The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, June 17, 1931, Page 1

North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper ESTABLISHED 1873 THE BISMARCK TRIBUN BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17, 1931 The Weather Unsettled, sh thunderstorms Wednesday night, Thursday; cooler. PRICE FIVE CENTS Heat Wave Shatters Records Believe Salesman Slain Near Marmarth N. D. Cashier Hangs Himself As Bank’s Books Are Audited CONDUCT SEARCH IN BAD LANDS SECTION FOR MINNEAPOLITAN Clothing and Other Property of Hans J. Ryland Are Found in Montana HASN’T BEEN SEEN IN WEEK Two Men Held in Wyoming Ad- mit They Were With Man Day He Disappeared Marmarth, N. D. June 17.—(®)— Belief that Hans J. Ryland, a sales- man for the Auto Electric Supply company of Minneapolis, was mur- dered June 8 as he drove from this town toward Bowman county, N. grows in the minds‘of officials and private detectives who are attempting to gain trace of the missing sales- man. Ollie J. Hedges, Milwaukee railway detective engaged in the manhunt, thinks the finding of his body in a Bad Lands gulch somewhere between Marmarth and Rhame may mark the end of the 10-day search. ‘There are reasons why Ryland might have desired to have dropped out of sight, but the clues available to officers spell murder, ir their opinion. Ryland left Bowman June 3, after he had picked up @ passenger on the main street of Bowman. N. D., and apparently drove west. Shortly thereafter Detective Hedges | and Fallon county, Mont., officers found @ quantity of auto accessories hidden behind a schoolhouse six miles west of Baker. Later a search revealed a suit case of his clothes had been found east of Baker, Mont. Further search re- vealed that some of his clothing had ‘been disposed of in a toilet near the Baker schoolhouse. The supposition which officers are working is that he was slain in his own car before he reached Slope county. Letters found in his clothing indicated that he had been paying alimony to a woman. They further revealed that he lately had had dif- ficulty with his employers, that he had not been making full remit- tances, and that the company had asked his arrest, according to of- ficials. ‘That is enough, the law believes, to have forced him to leave the com-| munity, but if that is the answer to the mystery of his disappearance, why, officers ask, did he: 1, Throw away all of his clothing, even his shoes. 2. Dump his suitcase this side of Baker and his load of supplies the other side of that town? 3. Not take more pains in secreting his clothes than he did his supplies? The wilful disappearance theory is not logical, says the law, which in- sists he was murdered in his own ma- cine. ‘The Bad Lands in this area are be- ing searched for his body or for fur- ther evidence to unravel the strange tale. ‘When last seen Ryland was driving ; ® Chevrolet coach bearing Minnesota license tag No. 101-888, property of the Auto Electric Supply company of Minneapolis. TWO MEN ADMIT BEING WITH RYLAND JUNE8 | Minneapolis, June 17.—(7—Two men who admitted being in the com- pany of Hans J. Ryland, Minneapolls salesman, before he disappeared June 8, are under arrest at gon wyo., for possessing merchant onging to the firm by which the missing salesman was employed. E. 8 Amstrong, manager of the Auto Electric Supply company of Minneapolis, for whom Ryland work- ed, said he received Wednesday from the sheriff of Baker, Mont., a tele- gram which read: “We are not extraditing men held in Sheridan, Wyo. If you wish to re- (Continued on page eight) Elevator Creditors In Harvey Are.Paid Harvey, N. D., June 17.—This was & big day in Harvey for farmers to whom Brower and Son, insolvent ele- vator operators, owed money. Ben ©. Larkin, chairman of the state railroad board and director of its warehouse supervising depart- ment, arrived here Wednesday with checks for $4,953.15, which represent- ed payment in full to persons holding storage tickets issued by the defunct local concern. On Thursday Larkin will go to $7,107.20 to persons holding storage tickets issued by the J. G. Egan ele- vator, another insolvent warehouse. Larkin said, the where he will pay out). Child Sustains Arm Injury in Accident Doris Hogue, 11, Bal is ine local hospital with a aera sus- tained in a fall at her home Tuesday. Bhe is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Otto Hogue. > ae ag ee rg Supports Hoover 4 CHARLES M. LOCKWOOD Minneapolis, June 17.