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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-12-28
SCHOOL BOYS
KILL TWO MEN
NEAR MANKAT0
Farmer and Son, Shot Down
When They Order Students
to Leave Their Land

Mankato. Minn., Dec. 28.---(P)-Or-
dering party Of high school stu
dents to leave their land, Henry
Jacobe and his son, Frank, were shot
and killed late yesterday on their
farm near here.
Harry Fleming, II, high school
student and a member Of the Mime
sofa National Guard, who did the
shooting, and a companion, Walter
Clement. were held in Jail today
without charge pending an inquest
Two girls who were members Of the
party were not held.
The four young people had been
on a hunting trip through the c0un-
tryside during the afternoon. Late
in the day they arrived at the Jacobe
farm, built fire and prepared q
lunch.
Claims Self Defense
Attracted by the fire, the Jacobes
came to warn the trespassers to
leave. Fleming, who told authorities
he fired his revolver in self defense
said the two farmers advanced in q
threatening manner and he was
frightened.
Frank JacObe was instantly killed
The father died later ut MankatO
hospital, from a bullet wound in the
breast. The son had three bullet
wounds.
The Jac0bcs were not armed.
The Jacobes, "a and 81 years old
met death on land twice raided by
prohibition enforcement officers and
from which several parties of picnick-
ers had been driven, it was revealed
today.
Men Have Court Records
On the hillside where the shooting
occurred, county officers more than
q year ago unearthed the largest still
ever found in Blue Earth county. The
younger Jacobe served time in the
county Jail after this raid, while his
father was given suspended sen.
tence. The elder Jacobe had previ-
ously served time after officers had
found another still in raid three
years ago.
Shooting on the part of Fleming
apparently was on the spur Of the
moment. County Attorney Frank f.
Morse said today. A charge Of second
degree murder may be lodged against
him as result, Mr.. Morse said, al
though this will not be determined
until after the inquest this after
noon.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-12-28
POISON LIQUOR
DEATH TOLL IS
RISING IN N. Y.
Twenty-three Deaths in
Greater New York Alone At.
tributed to That Cause
OVER 100 IN HOSPITALS
Government Will Soon Use
New Formula Making Al
cchOl Unfit 10 Drink

New York, Dec. 2S.-(P)-The death
toll from Christmas liquor drinking
IN Greater New York today had risen
to 2:', with scores, perhaps more than
100, of poison victims under treat
mcnt in hospitals for alcoholism.
In Chicago seven deaths have been
reported. in Detroit five; in Des
Moines two; in Milwaukee three and
Omaha two.
DIR. Charles &. Norris, New York
city medical examiner, declares that
extensive chemical analysis would
have to be made before it could be
determined whether the deaths here
were due to poisoned liquor or ex-
cessive drinking.
Government Not Responsible
The government declines to accept
any responsibility for any deaths due
to drinking alcohol which passed
through it's hands. Federal agents
in Washington declare that, although
two per cent wood alcohol was placed
in most Of the industrial alcohol, this
IS not sufficient to cause death.
Washington officials indicate, how
ever, that the prohibition unit will
investigate closely the source Of sup
ply of the liquor that caused the
deaths.
Lincoln e. Andrews, head Of the
dry forces, has announced in Wash
ington that the government expects
to have ready by January l, new
formula which will make the taste of
its alcohol so unpleasant that drink
ers cannot swallow it.
More Deaths Than Last Year
In New York, Bellevue hospital
alone today had 70 persons, Ia Of
them women, in its alcoholic ward and
10 alcoholic cases were reported at
Kings County hospital, Brooklyn. Sew
enteen of the 23 died in Manhattan,
five in Brooklyn and one in Queens
county.
The alcoholic death list for the
entire holiday season in New York
last year was only 1S and the num-
ber Of cases in hospitals much low
er than this year. Poorer quality Of
the liquor on the market was given
as the cause.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-12-28
AIMEE PLANS
LECTURE TOUR
OF AMERICA
Several Weeks Vacation Trip
Will Start About Middle
Of Next Month

