Miami News-Record from Miami, Oklahoma • 1

Mi ami Daily News Record PRICE MIAMI OKLA' RIDAY MAY 17 1935 VOL XXXII NO 275 LIE TERMS GIVEN TWO IN BREMER CASE Riches Given Away Districts UP TO THE PEOPLE RISE HAS BEEN RAPID 5000 MAY BE BUILT a Published Every Evening Except Saturday) and Sunday Morning by Miami News Record Publishing Co fine) tinu through Saturday In most high water was receding Program to Combat Dust And Drouth Mapped by lood Control' Agency Jury inds Group jGuilty Of Conspiracy in Kidnap ing of St Paul Banker GUYMON Okla May GP) The thirsty Oklahoma Panhandle still dry despite some rain eager ly drank up a steady rainfall to day This morning 78 of an inch of moisture had fallen during the last 24 hours and it was still raining Prospects for row crops ballooned as the rain continued and farmers rejoiced rain and others that pre ceded it however came too late to save the wheat crop Months of drouth and dust storms had killed the wheat There was a 24 hour rainfall of25 of an inch at Boise City fur ther west in the Panhandle where the weather remained cloudy to day Throughout all Oklahoma there were scattered showers which the weather bureau said would con Temperatures in Miami from 2 yesterday afternoon until Afton May 17 State approval of two school bus routes bringing the transfer of 75 students to the Afton high school next year was announced here Thursday by Victor president of the school board Students from Delaware and Craig counties and in Ottawa county as far as Narcissa will be included in the group Victor said Third Trial Decreed or David A Lamson Panhandle Receives Another Good Rain DRIVER GETS PRISON TERM LITTLE ROCK Ark May GP) Taken from the hospital and brought into court by officers Joe (Kid) Peck former boxer and wrestling ref ere? pleaded guilty this afternoon to failing to stop after a fatal automobile accident and was sentenced to two years in prison Associated Press Leased Wire You Want My Pro gram You Want Executive Says Oklahoma City Has New lurry 300 Large Lakes Also Plan ned ederal Approval Sought for Project Many cities ip Texas are facing financial crises due to diminished Incomes the bureau of municipal research of the University of Tex as reports Official Count Required With Drys 157 Ahead Beer Wines Legalized SAN JOSE Cal May District Attorney red Thomas announced today that David A Lamson would be tried for a third time on a charge of murdering his wife Allene Thorpe Lamson in their Stanford university campus home on Memorial day 1933 In a prepared statement Thomas declared that of the two juries which had tried Lamson 21 of their 24 members had convicted him that the cost of the trial should not be considered and to retry Lamson would be just another broken Jink in our already badly demoralized system of handling have considered all factors of the case and have decided on a Thomas said in the case has been submitted to two different juries and of the 24 mem bers composing those juries 21 have found the defendant was guil ty That fact alone warrants a re ARMERSLAIN NEAR SENECA Man Sentenced for House Robbery Here Senate Passage of Wagner Bill Linked to His Truce With Labor Two More Youths Jailed in Picher Burglary Roundup RICHBERGTOGO ROM NRA JOB CAPITAL HEARS Impression Growing That Administration Would Welcome Overtures President Starts Immediate ly on Veto Message1 Expected Monday Damage Suit Added To Brewer Charges Return to Private Life Is Set for "June 16 When Present Act Expires Is Envisioned as Embryo State Couple Accused of Using Bad Stamps Office of Publication A Street and irwt Avenue Robert Tomilson 35 year old Joplin man pleaded guilty to a burglary charge today before Judge Ad Coppedge in district court and received a three year sentence in the state prison at Mc Alester Tomilson was arrested here sev eral weeks ago following a burg lary at the home of Tom Hamp ton a resident of the southeast part of town A radio taken from the Hampton home was recovered following OKLAHOMA CITY May Dust storms which at times have turned day into night in the Pan handle and drouths which have laid waste fields and herds will be fought by a $7000000 farm pond and community reservoir program in Oklahoma under the leadership of Gov Marland Scores of ponds and one huge lake have been built during the last three years More now are under construction in western Oklahoma flood control board an nounced today it was asking fed eral approval of a $5000000 ERA project calling for the construction of 5009 ponds within the next 12 months Each pond would cost ap proximately $900 and ould cover from