The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, September 20, 1929, Page 1

The Weather - Partly cl ht and Sat fe = a ee : North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1929 PRICE FIVE CENTS) 17 Die in Night Club Holocaust SENATE LAUNCHES PROBE OF 1927 NAVAL MEET DNAQGNIRES pinto aie IN HOSPITALS AFTER BODY OF MISSING HEIRESS TO __|'— Atmos Portes LANDSCAPE ARTIST SHOT DEAD yd $800,000 ESTATE - Se —— ste ANSWERING DOORBELL AT HOME| DEATH TRAP ESCAPE ESTABLISHED 1878 ° DISCOVERED FOR SH BUILDERS" ‘ wns Point to Fe = Mother of Son 170 Detroit Cabaret Patrons o John’s Best Man | Indications Point to Foul Play Frank Reed Whiteside, 63, Slain | Three Companies Retained Lob- byist for $25,000, Probe Committee Is Told WAS HIRED TO OBTAIN FACTS Attorney for Row-Raiser Says Client ‘Upheld Hand of Administration’ Washi , Sept. 20.—()—A sen- ate investigating committee was told . | ding September 23 of Johi and Florence 1927 Geneva naval limitations confer- Bardo, the first witness, said an agreement was entered into in New York in March, 1927. It provided, he added, that Shearer was to go to Geneva as “an observer and report proceedings and the trend events and give such information was not in the newspapers which would be of interest to the shipbuild- = ted his company at Bardo represent the New York conference. He said he was invited to attend by a Mr. Hun- ter, counsel of the rma st Weng Others at the con! 5 he bentinalsl were F. P. Palen, vice presdient of the Newport News Ship- building corporation; S. W. Wake- man, vice president of the Bethlehem corporation; and Hunter. first witness said Shearer pee $25,000, to be split equal- three companies. He “We wanted to find out reliably,” Bardo went on, “what the cruiser contracts, then before us, would do industry. We 3 att a i ; 4 [ te Hh : | | ‘ i iB f fh E il 5; E i i E He gE ily af oe i é ‘ al W asked | e of 1» be best man at the wed- in Coolidge bull. LINDBERGH PILOTING PLANE 10 HAVANA ON CARIBBEAN AIRWAYS 11 Persons, Including Anne, Board Ship inaugurating New Sea Route Havana, Cuba, Sept. 20.—(By Radic te the Associated Press at Fla., Sept. 20.—(#)—Col. Lindbergh took off from Pan American airport at 9:05 a. m., on the first leg of his projected flight around the air route of the Caribbean | Hi Ml [ Loe ly! : i i rf & : fy E 3 ; 4 Ht in Mysterious Death of California Spinster DISAPPEARED DURING JULY Clothed in Man's Overalls, De- composed Body Is Found by Rancher's Son Fairfield, Calif.. Sept. 20—?)— Mystery surrounding the disappear- ance three months ago of Miss Edith Wolfskill, 55 year old heiress to an $800,000 estate, whose body was found near her ranch yesterday, deepened to- day as officers endeavored to deter- mine whether the woman had been slain. ‘There were indications of foul play, according to Sheriff John R. Thorn- ton, who said he was unable to ac- count for the fact the woman's body was clothed in man’s overalls. Hundreds of searchers had tramped many times over the spot near a creek bank where the heiress’ body was dis- covered by Donald Glashoff, 18 year old son of a rancher. Relatives said that Miss Wolfskill under no circumstances would have donned men’s clothing. They said it away from her ranch and died of e: posure but that theory was discount- ed by officers. The body was in such an advanced state of decomposition ;that a cursory examination did not ; Teveal the cause of death. |. When Miss Wolfskill disappeared {last July relatives asked the author- | ities to search for her, fearing she had jbeen kidnaped or attacked and slain by an itinerant fruit picker who had passed through the district. ($50,000 FIRE RAZES BLEVATOR INST |Occident Property and 25,000 | Bushels of Grain Are Con- sumed by Conflagration (Tribune Special Service) South Heart, N. D., Sept. 20.—Fire | of unknown origin here last night de- i ; t Hi pt was possible that she had wandered | wae One more merit badge—and Paul Thomas, 13, of Salt Lake City, will have all 89 badges possible for a Boy Scout to rate for achievement in scouting activities. Paul now lacks jone for archery, but, take it from Paul, he will have that one to his credit before the summer is out. He's shown above, his it decorated with part of his merit badges. 'ECONOMIC PARLEYS PLANNED IN FIVE OF COUNTIES ON SLOPE Mandan to Have One October 21-22; May Hold Another Here in February Economic conferences in five Slope counties are being arranged for by Rex Willard, of the farm manage- ment department of the college cx- tension service, who was in this city }and Mandan, today, conferring with the two county agents, A. R. Miesen, of Burlcigh county, and R. C. New- comer, of Morton. Two years ago the extension serv- Placed | ice was hoiding district economic con- -|ferences and one was staged in Bis- marck. Now it is holding these con- ferences by counties, and one is to as- semble at Mandan, for Morton coun- ty, October 21-22. Later on, possibly in February, another conference may be held in this city. Other county conferences of the coming series are set as follows: For Grant county, at Carson, October 23- ; Slope