The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 28, 1928, Page 1

BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 28, 1928 MILWAUKEE ATHLETIC CLUB MEMBERS ROBBED | . ec Minnesota Attorney General Found Dead in Bed This Morning} TEx BANDITS © {~ Noveit Dies |WIDBLY KNOWN | SANITY TRIAL {crew sar—1) STEAL MONEY . HRART ATTACK |! PROVES FATAL TOA. F. PRATT Complained of Being Short of Breath Yesterday at Office and During Night WAS: 56 YEARS OF AGE Held Several Public Offices at Anoka Before Entering State Politics Anoka, Minn., Jan. 28.—(7)—Al- bert F. Pratt, attorney-general of Minnesota, dicd his home ‘here early today from a heart attack. Mr. Pratt, who sutceeded C. L. Hilt attorney general «.. Janu- ary 1, he latter 1@ AS80- ciate’ supreme court justice, died at 5:45 a. m, _ Mrs. Pratt called him at his usual rising hour, when he was to prepare for the street car trip into St. Paul for his day at the office. She called him onee and ‘he failed to Se an and upon going into his Vicente Blasco Ibanez, widely known pacts ts died in political -exile morning. BEMAN J. DAWES 1S ON NEW LIST OF WITNESSES at 3:46 this writer, who| Hi AUTHOR DIES THIS MORNING Vicente Blasco Ibanez Suc- cumbs to Complication of - Pneumonia and Diabetes SON WITH HIM AT END Wrote ‘Four Horsemen of the Apocalypee’—Has Been in Peliticat Exile Mentone, France, Jan. 28.—()— Vicente Blaseo Ibanez, whose “Four lorsemen of the re top neat made him one of the widest known of contem} Meson of broncho-pneumonia an me son, Igfrido, ‘oad hurried by IS IN RECESS OVER WEEK-END Legal Tangle Develops in Clos- * ing Minutes of Yester- day’s Session JURORS MIDDLE - AGED Panel Is Complete For Time Being, But May Be Changed When Trial Resumes Los Angeles, Jan. 2! legal snarl today left Edward Hickman nity trial in con- fusion over the court's week-end recess, . The legal tangle developing in the closing minutes of yesterday's session, left nine men and three women technically accepted as the jury sought to determi: whether the kidnaper and sla: of Marian Parker could distingu! between right and wrong. But not one of the jurors was entirely certain he would retain his seat long after the Opening of court Monday, Here is the branch county jail at Detroit, Mich, where 21 federal prisoners “holed out in one.” The hole through which the offenders, mostly prohibition law violators, escaped, is shown below. AND JEWELRY One Club Member Knockei Unconscious With Gun When He Starts to Lower Arms LOOT VALUED AT $10,006 Bandit Leader, Armed With Two Guns, Threatens Death to Anyone Who Moved Milwaukee, Wis., Jan. 23—()-~4 Ten bandits, believed to be Chicaga gangsters, who boasted of being armed with machine guns, held up members of the Wisconsin Athletic club early this morning, slugged one man, cut telephone wires and escaped with money and jewelry estimated at from $10,000 to $12, The holdup took place {fn heart of the downtown district fet Police did not learn of the robbery. until 5:46 a. m., when Louis Simon, roprietor, went to station. @ entire detective force is on the hunt for the robbers, who escaped in automobiles, : zoom for a second call she found him Th f a I i dead in bed. broncetion with 16 peremptory The tandke Teron tetas ine Had Slight Attack Friday Brother of Vice President .| Mrs. Sophie Kemmer, 97, of Fargo, N. D., has a title few women live to tat Hive da WL le i se hal ONE LIFE LOST to the club, lined up the 25 to 30 F; At his office at the state capitol - y Testify in Then, while working in his garden possess—great-great-grandmother. "Mrs. Kemmier is shown to the righi, aeclina ouster erp ron seta and nabbed ie deine Feat ‘tiday afternoon, Mr. Pratt com-|~ Summoned to y & few days ago, he caught a cold) below. ‘The baby is Daniel C. Matteson, who is held by his mother, Mrs.| cise them if permitted to do #0. | sumed 90-minute The holdup cons plained of béing short of breath. At Oil Investigation which y, developed into all/ Chester Matteson of Grand Forks. Mrs. C. W. Littlefield, great-grand-|deteneo had on its hands four pes. IN BIG FIRE AT While two atencd i 2 a. m. he awoke his wife, telling ; the symptons of pneumonia. mother, stands to the right, and Mrs. J, W. Wellenton, of Alice, N. D.|emptory challenge jt told, er ey Suarded ptory Menges which may 0! the outsid men, her‘he ‘had difficulty, in breathing, ee we. | offers, of several d stands behind her daughter and grandson. may not be usable. carrying two gubaeomved tivities ‘ashington, Jan. 28.—(7)—] The kinks in the law resulted and a sharp command, “ % man J. Dawes, brother of Vice Pres- when the prosecution passed the up, or we'll kill you,” was uttered. cover from the third attack, andjident Dawes, heads a new list of Leaves Beautiful Estate FREE-FOR-ALL FIGHT BREAKS OUT AT challenge to the defense and Hick- e bandit leader was masked was dead before-a physician arrived.