The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 28, 1926, Page 1

WEATHER FORECASTS Unsettled tonight with probably showers; Saturday cloudy. Cooler. ESTABLISHED 1873 BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, MAY 28, 1926 PRICE FIVE CENTS MINNESOTA OFFICIAL SHOT DOWN BY SPEEDERS MINE WORKER PRAISED FOR HIS HEROISM Courage and Quick Action of ; Assistant Foreman Saved 63 Miners FIRE IS EXTINGUISHED Hislop Dashed Into the Mine and Opened Doors to Divert the Smoke Scranton, Pa, May _28—(P)— the heroism of Thomas Trapped in an eleven-foot vein of the Mount Lookout Colliery of the Temple Anthracite company at Wyoming, the 63 men were led by Hislop through the smoke-filled tun- nel to safety after he had battled his way through the burning timbers to reach them. Hislop, an assistant foreman, was on the surface when the fire was re- ported 20 feet from the mouth of shaft. Realizing that the smoke driv- en back into the workings soon would become suffocating, Hishop dashed into the mine and with his son, Rob- who was working at the foot of shaft, made his way to the doors cading from the tunnel to the chambers. By opening these doors the air current was diverted and the smoke carried back into the shaft. Rushing from chamber tovhamber, Hislop rounded up the workers, led them to a place of safety and kept ) them there for-hours until rescue crews and fire fighters extinguished the flames. Great excitement prevailed at the mouth of the mine until it was an- nounced that Hislop had gone down the shaft. Then tears turned to s, for all were confident of his ability to find a way-out for the en- trapped men. Five hours later, the men were brought to the surface. THE USUAL FIGHT. SAINT PAUL SAID IT. TREMBLE, EVOLUTIONISTS. WHAT IS OUR TROUBLE? -By Arthur Brisbane Noooyrtthe 1926)" After the British strike the usual thing happens, labor leaders fight among themselves; politicians fight each other, but not the men wi their own seen They “atts Cer ithe other party, bor. fig! labor, and makes it easy for Rte: ship and, capital, Siamese Twins, to run the government. Cook, leader of the, miners, uses jomas, head of the ilway unions, and’ MacDonald, merly labor ‘prime minister, of | deserting the mine workers. suits British ¢: pital and statemanship, and will postpone the (Greeapainc of another general strike, tt ace The Norther Reutiat convention meeting in Washingto shreatoned with a ht Of ule Rocketel-er millions “and the Rev. Dr. Fosdick,” who is ata to suit other clergymen. >» Mr. Rockefeller is the richest and a most philanthropic Baptist. The Rev. Mr. Fosdick is a Feagon: able, learned, convincing, man, The church is injured by strife. See the first three verses, fourth chapter of Paul’s epistle to the Ethesians, copseay, a this metic, denen yaring Soha ef ee Pi When the good quarrel, the Petthentene say ake ing of the evolutionists—rejoice. . Evolutionists, and and all that be- ies ie the nionkey ene Kingd should renible, “Sui ee ‘ingdom” organized by Mr. ye e, once act- ing imperial wi: jux Klan, will wipe oat re lution, rais- ing a fund of five million dollars and playing a very important pert of the plan, although why monkey ancestors should be jmportant. in that election is not easily vader: ste Mr, Clarke, it is said, get the eloquent and ‘able’ I Sunday to help in his fight Manis monkeys. But ture, » just a me re - you plea: stands on solid gi . Dwieht Wither wots on 8 fs national ‘rouble ‘the get Colles a out " Heople com istaly is foned as regards religion, Fy earnest Pregcher. ight be considered criti- Hie ee f religion as well as of educa- vethe Rey, C. Everett Wagner Ayodd the trouble cs ne o Bane. and. custoi mers of "hell. He reve of young tion | # rist- bagi tatyres ofa pegert: acca page bi (continued: Widow cf After her husband, Frank Wh Chicago bootlegger, was m ly shot to death’ by gangst Irene Baker Cr di was calied to ago from Detroit for i¢ Was unable light on the murder, si Chicago several days before her hus- band was kille THREE BANDS INPARADEFOR MEMORIAL DAY Capt. H. T. Murphy An- nounced Formation of Pa- rade and Line of March \ _ ‘Three bands will be in