The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, April 11, 1927, Page 1

? 1a, n- i ¢ a { oy " several neighbors were attracted to Mostly cloudy tonight and Tues- day. Slightly. colder tonight, ESTABLISHED 1878 | DISARMA MENT 3 LIVES LOST AS FARM HOME IS DESTROYED Mr. and Mrs. George Thayer and David Roberts Are Victims of Fire LIVED AT MAPLE PLAIN Neighbors Attracted By Blaze at 4:30 a. m.—Searchers Hunt For Bodies — le Plain, Minn., April 11.— —Char: bodies of two men, one with the skull crushed, and a woman, were found in the ruins of the Thayer farm home which was destroyed by | fire about 4 a. m. today. | The dead are George Thayer, 68 years old; his wife, 53, and David Roberts, 47, a partner in the. farm which was devoted to fo xraising. Roberts’ skull was crushed and blood was found spattered about the bodies of Mr. clot a authorities, who began an inves- tigation, could not explain. | Whether Robers’ skull was crushed by falling timber, the fall from the second floor to the basement or a blow could not be determined. Minneapolis, April 11.—()—Two men and a woman were burned to! death early today when a farm home near Maple Plain was swept by fire. | The Mr. and Mrs. George Thayer, a middle-aged couple. David Roberts, 60 years old, Mr. Thayer’s partner in farming, who lived at the Thayer home. Shortly before 4:30 a. m. today, the Thayer home by a red glow that! illuminated the sky. When they reached the large, white frame house, | it was a mass of flames and quickly burned to the ground. Because of the intense heat it was impossible 40 attempt an entry into the place in an effort to rescue the | occupants. The cause of the fire was | undetermined. ~ After the blaze died down, searchers began a hunt among the ruins for the bodies. The Thayer home was about three miles from Maple Plain, which is 27 miles west of Minncupoli: BURNS CAUSE DEATH OF ST. PAUL FIREMAN 26 Children, Eight Adults Left Homeless After San- itarium Blaze St. Paul, April 11.—(#)—One firc- man was fatally burned and 26 chil- dren and eight adults were left home- less when fire Sunday destroyed the in building of the Ramsey county » (St. Paul) preventorium, an institu- tion for the treatment of tubercular children, near here. : Geo: Brown, fireman, was on an’ upper. floor while fighting the blaze. With his clothes on » he leaped 20 feetto the ground. He died later, The loss was estimated at $26,000. Another fire last night caused loss of $100,000 to a warehouse housing asbestos, owned by the Twin City Pipe Covefing company. 50° STUDENTS | DEFY ORDERS OF PRINCIPAL ‘Liberals’ Objecting to Dis- - missing of Two Professors Plan Campaign West Chester, Pa., April 11.—(7). “Liberal” students at the West Che: ter State Normal school, objecting | to the dismi of two professors, were at odds with the school authori- ties today. Fifty students, all members of the liberal club, held a meeting yester- day in direct violation of an order issued by Dr. Andrew T. Smith, principal of the school, and formu- lated plans for a campaign to inspire other students and residents of West Chester be Atenand the reinstatement of Professors Robert Kerlin and John A. Kinneman, The masiae ‘was at the ‘home of Walter 8S. Liggett, a member of the club. Saying that the issue raised by the. ° ‘dismissal of himself and Professor Kinneman hinged on jom_ of thought and sratek Professor Ker- lin said at the meeting that the movement mould “gi ‘the nation.” “AH attempts to the press or teachers,” said Peotone | Kerlin, “are ze f with approval. I am sl action will enable students all | ‘Richmond, Va., April 11,—(P}—The }mote deaths and over the country t interested in the issues, of these times. and sion,’ A protest by the local post of the ic si radical - teach ae oan aes have led to the dismissal of the pro- <6 oma a eae BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, MONDAY, APRIL 11, 1927 MEET IN DANGER OF COLLAPSE ; “Big Bill” Comes Back No one can deny that William Hale Thompson, Republican mayor- elect of Chicago, hasn’t been blowing his own horn a lot in the stormy political campaign he has been waging the last few weeks; And so he decided he ought to blow the horn of victory when his election was assured. ning George, George Washington, “America First” ana two packing house rats were principal issues in the campaign. “It was a hot fight,” Thompson was saying as the inset picture was snapped. INVESTIGATION OF SACCO-VANZETTI - CASE BY COMMITTEE OF IMPARTIAL CITIZENS REQUESTED OF GOVERNOR S. W. Canada Has -Worst__ Blizzard of This Season Defense Committee An- nounces There Will Be No Further Recourse to State!’ Courts— Chief Executive |o— dod i Winnipeg, April 11.—(AP)— Seep ec of Protests) aye worst ‘uzaard tn Saskatche- 2 y " ™ wan an rts js season has From This and Other Coun takep a toll of five lives, caused tries two railway accidents and one automobile mishap. In Manitoba, where there was more rain than snow, many localities were men- Boston, April 11—(4)—The Sacco- f ie ™ a! a »| aced by floods, ‘sadpeddleslnccapdleias Saskatchewan The defense committee, which in seven years of unsuccessful effort to obtain vindication for the convicted slayers an@ admitted radicals has bp ar hundreds of thousands of dollags and, aroused international in- terest in their fate, announced that there would Be no further recourse to the state ‘courts. The dpmmittee hope on & proposal that the governor name a committee of impartial citi- zens to conduct a thorough investi- gation “so that the public may know the truth of this case in and out of court from the beginning.” Nicola Sacco, shoe worker, and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, fish peddler, lost a six-year fight to escape sen- tence of death in the electric chair Saturday, in a dramatic scene in which both men denounced Judge Webster Thayer and protested their fmmocence, only to hear the court doom them to death in the week of July 10. They were convicted of killing a paymaster and a guard in‘ a holdup. Governor Studies Protests As they were being arraigned in ae the count ifcurthouse at Dedham, Charges that Frank Evans, confess- jovernor r had startes }o stu 7 i - a flood of protests that have come in| a cattle rustler, was led into com from this and other countries, byt it| mission of criminal acts by Con Carl- was indicated he would make no com-| 50"; alleged state operative, were ment until he had scrutinized all|™8de today in Morton county district the evidence in the case. A request | COU fohn F. Sullivan, Evans’ at- for the trial transeript has. already | torney- i bach sent fein nie office After hearing arguments of attor- In the meantime, authorities were|neys, Judge H. L. Berry sentenced maintaining an attitude of watch-|Evans to u two-year ‘term, in the fulness, and guards remained posted ;.*tate penitentiary. ‘ at the home of Judge Thayer in| Carlson, while employed by the Worcester, and at the residence of; state to round up the gang of alleged members jof the Massachusetts su-| thelr automobile crashed yer an embankment into Swift Current Creek, Saskatchewan, during the height of the storm. CLAINS EVANS WAS FORGED 10 COMMIT CRIME Sullivan, Defense Counsel, Claims Con Carlson Was Employed By State based its newest Premene court which last week| Sioux and Grant counties, engineered dashed the hopes of the slayers by, 2!! Evans’ crimes and also persuaded | refusing them trial. another member of the alleged gan; to perjure himstlf, Sullivan charged. In all three crimes to which Evans admitted his guilt, Carlson coerced ‘Common Cold Is Given Blame as [mission seingay uty inte thelr com- Cause of Deaths In’ the first case, where Evans ad- & itted helping to butcher a steer, Sullivan said the facts were these: Insisted That He Go Carlson came to thé youth and told him that he and hjs father were go- ing out to get some meat and urged him. to come with them, “insisted on it,” Sullivan charged. He alleged that the boy took no actual part in the butchering. es, In the second case, where the gang stole flour from an elevator at Tim- n was alleged to have common cold was blamed for causing) economic wastes than any other disease in a report submitted today at the opening of the 73d American Chemical Society annual convention, Deatted by: Dr. Charles H. Herty of New York city, chairman of one of the organization's committees, the report recommended that the federal government prosecute a thoroughly organized war on human dise: nd “The, boy will have to come establish a world clearing house of| slong, because he knows too much health in Washington, and he might cough it up to the : neighbors.” Vi Ban Rod In the third case, where the group ¥ f} butchered hogs on a southbound Mil- we' Engaged A ates — - + be picked up later, m1 Los Angeles, April 11.