The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 5, 1934, Page 1

y 4 2 a ale 2 a 4 fo North Dakota’s rx Oldest Newspaper THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE The Weather Unsettled tonight and Sunday; cooler Sunday. ESTABLISHED 1873 BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, SATURDAY, MAY 5, 1934 PRICE FIVE CENTS Mohall Sets Pace in Meet Here CASS AUTHORITIES TOLD JAMES WORKED IN COLORADO TOWN Claim Case Is Made Stronger, However, Despite New De- velopments MORE PERSONS QUESTIONED State's Attorney Says Some of Them Aver Suspect Was in Fargo in 1921 Fargo, May 5.—(?)—The claim of Arthur C. James that he was in Colo- fado at the time Marie Wick was killed in a Fargo hotel 13 years ago apparently was unofficially substan- tiated Friday night, but the state de- clared that during the last 24 hours its case against the suspect had been strengthened. James is claimed to have said on several occasions that he and an- other man slew the Grygla, Minn., girl in her hotel room after attack- ing her, but when arraigned in Thursday James denied having made such a statement. The Colorado and Southern rail- ‘way paymaster at Denver said a man named Arthur C. James worked the full month of June, 1921, at Fort Col- lins, Colo. The Wick girl was slain June 7, 1921. A description of the James on the railroad payroll in Colorado at that time seemed to correspond with that of the suspect James. C. S. Nortrup, C. & S. station agent at Fort Collins, described the man as “about five feet eight inches, weight about 150 pounds, dark hair, medium complexion and about 22 years old” at the time in question. A. R. Bergesen, state’s attorney of Cass county, said the description ap- proximately would correspond with that of Arthur C. James in 1921. Intent on ferreting out every scrap of information available on the new development in the crime for which + William Gummer for 13 years has been in the state penitentiary in Bis- marck, serving a life term, Bergesen said he probably would send a man to Colorado to make an official in- vestigation of the alibi. Strengthening of the state's claim in the case is claimed by Bergesen to have come Thursday night and early Friday during questioning of persons who claim to know that James was in the state at the time of the murder. Five witnesses have signed affida- vits that they heard James, in the presence of the other man, state that he and the man killed the girl. REPORT DILLINGER HIDING AT FARM ON WISCONSIN BORDER Federal Agents from Chicago Converging on Alleged Hide- out Following Tip Milwaukee, May 5.—(?)—Informed inch that John Dillinger, America’s most wanted killer, is believed hiding in a department of justice agents Satur- day were concentrating in the area. ==|MEINHOVER GRABS a A new colossus of the air fs this “super-clipper” ship of the Pan-American Airways, to be placed in service at once on the mail-passenger route from the U. S. to Buenos Aires. trated strikingly in comparison with the men shown extreme right. This 19-ton, 3000-! Its enormous size fs illus- jorsepower aerial giant can fly 3500 miles, non-stop, with mail, and 1200 miles with a full passenger comple- ment, 1000 pounds of mail and express, and @ crew of five. It is dered by Pan-American. the first of six such planes or- TWO FIRST PLACES AT DAKOTA RELAYS} Local Giant Takes Shotput,| Discus in Four State Meet At Sioux Falls Sioux Falls, 8. D., May 5—(P)— Dakota relay records withstood the assaults of athletes from 52 colleges and high schools in four states at the 12th annual classic opened here Fri- day under the handicap of threaten- ing sikes which brought a sprinkling of rain before the day's program ended. One record was tied, Pierce of the University of North Dakota equalling the mark of 9.9 held jointly by three others for the 100-yard dash. He made this time in the first heat of the trials