The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, June 3, 1930, Page 1

x AY de North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper ESTABLISHED 1873 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, TUESDAY, JUNE 8, 1930 The Weather Mostly cloudy tonight and .Wednes- day. Not much change in temperature. PRICE FIVE CENTS Four Believed Dead In Fires Chicago Gang Fusileers Claim Ninth Victim FOUR OTHERS, HURT IN WEEK-END WARS, IN DEATH'S SHADOW Police Launch City-Wide Round- Up of ‘Bad Men’ as Anti- dote for Slayings MORE THAN 200. ARRESTED Guns Blaze Again as Network Is Spread, but the Victim Is Carted Away by Attackers Chicago, June 3.—(#)—Gang fusi- leers notched a ninth victim of week- end sniping on their muskets today with the death of Joseph Ferrari, 26- year-old Sicilian, one of three men shot down Saturday night in a re- newed outbreak of hostilities. Ferrari’s death from bullet wounds followed by several hours the death of his companion, Samuel Monistero, but their pal, Tony Tornatore, was only slightly wounded. Four others wounded during the week-end outbreak which has cost nine lives lay in the shadow of death today as police continued their city- wide roundup of bad men. More than 200 persons, including three who are listed among the crime commission’s “public enemies,” had been arrested at dawn, with police squads still deployed throughout the city. Even as the squads spread over the city, guns blazed again; this time at the rear of the fashionable Bel- thom hotel, Belmont and Sheridan road. Several persons saw the flash of the guns in the north side alley and heard the shots. Guests in the hotel (Continued on page Eleven) HOOVER SUPPORTER GIVEN NOMINATION Congressman Dickinson Beats Governor Hammill for lowa Senatorial Nomination Des Moines, Iowa, June 3.—()— Congressman L. J. Dickinson, pledg- ing support to President Hoover and the pending tariff bill, today held nearly a two to one lead over Gov. John Hammill for the Republican senatorial nomination in Monday’s primary election. Hammill conceded defeat in a tele- gram to Dickinson, which read: “Per- mit me to congratulate you on your Primary election and to assure you my good wishes for your future suc- cess.” Senator Daniel F. Steck was chosen without opposition to bear the Demo- cratic standard in the November election. He made no campaign. With more than two-thirds of the precincts reported, unofficial totals showed Dickinson had 138,726. statement he said, “It is with sincere appreciation and a deep sense of ob- ligation that I accept the mandate of my fellow Republicans.” Returns from 1,730 of 2,433 pre- cincts gave Hammill 79,243. Hammill had campaigned against the tariff measure, contending its agricultural rates were not in proportion to the new industrial schedules. Dan W. Turner of Corning, state income tax advocate, was far ahead of Ed Smith, secretary of state, and Otto Lange, chain store opponent, for the Republican nomination for gov- ernor. All state officers seeking renomi- nation held comfortable leads in less complete returns. Ten Republican congressmen also maintained good majorities. State Senator Fred Gilchrist was leading in a three-cornered race for the post now held by Dickinson who was the only representative not seeking an- other term. British Opponents Of Treaty Beaten London, June 3.—(P)—The London naval treaty today seemed well on its commons by & vote of 282 to 201. Fie, Uperale Sept Si Se Rovere ment Mrs. C. A. Jackson, 45, ' Dies at Driscoll Mrs, Charlotte D. Jackson, 45, wife CS Sachse, & farmer ‘south ot Mrs. Jackson leaves two sons and two daughters in addition to her hus- band. The family has lived in the Driscoll community only ‘two years, moving there from the state of Wash- ington in 1928. AGED PAIR WED Devils Lake, N. D., June 3—(y}— Henry Shindele. 72, and Mrs. Mar- ae Scharf, 65, were married here Kipling Approves | Masefield Choice | Montreal, June 3.