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The Minneapolis Star EXPERTS on all branches of sport write for The SUr in the Sports Section. FIRST IN SPORTS Read The Star for the latest and snappiest gporta news from all sections. MINNEAPOLIS, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1931 fUl LTU mm man JV 1 RAIL GRADE CASE SET FOR SEPT. 22 MAGAZINE EDITOR LEAPS TO DEATH IVinnW A VQ Aviator Airplane Eloper Granted Divorce OSCAR LINDGREN APPEAL BEFORE II iv vii umv, Races M.P.H. G.A.R.

VETERANS PARADE AGAIN Pes Moines, Iowa, Sept. 16. U.R) Snow-white heads were proudly held erect as members of the Grand Army of the Republic once again marched in parade today. Of the 1.S0O survivors of the G. A.

R. attending the annual national encampment here only the most hearty-were able to parade on foot. Others rode in cars. Each veteran received a bouquet of flowers from the city's ELEVATOR HEAD FACES CHARGES Mandan. N.

Sept. 16. (U.R) C. Sicg, manager of the Glen I'llin elevator of the Atwood-Larson Grain Co. of Mfnneapolis, today confessed that he was responsible for shortages in the accounts of the elevator.

County Attorney L. H. Connolly announced. Sieg had sworn out a complaint against I. E.

Dickerson, traveling auditor for the grain company, accusing Diikerson of discovering a small discrepancy in the accounts and then extorting money under threat of revealing the shortage. Now Sieg faces embezzlement charges. PAROLE BOARD Served Ten Years for Trial of the suit between the city and the Milwaukee and Rock Island railroads, over the order for separation of grades in South Minneapolis by elevation, has been set for trial in federal district court. Sept. 22, it was announced today by attorneys for the Milwaukee road.

I'nder federal court procedure, however, actual trial of the suit may not be reached for several months. Once the trial starts, it is assumed it will take at least two months to put in all evidence. New York, Sept. 16. U.R rarker Lloyd Smith, 30, socially prominent and managing editor of the magazine "Fortune," committed suicide today by leaping from the twenty-third floor of a fashionable apartment house.

Smith, son of the late Walter Lloyd Smith, an associate justice of the appellate division, New York state supreme court, left a note for his mother complaining of the heat. SHE URGED KILLING Youth Confesses Shooting Employer for Attentions to Fiancee Beating Girl; Acquitted in LaCount Case Members of the slate parole board A A A A A Haikensack. N. X. Sept.

16. U.R Mrs. Otto Zeigler confessed today. nolics said, that she had urged a 21 vear-old vouth to kill her husband, a silk manufacturer, and prominent in ir mm civic affairs here. Her admission came several hours after the youth, George Flanard, who had been employed in Zeisler's mill, confessed he shot his employer to death last night.

Wife Admits riot It was Mrs. Zeigler who first suggested that police look for Flanard as the perpetrator of the crime and she denounced the youth vigorously Here Is Just What You Need to Start School With after his arrest, 1-ater she was arrested on suspicion of conspiring with Flanard, but she denied any complicity. After long questioning the widow admitted she had besought Flanard to commit the deed and that she had told him if he did session at Stillwater penitentiary today were considering an application for parole by Oscar l.indgren oT Minneapolis, once tried and acquitted in the Madelyn l.a Count murder case and later sentenced to serve from 10 to 2ft yetars in the state penitentiary for a brutal assault on a 21-year-old girl, knitting mill employe. I.indgren's case will be taken up by the board late today, it was announced by Arthur l.indholm, secretary. At the morning session the board considered only cases of minor offenders.

l.indgren pleaded guilty to the assault charge in February. 1922, and now has served 10 years. The girl, returning home from work the night of Feb. 6, 1922, was seized and beaten nearly unconscious at Humboldt and Forty-ninth avenues X. Two men passing by captured l.indgren as he slipped and fell on the icy pavement a block f-rom the scene of the attack.

Confessing. l.indgren explained his actions by declaring at times he was suddenly gripped with "an overwhelming urge to beat a woman." Lindgren was a gardener at an estate at Northome, Lake Minnetonka. when Mrs. Madelyn I a Count, 17-year-old bride of a chauffeur, was found beaten to death with a base-hall bat in the cottafle occupied by herself and her husband. The murder was discovered on Sept.

12, 1919. Both I-a Count, the husband, and Lindgren were tried, the former being acquitted first. He later was a witness for the state in Lindgren's trial. On March 15, 1920, Lindgren was acquitted of the murder charge by a jury after three ballots. msmm Mil LORETTA YOIXG Los Angeles, Sept.

16. Loretta not, she would do the shooting herself. The motive, authorities believe, was jealousy. Flanard, according to his confession given out by police, held a grudge against Zeigler because of his alleged attention to Flanard's fiancee, Miss Ruth Herring. Neighbors quoted Mrs.

Zeigler as having said, immediately after the shooting: "I knew this would happen; he ran around with so many girls." Young, young film star, was granted a divorce here from Grant Withers, Given For THE STAR For 3 MONTHS EACH motion picture actor. Miss Young The fastest speed ever made by man has been achieved by Flight I.ieut. G. H. Stainforth of the Knyal Air corps.

