The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 21, 1924, Page 1

WEATHER FORECAST For Bismarck and vicinity erally fair tonight and Frid: Gen- ESTABLISHED 1873 THE BIS CK TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 21. 1924 | FINAL EDITION | PRICE FIVE CENTS N. D. CROPS LITTLE DAMAGED IN STORM U.S. AVIATORS START OFF ON , 825-IILE LEG Lieut. Smith and Lieut. Nel- son, Accompanied by Ital- ian, Get Away Today HAVE FINE WEATHER Pass One Patrol Ship Hour After They Take off From Icelandic City Reykjavik, Iceland, Aug. 21.—(By the A. P.)—The. American around the world fliers and Lieut. Locatelli, Italian airman, hopped off from here at ¥:15 o'clock this morning. The fliers passed the United States cruiser Rishmond on patrol about 70 miles off the coast from Iceland at 9:35 o'clock. Lieut. Locatelli was leading his American companions, Lieut. Lowell H. Smith and Lieut. Erick H, Nelson, by five miles. The weather was beutiful and flying conditions were excellent when the aviators set out for Greenland. Lieut. Smith’s plane lifted from the water a few minutes after 8 o’clock and Lieut. Nelson's plane was off two minutes later. Lieut. Locatelli, who caught up with the Americans in or- der to accompany them across the At- lantic after a lone flight from Pisa, Italy, got off two minutes after Lieut, Nelson. All of the take-offs were made easily. Flight Commander Lieut. Smith had been up all night recording weather reports and working out plans for coping with weather and mechanical conditions which he and Lieut. Nel- son might encounter during the long and hazardous jump to the shores of Greenland. Lieut. John Harding Jr., mechanic] on Lieut. Nelson's plane, also been up all night but he left his room to go on board the plane, de- claring it was his duty to take care of the machine during the last hours here, Because of the early departure there were very few persons present. The fliers are heading for Frederick- sdal, near Cape - Favewell, at the southern tip of Greenland, a hop of approximately 825 miles, according to the plans which were adopted after bad ice and weather conditions in the North Atlantic had forced them to abandon their original intention to make the shorter flight to Angam alisk or another harbor 20 miles north of there which later also was found to be ice bound. TWO ARE SHOT “10 DEATH IN N.Y. GANG WAR Three Murders in Two Days Are Outcome of “Chicken Pullers” War New York, Aug. 21-—Two men were shot to death yesterday in what the police termed a resump- tion of the “chicken pullers’ war” which raged fiercely on both sides of the Hudson up to seven years ago when the authorities brought temporary peace by sending several gang leaders to the electric chaic after a series of particularly violent murders, . Make Three Victims “ Yesterday's victims marked the third murder of the resumed war- fore in two days. They were Wil- liam Young, 23, and his friend, Ed- ward Connelly, who were fatally shot to death by a band of men who operated from a taxicab in Lower Eighth Avenue. James Young, Wil- liam’s 27-year-old brother, was shot to death at about the same place and hour and in a similar manner Tuesday, . The Young brothers were to have appeared in a Jersey City court next month to testify against the mur- derers of their older brother, John, who was killed by a gunman who rushed from a taxicab into his Wee- hawken, N. J., saloon last March, ‘mw, Shot him down and fled. The bro- thers were said to have been the only witnesses to the murder. Connelly and the Youngs refused to make death-bed statements re- vealing the identity of the men who shot them down. Chicken Pullers Charged Thomas and Phillip Reilly, bro- thers, of Hoboken, and Richard Phil- lips of Weehawken, leaders in the “chicken pullers’ association,” are charged with John Young's murder. The “chicken pullers,” an organiza- tion maintained by its leaders in- dependently of organized labor, con- sists of men who unload the count- less carloads jof poultry arriving daily in the Weehawken freight yards. In addition to a cash pay- ment per crate, the association mem- bers demand and receive eVery dead fowl found in shipments as compen- sation, John Young’s murder was said to have resulted from efforts to remain in the associatidn after he had been warned he was not wanted within the rank: Back to the “Old Home Church” The Coolidges attend Sunday churchyard is pictured and it is through the little crowd. accompanied by the president's fa In the othe ‘old chu in Plyn note that secret esident and Mrs. son Jobn. inte ther and th STORM BRINGS INCREASE IN.PHONE CALLS IN SPITE OF LIGHTNING OUTH DAKOTA TOWN STRUCK BY TORNADO Watertown, S. D., Aug. 21.