The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 8, 1931, Page 1

i] ~ os ~~ — North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE | ESTABLISHED 1878 BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, MAY 8, 1931 PRICE FIVE CENTS 250 Children Here For Play Day New TEMPORARY COURT ORDER ISSUED UPON CARRIERS’ REQUEST Restraining Order Holds Up for 60 Days New Scale Sohed- uled for June 1 POSTPONED MANY TIMES North Dakota One of Several States in Favor of Proposed Rate Reductions Chicago, May 8—()}—A temporary federal court order Friday restrained for 60 days an application of reduced ‘freight. rates on wheat throughout the western district. The order, issued Thursday by three federal judges, sitting en banc, was granted on application of 72 western and eastern railroads, and has the effect of delaying for five weeks, the new rates which had been ordered effective June 1 by the interstate commerce commission: The carriers had been under orders to post the new rates May 15. The court's action, announced after short deliberation of two days of ar- gument presented by the carriers, the commission, traffic regulating bodies of 14 states and others, was taken in connection with the attempt of the railroads to obtain an injunction againts the reduced rates. ‘The commission was granted 10 days to reply to the-rail companies’ brief for the injunction, following which the carriers are to have five days to file their answer. The commission's order, increasing rates on many coarse grains, but lowering them on wheat, was first ordered effective last Oct. 1, but its enforcement was delayed several times at the request of the railroads. (Continued on page eight) JWOBANDITS LOOT SOUTH DAKOTA BANK Robbers Get $2,500; Three Bank Officers and Employes Locked in Vault £ikton, 8. D., May %—(7)—Two bandits robbed the Elkton Corn Ex- change ong here Friday morning, es- cal ith $2,500. The bandits entered the bank shortly after it opened Friday morn- th guns the three ing, covered with gi ona bank officers and employes. and forced them into the vault. They fled in a small dark-colored coupe bearing Minnesota license plates. ‘The only persons in the bank were | the Miss Florence Kaemper, bookkeeper; L. ©, Forman, cashier; and R. F. Pets- chow, assistant cashier. They were in the vault eight minutes before their plight was discovered. Witnesses said they believed the bandits headed north. FIND LARGE AMOUNT OF POISON IN BODY Ward County Officials Conduct} state Inquest Into Death of Man Last Monday Minot, N. D., May 8.—(?}—Enough poison to have killed several persons was contained in the stomach of Os- car Arnestad, Minot, found dead early’ trig) ‘That Arnestad, foreseeing his own death a matter of the immediate fu- ture, laughed and was in a happy frame of mind was the testimony given before the jury Thursday aft- ernoon. Man Is Killed in Truck Explosion Toledo, 0. May 8—)—One man was and two others injured probably fatally, when a gasoline truck exploded after Grain Freight Rates Will Be Delayed Encourages Saving if ° —° That “a penny saved is a pe! earned” will be doubly true for 16 nephews and nieces of Mrs. Susan A. Lally, above, 71-year-old Minneapolis widow. Her will, drafted recently, provides that whatever part of her $250,000 estate is needed will go to match, dollar for dollar, the sum each COOLEY 1S NAMED TO SECRETARY SHIP OF SURVEY BOARD Minot Radio Station Operator Will Direct Work of Review- ing State’s Resources John B. Cooley, operator of a Minot radio station, Friday was appointed secretary of the state industrial sur- vey commission created at the last Iegislative session. The commission consists of the governor, attorney general ar i sec- retary of state and announcement of and Possibilities. Under the bill, $10,000 is ated for the operation of the com- mission. Cooley is to receive $2,000 a year. The measure provides that the commission institute a state-wide in- it a tions, and all other factors which may ‘be involved in any way in further in- development dustrial of the state of North Dakota.” ‘The governor, in his message to the legislature, urged - gaghfigi* or, geet st plage bpechaad cies i bie beyse Tr BRITISH EXPLORER (Capture Killers in Sensational Fight} POISON IN PRESENCE RESCUED FROM ICE CAP IN GREENLAND Augustine Courtauld Is Brought Back to Civilization Follow- ing Long Search WAS STUDYING CONDITIONS Found by H. G. Watkins and Two Others; Word Brought Back by Swedish Flier (Copywright, 1931, By The Associated Press) Angmagsalik, Greenland, May 8.