The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 5, 1928, Page 1

i a NORTH DAKOTA'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE (2: ESTABL! D 1878 BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, SATURDAY, MAY 5, 1928 PRICE FIVE CENTS YOUTH ADMITS KILLING 7 MEMBERS OF FAMILY Impending Collapse of Earth Dam Sends 20,000 from Homes'HAD’ AT DAD B LRAK SS FOR REFUSING _ BISMARCK HIGH SLIGHT FAVORITE LEONARD W. BONNEY, PIONEER IN AIR an TEE ___TO WIN CAPITAL CITY TRACK MEET) 4 FIELD, KILLED WHEN MACHINE FALLS/ USE OF AUTO She Practices in Local School Qualifies 18 Men Unique Model Plane, Fashioned|Gompers’ Son in —_|owen Oberst, 17, of Eldorado, BRINGS ALARM Supreme Court! in 10 Events in Morning Like a Sea Gull, Drops 50 Service 41 Years Kansas, Confesses Crime ea ai tT. Preliminaries — Mandan Feet in First Real Test i to Officers Contractor Says Situation at High Promises Close Com- Flight — Flyer Is Thrown _—_ Table Rock Cove in S. C, Is Serious pon a petition, However, With 17 Out and His Neck Broken SETS FARM HOUSE AFIRA Qualified in 10 Events With fair skies and a fast track, more than 175 athletes from central and western North Dakota started out in impressive fashion today to New York, May (AP)-—-Tho name of Leonard W, Bonney, 53- Is Held Without Bail—First year-old air pioneer, has been added to the list. of those who have lost Degree Murder Charge their lives in the promotion of 2 q Will Be Brought tion. He was killed at Curtiss Field FOLKS FLEE INTO HILLS Greenville, S. C., Not Endan- <r equal records in the fifth annual ND CITY BEAUTIFUL vhen_ hi : ; May 5. 7 : : “HOME ‘ yesterday when his plane, modeled 3% Eldorado, Kansas, May 5. — gered, But Lower Mill Capital City Track and Field meet. Eomching Be 35) after a sea gull, fell 50 fect on its ‘ Owen Oberst, 17-year-old farm boy, I) in the preliminary events this NOW, THEREFORE, Be it known that plans have first real test flight, throwing Bon- has confessed that he shot and killed Towns Are in Path : morning, Bismarck qualified 18 men been perfected for a thorough CLEAN-UP AND PAINT- ney out and breaking his neck. The ; 4d his five ‘brotiaal : in 10 events while Mandan quali- UP CAMPAIGN in Bismarck, beginning May 7 and end- plane was wrecked. : nig parents st tis Ste eee 2 — eee fied 17 in 10 events, indicating that ing May 12, this period to mark the opening of a real The plane, which he had named the and sisters at their farm home near Greenville, S. C., May 5—()— Bismarck and Mand: will fight for campaign of persistent and constructive effort in clean- Bonney Gull, was the product of ERE : Burns the night of April 20, County Collapse of the big earthen dam at = the title in the finals this afternoon. ing up and KEEPING IT UP. In this worthy move- months of study of gulls that. Bon- : Attorney Stanley Taylor announced, Table Rock Cove on the Saluda riv- In one of the big upsets of the ment of Cleaning, Painting, Planting, Repairing and gen- ney captured in tho Long Island ders today. 81: sillen were Ot! ene) wai bel] a : : meet, Sell, crack Bismarck sprinter, eral Rehabilitation and Beautification we urge each citi- marshes near Mastic. Ho had spent] Jim. cs After slaying members of | thé 7 eee Mp was nosed out at the tape in the 100- zen to do his or her best part to make our community $100,000 in building it. . family, Oberst set fire to the farm) lieved impending, Calloway Mills, yard dash by Heidt of Mandan. It “Fither I’ve got something here, : f home in an effort to destroy evie| contractor who constructed the con- A 4 Ree was the most thrilling finish of the , Thrifty or I'm just another nut,” he said 5 dence of the crime. lay on returnin; . -and- s in dif- refusing the offer of m=ny younger 3 tf low hi The leak around the outlet valve E ferent heats of the century and 220- Safe and Beautiful i 'y younge: j because he would not allow him