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t h« North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper 1. ESTABLISHED 1873 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE 400 ee ND. AND MONTANA SECTIONS ASK HELP FROM GOVERNMENT Mountrail County in This State and Two Counties in Mon- tana Suffer CROPS FACE COMPLETE RUIN States From Wisconsin West to Pacific Are Hurt by Lack of Moisture Washington, June 15.—(#)— The weather report Monday said a Grought worse than the blistering dryness of last year has gripped the Northwest from Wisconsin to the Pa- cific. Appeals for financial aid have reached the agricultural department from North Dakota and Montana. Reopening of drought loans was asked in Phillips and Vailey coun- ties, Montana, and Mountrail county North Dakota. Crops were reported to be facing complete ruin and farmers in a seri- ous plight. The department replied there was no authority for recpening the loans inasmuch as the season for Planting crops has passed. It also was pointed out that crop destruction by the drought has removed govern- ment security for loans. Requests for additional loans also have been made for single counties in Texas, Missouri, South Carolina and Georgia. In the two latter states some farmers have suffered hail dam- age. Recent rains in the Red River Val- ley of North and South Dakota gave needed relief in a limited area, but wheat in other sections of the North- ‘west, with the exception of western Oregon and Washington, was said by | the weather bureau to have suffered “considerable damage.” Wisconsin had 59 per cent of nor- mal rainfall this spring as compared with 83 last spring; Minnesota, 70 against 88; North Dakota, 61 against 81; Montana, 75 against &4; Idaho, 87 against 109; and South Dakota, 62 against 90. No figures were available for the eastern districts of Oregon and Washington where it was report- ed “distinctly dry.” J. B. Kincer, weather bureau meteorologist, said the Northwest drought did not indicate a renetition of the 1930 disaster for the whole country as “we have come to expect a drought in some section each year.’ He explained that rainfall in the other sections of the country had (Continued on page seven) RITES ARE HELD FOR SUBMARINE VICTIMS 18 Were Buried Alive and Two Others Succumbed After Being Rescued Wehhaiwei, China, June 15.—()— Memorial services were held afloat and ashore Sunday for 20 British sailors who lost their lives in the sub- marine Poseidon after a collision in the Yellow sea Tuesday. All available British submarines and a number of other vessels as- sembled near the spot where the craft sank and the mourners included the 35 survivors of the ill-fated sub- marine. The services on shore in- cluded a ceremonial parade. Eighteen persons were carried to the bottom in the sinking vessel and two of those who escaped died later. CORN BELT FARMERS STOP HERE ON TOUR 144 Illinois and Indiana Fami- lies Tour Bismarck and Man- dan En Route to Park One hundred and ‘forty-four Tli~ nois and Indiana farmers and their families, including nearly 500 persons, toured Bismarck and Mandan Monday morning en route to Yellowstone ‘The party arrived at 9 a. m. on a special train. Leaving the train at Bismarck, the group was welcomed loner of im- North Dakota. Members of the city commission and the Association of Commerce greeted ‘the party as they left the train. A cordon of busses and taxicabs carried the visitors on a tour of Bis- marck. After the Bismarck trip was completed ne a was taken ee where a experiment government agricultural station. Officials in charge of the tour said that excursions would be conducted through the Bad Lands Tuesday. trip 1s being sponsored by radio The trip | station WLR, ¢ a RD a ci act Ea IC State’s Sponsor \ eS —_——_) Most representative of North Caro- ‘lina beauties is Miss Jane Secrest, above, who was selected as the fairest ‘student at the North Carolina State ;College for Women and has been ap-j| |potnted by Governor Max Gardner to be state sponsor at the forthcoming Rhododendron Festival at Asheville. She will be a member of the court of |the Rhododendron King and Queen. ey HOOVER ONHIS WAY “TO MDDLEWEST 10 _DBLIVER SPEECHES { lican Leaders as Special i ; | Train Moves H a= En route with President Hoover to Indianapolis, June 15.