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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-01-15
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Third Expert Says
Hauptmann Writer
OF Ransom Notes

that the Il ransom notes were writ.
ten by an educated man, and not by
his client.
Three mystery witnesses came 70
the end Of their transatlantic trail
Tuesday. brought here In . prosecu-
ton effort to break Hauptmann's
state-labelled "Fisch myth"
The prosecution took elaborate pre-
cautions to guard the witnesses, but
It was understood they are Germans
who will answer Hauptmanns story
that he received the Lindbergh ran
som money unwittingly from his dead
friend Isador Fisch.
At least two Of them were believed
to be relatives Of Fisch, come to testify
that he died In poverty and never
showed signs Of having possessed the
ransom wealth.
As the lie de France headed up New
York bay, to dock at II q. M, eastern
standard time, the state planned to
whiSk the witnesses away from quar-
antine aboard . revenue cutter and
spirit them to q spot Of seclusion.
New York Detective Arthur John
son accompanied them, returning to
testify for the state Of hts investiga.
ton abroad into Hauptmauns past
and the Fisch angle.
Not Writer Of Notes
In answer to the defense conten-
tion that Fisch wrote tho Lndbergh
ransom notes, collected the $4,000 and
entrusted part Of It to Hauptmanu
before he sailed to Germany, where
he died ten months ago. . member Of
the prosecution said:
New Jersey has conclusive proof
that Fisch could not have written the
ransom notes"
The name Of Fisch went into the
court record for the first time during
the detenseS cross-examination a
state handwriting experts. Haupe.
manns attorneys sought 70 draw IN
admission that Fisch might have been
the ransom note writer.
The first two Of the states author
tiles, Albert 8. Osborn and ndS1dCe
w. Stein, testified they were con-
vinced Hauptmann was the writer and
that FischS handwriting bore no
resemblance to that Of the ransom
extortionist.
The defense limited Each might have
copied Hauptmann's handwriting. II
counterfeit this contention, the state
said It would prove that Tlsch dc
not meet his subsequent business part
ner, Hauptmann, until months after
the Lindbereh kidnapping had been
committed and the ransom collected
Four other experts were On tn
states list: Herbert J. Walters q
Chicago, n. =. Cassidy Of Richmond
Va, Wilmer eouders Of the Uuitet
states treasury department. an
Clark Sellers Of San Francisco.
Stationery Of the same sort W.
found In Hauptmann1 Bronx home
state attorneys said. and importance
was attached TO the fact that two O.
the ransom notes were written On
single sheet Of letterpaper which has
been torn In two.
/ The prosecution took occasion 3
point out the nicely with which
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-01-15
n. d. Judicial Council
Holds Session Here

All district judges, . number Of
lawyers and several county Judges
were In Bismarck Tuesday attending
the annual meeting Of the North
Dakota judicial council,
Speeches on subjects Of interest
including . review Of the crime situa-
ton in the state. were scheduled a
q part Of the business meeting. Il
also was expected that recommends
tions for legislation may be drawn "
g . result Of the conference. AZ
members Of the supreme court ak
were In attendance ct the meeting.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-01-15
Title Only Printed

Bonner declared he wanted "har-
mony" In the senate. THE Nonparti-
san League is in the majority In this
assembly and the only way to hold
along progressive lines is to battle
as a unit and not bring in petty
things sponsored by our adversaries
the I. v. AS" he said.
Erickson then moved that the title
OF the editorial be printed in the
Journal and all similar resolutions
be printed in like manner, which car
ried by viva voce vote.
The fight on employment OF mar
ried women followed after unani-
nous approval had been given the
report of the committee on employ
ment, electing Ned Leir. Wellsburg,
bill room clerk: Jake Coll. Danzig.
bill clerk; Hope Snyder, Bismarck,
enrolling and engrossing committee,
and Bea Haugen, Davenport, stenog-
rapher.
Pointing to employment OF Hope
Snyder. Senator s. s. Mcdonald Of
Burleigh county expressed himself as
being opposed to employment Of
married women whose husbands are
working, adding that the employment
committee had practically unani-
mously agreed on that procedure.
Seen As Bad Precedent
Thomas Wfelan Of Pembina coun-
ty, a member OF the committee. ex-
planned the members did not know at
the time Mrs. Snyder was married,
but had acted on the recommends
ton Of her former employer. Ben
Larkin. Of the state railroad commits
sion, that she was competent and
efficient.
Mcdonald replied his comment was
no reflection on the employe. but
that he didn't like having this put
over" on him, to which Whelan de-
clared there was no effort to put
anything over"
| After Senator G. A. Jones Of Ward
county pointed out 1t was "a bad
precedent" to set. Senator Ole ct.
testad Of McHenry county suggested
there was some question II the SEN
ate had the right to discharge ar
employe after she had been hired anc
taken the oath.
McDonalds motion to reconside,
the vote was defeated, ~ to AZ. Sen.
ator Harry Peterson. chairman o.
the committee on employment, ex.
planned there was = need for com.
peteut help.
Many Of those employed are oldel
men In the senators districts VIII
need work. he said, but half the job
require persons competent along Ger
tain lines. aside from political o
other considerations. Mrs. Snyde
was employed because she rs capabl
and efficient" he added.
j Approved was . resolution Of Sen
ator Mcdonald that the state boar
Of administration be authorized +
purchase all-metal chairs for the sen
ate committee rooms with the maxi
mum price TO be $2.45.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-01-15
Standard Oil Sales
Force COnfers Here

