The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, October 17, 1927, Page 1

eM ae OLDEST NEWSPAPER ESTABLISHED 1878 NORTH DAKOTA’S “ LOVE CRAZED ee THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, MONDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1927 Fall, Sinclair Arraigned on Criminal Charge in Washington CONSPIRACY IN LEASE CHARGED. BY GOVERNMENT Conviction Will Entail Prison Term of Up to Two Years For Men CASE DELAY IS LONG Teapot Dome Scandal Precipi- tates Trial—Many Wit- nesses Called Washington, Oct. 17.—(P)—After nearly three years of delay sought first by the defense and then by the government, Albert LB. Fall and Harry F. Sinclair were called to trial in the District of Columbia supreme court today on a_ criminal charge, conviction nm which would entail rison term of up to two years. ‘he former interior secretary and the multi-millionaire oil operator and race horse owner, are accused by the governmer.t of consiparcy as a result of the lease, of the Teapot Dome naval oil reserve in Wyoming to Sinclair's Mammoth Oi] company made by Fall serving in the Hard- ing cabinet. To prove their case, Owen J. Rob- erts, and Atlee Pomerene, special government counsel, are relying up- on more than three score witnesses. The defense also will summon a large array, but whether the prin- cipals in this new act of the oil drama will take the witness chair, is problematic. Did Not Testify in Dome Case Neither of the accuse” testified in the civil suit involving Teapot Dome, which recently was ordered returned to the government by the United States supreme court on the groun’ that the lease was illegal and resulted from “collusion and conspiracy,” between Fall and Sin- clair. Government counsel said they ‘would present substantially the same testimony as was adqueed in the civil trial. Two important witnesses sought by the government both for the civil case and the present trial will not be present. They are Harry Blackmer, former chairman of the board of the Midwest Refining com- pany, and James E. O’Neill, former president of the Prairie Oil and Gas company, both of whom have been living in Europe since the oil cases were taken to the courts. Blackmer was served in Paris, but American consuls abroad rever were able to locate O'Neill. By his fail- ure to responc to the subpgena served by a consul, Blackier is Tia- ble to a contempt fine of $100,0000 to be collected in proceedings against his property in this coun- 4 try. In the battalion .f government witnesses are a former cabinet of- . Just after_members of the Third off their special train here October 11 to garrison Fort Lincoln, the pic- tures above were taken. They show ‘company of the soldiers, CLOSED BANKS — ARE AIDED BY COURT'S ACTION Thousands of Dollars Added to Assets of Insolvent Insti- tutions Thousands of dollars will be added to the assets of closed state banks by the decision of the supreme court today in the case of L. R. Baird, re- ceiver of the Williams County State Bank vs. the First National Bank of Williston. Although the amount involved in the suit was $6,783.47 the principle of law applied by the court will give the receiver power to collect many items for the benefit of creditors of M.| the closed banks which he is admin- istering. In the decision the court held that a banking corporation differs from the ordinary commercial’ corpor- ation in that it has no right to prefer its creditors. Previous decisions, bearing on the powers of corpora- tions generally, had held that cor- porations had such a right under the common law. The decision re- affirmed the general ruling as to the right of a cosporation to prefer its creditors but held that banking corporations fall into a dif- ferent classification because of their nature and the statute governing their operation. ~ . According to the record as review- ficer, Harry M. Daugherty, several members, past and present, of the senate and house, government of- ed in the decision, the First National Bank collected from the First State Bank $6,783.47 in cash to cover Battalion, Fourth Infantry, stepped | ~ , “9 American Aviatrix (o Let Tresses Grow, She An- nounces — Another Chapter in Story. ¢%-Hercism Re- counted by Co-pilot of ‘Amer- ican Girl’ . Horta, Island of Fayal, Oct. 17. —()—Ruth Elder is through with bobbed hair. The American aviatrix who start- feials, bank employes and oil men.|paper which it had accepted from It will be at least one day and may-/the state bank for clearance. The be two or three before any of them | action was taken after the national take the stand, however, as some bank officials learned that the state difficulty is expected in drawing the | bank would not reopen its doors but 12 men who are to decide the guilt or innocence of Fall and Sinclair. MANY INDICTED IN KLAN CAS Floggings Attributed to 17 Men—Warrants Out For 28 Others Luverne, Alabama, Oct. 17.