The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, June 9, 1936, Page 1

ESTABLISHED 1878 i Re xk * AUTO DRAGGED FROM RESERVOIR BOTTOM Fear Bellefourche, Washburn and Underwood Men Per- ished in Plunge TRACKS TRACED FROM ROAD Dragging Continues for H. D. Leslie, Joseph Edgar and Gordon Neilson, Idaho City, June 9.—()—Lookouts were posted Tuesday to watch for the bodies of a South Dakota army of- ficer and two North Dakota CCC en- Tollees believed to have plunged to death Thursday in an automobile re- covered Monday: night from Arrow- ’ rock reservoir 23 miles south of here. Sheriff Harry Penrod of Boise county, who assisted in removing the car from 80 feet of water, said: “There is no doubt in my mind but that the men were drowned. The water is quiet and the bodies should rise to the surface in eight or 10 days.” ‘The three were: Lieut. H. D. Leslie, 30, of Belip- fourche, S. D., commanding ficer of the Twin Springs CCC Gordon Netlson, 20, of Wash- burn, N. D. The men were last seen Thursday aight. They were headed for the Twin Springs camp, situated in rug- ged mountain country. Plunged Off Narrow Road The automobile apparently left the narrow road on a bend, plunged over a 50-foot embankment and settled into the deep water, * Up to the time the car was found, Capt. N. W. Burl iter, acting dis- trict CCC at Boise, held out hope the three might be found alive. Tuesday, however, he agreed with Sheriff Penrod. ‘The artificial lake into which the automobile plunged was created by, the Arrowrock dam, second highest in the world. Leslie Formerly in Mandan Lieutenant Leslie formerly was sta- tioned with the CCC camp at Man- dan. The North Dakota boys had been members of the CCC since their enrollment in May, 1933. Nielson is a brother of Mrs. George Schaumberg. Mr. Schaumberg is a member of the Bismarck high schoo! faculty, i Blows of oil arising to the still sur- face of the reservoir gave the first) clue as to the whereabouts of the) missing men. Mrs. Eugene Field, 79, Poet’s Widow, Dead Heafford Junction, Wis. June 9— (®)—Mrs. Eugene Field, 79, widow of the poet and a woman who refused to grow old, was dead Tuesday at the Crystal Lake estate which she fought 50 grimly to save from loss through foreclosure only two weeks ago. Mrs. Field, the former Julia Suth- erland Comstock of St. Joseph, Mo., succumbed late Monday to a sudden atiack of heart disease, from which she had been suffering since loss of her 155-acre estate became imminent early in May. A loes; from her husband's fratern- ity. Phi Delta Theta, prevented the sale. ithe other con Boarding} — Sust call at the Bis- marck Tribune office and ar- range for vacation subscrip- tion anytime and 730 p. mm. daily THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE publ Zioncheck. Loses | ‘Good’ Reputation Washington, June 9.— (®) — Breaking out of his room at Gal- linger hospital and touring the grounds in a white bathrobe, Rep. Marion A. Zioncheck Tuesday lost his reputation as the institution’s model patient. f ‘The Washington state represen- tative, committed to the hospital for mental observation, freed him- self by kicking out two window screens. He galloped about the grounds, whooping and puffing at a long black cigar, until apprehended by AUTO CRASH Vic STIL UNCONSCIOUS (HERS RECOVERING Body of Bismarck Farmer Who Drowned in Missouri Still Unrecovered Charles Gifford of Timmer, injured in an automobile-truck collision near| and Martin Fargo, driver of the truck involved in the accident, are recovering. Bruce, 6, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Bailey of Wilton, struck by an automobile while running across a Wilton street Sunday, remained in critical condition in a hospital here, suffering from a fractured skull. Physicians expressed sme hope for the boy Tuesday morning. He was struck by an automobile driven by Roger Kohler and owned by J. Cray, both of Bismarck. Witnesses said the boy ran into the path of the car. Hammel Rites Held Rites were held at Mandan s= day for John Hammel, 19, who with Mike’ Ressler, 21, also of Mandan, er, Mrs. Elizabeth Moser Funeral services for Ressler were held Mon- day. Morton county sushoetiies plan day in the Missouri river when his boat upset. Meantime belated reports of the of Martin Trottier of Belcourt john Bradley of Rock Lake, as sutomobile accident in- North Dakotas automo- ith toll for 1936 to 22 as com- with 27 @ year ag0. ROOSEVELT OFF ON LONG SPRAKING RD ds Southwestward for Little Rock to Deliver Talk Wednesday Aboard Roosevelt Triin enroute to Little Rock; Ark., June 9.—(?)