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New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-08-31
ALLEGED CHAPMAN ALLY
HELD FOR BRIDGEPORT
Abraham Silverstein Wanted in Con-
nection With Intent to Kill
Charge in New York

New York, Aug 81 Pl-Abraham
Silverstein, 80 years old, who police
said was arrested in 1928 in con-
nection with Gerald Chapman's es-
cape from Atlanta penitentiary hos
pital, was in the lineup at police
headquarters today as a fugitive
from justice in Bridgeport Conn. He
is wanted in Bridgeport for assault
with intent to kill, in 1926. Details
of the Connecticut charge were not
revealed.
Bridgeport. Conn, Aug. 81 up
Abraham Silverstein, under arrest in
New York as a fugitive from justice
from this city. is alleged to have
been one of the so-called cue slug
gers" who came from New York to
intimidate garment workers in cloth
ing shops here and in Stamford. The
gang derived their name from the
fact that they used sawed off pool
cues as weapons with which to beat
Up their victims.
Following an attack on employees
of the Fairfield Cloak Company
during the strike Of the New York
garment workers in 1926, police
nabbed nine of the gang as they
were fleeing towards the New York
state line. The men were arraigned
in superior court here and received
sentences ranging from four to Is
years in states prison.
Following conference with
States Attorney William H. Comley.
the detective bureau today an
nounced that application would be
made for Silverstein's extradition to
this civ
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-08-31
NIcCRAY ORDERED RELEASED

Washington, Aug. 81 P-Tele-
graphic instructions were sent to
Warden Shook of the Atlanta peni-
ate release of former Governor War;
rem T. McCray of Indiana. He is ex-
pected to be released during the day.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-08-31
HOPES FOR REDFERN
Strengthened TODAY
Report His Plane Was
Sighted Saturday Is
Partly Confirmed

Brunswick, Ga, Aug. 81 R-The
slender thread of hope that has sus-
tanned watchers here in the belief
that Paul Redfern is safe. was
strengthened today. with partial
confirmation OF reports that an air.
plane had been sighted last Saturday
over the route of his flight to Brazil
The first report received from
Caracas Monday that natives had
sighted a plane flying southeasterly
over the Orinoco Delta, was substan-
tiated to some extent by another re-
port from the government telegraph
operator at Cuidad Bolivar that a
plane had been seen flying over the
village OF Macarieto the same after
noon.
Both reports placed the time of
sighting the plane at about 3 o'clock
in which case Redfern's gasoline
supply, estimated to last not more
than IS hours, would have been
nearly exhausted and he would have
been forced to land within short
time. At o'clock Saturday after
noon he would have been in the air
50 hours.
The intrepid aviator took off from
here at 1916 p. M, Thursday. Since
then in addition to the Caracas re-
ports, only an unconfirmed report
from an unnamed vessel that he was
sighted late Thursday 800 miles off
the Bahamas has been received.
Mrs. Redfern continues to main
tain that her husband will be found
safe. She declared she believed her
husband had reached South America
before being forced down.
The Brazil government has point
ed out that if Redfern |..as been
forced down in the interior. weeks
may pass before he can make his
way out or send word.
Officials of Brazil also declared
that if the intrepid flyers plane was
sighted over the Orinoca, he might
have been making for Mansoa,
nearest Brazilian point from where
the plane was sighted and also the
safest. as the route would be over
the negro valley in which there is
considerable OPEN country with
rancho. not infrequent. Here too,
however, if the aviator landed, il
might be weeks before he reached
means OF communication with the
outside world, as travel along the
river. practically the only route to
the coast, is slow.
Meantime United States consular
agents in British and Dutch Guiana
and Brazil have been instructed by
the state department to press the
search for the missing flyer.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-08-31
TO GREET HUSBAND

New York, Aug. 81 LP-Changing
her mind suddenly, Mrs. Leslie
Hamilton, wife Of the British avia-
tor who started transatlantic
eight f.-om England TO Ottawa to-
day, left New York for Canada at
this forenoon morning.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-08-31
LEVINE WILL NOT TRY
IF BRITISH SUCCEED
May Abandon Atlantic
Flight to Break Endur-
ance Records

