The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, November 20, 1930, Page 1

| North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE The Weather ‘Unsettled tonight and Friday, prob- ably snow tonight. Colder tonight. ESTABLISHED 1878 BLAZE DISCOVERED IN EARLY MORNING SPREADS RAPIDLY Christ Hoffer Meat Market Is First Business House to Be Destroyed FIREMEN WRECK GARAGE Demolish Small Structure to Prevent Spread of Blaze to Hotel Building (Tribune Special Service) Regent, N. Dak. Nov. 20.—Six business houses and two residence apartments were destroyed by fire here early this morning. ‘The loss is estimated at $50,000, only partially covered by insurance. "The cause of the fire has not been of the Christ Hoffer meat market, located in @ building owned by Eman-| Few motorists ever had ® narrow esca| of Mott, ‘The Horeswell| rawrence Swank of Crawfordsville, Ind, uel Huether building, occupied by the Biegenzahn of the fire. ding uid the hel tnd’ the this building building was | _\_ Meteor Used Him as Target! ‘| sed Him as | _\_ Meteor Used Him as Target! ‘| ness Men of Nation in New Campaign rected to sai Siar buildings as it] © popularise prohibition. rece te asible’to save the buming| The objective, as described by P. + mistreatment, the paper said. Lc without adequater water HOG HOG THIEVES BUSY IN GLEN ULLIN ARE 14 Porkers, Valued at $165, Stolen at Stockyards; Farmer Loses Four Hebron, N. D., Nov. 20.—Fourteen hogs belonging ‘to Wehri brothers left in the loading chute at the stock- yards for transferring into a stock car, were stolen in a mysterious man- ner last Friday en aes The hogs averaged 200 pounds eac! and were valued at $165.00. It is be- lieved that someone with a truck backed up to the chute, drove the hogs into it, and hit the trail. No clue as yet has been discovered lead- ing to the apprehension of the thieves. of Glen Ullin, several nights ago. ‘While Mr. Wilhelm and family were visiting at a neighbor's home, some- one made off with four of his largest hogs, but left four baby porkers in their place. Mr. Wilhelm is a good stock feed- er, and it has been suggested that the thieves probably will let him keep the a pigs until they are worth steal- ig. Grape Growers Pay $4,500,000 to Gangs! Fresno, Calif., Nov. 20.—(?}—The Morning Republican says the fresh grape industry in California had paid bagel $4,500,000 tribute to racketeers in eastern pelled ¢o pay $30 a car to the repre- sentatives of the racket before ethe door of any car of juice grapes could be opened. Refusal to pay resulted in disappearance of truckmen or their Youth Escapes Death In Fight With Snow Coeur d’ Alene, Téa. Ida., Nov. 20.—(7}— Zesty ae yattling 100 hours in blizzards deep snow. Except that he was hungry and ex- hausted, Hamilton appeared not to aye taped Sony 10 ue Sarena Several parties, foresters, had, been searching for the youth. He left a homesteader’s cabin Saturday to hunt deer. ba bai AT HEBREW TEMPLE A sermon on the subject of “Ra- Sunday school hours are from 9:30 a. m. until 12:30 p. m. Scott. McBride, general superintend- ent of the league, is to tell by news- Prohibition, without overlooking a resume of unfavorable conditions in the saloon days. The extent of this campaign was outlined by McBride last night soon after Prohibition Director Woodcock had made known his approval of the into wine. But Woodcock explicitly said the case was not a precedent for whole- sale rounding up of grape juice sell- ers, so the problem of just how to re- gard the widespread sale of an inno- cent beverage destined to acquire il- pelpeany y mained very much up The puzzle was enlivened by the recent reports that gangsters had threatened death ue Joice men if they invaded their beer baronies, and the rprielaatrd we Seu enneatan infor- mat fornia grape growers had appealed to the department of justice for protection under laws which forbid restraint of interstate commerce. Outlining the education campaign, McBride gave out a list of leading oe he said, have agreed to take in guiding the movement. Large ies have been formed, he said, in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Balti- more, three of the cities in the group ceenlly considered outstandingly The work is under auspices of the’ league because, he said, it is by far the largest of the dry groups and “is non-sectarian, Nonpartisan, is a na- tional organization and has ganization in every ste.” W. C.'T. U. Will Meet At Seattle in 1932 Houston, Tex., Nov. 20.—(#)—The executive committee of the national Woman's Christian Temperance union, which closed its fifty-sixth annual convention here last night, decided today to hold the 1932 na- tional convention in Seattle, Wash., some time prior to the presidential election. The date was not deter- mined. e ‘There will be no national conven- tion in 1931, the convention having peg! 1931, it was said, the others to be held in 1932. Prosecution in St. Louis of a merchant | who sold grape juice which turned | BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA,, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1930 Sleet Hampers Communication | Six” ix Buildings Burn at Regent; Loss $50,000 HOLMES WILL FACE MURDER Bambino Answers To Call of Wild Pee sabes tthe New York, Nov. 20.