The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 21, 1929, Page 1

NORTH DAKOTA'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER ESTABLISHED 1873 PRESIDENT HOOVER NAM FATHER OF LINDY’S FIANCEE IS VICTIM OF DEATH-THREAT PLOT “LIONS CLUB BACKS CITY BOND ISSUE ON MEMORIAL BUILDING Resolution Adopted Calls on All Members of Den to Give Project Real Support MEANT TO ASSIST LEGION Cooperation With Othet Service Organizations Formally Ex- pressed in Action ‘The Lions club, Monday cvening, came out with formal support of the Proposed $125,000 municipal bond is- sue for a joint city-county memorial building, to be voted on Friday, May 31. . | A resolution to that effect was adopted at the ladies night session, which, in part, took the place of the noon luncheon, dispensed with Moti- ae on account of the evening festiv- The resolution was put before the club toward the close of the.evening by Dr. C. D. Dursema, and President F. B, Strauss called for an expression of sentiment. Nobody had a word of dissent and the proposal was put to ® vote and unanimously carried. Clubs Have Been Cooperating ‘The Lions club thus became the first of the service clubs to go formally on record as sponsoring the memorial Project. It had been understood all along that it was for the proposed building, therefore for the borid issue to assist in meeting the expense of the structure. In fact, all the service clubs have been regarded as in favor of the proposal. At many of their meetings the presidents of the other service clubs have been guests and have spoken on the subject of standing shoulder to shoulder “in a matter now before the community.” The clubs and the Association of Commerce, however, left the initiation of actual action to the American Legion, which as the leading organ- ization of veterans—at least the larg- est and most active—was presumed to be most interested in the proposed memorial feature of ‘the project. It was for this reason that the Legion opened, hea: i, began an eptina canal th tovel of te but ing, the bond tscue La pay it and the necessary extension of the city debt limit to permit the bond issue, if approved. Speak Out Because Busy With the election 10 days off, the service clubs are expected to come out of their inactivity and give the Legion movement. The Lions having the first meeting date ofthe week, therefore led off Monday evening. Their resolution is intended to put them on record at a time when they are so occupied with preparation for their Minot conven- tion trip and their going there, that they can not give much attention to work in behalf of the bond issue. It tended to emphasize to the pub- the club is wholeheartedly 5 Pledges Every Member resolution which Dr. Dursema ted before the club and which , states the att May 31, vote on a proposal to for $125,000 for its share & joint cityécounty me- building, and Rese Esk ot aft at ue {3 z & ee setele fi E il i &q Hy bald i | i i S é ‘3 EF “st| Wild Drive Off Golf E sf |North Dakota Bankers Hold Harvey Meeting Harvey, N. D., May 21.—()—Bank legislation, customers’ investments, cooperation with count; other phases of banking were to be discussed at the meeting of the fifth district Bankers association today. Speakers were to include B. M. Groom, Langdon, chairman of the ‘icultural committee of the Greater orth Dakota association, and a humber of bankers of the district. The meeting was to close with elec- ne of officers for the coming year. ‘THATCHER ACCEPTS DEBATE CHALLENGE ISSUED BY REICHERT | Parshall Will Be Scene of Verbal Battle Over North Dakota Farmers Union St. Paul, May 21-(4)-M. W. Thatch- er, manager of the Farmers’ Union Terminal Association of St. Paul, has accepted the challenge of C. W. Reichert, .Carrington, to debate the business methods of the Farmers Union in North Dakota. Reichert, a former member of the association, issued a challenge to de- bate the management of the associa- tion. The meeting will be held in Parshall, May 29. Tatcher’s message of acceptance said in part: “I will be at the place in Mountrail county designated by the Farmers Union county officials on May 29, to meet you or anyone else in debate on any matters pertaining to the north- west division of the Farmers Union and its business houses, their struc- ture, cooperative practice and busi- ness