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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-03-01
Brutal Utah Murder
Remains Mysterious

salt Lake City. March l.-(R-The
brutal murder Of Mrs. Dorothy Moor
meister, 50. whose broken and man
eled body was found on 9 lonely high
wsv south Of here, remained Is much
a mystery today g when . min work.
ar found tho slain woman while re-
t,,rnine from work just Q week ago.
The inquest into her death, which
last night was continued until next
Tuesday. revealed ~ intimatea !ovs
4 persian prince while she was visit
inc ia paris last year. that she was
sfriendly" With Charles Peter. salt
rake mining promoter. and that her
husband. Dr.. Frank Mocrmeister,
knev nothing e her ,1any friend
ships, but 40 definite clue concerning
~ taurdar ~ uncovered during the
three days teDttmouy.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-03-01
Dickinson Business
Man Offers to Build
City Swimming Pool

Dickinson. N. D.. March Prank
P. whitney, business man OF Dickin-
SON for the last several years man
ager Of the J. @. Penney company
here, has offered to construct . SWIM
ming pool for the city. This viii cost
In the neighborhood Of $4,000.
The offer was made in . letter pre-
sented at this weeks session Of the
city commission but was not accepted
at that time. being postponed until
next Monday that commission MEM
hers might discuss some phases re-
rarding site possibilities with Mr..
whitney.
He viii buy the site Is well 90 con-
str,,ct the pool and with the recent
letting of contract for two new wells,
there is no doubt Of the offer being
accepted.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-03-01
HIGHWAYS DRIF7ED
AND wire SERVICE
CRIPPLED IN State
Tribune Gets World News From
Special Hookup With Dem
yer A. P. Offices
OPEN MEMORIAL HIGHWAY
Temporary Wooden- Tie TrestIe
Built Over Water and
Ice in Underpass

Communication lines were disrupted
and roads were blocked by q storm
which swept North Dakota last night.
Wires Of telephone and commercial
telegraph companies were out Of COM
mission between Valley City and Far
go and communication between the
eastern and western part Of the state
vas practically at standsttll.
Because of the trouble, wires Of The
Associated Press were re-routed and
western North Dakota newspapers
were receiving world news from Den
yer. Colo. instead of st. Paul. MIMI,
as usually is the case.
Employees Of the American Tele-
graph and Telephone company at
tributed the trouble to the sleet storm
which coated wires in the Red River
valley with ice several days ago.
Seven inches of snow. which fell yes
terday at Fargo. aggravated the
trouble,
Telephone and commercial ,tele-
graph companies were routing mes
sages around the e in which
trouble is reported with an attendant
delay IN service.
Drifts Block Roads
Reports from all parts Of the state
indicated that roads Throughout the
state are blocked by drifted snow.
F. H. Waldo, local manager for the
Northwestern Bell Telephone COM
pany. said he hoped to have emery
ency circuits in operation this after
noon. but that it probably would be
10 days before normal service is re-
stored.
With workmen building a temper
airy trestel over the water and ice in
the railroad underpass TODAY. state
highway officials expected to open
the Bismarck Mandan memorial
highway to vehicular traffic this aft
ernoon. according to George C. Han
son, division engineer here.
Lay Wood Paving
A foundation of railroad ties for
the planking bridge was being laid on
the pavement in the underpass,
though about one foot of water still
was standing in the underpaSs.
With the aid of a caterpillar trac-
tor and snowplow. highway workmen
yesterday succeeded in clearing the
Continued on page eleven)
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-03-01
Chicago Payless Must
Wait Now for Monday

Chicago. March 1.-P-The long
heralded civic payday numbered into
town today but It shunted its load
OF paychecks for city and school en-
ployes onto q siding marked Mon
day"
The 1000 or so county employees
Jared much better because County
Treasurer George +. Harding antici-
pated the transfer Of the first Of the
rescue millions into the depository
and went ahead with the issuance Of
checks for six weeks back pay.
TO insure payday for all Monday,
Silas n. etrawn. head Of the citizens
relief group. ordered I'll. 100000 worth
Of tax warrants to Be purchased with
the rescue cash.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-03-01
Motor Carriers Fail
To Hold Convention;
Will Pick Later Date

The North Dakota members Of the
Dakota Motor Carriers association
failed to get together their conven-
ton, scheduled for the Prince hotel,
today. A few members here were
this afternoon considering the post
poning Of the meeting until . later
date.
Failure OF attendance was due to
the STORM tying up the roads and
making even travel by train disagree
able. .. J. MCMAHON, field secretary.
came In from Fargo this morning. but
he had the meeting place al to him
self till noon. when . few more mems
bers appeared. q. II. Shade. Of Aber-
deem. general secretary, failed to APP
pear.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-03-01
Dawes Costs Nothing
Max Housewife Found
Dead in Seattle Well

