The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, April 16, 1927, Page 1

\F pe pn one { Unsettled tonight and Sunday; rain probable. Not much change. ESTABLISHED 1873 SILJAN TO BE SECRETARY TO N. D. GOVERNOR Scrlie Appoints Former Dunn Center Editor to Succeed E. G. Larson, Resigned CHANGE TO BE JUNE 1 Larson Will Open Law Office at Valley City—Siljan to Move Here Sdon Resignation of E. G. Larson as seeretary to Governor A. and appointment of Lars J. Siljan, Dunn Center editor, to fill the va- cancy was announced today at the executive office. Larson's resignation will become effective about June 1. He plans to enter the practice of law at Valley City and will move his family to that place. He came here from Aneta at the opening of Governor Sorlie’s first term, having practiced law and been cashier of a bank at that place prior to his appointment. The com tively small pay of the job an fact that it offered little opportunity. Ato permanently establish himself ‘were given as the reasons for his resignation. ‘Active ‘olitically Siljan_has long been active in North Dakota politics, having been associated with both the Independent and Nonpartisan factions in various campaigns. Until recently he edited a weekly} newspaper at Dunn Center and prive to that time was editor of the Nor- manden, a Norwegian language news- paper published at Grand Forks, and of the State Record, a weekly pub- lished here. He will move his family from Dunn! Center to Bismarck when he takes! office, according to present plans. Announcement that he had severed his connection with the Dunn Center publication was made about 10 days ago. RAIN CEASES IN SOUTHWEST Fair Weather Brings Relief to States After Tornado, Blizzard, Flood Siege Kansas y, April 16,-P)—Gen- erally fair weather brought relief to! western and southwest states today following a siege of tornadges, bliz- zards and floods. Streams draining southern paneas receded from high water suring Oklahoma and ‘Arkansas resi- dents that the danger of further floods had passed. Blizzards aba in Wyoming and Colorado yesterda: ate permit partial restoration of traf- fic blocked for several days. Losses to stockmen in the five day snow storm in Colorado, Wyoming and Nebraska were small as com- pared to e: tes. The snowfall was hea oak at per, Wyo., where s_reported. Damage ‘is Okishoma and Kansas timated at more than $3,000,000, ack Eastern Forest Fires Leaving . Desolation Wake | iii New York, Ap ruins of thousands The fires have oS burning gen- erally for several days in New Eng- land, New York and New Jersey. Thousands of volunteers have been called upon to aid forest rangers in com baling the flames. Officials attribute the fires to careless with burning cigars and cigarettes, persons burn- ing brush and rubbish and campers and smokers along the highway. Illness Is Fatal to De Laney Baby Phoebe Angeline, the sanghter born to Mrs. E. S. De Laney on March 22, died last evening at the home, A heavy cold, settling on the | baby’ lungs, caused death, por a few weeks after the sud of Mr. De Laney, former man- ir of pe rs ik district in the e of Baird, receiver of closed te 8. Funeral services will be held Mon- day afternon at 2:3Q at the Perry Funergl parlors. Rev. Paul S. Wright will officia' G. Sorlie! ra-| the! ’ Norman Trelle, world wheat Seer at the cently. Henry Wise Wood (right), Flood Menace Grows to, Gigantic Proportions From! ' Illinois to New Orleans—! Hickman, Ky., Danger From Flood—Mis- sissippi Spreads to 15-mile | Width 5 St. Louis, April 16.-(?)—Gov- | ernment engineers here today said the most damaging flood of time in the lower Mississippi river valley when the river id reach its rest at Cairo, lipois, The stage there today was 55.7, more thaw 10 feet above flood level, but the city is protected by a high levee. Engineers said the unusual condition was caused by the simultancous flooding of the Mis- sissippi’s tributaries both above and below Cairo. The river here today stood at 34, a rise of, .6 since yesterday and the highest stage since 1922. = crest was forecast tonight at 34.5. Memphis, Tenn., April 16.) Thousands of men, recruited from every available source, today were throwing tired bodies to the end of endurance in the greatest battle man has ever had with the Missis- sippi river. From southern Illinois to New Or- leans, the flood menace. grew to gigantic