The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 12, 1931, Page 1

North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper ESTABLISHED 1878 Scalds Fatal toSlope Ch THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12, 1931 Seek Slayers of Four in Michigan Outra SEVERAL ARRESTS (Seen aston} MADE BUT POLICE OBTAIN FEW CLUES Two of Four Men Held Are; Released and Others Ap- pear to Be Innocent PURSE AND BULLET FOUND These Form Slender Leads for) Police Officials Engaged In Seeking Slayers ‘Ann “Arbor, Mich. Aug. 12—(7}— ‘With s bloodstained purse and a 38) calibre bullet as slender clues, thorities Wednesday attempted reconstruct the slaying early Tues- | day of four persons, two boys anfi two girls, on a tree-lined country road 12) miles southeast of here. Four ms were arrested Tues- perso! i day night and Wednesday but two of them were released after making statements to Sheriff Jacob B. An- dres. The identity of the two who were released was not revealed. Two others, Paul Keene, 49, and his brother Lawrence, 38, still are in cus- tody, although officials said new de- velopments tended to establish their claims of innocence. An autopsy strengthened the be- lief of Sheriff Jacob B. Andres of ‘Washtenaw county and other inves- tigators that the party met death in a desperate resistance to an at- tack, which had as its motive either robbery or an assault on the girls. Pathologists Report University of Michigan patholo- gists, who examined the badly charred bodies, reported that Harry) Lore, 16, of Ypsilanti, had been shot’ to death. The other three, Thomas. Wheatley, 17, a farm youth of the neighborhood; Vivian Gold, 15, and Anna May Harrison, of Cleveland, they found, were beaten to death or into sensibility before the bodies were placed in Lore’s car, their clothing Saturated with gasoline and automobile set afire. Attempting to trace the movements ‘of the four young people between the time they dropped from sight in ‘Ypsilanti and the discovery of their ‘bodies in the burning automobile, deputy sheriffs learned today that the two couples were in a restaurant ‘at Milan, 15 miles south of Ypsilanti, between two and three o'clock Tues- day morning. Waiter Gives Evidence Norman England, a waiter in the restaurant, said the boys and girls were in the restaurant about “that time and that a man was with them. As investigators attempted to re- construct the slayings, they adopted the theory the four victims had been slain by assailants who atacked them as they were parked in a “lover's Jane” seven miles from the place BL. deputy sheriff. revealed the police theory of the slayings. “The assassins killed fore and at east overpowered young Wheatley: oH 4 dew - 2s .ound, 42 my opinion.” he said. “Then they drove with Wheatley and Lore and the girls to the county line road where the car was found, and attack- ed the girls there.” Offer Rewards rile j i RE | f q ‘A Parker Cramer, American aviator, Wednesday was given up as lost inj the north Atlantic ocean while en-/ gaged in attempting to blaze.an air-| {mail trail from Detroit, Mich. to |\Copenhagen. Denmark. [FIGHTING REPORTED | AS REVOLT IN CUBA APPEARS 10 SPREAD | 'Movement Swings Back Toward) Capital; Both Sides Report | Scattered Victories | caer i Havana, Aug. 12—()—The Cubsn| revolutionary movement swung back the ‘towards Havana Wednesday as In- gurgents turned their efforts to the destruction of natural resources. ‘The police said a group of Rebels had attempted to blow up the water reservoir at Regla, just across the: bay from the capital, but were sur- prised and driven off by loyalist soldiers. | Another band was said to have ‘tried to fire the storage tank of the {Shell Oil company in the suburb of Luyano but fled under a hail of po- EXPECT RATERULING - BY END OF OCTOBER Carriers Plan to Answer Plea of Western Commissions To Dismiss Case Washington, Aug. 12—(#)—The In- Commission is ex- ? CRAMER AND AIDE ARE BELIEVED LOST IN NORTH ATLANTIC: Danish Officials Give Up Hope; Missing Since Sunday For American Airmen PLANES SEARCHING SEA Fear Storm Which Raged Mon- day and Tuesday Caused Aviators to Perish Copenhagen, Denmark, Aug. 12— @-—The American flier Parker Cramer and his radio operator, Oliv- on a hop from the Shetland islands to Copenhagen, were practically giv- en up for lost Wednesday but the search will continue for two days. The Danish survey ship, Falk, aided by two seaplanes, was’ extending its efforts over the whole of the western coast vnfed cogil) spot. and British vessels combed the wa- ters between the Skaw and the without avail. Cramer and Pacquette disappeared Sunday on a proposed hop from the Faroe Islands to Copenhagen. storm was developing at the time and raged Monday and Tuesday, making stay afloat if forced down on the wa- PLAN SPECIAL CUT IN FREIGHT RATES Shipment of Feed to Drouth-Stricken Area Minneapolis. Aug. 12—(#)—Action to