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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-09-06
PERRY NAMED
CHAIRMAN OF
STATE DEMOS
Organization Completed at In.
itial Party Meet Yester.
day
HARMONY PREVAILS
Leaders Urge United Vigorous
Campaign for Alfred E.
Smith

Organization Of the state central
committee marked the sessions yes.
terday afternoon Of Democrats at
tho Patterson hotel where temporary
heaquarters were established.
H. H. Perry, former Democratic
national committeeman, was elected
chairman succeeding Ed Hughes of
Fargo. He won over G. K. Otto Of
Valley City by vote Of 10 to Is.
Perry's election was unanimously
endorsed by acclamation.
Following the election Of the state
chairman, election Of other officers
occupied the attention Of the meet
ing. F. w. Mclean, Grand Forks,
was named secretary and G. 8. WOOL
edge OF Minot was named treasurer.
Both officers were unanimously
elected by reclamation.
More Time Needed
Yesterday afternoons session fol-
lowed . preliminary session held
earlier in the day at the state CAPT.
toll at which time the credentials
and resolutions committee were
named. Shortly after converting at
the afternoon caucus, Chairman Per-
ry called for the resolutions report
ed but more time was asked to COM
plete the work.
Although the matter Of endorsing
any particular candidate was not
preached, the general prevailing sem
timent was for AL Smith and many
Of the committee men spoke Of his
past record in glowing terms.
In accepting the Craftsmanship,
Mr.. Perry said that the organization
SHOULD do everything possible to
carry on . successful campaign this
fell, and z vigorous fight should be
waged for every candidate endorsed
by the committee"
Prohibition is not an ISSUE" said
Percy Hanson, editor Of the James
town Sun. "The principal issue is
farm relief" he added.
Favors Farm Relief
Other speakers said Governor
Smith Of New York favored farm re-
lief and the equalization fee but not
in name.
Former Chairman Hughes opened
the meeting. Nominations for .
state chairman were called for and
after some discussion is was decided
to vote by ballot. This method was
then dispensed with and the other
officers were named by reclamation.
Election Of the executive commit
tee and the subsequent action Of
this committee to act upon the res
olutions, was passed over until the
night session. The executive COM
mittee was authorized to fill all
vacancies in the state organization
and to take any steps that might be
necessary to complete the state or
ganization.
F. o. Hellstrom, Bismarck. Demo-
cratic candidate for the state SUI
preme court, opened contributions to
the state organization treasury by
presenting his check for $25 to aid
In the work.
Before adjourning the afternoon
session the committee took occasion
to extend q vote Of thanks to Ed
Hughes, Fargo, retiring president,
and John Gammons, Bismarck, re-
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that during his As years OF church
service he travelled an average OF
$4,000 miles yearly, and had never
had an accident.
While he was living in retirement
at his Blue Ash home last June two
men came to the Hartzell home and
asked permission to use a phone,
while third remained in car out
side. The housekeeper protested. but
the kindly churchman babe them en-
ter. Within a few minutes the bishop
became suspicious and ordered the
men to leave. While the housekeeper
ran for aid, the men attacked the
bishop. His thigh bone was broken
and a deep cash was cut in his head.
The strangers then took his gold
watch and wallet containing SIS.
Because Of his age his wounds never
healed, and resulted in his death.
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in his home 1t Blue Ash. near here,

