The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 22, 1931, Page 1

' North Dakota's Oldest Newspaper ESTABLISHED 1878 BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA. THURSDAY, JANUARY 22, 1931 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE The Weather i PRICE FIVE CENTS Garrison Asks Missouri Bridge Hazelton Man and Carson Boy Win Prizes [_Hidresitymaveorieeoc J PRISDENTHASNOT |County Commissioners LEROY LEIGH, 13,18 WINNER OF 4-H CLUB SWEEPSTAKES HONOR Partridge Wyandotte Cock Be- fonging to N. S. Traugert Named Grand Champion UNDERWOOD TURKEY WINS Fifty Exhibitors and Enthusiasts Attend Annual Slope Poul- try Show Dinner i After carefully weighing the merits of a great many birds of champion- ship calibre, O. J. Weisner, judge of the 12th annual Slope Poultry show, finally named a Partridge Wyandotte cock, belonging to N. 8. Trauger, Hazelton, as grand champion in the senior division and a pen of White Plymouth Rocks, owned by Leroy Leitch, 13-year-old Carson boy, as the. winner of the Bismarck Tribune sweepstakes trophy for the 4-H divi- sion. 0. L. Nordquist, Underwood, was the recipient of the cup offered for the grand champion turkey. Weisner also picked the individual champion of each particular breed and named the winners of the special exhibits. 50 Atténd Dinner Approximately 50 poultry men at- tended a dinner given Wednesday night by members of the Presbyterian Ladies Aid. O. J. Weisner was the guest of honor and the princi speaker. He spoke briefly on the 1931 show, commenting on the im- success of an exhibition. Carl Nelson, new president of the Slope Poultry association, said Thurs- day thet he was more than with the show this year and that the INDIAN ON TRIAL FOR MURDERING N. D, MAN Clarence Hyde, 19, Accused of Killing, Oscar Olson, Spe- cial Officer Los Angeles, Jan. 22.—(#)—Clarence Hyde, 19-year-old Indian, was on trial in federal court: Thursday for the slaying of Oscar Olson, special federal officer. Olson was shot to death Oct. 19, 1930, when he and Condino Hopkins, an Indian officer, invaded the home of “Indian John,” father of clyde, in search of a source of liquor, during @ solemn cerémony concerning the spirits of the dead. : Hopkins told of entering the house with Olson, who had arrived from North Dakota a short time before. Hyde, he said, demanded @ search warrant and Olson replied he didn’t need one. A shot rang out, Hopkins said, and Olson slumped to the floor. |) ‘The shot, he said, came from the darkness outside. ‘Assailants Fire at Home in West Fargo Fargo, N. D., Jan. 22—(#)—Three bullets apparently were fired at the home. of Mrs. A. Stuka, West Fargo, at 8 p.m. Wednesday from a@ car parked on highway No. 10. Identity of the assailants is unknown. Mrs. Stuka, her three sons py : granddaughter, in the house time, were unhurt. Two of the bullets the It room wall. i Wo motive eould be ascribed for the attack. Damage Suit Sequel To ‘Poison Dart’ Case Chicago, Jan, 22,—()—Chicago’s ‘poison dart” mystery has ended so far as criminal prosecution of Kuhn, 38-year-old brokerage clerk, is of the 2 STILL the Emperor,” former Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany is reported to have told a recent visitor at . And in the new photo at the left you see the deposed Teutonic ruler, still regally birthday. With his second wit in Doorn, Holland. 2 years in exile, as he appeared Thursday a Hermine, shown at the right in a striking new portrait, the exiled monarch Thursday entertained other members of the fallen house of Hohenzollern on his birthday anniversary. The medals and other decorations which reminiscent time photogra| he is wearing in the picture are $3,000 TAKEN IN TRAIN HOLDUP NORTHDAKOTANS SA MINNESOTA DEPUTIES SHOT AT THEIR AUTO Valley City Couple Apparently Were Mistaken for Liquor Runners Valley City, N..D., Jan. 22.