The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 10, 1931, Page 1

ET RR ACRES THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE ‘The Weather North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper PRICE FIVE CENTS, ESTABLISHED 1873 i Progressives Await M Mutilated Body of Virgini * SAN DIEGO SCHOOL (Prose Find GIRL IS APPARENT VICTIM OF A FIEND Body Was Virtually Hacked to Pieces and Wrapped in Burlap by Slayer WAS MISSING SINCE FEB. 11 Deputy Says Body Had Not Been in Place Where Found More Than 24 Hours San Diego, Cal, March 10.—(7)— Apparently kidnaped and slain by a fiend, the body of Virginia Brooks, 10-year-old East San Diego school girl, missing since Feb. 11, was found is an isolated section* of Camp Kearny, Mesa, Tuesday, virtually hacked to pieces. ‘The body was wrapped in burlap. It was found by a sheep herder. Deputy’ Sheriff Blake Mason tele- phoned the sheriff's office that the girl had been decapitated and both legs had been cut off. ‘Mason also said she apparently had been dead about four weeks but the body had not been in the place where it was found more than 24 hours. The girl disappeared while on her way to school Feb. 11. Six Are Killed in Train-Auto Mishap Stratton, Neb, March 10.—(7)— ‘The crash of a Burlington train into an automobile at a grade crossing near Colfer, Neb., late Monday cost the lives of ‘six persons who were en route to a revival meeting at a rural ‘church. Four persons were injured. Five children and their grand- mother were killed. The dead are Mrs. Nancy Osborn, 76; Herman Pursley, 15; Golda Purs- ley, 17; Fern Pursley, 8; Hazel Purs- Jey, 10; and another girl whose name was not learned at the hospital here where four persofis injured in the crash were under the care of physi- FARN SUPPORT FOR ADMINSTRATION 70 BE ASKED BY G.0.P, Will Disseminate ‘Accurate In- formation’ on Farm Re- lief Attempts Washington, March 10.—(?)—A bid for farm support of the administra- tion advanced Tuesday under the leadership of the executive director of the Republican national commit- tee. In an announcement of its forma- tion, Robert H. Lucas said a primary purpose of a new advisory council for agriculture would be to disseminate 42 the corn and wheat belts “accurate information” of attempts the admin- istration has made to aid the farm- er. To membership of this council were appointed Senators Dickinson of Iowa and Capper of Kansas, and Repre- sentatives Simmons of Nebraska and Purnell of Indiana. Dickinson, who will head the group, believes its work will do much offset claims that the Republican Party's farm relief efforts have fail- ed. He said in a statement: “It is the belief of those interest- ed in this movement that it will be a source of real strength in further- ing the interest of the Republican party in the rural localities, especial- ly in the middlewest and the north- west.” ‘The educational work will begin immediately. It will be conducted trom offices in Washington and in the far west at a point not yet se- ted. To carry out the program, Senator Dickinson expects to obtain “proper Political contact in various localities outside the regular political chan- nels and interest these parties” in the spread of “proper information” con- cerning the legislative policies of the administration, N. D. Has 146,505 Acres Vacant Now ‘Washington, March 10.—(P)—North Dakota has 146,505 acres of it, unreserved, or unappropriated public lands, it was disclosed Tuesday in the report of the president’s puflic lands commission. The compilation includes: State nary Unsurveyed Total Mi 89, asoes 180,845 Montana . 6,510,937 90,740 6,601,677 1505. 146,505 430,880 A woman mo! gasoline pump at the Pure Oil com- Ailing station here Tuesday and caused ‘a fire which endangered” the ——— |, Body Is Found i P|| 115-Year-Old Man ‘ Is Seriously Il ia = Missing for a month, the body of Vir- ginia. Brooks, 10, California school- girl, was found near San Diego, It had been hacked to pieces. AUTHORITIES PRESS INVESTIGATION INTO YOUNGSTER'S DEATH State Bacteriologist A. W. Eck- lund Examining Material From Stomach Determined to leave no stone un- Bs turned in their efforts to determine what might have caused the death of Norman Broehl, two, apparently a victim of some sort of poisoning, officials Monday turned over mate- rial taken from the victim's stomach to A. W. Ecklund, state bacteriologist, for a complete bacteriological anal- Chemists. of the state regulatory department are also