The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, July 17, 1926, Page 1

Somewhat ee tonight and Sunday. er, ESTABLISHED 1878 ft BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, SATURDAY, JULY 17, 1926 TORNADO FOLLOWS DAY OF EXTREME HEAT FOREST FIRES ‘STILL RAGE IN WESTERN AREA Virgin Stands of Timber in; Washington, Montana, Idaho, Are Swept » DEATH TOLL REACHES 12 Soldiers Fight Flames Blackfeet National rh Near Glacier Park P Se ler the di of acres of Pacific no wrest, forests ton, Montana and idahé, Most blazes | ii the laet week and taken 12 lives, Ytoday continued to sweep virgin stands of timber in eastern Ww. hing- in western Washington and British peo were reported undet con- } The United States army has been * called upon to combat blazes in the Kaniksu forest in eastern Washing- | | _ ton, it was reported from Spokane. | “Prediction was made by officials at| jissoula, Montana, that one fourth | 78¥ the Kaniksu forest, which covers 657,500 acres, would be razed if rain did’ not come soon. Soldiers from Missoula are fighting ires in the Blackfeet National for- near Glacier Nation- al Park, where one blaze has covered Idaho, ‘astern Washington was declared worse. Western British Columbia fires were ey peer or controlled with one exception—a blaze which defied eke hundred fighters near Stillwater, Montana the situation steadily becoming and HELEN WILLS AND’ NOBILE. ‘THINGS NOT SAID. + GAMBLERS AND GROWERS. HILLSBORO 4 neetaiinnen FRANCE IS SOLID. Arthur Brisbane. (Copyright, 1926) Two interesting — arrivi Europe, cnn Rule. of the ifornia who. made revere Peary ee America, eral Umberto Nobile, able Tali n, who + “Norge,” supe ing, id then, as pilot, took the rh air- oat with Amundsen and his crew, ‘Sver the north pole. from Our wish concerning _ General ae is that he stay and, work in country, which w be honored iM his presence. For Miss Wills we wish a husband| ™ worthy of her, if such peeatar® could possibly be found, a big aplendid type, of children, including one pend that would do for American states: manship what she has done for Amer- ‘an tennis. Tomorrow Governor and Mrs, Smith] pec, visit President Coolidge at his Adirondack fishing camp. The things ‘that the president and the governor. will not say on this occasion will be numerous and apheneall tx, That meeting, be it said re Sie fully, might remind you of | Bolly Wertheim’ ’s favorite saying whén out of temper: “For what I am thinking’ Jail, The price ‘of ‘cotton go “news for cotton gamblers. gees up because much rain means harm to the growers’ crop. The co’ ton gambler makes his money wheth- er it rains or scorches. Why men grow cotton, when they might cease in cotton, would be hard to wi that men- yy. pre apart from profit. ‘aaa to make money.” \) There is no knowing what pen to the sli tally, is onsiderebly more solid than the rock of Gibraltar, Wiliam Boyce ‘Thompson, returned, says France is shape and the low value of bled ‘her to pay off debts at less than ts siz was “too recent! in ich n ay prison of the Bastille, be- inning the Feroletien: i The French ‘have gone through their troubles, Frence ape the wer. Ja weeace pid. is necessary. er ard lends ¥e keep | eep eH, jer among not a tata hankrapte orien i Hy ot a? | soy, or ie The Rev; Laura B, Gaylor, of Mount| Wi Pleasant. Towa, aaa in fveralty: Sunday School associatio WRéble tales are out of porter ‘That about ing the bears to eat the had made Ad of his eho she ne Che but gn inte feat tre of peo reap the Bible, describes te bout € angels ‘dink se abees bout you, you could have me put in me ‘Sioux Falls Has Hottest Day in Thirty-two Years Sioux Falls, 8. D., July 17. @—Clouded. skies brouvh' re. Hef here today followin he ho Years yestorday e official thermometer registered 105. Temperatures of 100 or more were common throughout the state yesterday. | MANISNAMED LEGION HEAD, Dr. W. E. Cole, Bi Bismarck Post ' Commander, Made State Vice Commander | FARGO KEEPS OFFICES| Posts of Southwest Lose Fight to Bring State Legion Head- quarters to Bismarck . Dickinson, N. rage July 17.