—(#)—The|leged to have said, “We'd better take e ment of Vilma Ban! id Rod| the boy along,” and to have asked jue, two of screen out-| the youth to drive his car behind the tanding stars, was annou here jst in picking up the reste! A eee fos a ver Ly Goldwyn, film predueat. sf sis Sullivan said, that “porn three) thieves and rustlers who operated in! | | Loot |their loot, which included BURGLARS GET $45,000 WORTH OF VALUABLES Minneapolis Couple, Return- ing From Theatre, Surprise Robbers in Home HELD UP AT GUN’S POINT Includes Rugs, Cut Glass, Silverware, Jewelry and Sable Coat Minneapolis, April 11.—(4)—Arriv- ing home Sunday afternoon, Mr. and Mrs. I. H. Ruben surprised two burg- lars in their apartment, who promptly held them up at the point of a re- volver, robbed them of jewelry, valued at about $11,000 and then fled with oriental rugs, cut glass, and & silverware, sable coat, DENIES TALK' WAS AN ATTACK( ON AMERICA Sir Auckland Geddes, Former British Ambassador Here, Answers Critics | See | APOLOGY CALLED FOR Speech Phrased Carefully and Not Made on Spur of Mo- ment, Geddes Says | London, April J1.—4)-—-Sir Auck-| j land Geddes, former British ambassa- |dor to the United States, whose speech at Ashfurd Saturday was criti- cized in an editorial of the Westmins- ter Gazette today as a “callous and! mischievous utterance” on the ground | that it was an attack on the United| State 3 not at all disturbed by | ‘the criticism when it was called vo his attention by a reporter of the} j not less than $15,000, and detectives | It was estimated that the loot was! Daily Sketch. i f “Whenever I say anything about! i with Mf! America,” he declared, “people put | value might | their own complexion on my words.| reported, after conferrin; Ruben, that the total THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE [naam Not a Fire, But a Catastrophe { room, busily be much greater. Mr. Ruben is a members of the firm of Finkelstein and Ruben, own- ets and operators of a chain of motion picture theatres in the north- west. Mr. and Mrs. spent the afternoon at one of their theatres und discovered the robbers in their home when they returned at about 5:30 p.m. Covered With Revolver The two bandits were in the dining engaged in silverware and ‘cut glass— in ben entered. One of the pair immediately drew a revolver from his pocket and ad- vanced toward Mr. Ruben. His part- ner continued, nonchalantly, to pack pieces of silver and cut glass. to- gether, preparatory to carrying them away, armed bandits removed a jdiamond ring, valued at $1,600 from Mr. Ruben's finger and then took his watch. Next he turned his atten- tion to Mrs. Ruben, taking from her! a ring valued at $1,200 and a diamond and pearl set pendant, valued at about $8,000, Placing Mr. and Mrs. Ruben in ‘the bundle and the bag separate bedrooms, the burglars pro: ceeded to tle up the rug, and, pick- ing ‘up a bag belonging to Mr. Ru- ben, shich- Cphrhad packed full of, loot, “they left tte house. From a window, Mr, Ruben saw them throw into an automobile parked across the street and drive away. MINER, LOST’ | | purchased from the Munsey THREE DAYS, RECOVERING Montana Man Was Without Food, Water and Light 2,200 Feet Below Surface Butte, Mout. April 11,—4A)—Lost for three days, 2,200 feet below the surface of the earth in a copper mine without food, water or light, Roland Sulvain, 19, ‘was discharged yester- day from a Butte hospital, where he had been recovering from exhaustioi and: hunger. Sulvain’s light was blown out April 2 while he was in an aban- doned drift. He wandered about in the dark, calling for help, and at the end of two days hunger and thirst had begun to exact their toll on his strength. Sulvain said today that he drank copper water, and for hours rubbed stones together in an effort to produce sparks with which to light his lamp. ‘uesday he caught the | ee of an electric light in the larkness, and subsequently was res- cued by two other miners. Art Gallery Buys Titian With Part of Munsey Bequest New York, April 11.—4)- chase of a long lost masterpic the Metropolitan Museum of Art with part of the $25,000,000 bequest of Frank A. Munsey, was reveuled today with announcement that it was on_ exhibition. Titian’s portrait of Lucrezia Bor- gia’é husband was the first « kt un ‘and was described by Director Edward Robi: nae the most important art rere e acquired by the instita- ion, In accerdance with the museum policy, the purchase price was not made, public. Other paintings by Titian have been valued as high as $1,000,000. Jewish Leader Drops Dead at ' Eveleth Dinner omon Sax, dropped dead of heart dis- immediately after finishing a ech here last night at the annual f the nosthern council of je ' Mr. Sax was 60 years old, a retired real estate operator. He had return- ed Thursday from Rochester, Minn., where he was operated upon :'for pe! bad Ruben had} wrapping | an} oriental rug when Mr. and Mrs, Ru-) Eveleth, Minn, April 11.