London, Aug. 81 LP-Charles A.
Levine will abandon his plans for a
return fight from the Atlantic if the
British aviators, Hamilton and Min
chin, succeed in their present at
tempt, he told the Associated Press
this morning. He indicated that he
had in mind an alternative flight,
which might consist of an attempt
to break the long distance and en-
durance records, flying toward the
east.
Wishing the British fiers "all the
luck in the world he paid tribute
to their courage in starting in the
face of unfavorable weather reports
and voiced the hope that Yesterdays
announcement of his intention to
start within a few days had not been
responsible for their taking to the
air earlier than they planned.
There are other long distance
fights TO be made which will be as
great endurance tests as the Allan
tic hop he said. but I had hoped
to be at the head of the first expe-
dition to make the round trip across
the Atlantic. This has been my
dream for many years"
London, Aug. 81 R-Charles A.
Levine, owner of the transatlantic
plane Columbia, and his newly en-
gagged British pilot, Captain w. G.
~, Ali i,>t4 taI ivN
weather prospects today. for they in
sist that with the first indications OF
favorable weather, they will hop off
on the transatlantic fight to the
United States.
The Columbia Is resting at the
CONTINUED on Page 1s)
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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-01-27
FREIGHT RATE
ON MEAT WILL
BE REVISED
l. G. G.. Orders Revision Of
Rates From Packing Houses
West of Mississippi

Washington, Jan. 27.-LR-A revi-
sion Of rates on meat products from
packing houses located on and west of
the Mississippi river to eastern ter
ritory was ordered today by the In
tcrstate Commerce Commission, ta
become effective April 20.
The commissions decision reversed
a finding made in 1926 as to the west
Grn meat rates and resulted from a
reinvcstigation.
The key to the new schedule lays
in the fixing Of rate on fresh meat
from St. Louis to the east, which shall
be eight cents per hundred pounds
above like rates from Chicago. The
St. Louis rate will determine tho
charge to be made from all packing
ccnters on the Missouri and Misss-
sippi rivers.
From Wichita. Kansas, to the east
the commission prescribed rate of
81 cents above St. Louis, from Okla
h0ma City AZ cents and from Fort
Worth, 54 cents. In it's former de-
cision, the commission held that the
St. Louis rate to the east should
equal 1T per cent Of Chicago rates.
Rates on cured meats and hites
from western packing house to the
east were held to be reasonble. The
former decision required a reduction
in these rates.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-01-27
TRADE WEEK
TO. BE HELD
City Will Be Host to, Slope
Country Folks March 7-12,
A. c. Group Decides

Bismarck will be host to Slope
country folks March z to II as the
result Of q decision Of the Association
Of Commerce to hold general "trade
week.. at that time,
The decision was made by q COM
'mittes Of ten: Five automobile men
and five other business men, at a
meeting held yesterday afternoon at
the Association chambers. Full plans
for, the affair are to be announced
later.
Members Of the committee are w.
E. Lahr, Burt Finney, w. s. Ayres, s.
w. Corwin, R. NJ. Bergeson, A. E..
Brink, Robert Webb, M. B. Gilman, J.
P. French and Fred Peterson.
Decision to hold general meeting
Monday evening, january 81, at 8
o'clock at the Association Of COM
nierce chambers was made by the
committee. All business men are in
vitsd to come and the committee feels
every house should be represented.
The trade week matter first came up
for discussion when the automobile
dealers held meeting Tuesday Aft
ernoon to discuss plans for the sec-
end aanpal automobile show. After
dis<bsslon. u was decided to turn the
matter EVER otths Association Of
CoMsaeyce and committee of 10 wss
appointed by President Henry Dueme-
lap a take up the pattsr.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-01-27
COBB, SPEAKER
| INDICATED OF
AL CHARGES
Landis Gives Them Per1nis.
sion 70 Rescind withdraw
III From Baseball
MEN NOT FOUND GUILTY
Attendance of Dutch Leonard
at Hearing Could Not Be
Induced Nor Enforced

