The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 4, 1931, Page 1

|. Wall of | North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper ESTABLISHED 1878 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, 1931 Boy Killed by Horse’s Kick Ss Shroud FAMOUS AVIATOR AND SPOUSE ARE SARE IN NORTH World Worries as Radio Com-| munication Is Cut Off by Un- favorable Conditions REPORT DISPELS ANXIETY Next Stopping Place, 650 Miles Farther Along, Is Near Arctic Circle Ottawa, Aug. 4.—(AP)—The wall of static which had separated Col. | Charles A. Lindbergh and his wife from the outer world for many hours crumbled Tuesday and at last it was learned that they had landed at Baker Lakes at 5 o’clock E.S.T. Mon- day afternoon. They had planned to take off for Hunter Bay Tuesday afternoon but head winds all along the 650-mile course caused them to delay. The probability was they would start this lap of their trip Wednesday. Hunt- er Bay is within 20 miles of the arc- tic circle. Communication was established with Baker Lake Tuesday morning by wireless officials of the depart- art of marine and anxiety concern- ing the famous flyers was set at rest. The Lindberghs left Churchill, Man., shortly after noon Monday for the 375-mile flight to the small settlement at the western end of} Chesterfield inlet in the northwest territories. a The radio station at Churchill was in communication with the bergh plane at 1:10 p. m:- Monday and last heard its transmitter at 2:40. From Baker Lake Col. Lindbergh indicated he planned to follow a course in the form of a long arc to Aklavik, trading post in the Yukon territory, near the mouth of the Mackenzie river. This route, 1,300 miles long, will take him to Hunter Bay for his next stop, a flight of 650 miles, thence across Great Bear Lake to Fort Norman, 275 miles farther. From there a 350-mile jump will bring him to A! 4 FARM GROUPS 10 OPPOSE PLAN FOR CENTRALIZATION Object to Concentration of Grain Corporation Business in Farmers’ Union St. Paul, Minn. Aug. 4.—()—Co- operative groups, representing more than 300,000 farmers of Minnesota and the northwest, plan to carry for- ward their program of opposing the expansion program of the Farmers’ National Grain corporation. Leaders of these cooperative groups, including the Minnesota Farm Bu- reau Federation, the Twin City Milk Producers, the Land O’Lakes Cream- eries, the Central Livestock Coopera- tive of South St. Paul, the Minnesota Wool Producers, the South Dakota Wool pool, the Northwest Grain asso- ciation and the American Wheat Growers of Aberdeen, 8. D., support- ed by “The Farmer” of St. Paul and “The Dakota Farmer” of Aberdeen, S. D., object vo the program of cen- tralizing activities of the big grain cooperative through the Farmers’ Union Terminal association in St. Paul. A meeting of leaders: of several of these groups was held Monday. A statement of their program is in process of preparation and will be is- sued shortly, Murray Delays in Issuance of Order Oklahoma City, Aug. 4.—(AP)— "While the hours slipped far past the “deadline” set for last Saturday night by Governor W. H. Murray for shutting down prorated oil well the state, that official continued to tarry over the issuance of his execu- tive order. In contract to his habit of acting swiftly and apparently on the spur of the moment in matters of import- ance, vel a “long fight,” possibly in the United States Supreme Court, was in pros- pect, and that he wanted to be sure tata Monday Ba relerted age ite Monday vaguel to “later”, as the time for issuance of the order. His threat to close all but stripper wells came when purchasers of crude retained posted prices of 42 to 50 cents per barrel. for best Oklahoma oil. He declared a Minimum price of $1 must be oe or he shut the wells, troops. * Lind- | nor’ commented that | °f! BODY OF DROWNING VICTIM DISCOVERED | IN MISSOURT RIVER Remains of George Reimer Re- covered From Water at 5 A. M. Tuesday Discovered by a fisherman lying in the shallow water over a sand bar 14 miles south of Bismarck