Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune (Newspaper) - January 26, 1928, Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin A. P. LEASED WIRE paper ti served 6jr leased with the news report of the Associated m CONSTRUCTIVE EOT NEWS PA PER 10 PAGES TODAY d Ion of e la The net Fourteenth 4458. Wisconsin January 26, 1928. Price Three Cento 5.5. VAN DINE MARGARtT Weat 71st Street 10042 Sept. 10 Strangled 11 a. Apartment Jewelry Body found by Jay Homicide RESOLUTIONS OCCUPY SES CHAPTER 1 In the offices of the Homicide reau of the detective division of the New York police department there is a large steel filing and within among thousands of others of its there reposes a small green on which is 184 West 71st Sept. 10. Strangled about 11 p. m. Apartment ed. Jewelry Body found by Amy in a few commonplace is the unadorned statement of one of the most crimes in the police annals of this crime so contra- so so so that for many days the best minds of th police department and the district attorney's office were completely at a loss as to even a method of Each line of in- only tended to prove that Margaret Odell could not possibly been And on the great silken davenport in her lay the girl's strangled giving the lie to so grotesque a The true story of this as it eventually came to light after a dis- heartening period of utter darkness and revealed many strange and bizarre many dark recesses of man's and the uncanny subtlety of a human mind ed by desperate and tragic Margaret Odell was a product of the bohemian demi-monde of scintillant figure who ed somehow to typify the gaudy and spurious romance of transient For nearly two years before her death she had in a popular figure of the city's night Her notoriety was due in part to certain legendary tales of her fairs with one or two obscure tates in the backwashes of had distinguished her in the eyes of the spectators as a creature of outstanding Before a fortnight had eulogistic were her press and so unerringly did the audience single her out for was changed to the and Miss Odell was promoted to the rank of what might charitably be called pre- miere at the same time having a solo waltz and a interpolated for the special dis- play of her charms and She had quitted the at the close of the and during her subsequent spectacular career in the haunts of Broadway's night life she had been popularly and familiarly called the Thus it happened that when her dead body was brutally She had spent two years abroad ter her first success in tonne popular musical comedy in which she had been raised from obscurity the rank of one may imagine her press-agent took full advantage of her absence to circulate vermilion tales of he Her appearance went far towar sustaining her somewhat equivoca There was no question tha yhe was beautiful in a flamboyant I remember seeing her dancing one night at the Antlers famous rendezvous for post midnight pleasure run by the notorious Red She im pressed me then aj a girl of un common despite the predatory cast of her feat She was of medium height graceful in a leonine way I a trifle aloof and even haughty in result of her reputed association with European She had the traditional red and the mongoose eyes of There was in her face that strange com bination of sensual promise and spiritual renunciation with which the painters of all ages have sought to endow their conceptions of the Eternal Hers was the type of voluptuous and with a hint of which rules man's emotions by subjugating his drives him to desperate Margaret Odell had received the sobriquet of Canary as a result of a part she had played in an ate ballet of the in which each girl had been gowned to sent a variety of To her had fallen the role of and her costume of together with her mass of ing golden hair and in her the crime immediately became and was always thereafter red as the Canary My own participation in the in- of the Canary murder rather my role of wellian one of the most memorable ences of my At the time of Margaret Odell's murder John Markham was district ney of New having taken office the preceding 1 need hardly remind you that ing the four years of his bency he distinguished himself by his almost uncanny success as a criminal The praise which was constantly accorded was highly ful to being a man with a keen sense of he from credit for achievements not wholly his The truth is that Markham played only a subsidiary part in the majority of his most famous criminal The credit for their actual solution belonged to one of Markham's very close friends who at the to permit the facts to be made This man was a young social for purposes of I have chosen to call Philo Vance had many amazing gifts CONGRESS MAY MODIFY FLOOD CONTROL PLAN ADMINISTRATIONS PLAN MAY BE AMPLIFIED TO PERMIT LOAN TO SOUTHERN STATE FOR THEIR SHARE OF COST Jan. gestion that congress may find it advisable to modify the flood control program came from the administration itself as at- tacks on salient features of the plan continued before two congressional Secretary Davis of the war de- whose engineers drafted the administration told the house flood committee that the scheme might well be amplified so as to permit the federal treasury to loan money to the states to permit them to meet the stipulated 20 per cent of the cost of control May Compromise Plans under questioning by com- the con- ceded that can make a composite flood control plan out of the proposals of the army engineers and of the Mississippi river com- The army plan provides for a while the commission proposes a cost of for the The war secretary did not indicate that he himself would favor a com- promise between these two but he readily conceded that such an outcome might be in Meantime the senate commerce after hearing another protest from the south against the 20 per cent state contribution decided to ask Secretary Start Jury Selection in Trial Los Jan. Selection of a jury for the sanity trial of William