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

ye » i ry ' ad + 4 » z | B { ee ‘ference are the United States, Great North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE @ al on The Weather Fair Monday night; Tuesday faiy and somewhat warmer. ‘ ESTABLISHED 1878 BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, MONDAY, JULY 20, 1931 PRICE FIVE CENTS AT LONDON HOPEFUL FOR EARLY ACTION Atmosphere of Optimism Per- vades English Capital as Conference Nears SETTLE POLITICAL ISSUES Guarantees Asked by France From Germany to Be Elimi-- nated From Discussion London, July 20.—(?)—Statesmen of seven great powers assembled Mon- day for the most important interna- tional conference since the meetings at Versailles wrote the war into the, economic and political map of the’ word. t They were charged with the task of; reconciling conflicting national inter- ests into a program of rescue capable of pulling Germany free of economic catastrophe and, at the same time, of lessening financial stress through- out the world. ‘An atmosphere of optimism pervad- ed London today—so much so that in | treasury; ‘Stimion, diplomatic circles it was predicted the conference would finish its job this week. This confidence was in large part based upon the elimination from the program of the troublesome question | of politicial guarantees by France from Germany in exchange for her participation in financial aid. It was based, too, upon the knowl- edge the ministers taking part in the deliberations were aware of the neces- sity of prompt action to relieve all Europe. A third factor was the Franco-Ger- man agreement, reached at prelim- inary negotiations in Paris, that both France and Germany would do every thing they could to create conditions favorable to effective collaboration between them in both, the political and economic fields. Z ‘The nations taking part in the con- Britain, Het Germany, Italy, Bel- jum and Japan. endrew W. Mellon, secretary of the treasury, and Henry L. Stimson, sec- Some of Leaders in World Conference ARTHUR HENDERSON Above are some of the men who may make history at the world con- ference opening Monday at London. Henderson is foreign secretary for Great Britain and is secretary and Gibson, ambessador to Belgium. represent the United States. WASHBURN TO ECONOMIZE Washburn, N. D., July 20.—A cut of 10 per cent in the city’s expenses for ‘Washburn city commission. | SERVE SENTENCE Former Secretary of ' interior En Route to Prison Which He Helped to Build retary of state, arrived in London from Paris Sunday. Hugh Gibson, ambassador to Belgium and the third member of the American! delegation, was at the station to meet them. ‘The French delegation, headed by by Chancellor Bruening; Minister Grandi of Italy and Premier Renkin of Belgium were scheduled to arrive shortly before the opening of the meeting. Japan is being repre- sented by her ambassador in London. pocket battleship” program were un- derstood to have been barred from the: Agena, it was expected they would be talked over informally by the par- ticipants, and that important results might follow from that discussion. Ohly the ministers were invited to) including Mrs. Fall and a granddaughter, Martha Fall, arrived Saturday ‘night. ‘The halt was suggested by Dr. J. H. Gambrell, his personal physician, who said Fall had stood the trip fairly and Germany's “vest: well but was “feeble and tired. Fall) had no visitors Sunday. He retired early last night. At Santa Fe preparations were made for the entry of Fall as a con- viet in the prison he helped, the opening session, over which Prime Minister MacDonald was to preside, but when the full meets tomorrow morning at the for- eign office, the financial experts will be calle jed in. Although reports from. conference | physi Daughter of Former Paris declare Herr Bruening, in his talk with! N. D. Judge Hangs Self French statesmen, did not mention the amount of credit he wants for Germany without delay, it. was. be- Heved in London about $50,000,000 would be found sufficient for imme- diate needs. Nephews Carry Body Of Tyler to Grave ‘The Hague, Va., July 20.