The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, November 18, 1927, Page 1

NORTH DAKOTA’S OLDEST NEWSPAPER ESTABLISHED 1873 KILLING BJONE Will Be Given Sentence of Life Imprisonment. in State Penitentiary LAW PROVIDES PENALTY Jury Reached Verdict This Morning After Being Out Since Thursday Noon, La Moure. N. D., Nov. 18.—)— Francis’ Tucker was today found guilty of the murder of Hans Bjone, cashier of a Verona, N. D., bank, slain in a robbery on February 28, last. The jury, out since noon Thurs- day, reported its verdict this morn- ing to Judge Wolfe in the La Moure county district court. . Tacker will get _a sentence of life imprisonment, which is the penalty fixed by law in North Dakota for first degree murder. © The conviction of, Tucker was gained on circumsantial evidence, Tucker being the last man in. the bank on the afternoon of the kill- ing and robbery, while his financial operations beginning immediately after the murder were debited at great length and with much thor- oughness by the state to show sud- den affluence, not accounted for other than through the bank rob- ] : Ty. ‘Pucker has been a farmer, resid- ing near Verona, and the man whom the jury found him guilty of slaying was a friend. Z 5 The jury returned their verdict at 9:10 a. m., after being out since 12:30 p, m. Thursday. Appeal Will Be Taken That an appeal will be taken from the verdict was indicated by Judge ¥. H. Thomas, Lisbon, member of the defense counsel. When it was announced that the jury wished to return its verdict, Tucker entered the court room. His face was slightly blanched, but he walked’ to Iris seat confidently. As the jurors filed in to take their seats he appeared easy, but when W. A. Hanson, Jud, foreman, handed to a bailiff the jury’s ver- dict t'.at it might be given to Judge Charles E. Welfe, Wahpeton, he squirmed in his chair. ‘As the verdict was read, Tucker gasped so loudly it was audible throughout the court room: OIL DRILLING TOSTART NEAR STEELE IN MAY —— Work to Be Financed by Prai- rie Oil and Gas Co. of Wy- oming and Kansas Drilling for oil on land north of Steele will be started about May 1 next year if the winter weather is such that machinery ‘and, equip- ment can be moved onto the site, according ‘to E. E. Fredeen of Ry- der, president pf the ‘Freden Qil Develop: ent association, who was in Bismarck today on business. The drillin: will be financed by Prairie Oil and Gas company, which has offices at Cheyenne, Wyo., and Independence, Kansas, he said. Rumors of possible drilling in that vicinity have been current throughout the summer, since it was known that the Prairie com- pany has geolouinis in the North Dakota field for several months, and much prospecting, was done , north of Steele the ‘vicinity of Sibley Butte. Leases on the Steele strugture Holding company of Bismarck. which were held b; Fredeen' company of‘ eral Jamestown people pooled in order, that the company could go ahead with drill-' ing operation, Mr. . D. Wallace of resenting the Prairie com! also been in Bismarck th: —_———$_— yder and week. 1 1 SO if Weather Report . : 11 a Precipitation to 7 9. 2m. Highest ‘wind velocity F Bismarck and ‘or vi ciate end Setunloy Not in temperature. ‘or North Dakota: ire orth central states S W. ROBERTS, in: charge. fhroughout thet roughont the af ‘Official U.S. MERCHANT MARINE NEEDS REJUVENATING This and Agricultural Research! Given as Means of Provid- ing Farm Relief ' BRENCKMAN IS SPEAKER) If Exportable Surplus Gets to} Market It Brings Farmer Cash, He Says. Cleveland, Ohio, Noy. 18.—(AP)— A rejuvenated merchant marine and a program of research by the de- partment of agriculture were recom- mended last night by .Frederick Brenckman, legislative agent of the ‘National Grange, as the means of providing farm relief. | Addressing the Patrons of Hus- bandry, gathered here for the annu- al convention of the Grange, Brenck. man outlined his views on export- able surpluses. “Fifty-six per cent of America’s exports are agricultural products,” he said. “They are the exportable surplus over which farm relief de- bate has waged for the past six years. If it gets to market it brings gold back to the American farmer. If not, it brings nothing. Ships 'too Slow “The American merchant marine has been used for shipping much of the American exports, but it is put- ting exporters at a disadvantage now. First, it