The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, July 12, 1926, Page 1

‘WEATHER FORECAST - Partly cloudy and ete to- 3 night and wy é ESTABLISHED 1873 17 KN THREE BOYS. “AREDROWNED AT SHAKOPEE ' wo Others Narrowly Escape Similar Fate in Attempt- ing a Rescue.” _ WERE UNABLE TO SWIM Bodies All Recovered and Triple Funeral Is Being Planned at Shakopee Shakopee, Minn, July 12—()— Three boys were drowned and two others were nearly overcome in an > unsuccessful attempt Sunday to rei cue a nine-year-old boy at Paulkner s Beach, seven miles south of here. The “Stik ‘ i Id. ers, nine years old. whe 3c into a hole occasioning the: f, at rescue. James Nie- years old, who, although un- te able to swim, dove after, when he saw his brother's plight. Anthony Jaspers, eight years old, a cousin, who, also unable to swim, jumped into the deep waters in an , attempt to rescue. Get Death Gri; Jerome Nieters, an older brother, and the only member of the party five who could swim at ail, nearly Jost his life in the rescue attempt. ‘Despite only slight swimming ability, he dove to the bottom of the dee; hole into which the trio had dropped, There they obtained the “death grip” on him, and his swimming suit was Ele from him before he could free him: im Jaspers, an older brother, also attempted to help out his broth- er and two cousins. He was barely , able to gain the shore again after leaping in after them, without any thought of his inability to swim. The Nieters are sons of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Nieters, while their cousins are sons of Mr. and Mrs. Wil- liam Jas all of Shakopee. The bodies were all recovered. Plans have been de for a triple funeral, but no time was set. ONLY 12 IMMORTALS. THE DIAMOND VALLEY. KING TIMI BIMBO, *By Arthur Brisbane (Copyright, 1o2b) Rudyard Kipling twelve among all t! + years can be called ‘put does nog natae the other eleven, What would be your list?) Hume:, Dante and Shakespeare the first three probably. Goethe and Cervantes the next two perhaps, Many would put Goethe next to Shakespeare. No list could satisfy the opinions: of u majority. Villon wrote a pray- in for his 4 moth who could neither read nor write, as beautiful as anything in any of the greatest writer. And how many know Villon? Ten high school boys of Detroit, selling sandwiches in the Ford fac- tory and sclling soap everywhere, saved $600 in a year each, ‘and will travel abroad “for to admire and for The fact that ten boys could each in a year tells’ how times have improv. Oni; few ago there wai the United Si m $l a all year It would have ‘en him two years of 300 work days 0 save $600, allowing nothing for living expenses. This is now the real Sinbad the Sailor valiey of dia- monds, When John D, Rockefeller went to work 71 th igo, he was paid six ‘thei very good pay. Timi Bimbo, king of the sypeie rules gypsies all over the world Hi Yellows revere him because he is the seventh son of a seventh son, Teil a. gypsy that the seventh son of the soventh son occurs millions of. times among mice, cats and fF: » and he will say you don’t understand the importance of magic res, It is not so long since the wisest men at- ;tyibuted a third power to certain numbers and words. Dartmouth College, intelligent uni yversity, will establish a course of “comparative religion,” showing how, various religous ideas ha up through selyes alot students will evil and tgore’ Gneistiante ti , »before st man: having their ori fs in the group around cave fire, father, mother and child, ete. Once such a course would” have been, literal burning now you jiscuss the *efmilaelt s of religion now, Rid 5 ye? Fp si about. i! ‘ Ro.one. ~ ose mei cae at Peete ‘br. 8. b. Joshi, math dia, to uct course. selection guarantees impartialil +1 2.684 726; growth end ele , For 65 years Otto and Alfred Erickson, twin brothers, have lived and worked togethter—: been remarkably si girl in the same year; each they’ve never had a quarrel. Born in Sweden, each married a Norwegian has seven children; each follows the trad Their lives have of painting and paper hanging; they live on the same street in Paul, Minn.; neither has ever seen a m both read their Bibles religiously every night. “STATE SHIPS THREE MILLION TONS OF WHEAT Railroads in State ‘Handle 6,- 736,604 Tons of Revenue Freight in 1925 Railroads operating in North Da- kota handled a total of 6,736,604 tons of revenue freight in 1925, statistics | | | by one of the bullets that flew in aj es compiled by the state railroad board or been to a dance, And Former Sweetheart of Durkin, Witness in Trial, Married chicago, July 12.