The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, September 19, 1927, Page 1

WEATHER FORECAST Fair tonight and Tuesday. Not much change. Frost tonight, ’ ESTABLISHED 1878 29 FRENCH AND U.S, NOTABLES ARE CHEERED President Doumergue of France Is Guest of Honor at Opening Session WAR DEAD ARE HONORED Business Session Today Is Brief—Huge Parade Staged This Afternoon: Palais Du Trocadero, Paris, Sept. 19.—)—With a tremendous roar sof applause and cheers from_the 40,000 delegates for President Dou- mergue, rshal Foch, General Pershing and National Commander FLAG HOISTED HERE Officers of the Lloyd Spetz Ret, American te, Ma hoisted e large flag on city flag pole in the Northern Pacific park this Paget F because of the opening of the American Legion convention at Paris today. Howard P. Savage, the ninth conven- tion of the American Legion was opened at 9:30 this morning in the famous ro palace. President Doumergue, head of the French republic, was the guest of honor. Members of the cabinet sen- ators, deputies and leaders in the military, naval, and diplomatic life of France occupied the platform. Everyw! there was a spirit of enthusiasm. Huge reflectors threw their light on the gathering, remark- able for its color’ National Airs Played ‘The “Marseillaise” and the “Star Spangled Banner” shared honors as P by various bands, while Mar- shal Foch, sitting at General Persh- ing’s left, bowed his appreciation of the . spontaneous outburst which his appearance, The business portion of the open- ing business session was exceedingly bri Pager papier paps vines Suddenly, on a sign from Com- mander Savage, the vast assemb! arose and the strains of “There No Death” throbbed through the building. Then came a moment’s Bue ir memory of America’s war ei Message From Coolidge A message from President Cool- idge to the Legionnaires, which ar- rived by wireless an hour before the convention Re senet was sone and greeted wit underous ay use. When. Louise minister of ions, was introduced, someone in lery shouted “Long live Sacco fanzetti.” The out- burst sounded very lonely and was wickly drowned in cheers while the is was ejected. The incident, instead of causing a riffle in the en- thusiasm of the meeting, rather in- creased it, FRENCH PEOPLE GIVE Ver te Pf MAP) Th 1927 \—The national ato of the Ameri- “can Legion, which opened today, bids (Continued on page two) eee Her Plea Halts World Flight Tt was the plea of 10-year-old Rose-|ring Schlee of Detroit, written in| from grade school, that led the round-the-/an “open letter’ world flyers, William S. Brock and|copyrighted and flight andi bringing them home by |ld an and is ing them home by/ald ai boat. Mrs. Schlee cabled the note Rosemarie had written in behalf of and herself. The note in Rosemarie’s handwriting marie 15-months-old Tedd: is shown above. NEAR-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE REPORTED Garden Plants and Flowers Likely to Get Nipped Tonight Unless Covered Bismarck had its first snow- fall of the season about 3 o'clock this afternoon, when snow and sleet fell heavily for a few min- utes, The storm was of bri duration, however, and the snow melted as it touched the ground. SNOW NEAR SANISH North Dakota's first snowfall was y between Sanish and Ryder in Mountrail and Ward counties. Word re- ceived by Soo line offices here indicates that there was a heavy fall for about 20 minutes short- ly after 1 p.m. sufficient to cover the ground. Temperatures at or below the freezing mark were tered at 10 North Dakota points Sunday night, ling to reports received at the local weather bureau this morning, while the minimums at several other points were dangerously close to that mark. y Persons who wish to prolong the life of their garden stuff and flow- ~ MEN an nnn ne : BIS =e C BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1927 ‘OPEN LETTERS ARE WRITTEN BY JACK AND GENE Dempsey Questions Tunney About Gossip That Previous Battle Was ‘Fixed’ SECOND LETTER COMING Champion Writes 44-word Re- ply Questioning Dempsey’s Sportsmanship BY ALAN J. GOULD Chicago, Sept. 19.