The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, September 24, 1928, Page 1

ESTABLISHED 1878 / THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1928 FIVE WN. D. PEOPLE DIE IN CROSSING CRASH [__Basteo tirest_] IAP CONFESSES KIDNAPING AND SLAYING YOUTH Youth Who Graduated at Head of Clase Studied Thrill Slay- ’ ers’ Crimes FEARS DEATH PROSPECT Wishes to Die Because Child’s Screams Would Haunt Him Through Life jus Honolulu, Sone 24- ae all jous lapanese, ‘ut ome EN ge ina) and murder o: ld. Gi ill Jamieson and avowedly ieee to die for his crime was un- he awaited the legal proceed- Sc which he expects to be put leath. Fukunaga, who is 19 years old, and who was graduated from high school here at the head of his class, confessed on a it after offi- cers had tra means of identified five Zar ae paid to to the kidnaper W. ese: banker fa ot thes slain Crowds ga' around te 0 i yesterday after details of Fu- fect, fa confession had been pub- lished and firemen were called upon to play streams of cold water on them when Cor _ of peace offi- cers failed to The water was cteecth National guardsmen and ie igen al deputy sheriffs patrolled the streets last night. Screams Haunt Him Fukunaga seemed yee vid about the murmurings of the crowd but admitted that tor the first time in his life he feared the prospect of death. He insisted, however, that he wanted to die because “my: crime was awful. I don’t want to live be-| cause I would hear the screams of the wee! the ea of my moe aan The young reveal bo ecpotint the erfnes of Trea Id lade and of Tillie edward Hicl killer of Marian Parker of Los ‘An geles. The Jamieson kidnaping and slaying resembled the Los Angeles of the He told ate that he at police headquarters last day and offered his services in the hunt for the kidnaper. He was re- ifcted Pesamme: of Mea omsall stalaae: (e said his ambition had been to be- come a writer of romantic fiction. The prisoner, who said he was not| 42°: insane, revealed that he sent flow- ers to the funeral-of his victim, shoei with a card signed “The identi- Pere ne cee ~ COAST FORES FOREST FIRES CHECKE Four Dead ‘in C California as Result of Conflagrations 9 & i l iach] dadunet The confessed author of letters threatening death to John J. Ras- kob, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, tured here as he wi; arraigned hilade) hia. He is Frank C. Mooney, 67, Four blackmail letters, selepettt) ore ivi ment of $100,000, Sh _ the Rasko GITLOW SCORES HOOVER SPEECH |: ON PROSPERITY |* Workers’ Candidate . Claims There Are 4,000,000 People Unemployed Labeling Herbert Hoover as the “Good Man Friday” of American +| Imperialism, Benjamin Gitlow, vice presidential candidate on the Com- munist ticket, challenged the G. P. standard bearer on the statement | buil made him in his Palo Alto ac- “| speech that. ;anemploy-| sense of dis ©. | to the three exits at the 420 SURFOCATE AS FIRE CAUSES THEATRE PANIC Victims, Not Burned But Crushed, in Stampede from Spanish Playhouse STORM SCENE ON STAGE|taken a try ' 4,000 Frantically Fight in Nar- row Aisles, Trampling Wo- men and Children Madrid, Sept. 24 —P)—Ay mately 120 persons were Apprort estimated to have been trapped and in the Noved- ades theater when it caught fire during a crowded 1 a Btiorse evening performance. The injut were es- timated at more than 350. figures have not’ been established because dense smoke coming from the beet] tuins prevented the then rom we how many se were ye' ex- tracted. Most of the victims were not burned but were either suffocated or crushed during the stampede for the exits. Bodies were being taken from some sections of the ruins this morning and soldiers with fixed bayonets kept back a large crowd of anguish ons who clamored for news of relatives and friends. The blaze started during a storm scene'on the stage. The theater, vere is ohe of the largest in Ma- eld Hens _— and a was ca) ity for a perform- ance of “La Mejor Del Puerto.” Electrical pprited ignited the ropes of part of the scenery and the flames pucoed os ray ay to other parts of the stage setti ‘As the curtains: in front burst into flames, there-was = mad rush for the exits. Men, women and ‘ [children were trampled in the stam- pede. The theater was equip; with modern precautions against fire but it was very-old and the wooden framework : burned rapidly. People massed inthe narrow alae, frantically atthe’ their way ront of the Iding. Soon: cucted with the, te Raa eae zed GOEBEL, DAK DAKE, ing come here from Virginia, Min- nesota, where he spoke the fore. He. is touring the United ‘etre in the interest of his candi- acy as well as that if William Z. Foster, Communist candidate for