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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-06-06
HEAD Of PACKING
COMPANY IS HELD
ON MURDER CHARGE
Discovery That Tire Which Vic.
tim Was 'Mending' Was In.
damaged Leads to Arrest
HANDY MAN. CONFESSES
Says He Killed Employer at In.
stigation Of President Of
Topeka Firm

Topeka, Kan, June 6.-R-Discov-
cry that a tire was unchanged which
Roy Kramer. packing company vice
president. apparently was mending
when killed March Is, led to the ar
rest yesterday of L. H. K:nmel. presi-
dent of the firm. or a charge Of MUIR
der.
Kramer's body vas found stretched
in front of his automobile near a
wheel supported by a jack, along a
highway near Topeka.
Police assumed he had been killed
by a passing automobile until they
noticed the tire had not been pune
tured.
The unchanged tire started an in
vestigation which ended yesterday
when Virgil Pointer, Kimmels handy
man, was alleged to have confessed
he killed Kramer at the packing com
pany executives suggestion"
Pointer was quoted by police as say
ing he ambushed Kramer on a stair
way Of his home, struck him with q
club, and drove with the body to the
place on the highway where 1t was
found next day. In his purported
confession he said he forgot to pune
ture the tire after elevating in on a
jack to deceive investigators.
The packing company collected
$50, 900 insurance upon the death Of
it's vice president.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-06-06
DENY Z|MMERMAN'S
PLEA FOR RETRIAL
Application for New Hearing in
Torture Robbery Case
Is Rejected

Minot. N. D.. June 6.-ReA new
trial for Arthur Zimmerman, Minot,
serving 20 years in the state peniten-
tiary for participation in the Karls-
ruhe torture robbery" last fall. was
denied. today by District Judge G.
Crimson of Rugby.
In a 13-page memorandum decision,
Judge Crimson overruled all of the
grounds advanced by defense counsel
for Q. new. trial, which included allie
cations of misconduct of the jury;
errors Of law; insufficiency of the evt-
dence: and newly discovered evidence.
Zimmerman vas convicted In dis
trict court at Towner On January 10.
on a charge of being one of the three
men who last October robbed a farm
er and his son, Joseph and George
Krimm Of Karlsruhe. Of SLIGO. The
bandits tortured the elder man by
stabbing him in his foot with a knife
to compel him to reveal the hiding
place Of his savings.
McHenry county authorities still
are seeking Clifford johnson and
Terry Jerome, both formerly Of Mi
not. as alleged accomplices. Of zim-
norman.
The allegation Of misconduct Of the
Jury was based on the action Of q
juror In going to the postoffice to in
duire for his mail when the jury was
out to dinner, and after the case had
been submitted to 1t.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-06-06
CUNDERSON LOSES
MANDAMUS ACTION
IN SUPREME Court
High Tribunal Upholds 5yrne's
Contention Regarding Ju-
dicial Election

A writ of mandamus sought by Q.
8. Gunderson, Christine attorney, to
compel Secretary Of State Robert
Byrne to place his name On the bal
lot as a candidate for Judge In the
third judicial district, va denied to-
day by the North Dakota supreme
court.
The court upheld the contention Of
ByrIle that no election exists in the
district. On the refusal of the secre-
tary Of state to place Gunderson's
name on the ballot, the latter insti-
tuted mandamus proceedings. Byrne
~ ordered to show cause why the
NAME should not be placed on the
ballot, and q hearing conducted before
the supreme court Thursday.
Gunderson contended that an elec-
ton should be called in the third dis
trict to chose'a Judge to fill out the
unexpired term OF the late Judge
Charles Wolfe.
Last year. following the death Of
Judge Wolfe, Governor George F.
Shafer appointed Judge william H.
Hutchinson to serve out the term,
ending In 1882. Gunderson sought to
have his name placed on the ballot
on the ground that the governor had
no authority to fill the vacancy be-
yond the June Is primary.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-06-06
FORD SAYS BUSINESS MOVING
UP FASTER THAN IT SLUMPED
Stock Market Meddlers Have
Gone to Work, Says De-
troit Manufacturer