and Hettinger counties, New England. iy system plan farmers and agricultural tendance of about 300 persons at each conference. committee These are divided into persons is to call together the outstanding of a county. This results in an at- of Hill ul g efetibey | a | 3 e lat I f LOWER THAN M192 Burleigh County Farmers Will Pay 31 Cents per Acre, Compared to 60 Cents LEVY MADE BY DISTRICTS Only 8,151 Claims Made Past Year, in Comparison to 20,526 in 1928 1 Rates for hail insurance indemnity | | to be levied this year by the state hail | department are only slightly more than half the rates levied in 1928, it Was announced today. In accordance with the law, coun- ties arg divided into four districts for rate making purposes, those having | the lowest loss ratio being placed in | the first district and those having the ; highest loss ratio in the fourth dis- j trict. Twenty-seven counties in this first district will pay a rate of 22 cents per acre as compared with 43 cents an {acre for counties in the first district in 1928, 27 Cents Per Acre Counties in the first district this | year are Bowman, Burke, Cass, Cava- lier, Divide. Dunn, Emmons, Foster, Golden Valley, Griggs, Logan, Mc- | Henry, Mercer, Morton, Mountrail, Oli Pembina, Renville, Richland, Sheridan, Slope, Stark, Stecle, Traill, Walsh, Ward and Wells. Second district counties will pay 27 | cents an acre as compared with 51 cents for second district counties in 1928. They are Adams, Barnes, Dickey, Grand Forks, Grant, Hetting- er, Kidder, McIntosh. McKenzic,! Pierce, Sargent and Williams. i Third district counties will pay 31} cents an acre as compared with 60 cents for the third district a year ago. They are Benson, Bottineau, Burleigh, Eddy, Ransom, Sioux and Stutsman. 36 Cents In Fourth Fourth district counties will pay 36 cents an acre as compared with a fourth district rate of 69 cents in 1928. | ‘They are Billings, La Moure, McLean, Nelson, Ramsey, .Rolette and Towner. ! The total number of claims reported | this year was 8,151 as compared with 20,526 claims in 1928. The small num- ber of claims is responsible for the ; marked decrease in rate, since the average payment per claim this year is $197 as compared with $188 in 1928. The total indemnity to be paid is | $1,606,714.45 on 5,896,111 acres us com- pared with $3,867,263.03 paid on 6,689,119 acres a year ago. La Moure Hail Struck La Moure county was the heaviest | hail sufferer this year with 780 claims ; averaging $324 each, the total pay. district, 11 for the second, 13 for ind 15 for the fourth. Farm Labor Demand Heavy; Building Tradesmen Active; Business !s Normal Labor conditions throughout North ot ean ce to the monthly paren] received federal labor bureau, fii fil] [is by Mysterious Philadel- phia Gunman ROBBERY POSSIBLE MOTIVE Women Neighbors Who Heard Fatal Shot Saw Shabbily Clad Youth Run Away Philadelphia, Sept. 20.—()—Frank Reed Whiteside, 63, a landscape ar- tist of note, was slain by a mysterious gunman last night as he answered the doorbell of his quaint old two-story home in Waverly street. He was shot through the heart, dying almost in- stantly. The bullet which ended his life was found lodged in the door jamb in the vestibule. Robbery was given by the police to- day as a possible motive. The artist's Pockets had been turned inside out. His gold watch and chain, however, had not been taken. Women neighbors who heard the shot and found Whiteside’s body slumped across the doorway told po- lice they had seen a shabbily-clad youth run down the street a moment after the shooting. Mr. Whiteside, treasurer of the fellowship of the Pennsylvania Acad- emy of the Fine Arts, and an instruc- tor and author, was alone in his home. His wife, who is convalescing from recent illness, and his daughter, with whom he had spent the summer at Ogunguist, Maine, were expected home in a few days. Nothing had been disturbed in the home. Mrs. Julia Blankenburg, who lives next door, told authorities she had heard Whiteside’s doorbell ring twice and then heard him open the door. “Almost immediately afterwa she said, “there was a shot. I ran to my front door and saw Mr. Whiteside lying on his steps. His head and part of his body were inside the vestibule and his legs were sprawled out on the steps.” PRAYED NERVES, NOT ANY DESIRE TO SLAY, CAUSED YORK DEATH Wisconsin Killer of North Da kota Boy Enters Peniten- tiary to Expiate Crime Frayed nerves rather than any de- sire to kill were responsible for his act in slaying Ernest Boe, York filling station attendant, Fred J. Pfafflin told officials at the state penitentiary Thursday. He was sentenced to life j imprisonment for the crime. Pfafflin said he quit his job as a rural mail carrier last spring. He had worked on the job 11 years and had saved some money. Going to Northern Wisconsin he purchased 40 acres of land and built a shack on it, working there most of the summer. Then he decided that he would take a trip and see North Dakota and Montana for himself. He had heard jmuch of farming opportunities in those states. Because he wanted to save his money he slept in his automobile