The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, June 30, 1931, Page 1

North Dakota’s ' Oldest Newspaper TABLISHED 1878 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE | BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, TUESDAY, JUNE 80, 1981 Post and Gatty Nearing Home Death Toll in Heat Wave Reaches 500 FORECASTERS SAY LITTLE IMMEDIATE RELIEF IN SIGHT|° Central States Are Most Affect- ed But Other Parts of Coun- try Suffer Also LOCAL RAINS FAIL TO HELP Some Farmers Attempt to Evade Sun by Working in Their Fields at Night (By The Associated Press) With little chance of relief before | we , June’s heat-wave stalked | for an eighth day through the na-| tion Tuesday. \ While the central states were most affected, some sections of the east,! south and west also suffered searing | temperatures. The Pacific and At-} lantic coast areas, for the most part. Warm? Just Look At This Dispatch Rio De Janeiro, June 30.—(?) —Heavy overcoats are being worn generally. The first cold snap of winter is on. AND THIS ONE Wenatchee, Wash.—There has been snow in the Wenatchee mountains. A storm lasted an hour and a half. The fall on Buck Creek ridge was two feet deep. however, enjoyed moderate weather. Despite local showers and cooling; breezes in many localities, the toll of | deaths, attributable to the sun’s ex- traordinary reign, exceeded 500. with; more than 200 dying within the last! 24 hours. i The Death List i A survey revealed: Deaths Last .Tctalfor | ‘Wave Chicago 126 Illinois (downstate) 49 Minnesota and | tas. 57- 50 37 40 15 California’: Maryland . . Pennsylvania .. These figures “include both os trations and drownings. The wave, disastrous as it is to mankind, was likewise taking its toll of animals. Throughout Illinois, Iowa and Indiana farm beasts were re- Ported dropping dead in fieids. Fields Are Scorched Towa grain crops turned brown and the corn leaves shriveled. Other middlewest farmers were outwitting the sun by working in their ficlds at night. Farmers in Nebraska and) South Dakota fought armies of grass- hoppers along a 300-mile strip. There ‘was some optimism, however, among grain growers who claim the unus-/| ually hot weather is beneficial to the corn crop. CA Donnel, forecaster of the Chi- cago weather bureau, declined to forecast definitely the end cf the; sweltering spell, but intimated a re- mote disturbance over the Rocky Mountain region might brigh: relief to the central states by Wednesday night. He predicted a hotter day than ever for Tuesday. A lake breeze lowered Chicago's temperature temporarily Tuesday, while local storms in Indiana and parts of Kentucky reduced the blister of the heat materially. Louisville's psig was accompanied by a 65-mile Other parts of the middlewest were Jess. fortunate. “St. Louis hed its twelfth. day yesterday with tempera- tures above 90 degress. Its 102 de- grees at 2-p. m. equalled the high rec- ord for June established in 1901. Mer- Iinois, ‘Wisconsin, Western Kentucky. Mis- souri, Minnesota and the Dakotas. ‘West Coast Comfortable While the Pacific coast tempera- tures were generally moderate, two died of the heat at Blythe, Calif., where the mercury went to 110. It was generally cooler in the Rocky Mountain area, with rain at Denver, and hail and rain at Helena, Mont. Over Idaho and Utah it was merely warm. ‘The southwestern states were hot. The east and. northeast enjoyed comfortable weather while the south- ern states suffered beneath the rag- ing sun. At Birmingham three wom- en were prostrated during a go.f tour- ney. 8 South St. Paul, June 30.—(?)—Heat 1s causing extensive liveyock in shipments a, soe local Market. losses | w. Linton Man Murders Wife and 1 Shoots Self ] ee |Heads War Veterans| ghana CLARENCE J. GORMAN Clarence J. Gorman, Minot, will serve @ second term as state commander of Veterans of Foreign Wars as the re- sult of elections held recently in con- nection with the annual encampment at Minot. 1.C.C. TAKES ACTION TO SPEED DECISION IN NEW RATE CASE) Picks July 15 as Date for Hear- ing Railroad Application for General Boost Washington, June 30.—(?)