The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 27, 1932, Page 5

or YW ayy Os BIGHT PLEAD GUILTY IN FEDERAL COURT Sentencing of Seven Is Deferred By Judge Andrew Miller at Minot” fh ORT Se Minot, N. D., Jan. 27.—()—Eight defendants entered pleas of uilty ber fore Judge Andrew Miller pleaded not guilty. Sentencing of seven was deferred. Mrs. Ingrid Griffith, former assist- ant postmistress at Lansford, who pleaded guilty to embezzling $583.60 of postal funds, was fined that amount. ‘Unable to pay, she was given 15 days in which to raise the funds. Failing je do that, she must serve 30 days in, jail, Others who entered guilty pleas are Verna and Mila Gubrud and Erling ‘Tangerdahl, charged with smuggling vain into the United States from | sanada, and Glen Cassner, Rae Nor: Dorothy Boyd and Ruby McCau- all charged with liquor law vio- Istione. Pleas of not guilty were entered by F2inhold Grams and Leone Watson ‘tc charges of violating the liquor laws. Sentencing of the Gubruds and ‘'Tongerdahl was deferred for one year, ‘with Judge Miller warning them “you eve on your good behavior.” Mrs. Griffith said she had embez- zied over a six month period because “the living expenses of my family ex- ceeded sitter income of $75 a month. Roosevelt velt Candidacy Is Jolted by Smith Albany, N. Y., r, Jan. 27.—(®)—The | shadow of Alfred E. Lepaoe ons ee and sharp Wednesday ‘of Franklin D. Roosevelt’ candiaacy for the Democratic presidential nom- ination. Just what the shadow would resolve i itself into appeared to be aa | secret. The echo of Governor Roosevelt's | announcement that the former gover- nor would visit him in Albany had hardly died before there came from Smith's office in New York Tuesday night a brief announcement that he thad no intention of visiting the cap- Jal this month or next. Roosevelt refused to comment. Po- litical observers had heralded the gov- ernor's statement ‘of the day before as a sign the two old friends had not, grown cold toward each other, as had ‘been freely reported. | ‘There have heen many stories that | the two men had broken because their, political ambitions had crossed. Will Cut Al Capone Off from Henchmen; Chicago, Jan. 27.—(#)— Officials have devised a system they believe will sever Al Capone's contact, if he has any, with the outside world. ' Capone is in jai] as an income tax violator but there’ have been reports his henchmen reached him with mes- sages by posing, as “guests” of other prisoners held with him in the conr valescent ward. .. Otficers agreed to have all future visitors accompanied by trusted guards to see that no messages are passed, to Capone's cellmates. r eR ES ie Case Against Zahl Farmer Dismissed | i Ls cases together with totals are listed in the schedule below: ;County aera Civil Total ¢ |Burelsh 27 357 Stutsman 241 ‘McLean. 169 Wells, 83 Foster 58 -» |Bheridan 54 | Kidder 48 Minot, N. D., Jan. 27—(P)— i Michael Markert, farmer near j Zahl, pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday to smuggling an alien into the United States—and was, told by the court to “go home,” a free man. Markert recently went to Can- ada to visit a cousin, The cousin } suggested he would like to visit Markert’s home for. a day before resuming his work in Canada. The two crossed the boundary line without reporting to immi- gration officials and at Crosby, were arrested. When arraigned Tuesday Markert said “I’m guilty —but I didn’t intend to do any- thing wrong.” After petitions had been pre- sented to the court vouching for Market's qualities as a good citi- zen, Judge Andrew Miller said: “Mr. Clerk, strike out this man’s plea of guilty. This case is dis- missed for want of prosecution. Mr. Markert you go on home.” ‘DRAFT RECONSTRUCTION PLANS rn Charles G. Bewse: Ce, ‘total of 241 cases, with McLean, Wells, :Moorhead, Minn., discussed problems jand possibilities of Lutheran church {ducted a Bible hour and Rev. F. B. ly. throughibut. the country, many Women, and by sentences oi jany of the Mahatme’s followers of up to three years at hard labor for} defying the government's ordinances. Here are principals in the court fight at Wichite, Kan., over the receiver- ship sought for the famous Porter estate, at one time estimated at $20,000, 000. Mrs. Helen Porter Youngmeyer, upper left, of Wichita, and Mrs, Porter |Palmer, lower left, of Pittsburgh, Porter, right, multi-millionaire cattle and the properties left them by their mother.. Port man. When a boy he was kidnaped by Sitting Bull ahd lived with the. Indian tribe for many yeats.