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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-11-13
MURDER THEORY IS
ADVANCED IN Death
Portland Police Probe Death Of
Wife in Apartment Of Hus-
bands Secretary

Portland, Ore, Nov. 13.-IR-
Prosecuting authorities sought to de-
termine today whether murder or
suicide explained the death Of Mrs.
Nelson G. Bowles, stabbed through the
heart with a bread knife In the
apartment Of her husbands former
secretary, Mrs. 1rma Paris, as.
As police received the story from
the principals, Mrs. Bowles went to
the apartment Of Mrs. Paris yester-
day to inquire about the former
~secretary's relations with Bowles.
The women were reported to have
quarreled and Mrs. Paris telephoned
to Bowles, who hurried to the scene.
Bowles told officers he and the two
women had discussed the situation
and Mrs. Bowles had gone to the
kitchen, apparently to get a glass Of
water. He said he had a partial view
Ct Mrs. Bowles as she stood at the
kitchen sink and that presently he
saw her slump to the floor.
Bowles said he rushed to the kitch-
en- and found his wife with a bread
knife plunged into her breast. He
summoned a physician but she died
in q few minutes.
Bowles, who is "a and scion Of q
prominent family Of Portland and
Seattle, said he and his wife had been
separated about a month.
Mrs. BoWles was IS. She leaves tvo
small daughters.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-11-13
Picturesque Argot Of Gangsters
Soon May be Found in Dictionary

New York, Nov. 13.-(R-1t
probably won't be long now be.
fore q racketeer can be "pu: on
the spot" without . single quota
ton mark in the sentence.
For this you may take the word
Of the dean Of American Lexdcog-
raphers, Dr.. Frank H. Vizetelly.
managing editor Of the Standard
Dictionary.
For knocking at the doors OF
the dictionary right now are
$4,000 words. including all the
picturesque argot Of the gangsters
and the latest sports column and
footlights wiscracks.
Wisecrack does not have to be
placed in quotation marks, for the
word Is already in the dictionary.
So are racket. racketeer. bootleg
ger and speakeasy. PUT on the
spot" IS there. too. but In its older
sense-as q police detective put
ting a criminal ION the spot"
One may serve a stretch in the
penitentiary. too. without any
quotation marks. The word
stretch" In that sense, Is already
in. But one still docs time In
quotes.
mot ell o. the rs !occ new words
that fill two cabinets and . vault
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-11-13
DUDLEY NASH, ONCE
M|N0TL LAWYER, DIES
Heart Trouble Apparent Cause
of Death Here; Funeral
Not Arranged

Dudley Nash, so, former attorney at
Minot, died in q hospital at 1900 p.
m. today, an apparent victim Of heart
trouble. The cause Of his death will
not be known definitely. however, UNI
til after a post-mortem is conducted,
his attending physician said.
Mr.. Nash had been in the local hos
pital since Nov. 2. He leaves an aged
mother, residing in Canada, and q d.
vorced wife.
Until two years ago, Mr.. Nash had
been q prominent attorney In Minot
having spent several years In active
practice there. He was a former
states attorney of Ward county, be-
ing elected at the time Imperial Ward
existed, and serving during the tins
1t was divided. He appeared as coun-
sci in ON of the most outstanding
criminal and civil cases ever tried in
Minot.
He was born on a farm near East
Grand Forks, Mimi, May "a. 1880. He
was educated in the public schools
there and also by private tutors. He
studied law at the University Of
North Dakota, being employed In the
office Of George Bangs, Grand Forks
attorney. while he was a student.
Funeral arrangements had not been
made this afternoon.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-11-13

In my office are slang expressions
about to be made respectable"
Dr.. Vizetelly said. the number Of
scientific words coined recently
Is enormous. One geological work
that came out not long ago had
5000 words In it. II ! want to go
into the field Of medicine. I could
add 5000 words more to the dc
tionary."
Ordinarily it takes q word five
years to get into the dictionary.
II q distinguished scholar or lit
erary man happens to use It, the
probationary period many be
shorter.
For instance. George Bernard
Shaw in q recent address which
was brought into the United
States by radio used the express
sion get away with It," His in
PRODUCTION was not needed, how
ever. The expression already was
In DR.. Vizetelly's dictionary.
A slang expression may get In
to the dictionary. but 1t doesn't
always stay there. The dictionary
Is rather like the social register
In that respect. Only words do
not disgrace themselves or marry
beneath the!. stations. They just
die
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-11-13
IS FORECAST
FOR STATE TONIGHT
Drop in Temperature 10 Expect
ed to Interrupt Warm
Indian Summer