late Monday, j drowned {swim across the Missouri river, was \recovered early Tuesday morning. The remains were sighted by a jriver fisherman about four miles idownstream from the point where {Reimer was drowned. | Found lying on a wide sandber, in the midst of mud and quicksand, it) jWas necessary to conduct rescue work j}from the Morton county side of the |river where deeper water made ap- \proach to the bar possible. Darkness halted the rescue work as men and boats were being transferrea ‘to the Morton county bank. Commencing at dawn, Sheriff J. L. | Kelley and his crew of rescue workers’ jStarted rescue work ‘Tuesday morn- ling, recovering the body at about jfive a.m. Funeral arrangements have not ‘been completed. ‘22 THOUGHT DEAD ~ AS BUS PLUNGES | Two-White Men and 20 Negroes Are Victims of Tragedy at Georgetown, S. C. Georgetown, 8. C., Aug. 4.—(7)—A bus loaded with picnickers from # beach outing plunged into an open drawbridge near here late Mon- day night and carried approximately 20 negroes and two white men to their death. jumped vehicle hurtled into the 40-foot wa- ter of the Sampit river. The two white men who drowned were Warren Newton, owner and driver of the bus, and Olin Newton, his son. The names of the negroes drowned {could not be ascertained. | A crew of workmen, after laboring several hours with two wreckers from. garages, succeeded about daylight in {raising the bus to the surface. | Only one body, that of an unidenti- fied negro, was when the truck was brought up. The top of the vehicle had been torn off in the lifting operation. It was believed the other victims had been spilled back into the river. to explain what caused the driver to run the bus into the river. CONGRESSMEN 10 SEEK NEW RELIEF North Dakota Delegation Agrees Additional Help Will Be Needed in 1932 "felegation including ene and Grand Forks, he eRe FR ! alt £5238 Fy i i i: 2 2BE age : Convicted Officer necessary, with state/rel at an apartment party the night of June 23. Static ‘Pangborn-Herndon Still Are INTO DEEP WATER = Aug. 4—(P)— by Round-the-World Fliers Feel They Still Have Chance to Establish New Mark AWAIT FAVORABLE WEATHER Airmen Are Held at Siberian Town by Necessity of Re- pairing Plane Tokyo, Aug. 4—(?)—Contrary to Teports in New York that they had abandoned their round - the - world fight in quest of the record set re- cently by Post and Gatty, Hugh Herndon, Jr., and Clyde Pangborn, American aviators, awaited only fa- vorable weather reports at Khaba- rovsk, Siberia, to start them off Tuesday on a hazardous jump to Nome, Alaska. Rengo News Agency dispatches | said they were eager to be off, for: each hour they remained at Khaba-, rovsk lengthened the margin between | their time and that of Wiley Post and / bahar barre And pep of their - globe - gird flight. aaa At 9 @ .m, Tuesday, Herndon and Pangborn were about half a day be- hind the time of Post and Gatty. Upon their arrival at Khabarovsk at 3:50 p. m., (1:50 a. m, eastern stan- dard time) Monday, they were 22 hours, 58 minutes behind Post and Gatty’s time, but Post and Gatty lost 26 hours, 30 minutes at Blagove- schensk, west of Khabarovsk, when At 9 a. m. Tuesday, Herndon Pangborn had lost. only 17 hours, 10 minutes. Their peo ae toa damaged wing, suffered when th me Monday. i lerndon and Pangborn had expect- ed to get away from Khabarovsk im- mediately after refueling there. Their ed wing prevented this and they decided to remain overnight. The filers’ route to Nome lies over the Sea of Okhotsk, around the tip of the mountainous Kamchatka pe- ningula and across the stormy Bering sea. Most of the course lies over wa- THREE NEGROES ARE KILLED IN RIOTING {Disturbance Occurs When Crowd Objects to Eviction of Family From House Chicago, Aug. 4.