The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, July 7, 1925, Page 1

WEATHER FORECAST Showers probable tonight Wednesday. and ESTABLISHED 1873 MADMAN MURDERS Henry R. Stebbins of Bis BODY TAKEN | FROM WATER BY OFFICERS Efforts of Companions Save Well Known Young | Man Fail ! ; ' LEAVES BRIDE OF YEAR Youth Was Prominent in Salvation Army Activ- x ities of City Henry R. Stebbins, 25, well known young Bismarck man and prominent} in Salvation Army activities, was drowned early last evening at Yeg- ger’s dam in Apple Creek, cast of the city. The young man, accompanied by a number of boys and men, including Adjutant Hugh Piercy of the Bis- marck Salvation Army corps, went to the dam to bathe. Young Stebbins was one of the first to enter the water. As he could not swim he went in at the south end of the pool where the water is shallow. While wading around he stepped into a deep hole and disappeared under the water. His companions say he never came to the surface. Body Is Found " Adjutant Piercy plunged into the water with his clothes on in an at- tempt to save the young man and others in the party searched under water where they saw him go down but they could not locate the body. In the meantime, one of the boys rushel to Bismarck for assistance. ; The authorities were notified and Sheriff Albin Hedstrom, Coroner El- bridge Gobel and Chief of Police Chris Martineson rushed to the dam, . Stebbins disappeared under the 245 o'cleck and his vas recovered at 40:50 o'clock. found about cight feet from: in mud to his knees and that he be- lieves that Mr. Stebbins went down: into the mud from which he was un- able to free himself. The body was brought to Bismarck where it was examined by physicians. Condition of the body showed that death was caused by drowning and no inquest will be necessary. Born In Bismarck Henry Stebbins was born in Bis-. marck on June 17, 1900, and had made this city his home all his lifetime. | He had been active in religious work in Bismarck for several years and he was a member of the Salvation Army | band that plays on the street corners each evening. He had planned to en- ter the Salvation Army training col- lege in Chicago next year to pre- pare for a captaincy in the Army. Mr. Stebbins was employed as storekeeper at the Soo Line roundhouse. On Aug. 13, 1924, Mr. Stebbins was united in marriage to Miss Tilly Lar- son. He is survived by his bride of less than a year, his mother, Mrs. “Anna Stebbins, 523 Sixth street, with whom he and his wife made their home; four brothers, Joel and Stanley of Helena, Mont., George of Chicago and Leslie of Bismarck; and three sisters, Miss Marie Stebbins of Fair- mount, Minn., Mrs. Lillian Jellett of Bismarck and Capt. Dorothy Stebbins of Deadwood, 8. D. ' Funeral arrangements will be an- nounced later. YOUNG PRIEST CONDUCTS HIS FIRST MASS Father Leo Halloran, who was or- dained in Bismarck last Monday by Bishop Wehrle, said his first solemn high Mass Sunday in the St. Mary's church of Bismarck before a crowded assembly. The mass was held ac- cording to the Dominican, or Moze Arabic Rites. Father Halloran was born and rais- ed in Bismarck and a feature of his first mass was the presence of his six brothers in the Sanctuary. Fath- er Slagg of Bismarck preached the sermon at the service and Rev. Father Clement of Mandan served as Deacon while Father John Halloran of Ray, N. D., brother of the new priest, acted as Sub-Deacon. The men’s choir of the St. Mary's church sang the Mass. Following the services a dinner was served in St, Mary's church by the ladies of the parish. A recep- tion followed and Father Halloran was greeted by his many Bismarck friends. He will remain in Bismarck for-a few weeks and then will leave for Be Francisco, Calif., his field of jabor. 0. J. LUNDBY NAMED _ FIRST SYKESTON MAYOR Sykeston, N. D. July 7.—0. J. Lundby was elected the first mayor of Sykeston at the special election here to name initial officers under the newly acquired status of city, voted a few weeks ago. Other officers follows: Thomas Lindland, treasurer; M. Rasmus: justice of peace; Ed Nichols, A. Wiest, Joseph Paa and/M. M. Corson, alderme: ‘Ys LONDON TRAFFIC TOLL London—Traffle accidents in Lon- don caused the deaths, of 185 per- sons during the first three months of this year, 4 THE BISMARCK ' FIRST STARK SENATOR DIES DICKINSON Dickinson, N. D., July 7%.