The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, July 22, 1926, Page 1

WRATRER FORECAST Me toni, id Friday; eee S00. LINE M AIL One Man Killed in Attempted Robbery | of Jewelry Store — Pa vied July 22—C)—One man BAST SUFFERS FROM SEVERE. _ HEAT TODAY High ‘Temperatures Cause}: Two Score Deatho—Hun- dreds a ’'105 ABOVE IN MARYLAND New York, With 96 Above, invaded ino The robbers escaped fightii a Broadway NONPARTISANS KEEP CONTROL re in Majority at County Meeting — Democrats retained ‘leigh county at a mi courthouse yesterd H. A Thomas, afternoon, ty R abTibag central committee; H. Vv. Fisher Menoken, was elected sec: retary; Otto Uhde, Estherville, tres urer, and €. 0. Kell, Tryge, com mitteemal All are No: These men also will cons! county Republic tee. Thirty-nine delegates were presen ide from proxies. m1 e convention to seat no proxies ward rash this morning which bade fair to pees yesterday's record. In New York city the oogd 4 10 degrees between artisans. The meeting was catled to order by, the .tempora! A. Thomas, and ‘Mr. temporary secreta: on credentials was consisting of C. O. Kell, Arni Mad- ‘| land and Otto Uhde. Martin Boungois was committeeman from Riverview town ship. Albin Erstrom and Lester Lar- chairman, H. Fisher was chi eau. rere seated with a half w vote apiece. Christ Bertach was e! Ue) Vt New York, July 22.—()—The eas! Burleigh county Demo: sweltered today in u heat wave that! man of the came in from the midwest, taking toll of two score lives and prostrat-| ing hundreds in the cities on its course. | tele Temperature records were broken} the Demoergtic meeting. here and ‘elsewhere yesterday. Some — mectisg 0 Kraft_was named secretary and Wil: hw mittgamnane @ second orgat Rell Buffalo on Lake Erie felt cool with less than 80 degrees, but furth-, | kee 95.5, and City 86. F. O'Hare, Carl Kositzky and we ‘New York, it was the Y nottest McDonald to participate tn July day except one since 1885. Albany, weather reports for 30 years ul were broken, factories had to close at. jay in the, history of the Sew | aa Kansas meet. blicans. they: Lockport, N. Y., and it was the hot- est +* Haven weather bureau. Thousands sought relief at beache: and resorts, There were 350,000 vi: itors at Coney Island, while Bost and other cities had proportional crowds, ‘A score of heat deaths were sg : ed in Michigan, three in New York, two in New York state, four in New Jersey, nine, in New England and’ some elsewhere, |TODAY BIG FAMILY—LOW CULTURE? A FOOLISH FOOT RACE. the actual Democrats, ac: ie ar Lake township, was chosen lem: ie secretary. ir. Marvel, Mrs. Shaffer, Mr. Hells. trom and J. F. Fortenberry were de- clared dul; members of the county central com: "hae mocrat if Mr. Fortenber: chairman of the , central committee for two years. ft the state central rleigh county. Mrs. treasurer of tral committee, and ‘ secretary. + Brisbane. ht 1926) lye, who beat ad- tors in the pri- rmera’ conference meetit ™ em Be Rrsokhert, ond to sit in the meeting and vacancie ministration One newspaper not so velop into an ent ‘Mrs. stration.” Ht fl oe ary Remember that farmers in Kansas |20¢ William will get about §1 for, thelr the exee this year. A pong aay “wheat crop mille te pay. mgragaant Bok agar {ine farm of fo Team, ie heal SPS: | cies inert wil sideral bef Many thi may 1928, but the renomt >? tion of President Coolidge ia one ae seaee that probably will ; 3 ‘@lec- | cratic ticket. \ county this morning. and another wounded when ht holdup | IN. BURLEIGH control of coll, was reetect- ed us chairman of the Burleigh coun- ate ute the ‘an executive commit- It was voted by osen The committee! then appointed, | senato: seated as son, tied, both of Glenview, were both tected chair. a'cratic central,” committee. Williem| Iowa leader, Held the first organization the county Democratic senaites yesterday, at which Chris rtsch was chosen county chairman) resdjutions voiced’ no su and and William Breen state central com-| Only one name was ment: ization | dent ‘ Coolid, ld, according to, F. Q. mn. ir. Hellatrom, holding a proxy from yk Barbie, challenged the right of! accordance with Republican princi- er west, Chicago registered 96, Mil- H, Duemeland,: William Kraft, ae ing. on the ground that they were were. permitted to remain, to strom’s account, with the cceantien of Bertsch and Flana gan, wi he secon of the I, V. mma Shaffer, ary chairman and N. M. Marvel, an township, was chosen tempo- elected and qualified “Hellstrom ‘was named as a member com from Ve Declared It was declared the sense