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

‘ ESTABLISHED 1873 KLETT ACTION IS POSTPONED UNTIL MONDAY Federal Case of $15,000 Dam- age Suit Ready for Jury | Yesterday Afternoon SHOW MAN ON STAN Identification of Carter’s As- sailant Confused After Testimony The Klett $15,000 damage suit in federal court reached the stage of going to the jury, Friday afternoon, the plaintiff having. closed his side Thursday evening, while the defense concluded about 5 o’clock Friday af- ternoon. Judge Miller excused the jury until 10 o'clock Monday morn- ing. Mrs. Engesser, Friday afternoon, concluded her story of the fight at ithe Medina show grounds. She testi- fied that it was a hamburger vender, @ man named Cooper, who struck Klett the blow that put him in the Jamestown hospital for 11 days. He jused a broken half of a two-by-four used to bar the door of the ticket wagon, she testified. C, R. Harding, show manager, al. 80 took the stand, but beyond dev oping the claim that Cooper—ad. mitted to have beaten Klett—was an outsider, merely following the show with his hamburger concession, he \added little to the story unfolded of the fight. The cross-examination tended to stress the fact that Harding had (walked away from the double fight under way at the ticket wagon and had gone into the big top to start the program. The defense called Tiger McCue, of Mankato, Minn., to testify that he had not had a fight with A. Carter, as the latter had testified Thursday. He said he was in cadet gray uniform and was handling a pony act in the main top at the time of the fight. Carter had described his assailant as in a black sweater. McCue admitted he had a black sweater which he wore when idling ae saad: 4 avid Rader, San Francisco, who, it was testified, walked out of i jentrance marquee in time to be knocked over the ropes by a blow in the eye, said he was an ad so- licitor on his own hook, splitting his receipts with Engesser. His ads were placed on banners on the ele- phants and camels and on the big top tent ropes. His testimony was intended to prove he was no circus employe, and that in the fight he hed been one of the victims and not a hostile participant or aggressor. J. R. Mason, the deputy sheriff called from Jamestown by Harding and Engesser, following the fight, t-stified that Carter could not identi- fy Tiger McCue an‘ his assailant the evening after the several fights on ‘the show grounds. : STOCK MARKET PRICES AGAIN SENT FALLING Movements Erratic at Open- ing; Radio Has Violent Reactions * New York, Dec. 8—(P)—A nose dive in the common stock of Radio Corporation of America of $72 from yesterda: closing price was the spectacular development of the third successive day of iprices on the New York stock ex- change today. Radio touched 296 a share, which is $124 under its rec- ,ord high price, established only three days ago, but more than three times the low price of the year of $85.25. Stock movements were erratic at the opening, with a few issues mak- ing gains of $2 to $5, but with the violent reaction in Radio many traders who have courageously held their, stocks rough the istic breaks of the fan two days began to dump their holdings on the mar- ket. Dupont, which had bounded up $25 at the opening, canceled most of its gain, and Wright*Aero fell 25 Kolster Radio, Commercial joints. otente: Sears Roebuck, Montgom- |) ery Ward, Loose Wiles, and Advance Rumely fell from $4 to $8. Commission houses today re- frained from predictions as to how far the reaction might go, and ad- vised their customers to keep on the side lines until the situation might clear up somewhat, It was said that the heavy margin requirements demanded of late have prevented the reaction from causing the severe damage that such an unprecedented collapse would have caused in former _ The heavy selling had delayed the ticker nearly half an hour by 11: o'clock. Dog Gives Alarm — When House Burns His dog’s barks brought Bror An- derson from his morning to w'‘ness his house, 20 miles southwest of in flame with all its contents, house, yy The valued at in- dined for. “$1800,” The” howecheld| ordered deported foods were beret at wrance. A faulty Tieved to have caused the fire. - , with no is be- crashing stock | bad. | Don’t Bob It | Here are two representative beau- ties of the south, and they wear their hair long. At the top is Miss Anna Gantt of Birmingham, Ala., a