The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 8, 1928, Page 1

v ? ESTABLISHED 1873 THE BISMARCK TRIBU BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8, 1928 PRICE FIVE CENTS Weds in Plane IAL CHALLENGES CLERGYMAN TO PULPIT DEBATE Dr. John Roach Straton, Bap- tist Preacher, Subject of Smith Blast QUOTES COMMANDMENT New York Minister Suggests Debate Tour of South or Madison Square ‘Albany, N. Y., Aug. 8.—()—Gov- ernor Smith has thrown down the cage of battle to critics of his pub- lic record, and has embr: in his at those who speak from the ulpit. 2 Singling out to bear the brunt of his counter offensive, Dr. John Roach Straton, a Baptist minister of New York, the Democratic pres- idential nominee has called on him to repeat, in his presence and in Straton’s church, a statement the clergyman made last Sunday to his congregation that as a public man Smith is the “deadliest foe in Amer- ica today of the forces of moral progress and true political wisdom,” the Libeapintd requested full oppor- tunity to reply. Dr Straton announced last night that he would accept the challenge, so today it appeared that a debate between a presidential nominee and ir @ minister of the gospel in a house of worship—something new in po- litical campaigns—might be in the offing. Al Calls Straton The governor in a letter sent to the Rev. Straton yesterday called him to task for his declaration of Sunday, and suggested that he and the minister meet face to face dur- ing Labor Day week at the minis- ter’s church, Calvary Baptist. “I will permit you, if you choose, to conduct the meeting by question and answer,” said Smith, “I will be ready to answer any question you may put to me which, in your opin- ion, will in any degree tend to jus- tify your remarks.’ In a counter penn Dr. Straton suggested that he and the governor argue things out in Madison Square Garden or some other large audi- torium, and also that. they, embs on a joint debating tour of south. In his letter to Dr. Straton, whose name frequently’ appears on the front pages of metropolitan news- apets, Smith, referring to the min- Pter’s declaration of Sunday, said: “J do not know why you should make a statement of that kind, but I do know that I will never permit it to go unchallenged.” Quotes Commandment “T do not feel that I should charge you with making this statement for any political purpose, as it was mi in a church devoted to the teachings of Christ, one of which was ‘thou shelt not bear false witness against thy _neighbor’.” e governor's assault on the Bap- tist pies ,was entirely we pected. Newspapermen assigned cover him here had been on the look- out instead for a ro, of some sort to the charges of William Allen White, the Kansas editor, who legislative record with relation to the saloon, commercialize’ vice and mbling. White, however, with- ww his charges regarding gam- and vice. ade | fection. last | the week ‘leveled his guns at Smith's | s¢sin this governor was chosen to| So Cool! If the sweltering femininity needs a social precedent in adopting the fad of going about bare-leged, here it is. The pretty social registrite pi red here is Miss Hortense Cl:a lon. She was attending the Cath dral Horse Show at Bowman Park, Rye, N. Y. BRENNAN DIES AT CLIMAX OF PUBLIC POWER Master Mind of Hinois Demo- cracy Succumbs to Septic Poisoning . HOOVER SCANS MISSOURI VOTE WITH INTEREST Commanding Lead Rolled Up by Dry Democrat Pleases Leaders FILLS CREEL WITH FISH ‘Hail, Hail, The Gang’s All Here,’ Is Nominee's Favorite Stanford University, Cal., Aug. 8. —(@)—Returns from the primaries in Missouri, one of the border and doubtful states, were carefully scru- tinized. today by Herbert Hoover in an effort to determine whether they would furnish an index to the result in the national election there in November. : The chief interest of the Repub- lican_ presidential candidate centered on the Democratic senatorial race, in which Charles M. Hay of St. fos a dry, had rolled up a com- manding lead on the early returns over his chief opponent, James A. Collet, of Salisbury, a wet, who had the endorsement of Senator James A. Reed. It is no secret that Re- publican party leaders would wel- come a victory by Hay, as this would place a wet presidential candidate and a dry senatorial candidate on the Democratic ticket in November. They contend that the dry sena- torial candidate could not be in sym= pathy with the views of Governor Alfred E, Smith on the prohibition issue, and that this would work in favor of the Republican candidates all along the line. Since national issues were not at e in Kansas, cerried only passing’ interest to the cal only passing interest e G. 0. pe hitteinee Anyhow, they are confident that Hoover's running mate, Senator Charles Curti: certain to keep that state in