The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, June 25, 1930, Page 7

STATE LECIONNARE > WINSSTORY AWARD seurexs T HE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25, 1930 Harold R. Winters, Ambrose, Writes of His ‘Big Moments’ During the War A short story of his “big moment” while in the service has brought Har- old R. Winters, Ambrose, N. D., Amer- ican Legionnaire, a $10 prize from the American Legion Monthly, Legion Publication. Each month the magazine pays $500 in prizes, $100 being the largest, for stories of the most interesting exper- jences in the World war days. The stories are not to exceed 250 words. Mr. Winters’ story, which is en- titled “Fate Intervened” and will be Published in the July issue, follow: “My big moment occurred at Ellis Island where 'I was stationed in the spring of 1918. “One evening I was in the main of- fice at Ellis Island and happened to be watching the ticker whjch was connected with headquarters across the bay, and imagine my surprise when my name came slowly out on the tape. “Winters, Harold Raymond, draft- ed to U. 8. 8. Cyclops. Although I had seen the collier Cyclops anchored out in the harbor taking on a cargo of locomotives, she wasn’t exactly my idea of anything to get excited over. Nevertheless, it was a ship and any ship was better than being forced to help win the war on an island located only a short way from New York. “My greatest disappointment came @ short while later when I was noti- fied that I could not go, as my rec- ords and pay accounts could not be found. “It undoubtedly was a stroke of luck for me as the Cyclops disappear- ed at sea with all hands and nothing has been heard of the btave men who manned her.” Sheridan Court Will Come to Order July 7 McClusky, N. June 25.—District court for Sheridan county will con- vene in McClusky at 10 a.m. Monday, July 7, according to C. A. Schwartz, clerk of court. There will be about 20 cases for trial, he said. Jurymen will be chosen from a group of 40. Judge McFarland will be here June 28 to hear any motions that may be put before the court at that time. Former Bismarcker Wins Grape Essay $25 Peter Sheptenko, 19, a former Bis- marck boy now living in Lodi, Calif., recently won a $25 prize for the best paper submitted in a contest spon- sored by business men there, on the topic, “Why every grower should get behind the federal farm board’s grape industry _ plan. Sheptenko is a brother of Mrs. F. M. Roberts, Jr. Soo Line Passenger Train Is Derailed St. Paul, June 25.—()—Four cars of “The Mountaineer,” Soo Line pas- senger train running from Chicago to St. Paul, were derailed four miles west of here. None of the 150 pas- sengers was injured. Pulling of switch bolts by some unknown persons caused the derail- ment, officials said. Three Boys Drowned As Motorboat Sinks Menomonie, Wis., June 25.—(P)— ‘Three boys drowned in the Eau Galle river, 13 miles southwest of here, when a@ small motor boat, carrying seven lads, sank under its heavy bur- den. Those drowned were Leslie Larson, 14, his brother, Conrad Lar- son, 12, and Clarence Harmon, 19. The remaining four saved them- selves by swimming to shore. They are all betwen the ages of 14 and 19. Famous Art Treasure Found in Bank Vault Toronto, Ont., June 25.—(P)—An international search of more than a year for reproduction of the famous painting Madonna de Cologne, stolen from an art gallery at Hamburg, Ger- many, was ended today with its dis- covery in a Toronto bank vault. Discovery of the painting resulted from the -arrest of Will’ Brunk, 31 years old, a German, on a charge of vagrancy. Police said Brunk admitted bring- ing the picture here from Germany, ‘but declined to say how it came into his possession. ‘Aged Nurse’s Body Is Taken from Lake Chicago, June 25.—(#)—The body of Mrs. Ida May Galbraith, her mouth sealed with adhesive tape and her hhead.wrapped with cheesecloth, was taken from Lake Michigan at the ‘oot of Hollywood avenue, early today. Mrs. Galbraith, a nurse, was 63 years old. The body was fully clothed, including topcoat and hat. About her waist, beneath the coat, her purse ‘was bound with a heavy cord. Police believe the elderly nurse took her own life, but their first in- vestigation failed to account for a ‘bruise above one eye, nor did it ex- plain the purpose of the cheesecloth head-covering. CONVERTS BANDIT Newark, N. J.