The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 12, 1929, Page 1

| Sharp Earth Temb |, BARTHQUAKE SHOCKS > Sra araRnnaR a nea STEEN SSTSTESS aS SSSTERSSRSETSeWETrSRr rarer Nortli Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper ESTABLISHED 1873 BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, MONDAY, AUGUST 12, 1929 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE > The Weather Mostly fair tonight and Tuesday. bg Slightly pa ‘onight. PRICE FIVE CENTS U.S. PINS CROSS OF BRAVE ON BISMARCK HERO » SHAKE FIVE STATES ~ EARLY TH WORKING Chimneys Are Shaken Down, * Windows Broken, and Walls of Dwellings Cracked i ] RESIDENTS ARE AWAKENED Ee MacDonald Backs Stand of : mneayincee (hverierey, ts” Evite Snowden; He Wants the Just ahead tea 2 Claims of England Settled gan at 7:24. M. — ‘The Hague, Netherlands, Aug. 12.— Buffalo, N. Y., Aug. 12.—()—Buf- (®?)—A crisis in the reparations con- falo was shaken this morning by an ference was averted today by adjourn- Gageers OF LAMANY chon TRE ment of the financial committee bg to i ae A i on meeting until Wednesday and rumors ‘amin cama < ~rbeiadgiedreid were rife the delay was intended to Dr TOutnig: Viliaen tr Wiemune give J. P. Morgan, American banker, county reported more than 100 entane tn opportunity to exercise mediating 1 luence. t th Rte tanned thd hd Louis Loucheur, French wclegate, ; of dwelling houses were cracked. hadbeen’ to eueak at tomay's a * ‘The seismograph at Canisius col- sted h 4 meeting of the financial committee 4 ae 4: eee eae | which was to have taken up the pro- tlle Rebbe irl tear posal of Philip Snowden, chancellor Bic’ | 4S aeic’ aice camieaa faire ee of the exchequer of Great Britain, } cceeateriwennaemineas a eee plan. Scores of persons were said to have —— \ teen awakened by the shock. Win- arsine pester tg 5 dows and breakfast dishes were Battle lines are drawn to save 43,000,000 acres of national forest endangered by fire in three sections. Typical day. Reparations circles were alive | rattled. seene in smoldering forest (above). Map shows endangred areas (marked by X) where fires rage. Maj. R. Y. with tumors tiiat ‘Chancellor Saew- ‘At Washington, D. C., the George- 3 Stuart, chief of the forestry service, directs the fight. den's proposal was intended to give Stet lRepeghrinm Mergers ne tnd Mr. Morgan, who was one of the pervert blicmierradneanetfenmtatie ny American representatives at the Paris peng tiel a beech encod PANI experts’ conference which framed the time, and reached its maximum at Young plan, time to exercise medi- ating influence. WHEN ROBBERS GET $250,000 WORTH OF LOOT (‘crise ssmmsice mee ner , ot Sakae were wide reports the French would \ FSR SY cd t. \ Py - e = ” + a + seek adjournment i 4 \ : tremor was felt at 5:16 E. 8. T. Woman Adds Pathos on — a i Nigh as Eno h | Aristide Briend. French foreign 16 E. 8. T.|; i 4 Bulldings trembled and several re-|; TO Recover Her Pup || Above Homes ls Suspected |! In This One Pie || minister, was said to make no secret ported the shock was so distinct that le o ae ee Here — gee they were akened. damage . ie” a favor the Doon sapere ci New York, Aug. 12.—(®}—The miss- | as That of Thief | ‘attton, 1... Aug. 12—0)—A| pete atueeghen we tien Linea at earth tremors were felt at,|‘"& ingredient, or advertising's artful three-ton apple pie will feature the | Nations seat. Suspension of the con- Plea, appeared Orleans county fair. The ple pan is! ference, rather than permitting it to x INSIDE JOB IS FEARED]! 2 feet in diameter, and it has to be/ break up, was the French idea. ito hold the 125 bushels of apples to) ‘The Germans, however, were great- H ei was — |be included. To further emphasize iy opposed to any such move. ‘They dishes were ‘ apples as county prod particularly anxious that every ! a thrown from tables and /+,on who responded admitted the pup | Detectives Fom New York Are] there is to be a miniature Niagara of | effort be made to succeed sae ware — Was hers, and explained that she had Guards to | ‘ier 20 feet high, 12 feet wide, and! Sr ‘application of the Young plan, towns and villages indicated the |"added the child to give pathos to/ Added to Local Guards to [tno inches dee since it was only from that point ne- ; owas fel throughout the | the ad.” Safeguard Homes LEG NE TE | gotiations for evacuation of the OBS MP EE | Rhineland might proceed. se evnes ($50,000,000 OOP | Pop aeee = the text of a cal recel Pls Fos chairs lake front ery j y | him from Ramsay MacDonald, Brit- | o'clock. Windows were broken, but ish prime minister. endorsing his no other damage was 10 PUT VEGET ABLES | stand at the reparations conference 5 ‘ An earth tremor about a } minute was felt in many parts of the | Gives Backing : city of Toronto, Ont., at 7:25 o'clock. ON we ADIER B ASIS oe, ‘The cablegram said: esa: cau ] Houses were shaken and t i rattled but no damage was reported. Be nies oe shigenomiotegainnre! gy pepe by private detectives from New York jer Sliding Scale on |immediate prospects of settlement N to guard the vast wealth in the scores | passe Ov c : Semmotinte: eee cee } Initial Work of Organization Sugar ts Indicative of {that the experts’ report (that adopted Will Be to Coordinate Local Farm Products Tariff paired use gp ppd get — ims of try. and National Groups Wi jon, Aug. 12.—(AP)— a ee ae oe section, Putting some of the most diffi-|the country supports the case you { New York, Aug. 12.—(AP)—A cult items to the last, the sen have made. Every newspaper as far ‘ $50,000,000 cooperative marketing; ge committee Sere ines as I have seen Decks you. All rete ge A it ait commons eee ” organization was preparing today to toes pag - oa de “Kighly ell house o! sand Place the merchandising of fruits controversial sugar, hide, leather|” “I hope most sincercly your col- and vegetables on a “big business” and shoe rates written into the house | Jeagues on the financial commission A huge | basis. tariff will see they have ro face a position plant at) mh Jedtion, the nation-| ne That brief but troublesome list/ when the most elementary consider- waren’ ay, ome hy ah ofewhi h is ‘indicated by coe, comprised the major items still con-/| ation of fair play as between country Japsed. s be ae Peary United Growers arte fronting the committeemen Q sear and comme ome recenaneren Bg ‘selsmographic phate, ‘at |of America, is the second such com-| passenger who, as the plane fet Aol ety hese pa mn +4 fee recommendations Canisius fixed the center of /bination of agricultural coopera | jow, over the wealthy homes, “shot, co! ete those schedules by the end| “Our action hitherto in promoting least 200 miles | tives to be formed since the new/| the estates with a camera gun. ” ver to| settlement of on a basis of aan ‘shocks tray-| federal farm board n to func-| But against this was the theory {Of the week and turn tae, COR 4 will is Leja ah inte Gene Sid in a th direction, | ton. The first was the Farmers’ Na-|of an inside” fob. A loaded rifle | ihe, Ccmostaoe Ot a white taking up| ference to succeed both on Hs o- bat the was er~|UeRnnouscament ef the creation of In his Greaing closet was atierward|¢hemscives the remaining, and por teal and its financial sides but we . ‘i , of re- \ The in —_ writing the administrative provi-! burden bearing.” « ~ the intensity sions of the measure. plitude of the With the Smoot sliding-scale plan ) 4: Soe abandoned because of opposition by #8 record sheet. the sugar industry, the republican ite Sate. 28 committeemen are now expected to felt in the Lake Bt. Lawrence figure pound on pected in with 1. 2.40 in ready not be dis session Ae add greety to é ¥ time for disposal of the | being born in Westphalia, in THREE YOUNG GR SGeni deve ee . neapolis, A ° ° Lali of Martinsburg, W. Van for- ays mer governor izer of the farm bloc in FEDERAL FARM BOARD WAS. NOT CONSULTED - AVERTED AT HAGUE; CALL ADJOURNMENT Rumors Say Delay Will Give! Morgan an Opportunity to Mediate Difficulties Rate of 26 Per Cent to Its Investors i atFhy MM GERMANS DEMAND ACTION! ——$_ Theory Is Advanced That wen | Murray Was Killed by Robbers of Cabin RUM THEORY IS DISCOUNTED | Neighbor Is Attracted to Body by Barking of Dog Stand- ing Guard Over Mistress McGregor, Minn., Aug. 12—(AP)— Aitkin county and state authorities today were on a “secret” mission seeking evidence that may lead to | arrests within the next 24 hours into | the slaying last Thursday night of | Mrs. William Murray, 52, Lake Min- | newawa resort proprictor. Sheriff Carl 8. Lind, a deputy and | two operatives