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THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5, 1929 ESTABLISHED 1873 The Weather Mostly fair tonight and Thursday. Not much change in temperature. ; PRICE FIVE CENTS DEBENTURE DROPPED FROM FARM RELIEF BILL CHEST PUNCTURE IN TRIANGLE MURDER’ |[~~ “Sohn D's Granddaughter Returns | TIME ZONE CHANGES ONRAILROADS UP T0 BISMARCK: MEETING Four Systems Sending Repre- sentatives to Hearing to Argue Against Adoption THRESH PROBLEM FRIDAY Interstate Commerce Commis- sion Examiner to Hear Ar- guments of Officials Whether the railroads will adopt change from mountain to central time enacted by the last session of the legislature for the section of North Dakota west of the river will depend on the outcome of a hearing is expected to come from Butte with & party of Milwaukee operating (Continued on page nine. GRAIN PRICES LOSE BUOYANT OPTIMISM Valyes Drift Downward Despite Agreement of Congfés- sional Conferees Chicago, June 5—(7)—The grain markets today lost the buoyance borne over farm relief December $1.15% to July delivery was at a if ef i; i mtH Hl i | The Last Zouave Marches on | i ee He is the last of “Hawkins’ Zouaves.’ flag ef his famous he marched—co1 regiment, Charles Earle, 81, mspicuous in blue uniform and pee brrenhe 3 aloft the tattered red fez—in New Y< Memorial Day parade. He is the only survivor of the military outfit that earned distinction in several important engagements di luring the Civil War. Two other Civil War veterans are marching with him, POPE FLAYS SPEECH OF DUCE AS ‘WORSE THAN HERETICAL’ |; Holiness Aroused by Premier’s Interpretation of Recent Lateran Treaty r Hungarian Actress | Laughs Off Arrest ° PONTIFF-DEFENDS DOCTRINE |2 Mussolini Had Declared There Were Two Sovereignties, Sharply Distinct June 5.—(?)—The Romano publishes this evening an open letter from'the pope to Cardinal Gasparri relative to the ie E Cj 5 ii i Rue Miss Palasty said the charge out of her refusal, a year ago, to move to a third class section of street a IS THOUGHT LINDY’S Newspaper Men Foiled in Ef- forts to Obtain Information From Those Aboard ff lil tal lige i Ha i H Hl i itl 48 | Et zt E “ Ee i i i z i 5 8 it i A i gQ é i z s é i el ii | i & BgEe hid ete &e 2H | AUTO CRASH FATAL TO MINNEAPOLITAN Fargo Driver Escapes Death as Car Swerves From Highway and Plunges Into Ditch CHEST PIERCED BY SLIVER Bismarck Man Finds Dazed Survivor Muttering for Help From Dying Companion _ (Tribune Special Service) Valley City, N. Dak. June 5— Chamberlain, Minneapolis, was killed and D. G. Robinson, Fat 0, traveling salesman for the Wey- erhayser Lumber company, suffered severe cuts about the head when the automobile in which they were riding left the road and turned over nine miles east of Valley City about 5 p. m. yesterday. Chamberlain, who was a represen- tative of the Charles R. McCormick hospital at Valley City. His chest was crushed. Robinson Was Driving Robinson was driving the car, a Buick coupe, toward Valley City at the time the accident occurred. The top and one side of the body of the machine was ripped from the car. Chamberlain leaves his widow and one daughter, who reside in Minne- Robinson, who was able to sit up in bed this morning, will be released from the hospital sometime today, it is thought. He has no recollection of the accident and was unable to state how it occurred. Chamberlain's body is tr returned to Minneapolis for Robinson promoted a special train- load of four-square lumber from we mills to North Dakota last summer, stops being made at Dickinson, lan, Bismarck, James- well-known in North Dakota. B., E. Bjerkin, secretary of the state wool pool association, and his party ‘were eye-witnesses to the accident, he said in Sterling last evening. Bierkin was following the Robinson auto and the party saw the death car swerve to the left, leave the road, turn over several times, plunge through a fence, and turn over again. ‘Was Apparently Dazed black | the car, apparently dazed, muttering .| to Chamberlain to “Come, let’s turn up this car.” Chamberlain's chest was punctured by a piece from the roof of the wrecked car. Bjerkin took Chamberlain and Robinson to the Valley City hospital in his automobile. E. B. Cox and Finney Formally Elected to City School Board Stolen by Gang of Thieves \ Using Two Autos 2 Bu sf i f i iy if “ & s g re Hu Hi Fy j i | 8g ti i A i 3 Ee I i i i i g 3 bit: a CONFRONTS POLICE ON PACIFIC COAST Battered Body of Portland Broker’s Wife Found Hang- ing on Clothes Hook RADIO OPERATOR ARRESTED Husband of Slain Woman Says He Found Wife ‘Keeping Company’ With Suspect Los Angeles, June 5.