The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, September 16, 1929, Page 1

North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper ESTABLISHED 1878 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1929 Mostly cloudy tonight and Tuesday’ Not much change in temperature. PRICE FIVE CENTS N. D. GAS STATION ATTENDANT ASSASSINATED SCHOONER BOWDOIN ESCAPES ICEBERGS IN ARCTIC MIRACLE Commander MaocMillan’s Ship Almost Battered to Pieces by Giant Floes HELD IMMOVABLE 12 DAYS Lifted Bodily From Water, Cant- ed on Beam Ends, but Fi- nally Rights |tself Sydney, N. 8., Sept. 16—()—The escape of his Schooner Bowdoin from icebergs that bore down on her Au- gust 18 was described today by Don- ald B. MacMillan, as the closest shave he ever had in 21 years of Arctic ¢x- ploration. The ship had left Maine and was sailing off Frobisher bay when it was caught in heavy ice near Loksland point. For 12 days the Bowdoin was immovable in the grip of the ice pack, although clear water was only 100 yards away, the explorer said. On the twelfth night. the field ice ‘begain to break up and the surround- ing bergs began to move at about four miles an hour. “It was a fearsome sight,” Mr. Mac- height, were plowing through the field with a tremendous commotion. piling up the shattered the time coming steadily down upon us” ‘While th commander cautiously at- to maneuver the ship rounding ice. open water. After sliding by towering ice moun- tains with only inches to spare, the Bowdoin swung behind a large berg a Call From Bethlehem Church, Minneapolis Bismarck is on the point of losing Rev. Paul 8. Wright, pastor of the Bethlehem Presbyte urch, 2 and he has accepted the in- ‘to become its pastor, pending concurrence of his present congrega tion and the Presbytery of Bismarck. ln Z sf le rE ef Jill Esk Fee ff i _—_—_——— Fights Dismissal As Schoolma’am [WAGGONER DEFENSE | PLANS EXAMINATION floes and all | Slowly, the pressure woret slackened and the ship slid down into | ja. , “Young, reckless, thoughtless, don't- Tenn., in asking her dismissal as principal of a county high school. She charges. TO CHARLES KUPITZ Firing Squad and Bugler Attend | Funeral; K. of C. Palibear- ers for Pioneer Leading citizens were at the funeral services held for sparcass _—————a_€ Illness Halts Wedding Plans ° MILITARY HONORS |: [ BELG i q HK ir ie BF it hs I oF i 4 é } i a fl i E 5 é + { bit ue i i ef: Big H rT § i i i z i | o——? : i i FOR INSANITY PLEA (If Found Mentally Unsound by Alienist, Banker Will Fight on Those Grounds SAYS HE IS ‘NOT WORRIED’ Buys Cigars and Cigarettes for Jail Mates After Holding Kangaroo Court New York, Sept. 16—(7)—C. D. tained half a million in credit from New York banks on fake telegrams. Cheyenne, Wyo., though he is one accounting for his $500,000 manipula- tion at the expense of six New York banks, it appeared likely today that . D. Waggoner, president of the closed bank of Telluride, Colo., will Sept. ste] remain in the Laramie county jail here for perhaps a week. Handeuffed and chained to a After a day of discussion between ‘Waggoner, his counsel and relatives of the banker in the sheriff's confer- ence room here, A. D. Walton, United States attorney, announced late yes- terday the next move in Waggoner's | case would be held up pending furth- ion of New York authorities, Marriage of Miss Valerie French, above, granddaughter of the late Field Marshal French of England, will await complete recovery of Henry Bradley Martin, Jr., her fiance, ill in and his wife and would have Wag- New Local Outbreak Not Ex pected to Interfere With Arab Peace Efforts Jerusalem, Sept. 16.—(7)—News of @ new outbreak at Hattin, near ed esterday Sea of Galilee, in which raiding Be- ‘Sonferense |douin tribesmen lost 16 dead and y wounded before being dispersed British military of bringing about @ reconciliation of the two peo- to the Jewish Telegraphic ‘agency there is growing feeling among Egyptian Arabs that the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, recognized Movie Star, Has First Child Jerusalem by Mendel by Soldier Husband for the death HF i in t sft ba I | E & JEWELS VALUED AT $20,000 DISAPPEAR FROM REEDER TRUCK Chicago Gem Salesman Misses a Trunk Containing Dia- monds and Watches LOST, STRAYED OR STOLEN? Pinkerton Detective Is Seeking Clues to Mysterious Slope Occurrence Presto, chango and a trunk con- taining between $15,000 and $20,000 in watches and diamonds, vanished. Adams county officials, headed by Sheriff W. C. Hitzemann, have been searching since last Wednesday night for the mysterious magician who practiced his black act on the trunk, either at Reeder or between Reeder and Hettinger. No trace of elther the wizard or the 280-pound box had been found at noon tody. E. J. MacDonald, salesman for A. C. Bekken, Chicago wholesale jeweler, called on Howard Horr, of the Horr Jewelry shop at Reeder, Wednesday. Concluding his business, he loaded his samples in the container and called a Reeder dray man. They loaded the box on the dray man’s truck. MacDonald remained in the jewelr” they set out for Hettinger. “Well, I'll be ——. where ‘s our box?” asked MacDonald as they dis- mounted at Hettinger. It wasn't on the truck. Hurriedly retracing their route to Living Buddha in Russo-Sino Row SIX BODIES WASHED ASHORE FROM SHIP |° ° | | YORK YOUTHS SHOT FOUNDERED IN LAKE Michigan Gives Up Six of 25 Who Perished Aboard Gravel Carrier in Recent Gale jCRAFT POUNDED TO PIECES |e Preservers Indicate Death Did Not Come Without Warning Beforehand | Grand Haven, Mich., Sept. 16—(7) | —Whipped by a sharp wind that blew in from off shore, Lake Michigan to- day gave up the bodies of four more members of the crew of the freighter Andaste which pounded to pieces in a storm a week ago. ‘With the finding of the four bodies this morning. six of the 25 persons aboard the freighter when she left here en route for Chicago last Mon- day night have been accounted for, two having been picked up Saturday. Three of the bodies recovered this morning have been identified as those of Joseph McCade of Cleveland, sec- ond mate; William Joslin and John Anderson, deck hands, of Milwaukee. ‘The fourth body has not been identi- fied. On Saturday the bodies of Ralph Wiley of Booth Bay Harbor, Maine, second enginecr, and Charles Brown of Grand Haven, first mate, came ashore. One of the bodies found this morn- ing at first was identified as that of Jorgenson, Owen, Wis., but this later was declared to have been erroneous. Several of the bodies that have come ashore bore life preservers, in- in 1891, did not come without warn- jing. In the case of at least one of moved | the victims, Coroner Gilbert Van De the value of the samples awaiting an opportunity to . O'Brien was expected to to Hettinger today from Lemmon, So. Dak., and Bowman, where he has sought information. left for Miles City, SPREADING RAPIDLY Two Communities Near Port- land Menaced by Roaring Blaze in National Park Portland, Ore. Sept. 16—(7)— alee before a strong La Dee fire in the’ Water expressed the opinion death was due to exposure rather than drowning. Just how long the crew may have battled with the storm after the An- daste foundered probably never will be known, in the -opinion of U. P. Mulligan, head of the federal steam- boat inspection service for this dis- trict. He said an investigation would be made but that he expected noth- ing startling to come from it. “Those who might tell the story,” he said, “went down with the ship. The crew consisted of 24 men and 00 PERSONS PAY KVALELAST HONORS Notables of State and Nation Mingle With Humble Cor- stituents at Grave Benson, Minn., Sept. 16.—(#)—Five thousand persons today had paid their last respects to Representativi O. J. Kvale, while the seventh district congressman of Minnesota, who jburned to death in the fire that de- {stroyed his Battle Lake cottage last Tuesday night, slept in the Benson cemetery. Notables of the state and nation mingled with Kvale’s most humble constituent at the services in the dead ind tl ‘consin. Se New Auto Title Cards y| Bought by ND Bureau ; | i ge E ag A i i I i é € H i : i i F Adoption of a new holder for title if aft "DEAD ARTER FILLING dicating the end of the Andaste, built ; ‘The Living Buddha, above, spiritual and temporal leader of a million nomadic herdsmen. is reported roam- ing the desert in Mongolia urging his followers to enter the Russian-Chi- nese controversy on the side of the Soviets. of his activities have caused Great Britain to send 50,000 native troops into Tibet to pre- vent Soviet influence from reaching the Dalia Lama, ranking diety of all mism. MEMORIAL BRIDGE OVER RED RIVER IS FORMALLY OPENED |Mrs. A. G. Sorlie, Widow of Late Governor, Opens Dedica- tion Exercises { Grand Forks, N. D., Sept. 16.