The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, April 8, 1936, Page 1

[2&2] THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE The Weather Unsettled tonight and Thursday; colder tonight, ESTABLISHED 1878 BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, 1936 PRICE FIVE CENTS Hostess Is Heroine of Airliner Crash Borah and Roosevelt Sweep Wisconsin Primary PRESIDENT PILES UP BiG MAJORITY IN TOTAL BALLOT Republican Old Guard Beaten as Westerner Gets Con- vention Delegates PROGRESSIVES AID FDR Indications Are LaFollette Strength Went to Him in Tuesday's Voting A 8000-mile sub-stratosphere flight from Dallas, Tex., to Paris, to test benefits of flying in lighter air. fs the ambitious aim of Clarence Chamberlin, pioneer ocean pilot, right, with the type of plane he will use pictured above. The Douglas air liner, with two 1000-horse- power motors. will carry a navi- gator, radio equipment, about 1600 gallons of gas, and be sealed for liquid oxygen in the high altitudes. As the hop, set for June, will require 2000 gal- lons of gas, Chamberlin plans to refuel over New York, as Socialist ’. was re-elected in a close race with Sheriff Joseph J. Shinners, non-parti- son, in Tuesday's election, but faced the -prospect of a four-year tenure »without veto power over the city council. ‘Thousands of voters who apparently gave no thought to the convention delegate contests turned out to give their endorsement to Roosevelt in the presidential preference primary. Delegates Run Behind Candidates pledged to the president handily took control of the 2¢ national convention seats—same number as the Repu! t ran fer indicated by the loop on the Roosevelt in the a soute shown in the map. In the preference primary, an ad- elections, 1831 precincts out of 2918 showed: Roosevelt 234,776; Borah 104,494, ‘The results indicated the progres- sives gave most of their support to Roosevelt, who has been very friendly to them. Hoan’s personal popularity carried him to victory while his running mates MAY 8 DESIGNATED ASN. D. ARBOR DAY Welford Stresses Relation of were down to defeat, some «3 peer them'by a°3 tol vote. ofl + Tyeee to Primal Progress © Returns from 373 out of 397 pre- in Proclamation | cincts gave: Hoan 103,100; Shinners 90,548. Hoan, who next Tuesday will begin} a his 21st year as mayor, will not have @ fellow Socialist at the head of an- other elective office. The ponparki- |i sans swept their candidates to victory in the contests for city attorney, and comptroller. Gov. ‘Walter Welford Wednesday lesignated May 8 as Arbor day in a Proclamation urging “especial stress be laid'on the importance of trees to human progress and welfare.” In his proclamation, Welford point- ed out “North and and possibly a sixth, were victorious Dak leaps tO ko ae eee veto. Hoan, the only Socialist directing ancing civilizat the affairs of an American city com=| {emg ye nt Style: paring with Milwaukee in size, spon- sored a referendum on city purchase of the electric utility. ls on’ wood and other forest products. ‘The proposal was defeated, the vote| Our forests have been sadly depleted in 381 out of 397 precincts being for!and the blessings of the forests may clty purchase 76,964; against 101,572. he made perpetual if cared for in time = gil and trees are planted to replace those HOAN’S MARGIN ” Sic ae tie eae waukee, - urns ioral core than three-fourths of the/ Government Fearful Say the BonaBee Scar ee Of Lawsuit Deluge ‘Washington, April oy enet by Attorney General Cummings, gov: ernment counsel sought ‘Wednesday to hold back what they term a “de- luge” of suits aimed at the new util- Knighted by Norway Grand Forks, N. D., April 8—(?}— Major I. A. Berg, Grand. Forks, Nor- wegian vice consul for North Dakota, i President Is Headed |* Santor “a Politicians Win in Two Cities Kansas City, April 8—(?)}—Women in politics took charge of two new municipal strongholds in the west Wednesday, but ch agulk) folk of the “hell leather” town..of Rifle, ..Crlon squelched the petticoat challenge, firmly and promptly. Feminine candidates completely swept the ticket Tuesday at Green Top, Mo., a community of 268, and women were elected to all but one office at Des Moines, N. M. From Rifle, a little cow town, came a different story. Incomplete returns night showed men candi- dates well ahead of a slate of women, their “Rifle beautiful” plajform not- ithstanding. 