The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, June 30, 1930, Page 1

North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper ESTABLISHED 1873 50,000 Acres Leveled by Hail Storm Satur OSTER MURDER CASE | CROPS IN CENTRAL AND WESTERN PART OF STATE DAMAGED Foster, McLean and Mountrail Counties Hard Hit; Icy Pel- lets Cover Ground AVERAGE LOSS 60 PERCENT Strip 130 Miles Long and From Three to Seyen Miles Wide Affected A terrific Saturday hailstorm that Jaid waste 25,000 acres of crops in the section from Parshall to Garrison and then swept onward as far as Carring- ton, reducing fully as large an acre- age there also, was being reported in detail to the Soo Line offices here by agents along the line in the storm- ridden area, today: Losses in wheat, rye and flax acre- age were reported from 10 per cent to complete ruin in the stretch from Parshall to Garrison and from 75 to 90 per cent on the eastern end of the area, Some of the farmers will lose their entire crops, having withdrawn from hail insurance. Other will be recom- pensed out of the state hail insurance fund. The storm nevertheless brought much distress to the area covered, as it ruined feed for.the farm livestock, as well as grains and flax. Reports said the hail damage was spoted throughout the area, the storm having lifted in places to spare one field only to swoop down on others nearby. ‘The storm broke about 3 o'clock and ended about 5 p.m. It covered a path about 130 miles long and from three to five miles wide, at some points broadening out to seven miles. Some of the hailstones are said to have been two inches in diameter: ‘They beat the grain into the ground and left a temporary coating of icy inches deep. for hail damage ceived in today’s mail by the state hail insurance department. This brings the total for the year to 2,454, against a total at this time in 1929 of 1,473. In today's mail, 142 of the claims were from Williams county. FARM BUILDINGS NEAR ROLLA ARE DAMAGED Grand Forks, N. D., June 30.—(?)— Resumption of wire service, damaged by storms, revealed that approximate- ly 10 farm buildings near Rolla and 18 near Cando were destroyed by a storm Saturday. Most of the build- were small structures. Seven were reported killed south of lette. Hail was reported to have caused from 10 per cent to a total loss in affected areas. VETERAN GRAIN MAN GIVEN APPOINTMENT Northwest Grain Association to Open Office at Duluth to Handle 1930 Crop Minneapolis, June 30.—(7)—W. J. Kuhrt, general manager of the North- west Grain association, today an- nounced establishment of a Duluth, Minn., office of the association and appointment of Frank W. Falk, Duluth, as manager. The Duluth office-will be function- ing in time to handle the new crop as it comes to the head of the lakes. ‘The office will provide a complete service of sales, hedging, sampling and accounting. . Falk is vice president of the it-Lockerby company of Duluth, a grain firm. of the Duluth board THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, MONDAY, JUNE 30, 1930 | Makes Recommendation —_—_—_—_—____—_——__—+ (C.) Bachrach GOV. GEORGE H. DERN Salt Lake City, Utah, June 30.—() —A permanent secretariat of the National Governors’ conference for exchange of information among executive departments of states was Governor George H. Dern of Utah in his report as chair- man of the executive committee, pre- pared for delivery at the opening ses- sion of the conference today. Other speakers on today’s program were Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt of over system to 9:30 p. m. during which the executives will greet the dore Christianson of Minnesota and Governor C. C. Young of California will speak at the banquet. —————— + ____—_—_9 California Hill Is Sinking and Slipping ee La Habra, Calif., June 30—()—A larao: hill’ which -geologists sy has slipped westward seven feet and sunk BEE IN CAR MAKE DREAM UPSET REAL. Woman Brought to Hospital Un- conscious From Overturn Near State Prison Mrs. Arthur Buettner, Milwaukee, is in a local hospital severely injured as the result of a car going into the ditch near the penitentiary about 7:30 this morni rought in injuries had not been definitely de- termined at 3 o'clock, at which hour she still was unconscious. The accident was the sequel to a disturbing dream Mrs. Buettner had while stopping over in the