Seventeen members Of the North
Dakota sales force Of the Standard
OH company met in Bismarck Tues
day for . conference with r. n. Dodd,
Minot, state sales manager. in charge.
Attending the conference were J.
B. Townsend, L. A. Day, w. G. Pat
ton, NJ. L. Rufer, L. G. JOHNSON and
w. J. Bode, all Of Minot: q. L. Smith
and J. J. Loberg, Bismarck; w. T..
Westmiller. Washburn: John Grier,
Dickinson; 8. q. Fountain, Bowman;
J. D. Clarity. Linton; George REM
Darlington: Gordon Roberts, Man
dan; Norman Bangs, New Rockford
and A. H. Personius, Dickinson.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-01-15
.NTl.TUbERCULOS|S
ASSOCIATION AGAIN
RETURNS OFFICERS
Eight New Directors Named to
State Group at Annual
Meeting Here Monday

Dr.. Fannie Dunn Quain. president
Of the North Dakota Anti-Tubercu-
losis association, and all other officers
were unanimously reelected at the
annual meeting Of the association held
here Monday afternoon at the Amer.
lean Legion Auxiliary room, World
Memorial building.
Other officers returned are: Dr.. B.
K. Kilbourne, Fargo. vice president;
Mrs. E. J. Taylor, Bismarck, record.
ing secretary: Dr.. r. 8. Towne. Bis.
marck, treasurer, and Miss Helen K.
Katen, Bismarck, executive secretary.
Members Of the board Of directors
elected to three-year terms are: Dr..
II. E. French. Grand Forks: Mrs. b. s.
Nickerson. Mandan: Miss Florence
Porter, Minot: Mrs. H. l. Walster,
Fargo; DR.. w. E. Hooking. Devils
Lake; r. Ray Rogers, Darlington: Dr..
A. A. Whittemofe. Napoleon, and
Mrs. 1nga Norstog. shafer. The board
Is composed Of a members.
On Executive Committee
New members Of the executive com.
mittee, In addition to organization
officers, are: Dr.. Z. A. Pray, Valley
City. Dr.. Maysil NJ. williams, state
health officer, and DR.. James 0ras-
sick, Grand Forks DR.. orassick Is
honorary president Of the association,
q position he has held for many years.
Reports Of the president and other
officers and the endorsement Of re.
quests made to the state legislature by
DR.. williams, as state health officer,
and DR.. Charles T. MacIachlau, Is
superintendent Of the San Haven san.
itarium, were principal items Of busi-
ness.
In her report and annual message.
DR.. Quain suggested that . teen age
group from each county In the state
be skin-tested for tuberculosis, the
work to be done at tuberculosis elm
les arranged by county superintend-
ents Of schools, who are Christmas
seal chairmen, in cooperation with
local physicians.
Outline Their Needs
DR.. Williams and DR.. MacLachlan
both spoke. outlining the needs Of
their departments and the requests
made to the legislature.
Mrs. H. H. Holdridge, Madison, 8.
D., president OF the South Dakota
Public Health association, was . WIS.,
itor at the sessions, coming here, as
she expressed 1t, to study the work
which Is being done In North Dakota.
In short talk, she expressed her in
terest and the belief that North and
South Dakota have much the same
health problems. She also brought
greetings from her organization.
Coming from out-of-town for the
meeting were DR.. Grassick, DR.. Kill
bourne, Mrs. Holdridge, Mrs. Nick
erson, DR.. MacLachlan, Mrs. G. A.
Cross, Dawson, q director, and Dr.. A.
M. Limburg. Fargo, assistant metli-
cal director Of the Ancient Order Of
United Workmen.
Because Of the twenty-fifth ami
versary meeting held here this fall
the 1895 annual meeting was devoted
more to only routine business than
is usual. At 4:30 o'clock. q brief re.
cess was taken and Refreshments
were served.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-01-15