— Two persons were reported kill- ed and serious property damage done by last night's storm at Hay ti, S. D. Reports to this effect have not heen verified as wire communications with that town are interrupted. Huron, S, D., Aug. here this morning say a struck through a district 15 miles east of here, killing one man at Yale, northeast of Huron, and injuring several persons in the towns of Iroquois and Cavour. Yale, accord- ing to these unconfirmed reports, was virtually wiped out. Newspaper men are accompa a party of hurses and doctors to Yale where an emergency call ask- ing for help was relayed through telephone repairmen to a local hos- pital. The unverified’ reports from Yale say practically ‘every building — in the town was demolished LAFOLLETTE LEADERS MEET Mapping Out Strategy of the Campaign 21. — Reports tornado ying Washington, Aug. 21.—Leadiny strategists of the LaFollette-Wheel- er organization gathered today to map out an itinerary for the two candidates and form a definite pro- gram for their supporters. The return last night of Senator Wheeler, running mate of the: pres- idential candidate, from his three weeks vacation in Massachusetts, en- abled Attorney-General Eckert of Wisconsin, director of the solicita- tion of campaign funds, and D. K. Niles, active~head of the speakers’ bureau, to begin a series of confer- ences with them. ‘The itineraries of the candidates themselves presented the principal task before the conferes although number of other problems are be- ing considered. Arrangements are being made meanwhile in Chicago to broadcast Labor Day address by Sen. LaFollette by radio through- out the country and Mr. Wheeler is expected to speak on the Boston Commons. FOR SCHOOL GIRL For the school girl the dress of navy blue flannel or red with a sep- arate guimpe of white lawn or linen cross-stitched in peasant designs is very effective. The captured heads of victims of the cannibal Amazon are shrunk until they are as small as oranges and then are kept as ornaments, tribes of the Upperj | Local People Unafraid. Though: There Is Bound to Be Some Danger, Inquiry terday’s Hard Storm Anyone who has used both a city and a country telephone line during an electrical storm will have noticed that the less disturbed by crackling neo caused by the lightning. Th due to the fact that the city lines are so much shorter, only a few blocks in length, {and unless the lightning is in the immediate does not affect. it. The country line on the other hand is often fifteen or twenty miles lditg, and electrical di j turbances nearsene portion of it, af- fect the whdldwire, according to telephone offigghts. There is, sqme danger from usi {the telephongtduring a storm, spite of the, ipgulation, a flash of lightning may "injure one’s ear, but there are usuaBy more, calls during a storm than @rdinarily, it was said at the local oifice. Women who di like to go out jin the rain, call their friends, or d@ their marketing by telephone; people detained by the rain, inform.their friends of their predicaments,. Business usually con- ductéd in pe¥Wwn is accomplished over the phone during a rain, The repair mép are naturally kept bu every @ettrical storm causes damage to sometline, sometimes sev- eral, depending upon the severity of the storm. In their seargh for trouble on the lines the men? run across some pecu- {liar causes of it, Over half a day was spent in looking for the cause of wire: disturbances near Breen. Ac- cording to the estimates made, the affected wire should have been about four miles from Breen, Finally the trouble was found to have been caus- ‘ed by a bit of rusty wire, which lay across two of the lines, just outside of Breen. Becquse it was rusty, the wire caused sa much resistance that the trouble .Was thought to have been much further out; had it been new, its position would have been located at once! A source of ‘much trouble is the “Big Pasture” neay Timmer. The cattle grazing’ there are fond of us- ing the telephone poles to scratch themselves on;. the rubbing causes the poles to sway, and the lines be- come entangled. Trees, especially while in full.léaf, if near enough to touch the wires, cause the lines to carry a murmurous sound, very an- noying to patron. WON’T SEEK SHORT TERM Jamestown, N. D., Aug. 21.—M. C. Freerks of Jamestown, nominee of the Nonpartisan League Party for Congress in the Second Congression- al District, today announced he will not enter the race for the short term, in the special election of November 4, He expects to make an active | campaign for, the long term. ee COOLIDGE HAS ENGAGEMENT T0 HELP PUT Plymouth, Vt., Aug. 21.