The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 19, 1931, Page 1

% 7 ER RTE % As ‘North Dakota’s ‘Oldest Newspaper. ESTABLISHED 1873 Expect to Arrest Bjornson Soon Inmate Dies As Aftermath of Joliet Rioting (MILITIA ON GUARD AGAINST ANOTHER PRISON OUTBREAK Raymond Barney, Negro, One of Three Wounded Wednes- day, Succumbs ‘SHAKEDOWN’ IN PROGRESS Authorities Taking No Chances That Weapons Might Be Concealed dolet, Tl, March 19.—(%)—The fever of rebellion burned low at the Twin Illinois penitentiaries Thursday, chilled by the cold steel of national guardsmen and rigid discipline of the staff. At the new Stateville prison, 210 militiamen in command of 16 officers patrolled the yard while the havoc wrought by Wednesday's devastating fire and riot waited the survey of @ ‘Threats on the part of cqnvicts in the old penitentiary and at Statesville ‘Thursday to set fire to mattresses were answered by Warden Hill with an order to guards not to let any convict so doing out of his cell. “Let them sleep in the ashe.,” the ‘Warden said. At the 75-year-old companion pris- on at the edge of Joliet, scene of the prising Saturday, 600 convicts who had not participated in the dis- orders marched to breakfast under double guards. There were no troops in sight of the 600 as they filed into the dining hall, but the troops were ready. For those 600 there was bread and molasses, coffee and fried potatoes. For the other 1,100 in the old prison end 2,000 or more in the new, there was breakfast in bed—without the usual attendant comforts. All were locked in their cells, fed bread and water by trusty fellow-convicts, all means of communication with the outside world severed by the prison administration at the command of state officials. At both institutions a thorough “shakedown” was in process during the day. A. hundred at @ time, the wisoners were marched into the (Continued on page eight) CANDIDATES DRAW BALLOT POSITIONS Men Seeking Favor in Municipal Election Take Part in Cere- mony at City Hall Drawings for position on the ballot in the forthcoming city election April 7 were made Thursday noon in the office of the city auditor. The names of who had filed their petitions on or before 12 o'clock noon, March 18 as by law, were drawn by M. H. Atkin- auditor, and will be placed Beer. The law stipulates that a space be provided under the name of each candidate here he may make a brief 8. Crane, who had previously announced his inteniion of running for the office of police magistrate, the only candidate who did not petitions with the auditor. THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 1931 GOVERNOR SHAFER’S OPPORTUNITY (An Editorial) a ( In-sending a letter to Governor 5 5 a George F. Shafer, asking North executive to , & new capitol se Courtesy and the public interest demand an answer to the letter, in accord with their desiree, sponicre oF ine Jamestown. capital removal movement have given the governor wa to demonstrate constructive statesmanship‘in a definite pane ee il onc open governor, of course, a non-committal at- titude and a disclaimer of responsibility but it is sincerely to Be hoped that this subterfuge will not be considered advisable. The facts of the situation do not warrant it. It seems clear, also, that po- Uttical expediency requires that the governor, now that the matter is squarely before him, choose the path of public interest and real statesmanship. ‘There is only one answer which the executive can logically give to this appeal for delay in beginning work on the structure. That Teply must be s courteous but firm refusal of the request and a definite declaration in favor of the public interest. Outside of Jamestown, no one questions that the public interest will be best served by deciding this matter quickly, once and for all. And even in Jamestown the number who question this fact is much smaller than the capital removal advocates would have us Suppose. There are some who see in the removal proposition and the ramifications which have’developed from it, clouds from which po- litical Ughtning may come. It may be that thoughts of political ad- vantage have actuated some of the unseemly things done