The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, November 20, 1928, Page 1

NORTH DAKOTA'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER ESTABLISHED 1873 TIME WILL NOT PERMIT VISITS TO EACH NATION Confers With Henry P. Fletch- er, Latin-America Student, on Itinerary FLORIDA INVITES STAY President-Elect Interested in Battleship and Seaplanes Carried Aboard U. S. S. Maryland, En Route to Corinto, Nicaragua, Nov. 20.—(AP) —Now that he has had time to get his sea legs, President-Elect Hoover en route to the republics of Latin- America on a mission of good will and understanding, today was enjoy- ing himself on ship board and for the next few days will give himself over almost entirely to rest. Even the job of posing for the cameramen has been banned for that period. As the ship moved down the coast of Lower California yesterday, Mr. Hoover conferred at length with Henry P. Fletcher, American ambas- sador to Italy and a student of Latin-American affairs, concerning the details of the itinerary of his trip on which he embarked Monday morning and which will continue through January. Because of the pressing character of the invitations which have come from every one of the Central and South American republics, the pres- ident-elect wishes to visit as many countries as possible in the limited time at his disposak In order to do this, he is now considering foregoing a projected inspection of the Panama Canal. He would save three days by omitting Balboa as a port of call. While Corinto is his first stop, Mr. Hoover may drive thence to Tegucigalpa, Honduras. He also has been invited to go to Guatemala, Costa Rica, and othe Central Amer- ican countries, but it may be im- Possible to include them in his visit. Friends of Mr. Hoover say that his mission is not one having a com- mercial aspect but is purely for the purpose of furthering good will and understanding with Latin America. They believe that the visit is a mile- stone in the history of the relation- ship between the two continents and that it will have far reaching effect Mr. Hoover is keeping in close touch with the world by radio. Re- sumes of 600 words each will be re- ceived twice daily throughout the voyage in addition to the regular navy radio news supplied by the Associated Press. The latter is print- ed in the daily ship’s paper. Regu- lar radio programs also can be re- ceived merely by tuning in a set which has been installed in Mr. Hoover's quarters. Nightly movies also are furnished for the entertainment of the dis- tinguished party and also for the ship’s officers and men. Four secret service men are accompanying Mr. Hoover on the voyage. They will remain with him at least until inauguration day. Mr. Hoover has not yet decided whether he will stay in Florida be- fore going to Washington for his inauguration, he received invitations from a number of F'orida cities and offers of several homes in Miami and elsewhere. The president-elect has been fa- vored with splendid weather since leaving San Pedro, yesterday. The Maryland was running down the coast at 15 knots and a slight ground swell as well as the motion of the ship was scarcely preceptible. So smooth was the passage that Mr. Hoover might have been sitting in his office or in his drawing room at home. 2% Escorted to Ship Every honor except that of the presidential flag was paid Mr. Hoov- er on his embarkation, The Hoover party boarded the barge of Admiral William V. Pratt, commander-in- chief of the Unit-1 States battle fleet, at the San Pedro docks. They (Continued on page two) $40,000 LOSS IN RYDER FIRE Dakota Lumber Company Will Rebuild Yards Destroyed by Flames (Special to The Tribune) Ryder, N. D., Nov. 20.— Fanned by a strong wind, a fire starting in the main warehouse of the Dakota Lumber company, Ryder, completely: destroyed the entire plant yesterday at a loss estimated at $40,000. Origin of the fire is not known. The fire started about 1 o'clock jententey afternoon and although jocal firemen fought iteeceeste inst the blaze, it spread to other divisions of the lumber yard. No outside fire departments were called managed to" extinguish tho laze mat four hours after it started. i The losses were partially covered by insurance, to George Weitzler and W. G. Connors, owners of the concern. The and ware- house will be rebuilt. : SIX ESCAPE BLAZE International Falls; Mian., Nov. pHi da i part of a tulle, wi uw a ing at the Northern Minnesota, hos- aes caught fire. Loss was THE BISMARCK TRIBUN Miss Caroline Lozier, 16, is the first girl student to enroll in the flying school opened at the University of Miami. This co-educational air course is believed to be the first of- fered by any university. Miss zier is to be official mascot of the Miami Air Derby, to be held in Jan- uary. G.N.D. A. HAS ANNUAL DRIVE IN CITY TODAY