The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, July 31, 1928, Page 1

NORTH DAKOTA'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER ESTABLISHED 1873 PLATOU ASSASSIN OF OBREGON GIVES - POLICE STORY Religious Fanaticism Caused Him to Slay Mexican President-Elect f | THE BI NAMED 2 BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, TUESDAY, JULY 31, 1928 LEAGUE CHOICE FOR GOVERNOR [__attrasetiow of 1820 Chanse Poutinty | A ee ‘Suffragettes’ of 1920 Change Politically ‘ i .ACCESSORIES NAMED Police Hold Catholic Nun and Seek Man Who Inspired Murder Mexico City, July 31—(AP) Sister Concepcion Acevedo de la Lata is held in a cell at police headquarters, charged with hav- ing induced Jose de Leon Toral to commit murder. Sister Con- cepcion, who is about SR tg old and wears her hair bobbed, is mother superior of the con- vent. in which Toral is alleged by police to have conceived the idea of assassinating General Alvaro Obregon. Newspapers today quoted her as having told reporters at police headquarters: “I hope soon to be executed. I want to be punished.” Sister Concepcion did not ad- mit that she had influenced Toral to slay the president-elect. She was quoted as having added: “God must have wanted it; otherwise he would not have permitted the crime.” Mexico City, July 31.—(#)—Police in a formal statement assert that a Catholic nun, Concepcion Acebedo de la Lata, and a man named Man- American women will have had the vote eight yea the birthday. The pictures of S: aker Gillette 8 August 26, and women’s organizations will observe ing the resolution which sent the nineteenth amendment uel Trejo fostered a belief in the mind of Jose de Leon Toral that he to the states for ratification and ¢! rade of long-skirted women are treasured by the National League of Women Voters. Mrs. James W. Morchon (right) led a parade in Chicago in 1916, which resulted in the first could solve tl religious problems of Mexico by slaying General Alvaro Obregon. Toral claims that he alone was responsible, although he. said the police statement was correct. Sister Concepcion and sixteen other nuns, who were arrested at Guadalupe Hidalgo, were being held today for further examination. Toral said he had visited them fi quently in recent months, but serted that they were ignorant o! his desire to kill Obregon. Police headquarters announced to- day they would pay a reward of $1,000 for the arerst of Manuel Trejo, who is believeé-to have fled, to the United States. He was named as the man who gave Toral the pistol with which he killed Obregon. Describing the alleged connection of the nun and Trejo with the assassination, the police state- ment said: Didn't Like Bomb “Toral disliked the idea of the bomb attack upon Obregon last No- vember. But afterwards he began to believe that the killing of Obregon could bring about the solu- tion of the religious question, al- though Toral had not then selected himself to be the man to kill Obregon. “The Nun Concepcion said in the presence of Toral that the difficul- ties of the Catholics could be solved by the deaths of President Calles, Obregon and ‘the patriarch at the head of the so-called Schismatic Mexican Catholic church which de- ae the authority of the Pope at me. The statement next recited how Toral, gerins. at when Obregon made his triumphal entry into Mexico City on Sunday, mh 15, pins at the railroad station wi 8 Makes No Defense After the police statement had been read to newspapermen Toral answered their queens in the of. fice of the Chief of Police Gener: Rios Zertuche. He was pallid and suffrage plank in the Republi RECLUSE HUT SEARCHED FOR DEAD BODIES Corpse of Miser’s Sister Found Hidden in Coffin Under Bed Chie: july 31.— ) — August Kessler’s humble hut—a home, a church and & mausoleum within four tumbledown walls—may yield other bodies besides that of his aged cousin, Claudia Clara Hein. Police with axes and spades were tq learn definitely today; then the place was to be burned. The body of the 72-year-old woman was found seateneny. in a rough coffin beneath Kessler’s bed. She had dead since April. Kessler id the body had been kept in the hut because she had pleaded avainst burial in the id th r's fiek were no fu Lieutenant Laird of the county Police said there was much to be ex- plained. was a -leg man,” the ae, Tike Kessler, baie iret wie We. on Caste until 'a few months e peg- man disap peared--vantshing Hybond peer as though he had never ex- Miser Hoard Sought Kessler today lay on a hospital cot, suffering fromy wounds inflleted when he was beset by two men and a woman Saturday. They had sought to compel him to reveal the hidi place of a hoard si existed. When he reiterated that he was poor they attacked him. hollow cheeked but physically sound and according to his own statement " lectly sane.” “T have no