The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 31, 1928, Page 2

. Slat BOFRCHNIQUE OF SAFE RBUILDER 1S DRIVING IOUT YECG BURGLARY O’Hrear Gas and Tougher Metals { Make Torch or ‘Soup’ Crack- ings Too Laborious DER 1 BUNMAN METHOD IS EASIER Jace 5 oases in State During Year Comparatively Light; To- Bi tal $32,188.75 alur the] ‘Th Fargo, Dec. 31—The ingenuity of listlgafe and vault builders and the appli- foritiation of tear gas in automatic pro- aluneetion are driving the old-fashioned youtyank burglar out of business, while an aries new technique of robbery has developed, that of the gunman t ight holdup, according to the but jecords of W. C. Macfadden. sec- cent of the North Dakota Bank- Players association. This spectacular style Jast )f daylight holdup flourishes mostly dersin the great cities, where it has been ond ‘educed to such an art that some of by tts greatest operations have been con- makfucted barefaced at arm’s length from ef the surging traffic of the street out- He But it also has been practiced on Playjuch a scale in the less crowded por- SnaPijons of the country that all of North Tv 's nine bank raids of 1928 were at, ht holdups. In 1927 the old OH still persisted, so that of 12 in- and » five were daylight operations “0 seven burglaries. Going back a ter $it further, the gradual evolution into a methods becomes more dis- alu In 1925 the four bank lootings quaril were burglaries and in 1926 but to 6 out of the total of 10 were day- ved it holdups, the Mcfadden records thro} With this change in manner of op- has come a natural strength- Bi of yegg organization. Where a Loetione robber or not more than two or J2cOdhree used to slink into town and with Spritimmy and chisel gain access to a OHaiank interior, then go to work with BroWxplosives or oxoacetylene torch, the Lani bank robber gang is now a Hoffjand of generally four to six men, as lookouts, driver and foldup members, ready to terrorize town if resistance is met with, Total Loot $32,189.75 Bens North Dakota lost approximately ,189.75 in bank lootings this year. Ol institutions victimized, dates and Lot te amounts were: He Bank of Gardner, July ‘Thor 18, about $3 National bank, Bux- * ton, Aug. 14, about ...... State bank, Fair- Su’ dale, Sept 7, about .. Al 5, ++ 5,000.00 for ank of Garske, Sept. 13 . None Alungtate Bank of Zahl, Sept. 15 Sara Hedgparmers & Merchants bank, Beach, Se Sco: “Not ‘a Lite’ Lost” ‘This was an average of $3,576.63 for tagh holdup, not a high figure in Mr. fe to sy! . N. Peterson, Wheelock, closeknd H. C. Bjone, Verona, were slain Boby holdup men. first | None of the loot was recovered nor the any of the robbers been appre- for 1928. Tracking down and of a bank robber are that may not show in an an- report, Mr. Macfadden noted. cages the criminal may be years later through cap- and comparisons of Bertilion the long reach of the law our office now, clues that soon of the bank # 5| Here is where a protective body would orth Dakota Ban skirts to keep them from dragging in every suspected professional criminal! could me “mugged” and a Bertilion record made of him and kept on file; second, there should be in ever com- munity some on> appointed to organ- ize that community along protective lines that experience in other states has shown to be most effective. { Farm Robberies Increasing “These appointments could be made by sheriffs with no expense other than that of equipment,” said Mr. Macfadden. “Such a person could be made a deputy with limited and well defined authority.” Mr, Macfadden said he understood the North Dakota Retail Merchants association was interested in a plan of this character for the protection of merchants who under present condi- tions cannot get burglary insurance in towns without police protection. Tobberies, thefts of poultry and live- stock, seasonal highway holdups and check forgeries substantiate the claim for a state protective organization,” Mr. Macfadden declared. Another phase of the criminal prob- lem which results in tremendous losses to North Dakotans every year is the raised or forged check, said Mr. Macfadden. He called attention to the number of bad checks that come to his office, particularly in the harvest season. Transient 1 are the sources of these and by the time their true value is discovered the guilty party is likely on his way. Prove of value, Mr. Macfadden be- Heves. Ancient Banditry in New Role The bank robbery today