Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune (Newspaper) - June 9, 1930, Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin A. P. LEASED WIRE paper to by wire with tho news report the 10 PAGES TODAY Circulation paid copies daily covering tho heart of dairy center of the Seventeenth 5187. Wisconsin June 9, 1930. Single Copy Five Cents LOCAL JEWELER ROBBED OF IN GEMS GANGLAND ARMS SUPPLIER WON'T BELIEVED TO HAVE VIDED MACHINE GUNS FOR ST. VALENTINE'S MASSACRE BADLY HURT BY June alias often called the of drove into a new Milford filling station last weaK from a bullet wound near the Refuses to Talk He would not although physicians said the wound might cause his When Sheriff Harry Baldwin of county ed who had shot Thompson's only answer You ought to be smart enough to know I won't The attack upon dis- covery of the body of Eugene McLaughlin one of the ment of officers that George Moran and several other important names in the gang world are ing presumably were week-end developments in the gang war Questioned on Massacre Thompson was questioned at length during the early tion of the Moran gang massacre of Valentine's 1929. Police said he supplied the machine guns used in the massacre as well as gang The discovery of Eugene McLaughlin's body in the drainage canal Saturday was another instance of the effort gangster killers are making to dispose of the bodies of their McLaughlin's body had been weighted with Lived Near Shooting Scene McLaughlin had been living at an address not far from the spot on Ashland avenue only a short time a man was shot down and his body spirited Police be- lieve McLaughlin may have been that Half a dozen most of them well are missing Pat special in- for the state's believes all have been taken on way George Moran is one of the half dozen missing Some detectives believe he is others believe he and was Others Thought Slain Others who are presumed to have been executed and their bodies re- moved Leo Moran's Ted a leader who quit the dis- Ben said to have come here representing a New York liquor Harry St. Paul Robert Frisco pal of Red Log Crushes Ankle of Meehan Youth Republicans Start Trek To Oshkosh June trek of delegates to the State Con- servative Republican convention con- vening here June 10-11 began today with arrival of several Members of the state committee and of the Milwaukee county com- were expected here at at begin preliminary work prior to the opening of the Charles B. one-time conservative candidate for was invited to attend the conversation of This was construed as a move toward harmony in the convention since Perry is known for his A letter from John waukee banker endorsed by the Outagamie county Republicans as a candidate for state was made public It said his de- sire to preserve banking it has been carried up to the present precludes my even considering so flattering a possibility as your lution of endorsement holds L. L. executive in the Kohler arrived here today by Other can leaders here for the afternoon caucus included William L. and George L. Wilbur Meehan while working on a pile of logs at the Romanski two and one- half miles west of this city about a. m. last had his ankle broken when a log from the pile rolled on it. He was removed to the Riverview where the extent of the injury was discovered by means of X-ray GET AT PHELPS BREAK INTO BANK VAULT DURING ESCAPE WITH SMALL AMOUNT OF LOOSE FAIL TO OPEN LARGE SAFE June Three robbers using an acetylene torch cut the outer and inner doors of the vault at the Phelps State and escaped with in They failed to open a large safe inside the The burglary was discovered at 9 a. m. Covered by Insurance President C. M. day reported the loss was covered by The time and safety deposit boxes were unharmed by the He be- they were expert enough to know not to tamper with the safety and alarm devices on the inner Footprints outside revealed there were two or more The robbers cut electric and tele- phones wires inlo the bank and worked with all shades on the dows Hourly service failed to reveal the Fled in Automobile As there is no night train service into Phelps the robbers are assumed to have come and left by They borrowed a ladder from a neighboring store to reach the j and returned footprints They left a sledge mer in the Entrance was obtained by ing the back After a preliminary investigation the sheriff returned to Eagle Home for Aged Board Has Monthly Meeting The board of trustees of the Wood County Home for the Aged met in regular monthly session day at the located on Highway 13, just south of this All members of the board were present and plans were made for the further beautification of the grounds and routine business ters cared Sez A THAT TO A LOT Of- IN Accident Victims Said to Be Better Frank local theatre man seriously injured in an automobile collision between Friendship and Adams Friday was ing easily at the Riverview hospital although still con- pain as the result of his A few close were allowed to see Miss Maisie 24-year-old Friendship saleswoman who was driving the other also was somewhat improved at the Portage where she was taken im- mediately after the At- tendants said her worst in- juries were a compound fracture of the nose and broken right knee but expected her