— (P)—A dog sledge trailed by four men, winding through the icy crags of Greenland Friday took Augustine Courtauld, youthful British scientist, tack to safety and human society aft- er a winter alone on the Greenland fee cap. Of the three men with Courtauld the leader is H. G. Watkins, chief of the Brit'sh arctic air route expedition which last fall left him in an igloo on the ice cap with the promises to return in March to relieve him after a winter spent in observation of meteorological conditions. Watkins, who searched in vain in March and April for the igloo which was Courtauld’s winter home, Thurs- day morning—two months late—kept his promise, found Courtauld, in ‘whom hope of rescue must have be- gun to fade, and started back with him over 105 miles to the expedi- tion’s base, at Sermelik Fjord, 35 miles inland. Six Expeditions Start Watkins’ success was attained as six expeditions to rescue Courtauld ‘were got under way. Had Watkins failed, or been a few hours later, suc- cess would have rested with the most spectacular of these expeditions, that of the Swedish civilian pilot, Captain Albin Ahrenberg, who flew from Malmoe, Norway, and found the Courtauld igloo a few hours after fre- | Watkins had taken Courtauld away. Captain Ahrenberg, whose plane is equipped with skiis, landed on the (Continued on page eight) GRAND JURY INDICTS TRIO IN MINNEAPOLIS Two Policemen and Woman Face Counts Following Inves- tigation Into Vice Minneapolis, May 8—()—Three Persons, two of{'them policemen, were under indictment Friday as a grand jury continued its investigation of charged protection of vice and crime by local officers. Joseph Lehmeyer, night detective captain and department member 13 years, and Detective Fred Schroeder, an officer 19 years, were charged in two indictments with wilful neglect of duty and with accepting a gratuity. Both refused to comment. The other person indicted was re- ported to be Betty White, charged with operating a house of ill fame which was raided several days ago. “Indictment of the officers was the Ey ge ge8 3 g g i i on what the jury to arrest the man # Fi geek i 5 5 fe i | Expected to Succumb Valley, Miss, May 8.—(P)— e—— —___—_____—__—_* | Prettiest Co-ed {| Franois : 2. : Clare Hargrove, Montclair, N. J., named by students as the prettiest coed, also reigned as queen at May Day festivities at William and Mary college in Virginia. She is pictured above. PROMINENT FARMER OF KIDDER COUNTY DIES HERE THURSDAY David W. Scott, 74, Was Pio- neer Who Homsteaded Near Pettibone in 1883 David W. Scott, 74, who came | Kidder county ase homesteade® ‘in’ 1883, died in a local hospital at 4;05 p. m. Thursday. He came to Bismarck for medical treatment two weeks ago. Puneral announcements are being | withheld pending word from relatives lliving in Pennsylvania. Relatives said | Friday that services probably would be held Sunday. Scott came to Weiser township in Kidder county 48 years ago where he took up a homestead near Pettibone. He had been prominent in local af- fairs for many years, serving as treas- urer of the township and school boards in his locality from the time of their organization up until the time of his death. One of the first superintendents of Kidder county schools, Scott had long taken an ac- tive interest in local educational es cles. He was a charter member one of the organizers of the Farmers’ Union at Pettibone. He leaves his widow, a son, five daughters, and seven grandcrildren. His daughters are Mrs. Christian Hai- beck, Bismarck; Mrs. Mary Alls, Woodworth; Mrs. Ruth Marstcn and the Misses Margaret and Jeanette Scott of Pettibone. The son, David, lives at the farm home. H. F. O’Hare Stricken; Undergoes Operation H. F. O'Hare, Bismarck attorney, 1s seriously ill in a local hospital ‘ollow- ing an emergency operation for ap- pendicitis early Thursday morning. O'Hare was stricken at his home, ugh | 802 Fifth St., and was taken to the hospital where the operation was per- formed Thursday morning, shortly after midnight. The attending physician saic Fri- day that his condition still is grave “as well as could be expected.” Bismarck Farmers and Rudolph (Tough Red) Duringer Are Caught YOUNG GIRL WAS WITH THEM Crowley, Wounded, Indicted for Murder; Both Men Confess to Slaying New York, May 8—(?)—Two con- fessed killers, Francis (Two-Gun) Crowley and Rudolph (Tough Red) Duringer, slept soundly, police said Friday, after standing off 200 police- men for three hours Thursday eve- ning in the most audacious resistance | to law New York has known in years. Crowley, hunted since Moncéay for the murder of Policeman Frederick Hirsch, was at Bellevue hospital, the only casualty of the gun fight inj which more than 500 shots wer? fired. jury for Hirsch’s murder. Duringer, confessed woman killer, “slept like a log,” his keepers said. Duringer has admitted it was he who slew the young taxi-dancer, Virginia Brannen, after a wild ride in the early morning hours of April 27. Girl Is With Them The third person in the fourth floor apartment where police with guns, bombs and axes effected the Crowley -Duringer capture as thou- sands of men and women watched in the streets below, was the comely but now frightened Helen Walsh. was taken early Friday to Long Island, scene of the Patrolman Hirsch slaying, to which she was a witness. Crowley himself, though wounded, was boastful when questioned. He said he “didn’t mean to harm no- body,” but that he started “killing cops” because “it was about the sensation left.” : off you guys last night.” ‘Duringer told of slaying Virginia Brannen. “I used Crowley’s gun,” he said. “I ‘was sore at her.” ‘The apartment which became the bat for the capture of the thugs and the 16-year-old Walsh girl is near Riverside Drive—a resp-ctable neighborhood. Two detectives in a restaurant learned Thursday of the apartment. Police were planted in an apertment adjoining Crowley's. A squeaking floorboard alarmed Crowley and his companions and they began shooting through the walls. Chop Holes in Roof ‘Thus began the fight. Police de- tails went to the roof, chopping holes in it. Volleys of shots poured up at smashed ope! rested a pistol was found strapped to his waist, another to his ankle. Dur- (Continued on page eight) LINGLE’S SLAYER 10 SERVE 14-YEAR TERM Leo V. Brothers’ Appeal for New Trial Is Denied by Judge Joseph Sabath Chicago, May 8—(?)