is none; other than a modern version of the earliest type of bank burglar in this country,” said Mr. Macfadden, “I can remember 45 years ago when I started working as a bank clerk we! occasionally heard of bandits going) to the home of @ bank official, rout- ing him from bed, taking him to the bank and torturing him until he ned the safe. Then came the time lock, put the criminal met that with exposive®, first powder, then, as the st trong grew stronger, with nitroglyceri: When tough, blast resistant mail steel was in- vented, it see it again the bank robber had been thwarted, but a new invention, the oxoacety! blow torch gave him a new weapon og attack. At first burning holes in ti:* top or sides of a manganese steel safe re- sulted in burning up the currency in- side, s0 terrific was the heat of the torch. This was counteracted by ie He “Mother says she remembers snows so deep that you had to lift your “The increasing number of farm| ¢4 kR it.” picicarnspancduicecn caiman’ | Intrigued by Law , | Until She Simply | | Had to Be Lawyer ooo t ¢ “The atmosphere surrounding the law profession is both uplifting and broadening,” says Miss Catherine E. Morris, Bismarck’s native woman lawyer. Miss Morris's entire business exper- aids i [ SIDE GLANCES - - - - By George Clark |NN, DAKOTABUSINESS ENTERNG NEW YEAR IN OPTIMISTIC TONE Farm Mortgage Collections Are Easy and Failures Show Impressive Decrease CHRISTMAS TRADE HEAVY Wheat Prices Fluctuate Bit and Farmers Hold It; Livestock and Turkeys Aid Fargo, Dec. 31.—(7”)—Heavy Christ- mas business and good collections of farm mortgage interest give an op- timistic tone to North Dakota busi- ness condition as the new year opens, according to the monthly survey of North Dakota business conditions pre- pared by P. W. Clemens, president of the Northern and Dakota Trust com- pany, for the Associated Press and its member newspapers. The survey fol- lows: eee By P. W. CLEMENS A record-breaking Christmas trade, excellent collections of farm mort- gage interest, and unusually mild weather with a “green” Christmas all contributed to a markedly improved condition in North Dakota during December and a widespread, healthy optimism regarding business prospects for the new year. | Increases of from 20 to 50 per cent in Christmas business was the general rule in reports from scores of depart- ment store owners in all parts of the state, only one concern noting a de- crease. A year ago North Dakota was covered with a deep blanket of snow while this Christmas golf tournaments were staged in several cities of the state and the youngster considered himself fortunate who received a toy sailboat instead of skates from Santa. ‘This unusually mild weather has resulted in the savings of thousands of dollars in fuel bills and has been of great value to the livestock pro- jence has been in county, state and law offices. “The legal principles which I heard stated day after day intrigued me, and I became more anxious to learn about them. I began to apply them in my own way to facts involved in con- troversies which came to my atten- io While other girls were spending so- cial evenings, dancing and enjoying the theatre, Catherine Morris was studying for the American Extension university law course. In January, 1928, she was admitted to the bar. “It was a glorious feeling,” accord- ing to Miss Morris,” to become a member of that great body of lawyers, statesmen and judges.” The branches of the law pertaining to mortgages, insurance and are particularly interesting to Bis- marck’s woman lawyer. “Do you believe that your profes- sion is a popular one with women?” Miss Morris was asked. “I feel that there is hardly a pro- fession which is not open to women. If they are interested in it, they can do it,” she answered. Catherine Morris was born in Bis- marck and has received her educa- tion here. “It is my city,” she told a Tribune renee “and I plan to spend my life ere.” AIRPLANE HUNTING OF COYOTES BREAKS LAW AS IT’S WORDED Two McLean Countians Ques- tion Whether Killing Pests That Way Is Legal ‘Two McLean county men have been enjoying themselves hunting from an airplane. The folks in the countryside are applauding their ef- forts. At last ene j 8 7 Gz [ H Hi fe E but “who,” they ask, “is going to com- . | plain about it when these men are do- ing the farmers @ favor by coyotes?” And there the matter ends until someone else raises the legal The men whoee activities