—(?)—Babe the aro te ae like he does on the diamond, is Sipe of BOs, eh gedlce sar head, ‘Then he "heard some wild “Chuck these material iamnenuinah ote ie” Minating cause for the murder charges against o_O Thief Promises to Get Last Rooster Sutton, W. Va., Nov. 20—(?)—, There's a chicken thief here- abouts who didn’t do a 100 per cent job area has left assur- went to her hen house she dis- covered that @ thief had made away with all her chickens except an old rooster. Around the rooster’s neck was tied a note. It read “T’ll be back for this one later.” OREGON MAN AND ALLEGED PARAMOUR HELD FOR MU Police Claim Capitalist and For- mer Secretary Slew So- ciety Matron Portland, Ore., ., Nov. Resear son C. Bowles, retired Mrs, Paris and Bowles. honking. lube,” he vowed. “I'm going to get my boots and gun and head for Chesapeake Bay. Boy, that's what I call fun.” GOVERNMENT QUIE DISORDERS IN SPAI Repressive Measures At Measures Are Effec- tive in Halting Political Conflagration Madrid, Nov. 20.—()—After threat- ening for a week to develop into wide- ger Political conflagration, Span- ish labor unrest and disorders ap- Peared to have yielded to stern gov- ernmental repressive measures, The Sindicato Unico, Barcelona labor federation, ordered cessation to- day of the general strike which has been in progress there, and with rap- id normalization of the situation in Madrid the government believed it had succeeded in quelling the nation- wide strike movement. Scattered general strikes remained in some of the smaller cities, notébly Alicante, Seville and Valencia. Several hundred students in the chemical section of the University of Madrid rioted in their quarters last night, forcing temporary suspension 1 ot the chemistry school. In Salamanca students staged dem- onstrations, shouting for a republic. But in each of these cities the gov- ernment quieted the disorders. At Barcelona police closing the va- Unico, fought with union henchmen, finally succeeding in shutting doors of the places. In Alicante 12 persons were injured when police broke up a disorder oc- casioned by striking workmen. Numerous arrests were made dur- ing the night. Ordered to Better Beulah Phone Service A petition by citizens of Beulah, asking that the Citizens Public Serv- ice was ordered by the state railroad commission. Rebuilding of the outside telephone plant of the company at Beulah, and installation of a modern new tele- Phone switchboard; repair of tele- phone instruments and other im- provements were also ordered. American Animal-Lovers Protest Proposed Bull Fight in Jersey Newark, N. J., Nov. 20—(P)— The animal lovers of the nation are balancing the pen against the sword in protest against the pro- posed bull fight here, on Nov. 30, featuring Sidney Amer- ica’s only From Philadelphia, Kansas City, Boston and other points Excerpts: world are on Newark,” “If Senor Franklin wants to fight, let him fight a man,” “How would you tipped with rubber. animals may be bored but not molested, they averted. Dr. Cooper’s alleged false statement was understood to concern the exact time Mrs. Bowles died. Police said Authorities asserted last night Dr. Cooper admitted Mrs. Bowles had been dead several minutes when he called the ambulance in which the body was removed to a private mor- tuary. Police also said Dr. Cooper did not notify them or the coroner of the tragedy. He was later arrested and charged with reaoring te oe the poty with- out the coroner’s pecnlellanvcanccap PUBLIC ‘ENEMY’ IS “CONVICTED BY JURY Alleged Business Brains of Ca- pone Organization May Go to Prison Chicago, Nov. 20.—(?)—Another “Public Enemy” nas clashed with law and, temporarily at least, has lost. He is Jack Guzik, gambler and one of the original 28 gangsters named by the Chicago crime commission as “public enemies.” He faced a possi- ble prison term of fifteen years and a fine of $30,000 following his convic- tion on three counts of an income tax evasion charge. The maximum Penalty for each of the counts {s five years imprisonment and a $10,000 rious headquarters of the Sindicato | fine. Guzik, described by police as a col- lector in the beer business for Alfonso Capone, gang leader, was found guil- ty by a federal court jury after six and a half hours deliberation last night. He was the second of the “public enemies” to be convicted of a criminal charge within the past few days. The other was James (Pur) Sammons, found guilty of vagrancy authorities as the most severe blow that has yet been dealt to the Ca- Pone organization, including the sen- tencing of Capone's \brother, Ralph, to a three-year term, on a similar charge. Ralph Capone is at liberty under bonds on an appeal from his conviction. The government charged that Guzik, who is reputed to be the “bus- iness brains” of the Capone organi- zation, with having evaded a total of $229,000 in taxes. Big German Seaplane Makes Stop in Spain Santander, Spain, Nov. 20.