of the state bureau of | criminal apprehension left carly to- | day “to run down a hot tip,” with | the sheriff forecasting an arrest of | persons connected with the slaying | the next 24 hours. Sheriff Lind has ——_ lors Rock Houses in East REPARAMON CRISS OFFICERS SEEK MURDERER OF WOMAN IN MINNESOTA RESORT May Hold Key in Detroit Mystery NEA nced . |John M. Heath, above, was arrested bob Hinting bint bhanottnhnt by Detroit authorities in connection about $200 was stolen from her cabin, | With the mysterious death of William while about $70, a diamond ring and J. Sandilands, dry agent. Sandlands’ a diamond pin, secreted in the cabin, body was found in the Detroit river were not taken. jhours after he had disappeared from The body, found Friday night, was | Heath's cruiser, which he and an- taken to Minneapolis Sunday by her other agent had seized for investi- husband. He arrived Saturday from De Smet, 8S. D.. where he had gone last Monday with his father. Mr. Murray could advance no motive for the killing except robbery. H Mrs. Murray is believed to have | been killed about sia o'clock Thurs- | day night. Her head was crushed, apparently from a blow from a ham- mer and her throat cut. Her body was found about 100 feet from her cabin, lying in a clump of brush, and | was discovered by Richard Beamish, 72, a neighbor, who was aiding in | the search with several other neigh- | |bors. He was attracted to the woods | by the barking of her dog. which was standing guard over his dead mistress. According to Dr. E. E. Scavey, Ait- kin county coroner who cofiducted the inquest, she had been dead for 26 hours before the body was found. Sheriff Lind discounted the theory that Mrs. Murray was slain by “beer runners,” although he said it was brought out at the inquest that liquor was sold at the Murray cabin. He also reported destroying 150 quarts of home brew Saturday in a jeabin a half block from the Murray cabin. Mr. Murray, a year ago, served 30 days in the Aitkin county | Hann for liquor possession, the sheriff | said. LAYS WASTE CROPS jWind, Rain and Hail Flatten| Grain; Houses Destroyed by Lightning Fires Toronto, Aug. 12.—(4)—Ruined crops | and damaged buildings today marked the path of a storm which swept | through this part of Ontario over the | week-end. | Wind, rain and hail destroyed or- | chard crops and flattened grain, while | lightning struck several buildings, causing loss by fire. The worst of the storm was felt Saturday, when hail in the vicinity of Agincourt destroyed 50 per cent of the oats crop, did extensive damage | to corn fields, and virtually destroyed | apples and garden crops. Numerous traffic accidents were re- ported on the roads about here, caused when motorists, blinded by the | storm, drove off the highway, many cars overturning in the ditch. Residents of Laskey, a village near | here, Possible injury when | the storm just before they were to assemble in a large tent for a com- munity celebration, Lightning struck the tent, tearing it to tatters. TWO ARE KILLED IN * MOUNTAINEER FEUD Members of Lander and Stan-| ton Families Shoot It Out on Lonely Road Marshall, N. C., Aug. 12.—(AP) —The Landers boys met three mem- bers of the Stanton family and Al- bert King on a narrow mountain road yesterday. Before they two men were killed and year old girl in a flare-up of a family feud. gation. LONE BANDIT ROBS | Morton County Officers Seek the Man Who Held Up Tran- sients in Freight Train Morton county sheriffs today are looking for a lone bandit who held up 14 harvest hands Saturday night near New Salem. the victims, the 14 men were east bound in a box car on a freight train. About 30 miles west of New Salem the robber swung down from the roof through the open doorway of the box car, flashed a pistol and yelled “hands up.” He fired one shot to insure prompt obedience. Lining up his victims, he forced one man to hold a flashlight while he searched the others. Walkna said he lost $40 in money, his knapsack and Slicker. When the train slowed down at New Salem the bandit pitched the knapsacks and coats of the men through the open door of the car, swung himself off the train and dis- appeared. All of the victims are transients. CADDY [S KIDNAPED; SUSPECT RACKETEER Boy Leaps From Car and Seeks Refuge in House, but Is Dragged to Auto Chicago, Aug. 12.