The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, April 30, 1926, Page 1

WEATHER FORECASTS Possibly showers tonight or Saturday! Warmer tonight. ESTABLISHED 1873. GAMBLING DENS NEAR CHICAGO Information Obtained Con- cerning Occupants of Car Which Was Fired On MANY UNDER ARREST } “Scarface” Caponi Hunted as Principal in Chicago’s Triple Murder Chicago, April 30,—()—Gambling dives of Cicero, turbulent suburb of | Chicago and the scene of many gang and beer warfare slayings, have been | visited by official wrath from sledge wielding ‘policemen, searching for clews to the killing of William H. McSwiggin, ace of the state’s attor-| r ry ney’s office, and two companions.| Kenneth G. Hogue, 20, slayer “of his The three fell before a withering | stepmother, surprised authorities at hail of machine gun bullets in. the| St. Clairsville, O., when called for suburb Tuesday night. trial by pleading guilty to second de- In an hour last night raiders from| gree murder and accepting a life the state’s attorney’s office, the de-|term in prison. His attorney said tective bureau and the county police,|the boy wanted to atone for his crime. armed with 16-pound sledges, 5; tered into kindling wood the equip- ment of three resorts in Cicero, an overgrown west side village of 50,-| 000. Similar fate befell a Chicago dive, where 65 men were arrested ani a sent'to the bureau of identification. ) Faro layouts, roulette wheels, race blackboards, dice tables—every ad-! junct of the gambling world of Ci- cero—were smashed or chopped to ARE INDICTED bits. ee Secure Information While the raids were in progre: the police and oes ea of- fice, in two separate findings, obtain-; - i Hee ed information | which virtually es-| Are Charged With Distribut- tublished the identity of two other; A mien believed to have buen in | the ing So-Called “Cure Alls” McSwiggin party automobile when it . was fired upon, and who have been Through Mail missing sinee. ‘One of the mon 4 ou parently was wounded. as City, M ‘ April 30.--0P)-= The two were believed to be Myles | ip Win dianclcan ‘ nye a : onials from patients and the and eeaitiem lon dike eae ell. policy of refunding money to “dis- reputed rang ad customers,” will he used as of Thomas Duffy and James J. Doher- bay he use ty, who were slain with MeSwigain.| 04h, bKainat ina ye a Orders were issued for their arrest. raliibelthias “commana th Al Brown, allan “Beartace” Cap ging thie companies’ wi rival of the O'Donnell booze clique, ix, elbaed sought as a principal in the slayin hut he is believed to have fled th ty con- nation nd his comp: : oo ge as been identified through a gar- Sree saicipe aaa age owner, who said the two O'Don-| dics” through the mails, E. it. Coch) nells were in the car when it s' At uAura Mech: Gham ttea ahah on its fatal trip. This declaration, | rire ie noel their activities ¢ coupled with the fact that five hats | Po eee a ce ed, Cochran later are Souna tbe deserted bal. Gaclaren ‘i sas) Fi let riddled machine, indicate: at wer . + +: tw members of the SeSwiggin party| g ammedicines mentionsd ip the jr still are unaccounted for. many diseases. “Rattlesnake oil,” for Evidence of Bloodshed deafness, and “vitamines,” to build Most of the investigators have ac-| up perfect hodies, were included th cepted the theory that the main cause | the preparations analyzed by govern- of the shooting was the ambition of | ment chemists: prior jto the indict- some band to strangle the O'Donnell | ments, which named‘10 person: clique’s control of bootlegging and| The three companies are said to gambling in Cicero. have operated more than 35 distrib- Important information was obtain-| uting branches for “cure-alls.” They ed at the home of the O'Donnell} are alleged to have bought th brothers. Evidence of much blood-| medicines from wholesale drug firms! shed was found in the alley and in} and distributed the preparations un- the deserted house a_bloodstained| der coined “trade names.” shirt was discovered. The amount of ————__—-—— blood ‘in’ the alley suggested that, a “Weather Report 7] urvivor of e machine gun fire might. have’ taken McSwiggin and Weather Report | Doherty there in the belief that they | ¢—-—__—_____________-4, till lived. Their bodies were found several miles away, possibly taken; Temperature at 7 a. m. away when it was aparent the men) Highest yesterday were dead. Duffy died at the scene, Lowest last night . of the shootin, Precipitation to 7 a. y Highest wind velocity 16 Weather conditions at North Da- kota points for the 24 hours ending at 8 a. m. toda: 33s HOW VOLCANOES WORK. 3 3e2 33 RUBBER ON ‘THE CANAL? a8 és Se Al i 89 38 YOUR INTERESTING PANCREAS }} oerarck 89 42 , |] Bottineau - 86 31 NEW THINGS; NEW SURPRISES. |] Bottineau. 