the presidenc: ‘The low mr rages paid in the tex- fi 4,000,000 uném- ployed, the bankrupt trieken farmers, the wage cut in coal, automobile, textile, shoe and other industries are sufficient proof | pr eee cirings) Are: not cas, Fo as Mr. © painted them,” Gitlow said. tliow asked why. Hoover failed to state his position on the “war” in Nica 3 if he favors the prepara- tions of the United States for war with Seman over Chinese markets; why he did not protest against the death of the two workers, Sacco and ment is not recognized in the States; and other Gitlow in his leo} demned the G. O. P. nominee, while he did not mention the Democratic saniideve more than once during his WRECK VICTIMS . ‘STILL IN COMA Mandan Hospital: of Hold But Slight alg — and Poverty Ci HOLMAN FINISH Capture First Prize Money in Los Angeles-Cincinnati Air Derby Cincinnat!, 0, Sep 24. — (P) — Contestants in the Angeles to ‘incinnati air races were on their way home today, most of them con- siderably richer in prise money for bringing their planes ly across the finish ear at Lunken. airport yesterday. Arthur Goebel, Tucker's Lockheed- Doodle,” with Mr. Tuel cabin, said he would are for New York with the $3,000 first prize money he won. in the nonstop race. In addition, Sesbain won won $2,000. ‘The first prise of 2,000 in the be ies at by Charles w. 4 at Holman of St. Pani rho sent ha Laird plane rom Los Angeles to Cincinnati: in 19 and 24 minutes. The. only other starter in this group to arrive was E. E. Ballough, of Chicago, who claimed the $900 second prise. He Be ee ee eee Ae 2 seconds. NORTH DAKC DAKOTA —— . POUND es ne ai: EF Doctors Believe Operation Will “Make Bennie a Good Boy” Tulsa, Ok Sept. 24.—Tulsa paysicitns a are abc to tackle a job the parents He He ar-old Beanie Elliotes they are going to try to make Bennie a fol has had much luck that line so far. Bennie’s father a er, who live in 8 Okla., admit they can’t do it. Vari- ous county and state officials have at it, and they haven't been able % to Be So Bennie wil) presently be taken to @ hospital and a delicate ‘opera- tion will be performed to remove a fon of bone that is pressing on his | - rain, And the doctors who have examined him believe that Bennie will be well-behaved and obedient ago Bennie was in a rail- road accident and received a severe blow on the head. Ever since then he has been the town’s “bad boy"; and doctors believe that if the opera- tion is not performed he will sooner xact | or later get into very serious trouble. Not long ago an attendant at a filling sation in sae 's tet me prepar ing a ye hich he had drawn from a pump. i us con. flagration and explosion probably would have resulted if Bennie had done it. Other fires in Sand er yard including. a $30,000 lumber blaze, are now recalled, and the | lice are wondering if Bennie di have something to do with some mt them, too. Once Bennie was i ey tate home at Enid, but his fathe: n effected his rele: Later the boy was sent to the Pauls Valley re- formatory, but the superintendent there did not believe it was the place for him, an nt him home. County authorities, puzzled by th lad’s escapades, finally had him ex- amined by doctors, and won his par- ents’ consent to the operation. It is recalled that whenever the boy was caught in any werong.doing he would say: “You know, ses Oren isn’t right.” Doctors now belie that the youngster was simply tel ing the truth. They are confident that the operation will end his troubles. Murderer Hacks Woman to Death With Hatchet Boston Woman Who Answered Spokane Matrimonial Ad Is Found Dead "Spokane, Wash, Sept, 24-0?) Her head hacked ‘and battered with a hatchet, Mrs, Katherine Clark, 36, of Boston, Mass., was found dead at Foothills, 15 miles from Spokane, late yesterday. The woman had been dragged some distance to a _ iq blood stains disclosed. A tchet was Aiea near the body. County Promecttor) “Greenough said he had learned that Mrs. Clark, who was divorced in 1925 at Water- » Mass., arrived in Spokane last Friday in response to correspond- ence concerning marriage. She was to stay at the residence of Archie F. Moock, a mill worker, who is held for questioning. Mooc was said to have driven the woman in the direc- tion of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, Satur- day to meet her intended husband, the prosecutor said. Greenough expressed the opinion =— was the motive for the = ISCORNS FAITH AS TALK BASIS Mrs. Willebrandt Denies Relig- fon Was Motive for Attack on Smith Lorain, 0., ‘Sept. 2 24.