—(P)—Fu- neral services for Bishop John Pyntz ‘Tyler, church, grand ww of President John Tyler, who died at Fargo, N. D., were held here thter of the former Buchanan Merchant Dies in Jamestown ARISTIDE BRIAND for Victim RAMSAY MacDONALD HUGH GIBSON PALL ON WAY T0 [Two Injured in Search of Drowning Dickinson Men Hurt Trying to| Mandan Juniors 3 Locate Body of George Mar- tin in Reservoir Dickinson, N. D., July 20—(P)-An airplane used in the search for the body of George Martin, 39, who drowned in a railroad reservoir near here, crashed on an embankment Sunday, resulting in injuries to its two occupants. The plane, piloted by Dennis Kelly, with H. Aberson, the owner, as a pas- senger, fell at a spot where thousands of persons later gathered to watch the searchers. The crash occurred at 9 a. m. before any of the crowd had assembled. Dynamiting of the lake was in progress Monday as the search for the body was resumed. Kelly, a railroad fireman who re- sides here, is recovering from his in- juries, consisting of a gash on the cheek, a cut lip and the loss of five teeth. Aberson, a business man here, suffered minor bruises. ‘The two wings of the plane and the propeller were demolished. A Strong wind, which caused the pilot to lose control of the plane, is believed responsible for the crash. Aberson purchased the ago. ‘The ship dropped about 200 feet to the 30 foot high bank at the edge of the reservoir of the Northern Pacific railway. .|- The men said they had located Martin’s body and were preparing to drop a rock at the spot so as to mark it for others assisting in‘ the search. was a At that point, a strong northeast wind | qenending U. 8. Judge! jerked the plane and it plunged down- | y.6¢q. G, B. Bartholomew of North Dakota.| ward. Frank X. Wanner, Stark county sheriff, is in charge of the search for searchers the use of dynamite, Wanner plans to ask post officials at Fort Lincoln at Bismarck to furnish an airplane. Martin drowned Saturday after he swam across the reservoir which is about one-fourth of a mile wide. He attempted to return but drowned be- fore reaching the shore. Move County Offices Into New Court House] Work of moving « office equipment into’ the new Burleigh county court started and Cao has been Win from Hebron|Pontiff Asks That ‘Blindest of, Mandan, N. D., July 20.—(#)—Man- dan beat Hebron 14 to 3 to win the district championship of the Ameri- can Legion junior baseball tourna- ment Sunday. Previously Mandan defeated Dickinson 21 to 7 and He- bron won from New Salem 19 to 5. Bob Saunders, on the mound for Mandan, struck out 19 men in Sun-| day’s game. ot lor special service and required com- HAY RATE BOOST IS RECOMMENDED Examiners for |. C. C. Propose; Upward Revision of West- ern Tariffs Washington, July 20.—()—Two in- terstate commerce commission exam- iners Monday recommended to the commission an upward revision of celent rates on hay throughout the west. The examiners, reporting on their investigation of the commodity under the Hoch-Smith resolutions, recom- mended a minimum rate of 10 cents per 100 pounds for hauls of 10 miles or less, grading upward as distances increased. For the Mountain Pacific territory the minimum rate would ‘be 11 cents. Minimum. carload weights were fixed at from 18,000 to 20,000 pounds, on the length of the car ! The examiners said hay often was; moved in equipment unsuitable for hauling grain and wtihout expedited paratively little movement of empty | cars. They added that from its na- ture it could be expected to do no| more than “pay its way” and that rates should be fixed providing the railroads a minimum of profit. Posses Are Seeking \ Montana Holdup Men Billings, Mont., July 20.—(7)—An DINO GRANDI } , HENRY L. STIMSON POPE PIUS PRAYS | FOR NEW MIRACLE: ARMY PLANES CRASH Civilian Injured as Falling De- bris Strikes Him; Two Leap to Safety Newii . Conn. July 20—F)— Lieutenant Benjamin F. Lowery and his observer, Corporal Harold Stro- snyder, were killed Monday in a col- Uston of two United States army air- planes over Newington. Two others reached the ground safely in parachutes. | A civilian was struck and critically injured by one of the falling planes. The dead are Lieutenant Benjamin F. Lowry and Sergeant Snyder. ‘The men who escaped by jumping with parachutes were Lieut. Kelly and Sergeant David Spicer. | The surviving flyers said the col- lision occurred when the two planes) attempted to avoid an unidentified commercial plane, which sped toward the six army ships. One of the dead, witnesses said, at- tempted to leave his ship in a para-| chute. At Hartford hospital the civilian struck by the falling plane was iden-| tified as Michael Petnicelli, of Meri- den. He suffered a fractured leg and other injuries. DEATH OPENS NEW POLITICAL WARFARE: Tug of War for Seven Congres- sional Seats, Emptied by Grim Reaper, Looms Washington, July 20,—(?)