proportions today. Con- tinued rains throughout almost all of the valley and in the headlands of the Mississippi's tributari promised tio surcease from the g ually mounting tide. Columbus, Ky., where the’ levee in front of the town gave way during the week, registered rapidly rising water in its streets. Only a few residents remained in their homes and those in upper floors. ere mainder of the population had moved to the hills back of the town when the breach threatened. Hickman in Great Danger At Hickman, Ky., the ‘flood was jeonsidered by engineers more da erous than at any other point. The contour of the river at Hickman throws ‘the weight of thé headland waters flush upon the government jikes which turn them westward for a distance. On the Missouri side of the ri Cape Girardeau and other 4 for any eventuality, mediate danger from as reported. ippi, normally about half miles wide at the widest point, has spread out in many places to 10, 12 and 15 miles wide. some places where there are no bulwarks to hold the waters, the river is reported to be’ 25 miles wide. Armed guards at Tunica county, Miss wy are walking the levee 24 hours a day to prevent a recurrence of a recent Sysnelting attempt ther Tributaries flowing through Ar- kansas have risen to gigantic pro- ortions in many places and a num- ber of levee breaks, ‘together with further rains, has caused serious least three lives lost. New Orleans Partly Flooded mn toward New Orleans. New Orleans and Memphis the encroachment of the waters. More than 24 hours of almost con- tinuous rain had flooded parts of the | now 440 miles north of the boundary in Great! Settlers Wheat Kings of Canada line, Chicago hay "New Orleans Gets 14.01 Inches of Rain Last Night | New Orleans, April 16.—(AP) one-hundredth in fell today at New Orleans last night, the weather ! > —Fourteen inches of bureau report est previous the Business, for the E: a virtual the boats able i Families | their a Highest y: Lowest Highest wind au 8 a.m. toda \Amenia ..... BISMARCK Bottineau . Crosby .. Devils Luke . Dickinson .. Dunn Center Ellendale Fessenden Grand Forks Jamestown Langdon Larimore Lisbon .. Minot . Napoleon Pembina . Williston Moorhead, ter thoroughfares high and dry under normal rains were under from four inches to three feet of water with only or high-wheeled wagons to penetrate their bayou- like faxtnesses. were homes. section of the city except cer- tain high portions of the French quarter and certain peaks in the Business and up-town sections of the city were under water. As the pumping system grad- former Idaho resident, who is farming in Canada was the winner of the and grain show re- a native Missourian, is president of the United Farmers of Alberta and vice president of the dian wheat peal THOUSANDS BATTLE RISING WATERS — OF a RIVER IN SOUTH | and ted t The rainfall breaks all records: for the last 56 years, the high- being 9.: inches. Hundreds of blocks in residential flooded and thousands of per- sons were unable te get down town to business, record sections largely Virtually Temperature at 7 a. m, . sterd st night nto 7 a, in. ay veloc’ Weather conditions at kota points for the 24 hours mai Earl Carroll Is ye 38 suspended holidays, came to ndstill and many of which marooned in inches BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, SATURDAY, APRIL 16, 1927 -MHENRY COUNTY WOMAN KILLS 1 DAUGHTER | vana- were in every | BIGHT KILLED IN EXPLOSION; GAS IS CAUSE ire Follows Chicago Acci-| dent, Burning Bodies—De- bris Thrown Half Block VICTIMS WERE ASLEEP Flames Enveloped Structures Quickly, Making Escape Impossible, Witness Says Chicago, April 16.—(P)-—Kight per- sons were killed and their bodies burned beyond recognition and four buildings were razed. the result of an explosion followed by fire, at West Harrison street and South Trumbull 40, a son, Samuel, 14, ter, Anna, 16. Police, the coroner's offtee and the! fire department immediately began an} investigation of the cause of the ex- sion, which apparently was due to} the ignition of a gas pocket in a! tailor shop operated by Le’ Th Levins had living quarters above the shop, as did the Sokolskys above their dry goods store adjoining. Still Not Cause A theory that a still may have exploded in a grocery store operated by Andrew (; when the grocer satisfied the police and a’ daugh- Store, The gas pocket. explanation, met