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

NORTH DAKOTA'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER U THE BISMARCK TRIBUN ‘ BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1928 GLEN ULLIN PIONEER KILLED IN AUTO ACCIDEN ESTABLISHED 1873 Louis ‘Hard Boiled’ Smith Shot to Death in Fargo B BASEMENT DRINKING |_____Seunders sndiis ride BOUT ENDS AS AGED JANITOR OPENS FIRE George Reed, 78, Charged With Crime; William Hubner Held as Witness ARGUED OVER BOILER ROOM Murdered Man Starts Running From Building but Falls Mortally Wounded Fargo, Dec. 24.—(AP)—Louis “Hard Boiled” Smith, about 40, was shot to death and two men are being held by Fargo police, one charged with the shooting and the other as a mate- rial witness as the result of a brawl during an alleged drinking party in the basement of a store at 11:30 a. m. today. George Reed, 78, janitor of the building, is being held for the shoot- ing and according to police has ad- mitted the crime. ‘William Hubner, who was with the two men at the time of the shooting, is being held as a material witness. John C. Pollock, state’s attorney, O. C. Hanson, coroner, and Fargo police are investigating the shooting and will question Reed this afternoon. According to police, Reed stated that he, Smith and Hubner all were in the basement drinking. An argument be- gan regarding the boiler room in the building and, according to Reed, Smith threatened to “wipe the floor” with him. Reed said he then went to his room, got a .22 calibre revolver and shot Smith, according to police. Smith was shot three times through the neck and died in the patrol wagon on the way to St. Luke’s hospital He was found in an alley in the rear of the Swanson Hardware company where he fell after running from the basement when Reed began firing. According to Hubner, Reed continued to fire after Smith began to: run. Police claim they found other bullet holes along the stairway where Smith made his exit. ARRESTED SUSPECT sissippi family. Saunders, ‘was married quietly in Chicago the other day. The couple are coming out of their Chicago hotel. OBLIGING CUSTOMS INSPECTOR SHOT DEAD BY LIQUOR RUNNER Gives Permission to Arrested Man to Light Cigaret Before Handcuffing Smuggler Draws Revolver In- stead of ‘Smoke’ and Opens Fire on Officer El Paso, Tex., Dec. 24.—(AP)—Tom Morris,-a customs inspector on the cause’ he temporarily dropped his Guard to oblige @ liquor runner who asked permission to roll s cigarette before being handcuffed. Morris and Inspector M. R. Rogers, stopped an automobile near Fabens, Tex., yesterday and after finding arrested the two ADMITS BANK RAID|==== Two-Thirds of Proceeds of Rob- bery Found on Prisoner Foiled in Escape Dubuque, Iowa., Dec. 24.—(#)—John Zereis, 24, Dubuque, last night con- fessed that he participated in the robbery of the Maple Plain, = ta, State Bank last Friday. Zereis was arrested at a roadhouse in White City, Wis., across the river from Du- buque. shackles from the other to grant his request for a smoke. Instead of bringing tobacco and papers from his pocket, however, the man, who had not been searched, drew a revolver and fired four times, three of the bullets Morris and the other slightly wounding Rogers. Both Inspectors opened fire on the prisoner, but he escaped into Mexico. Inspector Morris died in a hospital The other oll fields east of here, had the op- posite ending Saturday night when Police said that $1,379.50, or two-! who thirds of the amount taken at Maple Plain, was found on Zereis. He also carried two pistols. It was reported here that Zereis escaped with the money and he and his two alleged were surprised in a Water- | tempted partners loo hotel at a “victory banquet.” Chief of Police John Giellis, acting on a tip from Waterloo raided the roadhouse, Zereis attempted to escape but ran into office Verne White at a rear « door, Zereis is held here pending action by Minnesota authorities. Late News Bulletins Paraguay Has Answered in|: Terms Favorable to Arbi- tration of Their War ' ; i . i s 3. i i 7 f i & ; ju te i i F | iH sf H if i a Ee f Bismarck Golfers | to Play Xmas Day e——_____—_—_——_ ———_* HERBERT HOOVER 10 |TWO PLANE CRASHES OBSERVE CHRISTMAS AS UTAH GOES HOME President-Elect Opens Brazil Gifts and Finds Honorary Varsity Degree DOZEN BOXES OF ‘SMOKES’ Leaves Rio With Genuine Friendship, Admiration and Esteem of Brazilians U. 8. &. Utah, Dec. 24—(AP)— Homeward bound from his tour of good will of Latin-America, Herbert Hoover turned his thoughts today to Christmas which will be celebrated aboard ship tomorrow in true Amer- fean style. Before sailing from Rio Janeiro, the