is old. Second, it is slow. Europe is now building fleets with speed up to 15 knots an hour as compared to 16 knots for the Yankee fleets. “Ocean freight rates already have jumped from three to 15 cents a bushel on wheat to Liverpool since the war. With foreign competition becoming, keéhery thé. “ American wheat in American ships is apt to arrive for the low prices.” Mr, Brenckman recommended put- ting the flect in private hands, de- claring that of the 25 lines operated by the government, only one, the United States line, returned a profit last year. The farmers are greatly in need of research work, Brenckman said. He asserted that for every dollar spent in research by the depart- ment of agriculture, $500 has been made by the farmers of the coun- try.” 4 i Ketchum and Capper Talk Representative John C, Ketchum of Michigan, member of the house committee on agriculture and form- er master of the Michigan Grange, and Senator Arthur Capper of Kan- sas also spoke on farm relief. Sena- tor Capper touched the subject only ‘in a vague way, however, and de- voted most of his address to a de- mand for law enforcement. Re- gardless of party affiliations no man can be elected president next] P year on a wet platform, he said. Representative Ketchum empha-| sized the necessity of maintaining a “permanent, prosperous and pro- gressive agriculture,” but he failed to see in legislation any kind of a complete solution to the farm prob- lem. He urged stricter organiza- tion among the farmers for achieve- ment of their aims. In session for four days, the Na- tional Grange has done little but engage in ritualistic work and lis- ten to’speeches. Ritualistic cere- monies will be concluded tonight. There will follow a public session to be addresse” by Senator William E. Borah of Idaho. > THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE. BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1927 Nation’s Prosperity Will Be Turned to Development of Resources and Defenses and Promotion of Peace Between All Nations—Completion of Flood Control Urged Washington, Nov, 18.—(AP) —From the Union League of Philadelphia, for 65 years a factor in Pennsylvania politics, President Coolidge has received an indorsement of his admin- istration and a promise that it will support him in any course which he, as “a national leader, may choose to outline for the future.” This announcement, notable for its similarity to the presi- dent's Black Hills statement, brought not the slightest re- action from Mr. Coolidge ‘when it was made last night in Philadelphia and he waited calmly until a prolonged ap- plause had subsided to launch into a discussion of American prosperity and development, de- tailing his plans for the future in the most comprehensive way he has ever dope except to congress, Philadelphia, Nov. 18.—(@)—A new cr: in which America’s pros- perity will be turned to a develop- ment of its resources and defenses and toward promotion of peace tween all nations was portrayed by President Coolidge last night in an address before the Union League of Philadelphia. Choosing this organization, found- ed in the trying days of the Civil War, for a review of his admin- istration’s achievements and_ its plans for the future, the president cautioned that a new test has arisen for the American people—the test of prosperity—and expressed the conviction that the great mass of people realize “the doctrine of ease is the doctrine of surrender and decay.” The country, he said, has reached the zenith of its prosperity, the end of its task of post-war recon- streetion is in sight and the time when internal improvements may be considered i> at hand. Flood Control Important “Flood control must be completed,” the president declared. “A water- way system for the Mississippi Val- ley and its tributaries, with one arm reaching to the Gulf, and another to the Atfantic, probably through the St. Lawrence, is only a ques- tion of time. The Colorado River project is pressing, thé Columbia Basin not far distant. “On the sea we shall round out our Navy with more submarines and more cruisers, and _ private ownership should provide it with an auxiliary merchant marine of fast cargo boats® On land we shall be building’ up our air forces, espe- cially by encouraging commercial aviation.” The ability to do these things, Mr. Coolidge declared, is the result of “past insistence on