After almost two weeks Of clear
and warm Indian summer, unsettled
weather tonight and Friday, with
probable snowfall tonight and lower
temperatures, was forecast for Bis
marck and North Dakota by federal
weather officials today.
Bismarck's last cold spell ended
Oct: 81, temperatures having been II
and 81 degrees above zero respectively
the last two days Of October. Since
that time temperatures have been
above freezing and sunshine has been
the rule.
Even today the sun was shining
brightly, but q change In the wind
from the east to the northwest late
this afternoon was anticipated. This
was expected to bring cold and prob
ably snow.
Temperatures dropped sharply In
Alberta and Saskatchewan during the
night, points In the former reporting
low marks OF 10 degrees above zero
for the ~ hour period. Glacier Park
and northwestern Montana awoke
this morning under . blanket OF snow,
reported at some points to be Is
inches deep.
Bismarck's temperature ut 7 .. m.
today was 80 degrees above zero. low
for the "a hour period. Grand Forks
reported SO, jamestown 20, and VAL
ley City and Fargo 80.
Colder weather is prevailing today
over the northern Rocky mountain
states and in the western Canadian
provinces. Precipitation occurred
from North Dakota westward to
Washington and southwestward to
California during the night.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-11-13
Injured as
Stump Hits School

I~ronton, Ohio, Nov. 13.-R-seven
children were injured, two possibly
fatally. when q tree stump, dynamited
by contractors, crashed through the
roof Of q country school at Kelly's
bridge near here today.
James Dean, IL. suffered . crushed
skull when struck by the stump as It
fell into the school room. A portion
also struck Rodney Elan. II. severing
his scalp.
County officials said 70 sticks Of
dynamite had been placed beneath
the stump at q point 125 yards from
the school. When 1t was exploded q
portion Of the stump weighing about
600 pounds went into the air and
broke through the roof of the build
ing.
The stump fell into IN aisle In the
center Of the school room and on
through the Hoor.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-11-13
SHEPHERD CONDEMNS
BY-PRODUCT WASTE
Saws Bran and Shorts From
States Crop Would Feed
Every Beast

Fargo, N. D., Nov. 13.-ReBy-
products valued at thousands Of dol
lars are wasted in North Dakota each
year, declared Dr.. J. H. Shepperd,
president Of the North Dakota Agr1"
cultural college. In . radio talk here
Wednesday night. His address was
one Of q series sponsored by the
Greater North Dakota association.
Precaution must be taken IN de-
velopment Of an industrial program,
he said. because Of possible changes
in markets or transportation costs.
There Is feed enough In bran and
shorts Of the wheat crop to supply
every North Dakota beast with full
grain feed and leave many tons over.
II It could be milled here" he said.
I'VE produce flax enough to sup
ply much more oil meal that We need
for balancing our rations for our
livestock. Flour and oil are materials
wanted In the east and southeast,
while we could convert shorts and oil
meal into meat, dairy products and
eggs and ship east at low freight rate.
1T is not easy to profit by process
ing raw materials, but let us consid-
er possibilities"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-11-13
PLOT TO KIDNAP
COAST PUBLISHER
Barred BY POLICE
Revelation Comes on Heels Of
Arrest Of Alleged Gang
Member

