The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 7, 1925, Page 1

( 4 i] r —_—/ WEATHER FORECAST Fair tonight and Saturday: probably thundershowers tonight. ESTABLISHED 1873 TH BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 7, 1925 E BISMARCK TRIBUNE [iam] PRICE FIVE CE JURY SAVES SCOTT FROM GALLOWS WILL URGE | REBATE O¥ INCOMETAX Hall Announces Reverse Pay- ment on Federal Levy Will Take Care of Surpluses CLEAN UP WASHINGTON Campaign to Relax Immigra- tion Restrictions Up at ext Session, Hall Substantial re come taxes in following announcement B. Madden, MHlinois, ch house appropri $70,000,000, e: the a! es on federal in- 6 are in prospect by Martin Jable for d here tod Tom Hall, Bis: reduction, by Con y yressman Hall declared Madden intro cuce in the December session of congress a bill providing for pro- portional rebates to federal income payers to be governed by the rplus in the treasury for the pre- ceding fiseal period. Up at Last Session Such a measure was diseussed during the last session of congress, Hall stated, and he believes the plan will obtain favorable action when it_comes up for final disposition next winter. Congressman Hall will demand a thorough-going cleanup of the Dis- cs ict of Columbia at the next session he stated here today. on is dirty, and sections of the city ate efor pedestrians after night- the solon declared. “It is far m being the city beautiful news cles would lead the public an advocate of loca ment for the District Congress, which charge government of ington, far too busy to look after the neads of a great city,” he declared. “The city is unfortunate in the fact thut it has no local government.” Overlapping departments of city rovernment have created confusion and inefficiency which has broken the city’s morale, he stated. here are three separate poli rimepts, patroling Washingto Hall stited. “The capitol police force, the metropolitan department, and nark exercise juvisd'et double: has Ww the dep: D ‘0 Congressman Hall will demand co- ordination Washington city govern- ment, he stated. An’ organized attempt will be launched during the coming term o congress to loosen immigration re st ions, Hall dee’ He pre- » however, that congress will ko’ no ehange in the present immi- ion laws, “The immigration nroblem is the tragedy of American life,” he stated. “Present. restri aws are essen- tial to the nation's welfare. State Needs Settler: “Vet for every nerson Jivine in North Dakota, the state could ensi'v support four more. The fact that immigrants do not settle on western farms where the process of Ameri- canization could work to best ad- vantage makes it necessary to ex- clude miMlions of European settlers annually, Democrats will wage an ardent campaien in the next congress to re- duce the tariff, according to Con- gressman Hall. Disposition of Muscle Shoals will he one of the major nroblems fac- ing conerese in December. althouch it is doubtful whether final action will be taken at that time, he stated. Rain Saves Iowa Corn Threatened by Long Drouth Des Moines, In.. Aug. 7—(A)—R-'n which started before noon vesterdav and was eave promise of continuing toa eortain e~tent. todew. bronght re- lief to the drouth which for two weeks hos threatened damoge sever- itw to Jowa corn and which has al- ready damaged other crops to a grenter or lesser deoren, P County corresnondents of the Unit- ed States weather hurean have been venortine demage to crops for the last two week: Man Drowns When Engine Plunges — in Mississippi St. Paul. Aue, 7—(@)—One man wae drowned there today when * temnorsty susnension snan narted ynder fonr carloads of eancrete and a narrow eaure locomotive nlunced ints the Miscissinni river. 60 feet below. John Russel, one of two men on the train wi drowned His comnenion. Leo M. Weitzel, was recened. The suspension bridge, a wanden ctrnotre "SO feet long ,used to carry building materiale for the new Robert street hridee had been in use for the past nine months, Chicago Instrument. Records Earthquake Chieags. Ane 7.—()—A_ rather severe earthannke of ‘an indicated tence of 1840 milage in a souther- ly director fram @hienga was re- corded nt 1-84 9 m, on the United States weather burden seinmoeranh ii the university. ef Chiesea today The reseed showed a sharn mo’ ment at 1:68, fave minntes after th frst tremor, The quake ended at 4a,m. Inventor Fails to Invent Own Death NEA Serv Martine: 7.