defense and will make no defense in my trial,” the jin said. Twenty-six years Winnipeg Bandits Sought in State Grand Forks, N. D., July 31. —(AP)—All trace of five men who held up ieanes — messengers apparently was los! today. Canadian officials who chased them from the border to Lawton, where they shot up a car_ owned William Henne- berry of the Unltet igh me der were ig ona poly today of this city in an effort to pick up the trail. Bridges were guarded closely and it is not believed the bandits have been able to cross the river into Minnesota. Northeastern North Dakota officers last night searched for bandits who took $25,000 from Winnipeg bank messengers, fled across the international bound- ary, and disarmed two pursuing officers near Lawton, N. D. fter shattering the wind- shield of the pursuing car, three of the four bandits covered the officers, disarmed them, dis- connected the ignition wires of their car, and took five gallons of gasoline to enable them to continue their flight. Five Canadian officers were in the neighborhood. of Lawton aiding in the search for the four bandits, the last trace of whom was had when they halted a car containing William Henneberry, United States immigration in- Lester Eddington, prot policeman. The officers stopped their car when they were cut by flying glass. A sawed-off in was used in the attack on them, they asserted. The robbery took place yes- terday forenoon. 5 “= NOBILE GIVEN REAL WELCOME Rome, July 31.—()—General Um- berto Nobile and the surviving mem- | bers of the dirigible Italia came ed | back to Ital today to be greeted enthusiastically by their countrymen an platform. to show unbounded confi- HOOVER FISHES Brown's Camp. near Hornbrool Cal., July. 81.09) Little luck as come way of Herbert Hoover, Republican, te, dence in nee fenvite criticism in many parts jurope. Premier Mussolini symbolized the feelings of the Italian people in the matter by being the first to extend ‘ings to the returning men at the very threshold of the mother counters urposely sendin; ie pre: fect igs ine ortinee ass welcome them in the “pasciat penal ie maces i As the tral REED ADMITS SMITH MADE LIQUOR ISSUE Democratic Senator Protests Against ‘Heflinizing’ of Mis- souri in Speech Kansas City, July 31.—47)—Back in his home town and state Senator James A. Reed was plunged into the state political campaign with the declaration that Democratic state nominees must be in harmony with the ideas of Governor Alfred E. Smith on prohibition. Stating the nomination of Gover- nor Smith committed the party to a policy of revision or repeal of the 18th amendment, the Missouri sen- ator last night said the state must nominate candidates who will adhere to the national platform “else the arty will be engaged in a joint de- ite with itself.” one Speaking in behalf of his friend, James A. Collet, candidate for the nomination to succeed Reed, “Mr. Reed launched an attack on Collet’s opponent, Charles M. Hay, of St. Louis, dry, who has declared he stands for prohibition enforcement. Smith Made Issue “The Houston convention declared simply for enforcement of the laws,” he said. “If it had stopped there, it could well be said there was no is- sue with reference to modification of the Volstead act. But, to remove all questions, the convention was held in session for the express pur- se of receiving a message from Preaie Smith, and when it came, it unequivocally declared for a modi-|. fication. i : “Nomination of Hay will imperil the entire ticket,” Senator Reed de- clared. “It will place the Demo- cratic party before the public in the position of espousing two candidates of diametrically opposite views re- garding prohibition. “Adherents of Hay upon this question will be aiding and abetting the defeat of Governor Smith.” “I protest against Heflinizing of Missouri,” the senator said. “I know Tom Helflin and I know Charlie T say to you they are as much alike as two slices of beef off the same carcass, only Hay comes a lit- tle nearer the harns.” STRIKERSSING IN JAIL CELLS New Bedford, Mass., July 31.—(#) —Weary and h oarse after a night of confinement at police the} thus fer in or of northern California headquarters during which they sang and cheered almost continuously, 250 textile strikers arrested y after- sf yesterda: noon and last night, went into dis- this |trict court toda for arraignment. All were charged with rioting. National guardsmen called out to aid police when a crowd of 10,000 VILMA STARTS SOMETHING the] Budapest, July Fe = yy a 31.