—With in recess a week, President gd EE i : ae Be PST: ll las : i E i BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, TUESDAY, JUNE 9, 1936 Burtness Named Chairman and Graham on Coveted Reso- lutions Group Cleveland, June 8—()—North Da- kota stood almost solidly for U. 8. Senator William E. Borah for the Republican presidential nomination {Monday after the eight uninstructed. delegates concluded their first caucus. A poll of the delegates showed Borah had six votes and Col. Frank Knox, Chicago publisher, one. The other vote probably will go to Borah although this one delegate was rep- : with the majority of the delegation. This lineup, however, may be changed at the next caucus, Thurs- day, when an effort will be made to definitely fix North Dakota's lineup on the presidential nominee. O. B. Burtness, Grand Forks, was elected chairman of the delegation with Fred Graham, Ellendale, getting ae coveted resolutions committee Post. Albert E. Goldhammer, Lakota, was the choice for the rules committee and Clyde Duffy, Devils Lake, got organization group assignment. William Hall, Jamestown, was named vice chairman and U. 8. Sen- ator Gerald P. Nye to serve as del- egate in town, 8. place of Earl Beede, Morris- Nye Gets Seat Still an ardent booster for Sena- tor Borah, Dakota's senator, Gerald P. Nye came here to confer with his state’s delegation and speak at the John Marshall Law school’s com- mencement. “Borah is still my number one choice,” said Nye. “I am not among green tig pel a fe commen cot 2 vote for Borah on the first ballot at least and probably on subsequent: ballots unless there was # general movement in the convention towards & particular candidate. For Frasier Act An effort to write into the Repub- lican platform an endorsement of the Frazier-Lemke bill for refinancing farm mortgages will be made by Graham. Graham said he would act on behalf of his state's eight dele- gates who favor the measure. He said he was not prepared to dis- close his proposals for the agricul- tural plank in the platform, but that the delegation favored many of the ideas fostered by the Farmers Union. He said he would advocate some form of crop production control with an in- surance proviso to reimburse growers suffering crop loss. FRANCE IS SPURRED TO ACTION BY ITALY Hastens Collaboration With Britain. on Prospective League Session Paris, June 9.—(?)—Spurred by a double - barrelled Italian threat, France shook off her diplomatic lethargy Tuesday to begin collabora- tion with Great Britain for a pros- pective League of Nations session. Premier Leon Blum’s government turned part of its attention from do- mestic affairs to consider implications of what diplomatic circles said was a Pen xk *k *& Hope Abandoned for CCC Officer and Two N. D. Boys ~NO BODIES FOUND IN |Six NN. D. Envoys On Borah’s Side MLAUGHLIN STARTS G. O. P. LEADERS HAPPY AS THEY REACH creche ang IRRIGATION STUDY IN BISMARCK BOTTOMS Capital City Men Showing U.-S. Chief Proposed Projects in This Area ALSO GOING TO WASHBURN Minot, Williston and Dickinson on Itinerary of Federal Water Expert Irrigation possibilities in the west- ern half of North Dakota are being investigated by a party which in- cludes W. W. McLaughlin, chief of the division of irrigation of the U. ‘8. department of agriculture. Coming to North Dakota at the invitation of the Greater North Dakota association to study the Missouri river and its tributaries, McLaughlin is being ac- companied by E. J. Thomas, state en- gineer, and M. J. Connolly, New Eng- land, a director of the state body. Headed by 8S. W. Corwin, J. E. Davis, E. T. McCanna and Paul Wachter, members of the irrigation committee of the Bismarck Associa- tion of Commerce, the party started out Tuesday to view the Missour! river bottomlands' adjacent to Bis- marck and Mandan. From here, they will go to Washburn, where they will examine the lowlands in McLean and Oliver counties. Proceeding to Minot Wednesday, to Williston Thursday, Dickinson the next day and back to Bismarck Sat- urday, the party will visit 15 or more major projects in this section of North Dakota. : To See Mouse Project While at Minot, McLaughlin will inspect the Mouse river project, in company with Burnie Maurek, a bio- logical survey director. It was Mc- Leughlin’s -recommendation which made a reality of the upper and lower Souris biological survey projects along the Mouse. At Williston, he will examine the only large scale irrigation operation now under way in North Dakota. This is found in the Yellowstone valley along the boundary of Montana and North Dakota. Organizations represented at an in- formal conference here Monday when McLaughlin's itinerary was drawn, in- cluded Western North Dakota Con- servation and Reclamation associa- tion; Bismarck Association of Com- merce; Williston Chamber of Com- merce; state planning board, and state and federal departments. Cites Future Problems “Some of the problems you will en- counter in launching irrigation in North Dakota,” McLaughlin told the conference, “include absence of ex- perienced irrigation