of the that no one not having open- declared his affiliation with the moeratic ticket should be permitted were declared to exist in the Demo- cratic county central committee in all cases where the precinct commit. lected had declared were elected to usive committee of the Demo- cratie cot Aas central comets 34 of two years, with power of the Democratic ie another. He offe: i dapper hefore | lature to fill vacancies on the Demo- ah and The committee then adjourned and the Me of its nee. was filed with the auditor of Burleigh BROOKHART IS | ‘ACCEPTED’ BY G.0.P. IN IOWA <— Nominee Tells Con- vention He Will “Tell CUMMINS NOT AT MEET Truth About Iowa” Party Approves Brookhart’s Battle Cry—“Equality For Agriculture” Wes Moines, {Colonel Smith a: {the accepted Uni atorial nomineg of Towa. i} de- spite the state central committee's formal declaration two years ago that he had holted the party. » July 22—)— togkbart today is 3 culture, Brookhart’s battle cry. Thrice in the past six years of his stormy political career has the colonel been the nominee, but he as just expericnced for the first time the honor preg paid the didate heading the ticket. His ceptance by the state convention here rday wi irked by ti declar -from the platform that he would win in the full election and {return to Washington “to tell the truth regarding conditions ih Towa.” Enjoys Sensation holiday for the former ‘as unseated in favor Democrat, and lof Daniel F. his broad si the new sensation of being escorted, amid applause, to the convention platform. He began his brief address with “fellow Republicans” and refer- red to the organization as “that great progressive party.’ Senutor Albert . Cummips, veteran: whom Brookhart de- Meeting of State : Canvassing Board Has Been Postponed: Postponement of the meeting of the state canvassing board until next. Tuesday was announced today by Sec- retary of State Byrne. Failure of several county auditors to report primary election returnn: from their counties ia responsible for’ the delay, Byrne said. larizing the auditors hurry their returns eis cireu- king them ‘to ere. CONDITIONS NOT AS ACUTE AS SOME SAY Kitehen Calls Conference For Monday to Learn Situation Regarding Feed Although the situation with regard to feed for livestock is serious in some North Dakota counties it is not) sufficiently acute to cause rm for the future of the state or any large part of it, leading North Dekota business men said in interviews with. the Associated Press last night. Melvin T. Lee, Valley City, chair- man of the agricultural committee of the North ota Bankers Associa- tion, said he has been watching the situation closely and that few counties will it be necessary to ship in feed to care for the livestock. These counties, he said, are mostly west of the Missouri river. ference Cal in providing and forage livestock. In a statement today J. A. Kitchen, commissioner of agriculture and labor, said the situation through- out much’ of the western part of the state, was acute and called a con- ference of businessmen, farm exten- sion agents, railroad and dairy com- others |-| feated-by a big majority in the June} i liam Breen delegate to the state con-| primary, did not attend the conven- vention. Elevan delegates attended tion. Althoug! Pre-convention —_state- ments ind d an attempt would be, made to condemn the administration for its reputed indifferent attitude to- ward the farm situations, the eight eb criticism. foned, Pre: it ‘appeared ithe resolution mending the ad- trintstration “for its wise and ef- fleient conduct of the rnment in | ples.” i HEROISM IS REVEALED BY LAKE TRAGEDY Only Four Are Saved of the, ~ 15 Youths Thrown Into Wa- | ter When Canoe Tips Lindsay, Ont., July 22—(#)—Revela- | tion of hy tion wit! bers of the Angelican Church camp today came out of the wilderne: northea Sof Lind | in | toh were thrown into’ overturned in a sudden squall late Tuesday night. upturped craft, und aided one an- other as Lest they could until, one by one, after hours in the water, their hey loosed their ink. Only four members party could maintain grips on the. keel ‘until the canoe drifted ning Butcher decided that he would give his place on top of the canoe to Up a pr :y th and, bidding them into the water and Lambd ‘ ye, sltppe jen, the camp adjutant, re- structing the more youthful boys how to on and bey ih wi r are under medical care. ater. boys who drifted ashore One is in a In in the rail when their cance was th: peatedly swam around the canoe, in-| BIS) necessary. meetil will be held next