with more general ac: t it was believed that a bomb might have been touched off, but later investigation convines thorities that this view probably was erroneous and they began investiga-| tions to determine if a still had been operated an the premises. Resident’ reported seeing a sheet of flame shoot upward from the doomed structures shortly after ‘the blast. Police believed that the vic- tims were caught asleep by the ex- plosion and never had a chance to escape. Debris Thrown Half Block Debris was thrown for half a block in every direction and hundreds of windows in adjacent buildings were shattered. Firemen said there was a hole in the basement of the ta shop, which supported the gas ex plosion explanation. Besides the tailor shop, grocery and drygoods store, a building be- ually gained control of the situ- ation, the business section was freed of water, but hundreds of blocks in the. uptown residential section remained under water at 1 o'clock today. ' Weather ‘Report t | . 40 41 139 44 bs te of Weather PL.Cldy. Cloudy Raining | Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy | ‘Cloudy Pt Cidy. Raining | Cloudy Cloudy Foggy Cloudy Pt Cldy. Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Pt Cldy. WEATHER FORECAST For Bismarck and vicinity: ight and Sunday; Not much change in tem- settled to: probable. Perature. Un-! rain | WEATHER ‘CONDITIONS A well developed low pressure urea trouble in several places, with ate centered ‘over the northeastern | jocky Mountain slope and ens: | | tion occurred at most places from th e | inch About The situation gradually is growing | Great Lakes region westward to the Vicksburg, Natchez, north Pacific coast. © Jinch of rain fell throughout North | She's an accommo felt | Dakota. Generally fair weather pre- | rising | vails over the South. Warm weather | one half | prevails over the Great Lakes region | Bad Missi: | pressure Canal street business section and/| Oregon is causing 5: residential district of New Orleans.' Weather over the far West. | ORRIS W. ROBERTS. Traffic was impeded by the swirl- (Continued on page three) ppi Valley, but a hi a centered over western | htly colder | lieved to have been vacant was | destroyed. Description of the explosion given by two witnesses—Robert Gruenic and Fred Robinson—agreed that, flames enveloped the buildings : quickly that escape was impossible. Gruenig, who lives across the street from the destroyed buildings, was thrown from bed by the force of the explosion. Robinson, street car conductor, who pr paring to go on duty, was also thro o the floor. 5 shop and the grocery store were in flames when Gruenig got to the window, he said. Conscious Again; Condition Better Greenville, 8. C., April 16.) The condition of Earl Carroll, New York, thentrieal producer, who jupsed | into a coma while en route to Atlanta penitentiary to begin a sentence for perjury growing out of his bath tub | | Bart continued to improve tod ie racovered consciousness yestc ‘California Gas | Companies Slash ‘ing enali_ was discarded | that there had been no still in his |2P° deep| Easter Sunday services at the churenes ot tne city will be ugusual- ly impressive, according to “plans made by the ministers, and will cul- minate a week of religious services jin most of the churches. At the McCabe Methodist Episcopal church a cantata, “The Easter Vic tory” by H. W. Petrie, will be sung by a choir of 25 voices. The morn- service will include many mu sical numbers. Euster Sunday will be homecon day for members of the Baptist church and all are urged to attend. Easter topics have been selected tor both the morning and evening serv- ices and the young people’s choir will sing Easter music. Fitting Easter selections will be rendered -at the Trinity English Lutheran church by the choir at both services. The Resurrection has been selected us the topic of both ser- mons for the day. The program at the First Luther- an church Easter eve given by the Pere ee tee fettieg me dead: MEM Sunday school will consist of reud- | Levin, 40, his wife, tp hbe, 40, their’ ines and musical numbers by the two sons, Albert, 20, and Leonard, 13; (Children. Harry Sokolsky, 40, his wife, Sarah, Mary's procathedral masses | will be held at 0 yim, The, ponti 8, 9:16 and 1 1 high mass will be at 8 o'clock. The Right Rev. ‘Bishop Wehrle will give the sermon and the papal blessing will be given The male choir mass in honor The combined male choir will render the of- afternoon from 2:30 to hour will be held for the of the Archconfraternity ment. Father rmon, by the | Sunday hurch mixed t at the Presbyterian church The morning ser- “Gospel of the special musical evening. 