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

WEATHER FORECASTS Partly cloy ly tonight and Tuesday. jot much ol age in temperature. ESTABLISHED 1873 | CLOUDBURST DOES M BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, MONDAY, JULY 11, 1927 PRICE FIVE CENTS CH DAMAGE IN SAXONY _O’Higgins, ‘Strong fh Man’ Of | Irish [Free State, Is Assassinated “MINISTERS SHOT DOWN BY 8 ASSAILANTS Assassins Speed Away Quick- ly After Inflicting Half a Dozen Wounds NO MOTIVE APPARENT ‘I Forgive Them’ Is His Dy- ing Statement — Father Met Similar Death Dublin, Treland,. July 11.—()— igns of mourning were everywhere today for Kevin 44Higgins, “the strong man” of the I Free Sta! whose life came to an the hands of essa: He was shot from an he was walking to mass from his home at Black Reck, near Dublin, and died within a short time with words of forgiveness for his <tnemtes on his lips. O'Higgins, usually hbsanipautsa by core of detectives, was alone,, own request, beng the first time | im three year three of them, “re quickly ter inflicting half a dozen wound: No motive was The 4: man fave the authorities a good description of the men. who was P Free State council, ‘ ster of justice and foreign af-| fairs, fell with bullets in the neck, farmer, chest and one ear, he gasped: “I for-| give them all! Emon Fleming, of the ministry of ton’s , finance,: and Prof. John MacNeill,, found “ former minister of education, were in the neighborhood and were al the scene. As the wounded rested ay head in Fleming’ Schafer, year-old body, Norton, jail here. is inn him soon, da, yout! George hom cou lap, he | Indication: : taken th found. ing all his possessions to his di wife and bal eral days boy had Bulwark Free State Cause cause of al Dublin’s best surgeois cama, ast fe the theor; come lost Pore yep era, the Republican leader, and dur- ing’ the disorders before the signing of the treaty creating the Free State, | he was arrested and placed in jail, to ! port from H. mal and jin Belfast. When the treaty. was romulgated, however, he became an ardent worker for the Free State and) was made minister of justice in 1922, Shortly afterwards, father was shot dead by armed raiders in i me. his own ho! sifted r ENGLAND FEARS FRESH to PERIOD OF TAWLESENESS London, July 11—()—Expressions of regret and indignation were heard in London today over the assassina- tion of Kevin O'Higgins. Fears were expressed in some iw, newspapers that the murder might at a high mark the beginning of a fresh period | covery of of iasries ness in Ireland, perhaps a renewal of civil war. (Continued on page three) Montana: Governor Will Hold Up Decision’ in Case For a Week or More - Decision as to whether Fred C. Havelock of Anaconda, Mont. and formerly of Minot, will be returned to North Dakota on a charge of vio- lating his parole will be held up for a week or more, John J. Lee, warden atthe state prison, was told today|2 in a telegram from Governor, J. E. Backes of Montana. The case was to have been decided boy Puldy | and Lee had wired Erick- if a. decision had been made, an ae ly Governor Erick- Bg pearejeek had as! for a radia xtension of. time and that it hen fal ‘astio a mene ‘or more before take: Minneap Toh, home in tae tor tiga circles dui tion. tours known ma! true! He wa: year, in a ter fa tion thi oughout No he ears ai of ers and busine: in nearly At the Crookston River vall DECISION ‘ Ve aiens 1 [covERNOR 1—Jebn ie poles for Solom: near a @pring | Norton home. decomposed body whe get a drink at the spring A rifle bullet hole was oe to the jlnd’s head | jieved another bul was fired into his back, although this factory farm relief legislation is not not be definitely established. e that the boy had been killed elsewhere and the bod7! major issue of the 1928 campaign.” to the place where it was id is 8. Taylor, KROH, DEVELOPMENT EXPERT, DIE IS DELAYED, PER Oe N. D. This Spring Suc- own development e brief illness. at Crookston, Minn. .N.D. July 1 Grassy Butte boy jocent .of the shooting je ras peared from his two Kukla, near e. 3 wi Disappeared March 6 Young Karlenchenko disappeared from his home March 6 and for bee e from home be- treatment he had echo at the bunds of his step- neighbors bolieved that run a leged that Hin late disappearance. Karlenchen! for Norton's arrest, | le: not only for he cl ‘purpo: xf) his apprehension as suspect but also‘ to protect him Peel, inst his neighbors, feeling ealne Counet itch concerning the bod; H, FARM the body. bs to Brief Illness oli ationally as a Os » Illinois, after ur through Minnesota, ’ ring country-wide for many tl nufacturing concerns. e agricultural fie during the e campai for ociation and every county time he was he ley “teste (Special to the Tribune.)