The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, July 20, 1928, Page 1

Woo | t i | } Pe Se, See ae ae \ | NORTH DAKOTA’S OLDEST NEWSPAPER ESTABLISHED 1878 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, JULY 20, 1928 Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday; sossibly focal showers. The Weather PRICE FIVE CENTS @ FRANCE PROBES MONEY KING DEATH MYSTERY Nonpartisan League Groups Demanding State Convention! ns Arrested, Convent Closed, Calles Guarded CONTROL STATE | Nag G. 0. P. BODY; URGE LEADERS Stutsman and Other Counties Sound Off for Militant Campaign DEMOCRATS FLIRTING Prospect Pressure Will Result in Call for State Meet Seen Today That element of the Nonpartisan League advocating peace with honor in the forthcoming sf election campaign as between Republican factions was sorely besieged today. From sections of the state where the League is strong and militant the executive committe; get for the slings and arrows of dis- content of the rank and file who are protesting esa are not ready “to take a licking lying down.” Beginning at Jamestown Wednes- day with the meeting of the county executive committee which con- demned the executive committee of the League and demanded a state convention of the delegates who at- tended the March convention the movement was spreading today. It gathered momentum with the announcement that meetings of the county committees Wednesday indi- cated the League will control the Re- ublican state committee. The eague had accounted for 18 of the’ 25 members of the committee neces- sary to control. County committee meetings still to be held in strong League territory apparently made it certain Leaguers will dominate the committee with a safe majority. The outgoing president of the United States, and the man who plans to succeed him are pictured above on the lawn of the Summer White House at Cedar Island, Wis for the forthcoming Republican campaign. and throngs of marchers figured, and the long automobile r igh shows in his face some traces of strain and nervousness. But Mr. Coolidge, left, seemed in excellent spirits as he welcomed his Secretary of Commerce. [Conse sna Hcover Plot theCammaien J SLAYER IS PUT ON PARADE BY POLICE CHIEF Mexican Congress Seeks Way to Continue Calles as Presi- dent of Country a NOTE FOUND ‘AVENGED’ Nine Days Period of Mourn- ing Decreed for Slain State Leader of supporters meet in spe- ssion on July 30, presumably tle the question of presidential ion raised by his assassina- Tt is generally expected that a way will be found to continue President Calles in office. A nine-days pe- riod of mourning will be observed throughout Mexico, in the meantime, {for the slain president-elect, whose ; body today was traveling on a spe- train to his native state of So- for burial. | . General Antonio Rios Zertuche, in- | Stalled as chief of police to handle the investigation into the killing, an- nounced that “responsibility for the After an enthu: Protest in Making To the protest voiced at James- town by Leaguers Wednesday, oth- ers were added late yesterday. More were in the making today. The indicated League victory in the naming of the members of the Republican central committee was pointed to as evidence that the Non- partisan League still is in the ma- jority aa a the civined rie ingthe June primary simply re! Noite of factional strife and = cam- paign that in its practical aspects satisfied nobody. Roy Frazier, chairman of the League executive committee, re- mained in Bismarck today. For the time being he was sole arbiter of the destinies of the League whatever they may be in the situation now de- veloping. . Boy on Burning Deck Other members of the committee here Wednesday had returned to their homes. Senator Frazier had left the city. The committee con- ference had settled nothing. It left to Roy Frazier the final decision. Under pressure today he declined “tg give out any statements. “We are beginning to hear ,from the farmers,” Frezier said. “Some of the things they are saying about the executive committee and the tenta- tive decision for a United Republican party would be altogether out of pee in Louisa M. Alcott’s charming ooks for the voung. Look at Stuts- man county.” Frazier wore the look of a man deeply grieved. He puffed inces- tly at a short black briar pipe and was constantly “in conference” at his room at the Patterson hotel. Morton -county also got off the reservation yesterday. Nonparti sans controlled the county commi tee. They ent word to Frasier they wanted to “press on.” Frank Vogel, candidate for lieu- teriant governcr, at the primary, in the city today “to attend a meet- of Chevrolet dealers.” Frazier called Vogel into conference last night. League Democrats Milling The telep}.one in. Frazier’s room jangled incessantly. Meantime it was pointed «ut that within the ranks of the Nonpartisan League there is an estimated total of more than 14,0°O Democrats. It was ad- doing a “great deal today it seemed certain that sufficient pressure would be piled upon the reluctant-Roy Frazier to force him to call a | ys convention PLEA FOR LAKES 10 OGRAN WAY Benefit Third of People of the Nation Superior, Wis., July 20.