1} be on the and be xi rge’s Epis a flower and FIND NO-TRAGE |" fa OF 2 MISSING | ARCTIC PLIERS |Ben Eielson, Former Grand Man, and Companion Are till Missing, Report | Nome) -Alankay! Avail 10-49 {Alger Graham, aviator of the Detroit | Ww Arctic expedition, has} t Burrow en route back to s, presumably without find-| ing any trace of Captain George Hi Wilkins and Carl Ben Bi plorers, who have beer ales ues IRA Garte. Maren ou et flight over the Arctic north of Alaska. Graham, after several flights along the Aretic coast of Alaska in the! region of Barrow, and even into Man's Land,” over the ice in search of the lost aviators, flew to Kutzebue yesterday on the first leg of the} circuitous 1,000 mile trip from Bar- H row back to Fairbanks. eft Po Fairban Engine Trouble Cause “Engine trouble,” was the last words receivéd from Wilkirs and! | Eielson. That was on April 1. it has| ‘been estimated that" they are about! 100 miles north of Barrow on the! jagged ice, which is made doubly | treacherous by leads of open water. Wilkins left orders with the dth members of the party, Howard M son, radio operator, hews writer, and to Fairbanks if in a reasonable leneth of time. ins expressed the belicf before leaving on the aerial voyage, from! which he and Eielson may never re-! A. Price Two Cents Los Angeles, April 16.—4)—Four j large oil companies today featured a two cent reduction in the retail price | of gasoline as a result of the latest outbreak in southern California's “gas war” which has been described jas a “battle for gallonage” among jAhe leading competitors. | The slash, the third within 30! jdays, has brouhgt the local retail! [price down to 12% cents a gallon, a | state tax of 2 cents a gallon included. | Plainview Man Has “Accommodating Hen Plainview, Minn, J inn. April 16.—?)— lating hen. Reversing the oe of setting hens to hide their nests, a Rhode Is- land Red perched on an egg case und | dropped an egg into it. It occurred at the home of Glenn MoFarlin ‘here. The egg case was, mn the porch ready to be taken to! o | market when the accommodating hen| the jawbone and the skull and is a whip with which the Penitente|for a number of years. Official in charge.| made it an odd dozen. turn, that they could live off the country for months. ‘| Eielson was a former resident of! Grand Forks. | Andaman Widows — , Wear Husbands’ ' Skulls on Chain; jan Francisco, April 16.—()—A | widow of the Isle of Andaman, off | the coast of Indian, is not permitted: by custom to forget her husband quickly for a new swain, said Miss! Gertrude Emily Banham, English | globe trofter, who passed though an Francisco yesterday en toute to juatemala. Miss Banham said that in da-! man, when a husband dies his widow wears his skull on a chain for a year. | During the second half. of that pers, iod she adds his jawbone in memory | of happy arguments they had. At the end of the year she puts away isd . | open to new proposals. | singing of Easter hymns. ng, by ithe twhieh M. Smith,! the middle ages, has ended after a‘ on account of rain, THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE! presented and each an offering of flowers or be taken to ¢ The junior ch fruit to and shut-ins. will lead in the The regu- will lar children’s service at 10 a. 1 not be held. Easter services at the Immanuel angelical church will be featured a Sunrise Praise serv The nurses of the Bismarck will attend in a body from the church to sing carols at the hospital. An program by the children will nday school hour at 11 o'e Special Easter topics have been se- lected for both the morning and eve- ning sermons. Programs for the various Bis! low: McCABE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH Walter E. Vater, Pastor Divine service will be conducted Easter Sunday as follows: 10:30 Morning worship. Organ Prelude, Harwell-Ashford. Doxology. Hymn: “Christ The en. Apostles Creed services in er s fol- churches Lord Is Ris- Responsive Reading “Now Is Christ n From the Dead. eption of new members. nts Offe fertory in D M rs Fiat “God Is Love,” Kenneth anier, sung rd