The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 3, 1933, Page 1

North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper ESTABLISHED 1873 Auto Misha Johnson Attempting to Settle Coal Strike RECOVERY DIRECTOR | ASKS CONCESSIONS PENDING AGREEMENT Wants Both Sides to Maintain Peace Until Code For In- dustry Is Drawn MORE INDUSTRIES COME IN Banks and Other Employers Adopt Blanket Codes Pend- ing Final Action a Washington, Aug. 3—(#)—On the Persuasive powers of Hugh 8. John- son, steersman on President Roose- velt’s industrial recovery machine, de- pends Thursday a temporary solution of serious labor troubles in the Penn- sylvania coal fields and posgibly an answer to reported signs of industrial discord elsewhere. Johnson’s energies were pitted to the task of winning sufficient conces- sions, both from mine operators and labor, to end the strike and maintain peace until the recovery administra- tion can carve out in public hearing HERE'S STATUS OF CODES Washington, Aug. 3—(?)—The status of codes of fair practice presented by major industries and trades and pending before the re- covery administration: Steel—Hearing held, labor terms, Production and price control fea- tures being ironed out in private conferences. Coal—Hearings moved up to Au- gust 9 to hurry solution of labor troubles, Automobiles—On file for hear- ing probably around August 15. Retail trade (except food and drugs) —Set for hearing August 14, with labor terms temporarily in effect on voluntary basis. Banking—Temporarily in effect, hearing date to be set, Food dealers — Temporarily in tel on voluntary basis, hearing ite pending. Sli eas nae over, revision nearly completed. A collection of codes for textile lines and branches of the clothing industry also are in various stages of development, with a miscellany of agreements ranging from a theater code to one for wallpaper || manufacturers. ! @ binding code of fair entire coal industry. For the time, the entire campaign } to blanket American business into agreements to raise wages and create new jobs was thrust upon Johnson's aides. The program, which Wednes- day leaped forward: by the wholesale Llanketing of banks and a half dozen industries under temporary codes of their own, continued to bring in thousands of new signatures entitling employers to display the blue eagle of NRA. Hearing Is Advanced Because of the coal strike, the hear- ing on the bituminous coal code, or rather the 18 separate ones that have been put forward, has been moved up| from Aug. 14 to Aug. 9. At that time the issue of company union versus labor union will be thrashed out to something like determination of a basis for future industrial relations, though possibly not a final settlement. The union issue is at the bottom of the present strike, which spread from the U. 8. Steel subsidiary, H. C. Frick Coke company mines in Fayette county, Pennsylvania, to surrounding territory until around 35,000 miners now are out, demanding recognition for the United Mine Workers. Johnson tackled this task Wednes- day. He flew to Harrisburg to ad- dress an industrial gathering. When he flew back, there came to Wash- ington also Pennsylvania’s Governor Pinchot, and Thomas Moses, presi- dent of the Frick concern. John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine workers, was - hand. Much Unrest Reported ; While coal presented the immedi- ate issue, labor unrest has popped up in other industries. Many officials here see this as an inevitable devel- opment of the industrial control law lice Lor ine | which, for the first time, grants to| ight. laboring men an explicit charter to organize as they see fit without any interference from their employers, once the latter have accepted the in- dustrial self-government free of the threat of anti-trust law prosecution, which the codes of fair practice grant them. Despite from Johnson some employers and union heads have told the men that they must join company unions, or contrarily, the in- dependent kind, if they expect to get benefits of the recovery law. Further- more labor men charge systematic ceerminaton 2 to discourage union- The solution the government 1s working towards was pointed out ‘Wednesday in a modification of the cotton textile code to provide for a national industrial relations board, with a linked system of judicial boards, representative of all sides, straight down to the individual plants. The new creation is intended to give fair play to both parties, whether la- bor is unionized or not. The federal - government itself sits in as mediator and peace-maker. If Johnson can do it, a similar _structure will be created for every major industry, evolving a real new chapter in the American history of velations between capital and labor. 