to qualify for the finals Satur- Gay. Ted Meinhover, giant University of North Dakota weight man, captured the shot put and the discus throw. He won the first with a throw of 43 feet 8 inches and the discus with a toss of 139 feet 1 inch. Shannon of Valley City Teachers finished second in each event, heaving the shot 42 feet 314 inches and the discus 129 feet ‘The summaries include: discus—Won by Meinhover, University of North Dakota, 5 second, Shannon, Valley City, 129.6' ro Drouth Area To Get Help ‘The Tribune late Saturday receiv-| ed a telegram from U. 8. Senator) Lynn J. Frazier at Washington say- ing the federal emergency relief ad- ministration has authorized $450,000 to provide seed for planting crops sufficient to produce necessary feed for domestic livestock and to provide feed to keep livestock until pastures get green. Distribution will be made through county administrators of federal relief. Those unable to ob- tain government seed loans are en- titled to grants. AWARD $180,782 IN HIGHWAY CONTRACTS AT FRIDAY MEETING: Biggest Contract Provides for Paving and Incidental Work In Fargo Contracts for $180,732 in road con- struction were let Friday by the state highway department, with North Da- kota contractors successful bidders on all projects. Rejected as too high were bids for .832-mile paving in Mott, and for .938-mile paving in New England, both in Hettinger county. Letting of @ contract for .875-mile paving at the third, Raimes, Northern Normal, 128%. College half mile relay—Final—Won by Yankton (Hurick, Smith, Gross, Wilson) second, Northern Normal; third, School of Mines. Time 1:32.3. College sprint medley final—Won by Yankton (Zitz, Reynolds, Smith, Bix- ler); second, Mines; third, Northern Normal. Time 3:45.7. College broad jump—Won by Mil- ler, South Dakota State, 22 feet 1 3; second, Haines, Valley City Teachers, 21 feet 11 inches; third, Ly- man, Yankton, 21 feet 5% inches. College sprint medley final—Won by Yankton (Rustad, Gross, Wilson, Jendall); second, Univerity of North Dakota; third, Simpson. Time 3:38.5. College 120 yard hurdles, prelim- Under Melvin Purvis, Chicago, western chief of the department of justice investigation bureau, the agents were moving into Wisconsin and civil officials of Kenosha county, informed of the manhunt, were pre- pared to offer aid. The farmhouse suspected as the Dillinger lair is between the cities of Racine and Kenosha in the extreme northeastern part of Wisconsin. they did not stop cars, made sharp observations of the occupants. 60-Year-Old Rancher Of Dodge Dies Here August Paduck, 60-year-old retired rancher who resided at Dodge, died in a local hospital at 11:40 o'clock Fri- day forenoon . He had been in the hospital since April 27. Paduck was born in Germany Aug. 1, 1873. He was not . Puneral services sisters in the Dodge district. McKENZIE IS READY Watford City, N. D., May 5.—(7)— McKenzie county’s organization to grasshopper control the peg oa been completed “ready as soon as the signal is given for the commencement of hostilities. A key man has been appointed in each township to direct the work to supervise the distribution of sige inaries first heat—Won by Theobold, Wayne Normal; second, Gronle, Val- ley City Teachers; third, March, Uni versity of South Dakota. Time 16.1. Second heat—Won by Terry, Wayne Normal; second, Hill, University of North Dakota; third, Kastener, School of Mines. Time 16. College 100 yard dash trials, first heat—Won by Pierce, University of ton. Time record held jointly by Pierce, Keane of Creighton, Bogess of ley City Teachers; second, Fansher, third, Tait, University of North Dakota. Time 10.2. ‘Third heat—Won by Hanson, North Dakota State; second, Scriven, of Mines; third, Terry, Wayne Nor- mal. Time 10.1. Bisbee Postmaster Dies at Devils Lake I approach of the state capitol building nee was held for future considera- The largest