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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-28

BV Times Special
LAPEL, Ind. May 2S.-Four
heavily armed men held up the
Bank of Lapel shortly after a m.
today.
The bandits escaped with between
SO, 500 and $4,000
Lapel is west OF Anderson on the
Madison Hamilton County line.
The men fed in "A black Buick
coach. They headed in the direction
of indianapolis, according to those
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-28
Missing Boy Found

After police made twelve-hour
search for Gerald Brown, Is, who
left his home at 2915 n. Capitol
Ave, to attend school and failed to
arrive there. word came from Hart
ford City. Ind, that he had been To-
Gated there. He rode bicycle there
police were told.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-28

in time"
The report Of DR.. McGehee, DIR.
Fred C. Williams, superintendent Of
the South Carolina State Hospital,
and Or. James Fouche. Columbia. s.
c., on CAROLS condition will be for
warded at once to the Department Of
Justice in Washington.
None Of the physicians would say
whether it recommended clemency
for perjury.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-28
Fair and Warmer,
Race Outlook

Indications that fair and warmer
weather is in store for Mondays
holiday were announced by Met
eOrologist j. III. Arlington today.
The storm which brought chilly
temperatures to practically all of
Indiana was moving slowly east
ward and was expected to pass
over Sunday, Arlington said. Tn
less sudden complications develop
Monday viii be fair and warmer,
the weather man declared.
Temperatures were slightly low
er today than year ago.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-28
TOWN In LOUISIANA
COVERED BY FLOOD

B0 United Press
NEW ORLEANS, La, May IS
Flood waters from the Bayou Des
Glaises and the erevasse at Melville
today EXTENDED far into southern
Louisiana and already a little town
New Iberia, is inundated.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-28

New Iberia was felt TO be impreg.
nable.
Every effort is being made TO
evacuate it's women and children.
The men, true to the district tradi.
tions are remaining with their
homes.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-28
New York Curb Opening
Chicago Grain Opening

Bg United Press
CHICAGO, May 2S.-Wheat-May,
up 1sc; July, up 1sc; September, u''
sc. Corn-May, unchanged. JuN
up 15sc; September, up SC. Oats
May, unchanged; July, up 12c; Sep
tember up &c. Provisions-Higher.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-28
Woman Hurt by Auto

Mrs. Mary e. Keyser, Spann Apis.
New York and Delaware Sts., suf-
fered a broken left leg when struck
by an automobile near her home Fri
day afternoon. She was taken 10 city
hospital.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-28
4 FIRES IN "a HOURS
Incendiarfsm Hinted at One Home
Detective Aid Asked.

Incendiary suspicion has become
attached to several fires that have
broken out recently at 153 Mclean
Pl d. e. Green, Indianapolis fre
prevention operative, has asked de-
tectives to join in investigation. He
said the fire department had extin
guished four fires there in twenty
four hours.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-28
FOREST fire RAGING IN COLORADO
High Winds Fan San Isabel National
Reserve-5,000 Acres Gone as
Blaze Rekindles.

PUEBLO, Colo, May 2sA raging forest fire. famed by
high wind threatened to destroy large part the San
Isabel National Forest today
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-28

Detective Chief Claude r. Worley
posted squads Of police and detect
ives on every road leading into lndi-
annapolis when he was advised by
Lapel and Anderson telephone Oper-
ators that four bank bandits were
believed to have headed for this
city after holding up the bank of
Lapel this morning.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-28

who saw them race out Of the city
following the robbery.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-28
MEMORIAL
SERVICES
TWO DAYS

A two.day tribute to the heroes OF
three wars will begin in Indian
apolis Sunday.
Sunday and Monday, Memorial
dav, Indianapolis citizens will devote
their time to ceremonies dul1ng
which the deeds of the war dead ana
those still living will be lauded
The most impressive ceremony OF
all will be the one participated in by
survivors of the Civil War-the an
nual parade, which starts at New
York and Meridian SITS at p. m,
Monday and closes with memorial
services at Crown Hill cemetery.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-28
Noon Edition

Something is going to hap
pen to Boots and her Buddies
soon. Watch the Comic Page.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-28
1000 Survive in State

