The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 6, 1928, Page 1

vher body muti NORTH DAKOTA’S OLDEST NEWSPAPER 7 : ESTABLISHED 1873 7 KILLED, 200 INJURED IN TRAIN DERAILMENT BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, MONDAY, AUGUST 6, 1928 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE PRICE FIVE CENTS Second Violent Woman Murder Confronts Los Angeles Police|CASTIRONPIPE $3,700,000,000 [POLICE WEAVE | seitedin murder of Obrezon || CAUSES WRECK HUSBAND FINDS BODY BATTERED AND MUTILATED Youth Discovered Groveling in Clothes Closet Denies Crime BEER BOTTLE IS WEAPON ‘I Gave Her a Terrible Beating After a Fight,’ Suspect Confesses Los Angeles, Aug. 6.—)—Solu- tion of another violent murder case confronted the police today in the slaying of Mrs. Myrtle L. Mellus, 41, thy and socially prominent. Her nude and battered body was found yeste:day in a bedroom of the Mellus house, locatxt in a fashion- able residence district. Leo (Pat’ Kelly, 29, a suspect, was found grov- eling in a clothes et on the first floor. He denied killing the woman although he he gave her a “terrible beating,” police said. eM bed? of tha crime was re- orted by her husband, Frank Mel- jus, club man, and vice president of a wholesale concern, who 1«turncd home late from a day’s fishing trip. ‘The house was locked and he fer. @ door to gain entrance. Disco of the. suspect was made Ly poiice who overpowered Kelly w he at- tempted to escay Used Beer Bottle The body appeared to have been stripped during a terrifi: struggie preceding the death blow, ich ap- party, was delivered by a becr ottle. The room showed effects of this futile fight for life, while Mrs. Mellus’ face ihrer Robbery was discarded as a motive when a jewel case, teasers hela the husband valued at $10, was found unmolested. Police at first thought Kelly a maniac, but discarded that theo: when it was learned through mother that he had been friendly with Mrs. Mellus, and t his: mother had warned him this ship might “lead to trouble.’ ‘ook Several Drinks _ Under grilling Kelly told the offi- cers “She is the biome I ever loved.” He said he oom to-the home early yesterday after taking several drinks. “We had a fight,” he continued, “and I gave her a terrible et I did not kill her, though. I fell asleep then, and did not wake until this afterngon. I know I didn’t kill her, Kelly declared he had known the slain woman for five years. Police found empty glasses and liquor in the house. i When confronted by the woman’s husband Kelly lunged at him and shouted “Take these handcuffs off. me.. .I’ll kill him, too.” En route olice headquarters, he attempted to tes from the police car several times. LANGER PLANS LEAGUE PAPER Subscriptions for Progressive Daily Sought on $10 Basis Backers of the planned daily pro- gressive newspaper which may lished in North Dakota soon waiting for results of subscrip- tion campaigns before making Crd further announcement of plans, Wil- rn liam Langer, an interested party, his eaid in Bismarck today. Subscriptions are being ‘on the basis of $10 a year for four years by Peter Aarhus, one time or- izer the Nonpartisan league. re i oe obtain 10,000 The idea entertained by the back. ers, Lanpeaeaid. is to give the state @ progressive ¥ per wil be }} ted in Fargo! is the general opinion in the sate, thor Laziger sa; not ded where it I be. rganizers hope to . subscribers on this basis. BANDITS GRAB i FARGOAN'S CAR Mieneapetis, Aug. 6.—()—A. W. Crary, Fargo insurance man, and J. P. Beaton, also of Fargo, were autompbile Betendey. hight by, oro a bandits who entered the two men jcst apolis hotel. The ins had visit friends. two men un the rear door of SB ide “men to i i E j i Fy EE Crary to them, sone. mistake. | What Lady Northesk Saw “. . .and everywhere the couple went, his wife wi and lennomeees the reputed explanation of — Joyce, pictured here, left P: I$ U.S. BUDGET 1928 ESTIMATE National Director Keeps Gov- ernment Expense Within Coolidge Figure DEFENSE MONEY BIGGER Army and Navy Aviation Funds Are Increased $11,- 000,000 in Report Superior, Wis., Aug. 6.