—Edward Cohen, delicatessen dealer, can qualify as a , having converted. bold, bad bandit into a repentant custom- er. The bandit recently walked into Cohen's store and demanded $10 at the point of @ gun. After much lec- buying @ quarter's worth of limburg- er cheese. behind and her brother Herbert by a Czesarian operation. First Annual County | Report Is Submitted | To W. F. King, Billings county au- ditor, goes the distinction of submit- ting the first annual county report in the state this year. The report has | been filed with Joseph A. Kitchen, commissioner of agriculture and labor, | and state statistician. When all reports | are submitted, the state statistician | compiles a state report which com- | prisesthe official ‘records of crops, yields, plantings, livestock, vital st tistics and other dat: Nanking Government Evacuates Tsinanfu Peiping, June 25—(#)—The forces ‘of the Nanking government began the evacuation. of Tsinanfu yesterday | morning and troops of the northern | coalition are expected to enter the city today. - MOTHER 48 POUNDS; BABY 7 ? BOY SOLDIERS HEAR ~ BURKE AND HANLEY Bismarck Juvenile Band Will Play This Evening at Fort Lincoln C. M. T. C. Citizens Military Training camp youth at Fort Lincoln tonight will hear another concert by the Bis- marck Juvenile band at 7:30 o'clock. Special solos by Tom Boutrous, cornet, and Neil: York, trombone, former members of the band, are on the program, Among lectures which have been given recently in the “citizenship” are “TheRe quisites of Ideal Citizen- ship,” by Thomas Burke, chief justice of the state. supreme court, and “In- terdependent Relationships,” by James M. Hanley, Mandan. Frank Sherer, the “Babe Ruth of the camp”, has enabled Company L to jump into the lead of the C. M. T. C. baseball race. Sherer clouted out a home run with the bases loaded | day. in, the fourth inning of an otherwise tight- game and his team defeated Company I 7 to 3. Company L had defeated Company M in a previous fracas. The camp was inspected yesterday by Lieut. Col. James A. Higgins, C. M. T. ©. officer of the Seventh Corps area. A baseball game between the Fort Lincoln regulars and Steele was on the entertainment program at 2:30 | position o'clock this afternoon for the citizen soldiers. A program of entertainment, in- cluding musical numbers, will be giv- en at 8 p. m. Thursday at the camp. This program is being arranged by Mrs. Fremont G. Leslie, 45 inches tall. and weighing 48 pounds, gave birth to a 7-pound baby at Minneapolis. Her husband is shown stand J Rice, also a midget. The birth was follows: Championship flight—John Kostelecky, Dickinson, consolation. First flight—Dr. Clarke, Dickinson, and C. E. Dorfler, Mandan, still to play off; consolation—Ralph East- gate, Dickinson. Second flight— George Steinbreck, Mandan, winner; T. B. Hurd, Sidney, consolation. Third flight—R. E. Smith, Dickinson, win- ner; Carl Inegard, Belfield, consola- tion. Fourth flight—C. L. Leisinger, Sidney, winner; M. J. Schantz, Man- dan, consolation. Fifth flight—L. G. toner, Glendive, winner; Bob Ridley, endive, consolation. Sixth flight— E. Tobin, Dickinson, winner; Earl Harris, Dickinson, consolation. Mellon Opposed to Bank Restriction Washington, June 25.—()—Secre- tary Mellon today told the house committee on banking and currency that he believed it against public Policy to adopt the house resolution A number of Japanese and other|designed to prohibit federal reserve, foreigners already have left and ar-; rangements are being made for as-| sembling the other foreign residents in places of safety in case of need, although it is generally felt serious disturbances during the transfer are unlikely. ' According to a dispatch from Muk-| den, the northern party has reached | an agreement with Chang Hsueh} Liang, the Manchurian war lord, re- garding Chantung. Tourney Dominated By Dickinson’s Men} Dickinson, N. D., June 25.