Seattle, WASH, March 1.-Re
Under circumstances pointing to sui
eide, the body Of Mrs. Eta Walch,
m~iddleaged housewife Of Max, N. D.,
was found at the bottom of q well
near here Friday. Mrs. Walch disap-
peared this morning from the home
Of her cousin. H.. w. Price. on whose
farm the well Is located.
The body was found several hours
later. Price said he was ct q loss
to account for the apocrent suicide
Of Mrs. .Walch who came here from
her home in North Dakota three
months ago, leaving her husband.
John, and several children. She had
been working for two months as q
domestic near Kirkland, Wash.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-03-01
Three Dickinson Men
Charged With Assault
Against City Police

Dickinson, N. D., March Three
young men here r out on bail pend
ing the recovery Of the south side
policeman, Michael Roth, to appear
against them on charges Of assault
and battery and resisting an officer.
The youths are alleged to have laid
for" the policeman q few hours after
words" with him on the street as to
their conduct, and 'beat him up"
early Tuesday morning.
In addition, one Of the young men
has q bullet wound in the muscles Of
his neck. The bullet was extracted by
physicians Thursday. This Is said to
have been the result Of n Of two
shots fired by Roth.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-03-01
DeadW00d Dick Alone
Remains of Old West

sturgis, 8. D.. March l.5FEl1u
Black Hills she loved today claimed
Poker Alice" last Of the wosren
"characters" Of the Wild an6 woody
west.
The crave that awaited her Ia The
Catholic celnetery today Ms MT Tar
from those Of Calamity Jane.s
wild Hill" Hickok. and otleFs q ~
frontier who talked plain. aA0t TT
and played straight.
with the death Itursday q PCT
u A1lce,s Who Was Mn. All0o E0111Du,
there remnlns IN the Dlnok 60
On survivor q ~ 81 vo1f-~Q1a4~
Wcod Dtc1E.s s..
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-03-01
HAVE CHAMPION OF
RIGHTS IN ALEXANDER LECCE
Is One Federal Jobholder Not
Afraid to Tell Anyone
Where to Get OFF
GAVE UP HIS $4,000 JOB
Hard.Boiled Scotchman Thinks
Fast and Moves Slowly;
Reljshes His Work
By RODNEY

- AOVOAN0A OAAADAW
Washington, March 1-CNEA)-The
most distinctive thing about Alexander
Legge is that he is a federal jobhold-
er who isn't afraid to tell anyone
where to get off.
Such f~earlessness in the chairman
Of the Federal Farm board marks
him as q man apart in Washington.
He is immune from political pres
sure. he isn't looking forward to q
bigger and better job, he has all the
money he will ever need and you just
can't imagine anyone Of whom he
might ever stand In awe.
The two things which seem to
actuate Legge in the early stages Of
the governments attempt to put
agriculture on q paying basis are his
sympathy for farmers and his -own
obvious relish for doing q difficult job
well in his own way.
Some people consider Legge help
full, pleasant and sympathetic while
others regard him as. q hard-boiled
individual. It all depends on what
Legge thinks Of them and their pro-
positions. He faces q tremendously
big job. but no one so far has sug-
gested that he isn't able, dynamic and
efficient-his record proves that he is
all those things.
A Six-Foot, 200-Pounder
There are q few men In Washing
ton whose appearance anywhere
causes many strangers to ask: who's
that?" Legge is one Of them. He's q
big, lanky Scotchman with q rather
large head, more than six feet tall
and weighing about 200 pounds. Hi
face is clean-shaven and red. Some.
times 1t wears the most baleful lool
that has beenaseen here since the -
tirement Of SAtator Jim Reedsof Mis-.
souri,. Legge wears dark, conservative
clothes. He eats lightly, holding bach
at the table, but keeping plenty of ap.
Piles and pears In his office.
He scowls a great deal, especially
when studying or thinking. But HI
kids his staff and usually says It with
q smile If he has to criticize his sub.
ordinates. In his office he thinks
fast, but moves slowly.
He lives at the willard hotel, onl,
CONTINUED on page eleven)
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-03-01
Militant Crusader Of
Freight Rates Is Dead


