The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 3, 1927, Page 1

wake BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, MONDAY, JANUARY 8, 1927 PRICE FIVE CENTS ESSION OPENS TOMORRO\ KIDNAPED IN BANK LOBBY * Is Robbed 2:$5,000 After Be- ing Taken 4 Isolated Part of StPaul THROWN OUT OF AUTO Scores of Personsin Lobby of Bank Unaware Chat: Rob- bery Was Bein; Staged St. Paul, Jan3—A- bandit. kid- naped a messenger inj he yond of the American ro ale wy jere.to- 4uy while score: passed within a few feet, ay him to ride iy an automobile a at isolated part the city and 000. macloee 21, Y just ten deh "s window of the Amertean Nafional With the cur- rency which he was tking to the City Bank of St. Paul fhen he was accosted by the bandit|who carried es Pistol concealed in pis overcoat jock Leen close to Angeetti so Aone passersby could not = the robbe: commanded in a whisper “Come with me and dor't make any, noise or 'll blow ‘aits Past scores ‘of persons the lobby ef the pank, located in she Bremer Arcade building in the cater of the downtown district, pandit led Angeletti to a small where another man awail afin two drove the mesenger sev- {n ral miles, threw a outpf the ma- ine and sped a Bank officials said the by insurance. Several times the bam t igeletti i venue, near where the was thrown out. It tool about five miritues to reac! est house and notify the The messenger of the two men, said were “elderly.” \ to police headqu ters a pictures in the r effort to identify oe hy PLANED Laws May Be Asked to Save Sheep, Control Weeds, and Change Grain Storage Laws relating to the licensing ané control of dogs, weed age of grain on farm: ing the wolf bounty r, president of each paket: tural polleat Coulter he has had cor ider- ble correspondence with members of the legislature on these t: and that efforts probably will nade ‘9. pass new laws or change old ones Mit these subject Rapid development of the sheep in- dustry has made dogs a. menice, Coulter said, and measures probdly ill be iatedsenl to sere Pisin Nia jee from dog li one Fem aoe legnee pers for losses hackeres. 6 the sult, A many in the farm ers Gee is interested ti ‘Boar's said. aia car Lewis of to be on od Yon’ pri savernist of such roposed law ‘would erm Spection and beating oe eral storage on farms gould use storage ti diets cortiti by e state as the bas! e same time that grain “held of ey the Lek gh ins, fore the bonding ‘thistle and Pets era ne eceneary te insure said fonail to be audited by the Rich, But Still a Smith |WOMAN CLAIMS|NEW YEAR DAY BEING TRICKED) QUAKE DAMAGE Russell P. Kenyon, 67-year-old San Jose (Calif.) blacksmith, has just inherited $500,000 from the estate of his brother, Clarence Ken; on, raincoat manufacturer. But he says that after a short vacation "1! keep ion shoeing horses, “A man has to have a job,” he says. MANY MATTERS AWAIT ACTION IN CONGRESS Solons ‘Return From Vacation, Confronted By Almost \ Hopeless Task Washington, Jan. 3.—(4)—Congress | returned to work Pg Apne it peu iar from the*shild’s suspension that f tacel in Members went to their desks con- fronted with the almost hopeless task non the varied’ ne left in the 69th congress. bie rast of| Toda: a] fi ih Violatanspiy | to however, had planned to put through the legislative thresher the more im- portant measures and leave the chaff for next December's session. Some of the questions that will) come up. during the week on the floors and in committees are primary, investigation of the movements of L.’ Aimee Semple McPherson last expenditures, provided Frank Smith, senator-designate from Ilinoi appears to take the oath; the Lau: ne treaty with Turkey, rivers and harbors, annual supply bills, farm ‘re- Kiet, tailroad consolidation, sale of fed tronage charges, coal and Se. nominations. Baseball Scandal May Be Aired wre also are prospects that the latest “baseball scandal will come up for an ring as well as the con- postin: od born in the holidays over the se of poisonous denaturants in in- dustrial alcohal. The senate’s program was uncer- tain, due to the impendin; ttle over | the seating of Smith. T! however, is not expected to get under way be- fore the middle of the week, when the McKinley successor arrives to take the oath. the senate had onl; to consider vais: In the house, Chairman Dempsey, of the rivers and harbors committee, had planned to ask immediate ac: wiesence in senate amendments to the 000 omnibus rivers and harbors bill to stave off the delay that would result in sending it to conference with the senate. The house also expects to re the Gerng! appropriation bill fort ihe navy and to Have some time left for minor measures on the calendar, The war department supply bill will, with the navy billy