The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, July 1, 1929, Page 1

\ aes er North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper ESTABLISHED '1873 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, MONDAY, JULY 1, 1929 ’ The Weather Fair tonight and Tuesday. Not” much change in temperature. PRICE FIVE CENTS FOUR MEN ARE KILLED IN CRASH AT WASHBURN CROWDS THRONG TO BISMARCK (a Plunges Through Rail CAPITAL PROMISES CALA ATTRACTIONS ON FOURTH OF JULY Dazzling Display of Fireworks Wjll Depict a Scene in American History ENTERTAINMENT FOR ALL Baseball, Carnival, Oratory and Band Concerts Will Be Features of Day It won't be long now. ‘This is the week of the Big Fourth. But another day intervenes and then the community just naturally will fall to on the celebration of 153 years of American Independence. Bismarck then for two days will be filled with crowds and general carni- val, in addition to a regular carnival show. There will be oratory, blare of bands, thrilling acrobatic acts, baseball and other sports and @ dazzling array of fireworks. The latter will be the climax of the | show. They will depict one big set piece, “The Bombardment of Fort McHenry,” at Baltimore, September 12, 1814, and the whole celebration will be much on the order of that old battle of the war of 1812 which brought about the birth of the na- them, “The Star Spangled Banner.” It will see much waving of the flag, bombs bursting in the air, and an atmosphere of patriotic jubilation that this great country came into being through the bravery and sacrifice of the continental fore- fathers. Fireworks Promised First signs of fireworks bobbed up today, when William Atrops, of hill, the evening of the Fourth. He began opening the shipment of. set pieces and arranging the grounds for the quick placing in position of exhibition. General Committee to Meet Saturday entries for prizes in the children’s section of the parade closed, but there were only six, 80 the list will be kept open for others. Prizes of $3, $2 and $1 are offered for best decorated doll coaches en- tered by girls not over 12 and on pets centered by boys. Mrs. Ray Stair, chairman of the committee of the Business and Professional Women's club has charge of this and entries | on page nine.) MANDAN HAN DEAD OF HEART FAILURE dohn H. Holbourn, Northern Pa- cific Fireman, Dies While Resting in Yards FF i In England, and all ready for a rush of diplomatic duties that first will include preparatory negotiations for a navy disarmament conference, Am- bassador Charles G. Dawes here is pictured being welcomed as the United States’ envoy to Great Britain. At the top, with Mrs. Dawes, he's being greeted by the mayor of Southampton; below, upon arrival in London, he is with Sir R. G. Vansittart, private secretary to Premier Ramsay MacDonald. GIBRALTAR AWAITS ARRVAL OF PLANE LOST ON ATLANTIC All Spain Rejoices at Safety of Major Franco and Three Companions Gibraltar, July 1.—(4)—Spain and this little colony today eagerly awaited arrival tomorrow of M. H. 8. Eagle, airplane carrier, with Major Ramon Franco, and his three com- panions of their ill-fated transatlantic flight attempt aboard. ‘The Eagle radioed it was making ordinary progress on its way from a Point, 100 miles.southeast of Santa morning it pleted up’ the four avic me uy four - ‘They ylagaad down on the water There were indications a tumultu- ous reception would be accorded the airmen. when they arrived i Ha] yf E ie FE g if j fy if iz A i “f i & i | ‘ i i ; i Golf Title Waits | | On Church Service | . Mamaroneck, N. Y.. July 1—(7)— Two well known gentlemen ran into each other early Sunday morning in the gy of a hotel. “Oh, Al,” said Bobby, “I'll be a bit late. Mrs. Jones and I are going to church.” And Al replied: “That's all right, Bobby. Mrs. Espinosa and Tare going to church too. I'll be late myself.” And thousands waited for the start of the Playoff for the national golf title. MEXICANS CRUSHED IN RUSH TO CHURCH FOR OPENING MASS Thousands Throng to First Service in Three Years; Fifty Are Injured Only 168 claims for hail damage ‘were presented to the 57 22 rest PALL esd ge fie i the. state hail in-| Lehigh DIVERSIFIED CROPS BETTER THAN WHEAT JULY REPORT SHOWS Deficiency in Rainfall Threatens Small Grains Throughout North Dakota LOW PRICE DISCOURAGES Corn Prospects and Livestock Condition Favor Produc- ers of Cattle Fargo, N. D., July 1.