| witnesses summoned by the senate ish writer’s last work man’s attorney surprised the court : and walked about the room, threat- Mr, Pratt was 56 years of age,|ianas committee in its resumed in- of love, for it was to CHIC. AGO WARD REPUBLIC ‘AN MEETIN by quickly accepting the jury. Five Men Were Slightly In- enin~ death to anyone who made a and was born on a farm in Anoka transform his estate into the most ‘ Defense Wi Same Privilege move, county. He was juated from] Vestigation of the Teapot Dome! beautiful on the Riviera, to be left = The move brought District Attor-| jured—Damage Estimated One of the bandits, as he went Anoka high school in 1889 and from |naval oil reserve leasing. retreat for the writers ————— | ney Asa Keyes out of his chair with about the room searching victims, the University of Minnesota in 1895,) Mr. Dawes, of Colum! b George Mehan, Club President, Train Plunges Off — |tte, request, that the prosecution! at Upwards of $100,000 | boasted: {Don't any of you move, e completed his law course. |chairman of the board the Pure Z is ie ‘i jstill might challenge if it so desired e’ve got machine guns. ‘adit, Oprved as, city, attorney of Has Four Stitches Taken in|} Bridge—40 Killed | Monday. Jerome Walsh, 25-year-old) yeCamey, Texas, Jan, 28.—()— Money. adSomslty. tek noka a } chief defense counsel, declat e 4 wut pepe Th bbery erage Anoka county attorney from 1900 to Scalp—Two Women and 10|* would demand the same privileges if] Blackened and twisted sheet metal le To was. systematic an 1914. Representing the 44th dis- Con ‘Trad! company of M Appented’ ions Alma: Rangoon, Burma, Jan. 28.— ¢ |it were extended to the prose ation, of a dozen oil tanks today marked} S’r poe me ince pe joe! trict, he was in the lower house of the immediate object of in- en es = *| Forty bodies were recovered | Although the jury technically had] the site of a spectacular fire here no : pect monzy nor -jewel: ‘looked. j the state legislature in 1915 andjquiry, ‘The Canadian concern,.now and Battery Charges—Po-| day from the wreckage of the [been accepted by both aides, Judge| thet cansed dimemulteal- Onecel@baceaan aie 1D" sive im Miliary Attlee, _|outcf, Hisanee, was one of the i _ - y = e saekd| Laman? anenae isa, which |5. 3. ‘entuceo’ Grdered saat the 13] ue curenisce Goeth abd remaed|, One cle meutes, eeee came larry F. » ‘who|/ iceman Among ose Hel plu into a stream Jrom @ /talesmen not he/sworn. Monda: mage es * Bandits sti »He served as first. enant of , 1° vate - beige 109:milesfrom bere, sald; he would rale-on-the-prosece- Hoonne. Five men, were injured ruc; him over wee the. 14th ‘Minnesota tiapilesicyreiaascetatont ‘ — It was feared that other vic- |tion request, daclaring: “Both sides| Sghtly. ; with the butt ofa gun, ‘ Ryokan becare captain of the Se ae ced palin ae eee) Ne eae Ae eins anh | ene be toned ll in thn set), Deca Zeteney tern, wile] a "See me speak o! politics as passe : ter.” third Minnesota infantry, in, April Shakespeare! should have ceen the fists, pistols,, lass coaches, mostly among In- | 11 of the technically accepted | 3000-bartel tanks of the | Humble 1899. In-1907 he became major and | yy notably Tacking in|") °; : dian Burmans. Sapote ane. well into or peat aalddle ani ining company, in 1916 gained the rank of lieu- jiard, Ce: chairs hnd otber furniture fly last Suspicion of foul.play is wides (2% * pa flames spread to 11 more tanks, tenant-colonel. eryas constracted|ight at the Cth ward Republican spread (because a fish plate nd | Ree ue terep ppm ig gable filled for the most part with gaso- fcan border, and later with the Long after 300 men and women causing derailment of the train. La from Los Angeles proper,| W®8 inspecting the tank when it American expeditionary forces to had fought all over the place, and jurors are rom ; 8 A geles eel exploded, was hurled high in the France for World war duty. long after 50 policemen, answering aoe cies _oxning “Soom. a¢ air and fell back into the fire. His He is survived by hi: idow, four children, a brother, and his father. Sandino’s Forces Suffer Greatly. in Marine Air Attac'! his appearance Tuesday has canceled a business trip (AP) — Military orders, signed by/| thai the rebel General Augustino San- dino, seized by marines after their occupation of his last known: hold, the mountain EI Sint ait stace taged by greatly in the air al marines on Januaty 14..They stated that. his forces were somewhat de- moralized and that Sanding himself was quite confused. $3,000,000 profits found their way from Sinclair to Albert B. Fal}, who signed Sinclair’s lease as secretary Democratic Central Committee Meets. to Endorse Candidates Fargo, N. Dy Jan. 28—(AP)— The Democratic state central com- mittee, meeting this forenoon, o) f sessions ‘ich Fall’s| with the appointment of a creden- of Can- ton province today told of the sack- ing of two border villages and the Four thousand alleged commun-| {sts-from Honan province of the raid on the village. No de- tails were given. Ee ! fe i i 10 he H F iL in tials committee foll immedi- the. session sie main business of:the day will P.