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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-11-28
SILENCE Wells
MURDER PROBE
R0thstein Case Witness Re
fuses to Talk Despite Inn
munity Promise

New York, Nov. 28.-(AP)-
George A. McManus, held on q
charge of murder, was the sphinx
like enigma Of the Rothstein case to.
day.
The man who "could clear up this
mystery in three minutes" to quote
District Attorney Banton, occupied
= cell in Jail, refusing to tell what
he knows about the Staying of his
gambling friend, Arnold Rothstein
wealthy gambler.
Before him dangled Mr.. Banton's
bait, q promise of immunity from
prosecution if he would talk.
But McManus maintained the
policy Of silence he adopted after he
casually surrendered himself in 4
barber shop.
When he refused to tell Mr.. Ban.
ton what took place the night Of
November 4 in room $40 of the Park
Central hotel, where Rothstein was
shot and McManus' overcoat was
found, he was locked up without bail
to await hearing Friday.
While the authorities were trying
to induce McManus to give himself
up, it was made plain they did moi
suspect him Of being the actual
slayer. But he was one of three
persons in the room at the time
police said, and therefore could ex-
plain the mystery.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-11-28

The drama Of "Old John Early"
began back in 1893, when he enlisted
in the Spanish-American war. The
other boys brought back rich and
colorful memories from Cuba and
the Philippines. Perhaps John Early
had his memories, too, but he also
brought back that disease which has
caused men to shudder ever since
the dawn Of time-leprosy.
Didn't Recognize Malady
John Early did not know it at
once. He was married and the
father Of two children before his
malady appeared. Doctors made
mysterious references to something
incurred in the tropics" Early went
to Washington and asked for help
you are leper," they told him,
Il am not" said Early.
But the government seized him
It was the scourge Of humanity in
his person. He could deny his state
but the government had millions Of
other human beings to consider
0ne leper can quickly infect an entire
country.
They built special home for him
"a two-part brick home with a wall
down the center. Early, unclean
lived on one side Of the wall; his
wife and children, clean, lived or
the other.
The world of fiction contains few
scenes more poignant than life in
that brick home. Armed guards
saw to it that the emotions Of the
human man, hungry for sight of wife
and children, never interfered with
the only life possible for an impris.
oned leper, ward of the nation, to be
saved by the nation.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-11-28
Moons Temperature
Takes Drop of Ala
Degrees at Eclipse

Pasadena, CAL, Nov. 28.-(R-
The man in the moon undoubtedly
discarded his asbestos tuxedo fol
heavy flannels and fur-l lined over
coat when the earth turned off
Luna's solar heat system during the
eclipse yesterday morning.
DR.. Edison Petit, Mount Wilson
observatory astronomer, who watched
the moons temperature, said that
before Mother Earth interposed her
self between the suns rays and the
moon the lunar body had q tenn
perature of about 228 degrees
Fahrenheit, but that during the
total eclipse the temperature dropped
about 414 degrees to 1856 degrees be-
low zero-close to the temperature
Of liquid air.
DR.. Petit took the temperature
with the aid of an intricate set of
mirrors which played tag with slen-
der moonbeams.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-11-28

A piano was moved close to the
wall on the wife's side Of the house.
The leper sat on the other side,
listening to old army songs and
songs Of home. Sometimes the wife
and children were permitted to stand
ten feet away from Daddy" and
blow him q goodnight kiss. Armed
guards were ready at q seconds no.
tice to enforce the deadline.
Doctors Disagreed
Then even government authorities
disagreed as to whether they had a
leper on their hands or not. Early
was taken from the brick house and
to New York in q box car.
Years went on, with Early playing
peek-a-boo and hide-and-seek with
the government. One escape fol-
lowed another, for he himself would
never shout his own "unclean," and
continued to fight the government
which tried to help him.
There was one period when he was
pronounced cured and lived like any
other man with his family. Then
the government brought in the same
old report, rearrested him, and the
game was on.
For the last ten years Early has
been in the Carville leper station
under the special charge Of DR.. o.
E. Denney, officer in charge. But
he ran away several times, always
turning up in the office of DR.. Will
liam c. Fowler in Washington.
Whenever the headlines had
early at Large Again" DR.. Fowler
would put q sentry 1t his office
! door 50 that the alarm could be
given the moment he appeared.
"Happiest Man Alive"
| But he came back, and today he
is cured! The doctors refuse to use
the word Cured" they prefer Gar.
rested; but Carville says that OF
its more than 40 ARRESTED" patients
paroled to the world not one has
come back.
And what of John Early, clean
'I'm the happiest man in the
world. I'm going back to my noun
tain country in North Carolina" he
says. II speak for the goodness of
God and the miracles of science"
So Old John Early has gone away,
dapper and gay, with cane in his
hand and q song in his heart, and
no cry Of "unclean" upon his lips.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-11-28
Will Carry so Persons, 20 Tons
of Freight in Boat-Like
Body