About 1000 survivors of the 1881
1865 war are still alive in Indiana,
according to records of the G. A. K.
More than 500 are expected In In
dianapolis for the Memorial day
exercises. In addition to them VIII
he veterans of both the Spanish
American and World Wars, their
FRIENDS and relatives.
Sunday afternoon services VIII be
held on the Meridian st. bridge at
Fall Creek, under auspices of the
auxiliary of the Sons of Union
Veterans. Invocation will be given
by the Rev. c. e. Bishop, rector
of the st. Matthews Episcopal
Church. Albert l.. Pauley will be
in charge of the music, and Mrs.
Claudia X. Erther will be master OF
ceremonies.
Flowers will be dropped into Fall
Creek by aviators of the 113th Aero
Squadron.
Memorial Sermons
Throughout Sunday morning and
evening the dead and living Will De
praised from church pulpits. Ma
iority of church leaders have Sc
Iected Memorial day, its purposes
and accomplishments for the text of
sermons.
Ceremonies will be conducted Sun
day at Floral Park Cemetery, with
the Rev. William F. Russell In
Turn to Page Y
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Forecast

Mostly cloudy tonight and
Sunday; probably showers. Not
much change in temperature.
Truck CruSheS Man to Deaf
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-11-18
MexiCo's oil Law Declared
Unconstitutional by Court
Under Mexican Law. Four Sim
liar Decisions Are Needed
Before Articles Are Finally
Held Illegal - Washington
Officials Hold Optimistic
View

Washington. Nov. IS. -N-
Washington officials looked optim-
istically today at the Mexican con-
troversy that has ragged around the
oil law of that country.
Declaring the laws disputed sec
tions Ia and Is unconstitutional in
so far as they applied to the case
at hand, the Mexican supreme court
has issued an order restraining the
department of industry, commerce
and labor from cancelling drilling
permits held by the Mexican Pc
troleum company, an American con-
Germ. one of several that have
sought to test the validity Of the
oil statutes.
Three More Decisions Needed
Under Mexican law, however
four similar decisions from the su.
premc bench will be necessary be-
fore these articles can finally be
declared unconstitutional. Three
additional actions instituted by the
Mexican Petroleum company are al
ready being adjudicated and it was
hoped that sweeping decision
would follow.
Sections Ia and Is of the oil law,
which became effective at the be-
ginning of this year, provided that
before December IA. 1926, foreign
operators should apply for conccs-
sions confirming rights to oil land
obtained prior to the adoption of
the constitution of 1917. Upon
failure to comply. these rights could
be assigned to others.
Governments Contention
The Washington government con-
tended that the law was retroactive
and .onfiscatory. A series OF
diplomatic exchanges were climaxed
by demand from the Mexican gov
ernment that the United States cite
specific instances Of consfication
through retroactive application OF
the constitution of 1917. Washing
ton replied with a warning that all
American right must be safe
guarded.
Guy Stevens, spokesman for q
number of petroleum companies
operating in Mexico. said last night
at New York that the supreme
court opinion completely justified
the attitude taken toward the pc.
troleum NV by a majority Of the
companies operating in that coun.
try, but was unwilling to comment
further until the text of the deci.
sion s. published.
This. it was said in dispatches
from Mexico City, is being revised
and will be made available later.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-11-18
OIL DRILLING
T0START NEAR
STEELE IN MAY
Work 10 Be Financed by Prai-
rie Oil and Gas Co. Of Wy
Oming and Kansas

Drilling for oil on land north of
Steele will be started about May
l next year if the winter weather
is such that machinery and, equip
ment can be moved onto the site,
according to E. f. Fredeen of Ry-
der, president of the Freden Oil
Develop ent association, who was
in Bismarck today on business. The
drillins will be financed by the
Prairie Oil and Gas company, which
has offices at Cheyenne, Wyo., and
independence, Kansas, he said.
Rumors Of possible drilling in
that vicinity have been current
throughout the summer, since it
was known that the Prairie COM
pany has geologists in the North
Dakota field for several months.
and much prospecting was done
north of Steele in the vicinity Of
Sibley Butte.
Leases on the Steele structure
Holding company of Bismarck.
which were held by the Capital
Fredeen company of Ryder and sew
eral Jamestown people have been
pooled in order, that the Prairie
company could 60 ahead with drill
ing operations, Mr.. Fredeen states.
w. D. Wallace of Cheyenne, rep
resenting the Prairie company, has
also been in Bismarck this week.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-11-18
HEAD OF ARMS
COMPANY NOW
BEING SOUGHT
Warrant Issued For John Man
nerstam Charging Illegal
Possession of Guns
HUGE ARSENAL Is FOUND
Police Believe Com pany
Planned 10 Supply Gang.
sters With Arms
HUGE ARSENAL is FOUND