—()—Sol-| | Nobody {said could properly assume that | | was attacking America. My. words were: ‘We bave to’ realize that there are in “hina a large number of Aunerican educated students. They have gone back there to repeat some in America about British dealings {and British imperialism and have become leaders in the anti-British nt there.’ “That is a fact. I had phrased my speech quite carefully and it was not | made on the spur of the moment. If the people read what I said and not the headlines put over the remarks, | moveme: they will see | made no attack on America itself.” The Westminster Gazette's editor- ial called for an explanation and apology from Sir Auckland, _pro- nouncing it the government's duty to find some way. f repudiating him and his “callous and mischievous ut- teranc SENTENCING OF SINCLAIR | 1S POSTPONED ‘ No Explanation of Delay Given—Sinclair, Fall Go on Trial April 25 Washington, Agril sentencing of am F. wealthy oil operatot, for con! of the senate, was postponed for 30 days today by Justice Hitz in the District of Columbia supreme court. Sinclair, mpt Justice Hitz announced at .the opening of court that the imposition of sentence was postponed on his own motion. No explanation of the delay was given. Sinclair and Albert B. Fall, former interior secretary, however, are to be placed on trial on April 25 on a charge of conspiracy to defraud the government in connection, with the lease of the Teapot Dome’ naval oil reserve in Wyoming, awarded to Sinclair's Mammoth ail company by ‘all, The oil man was found guilty on March 16 of having refused to an- swer certain questions asked by the senate committee which investigated the oil leases. iad oem ETS I Oi {| Weather Report | Temperature at 7 a. m. Highest yesterday Lowest last night . Precipitation to 7 a. Highest wind velocity ‘eather conditions al h kota points for the 24 hours ending wt 8 a, m. today: { Amenia .... 33. BISMARCK 34 Cloudy Bottineau . 33 Cloudy Crosby 50 32 Rain | Devils Lal 44384 Cloudy Dickinson 29 Cloudy unn Cente: 31 Cloudy Ellendale 36 Cloudy ; Fessenden 32 Cloudy Grand Fort 37 Cloudy Jamestown . 32 1.01' Cloudy | Langdon . 31 Cloudy | Larimore 33 Cloudy | Lisbon . 35 Cloudy + Minot .. 34 Cloudy | Napoleon 44°30 145 Cloudy | Pembina’ .... 4433.1 | Williston ...... 52 34 Oloudy | Moorhead, Minn. 46 40 Cloudy The above record is for hours ending at 7 a. m. today, time. | WEATHER FORECAST | For Bismarck and vicinity: Mostly cloudy tonight and Tuesday. Slightly colder tonight. For North Dakota: Mostly cloudy tonight and Tues Slightly colder | tonight, { WEATHER CONDITIONS i The pres: is high over the nor- thern states and low over the South- west. Precipitation occurred over th ; Mississippi Plains states and over the midgle and southern Rocky Monstaln, cigs while generally fair the 48 local while colder weath- | er prevail reading the actual, seofds 1) jot the Shibboleths they have heard | [Pelassi: | | At first glance, one might think the ving to extinguish a fire, | Hammons, lcns of the the sewer, gentleman in t But such is not the case. S. marshal at Cincinnati, is calmly Volstead b The beer was destre picture was ‘on, James H. ng 70,000 gal- x run through that nozzle and into ed by court order. note the the hose on the floo: ‘PUNISHMENT, APOLOGY, REPARATIONS | DEMANDED OF CANTONESE LEADERS IN _NOTE PRESENTED TODAY BY 5 POWERS “McMillan Plans ; Given That New Expedition Into Far North OO vy i foam piling up arounc Ps Warning Given That Unless Cantonese Prove Intention to Comply Without Delay, Powers Will Be Compelled to Take Such Steps as They Consider Necessi New York, April 11.