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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-09-18
TO Lure
MAN FROM STATION
RESULTS IN DEATH
Fourth Is Wounded as Scheme
to Abduct Texan Ends in
Shooting ARRAY
SLAYER ALSO IS INJURED
Shifts Pistol to Left Hand to
Complete Job Of Thwart-
ing Abductors
SLAYER ALSO IS INJURED

Atlanta. Tex, Sept. 18.-R-Three
men were shot to death and q fourth
was wounded dangerously near here
Thursday night by j. H. Boyd, so,
Louisiana gasoline station operator.
who said they had lured him from his
station and kidnapped him.
Officers identified the dead men as
Hardy Luce, IS; Bill Fish, 80. Boyd,s
step-son; and Early Sullivan. q.
Physicians said they did not expect
Bill Sullivan. brother of Early sulli-
van and brother-in-law Of Fish, to
live. All we're filling station opera
tors
One pistol bullet fractured Boyd's
right arm.
Another plowed q furrow across his
chest.
Boyd said two Of the men came to
his station, told him their motor a
had developed trouble and asked him
to tow them In. He said when he
drove up behind the machine one OF
the group forced him with q shotgun
to enter their car.
Boyd told officers he liberated one
arm and opened fire after he wa
struck rel the head. Two Of tho
four slumped on the seat. A bullet
tore into his right arm. disabling It.
He said he shifted the pistol into his
left hand and fired two more shots.
Officers said Boyd fired but four
shots.
The motive Of tho alleged attack
was not made clear.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-09-18
SAY Storm
HALTED PROGRESS
IN PACIFIC FLIGHT
Details Of Landing on Lonely
Aleutian Islands Related
to Newspaper

Tokoyo. Sept. 18.-(F-F1rst details
Of what happened to Don Moyle and
G. A. Allen, California fliers who were
found on a Siberian island this week
nine days after they had taken of
from Japan on q projected nonstop
transpacific flight, were published
Friday by the newspaper Asahi.
The article, signed by Moyle and
Allen and sent by wireless from the
rescue ship Buriat, said they had been
forced to turn back toward Siberia by
a storm after they had circled over
the Aleutian islands for about 20
hours.
Their story said that as they near
ed the Aleutian islands, they encoun-
tered q gale.
Asahi quoted the filters as saying
their plane was tossed up, down and
aside like a Leaf" by the storm.
For nearly 20 hours" they said,
we kept the plane up only by almost
superhuman efforts"
The dispatch said Moyle and Allen
flew for "a hours after leaving Sam
ushiro Beach (they had q fuel sup
ply which they had estimated would
last them about Al hours) and man
aged to land on an uninhabited Aleu-
tian Island without damaging the
plane.
The storm, they said, continued to
rage and for seven days they were
unable to continue their flight. On
the eighth day, the weather improved
and they took off and finally landed
near Miano Pilgino, Siberia.
I'VE went through q trying ordeal
said the filters, but added they were
in good spirits. They said they plan
ned to start for Seattle Saturday but
did not mention where they got gas
oline to continue their projected
flight.
Moyle and Allen did not mention
how they existed for seven days or
more on the uuinhabited island.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-09-18
ESTIMATE NUMBER
OF STATE JObLESS |
AT $500 PERSONS.
Figures Are Based on Survey Of
Actual and Prospective
Situation
LOCAL CONDITIONS GOOD
Some Cities Have Problem Big
Enough to Cause Them
Real Worry
LOCAL CONDITIONS GOOD
CBy the Associated Press)

North Dakota's ten largest cities
contain or win contain approx
mately $500 unemployed persons
according to estimates made Friday
by city officials and charitable or
g~ani1ations In the various commuui-
ties.
The unemployed. however, faced
the winter months with assurance
that . statewide organization and
local units will cooperate in the relief
Of distress growing out Of unemploy-
ment.
Indications were that the unem.
ployment problem had not reached
serious proportions in any single
city, with the total unemployed, In
proportion to population, appar.
emily less than In most other states
r. A. Rottweiler, state director Of
employment, said estimates Of the
total unemployment in the state are
not available, but that conditions are
fairly good and the number Of un-
employed u not excessive.
At Fargo, with q population Of 49,
SO, it was estimated that between
500 and 600 are unemployed. while
at Grand Forks. with q population Of
l7,112. the unemployed was esti-
mated At . similar figure.
MinotS unemployed wa eett-
mated at 600 out Of . population Of
5000.
approximately 125 person were
said to be unemployed here out d
= population Of 1000. Relief agen-
cies are preparing for . maximum Of
from $50 to 400 persons with IN ad-
ditional 100 In Burleigh county out
side Of the capital city.
Williston, with q population Of S.
100, reported 500 unemployed. based
on Red Cross statistics and asses
sors' reports. It was estimated that
1900 persons were unemployed In
Williams county, Of which Williston
Is the county seat.
Jamestown reported from $50 ia
400 unemployed out Of q population
of 8,l87, while Devils Lake. with q
population of 5,4S1, estimated ITS un-
employed. Dickinson's estimate was
800 out Of q population Of 5,025.
Mandan and Valley City reported
practically normal employment, with
officials at Mandan placing the un-
employment figure at about so out
Of q population of 5.037. Figures
were not available at Valley City but
were said to be so small that no
relief measures were planned OF
needed.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-09-18
China Is Ready to
Receive Lindberghs

