The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 20, 1931, Page 1

North Dakota’s Oldest: Newspaper ESTABLISHED 1878 BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 20, 1931 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE The Weather Pair, not quite so cold Wednesday night; Thursday probably fair, PRICE FIVE CENTS Soviet Opposes M'Kelvie’s Plan American Woman Freed by French Court BEAUTY CLAINS SHE. | SHOT HER HUSBAND TO DEFEND HERSELE Mrs. Charlotte Nash Nixon-Nird- , linger Was Charged With Manslaughter — TRIAL TERMINATED QUICKLY Defense Counsel Declares De- fendant Is ‘Too Beautiful to Be Bad’ Nice, France, May 20.—()—Char- jotte Nash Nixon-Nirdlinger was acquitted Wednesday of a charge of manslaughter in the. shooting of her husband, Fred G. Nixon-Nirdlinger, Philadelphia theatrical magnate, their villa here last March. The jury deliberated only 10 min- utes, ‘The summation for the prosecution reviewed both sides of the case so im- partially that sometimes it was al- most difficult to discern trom his words whether he was arguing for the defense or the prosecution. ‘The defense summation emphasized When the jury filed in snd an- nounced its verdict the spectators, most of them friends of the defend- ant, cheered. Mrs. Nash, the defend- ant’s elderly mother, was overcome Several thousand persons crowded the square in front of the courthouse hoping to see Mrs. Nirdlinger, but, she was whisked off to the prison for the legal formalities of restoring her her liberty. ‘Testifying in her own defense the former St. Louis beauty queen de- tcribed how she said her husband seized her by the throat after a quar- rel and how she reached under her pillow for the revolver with which she shot him. “Why did you have a revolver un- der your pillow,” the judge asked her. “Tt was a bad habit, I admit, but 1 was afraid of my husband, who was jealous and violent,” the defendant : declared. “He also had a revolver. “Yes,” interjected the judge, he kept it locked in a trunk.’ Mrs. Nixon-Nirdlinger burst into tears at this and pleaded it was the/the first.time she ever had @ re- volver. ‘She sat with head bowed, weeping silently as other defense witnesses appeared. h T. Jacobs, an Englishman, said he knew her at beach parties and said her character was ery po ‘Winifred Copley May, wife of the di- rector of Tokalon Limited of London, BODY OF MARE s TAKEN FROM DEBRIS ‘U. S. Officer and French Farm- er Killed in, Attempt to Rescue Woman 20.—P)~—-Police James LEADERS AT STATE EV. Above are pictured some of the leaders at the annual session of the North Dakota conference of the Evangelical church which convened here Tuesday in| Reading from left to right, they are: Top row—Rev. C. A. Bremer, Far- g0, formerly of Bismarck; Rev. C. F. Struts, superintendent of the Bis- marek district of the church; Bishop George E. Epp, redhat Ohio, and pastor of the German Evangelical church of Bismarck, and the First Evangelical church, in which most of the conference sessions will be held. Bishop Epp, it has been will transfer from Cleveland to St. Paul following this convention and will have charge of the church’s work in the northwest in the future. EXAMINING BOARD FOR EVANGELICAL CONFERENCE MEETS ILLUSTRATOR KILLS | North Dakota Religious Orgari- ization to Be in Session Here Until Sunday Members of the board of examiners of the North Dakota conference of Evangelical church met here ‘Wednesday morning for the annual session of the organization. Rev. C. F. Strutz, Bismarck, is chairman of the ded at a meeting of the conference Wednesday aft- ernoon while Rev. R. E. Strutz presi- ded at a conference of the Deaconess society. Rev. William Butschat, Streeter, will preside ata convention sérvice ALLEGED SWINDLER GIVES HINSELE John Factor, Alias ‘Jake the Barber’. to Fight Extradi- ‘ tion to England . Flight Within Week jersey City, N. J, May 20—(P— Baer Ronole wil take off on her solo a pg adviser, said Wed- ; ~ SELP IN NEW YORK Ralph Barton, Widely-Known and Leader in His Field, Dies by Own Hand New York, May 20.—(?)—Ralph Barton, widely-known _ illustrator, committed suicide Wednesday in his .