The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 30, 1929, Page 1

NORTH DAKOTA'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER THE BISMARCK . ESTABLISHED 1878 ESCOBAR CALLS MISSOURI PEACEFUL AGAIN; RESUMES ITS | REGULAR CHANNELS Three Bombing Planes S*":: en Rout> Here, While Others Leave Fort Lincoln ‘87 TONS OF BOMBS ARRIVE War Department Urgsd to Keep Explosive in Bismarck for Future Flood Use All's quiet along the Missouri. After threatening to flood Mandan for the past 10 days, the Big Muddy has fast resum-d its regular channel leaving little evidence of the damage it wrought. on its spring rampage. Strong winds of the past few days pools, lakes and and today residents of the bottom lands turned to the task of deter- mining the cssount of damage caused by the flood. It will probably be a week lore ny accurate check can be of the monetary damage done. O. W. Roberts, federal meteorologist, was making a prel vey today and has asked hanks and chambers of were reported their flight to Bismarck from Langley Field, Va., all other planes stationed here the ;ast few days have taken off for their home ports. 3 Planes Coming The three planes still cn route landed at Watertown, 8. D., last night ‘due to headwinds which cut down their time. They are commanded by Captain W. H. Hale. They were de- layed in leaving today by cold mo- Thirty-seven tons of high explosive Bismarck last night. She Shot ‘Just: to See Him Jump’ She shot a man “just to see him jump.” He died. And now pretty Mrs. Arlie Batten, above, is in jail at Blasksheer, Ga., charged with the murder of Emmett Jones, a party She denies she intended to kill him when she fired a revolver at him during @ quarrel on a country highway. INVESTIGATOR WHO CAUSED FATAL RUM RAID APPREHENDED Admits Leaving Aurora After Shooting of Woman Because He Feared Violence ., March 30.—(@)—Boyd the county investigator testimony brought about the Uquor raid in which Mrs. Lillian Deking was killed) was held today for juestioning. ‘He was found at Odell, Ill, yester- day, and hidden outside of Kane county. State's Attorney George Car- been bary, who sent deputies for him, re- ss trongly supported plan. “When action is taken to aid the river in freeing jtself.of ice, it must be done quickly to be effective, he said. He -feels that a supply of bombs tly on hand would that observation planes could fly over the river and locate the gorges and the bombers could take up the work of destroying them. * River Stage Falls Meanwhile the river rolled peace- Hi i f fused to tell where he had been taken, violence was feared. TT ; i Fairchild be . Fairchild admitted when found yes- terday that he had. left Aurora soon the shooting because he feared violence. He said he asked one of Car- bary's carry 8 refused town. ease Fatal to Well Known Resident of State Nagelinn, Ula, MAC 2 A att i i , i i gf E H ! 3 4 i i : i i ae i iy z E 5 5: i i i ; E i i if i j E i i oi -58s8 eb Fg fl te § MICHAELSON ARREST ORDERED, BUT SOLON CANNOT BE LOCATED Warrant Issued for tilinois Cone; gressman Charged : With Liquor Law Violation VOTED FOR NEW JONES LAW Anti-Saloon League Admits He Was Its Candidate but Has Not Backed Him Recently Chicago, March 3¢.—(?)—“he ar- rest of Congressman M. A. Michael- son was ordered today by United States Marshal Henry Laubenhelmer. A deputy vas given the warrant is- sued yesterday and told to bring the representative to the federal buiiding where he must post bond of $2,000 pending a for removal to Florida where he is charged with violation of the dry law. Efforts to find Michaelson since the news reached here Thursday of his indictment have failed. The in- dictment, returned at Jacksonville last October, charged that liquor was brought into the country in “expedite order” baggage through the port of Key West on January 3, 1928; that it was seized at Jacksonville on or about January 6, 1928, after police reported that one of six trunks was leaking; and that after the liquor was confis- cated and the trunks sent on, Con- gressman Michaelson claimed them in Washington, establishing the identity of the owner for the first time. Last night United States Attor- Washington that he had delayed ar- resting the congressman in order not to embarrass him while congress was in session. Congressman Michaelson, who has served as representative of the seventh Illinois district since 1920, has been known here as a dry and had the support of the state Anti-Saloon League in 1922, He. voted for the Jones law in the last session of con- gress. Congressman Michaelson