The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, September 23, 1929, Page 1

North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper ESTABLISHED 1878 HOOVER ASKS HOWELL T0 PROVE WET’ REMARK ‘Dope Dens’ Operate Near Capitol CHRARER EMPLOYED ‘JOHN AND FLORENCE | American Traditions Will Guide Married Life of John and Bride Unmolested ACCUSATION IS MADE BY SENATOR BLEASE " INSPEECH ON TARIFF Higher-Up Is Preventing Grand Jury Action in the Cases of Four Jailed Suspects SAYS ENFORCEMENT IS LAX Heflin Says Traffic in Narcotics ‘Running into Hundreds of Millions’ ‘The senate toda: ‘Washington, Sept. 23.—(7)—An as- sertion that “four narcotic joint "are operating, near the capitol on Penn- sylvania avenue and that this was known to “people whose duty it is to stop it” was made in the senate today by Senator Blease, Democrat, South ina. orsiense made ind men igpsye soko aking in opposition to a commit- rg pe to the tariff bill to eliminate @ a ee Be Rea tend the liability to own: - sels for unmanifested smoking opium found on board. Blease said the cases of four per- her of narcotic law viola- THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE f Blames Politics t | __ for Indictment | “Merely a political gesture” was the reply of Governor Fiem D. Sampson above) of Kentucky when he learned jhe and seven other members of the State Textbook Commission had been indicted on charges of “illegally re- ceiving gifts” from publishing con- cerns. He denies the charges and de- mands an immediate trial. The al- leged “gifts” were school textbooks. IMETTINGER’S JEWEL TRUNK MYSTERY IS PARTIALLY SOLVED Three Hunters Find Gem ‘Box’ in Strawstack; Are Jew- ets Still There? Pfesto, chango, now it’s gone, now it’s here, + he trunk containing between $15,- 000 and $20,000 worth of jewelry and added | in the hands of Adams county author- also it saying the traffic in narcotics as “ranting into hundreds of mil- of dollars.” tthe idea that a senator wants to relieve a ship owner and fine only something I cannot un- mitted. ities today following its discovery in a strawstack. Three youths, hunting 15 miles northwest of Hettinger Saturday, stumbled upon the jewelry box, which was the property of A. C. Bekken, Chicago wholesale jeweler. The trunk disappeared somewhere between Het- tinger and Reeder as it was being hauled on a motor truck. With the strawstack in which the ‘The reason the law is not enforced, | had not opened he charged, was that “officers hold their hands behind them and accept fees from the smugglers.” VENDETTA KILLERS SLAY BABY IN ARMS Madison's List of Murders in Little Italy Raised to 16 ii EE Eee air 5 i i i E i ii fel s i ey ity ee if g i ! : fi a — fi j i i i g n li | | i ¥ EENey if 5 Fre ft ry iq ¥ il vt ae fi tal BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1929 “10 REPORT EVENTS, Bethlehem Corporation Official Paid Lobbyist $7,500 for Capital Labor AGREEMENT WAS VERBAL Thought Observations at Ge- neva Worth $25,000, Sen- ate Probe Brings Out Washington, Sept. 23—(#)—S. W. ‘Wakeman, vice president of the Beth- lehem Shipbuilding corporation, test- ified before a senate investigating committee today he had engaged Wil- liam B. Shearer to attend the 1927 Geneva naval conference for the “purpose of reporting cvents that happened there.” Wakeman was the first witness to- day as the committee resumed its inquiry into the activities of Shearer whose suit in New York for approxi- mately $300,000 which he alleges is due him for services rendered the | Shipbuilders, prompted the investiga - | ton. The Bethiehem corporation official | represented his concern at the New | York meeting at the time Shearer ‘was engaged to go to the 1927 Geneva paricy which broke up without an agreement on naval limitations being reached. Employed for $7,500 Previous to this meeting. Wakeman testified the three American ship- building concerns had employed Shearer for $7,500 to come to Wash- ington and “write articles and make speeches to supplement the merchant marine program to the United States hipping board.” That was in Decem- ber, 1926, he said. Asked why Shearer was engaged to go to Geneva, Wakeman replied: “For the purpose of events that happened there. Continuing, Wakeman said the (Continued on page seven) OKILLED, 7 INJURED IN AUTO ACCIDENTS | Five Men Escape Death in Two Crashes on Highways Near Jamestown St. Paul, Sept. 23.—()—Five per- sons were dead and seven injured to- day, the result of automobile acci- dents over the week-end in three northwest states, HY z ff sigl li Hi nf ile eT} ebualt, ni reporting the | “=i KILLED AS CANADA WED TODAY BEFORE SHIPBUILDER STATES| NOTABLE GATHERING New England Restraint and Dignity Mark Marriage of Famous Couple TWO MINISTERS OFFICIATE Blonde Bride Wears Gown of Old Ivory Satin, Duchesse Lace on Veil Plainville, Conn., Sept. 23.