86 32 Dickinson . . 88 44 48 BY ARTHUR BRISBANE Dunn Center . 54 (Copyright, 1826) Ellendale .. 86 42 International news reel shows the| Fessenden . 91 35 first pictures of Mauna Loa’s latest Grand Forks 86 35 g eruption. Smoke and flames rise| Jamestown 80 35 slowly from flowing fields of Ja Langton + that s harden into smooth andgLarimore 89 34 apparently hopeless rock. Lisbon . | 88 34 len now living will never see] Minot . . 89 39 anything grow there, and the ancients,| Napoleon 90 38 ‘of course, thought that land thus| Pembina . 87 40 formed was cursed forever. But time| Williston ... 4 and the eather, indy up tie rome Moorhead, Minn. earth forms slow! throu ie - centuries. The earthworms do their WEATHER FORECAST marvelous work, grinding up the For Bismarck and vicinity: into tiny. particles, producing forfer-| bly showers tonight or Saturda i . Cattle | warmer tonight. i tility, Plants and grass grow. Cattle! ror North Dakota: Possibly show- . “ i igesting| ers tonight or Saturday. Warmer to- Fag ine erand| night east and central portions and ity moves a little farther up-|.east portion’ Batorney: Cooler Sat- to the old volcan’, ur@sy northwest portion. ecocoossccossocesos Precipitation F. J. Bvans of San Francisco says| centered over Saskatchewan and high the United States shauld end its temperatures prevail in all sectipns. i The weqther is becoming unsettled worrice about crude rubber PY: Fesgz| over thé’ northern Rocky Mountain (on two strips 50] region and light precipitation ocaur- : | red in the north Pacific coast states. miles long, 10 miles wide) as govern.) Tir“ h ossure is higher over the Plains- States and f: weather pre- The government wontt do it be-] Plains: States M st 6 Valley pe ofthe ment enterprise, vails Lie ~ west ‘0 the eastern ing that anything. fo. | arapens ; BERLIN TRAFFIC PLAN _ compelled to Outgrem tine Sf Romp.| ‘Tratfic methods in Berlin, hich nation ng time o i lus and Remus, and that is why their] sre modeled. on American lines, are to improve: installing turn- government enterprises are worrying: 0 baie ne 2. 7 ree cr reports of the: information service the German Travel Recruiting bee our industries.’ Y iter lacks informatiqn as] of: i (Continued on page four.) Bureau. : 7 ure alls”! 4 in intod y a 44) 89 42 throwing up fertilizing treasure from GENERAL WEATHER CONDITIONS inside the PARE ‘A well defined low pressure area is POLICE WRECK | t» Atone OFFICERS T0 BE ELECTED LATE TODAY Chief Justice Christianson Is Named Head of Nom- inatine Committee REPORTS AREPRESENTED Purpose Is to Give State Per- manent Organization to Promote Safety Organization of a permanent state safety council featured today’s ses- sion of North Dakota's first state safety conference. _Action was taken,on recommenda- tion of a sub-committee headed by Frank Milhollan, chairman of the state railroad board. Under the plah submitted the con- ference would constitute itself a safe- ty council and elect officers to hold office until the next meeting. The officers also were authorized to adopt a constitution and by-laws, subject to vote of the membership at the next meeting. Chief Justice A. M. Christianson of the reme court was named nead of a nominating committee to recom- mend officers for the new organiza- tion. The purpose of the safety council, as outlined in Milhollan’s report, is to provide a definite plan for con- structive future action and give the state a permanent organization in- terested in the promotion of sufety work, As conceived Milhollan the council will cohcern itgelf not only h street and high’ afety prob- lems but thos or ting in the home and factory. Election of officers will be held at the clo: § ence this ‘moon. Various Reports Presented Reports were heard this morning from the committees on adult safety n, safety education of chi the home and school, safety al traffie regulations had not ts work and will report proposal that uniform jon be had gistrati of automobile of mended that the endo conference be transmitted to the ni tional nference of commissione: on uniform laws. The committee's complete report was scheduled for presentation this afternoon. The committee on safety education of children recommended that safety education of children be begun while chool age through -teacher or- women’s and ser motion pictures and othersagen- that parents and others charg- ed with pre-school training of ¢ dren may realize the importance of | early training in safety education in| developing the correct attitude