Los Angeles, Nov. 13.-tR-Frus-
tration Of an alleged plot by a well
organized gang to kidnap Harry
Chandler. owner Of the Los Angeles
Times and president of the American
Newspaper Publishers association,
was claimed by the district attorneys
office and police today.
Revelation of q purported plot
against Chandler and other promi-
nent citizens here, whose names were
not disclosed, came last night on the
heels of the arrest Of Robert Gilhou-
sen, %. who police said admitted he
and two others abducted and robbed
w. r. Finch. manager OF a Beverly
Hills telegraph office, Sept. Is.
District Attorney Buron Fits said,
while Gilhousen had no connection
with the plan to abduct the publish
er, the youth learned OF the plot
through contacts with gang members
In robberies.
Chandler said first intimation he
was marked as q victim of the gang
was received 10 days ago. Officers
said the tip came from underworld
sources. Two detectives were assigned
to accompany Chandler constantly.
Fits said his office and police re-
ceived information concerning the ar
rival here Of professional criminals
from the east. He asserted the in
vestigation revealed, among other
things. that plots had been made
against several prominent citizens Of
Los Angeles.
Authorities revealed two Los An
geles citizens already had paid ran
som to the gangsters behind the kid
nap plot to avoid carrying out Of
threats.
From authoritative sources the As
ISOLATED Press learned officials sus-
pected the reorganized gang Of Morris
Moll, known as "the phantom gun
man." wanted here for robbery and
for questioning in connection with a
murder. Of planning the abductions.
Moll, leading three others robbers. In
1923 obtained more than $4,000 from
David Antink, chain drugstore COL
lector, In a gun battle during which
Antink and one Of the robbers were
wounded.
Mon alone escaped. The others
were convicted and served peniten-
tiary sentences. Later Mol was ar
rested in Florida and removed to
Minnesota on a narcotic charge. Los
Angeles authorities endeavored to ex-
tradite him. but Mol jumped bond In
Minnesota and disappeared.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-11-13
FORMAL ACTION IN
wing CASE AWAITS.
OUTCOME Of WOUND
Deputy Sheriff, Wounded in. A.
fray Tuesday, Still In Crit
ical Condition
FEAR ONSET OF PNEUMONIA
TownsfoIk Tell Sheriff and
County Attorney Alleged As
saiIant Was Drinking

Court action against John Holmes,
Wing blacksmith. and his stepson,
Charles Frazer. In tho shooting and
Standings at the northern Burleigh
county town Tuesday night. today
was awaiting the outcome Of the
wounds Of Deputy Sheriff George
Piepkorn. Meanwhile George 8. Reg
lister, county attorney, was gathering
In all the as~certainable facts Of the
affair 80 a. to be able to lodge charges
against the two men when the stu
alton clears up.
Piepkorn was not In good condition
today. according to reports at the
hospital. The staff member attending
him said his fate Is to be determined
by the course his stab wound In the
abdomen takes In the next 48 hours.
This is 50 serious that either pneu-
monia or peritoritis might ensue.
AL that can be is being done to save
his life. He had an even chance for
recovery at the time he was admitted,
Wednesday morning, about six hours
after the attack on him.
Three other wounded persons are
not In serious condition, Holmes being
shot through the right knee and
thigh, Ben McClusty stabbed In the
right sshouideg,and Gus Anderson shot
across the breast and through the
upper right arm. AL are resting
easily,
Sheriff Rollin WEIGH and County
Attorney Register conducted an In
vestigation at Wing Wednesday night
after hearing the stories Of residents
who were here during the day. These
latter said there had been no drink
ing connected with the shooting and
stabbing, but at Wing the two. off,
Gals were told by other residents that
Holmes had been drinking, and that
it was the effect Of the liquor which
sent tho blacksmith out to shoot up
the town.
However, this does not dispose Of
the story that Holmes had an argu.
ment with his wife at the house Of
August Anderson around 8 O'Clock.
after which he went to the home Of
Gus Anderson, the town harnessmaker,
and shot him through the closed door
with q 45-caliber rifle bullet. The
authorities feel that each story Of the
affair Is but the half Of the facts and
that the true tale is yet to be found.
Holmes. meanwhile, Is In q local
hospital under guard and his stepson,
Frazer. Is lodged In the Mandan jail.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-11-13
MAN GOES INSANE
WOUNDS WIFE AND
KILLS 3 CHILDREN
Turns Gun on Self and Commits
Suicide; Poverty DeIu-
sion Is Blamed