has not been eget by the: Anti-Saloon George Saiford, in announced. “He used to be with us,” Safford said, “but my recollection is that he made: a very ‘wet’ speech about 1926. For that reason we have not endorsed him in the last two elections, If he voted for the Jones bill, it is news to me, but it is possible that he may have decided to flop back.” OLE OLSON, BUXTON PIONEER, SUCCUMBS Former Traill County Sheriff, State Transportation Of- ficer, Dies in Fargo |. -D., state transportation officer for the last five years and former sheriff ind deputy sheriff of Traill county for many years, died in a hospital early today. Death was due to jaundice, compli- cated with diabetes and heart disease. Mr. Olson had been ill a week. .<¢ entered ‘the hospital last Saturday after having complained of feeling ill. He served as sheriff of Traill county from 1903 to 1967 and prior to that was a deputy sheriff for a number of years. He was born in Waseca coun- ty. Minnesota, on July 6, 1856, and came to North Dakota in the spring of 1881, settling at Buxton, where he had lived since. Survivors are: his widow. six chil- dren, three brothers, two sisters, six grandchildren and.one great grand- child. Funeral services will be held nae} Odd Fellows hall at Buxton D. a. ‘Wednesday. 4 DROWNED AS AUTO PLUNGES INTO GREEK ©., March 30.—(P)— believed to be from Mt. Gilea Two of the girls were identified Shichaner, Waynesvile Tie aceident believed to have ‘occurred last it.’ The wutches of the three girls stopped at 10 o'clock. BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, SATURDAY, MARCH 30, 1929 ‘ . PRETTIEST OF ALL! | Rarest flower from the banks of the Wabash is she—and now Miss Harriet Towsley of Elkhart, Ind., will bloom as queen of the Festival of States at St. Petersburg, Fla. Her blonde beauty was adjudged most regal of all from many states that were represented in the comely competition held in the Florida city recently. She is pictured here on her thorne. SHAKEUP IN HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT WAITS) Moe Attempt to Oust Ermatin- ger Fails as Shafer and Dinnie Oppose Move Discussion by members of the state highway commission yesterday of a possible shakeup in the list of high- way department employes brought no action. after the: meeting were that Highway Commissioner Valley City had the ent OF J.J. Erm but that Governor George F. Shafer’ and Commissioner James Dinnie re- fused to accept his views. It has been-no secret that Moe and Ermatinger are in open disagreement on some details of highway depart- ment administration and highway di partment policy. In the highway department, as in others. which came under his control when he assumed the governorship, Governor George F. Shafer is inclined to make haste slowly, according to his friends here. It is regarded as certain that he will make no changes in any departments until he has ob- tained the services of the man or men he wants to fill the vacancies which might be caused by the involuntary resignations of the incumbents. At the governor's suggestion the highway commission agreed to audit the bills and expense accounts of the department in order that they may have a better knowledge of the de- partment’s operations. The new sys- tem will be inaugurated next month and the commissioners will meet an extra day to perform this work. All bills other than routine payrolls and purchases made under contracts ap- proved by the commission will be (UARREL OVER RADIO RESULTS IN MLRDER Watertown, 8. D., March 30.—()— .W.. Wiser him to keep it silens. f Walnut Kernel Is Taken from Lung } Couneil Bluffs, Iowa, March 30.— me’ Davis, 2, was on the road today after an operation i Local Man: Boasts Two Relatives .as Cabinet Members i ? Relatives of E. M: Stanton, 205 Second street, seem to have a habit of securing presidential cabinet posts. Edwin M. Stanton, grandfather of the Bismarck man, ‘in his day was secretary of war im the cabinet of President Abraham Lincoln. Today, @ brother-in-law of the lo- cal man is assistant: to Secretary of the Navy Charles Prancis Adams, in President Herbert Hoover's cabinet. The assistant secretary: is Ernot Lee Jahneke, New: Orleans. Mrs. Jahncke is Stanton’s: sister. -- ROR RAMILY CRUELTY Main's Head as He Sits in Chair With Back Turned Alma City, Minn., March 30.