The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 20, 1927, Page 1

WEATHER: FORECAST Showers tonight and. Saturday. Somewhat epider Saturday. ESTABLISHED 1873 T HE BIS | GOVERNOR HAS - CLOSE RSCAPE FROM BULLET sion Splintered Shortly After 5 Last Night © 2ND TIME IN 3 WEEKS Bullet Found Under Chair Usually Occupied By Sor- 1 lie—Boys Blamed Governor A, G. Sorlie narrowly escaped being the victim of a stray A, J. Dexter, former county ugent leader in. South Dakota, to assist Northern Pacific railway company in bullet which was fired through the ist window of the governor's man- sion at the corner of Fourth street Avenue B shortly after 5 o'clock it night. Governor Sorlie had just returned to his home from the state capitol and was walking across the living room directly in front of the large plate s window but. on the op- posite’ side of the room when shot was fired. Splinters of gs struck the governor on the han and his first thought was that the chandelier had broken. Glancing up at the -light fixture and finding it intact, he turned toward the window and found the round hole, about an inch in diameter, where the, bullet had entered the house. Beeause of the extreme thickness of the glass, the pane was not shattered, but fine splinters of glass from the bole were scattered about the entire room. _Alone in House The .governor was in the house aldue at the time,. Mrs. Sorlie and her mother, Mrs, O. B. Hilleboe, be- ing away for the afternoon ‘and the children were playing in the garage. Upon investigation the bullet, well flattened from the fem with the ‘heavy glass, was fourid under the large arm chair in one cofner of the oom, which the governor usually occupies upon his return: home from hie office in the state house.» Police were. notified of the affair immedi- ately. and made an investigation. After quextionin living in the vici nor’s resideney, the police today pressed the belief that their shoot- ing promiseuously with a small rifle is responsible for the breaking of the sera They gr ati yshgoting at pigtor inthe after- noon about 175 eg ‘the Sorlie residence, using a .22 rifle, and the size and weight of the bullet found in the house indicated that it was fired from such a weapon, aceording to Chief of P Chris Martineson. three weeks that the governor's mansion has been fired on, as a bul- let shatvered the north window >of © same room about three weeks fo, No one wat e at that tim an until the family returned home and found the window brokén and glass scattered about the room. Peepers Ai House 3 Other recent happenings about the governor’s mansion combine to make special police protection of the ret dence almost imperative. Several times lately people have been seen eeping through the windows of the house, and only a few weeks the janitor caught a middle-s: man looking in one of the rear wi ws. He demanded a reason forthe peep- er’s presence there and was told that See man only wanted to see the gov efnor. During the absence of the Sorlie family from the city some time ago, the house reported to have been entered several tii although noth- ings of any pert value was take: Governor Sorlie went. to Fargo last night, where he is scheduled to speak at the Lions club convention and the county auditors’ convention to- day. He will return home this eve- ning. The governot’s mansion was ‘placed under spevial sy rd last night. % . y, 20.—()}-—Gover- here to , addres: Dakota county auditors, today. characterized the shooting of-a bul- let through a window. of. the execu- tive: mansion in Btsmarck Thursday siese Socubatar slngiag with © sail “some you! rr playing wi @ smal calibre revolver or rifle.” “~ Commenting on the _ previous breaki ng of a window, the governor 5 it might, have poss shot out 4 or.“ m have b broken with a stone.” » entrance’of the mansion ‘ res rps See re Big? reported to avd elice 4 yrnor sa’ fut ‘as oth "Tiactive: conspirator in the Be | conspirato: d | ized a strain:of Silv farm devel ~-ent work. DEXTER JOINS STAFF OF N. P. FARM BUREAU Will Engage in Agricultural Development Work in Minhesota and N. D. A. J. Dexter, until recently county agent leader in South Dakota, today joined the staff of the newly re- organized agricultural department of the Northern Pacific railway com- pany. He will be engaged in agri- cultural development activities in the railroad’s territory in North Dakota and Minnesota, The announcement of the ment was made by John W. director of the agricultural develop- ment department. Selection: of Mr. region to’ which he will devote him- self is in line with a policy recently announced, by J. G. Woodworth, vice president of the railway, which policy set