The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 22, 1931, Page 1

North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper ESTABLISHED 1878 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, MAY 22, 1931 Alleged Murderer Slayer of Nephew Will ND, MAN DECLARES VICTIM FORCED HIM INTO MORTAL FIGHT Fred Rutschke, 52, in Dickey County Jail Awaiting Trial for Murder TO SEEK FREEDOM ON BAIL 25-Year-Old George Rutschke Killed Following Dispute Over Livestock fllendale, N. D., May 22—()—Self- defense will be the plea of Fred Rutschke, 52, when he goes on trial on a first-degree murder charge for stabbing his nephew with a pocket knife following a dispute over tres- passing of a horse on their adjoining farms near Merricourt Wednesday. E. E. Cassels, Ellendale, counsel for Rutschke, said his client’s case would be based on the contention that the uncle was forced to defend his life against his nephew, George Rutschke, 25, who died a few minutes after the wound was inflicted. The preliminary hearing has been set for Monday and Cassels said in- dications were that Rutschke would ‘be bound over to the next term of the Dickey county district court, which convenes in October. Meanwhile an effort will be made, he said, to obtain Rutschke’s freedom on bail. Rutschke was said to have ad- mitted the stabbing, which culmi- nated a family feud of several years standing. Offered No Resistance ‘The nephew died a few minutes) | after the wound was inflicted, and shortly afterward the uncle wos tak- en into custody. He was arrested by Deputy Sheriff Frank R. Brokew who found Rutschke at his home. No re- sistance was offered by the uncle. ‘The quarrel between the men culm- inated a family feud of several years’ standing. Trespassing of cattle had caused much dissension betwecn the Yamilies, authorities. said, and once resulted in court action. This later was settled between the two families. George Rutschke had lived on the farm practically all his life while his uncle had operated the adjoining farm for nearly a quarter of a cen- pie quarrel which led to the stab- bing was similar to numerous other disputes which had occurred between the two families, eareee eae Cc. Whipple of Ellendale sai eh bore from the Fred Rutschke farm strayed into George’s meadow ‘Thursday, according to the story told Dickey county authorities. Mrs. Fred Rutschke went in pursiut of the an!- mal, and rode into the meadow on (Continued on page nine) PALL WILL GO 10 SUPREME COURT Former Secretary of Interior Convicted of Accepting $100,000 Bribe Washington, May 22.—(P)—Albert, B. Fall will carry to the supreme court his conviction of accepting & $100,000 bribe while he was interior secretary under President Harding. ‘One of his counsel, Frank J. Hogan, ennounced Thursday night that irlends and counsel of the 69-year-old former cabinet officer had succeed- ed in convincing Fall that the case “should not stop short of the supreme court.” Hence, Hogan said, Fall, from his "Three Rivers, N. M., home, has in- structed his attorneys to petition the highest judicial group to review a cecision upholding vietion, year’s prison sentence and a $100,000 fine. Hogan announced the petition for review would be filed with the su- preme court before next Thursday, which is the last day it may be pre- sented. FALL DECLARES HIS HEALTH IS IMPROVED and the importunities of friends had led him to revive a fight against con- viction of accepting a bribe as secre- tary of the int . Fall, sentenced to a year in jail and $100,000 fine in connection with the leasing of Naval oil reserves, an- nounced May 2 that due to his age end lack of funds he would abandon plans for an appeal to the supreme court and place his plea before Presi- cent Hoover. Convicted Slayer Is Declared Sane to enter the final order for Preston's electrocution. Preston was found insane at the first hearing. MISS MARJORIE SHULER MISS HAZEL McCULLOCH Prominent Figures in B. P. W. Convention MISS ELEANOR BRYSON MRS. LOTTIE B. SOWLES (MYSTERIOUS FALL FROM PLANE FATAL 29-Year-Old Ohio Man Drops 700 Feet, to Death in Cleve- land-Youngstown Hop Youngstown, O., May 22.