The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 8, 1927, Page 1

, ‘ eae J aan evil ending at 7 a. m. today, local WEATHER FORECASTS Pair tonight and Tuesday. Rise ing temperature Tuesday. ESTABLISHED ‘1873 SACCO-VANZ United S THE BIS WILBUR TALKS |Coastguardsmen Battle PROBLEM OVER WITH COOLIDGE Building Race Between U. Ss. and England Not Antic- " ipated, However 20 CRUISERS IS LIMIT, Tajs Week to be One of Presi- + dent’s Busiest Since Coming West Rapid City, S. D., Aug. 8.—()—An American naval policy which would push to completion the building of 12 cruisers with eight-inch guns. in addition to those already building or authorized was one of the possibili- ties of discussion by President Cool- idge with Secretary Wilbur, who ar- rives today as a guest of the sum- mer White House. Although it was believed here that the president might assent to the carrying out of the original cruiser building program, it was not expect- ed that the lure of the Geneva conference would result in a cruiser building race between Great Britain and the United States. ere is no definite information here as to the number of cruisers which the administraation thinks ld be built but the number prob- will not exceed 20, including already provided for. Coolidge’s View ident Coolidge has taken the lonly so many cruisers as are ary to the national defense his opinion, coupled with the madetnistration’s desire for further later reduction, is held te be a guar- be against any ambitious cruiser Iding program. ecretary Wilbur was expected at dige summer White House shortly be- Mrs, Wilbur has been re’ for some time awaiting the ar- leads! of the secretary, who planned gto leave the Black Hills aftér a day with the president. Mr.’ Wilburn’s visit is the first of a series which this week will give ident one of his busiest since coming into the Black Other White House visitors Hills. of the week will include Secretary Work, Representative W. E. Hull of Ninois, Senator Fess and Director Lord of the budget. . | Weather Report | pA a, ti ea Weather conditions at North Di kota points for the 24 hours ending at 7 a, m. today: fi perature at a.m, 47 hest yesterday . . 78) Lowest last night . 6 Precipitation to 7 a. m. oO Highest wind velocity 20 ‘ Temps. Amenia . BISMARCK Bottineau Cros! Dentnats . Dickinson ..... 78 Dann Center .. 74 Ellendale . 99 Williston ... Moorhead, we 80 ata “Record: preceed ours. ‘Tae sbove record is, tor the: 48 Bis: Fair | for the G. 0. P. ncmination are con- Now That Cal Is Out Of It— “HOW ‘BOUT BUTLER?"—That’s a question political sharps are asking. about’ Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, president of Columbia University, N. jent Coolidge announe- ed that he was not disposed to run again next year. Butler, snapped here upon his recent return from Europe, has figured prominently in past Republican national conventions, | Fobmer Governor Frank 0. Lowden, here pictured vacationing at his sum- mer home in the Thousand Islan: N, Y., has come into the politic limelight again by reason of Mr. Coolidge’s “I do not chose to run, for President in 1928.” Lowden's chances sidered bright. Former Valley City Publisher Buys Two ‘Papers at Wahpeton Valley City, N. D., Aug. 8—@— Purchase pf the Richland County Farmer, weekly paper, and the Wah- peton ‘Globe, semi-wekly paper, at Wahpeton, Richland county, North Dakota, was D. Lum, formerly owner of the Daily, Times here, The considera- tion, Mr, Lum declares, is spproxi- mately $80,000... ‘ * The, two newspapers will be an solidated and operated under. name of the Richland County Farm-| er-Globe. TI! merged publiestion will be‘published under the direction of Mr. Lum, and his. two sons, Don- ald and Eldon, will be associated jim. ‘Lum: for several years was pub- her of 9 weekly paper at Staples, h. purchasing the ‘Valley City Record from ha’ 1926, ‘rubshaw op May: 1, this announced today by E,' Mrs, a bshaw and silos it | tt” HARVESTING IN FULL ye Harvest Praeticaliy Com- pleted and Cutting of Bar- ' ley, Oats and Wheat Now Getting Under Way—Loneg, Heavy Season of Work} Predicted Fargo, N. D., Aug. 8.