The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 14, 1932, Page 1

db ALL STATE POINTS | REPORT READINGS - | | BRLOW ZERO MARK Lower Middle: West and East Prepare For Sharp Drop i in Temperature | CAPITAL MINIMUM ‘IS 11.4 Snowplows Work to Open High- ways In Minot and Dick- inson Districts Weather men in the lower middle west and east took a look at reports from the Northwest Thursday and ad- vised their neighbors to get ready for some teal winter. M North Dakota, Montana, ‘Wyoming ; - IN HONOLULU SLAYING CASE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 1982 - {WILTON MAN TAKES PREMIER PRIZE IN SLOPE BIRD SHOW S. R. Livergood’s Barred Rock Entry Selected as Grand ° Champion Exhibit OAKES MAN WINS PEN CUP Mrs. Frank Josephson, Wash- burn Wins in Turkey Divi- To McLean county and 8. R. Liver- good of Wilton go premier honors in the 13th annual Slope Poultry show for a Barred Rock pullet, selected by the judges as the grand champion of the exhibition Thursday morning. and the Canadian provinces had proof that the Old Man of the North had not entirely lost his grip Wednesday night when the mercury skidded below zero. Lander, Wyo., was the coldest; spot reporting to the local weather | bureau, the temperature there being 24 below. Lieut. Thomas Massie (left) was charged in Honolulu with the slay. ing of a Hawatlian native, Joseph Kahahawal, one of five defendants in @ criminal assault case in which Mrs. Massie (right) was the victim. Mrs. Massie’s socially prominent mother, Mrs. Granville Fortescue, also bend held. This picture of the Massies was taken at their wedding in | entry in any class entered in the show. pen championship, with R. C. Peter- son, Oakes, w: with an entry of three birds. The bird was selected as the finest Barred Rocks also captured the group honors The minimum in Bismarck was 11.4 below zero, reached at 8:30 Thursday morning. A brilliant sun then began to make itself felt and the mercury began to rise, approaching the zero mark at noon. The coldest spot in the state was Minot with -16, but nowhere in the state was it above zero. The forecast was “not so cold” Friday. Snowplows were working in the Minot and Dickinson areas, snowed in “Wednesday, with prospects that most of the main roads would be open by Thursday night. The highway de- partment forecast was that U. S. No, 10 would be opened from Fargo to Beach and U. 8. No. 2 was expected to be opened from Minot to Michigan by 3 p.m. A plow was working from Williston toward Stanley but there ‘was small prospect that the road from Stanley to Minot would be opened he- fore Friday. U. 8. No. 83-from Bis- marckto-Minot was to be offened ‘by noon. It was badly drifted south of Minot. Open In East Roads southeast of Minot were be- lieved to be open to motorists who didn’t mind a bit of shoveling now and then. In the lower middle west, Winter was pawing the spring flowers out of his neers and preparing to. get tough. is All season he has acted like a hot-; house geranium in that district in stead of a fierce fellow with hair o1 his chest. Grass has sprouted where snow should fall. Zephrys have sung back efter leaving the where blizzards should howl. -Rain-| Crawford, ex-convict, has relatives bows have sparkled in skies that'in Washington and police detained should be choked with dead gray, William Thomas,'a nephew, for ques- clouds. The plough has slid through | tioning, He denied having seen his soft soil that should be frozen rock. |uncle. Police however, sald they had But Thursday winter sounded: off | been told the man they wanted was in that he was about to take the upstart | Philadelphia and police there had spring for a ride. been notified. In the midwest, where the old| Suspicion centered on Crawford af- blusterer is usually up to his hips in {ter it became known that Mrs. Ilsley snow at this time of year, the world/had sworn out @ warrant charging was around to put an extra shot of ;him with robbery of her house and anti-freeze in the radiator and take Seek Negro Believed to Have Grudge Against. Mrs. Agnes B. lisley We Jan. 14.—(P)— The seazch for the murderer of Mrs. ‘Boeing Isley, wealthy Middleburg, Virginia, sportswoman, and her maid, Mrs.’ Mina Buckner, Thuraday cen- tered:in Washington, ‘small automobile, apparently the lonly thing stolen after Mrs. Iisley and her servant were beaten to death in| Middleburg early Wednesday. was’ abandoned. Police, searching for George Craw- ford, negro, former employe of Mrs Usley, picked up a negro soon aiter- wards. He gave his name as Melvin Crawford and after questi offi- Meanwhile members of the socially rominent set of Middleburg aided po- lice in an intensive search of the Vir- ginia Blue Grass country on the theory Crawford might have turned coming Fould Promoted From Undersecretaries ‘Murderer of Former N. D. Woman Sought in Capital LAVAL PICKS YOUNG | MENFOR IMPORTANT PLACES ON.CABINET Pierre Cattala, 38,.and Achille Paris, Jani 14.—(}—Pierre Laval, one of the youngest of French pre- miers, began his preparations for the international conferences Thursday with-a new cabinet of youth, The new cabinet, the 87th under the third republic, was approved by President Paul Doumer Wednesday |’ night. In place of the veteran Aris- ing to officials of the show. tide Briand, foreign minister for. the| Farmers find it difficult to get into last six years and called the “peace-| town under prevailing conditions, maker of Europe,” M. Laval himself will’ occupy the foreign office as well as the premiership, lected his former mentor, Andre Tar- dieu, noted French list and disciple of the late M. Clemenceau, The grand championship carries with it the award of « silver cup of- fered by the O. H. Will company, gold medal offered by the American Poultry association, as well a8 a blue ribbon proclaiming it the finest Single entry in the show. . The winning pen entry will receive a silver cup from The Bismarck Trib- une for the best group exhibit. Washburn Turkey Wins A yearling bronze turkey, owned by Mrs. Frank J of Washburn walked away with the championship in the turkey division. A. L. Nordquist, Underwood, vet- eran exhibitor at Slope Poultry shows, won first honors among the Medi- terranean breeds with a White Leg- horn cockerel. as In_ the “division. featuring Snglitsh breeds, a Buff Orpington cockerel, owned by N. 8. Trauser and Howard Goehring, of ‘Hazelton, was:selected as the finest in the class. LaVerne Irish of Bismarck cap- tured first honors among the Ger- man breeds with a Hamburg cockerel. A mallard drake, owned by Mrs. Amos Robidou, Bismarck, walked off with honors in the miscellaneous class. Special awards, offered by the ‘American Poultry association to its and Goehring for a Jersey Black Giant cockerel. Attendance Drops Off ‘The sudden drop in temperatures in the last 24 hours has caused at- ‘tendance to drop off sharply, accord- W. Starkle, show secretary, said Thursday morning in an appeal to the residents of Bismarck to support the ‘undertaking by attending. Slope show is one of the most member exhibitors, went to Trauger| ca; P.| state's attorney of McIntosh county, i the comforter out of the mothballs. | It will be colder, winter hissed, add-/| ing sotto voge, “but not terribly cold. *| In eastern America where spring . romped Wednesday as winter slep’, \¢f» Paul Boeing. there was talk of colder days ahead, might at her big starting by Friday. to protect it from fi + Athletes | Ba | that she had told friends she feared tiger of France. On the shoulders of these two will fall the chief burden of the coming reparations and disarmament confer- ences. To succeed himself in the ‘impor- tant post of minister of interior, M. Laval selected 38-year-old. Pierre Car thala, a disciple of himself and M. .| Although health and under a physician’s care lays'Private race tracks and steeplechase . courses, dot the land- beige hunts there sou Snes: day's twiste Py peg conseq of a which blocked roads and Hours With Rifle id Believed Demented Tardieu, and to follow M. Tardieu as minister of of young Achille Fould. 1 ter were undersecretaries in the cabinet. Pi M. Briand, veteran of many con- ferences, prepared, back to the serenity of his farm at elected. he picked ‘Both these meanwhile, to go | 2000: broken the stage of politics on which he has Played a leading role for 30 years. HAS DEPIED POLIGE Holds Off Eight Men ‘For 16 ~ Hoover Will Seek Renomination > Mrs. Kasturbia Gandhi, above, 61- year-old wife of Mahatma Gandhi,/ showed amazing serenity when she! was imprisoned with two other promi- nent Indian women leaders. She was) arrested within a week after her hus- band entered jail at Yerovda as the British government's first Tove | against renewal of his civil disobedi- ence campaign. J, WISHBK, PIONEER OF SOUTHERN ND, SUCCUMBS IN