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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-11-21
I'm CRAZY, SAYS
17-YEAR-OLD AFTER
TELLING HIS STORY
Confesses He Slew Three Per.
sons and Charges He Com
mitted Many Crimes
sFOURTH.DEGREE' IS USED
Captive Escaped Last August
From Institution For
Mental Detectives

Chicago, Nov. 21.-(P)-From the
lips Of 17-year-old boy came q con-
fession, police said Monday, that he
had slain three persons and that he
was responsible for series of other
crimes, including the recent kidnap-
ing of Miss Lillian Henry, 20, niece
of Deputy Police Commissioner John
Alcock.
He was James Varecha, who told
police, they said, that he was crazy
IF you pin these crimes on me- he
said. I'll say I'm crazy. I've been
sent to Dixon twice and you can't get
around that"
The Dixon he referred to is state
institution for mental detectives at
Dixon. ILL.,, from which he escaped last
August.
After confessing Sunday night the
youth calmly smoked cigarette and
then went sound to sleep in his cell.
Confesses Three Crimes
To a confession of three Of the
crimes, the authorities said, the boy
signed his name-the Staying OF
Frank Jordan last Wednesday night;
the kidnapping and attack the same
night of Miss Henry, and the shoot
ing Nov. IA of James F. McElligot
during an attempted holdup.
Witnesses identified Varecha as the
perpetrator of the crimes. He made
verbal confessions to others, police
said, including score of robberies,
the fatal shooting of an old man on
the southwest side, and Staying OF a
Mexican in his home neigt16e6hopd.
He disliked Mexicans, Varecha told
police-so he shot them. He'd shot
perhaps seven of them, he recalled.
"They get filled up with that Mari
tuana and push you off the side
walk" complained Varecha.
Police are checking the confessed
acts.
Cool, defiant, frequently surly, Var
echa finally confessed under what
Alcock termed the fourth degree
technique. His questioners said they
appealed to his decisions OF grandeur.
Sister Gives Clue
Also instrumental in securing his
confession was the statement OF his
sister, at whose home Varecha at first
maintained he was at the time OF the
south side atrocities Wednesday night.
Mrs. Mary Minski, the sister. denied
he had appeared there until Thursday
morning, and told authorities he had
a gun with him.
"All right" Varecha then said.
you've got me now. If my sister says
that, I'll talk"
Varecha was captured Saturday az
ternoon in loop burlesque, three days
after the "crime wave" to which he
confessed swept the south-side.
After the questioning, Varecha pos
ed for photographers, with a cigaret
in his mouth. He suggested that
touch himself-"to show how cool I
am"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-11-21
Suffers Broken Leg
In Building Mishap

Frederick Warmer, son OF E. g..
Wanner, secretary Of the state board
Of administration. suffered broken
leg Saturday In an accident at the
site Of the new capitol building.
Young Wanner was helping to move
q chute which was being used to pour
concrete into the forms when he fell
from the ground floor to the basement
level, approximately so feet below. He
Is patient at st. Alexius hospital and
was reported resting easily Monday.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-11-21
Highway Worker at
ElbOWOOds Is Killed

Dickinson, N. D., Nov. 21.-(P-
Emory Refenburg, 80 years old, 2403
Lyndale avenue south, Minneapolis,
employed on q highway construction
crew at Elbowoods, was killed Satur-
day when the crane Of q steam shovel
struck him. His skull was fractured.
The body was brought here Sunday
and sent to his home in Minneapo-
lis.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-11-21
SP AN|SH WAR VETS
LAUNCH LOCALPOST
Name Officers At Meeting Fri
day Night; Invite Eligible
Men to Join