13 DIED, 18 INJURED IN TRAIN EXPLOSION Mexico President Orders Army Vigilance Along All Rail- way Lines Mexico City, April 8.—(?)—Military vigilance on all Mexican railroiads and other communications lines was redoubled Wednesday, at the order of President Lazaro Cardenas, to prevent any repetition of the dynamiting Monday night of the Vera Cruz- | Mexico City train in which 13 persons died and 18 were injured. Five separate agencies of the fed- eral and Vera Cruz state governments opened investigations at the scene of the bombing near Paso Del Macho, Vera Cruz, in an effort to determine those responsible for the tragedy, and to capture them. But unofficial sources agreed the bombing was of political origin, prob- ably aimed at the life of Col. Eduardt Hernandez Chazar, one of the pas- sengers on the wrecked train. Colonel Chazaro, a candidate for the government party nomination for the Vera Cruz governorship in last Sunday's primaries, escaped injury. Attempt to Justify $75,000 | Legal Fee Washington, April April 8—(}—The de- fense in the senate impeachment trial ot Federal Judge Halsted L. Ritter of Florida sought Wednesday to show he rea Properly in granting a former w partner, A. L. Rankin, a receiver- ne fee of $75,000. One charge in the seven articles of impeachment voted against the 65- year-old jurist by the house is that the fee was excessive and that Ritter benefited by it. Brothers Battle to Tie in Hazen Vote Hazen, N. D., April 8.—“Let’s flip a coin to decide the matter,” Joe Unterseher said to his brother John, whom he had tied in a re- cent hotly-contested election for town marshal. John, the incum- bent, replied: “I should say not, the office is too important. You had no business to run against your own brother in the first “Brother or no,” parried Joe, “this town’s got to have a mar- ‘shal.” “They've got one,” -explained John. “They neither voted in nor voted, me out.” you Sub-Strato Sea Hop, Air Ace’s Aim FRENCH PROPOSING OLSON 10 RUN FOR NEW PEACE SCHEME | DEMOCRATIC FAVOR AT GENEVA COUNCIL) IN JUNE PRIMARY Would Make ‘Will of Peoples Against War’ an Effec- tive Instrument WOULD HAVE NEUTRAL ARMY Idea Is to Maintain Present Boundaries by Concerted Force If Necessary The French plan for maintain- taining peace in Europe is more fully explained in a story to be found on Page 7. Paris, April 8—(?)—The French government Wednesday proposed & new European system under the League of Nations embracing collec- tive security, mutual assistance, eco- nomic cooperation, association of credit resources and of labor, intelli- and “the will of the peoples for peace and against war.” It was offered as an answer to Reichsfuehrer Hitler's recent pro- posals, which it declared “clearly in- sufficient to strengthen peace in France suggested that peace be maintained for the next 25 years by a general European peace commission whose power would be enforced by permanent air, land and sea forces. Would Organize Europe ‘The French plan, addressed, to the British government, announced: “In a new organization of Europe, in which all peoples—equal in right— will be freely associated, each state: will pledge itself to respect the ter- ritorial status of the members which cannot be modified except with the: consent of all.... “European or regional treaties in- wvoivitig- ‘the independence of the states and all limitations accepted] ©! by common accord among them—| notably in the matter of armaments will be placed under the mutual guaranty of the members. “In this matter, special measures will be evolved so that, upon the an- nouncement by a competent author- ity that a treaty infraction has occurred, sanctions’ machinery—in- cluding possible resort to force—will be set in motion to re-establish inter- national law.” To Probe Gas Charge The French plan came as the League of Nations committee of 13 was appointing a sub-committee of jutists to investigate charges by Eng- land that Italy has used poison gas in Ethiopia. At