—(#)—Farmers who are diversifying their activities have much better prospects of a profitable year than those who are majoring in wheat production, ac- cording to the monthly review of North Dakota business conditions by ‘The text of the review follows: se & (By P. W. Clemens) Crop prospects and price levels in North Dakota on July 1 indicate sat- isfactory returns for the year to those farmers who are producing livestock and diversifying their crop activities, and ony fair returns to those who are majoring in wheat production. Apparently moisture will be a limit- ing factor in wheat yields this year. With the possible exception of the western edge of the state, there has been a marked deficiency in rainfall for the past month, and during the last two weeks evidenccs of crop dam- age here have appeared especially to late sown grain. From one-tenth to one-half inch of rain fell in the northern and central portions a few days ago, but even more is needed there in the very near future. The wheat prospect at present is very discouraging in comparison with «Continued on page nine.) WABASH RAILROAD - SEEKS TRUNK LINE TQ EASTERN COAST Road Would Be Only One Rails Extending From Mis- souri River to Atlantic Washington, July 1.—(?)—Forma- tion of a new railway trunk line in the @ast is planned by the Wabash railroad. r i An application for establishment of the fee was brought Aaftlage ington today by representatives the Wabeah for the consideration of the te commerce commission. It_asks authority to acquire con- trol by lease or stock of nine railroads and joint control of five oth- and Baltimore. ‘The four trunk lines now in oper- ation are the Pennsylvania, New York |, Baltimore and Ohio and the and Ohio. The latter two have filed merger of their own with the commission which have been opposed by the Wabash. ey ‘ Seeks Coniral are Lines which the Wabash see! control are the Lehigh Valley, Wheel- ing and Lake Erie, Pittsburgh and ‘West Virginia, Western Maryland, and New Eraant.. Asses. Midland. A one-sixth interest Je seuss tae Montour Railroad company, Mon- Connecting Railroad - Pope Will Leave Vatican July 25 4 Vatican City, July 1—(#)—Pope Pius’ first exit into St. Peter's square bearing the eucharist has been fixed for July 25th, the feast of St. James, the Apostle, on the occasion of the ‘heated pilgrimage of seminar- 1s. It will mark the first exit of a Pontiff from vatican territory since 1870, being made possible by the re- cently concluded agreemen’. between the Holy See and the Italian state. PUBLIC DEBT IS CUT TO LOWEST FIGURES SINCE CLOSE OF WAR Remainder of 1929 Surplus Will Be Applied to Liabilities Incurred by Combat ° | | o Washington, July 1—()—The gov- -}ernment entered its new fiscal year today with the public debt cut to the lowest figures since the World War and $61,000,000 on hand to reduce it still further. : Largely because of the widespread Prosperity and more specifically the Profits made by individual income tax Payers in the “exceedingly active and constantly rising security market,” the treasury announced, total receipts in the Jast fiscal year were $185,000,- 000 greater than expenditures, as compared with a surplus of $37,000,000 estimated in the budget. By applying to the public debt $124,000,000 of the year’s surplus with $549,000,000 from the sinking fund and other debt requirements chargeable against ordinary receipts, the total debt was brought down to $16,931,000,- 000 from $17,604,000,000 a year ago. ‘The remainder of the 1929 surplus is to be applied to the public debt in the near future. Total receipts for the year were Placed at $4,033,000,000, about $9,000,- 000 less than was collected in the fis- cal year 1928, while cxpenditures amounted to §3,848.000,000, an increase $204,000,000. Interest payments totaled $678,000,000, a reduction of $54,000,000 in the year. “Income tax receipts,” the treasury announced, “aggregated $2,330,000,000 as against $2,174, in 1928, or an increase of $156,000,000. The receipts from the current corporation income tax were somewhat lower than during the previous fiscal year owing to a reduction in the corporation income tax rate from 13% per cent to 12 per cent, but practically all of the loss occasioned by the reduced rate was made up by the increased incom: re- ported by corporations, due to in- creased prosperity. Back tax collec- tions likewise showed a falling off, somewhat greater than was antici- pated.” The rise in the expenditures total was accounted for chiefly by increases Of $105,000,000 in postal expenditures, including $52,000,000 back pay to ra! toads for transporting the mails; of $42,000,000 in internal revenue re- $30,000,000 in naval expendi- ‘tures; $30,000,000 for flood control and relief; 000,000 for the civil $20, several |service retirement fund, and $16,000,- 000 in veterans’ bureau expenditures. ‘The difference between 1928 and 1929 expenditures was brought down some- what by the $54,000,000 decrease in payments and the fact that the total for the former year included $50,000,000 for war claims. Customs duties, including the ton- age tax, brought in $602,000,000 as compared with $569,000,000 in 1928. Miscellaneous internal revenue r ceipts declined $14,000,000 to $607,000, 000 losses of $45,000,000 re- sulting from