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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-06-25
ONE BANK BANDIT IS
KILLED., THREE ARE
CAPTURED BY POSSE
Citizens of illinois Town Chase
Robbers 80 Miles Fol-
lowing Raid

Toledo. ILL.,, June 25.-PeChased
by a main street" posse. three BAN
dts were in jail here today and the
fourth was dead following the robbery
of the First National bank of Noble
Of $4,000 cash and $4,000 in bonds
yesterday.
Farmers. sheriffs and business men
chased the four robbers more than 80
miles, finally surrounding them in q
field where three submitted to arrest
and the fourth was shot dead as he
attempted to shoot his way to free
dom. Everett Woolem, a druggist,
was wounded by the robber but not
seriously.
The bandits entered the bank, hit
the cashier over the head with q gun
and cowed an assistant cashier while
they seized the cash and bonds. As
they fled from the bank, the cashier
tapped IN alarm bell.
Merchants on the main street ran
to their windows and opened fire on
the fleeing robbers car, shot guns
and revolvers having q telling effect
In arousing the entire community.
PoSsemen sci, out in pursuit. At
Olney the robbers turned q sharp
bend in a road, drove into q farm
yard and hid In a barn, the possemen
speeding past them. AS the robbers
doubled back to apparent freedom
they ran into another group which had
barricaded roads of the county. Their
escape cut off the robbers fled to a
wooded field. The loot vas recovered.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-06-25
KIWAN|S PICNIC AT
CLUB PLAYGROUND
Bring Families Along on Annual
Outing, Cast Aside Bust
ness and Talks

Kiwanis club had about $50 partic-
ipants at its picnic at the Kiwanis
park playground, south Of the ball
park, Tuesday evening.
Formally was cast aside for the
time. No luncheon was held at noon,
but none Of the deferred business was
brought up at the picnic. The outing
was devoted exclusively to cold lunch
and coffee and ice cream, to quoits
between the older members and to
giving the kiddies present q good time.
New park play equipment placed this
year helped assure that.
Lunch was served al fresco. style.
Kiwanians. their wives and children
grabbed a chip plate. knife, fork and
spoons, a cup Of hot coffee and q
dish OF ice cream and perched on an
old stump, a plank or at a picnic table
and gave themselves up to assuaging
keen appetites.
The juvenile band under Clarion
Larson was present and gave q con-
cert, in addition to picnicking with
the club members.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-06-25
PREVIOUS RECORD
May Be ECLlPSED.
DECLARE EXPERTS
Fair Weather and Good Roads
Believed to Be Aiding Poll
/. in Country
INTEREST IS MANIFESTED
City Voting Places Thronged by
Interested Spectators and
Political Workers
BULLETIN
At Z n m the total vnka raxk IN
INTEREST IS MANIFESTED
BULLETIN
At 3 p. m. the total vote cast in
Bismarck was 2,484.

Bismarck Is casting q heavy vote
in the primary election today.
The city had cast 2,288 ballots by
2:30 o'clock this afternoon. This IL
approximately SO per cent Of the to-
tai registered vote which is in the
neighborhood of 1900.
The vote cast this morning wa
unusually heavy for the forenoon and
political followers believed that the
previous record might be ecipsed.
The city's record vote, made in the
general election Of November, 1928, ts
4,463. In the same election Burleigh
county cast 7,148 votes.
Though little information was OBJ.
tainable from. the county outside tho
city of Bismarck, it was believed that
the rural districts also were casting
a heavy vote because of the fair
weather and the increased interest
in the election manifest during last
few days.
Early reports indicated that the
volume of voting throughout the
state is spotty. Fargo and Grand
Forks failed to cast as many votes as
in the last election, the drop being
particularly apparent in Grand Forks.
With threatening clouds overhang-
ing Fargo but fair weather predicted
for the day, 1924 votes had been cast
at noon compared to 1857 at the
same time in the 1928 primary cleo
ton. The Fargo figures, when indi-
vidual precinct returns were scanned.
revealed little consistency In the
Continued on page nine)
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-06-25
Plot a Myth, Says
Minnesota Girl In Confession