Denver. Colo. March l.-lR-
George John Kindel, militant crusa-
der for lower freight rates. Il dead.
The former Colorado congressman
from the first congressional district
died In tho Kim hospital ct Brush,
Colo, late yesterday, . the result Of
internal injuries incurred II a auto
mobile accident.
Mr.. Kindel. who was 76. was injured
IN the crash Of IN automobile IN
which he was riding with Wiuthrop
Bosley. Denver attorney. The ma
chine plunged from the highway near
Htllrose and was wrecked In m irTt-
CATION ditch. Mr.. Kindel lost con-
sciousness shortly after he was taken
to the hospital and did not regain
consciousness before he died.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-03-01
Two Young Farmers in
Stark County Charged
With Stealing Grain

Dickinson. N. D.. March 1.-Two
brothers, young farmers Of Simpson
township in the southwestern part Of
this county, are held in county Jail
awaiting q hearing on charges of
stealing so bushels of flax in that
neighborhood. Hearing was delayed
to allow obtaining witnesses. There
have been numerous thefts Of grain
reported in the community recently.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-03-01
Lutheran Leaders to
Sneak Here on Sunday

Two nationally prominent divines
of the Norwegian Lutheran church
of America will speak in Bismarck
Sunday, according to an announce
ment made today by Rev. Opie s.
Rindahl. pastor Of the Trinity Luth-
eran church.
Rev. H. o. Shurson, synodical
treasurer Of the Norwegian Lutheran
church Of America, will speak at IL
q. m. 1t the regular Sunday morning
services.
Dr.. g. 8. B. Hoel. executive secre-
tary Of the Home Missions board Of
the national organization, will speak
In the interests Of the new church
project here in the church ct 3 p "A.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-03-01
Kenosha Train Wreck
Claims Chicago Man

Knosha. wis, March 1.-(R-The
thirteenth name Wa added today to
the list Of dead IN last Sunday nights
interurban wreck. Taylor Kallmire.
-, . chicago jeweler. died late last
night from internal injuries.
Kallmire was the empauyer and
fian.: II Miss Evelyn NetsDer. Whose
body was one q Tia first taken fru0
the wTcckase. e tie i've car North
GAoee Hire uain.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-03-01
IRON.NERVED PROFESSOR goes
CALMLYTO HIS DEATH IN CHAIR
State Exacts Penalty for veter.
mary Surgeons Killing Of
Coed Mistress
WIFE WITH HIM TO THE LAST
Fearing Disgrace and Loss Of
Position He Killed Girl,
He Confessed

Columbus, O., March 1.-(P,-Dr.
James H. Shook, the iron-nerved
professor who killed his student mis-
tress, Theora Xix. paid with his life
in the electric chair at Ohio peniten-
tiary last night.
The former instructor in veterinary
surgery at Ohio State university went
calmly to death for the crime which
he confessed. In his last hours, was
deliberately planned to end an affair
which threatened to ruin his position
and reputation. It was eight months
and II days after he left the mutt
lated body of the 24-year-old girl
lying on q lonely rifle range near the
city limits.
Dr. Shook, who was so, walked UNI
assisted to the chair. His manner
was cool, his eyes alert. his lips silent.
A minister from whom he had just
accepted communion. intoned q bene-
diction as the two guards adjusted
electrodes to DR.. Shocks right leg and
the top of his head. Six thousand
volts Of electricity passed through his
body in three separate charges. He
was pronounced dead at TOO p. m.
according to the penitentiary's official
records which close the case.
Witt Takes Body
Today DR.. Shocks body was at the
disposal Of his faithful wife. Helen
MARBLE Shook, who visited him daily
for the past week as the Ohio u
preme court, the federal supreme
court and Governor Cooper refused to
intervene in his behalf. She shared
his last meal with him and stayed at
the penitentiary until he had been
executed.
Rev. Isaac =. Miller administered
communion to DR.. and Mrs. Shook
and Mrs. Shook took leave of her hus-
band. Shook remarked later to Rev.
Miller that ut was too bad it took
q bump like this to make me realize
how wonderful she was" Neither was
hysterical.
Steps Firm. Head Erect
Three guards and the two ministers
escorted DR.. Shook the few steps from
his cell to the chair. He walked with
firm steps aid erect head. He said
not a word. His eyes took in the
crowd and his teeth were clenched
behind tight lips. He stepped briskly
into the chair.
Rev. Miller said, THE Lord be with
you" and Woodland signalled to three
guards in another room who threw
three switches. two of them blanks.
Three times the current was turned
on. and after a three minute wait
five physicians pronounced Dr.. Shook
dead.
Dr. Shook had confessed, Warden
Thomas admitted yesterday. that he
planned to end his three-year friend
ship with the girl after she threat
ened to expose him. He feared dis
grace and loss of position" and he
cut her throat and battered her skull
with q hammer to make the deed
look like the work of q fiend.
Shook was buried at 6 q. m. today
in Greenlawn cemetery. The body
was taken to the Shook home last
night from q funeral directors par
lors. Brief private funeral services
were held at the home.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-03-01
AMERICAN TAXPAYER
F0OYS $4,0W-kDAY|
BILL AT NAVAL MEET
Every Second Uncle Sam Pays
Nickel in interests Of Faith,
Hope and Parity
DELEGATION ALMOST BROKE
Peace, as Well as War, Costs
Money, Congress Is Co.
ing to Find Out
DELEGATION ALMOST BROKE
Nv MILTON

