The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 12, 1927, Page 1

WEATHER FORECASTS Cloudy tonight and Saturday. Probably local showers. Cooler. THE BIS BOAT SEIZED, 34 ARRESTED Police Claim : Ship Contained Half Million Dollars Worth of Liquor AUTOS TAKEN TRUCKS, nn ee EUR En EERE EEE enneenaenrerseremet ESTABLISHED 1873 ‘ si BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOT: POLICE HUNT HUSBA New York, er, said by police to w@ half million dollar contraband liquor, w: red Staten Island polic y Steamer Tries to Get Away But Runs Onto Sandbar After, Hitting Barge August 12, — The Ansonia single-stacker freight- load anchored un- 'd off the eae of Libert: a sand barge in two the aH Mood Kull, and had run upon a where it was captured by guard, Thirty-four men were arrested by the State Island police who also captured seven seven-ton trucks and three expensive automobiles. The steamer was the second al leged rum runner to be captured in New York harbor within 24 hours. The British steamer Sebastopol was taken yester ith a load of liquor estimated by the coast guard to be worth $300,000 bootleg prices and the crew of 17 men was held for hearing later. The Sebastopol was also technieally classified as a pirate ship because it was said to have changed its name at sea to the West- moreland. Trucks In Waiting Patrolman Dauria early today saw the single stacker tied up at an abandoned dock at Arlington with about 100 men gathered around a fleet of waiting trucks, apparently: preparing to unload the stéamer’s famous Rough Riders, whom he commanded in the Spanis! WEATHER NOT FAVORABLE T0 OCEAN TRIPS Planes’. Take Off) For:. New. York Delayed—Levine Hav- ing, More Trouble... |. | | Killed In Wreck | Fees be cine, Wis. Aug. 12—(AP)— Racine, Wis., Aug. 12.—(AP): Two members of the crew of the fast Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad mail train were killed teday when the locomotive and. four cars left the track at a switch near Sturtevant, west of here. | L,_H. Brock, engineer, and..T. | M. Webber, fireman, both of Mils waekees, Ahead trom Milwaskee she train, from Milwau 4 ¢ ae & nott. ‘fun, wee a |. wrecked. 0 aoreuaiites tad of ed ‘2 rew of e eight-car train, caf- Paria,,. Aug: 12..— — Rumor; © brought’ a ,small gallery of enthusi- ai pmo per Wg cause af astic flight fans out to simens ps the . wreck ot bees flying field in the early hours of this! {he wreck clas mot Deen mace morning in the hope of seeing one or; ed belief that an open two, or-it was said even three planes, Qvitch caused ‘the derailment. take off for New York, but they had| Possibility, of ascertaining the their. vigil: for nothing. — Neither), cause Pacrentix. wan, slight, 5 pilot, axigator nor passenger ap-| apparently. * ab where'the — cai ite telephoned for . reinforcements and when they arri' ‘wnd' called up- on the ‘throng to surrender there was a, wild scramble to escape. Thirt; four men, however, including. those «. ‘police believe to be the ring leaders, Wore arrested. While the police were -busy taking thelr prisoners the crew of the stea , whiel ad not yet begun to ui Toad, cut the boat loose from the dock| Peared, and’ toward dawn most o - and started at full speed through the the watchers reluctantly left. train left the tracks track. | waters of the Kill Kull. In his Among the | rumors was one ae Dieudonne Coste would arrive at Masi foaresme the henna ran] Diwaone cont ats ee | BBN ~PURNELL barges, cutting one of them cleanly! He was not heard beanie reer! in-two and causing two men on board eat RELA SE: ‘ ! ON W I TN ESS | to be thrown headiong into the water. ‘The alleged rum runner careened House ‘of David Leader Ad- mits He Never Secured Di- | onward through the darkness until it ran its prow high and dry onto a voree From First Wife | sandbar. After rescuing the two men thrown into the water, police noti- fied the coast guard and a cutter was sent which pulled the steamer from St. Joseph, Mich., Aug. 12—(?)—' “King” Benjamin Purnell, on’ the stand as a witness for himself in the state’s dissolution suit- against the sand bar and took jt and its crew the Housp of David, today ad- to .anchofage close to ‘the Stetue of Liberty. (Captured Singlehanded The capture of the Ansonia and the mitted onfjsp examination by As- oe ana jistant’ Attorney eroral George E. criticizing wine severely, even ex- Nichols that he hg@ meyer secured a preas doubt ARASE the Columbia jegal divorce from rst, wife. 23 jons aboard was the work of a ingle const guardsman, George A. ever will really “Eighteen or nineteen attorneys told me I didn’t need ward I eens, | in charge of a patrol best, an ignorant boy th titsiagt to abandon the Seno