The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, June 7, 1927, Page 1

WEATHER FORECAST Generally fair tonight and Wed- nesday. Not. much change. ESTABLISHED 1873 THE Be BUNESS MINISTER 10 ¢ POLAND SHOT BY ASSASSIN 4 Borys Kowarda, Young Rus- sian Student, Fires Six Shots From Revolver GIVES SELF UP AT ONCE Assassinaton Takes Place at Central Railway Station in Warsaw Warsaw, Poland, June 17.—(P). The soviet minister to Poland, Wojkoff, was assassinated. at the {Warsaw central railway station » today by Borys Kowarda, a young + Russian student. M. Wojkoff is declared by the London Evening News to have been Pierre Vaykoff” who, the paper s, signed the death warrant of r Nicholas and the Russian im- perial family. The minister had gone to the sta- tion to meet A. P, Rosengolz, former charge d'affaires in London, en route to Moscow after leaving London be- cause of the recent breaking of dip- lomatie relations between England and the soviet. During the train stop of an hour here, M. Wojkoff and Rosengolz had coffeee and then walked up and down the platform. A few minutes before the train was scheduled to leave, young Kowarda approached, and, drawing a revolver, fired six shots. Although mortally wounded in the breast, M. Wojkoff had the strength tugdraw his own pistol, but collapsed hefore he could: use it. The assassin, a 19-year-old student ff Vilna high school, surrendered his revolver, saying: “IT killed ‘Wojkoff.” aue stricken minister was hurried to a hospital, where he died. DULUTH WOMAN CONFESSES T0 SHOOTING MAN Another Member ‘of Quartet] Which Visited Woman’s Home Is Wounded Duluth, June 7A mysterious visit by ‘four youths to 400 Cooke street, shortly after midnight result- ed in the instant death of one of the quartet, Paige Johnson, about 25, the wounding of another, Robert Ken- nedy, 26, and the arrest of Mrs. Tillie Dhein, 33, occupant of the house, who is charged witl spicion of murder. Police Captai . G. Fiskett said this morning that Mrs. Dhein a mitted she did the shooting. P. also found two stills, one 65 gallons, the other 75 gallons, 200 gallons of mash, 15 gallons of moonshine liquor and other liquor manufacturing para- phernalia. Mrs. Dhein, her three chi dren, George, 10; Theodore, 11, and Alfred, 9, and the three surviving members of the quartet, Eugene Mc- oy, 27, Thomas Wiley, 25, and Ken- nedy are held by po! olice today declared ’* ‘they 4 having some Sittienlty in getiing at the true story of the shooting. Dhein refuses to change the story she told police, that shortly after midnight she heard some one on her porch, She and her three small chil- dren were alone in the house, her husband being in Minneapolis seek- ing work. He lett Sunday, she de- clares, The family moved here about a month ago from St. Cloud, Minn. [ Weather Report | Weather conditions et North Da- kota points for the 26 hours ending at 7 a. m. toda: Temperature at 7 Hig! yesterday . pele t Hercle night o 2S saessee: Teeter sdvee Jamestown . 3 3 cozobecce SSSESSlaeegsz vere Minn, saaagaas Cy Caldwell (left) and Sidney F. Cotton, veteran airmen, and the | the “Jeanne d’Arc,” swift sea monoplane BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, TU! in which they shortly are to hop off from New York to systematically scour the coastal and !n- land wilds of Newfoundland for Nungesser expedition is Daniel Guggenheim, oli, lavish patron of and Backing the America’s mos' aeronautics, who clings to the belief that a clue to the fate of the French aces reward the search. PRESIDENT WILL CONFER WITH FARM BUREAU LEADERS AND FARM EXPERTS TO FORMULATE NEW PLAN OF RELIEF Conference Will Be Held at Rapid City When Coolidge, Comes West For Summer | Vacation—Plan May Be In-| corporated in G. O. P. Plat-' form in 1928 St. Paul, dune 7.