Wal 0lcI WIllSut.
For North Da-
kota: Local SHOWS
tonight or We'd
nesday. warmer
tonight and In
east portion We'd
nesday.
For South Da-
kota: Local SHOWS
tonight, followed
by cloudy We'd
nesday: warmer.
For Montana:
Occasional snow
tonight and We'd
nesday; sin
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-01-15
GENERAL CONDITIONS

a high pressure area extends from
the Ohio Valley northwestward to the
northern Great Plains (Moorhead
1926 while low pressure overlies the
Rocky Mountain and Pacific coast
regions Edmonton and Salt Lake
City 1858. Temperatures continue
low from Saskatchewan and Montana
eastward to the upper Mississippi
Valley, but readings are somewhat
higher over the South and Far West.
Precipitation has occurred in the Far
Western States, but elsewhere the
weather Is generally fair.
Bismarck station barometer: Inches,
e8T. Reduced to sea level 1921.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-01-15

The annual insect fair held at
Frankfort. Germany, Is one Of the
strangest in the world. Collectors and
sellers Of insects from all parts Of the
world gather here and amazing sums
Of money are involved In the negott-
ations for specimens.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-01-15
PRECIPITATION

EOf BISmarcK station:
Total this month to date $50. r
Normal, this month to date =. 10
Total, January LIST to date -. T
Normal. January list to date :. ~
Accumulated deficiency to date ~
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-01-15

OF the three principal plant foods.
Germany leads the world In produc.
ton Of nitrogen and potash. The
United States uses more phosphates
than any other country, and France
leads In their production.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-01-15

emyrna's fig industry depends on IN
insect, the blastophaga, which car
ries the pollen. without the aid Of
this insect. the crop fails.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-01-15

Rabbit ears bring five cents . pair
from the treasury Of Ward county.
Texas. in . campaign to exterminate
the pests v
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-01-15

The federal government passed
laws In 1853, 1883. and 1877 forbidding
practice Of polygamy in the territory
OF Utah.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-01-15
temperature

For Minnesota: Snow beginning
late Tuesday or Wednesday; not so
cold.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-01-15

A turnip that weighed seven and a
quarter pounds was grown by ]. N.
Smith Of Wartrace, Tenn.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-01-15
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Weather Report
FORECAST

Tor Bismarck and vicinity: Prob
ably snow tonight or Wednesday
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-01-15

The oldest fruit known to mankind
d the olive.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1935-12-21
Three Years Ago Sunday
R. S. McC Coin Disappeared
And Today What Happene to Him Is Just as Much a
Mystery as the Day He eft; No Trace Ever Found
Or Heard of Him After Just Day or Two Later