about effective ag ee territory. The program calls for at sisting the individual farmer in: hi: ¢ his farm ‘profitabie. Native of Wisconsin Mr. Dexter was born und raised on a farm near. uated from the agricpltural course at, the high schools at Walworth and Edge ton, Wis. Subsequently he took em: Dexter for work in the important 3° through. appointment of ex- perienced and qualified men to bring cooperation with cultural colleges ard other agen- now engaged in developing the Re University of Véisconsin, ‘and This is the second time within! later taught agricultural courses at! | Invalid Wife of Slayer Among Those to Be Buried—37 of Number Are School Chil- dren—Police Investigation of Tragedy Marks Time Awaiting Inquest Bath, Mich., May 20.—A)—Funeral preparations were completed today for the 44 persons killed in the blast- ing of the village schoolhouse by Andrew Kehoe, demented farmer, Wednesday, while steps were being taken by the state to provide finan-' cout: H cial relief for. the stricken munity. It was planned to bury some of the victims, 87 of whom were chil- dren, late today, and the others Sat-4 urday.. Plans for a group funeral were abandoned when ministers and welfare ‘workers agreed the mental anguish would be too great. Wife to Be Burted | Among those who will be buried | Saturday is Kehoe’s invalid wife, whom | the man apparently. slew by pounding in her skull, The body -had been tossed into an outhouse, where it was burned when flames destroyed the place prior to the schoolhouse ex- plosion, Kehoe had taken the invalid wom-| ‘an from a Lansing hospital, a few! to another institution. . Instead, took her to the farm home, might die with the others. A relief drive, instituted by Gov- ernor, Fred W. Green, got under way today. Funds to be used for con- struction of a new schoolhouse were being received from over thé ‘state by Red Cross. Jf insufficientagnoncy is obtained by popular aubscPiption, Governor Green said, the state treas- ury will be drawn upon. Investigation Marks Time ‘The police investigation into the tragedy was virtually at a ‘standstill pending the official inquest, called for next Monday. Kehoe may have had mining the school’ was ‘abandoned | when it was learned the man had had psa hl night to’ the ‘building for weeks. 4 ik Smith, school janitor, told police a back door had been sprung for three or four weeks and that two other doors had been tampered with’ so they would not shut. Offi- cials believed that Kehos he time bearing » load of e: is believed to | ite in metal 6° whieh vice; installed his batteries and then awaited an opportune time to wreak his terrible vengeance on the com- munity “whose taxes were so high e couldn’t pay off the mortgage on ployment as reanly. agricultural agent) his farm. S$. D. In at Clark, that position he “Police professed to-see-nothing un- introduced. ‘purebred sires, standard-| usual in-the large amoynt of explosive King corn and developed” bd} He was promoted to the state exten- sion office at Brookings in 1921, serv- ing | the north half of South Dakota. 11926 he was, promoted to the of county agent leader, which just has resigned to be: e affiliated with the Northern Pacific. Mr. Dexter's new headquarters will be in the general offices at St. Paul. More Farmers Needed “1 conceded, gene: states need mo! In osition. more there is much undeveloped farming country and need for more farmers to_break uj intensive diversified Haw said. effort to colonization Work now un- der way in the department with’ which he will be associated, Satis- fied, successful farmers are the best ingnigration agents” “Part of my work will tems,’ kota farming opportanttl who applies tried of suecess in thy JURY DECREES | HANGING FOR -MOMAN KILLER Will Be First Execution of , Woman in. Chigago-—Plot- farming,” M proven methods areas.” ted Husband's Death || c Chicag: pour! indy Macbeth, noes ¢ ay 1» BOOS WS, as ‘a fury yesterday ie -will be the first execution an‘in the history of Cook (Chicago). . -* S ‘The jury found her -guilty as Fong je~ r 6 last of William dvi rare 35 pe ol and“ . wil ‘Lillian " and girls’ club work. he in Kehoe’s possession. The explosive , can be obtained -cheaply by farmers ! for stump blasting, they said, from surplus war stock. 0 Weather Report as ‘district extension agent for Weather conditions at North Da- kota points for the 24 hours ending; at 7 a, m. today: Temperature at 7 a. m. ... sh rd: —s Precipitation to 7 a. Highest wind velocity Renae Vs ase OF 45 large land holdings for} ; Ameni BISMARCK . Cro: . Devils. Lak Dickinson . Dunn Center .. Ellendale . 5 Fessenden . Grand Forks Hettinger Jamestown Williston ...... 