118, the day the boy disappeared. ‘cream, Kelly quoted Edwards as say- jof sickness. THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 3, 1933 Site of $63,000,000 Columbia Dam FARMER CREDITORS WILL GET $62,000 FROM RAIL BOARD Payments to Be Made Soon on Outstanding Wheat Grow- ers Storage Tickets Across the Columbia River at this point, near Bonneville, Ore., a $63,000,000 hydro-electric dam will be built by the federal gov- ernment in fulfillment, of President Roosevelt’s promise of cheap power for the Pacific northwest. Railroad tracks, shown in the picture, will be tunneled through the rocks to make way for the 145-foot dam. HIGHSCHOOL YOUTH CONFESSES BRUTAL, SLAYING OF GHILD Lures Boy Away With Candy and.ice Cream; Tosses Mutilated Body in Sea San Diego, Calif, Aug. 3—(P)— Philip Charles Edwards, 19-year-old high school graduate, was held in jail ‘Thursday, as:a suspect in the mutila- tion murder of 17-year-old Dalbert Aposhian while police “checked the closing. episodes of his story of the Edwards first told his story to de- tectives in Los Angeles where he was picked up as @ loiterer Monday and repeated it when brought here. Kelly said the youth told officers he met Dalbert on a downtown street July With candy, sandwiches and ice , ing, he coaxed the boy to go for a street carride with him. At the end of the car line he told Dalbert he liv- ed “over the hills,” and they set off afoot toward. the brush-covered mesa. There he hit the boy with a rock and left the body until after dark, when he returned in a stolen automobile and took it to the water front. Kelly said Edwards told him he mutilated the body with a butcher knife at the waterfront, threw it in the Bay and placed severed portions in a quart jar and threw them in, too. Kelly and his assistants took Ed- wards over the route he had told them he and the boy had taxen. They said they found clerks in candy and ice cream stores who said they had seen Edwards with a boy. They found a rock and a napkin on the mesa. Edwards told them, Kelly said, the rock was the one he used, and the napkin was one he took off the sandwiches he bought. Ed- wards said when asked why he did it. “I must have been nuts.” The youth said he had taken two/ years of law in high school and would; defend himself. Mrs. Helen Graham, Edwards’ mother, said she did not believe her son killed the boy. “The night of July 24,” Mrs. Gra-/ ham said, “the day the boy's body was/ found in the bay, Phillip said to me! ‘mother, that was a horrible crime.| The man who did that should be lynched without a trial.’” Actor Is Happy at Birth of Daughter Hollywood, Calif, Aug. 3.—(P)— John Gilbert, the actor, can’t be cred- ited with much originality when his wife bore him a bouncing daughter at a Hollywood hospital Wednesday “I am,” said he, “the happiest man in the world.” “To which the pending. spovairian, Dr. Norman Williams, “Mr. Gilbert was the — difficult, male patient I ever attended.” Mrs. Gilbert is the former Virginia | Bruce, actress. The child weighed 7 Pounds, 5 ounces. Miss Bruce once was a resident of Fargo and attended school there. Vote Full Publicity On Capitol Sie A motion directing Secretary Frank Anders to furnish the press with any information desired was passed un- by the state capitol com- mission Wednesday. The motion, introduced by Super- intendent of Public Instruction Arth- ur E. Thompson, directs Anders to make available to newspapermen in- formation on activities of the com- mission and especially the monthly financial statement. Commissioner of Agriculture and Labor John Husby seconded the motion, with Nelson Sau- vain, and R. M. Rishworth, chairman, approving. The fifth member, Mrs. Jennie Ulsrud, was absent on account GNITE MINERS IN STATE BEING ASKED TO ORGANIZE UNION Arntson Says Several Locals Already Established; Oth- ers Being Formed Miners in the lignite coal industry in North Dakota are being organized by representatives of the United Mine Workers of America, with several lo- cal unions established and other be- ing formed, Roy G. Arntson, deputy sommisstoner.of agricuture and labor, Teported Thursday. The lignite coal industry in the state, Arntson said, has shown a sub- stantial increase in tonnage for 1932, with nearly 1,800,000 tons produced. In only three years of the last 25 has there been a greater tonnage pro- duced, Arntson said, 1929 being Mine Weak year when nearly 2,000,000 tons Were taken from commercial mines. ‘Lignite sold for less money last year but wages also hit the lowest level in the history of the