—(7)— The German flying boat DO-X, which unexpectedly landed here while en route from Bordeaux, France, to Cor-, unna, Spain, may not take off again until Frfiday. It was annouced today when weather conditions became de- ciedly unfavorable. The ship lies at emchor about three miles off the Mole. BANK PRESIDENT DROPS DEAD ly, Minn., Nov. 20.—)—William nt of the State Bank of Springfield. fell dead of heart dis- ease while hunting near here. 4 CHARGE IN PIEPKORN CASE @oroner’s July Impaneled Today Will Sit Later; Want Med- ical Advice ACTION FRIDAY EXPECTED Funeral Services for Dead Dep- uty Sheriff to Be Held Sunday at Wing | Ingalls Tests ‘Hell Diver’ As the first step toward prosecution of John Holmes, Wing blacksmith, on ‘® murder charge in the death, Wed- Mestiay, of George Piepkorn, Wing deputy sheriff, from stab wounds, Gounty Attorney George 8. today ordered a coroner's inquest. Coroner E. J. Gobel has impaneled a jury consisting of Capt. H A. Bro- copp, A. C. Wilde and W. B. Falconer ‘and will hold the inquest later, when & full medical report on the case can oh testi ie Dice dahl en ed er jury is expected to order a coroner's warrant charging murder in the first degree. This will be served on Holmes at the hospital where he and /is uhder treatment for the shot in his fight leg. He is guarded by deputy sheriffs. Funeral Sunday at Wing Santy * Attorney Register this morning said he probably also would have o first-degree murder warrant sworn out against Holmes. Meanwhile the Piepkorn family is are to be held in the community hall, am the church there is far too small to accommodate the crowd which Presumably will draw people from all northern section of the county. . Fred Christ of the Wilton Pres- jan church will conduct the services. The pallbearers will be from among leading citizens ote woper end of the conn Piepkorn was born on a farm near Oshkosh, Wis., Jan. 24, 1894, one of the four children of Mr. and Mrs. Otto Plepkorn. Leaving the farm in 1913, he came . | directly to Wing, engaging in several different occupations during his first year there. At the time of his death he had served three and one-half years as Burleigh county deputy sheriff and was a member of the school board in Linden district. He was a member of the group of ‘Wing citizens which on Nov. 9, 1921, put several bank robbers to rout after they had unsuccessfully attempted to rob the Wing bank. For the last three years of his life he was a grain buyer for the Monarch eleva- tor at Wing. He also had served as the Wing town marshal. Piepkorn was married to Miss Lucy Lutgens, a resident of the Wing dis- trict, on March 14, 1915. He leaves his widow, four children his mother, who resides in Oshkosh, Wis. a sister, three and many other relatives living in the The children are Foster, 13; Claude, nine; Judy May, eaeti and sister is Mrs. jOshkosh district. {Cleo June, two. His | Elsie Staib, residing in Oshkosh. Brothers are Emil, Bismarck; C. A., High River, Alta., Canada; and John, believed to be in the state of Wash- ington. One brother died in Oshkosh 19 years ago. Glen Ullin Motorists Wreck Automobile in Killing Three Horses Glen Ullin, N. D., Nov. 20.—An au- tamobile driven by P. A. Maser, Glen Ullin druggist, crashed into a herd of horses on highway No. 10 Tuesday night aad killing eee of the horses and badly wrecking the car. ‘The occupants of the car were not hurt, In the car with Mr. Maser were his wife, O. McGrath, and M. Tschids. They were returning from a trip to Bismarck. RR. Crossing Ordered For Big Farm Machines Construction of a of crossing « over the purpose threshing machines and other large farm implements across the railway right of way, giving as their reason that tractors with lugs are not per- mitted to operate on federal high- ways. Famous Huntress Is Dead in Minneapolis Minneapolis, Nov. 20—()—Dr. Cora Johnstone Best, internationally known lecturer, mountain climber and huntress, died at her home following an illness that began several years ago while she was traveling in Swit- zerland. She was 38 years old. Dr. Best was known throughout the Unit- ed States as a conservationist and ex- ponent of outdoor life. A new type airplane called the “hell diver,” the only one of its kind ever constructed, is being flown on the west coast by David S. Ingalls, as- sistant secretary of the navy for aviation. The secretary calls it “a two-seater fighter that will out-per- form and out-maneuver any other military type plane in the world.” It will climb 2800 feet per minute, and Ingalls has flown it at 180 miles per hour with the throttle only partly open. Ingalls is shown here with the Plane at Los Angeles. DEATH TOLL OF 14, LOSS OF ___ MILLIONSCA CAUSED BY STORMS pple oe A Montana ‘Gavel’ Is Given to Society | asec ica a Helena, Mont., Nov. 20.