The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, October 29, 1931, Page 1

North Dakota’s - Oldest Newspaper The Weather Fair tonight and Friday; colder tonight, below freezing temp. THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE ESTABLISHED 1873 - BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1931 PRICE FIVE CENTS Baldwin Youth Killed in Blast Judging in State Corn Show Gets Under Wa EXHIBITORS’ DINNER TOBE HELD TONIGHT IS ONE OF FEATURES Archer Gilfillan, Humorist, and plyde M’Kee, Agronomist, To Be Speakers ENTRY RECORDS BROKEN Judging of Agricultural Exhibits Expected to Be Complet- ed Friday Noon Judging of the record array of more than 1,200 corn and other agri- cultural exhibits was in progress ‘Thursday at the ninth annual North Admits Gun-Toting Philip D’Andrea (above), body. guard of “Scarface Al” Capone who Dakota state corn show in the World| was caught carrying a pistol at Ca. ‘War Memorial building here. In charge of the judging are Clyde McKee, agronomist state university agricultural experi- ment station; Dr. H. L. Walster, dean’ of the College of Agriculture at the North Dakota * Agricultural college; and W. R. Smith, Dickinson. Completion of the judging is ex- pected by Friday noon, according to George F. Will, Bismarck, chairman of the show. Hold Banquet T ‘The annual exhibitors’ dinner o: the show, which will be free to ex- hibitors, will be held in the World ‘War Memorial building at 6:30 o'clock tonight. McKee end Archer B. Gil- fillan, South Daketa humorist, will be the principal speakers and Gov- ernor George F. Shafer will be toast- master, according to H. P. Goddard, secretary of the show. The free entertainment program in connection with the show got under way Thursday afternoon in the city auditorium with the showing of the motion picture “The Virginian” and @ music and dance skit by girls from the U. 8. Indian school. Tonight, at 8:15 o'clock, the Indian girls will| For present another skit and the fhoving picture “Welcome Danger,” featuring) Harold Lloyd, will be shown. Friday afternoon at 2:15 o'clock a lecture by Gilfillan and the showing’ of “Welcome Danger” are on the gram while another? skit by the In- dian girls and “The Virginian” are on Friday night's program. School Children Invited School children are invited to at- tend the showing of “Welcome Dan- ger” at 10 o'clock Saturday morning while “The Virginian” will be shown again at 2:15 p. m. Saturday. Persons other than exhibitors who desire to attend the banquet tonight may secure tickets from Goddard at his office in the Memorial building. Bismarck’s service clubs have ar- ranged to attend the banquet. The number of spectators at the opening day of the four-day show ‘Wednesday was reduced considerably by the unfavorable weather, Goddard said Thursday morning, but the sec- retary expects throngs to view the exhibits before the show ends Satur- day night. FARGO CONSTABLE MAY LOSE OFFICE Failed to Obtain © jzenship After Release From Pe tentiary in 1922 Fargo, Oct. 29.—()—Removal of George C. Meyers, Fargo, county con- stable, from office loomed Thursday as the result of an order issued by Judge A. T. Cole, ordering Meyers to appear in court Nov. 6 and show cause why he should not be removed. Meyers was convicted of second de- gree murder in Griggs county in 1916 and was sentenced to 15 years in the state penitentiary. He was paroled Dec. 2, 1921, and released April 1, 1922. Records of the pardon board fail to show that Meyers ever applied for reinstatement as a citizen of the United States. If his citizenship has not been restored he is not qualified to hold public office. Judge Cole's order followed close upon another order issued Wednes- day appointing a committee composed of M. A. Hildreth, Usher L. Burdick and D. B. Holt, to investigate com- Plaints of abuse of legal process by attorneys and courts in Cass county. In appointing the committee Judge Cole stated that many complaints have been received by him that courts and attorneys have used immoral and unethical tactics in collecting claims and that in some instances, it is claimed that they have resorted to extortion. of the Mohtana| when pone’s trial in Chicago, threw him. self on the mercy of federal court arraigned en contempt charges, . FIRST SNOWFALL OF YEAR IS RECORDED if Light Flakes Are Whipped By Strong Wind; Melt As They Hit Ground Bismarck’s