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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-01-03
Bridge Party Honors
Mr., Mrs. McAneney

Mr.. and Mrs. e. o. Bailey enter.
tanned Saturday evening 1t . bridge
party in compliment to Mr.. and Mrs..
F. B. McAneney, who are leaving
soon to make their home In Fargo.
The rooms and tables were attrac.
lively decorated In the holiday colors.
During the evening cards were
played 1t four tables, horlors going to
Mrs II. L. Wheeler and e. Z. Pickles.
Mr.. and Mrs. McAueney received
guest favors.
A course luncheon was served after
the games.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. B. Gilman returned
Tuesday evening from Chicago and
Detroit, where they spent the past
two weeks. At Detroit Mr.. Gilman
attended the national convention OF
Dodge Brothers dealers and viewed
the display OF the new Dodge models
Mr.. and Mrs. Gilman visited Mr.. Gil
mans mother at Plymouth, WIS.,, be-
fore returning to Bismarck.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Cooper are
taking q months trip to points on
the Pacific coast. They spent the
holidays with Mr.. Cooper's parents at
Helena, and will visit at Seattle. Port
land, and Vancouver, B.. c., before re.
turning the last part Of the month.
Mr.. Cooper is manager Of the Bis
marck Implement company.
William E. Lahr, Jr., left this morn.
ing for Evanston, ILL.,. where he at
tends Northwestern University, after
visiting with his parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. W. E. Lair, during the holidays.
En- route to Evanston, he will stop in
Fargo for few days visit with
friends.
Milford Dresbach, who attends
Hibbing Junior College. Hibblng.
Mimi. spoke last evening at the
meeting Of the Order Of De Molay,
on DE Molay Membership" Mr..
Dresbach Is spending the holidays
here with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
v. N. Dresbach.
Miss Shirley Fox, who spent the
holiday vacation with her sister, Mrs.
George Galloway Of Mott. stopped In
Bismarck yesterday for . visit with
friends. She was en- route to Grand
Forks, where she is q member Of the
Junior high school faculty.
Minishoshe chapter Of the Daugh.
ters Of the American Revolution viii
meet tomorrow at q one O'Clock
luncheon at the Hotel Prince. with
Mesdames n. S. Dobler, 8. II. Mer-
rift, p. T.. Owens, and Miss Madre
Runey as hostesses.
Rev. G. A. Stephens will return to-
morrow from Sioux Falls. 8. D. He
motored there on Tuesday with his
daughter Mary, and the Misses villa
Kafer and Evelyn Jacobson, who At
tend Sioux Falls college.
George Knowles, son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. +. A. Knowles, will leave today
for Iowa City. Ia. where he attends
! the University Of Iowa. Mr.. Knowles
Is studying medicine.
The meeting Of the Junior and
Senior Kings Heralds Of the Meth.
odist church. scheduled for this week,
has been indefinitely postponed.
.
Neil Cameron and Bud Irvine Il.
turned Tuesday from Linton, where
they were guests Of william Wolyer.
ton over the weekend.
-
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Niles returned
Monday from Aberdeen, s.. D., where
they visited during the holidays with
Mrs. Niles parents.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-01-03

state departments and state institu.
tions will be dtsclooe6 at that time.
Total appropriations which VIII -
recommended to the coming lGgitla.
tive session are 1l37 $500 les than
the tS.72e.67o0e appropriated BY the
last legislative session for the present
biennjum.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-01-03
Social and Personal
Bridge Club Meets
at Roy Indseth Home

Mr.. and Mr.. Roy 1ndseth enter
tanned the members Of their bridge
club last evening ct . dinner follow.
ed By bridge.
Daffodils centered the tables dur.
ing dinner and the hostess ur:d 4
yellow color scheme for. the other ap-
pointments.
Bridge was played 1t three tables
after dinner, and high scores were
won by Mrs. ]. A. Fleck and Z. NJ.
Hendricks.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-01-03

