The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, July 14, 1930, Page 1

“North Dakote’s Oldest Newspaper ESTABLISHED 1878 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, MONDAY, JULY 14, 1930 The Weather Fair and warmer tonight and ‘Tuesday. PRICE FIVE CENTS Lehr Bank Robbed of $3,000 Boy Soldiers Sing ‘Swan Song’ at Ft. 400 ¢. MT. YOUTHS ENTERTAIN VISITORS WITH CAMP PROGRAM; Citizen Doughboys Have Been Training at Bismarck Post for Last Month GOVERNOR SHAFER SPEAKS Public Is Invited to Attend Pro- gram Arranged for After- noon and Evening Almost 400 boy soldiers from North- ‘west and Middlewest states, who have been “in the army” at the Citizens Military Training camp here for the last month, today were “singing their swan-song” at Fort Lincoln. ‘The C. M. T. camp was host and entertainer to visitors today, the last day before the camp's break-up, which will begin at 8 o’clock Tuesday More than 160 visitors were at the ‘The program will continue until 9 o'clock this evening, the last numbers musical enter- e [Girl Returns Home _GirlReturns Home | MARY McCLENNY After her parents had exhausted themselves hunting for her and had concluded that she had been kid- naped for Lg Mary Richmond, Va., society home Sunday. FINANGEER IS § TO DEATHIN HALL AT 10S ANGELES Motley H. Flint Killed in Court- room by Man Who Claims He Was Defrauded Calif, July 14.—()}— ini a proficiency in camp—Wayne F. Mil-/ mot ler, Co. L, Best Blue sudeni-Larence Ww. Linderer, Company I. Best White student--Ray M. Foster, Best Red student—Ward Swanson, Co. I. Best Basic students in each com- pany: , Jack Lane, Co. I; Ernest, W. LeBein, Co. K; Wayne oases a Co. pher, Co. L; Loren E. er, Co. K; and Konrad F. Stphens, Co. K, order. Flan Commencement | At Hoover School | Washington, July 14—()—Fitteen mountain children who have lsarned ——@ : : li z 5 i § 8g sit! oe | g Lund Says Burchard Placed No Check Marks on Books of State Mill and Elevator > being named first: PLANS MADE FOR | ENTERTAINMENT OF N.D. LEGIONNAIRES One of Biggest Convention Crowds Ever Seen in Bis- marck Is Expected STATE OFFICERS 0. K. PLANS Eleven Committees of Local Men Complete All but Last-Min- ute Details of Work Plans for the entertainment of one of the largest convention crowds ever seen in. Bismarck were made at a meeting Sunday of state officers of DR. C. S. PUTNAM mbes fhe! Arn Laos CHARGE IOWA MEN t. State Commander Harry Hart, Ray, and State Adjutant Jack Williams, gave approval to the plans outlined by local legionnaires and added some touches of their own. ‘The complete convention program ma expected to be announced Thurs- y- Eleven committees of local legion- naires have been working on the con- WITH OBSTRUCTING DRY AGENTS’ WORK vention plans and all but the last-| Village Officials Accused of Ar- minute details of their assignments will be completed at that time. In addition to the entertainment Prepared for them as part of the con- vention arrangements, visiting legion- naires will be accorded every courtesy by the city and state and numerous to the gaiety of the convention. Members of local committees in charge of the convention have been acting under the direction of Spencer Boise, general . The com- mittee members follow, the chairman Hotel Reservations—S, 8. Boise, B. E. Hitchcock, FP. F. Skinner, Kenneth Bel Ad | Smith Belvig, H. P. Goddard, A. A. Jones and | investigation by the federal prohibi- r _ tion enfc it . Band and Drum Corps—A. L. Fos~|"Sacaons described. the’ trial of his |iB8 pands for 83 years, He will be agents as @ “kangaroo court,” declared |Suest conductor with the band here up” and said and will lead it in several important ped ter was “playing up to the | numbers. teson, Curtis Dirlam and George Bird. GIRL RETURNS HOME Admits She Went Away With Garageman Despite Fact He Was Married Feta iu i i é aE Mystery Epidemic Kills. 45 Indians | ° Elsie Janis’ Mother Dies in California, shorty tel us how, when, nd .| germs, has been accepted to some ex- many tent.. The disease is similar ‘to|town of Columbus, Ohio, Mrs. Bier-| tween residents. of the [bower was her constant companion. ‘villages cholera. resting Prohibition Men to Halt Pool Hall Raid Dubuque, Iowa, July 14.