one to three acres In adition the flood control board has presented plans to the PWA calling for construction of 300 large community lakes each to cost $7 000 There would be an average of four lakes in each of the 77 counties program is only the begin ning of the flood control and water conservation projects for the Sam Battles flood commis sion advised Washington officials is an outgrowth of an investigation by a special com mittee named by the governor It is the opinion that it is necessary to conserve run off waters to give an adequate supply to stock in dry i The ponds constructed prior to inauguration last Janu ary were" largely the result of a conservation campaign carried on by his predecessor as governor William Murray slo gan was pond on every lie utilized the forces of the ERA CWA and PWA to carry out his program as far as possible Murray power thrust through the Legislature a bill authorizing the construction of a huge lake cover ing parts of Love Carter and John ston counties in southern Oklaho ma The lake which will bear Mur name now is nearing comple tion Its cost is estimated at $1 000000 Battles expressed belief the fed eral grant would be allotted and that with this spur hundreds of ad ditional farmers would construct their own reservoirs Buford Mouifts 20 year old Mi amian and Sam Black 14 year old Picher boy were brought back here from Springfield Mo today and placed in the county jail to await arraignment officers said on connection with a drug store burglary at Picher a week ago Other members of the alleged burglary gang including several boys all under 15 years old have already been apprehended and have pleaded guilty The boys will receive sentence May' 23 Sheriff Eli Dry who issued the pickup order to Missouri on Mounts and Black said today he believed the round up complete with their arrest Springfield officers took the two into custody yesterday and they were returned here last night by Deputy Sheriff Arthur Luttrell Luttrell drove to St Louis and Springfield earlier this week but the two evaded arrest by only a few minutes and did not show up at Springfield until Thursday Neither of the suspects had been arraigned at noon today MARLAND LAYS PHILLIPS AS Beating atal to Melton Divine 53 After Row With Nephew ENID Okla May Dr Guy Brewer Garber physicians charged with murder in four abor toin deaths today faced a civil ac tion which seeks $50150 damages The suit filed here yesterday by Coffman farmer of near Guthrie alleged that wife went to Garber April 3 1935 without knowledge or consent and underwent an opera tion by Dr Brewer that left her critically ill since that time Brewer never arraigned on any of the charges still is in the coun ty jail here He was arrested April 30 and charged with murder in the death of Mrs Victor Jones The in vestigatioir continued: arid three more charges were filed Dr Brewer for many years has maintained a hobby of helping needy youths through school and college The physician never has retained an attorney Although waters were racing swiftly southward the Neosho riv er was well within banks here to day Recent rains in Missouri and Kansas have swollen creeks feed ing into the river north of here While the river was up several feet bridge construction work con tinued off street and Third ave nue southwest Steel workers were moving ahead on the main truss span on the east bank of the stream The steel beams have been extended to the single pier on the east bank BOARD PLANS TO USE $7000000 ON STATE PONDS jiqapog purisIH WASHINGTON May A widespread impression that the would now be cordial toward overtures from abroad look ing to international currency sta bilization gained apparent backing in another government quarter to day It was stated authoritatively that prolonged studies of international trade had convinced Commerce de partment experts that stabilization is necessary for the stimulation of business This view put 'forward with the expression that it was not necessarily that of Secretary Rop er came after Secretaries Morgen thau and Hull earlier in the week had opened the door to advances from abroad Dispatches from London have not been enthusiastic on the subject Neville Chamberlain chancellor of the exchequer said in London last night that stabilization is one of but he made plain that that was I can He spoke of the futility of trying to a ship if the anchorage is always In an interview today Senator Thomas (D Okla) an inflationist leader 'said got to have stabilization or else He said that before participation in such a parley the United States should make both the