Marking, China. Sept. lS.-lR-Al-
though the flooded Yangtoe river
swept away one wharf especially con-
structed for the Lindbergh mono
plane, preparations for the reception
OF the former Lone Eagle" and hi
wife, probably Saturday, are CON-
plete.
This city, the capital Of China.
eagerly awaited news Of the takeofi
Of Colonel and Mrs. Lindbergh from
Fukuoka, Japan, nearly 300 miles dis
tant across the Yellow Sea.
As the Yangtze still Is running Z
terrific current, the Marking Aviation
Bureau cabled Iindbergh, requesting
he exercise the greaest care In land
ing.
Chinese navy launches and aviation
bureau motorboats Will sweep the
river clear Of all craft. The United
States gunboat Mccormick viii be
standing by. ready to render assist
ance.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-09-18
Farm Board Fails to
Solve Cotton Problem,

washington. Sept. 18.-R-The
farm board has failed thus far to find
. cotton surplus relief plan to which
It Is willing to attach its name.
Hundreds Of proposals have been
received since the August / cotton
forecast disclosed . bumper crop
which will add to the existing bur-
densome supplies. Many have been
carefully analysed and have been
deemed unsatisfactory.
Unless IN entirely new PROPOSAL Is
offered, embodying principles the
board considers sound and feasible it
was made known Friday the board
will confine its activities to assisting
In financing the holding Of q part Of
the 1891 crop through cooperatives.
It also may authorize the Stabilize
ton corporation to retain 1900, 900
bales, previously acquired. for anoth-
er year.
The board has consistently urged
acreage reduction. As q drastic mea-
sure Il proposed one third Of the cur
rent crop Be destroyed. In the wake
Of it, rejection came hundreds Of new
ideas which the board now considers
qpMorksble.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-09-18
NOTE FROM OTHER
WOMAN SAID TO Be
EVIDENCE IN CASE
Victims Father Asserts it
Brought Great Unhappiness'
Before Her Death
SAY WOMAN WAS DROWNED
Missive to Savant Was couched
In Affectionate Terms;
Sought a Date
SAY N WAS own

Hampton, Va, Sept. 18.-(R-A let
ter which her father said brought
great unhappiness" to Mrs. Jenny
Graham Kane held attention Friday
as one OF the chief factors leading
coroner George K. vanderslice to Of
ficially state she anne to her death
"from drowning at the hands Of her
husband, Elisha Kent Kane"
The coroner's verdict, returned late
Thursday after q four-day inquest,
called the alleged act Of the Univer-
sity of Tennessee professor, who Is q
son Of DR.. Evan O'Neil Kane, Penn
sylvania surgeon, q premeditated
murder"
w. G. Graham, father Of Mrs. Kane.
spoke Of the great unhappiness"
caused his daughter by discovery Of q
letter from that woman"
Coroner Vanderslice made public q
letter he said was found In the lug
gage Of Professor Kane after he was
arrested last Sunday. He said he
believed the writer to be q woman
named Betty Dodd.
Addressed to "Sashy, Dear" the
epistle indicated its writer was en-
ployed on the 8. 8. America and was
dated September l. \.
After describing q European trip 1t
continued: There were numerous
times, Sashy, when I wonder II you
and l would ever get leisure to do
some Of the old-world places to-
getner."
In another place the writer said:
"Where Is she? I can't understand
how come she stayed home = year
Do you still intend to stick to It.
And how about the book? -.
Is the dedication still to +. H. D.?
What are you doing with your
days this summer, sashy? I really
don't believe I let a day 60 by with
out thought Of you. We were once
SO close-and-still feel close to you
II YOU were not now at her home you
could easily driye to Washington and
I could takeia buss there.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-09-18
TUO Men Shot In
Eastern JQilbreQk
Guard and Prisoner Wounded as
IA Men Flee From Del.
aware Workhouse
LOCK BLOWN OFF OF DOOR
Prisoners Then Rushed Into
Yard and Forced Guard
to Open Gate