the Memor- ial Day parade in Bism acgording to Capt. H. T. Murph in charge of, that part of the day's program, andthe parade formation will be in a like number of s Ss with one band. at the head of each. The parade will form on ‘Third and all or I be icbes places of their arrival. at Thayer wtt*Third- streets: Organiza- are urged to report at 1:45 p is the parade will move promptly at 2 o’cloc! The parade formation will be as follows: First Section Elks band. “A,” 164th infantry. QM, Detachment, 164th infantry. American Legion. Veterans of Spanish Ameri Members of G Members of W War Mothers in autos. Second Section* High school band, Red Cross and Hospital Nurses. Lodges“and other organizations. St. Mary’ i Indian school pupils. Legion Auxiliary, : Line of March The patade will move south on Third street to Main, east on Main to, Sixth, north on Sixth to Rosser, east on Rosser to Ninth, south on Ninth to Broadway and west on Broadway to the city auditorium. R. A. Nestos of Minot, former gov- ernor of North Dakota, has beeh se- cured by the local American Legion post to deliver the Memorial Day ad- dress, which will be the principal part of the afternoon's program. Dr. W. E. Cole, commander of Lloyd Spetz Post No. 1, American: Legion, will preside at the program, which will be as follows: Part 1 Rev. Paul 8. Wright ¢ Unknown Soldier”— Mrs. Frank Barnes. Memortul Address..Hon. R. A. Nestos Vocal solo “Recessional——Lest We Forget”-—Mrs. Herman Scheffer. Music. ,. High School Orchestra Part 2 Memorial Day pageant in three acts. Benediction. Rev. Fr. Slag The Bismarck Kiwanis club has consented to furnish ushers at the auditorium. Since absolute silence is needed to make the paggant most ef- fective, &t has been decided that children under five years of age will not be admitted, and those under 14 years of age must be accompanied by and seated with their parents. The Characters The following is the cast of, char- acters for the pugeant, lines. for which were written by Major Geo tat Ger Bae Ls Velma ge ) Mary Jahe Whittey Jane be fk Invocation... Vocal solo “’ Spirit of the France . England . The Herald .... North- Dakota . Colymbia .. ‘Tho various states of tl will be represented b: ther Holst, Gwendolyn Jensen, Edna Dean Best, a| sey Kelle: uise Keller, Irene Brown, Gracella Munger, Nell Mic! 'leson, Elizabeth Butler, Ruth oe bin, ‘Vera ca. Masigy Esther Leen, Jessie MeDonald, Mabel + Dorothy G Olive Lee, Rakke Lee, Martha ertrude Lund- uist, Shirley Penner, Marguerite , Anita Cram, Rose Davis, Anna Davis, Ethel Childs, and Estelle Dale. Legion men, members of the G. A, R, ia Gpanigh Atnepicah-wac vetaes are also included in the cast. Members of the firing squad and {the American Legion Auxilary who ir| will visit the various cemeteries in the armory at . Floral wreaths no ue € THREE DIEIN THE ELECTRIC CHAIR TODAY Third Triple Execution Since Kentucky Installed the Electric Chair TWO JOINED CHURCHE Six Were Originally Sentenced to Die Today, But Three Obtained Stays Edyville, Ky., May 28,—(#)-—-With- in less than an hour, three men, one au negro, were electrocuted ut’ the state penitentiary here early today, making the third time since the elec tric chair was installed here that a triple execution has been staged. The men were E a Sloan, 31, convicted of having killed Dr, Mar: vin Kingins; Ed Lake, 32, Sd ad! who killed his wife, and Mr: Smith, then shot himself four in an effort to end his own life John Baker, 34 killing his wife. All\ Were Calm All of the men walked quietly calmly to the chair, displayi emotion, - The executions were witnessed by 28 persons, among them beify Paul and Carroll Kingins, brothers of Dr. Marvin Kingins, and N. Hancock, a . Kingins. and Baker yesterday, the for Methodist faud the latter the Each of the three men maintained that their crimes were not sufficient to warrant the death nalty, Baker declaring that in 1915 he ha ale an joined ly sentenced it three were grant- Governor ONE ARRESTED AS RESULT OF BOMB OUTRAGE Political Opponent of One of the Three Killed in Ex- plosion Is Held Six men were origi: to death tod: Muskegon, Mic! 28.