—(#)-—The St. Paul Pioneer Press today says the national ublican party leaders are formul: relief which is expected to be inc porated into the party's platform in 1928, “Durine President Coolidge's v' to the Black Hills this summer,’ says the article, “it is planned by the ex- ecutive to call into conference farm bureau leaders, editors of farm pa- pers and agricultural experts gener- ally to discuss various phases of the Proj josed law. hese facts, while not officially announced, have “been made known within tl last week, according to Daniel Wallace, editor of The Farm- er, to representatives of agricultural interests in Washington. “Leaders in the movement for farm relief for the northwest, seek- ing to arrange unofficial conferences with the executive when the summer capital is moved to South Dakota, were informed, according to Mr, Wal- lace, that it would be the president’s intention to summon certain leaders, as nearly representative as possible of groups in Minnesota, consin, Towa, Montana, and North and South Dakota, to discuss in detail terms for the new plan. - “The exact date for the Rapid City farm conference has not yet been de- termined. Probably, it was said, it will not ae oan the second or third week in Jul; COOLIDGE WILL </STOP AT PIERRE Will Not Alight From Train, But Will Receive S. D. State Officials Washington, June 7.—()—Presi- dent Coolidge will make a brief. oe at Pierre, the capital of South D; kota, on his way to the Black Hills for his summer vacation. as is is the only stop ‘contemplated, exc@pt, that at Hammond, Ind., where liver an address. The president does not intend to alight at the South Dakota capital, but his train will stop there long enough for him to receive Governor julow. and all of the state officials. Mr. Coolidge believes it likely that he will be of the middlewest wherever his spe- eial train makes Bakes quetating stops. Chamberlin Is Under Ban in Connecticut — Gann June . 1. mberlin wai ing a new plan for farm! Man Serves in Jail as Son’s Substitute to Escape Nagging "Bitdapest, Hungary, June 7.— (#)—Jail promised such a relief from his wife’s company that Andreas Kurdi passed himself off as his son, served three months in prison and asked to stay longer. When the authorities discov- ered that Kurdi-had fooled them, the judge who sentenced him for his son’s offense called him to account before releasing him. “The penalty 1 paid was a heavy nue? the tailing axzlaiona in court, “but it was worth while. For years I have been puzzling my head to determine how I might escape. for a little while from the terrible place my wife has made of my home for 25 years. In prison I had a fine rest and I would gladly spend another three months there rather than return home.” ‘fe wilt de- A able to greet the people Hs 269 DEGREES GRANTED BY UNIVERSITY; Dr. Lotus D..Coffman of Min- nesota U. Gives Commence- ment Address Grand Forks, June 7.—Exactly 269 degrees were granted to students at the University of North Dakota at the thirty-eighth arinual_commence- ment today. Dr. Lotus D. Coffman, president of the University of Min- nesota, gave the commencement ad- dress, The names of graduates fol- low: Master of Arts: Grand Forks. Master of Science: Froemke, Marion. Master of Science in_ Education: Axel H. Ekblad, Grand Forks; Emil Forks; Harold Frida R. Nil- Irene Bostrom, John August George Larsen, Mohal sen, Grand Forks; Jai M. Westby, Climax, Minn, Bachelor of Artst Sylvia Irene dams, joula, Mont.; Jeanette Madge Allen, Grand Forks; sven John Amundson, Sanborn; Q.. Belsheim, Dickinson; Faauert Wighton Bennett, Jr. Nemes N. J.5 neu Allen Birdzell, Bismarek: di Ler Ranard Burgum, Arthyr: ona Kathryn Coghlan, St. J: Clara Josephine Conklin, Elizabeth Mary Countryma! ton; Kenneth Julian Crawf« maarck; Grand F. Montpelier; Di Joyce Elsberry, Grand Forks; Edi +f ane Bertie canst Hum- Clarence Thomas Forks; Ernest LeRoy Gripnell, Grand Ruth Laura Hancock, Harts- AahR L. nacre me: f ghilian a] ins said he killed C, Republican, ’ | morrow on the advisAbilit “| LEVINS SAYS | HE MURDERED | FOUR OTHERS |Man Who Confessed Slaying | Merrell Family Admits Ad+ | ditional