The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 26, 1928, Page 1

0 NORTH DAKOTA’S OLDEST NEWSPAPER ESTABLISHED 1873 CHRISTMAS FLAMES TAKE Williston Man Gharged With Murder After Fatal Sho BERT WALLACE SAYS HE THOUGHT FRIEND WAS FARM PROWLER Mrs, Peter Shea, Divorce, Held as Woman in ‘Eternal Triangle’ Dispute JOHN PROSSER, DEAD MAN Accused Man Says Prosser Was Hiding Behind Woodpile on Mrs. Shea's Farm Williston, N. D., Dec. 26.—(7)—Bert ‘Wallace, 35, is held in the Williams county jail here, charged with the first degree murder of John Prosser, 24, whom he shot Sunday night and who died in a local hospital here Tuesday. Wallace, who claimed he mistook Prosser for a prowler, was taken into custody today on a warrant signed by A. J. Gronna, assistant state's at- torney. Mrs. Peter Shea, divorcee, daughter of Julius Werner, on whose farm the shooting took place, 10 miles south- west of here, is held as a material witness by officials who claim it was over her that the men quarreled. ! Returns With Gun According to the story told Monday by Wallace. when he reported the shooting to officials, Prosser had been at the Werner home Sunday night and after leaving had returned to get @ gun which he had left. On his re- turn it is claimed that he was noticed by Mrs. Shea and believed to be a Prowler. Wallace went into the yard and was followed by Mrs. Shea who brought him the 38 calibre pistol with which the shot was fired. Wallace claims Prosser was hiding behind a woodpile and refused to come out, Wallace admitted A. R. Marshal, Williams county sheriff said, firing the bullet which struck Prosser be- low the heart and which resulted in his death. According to a dying statement which is claimed to have been. given, Gronna by Prosser, the two men were jealous of each other's position with Mrs. Shea. Took Him to Hospital Wallace claims that as soon as he recognized whom he had shot, he made every effort to care for him and brought him to a Williston hospital. Sheriff Marshall said today that he believed the shot must have been fired at a range of less than 50 feet and that on a moonlight night such as last Sunday Prosser would have been easily recognizable. Prosser was single and had made his home here for several years. Rel- atives surviving had not been learned this afternoon. Late News Bulletins GASH IN CRASH Grand Forks, Dec. 26.—(P)— Mrs. Victoria Hancock of this city suffered a gash in her forhead when two, automobiles collided, due to slippery streets, on Christ- mas day. COOLIDGE ON ISLAND Sapelo Island, Ga., Dec. 26.—(P) home of Howard E. Coffin on Sapelo Island. He arrived at the island in mid-afternoon on Mr. Coffin’s yacht, the Zapala. FORF.. GETS PLOW used in keeping the highways open this winter. The plow is being driven from the Twin Cities, PREMIUM LIST OUT tion by New Year's day. ‘PAUPER’ HAD MONEY Lake, Dec. Feared Lost in Shooting Rapids Glenn Hyde and his wife, Bessie Haley Hyde (above), were sought by rivermen and aviators after the young couple made a daring attempt to shoot the rapids in the Grand Cany- on of the Colorado in a small boat. Mrs. Hyde's parents live in Parkers- burg, W. Va. She formerly attended school in Pittsburgh, BORDER PATROLMAN THOUGHT SHOT AND KILLED BY RUNNERS St. Paul Officer Believed to Have Been Fired on Board- ing Runner's Car Roseau, Minn., Dec. 26.—(7)—Rob- ert Lobdell, St. Paul, was shot and killed while on border patrol duty near here Tuesday evening. He is believed to have been killed by rum runners, Lobdell, 30 years old, was shot at close range, the bullet entering the temple. His body was found by a newspaperman of Williams at 10 p. m., Tuesday, shortly after the shoot- ing is believed to have occurred. There were no witnesses to the killing THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1928' MAJOR MILLS AND HIGH SCHOOL BOY WIN ‘DRY’ ESSAY CONTEST pit ecelalaae eee | Irving Berlin, Jr., ‘ | Dies Christmas Day Rae sshaltorihb aniline det e New York, Dec. 26.