Organization of a Bismarck post
of the United Spanish War Veterans
was effected at a meeting of eligible
men Saturday night at the Grand
Pacific Hotel. A number of women
who are qualified for membership in
the auxiliary also were on hand.
Decision to name the post In honor
Of Levi M. Parsons honored a late
Bismarck resident who served with
distinction during the Spanish War
and who was widely known to Span
ish War veterans. Mr.. Parsons. an
employe of the Northwest Bell Tele-
phone company, died suddenly about a
year ago.
e. G. Warmer, Bismarck: S. E.
Arthur, Mandan, and A. r. Brooks,
Hazen were members of a nominating
committee and proposed a slate Of Of
ficers for the coming year which was
unanimously adopted as follows:
Commander, Joseph A. Kitchen,
Bismarck; Senior Vice Commander,
James M. Hanley, Mandan; Junior
Vice Commander, H. F. O'Hare, Bis
marck; Trustees-For three years, H.
H. Warren, Mandan; for two years,
Arthur w. Snow, Bismarck: for one
year, Fred A. Erickson, Bismarck;
Chaplain, Daniel Slattery, Bismarck;
Patriotic Instructor, Ernest G. Wan
ner, Bismarck: Officer of the Day,
Joseph L. Kelley, Bismarck: Officer
of the Guard. Rudolph w. Patzman,
Bismarck; Historian, John L. Peter
son. Bismarck.
Meeting dates were fixed as the
second Thursday Of each month.
Mrs. Bake of Minot, state auxi-
liary president, addressed the women
present and an application for an
auxiliary charter was signed. Others
present from out Of the city were
State Commander Mark w. Chatfield,
State Adjutant Bake OF Minot and
Comrade Hill Of Minot. The state Of
ficers mustered in the new officers Of
the local post.
All veterans within radius Of so
miles OF Bismarck have been asked to
become members Of the local organ
ization and anyone desiring informa-
ton may obtain 1t by writing to the
post commander. Men becoming
members by January !, 1888, will be
listed as charter members.
Posts already have been organized
at Dickinson and Minot and one is
being organized at jamestown.
Appointments announced by the
commander at the close Of the meet
ing were: Post quartermaster, Har-
old SorenSon, Bismarck: Post adju-
tant, s. e. Arthur, Mandan.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-11-21
Four Persons Are
Accident Victims

st. Paul, Nov. 2l.-(R-Four per-
sons died accidentally In Minnesota
and Wisconsin during the weekend.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Hanson, ne
siding near Bay City. Wis.,, were
killed when their automobile Wa
struck BY train near Haeer, Wis.
John Mannala Of Virginia, MINI,
drowned in . lake when his =,
plunged through tho Ice into 60 TT
Of water. August Anderson, Ct. Paul
was killed hy . en-.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-11-21
Slain WOman's Body
Is Found by Firemen

Washington, Nov. 2l.-(P)-The
body Of a woman, mutilated and part
ly burned. was found Sunday night by
firemen who broke through the root
of Capitol Heights, Nd, house to
extinguiSh fire.
Constable Earle Blackwell said the
woman. Mrs. Margaret ROLAND, 49,
was dead before fire reached the up
per floor Of the one and q half story
Crane dwelling. The woman's hus-
band was arrested
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-11-21
FARMER is KILLED

Beach, N. D., Nov. 21.-Louis Mann,
q farmer residing about 40 miles
north Of Beach, near Trotters. was
killed recently when his car rounded
q slippery turn and upset, killing him
almost instantly. Details Of the ac-
cident are lacking, although it Is
known that he leaves a wife and sew
eral children.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-11-21
HOLD RITES FOR SENATOR

Seattle, Nov. 2l.-(R-Final rites
for the late Senator Wesley L. Jones,
distinguished public servant for q
third Of q century, were marked
Monday by recognition from his SEN
atorial colleagues and from others
high In state and national life.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-11-21
HINT HOHENZOLLERNS'
RETURN MAY BE OBJECT

Paris, Nov. 21.-[P1-The arrival to
power Of Adolf Hitler in Germany,
either as chancellor or minister. was
declared by the newspaper Ere Mo-
velle Monday to mean the preparation
OF the way for the return Of the Ho-
henzollerns.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-11-21
Disarmament Cost
Exceeds War Debts