dollar abroad and the commodity or man aged dollar at home worth 100 cents At present the domestic dol lar is worth about 25 cents more than the gold dollar Commerce department foreign trade specialists said their findings indicated that uncertainties as to currency values were making busi ness men hesitate about' making commitments ORT SMITH Ark May W) Richard Pritchett and his wife Goldie Mae of ort Smith were held to the Western Arkansas fed eral grand jury today on charges of attempting to use tivo' cancelled postage stamps for distribution of letters through the mail United States Commissioner Thomas Harper fixed at $200 the bond for the two OKLAHOMA CITY May 17 UPI A new gripped Oklahoma City today as hundreds of persons swarmed in and out of a local tavern paying $5 plus a 50 cent notary fee to participate in the exchange of letters within the building Under the system chain buyers receive personal delivery of their money Police were not supervising the chain but armed guards were on duty to protect the money rapidly changing hands COLUMBUS Kas May The second effort to convict Otis Stevens of killing Duke the dash ing Don Juan of this dogdom ended early today in a hung jury or more than five hours a dis trict court jury debated the fate of the defendant charged with de stroying a domestic animal belong ing to another The jurors five of them dog owners were deadlocked at 7 to 5 but whether the majority stood for conviction or acquittal was not learned Duke a black garden setter was shot and killed last eb 2 The dog stirred Columbus for Duke become the pet of the town Charges were brought against Stevens in justice court but the case could not be prosecut ed Too many of the prospective jurors were prejudiced in favor of the dog Stevens pleaded self defence His attorney declared that Duke was calling on a lady friend near the Stevens home the night before the shooting and that he and growled all night because other suitors also were The riext morning the defense charged Duke chased 4 year dld son into the house and attacked was shot without declared Shouse Cherokee county attorney was the town pet and the friend of Ten character witnesses appear ed for the state They said he harmed no one and often played with school children Among the 800 spectators who clogged the aisles and took vantage points on window sills was Ed Max well a contractor who owned Duke Shouse who ended his argument by reading Senator eulogy to a dog was undecided today wheth er to seek a new trial The charge against Stevens is a felony and the maximum penalty upon conviction is a year and a day in prison and a $500 fine Speaking at Lawton Gov ernor Blames Speaker for ailure of His Bills Willard A Van Brunt retired manufacturer who gave a $280000 fortune in government bonds to a group of old friends and loyal em ployes Van Brunt started in his father's (Associated Press Photo) Heavy Rains Swell Neosho River Here STABILIZATION TALK REVIVED JURY DEADLOCKS IN MURDER' TRI AL KANSAN ATLANTA Ga May () The lead of the' prohibitionists mounted to 157 votes today on the basis of te checked unofficial re turns rent repeal ref erendum It will take an official count before the outcome of the referendum on repeal of the state prohibition law is known The latest tabulation gave: or repeal 81881 agaifist re peal 82038 The changes came in the check of the unofficial against the offi cial returns in several counties Late returns from dry rural sec tions overcame the lead of more than 8000 votes which the wets at one time had piled up in cities and larger centers of population How ever Spence Grayson a repeal leader and chairman of the Georgia Association for Local Option re fused to concede defeat pending certification of official returns by the secretary of state The law re quires such certification within three days of the election and the governor tjjen must proclaim the result Beqr and wines voted on sepa rately were legalized by good mar gins The unoffocial vote for beer was 83394 to 74578 against The wines the unofficial tabulation showed 81800 for and 73428 against 'J If repeal carries the 27 year old prohigition law will be wiped off the books However liquor will not be legal in any county unless that county specifically approves it ip local option election OKLAHOMA Rain tonight I probably ending Saturday morning ARKANSAS Occasional rain tonight and Saturday I MISSOURI Showers tonight Land Saturday somewhat warmertonight KANSAS Showers tonight and I probably Saturday morning warm I er tonight CLINTON Okla May Some folks out here in western Oklahoma so pleased with