The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, October 23, 1934, Page 1

4 © * 30,000 Persons Greet Victors With Noisy Demonstration at Melbourne & 4 ESTABLISHED 1873 SCOTT AND BLACK END LONG JOURNEY HALF DAY IN LEAD Parmentier and Moll Land Safe- ly After Being Lost, Take Second Prize TURNER-PANGBORN THIRD in Charleville at 8: 5 (305 p. m,, eastern standard time), ‘4 heading for Melbourne on the last leg of the race from England. Melbourne, Australia, Wednesday, Oct. 24.—(®)—Two , Char- Jes W. A. Scott, 31, and Tom Campbell Black, 35, won the $50,000 speed race from England to Aelbourne Monday, - but their closest competitors, a Dutch team in an American plane, won a fight for their lives early Tuesday. The flying Dutchmen, K. D. Par- mentier and J. J. Moll, with five per- sons in their big (Douglas) transport » plane, were hours ahead of their near- est rivals, Col. Roscoe Chet and Clyde Pangborn, at Then they became lost in ee which were sweeping over the high gic] THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1934 night; Wednesday f: The Weather Partly cloudy and slightly colder to= and warmer, PRICE FIVE CENTS Police Guns Halt Car Theft [/__Setentit Ske Swatophere Data PRETTY BOY’ FLOYD HENRY FORD (left) and PROF. PICCARD and WIFE on * * * ** @ Piccards Soar Over Ohio uplands north of the Australian Alps. ing. The station broadcast an appeal to all farmers to go out and illuminate the race course direction with their automobile headlights. ‘The Comet plane of Scott and Black crossed the finish line at 3:34 p. m. (12:30 a. m., EST) Monday, setting a record of 70 hours, 59 minutes, 50 ey from Mildenhall Airdrome, ate oa ktcms oraa ocaiieredia iCall of outstanding pilots, most of them badly beaten in the ambitious 11,323- mile race half-way around the world. The Parmentier plane had 120 gal- Jons of gasoline still unused when it In Quest of PROJECTS TOTALNG $297,794 APPROVED THROUGHOUT STATE .{ Willson Announces Allocations, Largest Goes to Nursing Program Projects totalling $297,794, embrac- ing many activities in various sec- tions of the state. were approved ‘Tuesday by Federal Relief Adminis- trator E. A. Willson. Largest allocation of funds for a single project was to the state health committee, for which $111,875 was earmarked, to defray costs of state- wide ni program. Included in the amount were funds for Sepiem- ber and October. Bottineau county received a $13,758 allocation for a sewing program, in- cluding both materials and labor. The Pooiect will be in force for nine months. ‘To Ward county went approval cf a pees surplus cattle program, while in Burleigh county at Bismarck, a meat processing project involving $14,817 was approved. A number of small roads projects also were approved, while numerous schools will receive the benefit of Tepairing, reconstruction and paint- ing as a result of federal sid. Highway ditch-cleaning, straw- baling, airport construction, and dam building are among other projects "| passed by the federal administrator. (Continued on Page Two) ' Next Highway Letting Set for November 23 State Highway Com Commissioner T. sa »| to receive approval. One well-digging project in Pierce county in Antelope township failed It was rejected on recommendation of Herbert H. Sans, assistant state geologist. County Projects Approved Counties which received project ap- proval Tuesday include: Cass—Baling straw by federal government in county, 21 to be employed, 20 weeks, $4,506; Fai go, repair and upkeep at Frergo nur- sery school, $2,430; Golden Ridge school district No. 126, remodeling of school building, $1,550; county, sur- plus commodity distribution, $5,600; county, storing straw, $2,184. Adams county—Clerical heip, na- tional re-employment service, $270; North Lemmon school district, paint- Bibley township, ararailig, picking rocks, $2,350; county, mi county bridge on Valley road to elim- imate dangerous curve, cutting new creek channel, $868. Bottineau—Reshaping and surfac- j| im four miles of road, $3,310, NRWR project, allocated to state highway it; Sherman township, graveling three miles of road, $3,120; Kane township, five miles road work, $4,320; sewing project, $13,758. Burke Gets Road Funds Burke—Regrading and shaping road, two miles northwest section of road- aged general school repairs; Plus cattle pee, $4,778; Elkhorn school schools, foundation work, interior, » $534. (Continued on Page Two) Cosmic Rays Stratospheric Balloon Report- ed Over Cleveland at Noon Tuesday > BULLETIN Cadiz, O., Oct. 23—(?)