repeal of the automobile and $16,000,000 from stamp taxes. B.M. WALLA FACING TRIAL FOR FORGERY Edward G. Patterson, Complain- ing Witness, Present for dury Selection ‘SINCLAIR TS NAMED AS A POSSIBILITY ON HOOVER FARM BOARD North Dakota Man Receives Favorable Mention for Place to Represent Wheat MANY NAMES ARE OFFERED President Requires Man With Experience to Represent Principal Bread Crop Washington, July 1—()—President Hoover hopes to complete by the end of this week selection of virtually all of the men who, as members of the federal farm board, will be entrusted with the task of bringing prosperity, to agriculture. Proceeding with great deliberation in view of the im) nee he attaches to the board's undertakings, he has | p, filled three of its eight places and has offered one other to a business man and two to farm leaders, one of whom, however, is expected to decline. Cotton is to represented by Carl Williams of Oklahoma, tobacco by James C. Stone of Kentucky, and live- stock by C. B. Denman of Missouri. ‘These three have definitely accepted appointment. Those who have been offered ap- pointments are Alexander H. Legge of Chicago, who would represent gen- eral business, W. 8. Moscrip of Min- neapolis, chosen to speak for the dairying industry, and Charles C. Teague of California, identified with fruit growing cooperatives. Teague 4s quoted in press dispatches as say- ing private business will prevent him from serving. Long List of Names On the assumption that the place offered Teague will be filled by an- other representative of fruit growers, two places on the board remain to be filled from other industries, with a 3 for the important wheat section yet to be stle¢ted: “Iii addition Mr. Hoover announced when he signed the farm bill that one membership would be filled by a man experienced in the field of banking and finance and equipped to advise his colleagues in the administration of the $500,000,- 000 fund authorized and partially ap- Propriated by congress for loans to cooperative farming organizations. There have been no definite indi- cations as to who the wheat man will be, although Mr. Hoover has a long list of names, many of them impres- sively endorsed, under consideration. Prominently mentioned are James H. Sinclair, North Dakota, and H. L, Hartshorn of Kansas. . Sinclair has the backing of the senators from his state, Nye and Frazier, both Repub- licans, while Senator Capper, Repub- lican, Kansas, has freely predicted the choice would go to Hartshorn. Must Have Experience Mr. Hoover's attitude toward his task, accounting for the deliberation with which he is proceeding, was clearly set forth at the time he signed the farm relief act with the statement describing the board as the most im- portant governmental agency ever es- tablished for the assistance of one of the nation’s industries. Furthermore, political observers agree, the success of a major adminstration policy and of a program sponsored the Re- publican party in the presidential cam- paign last year depends upon the in- dividual and collective ability of his appointees. So, the president's requirements are that his appointees have experience and successful records in dealing with the problems of the farmer, thorough understanding of the methods and aims of cooperative organizations, and, collectively, will be represent- ative of all the major branches of agriculture. Amelia Earhart Wins Air Transport Place New York, July 1—()—Amelia Earhart, first woman transatlantic air nger, today was appointed as- Bstant general manager of traffic of Transcontinental Air Transport Inc. a8 Fat AE Hei dt | | To Tracks 35 Feet Below Three Die Instantly Following Fatal Leap of Automobile; One Dies on Way to Bismarck Hospital; Driver Lies Critically Injured ALL WERE WORKMEN ON WASHBURN SCHOOL BUILDING Passing Tourists Are Witnesses of Accident Which Carried Ment to Death; Tangled Wreckage of Car Pins Victims of Crash in Railroad Cut Four men were killed and one seriously injured in an auto mobile accident south of Washburn late Sunday. The dead are: Oscar Bolme, about 35, Adrian, N. Dak. Louis Olson, about 35, Anoka, Minn. Frank Greenstein, about 30, and John Thomallo, about 68, both of Jamestown. The injured man was Nels Elhard, about 35, Jamestown, driver of the car. hospital. He is in a critical condition in a Bismarck The automobile in which the five men were riding plunged through a guard rail on an overhead railroad crossing on the Washburn-Bismarck highway and landed upside down on the railroad track beneath. Bolme, Olson and Thomalle apparently were killed instantly. Accidents Kill Seven Automobile accidents took a toll of seven lives over the week-end, in ad- dition to a number of sciious injuries. Besides the four men killed at Wash- burn, a girl was fatally injured in Minnesota, and a family was nearly wiped out in Indiana. FAMILY IS CREMATED FOLLOWING COLLISION Angola, Ind., July 1.