— (AP) —With both diators pronounced in the “pink,” their training siege com- pretend except for light and artistic inishing touches, the three-day in- terval before the Dempsey - Tunney heavyweight bei areal battle Thursday promised today to develo; into a “battle of open letters.” The rogues salvo of litera: broadsides, ing a breezier toucl to the “ballyhoo” for the greatest — le of all time, came jack Dempsey in the form of to Gene teed pieces in this ’s issue of the Chicago Her- Examiner. Agreement Recalled Recalling gossip that the title fight last September in Philadelphia was “fixed,” but at the same time admitting he was “beaten fairly and meee * Dempsey’s “letter” re- ved di ion of the so-called business agreement made just to the 1926 battle, which Billy Gibson, Tunney’s > pay’ Max (Boo Boo) flot?, Phils. to pa; detphia fight figure, 20 Leathe Fol ‘unney’s earnings, pro former marine won the title, in con. sideration of a hrm joan $20,000 by Hoff to Gibson. Gibson, however, did not get the loan and Hoff did not had the 20 ee ope Dempsey’s “! rT,” as pul by the Herald and Examiner, de- voted most of its approximately 1,600 words to questions relating to Hoff-Gibson contract, talk of wy ? on Tunne; at mine by gamblers pen | peer of the fight being “fixed” for to win, Writes Answer Himself In a 44-word reply, also published pan i literary pid apy Be: ion as i td questioned the former cane ion’s sportsmanship and con- clue with this postscript: “Phi. I might add that I wrote this letter myself.” Herald and Examiner an- nounced that it would publish an- ae “remarkable open letter” un- ier thus suggesting to war correspond- ents that more words than blows be exchanged before the debate settled in the 10-round title bout at Soldier field. Tunney, however, is not likely to reply to any further communiques from the challenger. The champion, obviously annoyed, indicated rather 8 to his friends that he would let his fists finish the ergre ment in the ri The ers are auren warning today that|submitted today was viewed by the had better cover the plants to- night, as the prediction is “frost| parent attem probable.” Minimum temperatures of 30jaspect. This is above zero were reported during last] rather night from Bottineau, Devils Lake and Lisbon, while Amenia, Fessen-| viously den, Ji town and Minot reported Bi above and the lowest ii int at Ci ore and HE paint rosby, Larimore 40 Above Here Bismarck’s lowest reading last night was 40 above, while Dickinson reported 40, Dunn iter, Ellendale and Williston 38, Grand Forks 36 Hettinger 37. and Cldy. |" Rainfall - islestl j 3 for the night was exactly at the freez-| correspondents largely as a trans- to surround the forth- ttle with a “grudge” in contrast with rat lly manner, out of the ring, in which Jack and Gene have treated each " Attitudes of mutual admiration and Fecened been shown by ters before as well as after their championship conflict last year. TWO HELD FO BABY’S DEAT coming title Ht a 8 e signature tomorrow, | th effect of the “open letter”| Rock Is! TRIBU E This is a picture of the Goss “Straightline” threeveck press which has just been installed tn The Bismarck Tribune company’s press room and on which today’s’ issue of this paper was printed, It has a capacity of 24 pages and replaces the eight-page Duplex flat bed press which has served The Tribune for many year: ‘3 but which the paper has outgrown, LYLE MESSNER Tribune Installs New TO BE CHARGED WITH MURDER Goss ‘Straightline’ Three-deck Press Used For First ‘Time Today—Will. Print 12-page Papers at the Rate of 25,- 000 an Hour—Paper Now Better Enabled to Serve Its Readers Boy’s Father Under Suspicion in Connection With 6-year- old Girl’s Death Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Sept. 19.—(?) —While his 15-year-old son, Lyle, was being arraigned today on a! I order to better serve its rapid- charge of murder in connection with ly increasing number of readers, the the slaying last Tuesday evening of Bismarck Tribune has just com-| Kathleen Forrest, 6-year-old daugh- Pleted the installation of the finest ter of Mr. and Mrs. James Forrest, REWSPaper press to be found i “i North Dakota west of Fargo and to his father, William C. Messner, was day's issue of the Tribune was print ofjunder police suspicion of being an‘ed thereon. It is a Goss “Straight: | accessory after the fact. line” three-deck press, with tape- Lyle’s confession, rel ated to’ less folder, and will print at one County Attorney Walter J. Barn- time papers of from four pages up grover, Chief of Police Benesh, and to 24 pages. Installation of the new newspaper men early wsyesterday Press, which was commenced about shortly after his return from Rock Six wecks ago, is in line with the Island, Ill., where he was arrested Tribune’s policy of giving its read-) Saturday, revealed