conduct.” * Statement that a discyssion of the management and practices of the Farmers Union: will be held at Par- shall, Mountrail county, at 2 p.m. on May 29 is contained in a letter re- ceived in Bismarck today from C. W. Reichert of Carrington. Reichert said he will oppose the present management while M. W. Thatcher will defend it. Reichert said other discussions would be held June 8 at Old Fort Stephenson, McLean county, at a Farmers Union picnic, “and as many jother places as. will be convenient for the people of this strive.” | The discussions are part of a cam- \paign which Reichert is wacing against the present Farmers Union management. Reichert Denies Dismissal In his letter Reichert denied that he had been dismissed from the cm- ploy of the Farmers Union and had Jaunched ari attack on it for that rea- son. He said that he quit the union of his own accord “after learning the (Continued on page six) CHARIV ARI DAMAGE SUIT HAS SURPRISE Appellants for $10,000 Must Themselves Pay $1,000 for Interrupting Wedding Moorhead, Minn. May 21.—(@)— Remember the good old days of the charivari when all the noise making instruments in the neighborhood helped to celebrate a wedding? ‘Well, they still are common in Sa- bin, Minn., and thereby hangs a dam- age suit. It was settled by a jury in district court here today and Carl Stoll and L. H. Lammers, who asked 10,000 damages, must themselves pay Mr. Mrs, F. A. Wyatt, were named as defendants. In evidence presented to the jury Wyatts, who operate a store at , charged Stoll a Sommers was £25322 | ind marriage ‘keland, Chi- rH ei FH f xcitement around and Mrs. Wyatt tes- Stoll and Lammers of their own. The jury awarded the ‘Wyatts $1,000 damages. Club Fatal to Youth fe pt ii i Group of the North Dakota | | BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, TUESDAY, MAY 21, 1929 eng || Three Men Battle Giant Sea Octopus | digo ° San Mateo, Calif, May 21.—(P)--- How three men in a small boat fought 8 sea battle with a 12 foot octopus was told here last night by Earl Small, Charles Ross and Robert Holtz of this city. The octopus was placed on display in a sporting goods shop. Small said he hooked the octopus while fishing 12 miles at sea yester- day. The combined strength of the three men was required to bring the monster to the surface. When it broke water, Small asserted the air seemed filed with flying tentacles. One was cut off by Ross as it twined itself about Small's leg. Another was ‘severed as it was caught by the chop- ping propeller. Knives, boat hooks and gaffs were used in the two-hour battle before the octopus was killed. RURAL CRIME MOST BARBAROUS SAYS U SOCIOLOGY EXPERT Farm Conversation Is Salacious and Pornographic, North Dakota Man States Chicago, May 21. — (AP) — Rural crime is more barbarous than that of the city, and farming population ex- hibits a comparatively high rate :: sex crimes, Dr. John M. Gillette, pro- fessor at the University of North Da- kota, told the American crime study commission today. The high rates of rural scx crimes Dr. Gillette attributed to the lack of ideas, daily papers and frequent en- tertainments on the farm. “The conversation on farms often is salacious and pornographic,” he said. “The most private matters are brought into open conversation and subjected to jest.” From a tabulation of data, Dr. Gil- lette established the conclusions that “Rural districts are slightly more prone to crimes of burglary and lar- ceny than cities anc twice as liable to homicide .and violation of the agit’ Yaws than the latter, while urban populations, on their part, are slightly more prone to violation of drug laws and three times as liable to disorderly *conduct as rural inhabi- tants.” BURTNESS DECLARES TARIFF DISAPPOINTS Washington, D. C.. May 21.—()— Discussing tariff in the house, Rep- resentative O. B. Burtness, of North Dakota, today said that while some rates in the bill would help stabilize farm prices, pcople in his section were “bitterly disappointed” over proposed duties on building materials and with some of the increases grant- ed on farm products. He mentioned flaxseed, screenings, mill feeds, sweet clover, live cattle, and casein, as pro- ducts which should be granted high- er protection than provided in the measure. . Burtness said if rates on livestock and beef remain as proposed live cattle would be brought into the United States instead of beef. While there was an increase in duty on beef, he said, there was no increase in rates on live cattle. In the face of such conditions, he said, the dispo- sition would be to bring in beef on the hoof. NYE DENIES CHANGE ON DEBENTURE VOTE ton, D. C., May 21.