Bismarck Tribune, The (Newspaper) - July 24, 1930, Bismarck, North Dakota North Dakota's Oldest Newspaper THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE The Weather Probably local ahem ers tonight or Fri day Warmer tonight cooler ESTABLISHED 1873 BISMARCK NORTH DAKOTA THURSDAY JULY 24 1930 PRICE FIVE CENTS Italian Quake Toll Near Gold Star Mother s to Lay Building WOMEN WHO GAVE SONS TO NATION WILL BE HONORED Unhappiness Comes In Wake of Riches Each Will Place Trowel of tar on Cornerstone ot War Memorial CEREMONY TUESDAY Dignitaries of Nation and State to Form Escort of Honor Committee Announces Gold star mothers of Burleigh county who gave thet sons to the nation's cause on battlefields of Prance in the World war will lay the cornerstone of the War Memorial Community building here at Tuesday afternoon of the American Legion state convention Every gold star mother in the ty is desired to be present The com- in charge of this feature of the convention has not yet completed its list of them It desires that each and every one however consider herself invited and appear for participation in the exercises Visiting dignitaries here for the American Legion state convention will be asked to form an escort of honor for the mothers at the ceremony Among them will be Secretary of War Patrick J Hurley O L Bodenhamer national com- mander of the American Legion bee assistant secretary of war for Harry Hart State Legion Commander Jack Williams North Dakota Legion adjutant and other notables including leaders of the American Legion Auxiliary both tional and state In announcing the plans for the laying the committee said it feels that the mothers of teigh county's war dead have a major in the building which was In memory of their sons Members of the committee are Shaft John Bowers William and R J So that each gold star mother will have a hand in the exercises It has been decided to have them all file by the stone and place a trowel of tar on it Dignitaries on Platform Jersey City N J July deckhand who earned a month made a million n Wall street then lost the most of it Revelations as to the wealth of John E Van Wie came in court proceedings for reduction of annual alimony of Mrs Van Wie has been receiving In a a month flat it was set forth here was happiness on corned beef anc bage Then with savings of Van TOc started in Wall street In ten years he was worth His wealth has shrunk to CITY ADOPTS BUDGET Will First Try Out Community Building Says Statement Park Figures Set Issue Appeal for Citizens to Prove Bismarck's Hospitality Pointing out that Bismarck's reputation as a hospitable city Is at stake of the American Legion convention committee and the sociation of Commerce today issued an appeal for assistance In housing visitors who will be here Monday and Tuesday for the American Legion and Auxiliary state conventions In a Joint statement S S Boise Legion convention chairman and H P Goddard secretary of the Association of Commerce said it appears probable that a sufficiently large number of citizens have registered ruoms with the convention housing committee to care for members of the ican Legion auxiliary With the number estimated for the convention steadily rising ever it appears that some visitors may go without beds unless the zens of Bismarck Join In extending hospitality To meet this situation if It should arire the appeal was IssuM today It asks that residents register with the committee rooms which may be used in an emergency by members of the Auxiliary or Legionnaires and their wives during the convention Those who can care for one or more men also are asked to register A fixed charge for such accommodations has been arranged by the committee to pay local zens for their trouble Persons who can aid the committee In this effort to prove that marck is a hospitable city are asked to register their rooms with the sociation of Commerce telephone number 140 THREE BANK BANDITS FACE DEATH ON GALLOWS FRIDAY The city commission passed the annual budget at a meeting day evening without any changes Missouri from the figures announced last week No taxpayers appeared to protest either the appropriations or the levy The park board also enacted Its budget The latter provides for an expenditure of although of this is a problematical item It was entered as a precaution based on the remote possibility that the city would have to buy some of the kowiak tract on the northwestern outskirts of the city so as to salvage the Indian village site and other at- tractive park sites recently before the district court under condemnation proceedings The levy is mately 2 mills as last year Mali Raise The city budget calls for a levy of although the municipality will spend more tharr that as last year when It paid out more than The is for purposes and does not Include fixed wise provided for The tax levy to Governor Refuses to Stay Executions of Trio Which Shot Policeman Kansas City July gunmen who shot a path through a Republican national convention crowd June 14 1928 to escape after robbing the Home Trust company in the manner of the old west today faced j the certainty of death on the gallows Friday morning Oov Henry S announced yesterday he would not stay the triple execution of the bandits condemned for the slaying of Policeman James H Happy Smith who