that Lyle had not ers the best at all times. The new| himself placed the ‘child in the hole press replaces the Duplex flat bed} in the basement of the vacant house Press which has been in use here where it was found Wednesday for many years and which had a morning. capacity of only eight pages, To give the reader some idea of May Have Hidden Body just what this Goss press is and County Attorney Barngrover, who'means in the general development Friday issued a warrant for the ar-jof the Missouri Slope territory, the rest of Mr. and Mrs. Messner on a! following information is given: The charge of conspiracy to obstruct just-' press has a capacity of 25,000 four, ice and aiding their son to escape,'six, eight, 10, or 12-page papers an declared last night that he believed! hour, and 12,500 16, 20 or 24-page Mr. Messner had found the body of! papers an hour. Kathleen at the foot of the base- ment stairs, where Lyle in his con- Uses 30-Horsepower Motor _ fession, said he left it, and that he,|_ The weight of the new press is Mr. Messner, had placed the body in | 42,000 pounds and it is 19 fect long, five feet six inches wide and eight Mr. Messner, two women told po-|feet six inches high. It is driven lice, was in the house, which is next|by 2 30-horsepower motor equipped door to the Messner home, when they | With electric control and all the mod- entered it during a search for Kath-|ern safety appliances. The press is leen. Messner, they said, who was |S0 constructed that additional decks striking matches, asked them for the may be added when occasion de- use of their flashlight, saying that/ mands, he also was searching for the miss-| Three huge rolls of Paper are used ing Kathleen. at once while the press is grinding in his confession, Lyle revealedjout 12- or 24-page papers, while that he cid not learn of Kathle three extra rolls are suspended just death until he was shown a paper at back of those in use for quick action land whence he fled, and into the press service as the others: where he was arrested. are reeled off. Barngrover said he would ask the} At one end of this marvelous death penalty for the boy, who is press white paper spins into rollers just three months over 15 years, and is printed, folded, cut and count- GIRLFIYER sees INSISTS ON OCEAN TRIP be no delay in the mailing and de. livery departments, New Stereotyping Equipment Ruth Elder Determined to Fly to Paris—Cannot Start Be- fore Wednesday. Since the press prints from stereo- sss New York, Sept. 19.—)—Miss t lates instead of type forms, as a the case with the Duplex flat Ruth Elder, winsome Dixie aviatrix, who insists she is going to bed press, its installation also re- quired the installation of a complete fly the monoplane American Girl ‘to Baris, is a real American ph; layout of stereotyping equipment wi in the opinion of physi y 80 ich is used in the making of the mats from which the plates are pronounced her after examining her preparatory to-a solo flight in order that she may qualify for a pilot’s Reports that she did not plan to make the ic flight, but e hole. curved plates themselves, Readers will no doubt notice that the issues of the Tribune printed on the new press are slightly wider and pager haat those OG forme days, and each column on the page is one- twelfth of an inch wider. Another change, made today, which it is believed will be generally Spureciated by Tribune readers, is use of a er ty, face, ‘The type which has been used in the past for news stories has been rat small for easy reading, al- though it was necessary to use the small size because of space limita- tions. The type which will be used in the future will make the paper much easier to read. That the Tribune has made no mistake in its selection of a press is je, | attested by the fact that such news- as the New York Times, the 4 the Memphis Commercial Appeal start as both Curtis and|and other large pay of the coun- are crowded at|try are ‘printed on presses, air ashy, te| Hospital Officials . Meet at Jamestown to b= lems of ot egal the institutions over which Members made, and the making of the large|ed 24-Page Rotary Press Brief Description of New Goss Press The Tribune’s new press fs known as a three-deck, two-page wide “Goss Straightline” press with tapeless folder. Bi Capacity — 25,000 four, six, eight, 10, or 12 page papers an hour; 12,500 16, 20 or 24-page papers an hour. eight — 42,000 pounds, boxed, 47,000 pounds, Dimensions — Nineteen feet long, five feet six inches wide, eight feet six inches high. Motor — Thirty horsepower, equipped with ali safety devices. SAYS GERMANY DID NOT FORCE WAR ON ALLIES ‘We Repudiate Accusation That Germany Was Responsible,” Says Hindenburg Berlin, Sept. 19.