in his home 1t Blue Ash. near here,
June I.
Bishop Joseph c. Hartzell, known
- the david Livingstone Of Meth
odism," gave 20 years Of his life to
the spreading Of Christianity in the
heart Of Africa @ . representative
Of the Methodist Episcopal church.
Receiving as q gift from Cecil
Rhodes, the British ''empire builder"
$4,000 acres Of the site Of Umatali,
in Rhodesia, at the time the British
government built its railroad across
Africa, Bishop Hartzell developed an
education, industrial and missionary
center which has since his retirement
been enhanced by more than $4,000
by the church.
When he retired in 1916 the church
estimated he had given 58,400 hours
Of service to the natives in Africa.
It was Bishop Hartzell's boast
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firing secretary, for valuable serv-
ices rendered the party during the
past.
Paper ID Commended
Editor Percy Hanson Of the
jamestown Sun was commended for
his stand in regard to the presiden-
tial campaign, it being stated that
Il paper was the only daily in the
state to come out and support Smith.
a resolution was presented and
unanimously adopted, designating
the Sun - the official daily paper.
The committee men present at the
meeting were Robert A. Long, Penn
bina county; Lee Darling, Divide;
F. p. Vorachek, Walsh, proxy for
J. J. Sprafna; S. ]. Mercer, Grand
Forks, proxy for J. Berkheimer; F.
F. Burchard, George Duis Ind
Charles Tolan, Trail; NJ. A. Hid
reth. Cass, proxy for Mrs. N. A.
Hildreth; Maurice KAtS, Elmer
Myhra, proxy for w. E. Purcell, both
Of Richland; G. H. Boatman, Sar-
gent; G. H. Trimble, Ransom; John
A. Heiling, Barnes; r. E. Smith,
Nelson; Elias Porter, Cavalier; Ed
ward L. Roy, Rolette; w. S. Lowry,
proxy for Thomas Maloney, Ram.
sey; w. L Noyes, Towner; P. Zap
pas, proxy for P. w. Lanier, Stuts.
man; w. b. Lynch, La Moure; H. H
Perry, proxy for John Hinkel,
Dickey; w. E. Breen, Burleigh; Dan
Donovan, Bottineau, proxy for A. N
Bouman; G. s. Woo1edge, Ward; J.
E. Campbell, Morton; A. c. Pagen.
kopf, Stark; L. A. Swanson, Foster
proxy for H. F. Stedman; ]. F.
Strauss, Wells; ]. C. Eaton, Nc.
Henry; w. L. johnson, Mckenzie
William Schutt, Richland, proxy fol
B. S. Otis; A. L. McCarroll, Barnes
George Christensen, proxy for A. J
O'Keefe, Barnes; Joe Lynch, Burke
George Leonhardy, Williams; r. H
Leavitt, Grant; Lewis ]. Mann, Nc
Lean; T. Leroy Evans, Dunn, anc
Charles Simon, Hettinger.
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this afternoons session II the organ
ization follows out its customary
practice Of elevating its vice presi-
dent to the presidency.
During the last year Attorney
Lewis has been vice president and
Attorney Aubrey Lawrence of Far
60 has been president.
The two-day convention is sched-
uled to close tonight with a banquet
1T which Chief Justice w. L. Nuessle
Of the state supreme court will pre-
side.
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BISHOP Is DEAD
AFTER BEATING
Rev. Joseph Crane Hartzell
Bound and Beaten by Rob-
beers In Ohio June l

Cincinnati, O., Sept. 6.-(AP)-
Rt. Rev. Joseph Crane Hartzell,
bishop Of the Methodist Episcopal
church for Africa, died at Christ
hospital this morning. His death
was due to injuries received when
he was bound and beaten by robbers
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BAR MAY NAME
JOHN H. LEWIS

Minot, Sept. Capitalization Of
Attorney John H. Lewis Of Minot a.
president Of the North Dakota State
Bar association will take place at
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REED RESIGNATION ACCEPTED
st. Paul, Sept. 6.-CP)-Directors
Of Minnesota Farm Bureau fedora
ton accepted resignation Of J. F.
Reed as president.
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BONDED LIQUOR CRUSHED

Portland, Ore, Sept. CO,
Uncle Sam has been srlas!
bottled rum here in q rock cru.
Seized three years ago IN ! b
1858 cases Of bonded liquor were !.
into the machine bottle by bottle 4.
officials Of the w. G. T. u. watched
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MILLER TRIAL
SCHEDULED TO
START TODAY
Five Cases Disposed of This
Morning at Opening Ses-
sion of u. S. Court

Five cases were disposed Of this
morning at the opening Of the term
of federal court in Bismarck before
Judge Andrew Miller, Fargo.
Of wide interest. the case Of Har-
ry Miller, charged with robbing the
postoffice at Belcourt, N. D., Three
years ago will get under way this
afternoon when the jury will be
drawn.
Christ Grenez, Hazelton, entered q
plea of guilty tc violation Of the
liquor laws in the first case to come
before Judge Miller and was SEN
fenced to pay Z fine Of 500.
Charles j. Dolan, Haselton,
charged with using the mails to de-
fraud, pleaded guilty and was SEN
tenced to sefve 80 days in the Bur-
leigh county Jail. In sentencing Do
Ian, Judge Miller admonished the de-
fendant and the crowded court room
that it was a serious offense to tam
per with the United States mails.
Christ Bieber, Zap, pleaded guilty
to sending obscene matter through
the mails and was fined $25. Judge
Miller showed leniency in this case,
the facts showing that Bieber had
sent the letter in . fit Of anger to Z
former friend whom the defendant
alleged had refused to pay q debt.
Lawrence Stumpf, Mandan, will
serve 60 days in the Morton county
Jail, which sentence was imposed
upon the defendants pleading guilty
to = charge of violating the liquor
laws.
The case Of Phillip Meisei. charged
with violation Of the liquor laws,
was dismissed.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-03-06
CALIFORNIA
POLICE SEEK
3 KIDNAPERS
16.year-0ld Girl Carried Away
Warrant Issued For I'm.
successful Suit0r

