The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, October 12, 1926, Page 1

\ ‘WEATHER FORECAST Fair tonight and Wednesday: Slowly rising temperature. ESTABLISHED 1878 TT BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1926 1E BISMARCK TRIBUNE PRICE FIVE CENTS \ GANGSTERS USE MACHINE GUNS IN WARFARE KIWANTANS OF AJB A. WORKINGS Superintendent of Central Di- vision, Associated Press, Gives Fine Talk EDITORS ARE GUESTS Newspaper Calling - Highes§ of All, He Says—Judge Johnson Honored Speaki: members td Ki ib sree ser central di ress, ga ry of the formation of this pinoneer news ca ering o1 aims and ideals, “The first cooperative press asso- ciation came into oj. years ago when the ers, who had her lecting their news ae | the ve veen col- ‘ately, dec! e organ! i, Hi fnon-sec- tarian and nonpartisan. Out of it grew the New York Associated Press. Then, gradually, groups sprang up all over the country and finally merged into the Associated Press, which has been called one of the most construc- tive organizations anywhere in the world. “Thomas A. Edison once said that (Continued on page two.) A 930-MILE BATTERY. ONE LADY’S FIGHT. NOTHING TOO HIGH. LYNCHING A COURT. By Arthur Brisbane. (Copyright, 1926.) ithe sptomonily show. it nee cludes, un electric le t runs $30 miler without recharging, qgnerean manufacturers must watch at. Some. genius, twiddli his fingers ‘on. a” GRUNTS school ‘bench, thinking of nothing beside his les- will invent a battery to carry wer without great weight. That will be the beginning of a new automobile and flying age. Electricity doesn’t weigh anything. Some one will find a container that weighs little. Then good-bye, gas engines. ris “in- To know how women have developed character, since the cave days, read how Julienne Tuttu, Eskimo mother, fought and killed her husband on a lonely little island: off the coast of brador. ‘ The Newfoundland court acquitting Mrs. Tuttu when she told how, to pro- tect her children, she stabbed her Eskimo man time after time with a. sheath knife, then riddled his body’ with bullets from his own rif! he husband, Ephram Tuttu, said oing to kill the baby. She im to wait until morning, He wouldn't, so for him the morning never came. Over a period of 500,000 years men have been improved by knowing th: the lady in the eave with them would stab them or crush their skulls, if they abused the childre: eceeded in Before Julie Tuttu killing her husband, he had knocked of her arms, + 9 > + her down, broken o: and thflicted wounds from which she h was bleeding freely. he In progressive Chicago all limit on balldlng height has Geen removed. No lid but the blue sky. And Chicago wil eed to show those old gen- Semen around Babel’s tower how to; lo Men want to know how high up + they really don’t want busybodies to their Jeg country, at a Bye to encourage ev: ing new | Later if we don’t like what we ~_ done, we can tear it down, We much time tearing down, a sure 8! of progres: Clarence and Demohd Lowman, and Bertha Lowman, were convicted some time ago, of murdering a sheriff) in South lina. Th court of the stat trial. South broke into the cused a ani nd ign) a. ranted a new arolina citizens Jf , took the two ac- the woman into a hem to death. westion of bru- Ye partic dae occasion, the mob lynched not only 9: one a woman, but dision of its own supreme court, made up of white men. Not much of a tribute’to that court. rry, 80 yeare old last Fri- te te ste aster: ry in greet- ing: ft tp ‘heaps obi wd in- terests,” it is said, would like an- other man, already selected, in Judge Gary's place. Stockholders of United ones ‘might like to be heard on that point. ~ si Judge Gary took comptiay when its stack, # and preferred, was Ol Andrew ‘Carnegie cern, wouldn't o lynched a di nization and expounded its ( ided ~ . ble insered three negroes, | Re ed raided Chor ai- mbers of the diplo- part of the Cardinat club that brought! matic corps at Peking have demanded ik word of his fate from the Chinese dlew government, W.S, CASSELMAN AND LEE SMITH BACK IN CITY Judge Returns From Florida Storm Area, Bringing Survivor With Him Judge W. S.C: Bi rek yesterday fron Florida, accompanied by his nephe J. Lee Smith, Jr., the only one of the Smith family who were in Florida at the time of the disastrous hurri a month ago to survive the Casselman left for Moorchaven immediately upon receiving word that his sister, Mrs. J, Lee Smith, and her two sons, Clement Casselman Smith| and Edwin Casselman Smith, had