How the five principal European
debtor nations are spending for
military purposes each year All
amount much greater than their
scheduled debt payments to the
United States-a fact cited by ad-
vocateS of reduced armaments-is
shown in the accompanying table.
The figures on armament costs
are as of 1881 with the exception
of Belgium, which is for 1930) and
debt figures represent the pay
ments due in the fiscal year 1882.
These payments were postponed
by the Hoover one-year morato-
rum, now expired.
Combined, European debtor ma
tons were scheduled to pay the
United States about SPA, OOO, 900 in
1882 toward retirement of their
debts. Their combined expendi-
lures for ornaments represent
about $2,250,O0O,OO0 year, or
nine times that much.
The table showing the annual
debt payment due and the cost of
ornaments annually follows:
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-11-21

Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesdays
slightly warmer tonight.
Evening star., 1932-02-16
Fistic Battles
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
Philadelphia.-Tony Canzoneri, world
lightweight champion, outpointed Lew
Massey, Philadelphia U0), non-title;
Young Ketchell, Chester, Pa, outpoint-
ed Jimmy Smith, Philadelphia Q0).
New York. - Arthur Huttick. New
York, outpointed Bob Olin, New York
Q0).
Pittsburgh-Paul Pirrone. Cleveland,
outpointed Tiger Joe West Q0).
Chicago-Young Stuhley, Kewanee,
Ill, outpointed Jackie Horner, Louis
vile 80; Johnny Baima, Chicago, out
pointed Freddie Filler, Louisville go;
Costas VasSis, Greece, stopped Jerry
Kucera, Chicago %.
Buffalo, N. Y.-Joe Doctor, Buffalo,
knocked out Jimmy Mahoney, Chica-
go O.
Elmira N. Y.-Steve Halaiko, Au-
burn, N. Y, outpointed Babe Herman,
California O0).
Terre Haute, Ind.-Bud Salts, Chi
cago, outpointed Sammy kid Slaugh-
ter, Terre Haute Q0).
Hot Springs, Ark.-Tony Leto, Tam
pa, Fla. stopped Joe Lynn, Terre Haute,
Ind. CD.
Evening star., 1932-02-16
Yankee Bobsledders Seeking
Speed Marks ON Icy Run After
Winning Winter Olympic Event

United States making six individual
Olympic titles to fall into the hands
of the 1882 hosts, five more than the
United States ever has won before in a
a single set of Winter games. 1t was the
daring victory of an experienced pilot,
and the running brought thrills and
chills to 10000 spectators lining the
course as team after team. fighting to
make time, gambled with the dangerous
surface and the rims of the monstrouS
curves.
But today almost the same set of
drivers with the exception of FiSke,
Baron von Mumm of Germany and
Count Rossi Di Montelera of Italy, boil
stored by the addition of Harry Gray
son Martins Olympic alternate four,
and teams piloted by three of the bob
Shedding Stevens brothers of Lake Placid,
Raymond, Curtis and the two-man
Olympic champion, Hubert, faced the
kind of a track they've wanted all
along.
Yesterdays times in the final heats
were about as fast as any one would
want to travel anywhere. Twice Fiske
came down the mile and "a nalf in l
minute STAT seconds and 1869,
while Hor,burger in his last desperate
effort to catch up made his final heat
in 1:5428, rocketing around the tops
of curves at 10 miles an hour.
Evening star., 1932-02-16
The First Olympic Games