- BURLEIGH LEADS IN COURT GASES BEGUN 300.87 Actions Instituted in District Court in Fourth District Burleigh county led all other coun- | ties in the fourth judicial district in the total number of cases commenced in district court in 1931, according to, statistics compiled by Clifford Janson- ius, court reporter. Three hundred fifty-seven actions; were instituted in the cotnty during | the year, 278 of which were civil and | ‘79 were criminal cases. Stutsman county was second with al Foster, Sheridan, Kidder and Eddy following in the. order named. Stutsman and Wells counties have icounty courts of increased jurisdiction which tends to reduce the number of cases brought into district ceurt, Jan- sonius said. In these two Uistricts county courts have jurisdiction over lesser criminal cases and civil cases {involving sums up to $500. ie number of civil and criminal Eddy Concordia President Addresses Lutherans Fargo, N. D., Jan. 27.—(?)—Dr. J..N. Brown, president of Concordia college, colleges before the pastoral confer- ence, North Dakota district of Narwe- gian Lutheran Church of America, in Fargo Wednesday. The conference opened ‘Tuesday and closes Thursday. Rev. J. M. Johnson of Buxton con- |Anderson of Minneapolis told of \growth of the young people’s Luther jbeague, of which he is field secretary. | A. O. U, W. members’ fe; ‘lar meeting Thursday nig! . Card party. Lunch and dance. Please come. Regular Business 1 je Eee ey Aédsooiated Press Photo , the! Feconatruction irman of ‘the aot dirgetors, jer a copference on economic: rallef. Creti Pa., charge their father, Joseph H. king, is dissipating both his estate, er is famous as a cattle’ oa Aurora Resumes | | Aurora, Til, Jan. 27.—(AP)—A blast of whistles at 9 a. m. Wed- nesday ‘gave the signal: “Play ball!” and: business resumed in Aurora after, & five-day mora- torium. A band played in the down- townSection where only grocer- ies, drug stores, public utilities and newspapers had kept open since Friday morning. And there was a welcome run on Aurora's five banks—not the sort of run that becomes a panic, but a run of depositors replacing their money in the banks, open- ing new accounts, drawihg their savings from unproductive hoatd- ing in safety Gepasit boxes and returning the money to their regular bank accounts. ‘Aurora closed its doprs to busi- ness by mayoral proclamation last Friday. 15 More Convicted Of Liquor Conspiracy Chicago, Jan. 27.—(#)—Fitteen of the remaining 19 defendahts in the midwest liquor conspiracy trial were convicted by a federal jury Wednes- day, including Robert W. Besse, for- mer state's attorney of Whiteside) county. “ The jury received the case Tues- day. evening. The government charged the group, with a gigantic co1 against the dry laws in half a dozen, states over a period of five years, and at- tempted to connect them with six distilleries in northern Illinois near Fulton, Joliet, Aurora and in Chi- cago. Those convicted with Besse were Mike Meyers, his brother, Joe, and his brother-in-law, Dave Dolff, and their henchman, Louis Israel, Aurora, Ti; Richard, Russell and Frank Price, James ‘Fisher, and thelr em- ployer, Harry Chapman of Waterloo, ; Frank Proost, Clifton, Ia., busi-|° ness man; Clarence er, Fulton, Il, garage owner; Jake Engelkins of Morrison, Ill; George Stein, Chicago; and Oscar Hopks of Waterloo, Ia. Wrigley Funeral Js ‘Set for Thursday Avalon, Catalina Island, Calif., Jan. 27.