The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 26, 1928, Page 1

NORTH DAKOTA'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER SNOW CAUSE MORE TROUBLE Several Communities Inun- dated When Five Rivers Go Out of Banks IN DANGER Break of Boca Dam Feared— Arrangements Made to Give Quick Warning San Francisco, March 26.—(AP) —The flood demon stalked through central California and west central Nevada ‘today ‘as rain and gin ‘mow waters coursed down bo’ sides of the high Sierras, ‘driving five rivers from their banks, inun- dating several communities and threatening the city of Reno with the possibility of a dam break. Several city blocks and a section of Reno's system remained un- Inches of water this der several it the swollen Truckee two miles up the ‘was pouring over the to a depth of 15 Fear was expressed that the mud- dy torrent might weaken the earth- en: abutments of the dam, ‘unleas- ing more than 600 acre feet of wa- ter. In case of a'break, Ren would be in the direct path of the flood, which probably would raise the level of the turbid waters four or five feet above their present flood stage. Ready to Spread Alarm City officials, with the memory of the recent St, Francis dam disaster fresh in their minds, made ready to spread an alarm in case of emerg- ency. Because the dam is 22 miles from the city, it was.thought that there would be ity of time to warn residents in case of sudden "The avollen zivars..on_the. Cali e gwollen ri on 9 fornia ae of ‘ihe Sierras were: Yuba, which runs into the Sacra- mento river north of the city of Sacramento; the American, which also.runs into the Sacramento near, Sacramento of the city was under RENO IS Pajaro rivers, several miles to the Reports ‘from the flood: districts indicate that the north Sacramento, across the American river from Sacramento, was the hardest hit. The town was practically isolated, a Yuba river Town Narrowly Escapes The town of Malones narrow! escaped a flood when a three-inc! rain in the mountains above Sonora Tooalé, and ‘the Btenitlaus ‘and of GERMAN PLANE STARTS TRANSATLANTIC FLIGHT » Floods Again Threaten in Central California and Nevadabremi rin , RAIN, MELTING || 7hompson’s Anti-Lowden Thrust Enlivens Campaign in Illinois | {uled to pass along the Candidacy of Mrs. Medill McCormick (above) for republican nomination as representativ large, the quest of Senator Frank L. Smith (right) for renomination, and an effort to draft Coolidge, sponsored by Mayor Thompson of Chicago, shown below with Gov. Len Small, feature the II- Mnois primaries April 10. Thompson would prevent instruction of Re- publican delegates for cago, March 26.—(?)—Hlinois Chicago, ma: jatry ‘what the jotta whine te Breaideds Cootidge’s “do not choose to run” statement. In the prefe i erential primary April 40, oply: one mdidate will be ‘voted: upon—-Frank ©. Low- den, republican, the state’s own son. But Mayor Wiha Hale ‘Thompaon usual resque @ method to thermometer reads on-Mr. Coolidge, and asks the voters to refrain from instructing a celegation. A United States senator, Frank L. Smith, duly elected but refused of- because of the source and size of his pemueins contributions, is be- fore the republican voters asking re-nomination. a Another feature of national inter- est is the campaign of Mrs. Medill McCormick, daughter of Mark Han- na, for republican nomination as congressman-at-large. No Democrats Filed” 4 No democratic presidential candi- dates sulin and there ol by, favorite presidential candidat Mayor after the] from Washi lunch with that the voters a ' The Cook count o and Lowden have ‘been ‘a slate of national iz bes Be Ti ture. who has con- stum; R. Rath- to: the “ballot- a t Aimee McPherson. Has |” _candi- for a former Gov. Frank 0. Lowden; only presidential candidate in the primary, DISARMEAMENT PROPOSAL IS NOT FAVORED Delegates Are Overwhelmingly Atfiinst Such Move as Sug- gested by Russia TY OSAR WATSON Cable Editor, The Associated Press Russi proposal fot .immediate and complete disarmament by the nations of the world went by the last week in sessions of the prevarsiony disarmament com- mission of the League of Nations. There was an overwhelming senti- ment among the delegates against any such radical move, and even a second pe proposed by Maxim Litvinoff, ‘head of the soviet delega- tion, for ual disarmament, was