—()—Rudyard Kipling, returning to England with Mrs. Kipling for a three-month visit to Bermuda, reached Montreal yes- terday. He said he thought John Mase- field a “very good choice” as Britain's Poet laureate, that he knew “nothing about India,” and that his one-time teference to Queen Victoria as “The Widow” was written so long ago that it concerns nobody of this age. GRAF ZEPPELIN IS SPREDING EASTWARD WITH BIT IN TEETH Giant Airship Making 90 Miles an Hour. on Voyage Across Atlantic to Spain (By The Associated Press) Homeward bound with a bit in her teeth, the Graf Zeppelin today was speeding east over the north Atlantic at approximately 90 miles an hour. Taking off from the naval station at Lakehurst, N. J., at 9:12 o'clock last night she reported her position at twelve hours later as 40:18 north, 57:30 west, approximately 780 miles due east of New York. From 5 a. m. to 9 a. m. she had traveled 358 miles, which would place her average speed at 89.7 miles an hour. It was presumed she was fav- ored by a tail wind as her average cruising speed is around 60 miles an Lakehurst, N. J. June 3.—()}— Grey veteran of far-flung trails through the sky, the Graf Zeppelin was headed out over the Atlantic Ocean today for the seventh time. The Zeppelin, on her trip to Fried- richshafen, Germany, plans a stop at Seville, Spain, which her commander expected to reach in 50 hours. She also stopped at Seville on her flight to this country via Brazit. A few minutes before she rose gent- Jy Jast_ night, her.commender jndi- (Continued on page Eleven)’ Late News Bulletins HOOVER REJECTS SENATORS’ PLEA Washington, June 3.—(#)—Re- fusing to consider a plea for post- Ponement of the London naval treaty debate in the senate until December, President Hoover to- day informed senate leaders he would call @ special session of the senate for its consideration the day after this congress adjourns. Senate leaders had told him they were anxious to get back home to take part in political campaigns. RECOVERS 40 BODIES Bogata, June 3.—(#)—Forty bodies were recovered today fol- lowing the sinking of the passen- ger steamer Goenaga in the Ma- dalena river yesterday boiler explosion. The captain of the steamer went down with the vessel and His body was among those reovered. TARIFF VOTE BLOCKED Washington, June 3,—(?)— An attempt to reach an agreement to vote at 4 p.m. tomorrow on the second conference report of the tariff bill was blocked in the sen- ate today by Senator Simmons, Democrat, North Carolina. RUTH HITS 17TH HOMER lune | 3.—()—Babe Ruth hit his seventeenth home run of the season today in the fourth inning of the Yankee- White Sox game. EIGHT BURNED IN EXPLOSION When N. P. Passenger Train Left Track at Sterling a | | HAS LESS INSANITY North Dakota ts not as “nutty” as other sections of the country, Dr. J. D. Car, superintendent of the state hos- Pital at Jamestown, told the Kiwanis club at today’s noon luncheon. He said the average rate of insanity for the nation is 225 per 100,000. The North Dakota rate will fall far below that if the alcoholics, epileptics and addicts are subtracted from the total of inmates at the Jamestown hospital and the figures reduced to THBEE BANDITS CAPTURED Mancelona, Mich., June 3.—(P) —Two more members of’s bandit gang that yesterday robbed the Antrim County State Savings bank here of $909 were captured by 2 posse late today after » gun fight. One bandit was captured last night. those actually insane, Carr said. American Murdered | By Mexican Bandits Bisbee, Ariz, June 3.—(?)—Federal troops today were reported in the mountains near Cananea, Mexico, seeking 20 bandits who yesterday killed Charles Koehler, 50-year-old American, and a Mexican policeman, and later burned Koehler’s home. Koehler was slain at the Silver Plume mine, 25 miles south of Can- anes. Woman Relates Experiences With Pygmy Folk in ‘Darkest Africa’ Paris, June 3.—(P)—Mrs. Delia J. Akeley, the first wife of Carl Akeley, sculptor and naturalist, who died and was buried in Africa, today returned to Paris after a year's expedition hunting the elusive pygmies of the interior of the dark continent. There are still plenty of pygmies, Mrs. Akeley declared, but they are difficult to locete and disappear like | a flash if an intruder sppreaches. | Mrs. Akeley went into the northern | Belgian Congo and came out at Nai- Tobi with a large documentary col- lection for the ethnological section of the Brooklyn museum.and other in- stitutions. i Mrs. Akeley. whose husband died at Kabale, Uganda, in 1926 and was | how one of the rails was turned beneath the heavy pullman c: ON MICHIGAN COUNTRYSIDE Chicago, June 3.