from each other by hills and waters,
perhaps because the indiVidualiStic idea
was born in them, the HelleneS ever
united into one nation. Sometimes
they presented a common front against
a foe, but their government was gov
eminent of cities-or city States-each
one of them as independent as a mod
ern nation.
A Greek belonging to one city was an
alien in any other. Exile from the
walled town where he wor born meant
that he was man without a country.
His city owned his loyalty, and he
would live and die for it,
But he also had a pride OF race to
such an extent that he regarded any
place where HelleneS lived as part OF
Hellas. This made the boundaries OF
the country little vague. In fact they
were so vague that in a sense they
took in the habitation of the gods. 1t
never occurred to a Greek that the gods
could be anything except Greeks.
This idea had a direct bearing on
the games. 1t followed that the main
difference between the gods and other
Greeks was that the gods were immor-
tai They did many mighty deeds
which were sung by poets-but they did
them without toll or effort. Zeus could
toss thunder bolt as man could
toss pebble.
Frequently, according to report, the
gods had come down from Olympus.
They had had human children. who
were half gods, half mortals. Many of
the Greeks boasted of these demi-gods
as among their ancestors.
The final assumption was that there
was something godlike in every man.
And how could he pay greater tribute
to the gods than by mentally and phys
ically bringing himself as near to their
state of perfection as he could?
Phidias and other Sculptors when
they made statues representing the gods
took as models the most perfect human
figures they could find. To the Greeks
the gods were beings of physical per-
and please the gods must so care for
and cultivate their bodies by exercise as
to make them godlike.
The Greeks were both individualiStS
and idealists. They believed that each
man must work out his own salvation,
and that his favor with the gods de-
pended upon his giving them the best
he had. 1t was a pretty good belief.
Thus the games held in the vale of
Ellis in honor of Olympian Zeus, great
est of all the gods, were not only trials
of skill, but were in the nature of a
religious festival. Thither journeyed all
Greece to lay its flower of youth and
strength upon the shrine. While Zeus
was chiefly honored, other gods came in
for some share of attention. For eX-
ample, while some say that discus
hrowing was an invention of Perseus,
others maintain that the discus throw
ers sought the favor of Apollo who
each day takes the sun as his discus
and scales it across the sky. To the
Greeks the gods were mainly joyous be-
ings who kept the world in bloom and
regulated life.
(Next-The Olympian PriZes)
tCcpyright, 1882. by the North American
Newspaper Alliance, 1ncD
Evening star., 1932-02-16
Lake Placid Pays S52,468
Village Regards Winter Olympics Deficit Good
Investment in Its Future, However.

ment, the stadium and the running
of the games themselves brought the
total cost of the Olympics to date to
S1,137, ,653.13, the statement said.
But Lake Placid got most Of that
money from the State and the town
of North Elba, where the village is
located
Chairman Wells financial state
ment places the total budgeted in
come" at S1,0S5, 1883, including an
anticipated 100000 appropriation by
the New York Legislature. The
State already has appropriated
100000 and the town of North Elba
Park district, $3500O0.
The unseasonably warm weather
that caused frequent poStponements
and kept customers away, was
blamed for half of the $52.468l5
deficit stated in the report. Approx
imately half that amount was spent
restoring the S225,000 bob run, the
ski jump and the stadium to con-
dition after they were all but washed
out by warm rain on two occasions.
Only village funds went into the
building of the arena, at a cost of
$254,0ll59. the largest single item
of expenditure.
Evening star., 1932-02-16
OCAL wrestling fans are due

r OCAL wrestling fans are due
Thursday to see in Ernie
Dusek, younger brother of
the more famous Rudy, a
youngster who is being hailed as the
most likely-looking wrestling pros
pect drawing a salary from New
York today.
Twenty-Five years old and weigh
ing around 220 pounds LII Ernie
already has had more than six years
of experience and, according to big
brother Rudy, wrestled Jim Londos
to 45-minute draw when he was
18. But that was before Ed White
sat in Jimmy's corner.
Anyway, Ernie will go into his
match with the popular DR.. Ralph
Wilson a favorite to make the In
diana medico say ''nuff." They will
oppose in the semi-final, a 45-minute
time limit affair, at the Strand
Theater
The feature match, which will
bring together Fred Grobmeier,
hook-scissors expert, and Matros
Kirilenko, Russian strong man, is
expected to pack the Strand. which
holds considerably less than the
Washington Auditorium, which this
week is being used by the National
Education Association.
Three Commute preliminary
matches will precede the Dusek-
Wilson and Grobmeier- Kirilenko
bouts, and each of these promises
entertainment. Fritz Kley, animat-
ed pretzel, will tackle FREDERICK Ca
rome, a newcomer; George Kotso-
mares will play with Tiger Nelson
and Eddie Shabo, United States
Navy champion, will get together
with Harry Nixon, champ of the
Army.
Evening star., 1932-02-16
BAILEY HIGH ROLLER,
NEWS LEADS TEAMS
Evening Star Ace, With Average
of ITO, Pressed by Four in
Commercial League.