Los Angeles. Dec. 2S Aimee
Semple Mcpherson, awaiting trial on
criminal conspiracy charges. plans to
spend her annual vacation next
month on IA lecture tour Of the Unit
ed States.
''l've worked so hard this past year
and it has been such troublesome
period that I'm ready for a rest
the Angelus Temple evangelist ex-
planned last night in disclosing her
plans. my people and my board
kindly concur in the idea and I've
arranged to be away for several
weeks, starting about the middle Of
next month. OF course. | haven't my
plans complete or in definite shape,
but ! think it would be II good idea
if can accept few lecture dates
while on my vacation"
New York, Boston, Baltimore, Phil
sldclphia and San Francisco are in
cludcd in Mrs. McI'hcrsons tentative
itinerary.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-12-28
287,OO0 FOLKS
LIKELY TO GET
TAX REFUNDS
Secretary Mellon Asks For
Authority to Return llle-
gally Collected Taxes

Washington. Dec. 2S.-(R--Con-
gress was asked by Secretary Mellon
today to give the treasury authority
TO refund $174,l20,177 illegally col
lected in taxes for the fiscal year
1927 and "prior" years.
The money is to be refunded to
about $4,000 taxpayers in amounts
ranging from one icent to hundreds
Of thousands Of dollars. The treas
ury previously had transmitted to
congress a supplemental estimate to
cover the amount and the budget
bureau had announced the figure had
been taken into consideration in
estimating the treasury surplus for
the present fiscal year.
Secretary Mellon, in transmitting
the request today to the house ways
and means committee, sent a list
Of names Of those who will benefit
under the refund. Closely typed.
they covered 14,360 sheets Of foolscap
paper, and = truck was required to
haul the bundles.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-12-28
POSTAL CLERK
KILLS ONE OF
R0BBER TRIO
Two Youthful Bandits and
Girl Companion Overlooked
Victims Gun

Chicago, Dec. 2S-tP)-Two youth.
full robbers armed with toy pisto
and a girl companion. thrilled at tht
prospect of becoming "bandit
queen" met defeat last night. at thu
hands Of Robert Ray. 20, who shot
and killed one Of them and caused
the capture of the others with rea
gun they had overlooked when they
held him up.
The youths dragged Ray, nosta
clerk, into an alley and robbed him
Of ST. but as they fled to an auto
mobile, in which the girl was wait.
ing, Ray opened fire. killing Johr
Renzio, 18. Tony Oliver. II, and Elm:
Crawford, 2l, were capturcd.
The girl said she met the youths
at theatre and had accompanied
them just for the "thrill of being .
bandit queen"
81 never thought anybody woult
get killed." she said. "They haG
only that little gun and it didn't
look like that would hurt anybody
The two admitted several previous
robbcries, all accomplished with the
water pistol.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-12-28
y. S. Pays Big Price
For Neglecting to
Teach Citizenship

Chicago, Dec. 28.-M-Twelve
thousand murders is the price the
United States paid last year for
neglecting to teach fundamental cit
izenship. William d. Saltiel, chair
man ofs the American Citizenship
Foundations Campaign Committee,
told the American Business Club
of Chicago today.
Until America removes the blot
of crime from her pages, our system
of education and moral uplift is a
rank failure" said Mr.. Saltiel. "Prop-
er teaching of citizenship inculcates
respect for the rights of others and
social conscience.
1--WE need Dictatorship, not of
the Mussolini type, but of the major
ity Of red blood, courageous, pioneer
spirited men and women who know
the true fundamentals of our system
Of government"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-12-28
% LIQUOR DEATHS IN
FRISCO DURING YEAR

San Francisco, Dec. 28--(R)-Al-
though no deaths from poison liquor
have been reported thus far since
the holiday season began, Coroner
T. B. w. Leland disclosed today that
his records showed % persons have
died here this year from that cause
and that 200 other deaths, in which
poison liquor was the chief con-
tributing factor, had been reported
during the IL months.
For every death which is official
~ attributed to poison booze here,
you may safely calculate 10 times as
many" said Coroner Leland. He de-
nounced the methods used by the
government in denaturing alcohol.
and declared the government was to
blame for the deaths. In all but two
Of the 28 cases, denatured alcohol
and not wood alcohol was held as the
cause Of death.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-12-28
TEXAN TELLS
OF SLAYING
13 PERSONS
Extra Guards. Assigned to
Watch Panhandle Rancher,
Now in County Jail
TRIES TO KILL HIMSELF
Murdered Wife and Eight
Children Three Weeks Ago
admits Another killing