—The Pic-} card stratosphere balloon landed & few minutes before 3 p. m., (E. 8. T.) near the Pike Peak school house, sev- eral miles west of here. Dr. Jan Pic- card, scientist making the flight with his wife, Jeannette, was reported by farmers to have landed in a para~ chute. Why he jumped was not de- termined. It could not be learned immediate- ed in the gondola until it landed or had followed her husband down in & parachute. First reports said Dr. Piccard land- ed safely. of the mysterious cosmic rays, Dr. Jean and Mrs. Jeannette Piccard had surmounted the first hazard of their stratospheric balloon flight by drift- ing safely across Lake Erie Tuesday morning, and were reported over Cleveland, O., at noon. An overcast sky and low visibility pre- vented ground watchers from seeing the sphere, but two United Air Line pilots who nosed up to 14,000 feet re- ported the sight of the company’s raido operator in a radio-telephone conversation. Mrs. Piccard was quoted as saying they were heading toward the strato- sphere, but no altitude was given. Earlier, an American amateur radio operator reported sighting the balloon, still over Norwalk, O. Clouds Screen Flight Their light metal gondola dangled from a huge gas bag as tall as a large Office building. but low hanging clouds screened even such a gigantic object from the view of persons on the ground. They took off from Ford Airport at 6:58 a. m., the gondola barely clearing @ clump of trees as Mrs. Piccard—the ‘only licensed. woman balloon pilot in obstacles that might have ended the flight disastrously within the view of 45,000 spectators. A radio-equipped car, waiting at the Cleveland airport to pick up Mrs. Piccard’s signals and follow the balloon’s course, if possible, had heard nothing two hours after the flight began, and set out for Pittsburgh. The balloonists expected to be aloft about 12 hours. ‘The balloon’s ceiling was estimated at 11 miles, but the Piccards expected e halt their ascent at about 9% miles record observations by means of an eres battery of scientific instru- ments carried in the cramped quar- ters of the seven-foot gondola. At a height of 10,000 feet they planned to seal their gondola and de- pend upon oxygen. Mexico Takes Action To Forestall Violence Mexico, D, F, Oct Oct, 23.—(?)—The sale of arms and ammunition was for- bidden in certain parts of Mexico Tuesday by orders of the secretary of war, apparently in a move to fore- twe {stall any possibilities of violent ac- tion by Catholic and other elements it} opposing government policies. President Abelardo Rodriguez, who will make the final decision on @ pro- ject for expulsion of Catholic arch- bishops and bishops from Mexico, re- painting of five bend last night to Tehuacan after a day here, apparently postponing for at least @ few days any definite ac- tion by the government. ly whether Mrs. Piccard had remain- | Detroit, Oct. 23—)—On the trail | the United States—hastily dumped |of here. Far- | 50 pounds of lead ballast to clear the SLAIN BY SLEUTHS IN OHIO CORNFIELD Four Slugs From Guns of De- partment of Justice Agents Fell Desperado STARVED OUT OF HIDING Remains Tight-Lipped on Mass- acres; Admits Identity Before Dying East Liverpool, O., Oct. 23—(#)— Charles Arthur “Pretty Boy” Floyd, the terror of the Oklahoma Badlands, lay on an undertaker’s slab here Tuesday in expiation of his 10 years of crime. His black, patent-leather hair slicked down meticulously even in death, +the braggart sought for the infamous Kansas City Union station massacre a year ago last June bore ne marks of four bullets, fired at his vrma law finally caught up with the , listed as public enemy No. 1 since John Dillinger fell under rain of lead in Chicago three months ago, on an isolated farm, seven miles north of here, late Monday. - An End For Floyd, who boasted he never would be taken alive, it was an ignominious end. Alone when fed- eral and city officers poured a death- dealing fire at his retreating figure, the bandit charged with the deaths of at least seven men remained solitary figure