pitted courage against the automatic arms of the bandits and three com- panions The men under death sentence art Tony Danny of the Italian colony Carl Late News Bulletins PLACE ON ROUTE OF AIR CONTEST Flyers in Race From Seattle to Chicago Will Make Nine Stops on Journey meet the collection of the olive-skinned machine amount will be 18.125 or per each of ment The budget makes no provision for an increase of the personnel of any of the departments It passes up the proposed appointment of a woman brought On the platform are expected to be i months by some the boards of city and county com- missioners all of the war mothers included among them the up of ner and John Mewlno driver whose mistake lid to the capture of the gang A platoon of guards with machine gum at strategic points and powerful floodlights on the county Jail are the sheriff's answer to repeated during recent j that a last-minute delivery will be at- the women's tempted clubs The reason for not considering Six bandits participated In the that appointment at this time Is bery accomplished to the largely due to Inauguration of the i ment of a rattling machine gun and mothers the commanders of the community building during the en- roaring shotguns Prom the haven of marck and Regan posts American Legion the officers of the Bismarck and Regan units of the American gion auxiliary department and on page Eleven W B THELAN 52 DIES AT WILTON suing year The commission prefers j a vault a bank employe drove off the to test out that activity first before robbers with tear gas bombs after undertaking any others entailing ex- I they had up pense on the taxpayers That much I The retiring robbers turned was said in effect in a guna on a convention crowd 1 which Mayor A P Lenhart submitted and which the commission endorsed The citizens advisory committee Ing the street and made a spectacular t escape Patrolman Smith a charge of buckshot in hla back died as he shot the windshield from the bandits the pending cmr Four others and h H for months under threats of damage suits If heavy rains should cause property harm Wife of Physician There Victim of Bulbar Paralysis tive of Bohemia Mrs W B Thelan 52 wife of Dr W B Thelan Wilton died at family residence at 7 45 Wednesday evening of bulbar paralysis with she had been afflicted five years and which had caused her to lose her voice Services were held at the Catholic at Wilton at 10 o'clock this morning The body then was brought to Bismarck and will be taken east to St Paul on No 4 this evening In- tlon uk h terment will take place In the family A j of representing burial plot in Calgary cemetery there i tne petitioning for i Mandamus proceedings to compel peal measure on the ballot will be in- by William Lemke Fargo at- said Robert Byrne WILL LAUNCH SUIT FOR WET PETITION Advocates of Prohibition Repeal to Test Law Governing Proposals died of heart failure Tony Bonello fourth member of the gang pleaded guilty and is ing a life sentence in the Missouri penitentiary While he was at large his young wife was slain In New York i presumably by gangsters who thought knew too much Police seek Sam Stein as leader of the gang and the sixth participant In the 1 bery known only as the cowboy I A door torn from their car In the mad flight led to the arrest of the three condemned bandits 48 hours after the spectacular robbery TO PROBE PETITIONS N D July hearing to determine whether a sufficient number of qualified signers appear on petitions for the recall of four city will be held early in August It was announced today by District Judge Fred Bismarck CALL GRAIN MEETING Fargo N D July In order to consider questions ex- to arise in handling this year's crop of western North Dakota are In- to a conference to be held In Fargo by the chamber of com- merce Saturday afternoon under the of the Farmers Grain Dealers association of North kota JAMESTOWN BOY HURT Jamestown N D July Jamestown youths were struck by an automobile the driver of which after a mentary inspection of their hurts left them lying in road near here last night it became known today The boys John Waxier 16 and Hallock 14 were riding a when struck by a sedan The driver continued for a short dis- tance and then walked back to where they lay Hallork was un- conscious and Waxier had s wound in his which bled Wrapping raff around Waxler's leu man is credited with saying not hurt kid and then went to his machine and drove away Chicago July route of the Pacific Air Derby from Seattle to Chicago as one of the chief events of the national air races next month was announced today calling for nine stops in the mile race across the northwest The race for using planes of 200 horsepower starts at Seattle at 10 a m August 21 The race from there to Ore for a luncheon stop and then on to Spokane to spend the first night From Spokane the race heads for Butte Mont and thence to Billings to spend the second night The next day the flyers will go to Bismarck N D and Aberdeen S D staying overnight in Aberdeen The next lap takes them to Fargo and from there to St Paul for a night stop The next day the route leads to Milwaukee and the finish line at the airport at Chicago on August 25 PLAN SURPRISE FOR Nature of Reception Planned by Bankers Committee Is Not Made Public However MRS BAKER POLLS LARGEST MAJORITY IN PRIMARY