Edward confessed abductor and slayer of 12- year-old Marian Parker was begun in superior court here today with Judge J. J. of county An attack by the defense on the eligibility of Judge Trabucco to sit on the case was promptly Following the same tactics which resulted in Superior Judge Carlos Hardy disqualifying himself the defense today objected to Judge Trabucco hearing the Indication that a mixed jury will decide the fate of the young slayer was given when six men and six men were placed in the jury box for PERUVIAN ASKS ON INTERVENTION REPORT NOT TAKEN UP BY PAN-AMERICAN COMMITTEE AS OTHER MATTER HAD PRODUCTS HAS BIG YEAR CO. AN- NET EARNINGS FOR 1927 WERE who handled flood relief measures along the Mississippi last to appear later and give his views on permanent control Will Call Hoover Reporting the biggest year's iness irt the company's S general manager of 'the Products company told stockholders at their annual meeting last night that net ings for 1927 were Mr. s report was based on a recent audit by Messrs. Sprague and company of From these earnings dividends and He was an art collector in a small a fine amateur and a profound student of aesthetics and had Although an largely been educated he in and still retained a slight English accent and He had a liberal and spent considerable time filling the social obligations which devolved on him as a result of family but was neither an idler nor a Vance was not yet in a sculptural was impressively good His face was slender and but there was a stern sardonic ex- pression to his features which ed as a barrier between him and on Page especially for her B. G. De by LITTLE JOE Today Doubting St. New Kind of Not Not By Arthur Wall doubting Thomases were frightened ran away from let the prices er came back and put prices up Fear seized them when Chicago's federal reserve bank raised count rates to 4 per cent curb polite name for stock should be But in- financiers might find a ter way than making money dear for those engaged in regular ness and frightening legitimate in- The senate committee announced Mr. Hoover would be called after Alfred H. vice-president of the Staple Cotton Co-operative sociation of told the committeemen he believed Mr. er favored having the federal bear the entire cost of con- trol Stone based his belief on the re- port which Secretary Hoover sub- mitted to President Coolidge at Rapid City last Appearing before the house flood control Davis said he considered the flood control problem a grave national Favors One-Man Control favor the responsibility being placed upon one man for the control as President Coolidge during last spring's flood gave one man entire charge of the relief continued Mr. he did an excellent Questioned by Representative and Representative on the 20 per cont the war secretary said the lands of valley will be increased in value if they are protected against The fact that the Mississippi ley is the drainage basin for 31 states is a for the en- tire control by the federal he asserted in reply to a question by amounting to 8 per cent on the out- standing capital stock have been paid and a reservation of made for federal All the old officers and directors were They C. F. R. S. treasurer and general M. vice-president and sales Expect 1928 Equal To 1927 Mr. Woolf reported that the amount of business on hand for 1928 was equal or a little greater than the company had at the same time last and that all tions were that the company's sales would be fully as great as in 1927. The company recently completed the erection of an additional tory more than doubling its and is beginning the facture of gasoline ranges for hold use in addition to its camp equipment consisting of line camp metal chairs and tackle auto ice boxes and folding Stockholders were shown a complete display of the in- Jan. report to the committee of public international law of the Pan- American was not taken up for that committee today as other questions were con- to have the right of The report is and will re- main without amendment until when it will be This document deals with the lem of intervention by one country in the internal affairs of The attitude taken by Dr. is that a definite ation of all intervention is because of the restrictions im- posed by constantly growing inter- national The report was explained by Dr. Victor before its presentation to the committee on public international law for which he is the Favors General Declaration He urged that subjects included in the first two chapters of the recommendations for the tion of international should be made the subject of a general de- instead of being ated in a These chapters define the various basic legal conceptions of such OIL CHAIRMAN TO APPEAR BEFORE SENATE BODY ROBERT W. STEWART CELLS ENGAGEMENTS IN MEXICO CITY TO ANSWER COMMITTEE'S SUMMONS Jan. W. chairman of the board of Standard Oil Company of In- will appear Tuesday before the senate oil committee in its in- of the operations of the Continental Trading Stewart so advised his personal L. L. Stephens He cancelled engagements he had in Mexico in order that he might pear before the senate committee as it had The committee is preparing to reach across the international der in its search for more light on the operations of the Continental 1'rading organized by oil men after the leasing of teapot Consolidated Adds Two New Directors Stockholders of the Consolidated Water Power and Paper at their annual meeting took action increasing the board of directors from five to seven The old consisting of G. W. E. L. E. B. Stanton and T. W. was and empowered to choose the two additional Reports were presented showing that a good year's business was en- joyed in 1927. Howard public analyzed and explained the financial This was followed by several talks on mill C. K. To Quiz Canadian They also include the state may intervene in the internal affairs of Dr. report argues that according to modern conceptions of international a