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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-12-28
WINNIE JUDD CALLED
BEFORE GRAND JURY
No Details DivuIged as Doomed
Slayer Is Taken From Her
Prison Cell

Phoenix, Ariz., Dec. 28.-lR}-Win-
ME Ruth Judd, sentenced to hang
Feb. II for the murder of Agnes Ann
EeRoi, was called before the Mari
copa county grand jury here We'd
nesday. She was brought from her
cell In the state penitentiary at Flor
ence. Nothing was divulged as to
the reason for her appearance.
A large crowd gathered in the COR
ridors Of the court house, recalling
the huge throiags that attended her
trunk murder trial here.
The condemned slayer and her hus-
band, DR.. w. G. Judd, recently an
nounced they would tell the truth
and the whole truth" Of her case.
Dr.. Judd, who left q government
hospital at Prescott to come to Phoe-
nix, said ate that time he was going
to reveal what he should have done
months ago" and that Mrs. Judd
then would stand exouerated and
another person would be In prison
cell.
Since his arrival here, however, the
husband has not made any public
disclosures.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-12-28
Three Aged Women
Perish in Flames

Stanwood, Mich, Dec. %. - R -
Three aged women inmates burned to
death, a dozen persons suffered minor
burns and cuts, and 30 more escaped
early Wednesday when fire destroyed
the Mecosta county poor farm home
near here.
The dead were identified tentative
ly as Leila Wilson, IS, Mrs. Hiram
Smith, IS, and Emma Randall. IS, all
of Grand Rapids, Mich. Poor farm
attendants who carried many Of the
inmates to safety were unable to
reach them on the second floor.
OF the As inmates, at least q dozen
suffered minor injuries as they fled
the blaze, which started in the boile-
room.
An inmate, awakened at q. m. by
smoke, gave the alarm Fire depart
ments from nearby towns responded.
but were unable to subdue the blaze.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-12-28
Rain Brings End to
South American War

Buenos Aires, Dec. 28.-(ReThe
rainy season has started In the Gran
Chaco jungle and the undeclared war
between Bolivia and Paraguay ap-
parently Is postponed .==.defi.!tely.
Reports that Paraguay was with
drawing troops from the battle line in
dicated Wednesday that another chap
ter In the history OF the 50-year boun-
Diary dispute between the only inland
nations Of South America was COM
plete.
Casualties have been so heavy since
this years fighting began in July that
the manpower Of both countries hal
been greatly weakened. "a report or
total casualties this month listed 49,.
600 Bolivians and $1,000 Paraguayan,
slain Or incapacitateO.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-12-28
College Offers Matrimony Course
To Combat Evil Of Modern Divorce

(Indianapolis) divorce rate for
1880 Of 40.55 divorces for each 100
weddings. as compared with the
1865 rate for the entire nation.
I'VE have become convinced
some special degree Of education
now Is needed for happiness In
marriage" he said. The new
course, which begins Jan. ~. will
include weekly evening lectures on
the physical, psyche biological, eco
nomic, social and religious aspects
Of welded life.
University officials said they be-
leved this Is the first time an
American college has offered q
course In marriage for general
registration.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-12-28
R0bber Suspects
Plead Not Guilty

Minneapolis, Dec. 28.-lR-Three
men indicted Tuesday on murder and
bank robbery charges In the Third
Northwestern National bank holdup
pleaded not guilty to the charges in
district court Wednesday.
Trial Of Leonard Hankins, also
known as Lewis, and Robert New
bern, was set for Jan. I. Trial OF
James Devolt, also known - Cotton,
was set for Jan. 10.
Twenty deputy shetiffs and police
men guarded the courtroom OF Judge
w. w. Bardwell as the prisoners were
arraigned against possible attempts
to uberate the gunner.
Counsel for Newbern obtained per-
mission to enter q demurrer and mo-
ton to quash the indictment.
Hankins and Newhern were brought
into court shackled together.
Attorneys, for Newbern asked for
an extension Of time, which was de-
MED. Golf then said he would move
for the trial Of Hankins first. New
bern and HankinS were returned Ia
the county jail and Devolt was
brought down and entered not guilty
pleas to similar indictments. HIS at-
torney indicated the defense would
be ready 1T that data.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-12-28
CLOSE CHAPTER ON
PRESENT CHARGES

