The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, July 15, 1931, Page 1

North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper The Weather Partly cloudy and somewhat cooler; Thursday mostly fair. HE BISMARCK TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 1981 ESTABLISHED 1878 PRICE FIVE CENTS Hindenburg Returns to Berlin (GERMAN BANKS WILL North Dakota Again Gripped by Heat Wave oa Temperature at 3 p.m. Wednesday TEMPERATURES SOAR} TOWARD HEIGHTS: IN MIDDLEWEST STATES Prediction of ‘Slightly Cooler’ for Wednesday Night Offers Little Promise HUMIDITY UNUSUALLY HIGH Only Two Sea Coasts, Western Mountains, Are Enjoying Equable Weather North Dakota was in the grip of! another heat-wave Wednesday. In all parts of the state thermome- ters were soaring toward the records established three weeks ago and high ' humidity added to the discomfort of | North Dakota citizens. { The federal weather bureau here! said it probably would be not quite so’ warm Wednesday ‘as Tuesday, when/| the official reading was 90 degrees,’ but at noon the thermometer stood | at 88 and was rising steadily. For Wednesday night the prediction was “slightly cooler.” This came as only a faint ray of{ hope for the thousands who suffered | through the stifling heat Tuesday) grees, with a maximum of 98. Only the western Canadian provinces, the/ far western mountain region, and the| Pacific and Atlantic coasts were en-| joying equable temperatures. | ‘As the heat wave struck the north-/ west the death toll, which reached tremendous proportions in the last) night. The lowest temperature re- corded in Bismarck was 69 degrees, early Wednesday morning. At Grand/| Forks, however, the minimum was 75 | and at numerous places in the state the lowest mark was above 70. { Most of the nation also was suffer- | ing and at Salt Lake City the mini-/ mum for the last 24 hours was 80 de- | heat wave, began to mount. Eight deaths nei ari pres in this Garg ee tng the lect 24-1 irs, many 0! mm | 53 - ia directly traceable to the heat. tional bank of staples of from $15,- Although the sun was not as hot / 000 to $20,000. ‘Wednesday as Tuesday, the humidity| It was the largest Minnesota haul was higher, the reading at Bismarck | since the Willmar robbery, the second (Continued on page two) Minnesota bank holdup in two days, MOONEY-BILLINGS [in six days, A Yenkion, & D. bank PROSECUTION HIT MINNESOTA BANK IS LOOTED OF $15,000 | BY FIVE ARMED MEN Staples Bank Looted Wednes- day Forenoon in Largest Holdup in Last Year | { Staples, Minn., July 15—(#)—On; the first anniversary of the $142,000| ‘Willmar raid, five bandits Wednes-| day took advantage of railway shop/ Pay day and robbed the First Na- virtually cleaned out the bank. Possemen, equipped with sub-ma- BY FEDERAL BODY Overpowering a dozen persons, in- cluding @ policeman, the gunmen, who Wickersham Commission Says Affair Is ‘Shocking to One's had handkerchiefs over their faces, Sense of Justice’ Washington, July 15.—(#)—The Wickersham commission Wednesday denounced as “shocking to one’s sense of justice” the laws under which the famous Mooney-Billings case was conducted. Embedded deep in a formal report to President Hoover on methods of criminal procedure, the commission cited the case arising from the 1916 Preparedness day bombing in San Francisco as one in which motions for a new trial “were held inadequate to prevent injustice.” It made no direct recommendation, however, that the case be reopened. In the body of its report, signed by commis- laid at the door of pe weak or politics-ridden judges” much of the general complaint against this country’s criminal pro- ced lure. It nted a plea that the public tnsist upon the complete divorce of | chine guns, were aided in their hunt by two airplanes. The bandits headed west on Highway No. 2, toward Wa- dena, in their automobile. While a fifth companion waited in an automobile, four gunmen entered, one by one. Once into the bank, the four worked with clock-like Two walked leisurely to the rear, the third stood near the door. Simultaneously, all whipped out guns, as the leader of the gang, at the rear, yelled, “Stick ‘em up, this is a holdup.” The bandit near the cashier's win- dow rushed to the inside of the rail- ing while the two at the rear covered H. R. Nims, vice president, and Ed- ward Britton, policeman, who was & customer. In the bank also were K. T. Bar- rett, cashier; K. R. Johnson, assist- ant cashier, and four or five custom- ers. Approximately half a dozen other. persons came into the bank. When all stood with hands in the air, the leader commanded, “Get down on the floor and be quick about it.” All obeyed. The gunmen ransacked the cash drawers. ‘Then, seeking the vice president, they commanded him to open the safe in the vault and took more, There was no shooting. “They were a mob of