—()—Paced | Impromptsunt re expecied toa | wi, Cue, aren, of becucing the Mayor. Wal wet sentiment” of the two towns, SIXDROWNAFTIR Death in Waters of Mas- sachusetts Bay e story of five youths and a girl who fought a desperate but losing fight for life in the squall-swept waters of Massa- the x | 9 z E i i a! 8 i Hy E i E ti pie 3 # il gay a? a ! i +f g 8 if 3g i 42 FES Se it BY link a i * & $. i ' : # fe E ' AUDREY HOUGLUM Here are three of the people. who |‘ will contribyte to the galety of the American mn eg carp | Lincoln To Entertain at State Veterans Meeting ALBERT ANDREWS NEW PROCESS OF REFINING OIL 10 INCREASE OUTPUT Patented System Held by N. J. Standard Oil Made Avail- able to Other Firms New York, July 14—()—The Standard Oil Company of New Jersey announced today organization of a company under which a new refining Process is made available to 17 oil companies. The announcement de- scribes the process as capable of doubling production. The new company, called the Hydro Patents company, controls use within the United States of the new process 28 end:aa._., whieh was developed by the Standard with the State American Legion \d. . She recently, completed a tour with the Publix-Paramount theatres Ww Jersey and the German I.-G. Farbenindustrie, All the stock of the Hydro Patents company will be held by companies using the process in the ratio of their crude oil running ca- Arid will appear soon in a moving pic- | Pacities. ture, going from here to Hollywood to attempt a movie career for which she has a contract. Dr. C. 8. Putnam is North Dakota’s oldest bandmaster, having been lead- Albert. Andrews, Fargo, is the band |director and will lead it in most of its Late News SIGNS FOR BOUT St. Paul, July 14—(7)—Spud bone Jong hours of immersion, during which he clung to the rigging of tthe cap- sized yawl in which all had left Scit- time before, SAYS BREAD TOO HIGH Washington, July 14—(P)— Samuel R. McKelvie, farm board member for wheat, said today he thought the retail price of bread was too high. WANTS DEFINITE STATE- MENT Topeka, July 14—(P)—Gov. Clyde M. Reed of Kansas today utged Chairman Alexan- der Legge of the federal farm boerd to make “a definite state- ment” of the-grain stabilization corporation's . The gov- ernor’s request was in answer to a telegram from Chairman Legge which the farm board chairman it OPPOSES ‘TAMPERING’ Cleveland, O., July 14—(P)— About 2,000 young members of the Walther League, Lutheran church society in convention, today heard E. J. Gall Meyer, Fort Wayne, Ind., their president, declare that “tampering with the United States constitution for the pur- pose of regulating personal con- places the constitution “in Jeopardy.” “If well-meaning and sincere people can tell-us what to eat and to drink, what assurance have we that they will not very where we shall’ worship?” the speaker said. TEN KILLED IN CLASH Ayutla, Guerrero, Mexico, July 14. —@)—La Prensa’s correspondent re- parted ten persons were -killed and wounded in a clash today be- of Cabwatachs nnd fovatian, In return for use of the process the new company will pay a fixed and running royalty to the Standard of New Jersey and the German I. G. Farbenindustrie. ‘The companies involved are: At- lantic Refining company, Corporation, Cities Service company, Continental Oil company, Mid-Con- tinent Petroleum corporation, Pure Oil company, Shell Union Oil com- pany, Sinclair Refining company, the Standard Companies of Calif Ny Indiana, New Jersey, New York and Ohio, the Texas company, Union Oil company of California and the Vacuum Oil company. Oil mtn expect the new process to —_——__—_* Tries to Stir Up Chicago, Is Jailed | | na 2 Chicago, July 14—()—When they asked Dave Hunter what all the shootin’ was about, he said as follows: “This is a dead town. I heard tell about there being a lot of shootin’ going on in these parts, but there hhasn’t been a gun fired since I hit town two weeks ago. Where do they get the idea this is a tough town? “Sure, I fired the bullets through the window of the place where this fellow, A. L. Watts lives, up on North Dearborn street. I can’t understand why you put me in jail. A fellow’s gotta have some amusement.” Mr. Watts, past whose head the bul- lets buzzed, made the complaint lead- ing to Hunter's arrest. He said he had lived in Chicago quite a while and had become accustomed to its peace and quiet. ‘BOBBY JONES GETS WARM RECEPTION ON RETURN HOME Atlanta Business Houses Close as Clerks Pay Homage to King of Golfers Atlanta, July 14.