Campaign Launc hed With Breakfast; Seven Commit- tees, Named Here The annual campaign for member- ship for the Greater North Da- kota association in Bismarck was launched at a breakfast this morn- ing at the Grand Pacific. Fred L. Conklin, director of the association, presided, and was as- sisted by J. P. Wagner, chairman of the association in Burleigh county. Jamse S. Milloy, Fargo, secretary of the association, was present and | reviewed the past year’s work of the association. Seven teams are in charge of the solicitation in Bismarck, the per- sonnel of the teams being as follows: J. C. Taylor (captain), J. L. Bell, Burt Finney, S, W. Corwin. Dale Simon (captain), H. P. God- dard, Paul Wachter, H. T. Murphy. H, E. Shearn (captain), Fred Pe- W. B. Couch, H. S. Dobler. . B, Klein (captain), J. P. Jack- son, R. W. Lumry, F. E. Hedden. A. E. Brink (captain), A. R. Mie- sen, H. O. Saxvik, W. E. Perry. S. S. Boise (captain), H. T. O'Hare, A. J. Arnot, O. J. Tullberg. E. G. Wanner (captain), A. Christianson, Robt. Byrne. Reserves: J. A. Fleck, Dr. W. E. Cole, T. P. Allen, W. T. Kraft, J. E. Melton. Tomorrow morning Mandan teams will breakfast and the drive there will be under way. Steele Woman Dies in. Local Hospital Mrs.. William Adams, 28, Steele, died in a local hospital early yester- day morning following a short ill- ness of blood-poisoning. Funeral services have been set for 2:30 p. m. Thursday at the German Lutheran church at Steele. Burial will be made at Woodlawn ceme- tery, Steele. Mrs. Adams, who was born Jan. 29, 1900, has been a resident of Steele for 18 years. She leaves her tather, I. G. Jens- sen, her husband, two brothers, and two children, all at Steele. 4 Dey re by ay ae lew York, Nov. 20. only James Walker known to a col. lection agency in Marland, Oki: the mayor of New York. That's explanation of the agency in its apol- ogy for dunning the mayor for $20. ters E BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1928 CRUMBLING MISSISSIPPI L Hoover Completin HULL EXAMINER | The ‘Pluckiest Pair’ SHOUTS DENTAL OF INEBRIATION Inspector Charged With Pass- ing Vestris as Seaworthy While Drunk ‘NEVER TOUCHED A DROP’ Says He Found Coal Ports, Life Boats, Provisions All in Good Condition New York, Nov. 20.—(?)—Cap- tain Edward Keane, department of commerce inspector of hulls, shouted a denial today that he had been in- toxicated when he passed as sea- worthy the steamer Vestris, which sank a week ago yesterday with a loss of more than 100 lives. Captain Keane was the first wit- |mess today at the investigation of the Vestris foundering being con- ducted by the United States steam- boat inspection service at the custom house, The presiding officer read a letter dated November 14 and signed “Sam- uel Lawson.” The letter was received by the steamboat inspection service in an envelope on the flap of which was printed “United States Lines.” The letter contained charges that the inspection of the Vestris by Cap- tain Keane and an inspector of boil- ers consisted of the inspectors enjoy- ing a hearty breakfast on the ship and “swilling whiskey and beer in the ship’s bar.” A “The inspectors left in the after- noon,” the letter read, “with a cer- tain weakness in their legs, and each with a package under his arm.” Called Murderers The letter concluded with the re- mark that this was “the kind of mur- derers” that comprise the personnel of the steamboat inspection service. Captain Keane was asked how much, if any, of this letter was true. “The whole thing is the most out- rageous lie I ever heard,” he said. “I am the fourth generation of my family which has never touchéd” a drop of any stimulant.” Captain Keane was then asked in detail about each specific charge in the letter. He said that neither he nor the other inspector had breakfast on the Vestris, that neither of them had anything or was offered any- thing to drink on board, and that they did not carry away with them any packages. Captain Keane told in detail of his inspection of the Vestris, an annual inspection completed several days before the steamer left on its ill- fated voyage in what some of the survivors have called an unsea- worthy condition. Everything Shipshape He said that he found everything that was his responsibility to in- spect in good condition. He men- tioned particularly the coal ports and the half-doors in the sides of the ship through which the crew en- ters and leaves while the ship is at its pier. Officers of the Vestris have testi- fied at the federal hearing being conducted by United States Attorney Tuttle that water poured into the ship through both the coal ports and M.