The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 13, 1927, Page 1

BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1927 B CHARGES VOTED AGAINST OKLAHOMA ESTABLISHED 1878 Fresh Outbreak | | Two Herrin, Ill., Police Officers Wounded in ~ GUNMEN FIRE |Communists Completely Control | TWO VOLLEYS | Canton--U. S. Gunboat Lands Men ‘AT CITY HALLS CARLOADS ATTEMPT 10 tine necomia, rose! QF RAW SILK EXPLODE BOMB “ewan |” ARB STOLEN FRUSTRATED Critical Condition Armed Bandits Stop Freight | Unidentified Man Hands Can- a ge G. O. P. to Meet in Kansas Cit: South China in Throes of Red Revolt — Refligees Report Looting and Pillaging Is in Full - Progress — Peasan < igeeaaatae its Murder Wealthy Landlords (By The Associated Press) South China appeared in the throes of a red revolt today with MEN ESCAPE BY AUTO Train at Lonely and < | Canton completelysin control of] dle to Worshiper—Bomb i Episode Follows Year of Peace ” Unload Hi cities hcentenalt baad . Is Found Inside in Town Noted For Its Fit- ful Outbreaks HeFrin, Illinois, Dec. 12.—(—A it of peace in Herrin was broken Tost night when an automobile The, United States gunboat Sae- ramento landed men and field guns at/Canton to protect foreigners, Ge reported looti: a —_— POLICE SEEK THE MOTIVE Incident Occurs at Shrine of ONE BELIEVED WOUNDED and pil- 1 ama Sa ee a tricts were completely communistic Conductor and Other Members filled with. gunmen left behind two! _ of Train Crew Return Ban- | With peasants murdering wealthy Virgin of Guadalupe in werner eC ae trolman dits’ Fire intherious mutiny was reported ‘at Mexico City , and brother of Mayor Marshall. Mc- Laohokow in no! Hupeh, Cormick, was in a critical condition’ from gunshot wounds in his neck and breast end eJohn: Stamm, day chief of police, -was nursing ‘wounds in Mexico City, Dec. 13—(%)—An Po<e to explode a bomb dis- gui as a holy candle zas made aoe shrinc of the Ed of on lupe, as many worshippers m nd their devotions on the annual na- tional holiday devoted to hcr nem- ory. "The di reus nature of the can- dle was discovered before it was od Police toate. were endecv- “hha find a motive for the at- Langhorne, Ps., Dec. 18—)— Raw silk valued at $50,000 was stolen today when a Reading com- pany freight train was held up near ‘Neshaminy Falls, near here, by & band of 15 men. In an exchange of shots with the train crew, which did rot prevent the’ bandits fron car, sing out the robbery, one of the band is believed to have been wounded. He was seen to be carried into an automobile and made his escape with others. ai ta firm, Several of the the shoulder from the rifles of the gunmen, who drove twice around the city hall, firing a yolley upon each circuit. ‘Quiet. for a Year Noted ae ce Feeders sreel | ot jooting since mine Hote fa 102k, Herrin has made con- i of its sanguinary name. Last night Mayor McCormick, his brother and Stamm were stand- ing on the city hall steps when the gunmen’s car approached. A volle: m shots brought Elmer McCormic! jown. The car circled the square and Stamm, who had taken refuge in an alley between the city hall and the fire station, received a bullet in the The car disappeared car disappeared ‘in tion of Carbonda! borou; Attempts to recaptare Canton from the communists failed. id. was behind the Canton movement. Sunday int Canton for dope yy ant or rove ie of ‘Rwangtung, ae re- | the: nae Boga Rie re noel a by The streets leading to the shrine communists in violent. posters in thes heavily guarded by Hankow with indications the na-|o2g'4 meré nue me tionalist commander there might obi rs in gs A switch to the communists. able to conduct their offices at the Between 80 and 40 refugee mis-:2htine because of the reli sinaries, mostly Americans and) {ttictions; The pilgrims, however, from srrived at Hongkong against the rns ri sane Through the worship an unidentified man ap) carried Ee U, 8. TAKES 10 PROTECT FORRIGNERS sitar, He 18. — (P) — The Street Heavily Guaijed Convention Hall in Kansas City wil] be the scene next June of the first Republican national convention ever held in the Missouri city. It was built in 1900 for a timi!ar Democratic gathering. Above are shown exte- rior and interior views of the auditorium, which