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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-08-22
HAS Diet PLAN TO
REACH Age OF 100
St. Louis Manufacturer Expects
to Make Experiments on
Russian Couple

Paris, Aug. 22.-R)-Park Hammer,
retired st. Louis paint manufacturer,
expects soon to take q Russian couple
to st. Louis for an experiment look
ing toward a diet for longevity.
After three months in the Missouri
city Mi. Hammer will move his ex-
pertinent to a different climate for
another three months. and thereafter
will move at similar intervals.
Some months ago MI. Hammer in
serted an advertisement in the Rus
sian Daily La Renaissance. calling for
q well educated Russian couple to
participate in the experiment for $200
a month and all living expenses. OF
the SO who replied a young physician
and his wife were chosen. but they
baked when they found that they
would be required to live on q strict
diet Of Vegetables and raw fruit,
principally bananas and tomato Juice
They also would have been required
to walk on their hands and feet part
Of the time and sleep q dozen times
q day for short periods.
Yesterday the retired manufacturer
placed q new advertisement, offering
5000 a month and expenses plus 5 $500
should he discharge the couple with
In a year. He expects numerous re-
plies. since about $4,000 hard-pressed
Russian e,nigres live in Paris.
Mr.. Hammer Is 81 years old and ex-
poets to work out a system that will
enable him to live to 100.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-08-22
'CARMVALO OF KILLING
Continues IN China
Nationalist Discover Plot to
Overthrow Government
in Marking

Shanghai, Aug. 22.-(R)-A carnival
Of footing and killing in Hancheng-
chen, western Honan province. was
reported by Chinese press dispatches
today saying brigands had slain 500
persons, looted 800 shops and alb
Quoted 800 persons whom they were
holding for ransom.
The dispatches said the brigai1ds
numbering more than 1000 fe!. upon
the virtually defenseless city two
weeks ago. and as a result of their oc-
cupation. the town was practically In
ruins.
Yesterday, the reports said, the
marauders left taking with them their
captives. The bandits were said to be
seeking their h~ide-a-ways in the
mountains Of eastern Shensi province.
With the bandit army went pcac-
tically everything Of value in the
town, 1t was said.
Government authorities announced
today the arrest Of 20 Communist
leaders within the walls Of Marking
and the Illustration of q plot to over
throw the Nationalist government,
which included the dynamiting Of
various government buildings there,
Authorities said among those ar
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-08-22

Huntsville, Texas, Aug. 22.-(P-
Lee Davis, 26, negro, was electrocuted
at the Huntsville prison at 1907 a. M,
today, for the Staying Of Sidney
Symms, prison guard.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-08-22
Cap Found May Be
Van Lear Blacks

New York. Aug. 22.-(P-Friends OF
Van Lear Black today were asked to
inspect a yachting cap picked up on
the beach near Point Pleasant. N. J.,
in the belief it was the n worn hy
the Baltimore publisher when he dis
appeared from his yacht off the Jer-
sey coast Monday night.
The cap, found by two fishermen,
was of expensive make and bore the
insignia af the New York Yacht club
of which Black was q member.
It was turned over to Colonel
Arthur F. Foran, controller Of the
Fort Of New York, q friend Of Black,
who said it appropriated the size
worn by the capitalist and aviation
enthusiast. There were no initials or
other markings upon It.
A lookout is being kept all along
the Jersey shore in the belief Blacks
body may have washed up. He Is be-
lieved to have fallen overheard from
his yacht, the Sabalo.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-08-22
Melvin Scranton Is
Told Not to Talk

Mobridge. s. D., Aug. 22.-R-Mel-
vim Scranton, only survivor Of the
three bandits who attempted to rob
the State Bank of Glencross several
weeks ago, who is recovering from
shotgun wounds in a local hospital,
has been ordered by his attorney not
to talk about the robbery.
Pat harrison, Mobridge attorney,
instructed him to make no statements
until given a court hearing. Date for
the hearing has not been set.
Scranton is to be questioned con-
corning past activities of the bandit
gang. Two of the robbers were killed
when authorities had been tipped
off" the Glencross bank was to be
robbed.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-08-22
>SLEUTHS STORY OF
MURDER IS TERMED
MAINLY IMAGINATION
Local Police Chief Generally
Credited for Solving Crime
at Turtle Lake in 1920