--The In- terstate Commerce Commission today | Moved to speed settlement of tae rail- road freight rate situation. It set for hearing July 15 and Au- gust 31 at Washington the proposed 15 per cent increase asked by rail and | water lines. At the same time it ordered into effect not later than December 3 re- vised class rates in eastern and west- ern trunk line territories. These rates, while providing reductions in many instances, are estimated offici- ally to provide a net increase in rev- enue of from $50,000,000 to $70.000,000 annually. The commission also announced in connection with the 15 per cent In- crease case hearings wouid be held in other sections of the country at dates | to be set later. The first Washington hearing will be confined to testimony for the railroads. That of August 31/9, {Will be for cross-examination of op- {position evidence. The eastern and western trunk line cember 3, reduce rates in the lower class levels, particularly on farm products, but generally increase rates in the higher classifications. The eastern class rate investigation was started May 13, 1924, and the western case after passage of the Hoch-Smith resolution in 1925. Man and Wife Dead In Montana Tragedy Ekalaka, Mont., June 30.—(P)— Bodies of Oliver M. Heieie and his wife, Pearlette, were found Monday jat a ranch house in a sparsely-settled neighborhood 25 miles south of Eka- laka. Officers said Heieie shot his wife | through the heart Monday night end then killed himself with a rifle. Heieie left a letter addressed to the woman's brother, Walter Cunning- ae ot pou Be N. D. Officers said jealously the shooting. paleles came to this vicinity last win- Products For Sale On Bulletin Board which formerly housed banks have been closed: Farmers E Ege. ie Hi é i fg I i class rates to become effective De-; A TAX FIGHT BEING PRESENTED TODAY Absence of Chief Justice Chris- tianson Forces Brief Post- ponement FIVE LAWYERS ARE READY | Plaintiffs Seek Review of Offi- cial Actions and Permission to Correct Petitions Arguments in the case brought against Secretary of State Robert Byrne because of his rejection of pe- titions to refer the fourlcent gasoline tax law were postponed Tuesday to 2 Pp. m. by the state supreme court. ‘The court asked attorneys, who ap- peared at 10 a. m. today to argue the case, to postpone the matter until afternoon because of the absence of Chief Justice A. M. Christianson, who is expected to return later in the day. H. G. Puller, Fargo, representing, three taxpayers, who seek to inter- vene in support of the secretary of state’s decision, filed with the court Petition for leave to amend the Sicetgmae previously filed with In the petition for leave to amend, Mr. Fuller sets forth that the inter- venors desire th right to procure withdrawals of signatures from the Teferendum petition in the event the court should permit the committee for petitioners for the referendum to correct the referendum petitions. Indications are that arguments will occupy the court during the en-| tire afternoon. Acting. Chief Justice Luther 5. Birdzell asked attorneys whether | they believed they could complete their case if it were postponed to 2} Pp. m., and it was generally agreed that this could be done. Judge Chris- tianson had been expected to return this morning, but was delayed on his trip here from Red Lake, Minn. Five attorneys will appear in the} action which was brought against the; secretary of state by H. C. Schu-j macher, chairman of the committee’ for petitioners for the ‘referendum, and by members of the committee. The action is in the form of a petition for writ of error and an order to have the secretary of state show cause for rejecting the referendum! petitions. The petititoners also seek! Permission to allow them 20 days for) correction of the defective signatures. eed had ruled that of more than! 000 signatures on the referendum i (Continued on page two) NEW OFFICERS ARE INSTALLED BY CLUB Two Minot Men Are Guests of Lions Club at Monday Luncheon Meeting New officers were installed by the Lions club at their luncheon meeting Howard vor Halvorson, Anew on Hoover Proposal Young as she is, little Barbel Castel, of Vienna, has learned that movie contracts generally are the rewards of winning beauty contests. Not long ago the fair-haired