—UP)—Harvest operations will be on In full swing , | throughout North Dakota this week, ith a plentiful suply ‘of labor in ight and the farm labor division of | the United States department of la- boy prepared to make an extra ef-; fort to keep the necessary supply of! j men on hand throughout the harvest-| | ing and threshing season. | Rye harvest is practically complete | throughout the entire state of North! | Dakota, says @ bulletin just issued | | by Ed. McChdne, superintendent of! the Fargo office of the United States | | department of labor. | Other Crops Being Cut | Farmers fire beginning to cut their | barley, oats and early wheat and in the eastern and central sections of j the state wheat harvest will be gen-! eral by. August 10, Cutting dates in the extreme northern and western sections wil be somewhat later. While the labor supply and demand is now very evenly balanced, North Dakota will need many more men in the coming weeks but the United States labor service expects no dif- ficulty in getting them. George T. Tucker, superintendent | of this division of the farm labor, service with headquarters at Kansas City, will arrive in the city within a day or two to supervise the work in North Dakota. Long Season in Sight | Because of the unusually even| ‘stand of grain throaghout all of, fakota’this 8dr a long, -hePvy-, season of work is expected. There is aheavy straw on almost all..grain, through the whole state, which means the certainty of a heavy | the: threshing machine: ‘The big demand for farm labor is expected to begin about the first of next week, and by the beginning of the week following, or ebout August| when threshing .1 begin in earnest, the demand is expected to near the peak and will probably run along at a high level for qome weeks. ‘JURY PACKED’ IS CLAIM IN [Peeare ‘Counset to Fight for Lives. of Two Sentenced’ to Hang z Franklin, La., Aug. 8.—(P)Defense counsel. for Ada. Lebouef and | Dr. Drehr, sentenced Saturday to be hanged for’thé murder‘of James Le- \bouet near Motgan City July 1, were prepared today to fight for their clients’ lives on the gfounds that the jury which convicted them was ‘ked."” James R. Parkenson, chief counsel, declared that he had davits that prospective jurors had said they would hang Mrs. Lebouef and Dr. Drehr if they were selected for jury service. Counsel for. James lle, who was given life imprison- ment as the third member of the trio convicted Saturday, had made no statement of future action. Mrs. Lebouef has finally collapsed | under the weight of the realization of what the decisign of the. jury really met Violent sobs shook ; Lebouef when any one men- tianed the her thoughts, she gazed through the bars of her cell at the grim frame to hang until dead. s€ Dr. Drehr has lost his cool im-! passiven: Fa ween xeve aged; 10 years since he the jury tell him, in effect, that they. did not be- lieve his story that Beadle slew Le- bouef after the vietim shot first. He seemed stunned, saying <over and over to himaelf;, “I didn’t think! they'd do it, God Knows I told the) trath.’ Oh God, how. could they d wane Taian to 4 a fatter red er ‘ Syioeeee: clsthes and, went p [that he only i marly “tmp ROBBERS GET MURDER CASE} work from which she is ees} (a fuctor in the lease Alleged Rum Runne SWING THROUGH Levine and Drouhin Sign New Contract Paris, Aug. 8.—(AP)—Charles A. Levine and the French avia- tor, Maurice Drouhin, today signed a new contract. As soon as Levine deposits 300,000 francs the start of their Paris-to-New York flight will depend only on the weather conditions. With signature of the mugh- delayed contract, Levi at: tempt to return home by air and thus he the first man to fly the North Atlantic in both directions may be possible within a few days. Everything now is ready for the hop-off; all that sary is to load the big s gasoline and oil required. plane Itself is said to be me- chanically perfect, . Levine said this afternoon that weather conditions forecast for the next 48 hours appeared ‘to make the start impossible within that time. CASH AT BANK IN NORTHGATE Vault Entered Early Satur- day By Drilling and Dig- ging From Outside Northgate, N. Burke county’ authorities today are N.without clues as-to the