The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 18, 1937, Page 1

EE 35 Convicts THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE Oldest Newspaper ESTABLISHED 1878 North Dakota’s BISMARCK, N. D., MONDAY, JANUARY 18, 1937 , Freed by Riot, Hunted PRICE FIVE CENTS Revenue Prospecting Biggest Problem Before Legislature we WHERE TOOBTAN '85 Burn to Death NEEDED FUNDS HAS | SOLONS WORRIED Governor May Create ‘Cabinet’ to Advise Him on State Financial Puzzle 80 BILLS NOW INTRODUCED Senate Decides to Pry’ Into|mated. State Bond Transactions of Last Four Years 4 i if F i I : i & F bs: u Hi = 8 3 upward, and ot eee $12,500,000, i i i g 4 i rege H } 2 i the restaurants, and cutting down the rate of interest on county. registered warrants from 7 to 5 per cent. The house session was quiet, with six bills introduced, five of them cajl- Chinese Express Races Through Night With Flames Des- troying Three Cars track Monday the bodies of panio-stricken Chinese, who hurled themselves from the blasing coaches & speeding express train. Yeast 100° persons, it was esti- perished in the third class cars the Canton-Hong Kong Sunday, as the engineer, unaware of fire, speeding g N. Y. Opera Scene of Murde Son of Blue Boy Bites His Owner JOBBERS’ CONCLAVE; BARRINGER SPEAKS More Intensive Study of Mar- keting Problems Forecast by Chicago Man of Fargo. Monday's program will come to a close with a stag party beginning at 6:30 p. m. in the hotel's Silver Ball room. A major business trend toward a much more intensive study of market- Victim of Blackmail us News, who sere the principal ad- Plot Dies at Wichita) sion. = nee Wichita, Kas, Jan. 18—(®—C. A.| Discussing “Why the ‘Iows Plan’ Russell, 50-year-old Wichita and Colorado mining operator. died Mon- day from wounds which Sheriff Joe Baum! said his chauffeur, Jemés Metzger, admitted inflicting in & blackmail plot. The. sheriff Metzger would be charged with mur- der. Metzger brought Russell to @ hos- pital here Wednesday. Sheriff Baum! said he confessed shooting his em- ployer and driving him about the country for 12 hours after discover- ing an abandoned well where he had intended to dispose of his victim had been filled in. The sheriff quoted Russell as say- ing Metzger and others had stripped him of most of his by threatening to tell officers that the mine operator had killed his wife two years ago. Physicians said she had died from natural causes. MONTANA MINES BOOM ey metals in 1936 increased aalne nearly 35 per cent over 1935. | Dog Earns Money | To Get His License | A ee Seas Collins, N. ¥., Jan. 18.—()—John R. Taft att story of Teddy, an independent dog. The Taft family discussed purchase a big muskrat the dog 18,—)—The| tion izations, This separation of the retail distrib- utors from the mother firms began in Indiana but was not started on an extensive scale until the Iowa store law became effective in 1935 (Continued on Page Two) Conservation Group Directors Meeting Directors of the Western North Da- A legislative committee will be se- | lected to may s “sound water con~ servation program” for the state, Krier said. The proposed legislative, outline is the principal order of business at the first annual session, he stated. Robert Himan Named Coroner of M’Kenzie Alexander, N. D., Jan. 18—(P)— Hinman, &r., Alexander, neer McKenzie county mercnant, was’ named county coroner by comuis- sioners replacing Harry Lareun, Wat- ford City, deceased. Hinman was one of McKenzie county's first coroners. sible throughout dinne! In Speeding Train pants as they tried to fight their way cries House Man Stabbed Dead in Crowd of 1,500 After Violent Argu- ment With Others g Court Quits Without Announcing Decisions stitutionality of the Washington law establishing minimum wages for women. Also deferred was a decision on whether the 1933 resolution prohib- iting payment of obligations in gold applied to bullion as well as to coin. The justices met for only a few minutes and then adjourned for two weeks without announcing a single They acted on a few peti- tions for review of decisions by lower courts. Brotherhoods Still At Odds Over Wages Jan. 18—()—David B. agreement on demands for a wage increase. Differences over a flat in- crease and percentage boost per- sisted, with negotiations now in their second week. Army Air Corps Four Times Larger Urged Washington, Jan. 18. — (®) — An army air corps four times its present strength and no longer a “step-child” * Death Separates | Incubator Twin CHARGES AGAINST EFFORT 10 SETTLE Governor Gives No Indication ” cof When He Will Return His Verdict EXCUSES CALLED ‘FLIMSY’ Murphy Asserts Any One of Ac- cusations Justifies Chief's Removal Although Gov. William Langer gave no indication Monday when he would arrive at a decision on the ouster was expected, probably before tonight. ‘The chief executive postponed, tem- porarily at least, his departure for ‘Washington, D. C., to attend the in- augural ceremony for President Roose- velt. He was to have Jeft.Sunday, but Monday morning planned to leave tonight. Speculation arose in capitol corri- dors at noon when Flannigan was called into the governor's office for: a conference. Also summoned . were John: Hagan, commissioner of agri- culture and labor, and