—@)— Seventeen men, inchading, Tra B. “Thompson, alleged exalted cyctops, of the local Klavetn of -the Ku Klux Klan, were held today under bonds totaling $33,000 in connection with fl in Crenshaw county. len wae charged in 66 indict- ments with and battery. kidnaping and assault Twenty-eight persons named in similar ‘dictments had: not been ar- rested but officials announced that all would be taken into custody. The irdictments were the result| of the most sweeping investigation into masked violence ever undertak- en in Alabama. Attorney General stituted authorities, tho barbarian| n wi ly hel ‘November 21, Mr. Mecall said. terrane Kansas City Host to Medical Meet Kansas City, Oct. 17.—(?)—Sever- al eae Tes cetane te ai tam: many of van aay apie thes tion of North America sas City Southwest Clinical society. Many revolutionary discoveries in pete ent and its con- nounced a vention sessions are watched closely throughout ‘he world. Among those high in the medical profession who will address the meetings is Dr. Charles H. Mayo, Rochester, Minn. . tel pee fair in all cections except ‘an.| Weast. The church was when a covered coiled in a bookcase pulpit. ‘ before the public knew the state bank had become insolvent, the record shows. é Baird, as receiver, contended that the First National Bank had been placed in the position of a preferred creditor and brought suit to recover the money. eas The case was appealed by the de- fendant from the Williams: county district court which overruled the defendant’s demurrer to the com- plaint. Ban Johnson Has Resigned Oct. . Byron 17.—(AP)—The Chicago, n Bancroft John- resignation of son, founder and president of the American League for 27 years, was serene today by the league's board of directors. Frank Navin, vice president of the league and. head o' Detroit club, said le would take cl of the league’s affairs until a meeting could be called and Johnson's succes- sor elected. f Weather Report | THER F For Bismarek and vicinit; F tonight and probably | 4 slightly warmer tonight. - and prol esday. warmer tonight an’ southeast Do WEATHER CONDITIONS A ae Pressure area covers the uy pealastons Netley and Great Lakes region wi ees ” is cen- the! north Precific coast states Cool high but tem; ig! Dromte are bar seasonal normal over the North- onRis W. ROBERTS, | ite a jan large blacksnake was dis- near the 65) plus-fours, ed ‘on a flight from’ New York to Paris with a pastel-tinted bandeau over her rebellious brown hair, was introduced to the barber yesterday by her co-pilot of the lost “Amer- iean Girl.” George Haldeman, who had decided she necded her hair trimmed. ah In spite of the barber's willing- ness to accept the honor of being the first to bob Miss Elder’s hair after her thrilling rescue at sea by the crew of the Dutch tanker Baren- drecht, the aviatrix refused his services. Haldeman tried to per- suade her, but Miss Elder insisted her hair must now grow. Shows Heroism Another chapter in the story of Miss Elder’s heroism was added during a day of receptions and laudations. Before their descent to the sea 360 miles from land last Thursday, her courage was tested in a breath-taking manner. The flyers had been driving through a sleet storm. The tail of the plane, on which a heavy coating-of sleet had formed, became too heavy for Gay machine to be kept on even ieee Something had to be done to right this. There was some ~gasoline stored in the tail of the.plane — a reserve supply to be used in an emergency. Haldeman and Miss Elder consulted each other as to what should be done. They decided that the reserve supply of gasoline would have to be jettisoned. They then took turns at the stick, while one or the other crawled along the. icy fuselage of the plane,*then flying over the tossing Atlantic, and threw overboard some.of the re- serve supply. | Ruth took her turn at -crawling along the fuselage without a tre- mor, it was related, and this chore accomplished returned to her shift at the stick. ‘ Wear Plus-Fours Although Miss Elder wore her ket rt, plaid sweater and socks to match, most of ]the day, she exchanged these once ris ,,»wn loanec her by Mrs. George F. Mackay, wife of the traf- fic director of the Western Union Cable company here, at whose home she was a guest. She appeared at dinner in this gown, which had to be tucked in at several pes owing to her being more slender than her Miss Elder and Haldeman had luncheon in “the cable company’s mess roe, where the American residents kept them so long telling of their adventure that the fora Ruth Elder Is Through With Her Bobbed . Hair: ) Pioneer in City Dies at Seattle Horton S. Emegi: clerk at the old Sher here in early days, died in Seat: tle September 19, according to ward received here today. Emerson was a pattner of J. D. Wakeman here in the hotel business for some years and then went to Seattle, where he is supposed to have accumulated considerable propert: He was a member of Stevens P@t, G.A.R. Funeral services were held Thursday at 2 p. m. At his own request, flowers were omitted. PLANE CRASHES ON WAY WEST English Airman’s Craft, En Route to New Zealand, Falls in Nevada ° Elko, Nev., Oct. 17.