The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, September 19, 1929, Page 1

North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper ESTABLISHED 1878 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE The Weatlier ~ Partly cloudy tonight and Friday. hot much change in temperature, BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, THURSDAY, SEP TEMBER 19, 1929 PRICE FIVE CENTS| STORM STAMPS QUT. [BUTLER’S LEATHERNECKS WILL BISMARCK AIRPORT LEASE WILL BE CAN CELLED [[_Preenrotere as Hiri PiareTokon TY RAPSAL 10 ASSESSMENTS FOR REOCCUPY QUANTICO, ARID AS « Ventura and “DISASTROUS FOREST FIRE IN CALIFORNIA Scarred Countryside is Washed Out as Torrent Quenches $3,500,000 Blaze PLANE PILOT FATALLY HURT ca ° Washington Town Saved as Backfires Stem Conflagra- tion With Wind's Shift Los Angeles, Sept. 19.—(AP)— Rain and storms which quenched! four major fires, including the dis-} astrous $3,500,000 Ventura county| § conflagration, had washed out rail- road tracks and stalled passenger trains today. The efforts of the fighters to quell the blaze which blackened 25,000! acres of Ventura county watershed, destroyed 126 oil der five school houses and scores of ' successful when the storm wrapped a heavy blanket of moisture over the scarred countryside. A large section; of the Ventura triangle tract, bounded by the cities of Santa Paula, jai, became a sodden mass of wet ash and steaming em- bers. Of 2,500 men at one time mustered to battle the flames, 200 EXTORTION CHARG Feunanta, ‘Teo hundred) aut Tie N LODGED AGAINST persons, chiefly oil workers and their | ( ‘AME W, ARDEN HE ATH families, were homeless. Three other brush and range fires, New Salem Men Claim They Paid $10 on Charge of Ille- which had assumed major propor- tions, one in San Diego county and gally Carrying Guns two in Riverside county, were stamp- ed out by rain. |B. L. Heath, deputy state game | Warden, 222 Eighth avenue southwest, Manda ver, entered the Harvard School of business administration today. Four Trains Marooned Four trains were marooned tem- porarily by washouts on the South- ern ific railway line between Ni- land and Mecca in Imperial Valley. Torrents of water rushed from the Chocolate mountains tearing up ties, rails and ballasted roadbed, and car- ried away culverts. At Jacumba, in the San Diego mountains, a San Diego and Ari- a railroad train was stalled Ti $30, y-jthree fines of $10 each which the 8 pilot, to land, wrecking his| deputy levied against them for car- plane and fatally injuring himself. |rying shotguns between July 15 and September 15, inclusive. The affair Portland, Ore., Sept. 19.—(AP)— | took place » Sept. 15, the day The town of Stevenson, Wash., was| before opening of the duck-hunting out of danger from the forest fire menace today and housewives un-|_ Hedlicka appeared today to make packed clothing, furniture and other | formal complaint against the warden, possessions which had been loaded| While R. G. Duncan, another member on automobiles for a hasty exit as beta re geen the matter a ta a urned around the com- Burley gooey the ess. te pips Killed by Backfires or by Fire Warden William Goebel, in|;he compainant, Heath halted the announcing that the town was saved, trio on a highway south of New said the conflagration was killed | Salem. After a by backfires and a shift in the wind, | Be Yacolt, Wash., 30 miles north of j this city, also was believed to be out, of danger. Estacada, Orc., 35 miles southeast of here, had returned to normal life after an exciting four days during which the La Dee fire once crept to within two miles of its outskirts. of danger, | Stevenson, although out conducted its usthess under the glow of electric lights. Banks of suake hung motionless over the wn, Former Cashier and City Treas- urer Confined to St. Pe- ter Insane Asylum t z i a if i i “i § i i i i #5 i H t | i if I g if Vf g g i i i 4 : i | if I iH E i fist W i i I i z 5 i E i » Sept. lei | i i i F F; i a ih il i at ‘i | 3 z =. Ey i f i i! rE i! tf 2 is i Hl i t dl s “g ° ER H » if eet, recived eon ae tf ‘LAST BIG BOOTLEGGER’ QUITS \Veteran ‘Devil Dog’ Training Base Town to Clean Up or Lose Marine Trade EXPLAINS PROHIBITION LAW Found High Ranking Officer Tending Bar for Town's Biggest Bootlegger Quantico, Virginia, Sept. 19.