—@)—Germany’s challenge to her late enemies on the subject of war guilt, as broadcast by President Von Hindenburg at the dedication of the Tennenberg battle memorial, was received generally to- day as a prelude to a more vigorous campaign for the moral rehabilita- tion of the Reich in the eyes of the , world. Time has not softened the sting of paragraph 231 of the treaty of Versailles, which declares that the’ ‘war was forced.on the Allied powers by Germany and her allies, and/ which was denounced from public platform, press and pulpit here as an untruth to which the German signatories were forced to subscribe! under duress, The president in his speech yester-| day declared that Germany had un- sheathed the sword with a pure conscience and in self defense. The mory of those Germans who fell ighting for the freedom of their country,” and the honor of those still living, he said, “enjoin me here and now to declare solemnly: The accusation that Germany was re- sponsible for this greatest of all wars we hereby repudiate. ***** Germany is ready at any moment to Prove this fact before impartial judges.” His declaration was frantically applauded. The speech was preced- by a dramatic reunion with General Ludendorff, the nationalist whom the president had not received at any previous function since his elevation to the head of the republic. Kellogg Discusses French Note With State Department St. Paul, Sept. 19.—()—Frank B. Kello~e, secretary of state, indicated today that he had under discussion with the state department at Wash- ington the contents of the new French tariff note. : Here on a brief vacation at his home, the secretary said he “did not expect to make any statement” here regarding the French note, which contains new proposals for a com- raise treaty with the United Tribune, the Denver Times, | Sta “IT am communicati: secretary said, and w! statement he might make would be first given out ,» “I think so.” ; HEBRON GIRLS WIN Pata club was the test amount of Biber maicr, Margaret B ” Pockert, an! Mary Weinstein, ited Be ar preside. are from states in the central north-| aenartm: The first beet sugar was put on the market in 1769 in Austria, A recent order of the French war fifice: ments and sean by. [MEN WANTED In MURDER PROBE ARE ARRESTED ‘Many Allegedly Tough Charac- ters Rounded Up in Raid on Chicago Resort Chicago, Sept. 19.—A)—Two men, hunted by St. Paul police for more than a month in connection with a series of nine gangster murders,| were under arrest here today after a sensational raid Sunday on the Le- do Inn, on the edge of the all-night cabaret belt. Harry Mason, 41, alias Art “Wicky” Hanson and Thomas J. Smith, who St. Paul police believe to be Frank Dever, alias “Bubbling Over,” for whom St. Paul police secretly issued a warrant last July charging him with the murder of two women there July 6, are the two arrested in connection with the slayings. 20 Arrested in Raid About 20 others were arrested in the raid, including John Davenport, wanted in Minneapolis for a beer war killing, and “Dutch” Kanner, wanted ia Michigan and Wisconsin for bank and postoffice robberies, including a postoffice robbery at Su- perior, Wis. The raid was perfectly carried out, detecti-es said. Squads simul- taneously reached every entrance to the inn and crashed in the doors with the warning that a battery of machine guns would be turned on the place if eseape was offered. Questioned About Murders Smith, questioned about the mur- ders of Mrs, James Barrett and her sister, Mrs. Lillian Kooser, in St. Paul August 10, denied ever having been in the Minnesota city. In his room, however, police found several business cards and other papers aie St. Paul. ‘i . ; lavenport, who ice say is man- ager of the PAE which they | characterized as a “crime club,” was identified by Mrs, Ernest Young, wife of a theatre ticket broker, as one of two men who raided her ho- tel apartment several days ago and escaped with $16,000. MEN EXPECTED TO FIGHT EXTRADITION St. Paul, Minn., Sept. 19.