The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, November 16, 1936, Page 1

e North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE ESTABLISHED 1873 AT LEAST ONE OF MEN TRAPPED BY CAVEIN MAY LIVE Water From Spriag in Mine Be- ing Dammed Up by Debris in Gravel Drift | BUCKET BRIGADE IS feel || Rough Narrow Canyon in Bitter} Root Mountains Is Scene of Accident Superior, Mont., Nov. 16.—(7)— Hope for two miners, trapped since Saturday night in a tunnel of the Windfall placer mine near here, was virtually abandoned Monday as shift- ing mud hampered rescue crews. The miners, Antone Gustafson, 40, and Oscar Gevart, 45, were trapped in a harrow horizontal shaft they were boring into the snow-covered mountain side. The slide apparently crashed down just before they were to have ended a work shift at mid- night Saturday. “We've got about 30 men out there, but they're handicapped by the soft earth that keeps falling as fast as they did into the shaft,” said Deputy Sheriff A. M. Miles. Sound Gave Hope “Tt was a small shaft, about 4 feet in the clear, and I don’t think now there's a chance the men are alive. Last night one of the resucers thought he heard a sound that might have been one of the men, and that gave us hope for a little while.” Muckers worked cautiously into the tunnel, slimy earth falling about them as they dug, while a bucket brigade passed the excavated dirt back to the tunnel entrance. Most of the men had been on the scene since Sunday. Earlier a. report from the gravel tunnel said water from a spring in the mine was being dammed up by the cavein, Z ‘The placer claim is in a rough nar- Tow canyon in the Bitter Root moun- tains 15 miles south of here, connected with the outside only by a narrow crooked road and a private telephone several miles away. \ Placer mining is done on the sur- face, with streams of water played on the vein to break it down. The two men were far under the mountain in 4 tunnel of the mine, working a gtavel drift for gold. Three minor caveins were reported since the rescue work began. An ambulance and a doctor were ready nearby to handle any emer- gency. CENTER MAN DIES FROM ROAD INJURY H. C. Martin, 58, Succumbs to Internal Hurts Suffered Early Thursday H. C. Martin of Center, 58, struck by an automobile while walking home from a dance at Center early Thurs- Ea died Monday in a Mandan hos- pital. N.D. Traffic Toll roe 109 a 99 _ J) He suffered internal injury, attend- ants stated. Funeral services will be held at Center Wednesday. Three children survive. Martin had been Oliver County cor- oner for many years and was re- elected at the recent election. Walking with Martin at the time of the accident was M. G. Cullen, Hens- Jer rancher, who suffered minor in- juries. ‘The two men were struck. by a car driven by Herbert Thom of Center, 25, musician, who had been playing at the dance from which the two men were returning. Thom claimed he was blinded by the lights of an approach- ing automobile and did not see the two pedestrians. Burton Wilcox of Center, Oliver county state's attorney, sald an in- quest will be held probably late this week following Martin's funeral, INQUEST SET IN GRADE CROSSING TRAGEDY Sawyer, N. D., Nov. 16.—(7)—An in- quest into the deaths of two grade crossing accident victims, Mr. and CELEBRATE GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY community as they renewed their at Hesper, Ia. BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1936 Mandan Aviator Dies in Plane Crash Drowning Threatens Two Entombed Montana Miners County Commissioner and Mrs. John Martin Lein, above, residents of Burleigh county for 30 years, Sunday were feted by the Wing marriage vows taken 50 years ago The religious service and a community dinner and program honoring the couple were held in the Zion Lutheran church in Lein township, LEGISLATURE FACES PROBLEM OF GIVING RELIEF IN JANUARY for State; Blames Unthink- ing Boosters One of the first things North Da- kota’s legislature must do when it con- venes in January is to arrange for the state to participate in financing the relief burden, This was the opinion expressed over the week-end by Congressman Usher L. Burdick, who foresees real difficul- ty and hardship