—(?)—President | Hoover conferred with Governor Con- ley of West Virginia and other Re- {publican leaders of that state as he |moved into the middle west Monday ;to open a three days’ speaking tour at Indianapolis. The West Virginia Republican leaders were welcomed aboard the special train at Charleston. They/| traveled as far as Huntington. Mr. Hoover showed an cagerness to ‘talk with the party chieftains. He | was interested, too, in learning of eco- nomic conditions in that mining state. Girls presented Mrs. Hoover with flowers at Charleston. Speaking at the West Virginia capital city the president thanked the citizens for the welcome and said it was “inspiring to see the American people at work.” ped was introduced by Governor Con- ley. A large crowd cheered Mr. and Mrs. Hoover as they boarded the train at Orange, Va. Sunday night. The president stood on the back platform in a big cvercoat worn down from storm-swept mountains near his Rapidan camp and waved his hat to the crowd. Mrs. Hoover also respond- ed by smiling and nodding. Mr. Hoover is pursuing a path that leads into the states of Ohio and Illi- nois which, with Indiana, delivered many Republican seats to the Demo- crats in the congressional election last year. His trip follows. closely the boom for his venomination sounded last week before the conferente of young Republicans at Washington by Chair- man Fess of the Republican national committee and cabinet members. However, the journey was planned by the president some time ago. ‘The special train reachec Indiana-| polis late today. Mr. Hoover speaks tonight before the Indiana Repub- lican Editorial association. Tuesday morning ,the president travels to Marion, Ohio, to dedicate the memorial to Warren Harding. He will be joined at those exercises Calvin Coolidge. Leaving im- mediately after the ceremony, he will go to Columbus to review a parade of! G. A. R. veterans and to visit the Ohio legislative assembly before boarding the special train for an| overnight trip to Springfield, Ill. At Springfield Wednesday the pres- ident will be the guest of Governor Louis He will visit the field Wednesday night, arriving in Washington late Thursday. Heart Disease Proves Fatal to Fort Rice Man Dro { Illinois in 1910 and 1915. jing 11. DR. HL L. WILLIAMS IS STRICKEN SUNDAY BY HEART AILMENT Turned Out Gopher Football| Teams Which Won Eight Conference Titles FINISHED AT YALE IN 1891 His Gridiron System Revolu- tionized Game and Produced Drastic Action Minneapolis, June 15.—(#)—Dr. Henry L. Williams, the physician who gave football the “Minnesota shift,” died Sunday. He was 62 years old and had been ill five months. Winner of national fame as head football mentor at the University of Minnesota, Dr. Williams tured out teams that won five Western con- ference gridiron ch ““nships and tied for three others. Dr. Williams’ most important con- tribution to the game was the shift, one of the great offensive weapons of the sport which created wide dis- cussion and finally produced drastic action to curb its effectiveness. He Joined early the lists of the forward Pass developers. ‘The Gopher coach also helped or- ganize the American intercollegiate Athletic association. He was chair- man of the association’s rules com- mittee for several years, and was credited with proposing the rule; legalizing the forward pass. Minnesota's first Big Ten tootbalt | championship came in 1900, Dr. Wil- Hams’ initial year as coach, when he took a green eleven through to the title—a team of huskies which be- President Confers With Repub-| came known as “The Giants of the | North.” plonships in 1904, 1906, 1909 and 1911, and ties in 1903 with Michigan and ‘The war years drained his football jmaterial and his teams were not so successful and, aftér mfuch pressure from outside sources, Dr. Williams was retired as head coach after the 1921 season. During Dr. Williams’ regime, Min- nesota participated. in 180 football games, winning 136, losing 33 and tie- Dr. Williams was a graduate. of Yale, class of ‘91. During his four years there, he won letters in track and football each year. He was cap- tain of the Yale track team in 1891. The coach leaves a widow and son, Dr. Henry L. Williams, Jr., Roches- ter, Minn. Funeral services will be held here Wednesday afternoon. MERRICOURT MEN ARE FOUND GUILTY Fred and Henry Bossart and John Ellingson Convicted of Grand Larceny Valley City, N. D., June 15.