—(— Brigadier General H. M. Lord, direc- tor of the budget, arrived here today to submit to president Coolidge pre- liminary budget estimates for the fiscal year 1930 totalling less than $3,700,000,000. The budget director said that al- though granting substantial in- «| creases to a number of government ure to ‘go.” Which pe ed rthesk and Peggy 5 henever they appeared to- 8. i er in public, which was frequently, they encountered Jessica Brown, former Broadway. showgirl, who is now suing Lord Northesk for divorce. Vernon King Seriously lnjured in L. H. Damberger; ‘Harriet, Suf- fers Minor. Injuries in * Collision Four Cars: Badly Damaged in Two Bismarck Week-end Smashups Two men are in Bismarck hos- pitals, one seriously and one slightly injured, as a result of automobile accidents in the Bismarck district to]over the week-end. Vernon King, 20, son of former State tor C. D. King of Me- from a fractured ture of t! en ribs as result of Auto Crash FORT LINCOLN BOY SOLDIERS PARADE TODAY Boxing Scheduled for Stadium Tonight; Baseball Tourney Starts Bismarck will have an opportunity to see the Citizens Military Training camp group in their first dregs pa- rade tonight at 5 p. m., officials an- nounced this morning. The C. M. T. C. band will fay for the parade while 300. youths from several north central states march. Three Sioux Indian chiefs ad- fered | dressed the boys at camp Saturday was riding in a light road- sedan driven by A. D. McKinnon, Jr., Bismarck. The Weber auto was going east on Avenue A and the McKinnon car ing north on Fourth street proceed be| When they collided at the intersec- tion. Accor to witnesses, the King boy was ‘urled through the air striking his head on the pavement. Weber stated at quarters that hts had out a few min- utes before they reached this inter- Peay : King was conscious today, hospital authorities stated, and had a ‘ight- chance to ig ‘Mndied cars were in a collision at the corner of Third street and Broadway bout 9:30 p. m. Sunday. The utomobiles were driven by N. B. orale, Bec ieay, and Jerry An race on roadway ended disastrously for ie cars late Saturday night Soo line e when car smashed into tia rear of the machine, accord- ing to witnesses. Both cars were QUAKE LEVELS two near night and 20 redskins gave pow wow, war, gral and Kuonimi dances. Major A. B. Welch, Man- dan, acted as interpreter. The camp baseball tournament opens at the fort at 6:45 p. m. to- day, with the following games sched- uled: First Platoon, Company I vs. Sec- ond Plattoon, Company I. Second Platoon, Combes. K vs. First Platoon, Company K. First Platoon, Company L vs. Sec- ond Platoon, Company L. Boxing is scheduled for the open air stadium at the camp 3 m. The regulars will bouts and. several st the C. T.c. boys will appear on program. One of the three ian chiefs who spoke to the boys, Iron Whirl- wind, told the camp that he had fought against General Sibley and his men in 1868 on the ground whére Fort Lincoln is now located. The a etbar two chiefs were Wicib- LAKE STEAMER “ WEXIGAN CITY 222 Mexico City, Aug. trom’ = if departments, he had managed to keep the total witnin the figures which had been set by president Coolidge in his speech on June 11 to the business organizations of the government for the fiscal year be- ginning next July. The budget for the fiscal year just ended amounted to about $3,300,000,000. The increase over the total of previous y General Lord ex- lained, was accounted for not only y increased proposed appropri. ations for government agencies but by the fact that all provable ex- penditures were provided for in the 1930 estimates, where: previously many items such as tax refunds, were not taken into account. Defense Money Bigger An increase of nearly $40,000,000 for national defense over the pre- vious year was included in the pre- liminary estimates brought to Su- perior today. Whereas for the cur- rent fiscal year the budget provided $620,000,000 for this purpose. Gen- eral Lord plans to devote $659,000,- 000 in 1930. Several army and nav bills are pending, howaver, which may upset these figures somewhat. The increase in the naval appropri- ations will be largely to provide for naval construction. Aviation also will hi more funds in 1930 for its development. Present estimates would devote to army and navy aviation $69,000,000, in 1930 as compared to $58,000,000 in the previous budget. Further, General Lord indicated, an increase would also be allowed to the aero- i ‘anch of the