| the half-doors. These officers, First Officer Johnson and Chief Engineer Adams, said that efforts were made to tighten these openings in the hull, but it was found impossible to stem the flow of water. Of the 691 life preservers which he said he examined, Captain Keane said he had found 68 new ones de- fective. Captain Keane said food, water, lanterns and flares in the lifeboats conformed to regulations. Some wit- nesses at the inquiry before United States Commissioner O'Neil testi- fied that flares were defective and that there was no oil in lanterns. The lifeboats themselves, said the captain, who is 62 years old, could not have better sustained the bang- ing they were subjected to if they had been made of rubber. Actor Mourning Over Wife’s Death Suicides Chicago, Nov. 20.—(P)—A. M. Zinn, 55, of Seattle, Wash., once a musical comedy director and a icist, shot and fatally wounded him- self late yesterday at the La Salle street railway station. Despondency over the death of his wife, known on the stage as Frances Vanita Grey, was a reason assigned for his act. SELMA LAGERLOF REACHES 70 HOPEFUL FOR TODAY'S WOMAN Stockholm, Nov. 20.—(4)—Selma Lagerlof, Swedish author and Nobel prize winner, reached the age of 70 today, hopeful that the woman of to- day would become the glorious woman that “we old people wish.” Miss Lagerlof, whose first work, “Goestra Berling’s Saga,” was trans- lated into lish 30 asked what thou; ern type of woman. was @ question: : regarding the modern type of wom me ‘wom- an, I should like to ask this: Does tears really exist any modern woman she continued: ler first answer ht of the mod-| Reree was developed during centuries of constraint and strict supervision. She could—when at her best with re- »dness, forbearing tender- to ap- to have reached “The type of woman of the -past dc reerns totaling % a 3 ‘ing, $14; and k Hill, $10.50. i The ; mainder of the 47 Clara Ball, upper left, was “just a lower right, the representative of a big corporation, death together oe & How ‘Just a Man Became Sea Heroes’: Identities Didn't Count in This Saga of Courage in Vestris Tragedy * ~By-GENB COHN... New York, Nov. 20.—Out of the backwash of horror that has swept in from the unmarked sea grave of the S. S. Vestris, there remains one episode that is unique as a study in human values. Already the names of Clara Ball and Paul Dana have become linked in a glowing tale of courage and an epic of survival. Al- ready they share what glory may lie in the curt comment of an old sea- man—“the pluckiest pair I have ever met.” Yet, had Clara Ball met Paul) Dana a few weeks ago she would have given a polite “Yes, sir,” or “No, sir,” to some request for service. She would have brought clean towels to the stateroom or supplied a fresh pitcher of water. None ever would have so much as suspected, or had reason to question, her potentialities in a grim and terrible crisis. just a Stewardess For Clara Ball was just another stewardess aboard a ship—a role in- volving more than average ano- nymity, since a boat is a very tiny world, and once it cuts loose from its port only.a fraction of this tiny world is passingly aware of its serv- ants.- : And Paul Dana was a wealthy corporation - representative from South America. ae But. when: they did meet, Clara Ball was clinging to one end of a bit of wreckage and Paul Dana was clinging -to--another. Thus, with waves breaking over them from time to time and threatening to hammer loose-their stubborn hold on a bit of spar, they faced death together for hours. 6 What do people talk “about and think about under such circum- stances, one is inclined to wonder. An Introduction It was some three hours after they had been tossing about help- lessly, seemingly headed for cer- tain death, that it occurred to Dana to wonder about the identity of his partner in a violent journey to etern- ity. “Who are you?” Dana, asked finally, his voice carrying weakly through the splash and churn of the a. sei Clara Ball, ill from salina pints of sea water, actually smile at the question. Surely this was a strange place for introductions and the observation of social conventions. So she answered: “Oh, I’m just a stewardess from the ship.” It occurred suddenly to both of them that identifications are man- made trifles; tags and brands to mark the offspring of a Smith from the offspring of a Brown. Bobbing (Continued on page two) Four Townships Are Back of Red Cross Four townships in Burleigh coun- ty have reported the proceeds of the mem! ip drive made by the Red Cross, Miss Mary Cashel, secretary of the local Cross, announced here today. ships tn the pected to in county are ex} naa, their a 8 the local of- Bre sty iving, Miss Cashel No. reports are available on the amounts the individual counties sub- scribed - as the dri ive | he stewardess” - Paul Dana, But they fought for 23 hours, * * £ Maid’ and WIDOW AVERS DEAD HUSBAND : WAS FRAMED’ Fake Bank Robbery, Killed Men for Reward Emory, Tex., Nov. 20.—(?)