! 1t is three years to the day this
Christmas Sunday since +. S. Nc
| Coin, prominent Henderson business
man and State official, and former
State Senator, lciC his home here on
Thursday morning, December %, 1882
oStenSlbly on business trip to Rlch-
mOnd, and then myStcriouSly drop
peu from Signt, never TO be seen
again since in his home town, No
trace Of him or word 0S to his faSc,
other than a letter Of doubtful au-
thOrshlp, and the finding Of his auto
mobile III Il Columbus Ohio, garage,
has ever been had, and today the
riddle OF his disappearance is just as
puzznng as it was the day he left.
McColn was perhaps better known
away from Henderson than amy 9TH
CT resident of the city. He had serV-
cd two terms as u State senator and
one i'll the State House of ReprcScn-
tatlVeS, and for nearly a dozen years
had been a member of the State Ad-
viSOry Budget Commission, He was
d past grand master Of the Pythi0n
Grand Lodge Of North Carolina, and
Tor nearly / decade had repeatedly
represented this state in national
conventions OF pythians, giving him
4 wide reputation and acquaintance.
He was for - years a real estate
and insurance representative and q
lawyer at the Henderson bar, and
over long period Of time had been
an outstanding civic leader. He was
active in affairs of the Democratic
party, and had served several terms
Oh the city school board.
He went away with the word with
his wife that he was going TO Rich
mond, and would stop probably over
night at his 1,5Q0-acre farm at Dc
witt, Va. He put out there a young
man who lived on his farm. and in
Richmond tcIcphoned Il nephew he
was in town and would be out to
see him before starting back home.
But he never went. Early the fol
lowing week Chief Justice Walter Z.
Stacy, an intimate friend of MCCoin's 5
received letter purpOriing to have
been written by one Of two or three
hoboes who claimed to have robbed
and killed McCoin on the Richmond
Petersburg turnpike. and said his
body was buried in 2 shallow grave
in the mountains in the vicinity Os
HagcrstOwn, Md. Persistent search
ovcI a period of days disclosed moth
.ng.
The letter from the purported hobo
told Of taking the McCoin car. a
green Chrysler sedan, to n garage in
Columbus, Ohio. Inquiry there turned
Henderson daily dispatch., 1935-12-21
ROUTINE CASES ARE
HEARD BY RECORDER

Routine cases were given a hear
ing today in Recorders court before
recorder r. e. Clements.
Taylor Stevenson, white, was charg-
"a with abandonment and non-sun-
port. He was given six months on
the roads, commitment not TO Issue
It he pays at once into the office nf
the Clerk of Superior Court S. fog
the support of his wife, and $40
weekly until ordered not to do SO b.
the clerk.
Daniel Clack, Negro, was required
to make a worthless check good and
pay the costs of the case.
zeke White. Negro. was charged
with trespass and larccrv The state
took Il mol pros in the acton.
George Malrphy. white, vts chartred
with assault. He was given so days
on the roads. commitment not to issue
u he pays the costs and is of good
behavior for six months.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1935-12-21
WINNERS NAMED IN
Lighting CONTEST
Carolina Power and Light
Co. Makes Announcement
Of Lucky Ones.

Winners in the Better Sight Con-
test recently by the Carolina Power
g. Light Company over the territory
served by it in the Carolinas were an
nounced here today as made public by
Il. Is. Smiley. director of lighting for
the company in its general offices in
Raleigh.
Five Henderson people were award
cd secondary prizes. They were
Evelyn Satterwhite. 6O7 Young street;
Willie Kimball. Vera Bobbitt. Mary
Kcarncy, Edith Ellis. They were high
lY commended for the excellence of
their entries.
ThH contest has been under way
sine" carly November. Approximately
5000 boys and girls under Is years of
age entered the contest and many un-
usual presentations We're in evidence.
Winners Of the grand prizes are:
Eastern division, Miss Mary G.. Bower.
age .. Warrcnton: western division,
Ragland Medicus, age II. BeaverdaI.l.
AShcvillc; southern division. Miss
elizabeth Dickman. II. 2O6 East Wor.
ley street, Florence, S. c.,
Because Of the nature Of the con-
test and the widespread interest in
i, the selection Of the winners was
not an oasy task, it was stated. The
Judges were all Of Raleigh. and were
N'r*. John " Higham. president, RAJ
icigh Woman's Clhb; Paul S. Daniel
superintendent Raleigh city schools:
DIR. Henry +. Day. optometrist: John
a. Park, publisher of the Raleigh
llmcs; I, Is. Smiley, director of light
ing, Carolina Power & Light Gun
oany.
The grand prizes were an electric
'efI ig"rator, range. water hcater. or
an equivalent piece OF equipment of
the winners choice. All are to be de-
lVcred in time for Christmas.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1935-12-21

faced the music, his affairs would
have been worked out. and today 1t
would have bcCn on easy street. The
banks, which took over his farm
have made rich returns from It, and
in another year or two, as reports
go. will have nctted from It enough
to pay all McCoin owed them and
all he owed the Richmond bank, and
still would have the farm, valued nj
one time at around 100000, and re-
presenting an investment of about
that much.
Some here think McCoin voluntar1ly
ram away from business worries and
cares, that his mind, worried over the
trend of general conditions, rs we'll as
his own, snapped under the strain and
that he went away. How he could
have hoped to live has puzzled them,
as he could not possibly have taken 3
fortune with him, for if he had had
such thing, he wouldn't have wished
to leave. Some think he ran away
and has died or suicided, while one
school Of thought accepts the letter to
Judge Stacy as moro or less genuine.
There are threads Of evidence as
grounds for either or all of these, but
Henderson daily dispatch., 1935-12-21
MISS OVERTON WAS
WINNER OF CONTEST