Chicago, Jan. 27-LP)-Tyrus Cobb
and iris Speaker today were cleared
of all charges which might make
them ineligible for participation in
professional baseball. in a decision
by Kcnesaw Mountain Landis. and
given permission to rescind their
withdrawal from baseball and return
to the reserve lists of the Detroit
Tigers and Cleveland Indians, re-
spectively.
The decision today was in response
to request from Cobb and Speaker
that their baseball status be defined
This request was in contemplation Of
possible future service and in ac-
cordance with the commissioner
statement Of December q, 1926. when
he said: "These men being out of
baseball. no decision will be made
unless changed conditions in the fu-
ture require it,"
Preceding that announcement both
players had been released.
Cobb and Speaker appeared before
Commissioner Lands November 27,
1926, and were informed that Dutch
Leonard, retired pitcher formerly
with Detroit, had turned over letters
to the American League, stating that
the game Of September %, 1919, be.
tween Detroit and Cleveland had been
fixed. Cobb, Speaker, and Smoky Joe
Wood branded the charge as false
after they learned that Leonard had
included them as parties to the ar.
rangement.
Players Not Guilty
"This is the Cobb-Spcakcr case
said the decision by Commissioner
Lands. "Thcse players have no,
been, nor are they now, found guilty
of fixing ball game. BY no dcccn,
system Of justice could such finding
be made. Therefore, they were not
placed @on the ineligible list.
"As they desire to rescind thei,
withdrawal from baseball, the re.
leases which the Detroit and Clevc.
land clubs granted at their requests
in the circumstances detailed above
arc cancelled and these players names
are restored to the reserve lists ol
those clubs"
Neither Cobb nor Speaker was pres
ent today when Leslie O'Connor, Sc.
crctary to Comm issioncr Landis
! passed out the typewriter sheets OF
the comm missioner's decision, nor were
they represented by counsel. Com.
CONTINUED on page seven.)
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-01-27

AWAIT FINISH
Of ANALYSIS
Tests to Date Reveal No
Trace of Poison, iowa Uni
versity Dean States

Iowa City, Iowa, Jan. 27-(R--
Completion Of second analysis of
the viscera of Charles Elrod, Level
len, Neb., whose body was found ly-
ing on u bloody pillow in a Marshall
town, Iowa, hotel two weeks ago, was
awaited anxiously today by author-
ties attempting to determine whether
the man was slain, took his own life
or died of broken heart.
Despite physicians opinions at a
post mortcm examination that Elrod
died of poisoning. Dean Wilbur Teet-
ers Of the pharmacy college at the
University of Iowa indicated last
night his second examination might
produce the same conclusions as made
in the first-no evidence of poison
He said he had found NO trace of
poisoning in the liver or stomach,
and hoped to complete tests on the
other organs today.
A second failure to find poison will
plunge theories as to the cause and
motive Of Elrod's death back to their
starting point.
Love Letters in Background
Letters entangled in the love Of
Elrod and his 19-year-old sweetheart,
Veda Bellefeuille. which are known
to have aroused Elrod to a highly
emotional state before his death, re-
mained In the background today pend
ing Dean Teeters' definite decision.
The letters were written to Elrod
by supposed rival for veda's affec-
tions, who signed as Keith Clayton"
and threatened death to Elrod il he
persisted in courtship of the girl.
Before the coroner's jury, Miss
Bcllefuillc said the letters were copied
from inagaxine by herself to arouse
Elrod's jealousy.
A, grand jury investigation of the
case, which has been delayed by
other court actions, is expected to get
under way in week or two.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-01-27
MINERS MEET
DISRUPTED BY
FISTIC MELEE
Powers HapgoOd, Harvard
Graduate, Fights When De-
MED Right TO Talk

indianapolis, Jan. 27.-LR)-A fist
fight between Powers Hapgood of
Cresson. Pa. Harvard graduate and
son. of prominent indianapolis manu-
facturer. and scrReant-at-arms tenn
porarily disrupted today's meeting Of
the United Mine Workers Of America,
in convention here.
Hapgood. who claims to be a dele
gate but whose claims the crcdcnt
committee ignored, attempted to
speak on q resolution assailing the
United Mine Workers Journal, Off
cial publication of the union. for not
printing the views Of the minority
faction of the miners.
President John L. Lewis denied
Hapgood the floor and when a scr-
geant-at-arms attempted to seat him,
Hapgood resisted. The melee fol-
lowed. but soon was quelled.
Hapgood claims he is denied seat
in the convention because Of his OPP
position to Lewis. The young man
recently was expelled from Pennsyl-
vania district Of the union because
of his radical views and because, it
was asserted, he is not miner. Hap
good is proponent Of nationaliza-
tion Of the mines.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-01-27
New CrOss-state
Highway Advocated
BY Plaza Citizens