commerce de- Estimates for public buildings were d in the 1930 estimates raha from $33,600,000 in Pensions Increased A paper deficit of about $94,000,- 000 on next June 40 was estimated by General Lord upon arriving here. le accounted for this by consider- ing the large appropriations already approved by congress with the pre- sumably reduced revenues on ac- count of the tax reduction passe. at the last sestion of pr \. added to the above defici' = get director said, was also an in- crease of about $19,000,000 in pen- sions and $16,000,000 for increased cost of mail distribution. On the other hand, he said $25,000,000 set aside to provide forthe return of alien property would probably not be expended thus making the paper deficit total about $105,000,000. General Lord gid out, how. ever, that since the war taxes had never been reduced without result-| 4| ing in an increase in revenue. He expected that such an effect would also be derived from the last tax reduction allowing a surplus to be reported next June 30. SQUABBLE OVER WOMEN STARTS Finland Moves to: Abolish Feminine Features of Olym- pic Games , BY ALAN J. GOULD (Associated Press Sports Editor) Amsterdam, Aug. ‘troversy ther women’ fora and ae'erente should be re- on Program was boca to the of the congress of International Amateur Ath- ssA majority report from the ¢ re] m the coun- cil in which the United States joined favored retaining the feminine fea- tures BVIDENCE WEB ABOUT BEITZEL Los Angeles Officials Believe Dead Woman's Clothing Clinches Case GUN FOUND IN TOWELS Philadelphia Society Man Ad- mits Target Shooting Near Death Spot Los Angeles, August 6—(AP)— With a maze of circumstantial evi- dence connecting Russell St. Clair Beitzel of Philadelp! murder in June of B Mauger, also of Philadelphia, police today believe examination of the dead woman’s clothing would clinch their case. The clothing was en route from Phoenix, Ariz., where police be- lieved Beitzel had shipped it after slaying the girl. The garments she wore the day died might be con- tained in thé bundle, investigators believed. The nude body of the girl was found last week in a lonely spot in the hills above Hollywood. bul- let wound in the head caused death, although physicians declared there was indications the girl may have lived for three days after receiving that wound. Bietzel, who brought Miss Mauger from Philadelphia several months ago, and lived with her here as hus- band and wife, stands formally charged with the murder. He was arrested last Friday. He has admitted quarreling with the deceased near the scene of the crime, but maintains he did not kill her. He told police she jumped from his car there, and disappeared. Detectives located a pistol wrapped in towels in a desk used by Beitzel, and he admitted ownership, Yesterday a small boy found a box of cartridges for a gun of the same caliber near the.scene of the killing. Bpiztel admitted he went to that spot a day before Miss Mauger’s disappearance, which he said was June 24, and practiced target shoot- ing. "fn addition to murder charges, of- ficers said charges of wife desertion, embezzlement and violation of the Mann act would be | against the suspect. Beitzel deserted his it ind two children in Philadel- ind police have announced he sed to embezzling money from his employers there before starting west with Miss Mauger. SMITH BACK AT ALBANY OFFICE Farm Question Authorities and Senator Walsh to Consult With Al _Albany, N. Y., Aug. P)—With his acceptance speech, as well as other important matters, on his mind, Governor Smith was back to- d ‘a his old ssanping ground of " mi a 10-day vacation, that wasn’t all play. He returned to the executive man- sion in the dead of night, terminat ing after midnight a 100-mile aut mobile trip through stormy dark. ness, along the wei of his 2 sterday vie two regiments of New York ‘national guards. The: governor, to a large extent, has shaped up, in his mind, what he intends to say at. his notification ceremony. Within the next two or three weeks Smith intends to consult, either here | + or eli » a number of party leaders, among them Senator Walsh, of Montana, and also recognized authorities on the farm question. The identity of the various persons who will be called into consultation has not been