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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-03-21
JAMESTOWN MAN IS
auto |SHAP VICTIM
Pierce Scott Killed Near Harvey;
'Swede' Risberg Escapes
Serious Hurts

Harvey, N. D., March 21.@R-A
coroner's jury here Saturday found
that Pierce Scott, IS. Jamestown
salesman, came to his death accident
ally when an automobile which he
was driving collided with q truck
driven by Ray Lind, Minot, and over
turned In a ditch.
The jury, according to DR.. r. J.
Crichfeld, Wells county coroner. held
that the truck was on the right side
of the road and that Scott apparently
misjudged the distance between 1t
and his machine as he attempted to
pass. The Scott machine struck the
truck on the left front fender and
Laromed into a ditch where 1t over
turned, with Scott being flung from
the machine.
Gerald Lynch, Harold Glass, Harry
Fergus and Charles (Swede) Risberg.
former major league baseball star,
escaped with minor bruises. Morris
Charlson, q passenger in Lind's truck.
received burns as the result OF acid
being spilled from the trucks battery
as it tipped over.
The Jamestown group was en- route
to Minot to attend the state indie
pendent basketball tournament.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-03-21
FARGO CHILDREN
DROWN IN RIVER
CIarice and Earl Olson, ~ and
10, Fall Through Thin
Ice to Death

Fargo, N. D., March 21.-F-Thin
ice gave way as .Clarice and Earl
Olson walked across the Red river
from Moorhead here Friday and the
two children, daughter and son OF MI.
and Mrs. Tom Olson, plunged to their
death.
Clarice. IA, and Earl, 10, attended
the training school at the Moorhead
State Teachers college though they
made their home in Fargo.
Half way across on their way home
from school, the ice suddenly broke
and the boy went down. The girl,
wheeling a bicycle ahead Of her,
slipped, fell. and struggled several
minutes before the Icy water closed
over her head.
The boys body, recovered by the
Fargo fire department within 20 min
utes, was taken to q hospital and an
attempt was made at resuscitation. It
Is believed, that he was dead when
taken from the water. The girls
body ri not recovered for mere than
an hour and half, the firemen being
handicapped by having but one boat
available.
Besides their parents. the children
leave q brother. Norman, at home In
Fargo, and three brothers. Merle,
william and Roy, and two sisters,
Margaret and Thelma, all OF Minne-
apolis.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-03-21
HERMANN MUELLER,
ONCE CHANCELLOR
OF GERMANY, DIES
Death Of Man Who Signed Yer.
saiIles Treaty Causes lull
in Political Fight

Berlin, March 2l.-N1-The bitter
ness of political dissension in Ger
many was brought once more into
sharp relief Saturday when the
Reichstag and the Prussian diet met
to pay tribute to former Chancellor
Hermann Mueller.
His death Friday night removed
another German statesman who per-
sonified the policy Of Cancellation and
treaty fulfilment.
The Reichstag convened at noon
with many members CARRIED In black
out of respect to the former Chan
cellor, but the national socialists, the
nationalists and even the commun-
lists were absent from the chamber as
President Loebe began the session
WITH q culogy 70 hts departed COM
rade.
In the Prussian diet only one CON-
munist was present, and he refused
to stand when other members rose In
token Of respect for Herr Mueller.
Succumbing to a long illness, DR.
Mueller, twice German Chancellor
and one of the two or three most in
fiuential men Of German postwar
politics, passed AWAY at 10:45 p. m.
Friday. He was 81 years old.
In Coma Several Hours
He was In a comatose condition for
several hours preceding the end
which was brought about by throm-
bosis Of the liver. complicated by
pneumonia. A bladder operation last
Saturday failed to aid him.
DR.. Mueller was German Chancel-
lor for three months In 1920. He
came to power the second time in
June, 1928, remaining in office until
Continued on page three)
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-03-21
Prison Chaplain
Defends Himself
Rev. George l. Whitmeyer Says
It Would Be mistake to
Remove Warden
CALLS SH00TlNGS MURDER
Declares to Committee He Took
One Duty Letter Out
Of Penitentiary

