The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, July 12, 1933, Page 1

North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper ESTABLISHED 1873 Johnson and Williams Named Le BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 12, 1933 CHARLES MARTIN OF Untensify Mystery In Two Kidnapings BISMARCK SWAMPED IN ADJUTANT BATTLE Minot Newspaperman Receives Unanimous Vote For State Commander BISMARCK AUXILIARY WINS Four - Point Program For Changes in National Econ- omy Act Adopted Williston, N. D., July 12—)—Their ‘work completed late Tuesday with the election of William H. Johnson of Mi- not as state commander and the re- election of Jack Williams of Fargo as state adjutant, North Dakota Ameri- san Legionnaires and the ladies of the Auxiliary were homeward bound Wed- nesday ready to tell the folks back home about a convention that made history. Johnson's election was without op- position, while the contest for adjut- ant between Williams and Charles F. Martin, Bismarck, went to the floor, with the Martin forces moving for a unanimous vote before the roll call was completed. Of about 240 votes, Martin received over 40 when the roll call was dropped. Fargo was chosen for next year's Meeting place. The women’s auxiliary convention tlected Mrs. M. H. Lynch, Lidgerwood, state president. Mrs. H. P. Ide, re- tiring president, was chosen national 2ommitteewoman, and Mrs. E. C. Gee- lan, Enderlin, vice president, Mrs. R. M. DePuy, Jamestown, secretary, and Mrs. A. M. Brown, Fargo, treasurer, were reelected. On the floor of the legion conyen- tion, attempts to change the constitu- sion and by-laws to provide for re- organization was defeated 210 to 27 after a heated debate. A committee report to reject the proposal, was adopted. ‘With interest in the contest for adjutant at a high pitch, reelection of Williams furnished one of the most, dramatic moments of the convention. The roll call on the contest showed Charles Martin, Bismarck, received over 40 votes for the office, with the balance of approximately 240 votes going to Williams. Before the roll call was ended, Milton Rue, Bismarck, chairman of the Martin-For-Adjutant campaign, moved a unanimous ballot be cast for Williams. Gets Big Ovation ‘Williams’ reelection was greeted by ovation from legionnaires and Martin was first to arise to extend congra- tulations. Resolutions adopted by the legion included one urging Governor William Langer to call a special election to tole on the proposed initiated beer law. The convention, acting on recom- mendations made by B. Halligan, wecretary of area “E,” national re- habilitation committee, adopted reso- (Continued on-Page Two) License Applications Swamp Commission The North Dakota Railroad com- mission is being swamped with appli- cations from buyers of livestock for licenses to operate under the provis- ions of House Bill No. 195 passed by the 1933 session of the legislature and which went into effect July 1. Under the law all buyers of livestock except cooperative associations are required to obtain licenses to purchase livestock. The fee for a buyer's license is $5 for-the buyer and $5.00 additional for each agent. The buyer must fur- nish @ $5,000 bond to the commission, the bond covering both agent and buyer. The bond must be approved by the railroad commission before a license can be issued. The penalty for violation of the law is quite severe, being a fine of not less than $100.00 nor more than $500.00 or a jail sentence of not less than 30 days in the county jail nor more than one year, or both fine and imprisonment. Balbo Armada Begins Flight to Labrador Reykjavik, Iceland, July 12.—(7)— General Italo Balbo's armada of 24 Italian seaplanes left Wednesday on a 1,500-mile hop to Cartwright, Labra- dor, the longest leg of their cruise to Chicago. The aviators, departed at 6 a. m. (2 a.m. E. 8. T.) They arrived here from London- derry, northern Ireland, July 5, five days after leaving the training school at Orbetello, Italy. While the vanguard of the fleet got away promptly, it was not until near- ly a half-hour later that the last plane of the squadron left. Fourteen of the machines were de- layed for brief periods by difficulties in towing them out in the harbor. ie igen was calm at the time 0! e de} jure, but was partly cloudy. RELEASE FLOYD LINGLE Sioux Falls, 8. D., July 12—@)— Floyd Lingle, seized here and held as @ suspect in the Buxton, N. D., bank robbery in which the cashier was killed, was released after word came from the Hillsboro, N. D., sheriff, that