During the Schneider cup races at (alshot, he streaked 404.575 miles an hour. An attendant is shown here carrying Lieutenant Stain-forth ashore from his seaplane following a trial flight at Calshot. and Withers eloped by airplane to Yuma, and were married Jan 26. 1930. A property settlement pro vided neither Withers nor Miss Young should seek alimony from the other.

DEALER OFFERS BISHOP KEEL ER OF STATE OPENS BIG CONVENTION DECISIONS IS NEAR ON WHEAT PLAN "Washington. Sept. 16. U.R The federal farm board was expected to TO TEST BARGE day to announce its attitude toward 'Healer9 Acts as OwnLawyerMs COAL SHIPPING the "Walla Walla" plan for relief of wheat growers. The board was believed to have decided it would be unable to carry out the proposals for sale of stabilization of wheat back to growers.

The plan provided that farmers receiving board wheat would agree to cut next season's acreage by a corresponding amount. Himself on Stand McKenzie Ready to Form Competing Firm if Successful Asks Half Hour for Argument After Questioning Judge Denver, Sept. 16. The fiftieth general convention of the Episcopal church was opened officially here today by Fvt. Rev.

Stephen E. Keeler, Minnesota bishop coadjutor, and known as the "baby" bishop of the convention, with a great service in the Denver auditorium, attended by more than 10,000 persons. The opening sen-ices were preceded by a procession of vested bishops from all parts of the world, and a choir of 500 voices from the combined Denver churches. Rev. Michael Bolton Furse.

bishop of St. Albans, England, one of the most colorful figures at the conference, delivered the main An. experimental tow of eastern coal up the Mississippi river this fall to determine the feasibility of SHARE PRICES IRREGULAR AT CLOSE forming a local company for use of the new municipal coal docks was proposed today in a communication to the city council from S. J. McKenzie, 3533 Colfax avenue a coal operator in Minneapolis for the past 25 years.

Mr. McKenzie declared he is willing to arrange for the tow and pay POSSEMEN FACE for it, if the council will agree to see it is unloaded at the municipal docks. He will pay 10 cents a ton unloading and storage charge for the coal he tows, he declared. Although the municipal docks are Amid a barrage of sustained objections, John Hugh Lally, 3113 Portland avenue, self-styled faith-healer and physical instructor, proceeded blandly to act as his own attorney when he appeared for a preliminary hearing in police court today on charges of violating the basic science lawsr The objections came from Charles Goldblum, assistant county attorney, and were rapidly sustained by Judge Fred B. Wright.

Tall, imposing, just beginning to gray at the temples, Mr. Lally proceeded to question everybody connected with the case, including Judge Wright, Mr. Goldblum, C. R. McNel-lis, who claimed to have received treatments, and F.

M. Brist, complaining witness. Mr. cN'ellis testified Lally offered to cure him in eight treatments. Mr.

Lally, however, maintained he did nothing of the sort. He claimed he had told cN'ellis "God is the only healer," and that he should repeat not completed yet, it is possible arrangements might be made for han dling such a shipment. Alderman Olaf Pearson, member of the council commerce, markets and harbors committee, said. QUIZ IN DEATH OF GIRL (Earlier Details Page 1) Oranite Falls, Sept. 16.

U.R) Eight members of a posse that shot and killed Arlawaine Kittleson, 18, today were summoned before a coroner's inquest to explain their part in the shooting near Hanley Falls. other witnesses. Including Clarence Jaoacby, Wood Lake, driver of the automobile in which the girl was riding when killed, will be called, Coroner O. M. Olson said.

New York, Sept. 16. (U.RV-A. series of swings in the stock market today-left the list irregular. The main issues were near the previous close.

A few special issues were forced down 1 to 12 points; utilities were heavily sold with the exception of American Telephone; rails made the best showing as a group. Western Union broke nearly five points. Consolidated Gas broke more than a point and North American made a new low since 1927 at 55 li, off 2 points. Rails Average Well Kansas City Southern in the rail group broke more than 5 points. Atchison failed to recover all of its early loss of 314 points and Chesapeake corporation made a new low, but gains of fractions to 4 points were made in the others, notably Delaware and Hudson.

Willys-Overland preferred broke 6 points on omission of the dividend yesterday. Declines ranging to 12 points were noted fn Pittsburgh and West Virginia, 'Case preferred, Louis-ville and Nashville, Hon If the experiment proves a success he is prepared to organize a firm to build a number of barges for coal transportation on the river, Mr. McKenzie said. The new concern would compete with the Mississippi-Kanawha Coal company which was granted a 20-year franchise for use of the docks by the council last spring. "God is making me better." He said McNellis wanted to know how many faith treatments would be necessary and that he told him eight or nine.

Lally then proceeded to put himself on the stand, but when he attempted several times to demonstrate his methods, objections were sustained. You Get All This This Picture is Much Smaller Than Actual Six The shooting took place about a mile north of Hanley Falls. The posse was organized about 11 p.m.. shortly after a lone bandit had held up the gasoline station of Arthur Gustafson and escaped with $50. eywell and Mullins Jlanufacuring preferred.

