The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 26, 1931, Page 1

we North. Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper ESTABLISHED ‘1873 EXPECT THRONG AT {ates to Air )/WITNESS DECLARES |Notorious Gangster _CORDONBJORNON STATE TOURNAMENT || BROTHERS IS MAN | Arrested In Missouri FRIDAY, SATURDAY N. D. A. C. Bison and Bismarck Phantoms Start Fireworks Thursday Night FARGO’S MIDGETS FAVORED Bismarck, Favored by Draw, Is Doped to Advance to Cham- pionship Tilt — ‘The North Dakota Agricultural col- lege Bison and the Bismarck Phan- toms will clash Thursday night in the World War Memorial building as & curtain-raiser to the state high school basketball tournament, scheduled to) open at 3 p. m., Friday afternoon. ‘The Bison arrived Wednesday night and took up their quarters at Man- dan to await the referee's whistle in a game which will offer a test of both college and independent basketball as} it is played in North Dakota. Neither L. T. Saalwaechter, Bison mentor, or Neil Churchill, manager of the Phantoms, were making optim- istic predictions ‘as to the outcome, each being content to let the score speak for itself. As an added attrac- tion the Phantoms will present Verne DuChene, captain-elect of the Uni-' versity of North Dakota squad, as & member of its team for at least 2 part, of the game. ‘the Mandan Papooses will rie the Mandan Recreation club at 8 p. m., in a preliminary to the Bison-Phan- tom tilt. Although weather conditions Thursday looked unfavorable for both the Bison-Phantom game and the state tournament, the federal weather bureau predicted clear skies and warmer weather by Thursday night. Teams Expected Thursday Most of the eight high school teams which will: parti¢ipate in the state tournament were é: to in Bismarck Thursday in time to see the pre-tournament contest. The, Minot squad was slated to come in by, sneer inland afternoon pe the Crosby aggregation was expec! over the same route. By bed-time the Fargo, Valley City, Mayville, Bow- man and Devils Lake cagers were ex- pected to be quartered in local hotels. ‘These quintets, together with the Bismarck team, represent the pick of more than 200 high schools teams in (Continued on page ten) PRESIDENT HOOVER ON HIS WAY HOME Executive Is Witness to Odd and Colorful Picture of In- sular Life U. 8..8. Arizona, March 26.—()— President Hoover was enroute home ‘Thursday with fresh conceptions and first hand information of problems the United States faces.in her Carib- bean territory. ‘As he dropped back into the restful routine aboard the Arizona he pleasant memories of tremendous re- ceptions in Porto Rico eggs uae which were almost fantastic. Telpriaiy one of the oddest parades of all time passed before the President, who saw vendors, school children and native scratch bands side by side in a colorful picture of insular life. Back aboard the Arizona the President let it be known he had enjoyed it all greatly but had difficulty in convinc- ing himself it had been real. Immediately after coming aboard the Arizona at St. Thomas -he resumed his rest with a nap before @ leisure- ly dinner and talkies on the deck. If the weather continues moderate- ly good the Arizona should arrive at Norfolk Sunday. OREGON JURY MAY GET CASE FRIDAY |Man Who Slew Alleged Betrayer of Court Hearing Arguments Re- garding Murder Charges Against Pair Hillsboro, Ore., March 26.—(7)— Moving into its final phase, the trial night of Nov. 12 Miss Loucks return- ed to the apartment’ contradicting testimony Miss Loucks gave in her own: defense. Six Portland physicians, testifying said that, in THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 1931 North Dakota Is Struck by Storm Bismarck Becomes State Basketball Meccawunnnn Having just won her license, Louise G. Vamos, above, Cleveland aviatrix, will go to Philadelphia soon to study the 100-mile cross-countty course for the annual race of the Philadelphia Aero club in May. It will be Miss Vamos’ first race. O00 PUPILS TAKE PART INOPERETTA WEDNESDAY NIGHT “Jack and the Beanstalk” Is Successfully Presented by Bismarck Children A new experiment, that of produc- ing an operetta on a large scale with pupils from all the grade schools in the city participating was tried out successfully Wednesday evening at the city auditorium. ‘Using approximately 500 children, selected from the first six grades of the Will, Roosevelt, Righholt, William Moore:and Wachter schools, the oper- ‘etta, “Jack and the Beanstaik” ‘was & worthwhile entertainment. At the same time it gave an opportunity for parents to gain a definite idea of the and/ music work carried on in the schools. Six large choruses, grouped ac- cording to grades, carried the bulk of the musical numbers and aided the cast of 13 characters in relating the story of Jack's adventures with the beanstalk, the giant and his magic hen. James Shirek, as the giant, gave an exceptional performance. The stage presence and poise of the main characters was noteworthy, particularly in view of the fact that they were selected from different schools and this made it difficult to hold joint practices. Dance numbers added interest to the choruses. The costumes, repre- senting many hours of work on ‘the part of parents and teachers, contri- buted greatly to the success of the entertainment. The hit of the evening was made by the chickens chorus, composed of 15 first-grade children, who sang and danced with all the ease of the older groups. Their yellow costumes with hooded: capes and bright orange bills (Continued on page ten) N. D. Has 104,297 | ‘Eligible’ Males had —— Washington, March 26.—(?)— The census bureau Wednesday announced that of 241,350 mar- riageable males in North Dakota, 104,297 were single, 125,670, mar- ried, 9,269 widowed, 1,611 divorced, and 503 marital status unknown. Of 205,764 marriageable wom- en, 65,124 were single, 124,632 married, 14,292 widowed, 1,474 di- vorced and 242 of marital status unknown. 5 The percentage divorced, both men and women, was 0.7 a8 com- pared with 0.4 ten years ago. FARGO MAN ELECTED Chicago, March 26.—(7)—J. Fred Payne, Fargo, was elected vice presi- dent of the Central States Circula- tion Managers’ association st the close of its annual session. HE CHASED JUNE 9 Patrick Campbell Third to Pick Defendant as Man Who Fled From Tunnel SAYS PRIEST WAS THERE Truck Driver Said He Joined in Chase When ‘Get That Man’ Was Cried Out Criminal court building, Chicago, Tl, March 26.—(AP)—A young truck driver who chased a man for several blocks after the assassina- tion of Alfred Lingle pointed at Leo Brothers at his murder trial Thurs- day and said “I think that’s the man. Patrick Campbell, the third person to pick out Brothers as the man who fled from the scene of the slaying, said he was half way out of the Randolph street pedestrian tunnel last June 9 when he heard a shot. He had reached the street, Camp- bell said, when he heard a cry “stop that man” and saw a man running. He followed him down the street ai into an alley and then stopped as a policeman took up the chase. “And do you see that man in the courtroom?” he was asked. “I think that’s the man over there,” and he poi ted at the de- fendant. On cross-examir tion, Campbell said he received $1: from the state’s attorney’s office or two days he spent at the dete. ‘ive bureau look- ing at pictures of suspects. He said he ex to get paid for five other days he had lost, but that this was the only remuneration he exp from his connection with this case. Of the other two eye witnesses, one testified he had received $2,000 salary as a state’s attornoy’s investi- gator and the other said he was paid iar 8 Sell ho is 25 Id, ampbell, who years old, was calm and unru: as he told his story. He said that in addition. to driving a truck he was a plumber. He had been out of work for six weeks, he said. He mentioned Father~John Rey- nolds .of Notre Dame University, who also has been called as a state witness. He was near the priest, Campbell said, when the cry “get that man” went up, and he talked to him after the man had eluded his pursuers. Campbell said he knew the priest’s name only from reading newspaper accounts of the case. The courtroom was filled early again, and several hundred ‘sons waited outside to take the pl of any who left. DECISION ASSURES G.. 0. P, MAJORITY Election Ruling Gives Republi- cans Lead of Two Over Democrats in House - af ‘Washington, March 26, — (AP) —| publicans clung to 217 house seats , & lead of two over Demo- crats, a8 a result of the decision at Mauch Chunk, Pa., that William R. over Everett Kent, the November elections. ed_by Democrats. Because of the close division, each change creates a new situation. Democrats had hoped to gain the seat from the 30th Pennsylvania dis- trict, which would have resulted in a tie of 217 to 217 in the other seats were filled. event His Daughter Will Not Serve Term Beaumont, Tex., March 26.