—(@)—An engagement to hear a strong plea for the St. Lawrence waterway to the ocean was on President Cool- idge’s books today. Harry L. Robin- son had an appointment td present the chief executive with a communi- cation of the city council of Wash- burn stressing the great advantages which would derive to the whole Great Lakes region if such a project materialized, , “A proper outlet to and from the sea,” the communication said, “will insure new growth, new activity, and a degree of prosperity greater than has ever been known in this won- derful region.” | Benefits Outlined Pointing out that the central American states were not benefited by the Panam: 1, the communi- cation adds that a lake-to-sea water- way would affect directly one-third of the population of the United States. “In a manner not so direct more than one-half of the whole population of the United States would receive substantial benefits through the equalization of trans. portation rates by means of deep waterways,” it declared. “There are no great engineering obstacles’in the way of the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence project,” the communication said. “It is a for- ward movement for the benefit of all humanity, and it furnishes new hopes for those who produce grains on mid-western and western fields, and to tgose who furnish our indus- trial centers with the raw products of our mines.” ine . BOY BURGLAR GIVEN PAROLE Joliet, Il, ion PO} 2 essed he inevitably took refuge in “a vociferous declaration: “I am a) iblican.”” the haunts of the political wise- acres today it was being freely pre- dicted that Frazier will issue @ call re for a state convention of the League] ,, for the of Jack Durand, viel foster son of F. Scott Durand of ‘When the question was frankly/Take Forest, was received at the put up to him he answered in pat-| state penitentiary this morning from ables which inevitably ith | Governor Len Small. ; the declaration, “I am « Rej ‘Warden Elmer J. Green announced To the rumble receipt of the parole and said the county yesterday boy would be released as soon as Barnes! credentials are presented showing fad he Mes serosa Mrs. she had found a position for her toate son ne real estate firm at gan, Ill. became eligible for a jittle more than two months le has served two years and July 20.—(AP). LF é z 3 alt ve i leader like a man who w: lodged give the and dis- itched Senator called, ma Oe Barring of Big Bill Tilden from Davis Cup Match Arouses E MADE AT BRULE: Coolidge Told Project Would] | | Championship for Humbug,’ Goes to America, Declares», “London Express \Cheers | Breaker as It Steams Into Port | London, July 20.—(AP)—The disqualification of William T. Tilden, captain of the American Davis cup team, led to strong editorial comment today, in every instance adverse to the ruling of the ed States Lawn Tennis association. The Post says that although the American broke the law in letter he kept it in spirit. The action of the American control- ling body, the Post believes, was toth premature and far too drastic for the conditions. and hope is expressed that Tilden soon will be reinstated. The Daily News expressed the belief that the decision of the U. S. L. T, A. was based on some misunderstanding and that it is technically unjust. The Express says: “The de- cision carries cant and pretense further than ever before. The championship for humbug, which we thought was securely held by Great Britain, is following the other championships across the water.” i New York, July 20—(#)—The United States Lawn Tennis ation is to stand on jts exclusion of Big Bill Tilden from the Davis cup lay, despite th- request of the French Tennis federation that he be reinstated. American officials announced that the French request that Tilden be permitted to plav in the interzone fizals, against Italy today, and, if successful in that series, against France in the challenge round, would be ‘ived with every courtesy and consideration. But, it added, there was vir! ly no chance that the order dropping Tilden from the team Would be rescinded. He was dropped because he wrote about matches at Wimbledon in which he took part. Herdy Stands Firm At San Franciseo Dr. Sumner Hardy, president of the California Lawn Tennis association, who was the instigator of the protest against Tilden’s presence on the team, said he felt that the move, though a drastic one, would eventually mean much to tennis. Or, Hardy earlier | crime lies with the Catholic clergy.” Here they held a series of conferences on plans | Police were continuing their in- reception at Superior in which two bands | vestigation, in an effort to find le to Cedar Island. cretary Hoover, right, | those “intellectually responsible. Convent Closed Twenty Catholic nuns from the ; town of Villa Guadalupe, where the \shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe, m saint of Mexico, is situated, rested, and the convent was |. Police charged that they uro e operating secretly in ing ligious laws. They were held at ~ -——---_----—— police headquarters, where the slayer, Juan de Leon Toral, is in a dungeon. | A placard hearing the words “You = ar ; At Avenged” was found on the ; tomb’ of the priest, Miguel Pro Jua- ] ‘ ioe who was executed last Novem- ber for being involved in the attempt. | to assassinate Gen Obregon with Auteuil, France, July 20.