VOTE BRAND AS UNTRUE CLAIM ANNOUNCER DISASTER STILL Governor Shafer's Margin Over Brant Fixed by Canvassing Board at State Treasurer Berta E Baker re- the largest majority of any candidate on the Republican ballot In the June primary election ing to official figures announced day by the state canvassing board Mrs Baker's margin was votes The treasurer received votes to for Delia M rope her opponent Governor George P Shafer won the Republican nomination for reelection by a margin of Votes the figures show The governor who ran as the In- dependent Voters association date polled votes against 249 for E H Brant Union his Non- partisan opponent Governor Shafer will be opposed by Pierce Blewett of Jamestown who won the Democratic nomination wett received 4.671 votes P O strom of Bismarck and Fred L Anderson The official vote for congressional candidates First gressman O B Burtness 38.998 T J Clifford Second Tom Hall A S Marshall Third J H Sinclair 35.600 Staale and A C Townley Burke Is High The largest vote polled was by Detroit Newspaper Says Police Commissioner Admits er Charge Was False Detroit July 24 Detroit News says that Police Commissioner Thomas C Wllcox admitted today that his statement that he has an affidavit accusing Jerry Buckley slain radio announcer of receiving from a racketeer is false Buckley was political commentator for station and had taken an active part in the successful campaign to recall Mayor Charles Bowles He was slain In the lobby of the La Salle hotel where he lived and in which the radio station Is located two and a half hours after he made the an- that the mayor haa been recalled from office in Tuesday s cial election His brother Paul former assistant prosecutor declared Jerry's activity In the recall was the sole reason for the slaying Police other Court Justice J Burke who re- I he had made gangland Minneapolis July bandits who choose the northwest for their raids from now on are In for a surprise party was the ultimatum that came Wednesday from six men who met to make a formal tlon of a war to the finish against the desperadoes who have been 1 ng o the urea I Just what kind of a surprise they 1 were In for was not made public That's for the bandits to find out The men who met Wednesday a total of 143.888 against 895 for his opponent M C The measure to Increase the line tax from three to four cents a gallon lost by less than 2.000 votes while the proposal to Sunday movies met defeat by over votes Votes polled by other candidates Lieutenant Governor John W Carr 95.635 Eric A Bowman 68.111 Secretary of Byrne 92.084 Laura B Sanderson 12.328 State Steen R R Smith State treasurer Berta E Delia M Wardrope enemies through his attacks on Reports Say Bodies Have Been Taken From Ruins in Stricken Area CEMETERIES ARE FILLED UP Victims at Melfi Taken to boring Village for Burial Says Report By The Associated Press Stunned by Wednesday's ing earthquake which is known to have taken more than lives with the possibility that the death roll will go over Italy today set in motion a vast relief army that waa penetrating into the recesses of the stricken mountain provinces With the death roll in the province of officially placed at Instead of the previously were growing that dead throughout the the f a gang slaying that he might have been ex- money from gamblers and bootleggers Jerry Buckley championed the cause of the unemployed last winter when thousands were In distress He broadcast pleas for aid directed grams of cheer to them and ing to Intimate friends spent all his j savings In responding personal quests for money His efforts In their I 1.392 fears number of earthquake area might be exceeded on a of bodies Latest official estimates place the number of Injured at 4.264 in the 85 cities and hamlets in the six inces most seriously affected by the earth shock has developed into the greatest quake disaster since the Messina of 1908 Prefect late told the correspondent for the Associated Press that the earlier official mate of deaths in the province of Avellino had risen this evening to the total listed dead up to 1.993 The town of Avellino high up in the mountains ana most stricken of the countryside a as civen oxer all day to funerals The absence of tolling church bells was striking But the church belfries behalf poor won him friendship of the Accused of Extortion In an announcement today Wilcox M or jul w i that He bad a Attorney Morris menl from an bootlegger 91.051 R E Swendseid 64.694 Commissioner of A Olsness 85 070 H W Swenson 66.375 Commissioner of agriculture and of bankers associations A Kitchen S of Minnesota North and South kota made It clear however that they are ready to fight fire with fire If the bandits arc going to be highly modern In the manner of their raids the banks are going to be Just as modern In their defense against such raids To make bank robbery less tive financially It waa decided at the conference all banks will be urged to ship all of their securities Into their correspondent banks To have only 1 minimum currency on hand and to keep all except a few hundred lars under time lock during the en- lire day In that way It was pointed out the yegg even If successful In his holdup will get only a limited amount of money The public will be asked to operate In this move to the extent that any customer