The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 29, 1931, Page 1

North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper ESTABLISHED 1878 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE BISMARCK,.NORTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, MAY 29, 1931 Ash Ready for U. S. Citizen Executed by MICHELE SCHIRRU FOUND GUILTY ON | TERRORISM COUNT Convicted bY Special Tribunali of Conspiracy to Murder Mussolini FORMER GOTHAM RESIDENT| Goes to Death Without Receiv- ing Priest; Shot by Fellow- Sardinians - Fair Friday night and Satarday’ somewhat warmer Saturday. PRICE FIVE CENTS Italian Firing S Se quad [__ Render Dedintion Ceremony Ready for Dedication Ceremony Rome, May 29.—()}—Convicted of | i plotting the assassination of Premier { Benito MussolMii, Michele Schirru, an | American by naturalization, was exe-| cuted at dawn Friday by a firing; squad. | He was led into the interior court ; of Fort Braschi and seated astride a; chair with his back to the marksmen. A battalion of Blackshire militiamen formed three sides of a hollow square ; around him and directed a volley of shot into his spine. The special tribunal for defense of the state, composed of seven militia officers, witnessed the execution. The official bulletin read as follows: “This morning at the hour of 4:27 in the interior court of Fort Braschi was carried out the execution by means of a volley in the back, the sentence pronounced by the special tribunal for defense of the state against Terrorist Michele Schirru.” Schirru, 32 years old and once a resident of New York, was the first American to taste justice for such an offense and the seventh person to be executed under the defense of the state law, designed to punish at- tempts to overthrow the regime or to} Plot against the premier. Resumed in 1928 Italy had not had capital punish- ment for 68 years until the first of these executions in 1928. It is castom- ary for the prisoner or his attorney. to appeal to the king for clemency but these appeals always have: been rejected by the intermediary official whose approval is necessary. The tribunal from whose decision these is no appeal convicted Schirru | after 50 minutes of deliberation on seven counts, including attempted assassination, possession of bombs, (Continued on page six) 6.0. P. COMMITTEE SUPPORTS TARIFF Republicans Say High Walls Necessary to Preserve Liv- ing Standard ‘Washington, May 29.—()—The Re- Publican national committee Friday said it found “ample evidence to show that under present conditions the rates in the Hawley-Smoot tariff are no more than adequate, in many in- stances, and that in some cases per- haps not high enough.” The G. O. P. organization's state- Ment used as an illustration of this contention the demand of Represent- ative Connery, Democrat, Massa- chusetts, that the tariff commission increase the rates on boots and shces 50 per cent over the present 20 per cent ad valorem duty. “Democratic leaders,” ment said, “have been free in their criticism of what they call the ‘in- iquitous’ rates in the tariff bill, yet not one of them has ever answered the challenge to name the rates they ‘would reduce. “Never,” it continued, “has the ne- cesstty of our markets and ow: workers been so apparent in view of tremendous wage cuts abroad. If our tariff walls are not maintained the state- near completion Friday. church in this area. _{Was Missionary Point Prior to Preparations for dedication of the beautiful new Trinity Lutheran church at Fourth street and Avenue A were | The ceremony will be held June 7 as the closing feature of the state convention of the | Norwegian Lutheran church of America and will be in charge of Rt. Rev. David Stoeve, Fargo, head of that Above is shown a picture of the new church building. In the center is a picture of the pupils and teachers | in the Trinity Lutheran Sunday school while at the bottom left is an interior view of the church auditorium. Rev. Opie 8. Rindahl, pastor of the church, is shown at the lower right. and the fullest protection accorded ~ agriculture, industry and labor, the American standard of living must fall to European levels. “Blind theorists, foreign interests, and Democratic free traders are threatening to destroy our tariff.” Crosses Continent In Autogyro Plane San Diego, Calif, May 22—(>)— Johnny Miller, Poughkeepsie, N. Y., aviator, has completed, the first transcontinental flight an auto- gyro plane. He planned to take off Friday for Los Angeles from ‘the North Island Naval Air station here, where he landed late Thursday after * fail started ns fight from Phil Miller - several days ago. He made the trip west in easy stages. Chain Grocery Head | Dies from Wounds Indianapoiis, May 29.