be was net the man wanted. i i] ———___—__» | Reelected Adjutan OO Jack Williams, Fargo, Tuesday was reelected adjutant of the North Da- kota department of the American Le- gion in a landslide victory over Charl- es F. Martin of Bismarck at the clos- ing session of the annual Legion con- vention at Williston. His election was made by unanimous vote on motion of Milton Rue of Bismarck after the roll call vote had begun. Martin re- ceived over 40 votes out of a total of 240-odd when the roll call came to an abrupt end. RUMORS OF CORNER IN RYE DEVELOP AS BOOST IS RESUMED Theories Vary As to Great De- mand; Canadian Grain Is Being Imported Chicago, July 12—()—A corner in Tye was rumored in the lobbies of the board of trade Wednesday as that cereal mounted 5 more cents a bushel for a gain of some 25 cents in three days and in some instances sold high- er than certain wheat options. Reports indicated that rye open to {market purchases had become so | scarce that thousands of bushels had been imported from Canada. Various reasons have been put for- ward for the meteoric rise in rye. At first it was said wheat had risen so high many would turn to rye bread. Then it was added the processing tax on wheat made this switch from white to black bread more likely. Later the rumors were this switch was not so likely as. rye had risen as | high in comparison as wheat, but that | in- reality the rise was due to scarcity of rye, which has not been cultivated as widely as formerly, owing to the exceeding low price it brought dur- ing 1932. Wednesday reports were spread that the demand for rye, in- creased materially by the return of beer, was so great that much of it Ed O’Connell, Uncle of Abduct- ed Youth, Goes For Ride ‘Into Country’ NEGOTIATIONS UNDER WAY Unusual Activities of Banker's Son Indicate _ Chicago Developments Albany, N. ¥., July 12.—()}—Rum- ors that the return of John J. O’Con- nell, Jr., 24, held by kidnapers for $250,000 ransom, was imminent were intensified Wednesday morning when Dan O'Connell, uncle of the young man, left his camp “for a ride into the | country.” However there was no information to indicate whether he had any hope! of making contact that might lead to| restoration of his nephew. The Associated Press was told that “so far as we know, Dan isn’t going to bring young John back with him. Probably he’s just gone out to get some fresh .air.” It is understood a sum of money approaching six figures will be paid the abductors. The exact amount, however, is not known. Neither John J. O'Connell, the youth's father, nor his uncles, Dan and Ed, upstate poli- tical leaders, would comment on the report. The Knickerbocker Press said Wed- nesday that contact had been estab- lished with the kidnapers and that ransom negotiations were in progress. Until Wednesday the only commun- ications with the abductors made pub- lic were two telephone calls and three letters. The O'Connells had answer- ed the requests for go-betweens by in- serting advertisements in local news- Papers as instructed by the kidnap- ers. Young O'Connell was forced into @ car by several men about 1:30 a. m. last Friday as he got out of his car at his home. The family did not know he had been kidnaped until the next day when a telephone call was receiv- ed at the office of Ed, Albany county and city Democratic leader. Neither the kidnapers’ long silences nor criticism from certain sources caused the O’Connells to give up hope for direct negotiation and turn to the Police for aid. MORE MYSTERY ADDED TO CHICAGO KIDNAPING Alton, Ill, July 12—()—Mysteri- ous activity of Carl Luer, son of August Luer, wealthy kidnaped bank- er, Wednesday led to a report that a development in the case was ex- pected. At 3 a. m. a man left the Carl Luer home. The younger man has been handling affairs of the family since his father was seized Monday night in his own:residence by two men and @ woman. Shortly afterward the same man arrived by motor car at the Alton Police station and transferred to a police car. Accompanied by two of- ficers he sped away. Police professed no knowledge of the presence of Luer with the of- ficers. At the Carl Luer home his wife said he had left the house on a call with which she was not fa- was coming-in from Canada despite the tariff. Finally, as the grain sagged some- what despite these bullish rumors, the talk switched to unverified re- ports that a few speculators had gained control of the visible supply of rye and were pinching short-sell- ers. December rye ran up to $1.07% a bushel, a trifle higher than July wheat, and closed at $1.05% while September rye closed a fraction above @ dollar and July at 98 cents. May wheat sold up to a new high of $1.15% and closed a half cent lower. Rye was up around 3% cents over Tuesday's close at the finish, wheat nearly 2 cents higher and corn and oats slightly off from Tuesday's final quo- tations. Four Deaths Caused By Heat in Southwest Kansas City, July 12.