identity f burgiars who early Sunday dug into the vault of the First State bank here and obtained $142.10 in cash. shocking No other valuable were taken from| season and a long, steady grind for the institution, according to A. J, motorboat, whose engine stalled a Sohweyan, assistant cashier. The .robbery was discovered when the bank was opened for business Saturday morning. Entrance,to the bank was made by drilling and digging into the vault from the otuside.' The burglars fail- ed to obtain entrance to a smaller vault on the inside of the largest one, where most of the bank's valu- ables were kept. Of the loot taken, $107.10 belonged to the bank and was on a small tray inside the large vault but outside of the smaller one. The remainder of ‘the loot was $35 in gold pieces, be- linging to W. A. Mason of North- gate, which were inva safety deposit ox. Frost Reports Send Grain Prices Upward Chieagp, Aug. 8—(P)—-All grain prices went soaring éoday largely on account of reports of serious crop damage by frost in Canada. Ap- proaching the close of business for the day, wheat quotations were up six cents a bushel and corn more than four cents, with all deliveries of corn touching the highest level this season, Later ‘advices here were to the ef- feet that ice a quarter inch thick had formed at Gravelburg. Other re- ports at hand said that temperatures in some places reached as low as 22 in Swift Current territory, Under ich circumstances, grain “trading here became a big broad affair. Rye and oats ‘as well as wheat and corn were affected by. the sudden bulge in prices. At the top, rye was up about four cents a bushel and, oats 2% cents, oats scoring an all around high price record for the sea- son. Sensational new jumps in the ‘corn market were partly due to the action of wheat, but were also large- ly the result of the abnormal back- verdict'and as, alone with; ward condition of the corn crop in] minor bruises. the. principal producing states. Minneapolis, Aug. 8.—(?}—Wheat’ prices’ went ‘sky ‘rocketing to new high levels for 1927 here today, jump; ing to $1.44 for: September as com- pared with Saturday's close of 1.39%, while December advance from 1.40% to 145%. if Reports of frost daniage in wheat fields of Canada and some counties in northern North Dakota was the}: Fe : kk rust also but he: rts were ofthe opinon that the’ situation is no longer a prime 1 ish. rea factor in | | TWO FEDERAL OTHERS HURT, Cendition of Three of the In-. jured Serious—Little Hope | For Recovery FIGHT OCCURS SUNDAY Government Men After ‘Being Captured Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Aug. 8—(®) +A thrilling battle between coast- guardsmen and alleged rum runners on the high’ seas, near the western fringe of the Bahamas, claimed the lives of two government men yester- day and sent four other participants to a hospital here, where the condi- tion of three Was reported serious. The dead: Robert K. Webster, government seer vice operative. Sidney Sanderlin, Virginia Beach, Va., coastguard boatswain’s mate. The wounded: Victor A. Lamby, coastguard motor 48, Atlanta, Alleged Rootleggers Fire on’ ‘machinist’s mate. Jodie L. Hillingsworth, coastguard teeaman, second clas: Robert FE, Weech, Miami, alleged rum runner. Horace Alderman, Miami, alleged rum runner, Fail to Obey Command The fight occurred late yesterday about 40 miles east of Fort Lauder- dale when coastguard patrol boat 249, {bound for the Bahamas, where Web-| one of the outstanding features o: Jater had been sent to undertake a secret assignment, sighted a ot. torbout heading toward Miami. A jeommand from: coastguardsmen to baton went unheeded and a shot across the craft’s bow failed to halt the few moments later, « Maneuvering into position with the forward gun trained on the captured boat, coast guardsmen in their launch transferred Alderman, Weech and ‘three other men found on the craft to the patrol boat, where they were corralled as prisoners and ‘searched. Meanwhile’ four guardsmen, includ- ing Sahderlin, returned to the motor- Goat to transfer 160 cases of liquor reported found. } Alderman Takes Command When Lamby entered the patrol boat’s pilot house, Alderman