A new east and west road across
the state via Grand Forks, Devils
Lake. Minnewaukan and the Sanish
bridge to the Montana line is advo-
Gated by the Plaza Community Club
in letter recently sent out.
"This direct across-the-state road
would run through open or reasonably
flat country and would not be cost
ly to build" says the letter. 1T
would also be possible to keep such
road open for winter travel. The
public living along this rbute. where
there is poor railroad service. would
be enabled to get to Minot. Williston
or Devils Lake for hospital service"
The road would bring Grand Forks
IS miles closer to Williston, the let
ter claims. and asserts that good
road would be supplied large por-
tion Of the state now having few
good highways.
The Sanish bridge will BE- complet-
ca early In the fa1l and the letter
urges that such road, Il it be built.
be rushed through "at rs early .
date as possible"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-01-27
WOUNDS GIVEN
n. DAKOTA MAN
CAUSE DEATH
H. NJ. Walker of Strasburg
Dies at Ft. Crook without
Regaining Consciousness

Omaha. Jan. 27.-(R)-H. NJ.
Walker Of Strashurg, N. d.. who
was found bound hand and foot
and beaten into unconsciousness
in pasture near La Platte last
Monday night. died at Fort Crook
hospital last night AxithV,. .e-
gaining Consciousness.
Walker, who was badly beaten
about the head. appeared at first
to be the victim Of robbers. hut
the theory was discarded when
SIS was found in saoncy bet
about his knee.
A. l.. Martin. who found Walk.
cr. said he saw two men run from
the scene as he approached. Two
men who gave their names ~
Clifford Rciper, 20, and Richard
Risncr, 20. Of Sioux City. were
arrested shortly afterward and
arc being held pending invcstiga-
tiOn.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-01-27
FORMER POLICE
CHIEF Is AMONG
FOUR INDICTED
Men Charged With $4,000
Mail Robbery in South st.
Paul in April, 1924
SIX COUNTS ARE LISTED
Frank w. Sommer, One Time
N. w. Secret Service Chief,
-
Denies Charges

Winona, Minn., Jan. LP)-Four
men today faced charges Of robbing
the mails and conspiracy to com nit
the crime as the result Of indictments
returned here by the federal grand
jury in connection with the $4,000
mail robbery in South St. Paul April
II, 1924.
The men. including Frank w.
Sommer, former northwest secret SER
vice chief and later chief Of police Of
st. Paul, were indicted here yesterday.
The indictments list six counts
carrying maximum penalties OF l12
years in prison.
Dan Hogan, prominent st. Paul
restaurant and hotel man, George E.
BlauI, former agent for the Chicago
Great Western railroad at South St.
Paul, and Ruben D. Lilley, alias
Blackie Carter, St. Paul, were the
others named in the blanket indict-
ment.
Lilley previously was indicted on q
charge Of robbing the Superior, Wis.,,
postoffics of $4,000.
S0mmer's Bond $1,000
Sommer was not arrested but per-
mitted to return to St. Paul and ap-
pear before government officials
there at his first opportunity. His
bond was set at $1,000.
Hogan was taken into custody in
St. Paul and held under 100000
bond, while Lilley. alleged driver OF
the bandit car during the holdup, has
never been apprehcnded.
Blaul is being held under $4,000
bond.
Sommer denied that he had any
connection with the robbery, declaring
"these charges have been brought on
by the word of convicted felon
while | stand on my record Of ser.
vice to the government and the city
of ST. Paul." The former chief refer.
rcd to Terry Moran, who was sentenc.
ed to Is years in Leavenworth prison
for the South St. Paul robbery.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-01-27
MADISON Man
DISMEMBERED
WOMAN BODY
william Coffey, Who Killed
Bigamous Wife, Changes
Details Of Confession
BODY BURIED IN PIECES
Second Confession Made Aft.
er Officials Find Pick, SHOW.
el and Blood Stains