—()—Communists were blamed by police Tuesday for a brief but sanguinary riot on Chica- go's south side in which three negroes were slain and one was seriously wounded. Three policeman who helped put down the disorder were injured. Several score of the partici- Pants were arrested. Three were said by police to have been ringleaders. Immediate steps were taken by of- ficials, including Mapor Anton J. Cer- mak and Corporation Counsel Wil- liam H. Sexton to prevent a reptition of the disorder which began late Monday afternoon when several hun- dred negroes started a demonstration in protest against the eviction of a near? family for non-payment of Tent A crowd of negroes, estimated by Police at 1,000, gathered and shouted defiance as two court bailiffs started to move to the street the household telephoned for police. Cries of “put that furni- ture back” and “we want something to eat” were heard and some of the crowd started to put the furniture A patrol wagon, manned by Police- man Fred Graham, a negro, Martin Ernst and John McFadden, arrived, but the trio was quickly surrounded i & a ‘ ay i, ii | means of averting said fF i | Police we been negro page minor disorders resulting eviction of negroes potlgeer ‘Commu. last night, but developed. Chi- 5 Hopeful! and} i i s| involve 40,000 or more wor! filiated_with the families. | night Tuesday. Counsel leaders to dis-| would take further trou-| in support o! he was surprised when|and to protest imprisonment of there were between 30,000 and| workmen and government restric- nists in Chicago. | tion of meetings. dis-| Twenty-four hundred motormen kept) and conductors, walked out Friday, district because of fre-| protesting wage reductions. Partial from} operation of trams during the day and Commu-| was made in| Electric Railwa: The Weather Unsettled, possibly rain Tuesday night, Wednesday; much cooler. PRICE FIVE CENTS Reg. L. Robbins and H. S. Jones, left and right respectively, failed a second time in an effort to fly from Seattle to Tokyo. The inset shows their plane, the Fort, Worth, being Fail Second Time |! Lindy | refueled over Fairbanks, Alaska, just before it was forced down on their first attempt to win the $25,- 000 prize offered by a Japanese newspaper. . }enues, is owned-by the county and on FOG AND RAIN HELD CAUSE OF FAILURE BY TOKYO AVIATORS Jones and Robbins Were Un- able to Find Refueling Plane Because of Weather Fairbanks, Alaska, Aug. 4.—(AP) —Two Texas aviators, who twice had thought themselves well on the way to Tokoyo for a non-stop refueling flight, rested here Tuesday after the failure of their second attempt due to inability to find their refueling plane in a sky world of fog and rain. Messages were coming from Seat- tle, where they started their flight, and other points, ing them to reconsider their decision to abandon the flight for 1931, but Reg. L. Rob- bins and Harold S. Jones, Fort Worth, Tex., fliers, insisted “it’s too late to try it again this year.” Their refueling plane, which had landed for more gasoline at Ruby, half way from here to Nome, at 2:30 a. m. (7:30 a. m. eastern standard time) rejoined them here last night. Robbins and Jones landed here at 7:35 a. m. (12:35 p. m. eastern stand- ard time) after almost 27 hours in the air since they left Seattle early Sun- “When we came over Fairbanks in perfect weather,” Robbins said, “and saw clear skies to the westward, we/ thought everything was going to be clear sailing and it was until we got between Kaltag and Unalakleet. “Then it became foggy and rainy. It became right difficult to keep the) refueler in sight and finally we lost it altogether. We realized the refueler could not get over the mountains to/ Unalakleet so we came back to Fair-;| banks and flew over town for three hours hoping (James) Mattern and (Nick) Greener would return so we could refuel and try again. ' “But when they did not return and’ the ground fog lifted we started to; land, picking a hole in the fog to set down. We had 50 gallons of gasoline in the tank when we landed. Fuel consumption averaged 22 gallons an hour and the motor worked perfectly all the time.” One refueling contact was made be- tween Fairbanks and Kaltag, which is about 75 miles from Unalakleet, and 100 gallons of gasoline were taken by’ the Fort Worth. Early last month the Texans were fares Gown, tah Chats Sr aseeenps 8! Cuban Strike Gets Under Way Tuesday ing fr Havana, Aug. 4.