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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-03-18
FORMER NAVAL
OFFICER HELD
WITHOUT BAIL
Mayors Charged BY British
With lllicitly Possessing
Official Papers

London, March 18-(R-England
was showing great interest today in
the arrest and detention without the
privilege Of giving bail Of the bril-
liant former naval officer, Lieutenant
Commander Clin Mayors. He is
charged by the admiralty with illicit
~ possessing official documents,
among them the plans of Great
Britain's largest submarine.
So important is the case regarded
that the director of public prosecu-
tiOns will conduct the case for the
admiralty, when Mayors is arraign-
ed week hence. Mayors voluntarily
retired from the navy last January
and since has been employed by the
submarine department of Vickers,
limited, builders Of warcraft and
ordnance.
There is complete secrecy respect
ing details Of the charge against
Mayors, which the prosecutor de-
scribed as one Of considerable grav-
ity. The magistrate, in declining the
responsibility Of granting bail, said
his refusal was due to the serious
nature of the case. He added that
the prisoner might make application
for release to higher court if he
SO desired.
1t is believed the admiralty was
fearful OF disclosure Of secrets re-
garding it's largest submarine, the
XII. Mayors was charged with hav-
ing possession Of the plans Of the X-l
and the Oh.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-03-18
Green Explains Why
States Bank Keeps
Money in the East

Explanation of why the Bank OF
North Dakota keeps a substantial
reserve in eastern depOsitaries was
given recently by c. r. Green, direc.
tor-general of the institution, at q
meeting Of the state industrial com.
mission.
Green explained that he now has
approximately IS per cent of the
banks funds on deposit in the east
but that it totals $4,000, 900 less than
was the case at this time last year
Withdrawals of funds which undoubt.
edly will occur during the summer
will materially reduce these reserves,
Green said, and he expects that by
July they will be reduced to Is per
cent or thcrcabOuts.
A substantial liquid reserve is nec-
essary. he said, to insure the bank
against difficulties which might arise
It too much of its money were in.
vested in securities or other paper
which could not readily be turned
into cash.
Green remembers the days when
checks against funds in the bank
were registered until such time as
they could be paid and says he does
not propose to have the bank get into
. similar situation while he Is man
aging its affairs.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-03-18
FOR
P0INDEXTER
HELD TODAY
Full Masonic Burial Service
Used-Legion Firing Squad
Gives Salute, Taps

jamestown, N. d., March l8.--(R
State Masonic officials and friend.
from st. Paul, Bismarck and Fargo
arrived in the city this morning tt
attend the funeral services TO,
David {. Poindexter. former state
auditor, who died suddenly ut u 10.
cal hospital here Tuesday.
From 12 until l o'clock arrange.
ments were made for the opening OF
the casket SO that friends could view
the body, a change to this effect in
the arrangements having been made
Thursday.
Worsh ipful Master &. |. Fcton oi
the local Blue Lodge and leading
knight in the Elks was in charge Of
the arrangements for the services
which were held this afternoon at 2
o'clock in the Masonic Temple, full
Masonic burial service being used
The Ernest Dcnault Robertson Post
Ia Of the American Legion firing
squad fired a parting salute and taps
were blown at Highland Home cemc-
terry, where burial took place.
Active pail bearers were Norman
Sweezcy, JsWestown; Thomas Hull
Of Fargo; r. B. Murphy Of Bismarck;
Robert Eddy, Jamestown; Lynn
Challoner Of St. Paul, and Howard
Ellsworth Of Fargo
Members of the local B. p. q. E.,
and the Masonic bodies will attend
the services I'M a body.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-03-18
WIND STORM
DOES DAMAGE
IN. ARKANSAS
len Persons Known to Have
Been Killed and a Score
or More Injured
kLONDIkE is HARD HIT
Hail and Rain, Accompanying
the Cyclone, Cause Much
Property Damage

