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Imperial Valley press., 1927-11-16
Fits Operation
Termed Success
Hy United Press Leased Wire

LOS ANGELES, Nov. l6.-An OPP
Grafton to remove bad bone from the
right leg of Lieut.. Gov. Buron Fits,
performed here today, was declared
every successful" by authorities at
California Lutheran hospital.
The operation was the seventeenth
performed on the limb, injured in
the Argonne offensive in the World
War.
So gratifying were the reults to-
day that it will probably be the last
necessary, it was said. Fits will be
able to leave the hospital in about
a week. Three surgeons were in at
tendance.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-11-16
Actor Divorced
After 4S Years
By United Press Leased Wire

RENO, New, Nov. l6.-Aftcr As
years Of married life, Thomas l..
jefferson, veteran defendant of
thousands of divorce eases as
Lightnin 'f Bill Jones in the play
"Lightnin' - today was a free man.
jefferson was granted a decree of
divorce here yesterday by Judge
George A. Bartlett. The case was
heard in the private chambers of
Judge Bartlett with only the court
attaches, lawyers and ncwspapermen
present.
Jefferson alleged that his wife
was cruel and objected to the love
scenes he enacted in the play. He
said that had not lived together
since 1912.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-11-16
Generals Widow
Dangerously Ill
Nv limited Press Leased Wire

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 16.-Senofa
Encarnacon Elias de Gomez, widow
90 General Arnulfo Gomez, who col.
lapsed when shown photographs OF
the execution of her husband IN
Mexico. was reported in an eek
tremely serious condition here to-
day.
Sonora Gomez was suffering from
plcurisy at the time of her huS-
band s capture and execution by
federal soldiers. She took turn
for the worse, which was accentu'
aled after she viewed the pictures
Imperial Valley press., 1927-11-16
LOeW Theaters
Sign Ruth Elder
ny United Press Leased Wire


NEW YORK, Nov. l6.-Ruth FL
der will sign contract today
with the Locw theatrical organi2a-
ticn to appear during the next 100
days in the Loew thcatcrs, it was
announced by her representatives
and the Loew offices. There were
varying reports as to her salary,
but it was generally understood she
would receive $1,000 night for 100
nights. Other reports had il that
her contract WAS for % weeks at
$4,000 weekly.
Miss Elder spent most of today in
business conferences with her man
ayers, who are engaged in helping
Ter turn into money the publicity
S'e gained in her flights with George
laldcman to the vicinity of the
Azores Islands.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-11-16
Lakes Shipping
Hit By Storm
by United Press Leased Wire

CHICAGO, Nov. l6.-Snow an
heavy winds sweeping over lax
Superior temporarily have tied u
shipping.
Reports from Port Arthur, Ont
today said shipping was held IL
from Sault Ste Marie to the head o
the lake. Cities reported nea
snowbound are Ishpeming, Mich.
Ashland, Wis, and Ontario town.
The cold wave was due to strik
the middle west today. Weathe
bureau forecasts predicted that rain
which fell early today would tur
to snow in the face of cold wind
Imperial Valley press., 1927-11-16
HANKOW STILL UNCAPTURED
By United Press Leased Wire

HONG KONG, Nov. a. Report
from Hankow state the city il quiet
and still uncaptured, although the
evacuation Of Wuhan il cOmplets
and the main body Of the Marking
Nationalist is only 80 hilon down
the river today.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-11-16
SCREEN STAR NAMED
IN u. s. TAX SUIT
By Uuited Press Leased Wire

LOS ANGELES, Nov. l6. - In
come tax liens filed here by the gov
ernment, named Mary Miles Minter,
once prominent screen star, and Mrs.
Charlotte Shelby, her mother. Miss
Minter owes $lS7,60l.S3 for the
years 1921, 1922 and 1923, the suit
indicated. Mrs. Shelby is said to
owe $2S,42s.l7 for the same period.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-11-16
DRURY HAS SINNER
Ry United Press Leased Wire