contender for the beauty title at Howard College. Miss Evelyn Crow, below, three times has been voted the most beautiful girl on the Birm- ingham-Southern College campus and is a candidate this year in the contest in which Vilma Banky is to serve as judge. ‘THINK ‘AVIATRIX SET NEW PLANE ALTITUDE MARK ne Altimeter Reads 25,400 Feet | ¢), After, Hour’s Climb Into Rarefied Air Oakland, Calif., Dee. 8—(AP)— Whether Mrs. Louise McPhetridge Thaden, aviatrix and wife of an Oakland airplane manager, has es- tablished a new airplane altitude record for women—25,400 feet— seems today to depend upon which of her three height measuring instru- ments is adjudged to be correct. Mrs. Thaden harnessed herself to an oxygen tank, stepped into a bi- ie owned by D.C. W: Oakland and climbed about an hour yesterday afternoon. When she descended one of her al- timeters registered at 25,400 feet, the othe: said 23,100 feet, and a barograph, read through the sealed opening, showed 22,100 feet. Both Mrs. Thaden and Leo S. Nagle, president of the Oakland chapter cf the National Aecronauti- cal association, were confident that a calibration of the barograph would show that a new record had been set. The present record, 24,900 feet, is held by Lady Heath of England. “It really wasn’t a very difficult flight,” said Mrs. Thaden. “It was awfully cold, though, “I first used the oxygen when my head began t feel light at 15,000 feet. The ap- paratus didn’t ork perpen, but by the time I was 17, feet up I got, ‘the hang of it and the oxygen re- freshed me comiapeaely. “At 20,000 feet I felt awfully! . My was roaring and I couldn’t seem to move the controls. I thouebe I would have to come down, but at 22,000 feet i took an- other draught of oxygen and felt fine. From then on everything was wonderful.” BURGLAR PAIR KILLS COUPLE Eaton, Ohio, Dec. 8.—(AP)—Mrs. Lora Silver, 58, was killed and her Dr. ‘Horatio Silver, 55, physician here wounded fatally by two burglars who-entered their home early today. irs. Silver was killed instantly, a bullet piercing her heart, while her husband, with a bullet wound in his abdomen, died five hours later. burglars ransacked the home. The amount of loot obtained, could hana Mare aller, 18, davanenr . Anna ver, 13, daughter, on the burglars flee and called for Ip. Star’s Stepmother , BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA. BABY PRINCESS HAS CHANCE T0 BECOME QUEEN Princess Elizabeth Is in Line If Prince of Wales Fails to Marry NOT THREE YEARS OLD Daughter of Duke and Duchess of York Is Big Favorite in Court By MILTON BRONNER London, Dec. 8.— (NEA) — The third lady of the British Empire just at present happens to be a tiny little girl of approximately two and one- half years of age. This young lady is none other than the Princess Elizabeth, daugh- ter of the Duke and Duchess of York —the most famous and popular child in all England. Part of her fame and popularity come because she is just naturally adorable; but part comes because she is heiress pre- sumptive to the British throne. If the Prince of Wales remains a bach- elor, the throne on his death will go to the Duke of York—from whom it would descend to the princess, who would then become Queen Eliza- beth IT. Princess Elizabeth is a prime fa- eis with her royal uncle, the Pfince of Wales, and the liking is mutual, Plays With Prince The prince visits her parents’ home often, and whenever he does so he is sure to spend a great deal of his time in the nursery. He gets down on his royal hands and knees, for in- stance, and plays bear, horse or dog for her with great gusto. He builds her houses of blocks and lets her knock them down, while both shout with laughter. He takes her on his knee and tells her stories, Not long ago the princess was taken to Wales’ apartment for a visit. When she entered his living room she,undertook to show him how she had learned to curtesy. Unfortunately, she lost her balance and sat down rather hard, looking up in pained bewilderment, not knowing whether to laugh or cry. The prince was equal to the si ation, however; he returned the cur- tesy, and managed to upset himself just as she had done—and then be laughed loudly and persuaded her that falling down was all part of e game. Princess Elizabeth is a well-be- haved, amiable youngster, but on oc- casion she reveals a rather regal dis- position, just as certain more humbly-born