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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-05-21
PRECIPITATION Isl
Light BUT GENERAL
over north DAKOTA
IS Points Report Moisture
During Week End, Crosby
Getting Heaviest Fall
PRAYERS FOR RAIN VOICED
chinch Bugs Seen az New
Source OF Destruction in
Several Districts

Light showers, prevailing through
out North Dakota over the weekend,
brought some measure Of relief to this
drought-stricken area.
Cooler" weather and possibly light
frost was forecast for Monday night.
The heaviest rainfall was reported
at Crosby where 80 Of an inch was
received. Precipitation at Max was
IS Of an inch. Dunn Center received
~ Of an inch. Bismarck's light show
ers totalled .06 Of an inch. All told
Is points reported some moisture.
In the hard-hit drought sections Of
Huron and Rapid City, 8. D., rain
was falling Monday.
Drought was being aided by grass
hoppers and chinch bugs in spreading
further destruction through some
parts Of the grain belt Monday. In
creasing crop losses were estimated as
high as IS per cent in some sections.
Many Pray For Rain
Many farmers prayed Sunday In
churches for rain and some rains
came but they were too light to bring
much benefit. More local showers
were forecast.
Even ideal weather. said agricul-
tural experts, could not now afford
any material relief In much Of the
midwest.
Nebraska farmers reported that all
crops in the central part OF the state
including oats, hay and other small
grains, have been cut 40 per cent.
With hay and pastures most at
flicted, crops throughout Wisconsin
are menaced. No spring planting has
been done in several sections. Corn
Is suffering.
Minnesota is suffering from an
epidemic of grasshoppers. The yield
Of spring wheat will not reach IS per
cent of normal. Dust storms have
blown away plants. Pasture lands
are drying up and oats and hay have
been hurt.
! Some unofficial estimates were that
the wheat crop yield in Kansas will
no. exceed so percent.
Some Areas Benefited
Mild rains fell yesterday in Wiscon-
sin, northern Michigan, central Ne
braska and Minnesota.
An offensive against the new chinch
bug menace, through the use Of mil
lion dollars of federal money was
being planned Monday as the threat
ened destruction became more Ger.
tain in six midwestern states.
Speaker Rainey gather group Of
senate and house members to hear
report from DR.. G. ]. Drake, state en-.
tomologist Of Iowa. The problem wa
to decide what immediate action may
be taken toward approximating ST.
OO0, 900 to fight the bugs.
Officials hope they can begin their
program of drought relief in the Da.
kotas, western Minnesota and eastern
Montana this week. Federal funds
are beginning to filter out through
county relief organizations to farm.
erS.
Estimates were that $500, O00, O0(
would be needed for the relief pro.
gram in addition to the funds to b
appropriated under the Jones Con-
nally act for purchase Of beef cattle
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-05-21
Missing Child Found
In Wilds Of Canada

Moosehorn, Man., May 2l.-RE
Suffering severely from exposure.
Iour-year-old Betty Wolfrum was
FOUND Sunday in rain-soaked brush
country near the farm Of her father
from which she disappeared six days
ago.
In the belief that the child might
have been kidnapped g she lay asleep
In . carriage on the porch Of the fam
lily home. Royal Canadian Mounted
police began IN investigation into thu
activities Of . score Of persons.
searchers found the girl 9 abe lay
semi-cousctouG. =
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-05-21

LANCER Case Has Coast Precedent
y
$21.6O SENDS THREE TO JAIL
\ \ = = ** Il ~ \
Federal Judge Assails Defendants