the way things have been going and they dream of a forty ninth state Texlahoma if you please It would be composed of 23 Oklahoma counties 46 from Texas A Sights business man who deals in investments and real es tate is one of the least contented right serious yabout this he said today associates and I are going to do something about it sent out 400 queries to leg islators in both states business men" and farmers Today the score on replies or Texlahoma 42 against 4 noncommital Sights said there had been a down Amarillo way Rival for Honor that? You say there are people in the Black Hills of Wyo ming and South Dakota who vision a hew state to be called Absaroka the tribal name of the Crow In dians?" real serious down hf re Absaroka may have to be the fiftieth state if Texlahoma should be the forty The people in this area Sights termed the forgotten peo are so far 'away from our state he went on we get a look in We figure that since statehood this area has lost one way and anoth er $9000000 we should have had in improvements returned for taxes paid Get Something out here in Tex iahoma bound together with mu tual interests and geographically allied could really get something done These broad lands would haye a governor And 'a 'Legislature fully in sympathy with have two United States senators to work for us in Washington there are 17 states in the Union that as many I folks arid as much money as we Texlahoma boosters envision a I new state boundary starting at the i northeast corner of Alfalfa county I Oklahoma extending west along i the northern boundary of this state to New Mexico and then south to I the southwest corner of Cochran I county Texas thence east to the I southeast corner of Clay county then across Oklahoma on the east I boundary of the following counties I Cotton Comanche Caddo' Blaine I Major and Alfalfa I Population of 1015908 I In 1930 the area had a populationof 1015908 I a natural political and ec onomic Sights continued are' one of the greatest grain producing areas in these United I States I organized for this I thing Just temporarily so far and I no officers but pretty soon I going to call a convention I and then really get this thing I started Texlahoma will be an up I and coming state build reser I voirs for irrigation and construct I highway systems which have been I denied us because so far I away from the seats of our state I government I use our natural resources for the benefit of our own PAIR RECAPTURED PINE BLU Ark May (Mr Clyde Hines and Jenks "Rog ers trusty guards who escaped last night from Tucker prison farm were captured near here this afternoon by four deputy sheriffs They offered no resistance LAWTON Okla1 May In a fiery speech in which he de i scribed Speaker Leon Phillips of ifteenth House of Representatives as a Re Gov Marland last night laid before the people his program for Oklaho ma asserting you want my program you want 1 Speaking before nearly 400 per sons gathered for a banquet sponsored by the Com anche county League of Young 1 Democrats Marland placed blame for failure of the Legislature to 1 enact his program squarely on the shoulders' of the red headed Phil 1 lips 1 Senate supported every measure proposed and passed the bills I Madland told the group House of Repre sentatives killed or maimed all of those bills Recently might be of more than cas ual interest to you to leirn that this so called fiery speaker who was entrusted with a large part of the duty of carrying out the campaign pledges of your Demo cratic party was recently an ard ent Turning from Phillips Marland then launched into a description of the measures he will submit to the people the next three want to build subsistence homestead and move the people from the towns back to the country where they' came from and then want to bring new industries to develop the natural resources of Oklahoma and give employment to idle people I want to pass the old age pension law and provide for the aged and infirm want to do the job or help do the job of reconstructing the eco noihic situation in Not Legislature would not let me do this job the job I volun teered for Do you still want me to do that job or have you changed your mind? so I want to work with you If not I want the job of gov ernor believe that a majori ty of the House of Representatives truly represent the sentiment of the people of Oklahoma If a ma jority of the House did not properly represent the people then the people must pass laws for them selves until they can elect proper representatives that time you will have to do your own law making I am proud and eager