The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 28, 1926, Page 1

WEATHER\FORECAST Generally fair tonight and Wed- * Resday. Not so cold. ESTABLISHED 1873 TEXAN TELLS OF SLAYING = 13. PERSONS Extra Guards: Assigned to Watch Panhandle Rancher, Now in County Jail TRIES TO KILL HIMSELF Murdered Wife and Eight Children Three Weeks Ago —Admits Another Killing Farwell, Texas, - 28 — Extra guards today were assigned to watch J. Hassell, Texas Pan- handle rancher, who is confined in base oes jail nore ibe er die 3 con- lessions e ing of 13 persons. Charged with murder, following his admission that*he killed his wife and her t children and placed the bod: in a dugout on his ranch near here three weeks ago, Hassell last night confessed to slaying a woman and three children in California three years ago. He refused to re- veal the names of the California vic- tims or to comment on the crime other than to say “it was a good job,” the sheriff said. Has Knife Wounds Hassell is recovering from knife wounds self inflicted when officers came to search his ranch after neighbors had become suspicious of his actions and the absence of his, family. Hassell, a little more than a year ago, moved to a ranch near here aft- er marrying his brother's widow. Authorities have reopened an inves. | tigation of his brother’s death. The brother was killed while working in a field in Oklahoma with Hassell, whe said a mule kicked him to death. | hrassell said in a statement that he did not know why he killed his wife and stepchildren. He declared | slayings followed a quarrel with after she charged him with with her oldest daughter. Kills Whole Family “I grabbed a hammer, where it ame from, I don’t know, I struck | rer and she fell to the floor,” Hassell aid in telling of the slaying of his wife. “The smallest baby began crying and I reach down and choked Then I secured a stocking andj ied it around the baby’s neck. ‘on’t know why, but when I saw ~shat I had done I decided I had best o on and kill the whole outfit.” The children ranged in age from 2 to 2Lyears. Some were choked and thers shot. U.S. Pays Big Price For Neglecting to Teach Citizenship Chicago, Dec. 28.—@—Twelve thousand murders is the price the United States paid last year for neglecting to teach fundamental cit- izenship, William D. Saltiel, chair- man of the American Citizenship Foundation’s Campaign Committee, told the American Business Club of Chicago today. “Until America removes the blot of crime from her pages, our system of education and moral uplift is a rank failure,” said Mr. Saltiel. “Prop- er teaching ‘of citizenship inculeates respect for the rights of others and a social conscience. “We need a dictatorship, not of | | | intimac the Mussolini type, but of the major-| breast. ity of red blood, courageous, pioneer spirited men und women who know the true fundamentals of our system of government.” This Thermometer Tells How Cold it | Was During Night | ——— | THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE [aaam BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1926 MANDAN KILLER MAY. PRICE FIVE CENTS FIGHT MURDER CHARGE Fall and Sinclair Await Trial Wi i SCHOOL BOYS KILL TWO MEN NEAR MANKATO Farmer and Son, Shot Down When They Order Students to Leave Their Land Mankato;”Minn., Dec. 28.—U)--Or- dering a party of high school stu- dents to leave their land, Henry Jacobe and. his son, Frank, were shot and killed late yesterday on their farm near here. Harry Fleming, 17, high school student and a member of the Minne- sota National Guard, who did the shooting, and @ compani Clement, were held in jail today without charge pending an inquest. party were not held. on a hunting trip through the coun- tryside during the afternoon. Late in the day they arrived at the Jacobe farm, built a fire and prepared a lunch. Claims Self Defense Attracted by the fire, the Jacobes came to warn the trespassers to leave. Fleming, who told authorities he fired his revolver in self defense, said the two farmers advanced in a threatening ‘manner and he was frightened. ' Frank Jacobe was instantly killed. The father dicd later at a Mankato hospital, from a bullet wound in the The son had three bullet wounds, The Jacobes were not armed. The Jacobes, 34 und 61 years old, met death on land twice raided by nrohibition enforcement officers and from which several parties of