—(— change his vote on another roll call in the senate on the export deben- ture provision in the farm bill, Sen- CDA Supreme Regent Here for Convention Miss Mary ©. Duffy, Newark, N. J., supreme regent of the Catholic fa today for the sixth biennial lay for wets of the state courts, the first the history of the state or- lis: is Hie # $50,000 Demanded of Dwight Morrow Under Penalty of . Daughter’s Death IS REASON FOR SECRET HOP 15-Year-Old Girl Student Spirit- ed to Main Island by Future ‘Brother’ Boston, May 21—(#)—The Boston Post in a copyrighted story today says Dwight W. Morrow, ambassador to Mexico and father of Anne Mor- row, fiancee of Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh, has been made subject of @ $50,000 extortion plot. The money. the Post asserts, was demanded un- der penalty of torture and death of his youngest daughter, 15-year-old Constance Morrow, a student at Mil- ton academy. ‘The newspaper says it has learned that the receipt by: the girl of two threatening letters was directly re- sponsible for last Saturday's secret flight by Lindbergh and members of the Morrow family from the Morrow home at Englewood, N. J. to their summer place at North Haven, Me. It was also responsible for the de- tective guard which has since stood vigil over the island retreat of the Morrows in Maine and for the imper- sonation of Constance by another girl at the Milton academy while Con- stance was being spirited away to join the airplane flight. ‘Westwood, Mass. May 21.—(7)— {Confirmation of a report that a $50,000 extortion and death-threat plot had been made against Con- stance Morrow, was given today by Peter J. Driscoll, police chicf. He expressed belief it was the work of a person who has made several similar attempts to obtain money from prominent residents of this section. Letters in the plot against the daughter of the ambassador to Mex- ico and sister of Anne Morrow, Charles A. Lindbergh's fiancee, were received several weeks ago by the 15- year-old girl, who is a student at Mil- ton academy. Private detectives were enlisted by the Morrow family. On several oc- casions, detectives and police secreted themselves in places near the spot mentioned in the letters hoping to capture the writer. Dummy pack- ages were placed there by a girl who acted as a “double” for Miss Mor- row after she had left Milton academy. The author of the letters failed to appear, however. Chief Driscoll said today that pro- gress in the case has been made since the Morrow letters had been received and that an arrest was imminent. He attributed the letters to a “crank” and decried the possibility of any danger to Miss Morrow. Mexico City, May 21.—(?)—Dwight W. Morrow, American ambassador to Mexico, today refused to comment on the report that the life of his daugh- ter, Constance, had been threatened unless $50,000 were paid. The ambassador did not seem worried and was busy preparing for his departure to the United States. He expects to leave tomorrow or ‘Thursday. FM ALONE'S SINKING CALLED ACT OF WAR Ottawa, May 21.—(AP)—Sinking of the Canadian schooner I'm Alone by @ United States coast guard vessel has been termed an act of war or an act of deliberate piracy on the floor of the house of commons. C. H. Cahan, conservative member for St. Lawrence-St. George, in a speech declared if the coast guard boat sank the schooner under direct instructions from American authori- ties, the sinking was an act of war. If the sinking was done without di- rect authority but on the initiative of the commander of the coast guard ship, it was an act of déliberate piracy, he asserted. Cahan declared in his opinion nothing in the United States prohi- bition laws gave to the coast guard the right to seize foreign ships beyond the 12-mile limit and that therefore the sinking of the I'm Alone on the high seas 215 miles from the coast was illegal. ( ABRIAL WAR TAKES DEATH ACAN Yellow Springs, Ohio, May 21.