to serve you politicians tell me the people will never vote taxes upon themselves but I am going to give them a Phillips" Responds OKLAHOMA CITY May (M Speaker Leon Phillips of the Oklahoma House of Representa tives does not intend to take the stump against Governor recovery program if it is submitted to a vote of the people leave that up to the people and the he said today Phillips replied to the statement by Marland at Lawton last night that the speaker was a Re with the assertion that Marland Democrat from Republican not as a matter of prin ciple but rather on matters of dol lars and governor solicited donations to broadcast over the radio asking the people to write and wire us House members their opinions on the housing and other Marland measures during the Phillips continued people re sponded I was covered up with mail which in most in stances commended us and told us not to approve his Phillips attacked other activities of the governor since adjournment of the Legislature and referred to the Marland good government fund as a quit being a Republican when I joined the army I become a Democrat for political conveni i 'WASHINGTON May The Patman inflationary bonus bill was sent to the White House today for a certain veto The congres sional formality was completed when Vice President Garner signed the $2200 000000 measure Meanwhile President Roosevelt set aside this afternoon to start writing the veto message which probably will be sent to Congress Monday Contrary to many reports the White House said this was the first work by the President on the veto message and until it was fin ished there could be no estimate of its length It will go the House first where leaders yoncedelt WiU be quickly over ridden The real test will come in the Senate probably about the middle of the week Administration lead ers maintained they had the votes to sustain the chief executive While Patman chieftains made no flat claims they expressed op timism Senator Thomas (D Okla) Sen ate leader of the Patman forces told newspaper men as the bill final ly left for the White House that the latest check up we are in as good shape as we could ex pect to He refused to make any claims but said we had any more votes I say Thomas added to make as good a showing as pos sible so that if the matter comes tip again we will be in a strong po sition We are going to get it through very shortly if not on this bill at least on another this ses sion or Thomas said he felt the 10 day delay he had engineered had strengthened the prospects and that the country had come to realize it would be beneficial to have the matter settled Ameetingof tho Patman lead ers will be held tomorrow morning Thomas said to make a final check up of their strength and to plan strategy for the crucial test next week NEW YORK May Lead steady: spot New York 399 East St Louis 375 Zinc dull East St Louis spot and future 425 LONDON May Lead spot and future £14 2s 6d Zinc spot £15 future £15 2s Metal Market 4 of Panhandle Resentful at Slights Under Present Align ments' 1 Hope to Put i New Star in lag Their Spokesman Indicates IVE CONVICTED BARKER AND ONE AIDE SENTENCED GOODMAN Mo May (Bi Coroner Charles Williams was to conduct an inquest today into the death of Melton Divine 53 member of a pioneer family of this com munity following an alleged alter cation with Leroy Divine 21 year old nephew Williams said Divine suffered sev cral scalp wounds which appeared to have been caused by rocks He declined to express an opinion as to the cause of death The younger Divine was not held but members of his family said he would attend the inquest Williams said he was informed the two men had quarreled over ownership of a double shovel plow Seneca Doctor Called SENECA Mo May Little could be learned here today con cerning the death of Melton (Mitt Divine 53 year old farmer living 12 miles southeast of here whodied at Thursday afternoon after an alleged beating adminis tered by a nephew LeRoy Divine 21 years old Dr Duemler of Seneca was called to the scene He reported that there was evidence of blows about the head and upper part of body but declined to' name the cause of his death Lyman Divine father of LeRoy and a brother of the dead man is believed to have been present when Melton died McDonald county authorities could not be reached from here to day having gone 'to the scene of death to conduct an inves tigation BONUSMEASURE TO WHITE HOUSE izaAed TO REVIEW MILLER CASE OKLAHOMA CITY May Sid White said today he was informed the Tenth circuit court of appeals in Denver had agreed to review Col Zack appeal from a