More Trouble Fresh trouble between “Charles A. Levine, owner of the transatlantic | lane Columbia, and Maurice Drou- in, engaged to pilot the craft back to New *k, has caused co! erable stir in the air world. The trouble developed when Drouhin, on making an inspection of the Columbia yester- day afternoon, found that the con- tact points had been removed. He did. not conceal his displeasure, ac- cording to the% stories, when. the owner ‘sald he had removed them. Mr; -Levine is reported to have re, ferred to remors that a’ scheme w: afoot to take the plane out for flight without his knowledge or pre: ence. b boarded the ship. He detec! edger of liquor as soon as he atepped on deck, he said, and as sev- eral mondescript persons moved to- ward him he drew his automatic a: ordered “stay where you are. Y all_under arrest.” While holding his prisoners at bay, he hailed a poll boat and sent her for reinforcement f Weather Report . . Westher Report ene ther conditicad.at North Da- eee ‘for the 24 1 heure end a 7 a, m. today: perature at 7 a. m, terday . night B! hee to 7 a. m, Highest wind velocity . Temps. It has been at least three . transoceanis state that | Burn in the next His wife, “Qu: ously in: The race from Paris to New York cured a m ough later weather reports. * legally married to Purnell. th Leon Givon was teady to today, his take off in the Blue ht in Cot ita was tentatively set for tomor-|_ Purnell was brought to the court row morning a4 was that of the “Col. Wart bodyguards earried hin in onal - umbia. THO dei woady for take-off stretcher. Tho witness chair was re-l imthe Now York £ flight Me 6 p. m. to- tified re- : 3 clining } morrow, g ans to me-| Purnell ieoked” weak. His eyes vata Kegnece pans te Jam on. the| flashed and bi Reese were ant- mated, howevs He a cap pe" far down, over his long gray same route. Two others a Southampter, Courtne waiting more fpterabe rts, Sry Het a oe trem Paeeeea. 3 wat ore i atnents, val ii next oss- day morning. Hor a OFF, osiomnow Paris, Me te Uy —The feverish activity which centered eround the Severn plane: postartey. was absent today, Ay, ivi to the gen- eral apne’ “4 can res iat an Sota by. Charles “in inches in rte creperted a soe made a A swoon! denial of ween ‘Jerby the i dia ily arzed sea ia Bim by a eened Rabie a eteaae. vi: 3 . re women members of the colony. Denies, Chpryee Pursell. repli quavering negatives when if he had set op “an inner circle of Shiloh or had-nosed as: “God Emmanuel prince, bt er Gabrie).” Bheskeeccee Precipitation ‘ 2 BESmotescerros 20800) tor Venere agar Par showers or thi ‘North Dakota: tly. While high officials of the army looked on, the flag-draped casket cleats Leonard Wood was lowered into a grave in Arlington rend Washington, clos American War. Thi rere: fcc over the grave, while Wood’s brother officers stand at salute. > onal Trainmen Are e “ICH APLIN PLANS {that it wasn’t as ey spt uu mi 5 did,” when RUM RUNNING Ceti ae FULL B BENCH Is the body of General je to the graves of photo shows the bugh ‘FINISH FIGHT” IN WIFE'S SUIT}: All Offers of Settlement Out of Court Withdrawn—Case Set For:Aug. 22 Aug. 12—()—Charlés Chicago, | Chaplin today was en route to Los Angeles from New York prepared for a “fight to the finish for the sake of my name and the future of my two babies,” in the divotce ‘suit brought by his young wife, Lita Grey Chap- i [he screen comedian: halted here between trains last night just long enough to make knows it he had | definitely instructed hi ornys to | withdraw all offers of a settlement {out of court and arrange for -the ‘court fight set for August 22. Chaplin said he had made many | offers to settle the suit but ridiculed | reports that he had offered his: wife $1,000,000. “I am weary of ityall,” he sai | “and have decided to ‘go back to 1. Angeles and tht for my name a! fortune. I do not care for the money but I want my name faeret so my babies will be proud: of jit. “I am ready to go into court ani face all the charges mere has aim sure I shall be vindicate easily disprove the charg LAND LEASING CAUSES WORRY _ ing Permits Question - * Decisions Although a policy has been form- ulated by the state land board .in connection: with the leasing of state land for the purpose of drilling for oil, no leases beg: members of the board have had time to ponder the North Dakota situation bo further. board had fermal blanks print- 2 eseting forth the terms of a standard Sr aes on state land for the f prospecting for oil and matter over to Land Com- Carl R, Kositzky to ad- prepared to ses and then le as it looked, The question was which of several should be given, a lease section of “lahd. The Board fad laid down the rule of “first come first served” but even that Fiat help mutch. licants ent Start sche contended that the first ap- ance of ” pileatlon, received should have pre others. contended t! ° | iret application. received the 1 erie | the became, ctsnive of eae | vot Sr ga ta Breage emits oo point a nl | Warden Hendry Denies, How- = RIGHT CHARGES: ht rainst me. re I shall Tee the public decide my fate for. iT engue of Half a Dozen’ cam Blamed For Action to Remove. Applicants for Oil Prospect-) nS SOF SLAIN “WOMEN Sacco-Vanzetti Appeals Will Be Heard Tuesday ms Aerial Derby o~— j Sterling Man .. es Hit By Train Ccndemfied Men More Ciieer- ful as Counsel Prepares For Court Hearing SACCO STILL ON FAST, Sterling, ND. Aug. 12.—(Spe- cial to the: ‘Tribune)—Joe Psul- ron, Sterling, was injured when he was struck * wenthuuad Norther Pacific at a crossing here just bei noon today. Paulson was hauling gravel for ctor working west of oo drove on to t is the secoud xect of he’ “North Coast Limited broached, ° ever, That He Is In State by Theta nia ploctioey had | badly bruised and lacerated. The truck he was driving waw totaily | demolished. He was taken to # Bismarck hospital this afternoon, where the: attending physician Eronounced oe chances for re- covery a ‘goed ! MAN KILLED : WHEN TRUCK TURNS OVER Merle B. Vreeland of Hazen is Victim—Companion Slight- iE ly Injured Minot, N. next Tuesday morning to hear argu-; Merle B.~Vreeland, ments by defense counsel on the last; D., died in a local hospital at 9:45 ‘two lines of legal*recourse left sag night, the victim of an acci- of Collapse Boston, Aug. 12.—()--The: gioom of the death house had lifted it’s pall to some degree from Nicola Sa co and Bartolomeo Moa Rais although one-twelfth of from execution already had: expired: The men were distinctly more cheerful as word came teat pith counsel had passed the last legal barrier to presentation of their con- tentions for a new trial to the state supreme court. Together with ee estino Madefros, who because of iden ation with the case also ad respited, the two radicals had be removed to freshly prepared cells in| a part of the prison remote from the death house, where Wednesday night they waited until barely 15 minutes before the scheduled execution in ig- norance that a stay had been granted. To Meet Tuenday The full bench of the supreme court, or as much of it as was avail- jable,"has been summoned to meet 12,4) — of Hazen, } in the state courts. dent which occurred when a truck The way. to both of these was|in which he and Henry Edwards, also javed yesterday when Judge Webster |Hazen, turned over 3% miles south Thayer, superior court judge who |of Minot. Edwards, who owned the é ed at the original trial, and; truck, received only minor injuries. ‘Justice George A, Sanderson of the| The two were coming to Minot to supreme court, consented to allow | secure some binder twine for Eliner} appeals from prvetous -adverse rul-| Larson of Hazen, The uccident oc- | ie ae curred at the bottom of a high hill, MSs so deg’ Refuses’ Food’ ~ ‘pike. tonehe. indicating that. Vreeland, Sacco, continuing his long hunger | Whom Edwards anid was driving, had, strike, entered his-27th day without |!ost control of the truck. The car food, ‘but. Vanaetti yesterday twice | Went over the.side of a bridge into! Bae <ottes a yracana ts sursived id Warden William Hendry of the land ix survived by a widow! state prison took occasion today to £04". sand “father. brothers, three say emphatically. that Sacco was not *isters, and a father. in a state of collapse. It was ex- plained at the prison that vo'long a=, Gangeters Killed in | Sacco w able to walk the prison physician, Mr. Joseph McLaughiin,| ‘Courtesy Exchange’ Would not consider attempting forc ble feeding, Chicago, Aug. 12. nthony K 12.0), F |Russo and Vincent Spicuzzo, St. Louis gangsters who were “taken for f a ride” and slain along a Cook coun-| jty highway early Wednesday, were! . 'vietime of a grim “exchange, of courtesy” between. gunmen of “the principal American cities, Deputy Chief 06 Detectives Michael Grady believes. The two, Deputy Grady said, were ‘in wrong,” with St, Louis gambling and bootleg circles and came here to| escape probable assassination. In-| | stead, he believes, the St. Louis gang, Sega for a “courtesy killing” Ve have learned that they were creed ee hoe wth maving, sole {a truck load of aleohol last week an Sioux Co. “Officer a few hours later they hi-jacked it,” said Grady. “Then they left town and sought refuge in the Italian bootlegging cire! here.” / Further action in the effort to re- move George H. Purchase, Sioux county state's attorney, was delayed’ today when it was announced at the Carden Cheerful rernor's office that the executive) A ° ad not yet appointed an attorney to] - Despite Drop in Electrical Stock act for him as referee ut the hear- ing which would follow an order re- irom tices m xpected that an order) New York, Aug. 12.