The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 8, 1937, Page 2

Rearmament Din Drowns - Out Holiday Peace Message Hostile Alliances Rapidly Form- ing as World Watches Apprehensively By DEWITT MacKENZIE (Associated Press Foreign Affairs Writer) New York, Dec. 8.—Europe will have to strain her ears to catch the message ot peace on earth this Christmas, be- cause of the din from the rapidly growing conflict as the nations divide into two blocs, with a third group of neutrals sitting anxiously on the side. ‘There is no great threat of an im- mediate general upheaval, but states- men are looking with apprehension to the future. Britain and France, as leaders of eld world democracy, are doing every- thing in their power to halt the formation of hostile alliances. They hold that such blocs breed war. Be- cause of this they have been striving to persuade Fascist Chieftains Musso- Uni and Hitler to join in a general effort to rehabilitate Europe and safeguard peace. But it is difficult to pull a man away from the gaming table when he 4s winning—and the Fascist pair have been gaining at the expense of the Democratic governments. Push Rearmaments Both groups are rushing rearma: ment programs never before under- taken outside war-time. The states- men of the Anglo-French group and of the Italo-German brotherhood have attacked their respective prob- lems with feverish energy in recent! weeks. The capitals of these four! major powers are seething today, and here is the picture they see: The Anti-German fraternity of many nations, formed just after the World war and at about the time that the stork fetched baby Fascism, shows disaffections. France and|| England are more than anxious. Spe- cifically: Belgium has renounced her alli- ances and become a dyed-in-the-wool neutral. Switzerland and the Scan- countries are on the! bench, too. Portugal Helping Fascists Portugal, Britain's oldest ally, has @ totalitarian dictatorship and has} been working to help the Spanish In- surgents win under the leadership of Fascist Generalissimo Franco. He is heavily backed by Hitler and Musso- Unt. In eastern Europe Poland — once staunch French ally—has a sort of dictatorship and is flirting with Hit- ler: The Little Entente, which France constructed with such care as @ defense against Germany, gives many signs of splitting up. Yugosla- kia and Rumania are leaning to- wards the Fascist set-up, and Czechor slovakia, while still loyal to France, has @ dire problem on her hands in a big German population which is Nazi. France is energetically trying to repair this damage, and she and England are trying to work out some plan which will satisfy the Fascist Slaims (such as Hitler's demand for ® return of German colonies) and ‘till leave democracy with some of its “tail feathers intact. RANK AMERICAN it was an interesting psychological point that the government was “build- ing up an immense triple air service, in spite of an isolationist policy of the Qi government and in spite of abandon- ment of the Philippines to the risks and rigors of self government, fear from the Atlantic side and still less from Canada or Mexico, The Hawaiian Islands should not be worth the cost of a major war in the Paci- fic. "Yet the United States have one of the biggest and possibly the most eLaeenty. armed air services in the world.” : b | Weather Report | WEATHER FOREUAST For Bismarck and vicinity: Fair tonight and Thursday; colder tonight, continued cold Thursday. For North Dakota: Generally fair tonight and Thursday; continued cold with colder central and east portions tonight. For South Dakota: Generally fair tonight and Thursda; colder central and east portions tonight, continued da ta Generally fair to- day; rising tempera- and extreme west pore nerally fair to- a , except cloudy central and east tonight and snow in northeast portion; colder tonight, 10 {to 20 below north, 5 to 15 below in south portion; continued gold Thurs- dey with slightly colder glong Lake Superior. WEATHER CONDITIONS The barometric pressure is low over the Great Lakes region and over the Southwest, Modena, Utah 29.86 inches, while an extensive high pres- sure area overlies the Great Plains rgion and the eastern Rocky Moun- tain slope, Prince Albert 30.78 inches, Light snow has fallen in the Great Lakes region, upper Mississippi Val- ley and in the southern Plains States. Generally fair weather prevails from the northern Great Plains westward and southwestward to the Pacific coast. Temperatures dropped from the Mississipp! Valley to the Rocky Mountain region and readings are be- low zero from the northern Rocky Mountain region to Minnesota, Bismarck station barometer, inches: 28.58, Reduced to sea level, 30.54, William (Silent Bill) Perry's girl left him at the altar 50 years ago for another man, Perry since has shunned society, has kept his vow not to speak a solitary word. He has a separate room at the county home at Audubon, Ia. Con- stantly greeted when he goes to church, Perry only nods in reply. Sunrine, 8:16 a, m, rek Station: Total this month to date . Normal, this month to date Total, January Ist to date .... Normal, January Ist to date .. Accumulated excess to date .... NORTH DAKOTA POINTS Low- High- est AIR FORCE HIGH Is One of Largest, Possibly Best-Equipped, Says Au- thoritative Review BISMARCK, clear Devils Lake, clear Minot, cldy. ; 10 Williston, clear 4 WEATHER AT OTHER London, Dec. 8.