—(AP)—The Geath of Irving Berlin, Jr., 24-day-old son of the song writer, was thought today to have cemented a reconcilia- tion between the child’s parents and grandfather, Clarence Mackay, presi- dent of the postal telegraph company. Mr. Mackay, who was estranged from his daughter by her marriage to Berlin, in Jan , 1926, was among the first to call at the be- reaved home yesterday to offer con- dolences after the death of the infant as the result of a heart attack. Earlier in the day Irving Jr., had shown no signs of illness. He and his little sister had a Christmas tree. Shortly after the birth of the son, Dec. 1, there were indications that Mr. Mackay had relented in his at- titude toward Mrs. Berlin, an attitude which the birth of the first child, Mary Ellen, two years ago failed to {998 DECENBER ONE OF WARMEST; 1927 MONTH MOST FRIGID 28 of 31 Days Below Zero Last Year; Only Five Days Be- low Zero This Month Bismarck’s 1928 December, mild enough most of the time to permit any summer sport with the possible exception of swimming, today con- tinued as one of the warmest Decem- bers in 54 years of weather records. Temperature here this morning at 7 o'clock was 35 degrees above zero and 39 degrees above at 11:30 a. m. A 22-mile-per-hour gale at one time this morning kept fine dust particles in the air to demonstrate the extreme dryness of the month. Bismarck and North Dakota weather will continue fair tonight and tomotrow with a slight drop in the temperature forecast, acfording to the daily weather report. Decembers here this yéar and last show a greater contrast than any other two consecutive Decembers on record since 1874, according to the weather prophets. Twenty-eight of 31 December days in 1927 registered sub-zero tempera- tures, Temperature remained below zero for 24 hours on nine days of the month last year. It was 30 degrees below zero Dec. 19, 1927, and 37 de- grees above Dec. 5 for the coldest and warmest days of the month. Snow during the month last year measured 20.4 inches while precipitation mea- sured 1.2 inches. Five days have brought sub-zero weather this month, the coldest being 12 degrees below Dec. 4 and the warmest being 47 above Dec. 8 and 10. Only 2.7 inches of snow, with so far is known, according to R. J. Bell, Roseau county attorney. Authorities advanced the theory that Lobdell was killed when he jumped on the running board of a rum runner's automobile. Lobdell’s automobile, with the lights burning, was about 400 feet away from his body. George Ryan, a woodchopper, was taken in custody today. No charge has been placed against him. Ryan was turned over to authorities by. a farmer whose house he had ap- proached for a meal. Lobdell was married. His wife re- sided at the home of his father Charles Lobdell. XMAS CAR CRASHES IN CHICAGO KILL 13 Chicago, Dec. 26.—(#)—There were 13 deaths from automobile accidents in Chicago over Christmas—one of the largest death lists from such a Cause ever recorded during a period here. The fatalities brought the number of motor car deaths for Governor Maddock Is Named Union Head by Mountrail Neighbors Practically all of it melted away to- day, has fallen during the month with precipitation totaling only .25 inch for the month so far. December, 1927, was one of the coldest on record while the same month this year has been one of the warmest. PNBUMONTA S FATAL TO FRANK 8, MOREY Engineer at State Penitentiary for 27 Years Is Victim of + Flu Complications Frank 8. Morey, 70, engineer at the state penitentiary for the last 27 years, died in a local hospital at 4 p. m. Monday after an illness of one week. ath was due to pneumonia, which developed from influenza. Funeral services will be conducted at Perry’s funeral parlors at 2:30 p. m. tomorrow, with Rev. Paul 8. Wright, pastor of the First Presbyter- fan church, officiating. Burial will be made at Fairview cemetery. Morey was born on a farm near Des Moines, Ia., May 3; 1858, the son of Mr .and Mrs. John Morey. He at- tended a rural school near Des Moines when a boy. He was engineer at the New York Life Insurknce building in St. Paul, Minn. for 17 years before coming to Bismarck in 1902. Morey’s only daughter, Mrs. C. P. Smith, Minneapolis, who has been in Bismarck since k was at his bedside at the time of his @eath. Morey’s wife died four years ago. i os Auto Accident Victim ’ Is Buried at Hebron Hebron, N. D., Dec. 236.—()—John the Bos Saleen ea a day of a broken neck automobile accident, in an | ficated. here Curbing Industrial Alcohol Traf- fic Solution Is Offered by Former Administrator Hoover Home Town Student Urges Education as Back- ground of Prohibition { New York, Dec. 26—(AP)—A for- mer New York prohibition adminis- trator and ae high school boy from Herbert Hoover's home town are victors in William C. Durant’s $30,000 prize contest for the best prohibition enforcement plan. Major Chester P. Mills, who re- signed as prohibition administrator for the New York city district a year ago last June, won the main prize of $25,000. Malcolm D. Almack, a junior in Palo Alto, Calif., high school, won the $5,000 school prize. The boy receives $1,000 and his school $4,000. More drastic restrictions and closer supervision of the traffic in industrial alcohol to curb diversion into illicit channels were suggested by Major Mills. Mills Urges Education . Education of the people concerning the prohibition law, teaching more respect for the law and a more scien- tific selection of enforcement offi- cers were the high points in Almack’s plan. Checks for the prices were received by Major Mills at his home in Green Farms, Conn., and by Almack and the principal of his school in Palo Alto. Approximately half of the 23,230 plans submitted in the contest were sent in by women. The total number | of suggestions offered by the contest- j ants was 64,000. The plan offered by Major Mills, he says, follows closely the policy he pursued during his administration of the prohibition law in New York, a Policy not consummated when he resigned. War on Denatured Alky In the handling of denatured alcohol, Major Mills urged closer Scrutiny of persons and concerns to whom permits are issued and declared for the elimination of the independ- ent denaturing plants, which he says have no economic place in the busi-: ness and are forced to divert part of their output into bootleg channels to make a profit. Stricter supervision of perfume |plants and similar concerns which hold permits for special denatured | alcohol to prevent them disposing of jthe alcohol to bootleggers through “cover houses” is urged in the Mills plan. es Major Mills is a graduate of West Point and served as a member of the general staff in the world war. At the time of his resignation and in a subsequent series of magazine articles Major Mills blamed the activ- ities of politicians in the selection of Prohibition officers for the lack of enforcement. STUDENT SHOT DEAD CAUGHT AT ROBBERY Policeman Catches Youths in Flower Shop; Shoots in Self-Defense Berkeley, Cal Dec. 26.—(AP)— Shot by a policeman while fleeing from a building where he had robbed @ safe, Thomas Donald Hall, 21, a sophomore at the University of Red- lands, Redlands, Cal. is dead and two juniors of the same school, face arraignment here today on a burg- lary charge after confessing partic- ipation in the robbery. Hall's companions, William Corne- well Cooney, 21, and George I. Keller, 23, declared they robbed the safe be- cause they .eeded Christmas money. The police version of the affair, which occurred erat id was that the » ‘Thaddeus Ornes, heard a noise in a flower shop on his beat and encountered the three stu- dents when he investigated. When Ornes commanded them to throw up their hands Hall drew a gun and commanded him to do likewise. of to rob the flower shop safe while at- tending a motion picture show. Isabelle E. Baker, 8, Dies in Boyd Township HOOVER WILL VISIT WASHINGTON PRIOR TO MIAMI VACATION Separate Goodwill Trip to Cuba and Mexico May Be Made Before March 4 CHRISTMAS HELD ON DECK Navy and Newspapers Praised by President-Elect in His Speech Aboard Utah U. 8S. 8. Utah, Dec. 26.—(7)—After the most unique Chistmas ever known, thanks to the ingenuity and hospitality of Captian Train and of- ficers of the Utah, President-elect Herbert Hoover today began consid- eration of correspondence received from the United States at Rio Janeiro, He also commenced formu- lating plans for his 10 days’ visit to Washington, where he expects to ar- tive on the morning of January 7. Mr. Hoover announced yesterday that instead of the Utah taking him to Florida it will land him at Hamp- tou Roads January 6 as the president- elect is desirous of attending to vari- ous personal matters in the national capital before going to Miami where he will remain until almost time for the inauguration unless he should de- cide to make another separate good- wil! trip to Mexico and Cuba. The Hoovers’ Christmas aboard the Utah ended with a dinner given in the open air on the upper deck by Captain Train and the officers in honor of the President-elect and Mrs. Hoover. Under a full moon shining through a tropical night, the Utah's deck was converted into a combina- tion summer garden party and Christmas setting. | Multi -colored Japanese lanterns swung over tables which were decorated with fresh Brazilian flowers from Rio Janiero and festooned strings of evergreens, ~ Chimney For Santa At one end of the deck, however, was the contrasting touch of an open fireplace with a mantel and chimney ready for Santa Claus, Miss Ruth Fessler, secretary to Mrs. Hoover, and Allan Hoover acted as agents