The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 27, 1931, Page 1

North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper — ESTABLISHED 1878 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, 1931 The Weather fair and cooler Wednes- day night; Thursday fair. PRICE FIVE CENTS Airmail Terminus ———— Discussed . _Bismarck on Edge of Storm Area Overnight SEVERAL PERSONS —|[__charses Againt Them to Be Diomised _] QEVEN ARE THOUGHT * ©» SECTIONS OF N. D. 4 Li * AND S. D. BENEFIT ~ PROM HEAVY RAIN| 14-Year-Old Boy Is Killed When _ Blown From Barn Roof in Minnesota “PRECIPITATION HERE LIGHT 7.14 Inches of Rainfall in Wa-| tertown, S. D., Causes Heavy Damage A quarter of an inch of rain had fallen in Bismarck at 3 o'clock Wednesday afternoon, ac- cording to U. S. weather bureau officials, and the downpour was continuing. { Bismarck Tuesday night and early _ Wednesday was on the edge of a storm area which killed one person in Minnesota, flooded many parts of northern South Dakota and brought beneficial rains to southern North Dakota. The precipitation here to-, taled only five hundreds of an inch, however. A 14-year-old boy, Waino Forstrom, Kinross, St. Louis county, Minnesota, was blown from a barn rocf and killed. The boy sought to fasten down a section of a barn roof, loosened by the storm, when a sudden blast hurled him to the ground. The barn ‘was wrecked. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Iver Forstrom. Kinross 1s seven miles northwest of Virginia. ‘The storm caused heavy damage throughout the iron range. Scores of parns were flattened and almost every community reported plate glass windows blown in and trees de- stroyed. * Storm Heavy in 8. D. In South Dakota the storm inter- rupted highway and railroad traffic and handicapped communication. ‘Tracks and bridges were washed out and Watertown streets and basements were flooded. Seven and 14 hun- dredths inches of rain fell there. The telephone company Wednesday | reported 500 phones out of coinmis- sion in Watertown. All long distance j lines were disabled to such an extent that scarcely more than 10 per cent of normal service could be given. Milbank, 8. D., had 4.2 inches of precipitation but the damage there was trivial. Generally speaking. precipitation {n Minnesota arid ‘the Dakotas was of considerable. . benefit, agriculturists said. In the vicinity of Brainerd, Minn., an electrical storm put power and light systems out of commission for <«Continned on page Six) VATICAN-ITALIAN BREACH IS FEARED Fascist Students Continue Demonstrations Against Catholic Institutions Rome, May 27.—(P)—Rioting Fas- cist students Wednesday renewed their demonstrations against students at Catholic institutions, and it was feared that the repeated disturbances might bring a diplomatic breach be- tween the Vatican and the Italian government. ‘Wednesday morning the rioters} surrounded the Catholic student head- quarters, stoned the building and broke all the windows up to the fifth floor. The crowd was dispersed by the Carbiniert. Driven away from the student building, the crowd rolled on to oth- er Catholic headquarters and broke many windows before police arrived. There has been diplomatic tension between Rome and the Vatican for three months. Since early in March Pope Pius had refused to receive Count Dvecchini, Italian ambassador to the Holy See and one of the four leaders of the Fascists march on Rome. Premier Mussolini also has been zefusing to see Archbishop nin= ini, Papal Nuncio to Italy, one of the negotiators of the Lateran treaty. Minneapolis Man Is Held After Gunfight Dixon, Ill, May 27.—(#)—For no apparent reason “Precious” Stone, Minneapolis, held up Patrolman Fisher Tuesday night, took his and star, and began walking street with a gun in Pisher’s appeal Patrolman John ,|Tested, said he was Frank .Lehman, ‘Miss Germany’ | 2 _——? | ! She's the 1931 model too, this Miss Daisy D’Ora, above, who is also the ; Baroness Freiberg. Chosen at a re- , cent beauty contest in Berlin, she will come to America to represent her country at the international beauty contest in Galveston, Texas. PATRIOTIC GROUPS "WILL BEIN PARADE, | "FOR MEMORIAL DAY iMusic Will Be Provided by Two) | Bands and Three Drum \ and Bugle Corps i Announcement of participating or- | ganizations, line