—()— Earl R. Sarles, Hillsboro, was elected state commander of the American Legion at the closing session of the eighth annual convention here todas Other ae were named as fol lows: W. E. Cole, Bismarck, vice “Jack Williams, Fargo, state adjutant; Will Jones, Lisbon, state historian and L. R. Baird, Dickinson, finance officer. Fargo was chosen as the 1927 con- vention city. Walter G. Curtis, Lisbon, retiring’ state commander, was named by ac- clamation as delegate to the nation- al convention at Philadelphia. Other pay pe to the convention are T. O. Kraabel. Edmore; P. Benson, Valley City; W. A. Brown, ees Se and gost a, H jam Stern, Fargo, was elected North Dakota member of the nation- al executive committee. Fargo Retains Hi juartern State headquarters will remain at Fargo. This was voted without op- an after a resolution stipulat- wet that the city in which the state adquarters are located must fur- Aa free rental was unanimously ado e state ticket nominated et the “Pembina county caucus” last night went through withput opposition. majority of the posts ruphovented® at ay meeting took part in the caucu: t this morning’s session W, xeoh, Hiason officer, spoke briefly of mittee, presented his report. Walt McGahey, Williston, deputy for the district showing the largest increase in membership for the year, told how ; it wes brought about through the co- Operation of posts in the northwe: ern part of the state. Ray Post Gets Cup hiticers of the Ray post ‘were pre- by. Cotmancer -C Curtis Sith the Mack E, Traynor loving cup, of- fered by the past state commander to the post showing the -largest in- crease in membership. The Ray post jhowed a gain of nee a ae over last Fy The Rex bes also ceive ilver shiele Cfored by the state commander. become. tl the winning it for three successive years. The convention adjourned early this afternoon to permit delegates to trains to their homes, i ala Sy SNAPPY Ke word “snappy” on who worked on ns in the morning, ate bread “ AM evening from wheat od| they had harvested. The wheat w: ground into flour at Lyons. f Weather Report | permanent. property of ——_______¢ Temperature at 7 a. m. nd, but for the fact, ey! lucing br rele High pitati mn to 7 Ss wind velocity feather conditions at N kota points for the 24 hou: tat 8 a, m. today: rth i ©occge Precipitation & 9 in inches SeoessSucaeseensecnignet Bepseesesrarsetess zg lowest jecooscece _ Clea: ert North Dakota: ish un- settled tonight end S1 rs {acrid bi cle My ! 4 SUE eM POET a Tie oat — ‘The shield” will| be post. The cup will go to the post -jains and also is fed SLAYERS OF OHIO-EDITOR ARE SOUGHT Rewards Totaling $20,450 Of- fered For Their Arrest and Conviction FUNERAL IS HELD TODAY Lloyd Méllett Feels His Ar- ticles May Have Caused Brother's Slaying Canton, Ohio, July ibm ytd M. Cox, former governor of Ohio, head of the News League of O! today posted a $5,000 reward for ix formation leading to the arrest and conviction “of those responsible” for | the murder of Don R. Mellett. Stark lar reward of land News now total $20,451 Funeral services for the editor- crusader who was shot shortly after midnight yesterday, it is believed be- cause of his frequent attacks on the vice lords of Canton, were ‘held to- day. The body will be sent to In- dianapolis. The publisher's widow, after her first shock, has bravely withstood the ordeal. It is Mellett brother Lloyd, associated with on the Canton News, who appears most heavily bent under the strain. He has told his acquaintances that he cannot drive from his mind a feeling that some of tho articles he wrote may have caused members of Can- ton’s underworld to erworld to stay hi his brother. DUNN COUNTY LAKERESORT IS PLANNED Corporation ‘Intends to Flood 1,500 Acres and Sell Lakeside Lots mer resort fill the minds of many Dunn county citizens as the result Of the agtion of ‘the state secorities commission in granting the Center Lake Corporation a license to sell $250,000 worth of stock, accord- to word from that city. The proposal ix one of the most ambitious of its kind ever launched in the state and is in the nature of a community enterprise on the part of Dunn Center business men and ‘eitizens. The new corporation, headed by Lars. J. Siljan, Dunn Center editor, proposes to dam Spring creek three uarters of a mile from the town, le st below its junction with Timber creek. The dam will