economy in national expenditures,” which sim- ultaneously has made possible three réductions of taxes with the romise of a-further moderate lift- ing of the burden in the next con- ress. The principal weakness ex- isting, in his opinion, is the remain- ing $18,000,000,000 of the national debts which are described as a men- ace to the national credit. “It is the greatest weakness in ({Continxed on page two) SIX PERSONS. ARE RANSOMED Moorish Brigands Have Two Million Gold Francs For Re- Dr. V. J. La Rose Is Honored by Surgeons Dr. V. J. La Rose, Bismarck, was elected councillor for North Dakota at the annual district convention of the Capital] the Amerjfan College of Surgeons ‘sev-| at Duluth? Minn., Thursday, accord- have been| ing to an Associated Presa dispatch Prairie| received here today. Dr. James P. Aylen, Fargo, father Fredeen states. | of Dr. W. C. Aylen, Mandan, was Cheyenne, rep-| elected chairman for North Dakota y, has| while other executives elected were Dr. A. N. Collins, Duluth, chairman for Minnesota; Dr. E. A, Loomis, Minneapolig, secretary for Minneso- ta; Dr. Théodore Bratrud, Warren, councillor for Minnesota. Dr. E. ®. Quain is also in attend. 8] ance at the meeting and is expected i to return to Bismarck Saturday. £7 Women Jurors Will i Bring Sewing Today tthe justes who sampled the in Ep ne ‘when four of alleged whiskey were. presented for ‘inspection, tole the cou: ) men ‘were satisfied with the e' at leasing Prisoners ’ Kasba Tadla, Morocco, Nov. 18. —(?)—Seventy-eight sacks contain- ing two million francs tn gold ($400,000) were in the hands of Moorish brigands in the snow cov- ered middle Atlas mountains today and the six persons whom the gold ransomed were back in civilization recovering from their experiences during a month’s captivity. Two of the ransomed hits at Pa 11-year-ol. girls their pa the mountain passes to Aguennous ! TORNADO DOES MUCH DAMAGE Francis Tucker is Found Guilty of First Degree Murder VERONA MANIS [America On Threshold ot New Era, CONVICTED OF | Coolidge Says in Phila HEAD OF ARMS COMPANY NOW BEING SOUGHT Warrant Issued For John Man- nerstam Charging Illegal Possession of Guns HUGE ARSENAL IS FOUND Police Believe Company Planned to Supply Gang- sters With Arms Albany, Calif., Nov. 18—@)—A country wide search for John Man- nerstam, head of the Pacific Arms company of San Francisco, was in- stituted by police today as the aftermath of a raid at his home here in which a veritable arsenal of ma- chine guns, rifles, revolvers and ammunition was seized. The raid was made on a tip from Cleveland ind Kent, Ohio, po- lice saying arms shipments had been made to the latter town and that they believed the arms com- pany was planning to supply gang: sters in the east wtih guns and am- munition on a large scale. House Was Deserted No one was at home when the raid was staged by police said they would issue a warrant for Manner- stam, charging illegal possession of machine guns. i First reports that “a United States senator, mentioned as a can- didate for president,” had been linked with a plot to smuggle arms to Mexican revolutionists, were found to be without basis of fact when the raiders made public corre- spondence seized at the Mannerstam place. Information from the police in Cleveland and Kent said two ma- chine guns had been .shipped to Charles Hess, of Kent, by the Pa- cific Arms company, and that three bandit suspects had been arrested when they called for them. Investi- gation disclosed that Mannerstam had expressed a package November 4 to Charles R. Hess, route 1, Kent, Ohio, collect on celivery, $574. Six machine guns, 40,000 rounds of ma- chine gun ammunition, 50 rifles, revolvers, 24 pairs of bra knuckles, and several packages con- tzining explosives believed by raid- ers to contain TNT, were d. The police said ~ machine shop equipped for repairing fire arms was located in the rear of the house, and that a launch, va a truck, was also found. The residence i but a short distance from Francisco bay. is San ‘SHOOTING OF GIRL WILL BE INVESTIGATED Friends Loath to Accept Story of Police Chief That She Killed Herself Selma, Ala. Nov. 18,—()—A| parently loath to accept: the ori inal verdict of suicide, prominent citizens of this tewn are actively ‘interesting themselves in an invest- igation into the causes that led to the “death by shooting of Miss Louise Montebarro, 24, and