''Hoke" Bailey Of The Evening Star
team garnering most of the individual
laurelS during the first two series of the
Commercial League season. Bailey
whose rolling has played major part
in The Star teams recent squirt to Sec
ond place, has the top average of 110-37
and also has made the most strikes
and spares. 80 anG. 1875.
Four pinmen virtually are tied for
second place. Gochenour of Woodward
& Lothrop has l09-25; Edmonston of
Peoples Drug stores has 109-7; Leven-
der OF Wonder Bread has 109-19. and
Burrows of The Evening Star has
109-17.
Consistency has been the keynote of
the success of the Daily News team,
which is leading The Stars outfit by
two games.
Evening star., 1932-02-16
BY the Associated Press
Y AXE PLACID, New York, Feb

BY the Associated Press.
7 AXE PLACID, New York, Feb
ruary l6.-Bad weather and
L. all, gate receipts for the third
Winter Olympics, ended here
with the running of the postponed
four-man bobsled races amounted to
$4,000, or only $4,000 less than the
Olympic Committee expected, the
committee said yesterday.
Emerging from a maze of figures
on costs and receipts, this Adiron-
dack resort found that it will pay
$50, ,468.l5. the Winter games deficit,
for the privilege of writing its name
boldly into the history of interna-
tional Winter sports competition.
On the whole. the official an
nouncements said, the village has
made good investment in its own
future.
From the beginning. We, here in
Lake Placid, knew that the gate re-
ceipts could never pay more than
fraction of the cost of putting on the
games" said Willis Wells. chairman
Of the Finance Committee of the
Olympic Committee.
We knew we would have to take
care of our share of the expense
Construction of the big arena, al
most as large as Madison Square
Garden, with its ice-making equip
Evening star., 1932-02-16
HOUSTON TO SING
! WMAL FEATURE
Star of Recent 0perettas and
Ruth Etting on Tonight's
Bill.

George Houston, baritone. formerly
with the American and Philadelphia
Opera companies and recently starred
in the Winthrop Ames productions of
Gilbert and Sullivan operettaS. will be
the soloiSt with Frant Stretz and his
orchestra in a broadcast tonight over
WMAL and associated Columbia sta
tions
Ruth Etting, another famous artist,
also will be heard over WMAL in the
"Broadway's Greatest Thrills" program
at 8:45 o'clock. She will sing Shine
On. Harvest Moon" The dramatic por-
tion of the program will depict an event
in the life of the late Nora Bayes.
In the Bath Club program Margaret
Santry will interview Ursula Parrott,
author of "EX-Wife" and other novels.
Frank Ventree's orchestra and Barbara
Maurel will provide the musical back
ground for this broadcast.
Opera Excerpts Featured.
Excerpts from Il Pagliacci" will fea-
ture the Grand Opera Miniature pro-
gram at 10 o'clock. Frederic Baer,
baritone: Theodore Karle, tenor. and
Adele VaSa, soprano, will be the princi-
pal soloists.
Radio Joe and his Budget Boys have
arranged another Loose Ends" pro-
gram for their weekly broadcast at 1880
o'clock The program will be dedicated
to Radio JoeS tin foil contributors.
Musical comedy hits of 20 years ago
will be revived in the Brush Mans pro-
gram tonight over WRC and other Ma
tional Broadcasting Co stations. Earl
Spicer. baritone. and Mabel jackson,
soprano. will take part in this program,
assisted hy Don Voorhees, orchestra
Two popular orchestras will contrib
ute to the tri-weekly dance hour at
10 O'Clock One-half of the program
will be provided by Jack Dennys Or
chestra in Montreal, and the other half
by Jack Miles Orchestra in Albany.
Old Favorites Selected.
Three old favorites which have en-
joyed tremendous popularity in past
years have been selected by Julia Sam
derson and Frank Crumit for their
Plantation programs "Hoo-o Amt You
Comm Out Tonight" the opening Sc
lection. will be followed by Twas in
September" and "Hitchy Koo."
Senator Costigan Of Colorado. CO.
author of the Costigan-Ia Toilette un-
employment relief bill, will discuss this
measure in broadcast tonight over
WJSV. This stations musical features
will be provided by the Shoreham Or
chestra and Elmer Calloways Orches-
ira.
Howard M. Cooper, pianist. and Jacob
Sokol, baritone. will contribute to the
program of VOL In addition there will
be recitals by Rose Novak violinist, and
Dorothy Reddish. soprano, and con-
cert by the South Sea Serenaders.
Evening star., 1932-02-16
RING AND MAT BOUTS
ON KENSlNGTON CARD
Program to Be Given by National
Guard Promises to Provide
Plenty of Action.