Miss Agatha Ovcrton, of Kittrcll.
playing "a Hawaiian guitar, was the
winner of first prize, s. cash at Hill
Top No. last evening at the first OF
q series of amateur brOadcaSts over
Il public address system, and Miss
Frances Harrison, accompanied by
her brother, George Harrison came
second with vocal numbers, being
awarded $3. The Lowry Band won
third prize, 50 with 16 other prizes
given from different merchants going
TO other contestants and those attend
ing the event.
In spite Of the bitter cold. "A large
number Of people turned out for the
event.
The Judges were Mayor Irvine y.
Watkins o. r. Kirkland, II. e.
White and J. r. Maycs, Jr.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1935-12-21

up the car as stated III the letter
which further said the hoboes were
continuing on to Chicago, from which
point one Of them, after leaving the
others had written the mysterious
letter to Justice Stacy. Some thought
there was merit to the letter, others
saw in it Il hoax with McCoin as the
authcr.
Many reports as to clues were re-
ccived here. and most Of them were
hunted down without n lead Of any
value. The m0nhunt was pursued for
days, but always without results.
Some held to the belief that McCoin
w36 running from q crashing business
and his company. the Henderson
Loan & Real Estate Company, was
shortly thereafter thrown into re-
c"iVcrship, and is now benig liquidat-
ed. 1T was turned up that he owed
local banks some $4,000 and an ad-
itdiOnal $1,000 TO a Richmond bank.
with the Dewitt farm as collateral.
He was known by intimate friends to
have teen exceedingly blue and des-
pOndent about business conditions
and about the future for the nation
as whole in a business way. He
said more than once that the future
looked black, that the State of North
Carolina was bankrupt, and he could
see no chance for recovery
But had he remained here and
Henderson daily dispatch., 1935-12-21
TUBERCULOSIS SEAL
SALE GETS RESULT
About $3.50 of $4OO Quota
Realized, Which Means
$4,000 Seals Sold.

tuberculosis seal sales have mount
ed high with the increase in the vol
umc Of Christmas trade here. accord
ing to announcement today by Mrs.
Clarence white. chairman of the seal
sale this Christmas.
She said that total receipts SO FAR
We're close to $3.50. accounting for
some 25,000 seals. The quota for the
county is 10000 seals. which would
net $500
1t was pointed out that rs percent
Of the total receipts will be retained
here for the purpose Of assisting in
Me fight against tuberculosis and
in aiding patients who are unable to
help themselves against this dread
disease. 1t is urged that one or more
of these seals be placed on every
package either mailed or presented
Henderson daily dispatch., 1935-12-21
PUPILS REMEMBER
FOSTER, THE JANITOR

+. Foster, Negro janitor at Clark
street school, expressed his thanks
publicly today to Miss Agnes Moore.
principal Of the school, ana the stu
dent body.
roster rs he is generally known
10 @'c pupils, stated he has worked
lt the school for IL years. and has
never had to buy n shirt or under
wear those being given him by the
teachers and pupils during that time.
He said Clark Street had "the best
/"chillun' in any school in Vance
county and that Miss Moore was
the best Christian-heartcd lady in
Vance county" He also said the
school gave him $40 worth" this
Christmas
Henderson daily dispatch., 1935-12-21

Scouts will make . hon.o sno, Boy
canvass on Monday. and 81, Io-'nouSe
VINO have toys they will ciyo talnIIies ga
purpcsa are asked to have tbo,n ,0r tha
day. 'dll on Mon
1t had been planned to m,,.
canvass today, but it was aha,', '~aNe The
IN ,, part because Of the extremely eI7o1nsd nn,d
,,.l,i,t' dnose sponsoring the movement u.
u[g!nG ,I1; every one who can and win VI are re
hrnn ' % . 11,lFloolIon Of toys. and tbrv W
,''': nope 10 OBTAIN supply sufficicnt '"tS y
privileged child in town. '"o"r-
Any ono who will no, ho
when the boys call is asked ., :. "Onl9
phone G, l.. Leggctt or W y - u rcle-
ntr and the toys will be nr@o,n.I ~, .al'
called for ''0np'y