line in Good The Republican presidential nomi- nee was all s1 today over success of a fishing trip which he made yesterday to a.lake 30 1 south of this place. He slipped away during the morning hours, and returned in |-afternoon : creel fairly well filled, having taken Mlinois Democracy since the passing of Roger Sullivan, died today. The death of the veteran Demo- cratic chief came at 8:10 o'clock this morning, foll orion coma of several hours, during which his sturdy con- stitution alone had warded off the end, which had seemed inevitable since yesterday. ie Mr. Brennan was stricken ill more than a week ago with a tooth in- Septic. poisoning developed after an operation for the removal of two teeth. His physicians, how- ever, gave him an even chance to recover until Monday night, when his’ kidneys ceased to function under the strain of the poisoned system. Mr. Brennan was one of the staunchest sup rters of Governor Alfred E. Smi th for the presidency, both in 1924, when he first sought presidential nomination, and this year at Houston, when the head the party’s national ticket. It was Brennan’s suggestion that Franklin D, Roosevelt, ever opposed to Tammany Hall, be selected to nominate Smith at the national con- vention. Reenean, too, was given credit for the first realization of the value of night sessions at Houston, it creating the possibilities Brennan ip of the in Illinois when Roger Sullivan from that stronghold he bogs elevated himself to a place in the tio’ uncils / tet east gietite ss a! i fad & e fh out eed agony rp limit = a catch for one ly pounds plus one additional fish! Thus Hoover discovered that he could have better luck, almost at his back yard, in purs the wily trout, than attended his efforts dur- ing the long motor trip he made last. week with nearly half a ‘hundred friends and newspaper correspond- ents in the mountains of northern California and southern Oregon. Likes ‘Hail, Hail’ . se While general plans for the noti- fication ceremonies here Saturday are in the hands of a committee of Stanford University officials and party leaders, Hoover is consulted some of the is. He ne proged coaaiead on Sree features of musical program by professor Ernest W. Martin, director of the Stanford -band, one of those which will furnish music for the o-casion. Yat “Hal Hau the Gang’s ” is one of his favorites. was regardi be- cause New York National Guard recently played it for Governor Al- aed E. Smith, the Democratic candi- “But I won't ask of radio| lican from BROTHER SHOT “AOODENTALLY [Cook F | ie ‘avorite to Win Golf Meet Paul C. Cook, Bismarck 18-year-old golf phenom, is ranked as one of three favorites to win the state golf tournament now in session at Fargo. Bill Fowler, Fa: Segoe ‘of ‘pinay finals of th 18-year-old, and William A. White, also of Fargo, are other ly eight knights of the mashie survived this morni ate-playing this afternoon for the right to enter ’s round semi- meet tomorrow. *Paul Cook Beats Fargo Links Veteran in Meet Bismarck Youth Ranked With Two Fargo Stars as Prob- able Champion Fargo, Aug. ‘AP)—W. A. White, Jr., Sarge, medalist of state tournament, played par golf to defeat John P. Martin, Fargo, 8 and 6 in the first match of the second round in the championship flight today. R. W. Pote, Fargo, former state champion, eliminated from the tournament Dick Fowler, 15- year-old Fargoan, 3 and 2. Paul Cook, Bismarck, beat E. W. Stranahan, Fargo, 3 and 2. Both played good gilf, Cook's holes, against Strana- han’s 74. At the end of the See sal poradieaie trem thee Wl even from then untit the pst Bill Fowler, defending cham- ion, defeated L. C. Sorlien, go, 5 and 4. Fowler was 1 up at the turn in aglose match. On the low nine Sorlien’s putts went bad and Fowler piled up his winning mar, R. T. Barnard, Fargo, defeat- ed a Ward, Valley City, 5 Tom Hull, Fargo, defeated L. Kostelecky Dickinson, 2 up. This was a “dingdong” match with first, one and ‘then the other ig. Moynthan Pagett, Grand Forks, defeated Cox, Bi marek, 2 and 1. I: was Pagett’s putting that gained SE SGHETE er Be : Aged Man Cuts Tooth When 72 ‘ice eternal youth asks James Malloy of Underwood. Mr. Malloy, who is 72 years old, had all his teeth pulled three months ago. a local dentist prepared to make for him a set of artificial teeth, he discovered a new wisdom tooth just peep- ing through in Mr Malloy’s low- er jaw. It had to be pulled be- fore the work of fitting the store teeth could proceed. ‘BUTCHER BOY" MURDER HUNT BRANCHES OUT Police ‘Amazed’ by Coroner’s Jury Ignoring Meat Cutter Suspect Los Angeles, Calif., Aug. 8— (AP)—Sergeant HL Barlow, police finger print expert, an- ‘ nounced today that bloody finger prints found in the bathroom of the Mellus home were not those of Leo Kelly, “butcher boy” ac- cused .of the murder of Mrs. Myrtle Mellus, society matron, last Sunday. ° The unexpected development in the slaying case whi Sunday esceee the fashionable Wilshire. district of the west side was the 1 for orders from Herman Cline, captain of detec- tives, that finger print records in anyway with the investiga any way w in a- tion be taken immediately. Los Angeles, Aug. 8.