The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 31, 1931, Page 1

N6Fth Daliota’s Oldest Newspapér WANPETON ATHLETE, (Biers tia or- — WRIGLEY PLANNING PACING POSSBILTY | aaa TO ACCEPT COTTON OF FIVE-YEAR TERN| INSTEAD OF MONEY Will Be Sentenced Wednesday; Capitalist Says He Will Buy Up Kidnaping Charges Had to 100,000- Bales at 12 Not Been Filed Cents Per Pound GOT $25,000 FROM BANKER JUST LIKE HIS WHEAT PLAN State's Attorney Indicates That Not Gambling or Advertising, He Kidnaping Charges May Says; Just Helping South Not Be Pressed in Depression Wahpeton, N. D., March 31—()— Gordon Bjornson, Wahpeton athlete, pleaded guilty Tuesday to extorting $25,000 from O. A. Leach, Wahpeton banker. He will be sentenced Wednesday. State’s Attorney Arnold ©. Forbes that the information re- rules lice department, COMMISSION PLANS T0 SPEED WORK ON CAPITOL BUILDING == Will Not Regard Removal Plans; to Confer With St. Paul we 5 Indications are the graver charge will not be pressed, he said. ~ The maximum penalty for'an ex- tortion charge is five years’ imprison- MOTT MAN ROBBED OF $1,250 BY FOUR BEFORE CARD GAME Four Suépects Are Being Held in: Selby, S. D., in Con- nection With Case Buy i: LE! Fisher. Bjornson was lodged Richland county jail when the bonds “were not furnished. Only. one witness was placed on the stand Monday night, Mr. Leach, who identified Bjornson as man who i rH HI ae a i g 8 z & tl z 35 FF 5 H selEe Hig A Fai i abck F gee i ede F-¥ y May 21 of the $25,000. ‘The story substantially the same as that which The men gave their names as Joseph Yates, Fred Knodle, Jack Kutcher and Jack Neubers, all be- tween 40 and 50 years old. Questioned by Sheriff Martin, the four refused to talk but ‘indicated they would return to Mott for ques- ‘Following loss of the money, Jacob- son gave police descriptions of the men, which were broadcast over radio. Mobridge authorities saw the four, Hel prey HE eee Prosecu ad thay left there, driving toward Belby. Here th ition asked for “ ey le » Ny. Sand upon n Sheriff Martin was notified, and with a deputy he barricaded the road about three miles west of here. The men stopped and offered no resist- ance when the officers took them in- to Sheriff Martin, Sher- iff Kasper Niederkorn of Mott, N. D., Hettinger county, was to come here Tpeshey to return the men to that iy. The four men had been in Mott about a week, according to Sheriff inp Max Tendler, Victim, Said to Have Helped New York-Po- lice in Murder. Case if ai i ATTACK ON UNION Declares Statements of Hen- derson and Briand Against Plan Are Unfounded BE : il 2 i H 3 iH it A iy i ay i i Et i : § Ll u i Fi E FI H ALES i i & F i Ha al ii hd gead HEE set i aeee il § g 8 q i EE arrested at Selby, 8..D., an alleged - here Sunday. wa em| ONCE coordinating our relations to give new life to improve economy of both THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE Rockne Is Killed In Plane Crash Bjornson Pleads Guilty to Extortion Charge (__Faomieeromiy ites Family ‘The trial of Leo Brothers, charged with the murde# of Alfred*Lingle, Chicago reporter, has reunited his estranged parents, Harvey Brothers, center, and the latter's wife, Mrs. Rose Jessen. They are shown here in court at Chi- cago with Betty Cook, Brothers’ sweetheart. :|Witnesses Say Brothers Not Man They Saw June9 Defen: Witness for Eye Witness With Prosecution Hee fit 0 i EE tty a vip eek Br é 253 E a | i | e Grocery Clerk Becomes Wealthy rough Discovery of Gold in Mexico two found other nuggets in the , some “as big as small LS i v8 di fh ' tal Fyze pound, Ht Begins to. Match Eye Criminal Court Building, Chicago, Ql, March °31—(?)—Matching eye witness for eye witness, the defense ;|Rear Admiral Arthur St. C. Smith, ay A) PERSONS KILLED | |{ Grid Mentor Kitled AS QUAKE STRIKES CITY IN NICARAGUA Fire Breaks Out Shortly After Shock and Is Expected to Raze Managua HAS 60,000 INHABITANTS U. S. Marines, in City Since 1912, Recently Ordered to Withdraw By 8. M. CRAIGE (Tropical Radio Company Operator at Managus) ay 7 GANDHI WILL MAKE SWEEPING DEMANDS AT SECOND MEETING Resolutions Now Being Drawn Are Expected to Be Ap- proved by Congress India, March 31. Managua, Nicaragua, March 31.