Uniontown, Pa. Nov. I3.-R-
Three children were shot and killed
today by their father, R.. w. Play
ford, IS. q prominent Uniontown
lawyer and banker, who then killed
himself, apparently while under the
delusion the family was facing pow
erty. Piayford's wife was wounded
probably fatally.
The dead, besides the father, are
Nancy Playford, Is, Pauline, 9, and
Margaret. 10. Mrs. Nancy Playford.
IS. was 50 seriously wounded that
death was believed imminent.
Playford fired shots into the heads
OF his victims as they slept, and then
turned his pistol upon himself.
A maid In the Playford home was
the first to discover the victims. The
girl, Viola White. said she heard
shots about Z a. m, but believed the
reports were caused by heating ra-
diators in the house. A short time
later. she said, she saw Playford leave
the children's room and enter his own.
WV A4O0A0 0AAOUAACA OAAOUS 0A4O u1OXA IA
vestigating, found her employers
body on the floor.
The two younger children and Mrs.
Fayford apparently were sleeping
when the shots were fired.
Playford was q director Of the
Fayette Title and Trust company
which merged recently with the Ma
tional bank Of Fayette county. He
also was q director Of the merged
bank.
Friends Of the family said Playford
had said recently he feared he would
60 insane because OF business worries.
He was quoted as saying his family
might have to 60 Ito the poorhouse."
Despite these expressions Of fear,
Playford generally was regarded as
still wealthy. Police said they be.
leved his business worries had caused
temporary insanity.
The body Of Nancy, the oldest child,
was found propped against her pill
lows. an open school book on her lap.
She had been studying her school
lessons when the father entered and
fired . bullet into her head. A bed
light was burning.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-11-13
THREE BODIES ARE
TAKEN FROM Ruins
IN CITY OF LYONS
Are Only Ones to Be Recovered;
Many Are Still Trapped
in Wreckage
W0ULD.BE RESCUERS KILLED
Former Premier, Now Mayor OF
City, Asks Army Engineers
to Give Aid
W0ULD.BE RESCUERS KILLED

Lyons, France, Nov. 13.-R-A
catastrophe landslide taking the lives
Of between go and 100 persons has
thrown the entire city Of Lyons into
mourning.
In the dead Of last night practically
the entire Fourviere hill Surrnounted
by the noble basilica Of st. Jean. slid
into the city proper. bringing 10
houses down in ruins.
This afternoon, more than IL hours
after the first Of three recurrent COL
lapses, three bodies, including those
Of two firemen, had been recovered.
Eleven injured had been taken to q
hospital. Twenty-seven persons. UNI
hurt but badly shaken. also were
being cared for.
Former Premier Herriot, Mayor OF
Lyons for IS years, was personally
experimenting rescue work, arising
from q sick bed where he had been
confined TO- several days.
He sent in an urgent call to army
headquarters at Grenoble asking that
two companies of engineers be dis
patched to Lyons Immediately to lead
volunteer rescue parties, now d1sor-
gained to q certain extent.
Rescuers Are Trapped
This disorganization was caused by
the death Of 10 firemen and Z police
men who were trapped by q collapse
at three O'Clock this morning while
attempting to rescue the victims Of
the first landslide.
The first rescue squad Of 20 firernen
and seven policemen Wa buried IN
one Of the last houses to fall Is they
entered the ruins to answer screams
Of the entombed.
It may be days, 50 dangerous Is
further work Of removal Of the debris,
before the total number Of dead Is
known. A few persons. residing on
the edge Of the collapsed area. have
been taken from the ruins seriously
injured.
AS morning came hope Of finding
n Of the victims alive grew fainter,
but the rescuers, their number con-
stantly augmented by new volunteers,
continued work.
Heavy Rains Blamed
The landslide. apparently the e
suit OF heaVy rams curing inc Ia6t
two days, swept down the hillside at
the base Of the cathedral at one a. m.
Three buildings collapsed In the
twinkling Of an eye and occupants Of
adjoining buildings rushed to their
doors only to be caught themselves
when their own homes collapsed.
When the first rescue squad was
buried the ambulance which had
come with 1t was cut in two by q large
block Of stone.
A few persons were able to leap
from windows and doorways to safety
but most Of the inhabitants Of the
houses were buried. There was an
initial landslide at one q. m, another
shortly after, {. third at 3 q. M. and
a fourth at 4 q. m. The authorities
fear there will be additional move.
ments. :.
The Hospital des Chazeaux and
surrounding districts were evacuated
late today in fear Of further land
slides.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-11-13
Paralytic Stroke
Kills Fargo Woman

Fargo, N. D., Nov. 13.-lP-A para
lytic stroke caused the death OF Mrs.
Samuel M. Warner. 81, here yesterday.
Born In Minnesota she had been q
resident Of Devils Lake many years
before coming to Fargo two years ago.
Surviving are her husband. two
daughters, Margaret, OF Fargo. and
Mrs. Alfred Sherva, Devils Lake; two
half brothers, John Tate, Stanton,
Mimi, Donald Tate, Chicago, and q
half sister, Mrs. Warren Davis. Can
non Falls. MINI.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-11-13
indian Is Indicted in
North DakOtan's Death