Albany, Calf, Nov. 18.-(P)-A
country wide search for John Man.
nerstam, head of the Pacific Arms
company of San Francisco, was in
stituted by police today as the
aftermath of raid at his home here
in which a veritable arsenal of ma
chine guns, rifles, revolvers and
ammunition was seized.
The raid was made on tip
from Cleveland and Kent, Ohio, po-
lice saying arms shipments had
been made to the latter town and
that they believed the arms COM
pany was planning to supply gang
sters in the east with guns and am
munition on a large scale.
House Was Deserted
No one was at home when the
raid was staged by police said they
would issue warrant for Manner
STAN, charging illegal possession of
machine guns.
First reports that "a United
States senator, mentioned as cam
didate for president" had been
linked with a plot to smuggle arms
to Mexican revolutionists, were
found to b. without basis of fact
when the raiders made public corre-
spondence seized at the Mannerstam
place.
Information from the police in
Cleveland and Kent said two ma
chine guns had been shipped to
Charles Hess, Of Kent. by the Pa
cific Arms company. and that three
bandit suspects had been arrested
when they called for them. Invcsti-
cation disclosed that Mannerstam
had expressed a package November
to Charles II. Hess, route 1, Kent,
Ohio, collect OF delivery, $574. Six
machine guns, 10000 rounds Of ma
chine gun ammunition, so rifles, %
revolvers, "a pairs Of brass
knuckles, and several packages con-
tcining explosives believed by raid
crs to contain INT, were seized.
The police said :. machine shop
equipped for repairing fire arms
was located in the rear of the
house, and that a launch, u, a truck,
was also found. The residence is
but a short distance from San
Francisco bay.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-11-18
Hunter Feels Teeth
of Pennsylvania Law

Greensburg, Pc, Nov. 18.-tP)--
A hunter who :nistook q fellow man
for some species Of game has felt
the teeth Of the Pennsylvania law
which makes it a misdemeanor for
a ninrod to so accidentally shoot q
person.
The victim Of the shooting urged
that the defendant not be prosecut-
ed but nevertheless, H. L. Barnett,
of Oliver, was sentenced to a year
in jail, assessed the costs and or
dered to pay 5000 to the man he
wounded.
Charles R. Hamline, q relative,
was wounded by Barnett while they
were hunting.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-11-18
SIX PERSONS
ARE RANS0MED
Moorish Brigands Have Two
Million Gold Francs For Re-
leasing Prisoners

: Kasba Tadla, Morocco, Nov. 10.
--lR)-Seventy-eight sacks contain
ing two million francs In gold
($4OO, ,O0O) were in the hands Of
Moorish brigands in the snow COW
cred middle Atlas mountains today
and the six persons whom the gold
ransomed were back in civilization
recovering from their experiences
during z months captivity.
Two Of the ransomed prisoners.
the nine and 1l-year-old Arnaud
girls looking pale and tired, with
their feet bleeding, stumbled over
the mountain passes to Aguennous
and were turned over to French
protectorate officers, unaware that
the Moors had murdered their par
ents.
Their parents had been, murder
ed when the children were abducted
but the children had been told they
had returned home. The girls are
to be he guests Of Mrs. Theodore
Steeg, wife Of the French resident
general, at Rabat, until their future
may be assured.
Yves Steeg, nephew of1the resi-
dent general, Jean Maillet and their
two women companions on . hunt
ing trip. Baroness Won Steinheil and
Nine. Marie Prokoroff, were the
other prisoners delivered into the
hands Of the French At Aguennous.
Baroness Won Steinheil and Mime.
Prokoro4f looked pale and peaked.
sThat mutton was AWFUL" one o.
the women said, referring 20 the
brigand cuisine.
Both Yves Steeg and Maillet
appeared bronzed and healthy.
The brigands had been negotiat-
ing with the French Aince the cap
turc Of the Stceg party October e.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-11-18
US. MERCHANT
MARINE NEEDS
REJUVENATlNG.
This and Agricultural Research
Given as Means of PrOvid-
ing Farm Relief
BRENCkMAN Is SPEAKER
If ExpOrtable Surplus Gets to
Market II Brings Farmer
Cash, He Says
BRENCkMAN is SPEAKER