Anderson. ermon: “The Message of Resur- rection” or. Hymn: “Crown Him With Many Crowns, Benedicti Postiude That My Re- Life to Save Dog Mian, April 16—(AP)— e life of a small dog, Rudolph Andritsch, 24, sacril his own life yesterday. Andritsch “was riding his motorcycle when the dog, water Spaniel, trotted out from the curb into his path, as An- dritsch swerved hin | machine sharply. The motorcycle slid onto its side and, with the rider, slewed for 60 along the pavement. With a yelp the dog disapneared. Andritsch was picked up un- scioux and rushed to a hospi- jal, where he died shortly after of a fractured skull, ‘MEDIEVAL CULT! MEMBERS HOLD ’ WEIRD SERVICE: New Mexican Group Tortures Self to Expurgate Sin— Reenacts ‘Crucifixion’ San Fe, N. M., April The ceremonial of the Penitent Jeccentrie cult of “flesh torturer: had its origin in Europe in three-day siege of self inflicted punishment. Assembling the scattered survivors ! of the cult from northern New Mex- ico and southern Arizona, the Peni tentes leaders started the ritual Wednesday in preparation for the clima od Friday - yesterda Cri i when was crucified. “El Cristo” is represented by a cult member chosen in advance of the ceremony to re-enact the cruci- ‘fixion of Christ. This’ role is e¢on- sidered the highest honor possible | for a Penitente. The chosen one is tied to a cross and remains there for two hours or more, after which he is taken down for a general celebration. The hill tops of northern New Mexico are studded with crosses of the Peni- tentes. Suffering Ends Sin, Belief Fundamental in the creed of this sect is the belief that sin can be expurgated by physical suffering, and to this end the followers of the | belief subject themse' to ious devices for inflicting extreme pain, The most common method of im- posing such torture ts the use of a braided rope of soap weed or cactus, the end of which is made of a ball of cactus needles. This is used as (Continued on page three) Man Sacrifices ‘MORE RAIN IS + PROBABLE FOR "| been don Sunday School, (Classes wm, Junior League. m, Epworth League combined choirs of the Meth dist Episcopal church numbering voices will present their Easter Cut tata on Sunday evening in, the church at 7:30 p.m. under the dir Mrs, John A. Larson The Cantata composed by H. W. Petrie will be given as follows: 7 Organ Prelude. Offertoire in E Flat-—Batiste. | Opening Chorus: “Dawn After Darkness’ Duet. Thee," sung by Mrs. Stanley Smith and “Mr. W. J. He Sleeps” —Choir. Tenor Solo, “Fear Ye Not,” sung by Mr. Beall “Choir and solo. “Angels Rolled the Stone Away,” Solo—Mrs, W. J. Tar- wart. “Morn of Joy Lad 'e: sung by Mesdames Ja Dunn and Miss Ella Quartette. Solo. Howard C. Announcements Organ Offertory. “The Cross, Anderson, nd fering. chanted For: est"—-Spitalry ; Choir and Solo. “Open Wide the tes of Paradise.” Solo--Dr. How- and Heaven | Re- Mes, W. J. Tar gart. : Choir with E id Soprano Solos, los Mrs, Janda The mes ee Light Has Targart Come.” Sung Ander- and Anderson son and Mr, Beal inal Chorus, Choir, Benediction, Postlude in C. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Thayer and 2nd Street Paul S. Wright. Chureh services in the Presbyterian chureh Sunday morning and eve- 1CAntinned on pave three A. “God's Great Low Organ. — COUNTY, SLOPE Little Seeding Done in Vicin- ity of Soo Line—Winter Rye Looks Good 1 i \ \ More rain is p pable for Bismarck jand vieinit well as for the whole Slope country, with little change in emperature, according to the fore- by O. W. Roberts, ‘federal ob The rain stopped here this morn- Jing, with the total rainfall up to 7 44 of an inch, Dickinson 46; Dunn Center, and Williston, '. Boys neds ; Ellendale, Grand Forks, Langdon, .15; more, .50; Lisbon, Minot, Pembina, 10; Moorhead, Minn. “Light, steady rains, with : ‘seeding ‘done” were ‘reported by Devils Leer Jamestown, Lari- FINAL EDITION | "| mother, PRICE FIVE CENTS ANOTHER I$ IN CRITICAL — CONDITION Mother Attempts Suicide Aft- er Shooting Two Girls While They Slept EXPECTED TO RECOVER Comment on Woman's Mental Condition Withheld Pend- ing Inquest Today Minot, N. D., April 16—(?)