— — The strikers and sympathizers threat- Vilma Banky ened to storm the central police sta- itipaers, had tion to release the been 3f est? z j Fe | ai seems to have started making LIVESTOCK IS |William Allen White MANDAN STATE Judging Started Today; Rail- roads Give Special Rate to Visitors CATTLE KINGS HERE Poultry’ Show Is Exceptional; Big Amusement Programs Provided Overcast skies today held down the attendance at the opening day of the Missouri Slope fair at the Mi dan Fair grounds. Indications point to the setting of new attendance records for the final three days as optimistic farmers of the Slope country sent word to A. E. Pfennig, secretary, they would be on hand. Judging in the livestock and poul- try departments will start today. At noon, last minute entries were still flocking in. Granting of a special fare and one-half round mas to the Slope fair was announced today Le the Nort! ern Pacific railway. The rates ap- ly from points on the system in North Dakota from Fargo to Beach, inclusive. Tickets will be sold dail; July 30 to August 3, inclusive, wit! final return limit of August 4. Livestock Feature One of the outstanding livestock exhibits is that of the Hartley Stock farms of Page, N. D. Twelve Aber- deen-Angus cattle, all ribbon win- ners at the Minot, Grand Forks and Fargo fairs, are attracting the atten- tion of spectator: Black Cap Bessie Glen Carnock, rand champion of the North Dakota State fair at Grand Forks in 1927, is almost certain to win the Slope fair grand championship. Fred Ritz, New Salem farmer, has one of the outstanding horses. Steve, a Belgian 12 years old, will win first, honors, livestock men say. R. E. Strutz and Sons, Jamestown, have six different breeds of sheep entered. Included in the number are many grand champions at both state fairs and the International Exposi- tion at Chicago, The poultry show is exceptional for a slope ‘fair, A. R. Miesen, one of the judges, said. The fair pro- gram follows. It is repeated daily: MORNING 9:30 Concert—Terry Cowboy band. Parade to the Grounds. AFTERNOON 1:30 Grandstand Concert by Terry Cowboy band. 1:45 Indian Pony Race, In- dians and Cowboy riders. 1: Roscoe Armstrong's company, wire and trapeze act. - 2:05 One-half Mile Running ‘ace. 2:15 Bccardie Trio. Acro- batic Clowns. 2725 First Lap of Five Mile Auto Race. 2:40 Dashington’s Dogs. Ed- ucated Canines. 2:50 Relay Race, One Mile. Armstrong's Trick and Buek- ing uto. 210 Second Lap of Five Mile Auto Race. 3:25 5-8 Mile Running Race, 3:55 Roman Chariot Race. 3:45 Jack Starry Duo. Com- edy Cyclists. 3:55 Championship Relay Race. 4305 The Four Aerial Lor- enzos. 4:15 Jeanne Durand, stunt aviatrix and parachute jumper. EVENING 7:30 Special Concert by Terry Cowboy 7:50 Roscoe Armstrong’s Company. Wire Artists. 8:00 Band Selections and Vo- cal Solo. 8:05 ‘Bacardie Trio. 8:30 Jack Starry Duo. 8:40 Four Aerial Lorenzos. 9:00 Indian Dances. Fireworks on Wednesday and Thursday nights. Dance on Grounds every eve- HOOVER WILL MEET FARMERS Wyre oa » July 31.—(7)—A confer. ence re uly 2 Republican _presi- barges naniines, Lipsy td Fld presentatives o: farm re- lief sentiment in Iowa and other mid- west, states has been for August 22 and 23 at Cedar Rapids, Ta., it =] poem anoopoced A western a1 uarters . 4 Temes 'W. Good, western cam manager for Mr. Hoover, sai the announcement thi The Republican nominee, Mr. Good. stated, would make no public ad- in Cedar Rapids, but would his time to conferences with have sought to situation $ for: the were Modifies Smith Charge FAIR FEATURE Police Investigate | Gangster Killing ’ New York, July 31.—(AP)— Police announe: today that they had positive information that the weapons with which Frankie Yale, Brooklyn gang- ster, was shot to death in a quiet Brooklyn street, came from the arsenal of Scarface Al Capone, Chicago, racketeer. New York, July 31.—(AP)— Mystery today veiled the visit to police headquarters of Parker A. Henderson, jr., wealthy young sportsman and son of a former mayor of Miami, Fla. Henderson's appearance he leads back, it is said, to the slay- ing a month ago of Franki Yale, or Uale, Brooklyn gang- ster. Yale, a former assoc of Scarface Al Capone, Chicago racketeer, was shot down in a quiet Brooklyn street from an automobile. The name of Capone was brought into the investigation wi police learned Yale had broken relations with him a short time before his death. The gun used in the slaying was found by police to have been purchased in Miami, now the home of Capone. Henderson's name came into the case because of his friend- ship for Capone, with whom he was Mee rt seen in Miami. The young Miami sports: detectives said, came here v. untarily, although he was ac- companied by Chief of Police Guy Reeve of Miami. The ied lice were reticent in discussing the affair, refusing even to ad- mit that Henderson was in the city. HAIL SWEEPS LA MOURE AND Wind, Rain and Hail Level Crops,, Lodge Grain,’ Isolate Towns Fargo, July 30.