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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-12-23
MANDAN news
Transfer of Erickson
to st. Paul RuTn0red

E. A. Erickson, Northern Pacific
agent at Mandan, will probably be
transferred to the St. Paul office in
the near future, according to local
officials Of the railway. Mr.. Erick-
son refused to comment on the pro-
posed change today.
Mr.. Erickson came to Mandan two
years ago following the demise Of
Harry c. Taylor.
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San Diego, CALI, Dec. 23.-R>-
Andrew Cramer and June Dunning,
named by William Edward Hickman
in his confession as his accomplices
in the kidnapjng and Staying Of ~
year-old Marian Parker Of Los
Angeles, are believed to have been
visitors to this city last September
and October. Through police rec
ords in Los Angeles and Phoenix,
Ariz., the trails Of the two were
traced here today.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-12-23
FARGO LIVESTOCK

Fargo, Dec. 23.-sR-Hogs $50 to
$50 pound weights 6.85@7.35; 1870
to 200 pounds 7.35@7.60; 200 to 22O
pounds 7.75@8.00; 220 to 240 pounds
7.75@8.00; 240 to 260 pounds 1850
500; 300 to $50 pounds 7.50@7.9O;
packers 6.25@6.75; stays $3.50
CTS.
Sheep, top spring lambs trimmed
10.76@11.75; heavy spring lambs
9.OO@10.00; Gull lambs 100000:
light ewes 4.O0@5.OO; heavy ewes
3.O0@3.6O; culls ewes 1.50@2.50;
bucks 2.50@3.0O.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-12-23
OFFICERS GIVEN CLUES IN
SEARCH FOR ACCOMPLICES

Los Angeles, Dec. 23.-R)NPo.
lice records here and in Phoenix,
Ariz., today gave authorities leads
to follow in their search for An.
drew Cramer and June Dunning,
named by William Edward Hickman
in his confession Of the kidnapping
Of Marian Parker.
The files Of the police here re-.
vealed that Jennie v. Dunning,
alias Jean Laughtsp. was listed as
wanted by Sacramento police In
February, 1921.
Phoenix police officials this
morning informed the Los Angeles
detective bureau that . woman
known as June Dunning and also q
Mrs. Jeane Farran had been report.
ed to them a. living in Los Angeles
last July and in November had been
registered at the Merchants hotel.
San Diego. Hickman told psndle.
ton, Ore, police, that he had been
in San Diego Thanksgiving day.
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COLD WEATHER
IS EXPECTED
TO HALT WORK

CONTINUED from page oue)
move the bodies Of any of the men.
Officers said It would be foolhardy
20 risk the divers in the tangled and
jagged mass Of torn steel about the
midships compartment where the de.
stIoyer PAulding rammed the craft
Oft the Wood End coast guard sta
ton last Saturday afternoon.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-12-23
CHICAGO CASH GRAIN

Chicago, Dec. 23.-tR-Wheat:
No. 2 hard 1923 to 1873 IA; No. /
northern spring 1928 Id.
Corn: New, No. 4 mixed 70; No
3 yellow .83 to .S3 Sd; old No. 4
mixed 10; No. 2 yellow .SS Ia to
"a IL.
Oats: No. 2 white So to 81; No.
3 white so 81 to IS 1-2.
Rye: No. 2, lot l.2.
Barley: .66 to 81.
Timothyseed: $500 to 1916.
Cloverseed: 22.00 to 1926.
Lard: Ills.
Ribs: 11.0O.
Bellies: Hts. Y
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-12-23
PENDLETON, ORE, GETS ITS
BIGGEST THRILL IN YEARS

Pendleton, Ure., Lee. <os-Wl-
This city of the buckaroo, where
cowboys are still cowboys, where
the somb.'ero is always in style, and
pistols in holsters are not an un-
common sight, got its biggest thrill
in years in the arrest Of William E.
Hickman, Los Angeles kidnaper.
The last previous excitement of this
magnitude was the murder Of
Sheriff Til Taylor in jail break
six years ago.
The Taylor tragedy stirred PEN
dleton and the cow country here
abouts to the depths of feeling but
when the slayers were captured and
brought back here, there was only a
slight manifestation OF violence.
Some Of the more resofute kicked in
the outer door of the Jail, but they
were talked out of any attempt Of
lynching.
This was cited by officers as in
dicating that there was no danger
Of an outburst against Hickman.
A great throng gathered about
the. Jail, but the reason seemed to-
be plain curiosity.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-12-23

cry extras 40 "a; standards AZ;
extra firsts AT to .46; firsts AZ to
~; seconds .38 to 40.
Eggs unchanged; receipts G,7c9
cases.
Cheese unchanged.
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IF GUILTY, HE SHOULD
BE HUNG. SAYS FATHER