of mind toward it and that home and ‘community influences may supple- ment the teaching of the school,” Educational Work The report called attention to the fact that safety and accident preven- tion already have been, incorporated in the elementary school curriculum and dorsed educational contest: organized playground _ trainin, school boy patrols, boy and gi scouts and junior safety organizi tions. Parents and other adults were urged to give only good examples in safety matters. The committee rec-| ;; ommended the organization of pub- lic. welfare boards in each county to promote safety work along with oth- er enterprises for the public good. The railroad grade cross com- e | mittee recommended that all state de- partments and city and county gov- ernments require their employes to observe “stop” crossings at railroads; that grade crossings be eliminated where the need for them hasebeen eliminated by underpasses or over- head crossings; that railroads ang state’s attorneys be required to re- grade grossing accidents to ort al ‘ the state railroad board; that i papers publish in a conspicuous place he tag. numbers of autos in their tl neighborhood violating the “stop” rule at designated dangerous cross- ings “with due comment,” that the legislature be asked to amend the automobile laws to require drivers to shift gears when crossing railroad tracks and proceed over the crossings at a speed of not more than 10 miles an hour; that approaches to main-line railroad crossings be brought to a level with the tracks for a distance of 75 to 100 feet on each side of the rails; that the law be ended so that governmental bodies, such cities, counties and the state may be required to bear part of the ex- pense of making crossings safe. Other Methods The committee on adult safety e- cation recommended adoption of a uniform manual “for the education of auto drivers in safe driving pra tices, standardized plans for the edu- cation of operators of steam and electric railway employes, and taxi- b and’ motorbus drivers; that news- pers, churches, safe drivers’ cubs, er agencies join in advocat and o ing safety through printed words, radio talks, movies, posters and mass meetings and that eforts be made to Feach parents through the schdol children. * The committee on uniform munic- ipal regulations decided to recom: mend, a speed limit of 15 miles an hour ‘in business districts of towns over 1,000 population and a limit ‘of 20 miles an hour in residential dis- mended that tricta: It also recom! the senate has senators organ: force action on ion of the conter-| jo possible in publi and cite, as an additional and con- labor suppl meet the de lation are bei: BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 1926 LIGHTNING FIRES 500,000 BARREL OIL RESERVOIR ISTATE SAFETY COUNCIL IS ORGANIZED The Season’s Open Although still a little early for a general swimmin’ he swimming Beason wax unofficially. opened for Bismarck last evening w the mid-summer temperature of 89 above zero and the thought of an exhilarating plunge in the cool waters enticed a party of local young people to Apple Creek for the first swim of the season. The bathers claim that the tem perature of the water was “just right,” although it was noticed they ‘did not stay in longer than was necessary to give them the distinction of being the season openers, HOUSE W'LL TAKE UP CROP BILL TUESDAY Senate Steering Committee Puts Subject Fifth on Legislative Program Washington, April 30.—(#)-—The burden of surplus crops rested i. ly today on plans of congres leaders for adjournment within the next three weeks. 5 With the house prepared to tackle the problem Tuesday and struggle with it for a week or 10 Republican steering committee of} submitted to congress without delay, en the subject fifth | and Senator-Smoot, Republican, Utah, place on its legislative program for|@ member of the Ameri mission, plans to seek its ratification before adjournment. ining unfunded debt, except that chamber. Meanwhile, the group of western ing the movement to dequate” farm re- lief before adjournment has gone out after recruits from the south other sections. buildings bill. has before it the corn j the Curti ing bill plenty ce for any of other p that may be need endmen NATIVE GRAVEL WILL STILL BE USED ON ROADS! sidered that it will be \No Agreement Yet Reached]! °*y With Federal Bureau of Public, Roads Is of the state highway said. as to prohibit its use. RAILROADS USE BUSSES Two Colorado railroad companies which have, seen a amount of their business go to com- peting bus lines in the same territory shave decided to run busses in com- petition