city, in which she had the impression of be- ing injured in an accident, and to the presence of a bee in the car. In dodging the bee and trying to get rid of it, Mr. Buettner got too far off the paving and the car went into the ditch and was overturned. He jumped and Mrs. Buettner was thrown out. John Armen of the Bismarck Gro- cery company was close by and saw the accident. He went to the aid of the Buettners and brought them in- to town, taking Mrs. Buettner to the hospital. ‘The surgical staff worked over Mrs. Buettner all morning. Whether there are internal injuries they could not determine. The noon. The Buettners were returning home from a trip through the West. ‘Attic Lover’s’ Trial Enters Final Stages Los Angeles, June 30.—()—The trial of Otto Sanhuber, 36-year-old retired Milwaukee, of Fred Oesterreich, Wis., manufacturer, in 1922, today en- ‘ Valley City Veteran Takes His Own Life Valley City, N. D., June 30.—(P)— Fred Authorities know of no mottve for the act. Hemmeth, who had been employed as @ cook here for the past 10 years, was a-member of the Ameri- ean Legion post here. » tered its final stages. The timid little attic man, who con- fessed he lived for more than a de- cade in Oesterreich’s garrets to be state is expected to complete its re- buttal before adjournment tonight, and the case probably will be in the hands of the jury by Wednesday. Alaska Missionary To Travel by Plane ype N. ¥., June pri —A scar! Passenger plane, dedi- cated to the saving of life and the administering of spiritual comfort, is to start to Alaska shortly. It has been Presented by the Merquette League bs gag G. &. Feltes, missionary ENDURANCE FLIGHT MARK IS SHATTERED BY CHICAGO PLANE Hunter Brothers Had Been in Air 451 Hours at 10:40 o’Clock This Morning STILL PILING UP HOURS No Immediate Sign of Descent as Plane Soars Above Sky Harbor Airport The “City of Chicago” was still aloft at three o'clock this after- noon, Chicago, June 30.—(AP)—The Hunter boys—two farmers who turned from the plow to the plane— roared onward today in triumph through the skies, piling more hours on the new world’s endurance rec- ord they established early Sunday. The old mark of “the St. Louis Robin,” 420 hours, 21 minutes and 30 seconds, was passed at 5:01:30 a. m., yesterday. At 10:40 today, the Hunter brothers John and Kenneth—had kept their plane, “City of Chicago,” continu- ously in the air for 451 hours with no signs of immediate descent. Bucking time and tiredness, the brothers hope to remain aloft at least until July fourth. Although the record set by Dale Jackson and Forest O’Brine last July 30 in St. Louis was equalled at a minute and a half after 4 a. m. yes- terday, it was necessary to ‘remain aloft an hour longer to be clocked officially by W. P. McFarland and Major Luke Christopher, of the Na- tional Aeronautical Association’s contest committee. The cheers of thousands burst the suburban Sunday stillness at Sky Harbor airport when the plane came through the dawn witha new record on its wings. Half of this crowd had come early and the other half stayed late. “ ~ Army, Flyers Salute Two score army planes—pursuits and bombers here for the army show —went up in the afternoon in salute formation. More than 4,000 automo- biles honked through the heat of the day on the field and nearby roads. ere are four of these Hunter boys all from “Egypt”—that part of southern Illinois named for the land of the Nile. John is 27 and Kenneth 21; then Albert 33, and Walter, 24, ¢ up the ground crew that had tacted 167 times with the plane up to the last refueling last night. Their sister, Irene, also a pilot, cooks the meals. From Sparta, Ill, where the Hunter boys were born to the farm, hundreds of congratulatory mes- Sages poured into the Hunter camp at Sky Harbor—and more hundreds of people chartered busses, rode trains and drove automobiles to kee Sparta represented at the record- breaking. Most of the messages were opened «Continued on-page nine) Asks Police Help | In Rescuing Trunk | \ From ‘Heavy’ Wife | Nia lc ail late Evanston, Il., June 30.—(7)—Wal- up his mind yester- prefer to live here- Honored in Rome Rome, June 30—()}—Churches of Rome today celebrated the first day by Canadian college, in the Church of Jesu, mother church of the Jesuit or- der. Prepare to Catch New Moth Species sciences an expedition to study curious forms of life where jungles are drenched with heavy moisture in summer. MINNESOTA LEAGUE ELECTS Fergus Falls, Minn., June 30.