Cleveland, Ohio, NOv. 1S.-(AP--
A rejuvenated merchant marine and
program Of research by the de-
partment Of agriculture were recon-.
mended last night by Frederick
Brenckman, legislative agent of the
National Grange, as the means OF
providing farm relief.
Addressing the Patrons of Hus-
bandry, gathered here for the annu-
al convention of the Grange, Brenck-
man outlined his views on export
able surpluses.
"Fifty-six per cent of Americas
exports are agricultural products
he said. "They are the expOrtable
surplus over which farm relief de-
bate has waged for the past six
years. If it gets to market it brings
gold back to the American farmer.
If not, it brings nothing.
Ships 700 Slow
'"The American merchant marine
has been used for shipping much OF
the American exports, but it is put
ting exporters at a disadvantage
now. First, it is old. Second, it is
slow. Europe is now building fleets
with speed up to Is knots an hour
as compared to 10 knots for the
Yankee fleets.
ocean freight rates already have
Jumped from three to Is cents a
bus:lel on wheat to Liverpool since
the war. With foreign competition
becomillsy. ksenef; ~sthe American
wheat in American ships is apt to
arrive for the low prices"
Mr.. Brenckman recommended put
ting the fleet in private hands, de-
claring that of the % lines operated
by the government, only one, the
United States line, returned profit
last year.
The farmers are greatly in need
Of research work, Brenckman said.
He asserted that for every dollar
spent in research by the depart
ment OF agriculture, $500 has been
made by the farmers Of the coun-
try"
Ketchum and Capper Talk
Representative John C. kctchum
Of Michigan, member of the house
committee on agriculture and form
cr master Of the Michigan Grange,
and Senator Arthur Capper Of Kan
sas also spoke on farm relief. Sena-
tor Capper touched the subject only
in a vague way, however, and de-
voted most Of his address to a de-
mand for law enforcement. Re-
gardless of party affiliations no
man can be elected president next
year on wet platform, he said.
Representative Ketchum empha-
sized the necessity Of maintaining a
permanent, prosperous and pro.
gressive agriculture" but he failed
to see in legislation any kind of a
complete solution to the farm prob
lem. He urged stricter organiza-
ton among the farmers for achieve
ment of their aims.
In session for four days, the Ma
tional Grange has done little but
engage in ritualistic work and lis
ten to speeches. Ritualistic cere-
monies will be concluded tonight.
There will follow public session to
be addresse by Senator William E.
Borah Of Idaho.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-11-18
Women Jurors Will
Bring Sewing Today

Kansas City, Nov. 1S.-R)-Eight
women jurors, who found the four
men of the pane, !, stubborn to
reach 4 verdict in 2 liquor sc here
after = 13-hour session, have agreed
to resume deliberations today-but
they win bring their sewing.
sSThere is no hope Of agreeing be-
cause the mtn re so stubborn" !"
Mrs. Nettie M. Reid, foreman, told
the court. She indicated al the
women favored conviction.
Frank Belmont, only one Of the
jurors who sampled the evidence in
the court room, when four TASKS Of
alleged whiskey were presented for
inspection, tolt the court the men
were satisfied with the evidence ut
hand.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-11-18
VERONA MAN Is
CONVICTED OF
KILLING BJONE
Will BE Given Sentence of Lie
Imprisonment. in State
Penitentiary
LAW PROVIDES PENALTY
Jury Reached Verdict This
Morning After Being Out
Since Thursday Noon
LAW PROVIDES PENALTY

