The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 4, 1931, Page 1

North Dakota’s idest Newspaper TABLISHED 1878 | aca: aemti 1 “ORY OF ABDUCTED CANBLER IS PROBED 3 CHICAGO POLICE ttear-Old James Hackett enlls Wife and Business As- pelt ciate Paid Money rect]; ezeast RANSOM WAS SO HIGH greater be natin as ‘Dictator’ of The tex, ’ ‘ follows: unty’s Slot Ma. “I bid yye Business States. Yo. lands and a sibilities at 4—(P)—A story that discussions tne of $150,000 had world advarinapers for his release ation and (ay by James Hackett, economic pr and wealthy road nomic relay of suburban Blue -old Hackett, who \ds and is by “dtetator” of the slot kidnaped Friday, he ad- ‘Tt gf Sunday night. He was the h¥inday, on payment of the fich was turned over to his curities into cash, even going so far as to mortgage their home. This was done on assurance that he would sign the mortgage as soon as he was freed. A full investigation was promised by Patrick Roche, chief investigator for the state's attorney’s office, who said that, while he believed Hackett was kidnaped, he doubted if the ran- som was as high as $150,000. Belief was expressed by Hackett that the kidnapers were affiliated with a national tion which makes a business of-abducting wealthy and that they had been respon- sible'for other abductions, including She und ene ANOTHER CALIFORNIA WOMAN IS MURDERED Body of 22-Year-Old Hazen Bradshaw Was Mutilated by 17 Stab Wounds was the pricipal support @ her mother and nine brothers and Bsters. stunned this city Monday % fourth of a series of murders. uae pallens AS "7 17 stab near of the Indian village here. Garrison, 35, her suitor, was Il uestioning. Waithougn her slaying the fourth in recent weeks, poge de- clared there was no link bet ee death and that of 10-year-di . ginia Brooks, whose body waj found March 11; that of Louise ber hanged two weeks ago, or thafpf Mrs. Dolly Bibbens, who was stragled in her it. No clue hg been found to the slayers of tly other three. FLAMES DESTROY with . EB d for the/day. Burial will _THE BISMARCK TRIBUN wo N. D. Says He ° Shoppers in Vienna can expect to meet a beautiful counter attack from Mile. Betty Ross, above. She was awarded first prize as Austria's pre- mier saleswoman at a recent business exhibition. From a commission of 2% per cent on sales, her annual in- come is more than $5000. HRS, JENNIE GRADY PIONEER WOMAN OF NORTH DAKOTA, DIES Came to State in Territorial Days; Was Mother of Woman Living Here Mrs. Jennie C. Grady, 81, a resident of North Dakota since territorial days, died in Bismarck at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Rolf C. Harmsen, late Sunday following an illness of 10 days. She had been suffering from infirmi- ties of advanced age. Mrs. Grady had made her home here at intervals for many years and tithe time. of her-death hud-been in Bismarck for the last year. She leaves two daughters, Mrs. Harmsen and Miss Ethel Grady, Bis- marck, and @ son Fred F. Grady, BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, MONDAY, MAY 4, 1931 Paid $150,000 Ransom [__ Setrebrity—J/GHORGE F. BAKER, |Policeman Strikes Accused Murderer THIRD RICHEST MAN INU. S., SUCCUMBS Because of Depression, Govern- ment to ‘Lose Fortune’ in Inheritance Tax EXACT WEALTH NOT KNOWN Held Stock in First National Bank of New York City, Many Other Companies New York, May 4.—()}—Because George F. Baker died during the de- pression, the federal government and the states in which he owned prop- erty stand to “lose” a fortune. ‘The amount they will collect in in- heritance taxes will be huge, but no- where near as large as if he had passed away during the boom period of 1929. Nobody knows—probably the dean of the nation’s bankers didn’t even know himself—how large his fortune is or was; so it was intpossible Mon- day to estimate the amount of the taxes his estate will pay. Guesses as to the wealth of the “third richest man in the country” range from $200,000,000 to $50,000,000 and even higher. Since the market value of the stocks constituting a huge portion of this has shrunk, amount of the inheritance tax will be correspondingly smaller. The federal government and New York state, in which Mr. Baker held the large part of his fortune, take the fair market value on the day of