If George w. King Of Minneapolis
is not an author as well as a de-
tective 1t isn't because he lacks imag-
tnation, according to Chris J. MARITIME
SON, Bismarck chief Of police.
King got into the news columns by
filing q $4,000 suit against the Faw-
cett Publications of Robbinsdale,
Mimi, charging a recent issue of one
of the firms magazines carried q story
written by Detective George w.
liking"
In the story published, concerning
the murder Of the Jacob Wolf family
, of seven and a hired man at Turtle
, Lake, N. D., 10 years ago, King is
given credit for solving the mystery
which surrounded the case from April
"a, 1920, two days after the murder,
when the bodies were found, until
May 10, 1880, when Henry Layer, a
neighboring farmer, confessed. The
true facts" Of the story were pub
lfshed, King said in hts complaint,
but 1t was printed without his knowl-
edge or consent.
In this territory, however, King
stands discredited as q writer OF true
detective Stories"
Martineson, who received the 81 900
reward for solving the crime, said he
was dumfounded when he learned OF
= the story carried In the magazine.
Martineson produced numerous news
paper clippings and letters which
credited him with the master mind
ing"
Files Of the local newspaper show
that it carried at that time stories OF
praise for Martineson's detective abil-
ity. In one instance John Williams.
then Mclean county states attorney,
is quoted as saying: "Chief MARITIME
son deserves all of the credit possible
in. the solution Of this terrible mys-
terry. without his keen Judgment and
marvellous intuition neither Sheriff
/ Stefferud nor myself would have been
Fable to bring Layer to justice SO
quickly"
William LANCER, Bismarck attorney,
then North Dakota attorney general
and who, the story said, hired King
said today that Martineson solved the
mystery and that Kings only part IN
the case was to operate a dictaphone
machine which recorded Layers con-
fession. But for Kings presence in
operating the dictaphone he would
have had no part In the case, LANCER
said. Aiding Martineson, LANCER said,
we're George Mcdowell, special agent
for the Northern Pacific railroad;
States Attorney Williams, Sheriff Ole
Stefferud, and E. F. Hezner, a st. Paul
detective.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-08-22
4 Have No Money
Ayers Ukulele Ike,
But I'll Play Tune

Los Angeles, Aug. 22.-(R-Cliff Ed
wards, known on the screen and stage
as "Ukulele Ike" was in court yester-
day to show cause why he should not
pay his estranged wife, Irene Ed
wards, $3.50 weekly alimony pending
trial of her divorce suit.
Edwards resisted payment, he said,
on the ground he had given his wife
more than $3.50, 900 in q property
settlement q year ago.
II haven't a thing left in the world
but my old uke," Edwards told the
Judge. III play her q tune on that
If you want me TO-"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-08-22

Hop production for the Pacific
coast Is estimated to be half Of last
years. Acreage has been cut 10 per
cent.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-08-22

automobile M miles west of Bethel
Shortly after the holdup, two men re-
ported they saw a man run across
fields to the railroad. The railroad
is a mile distant but officers watching
1t said no one boarded a passing train.
The train runs between the twin cities
ana Duluth.
The posses and crime bureau opera
tives III concentrating seach In q
rural area near Bethel In Anoka
county.
The bandits flight in the auto
mobile was cut short by NJ. Q. DALEY,
butcher, who heard the burglar alarm
set off In the bank by w. q. Cooper,
the cashier. Before the bandit had
started away In his car. DALEY jumped
on the tire carrier and remained there
long enough to disconnect the gas
oline line. After clineine to the car
rier q quarter mile. Daley lost his
hold and fell to, the road.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-08-22
GAS Line OF
BANK BANDITS CAR
Bethel, Minn., Butcher Show.
Way to Prevent Flight but
Robber Escapes

Bethel, Mimi, Aug. 22.-lF-An
armed posse of deputies and citizens
from Anoka and Isanti counties, in
addition to agents Of the state bureau
Of criminal Identification, today con-
tinued to search the. woods near
Bethel and patrolled highways In this
section In the search for the man who
robbed the State Bank Of Bethel late
Thursday of $1,000.
An al-night search Of the woods
and meadows in tho Bethel vicinity,
in which the bandit Is believed hid
ing. failed to reveal tangible clues but
officers are convinced he could not
have travelled far. He abandoned his
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-08-22

Chicago plans to eliminate un'
necessary noise in its new subways.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-08-22
Hunt Ringleader Of
C0unterfeiting Ring