of march, and time ‘and place of formation points for | Bismarck's Memorial Day parade was | made Wednesday by P. G. Harring- ton, commander of the Bismarck post | of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, who is in charge of Memorial Day observ- | ances. | Members of the G. A. R., War Mothers, Spanish War veterans, American I¢gion, D. A. R., Red Cross nurses, National Guard detachments, the Ft. Lincoln battalion, Boy Scout troops, and a number of other civic and patriotic organizations will par- ticipate. i Music will be provided by the Man- dan municipal band, the Ft. Lincoln bugle and drum corps, the high school band, the National . Guard Quartermaster's detachment drum and bugle corps, and the American Legion drug and bugle corps. Wanner Is Marshal Captain FE. G. Wanner will act as | marshal of the parade and J. L. Kel- ley as aide. ‘The parade will be divided into sec-| tions with Colonel Wallace McNamara commanding the first section, Major Adlai C. Young the second, and Cap- tain H. A. Brocopp, the third. ‘The parade will move promptly at 10 a. m., Officials announced Wed- nesday. The line of march will start at the intersection of Second St. at Broad- way and proceed south to Main St. From there it will proc east to Fourth St., where. it will turn north and proceed to Thayer Avenue. The line of march will turn east on Thay- er proceeding as far as Sixth, thence north on sixth to Rosser St., where it will turn east to Ninth St. The (Continued on page six) Will Take No Action Against Truck Driver A coroner's jury held Tuesday aft- ernoon that the death of L. L. Mar- tin, Brookings, 8. D., killed in an au- tomobile crash near Wilton Saturday, was accidental. Testimony was introduced to the effect that Ed Knable, Jamestown, driver of the truck with which the Martin car collided, was traveling at @ reasonable rate of speed and on the right side of the road. George 8. Register said that no criminal action against the truck driver was contemplated. Bismarck and Mandan Men Arrested in S. D. Aberdeen, 8. D., May 27.—(#)—Aft- er a gunfight in a chase around the ‘city and an automobile collision, liquor runner suspect from North Dakota was re-captured early Wed- nesday. ‘The man, who attempted to escape in his automobile after he was ar- Bismarck, N. D. Edward Bollinger, Mandan and Bismarck, who escaped being arrested Bismarck police authorities Wed- nesday said they knew nothing of wounded five times, collapsed. Ryan|Lehman and Bollinger, though they suffered a bullet wound in the leg.|had heard their names mentioned Bohnstet] was uninjured. . 4here. és RUM BOAT CAUGHT ~BY-COASTAL GUARD HURT IN BURLEIGH COUNTY ACCIDENTS V. C. Allison, Fargo, and Adam Ollenberger, Wilton, Have Broken Bones SEVEN OTHERS ARE INJURED Two Auto Mishaps Occur Tues- day East of M’Kenzie and South of Wilton Two persons suffered broken bones and seven others sustained minor in- juries in automobile accidents in Bur- leigh county Tuesday. | V. C, Allison, Fargo, is in a local) hospital as a result of an accident a mile and a half east of McKenzie in which he received a broken collar bone and was bruised about the neck and chest. i Adam Ollenberger, Wilton, sustain- ed a broken arm in a head-on colli- sion between two cars a mile and a half south of Wilton. Allison was injured when his car turned over in the ditch on highway No. 10. He lost control of his car after a front tire blew out. Lloyd Hanson, Fargo, a passenger, suffered bruises and minor cuts. Ollenberger was injured when his car crashed head on into a car driv- eh by William Bauer, Mercer. John Prau, also of Wilton, who was riding with Ollenverger, received minor in- juries. Bauer, his wife and three children, uccupants of the second car, received bruises and were cut by flying glass. Both cars were badly damaged. Local physicians said Wednesday ; the condition of Allison was not ser- | fous. ‘ i i i Man Wounded, Two Arrested, | and Liquor Seized in Long Island Sound | \ New London, Conn., May 27.