by the Jamestown group. If so, public officials who are called upon to deal with the matter can do no better than to pin their faith to the honesty, integrity and sound common sense of the North Dakota electorate, for any temporizing with this bold and brazen attempt IS ARE sabotage will brand the temporizer with an ineradic- marl In no uncertain terms the people of North Dakota have their will. By legislative action, editorial dicta of newspapers, en sand the well-considered opinions of representative citizens, North Da- kota has given a loud and vigorous “No” to Jamestown's proposal. Any official action not in line with that answer is pretty sure to meet with the condemnation of those thousands of North Da- kotans whose very souls rise up in anger at the thought that a community dares to attempt its own aggrandizement at the direct expense of a neighbor. The whole Jamestown movement falls to pieces under even a casual scrutiny. Blatant claims and assertions crumble under the light of the common, everyday, horse sense which North Dakotans apply to their personal problems, ‘To compare Jamestown's advan- tages with. those of Bismarck as a site for the seat of government is a simple and easy task. Any honest comparison can give only one answer—and that in favor of the capital remaining where it is. But over and above material considerations there is the matter of ethics in community relationships to be considered. If cities are to loose the sword against neighboring cities, if neighbors are to draw the deadly dagger against neighbors, order soon will be reduced to chaos and the state will be on the way to a condition of near- anarchy. The or may rest assured that if an attempt is made to governs play politics with a matter so vital to the interests of the state, those who make the effort will pay the penalty. That there will be a penalty is just as sure as the fact that the North Dakota electorate is composed of intelligent, honest people. If the governor is to properly fulfill the obligation imposed. him by his high office, there\is only one thing for him to do. That is to follow the mandate of the legislature and advise the prospec- tive capital ‘commission to get\ busy on the tagk, aésigned to. it and let the chips fall where they may. ‘When the facts that many important state records are even more exposed now than they were before the fire and that the state is put to immense trouble and additional expense in the orderly conduct of its business are considered, in addition to the moral and political factors, the only logical answer is to proceed without hesita- tion or delay... There has been too much delay already. ‘The whimpering plea of the Jamestown capital removal instiga- tors leaves their proposal like a dead mackerel in the moonlight. It shines and shines—and stinks and stinks. ‘DOCTOR THREATENS FURTHER KIDNAPING San Diego Stirred When Two More 10-Year-Old Girls Are Lost, Then Found San Diego, Calif, March 19.—(?)}— Investigators tried Thursday to de- termine whether the person who had written them notes confessing the brutal slaying of Virginia Brooks was a clever criminal or a crank. A note signed “The Doctor” was found Tuesday under the door of a te, gasoline service station near the place where the 10-year-old girl disap- for | peared on her way to school Feb. 11. Lieutenant George Sears that he placed little cre- note, but after a second tecelved We , cOn- Hy afi (GEE He r] z 14 Were Killed in French Ship Wreck Shanghai, March 19.—(4)—The French steamer Changkiang, bound here from Hongkong, struck a rock off Heihan island, near Haimen, March 16, and is a total loss with 14 of those aboard killed or drowned. A report to Lioyd’s agent said the French gunboat Marne was stending by and had taken off the remainder of crew and passengers, numbering possibly a hundréd altogether. CONFESSES MURDER COMMITTED IN 1926 Son of Wealthy Eastern Parents Surrenders Self to Cali- fornia Police Los Angeles, March 19,—(?)