—(7)— Officials of North Dakota and Min- nesota joined in services Saturday which marked ‘he opening and dedi- ‘cation of the Sorlie memorial bridge across the Red River of the North, an important link in the highway system of the two states. The dedicatory exercises, which were held prior to throwing open the bridge for traffic, took place in the center on the oundary line between the two states and were witnessed by @ large crowd which entirely filled the bridge. The bridge was formally opened by breaking a bottle of water over the {span by Mrs. A. G. Sorlie, widow of {the late governor of North Dakota, for whom the bridge is named. Assisting in the dedication were officials from East Grand Forks and Grand Forks, cities connected by the Marks New Epoch ‘The dedication o: the bridge marks the beginning of a new epoch in the the exercises. “It marks the end of one epoch and the beginning of another,” he said. “The things of yesterday, the bridges and the highways, and to a certain extent the constructions of yesterday, have served their time and must now be replaced.” Memorial tablets at both ends of the bridge were unveiled before the traffic started by Evelyn and Ruth Sorlie, daughters of the late governor. The exercises were opened by North Dakota and Grand Forks officials ing in «xe center of the bridge meeti .| with East Grand Forks and Minne- sota delegates. Two States Represented Governor Shafer and John Hult- eng, president of the Grand Forks city commission, headed the delega- tion for North Dakota, while Mayor T. A. Sullivan, East Grand Forks, | Jonging to and William Lamson, representing Governor Christianson, headed the Minnesota delegation that marched on the bridge toa the east. Speakers inclu 5 B. Burtness of the First North Da- kota district; C. G. Selvig of the Ninth Minnesota district; O. P. B. Jacobson, Minnesota LABORER'S GAS TANK | Wisconsin Autoist Turns Gun on Deputy Sheriff Attracted by Shooting ERNEST BOE, 26, IS VICTIM $750 Found in Tomato Can in iller’s Car, Earned in Fields, He Says York, N. D., Sept. 14.—(7)—Fred J. Pfafflin, La Crosse, Wis., drove into @ service station Saturday night for gasoline. “Three gallons,” he said. The attendant put in four and ge tee eae him dead. en he turned the gun on Deput; iia whe: Ryder, owner of the ta ion, who, attracted the shooting, attempted to lene tle Pfafflin today was in the Minne- waukan county jail, facing a of murder for the slaying, of -— Boe, 26, service station attendant. Ryder was not seriously injured. Sheriff Walter Palmer said $750 was found in a tomato can in Pfaf- flin’s automobile. He had earned the hone Pfafflin said, in the harvest lelds. Sheriff Palmer said Pfa: would be arraigned today before pape judge, and indications were that he would waive preliminary examination and plead guilty when before a district judge. Sheriff Palmer is about Pfafflin, who said he had been @ mail carrier in the Wisconsin city. Boe leaves his widow and one child, Slayer’s Nerve Breaks Boe died without giving his version of the shooting. The story about the gasoline incident is that recited by Pfafflin after he was committed to jail. Pfafflin has seemed unmoved by the killipg except when mention was made to him of Boe's widow and {child, Sheriff Palmer said today. Then Pfafflin wept. The sheriff said that he had not had sufficient op- Portunity to observe the defendant to” gain an impression as to whether he lis demented. Grider, the deputy sheriff who cap- tured Pfafflin, was taken to a Rugiy hospital for treatment. An inquest is to be conducted today” by Coroner A. K. Blair at York. Fu-" neral services for Boe will be’ held | tomorrow. BISMARCK HUNTERS GET UNDETERMINED INJURIES IN CRASH Roy Kositzky, Bruce Belk and David McDonald in Auto Upset Near Max Three Bismarck men suffered un- determined injuries when an automo- bile in which they were riding turned over and burned up near Max early this morning. . They are Roy O. Kositzky, owner and driver of the car, Bruce Belk, David McDonald. The trio had left Meagre information received over the telephone by relatives indicate that McDonald was taken from the wreckage unconscious. Kositsky suf- fered a severe gash on his head. ‘Mrs. Kositzky and Mrs. McDonald left for Max this morning. expected to bring the t ; Bismarck, arriving here noon. Reports indicate that McDonald was the the car | pil aly HH if I RI Hi itt