-(7)- A. B. Johnson, 46-year-old team- ster foreman. who slew Ottis Lee Adams, 22, alleged betrayer of his daughter, Thursday stood con- victed ‘on. ‘murder charge by a jury which heeded both written and unwritten, laws. The verdict, returned Wednes- day night, assessed and suspend- ed a five-year prison sentence. “Johnson, whose 11-year-old convinced Elizabeth committed suicide to escape humiliation be- cause Adams already had a wife in y, La. He swore he was infermed the youth, who droye..an. ambulance, hed boast- ed of intimacy with the girl. Introduction of evidence began Wednesday. The state offered only one witness, R. P. Collier, in GERMANY, AUSTRIA PLAN TO GO AHEAD [sess aa ca. TE FRED BURKE ILLINOIS SOLONS VOTE TO REPEAL PRORIBITION LAW Only Governor Emmerson’s Sig- nature Needed to Make Bill Into Law Springfield, Tl, March 26.—(P)— ‘The question whether Illinois is to abandon its prohibition enforcement laws Thursday was put up to Gover- nor Louis Emmerson. the state, senate -left We has given ‘no indication of what it will be. If he approves it, Illincis will become the sixth state to take similar action. Montana, Nevada, Wisconsin, New York and Massachusetts once had prohibition laws, but repealed them. e Prior to passage of the O'Grady- McDermott bill, named for sponsors in the house and senate, opponents attempted to attach a referendum clause, but lost by a vote of 26 to 24. Republican leaders urged their col- leagues to vote for repeal to fulfill a plank in the party’s state platform, adopted last fall, pledging its repre- sentatives in congress to abide by the will of the voters as expressed in a referendum at the general eleciion in November of 1930. They cited statis- tics compiled by the association op- posed to prohibition giving the refer- endum vote as 1,050,004 for repeal and 523,130 against. ‘The deciding vote was cast by Sen- ator Adelbert Roberts, a Chicago negro, “against my better judgment and as painful as it is to me, I’m going to vote with the wets,” Senator Roberts said. “Mr. President, I am casting a mandate vote, it is the people’c vote.” Disregard Suggestion That They Appear Before League of He! cago, seven men slain. | apartment killing, De- The Weather’ Yair Thursday night ‘and Friday. Rising temperature Friday. PRICE FIVE CENTS Man Identified as Fred Burke, Accused of Murders and Robberies,.Held REWARDS ‘TOTAL $90,000 Implicated in Valentine’s Day Slaying of Seven and Many Kidnapings St. Joseph, Mo., March 26.—(P)— Fred H. Burke, notorious killer and robber indicted for the St. Valentine's day massacre of seven gangsters in Chicago in 1929, was arrested in @ farm house near Milan, Mo., early Thursday and brought to the 8t. Joseph jail, where he admitted his identity. Burke was in bed when Police Cap- tain John Lard, Detectives Melvin Swepston, E. R. Kelly and A. W. Thedinga, accompanied by Sheriff Hoover of Mercer county, rushed into his room with machine guns ready. He was seized before he could reach for his revolver, hanging on a chair a few inches from his bed. The prisoner expressed relief when he learned the armed party was com- | w, Posed Of officers. “I thought I was being taken for a ride,” he said. There Five Months ‘The police said Burke and a woman companion who was in Kansas City at the time of his arrest had been living with Mr. and Mrs. Bailey Proc- tor near Milan since last November. A farmer became suspicious and notified the United States depart- ment of justice which requested St. Joseph police to investigate. Rewards totaling $90,000 have been offered for Burke's arrest, police said. A dozen murders and robberies to- taling nearly a million dollars are charged against Burke by various Police departments. Some of the crimes with which he is charged are: rae Baise ‘a 0 years, $220,000. John Kay jewelry robbery in De- troit, 1924,:$6,000. Mail truck holdup, “pe Ohio, Cadillac, Mich., $60,- Patrolman slain, $200, a robbery, First National bank robbery, Peru, Ind., $93,000. Farmers and Merchants bank rob- bery, Jefferson, Wis., $352,000. St. Valentine’s day massacre, Chi- troit, two slain. Bank cashier wounded in Louis- ville, Ky., rol re 8) of Patrolman Charles Skelly, St. Joseph, Mich. Admits His Identity Chief Mathews told the World- Herald in a telephone conversation that Burke admitted his identity after (Continued on page seven) UNDERCOVER MAN IS ARRESTED IN FARGO Faces Serious Statutory Charge Following 14-Year-Old Girl’s Story Fargo, March 26.—(7)—C. A. Thor- son of Minneapolis, undercover man placed “under fire” by a Fargo attor- ney, during a liquor trial in Cass county court Tuesday, was arrested ‘Thursday on a -serious statutory charge. ‘Thorson was arrested for an alleged parents. ‘Thorson has been in the employ of Nations Council Berlin, March 26.