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 16. - A
badly cut and discolored left eye
may keep Morley Drury, captain
and quarterback of Southern Cali
fornia, on the sidelines when his
team meets Washington State here
Saturday. Drury collided with an
other player in practice. Coach
Jones m ay decide not to risk fur,
ther damage to his stars optic and
hold Drury from this week IS game
in preparation for Notre Dame in
Chicago the following Saturday,.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-11-16
InyO Bankers
Enter Prison
Hy United Press Leased Wire

SAN QUENTIN. Cal, Nov. lG,-
". W. aud Mark Q. Wattcrson, for
mcr Invo county bankers today be
came san Quentin prison eonvictS.
Sentenced to serve from one to 10
wears for embcz2lcmcnt, the Waiter
son brothers reached the prison here
too late last night to go through the
regular identification procedure.
This morning they were given
numbers and assigned to prison
work.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-11-16
LINE TO BE ABANDONED
By United Press Leased Wire

WASHINGTON, Nov. l6. - The
Interstate Commerce Commission to-
dav authorized the Los Angeles and
Salt Lake railroad to abandon part
of its Glendale branch line in Los
Angeles county, California.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-11-16
SEARCH FOR LONE
BANDIT CONTINUED
by United Press Leased Wire

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 16-Search
for the lone bandit who staged a
daylight holdup in the Sunset Boul-
ward branch of the California Bank
and escaped with $4,000 here late
yesterday, continued today.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-11-16
Mrs. Wilson--Nine Years After

While impressive ceremonies being held at Bethlehem chapel
the hill Washington National
and whore Woodrow wilson, president buried Will
made the central Amsice
bugh The shows Wilson automobile
filled flowers.
, 1927-02-19

youth was found by the Police riding
about town in an automobile Witt1 a
friend, denied knowledge of the crime.
bet when confronted with a button torn
by Mrs. Brown from his coat during their
struggle, confessed the double murder.
Paris. -Asserting that the conference
proposed by President Coolidge might
possibly compromise the League Of Ma
jIoas effort toward a reduction of arma
mems The French government has polite
~ declined the Uni-ed States suggestion
Of the Geneva conference further Iimita-
fiou OF Naval craft.
Washington. "A New York investment
, 1927-02-19

banker testified in the Ford Tax suit that
Woodrow Wilson's speech in 1912 Presi-
DENTAL campaign were a bearish Infu-
ence in the stock market.
Washington ~ President Coolidge has
signed a bill extending federal control
Of dairy products in the United States
foreign trade.
Washington. Representative Bloom of
New York and Blanton Of Texas, engag-
ed Id a short lived fist fight in the House
Committee hearing, iupsetting reporters
and causing considerable confusion.
lCoatalued en- 3rd page.)
, 1927-02-19

26Gb 1917 0t the P0St C0Jc3 at CbFjStl11J
st8d. st. CroiU Y I. of the u, s. A. IN
der the Act of N.,,cb 3, 1879.
q. 5 NAVAL RADIO STATION
CHRISlIANSTED ST. CROlX.
FEBRUARY 18TH, 1927.
Courtesy of the Associated Prss&.)
Baltimore. Mrs. Mary @. HamiIt, for
tg wears old, has been in an unbroken
sleep for seven days IN the City Eospi
tai. Forced feeding is used and ply
sIcjaus are baffled by a case believed to
be unparalleled ia medical history.
New York, Doctor Nicolas Murray
ButIer, President OF Columbia Universe
ny, who said recently that he believed
President Coolidge would DOT be a candi
da-e to succeed himself in nineteen lWen-
~ eight and that prohibition would be
an outstanding Issue in the Republican
Convention has announced plans for
making q tour in lhe NJ Idie-West.
WASHINGTON, Senator Edwards, Dem.
ocrat OF New Jersey, who blocks the
Senate motion on a House Bill for the
contamination Of prohibition agreed on
the plea Of relenting with the colleagues
to let it ass. The dry forces have cen
LClGu LlIC-t NCEAl bHt5h va .iiiSD4is
February l7th,
WASHINGTON. Admiral Latimer has
conferred with the Liberal leader Sacasa
in am attempt to bring about a peaceful
solution OF the fractional ,trife.
Washington President Coolidge has
sent the Following nomination 10 the
senate: Assistant Secretary of State J.
Butler Wright, minister 10 Sweden; Hlgh
K Wilson OF illinois. department Bureau
Chief, to be Minister u. Switzerland.
theodore Brentano of Chicago, has re-
lnquisled MS Budapest post because of
his advanced years.
Connesut, Ono. Floyd Hewitt, SIX
teen, confessed killing Mrs. Cecilia
Blown, II, and her 6ve-year oII-son
in their hone when the WOman refused
him advances. Hewitt left his victims
in the house win the Radio tuned 10
waich directed suspicion to him imme Ii
ately when her husband, a night worker
in the railroad yards returned. The
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-05-12
One of NOrthWest's
Leading Musicians
Dies at st. Cloud


