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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-09-20
|MEN AND WOMAN
REFUSE TO GIVE
MURDER CLUES
Detectives Question Trio Held
in Chicago About st. Paul
Gang Sayings

Chicago, Sept. 20.-R-Four de-
tectives from st. Paul and Min
neapolis today sought for explana-
tions Of the recent gang slayings in
St. Paul as they questioned Arthur
Hanson, Charles j. Smith and Vera
Matthews Miller, alleged members
of st. Paul burglary ring, who
were arrested in police raids Sum-
day.
The woman, taken in an apart
ment maintaine by Smith, told de-
tectives, they said, that she could
tell a book full Of evidence" but
would not. The men, arrested in a
raid on Ledo Inn, reputed rendez-
vous of criminals, also were silent
under the quizzing.
The st. Paul murders, which have
included Ieaths of four men and five
women within Is months, have been
ascribed to a gang feu1. The mur-
ders of the women are thought to
have been committed to stop their
giving evidence in the deaths Of the
men.
The detectives, assisted by Chi
cago operatives, paid special atten-
ton in their questioning to the mur-
der of George O'Bricn, alias James
Barrett, a broker. and his wife and
sister-in-law. The bulls ridden
bodies of the two women were found
in O'Brien's home two days before
the discovery of the ) ''er's body
on lone country road.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-09-20
SCOTT SANITY
HEARING WILL
BE0CTOBER "a
Man Condemned For Shooting
Cigar Clerk Wins COntin-
uance of Case

Chicago, Scot. 2O.-lP)-Russell
Scott, once a Canadian financier
who lost his honey lnf turned rob-
ber, appeared in co, rt today to be-
gin his eighth fight to escape the
gallows to which he was condemned
for shooting to death cigar clerk,
Joseph Maure4 in drug store more
than three years ago.
Scott came into court for a new
hearing on his sanity and The case
was set for hearing October "a.
William Scott Stewart, his attorney
who .ce saved Scots from the gal
lows at the last minute by petition
for sanity he: ring. asked for a
lengthy continuance, expla ming that
the defense is handicapped by lack
of funds. The state wanted to pro-
coed at once.
Immediately upon pleading guilty
to charge of having shot the young
drug clerk to death, Scott was SEN
fenced to die.
Then came the first of the dram
attic incidents tina. have kept at a
high pitch interest in his effort to
evade the l.llows.
His lawyer, in tears and kneeling
before the .;udge's dais, pleaded for
a chance to change the plea and
fight for Scott's life before a jury
The plea was granted, but it led
merely to Scott's conviction and !,
new sentence of caath.
Scott Kept Alive
Through l the legal maneuvers
possible unde- Illi~ois law, Scott
has been kept alive despite four ad-
ditional sentences of death in the
various phases o. tf protratced
fight.
Once it seemed he might be safe
from the .OOsc when a midnight
court session decided that he should
not go to the gallows before dawn
because he had become insane since
Continued ON page three)
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-09-20
MARINE KILLED
IN BATTLE WITH
SALGAD0 FORCE
Second u. S. Marine Fatally
Wounded-Bandits Have 20
Killed, so Wounded

Washington, Sept. 2O.--R)-One
American marine and one member
of the Nicaraguan national guard
were killed and a second marine was
fatally wounded in a fight yester-
day between a detachment of &c
marines and 25 native constabulary
and force Of about lao members
of the Salgado band.
The American legation at Mana.
qua, transmitting report of the
fight to the state department today
declared the bandits were said to
have lost 20 killed and SO wounded
A relief column Of marines and con.
stabulary is on the way to the
scene Of the fight at Telpaneca from
Pueblo Nuevo to prevent a possible
second attack.
The dispatch said bandits had at
tackled the garrison of the town at
a. M, and that the fighting LASTED
until 5 a. M, when they withdrew
The Salgado force was we'll armed
with rifles, machine guns, hane
bombs and dynamite bombs.
A report from a marine officer
said that the new national guard
"as on other occasions, put up a
splendid fight"
So far as casualties go, the fight
appeared to have been the most ser.
ious since the Ocatal battle, in which
the Nicaraguan chief, Sandino, was
reported to have lost several hundred
of his followers in an attack or
American marines and native con
stabulary. AM 'can aviators dis
persed Sandino's men at that time.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-09-20
Otter Tail Company
to Buy Rugby Plant

