The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, September 17, 1929, Page 1

North Dakota’s ‘ Oldest Newspaper ESTABLISHED 1878 BD . OLTANKEXPLONON B POURS BOILING FUEL OVER 15-MILE STRIP Roaring Line of Fire Nears Rich Oil Field Despite Efforts of Hundreds BLAZE ON TWO-MILE FRONT Forests, Ranch Hou 3, Oil Der- ricks Laid Waste in Path of Flaming River Ventura, Calif, Sept. 17.—(M—A roaring line of fire swept down the southwest slope of Sulphur mountain and advanced to within six miles of 7 the rich Ventura Avenue oil field to- day despite the supreme efforts of ‘ several hundred fire fighters to hold it back. Conscription of men over a radius of 50 miles was started and a flect of trucks assigned to strategic points to Tush them to the fire lines. Appeals were sent out to nearby towns for help. ‘The flames were pushing forward on a two mile front after laying waste a 15 mile long strip reaching from a point four miles north of Santa Paula almost in the Ventiira Avenue line. 20 Oil Derricks Burn Twenty oil derricks scattered through the hills fringing the Santa Clara river valley had been burned. The fire was started yesterday by a break in an clectric power line. About 250 residents of the canyon area were ordered out of their homes as a precautionary measure. Damage estimated at about $2,000.- 000 had been done by the blaze and it still was burning with terrific force although it had been partially con- trofed. Fire wardens said many homes still were in danger but that to entirely subdue the} Four men and it had destroyed much ° o Grant Withers, a movies, tl hoped Diaze before ' Film Actress to Wed | Holocaust Roars Down on Ore- irdborinecriet-trtrteded bite Loretta Young, youthful film actress, has announced that she will marry juvenile in the FOUR MEN AND TWO BOYS IN HOSPITALS NURSING INJURIES Auto Accidents, Boiler Blast, Engine Mishap and Fall Take Toll in Bismarck two boys ‘are in local more property. in automobile accidents, a boiler ex- ‘The fire started yesterday five miles north of Santa Paula and swept to-|Plosion, a gasoline engine mishap, THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE | The Weatlier Fair tonight. We cloudiness with rising: techperatanat : BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1929 [200 Forest Flame Fighters (IUES LACKING IN Trapped Behind Wall of Fire! ))SAPPEARANGE OF $20,000 IN JEWELS gon Town of 2,000 From Mount Hood Reserve Pi: O’Brien Proves Trunk Did Not Fall Accidentally From the Truck THIEVES TRAILED SALESMAN Desolate Country South of Bow- man Believed to Be Shel- tering Robbers “Houdini could not have made better work of it.” That is the conclusion of Detective C. P. O'Brien of Chicago, assigned the task of locating a trunk containing from $15,000 to $20,000 in jewels. The mysterious box disappeared from a truck transporting it from Reeder to Hettinger Wednesday night. The detective believes the robbers HEAT DRIVES MAN INSANE Blaze Licks 16-Mile Pathway Through Timber Despite Desperate Fighters Portland, Ore., Sept. 17.—(7)—An army of weary, sleepless men were stationed along far flung fronts in the foothills of the Cascades today watching the of a forest fire that in its erratic progress Sunday had blackened 15,000 timbered acres, destroyed six houses, a hotel, a school, & logging camp, two temporary for- estry camps, trapped 200 fighters and ‘sent one workman to a hospital violently insane. The fire swept down from the Mount Hood national forest Sunday night and carly yesterday a stiff southeast wind sent it roaring down the Clackamas river valley toward Estacada, Ore., a town of 2,000 popu- lation. fore every available man, including an evangel &@ merchant and a blacksmith could check its at vance, the fire had licked a 16-mile pathway through the forest to within five miles of the city limits. 200 Lest Somewhere to the east of the fire line in what apparently had been a raging inferno Sunday night when versed in the art of magic, tossed the valuable box from the truck and loaded it into another machine. It has been proved that the trunk did not fall accidentally from the truck driven by the Reeder dray man. A trunk of the same size and weight was placed on the truck and driven from Reeder to Hettinger, over the same route the salesman and the d@rayman took when the box disap- {| Peared. Arriving at Hettinger. it was discovered that the container had barely moved from the chalk spot on the truck’s floor. O'Brien believes the robbery was well planned and staged by robbers who understood their business. They ward the canyon, soon cutting a path ;and the accidental falling of @ tool 4 two miles wide and about five miles; cabinet. jong. Ranch houses, oil derricks and| Henry Brock, 41, and Willard Ger- press main, 29, are suffering severe injuries received when their automobile crash- jed into a parked truck four miles west of Steele last night. The men were other property