also Clear The limitations of the enemy's course also are apparent. They must take the offensive and o@ sing the song of the “outs” as opposed to the “ins.” Thert will be some exposes of the errors of the Welford administration, Every administration has some and the anti-Welfordites will have all of these at their finger- tips, put them under the magnifying glass in an effort to make them loom large in the public mind. There may be some bitter personal attacks but these will hardly be di- rected toward the governor. They will studiously avoid intimating that he is personally dishonest or untrust- worthy bit will present him as a well-meaning farmer, deceived by the manipulations of city slickers. They will claim that he has permitted taxes to rise and promise economy. This will be a little funny, in view gf the fact that the heaviest taxpayers prob- ably will be found in the Welford camp, but then no one with intelli- gence ever claimed’ that politicians are consistent. te An attempt will be made to make the issue a personal one, to raise the people to fever heat again by the of setting up and knocking down straw men. It is going to be Left is Mrs. Bruno Richard Hauptmann pictured as she paid her last visit to her husband in the New Jersey deathhouse at Trenton and right is a photo of Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh taken shortly before her first-born son was kidnaped and killed. an interesting battle, each side try- ing to establish its own psychology. The anti-Welford. group will be under a handicap because people are pretty sick of depression talk, are willing to listen to the prophets of hopefulness. Frazier Is Key Man It was no surprise when senator Gerald P. Nye announced that he is anxious for this session ef congress to end so he can return to North Dakota and resume his joust with his political enemies. He is and will be an effective campaigner for Wél- ford, for he has a genius for the radio and his activities against war profits have given him a strong hold on the women voters, particularly those who are mothers. That par- ticular string will be given a good twanging, of course. . But the key man in the state fight wil! be Senator Lynn J. Frazier, long the fair-haired son of the Nonpar- tisan League—if that term can be applied to a man lacking hirsute adornment. Frazier is known to be opposed to William Langer, is said to have told friends as long as four years ago that the time would come when the Non- partisan League would have to get rid of him because he would be a dis- turbing influence. But Frazier also has made it a point not to get mixed up in other people's quarrels. If he changes this time-honored rule and mixes into the coming fight on the governorship he will be a potent in- fluence, The best guess at present is that he will do so—but it is only a guess. The attitude of Representatives Lemke and Burdick was a foregone conclusion—forecast in this column several weeks ago. Looks Like Landon The national situation was un- changed, no majon,strategy being dis- closed on either side. The only event of importance was the apparent gains made by Governor Alf M, Landon of Kansas in his fight for the Republican nomination. -It is more than two months before the convention but as things stand now Landon clearly stands the best chance of getting the prize. It is all but a foregone conclusion and it looks now as though all the Republicans have to worry about is picking his running mate and writing @ platform. ..., But, of course, there's many a slip twixt cup and lip. N. D. Marksman Ties Big Ten Rifle Record Minneapolis, April 4—(#)—Robert Sandager of Lisbon, N. D., tied the western conference record set by Captain Paul Hauser of the Gophers last year when he shot a 285 score as the University of Minnesota rifle team won its. fourth consecutive regional title. Minnesota scored 1,368 points to lead North Dakota State which fin- ished second with 1,326. Illinois was third, Iowa fourth, and Wisconsin fifth. H. Smith, Bison . sharpshooter. was second in the individual scoring with 277 points. New Aircraft Carrier Launched in Virginia Newport News, Va. April 4—()— Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt broke & bottle of champagne on the prow of the aircraft carrier Yorktown at 8:56 a. m. (CST) Saturday and sent the broaddecked vessel down the ways to become the first ship launched in the Roosevelt naval constructiori pro- gram. DISMISSES LOVE SUIT Chicago, April 4.