first snow of the season began falling Wednesday evening and continued Thursday. The light flakes, whipped about by a strong wind, melted as they struck the ground. Similar snowfall for the 24-hour period ending at 7 a. m. Thursday was reported from various parts of the state, including Devils Lake, Grand ‘ks, and Jaméstown, though the ex- treme western part of North Dakota apparently received no precipitation. ‘Temperatures throughout the state were only a few degrees above freez- ing during the night and wind from the northwest and north ranged from Pro-112° miles an hour at Williston to 20 miles per hour at Bismarck and Devils Lake and 29 miles per hour at Fargo. North Dakota will be generally fair j Thursday night and Friday, except for snow in the eastern portion Thursday night, and temperatures will drop be- low freezing, according to the forecast made by the federal weather bureau here. Only .06 of an inch of precipitation was recorded here during the last 24- hour period while Deviis Lake report- ed .18, Jamestown .21, and Fargo .38. Grand Forks had the greatest fall, .72 of an inch having been recorded up to 7 p. m. Wednesday. Mercury registered 33 degrees here at 8 a, m. Thursday, one degree high- er than the low for the night. It was 34 at Williston, 36 at Devils Lake, and 38 at Fargo at 8 a. m. Precipitation in Fargo the last two days totaled 1.06 inches. Bus-Truck Crash Is Held to Be Accident Hinckley, Minn., Oct. 29.—(P)—A bus-truck crash that took two lives and injured five of 14 passengers, none seriously, three miles south of here Wednesday night, was “purely accidental” and “unavoidable,” Cor- oner W. P. Gottry, Pine City, said Thursday. No inquest will be held. The bus struck the rear of a truck driven by Delmer Chase, Hinckley, and then caromed to the left side of the road and collided head-on with & truck driven by Iver Grace of Mark- ville. The elder Grace was killed while his son died shortly afterward at a hospital. ‘The passengers were trapped in the bus, which caught fire immediately after the crash, but most of them es- or serious injury by windows and jumping to safety. Milkmaid Conte: Was Publicity Gag Minneapolis, Oct. 29.—()—The proposed milking contest between coeds of the Universities of Min- nesota and Wisconsin, an “in-again- out-again” proposition for the rodeo) contest in the fieldhouse Saturday night celebrating homecoming, ap- parently was shelved for good Thurs- day. ‘This, it appears. has been the re- sult of having two publicity men, one handling the rodeo show and the other homecoming attractions. This caused confusion as to what would be staged and what would be merely in the interests of publicity. The milkmaid contest, in the first place, was just announced as a “pub- The committee will have power to! icity gag,” Gardner English, student investigate all such complaints, tolin ‘charge of the rodeo, admitted conduct hearings at which witnesses | thursday. may be called and sworn and to take | 4. such other action as is necessary to execute the duties of their appoint- ment. KILLED BY LION London, Oct. 29.—(?)—An exchange telegraph dispatch from Dar-es-Sa- Jaam, Tanganyika, East Africa, Thurs- day said that an American tourist named Heron was clawed to death by @ lion which he was in the act of shooting while two American com- panions prepared to photograph the feat. . Chicago’s Teachers To Hear Gold Clink — % Chicago, Oct. 29.—(?)—Real money was in sight for Chicago school teachers Thursday. ‘They will receive a month's pay Friday, the first cash they have had since last May 1, by virtue of tax warrants. The teachers have gone payless, except for script. because of de- layed tax collections. * | | | | * ;§an arrangement of the highway | former bi-partisan setup. $1,401 CONTRIBUTED T0 COMBINED DRIVE BY LOGAL TEACHERS Total Reported in Community Chest-Red Cross Campaign Amounts to $21,245 CANVASS NEARLY FINISHED $10,365 Given to Community Chest While Drought Re- lief Fund Has $10,880 ‘With teachers and other employes of Bismarck’s public school system contributing an average of more than 10 per cent of their monthly salaries, the total subscribed to the Bismarck Community Chest-American Red Cross drive for funds mounted to $21,- 245.43 Thursday morning. ‘The teachers and employes con- tributed a total of $1,491.42 to the two agencies, according to H. P. Goddard, secretary of the Community Chest. So Yar $10,365 has been contributed to the Community Chest and $10,880.