Friedrichshafen Germany. Nov
%. - (F - While the merits and
drawbacks of the Graf Zeppelin are
being discussed, the Doriner con.
struction works on the Lake of Con-
stance, an affiliation of the Zeppe-
lin works, are quietly completing a
superplane for transatlantic serv-
ice.
For months the construction of
this giant plane Las been going on
with all the secrecy of wartime at
the shops Of Altenrhein on the
Swiss side Of the lake.
This new plane it is hoped, will
solve the question whether the
airship or airplane is to be the
transoceanic conveyance Of the fu-
ture.
The body Of this plane is not a
boat but substantially constructed
ship fit to weather the most tenn
pestuous ocean waves when it may
be found necessary to go down on
the water. It is built with massive
walls and the interior is divided in
to series Of water tight bulkheads
to prevent the entire ship from :
ing flooded in case water is shipped.
The span of wings measures 164
feet. Twelve motors arranged in
tandem formation, six in front and
six behind the wings, will supply a
motor energy totaling 5000 horse
power.
The crew will comprise cap
tain, two pilots, two wireless opera
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-11-28

teachers in the state are working in
rural schools. only one Of the five
teacher training schools prepares
teachers to understand and handle
the conditions peculiar to the one,
two and three-teacher schools.
with this situation in mind. the
mode Of procedure for teachers in
stitutes was completely reversed.
Instead Of bringing all teachers to
the county seat to have inspiration
and information poured upon them
for five days while they sat and sat.
the demonstration teacher now goes
into every county for five days.
BY this method. instead Of bring
ing the rural teacher to the county
seat, where her problems would be
solved in theory en- masse. an ex-
perienced, tactful teacher is sent to
the country school. there to help the
rural teacher solve her problems
where she meets them."
From financial standpoint, the
report shows this method to be con-
siderably cheaper to the county and
also to the individual teacher.
Success of the visiting teacher sys-
tenn seems assured if the enthusi-
assn displayed for it by county SUI
perintendents, teachers, and even the
children themselves is any criterion.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-11-28
STATE CINEMA
MORALS WORSE
Juvenile Delinquency, Crime
War Caused by Films, Con-
vention Hears

Washington, Nov. 28-(AP)-The
federal motion picture council has
gone on record as favoring govern
ment supervision of motion pictures
and also IS declaring that the Gin.
ema has grown worse morally.
These resolutions were passed, how
ever, only after representatives OF
five women's organizations had
walked out of the meeting.
They left the final executive SEES
sion Of the convention last night
when they were denied the right by
council officials of supporting their
stand Of opposition to federal super.
vision Of pictures production. The
representative withdrawing were
those Of the general federation Of
women's clubs, the d. A. r., the
League Of American Penwomen, the
American Federation of Industrial
Women and the National Catholic
Alumnae.
During the day there were discus
eions Of the effect of certain types
of motion pictures, it being asserted
the cinema might in some instances
cause Juvenile delinquency, crime
among old persons and might also
be Z cause Of war.
Huston Thompson, former men,
Der of the Federal Trade Commits
sion, said that irritating nationals
of other countries by motion pic
lures constituted - very grave
cause of war;"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-11-28
GREEN ELECTED
HEAD 0F LABOR
Convention Opposes Public
Schools Use to Spread
! Propaganda

New Orleans, La, Nov. 28-(R)-
William Green was reelected unani-
mously today - president Of the
American Federation Of Labor.
All other officers, including Frank
Morrison, secretary, were reelected
and the convention adopted q resolu.
ton opposing the use Of public
schools to spread propaganda Of
special interests"
The resolution, which was intro
duced by Florence Curtis Hanson of
the American Federation Of Teach
ers, said:
Exposures of the federal trade
commission have shown that the
special interests are seeking every
opportunity to use the public schools
to spread their propaganda and it
has also been shown that there ID
gross misuse of the conception of
research institutes subsidized by
special interests"
Toronto, Ontario, was chosen for
the next annual convention.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-11-28
Prominent ST. Paul
Builder Dead Today