—(#)—Charles |M. Lockwood of Chamberlain, 8. D., ; Surviving member of the Last Man's ;club of Stillwater, who cast his first ballot for Abraham Lincoln in 1864, ‘will be one of President Hoover's ;Staunchest supporters when clection time rolls around next year. Captain | Lockwood who is here to visit nis son, | ,Charles A. Lockwood, returned from @ trip to Washington where he shook jhands with President Hoover and |took part in Memorial Day services jat Arlington cemetery. “He's the greatest president we ever had,” Cap- tain Lockwood said. ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S | TOMB REDEDICATED | BY HOOVER SPEECH | ‘Eternal Principles’ Stated by Emancipator Remain, Presi- dent Says Springfield, I, June .17—(P)— Standing before the tomb of Lincoln, President Hoover Wednesday called for a rededication of the citizenry to the service and ideals of the nation. “The eternal principles of truth, justice and right, never more clearly stated than by Lincoln, remain the solvent for the problems and lexities of Srl and of our day,” e said in dedicating the remodeled tomb of the Civil war time president. “It is to those, who, like Lincoln, have made these prinel; les serve the needs of mankind that the world pays on its homage. At his shrine we the torch of our rededication to service and ideals of the nation which {he loved and served with the last full measure of devotion.” Shrine To Americans “This, the tomb of Lincoln,” he said, “is a shrine to all Americans. The stone and marble of all of our great national shrines are more than Physical reminders of the mighty past of our country. They are sym- the men and deeds they commemor- ate they renew our national ideals and our aspirations. “Nothing that we may say here can add to the knowledge or devotion of our people to the memory of Abra- ham Lincoln. Nothing we may do can add to his stature in history. All that words can convey has long since (Continued on page eight) $150,000 in Jewelry Stolen in New York | New York, June 17.—(#)—Three robbers Wednesday shouldered their way into the home of 8. Stanwood Menken, former chairman of the Na- tional Security League, bound the jmaids, and forced Mrs. Menken to open a vault containing $150,000 in Jewelry. Taking all the jewels, the zobbers ran into fashionable 52nd 8:. and made their escape. Several years ago Mrs. Menken was acclaimed as the most richly dressed woman at the Beaux Arts ball here. She wore a costume on which 250,000 Precious stones were sewed, also the famous hope ruby of romantic his- tory, which was valued at $163,000. It was loaned for the occasion by @ jewery firm. Kensal Farm Child Drowns in Boiler Jamestown, N. D., June 17.—(>)— Audrey May, one-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph C. Baker, near Kensal, was drowned late Tuesday filled with cold water. hol aoe a Mohall Citizens Pray for Rainfall Minot, N. D., June 17.—(7)—All four churches at Mohall, county seat of Renville county, were filled to capacity Wednesday, when @ervices of prayer for rain bols of things of the spirit. Through | afternoon when she fell into a boiler) n Body of Adolph Dokken Found Hanging From Ladder in Kindred, Cass County NO IRREGULARITIES FOUND 45-Year-Old Man Leaves Widow and Two Sons, Eight and Six Years Old Adolph Dokken, cashier of the Farmers and Merchants bank of Kin- \dred, hanged himself Tuesday night while a deputy of the state examiners department was conducting an audit | of the bank's books, according to | word received here Wednesday by | Gilbert Semingston, state examiner. P. L. Larson, the deputy examiner, advised Mr. Semingson that the audit | thus far shows nothing irregular in the accounts, but that the examina- tion will be continued. Larson went to Kindred, in Cass county, Tuesday to begin the exam- ination. He had completed his his first day’s work when during the evening Dokken took his own life. About 45 years old, Dokken was married and the father of two chil- dren, George, eight, and Harold, six. He was in the bank about 8 p. m. Tuesday sorting mail and then went to his home, leaving there about 9 p. m. without telling Mrs. Dokken where he was going. The body was found at daybreak ‘Wednesday suspended by a rope from @ ladder extending to the roof of the bank in the rear of the building. Mrs. Dokken became worried about 3 a. m. when her husban’ failed to return home and sent Ralph Trom, & neighbor, to see if he could be located. It is thought the body had been hanging there about two hours. There had been no light in the bank building after 9 p. m., except those ordinarily left on through the night, ond it is not known where Dokken spent the time until he hanged himself. Dokken had been cashier of the bank since its organization in Feb- ruary, 1919, and previous to that time had been assistant cashier for some years in the Kindred State bank. Reared on a farm south of Kindred, he also had at one time been em- ployed by the Sheyenne Milling com- pany of Kindred. HOOVER APPARENTLY OPPOSES FALL PLEA President Indirectly Refers to Former Secretary in Harding Address Washington, June 17.