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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-12-21
HANGING OF
MURDERER To-
BE DEMANDED
States Attorney Grove Is
FOrearmed Against an
Insanity Defense

Chicago. Dac. q Up Eorearmcd
against an insanity defense, States
Attorney Robert r. Grove declared
himself prepared today to obtain q
hanging verdict for Harold Croarkin,
26-yearold scion Of wealthy fam
lily and confessed slayer Of six-year-
old Walter Schmith.
The state is proceeding as thor
oughly as in the Leoh- Leopold case
two years ago but, Grove said. is
making every effort to avoid the
psycho-analytic wrangle that arose
in the trial Of the two wealthy
youths who were given life sentences
for killing young Bobby Franks.
II am taking seemingly extrava
giant precautions because i'm several
eases insanity defenses have
been butt up after tn.
men were out Of my Gus
tody, whereas when the case first de
vcloped there was no insanity what
ever Indicated" he said. "rhcre
will be NJ such opportunity given
here"
While defense alienists have been
denied Groarkins cell, four state
psychiatrists have kept almost con
stant watch over the prisoner since
his confession that he killed the
child in riding club stable Friday
for fear the slayer's advances would
be revealed. The virgil and research
have yielded material, Grove assert
ed, that will convince jury that
Cr0arkin is entirely sane and lucid.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-12-21
Chamber Maid Bites
on So, 600, 900 Diamond

Paris, Dec. 21--(R Every once in
d while travelling salesman or some
other fortunate person bites on a
pearl while eating oysters, but it re-
mained for chamber maid in a
Paris hotel to bite on $4,000, 900
diamond. .
The maid, whose name seems to
have been overlooked in the scram-
bic. was munching on luscious
apple found in the room Of an alb
sent guest when she nearly broke a
tooth. A large brilliant stone Of
rose tint, had been concealed in the
fruit. She took it to a policeman
and then came the revelation that
the "Grand Condc" stolen from the
Museum Of the Due D'Aumal's Chau-
teau in Chantilly in October, had
been recovered.
Leon Kauffer, the careless guest
who left the bc-diam0n apple IN IN
open valise for the modern eve ITO
find, 10 now q. guest Of the polide,
together with Emile S0uter and two
other men described rs fences" Of
stolen property.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-12-21
AT LEAST TEN
STILL MISSING
IN SHIPWRECK
Police and Firemen Continue
Graphing Among Ice Floes
Of Hudson River
30 BODIES RECOVERED
Young Captain Of Boat Held
Under Charge, or Negli-
gence and Homicide

New York, Dec. q. R)-pOlicc
and fircmen today continued Crap
ping among the ice floes Of the Hud-
son river for the bodies Of 10 men
believed missing from among more
than two score workmen in search
Of jobs who drowned yesterday when
the launch Linsecd King capsized.
Thirty bodies had been recovered.
Relatives who visited the morgue fail
ed to find ut least ~ others they
sought.
Twenty seven, Of more than GO men
who crowded the 42-foot craft in its
perilous trip across the river from
95th street, New York, to Edgewater,
n. j., were rescued after clinging to
ice cakes and the sides Of the ship for
almost an hour.
Captain Under Arrest
Captain John Rohweider, the 90
swan more uhan Il mile towards the
Jersey shore before he was picked
up was under police guard at the
knckerbocker hospital today suffer
ing from shock and ex bosure and
threatened with pneumonia. He was
under .echnieal charges of negli-
gencc and homicide.
The launch was owned by Spencer
Kellogg and Sons. lnsecd oil manu-
facturers. More than 100 men, most
Of them answering an advertisement,
gathered at dawn at the company's 5
Manhattan pier for the trip to the
plant across the river Captain Roh-
weidcr says only SO men, less than
the boats estimated capacity, crowd
ed aboard for the first trip, but some
of the survivors place the figure at
close to 100.
Midway across the boat capsized but
just what caused the accident had not
been determined today. Captain
Rohweider says the launch struck an
ice cake that drove hole through its
how, but police were unable to find
a hole in the boat. Others said the
boat was showed on it's side by an ice
flpe and the men, rushing to the 9TH
er side to right her, caused her to
capsiZe.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-12-21
MEN FOUND
WITH MONEY
ARRESTED
Had Nearly $4,000 in Cur.
rency in POckets-Believed
In BE Bank Robbers