Philadelphia, June 6.-F-The
Philadelphia Inquirer today quotes
Henry Ford rs saying American bust
ness is on the uptrend and that the
trend upward is setting a faster pace
than did the slump a few months
ago.
you see," the Inquirer quotes the
automobile manufacturer, "a lot of
these fellows were fooling around
with the stock market and they got
caught-badly caught. They had to
go to work again. Now, they've been
at work and they're beginning to en-
Joy 1t. That is always the reason for
good business. In itself, it means
there are more people honestly en-
gagged in working hard and produc-
lively than there are idling, and It
also means they r enjoying it."
Ford affirmed the announcement
that the Ford Motor company plans
establishment of a factory in China
and said he intended to go to Ger
many shortly to make a preliminary
study leading to the establishment Of
a plant there.
I'VE also r going to set up a plant
in South America" Mr.. Ford was
quoted as having said.
THE idea we have had in mind is
establishing these plants all over the
world"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-06-06
W0RKMEN RESCUE
VICTIM OF CAVE-N
Seattle Street Inspector Liver
After Earth Slide Prisons
Him in Ditch

Seattle. June 6.-(P)-Entombed by
a dirt slide in a sewed trench for IS
hours, A. G. Brooks. senior street In
spector, was rescued today by work.
men who dug a tunnel to ~extricate
him.
Joe Ferro. pipe layer, who was
caught at the bottom Of the trench
with Brooks in the cave-in, was
crushed to death, while James Nesci
and Dominik D. Agostino. laborers.
caught near the top of the trench
escaped uninjured.
Rescuers we're able shortly before'1
o'clock this morning to give Brooks
coffee and brandy through a piece Of
rubber tubing. He told them he was
pinioned behind some timbers in a
standing position and that M Of his
legs was caught behind a timber.
The cause Of the cave-in was not
determined.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-06-06
TARIFF C0NFEREES
in AGREEMENT ON
DISPUTED POINTS
Strike Snag on Watch Duties,
However,; Vote Before Next
Week Is Doubtful

Washington, June 6.-(P)-Acting
with dispatch. the conferees on the
tariff bill reached an informal agree
ment today on the challenged duties
on rayon filaments, speciality cheese,
and frozen cherries.
The conferees, however, struck a
Snag in endeavoring to rewrite por-
lions of the complex watch para
graphs and 1t was doubtful If the
measure could be reported back to the
senate today.
Representative Reid, Republican,
Illinois, regarded as an expert on the
watch tariffs, and Senator Barley,
Democrat, Kentucky, whose points Of
order against these and other rates
sent the bill back to conference yes
terday, were called in by the con-
ferees to aid them.
Details we're withheld pending COM
plete settlement Of the duties.
A final vote on the two conference
reports is not expected until next
week.
Republican leaders were not alarm
ed today over the announcement by
Senator Steck, Democrat, Iowa, that
he would vote against the bill and
reiterated they were ready to vote
now. They expected the vote to be
close, however.
Steck had been regarded as doubt
full along with Senator Copeland,
-Desnccras, New York, who also has
announced he would oppose the mea-
sure on the final roll call.
The c~onferees accepted the house
rate of seven cents a pound but not
less than IS per cent ad valorem on
cheese and cheese substitutes.
The previous conference rate on
cheese was eight cents a pound but
not less than 40 per cent, which was
subject to a point of order because
1t eliminated lower senate levies on
speciality cheeses imported for for
eiRn populations.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-06-06
CONTRACTS
TOTAL|NG S2O6,169|
LET BY Commission.
Emmons, Stark, Morton, Sheri-
dan, BurIeigh, Slope and
Bowman Benefited
OIL FOR ROADS PURCHASED
Bismarck Contractors Are Low
Bidders on Work in This
Vicinity