—(#)—Alva Lynch lay dead five days in his automobile, Parked in front of his home, before his body was discovered yesterday. A heart attack was given as the cause of death. In collapsing, he slipped down so that the car door all but concealed him. Howard Ellsworth Is Married in St. Paul Howard Ellsworth of St. Paul, assist ant general freight agent for the Northern Pacific railway and potentate of El Zagel Shrine temple at Fargo, was married today in St. Paul to Miss Margaret Prothero, also of St. Paul, penoriting to information received ere. They will make their home in St. . Mr. Ellsworth formerly re- is a brother of F. E. Ellsworth, Trib- une manager. New Jersey Police Chief Is Murdered Absecon, N. J., June 3.—(?)—Chief of Police William M. Schoetflin, 41, of Absecon, was shot and killed early today, when he was mistaken for an intruder while: investigating an al- buried on the spot where he slew his | leged disorderly house. biggest gorilla, said the legend of the George Howard Much, 31, of Vent- = >> * Lies Dead 5 Days hl noni by Threatening to Kill | | In Parked Motor | ————_—_—_—__—_+ Captured Official Uniess Doors Are Opened Tonia, Mich. June 3.—(?)}—Thir- teen insane criminals, five of them slayers, armed themselves with knives and razors, imprisoned two guards, threatened the night supervisor with death and escaped from the state hospital for criminal insane early to- day y. Two of the fugitives were recap- tured within a few hours while city, county and state officers engaged in @ widespread search for the others. Before leaving the institution the inmates opened cells releasing 24 prisoners but none of the others joined in the break. They also cut telephone wires. Dr. Perry C. Robertson, superin- tendent of the hospital, blamed the break on the limited facilities which made it necessary to confine 18 men with dangerous reputations in a ward rather than in separate cells. The night supervisor, Gene Owen, was called to the ward on the third floor by U. S. Davis and Bert Hill, guards, at 2:30 a. m. after the latter had been told by an inmate that some of the men there were trying to escape. As they opened the door the three men were set upon by the pris- oners, who had armed themselves with improvised knives and with ra- zors. The two guards were locked in @ washroom. Owen was taken through, the building to the front gate. One of the men held a knife to brought an avalanche of requests for| Owen's throat and told Guy Car-|announcements by the census pureau/ baugh, guard at the gate, that Owen Pyemics dying out was due to their | nor, N. J., was arrested. charged with would be killed unless the gate was shyness, which had taught them the the shooting. Three others, including! opened. Carbaugh let them out. They | ate listing of Greater Miami, Greater art of making themcelves all but aa bi women, were held as material) took Qwen outside the gate before |Cleveland, Greater Lousville, Great- witnesses, visible. (Continued on page Eleven) These pictures portray graphically what happened when a Northern Pacific passenger train left the track at Sterling last Saturday. The engine }remained on the track and only the presence of mind of the engineer, who stopped the train quickly, prevented a bad wreck with possibie loss of life. |'The upper picture shows how the coaches of the train were tilted after bumping along on the ties for several hundred feet. The lower picture shows ind the angle at which the cars rested when the train came to a stop. Because the coaches in the train were of the heavy, all-steel type, the passengers escaped with SAYS NORTH DAKOTA {13 CRIMINALS ARE LOOSED severe shaking. [ARGUMENT ON TARIFF STARTED IN SENATE Washington, June 3.—(?)—The co- alition of Democrats and Republican independents launched a new of- fensive against the tariff bill today after Senator Shortridge, Republican, California, said the measure was ‘sound and should be adopted.” Senator Borah, Republican inde- |pendent, Idaho, criticized the senate conferees for abandoning the deben- ture amendment. They “voluntarily surrendered” on this proposition, he contended, without discussing it with the house managers in the conference for reconciliation of differences. Northwest Crops Helped by Rain St. Paul, June 3.