picnick- ers had been driven, it was revealed today. Men Have Court Kecords On the hillside where the shooting occurred, county officers more than @ year ago unearthed the largest still ever found in Blue Earth county. The younger Jacobe served ne in the county jail after this raid, while his father was given a suspended sen- tence. The elder Jacobe had previ- ously served time after officers had found another still in a raid three years ago. . A ‘Shooting on the part of Fleming apparently was on the spur of the Morse said today. A charge'of second degree murder may be lodged against him as a result, Mr. Morse said, al- though this will not be determine: until after the inquest this after- noon, ather Report | We Weather conditions at North D: kota points for the 24 hours ending at 8 a. m. today. Temperature at 7 a. m. Highest yesterday Lowest last night Precipitatic 27 9 8 A es # EA’ For Bismarck and vicinity: Gener- ally fair tonight and Wednesday. Not so cold. For Bore Dante: Crereelly sale tonight an ‘ednesday. Not so cold. WEATHEE CONDITIONS High pressure, accompanied by cold westher, extends from the northern Plains States southwestward to the Pacific const states. Temperetures were below zero in the Red River Valley this mereie A low pressure area, accompanied by rising tempera- ture ‘has 3] over the Northwest. Ek pitation seen red * the Great region and upper sippi Vall -nfisowhere the weather is general ir. general’ (ORRIS W. ROBERTS, Official in RED LIGHT CAUSES FIRE ALARM Beach.—A red lamp, burning it a window of the high school, brought out the fire department at 6 a. m., morning, when the rays ae e oe aim. 2 Wha ota g | Frid 3 light (were mistaken for fire. lamp was being used the janitor in his. rounds of the building. Scene at the train wreck December 23 at Rockmart, Ga., | south-bound Royal Palm. i Walter, Two girls who were members of the The four young people had been| ‘moment, County Attorney \Frank E.| here Eighteen Were Killed Baby’s Life Saved By Auto Accident Uniontown, A little one's day by an automobi c a frantic father ra toward a hospital, ld Betty Coughanour, from a Christmas sticking in her throat, sping for breath in her mother’s arms. Coughanour'’s machine crashed into another. jetty was flung to the floor. The turkey bone was found be- side her. Had there been no collision she would have died before the hospital was reached, physicians said. POSTAL CLERK KILLS ONE OF i | Two Youthful Bandits and Girl Companion Overlooked Victim’s Gun Chicago, Dee, 23—(#)—Two youth- ful robbers armed with a toy pistol and a girl companion, thrilled at the prospect of becoming a “bandit queen,” met defeat last night, at the hands of Robert Ray, 20, who shot and killed one of them und caused the capture of the others with a real un they had overlooked when they eld him up. The youths dragged Ray, a nostal clerk, into an alley and robbed him of $17, but as they fled to an auto- mobile, in which the girl was wait- ing, Ray opened fire, killing John Renzio, 18, Tony cers 17, and Elma Crawford, 21, were ciptured, The girl said she met the youths at a theatre and had accompanied them just for the “thrill of being a bundit queen.” “ZT never thought get killed,” she said hey had only that little gun and it didn’t look like that would hurt anybody.’ The two admitted several previous robberies, all accomplished with the water pistol. 987,000 FOLKS | LIKELY T0 GET TAX REFUNDS Secretary Mellon Asks For Authority to Return Iile- gally Collected Taxes Washington, Dec. 28,—()—Con- gress was asked by Secretary Mellon today to give Ard treasury authority to refund $174,120,177 illegally col- lected in taxes for the fiscal year 1927 and “prior” years, The money is to be refunded to about 287,000 taxpayers in amounts ranging from one t to hundreds of thousands of ddlli The treas- ously had t mitted to supplemental estimate to amount and the budget bureau had announced the figure had been taken into consideration in estimating the treasury surplus for the present fiscal year. Secretary Mellon, in transmitting the request today to the house ways and means comm: » sent a list of names of those who will benefit under the refund. Close! typeds they covered 14,380 sheets of foolscap per, and a truck was required jul the bundles. anybody would oon ———— ap) Mussolini is offering free flights in,| ® ' talians to create “air | tu airplanes to Li consciousness” in Italy, ROBBER TRIO| i are considered. between the north-bound Ponce de Leon and the This picture shows the engine of the Ponce de Leon. on the Ponce de Leon which was teles: ped, bringing death to the occupants of the dining car. | BUDGET BOARD OFFERS MANY SUGGESTIONS Recommends That Legisla- ture Remove All Stand- ing Appropriations Removal of all “standing appro- priations” is recommended to the leg- islature in the supplemental report to that uouf prepared ‘by the state budget board. ‘These appropriations, board mem- bers contend, should come up for re- view every two years in the same manner that other state expenditures In the past all stand- ing appropriations have continued in effect without new legislative af- firmation. Items Affected Among items which the budget board recommends for removal from the standing appropriation list and inclusion in the budget are: 1. The standing appropriation for the support of the guaranty fund commission. 2. A standing appropriation for the suppers of research into conditions affecting the artesian water supply,| of the state. 8. Removal of the standing appro- priation for the support of vocational education. 4, Elimination of thé standing ap- propriation for the support of the minimum wage department of the workmen’s compensation bureau. 5. Elimination of the standing ap- propriation for the education of blind children, In some cases, it is pointed out, the standing appropriations have not been used by the departments receiv- ing them. In other cases the need for them has passed entirely. That for the education of blind children was passed at a time when the state had no facilities for educating blind children and was intended to pay their expenses’ while they were train- ed in institutions outside the state, Now the state trains blind children in a state institution. During the last two years the guaranty fund commission has made very little use of the standing appropriation made for its benefit, budget board mem- bers said, Another major recommendation is that fees collected by the various de- partments be turned in to the gen- eral fund and the expenses of those departments be budgeted and paid out of the general fund. . Other Recommendations Specific recommendations include: 1. The dairy division of the depart- ment of agriculture and labor, it being suggested that cream testers’ license fees collected by the division be turned over to the general fund. 2. All fees collected by the state securities commission. 3, All auto transportation fees col- lected by the te railroad board. 4. That amendment be made to section five of the new gasoline tax law: permitting the state auditor to credit the general fund with an an- nual sum from’ gasoline tax collee- tions to pay the expenses of enfore- ine the gasoline tax law. Upward revision of the amount which each county pays to the sup- port of insane patients ut the James- town hospital for the insane also is Fecommended. At present each cout PA Pays $15 a month for each patient. he budget board would have it in- creased to $25 a month. By the transfer of other funds of the insti- tution it would then be possible to He the edditional | semey. in i rly struction of new buildings w! board fei bad! eed re ly ne 5 rard revision of, the i02s, sellees with the regulation of railroads; local utilities and grain Grading, would make those activities state Poe ‘sgl ie 4 % present fees, board held are i uate. ‘The Bosna ple or that $5,000 eae an ste pa M) be transferred ‘t i ral les te m of light, ‘heat and power. ite It was the dining car | POISON LIQUOR DEATH TOLLIS RISINGINN.Y. | Twenty-three Deaths in \ | Greater New York Alone At- | | tributed to That Cause {OVER 100 IN HOSPITALS | | Government Will Soon Use New Formula Making Al- cchol Unfit to Drink New York, Dec. 28,--()--The death toll from Christmas liquor drinking reater New York today had risen . with scores, perhaps more than | 100, of poison victims under treat- | ment in hospitals for alcoholism, Chicago seven deaths have been i Detroit five; in Des in Milwaukee three and G. Norris, New York r, declares that Mensive chemical analysis would have to be made before it could he j determined whether the deaths here were due to poisoned liquor or ex- cessive drinking, Government Not Responsible The government declines to accept any