Monday., One of the primary purposes of the conference, he said, is to determine what conditions are so that prepara- tions may be made to meet them if, relief action should prove to be ne- fers sent out to officials of] roads serving counties whieh, are hard hit by the drought, Kite! auked that the yailseads-reduce their: freight rates on feed stuff to enable farmers to obtain it at reduced cost. “The state department of agricul- ture is very much interested im as- certaining the actual facts,” Mr, Kit- chen said, “and to this end the con- ference has been called. “At it. we hope to learn the actual condition in! ‘ areas reported to be lected andj from assurances that I have from a umber who will attend I feel con-! fident thet the meeting will provide a method of relief if relief is found to be needed. About all we want is to assure the farmers that if Sieg are in distress their interests are being tuken care of.” | iood Crops Around Minet R. E, Barron, president of the Se | ond wre pn i of aap said, there is no sl in north-} went North Dakota end thany coun: | ties of that section ea record cro] rain as well as feed Bere. | R. Wolfer, Jamestown, said he! checked in certain counties re-| uthful heroism in connec-! ported to be short of feed but was. Mr. and Mrs. Anton Geisler the drowning of 11 mem-! assured that the situation was not| slain on their farm home, the crime ious. Reports received here b; Goddard, secretary of the Association of Commerce, indicate wate sectfons of th tate are all that may be “bad.” The first is°a small strip in the central part of the state, (Continued on page six.) iH. P. Temperature at 7 Highest yeste Lowest last ni Precipitation to 7 a. m. . ng igen on Salenlly kota points for the 36 bouts ending at 8 a. m. today: me geegodagssaeesese 3 Boococcezzcccoos Precnisation 2 2 ror jorth orgs 7 Ny WEATHER ismarck j 7| deck of Se a a Henvy steel Pullman‘cars were turned over and wrecked when a Chicago to Pittsburgh limited on'the Pea | sylvania railroad left the rails at Summitville, Ohio—but nobody was killed! hurt, three seriously, by some lucky chance no one met death. This picture shows how the cars were spilled | |GRANGE NAMED FOREST FIRE SITUATION IS STILL ACUTE : Flames Threaten to Sweep Be- | yond 500,000. Acres Burned Over Recently continues ac flames threat: ing to sweep beyond the 500,000 acre: devastated in the last two weeks. R y her in some tered showers yes- re fighters in holding terms, although in sections and terday aided the blaze on ev The|Californin, Washington und parts of! Tdaho. as well as southern Canada, several fires continued on the ram- page. DEFENSE IN MURDER CASE NEARS CLOSE Teacher Tells of Giving Ash- ley Youth Mental Test— Mother on Stand —— Wolf Point, Mont., July 22.—(4)— The defense Ferdinand Schlaps, 18 year old ley, N. D., youth, on trial for murder, ran into a snag yesterday. Aftar-Dorothy Bond, Ken- mare, N. 'D., teacher had told of giv. ing the defendant an» intelligence test, introduced to ahow that Schlaps ,. is mentally submormal, the court bai red her from giving her conclusion: Miss Bond, who is a graduate the Minot State ‘Teachers’ college, taught at Poplar, near Biem, where were with which Mchlape is charged. Interviewing laps at the county il, gave him the Binet Simon ce tests to determine his he said. The tests were in similar manner to the meth. ods used for her pupils. As she was about to offer her’ co s the state objected and the justained the request. of the juil who had ob- served Schlaps for ‘more thangs month were introduced, They de- clared that he talked little, refused to participate in card games with them end, played solitaire when a cards given him. Mrs. Christina Schlaps, mother of the yout. whose appearance on the si ‘Tuesda: ned his first show of emotion w! cross-examined yesterday. Although he had gone to school over a period of nine years he actually attended only 34 months, she said. He hed shown decided mechanical ability from early age on their North Dakota farm, she said. They moved to Mon- tana in Marc! Indications that the defense will redt its tod: GUARDSMEN “SUSPENDED POR BRIBERY Twenly Men. Chargéd With Toms ‘River; Nod, July More an 20 guardsmen and ay cagat, have been suspends of charges i ‘and transportation of have been made sold My the | ed f¢ he cried, was| L. over the tracks, 54 Officials at Election in Cook County Indicted: Chicago, July 22 ~-P)—Fifty-fou: | election judges and clerks who served ‘ock county's April primaries were | by a special grand on charges of conspiracy