-(P)—The Herald and Examiner in a copyright story today says that Betty Andrews Wer- er, once the sweetheart of Martin Durkin and later a state witness at murder trial, was married Satur- ‘lyde Whalen, 28, a) ri for a toilet goods concern. s The marriage, the story said, took place within a few hours after it was reported the girl was to marry Arthur Werner, the father of her child. Mrs. Marion Austin, widowed volley the night Durkin made his # ond sensational escape in Chicago, ppeared a» matron of honor, the | show. Qf this amount the Great Not-; newspaper said. ‘ thern handled 2,669,675; the Northern fi 141,113, the Soo Line i id 0 0, Milwauke oI and the Chi | and Northwestern’ 5,061 tons. | . Wheaticontributed more to the total tonnage than any other item or any ‘ other classifications. Lt accounted for & total. of 3,312,636 tons ‘which re quired 50,437 cars to move. The total tonnage of agriculture products ship- ped from North Dakota was 5,055,198. This was moved by 132,619 cars. Tonnages of other agricultural products were: Corn 18,107; oats rye 364,639; other grain ; flour and meal 109,222; hay, straw ‘and alfalfa 10,952; potatoes 118.833: other fresh vegetables 600; dried fruits and vegetables 133; flax. other products of agri- 252. Animals and animal products ac- inted tor only 299,806 tons. Cattle ealves led the list with 171,719 tons. Hogs were next in line with 77,059 tons. Tonnage of other ani- mals were: Horses and mules 6,193; sheep and goats 11,218; fresh meats ; other poultry 4,960; eggs 6,417; bi and cheese 25,312; wool 1,010; hides and leather 1,699; other animals and oducts 869. : Products of mines accounted for 1,071,618 tons with lignite accounting for 1,016,000 tons of that amount. Forest products such as logs, po oles, pulp and cordwood reached only »126 tons while manufactures and les totaled only 2 Less than carload freight accounted for 200,784 tons and heiped to swe! the grand total The other figéres Peni for shipments in carload lots only. itation age ipi in inch Preci ecogococes) Choudy Cloudy P. Cldy. Cloudy S Clear P. Cidy.. Clear Williston » @ Moorhead, Minn. 82 ©s°2R WEATHER FORECAST For Bismarck and vicinity: Partly joudy. and somewhat ursettled to- pict and Thesday; rising tempers- Fe. s> sala wane eS w United “with est thet F. geckine: house products’ y, NON-UNION MEN ARE ATTACKED BY STRIKERS One Man Seriously Hurt and Others Suffer Minor In- man was dangerously injured and eight others suffered mino: bruises and cuts in a riot which occurred at the research hospital here shortly before noon when striking carpenters and sympathizers laid down a bar- of stones on working en a new building. Approximately 50 men were in the attacning group. Une nor-vnion penter was seriously injured, another was treated ut the hospital and eight or nine others were given vinergency treatment. H | Two men who admitted they were striking carpenters were pursued and captured after a chase of veral blocks by one of the eight automo- bile londs of policemen responding to the riot call. The carpenters’ union called a trike here several weeks ago when builders refused to grant a wage in- crease. ROBERT SCOTT Cloudy few) slay’ ‘SAYS HE KILLED JOSEPH MAURE Pleads Guilty to Slaying For, Which Brother. Is Sen- tenced to Hang - Chicago, July 12—()+Robert Scott! today ples led guilty to the murder of| Maurer, a drug clerk, for ig the. prisoner's brother,| Russell Scott, has been sentenced to be hanged October 15, : ‘Judge William N. Gemmill declared the plea placed a grave responsibility, upon the court, and that be would wast to hear the evidence as fully as ‘though the plea had been otherwise. “= MAN KILLS SELF IN MINOT HOTEL jon-unien™ men { .| meeting at . BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, MONDAY, JULY 12, 1926 ae es eS CICERO ADDS — [JOHNW. WEEKS, WAR SECRETARY FOR — 8 KILLINGS 10 ITS LIST Taxicab Chauffeur Mortally » Wounded For Objecting to Giving Up Car MAN AND WOMAN SLAIN Police Capture One Man After. Exciting Chase—He Admits Murders Chicago, July —12.