responsibility for any deaths due to drinking alcohol which passed | through its hands, Federal agents | in Washington declare that, although two per cent wood alcohol was placed in most of tl | is sufficient to cause Washington officials indicate, how-| jever, that the prohibiton unit will investigate closely the source of sup-| | ply of the liquor that caused the| | deaths. | Lincoln C, Andrews, head of the| | dry forces, has announced in Wash-| ington that the government expects to have ready by January 1, a new| | formula which will make the taste of its aleohol so unpleasant that drink- ers cannot swallow it. More Deaths Than Last Year In New York, Bellevue hospital | alone today had 79 persons, 14 of| | them women, in its alcoholic ward and | 10 alcoholic cases were reported ut| Kings County hospital, Brooklyn, Sev- | enteen five i death. pi of the 23 died in Manhattan, | Brooklyn and one in Queens | leoholic death list. for th entire holiday season in New York last year was only 18 and the num-! ‘ber of cuses in hospitals much low-| er than this year. Poorer quality of the liquor on the market was given <as the cause, 28 LIQUOR DEATHS IN "FRISCO DURING YEAR San Francisco, Dec. 28—(®)—Al- though no deaths from poison liquor have been reported thus far since | the holiday season began, Coroner T. B. W. Leland disclosed today that his records showed 28 persons h died here this year from that caus and that 200 other deaths, in which poison liquor was the chief con tributing factor, had been reporte during the 12 months. “For every death which is official- ly attributed to poison booze here, you may safely calculate 10 times as many,” said Coroner Leland. He de nounced the methods used by the government in denaturing alcohol, and declared the government was to blame for the deaths. In all but two] of the 28 cases, denatured alcohol and not wood alcohol was held us the cause of death. AMBASSADOR IS DEFENDANT IN MYSTERY SUIT Alanson B. Houghton Sued For $50,000. By Woman Whom He Denies Knowing New York, Dec, 28.—(4)—-Alansun B, Houghton, ambassador to England, who is home on a Christmas leave, has the role of defendant in myster- fous litigation. The plaintiff in a $60,000 suit for fulse arrest is a woman whom he denies knowing. Dorothy A. Mason has obtained per- mission from Supreme Court Justice Gavegan to serve papers ©n Mr. Houghton by muil, because xhe has found it impossible to serve them on him in person. Mrs, ion alleges in a supporting affidavit that Mr. Houghton falsely accused her of robbing him of an heirloom pin and $1500, The time and place of the arrest are not given, and aside from her name, Mrs. Mason is not identified. Mr, Houghton, who is at his home in Corning, N. ¥., denies knowledge of the suit. “The matter is absurd,” he declares, “for as a matter @f fact, T do not. know who Dorothy A. Mason can be.” ) Both Mrs, Mason and her attorney refuse to discuss the cas Hirihito Delivers _ Imperial Message Tokyo, Dec. 28.—(#)—Emperor Hirihito held his first formal audience today, receiving about 800 court and ernment officials, to whom he de- livered an imperial message. The new emperor, enunciating the princi- Bins upon which he expect e rs the empire to base their ac- alba declared for simplicity instead of vain display, originality ins' of blind imitation: progressiveness; national bare er eae gpd 155 | a classes and international frien: iP. The diet adjourned this afternoon after having the funeral budget of yen (nearly $1,500.000) which will be spent on rites for the late Emperor Yoshjhito, The diet will reassemble January 18. industrial alcohol, this | ! é Albert B. Fall (left), former secre Sinclair, millionaire oil man, i of the district supreme court build peared to answer to charges of con in connection with the Fall Suffering With Pneumonia (P) Ai ry of the n with pneu from Wash this his fam Fall rested well during the ‘ht and seemed much improved 9 a. m, according to his ¢ Mrs. €.'C. Chase. Mr, Fall's: pulse continues to hold good and his eral conditions is deseribed as sati factory. AIMEE PLANS LECTURE TOUR OF AMERICA Several Weeks’ Vacation Trip Will Start About Middle of Next Month Los Angeles, Dec. 28 -(4)— Aimee Semple McPherson, awaiting trial on criminal conspiracy charges, plans to spend her unnual vacation next | month on u lecture tour of the Unit- worked so hard this