BY Federal Judge Paul J
McC ormick, before whom the case va
Tried. as they stood before him 70
sentence.
Judge Condemns Trio
He said:
This CWA act WAS set up -
that those who needed work
shoald get Il without having 70
pay someone 70 get the Jobs.
THE law was not made, 70 be
shot through with favoritism and
Discrimination.
1.-THE philosophy that has de-
veloped IN recent years Il that
everything has 70 Be paid for.
IT II . dangerous philosophy
Of government, and II has devel-
oped 70 . very full extent-this
idea that there - nothing wrong
In 'pay-offs' for performance Of
pablic duty.
This act WAS passed to relieve
the most serious industrial prob.
lem Of the age-a stFaining Of the
forms Of constitutional govern
ment to supply work for the
needy.
1.-THE records OF al Of these
three defendants, outside Of this
case, are clean. Mrs. Paddleford
seems to have the wrong attitude
Of mind concerning public work.
Her testimony indicated . lack Of
public moral responslbility-that
she was not appreciative Of how
government agencies should func.
ton 70 relieve distress.
Post also did mot have the right
idea Of his responsibility 70 the
government
'There probably was some ar
rangement between Mrs. Paddle.
ford and Nliss Hasker On commits.
sions, but there WAS no showing
that Min Hasker profited flnanci.
ally. The worst that could Be
said for her WAS that che acted
with Mrs. Paadleford while she
WAS . govefnment agent and had
power to give and refuse Jobs"
The case IS on appeal to. the highe
federal courts and the North Dakot
trial is expected to support or refut
the precedent which has been set her
For that reason 1t Is drawing NOR
than ordinary attention.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-05-21
Report IL Killed in
Attack by Chinese

Tokyo, May 2l.-(P-Eleven ia
panese, including five school boys,
were reported Monday to have been
killed when 100 Chinese irregulars
raided q model japanese settlement in
Manchukuo.
The report, contained in q dispatch
from Hsinking (Changchun), capital
Of Manchukuo, to Rengo Japanese
news agency, said the attack took
place at Lake Chinpo, northeast Of
Tunhua in eastern Kirin province.
Troops were dispatched to the scene
from Tunhua.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-05-21
CHICAGO LIVESTOCK
YARDSDAMAGEDBY
100000 BLAZE
Business as Usual Sign Put
Out, However, as Re.
building Begins
IMPROVEMENTS PLANNED
Officials Blame Burning Cigar.
cite for Huge confIagra-
ton Saturday

Chicago, May 2l.-(R-Livestock
poured into the Chicago stockyards
Monday despite Saturdays disastrous
fire which caused one death, injured
some 100 persons and caused proper
ty damage estimated from 5000, 900
to 100000
Business as usual was the slogan
Of stockyards officials as workmen
set about to clear away the charred
ruins for the rebuilding, with i'm
provements, Of the district, approxi-
mately one-eighth OF square mile.
The cause Of the blaze, which lev
eled scores Of private homes, several
fiat buildings, and more than dozen
major structures including the Inter-
national amphitheater, home Of the
international stock shows, was UNI
determined. Some investigators, in
GLIDING O. r. Henkle, general man
ager Of the stockyards, said they were
convinced the conflagration had its
origin in q carelessly tossed cigarette.
Henkle said he did not believe there
was any truth to reports that the
holocaust was the outsrowth Of labor
troubles.
Fire Chief Michael Corrigan, leader
Of an army OF 2,2o0 fire fighters who
succeeded in checking the flames
only after scores Of them had been
injured, said that spontaneous COM
bustion might have been the cause
Another theory suggested ; spark
nom Z locomotive.
Flames Spread Rapidly
Chief Corrigan said he feared for
while that the flames would reach
Lake Michigan.
when I arrived at the yards the
fire had gathered terrific force" he
said. 1T was coming towards US 50
fast and the air was so hot no human
could stand in its way"
In addition to the International
amphitheater, 10 per cent Of the
livestock pens were destroyed. as were
the livestock record building, the
Livestock National bank, the Stock
yards Inn, with its well known Sad
die and Sirloin club-all the proper
ty Of the Union Stockyards company;
TIC lWOvSIS N0tlOkAtkA Ou11A UuAA0AAA8
and the Drovers' Journal building
with its radio station, WAAF.
Among the buildings damaged was
the p. Brennan Packing company
plant, . big warehouse Of the Omaha
Packing company. the Independent
Packing company, and the Levi Pfel-
5er Packing company.
The damage to the stockyardl
alone was estimated by General Man.
ager Henkle ct 5000 900 or 5000. 900
The fire was the largest since thu
great fire Of 1871. which virtually wip.
ed Chicago off the map.
At first 1t was thought no livea
had been lost in the conflagratior
but Monday the charred body Of q
man was found in the ruins. Ini.
tials on his belt buckle led to his ten
tatjye Identification as Isaac Means
q stockyards worker.
Walter Burnfield, 50, dropped dead
Of heart shock, attributed to the ex-
element.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-05-21
Attack County Office
Consolidation in n. ID,