—(>)—!| For the second time in eight days, a; jury in Barnes county district court has laid a verdict of guilty of felon- fous charges at the door of sume of; the Bossarts of Dickey courty, North Dakota. Saturday after five hours snd 25; minutes of deliberation, the jury held} Fred and Henry Bossart, brothers, and their brother-in-law, John El- lingson, were guilty of grand larceny. Sentence under the North Dakota | statute may run three months to 10) years in prison. For Ellingson, it was the second time in eight days that he had heard | a jury foreman utter “guilty.” Last Friday night, he, with David Bossart, another brother, and his brother-in-law, heard themselves convicted of transportation of liquor Judge P. G. Swensan, Grand Forks, | presiding, announced sentence would be passed in both cases’ this week. ‘The store robbery count and liquor charge both arise from s visit which Dickey county officials paid to the Henry Bossart farm near Merricourt Jan. 12, the day after the robbery of the Jenner store at Merricourt. Four Escape Injuries As Automobiles Crash Four persons escaped injury in an tomobile collision au in- which two cars were badly damaged on High- way No. 19 8 few miles east oz Bis- marck Sunda: y afternoon. ‘The accident occurred when a car occupied by an unidentified Dickin- ‘son couple crashed into an automo- bile driven by N. Lyle, an employe a Minnesota also won cham-/ BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, MONDAY, JUNE 15, 1931 The Weather Fair Monday night and probably Tuesday; rising temperatare. PRICE FIVE CENTS picture was taken he was on his way NATIONALISTS ARE DEFEATED AGAIN IN CHINESE. WARFARE Government Admits at Least 20,000 of Its Troops Have Been Slaughtered Shanghai, June 15.—()—Victorious bandits, the nationalist government admitted Monday it had received a crushing defeat on another battle- ground. At least 20,000 government troops were slaughtered or otherwise dis- posed of by reds in Kiangsi, Hunan and northern Fukien provinces re- cently, an official announcement said. In Hupeh province, however, an an- nouncement at Hankow said, na- holds. ernment announced it had rushed 200,000 troops into Kiangsi province and thousands of additional coldie: into Fukien and Hunan. Nationalis' leaders regard the red threat as th most serious ever to confrcnt the Present government. President Chaing Kai-Shek, head of the nationalist. regime, said he would leave within three days to lead the campaign personally. Details of the wholesale slaughter of government troops in Kiangsi, Fu- kien and Hunan were lacking, as were facts concerning the reported victory of the military in Hupeh. The loss of so many troops in the south, however, led to grave fears for the safety of Foochow, important Fukien piovince seaport, Pladeiphia, gune 1k —G-—Dr , June 165. Hobart Amory Hare, widely-known professor, author and medical au- thority, died Monday at Jefferson hospital after a long illness. He Clara Bow, Her at the state penitentiary. she expects nod 2a Re Ber, Meera Dap Ane i i vigor, and ready to about re- Catholic Cardinal _ ia the tates Deported from Spain ‘hust before the Bow party-—the —_— . actress, her friends, Rex Sell and Madrid, June 15.—(#)—Cardinal| Duke, her great Dane, in one car, Pedro Segura Y Saenz, Catholic pri-| and her nurse, cook and chauf- mate of Spain, was deported Monday| feur trailing in another —left by the Republican government. Sunday for Bell’s ranch at Nip- Wardinal Segura, with police guards,| ton, Calif. On the California- lef. Guadalajara Monday afternoon] Nevada state line, she granted the in @ government automobile for the) first lengthy interview since she French frontier under orders to leave| suffered a nervous breakdown Spain. and entered @ sanitartum more ‘The minister of the Interior Maura} than a month declined to reveal the charges against he expiatned ber Donde al- the Cardinal. t most