Killings {IMPLICATES THOMPSON gument Over Woman—Oth- ers Were to ‘Cover Up’ i Tampa, Fla, June 7—7)—B. F, + Mrs. Herman Merr | their children, 1 and three of the Rowell household summer, officers an- nembers jhere last nounced. | Levins, a fisherman, implicated | Leonard ‘Thompson, who was urresved jwith him in connection with the Merrell case 10.days ago. Thompson was taken yesterday from the Hills- rough county jail to a vlace of |safe keeping in an unnamed county, to prevent recurrence of rioting that {followed Levins’ confession in the | Merrell’ case, in which five men were killed and upward of two score in- | jured. | _ In a “full confession,” police said, Levins assumed onsibility for deaths of six persons, but {charged Thompson with clubbing to death the three rel children, a Woman H. Alex- ith an axe last June, follow- ¢ an argument “over a woman,” to “cover up,” he killed Bee , in whose home Alexander lived, and Rowell's mother and daughter, Caroline Rowell, 94, nd Eva Rowell, 15. He left Tampa immediately, and returned here only recently. Het met Thompson, he said aft returning her declared it wa hompson w suaded him to murder Edward Rowell a brother of Bee, in orde ere might be no one to testify against him in the event he ever was charged with the murders, Meanwhile, however, Ed- jward Rowell had moved to another {homestead and Levins was unaware, the declared, that the Merr were living in the home on the night the two men were there together. Five members of the Merrell family we: elubbed to Weath: in the attack that ‘night. Three children who were away ae home = ot iROBBERY LOOT THOUGHT FOUND BY N. Y. POLICE Burglar Tells of * Putting $193,000 in Jewelry in Safe Deposit Box New York, June 7.—()—Most of | the $193,000 in jewelry taken in three reeent New York robberies was be- lieved by police to be within their grasp today in a safe deposit box in a New York bank. Arthur G. son, alias Arthur Barry, ‘who: admitted. to police his part in the “gentlemanly” robbery of | the Long Island home of Jesse Livermore, Wall street operator, Mi is said to have told them of t iding place of the loot. Robber Confesses Gibson was arrested at Ronkon- koma, Long Island, Sunday night with & woman companion. He confessed when the district attorney promised | to free the woman. When arrested! he carried a bag containing $15,000 in jewelry, part of which was identi- fied as that stolen from the Liver-j| mores. . | The woman, known only as “Mrs. King,” promised to take the police to} the strong box where they hope to/ recover most of the jewelry taken from the Livermore home and the Ritz Carlton hotel suites of Mr. and; Mrs. P. A. B, Widener, second, of | Philadelphia, and Mr. and Mrs. Bror/ . D hiberg of Chicago. Gibson's confession said.a compan- je ion named “Boston Billy” Williams! had taken all of the jewelry obtained | at the Livermore home and promised} to split it eyenly later. He expressed sorrow for his part in the crime be-| cause he “found Mr. and Mrs. Liver- more were such good sports under stressing circumstance: He said! that his brother, tied! also under arrest, and “Mrs. King” had nothing to do with the robbery. Calling: of Special Session of Congress ussed 1.—{P\—Pres- nfer with Sen- Utah, to- of calling little »before in December ind flood con- Ww ident ator Smoot, congress in: began a the regular ponyent to take up flood re}: trol long While pret it sees no neces- | ats for F 8] peesios on thet investigation made so far into the flood situation, he under- toads senate leaders nS oy onsen fdgees ‘opportunity to dlapoae ot the ‘nite mount of paste ae: y-consress. It was Hed rf e White House also that isional leaders ‘usual; poi like to anny ca election y: ap sie tion is ao teesrned, will take ge | First Murder Followed Ar-| | Levins, confessed slayer of Mr. and | of | has admitted it. was! jhe who killed’ Bet Rowell and three! surprise, is shown at the right. OVER ATLANTIC Belianca ger