to! flyers to test his plane for him. 3 . use the family automobile, Oberst > _, The plane had curved wings, sim- by ay said. He insisted that his mother ually growing larger and Van Soest a Dark H f A. G. SORLIE, Governor ilar to those of a gull, and pinions had “nothing to do with it,” and that extended the full length had ‘The best time of the da: — < A. P. LENHART, Mayor in place of ailerous, which added to] Samuel Gompers, son of the that he planned and carried out the! developed in the crown, Mr, Mills a made by Van Soest of ‘Stracb is if its birdlike appearance. The fuse-| great labor leader, has been a killings unaided. said. He left the dam about 6 a. m. Virginia Diedel of Washing-| who proved to be the dark strong J lage of the machine was what he| ernment employe 41 years. is} Oberst. is held in the county ja Impending collapse of the huge} ton is the youngest girl to gain the the meet. He clipped off the oo ; called “a true copy of my martyred| Chief Clerk of the Labor Depart-| here without bail. A first degree new earthen dam of the Greenville coveted honor of practicing before dey “in 10:0 anid: was pressed at tip ° gulls.” ment, under Secretary Davis. He| murder charge will be placed] water system sent 20,000 residents! the United States supreme court. point . Pp ; no Other aviators were skeptical of | got a job in the Government Print-| against him during the day, Sherifé} of the valley to higher ground last| She received her Bachelor of Laws | °Grcen, Kank quanansnuenieentt the plans of the plane Bonney de-|ing Office in 1887, and has servd| E. E. McKnight said. night, when B. W. Andere, Table} degree from George Washington A q r a Uncle Sam continuously since, Officers had questioned Ober: signed but respected his long experi- Et Grmpamereaars OS gists | NORTH DAKOTA TO HAVEGREAT PURE [t.ho te rents ee at the of the dyke was grad. ae yard dashes, Special Train Load of Cattle to Journey Across State, From Grand Forks to Willis- ton, Stopping at 28 Cities and Towns 1 toon es fh : j-| Sult of private grudges, police | F. Oberst, for some time and finally Hen fe Oy tevin ie taetiat have arrested two men, De- | decided to end it all by disposing of, 7. ‘ ‘i a $$ —n—nn® | but; until yesterday the boy stuck t lke" we pouting through a be| "Gye ae snd Bice, | CCominued oo wage two)” | BRET) SIRE CAMPAIGN MAY 12 TO 28|cecccricsechcuumetetese|| 2 Bomb Suspects |] ns srew sory tet ho "vas i bottom of the dyke. INDIANA FIG ponent he ac Held in Chicago || ture show when the fire broke out, mcAltem, Spreads Rapidly | Biplane Explodes, | tt tor any age feet] Wine Me Sap “Aetaaaet | Th, Klag ok ace aot. ree was Valleved That mi SECONDARY T0 “ ene Contin tax, reduce In the fatal flight it rose quickly| bor troubles and some the re- | ing trouble with his father, See ee eet eau | aumetiaecmmeay mente nee te balld up privately owned mer- |tho edge of the field before it was| TRG °0s venules italing | PO ftmY. acing away from home, | his original story that he was in) leak around the outlet valve at the of Technology aided him in his ex- Killings Took Place April 20 Today in Congress | |1sst October it only got five fect off the valley and witbin a short time instal foie prehersa ti some political, some due to Oberst admitted be had bee: one who lived in the endangered Long Point, Ont., May 5.—(#) LATEST MOVES sideration of White bill designed Greenville, seven miles east of| pant or occupants of a biplane report on Mississippi flood con |the earth. It had traveled about $75,000, these are the first ar- | the boy got the family rifle, called iver, red, but| which —. it i ; a “(Col aedion cael two)” a Lake Ene Roy org ac Politicia Di Walsh|. The steatest pure bred sire cam- trol bill. 3,000 feet. ote Leap l Haier ae eae ee aoe & _ilenegeoiginie was of the United States mail clans Discuss Walsh /paign ever staged in the United] | Senate banking committes pay ae et tioning. into the kitchen and. began /eHGom New Flight Endurance) 7. 