Utah took aboard a Christmas tree and decorations. Ship carpen- ters were busy today setting up the tree and also tables on the quarter- deck for a general dinner to the Hoover party and the ship's officers. Many presents were brought aboard the ship to enliven the spirit of the occasion. To most of the Hoover party, Christmas day aboard a ship was a novel experience but to Mr. and Mrs. Hoover it was not unusual, since their first Christmas after their marriage was on shipboard while they were en route to China and they had been at sea several times since then. Open Christmas Gifts Upon boarding the ship, Mr. Hoover found @ number of presents awaiting him as well as others of his party and Brazil University as well as a certi- ficate as honorary chairman of the Brazilian: Red Cross, enclosed in a handsome portfolio. The tournament will be listed in the records of the club as a “special CONVICTED; POLICE GUARD PROSECUTORS Fear of Revenge by Friends of Sentenced Men Causes Posting of Guards Chicago, Dec. 24—(AP)—Fear of revenge by friends of two convicted kidnapers of Billy Ranieri today caused the police to post guards about E é li ee EE 2 FE ef] fe, tiaed ial iH Fy F Mrs. Rosine Keidel, Dies from Pneumonia if E S,EETE eg et Mr. Hoover is a trustee of the American Red Cross and upon tak- ing ident of pres the Amasiean cthalns | Other gifts from included a set of books on eng! and other subjects, a dozen boxes of cigars and ® picture of Rio Janeiro. This pic- ture he probably treasured most highly as he was more impressed with the Brazilian capital than any other port’ visited in the long years of his travels. ‘Win Brasil’s Esteem As Mr. Hoover sailed away the whole. Brazilian capital was ringing with cheers and praises for him. The general opinion was that he carried with him the genuine friendship, miration and esteem of the Brazilian people. This had been manifested in unparalleled pageantry during his -visit and in spontaneous popular out- bursts. ‘Mr. Hoover's last day in Brazil be- gan with morning church services. ‘Then he was luncheon host at the sador Morgan to President Washing- ton Luis and later at the request of DAMAGED BY BLAZE ly Thrown lieved to Have Started $50,000 Fire Valley City, N. D. Dec. 24—(7)— Fire morning more than 40 rooms in the Rudolph hotel here. The loss, estimated at bet $40,000 and $50,000, is covered by in- surance. aret Be-|; TAKE TOLL OF FIVE LIVES OVER SUNDAY Four Perish in Flames of Craft Wrecked When Cold Mo- tor Causes Stall © SURVIVOR ESCAPES BLAZE Unlicensed Minneapolis Pilot Crashes as Condemned ‘Jenny’ Tailspins Chattanooga, Tenn., Dec. 4.—(P}— M. W. Rozar, sole survivor of an air- plane tragedy near Marr field which caused the immediate death of four Persons, today attributed the accident to a cold motor which failed to gain altitude after the take off early yes- terday morning. Rozar, of Chicago, who is a travel- ing representative for a Macon, Ga., firm was semi-conscious after the crash, but succeeded in extricating himself from the wreckage and crawled away from the burning plane after the gasoline tank had exploded. Companions on the disastrous flight over the newly established Chicago- Atlanta air mail line could not liber- ate themselves and perished in the flames. Victims Are Passengers Victims included: Charles H. Shield, of Louisville, Ky. pilot; Raymond D. Harris, another pilot who was making a study of the new air route; C. P. Mayer, St. Elmo, Tenn., and G. L. Burnette, of Chi- cago. Both Mayer and Burnette were en route to spend the Christmas holi- days with relatives in Atlanta and Macon, Ga., respectively. Rozar said Shield experienced dif- ficulty in priming and starting the motor, and after racing the engine about 10 minutes started down the 4,000 foot runway of the new airport. ‘The plane was about six feet above ground at the end of the field, and a railroad enbankment directly ahead caused the pilot to bank to the right, apparently expecting to clear the ob- struction and gain altitude, according to the survivor. Instead, the plane lost altitude by the maneuver, and an instant later crashed against a roof, rebounded against a tree and finally ploughed into a garage. Minneapolis, Dec. 24.—()—Fred Detlefsen, 40 years old, an unlicensed amateur airplane pilot, was killed and Stuart Pepin, a student pilot and pas- senger, was seriously injured when a condemned type army biplane known as a “Jenny” stalled 200 feet above Wold-Chamberlain municipal airport and crashed about noon Sunday. The plane struck nose down with such force that the motor was driven into the front cockpit where Detlefsen body, a fracture of the skull and other injuries. ‘When help arrived Detlefsen was n | found dead in his cockpit. said the biplane came over the field from the south with the evident purpose of landing, ground haze reduced visibility Pilots and others at the airport who saw the accident indicated that Persia Revolutionist Poisons Water Wells Basra, Irak, Dec. 24.