—(7)—On this rugged Pacific isle which William Wrigley, Jr., and his millions transformed into a eon tropical paradise the dynamic talist and sportsman will find his 1 4 resting place. A mausoleum will be prepared on Wrigley’s hilltop estate overlooking the sapphire semen. of Aram bay fora OF ho diea Mhueoday gum magnate, w! al Phoenix, Ariz. ‘The funeral will be held Thursday at 2'p. m, from Wrgler's palatial home in Pasadena. After brief burial rites at All Saints Episcopal church, the body will be placed in a vault to await completion of the mausoleum. Authorities Holding Warrant fo for Fargoan Burleigh county nty authorities hold a warrant for H. M. Carter, Fargo, charging him with obtaining money under false pretenses. The charges grew out of alleged misrepresentation in the sale of play- ground sauinment to « Burleigh county rural school. anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi's Broclamation of Indian in the Hindu resident Crowds of irresponaible elements, join- ‘ing in burned the extinguished cit more stri fires af ed with the crack of police vifles and the shouts of the crowds. correspondent for a British newspaper, narrowly escaped hands of the mob when he was mis- taken for a police official because he carried a club for self-protection. He Beherb reo only by the timely interven- ed with the rioters to remember Gandhi's sacred injunction against in- juring any foreigner. Woman Ordered to (5, Snes American taw 3 Mrs, Panetta Mrs. Panette twice has been depart- | ed from the United States for unlaw- CANDHT FOLLOWERS rly 1,000 Are Taken Into Custody as Independence Anniversary Ends Bombay, Jan. 27—(?}—The third tht of terror lal‘ section. Tuesday night was a the lig! setting for huge bon- itish cloth. The clanging of fire engines mingl- Sit Percival Philips, Américan-born. violence at the we 2 at benutifal beautiful Ann Bh : 19-year-old “Alliance (0.) of congress volunteers who plead- | Face Trial in N. D. Detroit, Mich., Jan. 27—()—Return of Mrs. Alice Panette, Battle Creek, to Devils Lake, N. D., for prosecution. in Pargo on a charge of unlawfully en- tering the United States was ordered Wednesfay by United States Com- missioner J. Stanley Hurd. Mrs. Panette, native of Brantford, Mont., wife of Claude Panette, Battle Creek, Mich., was arrested Dec. 21 when Canadian officials, holding her marriage forfeited her Canadian citi. zenship, turned her back at the bord- ful entry. Oriska Depositors at Fargo. | sara pent Know! Gar Wood tery surrounding the “alsa heiress, while on an European visit with her aunt was believed cleared up when it was reported that she was on al liner én route to America with a man whom she planned to marry. She had left her aunt in bibaarta Receive Dividend! A dividend of 10 per cent is being paid to the depositors of the closed Farmers State Bank of Oriska, ac- cording to L, R. Baird receiver. Payment is being paid through the office of O. L. Engen, district manager Sets N nes Sheet ie Miami Beach, Fia., . Gar Wood, veteran American apeed- boat racer, Wednesday set a mark of| Window [110.785 miles an hour in his Miss American IX to claim the world’s speedboat record. On the second of his runs, We pushed his long'24-cylinder boat a tate of 110.40 an hour south- ward over the measured nautical mile { Where Profits Went) Fig Angeles, Jan. Ft the remark, “gosh, judge, I really don’t know,” Rosetta Duncan, creator of the stage and screen character of Topay in “Topsy and Eva,” has balked a bankruptcy referee's inquiry into what became | of the reported $900,000 net profit eatned by -her and her alster, Me hye it happened to it?” asked Refefee Rupert Turnbull Tuesday, “and what happened to your au- tomobiles? Did they just dis- appear, and did you buy new ones every time?” “Gosh, judge, I. really don't know,” replied Rosetta. The inquiry is being made in an effort to learn the assets of the Duncan sisters, who entered a pe- tition of voluntary bankruptcy. unhurt, ia | ine i A ; u ae ge gi li i ! 8. ee Bi iF seconds. 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