State Treasurer John Gray. Whether the meeting was held by the governor in connection with the ouster charges, ‘was not divulged. Testimony. that two employes of the highway department were on va- cation while working in Welford- Fargo last fall was branded es “clear way clared, “it is attempted to say they were on vacation—a two months va- cation.” Denies Charges Generally Flannigan denying generally the charges of misfeasance and malfeas- ance in office contained in the pro-, ceedings thanked the chief executive for the “unbiased and pleasant man- ner in which the hearing was con- ducted.” After all evidence had been {ntro> duced both Flannigan and Murphy, representing the governor, were al-| loted time to present their argue ments, both summarizing their con- tentions. Opening the argument, Murphy contended that Flannigan had raisea salaries of all engineers in the de- partment in violation of the law and shifted funds to evade legislative ap- propriations. Salaries of engineers should have been paid out of the highway oper- ating fund which was limited to $100,000 but were paid out of the construction fund, Murphy claimed,| and that “salaries of engineers were|Co#at maritime raised by giving employes ‘peculiar titles’ not, listed in the law.” Flannigan Flannigan said that “outside” em- Ployes were not included under the operating fund and that many of the engineers had duties carrying them outside the main office. He said no) subterfuge was attempted and that’ even if they had been so-called “pseudo” titles it would not be in vio- lation of the law beacuse it was up to the commissioner to determine who were “outside help.” ti Charge number two that Flannigan used a number of cars belonging to the department without insignia and without state license and permitted others to use department cars with- out license “was undisputed” acofae' ing to Murphy who said the commis- sioner “attempts to hide by saying he didn’t know about it.” Witnesses who testified in use of highway cars, except two, had been (Continued on Page Two) Japanese Fliers Die As Plane Hits Temple ~ Tokyo, Jan. 18.—()—Two Japanese pilots were killed Monday and three other persons seriously injured when a military plane plunged into the roof of the famous Kogonji Buddhist temple at Pukisawa, a village in the! FLANNIGAN TAKEN | STRIKES IN MOTOR UNDER ADVISEMENT; INDUSTRIES FAILS} , Officials of General Motors Landon campaign headquarters at|cited General Motors’ General Motors Refuses to Bar- gain Until All: Plants Are Evacuated Strikers Object to Corporation Dealing With Worker Enemies of Union UNION CHARGES “BAD FAITH’ Detroit, Jan. 18, — (®) — Abrupt) breakdown of efforts to settle the far-flung automobile strikes came Monday from a five-minute meeting cor- ‘ation and the United Automobile forkers of America. ence room in ‘he building. a The the aes pocket scr shareed Murphy to evacuate its “sit-down” strikers from i gain collectively with g 6,000 Pittsburgh Plate Glass workers, although week-end ences failed to shake the ‘The walkout tied in with another in- volving 7,000 employes of the Libby- striking employes of the operations pending ne- gotiations. The firm employes 1,200. Actress’ Honeymoon Ended by Stage Law Caxton Hall, the new Mrs. Janssen her revival of G. B. Shaw's Monday Kamakura district southwest of opens ely “Candida,” at Brighton Keep Sick Children Home, Fisher Urges Mothers whose children become ill with influenza or “common colds” Monday were advised by Dr. A. M. Fisher, city health officer, to keep them at home an extra day or two after apparently complete recovery unless advised by a physican that it is proper for them to resume school attendance. The reason, Dr. Fisher said, is that some of the influenza cases now be- ing reported are the malignant form of the disease and may cause bad after-effects unless precaution 1s taken. The heart, lungs, kidneys and other Gevernor Langer James Moran ** * ese Dr. Frank Darrow Jehn N. Hagan R. N. Davies **# & *e N. D. Golden Gloves Tourney Plans Set FDR as Strong as When He Took Job trying _ have left President Roosevelt . strong as when he first entered It. “Without question the preai- dent’s physical condition is ex- cellent,” Capt, Ross T. McIntyre, a physician, said Mon- Except for a little more white- ness at the temples, McIntyre eaid, what little change has oc- curred has been for the ‘better. He weighs 185 pounds, several pounds less than he did in 1933. G-MEN FOCUS HUNT FOR KIDNAP-KILLER NEAR LOS ANGELES Long Expected ‘Break’ in Case “Believed Near by Sudden Shift of Search Los Angeles, Jan. 18.—(?)