—(7)— Assured that he will have his way about prohibition enforcement in this ttle marine post town, Major Gen- | eral Smedley D. Butler is making plans to get out his band and lead back the 2,000 leathernecks he took away last Saturday to the consterna- tion of local business men. Appointed ‘commandant of this famous training base three months ago, the veteran “devil dog” who says lack of public cooperation hindered his clean-up of Philadelphia as its jomes, were: Allan Hoover, son of President Hoo- | borrowed police commissioner, warned Quantico it must choose between the “lawless element” and the marines. Three arrests made by federal agents didn’t satisfy the general. He marched out, and with him went the men who make up 90 per cent of the customers of the town’s business and amusement places. Last Bootlegger Leaves A. E. McInteer, who is both mayor and railway station master, informed the general that the last “big boot- legger” had left town. “What about the little ones?” de- manded the general. “We think they're all gone,” mayor replied. “Whenever you're sure we'll have a parade. You and I will lead it right into town. And I hope the boys buy & lot of extras to make up for our ab- With the mayor at his side, General Butler called out his entire command to explain the situation. “You birds,” he said, planting one foot atop the nearest barracks porch railing, “took an oath some time ago to defend the constitution. Don't let this news stun you, but the prohibi- tion law is part of it.” Quantico Too Rough His Cap slid over to the highly rec- ommended hard-boiled angle. He gave it a push and then the elbow of his right arm came to rest on his “I understand,” he went on, “that there is some difference of opinion among civilians concerning the right and wrong of prohibition. Some of it got into camp, but those on the neg- ative side are in the brig. It's a closed question for the military, and as long as you wear those uniforms, don't get opinionated.” Quantico got tdo rough for the general when he found one of his highest ranking non-commissioned officers ‘tending bar for the town's biggest bootlegger. MYSTERY UNSOLVED Three Men Fail to Identify Mu- tilated Body Found Near Munich Farm Langdon, N. D., Sept. ‘19.—(—The straw stack mystery which the | | i RAILS AFFECTED BY RETURNS ON CROPS Changes in Value of Branch Lines Boost Great North- ern’s Valuation N. P. VALUE CUT $539,973 Success of Crops in ‘Branch Line Country’ Changes Earnings and Values Varying degrecs of success of crops raised by North Dakota farmers, causing changes in the operating value of branch rail lines in the state, indirectly affected valuations placcd on railroad property by the state board of equalization at its August session. Regions served by branch lines which raised larger crops ship a cor- respondingly larger quantity of prod- ucts and in turn, boosted the value of those branches. Where yitlds were Poor in “branch line country,” an op- Posite result followed. Depreciated value of branch lines of the Northern Pacific railroad was given as reason for the $539,973 cut in that road's North Dakota prop- erty valuation. It was the same cause that brought an addition of $1,028,291 to amount set by the board as value of the Great Northern prop- erties. This is the explanation of I. A. Acker, state tax commissioner and | secretary of the equalization board. It was intimated further that the board does not fancy facing the rail- roads in the courts over assessment difficulties. Several years ago the Soo Line carried an assessment dis- pute with North Dakota before a tribunal and was upheld. It was Pointed out also that the Northern Pacific had defeated the state of Washington in a similar case. Properties of the Northern Pacific were set at $71,300,031 as compared with a higher figure of $71,840,004 the year before. Per mile valuations ranged from $58,700 on the line to $30,000 on the Fairview branch, 13 miles of which crosses North Dakota (Continued on page nine.) MINOT GUNMEN TAKE TRANSIENT FOR RIDE: Duo Kidnap Man in Shadow of | | City Hall, Rob Him After Trip Into Country Minot, N. D., Sept. 19.—()—Ernest Krueger, Eau Claire. Wis., last night told Minot police a tale of two bold, bad gunmen. Krueger, a transient, said he en- countered the twain in the shadow of the city hall. which houses the police station. They pointed a pistol at him and forced him to enter an automo- bile. After hauling him 10 miles into the country they robbed Krueger of $59 and kicked him out of the machine. Officials said they placed credence in the tale since the men were using the same kind of a machine which figured in a similar incident recently. At that time a woman sitfing in a has motor car called to Ernest Grapen- tine, Dustin, Okla.. for help in start- to-|ing the motor. While Dustin was informed Sety sala Isoking at the motor a man poked a gun in his back, robbed him and then hopped into a car with the woman and drove away. MAINE RUM RNG EXPOSED IN SRE Brunswick, Me., Sept. 19.