the same time, the committee of 13—which is made up of every mem- ber of the league council except Italy —empowered its president, Salvador de Madariaga of Spain, to try to learn Premier Mussolini's terms for making peace. He was instructed to talk to Baron Pompeo Aloisi, the Italian delegate to the league, when the latter comes to Geneva Thursday. (In Rome, Premier Mussolini de- clared to his cabinet that security for Italy would be reached only with the “total annihilation of the Ethio- pian military formation.”) Offers List of Outrages Anthony Eden, foreign secretary of Great Britain, gave the committee of 13 a specific list of alleged occasions on which Italian troops used pofson gas. In a note sent to the league, Italy challenged the competency of the committee to investigate charges of Italian use of poison gas in Ethiopia. Contending an independent body such as the International Red Cross would be preferable for such an inquiry, the note argued that in any case the in- vestigation should embrace Italy’s own charges of atrocities by Ethiopian soldiers, As the league acted, Edward J. Neil, Associated Press war correspon- dent, reported he is convinced that “all Ethiopian opposition of any or- ganized sort has disappeared on the northern front.” He said the Italians were preparing to bomb Addis Ababa by air and that they expected to occupy Haile Selas- sie’s capital soon. -against Further Delay The British entered the discussions of the conciliation committee frankly determined to fight any further de- lay in opening real peace negotiations, and seeking an early agreement to cease hostilities. British sources emphasized that Premier Mussolini had had five weeks to react to the committee ‘of 13’s appeal” to both belligerents | meteorol to halt their warfare and seek a final settlement within the framework of the League. Former Acting Governor Tenta- tively Decides to Make Race for Nomination CONVENTION FAVORS HIM Responds to Action of Group in Session at Jamestown Wednesday Morning Ole H. Olson of New Rockford, former acting governor of North Da- kota, will be a candidate for the Dem- ocratic gubernatorial nomination in the June election, he said Wednesday. His decision followed an invitation of an independent Democratic faction, in session at Jamestown, to make the race, Reached at his farm home near New Rockford, Olson said: “I don’t think I'll turn it down but I desire to study the entire picture before I definitely announce my acceptance. Tentatively, I'm inclined to accept the endorsement.” He said he would issue a formal de- cision within a week. Whether or not Olson’s name would come before the Democratic convention at Devils Lake in May or he would run regardless of that meet- ing’s attitude was not disclosed. Other Endorsees Named Other endorsements made at the Jamestown meeting were: C. Liebert Crum, Bismarck attorney, for leutenant governor; Melvin Johnson, Wahpeton, state sen- ator, for secretary of state; Phillip Heiling, Valley City, for treasurer; Walter Maddock, ee and Prof. P. J. Iverson, Fargo, for congress. Vacancies will be filled by the mem- bers of the executive committee con- sisting of .C. V. ‘Turner, Bismarck, chaitman; Crum, secretary; H. W. Anderberg, Jamestown, Oliver | 7 Rosenberg, New Rockford; C. H. Op- dahl, LaMoure;.A. F. Glimm, Zahl; H. N. Fisher, Bowman; William Kane, Minot, and J. N Campbell, Stanley. Counties represented at the con- vention were Burleigh, Stutsman, La- ‘Moure, Eddy, Benson, Barnes, Moun: trail and Mercer. There were 19 dele- gates, . Roosevelt Is Lauded ‘The resolutions lauded President Roosevelt and urged his re-election; scored the Republican party reactionary and corrupt; condemned the Democratic state leadership and pointed out that the national prob- lems include unemployment, socia! security, prevention of war, preserva: tion of civil liberty and the farm problem. State policies advocated by the fac- Mandan Electorate Ousts Incumbents Leads Rescue Party to Moun- ©. G. Byerly, Joseph W. Boehm, Retains Hts Post | John Mushik Chosen on City Commission A change in the membership of Mandan’s city commission resulted from Tuesday's city election when three