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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-02-24
POLICE SEEK
YOUNG MEDIC
FOR MURDER
Search For Miss Browns Slay'
er Spurred on by An0ny-
NOUS Letter

Bernardsville, N. j., Feb. "a. -
(AP)-A doctor Huff" or "Hoff'
was being sought by police today as
the slayer Of Miss Margaret Brown
40 year old governess, who was
burned to death near here Monday
night.
Search for the slayer was inten'
sified by receipt of an anonymous
letter in which the writer con
fessed the staying and returned S.,
500 in bonds and cash he had take1
from his victim.
A friend Of Miss Browns said thl
murdered woman had been meeting
q man nameG either "Hoff" OF
Huff" and who called himself Z
doctor" in Central park. He wa.
known to be the owner Of an auto
mobile similar to that seen near the
scene of the murder. The letter
said the writer had told Miss Brown
he was a medical student.
In a letter, mailed from Newark
on Wednesday,, the writer said hi
struck the woman when she resisted
his advances, and, believing hel
dead, he soaked her clothes in gaso
line and ignited them.
The authenticity of the confession
was established by the police wher
their investigation showed that onl
of the two 81 1000 bonds enclosed hat
been issued to Miss Brown.
The slayer in his confession sale
he had met Miss Brown in New
York and they had driven to a lone
" road, in this section known a.
Lovers Lane" He said he hae
asked her to marry him, but she hae
always told him she would not marry
q poor man.
The confession said the slayer hae
q good car and that he was starting
out "God knows where - to hell,
suppose, and by the time you gel
this letter / will have a good start
on you."
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-02-24
AUTO RACES AT
DAYT0NA BEACH
ARE FINISHED
Capt. Campbell's New World
Speed Mark Of 2O6.9 Miles
Is Unbeaten

Daytona Beach, Fla, Feb. 24.-tR
-Luminaries Of the motor racing
world were departing from the
hard-packed sands Of this beach to-
day, leaving new standards Of speed
TOR earth-bound vehicles behind
them.
Topping the list Of achievements,
which yesterdays last-minute ef-
forts failed to improve, was that Of
Captain Malcolm Campbell, who
came here from London to set new
world mark for automobiles Of any
specifications at all with . speed Of
2O6.0 miles an hour, attained Sun
day:
Gil Anderson, Of indianapolis. en-
livened yesterday the last day Of the
twenty-fffth annual racing meet
here, with . new record Of 106.6246a
miles IN hour for stock cars, made
In . Stut1.
Car Catches Fire
Wilbur Shaw, OF Indianap> lis, yes
terday added another charter to the
thrilling events Of the past week
when he was forced to drive his
Whippet into the ocean to quench
uncontrollable flames which burst
from his motor to cut short his Of.
fort at : new record for four-cylin-
d6red cars.
Anderson's new record supplanted
that made last week by Wade Nor
ton. in m Auburn, with more than
1Oz miles A hour.
Tom :ooney, Of Chicago, also
bettered Horton's record yesterday
when hs drove IN official mile ct the
rate Of 106.6l miles IN hour.
| IN coming away victorious In thu
triangular contest among the high
powered Leviathans Of rapid mo.
ton, Captain Campbell was threat
ened BY Frank Lockhart, youthful
Indianapolis driver, who iS now con.
velescing from injuries sustained
Wh9n' his loO-hofoo-power Stutl
nlackhaxk special catappltsd from
the beach Wodn 7day and crashed
anong the breeker1. Ioekhett said
yeotQr1ay he would rebuild hle On
tomobile md mako another sffoEt y
soon g poooibeo.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-02-24
COURT HOLDS
DOR MIT0RY
LAW ILLEGAL
Rules Schlosser. Hamilton Bill
Unconstitutional on Two
Grounds