—Leo V. Broth- ers Friday was denied a new trial for the murder of Alfred Lingle, Tribune crime reporter, and was formally sen- tenced by Judge Joseph Sabath to 14 years in prison. Brothers’ attorneys were given 60 but that the patient was getting along|days to file # bill of exceptions in preparation for an appeal. Encouraged by Generous Reproduction of Livestock Mother Nature is conferring an unusual favor on Burleigh coun- ty livestock men this year, ac- cording to B. F. Lawyer, assist- ant cashier of the First-National bank, who has spent considerable time in the country on business Ze if i ae i ee ttl a ‘The demand, of course, isn’t for more legs but the bovine mother eTeaney ead ce te Ree ARO Just by way of example, Lawyer said, Lawrence Madiand, a farm- er living near Menoken, had a flock of 144 ewes that produced 208 lambs. Everyone of the ewes lambed, three of =. having He was indicted Friday by the grand | SPURNED MAN TAKES (rwo-duny crowiey| OF WOMAN HE LOVED John Riemer, 37-Year-Old Halli- day Farm Hand, Dies Short Time Later BODY IS FOUND NEAR AUTO Tells Tonetta Dancer That She Is Lucky He Didn’t Take Her With Him Tribune Special Service Halliday, N. D., May 8W—Disap- Pointed because Tonetta Dancer, the girl of his love, would not return his affection, John Riemer, 37, Halliday farm hand, drank a potion of poison in her presence at 1:45 p. m. Thurs- day, drove a mile into the country, and was found dead there shortly after 2 p. m. Riemers’ attentions to the girl, who is employed at the Halliday telephone office, first received rebuff about three months ago and since that time he had made several threats upon her life, she says. Appearing at the tele- phone office Thursday afternoon, Riemer quarreled with the girl, drank the potion and left with the words: “Good-bye—if I don’t see you again you can feel yourself a lucky girl that I didn’t come back and take you with me.” Before his departure, Miss Dancer says, she telephoned Dunn County State’s Attorney Howard Malloy that She | Riemer had drunk the poison. Dur- ing the time the state’s attorney was telephoning the sheriff's office, Rie- mer left Miss Dancer, went to Mal- loy’s, found no one there, and then got into his car and drove into the \country. He was found dead a mile from Halliday, his car facing toward town. A coroner's jury Friday morning re- turned a verdict of death due to poi- son. Miss Dancer,.sgid that about three weeks ago she notified the states at- torney thst Riemer had threatened her, saying he had a revolver hid on (Continued on page eight) WINNIPEG ROBBERS SHOOT BANKER DEAD Dominion Bank of Canada Is Robbed of Between $6,000 and $7,000 ‘Winnipeg, Man., May 8.—(?:—P. B. R. Tucker, bank examiner, wes shot and fatally wounded by bandits who held up and robbed a branch of the Dominion Bank of Canada of between $6,000 and $7,000 Friday. Tucker died of his wounds half an hour after the robbery. Three armed men commanded em- ployes to put up their hands and the request was complied with by all ex- cept Tucker, who evidently did not hear. One of the trio fired at the man- ager several times and he fell to the floor. While he lay dying the bandits proceeded to gather up the money. Other employes were forced to stand by. After satisfying themselves they had all the money available, the gun- men dashed out of the building. They leaped into a big autumobile parked at the curb with motor run- ning and raced away. 6 CHILDREN DIE IN TRAIN-BUS CRASH One Other Child and Bus Driver in Critical Condition; 23 Others Hurt Merced, Cal, May 8—(®)—Six school children, are dead after a school bus-train collision at a grade crossing here Thursday. One other child and the bus driver, Douglas Creggar, 59, were in a critical con- dition Friday. ° The bus, crowded with two scores small children on their way from school, was thrown into a ditch when the locomotive of a slowly moving freight train struck it broadside. dead: Robert Fuller, Nes i read i Jap Morgan’ ‘| He's head of many big enterprises in Japan, is Kenkicki Kagami, above, like Pierpont Morgan in America. Picture shows him when he arrived in San Francisco en route to the In- ternational Chamber of Commerce meeting in Washington. He'll help delegates find a way out of the world depression. PEACE RESTORED BY NATIONAL GUARDS IN | KENTUCKY DISTRICT Conference Go Forward for Per- manent Settlement of Mine Difficulties 