—(P)—} One man was shot, two others were | arrested and 300 cases of liquor seized | by @ coast guard patrol boat early/ Wednesday after a tong chase in Long | Island Sound. Coast guard head-; quarters reported the seizea speed boat was the Java, listed as a rum runner on the coast guard records. {| The wounded man said he was Harry Barber of Oradell, N. J. He was suffering from scalp anc head| wounds. The names of the other two men were not given. Seizure of the Java was made after boats in the coast guard patrol had poured one-pounder and machine gun fire at her when she failed to heed signals to stop. Marks of fire showed on the craft as she lay in the local harbor under guard. Barber was identified as the mas-/| ter of the Java. His injuries were not; CHINESE CIVIL WAR I PROBLEMATIGAL Attitude of Rebels Will Decide! Whether Government Will Raise Arms Shanghai, May 27.—(4)—Prospects of another civil war in China sppear- ed problematical Wednesday, despite bellicose statements from botn the} government and revolting southern factions. Since President Chiang Kai-Shek’s denunciation of the Kwang-Tung and Kwangsi province rebels Monday it has been accepted that the gov- ernment is determined to take. up arms against the southerners unless the) latter assume a conciliatcry at- titude. Strict censorship here and at Can- ton, seat of the. southern retellion, has made difficult the acquisition of reports but authentic information in- dicates the rebels—communists in the eyes of the government—are nowise showing a tendency to cease their ly are busily their forces for a military attempt to penetrate Nanking’s domain. The Canton arsenal is reported producing ite maximum capacity of ammunition while troop recruiting continues. Youth Pleads Guilty To Charge of Murder! Deadwood, 8. D., May 27.—(P)— Paul Davis, 22 years old, pleaded guilty to a charge of murdering G. B. Dowling, aged Parmelee storekeeper, last. February, in federal court here Tuesday. He will Be sentenced later. ‘Trial of Stanley Hatten and Her- bert Bonser, charged with the same ‘crime, is expected to start Thursday. 4 st Them to Be Dis: Charges of murder against the four Gary, Ind., youths pictured above will be dismissed following the jury verdict returned Tuesday night in the case against Virgil Kirkland, who was charged with murder in connection with the death of 18-year-old Arlene Draves following a gin party. Left to right, they are David Thompson, Paul Barton, Leon Stanford, and Harry A. Shirk. Kirkland was found guilty of assault and battery against the girl, Barton and Shirk had turned state’s evidence against Kirkland. Kirkiand Convicted on Assault, Battery Count PALL ASKS SUPREME COURT TO REVERSE DECISION INHIS CASE Former Secretary of Interior Seeks Freedom From Brib- ery Conviction Washington, May 27.—(\)—Albert B. Fail Wednesday asked the supreme court to reverse the District of Co- lumbia appeals court decision which j affirmed his conviction of accepting @ $100,000 bribe from Edward L. Do- heny, wealthy oil man. ‘The former interior secretary in the Harding cabinet made his plea for a review in a 10,000-word petition. He maintained the questions involved merited determination by the highest court. Upon his conviction in October, 1929, in the District of Columbia su- preme court, of accepting a bribe in the leasing of naval petroleum re- serves to the Pan-American Petro- leum company, represented by Do- heny, Fall was, sentenced to a year's imprisonment and to pay a $100,000 fine. The appeals court affirmed the conviction last April 6. Fall said then from his home at Three Rivers, N. M., that becau¢e of age, illnes and lack of funds he would accept sentence. His family and friends, including Doheny, implored him to carry the case to the supreme court. After reconsidering, Fall in- structed his attorney, Frank J. Ho- gan, Washington, D. C., to proceed. While the case is before the high court, the former etary will re- tain his freedom. ( The petition attacked the validity of the indictment under which Fall was convicted, on the ground that unauthorized persons were in the grand jury room when it was drafted. It assailed the activities of govern- ment counsel, admissibility of cer- tain evidence in connection with Fall's negotiations with Harry F. Sinclair, oil man, and the trial judge’s dis- cussion of clemency in his charge. ANTI-NARCOTICS GROUP MEETS Geneva, May 27.—(?)—Represent- atives of 50 countries assembled Wed- nesday for a conference sponsored by the League of Nations on limitation of the manufacture of narcotics. John K. Caldwell represented the United States. Youth Sentenced to One-to- Ten-Year Term; Defense Aids Run Into Trouble Valparaiso, Ind., May 27.