—Kept indoors most of yesterday by one of the most severe rains of the summer, President Coolidge was prepared today to get some ex- ercise. in the hay fields. The President is turning his atten- tion to official business. Mr. Coolidge‘ yesterday accepted an invitation to speak in Baltimore at the unveiling of the Lafayette UP NEIGHBOR'S HAY statue thete ‘on- September 6— Lafayette-Marne day. The president has on his pro- gram an engagement to help Ed Blanchard rake hay. During a visit with Mr, Blanchard, who is a neighbor ,of Mr. Coolidge, the President learned that sickness in his neighbor's family had de- layed him in getting in’ his corp. He volunteered to help. c Here Discloses After Yes-| vicinity of that wire it! ral scene in the » scattered ving church mouth, Vt. A gene! p agents (arrows) a ‘oolidge are shown le DR. R. S. TOWNE IS APPOINTED ON N. D. BOARD Dr. R. S, Towne of Bismarck was ay appointed member of the State |Health Advisory Council, succeeding Dr. F. L, Householder of Minot, re- signed, Governor Nestos announced. Dr, Towne, who becomes the repre- sentative of the dental profession on the board, will serve until March 27, 1925. | ASSESSMENT OF BISMARCK | ISINOREASED State Board of Equalization Increases Valuation of Household Goods ; A comparatively few changes in personal property assessment in the state have been made by the state rd of equalization, it was said to- in announcing action of the board. The assessment on household goods in the city of Bismarck was in- creased 50 percent. Board members, explaining the increase, declared Bismarck presented the lowest per capita assessment of any city in the ate, and that the 50 percent raise would only bring its per capita assessment to one above the lowest. The lowest per capita reported wus Bismarck, $18.14, and the highest, Valley City, $53.13. Changes in electric utilities were made as follows: Northern States Power Company, Minot, valuation increased 100 per- cent for taxation purposes. Hughes Electric Company, marck, lowered five percent. Union Light, Heat and Power Company, Fargo, raised five percent. Hughes-Dieters Company, Dickin- son, lowered 40 percent. Cooperstown utility, increased 20 percent. With respect to the Bismarck util- ity, Tax Commissioner Converse said the local plant was valued higher in proportion to the size of the city than any other plant and that the decrease will still leave it assessed higher in proporgion td the size, of the city than any other utility, BRYAN HURT IN AUTO SPILL ws Withheld at His Re- quest Over Night Bis- Terre Haute, Ind., Aug. 21.—Wil- liam Jennings Bryan was injured last evening when an automobile in which he was traveling from Tuscola to Mattoon, Illionis, turned over on the highway. Mr. Bryan was bruised and cut about the head and face but was able to give a scheduled lecture on arriving at Mattoon. News of the accident was withheld last night at Mr. Bryan’s request for the reason that he did not want Mrs. Bryan, who is ill at her home in Florida, to know of the injury. The difference between a wave and a current is that a current is a stream of water moving in the sea, while a wave is merely a movement on the surface, Women in many’ parts of China believe that water drawn after mid- night of the seventh day of the seventh month can be used to cure many diseases. MURDER HELD COLD BLOODED Carried Out in Cold, Intellec- tual Manner, Says States Attorneys ONE SLIP COSTLY Had Leopold Pushed Body Tato Culvert, Boys Would Have Escaped, He Says 2 Chicago, Aug. 21.—Failure to hide sufficiently the body of Robert Franks was the breaking point in the plot of Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold Jr., according to the state's analysis of the crime given to Judge John R, Caverly by Joseph Savage as its states attorney, In impassioned denunciation of the defendants and with waving arms and pounding fists, Mr. Savage told the court that if Leopold had forced the body well into the cul- vert instead of pushing it with his foot, it would not have been found “They would not have been appre- hended in 100,000 years,” said Mr. Savage. He described the attempt to get $10,000 ransom from Bobby’s father, pointing out that the identification of the body became known to Mr. Franks only five minutes before he received his last message from “George Johnson” the name used to sign the ransom letter. Mr. Savage asserted that Leopold and Loeb had drawn their plans so fine that if the father had followed directions and gone to a drug store in a cab furnished by the kidnapers he would have been sent scurrying to a railroad depot, there to board a train due to leave in a few min- utes later. Letter In Car In the parlor cars the boys had placed a letter ‘addressed to Mr. Franks and giving full direction on how to throw the money from the moving train, “They would have reached the designated point in their automobile at that precise moment, if the train were on time,” said Mr. Savage. “How could they have been traced? No one knew whence ‘came the tele- phone call to Mr, Franks nor who had ordered the cab sent to his home. No one would have known who telephoned the drug store and the father would have had no chance to notify the police in advance of where he had been told to go or how i e of the money. a coldly intellectual plan, in its deliberation,” said DAVIS PLANS EARLY DRIVE THROUGH WEST Will Begin Immediately After Labor Day, According to Tentative Plan New York, Aug. 21.