—(P)—Wound- ed by robbers whose holdup attempt he resisted Wednesday, Lafayette A. Jackson, operator of a chain of 250] Hortense Noonan, was WOMAN MAGISTRATE Former Head. of National Wom- en Lawyers’ Association Is Under Fire New York, May 29.—()—Referee Samuel Seabury has recommended to the Appellate division of the state su- Preme court removal of Magistrate Jean H. Norris, first of New York's two women magistrates. Presiding Justice Edward R. Finch has directed her to appear June 4 to answer the cause “of her severity, her unjudicial conduct, and her callous disregard of the rights of defendants in the wom- en's court.” ‘The findings were based almost en- tirely on Magistrate own testi- mony in the hearings before Seabury. Magistrate Norris, the former Jean widowed soon | URGES REMOVAL OF |Two Scientists Tell of Experiences in Balloon Artistic Bandit Steals Diamonds ! Minneapolis, May 29.—(P)—A bandit with an artistic sense of humor bound Mrs. Raymond J. Martin, wife of a salesman,and her maid in their apartment here late Thursday and escaped with dia- monds valued at several thousand dollars. Before leaving, after tying up He also partially loosened the bonds of the maid, Miss Fern Potter, enabilng her to free her- self later, according to Mrs. Mar- tin’s report to police. A necklace valued at $2,500 and ACTRESS NOT A LADY New York, May 29.—(7)—An actress Piccard and Kipfer Declare They Obtained Objectives of Their Flight Ober-Gurgl, Austrian Tyrol, May 29.—()—Recovered from their peril- ous thrust into the sky, Dr. August Piccard described observations made on their trio in a balloon with a ball gondola which ended on an Alpine Dr. Piccard, Swiss, professor of Physics at the University of Brussels, said that he and Charles Kipfer, his aide on Jand and in the air, had at- TRINTY LUTHERAN PARISH HAS GROWN RAPIDLY SINCE 1908 Organization of Congrega- tion Only 23 Years Ago FIRST PASTOR CAME IN 1915 ais Growth From Humble Begin- ning to Be Marked by Dedi- cation of New Building From a missionary point in 1908 to one of the finest church buildings in North Dakota is the record of the ‘Trinity Lutheran church here which will dedicate its new building June 7. Prior to 1908 Bismarck was regard- ed as a mission point by the Nor- wegian Lutheran church of America and the spiritual needs of the congre- gation had been cared for by home mission pastors since the early 90's. When formally organized in 1908 the Bismarck congregation was a part of the Mandan and Driscoll parishes. In 1915 the congregation obtained its own resident pastor, Rev. O. G. Belsheim taking over the work. Since that time Rev. O. R. Svore, Rev. Flint, Rev. I. G. Monson and Rev. Opie 8. Rindah! have held the pastorate, Rev. oo being installed in February, pt At the beginning, church services were held in homes, in the county courthouse or in such other quarters as were available. In 1915 a church building was completed at Avenue C and Seventh St., but it soon became evident that expansion would later be necessary and lots were obtained for a new structure at Fourth St. and Avenue A. A building program was started several years ago and financial (Continued on page eleven) STORES WILL CLOSE | HERE MEMORIAL DAY Judge A. M. Christianson Will Deliver Address at Ceremony at Auditorium Local business houses Friday were transacting business which ordinar- ily would be done Saturday so that employes may be free to observe Me- morial Day and to take part in the ceremonies. Hl Stores will be closed all day Satur- day but will be open this evening for the convenience of those who wish to; make last-minute purchases. Arrangements for the observance! of Memorial Day were completed| Friday afternoon