4 tett into the wat Withdrawal—Borah and _ | States will be launched in North Da-| takes up Blease resolution for | Rumania Alarmed at The men held are Joseph | ing, He shot his mother and other ie water eee May 12 and continue until Seaplanes ay Record for P P N-12 lighthouse in view of the light- Extending from Grand Forks to Established by PN- house keeper, the captain of a Washi Me 5 Williston, across a vast “agricul — tug and several fishermen. The |. “@#hington, May 5—("—Thejtural empire” pictured by James J.| tary, frrigation and Yeterans = - Philadelphia, May 5.—(AP)—-The| engine exploded before boats |impending Hoover-Watson battle | Hill, this sire sales drive is designed mittees, Budapest, Hungary, May 5—(—| Weczynski, 5 : hes confession: then <elateeae world’s flight endurance record for} could reach it, leaving only scat- |for Indiana’s delegates to the Re-|to further promote the better farms Dispatches from Alba Julia say “You'll never finish this |Qberst poured kerosene ov: comi 3 i a that the whole of Rumania is} fy ” We ki said he was ies, cl 9 3 seaplanes was bettered by 7 hours| tered bit of wreckage and afew | publican convention was of second.|Program inaugurated by the empire CONFIDENCE IS } of jouse,” Weczynski said he bodies, changed 1 i ! “ br his - alarmed in anticipation of the] tok tho had come to ij rs, < Ry 25 minutes 46 4-5 seconds today by] articles of clothing. Search for ary interest to Washington political ee: and advanced by his suc- Pensatationcotsthe atvanssivnnian oa led ai a Fi lighted fewepaner into the Kitch . 4 the PN-12, which landed at the} the body of its pilot and pos- ts ‘s it A Fi # te . observers today as a result of im- ial. trait i re Republic by the Peasants’ congress| given the plastering contract. | jof; Plorence, Philadelphia navy yard after a| sible passengers failed. portant developments forging to the a olan will dunes nemesis CRYING N E E D which convenes there tomorrow. “It will ig petals ntract. | left for Florence front in Democratic ranks. state, stopping at 28 cities or towns, 2 fT The government is said to daylight comes again.” The old record was 28 hours, 35 FLYERS GIVE Withdrawal of Senator Walsh of| selling pure bred yearling sires and) = INS ASKED flight of 36 hours, 1 minute, 13 4-5 taking desperate measures to count- minutes and 27 seconds, TO ACCOMPANY into Columbia, South a ‘3 : 1 i denne, Mrs. Shaver Confer land bank Possible Action of oda Cgc i we Peasants’ Congress) prea ie cure sata sae under construcfion hy John sister, Dorothy, 16, as they came into the room to learn the cause of| the children’s screams. He waited for his father to come he and shot him. half a. mile from the Long Point seconds, Montana from the race’ for the|heifers to farmers at cost, eract this move. Seventeen air- Lieutenants Arthur Gavin ana Democratic presidential _nominatio1 More than $40,000 has been in- planes circled over the club district RO AD BUILDERS Zeus Soucek piloted the PN-12 with the decision of Senator Reed of Mis-| vested in the animals to be sold, the yesterday, the dispatches add, dis- a crew of two, J. C. Proley, aviation souri to continue in the fight, and| funds coming from the Agricultural oe ——— tributing thousands of hand bills mechanic, and H. F. Dayton, who is the significance of a half-hour po-|Credit corporation and the Greater ane : = warning _ th Peasants against associated with the Wright Aeronau- litical conversation between Sena-|North Dakota association, the lat-| Mill’ City Editor Gives Fine| ‘communist trickery” and urging PROF JUNKERS tor Borah, Republican, Idaho, and ‘ them not to attend the congress, i 5 . E. Murph, - ‘4 : “ephe PNT took off Thursday aft- Mrs. Clem Shaver, wife of the chair- Rae Sea ter aie Talk at Meeting of At the same time it is said