to the existing bus lines. At first the railroads were bitterly apposed to bus travel, but now they have decided to ‘meet the competi- tion at its own game. Methods of killing off the fly popu- studied at the gov- ernment dairy farm in Maryland._ TODAY IN WASHINGTON Tariff commission inquiry con- tinues. He sare before senate. T CONFERENCE AGREEMENT REACHED ON | FRENCH DEBT gress and French Par- liament Certain MELLON, BERENGER § Coolidge Gives Approval —; Will Be Submitted to Congress Immediately 0 —(P)—Certain | Washington, Apr ion in congress! to face bitter’ oppos and the French parliament, the | of the major war debt funding agr ments has been signed, with idge’s approval, by Secre- tary Mellon and Ambass Ti povides for payment by France of 47,674,000 including interest in 62 annual installments graduating from $30,000,000 to $12: 0. cipal was fixed interest was waived for the first five rising gradually ‘onal| from 1 to 3% per cent, the latter rate ying for the last 22 years and ing the average a little more than ay Worked out after eight months of the agreement will be, The largest re-| Howard Chandler Christy, famous artist, paints a huge poster for the ‘onnection with their annual use of the Veterans of For i ceeds from which go to aid disabled war vet- Frances Silberglicd, model, who posed for the STATE HEALTH DIRECTOR WHITTEMORE ADDRESSES THE SAFETY CONFERENCE ON SUBJECT OF ACCIDENTAL DEATHS Divides Them Into Two Ma-! jor Classes—In One the Hu- man Element Is the Factor, | in the Other the Deaths Are! Caused By Acts of Provi-| 51,000,000 and an carly funding set- tlement of this is expected to result from negotiations now in progress. Reasons For Opposition and This group strongly prefers the corn belt price stabiliza- tion plan with its equalization provision to the Tincher credit pro- al hacked by the administration, and some of its member thought to a plan to o steering committee's program and gi the fight started by displa t fee have given hrow the ; will center on the fact . if the interest -had been fixed can loans from which the mone. turned over to France was derived ment called for would be /Cemetery Proves Office Quarters For Bootleggers Computed on a 41% per cent inte basi present value of thi 674,000 compact $ less than half the princi This city's bootleggers ha . aillaux mission, the new settlement provides for smaller pay. ments during the fir: vey | totaling $160,000,000 against $200,000, 600,000,000 more Accidental deaths may be divided but it calls fo ‘i i r runners who man element is nd those in which acts of actors over which the t has no control are the use, State Health Director! told delegates to » safety conference here providence or $ it charge that resulted of a quantity « ass might be subdivided ts, Dr. Whittemore said; ut the lineup ri procession rather than a gathering ‘OMAHA STARTS GAS PRICE WAR: training of the J thoughfulness, courtesy in individuals, organ of corporations and the reduction of hazards by those in authoritative po- those involving individual judgment, training, habi those involving ning, habits, or- tion, ete., and con- involving natural and The terms are regarded little from the original While the safeguard clause, un- der which France would have been her payments to hould Germany plan agreement, was considered necessary to protect | thinks it quite possible that satisfaction has been given the Frefich under the form of complementary payments are a di rect element in France's capacity to The present specifications, adopted | Pay. several years ago, are so stringent that no native gravel can meet them.| ment yesterday, depu' As a result native gravel has always| tors have gone to their homes, where deen used regardless of the depart-| they will have four weeks in which ment’s rulings. Last fall a proposal] to figure out future to change the specifications so as to| ty affair: have them in keeping H the gravel | m available was su! eral bureau of public roads, which pays half the state’s highway con- struction bill. That body refused to approve the change and still refuses. i the gravel used his year will again be below specification. partment officials believe that native i materials should be used wherever] Heari: tributor cause ication we have dis- Although no agreement has been| able to dec: ery prolific fields for reached between the federal bureau of public roads and the state high- way department on gravel s| tions to be used as standard in con- structing North Dakota highways, native gravel will be used on all North Dakota roads this year. offi- i department that German; field of precise