st. Paul, Nov. 28.-(P)-William
]. Hoy, So, one Of the northwest's
most prominent contractors, died at
his home today after q long illness.
Among the works which remain
o . memory to the builder are:
The st. Paul hotel, st. Paul cathe-
dra!. one Of the Mississippi river
bridges in st. Paul, the home Of
Louis W. Hill in st. Paul, and num-
erous churches. Mr.. Hoy also
had charge Of the $780, 700 grade
eeparation project Of the Northern
Pacific railroad 1T Spokane.
He is survived by his widow,
three daughters and two sons.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-11-28
Mandan Pastor Gives
Thanksgiving Speech
at Rotary Club Meet


Rev. G. w. Stewart, pastor Of the
Mandan Presbyterian church, gave
a Thanksgiving address at the regu-
lar meeting of the Bismarck Rotary
club today at the Grand Pacific ho-
tel.
Members Of the Mandan Rotary
club were guests at the luncheon
meeting, and H. X. Jensen, president
Of the Mandan club, presided.
Music was furnished by the quar-.
ter from the Mandan club and the
Vagabonds orchestra.
Visitors, in addition to the MEM
bers of the Mandan club, were A. p.
Skinner. Stoughton, Wis: George
Laubenfels, Burlington, Iowa; ]. N.
Wylie, Fargo; and Roy Baird, Dick
insOn.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-11-28

day. During the day and evening
more than 100 friends and relatives
called to offer congratulations.
The annual dance of the Brother
hood Of Railroad Trainmen and
Auxiliary will be held this evening
in the old Elks hall in the Hudson
building. A feature of the evening
will be number of headlight"
dances.
Miss Bernicc Means had as her
guest over the weekend Miss Winni-
fred Halfyard, who attends the State
Teachers college at Valley City. Miss
Halfyerd is the daughter Of Rev.
and Mrs. 8. F. Halfyard, formerly of
Mandan.
District Judge C. w. Buttz of
Devils Lake is presiding at the ses-
sion Of district court in Mandan in
the absence Of Judge H. L. Berry,
who is conducting q term Of court
at Dickinson.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. G.. Coils left to-
day for Fargo where they will be
guests over Thanksgiving day at
the home Of Mrs. Clara D. Knight.
G. F. Kelsch, states attorney of
Morton county, and Milton K. Hig-
gins have gone to Aberdeen where
they will try . case in district court.
Harley Holm Of Carson will be
employed at the State Training
school during the winter.
Sam Buren, Of St. Paul is guest
at the home Of his uncle, H. L. Dab
nerS.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-11-28
G.. N. d. A. Quota Near
Reached in Bismarck

The annual membership drive for
the Greater North Dakota associa-
ton which has been conducted in
Bismarck during the last week has
netted $500 of the $4,000 quota
with several committees left to re-
port.
This statement was made today
by ]. A. Wagner, treasurer Of the
drive.
The drive is being conducted in
the city by seven committees made
up of local men. .
Wagner believes that the city will
furnish more than its quota for the
drive.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-11-28
SUPERPLANE FOR TRANSATLANTIC
SERVICE CONSTRUCTED IN GERMANY

tors, one navigation officer, two
mechanics and two stewards. There
will be room for so passengers and
for 20 tons Of freight. With its full
cargo the vessel will weigh q tons.
It's maximum speed will be 110 miles
an hour and it will have = flying
radius Of 1850 miles.
There will be q salon larger than
that Of the Graf Zeppelin and there
will be an electric kitchen.
The plane is being built for the
German Lufthansa and is intended
for service across the South Al
lantic via the Canaries-Ca Cape Verde
Island and the Island of Fernando
Noronha off the coast Of Brazil.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-11-28
ESCAPED TOOM.
llofp1NL MANY TIMES