McKittrick, Calf. March 6.-lR
Three kidnapers who seized Miss
Edna Baker, 18-year-old daughter Of
a McKittrick merchant, ct the door
Of her home and carried her away
while her brother cried in vain for
help were being sought today by po-
lice Of central and southern Cali
fornia.
A warrant was issued for the ar
rest Of Kenneth Erksine, an unsuc-
cessful suitor Of the girl. Miss
Baker was TO be married next month
to Arthur Miles, an oil field worker.
The warrant was sworn out at the
request Of Mrs. r. J. Baker, the
girls mother, who declared that
Erskine's jealousy was responsible
for the kidnapping.
The girl was summoned to the
door and whisked away late last
night. Early in the day, officials
Of the high school at Taft, near here,
where Erskine was employed, re-
ceived a telegram ,pm him 1t
Sacramento, saying ~ would be
"unavoidably detained" from re-
turning to work.
Mrs. Baker said Erskine had said
"no other man would marry her"
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10 LOSE LIVES
IN QUEBEC FIRE
Mother and Eight ChildEen
and Her Husbands Father
Arc Victims

Quebec, March 6.-F)1Ten per-
sons lost their lives in a fire which
destroyed the home of Thomas
Cliche in the Parish Of Ste. Marie
de Beauce last night. Mrs. Cliche
died in vain attempt to rescue
some of her eight children who were
trapped in the blazing house.
Thomas Cliche, who with his wife
dashed from the house in their night
clothing to kive the alarm, also
tried to reenter the dwelling but
was driven back by the flames. Mrs
Cliche climbed through window and
WAS not seen again.
Charles Cliche, ;ather Of Thomas
was sleeping on the top floor Of the
building and was believed to have
been suffocated in his sleep. Neigh
bors combed the smoldering ruins
this morning for the 10 bodies. In.
vestigators held the theory that or
overheated furnace gas responsible
for the fire.
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DR. CLEMENT
UNDER ARREST
FOR LARCENY
Man Wanted by Police For
Questioning in Brown Case
Gives Self Up

New York, March 6.--(R-After
a weeks search police today had in
their custody "Dr." Louis Clement,
whom they had desired to question
about Miss Margaret Brown, Park
avenue governess burned to death
February 20 near Bernardsville, N.
Jersey.
Clement walked into police, head
quarters and sought Deputy lnspec-
tor Carey, who in a public state
ment had asked Clement to sur
render, assuring him the police had
no direct evidence connecting him
with the murder of Miss Brown and
only wanted to question him in the
hope that something Of value might
be learned.
Clement was intelrogated for
nine hours and carly today was
locked up on a charge of grand lar
ccny in connection with the theft
from his wife of diamond pendant
valued at 5000.
Inspector Carey said Clement
readily admitted taking the pend
ant. He said he had been penniless
and had pawned it for 500.
Partially Identified
Police said Clement would be
confronted with Mrs. Emily Miller,
friend of the slain governess,
whose statement that Miss Brown
had confided her intention of be-
ing married to a "Dr. Clement"
first started police hunting him.
Mrs. Miller identified a picture of
"Dr." Clement as resembling the
man Miss Brown had pointed out in
an automobile as her fiancc, but
police said the Identification was
not conclusive.
While police of New York and
New Jersey were hunting him,
Clement said, he had been living in
Brooklyn in boarding house al
most in the shadow Of Brooklyn
bridge, and working as counter
man in an east side restaurant in
Manhattan.
Clement said he had been waring
false whiskers and q wig as a dis
guise. Clement told police he had
not known the slain governcss. He
said he had served two prison SEN
tences in Copenhagen before coming
to the United States.
HiS full name, he said, was Louis
Clement Van Norden, and under
that name he married TeresaSFlow
er, known on the stage rs "Musette,
the dancing violinist," year ago.
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p Boys Plead Guilty
to Staying For Which
Olson Was Convicted