Pelican Rapids. Mimi, June 25.-
R-A girls bubble Of an extortion
plot burst today and in Its place was
her strange tale of elf-inflicted tor
ture to win her grandparents con-
sent to attend school.
Miss Viola Holt, 18-year-old or
phan, confessed last night to Sheriff
o. j. Tweeten that her tale Of hav-
Ing been tortured by three young
men Sunday after receiving notes de-
manding $4,000 on pain Of death to
her grandparents and brother. was q
myth.
Miss Holt said she slashed herself
across the body with a knife, tied her
own feet and then wrapped a hand
kerchief about her neck to make her
story realistic.
"The old folks were nice to me"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-06-25

the girl said, but they wouldn't let
go to school. I thought II I made
them think I had been hurt to save
them, they might let me 60"
Her grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Arne Holt, reputedly wealthy. were at
loss to explain the girls act. They
told police they would have sent the
girl to school II she had expressed
such q desire.
Her grandfather. Arne Holt, said
today he will send the girl to school
II she wishes. He wants the girl,
daughter Of his Oldest daughter, who
died six years ago, to be happy.
The girl will be discharged from
the hospital In q few days. physicians
said. Ottertail county authorities said
no charges will be preferred against
her.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-06-25
Paul Cook is Defeated
In Collegiate Tourney

Paul r. Cook, Bismarck's golfing
king, was eliminated In the first round
OF the championship flight Of the ma
tional intercollegiate tourn q m e mt
over the Oakmont, Pa, Country club
course this morning.
The North Dakota state amateur
champion, representing the North
Dakota agricultural college in the
meet, was beaten s up and four to
play by Charles 8. Eaton, Harvard, in
an Is hole match, according to an
Associated Press dispatch.
Philips Finlay, Harvard, was the
first college golfer to advance to the
second round this morning. defeating
another Harvard player, j. B. Bald
win, s up and 4 to play.
Fred Brand, Jr.. Penn State, went
into the second round with Q victory
over Francis Beaupre. Notre Dame.
up and 6 to play.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-06-25
GIRL CLERK F0|LS
EFFORT
HURDSFIELD BANK
Covers Fathers Retreat by Fake
Painting Spell; Bandit
Arrested

Hurdsfield, N. D.. June 25.-F-A
holdup Of the Farmers and Merchants
State bank here today failed when a
girl assistant cashier and her father
outwitted a youthful gunman. who
was captured five minutes later.
Taken to Fessenden, the Wells
county seat, the would-be robber gave
the name Of Ernest Swandlow of
Milton, N. D. He gave his age as 20.
Entering the bank during the night
through q basement window, ne Sc
GREETED himself in q rear office to
await the opening this morning.
When Frances Bohn, assistant CASH
Ter, opened the front door a gun was
thrust in her face and she was or
dered to open the vault. Her father,
Anton Bohn. had accompanied her to
the bank.
Feigning a fainting spell, the girl
covered the retreat Of her father who
sounded the alarm. The changing OF
the gong put the bandit to flight and
a posse Of local men captured him In
a rye field a half mile north OF here
Swandlow was taken to Fessenden
and there told Sheriff A. r. Belehe,
that he was willing to plead guilty to
charges which will be filed again him.
He said he had been out Of work
since Christmas and was desperate
for money.
The gun in his possession is said
by officials to have been stolen from
a Sykeston hardware store during the
night and it is believed q Chevrolet
sedan which he used, also was stolen.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-06-25
Captains Fiancee
Overjoyed at News

Melbourne, Australia, June Is.
-(R-Captain Charles Kingsford
Smiths pretty fiancee, Mary
Powell, was the happiest girl in
Australia today. She had faced
bravely the difficult task of watt
ing for news of the safe arrival
In America of the Southern
Cross.
isn't it wonderful" she ex-
claimed.
MY mother insisted that I
spend last evening playing bridge
to keep me from worrying" she
said with real British cheerful
ness. "Oh, but what terrible
things I did at bridge" Waiting
for the flight to start, she added
had been almost as hard as wait.
ing for tito end.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-06-25
Wheat Says to Low,
Then Stages Recovery

Chicago, June Is. - Wheat
prices sagged at the opening Of to-
days market session to another low
record of Is years standing, but at
the close of an erratic trading day
rested Ia to Sd cent q bushel above
Tuesdays finish. Wheat, corn and
rye all established new minimum
prices for the year.
The final wheat quotations were:
July, 50 SIS to ga cents after q low
Of 81 "a; September, 90 1-8 to So;
and December, 81 3-8 to Ia.
Growing apprehension over the i'm
minent Cutting of storage facilities
in the Southwest, where the wheat
harvest Is moving rapidly, seemed to
be discounted in the ripples Of buying
that brought wheat back from the
early low point. Less favorable
weather at home and less bearish
news from the European continent
helped In the revival.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-06-25
ONE IS KILLED IN
NEBRASKA TORNADO
Several Other Persons Injured,
Some Seriously; Damages
Estimated at 100000