working on an analysis in an effort to find traces of chemical > Ecklund stated Tuesday that while it was possible for germs to create a poison that would produce symptoms similar to those suffered by the Broehl. child, he was inclined to doubt thatideath had been caused by toxins geherated by bacteria. He stated Tuesday noon that he had found, and had isolated one form of :bacteria but that he would need another 24 hours 1.. which to deter- mine whether or not it was a malig- nant organism. The Broehl child died in convul- sions Friday night 24 hours after having been taken ill, It was thought that colored Easter candy eaten by the victim a few hours earlier might have caused his death. Not until the findings of both chemists and bacteriologists are made public will it be possible to definitely determine the cause of death. Ex- perts estimate that it will require at least a week to complete the various analyses, —————— Franklin, Md., March 10.—<)}— Monday night, but Tuesday ‘rela- tives said he still was living, al- though “very low.” He -ell a vic- tim of bronchitis. He has been active and able to walk without support in spite of his age. Trenum, a Civil War veteran, is BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA,. TUESDAY, MARCH 10, 1981 PLAX INSTITUTE 10 CORRELATE WORK IN DEVELOPING GRAIN Farm Schools of Dakotas, Min- nesota and Montana to Carry on Program WILL HAVE OFFICE IN FARGO Dr. H. L. Walster, North Dakota Planned Hop Across Continent Cut Short, DRAVES FAINTS AS ° A. C., Made President of New Group Minneapolis, March 10.—()—Cre- ation c! the flax institute of the United States to correlate and carry on flax development work now spon- sored by several » in co-oper- ation with agricultural colleges of the four northwest states, was approved Monday at the annual Northwest Flax conference. The new district-wide agency will take the place of the national flax development committee, the north- west better flax committee and other groups identified with the problem of the flax grower and the flax in- dustry in general. Articles of incorporation for the institute were approved. It will be governed by a board of directors of 13, a committee of scientific advisors selected by the farm schools of Min- nesota, the Dakotas and Montana, and state committees in each state where the state agricultural college recommends creation of a committee for the institute. Four Have Committees for the time being the four north- west states will be the only states with state committees. ‘The institute will have no salary officers, secre- tarlal work being cared for by the .Greater North Dakota association of- fices at Fargo. In addition to sponsoring scientific for the purpose of de- veloping the flax industry, and car- rying on experiments in plant pa- thology and plant breeding and other studies in relation, the institute will sponsor scientific investigation into possible uses of flax and flax by- products and will supply contact for United States flax growers with state governments and state institutions, federal bureaus, commissions and de- artments. Dr. H. L. Walster, North Dakota (Continued on page seven) Excitement Fatal to Man at Devils Lake Devils Lake, N. D., March 10.—(?)— Louis J. Plante, 44, spectator at a boxing program staged Monday night by the local American Legion post, collapsed in his chair, dying about 10 minutes after he had been removed to an ante-room. A heart attack is said to have caused his death. Plante was a member of the Legion post, and his sudden death peoushi the boxing pro- gram to an abrupt a his widow and seven children. Nancy Bowen Pleads Guilty to Charges Buffalo, N. Y., March 10.—(?)— Nancy Bowen, 65-year-old Seneca In- dian, Tuesday pleaded guilty to a re- duced charge of manslaughter in connection with the slaying of Mrs. Clotilde. Marchand in her Buffalo home @ year ago. Nancy was the state's principal witness against Lila Jimerson, Cayuga Indian woman who was acquitted a week ago on a charge of murder growing out of the same slaying. . Nancy admitted she killed Mrs. Marchand but declared the crime was instigated by Lila. Japan’s Approval of Treaty Is Unreserved ‘Tokyo, March 10.—(?)