- 43 to the Red Cross drought relief fund in the city. Only a few committees have com- pleted their work in the drive so far, but the secretary hopes that the clean-up work in the double campaign ‘will be completed by this week-end. The goal here is approximately $26,000, of which $13,300 is Burleigh county’s quota for the Red Cross, and about $13,000 for the Community Chest. Committees canvassing state em- Pployes had made reports on only part of their work Thursday morning and most other committee reports were incomplete, Goddard. said. The drive began Oct. 20, with 19 regular committees, made up of serv- ice club members, and several special committees participating in the can- THREE GOVERNORS TO BE NAMED SOON Voters in Mississippi, Kentucky and New Jersey to Name Executives (By The Associated Press) Three states— Mississippi, Ken- tucky and New Jersey—will elect gov- ernors at next Tuesday's off-year elections. In Mississippi, where Democratic nomination is equivalent to election, the voting will be hardly more than @ formality. Mike Conner is the Democratic nominee. He is to take office January 1. The campaign in Kentucky has been confined for the most part to the administration of the state high- way department. Ruby Laffoon, circuit judge, is the Democratic can- didate. He favors the present parti- commission. Mayor William Harrison of Louisville, heading the Republican ticket, would return the board to its New Jersey's contest has been the warmest of the three by far. In that; state the governorship is sought by David Baird, Jr., Republican, and Harry Moore, Democrat. Each has campaigned with vigor for several weeks, the issues being®numerous but with no particular national signific- ance. Hindenburg Appeals For Union in Nation Berlin, Oct. 29.—(?)—For the third time since he became head of the Re- Public President Von Hindenburg de- parted from his customary reserve Thursday to address in earnest, al- most fatherly, appeal to the new econ- omic advisory council at the opening of its first session. His plea for a domestic truce and & common effort to overcome Ger- many’s disastrous economic situation | ‘was compared by some of those who heard him to his famous war guilt speech on his 80th birthday in 1927 and to his speech in March last year explaining why he signed the Young plan laws. Help from abroad, he told the coun- cil, must be predicated upon the un- ion of divergent factions at home, and Germany's situation must be deter- mined largely by political and econ- omic considerations in the rest of the world, zs i | Baseball Players Greeted in Japan Tokyo, Oct. 29.—(#)—Fourteen ma- jor and minor league baseball stars from America were received early by Japanese fans upon their arrival here Thursday for a barnstorming tour of} the empire. | Arriving in Yokohama on the liner Tatsuta Maru, the players were greet- | ed by enormous crowds. The ship ar-| rived eight hours late, having been) delayed by the tail end of a typhoon; which proved that the baseball play- ers were not all good sailors in rough weather. f Is Seriously Ill GEORGE B. WINSEIP San Diego, Calif., Oct. 29.—(#)—The condition of George B. Winship, 84, former state senator and publisher of North Dakota of which he is a pio- was reported unfavorably ‘Thursday. Winship was taken ill with neuralgia shortly after he celebrated neer, his 84th birthday anniversary. ACCUSE HOOVER OF ABYSMAL IGNORANCE Navy League Says President Shows No Knowledge of Country’s Needs ‘Washington, Oct, 29.—()—Charges of “abysmal ignorance” on ‘the part of President .Hoover and subordina- tion of American’ sea forces to those of other powers form the spearhead of the navy league's latest attack on the administration’s naval policies, Renewing its opposition to the pro- posed world armament building holi- day, the league also revives the ghost of an old controversy between the chief executive and the senate. It suggests that secret agreements with Prime Minister MacDonald of Great Britain caused the administra- tion’s refusal to transmit to the sen- ate foreign relations committee the full record of its negotiations and possible commitments preparatory to the London naval conference of 1930. The league is representative of much of the American sentiment for increased American naval armaments. In