Little Rock, Ark. March 18.-LR)-
"A half dozen small communities in
southwest Arkansas today were re.
covering from the shock of twisting
winds which last night left toll OF
ten. known dead and score or
more injured, some critically. The
Drunt of the storm centereu arouuu
klondike where five lives were
snuffed out and one person was SER
lously injured in a single household.
Mrs. Edgar Smith, her two children.
clifford and Inez, Lennie Cash, %,
Matthew Cash, II, and Arts Cash,
sisters and brother of Mrs. Smith,
were dead at klondike.
Lloyd McAlister, 20, of Willis, and
Olga Moody, of Mountain View, were
others listed among known. dead,
School House Destroyed
Two were known to be injured at
Delight, Pike county, and eight to
lO injured at Mountain View. De-
struction Of school house, where one
was seriously injured, was reported
from Mountain View.
munities in the vicinity of
Benton reported casualties. The
rwister dipped near Alexander, where
tho state training school for girls is
located, and several buildings of the
institution were blown down and
two women hurt.
Two were probably fatally injured
near Texarkana-a young newly mar
ried couple, whose farm was in the
path of the tornado. Hail and rain,
accompanying the storm in that COM
munity. caused considerable property
damage.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-03-18
CITIZENS OF
CURRIE, MIMI,
SEEK ESTATE
Plan to Erect Community
Building in Honor of Their
Deceased TOwnsman

St. Paul, March l8-LP)-A tale of
clipper ship that went down in the
China sea in the late sixties. with
loss of all on board save baby
who eventually grew to manhood and
died in Minnesota without known
heirs, was related to the state sem
ate finance committee yesterday.
A delegation of citizens from Cur.
rie, Minn., appeared before the COM
mittee to endorse bill providing
that the $3,5OO estate, left by the
survivor Of the disaster, be turned
over to the town.
The identity Of the ship that went
down was never learned, the com
mittee was told, but the crew of a
whaling vessel, which ran into pieces
of the wreckage, found the baby,
lashed to the mast.
Came to U. 8. at Are of IL
The whaler took the infant to
Korea and the tot was left there.
When he was Fl years old be came
to the United States as q cabin boy
on q ship and eventually drifted to
Currie, where he took the name Of
William Hendricks.
He lived in Currie for nearly half
q century before his death in 1920.
Under the law, his estate will 20 to
the state, Of Minnesota il no heirs
appear.
Citizens Of Currie want it, how
ever. and plan to erect q community
building in honor of Hendricks IL
their bill is passed by the legislature.
the committee deferred action.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-03-18
NAVY AVIATOR
HAS EXCITING
EXPERIENCE
Hangs TO Braces of Plane in
2,50O-f00t Plunge-Rights
Machine and Lands

Norfolk, Va, March l8.-LP-The
story OF how a naval aviator, thrown
from his seat in doing q loop, clung
to the braces Of his machine while
the plane plunged $500 feet earth
ward. then managed to crawl back
in. right the craft and land it safely,
was told today at Hampton Roads
naval air station.
Lieut.. Commander Isaac Schloss-
back. in a. recent flight over Norfolk,
attempted u loop at an altitude Of
1000 feet. When the loop was half
completed he slipped from his hold
ing belt and was left. clutching the
brace rods while the plane roared on
upside down
With fate as the pilot for a time
the plane suddenly righted itself
after dropping $500 feet and the
aviator climbed back into his seat,
settled down and made safe land
ing.
"The experience wasn't any fun"
was all he said today when asked
about the story
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-03-18
LEGALITY OF
COOK PAROLE
TO BE TESTED
Government Attorneys Claim
Federal Judge Wilson Elk.
ceeded Authority
MAY GO TO HIGH COURT
Wilson Claims Trial Judge
Has Control Over Prisoner
During Sentence
MAY GO TO HIGH COURT

Washington, March 1s.--(R-
Legality Of the five-year parole
granted DR.. Frederick A. Cook. arctic
explorer and oil promoter, by Federal
Judge James {. Wilson at Fort
Worth, Texas, is expected to be
tested in United States circuit cour.
of appeals.
While Attorney General Sargent
and other officials Of the department
of Justice so far have refused to
comment on the probationary order.
extended Yesterday under the 1925
federal probation act, it is regarded
as certain that District Attorney
Zweifel at Fort Worth will be in
structed to nress for action on the
appeal he already has announced
will be filed.
This Immediately would throw the
question into the higher federal
court and possibly start legal pro-
ceedings that would be continued un-
til the United States supreme court
would be reached.
Serving l4.Year Term
DR.. Cook, who still claims to he
the original discoverer Of the north
pole, was serving a l4-year sentence
at Leavenworth oenitentiary on con-
viction Of misuse Of the mails for
oil stock promotion. He has been
paroled to Erskine Williams. Fort
Worth attorney and church man.
While the new parole law has been
used in a number Of instances by
judges during the two years since
its adoption. government attorneys
ut Fort Worth raised the same OBJ
lection that was pointed to here in
that judge did not have the author
ity to grant probation after pris-
oner had begun serving his SEN
tencc.
Judge Wilson, in granting the par
ole. held that the new law is IA .radi-
cal departure, without parallel" and
gives the trial judge control over
the prisoner until termination of the
sc cntence.
"The act gives district Judges in
some instances pardoning power not
enjoyed by the president" he said.
Sentence Called Excessive
The judge stated in his opinion
that the original sentence against
Cook was excessive and that if he
served the full time he would be Is
years old when released. Probation
amounts to suspended SEN
tcnce and at the end of the five
year period, Cook will be eligible for
freedom by pardon, and
will be forced to return to prison un-
less the president extends pardon
Or commutes the sentence.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-03-18
OF
new ROAD BODY
HELD ILLEGAL
Attorney General Shafer
Rules New Law Is Not Eff.
fective Until July l