— | bombs. Police said a picture of the (AP) — cmeries's Davis cup | ee was found a ae sarnshty A tennis players, minus Tilden, | e newspaper niversal Gr: produced a great surprise today | ico said police were investigating re- by winning the first two singles A ; Ports, the source of which was not matches of the interzone final Welcome Russian Ice revealed, that some of the former contest with Italy, both in (bee Ss ie nares a the De- straight sets. | fense of Religious Liberty were re- Aftes A cently involved in a plot against first match by scores of 6-1, 6-1, | active in expression of opposition to 6-0, John Hennessey downed the | Kings Bay, Spitzbergen, July 20. the Mexican religious laws. It was Italian ace, Baron Humber de |(—All the known survivors of the agp” and its subsequent activities. if Mernareo, 6:4, es i | fatal expedition which set forth al- any, have been clandestine. z looked on FP | most two months ago for the North | Calles Guarded | Pole in the dirigible Italia were safe, President Calles today, was under |i this harbor today. | siheaty pulliary goed. Tees Cheers from the base shin Citta di {ons were taken at the behest of his Mil: iertaed th e.| friends, although Calles has rejected Reectne Ween ae that \ any ides that his personal safety a ie Aa aguctearigguart tt covan | Was in danger, ~ j Sel came into port with the scien) Police Chief Zertuche exhibited members of the Italia crew who had! ge Leon Toral to a group of Mexican been snatched from death in the) ang foreign newspaper men in po- Arctic. p ‘ lice headquarters, to put an end to _ The men, including Natale Cec-! reports tl : he had already been cioni, whose leg was broken in the | executed secretly, or had been mu- |erash of the Italia on May 25, and : n j tilated by torture. The slayer |Captain Alberto Mariano, who was | naraded up and down the chief's picked up with a badly frostbitten| fice, He sat down in a chai ind jleg and in an exhausted cor | arose again, as instructed. Then |were transferred to the Citta the chief asked “Can you tall Milano. General- Umberto Nobile,! The prisoner replied, in Spanish, leader of the ill-fated expedition, | “{ think so.” whg was rescued by airplane on June} He was then taken out without the |24," awaited them aboard his base} reporters being allowed to ask him | ship, any questions. Pomella Buried in Ice The slaver’s left eye was black Buried in the polar ice cap they|and swollen, there were a few left Vincenzo Pomella, killed in the} bruises on his face, but \crash. Dr. Finn Malmgren was left | of blood had been washed It behind a month ago, dying in a) was intimated that the bruises had grave of ice, by Captains Mariano | been sustained in the scu‘fle which and Zappi when they vushed on in| followed t! . a futile attempt to reach land. Slayer Looks rien who were carried off in the bal The youth’s face had an expression loon part of the dirigible were still | of extreme weariness ani betrayed missing, as‘ were Roald Amundsen I n | lack of sleen, He was collarl and five others who flew to rescue! though clea them, ’ wrinkled ye An official communique issued in| werevevasive end his expression was Rome this morning, announcing the | stolid and rather sullen. arrival of the survivors, said that Captain Mariano’s condition was im- proving although his frozen right! foot would make an operation neces- sary. The Oslo newspaper, Tidens Tegn, said, however, that .Captain Mari. jano’s leg had been amputated last Wednesday LINER SINKS GUARD CUTTER Indications were that supporters of Obregon would attempt to con- tinue President Calles as the head of the state, if it could be done with any shadow of legal sanction. Their plan was said to be to propose Calles for the presidency pro tem., not as president, thus avoiding violation of the constitution, which forbids the chief execui' :e from succeeding him- i leaders felt that this tion would be entirely law and would at the same time avoid precipitatin~ the country into a political situation which some feared might cause chaos. Cape May, N. J., July 20—(AP)—| norman aan c2| TATE OFFICER jeartcatie sa-0) SENT'T0 PRISON steamship Culberson sank coast guard, pe rol boat No, 113 in a thick og off the Delaware capes. The dead are: in the year denounced the Davis‘cup} B. F. Haines, motor machinist’s| _Faulkton, S. D., July 20—(AP)— (Continued on page two) mate, Pleasantville, N. J. Commitment papers for Adolph A ——__—_—_. D. T. Hale, motor