st. Cloud. Minn.. May 12.-tP)-
Funeral services for Albert j. Koch
Ter, 81, former band master for ST.
Cloud and before that concert mas
ter Of the Minneapolis Symphony or
chestra, will be held at St. Cloud
Sunday morning at II a. m. followed
by interment at Lakewood cemetery
Minneapolis. :
Mr.. Koehler, regarded as ane OF
the northwest's leading musicians
and cornet soloist Of more than
national reputation, died yesterday
afternoon at his home aftef a long
illness that forced him to resign
from the directorship Of st. Clouds
bands last fall.
He is survived by his widow, two
children and a brother living in
Philadelphia. Masonic lodge mem.
bers Of the Shrine at St. Cloud and
the Twin Cities will conduct the
funeral.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-05-12
C0U RT ASKED
TO DOOM HOUSE
OF DAVID CULT
Legal Woes Multiply For
King Benjamin Purnell
and His Followers

Benton Harbor. Mich. May II. 'P'
Benjamin Franklin Purneli. "king
Of the House Of David confronts at
gan to break up the colony he found
ed in the name of religious cult
Bcset already by criminal charges
colony. king Bea.' erstwhlle house
painter and tunnel Waterman. must
now face proceedings initiated by
into receivership and designed ulti-
mateiy 20 break il up.
Hearing Monday
The receivership hearing is set for
Nay l6.
Colony leaders assert that the cult
is Il religious association. not amen
retorts that ii is "a humbug and a
fraud and purposes to picture Its
inner workings ut the hearing.
The colony was founded when
Purnell. born in Kentucky in 1866
err gathered a following In Fostoria
Benton Harbor.
III lts uNv A0S III Acs- ~ DNi ~
Il 400 men and women eager to shar.
in the "lngather,ng Of the Israelltes
the Ia ,uu0 persons who were to be
come immortal.
Benjamin taught that those wht
died had dlsobeyed his teachings, bul
death played no favorites; Ii tool
Coy Purneil. his son. The corps,
was carted from the colony un.
mourned.
Given $4,000 judgment:
John Hansel and his wife. eS
PEELED from the cult. sued for an ac
counting Of property and for labor
compensation in 1923, asking $50,
wv. they were awarded $2s,O0o
and from the suit came evidence
on which the pending civil ant
criminal actions are based.
Three young women cult mem
bers filed charges Of criminal at
tack against "king Ben and h
disappeared. A worldwide searcl
ended with his capture last Novcm
ber l6 in a midnight raid on hi
room at the colony. Brought t
court, he was not the erect maj
with long black hair and beart
whom Benton Harbor had known
but an aged and feeble figure on |
strctcher, his Struggling locks turnet
gray.
The House Of David promises othe
! picturesque figures in the court
beside Benjamin: "Queen Mary hi
wife; H. 7. DeWhirst, cut member
legal representative and former JUS
tice Of the California supreme court
William J. Barnard Of Paw Paw
Purnell's personal lawyer; and Myrtl
J. Tulk, an elder woman colonist who
women cult members charged, escorte
them as girls of l5 to Benjamin
chambers in Shiloh temple.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-05-12