Joliet, March 2l.-(F-The Rev.
George L. Whitmeyer, discharged Ep-
iscopal chaplain of the Illinois state
penitentiary, defended himself before
the state legislative investigating
committee Saturday inquiring into
the recent riots.
II made no statement to the press"
he declared. Newspaper men came
to me and asked questions and then
put their answers into my mouth. I
have no complaint to make against
Warden Hill. I think 1t would be q
big mistake If he were taken away
from here"
Roger Little, chairman Of the in
vestigating committee, sought to i'm
pose court rules on him and hold hin,
to direct answers, but the minister in
sisted on telling his own story. He
called the shooting Of three escaping
convictS Feb. 20 as nothing but muir
der"
Should Not BE Outside
Guards" he said, should be held
on the walls to stop convicts escaping,
and should not be placed on the out
side to watch them get over the wall
and then kill them. It was plain
murder.
II made no statement regarding
even that, but news men came to me,
first asked II I had lost my place as
chaplain and then asked what ]
thought Of the Washington's birthday
episode. All I answered was. I think
1t was murder"
Whitmeyer told Of learning Of traf-
fic in narcotics and denied he had
carried letters out Of the prison, ex-
cepting In m case, when he re-
conciled q husband and wife, on the
written promise Of the convict to go
straight and be q good husband"
Wife Was Church Member
IT took that letter out" the chap
lain said, because the girl was q
member Of my church and I brought
her answer back promising to wait for
her husbands release. I felt 1t my
duty"
He learned Of traffic In narcotics
through references In letters prison.
ers gave him to take out but which he
either destroyed or saved for refer
ence.
II carried no crooked letters out to
mail or to deliver to any n at any
time"
when I reported references to mar
cotics to Deputy Warden Erickson and
Davenport, I withheld names OF the
writer's and suggested my office be
watched, and all men coming in be
frisked for letters. I wouldn't report
any Of the men who had come to me
In confidence"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-03-21
Royal BetrOthal
In Spain Expected

Madrid, March 21.-(P)-Court
gossip Saturday had It that there
soon Is to be q wedding in the
Spanish royal family.
The Infanta Beatriz, oldest
daughter Of King Alfonso, is said
to have become affianced to her
second cousin, Antonio Aware de
Orleans, second son Of Prince Al
fonso de Orleans and Princess
Beatrice.
Beatriz is 81 years old and An
tonic is 40. They have been seen
together frequently and are said
to be genuinely attached to one
another. Young Antonio Aware
probably will be made an infante
shortly In anticipation Of the for
NAL engagement announcement.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-03-21
SEARCH FOR viking
SURVIVORS HINGES
ON GOOD WEATHER
BdAchen Expected to Take OH
Saturday Morning to Search
Ice Wastes

St. Johns, N. f.. March N.-H1H
Search for the missing and compile
ton Of the rescue Of survivors Of the
wreck OF the sealer Viking depended
Saturday upon an improvement in
weather and ice conditions.
Bernt Balchen, skilled Arctic flyer,
with two companions at St. John,
New Brunswick, 686 miles away. ex-
pected to take off Saturday forenoon
to fly their Sikorsky amphibian over
the ice-filled wastes of White bay in
search for Varick Frissell, New York
motion picture producer, and Is
others missing since the Viking blew
up last Sunday night.
The finding of two bodies has &C
counted for two of the % missing out
Of 155 aboard the Viking.
A few miles off Horse island, In
White bay, the rescue ship Sagona,
with ITO survivors aboard, was fast in
the ice. On the island were Captain
Abram Kean, Jr., master Of the Vik-
Ing, and seven Of his men, who must
wait until ice conditions will permit
them to be carried aboard ship on
StretcherS.
Balchen said he did not intend to
attempt any part in the rescue Of
survivors but would concentrate ef-
forts on searching ice foes for miss
ing members Of the Vikings COM
pany.
The sexler Eagle. which has par
ticipated In the rescue work in White
bay, had another band Of refugees
aboard Saturday, the crew Of % Of
the sealer Sir william, abandoned
when she became weather logged.
Missing with .Frissel Is his camera
man. A. G.. Penrod. HAIRY SargenL.
the third member Of the American
motion picture party was saved.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-03-21
GAMBLING IN FULL
swing IN NEVADA
State Appears to Be Emerging
From Past to Again Live
in old Days

Reno, Nevada, March 2l.-R-
With legal games Of chance running
full speed ahead, Nevada appeared
Saturday to be emerging from its past
and living again the lively times Of
which in recent years it has Just
reminisced.
DO you remember when George
Graham Rice, the broker, and Nat
Goodwin, the actor, and the rest Of
US raised 100000 In . half . day In
1906 to stage the Gans-Nelsor. fight
at Goldfield," was given way to "the
old state Will be As good as It ever
was now that we've got open gam
bling"
Various gambling establishments
formerly operated surreptitiously were
crowded with three-card monte faro
bank, keno. five ball, roulette, twenty
one, craps and chuck-a-luck holding
forth In the open as Of yore.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-03-21
Booklet On Modern
Homes Is Offered