Nebraska City, Neb.. Dec. 2l-tlp)
Two men, carrying nearly $4,000
in currency and thought to be MEM
bers Of gang Of three wanted at
Odell, Texas, on a charge Of robbing
bank there last Saturday afternoon,
were arrested here last night and
held for investigation after the sus-
picion of a clothing dealer had been
aroused by the currency bullying
from their trousers pockets until, he
said, they were unable to get their
coats down over it.
The money taken from the men.
who gave their names as Clyde A.
Stratton, 20, Coin, Iowa, and L. Huff
man, 80, Wichita, Kansas; totaled
$3,629.96 and bill of sale on an au-
tomobile bearing a Sage county, Ne
braska, dealers license, which they
said they purchased in Beatrice,
Neb., Sunday, accounted for $4OO.
One bundle of $500 had a wrapper
bearing the name Of the City Ma
tional Bank. Wichita Falls, Texas.
The men refused to talk when ques-
toned, other than to say they came
from Juarez, Mexico. where they
claimed to have won the money
gambling.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-12-21
GOVERNMENT
SURPRISED AT
Plus REMARKS
Papal Declaration Came as
Shock to Political Circles,
Spokesman Says

Rome, Dec. 21-lR)-The Italian
government considers Strange, sur
prising and uncalled for" Pope
Plus pointed criticism of fascism S
religious policies contained in yes
terday's ALLEGATION, the Associated
Press today was informed by q gov
ernment spokesman.
The papal declaration, which is
felt to have eliminated any hopes of
speedy reconciliation between
church and state in Italy. came as
such shock to political circles gen.
orally that the greatest reticence is
being observed, while the newspapers
have not printed word of comment.
Incidents of violence against Cath
olic individuals and organizations,
upon which the pontiff based his
criticism, it was declared, are def
nitely things of the past, having oc-
Cured as spontaneous and mo-
mentary reaction lasting for but a
few days after the most recent at
tempt on Mussolini's life.
Since then, it was asserted by the
government spokesman, nothing has
occurred to occasion the pope's re-
marks while the government, in ad-
dition, has maintained and intends to
continue maintaining its policy of
friendliness to religion and has
taken the severest steps possible to
prevent the recurrence Of excesses.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-12-21
POLICE KEEP
UP PSEARCHFOR
DOCTORS WIFE
Medic'S Mother Relieves
Daughter-in.law Is Victim
Of Mental Disorder
HAS WANDERED AWAY
Three Theories Followed:
Woman Was Slain. Commit
ted Suicide. or Left Home
HAS WANDERED AWAY