hoe keep oe house busy most of A fight was in Tne, jembers Mice F plan ed to off ftet on \dments ymendment "provide funds for construction of the three light: cruisers authorized but nod sppreprinied fr for ie 1924, Check ‘of Freight Bills: Saves Money Numerous are being tneag ty railroads cqehaees rload. grain | i 5 from’ the ern to the part of the state, officials renee ‘arnoah railroad board said to- rates on intrastate pe Bag! ordered by the railroad board in 1924, still are effective, it was said, and should plied on current shipments. Persons makin such shipments were advised to se their bills to the state railroad Nolen 's | department. Substantial amounts al- in many Jan. 3,—(#)—The| the currency today is- 1) for the condition the close of busi- Today’s Doings in Nation’s Capital Congress reconvenes at noon. The house gets the naval bill from committee. The Lausanne treaty with Tur- before the senate. lections committee starts in- quiry into charges against Sena- tor Gould. NEW PROBE OF M’PHERSON | CASE STARTED . ' — Inquiry Centers on Hotel Reg- ‘istration in El Paso, Texas, Last June ‘| Ios Angeles, Jan, 3-(PI—A new mer, during the time she d she was held for ransom by ers, hi attorney's office, The inquiry cente! tration in El Paso, Texas prior to the evangelist’ ance in Mexico. |,,4 woman who registered at an El | Paso hotel remained there a day and a night, after June 21, and depa: on a west bound train which w 4 through Douglas, Arizona, approxi- the Times mately 10 hours before the evangelist’ {was found in Agua Prieta, Sonora, lacross the boundary from | The authorities last night took eps to obtain the origin 1 registra- tie records hotel for June 19, 20, 21 and 22, to submit them to handwriting experts, NYE’S CASE MAY ‘SET PRECEDENT Democrats yee Smith’s Credentials Should Be Re- ferred to Committee Washington, Jan. -3.—)—Senate ‘ Democrats in conference today found ‘themselves in substantial agreement that the credentials of Frank L. Smith, senator-desi; ate ftom td red to @ com- mittee for Investigation before Smith takes his seat in the senate. The credentials of election of Sen- ator Nye, Republican, North. Dakota,| ©° were, referred to the senate elections ‘committee, setting a it which may be invoked the fet of (Smith, if presents himsel: “the. gov- ernor’s appointment of the late Egan When Benatar razie! North Dakota, offered tials, Chairman , of the senate campaign funds committee, moved that the-credentials be » referred to the el is committee “as the proper form ‘in all case! ‘@enator Reed exptained that he had interes wrap the, oper pro cedure for a stmoding senate com- mittee to ‘examine ail eredentials of lic sarge of Arkansas, the been started by the district Douglas. ‘ INTO PRISON Governor Groesbeck of Michi- gan Pardons Her as His Last Official Act SERVED 7-YEAR TERM Says Alleged Signed Confes- sion, Introduced in Trial, Was Faked Document Milwaukee, Jan. 3.—(®)—Pardoned by Governor Alex J. Groesbeck of Michigan, as his last official act, aft- er serving seven years of a life sen- tence for murder, Mrs. Stella Lip- ezynski, who has come to Milwaukee to make her home with a daughter, charges that she was tricked into a confession whith resulted in her con- viction. sed of murdering Sis-| te ter Mary Janina, whose disappearance at Isadore, Mich, 18 years ago re- sulted in « nation-wide search. She was arrested in 1919, 10 years after the crime was said to have been com- mitted. At that time Mrs. Lipcaynski was housekeeper for the Rev, Andrew Bieniawski, pastor of a Catholic church at Isadore. Sister Mary; Janina was often in the honsehold and ‘it was charged, following the mys- terious disappearance of the nun, that Mrs. Lipezynski had been jealous of er, Bones Found 10 Years Later Ten years passed and the mystery of her disappearance had all but been forgotten. Then workmen moved an old pile of lumber in the Michigan town and under it they found bones and bits of a nun’s attire. It was the remains of Sister Mary Janina, au- thorities said, and the priest's house- eeper was involved in the investi- gation that followed, “While in jail,” said yesterday in explaining her charge, “there was some trouble spelling my name correctly, for in those days I could not speak English well. One of the county officials came to me with a woman presented as a Polish interpreter. They said they were trying to straighten out jail records and asked me “to write my name. To help them I wrote it on the margin of @ newspaper. Never Signed Confession “Imagine my surprise at the trial later when there was produced a con- fession~with what was declared to be my signature. T:never signed. con- fession, although the signature on the confession was tha same as I