The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, June 20, 1931, Page 1

/ a } ,? North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE The Weatliert Partly cloudy, cloudy Saturdey night, Sunday; little change in temperatare. ESTABLISHED 1878 BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, SATURDAY, JUNE 20, 1931 PRICE FIVE CENTS Hoover Plans to Help Germany 16 DEATHS LAID 10 HIGH TEMPERATURES IN CENTRAL STATES Tornado Strikes Minnesota and lowa; Kills One Man and Injures Two Others PROPERTY DAMAGE IS HEAVY Streets of One Village Filled With Debris; Cloudburst Is Reported While the country east.of the Mis- eissippi river sizzled under mounting temperatures which were blamed for 16 deaths, North Dakota Saturday enjoyed pleasant weather. A cool east wind and cloudy sky scuttled the above-normal temper- ature readings but a trace of rain here failed to materialize <..to enough to benefit crops. Some rains were recorded in other parts of the state and in the middle Missouri and Mis- sissippi valleys, however. Rainfall recorded in North Dakota was .27 of an inch at Lisbon, .10 at Hankinson and Dickinson and Moor- head, Minn., .01, each. After soaring above 100 earlier in the week, the government ther- mometer at Minot sank to 45 during the night and Bottineau, hot on we y, reported a minimum of 40. ‘The highest temperature reported for Friday was 92 at Hankinson but Saturday the heat wave had moved out of the Red River valley. Wind Hit@ Minnesota Tornadic winds struck Southern Minnesota and Northern Iowa, caused one death, and en peed on are in Lakes, @ smi le tat Lea, Minn., reported that a small twister had destroyed a barn, silo, granary and cattle pens on one farm. John Smith, 40, Kanawha, was Xilled when.» tornado.struck in the vicinity of Hayfield, Iowa. ‘This is 30 miles south of Albert Lea. An- other man was injured. Smith's body was carried away by the twister and two hours were required to find it. ‘At Hartland, Minn., in the vicinity | of Albert Lea, a church was blown down and several homes and barns stroyed. oan was injured when a tree fell across his automobile and the (Continued on page three) GROSSES ENGLISH CHANNEL IN GLIDER Lieut. Lissant Beardmore, Ca-/ nadian, Travels Over Water 60 Miles an Hour Br e-Sur-Mer, France, June 20. lei Lissant Beardmore, Can- adian flier, inventor and opera sing- er, Saturday held the distinction of being the first person to cross the English channel in a glider. Starting at Lympne Airdrome, Eng- Jand, Friday, he rose to a height of 12,000 feet behind an airplane and cast off. He headed northward, grad- ually edging toward the sea, and sail- ed toward the French coast at a rate of 60 miles an hour. He landed at stinglevert Airdrome near Calais. ‘The machine behaved magnificent- Jy, he said, rising and falling in a vast curve of air depressions. “There was not in the flight,” he said, “‘ex- cept for the intense cold. I have nev, er been so cold in my life—not even Lieut. Beardmore stole a march on ‘six other men, including Robert Kronfeld, Austrian glider expert, who intended to compete Saturday for a $5,000 prize offered by a London newspaper for a flight across she channel and back. He said he was not seeking the award but wanted the first cross-channel glider to be a British subject. Church Conference Elects New York Man Minne: June 20.—(7)—Rev. Charles oP Uliber New York, Friday was elected president of the church conference of social work of th. fed- eral council of Churches Prof. L. Foster Wood, Rochester, N./ apolis Y. ‘The 1932 conference will be held at during sessions of the gift N. Y., which was Scholarship Won By Hazelton Man Fargo, N. D., June 20.—Virgil L. ‘Weiser, Hazelton, @ graduate from the School of Agriculture at the agri- cultural college in 1931, has received 6 scholarship in soils at the Univer- sity of Vermont, Burlington, Vt. He plans to leave immediately for the east and to start work July 1. It will take two years of study in soils at the University of Vermont before Mr. ‘Weiser completes the’ required sub- jects for a master of science gegree. ‘ = & i < the secret marriage of Lucille Mc- {Cutchan, above, of Evanston, Ill., and Wade Woodworth, Northwestern uni- versity grid star and outboard motor- boat racing series has just been announced. ceremony took place last November. Woodworth won the recent Albany-New York boat Trace. BELIEVE SKELETON IS THAT OF SHERIFF | SLAIN(5 YEARS AGO Bones Found Near Lewiston, * Mont., Revive Memory of Old Murder Case Lewistown, Mont., June 20.