A constitutional amendment provid.
ing for consolidation Of the office Of
county Judge and clerk Of the district
court in counties having . population
Of $4,000 or less has been attacked IN
m action filed In the North Dakota
supreme court. The amendment,
proposed by the 1888 legislature. was
adopted at the special election last
September.
The action was brought BY J. A.
Reese. who seeks Z writ Of nlandamus
to compel A. T. Mooney, Tower coun-
ty auditor. to file . nominating Pc
tition for clerk Of district court.
Mooney refused to file the petition
on the ground that the constitutional
amendment provides that the county
Judge shall act 8 clerk Of the district
court.
Reese contends the provision con-
solidating the two offices = incou-
sistent With the positive language q
the amendment.
The supreme court win hear the
case next Tuesday.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-05-21
Five Local Oil Stations Are Robbed
During Weekend; Seek Two Suspects

however, had seized three candy
and peanut vending machines
and several pennies from the
cash register and made their get
away by the time the chief and
Do Rockford had arrived. Further
search for them proved futile.
At the Kohler station entrance
was made BY breaking : window
pane In the door and releasing
the night latch from the inside.
A peanut vending machine, . ~.
do and about - cents from the
till was taken. Before departing
the thieves broke the lock On one
q the gasoline pumps and took
about eight gallons Of full. The
Standard Oh stations both lost
candy vending machines.
At the station On Eighth and
Main. . heavy plate glass window
With IN estimated value Of 81
was broken.
Entrance 70 the CAPITAL Service
station was made BY breaking .
small pane q glass IN tho door
and reaching inside % release the
latch. q. q. Engebretson said
only . peanut vending machine
had been taken.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-05-21
DISTRICT ATTORNEY
HERE FOR OPENING
OF LANCER ACTION
Preliminary Matters Set for
Hearing When Court Opens
Tuesday Morning
WILL LIMIT ATTENDANCE
Judge Miller to Preside at His.
tory Making Session Of
Federal Tribunal

p. w. Lanier, U. 8. district attor-
ney. will ask for a Joint trial Of Gov
ernor William LANCER and eight as
sociates who come up for trial on
charges contained In two federal in
dictments at the term Of federal
court opening here Tuesday.
Asked Monday whether the nine
persons indicted by a federal grand
Jury at Fargo would be tried jointly,
Lanier replied that was the position
OF his office. He said he would insist
upon a joint trial rather than .
separate trial for each Of the de-
PENDANTS.
Indicted in the case in addition to
the governor are Oscar E. Erickson.
publisher Of the Leader" adrninistra-
ton newspaper; Iscar j. Chaput, bust
ness manager Of the Leader; Frank
A. Vogel. state highway commission
er; R. A. Kinzer. former executive
secretary Of the federal emergency re-
lief in the state: Paul J. Yeater and
G. A. Hample, employees Of the high
way department; Harold Mcdonald,
solicitor for the Leader: and ]. A..
Kinzer, son Of the former relief Sec
rotary.
The term Of court will open 1t 10
a. m. with several preliminary mat
tiers scheduled at that time.
Since the courtroom is equipped to
seat only approximately l25 persons.
admission to the trial Of the governor
and his associates will be limited to
witnesses and jurors and others hav-
ing legitimate business with the court.
Charges contained in the indict-
ments. are soliciting funds for political
purposes from federal employees and
conspiracy to obstruct the orderly 0pe-
ration OF an act Of congress.
Judge Andrew Miller will preside
over the court.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-05-21

Police Monday were investigate
Ing q series Of five oil station
burglaries In which thieves COL
lected eight vending machines.
Stations broken into. In each
instance through . door or VIM
dow by breaking glass panes,
were: Molly's. Fourth ST. and
Thayer Ave: Kohler's. Twelfth
st. and Main Ave; Standard OH.
Eighth ct. and Main Ave; Capital
Service, o02 Main Ave: and
Standard OH. Sixth st. and Thay-
Of Ave.
No arrests had been made Nom
day though Chief Of Police Chris
Martineson Was searching for two
men, seen BY Ray Jacobson and
Lars Hagboe from the window Of
their rooming house. 30l Fourth
st., o they crashed the window
pane Of Molly's service station.
directly across the street.
The two men, bearing the noise
Of breaking glass. looked out Of .
window. g ono Of the burglars
hoisted his companion through
the filling station window. They
telephoned Qhisf Nartaneson and
Leo Do Rod logd The hutglisA
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-05-21
Especial 70 The Tribune)