industry in North Dakota, according to Arntson. He added that present scales of wages are so low that this reduction of purchasing power “has left a de- moralizing effect upon business condi- tons in mining areas of the state.” “This is unfortunate,” Arntson said, ‘for the reason that lignite coal min- ing has held great promise of becom- ing a substantial industry, employing much labor in a state that is primar- Dy agricultural. “Representatives of the Mine Workers are reported to be in the state now organizing unions and it is hoped this work on their part, together with the effects of the n: tional recovery act, may be the means of remedying this conditic Kidnapers Threaten Wife of O’Connell Albany, N. Y., Aug. 3—(4)—Threats to kidnap the wife of Edward J. O’- Connell, prominent Democratic lead- er, or one of the three O'Connell brothers, uncles of the ransomed John J. O'Connell, Jr., were reported Thurs- ay to have been received by the fam- ry. The threats were seid to have been responsible for the heavy guard main- tained at the mountain camp of Dan O'Connell, where several members of the family are staying. Police and private guards patrol the O'Connell camp, 20 miles from the city. Young “Butch” was returned to the camp Sunday morning after a 24-day captivity in New York City. It was the police theory that the kidnapers, now aware they had been given marked money and that the O’Connell’s worked with the author- ities, sought to silence the youth and his uncles with threatening letters. Heat Plagues East; More Than 100 Dead New York, Aug. 3.—(?)—More than 100 persons have died in the eastern heat wave that has continued since Inst Saturday, but early Thursday clouds and stirring breezes gave Promise of some relief to millions. The heat killed 29 persons Wednes- day in the metropolitan area of New York and New Jersey, bringing the death list for, this section to 56 in five days. Ninety-five degree heat that felled human beings and horses as if by sledge-hammer blows combined with high humidity to make New York miserable. In Elizabeth, N. J., the mercury reached 100 and the sun’s rays, pour- ing through a glass skylight, set a house afire. TRUBSHAW HAS TYPHOID Valley City, N. D., Aug. 3—(@)—P. R. Trubshaw, editor of the Valley City Daily Times Record, is ill with typhoid fever at Mercy hospital here. His worable. lcondition was held fa1 United | ALL TO BE PAID IN FULL General Creditors of Firm Will Get Share in Assets of Elevators Payment of approximately $62,000 to ticket holders of the wheat grow- ers’ warehouse company is expected to be made within a month through the North Dakota railroad commis- {sion which, as trustee for ticket’ hold- ers, is speeding final disposition of the case, Ben C. Larkin, commission- er in charge of elevators, announced Thursday. The railroad commission became trustee for the storage ticket holders and took charge of the elevators when the company was unable to pay the ticket holders in May, 1931, According to schedules made by the auditor and accountant for the com- mission, all claims will be paid in full, including interest, Larkin said. J. A. Heder, commerce counsel for the commission, is preparing a report to be made to the district court. This report will be based on the audit by @ special accountant, A. C. McLean, as assistant to O. E. Johnson, chief elevator accountant of the commis- sion, Inasmuch as the case involves pub- lication of notices to ticket holders and creditors, and sending out of no- tices involving approximately 1,400 storage tickets, as well as notices to general creditors, a large amount of work is entailed in making a final disposition of the case, Heder said. General Creditors Involved Ordinarily the general creditors of the warehouse company would not be cited, but since there -are conflicting claims between the creditors and bonding companies, a hearing will be had to determine~ which creditors have the right to overages that will exist. As far as the commission is concerned, Heder said, there will be |no unnecessary delay in paying ticket holders and the commission will be discharged of its trusteeship regard- Jess of how disposition of overages is made. The amount collected by the com- jmission is above the amount neces- |Sary to pay storage ticket holders, ex- penses, and costs of litigation. About $10,000 will be left over and deposited in court for claimants who are not ticket holders. The Wheat Growers’ Warehouse company, in May, 1931, apparently | was unable to market its grain and consequently could not pay outstand- ing storage checks. Under the North Dakota law the company asked the commission to take charge