pretty. Governor Bibb Graves and Attor- ney General Charlie C. McCall have been urged to see that a proper search into the facts is made. Miss Montebarro was reported to have fired a bullet into her own head while seated in an automobile be- side H. F. Blake, chief of police of Calera, Ala., after that officer arrest.d her Monday for speeding near Calera. Chief Bla’: late yesterday added to his orig’ statement that he rs, | had Arnaud] air,” pale and tired, with] hour in an attempt to overtake the g, stumbled ‘ over| girl. fired a rpc shot into the while speeding 55 miles an Bullet of Different Calibre and were turned over to French]. The girl is said to have carried protectorate officers, unaware that| a .32 calibre pistol at the time of ve hare | De sree, their par-| the / said shocting, and the ‘ | At the Trial of George Remus For Murder delphia Talk Ts a5 ae ; The opening of the trial of George Remus in Cincinnati for \ii nivrder ‘ot his wife is pictured above. The arrow points to Remus, whe sits to the right of the reporters’ table, while the inset shows the former boot- leg :ing (right) with Attorney Elston, his counsel, Mexico’s Oil Law Declared Unconstitutiona VETERANS HOSPITAL CONSTRUCTION = IS URGED IN RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED BY STATE AMERICAN LEGION POSTS Need of Hospitalizing North Dakota Veterans in North angie ee {Didn't Miss Teeth | Until Lunch Time | | ° Dakota Pointed Out—Loca- i j Chicago, 1§—(AP)— tion of Hospital at Fargo of; , presen SHR Ad Lams ae Vital Interest to 25,000 Vet-| reveal his name today laid claim to a place in the hall of erans face alongside all the absent minded ; ‘ofessors. of funny Fargo, N. D, Nov. 18—@—| gy fame. He approched the “Lost and Found” department of a down- town hotel and mumbled some- thing that sounded like “Losh falsh eesch.” The attendant delved into a collection of miscellany and fished out a set of false teeth, Hope that resolutions adopted by many American Legion posts throughout the state will have the! effect of spurring the U. S. Vet- erans Bureau to renewed activity with a view to constructing a veter- ans hospital here was expressed! yppers and lowers, complete. today by T. 0. Kraabel, state “Isn't it funny?” he remarked terans commissioner. after finding that they fit. “I Legion posts throughout the) never missed them until ' or- state have taken 2 deep interest in n the matter and .are demanding that ample’ facilities be provided by the | government for the care and treat- ment of all disabled veterans and| that active steps be taken to cae out all the provisions of the Worl War Veterans Act passed in 1924. About 150 North Dakota veterans have been placed im government hos- pitals outside the state and cince he has assumed office as service com- missioner there has always been a waiting list of 20 or more men for whom there was no room at any of the xearby government hospitals, Mr. Kraabel said. As a result, he pointed out, many men entitled to benefit by the World War Veterans act Haris tee forced to, SOY their applications and seek relief at z reer < private hospitals and at consider-| Baltimore, Nov. 18.—(™—A ter-| able expense to themselves, Mr.| rific explosion tore the steamer) Resse ae Demand Hospital | 22°00 Luckenbach ta: pieces today | Realtors hich i honda killing one man, injuring five others into the state headquarters of the | 2nd blowing at least one man over- American Legion here for trans-| board. mittal to Washington, point out that} The explosion occurred on the} an appropriation has been made for] first eck of the’ vessel, where} workmen were said to have been; engaged with an acetylene torch| near a fuel tank. Every ambulance in the city was summoned to the ‘yards of the ion Ship Building company at Fair. field, on the southern edge of town, where the ship had put in for re- pairs. 55 Men on Board Fifty-five men were at work on board the vessel, and police had Ag of a large number of in- jus dered Junch.’ Explosion Tears Ship | to Pieces \At Least One Killed and Sev-| eral Injured — Acetylene Torch Believed Cause a veterans hospital here, a site pur- chased and plans drawn but that the matter has lagged. They demand immediate action in constructing the hospital and making it avail- able to North Dakota ex-service men in need of its facilities, Among other things, they point out, it would permit the 150 men now hos- pitalized at St. Cloud anc_ Fort Snelling, Min... Sheridan. Wyom- ing, and Helena, Mont., to return to their home state. Although the number of men who have presented disability claims is comparatively small in comparison with the total number of North Da- kota veterans, the location of a vet- erans hospital at Fargo-is of vital interest to each of the 25,000 North Dakotans who served during the world war, Mr. Kraabel_zaid. Veterans Entitled to Treatment One reason is that, under the law, every veteran is entitled to free treatment at a veterans hospital for any disability or disease which he may incur, regardless of whether it has any connection with his mili- tary, service. The director of the veterans bureau also is authorized by law to provide free transporta- tion for such men incident to their hospitalization. In many cases, Mr. Kraabel said, spelen of ae law will bowed ference between adequat medical attention and no’ medical Big Roar attention or the imposition of a ing amidship with an heavy financial burden men | acetylene torch Rape d to cut who have families and would|.loose some stuff,” said Carson, Witnesses told of seeing pieces e the ship falling in every direc- ion, The Luckenbach was an oil burn- ing freighter which went on the rocks near Costa Rica some time ago and was towed here for scrap- ping. From a hospital operating table, where he awaited treatment for his injuries, Raymond Carson said the explosion shook the ship “like a terrier shakes a rat.” “From the way that boat rocked, I didn’t ser how any of us got away,” Carson said. Like the explosion in Pittsburgh on Monday last, when more than a score of persons were killed, a1 acetylene torch and a gas tank we believed to be the cause of today’s| dered blast. I by Court Under Mexican Law, Four Sim- ilar Decisions Are Needed Before Artitles Are Finally Held Mlegal — Washington Officials Hold Optimistic View Washington, Nov. 18.—@)— Washington officials looked optim- istically today at the Mexican con- troversy that has raged around the oil law of that country. Declaring the law's disputed sec- tions 14 and 15 unconstitutional in so far as they applied to the case at hand, the Mexican supreme court has issued an order restraining the department of industry, commerce and labor from cancelling drilling permits held by the Mexican Pe- troleum compiny, an American con- cern, one of several that have sought to test the validity of the oil statutes. Three More Decisions Needed Under y however, four similar de preme bench will be necessary be- fore these articles can finally be declared unconstitutional. — Three additional actions instituted by the Mexican Petroleum company are al- ready being adjudicated and it was hoped that a sweeping decision would fellow. Sections 14 and 15 of the oil law, which became effective at. the be- ginning of this year, provided that before December 14, 1926, foreign operators should apply for concés- sions confirming rights to oil land obtained pi the constitztion of failure to comply, these rights could be assigned to others. Government's Contention The Washington government con- tended that the law was retroactive and vonfiscatory. <A it of diplomatic exchanges were climaxed by a demand from the Mexican g ernment that the United States specific instances of consfication through retroactive application of! the constitution of 1917, Washing- ton replied with a warning that all American right must be safe- guardeJ, Guy Stevens, spokesman for a number of petroleum companies operating in Mexico, said last night at New York that the supreme court opinion completely justified the attitude taken toward the pe-|the navy yard, on the Potomac in troleum ‘:w by a majority of the companies operating in that coun-|dria, Va. and try, but was unwilling to comment further until the text of the deci- ae published. it was sai from Mexico City, is being revised| Swirling winds and torre: and will be made available later. Hunter Feels Teeth of Pennsylvania Law| Wshinston. Greensburg, Pe., Nov. 18.