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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-09-10
McC Ormick Heiress
Will Wed Bachelor

Bar Harbor, Me-, Sept. l0.-R)-
Muriel Mccormick, grand daughter Of
John D. Rockefeller and daughter Of
Mrs. Edith Rockefeller Mccormick,
was to marry Elisha D.. Hubbard Of
Middleton, Conn, here Thursday.
Hubbard Is So and Miss Mccormick
is 20.
Like her sister, Mathilde, who mar
ried Max Oser, a Swiss riding master,
and like her brother Fowler, who re-
Gently wed Mrs. Anne U. Fiji" Still
man, she managed her romance with
so much secrecy that the news came
as a distinct surprise to her family in
Chicago.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-09-10

The garden webworm has infested
some corn fields and gardens in Iowa.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-09-10

Jackson, alias Ruth CAL
1ahan, 17-year-old girl who served
as a decoy for a prohibition agent
IN gathering evidence of law viola
lions in Buffalo, is shown above as
she appeared in court to face
charges of intoxication.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-09-10
Byron Bold Funeral
Conducted at futile

Funeral services for Byron A. Bold,
II. business man in Chaseley for the
last is years and resident of North
Dakota since 1900, were conducted
from the Nazarene church at futile
Wednesday afternoon.
Burial was made In the Tuttle cem-
etery. Pallbearers were Milton Gold
smith, Joe Goldsmith, and Ed Taasvi-
gan, all Of futile; E. M. Wiley, Steele;
John L. Hart, Chaseley; and Charles
Liessman, Bismarck.
Bold died here Saturday evening.
He leaves his widow, three sons. two
brothers, a sister, and Is grandchil-
dren.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-09-10
Morris Will Attend
Washington Meeting

Attorney General James Morris will
attend q conference on employment
at Washington as a representative of
Governor George F. Shafer. !
Morris will leave Friday and will
participate in the conference to be
held Monday under the direction of
the employment committee Of the
American Legion. State officials,
business men, and representatives of
the American Federation of Labor
have been invited to the meeting.
The purpose of the gathering will
be to obtain ideas which will be used
by the Legion in aiding In the men,
ployInent situation.
From Washington Morris will 60 to
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-09-10

county, then to Abercrombie In Rich
land county where he entered the
grain business. In 1901 he went to
Wahpeton as deputy county auditor.
He served In that post until 1908,
when he was elected auditor, holding
the office for Is years.
At the death Of George Van Arnam,
three years ago, he was appointed
probate Judge and at the expiration
Of the term was elected to the office.
His wife died two years ago, but
five children survive. They are: Mrs.
Frank w. Price. Edwin, Victor, Cora
and Gertrude, all of Wahpeton. Flu
neral arrangements have not been
made.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-09-10
By Williams

U. 8. District Judge James H. Wilker-
son Thursday.
I'm not interested in reports, only
in indictments" Judge Wilkerson in
formed the jury.
A moment later the grand jury ap-
peared before Federal Judge John p.
Barnes, advised him 1t had no report
to make and was discharged.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-09-10
Richland Official
Succumbs in Fargo

Fargo, Sept. 10.-RHFrederick An
drew Burton, 80, former auditor OF
Richland county and recently Judge
Of probate court at Wahpeton. died
in q hospital here wednesday Of
pneumonia which followed an opera
ton.
Born in Rhode Island, June l. 1851,
Burton moved with his parents to
Allamakee county, Iowa, in 1854, re-
naming there q number Of years. In
1883, he came to Wild Rice In Cas-
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-09-10

Pure-blooded Indians constitute
more than 80 per cent Of the entire
population Of Mexico today.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-09-10

A German has invented q roll Of
paper that can be withdrawn for TAX
ing notes included in the shaft OF a
pencil.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-10-06
DEATH TO RESULT
IN MURDER CHARGE
Will File Accusation Against
Aged Minnesotan Who
Shot Laborer

East Grand Forks, Mimi, Oct. g.
(P-A first-degree murder charge
may be filed against August Ltckteig.
68, East Grand Forks, as q result OF
the death of George Ival, Canadian
laborer employed by Lickteig. follow
ing a quarrel between the two men.
Ival died in q Grand Forks hospital
early Monday Of shotgun wounds In
flicted by Lickteing after an argu-
ment which started when 1val
dragged the aged man from his house.
The charge against Lickteig may be
first or second-degree murder. George
Hagen, Polk county states attorney.
said after an inquest into lval's death
late Monday. He said this would not
be known definitely until further IN
vestigation. pending Lickteigs ar
raignment.
Witnesses testified that after the
Canadian dragged Lickteig from the
house into the back yard, he knelt on
him and choked him. When = passer-
by interfered, Ival attacked the third
party with an axe, cutting his arm.
Lickteig. released, rushed into the
house, returned with q shotgun a
minute or two later and shot 1val IN
the back as he was watering horse
at q trough In the backyard, the tes-
tinlony disclosed. A coroner's jury
viewed Ival's body and heard the IN
quest testimony.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-10-06
THOMAS A. EDISON
semi CONSCIOUS;
LITTLE HOPE Held
Physician Says Death Of Fam
Gus inventor Is only a
Matter Of Days