revealed. ‘esi the governor traveled up the Hudson, on a yacht, to Caen Smith, within view of Peekskill, where the Fourteenth and Sixty- ninth Infantries passed before him |! ing ‘The in review, their bands blari Sidewalks of New York,” “Tam- “How Dry I Am,” and Iris = UNO VICTIM bee "eed 3 tH iy eit i Re i? = 3 ae FRE a SEEE HH i i AF byt : eke i ees i IS RELEASED John Kneal, 54- See rece, old Glen Ul- hit-and-run EL geet? ae i i ge, $F i ln Here are the first pictures of the alleged conspirators in the assassina- tion of President-elect Obregon of Mexico to reach the United States, Mexican authorities having at last permitted them to be photographed in jail. 1. Concepcion Acevedo, a nun, who is alleged to have had k1 - edge of th de Altimira; 3. Josefi Josefina Morales Trej tamira and Pavon, itentions of Jose de Leon Tor: Acevedo, the nun’s sister; 4. Ignacio Tr 5. 6. Jorge Gi cousin of Toral, havg been indicted. Obregon’s s' r; 2. Maria lardo Pavon. The nun, Maria Al- Liner Discovers Polish Flyers Swimming in Sea CATHOLICS AR NOTIN POLITICS SAYS O'REILL Fargo Bishop Declares No Pre- late Has Right to Denounge Candidates, Lake, Aug. 5. king before over 10,000 Cal olics here yesterday at the annu: North Dakota Catholic day, Bishop O’Rielly of Fargo st plainly that the Catholic church in America not in politics.” Bishop O’Rielly made this pro- nouncement following high mas: celebrated in the Lakewood Park au. ditorium in the presence of an esti: mated crowd of 10,000 people, con- sidered the largest gathering 0! Catholics ever held in North Dakot: Bishop O'Reilly continued: “Yo will find no Catholic prelate, or any- one who has a right to speak in the name of the Catholic church, de- nouncing the candidate of one of the great parties and endorsing the can- didate of the other. She is bound up with no party politics. My advice to you, then, is to cast your vote for the candidate who, in your opinion, has the clearest light to do good and who has the courage to follow that Mat In the a 3,500 people during while outside about 6,500 ned through the medium kers. At the high mass p of Devils Lake served celebrant and he was assisted by ‘'ather J. J. McDonald of Michigan deacon and Father J. Field of Starkweather as subdeacon. The mass was celebrated in the presence of Bishop O’Rielly and the sermon was delivered by Father William Mulloy of Langdon. Others perieinating in the mass were ‘ather Othmer of Devils Lake and Father Ryan of Fargo. During the afternoon a program of addresses and music was held started by a concert by the Gover- nor’s y’ Concert Band of Devils ‘Lake. Monsignor John Baker, of Valley City explained the ceremon- ies connected with Catholic services and pleaded with Catholic parents to give their children a Christian edu- cation in Catholic schools before they entered other institutions of learning. .Father Ryan. of Fargo told what the church is doing to- wards aiding orphans in various or- iphanges asked that.these insti- tutions be well ie ogg Frank H. Hyland of Devils Lake -former Hp le: Broken Pipe Line Forces Plane Back After 21 Hours in Air Wings Collapse 70 Miles. from Land Throwing Men Into Ocean Lisbon, Portugal, Aug. 6.—(®)— Major Kasimir Kubala said today that a broken pipe line forced him and his companion Major Louis Idzikowski to turn back after they had flown 21 of the 42 hours which they estimated it would take them to fly from Paris to New York. The airmen were rescued when found swimming in the sea near the wreckage of their plane the Marszalek Pilsudski by the German steamer Saturday and rought them to Lexicoes, near Oporto. On board the ship Kubala slipped and fell cutting his right forearm on broken glass. Kubala interviewed in the Oporto military hospital said that after they had flown twenty-one hours the tube: feeding the oil stopped working. The airmen thought it would be impossible therefore to continue their flight to America and decided to return. hen they were 70 miles off Cape Finisterre, westernmost point of they noticed additional dam- This caused the wings to col- lapse and the heavy sesquiplane plunged into the sea near the Samos. The wings broke and this caused the plane to capsize. “We threw ourselves into the sea,” said Kubala. “We swam toward the Samos whose crew rescued us| R. and then took the plane in tow. We were altogether 38 hours in the ir.” The airmen plan to leave for Paris with their plane on Wednesday. BANDIT BOYS REAP $2,500 St. Paul, Aug. 6.