—7)— St. Paul detectives left for Chicago today to fight for the extradition of two men held there for the al- leged participation in the Barrett triple murder last August and the slaying of two women on University avenue July 6. Both men, who gave their names as Harry Mason and Thomas Smith, are expected to make a bitter fight against extradition to St. Paul to face murder charges. Janitor Held After Seizure of Large Quantity of ‘Dope’ Chicago, Sept. 19. — (AP) — Nar- cotics yalued at $1,500,000, and com- prising, the la: le seizure in the. history of the | federal nar- cotics office, are held as evidence against William Seme, a janitor, who was to be arraigned today before United States Commissioner Beitler. Federal officers described Seme as a minor cog in a national ring which they have watched for four months. are searching for The: Mr. and Mrs. Max Kohlstone as the| S. D. local agents of the eastern syndi- ae from whom the were 8 by é i i ¢ FA i 3 PRICE FIVE CENTS CLASS B PLANES START CROSS -NATION | FLYERS DUE AT BISMARCK TUESDAY P Planes Take Off at Rooseve, Field, N. Y., Without Single Mishap WEATHER IS FAVORABL; Each Plane Must Make Fiv minute Stop at Bismarck— Field Is Ready Roosevelt Field, N. ¥., Sept. 19. (?)}—Twenty-five light comme: planes took off on the irst leg of cross country flight to Spokan Wash. this morning. The stag] was made at 6:01, castvrt standar, time, and by 6:32 a. m., the starter had left. All the take-offs, made at one mi ute intervals, were accomplishe with clocklike precisior. and smoot’ ness. Weather conditions, whic, had threatened postponement short], before the race, cleared up quickl at the last minut 2,350 Mile Trip A total idstance of 2,350 miles lai ahead of the racers whose were designated officially as cl of a type capable of carrying passenger and a pilo., Prizes to be awarded the winni are: first, $5,000; second, $3.000 eet $1,000; fourth, $500, and fift The race was the first of scheduled to start today, tomorro and Wednesday, as part of the n tional air meet at Spokane, 90-Mile Average Various pilots agreed that planes would do well if they ave aged 90 miles an hour. They esti mated that two and a half hou would be required to make the fli to Bellefonte; two hours from Bel fonte to Byran, Ohio, where anothe’ five-minute stop was scheduled; hour to an hour and a half fron Bryan to Chicago, where the plane: will stop overnight tonight. Tomorrow the planes will continu| their westward grind, with five-min| ute stops at St. Paul, Minn., and F; go, and Bismarck, N. D. MOTTOY night they will m: an_overnigh’ stop at Glendive, Mont. The pilot estimat... -hat four. hours would b required to make the flight fron! Chicago to St. Paul, two and one! half hours frcm St. Paul to Farge one hour ard 45 mintues from Far, go to Bismarck, and another hou} and three-quarters to Glendive, On Wednesday, the planes wil make compulsory stops at Billing, and Missoula, Mont. The pilots said they believed they could make thy hop from Glendive to Billings il] three hours, Billings to Missoula iy three hours, and Missoula to Spo! kane in two hours | EVERYTHING READY FOR ARRIVAL HERE Work of preparing the Fort coln field for the planes in the Ni tional Air derby, due to land hi dnseiey afternoon, was complete Ye A large marker 100 feet in dian eter has been placed in the cente} of the field to indicate to airme! where they shall land, and cones have been installed. Servicing of planes will be poe in the shortest possible tims ive trucks of the Standard 0 company are to be on the field each will be assigned to service tain planes. Besides carrying mo than enough gas and oil, the truck will be supplied with tow rope t use in case planes are disabled here drinking water for the pilots; wate for the radiators of the planes an fire fighting equipment. J, P. Beaton is to have charge o the servicing and will be assisted b H. H. Hathaway, Duane Clapp, W, Bode and Glen Smith. Each of th men is to have two helpers, In ¢1 of mishap to any plane here, are to be provided by the Si Oil company to watch the m Roberts Is Official Timer O. W. Roberts is to be offici timer and will be assisted by O. Roberts, Jr., Franklin Roberts Hugh D. Spangler. They will ‘Continued on page two) Schumack Likely to Be Turned Over to N. D. Authoritie ——; Belief that August Schumack, al} leged robber of the Verona, N. D bank, will be turned over to, tl Dakota authorities. within a time, was expressed today by attorney eral’s office. Frank Barnes, detailed to investi gate the robbery, said that he h talked with State’s Attorney P, Maloney of Aberdeen, Brown co ., and that Maloney had told