cifica- habits of caution, pre- Mayor Plans to Reopen Mu- nicipal Station When Price Goes Up Two Cents “Every time we reduce the visible hazards of auto travel the speed is i creased in proportion and the casual- ties keep creeping up. s, in order to keep up with the id, are making and advocating What can be done with this speed bug and with the con- cealed hazards of our highways? “Somewhere I have read that ‘be- fore prevention can be more effective | more detailed information, statistics, ete., must be had.’ except in a restricted sense, perhaps. It can start right now with as much profit as if you had waited 25 years.” Death Causes Dr. Whittemore submitted a showing that 265 persons died of ac- t 2 ear. in 1922, 272, in 1923] We get an inch of rainfall within the adjournment of _parlia- Omaha, April 30—(#)—The maneuver in Omaha’s annual gasoline | ¢ price skirmish has-been made by city Manufacturers direction of par- more speedy cars. When the Standard Oil announced a hike of two cents in the price of gasoline, Hopkins, acting mayor, prices from several refineries prepar- atory to the opening of the munici- pal station here. The boost, which from 20% to 22% cents a gallon, was followed immediately by most of the independent gasoline stations. Last year during the gasoline war prices were as low as 14% a gallon, including the state tax of two cents te the fed- Meads forthwith John Former Attorney. General of State Faces Disbarment This is not true| a result 4 shot the price Highway de- gs in disbarment proceedings construction work | brought by the state attorney gener- al against T. F. McCue, former at- et that freight] torney general of North Dakota, will avel are so high| begin at Great Falls Saturday. District Judge Cheadle will preside Contractors now have full crews|at the hearings brought against Mc- of the state,| Cue as the outgrowth of charges of ‘according to word received here.. The] perjury, embezzlement and is declared adequate to| worthless checks, made against him. mand at wages ranging from $50 to $60 a month and boar Day laborers are teciving from 25 30 cents an hour end their keep. cidental deat! and 267 in 1924. Listing the leading causes of acci- {dental deaths, Dr. Whittemore called attention to seven outstanding causes. County Libraries to Be Discussed at District Meetings County libraries will be one of the main topics of discussion at the ser- ies of district meetings of the state federation of women’s clubs to be lay. ‘ow of the eight meet- ings Miss Lillian Cook, state libra- Accidental burns, 22. deaths 1 ly 95 per cent of these in North Dakota involve individual jud s and elementary kno ‘| Sophomores Give | Assembly Program The Sophomores presented a pro- in the high schoo] yesterday, the last of the various class programs being given as part] in of the contest sponsored by the Pep] rian, will discuss the advantage of county libraries and the steps neces- ‘A one act play, “Nevertheless,” was| sary to place them in operation. The first meeting, that of the sixth the other day we had a death certifi- cate reported where the mother, on wash day, set a pail of boiling water on the floor while she answered the When she returned her 18-months old baby had tipped over| dre: the pail and was scalded so badly that she died. This happens ing the fire with kero- sene is a most frequent cause of fatal and lack of judgment in fighting fires is fre- considerable held during M: and Prairie Breezes staffs. quently. Sta Elizabeth Newton, Tony Fa-| The ber, and Henry Brown took part,..A| district, dialogue was presented by Ruth Gor-| LaMoure. don and Melba Bailey. ‘A mock wedding ceremony, in which | Cavalier, “School Spirit” and “School Activi-| Second di ties” were the principals, was clever-| district, May, May 11-1 ly carried out. 7 The five judges, selected to name| Sykeston, May 11 the winning class program, have been] trict, Beach, May 12-13-14. unable to give a decision thus far. “SPORTING” STAMPS “2, Accidental drowning, 26. seems peculiar in North Dakota when listed as one of the major causes of accidental deaths, You will note, figures rank with 4 al istrict, Rola, May 7-! drowned in the last two years in an ordinary tub of water setting in the ‘d or on the‘kitchen floor. One old n fell into a watering trough and AUTO INDUSTRY GROWS Canada’s automobile business con- London.