—Suspected of the murder of Matt Karlenchenko, whose with two bullet holes in it, was discovered ‘late Friday. the youth’s stepfather, is being held in the McKenzie county He is charged with first degree murder. Norton is to' have his preliminary hearing before a iocal justice some me this week, although the date 8 not yet been set. He still claims and lans to engage attorneys to deiend ‘rested Satur- on his way home from Kitldeer. Suspected of C According to Sheriff ‘ ‘A. Jacob: son, Norton has been suspected of | the boy’s slaying for some time. th dist near Grassy Butte nothing was heard of him ui iying| farmer discqvered his body Friday: les frum the The sheriff refused tu vice say on what the suspicion that Nor- i,t ton murdered the boy was based. McKenzie county discovered the youth's badly > most he atopped to} farm aid legislation. jor- The home | in March ane it ibe nothing was heard from him ight have be- ‘ing storms was advanced and the country surround- ing his home was combed again and again by searching parties. ery of what appeared to be charred flesh and bones at the bottom of a well on the Norton farm led to the belief that foul play had entered in- the boy’s bones were sent to the University of North Deke for analysis but a re- E. French, dean of the medical school there, stated that the material was from some young ani- ould not possibly be of} ¢; human origin. The body has been positively iden- according state’s attorney Hy Discov- The July 11.—)—A. R. larm/| Weather conditi rt_and for the pu: year a diversified farm lecturer f Minneapolis Tribune throughout northwest, died Sunday az his le_ was stricken July while on a Kroh sige a nationally known ire in both farm and automobile promo- best ked | is. iH et credic for having introduced st ereater diversifica- rth Dakota under es of the Greater — lis newspaper, in which hundred meetings and thousands of farm. men were addressed je state. ken in addressing a Red} Lii | St. Paul, a ly 11. (AP) —A| For Bism oer ea Fees Norton Is Now in Jail Accused Slayer of McKenzie County Boy Disc‘aims Guilt; Charged With Murder MUST ACT, SAYS) L.d. DICKINSON Farm Relief Threatens to Be- come Major Issue of 1928 Campaign HAUGEN 1 OF.SPEAKERS 6- American Council of Agricul- ture Calls Meeting—Will Last Two Days St. Paul, July 11.—(AP)—With farm relief legi theme, representatives of midwest farm organizations onened a_two- day conference here today to form- ulate a plan of action in the next congress. Throughout the first session, speakers of national prominence urged the principles of the Mc- Nary-Haugen bill, vetoed by Presi- dent Coolidge last winter, as afford- ing the most satisfactory basis for Congressman L. J. Dickinson of Towa, in a speech prepared for to- day’s session, declared that if satis- !passed by the 70th congress next | winter, “farm relief will become the Parties Are Duty Bound Co-author of the McNary-Haugen bill, Congressman Gilbert N. Haugen of Iowa insisted the major political parties, through platform} romises, are duty bound to pass legislation looking to relief of the agricultural situation. Thorough organization before the next session of congress “with our plans modified go as*to: climinate as many objections as possible,” was urged by Mr. Dickinson, who suggested several changes in the bill as passed by the last congress. Besides peripitdte of welcome by Mayor L. C. Hodgson and Governor Theodore Christianson, brief talks also were made at the first session by T. E. Cashman, president of the Minnesota Council of Agriculture, and J. Reed, president of the Minnesota Farm Bureau Federa- tion. Prominent Men on Program Other speakers for the sessions this afternoon and tonight include peated, Sabes. Renae -S: W. Bark- o! entucky; Congressman rles Brand of Ohio; Senator T. H. Caraway of Arkansas; George resident’ of the American of Agriculture, and F. W. urphy, Wheaton, Minn., chairman of its legislative committee. The conference was called by the Ametican Council of Agriculture, or- gal cat mere two years ago, and hi ww includes representati of ry fam organizations, principal-; ly in Minnesota and North nth Dakota, Wisconsin, Iowa and eentne deflation of agriculture,” said Congressman Dickinson, in the first jor address of the ence, not been given the eco- nomic or political consideration to which it is entit “Industry should not be encour- (Continued on page three) Weather Report | F. ns at North D. st | kota points for the 24 hours ending Ti at 7 a.m. he ture ‘ renter 7 it la ight Frecinitation 4 7 a. Highest wind veloc’ ty a. m, a K Bottineau Devils Lake ,.. Dickinson | SSSASSLSSLSSAST ATS Lowest Clear Cloudy Riimarch and weal Paciy cloudy “tonight ete Sar el onan: Not mech ee ‘a oral Peter