by committees in charge of the parade, the program at the city auditorium, the ceremonies at the cemetery, and transportation facilities. | The parade, which will include va- rious military units and patriotic and civic organizations, will begin promptly at 10 a. m., according to of- ficials in charge. Following the parade a public cere- mony will be held at the Bismarck ; auditorium, where Judge A. M. Chris- | tlanson will deliver an address. | Committees representing the War |Mothers, the American Legion, the American Legion Auxiliary, and the Veterans of Foreign Wars occupied themselves with decorating the graves of war veterans in Bismarck ceme- terles Friday. Saturday afternoon a detachment from the local National Guard com- pany will fire a salute over the graves of the soldier dead and a bugler wi sound taps. 7 ‘The program at the auditorium aft- ler the parade follows: Song, (America), audience. Invocation, Rev. O. 8. Rindahl. Address, Judge A. M. Christianson. Song, Star Spangled Banner, audi- ence. _ Benediction, Rev. O. 8. Rindahl. North Dakota Man’s Auto Drops 20 Feet Duluth, May 29—(}—W. J. Oden- thal, Killdeer, N. D., and his 11-years old son miraculously escaped serious tained the objectives of their ascent—| mit @ study of cosmic rays—and in addi- tion had established a world’s altitude record—9.936 miles or more than 50,- 000 feet. He obtained a measurement of the conductivity of gases getterated by cosmic rays at the maximum height about four hours after leaving Augs- burg Wednesday morning. Atmos; Low also had failed to notice a near the bridge, soarekers ‘day noon with continued fair weath- jis under construction but a detour Schilling Renamed for Federal Board | Minnesotan Reappointed by President Hoover to Rep- resent Dairying TEAGUE’S TERM COMPLETED No Successors to Teague or M'Kelvie, Who Will Quit Soon, Announced Washington, May 29.—(P)—Presi- dent Hoover Friday reappointed Wil- liam F. Schilling of Minnesota as a member of the federal farm board. Announcement of Schiilings’ reap-| pointment came coincidental with completion by Charles C. Teague of his duties as vice chairman and fruit and vegetable member of the board. Teague submitted his resignation to President Hoover last week and it is expected to be accepted shortly. Schilling’s term would have expired on June 15. He is a Northfeild, Minn., dairy farmer and long has been active in farm cooperatives in his home state. Teague expects to spend several weeks in the east before returning to his Santa Paula, Calif., home and his citrus fruit business, He pians to! visit his former home in Maine. Teague’s term was for one year. Last June, he agreed to remain six months more and later he was pre- vailed upon by Mr. Hoover to extend the time until June 1. He was made vice chairman of the board upon the resignation of Alex- ander Legge, succeeding Vice Chair- man Stone, who was elevated to the chairmanship. One of his last official acts was to negotiate with the California grape control board on the latter's applica- tion for another loan to stabilize the grape business. Another vacancy will be crested on June 15 when the term of Samuel R. McKelvie, grain member, expires. McKelvie now in London where he attended the international wheat conference, éxpects to retire to-nhis Nebraska farm and edit a farm pa- per. No successors have been announced for Teague or McKelvie. UNSURFACED ROADS REPORTED MUDDY Expected to Be in Good Shape Over Week-End, However, Because of Sun Surfaced roads throughout the state system are in fair to good con- dition, while unsurfaced roads are rough and muddy because of recent rains, according to the weekly road report issued today by the state high- way department. Roads are drying fast, however, and should be in good condition by Fri- er, the report said. Various points on U. 8S. highway No. 10, 8. H. No. 3, S. H. No. 4, 8. H. 5, S. H. No. 6, and 8. H. 11 are under construction or are being regraveled. U. 8. No. 10 between Oriska and Valley City is under construction. Two detours are available. Spirit- wood to Jameestown on this highway has been graveled. Three short de- tours must be made around bridge replacements near Hebron. Heavy rains occurred along 8. H. No. 11 and the highway report states that earth roads probably were mud- dy and slippery Friday. Mission Withdraws From Fukien Province Shanghai, May 29.