plat —hued heir, end “Vagrancy and disorderly conduct—ten days” “Half-Pint,” a juvenile delin-| quent of Washington, took the sentence without a murmur, and when this for biting seven-year-old Catherine Alsop. “Half-Pint” was not represented by counsel at the hearing, or it might have been brought out that he is still; on a milk diet because his teeth are so tiny. However, hundreds of capital residents have sprung to his defense with promises of the $2 bail and a good home when the puppy has paid his debt to society. Submarine Nautilus |____ Towed by Battleship on one front in its campaign against | tionalist troops routed 15,000 reds and | captured several communist strong- | To combat the red menace, the gov- | ———————— to serve his time in the district pound Sir Hubert Wilkins’ Under-Sea Vessel Out of Commission on Atlantic | i} Washington, June 15.—(#)—The battleship Wyoming reported to the navy department Monday it was tow- | ing the arctic submarine Nautilus at five knots on @ course east of north- Hl east from the position in mid-Atlan- tic where she became disabled. The battleship took the Nautilus in tow at 5:30 a, m. (E. 8. T.). Since early Sunday the Wyoming and the Arkansas, now on midship- men cruises to European waters, had been standing by the disabled sub- marine. Sir Hubert Wilkins, her commander, reported that one of the Diesel engines upon which she de- | pends for surface motive power had stalled. It was estimated that from the po- tion last given by the Nautilus the | course on which she was being towed | would take her to Queenstown. The undersea craft, in which Sir Hubert Wilkins plans to reach the north pole by: navigating beneath the j ice, broke down while nearly 1,000 | miles.from its first point of destina- tion—Land’s End, England. Its take- off point for the undersea dash is pitzbergen. | Early Monday she was in such & | condition that what little power that |Temained in her batteries was being ; conserved for emergency signalling. The submersible has encountered | heavy seas since she left Province- town, Mass., June 4. Saturday the | starboard surface engine failed when |a cylinder cracked. The submarine | strained her remaining motor when she nosed into rough seas. Sunday the second engine failed. To add to the peril of those aboard, the bat- teries, used for under-surface travel, lost their power. She then called for help. It was estimated that at the time the Wyoming took the disabled Neu- tilus in tow she was about 890 miles from Queenstown. If the speed of five knots were maintained about seven and one-half hale would be required to reach that port. Red Hair Turned to Blonde, Spends Vacation on Ranch the fact that she weights 125 pounds. | President of the Milwaukee Brewers’ pee Last MKELVIE PREDICTS ACREAGE REDUCTION THROUGHOUT WORLD, Nebraskan Retires From Fed-/ eral Farm Board. After Serv- ing Two Years SAYS PARLEY WORTH WHILE Asserts Exporting Nations Would Have Been Content With Quota Plan | Washington, June 15.—(P)—A shrinkage of an overstuffed world wheat basket was seen Monday by| Samuel R. McKelvie as a possible re- | sult of the recent London interna- tional wheat conference. i The grain member of the farm board, one of the United States dele- gates, told his colleagues in a report that “all in all the conference may be regarded as having been worth while.” McKelvie retired Monday after a two-year service. He plans to return to his Nebraska farm. In discussing the problem of over- Production of wheat, he said “each; country will have to approach the { question jm.its own way. This 1s| facilitated and expedited by conver- sations that lay bare the underlying facts. Acreage reduction is coming about in Australia, Argentine and Canada through sheer necessity. It will be hastened by a realization that there is no legerdemain by which such abnormal quantities of wheat can be disposed of at a profit to the grower. It is apparent that Russia is not so happy with her situation, and some of the Balkan states are looking to other crops than wheat. These are encouraging signs.” Favored Quota Plan McKelvie asserted exporting nations at the London meeting favoring a quota plan for controlling surpluses would have been well content with recognition of that principle. “Having gotten that,” he said, “the next steps would have come along in logical form.” He added that few, if any, of the (Continued on page seven) WOMAN OFFICIAL OF BASEBALL CLUB DIES; Mrs. Florence Killilea Boley, 29, Succumbs in Hospital at Milwaukee Milwaukee, Wis. June 15.