seized a weapon and , necording to other coastguards- men. Alderman was said to have as- sumed command of the situation for the moment and- ordered Weech to tear out the engine room piping, this instruction being carried out. Webster, standing apart from the grotp at the pilot house, rushed to- Perec Lamby and was dropped in his t racks under the blazing gunfire from Alderman, according to guardsmen aboard the captured boat, who hur- riedly prepared to shove off in their launch to effect a final surrender of the: alleged rum runners. Alderman was said to nd instantly killed Sanderlin as the launch turned about and headed back aeross the narrow stretch of water separating the two bo: Boarding their own, craft with ficulty the guardsmen in a lively free-for-all me lee, interspersed with pistol shots, soom.overpowered their opponents. The wounded were brought here aboard a fast motorboat, one among several which went to the govern- ‘ment boat’s aid. Attending physicians held out lit- tle hope for Lamby, paralyzed by a bullet through his spine, and Hol- lingsworth, who was shot through the eye, nose and cheek, shackled to @ hospital cot under guard, was in a serious condition from knife wounds while Weech .was suffering all rs Full, Military Honors | ‘Governor General of Philip- Es We eee HEN KILLED, | Jarmy to the man who rose from the} y- Carry Out Cruise Building Program To Be Paid Gen. Wood leu “Eee ot Dies in Bosto nines Dies in Boston Hospi- | ston Ri] tal Early Sunday Following, Operation For Removal of | ‘Tumer—Will Be Buried ia’ Arlington | Boston, Mass,, Aug. 8—(P)—A de-! tail.of six soldiers from Fort Banks 1 accompany the body of Major General Leonard Wood to Washing- | ton late today on the federal express. | The squad, commanded by Captain! Roger Williams, marks the first of the military honors to be paid by the! medical branck of the service to b one of its most distinguished leaders | in “the line” and in civil administra-; tion. At the station in Washington, the six will be increased to 1, e war department takes over nonies, Burial to Be in Arlington | In the family party will be Mrs. Wood, at whose request interment in Arlington cemetery beside his form- er comrades was ordred, her three children, Leonard Jr., Osborne and Lusita, Major Burton Y. Read, mili-! tary aide to the general; and Captain; L. GOPHER STATE cue! 22° LAGIONNAIRES been operated upon for hernia last! ‘ood January and was believed never to yore as have fully recovered his accustomed, V€tS Redouble Efforts in Be- robustne: y yester-| half of Disabled Buddies at Hibbing Meet Hibbing, Minn., Aug. 8—()--Pre- pared to renew war on pacifists and to redouble their efforts in behalf of day me fter another operation | for recurrence of an old tumor ail-| ment. He had been in the hospital only two days, | Rise Is Spectacular i The spectacular rise of Major Ge: eral Leonard Wood from an obscure’ their disabled buddies, Minnesota’s Test in the medical corps to a com , American Legion men and women as- manding rank in the combatunt’ sembled here today for their ninth branch of the United States army was! annual conventi The very first sessions produced a double broadside against “those who raise the red flug in the time of peace and the white flag in the time of war.” as Mrs. J. M.. Bishop of Thief River Falls, Auxiliary com- mander, put it. “There can be no armistice with those who would destroy our gov- ernment or render it helpless,” de. clared Paul V. McNutt, Indianapo! department commander of Indiana, in delivering the first onslaught at a American military annals. Appoint- ed an assistang, surgeon several years prior to the Spanish American war, Wood rose to the foremost rank* of American ‘generals, his active duty culminating in the Governor Generalship of the Philippine Islands after he had served four years as! Chief of the General Statf of the army, the topmost military command. While his rapid promotion, ascribed largely to his close friendship with’ ‘Theodore Roosevelt, was the subject joint session of the Legion and Auxi- of frequent criticisms in itary. jiary. circles, General Wood's service was} The same thought was emphasized