—(?)—Vir- gil Kirkland’s long fight to escape the electric chair or a life sentence on a charge of responsibility for the death of Arlene Draves, ended suc- cessfully for him. The jury in Judge Grant Crum- packer’s court Tuesday night con- victed him, not of murder, but of as- sault and battery, in an attempt to attack the girl. The verdict, carrying a sentence of one to 10 years imprisonment, and considered by Kirkland, his attorneys, and his friends as a victory for the defense, will result in a dismissal of the charges against four other youths indicted with him, Prosecutor Robert Estill said. “After what happened to Kirkland we ought to pin a medal on the others and send them off with a hurrah,” the prosecutor declared. Pandemonium Marks End Pandemonium marked the finish of the four weeks’ trial. Charles Draves, father of the dead Arlene, and his four sons left the room with hardly @ word, but Guy Weavef, father of Mrs. Bernice Elser, a witness for the state, had other ideas. He sprang at Attorney Oscar Thiel, chief of defense counsel, with a cry, “You can’t say things about my daughter,” and struck him three times about the face. ‘Weaver then left while Thiel ob- tained a warrant for his arrest on @ charge of assault and battery. ‘The jurors, nearly all elderly farm- ers, required three hours to reach their verdict. The verdict did not end the jury's part in the proceedings. No sooner were the members dismissed by Judge Crumpacker than reports were brought nim that three jurors said they thought they voted for a sterner penalty than the one-to-10-year pri- son sentence. Won't Seek New Trial Possibility of a mistrial vanished, however, when Prosecutor Estill an- nounced that the statutes said a juror cannot impeach his own verdict aft- er it is returned. The prosecutor said he would not seek another trial. Meanwhile, with this out of the way, Ronald Oldham, defense attorney, was fighting a charge of issuing a check on insufficient funds. He was ar- rested as soon as the case went to the jury. The charge originated at Ham- ilton, O. Oldham said he would fight extradition. To cap the troubles of the defense staff, Dr. Orlando F. Scott, Chicago (Continned on page Six) Sealed in Aluminum Ball, Scientists Take Off for Study of Stratosphere Augsburg, Germany, May 27— @) —Hermetically sealed within an aluminum ball, Prof. August soared away in a giant balloon ‘Wednesday on a scientific mission in the stratosphere—that eerie fringe of the earth’s atmosphere never seen by man. In contrast to their first at- tempt last September when unfa- vorable winds held them to the ground, they made a perfect take- off. Piccard and Kipfer. climbed through the porthoie of their cage and attendants screwed on an airtight cover. The great . Such ajtitude would mean ce:tain death. The balloon, the largest ever built in Germany, has a dia- meter of 100'feet and holds 500,- 000 cybic feet of hydrogen. She contained only 95,000 feet at the start but this was expected to expand to full capacity at a height of about 40,000 feet. Piccard hopes to explore the stratosphere, from 40,000 to 60,000 feet above the earth, and with his instruments to obtain new as released and had reached an es- DROWNED AS SLOOP FOUNDERS IN OGEAN Body of Psychiatrist Is Washed Ashore at Darien, Conn., Tuesday Night CUTTERS, PLANES IN SEARCH Believe Entertainer Figuring in $500,000 Suit Was One of Victims New York, May 27.—(4)—Eight coast guard cutters searched Long Island Wednesday for bodies of the victims of the Sea Fox, a pleasure sloop, which apparently foundered Saturday night or Sunday morning, with the loss of four men and three women. Members of the party were widely known in New York educational and medical circles. The body of Mrs. Marcia Snedden, 25, @ psychiatrist, was washed ashore at Darien, Conn., Tuesday night. She was the wife of Donald Snedden, New York university instructor and owner of the Sea Fox, who is one of the missing. Members of the Snedden family chartered an airplane at Bridgeport, Conn., to assist in the search, Adele Ryan Mentioned One of those believed to have been aboard the 36-foot cabin sloop when the party set out from City