unacceptable, and will be referred to the various governments. Though invited to join with Rus- sia on this proposal, the United States, represented by Hugh 8. Gib- son, ambassador to eng de- clined the invitation, and Mr. Gibson seeking the out- naval awaited the signal that the Sonera PS | tery. ‘k the route to the cemetery with laced, the loo! of ferello said, was the idea of Diamond and will meet again only at the call of the chairman when he finds that. the governments arc in a fair way to settle their divergencies on naval armament. . spe. edt ta Te! ague of Nations at the of the council, and B Kos ncn Tt te » not a that she. is officially withdrawing from that bod; Premier blackshirts in Italy to: “on In felicitating thourands of Italian uths who are entering the political (Continued on page two) {tempt on the part of insurgents to j embarrass the Mexican government. GUARDS:-PATROL HIGHWAY IN MEXICO Holdup Believed to Be Attempt on Part of Insurgents to Embarrass Calles Govern- ment—American Ambassa- dor Morrow Was Scheduled to Travel Same Road — i Mexico City, March . 26.~-UP)— | Strong guards of troops patrolled one of Mexico’s chief highways to day while others scoured the foot hills for a band of highwaymen who on Saturday held up four automo- | biles and eleven automobile busses, robbing about 200 persons. Because Dwight W. American ambassador, time of the robbery, the affair was held in some quarters to be an: at- Mr. Morrow was traveling along the road w leads from la to Mexico City and arrived at the point 25 miles from the capital where the robbery occurred rec hours after the robbers had scat-| tered. | Morrow Behind Schedule | Mr. Morrow's party included | Genaro Estrada, actin; —_ minister, and was behind schedule. Because of this it was asserted in| some, quarters that the pis of j highwaymen was to embarrass the Calles administration abroad. Wit- | ‘nesses asserted the members of the band shouted “Viva Cristo, Rey,” the slogan of the Catholic insur- gent movement. About 50 men held up the auto. mobiles and busses methodical stripping their occupants of .val uabl@s. While the en was in progress a pay car carrying $50,000 suddenly appeared. The driver realized what was happening, swung his car around and headed for Mex- ico City. The highwaymen fired at the machine, wounding two oceu- pants and drilling a bullet hole| through the gasoline tank, but it escaped. The robbers were believed by some to be under the leadership of two notorious highwaymen as “the one eye” and “the cog Very Polite The Puebla correspondent of Universal, who was in the first stopped, wrote: “The robbers--were sh, Pelt They used no oaths and tl coms mander, who was called ‘general’ by his men, returned some money to victims who complained that they| i" were broke. The chief also gave money to some poor women, when search revealed they possessed none, “The highwaymen all carried irand new rifles. Every man wore three or four belts filled with cart- ridges.” ROSES RAIN ON DIAMOND.JOE PROCESSION: Friends Provide. Ultimate ia Funeral Grandeur For Dead Ward Leader Chicago, March 26.—(AP)—Roses that rain from airplanes were the final touch that friends added today to the funeral of Diamond Joe Es- posito, the “Little Italy” politic and ward leader who was shot do by unknown assassins last Wednes- day, Two airmen piled 10,000 roses in- to their planes early today and procession of “The Dimie” started to move from the Holy Fam-) ily church to Mount Carmel ceme-! Swooping low, they were to ms. The rain of rdses, Pilot Mike Caf- Joe -himself. Only a few months ‘ago, Cafferello said, “The Dimie” plane Sropping. flowers. in. advance PB pping flowers vance of a ee Groetesias would be the ultimate in funeral grandeur. Thousands of dwellers in Diamond has pe: f ly. Mussolini called upon all fear BUSSES ARE ROBBED —— 9 | Today in Congress | ——_ Attacks on Herbert Hoover by Senator ‘Neely, Democrat, ‘est Virginia, ‘anid ‘on ‘Gover- nor Smith by Senator Robinson, Republican, Indiane, included in speeches for delivery in senate where unfinished business is Norbeck migratory bird refuge bill; District of Columbia bills are on house 1 Senate interstate commerce committee resumes coal inquiry with West Virginia operators on stand. MecNary-Haugen farm relief bill undergoes further drafting in house pe committee. Muscle