—(). A. K. Bartlett, Blue lake township constable and ‘leader of the political opposition to August Kruba pervisor, was arrested today nection with the bomb outrage w cost the lives of Krubaech, his daugh- ter Janet, and her fiance, Frank, at the Three Lakes yesterday. “We hive highly important evi- dence,” was all Prosecutor R. Glenn Dunn would say when he arrived at the county jail with Bartlett. The prosecutor ‘and Sheriff Lyman T. Covell had left on a mysterious mis- sion shortly after midnight. Is Klan Leader Barlett is leader of the Klan in Blue Lake eiche| and has been ac- tive in enfor e prohibition law. Meanwhile HEE inspectors have pieced together parts of the paper with Which the bomb was wrapped. The package purported it had been sent by C. Green, a son in law of Krubuech, moved from that address several weeks ago. year ayo Krubacch, running for supervisor of ‘Blue Luke township, ericountered vigorous opposition from the Ku Klux Klan. He was defeated by Mrs. Jennie Norlin, a recount giv- ing Mrs. Norlin a margin of one vote. There were “charges and _ counter William Tavern charges at the time, and there was| di rest apd conviction for illegal Last month Krubaech and his. en- tire slate swep¥ to an easy victo: only 31 votes being registered against The package containing the bomb was delivered by a rural mail carrier yesterday morning, while.the Kru- hacen family were’ preparing for the wedding of Janet and Frank. Janet iss Myrtle Whitter of Chicago, who was to have been the bridesmaid, ran out to greet the mail man, and Janet. was as excited as a child when she took the package, believing it to be a wedding gift, although it was addressed to her father. : Frank arrived then, planning to take Janet to Muskegon to get their marriage license. Janet, however, delayed her departure, eager to learn what was in the box. August Krubaech opened the box on a counter in the tavern lobby. There was a blast that was h two miles. When Mrs. Krubaech and others ran into the room, Janet, with both eyes blown out, pleaded with mother to be calm. Frank wi his body Mogelbly mangled, baech survived only two hou: red through yesterday and Jast it, regaining consciousness at in- ‘tervals. Makoti Schools Hone Graduation The eigh Wednesday psec et the Blue ‘Mouse theatre. Ereatdant R. H. Jef- ve the address. clave on dy gees 7B. Nevis of rd for] N. Bins oh SECA DR. HUBERT WORK AND DR. ELWOOD MEAD HUNG IN EFFIGY AT SCOTTS. BLUFF, NEB., Officials Blamed For Failure of Government to Supply North Platte Valley With Needed Water—Fear Ex- pressed That Farmers May Use Force. Scotts Bluff, Neb., May 28—()— Dr. Hubert Work, secretary of the interior, and Dr. Elwood Mead, com- missioner of reclamation, were hung in effigy here last night by an angry group of farmers and citizens who, blame them for failure of the gov- ernment to ‘supply the irrigated North Platte valley with needed water from the government project. The two effigies were left dang- Rae in front, of the offi of the association which is had but one | . Elwood Mead,” Mead has. but effigy was mark- This sign was found BY ANGRY FARMERS -Memorial Day : Flag Display The flag should be at half- mast until noon, From noon to sunset it should fly from the top. In half-masting the flag, run it to the top of the mast first. Also run a half-mast flag to the top before hauling it down, When the flag is flown hori- zontally, the starry field should he at the upper left. When fiown vertically, the field should be at the upper right. When the flag passes, civilians: should hold the hat against the left shoulder. The pledge of allegiance is tuk- en standing, right hand over the he pledge goes, “I picdze ledge by ‘ap off, Persons in uniform der the right hand salute. gy “For breaking his word and depriv- ing a project of water.” May Use Force - The hanging of the effigies is the first intimation of violence or dra: tic action since the trouble over started, but those conversant the situation fear that unless r mers may of the irrigation system and feed water to their dry crops, When the irrigation project was started several years ago, the gov- ernment placed a construction charge which