Contracts totaling s2o6, 1ee. for
highway maintenance and construc-
ton work. were let today by the state
highway department.
The work to be done under the con-
tracts include crawling, structural,
pipe, grading and incidental work.
A contract for 32.138 miles of scoria
s~urfacing in Stark county was let to
Win Conan. Goodrich. N. D., who had
a low bid Of $50, 201. 80. He also was
awarded a contract for 1884 miles
Of gravel s~urfacing in the same coun-
ty. at a cost Of s29,252.34.
Other contracts awarded are:
Emmons county. 1898 miles gravel
surfacing. Northwest Construction
company, Fargo, $4,000 6.
Stark county, 12.347 miles scoria
~surfacing. $l2,498.75 Northwest Con-
struction company.
miles crawling, Win Conan, $18,-
294.08.
Sheridan county. 33.7o5 miles re-
crawling, S. F. Lambert, Bismarck,
$2,s33.32.
Burleigh county, 1879 miles oil
gravel mix, s.. F. Lambert, 5 .851. IA.
Burleigh county, 5,879 miles. furnish
ing road oil, American Mexico Re-
filming company. Chicago, $7,853.l5.
Barens county, 2.914 miles. oil mix
surface, w. H. Noel company, James,
town, $3,O02.05.
Stutsman county. 5.497 miles. oil
mix surfacing, w. II. Noel, James
town. $6.l67.07.
Stutsman county, 5.497 miles. fur
nishing road oil, American Mexico
company. $6.9S3.e2.
. Slope county, 1856 miles. grading
and incidental. Dowd Brothers. Clark,
S. D.. so, 1861 {.
Slope and Bowman counties. struc-
tural work, Northwest Engineering
company. Rapid City. S. D., Sc 926. ~.
Bowman county. concrete pipe cul-
verts, North Dakota Concrete Prod
ucts company. Mandan. $4,343.66.
Slope county. corrugated metal
pipe culverts, North Dakota Metal
Culvert company, Fargo. $9l6.40.
Bowman county. $3.50 miles, grad
ing and incidental. Dowd Brothers,
Clark. s. D., 81. 269.6 8.
Bowman county, structural. Fargo
Bridge and Iron company, Fargo.
Z ,3o8.84.
Burleigh county, r~egraveling. s. F..
Lambert, Bismarck, $3,528.66.
Burleigh county. r~egraveling,
Wachter Transfer company, $720.
Stutsman county, r~egraveling. Noel
company, $3,116.39.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-06-06
OTHERS ARE
SERIOUSLY HURT IN
HILLSIDE COLLISION
Street Car, Unable to Stop,
Flows Into Auto Filled With
Pleasure Seekers
BODIES THROWN MANY FEET
Seven Were Riding in Five.Pas-
senger Machine; Police
Start Probe

Duluth, Mimi, June 6.-R-Four
persons, two of them women, are dead
today and three others are in a hos.
pital seriously injured, the result Of q
headon collision between an automo-
bile and a street car.
Violet Hanson, 20. Duluth, was
killed outright in the crash about
midnight Thursday in which Fred
Hanson, 10; Mrs. Mary Stawney, 20,
both Of Duluth, and John Hartman
20, Minneapolis, all occupants of the
automobile, were injured fatally.
The seven were riding in q five
passenger car, and were going from
West Duluth to the home of Mrs.
Stawney, Rolf Olson, 10, one of the
seven, told police. The street car, q
one-man type, was travelling down q
grade, and vas unable to stop within
100 feet from the intersection follow
Ing the crash, according to witnesses.
The bodies of the passengers we're
thrown several feet and the car was
demolished.
Miss Hanson was thrown beneath
the street a and killed instantly.
Her brother, Fred, driver of the car,
and two others were riding in the
front seat. while the four others were
In the rear seat.
An investigation was started today
by police.
Harry Southworth, motorman told
police he was unable to stop his car
after he had noticed the automobile
coming toward the intersection at
57th Avenue West and Eigth street.
Physicians who attended the seven
said none had been drinking. Mrs.
StaWney, mother of four children
died from an internal hemorrhage:
Hartman from internal injuries and a
ruptured blood vessel in his leg which
had been fractured, and Fred Hanson
from an internal hemorrhage.
The Hartman youth, who formerly
lived in Duluth, had been here only
a few days, coming here to seek work
His parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Elga Hart.
man Of Minneapolis, arrived today tc
make funeral arrangements for their
son.
Police have requested an autopsy o.
the body Of Fred Hanson, driver OF
the automobile.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-06-06
SENATE COMMITTEE
PUZZLED BY CANNON
Probers Undecided What to Do
About Churchman'S Refusal
to Answer Questions