been killed during the storm. i} Mrs, Smith and two younger so had. gone from Bismarck to Mooi haven just a few weeks prior to storm to spend the winter with ai older son. civil engineer Americ selman returned to mployed | in Were Washed Away Judge Casselman tells of the hor- rors of the hurricane and the death, suffering. and devastation. which it left in its wake. Mrs. Smith and the three boys were in their home as the storm grew in intensity, according to the surviving son, who was graduated from, the Bismarck high school last spring. He is only 15 years of age, Suddenly and without warning the winds (ook the water from the canal and threw it over the banks, quickly flooding the houses in the vicinit She and the boys started for a nei bor's house about 150 feet away, but when only a few steps from their own home the water had risen to their ‘mpits and they tried to get back into the house which they had just left. Before they could get back the water had risen to a depth of 20 feet, and Mrs. Smith and two of thr boys were washed away. Miraculously Saved 1- J, Leé.Smith, Jr., seized hold of a steamer trunk and he and the trunk | | were both thrown to the top of the p’ canal by the water. A man who was only @ short distance away called to the boy to come over to him, and he gave the lad as much protection from the storm as he could. The two stood where they were from 1 o'clock Saturday afternoon until 1:30 p. m., Sunday, not daring to move for fear they would be washed away by the’ swirling waters. The storm subsided Sunday afternoon and by swimming about 50 feet the two reached higher, ground and were safe. « The bodies of Clement and Edwin Smith were found in the canal on Monday, and the body of Mrs. Smith was found Wednesday afternoon. The two former are buried at Sebring, while Mrs. Smith's body was ef Snags Center, Florid mith, Jr., wi in here fo: extended visit at th his uncle and aunt, Ju Casselman, after which is red likely that he will enter jiversity or college. Police Officers of Three States Meet This Week|. Jamestown, N. D., Entertainme! features pees for the second annual meet- ing, of pees officers of Montai South kota and North Dakota whieh is to be held’ here Thursday and Friday of this week. This body was organized last year at Mandan under the leadership of William, Barnes, then chief of police eenass ait e tinnlee or, F cooperation in running down all manner of law violators are discussed. The meeting last year is credited with having brought ghast several ree re otherwise the culprits would have escaped, thr be Rg Oct, 12—C)— are being rmed at -* CUTTER TELLS |” Kidnaped IST. LOUIS FANS WELCOME HOME THEIR HEROES Grover Alexander Plays Stel- lar Role in Final Cele- bration WORSHIPPERS HERO OF Hernsby Leaves Fc: Mother's Funeral—2 Killed, 30 Hurt, in Celebration St. Louis, Mo., Oct. 12--(4) —As the shouting and the tumult dies, St, Louis today is turhing to oher things after -more than a week of frenzied baseballdom, fanned on to iever heat British by the first world series crown in 40} years, and heightened by the oppor- tunity last nigh: of welcoming home modern diamond honors to this mid- estern city. Last night's celebration, the fourth since the close of the national le campaign, found “Old der playing a stellar role and dem- instrating that he is equalified for other slab duties. In Center of Stage Beginning with the arrival of the Cardinals’ train late in the afternoop and ending with a pushing, cheering: mob that Jeft Sportsman's Park after a formal weleoming party, the veteran Nebraskan appeared ito occupy the center of th He became the hero of a worshii ping throng at a hotel where a num- ber of the players were dining. He autographed baseballs, patted young- sters on the head, and became a brii- liant coi Transte ortsnn it. activities to Park, Alexander took his ax the first to be introduced to rowd. He made his bow, spoke is irto a microphone, as did , and fot content, showed his throngs’ adoration en on ‘two girls ki crowding near the speakers’ pl .