—(®%)— ‘More than 3,000 quarts of choice li- quors, valued at $35,000, which offi- said were imported for distribu- cials “| thon in New York, Niagara Falls ii Ane 3 8 if ! th, today reposed behind doors in the Brunswick jail while au- thorities sought to uncover further ramifications of a rum ring believed to have operated from this section all One man was in jail in connection seizure. George B. The president's visits to the summer camp in Virginia opened up all sorts of wonders to 14 raker, and the much-talked camp and presented a pet never heard, and after the president should be built where Ray and his brothers and sisters and neighbor children could be educated. you see Ray and some of his mountain playmates inspecting the first movie camera they ever have seen. Possum to Mr. Hoove: -of mountain boy here is pictured, center, for the first time since he tiptoed into the rt, Ray met a man named Colonel Lindbergh, of whom he had about his schooling, it was arranged that a schoolhouse questioned the boy DOUBLE DEATH SEEN OFF CHICAGO STREET ‘Fear ‘Squawkers’ and ‘Stool Pigeons’ Were ‘Taken for a Ride’ by Gang Chicago, Sept. 19.—(AP)-—Double kidnapping that boded double mur der started the dirty stew of Chi cago gang outlawry boiling again today. way near 42nd street last night were abducted by four n “Squawk- ers” and “stool pigeons” were epi- thets the abdi rs used as they yanked their ims from a sedan and loaded them into a touring car. The mobile drove away before a cab r, who witnessed the kid- napping, could notify police. There was little doubt in the mind of Deputy Police Commissioner John Stege that the two men had been “taken for a ride’”’ and killed. The cab driver, who begged police to withhold-his name, drew alongside the two cars while the abduction was going on. He thought there had been an accident, and went to offer assistance. He said the driver of the abductors’ car had a sawed-off shotgun across his knee. “He told me to get out, or I'd get it, too,” the cab driver said. He overheard one of the kidnap- pers address the men in the sedan, saying: “Come out of there, you stool pigeons. You won’t squawk any more.” As the first man was yanked from the sedan, one of the kidnappers slugged him over the head with a pistol butt. Both victims were pushed into the waiting touring car which sped away Extract From Dried Hog Stom- ach Used by University of Michigan Scientists Ann Arbor, Mich., Sept. 19.—()— ‘The Ann Arbor Daily News says today loped by scien- of the University of Michigan. treatment consists of an extract ried hog stomac: treatment was Dr. Cyrus C. Sturgis, di = : I a 25 4 ee ye &, bed wise B I H Hs = & INDOUBLE KIDNAPING. Two men, driving on South Park| Kids’ Playground Is | Usurped by Adults;) Order Parents Out | Evanston, Ill., Sept. 19—(@)—A de- termined effort is being made in Evanston to make the grownups be their age. The adults have been making whoopee on the children’s _ pl | Srounds, much to the children’s dis- |gust. Police have had to order the |parents out of the Grey park pl | rounds where they became so num- |erous there wasn't room for the chil- dren even in the stands. iP e II | ! 11 \@ Police said the recreational complex which has suddenly developed among grownups has caused many parents to spend hours on the playgrounds that previously were spent at home or at the office. These men and wom- en have taken to the swings and | Slides, the baseball field and merry- |80-rounds with an enthusiasm as sur- | prising as it is unexplainable. The children finally got peevish |over having their playgrounds over- {tun with sane Od paged, amd: told | police. | 1 Three Savage Beasts Trail Woodsmen Through Forest Flames to Sanctuary Nanaimo, B. C., Sept. 19.—(7)— Pierre Olsen told today of an exper- ence which indicated that the fire fear instinct quelled the antipathy to humans in the savage breasts of three cougars in the Alberni district and caused them to put their faith in man to lead them to safety. Olsen related how the beasts took up his trail about three miles this side of Alberni and followed him through raging bush fires for a mile and a half along the highway. He kept a handkerchief over his mouth and nose. Apart from occasional grunts which did nothing towards Olsen's away. They fright but trail. apparently in faith that would lead them out of danger. i 8 ts BY? a E it The jurist sent £ ft i | ; | i fi if fi ef ES zal H ti if ! ic i Hi : | : ! f i 7 i i i i $' 8 re i 4 -year-old Ray Bur- In this photo WOMANS BRAINS OF _ WAREHOUSE LIQUOR | Bonded ‘Stuff’ Diverted by Con- nivance of Three Men in Forging Blanks San Francisco, Sept. 19.