went up in flames. Pours Down Mountain When the blaze reached the summit of Sulphur mountain a tank contain- ing 11,000 barrels of oil boiled over from the heat and sent a black tide of liquid fuel into the below. ‘The fire picked up the oil and rolled toward the residential section of the Fire wardens reported that two workmen and one woman were miss- ing. Tom Lopez, driving a car down Sul- phur mountain pass, ran headon into the sweeping flames, and was serious- ly burned about the face before he could escape. Roy and Paul Costello, | oil company employes, escaped death by crouching beneath two automobile bodies and allowing the flames to He 5 Hit g? ij ; Fest pu ths g ; i q ; | l i i i { H i i 4" i ! x E i i H HA i if ly fi i Hike Le rj z : sk i it iE : H E £Z i Ul He t 3 i ft E i ul i iE I i é ¥ i i i 4 s} & ’s face and he may have skull fracture. X-ray pic- n today to determine sf at | i i [ >| the truck, the backtracked Bowman and then turned a] eles ag ge & il gict HE i be é [ ; ; E = == ficers Making Arrests; 7 Men Held in Jail Owensboro, Ky., Sept. 17. —(P)— EE i E : &' i ! i i § i t i jt i é | | | ii i i! Ls I | i | | 2 = i : i i i i ie ae i itt AG i ; i j li i i i a i i E E t i : | i [ F By i i who apparently appear to be well o MURDERED MAN'S BODY FOUND NEAR MUNICH ! Wall of Fire Sweeps Down Califo PRICE FIVE CENTS ASSASSINATION TOLL GA. R.Commander |) om Hunter Exhausted After Fighting Mud | ing himself from the grip of mire three feet deep in an old slough bot- tom north of Arena yesterday w the first hunting experience of the year for Dr. A. L. Kershaw, veteran Bismarck dentist. Dr. Kershaw drew himself in a Prone position through the mud for more than 25 yards while L. J. Wehe, Bismarck, his hunting partner, watched, unable to give the dentist any aid without putting himself in the same predicament. Dr. Kershaw was exhausted when he finished his struggle. The ineident occurred six miles horth of Arena, where the two had gone hunting early yesterday morn- ing. Dr. Kershaw shot a duck which landed in shallow water of what had been a deep slough at one time and Which was one of a chain of sloughs connected with Deer Lake. Edwin J. Foster of Worcester, Mass.,| ¢ the duck. He sank into the mud was elected national commander of | up to his waist when a few yards from the Grand Army of the Republic at! the duck. He used his shotgun for a the 63rd encampment in Portland, Me. | rest as he made his slow progress. He slept three hours immediately after his struggle at the home of Romeo Bailey, a farmer a few miles away. He reported this morning that he had recovered completely from the effects of his experience. LONE BANDIT SLUGS MOBRIDGE CASHIER, GETS $10,000 CASH Unkempt Desperado Escapes After Knocking Defense- less Man Unconscious 4 $25 for Speeding; | $10 for Bandit Fib o | | ° Oak Park, Ill., Sept. 17.—()—For fibbing, Albert Leibovitz paid an ex- tra $10 in Magistrate Feron’s court yesterday. Leibovitz had presented an explan- ation of why he was speeding. He said bandits were pursuing him and that he drove faster than the law al- lows in order to save $500 he was carrying. ‘ “Bosh,” said Officer Fred Nestor who arrested him, “there was no car following him. And if he had $500, why did he stay three hours in jail while friends got $25 bail for him?” “Twenty-five dollars for speeding,” said the magistrate, “and add $10 for the thrilling bandit stor; Mt RUNNER SEIZED ARTER CANAL FIGHT 500 Cases of Beer, 100 Cases of Whisky Captured in Grounded Cruiser Mobridge, S. D., Sept. 17—(7)—A lone bandit today slugged Ludwig Christianson, bookkeeper of the Secu- rity National bank of Mobridge, into unconsciousness gathered up approx- imately $10,000 and escaped withou leaving a clue. Entering the bank at 12:30 p. m., the bandit asked for the president of the institution and was told by Christianson that he was not in. The robber then flashed a gun and forced the bookkecper to lie on the floor. He leisurely gathered up the money, Christianson said, and as he was about to leave , hit Christianson on the head with the butt of his revolver. Christianson believes he was un- conscious for about five minutes. He did not see a car parked in front of the bank and officials have been un- able to find any trace of the lone Detroit, Sept. 17.