Reorganization Of the state high
way commission, under law passed
at the last session Of the legislature,
will not be legal until July 1, Attor-
ney General George Shafer held in
an opinion presented to State Audi
tor John Stecn today.
The highway commission was re-
organized by Governor Sorlie last
tuesday. The executive said he
assumed that the emergency clause
on the bill signed by him was right
FULLY there and claims that the new
law is effective ut once.
The validity of the emergency
clause was challenged at that time
by j. A. Kitchen, commissioner Of
agriculture and labor and an ex.
officio member of the highway. com.
mission under the old law. The
new law provides for a commission
to consist of the governor and two
appointive members.
Inc opinion of the attorney gen
.eral holds that the emergency clause
was not legally carried and that the
new law will not go into effect be-
fore July |.
Steen Asks For Opinion
State Auditor Stcen asked for the
opinion IN order to make sure that
he has right to pay bills approved
only by the new officers Of the
highway department appointed ut
the reorganization meeting.
Highway commission officials in
dicated their intention to immediate
~ file mandamus action to compel
the state auditor to pay the bills.
This procedure will result in court
decision on the subject and it is CON
sidered probable that the case will
60 TO the supreme court before a
final decision is reached.
The attorney general held that the
records of the legislature show that
the emergency clause was stricken
from the bill by the house and never
reinstated. The law requiring the
courts to take judicial notice Of the
journals Of the legislature and sew
cral court cases bearing on the same
point were cited in the opinion.
The highway department is expect
cd to contend that the courts have
no right to 20 back Of the engrosscd
bill as signed by the governor.
{. K. Very, clerk of the house,
admitted recently that the emcr
gency clause was left in the bill by |
mistake when it went from the house
to the senate. The house Journals
also show that the emergency clause
was declared lost when It first came
up for a vote.
The bill was amended in the SEN
ate, however, and returned to the
house. which then passed it with suf- |
ficicnt votes to carry the emergency
clause. Speaker Carr declared the |
emergency clause carried and the
bill was transmitted to the governor
with the emergency clause.
Snuff Bill In Same Position
The bill lcgalizing snuff sales is |
in the same position as the highway |
reorganization bill, it was said to. |
day. No effort will be made, how
ever. to put the snuff law into cf-
feet before July l.
One result of the anticipated cour.
action may be to prevent payment of |!
the highway commissions bills and |
even its payroll until the case is de-
cided.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-03-18
GOVERNOR OF
MISSISSIPPI
DIES TODAY
Cancer of the Bone, Which
Resulted in AmputatiOn of
Left Leg. Is Cause

Jackson, Miss, March lS-(P)-
Henry l.. Whitfield, governor of Mis-
sissippi, died early today.
Governor Whitfield succumbed to
cancer of the bone. which first at
tackled the left leg, causing amputa-
tion November so. Several days ago.
after having returned to executive
duties, he was again forced to bed.
Mrs. Whitfield was, with the gov
ernor in the executive mansion when
he died
At the death of Governor Whit
field. Lieutenant Governor Dennis
Murthree, of Pittsburgh, automatic
ally became chief executive of the
state. Governor Murthree is III years
old, newspaper publisher and former
state senator. He is married and has
four children.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-03-18