waters would be cascading over the
top, if a crevasse did not occur be-
fore then.
Livestock in the threatened area
has been moved to safety and all res
idents have moved to higher ground
except the 900 or more determined
men who sent out word earlier this
week, "If it goes out, it will 30 out
with us on top of it,"
Rescue Fleet Is Ready
While outside the area plans have
gone forward for relief in event oi
crcvasse, the citizens have declared
they would hold back the flood wa
tiers. A rescue fleet has been con.
centrated at strategic points.
A crevasse at the threatened dixie
within the next "a hours would cause
much Of the flood waters from the
Arkansas breaks ayd the Winter
Quarters and Cabin 'Teele crevasses
to be diverted down the Achafalays
basin, bringing some relief to Mis-
sissippi river levecs. A smallpo,
epidemic in the Bouef river section
Of northeast Louisiana was feared by
Red Cross relief workers.
Miss Winnifred Callahan, Re.
Cross worker, reported that 20 case:
of smallpox were discovered by res
cue workers in the Bouef river sec
ton, but all cases were in one hous.
where negroes were marOoned. Tn.
victims were isolated and placed un
der medical care.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-05-12
Episcopalians of
North Dakota Will
Convene at Fargo

The forty-third annual convocasion
Of the missionary district of North
Dakota will be held in the Cethsc-
frame Cathedral at Fargo on May l5,-
1G, II and Is. Ministers. prominent
lavmen and officers from the Wom-
ans Auxiliarics and Guilds of the
district will be the convention speak
crx.
sunday o 4T morning p4st'a7 az 7:so Wi with te the
celebration of holy communion by
Bishop J. Poyntx Tyler, assisted by
Rev. +. H. Davenport of Bismarck
and other ministers. Some of the
topics to be discussed are rural work,
missions, field service, work with
foreign born, and religious education.
A number Of prominent Episcopal
ians from the national organization
w,il take part on the program.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-05-12
PLOT TO FREE
PRISONERS AT
JOLIET FAILS
Escaped Missouri LITER Cap.
tured When He Appears
in Garb of Priest

Joliet, ILL.,, May 12.-(R-William
(Mike) Evans, escaped Missouri hfer,
failed yesterday in an elaborate plot
to free from the state prison here
the man who aided him to escape from
life sentence four years ago.
Clad like Il priest, Evans was
seized at the prison gates Of the old
state prison when he asked to see
Harry Funk, a prisoner serving TO-
year to life sentence for robbery.
1t was Funk who helped Evans
make his getaway from the Missouri
prison at jefferson City, offering
him refuge after Evans, a trusty,
had fled when sent on an crrand from
the prison.
Guns and Explosives Found
On Evans person and in his auto
mobile were found mustard gas
bombs, Il revolver and enough nitro
glycerinc to destroy a city block
There were in the car also four suits
of clothing, presumably as changes
for Funk and three other prisoners
unnamed. after a way to freedom had
been blasted through the walls.
The prison is two miles from the
new state pcnitcntiary. Had the plo,
succeeded, it would have opened the
way to flight for all the prisoners
including four convicted murderers
-Dickie Loeb, Midget" Fernekes
Warren Lincoln, and Harole
Croarkin.
Warden Elmer Green said he haC
learned of a plot to free one of tht
convicts and that the guards were or
the alert. When Evans, in priests
garb. appeared at the gate, the
guard, struck by the mans hardened
features and unpriestly mien. called
for other guards to aid him, anc
pounced upon the imposter.
Evans Convicted of Murder
Evans was sentenced to life i'm
prisonment from Kansas City, Mo-
in 1919. The charge was murder. He
escaped August ., 1928.
Funk, whom he sought to repay
was convicted for participation in :
$6O. 1000 robbery of a bank at Chenca
Illinois.
Evans admitted under questioning
that he had three other friends il
prison besides Funk, but he did not
name them. Asked why he had such
heavy charge Of nitroglycerine, he
replied: 1T might have been neces
sary to blow q chunk out Of the
prison"
Questioning of convicts who may
have been involved with Evans was
under way today.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-05-12
ON 500
ESTABLISHES
new RECORD
Claim Fall Near Russo, Sanisl'
Was Greatest in % Years
Train Is Rescued