—()—While police searched today for three wom- en whom they believe able to throw new light on the “butcher boy” ro- mance of Mrs. Myrtle L. Mellus, STORM HOWLS OVER FLORIDA COAST TOWNS Hurricane Batters 100-Mile Stretch Wreaking Heavy Damage SHIPPING IN’ DISTRESS Crack Coast Limited Unheard from Since Entering Gale Area Jacksonville, Fla. Aug. 8— (?)—The tropical storm, which has isolated a wide stretch of the east coast of Florida ‘and wreaked heavy damage to coast line cities, turned inland over central Fi this morning and was reported howling across south Osceola county in the northern fringe of the ever- glades. The disturbance was said to be still of great intensity and there was no news from the area immediately affected. Strong gales were predicted for the west Florida coast from Tampa north to Appalachicola, although the weather bureau ze- port did not predict just where the storm would emerge from the mainland into the Gulf of Mexico. In thus recurving to cross the eae this storm, although severe than the hurricane of September, 1926, was follow- ing virtually the same course across the state except that it ranged about 100 miles further to the north. The 1926 hurri- cane wrecked Moorehaven on Lake Okeechobee but from best advices the present storm will miss the great marsh lake. Jacksonville, Fla., August 8.— (AP)—The Florida east coast from above West Palm Beach to Mel- bourne, a éne hundred mile stretch, was battered today by a tropical hurricane, which distressed shi; ping, isolated towns, and brought damage to property. Anxiety was expressed over the vana 1 e Flori it, Coast Phir It had last been ight, its route wing Fort Pierce ‘rom there to Miami lay through the storm smit- ten area. sie ep 19 tropical radio at Miami reported last night that the steamer Algonquin of the Mallory line, with 300 passengers aboard, bound from Galveston to New York, had re- ported that it had lost bearings account of the storm, a wirele: message from the steamer was re- ceived this morning from New York reporting that the ship had hove to ay the Florida straits to ride out the rm. The Lempira, Honduran vessel, New York to Porto Cortez, reported in the storm 60 miles southeast of Jupiter Light that she had lost sev- eral life ts _and was making no The United Fruit com] vessel Castilla was stand- Another missing train, a freight, southbound from Jacksonville to Miami, had not been heard of since it left Fort Pierce last night. Western Union Telegraph company here said this morning that its operator at Melbourne re- ported that a violent wind struck that city shortly after 8 o'clock, blowing out the front of the tele- graph office. The company’s only wire to Melbourne went out before] di any details could be received. ‘ort Pierce, located between Me}- bourne and We alm Beach, had been isolated since last night. The last word from there said that a 75 mile hurricans was ragii residents were barricaded in their homes. PIONEER GLEN ULLINITE DEAD Charles Waechter, 57, Drops Dead at Home After C. M. T. C. Visit Charles Waechter, 57, since boy- hood a resident of Morton county, dead at his home at Glen ing and that| p, Just to be different, Bessie Wright, chosen iNet of a new sirport at Ogden, Utah, married Eugene Bow- en in an airplane 3,000 feet up, as rt of an airport celebration. layor Frank Francts of Ogden was the “sky pilot,” performing the cere- mony. WOMAN KILLED AND ATTACKED INFRONT YARD Blood Stained Iron Pipe Is Weapon Used on Teacher by Maniac Chicago, Aug. 8.—(?)—The body of Miss Jennie Constance, 42 years old, head of the English department of Bradley Polytechnical Institute at Peoria, Ill., was found on the front lawn of an Evanston residence this morning. She had been beaten to death and attacked. . A blood-stained piece of iron pipe was found near where the body lay behind a hedge in front of the home in which she had been rooming for the summer. Stains along the side- walk indicated to police that she had been struck as she walked in front of the house. Her clothes were nearly torn from her body. Members of her family with waom Miss Constance lived reported that she was missing some time after midnight, when it was discovered she had not returned from a visit to the Northwestern University library at 9 a. m. The library had closed at 10 o'clock. : Miss Constance had been sharing rooms with her mother and a sister Miss Margaret Constance, while studying at the summer