Athens, Greece, Dec. 28-R)eFur'
Their proceedings cannot be taken IN
Greece against Samuel insult on the
same charges on which court Tues
day ruled he was unextraditable, q
legal authority said.
The decision was binding upon
Greek executive authorities, barring
them from further steps should they
be SO inclined, 1t was declared.
President Georgopoulos, Of the cour!
of appeal, said there has been no At
tempt by executive powers to influ-
ence the court. ct ruled insult could
not be extradited to the U. s. on the
evidence which was intended to show
him guilty Of larceny and embezzle-
ment in connection with the collapse
OF his Middle West Utilities enter
prises).
Even had they tried to influence
U.S." the court president said, Greek
judges, you know. pay no attention td
enybody's pressure"
Georgopoulos, who Is one Of the
most distinguished Greek jurists, said
all the judges believed insult was alb
solutely innocent Of any criminality.
The procedure now was for the
court to submit its finding to the min
istry Of justice, which will transmit 1t
to the foreign office for communities
ton to the American legation.
The text Of the decision showed the
court found technical formalities OBJ
served by the accused were legal, al
were his acts which were dictated
by circumstances impelling him to &C.
CONTINUED on page seven)
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-12-28
Alleged N. D. Slayer
Held Without Bond

Davenport, Iowa, Dec. 28.-(P)-An
eastern trip by local officer We'd
nesday delayed proceedings in the
case of Jack Spiesman, held on a
charge of Staying an officer at Dev-
lis Lake, N. D., in 1924.
He is in the. Scott county Jail,
awaiting return of Federal Marshal
Fred Hird, who went to West Vir-
gtnia with another prisoner. Just
when Hird will return Is uncertain.
spokesman waived preliminary hear
ing Tuesday and was remanded to
Jail without bond. He was arrested
Monday by federal officers. The
warrant charges he shot Charles
Sneesby in an attempt to rob the
Devils Lake postoffice June as, 1924.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-12-28
JAPS Will BOLSTER
ARMY IN MANCHURIA
DESPITEDEPRESS|ON
Declare They Are lust Trying
to Catch Up With Other
Major Powers
DECLARE crisis EXISTS
Parliament Next Month to Take
Action on Largest Budget
in History

Tokyo, Dec. 28.-(P-Plans to boil
ster Japan's military strength In
Manchuria were announced by the
war office.
Basic changes in the nations en-
tire military establishment and its
administration also were to be ef-
fected. Modernization of arms and
equipment and the training of al
least 100000 officers and men in their
use were important phases of the re-
form plan.
It was announced that, although
the number Of units would be but
little increased, the quality of equip
ment of Japan's forces in Manchuria
would be greatly improved. More
airplanes, tanks, heavy guns and mo-
torized units and improved methods
Of communication would be pro-
vided.
For this purpose, the forces re-
naming in Japan proper would be
reduced as much as possible. Funds
needed for the readjustment were
included in the army's 448O00,000 yen
budget for l933-34 announced Nov,
rs. (This is about $94,O00OO00
The war office statement said, al
though the empire was in the throes
of world depression, further post
ponement of army readjustment was
impossible lin view of the present
crisis"
Swollen principally by the needs
of the army for another years cam.
paign in Manchuria, the japanese
budget of 2,239,0OO,000 yen (about
$470, 100000 already has been ap-
proved by the cabinet and will come
before parliament when it reassem-
bles Jan. 20. The budget is the larg-
est in Japan's history.
The war office declared its pur-
pose was non-aggressive and that
Japan was merely trying to close a
gap by which it hitherto had Jagged
behind the military progress of other
world powers.
A war office spokesman said Japa-
nese forces in Manchuria at present
were under 10000 men but that re-
adjustment in the course of the BIZ
ennium will make the strength from
10000 to $4,000 well-equipped troops.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-12-28
ROADS RENEW PLEA
FOR HIGHER RATES
Statistician Says 122 Systems
Are Operating At a Loss
At Present