its printed publication, issued over the signature of William Howard Gardiner, president, it describes it- self as “an organization of civilians that for over a quarter of a century | has specialized on accurate informa- tion as to naval matters.” The proposal of President Hoover to immunize sea-borne food during war brought the accusation that he had exhibited “abysmal ignorance of why navies are maintained and of how they are used to accomplish their major mission.” This proposal, the league adds, “seems to come from the inveterate misconception of the mis- sion of naval power both in peace and war.” “Acceptance of his suggestion would have worked not only diametrically counter to the interests and weight of the United States in world af- fairs,” the pamphlet contends, “but, in effect, would have made for bigger and bloodier wars, and yet such is; the psychology that is not only con- trolling our internal naval policy but 4s dictating its external subordination to those of foreign naval powers.” TRUCK MONOPOLY Of the 171,000 motor trucks regis- tered in South America, about 134,000 are owned in Argentina or Brazil. ‘The latter country operates more motor buses than all the rest of the continent. Badlands SEEK ACCOMPLICE OF MRS. JUDD IN TRUNK SLAYINGS Arizona Officials Believe Wom- an Had Help in Killings At Phoenix Phoenix, Ariz., Oct, 20—(P)—New evidence intended to contradict the story of Winnie Ruth Judd and in- dicating possibly she had an accom- plice in the slaying of Miss Hedvig Samuelson and Mrs. Agnes Leroi here two weeks ago was being rounded up by Phoenix authorities Thursday. Mrs. Judd stated she shot both women the morning of Oct. 17 as the climax of @ quarrel over social af- fairs. She admitted placing the bod- ies in trunks and sending them to Los Angeles. A street car motorman in Phoenix, Benjamin W. Jurgemeyer, said Wed- nesday Mrs. Judd was a passenger on his car the night of Oct. 16, getting off the car near the Leroi-Samuel- son apartment at 10:15 p. m., and again boarding the car at 11:35 p. m., returning to a point near her own home. Mrs. Judd had dlleged she remained at the home of her two victims the night of the slayings. Neighbors of two slain women said. late the night of Oct. 16 “a large black sedan” entered the driveway of the Leroi-Samuelson home. Phoenix authorities were endeavor- ing to trace the ownership of this car and to learn whether it contain- ed Mrs. Judd or some friend of the slain women, or perhaps an accom- Plice in the killings. Meanwhile the extradition fight and future defense of Mrs. Judd Los Angeles attorney. Schenck was retained Wednesday night by Dr. William C. Judd, hus- defense counsel. Mrs. Judd, whose custody Arizona authorities are seeking. The hearing was scheduled for Thursday after- noon in an action brought by Sheriff Arizona, against a writ of habeas corpus in Mrs. Judd’s behalf. The writ is the only thing in the way of stand trial for murder. Schenck gave no intimation what, defense would be made by Mrs. Judd. Her former counsel, Louis P. Russill, had indicated he might change her sanity. rested with Paul Schenck, veteran band of the slayer, to supplant other Schenck said he would ask @ short delay in the extradition hearing of Mrs, Judd’s removal to Phoenix to plea from one of self-defense to in- Confer on Plan to Help Corn Growers Chicago, Oct. 29.—()—Represent- atives from every leading corn pro- ducing state conferred Wednesday ona to establish a loan fund for farmers who wish to hold their crops for higher prices. ‘The conference was held in secret. Earl Smith, president of the Illinois Agricultural association, said he had nothing to disclose for the present. It was learned, however, the plan under contemplation was for an or- ganization of a credit coxporation capitalized at $1,000,000. This cap- ital could be pyramided from five to ten times, depending on security markets. The money would be lent to farmers who established the fact they intend to hold their corn not purposes only. The state agricultural department of any such state as would become a warehouse receipts on crops so in- spected and sealed. These the farm- ers would use as collateral at the credit corporation. The corporation, through the federal intermediate joredit bank in St. Louis. Prediction of New, Giant Planet Is Made By Well-Known Solar Student New York, Oct. 29.