—(7)—Police today were confronted with what they termed a mysterious “triangle murder,” the victim being @ young titian-haired woman, whose battered body was found hanging in the closet of a union street apartment house. Mrs. Virginia Patty, 28, comely wife of a wealthy Portiand, Ore. broker was beaten to death. Her body was found hanging from a hook in a clothes closet by Mrs. M. W. Wilson, owner of the apartment. William Tallman, radio operator and alleged friend of the an, was under arrest aboard the steamship Admiral Benson which was en route today from Los Angeles to San Francisco. Brick Lethal Weapon Mrs. Wilson told police the room where the body was found had been rented to “W. C. Johnson, of San Francisco.” Mrs. Wilson went to change the linen in the apartment and discovered Mrs. Patty's body. The skull was crushed and the body was bruised. Two halves of a brick were found. Strands of red hair and blood were on one piece of brick. Frank E. Patty, the victim's hus- band, cast suspicion on Tallman after being informed of his wife's death. His attorney, Clarence Booth, who reported last Saturday that Mrs. Patty was missing from her suite at an exclusive apartment hotel. Attend- ants at the hotel told of secing Tall- man and Mrs. Patty together. While ching for his wife, her body was discovered and Patty collapsed when he learned of her death. Patty told police that he and his attorney had made a private investi- |gation and had found his wife and ‘Tallman had been “keeping com- Identified As ‘Johnson’ ‘When shown a picture of Tallmai Mrs. Wilson said he was the man who had rented an apartment at hi house under the name of “Johnson.” Early Saturday morning screams were heard by Miss Elaine Tipton, a private secretary, whose room is above the one in which Mrs. Patty’s body was found. Miss Tipton told police she heard the screams and the sound of blows between 2 and 3 a. m. “I heard a woman scream ‘Don't hit me, Earl!” Miss Tipton stated. “I think it was ‘Earl,’” she said, “but it might have been something else. Then came @ crash like a body striking the floor, and then silence.” At Oakland Tallman’s father, Harry Tallman, a hotel steward, said his son had told him Virginia Patty was wealthy and that he intended to marry her. The cider Tallman said he was sure his son did not know Mrs. Patty was married. BERTHOLD FOUNDER, F.C. WALTHER, DIES Civil War Veteran Who De oped Northwest North Da- kota Town Widely Known Minot, N. D., June 5.—(®)—F. C. ‘Walther, of Berthold,” died late yesterday at his home in that city. Death .as due to bronchial pneumonia and infirmities of old age. He was 87 years old and hau been ill for a week. nine years ago Walther, a Fst f Their romantic marriage was a national sensation several ycars ago. Pic- tured above upon arriving in New York from Europe are Mr. and Mrs. Max Oser of Zurich, Switzerland, and their children Anita and Peter. At the age of 17, Mrs. Oser, the former Mathilde McCormick, granddaughter of John D. Rockefeller, married the Swiss riding master over the objections of her father, Harold McCormick, millionaire manufacturer. Because of the illness of Mr. McCormick, they have returned to this country for the first time since their marriage. HUBERT WORK WILL RESIGN AS REPUBLICAN PARTY CHAIRMAN | Girl Bobs Tresses; ‘ | Is Refused Diploma -| e Chicago, June 5.—(7)—In Zion, Ill. one cannot have one's hair bobbed and get away with it. Thirteen-year- old Marian Farmer tried it and as a result was refused her grade school diploma. Just a year ago Marian was given & prize by Wilbur Glenn Voliva, over- seer of Zion, for possessing one of the most beautiful heads of hair in town. Last week she told her father, D. C. Farmer, she wanted her hair bobbed. He warned her, saying Voliva opposed bobs, but she got the bob. As @ con- sequence she was notified she would not receive her eighth grade diploma. SENATOR STEEL, 69, DIES IN JAMESTOWN ‘Grand Old Man’ of Stutsman County Succumbs to Acute Indigestion Attack Jamestown, N. D., June 5.