Another link in the network o1
electric light plants owned by large
power companies has been added
with the granting Of the application
OF the Otter Tail Power company to
buy the electric light plant at Rug
by by the state railroad commission,
Permission to construct a tele-
phone line between Max and Minot
was granted the Northwestern Bell
Telephone company at the commits
sion meeting.
Routes and specifications for =
transmission line between Buffalo
and Ayr; from Church's Ferry to q
point four miles west and from Pisek
to q point three miles west, were ap-
proved by the commission, as was 4
schedule Of electric rates filed by
the Otter Tail Power company ap-
plicable at Dunseith.
Application Of citizens Of Hanna
ford for grade crossing over the
G-eat Northern railroad at that
point and petition by citizens Of
Tioga for improved shipping facili-
ties W granted by the board.
The Collins Cab company of Grand
Forks was granted a permit to oper-
ate motor passenger service IL the
vicinity Of Grand Forks.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-09-20
MEDICS PLAN
FOR MEETING
Group Interested in Suppress.
sion of tuberculosis to Meet
at st. Louis

St. Louis, Sept. 2O.-(AP)-Ap.
proximately 500 physicians and lay
men interested in the suppression of
tuberculosis will gather here Sept
26 to 20 at the annual session Of the
Mississippi Valley Conference on
tuberculosis. The organization rep
resents twelve central western
states.
Advisory committees Of the Ma
tional tuberculosis Association will
meet at the same time, bringing to-
gether experts on tuberculosis from
all parts of the country. The pre-
liminary meetings start Sept. "a.
DR.. Ethan Allen Gray of Chicago,
elected president last year at Chi
cago, will preside.
Plan Conferences
Group conferences for specializa-
tion have been arranged, A. w.
Jones, secretary of the St. Louis
tuberculosis and Health Confer.
ence and of the 12-state organiza-
tions, announced today. A two-day
medical session will be held under
the auspices of the medical schools
Of Washington and St. Louis Uni
versities here, the st. Louis Medical
Society and the Trudeau Club of St.
Louis.
DR.. Herman Bundesen, Chicago
city health commissioner, will speak
at the special session.
Other conferences include a
nurses session, child health discus.
sion, and a publicity clinic in which
the delegates will be taught the
value of publicity in the fight
against tuberculosis.
The increasing negro tuberculosis
death rate will be a paramount sub
ject.
Officers for the enusing year and
the 1928 convention city will be
selected at the closing sessions.
States to be. represented are
North Dakota, Missouri, South Da-
kota, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan,
Kansas, Iowa, Minnesota, Ohio, Wis
consin and Nebraska.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-09-20
Temperature and
Road Conditions

(Mercury readings at a. m.)
B!SMARCK-Clear, IS; roads
good.
St. Cloud-Cloudy, 80; roads good.
Minot-Cloudy, 80; roads good.
Fargo-Cloudy, AZ; roads good.
Mankato- Clear, 40; roads good.
Crookston-Cloudy, 40; roads
good.
Jamestown-Cloudy. 3s; roads
good.
Hibbing-L Light rain, A; roads
fair.
Grand Forks-Cloudy, 42; roads
good.
Winona-Clear, 81; roads good.
Duluth Partly cloudy, a.; roads
good.
Devils Cloudy, 80; roads
good.
Rocheste--C!ea-, ~; roads good.
Napdan-Clear. s.; roads good.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-09-20
RUTH ELDER IS.
GIVEN LICENSE
Passes Tests With Perfect
Rating-Ocean Flight May
Start Wednesday

New York. Sept. 20.-(AP)-
Ruth Elder, Dixie's girl entry for
TRANSATLANTIC flight honors, held an
air pilots license today after prov
ing ITO the doubling Thomases that
she really could fly"
With a department of commerce
inspector, Miss Elder made three
flights at Roosevelt field and passed
tests with rating Of 100 per cent.
Then, to convince observers, the win
some southern aviatrix climbed
5000 feet and performed a few
aerial acrobatics as proof Of her
ability.
After instrument tests have been
c .pleted Miss Elder said, "all we
will ask for is favorable weather,
and we'll be on our way" Ins.alla-
ton and adjustment of additional
navigating equipment will detain the
start Of the American Girls pro-
jected flight to Paris until tomor-
row, it was estimated.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-09-20
DETROIT BOY
IS KIDNAPPED
FOR RANSOM
Detectives Put on Trail of Man
Who Demands $4,000 For
Lads Release