—For the first time in the|tinues to become more valuable to] ing, THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE [naomi] PRICE FIVE CENTS WORKMEN ARE HAMPERED BY HEAVY RAINS Plains and Highways Sar- rounding the Storage Farm Are Inundated ENDANGERED TANK The Oil Is All of Low Gravity and an Explosion Is Not Expected Bakersfield, Calif., April 30,—(#)-< Hampered by a storm which washed out embankments and covered high- ways, hundreds of workmen early to- day battled a fire in a 600,000 barrel crude oil reservoir in the West Kern river storage farm of the Standard Oil company of California, five miles northwest of here. The fire was started Inst night by lightning. A deluge of rain of ale most cloudburst proportions inundat- ed the plains and highways sur- rounding the storage farm. The fire is in the center of a field of underground reservoirs, each with a capacity of 600,000 barrels, Many of the containers are not full. It is estimated 6,000,000 barrels of low _ ead is stored on the fa 'wo miles away, on the main sto field of the district, there are 20 such reservoirs each five acres in ex- tent and covered with wood and as- phalt roofs, As the oil is of low gravity an ex- plosion is not expected, but workmen attempted to throw up embankments to prevent the spread of the flaming liquid when it boils over. Fitty-<APUt Olt Disasters ifty-seven lives and approximate- ly $15,000,000 damage is the tall of oil industry disasters in the west and southwest this month: April 7: Two lives lost, $7,000,000 damage in three-day Union Oil com- pany of California gasoline _ tank farm fire, San Luis Obispo, Culif., caused by lightning. April 8: ‘Three million dollar loss when lightning struck a Union Oil company tank 250 miles southeast of San Luis Obispo, April 9: Five men killed in ¢ plosion on Standard Oil tanker 0. Waring xt. New Orleans... Fire-at Magnolia petroleum: com- pany tank farm at Luling, Texas, caused $100,000 damage, Twenty-five men perish, $2,000,000 damage when Standard Oil tanker Thomas H. Wheeler collided with dutch steamer Sihanus, in Mississip- pi river near New Orleans. April 11: Five killed, $1,000,000 damage in explosion aboard. Gulf Refining company's tanker Gulf of Venezuela at Port Arthur, Texas. OLSNESS SAYS N.D. WILL HAVE A GOOD CROP Statement Based on Observa- tions Made Over Long Period of Years S, A. Olsness, stata commissioner of insurance, knows North Dakota is going to have a good crop this year, regardless of what the scientists may believe. His opinion is based on long ob- servation and the fact that this is one of the years in the middle of the decade. Here’s the way he ex- Presses: it: = “For the last 30 years we have had good crops in those years in the mid- dle of the decade, I can't remember what the condition was in 1885 but in 1895 and the years around it we had fine crops. The same thing held true for 1905, 1915 and 1925. We are still in that period of the cycle when crops are good and unless this year is an exception we need not-worry.” berts O. W. Roberts, forecaster at tha federal weather bureau here, backs up Olsness’ statement and ‘adds 9 further encouraging note. “What Olsness says is true,” Roberts. “A further fact is that most of those years have been dry in the spring just like it has been this year. next week we won't need another rain until May 20 or even a few days lat- er.” “Hello There” to Be . Presented Tonight Everything is in readiness fer to- night’s performance of “Hello There,” the musical comedy being presented by local talent at the city auditerium under the auspices df the Ladies Auxiliary of the U. C..T. Last night’s ful and a iether perfect perform cessful and a letter perfect pe > ance is expected. According to" ai rectors of the ply there is a wi of talent in Bismarck and a most unusual performance can be ex; . A matinee for children is scheduled for 4 o'clock this afternoon at the auditorium which will serve in the nature of a final dress relearsal. Archie McPhee, Marjorie Smith, and Mrs. Florence Graham, who have taken prominent parts in other come- s in Bismarck, will be cin “Hello There” and they have unaaual- ly clever roles. - 1 se considers miscellaneous There has been a} 4, history of philately, football is illus-| that country. trated on # new series of Hungarian| steady increase in the number ef tball,| cars manufactured. These ,machines rE ncing| are for both domestic and export! from so-called cramps. Occasionally. " ] three.) (Continued on page Several school boys and young adults were drowned bathing in small creeks hile in| this year nee. Pheer that ca ‘aon je-buildings bill and Muscle In ‘addition to ‘ked_ at night shou! 7 Skating, bag. Mcentinaed as page three? gto a and skiing are portrayed. MANY SETTLERS IN Winslpss, Manitoba.—Five and settlers are in sight for under the Laz according | ajor chairman of the Settlement Board.