| East 57th street home. When a maid reported for work Wednesday morning at Barton's Penthouse apartment she found her employer dead with a wound in the right temple and a revolver in his right hand. Police pronounced the death suicidal. Barton, who was 39 years old, suf- fered a heart attack several months ago, but apparently had recovered. ‘He was well-known for his carcica- tures satirizing Americans and Amer- ican life which appeared in the New Yorker, Vanity Fair, Liberty and Harper's Bazaar. He also illustrated BODY OF GORMAN ~ EXPLORER FOUND Profeasor Albert Wegener Had Headed Expedition Into Greenland Last Year ALLEGED ‘MARRYING BRAKENAN IS HELD George H. Perry, Wanted for Murder in Wisconsin, Be- lieved Captured San Francisco, May 20.—(7)—A pa- trolman’s retentive memory and his fondnes for detective story magazines may bring him a reward of $500 if Frank J. Moran, whom he arrested here Tnuesday, proves to be George H. Perry, known as the “marrying brakeman” of Milwaukee. Perry is wanted for the murder last July of Cora Belle Hackett at Lac Du Flambeau, Wis. She was one of the six women he had married. Moran, bi ss agent for the In- ternational herhood, a welfare organization, figured in an automo- bile accident here recently and police inspectors James Johnson and Rich- ard Hughes went to Moran's office to get his version of it. Monday Johnson was perusing & magazine. His attention was at- tracted ‘to a story of the murder of Cora, Belle Hackett and a picture of her husband, Perry, who had disap- Berlin, May 20.—(#)—Reports to] peared. the Wolff Bureau Wednesday taid a Telief expedition in Greenland het found the body of Prof. Alfred Weg- , German explorer, 93 miles from seimbs had found it before the ex Eskimos fore the ex- ition arrived and wrapped it in The ‘picture interested him. After pom and a night of pondering, he ne facial peculiarities of Moran and Perry were similar, Tuesday he telegraphed Wisconsin authorities. They asked that Perry be held for ‘Wisconsin officers. Moran denied he was Perry and said he was in New Orleans at the Frank J. Moran, held at San Francis- co, as Milwaukee's “marrying” brake- 805. man.’ ‘When shown the photograph, Per- ty’s only legal wife, Mary, cried: “I I won't talk!” and col- Chinese Communists Kill Three Priests Peking. China, May 20.—(%)— Chinese Communists killed three na- tive priests and captured five mis- Bishop Rice! in sionaries including emony|a raid on the Catholic mission at Mother and Two Sons Brutally Slain by Man [____ tapers ar state evANGHLcAL conrmence "| | Merle Johnson, Stuttgard, Ark., Declares He Killed Them Upon Request Mattoon, Ill., May 20.—(?)—Declar- ing he killed Mrs. Carrie Bowers, 38, formerly a rice plantation owner of Stuttgard, Ark., and’ her two sons be- cause she asked him to, Merle John- son, 25, also of Stuttgard, was under guard in the county jail Wednesday. Police described Johnson as a “bad man” after a brief preliminary ques- tioning, in which he gave his name as “Mister Johnson” and refused to tell his first name or identify himself. He came here six months ago police said, with Mrs. Bowers and the two chil- dren, in an automobile bearing an Arkansas license. He held himself out to neighbors as a former employe of a local public utilities company. The utilities com- pany denied knowledge of him. Besides confessing the slayings, | Johnson confessed setting fire at mid- | night to the house in which he lived with Mrs. Bowers. Police believe he | intended to burn his three victims but that when they escaped he took them in his automobile east of town and there killed them. Ropes were found about the bodies of the little ones, their heads had been beaten in with an automobile crank, and they also had been shot. Investigation indicated Johnson had been kind to Mrs. Bowers and apparently very fond of the children. Tuesday neighbors said, he had fin- ished work on a fence about the yard to keep the little boys from getting in the way of traffic. Reed Is Retained by Wheat Grower Body; Grand Forks, N. D., May 20—(P)— George A. Duis, president of the; North Dakota-Montana Wheat Grow- ers’ association, announced Tuesday. that former Senator James A. Reed of Missouri had been retained to in- vestigate claims against the federal farm board for approximately $620,- Mr. Duis said that no court sction was pending and Mr. Reed had been engaged merely “to look into the mat- ter.” Mr. Duis announced of all relations with the farm board by the Wheat Growers on April 14 The association was one of the first cooperatives designated in the North- west as @ farm board agency. ‘Snooping’ in Homes Condemned by Mayor Attempt by Agricultural College d Department GELCAL CONFERENCE’ See to Get Out From Under Burden Causes Row on Board of Administration; Mem- bers Exchange Sharp Words Editor's Note: This is the second of two stories dealing &@ controversy