nation's is somewhat subjected to re- strictions imposed by constantly growing international Permits Discrimination The committee on communications it amendments suggested by Mexico to the draft treaty on commercial Their ments appeared to delegates to duce the possibility of discrimination national and foreign planes on the part of any The Mexicans would allow ments to designate the zones over for military all for- planes and national ones en- gaged in international services should be excluded from The Mexicans also would halt all planes at the The committee has decided to ask Vice-President Dawes to appoint a commission to go to Canada and question Henry S. president of the Continental which was incorporated in the Such a step was authorized by the senate several days The committee's interest in the Continental company arises from the fact that its profits of about 000, made almost over night in chase and sale of were invested in liberty and that worth of these same bonds later were turned over to Harry F. of Teapot to former interior Albert B. in exchange for an interest in Fall's New Mexico The com- very much wants to know what became of the rest of the deposition was sought by special government oil counsel ing the trial of the civil suit for re- covery of the Teapot Dome but he declined to testify on the ground that he could not disclose confidential information given to him as an attorney by his manager of the Appleton reported on operations ton Mead talked on technical tions and savings in the various He exhibited the a mechanical device which travels once a week through the sulphite pipe line from Wisconsin Rapids to cleaning the pipe of slime and The new high pressure steam plants at Wisconsin Rapids and Port Arthur were the subject of a talk by W. F. A social session followed the ness meeting and light ments were LITTLE REGULA BUSINESS OF THI MEET CONS ID ERE I TOUR TRAIN BUBER SAUGEN HIGHWAY MEA URES SENT TO COMMITTI ON STATE AFFAIRS BULLETIN The assembly oy a vote of 61 13 voted to receive no more tions during the special session cept those dealing with Jegis The resolution such provision was introduced by J. Jan. field day for resolutions in the 1. Both Klondike Man Gets Term to The of the Log Cabin roadhouse at four miles south of was sentenced to four months in the Milwaukee house of tion by Judge Claude Z. Luse in federal court at Superior yesterday for violation of the prohibition Lang's place of business at be padlocked for one year at his own didn't make any money said nobody else can. I lost about so you may as well lock the A case is pending against Lang in county court at Wisconsin ids on the charge of eluding the new kitchen which Manager predicts will become an important part of the company's Stock A Arrangement was made at the meeting that the securities division of the state railroad commission re- cently designated the company's as A It was definitely that No Additional Mail Carrier Service Here no further issue of stock would it being the intention to be nance further expansion out of The company at the present time has 70 with an annual pay roll during the past year of proximately There is no immediate hope of ad- city mail carrier service for Postmaster A. L. Fontaine said today following a visit to the local office by tors John A. Niles of Necedah and W. J. Hickman of Eau The inspectors came here in response to a request by Mr. Fontaine for an additional but after studying the local situation said they would be unable to recommend the in- Postal department it was brought now forbid the ex- tension of carrier service where there are no or where less than 25 per cent the lots in a block are occupied by Carrier service will be extended wherever these conditions arc com- plied Mr. Fontaine but for the present there can be no eral extension of service to ing parts of the Documents Stolen Jan. sel for William J. Burns reported to the court hearing the contempt case today that a ment affecting William J. a star witness for the was stolen Wednesday night from one of the defense The Burns lawyer told the judge the document was taken from Jeanette who with her William had been re- lied upon to contradict some of Mullin's during a attack on her in her room at the Hamilton A man entered the room while Mrs. husband was counsel bound and gagged and ransacked her APPLETON FIRE SURROUNDING BUILDINGS EN- WEATHER AND SMOKE HAMPER FIREMEN IN BLAZE went in for and transacted little of the busine for which the session was Mechanical action was ed on some of the important the assembly sending to committees on state affairs the appropriation the Southern train and the and Saugen highway commission organization It heard the port of the joint finance commit propo They were to ments that the contradict Burns men faked charges against the oil conspiracy The court is ing testimony on a charge that Harry F. Sinclair and others were guilty of contempt because o shadowing of the trial Rapids Industrial Exhibits Shown by Johnson Hill High finance bitterly opposed the federal reserve system that has since proved its and does not know The dollar has dropped from 100 cents to 60 cents of real Wages have gone the country's wealth has increased Regardless of discount sound on Page Two Escape Injury When Car Tree Two men in the employ of the Thoma Glass Replacement company of Milwaukee narrowly escaped ious injury or death when the sedan in which they were ing skidded from the road and struck a tree on Highway 54 near the Golden Eagle a few miles outside of this late last The car was almost completely the top and one side be- ing battered and tho windshield and all glass windows The whoso names could not be escaped without The car was towed to a local but was damaged beyond i A comprehensive exhibit of the products of Wisconsin Rapids in- has been assembled the company am in the Grand avenue and Third avenue windows of the company's where jl is attracting widespread