—(?) The second airplane Syiaiity 4 of the To Head Crime if | Commission > ry | ° George W. Wickersham, New York, former Attorney General, was named chairman of President above, of Hoover's commission to investigate national law enforcement. Inquiry into prohibition conditions is expect- ed to occupy much of the commis- sion’s time. SEVEN FRENCH NAVY OFFICERS WILL FLY TO FRIEDRICHSHAFEN Dr. Eckener Shows Apprecia- tion for Services by Offering Ride in Graf Zeppelin Cuers, France, May 21.—(7)—Seven French naval officers will fly to Friedrichshafen, Germany, guests of Dr. Hugo Eckener aboard the Ger- man dirigible Graf Zeppelin when it returns home Thursday or Friday. Their trip will be as observers of lighter-than-air craft behavior for the French navy, but at the dircct invitation of the German ship's com- mander. The offer is Dr. Eckener's mark of appreciation for the favors shown him by French authorities since he landed his ship here last Friday. There was some doubt, today as to the exact date of the takeoff for the trip home, Captain Lehmann await- ing return of Dr. Eckener from Ger- many before making a definite an- nouncement. It was understood an explained shortage of motor fuel, un- procurable in this country, might fur- ther delay takeoff. The two motors which were sent {from Friedrichshafen have been in- stalled, giving the ship now four good motors for the trip. A fifth which was being sent from Genoa can be installed en route. Herr Dvorak, the engincer from the Zeppelin works, said today he was still at a loss to explain the cause of the breakdown of the engines. Practically all of the Graf's pas- sengers on its westward trip, with the exception of three or four who have made other arrangements, will be aboard it when it starts back to Germany. Among these will be Mrs. Mary Pierce, the only woman pas- stnger on the ill-starred trip, that ended here. SIOUX FALLS BLAST IS FATAL 70 THREE Quarry Worker Trio Blown to Bits, Three Blinded, by Explosion of ‘Dud’ Sioux Falls, S. D., May 21.—(#)—| dollars revenue annually. A dynamite explosion killed three men and seriously injured three others|are under arrest and inspectors said today. They were working in a] other arrests were expected in var- Wisconsin Granite company quarry at | ious cities. here the east side of Sioux Falls. ‘The dead were: Louis DeBella, Jack Johnston and| ship chandlers, was held under $1,000 \braham. Albert Al Superintendent H. J. Gallagher,| charged with selling to his Louis Vargas and Chester Rudd were | stamps from which the cancellation taken to a hospital. Borges and Rudd | marks had been washed by chemicals. were believed to have been blinded. The explosion was believed to have| the firm to postoffice officials that been caused by a “dud” charge of|the stamps were without gum st dynamite left in the hole some time| an investigation that led to Gramm's ago. DeBella and Johnston were blown felt in uptown Sioux Falls. Frank j | Announcement was made here today THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE Partly cloudy tonight and Wed- nesd ‘Wednesday. The Weather lay. Cooler GENE TUNNEY TO FACE BREACH Former Sweetheart of Retired Heavyweight Champion Asks $500,000 COUNTRY ESTATE ATTACHED Twice - Married Texas Woman Once Reported Engaged to Polly’s Husband New Haven, Conn., May ae) | that papers in a suit for alleged breach of promise of marriage with $500,000 claimed damages, brought by Mrs. Katherine King Fogarty, 30, of New York City, against James J. (Gene) Tunney, retired heavyweight boxing champion, had been sent to Bridgeport to be entered in the su- perior civil court of Fairfield county. The papers were sent by a deputy sheriff for filing this morning, and a member of the law firm of Field, Durant and Levere went to court to arrange for other details of entry of the suit. The papers had not been filed at noon. It was stated at the office of Colonel Lewis L. Field, who signed the writ as commissioner of the su- berior court, the delay was due to de- tails of garnisheeing all banks in Stamford and Greenwich in which there was a possibility that ‘Tunney had a bank account. It was stated that attachment had been entered against Tunney’s estate, bought about a year ago in Stamford for a coun- try home and which is assessed for $14,000. Mrs. Fogarty formerly lived in Fort Worth, Tex.. where she secured a divorce. Colonel Field said she is not now in Connecticut but declined to say where she was staying. He said that at the present time there would be no further information about the case other than contained in the papers which would be on file in the superior court at Bridgeport. Fort Worth, Tex., May 21.