West Orange, N. j., Oct. 6.-tR-
Thomas A. Edison was In . semi
conscious condition Tuesday and his
death is but a matter Of days. his
personal physician announced Tues
day morning. The physician, DR..
Hubert s. Howe, said the aged in
yentor's mental condition was
"lethargic."
DR.. Howe made this statement
after issuing his daily morning bull
letin in which he said Edison had
spent q fair night and that there was
little change in his condition.
Edison now is carried from his bed
to his chair, DR.. Howe said. Up un-
til yesterday, he could walk the sew
eral feet between them, assisted by
his attendants.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-10-06
YHREE-DAY PROGRAM
ON PROHIBITION WILL
END IN CITY TONIGHT
Dr.. Daniel A. Polling and Oliver
W. Stewart Will Speak in
Auditorium

A three-day program in the inter-
ests of prohibition which began here
Sunday will be ended tonight when
two speakers representing the Allied
Forces for Prohibition give addresses
at the city auditorium beginning at
7:30 O'Clock.
Meetings have been conducted at
2:3O p. m. and 1880 p. m. each day.
Tonight's speakers will be DR.. DAN
lei A. Polling, chairman Of Allied
Forces. who will talk on "Give Youth
a Square Deal" and Oliver w. Stew
art, whose subject will be "Wet In
consistencies."
These two men also were the prin
cipal speakers at a program Tues
day afternoon and DR.. Polling Tues
day noon addressed business men at
q luncheon meeting.
At dinner meeting Of young peo-
pie in the Patterson hotel Monday
evening, w. Roy Breg, youth leader
OF Atlanta, Ca, was the principal
speaker.
Speakers at Mondays two meet
retary of Allied Forces, and Colonel
Raymond Robins, Chicago.
I'VE stand for the maintenance Of
the 18th amendment and for liberty
with law-on this issue we fight,
said Miss Brown at the opening Of
her afternoon address.
Lists Six Reasons
She said she stood for the l8ti7
amendment because: it strikes dowr
a traffic in material and human
waste; It recognizes the obligation o1
the state to protect the social order
against injustices of the few: II
throws the power of the U. s. govern
ment against the saloon; it prohip'
its: its results are more satisfac.
tory than those of any other meth
DDS tried; and no new and more
promising method is proposed.
She said it Is for the enemies Of
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The Bismarck tribune., 1931-10-06
New Kidnap Case Is
Reported in st. Paul

st. Paul, Oct. 6.-(F)-Having solved
one KIDNAPPING. police Tuesday were
searching for Morris Rutman. cloth
ing shop proprietor, who was whisked
away In q black sedan by . masked
man.
Rutman was chatting with his wife
when the man appeared at the home,
and the abduction was completed de-
spite screams :or help from the Rut-
man maid, Mary Schwartz, "a.
Police said they saw no connection
between the kidnapping Of Rutman
and Leon Gleckman. st. Paul poll
tician and finance company head,
since five Of Gleckman's kidnapers
were captured and the sixth had been
slain by his companions.
Gleckman vas released for $4,000
ransom and the capture Of his abduc-
tors was affected later. Police said
they would present evidence In the
case to the grand jury, asking that
the five men be indicted on charges
OF kidnapping Gleckman and murder
ing their companion, Frank La Pre-.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-10-06
Al Cap011e Goes on Trial
On Federal Tax ChQrQeS
Swarthy Leader OF Chicago
Cangdom Changes His
Plea to Not Guilty