—(AP) — The biplane Wanda, piloted by Captain Frederick A. Giles, British-airman, crashed here today shortly after re- suming its flight from Detroit to New Zealand. Giles was only slight- ly injured. Giles jumped 20 feet to the ground | h as the accident happened but the plane, traveling fast, headed in a deep. ditch. The flyer declared his only injury was a bruised left arm. The plane was not damaged except the lower left wing, left wheel and propellor, Giles said. The motor was uni . Giles said he would announce kis immediate, plans later today. Philadelphia police will u:e blood tests to determine intoxication if ex- periments now unde way prove suc- cessful. STATE AUDITION IS HELD SUNDAY FOR 19 ENTRIES Clara Peltier Among Those Competing in Contest to Find Radio Talent RADIO LISTENERS VOTE Judges’ Decision to Count 40 Per Cent—Ballots of Fans Count 60 Per Cent Eleven young women and eight young men vied to determine who has the hest radio voice in North Dakota when the state audition of the Atwater-Kent foundation was broadcast over station KGCU at Mandan Sunday night. Each contestant sang one sopg and each was designated only by a let- ter of the alphabet, so that the choice might be purely on the basis of merit. One young man and one young woman are to be chosen and will be entered in, the midwest dis- trict audition ovér station WGN, Chicago. Judges of the contest, S. P. Orwoll, Bismarck; Mrs W. H. Stutsman and Ear! Prall, Mandan, “listened in” on the broadcast at a private home. Their choice of the winner counts 40 per cent toward the final selection. Radio ballots of listeners count 60 per cent. Taking part in the contest were: ‘Clara Peltier, Bismarck; Vava Byer- ly, Mandan; Ernest Grewer, Glen Ullin; Helen D. Froehlich and Ken- neth Carroll, Dickinson; Marie Les- ter, Robert Johannson, Jamestown; “velyn Larson, Carston Egge, May- ville; Pearl E. Jellison, Irving Nel- son, Williston; Jeanne Eddy, Hans Thorgrimson, Grand Forks; Beatrice Dompier, Towner; Myron Dunnell, Minot; Dorothy Combellick, Ellen- dale; Verna Peterson, Fargo; Soloma Leibler, Langdon. Mrs. A. G. Sorlie was the head of the state committee in charge of the contests. Votes are te be tabulated and the winners announced some time Wed- Grayson Trip Start Again Is Postponed Plane Takes Off For Europe, But Is Forced to Return as Result of Improper Balance—Hop-off Will Be Made Some Time Tomorrow Old Orchard, Maine, Oct. 17.—(AP)—Less than a quarter of an hour after the Dawn took off hopefully for Europe today, it was back on the sand as the result of improper balance when she was in the air. The plane was nose-heavy, and Pilot Wilmer Stultz it was impossible to keep her up. borough, pulled the wire which dumped 260 gallons, almost a third of the load, into the air where it sprayed back in a great white cloud. The first word of Mrs. Frances W. Grayson as she stepped from the plane was _to Captain Harry M. Jones: “We must have 260 gal- lons of gasoline at once. We will shift 50 gallons aft to give her a better balance afd-try it again.” They still had almost two hours before the tide would block the at- tempt. Faced by the fact that all of the needed gasoline was not available, and that much time was necessary to load it, it was decided after ‘a con- ference that the flight must be post- ned from this tide. Since the next low tide tonight will be after dark, tomorrow morning will be the first opportunity. The Sikorsky amphibian had risen easily from the beach after a run of less than a mile. Scarcely had the nose been pointed toward its Eu- ropean goal, however, when it was seen that she was rapidly losing the altitude gained. The plane was barely 20 feet’bove the water when the gasoline was dumped. It took less than a minute to ease the plane of the contents of e two tanks which streamline the jotors, just below t'e upper wing. Comes Back The ship then climbed as though an anchor had been cast off and was nearly lost to view over the ocean as it sped east past Prouts Neck. Then the cry went up from the hundreds of watchers on the beach: “She is coming back.” Mrs. Stultz and Mrs. Goldsborough were standing on the sands. Never a word did they say during the criti- cal moments before the gasoline was dumped.” Only when the plane was nesday. Mrs. A. G. Sorlie, wife of the governor, is head of the com- pies which is to tabulate the bal- lots. é FEAR OF KNIVES BRINGS MURDER Butcher Slew Wife Because She Terrorized Him With Im- plements, He Says New York, Oct. 17.