session of Northwestern university. She was preparing for a degree of Doctor of hilosophy. The body, with the skull fearfully crushed by a blow from the two-foot length of iron pipe, was found by a milkman whose lantern lit the sha- dows under the hedge shortly before 5 o'clock this morning. The police believed death had been instantane- ous, and that the assailant had then gen his victim into the yard and attacked her. Miss Constance, whose full name was Jennie Matte Constance, was born at Cumberland, Wis., and w: & graduate of Hamlin college, 1, Minn. She also held a master of arts decree from Columbia uni- versity, New York. Her mother, Mrs. M J. Constance, is a widow and had been living in Evanston for some time. REED OPPONENT SEEMS WINNER Dry Democratic Senatorial Candidate Apparently Is" Nominated St. Louis, in} M. Hay, Missouri leader and bitter further investigation of the murder | marck wit of the society woman was left in @ grand * aay tone Dee morn! 7 BS and took i occasion to call on his two; Misso sons, Donald and Parened, who are enlisted in the Citizens Military at Fort Lincoln, opponent of lenge ney A. Reed, ‘was 3) iren' nom! today as Democratic candidate for United States senator, as more than half a pooriners had reported in the had a lead :of 12,125 votes over James A. Collet, hose tor senatorial race, of Kansas City was 0] Nath- lawyer, by DEADLY GASES KILL CREW AS RESCUE NEARS Crippled Hulk Brought to Sur- face Show Fumes Beat Salvagers CRAFT RAISED 31 FEET Race Against Water Pressuré Vain as Storage Batteries Leak Death Rome, August 8.—(AP)—Buoyed up by pontoons, the crippled Italian submarine F-14 floated on the sur- face of the Adriatic today—a steel casket for the two officers and 29 men aboard. Death had won in the grim race against the rescue workers. There had been an ominous hint of death when the submarine’s tele- graph system, by which communica- tion was kept up with salvage work- ers, became silent yesterday. But the rescue workers continued fever- ishly their efforts to raise the craft. spurred on by the hope that the crew might have withdrawn to a safer part of the vessel, Gas Snuffs Out Life Gases which had formed when the sea water reached the sto: bat- teries had, snuffed out the lives of the crew when rescue was first at hand. Strong hopes had been held that at least a few of those on board would escape the slow death from poisoned air, for only the stern com. partment of the F-14 was flooded when the sharp bow of the destroyer Guiseppe Missori rode over it send- ing the submarine down 131 feet to the bottom of the Adriatic on Mon- oe morning. ‘he raising of the submarine in 34 hours was led as an out- standing salvage feat. No sooner had the submarine sunk than sea- planes were flying over the area. Blue Waters Aid The clarity of the blue waters of the Adriatic aided them in establish- ing the position of the submarine and within half an hour after the collision divers were working to lay cables to raise the undersea craft. Other rescue apparatus was hast- ily assembled on the spot. A pipe was attached to the sunken submarine and air pumped into her. The crew of the F-14 maintained communication with the rescuers by means of a submarine accoustic tele- phone with which all Italian under- sea craft are equipped. By nightfall yesterday the rescue work had been carried on so speed- ily that the F-14 was raised more than two-thi f the way to the surface. This allayed fears that the age weakened bulkheads would be crushed by the water re. aoen* new ia ane he ie graph signals suddenly sto; When the submarine was raised the crew was found to be beyond aid. BANDITS GRAB $20,000 LOOT Hurl Gas Bombs Into Armored Payroll Auto’ Near St. Paul St. Paul, Aug. 8—()—Four ban- its in two automobiles held up an rmored money car here early today, urled gas bombs into the ee disabled the guards, and escaped with $20,000. The holdup occurred about a mile from the city limits on the south side, in the direction of South St. Paul, where the armored car, op- erated by a private detective agency, was carrying payrolls for the Si and Armour packing plants. Six men in the armored car, in- cluding the driver, were overcome by the gas bombs which the bandits in- reed into the machine through the lcopholes, after forcing the -noney car to the curb. Seizing the money bags, they fled in their own auto- mobiles. - 8.—)—Charles| the bold proximately $11,000 was be: ferred from the American National Bank to his institution in the ar-' mored car. ficials of the State Bank raid that $8,125 bab ‘ing transferred to their insti- Farm Favorite Leads Kansas Primary Vote Topeka, Kansas, August 8 (AP): —Cilyde M. Reed of Pa: backed farm the Republican nomination for ernor when returns were tabul Sue tale of the prech Ex..