—()—Bobby Jones returned today from his triumphant golfing wars to find his home folks had prepared the greatest of all re- ceptions since he began winning na- tional golf titles eight years ago. A number of close friend met the train which brought Bobby from Min- neapolis, outside of Atlanta and took him to an undisclosed destination un- til the hour for the start of the for- mal reception set for 12 o'clock, c. 8. T. Mayor I. N. Ragsdale had declared a holiday and citizens of Atlanta, young and old, prepared to join in welcoming their hero. Business houses had announced the would close for two hours so their employes could {Participate in the exercises which ‘were to start- with a” parade down Peachtree street. SOUTH IS STILL IN GRIP OF HEAT WAVE Barnsdall| Thirteen Deaths Reported in Dixie; Storms Do Damage in Georgia and Alabama Atlanta, July 14—()—Thirteen deaths were traced today to exces- sive heat, which reached its peak in the south yesterday with a tempera- ture of 113 degrees at Columbus, become an important factor in the | Miss. control of crude oil production and price cutting. NORTH DAKOTA WILL SUPPORT MINNESOTA Railroad Baard Will Reinforce Sister State's Opposition to Railroad Merger Nine deaths were reported in the vicinity of Memphis, Tenn., where the mercury climbed to 103, three in Arkansas Ala. A rarified atmosphere coupled with a disregard of airport restric- tions by the manager of a Mempnis, Tenn., flying base for an airplane crash near Ripley, Miss., in which Robert M. Hines, 27, and Dr. Thomas Hayes, 31, were injured fatally. Lightning accompanying severe windstorms in Georgia killed two negroes in Macon. The gales broke a long hot spell and drought but dis- rupted communciations and damaged small dwellings in many sections of The North Dakota board of rail-| Georgia and Alabama. road commissioners will support Min- nesota in its opposition to the pro- Northern Pacific and Great Northern railroad merger, C. W. Mc- Donnell, president of the state board of railroed commissioners announced . Members of the North Dakota com- mission conferred over the week-end with D. F. Jurgenson, chief engineer of the Minnesota railroad and ware- house commission, who is enlisting the support of other states in oppos- ing the proposal. Youth, 22, Denies Murder of Woman Portland, Me., July 14—(®)—A 22- year-old youth, .alleged by police to have confessed the slaying of a 20- year-old girl when she repulsed his advances, today pleaded not guilty to @ charge of murder. James M. Mitchell was arrested yesterday a few hours after the charred body of Miss Lillian I. Mac- Donald was found in a furnace in the basement of a Congress street sta- tionery store, where both were em- Ployed. The young woman was last seen alive Saturday. ‘The court remanded him to jail without bail for the €=ptember term of Superior court. Clerk’s Estate Is | | Pride of Museum | ——— New York, July 14—(#)—The en- tire estate of an humble clerk is the proud possession of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. William Christian Paul left a collection of antique Chinese fabrics which museum offi- cials call unique and supreme exam- ples of the textile art. He worked for an insurance company and spent most of his income for love of beauty. ’ Plane Too Slow for Transpacific Jump Tacoma, Wash., July 14.—(7)—Il luck for the fourth time has thwarted Harold Bromley’s ambition to attempt @ nonstop Tocoma-Tokyo flight. Three of his planes destroyed by accidents, the fourth proved too slow for the 4,780 mile flight. After a test yesterday the aviator announced he would. be forced to stop in the Aleu- tian Islands for refueling. Meanwhile, Roberts Wark and Ed- die Brown, Seattle fliers, continued preparations for a similar flight be- ginning Thursday, the dey Bromley plans to take off. Four-Year-Term Plan To Go on State Ballot The measure to extend terms of county and state officials from two to four years will be placed on the November 4 ballot, Secretary of State Robert Byrne announced Saturday following the completion of a check of a petition to initiate the proposal. M. L. McBride of Dickinson, repre- sentative of the Committee of Peti- tioners who sponsored the legislation, was notified by Mr. Byrne today that the signatures on the petition were found to be sufficient and in compli- ance with the statutes. A total of 26,359 signatures were on the petition. A minimum of 20000 names is required to have a measure placed on the ballot. PRINCE DISAPPEARS Bucharest, Rumania, July 14.