Lexington, Neb., June 25.-P>eA
tornado that dashed the foothills
south Of the Platte river between
Gothenberg and Lexington last night
killed n person, injured several 9TH
ers, and caused property damage esti-
mated in excess of 500, 0O0.
Henry Roper, S. years old. was killed
when the twister leveled the home Of
his son-in-law, Frank Phillippi, seven
miles southwest Of here. :
Miss Mildred Martin, %. was in
jured seriously when q chicken house
in which she sought shelter crumbled
upon her.
DR.. ]. H. Quinn was found uncon-
scious and suffering from perhaps ia
tai injuries in the wreckage Of his
farm home near Gothenberg. His son
and daughter -in-law and their two
children escaped harm by hiding In
the basement.
The family of James Pickering. q
farmer, were in their house when the
tornado picked it up and dropped 1t
in q creek IS yards away. Ella Picker
ing. Is years old, was injured sert-
ously.
Scores Of farm buildings were de-
stroyed by the tornado, which first
appeared four miles southwest OF
Gothenberg and final. disappeared
northwest Of Lexington.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-06-25
Legge Approves Of
Benson County Plan

Minnewaukan, N. D., June 25.-
Receipt Of word here today that Al
exander Legge, chairman Of the fed
eral farm board, looked with favor
a plan of market control which
has been promulgated by C. O.
Lunde, Harlow farmer, cheered Ben
son county wheat growers today.
The Lunde plan, as wired to Legge
by E. R. Cline, editor of the Benson
County Farmers Press, is to have
growers pledge to hold 20 per cent OF
their 1880 crop on the farms until
we'll after market time.
Legge replied to the plan by say
ing that anything which would keep
wheat on the farm until after the fall
Cutting would react to the benefit of
growers. He also said he would
write at length on his reaction to
the Lunde plan.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-06-25
Two Hangers and ~ Airplanes
Destroyed by Blaze Of un-
determined Origin

Chicago, June 25.-(AP)-Two
hangers and q airplanes, IL of them
tri-motor passenger planes, were
destroyed by fire at the municipal
airport early today. The loss was
estimated at nor than two million
dollars.
The hangers destroyed were those
of the Universal 'Airlines, Inc, and
the Grey Goose air lines, the lat
ter under lease to the Stout air lines.
The fire followed an explosion OF
undetermined cause in the Universal
hangar.
One Of the ground men at the
mile square airport said. he saw a
spark leap across the darkness at
the rear of the Universal hangar,
and that the explosion followed. AL
most at once the building was in
flames.
Several men, including pilots and
mechanics. were in the building but
escaped. They were able to wheel
out only five planes.
Flaming fragments spanned the 50
feet separating the Universal and
Grey Goose hangers, and both were
destroyed before firemen could halt
the flames.
Every light at the airport, includ-
ing the boundary lights so vital to
night flyers seeking to land, were
extinguished when the fire burned
away power lines. Temporary lights
were hurriedly placed to prevent dis
aster to arriving mail planes.
Official announcement was made
at the offices of the Universal Air
lines that all schedules, both pas
senger and mail planes, would be
flown without interruption.
The estimate of the loss by Uni
versal officials vas more than 3d.
OOO, 900. An elaborate machine shop,
representing an investment, they
said, Of three quarters Of a million
dollars. and much spare equipment
were destroyed.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-06-25
Boy Scout Rests After Winning
From Dangers Of Mountain Peak

r. j. johnson Of Corona, and told In
matter Of fact way Of c~onquering
the dangers Of rugged San Jaclnto.
Lost from his scout companions
Friday as they were descending from
the mountain peak, Harold said he
wandered until he realized he was on
the treacherous north slope Of San
Jacinto. BY nature calm. the coy e
sorted to his scout lore. rather than
becoming excited. and followed the
course Of q mountain stream.
Scaling precipices where q misstep
meant death. the frail scout pitted
his skill against the trackleSs crags
which mountaineers have never been
known to ascend, and won.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-06-25
G.. P. LEADERSHIP
PLANS TO SUSTAIN
ANTICIPATED VETO
Hoover Expected to Veto World
War Veterans Measure,
Passed Today by House