The law permitting institutional
holding companies to erect dormi-
tories on the grounds Of state edu.
cational institutions is unconstitu-
tionai, the supreme court held here
yesterday.
In its decision the court held the
law invalid on two different
grounds. One was that it delegates
legislative power to an administra-
tive board and the other that it au-
thorizes the creation of q state
debt contrary to the prohibitions OF
Section SO Of the state constitu.
tion. The provision delegating leg
islative power to the state board Of
administration is held to violate
Section Is of the constitution.
The case, which specifically in
volved plans for the construction OF
. dormitory at the state university
at Grand Forks, was appealed from
the district court of Burleigh coun-
ty. Georg H. Wilder was the plain.
TIFF and the state board of admins
tration was the defendant.
Previous Appeal Dismissed
It was the second time the mat
ter had been presented to the court,
> similar appeal from Cass county
having been dismissed when the
court gave it as its unofficial opin-
Ion that the suit was "too friendly" !"
Although the Wilder suit also
was understood to have been a
friendly action, no mention was
made Of that point in the argu-
ments or briefs presented to the
court.
The purpose Of the Schlosser-
Hamilton bill, passed at the last
regular session of the legislature,
was to enable state educational in
stitutions to construct dormitories
without seeking an appropriation Of
state funds. The law permitted the
board Of administration to turn
over to institutional holding COM
panies sites for dormitory buildings
to be constructed on institutional
grounds. Bonds were then to be
sold to finance the construction and
were to be paid from rentals Of the
building and collections from other
dormjtories. When the bonds were
paid title to the property was to re-
vert to the state.
Plans to take advantage Of the
law had been made by the state
university, state agricultural col
(Continued on page lwo)
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-02-24
FAMOUS FLYER
KEEPS SILENT
AS TO FUTURE
Rumor Links His Name With
Reported Air Transports
tion Project
OUT OF PUBLIC. LIFE
Proposed Line May Carry Mail
and Passengers From
n. Y. to Chicago

Detroit, Feb. 24.-(AP)-Col.
Charles A. Lindbergh, who has been
conferring here with leaders Of the
aircraft industry preparatory, it IS
belived, to launching into . business
career, today maintained silence re-
garding his plans.
The Colonel, whose name rumor
persists in linking with = reported
new Chicago New York air trans
portation project, refused to grant
interviews and expressed . desire
to drop out Of public life altogether.
His request was reinforced by one
from his mother, Mrs. Evangeline
Lindbergh, who said the Colonel has
permanently retired from the pub
lie spotlight" !.
At the same time Edsel Ford,
Major Thomas G. Lanphier, Stout
airways officials and the group Of
st. Louis aircraft industry repre-
sentatives who accompanied Col.
Lindbergh here were equally reti-
cent.
Some Reports Denied
Members Of the group were quick
to deny published reports that the
purpose Of Lindbergh's visit here
concerned Z new airplane designed
BY himself and Major Lanphier, but
they would neither affirm nor deny
the rumor concerning the new Chi
cago-New York air lire.
The report concerning the project,
touched on vaguely by Major Ian
phier in On address ct Buf3alo
Tuesday might, received further
impetus last night from = statement
by Peter F. Piaasecki, postmaster
at Milwaukee. Mr.. Piaaseck. said
he had been advised Of plan1 Tor
formation Of the new air line BY ~
Stout Tfrways corporation TO opess'
ate passenger and mail express.
ships.
Base at Chicago
The proposed line, he said, would
have its base at Chicago and would
include Milwaukee, Grand Rapids,
Detroit, Buffalo, Syracuse and Al
bany as terminals. A branch line at
Montreal, he added, would meet the
mail 1t Albany, with planes going
from there down the Hudson to New
York.
Lindbergh spent last night at
Selfridge Field, after visiting dur
ing the evening with his mother. In
the afternoon he conferred with
Edsel Ford and officials Of the
Stout airways organization. His
trip by airplane from Selfrtdge
Field to the general. office Of the
Ford company was interrupted by .
forced landing due to fog.
Lindbergh's ship was damaged
when it struck too small saplin4s
before coming to . stop.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-02-24
MURDERER'S ARREST
TODAY IS PREDICTED

New York, Feb. 24.-(AP) - The
Evening World says that "some
time today, detectives and New Jer-
sey troopers will reach into a circle
Of financially and socially well-con-
Quoted New Workers." and arrest the
murderer of Miss Margaret Brown,
who was burned to death near Ber-
nardsville, N. j., "His arrest is ex-
pected to cause sensation" the pa
per says.
Police know who the killer is, the
newspaper says, and have him under
surveillance. The only door of es-
cape, they believe, is the quick sui
eide at which he hinted in a letter
to police yesterday, in which he re-
turned bonds belonging to the slain
woman.
Captain John Lamb, in charge Of
troopers aiding in investigation Of
the crime, would not reveal the
name of the murder suspect. He
explained that, because of the mans
social standing, the police would
check up every angle of their in
quiry concerning him before MAX
ing the arrest.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-02-24
VOTE ON DRY
LAW REPEAL
REQUESTED
Petitions Filed With Secretary
Of State by Stone and
Campbell