machinist’s | Ewert, treasurer the STATUE DOLLED mate, Atlanta, Ga. South Credits board, SNAKE FRY LIK=D horse State College, Pa., July 20. coat: of gold. Schmitt, The evidence is that fried rattle- erator, was so grieved by the looks| snake is deli A college state- of a St. Gaudens statue in Central| ment notes that some girl campers that he got permission of the liked it so well they ate it four city fo have it cleaned and dressed | times in three weeks. Phe only up in new. gold leaf, at a cost to him- Priced Ot gd full: enjoymnt is to forget what you arc eating. Lee fore lecued here late yesterday. The commitment was issued the denial of self of $3,000. | _ Faces Trial as Husband’s Killer —— Although Percy Eiker, 22, of Gettys- burg, Pa., died insisting that he shot himself with suicidal intent, his 20- year-old wife, Helen, mother of their two-year-old son, confessed, police say, to shooting him because of his alleged infidelity. Police discredit Eiker’s story of the shooting and have charged Mrs. Eiker with mur- FOUR DIEIN TRAIN CRASH INTO CREEK Engineman on Doubeheader Killed as Freight Plunges Through Bridge Omaha, July 20.—(AP)—Two en- gineers and two firemen were killed about 2 a. m. today when a double- header Wabash freight train plunged into a rain-swollen dry creek, near Mineola, Iowa, 14 miles cast of Council Bluffs. x The torrential rains of the night had filled the creek, washing out the central spans of the wood tres- tle. Six cars of the 54-car train led into the creek following the locomotives. The dead: i D. D. TUCKER, 44, engineer. GEORGE WILSON, 43, engineer. JESSE DAVIS, 22, firemau. JOHN BUTTS, 23, fireman. All of the victims lived at Stan- berry, Missouri. Rains Sap Bridge Other members of the crew, Clar- ence Smith, conductor, and Ralph Humphrey, brakeman, were riding the rear of the train, in the caboose and were not hurt. : ; Bodies of Tucker, Davis and Wil- son were removed shortly after day- break when the swollen creek waters receded. The body of Butts could be seen, buried under the cab of his en- ine. Part of one leg was exposed. rainmen said it could not be re- moved until some of the wreckage is cleared away. The supposition is that the heavy rains undermined the piling of the trestle washing out the middle iers. A skeleton framework was left, sufficient to carry the rails, and the engineers were unable to see that the trestle had been wrecked. RYE WHISKEY CARGO SEIZED New. York, July hue f all re-war rye whis! - timated to be worth $1,000,000 at retail, was seized today by customs nts on the Red Cross Liner ferissa. The contraband was in kegs cadet ‘hare? aigge week had it in large barrels Halitex: 3 S. The Nerissa docked in Brooklyn yesterday. 69 FARMERS TOSING HOMES 6ofarmas, aggreuating 12900 acre, a gat 5 state caer weit cat heel si rural quent loans ‘otaline $323,026, bureau ssid today in Christensen. SMITH SCORED BY DRYS WHO SEEK DEFEAT Asheville Conference Roundly Condemns Nominee and An- nounces Bolt AL ‘AGGRESSIVE? WET Repudiation of Houston Plat- form and Raskob Choice Severely Criticized Asheville, N. C., July 20.—(AP)— Having pledged themselves to defeat Governor Smith, delegates. to the conference of dry southern Demo- crats separated today to carry their campaign against the nominee to their home states. Before adjourning, the conference adopted a statement of its aims and principles, attacking the New York governor for what was termed “his repudiation of the Houston platform on prohibition,” his “selection of a wet Republican” as chairman of the Democratic national committee, his “wet record,” and his relation to Tammany Hall. ,_ The statement declared “unswerv- ing allegiance to the principles of true Democracy,” but asserted that “we cannot support Governor Alfred E. Smith, the nominee of the Hous- ton convention for the presidency of the United States, and we hereby pouce ourselves as Anti-Smith emocrats to use all proper and hon- orable means to secure his defeat. Houston Fight Recalled Lengthy reference was made to the battle for a bone dry plank at the Democratic national convention and to Governor Smith’s telegram piaisins enforcement of the proni- ition laws but declaring for their modification. In this connection, the New York governor was accused of “bolting” the party platform and his message was ter! “brazen po- litical etfrontery, planned 5 ad- vance, in order to secure wet Repub- lican votes.” “It was, at the same time,” the statement continued, “open, incon- siderate defiance, of the position of dry Democrats everywhere and es- pecially in the south.” Governor Smith was charged with being “aggressively, irreconcilably, wet, an advocate of the saloon, and an opponent of all measures against saloons when he was in the state legislature.” , Smith “Unthinkable” “It is unthinkable,” the statement of principles said, “that the moral, religious leadership of the south can be a party to the election of such a man as Governor Smith, thus being , , guilty of an open betrayal of the great social, economic and moral re- form which was won for our children and our homes after years of unself- ish labor.” “We believe we represent multi- plied thousands of lifelong Demo- crats who have decided that genuine Democracy will be better served by the defeat of the wet Tammany sa- chem than by his election and who as anti-Smith Democrats will’ act ac- cordingly.” A considerable part of the state- ment was devoted to an attack upon the appointment of John J. Raskob, as chairman of the Democratic Na- tional committee and upon Tammany GIRLS DEATH I$ HYSTERY New York, July 20.