—Japan’s re- ply to the British-Franco-Italian naval accord has been sent to London and while not published is under- stood to express unreserved approval although aj @ number of tnd'13 by his tit wit, ‘ [comments ix he nabre of desert Alexander Pantages Is Sought As Principal In ‘Love Market’ Case Operations of an alleged “love mar- ket,” believed to have exploited young girls in furnishing companions for gay parties with wealthy patrons and charging a fee, are under investiga- tion at Los Angeles. William Jobel- man, above, a witness in the Pantages case, was held by police after a card index of more than 100 girls was found in his office. Below is Olive Clark Day, charged with being an accessofy. As Dorothy Clark, Miss Day was plaintiff in an assault suit in 1922 against Herbert Rawlinson, film actor, which was later dismissed. NATIONALISTS GIVE ~ GANDHI AN OVATION Tears Stream Down Face of Indian Sage as Followers Kneel Before Him Ahmadabad, India, March 10.—(?) —After a year’s absence Mahatma Gandhi was back in his own home town Tuesday, a conquering hero. ‘Thousands turned out at every sta- tion as the train bearing the nation- alist leader sped from New Delhi, where Gandhi last week won from Viceroy Lord Irwin concessions which Indians largely considered a victory over the British government. Climaxing the day of ovations, the largest crowd of all met the Mahatma atthe railroad station upon his ar- rival here bent upon paying homage. ‘The monster crowd surged toward the tiny 63-year-old sage and for a time it was feared he would be crushed to death. He was rescued by nationalist volunteers who bore him aloft. who was observing his Gandhi, weekly day of silence, made no an- swers to the ovations, but tears rolled down his cheeks as thousands knelt and those nearest him scrawled for- ward to kiss the hem of his homespun garments. Writes 10 Rules | I For Business Girl Chicago, March 10—(?)—“"Thou it refrain from reading wonders at thy slowness in get- Semen that list of letters for With this and nine other com- Captain Ira Eaker Forced Down Jn Kentucky After Flight From Long Beach TESTING TRANSPORT PLANE Ship Is Damaged as It Is Rammed in Mud, but Pilot Is Virtually Unhurt Marion, Ky., March 14—(?)—Cap- tain Ira Eaker, noted army pilot on ® nonstop transcontinental flight, was forced down at noon Tuesday near Tolu, 15 miles northwest of here, by engine trouble. His plane stuck in the mud and was badly The aviator escaped with minor scratches. The forced landing was made on the farm of Jesse Alvis in Critten- den county. Captain Eaker made his way to the adjoining farm home of Jack Thomas from which he tele- phoned a telegram here to be for- warded to Long Island, N. Y., telling of the accident. Mys. Thomas said the aviator in- formed her his engine “went dead” forcing him down. After telephoning he returned to his ship, which resi- dents of the neighborhood said was badly broken up. “I am carrying 486 gallons of gaso- line,” he said just before he left Long Beach at 2:13 a. m, P. 8. T., “and I am going to fly just as far as that will take me. Maybe I will get to Dayton, Ohio, or I might get as far as Washington. There is an ex- tremely slight possibility that I might get as far as New York. “Under no circumstances am I go- ing to try for anybody's record. The purpose of the flight is to test the high-speed of this transport airplane. We are trying to find a ship that will be able to keep up with pursuit air- planes. We have no planes that are capable of doing this now.” Captain Eaker, who was a member of the crew of the army plane “Ques- tion Mark” when the ship established a world refueling endurance flight record over Los Angeles more than two years ago, brought his plane here from San Diego Monday. —_—_———_$_—$——— ? Gasoline Sold at | 5 Cents a Gallon a San Francisco, March 10.—7— Gasoline sold as low as five cents a gallon in Los Angeles and oil prices slumped elsewhere in the state Tuesday as a price war, born downward from 12% cents. BREAD KNIFE IS EXHIBIT IN TRIAL Sweater Also Displayed in Mur- der Trial of N. C. Bowles and Irma Loucks Hillsboro, Ore., March 10—(P}—A serrated bread knife which the state charges Nelson C. Bowles and Miss Irma G. Loucks used to cut them- selves free from @ triangle was in evidence at their murder trial here ‘Tu jesday. Bowles, a Portland millionaire whose wife was stabbed fatally last November 12 in the apartment of Miss Loucks, his former secretary, wal calmly as the exhibit was introduced. Miss Loucks clutched involuntarily at her throat. The clothes Mrs. Bamios, oe society matron, wore on also were produced in court. These included a brown sweater which was not cut by the death knife, and an under garment, one shoulder strap of which was broken. A graphic description of Df. Earl Smith, Multnomah county coroner, the knife wound by the fainting of Escaped Convict From N. D. Caught nine while serying a 12-year sent! burglary. Identification was fingerprints. North Dakota a Brooks, 10 cutor Denounces Kirkland As Fiend) POWER IN Poms [ASTER OF ARLENE ARGUMENTS BEGIN Attorney Accuses Youth of Do- ing What the Lowest Beast Would Not Do EXHIBITS GIRL’S CLOTHING Scores Exhumation Which ‘Be- smirched’ Character of -18-Year-Old Girt Valparaiso, Ind., March 10.