children have been known to do. Once her mother took her to a photographer’s, and the princess refused to pose. The pho- tographer tried to pacify her with a “watch-the-birdie” whirligig, but she snatched it from him and threw it on the floor. Her mother instantly reproved her. ‘What She Wants’ “Why, Betty, that’s naughty!” she exclaimed. But Betty refused to f| pick it up, as she was told to do. “Betty must do as she is told,” said her mother. “Betty do what she wants,” said the child promptly. “Then Betty is a naughty, naughty child,” said her mother, Betty was undismayed; she replied, happily, “Betty naughty, but she do what she wants.” The British public has been quick to realize that the little princess may some day ascend to the throne of England, and as a result there have been more newspaper articles about her than about any other baby in the empire. Already she is getting mail in enormous quantities; her mother | T' has had to retain an extra secretary simply tu handle the letters that come to the little girl. When Princess Elizabeth was nine months old the Duke and Duchess of York left her with their parents here and went on a world tour. The little princess’ fame had gone ahead of them. At every town they visited they were given some gift or token to take home to “Princess Bess.” Among these articles was the image of a kangaroo carved out of solid old, presented by workers in the Australian gold fields. The princess’ daily life is much like that of any other child of well- to-do parents. Her rooms are on the top floor of her parents’ house in London, and a high! ry, fanele nurse is with her most of the time. In fair weather a crowd collects in front of hope of getting s glimpee at the o ing a_ glimpse al princess, a Ax Duchess of York tries to accede to the crowd’s wishes whenever it is possible. Receives Royal Honors Already the princess receives royal honors. The dignified footman who opens the door of her father’s (Continued on page two) $$ ’ Jury Hunger Strike ' Is Broken by Judge pe eee o Miami, Fla., Dec. 8.—(AP)—“We won't eat!” a jury, deadlocked for hours, notified William I. Grubb in the Weed ‘tes district Wins Federal Fight thet’ Hollywood, Cal., Dec, 8—(P)—Tui Lorraine, otherwist Mrs, Robs and epee of Clara Bow, actress, won her figu. a;... deportation. Mrs. Bow came to - lywood in 1925 from New Zealand and became Clara’s secretary. In 1926 she was readmitted from Mex- ico but irregularities were «’ in her border crossing and she was Septemper 2. dust. dy ‘Bow about thet proper passport and vi were received by her yesterday. stood 11 toll for courts, and Judge congratulated as a hei first class bet The Bane quit with a stripped SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1928 [ What Does Future Hold for Her? — tight, NEA-London Timew’ Here are two recent pictures of little Princess Elizabeth, niece of the Pri of Wales, and his favorite little playmate, who may some day be Britain’s queen. the throne—Wales ai toria was the same Only two persons are now ahead of her in line of succession to id her father, the Duke of York. When Queen Vic- ge, seven lives stood between her and the throne. The little princess is shown with her nurse and, below, receiving the greet- ings of street crowds. : Dynamite Adds Danger Motor Stalls Over Wooded Mountain; Pilot Wrecks Ship in Descent EDITOR’S NOTE: This _ is the third of a series describing the dangers faced by airmail pilots, written around the career of Major Wesley L. Smith, su- perintendent of the airmail serv- ice on the New York-Chicago division, and a mail flyer since ae: eee Difficulty in following the dan- gerous airmail course is only part of the troubles of the airmail pilots who enn keep the mail moving day and ni ~ otor trouble over the mountains is what they fear most; that and the treacherous line storms which sweep over the east. Sometimes there are other dangers they know nothing of. One of the greatest pieces of good luck Wesley L. Smith, veteran mail pilot and now superintendent of the division of the National Air Company, ever had on July 6, 1921, while flying west from New York. The weather ahead was thick as soup and for three hours he flew blindly through. it. After that the fog broke and he could see below heavily wooded territory, a sign of habitation. was north of his course. Just Misses Dynamite Striking south for 15 minutes