Chicago, Aug. 22.-H)-The under
worlds hooks and crannies were
searched today for big Earl" Her
bert, notorious hoodlum and fugitive
from justice, wanted by secret service
operatives in the expose Of a counter
feiting ring.
Herbert, once an ally Of "Polack
Joe" Salts, erstwhlle beer baron Of
the stockyards district. was implicat-
ed as the rings chief after the arrest
yesterday of Forest Marvel, an ex-
convict, and a woman and the seizure
Of $53, 900 in fake $40 gold certificates
The expose followed the arrest sew
eral days ago in Rockford. ILL.,. o.
| Peter Belasiniz and John McNulty
who confessed they passed $2s. 1000 ir
fake money in Chicago.
Peter Drautzburg, Of the secret
service, said the ring was the biggest
in Chicago in Is years"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-08-22

mission Of Westchester county, N. Y,
which has received complaints about
croakers annoying residents near
Bronxville Lake. Smith found out
about frogs in participating with an
army man in experiments for artil-
lery purposes.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-08-22
THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE. FRIDAY, AUGUST %, 1880

rested was a fashionably dressed, for
eign educated girl. whom they quoted
as saying was doing rcd espionage
work among government officials.
Officials said they confiscated stores
Of explosives and Communist liter
allure. large quantities Of which had
been circulated throughout tire capital
during the last several days.
The Communists planned to create
disturbances within the capital, au-
thorities said, as part Of their lawless
program.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-08-22

nearby pond, try tuning forks. The
sound lures them within fifteen feet
so at night they car be spotted by a
flashlight and taken with a landing
net. Such is the advice given on the
basis Of experience by Harold K.
Smith, an attorney, to the park COM
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-08-22
Must Wear Regular
Pants in This Town

Pueblo, Mexico. Aug. 22.-(P-Any
mar on the streets without full size
trousers Is to be pinched. It L. an
order Of the mayor to the police. He
expects to make the Indians wear
more than their very short shorts.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-03-21
Woman Is Charged
In Houston Fire

HOUSTON, March 2l-Rl-A
charge Of arson was filed against
Mrs. Nell Stout, 81. today after a
fire a few hours earlier in which
some ten persons were routed when
a hole was burned IN the side OF
a combination cafe and rooming
house. Mrs. Stout was held In jail.
The cafe where the fire started
was operated by Dan Kliesing. Mrs.
Kliesing said Mrs. Stout and a sailor
entered the Kliesing cafe between
9 and 10 o'clock last night and
raised a disturbance. Police we're
called and the BLESSINGS filed
charges of in~toxication and disturb
ing the peace against Mrs. Stout.
Mrs. Stout threatened TO return
and burn down the cafe" Mrs.
Kliesing told a reported. Early this
morning we were asleep In the hv-
ing quarters above the cafe when
we we're awakened by a shout Of
fire down in the street Eight
and my husband and my
self rushed down"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-03-21
SCOUTSPLAN
JUBILEE AS
DRIVE ENDS
Goal in Sight AS
Campaign Days
Near End

Brownsville boy scouts this after
noon were set for a jubilee to be
staged Saturday to celebrate the
end Of the successful campaign to
raise $50. 900 in the Valley.
Brownsville's quota OF sl2.3 800 will
be completed by midnight, Friday
according to Ed Mockbee, scout
executive here. At l p. m. only
s554.50 was needed to raise the full
quota. as sII 1850 had been gath
cred during the campaign.
Only two towns have reached the
top as yet, these being Harrington
and Olmito. However, the Valley
as a whole, although not going over
the top, has raised s42 .891. 10. It is
expected TO reach the $4,000 figure
by tonight.
IF the goal is not reached by to-
night, the campaign will continue
in the towns that are delinquent"
Mr.. Mockbee said.
The Brownsville boy scout budget
for 1880 will neceSSitate the ex-
penditure OF around $4,000. present
plans disclose.
The present number Of troops will
be augmented by 8 or 10 more by
the end Of the year, scout officials
predict. Scouting in the Valley IS
becoming increasingly popular
among the younger generation. and
the scout camp at Rio Hondo Is
annually drawing larger number
Of boys.
The majority OF the money raised
will be spent on the camp. Scout
executives and leaders will be paid
up for 3 years in advance.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-03-21
CONVICT shot
AS two FIGHT
TO FREEDOM
Pal Dumps Body OF
Dead Prisoner AT
Alabama Home