back up the {water to an average depth of 20 [feet and will inundate approximately 1,500 acres, giving Dunn Center a body of water with a shore line of out 10 miles. Promoters claim j that the lake, when completed, will the largest body of fresh water th with water running M Around the Inke the corporation | lans to estublish a summer resort. is will be sold to prospective sum- wellers and all lots, when sold, wil be pianted with trees and shrubs oar. oayeed to plans by a landscaper. roposed lake would be lo- aon na wit hin nine miles of the North Dakota Badlands, the state’s greatest seenic wonder, and will be within 15 miles ‘of the Killdeer Mountains, also noted for their beauty. In order to carry out the work it will be nec ry to move three sets of farm buildings from the aren which will be submerged. Several owners of land in the vicinity have exchanged their pro) Lig for st in. the new corporation, Siljan sai and the cash altos ‘necessary to promote the plan has been subscribed by Dunn Center business men. The total stock subscribed to date, he said, is $65,000. In addition to support of the en- tire ipepolace of Dunn Center, the plan has gained support from bi ness men and others at Werner, lday. Dodge and other nearby towns, Siljan said. Should lar lake cor- a commercial venture, Bi jan , is based on the belief t & lake and summer resort will} Rev. prove popular with lents of west- ern ‘North Dakota. There erc no other jakes available for such a purpose and the only way open, Siljan said, was to make one Spring creek, which principal source of water sapply for the lake, rises in the Killdeer mount- by numerous eprings. Trout planted in the stream two years ago have survived despi she occasional muddiness of due ‘te the creek’s turbulent flow, G pike also are fought | tia wently, reg When the lal com- ers cormerariet line tu stock and other game present plans ‘work ting to, begin in the near rg ees, farmers in the ne! barkend beving Nae Rice their w) i. ingness to. supply 8 and | O09, An exchange for in the n, to be later turned perty slong the lake $1,000. Rewards offered Visions of a beautiful lake and sum-} | Thursd: Dunn { schedule i get carefully ai fice tie AT kia offer ta” When One Dies They'll Drink the Wine — _ ste they’re exhibiting Civil War veterans, who When one of the three men shown above dics, the other two will drink the wine These are the only remaining members of the t Man Club, formed in 1885_b; bought a bottle: of wine and agreed that the man should drink it. Now, with only three men left, they have,agreed that the last two men must drink. The Volstead act, i ntally, hasn't cramped their plans at all, Left to right they are John S. Goff, Peter Hall and Charles Lockwood. They annual banquet July 21 at Stillwater, Minnesota. hold their NORTH DAKOTA’S CROP OUTLOOK THIS YEAR NOT. DISCOURAGING AS SOME THINK, ROBERTS SAYS IN RADIO TALK-CONDITIONS ‘BETTER THAN IN 1910 Crops Now Poor in Only Two- Sevenths of State While 16 Years Ago That Condition Prevailed Over Entire State -4 Dakota in, Better Shape Than Surrounding States 'T wg the state as a whole, Nort Dakota is in far better rops, business Burleigh County Badget Cut $20,000 The total t y for Burleigh county for thi jing year was re- juced approximately $20,000 by the board of county —cammissioners: Monsignore Will Pass Through City on No. 4 Tonight The party of ¢ five distinguished Monsignore of the Roman Catholic church. why, have been’ touring the ‘western states und the Yellowstone porie will arrive. in Bismarck at 7:23 ton The ‘party consists of Monsignor Camillo. Cassin, Dominioni, vie ant of Rome, Master chamber! s than! His Holiness, Canon of the s ing states, W.! church; Monsignor Carlo Roberts of Bismarck, veteran weath-' prefect’ of the pontifical cerei er observer and an acknowledged op forecasting, io audience last evening i meeting: for shat. was i to be a public hearing on the budget question. Only one per- earing, in addi- ioners, but the latter went over the preliminary bud- 1 found several places Where they decided it was possible to pare off small amounts, which in the aggregate amounted to about | $20,000, The reductions will affect © the general fund about $10,000 and | the road fund wn equal amount. " ‘As a result of the board’s action, the total budget now includes $121, « 210 for general, operation, $42,374 for road work and $12 ‘or bridges, 3Uly f The sum of $21,150'%s also included ‘29 ° Voeg oor a Re eee ig late in charge ignor Carlo papal alms and Angelo Birea retary to Cardinal zuno. Rev. Fr. P, Mahoney; New York, is accompanying the party and has charge of the traveling arrange- His top North Dakota Compared Canon with Business per ” Professional Women Elect New York Woman Lawyer President Des than 2 Moines, July 17—(AP) -More rkers, leaders of the ess and pr fessional en today were going back to their jobs which range from managing tea rooms to helping ope ate railroads. id Professional Women’s closed its annual four-day convention last night. masculine ways if they would retai the friendship and goed will of bu hess men was the final, advice given for interest and sinking fund, making 4.4 present ufflictions ure apt to ap. heeyt THREE EE MEN AND Mr. Roberts. “There are so many with no more than the usual stop. : consciously some of them always r in" Nocth “Dakota, Many inquii ane Opponents in Dem- | Noren Dakota were crop conditions Dallas, Tex., July 17.-4)—Three| crops are poor in not to exceed tw may lead one of the owners te the here in Bismarck, we are in the poor) second term. Mrs. Edith Wilmans,, inch i jorma! of 9.29 inches. Most the job, as does Mrs. T. K. John-; in this state. The snows of January,, der the executive house dpme are value fo erops than the snows of all! “Zim, Ske Tithing Evangelist. | 0.28 ineh 926, and in this respect| the women, workers, ‘This was the natural resources and! months) and in June, 1910, were far road company and said to be the a grand total of $197,634. This is “ ‘ p pear far greater than some we have known, there has been n approximately the same amount as Cyr ovichced in the past, for time is program arranged for Bismarck, and various weather statistics that | do Many local people, however, will go not try to burden my mind to re- to Mandan this afternoon for the in. Among these weather stati ee so indelibly impressed upon 1910 ies ny been received as to how ond. | {tions this year compare with those! Conditions ware fo 1910 “Firat, I wish to state emphatical-| Pri: so adverse as in 1910. Crops that! ocratic Primary. \yeur were poor in practically ull’ bonnets and as many sombreros have! sevenths of the xtate, fair in on been tossed into the Texas democratic’ seventh, and good to excellent in governor's mansion. area. H Governor Mariam A. Ferguson! “The total tion for the irst six months of 1910 was 5.89 ired by~her distinc-' and woman member of, people pver estimate the value of; son of San Astonle. | February and th are of littl Mere Men Contestants * |value. The snows of April and oce on attorney eenereli Lynch other, months combined. Jn Aprit,! louston business man, and 1910, the everage precipitation was Moody has concentrated his attack one justified in’ making the com-| on the Ferguson administration. Da ari However, conditions in May,! Minneapolis, assistant secretary of his slogan “more business in govern-' inferior to those of 1926. The aver-| highest ranking woman railway exeeu- ment, and less government in bu: age precipitation for May and June,| tive in the Uglied States. was levied: laxt_ year: | known @s the ‘Great Heuler,’” said the party will puss member any of them, although un- program which scheduled there. [of 1910, s0 I have prepared a few| v. Mariam A. Fe Ferguson Hi jy. that never in the climatic history | | parts of the atate, while this year, political ring, the exit from which four-sevenths. Unfortunately for us, wants to return ito the capitol for 4, ‘as compared with 6.14 in 1926 ped Texas —egisiature, also desires’ snowfall in “the production of crops | In the race to restore the man un- sionally in May ure of far xreater; F. Zimmerman, known 4s: 1,30 inches, as compared with but idgon’s principal plenk is conservation is10 (the most important of crop! the Minneapolis and St..Louis, rail- ness.” | 1926, was 2.18 inches and 2.65 inche Election Pg #8 Lena Madson Phil- Mrs. Johnson advocates modifi: . 