—(P)—A 700-foot plunge from an open cock- pit airplane caused the death of Daniel Mills, 29-year-old amateur pilot and Youngstown tire salesman, under circumstances which remained a mystery Friday. ‘Two witnesses said Mills apparently Jumped from the ship, but his widow end a brother, David, of Cleveland, said they knew of no reason for sui- cide and believed it was an accident. The fall occurred as Mills was be- ing flown gack to Youngstown late Thursday after inspecting a ship in Cleveland. Pilot William Jones said they were near Niles, north of here, when the plane suddenly lurched. He glanced behind and saw his passenger was missing. Jones was sure Mills was still wear- ing a safety belt when they left Parkman, 30 miles from here, after & brief stop. ARCHDUKE ORDERED TO LEAVE AUSTRIA Leopold Salvator Has Been in Vienna Seeking Aid:in Ob- taining Divorce Farrell Attacks Steel Heads for Wage-Cutting ‘Pretty Cheap,’ U.S. Steel Head Says; Schwab Says Liquid- ation Nearly Over New York, May 22—(/)—James A. Farrell, president of the United States Steel corporation faced fellow-execu- tives of the steel industry Friday and charged that “the big standard com- Panies” are not maintaining wage scales. “I think,” he said, cheap sort of business.’ Mr. Farrell's indictment of the companies was made at a general meeting of the American Iron and Steel Institute. “You say wages have been stabilized in the steel industry,” Mr. Farrell be- gan. “They have not. We are living in a fool’s paradise. Honeycombing and pinching of all sorts of things have gone on. The so-called big stan- dard companies, the companies in the headlines, are not maintaining the standard wages. It's a shame that when some of the large companies are trying to maintain wages others are cutting them even when they are af- (Continued on page Nine) ———— —________——_ {” BULLETINS | °° BENZON QUALIFIES Winning the first heat in 10.6 seconds, Gilbert Benzon, Bis- marck high school sprinter, quali- fied in the 100-yard dash Friday afternoon in the state interscho- lastic track and field meet at the University of North Dakota, ac- cording to an Associated Press dispatch. Other qualifiers were Kirton, Harvey; Hall, Stark- weather; Rogers, Regent; Pres- cott, Steele; Pederson, Dazey; Christianson, Fargo; Rife, Wah- peton; and Weaver, Devils Lake. FOUR MINERS KILLED Shenandoah, Pa., May 22.—(?) —Four miners were killed Friday in a fall of coal and rock at the ‘it's a pretty MISS BESSIE BALDWIN ‘These women are taking a promin- ent part in the 12th annual conven- tion of the North Dakota Federation of Business and Professional Women’s clubs which opened here Friday morning. Miss Marjorie Shuler, New York, will be the main speaker dur- ing the convention. She is publicity chairman for the national federation. Miss Eleanor Bryson, Minot, state president, is presiding during the sessions and Miss Bessie Baldwin, Bis- marck, is president of the local club which is hostess to the convention. Miss Hazel McCulloch, history in- structor at the Minot State Teacher's college, will give a descriptive talk Saturday morning, using a historical map of North Dakota; and Mrs. Lot- tie B. Sowles, Bismarck regional di- rector of the state federation and a Past state president, will preside at the officers’ breakfast Saturday. FINANGIAL SUPPORT FOR RAISNG STOCK PROMISED BY BANKS First Bank Stock Group and Bancorporation Pledge Aid to G. N. D. A. ae | Fargo, N. D., May 22.—()—An-| nouncement of permanent financial| support for the development cf the} livestock industry in North Dakota | and other Northwestern states by the | First Bank Stock Corporation and the Northwest Bancorporation was made! at the annual banquet of the Greater | North Dakota association here Thurs: | day night. It was hailed by livestock men pres- | ent as the most important and valu- able news for the farmers of the Northwest in recent years. C. T. Jaffray, president of the Soo Line and the First Bank Stock Cor- poration, announced that the Agri- cultural Credit corporation, serving for many years as a vountary !oaning agency for financing Northwest live- stock enterprises is to be taken over by the First Bank Stock Corporation and is to be made a permanent com- mercial livestock loaning agency. | This information was supplemented by the announcement of Alex High- land, vice president of the Northwest Bancorporation, that