—Charles Henry Schwartz genius of in- vention. He made silk without the aid of silkworms; he made chemicals that baffled chemists; he made where there seemed to be no life- But he has failed in’ his most spectacular experiment —to death where there is no death. Now Sehwartz is being country o murdere: with honor a ficed to his own i There was ab make and a buried The country ecighbor, p cientific world wondered pen to his et for- | Calif., chemist, ly killed laboratory bla believed by police to be still his wife, who will fight the Martinez, in a charge placed against hit ter Gonzalez (lower), i chman, whom Sechwarts is said to have ordered away from the Inboratery on the night of the ex- plosion chwartz outwitted — the . as he has baffled chem- ist he astounded even himself, he failed to make teeth which con- vinced a dentist, and a crime that fooled criminologists. . short, Schwartz's great mind science was no match for the the police went about their investigation much as »|would in most any case; an cate, scientific plot failed ot awe To start out wit “old reliable” questions k in any death mystery. e is the woman Yow much life insurance?” And they found policies for $18 000 payable upon the — inventor's death; $45,000 t widow and the balance to th “on pany, ‘of which Schwartz was pre ident. them. the an MYSTERY SHROUDS LABORATORY BLAST AS AUTHORITIES SEARCH FOR “PERFECT CRIME” CHEMIST Wile and Relatives Claim Heidelberg Graduate Perished in Explosion Which Wrecked Experimental Plant Martingz, Cal, Aug. 7.—(@)—A| hat is almost uncanny con- ,to surround the ex- plosion and fite which occurred more thin a week ago at the Pucific ‘cel- lulose company in which Charles Henry, ’ Schwartz, heavily insured chemist, digappeared immediately after the charred body of an uni- dentified ‘man was found in the wrecked laboratory of the plant at Walnut Ckeek: Standing in| the foreground of every avenue of investigation is the phantom figure of Schwartz, Ger- man chemist, who studied at Hiedel- berg. As a hobby he dabbled in a study of the “perfect crime” and al- though a maz of family, he was re- cently made a defendant a $75,000 breach of promise suit filed by an Oakland girl. P Today his wife, his family physi- cian, and his intimate friends insist that he was blown to bits while e- perimenting in his laboratory. The officials viewpoint is repre- sented by a complaint charging Schwartz with the murder of an un- identified person killed in the ex- plosion. REINFORCE . DRY FORCE ~ ON BORDER Grand Forks, Aug, 7.—Jud La Moure, United’ States collector of customs at Pembina, N. D., has ap- pointed five federal prohibition agents who will work entirely under his orders attached to federal pro- hibition force. The appointments were made under authority Washing- ton, a — | Weather Report | ——$__—___—____+ Temperature jat 7 a. m 65 Highest yesterday 94 Lowest last night 62 Precipitation to 7 a. m. 0 Highest wind velocity 16 ‘or North Dakota: Mostly fair tonight and Saturday; except prob- ably thundershowers this afternoon or tonight in east and central por- tions. Cooler tonight. General Weather Conditions High pressure, accompanied by cooler weather, prevails over the northern Rocky Mountain . region. The weather is generally, fair from the northern Plains States, west- ward and southwestward to the Pa cific’ coast.. A low pressure are: centered over Iowa and Missouri has caused showers from Wiscon southwestward to Karisas and north: ern Texas, Over an inch of rain fell at most places in central Towa. Showers also occursed in Alberta and Saskatchewan. ORRIS W. ROBERTS, Official in Charge.s i Warriner Moves to Reopen Coal Scale Parleys Atlantic City, Aug. 7.—()—Hope has been revived that anthracite scalé negotiations may be resumed and a suspension in the coal fields September 1 averted Samuel D, Warriner, chairman of the anthracite operators conference in a letter addressed to. John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers of America, and made pub- lic here last night said. “In spite of the terms of your letter and the breaking off of nego- tiations, I am hopeful that means will be found to compose the differ- ences between us and avoid a suspen- sion of production. Every consider- ation demands that this be done.” Mr. Lewis on being shown a copy of the Warriner communication com- mented “Mr. Warriner’s change of position upon relatively unimport- ant points is interesting, but I will withhold reply until I" receive his letter.” Mr, Warriner's letter eostained reference to the miners’ wage de- mands, it was observed here. Pittsburgh Bank Fails With Seven Million Deficit Pittsburg, Pa., Aug. 7.