supply livestock feed for farmers in the drouth areas of western North Dakota was instituted by railroad of- ficials and grain men at conferences with Governor George F. Shafer here So far as North Dakota is con- fl 5g 4 i i] a Be 3 Hii gee “es iF “2 E r n nm e Ht a delg [ i gs - k Fei if B33 ee rl if ey i i § g i i : i iif d E H ge i Hl er Pacquette, missing since kee southern coast of Norway Tuesday | it improbable that a seaplane could/ 4 Railroads Are Asked to Aid In: Theory of Stoical © Indian Is Disprovenl Fancis, a handsome specimen of manhood like his father, main- tained his composure until the first clod of earth struck the casket in the grave. Then the flood gates broke. He shed tears as bitter as ever did any white man mourning a loved parent. LARGE ACREAGES OF GRAIN CROPS BEING GUT FOR USE AS HAY Farmers Union Says This Will Reduce Yields Anticipated By Government > Grain crops have gone backward the past week and large acreages of wheat, particularly in the Dakotas A\and Montana, have been cut for hay, the Farmers Union Terminal ‘asso- ciation said in its weekly crop review issued today. | “The volume of wheat that will be available for marketing will be much under government estimates of pro- duction,” the review said, “as much of the standing grain has been cut for hay and feed purposes. The hold- ings in country mills and elevators’ are only about 6,000,000 bushels for, Minnesota, the Dakotes and Mon- tana cOmMined, so “that: i i {less than normal. “From Minot west to Havre, Mont., there is virtually no wheat, with the exception of a few fields in scatter- ed areas. From Devils Leake west the crop situation is serious, with about a half crop in prospect in the Devils Lake territory. “The Red River Valley is the one bright spot in the west territory of the spring wheat section. Good crops) still are in prospect in Grand Forks, Traill, Pembina and Walsh counties. Corn also is good, in fact, the best in| years in this area. “Rains have been quite general throughout the northwest the past week and have improved the soil con- dition and pastures, but the moisture was too late to benefit any crops ex- “In the territory from Forbes, For-| man, Hankinson and Ellendale north’ Valley City and Casselton, where were prospects for a bumper month ago, indications are that, fair yields of from s e at and will have supplies to carry livestock over win- ter. “In eastern North Dekota there will be sufficient feed for local needs and some cattle from drouth areas could be. placed’ on feedlots. Al- though grain has been cut for hay purposes in the twelve drouth coun- ties in northwestern North ‘Dakota, it will not be sufficient to care for Strange Rites Mark Burial of Tomahawk shipments from hold-over grain will be much Modern Garb Contrasts with Ancient Customs at Funeral Of Noted Indian ARRAYED IN TUXEDO SUIT White Man and Red Mingle in Sorrow at Bier of Sitting Bull's Slayer Arrayed in @ tuxedo sult, the gleaming white shirtfront contrasting sharply with his seamed, red face, Marcellus Tomahawk was buried Tuesday at Cannon Ball among his People. The customs of the savage and of the white man’s civilization met and mingled queerly during the cere-/ monies which marked commitment to earth of the man who is credited with slaying Sitting Bull, famous Sioux medicine man. Whites as well as Indians gathered to do honor to the man who had been for many years a vital force among his people. The whites remembered him as an active supporter of law and order after the Indian wars had end- led. ‘The Indians took thought of his| brilliance as a warrior and sage. Indian women garbed in brilliant shawls and bronzed men of his race saw their chief as he lay in state, dressed in the tuxedo, # bizarre note in the ensemble. His native regalia, | moccasins, beads, jacket, leggings and pouch, were distributed, in accordance with his wishes, to relatives and friends. From all corners of the reservation ‘camé his friends to participate in the Indian funeral feast and a modified | native ceremony which harked back to the early days of the race. Riders Conduct Ceremony ‘The White Horse Riders, benevgient society composed of Indian chiefs, conducted services in & small hall) previous to the service at the Cath- olic church. In the tongue of the| Sioux outstanding orators of the tribe spoke to the picturesque gathering of Indians and whites, eulogizing their; leader. Captain I. P. Baker of Bismarck,’ for half a century @ friend of Red Tomahawk, and Colonel A. B. Welch | of Mandan, another friend and Sioux * A new type of racketeer figured in; the wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Arvo Juont, shown above, of Marengo, Wis. who appealed to the governor of Wis-| sheriff took hand, and the bride! consin to halt the charivari that had continued 15 nights since their wed- ding. The racke' racket, saying given a handout of food and drink— or $15. Quiet was restored when the invited the hundred merrymakers in for sandwiches and coffee. Pioneer Publisher Visits Scene of Eariy Conflicts FOREST FIRES ARE RAVAGING TIMBER ALONG WEST COAST Thousands of Men Engaged in Effort to Combat Annual Summer Scourge Portland, Ore., Aug. 12—(7)—For- ‘est-tires burned Wednesday all along the Pacific coast from California to British Columbia with the major blazes in Washington and Idaho. Oregon’s most threatening fires were reported under control. Thou- sands of men still were in the timber lands combatting the spread of the annual summer scourge. The largest fires centered about the head of Spread Creek, in northern Idaho, and in the vicinity of Idaho City, north of Boise. Back firing and trenching had re- tarded a 30,000 acre fire that had ap- Eepeohed within six miles of Idaho Three fires had laid waste 35,000 acres in the Idaho forest north of *| McCall and a fourth broke out Tues- da} a North of Weiser, Idaho, an 800-acre fire menaced Cuprum, a little mining town in the Snake river canyon. It was the second fire to break out there within a’ week and investigations were under way to learn if the blazes were lineendiary. | Scattered fires between Ione and Metaline, Ws fashington, were burning: through state and privately - owned timber and forest rangers warned set- tlers to flee. Near Newport, Wash., several fires how | were uncontrolled and citizens of that town protested to Governor R. H. Hartley that state foresters were do- ing little to curb the blazes. eS | Society Girls Find | Bath Beats Drinking | London, Aug. 12.—(?)—Society girls of Mayfair have a health substitute for the cocktail hour. They don bathing suits, climb into planes at airdrome and |South Dakota Group Colonel W. P. Moffet Led Local Company During Spanish-American War Colonel W. D. Moffet, retired, who conducted newspaper business in Bismarck in the eighties when town was tough, was a visitor in city Tuesday. Colonel Moffet was one of founders and publishers of “The Set- tler” a newspaper established in Bur- leigh county in 1885. Still vivid in the memory of many of the old timers is the incident of his encounter with an armed delega- tion, representing @ rival political fac- tion. Angered over political writings and armed to the teeth, the delega- tion called on the publisher in his printing establishment and grimly Proceeded to destroy his presses and to dump his type in the Missouri. One of the presses was not com- Pletely destroyed and the young pub- lisher enlisted the services of a local mechanic to put the press in make- shift working order. Whereupon, he calmly proceeded with his work, get- ting out his paper on time and round- ly denouncing the vandalism of his opponents. At the outbreak of the Spanish- American war Moffet, as captain of Company A of Bismarck, took the lo- the the the jure visited the city but twice in years and says that he finds Bismarck much improved. He Probably fair tonight and Thursday; ‘Thursday. The Weather slightly warmer, cooler PRICE FIVE CENTS SUSTAINED MONDAY Fell into Tub of Boiling Water Which Had Been Heated For Washing MAKES HEAD-FIRST PLUNGE Tragedy Occurs When Mother Turns Away from Tub; Funeral Thursday Lester Weiand, two-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Nick Weiland, living 18 miles north of Glen Ullin, died in a local hospital early Wednesday as the result of burns sustained Monday. The upper part of the boys body | Was badly scalded when he fell into a tub of boiling water at his home. ‘The child was brought here for med- mentarily, when the and fell head first into the tub. Besides his parents the child leat two sisters, Irma, four, and Lorraine, two months. Funeral services will be held at the farm home and at St. Benedicts q officiating. Burial will be in the church ceme- HOOVER WORRIED BY PROBLEM OF JOBLESS President Finds Some Plants Are Reducing Help and Improving Efficiency Washington, Aug. 13—(—The Phase of the situation causing President Hoover more con- cern than any other is that which comes under the label of “perman- ent.” The business depression has de- monstrated to industry that many employees and types of activities here- tofore considered absolutely neces- sary can be eliminated without im- Pairment of efficiency. In some cases, the reduction of overhead and labor expense has increased effi- ciency. To add to the problem the presi- dent's special committee on unem- Ployment has found that many per- sons in this category, who have been a LINDBERG FACE LONG FLIGHT OVE FOGGY BERING SE. Land Safely at Nome After Being Forced Down on Flight from Barrow Nome, Alaska, Aug. 12—()—Fac- ing the most hazardous part of their 7,000 mile flight to the Orient, Col- onel and Mrs. Charles A. 3 ednesday Forming Organization) s2hn¢ ses. Huron, 8. D., Aug. 12.—(#)—Confi- RULE TEXAS WELLS Governor Sterling May Use Force to Curtail Petro.