—(?)— Mrs, Katherine King Fogarty who has prepared a $500,000 breach of promise suit against Gene Tunney, was reared in Fort Worth. Her maiden name was Kate Gad- dis. She first married E. K. King. After their separation King was killed. Her next marriage was to John 8S. Fogarty, plumbing contractor, Anan whom she obtained a divorce in 925. Mrs. Fogarty has been living in New York City for several years. She has visited in Fort Worth in recent weeks with her mother, Mrs. J. Y. Rankin. It was reported here before Tun- | ney’s marriage that he and Mrs. Fogarty were cngaged. They were said to have been sweethearts for years, dating from about the time Tunney was in the marine corps, un- til after he had won the heavyweight boxing title. Shortly before Tunney’s marriage to Polly Lauder a report was | current that he and Mrs. Fogarty had been secretly married in or near Fort Worth but this was proved falsc. WASHED, CANCELED STAMP RING BROKEN Ship Chandler Operator Charged With Selling Chemically Treated Stamps New York, May 21.—(?)—Postal in- spectors believed today they had broken a nation-wide ring engaged in the resale of washed canceled postage stamps, a practice estimated to de- fraud the government of a million Two alleged members of the ring Charles William Gramm, 55, vice President of the Zophar Mills, Inc., bail in federal court yesterday own firm A complaint by the mailing clerk of d arrest. Postal inspectors said he also disposed of washed stamps to other to bits. The shock of the blast was] Brooklyn firms. He pleaded not guilty. » the only witness] The first arrest was made in who was unhurt, said that fresh dyna-| Charleston, S. C., where on March mite had not been put into the hole | 27 ins pectors arrested William H. which the men were working and| Hale while he is alleged to have been that a supply of caps near by on the/ rinsing stamps in a hotel bath tub. cliff had Pie nod Hennegan a an old charge of dynamite had accidentally ull Giv The some thet been Gavel R r not been exploded. | Hale has been indicted and is await- not been worked for| ing trial. believed] The dealings in washed stamps have been so extensive, the parcel post business, said the government was contemplating doing away with stamps on parcel post. and ‘use in ‘emale Check Artist OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE SUIT Mrs. Shafer Making Rapid Convalescence Mrs. George F. Shafer, wife of the governor, today was making rapid Progress toward recovery after an Operation yesterday morning. The governor, who returned last night from Grand Forks, said the condition of Mrs. Shafer was “very MISGSSPPY VALLEY IS THREATENED WITH FLOOD ALONG LEVEES Federal Engineers Are Battling Waters Tearing at Weakened Dykes in Two States (By the Associated Press) Rising streams and rivers threat- ening many scctions of the Mississippi valley sent emergency crews scurry- ing to scenes of impending danger to- day, but disaster appeared to have been averted save in one instance. Yesterday's only reported break oc- curred at a point where danger was least expected. While engineers were directing forces at three places near Kennett, Mo., the St. Francis bounded through another weakened bit of levee and overflowed some 50,000 acres. To- day the overflow had forked and was advancing through the countryside. The three other points were being guarded, and engineers in charge hoped the break had relieved the pressure sufficiently to avert another crevasse. Levee Forces Grow At Mounds Landing, Miss., lev-e board and government engineers were supervising forces which grew hourly in numbers, Sloughs in the Mississippi river levee there had been checked suf- ficiently to give engineers hope that a break would be averted. A request that President Hoover rescind the regulation forbidding state convicts to work on government projects—the levees are federal-built—had brought no reply save the information that the request must come to Washington through the district engineer, Major John C. H. Lee, of Vicksburg. Near