contract was for $54,- 439, awarded to 8. Birch and Sons, Fargo, for .923-mile paving, resur- facing and incidentals in Fargo. Other contracts awarded: Stutsman county—1,601 miles grav- el surfacing west of Cleveland, let to Win Coman, Goodrich, $2,641; miles grading, graveling and inci- dentals, northwest of Jamestown, Archie Campbell, Warwick, $6,983. McKenzie—4.873 miles grading and incidentals, north of Fairview, Arc*‘e Campbell, $14,629; structural, Hous- ton and Mackley, Minot, $7,280. Mercer—.013-mile structural, west of Golden Valley, Fargo Bridge and Iron Works, $13,128. Barnes—7.487 miles oil mix surfac- Ward—588-mile paving and inci- dentals in Minot, Megarry Bros., Bis- marck, $22,322. LaMoure—1.179 miles oil mix sur- facing in LaMoure, Advance Con- struction Co., Fargo, $8,982. Logan—901-mile oil mix surfacing in Napoleon, Advance Construction Co., $8,155. Grant—.279-mile oil mix surfacing pga Northwest Construction Co., DeMolays Are Holding Convention at Forks Grand Forks, May 5.—()—Delegates here for the annual North Dakota conclave of DeMolay closed their first day's activities at a dinner evening and will Frank Buckingham of Kansas City, member of the grand council, was the fats a vol ping pone pillare and Order Two Officers To Local Army Post RAILROADING CHARGE MADE BY MELLON IN’ FEDERAL TAX FIGHT Former Treasury Head Sees Effort to Collect Excessive Income Levi Pittsburgh, Pa., May 5.—(?)—Andrew 'W. Mellon, whom Republican leaders. called “the greatest secretary of the treasury since Alexander Hamilton,” asserts the government is “railroad- ing” him before a grand jury next week in an effort to collect excessive income taxes, Mellon, also former ambassador to the Court of St. James, issued a state- ment Friday night disclosing the gov- ernment is seeking $1,319,080.90 addi- tional taxes and a penalty of $659,- 540.45, based on his 1931 return. He said he would appeal to the U. 8. board of tax appeals. The director of the vast Mellon fi- nancial empire declared the action is in “utter disregard of statutory regu- lations” and that he is “as much in the dark as ever as to any grounds” but in Washington Attorney General Cummings replied that “Mr. Mellon is not as much ‘in the dark’ as he would have the public believe.” “I know something about the ad- ministration of tax laws,” the Mellon statement continued, “but never un- til now have I known a case where a taxpayer has been railroaded to the grand jury without first being given a hearing in the treasury and an op- portunity to refute the government's claims.” Asserting that had he “not been @ member of the last three adminis- trations, I would not now be the ob- ject of this extraordinary procedure,” Mellon contended there are no grounds for the demand for addi- tional taxes, GRAIN RESEEDING IS HELD NECESSARY IN NORTH DAKOTA Crop Prospects, Outside of Red| River Valley, Declared to Be Poor \ WINDSTORMS ARE HANDICAP Central District Hardest Hit Because of Marked Dearth Of Moisture Fargo, May 5.—(#)—Considerable reseeding of grain will be necessary over large areas of North Dakota; there will be a marked decrease in acreage compared to lust year, and crop prospects outside the Red River valley are far from promising, a sum- mary of reports from county agents in 43 of the state’s 53 counties re- veals. The reports are replies to a ques- tionnaire sent out by Dr. H. L. Wal- ster, director of the extension divi- sion of the North Dakota Agricultur- al college. ‘Wind storms during the last two to three weeks took a heavy toll in some areas, blowing seed from the ground or burying it so deep it has no chance te reach the surface, and some re- seeding will be necessary in practi- cally every county in the state, the reports showed. The most severe damage apparently has been done through the central area between the Red River valley on the east and the