Send to our Washington Bureau for
q copy Of the booklet, MODERN
HOMES. before you start building
that home you have been projecting
for years. It gives you the photo
graphs and floor plans Of thirty
frame houses. They are actual homes
that have been lived In and found
practical. substantial, beautiful, and
economical.
Almost every type Of home Is
shown-the dainty cottage, the invit-
ing bungalow. the comfortable two
story structure-and they are all Of
moderate cost.
Send your letters direct to our
Washington Bureau. NOT to The
Tribune office in Bismarck. Tits viii
insure quicker service to you than Il
your letters are sent here and relayed
BY u.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-03-21
Foster May Testify
In Brothers Trial

Chicago. March 21.-R-A plan
whereby the defense In Leo v. Broth
ers trial for Staying Alfred Lingle,
Tribune reporter. plans to call a q
witness Frank Foster who still Is un-
der technical indictment for Ltngle's
death, was revealed by attorneys for
Brothers defense Saturday.
Foster wa arrested because the pis-
tol with which Lingle was killed last
June 8, was found and identified a
having at one time belonged to him.
He now is at liberty under . $4,000
bond.
With eight jurors sworn for serv-
Ice q night session was abandoned
Friday night. Efforts to get the other
four jurors will be resumed Monday
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-03-21

Gottlieb Wendell Of New York
City and Hannah 8. Holt Of
Chelsea, VT, were Joined In mar
riage by me on this date. July 10.
1856.
william II. Reid,
Justice Of the peace"
Theodore Lawton, WEXFORD, for
whom Mrs. Haywood Is house,
keeper, has received . letter from
the present town clerk In East
Greenwich, stating that the town
records were not kept previous to
1866, and that before that time
the towns only official recorder
was . justice Of the peace, Will
liam II. Reid.
Mrs. Haywood claims to b the
daughter Of Bertha Wendell Davis,
who was born to John Gottlieb
Wendell and Hannah Holt Wen
del.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-03-21
LAMONT OPTIMISTIC
OVER REPORTS
ON UNEMPLOYMENT
Signs Of Business Improvement
Shown by Figures of Last
Two Months
DETROIT WAS HIT HARDEST
February Wage Payment and
Employment Shows Increase
Over January's
DETROIT WAS HIT HARDEST

Washington, March 21.-(F-En-
couraged by new data placing the
number OF unemployed in January
at 6.050,00 but showing more recent
signs Of business improvement. relief
agencies plugged along Saturday In
efforts to keep joblessness at a min
imum.
Secretary Lamont estimated that
number of persons were out Of work,
able to work and looking for work the
first month OF the year. He based
his figure on two reports simultan-
eously issued by the census bureau
One gave revised unemployment to-
tails for the 1880 census taken last
April as 2.249 ,O62 out Of q l22, 755,0 4t
population. The other vas a specia
January, 1881, unemployment count
covering 10 cities with a population
Of $685. 81 which showed 1906 6
hunting work. Both these unemploy.
ment totals include only those seek.
ing jobs.
Since the special January censu.
vas made. Lamont said, there "ha.
been evidence Of q slight but unmis.
taxable improvement in the employ.
ment situation"
Employed Gain IL Per Cent
Information obtained from more
than $4,000 manufacturing establish.
ments by the bureau Of labor sta.
tistics," he said. reveals q gain o.
Ia per cent in the number OF en-
! ployed during February as compared
with January. In addition, further
evidence Of increased employment
curing February is shown by q gair
Of rs per cent In the volume OF wage
payments Of these manufacturing es.
Establishments, indicating q decrease
Of part-time work and an expansion
Of operating schedules.
1.-THE fact that the extensive unem.
rloyment of the past few months has
CONTINUED on page threel
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-03-21
CHURCHMEN FAVOR
BIRTH CONTROL BY
MARRIED COUPLES.
Federal Council Backs Careful
and Restrained Use Of
Contraceptives'
|27 DENOMINATIONS IN BODY
Too Numerous Pregnancies'
and Economics Are In
cluded in Reasons
II DENOMINATIONS IN BODY