death in levying taxes on securities. At the height of the bull market Mr. Baker's 22,000 shares in the First ‘National bank reached a paper valua- tion of $190,000,000. They are quoted around $75,000,000 now. That shrink- age alone means a omeinn New York state of thing over $16,000,000. “The releral govérnmenit ‘gets* fts share of ‘the estate after the states have taken theirs. It is impossible, tax experts said, to estimate the Grand Forks, who formerly lived in Bismarck. At one time he was assist- ant cashier of the First National Bank of Bismarck and also was as- sociated with the Webb Brothers de- partment store as credit manager. Mrs, Grady was born at Owen- sond, Ontario, July 1, 1849. She came to Dakota during territorial days and jhad watched the growth of the state from its infancy. During the greater part of her long residence in the state she had lived at St. John, in Rolette county. Funeral services will be held at the Perry funeral chapel at 2 p. m. Tues- be made at Fairview AVIATOR S NEAR MAROONED BRITON Captain Albin Ahrenberg Within Flying Distance of Cor- tauld’s Hut “MANDAN ELEV/T0R = Dust Explosion Believedfaus Contained Large Quati- ties of Grain t. Paul Couple Robbed of }wels Paul, May 4—(?)—" ha amount the United States might col- lect. Stocks Have Fluctuated Like the First National stock, Mr. Baker's 87,000 shares of U. 8. Steel! common, his 63,000 shares of A. T. & T. and the $48,000,000 in railroad stocks credited last winter to him and his son, George F. Baker, Jr., have fluctuated. Steel, for instance, sold around 261 at one time in 1929. Last Saturday it closed at 115%. Mr. Baker’s death was apparent in Wall Street Monday only in the flags at half staff on prominent banking houses. There was no other evidence, even at Mr. Baker's First National bank, where business was being trans- acted as usual. While accumulating over a stretch of sixty odd years a fortune variously estimated at from $100,000,000 to $300,000,000, and which was said to have ranked him third among the wealthy men of the country, Baker (Continued on page three) MOORE NAMED HEAD. OF MEDICAL GROUP Health Officers Association Se-) |, lects Minot Physician as Vice President Dr. William Moore, Valley City, was Year's meeting. Public health programs for county nurses was discussed by Cecelia Eylof- son, Jamestown, while age hazards furnished the topic for a paper by Vilette Roche, director of the state bureau of vital statistics. A. L. Bavone, Bismarck, addressed the meeting on swimming poois. Pat Roche Refuses Al Capone Offer and Issues Ultimatum to Gangster etl a #ESbektss SET PRET ITC RET IBGE r Heads Kiwanis q URIS etcetera Raymond M. Crossman, above, Omaha, Neb., president of Kiwanis Interna- tional, is presiding at the 16th annual convention of the organization in Miami, Fla. More than 4,500 delegates and visitors are expected to attend the convention. ‘IONS CLUB RAPS PARALLEL PARKING SYOTEM FOR CITY !Vote 25 to 9 to Ask City Com- mission to Return to For- mer Plan Members of the Bismarck Lions club, by'a vote of 25 to 9, Monday de- cided to advise the city commission that it doesn't like the new parallel parking system. The matter was taken up at the regular luncheon meeting and several ; members cxpressed their views, only one speaking in favor of the new sys- tem. William Powell said he feels | the new regulation keeps customs off the main business streets since there jis room for less than half as many cars to park as under the old system and that folks will not carry parcels very far to their automobiles. He said he felt the new regulation is harmful to the mercantile business. E. B. Klein favored the new system and suggested that if Bismarck bus- inessmen would leave their cars at home or would park them outside the business district they could have tae benefits of parallel parking and still leave parking space for those who had legitimate need for it. He said he recently noticed the cars of seven employes parked in front of a local business house. He suggested that the cluo make an effort to develop vacant downtown \lots into free park- ing places. Obert Olson attacked the two-hour Parking limit. He said it would not (Continued on page three) ————. f Girl Enjoys Swim In River in May | Mrs. Sara Cleveland