Ell Paso, Texas, Dec. 2S.-Rl-
Thomas Hickman, SO, father Of the
youth accused Of the kidnapping and
murder Of Marian Parker, today
awaited impatiently for word from
his son.
III he is guilty he should suffer
the death penalty" Hickman told
the Herald in asking the newspaper
to obtain reply from the boy, eth
er denying or confirming the
charges.
The message sent through the
Herald said:
LET me know on your word Of
honor if you are implicated. If you
were, then God forgive you and have
mercy on the souls Of your father,
mother and your brothers and sis
ters."
After separating from Edwards
mother, now in Kansas City, HEX
man came here and married q Hex
lean girl. There are two children,
a boy, 4, and q baby girl.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-12-23

MINNEAPOLIS CASH CLOSE
Minneapolis, Dec. 23-lP)-Wheat
receipts today 800 compared to lag
Il year ago. Minneapolis cash wheat
and coarse grain closing quotations
today follow:
bo ~ srw;,,or fo,ou
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-12-23
RANGE OF CARLoT SALES

Minneapolis, Dec. 23.-(R1-Range
Of carlot grain sales:
Wheat: No. ] dark northern 1.26
3-6 to 1.68 IL; No. 2 dark northern
1.24 IL to 1.29 3-S; No. 8 dark
norther 1.22 to 1.50; No. 4 dark
northern lat; sample grllde dark
northern Ill to 1856; No. ! hard
winter 1888 l-2; No. 2 amber durum
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city. He believed Cramer had
dropped them as he drove along in
an automobile.
The youths story Of his fight to
escape the police was striking in its
revelation Of brazenness. The
morning after the body was deliv,,
cred to Parker, policemen swarmed
into the apartment where Hickman
was staying on finding q clue in
the wrappings around the Torso:
Four Of them entered his room and
questioned him.
"About 200 detectives came up
Sunday morning and looked ovc- the
apartment and started searching
It." the confession read. "They
searched every place, and when they
came into my apartment 1t was IN.
teresting, the way I was singing
and playing the phonorraph. The
detectives came in and looked
around and did not express any
suspicion of me at oil, and then
went out in the hall and talked to
seven or eight of the best detectives
in Los Angeles"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-12-23
YOUTH THINKS HE MIGHT
PRETEND HE WAS CRAZY

Pendlet0n, Oregon, Dec. 23.-HJ
wonder II I couldn't pretend
that was crazy" remarked Will
liam +. Hickman to one Of his
guards at the Jail here, following
his arrest for the kidnapping and
staying Of Marian Parker, Los An
geles girl.
Glow does q fellow act when he
is craxy?" he asked. Later In the
conversation he declared he wanted
to conduct his own case when he
goes to trial.
"Remus acted as his own lawyer
and got acquitted. didn't he :" the
kidnaper argued.
Hickman was quoted by officers
as saying he considered the death
notes" he wrote to the father Of
the slain girl were masterpieces.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-12-23
POTATOES

Chicago, Dec. 23.-(F-(U. s. D.
OF A.)-Potatoes: Receipts 81
cars; on track lao; total United
States shipment $40 cars; prices un.
changed.
Minneapolis, Dec. 23.-lR)-(U.
S. d. Of A.)-Potatoes: Light wire
inquiry; demand slow; market dull:
carload delivered sales, freight only
deducted; Minneapolis and St. Paul
rate, too few sales to establish mar.
kNt.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-12-23