With interest at fever heat and
enthusiasm running high, crowds
this afternoon jammed the state
training school gymnasium to see
Mandan play Fargo and Mnot play
Bowbells.
Stores were closed in Mandan and
every resident of the city who could
get in the gymnasium were present,
hile numbers were also present from
out of town.
Mandan was given the edge in it's
tilt with Fargo and fans fondly hop
ed for a win. The smooth work Of
the Braves during the district tour
nament. their speed and their ability
with the sphere in long and short
shots and free throws convinced fans
that their team should be able to
come through with a win.
Fargo had little new material this
year from which to fashion qiint
and consequently is being given less
consideration for the championship
this year than last. Skeptics, how
ever, point out that Coach kimball
has always managed to conceal IA
thing or two up his sleeve and spring
it on opposition teams when the
state tournament comes around.
In the Minot- t-Bowbells game, Minot
is conceded decided advantage, al
though the possibility that this team
from a small town might prove the
dark horse Of the tournament lurked
in the background. Minot has won
II out Of lS games and consequently
must be given serious consideration,
although the Magcians' chances of
getting through to the finals were
considered doubtful.
TOnight's Games
Playing tonight will be Dickinson
and Devils Lake at 7:30, Mandan
Continued on page six)
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-03-18
MANDAN MEETS FARGO IN OPENING
GAME OFSTATE CAGE TOURNAMENT
TOURNAMENT GAMES TO-DAY


Mandan VS.. Fargo, 2:30 today.
Minot VS.. Bowbclls, $3.50 today.
Devils Lake VS.. Dickinson, 7:3O
tonight.
Valley City vs.. Grand Forks,
$3.50 tonight.
Tomorrow
MandanFargo winner VS. Minot-
Bowbells winner. $3.50 ii. m.
Devils Lake Dickinson winner
vs.. Valley City Grand Forks win
ncr, 1880 a. IN.
Mandan-Fargp losersvs Minot-
Bowbells loser tconsolation) 2:3O
p. m.
Devils Lake Dickinson loser VS..
Valley City Grand Forks loser,
$3.50 p. m.
Consolation championship game,
1880 p. m.
State championship game, $3.50
p. III.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-03-18
Irishman is Unhurt
in TWO-stOry Fall

Chicago March 18.-LR-St. Pat.
rick was Joseph Moffett's patron
saint yesterday.
Wearing q green necktie and
green overcoat. Moffctt fell from :
second story window Of his home to
the sidewalk. Passersby thought
him dead and called an ambulance.
When it arrived Moffett was explain-
ing to IN interested group "you can't
hurt an lrishman on St. Patsick's
dav."
Except for being stunned Neffstt
was uninjured.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-03-18
CAN T0NESE
DRAW NEARER
TO NANKING
Fall of the City Is Expected
at Any Time-Terrorism
Is Increasing

$ Shanghai, March 1S.-LF-The fall
OF Marking is daily expected. 1t is
regarded as significant that Shun-
tung forces are not offering serious
resistance to the southern army.
Terrorism is increasing here. An
other murder occurred today.
No arrest was made. The latest
successes Of southerncrs in closing
in on Marking include capture Of
Wukiang, IL miles from Soochow,
and Lishui, southeast of Marking.
The fact that Shantung forces are
not seriously resisting southerners
is considered as tending to confirm
belief that the present Fighting"
on the part of Shantung troops Of
General Chang Tsung- Chang is large
" with the purpose of driving a
harder bargain in negotiations with
southerners for Chang's withdrawal
from the Yangtze valley.
In a dispatch to the London Daily
Mail from Shanghai, Sir Percival
Phillips asserts there are signs
Nanking is steadily being surround
ed by Cantonese. He adds that the
Cantonese apparently are moving
down the Yangtze toward Marking, q
P!VOtaI point Tor operations against
Shanghai. The Cantonese also have
effectively cut the Shanghai Nank-
ing railway short distance from
Soochow.
Sir Percival, noted as q war cor
respondent, believes General Chang
Tsung- Chang, commander of the
Shantungese forces defending Shang-
hal. and General Chang Kai-Shek,
Generalissmo of the Cantonese army,
have reached an agreement in an eff
Tort to set up new government to
hold Shanghai.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-03-18
TREASURE HUNT STARTED IN LOCAL Cemetery
st. Cloud Boy Dies
of Hurts Received
When Hit BY Auto

st. Cloud, Mimi. March 18.-AD--
Charles Bechtel, 13, son of Orville
Bechtel, died of injuries received
Thursday evening when he was
struck down by an automobile driven
by George Peterson, St. Cloud. The
lad. in company with several others,
was pushing two wheeled trailer
down the street, and was struck by
Peterson's car from behind. He died
an hour later. An autopsy will be
held this afternoon.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-03-18
Weather Report
Weather conditions at North Da-
ota points for the "a hours ending