—A widow’s allegation that her slain husband and another men were led into a faked bank robbery “framed” by six men, three of whom were West Texas sheriffs, and then shot down for the $5,000 rewards their alleged slayers expected. to collect from the State Bankers association, was on file here today. Mrs. Mary Hansen made the as- sertion, in a $100,000 damage suit entered yesterday against the associ- ation, Sheriff Reeder Webb of Ector county, Sheriff A. C. Francis of Mid- land county, Sheriff Bud Barefield of Upton county, and J. W. B. Ho- gan. Two other men were named in the papers, but not made parties to the suit. William Carl Hansen and an un- identified man were killed before the doors of the Citizens National bank at Odessa, Tex., November 25, 1927. Mrs. Hansen’s suit charges that to collect the standing reward posted by the association for dead bank bandits, the three sheriffs, Hogan, “Red” Wood and J. H. Dumas exe- cuted the alleged conspiracy. HARVEY BANKER FACES CHARGE Burleigh County Grand Jury Indicts in Connection With Bismarck Bank F. J. Seeba, now connected with a bank. at Harvey, and :a former deputy bank examiner for the state of North Dakota, was indicted by the Burleigh county grand jury early in October on charges of “testifying falsely before the grand jury.” This announcement was made to- day by Charles’ Fisher, clerk of court. Seeba has furnished bonds of $1,000 for his appearance to answer the charge in Burleigh county dis- trict court, it is announced. Bonds were set by Fred Jansonius, district i 5 Two indictments were returned against Seeba, charging him with the same offense. His indictments were made together with several other indictments resulting from the investigation of the affairs of the closing of the Bismarck Bank a few years ago. His indictment was not announced at that time, according to Mr. Fisher, because no indictments are an- nounced until the on er persons ineieed are apprehended or furnish KNOWS HIS BRIMSTONE Newark, N. J., Nov. 20.—()—Vin- cent Simonetti of Camden knows where little boys go when they lie. “Down there,” he told Vice Chancel. lor Barry, pointing to the floor, when was being questioned to deter- mine whether he was old enough to county was made Bismarck Community be a witness. He testified for his mother.” She won a divorce’ suit. / Omaha Fiend Pounces on Vic- tims in Sleep Crushing Skulls With Hatchet Three Children of Two Famil- ies Attacked Left Unharmed in Cribs Omaha, Neb., Nov. 20—(@)—A maniac “hatchet man” who in brutal fury pounces upon his victims as they sleep. and smashes in their skulls with his instrument of death was sought by Omaha police today for the killing of two women and an aged man and the wounding of an- other man and his wife within a 48- hour period. While the madman _ apparently slays grown persons without mercy, he does not harm babies. Three chil dren of two of the families he at- tacked were left unharmed in their cribs. The latest victims of the killer, de- seribed by the police as “a fiend, a crazy man,” were Harold Stribling, 23, former high school football star, and his wife, who were attacked early today as they slept. Asks to See Baby He entered the Stribling home at 3 o'clock, beat in Stribling’s head after a struggle, then calmly turned on the lights, washed his hands, and asked Mrs. Stribling to see the baby. He stood over its crib for several minutes, then forced Mrs. Stribling to go with him to the East Omaha swamps, where she finally escaped after three hours. Stribling, doctors said, probably will die, and his wife is in a hospital, cruelly beaten, and may lose the sight of one eye. The attack on the Striblings came while hundreds of police were search- ing the city for the maniac for the killing of two women and an aged man 24 hours earlier. His first vic- tims were Mrs. Walter Resso, 21- year-old mother of three children; her sister, Greta Brown, 18, and J. H. Blackman, 75, an expressman. Blackman was killed Sunday morning as he slept, his head appar- ently crushed in with the hammer side of @ hatchet. His son found the body covered with a comforter in the found a blood-smeared hatchet and @ shoe. Husband Finds Bodies The bodies of the women were found yesterday afternoon when Mrs. Resso’s husband arrived home from work. The crazy man had hacked their heads open with his hatchet. Mrs. Resso’s body was found downstairs covered with a comforter, as Black- man’s had been. Beside her in a crib lay two of her children, who be were unharmed. The Brown girl’s body, similarly mutilated and cov- Chae with a comforter, was found up- stairs. Clothing had been stripped from the bodies of both women, but there was no evidence that they had been criminally assaulted. The Resso and Blackman homes were ransacked, and from one of them a small sum of money was missing. All the vic tims lived in widely separated parts of the city. Mrs. Harold Stribling, fifth vic- tim of the maniac, today described her assailant and attacker as a light-colored negro about 21 years (Continued on page two) NEGRO SLAYER GOES TO CHAIR Chicago, Nov. 20.