—)— County authorities said Saturday they believed a skeleton found be- neath a pile of stones near the 79 trail afforded a clue to the disappear- ance of a Nebraska sheriff 15 years ago. A boy discovered the grave. Sher- iff Guy Tullock and Coroner C. W. Wilder expressed the opinion the skeleton as that of John Afflerbach. former sheriff at York, Neb. who dropped out of sight in April, 1916, while Harry. Randolph back to York from the Roy country north- east of here to face motor car theft charges. Randolph was well ac- quainted with the ,sheriff, who pre- viously had arrested him on charges of stealing livestock. stopped at the land office here April 14, 1916, when Randolph appiied for @ leave of absence from his home- stead. They were never. seen togeth- er after that. . Randolph was arrested in Boul- der, Colo., Aug. 16, 1916, taken to Yor« and charged with the theft of the car, Later he was brought here and charged with first-degree murder. However, as the body of Afflebach could not be found, Randolph finally was turned back to Nebraska authori- ties, served a term for car theft and was ‘ailled in a street battle with po- lice in Detroit. Randolph, while in the courty jail here, inherited $30,000 at the death of his grandmother. + Officials said the skeleton measure- ments will be taken in an effort to determine whether it is that of Affle- MSG SALESMAN IS BRLIBVED ALIVE Minneapolis Employers of Hans d. Ryland Ask Officials to ArrestHim | Passing through Lewistown, the two! 'U.. MINISTER 10 LOTTERY LAWS IN U. §. MAPPED OUT) Solicitor Donnelly Scores Amer- ican Participation in For- eign Sweepstakes NEWSPAPERS ARE WARNED! Complaints Against Wholesale! Violation of Law Come From All Sections ' i | Washington, June 20.—(?)—A fed- eral crusade against American parti- cipation in foreign sweepstakes lot- | teries was announced Saturday by) solicitor Donnelly of the postoffice | department. | In a statement, Donnelly called the | attention of newspapers, foreign pro- | moters and all individuals using: American mails to the contemplated | campaign and said “the government will do everything in its power to| stamp out such illegal practices.” i Donnelly said that during the last’ few months Postmaster General Brown already had issued more than suppress this lottery traffic.” “have reached the department against | these wholesale violations of law. Nears ‘National Di , “It is the intention of this depart- ment to strictly enforce the drastic | provisions of the statute against lot- teries with a view to breaking up an unlawful practice which recently has grown to such huge proportions in American cities, towns and villages as to border on a national disgrace.” The solicitor asserted “the inten-; tion of congress to bar from the mails matter of every kind relating to a lottery” seemed to be made clear by; restrictions upon the “the {riage in the mails of not only any inewspaper containing any advertise- ment of any lottery, gift enterprise, | or scheme of any kind offering prizes ! dependent upon lot or chance,” but also of any newspaper or other publi- 'eations “containing any list of the Prizes drawn or awarded by means of any such lottery, enterprise or scheme, whether said list contained any part or all, of such prizes.” May Be Prosecuted ‘The solicitor remarked that promo- ters abroad are violating penal law by mailing forbidden matter into this country, and may be prosecuted if found within United States borders. Deploring the losses of hundreds of thousands, while huge winnings of a few are broadcast, the solicitor said “the so-called sweepstakes, when it is not in fact a pure fake as so many ; are, is’ usually based on some horse jFace, but has no connection there- jwith . . . various sweeps eminating jfrom the Irish Free State, Canada, Newfoundland, Mexico, and other | countries are based on the same race run in another country. “But the old fashioned Louisana lottery and other world famous lot- terles of earlier days which brought about the enactment of our stringent federal anti-lottery statute were mere Pygmies in comparison.” DENMARK IS DEAD| Ralph H. Booth, Editor and Publisher, Is Stricken in ' Austrian City Vienna, Juné 20.—(?)