The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, November 21, 1928, Page 1

W NORTH DAKOTA'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER ESTABLISHED 1873 DREAD OF THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, WEDNESDAY, HATCHET OVEMBER 21, 1928 Weather Fair tonight and Thursday. Slightly. colder tonight, PRICE FIVE CENTS SLAYER TERRORIZES OMAHA Stewart Acquitted As Walsh Asks Further Oil Probe(BRUTALCRINES BORAH RETURNS CAMPAIGN FUND GIFT TO DONOR Supreme Court Asked to Inter- pret Five Points in Appeal of Sinclair WOMEN JURORS HUGGED Standard Oil Magnate Freed Third Time on Contempt and Prejury Counts _ Washington, Nov. 21.—()—Oil is highly inflammable. The blaze started some years ago by the in- quiry into the conditions surround- ing the leasing of the naval oil re- serves is no sooner quenched in one place than it breaks out in another. Robert W. Stewart, chairman of the board of directors of the Stand- ard Oil company of Indiana, was ac- quitted yesterday in the District of Columbia supreme court on charges of perjury. The case was one of the many ramifications of the investiga- tion into the oil leases, Almost coincident with the ver- dict, Senator Walsh, of Montana, said that he intended to ask the sen- ate to inquire into the reasons of Dr. Hubert Work, former secretary of the interior, for renewing a lease in the Salt Creek oil field to Sin- clair crude oil purchasing com- pany. This lease was recently de- clared invalid by the department of justice. And these two developments, with oil as their background, had two others for company. Sinclair in News The District of Columbia court of appeals asked the supreme court for interpretations on five points in- volved in the appeal of Harry F. Sinclair, oil magnate, now under sentence for contempt of the senate, and Senator Borah, of Idaho, has be- gun returning $8,000 which he re- ceived as part of a prospective fund of $160,000 which he intended to re- turn-to Sinclair. Sinclair gave the $160,000 to the Republican party in 1920 and when the circumstances of the gift came to light, Senator Borah said he felt that party morals demanded its re- turn, He announced that he would receive voluntary contributions to “purge” the Sinclair contributions, . Stewart, tall, thick-set and gray haired, showed his joy at his acquit- tal yesterday by giving each of the three women jurors, a hearty hug. He has twice been brought to trial after facing a senate committee and has twice gone free, being acquitted in May on a contempt charge. His troubles have grown out of. his answers, or lack of answers, to questions about the liberty bond. profits of the Continental Trading Company, Ltd., of Canada. Called before the senate public lands com- mittee, on one occasion, he decided not to answer queries. When he did answer them, he: was indicted on chargeg of perjury. The government insisted in the perjury trial that Stewart said he knew nothing of the distribution of the liberty bond profits of the Con- tinental Trading company; that he had no conversation or any knowl- edge that would lead him to believe any individual or organization had received the securities and that he had not received any of the. bonds, when the president of the Continen- tal had given him bonds to the amount of $759,500, The oil magnate’s defense was chiefly the contention that there was not a quorum of the senate present when he testified, and the .official record of the public lands committee was also attacked. BARRYMORE T0 WED COSTELLO John Takes Out License to Marry Dolores, to Holly- wood’s Surprise Los Angeles, Nov. 21.— (AP) — Hollywood’s arenas of motion pic- ture romance buzzed today with dis- cussions of the impending of John Bai ore, stage star, and Dolores-Costello, film act- ress and daughter of appiied for the license yesterday. marriage will be Barrymore's third venture into matrimony and Miss Costello’s first. Nejther would plans for the wedding, but close friends intimated that they probably would be wed during: the discuss coming end, News of the eugsqeness caused Hollywood, as] both none but the closest friends Mae been fired. existed be tween the two—a friendship which @ mild sensa‘ion couple were av-are more than. friendshi| veteran player Maurice Costello. Barrymore [Social Envoy | Social Envoy |HOOVER LEAVES sae | BATTLESHIP 10 | FISH IN OCEAN Like Average Vacationer, Pres- ident-Elect Ponders Over Itinerary OMITS FOUR. COUNTRIES Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Ecua- dor, Peru, Chile Visits Defi- nitely Arranged U. S. S. Maryland, En Route to Amapala, Nov. 21.