he finally espied a field which looked safe for landing, lost it several times in the fog as he circled low- e aaa fee beset Bis plans, om ripping through a field o: rley. He found he was in the first clear- ing west of the Bellfonte, Pa., field. “As I took off again a farmer came running from a house,” Smith . le ~=waved at me. I thought he was worried about his crops, so I kept going. “The next ey or so we had a letter at the field in which the farmer complained that his barley without le knew he had been damaged and asked for|; settlement. the next Sunday I flew over to his clearing with one of the of- ficials of the field. As we came down for a landing I could see his barley had straightened up sguie and had suffered little, if any, dam- age. farmer greeted us as we landed. “Your barley doesn’t look as if it had suff much damage,” I told him. He admitted it. “Tt wasn’t worried so much about the barley as for you,’ he replied.’ Then he took 1.8 out to the field and pointed to a stump, hidden away seen the tall sf is: re are three sticks of dyna- Bismarck Chews 27 Miles of Gum How many miles of gum are chewed in Bismarck each year? Twenty-seven, if jaw-weaving statistics released by a maker of the stenographer's delight are correct. Bismarck residents spend $6,700 annually for the rubber- like delicacy. In other figures, every man, woman and child in the Capital City chews 90 cents’ worth of gum every 12 months. As for North Dakota, the gum industry reaped $630,000 in 1927 from state addicts. The prohibition angle of gum popularity growth were not quoted, Even your best friends won't tell you. MARINE KILLED INBANDIT RAID Nicaraguan Marauder’s Stray Bullet Drops Dead Peasant’s Avenger Managua, Nicaragua, Dec. 8.— (AP)—Another American marine has been killed in #Heeapsing to sup- press banditry in northern Nicara- gua. Gunnery Se int Charles Wil- liams of Astoria, N. Y., was fatally ‘wounded by a stray bullet when a marine patrol of which he was a member intercepted a band of mar- auders in the Department of Nut The bandits had killed a defensel: peasant south of Ocotal. A sparing patrol under Captain Mi rice G. Holt of Pontotoc, Mit shot wounded Sergeant Williams in the head and he died an hour later. This was the first marine corps tragedy since August 6. oe 3 oom a |New York Tot Happy] } After Finding Santa! es ee ee New York, Dec. 8.—(AP)—Four- year-old Tommy Brennan, found by @ policeman on the platform of the mite in that stump,’ he told me. ‘I/ inf was getting ready to blow it up. When you took off the other day you missed it by about six inches, Stalls Over Mountain On pnother occasion, while trying to squeeze his plane between the mountain tops and the low clouds, the Liberty motor in ith’s vehoe Mountain, tho first nigh peal west ountain, ) of Bellefonte. As luck would have it, be dg was wi w. pan- ¢ wed on page two) Ab formation about hi than he was looking for Santa. At a police station a sergeant in- duced him to telephone. “Hello, Santy, is that you? This is Tommy. I want an el train a..1 @ puppy.” A jolly voice on the other end, which may have been Santa’s or a 155th street. “All right, Tommy,” jolly voice. A contended Tommy was shortly returned to his mother. toni and , cloud. Somewhat warmer tonight. ’ PRICE FIVE CENTS : SLAIN GAMBLER LINKED WITH DOPE’ SYNDICATE MRS. POTTER [Warne ]/NARCOTIC RING” MAY TESTIFY ON TUESDAY Defendant’s Wife, Ill in Hospi- tal, Expected to Be Star Witness WITNESSED SHOOTIN Witnesses Yesterday Say That Potter Had Been Drinking Oct. 27 The trial of Raymond E. Potter on a charge of first degree murder in connection with the fatal shooting of Oliver Webb, October 27, was de- clared in recess until 2 p. m. next Tuesday by Judge James A. Coffey shortly after 4 p. m. yesterday. Scott Cameron, defense attorney, asked the court to recess the trial until Mrs. Potter, wife of the de- fendant, was sufficiently recovered from an illness which is keeping her in a hospital to testify in court. He said that the defense and prosecut- ing attorneys had agreed that the recess asked for would be fair to both the state and the defendant in view of the corcumstances. 