should be paid over a num- ber of years a ing costs in ad- dition to charging so much per acre for supplying water to the farmers of the project, who raise mostly su- gar beets. Later, however, this charge was increased and many of the farm- ers failed to make payments. The government refused to open the wa- ter to the delinquents, until all past dues are paid or until hotes are sign- ed giving the government some prom- ise of payment. This valley farmers decline to do, claiming the government should turn on the wa- ter until all irrigated lands are re- classified according to the terms of the omnibus water bill, recently signed by President Coolidge, making provision for a downward” readjust- ment of about $23,000,000 on con- struction and other charges levied against 18 western reclamation proj- ects. The farmers claim Dr. Work agreed to this delay in payments only to change his mind and demand pay- ment of delinquent dues. The North: Platte valley project is one of the largest in the world, pro- viding drought insurance for 14,000 farms throughout 12,000 irrigation canals and ditches. BANK CLOSED WHEN CASHIER IS FOUND SHORT Official ‘of Hampton, Minn., Institution Admits Short- age of $7,500 St. Paul. May 28.—(#)-—The Farm. ers and Merchants Bank of Hampton, Dakota count: ith its aggregating appro 000, was closed today because of the shortage in the accounts of B. G Gergen, cashier, A. G. iT com missioner of banks, an The bank was closed following the confession of Gergen, made early to jay, Mr. Veigel sa The cashier confessed to appropriating $7,500, said Mr. Veigel, who added that this amount might be exceeded. Exam- iners are now making a complete check, of the affairs of the bank and expect to be able -to make a full re- Port soon. N. P. Gores is president of the clos-| ed institut! Parshall Boosters in Bismarck Today F. H. Hankins, R. A. rdby, Ray Ashley, B. F. Linn and B..G. Shubert of Parshall were in Bismarck today on business and to boost for their city While here the gentlemen passed out a few souvenirs such were given to the members of the St. Paul Trade Tour when they visited Parshall. The souvenirs are minia- ture grain sacks full of wheat, the sacks bearing the wording “Parshall, D., Largest Primary Wheat Mar: ket in the United States.” A small tag attached to each sack gives some interesting business sta- tistics concerning Parshall. In the 12-months" period. from May 1, 1925, to May 1, 1926, there were 116 cars 0 gasoline, 52 cars of machinery, 79 cars of automobiles and 51 cars of building material shippéd into t’sat city. During the same period 1,125 cars of grain were shipped out, 4,025 cans of cream, 59 cars of livestock and 50,000 pounds of poultry. Mr. Hankins is a life lnsuranre agent, Mr. Nordby is with the Nord- by-Westlie Motor company, Mr. Ash- ley is a Mountrail county commission- er, Mr. Linn is with the First Na- tional bank and Mr. Shubert with the Parshall Electric company. BELL 800 YEARS 0! Blandford, England. pected of the few places in is ind where the anes tom of arg a pew re the AUTO RACER BADLY HURT IN ACCIDENT Car Turns Over While Travel- ing 106 Miles an Hour at Indianapolis 28— he si arting Memorial Day 500-mile automobile race already allotted, other drivers today were read, take a trae attempts to 33 cars which sensati young Pacific const drive . was | ing spectators to their fee! with two laps which broke the t record formerly held by Pete I Paglo, three old heads of the racing game. jockeyed their tiny mounts into front position in the race line- up. They were Earl Cooper, who did the 10-mile qualification test at an avera: of 111.735 miles an how H Hartz, 109.542, and Leon 109.186. Other drivers who qualified wer Dave Lewis, Phil Shaffer, Jules. E1- lingboe, Bennett Hill, Frank Elliott, Robert McDougall, Dr. E. W. Shat- tuck, W. Cliff ' Durant, Anthony Gulotta and Fred Comer. Herbert Pones, a reluti perienced driver, hovered n in a local hospital today as juries reecived when aped the retaining wall north turn while it was traveling 106 miles an hour yesterday. It ricochet- ed across the track from the upper wall to the inside of the