—(AP)—With the first half of his Latin-American good- will tour itinerary mapped out, Her- bert Hoover today turned his thoughts to his favorite sport. The Maryland was halted between Cape San Lucas and Cape Corrientes, well off the Mexican coast, for deep sea fishing. The president-elect had in mind the recent experience of bureau of fisheries men in these waters who hooked a gigantic marlin or sword- fish, “playing” it for 14 hours be- fore landing it. Mr. Hoover did not hope to snag a fish of such proportions as he does not want to interrupt the southward voyage more than a few hours. Three of the Maryland’s small boats were ordered out for the fishing ex- cursion, one containing Mr. Hoover and his friends, a “second carrying the newspapermen and a third laden with cameramen who unlimbered their machines for the first time on the voyage. Dr. Alexander Wendeist, former press director to the German Reich- stag, has a job unique in diplomatic circles. He has been appointed ‘‘so- cial attache” to the German em- bassy in Washington. DOCTORS GIVEN CAMPAIGN PLAN FOR DIPHTHERIA City to Pay Cost of Toxin- stoxii ‘ The Maryland will proceed south- Antitoxin Injections of war a in on ight, making the ild irst stop o! good-will tour at cael ale Amapala, Honduras, Sunday. On that same day the Hoover party will go to La Union, Salvador, for an afternoon reception, leaving Sunday night for Corinto, Nicaragua, where a third stop wl be made Monday. A call at Punta . Arenas, Costa Rica, Tuesday, will complete the present tour of central America. a Out of conferences yesterday with Henry P. Fletcher, ambassador to Italy, came an announcement of changes in itinerary. : Mr. er is doing quite’ a bit of pendering of that itinerary. He is in the predica- ment of the average man on a vaca- tion. His time and the places he has invitations to visit are out of proportion. Panama, Guatemala, Colombia and Bolivia are omitted from the amend- ed schedule. Nicaragua will be the third instead of the first call. Next is Corinto, Nicaragua, on November 26, then Punta Arenas, Schedules to be followed by doc- tors in administering toxin-antitoxin in the campaign against diphtheria in Bismarck will be worked out to- day following decision of the city commission to back the campaign, it was announced here today by Dr. J. D. Jungman, epidemiologist at the state health department. Besides making a decision to en- dorse the campaign to eliminate diphtheria in North Dakota by 1930, the city commission has voted to ap- propriate enough money to aid in the work, Dr. Jungman declared. The city will pay the cost of all toxin-antitoxin used in the prevent- ive work in the city schools, while the board of education will finance the cost of printing children “per- mission” slips and the cost of pre- paring pamphlets and other litera- ture, The permission slips will be : 4 Costa Rica, Guayaquil, Ecuador, assed out among children in school Oe at abi sey to be taken home and signed calles, ron Valparaiso, Chile, De- by the parents to give health offi- cers authority to administer the toxin-antitoxin, er All city schools will be visited by Dr. C. E. Stackhouse, city and coun- ty health officer, next week, Jung- man said. A first injection of the preventive medicine will be made during the week and will be followed by two more injections in the follow- ing two weeks, making a total of three weeks necessary to complete the work. Dr. Stackhouse will make _ the three injections for a charge of $1, which is much lower than the actual cost, Dr. Jungman stated. The city will pay approximately $300 for the toxin-antitoxin, City commissioners have agreed to pay about fifteen cents per child in the campaign work, which will amount to approxi- mately $300 for the 2,000 children expected to be treated. r The step taken by the city com- missioners will do much in the cam- paign to climinate chances of diph- theria epidemics, Dr. Jungman said, After Chile the mountains of the South American continent are to be crossed for a visit to Buenos Aires with visits to Uruguay and Brazil to be made later. As the ship goes southward and the water takes on a deeper tinge of color, the weather grows warmer. Ambassador Fletcher and others ap- peared in white suits yesterday but the president-elect’s concession to balmier weather was white shoes. He watched with interest yester- day the small guns practice which involved the turning of the great turrets‘on the battleship. LEE FUNERAL IN MINOT PLANNED ‘Train Bears Body of Late N. D. inting out that most chances of a Epread of the disease are in the pub-| Fevitentiary Warden to lic and private schools where large Home City numbers of children attend. Work to immunize children from the disease is pi ssing steadily in other cities of North Dakota, he added, with many schools con- Poplatiog sinilay steps as that en by the Bismarck city commission. TRAGEDY FOUND: IN TWO DEATHS Hunter Believed to Have Killed Self After Accidentally Killing Pal Staunton, Ill, Nov. 21.