—Con- gressional seats emptied by death the Blind’ May Be Made to See Rightly Rome, blindest of the blind. see,” was in-|rolis show 214 Republicans, 213 Dem-| terpreted Monday as a reference tojocrats, one the Fascist party and as an indication seven vacancies. of a new and promising spirit in the; Ohio, with two, Wisconsin, Michi- controversy between the church and the Italian government. It was accepted: in. Rome that in this pronouncement the pope had adopted the attitude of a compas- sionate father and had disregarded the role of reproving critic. In connection with this interpre- tation, it was pointed out Premier Mussolini’s tone had been somewhat quieter lately so far as the church controversy is concerned. ‘The Pope, celebrating the virtues of the ven- erable Caterina LaBoure, declared miracles were greatly needed “in moment when the whole church suf: fers whien its-head suffers, which sor- rows. when its head sorrows, which is: College Budget Is Approved by Board emergencies. Shepperd said he approved a by the board against salary increases to faculty members because of present conditions. 4 July 20.—()—An address' from the last election with a majority) by Pope Pius, in which he prayed for of two, but since have seen that mar- a miracle that would “make the gin cut and restored as members of = NAVY AND GOODYEAR BALLOONS WIN RACE \others disclaim any desire to organ- jand may prove a weightier factor in jmade concrete legislative demands as have opened anew in six states the ipolitical tug of war begun last No- |vember for mastery of the house. Administration forces returned parties died. Monday house Farmer-Laborite and} gan, Pennsylvania, Georgia and New York, with one vacancy each, supply the fields of contest on which con- trol of the house may hinge. Control now is doubtful with groups in both parties forecasting victory while ize for @ session which history may record as one of the most turbulent. Internal party dissension aggra- vated by the depression and sectional interests loom large on the horizon the outcome than opportunities pro- vided each part? to gain strength in the vacant districts. Already progressive groups have the price of supporting either party: candidate for the speakership and a deadlock has been predicted in some | eka unless these demands are met. Will Represent U. S. in Interna- Eight Are Killed | by Flaming Gusher TWO MEN KILLED AS |MYSTERY BLAST IS CAUSE joil to feed the flames, then a gasket in the control valve burned out and! Seven Others Are Near Death as Result of Tragedy in Michigan Field Heroism of Tool Dresser in Cap- ping Well Credited With Sav- ing Many Lives Mt. Pleasant, Mich., July 20.—(?)}— An oil field fire which climaxed the shooting of a “gusher” 13 miles from here Saturday had taken eight lives Monday, while seven other victims, terribly burned, were in a critical condition in a hospital. The 2,000-barrel well whose “shoot- ing” attracted the victims and 200 other spectators to the scene of the tragedy, still was burning. The well came in as a gusher shortly before a storage tank ex- Ploded, from @ cause as yet undeter- mined, and showered the spectators with flaming oil. The heroism of “Buck” Hewitt, a tool dresser, in com- pleting the capping of the well at the tisk of his own life, was credited with preventing greater loss of life, for the well did not catch fire tel There were other acts of heroism. Many of the men who rolled to safety from the sea of fire, dashed back into the flames to rescue women who had not escaped—some of them to their deaths. Four of the victims died early Sun- day, and four more Sunday night. One of the first fatalities was Mrs. Walter L. McClanahan, wife of the principal owner of the gusher. Mc- field as “king of hard-luck promoters” and a veteran of oil operations in the Kansas and Kentucky fields, was among the seven for whom hope has been all but abandoned. It was the first paying well he had brought in in this field. An attempt was to be made today to snuff out the burning gusher, the servation officers had fought all Sat- through a connecting pipe line and the well flared up early yesterday. A leak permitted the escape of enough the well became a pillar of fire. QUESTIONS WISDOM OF RAISING RATES Commodity Prices With Transportation Costs Washington, July 20.—(P)}—The wis- dom of raising freight rates when commodity prices are declin- ing was questioned Monday by an Interstate Commerce Commissioner considering the appeal of the rail- toads for a rate increase. Commissioner Eastman asked Fair- man R. Dick of Roosevelt and Com- pany, New York, a witness favoring the increase, if he thought it econom- ically sound to put railroad rates too high compared with other commodi- - Dick replied the railroads could not help it and that much of the charges ‘was necessary to meet increased taxes tional Contest for Gordon Bennett Trophy Akron, O., July .20.