—(?)—Death in the electric chair, Illinois’ new and untried mode of execution, was fixed by a circuit court jury last night as David Shanks’ punishment for the murder of Miss Jennie Meta Con- stance. The trial ended as quickly as the negro bootblack had admitted slug- ging Miss Constance, an English teacher at Bradley Polytechnic Insti- tute, Peoria, Ill, on the night of August 14. Attorneys suddenly waived closing arguments, and the jury's verdict followed in 40 minutes. anks’ lawyers had entered a ie of not guilty on the ground hat the slayer was insane. The jury, however, voted unanimously that he was sane, although illiterate. lackman home, and outsidé | George M. Peek’s i Florence, John to | Wed, She Says But | ' Not in Washington | New Orleans, Nov. 20.—(AP)— Miss Florence Trumbull, daughter of Governor John H. Trumbull, of Con- necticut, told newspaper men today that she and John Coolidge, son of ; the president, would be married but not in the White House. “Are you and John Coolidge go- ing to have a White House wed- ding?” she was asked as she reached the city with her father and mother to attend the governors’ con- ference. “No, it won't be a White House wedding,” she replied blushing. “Has there been any formal an- nouncement of the engagement?” “Not yet,” she said. “You don’t deny it by an chance do you?” pursued her questioned. “Oh, no,” she said, “In fact, the engagement is ac- bd a among all your friends, isn’t it?” “Oh, yes,’ she smiled. “It seems to be accepted everywhre.” MADDOCK DRIVE TOOK $10,000 IN DEMOCRAT GIFT Gubernatorial Candidate Re- ceived National Aid, Report Indicates That Walter Maddock received $10,000 from the Democratic nation- al committee with which to conduct his campaign for the governorship of North Dakota, is indicated in a recent report of Howard Wood, treasurer of the “North Dakota Agricultural League.” 5 Wood's report was filed with Wil- liam Tyler Page, clerk of the house of representatives. The. repors... shows. two- separate contributions of $5,000 each from Independent or- ipeisarion committee on Oct. 20 and et. A total of $2,536.45 is shown up to Nov. 1, by the statement. The repor- evidently does not in- clude all the receipts, because Sena- tor Lynn J. Frazier’s pre-election statement to the clerk shows a con- tribution of $100 to the Frazicr- Maddock committee, and this does not appear in Wood’s report. The report was filed with the clerk of the house of representatives cause money was received from a national political organization. A state campaign, financed by state contributions, does not necessitate a statement to the house clerk. Hall Drive Expensive The statements filed by North Da- kota candidates show that it cost Congressman Tom Hall considerably more to be re-elected than it did the other congressional delegates. Hall, according to his report, was sup- ported financially by the Republican congressional committee. ie congressional statements are: First District W. S. Hooper, Democrat O. B. Burtness, Republican . Second District Tom Hall, Republican ..... J. L. Page, Democrat . Third Dis J. H, Sinclair, Republican. . R. H. Leavitt, Democrat .... The pre-election statements Senator Lynn J. Frazier and F. F. Burchard, his Democratic opponent, show: Up to Oct. 26, Frazier re- ceived nothing and paid out $100 to the Frazier-Maddock committee; Burchard, up to Oct. 18, received nothing and gave $100 to the Dem- ocratic national committee. Expenditure List Howard Wood’s statement of ex- penditures up to Nov. 1 follows: Grace Walker, Clara Enger, Alice Bishop, Estella Weitzel, Leora Walker and Sarah Walker, sal- aries Dakota hotel, rent . W. P. Aertli, Embden, oil, etc. . Ed Schumacher, Courtenay gas, oil, etc. ..... 4 Harold Hopton, Bismarck, (Continued on Page Twc) gas, AL JOLSON PACKS PUNCH IN HIS MAMMY-PLEADING HANDS Los Angeles, Nov. 20.— () — Al Jolson was being hailed by his friends here today, as a fighter as the result of his demonstration Sat- urday night that the hands that reach for “mammy” also carry a de- cisive wallop. bgt ree am ws ie oe whicl lants in the ball cond of a hotel bes vary widely, but all witnesses agree that there was a ht, ia that as a result an Peavevslent Bas = Disck, eye. a said Jolson in his version. “The: wife was present, and that his speech was obnoxious. He made a pass at me and I just knocked him wn. “I don’t know -vho he was, honest. | th. He had on a tuxedo and I it made him feel big. He was big, too, about as big as Tom Heeney, reckon, but not big enough.” Employes at the hotel stated that a hotel steward moved a