ahead for the peopie of the state during the coming winter. Commenting on the transfer of 40,- 000 farmers from WPA to direct grants under the resettlement admin- istration, Burdick said the resettle- ment has money enough to last until January, when congress will mee again, only if it makes the grants “ve: smalk, probably not above $20 a month per family.” id That, he said, means hardship be- cause a family simply cannot buy food, shelter, clothes and coal on that amount. States ‘On the Spot’ After January 1, he said, the fed- eral government will require a showing of good faith on the part of the state government by forcing it to carry some of the relief.load. _ Meanwhile, he said, no provision has been made for feed for the found- ation stock of farmers and this, along with the problem of human needs. will grow more serious as winter ad~ vances. One trouble, he said, is the propa- ganda sent out by some newspapers and individuals that’ there is no drouth in North Dakota and that farmers du -|not need help. Government officials thought they Iiknew the situation was bad, he said, and admitted this to be the fact, but along came a series of charges thai they had painted the situation blacker than it really was. Wrong in Estimate They, quite honestly, reached the conclusion that they had been wrons in their estimate of the extreme ser- fousness of the situation, Burdick said, and so have done less than otherwise would have been the case. He blamed the unthinking boosters for contributing to a situation whict: will probably work a hardship on many farm families this winter. The demand that the state help carry the relief burden, he said, is partly based on the same situation. North Dakota hasn't done anything for its people, he said, but it has boasted of a.surplus in sales tax collections and of a reduction in the tax rate. Created Bad Situation This has created @ bad situation in Washington, he asserted. Whenever a North Dakota congressman asks for additional help government officiais point out to him statements that the state 1s not really in bad condition and that’ its finances are in such shape Mrs. Albert O. Peterson of Verendrye, that it can contribute more readily touring the state investigating the situation and will confer with Rex Tugwell, resettlement chief, upon his Burdick. Forsees Real Hardship; Association Seeks ‘Bootlegging’ End Beverage Dealers Recommend One License, Moderate Fee, Hour Schedule Recommendations designed to stamp out “bootlegging” under the legalized sale of hard liquor in North Dakota were ai at a -meeting of the Retail and Wholesale Beverage Deal- ers’ Association of North Dakota here Sunday and will be submitted to the joint-meeting of representatives from the North Dakota League of Munici- Palities and County Commissioners’ association here Thursday. Representatives of wholesale and retail distributors, hotels, restaurants and taverns were present at the meet- ing which chose Attorney Scott Cam- eron of Bismarck to act as counsel for the group in presenting its rec- ommendations to the joint assembly. A committee of eight men drafted the proposed program to be submit- ted. Included in the committee's rec- ommendations were: Ask One License “oft” and “on” sale of liquor be provided for in one license. License charges be not more than $300 for cities up to 2,000 population and not more than $500 for cities over 2,000 population. Time at which liquor may be sold would be from 6 a. m. to 2 a. m. the following day on week days and from 12 o'clock noon Sunday to 2 a. m. Monday. DOUBLE INSURGENT: ATTACKS THREATEN MADRID DEFENDERS Labor Battalions Mobilized to Rush Construction of New Forts in Capital KEEP UP STEADY SHELLING 2Q Rebel Battle Craft Are Re- ported Destroyed in Re- taliatory Raids Sunday Madrid, Nov, 16.