to Fair-Sized Crowd Attends Circus Today A fair-sized crowd was on hand this afternoon to witness the first showing of the Barnett Brothers which came here last night by motor truck from Nekoosa where it had on There will be an evening ance starting at 8 o'clock tonight The circus has no but carries a small Robbins Brothers which has shown here for several years with the exception of last when the famous Ringling circus was is scheduled to come on June 21. NORTH CAROLINA SENATOR FOR 29 YEARS DEFEATED OLDEST U. S. SENATOR IN POINT OF SERVICE LOSES NOMINATION FOR FAILURE TO SUPPORT SMITH'S DACY N. June The colors of the North Carolina Democratic party in the race for the United States senate will be ried in this fall's general election by Josiah W. 56-year-old eigh Bailey defeated Senator M. who has served his state in the senate for 29 in Saturday's Democratic Has Lead With of the state's precincts Bailey had a lead of The tabulation and Thomas L. Senator who for many years was virtual dictator of the Democratic party in this state and whose defeat was attributed by many to his to support fred E. the Democratic in the last presidential said that on the basis of re- turns he had he had been June defeat of Senator M. mons for renomination in the North Carolina Democratic primary was the subject of much discussion in Washington today with many citing his opposition to the presidential candidacy of Alfred E. Smith as the principal cause of his for Deserting These pointed out that victorious Josiah W. entered the contest with the avowed purpose of the senator for deserting the party in 1928 and that this formed a major issue in the In the ate will lose its oldest member in point of He is 76. He has been identified primarily with tariff and taxation out the war he was chairman of the powerful senate finance committee and as ranking minority ber of the has been a party spokesman on revenue The primary of Saturday was the first of the year involving a cratic senator who opposed nor Senator Heflin of who also urged that Smith be is seeking reelection this but has been excluded from the Democratic primary and is running Nine Won't Return With Simmons out of the nine of present senate ship wih not return for the second of Illinois and Grundy of were defeated in primary elections and six are not candidates for This group consists of Gillett of Gould of Phipps of Roff of West Sullivan of and Baird of New Confederate President Honored Here's further evidence that the old sectional animosities engendered by the Civil War are now forgotten the statue of Jefferson president of the ill-fated Southern just placed in Statuary Hall at the U. S. capitol at the nation's of Standing beside it are Mississippi's two Pat rison and Hubert D. Thieves Steal Local Strip Them of Accessories A thief or thieves who specialized in automobile tires and accessories made a daring haul Sunday ing when took cars be- longing to Alex 940 ond avenue and Walter 831 Saratoga and ter having stripped them of the abandoned the The Perrodin car was taken from street near the odist where the were attending while the Herschleb coach disappeared from its parking place on First avenue south in front of the First church while the Herschleb family were in the The police were notified of the location of the Perrodin sedan about p. m. yesterday by Albert 331 Eleventh street It was left standing at the end of Ninth avenue The front seat had been thrown into some brush the battery was taken and the window and robes which had been in the car also were Not being able to siphon the gas from the a hole had been punched in its bottom and the contents ed The Herschleb coach was ered late this morning by Roy city mail who noticed it parked at the north end of the county highway local Board of Education Meets This Evening The regular June meeting of the board of the last until will be held this evening at the office of the city tendent in the T. B. Scott library At this meeting it will be determined whether or not contracts will be awarded immediately on con- subject to the sale of the bonds which were voted approved at the referendum election last and which will unquestionably be legally approved at the adjourned meeting of the city council to be held for this purpose Tuesday Kenosha Boys Pop Corn at Rapid Rate June lice today sought two youths who popped popcorn all over the city of Kenosha at the rate of 50 miles an The playful boys police ed a popcorn wagon from its ings and onto the back of the auto- They raced the streets with police after The wagon was Tries to Read Meter and Is Asphyxiated June William Ray 62, former ent of schools at was dead at his home today from suffered while attempting to read a gas meter in his He was a prominent Chicago attorney and civic he was educated at the University of A Number One No. 1" in his class at the United States Military West N. is 21-year- old Paul F. of He is pictured here in his uniform of cadet A dis- cadet since his freshman he has been managing editor of the academy repair shop back of the Lowell when he made his rounds of the All four tires and rims had been taken from the vehicle but the spare tire and other accessories The police possess clues which may enable them to discover who