washington, June 6.-R-Awaiting
the return Of Chairman Caraway
from Arkansas, the puzzled senate
lobby investigators today pondered
the question of what to do with
Bishop James Cannon. Jr., for re-
fusing to answer questions and for
walking out on the committee.
Senator Walsh, Montana, the act
ing chairman, said no action would
be taken until Caraway reaches
Washington. He was reported yes.
terday to be en- rouVe to the capital
but his office received a telegram
from him today from Jonesboro, Ar
kansas, his home. His telegram did
not mention returning.
For two days Cannon refused to
answer questions concerning his 1928
political activities against the presi-
Dental candidacy of Alfred E. Smith
and yesterday climaxed his defiance
by walking from the committee room
while being examined.
It was refusal to answer a question
before q senate committee that sent
Harry F. Sinclair to jail. In other
cases recalcitrant witnesses have been
reprimanded and at other times no
action has been taken.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-06-06
CITY OF Los ANGELES.
Shows HUGE GROWTH.
Pacific Coast Metropolis Gains
655,o57, or 1889
Percent

Los Angeles, June 6.-(R-The City
Of Los Angeles, with an official popu-
lation Of 1881, 73o today was credited
by the federal census with an increase
Of 655,o57 or 1889 per cent since
1920.
While metropolitan Los Angeles
showed growth during the ten-year
period since the 1870 census, greater
still was the increase of 1858, 102, or
l34.88 per cent, which brought the
1880 population Of Los Angeles county
to 2,190,557.
Although official figures have not
been announced for several major
cities, Los Angeles is expected to
rank fifth among American cities.
BY moving to fifth place this year.
the Pacific coast metropolis will pass
Pittsburgh. Baltimore. Boston. st.
Louis and Cleveland. Figures for De-
troit have not been announced, but
that city is expected to hold fourth
position.
Established. under a Spanish land
grant In 1850 Los Angeles entered the
race for population leadership with
1,l50 inhabitants.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-06-06
Babes in Woods
Back With Parents

Billings. Mont, June 6.-F-Mon-
tana's modern babes in the woods
have been reunited after more thar
a weeks separation from their par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. George Redding.
of Racine, Wis.
The children. Dorothy and Aletta,
became separated from their father
and mother when Paul Egren, ~,
driver of a motor car in which they
were riding. halted to repair q tire.
Ekren, driving motor car, and
MI. and Mrs. Redding, riding In n
other. were touring the west.
Ekren drove about the state seeking
the parents until he spent all his
money. Then. last Tuesday, he turn
ed the children over to state welfare
workers. Mr.. and Mrs. Redding wers
located yesterday at Virginia CITY.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-06-06
DRY CHIEF CLAIMS
LESS LIQUOR used
Doran Tells Minnesota w. c. T.
U. Consumption This Year
Is Less Than Last