past year n such u troublesome t I'm ready roa rest,” Temple evanglist plained last night in disclosing her plans. ly people and my board kindly concur in the idea and I've arranged to be away for several weeks, starting about the le of next month, Of course, I haven't my plans complete or in definite shape, but I think it would be a good idea if 1 can accept a few lecture dates while on my vacation New York, Boston adelphia and San cluded in Mrs, Mel itinerary. Madison Square Garden Pays Over period the Ang Baltimore, P' ncisco are son's tentativ Million in Taxes New York, De York state and the ment have collected taxes in the last three y the corporation have re ings of garden spot ven this period reached the of $7,790,993.15. SEVEN YOUTHS TO BE SHOT FOR ATTACK ON GIRL Ten Other Russians, Who Participated in Same Crime, Get Prison Terms vern in ntures during azing total Leningrad, Russia, Dec. 28.--P)-— Seven Russian youths today were sentenced by the provincial court to be shot for an attack on a young factory girl in a public park here. Ten others, who participated in the ‘crime, were sentenced to terms of imprisonment ranging from 10_years, The trial attracted nation-wide at- tention because of the declaration of the public prosecutor that cases of collective assault were becomin, shockingly prevalent. He demande: the death penalty for all 17 defend- ants as an example. After 15 hours’ deliberatton, however, the court im- posed the death penalty only on seven. one to TAKES IT STRAIGHT New York.—Babe, a big truck- horse, with a back like a pool table,| dead like his coffee black. Babe was a hospital patient recently, neering, a strained leg, Doctors found he had water in the blood and recommended coffee and plenty of it. Babe drinks a pail every morning before startin, to work, but refuses it with cream. ‘tary of the interior, and Har photographed together on the steps ing at Washington, where they ap nspiracy to defraud the government Teapot Dome vil lease. FLOODS TAKE 43 LIVES IN | THREE STATES Property Damage Estimated at Million Dollars—More j Rain Forecast | Memphis, Tenn. Dec ()-- | Thirteen persons were known to to have perished in floods in thr | southern stat mi 4,000 nd Kentucky ¥ estimated at jmore than a million dollars. Six w eported dead in Arkan- sas, five in Mississippi and two in Tennessee as direct results of the flood. Three thousand were driven from their homes in Nashville when the Cumberland river overflowed. Much Corn Ruined t of thousands of acres of corn being transferred from the lowlands of Kentucky and Indi- ana as a result of flood stage being reached in the Ohio ri Much un- gathered corn has been ruined by flood waters in these two states. Rain was forecast for every south- n state today, and while the waters of many of the smaller streams had begun to recede, apprehension was felt in some sections over the aspect of further downpours. The forecas for tomorrow is generally fair. Nashville Suffers Most The greatest property damage was in Nashville, where nearly a hundred city blocks were flooded, and hun- dreds of business houses and homes deserted. Most of the deaths reported have been due to traffic acci- dents. The’ : s minor auto sults a sippi floods The p tributaries, y appreciable OCEAN WAVES H USSIAN VII sk, Russia, De sof life and gi destruction have been eral fishing villages of this distri by mountainous waves from the Pa- cific Ocean which hurled tons of ice, some blocks 10 fect thick, on the v Hlages during great snowstorm. Many women and children were ‘buried alive under great avalanches -, of ice, and could not be dug out be- their men folk were away on fishing expeditions. Heavy snow- storms have severed communications, and Nickolaevsk can be reached only by couriers on skis. A relief expedi- | peing sent from Khabarovsk. State Fishery Trust suffered heavily by the storm ERUPTION OF 2 VOLCANOES BURY VILLAGE Russian Town Covered With Great Layers of Lava— No Loss af Life caus: Petrofaviovsk, Kamchatka Penin- sula, Russia, Dec. 28.—()—Erup- tion of the volcanoes Montnovsky and Avatchinskayasopka, during the past few days, have transformed this city into a modern Pompeii. - though no loss of life was reported today, much property damage was caused. Great masses of molten earth foll upon the city while violent und ground rumblings, which accompanie: the eruptions, caused the populace to flee to the hills for safety. The entire city, which only a few days ago was buried in snow, is now transformed, great lay: of gray lava grins it an appearance of a city. BOY SCOUTS ized a tall Pree a Ala an’ . are 23 Boy Scouts here ranging in height from 6 feet 2 inches to 6 feet 6 inches, TALL Seattle.