—(#)—The 1937 edi- tion of Jane’s famous “All the World’s Aircraft,” out Wednesday, ranked the United States’ airforce as one of the largest and “possibly the most effi- ciently equipped in the world.” The authoritative survey of the interna- tional aerial rearmament race, how- ever, credited Germany's fighting planes with being the equal of both the United States and Great Britain in power and performance, but not in Edmonton, ‘Alta. Glendive, Mont Havre, Mont,, M Lewistown, Mo: Los Angeles, Cal Miles City, M Mpls.St. Paul. ‘| Singers Will Not Lanier. F William VanVorst is shi deer hunting season for archers. * teller, was one of more than 200 roamed the woods of two Michigan counties since Nov. 1. He used a 70-pound home-made yew bow and drove a 27-inch steel-head arrow through the 115-pound spikehorn buck’s lungs. Was running at a rapid pace and was about 15 yards from VanVorst when he shot. u Bags First Buck With Bow a own dragging out of the wilds of Newaygo county, Mich., the first buck killed in that state’s first regulated VanVorst, a Lowell, Mich., bank bow and arrow hunters who had The deer NTINUE from page one D, Have to Appear was granted without objection of Co Continues Story Two postal inspectors were the only government witnesses on the stand Wednesday morning as Lanier con- tinued to bring out the story of how two North Dakota convicts, a former penitentiary guard and New York matrimonial agency operator and dealer in obscene pictures and letters allegedly conspired to obtain money his freedom eventually. Over -the objections of the defense, statements taken from Larson, Schultz numbers, Jane's said of the United States that Mobridge, S. D., clear Moorhead, Minn., snow -6 No. Platte, Nebr., clear Okla. City, y. Phoenix, 0: Pierre, 8. u'Appelle, Rapid City, S, Roseburg, Or St. Louis, Mo. Salt Lake City, Santa Fe, N. Me: $ S. Marie, Mich., Seattle, Wash. oF Sheridan, Wyo., clear. Sioux City, Iowa, cldy. Spokane, Wash., cli Swift Curren: The Pas, Man. ear Winnipeg, Man., peldy. peldy, “The United States have nothing to 6 10 Conspiracy Charged oo |men with the scheme. and Peter Koteros, the Buffalo man, were introduced into evidence outlin- ing the connections of each of the Also introduced into evidence were more obscene pictures, obscene letters and a memorandum book containing the names of more than 2,000 men and women in the United States with whom Koteros had been correspond- ing, Brennan testified. Among Koteros‘ “pen pals” was the name of J. R. Smith, 406 Seventeenth 8t., Bismarck, which address is the home of Schultz. The government charges that “Smith” is Larson. Was Draughtsman According to Koteros’ statement, he was an- unemployed mechanical draughtsman and tracer, when he got which Larson hoped would bring about |"€c0"4, i the idea of starting a matrimonial In Divorce Settlement! tne isco, praae come. Minneapolis, Dec, 8.—(#) —Kath- had termed erine Stevens, divorced wife of Howard Mee eee ee rrcotarce Macha he E. Stevens, vice president of the! obteinéd the names in his memoran- Northern Pacific railroad, brought/dum book. If the correspondent was PROTECT THEM FROM WINTER COLD WITH UNDERWEAR 5c to $1.50 @ WARMTH WITH- OUT WEIGHT @NO BULK @ NO BUTTONS © Long underwear keeps your legs warm ... sudden temper- ture changes cause your legs, if not properly protected, to che and cramp and you give in to general fatigue. This two- piece Y-Front underwear is lightweight... but extremely warm in the coldest weather. No buttons. No bulk or binding. The Y-Front opening is convenient yet cannot gap ... and offords energy-saving support. Sizes suit in district court Tuesday for man. If $200,000 against her former husband, pista dn pers a Tey he Frederick H. Stinchfield, Minnea) attorney, and Pierce Butler. Jr., St. Paul lawyer. She charged that her husband conspired with Butler, acting as his attorney, and Stinchfield, whom she employed, to force her to go through proceedings against her will ‘and then to accept a wholly inade- quate settlement of alimony. Say, Man, If You Need MONEY FOR CHRISTMAS Go see my old friend, George Stevens, and ask him for it. He's at Salary Loan Co. 22-24 Dak. Nat'l Bank Bldg. Bismarck, N. D. i would take the name of his wife Katherine. He changed his “sex” according to his needs. Koteros asserted in the: statement Brennan obtained from him that his