Service, With Giant ‘Air Liners’ New York, “June 7.) pany build multi planes each capable of cari jess than 40 A com- engers to Europe on basis is being organ- iuseppe M. Bellanca, d the craft that carried Clarence D. Chamberlin and Charles A. Levine to Germany. Mr. Bellanca said the. financial backing for the project had been as sured, but declined te reveal names of his associates. “The experimental work on plane will) cost $175,000," he he planes themselves, the bi-plane type, will cost in produ tion about $30,000 apiece of the motors, and we how many motors there Total Time 32 Hours “The total flying time from N | York to Paris will be 32 hours. T | will be a stop at New Foundland snother at the Azores, where gas be taken on, bringing the total t cling time to 36 hours, “My planes will have a cruisi pet Sle wiles a hous, There will be room to walk around, com- fortable chairs to lounge in and com- fortable berths to sleep in,” Bellanca is planning a flight by a single motored plane from New York to Rome late in the summer. ‘URGE LEADERS said. ‘TO MAKE KNOWN DRY LAW STAND ‘McAdoo Sounds Challenge in Addressing Gradyates at Tusculum College Greenville, Tenn. June 7.—®)—A challenge to political leaders of all parties to make known their stand on prohibition was sounded here to- jday by William G. McAdoo, unsuc- cessful candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1924, with warning. that an effort to nullify ithe eighteenth amendment is part of |a movement menacing the founda- tions of popular government. Addressing the students of Tus- culum college af commencement ex- *the former tre: resentative statesmanship cannot 4 nore and called for courageous |i ership such as Andrew.Jackson might display. “Prohibition is a practical issue of the most vital kind in which the whole country is intensely interested and upon which it is lookin; sanerls for courageo! dership, The said. Miss McGinnis Talks at Federation Meet Fiees N, D., June June 1) Miss Mary ‘McGinnis, Jamestown, N. D., Hayy on Pog leeht Rsperlaness: at session o Dakota leration of Business and Dots Ped ‘omen’s clubs’ annual convention, which is in session a es R res officers’ breakfast was held tn gnd Dapine ‘occupied the na Madesin Phil- York City, aerional presi- Was eel Unable to be at 8.2, moriiae. e+ d_ to. speak here. She wy ia G. as occupied’ Feporte. Clarence Chamberlin and Cha h across the Atlantic. He is PLANE SERVICE!" IS PROJECTED a | Plans. For Passen-| ing not| the} | the the North‘ DAY, JUNE 7, 1927 Levias just before they Levine, the ewner of the monoplane Col 12 Year Old Glen _~ _ Ullin Boy Drowns | (Special to d Hermes, yesterday afternoon in ow creek here while his mother, Mrs. William Hermes, lay jously il in a Bismarck hospit The youth the pool forme cause of her w has not yet been informed of her son's death. KOTTBUS HAS BIG TIME FOR ITS VISITORS {Chamberlin and Levine Made!’ ie Honorary Citizens at Rous- ing Demonstration Kottbus, German America’s new ence Chamberlin and Charle refreshed by their first sleep since ing Row st Saturday orning, were honorary citizens of Kottbus solemn ceremony today. Shaved, bathed and keenly alert the flyers were conducted to~ the! emony took ‘The action of th officials in ing the honor was contlriged using demonstration from the of about 5,000 inhabitants who acked the market pla Chamberlin looked very juvenile in doeskin flying jacket, soft white shirt, with a black tie, golf knicke; and plaid golf stockings. Levine wore | the business suit in which he made! the flight with Chambeytin.. The lord mayor of Kottbus, Dr. Kreutz, was splendent in formal attire includ-| ing a: frock coat on which gleamed the iron cross. made with | a had practiced | overtime learning “The Star Span-! gled Banner” and greeted the avia-) tors with the anthem as they en-| tered the big ceremonial hall of the Rathaus, As the first bars were played the whole audience, composed of staid burghers in their Sunday