—-(#)-—Cicero, scene of the recent spectacular Me- Swiggin party ying, counted three more killings toda: apparently prompted by a desire of holdup men to obtain automobiles for maraud- ing expeditions. A taxicab who protest: ed ag iz his car to a pair of robbers, was mortally wound- ed, stripped of his uniform and thrown from his machine, while less than a block away, a young man and ® young woman sitting in a car in front of the latter's home, were slain when they remonstrated against giving up their automobile. The police are holding Thomas Mc- 2, whom they obtained a statement implicating himself and a man known to them only as “Cur- ley.” McWain said he and Curley had hired the cab to go to Cicero, and that they shot the chauffeur, Lud- wig Rose, to obtain his car. 1 afterwards, they spied an occupied by Fred Hein, Marie Blang, 23, and demanded sur- render of the machine. When Heim protested both he and Miss Blang were shot to death. McWain, described as “floater” ‘from the Madison street district, was captured after an exciti police chase when the stolen taxi he was hed through railroad driving cri gates after nearly wrecking a police | car, overturned. and pinned him un- derneath. The other man escaped, MeWain, taken back to Cicero, took. one white-faced look at the body of {the young woman victim, and then started his story. | Police describe (he slayings one of the most shocking crimes in their experienc JAMESTOWN: MAN KILLED~ UNDER AUTO | Salvation Army Worker, Re- turning From Edgeley, Crushed in Accident Jamestown, N. D., July 12.—@)— William H. Stone, 67, of this city was almost instantly killed when crushed beneath his overturned car ar Millarton at midnight Satu ay. * Mr. Stone was driving his own car ind returning from a Salvation Army geley. With his in the car were Mr. and Mrs. 0. J, Edwards ind Miss Alma Bystrum, all of whom, with Mr. Stone, are members of the local Salvation Army corps. The car went off the grade into’ a six-foot ditch-and turned completely over, throwing all but Mr. Stone clear with but. sli einen » He caught under the ly of the machine which struck across his upper chest and neck. e Mr. Stone came to this country 40 years ago from Sweden. He is sur- vived by three daughters who are Salvation Army officers, Mrs. Walter Bullard, ria, Ml., Ernest Mars! of Kansas, and Hazel Stone, stationed at Brookings, 8. D., and two sons, Harold, of this city, and Clarence of Milwaukee, Wis. Funesal arrangements await word from the daughters. MOFFIT STORE BURGLARIZED Was Entered Some Time Sun-) day Night—Sheriff and Deputy Investigating A general ‘store at Moftit was rob- bed some time during last night, ac- reo: | to reper reaching the of- fice of Sheriff Albin Hedstrom this morning. The deta’ and nothing was learned as to th: yalue of merchandise taken or the manner in which the robbery was what store in ine Sheriff datrom Yond Deputy f Ed, Kafer-went to Moffit this forenoon to investigate. Three Jamestown Men Have Narrow Escape ils were meager,| Jamestown, N. D., 19—(AP)—| Francis. Plinsk, and a 8 Virgil ‘McCormick and Gera! of thig ci a@ Barrow as| * } Heart Treuble Proves Fatal to Former Cabinet Member; Following Long Fight For Bealth—Long March to; Unknown Soldier's Grave; Brought on Suffering ' i} TO REST IN ARLINGTON Washington, July 12—(AP)— Funeral services for Juhn W. feekn will be held at his home fa West Union, Mass, and his y will he temporarily placed It there to be t ferred later to a permanent resting place fn Atlington national cemetery re. The war department was in- formed of this arrangement today telephone from the Lancaster, farm, where Mr. Weeks y this morning. rial in Arlington will be ar- ranged in accordance with the with often expressed by the for- mer sceretary of war. 1 ves unter Pres-! idents Harding and lidge, died; hese at his summer home, Mount Pros- pect, at 3 o'clock standard time this; morhing. ‘Death came from angina | toris and followed a long fight for; ealth. | Mr. Weeks died without recovering consciousness from the coma intol wi had lapsed extly Sunday » his son Sinclair, and Mrs. John hington Davidge, his daugh ter, were at the bedshide when the end came ccAnnouncement of the death de to the Associated Press Week son shortly before 6 ‘un i W. k at | Mass., of | Sinclair Weeks, son of the former secret It was generally assumed in the event the Republican party won the national elections of 1921 that John, W. Weeks would be a member-of Pres- ident Harding's cabinet. His selec- tion for secretary of the navy or sec. retary of the treasury was regarde ascertain. Hi $8 as a financier was recognized. His graduation at Annapolis and experien fairs s fitting him navy ip. 1 ig surprise came, however, when President-elect Harding announced he| would appoint Mr. Weeks as secretary wof war. Well Qui A rich life experi ‘ears preceding the uprainterent was found to have equipped Mr. Weeks for that’tuty viso, and he soon was rec- ognized as a “fortunate selection” for the army, then facing the post-war } problems of reorganization and reduc- jt to # peace-time ba It was said of him that he “slid into his job” the easiest of any of the ‘other cabinet officers and grasped the conglomerate details of army ad- ministration with a thoroughness and quickness that spelled confidence ‘throughout the war department for ‘the staff officers and hundreds of subordinate chiefs, Those who sought light on methods used by the new secreta soon found ii hey had only to i life of the man, ta glance that he had | the ole to \know them and incidentally had come to know himself. From the time he litle New Hampshire near Lan.! caster, April 11, 1860, he kept in each | s an ever present ‘human | ‘as born on the view Until he was 17 he was doing chores on the farm, and taking a/ friendly interest in the horses and other fiving things about the barn; yard. Hix graduation at the cross! roads school and local high school| placed him soon afterwards in thi chool master’s chair, also j try cross roads in his-native state He continued studying and learne one thing well--that a little know! edge, was not enough. A Miduhi The then young school mas ceeded wt the age of 18 in getting appointment to the Naval Avademy at Annapolis, where he was graduated| four years tater a midshipman. But ‘two more years icied to kill what, ambition then remained in the mind of | Midshipman Weeks for a permanent| ost im the navy. He and «a number jassmutes resigned. The rea-, two-fold. He failed erson-| enthuse over the services as work and congress failed to ropriate funds for new ps ata time when there was # lack of vessels! and a consequent surplus of officers. ; Incidents followed Fa tire in the ife of Mr. Weeks after his resigna- tion from the navy. ued interest in that arm of the na- tion’s defense, serving as a volunteer during the Spanish-American war, and later necepting ion ay rear admiral, pare for new fields and a liveli- hu In 188, Mr. Weeks married Miss rtha Sinclair and journeyed as a surveyor and land commissioner for the Florida Southern Railroad. oy, to e| ‘Three years later he returned to New England, rew joining partnership to be lornblower & the thriving firm of Weeks, bankers, of One of the biggest stablishments in that part, of the ry thus was said to owe its ‘a large measure to the cn. of this then young man not. long away from the farm. Busy as wes his career as s bank- er, Mr. ks found time for public service. He contributed to the devel- opment of the Bay State Naval Bri- gado and later commanded « brigade in the tank of captain. during the war with Spain were rec- nal commendation from 4 ef of the nuxiliery service _ naval offi Nee party. A sel aero TWO PRESIDENTS, ive things, had learned | s Though he con-| of; ith} the mine DIES THIS MORNING JOHN W. WEEKS BOY BRANDED WITH ACID BY “MISSIONARY s Koreans Aroused Over Inci- dent, Says Report to Amer- ican Ambassador Tokyo, July 12—@)-—Consul Gen- eral Ransford S. Miller, at Seoul, Korea, has reported to the American mbassador here that a wave of in dignation recently swept Korea as the result of the pul tion of a story of how an American mission ary branded the cheeks of a Korean boy thief with acid. ‘onsul General Miller says he veri- ied details of the incident, which were also published in Korean papers 8 “Dr. A. Haysmeir, a