—(#)—Despite & British suggestion that Germany and aEae Boge ite a 3 3 a Ef the state's attorney's office cince Feb. 28 as an undercover agent at- tempting to obtain liquor “buys.” His tactics were bitterly assailed in the trial. ‘The defendant was freed. a3 tet ii (fel: Tt cf i h 8 IN WARPETON JAIL ~ RACING 2 COUNTS 23-Year-Old Back in Home Town Where He Once Was Lauded as Athlete ADMITS EXTORTING $25,000 Youth Contemplated Killing Himself While on South- ern ‘Spending Spree’ Wahpeton, N. D., March 26.—(7)—| In the community where a few years) ago he was cheered and applauded for his ability as an athlete, Gordon’ Bjornson, 23, Thursday sat in » jail cell while authorities prepared to ar- raign him on charges of kidnaping and extorting $25,000 from O. A. Leach, local banker and civic leader. After an all-night ride by automo- bile, during which bad roads were en- countered, . the former high school’ athlete and fight promoter arrived here at 6 a. m. in the custody of Arnold Forbes, Richland county at- torney, and Sheriff E. 8. MclIiwain, fahpeton. County Attorney Forbes said Bjorn- son probably will be arraigned Fri- day. En route to Wahpeton, whose citizens Bjornson said he dreaded and feared to face, the youth recounted! the story of the kidnaping and ex- tortion, and his subsequent flight which took him to many states in the! union and Canada during his $25,000 “spending spree.” To Press Both Charges Forbes said he would press both charges of kidnaping and extortion, denying reports an agreement had been reached between him and Bjorn- son’s counsel to drop the extortion count. A small crowd gathered at the Richland county jail’ Wednesday night to get a glimpse of the athlete « jeden Page seven) MAN WHO FEARED NOOSE KILLS SELF |46-Year-Old Man, Charged With Slaying Blonde, Drinks Poison in Reno Reno, Nevada, March 26.—()— Fear of the hangman’s noose drove David Pinkes, 46-year-old slayer of Florence Bennett, 28, pretty blonde, to commit suicide by drinking poison in a Reno hotel Wednesday. ‘This was revealed in a letter ad- dressed to Mrs. A. M. Cox, Ocean Beach, Calif., which was turned over to Coroner Seth W. Longabaugh, Reno. The letter read: “By the time you receive this note, will be dead many hours. I killed my sweetheart, Florence Bennett, in San Francisco last night at 5 p.m. The police are looking for me as I write this now. “Write Daisy and give David, my zon, my love. I must die by hanging to pay for my crime, so I am taking Poison. Good-bye forever.” The letter was scrawled in pencil. In the envelope were two one-dollar bills. Police also had another letter, addressed to them, in which Pinkes admitted the slaying and charged that his victim's unfaithfulness “drove” him to murder. Pinkes had been sought as the slayer since Monday night, when the woman was found dying of a gunshot wound in a San Francisco apartment. McKenzie Voted 1,685 To 658 for Road Bonds Watford City, N. D., March 26.—(?) county election on issuance of $100,000 of bonds for road building show the y federal and state funds for road building purposes, making $400,000 available for work in the county. FREED ON FRAUD COUNT Ham Wilson, laborer, who said he had been told he was heir to a $130,- 000,000 fortune in Australis, was ac- quitted of a charge of defrauding an inn Allege Nine Negroes Attacked Two —Complete returns on the McKenzie | age a Hs Leper Worker Dies | IRA DUTTON MAN WHO WORKED ON LEPERS ISLAND DIES IN 87TH YEAR Ira, Dutton, Otherwise Known as Brother Joseph, Suc- cumbs in Honolulu Honolulu, March 26—(?)—Ire Dut- ton (Brother Joseph), Trappist monk, widely known for his work among the lepers of Molokai island, Hawaii, died here early Thursday after a long ill- ness. He was 87 years old and had spent nearly 45 years among the isolated lepers. By his devotion to the unfortunates of the little leper village of Kalawao, on the Pacific island of Molokai, Ira Dutton achieved renown as one of the great humanitarians of modern times. Bearing the ecclesiastical name of Brother Joseph, he went to the leper village in 1886, a comparatively young man, never to return. Why he chose the cloistered life amid such surround~' which he never spoke. Served in Civil Was He served his country in the Civil war and afterwards aided the govern- ment in collecting and burying the bodies of his fallen comrades. He devoted years to‘assisting others of his comrades who had come out of the war broken in health and unable to earn a living. Brother Joseph, still Ira Dutton, then settled in Memphis, Tenn., and engaged in business. He was success- ful and led an active social life until 1883. It was then he suddenly joined the Catholic church, forsook the world (Continued on page seven) TREASURY SEEKING EXTRA $00,000,000 Will Offer 90-Day Treasury Bills, Selling at Discount, Next Week ‘Washington, March 26.