the new live- stock loaning agency being brought into existence by that organization will be ready to function in about 30 days. Cooperation Promised ‘It will cooperate with member banks and will function also where there are no banks of the corporation. “This is the most important step to put the livestock business on a sound basis that we have heard in the last decade,” said Kenneth McGregor, manager of the Hartley stock farms at Page, N. D., in expressing the farmers appreciation. ‘The speakers who delivered the Twin Cities message of friendship and cooperation for the state and its =ln BP. W. DELEGATES U.S.Is Charged With) XiLLING TWO MEN Hypocrisy by Soviet,,., HEAR ADDRESS BY NEW YORK WOMAN Miss Marjorie Shuler, Publicity Chairman of Organization, Visits Here ANTI-WAR WORK IS NOTED Eleanor C. Bryson, Minot, State President, Opens Meeting in Bismarck American business women ate aid- ing in the prevention of war by build- ing better understanding between na- tions, Miss Marjorie Shuler, New York, publicity chairman of the na- tional federation of business and pro- fessional women’s clubs, told the 12th annual convention of the state organ- ization here Friday. The meeting opened Friday morn- ing with Eleanor C. Bryson, Minot, state president, presiding. Reports of state officers were given, and a nominating committee selected. “To avoid another great war Amer- ican business and professional women are helping to build bridges of indi- vidual understanding, exchanging ideas and opportunities with sister organizations in other countries and joining in a great program to sweep away those handicaps and disabilities which still block the progress of wom- en in the fields of commercial endeav- or,” Miss Shuler said. Greater Democracy Here A greater democracy exists between American business women than abroad, she told the gathering “Individual women may have pene- trated farther on the road to success in some European countries,” she con- tinued, “especially in winning seats in national parliaments, but American women have made far greater gen- eral advances over wide surfaces. “European women still draw lines {of ‘istinction between professional end business. groups and eyen be- Miween the professions themselves. Thus they have teachers’ associations and lawyers’ associations and societies of clerical employes but almost never do the groups meet each other.” Cooperation between the members jof the clubs has made possible the organization of the national feder- ation in 12 years with an annual budget of $120,000, Miss Shuler said. This money comes from payment of dues by members, and not through solicitation or money-raising cam- paigns, or marketing articles, she ex- plained. “One of the first stens toward rais- ing educational standards in business was taken by adopting a cee of ‘at least a high school education for every business girl,’” Miss Shuler continued. “About a quarter of a million dol- lars has been expended through more than 500 local educational funds. Ap- proximatel boys owe their education in whole or part to these funds. We fostered the ‘first nation-wide survey of business and professional women published by «Continued on page nine) RUSSIAN DELEGATE REMAINS IN GENEVA Speculation in Diplomatic Cir- cles Excited by Maxim Litvinoff's Action Geneva, May 22.—(7)—Foreign Commisar Maxim Litvinoff of Russia remained in Geneva Friday, exciting considerable speculation in diploma- tic quarters in view of the adjourn- ment of the \Pan-! commis- sion. Having visited French Foreign Minister Aristide Briand Thursday, Mr. Litvinoff was believed planning conferences with representatives of cther capitalistic countries. He has been much more concilia- tory in his official remarks this week than on his previous visits to Geneva, development organization were: Mr. Jaffray; Frederick E. Murphy, pub- apparently wishing to obtain recogni- tion for his proposed pact of econo- 1,500 girls and several | | | | | | | Surrenders Plead Self-Defense Official Organ Declares Uncle Sam Is Preparing for Huge Dumping SAYS INTENTION ‘OBVIOUS’ Claims Regulation of Exports Is Only Possible Solution of Problem Moscow, May 22.