—(P)—The Navy; and branch line operations. At the outset of the hearings Mon- day, Eastman inquired whether the “propaganda of the railroads for an increase would not adversely affect investments. Dick replied he did not think so if the increase were granted. Eastman said “ton-mile” charges for freight had increased 50 percent since 1916 but commodities were 13 Percent lower than at that time. “I want to know whether you think it economically sound to put rates at such @-high figure as compared with 1916?” Eastman asked. Dick said he could not answer. Bees Win Victory Over Chicago Scot & Clanahan, known in the Mt. Pleasant | “Struble No. 1,” with jets of live! steam. After firement and state con-| urday night against spread of the! ltted roof flames to the well, the fire crevt! a i | Chairman of |. C. C. Compares 15 Die In Northwest Mishaps Seven Powers Are Ready for World Meeting STATESMEN CATHER TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS, DROWNINGS LISTED AS LEADING CAUSES Wisconsin and Minnesota Resi- dents Succumb From Effect of Severe Heat SMALL TWISTER KILLS ONE Farmhand Meets Death Near Oriska When Disturbance Lifts Roof From Barn St. Paul, July 20.—()—' deaths claimed 15 northwest pete over the week-end. Most of them died in traffic mishaps or drowned. In addition, two persons died trom the effects of heat. They were Vic- tor Wallin, 44, highway worker, near Cochrane, Wis. and William Doud. Albert Lea, Minn. The dead: Max Goldfarh, 76, Duluth, injured fatally when truck rolled ito altel near Duluth. Charles Griffin, Waterloo, Iowa, formerly of Minneapolis, killed in car collision near Minneapolis. Louis P. Arneman, 37, Superior, Wis., killed when struck by car at Superior. Frederick Poppler, 13, Chaska, drowned when inner tube on which he kept afloat burst. 'W. C. Patterson, 40, Duluth, killed when motorcycle crashed into tele- rete! Cotton, Minn. ol . Johnson, 56, Two Harbors, killed when two rail speeders collided near Tower. Aileen Seppola, 17, drowned in Rice river near Gok George Martin, 39, drowned in res- a = tg N.D. rles 27, believed from Lakefield, Minn. drowned in Lake Okoboji near Okoboji, Iowa. Dorothy Lewis, 10, Minneapolis, obage in Lake Nokomis, Minneap- ‘Genevieve Franklin, 16, Patsau, Wis., injured fatally by a truck. J. A. Gorman, , thot and killed whil repair a patted a ” in Venell, and Harry Xiliion, Rapid City, § D. injured fatally ;when Killon’s car crashed into rear jof Venell’s machine near Rapid City. Harry L. Eberhardt, 30, Falls, farm hand, killed near Oriske, N. D., by falling timber when ‘twister FIVE JUNIOR TEAMS WIN TOURNAMENTS Steele, Jamestown, Minot, Mandan, Park River Ad- vance in Legion Play (By the Associated Press) Steele, Jamestown, Minot, Mandan jand Park River won district tourna- ments Sunday and earned the right to enter the North Dakota American Legion junior baseball tourney to be held at Harvey July 31 and August 1 and 2. Three other teams will be select at tournaments to be conducted tras week. Jamestown won the third district championship by defeating New Rockford 12 and 3, while Steeles team took the sixth district title by winning from Ashley 7 to 6. |, Minot took the fifth district title by drubbing Wildrose 14 to 6, and Esper ates to enter ion taking fourth district title, dete me derlin, defending champions, Lisbon and Wahpeton are entered. \Queen Helen Denies \ Story of Her Exile into the mount nacle here Sunday, July 19. Goodyear bag landed at 8 a. m. (pl din algal I Eggle e ° “ 5 » With his cientist to Hunt Web-Footed = |iichatst Bet. nts omer ° e ° > ° among competing balloons for Dog Which Sings Like a Bird) sites tom str & the cas - Four of the six starters were Washington, July 20—(7)—Oft song whine. Its feet are a sur- {forced down Sunday night. The to hunt “the web-footed dog that vival from some prehistoric an- |U. 8. Army balloon No. 2 suc- sings likes bird,”. and other cestor that lived in the water. cumbed to rain and loss of gas with- x Bag lber peer hig doe po in 35 minutes after it took off. It beasts os strange. as sideshow prepreg spl cmaahnd from | was the first o ascend her late Sun- freaks, Dr. William. Mann, di- the skin of their mother’s: back, [day afternoon, and was the first rector of the National 00, is on also will be sought by Dr. Mann. |forced down. It landed about 123 his way to South American ‘Eggs are laid by the mother toad /miles from‘the starting point. Jungles, ‘ | in the usual way, but the male The “Del-Mar-Va” lasted about 30 Armed with traps, nets, snares, | then presses them into pavities | minutes longer. and landed 20 miles and special cases, he will spend in the mother’s leathery skin. from Akron. The Army's entry No.1 the. next two months under ao ‘There the shateh, the young |stayed aloft four hours, 18 minutes. ate Suen Seer ae e- toads ae he Tt landed at Custard, Pa., near Mead- The web-footed w a mothers ie, "and pe out ‘The WIR of Detroit landec near Jungle animal with @ queer sing- | full-fledged young ea Erie, Pa., at 1:08 8. m., Monday. ™ mf t. % r i q