operators and farmers; waning interest in irriga- tion during years of adequate rain- fall; inability to make irrigation pay its way from production of grains alone—grain can be profitably pro- duced by irrigation only as a rotation crop following sugar beets, vegetables or_ other more expensive products.” Meeting with McLaughlin are M. O. Ryan, Fargo, GNDA secretray, who acted as chairman of the conference; Carl A. Taubert, Casselton; Burnie ‘Maurek, Minot; R. E. Trousdale, Mott; Dr. Irvin Lavine, Grand Forks; John Stevens, Mandan; Walter O. Burk, Williston; Walter J. Hunt, St. Paul; and from Bismarck, M. O. Steen, O. W. Roberts, M. D. Hollis, B. J. Thomas, A D. McKinnon, T. G. Plom- asen, H J. Goddard, and T. R. Ate kinson. John O. Corteau, N. P. Brakeman, Is Killed: Dickinson, N. D., June 9.—()—John O. Corteau, Northern Pacific brake- man, fell beneath a gravel train near Zenith Monday and was killed. Friends sought to communicate with Mrs. Corteau, who left Sunday with relatives for a three-weeks vacation coast. McPherson, Kas., June 9.—(7)—W. Murray Allan, Grand Forks, N. D., di- rector of the Lions International, spoke on world peace through fellow- ship, at the annual convention ban- quet of Kansas Lions clubs Monday xk kw ik icans Meet Peacefull xk &k & The Weather Cloudy and continued cool tonight; ‘Wednesday partly cloudy and warmer, PRICE FIVE CENTS y * * Jovial Republicans began pouring Into Cl “onal convention opening June 9. Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg (center) of Michigan, and Rep. chairman of the convention, Hunt Pressed for 9 Fugitive Madmen of St. Peter Asylu FRANK W. EVANS, 69, CLAIMED BY DEATH Illness Contracted During Fish- ing Trip Proves Fatal to Bismarck Man Frank W. Evans, 69, a member of North Dakota's first board of con- trol and first exalted ruler of the Bismarck Elks lodge, died at 12:30 p. m., Tuesday at a local hospital from an illness contracted during a fishing trip in Minnesota last month. Mr, Evans returned to Bismarck from Minnesota on May 2¢ and re- mained at the Grand Pacific hotel, ‘where he has made his home for the past 35 years, until last Friday when he was taken to the hospital. Bron- chial pneumonia and kidney trouble ‘were given as the cause of death. Arrangements for the funeral ser- vices are being held up pending word from a sister, Mrs. W. Letts, residing in Mount Vernon, N. Y., at the old Evans home. It is probable that rites will be conducted here by the Elks lodge, depending upon the wish of his sister. The body is at the Perry Fun- eral home. Mr. Evans was unmarried. He was ‘born June 7, 1867 at Mount Vernon, and came to Bismarck at the turn of the century. For 25 years he travelled for the Simmons Hardware Co., of St. Louis and later was sales pre- sentative for the W. B, and W. q.|Preh Jordan Grocery Co., of Minneapolir for five years. He retired from active work about five years ago. He was appointed as a member of the first board of control by Gov. John Burke and served during Burke's terms in office along with John Car- mody and Henry Tatley. Last winter he visited his sister in Mount Vernon, returning here Feb. 10. Two nieces also survive. $1,600,000 Earmarked for RRA Land Buying Fargo, N. D., June 9.—(?)—Federal resettlement approval of 145 farme steads in Cass and Traill counties an- nounced Monday by regional reset- tlement Director Cal A. Ward of Lin- coln, Neb means that $1,600,000, named as cost of the units, has been earmarked from resettlement funds to buy and prepare these lands for set- tlement under the RRA program, ac- cording to Earle Sarles, RRA manager of the eastern North Dakota infiltra- tion project, |Buckaroo Court to This happy trio, consisting of clated Press Most Dangerous Men, Four Convicted Killers, Still Elude Big Posses St. Peter, Minn;-June 9.—(7)—An- other member of the lunatic convict band that broke out of St. Peter state asylum Sunday night was caught Tuesday as the hunt for the maniacal vane was pressed over a broad nt. The seventh of the 16 madmen who originally escaped was captured six miles from the asylum, at Oshawa, Minn., by three attendants summoned from the institution by a creamery store proprietor. He is William Lannenji, alias Lam- mi, St. Louis county truck driver committed on a charge of stealing an| senator and once a member of Teddy automobile, ‘This left nine still at] eae Be. Meanwhile, peace officers penetrat- ed the woods near Norwood for two inmates, one regarded as “very dan- gerous,” who fled into the woodland after a game warden fired on them during an automobile chase and forced them into a ditch. Think DeVol in Iowa Lawrence De Vol, demented Barker- Karpis gangster, and two companions, all convicted killers, had crossed the Towa border today, in the opinion of Officials. Seven lunatics were believed to be ranging in Minnesota. Cell doors clicked Monday behind Walter Gunderson, sixth to be recap- tured of the 16 who escaped Sunday from the state insane hospital here. land from all points of the compass in preparation for their na. vara eerie ook of Kansas; mn 1. Snell of permi was snapped as their train arrived in the convention city tebe Waublagions (Anees Photo) LANDON ADVANTAGE ACKNOWLEDGED BY - ALL SIDES PRESENT Delegates Await Keynote Speech of Steiwer Set for 8 P. M. CST Today BORAH, VANDENBERG PALS Knox and Hoover Are Enigmas In Speculation on Nomin- ation Outcome Convention Hail, Cleveland, June 9. —(?)