The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 23, 1924, Page 1

WEATHER FORECAST For Bismarck and vicinity: Gen- erally fair tonight and Sunday. TABLISHED 1873 BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 23, 1924 MANDAN | GIRL HIKER IS KILLED IN MONTANA ‘AUTO PLUNGES +" 50 FEET FROM MONTANA ROAD Miss Grace Allen, on Way; | West with Girl Companion, Instantly Killed ' OTHERS THROWN TO SIDE} Escape Death While Mandan} Girl Is Victim—Parents Were in Canada 23.—( by! Bozeman, Mont., Aug. i the A. P.)—Grace Allen of Mandan 1 \ F , 4 ik.|, General John J. { Tee wast, wan inctoreiy killed ‘when’ tional guardsmen in training at Ca ‘ an automobile in which they were | riding went off the road between Livingston and Bozeman. The car fell 50 feet, throwing the other two occupants out but pinning the Allen girl underneath. SECRETARY OF | NAVY COMING — Grace Allen, reported killed in an mp Grant, Rockford. It probably ANOTHER TOWN ARMS ITSELF } automobile accident near Bozeman, Grand Forks, .N. D., Aug. 23— Montana, is the daughter of Mr. and! Manvel is organized against bandits, ( Site: 4. F. Allen of Mandan, Shel |making the third town in Grand ' // graduated from the Mandan high T0 JAME T WN) Forks county to become thus or- school class of 1924 and had been at- Lay armote: aoa ter eea a tending the Dickinson Normal School: aaa aut bandite aio vat: ee during the summer months prepar-/ He ine any Ss iy atory to teaching this fall. It is he-! A * . oe aN eauae lieved that at the close of the schooi| Secretary Wilbur to Return ike oreanvasuion at fa ee year, in company with a school friend, she started west on a hiking adven- ‘ture. Her parents are visiting in Canada, but are expected to return tonight. From the nature of the dispatch, it is] Jamestown, Aug. 23.—Seeretary of assumed that the girls had accepted; the Navy Curtis D. Wilbur, former “lifts” from Ge | resident of Jamestown will be a vis- to North Dakota City Where He was Educated here. EG will arrive here on the N. : stay till in the evening when i he will entrain for Helena, Mont. SS} Secretary Wilbur will be accom- panied by his staff and will doubt- less deliver an address at James- town although definite arrangements have not yet been made. The navy secretary's _ itinerary calls for absence from Washington Aug. 21 until arrival in Washington on Sept. 23. He will not retrace his steps to the Capitol but will travel via the Union Pacific, through Sheyenne, Omaha and Chicago. Secretary Wilbur is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Dwight L. Wilbur. His father was engaged in the real tate business in Jamestown in the 80's being in the firm of Nikkerus, Wilbur and Nichols. The cabinet official received his education at Boonesboro, Iowa, and in the public schools of Jamestown. DAWES HITS KU KLUX KLAN Augusta, Me,, Aug. 23.—Charles G. Dawes, the Republican nominee for vice-president declared in an ad- dress today that he was “opposed to the Ku Klux Klan, although he realized that many ‘had become members’in the interest of law and order,” Wealthy Pennsylvania .Man- ufacturer Is Victim New York, Aug. 23.—A tin box in a Greenwich village basement gave up the body of Aaron Graff, wealthy manufacturer of Wilkes Barre, Pa., and furnished the homi- cide squad another gruesome mur- der mystery to solve. Graff, missing since Aug. 1, had been strangled. His limbs had been hacked off and crammed, with the rest of his body, into a galvanized tin container four feet long. Blan- /Xets had been stuffed around him, ‘the lid of the box had been sealed with shellac, and over all had been poured a thick coating of wax and plaster-of-paris. A tiny hole in the box released an odor of decomposition which days ago caused residents of the building to complain to health authorities. This morning detec- tives, who for weeks had been searching for Graff, traced the odor io the basement and thence to the OX, The dead man was a manufactur- er of radio cabinets. The base- ment where his body was found was occupied by the family of John Logasy, a carpenter and caretaker from whom Graff purchased cab- inets in the rough. Logasy is re- ported by his wife to have been missing since Aug. 9 and a gener- al alarm was broadcast tonight for | Sheriff Odin Overby jof the case in the presence of busi his arrest. Graff was 72 years old. CERTIFICATE Minot, N. D., Aug. 23 owner during the year of a decision rendered Judge J. question. OF SHERIFF NOT GOOD ON CROP —The holder of a sheriff’s certificate to land on which a mortgage has