Washington, June 25.-(R-The
road was cleared for President Hoo.
ver'S second singing veto Of q vet
Grams relief bill today by house ac-
ceptance Of senate amendments to it,
measure to aid World war soldiers.
Branded bad legislation" by thu
president, 1t goes to him at once. He
is expected to repeat his objections
In q decisive veto message. after
which the house will be called upon
to sustain Of override him.
A two-thirds vote Is necessary to
override a veto and, with the Repub-
lican leadership behind Mr.. Hoover,
proponents Of the bill r expected to
be defeated. The senate would not
then be called upon to act on the
veto. The house will begin formula
ton Of another. veterans bill aimed
to overcome administration protests.
The first such bill vetoed was for
relief Of Spanish-American veterans.
Both senate and house OVERRIDE Mr..
Hoover's wishes. He repeated his OBJ
jections to that legislation after 1t
was enacted into law.
In q caucus last night Of 154, Re-
publicans, it was agreed to support
any veto Of the bill by the president.
The conference was attended BY
Speaker Longworth, Majority Leader
Tilsor. Chairman Smell Of the rules
committee, and Chairman johnson Of
the World val veterans committee.
A statement was issued summing up
the program to be followed.
Concurrence today in the senate's
amendments to the johnson bill. :
A vote sustaining the presidents
veto, within an hour after the meas
ure is returned to congress.
Passage Of the Swick bill under q
suspension of the rules may follow
action on the Johnson bill.
The Swick bill Is q compromise
measure, similar to that proposed In
the senate. by Reed Of Pennsylvania.
with the administrators approval.
johnson estimated it would cost
from $35, 900 600 to $50.O00.000 during
the next fiscal year, as compared
with $102, 00o, 900 estimated as the
cost under the pending measure The
VOt40y O4x0Cl Vic 40VVCA W00 ~ SO0ASs
of one of Mr.. Hoover's principal OBJ
jections as he said 1t threatened e
deficit and an increased tax rate.
It was estimated also that the
swick bill would affect approximate
ly 100000 o veterans ~ compared
with 4O0, 200 under the johnson bill.
The president had termed the latter
discrimination and Unfair. saving Il
would not reach all the veterans en-
titled to relief.
Mr.. Hoover also objected to the
provisions Of the pending measure
which would extend until 1880 the
time limit in which disabilities EVIL
dencing themselves shall be presumed
to have been incurred In the service
and subject to compensation on that
basis. The Swick bill makes no
change in the presumptive clause Of
the present Law, leaving the limit o
1925.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-06-25

l Corona. Calf. June 25.-R-Har-
old johnson, l2-year-old Boy Scout,
rested at home today, proudly exhib-
iting the rattles Of q snake. one OF
the many menaces to his life thwart-
ed by his skin during the four days
he was lost among the snowy for
bidding crags Of Mount San Jacinto.
While blanketed Indians, veteran
mountaineers, fellow scouts and army
aviators searched with little hope Of
finding the boy alive. Harold walked
into the Snow Greek Fish Hatchery
near Banning. Calf, yesterday and
asked for food.
A few hours later the scout Was re-
united with his parents. Nj. and Mrs.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-06-25
new YORK POLICE
ARREST YOUTH IN
MURDER MYSTERY
Code With Legend Used by
Slayer Found in Pockets
Of Suspect

New York, June 25.-P-A youth
wearing q religious medal around his
neck and whose pockets contained 2
code with the legend "3X," purported
signature Of the maniac murderer Of
two men n 0ueens. MAS .axFssted to-,
day In Riverside Park.
He said he was Clarence James
Pratt, Il. Of Chicago, lately . resident
of Brooklyn.
He told police he was going to ride
a freight train back to Chicago.
Besides the code, police said Pratt
had q picture of a skull and cross
bones with two ks and 8 marked on
it, some letters, a picture Of q girl
and his fingerprints on paper In red
ink. He also wore q ring with .
religious insignia on 1t.
He was held as q vagrant In $500
bail.
Police said Pratt admitted he had
written a code message to q news
paper, but claimed 1t va In defiance
of the Queens murderer, whom he
challenged to decipher It. Pratt said
his code was one used since boyhood
and decipherable by only one other
personal---very. johnson Of Chicago.
He said his father and brother,
Jacques and Donald Pratt, live In Chi
cago.
The picture, he said, vas Of q girl
acquaintance, formerly Of Chicago but
now living in Iowa. Letters from
johnson and the girls mother advised
him to be careful Of his companions
in New York.
Pratt was a sailor on the U. 8. 8.
Maryland, he said, until two years
ago. He said he had developed his
photostatic copy Of the code and pic
ture OF the skull and c~rossbones while
working for a photo print company.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-06-25
of Pope
Alarms Vatican

Vatican City. June 25.-R-1llness
Of Pope Plus XXI, who has sat on the
throne Of st. Peter since 1922, today
cast q pail over the Vatican City.
Official circles showed q tendency
to discredit seriousness Of the pom
tiff's malady, but there was general
recognition that in q man Of mis- age
ID subjected to the strain Of q
sedentary although mentally active
life, In contrast to the physically ro-
bust existence Of his earlier years, 1t
might prove dangerous.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-06-25
SEES INDUSTRY AS
MENACE TO PEACE
Canadian Railroad Chief Says
Commercial Fights May
Bring Trouble

Chicago, June 25.-R-Modern in
dustry, highly organized and seeking
continually enlarged world markets
was called a real menace to world
peace by Sir Henry Worth Thornton,
K. B. E., chairman Of the board Of
the Canadian national railways, who
addressed the International Rotary
convention today. Industry, Sir Henry
said, was crashing into tariff barriers
and national pride to make contact
with markets hitherto closed.
The Hoosier- born British knight,
accorded a title in reward for his war
time direction of British transporta-
ton, said 1t was debatable If George
Washington would r~eiterate his warn
ing today against foreign entangle-
ments.
To-day signs age not wanting OF
the effect upon international rela-
lions of tariff barriers and CONNER
cial relations" he said. Modern In
dustry has become highly organized
and great nations must seek ever
widening and far-flung markets. In
this struggle, which is both Often
stve and defensive, lies unquestionably
the real menace to world peace. 1t
is the field In which modern indus
try and its leaders can play their fin
est part"
Nominations for president and dis
trict governors were made today In
the second days session Of the con-
yention. Balloting win take place to-
morrow.
Raymond ]. Knoppel. New York
City, and Almon e. Roth, Palo Alto,
Calf, we're nominated for the presi-
dency. Nominations for 10 directors
in the United States, with five to be
elected, were also made: Elections
will be tomorrow.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-06-25
FIRE AT CHICAGO AIRPORT
CAUSESIOSS OF $2,00o,000
Caterpillar Army
Deyastates Nevada

Tonopah, New, June 25.-FcDe-
stroying all vegetation as they go,
green bodied caterpillars with a saw
like tail today were advancing like
an army between Luning and Nina,
New. The tails cuts twigs of grease
wood and sagebrush, and locomotio11
is provided by is legs on either side
resembling the centipede.
Farm experts say they never heard
of such a visitor before. One motor
list who drove through the army" as
serted it stretched IS miles and was
advancing with incredible speed.
Where the pest originated Is q
mystery.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-06-25

Francisco. Such q flight would viz
tually complete al around the world
flight for the Southern Cross, which
previously had been flown from San
FfAncisco tosAustraiia and Eagfarld.
The plane will leave at daybreak
tomorrow for New York.
The flyers experienced almost per-
feet weather until they approached
the Newfoundland coast, when the
Continued on page three)
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-06-25
Asks Farm Board to
Support Wheat Price

Topeka. Kans., June 25.-(o-As-
serting that Kansas, the country's
largest wheat producing state, us
facing a catastrophe caused by an
unduly depressed wheat price," Gov
ernor Clyde M. Reed today suggested
that the federal farm board enter the
market and purchase an additional
Is. OOO, 900 bushels or more at current
prices.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-06-25
JOHN Holman, 66, PIONEER
BUSINESS MAN, SUCCUMBS
Navy Pays Dollar
For $4,000 Plane

washington, June 25.-(F-A plane
that cost $4,000 has ben sold for 81.
It would not rise from the water so
AL williams could fly it in the
Schneider cup races and the navy has
bought it from a private corporation
to experiment with 1t.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-06-25
Bismarck Casting Heavy vo1
Southern Cross Lands Safelu at Harb0r Grace
Chicagoan Insists
Horseshoe Unlucky

Chicago, June 25.-F-A horse
shoe is unlucky, and Henry Bysoot
doesn't ARE what anybody says to the
contrary.
Henry found q horseshoe. He spat
on 1t and tossed it over his left shoul-
der. It went through a store window.
IrEide the window avs a suit Of
clothes. Henry, needing new apparel,
took the suit and walked away. A
policeman caught him. That's how
Henry knows that all this CONVERSE
ton about horseshoes being lucky is
a lot of banana oil.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-06-25
Late News
Bulletins
z f TO SHIFT TAXES

Chicago June 25.-F-Farm
bureau representatives, legislators
and emissaries of . number Of
middlewestern governors met here
today to formulate = national
plan to shift some Of the tax
burdens from real estate.