—Sixty- four golfers of Mandan, New Eng-j land, Hebron, Belfield, N. D., Glen-| dive and Sidney, Mont.; Williston, Richarton, and Dickinson, N. D.,| played in the tournament on the| Dickinson Country club course. William Kostelecky, Dickinson mayor, was medalist and Louis Kos- telecky, also of Dickinson, runnerup. Other tournament winners*were as national and state banks from invest- ing in German reparation bonds or other certificates issued pursuant to the new plan to settle Germany's war debts. : The secretary said that under the present law federal reserve banks have no authority to purchase such securities and that the resolution, in so far as they are concerned, was meaningless, National banks, he said, are limited to purchasing securities tha are “marketable” under rules issued by the comptroler of the cur- rency. “There is, in my opinion,” the secretary said “no more reason for congress to say that a national bank should not purchase a reparation bond than to say it should not purchase a specific railroad or industrial bond. ‘To do so would place our government directly in the banks’ management. It is unsound and unnecessary.” RELICS TO BE STORED Washington, June 25.—(#)—Some antiques have been taken from the white house and put into storage. They are wineglasses, 1,800 of them. PLAN TRANS-PACIFIC HOv Somet tn Jtly. GENERAL ELECTRIC REFRIGERATORS erald Smith (in cockpit) and John R. Allen, Seattle, Wash., rs, working on the plane in which they ho ross the Pacific from Tokio, Japan, to Se: Associated Press Photo to be the first to » They wit! make the Lions club. Valley Telelag Is Meeting in Fargo Fargo, N. D., June 25.—(#)—With the presence of 1,000 members ex- pected during sessions which will be concluded Thursday night, the first annual meeting of the Red River Valley Telelag went into session here today. Officers will be elected and a Program drawn up later today. Minnesota Child Dies After Crash Fargo, N. D., June 25.—(#)—Mar- |jorie May Flaten, 4-year-old daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs, C. N. Flaten of Fergus Falls, Minn., died in a local hospital at 4:30 a. today from in- juries received in an automobile acci- dent west of Sabin, Minn., Tuesday night. The parents of the child were in an automobile which was struck by Mel- vin Burnett, Fargo. Burnett, also in- jured, is at a Moorhead hospital. En route to Fergus Falls after a jday’s shopping in Fargo and Moor- head, Mr.. Flaten said they were Watford City Man to Represent: Branch at Stavanger Lag Meet I. Sanford, Watford City, passed through Bismarck today on his way to Fargo, where he will attend the annual meeting of the national Lette Lag Friday, Saturday, and y. Mr. Sanford, recently elected presi- dent of the Northwest Stavanger Lag at a meeting in Glendive, Mont., is representing that branch of the na- tional organization at the Fargo con- vention. A ying’ Mr. Sanford on his trip was A. G. Sundfor, Fargo, form- er president of the Northwest branch. Banking Group Earns Full 1930 Dividend Minneapolis, June 25.— (#) — Earn- ings of the Northwest Bancorporation group for 1930 already have exceeded the full dividend requirement for the entire year, according to the financial report announced at the quarterly meeting of the board of directors to- Based upon earnings reports of the 120 individual units ofthe corporation, net operating earnings of the group since January 1, 1930, to date exceed $2 @ share on 1,657,107 shares of stock, the report shows. Payment of the usual quarterly divi- dent to stockholders of record June 20 was authorized. E. W. Decker, president, said the financial report discloses a strong cash with approximately $10,-| 000,000. Growth of the corporation was cited | in the report. Since the beginning of this year 21 banks have become affil ated in the group, and in addition the | i i | Bancorporation organized the Mon- tana Livestock Loan association to fa- cilitate livestock loans in Montana, A broader distribution of Northwest Bancorporation stock through territory served by its affiliated units ‘was reflected in the report of the in- | crease in number of stockholders. Since January 1, 1930, the number of shareholders in the Bancorporation