—(#)-- A hunter who :nistook a fellow man for some species of game has felt the teeth of the Pennsylvania law which makes it a misdemeanor for a nimrod to so accidentally shoot a person. The victim of the shooting urged that the defendant not be prosecut- ed but nevertheless, H. L. Barnett, of Oliver, was sentenced to a year in jail, ass the costs and or- to pay $200 to-the man he wounded. Charles R. Hamline, a. relative,| was wounded by Barnett while they were hunting. be almost unable to bear it. The| “when something happened. I that the government extends| didn’t know what it was, there was a big roar and I was thrown to the Here aod came to here in the hos- Pp “Whatever it was it cut loose down in the bunkers beneath me.” . Both ‘players “and fans to attend the it E igh hére last ‘Was 80 suc- made an anni and the question: of the: terri- Other matters of importance in connection with next year’s baseball season will also be giv- en consideration. id in dispatches|lightning that accompanied ‘The Weather Snow tonight and A Not much change in temp. — PRICE FIVE CENTS INGTON - STORM SWEEPS * EAST SIDE OF -§ CAPITAL CITY § i ; One Death Results From Light-- ning—200 People Suffered Injuries ped Sh MANY HOUSES WRECKED Federal and Municipal Govern-. ments and Red Cross Aid in Relief Work v f Nastungton, peheke 18.—(®)—Thé national capital turned today to the -task of bringing order out of: we tangle of tornado-sirswn wregke. age in the eastern section Gf the city. Sweeping out of the south on the wings of a 53-mile gale, the twister left a swath of destruction late peorery, from Alexandria, Va., to Hyattsville, Md. It unrosfed houses, felled trees, overturned automobiles and tore down transmission wires, One Woman Killed _A negro woman was struck and killed by a feria more than 200 were injured and propert; was estimated at several, onilliee ‘dollars in Washington alone. The federal and municipal gov- ernments and the Red Crosa were quick to meet the situation. The war department immediately volun- teered the servi of all its army forces in the vi ity of Washing- ton, the Red Cross dispatched re- lief workers to the scene and the local authorities mobilized police and firemen for service in the stricken area. School houses were thrown open to residents whose homes had been ges see hd and the Red “ross and army supplied c blankets. Sasha aia Only Half of City Affected woe the eastern half of the city felt the effects of the tornado and the western half, at the height of the storm, pursued its usi Tou- time, unaware of the havoc being “fn'Alexandria the Red {In Alexandria the Cross re- ported that 25 were in a serious con- dition at hospitals and that 75 had. been treated for injuries in their homes. | Seventy-five buildings and dwelling houses were damaged and property loss was estimated at 000,000. = =a Half a million dollars damage was done at the Anancostia naval air station. Eight navy seaplgnes were wrecked, a hangar unroofed and barrack buildings shaken, Dam- age to the Washington navy yard was estimated at $100,000. _More than a hundred roofs were ripped ffrom Washington buildings. These included a portable school house, but its pupils escaped un- : i urt. ¥ The weather bureau deglared the storm the worst that Washington has experienced within the 50 years covered by its records. PROPERTY DAMAGE WILL TOTAL “1ILLION DOLLARS Washington, Nov. 18—)—A. check up today in the wake of the tornado that swooped down on the capital and its environs late yester- day eee a tol at one deni, 100 injured and property damage of a proximately $1,000,000. - With relief and restoration work well under way, District of Columbia. authorities, meeting with Red Cross officials, announced that the capital would handle the situation without outside assitaance, ‘ Comprehensive reports to the i thorities listed $400,000 damage to the naval air station at Anacostia, e, eros fie rey from Washe ington, about ~ B to pro| in the southeast and worthenss quarters of the city and $100,000 to b the southeastern section, nearly towns suffered losses estimated at 000. The only fatality resulted Tie ntial rains struck a negro woman. The 125-mile wind that swept over the capital originated as a waterspout in the Potomac below RAINSTORM SWEEPS BAY OO mere lew York, Nov. [(AP)—A rainstorm left in its wake today a death list of at least six persons and a string of damaged cities, towns and villages extending from Wash. ington to the Canadian border. : High winds and rain, threatening a new flood in New England, hit the metropolitan district of New York, upper New York state and d parts of Pennsylvania with unusual severity. Three Are Drowned Slippery roads and a heavy