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The Bismarck tribune., 1929-04-19
CAllNIRALlsA. RACES
ALONG TIBET BORDER
Hundreds OF Children Eaten,
Thousands Dying in FAM
ine.Stricken Province

Peking, April .1o.-(F)-Cannibalism
Is on the increase in remote Kansu
province where thousands Of people are
dying daily from starvation under the
shadow Of the great wall Of China
and along the frontiers Of Tibet.
Missionary william Simpson, Of the
Assemblies OF God mission at Min.
chow, Kansu, reported today to the
international famine relief commits
sion that famine conditions over all
Kansu are now tenfold worse"
Bad harvests and ravageS Of Mos
lem raiders have reduced the inhabi-
ta1ts OF this ancient outpost Of Chi
nese civilization to the most pitiable
condition.
.'Moslem rebels have devastated all
the south and west Of Kansu." Mr..
Simpsons report stated, land they
have been pursued by troops who have
likewise consumed or destroyed Ill
the foodstuffs that they could find.
Children are being eaten In many
districts. Many Of them are afraid
to venture out Of doors. either by day
Or BY night. for fear they viii be lured
OF and eaten.
"Kansl Is doomed. There Is no
grain for sale. We are supporting at
the mission 400 children who other
wise would have starved or fallen VIC
tim to cannibals.
''The Mohammedan rebellion Is not
crushed," concluded Mr.. Simpsons re-
port. "Moslems are still ravaging
towns and cities and are followed by
ravaging soldiers. Famine alone Is
killing millions"
The Bismarck tribune., 1929-04-19
WAR VETERAN FACES.
.GRUESOME CHARGES

Salem. Ark, April 1s-(R)-A World
war veteran today faced murder
charges for the death Of his 32.year-
bid English war bride and his three
sons in fire which razed their farm
dwelling near here . month ago.. A
young woman may be arrested for
questioning. authorities said.
The arrest Of Ed Burris yesterday
shocked this community which for Z
month had accepted his story Of the
accidental nature OF the tragedy.
Burris reported he found his family
trapped in the flaming house on his
return home the night Of March 18
and that his desperate attempts to
rescue them ended with his dragging
from the house two beds which con-
tanned the charred bodies Of his
ydfe. Maud. and the three small boys.
What Information county officers
had against Burris was expected TO-
come to light ct the preliminary
hearing today.
The Bismarck tribune., 1929-04-19
Vital Force Which Is Life De.
scribed as Electric Strain
-
Or Potential
ABLE 10 RESTORE LOST LIFE
Cancer Cells Grow No More
Rapidly Than Normal Cells;
ls Aid In Research

Philadelphia. April le-(R)-Two
recent discoveries, one that death
may be due to loss OF minute guam
titles Of electricity from the body, and
the other that cancer cells grow no
more rapidly than normal cells. were
explained to the American Philosoph.
ical society here today.
The electrical experiments were re-
ported by DR.. George w. Grille, dircc-
tor Of the Cleveland clinic and the
Cleveland clinic hospital. The Cancer
findings were from DR.. Alexis Carrel
Of the Rockefeller institute, New
York.
Dr.. Grille described the vital force
which Is life a. IAN electric strain or
potential" Certain forms Of life he
was able to measure In terms Of VOL
tage. He took fruit Juice, and by
restoring It's lost potential was able
to cause In It some Of the mani
festations Of the life OF the original
fruit.
Sought Essential Feature
Thirty-five years ago, DR.. Grille
said. he first began to search for the
essential feature In living organisms
which u lost upon death.
II propose now to offer new cx-
perimental evidence which identifies
. form Of energy that Is lost In death.
These researches may be summarized
- follows:
In animals. plants and fruits q
potential exists during life and dis
appears at death.
In q living apple DR.. Grille found
. potentiality Of 50 milltvolts and
that the fruit had - steady respira-
ton, consuming from three to four
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The Bismarck tribune., 1929-04-19
Yegg Thinks Radio
Is Great Invention

Chicago. April 1o.-R)-Radio is .
great invention, the burglar said.
A woman, observing the burglar
leisurely looting the third-fluor
apartment at S737 Prairie avenue.
telephoned police. Police notified
radio station W0N so that word
might b flashed to touring squad
cars, equipped with receiving sets.
A moment later listeners on the
W0N program heard this:
"Detective squads. attention. There's
2 burglar on the third floor at S737
Prairie avenue"
The squad OF Lieut.. Walter storms
heard the call. and sped toward the
address given. They entered the
apartment and found the robber
gone. 81. i,
Ia . cornet : radio was solng fun
blast. Tucked under the I'd was this
note:
Dear radio man: Thanks for the
ttp-ol3. You're 4 swell announcer.
I'm now signing off,"
The Bismarck tribune., 1929-04-19
IMPORTANT WITNESS
IN RANER| KIDNAPPING
Case ASSASSINATED
Man Who Gave Police Informa.
ton Slain by Shotgun Kill.
ers in Back Yard

Joliet, ILL.,. April l9.-(R)-Anothel
important though sub rosa figure In
the Ranieri kidnapping case Of last
September has been assassinated In
ms own doorway probably, police said
because he talked too much"
Joseph Perconti, 81. slain by shot
gun killers shortly before last mid
night, Is thu man generally believed
to have given police information on
which they found the kiduapers o1
10-year-old Billy Ranieri. He was
one Of those 1rrestsd w1th- tnO kjda
napers, and when the case against
him later was dismissed, the under
standing was that 1t was in consider
alton Of information which resulted
in the conviction Of two men for the
abduction.
Perconti had just put away his
automobile in the garage at the rear
Of his home when two or more men
from q curtained automobile dis
charged sawed-off shotguns at him
at close range. The two weapons
later were found $50 feet away.
Among those being sought today
for the Staying was Perconti's brother,
Tony, who was one Of those charged
with the actual kidnapping of the
Ranieri boy but who never was ap-
pretended. Police believe Tony may
have killed his brother in the belief
that Joe Perconti's story to officers
had involved him In the abduction.
Mrs. Joe Pcrconti said she received
. phone call late yesterday threaten
ing her husbands life unless he
turned over a large sum of money to
the caller, who when asked his idcn-
tity, said: Joe will know who."
When she told her husband OF the
call, he merely shrugged his shoui-
ders, Mrs. Perconti said, and made
no comment. Six hours later he was
dead.
Joe Perconti, who was 81 years old,
had q dubious reputation with Joliet
police, who connected him with var
ious liquor enterprises. They con-
sidered 1t possible that a liquor feud
may have been the cause Of his as
sassination: but they gave greater
credence to the dead mans connec-
ton with the Ranieri case.
Billy Ranieri. son Of q Chicago
sewer contractor, was kidnapped early
last September near his school and
he was held prisoner nearly two
weeks. finally being released when
the police began closing in on the
farm house where he was held pris-
oner. Angelo Petitti and Andrew
Cappellano were convicted Of the kid.
napin9.
The Bismarck tribune., 1929-04-19
REVOLUTIONS PLAY BIG ROLE
IN BISMARCK WOMAN'S LIFE
Packers Keep in Touch With
Each Other Across Atlantic
Ocean by Telephone
STRANGER THAN FICTION
Capital City Girls Husband Il
Secretary to Owen Young,
Reparations Expert

Revolutions have played a great
part In the life Of Wilhelmina B.
Packer, Of New York City. and Swan
sea, Mass, who was born In Bismarck,
whose husband was born in Bismarck,
and whose son was born In Bismarck
five years ago.
When her mother died in Bismarck.
she was adopted by her own sister,
then living In Russia. Fifteen years
later. while attempting to flee from
the Bolsheviks she was captured by
the Reds. A short time ago, by reyol-
utionized methods Of communication,
she answered telephone in a Swan
sea cottage to converse with her hus-
band, William e. Packer, formerly of
Fall River. now private secretary of
Owen D. Young, who Is a member Of
the reparations committee in Paris.
Used Sign Language
Language and distance apparently
have been no barrier between Mr.. and
Mrs. Packer. When they met In
Odessa, Russia, MIR. Packer was a
member OF the American Relief Ad-
ministration. His wife, then Wilhel-
nina Wetch, when they met in the re-
lief headquarters, asked. through an
interpreter, his assistance in return
ing to the United States. She could
speak Russian and German. He
could speak neither. But love found
a way. Sign language was followed
by attempts to converse In French,
which both knew slightly.
Mrs. Packer was two years old when
her mother died in Bismarck. An
older sister, then married, was living
In Russia. She offered to adopt the
baby whom she had never seen. BY
letter. the details were arranged and
then came the long trip to Z little
village near Odessa. e@eas .s -
Until she was II or Is years old
Mrs. Packer did not know her foster
mother was her sister. Then came
the Red revolution, famine, confisca-
tton OF her foster-father business.
the American Relief Administration
and MIR. Packer.
Wanted to Return
With her foster parents. the rirl
went to the offices of the ARA asking
assistance In returning to the land Of
Wilhelmina's birth. The family were
assured that in the course of time
no doubt the girls repatriation could
be accomplished. But her foster
parents were natives Of Russia and
barred by Soviet order from leaving
the country. The United States could
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The Bismarck tribune., 1929-04-19
Engineers to Dredge
Mississippi Channel

Minneapolis, April 10.-F)-One Of
three major ohstructions to upper
Aississipi barge traffic will b re-
moved this year when United States
army engineers dredge new channel
at had Axe bend, STRENGTHENING the
river about three miles above Victory.
Wis.
Cost Of the project, which win be
started about June I. II estimated at
4l26N00. Major R. g. Williams. Of
the army engineers with headquarters
II the Twin Cities win b n charge
Of the work,
The Bismarck tribune., 1929-04-19
BARON REVELSYOKE,
LEADER OF BRITISH,
dies DUE TO strain
Complete Failure OF Paris Ne.
gotiatlons Postponed by
Dramatic Demise
DEATH MAY BE SALVATION
Distinguished Financial Expert
Was to Make Report on
/, Conference Failure

Paris, April l9.-(F3-The dramatic
death Of Lord Revelstoke, leading
British financial expert on the repair
ations committee, only . few hours
before . vital plenary session Of the
committee today STAYED off the iuami-
rent complete breakdown Of the
reparations negotiations.
The new turn In the reparationS
situation came with startling sudden
ness. Today's plenary session called
for 11:00 q. m, had been expected "a
see the end Of the 10 weeks Of ardu-
GUS effort by the experts to solve the
great postwar problem, but the death
Of Lord Revelstoke from heart dis
ease at 7:30 o'clock this morning post
poned what had seemed an inevitable
announcement Of complete failure,
when the experts. worn by their own
long exertions, gathered In gloom at
the Hotel George v for what many
thought the last act Of the present
reparations drama.
Formal announcement Of the noted
British financier's death was made
BY Owen D. Young, chairman, where
upon DR.. Hjalmar schacht. the chief
German delegate, expressed the deep
regrets Of the German delegation
while all the other experts joined In
expressions Of sorrow and tribute.
Mr.. Young then proposed that the
committee adjourn out Of respect TO
Lord Revelstoke's memory to meet at
eleven O'Clock next Monday morning.
Deadlock Il Forgotten
For the moment the utter deadlock
which the experts, had reached b..
cause Of their inability to strike Z
compromise between the demand Of
the allied creditor powers and tho
German offer for reparations was
forgotten and yet underneath, by Z:
curious turn Of fate, there was some
feeling, however slight, that Lord Revel-
stokes death, by giving the experts
several days to think over the situa-
ton, might result In some eleventh
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The Bismarck tribune., 1929-04-19
SHIPPING BOARD TO
MEET in BISMARCK
G. w. Mcdonnell, Railroad Com.
missioner, Addresses Group
at Aberdeen

Bismarck has been selected for the
July % meeting Of the Northwest
Shippers Advisory Board, It was an
nounced at Aberdeen, 8. OAK, today
by Curtis L. Mosher, general chair.
man.
The board held its yearly South pa-
kota and spring meeting at Aberdeen
yesterday.
G. w. Mcdonnell, North Dakota
railroad commissioner and vice chair-
man for this state, gave . report ct
the meeting. Feature addresses were
given by James T. Gillick. Vice presi-
dent OF the Milwaukee Road, ana J.
w. Raish, South Dakota state rail-
road commissioner. Other state re-
ports were given by w. H. Perry. Min
nesota. A. w. Tompkins. South d.
kota. and r. H. Polleys. Montana.
Eighteen committee reports, two
general reports. two special reports,
and nine railroad reports were given
1T the meeting.
The Bismarck tribune., 1929-04-19
BOOSTERS PLANNING
| METHODS0F RAISING
| $500,000,O00 FUND
Agricultural Leaders Feel That
Fund Should Be Immedi.
ately Provided for
TARIFF BILL DRAFTING SLOW
Democratic Leaders Hold Plans
IN Absyancs as Republic
cans Are at Odds

Washington, April l9.-(R)-The
first opposition to the new farm bill
was voiced in the house today durine
its second date Of debate upon the
measure.
Representative Jones, Texas, .
Democratic member Of the agricul-
ture committee. who opposed the bill
during its study by that group, de-
scribcd the measure Is more In the
nature Of political essay" than .
real attempt to remedy the distress
Of agriculture.
i hope that am wrong ana that
the bill will be q success In carrying
out what 1t attempts to do" he said.
The only thing the farm board
would be enabled to do that could not
now be done. he added. would be to
make loans to cooperative marketing
associations.
He declared today he intended to
offer the debenture proposal as IN
amendment from the floor II consid.
Grafton Of the plan were held In or.
der under the rules.
The senate agriculture committee.
considering a farm bill containing
the debenture provision, today con-
tlnued Its work. It Is expected that
this measure will be reported formal.
~ to the senate the first Of the week.
During the house debate, Jones was
asked by Representative Williamson
OF Illinois. Republican member Of
the house agriculture committee. as
to what percentage OF the farm COM
modities the debenture plan would
affect.
From Is to 20 per cent" replied
Jones.
washington, April lo.--(H)-yVith
the new farm relief bill barely
launched upon its course t,roreh
congress-. SuGne Of ~ udSo11i6tgeitS
putting their heads together to WORK
out . way Of providing the $500. 900 900
1t would authorize for the federal
farm board.
The measure. itself. would simply
authorize and not provide the appro-
priation. following the customary
lines Of legislative procedure The
house appropriations committee
which usually passes upon all govern
ment expenditures and prepares the
bills making funds available. however.
has not been organized for the special
session.
While. In the ordinary course Ct
events. the matter would be brought
before the appropriations committee
at the opening Of the regular session.
some Of the farm leaders in the house
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The Bismarck tribune., 1929-04-19

Bankers Death Staues Off Reparations Fiasc0
DEATH CAUSE, CANCER GROWTH
DISCOVERIES ARE ANNOUNCED
North Dakota Mail
Carrier Has sAhbi'

Washington. April le.-tReThe
postoffice department recently for
warded . complaint about mali de.
livertes On the -roate from Paradise,
North Dakota, to Watagua, South
Dakota, TO carrier. G. z. Mexican, and
has received In reply . picture ana q
caption which are considered IN ade.
Quate answer 70 the complaint.
The picture was Of Mr.. NcKean
sitting on the roof OF his house trying
to scrape the snow Oft the chimney
top. The caption read: weather
q below Sero-arrow points to where
chimney ought to be-"
The Bismarck tribune., 1929-04-19
EVOLVE
recommendations
FOR MODERN Youth
Auto, Roadhouse, Beer Flat and
Speakeasy Are Sources Of
Moral Deterioration

Chicago. April ls.-N-six promi.
nent educators. sitting "A 4 coroner'l
Jury. have evolved from the iuyestira.
tion into 0eorxe Lux,s death ~
Sunday Z series Of recommendation,
for q "moral housecleaninx" g mod.
ern youth: for solution. their yerdici
said, Of o problem (which seeus "a IS
becoming all too general for the ua,h-
lie good"
Lux. u. vax suffocated under -,
automobile in which he vas ridina
with young men and women follovins
Z tour Of roadho,,ses
I'VE recoenixe that the A,,toanohile
the roadholse. the beer nat and ths
speakeasy have been soa,rces az soeiel
and moral eleteriorntion and nr~s
that every effective rcesr. oe eortrcl
Be- employed Ia resuiate or ei,mtnste
q .thn - TrsamirSs tisrs~. sc.ers,s. ~
| cd }f,lutinSh IN IN life ~ vos,th =
+ 1aSle -Char.c1er esesctive
.1f1es s1nrv beaisvse thsx -~;ser 10, ,,ct
only ssci5polS. bit aleo nj other socisi
in1tituti6 - ta8 ven. deyeIol, ny, ~
means q uiakine character isesis e.
fectiye. : larre nart. ~ the NrnS,le,,,
win Be solykd..
I'VE are convinced the nroh,em.
and condit,1ns 1r,ntci, ~ fss. W. ,,s..ss s's.as ~
not Of their own makinr T'hsv sre
not responsible f6r fhe fact th:t e. s
cial conditions are ui,stahie ana md ~. ~
favorable to the Observation-Disclosures ~ ~ the
highest tyne of life. We heiievs thst I
In the final anaivsis fhe 6etsrr,;,,s's r..'
ton OF their be1,.vinr ana -. 49, 80. ...I ~.
The Bismarck tribune., 1929-04-19
| MuL|.''T|I||M!l!Lu|0NAIRE ! ] |!
SURPRISES FRIENDS
BY WEDDING WIDOW
Henry L. Dohsrty, One Of Ma.
tion's WeaIthiest Men,
Marries His Nurse

New York. April 1e.-(F-Henry l..
Dohcrty. one Of the country's wealth
lest bachelors and nationally known
as q public utility leader, has an
nounced his marriage last New Years
eve to Mrs. Percy Frank Eames. q
widow, who nursed him during Z two
years illness.
Mr.. Doherty, whose wealth is vari-
ously estimated from .$25 900 900 to
$200, 900 900, is So years old. His wife
Is 40. News Of the wedding came as
surprise to his business associates
to whom he often had said he would
remain bachelor all his life.
Make Wedding Trip
The announcement was made at
the offices Of Henry l.. Doherty and
Company. where it was said Mr.. and
Mrs. Doherty were on q belated we'd
ding trip to Atlantic City. The we'd
ding took place at the home Of Canon
Lawrence e. Skey, rector Of st. Anne's
ANGLICAN church at Toronto.
Mr.. Doherty had been forced to
forego business for two years and for
q time was seriously i'll Of arthritis
at Battle Greek sanitarium. He was
advised by his physicians to delay an
nouncement Of the marriage so that
he might escape, during GONZALES
cence. the messages and visits Of
friends
The former Mrs. Eames is q native
OF Kentucky but spent the greater
part Of her life abroad, where she
studied music under the masters. Her
husband. who died In Paris in 1920.
was an Official in the foreign service
Of the international Harvester com.
pany. She has an 18-year -old daugh-
ter.
Mrs. Doherty was for 0ycars q close
friend Of Mrs. william T. Morrey. Z
sister Of Mr.. Doherty. and for the
past seven years has been . member
Of the Morrey household. When Mr..
Doherty became Ill she took charge
Of his nursing and remained person.
ally In attendance until his recovery
became certain.
Never Had Schoolings
Mr.. Doherty. whose boast Is that
he never had . days schooling In his
lie. came to New York 6 . young
man from Columbus, Ohio, ana built
up the billion dollar Cities Service
company, public utility corporation.
and Henry L. Doherty and Company.
IN oil producing and distributine en-
terprise.
The apartment Is fitted out with :
gymnasium. squash courts. physical
and chemical laboratories and large
suites Of offices where his husiueoe
conferences are held. One ingeuious
feature Of his sleeping room Is bed
mounted on rails which BY the preas
OF = button can Be moved 10 = snn
porch.
The. Dohertys have made no plans
where they viii reside and Il s g.
pected they will travel extensively fur
: time. probably ahroad. Il was said
his recovery has been comploto ana
he hopes within Z abort tin,e. u ~.
same charge q his business euker-
prisek
GOHNER MINE LOSES
Lexington, ". Apeil le.--tFy-
Kentucky defsated lflnnee9t. 81
baaebail. 5 tol.
The Bismarck tribune., 1929-04-19
CAMPBELL SPEEDS
231 MILES AN HOUR