—(7)— Rev. A. E. Hanson, Bemidji, was elected president of the Northerr. distritt, Young People's Luther league. “The happiest girl in all Austral She’s Flyer’s Bride-to-Be ” was Mary Powell, above, pretty fiancee of Maj. Charles Kingsford-Smith, when news of his successful transatlantic flight reached her home in Melbourne. . But he “mustn’t consider” any more air adventures, she says, after their marriage in September. She has won the daring birdman’s promise that his Ireland-to-America flight will be his last transoceanic air voyage. DR. HARVEY W. WILEY, FAMED FOOD EXPERT, IS DEAD AT 85 Transocean Flyer Swims Like a Fish New York,. June:0- jes Kingsford-Smith, transoceanic flyer, ig at home in the water as well as above it. He said all Australians were fine swimmers and he was asked to prove it by riding an aquaplane. He got some terrible thumpings and had ‘a lot of fun and showed he was a fish with Anthony Fokker, towing him in @ yacht, caused him by a sudden twist to be dumped into the Hudson. COLUMBIA FLIES 70 BERMUDA AND BACK Aviators Pilot Plane to Tiny Spot in Ocean, Drop Mail and Return Valley Stream, N. Y., June 30—(>)}— ‘The monoplane Columbia, veteran of a transatlantic flight and once holder of # world’s endurance record, had another exploit to her credit today, a nonstop flight to Bermuda and back. Roger Q. Williams, a transatlantic pilot. and Errol Boyd, steering the Columbia by the navigation of Harry E. Connor, hopped off from Roosevelt Field at 4:01 a. m. (E. 8. T.) yester- day, found the speck of an island 800 miles away, circled above it in & tropical downpour, then headed back, landing at Curtiss Field at 9:03 p. m. At Hamilton, Bermuda, the flyers dropped a sack of mail. In it was a cabl addressed to Dr. James H. Kimball, New York meteorologist, | | ? plied with a request to send the cable- am. The flight to the island required 9 hours and 19 minutes. The return flight was made in seven hours, 43 Senator Smoot to Wed Mormon Widow Salt Lake City, Utah, June 30.—(7) —Senator Reed Smoot of Utah an- nounced at his office here today that he.and Mrs. Alice Taylor Sheets of Saturday from Washington. Mrs. Sheets, prominent in activities of the Latter Day Saints church, of which Mr. Smoot is an apostle, has been a widow since 1918. Her first husband, Edwin 8. Sheets, a bishop in the Lat- ter Day Saints church, died during the in: lemic Senator | more than a year ago in Washington. ~~ . |Dr. Rusby was to receive a salary Quit Federal Chemist’s Post Successful After Thirty Years of ‘Warfare’ Washington, June 30.—(#)— Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, noted pure food ad- vocate, died today. He had been suffering critically from heart trouble for the last two esi at his home. He was 85 years ‘When Dr. Wiley became chief chemist of the department of agri- culture in 1883 and took charge of the | little cubby-hole laboratory in the jbasement from which the present | far-reaching federal agency was de- veloped, probably he did not know that he was embarking on a 30-years- war of his own. But 30 years brim full of battle and controversy under the “pure food” slogan began for him that day; conflicts that were to de- mand repeatedly action by the presi- dent himself, and to end only when, vindicated and upheld by President Taft in his last clash, the scientist re- signed after stubbornly refusing to be kicked out of the federal service. There are # score of bloodless but bitter battles, history of which might be written on Dr. Wiley’s honorable discharge from the official pure food army. There was the “what is whis- key”, campaign in 1907 which re- volved around him as the storm cen- ter; the “battle of Benzoate of Soda,” which still was rumbling in 1909, and finally the “Board of Personnel Of- fensive” in 1911. The board, in what was known as the Dr. Rusby case, recommended that Dr. Wiley “be per- mitted to resign.” Secretary Wilson, of the agriculture department and Attorney General Wickersham ap- proved the board’s report, but Presi- dent Taft sustained Dr. Wiley and praised his work. Resigned Victorious ‘Then only did the scientist tender his resignation because of “izrecon- jellable” differences with his super- fors and the consciousness of