New YORK. March 2l.-R-Birth
control through careful and re-
strained use Of contraoeptives by
married people is approved by the
Federal Council Of the Churches Of
Christ.
Representing approximately 22.000.-
600 members Of ~ Protestant denom-
nations in America, q majority Of
the committee on marriage and the
home published today q report saying
such practice Is valid and moral"
The report. approved by the admin
istrative committee was signed by "a
Of the % members Of the sub-com-
mittee. Three dissented in some re-
spects and three voiced no opinion.
Those approving included Mrs. John
D. Rockefeller, Jr.. a member Of the
national board Of the Young Women's
Christian Association: George w.
Wickersham, chairman Of the COM
mission on law enforcement, and Mrs.
John Ferguson, president Of the Ma
tional council Of federated church
women.
Chairman Takes Exceptions
Those taking some exceptions were
the Rev. DR.. Howard Chandler Rob-
bins, chairman Of the committee:
Mrs. Robert E. Speer, president OF
the national board Of the Y. W. G. A..
and Mrs. Orrin r. Judd, president Of
the Council Of Women for Home
Missions.
Remairing neutral were the Right
Rev. Charles x. Gilbert, suffragan
bishop Of the Protestant Episcopal
diocese OF New York; the Rev. DR.
Ben r. Lacy, president Of Union
Theologica. Seminary, at Richmond,
Continued on page three)
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-03-21
President Greeted
By Two Destroyers

U. s. s. Arizona, March 21.-Re
The impressive sight Of two warshipe
along the rail greeted President
Hoover Saturday morning ON the
third day of his vacation voyage to
Porto Rico and the Virgin islands.
The destroyer DUPONT came along
side with its band playing and TT
crew dressed In white to give the
president q greeting before it re-
lieved the destroyer Taylor, which
turned back to Norfolk.
President Hoover and Secretaries
Hurley AMI Wilbur accompanied Cap
tain Freeman Saturday morning on
the rounds Of his regular Saturday IN
spection Of the upper decks.
The ship awnings had been spread
overnight and the presidential party
sought their shade. The sea waa
smooth, the weather fair and the wind
gentle.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-03-21
MILLIONAIRE GOES
ON WITNESS STAND
Nelson c. Bowles Testifies His
Wife Plunged Knife Into
Her Heart

Hillsboro, Ore, March 2l.-(R-
Nelson G.. Bowles. "a, Portland mil
lionaire, took the witness stand Sat-
urday to defend himself against
q charge of numbering his wife.
Bowles and his former secretary,
Miss Irma Loucks, %, are jointly &C.
cused OF stabbing Mrs. Bowles to
death in Miss Loucks' apartment last
Nov. 2.
The defendant was composed as he
began his story that his wife plunged
the knife into her own heart when
she learned Of his intimate relations
with Miss LouckS.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-03-21
THREE WANTED FOR
ST. PAUL Staying
Gambler 'Racketeer' and Fu-
gitive From Justice I'm
der Suspicion

st. Paul. March 21.-P-Chief OF
Police Thomas A. Brown Saturday
made public names Of three men
sought for questioning In connection
with the killing Of Frank Vantress IN
the rear of the Green Lantern cafe
here Thursday night. Vantress was
identified at first as Frank Van"
The three sought are Frank Fay.
described by the chief as q "st. Pau
gambler: John Quinn. former st
Paul youth, said by the chief to be
engaged in a racket In Chicago.
and Harold White, former deputy
sheriff and fugitive from justice on q
federal indictment charging bribery
in connection with q liquor case.
Meanwhile, 81 persons were held
by police for questioning. Among
them were Mrs. Vantress and MIS-
George Hurley, wife Of George Hurley
who was involved In two other recent
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-03-21
State Ends Case in
Utah Murder Trial

Salt Lake City, March 21.-N9-A
story Of the alleged flight Of Jean
Dayle, young cabaret entertainer.
from a hotel room In which Sam
Frank, elderly jewelry auctioneer, was
slain last Dec. 6, had been completed
by the state Saturday.
The murder trial Of the 21-ycar-old
singer wa recessed until Monday aft
err Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Chido, related
she remained in their home three
days after Frank was slain and that
she was arrested there. witnesses
had told Of seeing her leave the hotel.
60 to q garage, and then to . yestau-
rant, In which she used . telephone.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-03-21
OUTSIDERS AMAZED
AT FACILITIES AND
ATTENDANCE FRIDAY
More Than 5000 Inspected New
Models and Watched Dress
Style Show
SPONSORS THANK CITIZENS
Affair Makes Bismarck Automo-
bile Center Of State, Guam
rud Declares
SPONSORS THANK CITIZENS