—()—| Mrs. Florence Killilea Boley, 29, vice | baseball club, died Monday at the| Milwaukee General hospital after an illness of two weeks. A blood infection from which she suffered was followed by pneumonia; and heart disease. She was given! three blood transfusions. She perhaps was the only woman who ever directed the destinies of a baseball club of the importance of the ; Milwaukee Brewers. ‘The Milwaukee club came into her hands Feb. 16, 1929. when her father, Henry F. Killilea, died shortly before, | leaving virtually his entire estate to h er. When the directors of the club made her president she assumed the business of directing the team. On Oct, 29, 1930, after the season had closed, announcement of Florence's engagement to Dr. Michael J. Boley. young Milwaukee physician, was made. They were married Nov 25. | At the club's annual meeting Jan. 6, 1931, President Florence Kulilies | Boley voluntarily relinquished leader- ship. Louis Nahin, vice president, was elevated to the chief executive's; position. Lightning Kills Two Men and Injures Boy Kansas City, June 15.—(#)—Light- ning killed two men and seriously in- jured a 16-year-old boy as they sat at refreshment tables at the Muni- cipal airport here late Sunday. The men were identified as R. P. Mogaard, Minneapolis, and Anthony Veneziano, Chicago. Claims Advertising Tonic for Business New York, June 15.—()—Visualiz- advertising as a tonic for ailing a Monday urged on a full-time working basis and help | Rodney restore the nation’s buying power. Sounding what is expected to be the keynote of the convention of the federation, which opened Monday, Mr. Hodges asserted: “Adv must release our people from the fet- ters of fear and from apprehension that jobs are endangered.” He said tnat “by so doing, it will turn loose the enormous pow- er of the American people.” Mr. Hodges, who is a member of the executive board of the New York Sun, urged that negative and distruc- tive advertising which dramatizes fi .| Three Tie for Lead In Transmississippi & Year’s a ts I iL Farm Head Neen chet shehr ee OOOO Here is L. J. Fleteher, newly elected President of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers. Fletcher will Preside at the Silver Anniversary meeting of this scientific body at Ames, Ta., June 22-26, when a discus- sion of new ideas in farm machinery will be held. DATA ONU.S. ARMY | STRENGTH GIVEN TO. LEAGUE OF NATIONS Undertakes Task of Encourag- ing World-Wide Preparation for Conference | Washington, June 15.—()—The | American government has undertaken the task of encouraging world-wide Preparation for the League or Nations | general disarmament conference by submitting to the league data on its! military strength. | The information was forwarded with a formal note from Secretary Stimson in which he expressed the “hope that other nations may thus be encouraged to lay their figures be- fore the public without delay.” He asked the figures on the total land, sea and air forces of the Unit- ed States be made public and dis- tributed among the other powers. Hugh 8. Gibson, American ambas- sador to Belgium, directed the pre- Paration of the information. He is a Probable delegate to the conference, to be held at Geneva next February. Without regard to dispatches from Europe that an effort to postpone the | conference might be made, the state department expedited the sending of the data to the league. The opinion Was expressed by high government! (Continued on page seven) MYSTERY SEENIN | ABSENCE OF MAN' Believe Bennie Koenig, 55, Res-; jashore. wn As Boat Overturns — Northwest Drought Worse Than HURRICANE WRECKS EXCURSION. VESSEL OFF FRENCH COAST Men, Women, and Children Vic- tims of Tragedy; Only Handful Are Saved BODIES CARRIED OUT TO SEA Blame Atmospheric Disturbance for Capsizing Flimsy 100- Foot Steamer St. Nauzaire, France, June 15.