con- POLAR FLIGHT ernoon at 2:50:16 1-4 standard time; man of the Democratic national| tions, together with the North D: Local Merchants tact has been preserved between the ud, set May. 103, 1005" by Lieutsn: tuly. dlacussion suteng those lotr: | eae Agticuieral ntiggs, rei dein 7 seinen ees , set May 1 y Lieuten- ively discussion among those 100K-|ing with the Great Northern rail- — ment, althoug! . oe: C. H. Schildhauer and J. R,| Want $12,500 Check Used to]ing forward to the big conventions ed in this big ane “Confidence in your district, your | of ideas. a Refuses Invitation of General Extra Engineering Expense Involved May Be Charged Against Contractor Lees Green Harbor, Spitzbergen, May Specifications required in the let-|5.—(#)—General Umberto Nobile Nobile, However—Is Work- ing on Book Kyle in the PN-9, went by the next month. | The cabinet is expected to decide boards. A half hour later, the new| Further Experimentation |"‘irsnwhile, the new senatorial All Details: Completed Cee en re tee eee eta ioday. whether or not if srll allow record wi established and the in Aviat campaign expenditures investigat-| Final details of the trip were|o¢ Minneapolis, editor North-|@ mass meeting of Peasants at plage kent, is cours until it landed wintion ing sempties waved Jorwrare —— rocked ge ata Coat rete cone Seat Chetrerciat eheteen None Bucharest tomorrow. today at 2:51:30 a. m. eee its rations for st ‘ing Mon-/ ferences. xpel agreed is ‘k retail . New York, May 5.—()—Offered day ie examination of the ‘first|campaign would Srently stimulate eer ie pe me! the first material reward for their|group of 14 presidential candidates |the development in North Dakota of ise, your sal organiza- ° s c t PP)— A Nob Re Tri as to their preconvention money out-|pure bred herds, and would give a | ti nd aiverix ; Love or Money? ting of highway contracts will soon/has invited Captain George Wilkins | Weath sil port ry cote aki toe resi pean mG lays. The Hees also was ex- ty impetus to the state wide cam- Gas ~~ bin pido peed panko be revised to force builders to com-|to accompany him on his three trips) Temperature at 7 a. m. pected today to make public the ac-|paign for pure bred sires, now un-| success,” he continued. eeaer nema tae Pie jobs within the time required,|in the Italia to Greenland, the North Highest yesterday .. Th use to the promotion of aviation. |ceptances to appear it already has|der way. eeting here was one of a : . J. Ermatinger, secretary of the|Pole, and Nicholas II. Land, but! 7! Von’ Huenefeld, speaking for him- received fom nine of the candi- Btock selected for the special train | seri being “held throughout the vv : : : way commission, said today. |Captain Wilkins has refused, it bee Lowes: 13st ARH self and his two companions, ac-| dates. includes beef Shorthorns purchased|state by the North Dakota Retail i “Delays or failure to complete alcame known here today. Precipitation to <f a Me | cepted a check for $12,600 from the|. Senator Walsh, perhaps best|in Canada; high quality. milking| Merchants association in advanco of ; ‘ a contrat, pein ue Hime special Captain Wilkins is working day| Highest wind velocity ... Electrolux company of Sweden,| known as the prosecutor of the sen-|Shorthorns from New York and/the state convention to be held later WS ae pay, Ws injure ke onl petar. tint and night on his nei 00k describe g offered for the first flight from|ate oil investigation, formally with-| Massachusetts; Herefords from the/at Minot, The merchants were : 4 they do run up the meine : hag ing his polar trip, and is rae ig) 3 Europe to America, and then gave|drew from the race yesterday with|T, J, Sebby herd at Fingal and the wet at the Grand ee ert ah Hneer. EO himself on a typewriter, hoping to} 3 3 it to Miss. Herta Junkers as the|the declaration that the results of| Patterson Land company herd at| Pacific hotel, the rogram of 