—(AP)— Commander Donald B. McMillan, arctic explorer, will head a new expedition into the far north this summer, the New York American says today. Oemeed rieeetitiin, nits eatt Shanghai, April 11. -)—Thie con- on the Bowdoin, his arctic cruis- | SY! generals of the United States, ing vessel, from Wiscasset, | Great Britain, France, Japan and Maine, on June 28, the American | Italy today presented a note to the says. The expedition will be fos- | Cantonese containing three demands tered by the Field museum’ of | in consequence of the anti-foreign Chicago and will require more | rioting at Nanking of March 24. ‘than a year to complete its work. The demands, as given out by the Chinese authorities, are: First, punishment of the com- manders and troops responsible for the killing and wounding of foreign- ers, for the indignities to which ELEVATOR MAN | ADMITS TRYING 10 START FIRE Sentenced to State Peniten- tiary When Arraigned at i | Jamestown Saturday | Cas jn | Charles Wilson, 26, former man-} ager of an clevator at McHenry, has} been sentenced to u term of one and ! one-half years in the state peniten- |tiary on an arson charge, State Fire Marshal FE. J./Pepke said here today. others were subjected, and for the material damage done, Second a written apology by the i ef of the Canton- exe formal promise to abstain from nee against for- eigners’ lives and interests. Third, fyll reparation for the in- Juries and damages. Unless the Cantonese prove their ‘intention to comply without delay, the powers warned that they would be compelled to take such steps as they considered necessary. The protest, in the form of identic was delivered to representa- of the Cantonese government at the foreign affairs bureau outside the international settiement at 3 o'clock this afternoon. Given to General Pei The protest was formally delivered {to General Pei Tsung-Hsi, command- er of the eastern division of the Can- e Pepke said Wilson pleaded guilty} tonese army, acting for General | When arraigned in district court at| Chiang Kai-Shek, Cantonese com- | Jamestown Saturday. He had been mander in chief who is at present in Nanking. It was likewise delivered theld in jail at Carrington on an em- | begzlement charge but was released when friends at McHenry advanced {the $2,800: Which he was alleged to have been short. ene Chen, Cantonese foreign minister, at Hankow. Delivery of the protest to General | Pei was made by idney Barton, | British consul gen 3 dean of the u consular corps, acting as the spokes- Pepke said Wilson had confexse [sans for the American, French, Japan- |to an attempt to fire the elevator in/ ese and Italian consul generals. | an effort to cover up an alleged grain} General Pei declined to discuss the shortage. He suturated a rag with! note officiully suying it would be jwsoline and used it to start the fire,! forwarded forthwith to General jhe said. After burning a short time! Chiang and to Quotai Chia, commis- jand causing some damage the fii sioner of foreign affairs for | Went out, Pepke said Wilson admit-| Shanghai district. He remarked, how- ted, and he “lucked the nerve” to| ever, that it fails to suggest the make another attempt. means by which guilt would be fixed. | He sugrested that the Cuntonese might broach the suggestion to the powers that a foint committee make a thorough study of the affair to de- | termine who was gullty and: the na- {ture of the punishment necessary. He said he was not speaking officially, as the reply to the note would be ' made from Hankow by foreign Minis- er Chen. NTONESE TROOPS SUFFER REVERSES London, April 11. from China tod | License Tags | Now Required on Airplanes | Washington, April 11—(#)—Air- | Planes from now on must carry |i { | ense tags similar to those on auto- mobiles. In line with recent legisla- | tion by congress, the commerce de- | Partment today issued regulations governing markings for aerial traf- fi Cantonese armies, after capturing ic. The letter, “C" front of the li-| strategic positions from the north. cense number, Il signify a com-jern forces, had si mercial plane, the letter “S” a plane|and were in retreat at sonie places. belonging to a state,! the letter “X”} A dispatch to the Exch Tele- an experimental! plane and a straight|graph company suid that the Can- mumber, a private planc. tonese had evacuated Chinktang on Air pilots will be divided into four) the southern bank of the Yangtze the} rivér, 42 miles east of Nanking, and vate chauffeur to the! were istinctjon of rt a term epplied to the driver big machine for long distance|the protection of foraienete: | dl #)—All reports agreed that the jeation: grade of | \e pilot,’ of cal direction of Shanghai, making city. The report th French fired to pi . a commercial t grade, th id “s pilot = : ir the Northwest. BRIS W. ROBERTS. Official in charge. latter permit going to a petent to take up passengers for short trips around an air ficld. of a routed mob’ of soldiers, (Continued on page three) and iw Besides,| international settlement of | ‘the { uffered reverses | in disorderly retreat in the} it. necessary to take further steps for oe the event the entrance fing ea Lohman ea SEN RMT e RNR A GIBSON TELLS "DELEGATES OF -US.ATTITUDE | |No Desire to Subordinate | | Success of Mission to Three-power Parley ASK FULL AGREEMENT | i \If That Is Lmpossible, Then | U.S. Wants Limited Agree- ment as Starter April 11.