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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-08-11
CINDERELLA ADOPTION ANNULLED
BY REALT0R ON FRAUD GROUNDS
Court Action Marks Denouemcnt of Fairyland Drama;
Mary Writes Memoirs

Newark. n. j.. Aug. P)--Thc
Newark Star Eagle in copyright
story today will announce that Mary
Louise Spas, 2l-year-old Bohemian
girl, who unsuc(essfully ~tried to
become IA modern Cinderella, spent
the night and this morning in New
ark in vain attempt to enter a
convent and become nun.
"lf / cannot become Il num-" sob
bed the young woman, "1'm going
to marry a poor boy and we'll work
and have u nice home" At the con-
vent st. John Baptist, the girl threw
herself at the feet Of the Mother
Superior and begged to be accepted
for the novitiate. "Oh, I'm so tired
of everything" she sobbed. "Plcasc
take me, sister, everything is ashes"
Refused Entrance
A later appeal to the community
fathers also failed. "1 don't think
you are capable of making a judg-
ment now," father of the order told
her. "If you insist you can 60 to
the convent station near Summit or
to the house Of the Good Shepherd
near her, but advise against it.
Go home with your father and
mother; I give you my blessing"
Accompanied by her father and
mother, the girl, who for day or
two had been the adopted daughter
Of Edward W. Browning. wealthy
real estate operator, arrived in New
ark shortly after midnight.
Pleads to be Admitted
"Take me to this place." she told
Jas O'Neill. taxi driver, as she
pointed to newspaper story telling
how Geraldine Richie, 10, New York
girl. sought asylum in the or
phanage Of St. John the Baptist, ad :
joining the convent. When the early
morning attempt to arouse the in
mates of the convent was unsuccess-
full, the girl consulted with her par
ents and told the driver to take her
to a cheap hotel and call for her
this morning.
They spent the night at a hostel
ry near the tube station and break
tasted in their room on a can Of
coffee and sandwiches. after which
the attempt was resumed.
Before 9 o'clock the trio left
Newark. the girl announcing that
she must appear in court in ia
maica, l.. L. at ten
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-08-11

would disappear. Later he was
bruised on the affected spot and the
sore failed to disappear as had pre-
viously been the case. He asked for
disability conversation.
Cites Cases
Another case at issue was that of
a man who claimed an electric shock
had ruined his health. Medical ex-
animation showed that he was suf-
fering from several chronic ailments,
Mcdonald said, and that grave doubt
existed as to whether the shock. suf-
fered in the course of his employ
ment. had anything to do with his
condition.
BY confirming the boards power
Of discretion and declaring it not
subject to judicial review, authority
was granted to reject unsubstan-
tiated claims which will total thou
sands Of dollars over a period of
years. Mcdonald said, and will pre-
vent the board from being imposed
on by persons urging spurious
claims for conditions net caused dur
ing the course of their employment
or which were chronic ailments.
The supreme courts decision
specifically pointed out that eases
where the point at issue is whether
or not claims are compensate at all
are proper matters to be decided by
the court since questions Of law
would be affected, but that the
amount of compensation even in
such cases he fixed solely by the
board.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-08-11
N. y. WHEAT
ESTIMATE is
UNCHANGED

Washington, Aug. 1l.--(R-Wea-
ther and other conditions during
July were shown today to have been
detrimental to crops generally, in
the department of agriculture's
monthly report.
The spring wheat production esti-
mate for North Dakota is practically
unchanged from that of July l, be-
ing 1O2,134 900 bushels, according to
the departments report for Aug. 1.
The large prospective corn crop
for the nation was reduced 145,OO0,-
600 bushels as compared with
month ago. the production now in
dicated being 2,95O,OOO,OOO bushels.
Rye, flaxseed, rice, sweet potatoes.
tobacco, hay and grapes also showed
losses from forecasts made last
month.
Winter wheat, for which prelim-
mary estimate of 416,O0O,OOO BUSH
els was given. showed an increase
over last month, but spring wheat
with a total Of 1868 100000 bushels
declined 100000. placing the en-
tire wheat crop 100000 bushels be-
low that forecast in July.
There was an improvement in oats
the crop forecast being 1887 100000
bushels. or 95.OOO,o0O more than
month ago.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-08-11
PRELATE GETS
P'URSE;;LEAyES
FOR VATICAN
Flock Gives Bishop Wehrle
$500 for Overseas VOy-
age; to Last 3 Months