—()—A gasp- ing, sun-scorched southwest Wednes- day hoped for the clouds, forecast by weather observers, to alleviate some- what the heat that caused four deaths Tuesday. Two died in Dallas, Tex., where the mercury reached 104 and two suc- cumbed in Oklahoma, one in the capi- tal city and one near Perry. Okla- homa city’s 106 equalled the record set there in July, 1914. But Vernon, Tex., topped all high temperature readings with 115, the city’s 21st consecutive day of 100-de- gree weather. It was a new high for the season, as was the 107 recorded at) Sherman, Tex. Recent rains in parts of Missouri and Kansas came in time to save crops but two federal crop statisticians in Oklahoma City predicted failure of the corn crop in the state unless rain falls quickly. RAMSEY FARMER DIES Devils Lake, N. D., July 12—(7)— (John A. Bryn, 71, resident of Ramsey county since 1882, died at his farm home near Grandharbor Tuesday from cancer. He was an extensive! land owner. Bryn was a member of; the Norway township board about 25 | years. Coming from Norway, he \lived at Montevideo a short time be- ! fore settling at Grandharbor. He ileaves 12 children, six brothers and three sisters. Funeral services will be held here Fridev miliar, Tuesday Police Captain Frank Clayton said he momentarily expect- ed the kidnapers to make their ran- som demands known. Carl Luer declined to discuss the exact reaction of the family to ran- som demands. Previously he: said difficulty would be experienced in immediately raising a large sum of money. Grave fears were entertained for the banker as a result of his expe- rience. During the last month, ac- cording to his son, Luer has suffered heart attacks with increasing fre- quency, sometimes as often as six times a day. Hoping that the kidnapers might begin their negotiations for ransom, members of the Luer family asked Alton police, county authorities and the state highway patrol. to drop their search for the abductors and withdraw from the case. CHILE IS CHILLY Sanitago, Chile, July 12—()—Fif- teen deaths have been attributed to the cold wave which has been sweep- |ing Chile during the last several days. The weather is slowly moderating. | Oklahoma Voters | Legalize 3.2 Beer | Oklahoma City, July Rom” Oklahoma ordered beer and wait- ed with empty stein Wednesday until Gov. William H. (Alfalfa Bill) Murray decided to take his mailed fist out of the bung. While newspaper advertising told the thirsty that beer was all but ready for delivery, martial law backed by 80 of the governor's famous National Guard prevented unloading of 50 carloads, held on sidings here under diversion or- ders, until the governor issued a proclamation of Tuesday's elec- tion result. The governor issued the procla- mation later. “The order was to prevent them from making a joke of the law,” he said. On the basis of returns gather- ed by the Asscciated Press from 2,549 out of 3.313 precincts, Okla- homa voted 197.022 to 119,704 for Jegalication cf 3.2 per cent bere, becoming the 37th state to legalize the brev Another Calles 0 A group of Mexican congress- men have organized to support Rodolfo Elias Calles, 33, son of former President Plutarco Elias Calles, for the presidency of the dominant National Revo- lutionary party. His selection would put him in line for the presidency of the republic. FRED W. WPLEAN IS MADE N. D, MANAGER OF HOME LOAN BANK Byrne and Nystul Were Other Candidates; Bismarck Would Have Office Fred W. McLean of Grand Forks Tuesday was appointed manager of the home loan bank for North Da- kota, according to an Associated Press dispatch from Washington. Applicants for the position includ- ed P. E. Byrne of Bismarck and John Nystul of Fargo. Nystul is chairman of the executive committee of the | Nonpartisan League and is under- | stood to have had the active backing of Congressman William Lemke. It |for the state manager, but it is un- derstood that it will be in the neigh- borhood of $6,000 per year. McLean is chairman of the Demo- cratic state central committee and under the administration of the late President Woodrow Wilson was reg- Paul. Efforts