La Moure. N. D., Nov. 18.-A9-
Francis Tucker was today found
guilty of the. murder of Hans Bjone.
cashier of a Verona, N. D., bank,
slain in robbery on February 28,
last
The jury, out since noon Thurs
day, reported it's verdict this MORN
ing to Judge Wolfe in the La Moure
county district court.
Tucker will get a sentence of life
imprisonment, which is the penalty
fixed by law in North Dakota for
first degree murder.
The conviction of Tucker was
gained on circumsantial evidence,
Tucker being the last man in the
bank on the afternoon of the kill
ing and robbery. while his financial
operations beginning Immediately
after the murder were debated at
great length and with much thor
Oughness by the state to show sud-
den affluence, not accounted for
other than through the bank rob-
berry. =,
Tucker has been farmev resid-
ing near Verona, and the man whom
the jury found him guilty Of Staying
was a friend. ;.
The jury returned their verdict
at 9:1O a. M, after being out since
1920 y. m. Thursday.
Appeal Will BE Taken
That an appeal will be taken from
the verdict was indicated by Judge
+. II. Thomas, Lisbon, member OF
the defense counsel.
When it was announced that the
jury wished to return its verdict,
Tucker entered the court room. His
face vas slightly blanchcd, but he
walked to his seat confidently.
AS the jurors filed in to take
their seats he appeared easy. but
when w. A. Hanson, Jud, foreman,
handed to bailiff the jury's ver-
dict t. at it might be given to Judge
Charles T.. Wolfe, Wahpcton. he
squirmed in his chair.
AS the verdict was read, Tucker
gasped SO loudly it was audible
throughout the court room.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-11-18
VETERANS HOSPITAL CONSTRUCTION
HURCED IN RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED
BYSTATE AMERICAN LEGION POSTS
Didn't Miss Teeth
Until Lunch Time

Chicago. Nov. lS-(AP)-
A stout man who refused to
reveal his name today laid
claim to a place in the hall Of
face alongside all the absent
minded .OfessOrs Of funny
story fame.
He approached the Lost and
Found" department Of a down.
town hotel and mumbled some
thing that sounded like "L0sh
falsh eesch."
The attendant delved into a
collection Of miscellany and
fished out a set Of false teeth,
uppers and lowers, complete.
Isn't it funny" he remarked
after finding that they fit. II
never missed them until or
dcrcd lunch"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-11-18
SHOOTING OF
GIRL WILL BE
INVESTIGATED
Friends L0ath TO Accept Story
of Police Chief That She
Killed Herself

Selma, Ala, Nov. 18.-(R)-Ap-
parently loath to- accept the orig
inal verdict of suicide, prominent
citizens of this town are actively
interesting themselves in an invest
igation into the causes that led to
the death by shooting of Miss
Louise Montebarro, "a, and pretty.
Governor Bibb Graves and Attor-
ney General Charlie C. Mccall have
been urged to see that proper
search into the facts is made. Miss
Montebarro was reported to have
fired a bullet into her own head
while seated in an automobile be-
side H. F. Blake, chief of police
of Caiera, Ala, after that officer
arres. d her Monday for speeding
near Calera.
.Chief Bla' late yesterday added
to his original statement that he
had fired "single shot into the
air." while speeding IS miles an
hour in an attempt to overtake the
girl.
Bullet of Different Calibre
The girl is said to have carried
q .S2 calibre pistol at the time Of
the shooting, and the autopsy is
said to hav revealed that the bull
let which caused her death was not
Of that calibre. The physician who
performed the autopsy also declared
that there were no powder burns
visible around the bullet wound.
The yiscera Of the young woman
is under examination for possible
traces Of alcohol, since it was
charged by the officer that she
threw an empty bottle from her
autom, bile before she was over
taken.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-11-18
DR.. V. j. La Rose Is
H0nored by Surgeons

DIR. v. j. La Rose, Bismarck, was
elected councillor for North Dakota
at the annual district convention of
the American College Of Surgeons
at Duluth Minn., Thursday, accord
ing to an Associated Press dispatch
received here today.
DR.. James p. Aylen, Fargo, father
Of DR.. w. C. Aylen, Mandan, was
elected chairman for North Dakota
while other executives elected were
DR.. A. N. Collins, Duluth, chairman
for Minnesota: DR.. e. A. L0omis,
Minneapolis, secretary for Minneso-
Ia; DR.. Theodore Bratrud, Warren,
councillor for Minnesota.
DR.. e. r. Quain is also In attend
ance at the meeting and is expected
to return to Bismarck Saturday.