—Mum- bling to himself, » man who said his name was George Pierce, 32, the son of wealthy and well-known parents in Washington and Philadelphia, sur- | 894 rendered to a policeman here Wed- nesday and allegedly confessed to a murder in Washington in 1926._ Pierce first gave his name as Harry Jones, # Lieutenant Frank Con- daffer Plerce toki him he had visited a night club in Washington 1926, and upon leaving centered an w ie shop operated by “My snapped,” he ssid, “All I suddenly out and clamped my hand on her areas end choked the Ufa out of HEF. Astronomers Aren’t Surprised When Airplane Speeds Six Miles Mount Wilson, Cal., March 19. a minute. That's pretty fast, but Milton L. Humason, with Dr. 000 a or miles a minute, This was by Bernt Balchen Will|______ A chostotthePast || CITIES IN MINNESOTA Help in Rescue Work BO, HELLSTROM IS © | Hero ot eyra rights win Take STRICKEN BY DEATH Supplies to Survivors of Death Ship AFTER LONG ILLNESS 18 ARE UNACCOUNTED FOR Kidney Ailment Which Developed! Horse Island in Dire Need of in January Proves Fatal After Long Fight Frank O. Hellstrom, 65, Bismarck attorney and long a prominent fig- ure in North Dakota politics, died here at 12:15 Thursday i. Death came as result. of kidney disease, from had W8S!in preparation for ite January. His con- dition grew stead- ily worse until about three weeks ago when he took Hellstrom a turn for the bet- ter and physicians held out hopes for his ultimate recovery. He suffered a@ relapse a few days ago, however, oltre grew worse until his leath. His daughter, Mrs. Mildred Snow of Minneapolis, who has been in the city suring the latter weeks of his illness, was at his bedside when the end came. Relatives had made no definite funeral arrangements, Thursday. It was indicated, however, that funeral services would be held here, probably Saturday, and that inter- ment would be in Fargo. The Bis- marck services will be in charge of Rev. W. E. Vater of the McCabe Methodist church. soup Php will comp! upon the. arrival it ‘of Mrs. Hellstrom, ages In addition to his: widow, who has been living’ with her daughter in Minneapolis for the last’ few years, Hellstrom leaves his daughter, three sisters and @ grandson. His siste! are Mrs. Clara Creel, Los Angeles, Mrs. Alex Banks and Mrs. George Falley of Lawrence, Kan. His grand- son, Franklin Snow, is the son of Mrs. Mildred Snow of Minneapolis. (Continued on page eight) a Minute!” BISMARCK FAMILY IN CHILDREN MIX Mr. and Mrs. Fred Merrill, North Dakotans, Figure in ‘De- sert’ Excitement Los Angeles, March 19.—(?)}—The R. E. Hunsakers, St. Louis, Mo., would make the old saying about “Never change horses in the middle of the stream” read “Never change children in the middle of the desert.” They did, with the Fred Merrills, Bismarck, N. D., and for some hours the excitement in the Hunsaker fam- ily ran high. It all came out at po- became ert but at Gila Bend, Ariz.,.the fam- ilies met again. Margaret decided to “go home” but Roberta liked the Merrill automobile her parents’ permission to ride | them. Once more in the hereafter. Landslide Buries Five Men Alive Food and Medical Sup- plies for Injured Boston, March 19.—(P)—A dozen mechanics worked in feverish haste Thursday preparing an amphibian Plane to penetrate the frozen wastes of northern Newfoundland to bring succor to the languishing survivors of the wrecked sealing ship Viking. Meanwhile, Bernt Balchen, hero of the Byrd transatlantic and antarctic flights, had retired to a hotel to rest long flight which was begin not later than midnight. Balchen was to be at the controls. The expedition was being prepared ‘by Merion Cooper, noted motion pic- ture photographer, at the request of Dr. Lewis Frissell, New York, father of Varick Frissell, one of the Amer- icans who has been missing from the Viking since that vessel was shat- tered by an explosion off Horse island in White bay. Cooper, after receiving Dr. Fris- sell’s request, busied himself during the night and the dark hours of this. morning recruiting mechanics and a prospective crew for the plane. Bal- chen, located in Connecticut, rushed to Boston by train, to join mechanics who had flown from New York to prepare a giant Sikorsky for the trip. After viewine the plane, Balchen decided she was unfit for the ordeal without considerable alteration, the most vital of which was to increase her cruising radius by adding addi- tional gas tanks. The plane would | need a gas capacity of 400 gallons, he (Continued on page eleven) FIRE DRILLS SAVE CHILDREN'S LIVES 65 March Calmly to Safety From Burning School Building in Minnesota Fargo, N. D., March 19.