best, with their wives and families, arose and stood at attention. Lord Mayor Kreutz in a brief speech presented the aviators with two magnificent salvers, Dewitt C. Poole, counselor of the American embassy in Berlin, replied in German in behalf of the flyers, and called for three cheers in behalf of Germany. Two Continents United Then the provincial governor of Brandenburg. in a rousing speech declared the “heroes of the air, and masters of the ocean” had celebrated the union of two continents and two nations. At the conclusion ofthe brief cere- monies, the entire audience rose and lustily’ sang “Deutschland Ueber Alles,” while Chamberlin, formerly a United States aviation service man, stood strictly at attention, On the return to the hotel, the flyers were acclaimed with” sonorous “hochz” the feminine part of the crowd also throwing flowers at them, Both men were deluged today with gifts of clothing from local mer- chants and textile manufacturers, and had the embarrassment of choosing | among any number of. neckties and shirts awaiting them when they arose fn) shortly after 8 o'clock. “Much obliged for the ties,” said Levine, “but I've already got a tie.” good breakfast’ with parent relish., Their table fairly groaned under the food set forth for their delectation. It was also massed with flowers, While they breakfasted, a crowd began to form in front of ‘the hotel be stood its ground despite the | 3 ova) Pa a 'Séhawbérries may be grewn suc cossfully in isis atate in the union vhose announcement he GROUNDS AT | Prison Labor to Be Used in | west of the present canito hopped off from Loosevelt Field, would go came as a last-minute umbia, in which the hop was made. | TURTLE LAKE ~ ROBBER GIVEN PRISON TERM ' Heck Gets aikvs ear Sentence Holdup Attempt— Partner Taken to Iowa For j Washburn, N. D., June (Special ribune)—George Heck, who attempted to hold up Turtle Lake [merchant last Wednesday, was given Ja sentence of two y and” six months in the penitentiary when he | ared before Judge Fred. Jan- at Carrington y rd. Heck pleadeg guilty to t to’ commit a ¢ iven the maximum sentence by \ Judge foes to Towa irk, who was arr with ‘Heek, was today on his F being taken in zuin of the in which ve to Turtle Lake was stolen in nians to plead guilty dre s, who made the trip to with the two men and there, was released ye inst’ her Bitar she: tasnsalta Mince herift Ole Stefferud, torney R. L, Frazer Clerk” of Court J took Heck | to Carrington for arraignment. State’s At- CAPITOL WILL BE IMPROVED Preparing Site For Fu- ture Statehouse g Prelimina the £ pi- have been taken by the state board of administration. Prison labor will be used in the work of grading the grounds south- tract having been let to Warden John ee. Approximate able for th in legisltu $3,000 will be ayail- work, that amount h: ropriated by the 1925 Nothing was done with the money, however, because the | board of administration more was needed to do a workman- like’ job of beautifying the capitol grounds. The last legislature re- fused to add to the appropriation, pointing out that the board had not used the fumds already available. Although the work will not be done until later the contract has been en- tered into to keep the monéy from reverting to the general \fund on! July 1 along with other unexpended | appropriations made by the 1925 leg- | islaturs Will Grade Aj roaches Work to be done by Lee's men con- sists of grading the approaches to the capitol building and teveling the grounds but in reality also is a pre- liminary step toward preparation for a new capitol building, members of | the board said. A plate Prepared by. engineers sev- eral years pod calls for a new ci tol to be erected southwest of he present structure and’ the would be necessary for it. In any event, is held, it will approve the ce of the capitol ground will nay the prisoners in the work on the same basis that used in paying them for, work in the prison twine plant or Liars