—()—Crops in var- ious sections of the northwest were benefited greatly by rains which fell Monday night and early today. Warm weather and heavy winds recently have dried up lands in several sec- tions. Heavy rain came to portions of Minnesota and South Dakota. Little rain fell in North Dakota. Census Bureau Is Deluged With | | Requests for ‘Greater’ Figures; | Washington, June 3.—(?)—A new and modern concept of a city—that {it is the sum of itself and all its sub-! ;urbs, commercially speaking — has of “Greater-Thus-and-so.” These letters may result in a separ- jer San Francisco, and others so that ‘FOLLOWING CLOSE OR | on two separate counts of accepting —_—_—_ Smoke Screen Helps Bandits to Escape SEE eed Chicago, June 3—(?)—Three men who robbed Lee Breadman, a broker, his wife and her cousin, late last night, used a smoke screen success- fully in escaping detectives who pur- sued them. In the robbery, cash and jewels valued at $2,000 were taken. When the chase had gone two blocks great clouds of smoke poured from the rear of the robbers’ car. The detectives, temporarily blinded, were obliged to slow down. When the cloud lifted the robbers had disappeared. THREE ARE INDICTED MARTIN STATE BANK Grand Jury Charges Officers Re-| ceived Deposits Knowing Bank Insolvent (Tribune Special Service) McClusky, N. D., June 3.—Three former officials of the closed Martin State bank, Martin, were indicted late Monday on criminal charges, growing out of their connection with the closed institution, by a Sheridan county grand jury here late yesterday afternoon. J. J. Breher, president, was indicted | deposits in an insolvent bank, and another count of embezzlement, re- sulting from his alleged illegal trans- fer of $750 from the bank to the Martin Cooperative Creamery and O1l company, Martin. W. E. Daly, vice president, and R. B. Daly, cashier, were indicted on one count each of accepting deposits in| an insolvent bank. | Directing the grand jury work were | George Thom, Jr., and Harry Dick- inson, both of McClusky, who were | appointed special attorneys general. | The grand jury was called by Judge \R. G. McFarland, Jamestown, to | whom the indictments were returned. |The jury had been at work on the bank cases since May 25. | _ The Martin State bank was closed | Jan, 4, 1930. | Arraigned before Judge McFarland | shortly after the indictments were re- |turned Monday afternoon, Breher | chose to make his plea this morning. | | He was released after he had fur- nished $2,000 bonds for each of the three counts. ~ The two Dalys are in Minnesota at | present but are expected to return to face the charges immediately, ac- cording to Hugh F. McCulloch, Wash- burn, and John F. Sullivan, Mandan, | who have been retained to act as counsel for the three defendants. ‘PERSECUTION, SAYS BISHOP 70 PROBERS Cannon Refuses to Answer Sen- “ate Committee's Questions | About 1928 Campaign Washington, June 3.—()—Bishop James Cannon Jr. today flatly de- clined before the senate lobby com- mittee to answer a question about his Political activities in the 1928 presi- dential campaign. Senator Walsh, Democrat, Montana, in adjourning the committee inform- ed the bishop that “of course you will have to take responsibility” for declining to answer. Cannon replied the committee's in- vestigation of him was “persecution.” ‘This stirred the crowded committee room into laughter, applause, and hisses. “I cannot help but get the implica- tion in that statement,” said Walsh. Cannon hastily replied: “I do not charge you, senator, with persecu- tion.” Just previously the bishop had charged that wet and Roman Catholic interests had tried to discredit him. Walsh is a Catholic, and a dry. In refusing to answer questions about his activities as head of the Virginia Anti-Smith campaign in 1928, Bishop Cannon protested that he had acted “as a private citizen.” Noonan Youth Wins Scholastic Honors Watonna, Minn. June 3.