—Funeral | services were held here yesterday for Nelson C. Lawrence, 81, pioneer res- ident of Dickinson, who came here a a land agent of the North Pacific, shortly after the townsite was platted: in 1883. | Mr. Lawrence was one of the best known men in western North Dako and until a decade ago was active in its development. He was the first] Senator to be sent from Stark county | to the state legislature and wasepost- | master of Dickinson for many years. | For the last several years he had been in poor health and death came Saturday night after long suffering. One daughter, Mrs. Gertrude Doo. son, with whom he made his home, survives. FIGHT OPENS ON FRANCHISE GIVEN HUGHES in Circulation | Mandan, July Petitions for a referendum of the electric light franchise granted hy vote of four members “of the city Commission— Conroy, Dorfler, Anderson and F ericks—to the Hughes Electric pany, Bismarck, at a special election to be held on some date to be fixed y member of the city board, are in tion about the city and are receiving many times more than the number of signatures required by law. i The petition for the referendum’ attacks on several points the ordin- ance passed on July 1 granting the, franchise to the Hughes electric) company for a period of 25 years. | The ordinance passed by the city board by the four to one vote, set forth that the granting of the franch-| ise to the Hughes Electric company was “necessary to the welfare of the| city.” In the referendum petition, the signers protest against the or-! dinance us not a necessity and peti-! tion, “that said ordinance and fran-| chise be suspended, as required by ‘law, from going into operation; that the said board of city commissioners! reconsider such ordinance and! franchise and repeal the same; or if said ordinance and franchise is not’ repealed by the board of city com-| missioners that the said city com- missioners shall submit said ordin- ance to a vote of the electors of the; said city of Mandan as required by the laws of the state of North Da- kota, “Your petitioners further repre- sent that said ordinance or franchise} is not an ordinance necessary for th immediate preservation of the pub peace, health or safety,” it ends. Petitions for referring an act of a city board under the state laws gov- erning operation of cities under the commission system, automatically suspends the Hughes franchise from! going into effect. The law requires ten per cent of the qualified elec- tors on petitions for a referendum election. Men circulating the peti- tions declare their intention to se-| cure enough voters to represent more than 75 per cent of all eligible citi- zens prior to the regular meeting of the city commission Wednesday even? ng. KNEESHAW IS STILL MISSING IN FLORIDA Pembina, N. D., July 7—Rum run- ning operators of the Bahamas may have figured in the disappearance of James Kneeshaw, son of District Judge W.. J. Kneeshaw of Pembina, the latter from a trip to where he tried vainly to solve the mystery of the disappearance from there of the younger Kneeshaw sev- eral weeks ago. Judge Kneeshaw deinite had developed, but that au- thorities are endeavoring to follow up/several clues. The younger Kneeshaw had been negotiating for the purchase of a launch and had drawn $2,000 from a bank with a view to going to Miami to complete the deal. He was ar- ranging ‘to buy the boat for another man. Authorities hold that rum run- ners may have wanted the boat for their operations and may have plot- ted to seize it and perhaps rob Mr. Kneeshaw as well. Another theory ig that differences may have arisen between Mr. Knee- shaw and the client for whom he was acting as agent. Judge Kneeshaw stated the liquor upon his return here Braidentown, Fia., said nothing traffic has drawn many men of the criminal class who might have been responsible for his son’s ance. : ppear- COUNTY BRINGS ACTION TO COLLECT TAXES Action on behalf of Burleigh coun- ty to collect back taxes of E. G. Patterson was brought by F. E. Mc- Curdy, state's attorney, today in, dis- triet court. The action is brought to foreclose a lien of taxes on property belonging to Patterson under a law passed by the last legislature and which went*into effect on July 1. The state’s attorney seeks to have the court declare the taxes a prior id to order the Men'on the property propetty sold for ta: The now about $325,000,000,009, \ ity of the voters of the state.’ | + vent Sorlie from usurping autocratic; Vall. re ee br: th _of the United States} a BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, TUESDAY, JULY 7, 1925 ROY FRAZIER HURLS DEFY AT GOVERNOR G. 0. P. Chairman Denounces Sorlie as State Meeting Opens in Bismarck FIFTY ATTEND SESSION Seek to Choose Candidate, to FiJl Unexpired Term of Senator Ladd Roy Frazier, Crosby, chairman of | the Republican state executive com- this after-| ‘mittee, called to meet noon, today hurled the gauntlet at} Governor A. G. Sorlie in a statement to the press, announcing the con-j vention 1s aimed to “prevent the! Governor from defeating the will of the people by selecting a candidate | to fill the unexpired term of Sena-| tor E. F. Ladd, who would be op- posed to the interests of the major- | Must Kepresent Peopie “We don't care whether Governor Sorlie appoints a successor to Ladd or calls a special election,” Frazier stated. “We are concerned with the} selection of a man who will repre- | sent the rank and file of North Da-} kota voters, and we intend to pre-| powers in the matter of choosing a! United States Senator.” Frazier, one-time partisan of the Sorlie faction, was bitter in his de- nunciation of the course adopted by | the Sorlie administration since the! j death of Senator Ladd. campaign of Obstruction e have been beset at every turn with a campaign of obstruc- tion waged by henchmen of Gover- | nor rlie,” he declared. Referring‘) to the first call for a convention of delegates to the last conclave, Frazier declare fie supporters sent out a_ last-minute edict to local league units, warning) them to ignore Frazier’s convention “We had no way of meeting these tactics and our only recourse was to call a conference of the Republican state executive committee,” he de- clared. About 50 men, representing fac-| tions of the Nonpartisan League, gathered in Bismarck today to at- tend the conference of the Repub- lican State Central committee to} consider recommendation of a can- didate for United States senator to succeed the late Senator E. F. Ladd. State Senator Ralph Ingerson, Di- vide county; Roy Yader, Emmons county; Representative O. C. Mar-| tin, Slope count; hristian Hall,’ and R. H. Walker, Oliver county, ara here for the meeting. The bulk of attendance came from northwestern sections of the state. Frazier declared the convention would be free to take “any action it may desire on any matter it may choose.” Demand for a state-wide conven- tion of the Nonpartisan League to! a-candidate for appointment to the; U. S, Senate to succeed the late Ed-| win Freemont Ladd, was voiced at the outset of the convention called to meet in Bismarck Frazier, Crosby, chairman Republican state executive commit- tee. Governor A. G. Sorlie, referred to as a “creature of the Nonpartisan | League,” was charged by Senator Ralph Ingerson, Flaxton, with “us- urping powers which alone belong to the League” in announcing his in- tention to appoint a successor to fill the unexpired term of Senator Ladd, Ingerson, progressive leader in the senate during the last session of the legislature, characterized as “ill-con- sidered” a_ statement attributed, to Governor Sorlie that he would ap- point a man to the U. S. Senate who would be acceptable to that body. ; Disrespectful to Ladd “Such a statement seems to me to be disrespectful to the memory of Senator Ladd as well as unfair to Senator Lynn Frazier,” Ingerson stat- ed. “Senator Ladd was not accepta- ible to the U. S. Senate whick is reactionary in the majority.” Ingerson went on record as favor- ing a Nonpartisan convention, ass ing he could not “but voice condem- nation of those Nonpartisangs who opposed a call for a League conven- tion.” “A man who would be acceptable to the United States Senate would not be acceptable to the people of North Dakota,” Ray Frazier, spon- sor of the Bismarck convention, told anproximately 50 delegates assem- led. Judge P. H. Miller, Washburn, stated an appointment to the post of U. S. Senator would be illegal. Judge Miller strongly advocated call- ing a Leagug convention. . He ad” Walker was elected chairman of the convention. Jack Pfeifer was chosen secretary. POLICE FIND ARTICLES TAKEN FROM VATICAN Rome, July 7.