Federal Building, Chicago, 1ll., Oct
"Scarface AL" Capone, the
swarthy, smiling ruler Of Chicago
gangs, went on trial in federal dts
trict court Tuesday In an opening
session as theatrical as it was
significant.
Charged with evading taxes on an
alleged six-year income Of $l,038.654.
he was brought before Judge James
H. Wilkerson and permitted to sub
stitute mot guilty. for the guilty"
plea he recently withdrew. The first
duty was selection Of jury.
For the government it was the
crucial test of its campaign against
Chicago gangsters. Others had been
tried and others convicted but this
time it was the big fellow" him
self. The government. throwing all
it's resources into the battle. did not
attempt to hide the fact this was Its
most important gangster case.
For Capone 1t was gamble. He
once pleaded guilty but when Judge
Wilkerson announced he would not
be bound by any agreement for leni-
ency and that Capone would have to
take the stand despite his guilty
plea, the gangster decided to fight 1t
out, to wager an acquittal against a
stiffer sentence.
The defense indicated by It's ques-
tions to veniremen that Capone
would not take the witness stand.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-10-06
GOPHER OFFICIALS
DENY FRAUD CHARGE
Warehouse Commissioners Ask
Governor to Dismiss
Accusations

st. Paul. Oct. 6.-(R-Charges OF
fraud In the grading Of wheat pur-
chased by the government sponsored
farm agency, the Farmers National
Grain corporation, were denied Mon
day by the Minnesota railroad ana
warehouse commission.
In replying to accusations Of State
Senator Gerald r. Mullin. Minneap-
oils, the commissioners, o. P. B. Ja-
cobson, Frank w. Matson. and G. j.
Laurisch, denied charges OF miscon-
duct, inefficiency, neglect Of duty and
malfeasance In office and asked Gov.
Floyd B. Olson to dismiss the COM
plant.
Senator Mullin claimed wheat in
spection samples from elevators IN
Minneapolis were fraudulently graded
by substitution Of inferior grades OF
wheat in place Of number l dark
northern.
The commissioners. he contended
knew. or should have known, Of this
illegal practice" which he said oc-
CURED before sale of the elevator by
the Farmers Union Terminal associa-
ton. q regional cooperative. to the
government sponsored farm board
agency, the Farmers National.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-10-06
Government Argues
To Convict FOshay

Minneapolis, Oct. 6-(R)-The gov
ernment Tuesday presented argu-
ments against the motion for acquit-
tai counsel for w. B.. Foshay and six
associates has requested in federal
court where the seven are on trial &C.
cused of mail fraud.
Fred Horowitz, special assistant at
torney general. attacked contentious
of the defense that the government
has not proved its claim that the de-
PENDANTS misrepresenteo the financial
positions of the companies to inves.
tors.
I,~epshay and his associates have
placed their hope for acquittal In the
Motion, having decided against pre-
senting testimony. The riaiI fraud
charges were brought after the Fo-
shay companies went into receivership
in 1929.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-10-06
To Probe Accident
In Which Pair Died

Austin, Mimi, oct. 6.-R-Mem-
bers Of q coroner's jury here late
Monday started investigation OF the
airplane crash Sunday which result
ed in the deaths Of two persons and
serious injury of third.
After viewing wreckage OF the alr-
plane, the jury deferred further work
until the condition Of Arthur Wright,
pilot and owner. will permit members
to question him. Wright Is In critical
condition at q local hospital with
broken leg and internal injuries.
F. H. Longeway OF Minneapolis. de-
partment Of commerce inspector. also
conducted an investigation but did
not make known his findings.
Vera Mckee, 16-year Austin girl
and Edwin Schwanke, 20. Of Ema.
Iowa. were killed.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-10-06
Confession Text
Given to Public

The text Of the confession made
by Jacob Bentz to Wells county
authorities follows:
I, Jacob Bentz, make this
statement and confession in
writing Of my own free will and
without any coercion and with
out any promise Of any nature
whatsoever:
THAT my wife and I had an
argument about going to Fessen-
den at l a. NJ: that about four
o'clock Friday morning on Octo-
Der 2, 1881, we got up. and my
wife wanted to 60 to Fessenden;
I had q hammer in the bed with
me; I slept on the inside: I hit
my wife, Sophia Bentz, on the
head with the hammer more
than once, I think It was two
times; then I got up and carried
the dead body Of my wife to the
garage and put the dead body in
the car; then I went back into
the house and cleaned up the
bedroom. I took the pillow case
and the one sheet down to the
basement and burned them.
Then took the one pill
low and the bed blanket out Of
the car In the garage with TIE
dead body; then I got In the car
and drove west to the section
line and drove south to the
straw pile on the Free place: then
l took the blanket and pillow and
burned them in the straw pile;
then drove down the car to tho
place down the ditch where the
burned car and burned body were
found.
Il desire to enter Z plea Of
guilty to the charge Of murder
In the first degree as alleged in
the complaint filed against me-"
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-10-06
uNDbERGHS
MORE INFORMATION
TO DECIDE COURSE
Colonel Says Answers to Cable
grams Will Guide Him and
Anne in Actions