—(AP)—Re- Persia State that Dost i i i Gilda Gray, famed exponent of the shimmy, and of recent note in the divorce courts, is shown here in another role—a mother greeting her son. The picture was taken in Milwaukee where Gilde, whose maiden name was Mary Michalsky, met her son by her first marriage, Milton Gorecki, 14. Gilda recently sued for divorce from Gil Boag, former manager, and Boag filed a reply charging her with misconduct with her present manager, C. D. Kreeps, with whom she recently returned from Europe. TWO POKER PARTY HOLDUPS, | TWO WATCHERS, SHOT DEAD Chicago Gangsters Gouge 527 Notches in 1928 Pistol Butts Chicago, Dec. 24.—(?)—The gangster, the racketeer and the highwayman gouged 527 notches on their pistol butts this year. Last year they. carved a6 notches. sibiceiepess The 527 slayings for the fiscal year ending Dec. 1, statistics com- piled by Coroner Herman N. Bun- desen show, are nearly half the number of deaths caused by auto- mobiles in Cook county. ‘Of the 5,636 violent deaths, 1,076 are attributed to autos. WORSHIPER KILLED AS FARMER SHOOTS INTO CONGREGATION In Effort to ‘Settle Differences,” Prosperous Man Opens Fire in Church Fayetteville, Tenn., Dec. 24.—(7)— A. J. Simmons and Neal Golden lay desperately _ wounded today and Floyd Steelman, 22, was dead, vic- tims of bullets fired into a congrega- tion of the Cumberland Presbyterian church of Kelso, near here, last night by Joe Pigg, prosperous farmer, in an effort to “settledifferences” with Sim- mons. Pigg and Simmons had been neigh- bors for years, but the only explana- tior for the tragedy by Pigg was that “differences” between the Pigg and Simmons families had prompted the attack. surrendered. Steelman, the first to be struck, died within a few moments. Sim- mons was wounded in the face and lungs and Golden was shot in the abdomen. — Paul Gattlin, an 11-year-old boy, t i Eel ge at i i | Chemist, Angered by Kick in Shin, Opens Deadly Fire on Armed Quartet Robbers’ Fire Kills Bystander While Player Is Killed in Leap From Winslow New York Dec. 24.+(AP)—Peter Cardone, a Brooklyn paasitackaring chemist, who is also an expert pistol shot, was the recipient of hundreds of congratulatory messages today for the killing two of four armed men who attempted to hold up a poker game early Sunday morning in the home of a friend. Cardone, who was shot through the arm during a gun battle in which 14 shots were exchanged, was more concerned than elated, however, be- cause two innocent bystanders also were killed. Police Commissioner Whalen per- sonally congratulated Cardone. Say- ing that the city needed more men with courage and marksmanship to shoot when assaulted by Ten men were el in_the poker game at the home of Fred Remdivo in Brooklyn, when the four armed men appeared and ordered them to hold up their hands. One of the intruders kicked Car- done on the shin when he failed to obey. Angered, Cardone drew his weapon and began firing. Two of the bandits, identified later as Pas- quale Belmonte and Emanuel Frasca, were dropped by Cardone’s unerring aim, shot through the forehead, Meanwhile, during the general melee, Rocco Massia, a chauffeur, who was an onlooker, was killed by a shot from one of the robbers, while Nicholae Sulzone, one of the play- ers, was killed when he jumped from a window. The ‘other two holdup men cece their comrades had REGISTER T0 DECDE ON POTTER RETRIAL New Burleigh County State's Attorney Will Set Date for Case Resumption When and where Ray Potter, urder The Weather Fair tonight and much change in t PRICE FIVE CENTS vw [CRORE HARDINGER - INSTANTLY KILLED AS CAR TURNS OVER John Gruman, Father of Mrs. W. M. Schantz, Has Crit- ical Injuries ACCIDENT CAUSED BY RUT® Hardinger Catapulted Into Tele ephone Pole; Gruman Thrown 30 Feet George Hardinger, 56, rancher of Medora and retired farme er of Glen Ullin, is dead and Gruman, jured in result of an automobile wreck 10 east of New Salem about 1:30 p. Sunday. Hardinger was instantly when he was catapulated the car into a stubble field. He sufe; fered a broken back, collar and pelviq' bone. ? Auto Hits Rut 3 The accident happened, Grumart: thinks, while the car was traveling! over a newly graded road at a modere; ate rate of speed. 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