been foreclosed is not entitled to share © jn the crop grown by the former tion permitted by law, according to recently by C. Lowe of Minot. ruling promises to be of great in- terest in North Dakota because of frequent recurrences of the farm redemp- The same “Appeal to the racial and religious or class prejudices by a minority is opposed to the welfare of all peaceful and civil communities,” he said, / FR. FLANAGAN’S BOYS GREETED BY BIG CROWD Father Flanagan’s boys, appearing at the city Auditorium last night, were greeted by a packed house. The boys, with their vaudeville skits and concert band, entertained the large crawd +hroughout. The work of Father Flanagan, who established a boys’ home in Omaha, to receive boys of any race or creed, was explained to the crowd. The boys were to ap- The opinion of the local jurist was given in a Mountrail county action in which the Minnesota Moline Plow company appeared as plaintiff, seek- ing foreclosure of a chattel mort- page against Carl M, Elgin, and-the First National hank of Van Hook appeared as codefendant with Elgin. The issue on which the decision was made concerned the claim of the First National bank of Harvey as interpleaded defendant, which insti- tution was the holder of the sher- iff’s certificate on Elgin’s farm, pear again tonight. King’s College Hospital, London, spent 10 per cent of its funds on middle of the last century. A new investigation of possible uses of lignite coal is being made by the United States -Bureau of Mines, it was learned today. A rep- resentative of the federal bureau re- cently. covered western North Dakota coal fields and obtained numerous samples of lignite, to be tested for the centage of oil that may be extracted. The samples, each weighing 50 to 15 .pounds, will be taken to Pitts- burgh where chemists of. the federal N D SUGAR BEETS HELD BETTER THAN IOWA PRODUCT Grand Forks, N, D., Aug. 22.—Su- gar beets grown in the Red river golly. are superior to those grown Towa, according to R. B. Marshall, vay ‘experimenting expert of the North: ern Sugar company of Mason City, * Towa, who thas been here recently examining crops for his company. Indications are that an excellent crop will be produced in the valley thig yeor, Mr. Marshall said, beer, wine and spirits during the ate’s Attorney J. B. Wineman and had visited the facts town and had pointed out the ness men and residents hastily call- ed together, Twenty-two volunteers signed up to act an night watchmen and two itor of this city next Tuesday when 8 re a 5 Y substitutes were listed. The night 0 DN he ‘stops here enroute to Seattle, titrol there started recently with fleet from Port Angeles, on Labor |t¥@ armed men on duty, the plan Day, according to word received | Calling for each two men to serve only one night in eleven. FIRSTSTARK COUNTY YIELD IS EXCELLENT Over 27 Bushels to Acre of Marquis Wheat Is Made on 15 Acre Farm Dickinson, Aug. “23.—First new wheat to be marketed in Dickinson this year was threshed Thursday by F. A. Meyer of South Dickinson and hauled directly to the elevator. From 15 acres of the old Jack McDonough farm inside the city limits to the south, Mr. Meyer threshed 402 bus- hels of Marquis, machine measure. The elevator weight, dockage deduct- ed, was 410 bushels, making the aver- age yield per acre 27 1-3 bushels. The first load of 112 bushels hauled to the elevator graded No. 2 and sold for $1.12. Being cut less than a week, the wheat was a little damp. Consequently the grade was lower than it would otherwise have been. Yields from nearby rye fields threshed during the week indicate a general yield ranking considerably above the average for the past sev- eral years. A 60 acre field on the N. C. Langdon farm northwest of the city showed a machine run of slightly above 20 bushels per acre, Wheat harvest is now so advanced in Stark county that rust, which has developed rapidly during the past week, has been able to do little dam- age. Threshing of wheat and oats will begin next week. Corn is ma- turing slowly; flax will yield better than usually, from all indications, and there is an exceptionally large acreage in the county this year. A heavy hailstorm south of Hebron did much damage, but ‘territory around Dickinson escaped the hail entirely. FORKS RATE PROBE OPEN Grand Forks, N. D. Aug. /Members of the state railway com- mission, the Grand Forks city com- mission, and representatives of the Red River Power company are sche- duled to open a conference here on the present and proposed electric rates charged in Grand