—) —Crop and property losses running into thou- sands of dollars were caused Mon- day night by wind, rain and hail storms in parts of La Moure and Barnes counties, a survey made early today shows. Telephone lines in several of the towns in these sections were still out of commission today, making it dif- ficult to get an accurate check on the loss. At Eckelson sloughs were filled with water and many fields were flooded. 5 “ There was little damage from hail in this vicinity. H. J. Malm, cashier of the First National Bank of San- born, reported that a strip of land ie miles wide an several miles long, inning about two miles south cane was hailed out. Two farms south of Sanborn were hailed out completely, and grain was lodged throughout the Sanborn dis- trict by the heavy rain and winds. At Marion a strip about two miles wide and six miles long, running west and southwest of Marion, suf- fered heavy loss. Grain is lodged here also, and sev- exal farm buildings were blowh down by the heavy winds. JARDINE ASKS HIGHER TARIFF Superior, Wis., July 31.—)—An interpretation of Philippine affairs was available to President Coolidge today from E. A. Gillmore, vice governor of the Philippines, who had requested an appointment with the chief executive while in this country on leave. Mr. Gillmore was led on Mr. Coolidge’s calendar y E. B. Clements, Republican na- tional committeeman from Missouri, who has been spending his summer vacation not far from Superior and who asked to be allowed to present his respects to Mr. Coolidge. Coolidge gave much thought today | frauds Te- | counts yesterday from Secretary|of Octavius im Jardine of the agricultural depart-|jcandidate for committeeman, to agricultural reports which he ment. The cabinet officer departed from Cedar Island terday after an overnight stay, re- line,” and ouraging and strengthening the cooperative mar- keting system. Six Chicago People _on Yacht Rescued Ste. Ont., July 81.— terday jhis many high q BARNES GRAIN} Kansas Editor Declines, How- ever, to Modify Statement Smith Favored Saloon New York, July 31.—)—William Allen White, Kansas editor, today withdrew his charges against Gov- ernor Smith’s legislative record so far as bills governing gambling and Macsecins ‘were concerned, because, e said, he did not wish to question the motive of the Democratic presi- dential nominee. While allowing his contention that Governor Smith had consistently yoted for the saloon to stand, Mr. White said of his other charges: “I could not in g conscience press this issue, realizing that Governor Smith, whom I g: dmire for ities, feels that my charges question the purity of his motives, which always should be granted in any political contro- Mr. White said in his statement: esterday, talking to Walter Lippman of the World, a friend of Governor Smith and of mine for many years, I learned that Governor Smith was deeply aggrieved that I should charge him with protecting gambling and prostitution in his as- sembly record. Stands Pat on Saloon “T can understand, after consid- ering what Mr. Lippman said, that the governor, in casting those votes against those reform bills, might honestly have felt that the bills were unconstitutional, or were not en- enforceable, or infringed upon per- sonal rty, or encouraged police black “But ernor Smith certainly i entitled to fair treatment. have tried to fight fai never consciously qu man’s motives; and so this mot before the morning pi come and before I know wl reply Governor Smith has de to my statement of yesterday, I desire to withdraw the charges formally, in so far as they affect his votes on gambling and prostitution, but not his pour as to the saloon. “On the question of the menace of Tammany, and of Governor Smith’s ‘ammany record for the open saloon, the whole issue of the campaign is coming.” GIANT MOTOR MERGER MADE Dodge-Chrysler Union ‘Adds Third Colossus to Auto- motive Industry New York, July 831—(7)—A giant new automobile corporation, second only to the Ford company and Gen- eral Motors, comes into being through the merger of Dodge Broth- ers, Inc., with the Chrysler corpora- tion which has just been completed. The combined companies have esti- mated total assets of $700,000,000, production capacity of 700,000 cars a year and a potential earning power of $40,000,000 to $50,000,000 a year. The Ford company has assets of $724,056,000 and General Motors $1,098,477,500. Completion of the merger came 10 weeks after conferenecs were started between Walter P. Chrysler, head of the Chrysler corporation, and Clarence Dillon, head of Dillon, Read and ag mas which had purchased Dodge Brothers, Inc. from the widows of the founders. Formal ratification came yester- day, when the board of directors of Dodge Brothers, meeting in Balti- more, were informed that 90 per cent of all three classes of Dodge stock had been deposited and they voted to accept the merger plans as drawn up by Mr. Chrysler and Mr. Dillon in New York two months ago. Mr. Chrysler will assume the pres- idency of the Dodge Brothers cor- poration, which will operate as a di- vision of the Chrysler corporation, the vice presidents of the Chrysler corporation enlarging their duties to include the same positions in Dodge. Moderate temperature. PRICE FIVE CENTS inl. 8 CANDIDATES NOMINATED TO FILL TICKET Langer Chosen to Make Race for Position of Attorney General DEMOCRATS IN SADDLE Bottineau Man Endorsed for Commissioner of Agriculture and Labor Jamestown, N. D., July 31.