—(P)}— Apparently mistaken for lquor run- ners, Mr. and Mrs. J, W. Grotberg were halted in Minnesota by two men who claimed to be deputy sheriffs, after the Grotberg car was pursued and fired upon, the couple said on their return.to their home here Wed- nesday night. The Grotberg’s seven - months - old child was asleep in the back seat of Fearing a hold-up, Grotberg sped up his car when two men drew along- ite and fleshed Nee on the ma- e. The pursuers opened fire on the Grotberg car, according to the couple, when the Valley City residents got into’ the. lead. One of the bullets struck a tire and another a muffler. Arriving in Becker, the Grotbergs called for help, just as the men pur- suing them caught up with tne car. The Grotberg machine was searched. Mr, and Mrs. Grotberg said Thurs- day that after being halted they. asked the men as to who was going to pay for the damage caused by the lets. “You're out of luck; we're deputy sheriffs,” Grotberg said the men re- plied. According , the men to claimed to be William A. Wilson, working under Sheriff Neumann of Elk River, Minn. Claims Champion Egg-Laying Canary lung. All Dressed Up And Nowhere to Go! ae on his 72nd Passenger Critically Wounded; Robbers Believed to Be Amateurs Bellefontaine, Ohio, Jan. 22—(7)— Six train bandits royted sleeping Florida-bound passengers from their berths as a Big Four train neared here early Thursday, and made away with cash and jewelry estimated at $3,000. Timing the holdup well, the gun- men, masked and armed, invaded the next to the last Pullman of the No. 9 tain, en route from Detroit to Cincin- nati. One man who shouted in alarm was shot and critically wounded and the remaining six passengers were marshaled in the drawing room with the porter and a brakeman. One robber stood guard while the rest went through the car, snatching ‘money and valuables. As the train slowed down for Bellefontaine, they leaped from the rear car and disap- The man shot was Edwin K. Nelson, ‘Tampa, Fla. He shouted when ‘aroused and was ordered to “keep quiet.” He shouted again and was shot, the bullet piercing his right arm and chest. He was in a serious con- dition Thyrsday with a punctured Is Doubtfal Big four surgeons who attended Nelson said his condition was so critical that recovery is doubtful. The bullet went clear through his body and was found on the mattress of his pullman bunk. Attaches at the hospital attempted | to question Nelson for further details of ‘tHe robbery but a shake of the McLemens and| “innatl. ul Sousa, Working in Hospital Chair, Setting Poe’s ‘Annabel Lee’ to Music Baltimore, Jan. 22.—(%)—John Phillip Sousa, the march 4 E § : i i a I B i | EaTeE iy ; hy i ee i i : i | i A i & i E th is by if E "ike # s 4 k i n48 i : z | il E i write,” he said. “The thought of Eagar Allan Poe came to me be- - cause I was in Baltimore and I thought of his musical poem ‘An- nabel Lee.’ I decided to set it to music. i g8 $100,000 Kidnap Plot Princess PI $25,000,000 RELIEF BILL PASSES SENATE | AND GOES TO HOUSE 2 Administration Leaders in Low- er Branch Seek Ways to Defeat Measure Washington, Jan. 22—(7)—The $25,000,000 appropriation proposal for Red Cross relief Thursday finally reached the house, where an unwill- ing reception committee still debated ways of meeting it acceptable both to the membership and to President Hoover. Wednesday night’s session of the senate finally broke the jam holding the interior department supply bill to Hoover to Speak On Radio Program Washington, Jan. 22,—(?)—Pres- ident Hoover, as president of the American Red Cross, Thursday accepted an invitation to partici- pate in the special drought relief cated but delay seemed likely. House Republican leaders were hopeful of putting across a compromise which would cut the amount in half and plan. would be i 2 3 8 i Revealed in Detroit CLOSED DOOR T0 ALL REVISION PROPOSALS | Senator Fess, Dry and Republi- can, Says Hoover Still Has ‘an Open Mind’ STORM BREWING IN SENATE Resolution by Senator Tydings Asks for Inquiry Into Commission ‘Washington, Jan. 22.—(?)—Empha- sis was made Thureday by Senator Fess, Republican, Ohio, to the point that President Hoover in objecting to the Wickersham commission's sub- stitute :8th amendment had noi closed the door to all revision proposals, Party leaders looked significantly at this statement of Senator Fess, who is chairman of the Republican national committee and an adviser of Mr. Hoover's. He was at the white house Wednesday, The Ohioan, one of the staunch supportets of national prohibition himself, would not say that Mr. Hoover favored any other revision or had any other idea for modification in mind, Makes Simple Statement “I just simply say,” explained Fess, “that Mr. Hoover did not close the door to any revision when he rejected this substitute amendment because it would throw prohibition, forever into Politics:” The law enforcement commission said in its conclusions: “All the commission agree