—The long expected “break” was believed near Monday in the search for the swarthy kidnaper and killer of 10-year-old Charles Mattson as federal agents concentrated suddenly in Southern California. A dramatic swing in the manhunt, to this region from the scene of the 1,200 miles i allt He é F State Officials to Take Part in Ceremonies Surrounding Two-Day Event Here Gov. William Langer, Mayor A. P. Lenhart and members of the state athletic commission will enact lead- ing roles in the second annual North Dakota Golden Gloves tournament which opens at 6 p. m. Tuesday at the World War Memorial building. Two rings were being erected at the Memorial building Monday. Bouts in the Class A division will be tun off in one ring and those in Class B will be going simultaneously in the other. At noon Monday 26 amateur fisticuffers were entered in Class A and 43 were enrolled for the Class B eliminations. Kenneth W. Simons will introduce the members of the state commis- sion and Mayor Lenhart, who will ring the gong officially starting the initial bout. Governor Langer will present the championship emblems at the conclusion of the fighting Wednesday night. Band te Play Between bouts each evening, the newly-organized Eagles band, under the baton of Curt Dirlam, will play as an additional entertainment fea- ture. Finals in the state amateur championships will get under way at 8 p. m. Wednesday with winners in Class A invited to participate in the northwest event at Minneapolis in February. Members of the state commission are John Hagan, secretary of agri- culture and labor; Ronald Davies of Grand Forks and Dr. Frank Darrow of Fargo. Jimmy Moran of Minot br js secretary of the commission. and will officiate at the weighing-in of all fighters Tuesday evening. Accommodations are being made to seat 3,000 persons during the bouts and ringside tickets have been placed had| On sale at the Memorial building. Four Referees Hired Four licensed referees will be used during the tournament. They are Tony Fiola of Medora, James Mc- Nally of Mandan, Freddy Batcher of Bismarck and Ted Campagna of Bis- marck, Judges will include Joe Schlosser, Giles Personius and A. D. McKinnon, all of Bismarck; F. J. Spinarski of Jamestown and Lieut. Frederick Nagel of Fort Lincoln. Gordon Moore, Capt. Raymond 0. Lane, Oscar Selvig, Eq Klein and J. ‘W. McGuiness will act as timekeep- ers. D. E. Shipley will do the an- nouncing. E. M., Davis is chairman of the tournament committee, with Peter Volk, Burleigh county recreational supervisor, and Eddie Spriggs as the! other members, Lisbon Girl Fatally Injured at Mankato The Weather ‘ Cloudy tonight; unset- tled Tuesday, probably snow; not so cold, ONTARIO. PRISONERS IN NINE HOUR FIGHT Three Men Hurt and $200,000 Damage Done as 779 Stage Insurrection TROUBLE STARTS AT DINNER No Shots Fired During Battle; Disorders Quelled Near Midnight Guelph, Ont., Jan. 18.—(Canadian Press)—Police and guards who talked of “a prison run like s college” Searched out 35 missing convicts in the Guelph country Monday after a nine-hour riot in which the Ontario reformatory was burned and wrecked by screaming inmates. Most of the 100 to 150 prisoners who fled in the afternoon and night of violence Sunday were recaptured on the reformatory grounds or in the town of Guelph . Some were drunk when caught, police said. One veteran guard who declined to give his’ name declared: “The trouble is that this place is run more on the lines of a college than a prison.” Blamed to ‘Exuberance’ ©. F. Neelands, deputy provincial secretary, called to the prison to in- vestigate the outbreak, blamed it on “youthful exuberance.” The prisoners themselves said the trouble was caused by poor food and because Christmas parcels were not colirered to them. Neelands denied this, At Toronto, Acting Premier Harry Nixon announced the missing prison- ers would not be prosecuted if they surrendered immediately. At least three men were injured and $200,000 damage resulted. The riot broke out suddenly at noon and lasted until a tear gas bomb scattered rioters who were demolishing the prison recreation room long after nightfall. Burn All Inflammables Inmates touched flares to every- thing that would burn. They ruined the dormitories, the chapel and the hospital from which 12 patients had to be moved to safety. Insurrection flared when 25 men, complaining against the quantity and iquality of prison food and against a ban on receiving Christmas packages, palege to peel J. D. Heaslip, re+ formatory su tendent, estimated about 35 prisoners actually engaged in the pandemonium which ensued. Scarcely a pane of glass was left unbroken. Even in the fireproof “custodian building” where the rioting broke out, floors and win- dow sills were seared by fire, 20 Guards on Duty Twenty guards of a staff of 74— unarmed as always—were on duty when the yammering of the adamant non-eaters, locked up together, touched. off the riots throughout the prison. tiresses and bedding, wrecking the mat % the (dormitories where most of them slept, others used @ bench for a battering ram to smash light gratings from win- if of i eee building ao roo! & one: and to the ground was easy. As smoke poured down the corridors and through the shattered windows, the rebellious prisoners won control of almost every section except the central block, protected behind heavy steel grills, Many prisoners fled to the spacious grounds and battled hand-to-hand with guards while crowds of citizens watched. No Shots Fired ‘The rioting seemed to reach a climax after about five hours and by mid- night groups of prisoners were led eet to cells and locked Al. jough the guards’ andished two years for violent and non-violent offenses. Concessions Granted Americans in Persia Teheran, Iran (Persia) Jan, 18.—(F) —Newspapers announced Monday two concessions had been signed by the government with EH Ey i Pek i & »