—(4)—The sacred ob- jects’ stolen from the Vatican trea- sury last Friday night have been re- covered and four thieves arrested through clever detective work by Italian pofice. The stolen articles were valued at more than one million lire, or about - LONG LEGS—BEST BRAIN London—A British scientist now size of a man’s head nything to do with . Long-le men, more intelligent thai ot lege _. mer German kai: —_——— marck Drowns in IN SAVANNAH SLAYING sisted that she tend his tills. She ¢liims self-defense in that while struggling for possession of the shotgun with which ther husband attempted to force her to do his will, the gun was dis harged, fatally wounding him. BOY SHOOTS AT. TRAIN, KILLS FIREMAN | Wabasha, Minn,, July 7. vin Slazner, 20 year old oy, was arrested here late last pight in connection with the shooting of Frank Hudson, St. Paul, road fire-| man who was found dead in his cab! by the engineer Saturday morning. John R. Foley, Wabasha county | attorney, announced this morning | that Slazner admitted the shooting | and that statements would be taken | today. | Mr. Foley said Slazner weuld be | charged with malicious mischief | which carries a maximum penalty of ten years in prison. Slazner was arrested after a three | day investigation. | Deputy Sheriff John Jacobs started | his investigation a half hour after | the shooting and traversed the rough country from Wabasha to Mabeppa near where Slazner lived, on foot. At a farm house he learned that Slazner and a man and boy had stopped for a drink, He also learned that they were armed with 34 cali- ber rifle. When he and other o ficials interviewed Slazner the coun- ty attorney said the youth admitted that he had shot at the train. RATE SCHEDULE | IS SUSPENDED BY N. D. BOARD The North Dakota railroad commis- sion today ordered suspension of the new rate schedule published by the Northern Pacific, the Great North- ern, and Soo lines, effective Aug. on ‘sand, gravel and related com- modities. : The new tariff rates would have increased transportation costs on long hauls and reduced rates on short hauls on sand and gravel shipments. ‘Acting on complaints, filed during the last month, the railroad commis- sion at a session yesterday voted to suspend the new tariff schedule until Dec. 3, 1925. A public hearing will be held duting the summer on these rates. F A total of 1,361 cars of gravel ori- ginated in North Dakota in 1924. Most of these were shipped into ad- jacent states on long hauls, accord- ing to E. M. Hendricks. rate expert on the staff of the railroad commis- sion. e Complaints alleging unfairness in the present rates on gravel and sand remain to be heard by the commis- sion, Hendricks stated. FOUR EXECUTED FOR ESPIONAGE IN RUSSIA Moscow, July _ 7.—(@)—Former Generals Belevan and Ivanoff of the Red army and magistrates Viasoff and Sholokhoff were executed here today. The first two were sentenced to death after a trial at Kiev where they were found guilty of espionage for Poland. The two magistrates were found guilty of granting im- munity to criminals and accepting bribes. GERMAN PRINCESS DIES Amititz, Prussia, July 7.—)— Princess Wanda zu Schoenaich-Caro- lath died recently at the age, of 77 She was the former mother-in-law of Hermine, wife of the for- . Julia Someillan of Savannah, Ga., shot her h This pieture of ‘ ‘baby children was taken in the courtyard of the Savannah city jail. *| held in the auditorium. nd because he Mrs. Someillan and her two VICK ACTION IS URGED FOR CITY BUILDING New Plan for Armory and Community Center Pre- sented to Commission Whether an armory and community building will be erected in Bismarck this year will probably be decided this week at an unofficial meeting of the city commission and the As- sociation of Commerce directors, which is being arranged today. Gapt. Herman A. Brocopp and Frayne Baker, representing Company A, North Dakota National Guard, and the Bismarck Post American Legion, appeared before the city commission last night and asked that the com- mission call an election to vote $60,- 000 bonds for the purpose of pur- chasitg property and erecting a fire- proof building. Mr. Baker presented the proposi- tion to the commission. He said that the American Legion, Company A and ‘the Association of Commerce have found that the best location for the proposed building is the three lots north of the city auditorium. He stated that with the building erected on those lots it could be used for a demonstration and exhibit place in connection with conventions that are Mr. Baker said that the lots could be purchased for $3,200 each. The speaker pointed out that the building could be used for the state corn show and other expositions and would be an asset to the city in se- curing state conventions and other meetings. Mr. Baker said that an armory will have to be secured in the near future or Company A will be mustered out. He