lope suse ienlsonn er seathee “anting for wr Ht settled “fe ‘coming thirty: 8. jof a wot This photo shows the ad of Commander Byrd’s long flight—the big plane Auiédien resting in the waters of the English channel a few NEXT CONGRESS’ ane | hundred feet off the French coast at Ver-Sur-Met, where it came down after a night of blind wanderi mainland. MAN ARRESTED | 'O°HIGGINS’ DEATH HALTS COLLAPSE IN NEW YORK’S MURDER PROBE Janitor isa of Having Slain Two Women and Dis- membering Bodies New York,,July M—(AP)— While police were trying to un- ravel the mystery of the ax mur- der of two women today, the di composed head of a woman wa: found in Brooklyn which police thought might possibly be the head of Evelyn Martino, aged 20, friend of the women and missing | since June 30. were told, left her home with Mrs. Alfred Bennett to visit at the rooming house of. Miss Sarah . Brownell and has not been seen since, New York, July 11.—@)—A trail that started Saturday with the find- ing in Battery Park, Manhattan, of dismembered parts of a woman’ "8 legs had led today‘to a double mur- der mystery and the arrest of a man suspect. Bit by bit, parts.of the torso of, the slain woman came to light, the trail finally leading to a Brooklyn house where the dismembered body of another woman was found. The vestietims were Miss Sarah Elissa Brownell, 60, a seamstress, and Mi and| Alfred Bennett, 48, wife of an i man and ak fee children. Hold J, Police were nolan en a homi- cide charge Ludwig , 38, iani- tor of the klyn house where Miss Brownell lived. The police theory was that Miss Brownell was| slain for robbery and Mrs. Bennett killed when she chanced to surprise the murderer at work. ile police were working on the TURE of erp semen, Rend mye y cropped up in a dark cel in the lower east side, where a paren: sent to ir a water in a tenement in Willett street. came upon two bundles containing! the dismembered portions of man’s body. Police believe the vic-} tim had been dead several months. Identiifcation was not established. ‘ly vereaey a boy, walki: St. Augustine's » Noticed a a piece of ma&n opened it and] to found a a of the lower part ’s torso, Three hours| n of a motion pice told pol contained é i ate E ; ai if e a i | The mietuire was taken a few hours after the plane had come down. OF TRIPARTITE NAVAL CONFERENCE Gaines Postponement of Plen-' Chicago Gangsters ary Public Session, Des-, tined to Be Bitter Debate Between U. S. and British Delegates Geneva, - Swiizeriand, July 11. —(P)—What_ was regardea asa significant change in the British ttude toward the cruiser prob- m Was evident this afternoon when it was afmounced in au- thoritive British circles that if Great Britain and the United Fe seyage could agree limit the num- of 000 ton cruisers to eae 10, Grest Britain would be Prepared to accept the America maximum total tonnage figure of 400,600 tor ‘The idea back of this plan was that if only a small pro- porticn of tonnage were expended upon the larger cruisers, Grea! Britain would have enough, ton age left to intsin the nu ber of small cruisers which regards as necessary needs of the empire. Geneva, July 11.—(#)—Tho tragic death of the Irish statesman, Kevin gins, yesterday has by some strange destiny of events served to event any immediate collapse of the tripartite naval conference. Out of respect to Mr. O'Higgins, who was present at Geneva only last week: a3 the, representative at the confernce of the Irish Free State, the delegates teday decided to post- pone indefinitely the plenary : ic. ion which had been requested Bridgeman, head of the lelegation. Bridgeman meeting in order delegation an op- portunity to te its position on vhe cruiser problem, to ciear up wnat he called misunderstandings and to a series of questions of the in delegation. y’s projected session had been considered potentially filled with danger. The American delegation not desire it because it believed t little good could be achieved by a public debate of this nature. The Americany were ready, however, to answer any of the questions which the British might propound and *; might even have asked a few ques- tions themselves. ft is ae that the Japanese, like gthe Americans, looked with some appfehension apes the projected ses- sion because of the risk that things would be said which: might provoke the “blow up” of the conference, Late last night, the British, pre- sumably as the result of some of- ficial word from London, suggested Gibson, head of the Amer- ed Aine the meeting be | perio | \ | Kill Booze Seller, Chicago, July 11.