youngster was selected by a committee of artists as the; prettiest and most typical Austrian child. Now she has been engaged by one of the largest movie companies ae country to play in a forthcoming lon. Mellon and Edge Confer | ERIE "rare Every Angle of Franco-American Negotia- tions; Seek New Light DICKINSON HANS "FAONG PRIN TERN, sense C. F. Merry Found Guilty by Ambassador Walter E. Edge conferred | t length Tuesday in the latter's Mountrail Jury on Stock- —_ residence, re-examining every angle A of the Franco-American negotiations Selling Charge and groping for new light on how to insure an agreement on the Hoover Stanley, N. D., June 30.—()—C. F. Merry, Dickinson, charged with vio- lation of the state securities act in connection with sale of stock in a Proposed railroad, was convicted by @ jury in Mountrail county distrct court last night. ed four hours. A stay until July 15 was granted Merry by Judge George H. Moeller- ing. ‘Arguments in the case were sub- in Attor-; mitted to the jury Saturday. ney General James Morris assisted States Attorney F. W. Medbery in The jury deliberat-| moratorium plan. They talked during the night by trans-Atlantic telephone with Acting Secretary of State William R. Castle, Jr., in Washington on the latest French modifications and President have listened in by a special system installed in the white house. Inas- much as he is never called direct, this device enables him to intervene the conversations when he wishes. The Associated Press was in‘ormed that not only was the newspaper Ex- celsion correct in quoting Premier ¢|the provisions of the securities act. |time remaining cordial and convinced :|school, and Mrs. the prosecution. Laval to the effect that France had The conviction carries a penalty. of reached the limit of concessions but one to five years imprisonment, or|that he made the same statement in $100 to $5,000 fine, or both. | effect in last night's conference with Merry proposed to construct a/the American delegates. railroad from Portal, N. D., to Rapid! Cabinet Sets Limit City, 8. D., and to -ultimately extend! He was said to have explained that/ it to the Gulf of Mexico. His arrest) the cabinet had deliberated over his| grew out of his failure to obtain per-; policies and had formulated what mission from the state securities| they deemed the limit of compromise. commission for the sale of stock, but|He said that public opinion would he claimed the investors joined him! not permit France to go any further; as incorporators in the project and and that therefore the government’ that he therefore was not subject to! was obliged to stand firm, at the same See |that an agreement could be reached. NOTED LAWYER WEDS | ‘There was a feeling of apprehen-| Washington, June 30,—(7)—Roscoe| sion that Washington may’give too Pound, dean of the Harvard law! little importance to France's latest Lucy Miller of counter-proposals. Washington, were married today by| The French delegates clearly ex- Canon E. 8S. Dunlay of Washington | pect President Hoover to take into cathedral. | (Continued on page two) Missouri Slope Residents Face Another Day of Searing Weather Napoleon was the hottest point in the state Monday reporting 105 degrees. Torrid weather was general | sisters. RGUMENTS N GAS L Movies Claim Another Beauty Winner é TRAGEDY FOLLO FOLLOWS WIFE'S CHALLENGE IN THIEVERY CASE Argument Over Charge That Slayer Stole Cattle Results in Shootings SMALL CHILD IS ORPHANED Friend of Dead Woman Tells of Incidents Leading Up to Fatal Deed Linton, N. D., June 30.—(?)—Be- cause his wife challenged him to Prove he was innocent of a charge of Stealing cattle, Steve Ogburn, 26, shot and killed her and then committed suicide Monday. The tragedy left their three- months-old child an orphan. Ogburn married the woman 18 months ago when he came here from Kewanee, Tl, as a patent medicine salesman. Last February he abandoned her after charges of stealing a load of cattle from his father-in-law, William sh Temvik, were brought against Since his departure he had urged his wife to join him in flight. She refused. Monday he alighted from a | bus here and went to a mercantile es- tablishment where she was employed as a clerk. Alma Roesler, a friend, accompa- nied the couple to the home where Mrs. Ogburn lived. There the couple engaged in a dispute, the argument revolving around whether Ogburn was Out Of A Job GEORGE W. WICKERSHAM Washington, June 30.