as trustee and the commission marshaled the assets as required by law; shipped the grain out of the elevators, sold it, and made a check of outstanding storage. Complications arose in re- covering from the boriding companies | which had guaranteed payment for all grain delivered, as in some eleva- tors there was more than enough grain to pay the storage receipts, while in others there were shortages. Bonding Companies Lose The shortages exceeded the over- ages and the bonding companies claimed the bond was a blanket bond and sought credit for grain sold by! the commission. The commission | contended the bonds were for $5,000 for each warehouse and that it was the duty of the bonding company to Pay the full amount of the shortages, costs and expenses of the trusteeship, at once without regard to overages existing in some of the warehouses. The district court held for the rail- road commission and on appeal to the supreme court the decision was affirmed. Judge Fred Jansonius, in Bur- leigh county district court, although holding for the commission, said in a memorandum opinion that the rail- road commission should require “a bond in a lump sum to protect all elevators . . . . where the bond is in_one instrument.” The supreme court affirmed Judge Jansonius’ decision but held that the bond, although in a single instru- ment, was a bond for each individual warehouse, it being optional with the commission as to which form it de- sires to approve and accept. Heder argued the case before the supreme court, together with T. C. Madden, former commerce counsel for the commission, who had charge of the action at its commencement. Since the supreme court's decision, the two bonding companies have paid to the commission the full sum for which ‘they were held liable, in- cluding the cost of administration of the fund and interest, Farmer Is Killed in Accident at at Crossing Devils Lake, ND, D., Aug. 3.—(P)— Ted O. Geske, Oberon, » farmer resid- | ing southwest of Fort Totten, was! killed late yesterday when the Aneta} line gasoline bus crashed into his small truck at @ crossing near the Great Northern section house. Mrs. Geske and her two-year-old son were taken to a local hospital unconscious | and were in critical condition Thurs- | day. The family apparently had shop- ped here and was en route home. {court that Weather Report Somewhat unsettled tonight nad Fri- day; rising temperature. PRICE FIVE CENTS p Fatal to Local Man President Approves Shipbuilding Plans Insane Man Injures | | | Grafton Councillor ——_——_—_——___C- Grafton, N. D., Aug. 3—(P)— Frank Votava, former register of deeds and a council member here, returned from Jamestown carry- ing one arm in a sling as a result of being attacked by a demented man he and Sheriff O. R. La- Berge were taking to the state hospital. As their car, driven by Votava, was traveling 55 miles an hour, the demented man suddenly reached over from the back seat and grabbed Votava's arm, wrenching it backward and tear- ing the ligaments. The dement- ed man was placed in a straight- jacket and LaBerge drove the car the remainder of the way to Jamestown. DENVER IS FLOODED WHEN CREEK RISES AFTER CLOUDBURST Two Bridges Washed Out and Roaring Waters Pour Over Concrete Walls Denver, Aug. 3—(P)—At least two Persons were drowned, 5,000 Denver residents were driven from their homes and property was damaged to the extent of several hundred thou- sand dollars Thursday by flood wa- ters that swept down upon Denver in the wake of torrential rains that burst Castlewood dam. Several persons were reported miss- ing, most of them miners who had been panning gold in Wildcat canon, just below the dam, 30 miles south- east of here. Mrs. Claude Hill, 50, drowned in another cloudburst that ‘hit-near Mateson. The body of Tom Casey, 80, was found in a deep hole at the rear of his residence. James Boyd, who lives at the same address, said Casey fell in the flood waters and drowned when he went to survey the damage. The body of Mrs. Bertha Catlin, 21, employed on a ranch at Frank- ton, was found floating in a swollen creek. She rode horseback to inspect the flood damage on the ranch and was believed to have been thrown off her horse into the creek. The flood, result of a cloudburst ‘Wednesday night southeast of here, swept into town shortly before 6 a. m., took out the wooden Colorado Boule- vard bridge and broke down the steel and concrete structure spanning the creek at Logan street. The first crest, four feet high, was ;s0on swelled to such proportions it swept out of the retaining walls and began to spread. The Castlewood Dam. feared as a flood menace for several years, broke