are being made .to have the headquarters for the new home loan bank established at Bismarck and H. P, Goddard, secretary of the Bismarck Association of Commerce, has wired officials at Washington asking that the office be opened here. It is pointed out that inas- much as Henry Holt of Grand Forks has been endorsed as administrator of public works for the state and probably will secure the appointment, that office will be established at Grand Forks and as McLean's home also is in Grand Forks it would give the eastern part of the state a monopoly of federal offices in North Dakota. Will Be Busy Department The new home loan bank probably will develop into one of the busiest departments of the federal govern- ment in the state as loans will be approved .and made on homes cost- ing not to exceed $20,000 under the new law. Only mortgages which are is not known what the salary will be) ister of the federal land bank in St.! PRESIDENT PRESSES | COORDINATED DRIVE INMANY DIRECTIONS Unemployed, Farmers, Home Owners and Consumers Will Be Benefitted ORGANIZE ‘SUPER-CABINET’ Code of Fair Competition For Steel Industry Will Be Submitted Soon Washington, July 12.—(>)—Activity stimulated by orders from the boss to cooperate to the end spread Wed- nesday through the government agen- cies that are trying to restore pros- perity. . The invigorated efforts centered about plans to get the unemployed back at work and guarantee them higher wages, feed those who cannot obtain jobs, lighten the home owners’ burdens, help the farmer, protect the consumer—in short, to make things as they should be. President Roosevelt Wednesday was making a last study of $200,000,000 worth of job-giving projects to be constructed under the public works Program; the industrial administra- tion laid plans for hearings in New Former Montanan Made Coordinator Washington, July 12. — (>) — Frank C. Walker, the man called upon to coordinate the national recovery program for President Roosevelt, is another of the squared-jawed, hard workers the president is bringing into service. He is establishing an office to be labeled “executive secretary.” Born in Plymouth, Pa., Walker was reared in the mining country of Montana. He is a graduate of Notre Dame, practiced law in Butte, Mont. and several years ago moved to New York, where he resides. York—spreading, wage-fixing agree- ments by major industries; the relief administration promised to care for transient needy and demanded that ; States help take care of the unemploy- ed at home; the home loan board jpushed its organization into a score jof states; Attorney General Cummings was on guard against unjustified higher prices; the farm administra- tion was pushing its crop-reduction program. The $200,000,000 public works pro- gram already had the approval of the board charged with responsibility. It needed only the president's endorse- ment. Officials said much of this work could begin almost immediately, thus creating jobs quickly. Likewise, the bureau of public roads studied allotments to states for high- way construction. The public works cabinet board got ready to pass on non-federal construction works and agree to advance federal money to help finance them. Before establishing Tuesday what the capital calls his “super-cabinet” to coordinate the recovery drive—and |telling these men to work fast—Roose- velt looked over, and revised consid- erably, a preliminary list of federal public works projects proposed. Some of record prior to June 12, 1933, the date of the approval of the act, can be taken up under the new law. Several employes will be required to handle the business and when the office is established and open for business, applications for loans will be made by mail or by personal calls on the state manager for the neces- sary blanks. The application then will be referred to an appraiser or Plicant lives. After an attorney passes on the title the loan will be closed and either bonds or cash will be paid to take over the mortgage which is in existence, The home owners’ loan corpora- tion, which is the corporation creat- ed by congress to administer the pro- visions of the act, will loan in bonds ne Es 80 per cee of the value of the y in iG UD & mortgage. Will Loan for Taxes It also will furnish the money to Pay taxes that may be in arrears, which will be a part of the 80 per cent loaned. Bonds will carry an interest rate of four and one-half Per cent. The home owner will be given 15 years to pay off the mort- gage taken by the government. interest charged by the corporation will be five per cent. If the mortgagor refuses to take the bonds in payment of his loan the government will loan up to 40 Per cent of the valuation of the prop- erty in cash and will give the owner the same terms as if bonds were ac- cepted, excepting that the rate of interest’ will be six per cent. “The only federal position I am seeking,” McLean said at Grand Forks, “is the presidency of the fed- eral farm loan bank in St. Paul.” He indicated he will accept the state home loan managership as a tem- Porary appointment. TO FILE ACTION SOON Reno, Nevada, July 12.