—(7)—A 16-year- old caddy. Frank Yosek, was kidnaped from the Raviloc Country club course at Homewood, Ill. yesterday in view of several players. Today police were still seeking him and his abductors, two women and two men. While being driven from Homewood to Chicago the boy leaped from the automobile and sought refuge in a house, the owner hiding him in the attic when he cried that he was being kidnaped. His abductors, however, followed and found him, and contin- ued on toward . One of the men was identified as Yosek's brother Peter, 25, of Detroit, Homewood police said. They found a letter at the caddy’s home which led to the belief that the boy was needed in a plot concocted by @ group of De- KIWANTANS CATHER INSTR MEE Billings, Mont, Aug. 12—(%)—Ki- wanians from nineteen clubs assem: Arthur Stanton, 36, his daughter brother, Hubert, and the road | ai CAPTAIN BROCOPP'S GALLANTRY IN WAR HONORED BY CROSS Receives Distinguished Service Badge for Extraordinary Heroism in Action ALFONTE PRESENTS AWARD {4 HARVEST HANDS ' According to Lahja Walkna, one of | Is 18th North Dakota Soldier to Win Nation's Medallion of Courage For extraordinary heroism in ac- tion near Waereghem, Belgium, Oct. 31, 1918, in the World W. Herman A. Brocopp, of at 5 p. m. today will receive on the parade field at Fort Lincoln the dis- tinguished service cross. With utter disregard for his own safety, Captain Brocopp, then lieu- tenant in Company I, 363rd Inf., 91st Division of the American Expedi- tionary forces, repeatedly led his platoon forward in the face of severe enemy fire. During the engagement his com- mand captured two guns of an en- emy field artillery battery. “His coolness, courage and brav- ery were a great inspiration to his men during the action,” his citation says. “After the engagement he rendered valuable assistance to his company commander in organizing the company position for the night. Alfonte Presents Cross Colonel W. A. Alfonte, command- ant of Fort Lincoln on behalf of the commander of the seventh corps area, will present the cross. Con- gress! Thomas A. Hall will pin the award on the hero’s uniform. Participating in the review to fol- low the ceremony of presentation of the cross, are the following or- ganizations: Company A, Bismarck, N. D., national guard of which Cap- tain Brocopp is commander; the 4th Inf. battalion stationed at Fort Lin- coln; the C. M. T. C. battalion; the Reserve Officers Training corps; and the General Unit Training corps, Because of the presence of Gov- ernor George Shafer, a salute of 11 guns will be fired. Prominent Men Participate Other prominnent men expected to Participate in the ceremonies are:, Adjutant General Angus Frazer of. jthe North Dakota National guard; Harry Hart, Ray, state commander of the American Legion; Jack Wil- liams, Fargo, state adjutant of the Legion; and Joseph A. Kitchen, Bis- marck, state commander of the Vet- jerans of Foreign Wars. Captain Bocopp is the 18th North Dakota soldier to receive the dis- tinguished service cross which ranks next to the Congressional Medal of Honor. State and municipal officials of Bismarck will also participate in the !ceremonies at Fort Lincoln and at the banquet to be given in the Grand Pacific hotel at 6:30 p. m., where the civilians of Bismarck and the Lions club will pay their homage. Strauss Presides at Banquet Dr. F. B. Strauss, former deputy governor of the Lions clubs of the state, will preside at the banquet sponsored by the Lions in honor of their gallant club member. The banquet program: The Army, Col. W. A. Alfonte, commanding Ft. Lincoln army post. The Citizens’ Military Training Camp, Lieut. Col. Chas. W. Briggs, commanding, Cc. M. T. C. at Ft. th coln, * The National Guard, Adj. General G. A. Frazer, military aide to the governor of North Dakota. The Officers’ Reserve Corps, Maj- or A. B, Welch, commander of Fort Lincoln post. The Veterans of Foreign Wars, J. A. Kitchen, state commander of North Dakota. The American Legion, Ha: Hart, Ray, state commander North Dakota. The State, Gov. Geo. F. Shafer. BOLT OF LIGHTNING DESTROYS GAS TANK Electrical Storm Does Severe Damage in Philadelphia; Three Men Are Struck Philadelphia, Aug. 12—(#)—An une of itning