—(/P)—An additional $100,000,000, needed because of a prospective $700,000,000 deficit and loans to World war veterans, will be sought Monday by the treas- ury. Secretary Mellon said 90-day treas- ury bills for $100,000,000 or there- abouts, selling at a discount, will be offered next week at federal reserve banks to the highest bidders. The money will be used for government expenses and to pay loans to veterans on their adjusted compensation cer- tificates. The veterans’ bureau has received 1,571,291 applications from veterans for loans. Veterans’ Administrator Hines estimated that if the $377 aver- loan value of 501,203 checks al- ready mailed is maintained the treas- ury will need $600,000,000. Hines has asked the treasury to supply $500,000,000 before April 11 for the loans. Until he made the re- quest, only $300,000,000 had been pro- vided in the belief that would be suf- ficient for the bureau until the end of June. Loan applications, however, were received in much larger volume than had been expected and the ad- White Girls ‘Bumming’ on Freight Seottsboro, Ala., March 26.—(P) H WALLOPS MERCURY BELOW ZERO MARK High Wind Blows Snow Into Drifts But Highway Traffig Is Not Affected QUICK RELIEF IS FORECAST Weather Bureau Says Cleag Weather Certain By Tonightg Warmer Friday Just to show that he counted out without a le, Old Man Winter turned on North Dakota, Wednesday night and knocked the mercury down for counts of from six ” ‘Owens fa lost espe en, in & sperate of his authority, he sent a gn Wied swooping down upon the entire re- gion. It was laden with snow which, at Bismarck, totaled two inches. Most places were swept bare by the wind but in others drifts from two to three feet deep were They failed to block highway travel, however, since they were not exten sive, and all main roads were re« will not _be from Bismarck were maintaining their schedules without difficulty and trains were reported “on time,” with the exception of No, 2, eastbound on the Northern Pacific, which reported engine trouble near Billings, Mont., and was delayed for that reason. Miss Spring, thus rudely insulted by Old Man Winter, was scheduled to make a comeback , accords ing to the local weather bureau. O. W. Roberts, meteorologist, said the wind would die down Thursday afternoon and that the sun wuld be shining before nightfall. Clear weather and higher temperatures were forecast for Friday. The records showed that Thursday was the second coldest day of the win- ter, the minimum thermometer read- ing being 6 below zero. Only on Jan- uary 13 were lower temperatures re- Ported over a longer period of hours. The reading at noon Thursday was four below but the mercury was ex- the zero ‘mark by State Affected Reports other the state showed that the storm was gen- eral but it had abated in the northern part of the state by Thursday morn- ing and Minot reported that the sun was shining before noon. A similar report came from Williston. Although snow was reported every= where in North Dakota, the precipi- tation was smallest in the northwest- ern part of the state. The only public utility reporting difficulty was the Bell ie company, which had difficulty with its service between Bismarck and Minot. A light sleet fell Wednesday be- tween Underwood and Max and the high wind which developed late Wed- nesday caused about 16 poles to go down, according to the Bismarck of= fice of the American Telephone and (Continued on page seven) Were Killed in Hindu-Moslem Riot Cawnpore, India, March 26.—(?)—~ The list of dead in Wednesday's com= munal rioting between Hindus and Moslems was increased to 80 Thurse day when hospital records were checked. The check showed 48 Mos= lems were killed or died of injuries, while the Hindu casualties were 32. It was one of the most vicious com< munal battles India has ever seen. Even children were slaughtered. The homes of peaceful citizens were burn- ed to the ground. The riots started over an attempt by Hindu nationalists to force the closing of Moslem shops in protest against the execution last week of Baghat Singh and two other Indians Ae ae murder of a police official Tribune Offering Love Poems Book “I would have women love me in wild fashion” sounds like a line from @ modern movie-talkie on “Hot Love,’ but in reality it is from a poem writ- ten by Guy De Maupassant, the Frenchman, more than half a cene tury ago. This poem and a wide selection of