was ible for the bold 500 TEACHERS TO TOUR EAST TEACHERS FROM CENTRAL AND NORTHERN WISCONSIN ASSEMBLE HERE TO START WILL BE JOINED BY 500 Over 500 rural school teachers from northern and central sin are gathering in Wisconsin ids today preparatory to boarding a special train on the St. Paul and Pacific railroad at 5 o'clock tomorrow morning where they will board a special train on the Baltimore Ohio for a four-day trip through Philadelphia and D. C. The trip is planned and is under the direct of A. W. super- intendent of the Wood County mal and Agricultural About 100 teachers are from Wisconsin Rapids and Wood About 350 more rural teachers will board a special train at waukee tomorrow over the Chicago and North Western and they will join 160 more teachers in cago make up a second group for the They will board a second section of the special making teachers in Although plans were originally made by Mr. Zellmer for about 800, the number who requested reservations exceeded all Mr. Zellmer said he had in keeping the number down to the most that could sibly be This is the first trip organized in Wisconsin Rapids at popular Railroads and hotels the route have cooperated to make four-day outing as inexpensive as Points of interest along the including an inspection of the are included on the Dry Agents Find 4 Stills Near Crandon PROCLAIM PRINCE CAROL HOLDER OF ROMANIA THRONE PARLIAMENT VOTES TO VATE ERRANT PRINCE TO ONLY ONE DIS- SENTING VOTE CAST ON June early reconciliation be- tween the newly instated King Carol II of Rumania and his for- mer Princess today was forecast in official when Carol returned their son Michael to his Joint cor- in October of Carol and Helen was June king of Rumania after five years of King Carol II today was busy consulting political leaders and in picking up the threads of life once more in the capital of his The most vital of Carol's lems was his relationship with his former Princess er of former king and now back in the Not to Seek Annulment Carol had an interview with Princess Helen last night and it is understood it was for the present at any neither would apply for annulment of the decree of divorce granted Princess Helen two years The Bucharest papers state little Michael's education will now be in the hands of the king and forth he will live at the royal ace at Carol was proclaimed king by an unanimous vote in the manian parliament The only vote cast against him was that of Vintila former premier and liberal and brother of lonel one time dominant political figure in Army Pledges Fidelity The army has taken the oath of fidelity to the new king and Carol has issued a proclamation to the Rumanian people stating he had returned to serve his country and making an appeal for all groups to cooperate in the interests of the The went to Curtes last night to visit the grave of his King who died three years He seemed deeply affected as he placed two wreaths on the He was back in charest this resuming his consultations with political Ort his return today the king was given an enthusiastic reception by the Nation's Happiness The nation's happiness at the straightening of the dynastic record and at Carol's return seemed com- Crowds lined the streets as Carol went from the palace to the legislative hall to take the oath as The returned prodigal wept as he passed the cheering his younger Sunday's events crowded one upon the The senate met first and voted to proclaim Carol The upper house then met with the chamber of deputies and in an en- outburst of and embraces among even political Carol was voted formally to the Liberals Won't Vote Every political party except the liberals joined in the favorable They except their Vintila Bratianu who cast the single dissenting vote against abstained from After the first vote had been M. Mironescu proposed that Carol's be dated from the death of his and the ure was carried with the same en- This action obviated necessity of dethroning who thereupon On Page June Four stills near and four ing to Indians near Wittenberg were raided by federal agents over the W. Frank deputy prohibition revealed here upon his return One still was over a with swamp water being j pumped in for the One still was of 800-gallon nearby were gallons of bran 250 j gallons of a 30-horse-power' steam boiler and other valuable All equipment was Blast Kills 6 in Detroit River Tunnel June Six workmen were killed and six others injured by the explosion of a for- gotten charge of dynamite in a wa- tunnel 225 feet below the Detroit river near Belle Isle at 10 a. The explosion was caused when a worker's pick struck an unexplored stick of dynamite which had been part of a charge set off There was a deafening roar and a wall of flame swept through the Four of the workmen were killed Two others died in a Early reports that 20 or more men were trapped behind a wall of rock and sand in an adjoining nel were found to be false when all the 36 laborers in the tunnel at the time of the explosion were ed The tunnel was being cut through solid rock to connect the intake on Belle Isle with the waterworks at the foot of Marquette REGAINS ALTITUDE MARK NAVAL FLIER REACHES EST ALTITUDE TO WHICH MAN HAS EVER OF- CALIBRATION June the Lieutenant Apollo Soucek today held both the