to make a false count, i connection with irregularities at the polls. The indictments, the third group returned since the stigation be- gan, brings to 109 the total indiet- m returned against judges toda: { T0 WAKE PLANS FOR MEETING | OF STATE BAR President of Burleigh County Bar Association Appoints Committees The Burleigh: County Bar associa- tion will hold an important meeting and ‘banquet at 6:30 to night at the McKenzie Hotel, decording to the president of the association, L. J Wehe. Plans for the State Bar asso. ciation meeting, September 9 und 10, will be considered at the meeting to- night. In preparation for the meeting Mr. Wehe, has announced his committees as follows: Executive committee, in charge of all arrangeemnts—L’ J. Wehe, S. L. Nuchols, vice president of the bar as- sociation, and Harold D. Shaft, secre- ‘tary-treasurer of the bar association.’ Finance committee—Harold Shaft, chairman, assisted by G. F. Dullam, G, L. Foster, William Langer, B. F. Tillotson, E, J. Taylor, George Regis- ter, C. Liebert Crum, Gordon Cox, F. E. McCurdy and A. T. Faber. 5 a ublicity committee, headed by” sist of H. F, O'Hare, Thomas Burke, ‘R. E. Wenzel, I. C. Davies, J. A. Hy- land and P J. Engeseth. will Program The program committee will consist of Benton Baker, chairman; assisted by H. F. O'Hare, G. F. Du! Scott ‘ameron, Alfred Zuger, C. L. Crum, A. Hyland, F. 0, Hellstrom and William Langer... All officers and exegutive committeemen of the state bar assoc! in are ex-officio mem- , bers. It will be the duty of this com. | mittee to provide the program for all | the sessions of the meeting, excepting only the bange| which will, be in |eeage. ofa I vn ¥ 1 e rect Lert consist of te Se Waker weeltnage Sel ied by | A. M. bia ig Bui . juesie, L. E. Bird: Johnson, Fred Jansoni: c,d. George ‘Schafer, Scott Cameron, fred Zuger, Ed. G, F. Dullam, William Langer, C. L. Crum, F..H. Register, J. A. Hyland This is to be the “glad ‘hand” committee The og 7 oes “To Plan Banquet Program This, committee will arrange the! rogram for the ennual banquet and suitable entertainment for ail visitors and members of the local bar during | the times that the convention is not) in regular session, je Senet committee, charged with providing place and the caterer for the banquet and such preliminary ‘Srrangements as ete not committed to e\entertainment comittee, will con- sist of C. L. Foster, chairman, assist-) ed by H. It, Benton Baker, W. L. Smith, P. H. Butler, Charles Leise- me nd C. J. | The accomm and if tion committee consists of B. loteon, chairman, ansisted by Gordon Newton, R. E. Wenzel, Jo- igie Chai expect- vi number inge for ‘hotel ie ‘The ladies’ entertainment commit- ‘tee consists of Mrs. C. L. Young, gen- erel chairman with power. to appoint Mrs. Seott of visitors and erra! com) HE BISMARCK TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, THURSDAY, JULY 22, 1926 CAR ROBBED AT HANKINSON Although 30 people were IN CROSS BILL FOR DIVORCE Los Angeles Oil Man Claims Wife Was Especially Friend- lv to Grid Star (#)—Red host,” came but he sun hel-’ me gal- go, duly , the “Galloping Wheaton yesterda: barely had time to doff h met when a news dispatch ¢ loping after, quoting a Los Angeles paper as 86: he had been named in a cross bill in answer to a divorce o hus been registering mera in Hollywood, f k to his first love, a Wheaton ice wagon, in. prep- aration for his fall football came paign, registered amazement when informed of a story printed in the Los Angeles Examiner} saying | oa. im in a Charles A, Taylor, oil Beverly Hills, had nam cross complaint to a divorce action previously brought by his wif Clarice Taylor. ’s certainly a surprise to me,” he said. rtainly I know’ Taylor and his wife. Taylor is a causin of my manager, Charles Pyle. 1 niet them through him when I was playing football in Florida. And I met thém again in Los Angeles where they live. if -there’s nothing to thos Some of the Charges The Examiner's story said the oil man charged in the bill that his wife becamé infatuated with the footbal player, called him a “wonderful boy, ‘went riding with him on one occasion last June, once sat on his la| kissed him, and on another oc: called him on the phon appointment for a meeting, despite her husband's objections, the appointment accompanied by her, ee sion that two other men, one a Los An- lellstrom, chairman, will con- geles attorney, also were named in’ sponse to his cry for help the cross complaint as friends of Mra. Taylor. Mrs, Taylor charges h husband with cruelty. Acquaintance