— (AP) —The heralded 24-hour strike, ted ea en af- Cuban National Labor Federation, officially got un- der way at one minute past mid- bor leaders said about 30 unions pel in the strike called striking street car men Electrical Wizard Is Much Improved; West Orange, N. J., Aug. 4—(P}— Thomas A. Edison was believed to- day to be definitely on the road to recovery from the sudden collapse he suffered last Saturday. He slept) soundly for eight hours last night.| This morning after eating his breakfast with evident relish, he in-' quired of his son, Charles, about sev- eral business problems. FLORIDA FOLK PRAY FOR HIS RECOVERY | Fort Myers, Fla., Aug. 4—(7)—' Prayers have been offered .here since / Sunday for the speedy recovery of | Thomas A. Edison, winter resident, ill at his home in West Orange, N. J. | grocery store in 2ist St., between Ros- Supplications of ministers and con-| local | hurches Sunday after receipt of ‘word of his sudden, illnes. Pere {vard along the south side of the cap- gregations were offered in described as “America’s first citizen and the city’s most revered resident.’ Pleas were made that “the great in-| ventive genius might be spared to; continue his services to humanity.” | BOWBELLS BANDITS REMAIN AT LARGE: | Pair Who Robbed Burke County; Bank Make Clean Getaway; Search Continues | Be igerat, | Bowbells, N. D., Aug. 4.—()—Two; bandits who robbed the First Nation-| al bank here Monday of $6,572.50, re-| mained at liberty Tuesday while au-| thorities in half a dozen counties, continued search for them. i The loot also included approximate- | ly- $50,000 in stock certificates which are not negotiable, and a gold watch. There was possibility the robbers) had fled into Canada, as Bowbells is; less than 10 miles from the interna- tional boundary. The bandit car was believed ‘seen once, shortly after the holdup, traveling north of Flaxton, about five miles from the Canadian line. The loot as announced by bank of- Bismarck Visited by Big Group from Towa ible by the Havana Company’s employ- ment of some new men. Dr. Octavio Zubizarreta, interior secretary, told the Associated Press the strike was backed by Communist influence. He indicated his fears Rilled i. thet it might last longer than 24) bd \ ¥ jeral intermediate credit banks; Cook Adva State Golf Meet CONTINUE CONTRACT BETWEEN CITY AND ELECTRIC COMPANY Decision Reached Monday by City Fathers; Defer Action on Proposed Sewer Decision to renew the contract be-/ tween the city and the North Dakota Power and Light company for the city’s electric current requirements was reached at the meeting of the | Dakota city commission Monday night. The contract calls for a rate of two cents per kilowatt hour for current used at the waterworks pumping sta- tion and in lighting the white way and $40 each for the larger lights in the residential district with a lesser charge for the smaller lights. The city owns and maintains the white way but lights in the residential dis- trict are furnished and maintained by the company. Investigation showed that much of the property which would be assessed for a sewer in 13th St., connecting Front, Sweet, Bowen and Ingalls av- some other lots the taxes are un- paid. The commission deferred ac- tion on a petition for the sewer until! this situation is cleared up. Seeks Tax Adjustment William A. Falconer presented a Petition by D. P. George for adjust- ment of taxes due on his Main avenue property. He asserts that the levy is) unpaid because it was valued at $17.