notice of local people and of visitors from Johnson and Hill placed on display out of the Seventeen manufacturing con- in the course several of is with products ranging from news print paper in rolls drinks and are in- cluded in the The exhibit which has been preparation for now virtually It will re- main in the windows the rest of thU week and part of It was I. B. manager of the store ex- this to give dents of Wisconsin Rapids a more adequate conception of the fied activities which are carried on in the The Wisconsin ids has been adopted in con- with the 17 Industries The seventeen industries sented are the Consolidated Water Power and Paper the Paper the American Carbonic Machinery com- Products the L. Latin Clothing the Wisconsin Valley Dairy Products the more Products the wagam Paper Products the Cardinal Garment the Sampson Canning the Blommer Ice Cream the Rapids Beverage the Kercher Milling the E. W. Coon Cheese George tool and J. maker of Ladova and Mi The city's chief is represented by a roll of Consolidated news ing enough paper for papers of 22 The roll con- tains miles of dated mills have a capacity of 750 such rolls every 24 or a total of miles of enough for newspapers of Will Stick to Lieut. Maitland Say Jan. Lester J. who grew up in Milwaukee and gained fame for a trans-Pacific is reported by the Journal in a special Washington have decided to He has been importuned to enter the race for congress against Victor socialist of Maitland has maintained his residence is my game and I am ing to stick to is re- ported as know nothing about I wouldn't even know where to so I am going to stay in the To Probe Death of Watertown Man age including a Other paper display from the on Jan. A inquest into the death of Fred W. 65, a ber of the county killed by an automobile Tuesday will bo held Paul driver of the and his Fred Hoffman of Watertown have been ordered to appear at the hearing car broke down and he attempted to obtain aid from the They said they thought tie was at- tempting to hold them as was after and sped it Jan. which broke out in the Irving ke building in the heart of the iness district Wednesday the structure with an ated loss of and for a time threatened surrounding Firemen were seriously hampered in their efforts to combat the blaze by dense clouds a ature of 5 degrees above which resulted in low water and the necessity of calling upon the fire departments of neighboring cities for Oil Burner Cause The cause of the blaze was ed to have been an oil burner in the of the Clouds of smoke prevented firemen getting at the flames until they had worked their way up through the A ight snow during the early part of night probably prevented sparks blown by a high wind from ing the to other The flames were under control shortly after 1 a. m. The fire fighting apparatus from Little Chute and Menasha was summoned to bring the blaze under The old steam engine which had not been used for five was ken to the fire but a few minutes of work indicated the necessity of calling for aid from nearby Aid Arrives When additional fire fighting paratus had arrived the fire had gained much Streams of water were played upon adjacent buildings to prevent the flames from One wall of the structure caved in at midnight and the rear and a side wall collapsed soon The facade of the building was all that remained this striking out the mill tax for a long-term building in state charitable and penal A call to the house in the chamber was brought on di consideration of one of the but it was short The committee on corpora tia and taxation recommended for definite to the the by Senator W. L. SE providing a statutory method computing the fund surtax and the by same author relating to the of income and time of The committee recommended passage j Senator Smith's increasing amount of exemptions on cer classes of Introduce Income Tax Bills Two new income tax bills were traduced by Senators Cashman the former providing for of tax collection and pi more authority for collection clerks of The T would remove a section of law providing for exemption The senate confirmed four The assembly resolutions ed: Despite the severe thousands of persons remained until early The firemen were coated with ice formed by the spraying hose Fumes and smoke from the burning fuel oil tanks in the basement dered their work in the early stages of the Street Railway Stockholders Meet At the annual stockholders ing of the Wisconsin Rapids Street Railroad company yesterday after- noon an eighty per cent stock re- duction was moved and The officers elected for 1928 are L. M. vice W. F. F. J. C. F. The minutes and reports were read by Miss Vinne and the directors elected for this year are M. A. U. W. F. P. J. A. B. A. J. and C. F. By providing for an terim committee to investigate highway commission of the st study the feasibility of chang possibility of eliminating the way commission from politics increasing its It adopted after being endorsed by Reis and By requesting the way commission always to hearings on the chants of rout of a road and to hold all roads changed without hearings to By appointing an cation investigating committee the interim between this end next Favors Oil Prosecution By congratulating Coolidge administration on its prosecution of the naval lease It was postponed 56 to 20 after consic able By Senator endorsing Great water through Green Po age and the curred in by the By Senator Polakowski upon the government to arbit the coal Cone in by the Under the first call of the he during the the assembly day adopted by a vote of 80 a resolution approving the of the United States senate in on Page 7 Chicago Woman H. H. well known in was married January 18 in Chicago to Maude Hubbard ng to an announcement received The marriage came as a to the many local friends f the Weather Report Generally fair tonight and except un- settled in east not no cold Maximum temperature for hours ending at 17; for aame 6 at 7 a. 6