—()—Interrupting the reading of faded love letters, Pro- bate Jurge John F. O'Connell yester-: day dismissed the petition of Miss Lucille Camden, 49, claiming a widow's share of the late Livingston Wells Fargo’s estate on the ground of an alléged common law marriage. LINTON VOTES MONDAY Linton, N. D., April 4—(#)}—Besidés electing, candidates for city office, Linton ‘voters at Monday’s biennial | city election will decide whether a tax of not to exceed three-fourths of one mili will be levied ¢ach year to furnish a band fund. CONCILIATORS TO MEET Geneva, April 4.—(#)—The Leaguc of Nations announced Sgturday that the conciliation committee of 13 would meet -before Easter to receive a re- port from its chairman, Salvador De Madariaga of Spain. on his attempis! to bring peace between Italy and Ethiopia. ——$—$— Letter Strays Far | Off Intended Path | Charley Fisher, clerk of court, had a good laugh at the expense LAMSON RENEWING Wife Murder Charge Dismissed; Former Stanford Official Plans to Write San Jose, Calif. April 4—(@)— David A. Lamson, free of a wife mur- der charge after nearly three years in the shadow of the gallows, became ac- quainted with his small daughter all over again Saturday and looked to a future of. writing. The former sales manager of the Stanford University press heard Fri- day the dismissal of the charge that he killed his attractive young wife ee an iron bar on Memorial Day, The first jury decreed hanging, but the state supreme court ordered a new trial and the next two juries di- vided nine to three for conviction, Lamson told interviewers he would like to write. At the home of his sister, his 5- year-old daughter, Ellene Genevieve, did not recognize him, She had not seen him during his imprisonment. But finally she threw her arms about him and cried “Daddy!” TWO MEN CONFESS - KILLING OLD FRIEND One Sought to Buy Wife and Children; Other Satisfied | Charivari Grudge Kansas City, April 4—()—The jSheriff's office marked the Tony {Caldwell slaying “solved” Satur- day by purported confessions of two men—one describing a rejected joffer to “buy” the victim's wife and ‘children and the other telling how the shot was fired to satisfy a four- year old grudge. Caldwell was slain Monday nigh? at of the United States postoffice {Hickman Mills, a small community here Saturday. near here. Included in Charley's office In custody were Robert W. Bowers. mail was a letter, postmarked at Fargo, April 2 and addressed to Judge P. M. Paulson, Court House, City. Surprising as it was to have the letter wander so far off its in- tended course as to wind up in the clerk of court’s office here instead of the county judge's of- fice at Fargo, what amazed Charley most was the fact that the letter should have come all this way on a two-cent stamp. A return address indicated the letter had been sent by Edith Fiewell of Fargo. Tuttle Entrant Wins Oratorical Contest Steele, N. D., April 4—Evelyn Bett- gar of Tuttle, Fred DeKrey of Steele and Ruth Niles of. Dawson. placed first to third respectively, in the Kidder county Masonic oratorical contest elimination held here. Miss Bettgar will go to the district. compe- tition at Linton. The original ora- tions were on the subject of world Peace and were judged by principals of the high schools at Dawson, Tuttle, Pettibone, Tappen and Steele. New England Youth Wins Oratory Event New England, N. D., April 4.—Juel Schroeder, New England, won first place in the Masonic oratorical con- test held here Thursday with students from the New England, Mott and Bowman high schools competing. Virgil Banning, Mott, placed second. |mother of Clark Crawford, who resides ‘The topic for the oration was “Peace— How Obtained.” 480-ACRE FARM SOLD Strasburg, N. D.