56 Moorhead, Minn, 56 44 02 WEATHER FORECAST. 4 For Bismarck and vicinity: Show- a senlehs. are Saturday. Somewhat 0 Satu Bs For North Dakota: Showers to- night. and Saturday. Somewhat cold- er west portion Saturdey. ENERAL WEATHER CONDITION! ‘A well developed low pressure area ts centered over the southern’ Rocky Mountain and Plateau states showers occurred at places in 44 44 ‘it the middle and northern states from the Great. Lakes region coast. Great. Lakes prevails to the Pacific high over tho nd cool weather 7 \ ORBIS w. Ri am at ethno: . tonfonsed ‘ana both of ees ir days before, presumably to move her | wl pe | & and| The. was si FUNERAL PREPARATIONS COMPLETED FOR 44 KILLED IN SCHOOL BLAST Plane Wing Found . in Bay Not From Nungesser’s Ship New London, Conn., May 20.—()— An airplane wing picked up in Fort Pond Bay, at the extreme end of Montauk. Point, Long _ Islan lust night, and towed in here tod: coast guard patrol boat, had the water for months, it was deter- mined after inspection. ~ When the piece of wreckage was picked up there was an opinion held that lars sibly the wing was from the “White Bird” plane of Nungesser and Coli, missing since their attempted flight from Paris. SCHLAPS PAYS WITH LIFE FOR | WOMAN'S DEATH Former ‘Ashley, N. D., Youth Dies on Gallows Shortly After Midnight Wolf Point, Mont., May 20.—#)— Ferdinand Schlaps, 19-year-old farm hand, was. executed here at 12:19 a. m. today for the murder of Mrs. Ludmilla Geisler. Schlaps’ formerly lived at Ashley, N. D. The execution took place in the jail yard in the presence of a large crowd, John S. Anderson; county sheriff, being in charge. 4 The youth, who last night was re- fused executive clemency by Gov- ernor Erickson, walked firmly to the scaffold and made a short fareweal talk, He spoke in a voice that did not tremble. The lad:said he was sorry for what he had done and wis convinced he would be forgiven by his Maker. » Twa ministers offered prayer be fore the trap was sprung. le wi pronounced dead after 17 minutes. Sehlaps moaned several times while the cap, noose and straps were being adjusted. The operatiorts of the exccution wére carried on swiftly and without a hitch, occuping scarce- ly two minutes. The trap was sprung almost before the: witnesses crept into % etfort to. find-the “best methods to}the building night after night, euch rentingd tans 2 ee eee. i) . Cheerful to the Last A few hours before his death, the youth ate a specially prepared chick- en dinnér with zest. He was taken pe adison, Wis. He grad-! nected with an electrjeal timing de- from his cell toa dining room and, with press reporters and his jailer for company, seemed very cheerful. He talked freely. He said he believed he is saved: and is going to a better place. He was baptized into a Protestant church Thursday and a Protestant minister. arranged to be with him to the end. ~ - In his jail Thursday, the lad was visited by his mother and relatives. The mother requested that his body be delivered to her. The youth was convicted on‘a first degree murder chargé following the slaying of Mr. and Mrs. Anton Gei: ler on May 2, 1926. He was speci: cally charged with the murder of Mrs. Geisler. ‘U.S. 'T0 PRESS — FRAUD CHARGE AGAINST AGENT’ Guy ‘Huston Charged With Using Mails Ilegally—in- dicted at Mankato Toledo, Ohio, May 20,—()—Guy| Huston, bs ee of the Chicago} Joint Lahd Bank which has a capi- taligation of $65,000,000, and ‘clain farm loans totaling $50,000,000, w: arrest | Hb a ey 2 aglll his fay to New York on charges of using the mails to defraud. Huston blamed_his' arrest by pos' office inspectors to “persecution by political enemies at Washington.” He! Posted $25,000 bond ai continued | his journey to New York, interrupted | when he was taken from the Twen-| tieth Century sg i at Mankato Already under indictment in Man-) kato, Minn., on a charge’ of violating he farm loan act under which his| hicago bank operates, Huston en-} tered a not guilty tothe. new resent charge against Huston ald to involve the organization by him of the Farmers’ Fund of inoia, Inc, the Farms Company of Massachusetts and the Missor n= n sas Fa of Kansas City, throughout the northern Boxall sonctenay eA ‘all’ concerns which aimed ut isting farmers in secondary financ- ides heading th eam ike Jionaire, oil operator, nited States senate. addition Justice Hitz in the District of Columbia supreme court K TRIBUNE [aeomr}] ~ BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, MAY 20, 1927 INDBERGH STARTS F PRICE FIVE CENTS HT FOR PARIS TODAY this morning on the start of his non-stop tri: CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENC ig making the trip alone. EPOINTS STRONGLY TO TUCKER AS SLAYER OF VERONA BANKER, OFFICIALS CLAIM Bo cal English Flyers Start For India} | 20.