Forks by the company. PROBE VALUE OF LIGNITE COAL FOR OIL EXTRACTED FROM IT bureau will extract oil from them. The representative gathering samples is said to have expressed opinion that there is more oil in lignite coa' than in the famous oil bearing shale of Colorado. While it is not anti- cipated that extraction of oil would be commercially feasible at this time, the investigation is mgde * the U. S. Bureau in searching out methods by which oil may be obtain- ed in the far distant future when well oil has been exhausted. PERSHING IN HIS LAST REVIEW Pershing is seen here (in the foreground, a little to the left) reviewing Illinois na- will be the last time he ever will ride up and down before his troops again, for Pershing is laying aside his sword. The War Department's age limit necessitates his retirement as chief of staff Sept. 13. GREAT CROWDS EXPECTED HERE ON “AUTO DAY’: 5,000 Invitations Are Sent Out By Bismarck Adver- tising Club PLANNING ON EVENTS A week from today, August 30, will see one of the biggest crowds it has ever been the pleasure of Bis- marek to entertain. From personal talks with a number of farmers around the county the past few days, it looks like everyone was going to come to town, according to members of the Advertising club. There have been over 5000 personal invitations sent out to every car owner outside: of Bismarck within a radius of thir- ty and forty miles of Bismarck and throughout Burleigh, Morton, Em- mons, and parts of Oliver, McLean and Kidder counties. There will be fully 500 country cars in town that day. The automobile and supply dealers of the city will have the days events in charge and they are all working to get a big crowd to town. It will, without doubt, be the most success- ful event of the kind ever held in the city. There will be several hundred cars in the big parade with two bands. Many of the cars will be gaily decor. ated and they will all be filled with a total of hundreds and hundreds of! people from the surrounding country.! ‘It will do your hearts good to see them as everyone is feeling so good this year. There ure going to be a lot, of au- tomobile stunts and other contests held. on the streets of interest to everyone and with a lot of fun con- nected with them. To Have Parade Every youngster from the country and from town should follow the very last car in the parade as from it will) be distributed thousands of lolly pops and several hundred toy bal- loons for the kids. Curtis Dirlam and his clown band will be on the streets after the par- ade to furnish musie and fun for everyone down town. It is hoped that everyone in town will make this a real gala day, and everyone who can should come down town and help entertain our guests from all the surrounding country, make them feel at home, give them all the “glad hand” and try to make our farmer friends think of Bis- marck as being “their” town. The work of the Advertising Club this summer has been along the lines of trying to bring the farmers and the townspeople closer together so- cially. During the past few years there has been a great deal of mis- understanding on both sides. It has been largely “a state of mind” with really nothing back of it and judging by talks with a great many people the efforts of the Advertising Club have met "with very good results. Several farmers ‘have told us that since we inaugurated these days the merchants have been more cordial and have acted much differently from the way they had.in the past and some of the merchants have told us that the farmers had been different. There is no secret about it. It is largely « matter of business. An Advertising Club statement said: “There is not a farmer in this ter- ritory who is not really proud of Bismarck and who does not realize that Bismarck is the best and most up to date city of its size in the Northwest and the business men here ought to be proud of the fact that our farmers have come through the past hard years so well. They, most of them, realize that there has been a tremendous increase in corn and hogs and milking and, poultry the past few years. One merchant said that in one day he had cashed ove> $200 of cream checks for farmers and}! he is only one out of a hundred. The country around Bismarck has actual- (Continued on page 3) DARROW AGAIN PLEADS MERCY BEFORE COURT Veteran Criminal Lawyer Condemns Hanging as a Relic of Barbarity COURTROOM IS SILENT Even “Silent” 1 Typewriters Are Heard During the Tense Moments Chicago, Aug. 23, (By the A. P.) —Clarence S. Darrow today again matched