The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 11, 1928, Page 1

NORTH DAKOTA'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER ESTABLISHED 1873 CONCILIATION IS URGED Briand and Drummond Prepare Settlement Request for Both Governments Washington, Dec. 11.—(AP)—Bo- livia withdrew today from the Pan- American conference of arbitration and conciliation following efforts of the conference ‘o settle the Para- guayan-Bolivian dispute. Minister Diez de Medina present- ed a note to Secretary Kellogg, chairman of the gathering, stating that Bolivia cannot discuss any formula for a friendly solution of its dispute until Paraguay gives moral satisfaction for the “insult” inflicted upon Bolivia. The Bolivian minister said later that “in the face of the grave insult that Bolivia has suffered from the hands of Paraguay I have presented 8 note to the president of the inter- national conference on arbitration and conciliation saying that I will withdraw from taking part in the deliberations of that assembly, since it is impossible for the republic resent to discuss formulae ly settlement between the two nations while Paraguay shall tefuse to repair its wrong. “This decision of my government will, however, be no obstacle to a later adherence on the part of B livia to whatever agreement the in- ternational conference may reach.” after he had lea Lugano, Switzerl: (AP)—The council of of Nations today sent a cablegram to the governments of Paraguay and Bolivia urging their border dispute by conciliation. League officials said that the whole atmosphere uf this morning’s meeting was that the council felt it: but did not wish to do so some doubt exists as to the facts in the case. particularly wishes to have all facts’ in hand concerning ihe action toward conciliation today by the Pan-Amer- ican congress at Washington. The general attitude of the mem- bers was that the council adopt some meusure if it could con- tribute to a helpful solution with- out, as one meml to cut across any other wire: The most reliable information is that the Latin-American dele on the council, while completely staining from any appeal to that body, informally talked the situation M. Briand, who is presi- dent of this session. WILLIAM BECK, EIGIN, IS DEAD Spanish-American War Vet- eran, Slope Farmer 22 Years, Dies in Bismarck ee death rate thus far is considered iow. Sewanee, Tennessee, Culver military disease. of the schools. William J, Beck, 52, veteran of: the Spanish-American War and a farmer near Elgin for 22 years, died in a local hospital at’ 11:20 a. m. ys Death was due to intes- tinal obstruction. k became seriously ill ,and_ was brought to the hospital Thursday evening. He suffered from diabetes, whic! veloped following two operations and one at Parsons are said to have k was born Christmas Day, in Wittenberg Province, with his family to Dak., when he was four years old. When he was 16 years old his family moved from Centerville to Armour, S. Dak. He moved to his farm six miles northwest of Elgin, N. Dak., in 1906 ‘ied Lydia Ensminger at Old wig, N. Dak., in 1907. s spent 19 months as an Aimer- ican soldier in Cuba during the Spanish-American war. Funeral services will be conducted at the German Lutheran church at ll be made in the Elgin cemetery. i ineral services will be con- the Beck home at 1 p. m. Rev. George Lund the Elgin church, He leaves his wife and five chil- dren, Anna, Victor, Inez, Karl, deceased, , Plays With Matches; Tot Seriously Burned Wahpeton, N.D., Dec. 11.—()— | M. Arlie. rear old son of Mr. Boll, Richland rere HIGH FLIG! Da: Obie Dee y of the proposed flight Captains St. Clair Streett and| Nevertheless Avast Stevens, army aviators lanned to obtain ighest possible alti an impediment. Monkey Business CHILE PREDICTS eV CO0D-WLL DUETO HOOVER President-Elect’s Visit Seen as Forerunner of American i" Investments IBANEZ GREETS VISITOR Formal Call at Presidential Palace Followed by Recep- tion at Embassy The traditional friendship between the United States and Chile which s existed since the foundation of the republics was exemplified anew toda: in entertainment provided for President-elect Hoover. The festiv- ities celebrating this good-will visit included a luncheon at the presiden- tial lf Ge by [tel g . y, |Ibanez for Mr. Hoover. lembers nothing ee ‘ehrtty babys, Sbere's lof the Chilean cabinet. and immedi- 8-year-old gorilla, the first ever re- | te barahecteh wf Hoover party ceived at the Washington zoo, hi wewhile. Mr. ateaved rs ettng ene box. in Mur nb steattoa tertained and conferring with Chil- But his fears soon were soothed |°#n offici into the arms |in this ¢ of W. L. Buck, while devoted entirely to the pro- motion of good-will, would prove to IS NOT SERIOUS \sersees, sa tarirancres that Chileans seaplane 2 the extent to American money for the develop- Kr ment of natural resources. Regret ‘Go to Bed and Stay ‘in Bed,’ was expressed that it was necessary for Mr. Hoover to limit his visit to Is Medical Advice to Those and officials and others, Sick out a crowded program for inal day of his stay. A 600 Meet Hoover Washington, Dec. 11.