—The 480-acre Se- bastian Sitter farm, south of here, has | been sold to Balzar Mattern, former Emmons county commissioner, $7,000. The Sitter land adjoins Mat- tern’s farm and will be operated by Balzar Mattern, Jr. for | Caldwell’s friend who had lived at his home three years, and Marvin Parsons, filling station employe, who never forgot the time Caldwell in- sisted on tossing him into a pond as @ wedding charivari stunt. John C. Kelley, chief of the sher- ifs deputies, said Bowers admittes jtrying unsuccessfully to buy Cald- well's family from him, and that Par- sons told of firing the shotgun charge that killed the $2-year-old dairy truckman. The statement attributed to Bowers said, “sometime last fall I took Mrs ‘Caldwell to the picture show on four or five occasions and the children went with us. Tony had two children. Last fall, realizing that I wanted his children, I asked Tony how much he would take for his children and wife, He refused to sell them to me for any price.” The statement set out that Bowers agreed to give Parsons $50 to -kill ‘Caldwell, after speaking to him re- peatediy of the charivari ducking in- cident. Hettinger Lutheran Circuit Meeting Set Hettinger, N. D., April 4.—(?)—Ar- rangements are being made for the district meeting of the Hettinger Lutheran circuit scheduled here Aug. 8 and 9, The executive committee including pastors and league presi- dents selected the date and discussed plans for the workers session at & meeting in Reeder. GLENCOE WOMAN DIES’ Glencoe, N. D.—Mrs, Crawford, 90, near here, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Bert Skinner, at Pow- ler, Wyo., according to word received {hei Attention, Masons: Regular meeting Monday, April 6, 1936, ‘at 7:30 p. m. Sojourners will exemplify M. M. degree for four candidates. Lunch. Pure Oil dealers, armed with a new product of sci- ence, have Dirty Dan Car- bon on the run. Super- Solvenized Purol-Pep will conquer this deadly power thief—save you money. 4 ( Je-Gommar ewe ashen QUICK |— Equalizes Compression FACTS { 3—Gives Smoother Power 4—lncresses Mileage Syne feel Fueleare licens. pgs bay shee UrssPai On 5. Purol- Prep DOES WHAT GASOLINE CANT 00 Me SOLVES CARBON PROBLEMS COPELIN MOTOR COMPANY CORWIN-CHURCHILL MOTORS, INC. MOLLY’S SERVICE STATION BISMARCK AUTO PARTS AL’S SERVICE GARAGE, MANDAN THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, SATURDAY, APRIL 4, 1936 TWO MOTHERS WHO MOURN rom Obscurity to KINSHIP WITH BIBY Oblivion Went Iron Nerved Immigrant Circumstantial Evidence En- meshed Bruno Hauptmann in Lindbergh Kidnaping Trenton, N. J., April 4.—(#)—The name of Bruno Richard Hauptmann —one day to become commonplace— was flashed around the world for the first time on Sept. 19, 1934—the day he was seized as the kidnaper of Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr. He was an obscure carpenter, liv- ing with his wife and infant son, Manfred, in New York’s Bronx, Bit by bit the circumstantial evi- dence against him was disclosed. It was brought out in full force at Flem- ington, N. J., and on Feb. 13, 1935, a jury of eight men and four women convicted him of first degree murder. Three days later he was in the death house of the New Jersey state prison at Trenton, under sentence to die in the electric chair. Deliberated 11. Hours Yet to the jury which sat for six weeks hearing testimony and deliber- ated for more than 11 hours before reaching their verdict, the conclu- sion appeared clear that it was Haupt- mann, and Hauptmann alone as the state charged, who made the kidnap ladder, carried it to Hopewell, climbed it on the night of March 1, 1932, stole the infant from his crib, killed him and collected the $50,000 ransom. Currency, identified as part of the ransom money, nad been turning up with regularity in the Bronx. One bill ‘was passed at a gas filling station in Manhattan on Sept. 14. An attendant noted the license num- ber of the automobile. Five days later Hauptmann was seized, his garage searched, and $14,600 of the ransom money found hidden. The Bronx county grand jury in- dicted him on an extortion charge. ‘Then the Hunterdon county, New Jer- sey, grand jury indicted him on a murder charge. He fought extradi- tion, but the appelate division in New York ruled against him and on Oct. 19 he was taken to New Jersey. He ‘was arraigned five days later, pleaded innocence, and locked up to await trial. Eyes on Flemington The world turned its eyes and ears on Flemington on Jan. 2, 1935. The century-old courthouse was jammed. The defense was headed by Edward J. Reilly, of Brooklyn. Associated with him were C. Lloyd Fisher, Fred- erick A. Pope, and Egbert