—(P)— State Senator Alfred Steel; 69, known throughout North Dakota gs the “Grand Old Man” of Stutsman coun- ty, died here hree o'clock this morning. The cause of death was acute indigestion. Mrs. Steel awoke during the night to find her husband in apparent pain but he soon appeared to become much calmer. Mrs. Steel called a Physician but Mr. Steel was dead when he arrived. Mr. Steel had been a resident of North Dakota since 1883 and had taken an active part in building his home community and the state at Man Who Conducted Hoover’s Campaign Will Withdraw at Conference in Fall GOOD LOOMS AS SUCCESSOR James Francis Burke, Presi- dent's Friend, Oregon Man Also Are Mentioned Washington, June 5.—(?}—A new chairman will guide the Republican national committee through the ap- Proaching vampaign. Dr. Hubert Work, who accepted the chairman- ship last June to conduct the Hoover campaign, will call a meeting of the committee early in the fall to sub- mit his resignation and discuss plans for the new campaign, which he be- lieves should be put into effect next winter. Dr. Work’s intention has been made known to President Hoover and mem- bers of the committee in a letter MEASURE COMPOSED FROM TWO BILLS 70 BE ENGROSSED SOON After House Passes on Revised Measure, Senate Will Take Up Consideration |HOUSE MEMBERS AGREED Conference Committee Mem- bers State Action Is Agree- able to President Washington, June 5—(7)—A farm ‘relief with the export debenture plan climinated was agreed upon today by |the senate and house conference com- | mittee on the measure. | The revised relief measure, com- ‘posed from the two farm bills passed |separately by the senate and house, | will be formaily engrossed by the committee tomorrow and immediately submitted to the house for considera- tion. | After the house has acted the meas- |ure must go back to the senate for consideration. In the conferenee committee all of the house members voted to elim- inate the debenture plan. Three of the five senate conferees, | McNary of Oregon, and Capper of | Kansas, Republicans, and Ransdell, of | Louisiana, Democrat, voted to elim- inate. Senators Norris, Republican, Nebraska, and Smith, Democrat, South Carolina, voted against elim- ination. ‘The measure as finally ul on after more than a week of ‘cone ferences is held by conference com- mittee members to be acceptable to President Hoover. There were no material differences except for the debenture plan in the senate and house bills but the measure framed by the conference group follows more nearly the house measure. RAMSAY MACDONALD ACCEPTS INVITATION in, for Second Time in History, Will Be Con- trolled by Laborites London, June 5.—(#)—For the sec: on time in the history of Great Bri- tain the reins of government today were in the hands of the labor party. Ramsay MacDonald, whose party won so extraordinary a victory in last week’s general election with the largest membership in the house of commons, visited King George at Windsor castle today and accepted his majesty’s invitation to form a government. Only 24 hours previously which disclose. he had prepared to] ang resign at the committee's meeting March 5, but had been dissuatied. Acknowledging th: Ictter and ex- Pressing regret, President Hoover re- called that, in accepting the chair- manship last June, the former in- |£° terior secretary had agreed to under- take the task with the understanding that he would be permitted to resign soon after the clection. Leaders Withhold Comment Cognizant of Dr. Work's desire, as expressed by President Hoover, “that someone else should undertake the increasing burdens and anxieties of the party chairmanship which are imposed by cach new campaign,” Re- Publican leaders at the capitol ex- no surprise and generally withheld comment. Indicatidns were that congressional | leaders knew a good deal about the situation and what was likely t~ take Place at the fall meeting of the na- tional committee, but the only sug- gestion forthcoming was advanced by Representative Tilson of Connecticut, Republican leader in the house, and he went no further than to remark that “several important men have been considered” for the chairman- ship. Good May Be Named Among those mentioned in political circles as likely to succeed Dr. Work was Secretary James W. Good of the war department. Ample precedent for the placing of the chairmanship in the hands of a cabinet member was seen in the fact that Wili Hays held the post from March 4, until a 5, 1921, while postmaster gen- eral. ; James Francis Burke, ® long process and that ernment might even in Whitehall by the ei Mr. MacDonald's visit to castle on his important errand something over an hour. But his tual consultation with the king understood to have occupied about fifteen minutes. 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