| ‘form. The rest of the players here for the celebration, Thevenow, the silent; Bottomley, O'Farrell, Hafey, South- wort! Blades, Douthit, Keen and Reinhart, came | in for ir portion of’ the cheer- ing. Even Kenneth Sullivan, bat boy and incurable worshipper of Bottom- ley, made his bow to...the audience and was cheered. Hornshy Goes to Texas Only a relatively few fans, however, were permitted a glimpse of Hornsby, who did not leave Union Station be fore taking another train for Austin, Texas, where his mother’s funeral will be held upon his arrival. Other grief than that of the reali- zation of the sad rites at Austin en- tered into the merry making of the week-end, Two were killed and 30 injured, seven of them critically, in the hectic demonstrations of the rol- licking 3. Both of the dead are bar ictims of auto accidents. it. worshipping of her base- all heroes threatens to be shortli for most of those who came here night are planning today to go to their homes, scattered from one end of the country to the other. Blades, Southoron ,and Hornsby are the only ones who claim St. Louis as their residence, BASEBALL FANS HERE 40 YEARS AGO, SAYS FALCONER There were baseball “cranks” in Bismarck 40 ing incidents connected with the win- ning of the baseball championship by the St. Louis Americans from the Chieago Nationals in The St Louis team took four games of thi ries while Chicago annexed tw: jetories. ‘The late Frank J. Call, SEAL OF Adrian greatest ball playe and captain and fir: Chi club, lived: in Bismarck at that time. Call was # strong booster for the Chicago club, and was so Vis- pointed at its. de: in the series that he went to bed sick and remain- ed there for days, Chicago's defeat was attributed to the fact that McCormick, one of its Pitchers, went on a wild spree as s00n as the club was declared winner of the National jeague pennant and was in no condition to play winning ball in the championship games, Mr. Falconer says. Chris Von-der-Ahe, a wealthy St. Louis brewer, owned the St. Louis club at that time, according Falconer, who believes that Comisky at that time played on the Louis team. és Precipitation to 7 Highest wind velocit F rek and vicinity: Fair tonight and’ Wednesday. Slowly ris- ratul * i “for North Dakota: | Fatr_tonight we Wednesday. Slowly rising tem- i i le ef a sident, in relat-. Retrial of Miller and Dauglirty Is Not Yet Certain New York, Oct. 12.(#)—There was doubt today whether Harry M. Daugherty and Thomas W, Mitier would be tried again on charges of conspiracy against the United States while attorney general . and _dilen| property custodian, respectively, | “Pll not be able to tell for a anonth at least, whether Pil bring them to trial again or not,” said: Federul Al torney Buckner after a jury agreed yesterday. The jury after hearing evidence for five weeks debated its verdict for 65 hours and 40 minutes before the court accepted a report of disagree- ment. That ix a record for federal courts in th The final vote was 7 to 5 for conviction of Daugherty and 10 to 2 for convietion of Miller, some jurors said. The charge was conspiracy te de- {fraud the United States of honest sevviee in the transfer of $7,000,000 worth of stock in the American Met- als company to alien interests. TWO ARRESTED ‘OVER DEATH OF DECATUR GIRL Unidentified Man Claims: Shooting Followed Quarrel in Chicago Tea Room ( ' ! district. | j Chi t. -P)- Two men y in connection with the death of Miss Edna Bolt of Deca- tur, Ill, whose body found early Monday behind the German Deaconess hospital. Patrick and Thomas Fleming were taken for questioning by detectives after an unidentified man said he had seen the girl shot and fatally wounded during a quarrel in the) Flemings’ West Side Tea Room, The witness declared that Miss Bolt was an accidental victim, the bullet having been fired by her eg- cort when he quarreted with another patron, AIMEE’S PLAN DISCLOSED BY MRS. WISEMAN Witness Says Stranger Asked Her to, Aid in Clearing Evangelist of Scandal | | \ (M)—The Martin ross the path of Aimee Semple Mc- herson today presented an elusive trail for district attorney's investi: tors secking a heretofore unidenti fied but important principal in the alleged kidnaping conspiracy. The “foot prints” were discerned { by District Attorney Asa Keyes yes terday during the preliminary he: ing on conspiracy charges. for Angelus baat pastor, her moth Mrs. Minnie Kennedy, and. Mrs. Lo: raine Wiseman Sielaff. complaint, whi one of whom is entity of the anon- ymous conspirator was hinted at durine the examination of Mrs, Wise- man who had been called as a state’s witness. Mrs. Wiseman, who accused Mrs. McPherson ag having hired her and schooled her in a plot to refute in- sinuations that the evangelist so- journed at Carmed-By-The-Sea with enneth G. Ormiaton, missing radio man, testified that she was first ap- proached by a or Bate “f Attorney W. I. Gilbert, of Mrs. McPhersqn’s defense counsel, object- ed to the mention of “Mr, Martin” on the grounds that no foundation had been laid ” establish Martin as a co-conspirator, jo Dos Martin’s footprints are in this case somewhere,” Keyes re- plied, “and as we can’t prove it I will be willing for this testimony to be stricken from the records.” The witness was permitted to tell of her meeting with Martin, who she said was a stranger. She declared he ‘epproached her in a San Francisco {hotel lobby 1 { “this scandal Carmel.’ testified it was at Mr. Martin’s sug- gestion that she came to Los Ange and entered into the alleged conspi acy with Mrs. ‘McPherson and h mother to produce “the little 11 who was to pose as Ormiston's. com- panion at Carmel, Taking advantage of today’s court holiday because of Columbus, Day, Mrs. McPherson planned to rest ut the seashore. Temperature and Road Conditions | Bienes lees, M0 pass *°8t. Cloud-—Clear, 42; roads good. Minot—Clear, 24; roads gi Devils Lake—Clear, 24; roads good. Wi Yoads good. :} two were HAZEN MASONS |FRANCE AGAIN EXTENDS BID T0 LEGIONNAIRES Pavitatic From Premier Poincare and Aristide Briand Presented > DAY: OF BIG PARADE All Units Have Places in Line 3—Vie in Originality of Costume and Float (A)--France itation to the Invitations from Premier Poincare and A ide Briand, minister of for- igo affairs, for the American Legion zhold next vear’s convention in came to the Legion’s conve: The letters were brought by Col. ¥ves Picot, member of the chamber of deputies The Leg! here for a holiday as much a business, as members indicate the impromptu and colorful parades be- find the scores of bands and drum corrs. Today was the big parade, with all the units having places in line and viging in originality of costume and fleat. GENERAL PERSHING 18 CHEERED T0 THE ECHO Philadelphia, Oct. 12.--)—Mem- bers of the American expeditionary force today faced their old comm: ef, General Pershing, and cheered him until the smiling, gray-haired war- rior motioned them to cease. General Pershing wio, many del- gates said, could be the next national commander of the American Legion if he so desired, made a five - femporaneous speech before annual convention, in which he said he came merely to say “how do you do,” shake hands and t | review the purade this afternoon, “It is a very thrilling thing to mee! men of-America who fought side ide in a great cause, and it is a’ fine thing meet each year to re- new associations,” said the general., ; lo Needed vIn dooking over speeches made at! "your conventions, I find that you are given lots of advice on how ta con- ourselves, but 1 want t@ say | gionnaires you need no ad- 4 i ys count on me a u, standing together should- ! er to shoulder, as you did during the | war.” The American | political orgunization, said Gener: | Pershing, but it is especially import: ant that its members see that men in their community are Americans and not slackers or demo- gogues. | Legion is i i ' TO DEDICATE | ~ NEW BUILDING: Grand Lodge Officers and Bis- marck and Mandan Masons to Attend Meeting ee Dedication of the new Masonic temgte at Hazen is to take place to- night and an appropriate program has been arranged for the occasion. Promjnent Bismack and Mandan Ma- ind state officials will attend the ceremonie: The construction of the new hall marks another chapter in the work of the Hazen lodge to hi nent building, two halls constructed having been destroyed is considered 2 milestone in Hagen Masonry. John Parkinson, district deputy grand master; L. K. Thompson, grand tiler; A. P. Lenhart, past grand mas- ter; R. E. Wenzel, grand orato J. Arnot and L, V. Miller will represent the Bismarck chapter. From Mandan E. A. Ripley, past grand master; Otto Bauer, grand treasurer, and Earl Tos- te rorshipful master, will attend. Frank Falkenstein of Bottineau, grand master of North Dakota, and W. J. Hutcheson of Fargo, executive secretary of the Masonic Service as- sociation, will represent the state or- ganization. Jury Finds Woman Gui of Murder \in Twenty Minutes Ga., Oct. 12.