Missour! river on the west. Particularly hard hit is the tier of counties along the southern border oz the state, east of the Missouri, and the north central counties along the Canadian border. Rain Helps Valley Because of the recent good rain over the Red River valiey, the coun- ties along the eastern border, Cass, Traill, Grand Forks and Walsh seem to be in a class by themselves so far as the crop outlook is concerned. Walsh county, in the valley on the American side, and Richland, south- ernmost county, did not fare so well in the recent rain. An area along the northern border of the state, including a tier about two counties deep, from Minnesota clear across to Montana, has better sub- soil moisture because of a good blan- ket of snow, than the rest of the state cutside the valley. The summary of the reports to Dean Walster show that heaviest re- seeding will be needed in the south central and north central counties. Emmons, Logan and Kidder coun- ties are included in this group. It will be necessary to reseed 15 per cent of the land already planted in Emmons; 20 per cent in Logan; 10 per cent in Kidder, the reports say. Seed- ing in that. territory is 25 to 40 per cent later than last year—largely due to the fact that many farmers are awaiting moisture before putting the seed in the ground. Those Did Not Report Reports were not available from Stutsman, Dickey and LaMoure coun- ties. Sargent is about 23 days behind in its seeding, will have to reseed 10 Per cent; Ransom has 25 per cent of to do, is about 50 per cent later than last year. Richland county expects to have to reseed 10 per cent, as does Cass. Traill “While the treasury has increased the amount of my taxable income, it has not allowed me, or given me an opportunity to claim, the proper per- centage of credit specially provided by law relating to gifts made by me in 1931 amounting to a total of $3,- 800,000 for charitable, religious uuu public educational purposes, althouga department of justice agents who ex- amined my records have full knowl- edge of these facts.” Four Are Killed as Freighter Hits Bar Seattle, May 5.—(#)—Only Capt. J. Mathiasen, the pilot and three of the crew remained onboard the Norwe- gian freighter Childar as the vessel was towed in precarious condition from the Columbia river to Puget Sound Saturday, said a wireless mess- will have to reseed 5 to 10 per cent; Barnes about one per cent; Griggs about 13 per cent. In the central counties, there ap- parently’ was less blowing. Foster county expects to reseed 2 to 3 per cent; Eddy, 3 per cent; McLean one Per cent; Sheridan, 5 per cent. There will be comparatively little needed west of the Missouri in the country. The county agents estimates are: Bowman, 5 per cont; Hettinger none ot very little; Slope, little; Grant, 5 per cent; Morton 3 per cent; Dunn and Mercer, 5 per cent; Golden Valley, 2 per cent. Billings 3 per cent; Mc- erie 5 per cent and Stark very lit- Williams In Good Shape In the northwest corner of the state, Williams is in better condition than most other counties in that area, and necessary to reseed about 10 per cent; Ward 10 to death by Thursday. Borah Would Give G. 0. P. Good Purge Washington, May 5—(P—A pro- omualite ot its Onioago taceting nest reseeding; Pierce 5 per cent; Rol- over- |lette 20 per cent; Bensor: 10 per cent; month postpone selection of a new| “The Missing Link,” a high school chairman until 1936 presidential when the party's | football play in four acts, will be given candidate could choose|by the Boy Scouts of Beulah at the ‘Theatre, | SHOWS HIGH COST: the | Cat, will be held during the regular ‘Murder Suspect’s Alibi Partly Verified New Air Colossus Will Fly U. S.