professionals all rigl Vice President Nims said, | ht,” “as they worked very cleverly and swiftly. No one ever would have sus- pected they were robbers as they en- tered the bank.” Steve Welch Is Buried With Military Honors Bteve Welch, Civil war veteran and a resident of Bismarck for almost 60 years, was‘ buried’ here’ Wednesday in the administration of justice from politics and that the selection of judges and magistrates be made upon the ground of conspicuous fitness eneralizations by the commission Sem to me likely to serve no useful In its comparatively brief discus- ke note ooney” and Warren | ‘Thomas J. Mooney Francisco bomb- fo for the state.” Hettinger Made 121 Hail Glaiies in June|* Hettinger county reported 121 of the O96 finims Haas 60 fie erate ba insurance department for losses. for the week ending July 11, accord- ‘announced Wednes- Hungarian Officers Hop Off on Non-Stop |\N MOTOR ACGDENT Flight to Budapest NEAR WING TUESDAY GRAND FORKS MAN NAMED COMMANDER BY LEGIONNAIRES Joseph Rabinovich Succeeds Kamplin; Devils Lake Is 1932 Convention City Valley City, N. Joseph Rabinovic! elected department commander of the North Dakota American Legion at closing sessions of the 13th annual convention here Tuesday. He suc- ceeds R. J. Kamplin, Bismarck. Devils Lake was chosen for next year’s convention city, the Fargo delegation, which had sought the honor for their city, withdrawing from the race at the last minute. Jack Williams, Fargo, was re-elect- ed department adjutant, a position he has filled since organization of the Legion. The officers re-elected were Fred Gimblett, Fessenden, department fi- nance officer; William M. Jones, Lis- bon, department historian, and T. E. Whelan, St. Thomas, member of department executive committee Whalen was named to continue for a three-year term. Joseph A. Fielstad, Edmore, was chosen department chaplain. Dele- gates at large to the national con- vention will be Tom Harkinson. Wil- baugh, Fargo; J. H. Jr. Kenmare; and G. J. Christianson, Valley City. Alternates are N. B. Alvestad, Edinburg; Joe Gauer, Mandan; Otto Krueger, Fessenden; Carl Christian- ‘Wildrose; Rev. Dewitt Myers, Mohall, and Otis Bryant, Napoleon. Name District Delegates District delegates elected from the state's six districts are Bruce Arnold, Grand Forks, first district; Dan Da- ley, Devils Lake, second district; E. G. Ottis, Abercrombie, third district; Harry Peterson, Turtle Lake, fourth district; William Johnson, Minot, fifth district; and W. E. Quinlan, ; Dickinson, sixth district. Alternates in order of their dis- tricts are Clarence B. Carlson, Valley | City; William Monkman, Bottineau; | D. H. Jones, Forman; Theodore Wag-| . Hurdsfield; D. C. Polling, Willis- ton; and Fred W. Petchall. Speaking before the Legionnaires, Gov. George F. Shafer called atten- tion to the responsibility war vet- erans must bear in their leadership. He said that while recently adjusted | service certificate loans were made without placing any substantial bur- den on the treasury, the Legion must consider future proposals in the light of their effect on taxation. “If any compensation legislation is offered in congress,” he said, “the (Continued on page two) BIGHT ARCHITECTS STILL IN RUNNING That Number Remains of 42 Who Originally Sought Cap- itol Design Job Expectation that an architect for the new capitol building will be se- lected about August 1 was expressed G. A. Fraser, 2 member of the capitol He indicated that one or more commissioners probably will make a trip to to inquire into the qualifications architects under consideration. At present, Fraser said, the num- arenas Unewe, Scone eet has been reduced from a the selection will be made from those still in the running. bgpeyan the commission 4 me agreed. n.s design for commission. of . D., July 18.—P)—| th, Grand Forks, was: George Endres and Alexander Magyar Take Off in Plane at 11:18 (E. S. T.) GOOD WEATHER IN PROSPECT Start’ Late When Weather Changes After They Had De- : cided to Postpone Hop Harbor Grace, N. F., July 15 —(P}— George Endres and Alexander Mag- yar, reserve officers in the Hungarian army, took off in their plane, “Justice to Hungary,” from the airport at 1:48 Pp. m. Newfoundland time (11:18 ES.T.) on @ projected non-stop flight to Budapest. Early Wednesday morning the two fliers decided to postpone the flight until later, owing to reports of un- favorable weather conditions, but during the forenoon more promising Serenata sty reported and they j to hop off as they originally Planned. | | AVIATRIX TAKES OFF FOR NEW YORK FIELD St. Louis, July 15.