London, March 1.-(NEA)-"Peace
at any price" never has been the
slogan of the American delegation at
the five-power naval conference. but
the Americans are getting worried
about what the cost viii be. They
are almost broke!
Every time the watch carried by
Secretary Of State Stimson ticks off
q second. American taxpayers have
invested another nickel in the inter-
ests Of faith, hope and parity.
In other terms, the cost Of main
tanning the delegation at London. to-
gether with its large force Of officials,
stenographers and U. s. marines, is
something like $4,000 q day.
Congress made q special a~ppropri-
alton Of 5000, 900 for the naval con-
ference. and considered that quite q
handsome sum-. But it figured with
out the probability Of q long-drawn-
out session and the diplomatic and
social exigencies entailed.
Need More Money
The administration, it is whispered,
will seek another appropriation with
extreme reluctance. For with the
parley in its present unsatisfactory
condition. and actual agreement far
In the offing, big navy men would
relish such q chance to air Their
grievances in the house and senate.
But peace. as well as war. costs
money, which somebody will have *
pay. The nickeis licked away By
Secretary stimson's watch cover 9
multitude Of necessary things, such Al
the following:
Two whole floors of the Ritz Hotel
and one floor Of the Mayfair Hotel
for the sleeping quarters, conference
rooms, press rooms and work rooms
of the delegation.
Meals for the delegates and their
principal advisers and attaches.
A sum added to the salaries Of the
!; clerks and stenographers. Staying in
a strange city where the cost Of liv-
ing is very high makes this necessary
A fleet of motor cars needed by the
delegates in moving about quickly
from one committee meeting to an
other.
A special telephone set-up. together
with a special switchboard.
Cables to Washington, so the del
egates can report their progress t.
President Hoover and the state and
navy departments.
The expense Of getting out mime
ograph copies Of speeches and state
ments for the press.
Dawes Costs Nothing
The only man In the American
| outfit who is not costing the Amer
lean government extra is General
Dawes, American ambassador to Great
Britain. He lives here.
It is estimated that the daily cost
Of the conference to the governments
Of France, Italy and Japan Il @260(
each. The French have big quarters
in the Carlton hotel: the Italians II
the Claridges, and the japanese II
orosvenor House hotel. In addition
tConlinued on page elevenl
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-03-01
Grand Forks n
Acquitted of Charge

Grand Forks, N. D., Masch 1.-Re
w. v. O'Connor. former banker, who
was on trial In district court here on
IN embezzlement charge developing
from the closing OF his hank. was
acquitted late yesterday by . district
court jury.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-03-01
sTANIEY 6TORE II

Stanley, N. D.. March 1.@ReFire
Of unknown origin early today de.
stroyed the Stanley Hardware COM
pany building and all It's contents.
0abe Thompson, proprietor and
mayor Of Stanley, estimates the dam
ages 1t oil, O00, about % per cent Of
which Is covered BY insurance.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-03-01
CALF WORTH sAxoo

New York. March
ConahAn, who L. q cousin Of Mary
Pickford and who offered evidence
20 . Jury that her right calf WAS
SCARED permAnentlye hy . broken
window. has received = verdict for
I 6,0o0 egaingt Lolis 0nuEFy. 1nc
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-03-01
DRIvER RETURNS ,sseyeeo

New York. March l.@P-H. D.
Driscoll. Tulsa, Okla, probably would
tell Diogenes where to stop. In .
taxi he left . brief case containing
stock valued ct 9260y000 and the rail-
road passes The taxi driver, Charles
llints, turned them over TO the police.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-03-01