—(AP)— Mute evidence of remorse over ac- eidental killing of a Rating pert ner, was believed seen-in the dis- covery southeast of here y of the bodies of George Arnold and Rolle Davis, hunters who had been mi since early lay nia a Both men had been shot in the head, and barrels of Arnold’s gun had Davis had. been shot in the back of the head while crawling through | Kitc! barbed wire fence. Directly back of him was’ found of Body of John J. Lee, warden of the state penitentiary, who died here early. Monday morning, was taken to Minot this morning, where burial services will be held Thursday after- noon. Only immediate members of the family and a few friends were pres- ent when the body was taken from a local funeral parlor to the railroad depot and placed on a special rail- road car. The train bearing the bod: left Bismarck at 7 a.m., and will arrive in Minot this afternoon. Upon arrival of the train, the body will be parlor and lie in state until tomor- row afternoon, when services will be conducted gt the First Lutheran church. Rev. T. F. Gullixson, pastor of the church, will officiate. E. G. Wanner, executive secretary of the state board of administration, was the only person to accompany body to Minot. Members of the late warden’s family and’ will leave tomorrow morning. Although final plans have not been completed, it is expected all mbe the me court, Gov- proce Ey F. Shafer, Gitbert Semi bank exam Farmers’ have been reported by the federal farm loan board to have indicated to the federal intermediate credit banks uty United States mi ted healt! ex] two daughters. ARENDS. coms. pre eS y Oysters Trained to limitate Hungry Birds| aa es | In Today’s Boy News Clarence Terhune, the lad who left his golf links job to become the first aerial stowaway aboard the Graf Zeppeljn, is shown here upon his return to the U. S. A. on the liner Tle de France. Farmers’ Co-ops to Ask $60,000,00 Wheat Cooperatives Want $2,- 461,516 to Finance Market- ing of Crops Washington, Nov. 21.— (AP) — cooperative associations desire to borrow more than $60,- 000,000 to finance the marketing of their crops this year. This report, which forecasts larger advances to the associations than last ‘year, was made ‘to the [seen of the 12 federal land inks and of the 12 intermediate banks who have begun their semi- annual conference with the board to discuss administrative matters. The total of loans made during the past year by the intermediate banks to cooperative associations and out- standing on Nov. 3 last, was $30,- 774,863, of which $17,634,250 was to cotton cooperatives: $4,725,225 to isin growe! $2,461,516 to wheat cooperatives; $1,762,435 to tobacco cooperatives; $945,606 to wool grow- ers; $844,545 to rice associations; $2,709,419 to associations handling canned fruits and vegetables; $78,- 640 for bean marketing; $23,238 extracted honey; $66,500 for alfalfa seed, and $34,025 for redtop seed. for The largest loan requested was in connection with the financing of the ceean crop, which aggregated about pi hile that of the wheat 0, association’ totaled $6,650,000, and the wool associations’ crop loans mounted to $2,560,000. Clara Strand Hurt in Automobile Crash Miss Clara Strand is in a local osetia today recovering from a sligl bile crash last night. 4 bruises or serious injuries, attending it shock suffered in an sutomo- She has no ns say. Strand is employed by Drs. Rawlings and Towne. A car which Miss Strand was driving about 7:30 p. m. yesterday was struck by a car said to have been driven by Ben Brocopp, em- Rloye of a local taxicab company. ie accident occurred at Eighth street and Rosser avenue. No glass was broken and _ both cars remained upright. Miss Strand was taken to after the crash. Brocopp is said to have been stunned, also. e hospital shortly The cars were slightly damaged. Butte War Veteran, Gassed, Takes Life Nov, 21.—(P)— Butte, Mont., taken to 6 Milnes Atmieal ou George Kelsey, 34 years old, ind former dep- 1, commit- terday. Ill ‘orld war veteran suicide here ye jure to during the war, is lieved to have caused Kelsey to me despondent. . He is survived by his widow and Mount. Vernon, Ia.,. Nov. 21.