—(?)—Albert B. Fall apparently had no hope for executive clemency Wednseday as a result of the remarks of President Hoover Tuesday in dedicating the Harding memorial at Marion, O) ‘The former secretary of the inter- for in the Harding cabinet was indi- rectly referred to by Mr. Hoover, who praised Warren G. Harding and de- nounced those who betrayed him. Fall is at El Paso, Texas, awaiting @ physical examination by govern- ment physicians to determine whether he is able to serve a year in prison for his conviction of receiving a $100,- 000 bribe from Edward L. Doheny, wealthy oil man, in the leasing of government oil lands. He also was fined $100,000. His efforts to have his conviction set aside failed when the supreme court refused to review his case. Although the president mentioned no names 1: speaking at the former president's memorial, he said men had betrayed Harding and it “was later proved in the courts of the land that these men had betrayed not alone the friendship and trust of their staunch and loyal friend, but they had be- trayed their country.” In his speech, Mr. Hoover said “monetary loss or even the shock to moral sensibilities is perhaps a pass- ing thing but the breaking down of the faith of a people in the honesty of their government and in the in- tegrity of their institutions, the low- ering of respect for the standards of honor, which prevail in high places, po agi for which punishment can atone.” Says Board Holdings Prevent Wheat Rise Fined , trom |as more comfortable taan' nio.| Grand Forks; Scarface AP Pleads Guilty ;Plea of Sam Kallel Deferred IRAY POTTER'S PLEA WILL BE HEARD AT DECEMBER SESSION, Board Announces It Will Hear Application for Pardon by Bismarck Man CONSIDER 95 APPLICATIONS Also and Milo Request Is Denied Again After hearing 95 of 134 applications Al Capone, Chicago's “Public Enemy No. 1,” who had escaped police prosecu- tion for years, Tuesday pleaded guilty to evading paying income taxes and conspiracy to violate the prohibition law. Liable to a total sentence of 34 years in a federal prison and $10,000 fine, he will be sentenced June 30. Above he is shown reaching for a pen to sign his $50,000 bond. Government Men to Attack Gang Situation in Gotham GUSTAV N. LIVDAHL, PROMINENT IN N. D. FOR 30 YEARS, DIES Bismarck Man Victim of Heart Disease Tuesday; Was For- mer State Official Gustav N. Livdahl, 54, prominent in business and political affairs in North Dakota for more than 30 years, died at his home here at 6 p. m. Tuesday, a victim of heart disease. He had been ill since the spring of 1928. His wife and seven children were with him when the end came. Livdah! had served as commissioner of the state workmen’s compensation bureau from 1923 until 1928 when ill health forced him to retire. The body will lie in state at the Perry Funeral home tonight from 7:30 to 9:30. The funeral has been tentatively set for Thursday at 2:30 p. m. at the Trinity Lutheran church. Besides his widow, Livdahl leaves seven children. They are Norman, Orlin, U. 8. Navy; Gerald, Oelwein, Ia.; Velva, Thelma, Grace, and Philip of Bismarck. A son, Vernon, died in the service in 1919. Gustav Livdahl was born at Spring Grove, Minn., Feb. 17, 1877.- He re- ceived his education at Park Region Academy and Luther College at De- corah, Ia. In 1897 he was married to Miss Olive Wold and shortly there- after moved to North Dakota where he has lived since that time. In addition to his political activities, Livdah! had been prominently ident- ified with a number of business en- terprises in his 34 years residence in North Dakota. On coming to the state in 1397 he became associated with the Davidson Baking company operating at Carrington and Harvey. In 1900 he located at Velva, where he engaged in the banking business for a number of years. In 1913 he came to Bismarck to take over the man- agement of the Bismarck Business college. ste later became associated with the Merchants Credit Bureau here. Gov. R. A. Nestos appointed him to the compensation bureau in 1923 and he served as president of that body for a time Despondent Beulah Youth Kills Himself Beulah, N. D., June 17.