Supt. ]. M. Stephens and Thomas
K. Killand of the Great Plains sta
ton left Tuesday for Washington,
p. G.
The Washington times., 1929-09-30
HAS 100. OTHER CASES
To ACT ON BESIDES
NURSES DEATH

With less than IL hours of its term to run,
the Grand Jury this afternoon is in trou-
bled situation, being faced with the neces-
sity of concluding its investigation into the
mysterious strangling of Mrs Virginia Nc
Pherson and of presenting indictments in
about 100 other pending cases before mid
night
Little progress was made with the inquiry into the
strange Mcpherson this morning. only three witt
nesses having been heard by noon.
Half dozen witnesses remained to be heard about
III o'clock when the jury faced with the neces-
sty of interruptng its inquiry into the death of the
young in order to clear up the of pend
ing indictments. After this was done the inquisi-
torial body took for luncheon until o'clock
1t became apparent when this was done in order
that the report on the Mcpherson death would not
be presented in open court until late this afternoon
or tonight
The report and all business before the Grand Jury
be submitted before midnight all of the work
which the body has done will for naught There is
its be extended and there provision
Robert A. McPherson jr, who found the body of his
estranged wife in their Park Lane apartment the
afternoon of September H. reappeared the courthouse
this morning.
The youth did not appear at all nervous concerned
the situation. Everyone else connected with the
seemed and excited. Young Mcpherson sat
with his mother and father o wandered I'D and down
the corridors accompanied by members of his football
team while awaiting for the action of the jury
The Washington times., 1929-09-30
MCPHERSON VERDICT is Near
Grand Jury Expires At Midnight
Latest Developments In
M'Pherson Mystery

I Mrs. V. {. Blackwelder, of Greensboro, N. e.,
l. sister of Mrs. Virginia Mcpherson, strangled
nurse, commissioned Policeman Robert j. Allen,
chief murder theory advocate, to discover the where
abouts of diamond ring believed to have been re-
moved from her body after it was discovered
> Mrs. Blackwelder charged that Inspector Will
- liam S. Shelby, chief of detectives, reprmanded
her when she tried to question his suicide theory.
. Mrs. Blackweder charged that Lieut.. Edward
d J. Kelly chief of the homicide squad, reported
he found the apartment in perfect order, when,
a matter of fact, it in a bloody, topsy-turvy
condition.
Wilmer c. Ruff, manager of the Park Lane
apartments, revealed that of the first things
Mrs. McPherson's husband did after discovering the
body to search her pocketbook and envelope
a table and take from them $45 for safekeeping.
Ruff said this happened before he had chance to
call the police
The Rev. Carl J. Goette, of Alexandria, Va,
- and other character witnesses testified to the
truthfuness integrity and sterling qualities of Gar
nett M. Frye, taxi driver, who discovered by
The Washington Times and Herald and who swore
he drove young man to the murder just be.
fore the tragedy occurred.
T. Miss E. Chatfield, of the lombard apartments
" neighbor Of the McPhersons, reported to
be ready to testify that she a leave the
Mcpherson bedroom window few minutes after
agonizing cries and groans were heard.
The Washington times., 1929-09-30
FISHERMAN, 70,
IS RESCUED

A weak voice calling for help
brought soarchers at o'clock this
morning to a point on the hank of
the Potomac just above Great Fails.
Patrick Riordan, 75-year old
former saloonkeeper and pic
turesque figure Of pre-Nolstead
days. was found hanging on to a
rock along the bank, too exhausted
according to the rescuing party, TO
crawl from the water.
Riordan had been in the water
three hours and had lost the use of
his lower limbs through chill and
cramps. Had he released his
desperate grip ON the rock, he
would have been swept to certain
death over the falls.
For rs years he has been in the
habit of going fishing each Sunday
at a site just below the Great Falls
dam. He made his usual pilgrim
age yesterday, but did not return
and Searchers were sent out. lie
had slipped from a rock into the
water and was unable to get out.
He fished until late in the night,
before the mishap.
Today Riordan was back at his
home in the 1900 block of Biltmore
st. n. w, and it is believed he Will
suffer no i'll effects.
The Washington times., 1929-09-30

Mrs. Heavrin is to face a jury
Wednesday il. Police Court on
charges of larceny and her friends
say it's all because she dared to
tell the grand jury what she heard,
thus endangering the police theory
of suicide in the Mcpherson case.
The police, on the other, hand
scott at such charges. They claim
it's 4 matter of routine and ex.
pected to have such complaint
made, seeing that the case would
come up just as the Grand Jury
was investigating Mrs. Mcpherson S
death.
On February II. Mrs. HeaVrin
was arrested. charged with the
larceny of eight electric light bulbs
valued at IS cents each. and three
keys valued at IS cents each from
the Marietta apartments. 100 block
New Hampshire Avenue. \. w. at
the time she moved from there
to her present address.
On February IA she appeared in
Police Court and, demanding jury
trial, was released on 500 bond
to await trial. Assistant Corpora
ton Counsel Joseph Bruce repre-
scented the Government, and Octave
Rgoness represented Mrs. Heavrin.
Martha Cake and Jack Blake were
named as compliments in the case.
The Washington times., 1929-09-30

Vice-president Curtis today
waived all rights as to
where Mrs. Dolly" Gam, his
half-sister and official hostess,
shall sit during the state din
ner President Hoover will give
Premier J. Ramsay Macdonald.
of England, next Monday
night.
II Mrs. Gam attends the dinner
she will he willing to take a back
seat"--bnt only for the Mac Donald
affair.
Secretary OF State Stimson re-
lieved Washington society's curios.
ity as to where Mrs. Gam will SIT
by announcing Curtis has ~ E.
gracfously waived the rights Of BIS
half sister in favor OF Lady Isabella
Howard as the ranking Doyenne Of
the Diplomatic Corps, solely for
the Macdonald dinner
Action Appropriate
Stim son said Curtis action was
Inappropriate In view Of Ambassa-
dor Howald's action as dean of
the Diplomatic Sorps, in pacing
Mrs. Gam at the head OF the table
AT diplomatic functions"
This action was interpreted as
meaning Macdonald will not seek
official recognition Of his daughter
and hostess Miss Ishhel
The Washington times., 1929-09-30
SHEARER Goes
ON STAND

William s. Shearer, the big bass
drum of the 1927 Geneva arms con-
ference was called today before
the Senate committee investigating
his activities to answer charges he
tried to wreck the conference"
In deep voice, in answer to the
committees inquiry as to Identified
ton he said:
William Baldwin Shearer, Ameri-
can, Christian, Protestant, nation
aiiSt----''
Curbed BY ShOrtridge
Here Senator Shortridge R) of
California interrupted TO tell the
stenographer to "strike out all but
the answer to my question:
Shearer asked to be allowed to
present a statement and Shortridge
refused.
You cannot direct this committee
from its purpose and the manner
in which it desires to conduct this
examination, shortridge replied.
You will be allowed TO tell your
story"
Shearer then answered in the
affirmative Shortridges question as
to whether he was the one who
had filed suit against the New York.
Bethlehem and Newport News Ship.
building Companies for money
claimed to be due him for work at
the 1927 Geneva arms conference
and in other places.
First Client Is Schwab
The committees early uueStiop
ing was directed at establishing
Shearers connections with the ship
building corporations that paid hin
$4,000 to go to Geneva as car
observer" and paid him other large
Continued on Page 2, Column 81
The Washington times., 1929-09-30
JugOslav Communist
Leaders Under Arrest

VIENNA, Sept. 80 U.N.S.)-Prac-
tically all the leaders of the Com.
munist party in Jugoslavia have
been arrested by the military gen.
darmerie or are under surveillance,
according to word from Belgrade
today.
1t Is assumed here police activity
against Communists was a preCau-
tionary measure to prevent Com.
munist chiefs from trying to take
advantage Of the political hostility
NJ the Crostiar peasants party
against the Belgrade government.
The Washington times., 1929-09-30

A pistol duel involving two
women, broke the morning
calm of the little town of Bon
Air, Va, today.
One of the feminine duellists,
Mrs. Eugene Smith, was shot in
the arm and narrowly escaped
death. Her rival-an unidentified
woman from Westinghouse he.
lieved to have been injured by the
return fire.
The battle came while Mrs. Smit h
was getting her two children ready
for school on the back porch of her
bungalow. The other woman walked
up the yard and opened fire, the
first shot taking effect in the arm.
Feared Trouble
The housewife was not caught
unprepared. as she had been fear.
ing trouble for days. She had a
pistol .concealed in aseant and taengh
suffering intense pain. succeeded in
reaching 1t and fired four shots at
her assailant. az she was running
to nearby thicket.
The feud between Mrs. Smith and
her unidentified assailant has been
going on for two weeks. the house
wife said. She declared that the
woman first called at her house
and threatened her life, charging
that the pretty Virginia mother was
endeavoring to steal her husband 3
love
After firing the shots at her as
sailant Mrs. Smith ran to the home
Continued ON Page >. Column 3
The Washington times., 1929-09-30
OPPOSE
. FEWER SUBS

PARIS, Sept. 80 SD.-France
has already notified the United
States that the French oppose any
proposal for suppression of the sub
marine because the underwater craft
il one OF the chief means OF French
defense, Vice Admiral Dumesnil. Of
the French navy, revealed to Inter
national News Service today.
The vice admiral was in com
mand of the French naval forces
in the Mediterranean Sea during
the war.
In an exclusive statement 10 Inter
national News Service he outlined
the attitude Of France towards naval
limita ton.
The Washington naval agreement
set a certain scale for the French
navy, Vice Admiral Dumesnil pointed
out. This scale was a reduced one.
The French navy has lived up to
this program even though the moral
effect was greatly felt by its per
sonnet.
The French naval officers sacri-
feed their pride to join the French
people in their desire for peace.
The Washington times., 1929-09-30
Accused Auto Wrecker
Held in Bail of S., 900

ANNAPOLIS, Sept. 80. - Neal
IINurk, Fourth Street, PASSPORT, was
held in 5000 bail following a hear
ing before judge Louis NJ. Hopkins
on charges Of destruction of an
automobile with an ak and assault,
Warrants were sworn out apainst
the defendant June 80 by Robert
1Gllandin2ham, and on June by
J. l.. Ellandinghan.
Durin" HYork's alleged eScapade
j. l.. Ellandincham SHOT him in the
stomach with shotgun Following
his discharge from the Naval Hospi
tai Hyork was given J hearing ne,
fore Judge Hopkins. The man will
be shserved Nv alienists.
The Washington times., 1929-09-30

Sue Thompson, a telephone opera
tor at the Park Lane who has been
before the Grand Jury twice already,
was recalled this morning. She
was before the Grand Jury for II
minutes.
1t was said that her recall this
morning was due to an overnight
development in the case, centerinz
around the action of young McPher-
soa when he discovered his wifs's
strangled body.
Mcpherson reported the matter
to Miss Thompson and told her his
wife was dead. When the operator
expressed doubt and suggested that
she had just tainted Mcpherson is
said to have told her that he felt
the body and that it was cold.
1t has been contended by other
witnesses that the position of the
BODY was such that Mcpherson
could not have entered the room
in which it lay without pushing il
aside and that he simply reached
through the partially opened door
to throw a dress over the nearly
nude form.
Miss E. Chatfield, a resident of
the Lombardy apartment which
adJoins the Park Lane was the
first witness today. 1t was be.
Continued on Page ?, Column u
The Washington times., 1929-09-30
Coolidge Refuses Flight,
But Inspects Big Ship

SOUTHAMPTON. Mass, Sept
80 N.S).-Former President Cal
Vim Coolidge was revealed today as
becoming ''air minded"
While both Mr.. and Mrs. Coolidge
refused to make flight the former
President and his wife did consent
to sit in q tri-motored plane here
and inspected the giant ship with
interest.
The Washington times., 1929-09-30
HURRICANE HITS
WEST FLORIDA

FORT LAUDERDALE. Fla.
Sept. 20 u.N.S).-FOrty persons
were suffering from minor in.
juries today as the result Of
freak cyclone. believed to be an
Off-shOOt Of the tropical huTi.
cane, which struck Fort Lauder
dale and vicinity last night.
Damage estimated at $3.50. 000
was suffered by buildings in the
business district. while the resi-.
Dental district suffered to the ex-
tent of $4,000.
PENSACOLA. Fla. Sept. 30 an.
S).-The West Indian hurricane
which swept through the EahRman
Islands and dashed the tip Of the
Florida Peninsula, leaving death and
destruction In it's wake. today
threatened that portion Of the gulf
coast lying between ApaIa chicola
southeast Of here, and Mobile to the
west.
Late last night, with issuance of
the last weather report from WASH
ington. the storm was approximate
~ 125 miles west of Tampa, moving
northwest at approximately ten
miles an hour. 1t was expected to
cross the coast line sometime TO.
day, the hour depending on whether
it strikes near Apalachcola or
further to the west.
Worst At Nassau
From all indications. the storm
did its worst damage at Nassau IN
The Bahamas. where 20 persons
were killed and tremendous prop
erty damage inflicted However.
great losses. including tbs fruit and
vegetable crop from that section,
were reported from Homestead. so
miles south of Miami, and from
1rontipuad On pooe . roI,,p,,, sl
The Washington times., 1929-09-30
Falls Church School
Elects Margaret Yates

FALLS CHURCH. Va, Sept. 30
Miss Margaret Yates has been
elected president of the senior cNsS
at the jefferson High School 1t
Falls Church. Other officers are;
Miss Mary Shreve. vice president.
and Frances Jones. secretary
trea surer.
James Anderson was elected presi-
dent of the Junior class; Russell
Bohn, vice president, and Evelyn
Via, secretary treasurer. Audley
Edmunds has been chosen presi-
dent of the sophomore class, with
Anne Harrison as vice president
and Emily Van Doren, secretary.
trca sllrer.
The Washington times., 1929-09-30
JOHN AND flo
HIKE WOODS

GREENNILLE, Me, Sept. so
1.N.S >-Majcr John Coolidge and
his bride today entered the sec
ond and last week of their honey
moon at the Moosehead Lake Camp
OF the brides father, Governor John
H. Trumbull of Connecticut.
The newlyweds have been taking
hikes through the Great North
Woods. They have secured their
own supply of wood for camp fires.
The Washington times., 1929-09-30
Vanderbilt Scion Starts
New ChicagO-N. Y. Train

NEW YORK, Sept. 30 H.N'S'''-
William X. Vanderbilt, great grand
son of Cornelius Vanderbilt, at
p. m. Yesterday gave the high ball
which started the new 20-hour train.
The Commodore Nandefplt,
named for the founder Of the New
York Central lines. on it's first trip
from Grand Central Terminal to
ChicaSo.
The Washington times., 1929-09-30
Mcpherson Witness
Cries Persecution

Friends of Mrs Roy eavrn of the Park Lane apartments
believe she being prosecuted by the police authorities be
told the District Grand Jury that she head groan
and indications of struggle in the apartment of Mrs Vir
gina Mcpherson the night of the latter's death.
The Washington times., 1929-09-30
A0VER EMIT

Very low fares to Florida and South,
account back home excursion from wash
lnston October 9Th Seaboard Air Lins
Railway. Inquire. IA Fourteenth street
Phone National osST.
The Washington times., 1929-09-30
16N &. Strikers Face
Trial Third Time
By HENRY LEsESNE

CHARLOTTE \. G." Sept. 80 0NS.).--For the third time
in many months Fred Erwin eal leader the Gasona
strike and his Is codeendantS today jusc
charges of murder and conspiracy growing ont the
assassination o Police Chief O. f. A,rrhoIt
The Washington times., 1929-09-30

The GaStonia police chief Was
killed tho night Of June I when he
and A croup Of fellow officers
raided the headquarters nj the Ma
tionsI Textile Workers Union, who h
The Washington times., 1929-09-30

The strikers were guarding because
tucxSmen few days before had
demolished their original store
hous@.
The Washington times., 1929-09-30
Used
Not
Abused

Plenty of good used cars
advertised in today's
Classified Ads are just
nicely broken in" for
the next owner. For
comprehensive selection
turn NOW to the CLASH
fled Ads.
The Kusko times., 1929-01-26

consist of members of the coal series there is strong probability that the gas came from them. This probabil- ity seems to be borne out by such tests as have been made of the gas.
 No new activities in the search for petroleum i'll the Alaska Peninsula, in Northern Alaska, or elsewhere in the Territory, were reported during the year. This lack of activity does n0t indicate that the possibilities of find ing petroleum in them are regarded as exhausted nor hat search has been permanently abandoned. It sim- ply means that the proving, of new field in Alaska is an extremely ex pensiye one that can be undertaken only by large, strongly financed company Such companies find that at present their endeavors promise more certain and immediate returns in other fields.
 Other Minerals.
 In addition to the mineral products already mentioned, Alaska also pro- duced during 1928 some lead, marble, limestone, tin, and platinum. The az gregate value of the output of these minerals, with that of petroleum, was $356,000 Most of the lead came as by-product from the gold ores of the Alaska Juneau mine, and the in creased production of these ores re- suited in the recovery of a greater amount of lead also. An increasing amount of lead is also recovered from the silver-lead ores of the Hyder dis trict. The output of marble in 1928 came as heretofore entirely from the quarries of the Vermont Marble Co.,, on Prince of Wales Island, in South eastern Alaska. The mining of cer- tain limestone deposits on DaH island, in Southeastern Alaska, by the Pacific Coast Cement Company, as source of one of the constituents of it's ce-I ment, marks the beginning of new enterprise whose development should materially increase the mineral pro- ductios from that part of the Terri tory. The tin ore was derived prin- cipally from placers near York, in Seward Peninsula, but small amounts were recovered from plaocers in the Hot Springs dinstrict of the Yukon Panama region. Negotiations were concluded late in the summer of 1928 for some extensive developments of the tin resources of the Hot Springs district in the near future. Prospect ing for tin ore near Big creek, in the Ruby district, was continued and prob ably some placer tin was recovered, but no details regarding the results of the prospecting there are yet avail able The platinum metals came prin- cipally from placers in the eastern part of Seward Peninsula and in the Goodnews bay district, at the mouth of the Kuskokwim river. The mine of the Alaska Palladium Company on Kassan Peninsula, in Southeastern Alaska, which for number of years has been large producer of platinum metals and the only one in which these metals were recovered from lodes, was closed throughout the year. Possibly few other mineral commod- ities were produced during the year. but for the purpose of this prelimi- nary summary their value may be re- garded as inconsequential. DI Ir nIr nYcseN A AYr,I,S, DE
The Kusko times., 1929-01-26


 All the pettoleum produced in Alaska in 1928 continued to, come from the wells of the Chilkat Oil Com- pany, near Katalla, where in addi- tion to the oil wells, the companM op- crates small refinery. The gasoline and distillate produced from this pc troleum are much in demand in the local market, as they are said ito be of better quality than the usual commer- cial brands. This company3is reportd to have continued operations. in. this field on essentially the. same-scale as heretofore.
 The only other place ina Alaska where drilling forsoil was in progress during the year was in the Matanuska. valley few miles west of Chickaioon, where the Peterson on Association continued work throughout most of the open season. The we'll is said to- have been giving strong showing of gas at several levels, but as, the geo. logic formations that. it penetrated