—(P)—Al-| Members of the Chilean cabinet though in the epidemic stage in some | were invited to call at the American sections, public health service of-|embassy for a reception to Mr. ficials do not believe the present |tioover. More than 600 Chileans outbreak = eh is ryleed and Americans have already beer spread as that o: , nor is it con- | received there. Before leaving late sidered as virulent in character, for|today for Los Andes to spend the night before entraining tomorrow Nevertheless, influenza is naa te: se his Zz 4 spine Piper indi 0 ive sponsible for the closin; membership the School ra schools in widely separated sections, !neers of the University of Chile. though the approach of the Christ- ‘Mr. Hoover was unusually hon- mas holidays might have contributed |ored ‘on his arrival when President The University of the South at ponnee went ee Bere ac ; to be, only the second instance in lemy, Culver, Indiana, the Uni-| hich a president of Chile has 20 of Mississippi, Columbia, the acted, the previous occasion being a ary of St. Therese near Mon- | visit to the president of Bolivia. treal, Quebec, and Levis college, Mr, and Mrs. Hoover were im- Levis, Quebec, have suspended pressed by the country they es because of outbreaks of the |viowed it in their travels m the sea coast to the ca) as it remind- No deaths were reported at any|2a'them of their own state of Call- fornia. The special train bringing Strikes Three Campuses them from Valparaiso passed Three other schools also reported |through fertile irrigated valleys that influenza had made its appear-|where orchards and wheat fields in- ance on the campus. It was charac-|termingled with vast cattle ranches Setized G aa spicanate at fod Dal: and dairy farms versity of Iowa but classse have Pomp Marks March ben. ondeied: \osepen en) OME Mr. Hoover and the president of are also meeting at Virginia sie .|Chile rode through five miles of RaCtniC SOREL, BaBe anes) a splendid avenues in the capital in a ginia, but students may leave for iidastcated’ cardame ok crate home after procuring the permission ines of Chile nfantzy, ralry of health authorities. At the Uni- gp Rigen yp ogee! The ey. . Glas Aten, BT, wee Pcie of state ‘was escorted by a in the infirmary wit cases re- ported but peti are being held. troop of presidential lancers, carry- The only known deaths attributed |ing. pennants of alternately the to influenza in the past few days| United States and Chilean flags. The prancing steeds of the lancers hye | beep peneeiad soos Renee beat ‘ime to the national anthems Mild forms of the disease generally |of renege ooo as bands in the i rocession pI . prevail but three deaths at Wichita * ‘Airplanes pete oned overhead, Peo. 4 ple throwing flowers and smiling, taken place shad eee Fagg the sidewalks, balconies, City and the absence of 2,400 pupils |#nd roofs. and 42 teachers at Wichita was laid aan prenh ree inte. ferme call of pita d : after he returned to the United Hit California First States embassy, President Ibanez Health service officials said last| appeared to return the call, later the night that the malady was first no-| American colony gave a reception in ticed in epidemic form on the Pacific |honor of the president-elect at the coast, particularly in California] Union club. where 9,000 cases occurred during — lovember, +) From California it moved east- ward and now is widely scattered though no virulent outbreaks have been reported along the Atlantic seaboard, 5 The malady spread along lines of taryl. s to health officials = ere and warnings Kansas City, Dec. 11.