recognized throughout the establish h h- by Mrs, Bishop a short time later at ment as of the highest His) the opening Auxiliary session «he: members to guard “against persistent efforts the pacifists to destroy the les- type. first official commendation for gal-| she urged the lantry came during hostilities with) careful the Apache Indians in 1885, when he! of was given the Congressional Medal sons of the war.” of Honor for bravery, and his work, ‘Attendance Records Broken throughout the World War, limited) With probably the largest re as it was from the General's stand-| tion in history and undoubtedly point, won him the Distinguished! jargest turnout of Service Medal “for especially meri-| jands, the torious and consplcuors service.” —_| cpening drum crops and convention was slow in this morning. Rufus J. command of troops—a prerogative’ mander, good urally withheld the jealously guarded by line’ officers—} opening gave! until the musicians had was a departure so exceutional in the) had their round and the delegates military establishment that it has, and visitors milled about to exchange since beew prohibited by army regu-| greetings. lations; bht that General Wood just-| Harmony prevailed today and con- ified the trust and proved his value} vention chiefs saw no prospect of as a part of the fighting armgis con-| strife on t! floor and even the per- ceded by many of the highest mili-; cnnial chastisement of the United tary authorities, and was shown even| States veterans bureau may be omit- more conclusively by his unusual! ted this year, rise to the peak of the profession. Many Seek Commandership General Wood was born in Win-| Prospects for a hot battle for the chester, New Hampshire, October ommandership and the 1928 conven- 1860, thé.son of Charles Jewett and | tion city were apparent today. There Caroline E. (Hagar) Wood.. His pre-| are a half dozen possibilities for the liminary education was obtained at) office being vacated by Mr. Rand. the Pierce Academy, Middleboro,’ Among these are J, C. McGowan, following which he attended; Benson; L. E. Zumwinkle, Fergus Harvard University and was graduat-) Falls ed from the medical school in 1884. | A. B. Kapplin of Duluth has _ Joined Army in 1885 For a year thereafter he acted as run but he declined. house surgeon at the Boston City| Austin, with two men been The placing of a medical officer in} Rand, Minneapolis, department cam- | © Mike Murray, St. Cloud; and! asked by some eighth district men to}. mentioned | P’ Hospital and then began the general| Practice of’ medicine in that city, but) the lure of adventure, aftermath of his intensive study, induced him to! Join the army as an assistant con-, traet surgeon in June} 1885. The) fortunes of war cast his lot with (Continued on page three) as follows: ac ‘North Ba-| are re- pna received by ny from Crop Yield Above Average ‘Predicted by Business Men Throughout This Territory | —| i { dict a yield far above the average set the last few: years. Although rust reported from any points, the concensus of opin- jon is that it will do little damage. Reports from. the various towns about the condition of wheat and the probable yield -in their vicinity’ are Almo: 12.to 15 bushel: rg al shels an, dittl a From 15 to 18 bushels an, bathe little Lg about five per cont age from Salem—Abor acte; little rust. ‘ 10°to 25 bushels an eens See KT Fests ‘about 1,0 a mies prominently in the commandership race, is q leading contender for next year’s convention. Although St. Cloud also is seeking the 1928 con- vention, the field, convention leaders say, will be narrowed to Austin and Red Wing, as St. Cloud entertained the department three years ago. Aus- tin’s delegation was one. of the first cn the ground, arriving yesterday by motor caravan. Red Wing arrived by special train this morning, along with hundreds of delegi and visitors from the Twin Citi and other southern Minnesota points, and ith- mediately launched its campaign with a spectacular parade, featuri a drum corp: ‘rube” band and a street full of enthusiastic marchers. Cornerstone Laid At Hankinson — Hankinson, N. D., Aug. 8—)— Approximately 4,000 persons atténded the laying of the cornerstone of the hew Franciscan Mother Home and ‘Academy here at 3 p. m. Sunday. The new home, to be constructed from ‘The cornerstone Senaive be gery se conducted | CK TRIBUNE [ann | BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, MONDAY, AUGUST 8, 1927 ETT! DEMONSTRA tates Ma PRICE FIVE CENTS TIONS INCREASE ‘SPECIAL GUARD ‘TS ESTABLISHED _ INMANY CITIES Radical Leaders in New York Plan Strike of 500,000 Workers Tuesday | | { \PARADES ARE STOPPED { ; Gotham Is Under Greatest Police Guard in History | of Department HIGH COURT .DENIES STAY OF SENTENCE i Boston, Aug. 8.