—(}—Although ‘3 removal pending a', joser by’ nearly 8 y nearly $4,000,000 paper hepring, and 1 pappintment. of 9 profits, wiped. out in the collapse of » would be made this morn-| a paol’ operating in Manhattan Elec- trical Supply company shares, George ‘A. Carden, member of Dallas, Texas law firm, ‘still thinks that he has a ti bargain in control of the company ‘which rested in his hands today. The drop of 60% points yesterday in Manhattan Electric, 2 stock ex- change ‘record for recent years, cut almost in ‘half the market value of 65,000 of held by Carden, The drastic decline The bills were for road machinery Mr trading fleee ae Souaar ine and tractors for which bids never had been asked by advertisement, he aald.|of recent times He asserted that) he expects the] Throughout rald, Carden pal rting that he @uditor, treasurer and. sheriff . of Bioux county to testify in his behalf. ped addet £5,000 aheree te his holds et the hearing and to swear that he) ings on the decline, and expressed has never been absent from his work| the belief that the stock was worth a day, has never bi "| intrinsically more than its market fluence of liquor a -|value after the sensational break, s duties as required Me Man Pays Penal Penalty for illing His Step-son ing. torney® but thee an aitemp! to oust him is being made because he refused to approve certain illegal bills which were presented county auditor and county treasu: by a “certain clique of about half a jozen after midnight to Start rt Next Tuesday IN ST. PAUL ARE BAFLED to Hawaii i ' { i | | | Hl aw. No Clues to Murder of Wathen | Agreement Reached Early | Whose Bodies Were Found Today After Day oft Mud-| Yesterday GIRLS’ PARENTS ARRIVE Suggestion Made That Slayer May Have Killed One or died Planning—Elimination | of Two Entries By Crashes in Test Flights Brings Ques- | tion of Competency Calif, Aug. 12.—| Both Husbands f ames Dole | $35,000 p aerial de’ from here! to Hawaii today was postponed, St. Paul, Minn., ” Ang. 12.—(P}— juntil next Tuesday noon by agrees | }ment among 9 of the 11 entries al-/ ready he The agreement was reached short- ily after midnight, after a day of {muddled planning, during which the inal starting date was condition- | ly postponed two weeks, then de-| “elared on again, and finally set back | until next Tuesday when the pilots took a hand in the matter. The starting time originally had been set for noon toda Disaster having struck twice against the entries in two days, the subject of qualification and com- petency of pilots, navigators and While police today sought the hus- bands of two women found murdered here yesterday, the victims’ parents Suggested the slayer might previous- ly have killed one or Both of the husbands, Mr. and Mrs, Frank Jennings, par- ents of the two women, came here today from Chatfield, Minn., to claim their bodies and give whatever infor- mation they could to aid the police in Baad 5 down the murderer, Mig Ruth Barrett, 32, and her sis- ter, Mrs. Lillian Kooser, 35, were shot to death in the Barrett home sometime Tuesday night or Wednes- day mornin#, Coroner C. A. Ingerson planes continued to be the foremost re in flight circles today. Another Entry Crashes The latest entry to be removed from the air derby is the twin-mo- = t lune “Spirit of Los Ange- which crashed into San Fran- ee Bay yesterday while trying to land on the starting field. Captain James L. Griffin, the pilot; Ted eadares! navigator, and Lawrence a passenger, escaped unin- [Jueadt The plane was wrecked. The accident to the “Spirit of Los Angeles’ and the deaths near San Diego Wednesday of Lieutenants George D. Covell and R. S. Waggener of the navy, while testing their monoplane, served to heighten the talk of qualifications and safety pre- cautions. The Tuesday starting agreement was made in order to permit all sign- ers to pass federal tests. ‘ELEVATORS ARE PREPARING FOR declared. Mr. Jennings said letters from Mrs. Barrett indicated her husband, James Barrett, alias O’Brien, had gone to a northern Minnesota lake on a fish- ing trip, and that he was due home Tuesday night or Wednesday morn- ing. POLICE PROBE GANG WAR CONSPIRACIES St. Paul, Aug. 12—(?