—(P)—Rep- sued to physicians and sersttilives ot the central states, ficial rally to be on their) from North Dakota to Texas, at s guard. meeting here last night called by the Advice given the public has been| national. wheat pool committee, to advise those stricken to “go to! voiced. approval of the farm relief bed and stay in bed. bill which has been offered congress CF aera iN ae a Ts Ages Jac ; . R . ita, and}; Men Chief P Trops j of the menting, sald that while me $ re ives rej of Soda Fountain \lel mination of the lization fee, ———— nen @ i they did not feel justified in oppos- Chicago, Dec. 11.—(AP)—Let the| in& the measure. ee misapprehension be righted:| _ °hn Manley of Enid, Okla., chair- re the aa ressed id, ladies are not Bis bat that the of the nation’s soda fountains. “Men are the principal . H. Kauer, . Stricken at Wahpeton Wahpeton, N. D., Dec. 11.—(AP) Lai C. ‘Zant «, HS FEY sal i BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, TUESDAY, BOLIVIA QUITS PAN-AMERICAN PEACE PARLEY Refuses to Arbitrate Until Paraguay Gives Satisfaction Santiago, Chile, Dec. 11—(AP)—| try today sed is new keeper.|View that the visit of Mr. Hoover, | tl THE BISMARCK TR Northcott Wrathy at ‘Ape Man’ Epithet’ es e¢ @ * ¢ @ ‘That’s the Worst Part of It All,’ Says Youth Accused of Killing Five Boys on Chicken Ranch By DAN THOMAS Los Angeles, Dec. 11—(NEA)— Gordon Stewart Northcott, nick- named the “ape man” because of the shocking string of murders which are ascribed to him, looks and acts as little like an ape man as anyone you could ever find. Instead of being big. shaggy and domineering, he is soft, girlish, al- most delicate. There is nothing of the Neanderthaler about him. After talking to him, one would almost say that he could not have commit- ted the murders of which he is ac- cused—he wouldn’t have the nerve. Lodged in the same cell in the Los Angeles courity jail that held William Edward Hickman, the mur- derer of little Marion Parker, North- cott passes from one bewildering mood to another so fast that it is almost impossible to tell what is his real attitude toward his arrest. One day he led detectives and prosecutors on a long tramp through the country surrounding the chicken DECEMBER 11, 1928 POTTER TRIAL DELAYED FOR HEDRIX RITES Death of Juror’s Wife, Sulli- van’s Illness Cause Post- ponement WILL BE CALLED MONDAY ‘ferring Case Will Probably Permit Mrs. Potter to Testi- fy on Stand Trial of Ray Potter, charged the first degree murder of Oliver Webb, was continued until next Mon- day afternoon by order of District Judge J. A. Coffey today. Action was taken because of the death of Mrs. George Hedrix, wife of a ji or, and the illness of John Sulli 3] I attorney general, who is a: sisting the prosecutio The court was late in getting un- der way. The courtroom as packed with people who evidently had come ranch where he lived in bad fie) county, where nine boys are believed to have been done to death. On this occasion he admitted having com- mitted five murders and described one in considerable detail. At other times, however, he waxes Head plaintive in denying every- jing. “The idea,” he said to me in high- pitched indignation. “Why,. you would think I was some savage bar- barian, killing everyone I met, from what they say about me. Why, the father papers have even called me an ape man. Look at me. Do I look to you like an ape man? That's almost as dreadful as these murder charges.” T offered him a cigaret. He came back with: “I don’t smoke. You know, I really don’t mind seeing men smoke, but I have never thought it looked uite nice myself. And I don’t drink, either—no bad habits at all.” That gives the tip-off. Northcott acts the way he talks. He never chance to look at himself in jorror that hangs on the cell, to smooth down any stray wisps of hair and straighten A portrait study of Gordon Stewart Northcott .... two close- ups. his tie. When he talks his eyes are actually coquettish. If half the charges against him are true, Northcott is as cold-blooded, remorseless a killer as this jail has ever held—and that includes the un- speakable Hickman, too. But, never- theless, “ape man” isn’t the name for him. No, decidedly not. Coffey-McFarland Legal, |= Complications Threaten oan co rartem OHARGE BUROPE wien tawbreatiog | “T) PE’ MAKERS wasvty vice ees 3%) WIQLATED PACT Coffey against R. G. McFarland comes up December 15 before Judge | # Pugh in the district court here. | Representative Says Narcotic Coffey, a judge of the fourth trict, was defeated by McFarland in| Manufacturers Ignore Opium the November election. In an action Convention begun arian 4 ae tase - election declared null and voi that the governor and secretary of | New York, Dec, 11.