stated that the National Guard company is an asset to the city and that the pay roll of the company alone makes it worth while to the merchants of Bismarck. ; Mr. Baker said that the propositio had been discussed with the Associa! tion of Commerce directors and that: they had advised that the Legion and Company A request the city com- mission to take formal action on the project. President Lenhart of the city com- mission said that the commission would need some time to consider the proposition and that it would be submitted to the city attorney for an opinion. He said that a decision would need to be made before the city budget.is adopted on July 22 and suggested. that the proposition be diseussed unofficially with the As- sociation of Commerce directors. Secretary A. F. Bradley of the Asso- ciation of Commerce said he would arrange a meeting for this week. MAN WANTED IN BISMARCK IS ARRESTED), James Smith was arrested in Jamestown today at the request of Chief Chris Martineson. Smith is al- leged to have sold an automobile in this oity and then to have driven the iA REDUCTION OF INCOMETAXES COOLIDGE AIM Hopes New Measure Will Provide for General Re- lief All Along Line HIS OPINION ! Awaits Final Figures on Con- dition of Treasury at : Close of Year Swampscott, Mass., July 7. (A) President Coolidge feels that the next reduction in taxes should be made on incomes all along the line. While leaving the actual prepara-! tion of the tax reduction bill in the hands of the house ways and means committee and ‘treasury ‘official: Mr. Coolidge hopes that it will pro- vide for general relief, and at the; -| same time make poss est amount of returns To accomplish this end Mr. idge thinks the maximum ; 35 should be cut at least to 25 per cent.! If it is the opinion of experts that a smaller maximum surtax rate, even as low per cent, would produce \greater returns to the government and stimulate business, he would favor this rate. He also stands on his previou; pronouncement that the inheritance: tax should be greatly reduced, if; not completely wiped out. Final figures on the condition of the treasury at the close of the year, June 30, have not been} received by the president and he is reserving his opinion on a definite! | reduction scheme until he receives this advice. He believes, however, that the present maximum surtax rate does not permit a proper de- | velopment of business and wants at- tention centered these rates. Although treasury officials and ssional Teaders have mentioned the present maximum surtax rate of 40 per cent to 15 per cent, this is the first time the figure of Z per cent as a maximum rate has been officially expressed. particularly on TWO SOUGHT ia FOR MURDER OF YOUNG GIRL Ottawa, Ill., July 7.—-(4)—Two men are being hunted for by the police for the slaying of Marie Seckak, 19, of Jonesville, whose mutilated body was found along the road a_ mile south of here yesterday. The men were described at the in- quest late today as the ones who had taken Nelly Sthat and the slain girl out riding Saturday night, and after taking Nelly home had left with Marie under the pretext of taking her to her home in Jonesvilie. At the inquest the Sthat girl stat- ed that she and Marie met the two men shortly after 1 o'clock and ac- cepted an auto ride into the country. She said ee party returned about 10:30, leaviag her at her home, the men departing with Marie. The discovery of the body follow-| eq the receipt of a mysterious note dropped from a speeding car. WELL KNOWN GOLDEN VALLEY PIONEER DIES) Beach, N. D., July 7.—F. E. Heath,’ Golden Valley county pioneer, and for the last 10 years clerk of court, died here of heart disease. For the last year he had acted as county judge, also. He came to Beach during the first influx of farmers, locating when a section house was the only building on the present townsite of Beach. He launched a general store, and also erected a hotel. He also served as postmaster of Beach. Basil Magee, resident of Beach for several years, and recently employed by the Beach Advance, weekly news- paper here, was appointed by the Golden Valley county commission to serve out the unexpired term of Mr. Heath. FIVE FEDERAL ROAD PROJECTS ARE APPROVED The state highway commission has approved the following five federal aid projects requested by county com- missions: Paving and scoria, one mile, city of Dickinson on Red Trail. Grading project, eight mil Mylo and Bisbee road, Rolette county. Grading project, five miles, Center- Ft. Clark road, Oliver county. Grading project, 12% miles, West- hope-Melita road, Bottineau county. Grading spurs in Wells county leading from federal aid projects into the towns of Dover, Sykeston, Heat- on, Bowden and Chaseley. The highway commission decided that next year the motor vehicle numbers should be numerical, instead of the present division between Fords and nen-Fords. . CLAM CAUGHT BIG BIRD Tex.