—(7)— Mrs. Murrill Clemons, sister of Arlene .| Draves, collapsed and had to be car- ried from the courtroom Tuesday during the final arguments in the trial of Virgil Kirkland, charged with the murder of Miss Draves. “They tore the body of this girl from its pastoral grave to bolster up @ losing cause,” said Edmund Freund, young Valparaiso attorney, a state as- sistant. Freund himself choked, and paused to regain his composure. Before he could resume Mrs. Clemons fainted and was carried from the packed courtroom by her husband and her brother, Elmer. Others of the Draves family wept silently as Freund, in low-voiced al- most conversational tones attacked the defense claim that Miss Draves died accidentally. The father of the girl sat with head bowed. Adverting to the Reynolds autopsy, Freund turned toward Kirkland and said: “Virgil, if you go to the clectric chair or to prison for life, I hope you'll realize the inhumanity of the exhumation to save you by besmirch- ing the reputation of the girl you claimed you loved.” The torn and soiled garments of Arlene Draves were waved in front of the jury by Freund, who asked the 12 men to “let these unchanging wit- nesses tell the story of this murder.” “These poor little undergarments are the same now as when they were stripped from the mutilated body of poor little Arlene,” said Freund. At one point, Freund shouted: “Why, men, you can’t turn this fiend loose, the youth who could do what not even the lowest beast would not, invite others in to mate with his mate. “Kirkland, I can't understand why they didn’t plead insanity for you.” Closing, Freund said, “I’m the soft- est-hearted fellow in Valparaiso. It’s hard to ask for the life of a man. That's for you to say.” Asks Chair or Freedom Roland Oldham, defense attorney, asked the jury to acquit Kirkland or send him to the electric chair. “If you think this boy is guilty go (Continued on page seven) MAN OF MANY LOVES HANGED IN ENGLAND Alfred Rouse Murdered Man Whose Identity Still Re- mains Mystery Bedford, England, March 10,—(P)}— Alfred Arthur Rouse, man of many loves who last November tried to “die by proxy” in an effort to escape the responsibilities of his amorous ad- ventures, Tuesday was hanged for the murder of an unidentified man. He was the first person in 145 years tched | to be executed for the murder of an unidentified victim. The body of the man he killed kept unburied throughout his trial and subsequent incarceration in the hope that Rouse in a last minute confession would tell who he was. Prison officials carried this hope even to the shadow of the gallows, but 80 far as was known the doomed man revealed nothing. The case was marked by the un- swerving loyalty of his wife and one of the three women with whom he lived, the mother of his child. Detroit, March 10.—(P)—Ted Garner died Monday night. Death came after 16 years of Ufe—13 years of carefree childish happiness and three years in which Ted suffered because he He'll Build Dam Though just now ill in a San Fran- cisco hospital, William H. Wattis, President of Six Companies, Inc., in- sists that the terrific job of complet- ing Boulder Dam in three years is “nothing to get excited about.” His firm has been awarded the contract for this, the mightiest engineering job America has tackled since the Canal. AL COMMISSIO BLL I SCNED BY GOVERNOR SHAFER State Elevator Will Be Managed by Three Men Instead of Executive Machinery for creation of a com- mission to manage the state mill and elevator at Grand Forks was set up ‘Tuesday when Governor George F. Shafer signed senate bill 88. The governor, under the bill, is relieved from the managership of the mill and his duties assumed by a three-man commission. At the same time, the governor signed the measure by which au- thority is granted for the sale of the unused Drake mill. House bill 96, imposing a 10-cent ® pound tax on oleomargarine and licensing and regulating dealers, was signed by the