}—Police to- day delved further into gang wer conspiracies in an effort to solve the slayings of two sisters whose deaths brought the w ved slayings here to 11 during the past 18 months. The husbands of the two women, Mrs. Ruth Barrett, 32, and Mrs. Lil- lian Kooser, 35, were sought by po- lice. Both men have police records. The women were found shot to death in the Barrett home yesterday. Mrs, Barrett's husband, James Bar. Was engaged in an automobile ance business here. Police are in- vestigating the possibility that he, too, may have been slain. His auto- mobile was found burned on a county road near here. Kooser, whose wife came here a few months ago from Mankato, Minn., to live with her sister, is charged with grand larceny in connection with | Ja jewelry store robbery at Blue Earth Minn. He has been at liberty on bail. Several months ago he was : itted bank robbe: ye Equipment Placed in Work: | ite is believed to be somewhere on Canada. ing Order to Handle Flow Police learned that one of the of Grain women was a friend of two women who were slain here five weeks ago in what was believed to have been a bootleg gang feud. DAVIS, LORD, T0 CALL 9 ‘CAL Steady Stream of Official Callers at Summer White House Continues Preparations to move the heaviest crop in yeurs are being made by North Dakota elevators und every grain receiving station will be ready to begin operations at top speed as soon as threshing commences, a sur- vey by the grain warehouse ‘depart- ment of the state railroad shows. vator men have been busy for several months nfaking repairs to their establishments and placing their equipment in working order, according to C. C, McDonnell, mem- ber of the railroad board. Information received here indicates that a number of elevators which have been closed for several years will be open again this year and — ready to receive grain, McDonnell] - Rapid City, 8. D., Aug. 12- ar ie Rs : ¢| The steady stream of official callera ‘ommenting on ie movement oO! {which has been. coming into. the grain, McDonnell said he expects it ‘ : to be faster this year than ver be-|Black Hills this week continued fore in the history of the state, due|#gin today with Secretary Daivs of to the use of motor trucks in haul-|the labor department on the engage- ing grain to market and other im-|M™ent list of President Coolidge. proved methods and equipment. woe esa hod ee he ae Combines to Aid Movement | Meyer, chairman of the federal Although there are relatively few|joan board, was another combines ready for use in the state|the president's list for today. this year they also will have a ten-| | Secretary Davis is the third eab- dency to hurry the grain to the ter- to come here thi minals, McDonnell said. Secretarine Either and Work Incidentally, McDonnell said, com: ‘While he took bine operators should be sure that aes UL, his sum- grain is ready to cut before begin-|mer home, in an airplane yesterday ning work. Unless the grain is|to come to the summer White House, thoroughly ripe and has had suffi-| there was no indication here that the president had anything urgent to take + with Mr. Davis. Mr. Davis coming here in response to an in- vitation extended to him by the president early in the summer when the secretary was at St. Paul. LABOR LEADERS REGRET Capi City, 8. De ADK. 12-—GP)— apid City, .» AUB. An impersonal survey conducted by officials of the labor Dor department dis- closed that labor leaders were vir- tually unainmous in regretting ident Cool: announcement he did not choose to run for tion, Secretary Davis declared today upon his arrival for a visit at. the summer White House. . The secretary reached Rapid City by train, having taken an morte from Moo: Lit eatch the train at Huron, 8. > visit was described as purely on cient time to dry out somewhat, there is a possibility that: the graii will heat either torage or in tran- sit, thereby reduci market price and diminishing the return to the farmer. The maximum moisture con- tent which wheat should have to war- rant its being cut wit! combine is 14 per cent, the com formed. MeD. fident, however, that farmers operat- combines will acquaint them- selves with all facts surrounding their use before taking them into the fields and added that he sees no reason why they should not be as suc- cessful in North Dakota as they have been elsewhere. No North Dakota elevators are equipped to dry grain, McDonnell said, ‘and this fact make: the condition of combined grain cutting time an important conside tion. her Ripped commissioners, against] for the of his young step-son, ica duster proceedings recently Bernie were. “hadein district court, have ing conviction of the ativution of th th ally, Snow con! or killed his wife i Me readi 4 Biemarck-Cleat, 50; roads ‘good St. Cloud—Clear, 70; roads good. Mankato—Partly cloudy, 72; roads ‘Rochester—Pertly cloudy, 72; reads ‘Winona—Clear, 64; ‘roads Fagot See Peele cloudy, 90 rett, alias O'Brien, alias’ Harry Mor- .