Washington. Dec. 2l-tR)- Admit
tcdly baffleL, Washington police
turned with little expectancy of sue
cess today toward the icy waters of
thc Potomac for solution of the
mysterious disappearance Of Mrs.
nianys W. Houck, wife OF Dr.. knute
nouck, young psychiatrist Of st.
E!izabeth's hospital for the insane,
who Is under guard in Gallinger
municipal hospital pending invcsti-
CATION.
Mrs. II. X. Houck, mother Of Mr..
houck, who is here taking care Of
three-year-Old Hugh, left alone when
his parents dropped out Of sight
wednesday, is Of the opinion that
her daughter-in-law, like her son, is
the victim of a mental disorder and
has wandered away" The younger
Mrs. Houck, she said, had been
studying very hard to keep pace with
the brilliant progress of her hus-
band, and she attributes his condi-
tion to the same cause. He was pick
ed up Friday ut Hormell, N. u, walk
ing about in his undcrclothes and
babbling irrationally.
tnTce IneOfleS Advanced
Detectives are working on three
theories in. connection with Mrs.
Houck's disappearance: That she
was slain, committed suicide or lett
her home. They arc by no means
certain that she is dead and the i'm
preston is growing among the in
vestigators that she is alive and in a
safe hiding place.
Dr. Houck has proved an enigma,
even to his colleagues Of the st.
Elizabeth's hospital. At times he
appears rational while being ques-
toned about the affair, but then
gives disconcerting answers and di-
verscss into other channels Of
thought. To newspapermen and po-
lcemen querying him, he has ire
qucntly b,usksd aside their questions
about the affair and talked about the
Sign language" and other irrelevant
subjects.
Fellow physicians have told the
police that he had shown signs of
nervous and mental trouble recently
but they regard the present attack
rs only temporary. He was an in
tern at the Mayo Brothers chnc at
Rochester, Minn., and was pursuing
the study Of mental and nervous
disorders at st. Elizabcth's.
Il know ! am still bit crazy" he
told reports ut Gallingcr hospital
during Il rational period, but l am
getting better"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-12-21
Flight. Delayed a Day Be-
cause of Muddy Field, Has
AuspiciOus Start - First
Plane Takes the Air at
1851. A. NJ, and Others
Follow at Short Intervals

Kelly Field, San Antonio, Dec. 2l.--
H)---kissed by wives and mothers,
and carrying the benediction Of the
nation, pilots Of the army's Pan
American mir areosy departed today
from Kelly Field to blaze u trail of
friendsh ip into the hearts Of 20 ma
tionalities.
The reserve plane with General
Patrick was the first to get away,
taking the air at 10: u "A. M. Ma jor
Herbert A. Dargue. flight command
cr, followed at 1859 and the other
planes went up at minute intervals.
The first mile of the many thou
sand mile journey, the path Of which
is laid over tortuous mountains,
across desert wastes and over bound
less seas, was perhaps an augury of
smooth and happy sailing to the
journeys end.
A Fine Start
The great yellow winged, bird-like
flying boats skinned along the mile
stretch of the fields concrete rum
way with what officers called "sweet
speed" their glistcning bodies giving
something Of "A gleeful adieu to the
Texas mud which yesterday held
them fast in their earth bound tracks.
With Major H. A. Dargue in COM
mand, guiding the great ship New
York, the planes glided along the
runway and were off in twinkling,
contrasting with the many hours of
slow and laborious preparation
which made possible this moment of
the successful getaway.
The other pilots followed quickly.
The beak-like prows of their ships
carry the names of five American
cities to at least 80 sister cities of
the southern continent. and the
planes quivering sides are emblaz-
Oned with the American eagle, whose
spreading wings bear this republic s
colOrs and emblem to the republics
Of the south.
In the New York with Major Her
bert A. Darpue. commander, was
Lieut.. f. c. Whitehead.
Just Clears Photographers
The Santonio was second to take
off with Captain A. b. MCDANIEL at
the wheel, and Lieut.. c. Mex Robin
SON in the cockpit with him. The
Santonio skidded off the runway
slightly and rose just above the
heads Of men taking pictures. One OF
the men had to duck to save himself
from being hit.
Then followed the other machines
at minute intervals. the San Fran
cisco with Captain Ira c. Eaker and
Lieut.. Muir S. Fairchild, the Detroit
with Captain Clinton +. Woolsley and
Lieut.. John w. Benton, and the St
Louis with Lieuts. B. s. Thompson
and l.. d. Wellington.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-12-21
REVETMENT,
OF MISSOURI
Is UNDER WAY
West Bank Between Bridges
BEING Graded Preparatory
10 Paving With Rock