—()—A de- nial that religious motives underlay recent appeal to the Ohio confer- ence of the Methodist Episcopal church to the election of Governor Smith was embodied i an prepared for delive: a ht M Mabel alter iat by Mrs. Mal r ge ot from Chicago "potion of of Eublicty it opeeeh ronda sald te tt pers. No tion was given gue 8 statement that a “mistake had bee: In to criticism voiced b; eA Oklahoma aoaaens Death Turns Third Ace in Poker Game ~ Chicage, Septe: te Lemont Coppage ‘ttiam Porter had aces in the hole in bed cas Linrya game they were esterda| Mthetstebler wes that both aces were of the same suit— spades. Coppage was shot dead. Port- er was arrested. EPIDEMIC HITS STRICKEN ISLE Flu, Malaria and Measles In- capacitate Thousands in Porto Rico San Juan, Porto Rico, Sept. 4 @®—With 15,000 cases reported by |p, health authorities and the Red Cross, an epidemic of influenza caused | di grave concern in Porto Rico today. Five thousand cases of malaria, measles and other diseases have also followed the tropical marion. = Physicians : .id they were frankly alarmed at the situation. Red Cross officials, announced that no town was without an increasing number of infiaaaes, ane and that pneu- mi ining. 53 ‘was, possib le if the influenza cases continued to develop into pneu- monia that there would be an out-/harm, side call for nurses. Health conditions were aggravated bits by numerous ith tem) a4 it a por iets pie Plans hich is bringing 20,000 “and 2,000 beds. “A train was loaded with lumber me Baar roceed inland, 0 uarters Ripeed to for the ae time since the disaster. At a meeting of re 76 of the island’s 7 homeless were feswig hr of el trem of SHIP CRASH IN CANAL BLOCKS | GRAIN BARGES Millions of Bushels of Wheat Kept from Sea by Welland Channel Wreck STORM CAUSES MISHAP Scores of Ships Tied Up Caus- ing Thousands of Dollars Loss to Shippers St. Catharines, Ont., Sept. 24— (®)—A Norwegian steamer loaded ae pulp vt ie across the Welland locking from the sea ae of bushels of wheat. Of- estimated it would take at three days to put the canal ‘k into operation. The Norwegian freighter Doris crashed into the gates here at 1 o'clock yesterday morning during a hard blow, when the houser haulin; her through the canal sli Waters released by the crash swept away the two upper gates, one of the lower ones, tore out a weir on the south side of the canal, and swept over the north wall. The freighter dropped her anchor when the water swept her ee the side of the canal, and the flukes caughter the mitre sill of t e gate and tore that out. With the grain movement at its height and the canal in use day and night, officials estimated the tie-up would cost thousands of dollars in to the grain boats alone re held inactive with an mage to the canal to thousands of dollars. No estimate could be made a: the probable logs in late marketing of the wheat. Thirteen wht bea most of them loaded with grain, were in the canal today, 13 more were at Port De. housie on Lake Ontario waiti get through, and as many more ake steamers were at Port Colborne on Lake Erie waiting to unload their grain into storage elevators, where it is placed on canal boats for t1 fer through the locks. It was mated that over 3,500,000 bu: of wheat were aboard the waiting ‘fleet at Port Colborne alone. The Welland canal is. sbout 20 miles: and Lakes On- F |. connecta.. tario and » It is the bottle-neck th which much of the grain of thé Canadian wheat belt finds an outlet to the se: GENERAL FROST WAVE HITS N. D. Killing Frost Is Predicted for Bismarck and Vicinity Tonight Bismarck and the Missouri Slope is warned to don warm clothes and cover up perishable garden truck and flowers patches tonight. Heavy to killing frost are pre- dicted for North Dakota and Minne- sota although the weather will be Wie Lesley and Tuesday. Frost visited Bismarck and North akota in general early Sunday and | the this morning, but came too late to lamage the corn crops, and wasn’t severe enough to damage the po- tato, grain, or other crops, accord- ing to officials of the U. S. weather bureau here. Bismarck and Grand Forks were the warmest spots in the state at 7 a. m. today. It was 29 degrees in both cities. Bottineau was the cold- est spot in the state, registering 19 a 4 its lowest temperature fe past danger now, a tee will do it more good. than A. R. Miesen, county a said. It wasn’t cold enough to toes or other crops. Forecast for the Bismarck vicin- t Current, Sask. reported the lowest temperature to the local bureau f it, the tare dropping 6 1 the Canadian Mother Accused | Here's the latest available picture of ton Louise Northcott, arrested in ry, Canada, on charge of com- oa ity y with her son, Gordon North- cott, 21, in the murder of several boys at the Northeott chicken ranch Los Angeles. The son, sought all over the west, was