at 2 a. m., and sent its 5,000 acre feet of water after the first flood which had gone before. Police, forwarned, raced through Denver districts liable to be flooded and routed out the residents. In the agricultural area between Denver and Castlewood Dam, 40 miles away, tele- phone operators and volunteers warn- ed the residents. Campbell Released: From 25-Year Term Prison gates swung open Wednes- day for Robert Campbell, better known as Goldie Benton, Fargo, as he was freed from a 25-year term he be- igan serving last Feb. 15 for robbery of a bank at Hunter, N. D. Benton was released after Judge Daniel B. Holt at Fargo granted a new trial and then granted a motion to dismiss the case against Benton, made by A. R. Bergesen, Cass county peat attorney. Bergesen, in moving for the new trial and then dismissal of the case, informed Judge Holt that from in- vestigations made by himself and the Cass county sheriff's department he is convinced Benton is not one of the four persons who robbed the Hun- ter bank last Sept. 3. The states attorney informed the Matt Clockson, Minne- apolis, held there in connection with other robberies, and Esther Kinn, Lakeville, Minn., had confessed to the Hunter robbery and named a Robert Moore, alias Jack Ryan, and his wife as the other two robbers. Beer Bill Approved By South Dakotans Pierre, 8. D., Aug. 3.—(?)—A bill to legalize 3.2 per cent beer in this state was approved by the senate in special session Wednesday night, 42 to 1, and sent to the house. It would make 3.2 beer and wine legal immediately upon signature by Governor Tom Berry, who called the special session, Counties would receive 50 per cent \cf tax and license revenue for relief puropses, License rates under the imeasure range from $250 for brewers und bottlers to $25 for “off sale” deal- ers. A beverage and inspection tax would be $1.25 for each 31 gallon bar- rel. Senator H. C. Halvorsen of Brook- ings, who said the bill violates the state constitution, cast the only op- position vote, Issues Formal Order to Begin Construction on 21 New War Vessels SEEK PARITY FOR FLEET Action Comes Close on Heels of Japanese Increase in Military Budget Hyde Park, N. Y., Aug. 3—(P)— President Roosevelt, pointing out that on Aug. 15 the treasury will have the largest cash balance in its history, moved confidently ahead Thursday with his national recovery and de- fense plans. Wednesday night he gave formal approval to the navy’s plan to start. immediately the construction of 21 new warships on the basis of bids, re- cently submitted. The aim is to put the United States fleet nearer a par- ity with other world powers. Thursday he happily scanned re- ports from the capital, determined to press to the limit his program to epread work and maintain wages in an unprecedented drive to improve mass purchasing power. Backing the president is the assur- ance that came with the six-fold oversubscription of the government's $850,000,000 August refinancing. At the middle of the month the gov- ernment will have in its vaults the greatest cash balance in history as the result of this successful financial operation—$1,500,000,000. The start of the naval construction comes on the heels of word from Ja- Pan of the increase in her budget for military preparations, The president, without doubt, was cognizant of the Japanese activities, but it was made plain that he was intent only upon building the United States battle fleet to the limits the London treaty prescribed, Another conference on naval limita- tions is coming along and Roosevelt wants an actual fleet, rather than! blue prints, to negotiate with. MODIFIES OPINION SAYING ACCEPTANCE OF BONDS ILLEGAL Shaft Finds Building and Loan Directors Are Given Dis- cretionary Power Modifying a previous opinion, Har- old D. Shaft, assistant attorney gen- eral, Thursday held that building and loan associations may accept bonds of the federal home owners’ loan corp- oration in settlement of mortgage ob- ligations and release their security on payment of the bonds to the associa- tions. Calling attention to an opinion is- sued two weeks ago, Shaft informed J. J. Murphy, attorney for the feder- al home owners’ loan corporation at Fargo, “we remain convinced that the funds of building and loan associa- tions may not be invested in bonds of the federal home owners’ loan corporation.” He said, however, that a study of Chapter 94, laws of 1931, disclose that. @ building and loan association is given the powez, under subdivision 11 of section 7, to “acquire, hold, en- cumber and convey such real estate and personal property as may be necessary for the transaction of its business or to enforce