—(#)—Mrs. dsey McKie of Hutchin- son, Kansas, was found polity of the Murder of ‘her husband, George A. McKie, yesterday and sentenced to life imprisonment. The jury delib- erated 20 minutes. ; Augusta, Lillian Lin ‘From Texas Prison ners took ptured. - Most- of ‘were serving terms of from two! yeats, a new upstanding 1 Pictures of Illinois Flood to and inflicted pictures, the fi hauling sand Lincoln under ation and danger HAGEN SEEK NEW WRIT FROM SUPREM Action May. Be Brought as Basis For Appeal to United States High Court Appeal for a writ of habeas corp- us Was presented to the supreme court Monday in behalf of H. J en, con d of receiving dep n insolvent bank in conne with the former Scandinavian-Ameri- an B of Fargo, Whether or not the appeal will be filed and hi ng on it held by the court has not been determined, Grounds for the appeal are that the proceedings nd the judgment rendered in Hagen’s case are in effect a denial of his consti- tutional right which grants to every zens freedom from imprisonment without due process of The claim is based on the conten- tion that theft of the stenographic motes of his trial prevented Hagen from perfecting an uppeal to the su- preme court. It was indicated here as quite ible that the new action was filed in the supreme court to establish the it j basis of the case which Hagen's at- torneys are said to be planning to resent to the supreme court of the ii ited States on the ground that his trial and sentence are not in accord with the provisions of the constitu- tion, HAGEN RESENTENCED, COMMITTED TO JAIL Grand. Forks, N, D., Oct. 12—-H. J. Hagen, convicted, of receiving de- posits in the Scandinavian-American bank in Fargo, after it was insolvent was resentenced to 2% years in the state penitentiary and turned over to Sheriff Odin Overby by Judge W. J. Kneeshaw in Grand Forks county dis- trict court here Monday. t The sentence was pronounced by Judge Kneeshaw over the objection of U. L. Burdick, counsel for the de- fendant, who claimed that Hagen was deprived of a proper trial. ; After the sentencing Burdick with Judge Kneeshaw a writ habeus corpus which the judge over- ruled, Hagen will be held in the Grand Forks county jail until a state trans- portation officer comes here to take im to the state penitentiary at Bis- marek, * 2 Following the sentencing Burdick announced his next move would be to carry his request for a writ of habeus bata to the staté supreme court. If this court denies the request for a writ Burdick believes he can carry his juest directly to the United supreme court. If the case m the United States supreme court Mr. Burdick believes, that court will have the power, fit, to issue a writ of error, ing that all lower case rej brought before it for cons: The high court may also un Ibe: ty, att Burdick believer General Harrison Retires From Guard ” Minneapolis, Oct. 12-—UP1—After serving in the Minnesota national yi at werious times Rye a period ison vote lunaeapolls aaiea from are 5 is Gt yeara old today tary dey he is neral. Hari eration. wate st from the flooded zone, show (left) Lincoln gs through waist-déep water to k sWamping the light plant, and (right) what the COURT: and creeks put the tewns of stopped traffic and industry, housands of residen ‘hese idents eep the flood from main street of Beards- on t own looked like after the flood came. Woman Suicides fter Visiting Fortune Teller Detroit, Oct. 12.--@)—Police today ortune teller wi jredi ia Jrayebisk, m } ered poison, the victim, in the opinion of the local coroner, of auto-suggestion. The for- tune teller, the coroner said, will be held criminally responsibl Acquaintances of Mrs. told the’ coroner of the prophi LUMBER YAR TO BE USED FOR CITY GARAGE Commission Approves Pur- chase of Former Runyon Property For $5,000 Purchase of the former Runyon lumber yard property on the south side for use of the city street depart- ment as a garage and storage space for street equipment was approve by the city commission Monday nigh The deal was negotiated with the St Hilaire Lumber cqmpany and the pur- chase price was $5,000, he = St. Hilaire company and the Carpenter Lumber company bought out the Runyon yard early this year and re- moved the stock of building material to their own yards, De yn to buy the property was made by the commission some time ago, and the buildings have since been repaired and remodéled to meet the needs of the The actual purchase, however, did not take place until Monday night. The equipment of the street department has been added to from time to time until there was no adequate place to house it, making it necessary for the com- mission to take some action along that line. It was decided that the lumber yard sheds, with certain alter- ations, would be very suitable for the purpose, and the deal was negoti- ated. In order to provide funds imme- diately for the purchase of the prop- erty and the cost of the improve- the.commission