—(#)— > Mrs. Joseph Lust, 31,. mother of five children admitted to County Attorney H. H. Sturner today that she killed her husband With a shotgun lest night .as he sat in a chair with his back toward her. Cruelty to her and to the children, who ranged in age from 3 to 12 years, prompted her to shoot her husband. Mrs. Lust caid in.a statement given County Attorney Sturner. Lust, 41, died four hours after the shotgun charge struck him in the side of the After the shooting Mrs. Lust notified neighbors that a prowler had broken into the house and ‘illed her , but after several hours questioning admitted that she hag fired the shot. . cruel to me and to all the children that I made up my mind to kill him Jast night after children went to bed.” NATIONALIST ARRY STARTS OFFENSIVE preaching Hwangchow, Hankow. -shek the commanders of th beet Has i i Lu Eos Ta gE TRIBUNEL WILKINS PLANNING SUBMARINE JOURNEY ACROSS NORTH POLE Famous Explorer Thinks Under- sea Cruise Is Less Risky Than Flight by Plane HAS SPECIAL SUBMERSIBLE ion of North Dakota Ben Elelson, Will Gather Ocean Data Compa: Fly New York, March 30.—(?)—Captain Sir Hubert Wilkins, polar explorer, announced today he was considering @ voyage across the north pole by submarine, possibly this summer or next. Commander Sloan Denenhower, technical expert of the Simon Lake Submarine company, who plans to navigate the craft, said the submers- ible to be used was being fitted out at the company’s works at Bridgeport, Conn. Sir Hubert said the idea of a sub- marine trip across the Arctic sea had been in the minds of sub designers and explorers since 1899, when Simon Lake advanced it. Stefansson and Peary both had considered it, he said. “On the face of it,” ne said, “it seems. risky. Still, as a mathematical hazard I consider it no more risky— even less so—than an airpalne flight over the polar seas.” Will Have Diving Lock The submarine would be equipped with a special diving lock through which a diver might be sent out to blast the ship free of retaining ice, T-nenhower said. It also would have a bar sloping up from the bow to the conning tower to ease it under an unseen iceberg, and would carry @ warge quartity of chemicals to melt ice. Commander Danenhow:r said the trip would be undertaken during July, as at that -time there are spaces of open water between ice fields through which the submarine could be navi- gated, submerging only when it en- countered a barrier of ice: “There is need for a submarine trip across the Arctic ocean,” Sir Hu- bert said, “to get some information on the depih of that ocean and, if possible, to determine if the ocean is & conical depression or if it is shaped like a basin.” Want Meteorological Data * Data concerfirig the direction, force and temperature of arctic curz-nts, the conditions and drift of the ice, and comparative knowledge of mid- summer meteorological conditicns also could be obtained, he said. He said he did not expect such a trip ‘to take more than three weeks, and perhaps not more than t-vo. Sir Hubert has made an airplane | night over polar regions, and recently returned from a trip of exploration in the Antarctic, in which he flew over Graham Land, establishing that it was a group of islands and not part of an antarctic continent, as had been believed. SON CONFESSES 10 _ MURDERING FATHER Shot in Self-Defense After For- mer Policeman Had Come Home Intoxicated Los Angeles, March 30.—(#)—John Crawford, Jr., 18, was held in jail here today on his confession that he shot and killed his father, John Crawford, former Los Angeles police- man in. self defense. The slaying of the elder Crawford Thursday was veiled in mystery for several hours. Officers at first suspected that it might have been the outgrowth of threats said to have been uttered against the former po- iceman because his son, Donald, was to be a witness against eight persons charged with “framing up” the ar- rest of Councilman Carl I. Jacobson on a morals charge. - The elder Crawford was killed on the eve of Donald’s appearance as a witness. Mrs. Crawford and her two sons said they heard the shots but did not see the assailant. Investigators yesterday found a re- volver hidden in a hole in a tree near the Crawford house. Rigid question- ing finally brought the confession from John. ‘The son declared the elder Craw- Governor Faces — Impeachment Proceedings aimed at impeachment have been started against Governor Huey P. Long, above, of Louisiana. Among the 19 counts considered by the legislature was the charge that Governor Long asked his former per- sonal bodyguard, H. A. “Battling” Bozeman, to murder State Represent- ative J. Y. Sanders, jr., a political op- ponent. Habitual drunkenness, op- pression gross misconduct also ‘were among the counts. HENRY J. ALLEN T0 SUCCEED