—Jack Baker to move as he approach discovered that the bird placed its bill into the open - of ich had to be killed be- t iper could be released. dj; The city’s total colored populatio: TRIBUNE WIFE AND CHILD pple Creek BIG INCREASE IN POSTOFFICE | | BUSINESS HERE | pie \ ¢ Expanding prosperity in the Bis- marck area is reflected in increased postal receipts totaling $20,1 the first half of 1925. Rec ,the half-year period reached | 665.61 as against $72,138.99 for the same period in 1924, according to figures released today by Harry Lar- son, assistant postmaster, Part of the record advance in post- jal business is accounted for in rate | increases effective April first. _In- creased receipts for the first four months of the year, however, ran $9,344.38 above the total for the first jfour months of 1924. Indications are volume of business at the local postoffice will exceed $200,000 for the year, Larson stated. igures for 1924 ran slightly in ex \cess of $150,000. GREAT CLIFFS TOPPLE OVER | IN EARTHQUAKE {Tremors Rip Large Fissues in Islands off Coast of California Avalon, Santa Catalina, Calif, Suly 7—-(P)--While last) Monday's earthquake was toppling hotels and office buildings of Santa Barbara nto the street, it was ripping great fissures in Santa Cruse and San Miguel Islands, just off the coast from the mission’ city, hurling sec- tions of their coast line into the sea and revealing old = Indian burial places, whose existence had not been Suspected. A report of the temblors’ effect on the practically uninhabited islands was brought here yesterday by Captain Arthur Sanger of the schooner Dreamer, on the vessel's re- turn from anchorage off Santa Cruse Island with a party of geologists from the Los Angeles museum of history, science and arts. Sanger said the Dreamer was lying off Santa Cruse Island when the shocks segan early Monday, and that waves turned up by the quake tossed ae vessel about like a piece of kind- in, lifts toppled into the sea tefore us,” he said, “and we gazed awe- struck at what seemed to be the end of the world.” “From Santa Miguel Island to the cast of us arose great clouds of du indicating that there, too, the elif were crashing.” GRANGE HITS NORTH DAKOTA ROAD SYSTEM Drake, N. D., July 7.—Resolutions opposing the federal and state high- way program as it is now carried on were adopted at the convention here of the North Dakota Grange. Belief was expressed that the federal gev- ernment should build and maintain all trunk highways. An address was given by T. M. Williams, state master. ‘The following officers were elect- ed: State master, T. M. Williams, Des overseer, LL. E. Goodlaxon, lecturer, Mrs. H. A. McCarthy, steward, C. W. Kemper, A. 8. C. A. Kenyon, Des Lacs; chaplain, J. P. Kemper, Drake; treasurer, Edwin Losby, Minot; sec- retary, Mrs. C. J. Olstad, Drake; gate keeper, Lee Kenyon, Des Lacs; L. A. 8., Mrs. Mary Shafer, Drake; court ladies, Mrs. T. M. Williams, Des Lacs; Mrs. L. E. Goodlaxon, Drake, and Mrs. Edwin Losby, Minot. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF STATE PLANNED A $50,000 geological survey of North Dakota will be begun within the next week following arrival im Bismarck today of C. L. Sadler, gov- ernment topographer, who \ will co- operate with W. G. Black, state en- gineer, in survey work. « A topographical map of the state will be charted by state and federal forces working together, Black stat- ed. The legislature at its last se: sion appropriated $25,000 for a topo- graphical survey. By a recent en- actment of Congress, the federal government will appropriate a simi- lar amount, making a total .of $50,- 000 for survey work. POPULATION OF MINOT IS 12,228 Minot, N. D., July 7.—Minot, has a population of 12,228, a gain of 1,752 or 17 per cent over the 1920 figure, which was 10,476, and an increase 0! 