New Orleans, La, Nov. 49,
(NEA)-John Early has come back
from the dead!
John Early, the country's most
famous leper, has heard the "un-
clean" cry of his kind changed to
clean!" He may take his place in
the world Of men. John Early is
cured.
This is the vivid climax Of one Of
the most dramatic human epics ever
lived in this country.
John Early, leper, became as IA
nous as any public celebrity during
the Is years he played hide-and-seek
with Uncle Sam. Told that he was
= leper, Early first refused to be-
lieve, and ran away from the hands
that would help him.
Caught, Flees Again
He was found, arrested, impris-
oned, treated for leprosy again and
again, only to defy his captors and
benefactors and disappear again.
A baffled, beaten, contradictory
man, sometimes submissive and
grateful to the hands Of science
which would help him, again sullen
and rebellious and so hungry for the
mountains Of his own country that,
clean or unclean, he must hide him
self in their hollows-Early suffused
q whole nation with fear.
The headline early at Large
could send whole cities into panic,
and Uncle Sam hunted him as though
he were murderer with a price
upon his head.
Less than two years ago, even
though told that two more years of
the chaulmoogra oil cure would re-
store him to the world of normal
men, Early ran away from the lep-
rosarium at Carville, La. 1t was
his twentieth escape from the world
of science which struggled to save
him from. death.
It he had not been recaptured he
would not be cured today-and set
ting forth with smile to the noun
tains for which he yearned while inn
prisoned in the valley country.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-11-28
Special Thanksgiving
Dinners Set at Hotels

II you are looking for = real
Thanksgiving dinner, like Mother
can cook but don't like to, with al
the trimmings and everything to
tempt your appetite, the Bismarck
hotels are offering particularly
savory menus.
Turkey will be much in evidence
at these dinners but the Patterson
is offering besides this roast bear
cub or Alaska reindeer. The Hotel
Prince has promised it, patrons 1
typical New England Thanksgiving
dinner, md the Grand Pacific has :
special Thanksgiving menu which
means that there will be al the
things we associate with an Ameri-
=, can Thanksgiving dinner.
A souvenir menu IN colors has
been prepared by the Patterson
hotel and sent to it's guests to re.
mind them Of the good things IA
store for them.
Hotel chefs are. busily preparing
dishes that are favorites Of their
guests, as well q those more ln-
usual and this IL the reason that
there will probably be Z great many
fewer home cooked dinners than
formerly.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-11-28
Nick nzie Church Has
Thanksgiving Meeting

The Mckenzie Methodist Episco-
pal church will have special Thanks
giving services and music tomorrow,
Services will be conducted at II
q. M, according to ]. N. Snow, pas.
tor.
A special picnic.dinner is planned
ct the church for noon.
Rev. Snow will conduct the fol.
lowing services Sunday:
Mckenzie, 4 p. m. and 8 p. M;
Moffit, 1880 .. m. and z p. m.
Sterling, 8 p. m. Sunday school will
be conducted ct 2 D. m.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-11-28
TURKEYS NOW INDIANS

Stamboul, Turkey, Nov. 2s.-(AP)
Americans here will eat Indian"
for dinner Thanksgiving. The
Turks consider it an insult that un-
calmly fowl should be named after
their land, so they have retaliated
by remaining it after the original in.
habitants Of America.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-11-28
ST. OLAF HEAD QUITS

Mortified, Mimi, Nov. 28.-(R--
Endre B. Anderson resigned as d.
rector Of athletics at St. Olaf college
here, effective next fall, and will
enter business at Cleveland. No
successor has been named.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-11-28
WHAT EARTH WEIGHS

New York, Nov. 2S.-(AP)-The
earth weighs xix sextillion, 692
quinttliion tons 1882 and Is ciph-
ers). DR.. Paul Heyl Of the bureau
Of standards gave in q lecture the
result Of his five years. work at de-
termining it.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-11-28
LIFE PARDON

"vera isn't speaking to Stella for
saying that Thursley il only IN
apology for q man."
"Why. should that worry Vera :"
Haven't you heard? She's just
accepted the apology. Passing
Show.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-11-28
MANDAN news
Mandan High School
Orators to Compete
for Journey H0n0rs

Student orators 1t the Mandan
high schools are laying plans to
compete for South American trip.
Sam J. Aandahl, Mandan high
school instructor who is in charge
of oratory, has offered q $26 prize
to the winner Of the high school
meet.
High school eliminations begin
Jan. Is, q district meet will he held
at Mandan early in March, and the
state contest late in March. Zone
competition will be held in Kansas
City In May.
Zone winners in the United States
will be given . $4,000 mile cruise to
Panama and South America, leaving
Jacksonville, Fla, July I, returning
to New York in August. The No.
tional Oratorical association defrsys
expenses. s sf
Those winning the first three
places In the state contest will r.
ceive prizes Of $50, $35, and }26. "A
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-11-28
SPEAKING OF PAIRS!