2 DIE, 2 HURT IN NAVY RELIEF PLANE CRASH He said he had been convicted and fined $100 in Chicago and arrested and convicted in Winnipeg after Mr. Pript had written to authorities there. He then sent court attaches scurrying for copies of the basic science statutes. Lally finished with himself shortly before noon and demanded a half hour for presenting an argument. 10 Pencil holder.

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17 Handy 6-inch ruler divided in both inches and meters. 19 Corona soft rubber eraser. 5 Large Tanager "school series" writing tablet smooth ruled paper, for ink. 6 No. 7285 small Tanager "school series" ruled note book.

7 Box of 8 colored drawing crayons. 8 Three college pennants in school colors for your room. 9 School writing cabinet full of useful and necessary school equipment as follows: 1 Two-pocket leatherette hound durable bag for booki, lunch, pens, pencils, etc. 2 No. 7275 Tanager "school series" large ruled composition book, with beautiful cover in colors.

5 No. 7265 Tanager "school series" small ruled composi- tion book, -vith beautiful cover in colors. 4 -Large Tanager "school series" perforated, permanently bound ruled pencil table. Pirate' Victim Whose Body Was Found on Beach Judge Wright continued the case un Panama City, 16. U.

R)V1 til 11:30 a.m. Thursday. CHICAGO THEATER BOMBING PROBED Chicago, Sept. 16. 4U.R The new "Scotland Yard" detail of the police department assumed charge today of the Inquiry into six recent theater bombings after the blast on the roof of the New Regent theater in South Halstad street.

vThe bombings started when owners ousted film operators after a dispute over wages and imported operators from other cities. WADE EXONERATED wwvwvwvwwvwwv I'nited States navy amphibian, en-route to Belize, British Honduras, from the Coco Solo air' field with medical supplies, crashed at David, Panama, today. Two of the crew were killed and two injured. The dead were Chief Pilot J. L.

Jenkins and A. O. Miller, machinist. The injured were Lieut. IN MARSHALL CASE Winfild, Sept.

16. U.RV- COMPLETE SCHOOL OUTFIT ORDER BLANK Otto Wade, 29, farmer, today stood exonerated of all suspicion in the A. Langford, co-pilot, and J. R. THE MINNEAPOLIS STAR: Please send me The Star for three months to help the bearer get a Complete School Outfit FREE.

I am not now taking The Star. THE STIR COSTS 4.V A MONTH, PAVARIJC AT THE KND OF THE MONTH, INrM'IMNO THE BIO 6AIIROAV JEATl BE EDITION, OI.OKKII COMICS, MAfiAZINK SECTION, AX KO EXTRA COST! KKGIXAR STAR CARRIERS WILL DELIVER PAPERS Langford Miller, radio operator, was not expected to live. WILL PROVIDES TOURIST HOTEL Chicago, Sept. 16. U.R The will slaying of Alvin S.

Marshall near Eau Claire, police here announced today. Wade, arrested as a suspect, was released from jail Tuesday and local officers considered the case closed, as far as he is concerned. "He gave a full account of his whereabouts at the time Marshall was killed," police said. "Obviously, he was not connected with the case. He was freed after final consultation by telephone with the Eau Claire sheriff." of Agostino Boggiano, who made Markets at a Glance $250,000 in the macaroni business, ets aside $25,000 to build a hotel Name Name Name for American tourists' at Piano Cam- Address Apt Phone Phone.

Apt Phone. GIVE SCHOOL OUTFIT TO pil, Italy. "So they can get good wine and good cooking, un trammeled by prohibition," sons of Boggiano explained their father's request. By I'nited Press Stocks irregular with rails holding well and utilities weak; special issues make wide declines. Bonds irregularly lower; few domestic issues supported.

Curb stocks hold slightly above day's lows. Chicago stocks mixed. Call money 1H per cent all day. 2 DIE IN FREAK Name Address i AUTO ACCIDENT Philadelphia, Sept. 16.

U.R) Two Foreign exchange steady; marks Mail or Bring Your Orders to THE HinfJEAPOLIS STAR, 427 6th AVENUE SOUTH hucksters, William Turner, 45, and Frank Dinkel, 40, were standing on BALLOTS STOLEN IN VOTE RIOTS Pittsburgh, Sept. 1 6. U.R) Two men held up an election board and stole a ballot box containing 600 counted ballots today as an anticlimax to one of the most violent elections here in years. Rioting, intimidation, slugging, shooting and "kidnaping," wore reported. State police, sent by Governor Pinchot, arrested scores.

the sidewalk near their horse andj cart when two automobiles collided! nearby. One of the cars, thrown strong. Wheat closes higher after dip from day's tops; corn and oats up. Cotton sags almost 15 points on increased hedging. Rubber firm In, light trading.

Benjamin P. rollings, whose body, bound with was found in a Loir; Island Beach today. His wife claims he had been slain by pirates. Details Page 1. hlglj in the air, came down upon the tw men, crushing them to death.

Tbo wotoriats escaped serious injur'- Chicago butter and egg futures weak..