developed the question are George Albrecht and William Fisher, of Garrison. Albrecht airplane and does commercial in ‘Business s i HEE é E [i H Hy av bey i i i il af BES j | Fy g °e t z - | | | i F | iH ducers of the state. Although a few bank failures were reported during the month, the coun- try banks of North Dakota at the Present time are in unusually good shape. An examination of the state- ments of 100 representative country banks shows no bills payable, average deposits of $255,480 with cash hand of $56,388, and bond holdings of $62,680. Cash reserves amount to more than 20 per cent of the total de- Posits, usually considered a safe figure in banking circles, and these, with the bond holdings, bring the total im- mediate liquid assets to practically 50 Per cent of the deposits. Sales of life insurance during No- vember in North Dakota totaled $2,477,000, a falling off of 18 per cent from the sales of November, 1927. Sales for the first eleven months of the year, however, are five per cent greater than those for the same per- iod in 1927, which is just equal to the average for the United States. “We will do 50 per cent more busi- ness than a year ago in December,” is the statement from the A. W. Lu- cas company department store at Bismarck. “Our city has had a healthy growth, with many new homes built during the past year. All our homes ‘and business properties are occupied.” Wheat prices fluctuated slightly during the month with little net phenre: and farmers are continuing to hold their wheat and some other small grain for a more satisfactory market. Although investment concerns report farm mortgage interest, collec- tions to be very satisfactory and in most cases ahead of last year, collec- a on other ercial paper is low. Some acceleration in collections during the next month or so is an- ticipated from the sale of livestock, as many millions of pounds of pork, beef and mutton will go to the market the coming month. In four at Oakes, $60,000 worth of tur- were according to Fred D. McCartney, investment banker. Further liquidations of wheat hold- ings will be necessary before notes for farm , lumber, etc., are paid in any great quantity, however. sales December 1 showed a con- ble reduction in western North over those of a year ago, but higher in the eastern part of and Williams counties re- 83 of taxes sold FF ie : un [ were 42 failures, with lia- of $700,199 and assets of $150,- clearings for November at were 10 per cent TAKE INFORMATION THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE OUT OUR WAY MONDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1928 n 1928 All Modern Daylight Holdups ‘ By Williams E/ Put YOUR FEET DOWN AND HOLD Tr V o ce Bachw- Lt M ‘CANT AMMA~ Tm TuCKeD Inv WHY TMOTHERS GET GRAY. 00 WG. TF williams 1O 192% BY WEA SERVICE, INC. ONE SOUGHT NEGRO REMAINS | AT LARGE; OTHER ARRESTED! Charley Shephard, Accused Slayer of Prison Employe and Abductor of Young Girl, Hid- ing; Accused Trooper Slayer Arrested in New Jersey. Parchman, Miss., Dec. 31.—(?)—Of- ficers of the Mississippi national guard today led the search for Char- ley Shepherd, negro convict wanted) for slaying J. D. Duvall, state prison carpentry sergeant, and abducting his 18-year-old daughter Ruth. More than 2,000 men organized in posses centered their drive on a wooded section near prison camp No. 11, where, it was believed, Shepherd is hiding. Duvall's body was found early Fri-| day in the dining room of his home. He had been struck over the head and his throat had been slashed. Al- most Simultaneously with the finding of Duvall’s body, it was discovered that his daughter was missing. Miss Duvall made her way Satur- day into camp No. 9, where she told of having been carried off by Shep-| herd, a houseboy at her home. NEGRO CAUGHT AFTER 48 HOURS SEARCHING Trenton, N. J., Dec. 31.—(?)—David Ware, 50-year-old negro sought for the slaying of State Trooper Peter Gladyes, was under arrest today, but the citizens posses, troopers, blood- hounds, ailplanes and the navy blimp that had scmoured the coutryside for nearly 48 house in an elaborate man- hunt had little to do with his capture. Tired, hungry and penniless, he stumbled yesteray into Carteret, 30 miles from Robbinsville, the scene of the crime. He was turned over to state police as the result of a chance meeting with another negro, who be- friended him, took him to his rooms, and brought him food. Alex Middleton, who met Ware as they passed along a street of the north Jersey town, said that after Ware had eaten he became communi- cative, brought out a pistol said to have belonged to Trooper Gladyes, and offered it to his host for $4. Middleton said Ware confided he had committed a crime and said he had slashed a man's throat. Middle- Ware was being taken in an auto- mobile for arraignment on a minor charge Friday night when he first struck: and then slashed the trooper. BUREAU SERIOUSLY University Gets Many Odd Questions to Answer, but It Is Polite About It Grand Forks, N. D., Dec. 31.