GURTIS AS SENATOR OF KANSAS Hoover Pleased With Selection of Former Governor; Was Campaign Director Washington, March 30. — (AP) — Henry J. Allen, former governor of Kansas and premingnt figure in na- tional politics and journalism for. many years, will succeed Charles Curtis in the senate, filling the seat relinquished by the latter when he was elevated to the vice presidency, Decision to appoint. Allen to fill the vacancy was announced by Governor Clyde 'M. Reed of Kansas, after a con- ference yesterday with President Hoover which also was attended by Secretary Good of the war depart- ment and James Francis. Burke, counsel for the Republican national committee. The appointment will be made, he said, as soon as he returns to the state capital at Topeka. In making the announcement, Gov- ernor Reed said the appointment of a senator to succeed Curtis came up during “a very pleasant visit with the president, in the course of which we discussed the inland waterways, farm relief and judicial appointments in the Kansas judicial district.” “When I stated that among those being considered was former Gover- nor Henry J. Allen,” he continued, “the president expressed himself as being gratified: He stated, of course, that he could not even suggest the appointment of any United States senator. i “He assured me, however, that Gov- ernor Allen had long been his friend and he held him in high esteem, and that if the former governor should be appointed he would be a great help to the administration in carrying out its program and in working out the prob- Jems vitally affecting Kansas and the middle west.” Curtis and Allen have long been at odds politically, but President Hoo- ver counts each as a friend. Allen was one of the few Kansas Republi- cans who supported Hoover for the presidential nomination prior to the Kansas City convention, at which the entire state delegation stood as a ‘unit for Curtis, and he served as pub- licity director for the Republican na- tional committee in the subsequent campaign. Allen Fas identified himself with the dry side of the prohibition issue and has been a vigorous advocate of inland waterways development to fur- nish cheap transportation for middle western farm products. MOTHER AND SON DIE MORROW ‘PROPAGANDA AGEN ‘OBVIOUS BUSINESS © CONNECTIONS WITH CALLES’ IS CHARGE Says Ambassador Sanctions the Federal Versions of Vic- tories and Offends Mexico | WANTS MOTIVES EXPLAINED Does Not Oppose Expansion of Morrow's Interests; ‘Ine { jures Liberty's Cause’ Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico, March 30.—(7)—Dwight W. Morrow, United States ambassadcr to Mexico, was comi bd in-chief of ‘he revolutionists, in @ message to the rebel diplomatic mis- sion now in Washington. General Escoba, asked .he mission to communicate the message to the state department and to the Amerie can people. “Ambassador Morrow las obvious business connections with General Calles which prevent him from real- izing the regrettable error he makes by invading the exclusive jurisdice tion of the Mexican people, thereby Prejudicing American iaterests, not only in Mexico, but in all Latine sanctioning ‘n his official character the Calles versions of imaginary fed- eral victories and absurd defeats and flights of the revolutionary army x x x seriously offends the Mexican nation x x x,” the declaration cone tinued. Escobar suggested the formation of a' commission tc investigate “the true motives of the inexplicable solidarity of Mr. Morrow and the pts killing regime of Calles,.” “We do not the of the interests” of Mr. Moncw nie Mexico, but we would prefer that they did not upset his equanimity. inducing him to perform untruthful information tasks, injurious to the betel in liberty,” the die Gerzayne U; . the diplomatic mission, endett' * Naco, 8b M aes! : i nora, a 30.. Twelve hundred loyal Mexican Toots, entrenched here between two ad- vancing rebel armies, today lined ae (Continued on page a) FIND PANAMA RUM IN CONGRESSMAN’S BAG Ohio Representative Objects: to the Customs Inspectors Searching Baggage New York, March 30.—()—Note withstanding the emphatic denial Representative William M. ie Panama on the liner Cristobal Monday, two customs inspectors have reported to their superior that they Sound eur i gionag in one of his bags. ‘o other pieces of baggage were opened. ew The inspectors, L. E, Crawford and James McCabe, went into consider- able detail in their report and quoted 3 . Morgan as hay admitted that, he had the gaara q CHICAGO AUTO THIER KLE, 4 CAPTURED Chicago, March . 30.—(AP).