—(#)—One of President Hoover's commissions, once the highest focal point of interest in the nation, Tuesday dissolved. The president’s national comntis- sion in law observance and enforce- ment, more often called the Wicker- sham commission, does not reach the end of its allotted span until midnight when the remainder of its $500,000 appropriation reverts to the govern- ment. But the commission’s offices and equipment Tuesday were in the hands of the movers. All its members save two had departed. And pros- pects were that after tonight Chair- man Wickersham alone would remain in the capital. PRISON GATES YAWN innocent of the charge. Miss Roesler told authorities she left while they were still re then sent a bullet through his ead. A child in the home saw the woman fall to the floor and fled outside. Emmons county authorities were told by the girl that while the couple argued, there was no indication of the impending tragedy. Ogburn protest- jed his innocence, but Mrs. Ogburn re- plied, “You'll have to prove it,” Miss Roesler said. Ogburn had worked in this vicinity after his marriage and was entrusted to take a carload of cattle to the stockyards for his father-in-law and @ stock-shipping association. He did not return and was subsequently charged with the theft of the cattle. Railroad, federal and state authori- ties sought him, but he eluded cap- Hoover himself was understood to/ ture. During his absence from Linton, the child was born to his wife, who was only 21 years old. State’s Attorney Charles Conven- try of Emmons county said no in- quest would be held. Mrs. Ogburn’s parents at Temvik took charge of her body. Besides her parents, she leaves five brothers and Ogburn's relatives at Ke- wanee have been notified of his death and his body is held here awaiting word from them. Soo Offers Special Rates On Livestock Special rates for cattle and sheep being shipped to other points in state for pasturage will be offered by the Soo Line July 2 and after, accord- ing to local officials of the railroad. Shippers who wish to send livestock to a pasturing point may do so by paying the regular rate at the point of shipment a the point of pasture. animals will be returned to The BOE eid ty es when desired. If the shipper wishes to send his stock to market from the pasturage point, he may do so by paying the difference between the through rate to the market and the rate paid for the shipment to the pas- it. and one- U. S. Will Furnish Flags For Veterans FOR JAMES BANNON As Prisoner 5465 He Will Be Kept Under Observation for Some Time James F. Bannon, 55, convicted of being implicated in the murders of six members of the Albert E. Haven family near Schafer, N. D., in Febru- ary, 1930, arrived at the penitentiary here shortly after nine o'clock Mon- day night and was placed in the cus- tody of prison officials. ‘Tuesday morning he was “dresset in” and became just another prisoner} when No. 5465 was assigned to him. No immediate work is in prospect; for him, Warden C. C. Turner said Tuesday, and he will be placed in a cell by himself where he will be un- der observation for some weeks. The prison population now totals 412 the highest in the history of the institution, the warden said. As a re- sult, there are more than 100 men ly- ing idle. Until such time as a job; that seems fit Bannon is available, Bannon probably will be confined to his cell, Turner stated. When admitted to the prison he made no comment, according guards on duty, but as he left the jail at Minot he told Jailer John Mc- Queen “You are seeing an innocent) man to go to prison.” ‘he! Wheat Germ Found Rich in Vitamin G Washington, June 30.—(?)