—Mrs. Albert Albright, wife of a McHenry county farmer, is held in the county jail Hi at Towner today, accused of ing her daughter, Viola, aged 13, eriously wounding another daughter, Adeline, 8, and attempting to kill herself, according to a telephone m to The Minott Daily News this forenoon from Sheriff Carl Han- son of McHenry county “I wanted to die and I wanted my children to die with me,” is the only statement which the sheriff declares he can obtain from Mrs. Albright, who, it is believed, will recover from the pistol bullet wound which she inflicted in her head. Adeline is in a hospital at Rughy receiving medical treatment. Shot While Asleep The two girls were shot by their the sheriff declares, while were sleeping together, about 11 o'clock last night. Viola was shot through the back. Sheriff Hanson and other authori- ties of McHenry county withheld comments on the mental conditi of Mrs. Albright until made a more thorough investi Hospital attaches at Rugby -this afternoon said that Adeline is in a critical condition. She was shot twice, once in the abdomen and once in ah arm. Late this forenoon, Sheriff Hanson, Dr. Craise and State's Attorney D1, O'Connell left Towner to go to thé Albright farm where a cotyner s 14 quest is to be held this afternoon Viola and Adeline were the only two children in the family Broken Ribs Delay Noyelist’s Trip to Chinese War Front April 16.-)—Two broken ribs, ved in Hawaii, to- day kept Mary Roberts Rinehart, novelist and playwright in southern California instead of spee ff to the: Los Angele China, where she is “desperately anxious,” to. be. Mrs. Rinehart arrived yesterday from Honolulu, She was accompan- ied by her husband, Dr. Stanley M. Rinehart, a writer on medical sub- jects. June 15, 16 Picked For Bankers’ Meet Jamestown, D., April 16.—+A)»— June 15 and 16 were announced tod: as the dates of the annual state can- vention of the North Dakota Bankers towns on the Missouri river division f the Soo Line yesterda: Near towns on the B _line, only a is done, ation reaching marck to to but in- in rt here, ips along the Missouri south of Coleharbor and Under per cent of the seeding The field work, which is ‘well advanced, will meet some delay ison, wood, |! Sandy soil near towns on the Bis- | marek- ishek line has enabled farm- ers to do more seeding and from 15 to 30 per cent has been done near the individual towns, with an aver the 20 per we for line of about ent. ' Wet Fields Cause Delay | Wet fields will delay field work on the Drake to Sanish line, with jonly five to ten per cent of small rrain seeding done near the major- ity of towns but where the soil is sandy in a few scattered spots, 25 {per ‘cent of the done. however. | More seeding has been the Wishek to Pollock line ‘farther south. Only about ‘cent of the seeding is donc . Wishek to Venturia, but this creases to 50 per cent at Artas and to 75 per cent at Herried and Pcllcck. ! On the Wishek to Hankinson line, ttle seeding has been done. From five to ten per cent seeding has Leen between Wishek and while from Fullerton to on even less has been done, the fields being too wet. Winter rye, in general, is a Jone at pol 10 on per from very good prospect ut this time along the | Soo, and is reported as coming +through the winter better than it has | Many fields llook like city lawns, observers sa: seeding has been | This covers only a few fields, in- | Merri- | association by H. T. Graves of Jame town, president of the organization. Approximately 500 bankers are ex- posted to attend the two-day meeting. WwW. McFadden of Fargo, secretary of the association, has active charge of the program, —_—_—____—_—_—_——_—-® { Last Minute . | | Bulletin Santiago, Chile, April 16,—UP) —Birth of five girls to a Chilean mother 22 yeats old is reported from the vicinity of Osorno, None of the quintuplets lived | more than 18 hours, | Grand Forks, N, D., ‘April 16.— (#)—Definite action on letting the contract for the p memorial athletic stadium at the University of North Dakota had not been taken up to early this afternoon, The stadium board was still in scesion however apa it was indicated that the contract for at least part of the work would be awarded by tonight, Chicago, April 16.—(?) Mrs. Charles G. Dawes, wife of the vice president, underwent a minor | operation today at a Chicago hospital after which her physi- ci the Drs. er Franken: thal, Senior and saniet that she had completel; | ed from the effects of ees and that her tempera- ture, jg) ani respiration were nor! General Dawes was with his wife during the operation and | planned to remain with her in- | definitely. 1 { — { ee