Los Angeles. May 2l.-West coast
lawyers Monday turned their atten-
tion to North Dakota, where tho trial
Of Governor william LANCER and eight
others on charges Of conspiracy
against the government In connection
with CWA work echoes . similar case
which recently was tried in the fed
eral court here.
The North Dakota case holds inter-
est because the circumstances sur
rounding It are said to be greatly sim
liar to that In which Mrs. Emily G..
Paddleford. q truck broker; Miss Lor-
eta Hasker. . CWA employe. and Al
bert A. Post, an official Of a con-
struction firm, were convicted.
Mrs. Paddleford and Post were fined
$500 and sentenced to four months in
Jail. Miss Hasker was sentenced to
three months In jail but was given no
fine.
The conviction came on charges in
volving . commission racket" by
which money payments were solicited
from truck operators IN return for
CWA jobs.
Only @2l.so Involved
The amount involved In the case
was only &2l.60 but 1t was enough to
prove the governments case. In adj
dition, the prosecution pointed out,
other truckers had been subjected to
the same pressure Is that exerted up
on Russell 10y and Jack Francis, the
two truckers who paid commissions,
but the racket was halted before the
other truckmen had received their pay
and these then refused to part with
the commissions.
Key person In the plot, although
testimony showed she received Moth
ing. was Miss Hasker. clerk In the
CWA offices, who supplied Mrs. Pad
dleford with the names Of unemployed
truckers. She refused to list them
for work until they had agreed to pay
Mrs. Paddleford or Post commissions
on their pay from the government.
Mrs. Paddleford contended she was
entitled to receive the commissions on
the ground that she had earned them
by assisting" the truckers to get their
jobs.
The three defendants were bitterly
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-05-21
BELIEVED
HE WASFOLLOWED
BY D|LL|NCER MEN
Physician Says He Feared for
His Life After Threats
by Desperate

st. Paul, May 21.-(R)-Belief that
he was followed by members Of the
John Dillinger gang Immediately after
treating their wounded leaders was
entertained by DR.. Clayton May he
testified in federal court Monday
where he Is being tried on charges Of
conspiracy to harbor the fugitive.
II felt was followed two or three
times during the week." DR.. May said,
referring to the week Of April l, the
physician having first dressed . leg
wound for the outlaw March 81 after
the latter had shot his way out Of q
st. Paul apartment accompanied by
Evelyn Frechette, his sweetheart.
The physician, whose co-defendants
on the same charge are Miss Frechette
and Miss Augusta Salt, . Minneapolis
nurse, told how he saw Dillinger
March 81, April 2 and the night Of
April 3, Tuesday.
when I saw him Tuesday night"
the doctor continued" he was dressed
and moving around. He said he Was
going Is soon Is he saw Eddie Green
e member Of the Dillinger gang.
fatally wounded in . federal ambush
that same mighty
AT that time. he pulled . gun from
his belt and pointing It at me he said
You are tho only one. outside the
gang who knows I'm here. II this
gets out, we'll know who did IT,"
The physician said he asked Green
who his patient the night Of March
II was, and was informed that the
man was Dillinger who, Green said,
was surrounded by . very desperate
gang"
The physician testified Green told
him that he would see him Tuesday
night and pay him, but Green was
killed before the physician was paid
Tor his services. DR.. May said he
learned Dtllinger WAS ready to leave
that evening when he telephoned
Mrs. salts home the afternoon Of
April I.
Miss Frechetts appeared in court
Monday With Z fetching white outfit
trimmed IN red which contrasted with
her black hair and eyes. Mrs. Salt
VAS expected TO take the stand in her
own defense after the government
completed cross-examination Of the
physician.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-05-21
Northwest Airlines to
Launch New Service

st. Paul. May 2l.-P)-Northwest
Airlines, Inc, formerly Northwest Air
ways, announced Saturday It will
inaugurate this week Q new flying
schedule over q route extending from
Chicago to Seattle, Wash. The line
has been awarded the airmail con-
tract for the Fargo. N. D.-6eattle
route.
Five passenger planes will be ope-
rated one flight each way daily from
Minneapolis to Seattle while 10 new
planes will be placed in operation on
the Twin Cities Chicago route.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-05-21
Little June Robes
Kept Out Of School