MONTGOMERY. Ala. March 81
-CP-Four hours after Thomas
Barnes and Lee Hudgens shot and
wounded two guards and escaped
from Speigner prison early today,
Barnes body was left by Hudgens
at the home OF II. c. Swaringen
here.
A bullet had pierced Barnes heart
but the manner in which he was
shot was a mystery to officers.
Swaringen said that after dump
ing the body on the floor in the
kitchen, Hudgens drove off in an
automobile without explanation,
Fearing Hudgens was armed. Swar-
ingen said he made no effort to
modest him. Hudgens' family re-
sides but a block from Swaringen.
The pistol with which Barnes
shot b. +. Baltzer and j. ID. Rich
ardson, guards at the prison, was
believed TO be In the possession Of
Hudgens, together with q quantity
of ammunition.
First reports reaching the county
Jail were that Barnes had engaged
county officers. headed by Sheriff
John T.. Scogin, in q pistol battle.
but pending return Of the officers
this could not be verified.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-03-21
TEXASSOLON
END SESSION
Gov. Moody Left to Pare
Appropriations Against
Available Revenues

AUSTIN. March 81. -tRJ-The
Senate finally beat the House down
TO S. cents on a surplus tax, and the
fifth special session OF the Legisla-
ture wound uD by apDropriating
81 .234,lT4 for emergency needs Of
summer schools. -eleemosynary inSti-
tutions. departments and the peni-
Tertiary system.
Governor Moody was left with
the responsibility, after all. OF
pairing appropriations to meet avail
able revenues. The legislature, after
204 days Of Intermittent service,
quit early today. Sine die adjourn
ment was voted at 2:42 A. NJ.
The appropriation bill as passed,
would never be recognized in COM
parison with the bills proposed by
the House and the Senate. The Sen
ate measure appropriated approx
imately S.. 900 900, while the House
pared this amount to approximately
1000, 900. This amount was further
cut by the free conference COM
mittee at a meeting In the afternoon
and later reduced to its present
figure.
Appropriations Slashed
All Of the appropriations were
slashed approximately one-half WI
the exception of the funds allotted
to eleemosynary institutions, which
were left intact.
With the session fast waning, the
conference committees on the Sui
49, Asrf Fs-orfv ao~eaJ "a q Sov M
SIS cents per long ton on sulphur
At one time, Just about an hour be-
fore the time set for adjournment
the Senate c~onferees reported tc
the Senate they were unable tc
agree, but the report was not &C
cepted, and the committee continued
It's discussion.
The franchise tax committee agreed
comparatively early In the evening
on a bill. but spent several hours IN
re-drafting the measure. As passed
1t placed utility corporations in q
separate class from other corpora
tons. Under the bill, the utilities
will a on the basis Of net assets
They will pay a tax of 65 cents pei
$1,000 on the first 81. 100000: a
cents per 81, 1000 on the next So.
600. 900 and 80 cents per $1,000 or
each $1,000. 900 over this amount.
Additional Revenue
Other corporations will pay OF
the basis OF capital stock, surplu
and undivided profits and will pa,
so cents per $1,000 on the frs
81. 600. 900 and 80 cents per 500
for each million thereafter.
The tax Is expected 10 yield ap
proximately $4,000 more than tn
present franchise measure.
The IS per cent tax on sulphur
expected 10 yield approximate,
$500 600 additional revenue.
Another bill placing a tax on itin
Grant peddlers was passed q FEY
minutes before the end OF tn
session In the Senate. II previousl
had been passed In the house. Thi
measure was expected TO raise ap
proximately $780, 900 in revenue.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-03-21

| The figures for February OF last
year = lower than the 1880 amount
BY more than $1,000. February, 1929,
listed Brownsville S46 $50.
This years figures when compared
with other towns show that Browns
vile Is growing faster in proportion
TO population than almost any city
In the state, and a comparison OF
figures in the city shows that the
increase In building and alterations
is approximately the same as be-
fore. showing that the growth Is
steady and not Spasmodic.
The government figures list 10
cities in the state OF Texas as show
ing satisfactory and commendable
growth.
Every state in the union II repre-
sented in the bulletin with all cities
listed. When compared with north
ern cities. BroWnsville's growth ts
unusually strong. ~L@~@s-
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-03-21
SEWER SYSTEM
In MATAMOROS
Mass Meeting Votes To
Install Facilities At
Early Date