or protect its securities.” Under subdivision 13, the associa- tion is given power to make loans to members secured by first mortgages on improved real estate, Shaft said, and by subdivision 14 it is given power to “cancel such loans and release the securities on such terms as the board of directors may provide.” “Our interpretation of the two sec- tions,” Shaft held, “is that a building and loan association may cancel a loan and release the security upon receipt of bonds of the home owners’ Joan corporation on such terms as the board of directors may provide. It seems clear to me that the right to compromise with a debtor of the as- sociation and to settle his obligations in the manner deemed to be for the best interests of the association must necessarily follow the right to engage in the business of making loans upon. mortgage security. The two sections above mentioned seem to give this ex- Robbers Who Stole Kansas Safe Escape Coffeyville, Kans., Aug. 3.—(#)—The robbers who stole the safe from the Weir City State bank after locking 16 citizens in the town jail, Thurs- day appeared to have made good their escape despite the efforts of peace officers, posses and national guards- men. x With no hot trail to guide them, the officers gave up their search Wednesday night after failing to find the two men who earlier abandoned a truck carrying the stolen safe. The safe and its contents cf £2,000, were returned to Weir City. First to Fight Recovery Code Norman R. Dietz, president of Chicago's Independent Milk Dis- tributors Association, is the first to dispute authority of the fed- eral government in a recovery code. Dietz is pictured mapping plans for a legal test of the milk code. FEDERAL AGENT Is HELD UNDER BOND IN FARGO SCANDAL Is Ordered to Jail Pending Out- come of. Inquest Into Woman's Death © "7% Fargo, N. D,, Aug. 3—(#)—D. F. Ellsworth, federal narcotics agent in whose apartment the body of Mrs. Hilda Gray, Winnipeg, was found early Wednesday, was ordered com- mitted to jail in default of $15,000 as @ material witness pending the out- come of an inquest to be conducted Thursday. Meanwhile the investigation was being continued by city and county officials, State’s Attorney A. R. Bergeson said his inquiry had failed to develop any evidence which could point to foul play. Finding of the body in a pool of blood beside a bed in Ellsworth’s apartment was the sequel to a party the previous night in which two mar- tied couples from Moorhead partici- pated. The couples left the apart- ment about 2:30 a. m., they said, with Mrs. Gray remaining. Death, according to Dr. Carl E. Elofson, county coroner, was caused by a fractured skull, presumably caused by a fall down the stairs of the apartment building. The body of Mrs. Gray was taken from Fargo to her home Thursday for burial. J. B. Gray, husband of the dead woman, who arrived by plane from Winnipeg, Wednesday night, early Thursday returned to Winnipeg by plane, taking with him Mrs. Leonard Miller, Moorhead, mother of the dead woman, and Gray's two small daugh- ters. Gray refused to testify at the in- quest as did Mrs. Miller. The hus- band left Fargo without consulting officials in charge of the investiga- tion. States Attorney A. R. Bergesen said late Wednesday night that after ques- tioning all available witnesses, he had been unable to uncover any evidence of foul play. ADMINISTRATOR ASKS ELLSWORTH TO RESIGN | St. Paul, Aug. 3.—(#)—D. F. Ells- worth, federal narcotic agent at Far- go, N. D., was asked Thursday by Dr. O. A. H, De La Gardie, northwest su- pervisor, to resign because of the death of a Winnipeg woman in his living quarters at Fargo Tuesday aight. The supervisor said he would sus- pend Ellsworth and “put the entire matter up to headquarters in Wash- ington” if the agent did not resign. Ellsworth {s held at Fargo as a ma- terial witness in default of $15,000 bail. Mrs. Hilda Gray, 40, wife of a Win- nipeg hotel operator, was found dead efter what police were told was a drinking party. John Wall, agent in charge at Min- neapolis, was sent to Fargo Thursday in an effort to get Ellsworth’s resig- nation. De La Gardie said “I of course | could not permit him to continue work in this department scandal attached to him.” with this} | HOOPLE POSTMASTER HURT Hoople, N. D., Aug. 3—()—Norton Hendrickson, Hoople postmaster, is in a@ Grafton hospital receiving treat- ment for injuries about the head suf- fered when a car in which he and Stanley Crocker, Hoople, were riding turned over several times in a ditch near Ardoch. Crocker was slightly injured, ‘ W. J. RIG DIES IN CAPITAL CITY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING Ray Owens, 24-Year-Old Driver of Car, Suffered Severe Injuries OCCURRED WEST OF TAPPEN Three From Salem, Ore., Also in Hospital Here; Schultz Is Improving ‘W. J. Rigg, 52-year-old man who had operated pool halls in Bismarck for a number of years, was fatally injured and Ray Owens, 24-year-old Capital Citian, suffered severe in- juries Wednesday afternoon when the automobile in which they were riding between Tappen and Dawson rolled over in a ditch several times following a tire blowout. Four other persons were in local hospitals with severe injuries as a re- sult of auto mishaps, including two youths and a 34-year-old man from Salem, Ore., and Edward J. Schultz, Bismarck plumber injured Monday, who is showing improvement. Rigg suffered injuries to his head, a crushed chest and multiple lacera- tions and bruises. He died in a hos- pital here at 4:45 o'clock Thursday morning. Owens was in good condition Thurs- day noon, according to his doctor. The youth suffered deep lacerations of his scalp and his left hand, losing considerable blood from the hand in- jury. He apparently escaped bone fractures, however, and his condition Permitted him to eat regularly, Occurred About 3 P. M. The mishap occurred shortly after 3 o'clock Wednesday afternoon and the two victims were brought here by |passers-by, reaching the local hospi- tal about 5 o'clock. Owens is reported to have been the driver of the machine, a large Cadillac closed car which was heav- ily loaded with merchandise. The two men were on their way to Bismarck from Fargo, according to Earl Owens of Bismarck, brother of the injured youth. Though descriptions of the acci- dent .given-by of the two ne tims here vary, apparently one the rear tires, probably the left, tiew out about three miles west of Tappen. The car swerved into the ditch at one side, swung back onto the highe way, crashed into the ditch on the other side and turned over times. Passers-by said the machine wag badly damaged. Failed During Night Some hope was held out for Rigs’s recovery by his doctors Wednesday evening but the man failed gradually during the night. He failed to re- gain consciousness following the mis- hap. Owens, though conscious, had not described the accident to anyone early Thursday forenoon. He has been residing here with his brother, Earl Owens, at 310 Tenth St. south, Rigg until recently had operated a recreation parlor in the Prince Ho- tel building but recently moved to a new location at 510 Broadway ave- nue. For several years he had op- erated a pool hall at 510 Main ave- nue. He leaves his widow and 14-year- old daugiter, living at 519 Fifth St. Funeral arrangements had not been completed at noon Thursday. Oregon Persons Hurt Four persons from Salem, Ore., who suffered severe injuries in an acci- dent near Steele about 5 o'clock Thursday morning, were brought to Bismarck for treatment at a local hos- pital. ‘They were Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Lep- ley and two youths, Wilmer Johnson 17 years old, and Walter Johnson, 20. Mr. Lepley, 34 years old, still was unconscious at noon from a skull in- jury, according to his doctor. He al- so suffered fractured ribs and a severe laceration of the face. Wilmer Johnson received a fractur- ed jawbone and Walter Johnson has @ fractured arm. Mrs. Lepley suffered a laceration on her forehead but left the hospital when her wound was dressed. The j other three remained in the hospital. The automobile left the highway and overturned in a ditch, the victims told their doctors. An X-ray examination of Mr. Lep- ley to determine the full extent of his injuries is contemplated. Schultz Is Improving Schultz, who was severely injured in an accident here Monday after- noon, showed some improvement Thursday though the full extent of his injuries has not been determined. His doctor said that Schultz, who was unconscious most of the time Tuesday and Wednesday, is conscious more of the time now. An X-ray examination to determine the full extent of his injuries is con- templated when his condition im- Proves sufficiently, according to the doctor. Schultz, 61 years old, resides at 511 Second St. KILLS SELF IN MING= Minot, N. D., Aug. 3.—(?)—Edward | Bustic, about 52, a resident of Minot intermittently over a period of 25 years, was found dead hanging with a small rope about his neck in his room here late Tuesday. The coroner decided an inquest was not necessary. FORKS PIONEER DIES East Grand Forks, Minn., Aug. 3.— (®)—Mrs. Margaret H. Holley, 74, died unexpectedly at her home here Thurs- day morning. She had been a resi- dent of this vicinity for 54 years, com- ing here from Toronto, Qnt