turn, turned turtle and hurtled down th coming to a stop upside h Jones pinned beneath. He suffered several fractures of the skull and is not expected to live. y_ ine death result his at the tra CHICAGO STATION TO BROADCAST THE RACES Chicago, May 28--(4)—The ie? Memorial Day automobile at ast from station WGN bune). The station will go Jon the air at 10:30 1. Chicago time, with connections ct to the speedway, Man Indicted on. a Serious Charge St. Paul, Min Ses 28--(AP) Dennken orgies involving a 12 and/1¢ vear old girl, were revealed by the county grand jury investigation today resulting in the indictment of one man on a serious charge. | ‘The indictment charges that ‘Law. rence Grubb, 31, a mail ‘carrier, and another man, took two y girls on utomobile trips durin, fh quanti. | ties of moonshine whisky were given the girls. In one instance, it was charged, the 12-year-old girl failed to return home over night. Grubb will be arraigned on the charge Tuesda: Yankees’ Winning Streak Is Broken New York, May 28—-(AP)—The Yan- keeg’. winning streak of 16 straight games was broken today when the Athletics won the first game of a double header by 2 to 1. The score by inning: : Philadelgh: ay 010100000241 New York— 000000100-1 7 2 Grove and Cochrane; Hoyt and Col- tins, Bengough. 140,000 Autos to Be Registered Soon Registration of automobiles is fast @pproaching the record mark set last year, according to ‘Fred B. Ingstad, state automobile registrar. In a few days Ingstad expects to reach the 140,000 mark. Even when ‘thet paca is reached, ‘however, there will in about 20,000 motor ve- Hieles stil stil to be registered, he esti- mates. TO, RELIEVE PAIN ‘Dublin—A Benue at kept up. is 3 B te $] church bell ice daily, at Seg anaes than 000 cere, of 000 ands wae lef left PR. Right Hon. slap maki ee an tion o: sical the} Me Council wi is, named, RACE HORSES AREPOISONED | BY GAMBLERS One ‘Thoroughbred Is Dead and Three Others Are in Serious Condition Police Believe Attempted tion-wide Gambling Coup Has Been Revealed Aurora, lL, Ma: jaeath of “Apology” # thoroughbred, jand the serious condition of threg jother race horses from poison fed to them in sugar, [tempted gambling coup which may have been nation wide, involving {thousands of dollars. Two gamblers confessed their part in feeding the poisoned sugar to the mounts, and implicated three others, two of whom also are in custody, The fifth man, who was connected with previous ‘horse poisoning sought. Discovery of the four strick- en horses caused the cancellation of the feature race at Exposition Park yesterday. Investigation Under While Frank a and E. Leaver, Toronto, the pair who confessed after an angry milled around the police claimed that only $1,000 n ‘bet on the race, officials igating repo that th broader in scope and icago, Detroit and St. Lo makers, Marion and Leaver said they telegrams to various c ra their plan to arrange a “sure bet” but denied that gamblers in other cities were involved. The: implicated U, G. Charleston, W. Va., and Charle coup cluded book- | a * | vis, Dayton, Ohio, who are und rest, and ‘Earle Clark, Columbus, Ohio, who is sought. Clark was a rested several year and Cleveland for alleged poisonings, track officials in those cities recalled. The cases were dropped for lack of evidence. The Cleveland case invol ed the poisoning of Single ( famous grand circuit pacer. ince the confessions in New Or- leans involved anyone dfticiall nected. with the races, banishment from the turf of the plot participants was the only action expected at a meeting of track stewards, called to- ve Only Three Entries Left With the elimination of the poisoned horses only three entri mained to go to the J Jewel, Bullet Proof and latter was the one plotting b expected to win, according to Marion and ae solo; oy E ba Sterrett of Kentucky, died from the poison sugar fed her and it was feared Elizabeth K, ow by ‘other horses poisoned were Sa owned by J. W. Lewis, Maryland, and Green Woods, owned by Sanola Stock Farm, Chicag The latter farm is the property of y Druggen and his partn Frankie Lake, former beer runne: ses shave often been in courts. | reported