-| 000, whereas the building next to it was assessed $13.200 and they practically are the same. The matter was referred to the city assessor for report. | O. W. Roberts represented to the commission that the taxes on his was grented a rebate of the penalty and interest due for the last three years. A petition by R. A. Russell and others for permission to operate a ser avenue and Avenue D, was re- ferred to the board of adjustment. A resolution designates the boule- itol grounds as a stop street between Sixth and Tenth Sts. This was done in accordance with an agreement with the state highway commission. The resignation of J. D. Wakeman as city weighmaster was accepted. A resolution thanking Wakeman for his; faithful service and recognizing its value to the city of Bismarck was or- dered spread on the minutes. He ‘s the only -weighmaster the ctiy has had, taking office 20 years ago. His resignation becomes effective Sep- tember 1. Designate Fire Limits At the suggestion of the city of Mandan, a resolution was adopted de- claring the fire limits to be an area within two miles of Bismarck and ex- tending westward to Mandan. This was done so there might be no legal question about the right of the two fire departments to cooperate with each other. Mandan already has adopted a similar resolution. The two-mile limit will include Fort Lin- coln, the state penitentiary and the U. 8. Indian school. The city auditor was instructed to | t of burying pau- jf the dnvostinnte :tie cont lakers, |BIll's brother, Dick, at the end of pers and to confer with umdertakers, advising them that the city will pay such work. A recent burial in the potter’s field cost the city $80, It was) disclosed. E. H. Pierce objected that someone | had dumped a lot of dirt in the alley between Rosser and Avenue A and Fifth and Sixth Sts. An investigation was ordered. A petition by Haakon Tosterud for construction of a sidewalk and drive- way in front of his property in Mc- Kenzie and Coffin’s addition was ap- ECONOMIC PARLEY IS CALLED BY DERN Utah Governor Asks Northwest Executives to Meet, Consid- er Mutual Problems Salt Lake City, Aug. 4—(AP)— Gov. Geo. H. Dern of Utah has is- sued a call for the western economic pontersnee to be held in this city ug. 17, ‘executive, in his message, said | the the purpose of the conference was to work out relief for drought suf- fers; farmers unable to finance seeding, and aid the livestock in- dustry. Governors of Washington, Oregon, California, Idaho, Wyoming, Mon- tana, Colorado, Nevada, Utah, North Dakota, South Dakota and Nebraska were asked to attend or send repre- sentatives. Others invited to participate in the conference: included the Secretary of the Interior Department; the Sec- ry of Agriculture; the Red Cross; the railroads, and the livestock as- Then Lifts nces in Champion Defeats Martinson of Fargo as Matches Get Un- der Way at Fargo PLAYS ED COX WEDNESDAY Takes Medalist Honors in Qual- ifying Round for Third Suc- cessive Year Paul Cook, Bismarck's thful golfer, who oe occupied the North amateur throne since he bagged his first championship at {Devils Lake in 1929, survived the first round of play by eliminating Oscar Martinson of Fargo, five and four. Cook won medalist honors Monday for the third consecutive year, com- ing up from behind to score a 156 in 36 holes of qualifying play. Cook experienced little difficulty in disposing of Martinson, the first hole, halving the next four and winning the sixth to have his oppo- nent two down at the turn. Martin- Nadine O’Leary Is Grand Forks Victor Grand Forks, N. D., Aug. 4— (#)—Miss Nadine O'Leary of Bis- marck defending champion and tournament medelist, will meet Mrs. W. H. Shulze of Grand Forks and Mrs. Roy Hall of Fargo plays Miss Agnes Murphy of Jamestown Wednesday morning in the semi-finals of the wom- en’s state golf tournament. Miss O'Leary def Mrs, T. P. O'Connell of Forks four and three; Mrs. Shulze won from Mrs. W. A. McIntyre of Grand Forks, six and five; Mrs. Hall won from Miss Guneill Ness of James- town three and two and Miss Murphy eltminated Miss Dollie Craig of Fargo six and five in the first round Tuesday morning. son won the 10th with s birdie three but Cook ended the match on the 14th by winning the 11th and 14th. Cook will play Edward Cox, fellow townsman, in the second round Wed- nesday morning. Cox won from Frank Talcott, Fargo, six and five. Results of the -Martinson match were: aa Out— + -.36355—22 Bill Fowler, Fargo, won from George ane ee 4 and 