governor. About 175 former servicemen will receive $50,000 under a bill to which the governor affixed his signature Tuesday. The bill authorizes the ad- jutant general to file as claims against the returned soldiers’ fund, applications received subsequent to July 1, 1927, and will give bonuses to veterans who previously had been denied compensation. The measure is an emerg@ncy and became effective with the signing of the proposal. Senate bill No. 105, providing for Three Years of Suffering for Boy Who Was Injured by Irate Man End |“ a commission to ascertain the con- dition of the teachers’ insurance and retirement fund, received guberna- torial approval. Appropriation bills providing for funds of educational, charitable and penal institutions were signed. Griffith Refuses Request of Solons Chicago, March 10.—(}—Major John L. Griffith, athletic commission- er of the Big Ten, Tuesday refused to turn over to a committee of the Iowa state legislature any official docu- mentary evidence dealing with the University of Iowa’s ouster from the conference in 1929. Boy’s Experiment Sltaaet | Proves Expensive laboratory. aE hi i Hd ils k t eeting LEGISLATIVE PLANS TOBE MADE BY NEW Principles Already Have Been Narrowed Down to Five General Subjects HOPE TO MASTER CONGRESS Export Debenture Farm Relie? Plan Due for Good Deal of Consideration Washington, March 10—()—Pro= gressives who hope to hold the mas- tery of the next congress looked ex- pectantly Tuesday to a meeting here Wednesday and Thursday -as their legislative program took a more con- cise form. Their principles already narrowed. down to five general subjects, they knew the principal propositions that bie be debated under the guidance of ive Each of the senators di ta lead a roud-table discussion has ad- vanced heretofore specific sugges- tions he contends past administration controlled houses arbitrarily killed. These proposals, possibly in a new form but embodying the same prin- ciples, unquestionably will come up for consideration. The export debenture farm relief plan once more had become of po- ‘litical portent. Senator Borah, Idaho, Republican, who ardently believes in the debenture plan was chosen to guide one of the five round-table dis- cussions. Because of Borah’s expressed belief that the farm board is a faliure, the debate of farm relief under his direc- tion is expected to develop into an open criticism of the administration. Senator Cutting, Republican, New Mexico, will head the round-table dis- cussion of what progressives call a return to representative government. Too many congressmen, they contend, are elected on issues they forget as soon as they come to Washington, devoting their time to legislation for special interests. The senate's most consistent op- Ponent of what he describes as the “power trust,” Senator Norris, Ne- braska, Republican, will direct de- bate on public utilities. Unemployment insurance and old- age pensions will draw the attention of a group headed by the Independent Republican from Wisconsin—Senator La Follette. Senator Costigan, a Col- orado Democrat and a former mem- ber of the tariff commission, will be chairman of the group which con- siders changes in protective rates and their administration. FAR-REACHING EFFECT SEEN BY SENATOR NYE St. Paul, Minn., March 10—(P}—A far-reaching effect will result from the conference of progressives of both the Republican and Democratic par- ties, scheduled to be held in Wash- ington Wednesday, Senator Gerald P. Nye of North Dakota predicted here. The chairman of the senate’s cam- Paign funds investigating committee stopped between trains in St. Paul for two hours to visit with his five-year- old nephew, Gerald Hazard, son of Mrs. T. H. Hazard and a patient in a local hospital. ‘The progressive conference to which Gov. Floyd Olson of Minnesota was one of the five governors to be in- vited, was called last week by Sena- tors Norris of Nebraska, La Follette of Wisconsin and Cutting of New Mexico, all Republicans, and Wheeler of Montana and Costigan of Color- ado, Democrats. Senator Norris described the meet- ing as an “economic conference.” “I consider the conference one of great importance,” Senator Nye said. “It will serve to crystalize progressive thought and strengthen the progres- sive program throughout the nation as in the individual states. “The results of the conference, I » will mark a new era in po- litical thought.” Offers Book On Modern Manners The question about etiquette an-