Detroit, Sept. 20.-(AP)-Con-
fronted with the first kidnapping
extortion case involving child in
several years, police officials today
assigned crack crew Of detectives
to run down the captors Of little
frankie Jergovich, 3, son Of veal
thy saloon owner and real estate
operator, who was spirited away
from his home here last night.
The last time the child was seen
was about z o'clock last night by
his sister, Madeline IA. frankie
was walking along the street op-
posite the Jergovich home, Madeline
said.
A short time later, Jergovich re-
ceived a telephone call from a man
who refused to identity himself but
told the father the child was being
held for $4,000 ransom. The man
hung up the receiver abruptly with
out volunteering any information as
to how Jergovich was expected to
deliver the ransom.
The police were notified immed-
lately and mergency squads dis
patched to scour the neighborhood.
Four men were taken into custody
for questioning. They were said by
neighbors to answer the description
Of men seen lettering about the
Jergovich home yesterday.
Police learned that Jergovich had
been the target Of an extortion plot
several years ago. The extortion-
lists, who wrote the man number
Of threatening letters demanding
sums Of money, were never ap-
pretended.
Mrs. Jergovich was near collapse
today from anxiety over her sons
plight. u. -.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-09-20
Pilot and Passenger Of Plane in Class Air
Wise Money Puts Odds
In Favor Of CHALLENGER
Champion Had Been z to 5
Favorite Up to Last Night,
But Dempsey Supporters
Unstrap Bank Rolls-Actual
Receipts Now Total $2,225,-
600

Chicago, Sept. 2O.-(AP)-Odds
and ends Of court preliminaries of
the battle of Soldiers Field today
occupied the legal staffs Of the lead
ing characters in this Forthcoming
drama, while their boxing impre-
sarios discussed with the state ath-
letic commission the vital questions
of referee, judges and rules of the
ring.
Shadows of injunction suits in
both state and federal courts were
not taken seriously. One of these,
B. E. Clements action to hold Jack
Dempsey to the letter Of an alleged
contract to meet Harry Wills was al
ready turned down once, in one state
court. The other, a federal court
injunction plea by the Rev. Elmer l..
Williams, we'll known reformer,
was even more lightly regarded by
Tex Rickard and his associates.
Five Names Suggested
Manager Billy Gibson, plotting
Champion Gene Tunney, and Man
ager Leo. P. Flynn, directing Jack
Dempsey's comeback campaign, were
to meet with the three members OF
the boxing commission in their regu-
lar weekly get-together today, with
five names, possibly more, up for
discussion as candidates for the
third man in the ring. The names
of the referee and the two judges
will be kept secret until the moment
when Chicago's first heavyweight
spectacle actually begins Thursday
night.
Rickard said he would take no
part in the debate upon the referee.
George Lytton, wealthy Chicago
business man, Walter Eckersall,
football star of 20 years ago and
now a sports writer, and three or
four of the leading referees of Chi
cago bouts in the past 16 months
of the sport in this state were the
principal candidates mentioned.
Tunney and Dempsey did no train
ing other than light bag thwack-
ing and a bit of road work today
while their managers were in the
city comforting with the boxing
solons.
Dempsey Now FavOrite
Coincident with the arrival today
tof the vanguard of the ringsiders
came an influx of "New York wise
money!" and other offers Of not SO
wise but equally negotiable money
from the south, west and north
which put the odds Of the battle in
favor of Dempsey. The champion
had been a z to 5 favorite up to
last night, when the supporters of
the challenger began to unstrap
their bank rolls.
A record in gate receipts, even
though the $3,OOO,O0O goal is not
achieved, was the solace today of
the promoters, Rickard and George
F. Getz, his Chicago sponsor. They
sent kilograms far and wide today
to their friends with the admission
that a previous announcement Of a
sell-out of ringside seats had been
too optimistic. Large blocks of the
"ringside" seats, once ordered and
then turned back by Getz, the rail-
roads, and the "six hundred mil
lionaires" of the Madison Square
Garden corporation, we're back in the
box office racks today.
Getz turned back 5000 tickets and
the railroads and others nearly as
many more, so that the actual sale
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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-09-20
Plot to FOment
New Revolution
in Mexico Nipped

Los Angeles. Sept. 2O.--(P-
Months Of waiting by police and
federal officers tod had result
ed in the ripping Of ,.hat the au-
thorities believe w q conspiracy
to foment a new revolution in
Mexico.
The officers raided a meeting
place Of suspects last night and 16
Mexicans were taken into custody,
although only four were held. The
names Of these suspected leaders in
the revolutionary plot were with
held.
The raid also netted four sub.
machine guns, as well as rifles,
shotguns ani ammunition. Officers
said the plotters plann to capture
strategic poin' in lower California,
Mexico. including Tia Juana.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-09-20
LESLIE MILLER
FOLLOWS CLOSE
| BEHIND MEYERS
Detroit, Mich, Aviator Lands
at Fort Lincoln Field
at 3:29:4O
WINDS CAUSE DELAY
Planes Not Arriving Here Be.
fore 4:30 p. NJ, Must Stay
Here All Night