—(#) — Justice Sanderson of the state supreme court today denied petitigns by counsel for Nichola Sacco and Bartolomeo zetti for a writ of habeas corpus and a stay of execution, He also denied a peti- tion for a writ of error. Justice Sanderson wald after giving the conside: that arguments all must deny the writ of error. continued, to grant a stay “has no authority of sentence. “The questions included in the petition for a writ of habeas corpus are not proper to an act for a writ of habeas and are therefore dismissed.” Arthur D. Hill, chief defense counsel, argued for nearly two hours and Attorney General Ar- bls K. Reading replied briefly. je only witness was William G. Thompson, former chief defense counsel, other offers of proof being submitted by Hill in affi- davits. Hill asserted that Sacco and Vanzetti never had been given a fair trial. He charged that Judge Webster Thayer of the superior court, who presided at | their trial and refused them a ' new ‘trial, had shown preju “either consciously or ‘iously.” (By The Assocjated Press) Demonstrations in behalf of Nicola Sacco ¢ and Vanzetti heightened in over the week-end in 1 States, Europe and South America and even wider efforts were planned. f Radical leaders in New York prom- ised to. draw 600,000 workers from their employment tomorrow in pro- test against sending the two men to | the electric chair at Charlestown, lass., next Thursday morning, and in other parts of the world sympa- thizers of the two internationally {known radicals continued plans for further demonstrations up to the final hour, Demonstrations were staged? yes- Paris, London, Munich, n Boston and other ited States. No seri- ous disorder occurred although some arrests were made. Police Are Vigilent. Increased police vigilance against disorder was established in the chief cities of the world. Public officials and public buildings in the United States were under special guard hile in other countries extra pre- tions were thrown about United States representatives and American property. ‘ In New York, Police Commissioner | Warren prohibited parades but said jhe would permit a mass meeting in Union Square, arranged row by the socialist party W., and the Sacco-Vanzetti emerg- ency committee. Meanwhile, Com- missioner Warren said, the mobiliza- tion of 14,000 policemen on guard throughout the city and at a large number of public buildings and ‘in subway and elevated line station: would continue “until further notice” and that the hunt for those respon- sible for the explosion in two sub- way stations Friday night would go on with unabated vigor, One Arrest in Boston From 6,000 to 10,000 people milled ‘excitedly about Boston Common yes- when police revoked speaking on stands where Sacco-Van- zetti sympathizers had been substi- tuted for speakers to whom permits had been issued. One man was ar- rested for refusing to obey police orders to cease talking. Signorina Luigia Vanzetti, sister for tomor- the I. W. by authorities to stage any demon- stration within the city, the crowd marched: through Bois, de Vincennes, carrying red flags and bansers. Some slogans were ordered destroyed because they were considered insult- ign to the United States. Several thousand Sacco-Vangetti @| sympathisers. marched to the Amer- ican embassy in London. to ‘preteat against the sentence. A world war veteran led the column,. seated in a copy of an electric chair and wear- ing a black cap over his face, “Save Sacco and Vanzetti from the eletéric . chair,” one banner said. . Railroad workers and ployes joined a. stoppage in Buenos’