Bishop Vincent Wehrle left yes
terday for a three months trip in
Europe that will terminate in a
visit to Rome where he will attend
the Jubilee and give an account OF
his stewardship as bishop. The
Catholics of Bismarck presented
Bishop Wehrle with a purse of $2,-
500 before he left.
Bishop Wherle will sail from
New York to Hamburg and then go
to Germany where he will visit in
Fulda. Mayence. Augsburg and
other places. He will next visit
relatives in Switzerland and attend
services at the Abbey of Our Lady
of Einsedls where he first became
~~'eSt
After a ten day stay there he
vii, 20 to Rome.
Bishop Wherle expects to be
back in Bismarck by the end of
October.
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New York, Aug. H. R-The
adoption of Mary Louise Spas by
Edward w. Browning, millionaire
real estate operator, was annulled
today by Surrogate Noble of Queens
county, On the grounds that the girl
had misrepresented her age.
The age issue was the only one
presented by district attorney New
comb, who entered the motion for
revocation.
Mary was present, as was also her
foster father, when the surrogate's
decision was announced. The girl
showed little emotion.
New York, Aug. l.--(P)-Mary
Louise Spas today continued to
capitalize her brief experience as
adopted daughter of Edward W.
Browning, millionaire real estate
operator, by writing her story for
syndicate publication.
Meanwhile proceedings were sched-
uled at Jamaica for annullment of
her adoption, on grounds of fraud.
Mr.. Browning charges that she fool
ed him into believing that she was
only 16, whereas written records
show her to be q.
Mary Louise was assailed bv Dis
trict Attorney Newcomb Of Vuecns
county last night as "designing and
unscrupulous.'
"She sought to obtain ease and
luxury, regardless of all else he
said. "It's tn. same olr story. of
money--of trying to get something
for nothing
The Bohemian girl also was term
ed fraud by DR.. Joseph F. c. Luhan.
friend Of Browning, who was with
him when Mary Louise was reported
to have attempted suicide last Fri
day night.
ut was deliberate bluff" DR..
Luhan said. "She merely smeared
her lips with poison and then locked
herself in the bath room, crying. 4
want to die when l threatened to
have her locked up as an attempted
suicide she screamed, "No, l didn't
want to commit suicide"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-08-11
INQUEST IN
KILLING WILL
CLOSE TODAY
Bismarck Chief of Police,
Working on Case, UncOvers
New Evidence
CLEWS POINT TO PAL
Coroner Will Conclude Inves-
tigation Late Today,
Sheriff Announces

Circumstantial evidence. pointing
to Henry Klingshrin. wandering har-
vest hand. as the murderer of his
pal, Jack" Page, Detroit harvest
laborer. was uncovered today in the
iceland church murder mystery, by
Sheriff Daniel p. Erlendbusch, who
is probing the case with the aid Of
Chris Martincson. Bismarck chief Of
police.
Martineson left for iceland last
night. on orders from Police Com
missioner J. B. French. A telegram
from Sheriff ErlendbuscN asking
that Mar \ne.Sn lend a hand in the
investigation was received at police
headquarters late ycsterdat
Klingshrin, who can give no fixed
abode. admitted he served term in
Il U. S. Military prison on the Pacific
coast while in the service during the
war, according to Martineson.
Three suspects are held in the
murder. including Klingshrin.
Arthur Werman. who gives his
home as Burketsville. o., and Fred
Lucas. who names n town in Indiana.
as his residence. are being held on
evidence supplied by Klingshrin.
A scrap Of paper, bearing the
bloody fingerprints of the dead mans
pal. Klingshrin, may be the basis of
clearing up the church murder. The
paper was found on Klingshrin, to-
gether with pocketbook, the prop
erty Of the murdered harvest hand.
The wallet contained $50 in cash
and $50 in travellers checks, together
with letter.
klingshrin. questioned last night
and today, holds firmly to his orig
inal story with slight variations.
Sheriff Erlendbusch, repoAts. Ac-
cording to the harvest hands YER
sion OF the crime, klngshrin and
Page were returning from harvest
work on farm in ehe vicinity o.
ICELAND and slept in Iceland
church. Two men, one with red hair
and a gruff voice, entered the church
toward morning, and held up both
pals. When Page resisted the
bandits shot him and fled.
On description furnished by King
shrin. county officials picked up the
two other suspects in iceland. Both
deny implication in the murder.
They say they slept in a moving pic
ture theatre Sunday night. but are
unable to prove an alibi.
klingshrin admits he and Page
talked with the two suspects Sum
day night.
A coroner's jury. which has been
probing the murder for two days.
will return its verdict this af;trnotn,
according to the Mcintosh county
sheriff.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-08-11
RAIN TODAY
SAVES LATE
STATE CROPS
Drenching Downpour Re-
lieves More Than Six
Weeks of Dry Weather