had scribbled on the margin of the newa- Mrs. Lipezynski paper. : “There I was jailed for life, con- victed of murdering a gentle, holy ‘woman, whom I reverenced. I would have kissed the dast from her shoes.” Sentenced to the Detroit house of cotrection, Mrs. Lipcezynski mastered the -English language, in the long tedious hours behind the bars, to be better able, she said, to make a ceaseless fight for Her plea finally met the attention of the governor just before he stepped from office. At 57, Mrs. Lipcezynski is strong and vigorous. The years in prison ap- parently have left no physical im- pression. NEGRO ADMITS KILLING: GIRL LAST OCTOBER Beats Her Into Unconscious: ness, Assaults Her, Throws Body in River freedom. Cincinnati, Jan. 3—@)—A._ negro under arrest at Lockland, #ear here, confessed ine 5: it to the slaying of Bou! year-old Lawrence- burg, Ind., cs ice of that vil- seid. Miss and battered, was found in the Big Miami river, a short distance from ‘ther home, last October. negro, who gave his name as Joseph Carr, 23, no address, told vil- lage officials he beat the ‘girl into unconsciousness with a slipper she by taken off to defend. herself with. He then carried her to a Big Miami beans | peat R Volley dened Sanction, where he attack upon eal he mae Failing in an attempt to re- vive her, he carried the os into the river and dropped her body, te quoted him as saying. Weather conditions at North Da- kota points for the 24 hours ending at 8 a.m. today. Bike aa velocit ‘THER WEA’ RECAST For Bismarck and vicinity: tgniges and bide maa Not much shinee to termpers For North 3 Fair tonight rvis’ body, bruis- ihe NEARS MILLION Hayoc regi. in Calexico and Mexicali Saturday By Severe Temblors NO DEATHS REPORTED Mexicali Put Under Martial Law—Police and Guards Prevent Looting’ Calexio, Calif. Jan. 3—@)—The rap of workmen’s hammers supplanted { the ominous rumble of earthquakes | today ‘as Calexico and its sister city, Mexicali, across the international boundary in Lower California, began | to repair damage aggregating almost | $1,000,000 wrought by temblors which started early New Year's day, and | censlneed internhittently until’ yes- | ‘Reabititation started yesterdav. temoval of debris from the streets was the first step taken. i} There is some .variance in the un-| official estimates The lexico Chamber of Commerce | placed it at $250,000, while Z. D. Ag- new, police commissioner and build- ing contractor. estimate® $500,000 loss from the quake, not ‘including | fire losses. This, with minor damage not reported, is expected to bring the total to nearly a million dollars, Minor quakes, which came at ir- regular intervals yesterday and to- day, did not directly increase the property loss. Mirtial Law Ordered Civilian’ guards and police in Ca- lexico and the military in Mexicali have been effective in preventing any looting. Mexicali was put under martial law. The remarkable feature of the tremors has been that, crumbling walls and toppled chim- neys, and the fact that the first and most severe shocks came during the height of New Year revelry, there have been ‘no deaths or serious in- juries. Reports said that Black Butte, a volcano 40 miles south of the border, was active, spouting smoke and vapors. Black Butte was unusually active in 1915, when earthquakes devastated this and other Imperial Valley citie PRECEDENT IS UPSET BY 8.D.’S NEW GOVERNOR Bulow Takes Oath of Office Ahead of Schedule to Pre- vent Appointments of the damage. Pieere, S. D., Jan, 3—®)—Fearing the retiring "Republican governor planned some last minute appoint- ments, Governor-elect W. J. Bulow, Democrat, “jumped the gun” today and upset precedent hy taking the ca of office before the legislature met. It was the first time in the history of South Dakota that a governor had qualified before the legislature con- vened. Governor Bulow took the oath before Supreme Court Justice 8. C. Polley, in the presence of sev- eral witnesses, Governor Bulow, informally an- nouncing that he ‘had assumed the reigns of office, said he had dou because of “reliable inform that retiring Governor Gunde! contemplated appointment of some of the men with whom I shall have to work during the coming admi tion.” To this the retiring governor re- gid that he “had no appointments in mind for today or tomorrow and I regret that Mr. Bulow felt it neces- sary to take such a step., In my opinion, it would have been better ad he conferred with me before tak- ing any action.” Instead of waiting for the mecting of, the legislature tomorrow, when precedent dictates his inauguration Governor Bulow took advantage of the state law which provides the gov- ernor “shall quality and enter upon his du on'the first Monday in January.’ Incorporations a istra- —_— Weather Report ||» Fair| > Farmers cooperative elevator com- pany of\Carbury, $26,000; C. Moun, H.-V. Gorder, and Ole Crogen, Car- bury; Anton Kornkven, G. O. Berge, els Magnuson and others of Souris. Anniversaries During January - | January 6—Death of President Theo, Roosevelt. January 7—President Fillmore’s January 8--Battle of New Orleans. Janua: 13 — General Winifield Scott's birthday. err 17—Benjamin Franklin's Slightly colder east/ yirend; 19—General Robert E. ge sk Bdge 21—General Ieee, birthday. January 26—Robert Burns’ birth- lanuary 29— President McKinley's “Stonewall” the] birthday. despite | ‘What the Southern Floods Did Thousands cf people have been made homeless in the south by the flooding of the Tennessee and Cumberland rivrs, and a number of deaths have been reported. Here are photographs from two flooded areas. Above is Pineville, Ky., awash to the housetops; below is a scene on First street in Nashville, Tenn., where the Cumberland river went over its banks, Twins’ Birthdays — | in Different Years Cumberland, Md., Jan, 3—(®)-- One of a pair of twins was born to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Becker, of this ci the other in . The girl was born first, just 10 mintues be- fore the new r, while the boy arrived just after the stroke of 12. The boy weighted 8'z pounds and the girl 8% pounds. | Belasco Injured in * Automobile’ Crash _New York, Jan. 3—(#)—The theat- rical world was somewhat reassured today over the condition of David Belasco, noted dramatist, who was severely injured in an automobile collision New Year's day. He spent a comfortable night and, although he was reoprted as still very weak, those at his bedside were optimistic as a result of the improvemnt shown in his condition, SPRING PAYS — EARLY VISIT TO BISMARCK Bailmy Temperatures,. Arriv- ing Saturday, to Continue Tenight and Tomorrow Spring reappeared in Bismarck} New Year's day with a cloudless sky and melting temperatures, remained over Sunday and today and showed prospects of making a temporary home here, with the forecast for to- night and Tuesday: ; not much | change in temperature. The warm weather came gradually, with temperatures on the up-grade Thursday and Friday and rising freezing Saturday. Much of the snow in tne city disappeared under the soothing influence of a warm breeze and golfers had fond prospects of making their rounds on the links. Pessimists who declared Saturday “Well, this is just the calm. before the storm, we'll probably ‘have a bliz- zard tomorrow or Monday,” were laughed to scorn by the continued warmth and winter sports went tem- porarily into the discard. Topcoats were resurrected attic trunks and became st; | while heavy overcoats were 1 temporarily. Many doclined to wear even a topcoat in the week-end warmth. The high temperature Saturda | 43 above and the low 25, S the high was and the low Mr. Belasco’ suffered severely from shock when his automobile col- lided with another machine, He is 67 years old. NEW YEAR IS OBSERVED IN FITTING WAY | Watch Parties, Church Serv- ices, Numerous Social Events Held in Celebration today and tomorrow, beautiful and spring- ade the observance of TOTAL 25,297 New Year's day included’ t large | number of old fashioned watch par- ties. Many of the churches enter- Total in 1925 Was 27,415— 2,097 Trucks Bought in 1926, 3,839 in 1925 tained at affairs of this kind when from mercury read 39 ubove and was ¢ d to continue to sow above freezing temperatures Unusually the New Year was ushered in witn religious’ services, At. the New Year’s evening dances, carnival favors, noise makers, con-| fetti and serpentine featured in gay greetings to the New York. In of homes, friends were enter at informal -watch night parties. Included in the churches which en- tertained their congregations at Year's eve parties were the McCabe} Methodist, Episcopal, the German Baptist, the Evangelical Lutheran, the’ Presbyterian: and the First Bap- 25,297 iotor tars: in 1926 as compar- tist, chureh. ed with 27.415 in 1925, figures com- There were special services at the piled by the Business’ Service com- Catholic church on New Year's day. pany from records of that state regis- ‘The principal social events of the trar of automobiles show. Only 120 evening were the annual New Year's were purchased in December as com- eve ball given by the U. C. T. at the| pared with 447 for December a year Grand Pacifie hotel, the Forty Club| ago. dinner dance at Patterson’s hall, and| Trucks and commercial vehicles the dancing Party given by the Re-| purchased this year totalled 2,007 as bekah lodge at thet 0. ©. at the 1. 