seats 15,000. At the left is Mayor Albert I. Beach of Kan- sas City, who will be official host to the Republicans. FOUR MILLION (stress -|Lindbergh WILL BE SPENT Is onWayto le and = Murphys-' No Motive Given Officers could give no motive for/f: the shooting other than that it might- have a flare up of Ku lux Klan troub'es which have tak- en_a number of lives. a fusilage of atota robbers. He returned the fire and was joined by othermembersof the crew, The. robbers, however, forced the ‘seals of three of the cars and placed pletion in 1900 to house the Demo- cratic gathering which ominated William Jennings Bryan, Kansas City will be host next June to the be a large uplight handed this. to a worshi national convention of the Republi- " = ick was ii hospital to*/ the silk on the . where othe: ’ aay while Stamm,” after aeie dio} members ae the band, wise ed beet "The bc ip or. igi ing the un- ON ROAD WORK foes cates learned: leper Mexico City wounds dressed, went on duty ae a nig ate-believed to usual weight.of the candle, turned it for president and vice president of the United States, specs Convention Hall, to which thou- Famous Aviator Leaves Wash- ids of deleg.:t d_visitoi il} i sands of delex: ape ae ae cet ington Shortly After Noon— Plans Nonstop Flight to automobites. Several of the trainmen stopped the New York-to-St: Louis » which came upon the scene si iy TAX BILL FAGRS (fez: ROUGH GOING NZ sess es HOUSE TODAY six automobiles. State police were summoned, fed nich tarieils init Democrats Jubilant Over One Victory — Nuisance Taxes Anxiety Is Felt For Safety of Gerbault|{<"* ° [ne Paris, Dec. 13.—()—Grave an- poy Senay Apert alse aid in the work. Bring Another Fight Washington, Dec, 13.—(7)—Fac-' Pi ake ccreasterel tus” ton xiety for the safety of Alain J.|dispatched to a, and. Fitteen than it has encounte: ‘The guns were téken to the United States consulate in the Shameen con- cession district. The American forces have also aided in evacuating foreigners from the Chinese section. of the city: which is controlled by communists, who ousted the latest Canton dicta- tor, Chang Fak-Wei. Other Vessels Help Armed launches from the United States it Pams were sent to in, & suburb of Can- Americans there to over to ae It was a wax- covered bom! One Million to Go For Main- tenance—Two Million For New Construction . Indians Dance As the promanitness assembled in the church, Ge ntativ' of some eight or 10 different Indian tribes in the fields nearby danced weird dances inherited from their ances- tors before the days of Cortez. ‘Around the church, as is the cus- tom, were stationed a variety of car- nival amusements, ferris whee's, merry-go-rounds and shooting gal- REPUBLICAN NOW GOVERNOR t gatherir.g of the “grand old ae 15,000 Cpa and it the scene of only one = iitical_convention— that Washington, Dec. 13.— (AP) — won, 27 year: ago, his|Charles A. Lindbergh sailed away ed pes idential icremercee today in his Spirit of St. Louis for 6 edifice was constructed pur-|_ nonstop flight to Mexico City, poms for ge gathering: ae which will take him over 2,000 miles mocrats had cl sae ser "cp | of, mountains, plains and valleys. as their meeting place when, the|,. 78 Young hero of the New York- days: before convention time, thelto.paris air epic decided the time yoo Kall was destroyed ang weather were right, and without P tn as <1} 3,| more aflo he announced that he was While the dul ia see still in| ready to go on his errand of good- flames ‘business mei. er to Ay will which is, expected to require money for a new one. The grow:d/ about 26 hours in tho air. He took wah euarea: and t\ Fel hall Hid his plane up at, 1 p.m mut up in less than three meaths,|" “Lindbergh laid his plans quietly In time for dedication on July 4 the | ror tho hop-off, just as he did when day on which the Democrats opene he was preparing for the transat- thele.convention in it, lantic flight which brought a thrill Since the Memorrate it tere the] to the world, Having fio idea of hall has been entirely pritien oe failure, he scorned a parachute, as it rivals in size and of those-in which the Republicans )Ne ‘did on the solitary trip to have met in years past. Mayor Albert I. Beach will be the Escort