—()—Noah F. Trosper, of Detroit, was without a family today as a result of a motor collision near Lake George yesterday in which his wife, three children and his father were killed. The car driven by Trosper was in a head on collision with that driven by Herman Scott, 22, of Coldwater, Mich. The Trosper car immediately burst into flames. Scott crawled from his machine in time to extricate Trosper from his burning car, but the other members of the party were trapped. Unable to fight the fire, the drivers of the two automobiles saw the bodies of the five persons cremated. Dr. W. H. Lane, county coroner, indicated he would file a verdict of accidental death exonerating both drivers. MINNESOTA GIRL DIES FROM LOSS OF BLOOD Breckenridge, Minn., July 1.—(?)— C. R. Horn, Moorhead, is in jail here pending investigation of an automo- bile accident early today in which Gertrude Krutzer, Tenney, lost her life and her father, John Krutzer, Tenney farmer, was badly injured. Details of the accident are not known, but Horn’s automobile and one driven by Krutzer are said to have collided, 16 miles south of here, both cars going into the ditch. The girl died from loss of blood in a hospital here, one leg and one arm being nearly severed from her body. Horn was returning from Ortonville where he had been visiting his wife. OVERTURN OF AUTO HURTS 5 OF FAMILY Parents and Four Children Go Into Ditch East of Bis- marck Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Hal Westecott of Sterling, and three of their four chil- dren were injured in an automobile accident east of Bismarck, Sunday. A fourth child was uninjured. None of the injuries were- serious and the Westecotts returned to their home after being treated at a Bis- marck hospital. Westecott 1s agent for the Northern Pacific railroad at Sterling. Tt was said the’ he was attempting to pass anotxer car when it swerved from the road and th> Westecott car struck its rear end. The Westecott car plunged into a ditch and turned Greenstein died en route to a Bismarck The automobile in which the five men were riding plunged through a Suard rail on an overhead railroad crossing on the Washburn Bismarck highway and landed upside down on the railroad track beneath. Bolme, Olson and Thomalle apparently were killed instantly. Greenstein died en Toute to a Bismarck hospital. Examination showed that Green- stein had a broken neck and his shoulders were crushed. The nature of the injuries which caused the death of the other three had not been de- termined today. Edhard suffered severe lacerations of his right thigh and was so badly shocked that he may not live. Tourists See Plunge Members of the family of Sam H. Fawcett, Outlook, Montana, saw the car catapult from the bridge to the railroad track 35 feet below. ] They said the automobile ap-' proached the bridge about 35 miles an hour, made a right turn onto...the | bridge and scraped against the guard | rail on the left hand side. It then! angled across the bridge, leaped over a 10-inch timber, plunged through the guard rail and poised a moment be- fore plunging to the railroad track below. ‘ All of the occupants of the car were | hurled into the front of the machine! when it crashed through the guard! rail. Their bodies were found in @ mangled mass. Dr. E. C. Stucke of Garrison, Mc- Lean county coroner, impaneled @ coroner's jury before the bodies were removed from the scene. Members of | the coroner's jury are Ernest Tank: and Robert Ray, Garrison, and Carl: Klein, Washburn. They are expected ' to render their verdict at an inquest’ today. Car Out of Control The Fawcetts had stopped to change a tire only a few yards beyond the bridge and Theodore and Orville,: sons of Mr. Fawcett, observed the ape proach of the machine and its plunge! into the railroad cut. They said the’ car appeared to be out of control as! it approached the bridge and that! either the brakes were not applied or‘ refused to work. ‘ The Fawcetts were asked by Dr. Stucke and State's Attorney R. L Fraser ‘o return to Washburn and remain there for the night in order that they might testify at the ine: quest. All of the men had been working on the new school building at Washburn and were said to be en route to Mane dan when the accident occurred. Ole; son was a foreman on the construce, tion work, Greenstein was a truck driver, Bolme a carpenter, a concrete worker. B. E. Schoener, sheriff of Stearns county, Minn., arrived at the scene & few minutes after the accident. He said tracks in the road gave him the impression th:t the car was out of control from a poin: some distance an excessive rate of speed while ine toxicated. Greenstein leaves his widow, who a is a bride of six months, his mother, Chicago Wedding Cake Poisons 22; Home Becomes Emergency Hospital