The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 11, 1931, Page 1

“ ae Life behind the turreted walls of the North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper ESTABLISHED 1878 Power and Tariff Plans Urged Recommends Life Term for Kirkland Question Suspect in Bismarck Bank Robbery | [Pla Pots —J]ATTENPTING TO LINK | Jury FIND YOUTH GUILTY OF MURDER CHARGE ARTER THREE HOURS Defense Counsel Indicates Re- trial Will Be Asked; Claims New Evidence TO BE SENTENCED MONDAY Former Gridiron Star Found Re- sponsible for Death of Arlene Draves Valparaiso, Ind., March 11—(}— state prison at Michigan City loomed ahead of Virgil Kirkfand, 20-year- old steel worker of Gary, Ind., nesdey. The former high school gridiron star was convicted Tuesday night by a Porter county jury of murdering Arlene Draves, 18, his . sweetheart, during a “flaming youth” drinking party at.an obscure Gary home last November. . The jury of nine farmers, a rail- road telegrapher, bricklayer and & grocer, fixed his sentence at life im- prisonment. This was an: alternative from death in the electric chair which the state had demanded as punish- ment for the murder and attack on the girl. Judge Grant Crumpacker will formally sentence Kirkland next Monday. Kirkland, soon after, will be taken to the Michigan City state prison to remain for the rest of his life, unless Judge Crumpacker finds merit for a motion for a new trial, or a superior court finds an error in the proceedings, or future executive clemency is evoked. Deliberate Three Hours j Gives Self Job Alonzo M. Clark, secretary of state cf Wyoming, has just had the unustial duty of proclaiming himself governor of the state. Governor Frank C. Emerson died, and Clark succeeded ‘Love Mart’ Charges Denied by him under state law. By virtue of his former office, he had to proclaim himself governor. He is un- known in state politics, having until recently been a school teacher. DEATH OF JOSEPH ~COTTONENDS LIFE waiting of the first of the five youths, charged’ with Migs Draves’ death, was over. Leon Stanford, second of the five, was brought here from Crown late Tuesday and jacent to that a other - mpson, an confined at Crown Point. Kirkland and Stanford had ob- tained a change of venue from the Lake county courts. The others also will ask for a change of venue, al- though. none will be tried soon, ac- cording to Lake county's prosecutor, (Continued on page eight) CRACK ARMY PILOT MADE 1,725 WILES Captain Ira Eaker Made Record Speed Until Forced Down by Faulty Motor ‘Wednesday, marking the end of a projected transcontinental flight planned to test 8 new army transport lane. > Gapiain Ira Eaker, army pilot who left Long Beach, Calif. ‘Tuesday had covered tely 1,725 miles when the fuel pressure of the plane failed. The flier walked five miles to a farm house, obtained transportation money to the-nearest town, and spcat the night at Cave Rock, Ill. Eaker’s flight was as an experiment in an army search for ‘ship capable of keeping up planes. Army. officials was flying at the time of the trouble he would have reached New York from Long Beach in 10 hours and ‘A. E. Brink Chosen As New Head of Elks ~_ OP LAW, FINANCE Under-Secretary of State Died Tuesday -Following-a Long Iliness Baltimore, March 11.—(?)—Ending & career unique in the fields of di- Plomacy, law and finance, Joseph Potter Cotton died-here Tuesday aft- ler having undergone two major oper- ations in six weeks. He was regarded as one of the keenest men ever drafted into gov- ernment service, working as undet~ secretary of state in a manner that brought him praise. His latest diplo- matic achievement a break- down ‘in health was that of success- fully handling affairs of state while Secretary Stimson attended the Lon- don naval-conference. — Last. summer, Cotton took a leave of absence in an effort to rebulid his vitality. A tonsillectomy failed to give desired results and last January ,|he underwent an operation for spinal infection. On Feb. 16 his right.eye With him when he died in Johns Hopkins hospital were his wife, his daughter, Isabel, and his New York Franklin. He Harvard Graduate Born at Newport, Rhode Island, July 22, 1875, Cotton was graduated From te iaryare em mnOeS 98, TR iter. He became legal representative for @ number of New York firms, and in 1915 went.to Washington to act as agent and counsel for the government im the acquisition of Alaskan rail- Toads. ‘A friend of -President Hoover be- cause of his work with the chief ex- ecutive when the latter was food ad- ministrator, he was appointed under- secretary of state in May of 1929. In Washington timable value.” Stimson plans to attend the funer- # rhureeay at New Bedford Hill, New A successor to Cotton has it been appointed, although William R. Cas- tle, Jr., assistant secretary for Far (Continued on page six) missioner were tentatively denied by Pantages Says Accusations Dug Up to Balk His Appeal in Pringle * Assault Case FOUR OTHERS WERE NAMED School Girls Alleged Procured at High Prices to Act