—(7)—Sixty- five children in night attire marched calmly out of the Wild Rice children’s home, two miles north of Twin Valley, Minn. at ht Wednesday, escaping with their lives only by rea- son of fire-drill training. The 30- year old structure was burned to the cond with @ loss estimated at $70,- So quick wa: the spread of the flames, believed caused by defective wiring, that the home fire apparatus, augmented by equipment from Twin Valley, was unable to do more than save five adjoining buildings. Although considerable furniture and equipment was rescued, clothing of the inmates could not be reached, and Thursday the children were being cared for in private homes and a hotel in Twin ater. esca Eaaie A special meeting cl n’s called Thi by Twin Valley. Matron. were summoned shortly after 11:30 p. m. by two boys awak- ended by smell The 1s m. of smoke in the north end of the dormitory. fire siren immediately called the entire staff into action, and the children, trained to march out at night, as well as in the day, formed lines and, led by matrons, filed down ir | the fire escape to safety. ANDER OF TALIA SURVIVORS KILLED Pigne Carrying Col. Umberto Maddalena and Two Oth- ers Falls in Sea It looks like a queer piece of machinery and that is what it is—but at the same time the picture above shows a ghost of Bismarck’s past. For this contraption, mounted on a buckboard, was the mobile this city ever saw. That was away back when the howl of the coyote could be heard in the city on still nights and when the automotive industry was a puny infant. ‘The machine was constructed and owned by Francis Jaszkowiak, a local resident. Read all about it and other details of the early history of the automotive industry in Bismarck on page 2 of this issue of The Tribune. The Weather Glowey tonight, and Felder, pain op PRICE FIVE CENTS WARPETON YOUTHS TRACED 10 SEVERAL Detective Believes Alleged Ex- tortionist Will Be Found in 48 Hours WAS SEEN IN MINNEAPOLIS Is 5 Feet 7 Inches Tall, Weighs 145 Pounds,- and Has Chestnut Hair Wahpeton, N. D., March 19.—(7)— Hunt for Gordon Bjornson, 23, Wah- Peton athlete charged with said he was seen there Wednesda: night. if Walter 8. Gordon, chief of the criminal investigation bureau of the Burns Detective Agency, said Thurs- day officers were the young first auto- Hoover Sails for Porto Rico Under Clear Skies MANDAN CHORUS TOSINGFIVE SONGS AS SHOW FEATURE Slope Musical Organization Headlines Program at Mo- tor Exhibition Friday Songs which will give them full op- portunity to display their vocal ability will be sung by members of the Man- dan Malé Chorus when they appear in Bismnarok Friday night aa the feat- ure attraction of the Bismarck auto- mobile show. : The chorus, regarded as one of the best musical organizations on the Missouri Slope, will be directed by Ralph Law. It was launched about two years ago by the Mandan Lions club but later was reorganized and now is sponsored as a civic organiza- tion. Dr. L, G. Smith is business manager. The opening number at the Bis- marck performance will be “Winter Song.” This will be followed by “Kentucky Babe,” “Deep Blue Sea,” “My Wild Irish Rose” and a negro spiritual entitled “Swing Along.” Members of the chorus are L. C. McMahan, Abner Larson, Ralph Law, D. ©. Mohr, T. P. Heisler, Eddie Steinbruck, John McCarthy, Lawrence | Tavis, 8. A. Young, Roy Young, J. C. Gould, C. P. Curtis, Fred Knoll, Tony Knoll, Rev. G. W. Stewart, Edward Tostevin, Philip Helbling, R. R. Lutz, H, A. Dahners, C. W. Wright, Harold Law, A. E. Livdahl, Peter Feth, Louis Eckroth, Bob Adams and Dr. L. G. Smith. Walter Tostevin is pianist. The setting in which the chorus will appear neared completion Thurs- day as local automobile dealers com- pleted the preliminary work of de- corating the hall. All of the smilax, which will be used as a background, was in place and 100 dozen daffodils will be placed tomorrow. These have been planned