—()—De- spondent hecause he was penniless and out of work, Rudolph Kraft, 22, took his life by himself through the temple with a shotgun at the home of his uncle, Anton Hor- ner, south of here, early Wednesday. Kraft arrived at the Horner home from Canada about two weeks ago and hoped to find work in North Da: kota, but after a week's effort be- Mercer county pronounced death a result of suicide. MART BASKETS FOR BABIES Washington, June 17.—(?)--Market baskets as vacation baby carriages are advised by the children’s bureau. regarded mother’s The bureau doesn't say this, but it is a fect Pauline ay hed lots of toting by such means, — Spurred by Victory in Chicago Over Al Capone, Who Pleaded Guilty Washington, June 17.—(#)—Feder- ‘al officials, spurred by.a victory over Alphonse (Scarface Al) Capone, in- dicated definitely Wednesday that looked toward New York as the next major objective in their drive against the higher-ups of gangster crime. From the justice department came word that federal agents, under or- ders from Washington, already are engaged in quiet investigation there. Simultaneously indication was giv- en at the treasury that an augmented force from the intelligence division of the internal revenue bureau—arm- ed with the power to peer into bank accounts—will lend its strength inj this section. Although officials refused to be quoted, it was not denied that some of the scores of agents who spent, months in weaving piece by piece the fabric of charges to which Ca- pone pleaded guilty in Chicago Tues- day would transfer their activities to New York. Prohibition Director Woodcock al- ready has directed his force in the New York «.vea to concentrate on the brains behind the prohibition law violations. He declared also for co- operation between the various gov- ernment enforcement branches. Along with the eastern metropolis, authoritative indication has been given that gangster activities in De- troit, Philadelphia, Cleveland and St. Louis will come in for some share of federal attention. Whether any one of these cities will see the elaborate, co-ordinated set-up of forces that featured the drive against Capone could not be learned. OVERTHROW OF CAPONE PROVED TEDIOUS TASK Chicago, June 17.—(#)—Little groups of men, working methodical- ly, quietly, pouring over bank records, following beer trucks and clutching at straws, have accomplished what all the gangs in Chicago couldn't do—overthrow the Capone dynasty. Back of the government's victory against the Capones is a story of the tedious attention to detail. “Scarface Al" pleaded guilty Tues- day rather than attempt to refute that pile of evidence. In a single word,—“guilty"—he paid tribute to those evidence-getters. Their work resulted in charges that he evaded taxes on a six-year income of $1,038, 654 and that he and 68 others cot spired against the prohibition law at Teast 5,000 times. One group of the men behind the evidence has been dubbed the “un- touchables.” It consists of eight young prohibition agents headed by 28-year old Eliot Ness. They gained their name because beer money could The other group, responsible for the two income tax indictments, had Elmer L. Irey. A delinquent income tax return fen re Ralph Capone in 1927 start- Ba | AS MOST BEAUTIFUL for clemency, the state pardon board adjourned Wednesday until next Tuesday when the remainder of the} calendar will be considered. Working from morning to midnight | Monday and Tuesday, the board was unable to hear all of the cases and adjourned to permit members to keep other engagements. ‘Three applications for clemency by life prisoners were considered by the board, which denied one of the pleas and deferred action on two others. Raymond E. Potter, Bismarck, sen- tenced two years ago for the murder of Oliver Webb, and Sam Kallel, 69, serving since January, 1922, for kill- ing a young girl, will come before the board again at its December meet- Milo Plea Denied Again For the fifth time since he was sen- tenced in 1914, Joe Milo’s plea for clemency was denied. He is serving a life term for kiling two men, and was sentenced to prison after an act of the legislature repealing capital punishment saved him from hanging. He originally was condemned to pay his life for the crime. Hugh McCullough, Washburn at- torney, representing Potter, appeared before the semi-annual meeting of the board Tuesday and sought the privilege of presenting his client's case on its merits. Because of stat- utory requirements in the case of persons convicted of first-degree mur- der, doubt arose as to whether the board could hear the application, but the board granted Potter the right to come before them at the next