CITY 76-Year-Old Veteran of Ashley District Dies After Linger- ing liness J. Hi. Wighel, 16 years old, of Ash- ley, piqneer and leading citizen: in South Centtal “North Dakota,” died here Wednesday night after a linger- ing illness. He had been under a physician’s care for more than a/ year, suffering from a complication of diseases. Diabetes was said to be the principal cause of death. Mrs. Wishek and a daughter, Mrs. N. H. Ofsthun, Los Angeles, Calif.,; were at his bedside when the end: me. Funeral arrangements will be an- nounced later after it is determined when sons and daughters living at a distance will reach here. Max, Paul and John Wishek, who had been in Minneapolis, reached Bismarck. Thursday. Max and Paul lve at Ashley, where the former is while John lives at Wishek, which was named after his father. Since retirement of their father from active management of his ex- tensive business interests several yats ago, Max and John have di- tected the operation of these enter- he had been in failing for @ year, Mr. Wishek did not be- come critically ill until 10 days ago. » “Came to State in 1884 He came to North Dakota in 188 nd took an active part in develop- the territory and state. He ac- heavy property holdings and, time of his death, was inter- in many ‘ commercial enter- and had large farm holdings. was born April 17, 1855, at War- Pa., and. when a child moved: his parents to Ohio. In his he became a stone mason and to piaielEttt for several years at that earn money to attend the versity. of Michigan, from which s. gtaduated as a law student 8. Settling at Marion, O., he prac- ticed there for five years and for a part ef that time served as mayor of that city. Then he came to North (Continued on page Seven) ——_—__—_—— . POLISH PAPERS SUPPRESSED 1 —(P)—Bever- aT Endorsement ‘of Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt Ap- © pears as Certainty MURRAY ALSO MENTIONED H. H. Perry, Ellendale, Most Prominent in Race For National Committee (By The Associated Press) Democratic party leaders said they looked to the North Dakota, Democra- tic convention, opening at Valley City Thursday, to bring Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York into the open i Its @ presidential candidate. A majority of the delegates to the convention were instructed to vote for Roosevelt. Roosevelt will be asked by ‘a resolu- tion of the convention, said Fred Mc- Lean, Grand Forks, secretary of the party, to announce his candidacy so his name may be placed on the North Dakota presidential preference ballot at the March 15 primary. George T. Murray of Berthold said he intended to present the name of his brother, Gov. William “Alfalfa Bill” Murray of Oklahoma as a Demo- cratice presidential candidate. Ellendale Man Prominent H. H. Perry of Elletdale, chairman of the state central committee, loom- ed as the most prominent candidate for the national committeeman. J. Nelson Kelly of Grand Forks, present committeeman, did not attend the meeting Wednesday because of the eels illness of his son at Grand For! iJ Miss Nellie Dougherty of Minot 1s national committeewoman. The cen- tral committee selected New Rockford as the meeting place for the conven- tion to name a state slate of candi- Gates. The meeting will be held the call of the secretary. McLean said the date'to be chosen April of early'in May. Assuming the convention will en- dorse the New York governor, Mc- {Lean sald petitions will be circulated immediately after the convention to place the candidate's name on the ballot of the North Dakota president- jal preference primary March 15. Those Attending Listed Present at the committee meeting were John Magill of Verona, William Schuette of Hankinson, B. 8. Otis of Wyndmere, G. Kennedy Crete, A. C. Pagenkopf of Dickinson, P. W. Lanier of Jamestown, Lee Darl- ing of Kenmare, G. S. Wooledge of Minot, Mrs. M. A. Hildreth of Fargo, Mrs. Daugherty, Mrs. A.. Chilton of Towner, John Heiling of Valley City, W. J. Dienert of Eckelson, J. L. Page of Bottineau, Elias Porter of Calvin, H. H. Perry of Ellendale, K. O. Vick of Sheyenne, John Hinkel of Tuttle, J. W. Berkheimer of Niagara, I. E. Hackett of Grand Forks, George E. Duis of Grand Forks, Dr. R. H. Lea- vitt of Carson, W. J. Ketzman of Wil- low City, W. E. Glotzback of Ana- moose, W. L. Johnson of Ashley, LeRoy Evans of Halliday. Prohibition. loomed as one of the issues which would cause fireworks on the convention floor. The convention (Continued on page Seven) BABE RUTH RETURNS $70,000 CONTRACT Bambino Wants $80,000 For One Year or $70,000 For Next Two Seasons A. of New York, Jan. 14.