Washington, Dec. 28.-(P-Testi-
mony to support their plea that in
creased freight rates be continued
after next March 81 was placed be-
fore the Interstate Commerce Com
mission Wednesday by railroad rep
resentatives.
DR.. Julius H. Parmelee, director OF
the bureau of railway economics, the
first witness, told the commission
that traffic and revenues have de-
clined continuously since 1929, and
that the carriers as whole have
failed to meet their fixed charges.
The commission granted, effective
last Jan. 4, surcharges on present
rates, specifying that they be dis
continued March 81, 1888. The reve-
nue. thus derived was ordered pooled
for the benefit of roads unable to
meet interest charges.
The railroads asked that the in
creaSeS be continued, but without the
requirement for pooling revenues.
DR.. Parmelee said that If the de-
cline In total operating revenue OF
class ! carriers continues at the pres
ent rate, the total for 1882 will be
less than so per cent of the 1929 in
come. He fixed the net 1929 operat-
ing income at $1,251 ,698, 900, equiva-
lent to a 4.81 per cent return on prop
erty investment. The return for the
first 10 months of this year was es-
timated at lis per cent.
The carriers as a whole, DR.. Par
melee said. failed to earn fixed
charges, the net deficit amounting
to $169 100000 during the first nine
months Of 1882, with the total for
the year likely to reach 5000, 900 900
The number OF roads operating at a
loss were placed at 122.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-12-28

indianapolis. Dec. 28.-(R-To
prepare for matrlmony, or to solve
family problems Of the already
welded, Butler University We'd
nesday announced 1t win offer q
course in marriage.
The instructor will be Charles
r. Metzger, 80, twice-married at
torney with experience In divorce
cases.
The wo-cheaper-than-one the
DRY doesn't apply here. although
married couples may register for
$50 while single students pay 8
per semester.
Dr.. Albert =. Bailey. dean Of the
university extension division.
pointed to the Marion county
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-12-28
REPORT DISCLOSES
300 ITEMS GIVEN
IN HEART CAMP Align
Articles Donated BY 315 Per.
sons Distributed BY Legion
to 324 Families
81 CHILDREN 0UTFITTED
About 30 More Will Be Cared
For When School Re-Opens,
Chairman Says

Bismarck's American Legion open
Your Heart" campaign distributed
$500 articles to 1924 different families
during its annual pre- holiday activ-
ity, report issued Wednesday by L.
v. Miller, campaign chairman, dis
closed. ~.
And its work is not yet finished.
Because some school children who
were recommended for shoes and
clothing were Ill at the time their
comrades were outfitted, a cash fund
was set aside to take care of them lat
er. These will be assembled as soon
as school re-openS and outfitted on
recommendation of Miss Esther Teich-
mann, school nurse, Miller said. The
number is expected to reach 40. The
total Of those already cared for Is 81.
Although the original intention was
to confine purchases to shoes and
overshoeS, the dire need in many cases
made 1t necessary to buy underwear,
shirts and stockings and in some cases
to supply two or more of these items
so that children could have "a
change" One boy was completely
outfitted except for an overcoat and
cap.
The financial report of the work
shows profit of $116.64 on the an
nual Charity Ball and $356.64 donated
by citizens of Bismarck and vicinity,
a total of $473.18.
OF this sum approximately 5000 re-
mains to be used in QUILTING school
children. Miller made 1t plain that
it win not be used for any other pur-
pose since the general work of the
open Your Heart" committee has
been completed for this year.
The number of donors, including
those who gave cash, was 315 and
items contributed included clothing,
shoes, bedding, household equipment
and toys.
OF the 1924 families which received
aid the smallest gift was one item,
the largest 80 items. This big pack
age went to family listing seven
children between the ages of one and
IL years. The average gift was 11.2
articles per person or family helped.
One of the unusual cases handled
by the "Open Your Heart" campaign
was that of very young" married
woman who was soon to become a
mother, Miller said. The only pre-
paration she had been able to make
for the event was to make two baby
nightgowns. From the gifts donated
to them the Legionnaires selected a
complete baby outfit. It was listed
as one item.
In addition to the distribution of
clothing and similar items, the COM
mittee sent out 125 boxes containing
candy. nuts and toys. OF these 80
went to city families and IS to fami-
lies in the rural sections of Burleigll
county.
Miller made special mention of bus
mess houses which made generous
donations of toys, clothing and other
merchandise to the campaign. Firms
listed were A. w. Lucas company,
Dahl Clothing company, E. B. Klein,
8 and L Store, Winston-New The
Children's Shop (Mrs. Kennelly) !:
Capital Army and Navy Store and q
store at Regain.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-12-28
CERTIFICATES FOR
CAPITOL ARE NOT
STATE OBLIGATION
Attorney General Says lndebt-
edness chargeable to Cap
. itoI Fund Only
Certificates of indebtedness issued