meet- ing in December. The statutes provide that a person | convicted of first-degree murder is {not eligible for pardon, parole or commutation of sentence until he has served half of the time of his life expectancy, but where the board is satisfie. the person convicted is in- (Continued on page eight) PICK BELGIAN GIRL Netta Duchateau Is ‘Miss Uni- ‘Miss United States’ | | She Still Flies | Twice widowed by dirigible disasters, Mrs. Joy Hancock, above, newly ap- pointed to the information section of the Navy Aeronautics Bureau, knows uo fear of the air. This picture was taken when she arrived in Akron, O., by plane to inspect the navy's big new airship, the U. S. S. Akron. Her first husband was killed when the ZRS-2) crashed in England and her second met death in the crash of the Shen- andoah, at Ava, O. She also was the! fiancee of a racing balloonist who| fell to his death in Lake Erie in 1923.; { RAILROAD PETITION FOR HIGHER RATES FILED WITH. C.¢. 15 Per Cent Boost in Scale: Asked by Eastern, West- ern, Southern Lines Washington, June 17.—(®)—The railroads of the United States Wed- nesday presented to the interstate commerce commission their petition for a 15 per cent increase in freight rates as u means of meeting the emergency caused by the drastic de- cline in operating revenues. Last Thursday the executives of eastern, western and southern roads, meeting In New York City, finally decided to request the blanket in- crease designed to yield annually $400,000,000 in additional gross in- come. | The carriers recommended the commission's investigation of their application be of a “limited charac- ter” for the purpose of determining whether the new schedules should be allowed to become effective without the 90-day suspension. Even if this procedure is followed, it is unofficially pointed out, it prob- ably will be early autumn before the necessary hearings can be completed and a decision reached. ‘Confront An Emergency’ The brief, asserting the roads were Second in Contest Galveston, Tax. June 17.—(P)—A black-haired Belgian girl, Netta Du- chateau, 17, has received the beauty | crown of Miss Universe. She possesses enough courage to fly an airplane but broke down before acclaim in the 12th annuai interna- tional beauty pageant Tuesday night. iss Duchateau all but swooned when the crown was placed on her head. She left the stage, clasped her chaperone and wept. A typical modern girl, athletic, blonde Miss United States, Anne Lee Patterson, Ludlow, Ky., was defeated by the old world brunette. The judges—Haskell Coffin, John{ Held, Jr., Jule Cannert, Ben Carlton | Mead, Lee Townsend, all artists, and Dr. W. E. Huddleston, Galveston, a physician, conferred at length before naming the winner. Their choice is five feet 6% inches tall and and weighs 127 pounas, con- siderably bigger than Miss United States. Miss Belgium cannot speak Eng- lish. A stage contract and periaps a chance at the movies awaits Miss Duchateau, the first foreign girl to; win the pageant title since 1929 She was awarded $2,500 and a silver Plaque. Miss Patterson the runnerup. received $500. Favorites Victorious In Trans-Mississippi Golden Valley Gold Club, Minne: apolis, June 17.—(#)—Continuing his stellar play in the Trans-Mississippi golf tournament, Johnny Goodman, Omaha, defeated Allan Labatt, Min- neapolis, 2 up Wednesday in the first | bonds. “confronted with an emergency threatening serious impairment of their financial resources and their ca- Pacity to assure the public a contin-| uance of efficient and adequate serv- | ice,” said the increased revenues would yield a yearly railway net oper- ating income equal to less than four Per cent on the value of their prop- erty. The fair return prescribed by law is 5.75 per cent, but during the first four months of this year, the application said, the return had fall- en to an annual basis of 2.24 per cent for the class one carriers. Earnings | of the class one roads since 1921 were | said to have dropped about $2,575,- 000,000 below the rate of return on} capital authorized by law. | The brief emphasized the danger of an impaired credit position and its} effect on railroad securities, especially | If the roads were getting a fair return, it said, “railway securi- ties now appropriate for insurance, | savings banks and trust investments | would continue to maintain that) status. | Indispensable to Defense “Upon such a basis the market for railway bonds and stocks can be maintained. It is essential to the economic welfare of the country and indispensable to the national defense. All that is necessary to the mainten- ance of an adequate national system (Continued on page eight) Larimore-to-Forks Motor Line Allowed A certificate of public convenience and necessity to operate motor freight Service between Larimore and Grand NEW HIGH MARKS ARE. ESTABLISHED IN SLOPE COUNTRY Thunder Showers Expected to Bring Cooler Weather to ‘Area Wednesday Night RAIN FAILS TO DEVELOP Maximum Reported Tuesday Was 109 at Max; Nine Other Points Above 100 Temperature records in North Da- kota were shattered Tuesday as the mercury soared upward and indica- tions Wednesday were that additional marks might be established before nightfall The prediction, however, was for thunder showers and cooler weather in most portions of the state. Fore- casts of showers for Tuesdsy night failed to prove true, except in isolated instances, according to reports Wed- nesday morning, but the prediction Was renewed for Wednesday night. The maximum temperature re- Ported Tuesday was 109 degrees at Max, the highest ever recorded there in June and Williston’s mark of 108 was an all-time record for that sta- tion. Sanish with 107 and Dunn.Cen- ter, Dickinson and Beach witn 106, es- tablished new temperature records for June, also. it 98 Here Tuesday smarck, Where the mercury ran to 98, it was the second highest mark ever recorded before June 20, the previous record for the early part oh Ag month was 101 on June 10, The previous all-time high mark for Williston was 107 and the previous June mark at Beach, Dunn Center and Dickinson was 105, recorded sev- eral years ago. Wednesday started out to be a scorcher in Bismarck and at 3 p. m., the mercury showed 98 degrees with the prospect that it woul 100 before nightfall. ree North Dakota points reporting tem- peratures above 100 Tuesday, in addi-* tion to those establishing records, were Crosby 104, Drake 101, Hettinger 101 and Minot 104. The heat wave is sweeping east- ward from Montana and is scheduled to move out of the Missouri Slope district Wednesday night. ‘The weather bureau's weekly state- ment on crop conditions said high temperatures and heavy winds have caused considerable damage in some sections and there has been consid- erable soil blowing. Small grains de- teriorated in the west and central ; Sections of the state and rye is head- ing short and will be a poor crop. Pastures and meadows need rain bad- ly. Corn cultivation is well advanced and the crop usually is of good stand and color. Meanwhile, the western part of the State continued to be in serious need of rain. Crops in the vorthwestern Part of the state were reported to be so far gone that they are beyond re- covery and a movement has been started to obtain federal seed and feed relief. The plan in that areca is to plant quick-ma-uring forage crops if rain is receiver before July 1. Six Drownings Six drownings in Minnesota were indirectly attributed to the high tem- peratures. Arthur King, 18, who recently moved to Minneapolis from Miles City, Mont., drowned while st in the Mississippi river. Efforts are being made by police to locate his Parents or relatives. Donald, three-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. N. Y. Horseth, Thief River Falls, drowned in the Red Lake river near that city, and Doris, two, daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Albin Peterson, fell into the Mississippi river near her home at Little Falls and drowned. Robert Helsom, 11, drowned in a gravel pit filled with water in St. Paul while swimming. Lucien A. Crowe, East St. Louis, Ill, drowned in a lake north of Grand Rapids. Minn., while swimming. Eldon Ward, 14, drowned in the Crow Wing river at Pillager, Minn., Cespite efforts of the Rev. L. E. Thompson, supervisior of a summer Bible school which Eldon was attend- ing to save him. MOUNTRAIL FARMERS SEEK DROUTH RELIEF Stanley, N. D., June 17.—Efforts to obtain drouth relief for Mountrail county farmers have been started by the office of C. A. Fiske, county agent In a statement issued Wednesday, Fiske said “every influence is being brought to bear upon Hyde and Director of Extension C. W. War- up seed loans immediately in case of rains before July 1, to make Forks was granted Wednesday to C. | been N. Swanson, Larimore, by the North Dakota board of railroad commis- sioners. ‘The line will operate daily except Sunday with intermediate stops at Nathan Grimes, Denver, defeated Walter Sawyer, Minneapolis, 2 and 1. FIVE MISSIONARIES HELD June 17.—()—Bandits Ojata, Emerado, and Arvilla. Protests to the application were Montana Man Is Burned Fatally Forsyth, Mont., June 17.—(?)—Ben|Tappen, Schienz, 29, section