—(@)—John Bell, president of closed Carnegie Trust Company, filed a voluntary petition in bankruptcy in United strict court today. giving his. $1,628,636.73 and «hig. lia- 8 assets bilities a Reno Parricide Sentenced to | Death by Gas Reno, Nav, Aug. 7—(®)—John H. Randolph, slayer of his year old mother, was foun! g ty of murder inthe first degree by a jury here last night and his Ity fixe death, which by’ asphyx- CINDERELLA PAPA DENIES GIRLS STORY New York Realtor False Adoption Story of 2-year-old Schoolgirl o + xg. adopted six ye ‘'dward Browning, ronttar onerator. tade= wealthy tank ote looking to the cancellation of the ~)—The story Mullen that wealthy real- ed to adopt her, w denied today by Browning. Me also {denied the gires aecount of a party st night with him and his daughter, Mary was no party last nigh “1 revired early and eT saw the Mullen girl ay." d her story when she returned to her Brony home early this morning after having been miss- ing fer several hours Sylvia Tells Story Sylvia excitedly retated that while she was the guest of Browning and s newly adopted daughter, Mary Louise, ut a party night, the realtor had promised to adopt her. When Browning was reached’ by telephone he denied the story ot both the party and the promise to adopt the girl. Mrs, Mullen, however, told re porters that the millionaire had al ready entered into negotiation with her for the adoption of her daugh- ter. Sylvia's father died when she was a baby and her mother, she s has had to work hard for a living Brother is Seventeen There is a 17-year-old brother wh is working in Atlantic City. Sylvia on her party the authori- ties we hreatening prosecution of r. Browning and Mary ?Louise’s ents under the law which pro hibits barter and sale of children. Mr. Browning frankly admi giving each of Mary's parents nal adoption as a “sur- his after the fo: prise present” and to expr good will toward them. ‘Transaction “Unmoral” Bird S. Coler, commissi public welfare, branded tion as “highly unmoral” and as “a merchandising transaction,” he said he would confer with District At torney Newcomb of Queens county und investigate all the details. The fact that school board records show Mary to be 21 years instead of 16 as she claimed, did not worr either Mr. Coler or Mr. Browni: The former held that the law against selling and buying children applies to all age. inderella in Tears Mary Louise, driven to tears de- spite the luxuries she has enjoyed for just two days, frantically denied one rumor after another about her past life and parents. She especial- ly denied stories that she had been engaged to several men, one a plumb- er’s helper and another a dentist. “I would rather be the poorest girl in New York than go through ull this,” she sobbed. “Yes, if had known that this was going to happen, I would have starved rather than offer myself up for adoption.” Evolution Case Goes to Federal Court in Action Knoxville, Tenn. Aug. 7.--(P)— The Tennessee evolution case was brought to federal court when Jos: Nas as | whe jt While -'companied by James § T hall and bedroom ‘MAYOR AND POLICE FORCE | INDICTED AS CHELSEA RUM | SCANDALROCKS BAY STATE ze Cargoes Escorted Through City Streets by Police Escort in Gigantic Massachusetts Rum Ring H Boston, Ma. — (AP). — Federal grand lindictments against Mayor Lawrence Quigley, of Chelse and 43 other men, including 10 members of the police dey ment, have revealed an alleged “rum trust” in Chels lincludes manufacturers, transporters, whole: bootleggers and protective agents, organized along modern “high pressure” business lines into a general machine’ oper- ating under the protection of the Chelsea police department. . Mayor Arraigned Mayor Quigley, arraigned before Federal Judge Lowell today, pleaded not guilty and was held in $6,000 bail for trial. ;The mayor’s brother, Police Inspector Thomas Quigley, and {several others, whose names were mentioned in yesterday j indictments, were held in the same bail each after pleas of {not guilty a indictments carry charges of | couraging the iMegal manufacture transportation, importation and sale Jot intoxicsting liquor, and resulce ‘PASTOR'S SON : ! sland the big guns. ! [tien of the gents. {up 40 of the Under di | rested ne | de inst the Boy Killer Captured Two} was gathered and pl: ¥ : | al grand jury. Miles From Scene of | Witnesses testified that s j vessels landed liquor in Ch un-| Tragedy | der police protection and that their| jeargo was moved through = the 4 s | streets under police escort. | Parkersburg, lowa, Aug. 7.