(7)—With the prelimini disarmament meeting here in danger of collapse~ because of a conflict over the method of limiting navies, Hugh Gibson inter- vened in the debate today for the purpose of removing any im jon that the United States, in proj ing a three-power conference, 501 4 prejudice the general disari conference. His statement was made after M. Paul-Boncour of France had re- marked that the three-power confer- ence had hovered over the prepara- | tory commission since the beginning of its sessions and had disagreed with a declaration by Lord Cecil of Great Britain to the effect that the commission should avoid doing any- thing to prejudice the thrce-power j Meeting. Hopes for General Agreement Mr. Gibson said President Coolidge had made it clear that the United States wanted, if possible, to reach a general agreement; failing this, she wanted to attain a limited agree- ment with the hope that this would lead the way to a general accord. While the American delegation was authorized to negotiate a spe- cial naval accord, Mr. Gibson em- phasized that the main object of the United States was to contribute he success of the commission h is preparing for a general dis- armament conference and that there was no desire to subordinate the success of the mission to the threc- power parley. Mr. Gibson declared that the total tonnage system established at the Washington conference was the best and fairest method. The United States would examine the French proposal on its’ merits, but if it was found unacceptable it would not be because of any bearing on the three-power conference. The French proposal, which would provide for limitation by categories of warships instead of by total ton- nage, was ‘flatly rejected by the spokesmen for Great Britain and Italy but was approved by the Ar- gentine and Chilean delegations. ENGLAND 18 UNABLE TO ACCEPT FRENCH PROPOSALS Geneva, April 11.—()—Great Britain, through Viscount Cecil, an- nounced at the opening of the dis- armament ley today that it was !unable to accept the French proposals | regarding limitation of naval arma- ments, : Lord Cecil said Great Britain te- garded the Washington naval confér- ence as a great success and that it would be undesirable to imperil: its extension at the forthcoming three- power parleys in Geneva, which he referred to as the Coolidge confer- once. The future of the latter con- ference must not be prejudised by anything done by the present ‘pre- liminary. disarmament commission, he suid. me “Iam not @ prophet,” the British spokesman said, “but I hope the Coolidge conference will result not only in limitation but also in the re- duction of naval strength. iso hope the results will have a favor- able effect on the gencral disarma- ment conference.” Destruction of Armament Lord Cecil said the Washi treaty had resulted in the demo! jon of 21 British warships, 17 Japanese and 30 American—e total of 68, with tonnage of oT 1,861,000. a veritable destruction of he said. ent Coolidge in his congressional ‘mess- age had emphasized that the signa- tories had faithfully, falfilled the conditions of the Washington treaty. He had also pointed out that it was 4 great success, greatly lightening the burden of the taxpayers in the countries affected, and stopping the -danger of a naval armament race, Signor de Marinis announced that Italy, like Great Britain, was unable to accept the French proposal. He | opposed it, not as Lord Cecil did, be- ! cause it would disclose too little con- cerning naval programs, but because it would disclose too much. ip M. Paul Boncour declared that the French project embodied . the ‘last ion to be made by nce. went further, it would mean further restriction of liberty con- ;gerning naval construction, which j had already been reduced by the Washington treaty, he said. | Ultramodern Music‘ Causes Near Riot. in N. Y. Premiere New York, April 11. frill whistles and cut calls me Spares renton, N. J., Antheil, 27 wees 8 : } composer Bt \pated rendition of his bell Meean ig at Ci Holl last night. The bell d a riot in Paris last id a ‘similar demonstration