primary object was ‘to obtain money, that once a correspondent had sent him money he stopped corre- sponding. He stated he also sold obscene pictures and pamphlets. Frank E. Wright, Watertown, 8. D., former Bismarck postal inspector, de- scribed how he and Lanier had gone to Buffalo, enlisted the aid of Bren- nan and located Koteros, how they had searched the Koteros home and. found the various exhibits at the trial. Name of a former prominent mo- tion picture actress was drawn into the trial through Wright's testimony. Wright asserted that a certain letter of instruction that had been given Schultz by Larson contained the name of Laura LaPlante, for a purpose un- disclosed. Describes Letters In the statement Schultz’ gave Wright Aug. 7, 1936, Schultz admitted he had acted as a mailman for Larson and described various letters he had examined coming and going between Larson and various women including “Katherine” Koteros, Cross-examined by Murray, Wright admitted that he had dictated the Schultz statement in his own words to his stenographer while his steno- grapher also had copied Larson's statement as taker? down by Lars Kleppe, then secretary to Warden Gir- dell Patterson. Interrupting trial of four men on charges of conspiracy to extort money from singers of New York's Metropoll- Phone 405 tan Opera company by fabricated lewd and lascivious photographs, E. R. Becwar, Minot; Carl Heupel, Charies BLENDED FOR FINER TASTE oN Ks) ‘W. Vorachek and Arthur A. Boese, all formerly of Bismarck, faced Judge Donohoe for sentencing on charges to which they had either pleaded guilty ‘or left their fate in the court's hands. Becwar, former officer of the First International bank of Minot Who was charged with making false entries to cover up embezzlements, was sentenced to serve 18 months in a federal peni- tentiary. Heupel, former official of a Bis- marck bank, was also sentenced to serve 18 months. He had pleaded nolle contendre to an indictment alleging violation of the banking acts. Judge Donohoe asserted before fixing pun~ ishment he had found the defendant guilty after an examination of the Get Sentenced on 3 Counts Vorachek and Boese, also formerly connected with the same Bismarck bank, received sentences of a year and a day on each of three counts in indictments that charged violation of certain banking laws. The sentences are to run concurrently. Peculations of the Bismarck men were completely covered by insurance. Government witnesses occupied the stand throughout Tuesday as P. W. Lanier, U. 8. district attorney, bol- stered his opening. statements that the four men had hatched a scheme to obtain monies from at least four opera stars. Letters Are Evidence | Into the court records of the case went bundles of letters and photo- graphs the government insists are evidence of the plot Lanier asserted was spawned in the Bertillon room of the prison by ‘wo convicts and was furthered with the aid of a former guard and a Buffalo, N. Y., man the United States charges is a dealer in indecent pictures. To the witness stand during the Gay at the behest of the government went Robert Smith, Kalispell, Mont., former convict; Mike Ryan, deputy warden; C. A. Miller, superintendent of the bureau of criminal identifica- tion and apprehension; Herman Sor- tomme, long-time employe at the state prison; Girdell Patterson, Carpio, for- mer warden for two terms; and Frank E, Wright, Watertown, 8. D., postal inspector. Gist of Ryan's testimony was that he had accompanied Schultz to the Schultz home in Bismarck on July 6, 1936, at the request of Warden Pat- terson where he ~as handed bundle of photographs by Schultz, Under cross-examinatior! Ryan asserted at no time did Schultz act as though he was trying to cover up a misdeed. Photos Indecent Returning to the penitentiary, Ryan testified the packages of photos were’ opened by Patterson and proved to be indecent pictures. Miller testified to receiving orders from Patterson to search the Bertil- jon and f! iting -rooms at the prison on July 7, 1936, and again on ibsequent fied he had found lewd photos, let- ters and other articles secreted in various parts of the room of which Larson had had sole charge. Miller asserted he also had turned the photos and letters over to Patterson. J. K. Murray inquired of Miller how Edwin W. Olson of Minot was selected fourth district vice ident of the North Da- ta Junior Chamber of Com- merce. Buy a bottle of Parker's Quink Ink’for 15¢ lc sales tax and receive FREE one 192- age Webster's Dictionary: Tribune Co. warden. THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1937 long he had carried the photos and Miller answered “only a short time.” “You didn't think you were com- mitting a crime by carrying those pic- tures, did you?” Murray asked, and Miller replied, “No.” Patterson corroborated the story of Smith that he had first heard of the extortion plot