Farwell, Texas, Dec. 2s-CN-
Extra guards today were assigned to
watch George ]. Hassell, Texas PAN
handle rancher, who is confined in
the county jail here following con-
fessions to the Staying of 13 persons.
Charged with murder, following his
admission that he killed his wife and
her eight children and placed the
bodies in dugout on his ranch near
here three weeks ago, Hassell last
night confessed to Staying woman
and three children in California
three years ago. He refused to re-
veal the names Of the California vic
Tins or to comment on the crime
other than to say "it was good
job" the sheriff said.
Has Knife Wounds
Hassell is recovering from knife
wounds self inflicted when officers
came to search his ranch after
neighbors had become suspicious Of
his actions and the absence of his
family.
Hassell. a little more than "A year
ago, moved to ranch near here aft
or marrying his brothers. widow.
Authorities have reopencd an inves-
tigation of his brothers. death. The
brother was killed while working in
field in Oklahoma with Hassell,
VIII" said mule kicked him to death.
nassell said in statement that
he did not know why he killed his
wife and stepchildren. He declared
the slayings followed quarrel with
his wife after she charged him with
intimacy with her oldest daughter.
Kills Whole Family
Il grabbed hammer, where il
anne FROM. don't know, l struck
Ter and she fell to the floor" Hassell
aid in telling Of the Staying Of his
wife. "The smallest baby began
crying and | reach down and choked
i. Then | secured stocking and
lied it around the baby's neck. !
ont know why. but when saw
that had done | decided l had best
0 on and kill the whole outfit"
The children ranged in age from 2
% 21years. Some were choked and
theirs shot.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-12-28
AMBASSADOR IS
DEFENDANT IN
MYSTERY:SUIT
AlansOn Il. Hought0n Sued
For $4,000 BY Woman
Whom He Denies Knowing

New York, Dec. 28.-tP)-Alanson
B. H0ughton, ambassador to England,
who is home on Christmas leave,
has the role Of defendant in myster-
ious litigation. The plaintiff in a
100000 suit for false arrest is u
woman whom he denies knowing.
Dorothy A. Mason has obtained per-
mission from Supreme Court Justice
Gavegan to serve papers On Mr..
Houghton by mail, because she has
found It impossible to serve them on
him in person.
Mrs. Mason alleges In supporting
affidavit that Mr.. Houghton falsely
accused her of robbing him Of an
heirloom pin and $500. The time
and place Of the arrest are not given,
and inside from her name, Mrs. Mason
is not identified.
Mr.. Houghton, who is at his home
in Corning, N. T., denies knowledge
Of the suit.
"The matter is absurd" he declares,
"f0r Ms matter 0f fact, I do not
know who Dorothy A. Mason can be-"
Both Mrs. Mason and her attorney
refuse to discuss the case.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-12-28
SEVEN YOUTHS
TO BE SHOT FOR
ATTACK ON GIRL
Ten Other Russians, Who
Participated in Same Crime,
Get Prison Terms

Leningrad. Russia, Dec. 28.---LP)--
Seven Russian youths today were
sentenced by the provincial court to
be shot for nm attack on young
factory girl in a public park here
Ten others, who participated in the
crime, were sentenced to terms Of
Imprisonment ranging from one ia
10 years.
The trial attracted nation-w wide at
tention because Of the declaration OF
the public prosecutor that cases Of
collective assault were becoming
shockingly prevalent. He demanded
the death penalty for all II defend
ants as an example. After Is hours
deliberatfon. however, the court i'm
posed the death penalty only on
seven.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-12-28
HirihitO Delivers
Imperial Message

Tokyo, Dec. 28.-(R R-EmperOr
Hirihito held his first formal audience
today, receiving about 800 court and
government officials, to whom he de-
hvered an imperial message. The
new emperor, enunciating the princi-
pies upon which he expects the lead
ers Of the empire to base their ac-
tfons, declared for simplicity instead
Of vain display, originality instead
Of blind imitation: .progressiveness !:
national harmony; beneficence for al
classes and fnteshational friendship.
The diet adjourned this afternoon
after having passed the funeral
budget Of 2,sso,OOo yen NEARLY
81 500 .OOOl which will be spent on
rites Tor the late Emperor Yoshihito.
The diet will reasonable January lS.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-12-28
ERUPTION OF
2 VOLCANOES
BURY VILLAGE
Russian Town Covered With
Great Layers Of Lava
No Loss Of Life