Pilot c. w. Meyers of Detroit.
Mich, plotting plane No. 36, !
Waco 10, was first of the ma
tional air derby plane flyers to
land at the Fort Lincoln field
here, coming in at 1929 $40 p. m.
After him came Leslie Miller.
plotting the Spirit of st. Paul,
plane No. Al, landing at 3:32:2O.
Meyers took off at 3:36:4O
He said he had to buck stiff
headwind all the way from
Fargo to Bismarck which de-
layed him. Miller left at
3:37:2O.
Miller, taking off. hit a strong
wind and for moment it looked
as If he might crash into the
power wires at the west end of
the field. He banked his plane
sharply. to zOOm above the
wires. as the crowd on the field
applauded his daring.
Possibility that a number of
planes entered in the derby
would have to stay at Bismarck
over night loomed this after.
noon as the result Of delay in
arrival. Only two of the planes
had arrived at 1886, and, by the
ruling of the derby association,
II they do not arrive at the Fort
Lincoln field before 4:3O p. M.
they must make this an over
night stop.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-09-20
Must Decide Wheuner
County Officials Are
Eligible For Insurance

Whether or not county officers are
eligible for workmen's compensation
insurance is the question which the
state compensation board must de-
eide at its meeting here Friday.
The question was brought up by
w. &. McConkey, county auditor Of
Golden Valley county, in a lc..er to
Joseph A. Kitchen, commissioner Of
agriculture and labor and member
of the compensation board.
McConkey is the first county Off
cial to apply for this insurance, ac-
cording to Kitchen. At first, Kit
chen said, the board was of the opin-
ion that elective county officers
were included under the compensa-
tion act, but now they are doubtful
as to whether they can be classified
as employees.
In the event that the board does
not decide the question, Kitchen
said, an opinion may be asked Of At
torney General George Shafer.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-09-20

WEATHER FORECAST /.
:. For Bismarck and vicinity: Fair
tonight and Wednesday. Not 80
cool Wednesday and west portion
tonight. Frost tonight.
For North Dakota: Fair tonight
and Wednesday. Not 50 cool Wed
nesday. Frost tonight.
GENERAL WEATHER CONDI.
TIQNS
A large high pressure area covers
the Plains States and Rocky Noun
tain region and colder weather pre-
.y>ails from the Mississippi Valley
westward to the Rockies. Minimum
temperatures were below freezing at
many places in the Dakotas and
along the northeastern Rocky Noun
tain slope. The temperature is ris-
ing slowly over the western Rocky
Mountain slope. Light precipitation
occurred ct most places in the Great
Lakes region and upper Mississippi
Valley while elsewhere the weather
is generally fair.
oRRys w. ROBERTS,
E--... Official ia cassse.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-09-20
Commercial Flying
Is One of Americas
Most Important Needs

St. Paul, Sept. 20.-(AP)-Devel-
opment Of commercial aviation is
one Of the most important needs of
the United States, w. F. McCraken,
assistant secretary Of commerce in
charge Of aeronautics, told group
Of northwest business men here last
night.
Mr.. McCraken went into an in
formal conference with representa-
tives Of 10 northwest cities on the
development Of municipal airports
after he had completed his speech.
Towns and cities represented in
c!uded Duluth. Crookstoc, St. Cloud,
Wiuona, and Fargo, n. D.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-09-20

Chicago-W. a. Spaudau, garage
owner, spent his early year. in the
west when. King Colt still ruled.
He's never forgotten how to draw
quickly and shoot from tho hip.
Four hold-up men followed him
home recently, drcv revolvers, de-
manding money. Spaudau's gun
barked. One bandit will die, an.
other was wounded, Ill were cap,
v0se3s .-~~~~ ~v.~.~
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-09-20
MILLER LEADS DERBY
FLYERS AT ST. PAUL