Certificates of indebtedness issued
by the North Dakota capitol commits
sion do not constitute an Indebtedness
Of the State of North Dakota but are
a charge only against the state capt.
tol building fund out Of which the
certificates are payable on their ma
turity, according to formal opinion
announced Wednesday by Attorney
General James Morris.
The capitol commission has sold
$400, 900 of certificates of Indebtedness
to the Bank Of North Dakota. The
certificates are issued against unas-
sessed and uncollected taxes of the
future and are to be retired as the
money becomes available.
After studying the transcript per-
tanning to the issue of the certificates,
Morris said the certificates comply
with the provisions Of the capitol COM
mission act.
The capitol building fund, he said.
Is not devoted exclusively to the re-
tirement of the certificates.
AS q practical matter, Morris added,
1t would appear that the certificates
are In fact payable out of any moneys
left in the capitol building fund after
the capitol building has been con-
structed and equipped ito which resi-
due will be added from time to time
money realized from lands belonging
to the state capitol land grant trust
with all other income accruing to said
t~sv IN
mission act.
In my opinion" Morris said, 1.-THE
state may authorize and has author
lied the issuance of certificates of in
debtedness against the prospective in
come Of such trust for the purpose OF
building state capitol"
The attorney general called atten-
ton that there will accrue TO the cap
itol building fund moneys realized
from the one-tenth of mill tax levy
for erecting and equipping the struc-
ture.
"This levy, however, is not an ire
pealable levy" the opinion continues,
land may be increased, decreased or
entirely abolished by any succeeding
legislature. You will therefore know
that no sinking fund is provided for
out Of which payment of these certi-
ficates Is to be made. They are, how
ever, legally and regularly issued and
payable out Of such funds as may be
In the state capitol building fund at
the time the respective certificates
mature. This fund can be used for no
other purpose than to erect and equip
q state capitol building and pay state
capitol building fund certificates"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-12-28
RULES ON COAL TAX

Washington, Dec. 28.-(PeAttor-
ney General Mitchell will forward i'm
mediately to the. treasury department
an opinion on whether coal imported
from Canada, Germany and Great
Britain should be taxed. Coal from
those countries now is coming In with
out tax being collected but the guam
titles are being recorded in case the
attorney general finds the tax may
be imposed.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-12-28
POTTER'S CLEMENCY
REQUEST DENIED BY
N. D. PARDON BOARD
Applications Of Two Other 'Lif.
ers' At Penitentiary Also
Considered

Clemency for Raymond Potter
serving a life term In the state peni.
tertiary for first-degree murder, ha.
been denied by the state pardon
board.
The board, at a special meeting
which began at 2 p. m. Tuesday and
continued until past midnight, hearc
numerous pleas for Potter's release
Attorneys, jurors and the judge who
figured in Potter's two trials, the first
of which was a disagreement and the
second resulting in conviction, ap-
peared before the board.
Potter asked for a Communication OF
pardon.
The attorneys, judge and jurors who
participated in the Potter trial were
heard by the board at a special hear
ing at which other pending applica-
tons for clemency were also consid-
cred.
Scott Cameron, Bismarck, who de-
Tended Potter; F. E. McCurdy, former
states attorney; John Sullivan, Man
dan, special prosecutor; George s.
Register, present states attorney;
Hugh McCulloch, Washburn, now rep
resenting Potter: District Judge Fred
Jansonius, who presided at the trial
and several jurors in the first of the
two trials of Potter were heard by the
board. Potter himself also appeared
before the five members Of the board
Application of two other "lifers'
were considered by the board, and in
both cases recommendations made
to the next pardon board to give the
cases further consideration.
The board recommended that the
case Of Joseph Thronson, serving q
life term since January, 1920, be in
vestigated after he has served so pei
cent Of his life expectancy, which Is
about three years hence.
He was sentenced from Grand
Forks county by the late Judge A. T.
Cole after pleading guilty to charge
Of murder.
Consideration Of the case Of Clar-
ence Orion, sentenced from TowneI
county April II, 1915, also was rec
commended at the end of the so pei
cent life expectancy period, about
three years from now.
The pardon boards meeting is ex-
pected to be the last to be held by
the present board. Governor George
F. Shafer, chairman, and Attorney
General James Morris retire after
the first Of the year, while the third
ex-officio member, Chief Justice A
M. Christianson, is to be replaced by
q new chief justice to be chosen by
the supreme court. The two appoin-
tive members, j. E. Davis, Bismarck
and John Hulteng, Grand Forks
were appointed for the duration Of
the governors term.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-12-28
FU7UREPR0CEDURE,
HOWEVER, PUZZLES
CHICAGO OFFICIALS
Greek Court Tuesday Refused
to Extradite Former
Utilities Car
MAY RETURN VOLUNTARILY
Appeal From Decision and Ap-
proach From Another
Angle Considered
MAY RETURN VOLUNTARILY