incumbents were replaced by new officials. C. G. Byerly, running on a tax re- duction program, defeated C. D. Cooley, president of the commission, more than two to one, with nearly a| record vote ‘cast. Byerly received 1,322} votes and Cooley, 634. There were 1,993 votes cast, only 26 less than in 1932, when a record vote turned out. Joseph W. Boehm and John Mushik, Jr., won the other two posts on the cq@nmission open this year. Commis- sioner George D. Saunders was elim- inated, while Commissioner Dennis Tobin did not run for re-election, The two others of the five-man commis-; sion held office for two more years. The newly-elected commissioners re- ceived four-year terms. Oscar H. Peterson and R. R. Luts were elected to the city park commis- sion, while R. F. Gallagher was re- elected police magistrate without op- Position. FORKS LIGHT PLANT ADVOCATES BEATEN Grand Forks, N. D., April 8—(#)— Edward L. Werstlein and Olaf M. Muus were elected members of the Grand Forks city commission, hain ing two incumbents, Henry Kenned; and O. 8. Hanson, by margins of ape Proximately 1,000 votes in Tuesday's election. land, commisson control from the labor group whi power for two years. Ronald Davies was re-elected lice magistrate, defeating John Bathgate. Harry W. Randall, incumbent, and Kenneth M. Wood were elected:to the park board, defeating H. F, Smith |426. and H, E, Yeomans. NEW COMMISSIONERS ELECTED AT LANGDON Langdon, N. D., April 8—(?)—Two Daniel Webster Hoan, (above) longtime mayor’of Milwaukee, has been re-elected by a small mar- gin, REHABILITATION OF STORM-TORN SOUTH IS WELL UNDER WAY Death Toll From Tornadoes|p, and Floods Fixed at 426; Dead Being Buried (By the Associated Press) Progress in rehabilitation and prom- ises of federal aid cheered térnado- torn Gainesville, Ga., and ‘Tupelo, Miss., Wednesday while scores of cit- tes in half a dozen southern states kept anxious watch on rising rivers. President Roosevelt announced STUMBLES. MILES THROUGH FORESTS 10 SUMMON HELP tain Top Where 11 Lay Dead, Two Alive TRANSPORT CRASHED IN FOG California Bound Craft Was 50 Miles Off Course Flying Special Beam (Copyright, 1936, Associated Press) Uniontown, Pa., April 8—()—The words of a tiny heroine and the twisted dials of a shattered instru- ment board toid the tale Wednesday of the airliner Sun Racer’s end—11 dead and three hurt. At dawn a@ group of investigators trudged up the highest mountain in Western Pennsylvania to check over the wreckage of the big TWA trans- port which plowed through a fog into @ rock-strewn woods Tuesday. Then they turned to listen to the experiences of the three survivors. The group included four department of commerce inspectors. Eleven burned and broken bodies were taken to a morgue for relatives to claim them. The big ship caught. fire after the wreck. Petite Nellie Granger, hostess on the California bound Sun Racer, was the heroine of the disaster. Although injured herself, she stumbled miles through the underbrush to a forest warden’s home, Insisted On Going Back There she telephoned the news and insisted on going back to remain with the two injured until help came. The dead: Charles H. Smith, 17, Arnold, Pa. D. O. August, 17, Grove City, Pa. Crawford Kelly, 18, McKeesport, P stanley H, Bayersdorfer, Steuben ville, Frank Hardinan, City, John O'Neill, Jersey City. G. B. D’Arcy, New York City. G. W. Hefferman, New York City, Pilot Otto Ferguson, Kansas City. Co-Pilot H, C, Lewis, Kansas City, ‘The injured: Hostess Nellie Granger, Dravosburg, Pa., cut on leg and body. Mrs. Meyer C. Ellenstein, wife of the mayor of Newark, N. J, critically allottment of $2,500,000 in works pro-|injured. gress administration funds for rehab- ilitation work in the southern storm area, where the death toll from the tornado and floods this week stood at Gainesville planned to bury most of its dead Wednesday while 2,000 relief workers continued clearing wreckage. Some stores reopened. The Red Cross ‘Two |reported it was caring for some 3,000 mew commissioners, Galen McDivitt|homeless and several hundred in- land W. E. Porter, the latter running |Jured. as a sticker candidate, were elected ‘Tuesday. The totals in the