an “essentially inhospitable” official en- vironment. That was in 1912 and President Taft having expressed re- gret at his retirement, Dr. Wiley turned to the more peaceful pursuits of contributing editor of a national monthly magazine that deale with food problems for the home. Dr. Wiley was born in Kent. Ind., October 18, 1844, and Hanover Col- lege of that state was his alma mater, although Indiana Medical College, Harvard and Vermont later awarded him degrees. His active career be- gan as professor of Latin and Greek at Butler College, Indianapolis, but turned soon to teaching scientific subjects in various colleges which led him to his federal post. The controversy that preceded his resignation grew out of the charge that Dr. Wiley, Dr. L. F. Kebler, chief of the bureau's drug laboratory, and Dr. W. D. Bigelow, assistant chief of the bureau, permitted an arrange- ment to be made with Dr. H. H. Rus- by, of Columbia university, bdpadaed $1,600 a year, with the tacit ynder- standing that he was to do only enough work to secure this amount at the rate of $20 a day. This was declared to have been in violation of the act which held that no class- ifled sctontific investigator should re- ceive more than $9 a day. President Taft, after lengthy cor- respondence, instead of carrying out he recommendations of Attorney General Wickersham asking “condign ment” for the chemist, vin- acinar ths food expert and his as- «Continued on page nine) The Weather Generally fair tonight and Tuesday. Slightly warmer Tuesday. PRICE FIVE CENTS day ystery Man Slays Fargoan SALESMAN KILLED WHILE SITTING IN WILL BE GIVEN 10 EMMONS JURY TODAY’ Testimony in Trial Completed Saturday and Attorneys Begin Summations COURTROOM AGAIN PACKED Defendant Claims Peterson Kill- ing Justifiable Because He Stole Wife’s Love (Tribune Special Service) Linton, N. D., June 30.—The case in which Jacob Oster is charged with the first degree murder of John Pe- tersen probably will be placed in the hands of an Emmons country district court jury here late this afternoon. With testimony in the case com- pleted Saturday, George W. Lynn, state’s attorney, gave a 45-minute argument before the jury beginning at 10 a. m. today. William Langer, defense counsel, followed with his argument and court was adjourned until this afternoon. A. B. Atkins, Logan county state's attorney who has been retained by Petersen's relatives to assist in the Prosecution, was to give a rebuttal argument when court reopened this afternoon and Langer said he expect- ed to say a few more words to the jurors before they are charged by Judge Thomas H. Pugh, Dickinson. The court room was packed again today as it has been sinceNthe trial opened last Tuesday. Many were turned away from the trial after the court room.was filled. Oster, who has admitted shooting Petersen at the latter's farm near Hazelton the morning of March 24, is pleading that the killing was “justifi- able.” He charges that Petersen alienated the affections of Mrs. Oster, who was living with Petersen as his housekeeper at the time of the shaot- Mrs. Oster, who was remarried to Mr. Oster five days before the trial, did not testify but Oster took the stand Saturday in his own defense. Late News Bulletins TARIFF PROBE ORDERED Washington, June 30.—(7)—The Senate today ordered the tariff commission to investigate the du- ties on sugar and pig iron. MURDER TRIAL OPENS Grand Forks, N. D., June 30.— (®—The retrial of Timothy Sha- hane, favalier, charged with stabbing his father to death No- vember 19, 1924, opened in dis- trict court here today. WILL RETAIN VOLSTEAD St. Paul, June 30.—@)—M. L. Harney, prohibition administrator of the new eighth district official- ly announced today that Andrew J. Volstead will remain tempor- arily as legal adviser for the dis- trict. BARRETT IN FINALS Minot, N. D., June 30.—()— James Barrett, Minot, won his way to the finals in the cham- pionship flight of the northwest North Dakota golf tournament here today by defeating Earl Jud- kins, playing under the colors of the Mohall golf club, 3 up and 2 to play in the semifinals. Jud- kins had defeated W. K. Nimmo of Devils Lake, 1 up, in the sec- ond round. WOUNDS DAUGHTER; KILLS SELF Bertha, Minn., June 30.