Cutting brush, digging and shovel
ing, a crew Of over 80 men are hard
ut work preparing for the 1000 feet
Of revctment which will permanently
protect the west bank Of the Missouri
river at the Memorial Bridge from,
further erosion.
Under the direction Of Captain w.
|. Manlding, Of the u. S. war depart
ment, the men are now busy grading
the river bank, which will be paved
with stones to the waters edge, and
1000 feet Of the grade is already
completed.
Below the water will be a mattress
woven Of brush, IS feet wide, 5000
feet long and l8 inches thick. Con-
tracts have already been let. for
brush and crew of l3 men will
start the work Of weaving the mat.
tress probably Thursday or Friday.
The work will take from a month to
35 days, Captain Maulding estimated,
and 100 cords Of brush will be used.
Longitudinal cables spaced 20 feet
apart will run through the mattress,
and cross cables. tied to dead men
on shore, will help to anchor the
mattress in position. The dead
men" are logs buried in the ground,
Captain Maulding explained.
Weight Mattress With Rock
When the mattress is complete, it
will be weighted down with rocks and
the ice at its outer edge will then be
dynamited, with the result that it will
sink into position evenly. This mat
tress will fully cope with the treach-
erous undercurrent of the Missouri,
Captain Maulding said.
The slope, above the waters edge,
will be paved with rock for thick
ness of from one foot to Ia inches.
Farther up the river, at Harmon,
43 men. are working on another re-
vetment project TO protect tn upper
end OF Norwegian Bend Bottom" /"
This revetment will be 1000 feet long
and its cost will be partly paid by
tine Northern Pacific railroad, because
for a distance Of 500 feet at this point
tn river has become menace to the
railroad.
Because Of the fact that the bank
is 10 feet high at this point. work on
the project is more difficult, Captain
Maulding said. He added that the
same procedure would be followed at
Harmon as at Bismarck.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-12-21
COBB, SPEAKER LINKED IN BASEBALL SCANDAL
Historic Flights BY the Army and Navy
ARM

199Round the rim Of the United Saes covering 9823 miles in
ia hours. 25 minutes flying time.
l99Tra reliability New York San Fran
cisco 2,7Ol miles in 25 hours, IL minutes.
1920Alaskan Flying Expedition Mitchell Field N. Y to Nome
and return, l,3a5 miles in ll2 hours.
Fla to San Diego Cal crossing continent for
first time in less than twenty hours.
l92uration flight Diego lasting 5 hours and l8 min
utes and covering 2OGO miles.
flight New York TO San Diego 2lG miles o6
hours and fifty minutes
ueng flight during which arpane took fuel three
times while going covered 3293 miles in 81 hours and Is
minutes.
Mexican border flight, l3 minutes.
l2SO miles.
flight Antonio. Tex, G9Oo miles "a
hours
l924-Cenal American flight from Canal Zone miles &c
hours and 20 minutes
l924-Dawn flight New to Francisco.
World Seattle, Wash, miles
hours and IL minutes
191eunant John Rodgers established scapane record by
flying from Annapolis to Washington, College Park, and
Havre de Grace Nd
l9l2-Words seapane record remained
air hours and ten minutes.
1919-Lieuenant Commander c. Read flew from
Trepassy Newfoundland, Lisbon Portugal, 2l5O miles
in Is hours and 45 minutes with stop at the Azores.
192Dgbe Shenandoah cruise from Lakehurst N j. to
Pacific Coast and flew 93l7 miles in 10 days and
10 hours.
1925-Dgbe Angeles
1925-Commander John Rodgers and flew PN9 from San
Pablo Bay Cal, 1,84l miles nonstop Hawaiian attempt,
establishing nonstop record for seaplanes
1926-PN1O attempted flight from
Hampton Roads, Va. Colon, but forced down be-
of fuel and mechanical troubles in Caribbean waters
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-12-21
IRREGULARITY
IS CLAIMED IN
DETROIT GAME
Commissioner Lands Makes
Public Testimony Taken in
Connection With Case
GAME NOW Z YEARS OLD
Cobb Claims Box Score Shows
Neither He Nor Speaker
We're Implicated