Rochester, Mimi, June 6.-P)-De-
creased liquor consumption next year
is foreseen by DR.. James Doran. fed
eral commissioner of prohibition.
He made his prediction during a
talk before the third annual conven-
ton of the first district, Minnesota
Women's Christian Temperance Un-
ion. Liquor consumption this year is
less than last year, he added, in de-
claring "there never will be a repeal
of the eighteenth amendment"
Adoption of the amendment he at
tributed largely to efforts of women
and while revealing much has been
accomplished admitted much remains
to be done. Prompt detection, early
trial and certain punishment would
aid greatly enforcement of the law,
he believes.
Drinking decreases as prohibition
talk increases, he concluded in term
ing Canada's stoppage of liquor *
portation to the United States a
gracious and friendly act"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-06-06
Find Third Victim
OF Chinese Tong War

New York. June 6.-(R-Louie Lee,
~, the third Chinese slain in New
York's metropolitan area in SO hours,
was found shot to death in the bunk
behind his laundry In Brooklyn to-
day.
Police had already attributed to a
tong outbreak the deaths of a Chinese
found shot to death in downtown New
York and another CLAIM with a
Ratchet in Newark early yesterday.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-06-06
Grant Veterans Time
To Ask Compensation

Washington. June 6-(P)-The time
in which World war veterans may
apply for compensation was extended
from 1880 until 1885 under q bill
today by President Hoover.
Under the original act, veterans
were required to file for compensa-
ton by 1923 but the time was ex-
to benefit those who had not
to take advantage Of the act.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-06-06

Girl Thinks Scared Faces Are
Capone Trait; Tells Of Murder

|vate detectives followed Miss Halperp
to Montreal. Posing Is Chicago gang
sters they scraped an acquaintance
with her and introduced . young man
with q seal under his eye to her as
James Capone." q brother Of Al Ca.
pone. James Capone" later related
himself as Eugene 8. Canaveri. .
New York City detective, and her ar
rest followed.
Canaveri said she also told him she
and Ashkenas were In the pay of a
garment union which was paying her
$40 q week and paying $50 q week to
Ashkenas's wife. The detective said
she boosted Of having had part in the
Staying Of two other men
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-06-06
Young Bandit Queen 'Vamps' Boys
To Obtain Help in Crime Career

1T was easy for me to get boys to
help U.s." the girl said, because I
just varnped them and when they
still refused to join I told them they
were yellow and that usually brought
them in"
Police records checked with IS in
stances Of robberies detailed by
O'Connors, who was leaving a taxicab
with the girl when they were arrest
ed. Each had a pistol, police said.
Garner Grabill, %, one of the 9TH
ers arrested. confessed taking part in
two holdups. saying he fell in love
with Peggy and she called me yell
low"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-06-06

New York. june 6.-R-A man
with . scar On his. face Is not neces-
sarily . relative Of. Alphonse (scar-
face) CaponA Ha might by . New
York detective.
Rose Halpern,. %. had leisure to fig
ure that out today In Harlem prison
where she Is held In. default Of $4,000
bail as q material witness in the kill
ing Of Jacob Rothenberg. dress man
ufacturer. Irving. Ashkenas. q taxi
cab driver. Is awaiting trial. on q
charge Of granddaughter, as Rothen-
berg's assailant.,
After the Staying of Rothenberg
during . riot last February. two pri-
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-06-06
Heir to Millions
Tells of Poverty

New York, June 6-R-Heir to
millions. william wilcox. Jr.. "a.
bridegroom. is struggling to get along.
He and his bride. former household
servant. live in the gardeners house
on his fathers Long Island estate;
they stay home every night and have
no company. His father allows him
$40 q week and he makes 81 driving
q truck. The household expenses run
$40 a week. All of which he told
when examined by lawyers for Kath-
crime Mccormack. another servant,
who is suing him for $250.000 for
breach Of promise. He said ne had
&l4,70l in the bank.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-06-06