What is claimed to be the heaviest
snowfall in % years. fell between
Ruso and Sanish on the North 500
line over the weekend, checkup made
by division offices here today
showed.
Old residents said that, as far as
they remembered, no greater amount
Of snow had fallen even during the
winter. Warm weather Tuesday
Wednesday and today melted the
snow, with only few large drifts
remaining in spots. No damage tt
range cattle has been reported.
An average of IL inches of very
wet snow felFbetween Ruso and San.
ish and 47-mile wind blew the
snow into high drifts, despite its
dampness. It was estimated by many
that if the snow had been light, the
ground would have been covered with
Ia three-foot fall on the level.
With removal of 500 passenger
train from drift in which it had
been marooned since Monday morn
ing near Plaza, the entire North
500 line was opened for regular traf.
fic yesterday afternoon.
Regular service had been resumed
between Bismarck and Drake Tues
day afternoon, after work in clear
ing away the snow. 1t was necessary
to open many snow cuts 10 feet deep
for distance Of 1000 feet, accord.
ing to reports reaching the division
offices here.
Because the snow was very heavy
is was difficult to handle it with the
regulation snow-fighting equipment
of the railroad and it was necessary
to aid the snow plows with shovels
reports said.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-05-12
Nh OFFICIALS
SEEK CUSTODY
OF PRISONERS
Williams County Sheriff and
U. S. Marshal Confer With
Mill City Police

Minneapolis, May 1s.@P)--North
Dakota officials arrived here today
to open their fight for custody Of two
men held at Anoka on charges Of
murder and burglary.
Two men, Frank Gibson and Jack
Northrup, are charged with murder
both in North Dakota and Minnesota.
Authorities of Isanti county, Mime
sofa, plan to take them to Cambridge
for trial on the charge of numbering
. marshal and the North Dakota men
want them for the death Of a banker
ut Wheelock.
Sheriff A. r. Marshall Of Williams
county, North Dakota, and United
States Marshal Osmund Gundvaldsen
of North Dakota, armed with requisi-
tiOn papers, reached Minneapolis
early today and went into conference
with the police before taking up the
matter of extradition with the gov
crnOr.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-05-12
PEOPLE RESENT
EFFORT TO GET
U. S. INTO WAR
Hands Off Policy Best, Says
Reconstruction League Sec
retary, Here Today