—(7)— Fraudulent withdrawals of large quantities of bonded liquor from gov- jermment warehouses today had re- sulted in the arrest of two men red a search for another man and a weman alleged to have conceived the *cheme for the 5 Warrants charging conspiracy to violate the prohibition law were 1s- sued against the four persons. They are Mrs. Agnes -A. Cress, confidential clerk for a large | wholesale liquor company; Daniel J. ; Cottrell, former cashier of the United | States customs service here: Charles FRIGHTENED BY FIRE | Schmitz, customs broker, and R. N. | MacWilliams, proprietor of a phar- macy. Cottrell and MacWilliams were ar- rested by agents of the department of justice. Schmitz could not be located. Mrs. Cress, officers said, had van- ished. She was said to be in a san- itorium recuperating from an alleged attempt at suicide made after the liquor plot was discovered. United States Attorney George Hatfield declared investigation had revealed that the scheme to divert the liquor with forged permits had been evolved by Mrs. Cress. The scheme, Hatfield said, was based uj the fact that the prohibition laws Permit masters of vessels to obtain Mquors for their ship's medicinal stores. Such liquors are obtained through an application, of which five copies are signed by various officials. The accused persons were alleged to have inserted a sixth copy by car- bon, and with the extra copy, prop- erly signed by the officials, the con- spirators were charged with obtaining huge quantities of liquor which was diverted into bootleg channels, ac- cording to Hatfield. BROMLEY'S SECOND PLANE IS WRECKED (Lt. Herbert Fahy, Test Pilot, Is Seriously Hurt as Trans- pacific Ship Crashes z EYE 8 BE il = tH £82 itt ke i i : i is g : Z : I i H i E z [ fled ‘il BEER I E E es 3 z, = 3 4 if GANG WITHDRAWING | accused | PON | eral trade commission to inform the PURCHASE FIELD IS REASON FOR ACTION New York Owner of 100-Acre Tract in Bottoms Takes Over Site January 1 NOT PRACTICAL FOR PORT Flood Danger Eliminates Any Possibility of Use by Gove ernment Mail Planes Use of the present aviation field will be withdrawn from the city and the local flyers, January 1, by John. R. Coffin, owner of the 100-acre tract, of 24 Broad street, New York. | Mr. Coffin cerved such notice on the city some time ago in a letter to Harry P. Goddard, secretary of the Association of Commerce, th h which organization the field originals ly was leased for airport purposes, There was intimation that the field had been leased for other activities and purposes, but this rumor seems to be groundless, as the reputed lessee says he has entered into no such @eal for the tract. According to a letter received by. | O. W. Roberts, former chairman of the association aviation committee, | who has continued close relations with the colony of local flyers and is | interested in seeing an airport ‘de- | veloped here, the owner of the pres- ent field gives indication of being peeved over tn> disinclination of the city to consider the purchase @f the | property and, therefore, has with- drawn further use of it by the pilots | after the present lease expires, Jans uary 1. Won't Buy. Can't Lease To discover a possible means of ree taining the field, Mr. Roberts wrote Mr. Coffin as follows: “Mr. H. P. Goddard, secretary of the Bismarck Association of Com- merce, invited my attention to your letter of the 3d instant, relative to ithe leasing of the property used by us at present as a, flying field to someone for the season of 1930. ; “It was my understanding with you \that, pending passage by our lepio- (Continued on Page Nine) SENATOR NYE ASKS PROPAGANDA PROBE | Investigates Packers’ Influence in Livestock Organiza- tions in Resolution Washington, Sept. 19.—(?)—Senae tor Nye, Republican, North Dakota, in a resolution today asked the fed- senate as to what information it had} | on alleged progaganda to influence | livestock organizations to favor mod-| ification of the packers’ consent de-/ cree. Consideration of the proposal went over a day under the rules. Under the resolution the commis- sion also would be required to advise the senate as to what it said were “present efforts” of Armour and com- | Pany, and Swift and company to, modify the decree “together with its recommendations on the public polie cies involved.” The packers have pending in the district of Columbia supreme court 2 petition to modify the decree which | has been held valid by the supreme BELIEVE MOBRIDGE YBGS BOUGHT CAR Mobridge, 8. D., Sept. 19.—()}—Bee lief that the man wanted for the rob- bery of the Security National banke\ | here Tuesday, was one of a trio which purchased a car at Trail City the | a same day, was expressed today by, George § a 7 - i