—People of the state of North Dakota are tak- literally thé meaning of the ““bu- reau of information,” according to Elbert H, Yoder, director. g re- spectively. Debits to individual ac- counts for five North Dakota cities for the first two weeks in December Were $22,083,000. For ‘month RS Questions at the directors, Mr. from determining the coins to identifying certain pelts which fe ites ae echetere ° Additional Sports ——————_—_ GOPHER SCHOOLS 10 OPEN CAGE SEASONS St. Paul, Dec.. 31—(#)—Augsburg makes its entrance into the Minne- sota College conference floor race and Hamline plays its opening Mid- West conference contest in features of this week’s college basketball schedule. Two more practice games also are booked, ‘The Auggies open against Macales- ter Saturday night on the Midway court and the game will be the third league tilt for the home team, which has won from St. Mary’s and lost to Hamline. Hamline’s Mid-West program in- cludes a two-game trip into Wiscon- sin where it meets Lawrence at Ap- Pleton, and Ripon at Ripon. The Pipers, who hold the crest of the state conference with two successiye tri- umphs, are to leave St. Paul Thurs- day night. Before clashing with the Macmen, Augsburg has a tussle booked against the North Dakota Aggies at the Pills- bury House, Minneapolis. The other game finds Carleton playing the Uni- versity of Wisconsin at Madison, the Carls second Big Ten foe. St. Thomas may play two or three practice tilts with independent Twin Cities teams, including the local ¢ Knights of Columbus, and perhaps | the Rochester Aces. Concordia, St. John’s, St. Mary’s, Gustavus and St. Olaf also will play scrimmage games. Freshmen of one semester residence are now eligible to compete on all teams except Hamline and Carleton, and the coaches at all other schools are busy working with high class yearlings who promise to displace vet- erans on nearly every team. Unless Augsburg picks up in its shooting and team play during the next five days, it will go into the game with Macalester labeled as the underdog, as Macalester displayed a fine brand of ball, both defensively to| 8nd offensively, prior to the héliday +°| recess, Coaches Lyle Crose and Cy Melby have outlined some hard sessions on the practice floor for the first part of this week and the same players who were considered first string ma- terial before the holidays may get the call to start. In previous practice games “Stub” Rortvedt of Henning had the call at center and there is no doubt but what he will return to that post. Kolesar, Connolly and Pederson are expected to be back at the guards, with Mona and leading the race for the forwards. Coach McKee of Mcalester will use lat the pivot post. Coach Cowles’ players returned to school last week. Physical Values Of Golf Exercise By DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN (Editor Journal of the American . Medical Association and of Hygeia, the Health Magazine.) Today golf is probably the most popular sport in America, if one takes into account the actual number of persons who play as compared with the number that look on at other games as played by professionals. There is no actual scientific evi- dence as to the value of golf as a sport from the health point of view, although there is a tremendous amount of opinion on the subject that it is a safe and satisfactory sport for men and women of all ages. Seek to Chart Merits It therefore seemed worth while to the Sturgis Research Fund of the Burke Relief Foundation to provide for a series of careful investigations to indicate the exact merits of golf in relationship to health. The experi- ments were carried out on a series of different golf courses, which of- fered ideal. opportunity for the test, tin that they provided courses of var- fous lengths, some of which were hilly and well trapped, others flat and with