his eloquence, logic and philosophy in an appeal to Judge John R. Caverly for mercy toward Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb. Before a packed court room in a stillness that was punctured by the muffled click of “silent” typewriters and the telegraph in- struments, the grizzled veteran of the bar talked to the gray-haired judge, pleading for mercy for “two diseased minds” picturing the sit- uation condemned to a life-time iving in a cell and denouncing the barbarity of hanging in general and in this case in particular. There was fiery denunciation, too, of the testimony given by state alienists, particularly Dr. William Krohn, “The crime was so aimless that the defendants did not even have a definite victim in mind,” Mr. Dar- row sai picking first one boy and then another “bent on killing but not knowing where he would go or whom he would get.” “And I get a picture, too, of Dr. Krohn going in and out of court for 16 years,” said Mr. Darrow, “slaying his victims without regard to their age or sex or circumstan- ces, But he had a motive. It was cash,” and the last word exploded as it rang in the tense atmosphere. _,Mr. Darrow was not burdened p@ith a vest today. He, therefore, ‘Rad free access to his suspenders and frequently rested his gesticula- ting hands by hooking the thumbs into his trousers’ supporters. Early in his address Mr. Dar- row @eated his point of yester- day tnat the crime was senseless, without object or motive, that could not be .understcod unless it was explained on the defense basis of mental sickness. A Senseless Thing , “The killing of Bobby Franks was a senseless thing, an unreasonable, unexplainable and foolish act that could have been conceived and exe- cuted only by a diseased mini,” said Darrow, 67-year-old veteran of criminal court battles, in the begin- ning of his plea yesterday after- noon, “Why did they kill little Bobby Franks?” asked the gray haired pleader, pointing a shaking fore- finger at the judge. “Not for mon- ey, They had that. Not for spite. Not for hate. They killed him as they might kill a fly or a spider, for the experience. “Because somewhere,” and here ‘the strident tone sank to a pitch of |regret, “in the infinite processes ithat go to making of the boy or the man, something slipped. And now these unfortunate lads sit here ha- ted, despised, outcast, and with the community shouting for their blood.” the self control of the culprits. Throughout most of the afternoon they sat tense, Loeb following every movement of the pleader, growing pale beneath his customary ruddy flush. Boys Break Down But when Mr. Darrow’s eloquence pictured disgrace to the families, the grief of mothers, the sorrow of fa- thers, the blasted hopes for the boys themselves, Dickie flicked tears from his cheeks and Leopold stumbled from the courtroom with bowed head. So overcome was the latter that he struck blindly against a parti- tion narrowing the entrance to the “bull pen” the impact drove him sidewise, but he did not raise his head. With extended arms he plow- ed past the bailiffs and fairly plung- ed into the elevator which was wait- ing to convey him to the approach of Cook county’s “bridge of sighs.” Judge Caverly leaned forward resting his chin upon his clasped hands and riveting his eyes upon the speaker. But what went on behind the judicial mask was not visible. Millions Handicap At the outset of his argument, Mr. Darrow declared that the millions of lars possessed by his client’s fam- ; ilies had been a positive handicap to the defense. He spoke of the at- titude of local newspapers which, he charged, had inflamed public opinion against Leopold and Loeb. “There are times when poverty is fortunate and this is one of those times,” he said. “Wildly extrava- gant stories were published without basis of fact. They said this was to be an effort to save the two boys by the use of money.” Mr. Darrow denied that, pointing out that the experts called by the defense were to receive fees based upon their regular charges for pro fessional services, and that he and (Continued on page 3) am and he pictured Loeb |h The appeal proved too much for Leopold , LIFE EXISTS; RI Next 2 Jumps Of U.S. Fliers | Are Shown Here; ' i | GERMANS HAVE BIG CHANCE IN Chancellor Marx, Addres: Reichstag, Warns Against Turning It Down ig U.S. May Not Again Come in European Affairs so Prom- inently, He Says fhe London con- ference for launching the Dawes re- parations plan gave Germany a chance which is not likely to be re- newed if she rejects it. That was