—(Pr— Flight Commander C. R. Carr and L., Gillinan, .of «the , Force, sturted at 10:42 this morning in-an attempt to make a non-stop are using @ plane, and about | Cranley, England, M: Ss. flight to India. The: special hope to cover the il 4,000 “ mile: SINCLAIR GETS THREE MONTHS | FOR CONTEMPT Fine Also Affixed By Judge— ‘ Sentence Is Teapot Dome Query Aftermath y 20-—UP++Asen- Washington, } Hawker-Horsley distance, 40 hours, Royal Air tence of three months in jail was im- posed upon Harry F. he In Sinclair, mil- for contempt of | h fixed’ his fine at $500 both a jail sentence and fine being mandatory the Jaw. presi th Assoc! en “of Joint Stock | 4"a int of Guy Hus- and. of the ee 8) Banki com! jinsvill iilnots He also e'flical tigen! t stock land b nt for} ity, and sou! anes dentence was imp josed because Immediately after sentence not ‘an ay iF was of te Thi of Sinelaig’s refusal to answer cer- tain Seatlons in the senate Tea, vestigation whi i aetna 1 the sixth’ 13, on fa’ senten-0 which Jus: tht have impos) wus 12 ‘fall and a fi onthe and ine of La Moure, Whether 15° army, during part in Me jder charge. he ials sai ord in th: of the bank. ye exican’ time border ments and the world war, so hard- ened Francis Tucker that he was able | © to slay Hans Bjone, Verona banker in cold blood and. then. maintaif per- i fect composure while discussing the| Tslaying is the question-which a La |Moure, county jury will be asked to determine when Tucker goes on tr here June 14 on a first degree m case, Lu Moure e strangest on rec-/ vicinity. Bjone was mur- dered; on the afternoon of February | 28 and $3,200 stolen f one whom he knew well. ;Acgused, Who Lives on Farm | Near There, Although Re- fused Further Credit Be- cause of Unpaid Bills, Sud- denly Had Considerable; Money About Hans Bjone Was Killed the engage. county m the vaults There was "no clue to; the slayer and officials held to the at Bjone was slain by some- jis seat in the vault where he was. filing checks when the tered the bank gave credence to the belief that he was familiar with’ the man who taok his li The fact layer en: officials say. Tucker Becomes “Plush” Then Tucker, in financial straits before the murder and robber, denly became’ “flush.”. A me ae refused him «further c ‘ucker appeared submitted. to- have been largl, his Mareh, 1924. H - more than an hour a! 4, \@ after the jury had de- Ife eight, hours. : t * Files Appeal was the ‘olambia court of appeal mi rele id ra him $110 in cash. it “Tucker erew suddenly ous’ led to his indictment. sud le fact was that Tuck to acquire none shortly a after public a irge amount of |: e was sla /|ARTER PLEAS | Capt. Charles A. Lindbergh, formerly:of Little Falls, Minn,,"hépped \off from “Roosevelt Field, New York, at 7:52, eaniern daylight time, to Paris. the “Spirit of St. Louis,” the Ryan ship in which young Lindbergh Below is Time he tovi; of- | on re vs rf the slaying ‘The fact! rosper- a jary, wack grand jury wi indicted the accused man ia: agid to ly circumstantial. Th: |WEATHER CONDITIONS MORE FAVORABLE AT MIDNIGHT, $0 YOUTHFUL AVIATOR HOPS OFF Former Minnesota Lad Takes Off From Roosevelt Field, New York, at 7:52 A. M., Eastern Daylight Time, and Is srl of Sight Almost Immediately |HOPES HE WILL REACH PARIS WITHIN 36 HOURS | ‘Flying Fool’ Narrowly Averts Disaster in Getting Started | —Plane Barely Misses Telegraph Wires and F Almost Strikes Road Scraper Halifax, N. S., May 20—(AP)—Capt. Charles A. Li bergh in his gray monoplane, “The Spirit of St. Loui reached the Nova Scotia coast on scheduled time, shortly after 1 o'clock teday, on his non-stop flight from New York to Paris. Lindbergh cressed the Nova Scotia line near Cape St. May. He was next reported overs Springfield, Annapolis county. He was flying low at great speed, according, to the reports. The route he was taking indicated that Lindbergh would cress the scuthern coastline of Nova Scotia between Lunenberg and Halifax. The weather was clear. | Reosevelt Field, N. Y., May 20—(AP)—Charles A. ‘Lindbergh, captain to the Missouri National Guard, but \“Slim” to his buddies, set out today on an unmarked air \trail for Paris. The Missourian, who plays a lone hand, had \no one to show h'm the way as he hurled his Ryan mono- | plane, the “Sp'rit of St. Louis,” into the muggy air above | Rcoseve't Field, a few minutes before 8 o'clock this morn- ing. . The “Flying Fool,” as his friends affectionately call him, is on his way but he just is. Five times in the 3,800_ feet of the long runway over which he sped in making his take-off, he was close to disaster, twice