Island, New Cork, Saturday, was Robert Johnston, 30, night club entertainer, whose wife, Muriel, his former sing- ing partner, has sued Miss Adele Ryan for $500,000 for alienation of affections. Miss Ryan, granddaughter of the late Thomas Fortune Ryan, was at first reported aboard. Her brother, John Barry Ryan, said there was no truth to the report. He said she is in Europe. So iar as ascertained, other mem- bers of the party were: Donald Snedden, 28, husband of Mrs. Snedden, instructor at New York university, former Stanford university athlete and Pacific coast diving champion. - Mark Coyne, 28, New York, an in- structor at Riverdale country school. Mrs. Florence Mendenhall, 28, for- mer actress. Robert Mendenhall, 29, her hus- band, a statistician at Columbia uni- versity, brother of Mrs. Snedden. Miss Doris Dewey, 31, @ psycholo- gist at Bellevue hospital. (Continned on page Six) TWO ABRONAUTIC AIDS DEDICATED Full-Scale Wind Tunnel and Seaplane Channel Inspect- ed by Engineers | Langley Field, Virginia, May 27.— (P)—Dedication of two giant aids to aeronautical research, a full-scale wind tunnel and a seaplane channel, stood Wednesday as the background for the sixth annual aircraft engi- neering research conference of the national advisory committee for aero- nautics, Each piece of equipment, the com- mittee said, is the largest in the world in its field. The tunnel has an oval-shaped throat’ measuring 60 by 30 feet, per- mitting the testing of full-size air- planes in an air stream at velocities up to 115 miles an hour. It will be placed in operation by Dr. Joseph S. Ames, chairman of the committee and provost of Johns Hup- kins university. The seaplane channel is 2,050 feet long, a narrow tub of concrete filled with water and covered with sheet metal to prevent sunlight and winds from affecting measurements on sea- plane floats and flying boat hulls. McLarnin Outweighs Petrolle Four Pounds New York, May 27.(7)—Jimmy McLarnin will have an advantage of four pounds when he steps into the Madison Square Garden ring tonight for his return bout with Billy Pe- trolle. McLarnin weighed in at 142 pounds Wednesday afternoon while Petrolle tipped the scales at 138. Report Sixth Death In Home of Woman Chicago, May 27—()—A sixth death in the household of Mrs. Mar- garet Summers, accused by @ coron- er’s jury of poisoning four, was it _to the attention of investi- gators Wedtiesday as the state pre- Pared to usk the indictment of the widow on four murder charges. It was learned Wednesday John &. Meyers, a brother of the woman, died last August. 4 Circus Vet Ill =| | 2 Al G. Barnes, above, the Montana Jumberjack whose knack for training animals led to the development of the circus which now bears his name, is critically ill in California. RAILROAD PLEA FOR RATE INVESTIGATION IS DENIED BY I. ¢. 6. Commission Declares It Will Not Probe Freight Charges on Its Own Motion Washington, May 27.—(4)—Respon- sibility for definite proposals toward increased freight rates rests once more with the railroads. ‘The interpretation was attacked by Interstate Commerce commission of- ficials to that agency's official an- nouncement Tuesday that it dees not plan to investigate, on its own initia- tive, the financial conditions of rail- roads. ‘The announcement was made after Daniel Willard, president of the Bal- timore and Ohio railroad, conferred informally with commission officials, discussing the carriers’ concern over the sharp decline in earnings. He is one of the committee of rail- road presidents designated at a meet- ing of eastern executives in New York last Thursday to study rate increases and the finance situation. The commisson’s statement said: “The Interstate Commerce com- mission today in response to pro- cedural questions informally present- ed to it by Daniel Willard, in behalf of eastern railroad executives, in- formed him that the commission will not at this time institute a general investigation into the general railroad siuation on its own motion.” ‘When eastern railroads presented @ generalized petition last November asking a study of the effect of the depression on railroads’ earning pow- er, the commission made a similar decision, REGULATION OF BUSES AND TRUCKS IS URGED Washington, May 27.—(?)