in death. His mother, who had indicated she would come to East Liverpool to claim the body, advised Coroner E. R. Sturgis to send it to her home at Sallisaw, Okla., for burial. Sturgis was compieting # piece- meal and perfunctory inquest Tues- day, gathering bits of evidence from department of justice agents and East Liverpool police to complete the record. By afternoon he expected to turn the body over officially to a mortician, for return to the state which witnessed so many of his bloody escapades. His nemesis was Melvin Purvis of the department of justice—the man who got Dillinger—aided by three of his agents and four East Liverpool Policemen. So lacking in drama, so quick, was {the death of the desperado that it jshocked the peaceful countryside only | after the full import of the slaying | became known. Shot in Corn Field Floyd crumpled up in a corn stubble field, 500 feet from a corn-crib whore jhe had taken momentary refuge, be: jfore heading toward a wooded ridge. Only an hour before he had appeared at the Ellen Conkle farm, tired, dis- heveled, dirty. Hunger had driven him out of Beaver Creek valley in the sparsely settled Spruceville section. He rapped at the back door of the) house. Mrs. Conkle, cleaning @ smokehouse nearby, called a response to the stranger. “I’m lost and I want something to ig ” said Floyd “I'll pay you.” . Conkle Care @ meal ie him. asked for newspa-| Mrs. Conkle grew suspicious. manufactured a! Floyd changed tactics. the truth, lady,” he said, “I got drunk last night, and I don’t know where I am exactly. I'll pay you it you will drive me into ¥« mn.” ounerene is some 25 miles north ‘Out in the Somers. he met Stew- art Dyke, a brother of Mrs. Conkle, who'had been husking corn, and ask- ed for a ride to Youngstown. Dyke refused. He had to go home, he said. “Tl take you to Clarkson, though,” offered Dyke. He backed up the car. Floyd was in the rear seat. Mrs. Dyke sat with her husband. At that moment two automobile loads of officers appeared in their cars. Floyd paled. He barked at Dyke. “Drive behind the corn crib,” he ordered. Dyke started the car. “Get going!” shouted Floyd, with a burst of profanity. ‘The desperado pulled a gun and jumped from the car. In a split sec- ond he had sought refuge under & (Continued on Page Two) Streamlined Train Setting Rec Record Time Salt Lake City, ty, Oct. 23.—()—The six-car streamlined Pullman train of the Union Pacific, out to demon- strate the feasibility of a 60-hour schedule between Los Angeles .and New York City, neared this city at Ban Tuer, on the schedule set for it Leaving Los Angeles at10p. m, Pacific Standard Time, Monday night, the canary-brown aluminum train passed Lynndyl, Utah, 665.9 miles from the start, at 11:28 a. m., Moun- | Englishmen Smash Record to Win Air Derby LITTLE AMERICA 0 LOSE VOTING RIGHT State Laws on Absentees Make No Provision for Cast Ballot by Radio Washington, Oct. 23.—(?)—Admiral | *| Richard E. Byrd and members of his south polar expedition were ruled dcwn Tuesday in an effort to vote by radio in the coming eleptions, be- cause state laws on absentee voting make no provision for that kind of ballot. This information was sent the ex- plorer by Chairman Farley of the Democratic national committee. He|' acted after governors cf states from which the adventurers come had told him that under present laws the novel method of voting proposed by Byrd could not be employed. ‘The Democratic national commit- tee made public Admiral Byrd’s radio message to Farley stating that mem- bers of the expedition cesired to vote because of their interest in home affairs. Farley obtained a statement from the justice department pointing out that the eligibility to vote and the manner of voting was governed by the laws of the various states, and expressing an informal opinion that it was highly doubtful whether any state permitted voting by radio be- cause it would destroy the secrecy of the ballot. “Replies from the governors and Officials of 11 states all state that for one reason or another votes by radio could not be counted,” Demo- cratic headquarters said. Altogether 51 members of the ex- pedition are listed as eligible voters. Young Rugby Bandit Pleads Guilty Monday Rugby, N. D., Oct. 23. —(P)—A plea of guilty toa charge of robbery of