—()—Elliott Roosevelt, son of the president is ex- pected to file suit Thursday or Fri- day in a divorce action against his Young wife. the former Miss Eliza- beth Donner of Philadelphia. 4 agent in the county where the ap-| f ‘The | Pe could not be started soon enough. Over as at the industrial adminis- tration, prospects were brighter for that job—spreading program. Hugh 8S. Johnson expected quick submission of an agreement by which steel pro- ducers would fix minimum wages and maximum hours. In this industry, as in others, Johnson hoped a code of fair competition would require more men to do the work now being per- formed. W. J. Church Receives Railroad Body Post W. J. Church former member of the board of administration, has been ap- pointed assistant transportation direc-. tor in the motor transport depart- ment of the North Dakota railroad commission of which Former State Senator John W. Benson of Rolette county is director. The motor transport department was given additional duties under the provisions of Senate Bill No. 164 pass- ed by the 1933 session of the legisla- ture, and is empowered to regulate and supervise the transportation of rsons and property by motor vehic- Jes within the state and to protect the safety and welfare of the traveling and shipping public in their use of the highways. At present the department has Church in the field and part of the time Benson checking violations of the new law, the provisions of which are not thoroughly understood by all firms and persons engaged in trans- portation or hauling for compensa- ‘tion. Warnings are being sent out by the department to all persons en- gaged in the trucking business as violation of the law is a misdemeanor. The law regulates what is designat- ed as contract carriers, requiring such carriers to file surety bonds or a policy for liability and property dam- age insurance before a permit can be granted by the railroad commission. | Rates charged by such carriers shall | THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE arriage on Rocks Richard Dix of the movies and } his wife, the former Winifred ! Coe, have separated after two and a half years of marriage. Dix said his wife wasn’t inter- ested in movies, and that he wasn't interested in society, hence the split. They have one child, a girl, born early in the year. The couple is pictured here in happier days. St. Paul Men THURSDAY WILL BE VISITORS’ DAY AT Public Invited to All-Day Pro- gram as Guests of Nearly 300 Boy Soldiers Thursday will be ‘visitors’ day at Fort Lincoln's citizens military train- ing camp. Nearly 300 boys from North and South Dakota will be hosts to the general public at Thursday's pro- gram preparatory to breaking camp Friday after a 30-day training pe- riod. Thursday's program will get under way at 7:30 a’clock and will include a series of demonstrations intended to give the public an idea of just what military activities are carried on in the camp under the tutelage of officers of the regular army. An invitation to everyone inter- ested to attend the closing program has been issued by Captain George R. Connor, adjutant of the U. S.army st. Camp officially will break up at noon Friday. Thursday's program in detail: 7:15-7:30 a. m.— Platoon inspec- -7:50 a. m.—Physical training. :50-9:00 a. m—Meeting visitors and preparation for demonstrations. 9:00-10:00 a. m. — Demonstration, drills by all companies on main pa- rade. a. 9:00-9:15 a. m.—Machine gun drill, Company M.” b. 9:15-9:30 a. drill, Company I. ¢. 9:30-9:45 a. m.—Extended order drill, Company L, d. 9:45-10:00 a. m.—Physical training drill, Company K. 10:45 a, m.—Attendance at presen- tation of awards on main parade, followed by witness of the final bat- talion review. 12:00 noon—All visitors invited to attend mess with C. M. T. C. bat- talion. 1:30-4.30 p. m.—Inspecion of camp by visitors conducted by staff offi- cers of the C. M. T. C. battalion. 7:00 p. m.