—(™)—As the chime of wedding bells pealed by an 85 year old sexton died out in the air, Florence Trumbull, daughter of Connecticut's governor, and John Coolidge, son of Ex-president Calvin Coolidge, were married here today in the white frame village Congregation- al church. ‘The ceremony took place at 4 p. m., after the chimes rung by A. H. Dres- er, the sexton who has sounded Plainville’s festive bells for more than 50 years, had summoned guests from both notable and quiet walks of lifc to the services. ! The simple Congregational wedding | service, lasting only seven minutes, } was read bythe Rev. Kenneth Welles, of Albany, N. Y., former pastor of the Congregational church at North- ampton, Mass., in the presence of the 82 invited guests. He was assisted by the Reverend J. Roy Wilkerson, pas- tor of the Plainville Congregational church. Word ‘Obey’ Omitted ‘The single ring ceremony was used and the word “obey” was not included in the service. Former President and Mrs. Cool- idge arrived at the church shortly be- fore the ceremony and were seated on one of the front pews, ncar the Trum- bull family. Stephen Brown-ef - Northampton, acted as John Coolidge's best ma: Immediately after the ceremony the Coolidges bride's father, where a reception was held on the grounds surrounding the big colonial house. Honeymoon plans of the bridal party have not been revealed, al- though today's reports indicated that they include a tour of New England and a visit to Plymouth, Vermont, : homestead of the Coolidges. Two United States senators, four the and former Connecticut governors and the | today ‘Trumbull’ j{members of Governor 's military staff were among those present at the ceremony. The re- mainder of the guests were limited to friends and relatives of the Coolidge and Trumbull families. The nuptials, although colored by (Continued on page seven) ASHP HTS LAKE ‘Winnipeg. Man., Sept. 23.—(®)— Three men were killed when a West- ern Canada airways plane fell into Lake Manitoba, 120 miles from here yesterday, said a statement today by A. MacDougall, treasurer of the festern Canada airways. The dead, said the oe are: Gcorge McKee, Toronto, ; Arthur Reach, Winnipeg, engineer; Arthur »| Hunt Chute, New York, novelist. = HUGGING CONDITION CALLED VERY GRAVE KVALEIS FAVORITE. TO SUCCEED RATHER Road Left ‘Wide Open’ to Dead Congressman’s Son by Lawson Declaration St. Paul, Sept. 23—(7)—With Paul Kvale as outstanding favorite of the party to succeed his father, Rev. O. J. Kvale of Benson, Farmer - Laborites of the seventh congressional district convened in county caucuses prior to a district meeting at Monte- video Wednesday. Political observers in the district said they believed the field was left “wide open” to the dead congress- man’s son through announcement of State Senator Victor Lawson of the Willmar Sunday night that he would not be a candidate. Meetings were scheduled for today in the be held in the county seat town. ‘They were to be held at Ortonvillel Montevideo, Alexandria, Elbow Lake, ‘Willmar, Madison, Marshall, Litch- field, Olivia, Morris, Benson, Whea- ton, Glenwood, and Granite Falls. Paul Kvale, who was secret: to pe father, announced last week that is @ candidate for the office made vacant when Mr. Kvale was burned to death. By proclamation of Governor Christianson Saturday filings will be place October 9 and the final poll October 16. BALDWIN FARMER IS RUN OVER BY TRUCK _|dohn Eliason, Burleigh County Pioneer, Sustains Broken Leg in Accident With his left leg broken Saturday ges when is jee ye gy pounds wi its cargo of Xx, ran over him, John Eliason, Baldwin farmer, was resting Fe casa | Trumbull families. for the bedroom.” tree pattern of silver.” {Land c curtains, hooked rugs. “Mother would seem most a) Pleasant-faced, By JULIA BLANSRARD Their families are wealthy and famous, but John Coolidge and Florence plan to live simply and quietly within | their own meager income. They're shown together in this especially posed photo on the estate of Gov. John H. Trumbull at Plainville, Conn. They are to be married today. They'll Be Busy, Thrifty wo EXTINGT VOLCANO N “THROES OF ERUPTION Self-Sufficient, Florence Proudly Says jTO STUDY GIFT COOK BOOKS, Plans 7 o'Clock Breakfast; To! Scrub Floors and Will Be Own Manicurist “Mrs. Coolidge is giving us the|before each of the eruptions of loveliest carly American furniture Florence told me, ness, “Mother is making us a present Governor Winthrop’s own desk, very early American piece,” she con-| |tinued. “And I have picked the pine her fresh young face alight with hap- 1¢ counties in the district, to |P! of} . ® Alded in Picking Furniture Along with the high boys, four- |poster bed and two rocking chairs | jthat the former First Lady of the hoose, there are simple frilled old-fashioned patch-work quilts and replicas of old Colonial and Mrs. received until October 2. The special Coolidge helped me pick out most of Primary election in the district takes |the Fest of my furniture,” Florence said, Seeing Florence, this type of ppropriate. fondness of the townsfolk, who all call her “Florence,” the .way the middle-aged maid (Continued on page seven) $50.0 INDIANONDS SEIZED BY ROBBER Seattle, Wash., Sept. 23.