the Merchants Bank of Rugby last Thurs- day morning was entered in district court here Monday afternoon by My- ron Rognlie, 19, of Minnewaukan. Judge G. Grimson of Rugby, who re- ceived the plea, set Wednesday at 2 Pp. m., as the date for the imposition of sentence. Rognlie was unaccompanied by counsel when he appeared in court to enter his plea, but advised the judge that Clyde Duffy of Devils Lake is his attorney, and that he will be here at the time of sentencing Wednesday. Prety Boy’ Floyd Goes the Way of All Gunmen This Associated Press picture shows \cawee the finale in the career of 'Charles “Pretty Boy” Floyd, notori- ous southwestern desperado who fi- nally was slain near East Liverpool,' ©., after he had been the object of a iong search, The scene iss mete in East Liverpool. Grouped around Floyd's body as his fingerprints were taken for the last time are, left to \right: Chief of Police Hugh J. Mc- | Dermott, Patrolman Glenn C. Mont- ‘gomery, Chester Smith, Herman Roth and E, G. Sturgis. The first four, members of the East Liverpool police department, aided federal men in tracking down Floyd. Below is shown the crowd that jammed the street in front of a morgue at East Liverpool, ©., where the body of “Pretty pee Floyd was taken after he had been slain by federal men on a farm near East Liverpool. 4) MEN SENDS $0 Ship Helpless in Typhoon 900 Miles East of Philippine Islands San Francisco, Oct. 23.—(#)—Help- less and beaten before the fury of & South Pacific typhoon, the oil tank- er Doheny with 40 men aboard flash- ed an SOS 900 miles east of the Phil- ippines Tuesday. Her bridge and rudder were gone; jher radio was silenced soon after the first flash for aid, and the nearest help was about 700 miles away—three days, The steamer Olympia, bound out from Tacoma, Wash., 200 miles east of the Philippines and the nearest steamer, picked up the SOS and put about under full steam, but it can make only 10 knots, which wouid take nearly three days for it to reach the scene, Masons Have ‘Mulligan Stew’ at Stag Party Masons of the local A. F. and A. M. lodge had “Mulligan stew,” pre- pared and served by Lars Johnson, at their regular Monday night stag par- ty program held at the Masonic tem- ple. Bridge was played at eight tables during the evening. The committee in charge was Lesije A. French, J. H. .} Osborn and Grover C. Reggs. ONE MAN WOUNDED = WHEN TRIO FAILS TO OBEY COMMAND Two Others Taken in Custody and Are Expected to Face Larceny Charges ACT TO HALT CRIME WAVE Fire If Necessary, Ebeling Tells Squad as Eighth Machine Is Stolen Police guns blazed in Bismarck Monday night to wound one of three men, held Tuesday on charges of at- tempting to steal an automobile. The wounded man is Raymond Helton, a member of the Civilian Conservation corps, shot in the arm when, police say, he refused to halt as he and his companions were try- ing to drive off with an automobile owned by J. M. Ireland, 512 Rosser Avenue. 35 10 TESTIFY IN NS, SANKEY TRIAL: Charles Boettcher II, Haskell Bohn Among Witnesses at Sioux Falls Sioux Falls, 8. D., Oct. 23—(#)— With preliminaries of the case spee- dily disposed of, the first of 35 or more government witnesses was ex- pected to take the stand Tuesday in the second trial of Mrs. Fern Sankey, _____| widow of the gangster Verne, in fed- ~~ Jeral district court here on charges of conspiracy to kidnap. Among the prosecution witnesses will be Charles Boettcher II, Denver ‘broker who was abducted in Febru- ary, 1933; Haskell Bohn of St. Paul, who Sankey admitted kidnaping be- fore he committed suicide in the state penitentiary here; Gordon Alcorn, now under life sentence for the Boett- cher crime; Ray Robinson, convicted of the Bohn case, and federal opera- tives. Selection of a jury Monday con- sumed only 3% hours. Outlining the government's case, George Phillips, federal district attorney, stated he would show Mrs. Sankey was aware lof the Boettcher kidnap plans and was Mable to conviction and possible life sentence. ‘A second defendant in the first trial in which the jury disagreed, Mrs. Al- vina Kohler, sister of Mrs. Sankey, is not on trial in the present case, the government having elected to hold in abeyance charges against her. Yugoslav Cabinet to Seek Croat Support Belgrade, Yugoslavia, Oct. 23.