—@)—Two young men, armed with a shotgun and a revolver, held up P. A. Hanson of the St. Paul Milk:company as he ‘was en route to the bank this morn- fine men intercepted Hanson men int lanson just about to step into his automobile, meee hes es ‘weapons, sei money and, after tearing wires coils in Hanson’s machine, entered their own automobile and .ped away. ed/ Mayville Publisher Dies After Tilness Fargo, Aug. 6.—() — Gilbert and| Teien, laagvil N. D.,. publisher, died ins ‘hospital today. He CELEBRATE 6.—()—Two brated “Smith their sup- had been ill since June 24 with kid- be Bs uble, which caused his death, . Teien was editor and of the Mayville Tribune. ee to settling at he had in Fargo, where Pp, a in a ON TWO TRACKS Obstruction Hurls Southbound Limited Into Path of North- bound Train ALL DEAD ON ONE TRAIN Eight Bodies Taken from Wreckage; More Believed in Smashed Cars Mounds, Ill., Aug. 6.—(AP)— Seven er thee were known to have been‘ killed and approxi- mately 200 injured when two fast Illinois Central passenger trains were derailed one mile north of here early today. Fifty injured, including 19 white per- sons and 31 negroes, were taken to hospitals at Cairo, nine miles south of here. Some of these were critically hurt. An official statement by the IIl.- nois Central placed the number of dead at nine and the seriously in- jured at 12. The trains derailed were number 16, the Chicashaw, northbound from Memphis to St. Louis, and number 3, southbound, Chicago to New Orleans limited. The wreck was caused by a large sewer pipe which had dropped from a freight train which preceded the St. Louis-bound passenger train. Train number 16, first struck the pipe and threw it against the south- ound trac&, throwing it out of line, just as number 3 passed. The engine and 10 cars of number 3 were railed and struck number 16, derail- ing seven cars of that train, which was standing still. The known dead are : Lewis A. Drennan, 40, of Mattoon, IIl., ex- Ee messenger on number 16; Joe edinch, West Nee oo N. J.; Mrs. Bud Snider, West Orange, N. J.; three unidentified negro women. Were Vaudeville Team Sedinch and Mrs. Snider, known as Fannie Covey, were members of a vaudeville team known as Bud Snider and Company. Her husband was injured. Search continued for other Lodies believed to be in the wreckage. “It was the most tetrible thing I have ever experienced,” Ed Whalen, conductor of train number 16 said. “Our train had been warned that the pipe was lying across our track, but we struck it 2,000 feet befure we had expected to. Though it knocked the pilot off the engine, we were able to stop immediateiy because we were going at a slow rate of speed. Evidently when we struck the pipe it hit a rail on the other track, throwing it out of line. Train Smashes Coaches “Half a minute later, and before we could flag it, number 3 came roar- ing down the right of way 60 miles an hour. The engine was derailed and plowed into the pullmans of number 16, ripping through the en- tire side of a number of cars, taking before it the whole tigr of sleeping passengers. “There in the darkness, made more dense by the smoke and dust the screams of agony from the injured and the moans of the dying were awful.” Conductor Whalen took the re- maining cars of his crippled train on into St. Louis, its destination. FUR COATS ARE ROBBERS’ LOOT Grand Forks Cracksmen Grab $100 in Second Safe- Blowing Grand Forks, N. D., Aug. 6.—()— Two safes blasted, one netting the bandits four fur coats valued at $2,000, and the other which $100 in c week-end ve up th, was the result of a ait of a gang of yegg- blasted but not ly Sunday morning at the fith company store. The blown some time after 2 Pp. m., Sunday when the standard oil office on the outskirts of the city were enterec. Here the bandits ob- tained $100 -nd fled, this. was dis- covered this morning when office workers went to the place. An investigation shawed that three men had attem to pur- chase guns at practically gun Officials this morning hed "trees ie is mornit ad no of the bandits. ae QVALE NAMED menaced him with their e from the spark | ©