as Men’s Companions San Diego, March 11—(7)—A whirl- pool of charges growing out of the in- vestigation of a “love bazar” in which school girls allegedly were procured at high prices for men of wealth Wednesday engulfed Alexander Pan- tages, theater magnate who still is fighting a conviction of having at- Pringle, young dancer, mer publicity agent; and Olive Clark Day were named with Pantages in a complaint issued by District Attorney Thomas Whelan. i Pantages millionaire show man, and John P. Mills, prominent San Diego and Los Angeles real estate surrendered to police and were arraigned Wednesday on charges of complicity in patronage of the so- called Hollywood “Girl Bazaar.” Pantages was released on $15,000 ‘bail and Mills was released on $10,000 bail. Face Four Counts The complaint and another, charg- ing Shreve, Mills, Jobelmann end the woman with four counts involving 2 acting as Pantages’ companion at a hotel. The second complaint charged that Lydia Nitto, 16, another pur- ported “market girl,” similarly was brought here by Mills, Shreve, Jobel- mann and the woman. denied all the allegations and said he “would like to see the girls named.” - Pantages Claims Innocence Pantages, who was in Agua Calien- te, Mexico, with Mrs. Pantages, when the charges were filed, said over the telephone that he was innocent. “The charges are just dirt dug up (Continued on page six) MAY NAME FREEMAN DEPARTMENT DEPUTY Speaker of House Rumored as Assistant Chief in Game and Fish.Commission Rumors that C. V. Freeman, Grand Forks, speaker of the house at the session just closed, would be appoint- ed deputy state game and fish com- Burnie Maurek, head of the game and fish department, Wednesday. Maurek, whose term expired in February and who has not yet been reappointed, said he would appoint no deputy until he is himself re- appointed. Governor George F. Shafer, who appoints the game and fish com- missioner, had no statement for pub- cation Wednesday on this matter or on the prospective appointment of Freeman. ‘There whether Freeman is eligible to the ap- pointment, since he was elected as & member of the legislature for a two- Because of the constitu- & person holding i Hair-Restoring Drink Is Described - To International Beauty Congress back. The Roman writer Celsus first described it 2,000 years. ago, said Dr. Goodman. Celsus, like =! DR VIRGINIA BROOKS Ter| Pracks and Fingerprints May "was some question as to|4! THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 1931 The Weather Cloudy Wednesday. and Thurse day. Cold wave Wednesday night. . "PRICE FIVE CENTS MAN HELD IN MINOT -beries Said Solved by Con- fessions of Four SUSPECT REFUSES TO TALK Said One of Seven Who Robbed Dakota National Bank and Trust Company Minot, N. D., March 11—(7)}—Burg- laries and holdups in four towns in Ward and McLean counties were said by -police here. Wednesday to be solved with the arrest of five men while investigation is under way to determine whether one of the prison- ers is implicated in the robbery of Sixteen-year-old Artemisia Calles, above, youngest daughter of ex- President Calles of Mexico, can show her noted father a thing or two in the game of politics. Seeking elec- tion as carnival queen at an exclu- sive San Diego, Calif., school, where she attends, Miss Calles wired politi- cal friends in Mexico City for their support; the aid of the Mexican con- sul was forthwith enlisted and when the balloting ended Miss Calles was ‘8000 votes ahead of her nearest com- petitor. company at Bismarck last Aug. 7. Sheriff R. W. Kennard, Ward coun- ty, announced he obtained written confessions from four of the men, ad- mitting they committed the robberies in the two counties. ‘The man refusing to make s state- ment said his name was George) Keith, and his home, Borger, Texas. One of the quintet claims that Keith told him he was one of the men who held up the Bismarck bank. Confessions were said to have been obtained by Sheriff Kennard from Charles and Walter Drake, brothers of near Sawyer; Dale Simpson, a la- borer who said he came to Ward county from Washington a month ago; and Julius Borger, Garrison. © Holdup of @ pool hall at Benedict; ing a filling station at Cole- and gatages at “Underwood and Garrison and an attempted hold- up of 8 pool hall at Douglas are the crimes solved by the purported con- fessions. A statement also was taken from Mra Dorothy Webster, who lives in an apartment here, at whose home Keith and Charles Drake, the latter her brother, were arrested. She was held in custody for a time. Charges of larceny have been placed against Walter Drake, Simp- son, Borger, and Keith. Charles Drake was charged with receiving stolen property, all of the complaints being filed before Justice C. B. Davis. Charles Drake in his statement as- serted Keith had told him of being implicated in the holdup of the Da- kota National Bank and Trust com- pany at Bismarck. Keith told him, Drake related, the bandits fled from Bismarck in two large automobiles, and that @ total of