—(P)— A new cabinet composed entirely of members of the dictatorial govern- ment of the late King Alexander was formed Tuesday. Predictions were made in some quarters that the government would fold office only briefly, pending ef- forts to win support of Croat and Slovene leaders. QUADRUPLETS DIE New York, Oct. 23.—(#)—Quadrup- lets, three boys and a girl, born to Mrs, Ceceila Mulligan, 25, of the Bronx, died Tuesday in Lincoln hos- pital, after living only a few hours. Mrs. Mulligan, the mother of three other children, was reported recover- ing. Arrested with Helton by Police- men W. F. Franklin and Frank Yea- ter were Thomas K. Posey and Gyle Johnson, both of Company K at Fort Lincoln. The technical charge against them is grand larceny. Ar- raignment before a justice of the peace is scheduled for later in the week. The story of the shooting began with a report that the Ireland auto- mobile had been taken from in front of the Pioneer Club at 721 Thayer Avenue and driven to the alley at the rear of West Cafe on Main Avenue. Refuse to Stop Here Officer Yeater caught up with the stolen machine and ordered its occupants to halt. The men refused to do so, drove halfway down the block and then got out of the car and made a run for it. Pranklin, coming into the alley, pur- sued one of the men and after a chase halfway across the city found him in an alley. Yeater ordered the other men to halt and when they continued to run, he opened fire, one t. inflicting a flesh wound in Helton’s arm. Both men surrender- ed immediately. Acting Police Chief W. R. Ebeling said the shooting occurred in an ef- fort to halt car thefts in Bismarck. The theft Monday was the eighth cars evidently having been taken for were recovered. of them were found on the road to Fort Lincoln. this car theft business even if it be- comes necessary to shoot,” said Ebel- man get away, ooeey he has been spot- ted in a stolen CITY FATHERS PASS ~| RULE ON DEFECTIVE AUTOMOBILE LIGHTS \Cars Will Be il Be Tagged ir in Future and Owners Given 48 Hours to Make Repairs | Carrying out the city ordinance which requires correct illumination on automobiles at night, the city com- mission passed a ruling Monday de- signed to stamp out the practice of neglecting defective headlights and rear lamps and imposing a five dol- lar penalty for violation. Proposed by Paul Wachter, police commissioner, the ruling of the com- mission provides that all cars with defective headlights or only one buto urning will be tagged by local police officers. Forty-eight hours will be allowed to the car owners in which to repair the headlights. At the expiration of that time the police tags must be in the hands of the city judge, signed by the mechanic who did the repair work. If the lights are not corrected within the 48-hour limit, the $5.00 fine will be imposed. Citing the city ordinance which pro- hibits the posting of posters or ad- vertisments on telephone poles or other public utility property without the consent of the utility owners, the commissioners warned political can- didates not to placard the posts dur- ing the coming election. The com- missioners pointed out that none of the utility companies had given per- mission to have the signs posted. Amend Taxi-Cab Ordinance An amendment to the taxi-cab ord- inance, providing that only one “ve- hicle for hire” may be parked in front of the cab stands or in the restrict- ed areas of the city at one time, ex- cept to receive or discharge passeng- ers, was passed by the commissior. Parking zones where the one cab mav park were fixed for each local ca> company. The low bid of $2.75 per ton tor forked mine-run lignite coal, to be used in the city filtration, street and water shops, was accepted by the com- mission. It was submitted by Frank Fresen. Walter Clark was appointed to succeed Ed Trepp as election in- spector in the second ward, second precinct, and Matt Boespflug was named in place of Grant Marsh in the sixth ward, second precinct. Beer licenses issued by the city for both off and on sale were checked and several held up for investigation to be made before they are submitted to the state beer commissioner. (Continued sm Page Two) % since Saturday, he said, the other, the purpose of joy-riding, since all’ Three “We are going to put an end ta’