that if the amendment is revised it should be made to read substantially as fol- lows: ‘The congress shall “Section 1. have power to regulate or tq prohibit nt ters the manufacture, ject to the jurisdiction thereof for beverage ” Senator Fess stipulated he had no idea whatever that Mr. Hoover had (Continued on page fifteen) GIRL IS BURNED IN GASOLINE EXPLOSION Loretta Asselstine, 15, Injured Wednesday When Cleaning Fluid Is Ignited Loretta Asselstine, 15, was painfully burned about the neck and arms afternoon :| WOMAN ACCUSED AS $50,000 SWINDLER), »: that if brought|Man Claims She Conspired to Mulct Him of $50,000 in ‘Gambling Hoax’ sailant. Frank Heimes Is’ Named to Succeed A. J. McFadden, Neche, as President CONVENTION NEARING END Resolutions Favor Increases in Gasoline Tax and Fee for Truck: Licenses (Tribune Special Service) Dickinson, N. D., Jan, 22—Prank Heimes, Valley City, was elected president at the closing session of the North Dakota County Commission- ers’ association here Thursday. He succeeds A. J. McFadden, Neche. Minot was selected as the conven- tion city for the 1932 meeting. J. L. Rovig, Mandan, was chosen vice president. Rovig was a member of the board of directors last year. J. F. Strauss, Harvey, Wells county, was reelected secretary-tresaurer at the meeting. The convention unanimous!y ap- proved a resolution endorsing a pro- posal for an increase in the gasoline tax from three to four cents a gal- lon. The commissioners also went on record as favoring an increase in the license fees of trucks and commercial! Approximately 250 county commis- sioners attended the meeting. Wed- nesday the delegates were guests of Dickinson business men at a ban- quet in the Dickinson K. C. hall. Thursday afternoon the delegates were taken on a tour of North Da- kota Bad Lands. Governor George Shafer and mem-} bers of the state highway depart- ment, I. J. Moe, A. D. McKinnon, and J. E. O'Neill, were the principal speakers before the convention. OMAN HOPES GUN VICTIM WILL LIVE Architect’s Wife in Tulsa Held for Shooting Husband's Former Secretary Tulsa, Okla, Jan. 22—()—An architect's wife who shot a Tulsa university co-ed her estranged hus- band once employed was hoping Thursday her victim would live. Mrs. Alma Endacott, wife of Asbury Endacott, architect and former city commissioner, was under $2,500 bond on a charge of attempted murder and Miss Charlice Caudell, Meadow, Tex., student, lay in a hospital with two bullet wounds in her body. The condition of Miss Caudell, ac- cused by Mrs. Endacott of stealing the affections of her husband was critical. The shooting occurred by Miss Cau- dell’s car near the University of Tulsa campus, Wednesday. “I'm sorry I shot her,” Mrs. Enda- cott said when informed the student might die. “I hope she lives.” “Miss Caudell was the cause of our separation. I went to the university to ask her to leave my husband alone. I told her I wanted to talk to her about breaking up my home. She reached for an iron bar. I shot her.” Preliminary hearing of Mrs. Enda- cott was set for Feb. 4. Minneapolitan Near Death from Wounds death at General hospitel Thursday, unable to reveal the identity of his as- sidewalk shortly before dawn. It was He was found lying bleeding on the estranged. .| Agua two weeks of her east. County Commissioners Elect Valley City Man So ERAT A TLE ea f Narcotics Victim | Pa bho biised det Hpac 2 ALMA RUBENS ALMA RUBENS LOSES. GRIM FIGHT AGAINST NARCOTIC ADDICTION BILL APPROPRIATING $168,000 OFFERED BY DUNN LAWMAKER Proposed Site Would Be 7 Miles South of Garrison, 11 West of Coleharbar - CONTINUES OLD QUESTION McLean County Delegation Exe pected to Support Measure Because of Old Agreement Residents of Garrison, McLean preted today Pane its effort to & Missouri River bridge a sibory A bill, introduced present tive Gottlieb Isaak, Bon aig carries an appropriation of $168,000 for construction of a bridge across the Geert, ® point seven miles south of jarrison @pproximat eaat 00 Oop che tely 10 miles Introduction of the bill was a carry-over from the fight which was waged in the legislature at pre- vious sessions. With nearly 180 milea of river along its western border, Mc- Lean county has no bridge. For a long time the northern and southern parts of the county were in disagreement as to where a bridge should be located, the fight raging between Garrison and Washburn, Then an agreement wes made where- by Washburn should have the united support of the county for the first at- tempt. This failed and now Garrie son is presenting its claim. Proponents of the idea estimate Cinema Star of First Magnitude thet the bridge will be 1,900 feet long for Decade Is Victim of Pneumonia Los Angeles, Jan. 22.