—(P)—Pre- diction of a new, giant planet ly- ing far outside the present limits of the solar system was received Thursday from Professor William H. Pickering internationally known astronomer at the Mande- ville, Jamaica, private observa- tory. He is one of the two astron- omers who predicted the exist- ence and position of Pluto, the new “Planet X,” discovered two years ago. He calls the new un- known Planet P. This planet he estimates as the third most massive of the sun’s family, surpassed only by mighty Jupiter which is about twice its size, and Ringed Saturn. His computations show its diameter at 44,000 miles, more than five times that of the earth. Its distance from the sun ap- pears to range from 5,000 million miles to 9,000 million, or 55 to 95 times the earth’s distance. Its elliptical orbit accounts for the variations in distance. “ Planet P takes a computed 656 * 1 years to make one circuit around the sun. It is so big Professor Pickering says when telescopes locate the planet it will show a clearly defined disc, Pluto, about the earth’s size, and but half as far from the sun as the calculated position of Plant P, shows only as a point of light even in the world’s largest telescope. The evidence of this massive unknown world is the present peculiar action of the planet ‘Uranus, one of the outer members of the solar system. Uranus, in astronomical language, is “per- turbed.” This means that Uranus is displaced from its proper orbet. The displacement is due, in Pro- fessor Pickering’s calculations, to the giant >lanet, and shows its size and position. ‘The planet Neptune, which cir- cles the sun farther out than Uranus, is too far away from Planet P at present to be dis- placed by it. But Dr. Pickering says Neptune too will be in posi- tion to be “perturbed” in the year more than 10 months for marketing} party in the corporation would issue! Seek Murderers of Sheepman Investigation Shows Victim Was Shot Twice and Then Brutally Beaten ROBBERY IS HELD MOTIVE Man Was Known to Carry Large Sum of Money Which Had Vanished Belfield, N. D., Oct, 29.—Feeling has been running high in the Belfield district against the unknown slayer of O. 8. Sipe, 59-year-old sheep herd- er who was found mortally injured at his home last Friday. Sipe died in a Dickinson hospital Tuesday night from the effects of the ‘slugging he received and two bullet wounds in his head. Returning to his ranch 20 miles north of here from Belfield Friday evening, Henry A. Bjordahl, the sheep herder’s employer, found Sipe uncon- scious on the front porch of his shack. Regaining consciousness for a short time, Sipe told an incoherent story of what had happened to Bjor- sciousness again. Sipe was rushed to Belfield for medical aid and then to the Dickin- son hospital. Robbery is believed the motive for the attack. Sipe, a cripple, carried a large sum of money on his person. Two Shots Fired An investigation at the ranch dis- closed two bullet holes in a pane of window glass on the west side of the house. It is believed both bullets struck Sipe, one going through his ear and lodging itself.in his head while the other struck him a glancing blow in the ear and buried itself in a door casing on the cast side of the room. Sipe probably wes sitting or lying down when the shots vere fired, as the cane with which he walked was found propped up against the bed. That Bjordahl arrived but @ short time after the attack is indicated by the fact that some meat which was frying in the stove had not been burned when he entered the house. Sipe was found on a blooi-covered front step. His face buried in the dirt, the sheep herder had almost died of suffocation. Sipe also had J. R. McFadden, of Maricopa county,| suffered a long scalp wound, a large cut back of his ear, a large open wound on his right shoulder and chest and a large swelling on his head, which indicated he had been struck with a blunt instrument. Is Struck at Door It appears that Sipe, after being fired upon, went to the door to see who was shooting. His assailant ap- parently was waiting for him at the door and struck him with a large piece of iron. , According to the reconstruction of the attack made by investigators, the assailant, while Sipe was lying on the ground near the door stunned, se- cured # post hole auger, with which he struck the herder.on the shoulder. The auger was broken by this blow and was found lying across