3. ‘om Hellander, Fargo, won from H. H. Wooledge, Fargo, 2 and 1. Ray Anderson, Grand Forks, won from Dr. T. L. Stangbye, New Eng- land, 4 and 2. Dr. R. W. ‘Pote, Fargo, won from B. G. Anderson, Maddock, 5 and 3. Jack Hilber, Fargo, won from Fred Cummer, Jr., Fargo,.4 and 2. H. D. Paulson, Fargo, won from Art Peterson, Fargo, 5 and 3. E. W. Stranahan, Fargo, won from Dr. Axel Oftedal, Fargo, 2 and 1. Dick Fowler, Fargo, won from L. J. » Fargo, 1 up. In the qualifying round Cook trailed his arch-rival, Bill Fowler Fargo Country club, and 18 holes, the Fowlers each having a 77 while Cook had 78. Cook pulled away in the afternoon, however, and bagged 40-36 while Bill Fowler, ‘runner up and medalist here a year ago, had 39-39-78 for his 155 total. Dick Fowler shot up to 42-40-82 eliminating himself as a serious con- tender. The qualifying limit was the high- est in state tournament history, it is believed, two of the five ties at 182 won from W. Corby, Valley City; J.C. Dills, La- 3. P. Cain, Dickinson. sociations. » | i | | TEMVIK CHILD IS FATALLY INJURED WHILE OUT RIDING Dismounted to Recover Hat When Mount Suddenly Kicked Him in Abdomen IS BROUGHT TO BISMARCK Victim Dies, However, Few Min- utes After Arrival; Father Is Absent From Home Kicked in the abdomen as he was dismounting from a saddle horse near his home at Temvik Sunday after- noon, Gerald Chilson, eight, Temvik. died three minutes after arriving at @ local hospital 24 hours after the ac- cident. The child, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Chilson. was injured about 4:30 p. m. Sunday. While out riding with e companion his hat blew off his head and he dismounted to recover it. The horse suddenly struck out with his hoof, striking the boy squarely in the abdomen. Frightened by the Chilson boy's screams, his com) rushed to the home of a neighbor and sum- moned aid. When he grew worse, it was de- cided to bring the patient to Bis- marck for medical treatment Mon- day. Unconscious during the trip, the boy seemed to regain consciousness for a moment as he was being carried into the hospital but lapsed into a coma almost immediately thereafter. He died before he could be placed on the operating table. His mother and an aunt drove him to Bismarck. His father working with s highway construction crew near Dickinson was expected to arrive in Bismarck Tuesday. Besides his parents the child leaves six brothers and three sisters. Funeral arrangements hed not been completed Tuesday. TO ASK FOR BIDS ONMUSCLE SHOALS Commission Will Receive Pro« posals September 1; Farm Group to Make Offer Florence, Ala. Aug. 4.—(#)—The Muscle Shoals commission will receive Proposals in Washington September 1 for lease and operation of Muscle Shoals “in the interest of fertilizer Production and of agriculture.” Chairman Sam F. Hobbs of Selma, Ala., made the announcement Mon- day following the commission’s or- ganization meeting. Simultaneously submit a bid for lease of the entire Muscle-Shoals project. General policies with reference tc disposition of the $150,000,000 nitrate plant and hydro-electric development were discussed by the commission at its meeting here. In his announcement last night, Chairman Hobbs said: “The Muscle Shoals commission appointed by the President and the legislature of Tennessee and the Governor of Alabama will on Sept- ember 1, 1931, at 10 a. m. receive at 1734 New York Avenue, Washington, D. C., proposals in writing for the leasing and operation of the Muscle Shoals -projeet to be operated in the interest of fertilizer production and of agriculture * * * together with any broppeais tl ca Pei concern de- sires to make wit! to projects up river above Muscle Shoals or the benefits to be dcrived therefrom by the Muscle Shoals project with a view to submitting such or Pad osals to the President of the Inited States and to Congress * * .” Followers Engage in Internecine Strife at Meeting Called to Discuss Peace cludes Leo Haesle, Grand Forks; P.|™atter was thrown into an Monday night when the audience * | Mn gar RD