for Santa Claus. They wen, to the fireplace as dinner ended and found piles of presents which they (distributed. The gifts were small ar- \ticles of native craftmanship that Mrs. Hoover hod bought in Rio and other cities visited. Captain Train, on behalf of himself and other officers presented Mr. Hoover with a pair of binoculars encased in leather and gave Mrs. Hoover a blue and white silk Bra- zilian shawl. Captain Train, in his presentation speech, thanked the Hoovers for giving the personnel of the Utah, although far from home Christmas , & bit of real Christ- mas cheer. Thanks Navy Men Mr. Hoover replying, said the trip on the Utah as well as the Maryland had been a revelation in many ways of the versatility and skill of naval men in a thousand things not per- taining to war. Mr. Hoover in his speech thanked the press for the manner in which they handled his good-will journey. Later Ambassador Fletcher and John C. Mott, of Los Angeles, both Latin-American experts and mem- bers of Mr. Hoover's official party re- peated the president-elect’s praise of both the navy and the newspapers. Mott also paid tribute to Mrs. Hoover. KING GEORGE SPENDS RESTFUL XMAS DAY London, Dec. 26.—()—Confidence grew today that King George's recov- ery Was asst although the path to health might be long and strewn with difficulties, The latest information on the king's condition was reassuring. The fact that only one bulletin was now being issued daily was held to be a good sign in that it implied that his illness was taking @ normal course. The king was announced to have spent a restful Christmas day. the members of the royal family, ex- tI cept two sisters of the king, Queen Maud of Norway and Princess Louise, celebrated Christmas at Buckingham Palace. Queen Mary and her children paid brief visits to the sickroom and saw the king during the day. Jamestown Gas Rate Public Hearing Set Jamestown, N. D., Dec. 26,—(AP)— public All| the The new $4.000,000 Riverside Church in New York, which was being built by John D. Rockefeller, Jr., for the Rev. Harry Emerson Fosdick, nationally known pastor, was reduced to a blackened shell by a night-time blaze that defied efforts of firemen to conquer it. at its height, with flames licking the Manhattan skyline. This striking photo shows the fire Damage to the great stone structure was estimated at $1,000,000, and the forest of scaffold- ing that filled its partly completed interior was destroyed. FOUR, POSING AS PENITENTS. TAKE $4,000 ‘Becky Thatcher’ of Mark Twain Fame Is Dead in Old Hannibal Hannibal, Mo., Dec. 26.—(AP)— Mrs. Laura Frazer, 91, Mark Twain's boyhood sweetheart and the “Becky Thatcher” of “Huckleberry Finn” and “Tom Sawyer” died last night at the home of a son, Judge L. E. Frazer. She was one of the last of a small group of local persons who attended school with the famous humorist when he was a barefoot boy who enamed through the hills about Han- nibal. Mrs. Frazer was the daughter of Elijah and Sophia Hawkins, who were among the earliest residents of this city. She lived in this locality nearly all her life. Her husband, Dr. James ‘W. Frazer died many years ago. Judge Frazer, president of the Hanni- bal Trust company, is her only sur- viving child. 001,009 ARRESTED FOR 1927 DRINKING ‘Volstead Act Has Failed to Pro- mote Temperance and So- briety,’ Report Says New York, Dec. 26.—(AP)—A sur- vey by the Moderation League, made public today, says that police records in 388 cities show that arrests for intoxication rose from 235,612 in 1920 to 557,369 in 1927. The fourth annual report of the league, which has for its announced aim “the restoration of temperance,” declares that the figures have brought the organization to the con- clusion that “the Volstead Act has failed utterly to do what it was in- tended to do, namely, promote tem- Perance and sobriety.” Beginning with 1921 the table shows rapid annual increases in the number of arrests from 319,528 to 557,369. The report declares that a marked increase in drinking by minors has been noted throughout period. The figures, the report goes on, in- dicate a greater jump in states which were dry before national prohibition than in the so-called wet states. Bismarck Woman’s Aged Father Is Dead John McDonald, 80, father of Mrs. Northern Pacific for almost 50 years. Mrs. Brink was at her father’s bed- side at the time of his death. Mr. XMAS OFFERING Tell Ecclesiastics They ‘Want _ to Start New Year Right by Taking Pledge’ ‘It Isn't the Pledge We Want to Take, We Want the Christ- mas