Matamoros will soon have a mod
ern sewer system, TO start in the
border city probably next week.
A mass meeting Of all the lead
ing merchants OF Matamoros was
called last night in the Palacio Mu-
nicipal. Several hundred were pres
ent at the meeting. A civil engi-
neer in the employ of the Tamau-
lipas state government placed be-
fore the citizens all the data and
facilities available for the conStruc-
ton or a first class sewage system.
The state government, through its
r preventative. placed at the dispos-
al OF the city Of Matamoros 10000
pesos for the construction of the
sewer plant. and for the inStalla-
ton Of the sewer system in the city.
Matamoros residents we're asked how
they were willing to reimburse the
state government for the expendi-
ture, and IL was finally agreed that
those desiring sewer facilities should
pay n minimum quota Of 3 pesos
An additional charge Of fifty cents
will be made on those persons wish
ing to connect extra sinks, lavator-
les etc. II was agreed that nc
charges would be made ana no
money collected until the system
is in operation.
The system will be modern ir
every respect and the disposal plan
will be located on the outskirts Of
the city on the San Fernando road
The mass meeting was presided
over by Presidente Municipal Gull
lermo Shears.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-03-21
Matamoros Holding
Youth Eek Comunico

Nicolas Alcorta, young Mexican
student deported through Browns
vile yesterday and placed under
arrest BY the Mexican immigration
authorities, was still lex comunico"
today.
Mexican Immigration Chief Man
uel g. Guerra stated this morning
that he had received no reply to
his telegram to authorities in Mex
leo City. and as a result the prison.
er was still under the law Of the
Federal government and could not
be interviewed
Alcorta is being held for question
ing In the alleged writing OF threat
ening missives TO President Hoover
and President Ortiz Rubio. He spent
the night at the Mexican immigra-
ton offices on the international
bridge.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-03-21
Escobar Is Sought
For Arms Smuggling

TUCSON, Ariz., March 2l-CPl-
Round I'D Of an alleged ring OF
munition smugglers who organized
a conspiracy during the rebellion
which swept Mexico a year ago
was disclosed here today by John
Gungil, United States attorney.
The leader Of the Illicit opera
tons was alleged by the govern
ment to have been General Jose
Gonzaglo Escobar. communicating
chief Of the Mexican revolutionary
forces during the two-month cam
paign. OF the alleged assistants,
GunEil said. IL have been arrested
and six, including Escobar. were
sought.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-03-21
BIDS OPENED
Gunite Contracts to Be Let
At Mercedes Monday

Especial to The Herald.)
MERCEDES, March 2l-Contracts
for the spraying of 100000 square
feet Of gunite in the Cameron and
Hidalgo Water Control and I'M
provement District No. 8 canals will
be let at the districts offices in
Mercedes Monday. This is one Of
the largest contracts OF its kind To
be let in the Valley in some time.
Bids were opened Thursday and
according TO reports, r.. w. Briggs
Of Pharr was low.
The Job was divided into six units
and contractors were allowed 70
bid on the entire project or on
separate units.
r. S. FesSsnden Is Management
gineer OF the district and F. Rich
creek Is president Of the board Of
directors.
BY the gunite process, an inch
layer Of concrete is sprayed into
a lining for the irrigation canals
to prevent seepage and subsequent
damage to adjacent lands. These
concrete lined canals r becoming
standard In the Valley. The state
board Is not approving new districts
unless their canals are concrete
lined, county officials said.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-03-21
Short Skirts Banned
In Pastoral Letter

MEXICO CITY, March 2l-Pl-
FL Universal Grafico publishes an
excerpt from a pastoral letter issued
by the Bishop Of Topic in which
the churchman condemns use OF
short skirts and warns that heads
of families who permit their wives
or daughters to dress immodestly
will have TO answer God for their
offense.
Neither style nor heat will be ac-
cepted by the Supreme Judge as an
excuse for exposing the body IN
duly. the bishop says.
Universal Grafico adds that the
bishops Of San Luis Potosi and
Guadalajara have joined in the
campaign. and says signs have been
placed over the doors OF many
Catholic churches refusing admis-
sion TO women insufficiently clad.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-03-21
A. a Old Injured
When Hit by Truck

Feliciano Rodriguez, 4 year old
son of Mr.. and Mrs. J. Rodriguez,
is believed 10 have suffered serious
internal injuries when struck by a
truck driven by Jesus Gracia, is,
early Friday afternoon.
The youth was playing in the
street when the accident occurred.
He was carried some distance before
the car was brought to a halt, ac-
cording to spectators.
Although no bones were broken,
DR.. A. C. Padilla. the attending
physician. said he believed the child
suffered serious internal injuries.
Gracia was driving a light truck
FOR Simon Gonzalez.
He will be given a hearing In
the city corporation court Satur-
day. 1t. OF Police j. NJ. Armstrong
investigated the case.