1 of 4.83 inches, s, New York city, as national pres- tion of the Volstead act, while Mrs. respectively op’ toa Sane produced | ident, was one of the concluding’ acts Wilmans calls for strict enforcement 0.96 inch and 1.83 inches, respective.jf the convention. She was-the only of the prohibition laws, reduction of jy, or 4 total of 2.79 inches. The| Nominee. Other officers taxes and reform.in the care of in. temperature in April, May and June,’ eee: Blizabeth Fitzgerald, Sait é persons. Mr. Zimmerman prom. 1910, averaged 1.3 degrees ‘a high-| City, first vice president: incy to crush bootleggers ang drive! oP than in 1996. | Meek Hein, Sedalia, Mo., second vice evolutionists from the state, president; Miss Frances Plath, Daven- the OPporta e ag Onle Bart of | State Affected this| BOF lows, rocording secretary, and M year has’as poo: as it did in; ‘lorence Stone, New Orleans, treas- One feature ‘of the campaign isl Tato, whitest 1 stated before only urer, The 1927 meeting place wi oo Faly rv§ gos t cases one left to the execlitive committee. 24—if Moody two-sevenths have poor 5 L mae: seventh LB, fee crops, and four- be ne ranine am ve good % azceliant rsp. | Gideon Chorus Will 2 pein cipals was Sat five Bushels per acre for the | Sing Sunday ight) 4° oor ee ily i 8 tot0, San’ dee per bushel.| The aid Society will gi ne of @ a 3 leon give an ir the yieta vin yes that ‘conshisrably” and. the price | efny of the Grand Peelfic Hotel Sun is $1. ir bushel. | da: % orld ‘War we neaye Panl 8. "whieh. the Pree Hs. elected given | ir the os wan with placing two e fices of state on game.” iM rok wil Sliver # .10- A 20-voiee im regular feature months thii Bon- , ‘The national federation of Business A warning to avoid simulation of suggestion of Miss Emma Redel of Pres-| eled NORTHERN PARTS OF MINNESOTA |AND WISCONSIN STORM SWEPT- SEVERAL KILLED, MANY INJURED Deaths By Drowning and Heat Prostration Numerou»—Al- most Every Building: in Little Village of Upson, Wisconsin, Wrecked By High Wind NORTHWEST HEAT RECORDS OF 25 YEARS BROKEN Windom, Minn., Reports 110; Lamberton 108—Temperature in Twin Cities Registered 102.3—South Dakota Points Report Mercury Readings Above 100 St. Paul, July record heat claimed seven known dead and two score of more: jinjured in Minnesota and northern Wisconsin yesterday. Three persons perished in a tornado that swept across the northwestern tip of Wisconsin. Two persons were drowned near Minneapolis, and another drowned in St. Paul. while a man died from effects of the heat in Minneapolis. The tornado dead were Mabel Johnson, 18; Julia Johnson, sister of Mabel, and Irwin Anderson, 12, all of Ashland Junction, Wis Arthur Hegert, 13, of St. Paul, drowned in a lake here while swimming. Howard Haeg, 22, of Richfield, Minn., and A. Wilker, 25, of Maxwell Bay, were drowned in Lake Min- netonka, near Minneapolis. Arthur Pfiffer, 70, Minneapo- lis, died there from heart disease produced by the heat. Temperatures Above 100 Mark Heat records for 25 years or more were broken through- out the northwest, with the average temperature yesterday well over the 100 mark. - i Windom, Minn., reported an unofficial mark of 110, with Lamberton, Minn., a close second with 108. In the Twin Cities it was 102.3. Mitchell, S. D., reported 104 and Huron, S. D., had 102. TORNADO HITS HARDEST IN NORTHERN WISCONSIN Ashland, Wis., July 17.—(AP)—Three persons are known to be dead; two others are reported killed and tw. score or more were injured in a tornado which swept acros: the northwestern tip ‘of. Wisconsin last night after jumping across Lake Superior from Minnesota. — In addition to causing much dam- age in northeastern Minnesota, and in the vici of Ashland Junction Marengo Mellen, Wisconsin, the STORM DAMAGE storm’ Stee Virtually every bail ing the village of Upson, neur Ash- 1 § |at least 25 injured were reported in REPORTS SHOW ee Mabel. Johnson, 18, and her sister, Juli 94 had just finished their chores at their farm home near Ash ane Junction when the storm killed ‘win Anderson, 12, was killed wate working ut another farm near Mellen. ‘ Unverified reports told of the deaths Crops Leveled, Many {of io girls near White River Hill, | ii Wisconsin | Windows Broken Started Near Chisholm | The storm apparently had its