—Attendance at “Stunt night” entertainment at the arena. All commissioned personnel of the camp not otherwise engaged in com- Pliance with camp orders will be available, under direction of the com- manding officer, to act as guides to assist in every way the proper en- tertainment of visitors. Such ac- tivity will begin with the reception of visitors at 7:30 a. m. and continue throughout the day's schedule until the last visitor departs from camp. Authors Can’t Lie, Declares Kipling | London, July 12.—(#)—Rudyard Kipling, making one of his rare departures from semi-seclusion to address a public gathering, ad- vanced the proposition Wednes- day that authors cannot lie. Speaking at the luncheon of the Royal Society of Literature, the famous author declared: “We cannot tell a lie. However much we may wish to do so, we only of educated men and women cannot tell a lie in our working hours. “The more subtly we attempt it the more certainly do we betray some aspect of truth concerning the life of our age. “It is with us as with timber. Every knot and shake in a board m.—Close order not be less then rates of other car-| for similar services under the! C.M. 7. GIN CITY: Figure In Mysterious Night Drama Doctor, Chiropractor in Hospi- tal After Shooting and Train-Auto Crash St. Paul, July 12.—(4)—Police Chief T. E, Dahill Wednesday said that men who kidnaped Dr. E, G. Engberg and Dr. W. H. Hedberg Tuesday night desired to mutilate the latter. Dr. Engberg, 44, secretary of the state board of medical examiners, was selected to perform a surgical opera- tion on Dr, Hedberg, 34, but refused, the chief said in a statement. Then, he asserted, Dr. Engberg was drugged and placed in the Hedberg automobile, which was parked on a railroad right of way where a passing train could hit it. Dr. Hedberg, with a bullet wound in his ear and bearing other marks of a struggle, was found in a ditch near here early Wednesday. A half mile away Dr. Engberg was found in the Hedberg car, which had been placed near a railroad track where a pas- senger train struck, it. Both will re- cover. Tells Weird Story Dr. Engberg was bleeding at the mouth when a train crew found him, but bore no other signs of injury. He recovered consciousness Wednesday and told of having been attacked and drugged, probably with ether, after Pag lured from his home by a false call. Dr. Hedberg told a similar story of having been lured from his home by a false call and seized by three men. Chief Dahill quoted Dr. Engberg as saying he was forced into a car which met another. “I asked what they wanted me to do and was told I was expected to perform a surgical operation on a man being held captive,” the chief said Dr. Engberg told him. “Of course I refused. They threatened me and still I refused. I did not even see the man they wanted to be the vic- tim of that mutilation.” Overheard Conversations The chief said Dr. Hedberg told him he heard one man say “let's get a knife and do the job ourselves.” Police refused to comment on re- Ports Dr. Hedberg knew who was re- sponsible for the seizures., They said he told them Tuesday of mysterious calls asking him to care for persons in unfrequented places. A list of his patients and other records were stolen from his office Thursday night. Chief Dehill asserted Dr. Engberg was left in the Hedberg car and the vehicle placed near the track in an effort by the kidnapers to make it appear he attempted suicide or had an accident. On the floor of the car was a gun, which had been fired twice. The chief said this was done to emphasize the suicide attempt belief. Madman Slain -After All-Night Gunfight Albany, Ore., July 12.—()—A night- Jong battle between a madman and state, county and city: police ended early Wednesday with the death of the man who barricaded himself in the sheriff's apartment—a veritable arsenal, Police identified him as Frank Stan- Kiewiecz, 22, who escaped from the Oregon state hospital for the insane at Salem Monday. Tear gas and smoke bombs, hurled into the barricaded apartment by of- ficers, were sent sailing back wrapped in bed clothing, but their fumes fin- ally‘overcame the gunman and he was shot down as he pointed a pistol at an offices who had broken into the apart- ment. DENIES RAIL REQUEST The state railroad commission has denied the Great Northern Railway Company authority to discontinue reveals some disease or injury that evertook the log when it was growing.” agency service and the maintenance of a station at Absaraka, 10 miles west of Casselton. Weather report Fair