r. D. He tOVA0y Vac ava 1AAO RAVOA0SsAS
and chief justice was just about
the same.
washington, March l.-(F-Wil-
liam Howard Taft today was slowly
sinking into death while a great ma
IT,, ~~".owfully awaited the end that
could not be far away.
Growing wc>...er as the ho:rs pass
ed, the distinguished man who alone
in all American history has held the
offices Of, president and chief justice
of the United States had lapsed' into
q comatose condition which per-
mitted no more than an occasional
barely perceptible flash Of the famous
Taft smile as he momentarily recog-
nized some member OF his family At
the bedside.
The mighty ones Of official WASH
inpton expressed their solicitude and
sympathy in the few ways possible
flowers sent to the Taft home. cards
left at the door, and now and then q
brief visit with Mrs. Taft-and eager
" scrutinized reports from the SICK
humble SHOW Affection
And the humber folk Of the capt.
tol kept. the telephone lines OF news
papers and press associations busy
with requests for information on the
former chief Justices condition. sig
nalizinr the warm affection Of the
rank and file Of the people Tor the
friendly, affable man who once hao
sat In the white house.
The condition of MI. Taft was said
by his physicians to have slightly I'M
proved this morning.
The ll:04 q. m. bulletin read:
The condition of the former CHIEF
Justice is slightly improved as evil
denced by q moderate rise In his
blood pressure which has been con
tinuously falling for the past three
days."
The bulletin was signed by Doctors
Francis r. Hagner and Thomas A.
Clayton.
Speaks Once Again
Or. Hagner said that Mi. TAFT
spoke today for the first time IN
three days.
he said that when Dr.. Clayton
knocked at the door Of his room thu
morning the former president said:
Come In"
Further, the physician said that
Mr.. Taft also recognized and spoke
few indistfct words to his son, ROD
ert A. Taft.
The physicians seemed surprised q
the apparently slight rally OF thel'
patient. -
The doctors have said. however
that any improvement In Mr.. Tatts
condition could be only temporary q
they have abandoned hope for hi
recovery.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-03-01
John n. WATCHRe VAN WE

Ormond Beach. Fla, Mar. l.-QR-
John .. Rockefeller perhaps has OBJ
tanned some valuable tips by watch
ing IA expert golfer younger than
hts granddaughter. He Was In the
gallery when vtrginia Van VIE did .
a. : score Or mnfe under her best.
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FAMOUS Smile Seen
ONLY IN FLASHES AS
He fights FOR LIFE
Physicians Surprised as Great
Man Rallies and Speaks
First Time in Days
TELLS DOCTOR TO COME IN
Recognizes and Speaks Few In
distinct Words to His Son
Robert at Bedside
TELLS DOCTOR TO COME IN

Washington, March l.-tFe
After noting . slight improve.
ment in the condition Of VIM.
Howard Taft In the official 11:40
q. m. bulletin, the physicians at
tending him announced at las
p. m. today the former president
and chief Justice was just about
the same.
Evening star., 1930-11-30
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK MARKET

CHICAGO, November 20 up Omitted
States Department of Agriculture) -
Cattle, receipts, 300 head; compared
week ago heavy steers, 1.00a1.50 higher;
erratically high market on heavieS
Softened at close; yearlingS. 5Oa1 90
higher; and she stock unevenly, 25a
100 up; mostly 25a50 higher on cutters
and 50a75 up on fat cows; butcher
heifers showing maximum upturn;
bulls, 25a50 higher and vealers mostly
50a1 90 up; StockerS and feeders mean
while selling Is or more higher as kill
ers took practically everything carrying
flesh; upper crust run comprised mostly
show rejects which sold at 13.00al4.00;
extreme top, 1925; most commercial
steers and yearlings, 9.50a12.50, and
stocker and feeders, 6.75a8.00; best
yearlings, 900.
Sheep, receipts, 5000 head; no sales
early; for week, 60 doubles from feeding
stations and 8,40O direct; compared
week ago fat lambs, 25a50 higher; sheep
comparatively scarce, about steady;
feeding lambs strong to 25 higher;
weeks top lambs, 8.85; yearlings, 7.25;
closing bulk, good to choice native and
fed Western lambs, 8.00a8.50; few,
8.75; fed Washingtons, $50; native
bucks, .7.O0a7.50; throw-outS, 5.50a6 .25;
fat native ewes, 3.00a3.75; most feed
ing lambs early in week, 6.75a7.25.
Hogs, receipts, 5000 head, including
5000 direct; slow; opened steady; later
trade unevenly, 1Oa25 lower; early top,
$50; late sales, $40 downward to 8.25;
pigs, 8.oOa8.50; packing sows, 7.25a7 so;
shippers took 1,500 head; estimated
holdovers, 1000; light lights, good and
choice. 140-160 pounds, 8.25a8.50; light
weights, 10000 pounds, 8.25a8.50;
medium weights, 200-250 pounds, 825a
$50; heavy weights, 250-350 pounds.
packing Sows oGs3 mediIm so ns and
good to choice, 1O0-130 pounds, 8.0Oa