seven men was involved in the robbery. Sheriff Kennard planned to in- vestigate this information in an ef- fort. to learn whether Keith was one of the bank bandits. Keith entered vigorous denial to the bank robbery accusation story told by his compan- ion, and also denied implication in the other crimes in which he was named as an accomplice. JURY CHOSEN FOR TRIAL OF DENISON Prosecutor Expects to Prove Former Representative Smuggled Liquor CONTINUE EFFORTS TO LOCATE SLAYER Lead to One Who Muti- lated Girl's Body San Diego, Calif, March 11—()— A trail of tracks and finger-prints was sought Wednesday by investiga- tors searching for the slayer of Vir- ginia Brooks, 10, whose dismembered body was found at Camp Kearny, Mesa, Tuesday, just one month after her disappearance. The girl's school books, evidently tossed from an automobile in a sack with another which contained her broken body, were being examined. Imprints of tires left in the soft soil by the car which carried the bundles to the spot where George Moses, a sheepherder, found them, were pho- tographed. Newspaper clippings which tumbled out of the burlap sack with the body were scrutinized. These of- fered slender clues which might lead to the apprehension of a killer as brutal as the one who kidnaped, slew and dismembered Marion Parker in Los Angeles four years ago. It was through finger-prints that William Edward Hickman was identified and later executed for the Parker girl's murder. Dr. 8. E. Toomey, autopsy surgeon, was unable immediately to determine the manner of death, although there was evidence the girl's skull had been fractured. He belief, how- ever, that she had been killed within a day or two after she was seized. Pope May Broadcast Message « on April 4 Vatican City, March 11.—()—It| Was in District of Columbia was reported unofficially Weénesday | Su court. Wednesday to hear that Pope Pius XI-will broadcast his| charges of liquor possession radio message to the world lent since Holy Thursday -ing out again. Deny Report Spanish Republic Proclaimed i Madrid, March . 11.—()—Inquirles made in well-inforned sources in Barcelona Wednesday reaching re- published abroad of the pro- : i Bin IN CAPITAL CITY JOB} Ward and MoLean County Rob-| 0... or the pacitic | the Dakota National Bank é& Trust/ Miss . | and for replacement of over-age ton- PROGRESSIVES DENY THEY ARE FORMING POLITICAL PARTY =~ iff Ch and Government Lovers Face Murder Trial oT Operation of Power Plants | i Considered 3 NORTH DAKOTANS ATTEND, Senator Norris Derides Senator Watson in Discussing Lat~ northwest’s most r’s Questions sensational murder |j bs 106 trials began at Port- land, Ore., where Nel- son C. Bowles and Irma G. Loucks went on trial for the mur- der of Bowles’ wife, Mrs. Leone C. Bow. les. This picture shows the two being taken to the Mul- tonomah jail. In front, at the left, is Miss Loucks, accom- panied by Jail Ma- tron Hilda Anderson. Bowles is at the left, in the rear, with De- puty Sheriff Bert Love. Mrs. Bowles was found dead of stab wounds in an apartment where Loucks and Bowles had been meeting. Washington, March 11.—()—A res newed disavowal that a new Party was being formed, advocacy of government operation of power Plants and an eight-point tariff pro< gram Wednesday were laid before the meeting of Republican and - Dem- ocratic independents. In calling the meeting to order, Senator Norris, Nebraska, projected the power issue to the fore and re- Plied to the questions to him Tuesday night by Leader Watson of the senate with a Te-assertion that no new party was being created. Senator Costigan, Colorado, a Dem- ocrat and a former member of the tariff commission, proposed the tariff Renews Plea for Export Debenture Wwe March 11.—(7}—A renewed appeal from the export debenture plan of farm relief was made by Senator Borah, Idaho, at Wednesday's meeting of Repub- hort and Democratic Independ- ents. The Idaho Republican said the farm board had failed because there was no element of perma- nent policy in its plan for dealing with the farm releif problem. Ee Program, which, among other 5 called for tariff awe to nevi “economic disarmament.” ne Discussing the Watson questi Conflicting Quotations Charged| which had touched upon prohibition, to Defendants in Mur- ito Rea ee “In the first place, Mr. Watson der Trial does not appear to realize that we are not pretending to be 2 political party; that we are not here for the Purpose of organizing a political par- ty. The questi¢n he propounded he had best take home to his own poli- tical machine. Is Former Lobbyist “Senator Watson used to be, be- fore be became a senator, a lobbyist. I presume his former masters are better satisfied with his work in congress than out. “The people of Indiana are as fine @ people as you will find anywhere but sometimes they do comical things. They certainly perpetrated a joke on the country at large when they elect- eae little Jimmy Watson to the sen- a “we Sai roe our time on those as far behine Procession as he is, Little Jimmy