—(#)—The news- Paper Izvestia, official government crgan, commenting Friday on the London wheat conference, denounces the United States as not only refus- ing to agree to a “scheme” for solving the world’s grain surplus problem but ectually preparing plans for huge cumping operations on the world niarket. “The only possible method of reach- ing effective results in the problem of regulating the world wheat market is to decrease competition between ex- porting countries by means of fixing 2 quota for each country. “The United States disagrees with the quota plan which shows that America came to the conference after hesitating @ long time, not with the idea of aiding in an agreement but with the aim of undermining the whole work of the conference. What Goes this mean? “To take part in the conference on one hand and refuse the only possible kind of agreement? Doesn't it mean to keep one’s hands free for an opera- tion unique in the history of capital- ism—dumping? “We have to deal with the most re- fined form of hypocrisy. Declamation of visionary ‘Soviet dumping’ from one side and refusal to agree with a quota system on the other indicates an obvious intention to flood the European’ market not only with sur- Fluses of the harvest of the current year but also with notorious reserves eccumulated by the farm board (Continued on page nine) FOUR PERSONS ARE RESCUED FROM LAKE Had Been in Disabled Craft on Lake Vermilion for 20 Hours Without Food Virginia, Minn., May 22.—()—How @ party of four was rescued from their motor boat in Lake Vermilion after being marooned 20 hours in the dis- abled craft in near freezing tempera- ture was recounted Friday by Dr. Preston Bradley, Chicago, presi‘ent of the Izaak Walton League of America. Adrift on a remote part of the lake after the motor stopped, Dr. Bradley, Mrs. Bradley and two friends finally were rescued Thursday by three fish- ermen who heard their repeated sounding of the craft’s horn as it was | buffeted about. Although the four were without food during the 20 hours, and without heat while the temperature hovered around the freezing mark, none ap- parently suffered any ill effects. The party had been fishing and when they started for their cabin the motor stopped. While Dr. Bradley tinkered with the engine others kept sounding the boat’s horn. MAHATMA UPSETS PLANS OF BRITISH Gandhi Refuses to Go to Lon- don for Federal Structures Committee Meeting Simla, India, May 22.—(}—Mahat- ma Gandhi again has upset plans of the British empire by refusing to go to London for a meeting of the fed- eral structures committee as suiggest- ed by the British cabinet. The diminutive 93-pound leader of the Indian nationalists, telegcaphed possibly be in London on June 29 be- fore the Hindu-Moslem communal problem {s solved and all conditions of the Delhi armistice have been car- Efforts at once were started to alter enforced and if the existing breach between Hindus and Moslems is to be healed. Meanwhile the whole question of the date of the next structures com- mittee meeting and the full ession of the round table conference has been thrown into confusion. EUROPEAN STRIKE , May 22.—(?)}—More gary, must leave Austria. lisher Minneapolis ; | mic non. ion. He has been informed by Vienna! Willam Penn, Colliery of the | Arte. Re. ogers, preadent, of the| Jt was Teferred to the sub-commit. police his application to remain here rye rio pope Rogers Lumber company and chair-| tee of the commission after M. Briand has been refused. He has been seek- ed. man was seriously injur: man of the Minneapolis industrial|and Foreign Minister Julius Curtius ing the aid of church dignitaires in|’ ~~ committee of the Chamber of Com-|¢f Germany had spoken kind words obtaining a dispensation from Pope merce; Carl W. Jones, publisher of| Concerning its guiding principle. Pius XI which would enable him to MOORHEAD MAN HURT the Minneay Journal; Horace| ‘The sessions have been marked al- divorce Baroness Micomitch and mar- ton, Minn, May 22— | rein publisher of the Farmer; Ben-| most daily by friendly expression to- ry Mrs. Alicea Coburn, a Canadian ()—Picked up by trainmen after | sami w. Scandrett, vice president of | Ward the t delegate and his ‘The archduke did not file bis ap-| ' he had elther Jumped or fell from |e Northern Pacific railway, and| Country by spokesmen for other