between the state with seed de lent and the State lepartm: Agricultural college which has caused friction in the state board of administration. When E. M. Gillig took over the administration of the state seed de- partment after Dean H. L. Bolley had reluctantly surrendered the key to the office, he saw that his pians for increasing the scope of the work could not be realized without help. His appropriation was small and he was faced with the necessity of either cutting his coat to fit his cloth or else getting more cloth. He appealed to the state board of administration for help. The board had ap- pointed him without recommendation of the state agricultural college of- fictals but it did not hesitate to order the agricultural college to come to Gillig’s assistance. On July 25, 1929, Dr. John Lee Coulter, president of the college, sent commissi¢ @ memoranda to th ie board regarding the seed loner’s Office as follows: “Dean Bolley will, of course, continue as botanist and plant pathol- ogist on the staff of the experiment station. During all of these years, one- half or more of his time has been devoted to research work for the experi- ment station. He will necessarily have to continue to use his present quar- ters. New or additional quarters will therefore have to be set aside for the new seed commissioner, together with room for additional staff in connec- tion with potato-grading work. In spite of additions which are now being built, the college will be crowded to the limit with the opening in Septem-| Nevertheless, since the law provides that the state seed commissioner | ber. shall be located at the college, I am instructing that an office be provided for him and that one large classroom be set aside for his additional use in con- nection with potato work. The other men who will be under his jurisdic- tion (Mr. Stevens and others) will, of course, continue in their present quarters, but be under his supervision. WEATHER RECORDS SMASHED BY COLD INN. D. OVERNIGHT Mercury Drops to Lowest Point Ever Recorded Here This Late in Season ‘Two weather records of 50 years standing went by the boards in North Dakota Wednesday. At Bismarck, thé temperature dropped to the lowest point ever re- corded this late in the season. The thermometer dropped to 23 degrees above zero or nine degrees below freezing. The previous low mark was 24 degrees, recorded on May 22, 1882. ‘The lowest temperature recorded in the state was 20 degrees at Dickinson. Minnesota and other parts of the near northwest reported snow, sleet end freezing temperatures. The weather bureau warned that it will freeze again tonight, although it will not be so cold as Tuesday night. Observers said it should “warm up within the next few days.” At Fargo it was snowing Wednes- day morning, according to Associated Press dispatches. This is the latest snow recorded there since the Moor- head, Minn., weather bureau was es- tablished in 1881. No damage to crops was reported in the Fargo area but weather obser- vers here said there had been some damage to early fruits and vegetables, even though many persons had made an effort to protect them. ‘The lower Middle West, meanwhile, was rejoicing at the heaviest general rainfall recorded in more than a year. Reports were received from many lo- calities indicating a precipitation of about two inches. WILL TRY BANNON IN DIVIDE COUNTY Judge Lowe Indicates He Will Approve Change of Venue Stipulations Minot, N. D., May 20.—P)—The murder case of James F. Bannon, 55, accused of complicity in the killing of “Unless advised to the contrary by the board of administration, the col- lege will provide the rooms in ques- tion with heat, light, gas, telephone ervice (except long-distance tele- phone and telegraph service) and janitor service as part of the general expense of running the college. In ether words, no attempt will be made to segregate these expenses during this biennial period and they will be borne by the college as an institution- al expense.” Result Was Subsidy The result was to grant the seed commissioner a subsidy from the agricultural college and there has oh ee eee D , since appropriation was iimited. i ia ceweres. evidently did not sal illig, for on. September. 