—Before de- parting for Seagirt, N. J., where he plans to fire the first broadside against President Coolidge’s pos tion, John W. Davis will confer here today with Clem L, Shaver, his pres- idential campaign manager, and his other party leaders, on campaign plans. . Mr. Shaver is returning from the west to supplement reports made by telegraph concerning what he thinks is a favorable drift in that section toward the Democratic na- tional ticket, He has already ad- vised the nominee that the people in the west are anxious to hear Mr. Davis, and it was on his advice that the standard bearer decided to in- augurate his intensive campaign im- mediately after Labor Day. Mr, Davis will leave here for Sea- girt to be the guest of Gov. Silzer until tomorrow when he will return to his home, While Mr. Davis has decided to strike into the west early next month itinerary, even in its early stages, remains to be fixed. G.0.P. RECORD IS PRAISED South Dakota Senator Speaks in Hlinois Aurora, Ill, Aug. 21,—The record of the Republican party “is a record of thrift, economy, progress and of the application of that saving grace of common sense to all the prcblems and business of govern- declared Senator Thomas Sterling of South Dakota in an ad- dress prepared for delivery here today at the Central States Fai With Calvin Coolidge and Char- les Dawes at the head of affairs “that record is an indication of what *he future will be,” he said. s HUNDRED FIRES New York, Aug. 21 self: “Dr, Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" suming youth fessed to the police yesterday he had causdd over 100 incend fires on Manhattan Island in th few months—"just to see the fire gi in action.” t was a lot of fun,” he expiain- ed with a smile, “to stand in front of a burning house and know the people running from the plac madly didn’t know that the one who had made all the excitement right there looking at them" Former lum Inmate The prisoner, vege ( former bank clerk and son of a p: ent attorney, was held for examina- tion by a lunacy commission to be appointed by a court. It will be his second experience with alienists, for he was incarcerated in Bloomingdale and Middletown asylyms from 1916 yled an unas. of 26—-blandly —con- that Pepke Accepts Position Here As N. P. Manager K. J. Pepke of Ward county has ac- cepted a position as campaign man- ager for the Nonpartisan League and will establish headquarters here Sep- tember 1, according to S. S. MeDon- ald, member of the executive commit tee. HERRIOT GOES BEFORE FRENCH BODY FOR 0. K. French Premier Takes Report of London Conference to Chamber of Deputies NECESSITY, HE SAYS France Would Have Had To Face Inter-Allied Entente, Declares Premier Paris, Aug. 21.—The Dawes reparation plan and the steps taken at the London conference to make it effective were ov shadowed by a violent Commun- ist demonstration in the Cham- ber of Deputies today, when Premier Herriot went before the chamber and senate and read a long statement embodying the government case, and asked for it the approval of the legisla- ture, The premier was spared much of this violence during the hour it took to read his statement, but before and after his address the chamber was a madhouse, and the session had to be sus- pended in order to restore quiet. ‘The Communists monopolized the debate and maneuvered in such a fashion that the entire afternoon was devoted to their motion for an adjournment un- til the senate votes on the am- nesty bill. Not @ word of dis- cussion about the work of the London conference was heard. Paris, Aug. 21—(By the A. P. Premier Herriot put the Dawes re- paration plan and the London agree- ment for making it effective before the Chamber of Deputies this after- noon and told the members: “I, for my part, have chosen but nothing final has been done. Par- liament, in its turn, can choose.” Evacuation of the Ruhr tre Premier said, had dominated everything at the international conference in Lon- don and he had had “to choose be- tween the reestablishment of an in- ter-allied entente and the continu- ance of isolated action.” M. Herriot emphasized that arbitra- tion was the great principle estab- lished at the London conference and asserted France would gain by it “for it would need a good deal of optim- ism to believe that France, in the future, could gain the majority of votes which enabled her to enter the Ruhr.” GERMANS ACTIVE Berlin, Aug. 21.