General rainfall throughout the
state today will give new life to
corn, late flax. and range grasses.
suffering from protracted dry wea-
ther Of July and August, o. W.
Roberts. Bismarck weather fore
caster, declared today.
Precipitation up to three o'clock
this afternoon measured approxi-
mately .46 of an inch in the Bis
marck area, Roberts stated. The
downfall, which concluded shortly
after three. will be followed by fair
weather tomorrow. according to the
forecaster.
The rain lasted nearly ten hours
intermittently.
Showers were general throughout
western North Dakota early this
morning, but the rainfall was not
sufficient to materially improve the
crop outlook, reports to the weather
bureau here indicated. The local
forecaster, however. said that fur
ther scattered showers we're possible.
Dickinson reported II of an inch.
Napoleon .07 and Bismarck, at seven
o'clock had .O5. BY nine o'clock it
had increased to .15. It was the
first measurable rainfall Bismarck
had enjoyed for month.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-08-11
CARGOOF BOOZE
AND 5 MEN HELD
AT PEMBINA LINE,

Grand Forks, N. d., Aug. IL
~-Five men and forty cases of
wkiskcy are being held by the
federal customs officials at Penn
b;na following the interruption
of the operations of a gang of
alleged liquor smugglers near
Ncche, N. Oak.
One of those held is Roy
Hughes. Ncche farmer. who is
said to have been hauling the
liqucr across the border to the
remaining four who waited for it
on this side. The latter quartet
gave the names of Clarence Mu-
lane, Joe Ryan and Peter Davis
cf East Grand Forks, Mimi, and
G.. w. Johnson of LOrimOr, Iowa.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-08-11
May
ST TERILIZE
DETECTIVES
Governor Calls Conference of
Institution Heads to
Decide Law

Gov. A. F.. Sorlic announced today
that the heads of North Dakota's s
penal and correctional institutions
will meet here September to con-
slider whether or not the states ster-
ilization law shall be made effective.
The law, passed several years ago,
has lain imperative on the statute
books. 1t grants to the state the
right to stcrilize habitual criminals,
idotic and feeble minded persons
and in some cases the insane. II
the heads Of the various state in
stitutions approve proposal to
place the law in operation plans will
be devised for carrying out the
work.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-08-11
Raw Pork Causes
Two Farm Deaths

yGriswold, Iowa. Aug. 11.-tR--
Two members of the family of Chas.
Ware are dead and the father and
mother are ILL.,, the latter seriously,
as the result of eating food which
is supposed to have contained roi-
son.
Mrs. Ware said the family ate raw
pork sausage for lunch yesterday and
physicians expressed the belief that
the meat caused the tragedy.
The dead are: AnSworth, 16, and
Charles
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-08-11
Rail Board Grants
Permits to Local
Transfer Companies

The North Dakota railroad csn-
mission today granted the Wachter
Transfer company a permit to oper-
ate freight service out of Bismarck.
Permit was granted by the railroad
commission to the Interstate Trans
portation company to substitute
Glass B service for Glass A service
on the Minot t-Sherwood freight line,
together with time schedules and
tariffs submitted.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-08-11
GUNS SMOKE
IN NEW BAY
STATE RIOTS
klansmen Discharge Volley of
BuckshOt Into Ranks of
Opposite Faction
FIVE RIOTERS HURT
Police Hold Is XXX Members
After Battle at Framing
ham Farm Barn