78 per cent over the 1910 figure of 6,880, according to the official state census, completed by H. E. Wheeler, city assessor. Of the 12,228 residents in the city, 395 are not citizens of the United States, according to Mr. Wheeler's \Freport. Seven hundred seventy of the city’s population are foreign born, the report states. Although there are more white , than-white males, females in the cif the census shows that the opposite i: true of the colored residents, the: being a few more males than fem: Real estate in the United States na valued in exceas of $175,000,000,- FINAL EDITION — PRICE FIVE CENTS FOUR CHILDREN WOUNDEDBUT ESCAPE DEATH Flee in Terror Into Street When Father Attacks Them With Knife ALL SERIOUSLY HURT Crazed Man Kills Himself After Attempting to Slay Entire Family Minneapolis, July 7.—()—Ernest Franzen, 41, early today killed his wife and one child and sent four other children into the streets in their night clothes injured and cry- ing for help. He then killed himself. The father, evidently suddenly craz- ed, attacked the entire family with a large knife while they were sleep- ing. He first attacked his wife, Ellen, 39. She was found dead in the kitchen. In a bed room on the sec- ond floor was found the body of Morris, 9 years old. Four other children aroused from sleep by the commotion were seeking hiding places, in terror, when the father came upon them. All were cut, one seriously, before they were able to avoid him and flee. yhim their home. The four children who fled wers Ingard, 16; Helmar, 15; Margret, 13, and Ethel 11. ‘As they ran down the street shrieking for aid, Arpold Stanson and his three comp. iions Stopped, questioned the, Kysterical children and immediately called the police. Girl Badly Hurt The other three were carrying Ethel, the most badly injured, She was reported in a serious condition at the general hospital with a wound in the neck. Ingard and Hel- mar had received minor cuts ubout the neck and Margaret escaped with a cut hand. When the police arrived at the home they’ found the bodies of the mother and the. younger child and in a bed room on the second floor the father lay dying with his throat cut. Franzen was employed by a feed company. | WOMAN DROWNS SON Rockford, Ill, July 7.—Crazed by an obsession that her husband cared more for his son by a previous mar- riage than he did for her and griev- ing over other imaginary troubles, Mrs. Josephine Dunn, 30, wife of James E. Dunn, drowned her eight year old son by a former marriaj and then drowned herself in Rock river yesterday. RUM RUNNERS KILL OFFICER IN GUN FIGHT Two Policemen Wounded by Bootleggers: in Fierce Pistol Battle Salinas, Calif. July 7.—@)—A truck and passenger automobile, both equipped to carry liquor, were found in a vacant lot today near the point at Moss landing where sus- pected rum runners and a sheriff Posse engaged’ in a pistol battle last night, resulting in the death of N. H. Rader, a member of the posse, and the shooting of Sheriff W. A. Oyer and Harry Livingston, a state traffic of! The sheriff's office also received word that an automobile fleeing from the scene of the shooting had been stopped in San Jose, and three men arrested there. The Presidio at Monterey denied reports that troops had been sent to the scene of the shooting. Sheriff Oyer ‘was shot in the knee and Livingston in the leg. The finding of the truck and auto indicated that the shore crew of the rum running outfit had been sur- prised before it was possible to land any liquor. There were no signs of any rum craft off shore today. Posse men are still on guard at the scene of the shooting today. Two of the suspected rum runners were captured and brought here. Weather Report j Temperature at 7 a. m. 59 Highest yesterday ‘ 18 Lowest last night 36 Precipitation to 7 a. m. 01 Highest wind velocity.. ~ 2 For North Dakota: Showers prob- able tonight and Wednesday. Not much change in temperature. General Weather Conditions The pressure is low over the Mis- sissippi Valley and over the north- fj eastern Rock Mountain slope, while a high pressure area is centered on the horth Pacific coa: Precipita- tion occurred in the Great Lakes it Mississippi Valley, in- the Dakotas and over the northeastern Rocky Mountain slope. Over an inch of rain fell at Calgary, Des Moines and St. Louis. Fair weather prevails from the western slope of the Rock- ies to Pacific coast and over the central Plains States. Temper- atures have moder somewhat over the Mississippi Valley and Great Lakes ion. ORRIS W. ROBERTS. Official in Charge. CLOCK GS Paris—Socks ornamented with “clocks” that -have a phosphorescent low in a dim light are a new fad: Pee ANNES Gorge shgtants went