Was Casual Grange declared his a with the Taylors was entirely cesual.. Red received a warm welcome ye: terday from his dad, Lylin Grange, and his kid brother, Garland, latter joking about the pith helmet which framed Grange’s titian pal “I don’t know whether able,” Red grinned when reporters zed aghast at the top piece, “1 just saw it and liked it and bou; ht dt, It ought to be great for peddling ee. ice. - +I hada great time in the movies. very nice people. Naw—no girls, TAYLOR REGRETS THAT ACTION WAS NECESSARY Los An; in turn been iceman, football hero and motion picture actor, Harold Red) Grange’s latest role is that of jondent in a divorce suit. Charles A. Taylor, ‘wealthy oil su ly dealer, last night revealed thi je had named Grange in a cross com- laint to a divorce suit recently filed gq his wife, Clarice Taylor. red. Charles Pyle, G: m extremely sorry this occur- is my cousin, and through him I have inge’s manager, |come to be on very friendly terms with Red. Grange is too much of a gentleman to do anything wrong and he was named only to show how my wife acted,” Taylor explained. High Court Favors”. Plaintiff in Suit made an, and kept) | quaintance deputy sheriff, of the robl { Iwai: Tashion-| les, July 22—()—Having ‘ ————__——$——$$——— ne PRICE FIVE CENTS Pullmans Scattered Over the Landscape BANDITS FAIL 'TOSTART AUTO; ‘ARE CAPTURED Frank H. Adams, Bismarck, Railway Mail Clerk, Held Up With Guns | | 1 { | | | MOST OF Loor FOUND | One Registered Package, Be lieved to Contain Curren- cy, Still Missing Hankinson, N. D., July 22. —(AP) — Three unmasked bandits who held up the mail clerk on the Hankinson-Bis- marck Soo line train shortly before 5 a. m. here today were captured within two hours of the robbery and all their loot, except one package of regis- tered mail, was recovered. The missing package, thought to contain currency; is be- lieved to have been hidden by one of the robbers before he was captured. One registered mail package which contained $2,500 in currency had been opened, but was found in the Year seat of the automobile in which the trio had planned to make their getaway. Inability to get their car started and prompt action by D. S. Mcllwais, deputy sheriff, 'and- Mail Clerk Frank H. Adams of Bismarck resulted in the capture. ‘he three robbers separated when they were unable to get their cu- started and w all arrested at dif- ferent tin Yeggs From Minneapolis One of the bandists, Gearge Ni- mas, who gives his address as 1410 Minneapolis, north of town pas: ~ $8. both whom were captu: in Hankinson, gave their names as Louis E. Roy, 4331 Grand Avenue South, Minneapo- lis, and Mike Sozemski, 1706 Grand Street Northeast, Minneapolis. Nirmas and Rov entered the mail far and each jabbed a gun into Auams’ side, according to the mail clerk’s story. Adams was engaged in sorting mail which had just been transferred to his train from train the main line train from Both trains were yards when the hold- its bound Adams and then looted the registered mil d\ pouch. The third man was waiting in the automobile which was parked across the street from the station, along side the Commefcial hotel. Adama’ Shouts pee Help f Soon after the two bandits jumped paper accounts continued! out of the car with 15 pieces. 5 | istered mail, Adams shoute: man | working in a nearby express car, jumped into the mall cies treed Adams of his bonds. The two hed into the railway {Iunchroom and notified Mcllwais, bery. Me- who had just compleved trans- ferring mail from one train to an- | other, was eating lunch and his truck | was outside. men jumped into the truck and drove around town looking for a trace of the bandits. They found a man loitering in an alley, and arrested him aa a suspect. He gave his name es Louis E. Ys Minneapolis, Proceeding, they spot- ted another stranger caimly sitting on the sidewalk. This was Mike Sozemski, upon whom the loot, except two registered mail pieces, was found. Nirmas was found hiding in a field after a farmer had telephoned that a stranger walking along the ne railway tracks near his place. No id on him. that he knew nothing of the intentions of the other pair to hold up a train. He declared that Roy and Nitmas hired him in Minneapolis to them to visit some relatives near Hankinson. Over Insurance| cash * veiances Affirming a decision of the Wil-| 3 liams county district court the su- big’ court has held-for the plaistiff in the of Ann C McEnany of America, an urance nm. The point at issue was whether or not the plaintiff could collect on an insurance policy iss