arrested in an isolated British Columbia hamlet. TRIP IN AUTOS THROUGH CITY IS SET FOR AL Speech by the Democratic Can- didate Here Is ‘Definitely Out’ Al Smith’s Helena speech to- night will be broadcast by the Hoskins-Meyer Radio Station, KFYR beginning at 9 o'clock, central standard time. The New York governor will be on the sir one hour. With Al Smith’ ly out” of the program of his marck reception ‘ednesda: five members of the local ments committee gs Sorminaia, “getstogther™ withthe 90-minut er’ Democratic for president. It had been hoped that Smith ‘would be induced to give two ten- minute addresses here, one at the auditorium and the other at the state capitol. The governor’s train arrives at 11:30 a, m. and leaves for Fargo at 1 = according to the schedule. ‘he committee is tentatively plan- tour about the city, includ- ing visits to the state capitol, the Bismarck Country club, the state Be cana and Fort Lincoln, with the candidate. and his party as bine Smith will pay a courtesy visit to Governor Maddock while here is e: mpecae by the committee as sar candidate has made it a prac- tice to all governors on his tour. The committee “has its hands tied” as far as arrangements for the visit are concerned because of the uncertainty of Smith's They wiJl meet tonight to make ar- rangements for the Elks band to play a few numbers at the depot, the planned Hig. abont, the city, and other details. B. Murphy, cher man of the committee, probably wil go to Dickinson night, re- (Continued on page two) POLICE BULLET STOPS FARGOAN | sez Fi N. D., Sept. 24.—Ben Mor- ‘Sileged member of a trio which in the rear of the ‘Two. other men ‘believed impli- cated in the attempt escaped in arf Minn, Batere fleeing, the two shots er Charles derson, who fired when Morris ig-/ tng: nored his commarids to halt. Morris Missing Trans-Canada Plane Found in Wilds/;; After Landing Wreck DRIVER FAILS TO SEE TRAIN NEAR WIBAUY Sentinel Butte Family Wiped Out as Locomotive Ploughs Into Car BABY LIVES SHORT TIME Party En Route to Glendive to Visit Family Member Sick at Hospital Glendive, Mont. S Sept. 24.—)— Five people were killed in a railroad crossing accident near Yates, just west of the North Dakota line, late Saturday night. The dead, all of Sentinel Butte, N. D., are: Mr. and Mrs. Joe Cook and infant daughter; Mrs. Gertrude Northrope, mother of Mrs. Cook, and Mrs. Northrope’s youngest daughter, Geraldine. Westbound passenger train No. 7 struck their car and nearly all were instantly killed. Four of the victims, all Se ap- parently were killed instantl, bie] the Northern Pacific train p! into their car, but they lived short time. The child was taken to hospital at Wibaux where she di The party was en route to Glen- dive to visit Mr. Northrope who - recovering here from a recent ation. It is betieved that the driver ns the machine failed to see the rain. CITY PUTS $350 IN RELIEF FUND Sum Forwarded to Storm Dis- tricts Comes Largely from Community Chest Bismarck has sent its quota, $° to the scantily-clad, - homeless victims of the storms, Florida and the West Indies. The sum, made up largely fro the Community Chest fund, was fc. warded to the national committee « the American Red Cross in charz of relief work today. The Burleigh county the American Cro Friday a uest from William M. Baxter, Jr., for $700 as its share of. a $5,0 fund needed to feed, clothe, and care for the victims of the storm. The city’s quota was $350 with the remainder of the county having a quota of $350, according to officials. The drive to replenish the funds of the Commas ey Chest will be made Oct. 3, according to members of the committee in charge. The immediate access to the sum ves the-value of the Community hest and the necessity for solicita- tion, committeemen said. The money abs available in this case immediate. yy making it worth much more now oe relief work than it would be me days. ‘/ HAMBERG BANK YEGGS ESCAPE N. D., Sept. 24.—(7)— Gamnlate ch te Seok of funds at the First State Bank of Hambe: re siectaned fata robbers who held up-the institution ion Sees obtained slight- territory near Hamberg for go of the bandits, the general belief was that the robbers had left that terri- tory and were in some other section of the state. BANDITS MISS MORROW AUTO Mexico City, Sept. Sept. 4 —(PLE! Universal today expressed the belief is eta 25 bandits Mr. ie week- Sees the ei taf ‘% i 4 rf t Edmonton, Alte, Sept, 24—UP)— | "7% Mi Earl Godfrey and three Pestons, 5 of the Perham Man Is Held for St. Paul Murder : l | E i a & ! i & i 5 i i A H ? | Z. i i a5 if Hi if 5 z i : i H 7] i i2 i ll it i ? H i ! i i i tell 44 i fait Se Si F I ? i i é hh age iia ri? [ : 542