A petition asking that the ques-
tion Of repeating the prohibition
provision Of the state constitution
be submitted to = vote Of the people
at the primary election next June
was filed with Secretary Of State
Robert Byrne yesterday by c. p.
Stone and Wallace Campbell, gen.
eral counsel Of the Better Citizen.
ship association.
The petitions, which have been cir
culated throughout the state by per-
sons interested in repeating the pro-
hibition clause Of the constitution,
bore 23,009 names, Stone said. The
law requires 10000 bona fide sigma
lures before the matter can be sub
mitted to vote Of the people.
Stone said he anticipates action on
the part Of the North Dakota Anti
Saloon League and the Women's
Christian Temperance Union attack
ing the validity Of the signatures but
that he il confident there will be
more than enough to place the issue
before the voters.
Many Are Interested
Thousands Of persons throughout
the state signed the petitions and
expressed great interest in the move
ment, Stone said, and added that his
organization is planning m aggres-
sive campaign for the removal Of the
prohibition clause Of the state con.
stitution and the election Of the en-
tire state ticket as nominated and
endorsed by the Better Citizenship
association.
+. Charles Stretch, Bottineau, wet
candidate for governor, Campbell
and himself expect to cover the state
in . speaking tour between now and
the primary election on June "a,
Stone said, and the opening gun Of
the campaign will be fired, at either
Bismarck or Fargo. Stone is again
the wet candidate for the senator-
ship. He was defeated at the pri-
mary election two years ago and
Sgain at the general election in No
vember, 1926.
County organisations have been
perfected and from now on the eyes
Of the nation will be centered on
North Dakota and the anti-prohibi-
tion campaign" Stone said. "North
Dakota is the first state to stage .
referendum against a state prohibi-
tion amendment. Headquarters have
been opened and will be maintained
at the Patterson hotel here until the
close Of the June primaries"
The prohibition clause Of tho state
constitution was Incorporated in that
document by q special vote when the
constitution was submitted to the
people Of the state upon North Da-
kota's admission to the Union in
1889.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-02-24

Fargo, N. D., Feb. 24.-4R-Rev.
Thomas w. Gales, president Of the
Anti saloon LEAGUE Of No =, Da.
kota, let today for Bismarck,
where he and Mrs. Elizabeth Pres
ton Anderson, head Of the state w.
C. +. u, will examine the petitions
filed by the "wetJ" Thursday, ask
ing that the prohibition clause Of
the state constitution be put to Z
vote.
II the petition appears legitimate
Il will not be contestec, :ev. Gales
said. but m extensive campaign
against the ''wets" will be launched.
A committee 10 expected to be named
1T Bismarck Saturday to outline and
devise means 81 financing the dry
campaign.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-02-24
VOLCANO IN ERUPTION

Tokyo, Feb. 24.-(H-The great.
est eruption Of the Asama7ama vol
cano in eight years occurred yester-
day afternoon. A deafening roar
accompanied the disturbance ana
large boulders were thrown from the
crater, doing much damage to prop-
erty. The Inhabitants Of the sur
rounding villages were terror
stricken. No ca lalties were re-
ported.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-02-24
Weather Report

Temperature at Z .. m. ......... !
Highest yesterday ............ 10
Lowest last night ............. .5
Precipitation to Z .. m. ....-........ 2
Highest wind velocity ........ q
WEATHER FORECAST
For Bismarck and vicinity: Fair
md continued cold tonight and Sat-
For North Dakota: Fair and
continued cold tonight and Satur-
WEATHER CONDITIONS
An extensive high pressure ares
10 centered over the eastern Rocky
Mountain sl0pe this morning And
temperatures are low from tn
Crest Lakes, region westward e
The westorn Rocky Mountain slopl
and o 4aR south % Texas. Sub
zero temperakpro I. occurred from
Montana 1nd Wyoming eastward 4
tho wppor 0reat LakGe region. Tx
pressure e lov. evoe. - ~ Law
renee Valloy and ovee tn extx0ml
aoothwest. Light psoelpitation o.
surred IN the Great l0kie yoe3ou
Ehis elsewhere mostly 1air wsath
= oRRIs v. RosERfs.
offieial n charge
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-02-24
Doings in Congress
TODAY
(By the Associated Press)