Framingham, Mass, Aug. H.
P)-Sixty of the IS men taken
into custo last night after a
continued ku klux Klan meet
ing had been broken up in a
shooting affray in which five
men were wounded. were re-
leased today. The other Is were
held in $3.50 bail for appearance
August l9 on riot charges.
Two Of the wounded, Alonzo Fo-
ley and Thomas Slincy, both Of Sax
vile, are at the birmingham hospi-
tai. Foley. shot through the temple
with buckshot, is in serious condi-
tion. Sliney has two facial wounds
The others. VIM. Bradley and Ed
mund Purcell of Framingham and
Francis Mcguire of Saxonville, we're
able to 60 home after their wounds
were dressed.
The riot, one Of the most serious
klan disorders ever staged in New
England, started last night when a
crowd of spectators gathered out
side Of a field on the farm of Pear
ley W. Libbey, where 100 klansmen
intended to hold their fifth meeting
in as many weeks. A few taunts
and rocks hurled at the klansmen
by the outsiders. were followed by
six charges of buckshot. fired from
the klansmcn near hen house be-
side the Libbey house. As the five
men fell. the outsiders dispersed,
pausing long enough to pick up the
wounded and carry them to nearby
doctors office where their wounds
were dressed and the state police
notified. The police then surround
ed the Libbey farm house and arrest
ed as men who were hiding inside
Search. of the barn revealed % more
and eight others were found hiding
in the bushes. State troopers also
found, they said. two shotguns, a
rifle and two belts of ammunition
on the Klan meeting place. The
anti-klansmen claim they were fired
on from ambush as they stood in
the highway. The klansmen claim
that rocks had been hurled at them
from the highway This was de-
MED by spectators who said that
they were not molested.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-08-11
TORNADO SWEEPS
IMPERIAL VALLEY

lockwood, Calf. Aug. 11.-R-
Damage estimated at from 1925, 900
to $l75,OOO resulted from the lorna
do which late Sunday swept this
Imperial Valley town. A checkup
of property losses and casualties re-
vealed that only two Of the towns
approximate 20 buildings were
resting upon their original sites.
Five residents are nursing minor in
juries.
The fact that the two tornadoes
met at lockwood is believed to have
saved Brawley, four miles from here,
and other Imperial Valley towns
from serious damage. The twisters
tore a path one-half mile wide and
four miles long before they could
destroy themselves.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-08-11
HOLDJJP KILLER
DIES IN CHAIR

Lincoln, Nebr., Aug. '1l.-P--
Walter Ray Simmons from Fremont
and deputy sheriff was electrocuted
at the state penitentiary here today
for the Staying of Frank PAIL, Spen-
Ger, Nebraska garageman.
The current which ended Simmons
life was sent into his body at 7:05
a. m. and was turned off at 7:06 a. m.
The doctors pronounced Simmons
dead shortly after.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-08-11
SCOTT DIVORCE
SCANDAL LOOMS

Alpena. Mich, Aug. 11.--(AP)-A
deposition by Florence Dallaw.
servant to Congressman Frank D.
Scott, read into the record of the
congressman's divorce action
against Edna J. Scott today assert
ed that Mr.. Scott and his secretary
Miss Jane Kennedy were alone in
the house office building, Washing
ton, in April. 1923, under "suspi-
cious circumstances"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-08-11

NAB FEEDER AL NARCOTIC CHIEF
AS" "BRAlN" OF NATION WIDE
DOPE SMUGGLING CONSPIRACY
Curtail Flax
Forecast For
North Dakota

Washington. Aug. ll-tR-
One estimated area Of flax has
been reduced from 3.446,O00
acres to 3.O93,000 on the basis Of
a resurvey found necessary Ow-
ing to the conflicting nature Of
evidence from North Dakota and
Monta ana available when the July
estimate was prepared.
The department of agriculture
announced the revised acreage
was about six per cent less
than the acreage harvested last
year. The new figure for North
Dakota is 1856, 900 acres and for
Montana $4,000 acres.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-08-11
ZAP COLLERY co. PREPARES
FOR LARGE OUTPUT

Zap, Aug. 11.-through the INSTALL
alton of large steam shovel. the
revision of its tipple facilities and
the acquisition of new property. un-
derlaid with coal, and capable of be-
ing stripped, the Zap Colliery Co.
proposes to largely increase its OUT
put during the winter months.
average @ Of about thirty. five pnsnO men per er
day in getting out an average Of six
hundred tons each twenty-four hours
With the changes at the tipple and
the new equipment it is believed that
a working force Of twenty-five men
will load an average Of 1000 tons
each day.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-08-11
GIRL SWIMMER
COLLAPSES IN
CHANNEL SWIM

Boulogne, France. Aug. 1l.-P-
Miss Lillian Harrison of Argentina
who was taken from the water in a
state of collapse last night when
eight miles off Dover while attempt
ing to swim across the English
Channel. suffered relapse after
reaching her home at Girls Nez this
morning. The doctors said 'her
condition was not serious, but that
she would require absolute rest for
some weeks. They described her as
quite run down physically.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-08-11
Put Over Sand,
Gravel Hearing

The state railroad board today
postponed to September 2, its hear
ing on the application of the North
Dakota Farm Bureau Federation's
application for reduction Of rates
on sand and gravel by the Chicago.
Milwaukee & st. Paul and other
railroads. The hearing originally
had been set for Angst Is.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-08-11
Rear Bryan Shaft
at ClestOn Fla.