Los Angeles, Dec. 23.-R)-Re-
wards pledged for the capture of
William Edward Hickman today
passed the $4,000 mark.
The total reported on hand was
$67,925, with $4,000 additional
pledged at two Of the radio stations
through which money has been Of
fered to the captors of the kidnaper
Of Marian Parker. No formal
claims have been made as vet by
those connected with Hickman's
capture.
The following arc the amounts
and donors:
Received from the Public Warner
Brothers Radio Station KFWB, the
result Of it's broadcast appeal, $27.-
900.
Radio Station KMIC, $4,000.
Radio Station KMTR, $4,425.
City Of Los Angeles posted re-
ward, $4,000.
Los Angeles county reward,
$4,000. :,
Los Angeles Examiner reward,
$4,000.
State Of California reward. 1000.
Mayor Creyer Of Los Angeles,
$1,000.
Rotary club Of Milford, Delaware,
$500.
Total: $67,925.
Pledged at kFWB, $23, 900.
Pledged 1t KMTR, $4,000.
Grand total: $93,225.
May Divide Money
The board Of county supervisors
announced that it believed the
greater part Of its $4,000 reward
should be given to the two Oregon
Officers who captured Hickman
and the balance to the Seattle
habsrdasher who cashed the sec
gold certificate that furnished the
first evidence Of the kidnaper's
presence in the northwest.
Mayer Creycr, who offered . per.
sonal reward Of 1000 and who will
order the appropriation Of the city's
] $4,000 reward, recommended .
division Of this. The mayor SAID
that, in view Of the unusual size Of
the total reward, part should be
given the capturing officers and the
.Seattlc haberdasher, and part b
divided among others who played q
prominent part in the intensive
week-long search.
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here; that they say he did those
things"
Mary, who was attempting to
string beads, sought to console her
mother.
"Please don't cry like that" Mary
pleaded. "They are not going to
kill Edward. We live in the United
States. There will be . trial. A
jury will decide what IL to be done.
He will have every chance to prove
he il innocent"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-12-23
BISMARCK GRAIN
VuInjshed by Russell. Miller COZ

One cent Per pound discount m
der s. b. ear earn. 20 u =, five ceuts
under she'll
Hard winter wheat .$1.O5
Dark hard winter wheat 49,. 1.04
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would be returned alive, and that
since it was after tina. hour when
he peered into the suitcase and saw
the lnutilstcd body, he determined
to make the best Of it.
"And il this fellow had not killed
her, it would have come out oil
right rs we had planned, because
am sure she didn't want to die"
Shows Sign Of Emotion
The only sign Of emotion that
Hickman showed was when he
spoke then Of Marian being killed.
According to his confession, tie
girl had "played the game" with
him and even had been thrilled q
the prospect Of returning home and
to school with an exciting tale Of
having been Kidnapped
"When she was with mo she said:
i wonder what the school kids will
say when ] get back to school? They
will want to know what I did and
everything And ] am terribly
cause sure liked her,
Here Hickman wept.
Asked what he did when Cramel
opened the suitcase and displayed
the mutijated form Of the little
girl, the captive said:
II let out . yell Of surprise and
wanted to know why he did Q thing
like that. It was quite . shock tc
me. He was not supposed TO bring
her up to the apartment.
Stories Coincide
His story Of meeting Parker and
delivering the torso Of the child Il
exchange for the sheaf o. bills VA
the same q that Of the Los An.
gelss police when they reconstruct
ed the crime.
Hickman declared be did not have
the dismembered parts q the body
which were found scattered through
. park In another section Of TIL
Evening star., 1927-05-05
FARM LOAN POST
GIVEN TO MEYER
viii Become Commissioner.
George R. Cooksey Chosen
Board Member.

Eugene Meyer, Jr., managing di'
rector Of the War Finance Corpora
ton, has been chosen for farm loan
commissioner, and George r. Cooksey,
director of the corporation, has
been chosen a member Of the Farm
Loan Board, it was learned today.
Their formal appointment by Presi-
dent Coolidge is expected shortly.
Mr.. Meyer first will be named only
a member Of the board, but upon
the return of Commissioner Williams
from a Western trip Mr.. Meyer will
be promoted to commissioner and Mr.
Williams will become a member Of
the board. The two new members
succeed Robert a. Cooper and Elmer
S, Landes, recently resigned.
Mellon Is Silent.
While Secretary OF the Treasury
Mellon, who is chairman Of the Farm
Loan Board declined to make any
comment today on the forthcoming
changes in the board. lie announced
the appointment by the board OF a
receiver for the Kansas City Joint
Stock Land Bank. William r. Comp
ton Of St. Louis was made receiver,
Mr.. Mellon said, and arrangements
We're being made to reorganize the
bank. and obtain sufficient funds to
meet interest payments in the amount
of more than 100000.
The change in management, Mr..
Mellon said, will prevent loss to Sc
curity holders, and no plans were
under consideration for any assess
ment against the outstanding stock of
the bank, which is capitalized at S3,-
SOC, 900.
Conditions Are Local.
he conditions which brought about
depletion of the bank funds were en-
tirely local, Mr. Mellon emphasized,
and were not general throughout the
system of banks of which this institu-
ton is a part.
Steps had been under way for some
time, he said, to strengthen and
rectify' the situation in regard to
some other banks in the system, but
no extreme difficulties such as were
precipitated by the irregular" prac-
tices in the Kansas City bank were
expected to be met elsewhere.
Evening star., 1927-05-05