—()—Dr. Walter H, Judd confirmed reports Friday that the American Congregational Mission has withdrawn from Fukien province with the exception of Foo- chow and its immediate vicinity, whose proximity to the coast makes comparatively negligible the danger of bandit attacks. Rev. Frank Rawlinson, the mis- sions’ Shanghai representatives, af- firmed Dr. Judd’s announcement, but said the mission hoped to reopen its Pukien stations sometime in the in- definite future. Should this he im- practicable, however, he said the mis- sion would withdraw permanently from the field, taking up its work Former Baseball Player Acquitted Sioux City, Iowa, May 29.—(P)— Mike Kelley, former Pittsburgh Na- tional League pitcher, and who once at Minot, N. D., has been ac- of the murder of Louis Freid- district court jury returned ict @ couple days ago. 0 a \ Prepared for Hop ‘ —+* Associated Press Photo THOMAS ASH, JR. CARELESSNESS IS ATTACKED IN TALK | BY INSURANCE MAN; Speaker Says Prevention of Fires Is More Important | Than Protection “Carelessness and indifference are responsible for more fire waste than anything else,” Louis Law, Minneap- olis, instructor in fire prevention at the University of Minnesota, told members of the Bismarck Association of Commerce and insurance men here ‘Thursday night. Law gave the principal talk before 70 men at a banquet sponsored by the Bismarck Association of Commerce! as a climax to the two-days’ :nspec- tion of fire hazards here by the North Dakota Fire Prevention associ- ation. Stressing the prevention of fire as| more important than fire protection, | Law declared that education in the} results of fire would do more good) than the most competent fire-fight- ing organization in the country. Law quoted statistics to show the increase of loss by fire in America since 1870. He compared America and Europe in fire waste and suggesfed that a per-} manent commttee be organized in Bismarck to destroy indifference to fire hazards. Law said that since the National Board of Fire Underwriters formed the national fire-prevention organi- zation during the war millions of dol- lars in property have been saved an- nually. He lauded North Dakota in- surance men for their assistance in aiding with fire-prevention work and asked that their work be continued Permanently. He gave a brief review of the success of organizations in var- ious states. Find 284 Risks J. C. Nippolt, Fargo, secretary of the state fire-prevention group, de- clared that in their inspection of Bis- marck 284 fire risks were discovered. Of this number 48 per cent were due to defective wiring, 67 cases were con~ cerned with rubbish heaps, 56 were cases in ‘which unloaded fire extin-; Buishers or no extinguishers were found, and 108 cases were of a mis- cellaneous nature. Nippolt. stated that cards would be sent to owners of Property in which fire hazards were found. In case no answer is received another letter containing the recom- mendations of the inspecting group would be given. As a final resort the case would pe given to the state fire marshal, he said. From 196 essays submitted to the fire association by seventh and eighth grade pupils in Bismarck schools, three were awarded cash prizes. Mavis Mitchell was awarded $3 for her essay; Mary Mahiman was given second place; and Jane Lawyer was awarded third place. All essays submitted Gealt with fire prevention. Judges of the contest were Pierce Wolfe, Moorhead; and A. G. Bruns- vold, Fargo. State Officials Talk State Fire Marshal Henry L. Reade, flayed the carelessness of the average American. He stressed the import- ance of saving merchandise from fire and quoted figures to show that more (Continned on page Six) MERE crc asara Tornado Proved Chimney Sweep Fargo, N. D., May 29.—(?)—The ‘ednesday $ g » (®)—The monoplane Jr., American flier, hopes to span the Pacific without a stop, rested on the natural runway of this beach Friday near Tokyo. Pacific Attempt AMERICAN HOPES 10 MAKE 1ST NON-STOP FLIGHT OVER OCEAN Will Hop Off Alone Without Ra- dio or Pontoons for 4,400-Mile Jaunt SAYS SHIP IS ‘CUMBERSOME’ Expects to Reach Tacoma 40 to 50 Hours After Leav- ing From Japan Samushrio Beach, Japan, May 29.