—(AP)—Fear, of knives is the reason assigned by a six-foot butcher for strangling the woman he loved. Harry Gilmore was in jail today, having confessed that he killed Mrs. Helen Brandon because she terror- ized him by implements of the sort he cut meat with every day. They had come, he said, from Washington five weeks ago on the understanding that he would support her in return for her services in keeping house for him, Mrs. Bran- don degerting her husband and tak- ing her eight-year-old son Billy with er. . But Gilmore told that the woman had not lived up to her bargain, that she had lazily neglected ‘to make his meals, or wake him in time for work, and—last of a long list of in- dignations, had refused to iron his shirt. d In answer to his remonstrances, Mrs. Brandon usually flourished a knife at him, knowing, said Gilmore, that he had a fear of knives, Mrs. Brandon was known as Mrs. Samuel Young in Washington. Her husband left Washington to tak charge of the body here. . iM . ‘state of ‘health, ,une WHAT TO TODAY Dr. Frank McCoy - ;: | starts his daily articles on health and diet! The greatest thing you have—and can EVER have—is your HEALTH You ‘are alive in proportion to’ your will tell you every day in the Frib- TO DO IT.in order to maintain your health and bring your general ALIVENESS nearer to perfection. ‘ARE YOU A FOOD DRUNKARD? Dr. Frank McCoy DO and WHEN N again over the beach did Mrs. Gokds- borough exclaim: sDidn't they drop that gas quick- ly? After circling about -to the south- ward, Pilot Stultz brought the Dawn down to a perfect landing and came to a stop in front of the hangar, where the plane had awaited its chance for exactly a week. Navigator Goldsborough said that the plane took the air in 52 seconds. The dumping of the load, which saved the ship, took 40 seconds. Al- though all three flyers were obvious- ly disappointed at the false start, Goldsborough said: . “It was of much value as a test flight, for everything functioned beautifully. We will correct the bal- ance and, I feel sure, will make it next time. We hope that will be to- morrow morning.” Mrs. Grayson, through this latest difficulty kept up her cheerfulness, TARIFF MATTER ~ TS AT IMPASSE American Officials Fail to Agree on Proposals At- tached to Note Washington, Oct. 17.—(AP)— Proposals contained in the French tariff note received Saturday night are unsatisfactory to state depart- ment officials so far as their exam- ination of the document has pro- The department did not make pub- lic any summary of the note today, but it was indicated that conditions attached by the French government to concessions as to the customs of American goods commercial treaty negotiations do not satisfy Washington officials. The specific character of these conditional concessions was not re- vealed. It was indicated that the French communication would have to be studied in conjunction with the tariff commission and commerce department before the American | laug! answer could be prepared. Some doubt existed whether the conditions were to be regarded as Hieaparable from the grant of con- In that event, it apyeared certain that a new deadlock in the tariff controversy was impending. Beulah, N. D., is federal authoriti # oF i RERE i aid that His navigator, Brice Golds- Flees Mexico Charging that President Calles of Mexico and General Obregon, a can- didate for the presidency, were kill- ing off their political enemies “to enforce power by panic,” General G, A. Salinas, former Mexican minis- ter of aviation, has come to El Paso, Texas, as a refugee. He brought his family across the border. LEVINE PLANS NEW EXPLOITS Transatlantic Air Passenger, Back in U. S., Considers Another Project New York, Oct. 17.—- (AP) — Charles A. Levine, the only transat- eave air passenger, came home to- y. He announced on his arrival that he would fly the reverse journey, from Europe to America, next sum- mer, and that within two years he would have in operation an ocean air mail service carrying letters to Eu- rope for 50 cents apiece. Levine was taken from the Levia- than at Quarantine on the city tug Macom, which carried the mayor's reception committee headed by Grover Whalen and _ relatives and friends of the flyer. Clarence Cham- berlin, Levine’s pilot on his ocean hop, was not on the Macom and no reason for his absence was given, Levine accorded reporters a lengthy interview on the Macom as it steamed up the bay, but friends stopped all questions dealing with arguments in which the air- passen- ger became embroiled during his four and a half months in Europe. “How about the fight you had with an American on the street in Paris?” was the first question of this type asked. Levine opened his mouth to answer but a friend inter- rupted. “There is no truth in that report,” Fair toi hing biped Tues- day. Slightly warmer tonights PRICE FIVE CENTS MAN KILLS 2 GIRLS. THEN SUICIDES PAIR IS SLAIN IN AUTOMOBILE BY TAXI DRIVER Are Thrown to Street as Car Speeds on With Dead Man Still at Wheel TAKES PLACE IN CHICAGO Sudden Fit of Anger Believed Motive For Deed—Revolver Found in Car Chicago, Oct. 17.