Moore, $25; G. II. Moran, 81; M. T
Names, 81; Louise o. Mearce, 81
II. c. Moynelo, 81; George a. Morgan
IS; William McNeir, So.
Dorothy Nuhn. So: John F. Newman,
S5: Ruth " Newman, 81; Mrs. C. c.
Newman, 81, w. H. Nash, 81; Mrs.
Frank b. Noyes, 5000.
William diff, 81; Annie Lee O'DOn-
nell, 81. Mrs. c. w. Owen, 81; Hugh
Fl. Obear, s.; Byron d. Ogdene. 81;
Z. c. Owen. S25.
+. =. Powell ST.; Mr.. Peterson, So;
Miss Maude Parker, 81; Alice Pollock.
81; Paul Pearlman, 81; Nathan Pulz-
rim. So: Clay u. Phillips. 81; Paul w.
Proctor, 81; c. u. Parrish, 81: G. Pell,
81; Mrs. C. b. Parkman, 81; Augusta
r. Palmer, 81; Miss Parker, So: Miss
Mark L. Porter, 81; Powhatan Hotel,
$50.
r. p. Quesenberry. s5.
George S. Rice, 81; Lewis Edwin
Ryan, $25: Mrs. julius Rosenfeld, 81:
f. A. Rule. S120; Mrs, Hattie NJ,
Roach. 81; Mrs. Rhine. ST. William f..
Roberts, 81: Mrs. n. r. Ryon, 81;
Eugene Roberts. $5; John G. RemeY,
$2%Miriam Reed. 81; G.. A. Rafuse, 81;
William Rouse, 81: Frank II. Rags
tlStlC, PI, JUG INpOiiFLy PLs L. INCbllis u.
Isaac Rosenblot, 81: Charles NJ. Ram
thai. 81: Charles n. Rilser. s.; Miss
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Mrs. Mary Roberts Rinehart. $50.
Carl II. Shuremann, $40: Mrs. I. B.
Sweeney. $25; Martha r. Schmidt,
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81: Henry S. Sato, 81; r. Stein, 81;
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Sam Vakas. 81; Ruth Nitale, 81; A.
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Miss Elsie Wiesen. $3.50: Mrs,
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Representative Frederick \. Zihl-
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Zuerg, 50; Louis Zografos, s..
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Evening star., 1927-05-05
THOMAS E. WILLARD DIES
AFTER LENGTHY ILLNESS
Funeral Services Will Be Conduct
ed Saturday-Burial in Jeffer-
son, Md

Thomas f. Willard, 65 years old,
former aid in geology in the u. S. Ge-
oIogical Survey. where he was en-
pIeyed for about 35 years prior to his
retirement in 1924, died in his home,
1903 Clifton street, yesterday after a
long illness.
Mr. Willard was a native of Fred
ef3ck. Md, and was a life member of
the Masonic lodge of Brunswick, Nd.
He is survived by his widow, two
sons, Alger r. Willard of Cleveland,
Ohio, and Louis II. Willard Of Pitts.
bureh, Pa; daughter, Mrs. Charles
G. Hubbard OF this city; two sisters.
Mrs. Rosa RoutZahw of Philadelphia,
end Mrs l.. NJ. Wright of Springfield,
Ohio, and four grandchildren.
Funeral services will be conducted
in his late residence Saturday morn
ing at O'Clock Rev. Ranck will Of
ffciate. Interment will be in Jeffer-
son, Md
Evening star., 1927-05-05
WILL FIGHT BLUE LAWS"

The Association Opposed to Blue
Laws, which has headquarters here,
announced today that Clarence Darrt -
Of Chicago had accepted the office of
chief legal counsel and that his serv-
ices would be utilized in more i'm
portant test cases involving Sunday
base ball and Sunday motion picture
shows.
Honorary vice presidents of the or
ganization were listed as including Ru
pert Hughes, Sinclair Lewis, Gov
George w. p. Hunt of Arizona.
Il. Haldeman Julius of Girard, Kans
Rev. II. NJ. Lawson and Bishop vii.
liam Montgomery Brown.
Evening star., 1927-05-05
WELFARE INQUIRY
AROUSES PROTEST
Director of Catholic Charities
Demands Reasonable Hear
ing, Threatening Litigation.