London, Nov. 28.--(AP)--Insurance
against twins II common in England,
but i An application comes from
footing. suburb Of southeast Lon
Qons agents are apt to refuse it.
Every street In the district has one
o. moro pairs. No school in the
district without them.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-11-28

A pump lifts water only % hish
e the atmosphsric pressure Win
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-11-28
Personal and
Social News Of
Mandan Vicinity

Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Knoll, Of
south Of st. Anthony, celebrated
their IS wedding anniversary Tues
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-11-28

There are now more than SCI 900
Boy Scouts in the British empire.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-09-12
JOHN {. JOHNSON DIES
FOLLOWING OPERATION
Main Street Business Man
Passes Away at New
Britain Hospital

John E. johnson, ~ years old of
II Osgood avenue. a member of the
firm of Occupin & johnson Co.
painters and paper hangers. died at
10 O'Clock this morning at New Brit
ain General hospital following an
operation. He had lived in this city
for the past 25 years.
Born in Sweden, December Z,
1878. he came to Hartford in 1902
and after staying In that city for a
year he came to New Britain. In
March. 1919. he and Walter P. Oc-
cupin formed a partnership which
has been carried on since that time.
The store is located at 46 Main
street.
Mr.. johnson was a member OF
Andre lodge. l. o. o. F.. and the
First Lutheran church.
Surviving him are his wife. Mrs.
Selma A. Johnson: . daughter. Miss
Edith johnson: four sons. Lawrence.
Rudolph. Everett and Walter john
son: two brothers, Algot johnson of
Hartford and Carl johnson Of Swed-
en-: two sisters. Mrs. Luther Abra-
hanson and Mrs. Edward johnson
Of Sweden.
Funeral arrangements. in charge
Of Erickson & Carlson Co.. are in
complete.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-09-12
JOHN coolidge IS
20 Minutes EARLY
Presidents Son Taking No
Chances of Being Late
for Work

New Haven, Conn. Sept. H.
(UP)-John Coolidge 10 taking no
chances Of being late for work.
He arrived at his New Haven rail-
road job today at $40 q. MO
minutes early. Yesterday he was ten
minutes ahead Of time.
As yesterday. the presidents son
walked to work from the Yale Grad
uates' club. where he Is temporary
guest, accompanied by William
Wood. secret service man.
A crowd watched him enter the
yellow building. road headquarters.
The newspapermen and photog-
raphers' who flocked here yesterday
had dwindled to q persistent handful.
John smiled but hurried In:
After diminishing Wood. John went
to work at hts desk in the general
managers once. Yesterday on
recommendation of his superiors he
spent most of the day getting ac-
auainted with fellow employees and
general ONCE routine. Today he
buckIed down to the job he was
hired to do.
Probably most Of Johns work will
be OF q mathematical nature, since
his immediate superior 10 Don Meis-
wanger. assistant general manager In
charge Of operating statistics.
That he 10 the presidents son ID
not affecting the attitude OF Johns
: employers. He IL treated as any other
junior clerk.
Yesterday he was not dismissed
until $50 p. m. Al he walked to
: the club with Wood hts step Jagged
and he appeared fatigued in contrast
to his sprightly appearance a. he
walked to work in the morning.
4 Wood appeared fresh and untired.
His chief task will be to find some
thing to do while his charge b work-
AA0
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-09-12
1908 Pupils In Public Schools,
Increase Of @ Over Last Year;
Shifts to Result From Condition
Transfers Necessitated In Franklin Washington Put
nam, Stanley, Northend, Rockwell and Camp
Schools Because of Overcrowdng- -Princi.
pals Report to Supt. Holmes.

According to figures filed with
Supt. Stanley H. Holmes ut q meet
ing this noon of principals Of ~
public schools. the enrolment in the
public schools this year Is 1893,
or Gas more pupils than on the first
day last year.
An increase Of 500 pupils 10 fig
ured upon by school authorities
every year. but this year the in
crease was above the average with
the result that many schools. espe-
cialiy those In the northern section,
are crowded to capacity. Supt.
Holmes announced today that many
of the pupils will be transferred.
schools Seriously Crowded
The schools which are most seri-
ously affected are the Washington,
Benjamin Franklin, and Israel Put
nam schools In the northwestern
section and ,he Stanley school In
Stanley Quarter. Mr.. Holmes ex-
poets to meet the situation in the
northwestern section by. the trans
fer of pupils from one school to the
other SO that the present buildings
in that section will be able to care
for the pupils. With the reopening
Of the Israel Putnam school on Os-
good avenue after reconstruction