—()—Laura In- galls, little New York aviatrix con- templating a solo flight across the Atlantic, took off from Lambert-St. Louis Field Wednesday for New York. = FALL RESIGNS SELF TOSERVING TERM IN _ NEW MEXICO PRISON | | Wife and Daughters Refer to Sentencing With Indigna- tion, Yet Are Hopeful | Bl Paso, Tex, July 15—(P)—His long fight to escape prison ended, {Albert B. Fall, aged and in ill healt Wednesday faced a trip from the {mansion he built here 25 years ago THREE ARE INJURED Mrs, L. H. and Lawrence San- derson, Wing, and V. P. Heaton, Steele, Victims BOY HAS SKULL FRACTURE Cars Exchanging Passengers After Swimming Trip When Accident Occurred A swimming excursion to a lake near Wing ended in disaster Tuesday night when three persons were brought to a local hospital suffering from injuries suffered in an automo- bile accident. Mrs. L. H. Sanderson, Wing, sus- tained a fracture to the right leg; her four-year-old son, Lawrence, has! @ slight skull fracture and a deep scalp wound, and V. P. Heaton, Steele, is suffering from a fracture to his left leg. The accident occurred when the Heaton and Sanderson cars parked ‘on opposite sides of the road to ex- change passengers. A third car com- ing over a hill was unable to pass be- tween and crashed into the Heaton car, according to an account of the accident given by the injured. Heaton was driving Mrs. Sanderson and Lawrence to their home at Wing when the accident happened. They had encountered Mr. Sander- son on the road coming in the oppo- site direction and had stopped to ex- change passengers. Attending physicians said Wednes- day that the condition of all three passengers was good. NEW YORK GANGSTER (7 A” \\\\) \\ bY S05 00 key | | i | ‘This chart, prepared by the Berlin Illustrierte Zeitung shows graphically the flow of German war reparations payments for the current year that has been stopped by President Hoover's “debt holiday” plan. The dotted channels show the amount of payments made by Germany to foreign countries, from a total of $405,175,000. countties..to the ACQUITTED BY JURY Jack ‘Legs’ Diamond Was Charged With Assault; Is -Held on Other Counts Troy, N. Y., July 15—(?)—Jack Dia- mond, who has “beaten the rap”) many times on charges from petty; rime to murder, stood freed onc again Wednesday, victor over the en tire legal forces of New York state in a determined effort to end his gang-; i { | | | to a penitentiary at Santa Fe, N.! Mex. | He received calmly and with a flash’ of humor the news his sentence of a|cut down by enemy gunfire, the for- year and a day would be served in the |mer bodyguard of the slain gambler,| city where he began the career that|Arnold Rothstein, was acquitted of carried him to a post in the cabinet /an assault Tuesday night by a jury| of President Harding. | which heard the story of Grover Parks, | Fall said he did not know wien he Catskill mountain truckman, in & ster career with a prison term. Arrested many times, and twice The lined channels show the amount paid by foreign United States and other. nations in settlement of their debts. ‘The smaller circle shows how much money there remains in each country from German reparation payments. ‘The larger circle on each circle shows the population of each country. By comparing the inside and outside circles one gets a comparison of about how much Germany enriches foreign countries per capita. Here's an example that affords a key to it all: Ttaly, for instance, receives from Germany $45,362,500. Now here’s what Italy does with it: ays Great Britain ..... ys U. S. .... tains in Italy $45,362,500 German gold marks have been converted at the current exchange rate of 23.75 cents. The figures in dollars given in round numbers, are therefore! approximate. Representative’s Suicide {gency decree Tuesday ‘Wednesday by Adjutant General; Chicago | would leave for Santa Fe. He said he even wished he was physically able to do all the things expected of a prisoner. “It is a relief to have it all settled,” he said. rtainly the strain has been heavy. Mrs. Fall and her daughters. Mrs. dignation at what they asserted to be the injustice victed of accepting @ bribe from E. L. Doheny in leasing of the Elk Hills naval oil reserve and expressions of hope that in prison he would find peace. “It is no disgrace for him to be im- ” “He has Mitchell as more suitable for the for- mer cabinet member, now 70 years old and ill. a | Shot by His Dog, ib Man Is Near Death _AREEIAE SRD en i neememes | Ph; hope for his recovery. Ex change of Wives Stevens have announced a din- ner for their families here Satur- of the courts in which Fall was con- | Pen! two-day trial. Parks said he was beaten and tortured by fire by Dia-/ mond and his gang April 15 because jhe did not reveal the location of a jmountain still, after being overtaken j with a load of cider on a lonely road. |_ There are other indictments against |Diamond growing out of the Parks’ episode. The court clipped $10,000 from the total bail of neariy $50,000 | under which “Legs” was at liberty ding trial. Railroad Plea for Rate Boost Amended | Washington, July 