Chancellor Marx's warn- ing to the Reichstag today in a care- fully phrased statement of the Lon- don negotiations. The Chancellors speech, which was to have been read yesterday at the session, but which was held up on account of the Communist riots, was a plain spoken appeal to the Reich- stag conscience to carefully consider the alternative in the event it de- cides to reject the agreement made by the German delegation in Londen. “Who will insure that it will be possible to reinduce American parti- cipation which under the slogan of ‘the Dawes report has at last come from its aloofness and is an essen- tial party to the pact, if it now fails of ratification?” asked the Chancel- lor. Berlin, Aug. 23 SILK BRAID Silk braid is used effectively for fall, thoagh for the most part fur is the favorite trimming. COAT DRESS| The most lovely coat dresses for fall are of 8k velvet trimmed with white ermine. Even Eskimo boys in Alaska learning radio through the Bureau of Education. are 1 a ee eee ‘ Weather Report _—— ay 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: Gen- ‘erally fair tonight and Sunday. Not much change in temperature. For North Dakota: GeNgrally fair tonight and Sunday. Not much change in, temperature. GENERAL WEATHER CONDITIONS No storm area of any importance appears on the weather map this morning and except for scattered ;8howers in the upper Great Lakes region and in the southern Plains States the weather is fair in all sections. Temperature changes have unimportant and moderately eather prevails in all sections. Orris W. Roberts, Meteorolog’ been cool | Mar: |largest refracting lens in the world, of ice 700 miles in width. This ice ; field is rapidly shrinking, Prof. Frost declares, and within a few weeks DAWES: SCHEME AMERICA HELD PARTY} SEARCH FOR THIRD MOON ON MARS BEING MADE; SCIENTIST DOUBTS IF DICULES SIGNALLING Planet Mars to be Closer to Earth at 6:30 Tonight Than it Has Been For 120 Years and Scientists all Over World Are Searching For Signs of Life on the Planet—Cap of Ice Is Re- vealed by One Search Chicago, Aug, 23.—(By the A. P.)— |Search for the third moon of Mars and a study of the moisture content encircle in the air which may planet are being mad here as the planet d earth. “There is a bare chance that we may discover another moon around " Prof. Frost of the University of Chicago in charge of the Yerkes Observatory at Williams Bay, said today. He said that at about 6:30 tonight the planet would be closer to the earth than it has been for 120 years or will be again before 2007 A. D. Mars is already credited with the Possession of two moons, one, Fear, 10 miles in diameter and Dread, 35 miles, both traveling around Mars three times a day, he Last nights study of the planet through the 40 inch telescope—the the at Yerkes observatory, revealed a cap will have disappeared entirely and as- tronomers will then have a better op- portunity to observe the presence of vegetation. Seems Arid “Mars seems to be an arid contin- ent, Prof. Frost said. “One of the ; things we are anxious to do now is | to verify or discredit our belief that the amount of moisture. there is small. It is perfectly reasonable to | believe that there is vegetation on Mars, possible fungus. In faet I am of the opinion that the cunals you have been hearing so much about are ‘nothing more than strips of vegeta- tion. “As for life existing on the planet, that is almost out of the questio One thing is certain, if any animals are there, they must be able to stand |extreme heat. The notion that Mars is signalling to us is ridiculous. “When shall we get into communic: tion with Mars?” echoed Camile Flammarion, octogenarian French as- tronmer to a question put by the Petite Parisian. “Why perhaps they (the Martians) already tried at the epoch of the Iguanodon, and the Dinosaur and got tired.” “Are the luminous projection of Mars signals, or simply reflections of the sun?” f | “That it is a mystery, I would be as bold to affirm as the unscientific to deny. “Who knows if this year will set- tle the question?” M. Flammarion had no doubt that there are inhabitants of Mars. “The Martians are happier than we, and much more intelligent, be- cause their planet is several years older than ours, and progress is further advanced, they are less gov- erned by matter, the gravity there being less. A man or woman of 150 pounds would weigh only 50 on Mars. “The years are twice as long, and the Martian is only 50 when we a 94 years‘old. Finally the climate is more equable. LABOR SUPPLY STILL GOOD Plentiful For Harvest Work, Reports State THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE [2am PRICE FIVE CENTS RENEW SEARCH FOR MISSING FLIER FOG PREVENTS AIRPLANE USE IN WIDE HUNT Lieut. Locatelli, Missing Flier, Last Seen 275 Miles From His Objective WAS ON THE COURSE U. S. Raleigh Reports That Fog Along Coast Hampers Search For Missing Man Aboard the U. S. S. Rich- mond, Aug. 23.