-Buenos Aires Route Widow of Dillinger Gangster Confesses AUDIT REPORT ON BEER DEPARTMENT | Nearly 25 Per Cent of Money! Collected Is Used for Ope- | rating Expenses i iS Income of the state beer depart- | ment since it was established last October 23 totals $221,146.86, while expenses for its operation total $54,- 078.79, according to an audit report filed with the state board of auditors by O. B. Lund, auditor and account- ant for the state. The report covers the period Oct. 23, 1933, to April 17, 1934. It shows beer stamp sales netted $90,824.09, while license fee collections totaled $130,200. Miscellaneous collections were $122.77. Of the license fees $26,- 800 were for wholesale licenses, $65,- 400 for the $100 retail licenses, and $38,000 for the $50 retail licenses. Sales value of stamps on hand, the report says, total $130,438.01'2. Lund in a notation comments: “The amount of stamps originally obtained by the beer commissioner could not be as- certained from the records of the de- partment nor from the printers. Therefore, we have no means of de- termining what the correct stamp in- ventory should be.” $23,253.34 for Salaries Salaries up to the date of audit totaled $23,253.34, the report states. Other expenses listed are travel ex- pense $6,150.59; telephone and tele- graph $168.28; postage $373.95; office supplies, $2,762.96; miscellaneous $605.11; furniture and fixtures $2,540.- 11; automobile expense $1,774.45, au- tomobile equipment, $16,450. : Among miscellaneous expenses list- ed is an item of $300 fees to U. L. Burdick, Fargo attorney, for legal services. According to the report 21 automo- biles were purchased, 10 last October and November at a cost of $799 each, and one Jast February at a cost of $870. One of the cars was wrecked and turned in for credit of $400. One car is listed as unassigned. The others are assigned to state beer com- missioner, Owen T. Owen, and to the following inspectors: C. W. Brown, Leith; Allan McManus, Grand Forks; George Morris, Neche; C. C. Snyder, Fargo; A. J. Gerlach, Fargo; O. 8. Hanson, Grand Forks; P. G. Miller, Devils Lake; Michael Scheller, Han- kinson; Oscar O. Odegaard, Pekin; Albin Hedstrom, Bismarck; A. ©. Slade, Rhame; A. L. Maxwell, Turtle Lake; 8. I. Cofell, Ellendale; J. E. Burton, Steele; George D. Tripp, Het- tinger; Karl Kiesel, New Salem; George Keniston, Bismarck, and to C. D. King, Bismarck, deputy com- missioner. List Special Investigators —_ Three special investigators are list- ed in addition to 23 inspectors, two of whom have been retired. The report shows Harvey Rise has been employed as special investigator for the last two months at a salary of $225 a month. His travel expense is listed as $760.82 for the period of his employment. Other special investigators are Frank Spencer, employed for 14 days prior to the audit at a salary of $7.50 a day, and Al Root, at $225 a month, with travel expense listed as $122.15. All inspectors received $150 & month. The inspectors and their travel expense follow: Allan McManus, George Morris, $344; J. E. Burton, $416. Rex E. Ware, (retired) $14.70; C. Snyder, $180.41; A. J. Gerlach, $257. Michael Scheller, $252.95; Albin Hed strom, $227.14; C. W. Brown, $303.28; George D. Tripps, $242.98; P. G. Mil- ler, $110.02; E. J. Roth (retired) $53.28; O. S. Hanson, no travel ex- pense; Oscar Odegaard, $447.34; S. Cofell, $230.66; Karl Kiesel, $253. George N. Keniston, $509.18; A. C. | Slade, $256.43; Herman M. Johnson, {$301.81; A. L. Maxwell, $6145; Bert J. Drennen and C. G. Boise, no travel expense. Will Pay Tribute to Nellie Lindsay Call A memorial service for Mrs. Nellie Lindsey Call, Bismarck pioneer who April 28, at Altadena, services at the First Presbyterian Mrs. Beth Green Pleads Guilty “To Harboring Notorious Ban- dit in St. Paul SENTENCE IS DEFERRED Indications Are Woman Will Testify for State Against Other Defendants St. Paul, May 5.—(?)