C. Rose- crans. For the prosecution stood Attorney. General David T. Wilentz, former County Judge George L. Large, Prose- cutor Anthony M. Hauck, Jr., of Hun- terdon county, and several assistant attorneys general. With surprising ease the jury was picked. By the afternoon of Jan. 3 the trial was under way. The state called 83 witnesses and took up 15 court days in presenting its case. ‘The jury heard the story of the kidnaping from Col. Charles A. Lind- bergh; from his wife, Anne Morrow Lindbergh, and again from the baby's Scotch nurse, Betty Gow. Experts Accused Bruno Eight handwriting experts swore that Hauptmann wrote the nursery 1ansom note and the communications that followed. Millard Whited, Sourlands logger, and the octogenarian Amandus Hoch- muth swore they saw Hauptmann near the Lindbergh estate before the kidnaping. Joseph Perrone, a Bronx taxicab driver, testified Hauptmann was the man who gave him a note to deliver to Dr. John F, (Jafsie) Con- don, elderly retired Bronx school teacher, instructing him how to meet the kidnaper. And Dr. Condon himself identified Hauptmann as the man with whom he made arrangements for payment of the ransom, and the man who actually collected it the night on April 2, 1932,’ at St. Raymond’s cemetery, the Bronx. Colonel Lindbergh identified Haupt- mann: through his voice. The pris- oner, he said, was the man he had heard calling, “Hey, Doktor!” to Dr. Condon just before he paid the ran- som. Finally came the crack witness— Arthur J. Koehler, federal wood ex- pert. Traced Wood in Ladéer From him came the absorbing tale of modern, scientific detective work, the +tracing of part of the wood used in the kidnap ladder. He swore that rail 16, an upright of the ladder, was part of the flooring of Hauptimann’s attic in the Bronx. The defense tried to establish an alibi for Hauptmann for the night of the kidnaping, the night of the ran- som payment, and for the night of Nov. 26, 1933, when a motion picture theater cashier swore Hauptmann handed her a $5 ransom bill. the names of three dead persons; Vi- olet Sharpe, maid in the home of Mrs. Lindbergh’s mother at Englewood; Isidor Fisch, and Ollie Whateley, but- ler in the Hopewell home. Miss Sharpe had committed suicide a month after the baby’s body was found. There was a futile attempt to link her with’ the crime. The same attempt was made to connect Whateley with the kidnaping. Hauptmann insisted he had nothing to do with the kidnaping, swore he was innocent and continued to in- sist that the ransom money found in his garage was money left in a shoe- box in his care by Fisch, a consump- ‘tive little German Jewish furrier, who went to Leipzig, Germany, to die. Fisch had been his business partner. Lindy Always Present Colonel Lindbergh’s interest never waned. He attended every seasion of ‘the trial. Always composed, even when the details of the findjng of his first-born son's body 72 days after the kidnaping were uncovered; even when | his wife spoke of the child’s last play- ful hours. Mrs. Hauptmann, pale, anxious, pit- ied by the same spectators, temporar- ily upset the proceedings once by cry- ing out that a woman witness was lying. Supreme Court Justice Thomas W. Trenchard was ever serene. On Feb. 13 the jury was charged and retired. Late that night the old court house bell tolled, the jury filed in. Hauptmann heard the jury pro- nounce its verdict of guilty with no recommendation for mercy. He heard his death sentence uttered. He was to die in the week of March 18. The appeal to the state court of errors and appeals automatically stayed execution. The appeal was ar- gued June 20. On Oct. 9 last, in a unanimous de- cision, the court upheld the death verdict. High Court Refuses Merey The defense next carried its case to the United States supreme court. The court rejected the application for a review. On Dec. 13, Justice Trench- ard fixed the week of Jan, 13 for ex- ecution of the death sentence. But something no one had expected happened. On Oct. 17 Governor Har- The ‘defense injected into the case | old G. Hoffman had secretly visited Hauptmann in the death house. He disclosed this on Dec. 5 and, in reply to criticism, said he was not wholly convinced the casé was solved. He added that Ellis H. Parker, Bur- lington county chief of detectives, had told him he did not believe Haupt- mann guilty. Then came the news that the Lind- berghs and their son, Jon, had se- cretly sailed for England and tempo- rary exile Dec. 21. Early in January Dr. Condon sailed for Panama, where he was to remain for two months.