— AP.) —The educated flea has a group of rivals—the trained oysters of Prof. W. E. A. Slaght, head of the department several years when they the - body use Governor Walter Maddock i it of- Cornell appeared in the leading roles of one ‘Amold, the top of his head blown | isin Denver it is that ©. 3. | fol ‘er Barrymore's pictures. off. ere . Eralibers. Minot mayor and a declares that after a Barrymore, unaccompanied, walk-| The freer, was advanced by police | member of governor's staff, will regular feeding ed into the Moonee bureau| that Arnold’s tay have ex-| represent the governor's office at yesterday and his intention | ploded pong napa he} the nies, P to wed. He gave his name 2% John| then tu it upon. and Blythe » age 41. Hel discharge the other barrel. AMUNDSEN Ww listed Miss Costello’s age as 22: Norway, Nov. 21. —_—_—__—__ SNELLING OFFICER SUICIDES | wish Am: that he die fermilion, -Nov. in John iman, of ux, ex- ni 9, isa Fi patient a¢ Fort Snell- " Is for @ sum sufficient 0 U. S. Loans resulting fromi wounds and | Sap; CREW IGNORED ORDERS, SENIOR OFFICER SAYS Vestris Crew Members Testify Leaking Ports Had Not Been Adjusted VALVES SHIPPED WATER Waiter Says Water Poured Into Coal Bunkers from Open Hatches New York, Nov. £1.—(AP)—A re- tired United States Naval officer took over the questioning at the fed- eral inquiry into the sinking of the British steamer Vestris today and elicited from’ the senior surviving officer of that ship that his sub- ordinates ignored his orders when the vessel was sinking, that crew members were absent from their sta- tions at the lifeboats, and that women and children passengers were placed in the most dangerously situated boats. The United States Naval officer s Captain E. T. Jessup, Ameri- can nautical adviser to United States Commissioner O'Neill, who is presiding at the hearing. The witness he questioned was Frank oe chief officer of the Ves- ris. Out to uphold his family name in the realm of sport is Eddie Collins, Jr., son of the famed second base- man of the American League who now is with the Philadelphia Ath- letics. Eddie, Jr., is starring as cap- tain and quarterback of the Episco- pal Academy football team. _ Before Jessup took over the ques- tioning, Johnson had testified in reply to U. S. Attorney Tuttle, who is conducting the inquiry, that the release mecianism of lifeboats was “not successft As Jessup interrogated Johnson Captain Henry McConkey, British Sane | Alas! Poor Bandit! 1 | Holdup Forgets Gun | ee Chicago, Nov. 21.—(AP)—The decadent age of banditry seems to have set in. First there was the bandit who got peeved at his victim, threw away his gun and started a fight. Then there was the bandit who stuttered, taking so long to give the command to “st-t-t-ick ‘em up” that police were on the scene before the victim could respond. Again, just last week, there was the holdup man who picked_a deaf as his vic- tim, loud to make his demands known that police came running. And today there was Daniel its holdup man, who forgot his p' ol. Falco walked up to Milton Fields at Madison and Curtis streets and said: “Hands up.» c .As he spoke, he reached to his hip pocket for his gun. It was not there. In a quandary, he began to search his other pockets. His victim ob- served the actions with growing in- terest. “You have no gun?” he inquired. “No,” said Falco. “It’s gone.” That was all Fields wanted to know. He began burying his fists in Falco's face. When Police Lieutenant Sullivan was shutting the cell door behind ‘alco a few minutes later Falco still was mystified. “It certainly beats all,” he said, “where I put that gun.” . JURY MADE UP OF 17 MEMBERS Six of Original 23 Excused; Wing Has Only Woman Left on Body change of questions and answers and watching the witness closely. United States inspectors reported that the British liner was seaworthy before she left on her last voyage, yet members of the crew told Fed- eral Commissioner O'Neill yesterday that various ports through which the sinking ship took water had been out of-repair. . The testimony was given by Gil bert Ford, chief fireman; James, a saloon waiter, and Tho! Connor, head waiter in the cabin, Valves Shipped Water Ford testified that the ash ejector valve in the stokehold shipped water and always had during rough weath- er. He said he tried to tighten the Screws on the valve but they were rusty andhadbeenthat way through- out his two years’ service on the ship. He