—(®)}— An automobile in which Prince Con- stantin Brancoceanu was riding fell into the river Olt while crossing a bridge today. The Prince disappeared. The current afterward tossed up the |body of his chauffeur. FOUR MEN ENTER INSTITUTION, ONE | REMAINS OUTSIDE Farmers and Merchants Bank of Mcintosh County Is Vic- tim of Bandit Raid MAKE ESCAPE IN MOTOR CAR Transient Beggar and Cashier Locked in Vault While Rob- bers Scoop Up Loot Lehr, N. D., July 14.—()—Five men robbed the Farmers and Merchants Bank of Lehr at 11:30 a. m. today and escaped with $3,000 in cash and $5,000 in travelers checks. One man was seated outside the bank in an auto- mobile, while four entered the place. The robbers forced W. J. Schell, 21, assistant cashier, who was alone in the bank, to the floor and locked him in the vault before they left. A transient entered the bank to beg for money for a meal just as the holdup men came in and he also was locked in the vault. Schell had only meagre discriptions of the men, two of whom went behind the counter, the other two remaining in the front portion of the room. The fifth man sat in the car, which bore @ 1929 license plate. The motor of the machine, a (Chevrolet) sedan was kept running while the men were in the bank, The four men in the bank brand- ished guns. They were unmasked and shabbily dressed. One was said by Schell to be about five feet 10 inches tall, and the other about five feet, four inches. The taller man had a short blond mustache. Schell caught merely a glimpse of the other two men who were in the front part of the bank. Dave Ziegenhagel of Lehr passed the bank as the men were driving away. He entered the building which he found deserted, and immediately gave the alarm. Schell was able to re- lease himself from the vault by a de- vice on the inside, and appeared Shortly after Ziegenhagel came in. “The men entered the bank and ordered me to ‘Stick ’em up,’” Schell said. “They then madé met get down on the floor. The entire robbery took « about five minutes, the robbers say- ing very little while they worked. After they took all the money and securitics they could find, they locked me and the other fellow in the vault.” The men hurried to their automo- bile after the robbery and drove off in the direction of Ashley, south of here, J. E. Giedt, cashier of the bank, was away at the time, arriving about 10 minutes after the holdup men de- parted. He notified radio station KFYR at Bismarck, and WNAX at Yankton to broadcast word of the robbery. Sheriff William J. Pudwill of McIntosh county and the North Dakota Bankers association also wefe notified. John Bischof of Zealand is presi- dent of the bank. Lehr is approxi- mately 80 miles southeast of Bis- and one in -Montgomery,] Marck. Its population is 462. Auto Driver Killed In Plane Collision Lewes, Del., July 14.—(#)—Stephen Adkin, 37, of Salisbury, Md., died in a hospital last night from injuries re- ceived in an airplane-automobile col- sion. Four of the seven persons in the airplane were slightly hurt. The plane was making a landing near Rehoboth with passengers who had been taken up for a short flight when it collided with Adkin’s car. The automobile was turned over and Ad~- kin, its only occupant, thrown out. Expect Announcement Of Princess’ Wedding Stockholm, Sweden, July 14—(P)}-- Prince Hendrik of Holland arrived in Stockholm from Finland today where he had a luncheon engagement with King Gustave. The newspaper Tidningen says it is most likely that the engagement. of Princess Juliana, Queen Wilhelma’s daughter and heiress, to Prince Siga- vard, will be announced in Stockhoim on Wednesd ——__—___—____—_¢ | Anzacs Thrill to | Race Against Death a Melbourne, Australia, July 14—()}— The exciting race of the Australian warship Anzac in the teeth of a tor- nado to save the life of a lighthouse keeper's wife has thrilled Australia. ‘When word was received Florence Broderick, pretty 21-year-old wife of the keeper on Bago Island, was dy- ing, the Anzac was ordered to sea with a surgeon, After being battered by the storm and swept from end to end by mountainous seas, the warship hove to off the barren island. Bluejackets rowed the surgeon through the surf to the rocky and all that night he remained at woman's bedside. In the morning Reed many only inhabitants are the Inis wife and an assistant,