—Bo ARNOLD THIELE “LOSES MEMORY’ WHEN QUERIED Claims He Cannot Recall Shooting Nels Romer, Man- dan’s Chief of Police BACK IN MANDAN JAIL Alleged Murderer Engages William Langer, Bismarck Attorney, as Counsel Indications that Arnold Thiele, 42, veling salesman who is charged with slaying Chief of Police Nels H. Romer on Uhristmas day, when the officer answered a call to the Thiele home to stop a family row, will fight a first degree murder cha veloped today when Attorn | Langer of this city told |torney C.F. Ki of retained to rep- preliminary hearing probably will be given Thiele at 9 o'clock Wed- | nesday morning. Returned to Jail is again in the Morton was brought to the here Christmas | night for sa ping when mob vio- j lence was threatened. Monday aft- ernoon he was returned to Mandan for questioning by the state’s attor- ney and Sheriff Charles McDonald. His memory had utterly failed him concerning any of the events leading up to the shooting and after two hours questioning he was lodged in | the county jatl until this morning | when the quizzing was to have been resumed. _ Christmas night and Sunday morn- | ing Thiele expressed a desire to plead j kuilty and t it over with as soon as possibl However, although |sobbing intermittently and under great ‘ain when questioned Mon- day afternoon, he steadfastly stuck to his story ‘that he jvemover shooting ¢ throwing dishes at his. wifeor chasing her into a nesghbor’s house. He stated, however, that “he shot at an object.” | Plans to Stand Trial | “Thiele previously had said he ' wanted to plead guilty,” said State's Attorney C. F. Kelsch todagete “Be- cause of that expressed intention, he was taken before the clerk of court, the oath was administered and we prepared to take his confession. 1 examination he persistently denie that he remembered any of the facts or circumstances preceding or immed- iately following the killing, except that he ‘shot at an_ object.’ was the desire of the officers to secure a | confession if possible to save the county the expense of a protracted trial, Apparently Thiele intends to plead not guilty and to stand trial. The state does not intend to make i A charge of mur- the first degree will be filed nd Thiele forced to trial.” Other officials declared that “We | will see that our Morton county dele- gation in the legislature this coming | session works for reinstatement of ital punishment such as to fit the iele case. | Saw an “Object” | During yesterday afternoon's ques- tioning Thiele declared that he failed to remember anything about the kill- ing, although the admission that he had “seen an object in the doorway” nia had shot at it, was drawn from him. “Did you shoot Nels Romer?” usk- ed Mr. Kelsch during the course of the testimony, “That's what they tell me,” was the answ “Don't you know whether or not you're guilty?” queried ‘Sheriff Jharles McDonald. “I must have done something or I wouldn't be here.” “Tell me, are you guilty or not?” McDonald repeated. | “I know liquor didn’t justify me,” Thiele whispered. “Do you feel that you're guilty or don’t you?” the sheriff reiterated. Feels Guilty There was a pause. Then Thiele said: “I don’t know how to answer it. I feel guilty.” “I want to know whether you shot Nels Romer,” said Mr. Kelsch, then added: “Don’t you remember whetb- er you came out, opened fire and shot him five times?” I can remember shooting at an ob- Thiele replied. ‘You knew it was a human being and whether it was a man or a wom- an, didn’t you “I don’t know,” was the answer. Later in the questioning Thiele broke down again when the point of his shooting at an “object” was brought up. When asked if he had wanted to kill this “object,” Thiele wept for a few moments and then an- swered: “I didn’t want to kill him (Romer),” Knew Romer Slightly In his opening answers the slayer gave his age as 42 and told how he had been selling lighting fixtures for (Continued on page seven.» { Last Minute | News Bulletins |! Miami, Fla, Dec. 28—(AP)— The armored cabin cruiser K.-11 583 was seized here