~ The court of pardons, of which the governor is a member, met in a day- long session Jan. 11, and rejected Hauptmann’s appeal for mercy. All seemed lost for Hauptmann. He Wee oe mane * Re On the afternoon of Jan. 16, twenty- nine hours before the execution, the thet signed a reprieve, good to ).. 15. On Feb. 19 Justice Trenchard again fixed @ new date—the third—for the .week of March 30, Shortly before March 12 the gov- ernor announced that his legal re- prieve powers would be worthless af- ter that date. The governor later. said he felt Hauptmann’s trial reeked “of unfair- ness, prejudice and passion.” On Saturday, March 28, a purported confession and the arrest of second man “somewhere in New Jersey” in connection with the kidnaping and murder was announced. The “con- fession” was obtained by a private investigator, Ellis H. Parker, and Governor Hoffman called the court ot pardons to meet Monday on Haupt- mann’s second plea for clemency. Thrown Into Confusion ‘The case was thrown into confusion Sunday when James 8. Kirkham, chief of Mercer county detectives, ob- tained @ warrant charging Paul H. Wendel, a disbarred Trenton lawyer, with the murder of the Lindbergh child. After questioning Wendel, Prosecutor E. E. Marshall of Mercer county said he did not believe the man had anything to do with the case, On March 30, the day before the scheduled execution, the court of er- rors denied the second appeal for clemency, and Governor Hoffman termed the decision “the final legal action in the Hauptmann case.” “There will be no reprieve,” the governor said. Livestock Show Set For Emmons June 18 Hazelton, N. D., April 4—(?)—The annual Emmons County Livestock show sponsored by the Breeders Asso- ciation will be held June 18 and 19, it was announced by the board of direc- tors, Committees were appointed from the Hazelton Business Men’s club and the board of diréctors to make plans for the show. D. C. Crimmins was elected presi- dent of the association, Nationally-Known STETSON HATS for men, sold exclusively by Alex Rosen & Bro. CK i “Cay, «*” INSURANCE °? 111 3rd St. Phone 877 Automobile Insurance In Good Reliable Companies. Every automobile owner should carry Personal Liability and Property Damage Insurance. W. A. Hart, Manager WILL OFFER THIRD HOLY WEEK DRAMA Elaborate Costuming and Dis- tinctive Setting Created for “Behold the Man” Final preparations have been made for staging “Behold the Man,” a modern passion play in three acts which will be offered by the Cathed- tal Players Monday evening in the city auditorium. The curtain will rise at 8:15 p.m. Advance ticket sales indicate a ca- pacity house will view the most unique and pretentious drama ever attempted by the amateur theatrical group, which is giving a play during Holy week for the third consetutive season, A string group under direction of Clarion E. Larson will be in the pit to provide music between the acts. A stage crew headed by Albert V. Harti, president of the Players, is preparing a distinctive setting and the lighting effects for the drama. Miss Genevieve Parsons is handling the business technicalities and also is directing properties. An elaborate wardrobe imitating garments worn in the time of Christ has been created by Mrs. M. J. Bart- ley and striking modern garments will be worn in the second act by Mary Cayou, lead! player. Others se! on the technical staff are Mrs. Edward Bannon end Lawrence Woods, make-up, and Miss Jean Roherty, publicity manager. Ushers will be Josephine Weinberger, Arlene Wagner, Jean McKinnon, Helen Jaszkowiak, Claire and Mer- garet Fox, Dorothy Cervinski and Margaret Beylund. The cast for the drama, which has been directed by Rev. Henry Holle- man, includes besides Miss Cayou, Glenn P. Kennedy, Edward Hennessy, Merrill McCurry, Leonard French, Margaret Fortune, John Reibold. Marian Curran, Phillip and Paul Gor- man, RESIGNS LAMOURE POST LaMoure, N. D.—Miss Esther B. Freeman of Upham has succeeded Mrs. Lucy J. 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