4 a yy Bp poe mae ted get it ready prior to his departure. Temps. & representative of her father, Profes-|the California pri: “quite clear- Angus from the J. E./talks followed. About 25 attended. ae dtiry = eeeesn sess This was accepted here as the basis : 3 eo ee alee of tes ly. tnaicane, thee the. Dercerats o Manteata herd 2 Tarigore aren Conditions Good speed up the poo and relieve the Niort Hobby, which will 7 i candi- ‘olfax; Business * i Oe Peerataaeat cena ata lite aie = ay Da Page fone ‘at| “The state of North Dakota is the department's funds to that extent. [take the Wilkins plane, and possibly; perimentation and research in avia-| date. Hd "Reed Scor: f Guern-|one white spot in the business map : “When a road is torn up and the! the Pilot Eielson, to Norway, is exe 28 ig Baron's action, taken atthe} Reed, who ran as aie Smith in Foul hon, nod Severe birdy poster of the United States today,” said public pass over the construc- pected at Svalbard Wednesday. “ dinner given the flyers by the donors| the California serap, was quick to vada farms in Minnesota and Wis-|Mr. DeWild, “Business conditions tion, both the public and the con-|"tn the meantime the weathers! surprise ’ ‘ in this state are excellent. Florida, tractor enffer annoyance and the! oonditi nou ingly * a ot ie pee Se eaten S130 allan Malas, segcuneenec wie wo selected and purchased| California and other states would ia: public some additional travel ex-| favorable for the flight of the Italia nations there assembled to thelr| on his campaign to the fi M. ‘Stephens, buyer for the| be capitalizing the condition if they pense. Therefore, the sooner a job|i ere, A snowstorm from the north« feet cheering. J the Missouri senator said ho only By cultural P Credit corporation, | Were enjoying it. Every big nation- be completed, the better for alll vest prevailed today. Professor Junkers had previously| wished the Montanan had arrived! assisted by Martin Apland, buyer a abtnstion would be carne | ie Z _ parties era ssered paiacsieten LEN been offered the prize by the ¢ donors,| at his decision “before he muddled for the Greater North Dakota asso- articles southeas fs r : ack oii: M ‘an A rrest ed H ere as the conditions of the award said|the waters by eptering the Califor-|istion, and Paul C. Wagner, Great | °F southwestern ieee my iC uot a, commectsay reecson Be peer ¢ it was for the builder of the plane,| nia primary.” Northern railway Itural de-|were theirs; but No (seg De Encourage contractors to finish for Canada Officers but had refused it saying it should} A, ly directing another ver-| \ 41, t agent yg h Dakota. the norte are not in on the pul Han to the fivers themssives. His| ba} dart at Walsh, Reed : epeaues Te motes Pectin at on ae sletion ene ta vacatter Charles Stuart, wanted int Be AGH. Be ballaned Aid ie fy ye. acaepare) 10,8 ae F Got, Sack at Cost as at the present time, we have no ‘ their efforts over several jobs and|Saskatchewan for obtaining money foe Wea nite this| cause I had lost a skirmish.” the train will be given the benefit| medium by which the public may be allow them all to drag along. under false pretenses, was arrested] fessor Junkers is arriving in ‘Walsh's announcement was made a rice, plus charges | Properly informed.” E Provide a form of report to en-jhere by Sheriff Rollin Welch last] eonear om Mentey. iblic afar 8 visit to Walsh's of- Pa ight’ and buyers’ tr. Bewild went on to say, “No ‘ able the highway commission to de-|night and will be held awaiting word At fo. adsesneing ginb benches Fice William G, McAdoo, leader ii tative of the|large mail order house or any other termine whether a given job can be|from the Canadian authorities. _ Ce Roehl Sain Sent whee. We by is pean Lady tion will merchandising organization completed on time. Stuart, according to information| Baron woe Roenstals Sw eet bt fe the : "2 ist in| has much of an advantage on the Refuse to award contracts beyond} given local officials, borrowed an) Germtely ‘Selected’ “the thitd’ man| of the treasury said this mecting| financing’ enles, where necessary. — | 0all town merchant. Gocd, reliable 8 gantractors ability to, “perform automobile from a party at Sakae v rf : handise . oon some time a; Repid Gity .". 