js and irrigation proposals are before other house committees, COUPLE ADMIT | THEY FOLLOWED LIFE OF GRIME Man Confesses Bank Robber- ies—Trained Wife in Use of Firearms said by police to have ied in the use of firearms by her husband and who admitted she knew he was engaged in liquor traf- fic, was held in ja with him here today in connection with investiga- tion of a series of crimes including a slaying in California. The couple was arrested here yes- terday where they were known as Mr. and Mrs. James Shannon. The as later identified as leman, 27, who, on leav- ing the university of Utah, became society editor of a Salt Lake City Paper. ey were seated in an automobile when arrested. Shannon was catry- ing a pistol an automatic ‘pis- tol was found in the car, within Peach of his wife. h D. Harper that he) ink at Angeles, she was “simply amazed.” Guns Found on: Ranch She told Chief Harper that her husband had informed her he was running whiskey to make a stake with which to buy a ranch where could “settle down.” rch of a ranch near here, which the couple recently ‘purchased ke; revealed a collection of firearms. Salt Lake City officers warned authorities here to take precautions in accosting them. Six detectives armed with shotguns were detailed to.make the arrest. In his confession, Adams named a “Joe Wysong,” as one of a tobbers he said he led in the looting of the Citizens ional bank of Angeles last fall. Asked to name the other places he had robbed, he declared he “could not remember all of them.” NONPARTISANS SCORE AGAIN IN LATER RETURNS Have Apparently Elected Nine Convention Delegates and Four Electors On the basis of returns from all be 7 Beaclncts in the nee te cogastinaes ve apparently clect- ed nine delegates to the na‘ Republican convention and four elec- tors. Saturday's returns brought two Nonpartisan delegate candidates from near the bottom of the list up to where they crowded out Inde- pendents who, ‘on the basis of re- turns Friday, were believed to be safe. Jacobsen Independent, 13th the list, has only a 647 os ee on Parkinson, Non- red | FT Chicago. 1] cation of the prison haircut and prison clothes have left William Edward Hickman ttle of the dap- per appearance i which he took sv much pride dur- ing his two trials for murder. Above are the pictures taken for the prison records —e after he had been dressed at San Quentin the other day. Below is a, photo of “the Fox” when he was basking in the wide notoriety of his two crimes— the murder of Marian Parke: and the holdup in which a druggist was killed. Colorado Springs, Colo, March GASOLINE FREIGHT RATE REDUCTION 26.—()—A former Utah university | _FOR NORTH DAKOTA ORDERED BY I. C. C. NEWSP APERS-OF Cut Will Be as Much as $100 a CHICAGO START DRIVE.ON CRIME Tribune cand: Daily News Charge Wide Open Gambling. Is Rule There ~ Whileago, March’ 26.-—(AP)—A two-ply attack. — the city inistration’s ‘handling of mbling and bootlegger operatio had produced disputed results today. Both the Tribune and the Daily News have charged that wide open bling has been permitted since illiam Hale Thompse | became The: Tribune on’ Saturday t. ‘ollowing publication of the list police launched'a new drive against gamblers, especially in the downtown section, using the axe on much equipment confiscated. Last night, the police said, most of the gambling laces were closed, most of thent their doors Lolli publi- ist. “Go-get-’em’ ichael Hughes, as the mayor calls his commissioner of Police, discounted the newspaper picture of gambling conditio The Daily Néws published an a count of the activities of ig! powered” syndicate of alcohol and whisky rs, ing names, places and telephone numbers. It detailed the method of manufacture, sale and | distribution.’ The weekly sales of a “high jure” of 50 men was fixed in the at. if At to. the newspaper, the salesmen are called to he: meeting,”‘and in such cases the ex- pression “check your guns at the door” is litera! do} ft nails b; ing” their weapons, which they retrieve just as they ‘are le SIXTY PEOPLE IN BLKS MINSTREL six lively scenes and with more yuent ‘intervals, according! warters for a “pep; Car — Action Expected to Result in Lower Prices on Motor Fuel and Other Oil Products at All Points in State ¢ Reduction in freight rates on gasoline, kerosene and oil from sOklahoma’and® Texas producing points to North Dakota has been ordered by the interstate commerce commission, according, ta: inferma- tion received by the state railroad if ‘ od board today. The state railroad board joined with traffic experts representing Fargo, Grand Forks, Minot, Valley City, estown, Bismarck and Mandan in the effort to obtain the reduction. The reductions, which are said to be substantial, are scheduled take effect Jnune 14. The reduced rates will affect all gasoline and other oil products sold in this territory since prices are based on the price at sa rlus. the freight in the same manner that steel prices formerly were based on the price at Pittsburgh, plus freight, (Continued on page two) SHIPS‘EAD MAY DESERT FARM ‘LABOR PARTY Reports Current. That He May File For Republican Nome | ination This Year St.Paul, Minn.,. March 26.—(AP) =-Whether United States Senator Henrik Shipstead of Minnesota will be the party's candidate for reelec- tion was a major topic before the state convention of the Farmer- Labor party, opening a two-day ses- sion here today. Senator Shipstead was elected to the senate six years ago on the Farmer-Labor ticket, but there have been ‘reports, recently that he may file for the ‘Republican nomination this year. Farmer-Labor party leaders in invited Tim 'to attend the | bor es Minnesota state convention here today but he announced in Washington that press of business there wou! eaten him from coming to St. Paul. At the state Republican conven- tion here Saturday, that party post- its: expression for United tates senator because its leaders decided to wait until SI 54 in- to| Ba FROM BERLIN TO IRELAND Flyers Leave Templehofer Airdrome at Berlin Early This Morning SECRECY IS MAINTAINED Baron von Huenefeld, Capt. Koehl and Mechanic Spind- ler Aboard Dublin, Irish Free State, March 26.—(AP)—The German Junkers transatlantic Bremen, on the first lap of 2 flight from east to west across the Atlantic, arrived at Baldon- nel airdrome late today from Tempelhofer field. Berlin, March 26—(AP)—Another attempt to conquer the Atlantic from east to west is believed to have got under way today with the departure of a Junkers plane from the Tem- plehofer airdrome, presumably for Baldonnel, Ireland, on the first lap of the hazardous journey. Today's “mystery flight” was un- dertaken ‘with a Junkers single-mo- tor plane, The Bremen, which was used in an attempted westward flight last summer but’only reached the west coast of Ireland, being forced to turn back by gales after @ 22-hour flight. Baron von Huenefeld, who is con- nected with the North German Lioyd Steamship company, Captain Koehl and Captain Friedrich were aboard the plane at that time. Neither Templehofer officials nor il of the pilots professed to be awate that a long distance hop was planned so soon, as the men had that they were up for a trial flight. . The plane went up at 8:15 this BETAS XMapeeton “et 8 in or a transatlantic attempt. As the men. had not returned at 4 o'clock this it. was as- plane, fecret getaway airdrome, their hop- pine off point for the Atlantic ven- ure. aaa Even Captain Koeh!'s wife did not know that her husband was on his way to America, for he told her that he was merely going to try the m out on a test. it. The Bremen took off with only a limited supply of fuel, and for this regson it was assu: that Captain Koehl would attempt only to reach Idonnel. Koehl, still chafing under last year’s failure to make the westward flight, had steadfastly denied that he was planning another hop-off, al- Poneh ee was receatiy. in Baldon- nel for the purpose'of inspecting ac- commodations for a final take-off for America from that point. The Bremen was favored by idest flying weather this morning. OVERNYGHT STOP TO BE MADE AT DUBLIN New York, Mach 26.—(AP)—The New York Evening Post in a copy- righted story today says that a Ger- man junkers monoplane with @ crew of three men left Templethoffer ai field at 8:20 this morning the plane, Captain Koehl, pilot, and Mechanic Spindler. With favorable weather conditions they plan to leave Ircland at day- light tomorrow and to arrive at flying field near Berlin, was mad so secretly that even close of the fives k:ew nothin; ef ere ure, says. fon Bed est wee ard government incerference with his u- ins as the result of faa og get lic sentiment against the loss of hn life in previous atter 3