—(P)—The state be enjoined from issuing a cer- | Shot which dropped Arnold Rothstein tificate of election to McFarland; | Nov. 4 in the Park Central hotel that McFarland be enjoined from|eventually may echo around the qualifying for the office and that| World, = i all of the defendants show cause _ Investigation of the narcotic syn- why such an injunction should not | dicate which Rothstein is believed to be issued. The governor and secre- | have financed—at 180 per cent in- tary of state are made defendants | terest—today brought a charge by with McFarland in the action. Representative Stephen C. Porter The complications may arise from | that narcotic manufacturers in six the fact that McFarland already has | Countries in Europe were not keep- received his certificate of election.| ing the agreement of the Hague He appeared at the state house Sat-|°Pium convention of 1912. This urday morning and asked for it and | &&reement provided that the manu. it was given to him. Four hours| facture of narcotics would be lim- hie ieee. fee en ee ae ornelion sha.goveenor And secratary of the foreign relations. committee, It was said at the state house this| came here with Colonel L. C. Nutt, | P&! head of the national narcotic bureau, and sec- Tate ne aiate oi ‘take no nent to inquire at first hand into the in the case other than to represent | *lain gambler’s connections with the to the district court, which issued | *™uggling of narcotics. the order, that the certificate of) ,, Will Add Data nomination had been issued to Mc-|. “I have been gathering evidence Farland before the court’s order was | in regard to this phase of the matter received by them. Defense of the| for a long time,” Mr. Porter said, action will be left to McFarland. | “and I am hopeful that the Roth- He has indicated he will enter a| Stein homicide will add materially to peered denial to the charges of vio-|the data which I have collected.” the corrupt practices act a! He asserted the United States had by Coffey. Briefly these] complied with the agreement and are: that he paid Joseph Coghlan, that if European manufacturers Bismarck attorney, $1,000 to with-| Would do likewise smuggling would draw from the race for the judgeship | °¢8%¢- after Coghlan had been nominat Joseph Unger, alias Meyer, alias along with Fred Jansonius, Bis-| Klein, is under tment here for marek, Coffey and McFarland a Ronpierion, ceecenlinedt. snd tran: the June pri + that McFarlan cots in sie ral ms ate went a rter, to leave Coffey’s employ alo, where he is held under $1,000,- to do ‘election work for MeFatland | 000 bond, to seek his return to New under the promise of a job in the York and the jurisdiction of the event of MeFarland’s election and| southern New York district. In- that McFarland spent more than the | formation secured from Rothstein's maximum of $600 permitted by law | files led to Unger’s arrest. to be expended in campaigns for dis- Mrs. d Testifies trict judicial places. Mrs. Jane Boyd, in whose apart- ment in Chi ,000 worth of a nn | ‘Woman Takes Poison narcotics was found, testified before | Kneeling at Prayer; —_—_—_—_? the ‘federal. grand jury which in- dicted Unger. Developments in the narcotic in- vestigation have pushed the police search for Rothstein's slayer into Chicago, Dec. 11.—()—Kneeling | the background. Anather witness in in prayer in the Church of Notre|the case, a man police said walked Dame, a middle-aged woman in aj to the Park Central hotel with Roth- dress of frayed black silk took poi-| stein the a tr he was shot, was ar- son. late yestesday. rested in Atlantic City last aight. In her hand, clutched tightly, was|He is Leo Maloney, 43, New*York this penciled note: “Motive, suicide,| gambler. He had been sought for out of work; give until it hurts,| some time. then Biss in, but never ex, Captain to Mapnineée in the phon cat Atlantic City; said told him line? that Rothstein, just afew minutes that she may| before he was shot, said that he had she was the been threatened by George McManus, woman only shake her head | McManus is held il here without and, murmur, “Too late.” brad. charged HAS ‘MUSICAL’ COW inghat in the hope of hearing Mrs. Potter testify and these waited patiently. After a conference between Judge Coffey and attorneys for each side, in the judge’s chambers, court was opened and Scott Cameron, defense attorney, moved that the case be further continued in view of the death of Mrs, Hedrix and the illness of Sullivan, It would seem inhuman, he said, to expect Hedrix to continue to sit