each night rather than stop at a hotel. But he didn’t get much sleep. He was| J, tired and his nerves were jumpy when he stopped at the York filling station | and asked Boe to put in three gallons. ‘When Boe flooded the tank of his car it seemed to be the last straw, he said, Pfafflin told authorities that he has @ brother who went insane but denied that he has any mental ailments, TYPHOON HITS LU | ¢ English society showered congratula- tions on Lady Duff-Cooper, famous beauty and actress, who is the mother of a son, born in London. RAILROAD BOARD 70 STAGE CAMPAIGN T0 LICENSE ALL PILOTS Sheriffs and State's Attorneys! to Canvass State and Report to Board When the state railroad board re- and Employes Hemmed in by Roaring Flames FIRE ESCAPE WAS USELESS 30 Found Piled Unconscious ity Small Dressing Room Where They Rushed for Safety Detroit, Sept. 20.—(71—The death list in the fire that early today swept through the Study club, a cabaret on East Vernor Highway, was increased to 17 shortly before noon with the death of an unidentified woman in Receiving hospital. The tatest victim wore a ring bearing the initials “L. J. K.” Detroit. Sept. 20.—()—Sixteen per= sons were killed and more than 50 others are in hospitals with injuries suffered in a fire which gutted the Study Club, a night club on the edge of the downtown theatre district, early to@ay. One hundred and thirty patrons and 40 employes, including entertain- ers, were in the night club when flames broke through the wall at the first floor and swept’ up the main stairway, cutting off the only means of egress. Patrolman James McGuire, who | discovered the blaze, ran to a nearby . returned to find the | ! i fire box, and Men and Women Fight to Escape Detroit, Sept. 20.—(7)\—Beatrice Heath, clerk in the check room of the Study Club, which burned carly today, taking a toll of 16 lives and injuring more than 50 persons, said she saw the flames leap down the stairway, licking the decorations. At the same time and greater things may be looked for in aerial transportation. The board announced today; through Fay Harding. in charge of plane and pilot registration, that these state officers would be asked to: report the number of planes and pi- lots in their respective counties, seg- regating the registered and those not registered. All aviators in the state who lack registration and licenses then will be ordered to pass the required tests or themselves and their machines will be grounded. The state tests for pi- lots and the registration requirements for planes are identical to those of the federal government, Mr. Harding said. While the board has no au- thority over private pilots, they will be urged to take the pilots’ tests and have their planes registered, provid- ing they pass the necessary inspec- tion. The recent inspection trip through ithe state of F. H. Longeway, depart- ment of commerce inspector from Minneapolis, added four licensed pi- lots and two aerial mechanics to the state registered list. They are Vin- cent Cavasino, Bismarck; Clifford E. Clarke, Williston; Mac Hintz, Grand Forks; and F. B. Irvine, Bismarck. The two mechanics are Orval R. Ey- ee Minot, and George Stitzel, Grand Licensed pilots in North Dakota number 17, records of the railroad board show. Others are Harry W. Potter, Bismarck; Arthur M. Samp- son, Wahpeton; Olof A. Anderson, jamestown; W. Albrecht, Roseglen; T. M. Strickler, Minot: jnot; H. L. Barnes, Grand Forks; and J. Myron Bacon, Grand Forks. Those she said she heard screams and the pounding of feet in the din- ing room. She made her escape through the main door with sev- eral men behind her, she said. The few men and women who got down the stairway before the flames cut off that means of es- cape, became panic stricken at the doorway and fought and milled there for several minutes before police literally hurled them into the street. George Buckingham, of Flint, Mich., who with a party of five friends came to the cabaret about midnight, told of bearing the cry of fire and seeing the flames at the stairway blocking the way to the street and safety. flames and smoke roaring up the} | staircase. Before patrons and em-| ployes were aware of their danger, |4 the fire was upon them. A cigarette girl was suffocated by the hot fumes as she stood in the center of the} | dance floor. Her body, slumped over ' her tray, was found by firemen. Many patrons rushed for safety ins | to a small dressing room, seven by | fifteen feet, in the rear of the build-; ing. Thirty of them were found piled | unconscious in the tiny space. Seve! eral were dead. Others were badly injured. Exterior Is Unblemished The interior of the building ruined, but the exterior presented an almost unblemished appearance save’ for broken windows and a fire exapeml which hangs useless, a mockery to those who ventured to trust it as an exit. : Marty Cohen, proprietor of the club, and Robert Jackson, master of cere- monies, were closeted with police this morning. Cohen attributed the fire Blaze Death List g F i iy : i i i #8 lh tial f i 4 I i Fe i i i E a & iu | Ba “ i mii F | & § & is : i f i [ 4 ape *