Provided officint Lost to'the “epublicans, and} He studied his charts, his ma- he has promised the partv that the! chine and the wi er which he will cite will extend to it every I. ,spital-| meet and then quickly told the war ity. Hotel space'is ampl , it is de-| department io notify the newspaper clared, t’ h usé the guests. At two| world that- he was going immedi- of the largest hotcl: the last four!ately. An escort was proviced by Republican pr-sidents — Roosevelt, | the army, the navy and the com- att, Hard'ng and Coolidge—have! merce departments to follow the | tional Expencituro of $4,00°,638.31 on which road construction, maintenance and' eigineering costs ‘s conte:.plated in the budget for 1928 submitted to the state highway commission by J, J. Ermatinger, its. secretary. ‘ The budget provides for spending $1,032,000 in the maintcrance roads'ah <y built or building; $16,- 000 for’ bridge maintenance; $3,500 for preliminary bridge cons suction work; $26,000 for preliminary sur- veys of projected improvements; $7,- 683 for the-state testing laboratory and $26,000 for the operatipn of de- partment automobiles. The caagsy contemplate:: the ex- penditure 1928 of $1,990,076.38 on new road construction. Of this OF KENTUCKY ided Flem D. Sampson Replaces) by state sid and §1°14001 by foi: William J. Fields, Democrat— | monly pay 25 ‘icr cent of the cost Many Pardons Granted Dec. 13.—)— offi Gerbault, deep sea wanderer Amezica: ind two Brit- internationally ten- ish subjects were brought from the Frac ce, "te taday ‘by his) Cainene, clay t> Shameen ioland by Gerbault is several days overdue|from Canton stated.. The launches at Durban, South rag ret from Re-| belonged to the Standard Oil com- union island) in his 25-fo0t sloop pany and were manned by armed the y | bilant over ‘one victory—having, speed an ‘increased reduction for small corporations with net taxable Tmoved into ‘another battioground an offered by the excise or nuisance in a 30-foot sloop in 1923 and later. sailed the Pacific and the South in Honan, onan, adjacent to Canton. seas. Urea | believed to be to December 1. is (Continued roe 000 probably w': be used in ilding new h’ghways i 1928. The bi. get list tic current liabil- {ties and assets together with esti- mated expenditures for the remain- der of the y.ar. Deta -d sheets show! the manner in vhich it ie propos. dt spend the money and the so’ rces of of new construction an additional Ky., Tr 4 famous flyer as far as Richmond, ge * Allen, forme: governor | Va. and, when it was in line, LinJ- of the n-ighboring state of Kansas,|bergh g2ye the word and they were :declares thet. the convening of the|off to thé southward. : Z jparty in Kaasas’ City'will stimulate} It was. a mirky sky’ through | enthusicsm through: at the ag-| which the pilots guided their- planes revenue, Where Money Con.es From Most of the state mone, will come from. the eutomob’le license and gas- oline taxes. ‘Ihe fcrmer is es! mated to'yield $684,000 and the lat- men ter $1,400,000. These figures are based on rast -xpericnce vith a small allow: :e for the normal in- crease which occurs fron year to year in each item beca e of greater numbe: c* automobiles in "The number of automobiles regis- tered to November 1, this year, was ee et Lise 13,951 were new 7 assel fac The total i 1 ly i Bese? aca i, & ricultural states of the middle west. (Coniirue -ge two) ‘This and the ‘ central location of — — souri's ge. ad largest city were) Mercury Rises. to 27 nt factors in its choice by ¥ A * |" R publican national <-smittes| Above During Night jFrancltco, Detroit, Chisayor Phils: sc ele a a Sy a-| After stagin: sensational rise a"phia, ‘San Anton’ and other to 27 degrees Puare wee at tae: cities, night: for the warment, jawosratare : : n in ten days, Bismarcl jometers House Members Will -| sank to three above at 7 a. m. to- 0 *. day. This temperature, which was Find Chairs Fixed the coldest registered during the Sant “a hours, ee maintaining it- bers tate hi if at noon today. ree tic, me will return here “If there is a changein the weath- January 10 for a special session will | er during the next 24 hours, it qwill find‘ a welcome ge in the ar- probably turn slightly colder,” O. W. |rangements