—(By the A. P.)—Lieut. Locatelli, Italian trans-Atlantic aviator, who started with the American world fliers on ‘their Iceland to Greenland Hop, was still missing with companions at 8 o'clock this morning. The U. S. S. Raleigh, one of the searching vessels, reports that it is too foggy ‘along the Greenland coast to permit the use of airplanes in the search. WAS ON COURSE Washington, Aug. 23.--Lieut. Lo- catelli, Italian flier who left with the American world flight squadron to accompany them on the hop from Iceland to Greenland, but who now is missing, was last sighted 275 miles northeast of Fredericksdal, Greenland, on the exact course plot- ted for the flight from Reykjavik to Fredericksdal, Iceland. REST AT FREDERICKSDAL Washington, Aug. 23.—The army* air. service was officially advised last night that the American fliers had reached Greenland. The dispatch, which was undated, was signed by Lieutenant Bissell, of the army air service and was pea by way of Louisburg, N. S. sai * Smith and Nelson (the Ameri- can aviators) arrived safely at Fredericksdal. Nothing difinite from Locatelli, who when last heard from was preceding our planes by 40 minutes. Details later.” The information was contained in a message from the cruiser Mil- waukee, which said that Lieutenant Locatelli, the Italian aviator who started from Iceland with the Am- ericans on their 825 mile hop, when last heard of was preceding the Americans by 40 minutes. The brief dispatch was read eagerly by officials, although the safe arrival of the Americans in Greenland had long been known from press dispatches. Officers remained on duty last night, as they had continuously since the aviators took off from Iceland, hoping to receive further advices concerning the lost Italian aviatcr and plans of the Ameri- cans for continuing their ir flight. WOULD BURY BABY ALIVE Police Near Kansas City Sur- prise Man Digging Grave _ Kansas City, Aug. 23—Constables in the territory just outside Kansas City last night surprised a man dig- ging a hole in a pasture while lying on the ground nearby was a 10-days- old baby boy.. When the officers approached he threatened them with a shovel and then fled leaving the infant, his shovel, cap and a motor car in which he had come to the spot. Bloodhounds and posses are searching the region. The child was unharmed but the officers declare the apparent inten- tion of the man was to bury it alive. LIGHTNING _ KILLS PIONEER With the harvest in North Dakota just getting well under way, there is plenty of labor on hand, accord- ing to reports to J. A. Kitchen, Com- missioner of Agriculture and state [employment director, from labor of- fices in the state. More labor will be required in the next two weeks than at the present time, the reports also indicate. George Tucker, federal director of harvest labor for the employment. bureau of the U. S. Department of Immigration, in conference with Mr, Kitchen, also reported employmen®| conditions satisfactory. PRINCE SAILS FOR AMERICA Southampton, England, Aug.’ 23.— In holiday attire, with flags flying and bunting waving, the giant liner Berengaria, with the Prince of Wales on ‘board, sailed for the . United [States at 2:80 o'clock this afternoon. * Hankinson, N. D., Aug. 23.—Fred- erick Neumann, 60, who came to North Dakota with his parents in 1874, was instantly killed by light- ning in a hayfield on his farm four miles southwest of Hankinson. He was walking about « half dozen paces behind his wagon which his son was driving, when struck. Prac- tically all his clothing was stripped from his body. His son was dazed but soon Fe- covered. The dead man’s parents home- steaded near Great Bend in 187@, Mr. Néumann was active in the de- velopment of Richland county. After farming for many years near Great Bend he moved to a farm near Han- kinson. He was an active member of the Immanuel: Evangelical church. _His widow and 11 children ‘sur- vive. SPANISH SWINDLE BOBS uP Grand Forks, N. D., Aug. 28.—That the classic “Spanish letter swindle” is still being worked was strated here Thursday when George K. Munro, optician, received a let- ter from the parpetatily imprisoned ppenieer.