origin Duluth, Minn. Jul n the vicinity of Chisholm, Minny With partial restoratio n the heart of Minnesota’s famous munication, story iron ore country. It followed a day of record breaking heat at Chisholm where it was 100 degrees. A barrage of hail stones damaged automobiles, smashed windows and tore limbs from trees. Two persons were injured when struck by large hail stones at Chis- holm. At Zim, Minn., a young man was injured and several farm build- ings were damaged. Leaving Minnesota, the stotm scem- ed to pass high over Lake Superio’ coming down again at Port Wing, Wisconsin. As it swept toward Ash- land, it developed into a tornado and as such caused the most destruction around Ashland Junction, Upson, Marengo and Mellen. Near the latter town the storm spent its force. | anon RAN TOW: SUFFER HAIL DAMAGE Hibbing, Minn., July 17—()—Al- though Hibbing escaped be hail- and lightning storm which swept this part of Minnesota late yi Pid lay aft- ernoon, locations eust nd’ ‘weit of here today report small damages, ~ mostly broken windows. ‘The storm which came up at 5:30 p..m, developed many freaks. Re- ports were frequent of a storm cloud seen in the skies which assumed # funnel shape, appearing much like 2 tornado. As it broke, it escaped Hib- bing proper but swerved to the east of here, spending its fury on Chis- holm, Hail fell in Hibbing proper, but. it was comparatively light. In. Kitz- ville, east of Hibbing, the hail broke windows in residences and in the schools. One of the huil stones weigh- ed a pound. J.B. Sayler Reports Excellent Crops in Railway Bridge Destroyed, and eléctric sto ‘Chisholm, Mi sabe Iron Range of st night a! 10) iP. m. and two and a half houre later, ‘after gaining force in crossing the point of Lake Superior, caused severe damage throughout much of the Chequamgon Bay distriet of Wiscon- “Three re known dead at Ashland, Wise ‘and 11 persons are known to be injured in that vicinity; two in- jured at Chisholm, nn.. and one at ‘im, Minn, Propert; mage, not yet estimated, will be ‘hi y. though the mostly confined to riets reduced the amount in some measur Bennett Swanson, farmer near Zim Minnesota, was cultivating potat when hurled into the air by the to nado. Landing on his head, he was unconscious several hours, but was conscious today. His barn was de- molished, and a timber from the barn] hit his horse on the heud, slaying the animal. List of Injured injured in the Chequamgon | Bay dis i. as could be; learned in a lone distance telephone call to Ashland, follows: Otto Johnson, broken collar bone, injured arm, lacerations about head und ankle. Mrs. Otto Johnson, left arm broken, right hip dislocated, cuts and bruises about the face, head and arms. ‘arl Willis, right leg’ broken and minon i juriés. Mrs. Elmer Johnson, scalp lacera- tions and shock. Ben Anderson, head injuries. Mrs. Ben Anderson, minor bruises and cuts. Louis Johnson. Jr., minor cuts. Louis Johnson, minor bruises. Two children of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Johnson, and a small daughter of Pat Galligan, minor injuries. The damage in the little peninsula entering ‘Lake Superior, which is call- States He Visited ed the Chequamgon Bay district, largely centered near Summit, as the|. 1 B. Sayler returned to his bome ives call the area just west of the|here yesterday from a two months’ city limits of Ashland, the top of/trip through linois, Michigan, In- « White River Hill. Farms on the west-/diana and Wisconsin in the interests Verely, and it was in that section that|0f the Emerson-Brantingham Imple- most of the injuries occurred. ment company, which he represents. royed Crops in the four states si Outstanding in the property dam.|during bis absence fi Bis were the loss of the Bud River|#re equal to any that Section of of the Duluth, South Shore and| country -has Cd bal Mr. Sayler, Atlantic railway leveling of many] states, and he learned with and t destruction of win- vd of the ‘continued ivgcht out the 100 miles swept, Which has affected erops in certain wor reatest, sections of t won thro: by ithe. storm, even where ferocity was not found. for exam ‘Ashland, storm tyav-| a to Wisconsin in a a routnanately | 17.—(AP)—Tornadoes, hailstorm and. : "