for. their com“ ee pone federal meteorologist, said capitol building. They wil we | here ich gins to|chairs more comfortabe to sit in| The ofiicial weather forecast pre- $18c2 907.21. than was the case. last w..iter. dicts increasing cloudiness tonight is. placed. at A proposui tc. bi chairs, | and not much change in tempera- Ls % bai the Wal, Minot registered the only three below. Other marks ry ged zero vils Lake to i6 e at x "Another cold sna hit the prairie i londay, rendine é to 20 below at local _ other — aeas! airs will as new winter, ’ CLOSED dy #34 4 <€ ¢ i “4 PRICE FIN. é CENTS GOVERNO 12 OTHER STATE OFFICIALS ARS ALSO INDICT. Chief Justice Branson c-d Harry Cordell of State Farm ‘Board Are Named SENATE TO MEET SOON Leaders Announce That Body Will Try Any State Officials * Cited by House Oklahoma City, Okla, Dec. 1%—0 (AP)—Bills of impeachment naming Gov. Henry S. Johnston and two other state officials were voted early today at a self-convened executive: session of the lower house of the Oklahoma legislature, The house members quietly ase sembled in a downtown hotel in the dark hours before dawn, while na- tional guardsmen called out yester= day by the governor to prevent any meetings of the legislature slept at the state capitol. Many of the leg- islators summoned from bed wore “sta and bathrobes at the ses- sion. Six charges were voted against Governor Johnston, one being that he had replaced civil authority with the military in attempting to fore- stall impeachment proceedings die rected at him. Chief Justice Fred Branson of the state supreme court and Harry Cordell, president of the state board of agriculture, also were named in impeachment bills. At adjournment it wag announced that the charges had been placed in the hands of a board of managers for presentation to the senate. Sen. ate leaders have announced the body will try any state officials cited by the house. The Charges The charges against Governor Johnston and the vote on each count, as announced by Representa. tive Charles Moon of Muskogee county, follows: 1—Replacing civil authority with military authority, 4 to 6. 2—Incompetency, 49 to -5, 3—Awarding a commission as peace officer to 8 Tali p oe Tobber, 44 to 9. Alleged iliegal employment of Kirby Fitzpatrick, attorney of Ard- more, as. counsel for the state bank- ing department, 40 to 15. . 5—Alleged illegz1 payment of $7,- 900 through a defictency’ certificate on the banking department to em- ployes charged by the house inves tigating committee to have been Ateatly placed on the pay roll, 42 LO 5 6—Alleged conspiracy between the governor, his confidential secretary, Mrs. O..0. Hammonds, and an une named person, in connection with collection of a highway claim’by @ contractor, 46 to 8, Others Indicted Chief Justice Branson was charged with “corruption in office,” while three counts were voted against the president of the state board of age riculture.. Two of the specifica- tions against Mr. Cordell related’ to alleged illegal expenditures of state funds and the third to alleged pad- ding of pay rolls of the department of agriculture. Representative H. Tom ‘ Kight, chairman of the house investigating committee, was named by Speaker E. P. Hill to head the board of man- agers char; with placing the in- dictments before the senate. While senate leaders declined to reveal when they planned to convene, they intimated a session was cone templated today. p When the governor mobilised the national guard yesterday and placed soldiera on duty at the capitol with’ orders to refuse admittance to lege islators, Mr. Kight branded this ac- tion “an impeachable crime.” He. said the governor would be charged with interfering with the “inherent right” of the legislators to meet ip a self-convened session. Fagitive Commissioned f Jose Alvarado was alleged by Mt. Kight to have been appointed by the governor to hunt handits, after a reward had varado by @ Texas sheriff for his capture to face a charge of bank robbery. Alvarado’s commission showed he had been promised im- munity should anyone be killed the bandit hunt, : In connection with the sixth charge, it was said the house come aa anatase an unnamed woman Jose Alvarado, al. - i been offered for Al- .