"The American people took at face
value the declaration that the World
War was war to end war, and re-
sent keenly any move on the part
Of the present or any other admin
istration to get US into a war to pull
Great Britain's chesnuts out of the
fire in China, or to protect Do
heny's oil concessions in Mexico"
said Benjamin &. Marsh of Washing
ton, ID. c., executive secretary Of the
Peoples Reconstruction League, who
is in Bismarck today.
Mr.. Marsh was a guest this noon
ut an informal luncheon attended by
several state officials and other To-
cal politicians, at which time he dis
cussed the present political situation.
He is at present en- route to his home
following three weeks trip through
the west with Senator Lynn J. Fra
zier, of North Dakota. and Walter
Liggett, formerly Of Minnesota and
North Dakota but now of Province
town, Mass. Large audiences were
addressed ut Indianapolis, St. Louis,
Kansas City, Denver, Salt Lake City,
Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland,
Seattle, and other western cities, ac-
cording to Mr.. Marsh, at which the
international situation was discussed,
and Senator Frazier spoke on "For-
eign Affairs as Seen by a. Farmer"
Fraxier's Statement
The senator In his talks, according
to Mr.. Marsh, took the position that
the government Should pay as much
attention to farmers as it does to in
vestmcnts and sometimes fraudulent
ly secured concessions for oil obtain
ed by Americans in Mexico" He re-
ported that the deflation in value of
farm property since 1920 amounts to
about seventeen and one-half billions
Of dollars and suggested that it is
time for the administration to think
up some method that will put agri-
culture on parity with other legit-
innate business interests.
Senator Frazier told his audiences,
Marsh said,, that "the American peo-
pie should get out OF Nicaragua,
keep out Of Mexico and keep their
hands off. in China instead Of mix.
ing into the fight Of the European
powers there"
until agriculture and labor are in
Detter shape than they are at the
present time, it will pay the admin
istration to attend to its own knit
ting instead of trying to run the
universe" Marsh said here today.
Still In the West
Senator Frazier is still in the west
and has several other meetings
scheduled in California and Arizona
On Friday Of last week he addressed
the Commonwealth club Of San Fran
cisco, the address being broadcast
He expects to return to this state
early in June.
Mr.. Marsh will leave tonight fol
Minneapolis and St. Paul, where h.
will address meetings, and he has
several other, speaking engagements
planned during his return ID Wash
ington.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-05-12
WATCH YOUR STEP! BE CAREFUL!
TOMORROW is FRIDAY. THE 18TH

Tomorrow is Friday, the 18th! Be warned
Don't walk under ladder especially. If there's
painter spashng red loosely Of building
2 You pin, pick it you should find Is thou
bills today you'd be lost without pin to fasten
them together. b
SDont break mirror Besides years Of hard luck
it will mean you'll have to buy another mirror and some
them $3.50 these days..
"A black is bad luck Especially il it's ON the back
fence and you're trying to sleep.
Mail horseshoe front door II will BE- interest
ing to know how long friend wife will let away with
that 97.f S@-.
elf spill salt throw your left shoulder.
When people ask you it's dandruff reply mo,
it's salt"
Don't b the thirteenth at dinner At not
18th to leave, because socked for the
Ct DOORS III s%
3 9Tomorrow i Friday, the 1sthl Don't breathe!
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-05-12
FARMER KILLS
HIMSELF AFTER
BEATING WIFE
NeighbOr Saves Woman
From Death When Attract
ed BY Her Screams


Winona, Mimi, May i2.-lR-Hcr-
man f. Schultz, 55, retired farmer
living at Mondovi, Wis, is dead as
a result of a self-inflicted wound and
his wife, Anna, 50, is in a hospital
in a serious condition after being
beaten, by her husband, thought to
have been crazed by drink. She was
saved from death BY neighbor.
Schultz came home at 6 p. M yes
terday, Knocked his wife down and
started beating her with piece OF
stove wood. Her screams brought
Winthrop Nogle, neighbor, who
pulled Schultz away and protected
Mrs. Schultz until physician came
to take her to hospital.
Nogle then went for policeman.
When they returned they found
Schultz lying dead in a room, dis
charged rifle near his side. He had
shot himself through the roof Of the
mouth.
No inquest will be held.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-05-12
NEGRO FLOOD VICTIMS
BUILD ARK, But 1T LEAKS

Memphis, Tenn. May l2.-'P,
--ENhorted by their parson. a
community Of negroes in the
lowlands near Parkin, Ark, en-
ulated the example Of Noah when
they heard the flood was ap-
preaching and hastily built an
lark" Into the crude vessel they
crowded themselves and all their
worldly belongings, including
chickens, dogs, cats and mules.
While they waited for the iIood.
they prayed and rejoiced.
The flood came, but the ark re-
fused to float. Water poured IN
from hundred leaks in the un-
caulked hull and. with the flood
foot and IA half deep on the floor
oi the flat bottomed craft, its
occupants fled 70 railway en-
bankment.
News of the lark" was received
at Red Cross headquarters froLl
relief workers.