—Ralph H. Booth, editor and publisher and United States minister to Denmark, died Saturday at Bad-Gastein, Salz- burg, Austria. He was 57 years old. The United States consul-general Vienna has taken charge of the . Booth had been ill for some BR line g afl Ep iT : E z z _ North Dakota Cools Off But Ea J)DRIVE 70 ENFORCE 100 fraud orders “in an attempt to! Little Billy Strom hardly had time to look up from his breakfast of several | cantaloupes to have his pictures taken. Billy lives on a Brawley, Calif., ranch, Caustic complaints “from every sec- | in the heart of the Imperial Valley melon region. Farmers in the valley tion of the country” Donnelly added, | ate now engaged in harvesting a crop which, it is expected, will exceed last year's production of 23,000 carloads. Bannon’s Murder Trial _ Will Be Opened Monday TWO MEN READY FOR TRANSATLANTIC HOP | WITHIN A FEW DAYS Photographer Complete Preparations for ‘Good Time’ Flight St. John, New Brunswick, June 20. —()—A flying photographer and his | pilot completed preparations Satur- day for a “good time” transatlantic flight. Otto Hillig, who made money by} Portraits of social leaders, and Holger (hold your horses) Hoiriis, who was a Danish immigrant seven years ago, are going home. Denmark Is the first stop scheduled on their proposed flight from Harbor Grace, and then a trip to Germany, where Hillig was born, They hope to take off early Mon- day from Harbor Grace, Newfound- land, on the 3,100-mile hop. They are going just for the fun of it. They flew to St. John from Has- brouck Heights, N. J., Friday night, completing the trip in four hours and 20 minutes. Flying conditions were good. Hoiriis, who received the nick-name “Hold Your Horses” while he was a barnstorming pilot, was at the controls. _ Hillig is capable of handling the stick to relieve Hoiriis at brief inter- vals but is not an experienced pilot. Hillig is a native of Steinbrucken, Germany, and is 55 years old. He came to America 40 years ago, and never has been back. Hoirlis is 27 years old. He was a farmer in Den- mark. Hillig paid $22,000 for the plane named “Liberty,” which has a cruis- ing speed of 110 miles an hour. It carries 600 gallons of fuel, permitting 82 hours in the air. They estimate the trip to Denmark can be made in 28 hours. Driscoll Man Named Landingslaget Head Detroit Lakes, Minn., June 20.—(?) Lutheran church. The 1932 convention of the Laget will be held at Starbuck. Professor A. Sween of State Teachers’ Battered Polar Submarine Being Repaired 240 Miles From Ireland ee and His Pilot main |lection of a jury will start 55-Year-Old Is Charged With) Slaying Family of Six Near Watford City | Minot, N. D., June 20.—(P)—A little | man, whose hair has turned gray in his 55 years, who never uses profan- ity and who spends considerable of ‘his time reading a Bible, will go on} ‘trial at Crosby Monday, charged with! jhaving had a part in one of North! |Dakota’s most brutal crimés—a sex-| tuple murder. | A verdict of guilty of first-degrec |murder, which the state will vigorous- | ly demand for James F. Bannon,| would send him to the penitentiary! for life. H It became known Saturday that: |Judge George H. Moellring, Williston, who had been scheduled to preside at the Bannon trial, has withdrawn and requested that Judge John Lowe, Mi-; not, officiate. The Minot jurist has| agreed to preside. If acquitted of the murder charge, Bannon’s days, in court are not over. Pending against him, in addition to the murder charge, are two uaccusa- tions of grand larceny and one of be- ing an accessory after the fact of murder—the maximum penalties for which are 25 years. All these charges arise out of the! Slaughter of the Albert E. Haven fam-/ ily of six persons near Schafer in February, 1930—a crime which went unrevealed until December of the same year, when Bannon’s sor, Charles, 22, confessed the killings, absolved his father, and directed of- ficers to the finding of the boaies of the victims interred under the floor of @ cowshed on their own farm. The court battle was taken to Crosby on a change of venue from McKenzie county at the request of the defendant. Conducting the prosecution will be State’s Attorney J. 8S. Taylor, Mc- Kenzie county, and Thomas Craven, Williston, serving as a special assist- ant attorney general. 'W. A. Jocobson, Watford City, who has been Bannon's counsel, will be Joined during the ‘trial by E. J. Mc- Tiraith, Crosby, himself an experi- enced prosecutor, having served for several years as state’s attorney of; Divide county. Removal of Bannon from the Ward county jail in Minot, where he has been held for safe keeping since the lynching of his son, to Crosby is ex- pected to take place late today or) | Sunday. arraignment of Bannon before Judge Lowe sometime Monday, when he wil enter his plea of not guility, his se- Tuesday forenoon. he up on Lester Bolstad, St. Paul. . Bi Present arrangements call for the HOOVER STATEMENT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR STOCK MART RALLY, Prices Soar on Wall Street Stock Exchanges as Well as in Berlin Boerse MANY ISSUES UP $5 OR $6 Shorts Who Had Been Follow- | ing Decline Earlier in Week Scamper for Cover ' New York, June 20.