The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 21, 1927, Page 1

NORTH DAKOTA’S OLDEST NEWSPAPER ESTABLISHED 1878 ATTEMPTS Police Picture Gi |THE BIS BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1927 TO RESCUE SUB VICTIMS MAN SOUGHT IS IDENTIFIED AS STORE ROBBER Hickman Staged Series of “ Drug Store Robberies in Weeks Preceding Killing _— POLICE LOCATE HIS LAIR Youth Occupied Apartment Under Name of Donald Ev- ans—Man Held Is Freed Angeles, Dec. 21.—(AP) yee i jame as Si Farkas, day and held on the tramps that he might be William Ed- ward Hickman, accuse. slayer of little Marian Parker, was re- leased later when his finger \ prints failed to tally with those of the man wanted. While » cloud of clues cnd false leads today effectively screen the hiding place of William E. Hickman, accused slayer of little Marian Parker, bits of evidence were being fitted togetner by the police to solve the puzzle of his past. This” evidence, as presented ‘by the police, pictured a youthful “Doctor Jeky! and. Mr. Hyde — one a neat orderly boy, who attended church and Sunday scho ‘ and never stayed out late at night; the other — the fox,” who for weeks planned/ pis is Marian Parker, little Los Angeles girl whe was found murdered a few days after she had been kidnaped. Discovery of her ‘body was made ing out of a cool, cunning i “diabolical murder plot for re- venge. aa Robbed Drug Stores The later picture showed him for three weeks, ing the kidnap- ing, staging a series of drug store robberies to otbain a stock of and sleeping potions. In one of these robberies he is de- clared to have-placed a pistol in the oe eee “Py net minute io tel man give - eee as tothe us of the anaesthetics. Deuggists in the three holdups positively identified Hickman as the : Another part of the same picture : ‘was @ cool and youth who, on Monday morning, with thousands of officers combing Los Angeles and the vicinity for the child’s slayer, drove an automobile over country roads with no effort of con- cealment. fagre 2 At that time he was seen driving a small car through Culver City, a suburb. He hailed a motorcycle agent, to whom he was known, and told him he would be in the next (Continued on page two) ISLATURE IS ENJOINED FROM MEETING Oklahoma County District Court Rules Special Ses- sion Is Iegal The court ruled that the self- “pourenae ogg sie, Ingiilaiere - is illegal, members canno' eet and that they cannot continue m ys his attorney, Warren K. Snyder, who filed the "suit lo ernor and taxpayer, respectively. by her father, who had just id ransom money for her safe release, Tire crime has stirred Los Angeles as has no murder in many years. Th above picture was taken a few days before the girl was kidnaped. MILD WEATHER GIVES IMPETUS 10 CHRISTMAS SHOPPING - HIGHWAYS INTO BISMARCK ARE BEING OPENED Motor Cars Again ‘Traveling Between Bismarck and Bald- win, Although Road Is Not Good — Somewhat Colder Temperature Is _ Predicted For Tomorrow ‘Warmer temperatures the past few days have been a boon to mer- chants with overstocked shelves of Christmas - merchandise; mothers who would send their children into the yard to play while they com- Plete Yuletide preparations, and snow crews that have been vainly attempting to open the blocked The asidest, point during the past coldest 24 hours was y mi when two er. ae will geceee'd iat, rim it and ursday roughout lissouri Si according to O. W. Roberts, federal meteorologist of tho U. 8. Aboard U.S.S. Langley San Diego, Calif. Dec. £1.—(P)— J. M, wes, Com- manding the Aircraft squadrons of, the United States fleet, today an- nounced the appointment of a court’ of senaiy to Tvestigate the explo- fone which killed jured seven aboard the naval aircraft, carrier] mngiey bere 3 was badly damaged by the blast, which was believed to have been caused by the in a void between the main gas- Sine tank and the skin of the ship. GEORGE REMUS ACQUITTED OF one man and in- MURDER COUNT 2: Verdict on ‘Sole Ground of In- sanity’—Must Prove He's Sane ‘to Gain Freedom Cincinnati, Dec. 21-—(?)