5 He said that the trial pro- gressed much more quickly than the defendant had expected, that Mrs. Potter did not have pneumonia as was at first believed, that she would be able to testify Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday, and that a recess would not make any extra expense to the county, though it might delay the term a day or two. John Sullivan, assistant prosccut- ing attorney, said that the prosecu- tors had entered into a stipulation with the defense counsel in an effort to give the defendant every reason- able chance to prove his innocence. Is Important Witness Mrs. Potter is expected to be the most important witness for the de- fense. After the defense had unsuccess- fully attempted to have the case dis- missed on the grounds that the state had not proved that the shooting was not an accident when the court ened yesterday afternoon, Cameron outlined the plan of defense to the jury. He said that the testimony would show that Potter did not wil- fully shoot Webb and that he had no intention of harming him. Cameron said that testimony would prove that Potter carried the gun from the house at the time of the shooting with the idea of putting it in the - - Increasing fatalities from traffic ac- cidents have led Cincinnati to emu- late its state of Ohio by placing such somber warnings as this at every point where a fatality from an tomobile accident occurred. Tri Officer Henry E. Deam shows one of these crosses painted tc “mark the spot.” In the state white wood- en crosses mark every spot where a traffic death occurred, a cross for each death. SAN FRANCISCO POLICE ARREST CHURCH RAIDER Former Convict Stole $100,000 Worth of Valuables from 90 Altars San Francisco, Dec. 8.—(#)—Gold and silver chalices encrusted with precious stones, brocaded vestments and other articles worth more than automobile preparing for a hunting| trip. Six witnesses then took the stand for the defense: Dave McDonald, who had drawn a map of the Potter res- idence vicinity and testified as to the distances of the house to the (Continued on page two) SEEK AGED MAN FOR SLAYING 3 Believe Discharged Infirmary Inmate Revenged Self by Killing Trio buren, Ark., Dec. 8.—(AP)— Posses and bloodhounds searched ifeogs Octee an aged wanderer who po- lice believe took three lives in pay- ment for his expulsion from the Crawford county infirmary. Clifford Deffenbaugh, 44, supe! intendent of the ‘nfirmary, Mrs. Def- fenbaugh, 24, and John Nicholson, 60, inmate, were shot to death last night as they sat in their ‘living room with two children. Before Mrs. Deffenbaugh died said to officer “I bel Two posses obtained bloodhounds and set out on a trail they hoped would lead to a man known as “Bill” Howell, who Deffenbaugh disch: from the infirmary this week fol- lowing reports that he refused to do work required of all able inmates. Officers who entered the superin- tendent’s home after the shooting found Deffenbaugh and Nicholson dead on the floor. Mrs. Deffen- lying. The Deffenbaugh f and a baby girl, le the bodies. From other inmates investigators learned that Howell, who was about 60 years old, had entered the infirm- ary while on a tramp through the country. Apparently he had no ac- ‘quaintances kere. TEACHER PENALIZED - Kansas City, Dec. 8.— (AP) —A verdict for $500 damages has been 1) ’\in Nines Center, ‘was stubborn. DIVORCE CAUSES TROUBLE London, ) am indan day. Leopold Amdahl, ti witness, alleges Eckwortsel tacked him November 20. California and Mexico, were being returned to their regular places to. day. following the arrest here of a former San Quentin convict who con- fessed to their theft. San Fra 0 police yesterday an- nounced the arrest of Ralph Joseph Sawyer, alias Sauer, as the thief, after the precious articles had been located in antique shops here and in Los Angeles. They said Sawyer made a full written confession in which he implicated two others. Po- lice said that nearly the entire loot ‘was recovered, The police said Sawyer’s confes- sion revealed that he had been edu- cated in a Catholic school, and that he conceived the idea of choosing the quiet atmosphere of the churches as a field of thievery while serving @ sentence in a California prison. Sawyer said he had invented the idea of disposing of the church a ticles by representing to antiq dealers that they had come from the churches of Mexico during religious troubles there. His knowledge of Catholic rites enabled him to choose an advantage- ous hour of the day for entering the churches. Sawyer said he and his two companions learned to enter a church usually when the priest was absent, kneel as if i to the valuables communion plate as the opportuni- ties offered themselv. GANG GUNS FAIL TO MURDER COP Chicago, Dec, 8.