Interesting battling is expected to
n ark the card of six amateur boxing
ana two wrestling encounters tomorrow
night at the Kensington National Guard
Armory.
The program, which will be staged
under the auspices of and for the bene-
fit of the Howitzer National Guard
company. will start at $50 o'clock. 1t
will be in charge of Brooke Grubb
Jack Baxter. who has shown strongly
on the foot bali field for Tech High.
will engage Stan Crielieski of Balti-
more in the feature boxing bout. well
terweight affair. Baxter will represent
the D. c. American Legion.
Tickets may be had at Vic Sports
Shop, the Fairway and the Silver Spring
bowling alleys.
Evening star., 1932-02-16

T AXE PLACID, N. Y, February
16.-The 1882 Winter Olympics
| over, band of daredevils took
their bobsleds out today to
prove the sports lure on deadly Mount
Van Hoevenberg, or break their necks
in the attempt.
There were no officials of the In
ternati2nal Bobsleigh Committee to
raise warning hands. no loose snow
piled inches deep in the straightaways,
for safety's sake, nothing to stop the
binding speed that can be attained
when the mile and half chute down
the steep mountainside is in perfect
condition.
All night workmen raked snow from
the course and sprayed it with water
until it glistened in the frosty moon
ed, FURNISHED silver. 1t was track for
Americans and American speed down
path of ice, not snow track to balance
things for international competitors.
~ WOO IilC lloSh 1Ol UllC ANOl III f1lllCll-
can and Amateur Athletic Union four
man bobsled championships today and
eight teams, among them the world
record holding crew Of nervy young
Hank Hamburger gleefuliy faced the
reconditioned slide.
Yesterday, on surface still covered
with snow left there by the order of
Erwin Hachmann Of Germany, and AL
bert Meyer of Belgium, rough and
lumpy from the freezing of Sundays
slush, Billy Fiske piloted his team to
the Olympic four-man championship in
the final event of the games that ended
officially Saturday
Fiske with Eagan, Clifford (Tippy)
Gray and Jay O'Brien behind him,
nosed out Homburger's local tRed
Devils) in two final, spectacular heats
by margin of only 2-1OO seconds to
retain the championship Billy won in
the 1928 games in Switzerland.
he
Evening star., 1932-02-16
Mat Matches

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, N. Y.-Jim Londos, 2Ol,
Greece, threw Jim McMillen. 2l5, Chi
cago. AZ :39; Dick Daviscourt, 225. Cali
fornia, drew with Kola Kwariani, 2l8
Russia, 5000; Matros Kirilenko, 2l4,
Russia, drew with Fritz Kley, 2l0, Ger
many. 2o:OO; Dick Shikat, PIG, Phila-
delphia. threw Paul Favore, 2l0, France
144l; Leo Pinetzki, 276, Poland, threw
Don Leron, 22S, Canada, 557; Sander
Szabo, 2O5, Hungary, threw Jim Corri-
gan, 2l0, California, 5:31: Sam Stein,
200, Newark threw George Hagen. New
York, 2l2. in 20:23; Tiny Roebuck, 248,
Oklahoma, threw AL Pierotti 205, Bos-
ton, 2:58.
WORCESTER, Mass. Ed Don
George. Buffalo, defeated Lee Wykoff,
two falls out of three George first,
2l:20; Wykof second, LAG; George
third, 6:28).