—(AP)—| { setting The Two armed men held up the offices diamond jof Rothstein Brothers, here today and _ escaped with diamonds valued at $50,000. The brokerage office is on | been felt within three hours near the ‘residents of the north Kona district Plainsville, Conn., Sept. 23.—(NEA) {of this island today prepared to John Coolidge and his bride will start ‘their married life in an early Amer- | tion materialize. ican setting, quite in keeping with the early American traditions of | blors were first felt Friday, the quakes Genuineness and simplicity that pro- duced both the Coolidge and the 'the| f fifth floor of a downtown building. After forcing their victims to hand over the diamonds the men down a back stairway. monds had just been bs from a basement vault by J. J. Low-| tioner here, was found dead of heart Don-|enstein and A, B. Rothstein, Zt i a 5 fled The dia- E E i up Beet § eet f The Weatiier *- Mostly cloudy tonight and Tuesday, probably showers, Cooler tonight. PRICE FIVE CE: NEBRASKA SENATOR SAYS PROHIBITION I LAX IN WASHINGTON jDeclares Enforcement Possible if Chief Executive In- sists on It ASKED TO PRODUCE FACTS President Wants to Make Diss trict of Columbia ‘a Model in the Country’ Washington, Sept. 23.—(#)—Sen- ator Howell, Republican, Nebraska, has been called upon by President Hoover to lay before the department |of justice the “definite facts” on which he based his assertions in the senate that prohibition is not being enforced in the capital but could be enforced if the chief executive in- sisted on it. Expressing a @esire on the part of the president to make the District of Columbia model in the country” with respect to prohibition enforces ment and the intention “to secure the fullest enforcement in the dise trict possible under the organization of enforcement agencies as provided by law,” a statement issued by the white house said: “The president is glad the senator has raised the question. He is con- fident the senator would not make these charges unless they were based upon definite facts with time and place, and if he will lay any such in- formation before the department of Justice, the president will have the matters vigorously investigated. Remarking that “Senator Howell's statement that the prohibition law is not being enforced in the District of Columbia seriously impugns the good faith and capacity of Commissioner Dougherty, in charge of police, Super- intendent of Police Pratt, District Attorney Rover, and Prohibition Agent William Blanford,” the white house statement also observed that “it is only fair to give to the district officials an opportunity to meet such charg Saying }> was surprised his asser= tions in the senate has aroused unus- ual attention, since he regarded the | situation he was discussing as one ps which cvery one in Washington ought to te familiar, Howell asserted, after being informed of the white house statement, that he had meant everything he told the senate, though he had not intended to cas\ Personal reflection on any govern- ment official. He emphasized in his comment on the statement the question of impor- tation of liquor for embassies, which was not mentioned by the white house. He was prepared, he said, to submit a statement showing a violas tion of the dry law in that connec- tion, giving the names of a shipping ncies concer! - tion of embassy liquor. a BISMARCK SHOOTING CASE HAS DUPLICATE Woman Held for Killing Ale though Dying Husband Said ‘It Was an Accident’ Repeated Temblors Presage Ac- tivity, Hawaiian Volcan- ologist Believes Hilo, Island of Hawail, Sept. 23— (?)—After 58 earthquake shocks had extinct volcano Hualalai yesterday, evacuate should an anticipated erup- Repeating in series, since the tem- have shown intensity at times, pre- saging. volcano observers say, & Pos- sible eruption, They pointed out that Kilauea this year and the explosive eruption in 1924 of the same cone, continued shocks were recorded. Dr. T. A. Jaggar, volcanologist, when. the first rumbling disturb- ances beneath the carth’s surface were felt, said they would not mean mn eruption unless they continue. He climbed the slope of Mount Hua- lalai to make observations. Saturday night the quakes started again after the island had been quiet since Friday, continued in growing intensity and reached their strongest about 2 . Sunday. Between nine &. m. and noon yesterday 58 quakes were felt on Mount Hualalai. Oroville, Cal. Sept. 23.—(?)—Mrs, Pearl Baldwin was in jail today pende ing an inquest into the death of her husband, William C. Baldwin, 40, son of Mayor William T. Baldwin, whom. she is said to have admitted killing and who died declaring he had accie dentally shot himself. drick McNeil, 15, 8 pioneer confec- trouble.