but few traps. The major problem seemed to be to find the reactions of the heart and blood vessels to the game, and at the kidneys. The examinations made in- cluded studies of the weight, height, pulse rate and blood pressure under various circumstances, and also a special test for the efficiency of the heart, known as the Schneider test. same time to test its effects on the | “et It was found that vigorous practice and actual shots tend to accelerate the pulse rate and that casual climb- ing of hills, heat and wind do the same. Periods of relative rest while wait- ing for the rest of the foursome to Shoot tend to lower the pulse rate, Emotional Reaction ‘There is, however, one uncontrolled factor in the game which has gen- eral definite effects on the rate of the pulse and which makes any scien- tific study difficult, that is the emo- tional reaction, which varies with every player. It is possible for some to become so disturbed on the course that the pulse rate is accelerated tre- mendously. A comparison between men and women golfers shows that women golfers spend less energy on the game than do men. Patients who were convalescing from heart disease or from other con- ditions playing on a special course which was more flat and less diffie cult than the ordinary course re- sponded well to the exercise, indeed so well that the exercise was consid- ered highly beneficial for them. SHAT ~~” By ALAN J. GOULD find of van athletic activity concentrated at home, with fresh op- portunities to. develop intersectional interest on a wider scale than ever fore, the far west for the first time to play the Cardinals in a return engagement at Palo Alto. and the Poughkee| the big fight of the year, with Demp- sey in @ comeback role, is slated for the Yankee stadium, where half of aunin’ provides the Yankees have. & again, ve good share of their health strength. Many Questions Asked A few of the main questions at issue as the new year gets under way are: 1, Whether or not Jack Dempsey will attempt a comeback. 2, Whether Big Bill Tilden will be restored to good standing in amateur tennis ranks, and, if so, try another comeback. 3. Whether Paavo Nurmi! will re- main the greatest of all amateur foot- racers or yield to the siren call of the professional promoter. 4. Whether the Army and Navy will effect a reconciliation and pave the way for a resumption of their gridiron classic by 1930, since there is small prospect of any get-together in_ 1929, If a guess has to be hazarded it is vote for “aye” on all of the above counts, if for no other reason than that it would stimulate competitive interest. New Champs Expected Tex Rickard predicts that new champions will be crowned in most, if not all, of the professional ring classics in 1929, but no such sweeping forecast can be made in other ranks. E Such bearers of the laurel wreaths — as Bobby Jones, Walter Hagen and Glenna Collett in golf, Helen Wills and Henri Cochet in tennis, the Yan- kees in baseball, Regers Hornsby in batting, Babe Ruth in home run hit- ting, France in Davis cup competition, and the California crew in will be difficult to dislodge. Most of them have acquired the championship habit and all have enough stuff left to shake off any rivals in the coming year, if not for several years. 16 AT UNIVERSITY NEAR DEGREE STAGE Students Will Complete Work With Semester, Get Diplo- mas at Commencement Grand Forks, N. D., Dec. $1.—Six- teen students at the University of North Dakota will complete work necessary to obtain degrees at the end of this semester, January 23, it is an- nounced by R. O, Wilson, school reg- istrar. However, the students com- Pleting-the work will not receive their degrees until June, when 8 com- mencement exercise will be held. Those listed include four students who will receive masters’ degrees, grees, The school of education will grant bachelor of science degrees to Alice Close, Langdon; Mabel Croon, Be- midji, Minn.; Magda Fagstad, Ni- agara; Florence Mae Holcomb, Valley A Leonard rum, Buxton; Howard 8. Myster, Ele« land; and Lloyd A. Nelson, Finley. ‘The college of liberal arts de to two: sons in Northwest; Better. Sets Are Demanded Minneapolis, Dec. 31—(4)—Value of radio equipment sold in the North- west during 1928 exceeded the 1927 figure by 20 per cent, the Northwest making its value of this year E | i i re Hg ral Hb Bel 5 é | z i E i | ne 1 ! g it | B EE H i FE i I ri h oy8 | : i i E i g ‘es Ay Ro