—(AP)—The death of Virginia Drew, 24-year-old dent of literature and reincarna- tion, whose body was found floating in the Hud: river, furnished a mystery tod: _, The parents were inclined to place little credence in a report to police by Careline Novotny, who described herself’ as a friend of Miss Drew, that the student had told her of a It was determined that Mi Drew had called on Maxwell Bodenheim, author of “Replenishing Jessica,” on Sunday night. She was not seen again until her body was found yes- terday. The girl’s father, a New York Central agent, said he d believe his daughter pact with Bod that len! the novelist might have “some- lice found, checked Novotny and Miss Drew's parents said that Bodenheim had been hell ing the girl with her writi that she had seemed his criticisms. HELEN OFF FIGHTS & 2? ASSENGERS IN. | PLANE WILLBE INTERVIEWED Finding of Lowenstein’s Body Quiets Stories of Gigantic Hoax IDENTIFICATION MADE Preliminary Work of Winding ‘¢ Up Multi-millionaire’s Estate Is Started Calais, France, July 20.—@— Finding of the body of Captain Al- fred Lowenstein, Belgian financier, today revived the mystery which surrounds his death. It was believed the Frenci gov- ernment would begin an official in- quiry to establish whether death was | accidental or suicidal and whether any of his fellow passengers on the fatal plane trip share responsibility for his death. Discovery of the definitely set at rest rumors that the mystery man of European fi- nance had perpetrated a gigantic hoax and was still alive. The authorities still have to deter- ' mine whether he fell accidentally from his plane in crossing the chan-* nel or deliberately wrenched open the exit door and plunged to his death. Identity Certain Dr. Boulfroy, who examined the body, found nothing to show the exact cause of death, whether he was drowned or killed by the shock of the fall from a height of 4,000 feet. All he could do was to make absolutely certain of the identify wie comparison of the dental work wit! work that it was known that Captain Lowenstein had done. It was con- sidered probable that the case would be turned over to an examining mag- istrate shortly. The remains rested today ina little grey morgue beside the prison here awaiting the widow who is en route from Brussels. She will make the formal identification after which the body will be transferred to Brus- sels. Estate to Be Settled Finding of the body wil permit immediately the preliminary work of winding up the vast Lowenstein estate, recovered legal experts feared that it would be years ‘ore this work could be completed and that his great holdings would be tied up ii definitely. A Belgian court had ready refused to issue a death cer- tificate. The body was battered and decom- posed when found by a fishing smack floating face do ard ten miles off Cape Gris Nez. The sea had stripped it of clothing exce part of the underwear and shoes. a watch on the wrist was engrave: “Captain Lowenstein, 35 Rue De La Science, Brussels,” There was a deep wound in the abdomen and three gashes on the left breast and the left shoulder. It was thought probable that these had been made by the propeller blades of channel steamers. Brother Takes Body Captain Lowenstein’s body was placed in a casket which had been sent overnight from Brussels and a funeral car will take the body home as soon as the authorities here com- Plete the necessary formalities. Madame Lowenstein was persuad- ed not to come to Calais but sent her brother and brother-in-law to take charge of the body. BOMB ENDS A LOVE TRIANGLE Slain Husband Accuses Wife Thief With Last “Word in Life Rockford, Ill., July 20—)—A bomb, an electrical current and an automobile combined to dissolve a domestic triangle through the death of the husband, but found the wife and her alleged suitor in jai held in connection with the slaying. Vernon Plager, 32, Rockford radio expert, was the victim of a bomb wired in his automobile 80 to ex- plode when he stepped on the start- er yesterday. He was thrown into the struck an overhead cable and died within 30 minutes. “Paul Reed did it,” he whispered Jj cn his death bed. Reed, 30, Ah raftsman, surrendered at Oregon, Ill. late last night, main- taining his innocence. Mrs. Plager, 23, mother of a 5- year-old daughter, also held by po- lice, supported her husband’s rccusa- tion against Reed. Had the bedy remained ur- «