commission race were McDivitt 260; Porter 245; O. 8. Johnson, incumbent 183; and J, J. tion include adequate legislation to|Robson, incumbent 175. secure tenure of land for farmers and homes for city residents, a survey of natural resources, production for use for unemployed, loans from the Bank of North Dakota for sound coopera- tives, prohibition of state representa- tives and senators from holding state appointive jobs and civil service for staté employes. The general sales tax ‘was opposed as was compulsory mill- tary training in schools receiving state funds. A continuance of assistance to all needy persons was advocated, Former Morton Man Is Taken by Death J. C. Weeks, 17, former Morton county sheriff and rancher and pio- neer resident of Mandan, died at an old folks home at Northwood late Tuesday, according to word received here Wednesday. He settled at Mandan more than 50 years ago, forst operating a meat market. Later he worked as foreman on the Riverside ranch near here. which he finally purchased and oper- ated, He was sheriff from 1899 to 1902, He became a contractor and operated a livery before retiring. He leaves two daughters, Mrs. EB. C. Iverson of Mandan and Mrs. J. ‘W. Walsh of Spokane, Wash., a son John, of Spokane, and a brother, 6. P. Weeks of Flasher. Funeral services will be held at Mandan Saturday. New Height Record Claimed by Soviet Novosibirsk, ore 8. 8. R., April gee —Soviet authorities announced ae Tiel e Sunt aeecenatie tedis bale Joon, sent up from the Novosibirsk logical station, had reached @ height of more than 26 miles. They declared this to be the highest @ manmade instrument has ever as- While the conciliation committee | ended, was holding its first meeting of the present session, Mexico filed a protest against “paralyzation” of sanctions against Italy, and declared it did not desire to participate in any concilia- tory action which might render the punitive measures ineffective. May Sanctions Drop Gonzalo Zaldumbide: of Ecuador conceded @ possibility that a direct communication might come from his government, at the same time, to the effect that Ecuador was abandoning sanctions. French foreign minister Plerre-Et- tenne Plandin, in the session of the (Continued on Page Two). ‘The exact altitude registered on the instruments of the balloon, which did not carry passengers, was 138,451.16, BURY MINNESOTA PIONEER Fergus Fal's, Minn., April 8.—(?)— Ellis L, Thomas, 82-year-old Otter Tail county pioneer wo. died pvallgrecacd was buried Tuesday town- ship. The Pier ES Fa after his wife, Dora. DR. BARANY DIES Upsala, Sweden, April ee A Robert Barany, 60, winner 1914 Nobel prize for oe aco, died Wednesday, ‘ E. J. Donovan was re-elected police ‘magistrate without opposition and J. 'B. Mooney was returned as justice of the peace. Mooney received 25 votes, the largest count in a field of 10, DEISEM NAMED TO HEAD WASHBURN COMMISSION Washburn, N. D., April Sp 2) M. Deisem was elected president of Hie chy comuiasion aia.l, Bureau and Hans Fischer, commissioners, in ® quiet election Tuesday in which only 100 votes were cast. Mert Emrick was named police miagistrate and William Hartman Justiee of the peace. Blaze in Norwegian Ship’s Hold Put Out About 1,500 relief hands cleared de- bris in Tupelo where most of the 195 dead have been buried. The threat of pestilence seemed to have been checked in both storm re- gions and the flood troubles which were worrying other sections had not become acute in the storm areas Hundreds of thousands of low-lying acres were inundated in Tennessec, Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky and the North Carolinas with several thou- sand persons driven from their homes by rain-swollen streams. Five deaths were charged to the flood conditions. Tennessee River Rising ‘The Tennessee river and its tribu- taries were causing trouble at Chat- tanooga. In northwest Georgia and northeast Alabama the Coosa, Tallapoosa and Alabama rivers climbed sluggishly higher. Some homes were evacuated at Rome, Ga. The swollen Chattahoo- chee brought high water threats at San Francisco, April &—(P}—The ‘West Point, Ga. Norwegian freighter Tricolor coursed Paducah, Ky., at