—(P)— Twenty-two students received diplo- mas Monday at the 53rd annual com- mencement exercises at Pillsbury academy. Prizes awarded for competitions in- cluded: Highest junior standing, Larry A. Smith, Noonan, N. D. the city of today may be considered from its “trade territory” aspect as well as according to its geographical boundary lines and political er:tity. Census Director William M. Stew- art today said he intended to give NORTHERN FORESTS RAVAGED BY FLAMES: MANY ARE HOMELES: Port Arthur, Ont., Threatened; Valuable Timber Lands Are Destroyed VILLAGES ARE EVACUATED Women and Children Sent Out of Area; Men Remain to Protect Homes Four persons are believed to be dead, the town of Port Arthur, Ont., and other Canadian towns are threat- ened by flames, and numerous homes have been destroyed and thousands of acres of timber lands burned in for- est fires raging in Canada and North- ern Minnesota, according to Associ- ated Press dispatches. In addition, reports from Port Ar- thur and Dryden, Ont., indicate that the death toll may mount since many Persons are unaccounted for. Women and children have been sent from the flame-stricken districts on special trains while the men re- mained behind to defend their homes from the red ravager. Three farm homes have been de- stroyed north of Duluth, Minn., and others are threatened. At Port Arthur rangers and volun- teers were battling a fire which threatened the town of 3,500 on the northwest shore of Lake Superior. Welcome rain beat down on Port Arthur and the Thunder Bay district at midday, however, dampening, the heat-scorched areas and aiding the fire-fighters. Port Arthur's fire hazard was be- lieved to be averted. Fires near Hur- kett, Flint, McKenzie, Beck Siding and Onion Lake were said to be fair- ly well under control. Fire rangers started an aerial sur- vey of the burning district to the north and east today. Dozens of t!m- ber fires destroyed large areas at Hurkett. Eight persons, three of (Continued on page Eleven) SOUTH CONTINUES 70 BATTLE WITH FLOODS Red River Near Crest at Alexan- dria, La.; Suffering of the Homeless Alleviated Alexandria, La., June 3.—()—The expanse of overflowed area in the Red River valley was greater than ever today and the number of homeless refugees had increased, but levee workers labored with undaunted cour- age to hold to a minimum any fur- ther flood damage. The Red river is near a crest here. The peak was anticipated within a few days. The Red Cross and other agencies continued their efforts to alleviate the hardships of the flood refugees. Their exdeavors thus far have been successful and neither hunger nor disease have been able to gain any extensive foothold among the home- tess 4{ ARE GRADUATED BY HETTINGER HIGH Governor George F. Shafer Warns Students They Are Starting Hard Work Hettinger, N. D., June 3.—Forty-one were graduated from Hettinger high school with the class of 1930. Graduation day exercises were held in the Hettinger auditorium. George F. Shafer, governor of North Dakota, delivered the address of the evening, and congratulated the graduates on having attained their present scholas- tic status and admonished them that such an attainment did not mean mental or physical ease but prepared them that they might work harder and more efficiently and obtain more from life. Members of the class include: Tres- sie Banick, Lawrence Barry, Wilma Bartling, Raymond Brabazon, Fern Behl, Milroy Bergland, Alberta Davis, Eva Elliot, Thelma , Edna Puher, Ethel Geise, Agnes Hanson Nellie Hanson, Clara Hedstrom. Llewellyn Hokenson, Norman Jesfjeld, Marguerite Johnson, Hannah Kilness, Stella Lokken, Elma Mahar, Sylvia McCoy, Susie Miller, Velma Moeller, Anna Norby, Emma Ode, Howard Parker, Edith Patterson, Ethel Peter- son, Helen Ramstead, Harold Reyer- son, Louise Rutledge, William Rut- ledge, Paul Sack, Eleanor Seamands, Muriel Surrell, Vera Stevens, Clinton | Swanson, Margaret Swenson, Corinne Thompson, Dale Ward, Ada Wigen. | PUT ST TEC} | Read the ‘Tinymites’ | > _—_—_—_—(q Beginning Thursday, June 5, The Tribune introduces a new feature of special interest to its juvenile read ers. It is the “Tinymites,” whose ad- ventures cannot fail to delight the the cities the advantage of atmounce- ments of the “larger communit: which indicates the “buying power,” insofar as if 1s possible for him to take such action. i: little folks in The Tribune family. The grown-ups, too, will be inter< ested in their doings. Watch for it. in The Tribune of Thursday, June 5, ~