—(AP)—Another policeman was shot early today, the second in 30 hours to fall under the rain of gangster bullets. Unlike the case of LeRoy Gilbert, the young police chicf of South Chi- cago heights ~ho was shot dead in his home Thursday night, the shoot- ing of County Policeman Ernest Schubert early today was not fatal. The bullet that dropped him struck his left leg. Another shot was de- flected by his star. Schubert had crossed the street a north side sub- urb, te. ition several men in an automobi Balo-e Be could Snes s were pointed at him en pressed. As he fell, the car was iven a’ Grand Forks Club to Honor Shafer, Carr Governor-elect Geo WAS FINANCED BY ROTHSTEIN Dead Gambler’s Papers and Trunks Reveal $2,000,000 in Illicit Drugs. WOMAN AGENT ARRESTED - ‘Enough Dope Seized to Create Crime Enough to Fill Sing Sing’ New York, Dec. 8.— (AP) —Ine spection of the business files of Ar« nold Rothstein, slain gambler, by federal agents investigating the ac- tivities of an international narcotic’ syndicate has resulted in the arrest of a man in Buffalo, a woman in Chicago, and seizure of three trunks full of narcotics. The man arrested in Buffalo, taken from an express train as he was taking two of the trunks to Chicago, is known in the underworld as Joseph Klein, federal officials announced today. But his real name is Joseph Unger. The woman are rested in Chicago is Mrs. June Boyd. The narcotics seized here had an estimated value of $2,000,000. The arrest of Mrs. Boyd was the result of information from narcotic’ agents here that Unger, while stay- | ing at a hotel here, called Mrs. Boyd in Chicago on the telephone. The Rothstein files had already started agents looking for Unger and so ! federal agents in Chicago were’ asked to look up Mrs. Boyd. When they did they found the trunks of narcotics. ! The telephone conversation be-' tween Unger and Mrs. Boyd—~ though how it was heard United States Attorney Tuttle would not say—was as follows: Unger—“Have you delivered that package, June?” Mrs. Boyd—“No.” _ Tuttle, who will start a grand jury investigation Monday which he expects to result in “quite a lot” of indictments, issued the following statement after announcing the ar- rest of Unger and Mrs. Boyd and the seizing of the three trunks. “As the result of our efforts last night here, in Buffalo and Chicago, {enough dope has been taken to cre- ate crime enough to fill Sing Si and to create mental disorders Pia ficient to fill all our state hospitals for the mentally defective.” The cache was found in an apart- ment in the fashionable North Shore section where a government narcotic squad was directed on information telephoned last night from investi- gators at Buffalo. Two suitcases containing nearly 100 ounces of morphine and cocaine were in a closet and in another room was a trunk containing 50 ounces more. The federal Bivpeeoldig agent of the illicit drug syndicate and that her husband oan counectadl with its New York office. She was: held pending orders from the New4 York government headquarters, i “This seizure,” said U. S. Attor-7 ney Tuttle, “is a very large fraction of the narcotic supply of the biggest narcotic ring in the Untied States. The papers we have seized and other. evidence in our possession indicate’ that Arnold Rothstein had to do. with financing this ring. “It is not improbable that an ex- amination of the Rothstein papers which we have seized and of other files which we were examining when they were taken over by the county district attorney, may throw import- ant light on the motives and circume stances of Rothgtein’s murder.” SEEBA PERJURY COUNT DROPPED. Demurrer Upheld by Judges Said to Have Testified Falsely to Grand Jury The state’s perjury case agains F. J. Seeba, Harvey, was drop HI in Burleigh county district court this morning. a Seeba was indicted by the grand jury on a charge of testifying falsel; before that body during its investi-’ ea b lemurrer entered Wartner, Harvey, counsel for . Sean, wee upheld by Judge ° fey. Coffey said that Seeba had been” charged with perjury in connection « with his stating an opinion and not’ facts. He had testified in the jury’s* investigation of the closing of the’: Bismarck Bank a few ‘ Man Would Prevent Hoover from Ta! zs President’s Office: