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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-04-01
FAMINE, DISEASE AND DEATH
STALK THROUGH AFRICA AREA
Land Of Living Skeletons and
Corpse.Littered Roads Due
to Crop Failure
HYENAS ATTACK THE DYING
Government Sent Help Too
Late to Avert Catastrophe,
Missionary Writes

London. April 1.-(AP)-The Daily
Express In a dispatch from Nairobi,
Kenya, today described terrible
famine conditions" in the Ruanda
district Of the Belgian Congo. The ac-
count was credited to DR.. J. E.
Church, British missionary working
there.
Owing to the successive failure Of
crops during two or three rainy sea-
sons, the backward state OF agricul-
ture, and indifferent state Of COM
munications thousands are dead and
dying Of starvation, according to the
minister.
Since December. when the Uganda
government prohibited expectation OF
foodstuffS to Ruanda the natives Of
the latter district have tried to mi
crate to the former but thousands
have never reached their goal and the
fever stricken district through which
they trekked is Uttered with their
corpses, the missionary wrote.
Tracks, he said, are crowded with
natives staggering along with failing
strength. Women and children have
lain helpless by the sides Of the roads
and in some cases have been eaten by
hyenas which began their meal before
they were dead.
Ruanda itself. he said. was land
Of living skeletons" Smallpox and
dysentery have followed famine and
the government sent help too late to
avert the catastrophe but now Is
spending much money and taking &C
tive steps to remedy the situation.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-04-01
KILLS FORMER PAL
IN FORT card GAME
Former Fort Smelling Soldier
Faces Sentence to Death
for Shooting

Fort Smelling, Mimi, April 1.-(Fl-
Carl Laying, 80, former Fort Smelling
soldier, faces . possible sentence Of
death for Staying = former comrade
in = holdup at the post early yester-
day.
This became known today as L. L.
Drill. federal district attorney, after
. conference with Fort Smelling au-
thorities announced the case Is under
federal jurisdiction. He prepared TO
issue q murder complaint against
Laying. The case will be presented the
federal grand jury which convenes
Tuesday.
Federal law provides death for mur-
der, the manner aud place Of execu-
tion being left to the Judge who pro-
noi1nccs sentence.
IN . written, statement to Dcp1ty
Sheriff John Mcclure, he Is said to
have admitted the aoldup was his
first crime and that he had planned
It to get money for his wife and
eight t-month-old oaby.
The shooting took place early sun
day at the army lort, when the VIC
tim, Corporal Samuel Bozlk, 80, mem-
ber Of Company q, Third Infantry,
flung himself UPON Laying, who had
appeared armed with . sawed-ofl
shotgun and masked With hand
|kerchief. IN the struggle Book re-
ceiyed 4 bslckSc = charge In the
side, dying shortly afterward.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-04-01
HENSLER FARMERS
Wife SHOOTS BABY
Mrs. Lydia kuechIer Attempts
Suicide by Drowning and
Drinking Poison

After blowing off the head Of her
year -old baby with . 5000 calihre
rifle, Mrs. Lydia Kuechler, as. Oliver
county, Saturday attempted to COM
NIT suicide by jumping into Z water
tank and then drinking = bottle Of
lysol.
She is in q local hospital today ana
doctors give her . slight chance TO
recover.
The woman, the wife Of Rudolph
Kuechler, . farmer living south Of
Hensler, was held to be temporarily
insane at the time Of the shooting by
. coroner's jury which conducted N
inquest here yesterday.
Mrs. Kuechler shot her child about
p. N. Saturday and then jumped
into . water tank In the farmyard Ia
an attempt to drown herself. FAiling
in this she drank the contents of the
lysol bottle.
Burton Wilcox. Center. Oliver
county states attorney, Is Ia Dimarck
today. He win question tho Womon
regarding the shooting 4 sl1e I'M
proves. &
Mr.. and 16rs. Knochler have tvol
other children, girls aeed three and'
five.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-04-01
T. ]. KRAUSE, 5S, IS
DEAD FROM ILLNESS
Morton County States Attor'
ney Victim Of Cancer; Fu-
neral Set for Tuesday

T. J. Krause, So, who assumed Of
flee as states attorney Of Morton
county last January, died In Bis
marck hospital late yesterday. Death
was caused by cancer.
! Funeral services will be held at !
o'clock Tuesday afternoon at the
Maudan Lutheran church. Burial
will be at sherburn, Minn. Besides
his widow, Mr.. Krause leaves q
daughter II years old.
After teaching school and finally
taking up q claim in North Dakota,
Mr.. Krause entered the law school
OF the University Of North Dakota In
1913. He was then 81 years old. After
graduating he practiced law in Grand
Forks one year and then came to
Mandan In 1917.
He has been chairman Of the Nor
ton county Nonpartisan Republican
central committee for the last eight
years and was 4 director Of the Mis-
souri, Slope fair for two years. He
was elected states attorney last fall,
taking office In January.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-04-01
EASTER WINDST0RM
INJURIES e PERSONS
Tornado Cuts Wide Swath
Through Missouri. Accom-
panied by Rain and Hail

st. Louis, April l.-ReTwenty-two
injured, three reported missing and
80 to 20 farm buildings wrecked or
damaged was the known toll early
today of an Easter storm Of tornado
proportions that cut swath through
rural southeast Missouri early last
night. No deaths were reported. but
several Of the victims were in serious
condition.
Searching parties, under direction
Of the Poplar Bluff Red Cross chapter,
this morning were attempting to make
their way over highways strewn with
trees and other debris to make fur
ther survey.
Reports indicated that the storm,
accompanied by q terrific downpour
Of rain and hail, originated near
Hoxie in northern Arkansas and
swept north as far Is Bismarck. NO.,
Z distance Of about ITO miles.
Scarcely . building escaped dam
age in the business district Of Doni-
ptan. IS miles southwest Of Poplar
Bluff. One person waS reported In
jured. The entire town was thrown
into darkness.
The top Of the Ripley county court
house was blown off and the walls
cracked beyond repair. The Meth
odist, Ba 9tist and Holiness churches
were damaged.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-04-01
Traces Of Extinct
Indian Race Found


Berkeley, Calf, April l.-(RH Pre-
served for three thousand years under
debris In bat infested Nevada
mountain cave. the records Of IN ex-
tinct race are being studied BY Uni-
versity Of California anthropologists.
Ten thousand specimens recovered
from the grotto IN . state Of preser-
vation ore now regarded as cilron-
icles of : fighting, red-headed tribe
o. American Indians who were exter.
minated while Europe was sttll Z
wilderness.
The cave Is about = miles south
went 0f Lovelock, Nev. The people
who iuhatited Il are vaguely uaen-
toned il yolSto Indian legends q
canniealistic sayaees. devoid Of fear.
who were anuihilated Ia . tlnree-year
war With tlAe paiutes shout 1000 ,. q.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-04-01
MICHAELS0N DENIES
LIQUOR SMUGGLING
AS He SURRENDERS
congrsssman's Appearances %
Surrounded With Secrecy;
Will Explain Everything

Chieaeo; Anil H. H3- Congress-
man NJ. a.. Michaelson Of Chicago; In
6icted at Jacksonville. Fla, on
charges Of violating the national pro-
hihdt3on law, surrendered hare today
to Henry G. w. Laurenhelmof, United
states marshal. Congressman MI
chaelson's appearance was surrounded
with secrecy and he was ushered I'M
mediately into the office Of Edwin K.
Walker, United States commissioner.
to make bonds.
Congressman Michaelson appeared
voluntarily before the commission. He
waived . preliminary hearing, posted
$4,000 and announced he would 60
voluntarily to Florida to face the
charges.
He denied charges that he had
smuggled liquor into Florida from
Cuba In q trunk marked expedite"
to hurry It through the customs Of
flee without examination.
He said he would be able to dis
prove the charges. AS soon as bonds
were made he left the federal building
with two federal officers assigned to
him to prevent reporters from ques-
tioning him or photographers from
taking pictures.
A warrant for the congressman's
arrest had been issued last week
after hts indictment BIZ = federal
grand jury several months previously
had become public.
A deputy marshal went to the con-
gressman's home Saturday but could
find no one there and It had been re-
ported that Mr.. Michaelson was en-
route to Jacksonville to surrender.
Publication of the several months
old indictment had brought to light
the fact that his arrest had been
held In allegiance until congress ad-
journed. He was immune from arrest
while 1t vas in session.
Georg E. q. Johnson, United States
district attorney. said that there had
been no delay In his office since
congress had adjourned. except that
the case against the Congressman was
behind many others and WAS given NO
precedence IN handling.
Mr.. Nicholson. said he expected
later TO make 4 statement which
would explain everything"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-04-01


Paris, April l.-(F-France today
mourned the death Of another Of the
men who helped 1t through the dark
rocky days OF the war.
United States Ambassador Myron
T. Hcrrick was another nations son,
but this country felt the loss almost
as though he were her own.
Death came to Ambassador Hcrrick
yesterday at 4:l0 p. M, after a sud-
den swift heart attack that left him
within an hour lifeless but with q
smile on his lips, on his bed at the
embassy. He was 75-years-old.
Shortly afterward Premier Ray
mond Poincare told Col. T. Bentley
Mott, assistant military attacne at the
embassy: Anything that the French
government can do shall be done.
Ambassador Herrick's family may ask
anything they please and 1t shall be
done.'
French newspapers appeared today
with flaring headlines, France has
lost one Of her greatest friends,
columns were devoted to eulogics.
EE0uCc 1IC0bOCUt NAV8A AAo
President CASTOR Doumergue i'm
mediately after he was informed OF
the ambassadors death entrusted an
expression of coincidence on behalf
Of the nation to Admiral Vedel. Gen.
eral Lasson and Jules Michel. head
of his civil cabinet, who called at
the embassy to deliver it.
aAt.
anything else Ambassador Herricks
remaining in Paris in 1914 and how
he offered M. Poincare. then presi-
dent, to fly the United States flag
over the Louvre and buildings con-
tanning Frances art treasures to
shield them from possible destruction
should the Germans take the city.
Wanted No Flowers
The body today rested on bed In
the room In which he died. It was
planned to have 1t remain there until
Wednesday when 1t will be taken to
the American cathedral and placed In
special chapel. There were no flow
ers. Like Marshal Focl1, the ambas-
sador prior to his death asked there
be no floral display at his funeral
Throughout the past winter recur-
rent fits Of illness weakened Ambas-
sador Herrick, but It was believed he
was we'll on the road to recovery. Last
Tuesday he marched for three hours
in the cortcge Of Marshal Foch, sit
ting for an hour. before that in the
draughts Of the nave Of Notre Dame
for the religious funeral service.
He spent bad night Thursday and
his daughter -in-law-his wife died in
lolS-telephoned Friday morning foz
DR.. n. Rabeau. The physictan's
diagnosis showed 4 bronchial attack
He gave medicine to relieve the
CONTINUED on page nine.)
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-04-01
Patrick Needhanl,
Old n. p. Engineer,
Dies at Dickinson
(SpeciaI % the Tribune)

Dickinsop. n. Dak., April l--patrick
NeedhAm. q, one of the oldest en-
gineets In years Of service On the
Yellowstone division of the Nogtha1l
Pacific Railway company, died u his
home here this morning.
Death WAS due to heart disease. He
had been seriollSly ~ = week.
lor more than 80 years. Needham
had operated = switch engine n the
Dickinson railroad yards.
Funeral rites are being arranged
Tor TOMORROW.
Needhan leaves his widow and
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-04-01
RED|SC0UNT
Rate, SPECULATIVE
L0ANSARE FACTORS
Call Money Renewed at 10
per Cent; Large Blocks Of
Shares Change Hands
BELIEVE CREDIT CRISIS PAST
immediate Prospect Of Easy
Money Rates Uncertain Due !,
to Expanding Funds

New York, April 1.-(P)-Prices
Of many active stocks tumbled 8
to $3.50 share on the New York
stock exchange today and then
rebounded In spectacular fashion
In the last hour Of trading.
Early losses were substantially
cut down and In . few cases
wiped ont altogether In . late
rally that followed m increase IN
the call money rate from 10 70 lS
per cent. vs.
New York, April l.-(P)-Markinx
up Of the call money rate from 10 to
IL and thence to Is per cent, coupleo
with q series Of unfavorablc week -eud
credit Developments, brought about
another drastic shake-out in prices
today on the New York Stock Ex-
change and all other leading secur-
tiles markets. scores OF isses on the
big board" toppled IS to $3.50 .
share but many issues recovered
about one-third Of their losses on the
rallies which took place 1t intervals
during the afternoon.
Despite wire trouble on some west
ern circuits, q steady stream Of sell.
ing orders poured into the market.
Recent gyrations Of money rates
have aroused storm Of protest IN
Wall Street over the handling Of the
credit situation. william G. Duraut,
who has been one Of the lareest
bull" operators in the last six years,
in . telegram to 100 leading businsss
executives, today attacked the pol
icies OF the federal reserve board fof
giving the public the impression tnit
our best securities are selling abovo
their value"
Harmful to Business
1T Is my belief. ahe saad, ,4that,
the attitude Of the board. the method
Of handling, and thoushtless charac-
ter Of publicity. are most harmful to
our business interests and are threat
ening the prosperity Of the country"
Despite the severity of the decline.
no important issues broke through
the low levels established In the drag
tic reaction In the early part Of last
Tuesdays record-break!ng eight mil
lion share session.
international Telephone broke
$3.50 $252 and rebounded to 426l,
and Wright Aeronautical fell nearly
SO share to $235.25.
United States Steel common.
Chrysler, American Can, Anaconda
Copper, American Telephone. National
Cash Register, and Radio were among
the important issues hammered down
IS to SO q share before sufficient
buying support appeared to stem tho
decline.
Total sales up to 2:l0 p. m... were
1891 900 shares, as contrasted with
Continued on page seven)
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-04-01
TRAFF|CPARALYZED
BY ICE, SNOW, SLEE7
IN MIDWEST STATES
Devils Lake Only North Dakota
E Point Reporting Snow
as Storms Rage

Chicago, April 1.-B-Old Man
\. Gather left the middle west conten-
plating the seriousness Of some Of his
April fool pranks today.
Chief among those who felt the
wrath Of this ironic jokester were the
telegraph, telephone and power COM
panies. whose wires were water
bound" with rain. ice, snow and sleet
In many sections.
Telegraph wires throughout Wis
consin, upper Michigan. Minnesota
and parts Of Illinois. Iowa and Ne
braska were at least partly paralyzed.
wreaking havoc with commercial
business and press association news
services. Some points were cut Oft
entirely from telegraphic communica-
ton, while other points were receiv-
ing only partial service. Emergency
and supplementary wires were used.
Hundreds of poles broke off with
the weight Of heavily burdened wires
coated with sleet. Several days will
elapse before repairs can be made.
The waterlogged poles serve as an
outlet for electric current, which seepS
out and Is grounded, weakening what
current Is not lost by broken wires.
Rain Disrupts Traffic
The heavy rains. which In some Sec
tions turned to snow and sleet as the
temperature fell, also disrupted trans
portation in several areas.
Telephone service was interrupted
between Freeport, Ill, and Dubuque,
Ia. More than 100 poles were re-
ported down between the two points,
with more than an inch Of sleet on
the wires.
Stockton, Lena and Pearl City, ILL.,,
were reported without lights, as the
result Of broken power lines. Many
highways from Freeport north were
temporarily blocked by fallen trees.
Auto Roads Drifted
Winds piled the snow into drifts
while the mercury tumbled from Its
high mark Of Saturday to far below
freezing point in many sections. sleet
added to the danger of automobile
travel.
At In Crosse. Wis. nine inches OF
snow lay on the level. while drifts
were between five and six feet higher
No buses were operating in that vi
cinity, and train service was delayed
Rochester. Winona. Mankato and
Albert Lea, in Southern Minnesota
reported highways blocked by drifts
With the mercury ct 20 above, Al
bert Lea reported suowdrifts as high
as five and six feet Winoua had eight
inches Of snow. With the exception o1
the Rochester buses, al lines were re.
ported running on schedule out Of st
Paul 6nowdrifts on the highway be-
tween Arnatngton and Rochester
caused temporary suspension Of thai
line.
Snow at Devils Lake
Nine inches Of snow covered thu
ground at Chatfield.
Temperatures In the state ranged
from II above At New Ulm aut
Worthington to 81 above ct Fergul
Falls. Thief River Falls had q heav,
snowfall yesterday.
Snow also vas reported "a some sec.
ttons Of South DGkota ana North Da.
kOtA AT Sioux Fails six inches, which
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-04-01
NAN WHO MADE buy
IN LIQUOR RAID Case
DENIES PURCHASING
County Attorney Says Gas Sta.
ton Employe Was Actual
Buyer at Deking Home
ILLINOIS TO TAKE CHARGE
Resolutions to Curb Dry Agents
Activities to Be Presented
to Next Congress