district court ruling denying the rancher's right to list 101 ranch property among his assets in a bankruptcy petition Bus Routes Help To Afton Schools Ottawa County Population 38737 Charge Is iled in Kidnap Holdup Case Robert Watson 28 years old of Picher was held today on a charge of robbery with firearms He was arrested at Picher Thursday by Sheriff Eli Dry Watson Sheriff Dry said was named by Harry Letts of Picher as the man who forced him from a Picher hotel Wednesday night drove him around for some time and then robbed him of a small amount of money and his automo bile The machine was later found partly burned at a point northeast of Picher near where Watson lives Watson is married and the fath er of four children authorities said TWO ARE ACQUITTED McLaughlin Chief Among One Of Those1 Convicted GEORGIA REPEAL ISSUE UNDECIDED WASHINGTON' May One of the most meteoric of careers was declared today to be nearing a close Informed sources said that under an under standing reached some time ago Donald Richberg is to step out of the government and return to private law practice when the pres ent NRA act expires June 16 The informants declining to be quoted by name said Richberg who has expressed a desire to re turn to private life would remain in his post as chairman of the blue eagle recovery board only during the legislative reorganization of NRA now being studied in Con gress If the new NR is set up by June 16 it was said Richberg will not head it If the new law should not be passed by that date the expira tion of the present act would put post arid the whole NRA setup out of legal existence Others to Retire Too Besides Richberg other NRA ex ecutives also are said to be contem plating early retirement Only yesterday Senator Barkley (D Ky) read to Senate a letter from Richberg saying he had accepted his post only temporarily and wanted to go back to private life Inquiry in some authorita tive circles last night elicited the word that there was no prospect of his early retirement Today how ever other circles said such a step was imminent rise during which he survived several storms was rapid A big shouldered man who smiles a great deal and turns to music for relaxation he was noted as a law yer for the railroad brotherhoods in Chicago before came to Wash ington as counsel for the recovery administration under Hugh John son Johnson and he fell out while planning a reorganization of the agency and after Johnson retired they exchanged barbs Johnson called the blue eagle as as a and Richberg said Johnson was a In Dispute with A of star con tinued in the ascendant however and after being elevated to the post of director of the emergency coun cil he became widely known as President No 1 assist ant Some commentators to his distaste called him With the recent setup of the work relief organization Richberg left his emergency council position to devote all his time to NRA (Continued on Page Two) ST PAUL May 17 Ar thur (Doc) Barker convicted of conspiracy in the kidnaping of Ed ward Bremer St Paul banker today was sentenced to life prisonment by ederal Judge Joyce who imposed a similar sent ence upon Oliver A Berg Illinois convict Sentence of the other three de fendants convicted was deferred by ederal Judge Joyce Byron Bolton alleged machine gunner for the Barker Karpis mob and Elmes armer Bensenville Ill tavern keeper both of whom pleaded guilty were not in court and will be sentenced later Bremer was kidnaped Jan 17 1934 and was returned to his home eb after $200000 ransom had been paid only comment after sentence was pronounced made to his attorney John De Courcy was: jury has the last The five convicted persons were remanded to the Ramsey county jail Judge Commends Jury Judge Joyce in commenting to the jury on their verdict said that verdicts such as your the in centive to kidnap will soon When Barker and Berg stood up to be sentenced Judge Joyce said: Barker you have no defense in this case No one could doubt your guilt You have had a fair trial Kidnaping is one crime that the people of this country will not Judge Joyce then sentenced Barker and Berg" to or zny other institution the Unit ed States' attorney may for the rest of their natural lives With the exception of Philip De laney none of the prisoners dis played any emotion upon the read ing of the verdict Before pronouncing sentence on Berg Judge Joyce said to him: story you told was not be lieved one bit It was a fantastic tale which other persons of lesser (Continued on Page Two) Au noon today: 2 m63 '2 a 574 62 4 a 57 m61 6 a 57 8 6O 8 a 60 10 58 10 a 63 Midpight 58 Noon 65 A.