Bur- plication until after he had been here| & Rock Island train near here |teo Owens, publisher of the St. Paul| pean states. several weeks, it was said, which is poder, dewey Kastick, pirat Pioneer Press and Dispatch. z contrary to regulation. His only re-| head, ides Tacha Another speaker was W. J. McCabe) Pardon Board Will course now is to appeal to the courts,| | hospital. of Duluth on remaining here for the verdict. Gold: Many Special Guests Meet Here June 15) mina spain, canis the wapebunge were ex: South Dakota ld tion were: Roy A. “Guare, traffic pardon board meet fled from Austria in 1918 He ls a Star Mother Is Ill) manager- ot the Northern’ Pacific: | suee1s nected ot Sone a, Governor brother of Archduke Anton, fiance — John W. Haw, agricultural agent of| George F. Shafer announced Friday. of Princess Ileana of Rumania. Dur-| Paris, May 22.—(7)—Mrs, Gertrude | that road; E. C. Leedy, tural} ‘The date for the meeting has been ing a visit to New York last year he} Olsen, of Hayti, 8. D., a member of |development agent of the Great/ advanced of conflicting en- was acquitted of participating in the| the Gold Star mothers contingent, was| Northern; Walter Mills of General | gagements of the board, unauthorized sale of a diamond neck- jin a critical condition Friday after | Mills, Inc., vice president of the|the governor said. On May 30 Gov- lace belonging to the Archduchess| undergoing a blood transfusion early | Northwest Bancorporation; Charles/ernor Shafer will leave for French Theresa, his aunt. in the morning. G. Webber, president of Deere &/| Lick, Ind, to attend the conference She is suffering from intestinal | Webber, Inc., and of the Upper Mis-/of governors and will not return until BEAUTY MARRIES AGAIN trouble. Barge Line company,| after the date for which the original New York, May 22—(#)—Avonne| Mfrs. Catherine Lutz of Buffalo, who ene Wy 6 Alles Seaneper of She De Taeion 6 Soe penton boat wae abt 5 on voyage - published rdeen. governor expects appoint Hlcgield es the’ most benutifal git over, was reported today as somewhat} C. E. Danielson, Minot, president of | a new member to the board before the be ever glorified, can’t remember association, presided at the din-| June 15 meeting to replace D. T. name of the first of her three hus-| All the groups in the first contin-|ner and Fred A. Irish of Fargo, the| Robertson, formerly of Fargo, who bands, Anyhow, that’s what she said| gent return to Paris tonight from | association treasurer and vice presi-| resigned because he has left the state at city hall when marrying Thomas| cemeteries at Verdun, Solssons and|dent of the First National bank of|to make his residence on the west Franklin Manville. this city,.was toastmaster const. tae o—_—_—______—_+- | Marine Hero } A tribute such as France gives for its fallen heroes was planned for Briga- dier General Robert H. Dunlap, above, U. 8. Marine Corps, who lost his life in @ landslide near Tours while at- tempting to rescue a French peasant woman. MINNESOTA BANK IS LOOTED OF $14,000 BY ARMED BANDITS Two Robbers Flee After Stick- ing Up Farmers’ and Mer- chants’ Bank of Pierz Pierz, Minn., May 22.—(4)—Slug- ging a bank employe, two men Friday robbed the Farmers & Merchants bank of $14,000 and escaped in an au- tomobile. This is the largest sum taken in a cozen robberies since a Willmar bank was looted of $142,000 in a daylight étickup last summer. A. H. Flicker, assistant cashier, was knocked to the floor as the bandits rushed in, one shouting for Flicker and R. M. Stoll, cashier, to hold up their hands and the other shouting for them to get down on the floor. Flicker first put his hands up and then hesitated at the other command. He was slugged with a gun and tem- Lorarily dazed. ‘The two robbers had snatched all money in sight when the front door opened and Milton Gilbrite, a cus- tomer, entered. “Get down on the floor,” one of the robbers shouted. One stood guard over the three victims while the other cleaned out the vault. Four minutes later they ran out- side to their car and fled. Meanwhile, Anthony B. Stoll, pres- ident of the bank, who had gone to the postoffice, was strolling back Pondering over the strange combina- ton of the figure three in the license of an automobile which he had no- ticed in front of his bank. It was the bandit car he had seen. Stoll paid little attention to the two men in the grey sedan since they were studying a road map and ap- peared to be ordinary town visitors. But the car number held his interest. He is positive the license either was 23,383 or 33,393. O00 ARE KILLED IN BURMESE DISORDERS Thousands Wounded or Cap- tured in Insurrection Against British Authority Simla, India, May 22.