Tucson. Ariz., May N.-01-Denied
permission 70 return to school Jt1ne
Robes had to amuse hes1eS Win
plAythings q her homs Monday Whi1e
tho trail Of her kidnapers va songht
BY officers.
The six-year-oM girl. rosclled .
week ago from kidnApeg1 W11o ho14
her 70 dAys, has noe yooovogDo mt
ficiently from tn oc0eAl - EoelMn -
her claasss, her lather, 111on1o
Robles. md 0lln6ay. yovlo1 q
had ben anneunoo1 - weaaA -
turn % sohool 11on1nE.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-05-21
japan Is Shaken by
Financial Scandal

Tokyo, May 2l.-(R-Armed guards
were assigned Monday to protect the
lives Of japanese cabinet members
amid fears Of terrorism created by .
government financial scandal.
Additional arrests brought to Is the
number, headed by Kideo Kuroda,
vice minister Of finance. now held on
charges Of corrupt financial practices.
Five finance ministry officials were
among them.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-05-21
General Grant Is
Frog Jump Winner

Angels Camp, Cal, May 3l.-
(K-Angels Camp claims for it,
own Monday the "tumpin'est frog
of 1884"
The agile amphibian, General
Grant" by mama. : product Of the
home towns back lots, leaped u
feet, 8 inches 70 win Calaveras
oountys annual jumping jublleo.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-05-21
RACE DRIVER KILLED

81. Joseph. No. May N.-R-
Chalmer v. King, 22-year-old speed
way driver lrogn Council Bluffs. L.,
was injured fatally here late y9ster-
day when his machine overturned O.
e hall.mile track.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-05-21
PARAGUAY PLANS ATTACK

PAHAGUAY PLANS ATTACK
Asuncion, Paraguay Paraguay
massed troops and guns along q rs
mile front in preparation for an Of
fensive which observers expect to
mark Z decisive climax In the long
Gran Chaco jungle border warfare
between Paraguay and Bolivia.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-05-21

Minneapolis. May cl.-(P)-T The
Minneapolis buildings trades council,
embracing 5000 workers, voted to
walk out in q sympathy strike here
Monday shortly after 81 men, includ-
ing both strikers and police officers,
were injured as police sought to break
= week-long paralysis OF commercial
truck traffic.
G. Hagland, secretary Of the build
ing trades council. announced the
strike vote shortly after truck union
heads had withdrawn force Of pick
cts estimated at 500 from the market
area where police failed In fight to
permit movement Of trucks. Not a
single truck moved out Of the market
area.
In the market place melee one po-
liceman was stabbed. q striker was be-
lieved to have suffered fractured
skull and two other police officers
suffered broken bones as both sides
rushed in with clubs. Strikers were
armed with pipes. clubs and sticks.
Police swung night sticks and. finally
quelled the disorder by show Of
riot guns. The guns were not used,
however.
The casualty list included IL po-
licemen and 10 strikers
Labor Leaders Seek Truce
Hospital facilities were taxed by the
emergency cases.
Officials Of the centra. labor union
called rioters away from the scene Of
the market fight to NEE: In the labor
temple, with IN announcement they
hoped to effect . truce.
The Building Trades Council strike
Is set for 5 p. N. Monday.
News was received shortly after thil
announcement that the national IA
Dor board ct Warrington had sent Z
representative here to act 9 . med
iator IN the truck drivers strike.
CONTINUED On Page u
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-05-21
MILL CITY STRIKE
Continues;
TRUCKMEN BATTLE
81 Injured in Market District
Melee But Vehicle Traffic
Is Halted
BULLETIN

Minneapolis. May 2l.-(P)-The re-
gional labor board went into session
here Monday afternoon with full
authority from Washington to call
in both sides in the strike of truck
drivers which has paralyzed CONNER
cial truck transportation and brought
serious injuries to nearly three score
persons since it began nearly a week
ago.
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