—In a perfunctory session which brought none of the party strife to the surface, the Republican conven- tion opened Tuesday amidst a pro- fusion of Landon sunflowers. Committees on platform, and other questions were set up and the mem- bers called to meet in an endeavor to reconcile behind closed doors, if pos- sible, the many disputes under way. Under the forceful if diplomatic guiding gavel of Chairman Henry P. Fletcher, the routine was dispatched in less than an hour. Some of the delegates and many of the holders of gallery tickets did not even show up. John D. M. Hamilton, manager for Gov. Alf M. Landon of Kansas, was at the center of an group right beneath Fletcher’s nose during a large part of the proceed- ings. He said “all is well” and let it go at that. Borah Remains Away Senator Borah of Idaho, who fs not @ delegate this year, away; but Senator Vandenberg of —himself a possibility for thé nomi« nation in event of a dead lock—visit- ed with party leaders on the platform, HAMILTON ELECTED STATE COMMANDER OF WAR VETERANS ss sets se Fargo Gets 1937 Convention;|gon, for whom this is the first con- .. vention, was given an ovation when Chief Justice Burke Is formally el ally elected to the temporary Principal Speaker ‘The convention recessed at 11:32 a. —_——__—_ m. (C8T) until 8 p. m. (CST) when Minot, N, D., June 9.—()—Col. D. pia will deliver the keynote Hamil speech. . B: 4 ton of Bismarck, former state rics a tcatibaxeceiainoa don tie ise © forces fighting for Gov. Alf M. Roosevelt's Rough Riders of 1898,/ Landon of Kansas was acknowledgéd Tuesday took over the state com-|on all sides. mand of the United Spanish War vet- erans. Elected in Minot Monday at the annual encampment, he suc- ceeds L. B. McLain of Lisbon. The three-day gathering of veterans of the Spanish-American war, and members of the women’s auxilisry, was to come to an end Tuesday aft- ernoon, ‘The women’s auxiliary expected to elect officers Tuesday. Commander Dave Hamilton, colonc] on the governor's staff, hus been ac- tive in work of the USWV since its organization in North Dakota in 1931. His war experiences date to April, But Melvin Passolt, superintendent | 1898, when he enlisted in the First of the state bureau of criminal ap-| Volunteer cavalry at Santa Fe, N. M., ous” fugitives still were at large. Four Murderers Free ension, said the “most danger-|for five months, until his cischarge in August, he was a member of that hard-riding group of horsemen led In company with De Vol were| by Theodore Roosevelt, Albert “Scarface” Saroko and Donald Reader. The fourth murderer still un- apprehended was Walter Hornstein, who is suspected by Passolt of having stolen an automobile at LeSueur Mon- day and driven toward Wisconsin. De Vol, ringleader of the break who commandeered an automobile and. sped away from the hospital wall is Stories given Superintendent George ‘Freeman of the hospital by Tom De Largo and David Rhoades, inmat In -1900 he came to northwest Mc- Henry county, where he filed on 8 homestead and lived, until three years, ago, when he moved to Bismarck, where he is superintendent of equip- ment for the state highway depart- ment. M. D. Graham of Minot is the new senior vice commander, and Samuel Borah, Vandenberg Chummy For over an hour Monday night Senators Vandenberg of Michigan and Borah of Idaho walked through streets and parks, sometimes arm in arm. This stroll aroused renewed ru- mors of cooperation against Landon, but they went unverified. There was a conference, too, be- tween Frank Gannett, New York state publisher, and Borah supporters, and Senator Vandenberg. Later George H. Moses, former senator from New Hampshire who is strong for Col. Frank Knox, closeted himself with Vandenberg. The arrival of Col. Knox, Chicago publisher, possibly Tuesday, was ex- pected in some quarters to produce more indications of how the actual contest under way might shape up. Also, the coming of former President Hoover for a ‘Wednesday night might introduce factors which now sles only speculative. Wooden standards seven feet tall Arthur of Mandan was elected jut-/ shared for vice commander. Delegates to the national encampment at Saratoga, N. Y., from Aug. 30 to Sept. 4 are E. J.