—(#)—President | Hoover's announcement that plans) were afoot to help the economic re-! covery, particularly in Germany, sent} security prices rallying Saturday on! the New York stock exchange as well, as the Berlin Bourse. | The rise in share quotations here, {approached in vigor the upturn in June 3, for numerous important is- sues were up $5 or $6. Shorts who had been following the slow decline earlier in the week were completely; surprised and scampered to cover n the rally, after a quiet first half-hour, finally showed it meant business. Bonds, particularly German obliga- tions, were strong, the so-called ‘Young plan 5 1-2's rose more than $20 per $1,000-bond «and there was a gain of similar size in the government 1's. Net gains in stocks ranged roughly from $3 to $16 a share and the turn- over for the two hours exceeded a million shares. The ticker fell a couple minutes behind the market in recording the transactions. U. 8. Steel, American Can, Ameri- can Telephone and New York Central were up $6 to $7 net, while Union Pa- cific soared $10 and Atchison $11. General Electric's rise was §4 and there were $4 to $6 advances fn West- inghouse Electric, New Haven, Du- Pont, Rock Island, Western Union and Johns-Manville. The gain in| General Motors was more than $2. Allled Chemical and Case jumped $8 and Auburn Auto climbed $16. FIND NO TRACE OF MISSING N. D. MAN Sam 0. Tollefson, Elevator Manager, Object of Search Near Milton Milton, N. D., June 20.—(?)—Sam O. Tollefson, manager of the Farmers Elevator company here and promin- ent resident of Cavalier county, miss- ing for more than a week, was report- ed to have been seen the evening of June 13 in Walhalla, according to in- formation received here. Tollefson disappeared June 10 but his family refrained from reporting the case or allowing friends to start a search until Friday. No official ac- tion has been asked although county \officials are working with others in an attempt to find him. Preliminary check of the elevator books was said to have showed them in good condition but a more thorough audit will be made later, elevator of- ficials said. His family and friends could give no reason for his disappearance. Fri- day men in more than 40 automobiles and an airplane searched the brush country north of here and all streams but found no trace of Tollefson or his automobile in which he is believed to have left Milton. Johnny Goodman 3 Up on Les Bolstad Golden Valley Golf Club, Minne- apolis, June 20.—(7)—A rain soaked course failed to slow up Johnny Goodman, expert shot maker from Omaha, who finished the morning 18 holes of the 36-hole final match of the Trans-Mississippi golf tournament, Goodman was one under par on the! outward journey, but had his oppon- ent only two down, the result of a birdie on the long sixth hole and a Amelia Feels Teeth Of Air Regulations st Is Sweltering & | Gets Break | a A few months ago all Jim Thorpe, famous Indian athlete of a genera- ition ago, could find to do was dig- ‘ging ditches. Now, things are look- jing brighter. He has obtained a con- tract to play Indian roles in the talkies. ANTI-CHURCH LAW IN FIRST TEST SUNDAY Four Petitions Seeking Injunc- tions Against Enforcement Are on File Mexico City, June 20.—@)—Four |petitions seeking injunctions against law are on file in the courts of Vera Cruz, dispatches said Friday. Three of the petitions were said to {have been filed by Catholic priests jand the fourth by several hundred jParishoners from the Amatlan dis- trict. They allege the law violates individual guarantees ana the nation- al constitution. Judge J. A. Bartlett has taken the Petitions under advisement and his decision is expected shortly. The complaints were considered in the na- ture of test cases inasmuch as no in- stance of priests being ejected from their churches has been reported. Church officials have instructed priests to remain at their posts and to conduct services in spite of the law, pending a court opinion. Churches in Vera Cruz were reported to have been unusually crowded and there were an extfaordinary number of baptismal, marriage, and