Rockford, Ill.,. March 6.-F-
Two 17-year-old boys. Maurice
Mahan and George Bliss, pleaded
guilty in circuit court yesterday to
the staying last September Of Lloyd
Stotler in a gas filling station hold
up. PrcSent in the courtroom when
the pleas were entered was Henry
Olson, 26-year-old automobile me-
chanic, who is under life sentence
for the same crime.
Acknowledgment Of guilt By the
two youths, who will Be sentenced
Friday, has cleared the way. attor-
neys, sad, for the release Of Olson.
The Mshan and Bliss confessions
exonerated the automobile mechanic
who. at liberty under bond pending
appeal, had fled from Rockford. o.
ron and his wife returned home Sat-
urday when they read IN New
ORLEANS newspaper that the boys
had confessed.
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Standard Oil Agents
Meeting Here Today

More than 100 station agents and
officials Of the Minot division OF the
Standard Oil company are holding
the first OF q series OF meetings in
Bismarck today at the Patterson
hotel.
r. H. Dodd, division manager, and
F. H. Dwyer, assistant division
manager, with offices at Minot, re-
Gently appointed to their positions
from Fargo and Huron, S. D., re-
spectively, are conducting the meet
Ing.
Problems confronting the Stand
ard Oil company In this territory
and sales promotion are the princi-
pal topics Of discussion on today'a
program.
At Mandan tomorrow, station
agents and officials OF the company
from west Of the Missouri river
will meet with the division officials
In q similar convention.
Speakers on today's program in
clude Duane Clapp, sales promoter
Minot: J. J. Loberg, W. J. Bodc, +
L. Miller and 4. d. Van Arsdol. all
OF Minot: G. L. Smith and E. G
Lang, Bismarck.
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DEATH RATE
LOWER SINCE
PROHIBITION
Deaths From Alcoholism Only
Is Per Cent of Average
For Wet Period
COMPARISONS ARE GIVEN
Decrease in Death Rate Great.
er in Sections Which Were
Formerly Wet
COMPARISONS ARE GIVEN

Washington, March Fp-That
prohibition has had a direct cffecr
upon the death rate, except sin thu
very limited area where it has MOI
been permitted to Junction." is thu
conclusion Of Deets Pickett, re-
search secretary Of the board o1
temperance, prohibition and public
morals Of the Methodist Episcopa
church, after 4 six months study ol
the relation Of prohibition to NOR
tality statistics.
"The death rate for 1926 is in
dicated by an index Of IS as com
pared with the average of 100 fol-
the wet period 1906" he says, ir
a prohibition white book" com
piled by the board. "Thc death rate
from alcoholism is only 3.9 for eacf
100000 in 1926, which is approx.
mately Is per cent Of the average
for the wet period 191O-1G.
"In the New England and middle
Atlantic divisions, the 'Metropoli.
tam area, embracing the states o1
Maine, New Hampshire. Vermont
Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Con.
necticut. New York, New Jersey
and Pennsylvania. propagands
against the prohibition law and the
unfavorable attitude Of public Off
cials has had its deadly effect, and
the same is true to . less degree Of
the south Atlantic division of states
which embraces Maryland"
Other Conclusions
Other conclusions reached by DR.
Pickett included:
I'm no year since federal prohibi.
ton went into effect has the death
rate been as high as the lowest an
nual rate in any year before prohibi'
ton.
THE annual average death rate
from all causes during the wet pc
riod 1910-16 wss 1881 per thousand
while under prohibition (1920-26) il
was only 1904.
There was an immediate improve.
ment in the death rate in 1920 when
prohibition went into effect. An in
dex of 100, based on the average fol-
the wet period 1910-16, shows IS fol
Continued on page two)
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VELMA WEST IS
SENTENCED TO
LIFE IN PRISON
Girl Who Killed Husband With
Hammer Pleads Guilty to
End Degree Murder