22 COUNTY SCHOOLS SEND PARTICIPANTS 10 ANNUAL CONTEST 700 Enthusiastic Spectators Watch Students in Morn- ing’s Preliminaries THREE CUPS ARE OFFERED Interest Exhibited in Athletic Contests Commended by Superintendent More than 700 enthusiastic specta- tors Friday watched students from 24 Burleigh county schools compete in athjetic events held at Hughes Ath- letic Field in connection with the an- an ete county play day pro- fram. Approximately 250 youngst Participated. if : sn Preliminary events were run off in the morning. Because of the large number of entries several heats ‘vere rua in each race with the result that it was necessary to crowd several events scheduled in the morning intc the afternoon schedule. Three cups will be awarded to win- ning teams. The winning high schoo! team will be presented with a trophy and cups will be presented to the grade school and consolidated school whose team amasses the greatest number of points. Girls Race First The first race got under way at 16 a.m. The spectators, most of them students, cheered lustily as 11 girls eged about eight raced down the track in the 40-yard dash. Officials said that the girl contestants were earnest in their desire to place and Cline of levity often pre- vailing where girls ar Hoos gi ‘e competing was Many of those here to attend the jcarnival came prepared to spend the day and during the noon ee many took advantage of the interval to eat lunches they had brought with them. The response on the part of those connected with the schools in the (Continued on page eight) MISSISSIPPI LIQUOR WARFARE CONTINUES | Evarts, Ky., May 8—(?)—With an imposing array of national guards-; men on duty here to prevent further | outbreaks in the coal fields, confer-| ences toward a permanent settlement of the difficulties went on, and at Harlan the specis#l grand jury re- sumed its inquiry in the lawlessness that cost five lives. E. B. Childers, superintendent of the Black Mountain mine near here, reported a number of men had gone back to work. | Since the arrival of more than 300/ troops Thursday, Evarts has been! quiet. There were no disturbances reported Thursday night, and fami-) lies that previously fled their homes, fearing violence, returned. Schools Col. Dan M. Carrell, commanding | ithe guards, conferred with mine/ workers and operators with a view to ending definitely the disorders in the) Harlan county mining regions. He said he has had satisfactory confer- ences with both factions. At Frankfort Governor Sampson |said the first conference was har- monious and he looked for settle- ment of all differences. Police Judge Bradley Burkhart of Evarts, who has figured prominently in negotiations between the factions, explained the general situation. The mine operators, he said, were adverse to recognition of the unions. The workers are opposed to the arm- ed guards operators have employed to protect the mines and say some miners have been discharged for union affiliations and for failure to} purchase supplies at company com- missaries, These differences led to trouble. Two deputy sheriffs, a clerk and a miner were killed Tues- day. Another deputy sheriff pre- viously was killed at Evarts. Several have been wounded. ND. WOMAN AT SEATTLE MEETING Mrs. A. E. Jones, Lisbon, Con-| fers With Committee Re- garding Convention | i Seattle, Wash. May 8—()—Mrs. Albert E. Jones, president of thi North Dakota Federation of Women’s clubs, is in Seattle conferring with a committee from the Washington Fed- eration of Women’s clubs in regard to plang for the next biennial convention of the general federation. ‘The next convention will be held G. N. Campbell, president of the Washington State Federation, Mrs. Charles G. Miller, chairman of the will be reopened Monday. } Two Are Killed in Last Week; Police Seek Three or Four Score Persons Jackson, Miss. May 8. he death toll in a week of naee stare in Mississippi stood at two Friday while federal officers in this state Louisiana and Michigan were round- ing up three or four score per- sons indicted here as the aftermath of @ million dollar airplane-boat-rail- motor liquor smuggling syndicate re- cently uncovered in New Orleans. Wales Land, 27, was shot to death by three federal raiders on his farm in northeast Mississippi Thursday allegedly for resisting arrest. Last week Federal Dry Agent H. L. Verett was slain from ambush in the south- ern part of the state. The officers said Land was killed in a field. They carried his body to his home and left it, made a briet Teport to the sheriff, and went on tc Aberdeen, carrying with them a small group of persons they had ar- A score of men are under arrest in connection with the big syndicate through which Canadian distilleries are alleged to have cleared quantities of liquor through the Gulf of Mexico to inland points. Others being sought, it was indicated, may Tun the total to a hundred. Murder charges were filed against Wiley Wright, Henry Furr and D. J. Hendricks, federal prohibition agents, for the killing of Land. University Singers Arrive for Concert Forty-two members of the Univer- Dakota