by inches. Just Missed Telegraph Wires At the very last, as he was climbing before straight- ening out for the start of his course leading north, his plane, weighted by a load of 5,150 pounds, barely cleared a string of telegraph wires. A few seconds before it had almost | struck a road scraper as he was attempting to get off the ground. Three times the plane struck soft spots and bound- jed into the air, always coming back to earth and finally straightening out after seconds of hesitation, which seemed | minutes to the anxious spectators fringing ‘the flying field. The slightest slip would have been dire disaster, for Lind- bergh knew he had no easy task ‘in getting his plane ofi —- the ground and he increased his i speed steadily as he tore down the runway. When he finally left the earth for the air, he was literally the “Fly- ing Fool” he is called. : The plane carried 448 gaitons of {gasoline and: the 25-year-old aviator, jwho believes that “he travels the fastest who travels alone,” thought as he sped away that he could fly for 45 hours on that amount of fuel. He does not think that he will need it, for he expects to land in Paris in not more than 36 hours. D Decides Suddenly ‘Lindbergh's departure followed ah eleventh hour decision. He appar- ently had no thought early last night that the weather would permit him to start today. SPITZER CASE GOES TO JURY Man Accused of Manslaugh- ter Awaits Decision of Deliberating Men Linton, N, D., May 20.—(Sp the Tribuné)—Whether Adolph S| zer will go free or whether he be given a prison term the que: tion which the twelve jurors in the case are now deliberating, after re-' LLOYDS DRAW THE LINE ON CROSS OCEAN FLIGHT London, May 20.—()—Lloyds, which will issue odds on alm any enterprise or contingency, not quoting any prices on Cap- tain Lindbergh’s, chances to cross the Atlantic: The under- writers believe the risk is too great. In government cireles, more or less interested in aviation, the venture was termed “suicide” although the officials expressed hope for the best. |tiring early this afternoon. | With completion of pleas by at-! jtorneys this morning, and with in-! structions given by Judge George E. McKenna at 1:30 this afternoon, the, jury retired to deliberate. i An impassioned plea was given for the prosecution this morning by Franz Shubeck, state’s attorney of Meltosh county. ‘Replying to the al- legations of defense counsel thi Spitzer had struck the boy accide wily ‘and r hubeck asked if the gruesonv tails of the accident could be re onciled with huthanity. { if you’ want the answer to that) question, just go back to the grav | There was fog reported and the Y>’| temperature off New Foundland was °-!lower than he would have liked it ‘had he been able to pick and cnoose his weather. The weather at midnignt was more r. hopeful and it was decided thav ere Leroy Vanormy is, “stim” would hop off if the improve- he declared. (ment kept up. He was up ut 2:0 ge J. M. Hanley of Mandan,’ o'clock und was at his hangar in 46 summing up for the defense, gav salnutoe’ ion of the law go ‘The improvement in weather in the nd contended that, 0! Atlantic was reported as ‘hoped for, wer's running into the boy but in the meantime a rain began was not premeditated, he could not falling here. “The unfavorable local jbe found guilty of manslaughter, He weather again made the verdict a declared that a “humane effort” to: doubtful one. The rain did not last avoid striking another child had long and, although a heavy mist 1 KCeaw se \hung over the field, the weather re- CHICAGO FOR Lindbergh suddenly said: “Let's go,” ito S. J. Stumpf, “a fellow Missouri national guardsman and. representa- tive of-the St. Louis gp) sponsor- ing the non-stop flight effort. Machine in Perfect Cosidition The Spirit of St. Louis, which had {been carefully’ gone over “by me- {ebanics and found to be in perfect condition, was wheeled from a ngar. ! : | With a truck furnishing the Slaying Presents Mystery to was, tom Officials; Robbers Thought Responsible | | heavily loaded: Chicago, May 20._(4)—The Wilson! get the trem Avenue district, bright spot of North! to get them Side night life, presented today for! ~ Mai solution a murder mystery in the| The ygui shooting of 22-year-old Evelyn .Le-| that he by grand.) ary shows that hi The young woman was sisin last/self, again jasttt aight by one of two men who fired! for doing the: wi ‘women com; of Miss Legrand were inant Bed the 6 3 Of ini apartment frantically calling ae Lense wage where the America Trans-' company, owher of the America, soon t rt it to bhai Lay a as a speedway for ry ae along to as 8) necessary the air.’ cree “The three--Friedy