requiring an un- usual amount of currency will be ed to give notice In advance Efforts to place a proposal for re- peal of the state prohibition on the ballot at November's general were Ed Thompson Ed Kuhnert T A Al L Michel and Gray aU of Wilton Mrs Thelan was born In Bohemia November 24 the daughter of Mr and Mrs John She came to St Paul In and was graduated from Anker secretary of state to whom submitted more than the required signatures to initiate the 1888 and waa graduated from Anker i refused recently to accept the hospital In that ground that they 1904 she was married to Dr Thelan Tere defective in that a number of and in June of the same year they petitions did not contain as Moved to Wilton I tnp jaw requires Mrs Thelan leaves her said constitutionality of one daughter living at the Iaw the affidavits will home and brothers and sisters who be challenged on the ground that the are Joe Beleny Wash John i St James Minn Mrs bara Woods and Mrs Anna Mowers Chicago Michael McGinley 77 Pioneer Resident of Slope Dies in West Dickinson N D July was received here this week of the death at Los Angeles last Sunday of Michael McGinley pioneer dent of Dickinson and the Missouri Slope who moved with his family to California only last October and the third family member to die In the last seven months his wife passing away Dec 10 and a daughter erine May 1 Burial of all three was made in California Mike McGinley came to Bismarck n 1879 and to Pargo N D July 24 thousand dollars of damage a caused by fire and an explosion at the Isensee Motor company here last night William Hart a foreman of the plant had closed the ing and was standing In front when the explosion hurled him across thp He was only slightly Injured five automobiles some new stored In the building were damaged by smoke and water and some were partly burned By Binder in Fields S McDonald 73.780 Railroad W accusing Buckley of extortion cox also said that the police were In- an assumed possible con- with the underworld as one of several theories for the slaying The name of the accused was The affidavit said that Donnell 89407 Christian Bertsch ley nad induced him to take up liquor them anc their streets still filled with debris and rubble Relatives of those in the zone were frantically trying to get IP touch with them but a PW nf iht many get through as there was only one telephone end telegraph line to the local and police station The same report said that in the volcanic crater city of Melfi Increasing in number every linur as thr work of rescue parties Judge of supreme court John running After he became connected I The said thp in Burke 143.888 M C Freerks 23.895 Superintendent of public R Palmer 104.465 Arthur E Thompson Oliver P Bakken 15.251 The vote on the six measures on the primary ballot Is Constitutional amendments To extend term of supreme court no 63.316 To extend term of district court no 65.795 Repeal of depositors guaranty fund 94.124 no 853 One-man gamp and fish 81.443 no 59.329 Four-cent gasoline no 83.681 Sunday 84.629 96.990 a prosperous town had been completely the affidavit said Buckley demanded nd hat had to be Firebug Suspect Is Held at Granville After Fire and received sums aggregating Commissioner Wllcox Is scheduled to appear before the city council day with a report of progress In ing the city's latest and most sensa- tional by gangsters There were Indications that the resignation would be Hiked If that report did not convince the council that progress is being made Wllcox promised the most thorough cleaning the city has ever seen and at the edge of thp city the state police i post has been augmented by all men available from other posts to assist In the cleanup The reward offered for the and conviction of Buckley's slayers was Increased to today by the offer jf by the Detroit Times men were arrested by train to for burial Upon receipt of this information the Bank of Naples placed 500 00 lire at the disposal of the government tor work Government at Home nad counted the dead In 85 CHIPS and hamlets In the earthquake arfa and announced the known death list was with 4264 known Injured In 232 were dead and injured In 1 557 were and 120 killed Benevento had 24 87 Naples and 13 Injured In t that province In two killed and none injured Barl province reported serious age in the town of Canosa but ently no persons Injured Basso experienced damage none killed or Injured In the three 24 N D Four buildings were another gutted bv fire which out here early this morning Damage was estimated at As a result of the fire Transpacific Hops Start Tomorrow Taeoma Wash July test flight today was the final step In Lieut Bromley's preparations j for his attempted flight Tribune Special Service Mott N D July 24 young daughter of Herman Schlenvogt resides on a farm west of Mott Is In serious condition after being run over by a binder dragged by runaway horses Because of her rendition attending physicians hesitated to move her to a hospital and the full extent of her Injuries has not been mined She suffered numerous cuts and bruises and possibly Internal hurts The girl was standing In front of the binder oiling the machinery when the horses became frightened and Jumped knocking her down Lake Woman and questioned by police last night in a drive against gangsters They were