St. Paul, Sept. 2O.-(AP)-Fight-
ing headwinds all the way from
Chicago, Pilot Leslie Miller Of Des
Moines, flying the Esprit Of St.
Paul." continued to lead the Class
B air derby from New York to Spo-
kane when he reached the st. Paul
airport today at 9:56:43.
Miller, who flew plane No. Al, an
Eagle Rock, took off at 1O:O3:4O q.
M, just as the plane Of C. w. Meyers
Of Detroit, Waco-1O entry No. 26,
landed at 1908. Meyers, who took
off second from Chicago today, left
at 1O:14:3O.
Miller and Meyers ran a pretty
race from Chicago. The former left
Continued ON page three)
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-09-20
MACHINE TURNS
OVER TRYING TO
GAIN ALTITUDE
is Machines Leave New York
Today in Second Of Three
Cross Nation Races
WILL STOP AT ST. PAUL
Scheduled to Go From There ia
Aberdeen, Miles City, Butte
and Spokane

Long Valley, N. j., Sept. 90
.AP)-Richard e. Hudson of
Marysville, Mich, plotting a
plane in the National air der
by, and his passenger, were
killed today when the plane
crashed in the woods two miles
west of here. Hudson died on
his way to q Morriston hospital.
The passenger was dead when a
physician reached the machine.
The second man killed in the
crash was J. p. Radike, naviga.
tor, of st. Clair, Mich.
Witnesses of the crash said
that the aviator was apparently
trying to gain altitude to pass
over Scholl's mountain, when
the plane turned over. Hudson
righted the machine once, but it
faltered and dropped, turning
over several times.
Chicago, Sept. 2O.-(AP)-
Plane No. Is in the national
class "A" air derby crashed
here today when it ran out of
gasoline bucking strong head
winds. The pilot, Louis F. Roy
al of Flint, Mich, and Joseph
Totten, q passenger, escaped in
jury. The plane struck an ice
wagon as it landed in vacant
lot.
The plane was SO badly dam
aged in the fall that the pilot
Immediately announced that he
was out of the race.
Roosevelt Field, N. Y, Sept. 90
R9-Fifteen commercial planes Sc
out between 6 and 6:15, easter
standard time, today for Spokane
Wash, in the second of three trans
continents. races being held in cor
nection with the National air race
ct Spokane.
The planes made perfect take-off
despite the softness of the field du
to heavy rains last night.
The race was competed in b
planes capable Of carrying two pass
CA6 - 40 We'll dS y pllOC, out pllOL
were allowed to carry ballast instea
Of passengers if they chose.
The route to Spokane lies over
course of approximately 2,275 mile
with one overnight stop at st. Pau
Minn., and five minute compulsor
stops at Cleveland, Chicago, Aber
deem, S. D., Miles City, Mont, an,
Butte, Montana.
Winners in the race are to be re
warded with the following prizes
first, $4,000; second, $4,000; third
$4,000; fourth. $1,000; and fit
$500.
Hudson Starts First
r. Hudson Of Marysville, Mich
started the race, taking off prompt
~ at 8 q. n., with Jay Radicke as
The other starters were:
e. K. Campbell of Moline, ILL.,, q
6:O1 a. m. with S. A. McGuiness o
Moline as passenger.
r. w. Cleveland of Cleveland, Ohio
Continued on Page 81
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MEYERS LEAVES FARGO
JUST AS MILLER LANDS

Fargo, N. D., Sept. 2O.-R)-C.
w. Meyers, flying a Waco-1O, alight-
ed at Fargo's municipal air port at
lilo p. m. today, the first of the ma
tlonal air racers to reach Fargo. He
made a perfect landing on the local
field.
With the exception of two heavy
rains, encountered about $50 miles
east Of Fargo, flying conditions were
good between st. Paul and Fargo,
according to Meyers.
Meyers was off again at 1:17,
just one minute after Miller landed.
Miller Forced Down
Miller, who led the field out Of st.
Paul, was forced down It's miles east
of Fargo, he said, by trouble with his
platinum points.
Miller re-fueled and was off again
at 1:24.
In the race from st. Paul to Far
go, Meyers gained II minutes, AZ
seconds on Miller, and Miller stopped
one minute longer in Fargo than did
Meyers. AS a result, Meyers went
out of Fargo seven minutes, AZ sec
onds ahead of Miller, who had held
an 11-minute advantage out Of St.
Paul.
Meyers told Fargo aviation Off
cials that he passed Miller near
Alexandria, Minn., when Miller was
forced down, Meyers plane passing
directly over Miller's machine.
The third plane to arrive in Fargo,
an Eagle Rock, piloted by j. S.
Carles, Richmond, Va. dropped to
the landing field at 2:12 p. m.
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Weather: Report

Temperature at z a. m. ........ 81
Highest yesterday ............. As
Lowest last night .............s s34
Precipitation to z q. m. ........ I
Highest wind velocity y.......... q