Aurora, ILL.,. April l.-tReThe man
vho made the buy" In the Deking
LIQUOR raid case has been found. He
is Philip johnson, and he has told
attorneys that he did not purchase
liquor from Mrs. Lillian Deking 1t all
The shooting to death Of Mrs. De-
king q week ago by deputy sheriff
took place 1t the Deking home during
q rain made under search warrant:
The warrant, in turn. was predtcateo
on . buy" Of liquor which Eugene
Boyd Fairchild. acting - = county
investigator. declared he had made
from . woman at the Deking home.
Fairchild told authorities that the
complaint on which the warrant was
obtained was inaccurate In declaring
he personally had made the purchase.
He said johnson, son Of gas station
owner at Batavia, ILL.,, had been the
actual buyer OF the liquor, using
money, which Fairchild furnished.
Johnson. who volunteered his story
TO attorneys representing Joseph De-
king. said he did not buy the liquor
ut the Deking home, or from
woman, as the Tairctild complaint
declared. The buy" was made. john
son said, from man In front Of
staffords filling statiop," which Is
near the Deking home.
state May Take Charge
el>.A,,,. = 49,, Irn,.unv,,a account WAS
made known las night States Attor-
ney George D. Carbary Of Kane
county, under whose cleanup cam
paign the raid was made, indicated an
intention to turn the investigation
over to the attorney general Of IL
linois. Such an action would be an
unusual legal procedure, inasmuch as
Illinois law provides that the attor-
ney general act only when . county
prosecutor has been found to Be
prejudiced.
The understanding today was that
Carbary planned to 60 before q circuit
Judge ana submit 4 petition asking
the court to direct the attorney gen.
eral Of Illinois to take charge OF the
case.
In SO doing" Carbary said, Il do
not necessarily admit that I am
preiudiced In the usual sense Of the
word, for I am not. I desire nothing
more than complete investigation
and punishment Of anyone found
guilty Of violating the law"
5000 for Prosecution
Robert A. Milroy. attorney repre-
senting Deking, announced receipt OF
an offer OF 5000 from . Salt Lake
City man for prosecution Of officials
responsible for the shooting. The tele-
gram, signed Orman W. Ewing. said
the sender and his friends were will
ing to raise the money ITO help de-
fray expenses Of bringing slayers or
Mrs. Deking to justice"
Many letters Offering assistance
have been received by Milroy. One
from Chicago read:
Il am 80 years old, feet tall, weigh
l78 hounds, and am single. The same
hand that Is writing this has pulled
the triggers Of various vickers and
Browning machine guns In France. !
will b ct your service should you
need me-"
with the appearance Of the actual
liquor buyer every major witness ~
the case was expected to be available
Continued on page seyen)
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-04-01
AUSPICIOUS ACRICULT LTURE YEAR
FOR NORTH DAKOTA PREDICTED
Seeding Over State to Be Gen.
eral in Next Few Days as
Weather Permits
MANUFACTURING INCREASES
Bank, Tax, Insurance, Farm
and Other Reports indicate
Healthy Condition

Fargo. N. D.. April l.-(F-State-
ment that North Dakota enters upon
the new crop year under favorable
a,,suices is contained In the monthly
survey Of business and gricultural
conditions mede by p. w. Clemens,
president Of the Northern and Da-
kota Trust company. made for The
Associated Press and It's pemner
newspapers. The survey follows:
r. w. CLEMENS
An auspicious beginning for the new
agricultural year. which will start
With seeding over most OF the state IN
. few days, Is indicated BY present
conditions.
Farmers have q sufficient supply Of
seed: spring borrowings are much
lighter than usual: . reasonably early
season is indicated; tax collections cx-
ceed those Of . year ago; debts to
individual accounts are higher; there
Is less delinquent interest. and =
building program is In sight which
will probably exceed that OF any year
In history.
In spite Of the fact that snow
blocked the roads over a large area.
February business exceeded that Of
the same month in 1928 IS measured
by the debts to individual accounts.
For 10 North Dakota cities they to-
tailed ~ ,002 900 compared with $37,-
O28,O0O q year ago, an increase OF
more than 10 per cent. Since Febru-
ary had one less business day than q
year ago. the daily average Of debts
for the month compared to q year
ago, was 1l6 per cent, and OF the
seven states In the ninth federal re-
serve district. North Dakota was Sec
ond only to Michigan, where the av-
erage was lie per cent.
Tax Collections Bigger
Tax collections in Hettinger, Bur-
leigh. Cass and Ward counties to
March l totaled $2,6l6.A2s compared
to 12,S0o, ,00S = year ago, m increase
Of L per cent. In Ransom. Bottipeau.
Ramsey and etutsman counties the
collections were within few hundred
dollars OF the previous totals. while In
Grand Forks county. the comparison
was favorable for this year but the
totals were. not available. The tax
payment situation is considered very
satisfactory since the 1927 collections
generally were greatly in excess Of
those Of 1926 and 1925.
That the importance Of manufac-
turing in North Dakota is generally
underestimated was revealed Satur
day. when totals for the biennial cen
sus Of manufactures for 1927 were Is
sued by the United States department
Of commerce showing that North Da-
kota produced $47.000.000 worth OF
manufactured products. A compare
son with the 1926 census figures shows
CONTINUED on page nine.)