—(P)— Montana’s first official gavel has been presented to the state his- torical society. The gavel, accepted symbol of authority was wielded in the in- terests..of proper parliamentary + prosadisre by. Detwiler when he opened the first Mon- tana territorial legislature in 1846. It is an old-fashioned six- RIGHT OF APPEAL DENIED GIRL ‘REDS? Pair Convicted of Desecrating Flag Must Serve Terms, Court Holds Elmira, N. Y., Nov. 20.—(#)—The right of appeal from 90-day prison sentences has been denied Ailene Holmes and Mabel Husa, girl com- munists, convicted on charges of dese- crating the American flag. District Attorney Sheldon F. Roe of Chemung county announced yesterday. The de- cision, rendered by Judge Benjamin N. Cardozo of the court of appeals, was in the form of a memorandum sent to the prosecutor and defense counsel, Judge Cardozo wrote that, since the defense had not raised the validity of the statute under which the girls were convicted at the trial nor in the appeal to the county court, and since there had been no defense ob- jection to the reported presence of the district attorney on the bench with the presiding justice of the Peace, neither question could be pamet upon by the state’s highest orn only questions that Judge Car- dozo could consider, he wrote, were whether there had been errors in the court’s or in the form of com- mlbpent and he found no such er- The girls were accused of having said they would make a dishrag of the American flag, when told to raise it at the workers’ international re- ef camp for children at Van Etten, near here. The girls are serving their sentences in the Monroe county peni- tentiary. Miss Husa is a native of Belden, N. D. Episcopalians Elect __ South Dakota Bishop} Harrisburg, Pa., Nov. 20.—)—The Rev. Dr. W. Blair Ruberts, Suffragan bishop of South Dakota, was elected bishop of the Protestant Episcopal diocese of Harrisburgh to succeed the 47 Are Seriously Injured by Tor- nado Which Devastates Bethany, Okla. Kansas City, Nov. 20.—(#)—Torna- does which swept through Oklahoma, Arkansas and Kansas communities yesterday made hundreds homeless and did property~damnage: estimated at nearly $1,000,000. At least 14 persons were killed and 47 injured seriously by the tornado which demolished more than 100 houses at Bethany, a Nazerene set- tlement seven miles west of Oklahoma Cit: fas were killed at the Camel Creek school about four miles south of Bethany, where the tornado first struck. The teacher and 10 pupils were injured and the schoolhouse de- molished. D. D. Powell, city recorder of Ola, Ark., was killed and his wife seriously injured in a tornado which razed half the business buildings in that town of nearly 1,000 inhabitants. Sixteen children and a teacher were injured by a tornado which demol- ished a rural school building near Victoria, Kas. twenty buildings were demolished and a man seriously in- jured at Neal, Kas. Rehabilitation occupied the atten- tion of Bethany citizens today. A committee of insurance brokers, con- tractors and building and loan execu- tives already was formulating plans to rebuild the eastern part of the town, whose population was approxi- mately 2,000. ‘Appeals by Governor A. J. Holloway and the American Red Cross for $30,000 with which to carry on the work of rehabilitation were met promptly by donations which early today totaled more than $13,000, with many other subscriptions to be ta- bulated. R. E. Mattison Jr., member of the relief committee and vice president of the Oklahoma contractors’ asso- ciation, said contractors would volun- teer to rebuild the homes as soon as money for the materials alone was forthcoming, without considering profits. ‘The homeless persons were being cared for by half a dozen relief or- ganizations and friends whose homes escaped the storm. A canteen was established at the Nazerene church by the Salvation army and cots were set up in vacant buildings for those who could not find shelter elsewhere. National guardsmen patrolled the storm swept area to prevent looting and keep the crowds of curious away. | Eighth Man Killed In Hunting Accident Minneapolis, Nov. 20.—(?)}—Another hunting death, the eighth since the deer season in ‘Minnesota opened last Saturday, was reported today. Word that Emil J. Sponsel, 28, was killed in a hunting accident in the woods near Warroad, Minn., but which did not explain how he met death, was late Bishop James Darlington. ‘Speech Scrambler’ received by his wife here today. Is Devised to Worry Radiophone Eavesdroppers New York, Nov. 20.