—(} —Dozens of harbor craft picked their way across the Bay of Biscay Monday with lookouts scanning the water for the bodies of more than 400 men, Women and children drowned Sunday when a hurricane capsized the excur- Sion steamer St. Philibert. Eight persons were secued and cight bodies have been recovered. It is possible others escaped death and have not yet reported their safety, but the toll of the disaster was esti- mated with as much accuracy as pos- Sible at “about 400” dead. There was an admittedly slim chance a final check would reveai many of the passengers had left the boat before the storm struck. It was barely possible also some of those aboard may have reached the shore in safety. The St. Philibert was a fiimsy 100- foot river steamer. She put out from Mantes Sunday afternoon with a crowd of picnickers on an outing run by a labor organization. She steamed down the river to Si. Nazakre and across the bay to the Island of Noirmuotier, not fa rto the south. Weather Threatening There most of the passengers wen: The weather was threaten- ing when the steamer started to re- {turn and at first it was reported a hundred or more had decided not to go back by boat. Later this was Proved erronéous and it was said less than 50 remained behind. Off Point De St. Gildas the storm broke with sudden fury. The passen- gers stampeded to the lee-ward side, threw the boat off an even keel and She turned over. A lighthouse keeper saw her go down but was helpless. Automobile loads of anguished. rel- atives from numerous towns crowded (Continued on page seven) THREE WOMEN OWE LIVES TO AVIATOR Pilot Sterling Boller Brings Plane Down Safely Without Landing Gear Los Angeles, June 15.—(P)—An am- bulance, a fire engine and an anxi- ous crowd waited at Municipal air- Port while Sterling Boller, 25, trans- Port pilot, flew 70 miles from Lake Elsinore ‘vith a landing gear wheel missing from the plane in which three elderly women were taking their first flight Sunday. Boller tost the wheel in taking off. Fearing to attempt landing at the idest of Mandan, Has Com- mitted Suicide i | | Mystery surrounds the disappear- ance of Bennie Koenig, 55, who had) been residing at the Dakota hotel in Mandan since May 11, and the Man- dan police are seeking to determine his whereabouts. They fear he may have been harmed or may have taken his own iife. Koenig, who was well-supplied with; money, paid his hotel bill each day| in bills of large denomination, ac-j cording to J. J. Reis, menager of the! Dakota hotel. | Koenig left the hotel sometime Fri-} day morning. He left his suitcase,, several suits, a cap, and some shoes; in the room. No one saw him leave. | { On inquiries Reis said he learned that Koenig recently had been di vorced from his wife. He gave ni information concerning his residence in Mandan nor did he state where he formerly lived. He is thought to have | been a barber. pa Reis believes the man was being! treated by a Mandan physician. Koenig was about five feet eight inches tall, red-faced, talked German and English fluently and wore horn- rimmed glasses Reis said. Reis believes that Koenig may have drowned himself in the Missouri river as he seemed in depressed spirits last Thursday. Golden Valley Golf Club, small, uneven lake field, Bollip-tyead- ied for Los Angeles, hoping tite great- er landing area would avert disaster. Meanwhile, a telephone call from the lake told the airport of his plight. Easing down at the Municipal port the, plane teetered along the ground. spun and partially nosed over. Thus Boller achieved one of the most dif- ficult feats of aviation with only slight damage to his plane—and his Passengers were safe. ND. POSTOFFICE ROBBED OF SAFE $200 in Cash and Undetermined Amount of Stamps Taken From Orr Office Orr, N. D., June 15.—(®}—Automo- bile bandits removed the 350-pound Save from the postoffice here early Sunday morning after obtaining en- terance through a back window. Postmaster Ed Etoeffel discovered the robbery at 6 a. m. Sunday and re- Ported it to Sheriff Ed Hough, Grand Forks county. The safe contained about $200 in cash and an undeter- snipe pp a stamps. Car tracks in rear of postoffice building indicated that the robbers drove along side the building and loaded the 8 ie 1E 4 "