PctrofavIovsk, kamchatka Penin-
sula, Russia, Dec. 2S.--LP)-Erup-
tion Of the volcanoes Montnovsky
and Avatchinskayasopka during the
past few days, have transformed this
city into a modern Pompeii. Al
though no loss Of life was reported
today, much property damage was
caused.
Great masses Of molten earth fell
upon the city while violent under
ground rumblings, which accompanied
the cruptions, caused the populace to
flee to the hills for safety.
The entire city, which only q few
dsys ago was buried in snow, is now
transformed, great layers Of gray
lava giving It an appearance Of a
dead city.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-12-28
Last Minute
News Bulletins

Miami, Fla, Dec. 28-(AP)-
The armOred cabin cruiser Kilt.
$50 WAS seized here today BY
treasury investigators and Gus.
toms officials after Il had been
trailed from Boston. The vessel,
valued at 3l0,ooo. was believed %
hsve been intended for rum run-
ming between Miami and the
Bahamas.
st. Paul, Dec. 28-(AP)-Dr.
w. L. Patterson Of Fergus Fails
today was appointed supeftn-
tendent Of the Fergus Fails
etate Hespltal 20 socceo4 Ur.
George Weleh, Who resiene1.
Mr.. Pattesson's appeintmeat q
effective January 1e. Ne uas
assistant to DR.. Weleh at that
institNtion for the past l1 years.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-12-28
Baby's Life Saved
BY Auto Accident

Cniontown, Pa, Dec. 2S-[R)---
A little ones life was saved to-
day by an automobile accident.
As frantic father raced his
automobile toward Il hospital,
three year-old Betty Coughanour,
with Il bone from 4 Christmas
turkey sticking in her throat,
was gasping for breath in her
mothers arms. COughanour's
machine crashed into another
Betty was flung to the floor
The turkey bone was found be-
side her.
Had there been no collision
she would have died before the
hospital was reached, physicians
said. tA,
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-12-28
TAKES IT STRAIGHT

New York.--Babe, big truck
horse, with = back like q pool table.
like his coffee black. Babe was .
hospital patient recently, suffering Q
strained leg. Doctors found he had
water in the blood and recommended
coffee and plenty Of it. Babe drinks
pail every morning before starting
to work, but refuses it with cream.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-12-28
Madison Square
Garden Pays Over
Million in Taxes

New York, Dec. rs -(R-Ncw
York state and the federal govern
mcnt have collected xl,l6H,64S.9G il
taxes from Madison Square Garden
in the last three years, officials OF
the corporation have revealed. Earn
ings Of garden spot ventures during
this period reached the amazing tota
of $7,79O, O,993.15.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-12-28
Fall Suffering
With Pneumonia

FL i'aso, Texas, Dec. 2S -tA0 AL
bert B. Fall. former secretary of the
interior. who was stricken with pncu
monia upon his arrival from Wash
ington here Sunday, awokc this
morning to tell members Of his fam
lily II feel better"
Mr.. Fall rested well during the
night and seemed much improved at
. "A. m, according to his daughter,
Mrs. c. c. Chase. Mr.. Falls pulse
continues to hold good and his gen
cral conditions is described as salts
factory.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-12-28

| AVt0 PVbu~S Ava VtN 80 nVOAo SAs0sAb0
at 8 q. m. today.
Temperature at a. nj. .......... =
Highest yesterday ............... .
Lowest last night ............ g
Precipitation to z q. m. .......... %
Highest wind velocity ........... 8
WEATHER FORECAST
For Bismarck and vicinity: Gencr-
ally fair tonight and Wednesday. Not
so cold.
For North Dakota: Generally fair
tonight and Wednesday. Not 50 cold.
WEATHER CONDITIONS
High pressure. accompanied by cold
weather, extends from the northern
Plains States southwestwsrd to the
Pacific coast states. Temperatures
were below zero in the Red River
Valley this morning. A low pressure
area, accompanied by rising tenpera-
ture has appeared over the Northwest.
Light precipitation occurred in the
Great Lakes region and upper Missis-
sippi Valley. Elsewhere the weather
is generally fair.
Official In charge.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-12-28
RED LIGHT CAUSES FIRE ALARS

Heach.-A red lamp, burning IN q
window Of the high school, brought
out the fire department at 6 q. M,
Friday morning, when the rays Of
light were mistaken for fire. The
lamp was being used by the janit0r
in his rounds of the building.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-12-28
TALL BOY SCOUTS

ganixed . tall boys league. There
are 20 Boy Scouts here ranging in
height from 6 feet inches to feet
inches.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-12-28
FLOODS TAKE
IS LIVES IN
THREE STATES
Property Damage Estimated
at Million DOllars-MOre
Rain Forecast