—(?)—Death has ended the valiant fight of Alma Rubens to conquer narcotic addiction and make a comeback in motion pic- tures, Miss Rubens, two years ago a sereen stat’ of“the first magnitude, lived a story more tragic than any film makers would attempt to de- Pict. She died Wednesday night of Pneumonia, but the coming of death after @ 60-hour coma served to re- move the darkest cloud ever to shadow the black-haired actress, Two weeks ago Miss Rubens was arrested in San Diego on federal charges of smuggling and possession of narcotics. She was taken ill with @ cold, which developed into pneu- monia, shortly after being released from jail under $5,000 bond to await hearings and trial. Beside her death bed in the home of Dr. Charles J. Pfleuger, her physi- cian, stood her mother, Mrs. Theresa Rubens, and her sister, Mrs. Hazel Large, Madera, Cal. The doctor was the only other person present. when the end came. When, nearly 12 years ago, Miss Rubens played the feminine lead in Douglas Fairbanks’ “The Half-Breed” she was described as Hollywood's newest Cinderella, Her starring roles in such pictures as ‘“Humoresque,” “The Valley of Silent Men,” “Gilded Butterfly,” “Siberia,” and “Unseeing Eyes,” during the next decade estab- lished her as one of filmdom’s fore- most. In January, 1929, Miss Rubens was revealed as a narcotic addict. She dropped out of pictures and soon was confined for treatment in a state hospital. She was paroled in a few months, only to be cited again for addiction and sent to another state asylum, from which she was released as cured in December of the same year. During a trip to New York for a rest that she hoped would prepare for her reentrance to films, Miss Rubens broke with Ricardo Cortez, film actor, her third husband. They were mar- ried in January, 1926. She said he claimed too much credit for her cure, and forwarded divorce papers here for filing. Although the suit never went to trial, the couple: remained fore Miss Rubens died he had not been informed that she was seriously i. Miss Rubens’ arrest after a trip to Caliente, Mexico, came within return from the DOLLAR RALLIES AGAIN Sen Rafael, Calif, Jan. 22—()— Woman Dies on Operating Tableas _ Anaesthetic Gas Explodes in Lungs | Angeles, Js fr 5 : i 8 B 5 F ! | i ty Fp > E i 13 i i i i | i i Z i : if E pet it i eee eal [ ti oi] ii and will be economical to build be- | cause of the high banks of the river on both the McLean and Mercer county sides. On the Mercer county side, they estimate, it will be neces- sary to build no ap- Proaches. Because of the nature of the pplgtel See it has been neces- sary ld expensive ay ta each of the three wari Outline Finance Pian The proposed financial plan calls for $168,000 ‘trom the state highway fund, $250,000 from the federal gov- ernment, $41,000 from McLean county and $41,000 from Mercer county, a total of $500,000. Advocates of the proposal contend that a bridge could be built more cheaply now than at the time any of the present three bridges were built (Continued on page fifteen) NAME TURNER HEAD OF N. D. SHERIFFS Joseph L. Kelley of Burleigh County Is Vice President of Sheriffs Association C. C. Turner, warden of the state Penitentiary, was elected president of the North Dakota Sheriffs’ associa- tion, at a meeting held in the court~ house in Bismarck Thursday after- noon, Joseph L. Kelley, sheriff of Bur« leigh county, was named vice presi- dent, and P. C. Balkan, Traill coun- ty, was elected secretary and treas- urer. Sheriffs from 34 counties are in Bismarck attending a three-day con- vention of the association. Various matters of policy and various prob= Jems that confront the sheriff, by vir- tue of his office as a peace officer, 2 fee at a series of meet= held Wednesday and Thursday. It was expected that Attorney Gen~« eral James Morris would address the convention at a meeting, held at 3 Pp. m. Thursday, but the press of his duties was so great that he could make no definite promise to appear. ayo acted as Sa chair- man e meetings held prior to the election of officers, Tribune Offers Booklet on | Games a iy