—Acauit- ia charge of wife murder “on > must, convince a probate court that he is Riga! the ju! "s sane Fosroed yesterday, mi ‘a new sanity test which Charles FE Eiston, his co-counsel, feels tain will remove the last with the H. 08 ¢ | Grand » four s-riously,| try. CK TRIBUNE rl’s Murderer as ‘YJekyl NONPARTISANS TO:HOLD CONVENTION IN BISMARCK ON WEDNESDAY, FEB. 8 Precinct Meetings” to Elect Delegates to County Conven- tions to Be Held January 14 —County Meetings Set For January 28 — Candidates ‘Will Be Endorsed Announcement that the Nonpar- tisan state convention will be held here February 8, 1928, was made day by Alfred 8. Dale, chairman of the fonpartisan state executive committee, Precinct meetings for the election of delegates to county conventions will be held at 2 p. m. January 14 at the polling places in each pre- cinct or at such other place as the precinct committee may te. County conventions will be held at county seats, or at such other places as the county committee may select, on Januaty Delegates to the state convention will be named at the county meetings. Candidates for places in the state senate and house of representatives, will be named at the same time. A county executive committe, consisting of one or more. members, also will be named. In a ‘circular giving the convention dates, Dale suggests that the one-man executive commit- tee idea, where a “live-wire” is available, has worked well in other count Precinct delegations to the county meetings will determined upon the-basis of one delegate for each 40 votes for the Nonpartisan candi- date for governor cast at the 1926 election. County representation at the state convention also will be on the gubernatorial vote. The total number of delegates to the state convention is placed at 125. Burleigh Co. Has 3 Delegates Cass county lecds the list with 7, Forks has 6, Ward 5, Barnes, Morton, Richland, Stutsman and Williams, 4 each, Benson, Burleigh, McHenry, McLean, Mountrail, Pem- isin Ramsey, Traill and Wells, 3 e Adams, Bowman, Eddy, Foster, Golden Valley, Logan, Olives, Ren- ville, Sheridan, Sioux, Foster and Steele counties will each heve one delegate and the remaining counties will have two each. : Candidates for Republi nami- nation for all state offices will be endorsed at the state convention. Haag tame United States senator an ree congressmen, governor and other state officials. State and national platforms also will be adopted. Dale said the con- vention is expected to give a strong endorsement to the McNary-Haugen farm surplus control: bill. State de- velopment of the lignite coal indus- and the grain marketing prob- lems of North Daktoa farmers also will be considered, Dale said. HOME ,DESTROYED BY FIRE Schafer—The farm home of Mr. and Mrs. Halver Shelvik east of Schafer was recently destroyed by fire when oil, which “Mr. Shelvik had put on the stove to warm, ex- |. It was impossible to save any of the contents of the building. POSTMASTER AT CHASELEY Chasele; sumed his dut as vostmaster at Chaseley succeeding Mrs. G, L. Ran- dall, who recently retired from the Woman Plans to Fly From California to Rome Via New York San Diego, Calif., Dec. 21.—47)— Announcement that she would at- tempt a flight from Holy City, Calif., to Rome, via New York, was made here today by Mrs. Evelyn Rosencrantz, secretary of William E. Riker, founder of Holy City, a mountain resort. Riker is financing to- ithe proposed flight. 7 Miners Killed in Gas | Blast Bodies of Victims Brought to) Surface Today After Res- | cuers Work All Night Johnston City, Ill., Dec. 21.—()— The bodies of seven miners, killed last night in an explosion of gas in the Steritz coal mine near here, were brought *o the surface today after all night work by three mine rescue teams. Those killed were: William Jones, David Anderson, Charles Wyatt, Fred Cagle. George Grubbs, G. Garrota and Almus Lavender, US Rescue workers from Herrin, Benton and Saline county under, Arthur Plumlee, Williamson county mine inspector, worked throughout tho night in an attempt to reach the entombed men. The seven bodies recovered were found about a mile and a half from the bottom of the shaft. Rescuers were forced to use an air shaft to bring the bodies up, the main shaft being demolished by the explosion, caused presumably by the ignition of gas. The mine, one of the largest in Williamson county, employs 500 men on the day shift. Only 20 men were endangered by the blast. The remaining 43 made their escape by elevator, : Slippery Streets in Paris Result in Many Injuries Paris, Dec. 21.—()—Paris and the suburbs awoke this morning to find the streets and sidewalks cov- ered with ice and, befor: long, the four largest hospitals had 1,100 ac- cident cases, he injuries ranged from skinned shins to broken legs and arms, with the latter predomi- nating. Two of the patient: are in a critical condition. The cold wave, however, wa: broken. The thermometer rose be. ginning at midnight and rair. bega: to fall on the frozen ground at m., causing a silver thaw. Street cars were: idle until: 10 o'clock this morning and taxi cabs were not running. ———_ Extraction of helium from na- tural gas does not affect the prop- erties of the gas for domestic use. POEM WRITTEN BY MEMBER OF $-4 “CREW TELLS OF HIS FASCINATION ~~ FOR LIFE ABOARD ‘DAMNED OLD SUB’ Washington, Dec. 21.