Collection’ Chicago, Dec. 26. — (*) — Four thieves, posing as penitents, held up two priests in the rectory of St. Casi- mir’s Catholic church last night, and stole $4,000, the combined Sunday and Christmas day offerings of one of the city’s largest Polish congregations. The Rev. Father Adelbert Furman, 70, pastor emeritus, and E. S. Kra- kowski, one of six priests of the church were alone when the men ap- peared saying they wanted to “start the New Year right by taking the pledge.” “I am glad to see you here with such good intentions,” Father Kra- kowski said. “But tonight we are [very busy. ° Four of the priests are out visiting the sick. Couldn’t you come back after the holidays?” One of the robbers walked very close to Father Krakowski, pushing @ revolver against the priest. “It isn’t the pledge we want to take,” the man said. “We want the Christmas collection.” He compelled Father Krakowski to open the safe. Two trips were re- quired by the robbers to carry the money, in canvas bags, out of the rec- PICKFORD ‘WHOOPEE" Police Probe Lottie’s ‘Too Noisy’ Christmas Day Holly- wood Celebration Los Angeles, Dec. 26.—(4)—Investi- gators from the office of District At- torney Buron Fitts today sought to learn the details of a party at the Hollywood home of Miss Lottie Pick- ford, sister of Pickford, which ended in a fight in the early morning hours of Christmas day. A man_who identified himself as oling | Fire Ruins John D.’s Church PARTY ENDS IN FIGHT’. PRICE FIVE CENTS: TOLL OF NINE LIVES 6 BURNED 10 DEATH IN AKRON HOTEL AS BD ARE ENDANGERED Two Firemen Killed, Eight In- jured, as Truck Plunges Over Embankment 150 FIGHT CHRISTMAS BLAZE Hospital Nun Sacrifices Life ii Futile Attempt to Halt Spread of Fire Akron, O., Dec, 26.—(AP)—An in- vestigation was under way today to determine the cause of a fire which swept the basement of the Park hotel here early Christmas morning, re= sulting in the death of six guests and injuries to seven others. Only one of the injured remains in a hospital. The blaze endangered 80 guests and attendants. It is believed to have started from spontaneous combustion, Five of the fatalities resulted from suffocation. One man, Charles King, 28, a cook, was burned to death. Paul Locklair, 40, is suffering from burns. All the victims were from Akron. Foe ac damage was estimated at Pittsburgh, Dec. 26.—()—Two vol- unteer firemen were killed and eight others injured, five seriously, when their apparatus plunged down an enbankment today while speeding to the fire in the plant of the Refining company at Heidelberg. The blaze, which started early yese terday, was still raging this morning, The loss was placed at $500,000. The dead firemen were Adolph Sonnett, 30, and Joseph de Petro, 45. The apparatus, a combination Pumper and hose cart, leaped from the roadway on a curve and somer- Saulted down into the gully below, The fire truck was wrecked. A heavy fog obscured the driver's vision. One fireman was seriously hurt at the scene, where more than 150 vol- unteer fire fighters spent the greate er part of Christmas trying to con- trol the conflagration which for a time dies to sweep over the 20 acre plant and desiroy neighboring homes. 2 - The fire started in the filter plant end was thought to have been checked, but a hidden smoldering spark last night touched a stray spray of gasoline causing the flames to break out anew. Hull, Que., Dec. 26.—(7)—A futile attempt to halt the spread of flames which threatened the lives of 37 pa- jtients in the central building of the Sacred Heart hospital Christmas day cost a nun, Sister Cecile, 22, her life. The patients, many of whom were mothers with children, were carried to safety. The fire was discovered in a laun= dry chute by one of the sisters who was returning from midnight mass in the hospital chapel. Sister Cecile, who was Miss M. Crevier of Cartiers ville, Quebec, seized a fire extine guisher and opening the door of the chute attempted to extinguish the flames. She was fatally burned. In the meantime other nuns had warned the nurses on different floors and the patients were being carried out, MRS. MADLAND, 32, DIPHTHERIA VICTIM Former Bismarck and Baldwin Woman, Niece of Frank Lowden, Dies Suddenly Mrs. Ralph Madland, 32, niece of Frank Lowden, former governor of Il- linois, and a former resident of Bis- marck and Baldwin, died suddenly Friday morning of diphtheria at her home in Detroit, Mich. Elizabeth Sheldon was born at Hub- bard, Ia., Aug. 2, 1896, The Sheldon family moved to a farm near Bald- win in 1908,