Shanghai, Oct. 6.-lReCol. and
Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh disem-
barked from the British aircraft car
rier Hermes at Woosung late Tuesday
after having received word Of the
death Of the latter's father, Senator
Dwight w. Morrow. aud Immediately
motored 18 miles to the American
consulate general here.
The aircraft carrier had brought
them and their disabled plane from
Hankow. The plane was damaged
last week when 1t capsised after be-
ing lowered from the aermes and
Colonel and Mrs. Lindgerbh were
thrown into the Yangtze river.
In order to insure the greatest pos
sible privacy, the time and place Of
the couples landing was not an
nounced. Only American Consul
General Cunningham, Mrs. Cunning
ham, Consul Paul r. Hosselyn, Brig.
Gen. E. B. McNaughten, chairman Of
the Shanghai municipal council. and
q half dozen newspaper men were at
the customs jetty when the Lind
berghs came ashore.
Asked whether he planned to con-
tinue his present aerial tour. Lind
bergh said:
"Under the circumstances I would
rather wait little while before max
ing any announcement"
Contrasting sharply with the re-
ceptions previously given them, this
one was marked by grief. Mrs. Lind
bergh, showing evidence Of shock, was
accompanied to waiting limousine
by Mrs. Cunningham.
Lindbergh said he would withhold
any announcement as to whether the
far eastern flight would be contin-
ued pending the dispatch Of severa
cablegrams to America and arrival o1
the answers.
Colonel and Mrs. Lindbergh ar.
ranged to spend the night with the
Cunninghams. Among the messages
received by the Colonel was one from
Mrs. Morrow to her daughter saying
she need not hasten home.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-10-06
WENATCHEE H0NORS
PANCBURN, HERNDON
AFTER PACIFIC HOP
State Of Washington Goes to
Great Pains to Comfort
Pair With Favors

Wenatchee, Wash, Oct. 6.-(R-
Out of the terrors OF their historic
nonstop flight across the Pacific
came affluence, praise and rest Tues
day for Clyde Pangborn and Hugh
Herndon, Jr.
Wenatchee and the state of Wash
ington in general went to hereto
tore-unheard-of pains to shower the
two aNators with comfort. Towns
people forgot about the depression
and raised purse Of $500 to provide
the fliers with spending money.
Pangborn and Herndon were with
out q cent when they landed here
Monday morning to complete their
4,877-mile flight from Samushiro
Beach, Japan. Before the first cheers
had died away representative OF
the Tokyo newspaper Asahi handed
them an order emitting them to $685.
000-prize money which long had
been posted by that periodical for
the first nonstop airplane flight be-
tween Japan and the United States.
Had No Spending Money
But the $25, 900 order didn't provide
any immediate spending money and
the collection was taken up to take
care of that situation.
Wenatchee staged a spontaneou:
celebration. From its $4,000 person:
about 10000 collected to make the
fliers welcome. The flight wa!
praised in an address by Lieutenant
Governor John A. Gellatly and de-
scribed by Major w. I. WILDLY a
greater than Colonel Lindbergh''
flight over the Atlantic"
| A movement was started to hav'
the $25,000 prize, offered from foul
wears ago for q nonstop flight be-
tween Tokyo and Seattle, given tx
Pangborn and Herndon.
Tuesday morning the fliers were
allowed to sleep late, but we're callec
upon to go to a neighboring town fol
a luncheon and q community ban
quet
Hazards Beset Them
Behind all the felicity, however
there was the indelible memory o.
what might have happened had they
not outflown the hazards that beSe,
them.
Ice had formed on the wings o.
their plane. Their motor stopped
when they we're 5000 miles from
Japan. Their hopes suffered severe
shock when they thought they were
approaching the mainland and ther
flew for three hours before sighting
Terra Ffrma.
They fought heavy clouds and the
ice threat over the Aleutian Islands
They had no shoes. Only wool stock
ings shielded their feet from the SUBJ
arctic frigidity. They became deaf
ened by the motor and had to write
notes in order to communicate Will
each other, though they were sitting
side by side.
Herndon said he and his compari'
! ion expected to remain here about
week.
Informed Col. w. E. Easterwood o
Dallas, Tex, would not pay then
$25y 1000 for continuing the flight t.
Texas, as they had hoped, they ten
! tatively planned to fly to New York
with several stops en- route.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-10-06
Wins Wager But
Loses His Foot