Sipe’s chest. ‘The only clue left was small pock- etbook lying on the floor of the house. ‘This was stolen from Bjordahl about @ year ago. Though A. J. Anderson and W. J. Ray, Billings county sher- iff and state's attorney, believe Sipe had been in possession of the pocket- book, Bjordahl is not of the opinion. The rancher believes the slayer of |Sipe is the same man who stole his pocketbook a year ago. Officials know who were in the Bjordahl house when the pocketbook was stolen. ‘A coroner's jury Wednesday decided that Sipe’s death resulted from a bullet wound and skull fracture ad- ministered by a party or parties un- identified. Sipe was alone all day Friday at the lonely hut on the edge of the Bad Lands, Bjordahl and a youth working there having left for Belfield early that morning with a load of in turn, could rediscount the paper hogs. ‘The fatal bullet was fired from a .22 calibre gun. - Money Was in Shirt Sipe carried his money in a shirt pocket fastened by a safety pin. But- tons had been ripped from his vest and shirt, the pin unclasped, and the money stolen. The amount is unde- termined. Four suspects qeustioned by Sher- iff Anderson and State's Attorney Ray have established alibis as to their whereabouts during the time the crime is believed to have been perpe- trated. Bjordahl found Sipe unconscious about 7:30 p.m. The youth working on the ranch was with Bjordah! when the herder was found. Sipe had no known enemies. A di- yorced wife, Mrs. Leo Holst, lives in Dickinson. Funeral services will be \conducted in Dickinson Friday, with interment in the Dickinson cemetery. He leaves two sons, one living at \Grassy Butte and the other at South | Heart, and a daughter living with her {mother in Dickinson. Billings county authorities gathered lat Belfield Thursday morning to re- sume their investigation of the at- tack. BOY DIES FROM INJURIES Chicago, Oct. juries suffered when he was tackled in @ neighborhood football game a week ago, his head struck the side- walk when he was thrown, fracturing his skull. dahl and then lapsed into uncon-| | 29,—(?)—Kenneth |Dreischner, 8, died yesterday of in- SS eee > l Dempsey’s Next? cist ie A idl oer Here is Lavon Vincent, University of Utah beauty contest winner and prominent sorority girl, whose friend- ship with Jack Dempsey, former heavyweight champion, has led to reports of a romance. Miss Vincent is a daughter of Joe G. Vincent, Utah financier and sportsman, with whom Dempsey recently went on a hunting trip in Wyoming. BOY SLAYER FACES LIFE IMPRISONMENT Lad of 12 Convicted of Killing Aged Marshal During Grocery Holdup Asotin, Wash., Oct. 29.—(}—Con-, victed of murder, 12-year-old Hubert Niccolls, Jr., faced life imprisonment in the penitentiary Thursday with a degree of happiness. Smiling on the jury that Wednes- day took. two ballots to find him guilty of shooting Sheriff John Wormell, 72, during a grocery rob- bery August 5, the frail 60-pound schoolboy said: “Well, I'm glad it’s over, and I'm happy they didn’t send me to an in- sane asylum, for even smart men go nuts in a mad house.” Superior Judge E. V. Kuykendall ordered the boy returned to the court room Thursday to hear the life sen- tence pronounced, It was made mandatory by the verdict. At the outset, Hubert’s attorneys admitted he shot the officer, leaving) the jury to decide only whether he had’ been mentally responsible, and if so, whether he should be hanged or imprisoned for life. The defense reenacted scenes from Hubert’s brief life, emphasizing un- happiness at home, where his par- ents, one of them insane, quarreled frequently. Clarence E. Long, superintendent; of the state prison at Walla Walla, Wash., said the boy would be the youngest convict ever to enter the| prison. Posthumous Child to Share Sire’s Estate Schafer, N. D., Oct. 29.—(#) — By agreement between heirs, the verbal will of Edward Shaide, who was a farmer near Cartwright, has been changed because a daughter was born to his’ widow after his death. When Shaide was on his deathbed, he called his wife and mother and outlined how he wanted his property divided between them, not knowing the daughter was to be born. Before County Judge P. C. Arild- son here, the mother and grand- mother consented to a redistribution so the child will share. The grand- mother is 83 and the child three. Legless Chauffeur Admits Bandit Raid Chicago, Oct. 29.