as a juror in the case while his wife iy dead. He suggested that trial of the case could. be resumed after Hedrix had sufficient time to recover somewhat from the shock oc- casioned by his wife’s death. The defense, he said, was ready to proceed and was not asking a con-' tinuance on its own behalf. He said Mrs. Potter's physician had advised him that she still is very weak but that, with care, . suggested that the court could proc with other work on its calendar until trial of the Potter case could be resumed, McCurdy supported the defense motion, saying the absence of Sulli- van would materially handicap the prosecution since he had prepared to represent the state’s interest while prosecution was presenting its case whereas he had been ill and had peas no preparation to meet the de- lense. Judge Coffey suggested that the! case might well be recessed until next Monday and Cameron said the only objection would be the fact that some of the jurors might be taken ill with the influenza which appears to be epidemi The court replied that it would be impossible to anticipate what illness might befall the jury, the attorneys or the court. Dismissing the jury, Judge Coffey expressed sympathy for the be- reaved juror. PROBE BLOODY CHICAGO AREA Politico-Criminal Alliance Blamed for 65 Slayings in Last 10 Years Chicago, Dec. 11.—(AP)—A de- cade of disorder in suburban Chi- cago Heights, scene of 65 slayings since 1918, commanded federal scru- tip today. Politico-c1 inal alliance was blamed by Assistant United States District Attorney Daniel Anderson for five deaths by vwjolence in the » Mayor Daniel Bergin to tell Chicago Heights’ story to a federal grand jury. Dominick Spofato’s death yester- day was attributed by police to his enemies in the “Alky” racket. It was the eighth slaying during Mayor Bergin's two-year administration. Ten days ag» Joseph Martino, an aspirant to leadership of chicane Heights bootleggers, was slain in front of his saloon. In ‘South Chi-| cago Heights Police Chief LeRoy Gilbert was a victim of assassins last week. Vigilantes searching, for| his istakenly fi at a printer, killing County Agent Resigns, Because of ‘Friction’ ton, N, Dec. 11.—(AP) Oefstos has resigned as jigning because he felt work of his office would net helped by “friction” which had de- veloped between the county commis- sioners: and himself. commissioners : Pen office of county agent but al barriers caused them to drop the matter. + | o Bartow, Nature toda: y stood lation of the National prohibition of Detectives Ferretti of | act. ‘Maloney Government ts, in the of DG. “Gallwey, supers it of the southern it wine.” 8 “If it’s « wine, I didn’t know ‘ way insisted. It was the | over from the season's juction of oe oe fiat Neto did] alto w Galloway is free on bond of $1,000. * IBUNE Kidnaped Child Lured to Death Here is Joseph Storella, 7-year-old New York bov whose body was found in a marsh near Jersey City as the confessiow obtained from Detroit. Peter Kudzi- nowski, who was arrested, readily supplied details of the crime and the body of the murdered child was found in circumstances exactly like those described. KLETT IS GIVEN $4,000 VERDICT IN CIRCUS SUIT Federal’ Court Session Ends With Damages Set by Jury After Three Hours Out/ A verdict of $4000 damages was awarded Albert Klett, Medina mer- chant, in his suit for $15,000 against George E. Engesser, the Zellmar Brothers circus, by the jury in federal court. The verdict was reported about 6 o’clock Monday evening. The jurors had deliberated about three hours, taking the case over around 3 o'clock. The openi:g of the after- noon session was marked by a short argument by Ger counsel for Klett, then the doors were closed and Judge Miller started, his charge. He set 10 o'clock as the limit for receiving any verdict for The jurors, it is undérstood, were unanimous from the start, for a ver- dict for the plaintiff, but differed as It is reported that some favored a sum as high as $10,- 000, but after three hours delibera- tion they came out with the $4000 award: The big issue raised by the defense was that the assailant of Klett was not a circus employe, but. ently felt he was sufficiently at- tached to the show to make it liable The case brought to a term of federal court which was opened here last Tuesday by Judge Andrew Miller, according to Frank leputy clerk of the court. e lawyers connected with C,H, Harding, circus man-' ager, and Mrs. Engesser, wife of the show owner, left early this morning. Federal District Attorney Richard- son and the marshal rors not sitting in the suit, Gate Josore in te, are sense stete orem, Mayville; s Bla: J.H. Stenach, Coeswell; M. Ww. N. Hendrickson, P. Worley, Pettibone; John Rolla; Joe Reems, lc Johnson, Fortuna; Louis 3. Ander- ‘DESPERADOES’ ESCAPE PRISON|s Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 11.