tonight; Thursday partly cloudy with ler. PRICE FIVE CENTS Soder and Swanson Reinstated gion Heads Richard Dix’s M COMMISSIONERS ARE CLEARED OF CHARGE BY LANGER'S ORDE! Had Been Suspended Since April 20 on Petition of Five County Citizens ‘NO STRINGS ARE ATTACHED: H. F. Tiedman, Third Commis sioner Suspended, Was Reinstated May 31 Axel Soder of Wing, chairman, and Charles Swanson of Driscoll were re« instated by Governor William Langer as members of the board of Burleigh county commissioners shortly after 11:30 o'clock Wednesday forenoon. Governor Langer telephoned Thomas Burke, attorney for the tem- Porarily-suspended commissioners, informing him that he would rein- state them and shortly later informed the Associated Press that they had been reinstated. Soder and Swanson have been un- der suspension since last April 20. A third member of the commission to be suspended, H. F. Tiedman of Bismarck, was reinstated May 31 by the governor. The trio was suspended by the governor on charges preferred against them by five Burleigh county citi- zens. McCurdy Filed Petition They were accused in a petition filed by Attorney F. E. McCurdy ang signed by H. P. Asselstine, C. A. An- derson, P. P. Bliss, L. E. Heaton and C. W. Ritterbush. All but Ritter- bush live in the eastern and southern parts of the county. Ritterbush lives in Bismarck. The charge against the commis. sioners was that they voted to extend @ contract with the Bismarck Trib- une company “wrongfully, corruptly, criminally and wilfully” and con- trary to law. The contract was one for county printing and supplies for the next two years and was renewed at a re duction of 10 per cent. Despite the charge, however, it de- veloped that State's Attorney Georgs S. Register, legal advisor of the board, did not believe the action con- trary to law ard had so advised Soder and Tiedman, who sought his advice on the subject. Hearing Before Abern The commissioners had a hearing on the charges in May before O, G, Abern, Wishek attorney, appointed by the governor as a special commis- sioner to take testimony in the case, Appointed to replace the sus« Pended members on the commission during their suspension were W. J. Noggle of Bismarck, J. F. Little of pega and George W. Lewis of Ster- ing. Governor Langer last week indi+ cated that he would announce his decision last Saturday, but due to pressing matters he did not get around to the decision until Wednes- lay. Tuesday the county commission completed its monthly July business session by completing work on the preliminary budget for the fiscal year just beginning and meeting with State Highway Commissioner Frank A. Vogel in a conference for consid- eration of proposed road work in this county. Burke said that though the gover: nor did not amplify his reinstatement decision, the two commissioners were reinstated, as in the Tiedman case, “without any strings attached” and with their records cleared. Estimate Canadian Wheat at 77 Per Cent Ottawa, Ont., July 12—(%)—The spring wheat crop 77 per cent of nor- mal, fall wheat at 90 per cent of the average, oats at 84 per cent and corn for husking at 89 per cent were esti- mated Wednesday by the dominion bureau of statistics as of last June 30. Other crops showed the following Percentages as compared with last year at the same time: Barley 84 (93); peas 93 (93); beans 86 (94); buckwheat 92 (95); mixed grains 88 (94); flaxseed 69 (92); po- tatoes 96 (96); alfalfa 94 (97); hay and clover 88 (86); sugar beets 94 (92); and foder corn 89 (93). The condition of fall wheat June 30 last year was 102 per cent, spring wheat 99, oats 95 and corn for husk- ing 90. Farmer Stricken by Fatal Heart Attack George A. Hitchcock, Riverview township farmer and schoolboard member, Tuesday dropped dead from a heart attack at the farm home of Gust Hogue, a neighbor. Hitchcock had come with his wife to the Hogue place for a schoolboard meeting and was conversing with fellow board members in the barn before the meet- ing had taken place, when he was suddenly stricken with the heart at- tack. He had been subject to similar at- tacks for some time, and the death stroke was not, therefore, as unex- Pected as it might have been. Funeral arrangements have not been completed, byt it is probable that services will be held Friday from the Perry Funeral Parlors in Bis- marck. BEGIN BAR EXAMINATIONS Twenty-nine candidates Tuesday started a three-day examination fo! admission to the state bar. Successful candidates will be determined by mem- bers of the state ber board Friday.