—()—'| Knowledge that he. counted the that may now be his within the steel confines of the wrecked ine 8-4, was held by Walter of Washi », radio man her, but, like his comrades he was fascinated by “life old sub.” in its recital of the 4 se ng i th wend 8-4 off see a as cu! of the 8-4, with the close quar- boat. ry ? i challei Ss. 5 cS | ; 2% § x i i : Hg iy F 3 w i the aE he him Be They planed and plotted to do thelr ‘Asp Cisiting what evil it vill | Moat of us inthe battery room’ | With tone s6-2NT below, ? « & The C. 0. C. is a little place, Just crammed with levers and is. |. And let me tell you, on a dive, It’s not a place for fools. It takes Ae fod men. to operate The di gear that’s there; And each man -knows that a clear cool brain Tnsures his return to the\air: Yes, daily we meke a risky dive, While Uncle Sam, with his, brim- ming cup, 2 = Bets us @# dollar, while we're alive, A dollar to nothing we don’t come up. ’ We're bottled up, just like a trap, sea ai Like the lid on a pitins tureen. | We get'a five-dollar bonus, fuel i altess goer br Sanensess wi s best bi ih th TMF anil fad cu the ald Pig Goat, For it aie more than a common m » To sink and still to float. Tig, ofticers are Teh he-men ‘character nerye supreme;| takes keenest intellect ah ny oe -@ submarine, =. ‘ men strong, -| of decisions “Fela ‘anything go wrens, We cuss and mutter “Never again,” Bot the Glamed old life will drag And there, friends, is the.rub; Wa like the’ ite beneath the and Hyde’ Type Officers of S-4 Here are the officers ‘of the sunken S-4, all of whom went down with their ship. Above, left to right, are Lieut. Joseph McGinley and Lieut. Commdr. Roy Jones; below are Lieut. Graham Fitch (left) and Lieut. Donald Weller. MISSOURI SLOPE POULTRY ASSOCIATION. TO HAVE SHOW HERE JANUARY 24, 25, 26 Expert in Raising Submarines Is Dead on, Dees 21.—()—Sir Fred- ‘eric! illiam Young;-expert in rais- ing sunken submarines, died here yesterday at the age of 51. One of most thrilling exploits of the British sub- He saved the lives of 43 members of the crew after they / had been imprisoned for 56 hours on the floor of the sca, off the coast of Scotland. The submarine sank while being tested. He also was the first person to raise a sunken German U-boat. WOMAN HEARS Indications Are That at Least 1,000 Birds Will Be Entered —0O. J. Weisner of Fargo, cultural College, Will Judge Exhibits Farmers of the Missouri Slope will have their first opportunity in five years to show their prize poul- try on Jan. 24 25 and 26 when the Missouri Slope Poultry association will hold what promises to be the first of a series of annual exposi- tions in Bismarck. More than 1,000 wire cages have been ordered for the birds that are expected to be entered, the develop- ment of the poultry industry in the Missouri valley of during the past five years leading the committee in charge to believe that many birds will be vegistered. 0. J. Weisner, Fargo, .poultry FUNERAL, THEN COMES 10 LiFe ne ie tears Un.| judge of all birds that are entered. In addition he will deliver lectures each day on poultry problems and give free advice to all those who seek further knowledge of the poul- try business. . PSY ips Dr. Billings Invited Luray, Virginia, Dec. 21.—@—|__An invitation has been issued to Having listened to a funeral sermon! p;, Ww. A. Billings, St. Paul, mem- Preached over ‘the ‘coffin in which) ber of the faculty of the agricul- she spent the night, unable to sig-' tural college of the University ‘of nal those who: believed her dead,! Minnesota, nationally known author- Miss Fannie Broyles is alive today|'ity on turkeys, to be present and to at her home near here. give his advice on the latest methods A brother, James Broyles, who! of raising turkeys. stood about the casket with other) ‘Sinee the first announcement by mourning relatives, noticed a twitch-| the tempora:: committee . that a ing of his sister's eyelid, and the! joultry show was being considered funeral services were halted and) for Burleigh county, so much inter- resuscitation efforts ‘began. In a) est was manifest among farmers short time the girl was able to talk-| from the whole of the Slon> coun- She said she was aware of all that) try that it,was decided to make the occurred