land and seaplane world altitude records for the Reaches Feet The National Aeronautics tion announced a bureau of ard calibration of barographs the navy flier took aloft last day showed he reached the highest altitude to which man had ever In his training Apache plane of a type discarded by the navy when it was found unsatisfactory as a fighting Soucek took two hours and ten minutes to make hi He said his altimeter showed he had reached and the needle wavered about that point as he fought to increase his height in the thin air and in a temperature as much as 60 degrees below To break the existing land plane Lieutenant Soucek had to reach 100 meters or about 328 feet higher than the 794 foot altitude reached by Willie a German in May 1929. Soucek exceeded the altitude by Holds Seaplane Record The navy flyer already holds the seaplane record of which he established in the same He also held the land plane record until the new one by am especially pleased to hear the result of the Lieut. Soucek I now can go to sea with a clear performance is a great credit to himself and to the Secretary Adams are all proud of Chinese Tong War to Open in Chicago June lice having in- telephone messages cating Chicago Chinese would disregard peace agreements in the had five squads and 25 extra patrolmen in early Tong leaden here admitted local peace negotiations had fallen thru and they were for Chang Gong one of j wealthiest was shot to i death in the street j In Minneapolis last night a was shot five j a member of the Sing said he recognized one of attackers ax a member of the On Leone After Easy 3 Men Meet Detectives June Three extortionists kept an ting tryst with Chicago detectives today when they met at a south side street corner to collect from the proprietor of a 111., soft drink They were arrested and held for trial at tor on extortion The prisoners arc Tom 32; Ralph 25; and Fred 30. The trio entered Phillip Oliver's soft drink parlor at Streator last displayed badges and themselves as prohibition Oliver said they demanded of He paid them he and promised to raise the Instead Oliver notified the tor and Chicago detectives joined him At a signal from Oliver the police surrounded the trio as they parked their They surrendered without Shoot Man Who Resists Them Oklahoma Jane V. J. 34-year-old oil field is in a hospital here today critically wounded because he attempted to eject from a cafe three bandits who Interrupted his fast As the bandits leveled weapons at the cafe grappled with the who shot him through tht stomach and i JEWELS TAKEN AT KELLER'S STOR SAFE OPENED BY DRILLING SMALL HOLE UNDER THIEVES SHEAR KNOBS WITH GREASE TO PREVENT Diamonds and other jewelry ued at over were stolen time between Saturday night and this morning by a thief or who cracked the safe of ler's second story place of business in the Nash Mr. Weller cairn j about insurance Done By Experts At a late hour this afternoon Chief of Police R. S. Payne had no trace of the robbers the which included six of rings set with diamonds and other expensive and all his of unset some valued to There is little chance apprehending the according to Chief for the job ly was done by Unlocking the outer door to probably with a skeleton the yeggs smeared the handle of inner door and the handles and knobs of the safe with small hole was drilled just below bottom of the combination of the while the inner door had been opened with When Mr. Weller entered Lis shop this morning the pouch which his diamonds arc kept and the trays in which his watches jewelry are displayed were piled in front of the the doors of were standing Had Confederate Outside A cord had been tied to one of handles of the outer safe ahd a notebook was attached to ihe string about 18 inches a considerable length of twine was lying on the floor next to aa opsa window near the The tion is that one man did the job while another watched on the ready to twitch on the g should any one enter ihe The thickly smeared grease on a knobs of the door and safe make the securing of finger prints impossible The fact that no grease was on the knob of the c door evidence of the expertness of who undoubtedly knew many hands touch that particular The six trays were ly cleaned only one cheap attached to a piece of a ring The watches and pieces of jewelry were Mr. Weller Has Had Suspicious Visitors Several peculiar and suspicious individuals have been in his e of business during tho paut the local jeweler but he could attach particular ance to their Local a careful examination of all abia There is no tux for an Stoughton Youth Owns to June Arrested by Milwaukee dele as he attempted to a vsk 17-year-oJd Stoughton youth fessed to police the robbery of and Severson jewel here a month and hiding place of loot valued The who said he the robbery to get money for sical will be in juvenile court late Rag Man Gets in Suit for 30 Ce June 9 0 Milwaukee old clothes 5 Mrs. Hatti Piechocki She just e sewed in bills of an old coat to rag man SO lice aid in locating the Weather Report Generally not quite so cool in southwest tion Tuesday I g diMy followed by in ex- treme west Today's Weather temperature for hour period ending at 7 a. Minimum temperature for period ending at 7 a. 45. At 7 a. W. Precis t. a W