—In a surprise move in which her attorney and the department of justice attempted to maintain the utmost secrecy, Mrs. Beth Green, reputed wife of a slain Dillinger henchman, pleaded guilty to a charge of conspiracy to harbor and conceal John Dillinger, the no- tororious outlaw, in federal court Sat- urday fornenoon. At the request of George F. Sulli- van, United States district attorney, Federal Judge ‘M. M. Joyce deferred sentence until the disposition of the three co-defendants named in the same conspiracy indictment. They are Evelyn Frechette, alias Mrs, John Dillinger; Dr. Clayton May of Minneapolis, and his nurse, Mrs. Augusta Salt. The guilty plea of Mrs. named in the indictment also as hav- ing used the aliases of Mrs. T. J. Randall, Mrs. Bessie Green, and Mrs. Edward Green, strengthened the re- port that she would turn “state's evi- dence” in the trial of the other de- fendants, all of whom were indicted by a federal grand jury a week ago. Immediately after the plea was en- tered, she was rushed out through a side door of the judge's chamber and through several other doors in the marshal’s office and a courtroom in an} attempt to evade observation. Three Others Arraigned Mrs. Green, held in the county jail in lieu of $25,000 bail, was the last of the four defendants named in the conspiracy indictment to appear for | arraignment. Dr. May and Mrs. Salt are held on $20,000 bail each. Miss Frechette is held on $35,000 bail. All pleaded not guilty. Trial of the three is expected to get under way within the next two weeks. Judge Joyce planned to confer with other federal judges expected to re- turn to the city over the week-end and set a date. Judge Joyce an- nounced he would attempt to set trial for the present term of court. Indictments charging three others still at large for harboring the Indi- ana killer also were returned by the grand jury last Saturday. The others named are Pat Riley alias Pat Reilly, former mascot of the St. Paul American Association baseball team; Homer Van Meter. and John! Hamilton, two other members of the Dillinger gang. It was to Mrs. Green's apartment inj Minneapolis, that Dr. May claimed he was taken by her alleged husband, Eugene Green, fatally wounded by department of justice agents April 3, and forced, under threat of death by a machine gun, to treat the killer af- ter he was wounded in a gunfight in St. Paul, March 31. Arrange Funeral for Halliday Man Sunday Funeral services for C. O. Gulling, retired farmer and rancher from Hal- liday who died in a hospital here Fri- day forenoon, will be conducted from Trinity Lutheran church at Halliday at 11 o'clock Sunday morning, it is announced at Webb Brothers Funeral Home. In charge of the last rites will be Rey. C. M. Fosmark of Killdeer. The body will be interred in the Halliday | cemetery. Gulling was born in Norway Sept. 19, 1854, and was 78 years old at the time of his death. He had lived in the Halliday district for the last 29 . | years. His death was caused by peritonitis which developed in one of his feet.| He had been in the hospital since! May 1. | Gulling leaves his widow, one son| and three daughters all living at Hal-! liday. The son is Gerhard Gulling| while the daughters are Mrs. Bertha Hermunstad and the Misses Maybelle and Ida Gulling. | Bloodstained Dress Not That of Child Tucson, Ariz, May 5.—(?)—A sin- ister shadow cast over the June] ing. Catherine, Grant and Harry Call. In- cluded in the memorial tribute will be reading of the 23rd Psalm, prayer, “Lead Kindly Light” sung by the church quartet and three organ selec- tions, “In the Cross of Christ I “Abide With Me” and “Jesus, tend. It is requested that there be no flowers. mouncement by Officers that the clothing is not that worn by the six- year-old girl when she was abducted April 25. ‘The garments were found in a Riv- erside, Cal., irrigation ditch. June’s dress was of pink gingham Green, | IN FINAL EVENTS AT ANNUAL APRA ‘Rolls Up 14 Points in First Four Events of Capital City Competition ir EARLY LEAD LINTON IN SECOND PLACE | Fargo, Gladstone, Stanton, Bis- marck and St. Mary’s Trail In Order Named Mohall collected 14 points mn the | first four events to establish an early lead as the finals in the Capital City jtrack and field meet were being run | off here this afternoon. At the end of the first four events | Linton was in second place with nine points. Other point-winners were Fargo 7, Gladstone and Stanton, 5 each; Bismarck 2. and St. Mary's of Bismarck and Dickinson, 1 each. In the face of a high wind, Fieler of Gladstone won the mile run in jfour minutes 52% seconds. Barger of |Linton placed second, Smith of Mo- hall third and Thorne, Fargo, fourth. Other events were: Shot put—Won by Dietz, Mohall; Dogeagle. Linton, second; L. Sun- dahl, Mohall, third; Schmidt, St. Mary's fourth. Distance 48 feet, 8 in. 10-yard dash—Won by Sailer, Stanton; Barcus, Mohall, second; Ellingson, Mohall third; Pagenkopf, | Dickinson, fourth. Time 11 seconds. 120-yard high hurdles—Won by | Kreutz, Fargo; Dogeagle, Linton, sec- ond; Beylund, Bismarck, third; W. aad Fargo, fourth. Time 17.3 sec- on Mohall qualified 12 men in the pre- liminaries while Pargo and Dickinson each had seven and Bismarck and Linton six, each. Other qualifiers included St. Mary's (Bismarck), 4; New Salem and Cole- jharbor, 2 each; Lehr, Hazen and Stanton, 1 each. husky Yellowjacket Hollis Dietz, |from Mohall, accounted for the only |new record of the forenoon on the | Windswept field. Dietz hurled the |12-pound shot 48 feet 214 inches for @ new mark in the event here. Qualifiers were as follows: High jump—qualifying height 8 feet | 3 inches—Shepherd, Fargo Rohs, New jalem; Hulbert, St. Mary's (Bts- marck); Bob Saldin, Coleharbor; Bey- lund, Bismarck; Graf, Linton; Olin, Dickinson; Helmer, Lehr. Javelin throw—O. Sundahl and L. |Sundahl, Mohall; Schmidt, St. Mary’s; Meier, Linton; A. Weinch, Dickinson; Fisher, Fargo. Qualifying distance 126 feet. Best distance—O. Fisher, |160 feet 8 inches. Broad jump—Clements and Kreutz, |Fargo; Baggenstoss, Dickinson; Bob |Saldin, Coleharbor; Graf, Linton; Fitzmaurice, Mohall. Qualifying dis- tance—19 feet 1 inch. Best distance | —Clements, 20 feet 9 inches. | Discus throw—Dietz, Mohall; Olin, Dickinson; Woodland, Bismarck; Schmidt, St. Mary’s; O. Sundahl, Mo- jhall. Qualifying distance—102 feet. | Best distance—Dietz, 107 feet 6 inches. Shot put—Dietz and O. Sundahl, Mohall; Dogeagle, Linton; Schmidt, | St. Mary's; Wheeler, Fargo. Qualify- ing distance—39 feet 2 inches. Best distance—Dietz, 48 feet 2% inches | (new meet record). 100-yard dash (qualifiers): First heat—won by George Shafer, Jr., Bismarck; Wheeler, Fargo, sec- ond. Time: 10.8 seconds. Second heat—won by Barcus, Mo- hall. Time: 10.7 seconds. Third heat—won by Kearns, Hazen; Ellingson, Mohall, second. Time: 108 seconds. Fourth heat—won by Sailer, Stan- ton; Pagenkopf, Dickinson, second. Time: 10.6 seconds. 220-yard dash (qualifiers): First. heat—won by Barcus, Mohall; Owens. Bismarck, second. Time: 244 seconds. : Second heat—won by Ellingson, Mo- hall; Pagenkopf, Dickinson, second. Time: 24.6 seconds. Third heat—won by Logue, Linton;. George Shafer, Bismarck, second. | Time: 24.3 seconds. 220-yard low hurdles (qualifiers): First heat—won by Fitzmaurice, Mo- jhall; Beylund, Bismarck; second, Rohs, New Salem. Time: 26.8 seconds. Second heat—won by Clements, Fargo; Dogeagle, Linton, second; Bag- genstoss, Dickinson, third. Time: 29.1 seconds. Father Confesses to Murder of Children Sapulpa, Okla., May 5.—(?)—County authorities held Saturday the signed confession of Chester Barrett, 32-year- old unemployed painter, that he Poisoned his wife and seven of his eight children, to prevent their starv- anne tt is held on s charge of mur- ler. ‘When the poison began to take effect and his children writhed in pain his nerve failed and he ran to a neighbor who summoned physicians. Fargo Team Wins in DeMolay Tournament