Seventh Day Adventist medical missionary from Minnesota, connected with the mis. sion at Ping Yang, caught a young boy stealing apples from an orchard. Haysmeir summoned the _ boy's mother, threatening to turn the boy over to the police. The mother plead- ed with him not not to do this. The missionary then ‘talled a nurse and told her to bring some acid With this he painted the Koreu word “thief” on each cheek, : Boy Forced to Quit School “The incident occurred last Septem ber and was believed to have bee forgotten until recently when the boy was forced to quit school because of the ridicule to which he was sub- jected over his burned cheeks. “The missionary paid the boy's mother 620 yen (about $310) and also ffered a public apology saying he did not believe at the time the acid would leave a permanent mark.” Reports to vernacular newspapers t notwithstanding the payment is expected charges will be filed against Haysmeir by the Korean prefeetural courts. MISSIONARY IS SON DF ST. PAUL PEOPLE Paul, July 12.-4()—Dr. €. Haysmer, missionary in Korea cused of branding a boy with acid for theft, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Haysmer of St. Paul. He has been in Korea since u year ago last March, going as a missionary doctor for a seven year period. PRISONERS END MUTINY Kansas Inmates Give in With- out Gaining Demands Made Upon Warden A. Lansing, Kany, July 12—-U)-- Mutineers in the mine of the Kansas nitentiary here capitulated Satur- y and came to the surface. The convicts, who had remuined in the mine since Friday, defying prison ficials, gave in without having gained their demand: Hunger and the futility of further resistance in the face of the stern at- ‘titude adopted by Warden . Mackey, supported by Gov. Ben S. Paulen, brought the collapse of, the rebellion, The convicts released the, cage in » shaft, which they had tied down Frida: nd were hoisted up in groups of 12. Shortly before they sent word over at} the mine telephone that they were ready to surrender, w threat had been be de- made that the mine would stroyed. Western States Have Temperatures ‘Above Century Mark Helena, Mont., July 12—(™— Western Montana and southern and eastern Idaho yesterday were stip ped in ane of the most unusual spells of torridity ever experienced at thi season. Temperatures ranging from 98 degrees, at Missoula to 108 at Lewistown, Idaho were recorded. Billings registered a maximum of 101 degrees. ker, was evening and his | { i | =| THE. BISMARCK TRIBUNE [swam SASTER MANY BUILDINGS DEMOLISHED WHEN LIGHTNING STRIKES TNT SUPPLY AT AMMUNITION DEPOT Tragedy Occurs Late Saturday Afternoon at Lake Denfnark Naval Station—Explosions Follow One Another in Rapid Succession—Damage Totals $100,000,000 VICTIMS HAD NO CHANCE WHATEVER TO ESCAPE Many Marines and Civilians Still Missing—Accurate Check Impossible For Some Time—Several Hundred Injured, About 50 of ThemSeriously—More Explosions Feared New York. July 12.—(AP)—Another naval mugazine exploded this afternoon at the Lake . Ca mark ammunition depot when a sudden shift of sa sent fire, caused by previous explosions, roari we down upon it, according to Admiral Plunkett. word received from Rear Fourteen more magazines were said to be in the neighborhood and in danger of be- ing ignited. Dover, N. J.. July 12—(AP)—Ravaged as by attack of an invader in war the merciless artillery c time, the country surrounding the Lake Denmark ° anmu today. ion depot smouldered under a summer sun Marines and soldiers moved cautiously through the shell-wracked area, determined to wrest from the smoking ruins the grim secrets of death and de- struction hidden among the devastated ruins. The shells, which had rained their death dealing steel fragments upon the countryside since a bolt of Ughtning first ignited stores of TNT Saturday, ceased their intermittent thunder this morning and it was hoped that the worst had The scene was reminiscent of a battlefield after withdrawal of shock troops of an enemy. The number of known dead at noon today was 17 with several times that not believed an accurate could be completed today. number missing. It was check of the human loss In the army’s Picatinny arsenal, adjoining the naval ammunition dump, there still remained vast stores of ex; vagrant sh this should ives which might be ignited by a fragment from Lake Denmark. If occur officers admitted that the whole grim disaster might be réenacted. Dover, N, J., July 12.