— } | Warren Vandervoort, “17, | 1, go htdependents Jailed | today ‘confessed he shot and kill: | | cindenendent” law | ed his father, Rev. R. famder- | fie protection were i | sort, Methodist B copa re ess and the spoils were (urned | ister, here last night, James cape dae | Mitchell, ‘the Parkersburg mare | Se, were ae | shal, announced today. \ chcbaraee create {marshal said, that he shot’ and |"! , : wounded — | Friedman of Chelsea now, appeared in the doorway of the ailatee itor. auconeglle) to to _in- A | thievery, spent a da If tell t killed | { : linge the grand jury h 1 auto ! tee oe ene hee | mobiles were used by the rin i explana: s i en tor the shooting. A cor. | PROBE PACKIN MRS. CATHERINE SCOTT RU SLL SCOTT oner’s inquest is being held. | PRODUCTS RATE TO LAKE PORT (p) { ace. Pd | | Refusing to give any reason for the shooting until he dictutes a for- | Vandervoort, | mal confession, officers this jin conversation young with 1, Aug. 7 Joint hear , then shot his mothe rushed to the doorway. He \fired the second — shot mother's head by placing the rifle against her temple as she lay on the floor. into his | ducts rate between St. luth. ‘ Rates on these products were in-| Taken at Reinbeck creased 6 cents on meat, and 7 1-2 ly Fandervoort. was taken in-| cents, on products recently. Fee nese tech, Towa about]. The Duluth chamber of commerce represented ut the opposition to the incre Keiser, traffice commissioner. The matter was taken under | visement. Caponizing Tests ‘oa. m,, after ph in’ him in’ the Vandervoort automobile which had gone off the slippery ighway about two miles from town. \The boy at first told the physicians |someone had shot his parents and that the slayer then had forced him \to take the family car to help in the = | leseape. : Set For Next Week |pthe physician called the Parkers: \ burg marshal, James Mitchell and! the schedule of caponizing tests, related the lad’s story. . Mitchell. 4¢-) 4, he conducted under the direction }|of the county agent during the com-| ing week was announced today. Fointing out that the meat mar-| ket at Cole Harbor sold capons in Chicago several months ago for 48 cents a pound, when roosters would have brought 18 cents, tt stressed the value of caponizing. The week's schedule is as follows ans had found | hearia P went to the Vandervoort resi und found the body of the minister ‘laying in the hallway before the ‘bedroom door, and the mother un- conscious on the bed. Victim of Study Residents of the community said! they believed the boy had given too, jas it was given in time 1 the agent] States Steel corporation” on the sub- BISHOP HURLS BROADSIDE AT PROHIBITION and ‘iu! Attacks Eighteenth Amend- ment as Tyrranous and SLAYER OF ~ DRUG CLERK IS INSANE Jury Returns “Cell Shock” Verdict; Slayer Commit- ted to Asylum \DEATH DRAMA | Desperate Court Fight to Save Killer's Life Ends | in Life Verdict | Chicago, Aug. 7—(AP).-— | In an insane asylum instead of ;on the gallows, Russell Scott, erstwhile Canadian financier, | will expiate the murder of 2 drug clerk in a holdup. “Cell shock” — insanity re- | sulting from 15 months in jail and the ordeals of the narrow escapes from the noose—wa.+s ; the verdict of a jury last {night in a sanity test which aved him. The jury findings and Scott’s removal to the Chester |insane asylum today ended a ifight for life that probably was the most desperate in | Cook county criminal annals. | Seven ballots and three hours } and forty minutes delibera- jtion were necessary before \ \ the jury agreed. Staves Noose Five Times times since Joseph Maurer ! killed in a Drug store opposite ithe City Hall in April, 924, Scott ‘hus faced death, Within the last three weeks, a few hours before the death Scott. was saved once by a k's reprieve and again t stay of execution issued at 2 o’clock ‘in the morning by Judge Joseph David on a petition declaring hit in- sane. Had he been David would h once more Scott faces hould he ned his sunity. ¢ demonstration found ve impo sane Judge osed a death Even in the death on the be found to gallows jhave reg: V Warned spectators and. pri verdict with a silence. Scott's eyes never left the slip of paper the jury foreman passed to a bailiff who gave {t to the clerk, His mouth twitched nervously and he [fidgeted us the judgment was en- [tered, and he was hurried away Ey | “Disgrace to the Nation” | xuards. : Wife in Prayer — | His relatives heard the verdict Rianding the prohihition mend: | with expressions of emotion. His ment a blot on the “Constitution | wife, Catherine, whose untiring ef- Kignt Reverend Vincent Wehrle, Bi hop of Bismarck, conde ties of reform ag to bring their hob ned activ ‘determine. s into the of laws, by fair means or foul,” i a statement here The prelate scouted t peciou: plea for law enforeement” brosdeas' by nd urged a “true cam- vy and order to begii nition of law and orde: when n principles.’ excerpt pa ig with the de we » guided by Christi The churchman quoted from a let Gar. president of the Unite ° ject of law rvance. “Le ive bodies in the people tter he addressed to Elbert United jforts brought funds after the de- fense fight left the family penni- a leaned forward in attitude of pray His mother wept and his "/aged und crippled father, Thomas, on whose sixty-third birthday S$ was sentenced, stayed close to t} son. “Thank God for the verdict,” the father suid later, “That's what the Tl poor boy needs is to be sent down through “I Knew it would happen,” the wife said. “I have worked and prayed for this und have not had # night's sleep in weeks. Maurer Disappointed Jacob Maurer, father of the slain youth, who attended each day of the s d much time to study last year andj The t . St | States,” the document sets forth, | sani i i to have added to the strain during| , N. Hedhal farm near Mercer at senave become nothing more than Bap cheauie imran) serbeinieta the summer by preparation for col-;" Fi" rittgen’ farm in Byersville| kind of experimental station, law- | justice. My boy is gone, I find no lege. ; +,{township at 10 a, m. Wednesday, | ™aking h wild. What Tasi- | consolation in the verdict.” Appearance of the slain man’s: 00 yo H ‘tus say: regard to the Romanj «It shameful and disgraceful body and the bloodstains about the AUB Or: sieckson farm one milejempire is repeated again, but in aj verdict,” said Assistant State's At- een i floor indicated | uth and one-half mile east of Ben, y . m. W day, Aug. 12. dervoort had been aroused, donned ¢dict at 2 p. m. Wednes u his bathrobe and stepped into the| < Carl dueling an in Bection by hall, being shot as he came through. Spake, Creek tovnship . m.| The wound caused by the bullet caer Ai re Hom 2 calibre rifle was in the (Gna ey anata tae ty, Ae Mother Wounded gust 13, 7 : Mrs, Vandervoort was shot above! Albert Bakker farm eB miles ithe right temple and in the cheek. Southeast of Garrison al a.m. | Warren is the only child. The family|*Fiday, Aug. 10. oa sient near H jhas been noted for the devotion of Cole-Harbor at 2p. m. Friday, Au- gust 14, to the officers that Rev. Mr. V: its members to one another. The ‘parents returned a few days ago B Neal, attorney representing James from a vacation spent in Minnesota, = the constitutionality seeking to test|Joary ld and his wife a few yeors| WHEAT SCORES fee act against the teaching of evo- daar cs NEW ADVANCE lution ig the public schools of the i Wi ' Diisietpoe Auaian eBay, scans Fli ill Market Chicago, Aug (®)—Wheat General Frank M. Thompson, and livver Airplanes) scored a big new advance in pr Attorney General Thomas L. Stewart P today, September deBivery raisir. of the Dayton district are mad¢ de- fendants by the terms of the bill. STATE ROADS REPORTED IN TOP SHAPE Road conditions throughout North | Dakota are generally good, ’ reports to the highway commission today in- dicate. Conditions on each state route were given as follows: State route No. 1—Pembina to Grafton, fair; Grafton to Fargo, good; Fargo to Wahpeton, fair; Wah- Peton to state line, good. Route No. 3—Fargo to Jamestown, good; Jamestown to Medora, fair; Medora to Beach, good. Route No. 4—Hansboro to James- Hd good; Jamestown to Ellendale, re Route No, 6—Minot to Max, good; Max to Bi i Route No. 9—Portal to Kenmare, } Kenmare to Carrington, fairs Carrington to Havana, goed. Route No, 16—Lemon to marth, fair, 6 5-8 cents bushel $1.66 1-2 indica- tions of large clearances of wheat from here next week by lake and \bad much to do with the upturn HEBRON MILL INCORPORATE Incorporations: Dakota Mill and Elevator compafy, Hebron, $50,000; R. Culeman, J. R. Long and Louie Kohne, Hebron, and S, P. Halpern, | Minneapolis. : Detroit, Mich., Aug. 7.—(?)