Memphis, Tenn, Dec, 2s tP) :
Thirteen persons were known today
to have pcrished in floods in three
persons were homeless in Arkansas.
Mississippi, Tennessee and Kentucky.
Property damage was estimated at
more than million dollars.
Six were reported dead in Arkan-
sas, five in Mississippi and two in
Tennessee as direct results Of the
flood. Three thousand were driven
from their homes in Nashville when
the Cumberland river overflowed.
Much Corn Ruined
The product Of thousands of acres
Of corn were being transferred from
the lowlands Of Kentucky and lndi-
ana as a result of flood stage being
gathered corn has been ruined by
flood waters in these two states.
Rain was forecast for every south
of many of the smaller streams had
felt in some sections over the aspect
Of further downpours. The forecast
for tomorrow is generally fair.
NaSnVlIIe suffers MOst
The greatest property damage was
in Nashville, where nearly a hundred
city blocks were flooded, and hum
dreds Of business houses and homes
deserted.
Most Of the deaths reported have
been due to highway traffic acci-
dents. There have been scores of
minor automobile accidents rs re-
suits of slippery roads. The Missis-
sippi river will be affected by the
floods along its tributaries, river
men say, but not to any apprcciablc
degree, unless unprecedented down
pours occur within the next few days.
OCEAN WAVES HURL TONS OF
ICE ON RUSSIAN VILLAGES
Nikolacvsk, Russia, Dec. 28.P)--
Heavy loss Of life and great property
destruction have been caused in sew
eral fishing villages of this district
by mountainous waves from the Pa
cific Ocean which hurled tons of ice.
some blocks 10 feet thick, on the viii
lagos during Il great snOwstorm.
Many women and children were
buried alive under great avalanches
Of ice, and could not be dug out be-
cause their men folk were away on
fishing expeditions. Heavy snow
storms have severed communications,
and Nickolacvsk can be reached only
by couriers on skis. A relief expedi-
ton is being sent from Khabarovsk.
The State Fishery Trust suffered
heavily by the storm.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-12-28

Weather conditions at North Da-
kota points for the "a hours ending
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-12-28

Mussolini il offering free flights in
airplanes to Italians to create "air
consciousness" In Italy.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-12-28

GeneraIIy fair tonight anC
nesday. Not so cold.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-10-01
NANCE Is ONE OF WORST SKIN
DISEASES AFFECTING A HORSE

number of pure-bred bulls, according
to reports received by the United
States Department of Agriculture,
from ]. A. Arey, specialist, and from
extension workers of the state. The
three county agents placing the larg-
est number of pure-bred dairy bulls
in their respective counties during the
period January to September l, 1926,
are to receive as prizes full transpor-
tation or part transportation to the
national dairy show to be held in De-
troit, Mich, October 6 to 13.
With most of the counties partici-
pating, the outlook is favorable for
the replacement of nearly 100 scrub
or grade bulls with pure breds of high
quality. One county already had In
troduced 10 pure-bred bulls since the
first of the year.
The contest among county agents is
being conducted in accordance with a
plan developed by state dairy special
lists In cooperation with the United
States bureau Of dairy industry. A
grade or scrub bull is considered re
placed" when either castrated or
slaughtered and when an interest in
a pure-bred sire Is purchased. The
prize money is being contributed by
creameries and other business organ
| izations of the state.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-10-01
Corn Yields Are Best
From Matured Seed

Corn harvested for seed in an Inn
mature condition is lower yielding
than seed harvested after 1t has ma
tured, according to results Of expert
ments conducted by crop specialists
in the experiment station of the col
lege of agriculture, University of Hi
nois.
Seed picked in the milk stage Is
especially undesirable for seed, the
tests showed. When planted early,
seed harvested at husking time pro-
duced 49.s bushels an acre, that picked
when mature produced 4S.1 bushels,
that harvested In the dent stage 46.5
bushels, and that harvested in the
milk stage 45.S bushels. When plant
ed the middle of May, seed from ma
ture corn showed less superiority than
it did when planted early. However,
when planted the last of May, seed
from mature corn again demonstrated
its higher yielding power. incubation
of the seed at planting time with one
of the organisms causing the scutel-
lum rot disease caused a slight but
insignificant reduction in yield when