Detroit, June 6.-F-A 22-year -old
girl, who seven months ago was q hat
checker in a dance hall, boosted to
police today that she is a bandit
queen" responsible for 100 small
holdups in Detroit.
The girl. Peggy Mahon. was arrest
ed last night by detectives who were
watching a saloon used as a rendeZ-
Gus by her and her gang.
Joseph O'Connors, %. was arrested
with her and four others were taken
irto custody at other places as men,
bers Of the gang. All were held on
robbery charges.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-06-06
SAFELY COMPLETES
CRUISE TOUCHING
four CONTINENTS
Made Landings in Spain, Brazil
and United States and
Flew Over Africa
CROSSES ATLANTIC TWICE
veers Away From Storms in
Rhone Valley en- Route to
Friedrichshafen

Friedrichshafen, Germany, June g..
-(AP)-The Graf Zeppelin, home
from her $4,000 mile voyage to South
America and the United States,
landed at Friedrichshafen this we
ming.
The Graf thus completed safely a
cruise lasting 10 days during which
she made landings in Spain, Brazil
and the United States and flew over
the North African coast.
The Graf left her home port of
Friedrichshafen on Sunday, May Is,
and since then made her sixth and
seventh crossing of the Atlantic.
She left Seville, Spain, on May 20,
arrived at Pernambuco, Brazil, on
the 23rd, visited Rio Janeiro and left
Pernambuco on May % for the Unit
ed States, arriving at Lakehurst on
May 81. Two days later she was off
again for Seville, arriving there yes
terday and remaining just 81 min
utes. She discharged some passen-
gers and took on supplies.
Her voyage from Seville to Fried
richshafen, which lasted "a hours
and AZ minutes, was without Incl
dent except for the last few hum
dred miles when the Graf veered
away from the Rhone valley near
Valence and swung off to the north
east to Friedrichshafen in order to
avoid a terrific electrical storm in
the region Of Lyons.
A tremendous crowd, which had
been waiting for hours for the re-
turn of the ship of which all Ger
many Is proud, was on hand to well
come the Homecoming voyagers.
The weather was clear and warm
as the great airliner Unanswered
slowly to the landing field. As the
landing crew grasped the ropes and
brought the Graf back again to her
home port, a great shout went up
from the crowd.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-06-06
Modern Figure Is
Fat in West Africa

San Francisco. June 6.-R-Slen-
derness sought by the modern Amer
team young woman is no asset to the
flapper Of Portuguese West Africa,
DR.. A. N. Tonge has Informed the
world conference Of Seventh Day Ad-
ventistS here.
Arriving at the age Of II, the Afri-
can bellies are placed in pens and fat
tened, he said.
The fatter they are" said DR..
Tonge, "the more valuable they are
to their fathers. For a plump beauty
the wife-seeking black must pay her
father 20 head Of cattle. Slim maid
ems bring from five to 10 head"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-06-06
FRENCH INDUSTRY
OPPOSED TO BILL

Paris, June 6.-F1-A letter re-
Questing attention of the United
States government be called to anx-
iety of French industry at proposed
increases in American tariffs has
been sent the French minister of
commerce, M. Flandin, by the French
federation of industries and the Ma
tional Association for economic ex-
pansion.
The letter characterized the pro-
posed new duties as a %prohibitive
barrier to most of the principal
French industries and says the tariff
is dangerous alike to world prosper
ity and peace"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-06-06
Texas Youth Goes
Smilingly to Death

Huntsville. Tex. June 6.-(P)-
Smiling. William dagger Pruitt. %.
convicted slayer Of William Mann,
l7-year-old Dallas, Tex. high school
boy, early today was electrocuted at
the state prison.
Pruit was convicted of Staying
Mann when the youth resisted a
holdup.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-06-06
Civil War Vet Takes
Third Bride to Altar

Kansas City, Kas., June 6.-H)-
John Wesley Herring. 86-year-old
Civil war veteran, who marched with
Sherman to the sea. last night march,
ed to the altar with this third bride,
Mrs. Josephine Slagel, 50.