other ceremonies. ‘The law is expected to meet its first real test Sunday when thousands of Catholics will go to mass. It restricts @ population of about 1,100,000 to 11 priests, making violation punishable by a fine of $500. GUARDS READY FOR GOVERNOR'S REVIEW Shafer Will Review North Da-) kota Unit at Camp Grafton, Near Devils Lake Devils Lake, N. D., June 20—(7)— Gov. George F. Shafer was expected to arrive here Saturday for the an- nual review of the 164th North Da- kota Infantry at Camp Grafton Sun- day. + Governor Shafer will participate in {the annual governor’s day program, the outstanding day of the annual National Guard encampment. Ten thousand persons from all parts of the state will watch the demonstre- tion. Colonel L. R. Baird, commander of the regiment, will accommpany Gov- ernor Shafer when the iatter reviews jthe troops in the afternoon. Col. Baird, assisted by staff officers, wil be in charge. Various maneuvers, target shoot- ing, and demonstrations by machine gun and Howitzer companies will teke place during the day. Minneapolis Youth here Thursday | MEXICO TO RECEIVE enforcement of the new anti-church; Is Killed by Train|« stomon, not Miles City, Mont., June 20.—()— |8rand matron; L. E. Brenner, 18, Minneapolis, wos |®ss0ciate grand ‘train PRESIDENT HOPES TO SPEED END OF | WORLD DEPRESSION Executive Declares No Definite Plans or Conclusions Have * Been Reached FRANCE DESIRES TO HELP European Capitals Respond Eagerly; Stock Prices Rise in ‘Hoover Boom’ (By The Associated Press) European capitals responded eager- ly Saturday to President Hoover's statement that the United States was interested in strengthening the eco- nomic situation in Europe. The president's specific mention of the situation in Germany was follow- ed. by a strengthening of stocks in Berlin where some of the leading is- sues gained as much as 15 points. Fi- nancial pages hailed the movement | 4s a “Hoover boom.” The German cabinet was under- stood to have given precedence to the president's statement at its meeting {Saturday. |. While official comment was lack- ling, the dispatches from Washington |also caused a sensation in London and the keenest kind of intecest in Paris. In London great strides toward at least temporary alleviation of Eu- rope’s economic distress were expect- ed while the visit of Andrew W Mei- lon, American secretary of the treas- jury assumed an even greater signifi- cance despite public stress on its pri- ivate character. France Desires to Help | Outstanding importance was at- tached to the president’s statemen: in Paris where it was said France also desires to help German recon- struction. At the same time the French position that there is a defi- nite link between reparations and wer debts was reiterated. j Intense interest was shown every- where in whatever concrete plant may be presented to alleviate eco- jnomic distress both in Germany and the rest of Europe. i Interest was further heightened by \dispatches from Washington stating that the president contemplated the issuance of a comprehensive state- ;ment on conferences with Republican | (Continued on page three) ‘VALLEY CITY MAN | HEADS COMMANDERY | { | L. R. Baird and John A. Gra- ham, Bismarck, Elected by Knights Templar Fargo, N. D., June 20.—(?)—Theo- dore S. Henry, Valley City, was elect- ed grand commander of the Knights Templar Grand Commadery at the 42nd annugl conclave Friday. He succeeds Henry W. Wilson, New Rockford. The sessions continued Saturday with the commandery dress Parade and competitive drill. L. R. Baird, Dickinson, and Bis- marck, was elected deputy grand commander; Fred G. Callan, Wahpe- ton, grand generalissimo; Blanding Fisher, Devils Lake, grand captain general; Chester A. Butler, Lisbon grand senior warden; John A Gra- ham, Bismarck, grand junior warden: Louis F. Smith, Mandan, grand stan- dard bearer; Adolph D. Ertresvaag. Bottineau, grand sword bearer; Henry Lanxon, Fargo, grand warden; and Fred J. Cummens, Minot, inspector. Retaining positions were John Or- chard, Dickinson, grand prelate; E. George Guthrie, Fargo, grand treasur- er; Walter L. Stockwell, Fargo, grand recorder; and Ralph L. Miller, Farge, deputy grand recorder. INSTALL OFFICERS OF EASTERN STAR 37th Annual Session of North Dakota Grand Chapter, O. E. S., Is Ended Fargo, N. D., June 20—)—In- stallation of grand chapter officers concluded the 37th annual sessions » Velva, Lester, Wahpeton, patron; Mrs. Minnio E. Rusk, Fargo, re-elected secretary; Mrs. Cora Richmond, Minnewaukan,