—(P)—A speech “scrambler” to prevent eavesdroppers from listening in on transatlantic conversations is the newest wrinkle in radio tele- Phony. The device was demonstrated by Sergius P. Grace, assistant vice president of the Bell Telephone laboratories, last night at a science forum devoted to elec- trical wonders. It consists of an electric “transmitting brain” and an electric “translating brain” - * which produce a language spoken by no human being. The “transmitting brain” dis- torts the natural speech frequen- cies of tones so as to make the re- sult unintelligible to any one lis- tening in on the ordinary radio. The “translating brain” picks up the frequencies and rearranges the inverted wave bands for the benefit of the receiving party. “Telephone company” when scrambled comes out “playofine crinkanope.” PRICE FIVE CENTS STATES DIVDEDBY ICE STORM STRIKING VALLEY CITY SECTOR Western North Dakota Points Receive A.P.News From « Denver Office 72 POLES KNOCKED DOWN Unsettled Weather Tonight and Friday and Lower Temper ature Forecast A heavy sleet storm in the Valley City district this forenoon which leveled telegraph and telephone poles in its path paralyzed communication between western and eastern North Dakota points. Seventy-two poles were reported down six miles east of Valley City. The sleet storm was moving south. All North Dakota points except Fargo and Grand Forks today were receiving Associated Press news from Denver, Colo., rather than St. Paul, as is customary. Fargo and Grand Forks had communication with St. Paul, however. Wires were down both east and west of Denver this afternoon, however, and telegraphic service from that point was practically at a standstill. Bismarck may get more snow to- night, according to the daily forecast made by federal weather officials here. The report predicted unsettled weather tonight and tomorrow, with snow @ probability in the western Portions tonight. Snow is predicted Weather Upsets Market Report Bad weather throughout the west and crippled telegraph wires today resulted in impairment of tired Tribune’s market report serv- ce. All of the markets available are being printed. When communi- cations are restored the Tribune ‘will again’print its usdaT market reports, the most accurate, up- to-the-minnte and extensive available to Missouri Slope read- ers. for the eastern part of the state Fri- day. Snow tonight and Friday is pre- dicted for all states in the Northwest. Mercury Drops Here Temperature dropped to 18 degrees above at 7 a. m. in Bismarck today and snow began to fall at noon. Yes- terday's high mercury mark was 27 degrees, or five below freezing. Williston and Dickinson, with eight degrees above, were the coldest points in the state today. Devils Lake re- Ported 16, Valley City 31, Fargo 34. A blizzard this forenoon Was report- ed in the Napoleon, Kintyre and Steele district. Dickinson was blanketed with snow an inch thick yesterday for the first time this year. The sky today re- mained overcast with flurries of snow descending. The blizzard in Emmons and Logan counties was so bad, according to a report received this afternoon by the Northwestern Bell Telephone com- pany here, that schools were closed. With snowfall growing heavier each hour in the capital city this after- noon, all highways leading from Bis- marck-Mandan were reported blocked by drifts. Storms which have spread a deep blanket of snow over the West were vanishing today, only to be replaced by tumbling temperatures. Overcast. skies at most points were giving way to clear skies. South Dakota Struck Most of central and western South Dakota today was in the grip of a sleet storm that extended from Mit- chell west to the Black Hills and from Aberdeen south to Norfolk, Neb. Telephone and telegraph service was seriously curtailed and exact in- formation as to the extent of the storm was unavailable. Aberdeen was cut off from come (Continued on page nine) Run on Missouri Bank Forces Close Jefferson City, Mo., Nov. 20.—(P)— The Hannibal Trust company of Han- nibal, Mo., with total resources of $1,523,720, was closed today by its board of directors, tie state finance department announced. Heavy with- drawals as a result of the recent bank closing in Quincy, Ill., just across the river from Hannibal, was given as the cause. Dr. Frank Weber Is New Leipzig Speaker New Letpzig, N.D., Nov. 20.—Dr. Frank R. Weber, representative ot the North Dakota Retail Merchants association, was to speak this after- noon on the program of the annual Poultry show here. J. A. Miller was . speak at several other Missouri Slope com- munities in the near future, His schedule, with those who are in charge of the programs, follows: Tonight—Raleigh, C. L. Klein, Nov. 21—Shields, Zweifel Brothers. Nov, 22—Flasher, Hoffman Mer- cantile company. Nov. 23-24—Mott, F. G. Orr. Nov. 25—Regent, M. F. Christopher- son. Dec. 8-13—Bowman county, Agri- cultural Agent Olson, ’