—Henry Ford, millionaire maker of automo- {biles today became an independent manufacturer of all-metal airplanes, |“for the purpose of accelerating air- plane development.” Official announced was made last jnight at the Ford offices that the {Ford motor company had purchased the Stout metal airplane company, of Detroit, which rat the Stout metal airplane division of the Ford Company. The amount in- volved was not given out, but was estimated to approximate $1,000,000. STATE WHEAT CROP SHRINKS ; RESIDENTS OBJECT TO NICKNAMES Salt Lake City, Aug. 7—)—Utah residents are aroused over chance IN ESTIMATE bly inappropriate names bestowed upon many of the peaks d canyons in the south Utah re- A general crop conditions survey| gion which includes Zion National by the department of agriculture andi Park, Cedar Breaks state park and labor shows that the production of; Bryeé Canyon National Monument. wheat and other small grains will| Suggestion has been made that a be somewhat less than last year commission be appointed to take up North Dakota, Joseph Kitchen, com-!the matter with the National Geo- missioner of agriculture and labor| graphic Board of the United States. said today. The corn crop is ex-| A majority of the peaks and can- pected to be better than in 1924.{yons in south region are unnamed— Labor conditions throughout the|there are so many of them— and it state were said:to-be generally good | is hoped that something will be done with sufficient help available to meet [a setae naming before teo the demand for harvest hands. many nicknames are given. much higher degree rupt government, the most numerot laws.” Addressing himself to a campaigi launched by Gary for strict forcement, the Bishop. state stead of emphasizing i torney Harry F. Pritzker, “Scott is no more insane than any man in the room, The verdict is victory for the criminal element. They can take life and get away with it.” Sheriff Hoffman said he would have the prisoner on his way to the n law en- ated way the ion of every | Chester Asylum sometime today. law that is in some statute book, you Attorney Wins Twice would do much better to speak with | Attorney Stewart, in obtaining in- thi test force against all those | sanity verdict for his client, won the I have chosen this word in-| unique distinction of having won tentionally—who are determined to|both sides of an insanity proceed- brink their hobbies into the shape| ing to halt execution. While an laws by fair means or foul. Menoken Extends Telephone Lines: Twenty-four miles of lines and the telephoni living east of Bismarck, and sout! of the Northern Pacific railway. Exchange service is being furnish- ed subscribers of ‘this company bj installation of tele- | phones for 14 subscribers will be| completed this week by the Menoken | Telephone corporation, an organiza- tion composed of progressive farmers | istant prosecutor Stewart suc- [cessfully opposed an effort of a man | sentenced to die to escape the gal- {lows on an insanity plea. _ KLAN DESCENDS | ON WASHINGTON Washington, Aug. 7.—()—By and motor hordes of Klu Klux Klan parties were arriving in the capital today as the advance guard {of the more than 50,000 visitors ex- pected for the Klan demonstrations here tomorrow. h y the Northwestern Bell Telephone| The program of event tomorrow Company through its Bismarck | will lead off with u parade, Esti- switchboard. Five new telephones have been in- stalled by the Gibbs Telephone Com- | pany, an association of farmers living Thi ig servic north and east of Bismarck. company, also, is recei through the Bismarck switchboard of Telephone | the Northwestren company. Daylight Fur Raid Bell Arouses New York New York, Aug. 7. (P)—Five rab; | an factory of Harry Beiweis Company, bers today held up the store mates of expected marchers range from five to ten thousand and up- wards. In addition to the police who will be on duty in full force, through. the {day and night tomorrow a» detach- {ment of marines has been assigned to guard the treasury building and patrol the public grounds, particular- j ly these surrounding the Washington j monument, where the procession will terminate, {OHIO MURDERER PAYS WITH LIFE is | e manufacturing furriers herded six | Columbus, Ohio, Aug. 7.) employes into the tasement and {Lenzy Traylor, 21, Portsmouth, Ohio .ransacking 16 pelt safes, escaped was electrocuted ‘in Ohio’ peni- with furs valued at $100,000. GERMAN PUBLISHER DIES Munich, Aug, 7.—()—Lothar Mi pendorfer. founder of the humor weekly, Meggendorfer Blatter, died recently. He was 77 years oid, tentiary here early this morning for the murder of Frank Funk, a gasoline filling stati Atlanta, during a holding up, October 1924; Jason 4a- kins, Traylor'’s accomplice in the murder and holdup, was electrocuted last. May. wad