—(By the A. P.)-- The German government has begun the legslative program required to carry out the agreement reached at the London conference for launching the Dawes reparation plan. A bill presented to the Reichstag provides, firstly, assent to the Lon- don protocol, secondly, authorization for the minister of finance to float a loan of 800,000,000 gold marks and thirdly authorization for the igvern- ment of the Reich to take measures with a view to the surrender of state railway bonds to the value of eleven billion gold marks and bonds to the value of five billion gold marks under the law relating to the taxation of industry. Clerical work, stenography and of- fice work in general are vocations in which women stand a good chance of marriage, records show, while school teaching is unsatisfactory in this respect. Hotel Majestic, New York, now is on the air with its own broadcasting station, WFBH. that | was | Custow, | JFRANKS BOY’S | NEW YORK YOUTH ADMITS SETTING OF TO SEE ENGINES RUN to 1919 his arrest for a series of incend fires he started as a boy of HM. years Custow’s arrest followed months of work by police and fire offi sought him as “New York’ firebug.” Baffled by the absence parent motive for the of incendiary fires, the au- had no clue to the pyro- identity until Custow was an Amsterdam ave fire yes- and recognized as a n a limp” who had been seen to ¢ the flami:g building just. be- red Sent Letters to Chief maniac’s -| Taken to a police station he admit- ted authorship of two letters to Fire | Marshal Brophy in which he had | written that “the man who is setting [all these fires is a person of dual | personality and a very shrewd per- json. He will never be caught.” |URGES ZONING FOR N. D, HAIL RISK BUREAU Commissioner of Insurance Olsness Transmits Recom- mendations to Governor REVIEWS EXPERIENCE Also Would Remove Present Maximum; Pay Deficit of 1923 From Surplus Zoning of the state for hail in- surance purposes is the chief recom- mendation made by S. A. Olsnes Commissioner of Insurance, in tran: mitting to the Governor the report of the state hail insurance depart- ment for the year 1923, renews recommendations previously made, with empha: pointing out that zoning must be resorted to if the state is to hold hail insurance business in Red River Valley coun- re private companies have written insurahce cheaper than thé state. “Four plans have been devised with great ‘e by Man ry Hagen, each providing for a zoning system for the purpose of more equitably adjusting premium es to the ac al los s by the pas x perience said Mr. . “These proposed amend- also contain other changes such permitting the payment of the lacking 20 percent (on 1923 losses), which had to be pro-rated this, year due to losses exceeding the 50 cents an acre limit in the present law, the removal of said limit of levy and providing for the use of. moneys in the surplus fund during excessive loss years, same to be re- imbursed through an elastic adjus ment of levy over succeeding years, when losses are light, ete. Other States Use It “As is well known, the writer has been opposed to the zoning system of rates because of its complexi of operation, and furthermore, be- cause there were no statistical busis upon which a differentiation of rates could be figured. The past five years’ experience has convinced me, however, that hail damages are much more pronounced in some parts of our state than in others and that this condition must be met by an adjustment of rates, if we would re- tain the patronage and good will of the farmers of those sections where jthe average rate for the state, hitherto charged, was obviously too high.” Other states have adopted the zoning system from the start; also | old line companies, according to Mr. | Olsness. “Unless we would drive away the (Cntinued on page four.) Red River Valley district and other i eee ene ments ees: \ Weather Repo: For 24 hours ending at noon. Temperature at 7 a. m. Highest yesterday. Lowest yesterday Lowest last night Precipitation Highest wind velocity .... WEATHER FORECASTS For Bismarck and vicinity: erally fair tonight and Friday. much change in temperature. For North Dakota: Generally fair tonight and Friday. Somewhat cool- er east portion tonight. GENERAL WEATHER CONDITIONS The low pressure area over the eastern slope of the Rocky Moun- tains yesterday morning has moved eastward and its center is over Man- —o Gen- Not Mr. Olsness | itoba and the Red River Valley this morning. Heavy