0. O. F hall. | compared with 3,839, a year ago, Fif- teen were purchased in December in Man Charged W With comparison with 36 for December, Arson as Result of Two-year-old Feud Ward county, with 18, led the list in, new car registrations for Dece: ber and Cass county with 16 wa: A two-year old dead ls’ roaponsibie for the arrest at Washburn of Frank ‘Krause, beta with ace degree Dickey was third with eig! and Barnes fourth with seven. Ram- arson, State penal . J. Pepke: weid today. Krau: 3 been bound North Dakota citizens , purchased | They are Walter Bond, M: sey, Stutsman and Walsh tied for fifth place with six new registrations over to the district court under $500 md on a charg, of setting fire to each, ee Minnie Nielson Is the barn of a neighbor, with whom he paarrelad ‘two years ago. tin / Gabert, Zap butcher, een with malicious destru te of lonine in connection wit fire recently destroyed shoo. has bean held to the ai ‘trict under $1,500 bond. Gabert is’ accuséd of starting the tire in or- lect Fence on the con- shop, Pepke said. A drug wes. by. the Laid FIGHT LOOMS ON DELIVERY OF MESSAGE Governor Insists He Will Fol- low Pre-arranged Program, Giving Talk at 2 P. M. OPPONENTS WILL OBJECT Would Carry Out Precedent of Having Message Deliv- ered on Second Day Prospects of a test of strength be- tween Governor A. G, Sorlie and his opponents in the legislature, even be- fore the session gets fully under way, loomed here today. The point at issue is.when the gov- ernor will deliver his message to the legislature. By precedent the mes- sage is delivered in person at a joint session of the house and senate and the custom has been to hold the joint session the day after the legislators anize their respective hous he program arranged by the ad- ministration. however, calls for the message to be delivered at 2 o'clock ‘Vyesday afternoon, two hours after the Fespective houses meet to open the session, No Joint Session Planned Tuesday Both Nonpartisan and Independent opponents of the governor | contend | that he cannot address a joint session until one is held and that no joint session will be held until Wednesday. They are bending their efforts toward such a postponement. The governor reiterated his an- nouncement that the message will be delivered at 2 o'clock Tuesday after- 7 saa if he has to “speak out in the yall.” Indications were, however, that an effort was being made to line up suf- ficient strength to enable the gover- nor to adhere to his program without open friction. The final result of the situation may not become known until the time which the executive has set for delivery of his message. When informed that the governor had announced his intention to speak in the hall if necessary, his, opponents predicted that he would deliver it there if he speaks Tuesday. Meanwhile Independents (oly aa to organize both houses of the legis- lature. Indications are that Nonparti- san senators, who were hopeful that committee chairmanships and _ap- pointments would be divided among members of the two factions as was done two years ago, are due for a” disappointment. independent na- tors arriving last night and today said they intended to upset the precedent established at the Inst nes- keep control in their own bends te possible. « ucus This Afternvoa Independent senators and repre- sentatives will caucus 3 o'clock this afternoon and pro will de- cide the details of organization at that time. C. W. Austin, Fargo, is regarded as a likely choice for secretary of the senate and C, R. Verry, Minot, secre- tary of the senate at the last session, is exnected to be named as chief clerk of the thouse. John Carr, Jamestown, looks to be the certain choi for the house speakership. He Mready has almost enough votes pledged to insure his election. He will go into the caucus a heavy favorite, representatives whe were mentioned as possible copes | having all practically declare selves out of the race. Four candidates loom for the post of president pro tem in the senate: inot; J. E. Stevens, Ramsey county; C. W. loch and Frank Ployhar, Vs ity Cary is favored by many for’ the post, the prediction being based on. the fact that he was elected president of the senate for the interim between regular sessions. Men elected to the ad interim post usually have been named president pro tem at succeed- ing sessions if their party is retained in nower. Last Minute News Bulletins | ae Washington, Jan. 3—(AP)— Harry F. Sinclair was teday granted a review by the supreme court to test out the legality of the Teapot Dome lease. Grand Forks, N. D. Jan. 3— Gb = 1s es annual besa of the Associat of jorth Feist wat be ibe held here esate and 13, it was annow te- day by E. R. Montgomery, secre- tary of the association. rand Rapids, Mich, Jan,-S— (AP two bandite Tobbed avenue, this morning, overpower. \ wah Git ne