industries, ° 8 beach | from believed | PRICE FIVE CENTS. “GREET FLYERS _ AT AIR FIELD | Garaadiny’s ‘Cait ‘Reached at 1 P. M. Today on ! Short Hop From Kottbus ' RECEPTIONS PLANNED | Will Be Guests of American Ambassador—Hindenburg to Greet Them Airfield, Germany, Clarence Chamberlin and Charles Levine brought their trans-Atlantic monoplane Columbia |down on Tempelhofer airfield at 5: Jo’clock this afternoon, completing their interrupted flieht from Roose: velt_ Field, New York. flew here from nburg province, 70 miles southeast of the capital, beginning \the short hon at p.m, » a little village mt the Columbia a marshy field yes- the flyers were at tempting to reach Berlin from Eisl Tempelhoter _ June 74) Kottbus, | bem, where their great trans-oceanic light broken, The Columbia from New York vas first was shortly first sighted the field before 5:30 ip. m. and tl ‘oxe a great roar | of welcome from the assembled thou- CHAMBERLIN TALKS TO MOTHER IN IOWA Tempelhofer Field, June 7.— (®) One of the first messages conveyed to Clarence D. Cham- berlin on his arrival here in the. Columbia was that a telephone connection was being held open by way of London so that he might talk with his mother in Towa. Denison, Io’ For seven minutes shortly before noon today Mrs. C, Chamber- lin, at her home here, was in com- munication by telephone and radiophone with her son, Clar- ence, trans-Atlantic flyer, at the American embassy in Berlin. The call bridged half the Unit- ed States, the ocean which her son spanned by plane, England, Holland and Half of Germany. (Py— mberlin circled the jean flag was run up aff of the nirdrome, tee having made his initial ap- jrearance, the pilot swung over Ber- lin proper in order to give the popu- lation that had awaited him so eagerly all day yesterday and today a chance to catch a glimpse of the plane that had conquered the At- antic. Then he headed back for the field and came down, . 50,000 People on Field A dozen specks ‘in the sky to the southeast of Berlin gave the first indication of the Columbia's approach to the crowd, estimated at 50,000 per- sons, guthered at the Tempelhofer Field. There was the tensest expectation us the throngs awaited the final act in the trans-Atlantic air drama which had set a new long distance flight record, The uncertainty and impatience which had pos: ed the waiting Ber- liners gave way to wild cheering and waving of arms as their vigil was | rewarded. Before the Columbia had arrived a brass band, gay in red uniforms, | blared popular tunes, many of them Sousa marches, but the band’s best efforts were drowned as the crowd roared a welcome to the Americans. Great Enthusiasm Prevails When the Columbia swooped to land, thousands at the airport cafe cleared the tables of cups and linen and then mounted them as vantage points to see the landing, The greatest enthusi prevuiled, girls waving handkerchiefs and throwing kisses. The band struck up American airs when Chamberlin and Levine appeared. Ambassador Jacob G. Schurman walked out on the landing field where he greeted the flyers and escorted them to the official recep- tion stand where both were formally greeted. Huge laurel wreaths were placed on the plane’s propeller and the Americans were escorted to the re- ception hall of the airdrome while the Columbia was hauled into one of the Lufthansa hangars. As Chamberlin and Levine left the plane, gthe crowd impetuously at- tempted to break the police cordon about it, but did not get far. Ambassador Schurman, welcoming Chamberlin, hailed him as a messen- ger of good will and friendship from the American people to, the erman peonle and then invited him and Mr. Levine to be his guests at the Amer- ican embassy. Flyers Loudly Cheered At the conclusion of the welcoming speeches at the plane, the crowds (Continued on page three) | Estimates of Distance Vary Germany, Z Chamberlin oe ‘sine his arrival us tefigure out, the distance covered by the id aaa bat en Pe cata