—(AP) —Three convicts, two of them re- garded as desperadoes, were at lib- today after » sensational dash Renney: and Ned ocean EN Nature Accused of. || ic Dry Law Violation | —_——S—S$S Fis., Dec. 11.—(AP)— accused vio- M ti inderstands that Jack The b Legend ‘3 night, Ween ware cloudy. PRICE FIVE CENTS FEVER WRAGKS BODY, SAPPING HIS STRENGTH Prince of Wales Races Against Death in Record-Breaking Dash from Africa WILL REACH HOME TODAY Monarch’s Powers of Resistance Ebb Under Infection in Gen- eral System r) = i Boulogne, France, Dec. 11— | (®)—The Prince of Wales, starting on the last lap of his 6,000-mile dash from equa- torial Africa to England, left Boulggne for Folkestone at 7310 fens aboard the regular mail- it Biarritz. London, Dec. 11.— (AP) — King George’s physicians were waging a fight against death this morning. Unofficially it was said that chances of his recovery were slight. Most persons were wondering whether the Prince of Wales who was expected to reach London toe night or tomorrow, would win his race with time and again see his father alive. The official bulletin, which was brief and still non-commital, cons veyed little to the general public and certainly gave no ground for belief that there was any change for the better in the king’s condition. It was evident that the persistent fever which has wracked King George’s body for more than three weeks and has been sapping his strength day by day still held a firm grip upon him. That the king’s powers of resist- ance have been ebbing for days un- der the strain of a lung infection which had spread to his general s; teia, has been evident from the phy- sicians’ recent reports. There was some comfort for his anxious sub- jects who have been hoping almost against hope, however, in the state- ment in today’s bulletin that there had been no further dimunition of strength after a night in which the king had several hours sleep. Whether this was a natural leep was not stated in (ie bulletin. The bulletin signed Sir Stanley Hewett and Lord Dawson of Penn said; “His majesty, the king, has had several hours sleep. The tempera- ture remains high but there is ‘no further impairment of the strength.” London, Dec. 11.—(#)—The Prince of Wales was making a record- breaking dash across Europe today on the last lap of his swift journe; from equatorial Africa to the pee side of King George in London where his majesty’s physicians were wag- ing a fight against death. The heir saprarent, to the throne was expected in London at 10:30 o’clock tonight, fully 12 hours in ad- vance of the best time previously estimated. Racing steadily toward Boulogne with all the facilities of three coun- tries, Italy, Switzerland and France placed at his disposal, the prince this afternoon was speeding across France. He left Brindisi, Italy, yesterday afternoon after taking just seven minutes to transfer from the British cruiser Enterprise to a special train pce at his disposal by Crown rince Humbert of Italy. At Lugano, Switzerland, the prince lost four minutes when the train was halted for repairs on a hot box, but as the engineer pulled out of the Lugano station he was determined to make up the lost time. The special train passed through Belfort across the border in France at 10:48 o'clock this morning, stop- ping 12 minutes before 5) ling on to Boulogne where the British de- stroyer Torch will meet him to make the last 95 minute dash across the channel to Fogiend. The Torch left Dover shortly after noon today to be ready to convey the prince across the channel. A cold southeast wind was blowing and the channel was hazy. BELIEVE CRIME WAVE STOPPED Two Arrested Men Charged With 10 Dallas Offenses Over Week-end Dal Texas, Dec. 11—(AP)— lues and recovered loot in the session of police here today led ‘thera to believe that two men arrested yesterday were the principals in a busy week-end of crime in this vicin- ity, committing 10 offenses over. a” 36-hour Reo Police believe their crimes at least four holdups, three assaults, igre farm robberies and a 24, monet in connection with a. ie double murder. in which two brides were aitacked-and beaten te