said he had never made a formal report because “everybody knew about it.” Officers of the Vestris previously had testified that water coming in through this pipe and other places in the coal bunkers contributed to the foundering of the vessel. Scott and Connor told of a half door on the starboard side of the vessel, about 10 feet above the water line, through which the water poured in such a stream after the ship started to list on Sunday night, 20 hours before she sank, that the bail- ing efforts of several men could not keep up with it. Water Covers Berths Scott said the water which came in through the door poured down into the coal bunkers through hatches which were not covered until Monday morning. The water was so deep in their quarters Sunday night, he said, that they could-not use the lower berths. Frederick Sorenson, a passenger on. the Vestris who himself holds master’s papers, repeated the denials he had before the steamboat inspection inquiry of publ stories which quoted him as criti ing the handling of the boat and the actions of the officers and crew. He characterized the reports as “‘abso- lute, rankest lies.” .. The Burleigh county grand jury is now working with only 17 of the original 20 members, it was an- nounced today by Charles Fisher, clerk of court. originclly os grad jury Topulations inally as grand jury regulati say that Sha boty: may be composed of-any number between 16 and 23. Alfred Kennila, Wing, Adolph cae woven getter] CUT PHUR DUST CONTROLS RUST jury first met, Fisher announced. Canadian Experiments Prove Sam Brown, Baldwin, and. Mrs. Ella Anderson, Bismarck, have both Successful; Rust-Resistant Wheat Found been excused because of illness, and B. G. Morse, McKenzie, was excused that he might make a business trip. Mrs. Gertrude Scallon, Wing, is now the only woman member of the body. The 17 jurors follow: Henry J. Duemeland, foreman, city; E. F. » Driscoll; H. T. Meyer, Bald- win; W. C. Cashman, city; W. J. Noggle, ity: oe og Me- Charles Tounsn, Wing: Willixze an official report says that sulphur- Brown, Wilton; Mrs. Gertrude Scal-| dusting experiments conducted last lon, Wing; K. A. Kickul, Baldwin; |8ummer in the grain fields of west- David. Buller, Arena; Andrew And.|¢™ Canada have established beyond erson, Wil J. W. Brittin; doubt the effectiveness of this M. D. Agnew, Menoken; John C. eo <2 cereal ay ceca i ilton: Smith, iti case of an experiment cea si ir gies acd "| the report says that grain so treated yielded the farmer $11.87 an acre Ottawa, Ont., Nov. 21.—(#)—The federal departinent of agriculture in drawn machine, but the use of air- also proved satisfactory, the are to be ‘experiments to definitely fix the cost of dusting. the > i iff ry 4 e g E i E i i i E i d| being made to have electri RECALL TERROR OF “THE SNIPER’ Victim of Madman’s Handax Describes Fiend as Young Beau Brummel / i MAN DYING IN HOSPITAL Shotgun Army, War Vets, Fed- eral Agents, Bloodhounds Patrol City Omaha, Nebr., Nov. 21—(AP)— Not since the rifle of Frank Carter, “the sniper,” was a death weapon that sent fear racing down a ae spine, has Omaha been gripped by the dread inspired today its “hatchet-man.” The new slayer who, like “the sniper,” appears to pick his victims at random, has slain three, beaten a fourth so severely he will not live, and seriously injured a fifth. All the attacks have taken place since early Sunday morning. Omaha's “sniper,” whose silencer- equipped rifle slew two and wounded one before he was captured a few years ago, kept the city in a state of uneasiness during the days he remained at large. That same sense of terror prevailed today, intensified because of the brutalities of the crimes and the regularity of the hatchet man’s deadly visitations. Mrs. Harold Stribling, the only victim of the madman’s handax who was not killed or critically wounded, had provided police with a descrip- tion of the man they hold responsible for all five attacks. “He is of dark complexion, about 21 years old, five feet seven inches tall and weighs about 140 pounds,” she said. “He was well dressed. His trousers were neatly pressed, and he wore a belted overcoat, a dark gray cap and a bow tic.” Harold Stribling, who was beaten by the hatchet man early yesterday morning, lies dying at a hospital with four distinct skull fractures. Hospital physicians said his death was a matter of hours. Eight policemen, in pairs, armed with shotguns drove over Omaha last night. A half a hundred men volunteered last night to assist po- lice in the hunt for the siayet. Purchase