Natchez, Miss., a private levee showed signs of weakening. Three to four hundred persons had taken their Possessions and livestock to higher ground. Watch Red, Arkansas Arkansas’ danger centered along the banks of the Red and Arkansas | rivers. Texarkana reported a gradual reduction in the Red's rate of rise, and fair weather in Oklahoma and southeast Arkansas promised to light- en the river's burden. Between 6,000 and 10,000 acres ne: Pinebluff were threatened with over- flow from the Farrelly lake levee. A “boil"—caused by water bursting through ground near the levee’s edge —was surrounded with sandbags by some 200 workmen. Levees on the Mississippi river at Hickman, Ky., apparently had with- stood buffeting. At Memphis, Tenn., the gauge-barometer, used to judge the whole middle river, stood at about six feet above the flood stage of 35 feet, but was expected to become sta- tionary today or tomorrow. HOOVER TO PERMIT CONVICTS TO LABOR Washington, May 21.—(?)—The war department announced today that special orders will be issued by President Hoover to permit state con- victs to work on government projects in the flood areas of the Mississippi Valley during an emergency. The department said it had re- ceived many requests for a rescinding of a regulation forbidding usc of state convicts and although no emergency existed at the present, an order would be issued if one should arise. It was added Major John C. H. Lee, of the army engineer corps, had reported the present situation in the Vicksburg, Miss. area was not re- garded as an emergency situation. ROBBERS SHOOT TWO OFFICERS TO DEATH San Diego, Calif, May 21—(P)—A ! H g : Hie it a8 iss ! i i Hf ty i g PRICE FIVE CENTS ES CRIME COMMISSION FORMER MOORHEAD WOMAN ONLY ONE OF SEX ON LAW BOARD Taft’s Attorney General, Wil- son’s Secretary of War, | Are Ranking Members LAWYERS, JUDGES PICKED Miss Ada L. Comstock, Rad« cliffe College President, Represents Northwest Washington, May 21.—()—Eleven Prominent Americans, 10 lawyers and @ woman educator, chosen by Presi- dent Hoover to be members of his national law enforcement commission, will gather around a conference table here this week to plan for investiga- ae ro wire to find the rem- ly for lawlessness in the Ui She nited George W. Wickersham, New Youle city, attorney general in the Taft ad- ministration and president of the American Law Institute, will be chair- man with another former cabinet officer, Newton D. Baker, of Cleve- land, war secretary in the Wilson ad- ministration, as ranking member of the commission. The others will be three federal judges, William 8. Kenyon, Iowa; William I. Grubb, Alabama, and Paul J. McCormick, California; four emi- nent attorneys, Roscoe Pound of the Harvard law school; Henry W. An- derson, Richmond, Virginia; Monte M. Lemann, New Orleans, pen of the Louisiana Bar association; Frank J. Loesch, vice president of the Radcliffe college, » Massa- chusetts, formerly of Moorhead, Minn, ii Task The commission is expected to get at its work within a short time and concededly has before it the most stupendous undertaking of any sim- ilar body in the history of the country. Guesses as to the length of time it will require for the completion of the Job vary, but even the most optimistic Continued on page six) FARGO CAR ACCIDENT 'VICTIMDIES SUDDENLY | Myrtle Monson, 17, Arthur, Suc- cumbs to Infection; Other Girl Is Critical Fargo, N. D., May 21.—(#)—Myrtle Monson, 17, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Otto Monson of Arthur, died suddenly at 3 a. m,, today, at her home as the result of injuries sustained Friday night in an automobile accident in which Irene Nelson, 17, also of Ar- thur, and Benjamin Lund of Gardner were injured. She became suddenly ill yesterday after a cut on her leg developed an infection causing blood poisoning. Miss Monson was one of six pase sengers riding in Lund’s car which collided with an automobile driven by Dr. E. H. Richter, Hunter physi- cian, on a highway near Arthur. Miss Nelson is in a Fargo hospital in a critical condition with a broken back and Lund is recovering from a frac- i to vote directly on the disputed export debenture plan. Senate conferees insisted a house vote on the debenture proposition would enable them to report back to the senate with miore hope of having & compromise agreement