—(#)— Her head crushed by a blow from a double-bitted ax, Ruth McCon- nell, 14 years old, is near death in @ local hospital while the body of her father, Howard R. McCon- nell, is at a morgue today. Be- Meved to have been brooding over the death of his wife fourteen months ago, McConnell struck his daughter with the ax while she lay on a bed and then committed suicide by hanging. Wheat Price Sinks Under Market Flood Chicago, June 30.—(AP)—Grain prices settled back toward the sea- son’s bottom today as the movement market centers gained momentum. of new winter wheat to southwestern Corn and oats reached new low ground, and wheat, losing 1. to 1* cents a bushel, was within a cent of the records set last Tuesday. Steele Woman Is Injured in Home Mrs. George Christian, of Steele, is at a local hospital receiving treatment for injuries reccived five days ago at her home. Sie was not seriously hurt, however, but is doing well and 1s expected to leave for home soon. s | Famous Chemist Dies -— Associated Preee P* oto DR. HARVEY W. WILEY Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, famous chem- ist and pure-food crusader, died today in Washington. 0 ARE KILLED IN. duras to Prevent Commu- nist Demonstrations Coahuila, near here. of Mexico. march anyway. strators opened fire on the officers. ‘Troo] HONDURAS GOVERNMENT ORDERS MARTIAL LAW departments along the Atlantic coast. tions. fective. tody and held. BLEWETT IS NAMED Hellstrom for Gubernatorial Nomination at Primary Pierce Blewett, date for governor over F. O. Hell- strom, Bismarck, by less than 200 votes, count of the Associated Press. 2228 precincts was Blewett 4633, Hell- strom 4454, a margin of 179 votes. with 3319 votes. expected to affect the result. From the beginning of the tabula- tion, Blewett, held a slight advantage over Hellstrom, the trend of the vot- ing in most counties being in the Jamestown man’s favor. Blewett was the choice of the state Democratic party’s convention at Jamestown. Returns from 2166 precincts gave 81,014 votes against the four-cent gasoline tax, and 79,345 for it. Five New Cardinals Created by Pontiff Vatican City, June 30.—“Protes- tant proselying” in Rome must be combated by an increased number of parish priests to serve the outly- ing quarters of the city, Pope Pius XI declared today in an allocution opening a secret consistory at which five cardinals were created. The public consistory, in which the new cardinals will publicly receive their red hats from the pope, will take place Thursday. New Outside-Loop_. Marks Established F. Mounce, 32-year-old Glendale aviator, today laid claim to the world record for successive outside loops. Observed by officials of the national aeronautical association, Mounce went aloft in a small biplane yesterday and made 22 successful outside loops, sur- passing the record of 18 set by Tex Rankin at Portland, Ore., last year. PORTLAND WOMAN ALSO SUCCESSFUL Portland, Ore., June 30.—(4)—Doro- thy Hester, 19-year-old Portland aviation student of a year, yesterday completed three out of five attempts at outside loops, a feat aviation ex- perts here said no other woman has attempted. ~} MEXICAN ‘RED’ RIOT Martial Law Ordered in Hon- Tarreon, Mexico, June 30.—/?)—The correspondent of LaPrensa reports 20 communists and police were killed and eight wounded in a severe en- counter in the streets of Matamoras, The dispatch stated the communists had sought permission to parade in protest against the government’s ar- rests of communists in various parts Three times refused, they decided to The police blocked their path. Members of the demon- were hurried to the scene. ‘The dispatgh. said, they soonerestosed ‘Tegucigalpa, Honduras, June 30.—(UP) —Martial law prevailed today in four It was imposed by the government to prevent and curb communist celebra- Forty foreigners, said to be agitators, were arrested and deported jwhen the military rule was made ef- Others were taken into cus- DEMOCRATIC CHOICE Jamestown Man Defeats F. 0.) Jamestown, was nominated as the Democratic candi- according to the unofficial The vote from 2146 of the state’s Fred Anderson of Minot ran third The 82 missing precincts are not Los Angeles, June 30.—(#}—Gordon AUTO WITH WOMAN ‘Companion Says Killer Asked for ‘Roll,’ but Fired Before Friend Could Comply ‘AMATEUR,’ SAY POLICE ‘Maniac Seeking Notoriety,’ Says Cass County Sheriff, Who Fears More Tragedies Fargo, N. D., June 30.