A protest against the recent action
of the board of District Commissioners
in directing the Board of Public Wei
fare to investigate social conditions
surrounding boarding homes for chill
dren was received by Commissioner
Proctor l.. Dougherty today from Rev.
J~hn O'Grady, director of Catholic
Charities. He characterized the action
al IAN undue exercise of public au-
til jcity" and threatened litigation un'
leas the Commissioners grant the or
gSaization an opportunity for a rea-
sonable hearing.
DR.. O'Grady pointed out that the
Catholic Charities is primarily relig'
ious agency, which is opposed to any
undue interference with its work or
religious rights.
Complications Are Likely.
"I have no objection to the inspec.
tion of homes by the Board of Public
Health" he said. 1.-The board visits
the homes for a specific purpose, but
when the homes are visited by agents
of the Board of Public Welfare we
are bound to have serious complica'
tions Differences of opinion are bound
To arise in regard to social standards.
Il feel that as duly qualified pri-
vate agency we are just as capable Of
passing on boarding homes as any of
the agents Of the Board of Public Well
fare. 1t seems to me that the board
has about all it can do in providing
homes for public charges. | look upon
the action of the Commissioners as an
undue exercise of public authority"
Calls 1t Reflection.
DIR. O'Grady also explained that
since the Catholic Charities is the only
private agency in the District placing
children in boarding homes, the ef-
forts OF the Commissioners to place
proper social safeguards around such
homes could be construed as a refiec-
ton on thu organization.
Evening star., 1927-05-05
Francis E. Cross Buried.

Funeral services for Francis T..
Cross, retired police inspector, who
died in Sibley Hospital Monday, were
held at his late residence, 319 Ninth
street southeast, today at 1880 O'Clock.
R'v. +. Hez Swem officiated. Inter.
ment was in Congressional Cemetery.
with Masonic rites at the grave by
Lebanon Lodge, No. Z. T. A. A. NJ.
Evening star., 1927-05-05
READ.
ON STAND GRAY
Alleges Mrs. Snyder Made
Threat-Direct Examination
Is Concluded.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, May 5.-The direct eX'
animation of Henry Judd Gray. corseS
salesman. charged with the murder o
Albert Snyder, magazine art editef.
was concluded this morning.
BY $50 o'clock the courtroom was
filed to overhowing and still the thrill
hungry spectators poured in. The ma
jority of the hundred.odd chairs re-
served for the press had been pre-.
empted when the reporters arrived.
and the glass-domed room resounded
with argument and recrimination.
Court officers admitted their help
lessness to cope with the situa ion.
TIE crowd vas so unruly that opening
of court was delayed 0 minutes as the
spectators struggled for vantage
points.
Resumes Witness Chair.
When order was obtained Gray re.
sumed the witness chair. and Mrs.
Ruth Snyder, his co-defendant, went
to her seat at the defense counsel ia
BILE. Both were very pale. but seemed
to have themselves well in hand.
Gray Immediately took up his story
of the killing of Mrs. Snyders hus.
band.
After completing the story his con
fessiOn was produced aud lie read
it. emitting such parts as he asserted
were untrue.
He omitted little as he read and
that little had TO do with details of
no Importance. His reading Of the
confession sounded like a skeletoniZed
form Of his testimony on the stand
yesterday.
AS he came In his reading to the
recountal of the actual killing he be-
gan to cry again and his voice choked
with emotion. Mrs. Snyder seemed
to have herself in perfect control and
listened calmly.
Reads Threat by Mrs. Snyder.
One point in the confession which
Gray read as truth. but which he
did not include in his spoken story
on the stand. dealt with a threat
made by Mrs. Snyder.
1t was alleged in the confession that
Mrs. Snyder threatened that if Gray
did not aid her in killing her hus-
band she would disclose to Mrs. Gray
their Illicit relations.
This statement Gray read as being
true in a loud, clear voice.
Miller then rested in his direct ex.
animation.
Evening star., 1927-05-05

Upper: William Alexander Loker, sur
rounded by his teachers and fellow stu
dents of Leonard Hall School, i'm front
of The Star Building, shortly after his
victory was announced yesterday aft
ernOon. Brother Walter, &. +. ",
Loker's coach in the contest, stands
to the left cf ,-lia St,;f regions cham
pion, and Jose Romero, son of the
general claims commissioner of the
Mexican embassy, and cheer leader at
the school.
Lower: AIeck LOker and his mother,
Mrs. William NJ. Loller, just after the
big hug of congratulati0n.