Chicago, Dec. 28.-(P)-The fight to
bring Samuel insult. ST., back to the
u. s. to face his accusers is to go on,
but there was a big question mark
Wednesday as to the method Of pro-
cedure.
This was indicated by the prosecu-
ton, which accused the former utili-
ties car of larceny and embezzlement
on which the Greek court Of appeals
at Athens refused to order his ex-
tradition to the U. S. on the ground
dispositions failed to support the ale
cations.
There was a possibility States At
torney Thomas j. Courtney would ask
the state department at Washington
to request the Greek government to
deport insult to some country from
which he might be extradited, but he
declined to give a definite answer.
His reply was he would make every
effort" but beyond that he would
make no further comment.
He did say, however. that he would
first ask Assistant States Attorneys
Charles A. Bellows and Andrew j
Vlachos to see If it Is possible to ap'.
peal from the decision Of the Greek
court, which held insult had no frau
dulent intention when payment OF
$4,000 and 100000 allegedly were
made to brokers by Oliver Mccormick,
treasurer Of the utilities concerns, IN
behalf Of insults brother, Martin. The
latter now is out on bond at Orula,
Ont, pending the states next move
on charges similar to those mace
against his brother.
All efforts to guard against tech
nicalities which might prevent Mar
tins extradition, the prosecutor SAID,
would be made.
Meanwhile there is to be no let up
= in the federal governments inquiry
into the affairs of the insult compa-
MES, Melvin H. Purvis. chief OF the
Chicago office of the bureau OF IN
vestigation in the department OF JUS
tice said. Should federal indictments
be voted against the insults the gov
eminent is expected to begin its own
extradition proceedings, Independent
of any action which may be pending
in the courts of Cook county. Chicago.
The word of the Greek courts rul-
ing Tuesday prompted Former Assist
ant States Attorney Hampton to say
that apparently the Athens tribunal
had taken upon itself the right to say
whether the allegations against 1nsull
were criminal in Greece.
The courts decision likewise LED TO
speculation as to what the elder In
sulrs next move would be. At one
point in the Athens proceedings his
counsel said insult did not wish to be
carried back to America q prisoner.
but rather desired to establish his IN
nocence and then return voluntarily.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-12-28
Still Search for
Bodies of Miners

Moweaqua, ILL.,, Dec. 28.-(R-Res-
cue squads pushed forward with re-
newed vigor Wednesday Is they at
tempted to wrest from the community
coa1 mine the last Of the 81 victims
Of the states greatest mine explosion.
Four and possibly six more bodies
were recovered early Wednesday. They
were found In two mine cars q short
while after rescuers, working day and
night since the blast last Saturday,
had resumed operations following .
brief delay during which passageways
Nsrs cleared o5 poisonous sass
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-12-28
SERIOUS ABOUT FRYING EGGS

0E1S1V00 N0OOx CRx1NO EOOO
Milwaukee, WIS.,, Dec. 28.-R-A
midnight quarrel which ragged about a
guests ability to fry eggs ended In q
stabbing which sent Leon Krause to a
hospital. He was In serious condition
Wednesday with two wounds over his
heart. Albert Barber. ct whose home
Ithe stabhing occurred. was arrested
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-12-28
ELECTED L q. q. CHAIRMAN

ELECTED I. G. C. CHAIRMAN
Washington, Dec. 28.-(R-Patrick
]. Farrell Wednesday was elected
chairman Of the interstate Commerce
Commission to take office Jan. !.
He Is Democrat and viii serve =
year.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-12-28
Weather Report

Unsettled tonight; Thursday
generally fair; colder.