Chicago, Dec. 2l.--GR-Ty Cobb
and iris Speaker were linked today in
an investigation conducted by Base
ball Commissioner Lands involving
an alleged irregularity Of game he
tween Detroit and Cleveland played
in Detroit, September Is, 1919.
Commissioner lands, without max
ing any decision. made public more
than 100 pages Of testimony taken in
connection with the case.
Cobb and Speaker recently resigned
as managers Of the etroit and Cleve-
land clubs, respectively.
Dutch Leonard, once pitcher with
the Detroit Club, and Joe Wood, an
other American League pitcher, also
were named in the investigation,
which Commissioner Lands indicat-
ed involved betting on the result of
the game.
Third Scandal In Six Years
T0day's scandal was the third to be
exploded on the American baseball
public within the last six years, and
on the surface appeared to be as
startling as the famous crooked world
series OF 1919, after which eight stars
of the Chicago White Sox were for
ever barred from, organized basehal
The volume Of testimony Commis-
sioner Lands made public included
letters Cobb is purported to have
written to Leonard, the Tiger pitcher.
Fred c. West, who is not immed-
lately Unidentified in connection with
the investigation, also was named iD
the testimony.
Cobb, here with Speaker for q
h ar;p nm sa<nI ~, 1,,xl.-c I -.
herday, declared today that he did
not know Of the bet until long after
ward and that the box score of the
contest which Detroit won, 0 to /,
would show that neither he nor
Speaker could have been implicated in
throwing the game.
Cobb related that "Dutch" Leonard,
Detroit pitcher. and Joe Wod, Cleve.
land pitcher, had bet 5000 against
$42O THAT Detroit, then in third place,
would win from the second place
Cleveland club on Sc ptember rs, 1919.
Wood did not play in the game, Cobb
said. Speaker, accused of having
knowledge Of the plan for Cleveland
to lose, made three hits, two of which
were doubles, while Cobb, charged
with knowledge Of arranged
Detroit victory, got but one hit III
five times at bat. Boland pitched for
Detroit.
THAT ought to show" Cobb de-
clared, "that neither Speaker nor I
were in on it,
Always Played Square
Cobb did not bet on the ball game,
he said.
II have played baseball for %
years." Cobb said with a catch IN his
voice.
II couldn't think Of anything but
win. Every year, every month, every
CONTINUED on page sikh
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-12-21
Rescued Fisherman
Relates Details Of
GruesOme Agreement

Los Angeles, Dec. 21--lR--A grue-
.onle pact between two Redondo
beach fishermen adrift in u small
boat. that should either die, the other
might use him for food, was told
by the survivor, Eli B. Kelley. 90
upon his arrival on the mainland
last night from Avalon. Santa Cata
lima Island, where he was taken
yesterday when rescued.
On the same boat from the island
came the body Of his friend, James
Mckinley, G3. The two were carried
TO sea without food or drinking water
during a storm. Mckinley dying on
the eighth day.
There will be no inquest in Nc
Kinley's death the coroner announced
today, being satisfied that McKin-
ley died from exposure and starva-
tion and that the knife wounds on
his body were inflicted after his
death. Kelley admitted using the
flesh Of his friend for food.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-12-21
Lithuanian Premier
Says Government Had
Favored Bolshevists

Kovno, Lithuania, Dec. 21VlR-
Augustine Valdemaras, premier in
the government formed after Fri
days coup d'ctat, charged in an in
tervicw today that extremists. sup
ported by the late government, had
openly prepared 10 seize power,
which would have given Q pretext
for Polish intervention. Moreover, he
declared, the government had openly
favored the bolshevista. The army
saw the Red danger threatening the
country's Independence, and there
fore overthrow the feeble Slezevicius
administration.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-12-21
WINTER HERE,
BUT WEATHER
is VERY MILD
Today Is Shortest of Year,
But It's Only 36 Seconds
Less Than Yesterday