— Wheat germ, the most nutritious part of the wheat kernel, is valuable in prevent- ing pellagra. Dr. Hazel E. Munsell, of the Depart- ment of Agriculture has found wheat germ is a rich source of Vitamin G, lack of which causes pellagra. It also contains Vitamins A, B, and E, and is rich in fat. Wheat germ is seldom used as hu- man food because it does not keep well and consequently is difficult to handle commercially. */Suits Stolen From Store At Killdeer Thirty-six suits of men's clothing It is believed a man and a woman in a light car broke into the store and made a getaway with the clothing. The Weather ‘Unsettled, with showers or thunder- storms Tuesday night or Wednesday. PRICE FIVE CENTS f REACH FAIRBANKS ARTER 2,500-MILE JUMP OVER PACIFI. Set Record for East-West Cross- Ing of Great Ocean; Estab- lish Speed Mark LEAVE FOR CANADIAN TOWN Pair Survive Two Accidents After Perilous Ocean Hop; Gatty Slightly Hurt Fairbanks, Alaska, June 30.—(7)— Wiley Post and Harold Gatty took oft here at 3:24 a. m. (8:24 a. m. ES.T.) eran for Edmonton, Alberta, 1,450 miles. Ideal weather conditions prevailed in the vicinity and all along the route to the Canadian city. Due to the heavy load of gasoline Post was unable to get the Winnie Mae into the air on the first trip down the field. After taxiing back to start, the Ok- lahoman “gunned” the motor and the ship rolled slowly down the fieid, ris- ing just in time to clear a woodpile by a few feet. The fliers appeared more tired than when they went to bed Monday night at 10:30 p.m. They ate spar- ingly of breakfast. As Post climbed into the ship he turned to one of mechanics and said, “Boy, when I get to New York I'm going to sleep 48 hours straight.” Triumph Over Pacific Triumphant over the wild Northern Pacific ocean as well as the Atlantic, and still one up on Father Time, Wiley Post and Harold Gatty sailed into Fairbanks Monday night and got within about 3,000 miles of the end of their 15,000 mile dash around the world. Post and Gatty steered their mono- plane about 2,506 miles across the Pacific from Khabarovsk, Siberia, to Solomon, near Rome, Monday and then 500 miles more to Fairbanks be- fore calling it a day. The globe girdlers left Khabarovsk at 4 a m., (E. 8. T.) Monday, and dashed into Solomon at 2:45 p. m., Western Alaska time (8:45 p. m. E. 8. T.) averaging about 150 miles an hour for the first non-stop eastward crossing of the Pacific in that area. The landing at Solomon in the place of Nome, their intended destin- ation, indicated they had erred slightly in reckoning their position, but they missed their mark only 36 miles. Make Brief Stop Taking less than three hours at Solomon, they hopped for Fairbanks at 5:30 p.m. (11.30 p. m. E. 8. T.). After surviving two minor accidents, they arrived here at 9:25 p. m. (2:25 a. m., E. 8S. T. Tuesday). In the first mishap, Gatty was ruck in the chest and arm when, cranking the motor, he was struck by the propeller. He fell to the ground, safely away from the whirling blade, ; announced he had been only bruised and clambered into the plane. ‘On an attempted take-off the plane nosed over, due to the rough ground, and stopped with its propeller ap- |parently bent. Post seized a hammer and wrench and pounded it into shape and they were off. The flight to Fairbanks was uneventful. The filers arranged to have their plane |serviced while they slept and an- nounced they would leave for Ed- monton, Alberta, Tuesday. | Despite two long delays in Siberia, jthe fliers still were ahead of their ten-day schedule upon landing here. to| They had covered roughly 12,000 miles in six days, 22 hours and 29 minutes, and had about three days left in which to cover the approximately 3,000 miles to New York, the starting {4nd stopping point. Duplicates Record Feat With its crossing of the Northern Pacific, the Winnie Mae takes a pla-:2 alongside the famous monoplane Southern Cross for the distinction of having flown across both oceans in long hops. ‘The Winnie Mae hopped over some 2am miles of the North Pacific Tues- vy. From Khabarovsk the fliers passed over about 200 miles of the Siberian coast region and then across the Straits of Tartary, Saghalien Island, the Sea of Okhotsk and the Kam- chatka peninsula before heading over the wide stretch of the Bering sea to Nome. Evidently the long trek had been without serious incident for the fiers volunteered little information about it keepng, busy at Solomon for the jtake-off to Fairbanks and reti-‘ng there as soon as they could