Winona, Mimi, Oct. 6.-(F)-
Alfred Sherman, %, won his
wager by split second but lost
by q foot. as he explained 1t.
He and Joseph Singer. %, after
visiting a roadhouse near here.
made bet on who could sit on a
railroad track the longest before
evading an oncoming train.
They sat down. The train bore
down upon them. They leaped.
Sherman was q split second slow
in getting away and won. But IN
80 doing he lost q foot, severed
by the locomotive.
Come to think Of It, Sherman
said, neither man had staked
anything on the outcome.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-10-06
England Will Call
Special Election
Issues Of Outstanding Import.
ance to Empire to be De.
cided by Vote
PALACE ANNOUNCES PLAN
Statement Is Made After Pre-
nier M'Donald Confers
With King George

London, Oct. 6.-(R-Great Britain
will vote Oct. ~ In general election
on issues of outstanding Importance,
it was announced Tuesday at Buck
ingham Palace.
It will be the first general election
since May 80, 1929, when Stanley
Baldwin's conservative government
was swept out Of power and the labor
party returned to the helm for the
first time In five years. The liberal
representation In parliament was rad
ically reduced but it has held the bal
ance Of power throughout the period.
The announcement came after
Prime Minister Macdonald had con-
ferred with King George. He was un-
derstood to have acquainted the king
with the decision of the cabinet and
advised him to dissolve parliament
at once. Propagation Is expected
Wednesday and dissolution Thursday
with the reading OF speech from the
throne which will outline the need
for an election.
The prospects were that the con-
test may result in striking new party
alignments.
Confounding political prophets, the
cabinet unanimously decided Monday
night to carry its troubles to the peo-
pie at once on platform to be franz
ed solely by the prime minister. They
agreed to support him In his demand
for a doctors mandate" by which he
would prescribe for the country's all
ments the remedies he alone sees fit.
While observers had predicted the
cabinet would be split over the tariff
issue, its unanimous action was TAX
en- to mean that search for formula
which would satisfy all factions had
been abandoned and Macdonald had
been given carte blanche to cham
pion whatever measures he believes
would best restore Great Britatn's
trade balance.
Everything is straightforward" he
said as he left the meeting.
The turn Of events engendered
grave apprehension as to the future
Of the liberal party. Sir John Simon.
liberal recalcitrant, led 22 Of his
colleagues In parliament In pledgtng
their unqualified support Of MacDon-
aid in the coming election. Their &C
tion was regarded as irrevocably
sealing the rift in the party.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-10-06
MOrrOlv Is MOur11ed
BIZ Great of Nation
FIaus at Half Mast in Washing.
ton Out of Respect to
Senator.Dip|omat
HOOVER IS DEEPLY MOVED
Saws Dead Leader Was Kind Of
Man Who Makes Our
Country Great

Washington, Oct. 6.-(R Flags
flying at half mast upon the capitol
Tuesday symboli1ed the nations grief
at the passing Of It's senator diplomat
Dwight w. Morrow Of New Jersey.
President Hoover will not be able to
attend the funeral and has asked
Vice President Curtis to represent
him.
The president was deeply moved
when advised Of Morrow's death. He
said "The country has suffered q
great loss," and added the senator's
record was "of that sort Of American
who makes our country great"
While expressions Of loss to the ma
ton and sympathy to the Morrow
family continued to pour from Of
ficialdom throughout the country, the
effect Of Senator Morrow's death up
on the senate was speculated upoh.
It left the makeup Of the new senate
meeting in December. ~ Republicans
and ~ Democrats with one Farmer
Laborite holding the balance Of
power.
VVSAA SSYH01S1V 0eSNNSoOVS
Under New Jersey law. however
the governor can fill the vacancy un-
til the 1882 election. He Is q Repub-
lican. Had Morrow died q few days
sooner, however, election Of his sue
cessor would have been thrown into
an election to be held next month.
Senator Morrow has been an init.
mate adviser Of the administration
and has been mentioned frequently
In Republican circles In discussion OF
the vice presidency next year. His
possible choice as the party's nominee
for presidency In 1885 also had been
widely speculated upon.
From everywhere Tuesday leaders
Of nations, Of industries, arts, finance
and religion sent expressions Of then
grief at news Of his death.
In Mexico City, where his most
notable diplomatic services were per-
formed as U. S. ambassador; IN
Englewood, where his home has been
for 80 years: in New York, where he
built his fortune with the Morgan
interests; and in China and Japan
where his daughter, Anne. and hel
husband, Col. Charles A. Lindbergh
are vacationing. there were equal
manifestations Of grief.
Morrow died in his sleep at 1:51
p. m. Monday. A cerebral hemor-
rhage was the cause of death. lie
was So years old.
Had Felt Tired
He had retired in good spirits, al.
! though over the weekend he hao
complained somewhat of being tired
Three physicians and members OF hi
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