Los Angeles, Nov. 13.-(P-Clarence
Hyde, 10. Indian, was indicted by tho
federal grand jury yesterday on .
charge Of numbering Oscar Olson,
Buxton, N. D., Indian agent.
Olson was shot on the Morongo In
dian reservation, near Banning. Oct.
Is, two weeks after coming here Is q
special government agent.
Olson and other agents went to the
reservation searching for liquor dur
ing an Indian festival. They said
they we're met at the hut Of Indian
John" by dozen intoxicated red
men. As they retreated . rifle Ghot
was fired, killing Olson.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-11-13
WILL FIGHT

New York, Nov. 13.-R-The light
weight championship fight at Madi-
son Square Garden Friday night
between AL Singer. the titleholder.
and Tony Canzoneri. will be broadcast
through stations WEAF and q Ma.
t!cna1 B~roadcastins company net
work, II was announced today.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-11-13
Farmer Injured
When Car Tips Over

An aged farmer, who said he was
Peter Arnberg. living nine miles east
Of Bismarck, was injured when his
automobile tipped over on Main
avenue in the eastern part Of the
city this afternoon.
Passing motorists brought him to a
local hospital, where the nature Of
his injuries was being determined this
afternoon. He appeared to suffer
mostly from cuts on the head, M
over the right eye.
The accident was caused by the
steering wheel Of his car breaking.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-11-13
farm BOARD HEAD
SENDS MESSAGE TO
MEMBERS OF union
Praises North Dakota 0rganiza.
ton Members for Loyalty
Under Severe Strain
ASK STORAGE LAW CHANGE
Urge Amendment Prohibiting
Sale Of Stored Grain Ex-
cept by Owner

Minot, N. D., Nov. 13.-F-Alexan-
der Legge, chairman Of the federal
farm board, In a message read at the
concluding session Of the North Da-
kota Farmers Union here last night
said last Mondays price on wheat
will be the low mark. at least for
some months to come.
Read by M. w. Thatcher, st. Paul,
manager of the Farmers Union Ter
minal association, the message said
that in the best Judgment Of the
farm board and based on all informa-
ton available, there is hope for some
improvement in cereal prices.
Its encouraging" the message
read" to know that your members
are standing by loyalty In this period
of distress. It surely is q test for
their sincerity and staying qualities"
The three-day convention ended
with a night session at which resolu-
lions were adopted and the report Of
the election committee was received.
Recommend New Law
The convention adopted a report of
its legislative committee recommend
Ing that stored grain must be kept
as such until 1t is sold by the owner
Of the storage ticket. A law was rec
commended which would make It q
felony for anyone except the owner of
the storage ticket to sell stored grain.
The convention adopted resolutions
asking congress to pass q wheat tax
to be imposed on every bushel pro-
duced by any man, woman or corpor-
alton that Is not actually established
on the farm, and Is engaged in other
business activities, the tax to be not
less than IS cents per gross bushel,
and to be placed In a revolving fund
for use In furthering cooperative
work Of wheat farmers. It recon.
mended imposition Of q graduated tax
on every gross bushel of wheat pro-
duced by any person. persons or cor
poration in excess of 5000 bushels.
They urged incorporation of a Farm
ers Union Supply company In each
organized county.
Huff's Work Praised
The work Of G. E. Huff, national
president, was praised.
The management of the state mill
and elevator was asked to use the
columns of the Farmers Union Herald
for advertising purposes.
In case Of future var it was urged
that wealth as well as men be con-
scripted.
Installation Of a device in scales
Of grain elevators which automatical-
~ would record the correct weight at
the moment Of balancing was recon-
mended.
A desire for more uniform quality
OF Irvine obtained from the North Da-
kota penitentiary plant was voiced.
More effective and broader com.
Continued on page sleven)
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-11-13
Oklahoma Woman
Is Shot by Dog

Ardmore. Okla, Nov. 13.-(R-
Shot by a dog, Mrs. A. ]. Hardy
Is dead. She and her husband
were motoring back from hunt
ing. The dog paved the trigger
Of q shotgun IL the car.