—()}—Madrid’s de- fenders, threatened by double insur- gent attacks in the north and west, mobilized labor battalions for hasty construction of new fortifications Monday. Fighting became more intense ground the capital’s edges after week- end ratds by Fascist planes in which more than 100 Madrilenos were re- Ported killed and 300 others injured. Aided by tanks and armored cars, the Fascist troops drove across the Casa Del Campo park, heavily wooded former royal estate directly across the Manzanares river from the national Palace. The force of the attacks was not retarded, observers noted, by the gov- ernment's destruction of the Franceses railroad bridge closing the invaders’ easiest route of possible en- try. Shells Hit “Main Street’ Socialist and Fascist gunners kept up a constant shelling of opposing Positions, with insurgent shells falling into Madrid’s Gran Via, main busi- ness thoroughfare, Fascist bombers first appeared over the city Sunday morning, showering the entire northwestern section with explosive missiles. A second sky attack during the aft- ernoon was centered in Cuatro Cami- nos suburb where bombs were report- ed to have fallen near the abandoned British-American Nursing home. ‘Twenty instirgent planes were~ de? stroyed in retaliatory raids on Fascist hangars at Avila, Toledo, Torrejon and Navalmoral, the air ministry an- nounced, WORK AT OIL WELL VEILED IN SECRECY Officials at Marmarth Noncom- mittal; Believe Pumping Outfit Ordered Marmarth, N. D., Nov. 16.—Mystery veils the goings on at the Discovery oil well near here. Oil men believe the well would yleld 350 barrels a day or more—but it isn’t being pumped or permitted to flow and no one on the “outside” knows what the facts are. The “insiders,” those in charge of the well, are busy but noncommit- No licenses to be granted which | tal. would allow the sale of liquor in resi- dential districts. Wholesalers be given the privilege of soliciting any place in the state. Barnes Named Chairman Frank Barnes of Bismarck, as chair- man of the association's executive committee, was named chairman of the group which drew up the rec- ommendations Other members were Keith Bacon of Grand Forks, Lee Coman and Carol Ligon of Bis- marck, Lou Stern of Minot, R. E. Mc- Kenzie of Jamestown, H. H. Willian of Mandan and C. P. Stone of Fargo. Cameron explained that the theory acted upon in asking for “reasonable” license fees for operation of liquor es- tablishments was that the fee “is not intended as @ revenue measure but rather to care for the costs of opera- tion and enforcement.” A moderate license fee, coupled with a “not too stringent law, would go long way toward discouraging boot- legging,” in the opinion of the associa- tion members, Would Meet Demand “The suggested hour schedule could ke readily enforced and at the same time meet the demands of the public,” Cameron said. Provision also was made by the group for the appointment of a legis- tary-treasurer of the group. Langer Maintaining 3,000 Ballot Margin Fargo, Nov, 16—(7)—With only five precincts unreported, unofficial Harry Schroth, superintendent for the Montana-Dakota company, and his assistants are working at the well almost every day but when strangers —or even the men working on @ nearby well—come around they pick up their tools and leave, saying never & word. Information is in circulation here that a pumping outfit has been ordered but what it will be used for has not been disclosed. Stories about oi] from the well gushing out every time the valves are opened are true but thoughtful observers say this doesn’t mean what the average person might think. ‘What happens, they assert, is that gas accumulates in the well and when it 4s opened it shoots out but the flow drops back again as soon as the gas pressure is released. On this basis the well may—or may not— turn out to be a gusher when it is placed in production. The second well, half a mile north of the discovery well, is going for- ward rapidly and now is down 3,- 700 {cet. Trouble has been caused by gas, which was struck at 1,600 feet, come ing up on the outside of the 16-inch service pipe. Cement has been forced down along the outside of this pipe THREE BROTHERS DROWN IN RIVER AT MANDAN Efforts of firemen at Mandan, directed by Dr. George H. Spielman, to re- suscitate three young drowning victims proved see ** & futile Saturday. Firemen are shown working on the victims, Harlan, 7; John, 5, and Donald, 9, sons of Mrs. Florence Henderson, eee *# & WPA client at Mandan. Dr. Spielman is wearing a hat. The boys fell through the ice on Heart river. (Associated Press Photo.) ** 2 & Classmates to Carry Three Victims of River ~AGAINSTEXPELLING LEWIS FOLLOWERS Believe Peace Efforts Will Be Continued by Leaders of Nation’s Labor ‘Tampa, Fla., Nov. 16.