Wood- worth, living 15 miles north of Bismarck, thinks it fun to swim in the Missouri river in early May. Mrs. Woodworth is a bride of last January and gained some lo- cal fame as a mermaid. Several days ago she decided it would be fun to swim in the river. Her farm home is on its bank and it ing to her mother, Mrs. W. E. Cleveland, 614 Avenue C. Three Boys Burn to Death in Barn Loft Tweed, Ont. May 4—(P)—Three sons of Mr, and Mrs. Felix Rashotte “camped out” Saturday night in their playhouse in the barn loft. They were George, 14, William, eight, and Ben- Jamin, five. ‘They had it all week. Shortly after 2 o'clock fire destroy- ed the barn and the lads perished. George reached safety but rushed back to save his brothers. His body was found beside Benjamin, his arm around the younger lad’s neck. Mrs. Rashotte, relatives in Sterling, was stricken blind when told her children were dead. North Dakota Trio kotans Monday held a share in vic- tories in a district young artists con- Frank Jordan ts Knocked to Sidewalk by Brother of Slain Chicago Officer HEAVY GUARD IS ORDERED | Accused as Robber and Slayer of Anthony Ruthy and Patrick Durkin | Chicago, May 4—/)—Frank Jor- ‘dan, alias Carlson, alleged slayer of |two Chicago policemen, was attacked and knocked to the sidewalk Monday by Thomas Durkin of Detroit, »rother | of one of his victims. A few minutes later # coroner's jury returned a verdict of murder and rec- ommended that Jordan be held to the grand jury for the fatal shooting of Policeman Frank Durkin. Jordan al- ready had been indicted for the mur- der of Officer Anthony Ruthy, who died a few minutes after the snooting Thursday night at Michigan Boule- vard and Randolph street. ‘Thomas Durkin met Jordan and his guards as the alleged bank robber and killer was led to the undertaking rooms where the Durkin inquest was held. The brother leaped on the man before his guards could prevent the attack, and knocked Jordan down with a blow to the face. The inquest was halted as Jordan entered the room, blood streaming from his nose and his clothing mussed. “What happened to you?” asked Coroner Herman N. Bundensen. “Someone hit me—or else a mule kicked me,” he replied, “a copper kicked me while I was on the side- walk.” Coroner Bundesen asked Chief of Detectives John Nortos to investigate end the hearing was suspended for 10 minutes until Norton returned with the information that the slain police- 's brother had struck the prison- i er. “I want a heavy guard provided for this man,” announced the coroner. “I don’t want @ shooting here.” MINOT HAS ANOTHER ELECTION CONTEST Nap LaFleur, Newly - Elected} Commissioner, Charged With Corrupt Practices Minot, N. D., May 4.—(P)—A con- test of the election of Nap Lafleur as Minot city commissioner, in which it is asked that he be removed from of- fice upon the allegation that he vio- iated the corrupt practices act, has been begun in district court in Minot. Harry E. Conklin is the contestant. With the beginning of the action, both of the city commissioners elect- ed at the April 7 election in Minot face litigation contesting their elec- tion. V. A. Corbett recently brought suit, asking a recount of the ballots by which he was defeated by H. E. Buck by a margin of seven votes. Conklin, who is the father of Glen Conklin, a former police sergeant, who was pot retained upon the force when it was reorganized on May 1 at the direction of Commissioner La- fleur, charges that Lafleur “on the sixth and seventh days of April and on divers and sundry other days and times, prior thereto, did enter into a conspiracy with others, to corrupt the said election.” The accusation is made by Conk- lin that Lafleur, with others, hired and paid various persons various sums of money for the purpose of having them convey to the polls prospective voters. Glen Ullin Child Succumbs Saturday Minnie Steiner, five, Glen ,Uliin, died here Saturday following an ill- ness of several weeks, The child was PARDON BY HOOVER | IS LAST HOPE HELD BY ALBERT B, FALL, Former Secretary of Interior Announces He Will Not Ap- peal His Sentence WAS CONVICTED OF BRIBERY Aged New Mexico Man Believes Strain of Another Trial Would Prove Fatal Three Rivers, N. M., May 4.