—The As- sociation of Railway Executives in a brief filed Wednesday with the Inter- state Commerce commission urged motor buses and trucks hauling freight be regulated by the commis- sion and that the railroads be given permission to operate motor vehicle SOVIET SUBMARINE SINKS IN BALTIC SEA Explosion Is Believed Cause of Tragedy; All Hands De- clared Aboard London, May 27.—()—Russian air- planes and boats Wednesday circled above the spot where Soviet submar- ine No. 9 of the Baltic fleet sank Fri- day in a pool of oil. Although the Soviet government re- mains silent on the tragedy, dis- patches from Riga, Latvia, said it was understood the craft went down after an explosion, presumably with all hands, about 100 miles from Helsing- fors, Finland. Moscow dispatches said the submer- sible failed to rise after making a dive during maneuvers with other vessels of the fleet. Auxiliary ships were sent to the scene, it was said, but were unsuccessful in attempts to raise it. Destroyers and planes stood by in hope of being of assistance. Russia is believed to maintain a fleet of about eight submarines, 12 destroyers and three battleships in Baltic waters. Their activity in con- nection with the sinking was credit- by observers here as Harridge President Of American League [OFFICIAL PROPOSES [SNGLE ARPORT FOR BIWARCK, MANDA Two Stops Within 10 Miles Will Not Be Permitted by Postal Heads SERVICE TO START JUNE 2 Northwest Airways Manager Urges Twin Cities of Mis- souri to Cooperate Proposal that Bismarck and Man- dan join in constructing an airport as the western terminus of the Far- go-Bismarck leg of the new airmail service, which will be inaugurated June 2, was made to members of the Bismarck Association of Commerce Mailing Campaign To Start Service Request that every Bismarck citizen Join in the mailing cam- paign which will inaugurate the Bismarck-Fargo airmal line was made Wednesday by H. P. God- dard, secretary of the Association of Commerce, In order to insure a maximum load for the plane on its first trip from Bismarck, local persons are asked to prepare their letters and Place them in the postoffice by Sunday night. They are urged to send personal as well as business letters by the new facility, H. T. Murphy, acting postmas- j| ter, has completed preparations for the opening of the new serv- ice by installing new slots in the Postoffice for the receipt of mail. One is for airmail and special de- livery letters and the other 1s for letters designed for delivery in Bismarck only, During a few days at the begin- ning of each month, Murphy said, approximately 25,000 letters are Placed in the postoffice for delive ery in Bismarck. It will save work and time if these are hane dled separately, he said. Tuesday night by Col. L. H. vice president and general manager {of the Northwest Airways, Inc., which pos the mail contract for the new ine. Col. Brittin’s plea for joint action of the twin cities of the Missouri | was based on the theory that the new jline eventually would become a part {ct a northern trans-continental sys- tem and that the postoffice depart- (Continned on page Six) MINNESOTA BANK IS | ROBBED OF $2,600 j Two Bandits Escape in Large Sedan After Holding Up Hardwick Institution Hardwick, Minn. May 27.—(?)— The Hardwick State bank was robbed eo between $2,600 and $2,700 Wednes- lay. There wete two bandits. They es- caped in a large dark sedan, with a red wire wheel in the rear. Hardwick is in Rock county, in southwestern Minnesota. ‘The town has a population of about 200. The cashier, E. A. Grunklee, who was in the bank during the robbery, and other townspeople pursued the bandits but were out-distanced. They were last seen near Leota, about 30 miles away. The robbers, after ordering Grunk- lee and Miss Laura Anderson, assist- ant cashier, to lie on the floor, took @ small amount of cash from the cashier's cage and forced Grunklee to open the vault. All of the loot was in cash. ARREST 100 MEN IN WASHINGTON RAIDS Too-Near Beer Confiscated as Officials Seek for Lega- tion Marauders Washington, May 27.—(?)—Wash- ington detectives went looking for a “couple of fellows” Tuesday night. As & result, 100 men were taken to » 75 booked as govern- ment witnesses, and 350 bottles of too-near beer confiscated. The detectives were hunting two men they were told knew something tile a ii f Hi