has increased from 11,469 to 13,100. Fred Kallenberger Not Seriously Hurt Fred Kalenberger, 223 Fourteenth street, who was injured when his car day afternoon, is resting easily at the Bismarck hospital today. He suffered a fractured scapula and multiple bruises, but an X-ray exam- ination late yesterday showed no in- ternal injuries, hospital attendants said. Kalenberger is assistant engineer at the hospital. Jury Holds Unknown Hands Caused Death Stanley, N. D., June 25—(P)—James Livesay of Westhope came to his; death by gunshot wounds from un- known hands, a coroner's jury held in @ verdict yesterday. While it is likely the shooting was accidental, Sheri: S. Warren said, or that he shot him- | self, there also were indications of possible foul play, he pointed out. For Rent: Present location of Dick's Groc- ery. Available July 1. Reason- able rent. 4 traveling slowly homeward and that Burnett's machine was traveling swiftly, swerving from one side of the road to the other. An inquest will be conducted this afternoon. |Fargo Professor Resigns Position Fargo, N. D., June 25.—(#)—Pro- fessor Gustave Nordberg, for 15 years affiliated with the Oak Grove Semi- \nary here, has resigned. His resigna- tion will be effective at the close of the next school year, but in the meantime he will take a year’s Jeave of absence for study purposes. Professor J, E. Fossum will be tem- porary president. Trustees, whése terms expired this year, were reelected at a board meet- ing. They are Rev. E. L. Tungseth, Thief River Falls, Minn.; T. O. Lun- derby, Tolna, N. D.; and Rev. C. J. Carlson, Minot. Board officers for the next year, all were reelected. They are Rev. H. O. Helseth, Minneapolis, president; M. O. Hegg, Northwood, vice president; Rev. Tungseth, secretary, and Miss Jorgine Roen, treasurer. MacNider Is Loath To Leave His Farm Minneapolis, June 25.—(P)—A bit loath to give up the thrills of watch- ing corn grow tall on his 8,000 acre Towa farm, but nevertheless enthusi- astic at the prospects of being a diplo- mat, Hanford MacNider, America’s new minister to Canada, dropped in to Minneapolis today to bid his busi- ness associates goodbye. “For a time, at least,” he said, “I shall try to be a diplomat instead of a farmer and business man. You know, I’m an Iowa farmer and I raise some corn and hogs. I'll miss them.” The farming activities of Mr. Mac- Nider take place right outside his home city of Mason City, Ia. He di- vides his time -between the farm and the First National bank of Mason City, which 18 months ago was affil- iated with the Northwest Bancorpor- ation. It was in this connection he came here, He is a director of the Northwest corporation. City of Duluth Has 100,000: Population St. Paul; June 25.—(#)—Eighty-five of the 87 counties in Minnesota have @ population of 2,347,793 compared with 2,174,587 in 1920, census reports revealed today. This is a gain of 7.9 Per cent. St. Louis and Mahnomen counties, which 10 years ago accounted for 31: 588 of the state's 2,387,125 residents, are the only ones ip which the census has not been completed. Counting has beén finished in Du- luth, however, showing that the 8t. Louis county city has a population of 101,231, representing growth of 2,134 or 2.5 per cent since 1920, It is the third largest city in the state and enters the 100,000 class for the first Counties already completed include Clay with 23,130 in 1980 against 21,780 in 1920 against 21,760 in 1920, a gain in 1920, a gain of 1,350. Motori ng Sens lite — NEW Red Crown | AgedBismarck Woman, vest Beaten by Burglars, Reported Improving Improvement is being made by Mrs. Susanne Becknalle, 73, who was beaten with a club by burglars who {broke into her home at 417 South Tedth street last Thursday night, is {not yet out of danger. Physicians un- der whose care she is at a local hospi- tal said she was doing well for a wom- | an of her age who had barely escaped j@ fractured skull from the blows of the club used on her. | Joe Fettig and Frank Richter, ar-! turned over north of the city Tues- | rested in connection with the case, | {will be given examination July 8. 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