Painesville, Ohio, March 6.-(E-.
Velma West, 2l-year-old hammc,
slayer of her young husband
Thomas Edward West, was sen.
fenced to life Imprisonment ir
Marysville refor>aatory today a few
minutes after she pleaded guilty te
second degree murder.
The girl received her sentence ir
tears. She slumped into her chair
after few brief remarks by Com.
mon Pleas Judge j., D.. Barnes, .ant
her father, B. L. Van Wocrt, ,o1
Cleveland, rushed to her side.
Velma's mother was not in cour,
to hear the sentence.
Vclma, attired in the same som.
bre outfit of black which she wore
in court yesterday, rose from hel
seat at the counsel table and stepped
before the dais.
II understand your counsel has
agreed to enter a plea of guilty ia
second degree murder" said Judge
Barnes, addressing the defendant
"Is that so ?"
"Yes sir" replied Velma, in .
scarcely audible tone.
rHaving entered such a plea, the
law requires that l ask you if yol
have anything to say as to why sen.
tencc should not be imposed" sale
the judge.
The girl replied that she hat
nothing to say.
Discussion Reviewed
Judge Barnes then reviewed thu
the discussion yesterday betweer
the counsel and the court on thu
suggestion that the plea be entered
and informed the defendant thai
latter hearing all the evidence OF
premeditation, the feature neces,
sary to sustain q first degree mur'
der charge, the court was convinced
It was not an argumcntative ques'
ton"
1--WE could not hope for a convic
tion on any charge greater thar
second degree murder" he said.
therefore the court directs yol
to spend the remainder Of your ma
tural life in the Marysvillc reforma
tory for women, no part Of which
shall be spent in solitary confine
ment."
The blonde girl. wavered as tn,
Judge finished.
Breaking into tears, she dropped
into her chair and her father rushed
to her side.
Judge Barnes then ordered tn.
court room cleared and a few min
utes later velma was returned *
the jail.
West was found the morning o1
Dec. 6, with his head crushed in b,
hammer blows. Late the same dal
velma was placed under arrest d
her mothers home in Clevelant
and brought here. After question
ing shc confessed that she killet
him after an argument, over hel
attending q bridge, party at Mis-
Young's home in Cleveland. Sh,
drove to the party after the killing
and spent the night with Mis-
Young.
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MANDAMUS TO
BE ARGUED IN
STATE COURT
Effort Being Made to Have
]. G. Manning's Name ON
Democratic Ballot

Argument will be heard in the
supreme court here tomorrow after
noon in the case Of J. G. Manning,
Bismarck. VS.. Robert Byrne as secre-
tary of state.
In an order issued late yesterday
Chief Justice l.. Nuesslc issued
mandamus order directing the
secretary of state to place Mann
ing's name on the Democratic ballot
at the presidential primary election
March 20 as a candidate for dele
gate to the Democratic national
convention or show cause why NC
refuses to do so.
The secretary Of state rejected
Manning's petitions. along with pc
titions for Huston Thompson, Wash
ington, D. c., a candidate for the
Democratic presidential nomination,
and group Of dry Democratic can
didates for convention delegates
who were said to be pledged to
Thompson in the event of their
election.
Manning's petition, the secretary
of states office ruled after consul
tation with the attorney generals
office, was insufficient to warrant
placing his name on the ballot. The
attorney generals office will repre-
sent the secretary Of state at the
hearing tomorrow.
Reasons for Rejecting Petitions
Charles Liessman, deputy secrc.
tary of state, said that part OF
some Of Manning's petitions which
stated that the signers were mem.
bers of the Democratic party hat
been stricken out, and that the pc.
tition was rejected for that reason
although it was one Of the two Of
the Thompson group which hat
more than the 500 signatures re.
quired. The effort to place Man,
ning's name on the ballet is not
connected witN the rejection of the
Thompson petition. it was indicated
and Thompson's friends were sale
to have given up the effort to get
his name on the ticket.
The suit will hold up the printing
Of the $4,000 Democratic ballots
ordered by the secretary Of state:
office for the election. The law re-
quires the ballots to be in ths
hands OF the various county audi
tors by Marc IL and the absent
voters ballots arc required by Law
to be printed on March /, the las
date on which petitions can be re
ceived.
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Funeral Services
For Mary V. Cook
Will Be Held Here

Funeral services for Mary vir-
ginia Cook, who died Monday morn
ing after z long illness, will be held
Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 from
the family home at SOL Fifth street
1nterment will be made in st. Mary's
cemetery.
Albert Cordner, John Birdxell
Elmer Benser, Edmund and John
O'Hare and Robert Larson will At
tend as pallbearers.
Seth B. Cook Of Detroit, Mich,
brother Of the deceased, and e. G,
Cock Of Glasgow, Mont, are here
for the funeral.
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Representatives of 5
Nations Will Discuss
Multilateral Pact

London, March 6.-(R-An ex-
change telegraph dispatch from
Geneva today says that it is un-
derstpod that representatives Of
Great Britain, France, Italy, Ger.
many and Japan will meet late this
afternoon to discuss the United
States proposal for . multilateral
pact outlawing war.
Those who will attend the meeting
are said to be Sir Austen Chamber.
lain, British foreign minister,
Aristide BRAND, French foreign
minister; vittorio Scialoja, former
Italian foreign minister; Gustav
Stresemann, German foreign minis.
ter, and Mineichiro Adachi, Japan.
ese ambassador to France-the
present "big five" Of the League oi
Nations council.