through Smith and de- tailed how he had developed further knowledge of the alleged plot. He, too, identified various exhibits of the government. Patterson’s voice rose gruffly as hi denied an assertion of Murray's as to convicts at the penitentiary being al- lowed to keep pictures of nude women in their cells, Denies Assertion “Not while I was warden,” Patter- son barked. Patterson testified he had approved of a $200 loan that Larson had made to Clarence A. Anderson, former con- vict who had informed other prison- ers that he was.an adopted son of Rosa Ponselle. He denied recommend- ing a parole or pardon for Anderson, whose whereabouts now he does not know. Patterson could not recall whether or not he had recommended clemency for Smith despite the fact that Smith was responsible for first furnishing information as to the al- leged conspiracy and Fowler's anti- pathy for the warden. “You didn’t feel friendly toward Fowler, did you?” Murray inq 5 Patterson admitted that he had ordered both Fowler and Larson to solitary confinement on July.6. He also testified Larson had been in solitary from that date to July 20, 1937, the day that A. J. Loudenbeck was appointed to succeed him as Identifies Exhibits Wright testified to being called in- to the case by Patterson. He iden- tified a number of the exhibits a8 photos and letters he had seen in the warden’s office on July 11, 1936. Only burst of laughter during the afternoon came during cross-examina- tion of Sortomme by Murray. Murray had asked the same ques- tion he asked Patterson relative to convicts having pictures of women in their cells, “They're pretty racy, aren't they?” Murray wanted to know. “But not as racy as these are,” Sortomme replied as he waved his hand to the stack of photos accumulat- ing on the desk in front of Deputy Clerk Frank 8. Talcott, Sortomme then asserted the maj- ority of,the pictures in prisoners’ cells were those of well-known actresses, 2 Clemency Requests Deferred to January Closing its December term, the North Dakota pardon board completed a five-hour session Tuesday night in which members delved into testimony Tegarding two inmates and deferred both clemency applications until Jan- uary 18, - © Members studied the case of Mrs, Emma Haga, McKenzie county farm woman, sentenced January, 1936, for manslaughter, over four hours. Action also was deferred on the peti- tion of Gust ‘Reinholt, Stanton lifer, fossa clemency on a murder sen- nce. . At the Jan. 18 session special hear- ings will be given: William Gummer, Fargo; Floyd Johnson, Minot; Fran- cis Tucker of LaM county; Dee ‘Marion Noah and ‘les Simpson, both of Ward county, all serving life terms for murder and Ed Vandiver of Traill county, serving # life sentence |. criminal. asa “habitual Shelso to Make Good Checks Passed Here Preliminary hearing for Leonard ¥. Shelso, Minneapolis man accused of passing worthless checks here, was continued unti! 10 a, m. Friday when Shelso was brought before Police Mag- istrate E. 8. Allen. Shelso is charged with obtaining money under false pre- tenses. He has promised to make good checks totaling over $200 which he ly passed in Bismarck last Friday night, Allen said. Osa Johnson Sues Airplane Companies Los Angeles, Dec. 8.—(?)—Mrs. Osa Acousficon Institute of Bismarck rn remota BONHAM BROTHERS 110 Fourth St. Bismarck IVAN PAPER and INK fon’t all you get when you PHONE 2200 +for Representative Bismarck Tribune Co. 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Daughter, Mr. and Mrs. William Daarud, 1128 Fifteenth at9 p.m. Tuesday, St. Alextus hi L, Daughter, Walter m. Wed- Coad, 810 First s' it, Alexius hospital. rr. and Mrs. Clifford Meland, 320 p. m, Tuesday, Bis- marck hospital. até - Death Mrs. Gunda Sutton, 56, Garrison, lo- cal hospital, heart ailment. ENGLISH ACTOR DIES London, Dec, 8.—(?)—Laddie Cliff, 46, English comedian and producer, died Wednesday at a Swiss sanator- ium, The United States. Patent Office will not receivé applications for a Patent claiming perpetual motion un- less accompanied by @ working model that demonstrates beyond all doubt it will operate as claimed. Thieves Rob Fewer Arsenals During‘1937 ‘Thefts and recoveries by states in the midwest since Jan. 1, 1933, in- Plane Hits House; Boy, Pilot Killed Austin, Tex., Dec. 8—(7)—An air: Plane which plunged “like a streal. of lightning” into 60TH TRAFFIC VICTIM DIES Minneapolis, Dec. 8.—()—Minne. - apolis traffic fatalities for the year amounted to 60 Wednesday with the death of Philip Sularz, 55, who was struck Sunday. a Please Note! DeMolay tickets will be ac- cepted tonight and also Thursday for any attraction being shown on that day. HERE COMES THE NAVY... ROBERT YOUNG JAMES STEWART LIONEL BARRYMORE HIE Bille FURKE Armour Creameries _ Will Bay Turkeys from DEC. 6 to DEC. 13 Toe ne tw eT 7 P . Same cash advance as for Thanksgiving. Armour Creameries Bismarck, N. Dak,