New York, Aug. ll.-tR-Cleston
Florida, has been definitely select
ed as the site for the National mon
ument to the late William Jennings
Bryan. Announcement to this ef-
feet was made today by Miss Dion
essa Bryan Evans, his god daughter.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-08-11
TEN cow HIDES MAKE ONE BOOT

Doebeln. Germany-(F-What is
claimed to be the largest cavalry
boot in the world was recently man
ufactured to commemorate the 6OOth
anniversary of the boot-makers'
guild here. Ten large COW hides we're
required to supply the leather for
the boot. The foot measures So
feet and the shaft 1914, feet. The
boot will remain at the town hall as
a permanent exhibit.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-08-11
RUBBER IMPORT GAINS

The total value Of crude rubber
imported b ythe United States dur
ing the five months ended May 81,
1925, is given at $l2l l,417,490 compar-
ed with $76,185,2 ,237 for correspond
ing periof'Vf last year. y Ds:*
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-08-11
SETS FIRST RECORD

The first speed record between
Los Angeles and San Francisco was
set 20 years ago by George Hens
ley, averaging "a miles an hour.
This record was broken year later
with an average speed Of % miles an
hour.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-08-11
SPEED TRAPS lLLEGAL

The state legislature of California
has passed a law which eliminates
speed trap evidence as legal mate
rial against traffic law violators.
Speed cops now have to trail sus-
pected drivers and time them.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-08-11
COMMISSION
DISCUSSES
SPEED WAR
Declines to Act on Proposal to
Purchase Motorcycle in
Speed Campaign

The city commission at it's meeting
last night declined to act on the re-
quest of W. S. Casselman, city mag
istrate, for purchase of "A motorcycle
to aid in enforcement Of traffic or
dinances in Bismarck and to curb
reckless driving within city limits.
Police Commissioner John French
declared there were few violations
of speed ordinances in the down.
town district of the city. and stated
it as his opinion that the traffic
situation can be taken care Of with
the present police arrangement.
A renewal Of the war on speeding
along Memorial Highway will be
launched today, it was announced at
police headquarters.
Commenting on Sundays resume
of motor accidents. Commissioner
French pointed out that no serious
mishaps occurred within Bismarck
proper.
Advisability Of substituting a
more modern system Of traffic de-
vices for the present system Of Isl
lent police" which now dot the city
down town street intersections was
discussed.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-08-11
Weather Report
Temperature at z a. m. ....... go
Highest yesterday .84
Lowest last night 80. ....... 6;
Precipitation at a. m. ....... .05
Highest wind velocity IA

Lowest last night .............63 SO
Precipitation at a. m. ..05
Highest wind velocity IA
Weather Forecasts
For Bismarck and vicinity: Show
ers or thunderstorm this afternoon
or tonight, followed by mostly fair
Wednesday. Not much change in
temperature.
For North Dakota :Showers or
thunderstorms this afternoon or TO-
night, followed by mostly fair Wed
nesday. Slightly cooler tonight in
northwest portion.
General Weather Conditions
A low pressure area, accompanied
by precipitation, prevails all along
the eastern slope of the Rockies and
in the southern plains States. Show
ers also occurred in western North
and South Dakota with cloudy
weather in the eastern part. Two
inches of RAIN fell at Rapid City and
almost an inch at Miles City. Sea-
sonable temperatures prevail in all
ORRIs W. ROBERTS,
Official in Charge
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-08-11

Expenditure Of $lO0,OO0,0O0 to
bring the Russian telephone system
up to date is planned by the soviet
government, ,1i4G
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-08-11

FATALITIES DECREASE
Il has been learned that there are
comparatively few child fatalities
from auto accidents in places where
there are conveniently located play
Ercuues.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-08-11
LAND ALLOTTED TO sAMoANs

LAND ALLOTTED TO SAMOANS
Apia, Samoa up The native
parliament of Western Samoa. meet
ing recently, made radical change
in the land laws. All male Samoans
over the age Of II are to be allotted
five acres. When these five acres
are planted. each will receive a Sec
ond grant of five acres. The own
ers of the land so allotted are to be
compensated.
This change will affect consider
ably the Samoan social system.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-08-11

Purchase of a Ford dump truck
costing $734.35. street department
equipment. was authorized at last
nights meeting.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-08-11

City Magistrate Casselman was di
rected to submit report to the COM
mission covering activities of the
police court for three month per-
iod