taken Into custody at a After receiving these sports from ture golf course Undersecretary of Leon I later announced the arrest Mussolini issued an edict to pre- of who were trailed bv throughout the country forbid and state public or subscription into custody near Ann m he The bor Mich Police said had dld estimate thp extent of Both carried thr men knew something Higley Is In the McHenry county Jail about the case suspected of starting thp blaze The suspects were registered as lev had sleeping on thp second Frank Riverside Mich afd floor of the building In which the fire Frank and Anthony Mus started but had been ordered out by the proprietors The buildings were a pool hall a warehouse the Quality and an old barn A block building the pool hall WM rutted by the flames both of Benton Harbor Mich Charfe Shameful Robert Oakman builder and politician came to the defense of Buckley today Oakman found by reporters cmis e is an ob- gathering a rear or the Northern He was in ness here many years j Tokyo Installation of a blind Tying came Instrument was completed I Robert Wark preparing for a non- stop refueling night to Tokyo was An- Minnesota Bandits Raid Another Bank Minn July 24 Within 24 hours of announcement of a tri plan for protection against bank robbers two men today held up the Farmers State bank at Judson 10 miles north of here and fied with SI 500 in cash i News of the holdup was flashed to officers throughout the sturte by radio part of the plan announced yesterday in Minneapolis to check bank berles in Minnesota North and South Dakota The men roughly dressed entered the bank while trie president R P Williams was alone forcing to lie on the rifled the vault and cash drawer took every In he bank I after conferring the attorney general ruled there were insufficient signatures to initiate the measure Under the statutes each in- dividual petition must bear an davit sworn to by the person ing the signatures an- he Is going forward with a petition to memorialize congress to modify the prohibition laws The law requires only 10 000 tures for such a petition said he already had approximately 7 000 signatures and he was certain the remainder would be obtained by August 4 the last day for filing the petition plans to apply to the courts Friday for an alternative of damus to compel Byrne to place the initiative measure for state prohibition laws on the ballot a son a brother Patrick Dickinson Shipment of New Flax Recorded Minneapolis Hurt in Would Stencil Brands on Babies Feet to Prevent Future Mixups Seattle where special gasoline tanks car of n are being instilled The of tnr mn from the two fliers Is expected early sag gnd to flan IK row If weather is favorable company of rar a as at 5 This is even for South Dakota flu li In snx Sav Elk River Minn 24 the windshield of hill ulMin II nn wrt On N P n nil nf Lake ruu A PD in n in nf Hrr mi 1 mm erty damage able matter of other details of thp quake however May Visit Area There was considerable today whether Pope Plus XI will ry out the Intention manifested bv Plus X In 1908 and visit the reas stricken by Tuesdays earthquakes Pius X intended to leave the and go to Messina In 1908 after jan earthquake had devastated the denounced characterizations of to comfort the lev as a racketeer and blackmailer relief and supplied arid called him R sincere foe of means of burial for all victims as interests he last he thousands of workers his talks from station tasks HP called statements of the police j The Duce announced tha commissioner and linking nf ministers had taken all with underworld activities j measures and representing him as receiving The minify nf the interior which crooks shameful In- nut death figures had great a man who bore 01 i m hls the weight of a fight Continued on Eleven rlean Oakman as Extraditions fur of who In determine the Identity of two habfes born the lame dav at the decided with one vote that the art Urine the and were ready o so- pear before Chief Justice Harry Olson of the municipal court to report their findings I by Dr had that Baby Bamberger be- come Baby Watkins and the health hts obtained a promise from the parents that he GALLONS New Yark 24 medicine a lot o- a H Keffel r a b iana July 24 reports win be of the ern Solomons hoped today to lead the Or Kege revealed that and Watkins babies out of an ultra machine Berr the of doubt demised which would prevent it seven of science and currence of the f summoned bv Dr Arnold in all health had The machine car a i- fir n on a bat s fw -a i 5 ind v ind Charles Victims of Collapse Are Buried 24 nf bridge burled night all the mourned A procession of bodies over the old bridge Into where were hold in Turner hull The coffins were placed In onr nng roi containing the six child In the radio business as should be Judged bv what he over the helped to elect Charles Oman Mother Bowles last fall then with him aided the campaign i culminated in his recall For Two Montana Men Of Shoot H Self S I iih ATI ho r h n t 1 H n p V 1 ink In u in I he House of Commons Favors Navy Pact t m hnn M hn poor rh 24 J thr b i A House a FOT Sun C Hazen -e f Mrs o i i 9 3 Mor h- Co mpr arc Bken in Wells and Ivan In is in fir larceny and bv Deer fir b Shafer a so made fir the re of men r o North Hr of In- he to this A G ar- Ind fir b county t was a-q IV