threats layed to them, IBS Local Commandery Major George H. Rus: elected grand commander Knights Templar at the annual state; meeting in Fargo, was guest of honor at a special meeting of Tancred andery here last night, at me he was presente & bea ‘tiful silver shield, which will be a propriately engraved. The prese tion was made by John Graham, who! expressed the aprpeciation of Ti commandery for Major Ru: efforts in behalf of the loc mandery and its drill team. Major Russ has been in charge of} ‘the drill team during the past two) years, during which time it won first prize in competiti He has at alll times been active in af. fairs of the commande as well as all other local Masonic bodies, and his | ‘absence from the city will be severe- ly felt by all. Major Russ leaves the first of next k for Fango, having accepted a po- sition as general agent for the New York Life Insurance company. His territory. includes the entire state of North Dakota ‘but his headquarters ‘will be in the eastern city. His fam- ily will eventually go to Fargo to : side, but will probably remain in Bis- mack for the summer. Shrine Specials _ : Go Through City in Bismarck were awakened earlier than usual this morning when a special train went through the city with locomotive whistles ‘wide open and several pow- erful siren whistles in full operation besides. The train is cerrying Shri- ‘ners from west coast states to Phil- adelphia for a ‘national convention. This was the second Shrine special to pass through Bismerck this week, an- Bier train having gone eastward Thursday, carrying Shriners from the west towards the cast. Many people TODAY IN WASHINGTON Migratory ‘bird bill is before senate. House considers harbers measure. Senate sub-committee studies President Coolidge’s enforcement order. rivers and FEATURE IS CANCELED has revealed an at-, ago in Columbus |, fe our! ¢ | islative je e year old mare owned [ Fasting | Fasting in order that he might the Holy ist cial act in uo, npte Henri Ne secretary of the permanent commit- tee of the Eucharistic Congress, has reached the city to prepare for the gathering of Catholics from through- out the world. BANKERS NAME re- as his first Constant, m of is, : ROY SIEBERT AS PRESIDENT ' Bismarck 's C hosen For 1927 Meeting of East Missouri Slope Group Mandan, N. D., May 28 azen.N. ident of th lissouri Slope: group of the North Dakota Bankers ation at the close of a busy here last night attended bi from 10 a -( AP). » t G. A. ‘Hubbell, G | secretary Giedt, A. L marck, member of th committee. J. J. was named as the state a committee. district. the full ti Jen’ Ulin, Napoleon. hart, Bi p's member on iation’s nominating tion © retention of for the state nended to the leg- the initiation of ill allow depository and state se- nicipal deposits strongly recom. mended support of the gencral deve | opment program of the ( Dakota 3 urged ey of the ¢ i m- such law: jba ks to t. f urged i s of an ex- jchange and service: charge and ser fice charge on small checking w |counts; approved the practice of handling cream and elevator checks m are negotiable and thanked the Mandan and Morton jcounty bankers for the entertainment, A. G. Divet; Commissioner of Im: igration Joseph M. Devine, J. A. f the Intermedate Credit Paul and Jame h Dakota banquet last night, ; the Great {emt at 1 Weather Report | nn tion fc feamentay at Ta,m..... Precipitation in inches Amen j Bismar 2) engineer nam tee AUTOMOBILE BELIEVED TO CARRY LIQUOR Charles Drops, Benton County Deputy Sheriff, Wound- ed in Gun Battle THE MOTORISTS ESCAPE Officer Was Patroling High- way on Motorcycle, St. Cloud to Little Falls a St. Cloud, Minn. May 28—@)— Charles brops, deputy sheriff of Ben- ton county, was shot down by several men believed to be liquor runners last night when he attempted to ar- rest a driver for speeding on the Jefferson Highway pavement between St. Cloud and Little Falls just north 0 rtell, Drops, on pavement patrol, chased the speeding automobile coming south at about 60 miles an hour, for more than a mile before he drew along side of it. As he shouted to the driver to stop, one of the oc- cupants of the car