Shotguns Two dozen shotguns have been purchased for the police department, Commissioner Dunn said and 50 cots and mattresses were provided to give officers and detectives a chance to rest. A score of deputy sheriffs slept in the courthouse last night to be ready for an emergency. A squad of 200 American Legion A blue ribbon winner at the Phila- delphia cat show was “Lady Drum- mond Hay,” petite little Persian. Here she’s proudly occupying the prize cup held by her pretty mis- tress, Mrs, Andrew Lewis, of Mar- ble Hill, Pa, BISMARCK A.C, HAS CASH LEFT, GODDARD SAYS Roads Program, Christmas Plans, Poultry Show Dis- cussed at Meeting The financial statement for the year closing October 31, 1928, im- provement of roads in the Bismarck district, cooperation in staging the annual Missouri Slope poultry show, and the Christmas program for the city were discussed at a recent meet- ing of the board of directors of the Bismarck Association of Commerce. That the association spent $9,528.52 di the year and had a small balance left was indicated by H. P. Goddard's financial report. The roads committee of the associ- ation, it is brought out, has been working steadily on a “better roads” campaign. For 1929, the committee reported, Burleigh and McLean inties are planning completion of st highway No. 41 between Wil- ton and Mercer. Burleigh is plan- ning ‘to complete highway No. 14 between Sterling and Wing next year if possible. It is planned to gravel part of both highways, and also the portion of state highway No. 6 between Wilton and Bismarck which is not ‘completed. For 1930 the construction of highway No. 36 completely across Burleigh county is in prospect, the committee re- men, narcotic agents, federal al prohibition agents have voluntee; their services. Rewards of $1,000 have been offered for the slayer’s arrest or information leading to his capture. Two bloodhounds have been brought to the city to be used in tracing the slayer should another attack be made. MANDANOPENS G.N.D. A. DRIVE Bismarck’s $2,000 Quota Mem- bership to Be Reached To- night, Wagner Says - While the annual campaign for membership in the Greater North Dakota Association was progressing in Bismarck today committees ap- pointed for the campaign in Mandan were getting into action. Although money collected in the campaign here ye: jay has not been counted, indications are the quota set for this city will be reached by tonight, according to P. Wagner, chairman of the asso- ciation in Burleigh county. Wagner expects $2,000 will be collected here by 6 p. m. tonight. Mandan com- zaritoera et are setting $1,500 as their goal. “The job of collecting money in this campaign is the most pleasant I have ever had compared with simi- lar drives,” Wagner said this morn- ing. “We are soliciting only the local businessmen. Everyone knows the work of the association and under- stands the purpose for which the money will be used. We expect Bis- | marck merchants and businessmen will be represented 100 cent.” Members of the M: tee were guests at a breakfast at | the Lewis and Clark Hotel this morning, and after several short talks by leaders of the association they spread to the various part of the town to solicit the enrollments. | The campaign in Mandan is head- ed by H. 8. Russell, a member of the association board of directors, and F. C. R. Schultz, county chairman The drive there may be completed” by night, the directors said. “4 | Mate Trumped Ace: 1 | Wife Seeks Divores| | ported. f i: Burleigh county is placing snow fences along federal highways and also along the highway between For Lincoln and Bismarck. The associa- tion will endeavor to secure some new_snow removal equipment for the Bismarck district from the state highway commission. Efforts are lights installed on the Memorial bridge be- tween Bismarck and Mandan. A request of the Missouri Slope Poultry association that the associ- ation raise a fund of $1,000 to aid in staging the poultry show shortly after the first of next year is being considered, Goddard said. The committee appointed to take charge of the Christmas tree pro- gram during the Christmas holiday: is made up of the following: H. O. Saxvik, chairman; J. P. Spies, Mrs. F. L. Conklin, T. P. Allen, and James Trimble. Vice President Dawes Will Go Back to Bank Chicago, Nov. 21.— (AP) ice President Charles G. Dawes has an- nounced that he will return to the banking business after Senator Cur- tis steps into office March 4. © “I have never made an announce- ment that gave me greater pleas- ure,” the vice ident said at a