Mauston, Wis.,, Jan. 27.--LR-R. N.
Orchard, district attorney Of Grant
county. where William N. Coffey con-
fessed he killed Mrs. Hattie Hales,
his bigamous wife. and buried her
6ismcmbered body, was en- route to
Mauston today with q warrant charg-
ing murder, county officials announe-
cd early today. It Is expected that
Coffey will be taken to .Platteville
today. where he will be asked to point
out spots where he buried the re-
mains Of the woman.
The Madison bond salesman and
lay-preacher yesterday made . new
confession, declaring that instead Of
tossing the body Of Mrs. Hales into
the Mississippi river, as he had claim.
ed at first, he kept the body Of the
dead woman in his automobile for
day after her death and then, terror
stricken, used q butcher knife to dis
member it.
killing Accidental
Coffey, in his new confession, still
maintained that he accidentally
killed the woman with q baseball bat
during an argument in their tent
pitched on the Wisconsin side Of the
Mississippi, in Grant county. In re-
vamping the details of the woman's
death, however, he changed the date
from October 13 to October 3.
Finding that the blow Of the bat
had killed the woman, Coffey said he
c1acol %ho LoJ,, - h;a nor oud Irnvn
to q grove about five miles from
Platteville, where he spent the re-
mainder of the night and all the next
day.
Coffey declared that he then de-
cided to cut up the body and bury it..
Hacking the body into more than a
dozen pieces, he said he wrapped
them in newspapers and sections of
his tent, dug holes over an area as
~wide as two. city blocks and carefully
buried each section. The next morn
ing, October 10, he found he could
not start his car and stopped bus
driver, who sent repairman. This
part of Coffey's story was corroborat-
ed last night by Ray Sphinx. Platte
Vile aptOmOOlie Tep0lTMaus VINO SaIu
he distinctly remembered the Incl
dent.
Went to Asheville, N. c.
With his automobile repaired. Cof-
fey said he drove to Boscobel, In
Crosse, where he first met Mrs. Hales,
Mauston and then to Asheville, N. c.,
where he remained until returning to
Elroy, Wis.,. where he was arrested
last Friday.
The second confession was obtained
by juneau county officials when new
evidence was disclosed by the discov-
cry Of . pick and shovel ana grass
mat bearing stains believed to be
blood in the basement Of Coffey's
home at Madison, where his wife and
three children lived.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-01-27
Gypsy Queen Dies
of Blood Poisoning

Philadelphia. Jan. 27.-CP Be-
meath the royal gypsy death robe Of
heavily embroidered white silk. the
Lody Of Crown Princess Binbo. daugh-
ter Of the Queen of the Gypsies. to-
day awaited burial.
Stricken several days ago with
blood poisoning. the princess died
yesterday at the Lankenau hospital,
while scores Of her subjects knelt on
the lawn adjoining. chanting pray
ers for her recovery.
Gypsies from all parts Of the coun-
try are expected to attend the fun
eral. arrangements for which will not
be complete for several days.
Princess Binbo two weeks ago gave
birth to son. her sixth child, and
elaborate preparations had been made
!, for its christening. when scratch
on the princess lip became infected
and blood poisoning developed.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-01-27
COMMISSIONER
WANTED TO AID
WAR VETERANS
Senators Baird, Hamilton and
Schlosser Sponsor veter-
ans Service Bill :

Appointment Of a veterans service
commissioners to aid ex-service men
is provided in q bill introduced in
the senate Wednesday by Senators
!. B. Baird, Stark county; D. H. Ham
ilton, McHenry county, and Walter
Schlosser, Grand Forks county.
The bill provides that the commits
sioner be appointed by the governor
for two-year terms on the recon-
mendation Of the state executive com.
mittee Of the American Legion, and
that the commissioners must be an ex-
service man. ".
His duties would be to assist ex-
service men to secure adjustments Of
claims which they might have against
the United States Veterans bureau.
the federal pension bureau, or any
other benefit they may be entitled to
under the laws Of the United States
or any state. His salary would be
$500 . year.
The bill further provides for an
appropriation Of $4,000 for expenses
Of carrying the act into effect and has
m emergency clause. &
The measure states that there are
100000 ex-service men IN the state
who are unable to properly pursue
their compensation claims.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-01-27
BLAST OCCURS
WHEN LIGHTING
SYSTEM FAILS
Mormon Chapel and Recrea-
tion Hall Wrecked During
Basketball Game
WALLS, CEILING FALL
Some of the Injured Literally
Blown From Building BY
Force of Blast

Turner, Idaho. Jan. 27.--CP)--Six
persons are dead and nearly a score
injured. 12 seriously, as a result of
an explosion Of acetylcne gas which
wrecked Mormon chapel and re.
creation hall here last ni6At,; whije'
basketball game was in progress,i
About 200 persons had assembled.
In the one-story frame building for
game between the Turner and
Central, Idaho, teams. Shortly after
play started the lighting system
failed and. witnesses said, some one
lighted a match. A terrific ex-
plosion followed, wrecking the rear
wall.
As the players and spectators
started for the only remaining exit
at the front of the building, a por-
tion Of the ceiling fell, hurting tim
bcrs and plaster into the crowd.
Before the hall could be cleared, the
front wall collapsed. Most Of the
dead and many Of the injured were
found near this exit.
Some of the injured said they were
literally blown from the building.
Others near the door found little diff
ficuity in escaping.
Turner is located in Bannock
county in the Bear Valley ranch
country of southeastern Idaho.