1 1929, the board, through its secre tary, approved junct and its maintenance and operating cost to be paid from exper- iment station funds. “2. O. A. Stevens shall be seed analyst in charge of the pure seed lsboratory, his salary and expenses, together with those of assistants and clerks, to be paid from experiment station funds. “3. The state seed laboratory will serve the regular requirements of the State seed commissioner, as in the past, and such work and service will be under the direction of the commis- sioner. “4. The experiment station . will similarly extend the fullest possible cooperation—in the use of green- houses and outdoor ground plots for the purpose of making tests of seed stocks.” The agricultural college was again ordered to provide the seed commis- sioner with heat, light, quarters, fur- niture, typewriters, electricity, tele- Phone and janitor service. The only request denied was one establishing @ contingent fund upon which Gil- Ying could draw checks. The effect of these orders was to make the experiment station pay nearly all of the seed commissioner's expense for labor and equipment; to almost give him control of the ex- Periment station’s greenhouses; and to set up a small kingdom within the agricultural college at the expense of that institution but over which it had no control. The theory of the board was that of the Three Musketeers, “All for one and one for all” and the agricultural college, perhaps unwillingly, accepted the matter in that light. Record Jumps To 1931 Here the record jumps to March 26, 1931, on which date President J. H. of the agricultural college Tecommended to the board that the J: Fr gg Z E i i E F i ge ae g : Lf i vi i 2 bag i | RUSSIANS IN FAVOR OF AUSTRALIAN AND POLISH PROPOSALS Granted Subsidy American Delegate Had Sug: gested World-Wide Cut in Wheat Acreage LUBIMOFF ADDRESSES BODY U. S. S. R. Supports Scheme of Organizing World Wheat Export Agency London, May 20.—(P)—Soviet Rus: sia's delegation to the world wheat conference Wednesday declared itself wholeheartedly in favor of the Polish and Australian plans for a world wheat cartel, but opposed to restric- tion of world wheat acreage us Pro- Posed by Samuel R. McKeivie. head of the United States contingent. Isidore Lubimoff, the Russiar. spokesman, outlined the situatior much as Russia put her case at the recent grain conference in Rome. In favoring the Polish and Austral: ian plan, it is believed, Russia is pre: pared to negotiate on the basis of forming a world exporting sgency along the lines advocated by Aus- tralia and Poland. In an address Tuesday Mr. McKel- vie said that any plan to remedy the wheat situation necessarily would in- volve reductions of e. Immediately after the Russian an- Nouncement Mr. McKelvie told the conference he stood firmly against entering any international pool. The conference was facing its first major difference. It was understood the Russian dele- gation proposed the 1909-1914 five- year average export be accepted as 8 a for distributing new export quo- The declaration, however, was made in a closed session and details were not immediately available. INSPECTION TRP I CAPITOL BODY PLAN Members of Commission Win Leave Saturday for Ne= braska and Colorado Members of the capitol building commission will leave Saturday for Omaha for an inspection of buildings to obtain data in connection with the construction of the proposed North Dakota state capitol, it was decided at a meeting of the group here Wed- nesday. From Omaha, the commissioners will go to Lincoln, Neb., and thence to Denver, Colo., for further inspection work, At a brief meeting attended by the three commissioners, members dis- cussed technical details of their work. George A. Bangs, Grand Forks, president of the commission, Fred L. Conklin, Bismarck, and G. A. Fraser, the other members, together with Frank Anders, Fargo, secretary, were Present. Steps were taken for early disposi- tion of the debris of the: old capitoi building. The members approved a system of DOE SPATE, Presented by Mr. An- lers. Mr. Bangs discussed negotiations under way with the Universtiy of North Dakota at Grand Forks and the Agricutural college at Fargo for mak- ing a survey in connection with ma- terials to be used in construction of the capitol. President Thomas F. Kane of the university already has given assurance that such a survey could be made without cost to the commission, Mr. Bangs said Mr. Bangs stated that he explained to the college officials that the spirit of the commission is for the prefer- ence of North Dakota materials. *IVOIGT ELIMINATED IN GOLF TOURNEY Last American Entrant in Brit- ish Meet Defeated in Fifth Round by Roper Westward Ho, Devon, Eng., May 20 Voigt, last Americar eliminated W of | E 3 i E E : | 2 i fall lie ii efit isiz i aH