"Winter at last" says the incorri-
gible optimist as he glances at the
calendar today, but winter this year
failed to come into Bismarck with the
customary zero temperatures and bit
ing blasts. As a result number Of
people are still harboring the delu-
sion that this is merely belated
fall
Beside making mild entrance.
winter brought with it an added at
tractiOn--the shortest day in the
year. Workers who oversight this
morning needn't blame it OH this fact,
however, for investigation shows that
the sun rose but 36 seconds later to-
day than yesterday.
The sun rose ut 1885 today and set
at 4:5G, while tomorrow will be from
SO to 48 seconds longer. The sun, al
though beaming so brightly today,
is actually expending most Of its heat
in the southern hemisphere and as
far north as the Tropic Of Capricorn,
while here in the north temperate
zone, the earth is leaning away from
the sun and will not begin to turn
toward it again until March q.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-12-21
PRAYERS OF
AGED MOTHER
BRING PARDON
'Lifer,' Freed After Serving
Is Years, Hopes to Make
Mother Happy

Berlin, N. j., Dec. 2l-LP)-Free,
after having spent Is years in the
eastern state penitentiary in Phil
adelphia, Jacob Pensendorfer now
seeks to fill the declining years of
his aged mother with joy.
For it was his mothers prayers,
he said, that brought pardon yes
terday from Governor Pinchot. He
was serving a life sentence for the
murder Of his father-in-law.
IL don't know what I'll do" said
Pensendorfer, as he sat in the little
bungalow built with money he had
earned in prison. but which he had
never seen until freed. II only want
to forget, now, and make Ma happy"
Pensendorfcr, who is So, said he
might build up q new wood working
business, similar to the one he con-
Quoted in the penitentiary and which
he sold for $4,000 when released, but
for the present he plans to, rest
quietly at his mothers home.
Pensendorfcr was sentenced in
1901 to be executed. After commp-
tation he was known at the psniten-
tiary a. Lifetime Jake"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-12-21
SUICIDE STORY
IN INGERS0LL
DEATH SECUTED
Attorney For Dead Woman
Says PrObascO Was the Pur-
sucr. Not the Pursued
INVESTIGATION ASKED
PrObasc0. Critically Wounded,
Released From Prison Ward
on $12,5OO Bail

New York, Dec. 21-tR)-The
suicide theory attached to the death
of Mrs. Robert H. Ingersoll, who is
alleged to have severely wounded
Wallace M. Probasco in her fash
ionable Park Avenue apartment on
Sunday and then turned the pistol on
herself, today was under the fire
of her attorney, Frederick G. Leu
buscher.
In Il statement issued after Pro-
basco had been released from the
prison ward at Bellevue hospital on
S12,500 bail on technical charge
of homicide and removed to pri-
vate sanitarium, Leubuscher denied
that Mrs. Ingersoll owed Probasco
money, said Probasco was the pur-
suer of the dead woman, and de-
manded thorough police investiga-
tion.
"New articles so far advanced, all
of which emanate from the Probasco
side, seem to indicate that Mrs. In
gersoll was the pursuer and Mr.. Pro-
basco was the pursued" he said.
~ have letters to show that it was
the other way around; that hc was
infatuated with her. Mrs. Ingersoll
had forbidden him to enter the
house,
Three Suits Planned
He said that only few days be-
fore the shooting Mrs. lngersoll had
authorized him to start three suits
against Probasco, one for the re-
covery of jewelry and the others for
he recovery of moneys.
Mrs. Ingersoll was the wife of the
,lollar watch manufacturer and Pro-
basco is the son-in-law of the late
Robert G. Ingersoll, famous agnostic
che two families are not related.
Probasco was released on bail by
special homicide court session II
ne prison ward at. bellevue after
he verdict of DR.. Charles Norris
medical examiner, that Mrs. Inger.
oil. died from lf-inflicted wound
robasco is still considered critically
ounded.