Verneuk Pan. Cape Of Good Hope.
April 1o..-@- Captain Malcolm
Campbell, British racing driver. who
is seeking to break the 231-mile an
hour mark Sc. by Major II. q.
eeSrave, touched AIS miles m hour
u . trial run today In his car, Blue
Bird.
The Bismarck tribune., 1929-04-19
Dog GETS N MEnAI

Beaver Falls, Pa, April lo.-(A1-
Gray Boy. . police dog owned BY Mr..
and Mrs. Clifford Beegle. Patterson
Heights. has been awarded . hero
medal by the Beaver county safety
council for arousing the family when
the Deegle home was threatened by
fire.
The Bismarck tribune., 1929-04-19
Il PERSONS KILLED
IN RAILROAD Crash

Santiago. Chile. April le.-(R- -
fourteen persons were killed and 40
injured Ia ! railroad wreck between
s4qutque and Antofagasta late last
night. The locomotive Of the train
lost it, wheels II some unexplained
fa4hion and the cars which tt Was
Fyawins piled into Il and overturned.
The Bismarck tribune., 1929-04-19

Precipitation Va reported IA
North Dakota during the 3l-holr Pc
Rod ending at seven o'clock this
incoming . follows: Elleudale .Ol
and Grand Turks 90.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-07-01
Weekend Drunks
Confess Guilt

One of the largest arraignments
OF drunks for many months took
place in the police eour. this morn
ing and Judge Perkins after listen
ing to their pleas fined each and
everyone $25 with the alternative
of spending l211s days on the chain
gang.
Those who admitted they were un-
der the influence of Intoxicating
liquor over the week end were f..
Castanedro, A. Vellegeno, Jack
O'Neil, c. L. Burton, v. Roma and
r. Brackin.
Tello Constenette, "A Cuban,
pleaded not guilty to drunk charges
and will be tried late this after
noon. lie was held under bail of
$25.
}. Nj. Grant, an irrigation worker
from Calipatria was also fined $2j
on vagrancy charge but this was
suspended when Grant assured the
court he would leave town immc-
diately for his job.
Ruth James, charged with vag
rancy, forfeited $50 bond by failing
to appear. Jesus Torres was fined
50 for making excessive noise with
his car. Nazar Chaborion drew n
s. plaster for cutting in.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-07-01
Holtville Plunge
Using New Well

Better service than ever before
is offered by the Holtville Nata
torium with the drilling of new
artesian well to augment those here
tofore in use.
Water from the new well is salty
and contains just enough chemi-
Gals, according to the management,
to make for a healthful, invigorat-
ing swim. Many compliments have
been received by the management
since the new well came into use.
Water in the tank is kept at Il
temperature of 81 degrees, which
is considered ideal for swimming
by continuous circulation and a
complete change of water twice
each week.
Each Thursday and Sunday night
the tank is drained and cleaned, af-
ter which the pumping equipment is
started, increasing the flow of
water to more than 200 gallons per
minute. By morning the plunge is
full of fresh new water. The
pumps are then turned off and the
wells are allowed to flow at thei..
normal rate.
The management reports large
crowds from all parts of the valley
are enjoying the plunge.