the junction of eastward through North Pacific the Ohio and Tennessee, found parts water Wednesday, free at last from|o¢ its environs under water. fire that raged within her hold for] Railroad and highway travel was impeded by North and South Carolina Globe wireless reported Tuesday &/floods in the vicinity of Boone, N. ©., relayed message from the vessel said/and Columbia, 8. C. the blaze had been quenched and The main valley of the Mississipp! that nearby ships need no longer/was regarded as safe behind its gl- stand by to aid. ARREST ig ere THIEF Reno, Nev., April 8—(#)— Foster, about ‘42, said by United Beates male District Attorney E. P. Carville to under indictment by a New York ity county grand jury for a $138,000 jewel robbery, was arrested here Wednes- day. Out of Prison Into Hands of Marshal 1. eee ee Elman Karyala completed « five-year sentence in the state penitentiary here Wednesday, but his new-found freedom was short- me i gantic new flood levees, Frankie|Gibson Murder Case Is Under Advisement The North Dakota supreme court took under advancement Wednesday the appeal for a new trial by Mrs. Gladys Gibson of Dickinson, under 15 years sentence in state penitentiary for the slaying of her husband, Na- thaniel. A decision by the high court is expected within six to 10 weeks, PIONEER DOCTOR DEAD Red Lake Falls, Minn., April 8.— (®)—Dr. Neill M. Watson, 70, resident here since 1892, died of a heart at- tack in his apartment Monday night. Puneral services will be Thursday aft- ernoon in the Presbyterian church here and burial will be at Williams- town, Ont., his birthplace. BONDS OVERSUBSCRIBED Washington, April 8—(#)—The farm credit administration announced @ heavy oversubscription of its new is- | sue of $180,000,000 in 3 per cent con- solidated bonds Wednesday a few hours after they had been offered. FARGO WOMAN DIES Fargo, N. D., April 8. hes Heyerdahl, Fargo resident for 50 years, died Wednesday. She leaves one sister, Mrs. Helga Loken. Funeral will be Saturday. C. C. Challinor, ying and New York, both ankles bro! DOCTOR'S TRIP TO TREAT FRIEND FUTILE Uniontown, Pa., April 8.—(7)—A doctor rushed 70 miles in two hours from Steubenville, Ohio, expecting to treat his best friend, Stanley Bayersdorfer, for broken ankles. Instead he found him dead, vic- Rela abaimaaeee The first word to reach Dr, A. E. Weinstein was that Bayersdorfer was one of the three survivors of the Sun Racer crash on Chestnut Ridge Tuesday. E He arrived at the morgue to learn that C. C. Challinor, of New York and Cleveland, was the man saved. In contrast, Challinor’s father rushed from Clarksburg, W. Va., expecting to find his son dead and discovered him alive, Watches Set Crash Time Stopped watches on two of the dead convinced Lieut. George Pickering of the highway patrol and Coroner 8. D. Baltz that the tragedy occurred at 10:20 a. m. Ten minutes earlier Pilot Ferguson, en route from Newark, N. J., radioed he was flying through thick weather. * Jack Frye, president of Transcon- tinental Airways, said in New York the Sun Racer was flying on a special radio beam but was 50 miles off its course. Lieutenant Pickering and other in<« vestigators said the big transport crashed with terriffic force. One wing apparently was ripped off by the limb of a tree while the ship skimmed the hilltop. It hurtled on to tear through a hundred yards of un- derbrush and scattered pieces of wreckage for hundreds of feet. Knocked Unconscious The hostess told Frye in a telephone conversation that the impact made her unconscious, and added: “When I came to I could see a gape ing hole in the top of the fuselage. “Then I heard a man call, He was outside the plane. “I neard a woman cough, she was Mrs, Ellenstein, I pulled her away from the plane at just about the time it started to blaze.” C. A, Williams of the TWA in Pitts~ lburgh—four hours after the Sun Racer was due there. A truck and two wagons, hub-deep miles through & soowarorn) to wes sie Rov es to the main road and then to the morgue. HOSTESS HAD TO GUESS RIGHT DIRECTION Uniontown, Pa., April 8—(#)—Nellie Granger, the heroine of the TWA air- Pee cee arte ry an fore Se ous send the to the out- side world.