| is. closel (Mercury readings at 72 w.) the riot call, had arrested men and women, George Meehan, club presi- dent, placed a sore right hand to the four stitches in his scalp and an- nounced: “The Republicans of the 50th ward won.” Twelve women swooned but even they knew as much about what caused the ruction as the 300 who remained conscious, for the riot got started with the fall of Mcehan’s tod mailet calling thd meeting to order. Editor Is Blamed Police blamed the trouble on B. J. hanley, editor of a neizhborhood newspaper in which he recently printed a demand that the ward be divided, like Gaul, into three parts, one of which he indicated he would be willing to serve as leader. Shanley had a front row seat. Meehan’s gavel had no sooner fallen} will place Bismarck on an to| than ley was on his feet, de- manding. recognition.. Masonic Consistory Formation Will Be Discussed Tonight Scottish Rite Masons of Bismarck and Mandan and the surrounding territory are urged to attend an im- portant meeting that will be held in the Masonic temple at 8 p. m. lay. The advisability of forming a Lodge of Perfection and posaibly, a Consistory comprising all of the! various Masonic bodies in Bismarck and Mandan will be discussed, ac- cording to F. L. Gage, who called the meeting at the instance of Wal- ter R. Reed, inspector general for North Dakota. Establishment of .a consistory equal footing with Fargo and Grand Forks Meehan, who| from a fraternal standpoint and will ly aligned with the Mayor| make the two Missouri river cities Thompson Republican. faction, out-| the Masonic center of the state, ac- (Continued on page ‘wo) Lindy Ready to Cross Caribbean [eon eeweetinn NE cording to Mr, Gage. taken by Col Charles Lindbergh from Panama above. Ho wit the treacherous Cartbbean from Caraces to St. Thomas points or nearby cities of the county, . RIVE CHICAGO DEATHS DUE T0 COLD WEATHER Windy City Has Subzero: Tem- ‘peratures—Three Persons Taken to Hospitals Chicago, Jan. 28.—(P)—A subzero cold snap which descended on Chi- cago today was blamed for the deaths of four men and one woman while three other persons were ta- op: to hospitals suffering from the col The frozen body of a negro, his head caught in the window of a gro- store, was found by the police who believe the negro was trying to break into the store and had raised the window, which descended and held him fast until he died of freez- Rudolph Kroft, 20, St. Louis, fell under the wheels of-a train on which he was stealing-e ride and was killed after becoming numb from the cold and ‘another man wes f dead in the street and a woman died of heart disease believed caused by the cold. The official weather reading here was two below zero, but unofficial readings showed 10 below in suburbs, Warmer weather was forecast for to-| ¢15 morrow. . ‘The death toll from the cold was raised to five when the body of an- other man was found frozen under an elevated structure. body was not recovered. Other em- ployes were thrown to the ground, and in the excitement incident to spread of the flames reports were circulated that several persons had rished. The fire continued in the evening, with flames shooting hundreds of feet to milssppese, in a huge cloud of dense black smoke. The damage was held down by draining the oil from some of the nee yy an underground pipeline system. BAPTISTS WILL CONVENE HERE Pastors and Field Workers of State to Have Institute - February 7, 8 and 9 “Baptist pastors’ and field work-| ers of North Dakota will meet for their annual institute in the First Baptist-church of Bismarck, Febru- ary 7 to 9. Dr. Fred E. Stockton SUB DISASTER Limits President - appointed Body to Study of Safety Devices, Salvage Work Washington, Jan. 28.—(#)—Dee spite the recommendations of Prese ident Coolidge that an executive commission investigate the S-4 dis- aster, the senate has voted for a congressional inquiry of i:s own. Amending and passing, by a vote of 51 to 32, the house resolution which would have authorized the president - appointed body, the sen- Hr, Coolidge te mame his inguishere Ir. Cooli name his inq but they would be restricted to a study of safety devices and salvage activities of the navy. The senate action was not final, however, the amended resolution bee ing sent back to the house, which must the or requests & confereace, with the ather: chase the house’ when it passed” jouse WI inal resolution to keep it of Fargo, state superintendent, will = have general charga of the -insti- tute, and Dr. William Kuhn of Chi. cago, Dr. Abram LeGrand ‘of Mil- waukee, and Rev: William Griffith Evans, Moulmein, Burma, will be! the instructors. Dr. William Kuhn is the general secretary of the General Missionary society of the German Baptist churehes of North America. During | last seven years r Kuhn has made three trips to Europe in the interest of the German rapes work. At Bismarck he will deliver a lecture on Baptist work in Eur- pe today. He will also ive @ ible exposition each Doctor LeGrand has served as the betagrng iry, but there in 6 ‘was no do under the new circumstances, Chicago Police War om ‘lind Pigs? Chicago, Hig 8 what