—(P)— Albert B. Fall looked to President Hoover Monday for a pardon as his only avenue of escape from a sen- tence of a year in jail and $100,000 fine on conviction of accepting a bribe from E. L. Doheny, oil man. The former secretary of the inter- jor announced Sunday he would not again appeal his sentence by a Dis- trict of Columbia court in which he was found guilty on charges growing out of the leasing of naval oil re- serves, “My atteorney, Mr. Frank J. Ho- gan,” he said in a formal statement, “presumably reached Washington to- day on his return from a two months absence in Europe. I am wiring him not to proceed further in the matter of my appeal to the supreme court, but to leave any further proceedings in the hands of my friends, to be handled by them as they have been doing, directly with the president. I am stating to Mr. Hogan that in the event of remote contingency of a re- versal of my case, I could not under- go the strain of another trial without very probably fatal results.” Petitions have been circulated by friends in New Mexico and elsewhere asking a presidential pardon for the Harding cabinet officer. The District of Columbia court of appeals recently upheld Fall's sen- tence. The next step would have been application to. the zupreme court sor: @ write of error.’ Mr. Fall interviewed at his ranch here after action of the court ap- Peals at Washington, said his atti- tude toward a presidential pardon was largely passive. “I am an oid man,” he said. “I am not guilty of the crime of which I was accused. I have fought until I am worn out, and considerations for my family impel me to carry the fight no further. He said he had no money with which to pay the fine and explained he had lost ownership of the ranch on which he lives, when a mortgage was foreclosed several years ago. GOTHAM WELCOMES SIAM ROYAL COUPLE King Prajadhipok and Queen Greeted in New York City by Mayor Walker New York, May 4.—()—Bugles blared an imperial welcome Monday as New York said “glad to meet you” to King Prajadhipok and Queen Rambai Barni of Siam. To the accompaniment of scream- ing sirens of motorcycle police, the eastern potentate and his queen drove from the Westchester estate of the late Mrs. Whitelaw Reid to City Hall to receive the formal welcome that had been delayed awaiting their con- venience. The national anthems of Siam and the United States rang out and sol- diers, sailors and marines saluted marty as the royal pair entered City Inside Mayor Walker Speech of welcome and the Monarch responded, praising the “force and en- terprise of American business” and the hospitality of Americans. There were other speeches, including one by Percy 8. Straus, chairman of the mayor's committee of welcome, and King Prajadhipok received a beauti- fully engraved scroll. In it Mayor brought here three weeks ago for treatment. Cashier Strangles Wife, Shoots Self Pa, May 4—()— cashier of the Pedrick’s act, the on that was about $45,000 short in counts, oR |Three-Way Suicide Attempt Succeeds MoOlusky, N. D,, services were Walker congratulated the king on his ideals. Hopes for Pardon ALBERT B. FALL HANNAH BREWSTER, PONBER WOMAN OF | MEDORA, DES HERE Came to Badlands of North Da-| kota With Husband Shortly After Civil War Mrs. Hannah Brewster, 84, Medora woman who came to Dakota Terri- tory 64 years ago in a covered wagon as a bride of 20, died here Saturday from the effects of a paralytic strOke. Shortly after the Civil war Mrs.! Brewster left Center Point, Iowa, ! with her husband, a young union; army veteran, and traveled overland to Dakota territory arriving at Elk- | point Oct. 1, 1867. They lived there; for a number of years and in 1879 moved to the Black Hills. In 1883 they settled on a ranch near Dick- inson where they lived until 1912, when they moved to Medora, At the time of her death, Mrs. | Bréswster Gas visiting “her” “grand- daughter, Mrs. W. R. Tester of Bis- marck. She leaves three daughters, a son, five grand-children and three great-grandchildren. Her daughters are Mrs. Emma Grey, Medora; Mrs. E. F. Olmstead, Los Angeles, and Mrs. Rose Arm- strong, Baker, Mont. Her son, W. R. Brewster, lives at Rhame. Her granddaughters are Mrs. W. R. Tes- ter, Bismarck; Mrs. Louise Lardy, Glendive; and Mrs. N. J. Burgess, Sundance, Wyo. Edward Burr Brewster, her band, diec 10 years ago. Funeral services will be conducted at Medora Wednesday morning, Rev. Packard of Beach officiating. Menoken Child Dies In Bismarck Sunday A ruptured appendix proved fatal to James Kershaw, six, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Kershaw, Menoken, here Sunday. He had been ill a week. Besides his parents, the boy leaves a sister Helen, aged 10. The funeral has been set tentative- ly for 2 p. m. Tuesday at the Glencoe church at Glencoe. Burial will be made in the Glencoe cemetery. JAPANESE FLIER IS hus- | | i | | Sieji Yoshihara, ‘Lindbergh of Japan,’ Completes First Leg of Journey Tokyo, May 4.