—()—A wite | stood helplessly by early today and sa e barrel of a shotgun appear between the curtains of a passing automobile, and a moment later saw ! her husband at her side crumple to! the sidewalk, dead. ? Joseph Montana, 30, an Italian, the victim, was understood by police to have been. involved in bootlegging | activities. His murder was ascribed to gangland activities. He was the fourth man within a fortnight to be shot down from a passing mobile. DEAD’ MINER FOUND ALIVE | AT CHISHOLM Man, Buried Beneath Tons of Earth For Almost Two Days, Saved By Workers Chisholm, Minn., July Buried under tons of ore and believed unquestionably Nick Bozenich was found alive 1, night in the Bruce mine here by fel- low workers who had been digging for his body 46 hours. Bozenich was hurt, although very tired from having to remain standing throughout his entombment. The accident, a fall of earth on one | of the underground levels, occurred : Friday at 8 p.m. At jast night | Bozenich was reached. The fortun-; ate falling of a number of heavy ' mine timbers formed a shelter for him from the weight of the cavein and saved his life. He was taken to; the Adams hospital at Hibbing for rest and food and will return to his| home today. Newspaper stories of ! Saturday reported that he was be- lieved dead. He is 35 years of age and married but has no children. |. H. C. Owns Mine George Buietist, 30 years old. and single, injured in the accident in h Bozenich was thought killed, received a broken leg and cuts, The Bruce mine is a new property owned and operated by the International Harvester company. Fellow workers of the entombed Bozenich , working frantically to reach. him, knew for a considerable d before he was uncovered that swered thatjhe still lived, members of the rescue - “the "icitinn Thad gener the sion, it is they who shoul the ‘respo having RE ei soul it This re and virtual Bridgeman finally decided to convoke the meeting of ‘the British -and’ dominion. delegates this morn- ing to take ‘some final stand and it was just before this meeting opened thet: official announcement was re- ceived that Mi i assassinated. ‘The British propossi, which. was to have been taken under consideration, is the ie as adv mead several davs ago. It)approac! the cruiser prob- lem trom a new angle by, suggest ing An agreement on buil aie, pro- iisray the idea being to give the Inited States‘an bd py to { ould the to. pursue new The ‘American me ‘screaming, they said, as the: id initiative of the “room” in which He could be heard eared crew said today. he ; Pprisoned, Bozenich was reported i oe resulted in no action condition today by hospi Wy all the delegates to the He wil it the be kept Sveral days, it was said. Children Ask Aid in Locating Mother Children of Jenetta Graham Thompson, deserted by her at Camas Prairie, Mont., 13 years ago, now want their mother back ‘and have asked state officials to aid in locat- ing her. In a letter ‘trom Juneau, Alaska, Aurie Thompson related to Governor Sorlie how her mother left home and failed to return and expressed the belief that she went to North Da- kota, may even have changed |g her name to escape her husband, the letter said, but added that Mrs, erried and will 6 ae like a i a, ate “nother 'N. D. GIRL HELD auto-, j jtody of the Children’s Protective So- | g in the fog and rain over the ON CHARGE OF LEAVING BABY Gladys Turner, Living Near Mott, Will Fight Extradi- tion to Mill City Minneapoli woman belt the baby J Dp. July 11—)—A young ; cd to be the mother of tin the automobile of y, Robbinsdale, July 4, . NLD, and xetarn: a Mes. Minnie Staples, policewoman. The young woman was traced |through a prolonged vigil maintained ie the policewoman at the hospital here the baby was given refuge. ‘arious women called at the n to look at the child, Mrs. s observed them carefully. One woman, on seeing the baby, gave a startled exclamation. Sat! fied that she had seen the child be- fore, Mrs. Staples questioned her and finally obtained from her the name of the young woman believed to be | the mother. A telegram was Poy 7 the» author: of Bentley, N. Sunday and the suspect was ied there. Charged With Child Desertion: She was later transferred to county seat at Mott. She will se charged with child desertion, Mrs. Staples, said. h ung mother, according to drove to Minneapolis from D., where the baby was the Florence Crittenden home. She was reported to have been accompanied by a man, not the father of the baby. After leaving the child in the auto- bile of the Robbinsdale man, she reported to have gone to Gi Forks, N. D., with her companion and then to have taken a train to Bentley. The baby was given into the cus- ciety on an order issued .today by Jidge E. A. Montgomery in Minnea- |polis juvertile court. This uction w taken after two women had iden ied the baby as belonging to the gir mother, GIRL PLANS TO FIGHT EXTRADITION EFFORTS