precipitation oc- curred at many places in Minnesota and eastern North and South Dakota while light showers occurred over the northern Rocky Mountain region and at scattered places in the south- ern Plains States, Generally fair weather prevails in the Great Lakes region and in the middle and lower Mississippi Valley. Temperatures have dropped slightly at most places in the northern Plains States and over the northern Rocky Mountain region, but seasonable temperatures prevail in practically all sections. ORRIS W. ROBERTS, Meteorologist. | 2 KILLED BY LIGHTNING IN STATE'S STORM tims Fields Around Jamestown Are Instantly Killed Last Evening MAN HIT AT DAWSON Farm Hand Knocked Uncon- scious — Heavy Rain Car- ries Little Hail With It Two men killed, one knocked un- by lightning, one farm house d by fire, light hail in some places, appeared to be the chief toll of a terrific rain and electrical storm which swept southern North Dakota yesterday afternoon and last night. The two deaths by lightning occur- red within a radi of 15 miles of Jamestown. The victims were John Knitter, prominent farmer of near Buchanan and Amos Thorstonberg, transient laborer whose home is at Salina, Kansas. Both men were kill- ed within an rour, 6 to 6 p. m., when the rainstorm struck the east cen- tral part of the state with the great- est force. House Burned A message received here today said that lightning struck the house of John Canfield, near Dawson, and knocked a hired man unconcious. The victim of the bolt of lightning recov- ered. The house was destroyed by fire. Knitter, at the time of his death, was returning with his family from the harvest fields. He was walking about 20 feet uhead of the rest of the family in the rain, followed by his daughter, Agnes. The lightning stripped the clothes from his body and made a hole about the size of a dollar in his head. His daughter was knocked unconscious, but was rest- ing comfortably last evening. The other members of the family were badly shocked. The widow and eight children survive, Took Refuge in House Thorstonberg, the storm’s second ictim, was killed in an abandoned shack about 6 miles south of James- town in which he had taken refuge from the storm. He, with a pal, Ar- thur Sparks, were shocking when the rain began falling. They entered the old house and Thorstonberg sat on the floor, Sparks went over to the door to watch the rain and lightning und while there lightning struck Thorstonberg, killing him instantly. Sparks was uninjured, W. O. Johnson, a brother-in-law of the victim, living at Salina, Kant was notified of the death last even- ing. Terrific Rain The rain storm was one of the hardest of the year, and although it carried some hail with it, the damage appeared light, according to reports received today. Napoleon reported the heaviest rain, veritable cloudburst, with 2.55 inches of rain, or two and a half as much as fell in Bismarck. James- town followed with 1.63 inches of rain while Bismarck had .84 of an inch, mostly from 2 p. m. to 4 p, m Precipitation reported from other weather stations included: Amenia one inch; Bottineau .15; Devils Lake .36; Ellendale Fessenden 8 Grand Forks .21; Langdon .47; more .50; Lisbon 1.36: Minot Pembina .50; Moorhead, Minnesota, one inch. None At Dickinson While rain was reported from all weather stations except Dickinson, Dunn Center and Williston, the heav- iest storm appeared to be in the southern part of the state, starting southwest of Bismarck and traveling eastward. Jason Hoover, living 30 miles south of Bismarck, reported a light hail in southern Burleigh county, but said there was no great damage done. The Soo line’s report follows: Heavy rain three-quarters inch to inch and a half, Bismarck to Hanktin- son, Wishek to Pollock, last evening. Light rain Baldwin to Drake. Max to Sanish except Garrison and Kongs- berg where rain was heavy. Light hail in vicinity of Kintyre. Very little damage. Heavy hail 12 miles south of Pollock, South Dakota, strip six miles long, four miles wide, fifty percent damage to standing grain. Fifty percent or better of grain cut was slightly damaged.” Minot, N. D., Aug. 21.—A heavy faites which descended in Minot sterday afternoon accompanied by scattering hailstones brought a precipitation of .51. No serious crop damage was reported, though slight lodging where stands are exceptionally heavy is expected to cause inconvenience. No hail in serious amounts was reported from rural districts. TWO HELD IN MURDER CASE Robert Hanna, 24, and Frank Row- den, 21, taxicab drivers of Picher, Oklahoma, were in jail here today in connection with the death of Miss Florence Barton, Kansas City society girl, who was slain under mysterious circumstances several years ago.