—(?)—Babe Ruth Thursday received a one-year con- tract from the New York Yankees calling for $70,000, a reduction of $10,- 000 from his salary of the last two years, and promptly sent it back un- signed. He said he would accept a culties Eliminated By Treats.ent For Anemia New, il gE : g Ht mi ie for the ext convention will be late in | Jeal | canahis wite caim|\State’s Democrats : Meet in Valley City Postmaster General Brown Re- PRONE of Pea les In Hospital 4 HERBERT HOOVER, 3RD Pasadena, Calif, Jan. 14—(P}— Herbert Hoover, third, was “not out of danger” Thursday according to a bul- letin by his physicians, but his con- dition showed a slight improvement. ‘The grandson of the president under- went a sinus operation last Saturday. NEGRO ATTACKS AND KILLS YOUNG WOMAN Convict, Psychopathic Patient, Believed to Have Been Mo- tivated By Jealousy Bellefonte, Pa., Jan. 14—()—An inquest in the death chamber of Rockview penitentiary Wednesday night established that Fred Collins, 7, negro convict and psychopathic Patient, killed Betty Hickok, daughter of a prisén doctor, because of lousy. * Collins gaid He resented “atten- tions” the 22-year-old daughter of Dr. A. L. Hickok, head of the prison Psychopathic ward, had given an- other negro prisoner, Henry Maline. Both were trusties:employed as ser- vants in the Hickok home. Seemingly unmindful of his fate, Collins halted the inquest once to Point across the death chamber and say: “If that is the electric chair, that is what I want.” He said he had planned the slay- ing for some time but had no oppor- tunity to carry it out until Wednes- day. He surprised Miss Hickok in the bathroom and after attacking | her, he nearly hacked her head off with a butcher knife. He removed his shoes and slipped from the house to go direct to the Prison office and confess. Officials believed the “attentions” referred to by Collins were nothing more than minor acts of kindness Miss Hickok often did for the prisoners. * FIND LABOR LEADER GUILTY OF MURDER William Hightower Convicted of Slaying in Kentucky Coal Field Disorders Mount Sterling, Ky., Jan. 14—(P}— William tower, Harlan county labor leader, was convicted of mur- Hightower was president. Jones, first of nearly 30 defendants in the case, POSTAL HEAD SAYS LOGAL CONDITIONS TO GOVERN PLANS garded as Likely Suc- cessor to Fess SET FOR PROMPT ACTION No Decision Reached Regarding North Dakota Presiden- tial Primary Washington, Jan. 14—()—Post- master General Brown announced pecan’ qe President Hoover was for renomination on the Re- publican ticket. Qo le postmaster general, Political circles is considered thes st likely successor to Senator Fess chairman of the Republican national committee, said local conditions would be met in each state as to methods of entering the president’s name in the races for delegates. rk for action,” he said. “When that time comes prompt action will be taken.” HOUSE WILL BALLOT ONRECONSTRUCTION PROPOSINON FRIDAY Administration-Backed Measure Has Passed Senate By Overwhelming Vote Washington, Jan. 14.—(—The house Thursday agreed to vote Priday on the $2,000,000,000 reconstruction fi- Secretary Mellon was charged Thursday by Representative Patman with a part in the credit extension to Colombia arranged by New York \bankers at about the time a large ofl concession was granted the Mellon- owned Gulf Oil company. Mellon also was charged by Patman with using his control of public build- ings to further the use of alumnium. The Texas Democrat opened his second day of argument before the house judiciary committed on his resolution to impeach the treasury chief by. exhibiting a copy of “The Federal Architect,” a treasury pub- lication. “It is no secret that Mellon controls the Aluminum Company of Ameri- ca,” Patman said. “And it is known that where aluminum is used there no chance of competition.” Anti-prohibitionists in the house Prepared to concentrate behind a Constitutional amendment restoring State, while ‘the federal, gorersment state, wi it Would keep jurisdiction over interstate shipments, Committees from both the Republi- can and Democratic blocs that oppose the present laws agreed to submit the Former N. D. Docto Dead in Minnesota eee