fired at him. A bullet shattered the front headlight of Drops’ motorcycle. Drops reached for his own pis- econd shot was fired from the king effect in Drops fired vice at the driver of the ear, but unable to tell if either took ef- A third pitsol shot from the cupants of the auto hit Drops near the left hip, and he skidded to the side of the road where he was found unconscious a few minutes later. Taken to Sauk Rapids he was given medical attention, His wound was found to be only a flesh wound and not serious. He said he believed there were only three of four men in the automobile, but he was unable to get the license number. Police .|along the highway today were search ing for a car answering the descrip- tion given. TROOPS SENT OUT TO RESCUE AN AMERICAN Extermination of Bandit Band Headed By Vidal Tenoria Is Ordered Mexico City, May 28,—()—Federal troops in the state of Vera Cruz have been sent out with orders to exte inate the bandits headed by Vid: and to rescue John J. Sha lin of Canyon, Texas, one of Americans now in the hands of out- laws in various parts of Mexico. The Me n authorities probably were spurred to their efforts because the bandits had set six p. m. Thurs- day for killing Shanklin, a sugar plantation worker, if a ransom of. 20,000 pesos had not been received at that hour, Two other Americans were taken in the Tampico oil region yester: and at last accounts were being he for ransom, or death, if the money was not forthcoming. They were oil drillers named Briggs and Greeley. Other Captives In addition to Shanklin, Briggs and Greeley there are in the hands. of outlaws, C. C. Braden, of Laredo, Texas, a mine owner, and a mining d Gallagher. They are held in the state of Durango. Lust reports said Braden was being ill treated. No information has been receive here today as to whether the bandits had fulfilled their threat to kill Shanklin. Nor was there any news of the fate of the other prisoners. "i The Mexican government asserts that it is doing all in its power to run down ‘the captors of the five Americans. The government i: mined to exterminate the ban as they are declared to be endeavot ing to embroil the government wi the United States. There is a dis- position in some quarters to believe that the bandits are bluffing and that Dickinson Dann Cent Ellendale . Fessenden * Grand Forks . Jamestown . Langdon | Larimore Lisbon . Minot vai pon: E Pembing .. i Witlistln | i Moorhead, Minn. 76 WEATHER FORE For Bismarck and vi! Un- settled tonight with trobably show- ers; Saturday partly cloudy. Some- ‘what cooler tonight. For North Dakota: Unsettled to- ‘night with probably showers; Satur- {day partly cloudy. Somewhat cvol- er tonight. GENERAL WEATHER CONDITIONS Low pressure, accom eae) ee | showers, prevails over the States and along the eastern Rocky Mountain slope. Over an_ inch of} ej rain fell in parts of western North Dakota and western South Dakota. High pressure areas are centered Cloudy Cloudy ] the North Pacific coast states snd fair weather prevails from th Niantic’ coast and from the western Rocky Mountain slope to the vapeed ipPi cooler weather pri Mountain region westward to the Pa~ over the Great Lakes region and over| i; they will not kill Shanklin, Aged Mine Worker Killed Word has been received in Nogales, Ariz. of the killing by a posse at Coyotillo, Sonora, Mexico, of John Edwards, #n American mining work- jer 70 years old. The chief of police of Coyotillo led the ‘posse. John J. Shanklin has a wife and three children at Canyon, Texas, He is a brother-in-law of Dr. J. A. Hill, president of the.West Texas State Teachers college. Big 4-Ring Circus ' Headed For Bismarck On x y. June 11, the Robbins Bros. 4-Ring Cireus ‘and Ponca Bill's wil West will giv fer. formances—afternoon and evening— ‘in this city. The show carries one thousand men to man all of its equip- ment and put on the performance. There are 300 horses, three herds of ‘elephants, tthe world famous hip- Popotamus Miss .lowa, It is the largest circus in the world ing @ street parade. This year twice its former size. The pi Valley eastward to the At-| tong, has whi LPs over the East and from the Rocky