—(7)—Growing sentiment against expulsion of John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers, and his rebel allies from the American Federation of Labor devei- oped Monday with the state of the federation’s annual convention. Many delegates cried for expulsion, even if it meant a long and bitter war, but William Hutcheson, president of the powerful Carpenters union, said “they're already out,” and asked “whats’ the use of locking the door if you're not afraid of anyone on the outside?” the rebels’ suspension, if efforts of the federation’s executive council to Peace are unsuccessful. Despite his fiery speeches last week against the Lewis rebellion, William Green, federation president, said the council’s peace committee still was ready to meet the rebels. Stratosphere Bags Torn by Strong Wind Minneapolis, Nov. 16.—(7)—Plans for constructing new balloons to send into the stratosphere were started Monday by Dr. Jean Piccard and Prof. Akerman of the Aeronautical college at the University of Minne- An attempt at St. Cloud Sunday to send into the air two large transpar- ent and unmanned balloons carrying scientific instruments failed when strong winds ripped the bags to | pieces, Deer Hunting Season Opens With Fatality 8t, Paul, Nov. 16.—(7)—Minnesota’s army of 100,000 deer hunters moved through the north woods Monday for their first full day of the open season, and a cement apron poured on the; with one man dead as @ result of a drilling floor in an effort to eliminate| hunting accident. Edward Jarvi, 44, this annoyance. of Ely, was killed Sunday Thanksgiving Dinner Costs - About Same As Year Ago Chicago, Nov. 16.—(?)—Those whu Pay the nation’s grocery bills may find | also. cause for Thanksgiving this year when they total up the cost of the 1936 holl- feast. {including geese and ducks, are lower Out of 20 food. items listed in the holesale markets, SENTIMENT GROWS Some leaders talked of = break through. Bereaved Mandan Mother Has Two Children Surviving ~~ Heart River Tragedy Unaccompanied by relatives, save for her two remaining children, Mrs. Florence Henderson of Mandan Tues- day will follow to the grave the bodies of her three young sons, drowned in the Heart River Saturday. Her husband is in the west and in- formation Monday was that her mother and other relatives would be unable to attend the last rites, sched- uled for 8 a. m., (M.S.T.) Tuesday at St. Joseph’s Catholic church. Pallbearers for each of the three children will be their fellow classmates from 8t. Joseph's school. Interment will be made in a single grave in St. Joseph's cemetery. Father Hildebrand Eickhoff, church pastor, will officiate. ‘Rubber Ice’ Breaks The three boys, John 5, Harlan 7, and Donald 9, went to their deaths Saturday afternoon when terror struck as they were at play on the “rubbery” ice of the Heart River. Two of them, John and Donald gave their lives in ‘a vain effort to rescue Harlan, the first As told by the survivors of the swift tragedy about a dozen children were playing on the ice when Harlan broke through, Though only 5 years old, John brave- ly rushed to his assistance and he, too, crashed through. Donald tried to help his two younger brothers, struggling in the icy waters, and also went under. Dorothy Henderson, 14, elder sister of the dead trio, and Douglas Bohn were the next in the water, both try- ing to effect a rescue. They failed and were, in turn, rescued by their companions but the three bodies of the little brothers remained in the water. Mother Is Called The alarm was spread by Robert Henderson, 12, fourth son of the stricken woman, who arrived on the scene as the tragedy reached its cli- max, Firemen were quickly on the scene land commandeered a small boat, which they pushed out on the thin ice. They Tecovered the bodies of John and Harlan within 10 minutes after their arrival but it was 10 minutes more before Donald’s body was taken from the water. Artificial respiration was begun at once by the firemen, working under the direction of Dr. G. A. Spielman, and was continued for two hours but no spark of life appeared in any of the (Continued on Page Two) Wilson Township 4-H Clubs Are Organized Two new 4-H clubs were added to to Graves MGRADY RENEWING BFORT 10 OBTAIN MARITIME PEACE Calls Meeting of Key Unions in "Frisco to Seek Solution of Impasse San Francisco, Nov+ 16.