—(P)—With the white house at Washington his ultimate destination, Seiji Yoshihara, the “Lindbergh of Japan,” was at Nu- masaki, 368 miles north of Tokyo Monday, the first stop of a 6,268 mile flight to the United States. His route lies along the Kurile Field, 5 John H. Finley, Owen "). Young, Gen. Cornelius Vanderbilt and John W. Davis. The radio audience heard the éere- monies over widespread hookups. Wakatsuki, Minister of Communica- tions Koizumi, Seiji Noma, Japanese magazine king and principal backer Wea flight and Mayor Nagata of ON PACIFIC FLIGHT Men Die in Accidents to Kidnapers WESTHOPE PIONEER AND GASS FARMER W. B. Parker, 67, One of Vie<. tims, Was Early Settler in North Dakota SUFFERED INTERNAL HURTS Dennis Holler, 27, Struck’ by Car as He Chased Rolling Tire Across Road Two North Dakota men died Sun- day as the result of automobile scci- dents, according to Associated Press dispatches. ; W. B. Parker, 67, Westhope farmer, died of injuries received Saturday when his automobile turned over on & road near Westhope. Dennis Holler, 27, Cass county farmer, was killed when he chased a Spare tire across the road. Holler was changing a tire when the spare rolled toward the middle of the road. As he ran for it, he was struck by a car driven “y Herman Norman, head miller of the Russell- Miller Milling company of Valley City. Parker’s machine is believed to have overturned when the front wheels “jack-knifed.” A motorist saw the overturned machine and, stopping to look at it, oes Regt ci arm extended from un- er it, When the machine was removed. Parker remarked that he believed his injuries would be fatal. His chest was crushed and there were internal injuries. Parker ‘came to the Westhope vitin- ity from New Virginia, Iowa, in 1898, being accompanied by G. 8. Trimble, these two being the first settlers in Surgious township. Parker was one of the incorporators of the Trimble State bank here, now the People’s State bank; he was president of the ‘Westhope Telephone, Light and Power company; and was president the North Dakota Gas company, Several years ago piped natural’ into Westhope. In years, operating. about 3000 acne pho, A widow and a son, Carl, liviig at home, are the closest living relatives. Funeral services have not yet been arranged. MANDAN VISITOR IS JAILED IN CHICAGO Wife Says Stories of His ‘In- heritances’ of Fortunes Are News to Her Chicago, May 4—()—Antoin Wend- ling’s frequent and extended vacation trips to Mandan, N. D., are over, if Mrs. Wendling’s wishes and Judge eat Edelman's decrees are carried out. “Every time I tell him to go look for a job he starts for North Dakota to visit relatives,” Mrs. Wendling told the court Monday. “He came back again Saturday and I had him locked up for disorderly conduct. It’s the fourth time he's done it.” One report reached here that Wend- ling was saying he had just inherited $500,000 from an uncle in Ireland. The other day she got a letter from W. E. Matthaei, a Fessenden, N. D., attorney, asking Wendling to settle $60 in debts out of the “interest on a “This inheritance business is new to me,” she said. “He hasn't got a dollar that I know of. There’s no money around here.” The court told Wendling to get a job or else work out a $200 fine in the bridewell. Many See New Flour Mill in Operation Farmers and others from Wishek, Zeeland, Menoken, Bismarck, Hazen, Baldwin, Dawson, Wilton and Wing, here inspected anytime during week at the Keller place, 210 Twelfth St. About 150 persons attended the aemonstration Saturday, the second which has been held here. ‘ric salt, comes Gulf of Mexico Key to New Method of | |otticiais Switched | ARE AUTO VICTINS.