authorized the ince of certificates of indebted- in the amount of $7,000. Committee Appointed Commissioners Charles Wachter and J. A. Larson were appointed by President A. P. Lenhart as a com- mittee to appraise the city property hi is listed for sale because of unpaid taxes and special assessments, The committee will then meet with the county commissioners in an ef- fort to reach an agreement concern- ing the disposal of such property at a fair price. A communication from Mrs. D. T. ago. the matter inasmuch as the new city FIVE CHICAGO MEN SHOT DOWN LATE MONDAY Two of the Victims Were Killed Instantly—Others Severely Wounded POLICE EXPECTED IT All Officers on Hunt For Slayers—Chicago’s Gang Toll For Year Now 46 Chicago, Oct. deadliest ga termination—has opened between two opulent bands of booze racketeers for control of the city liquor traffic. That fearful engine of war, the death dealing machine gun, the sinister weapon employed by gan sters who mowed down five men i” the shadow of Chicago's great Cath- olic cathedral of the Haly Name on north State street late yesterday. ¢ The murderous attack, more ‘Caring than the assassination of Assistant State’s Attorney McSwiggin, was ex- pected to bring reprisal and counter reprii he eternal vicious cycle that all “alky” feuds go through. No One Knows Anything “It is another gang killing. No one knows anything. No one wants to know anything. They are ig was the comment of an attache of the state’s attorney's office, who en- tioned witnesses at the scene of the slayings, The victims in the newest and most idly of gangland’s own method of its enemies were Earl Weiss, notorious gangster who at 28 had risen to overlordship of a powerful city wide combine of booze runners, and Paddy Murray, a lieutenant. Both were killed almost instantly, their bodies riddled by stugs as ma- chine guns, spitting from a rooming house window and an_ automobile, raked them, with a withering cross fing, of lead. he wounded are William W. O'Brien, former assistant: state's at- i criminal ig Joe” Sal of Weiss, now on trial for murde Ren Jacobs, an investigator for O’Brien,.and Sam. Peller, and bodyguard of Wei The men were. shot down apparent- ly a moment after they had left the modest florist shop of William Scho- field, across State street from the cathedral, and believed by police te be the headquarters of the Saltin de- fense forces. It was in this shop tw> years ago that Dion O’Banion, ace of Chicago alcohol purveyors, wi by three gunmen amidst hi und chrysanthemums, Apogee of Long Warfare Although the usual silence of gane- land prevailed after the shooting, the police, versed in the lore of the un- derworld, saw the attack as the apogee of a long guerilla warfare between two cliques of gunmen and beer run- ners. O'Brien, who has defended scores f men accused of murder with con- ‘able success, was shot seven He probably was saved trom death when several bullets were de- flected by articles he carr pocket. One slug struck a metal case and unother tore through a roll of.cur- rency and flattened out against a gold coin. All forces of the city were loosed today in a hunt for the slayers, whose bullets brought the gang toll to 46 here this year. The nolice said thin morning that rival gangs had ob- tained 18 machine guns, * “We knew it was coming sooner or later,” Chief of Police Collins said. “And it isn’t over. I don't want to encourage the business but if some- body has to be killed it's a good thing that gangsters are murdering them- selves off. It saves the trouble for the police.” MAN SOUGHT FOR THEFT OF AUTOMOBILE Believed to Have Stolen Car and Cash From War Vet Temporarily Demented Fargo, N. D., Oct. 12—@)—A man who is believed by police to have stolen more than $500 and an expen- sive automobile from a world war veteran who became temporarily de- mented, is being sought by authori- ties here. William Farr of Kansas City, Mo., ° drove into Fargo Sunday night from New Rockford, N. D., in company with another man with whom he had be- come friendly, accordip, Farr, who had been shi iL the wor! ‘is “friend” to a nd obtained a room. Farr then hotel, ‘ received a call later from Union that had | ordinances provide that-all thorough-| ¢ fares in the city running north and ith shall be known as streets... te Ado gai ssabree Ry continuance o: collectior October 1s reivon to be active in his banking and other! instrume: connections here. business s cartied eer wal tre in TedecRibcne of the chetncsoail haue| alt