—()—Plung- ing into an investigation of two theor- jes, local police and Cass county of- ficials today sought an explanation of the slaying of Leif Erickson, 25-year- old traveling salesmar. Erickson, employed by the Fargo “| branch of the International Harvester company, was killed early Sunday as he sat in a parked car near the fair grounds here, in the company of Vera Helgerson, 20. Miss Helgerson’s story is that a man pushed a gun in the window of the small coupe, commanding “Stick ‘em up. Give me your roll.” AS Erickson passed his money to the masked robber, Miss Helgerson was shoved down into the seat and the bandit fired. The bullet entered Erickson’s right shoulder and passed out under his left arm. Oscar Peterson, acting captain of the Fargo police department, be- lieves the slayer was an “overanxious, amateur holdup man.” Fear Slayer Demented Sheriff Mark Andrews of Cass county is investigating on the theory the shooting is the work of a partial- ly demented person who has been fol- lowing the work of New York’s maniac killer, who took the lives of two per- sons and operated under the delu- sion he was a protector of woman- hood. Coroner J. Hanson has called an inquest for this afternoon. He said Erickson died from loss of blood. Several hours after the killing, and when she had recovered from a state of hysteria, Miss Helgerson told po- lice that Erickson, after he had been shot, pushed his car in gear and started, but collapsed a moment,jater: Miss*Helgerson salttshe ‘them ran to a house, called W. T. Ovind, a friend of Erickson, and he called po- lice. When police arrived, Erickson’s body had tumbled into a ditch. Harry O'Neil of Moorhead, parked with a companion near the Erickson .{machine, said he saw a man fleeing down the road after the shooting. He chased the man several blocks but lost jtrace of him in an alley. Had Big ‘Roll Saturday evening Erickson and Miss Helgerson attended a theater, ate a lunch, took a short ride and then parked the machine. During the evening, she said, Erickson had ex- hibited a large roll of bills and she warned him not to show his money in public. Erickson’s mother, Mrs. Fred Erick- son, and a brother. O. S, Erickson, reside at Wheaton, Minn. “It seems to me,” Sheriff ‘ews said, “some demented person. fenton reading about those New York kill- ings. The killer took no money and did not seem to be out primarily to commit robbery. He may have had a double purpose—probably to rob if he could, but first to kill, so he could obtain notoriety. “There seems to be a touch of sug- gestion of the New York killings run- ning all through the affair. It will recurrence of such a tragedy, if there is a person in the locality of this nature.” Reconstruct Shooting Sunday afternoon, the murder of Erickosn was reconstructed. Sheriff Mark Andrews and Acting Chief of Police Charles Albright took Miss Helgerson over the route the couple had taken Sunday morning. Following the shooting of Erickson, the man, according to the girl, threat- ened her with assault. Twice he threatened her life while she screamed in terror. Only the lights of an ap- proaching car saved her. The killer became frightened and ran. Erickson was 26 years old. He was born in Wheaton, Minn., the son of Mrs. Frederick Erickson, who still re- sides there. In 1928 he came to Fargo to enter the employ of the Interna- tional Harvester company. Erickson’s father is dead, but he leaves four brothers and two sisters besides his mother. His brothers are Folke, Leonard and Hilding, all of Wheaton; and Dr. Eskie Erickson of Garrison, N. D. The sis- ters are Elsa of St. Paul and Thelma of Wheaton. Talking Books for Hospitals Forecast New York, June 20.—(?)—Talking books in hospitals, libraries and in- stitutions for the blind are foreseen by Dr. Willis R. Whitney, director of the General Electric laboratory. Ona hears instead of reading such books, which are sound films without pic- tures. Bear Tears Arm from Four-Year-Old Child Chicago, June 30.—(?)—A bear she was petting tore the right hand and forearm from three year old Barbara Cross as she stood at the bear cage of the miniature zoo at the Medinah Country club yesterday. The upper arm also was severely lacerated be- fore older persons who came running at her screams, could pull her away. Her condition today was serious but doctors said the injuries probably would not prove fatal, mean a close observance to prevent a *