—(#)—A forty foot double cabin cruiser with a cargo of 500 cases of beer and 100 cases of whisky was captured by federal im- tion border patrol inspectors in the canal leading from in Lake Erie to the village . The capture according to of the inspectors, was made of bullets directed at the no one was injured. was aground in the when sighted by the immigra- inspectors. The officers, Charles Fred McKelvey, started for n. Christianson said the bandit was about six feet tall and of unkempt appearance. He was wearing dirty overalls. Christianson believes him to be - Bulgarian, judging by his ac- cent. George Cunningham, president, and Peter Grower, cashier, were out of the rowboat. As they ap-|city today but are expected to return speed boat occupied by | tonight. A description of the bandit ran close to them and the been to police officers the faster craft overturned |in the northwest. rowboat. Green and McKelvey shoulder deep the rest of the boarded the cruiser. boat continued to circle and several shots were apparent attempt to ii a8 HP rit A grueling one-hour struggle free- rnia Canyon Held for Conspiracy Wearing hip boots, he started aft- | oscar Dahly, former collector of cus- toms at Duluth, has been indicted by the federal grand jury charged with icy for using his influence to lve money in a case involving the government. ’ Legislature’s Labor ‘ | Preserved in Vault Owe oe ° What represented 60 days of work on the part of the North Dakota legislature, two bound volumes of the 1929 original laws, were received from the printers at the secretary of state's office yesterday. The books include 260 new measures, 121 of the senate and 139 of the house. The origina’ will be preserved in the secreta vault. NOOSE DANGLES FOR TWO CHICAGO BOYS Robbed and Killed to Get Money | ‘to Buy Things’ for Their Girl Friends Chicago, Sept. 17.—()—Two young men, one 18 the other 23 years old, faced the possibility of death sen- tences today following their pleas of guilty to two murders, assault with attempt to kill and a series of 75 robberies. They robbed and killed, they told Judge Otto Kerner, to get money to “buy things” for their girl friends. Robery Camy, 18, and Earl Nichol- son, 23, were the prisoners. They said they started to rob last May and continued until their arrest last month with the' two girls whose tastes for luxuries, they held respon- sible for their crime careers. They toid of killing Leon Raymond, . Nicholson, who fired the r he got home and that he and Camy agreed never again to kill. Nine days later they entered a divi- sion street drugstore and killed the Proprietor, George Schreiner. Judge Kerner will pronounce sen- tence Monday. Naval Parley Alarms French Public Opinion Paris, Sept. 17.—()—Certain sec- tions of French public opinion have 2 | become alarmed over the attitude cll Pig Hilt Ha jr ges3 taken in the Anglo-American naval submarines, i Hi IN STATE 1S RAISED TO THREE IN 10 DAYS Decomposed Body of Transient Found Hidden in a Straw- stack; Brutally Slain FILIPINO’S SLAYER ESCAPED York Youth's Murder Motive Is s Mystery; Slayer’s Money Is Divided 1 | Minnewaukan, N. D., Sept. 11.— (P—Fred 5. Pfafflin, 0 Satur- day night shot and killed Ernest Bor, 28, York filling station at- tendant, will plead guilty toa first degree murder charge in dts- trict court here today, according to Benson county officials. Pfafflin wilt be this afternoon before District Judge C. W. Buttz and it is expected that plea will be entered and sentence imposed at that time. : Discovery of the body of an unie dentified man in a straw stack near’ Munich yesterday raised North Dae kota’s deaths by assassination te three in the past 10 days. A partially decomposed body of a i man, who police authorities bell had been brutally slain, was found! about half a mile south of Munich,' Cavalier county. j In the two other murders, Ernest Boe, 28, York filling station attends ant, was shot dead by Fred J. Pffaff lin, 35, Saturday night, and Bernade’ Bascos, a Filipino, was found dead’ Sept. 8 under a straw stack near Kellys. Discovery of the body was made while Abe Priesen, Munich, was walke ing through a field near Highway No, 20. The feet were seen protruding from a straw stack. Investigation ree led the body, wrapped in a tent with a shirt tied tightly over the head. ind knotted at the throat. iS pulled tightly over the head. Several large gashes, a wound in the throat, and a hole in the temple indicate, authorities said, that the man had been slain about two wecks ago. Robbery Possible Motive Robbery has been advanced as Possible motive. Both shoes were re- moved and laid near the head, but the insoles were missing. A penny and a dance hall advertisement were found in the pockets while a fountain pen, pipe, and snuff box were piled near the body. Identification has not been made, The man was about 40 years old and apparently a transient harvest worke (Continued on page nine) Havre, Mont., Sept. 17.—()—Ed; Stamy, 26, son of Dan Stamy, farmer living ‘near Hingham and formerly! of Fargo, N. D., was fatally while hunting ducks near Hingham) Mond: Stamy and Myron Seve erud were hunting together, { Stamy walking in the lead when Seve erud’s gun was accidentally charged, the shot striking Stamy the hip. He died from loss of blood two hours afterward at Hingham where he had been rushed for medie: cal aid. Stamy was a trombonist with the Red Jackets, a Fargo orchestra, He ind played with them in the Northe: fest until recently. Stamy was ree! cently married to a Great Falls girl, 1