Having already exceeded the ex-
pectations of its sponsors and all
North Dakota records for previous
exhibitions, the Bismarck Automobile
show approached its finals Saturday
night In q blaze Of glory.
Everyone was satisfied.
Bismarck motor dealers who spon-
sored the exhibition were more than
pleased at the show attendance and
the interest shown In their products.
The more than 5000 persons who
attended the show Friday and Friday
night were as well satisfied as the
dealers. To see the cars In their
floral setting was alone worth the
price Of admission and the entertain
ment, as we'll as the opportunity to
rub elbows with their neighbors In q
holiday mood. added to the enjoy
ment.
The entertainment features Friday
evening we're q style show and o con-
cert by the Mandan male chorus.
Both were notable. although the
chorus had little opportunity to OBJ
tain recognition because Of the on
versational buzz from remote corners
of the hall during their presentation.
The style show was the center OF
interest for the female halt OF the
crowd which, at its height. made II
almost impossible to see the automo-
biles clearly.
Saturday. nights attractions include
another style show by 3 di.1erent
firm and q dance program in which q
number OF Bismarck girls will appear
Hundreds Examine Models
The center Of attraction, Of course,
was the display of automobiles on the
huge memorial building floor. Hun-
dreds inspected and admired the new
est models of popular lines. Some
dealers reported sales on the show
floor. Others said they had made
sales as the result Of inspections by
show visitors while every dealer had
a notebook filled with hot prospects"
as the result Of conversations with
show visitors.
This show clearly puts Bismarck
In the forefront as the automobile
center of North Dakota" said Theo-
dore Quanrud, chairman OF the show
committee. ut has been q revelation
to even the automobile and motor
equipment dealers. The attendance
has been even more than we expected
and the interest shown has been very
encouraging.
'The setting in which the show is
presented has a great deal to do with
its success. The great hall ard the
conveniences offered to both the pub
lie and the exhibitors have done much
to add to the event. I feel that this
is the greatest automobile show North
Dakota has ever seen and that BY q
wide margin. On behalf Of the auto
mobile dealers I want to thank those
Continued on. page three)
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-03-21
WillistOn Farmers
Will Cut Acreage

Williston, N. D., March 2l.-R-
Resolutions recommending reduction
Of 40 per cent in wheat acreage were
adopted by the williams county
farmers union at its quarterly meet
ing here.
Progress Of corporation farming
was called evidence Of failure OF the
farming masses to keep pace with
other industrial tendencies. A plea
was made for greater unity OF action
between cooperatives to promote the
rehabilitation Of agriculture.
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ROOSEVELT IS NOT
EXPECTED TOCALL
new YORK PROBE
Newspapers Say Governor Does
Not Believe Charges
Are Sufficient

New York, March 21.-R-News-
papers Saturday indicated there was
belief In various quarters that Gov
ernor Roosevelt would not have May
or Walkers official acts investigated.
The New York American said 1t
learned on unimpeachable authority
that the governor would not order
an investigation because he did not
consider the accusations of nonfeas-
ance made by the city affairs COM
mittee explicit enough or supported
sufficiently.
The governor will sift evidence
over the weekend the paper said,
and announce his decision early next
week, possibly Monday.
The New York Herald Tribune pub
Ished a dispatch from its staff cor
respondent at Palm Springs. Calf,
to the effect Mayor Walker feels he
has nothing to fear and the COVER
nor will have no recourse but to vim
dicate him.
Walker is of the opinion, the Her
aid Tribune said, that all the city
departments attacked by the COM
cittee are fundamentally sound. The
police department particularly, he
feels, is honorable in the rank and
file.
Democratic leaders were represent
ed by the Herald Tribune as con-
vinced the governor would refuse to
entertain the charges and refuse to
appoint a commissioner to hear them.
In any event, 1t was said, he would
wait until the mayor returns from his
vacation before demanding q formal
answer.
Filing Of additional charges against
the mayor with the governor was an
nounced by william H. Allen, director
Of the institute for public service. He
said they were designed to supple
ment those already under considera-
ton.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-03-21
Will Meet
Jamestown in Final

Minot. N. D., March 2l.-RNEn-
derlin, conQuerors Of the Bismarck
Phantoms, will clash with the James
town Tigers here Saturday night In
the final game Of the state independ-
ent basketball tournament.
Enderlin advanced to the finals BY
triumphing over Donnybrook 40-2l II
the selni-finals Saturday morning
jamestown defeated the Divide
County vaSabouds 4l-2e In the othel
semi-final contest Saturday morning
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-03-21
MINNEAPOLIS FIVE WINS

Chicago, ILL.,, March 21.-R)-
1ndiana's battle front in Loyola
u~uiversity's national Catholic bas-
ketball tournament was broke in
the first game Of the third round
Saturday when Catholic Of WASH
ington. Ind, was beaten by De La
Sale high Of Minneapolis.