(By the Associated Press)
Muscle Shoals resolution re.
mains before senate.
Secretary Hoover appears be.
fore senate commerce commit.
tee to give views on flood con.
troll.
Senate banking committee
continues hearing on taxation Of
bank shares.
House continues with District
Of Columbia appropriation bill.
Agriculture committee hopes
to wind up house farm relief
hearings.
immigration questions taken
up by house immigration com.
mittee.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-02-24
BANK PAYS DIVIDEND

AAS1H IA y III 1O121yO 091-
Payment Of q dividend Of 40 por
cent to the depositors of the Socnr.
ity Bank Of Temple, N. D., was m
nounced today by the receivor ne
state hanks. Payment q boine
made through the of{ice 81 Z. ~.
Reeve. district manag9r Tor t1ae -
ceiver, 1t Burlington.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-02-24
lndbergh Believed to Be Planning Enter Business Life
Senate Teapot Dome Investigators
Trace Part of Continental Profits
Committee Now Has Fairly
Definite Clues as to What
Became of More Than Half
of the Money-Missing Wit
nesses Got Some of Bonds /

Washington, Feb. 2l.-(R-TRe
voluminous transcript Of testimony
before the Senate Teapot Dome
committee now shows that, 30 far O.
cold figures are concerned, the in
vestigators are getting along II
their tracing Of the $3.0so, 900 prof.
its of the Continental Trading com.
pany Of Canada. Il
Those profits, represented By
Liberty bonds. sprang from the
company's purchase and resale Of
American oil, on a contract guar
anteed by Harry F. Sinclair, Teapot
Dome lessee, and few associates
and the committee now has fairly
definite clues to what became n
something like $1,S00,000 Of the ID.
tai.
The newest information has come
from counsel for H. N. Blackmer,
missing witness in the Fall -Sinslair
conspiracy trial. Karl C. Schuyler
OF Denver, told the committee yes
terday that Blackmer, who was
once chairman of the board Of the
Midwest Refining company, and one
OF those who guaranteed the Con-
tlnentars contract, got $75O,OOO Of
the latter concerns profits. Black
mer has been in Europe for some
months, refusing to answer sum.
mons to give his testimony in
court.
One other large block Of bonds,
$500, 900, has been traced to James
E. O'Neil, another missing witness
and former president Of the Prairie
Gas and Oil company. Testimony
shows that he returned the money
to his company after selling ct least
$500, 900 Of the bonds.
$780, 600 Paid to Fall
Sinclair paid $3.50, 600 in bonds oi
the Continental company to Albert
B. Fall shortly after the two nego.
tiated Sinclair's lease Of Toono(
Dome, but testimony has been that
the payment was in e1chanre !. ~
an interest in Falls ranch holdings
Sinclair gave $4,000 to the Re-
publican National committee in
1923 and Of that sum ct least $685.
600 has been identified % Continen-
tai bonds.
The OIL committee had wondered
whether any Of the Sinclair bonds
found their way to the Democratic
National committee to help it wipe
out ito 1920 treasury deficit, but it
now has the word Of the committee's 3
former chairman, Representative
Hull Of Tennessee, that neither Sim
clair nor any Of his associates in
the Continental deal contributed to
the party's fund. He declared none
Of the Continental bonds were given
to the committee and said the Dem
ocratic organization "has been done
: serious injustice" by earlier re-
ports that it might have received
some Of them.
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'ER CONDITIONS

ORRIS w. ROBERTS,
- Qf$ieia) n charge.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-24