—M— Decision to place candidates in the field for the positions of governor, attorney general, and commissioner of agriculture was the prineipal re- sult of the Nonpartisan convention here Monday. The convention adjourned last night at 10:30, Vhether the candidates shall run as Democrats, in the Independent. column, or on stickers as Republi- cans, was left to the candidates themselves and the Nonpartisan ex- ecutive committee, A motion to bar the convention en- - dorsees from running in the Demo- cratic column failed, and the general assumption was that the Democratic wing of the Nonpartisan league had scored a victory. Almost from its inception the league has been wholly Republican and has made its fights for suprem- a, in the Republican primary elec- jon. The endorsees for the three offices are: Dr. L. S. Platou, Fargo, for jovernor; D. J. Acheson, Bottineau, ‘or commissioner of agriculture and labor; and William Langer, Bis- marck, for attorney general Langer was the Nonpartisan candidate for this place in the ee primary election last June. Platou and Ache- son are said to be democrats, Page Endorsed The Democrats scored another vic- tory when delegates from counties in the second congressional district endorsed J. L. Page of Bottineau, the Democratic nominee, as against Thomas Hall, the Repablican incum- bent and allied with the faction op- Posed to the Nonpartisan league. The fight against fusion with the Democrats was led by Fred J. Graham, Ellendale, Republican na- tional committeeman for North Da- ‘kota, Peter Garberg and Ole Gunwaldson, Fargo. All are friend: or appointees of Senator Lynn J. Frazier, who also opposed any co- alition with the Democrats. Talk of joining with tho Demo- crats was based on the idea that the latter would be willing to withdraw their candidates in order to get Non- partisan support for the men selected yy the convention today. State- ments made today indicated a differ- ence of opinion as to whether the Democrats would favor the idea. Opposition to the movement to join the Democrats was based on the idea that such arrangement might give support to the Smith campaign for the presidency and might imperil the candidacies of Frazier for the senate and of Congressman J. H. Sinclair, Nonpartisan Independent, in the third district. Post-Mortem Held It took the convention long hours of argument to accomplish this. After the main job had been accom- plished a session was held in which enmities and animosities were aired and all the soiled linen in the Non- partisan political closet was ex- mortem was held to place lity for losing the primary campaign last June, but neither side of the argument was convinced. An expression that both the Non- Partisan executive committee and the manager of the last campaign were equally to blame seemed to have the most support. An effort to fire the executive committee failed when its members took refuge behind th Nonpartisan league by-laws which prescribe the manner in which any member of the executive committee may be recalled. YESTERDAY'S SESSION LISTENS TO DEBATE Jamestown, July 31—(AP)—Two contests enlivened the opening ses- sion of the Nonpartisan. convention here Monday. One was on the ques- tion of whether any person should GANG SLAYERS MURDER ZION Chicago, July 31—()—Benny Zion, indicted by the special election fan jury on Kagedl eapars ate for complicity in slaying Granada: 201 ward was found shot to death in an alley back late yes-|of a west side saloon. buried under a Zion, found partl; pile of neat had. been shot four be permitted to cast more than one vote. The other was on the question of clearing the hall of all but dele- gates and “trusted Nonpartisans.” The delegates decided to limit each person to one vote and to in- vite anyone in Jamestown or all of North Dakota to its session. The contest on clearing the hall re- solved itself into a question of whether press representatives should be excluded, spponeaia of the motion holding this to be the main issue. Ne vote was taken on the motion, made by Frank Vogel of McLean county, » substitute poe to jeri ee eid carrying in its place. Vogel sai later that he had not intended to s gest exclusion of reporters. The correspondent of the As- pocieted Pree iyi) Pie roaly man at press wi argument taged and the debate centered about er he should be permitted to