—(P)—Rocco Rus- So, legless chauffeur of a bandit get- away car, confessed his part in the $3,500 robbery of the National Bis- cuit company at Milwaukee, waived) extradition and was taken to Wis- consin Thursday for trial. Russo, 23, was arrested here after two confederates, who have preceded) him to Milwaukee, implicated him. Children Burned to Death in Farm Home! Independence, Mo., Oct. 29.—(P)— \Four children were burned fatally and another was injured in an explosion which accompanied their attempt to start a cookstove fire with kerosene in the absence of their par- ents Wednesday. A discussion of TWO COMPANIONS ARE INJURED IN MINING. ACCIDENT Gordon Williams, 19, Fatally Burned in Mishap South- east of Wilton BLASTING POWDER SPILLED Lester Festerling, Bismarck, and Warren Baker Also Suffer in Tragedy One youth was burned fatally, ane other is in a local hospital suffering from severe burns, and @ third re- ceived minor burns Wednesday night when a@ can of blasting powder exe ploded in a shaft coal mine in which they were working nine miles southe east of Wilton. Gordon Arthur Williams, 19 years old, of Baldwin, died in a local hos- Pital about 11:30 o'clock Thursday morning while Lester Festerling, Bis- marck, 20 years old, is suffering in the hospital from severe burns, Wars ren Baker, the third youth, suffered only minor burns about the fores head. The trio entered the mine about 10 o'clock Wednesday night, Williams Planning to set off a charge of ex- Plosive in the mine to loosen coal, While securing the charge which he was to set off, Williams spilled some powder on the ground near the can in which the powder was stored. Lamp Was Too Close A lamp which Festerling placed too close to the spilled powder is be leved to have caused the explosion of the entire can. ther away from the explosion. Baker immediately summoned aid and 8 two baie tushed to marck, reaching hospital here shortly before midnight, Williams had planned to coal late at night so that would be clear of smoke and the following morning when was to be resumed. The mine was operated E, Perkins and Donald recently leased the Harry and Willard be conducted from the church in Wilton at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon. Rev, Fred W. Christ, pas- tor of the church, probably will of- ficiate. Pallbearers will be chosen from among Williams’ friends in the Baldwin district and burial will be made in the Wilton cemetery. Was Born in Iowa Williams was born March 22, 1912, the son of Mr. and Mrs, E. C. Wile (Continued on page six) FARGO NATUROPATH . IS DECLARED GUILTY Robert Errington Convicted of Practicing Medicine With- out License Fargo, N. D., Oct. 29.—()—After 153 minutes deliberation a Cass county court jury Wednesday found Robert G. Errington, Fargo, guilty of prace ticing medicine without a state lle cense, Errington, who operates a nature cure clinic in Fargo, was alleged to have diagnosed the case of a Fargo woman as cancer and prescribed cere tain treatments, The woman testified she went to Errington’s clinic to have her tonsils treated and he told her she also had cancer and treated her three weeks. She paid him $220 for the service, she testified. It was stipulated by counsel for the state and defense that Errington had no license to practice medicine in North Dakota but Harry Lashkowitz, Errington’s attorney, contended Er- rington was practicing naturopathy and that this science did not come under the Classification of practicing medicine. Errington was to be sentenced by Judge Paul M. Paulsen Thursday. Bigger Production Of Gold Is Sought New York, Oct. 29.—()—Although various obstacles are in the way, ef- forts are to be made during the com- ing year to increase the production oj gold in the United States. Mining experts are now perfecting their plans to get more of the yellow metal out of the ground. The present incentive is due to the low cost of commodities generally, more reasonably priced labor than in a number of years. And the fact that there is @ fixed price for gold of $20.67 an ounce. In other words, the going mines can make money under present conditions and the producers intend to “strike while the iron is hot.” The United States is third Halloween stories previously had led the children to lock the doors of the home, delaying rescue attempts. world gold producers, having from second place when Canada ins creased her production,