The help-yourself plan of
a cafeteria enables the
finest of foods at "odd
penny prices" to be serUed
at Whites Cafeteria, ~
N. Illinois.
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What time do you leave here
at night?"
He had, for some reason, assumed
belligerent manner.
six o'clock-Sometimes earlier,
sometimes later"
The man spoke in a surly mono
tone.
He was obviously resentful at this
unexpected intrusion upon his Or
derby routine.
"And what time do you get here in
the morning?"
Eight o'clock regular"
What time did you go home last
night?"
About six-maybe quarter past"
Heath paused and finally lighted
the cigar on which he had been
chewing at intervals during the past
hour.
Nov, tell me about that side
door," he went on, with undimin-
ished aggressiveness.
"You told me you lock it every
night before you leave-is that
right?"
"Ja-that's right"
The man nodded his head affirm
atively several times.
only don't lock it bolt It,"
"All right, you bolt it, then"
AS Heath talked his cigar bobbed
up and down between his lips; smoke
and words came simultaneously from
his mouth.
"And last night you bolted 1t as
usual about six o'clock?"
Maybe quarter past" the jan
itor amended, with Germanic pre-
cision.
You're sure you bolted 1t last
nightP" The question was almost
ferocious.
ia, ia. Sure, I am. I do 1t every
night. L never miss"
The mans earnestness left no
doubt that the door in question had
indeed been bolted on the inside at
about six o'clock of the previous
evening.
Heath, however, belabored the
point for several minutes, only to
be treasured doggedly that the door
had been bolted. At last the jan
itor was dismissed.
Really, y know. Sergeant" re-
marked Vance with an amused
smile, that honest Rheinlander
bolted the door,"
Sure, he did," sputtered Heath;
"and I found it still bolted this
morning at quarter Of eight. That's
just what messes things up so nice
and pretty.
IF that door was bolted from six
o'clock last evening, I'd appreciate
having some one drive up in
hearse and tell me how the Canary's
little playmate got in here last
night.
"And I'd also like to know how
he got out"
why not through the main en-
trance?" asked Markham.
ut seems the only logical way left,
according to your own findings"
That's how 1 had it figured out,
sir" returned Heath. But wait till
you hear what the phone operator
has to say"
"And the phone operators post"
unused Vance, "is in the main hall
halfway between the front door
and this apartment.
Therefore, the gentleman who
caused all the disturbance here
abouts last night would have had
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to pass within q few feet of the
operator booth on arriving and de-
parting-eh, what?"
That's it" snapped Heath. "And
according to the operator, no such
person came or went"
Markham seemed to have absorb
ed some of Heath's irritability.
Get the fellow in here, and let
me question him." he ordered. Heath
obeyed with a kind of malicious
alacrity.
(TuesSay, Sept. II, IL a. MI
Jessup made a good impression
from the moment he entered the
room.
He was a serious, determined
looking man in his early thirties,
rugged and well built; and there was
a squareness to his shoulders that
carried a suggestion of military
training.
He walked with decided limp
his right foot dragged perceptibly-
and noted that his left arm had
been stiffened into a permanent arc,
as If by an unreduced fracture of
the elbow.
He was quiet and reserved, and
his eyes were steady and intelligent.
Markham at once motioned him
to a wicker chair beside the closet
door, but he declined it, and stood
before the district attorney in a
soldierly attitude of respectful at
tention. Markham opened the in
terrogation with several personal
questions.
1t transpred that Jessup had been
a sergeant in the World War, had
twice been seriously wounded, and
had been invalided home shortly
before the Armistice.
He had held his present post of
telephone operator for over a year.
Nov, Jessup," continued Mark
ham, there are things connected
with last nights tragedy that you
can tell u.s."
eyes, sir" There was no doubt
that this ex-soldier would tell us
accurately anything he knew, and
also that, if he had any doubt as to
the correctness of his information,
he would frankly say so.
He possessed all the qualities of
a careful and well-trained witness.
First of all, what time did you
come on duty last night?"
"At ten o'clock, sir" There was
no qualification to this blunt state
ment; one felt that Jessup would
arrive punctually at whatever hour
he was due.
ut was my short shift. The day
man and myself alternate in long
and short shifts"
"And did you see Miss Odell come
in last night after the theater?"
eyes, sir. Every one who comes in
has to pass the switchboard"
What time did she arrive2"
ut couldn't have been more than
a few minutes after eleven"
WAS she alone?"
mo, sir. There was a gentleman
with her."
do you know who he WASP"
II don't know his name, sir. But
have seen him several times before