— “somewhat cumbersome” in which Thomas Ash, ready to take off for Tacoma, Wash., at 4 p.m. Friday, (C.8.T.). Ash landed here after a 380-mile flight from Tachikawa Airarome, He then inspected and Prepared the plane for the 4,490-mile solo flight across the Pacific. He ex- Pects to land at Tacoma in 40 to 50 hours after leaving. Ash was accompanied by a me- chanic who assisted him in final Preparations, given a rousing send-off by high of- At Tachikawa he wa: ficials, including the American am- bassador, W. Cameron Forbes, and the mayor of Tokyo. Ash and his mechanic stripped the “Pacific” of every ounce of superfluous metal. At that, carrying 1,020 gallons of gasoline and 60 gallons of oil, the flier expected to have difficulty in lifting the plane from the beacn. Ash will carry no radio, nor is his plane equipped with pontoons. His only baggage will be a small amount of food and a pocket full of letters. The alleged shortcomings of the Plane seemed to worry Ash little. He has pronounced it “somewhat cum- ee and “rather hard to manip- late.” Included in the*food Ash will is a small box of capsules. Each about the size of a cherry and each con- taining nourishment equivalent to full meal. This was presented to him by officers of the Japanese army dure ing the ceremonies attending his dee Parture from Tachikawa. Another important item will be six thermos bottles of black toffee. SOLONS APPROVE NATIONAL ANTHEM ‘Star-Spangled Banner’ Will Ring Out With Added Dis- tinction Saturday Washington, May 29—()—The Star Spangled Banner will ring out with added distinction at Memorial Day exercises Saturday. For the first time on such an oc- casion it will have the sanction of congress as the legally recognized national anthem of America. And it was @ capital soprano who helped carry the song to victory. Mrs. Elsie Jorss-Reilley, Washing- ton, appeared before the house judi- clary committee when the fate of the old song was at stake. So clear and true did her voice vault the high notes that the committee was con- vinced it was “singable’ for the aver- age audience. Congress officially adopted it as the national anthem this spring. Mrs, Reilley will sing ‘the song with added fervor at. the Memorial Day exercises at the tomb of the unknown soldier in Arlington this year. “I'll admit I was a bit frightened when I sang before the judiciary committee,” says Mrs. Reilley. “So much was at stake. I knew if I quavered on those high notes all would be lost. But the committee accepted it and I got a real thrill when I sang the song again in public after it had been officially adopted as the national anthem.” The national anthem has been re- written in a lower key since its adop- tion by congress. Grand Forks Favors New School Building Grand Forks, N. D., May 29.—(P)-- By a margin of three to one, Grand The building will be ready for use in September, 1932. The election drew a light vote, 1,504 favor- ing and 508 cpposing the issue. spheric Pressure “During the first part of the ascent we. were so occupied with the me- chanical problem of handling the balloon that only at a height of 9.936 miles were we able to begin taking | “ the principal measurements. We found the outside air pressure at that altitude to be 76 millimeters, about « on page Six) ~ grocery stores in Indianapolis, died in @ hospital late Thursday. He was 68 years old. Jackson was the instigator of an attack on the constitutionality of the 1929 Indiana chain store tax law, which was upheld recently by a 5 to 4 decision in the United States su- preme court, after her marriage and took up law! is not a lady, in the words of George as @career. She was admitted to the|; arg Shaw. At least when she is, in 1909, 2 : pak ll ay haa ere Be she‘is not an acrtess. He gives ‘the pointed to the magistrate’s bench in| definition in a preface of a book con- 1919. taining his correspondence with Ellen She was.president three years. of |Terry. A lady, he adds, is schooled the National Women Lawyers’ asso-|to hide her true feelings; an actress | ciation. is trained to show her emotions. nl ; na