table in to| ch accol ite Jolson and his brid Rub; y were | raci just general remarks, you know, not| Jolson ‘said he was as much sur- directed particular. I to me in 5 didn’t like the music and the words were ! §- “I got ‘up and told him that. my as his friends over his pugil- prowess. “Maybe I'll have to get a and change my racket” he 1) Geor, confided. The Weather Fair tonight and Wednesday. Not much change in temperature. PRICE FIVE CENTS EVEES FLOOD FARMS g Good-Will Mission Plans Aboard Ship Maniac Hacks Three to Death in Wild Rampage > | | {7 LIVES LOST, DAMAGE HEAVY DUE 10 FLOODS Thousands of Acres of Corn, Wheat and Rice Fields Inundated MISSOURI ON RAMPAGE Cold, Snow Follow Rains ats: Father of Waters Reaches Flood Stage ~ (By The Associated Press) Into the lap of old man river him. self, the deep-rolling, untractable Mississippi, was poured today the anger of the late autumn floods. Levees near Quincy, Il, had crumbled permitting the waters of swollen tributaries to sweep over thousands of acres of corn, wheat and rice on both the Missouri and Illinois side of the Mississippi. With this flood, and damage done by the Kentucky and Cumberland rivers in Kentucky, the uncontrolled waters today had claimed 17 lives and inflicted a praperty loss roughly estimated at ten million dollars. In Missouri, Kansas and Okla- homa, where 14 lives have been lost and where property damage has been heaviest, a recession of the waters was making possible a sur- vey of the greatest November flood damage these states have ever known. That was true, however, more particularly in Kansas and Oklahoma, for across Missouri the river that has the same name cone tinued to be a raging menace. Big Muddy Dangerous The Missouri was dangerously close to flood stage across the entire State, and the inundation of great areas of bottom lands near St. Louis was feared. Many railroad lines and highways throughout the state were blocked. _ The number of homeless ran high into the thousands. One thousand were driven from their dwellings in five Kentucky communities AR with the Kentucky and Cumberland rivers still rising at last reports from the flooded areas early today. Pine- ville, Georgetown, Sunshine Barbour. - ville and Middlesboro were the Ken- tucky “communities hardest hit by the rising waters. It was near Pine- ville that three employes of the Vir- ginia-Harland Coal corporation were Swept to death when a tree, borne on the flood’s crest, tore away a bridge on which they stood. There was no loss of life in the region surrounding Quincy, IIl., al- though many thousands of acres were flooded. The bursting of the Mark levee, which protected the South Fabius drainage district on the Missouri side of the Mississippi, permitted the waters to pour over 7,000 acres of rich bottom lands. Illinois Levee Breaks On the Illinois side the earthen levee which has served to confine Bear Creek since 1892, crumbled in four places, flooding 5,000 acres in the Lima drainage district, 20 miles north of Quincy. The Mississippi river gauge af Quincy last night registered 17.1 feet, the highest mark ever recordé ed in the half century it has been Cold and ‘old and snow were following tha flood—parts of Kansas and "Mise souri, making necessary still further rehabilitation and relief measures among the thousands of refugees, Public buildings were thrown open in many Kansas communities ag headquarters for the flood victims, and local organizations were active in providing aid. The American Legion and Salvation Army were helping wherever their services could be utilized to best advantage. FUNERAL RITES HELD FOR LEE Private and Public Services in Bismarck; Body to Be Taken to Minot Describing John J. Lee, deceased warden cf the North Dakota state penitentiary, as the “best friend a man could have” and a man who had a “great number of admirable quali- ties,” A. M. Christianson, justice of the state supreme court, gave s short eulc y at public funeral services held at 2 p. m. today at the Masonic Temple. A huge floral wreath from Lee’s | co-workers at the state prison and § many floral offerings from friends | and sympathizers were placed about the bier. A group of officials from the state penitentiary, many state officials, { members of the Bismarck Rotary 4 and Masonic bodies, and many friends of the deceased man packed J e two *ecal"tolan j umphreys and a Prayer and liction by Walter F. Vater, | pastor of the McCabe Methodist 3 urch, were included on the pro- i at re Mr. hreys’ solos paniments for Mr. Hump! re played by Grace % e hall for the services. Besides the eulogy Christianson, Hath \ : Lee's body lay in state at the Ma sonic temple until 4:30 p.m. Private funeral services, at members of the family and friends were the Webb funeral today. The body, will be taken, to (Ce ued on page two) \