Mandan, N. D., July 11—)— Gladys Turner, daughter of a farm- er living southeast of Mott, will fight extradition to Minneapolis on charges of infant abandonment, according to Sheriff L. V. Duncanson of Hettin- ger county who took the girl into custody late Saturday afternoon. Miss Turner is held for the Min- neapolis authorities on charges of having placed her baby in an auto- mobile at Minneapolis early last week. She left Mott some time ago with a man, unnamed by the sheriff, but for whom warrants are issued. | Temperature and Road Conditions een are reury readings at 7 a. m. Bismarck—Partly cloudy, 61; roads good. St. Cloud—Cloud; Duluth—Clear, Minot—Clear, 55; roa Reine artly Toads g MankatecPartly cloudy, 78; roads eEtbbing=Partly cloudy, 70; road: Mandan—Cleady,, 6: Tenis caned. Winona—Partly cloudy, 74; roads Jamestown—Cloudy, 70; Grand Forks—Clear, 611 reads Devils Lake—Clear, 60; roads iia he eee bcd roads good. roads good. ids good, cloudy, 176; roads Farm Reliet _ Legislation Discussed at Conterence|WORST STORM IN GERMANY IN FIFTY YEARS Total Number of Dead and Missing Placed at 186— Hundreds Injured RELIEF WORK STARTED 93 Known Dead in Berggie- shubel Alone—Mud and Water Everywhere Dresden, Saxony dui: oH P— Most of Saxony peeented a scene of wreckage today as relief forces were at work to aid the homeless and alleviate the suffering caused by floods after cloudbursts Saturday. The total number of dead and miss- ing was placed at 186. The catas- trophe was described by meteorol- ogists as the worst of the kind suf- fered in the last 50 years. At Berggieshubel, which of the many flooded towns and villages suf- fered most, the authorities place the known dead at 93. In Lauenstein, in the Gottleuba valley, the devastation extended from 18 to 20 miles. The picturesque Gottleuba Spa was all {mud and water'today and a death- ! like silence was everywhere. Be- fore the wreckage of one house, two aged women were incessantly over- hauling their pitiful, belongings. They lost their entire! families and went mad. A railway car at Glashuette was derailed by the onrushing flood and thrown a distance of 300 yards. Huge Lake Formed The district around Chemnitz looks like a big lake several miles in diameter. High waters of the Elster and Pleisse_ rivers, as well as their tributaries, threaten to cause still further floods. Federal and state authorities are cooperating in the relief measures. The rush of persons to the disaster zone is increasing hourly, many coming frem’ distant places to seek relatives and friends. Meteorological experts explain that the catastrophe was due to the fact that heat waves from the eastern section of Germany. came into, con- tact with cold air from the west, causing windspouts and subsequent cloudbursts. TWO ARE KILLED BY STORMS IN CANADA Calgary, Alta., July 11—)—Two persons were, known to have been killed in a series of storms that swept the prairie provinces of Can- ada over the week-end. The heaviest damage resulted in southern Alberta, where hail and cy- clones leveled buildings and crops. A storm in southeastern Saskatchewan yesterday was reported to have razed a large section of small grain. The two deaths occurred in a tor- nado near Wetaskiwin, Alta., Frid: when a granary in which three men inte sleeping was demolished. ‘$2,500 CHECK REVEALED BY STEPHENSON Payable to Ed Jackson as First One-Fourth of Cam- paign Expense Fund Indianapolis, iam H. July 11.—4)—Wil- Remy, Marion coynty prose- cutor, today called upon Lloyd 0, Hill, ‘attorney for D. C. Stephenson, to deliver to the pgoseeutor certain lence which ¢ Stephen- son's charges of political corruption in Indiana. Instead, however, according copyrighted article the I apolis Times, Attorney Hill tuned over to the Times a check drawn on S. Stephenson in favor of Jackson for $2,500. The check from he First tional Bank ‘of Colum- bus, Ohio, is dated September 2, 1923. Jackson was at that time secretary of state. The check is ‘ondopeed\ “Ed Jackson. Accompanying the check when it was delivered by Hill to Thomas H. Adams, Vincennes, Ind ote and Boyd Gurley, e Times, was a note which deciared that the check was the first one- fourth of $10,000 ‘given Jackson FE sonally for tele a expenses. primary at which Jackson was inated for governor was in alleged documentary e is supposed to substant peed lay, In a letter to the editor of the Times, Attorney Hill stated that Stephenson directed him to turn over to Gurley “certain papers” and that he was “now acting in accordance with that request.” The letter stated that Prosecutur Remy hed received an order for Hill to deliver hd papers and continued, “unfortuna’ re bra eget was Say the eal that I oP Bien ra but instead I have re ealy < oi rth ev