—Assistant Secretary of Labor Edward F. Mc- Grady sought another peace proposal Monday to present to employers in the Pacific coast’s far-reaching mar- itime strike, The labor department's ace trouble shooter called a meeting with lead- ers of sailors and engine room work- ers, believed by observers to be the key unions in the peace efforts, He indicated he hopes to obtain at least a tentative acceptance of pro- Pposals “along linus suggested by em- ployers” who rejected McGrady’s ne- gotiations formula Saturday. Mayor Angelo J. Rossi of San Francisco and Mayor F. H. LaGuardia of *2w York both said they would do what they could toward bringing about a settlement. Rank-and-file seamen leaders, who, picketed the Transatlantic liner George Washington by airplane and motor launch when it docked at New York Saturday, claimed the deck and engine room crews would refuse to sign on for the scheduled sailing Wed- nesday. Seventy of 1700 ship passengers, stranded in Honolulu when the strike was called Oct. 29, obtained passage/ the on a Japanese liner. Those still stranded started negatiations with union leaders and shipowners for re- lease of one vessel to bring them to the mainland. 13,000 Autos Bought This Year in State Nearly 13,000 new automobiles have been sold in North Dakota the first 10 months of this year, according to figures compiled in the office of the state motor vehicle registrar. In the ten-month period, new cars were purchased in the state compared with a total of 14,39¢ for Bismarck. A drop of over 200 in car sales was last|noted during October when sales jamounted to 987 against 1,211 for the Most of the PRICE FIVE CENTS JOHN OSTERHOUSE FATALLY INJURED HUNTING COYOTES Archie Gieser of Dickinson Is Painfully Hurt as Ship Crashes Near Regent BANKS AT LOW ALTITUDE Veteran Missouri Slope Flier Had Just Finished Shoot- ing From Cockpit Regent, N. Nov. 16.—(%)}—John Osterhouse, 31, Mandan aviator, was fatally injured here Sunday and Archie Gieser, Dickinson, suffered painful injuries, when an airplane crashed at a low altitude near here while the two men were coyote hunt- ing. Osterhouse suffered a crushed chest. when his plane nosed into the ground from an altitude of about 50 feet and was dead when Dr. 8. W. Hill, Mott, Hettinger county coroner, arrived about 30 minutes later. Gieser suf- fered a fractured ankle, slight frac- ture of the lower jaw and facial lacerations. His condition is not critical. Ed Colgrove and Gordon Stewart, Regent, who were also coyote hunting but traveling in an automobile, said they saw the plane bank short at a low altitude and disappear behind a low hill. Hurrying to the scene, they found Osterhouse still alive in the — front cockpit and Gieser, who was piloting the ship, was conscious but unable to help himself, they told the coroner, Both Men Married Gleser said Osterhouse had just finished shooting and was standing up in the plane killed last July at.an airshow vide county. She was in with a student at the controls 8 flying school at Stanton. He moved his flying school to Man- dan in 1929, acting as airport man- ager until a year ago when he started a barnstorming tour that took him to Texas and various other parts of the country. He was married in May, 1935, to Miss Mildred Lane, Hettinger county superintendent of schools. Besides his widow and one daughter, the parents and a brother survive. The parents, who formerly lived north of Regent, now reside near Yakima, Wash. THREE DIE FLYING TO DYING MAN’S BEDSIDE Syracuse, N. Y., Nov. 16.—(?)}—John, H. Shobe, Boston, Mass., airplane pi- lot injured in a crash of his ship that took two other lives, died Monday while his wife sped to his bedside by airplane. Henry Nadeau, 45, of Nashua, N. H., who chartered Shobe's airplane for a flight to the bedside of his dying father at International Falls, Minn., succumbed to his Murp! planned to help Shobe at the con- trols of the plane, which took off from Boston and landed here to refuel. She