around her as she lay in| show a Missouri Slope affair. the casket but, still stunned from a)” Election of. officers for the new blow on the head from a tree limb poultry associaticn will be made at that fell upon’ her, she was unable/ the first banquet which will be held ‘oFfanliy: she anid, her fear of be-| #6 last day of the show. ing buried alive must: have revived jphrenriated $200 by. the | Bure pee Boerne so that one eyelid flut- tered. \ A Under a physician's’ care since | than $500 on hand for insuring the when the supposedly dead| success of the project. Further ad- back to fe, she is de-) dition to ihe show fund is em and there will probably be $1,000 to be divided into premium awards, id according to the committee. mahi a th peels TB e temporary com- mittee that met Tuesday to perfect! the Fae! Loree miele, ‘were 7 . t Miesen, county : SE oer npg 7 Wine Paice illiam Falconer, U.S. Marine Killed by and HP. Goddard ard, secretary of the i .tion_af merce. Rebels in Nicaragua Messrs... Starkle and "ields were Ye appointed.a. committee to solicit Managus, Nioaragus, Dec. 21.—| funds. for. wards, Mr. Fields Another American marine has| also being named tem! secre- given his life inthe attempt of ma-/| tary of the show. Mr. ; is the rines and national guardsmentocurb) temporary i “ aerate Bernand F. Calloway, of show. .t--°d early in November. band of 200 ben at Macuelizd, FR ne pang eb ygieg Bend abe ‘robbed of four de ee ene wived ‘ty Colonel Mason ire sed ie oO te Spends Night in Coffin, able to Signal Those Who Believed Her Dead ers at the outset for financing the show, the association now has more in “the * marines | ope mNetiegua ns ia eae RESU Poultry, Specialist at Agri-| sufferings DIVERS TRY 10 LEAD AIR U 1 PRISON ae Ld | Men in Sunken Sub . Beli Alive Yet Last Night When Seven Taps Were Heard Provincetown, Mass., Dec.: 21. d lamp mpleted £34 sending div m com! or down to the sunken submarine § after a heavy northwest: ch forced suspension of work for oR © mine sweepers Falcon Lark and the submarine n Bushnell were moored: togetl above the position of the 8-4 ai divers were preparing ir go down relays in an effort to lead an line to the torpedo raom of the 8 in which six men have been itt prisoned. Meantime 10 civilian divers been transferred from the Falcon the submarine S-8 to enable to study the interior of that m preparation for. joining in rescue work. These divers al: is had studied blue prints of the 8-4 but it was deemed advisable to hat them gain further t-hand int mation before going down on tha Two more pontoons to be used ii raising operations arrived here t day in tow of the tug Iuka, n a total of five now in the harbor. — At the same time, tw: of the thi pontoons that had been in the ha atoard the derrick lighesr Courtee al the ic] r which was believed “ be rin $2.80 cut to the ‘peene, ob Sie Te SEVEN TAPS HEARD AT 6 LAST NIGHT . Provincetown, Mass.,qDec. 21, —Fear that six mem! of @ crew of the S:4 had survived: thi days of the hotrors in darks cold and suffocation, to joi their 34 shipmates in ripped the rescue ad of the men bottled up in| the forward chamber of the w ok | submarine should not be in vain, was. prepared to rescue them at anj cost but human resources were pow-| (Contirue* an -.ge two) : WETS TO. HOLD - MASS MEETING | North Dakota! ‘igh county board of commission-|** HERE JAN. 9 C. P. Stone Announces For Launching ‘Wet. Repub- lican Party of N.D? Launching of a “Wet Republican. Party gor ‘North Dakota” which will take an active part in contests for state and national « officers. is planned at a mass meeting to be held here January 9, C. P. Stone, president of the North Dakota Bet- ter citizenship Seciation, ane nounced today. In announcing the call for meeting, Stone said: “Every voter’ who believes in tax reduction and that the people should be given the right to vote on our state and fed- eral prohibition laws is invited and urged to attend this convention at: which time a national and_ state as. the Wet Republican Barty af as the ican North Dakota.” Decision to launch the wet move- ment in politics was reached by the executive committee of. the izenship Associat = jing wet can- didates for the U. 8. senate and the three North Dakota seats, together with tion will endorse wet candidates for delegates to the Republican national, convention, Stone: said. . insures three “sets of candi- dates for all ican nomina» tions, includi F i tional con » Since the two: ine fn'the state also are Hopeblicens ing in the state also.are Republican,