Weather conditions at North Da-
kota points for the "a hours ending
at a. M. today
Temperature at Il. H. l6
Highest yesterday ..... 30
lowest last night ......... 13
Precipitation to a. m. ... %
Highest wind velocity .... 30
WEATHER FORECAST
For bismarck and vicinity: Partly
cloudy tonight and Saturday. Colder
tonight.
For North Dakota: Partly cloudy
tonight and Saturday. Colder to-
night.
WEATHER CONDITIONS
high pressure area, accompanied
by cold weather covers the north
eastern Rocky Mountain slope and is
spreading eastward to the Mississip-
pi Valley. Temperatures are near
zero in the western Canadian
Provinces. The weather Is unsettled
throughout the North and light pre-
cipitation occurred in the northeast
ern and horth-central states while
heavier precipitation occurred in the
Northwest. Generally fair weather
prevails over the South.
ORRlS w. ROBERTS.
Official in charge.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-03-18
100000 is
BURIED HERE,
POLICE TOLD
Frederick Bull, "a, Arrested
in New York, Tells of Hold
ing Up Mail Train
LOOT TOTALED 100000
Claims He and Pal Came 10
Bismarck With $4,000 Each
and Hid 1t Here

A lone sexton today was digging
away on wlnd-swept hilltop in St.
Mary's Catholic cemetery here with
the hope Of finding tin box con.
tanning 100000.
The treasure hunt was inaugufAt-
cd this morning when police officials,
rather John Stag, rector Of ST.
Mary's church, and newspaper m4h
inspected the cemetery. A raw
March wind drove them away but
the sexton. more heavily garbed,
agreed to dig some holes in the more
likely looking spots in an effort to
find the alleged hidden treasure.
The treasure hunt was begun as
the result of Associated Press dis
patches from New York, telling Of
the arrest by Brooklyn police Of "a
man named Frederick Buhl, Jr., "a.
who said he participated in mail
train robbery at Alton, Ill.,. in August.
1923, and that 100000 of the loco
was buried in st. Mary's Catholic
cemetery at Bismarck.
Cemetery Will Be Guarded
Father Stag expressed fear that
there would be rush to the cemc-
terry by treasure-seekers as soon as
the report Of Bulbs story became
public. He isn't so much interested
in finding the money as.in protecting
the cemetery from desecration, he
said.
Police officials have agreed to
post guard at the cemetery nightly
until the money is found or the
mystery surrounding the case is
cleared up.
The cemetery has been rearrangcd
since 1923, causing numerous changes
IN its appearance, and it is possible
that even If Bulbs story were true
he would have some difficulty in To-
eating the money were he to come
to Bismarck, Father Stag said.
Recalls Man Named Buhl
Police Chief Chris Martineson said
he recalls small man named Bull
who was a resident here in 1923 but
that he never caused the police any
trouble. Bismarck is city of less
than 10000 and strangers are quick
~ spotted by the police, he said.
He asked police author i.s.S 81
New York to inform him if Buhl
gives any details of where the money
might be found
Many new graves have been made
in the cemetery since the summer OF
1928 and the sexton was instructed
to do his digging near those which
were made during the late summer
Of 1928 OH the theory that Buhl
would have selected newly dug
grave SO that signs OF mis- digging
would blend with other frcshly-turn-
ed earth.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-03-18
Temperature and
Road Conditions

mercury readings at 7 .. m.)
Bismarck--Cloudy, snow flurrics
is: roads rough.
St. Cloud-Clear, 30: roads fair.
MinOt-Clear, 3; roads fair.
Fargo-Cloudy. %; roads fair.
Jamestown-Clcar. .l6; roads fair
Mankato-Clear, 33; roads fair.
Madan-Cloudy, Is; roads fair.
Grand Forks--Light snow, 22;
roads fair.
Hibbing-Clear, 20: roads fair.
Winona- na--Clear, So: roads fair.
Rochester-Clear. SO; roads bad.
Duluth-Clear, 26: roads good.
- Devils Lake--Clear. 10: roads fair
C,ookston Partly cloudy, IS;
roads fair.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-03-18
Hospital Staff Is
Scored For Laxity
and Inefficiency

Chicago. March l8.-LP, The staff
OF Columbus Memorial Hospital was
scored for laxity and inefficiency in
q verdict returned today by the
coroner's jury which investigated
the recent deaths there of six i'm
fants given boric acid instead Of
sterile water. No criminal response
bility was fixed.