Watson ought to gath- er together his marbles; go out and hunt that boy Lucas and (Continued on page six) Three Men Held in Litchville Robberies Yalley City, N. D,, March 11. left the apartment before she didand|rrtee men are held here for © ces went to a mortuary. Upon the arrival of Dr. Paul B. cory aries ol ronheries comnmiiege iat Cooper, Bowles was quoted as having|" Roy Hanson and John Twight hay said, he asked if he should call an| confessed = ambulance, Dr. Cooper told him it Caateneed and asp charged aie ieee was too late. ‘No cha . been filed ies sous nite ceed before the | against A.C. Farvy, Cant Linstrom, doctor arrived?” the reporter’s notes 5 4 showed Bowles was asked. He replied | ouc.0f Titchville, is being held for in the negative. ce NE Following Mrs. Bowles’ death Dr. CONVICT KILLS SELF Cooper told Bowles, according to the] Jackson, Mich., March 11—()—~ statement, he would attend to every-| William Cazuck, 37, inmate of Mich- thing and Bowles should just “take]igan state prison committed suicide care of your children.” Metropolitan Opera Basso Kills Himself Introduce Statements Of Bowles, Miss Loucks THREE OUTSTANDING. NAVY SUBJECTS ARE COVERED IN TREATY European Problems and Arma- ments Race Wiped Away; Disarmament Nearer Hillsboro, Ore. March 11.—-(P)— Purported statements by Nelson C. Bowles and Irma G. Loucks concern- ing the fatal stabbing of Bowles’ wife in Miss Loucks’ Portland apartment last November heightened interest in their murder trial here Wednesday. Ray D. Shoemaker, court reporter, read the statements, which author- ities said were given by the Portland capitalist and his former secretary the day Mrs. Bowles died and two days later, when they were arrested. Bowles, in a statement read by Shoemaker, told police responsibility for the tragedy lay in his continued relations with Miss Loucks. Through- out the statements, however, the de- fendants maintained Mrs. Bowles stabbed herself. Miss Loucks’ first statement said she did not remember Mrs. Bowles saying anything after the stabbing, while her second said Mrs. Bowles told them not to call the emérgency hospital. Her first statement said London, March 11.—(?)—The terms of the British-Franco-Italian naval accord, transforming the London naval pact into a virtual five-power agreement, were made public Wed- nesday in the form of a memorandum by Arthur Henderson, the foreign secretary. Its terms cover three outstanding considerations in the armaments sit- uation—technical problems of Eur- opean naval power are swept away; renewal of an armaments race such as led to the World war has, it is hoped, been prevented; success of the world disarmament conference at Geneva next year is brought mea- surably closer. The 3,000 words of its text are the fruits of dramatic negotiations by Arthur Henderson, foreign secretary, and A. V. Alexander, first Lord the admiralty, with representatives of France and Italy. Under the new accord France and Italy accept all provisions of part three of the London naval treaty which they declined to approve last France and Italy are given the night to complete before December, 1936, two capital ships whose dis- placement shall not exceed 23,333 tons each and whose gun caliber shall not exceed 12 inches. Each nation may build 34,000 tons of aircraft carriers. Neither France nor Italy will build any more submarines other than for completion of their 1930 programs by & guard. was serving 2% to 5 years. Offers Book On Modern Manners nage. - France and Italy agree that after completion of the 1930 class they will build no more big cruisers—those carrying armament larger than six- inch guns. This clause is effective during the life of the present agree- opera basso, shot himself to death in his apartment Tuesday night. Police said that after he received @ telephone call Mrs. Mary Wells Gustafson threatened to take the children to the home of her mother in Boston and he vowed he would kill himself. As she phoned for pull- man reservations, she heard a shot and found him lying on the floor with ® wound in the temple. He was dead in this category rs a before | hen a doctor arrived. Dec. 31, 1836. Status of Two Women, Five Children Hinges on Identity of Amnesia Victim z= Florence, Italy, March 11.—(>) —Two: women followed passion- 3 age ge & iss £ Canella came to Flor- hearing ag ately Wednesday the proceedings be children, two born after iden- in Italy’s strangest case of ques- Prong iii gi tanga tioned identity, involving a de- Collegno as her husband, missing - cision of court of appeals as since a World war battle in 1918, to whether an amnesia victim and took him to her home in Professor Giulio Canella or the Verona. Signora Bruneri ‘ ar- ¢ Mario rived at the courtroom’ Wednes- On: the identification depends day with her only child, Gui- the marital future of each wom- seppe. “ ’ A lower court held the man is ond session of the hearing, which || Streat.....-.secscssesssens: wanted by police for may last a week or longer. from - the who was f