— (®)—At 10:02 o'clock Tuesday morn: ing an earthquake of very short dura- tion shook down the major part of . Fire broke out in the mar- ket center and was traveling rapidly oo It probably will finish the fob. ‘The loss of life in the city soon aft- er the disaster was estimated at 40. Managua is the capital of Nicara- gua and has a population of about 60,000, It is located on Lake Mana- gua, 87 miles from the port of Corin- to and 36 miles from Granada. It is) an important commercial center and the second largest city in the republic. The houses are mostly one-story, roofed with red tiles and having inner gardens or patios, Among the prin- cipal buildings are the cathedral, the national palace, ancient structures of Karachi, southern edge of the city, almost con- tinuously since 1912 but were ordered) withdrawn recently. ‘The city is located on the Pacific continuous rivalry between the older) cities of Leon and Granada. It is an important distributing point for points on or near the east shore of Lake Managua and Matagalpa. A number of important wholesale firms. have offices there as well as retail houses, both native and foreign. Approximately 1,500 marines were) stationed in Nicaragua, on March 7. conference but Gandhi, taking a vote, obtained a majority in their favor. following items,” the resolution says, “or should give ability to a Swaraj Nacsa add government to provide “Fundamental rights of the people, such as,- (1) Freedom of association and °°) ‘Freedom press ¢ of speech and . (3) Freedom of conscience and free possession and practice of reli- (Continued on page seven) commander of the United States forces in Central America, was ord- ered by the navy department to be- gin gradual withdrawal of his forces. The plan was to move 500 marines out by June 1 and the remainder by Jan. 1, 1933, after the inauguration of the new Nicaraguan government. Part of the detachment was quartered| in rebel areas in the interior and part, in Managua and other central points. JAMESTOWN GROUP |BABE'S ‘BYE BYE" ATTACKS J. W.GARR| HELPS IN ESCAPE Guard Believes Ex-Convi Indicates It Will Not Withdraw] 7 12"4 velieves Ex-Convict Held in Jail Is Visit Petitions to Change Capi- Mies ae ri Opens tal Location Members of the petitioners’ com- 4 ene T An A le hell 4 EE t a fat ge 5 ce gees Hee i / li eee secretary of that the capital loca- tion be ‘submitted to a vote of the North Dakota electorate. The state- ment makes it clear that the James- E 5 g y th Ri it : it i F a8 E : F & E f F 3 fs A ! INOTRE DAME’S GRID "Tie Weather _ PRICE FIVE CENTS COACH AMONG EIGHT IN KANSAS ACCIDENT Most Famous Football Mentor in History Dies in Prime of His Life WAS ON WAY TO CALIFORNIA Large Passenger Airship Ex- ploded in Air and Fell to Earth in Flames Kansas City, March 31.— (AP)—Knute Rockne, famous football coach of Notre Dame university, and seven others were killed when‘a tranacontin- ental and western passenger ger and mail plane crashed in flames Tuesday in a pasture several miles southwest of Bazar, Kas. Western air officials said Plane was a 10-passenger Fokker, ly set, 8:90 8m. was del unt 3 o' Tuesday m because of the late arrival of mail “poesy weelher and drisaing rain made for bad flying conditions in this their tri- Of Famous Mentor Minot, N. D., March 31—()— Word of the death of Knute Rockne, famous football coach, was received with sorrow Tues- day by former Governor R, A. Nestos of Minot, a cousin. Both Rockne and Nestos were born at Voss, Norway and each was baptized at the same font. The Rev. Theodore Lund, fath- er of J. C. Lund, secretary of the board of education in Minot, con- firmed Rockne in a Lutheran church at Chicago. The former Governor Nestos had not seen Rockne since they ‘weré boys in Norway but thé two had corresponded frequently, | section and several local pilots said they did not care to venture’ aloft Tuesday. At Rockne’s home in South Bend, Ind., it was said he left Monday bound for California and although his mode of travel was not known he frequently traveled by plane. The plane carried two pilots, Rob- ert Fry and Jess Mathias, and five other passengers. The passenger list announced here was: Knute Rockne. H. J. Christensen, and J. H. Hoop- er, Chicago. W. B. Miller, Hartford, Conn. F. Goldthwaite, New York City. C. A. Lobrech, Chicago. The plane exploded in mid-air and fell to earth in flames, witnesses said. Edward Baker witnessed the ex- plosion and saw the plane plunge as he was feeding cattle in the pasture a short distance away on the farm of his father, Seward Baker. Baker found five toes when he was delayed three-quarters of at hour, awaiting the mail for the west. Rockne’s presence in Kansas City between planes was not generally known. ‘Western air officials said only eight persons were in the plane when it The chosen poems of the American reading public, selected by a nation- through ff] ut &