—(?)—Nearly 500 persons are reported killed and thousands wounded or captured in the current insurrection in Burma against British authority. American missionaries re’! here say the rebellion is in danger of spreading from southern Burma throughout the country and that colonial officials are rushing fresh lepine from Tonle. fale the sapee, Ae The trouble is much more serious than earlier reports indicated, it was |FORMER OFFICIAL ACES CHARGE OF H. Clark, Suspect, ts Graduate of United States Naval Academy WILL NOT MAKE STATEMENT Declare Two Victims Opposea Defendant's Candidacy for dudgeship Los Angeles, May 22.—()—Davic H. Clark, former deputy district at- torney, was held Friday on a charge of slaying Herbert Spencer, magazine editor, and Charles Crawford, wealthy politician, who were shot to death in Sr office Wednesday. lark surrendered Thursday night to Buron Fitts, district attorney, whe said his former aide had been identi- fied by employes of Crawford, a rea. estate dealer, as the man who was in conference with the victims just be- fore they fell mortally wounded by revolver fire. Officers questioned Clark more than an hour about details of the shooting before he was sent to jail. Fitts said he had refused to make a statement. Shortly after being named in 7 statement by Fitts as the man wanted for the slayings, Clark telephoned the district attorney Thursday night he was about to surrender. He drove alone to the prosecutor's office. Clark refused to talk about the murder when reporters shot questions at him, and Fitts later said his for- mer subordinate likewise refused to make + statement under questioning. Murder Charge Filed A murder charge was filed against Clark after he had been identified by three persons asthe man who ran from Crawford’s office after the shooting. | Clark's recent unsuccessful can- |didacy for a Los Angeles municipal judgeship had been opposed by Craw- ford and Spencer. Fitts said he re- cently had requested Clark’s resig- nation as deputy prosecutor. The district attorney said he had evidence that Clark purchased a 38 caliber pistol Tuesday. Police ex- perts asserted .38 caliber bullets had killed Spencer, former police reporter end alleged “fixer” for persons ac<- cused of minor offenses, and Craw- eke presumably retired political “boss.” The killing first) was attributed te gambling interests which had been (Continued on page nine) FARGO IS LEADING FOR SWEEPSTAKES Bismarck Is Fifth; Capital City Students Second in One- Act Play Event Grand Forks, N. D., May 22—(P)— Scoring five firsts and two seconds in music events for 36 points, Fargo hela the lead Friday for sweepstakes hon- ors in the 29th North Dakota high School contests at the university. Grand Forks placed second with 2: points by winning three firsts, one second and two third places. Next in order came Valley City, Devils Lake, Bismarck and Oakes. La Moure led class B high school: by taking two firsts. Hillsboro was second and Mayville third. In the declamation contest 'Thurs- day, girls reading section, six were chosen for the finals Saturday. They Eleanor Thompson, Cooperstown; Ruth Best, Fargo; Frances Neville, Grand Forks; Virginia Cuthbert, Hillsboro; Edna Salisbury, James- town; and Carol Crippen, Parshall. Valley City high school repeated its triumph of last year in the open- ing Junior Playmaker event. The winning presentation was a one-act play, “The Yellow Triangle.” Bismarck, with “Will O’ the Wisp,” was second and Mandan, Devils Lake, Cooperstown and Rolla tied for third. Miss Jane Peterson of the first place group was adjudged the best girl actor and George Holt, Devils Lake, first among boys. MICHIGAN BANK IS ROBBED OF $12,000 Two Men Enter Pontiac Insti- tution Before Opening Time to Steal Cash Pontiac, Mich. May 22—()—Two the Pontiac Commercial