to give a spring-like touch to the show at which approxi-]® Coupling between the baggage car mately 35 of the newest, models in motordom will.be displayed. Local firms which will put on style shows had completed their arrange- ments and the latest thing in wom- en’s wear will vie with the shiny, new motor cars for the center of interest. ‘The doors of the show will open 10 8. m., Friday. The style show will precede the choral presentation Fri- o'cloc! Additional features and another style show will be offered Saturday night. Orchestra music will enter- tain visitors both afternoon and eve- ning of each day. The show is being held in ‘World War Memorial building. CAN RING GRANDFATHER Washington, March 19.—(?)—Pegsy Ann Hoover can ring up Grandfather Hoover at sea anytime she likes. She's in Asheville, N. C. Her father, Herb- ert Jr., has radio sending apparatus and the battleship Arizona has re- ceiving sets. the new day night, which is scheduled at 8:45 lef. k. George Johnson, weling with @ relative in the latter's automobile,” Mr. Gordon said. “We traced him to Walker, Aitkin and Pine City since bert Saturday. “Wednesday night a resident of Wahpeton who knows Bjornson well saw him in Minneapolis. Detectives immediately were set on Bjornson’s trail and it is only a matter of time, probably not more than 48 hours be- fore he will be under arrest.” Army Blimp and Squadron of Planes Participate in Gala Demonstration U. 8. 8. Arizona, March 19.—(7)— President Hoover sailed toward Porto Rico Thursday under skies which were fair from the time Hampton toads was passed. The Arizona was making a speed of 15 knots and ex- pected to reach the gulf stream Thursday afternoon. The president stood on the quar- ter deck to receive the official salute and to hear the band play and he re- mained there after the ceremonies were over, enjoying the beauties of the seascape and day. An army blimp, a squadron of planes and myriad harbor cr join- ea tntine Homsisstration iis Ue “Sri ‘sone de] 5 ‘ The recently remodeled dread- naught, the navy’s most modern fighting craft, will carry the presi- dent and his party through 3,000 miles of the Caribbean to Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Arriving by. train Thursday morn- ing from Washington, members of the presidential party breakfasted aboard their cars. As they reached the embarking point, the president boarded an Ad- miral's barge and as the craft shoved off, the president's flag was run up the main truck of the Arizona. High overhead, an army blimp and two fast pursuit planes circled and as the president strode up the gang- way, 21 huge bombers from Langley field droned out of the distant sky to join in the navy's welcome to the chief executive. The planes continued in formation until eight bells—8 o'clock —when the signal for the departure was given. The presidential salute, 21 guns, boomed forth and was answered by the belching batteries of Fortress Monroe. While the president is away in the warm southern waters, Mrs. Hoover will go to Asheville, N. C., for a visit | boots. with their son, Herbert Hoover Jr., who is convalescing from illness The youthful suspect is declared tc be traveling with a cousin, Oscar Aamodt, in A Ford which bears a 1931 Minnesota license B- 244-436. Aamodt is described as eae seers cad six feet tall, weigh- Pot > and limp due to a hip injury = ae SEEN IN MINNESOTA TOWN MONDAY NIGHT Fifteen miles north of Richmond, ‘Abie’s Irish Rose’ Cast Member Dies me of “Able's Trish Rose” died. Wedoes- day after a short illness at his He had been working in mo- Pictures couiman, s-|Booklet On Modern scan Homes Is Offered and the first coach tore loose caus- (Continued on page eight) Red Cross Reaches Drought Relief Goal ‘Washington, March 19.—(?)—In two months and five days the Red Cross has raised $10,000,000 for drought re- Tt had hoped to obtain this sum in two weeks. drought sufferers. He said the would continue, and that on M: chapters in 20 states were giving fo7d, clothing or other types of <eliet to 2,000,000 persons. Musician Forgives Wife for Saying Adopted Daughter Was Her Kansas City, March 19.—(7)— Harmony was the keynote Thurs- Own