64 40 0 ar | for, the flight. hed mebbies io do Sith Walsh's deci Cities and Sonne MIDEES ARIE 88 assur the country over, "Kaow $e : Z Mr. Ermatinger may _investigate|Strongfield, Sask., where he sold it ui WEATHER FORECAST “As soon as we landed ‘* Baldon- saith ‘May Gat Montana Vote” scheduled ag 12: Larimore,|Your merchandise, know the differ- a plan to double construction and|for $200. Since then he has been Moorhead, Minn. South Dakota— Co SOSSSSOoPSSOOSOOSOSSS in inches marck vicinity: 1, land, the uni. in merchandise, make evel “ fi at repair work on roads during|traced through several western night and Sunday. ‘Singnely ae fae way. for the New| May 14: Miegars. 8 14; Hatin, eae crannies PRs too you know what J) one year, and then have no work| cities and later information led the warmer. forwi snow he ok Sbtain Montana's Northwood aks, May 17; |&2 when you have contact|| “why, you haven't even tast- || done for the following season. authorities to believe that he was For North Dakota: Fair tonight | 795 his | eis kota, May +n Pork, May 18; Rug. | With a customer, be ablo to explain|| oq life yet. And you're willing te Owing to the necessity of scat-|in or around Bismarck. : and:-Sunday. Slightly warmer east| “I could tell tteeman| Weeds, May 15; er’’May 19; West-|WHY , Your merchandise raeets the || to let a foolish infatuation for a || tering projects into all of the coun-| Stuart has not yet decided and central. : e (Continued by, May 19; Towner, May May 21; |standards required by the average!| young upstart rob you of your ||ties of the: state, it may be thelwhether he will fight extradition, CONDITIONS he May Botti y ood, buyer.” irthright, the only kind of life || means of a considerable savings of » the highway department,” the secre- ‘ 2 The low sure area moved! burn, May W. D. Powell Talks you ever knew, s ° ° Walter D. Powell of Fargo, alth: 1 Fred- tary said. im bed bey ii nag valley ra jhed Derby Horses on lle, Bey hy os tary of the state association, we Dee A ies Vir- ae a fact that it would mean date Ua memen: : Parade Grescen, . May we groperation mong. merchants se igs ten ie Te Zan is enpecial afr" worth investi — a 3 a Bismarck, and continuing her engagement to i. Ince Mot truction H . during 1929 will be done on second- fair weather prevails of pictures of the Coals 263 ions, Mey su; ‘of the state organization. Niel Dann, a struggling young 20 f a : Ray 28; Williston, May 29.) H. Johnson of Center, director ary roads.’ the Mississippi hg Beit! > taken direet-| o¢ B. A 4 Greenwich Village artist, when the Pacific perature | 0! fl ied All ani can asso- b Bee} aa considerably in the Missis-|two te ly from the train to th. purchaser’s| ciation, was the only out-of-town she could recover by marriage ai —_—_—_— May 5 Fe ee ee oat QUALIFIES FOR 2ND ROUND | 1631—Cape May, N. J., Lakes : In order to insure a fair dis- it besides Messrs. Powell and ich ‘i sary to T — the Indians by the peicrefenat cot gal cy RMR, "Bua Tae En Te Oe a oe mmarce acng|| Rene ae ene py Fe vi, wel e has alwa: pee bya slight rse| Joe Hart, Caleeean Baines. a sold will be replaced | chairman lor the Bismarck district, Ktown or the love she has Saat perature, peared over former army hopped . sided. foul ay aN es this m ai Virginia Brewster solves the ” Canadian here in his Ryan Highways through the State are| for another attempt to problem for herself in “When tal im good to ores W. ROBERTS, Sak” Tho takeott P'Gisl Loves,” beginning Tues- charge, | announced as at 9:38:30, iy! another day; May 8, in the