15—Ue%)—The pe- (tition of railroads for a 15 per cent Wednes- | | |from its provisions. The original petition would have excluded “certain other commodities” in addition, but upon being asked to > |name those commodities the railroads informed the commission they in- tended making no other exceptions. Appearing as a witness for the railroads, Dr. Julius H. Parmelee told the commission American railways, despite the most rigorous economy, jhave been unable to make a fair liv- ing during the last ten years. Par- melee is @ director of the Bureau of Railway Economics. Commissioners Meyer, Lewin and Lee with seven representatives of state commissions, sat in the hearing. Commissioner Meyer presided. and Children Is _ Made by Two Families in California divorces on grounds of mental cruelty, and were married, Ste- and Mrs. Spotswood caring for the children meantime. When they returned, Stevens and Mrs. Spotswood went to Las Vegas and were married last June 30. Is Blamed to Despondency NEPHEW OF JUSTICE JOHN BURKE IS DEAD Ruptured Appendix Causes Death of W. A. Burke, La- kota Attorney, in Forks Grand Forks, N. D., July 15.—@)— Ww. A. Burke, Lakota attorney and nephew of Supreme Court Judge John Burke, died early Wednesday | in a hospital here after an illness of a little more than a week. Death was caused by a ruptured appendix. Funeral arrangements have not been completed pending word from his eee: living in Livingston, Mont Peter Keierleber, Member of Legislature Last Two Ses- sions, Hangs Self Carson, N. D., July 15.—(#)—Au- thorities Wednesday attributed the suicide of Peter Keierleber, 53, mem- ber of the North Dakota leigslature in 1929 and 1931, who hanged himself in a hayloft of a barn at his home near here, to over a skin disease and financial reverses. ‘The widow said she noticed his ab- sence late Monday, looked for him later found the body hanging in the barn. * His threats to commit suicide were not taken seriously. Grant county authorities said the legislator also had threatened his family. Coroner Emanuel Hertz, Grant county, called about the farm and a few minutes by @ son of the legislator, said no in- quest would be held. Mr. and Mrs. Keierleber came to Carson about 20 years ago from Au- rora, Ill. They settled on a large farm three miles south of here. .| A Nonpartisan, elected to the 1929 47th legislative district. He was re- elected to the last session, but became ill and was unable to complete the Before the World war Mr. Burke was associated with Murphy and Many Attend Rites For Mary Parsons services for Mary Parsons, Keier! session from the/1 OPEN THURSDAY FOR MID-MONTH PAYROLL Even Darmstaedter und Na- tional, Which Closed Early in Week, Will Reopen ‘RENTENMARK’ IS DISCARDED Decree Draft Falling Due in Bank Holiday Cannot Be Collected for Week Berlin, July 15.—()—President Von Hindenburg, who remained at his country place in Neudeck all through the maneuverings of the last two weeks, returned Wednesday to jtake a hand in lifting Germany out of its financial crisis. Shortly after he arrived it was learned on excellent by government decree, will be et ad to meet the mid-month pay- roll. Even the Darmstaedter und Nat- ional bank, which suspended pay- iments at the beginning of the week, will be opened for pay day. In the meantime the cabinet, de- bating ways of meeting the situation without inflating the currency, def- initely discarded a plan to put the domestic “rentenmark” back into circulation. Civil service salaries and payrolls of individual firms will he paid, it was learned. Unemployment doles and sick benefits also will be met. A considerable number of private |firms have payroll accounts with the Darmstaedter bank which suspended oe at the beginning of the weel The cabinet issued another emer- night provid- ing in effect that a draft falling due during the bank holiday cannot be collected until one week after the institution opens. It stipulated that the presented holiday should have the same legal status as normal holidays and that the period of grace should not end until a week had elapsed. Two possibilities of transcending importance for she pacification, of (Continued on page two) N.D. FARMER DIES” AS WELL CAVES IN NEAR COOPERSTOWN Rescue Attempts Prove Futile as Body of Arnold Retzlaff Is Recovered Cooperstown, N. D., July 15.—(P}— A fight by a score of workers to save the Hfe of Arnold Retzlaff, young Griggs county farmer who tumbled into a pit well here at 8 a. m. Tues- day, was lost six hours later when they recovered his lifeless body at fall into the 18-foot pit. Retzlaff, together with his father, Albert Retzlaff, and his brother, Max, began cleaning the well on an untenanted farm. Arnold descended to the larger of the pit, where a shelf at a de; 10 feet was held in place by a cl [ 3 fs 53 cf Hl ries EE af 8 e E Z g i i F 3 i