—()—Two 19- year-old girls were shot to death early today and then thrown from an automobile which sped on for block before skidding to a_ stop against the curb, with a dead man. at the wheel. , The driver, a bullet through his right temple, was Wilfred Winters, 22, one-time taxi driver but recently unemployed. The girls who were killed were Catherine Stadler and her chum, Margaret Martin, both high school graduates of last year. The triple shooting took place on Rhodes avenue, on the south side, The neighborhood was aroused by the roar of revolvers about 1 a. m. At least two householders living on the street went to their windows and looked out in time to see the bodies of the two girls pushed from the automobile. Revolver Found on Floor The car zigzagged ahead and final- ly struck the curb, bounding back in- to a passing automobile which it struck on the rear bumper. Winter's body was hanging over the edge of the car. A revolver was found on the floor board near his feet. A block back, lying face down on the pavement where they had been thrown, were the bodies of the ‘z women. The Martin girl been shot twice in the back. One bullet fired at Miss Stadler entered her body under the right arm and lodged near her heart, Winters had been casually atten- tive to Miss Martin for several months, her father said, but he did not believe the .wo were in love. Winters, according to the girl’s fath- er and to his own relatives, had been in poor health for some time. He only recently returned from the west where he had gone in the hope his ailing would be benefited. | Anger Believed Motive Mrs. William J. Martin offered the only suggestion as to a possible mo- tive for the shooting of her daugh- ter. She said she believed Winters had killed Margaret because she would not marry him, and that, in a moment of anger or unbal mind, also had shot the Stadler girl and then himself. Winters lived next to the Martins while attending high school and was well known and liked by the girl’s family, police were told. i » his friends told officers, strious and quiet, though he was said to have been morose of late, because of his health, . KANSAS DEAN SHOOTS SELF ‘U’ Official Gives No Reason For Suicide—Watchman _Finds Body Lawrence, Kan., Oct. 17.—(AP)— Dean Perley F. Walker, of the school of engineering and agriculture at the University of Kansas, shot and killed himself in his office early to- day. The body was discovered by a watchman. Several letters to friends were Chancellor Lindley, which, expressed ncellor Lindley, wl the hope the chancellor “would not think I am too much of a coward.” he said. “We won't talk about that.” Tells of ‘Stealing, Plane’ In like manner Levine was asked and prevented from replying to ques- tions about his differences with the French pilot he hired to fly him back to America. He did, however, talk some about the time he “stole” his own plane at Paris and flew it to London. “It was the first time I had ever been in a plane alone,” he said with a smile, “and some of the journey was very amusing. When I got over Croydon airdrome I had to to see them run out the am- bulante for me.” Levine was cheered by a crowd of several hundred when he stepped ashore. Because ‘of the carly hour there was no parade go Levine proceeding with his wife and daughter to'a hotel under police es- cort. The formal reception at City Hall was scheduled for noon, his interview Levine would barely sketch his plans for future iterprises. air enterpt 4 “I've got all kinds of plans,” he said. “But let other people do the talking. I°ll do the flying.” D. Oct, 17-—0P— Miners Fail to Obtain Review Washington, Oct. 17.—(?—The United Workers of America and its president, John L. Lewis, were refused reviews by the su- | sigucd court today in twelve cases in which the federal district court for southern West Virginia granted | erated to West Virginia coal mi ing companies, restraining the union end its officers from certain acts in their efforts to unionize coal| leased when Virginia, mines in West \ City Hail,| sai He was recognized as an authority on water supply and had acted as consulting engineer for many munic- ipalities, Of his immediate family, only the widow survives. Two children are buried here. Mrs. Walker said the dean ‘- ently was in good health and that she knew of no motive for his act. Dean Walker was born in Embden, Maine, 52 years ago. Fire Call Sounded First Time at Fort Saturday Afternoon Fire call sounded for the time at Fort Lincoln at 1:35 # turday when a grass fire served sweeping the .fiel the post. A jine of der for the gun in the path of the a ® All enlisted men and i tae : i i i 5 i or vault,