—(AP)—Fire and barrages of ex- loding shells today were preventing complete toll of the war- like death and havoc wrought in peacetime when lightning caused the navy’s largest ammunition depot, that at Lake Denmark, 35 miles west of Jersey City, to blow up Saturday afternoon. Seventeen persons were known today to have been killed. Three bodies had been recovered and identified, and other bodies had been seen in the debris. Damage was estimated navy officials on the scene. were shaken and automobiles Shells, smoke and fire checked and hampered relief work. The depot was the navy tablishment, covering more it was extended by the erection of 183 - | NEARBY TOWNS WIPED OUT BY SEVERE BLAST Countryside Has Appearance of No-Man’s Land—Red Cross Takes Charge Rockaway, N. J.. July 12—(AP)— Refugees ftom the shell-rocked area surrounding the burning ammunition depot at Luke Denmark today to find || their homes a war-torn no man's land. 1 The explosion which destroyed the arsenal and rained death on nearby towns in two days of fiery ‘bombard- ment, has wiped out an entire town, and made of a peaceful mining valley a devastated area as desolate as those of the Argonne. Ten square miles about the arsenal is an evacuated area, its roads guard- ed by sentries, ‘heir bayonets fixed and rifles loaded. Rockaway and Dover, larger towns at ‘the foot of the val at whose head ‘the arsenal burns, hav. ffered their damages. Shattered windows along the streets, some now boarded up by the inhabitants, wrecked walls, and crowded hospitals and relief stations of these towns the out-posts of ir section. Dover Resembles Verdun As one advances up the valley, the destruction grows steadily worse. Bover, about two miles south over the ‘row of the hill from the burning ar- senal, is a dramatic Verdun. None of the homes of its meager mining pop- ulation has escaped. ‘Floors caved in and ‘dropped to ‘the cellar, window after window shattered, walls wreck- fail the path of exploding sheiin pat exploding 8. ‘ Brigadier General Drum, after. night, ordered ‘ight end thii i ater ni en js morning shells continued street jis mo! an the! the 14. te, i was ane ine Peebles be- in li} weet of “hit to creep to ayer th . injuries are ins An old on old woman ‘Continued on page at $100,000,000 by army For a radius of 30 miles, houses and overturned on the highways. the entrance of investigators *s largest ammunition storage es- than 500 acres. During the war buildings. Lightning Strikes Flames. started when lightning struck a TN T magazine. Some 200 buildings were demolished within the reservation ‘limits, and danger from further bombardments continued to- day, as new ammunition store houses were menaced. Many other reserva- tion buildings were damaged. ‘The identified dead were Lieuten- ant George W. Botts, Richmond, Va.; Harry C. Brown, pharmacist, Pough- keepsie, N. Y., and Mrs, Frances Feeny, of Brooklyn, a visitor at the plant. Ronds leading to the devastated area were under close military guard, today. Some 400 or 500. refugees” from the villages of Hibernia, Rockaway who stumbled from their homes as they began to fall Saturday, were content to remain out of the danger zone. ONE VICTIM LISTED FROM WIMBLEDON, N. D. A special dispatch to the Trib- une yesterday stated that Clar- ence’ A. Lutt of Wimbledon, N, was one of the mem of the marine detachment at Lake Denmark killed in the explosion Saturday afternoon. Residents of Wimbledon, however, do not know anyone by that name. Army and navy officers in charge of the resene work said it might be three of four days before the flames would die down sufficiently to mit a eareful inspection of the area. One official estimate was that the refugees from the residential areas near the depot totaled 900, of wi 600 are at Morristown and 300 in and around Dover. In wiany -instances families -were widely separated, but nearly all “had been reunited today. ae. tg ST TERT pa ny of whom 50 were. severely but not ingerol So si the initii that at safety could not be d by ‘crawil to burst in the 1