Wilmington, Del, Sept. l8.-R1-A
guard and . prisoner were shot today
In . jailbreak at tie Newcastle
county workhouse which resulted In
escape Of II prisoners. Both men will
recover, physicians said.
Prison officials said the break evi-
IDENTIFY va the result Of q carefully
planned plot.
The escape wa effected through
the blowing off with IN explosion Of
the lock on . door leading from the
workshop to the recreation ward. The
explosion occurred when 800 prisoners
In the shop were about to 60 to the
dining hall.
Making their way through the door,
the prisoners rushed into the yard
and forced = guard at the gate to
open 1t.
The shooting Is believed to have
started among the prisoners. It u
believed they had three rifles at the
time Of the outbreak.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-09-18
WISCONSIN BANK IS
ROBBED FIVE MEN
President and Family Are Kept
Under Guard Overnight
BY Bandits

Milton Junction, Wis.,, Sept. Ia
R-Tve men Friday robbed the
Farmers Bank Of Milton Junction Of
about 5000. Entering the home Of
John Paul, president, Thursday night
and keeping the family under guard
until 1880 q. m, they forced . son,
Malcolm, to 60 with them to the bank
and open the vault.
The robbers appeared at the Paul
home six hours after five men robbed
the Citizens National Bank Of Slough
ton, 80 miles from here. Authorities
are attempting to determine Il the
five came from stoughton with their
loot and used the Paul home g. q
hideout while planning the robbery
here.
AS members Of the Paul family re-
turned to their home, they were met
at the door and ushered into the SIT
ting room where the men guarded
them with revoivers throughout the
night.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-09-18
SAYS TAX BURDEN
Being SHIFTED TO
BUSINESS PROPERTY
Acker Points Out Effects Of
Latest Equalization Made
BY State

The 1891 assessment has resulted
in . shift Of the tax burden from
farm lands to other classes Of prop
erty, liver Acker, state tax commits
sioner, said Friday in analyzing data
compiled by his office in connection
with this years tax levy.
AS a result Of the 1881 assessment
and equalization there was q reduc-
ton Of farm values amounting tc
1882, 725, 700 as compared with last
years values. Farm land valuations
this year were placed at $674,271, $50,
while last year the valuations were
$500, 907, 270.
City real estate was decreased ST.
366,157; personal property was de-
creased $l4 ,200, 296; railroad property
was decreased $685. $50. Power and
gas utilities were increased $2,552,-
72l.
The assessed valuation Of telephone
property decreased $152,427. The as
sessnent Of commercial telephone
property. however. increased $685.
616 over 1880.
Mutuals On New Basis
This years assessment covered the
property Of 100 companies while the
assessment Of 1880 covered the prop
erty Of 785 companies. The property
Of mutual and cooperative telephone
companies, under an act passed in
1881, is not assessed. Such compa-
MES pay q flat tax Of so cents per
telephone.
Express property wa not assessed
this year as it is subject to q gross
earnings tax under an act passed in
1881. The assessed valuation OF
street railway property was decreased
$28,253 and sleeping q property
$32,5l6.
The net decrease In all property
valuations was $l58,A54.001. Farm
lands decreased 1915 per cent and
all other property decreased 4.88 per
cent. The percentage decrease on
city real estate was 1872 per cent,
on personal property Sos per cent,
on railroads 3.0l per cent. Power
and gas property valuations increased
22.38 per cent. Various percentages
Of decrease occurred in the smaller
utilities.
Drop n Continuous
The total assessed valuation of
farm lands In 1919 was 81, 072 ,107 $50.
This year (1931) the assessed valua-
ton of farm lands IL 3674 .271 7 a
decrease Of $397, 1906 ,083 Or 37.11 per
cent having occurred In the 12-year
period. In 1917 farm lands and farm
improvements constituted 56.18 per
cent Of the total assessed valuation
Of all property; in 1918 farm lands
and farm improvements were 1882
Continued on page ten)
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-09-18
Horses, Sportsrnen
to Dine Together

New York, Sept. 18.-ReOats
and lump sugar are on the menu
for q dinner at q hotel in honor
Of Joseph H. Widener, chairman
Of the Jockey cub. The guests
will include 10 race horses which
will dine in stalls around the ban
quet hall. Then they will be par.
AIDED across q runway for the en-.
tertainment Of the other guests.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-09-18
Kings and Queens
Cut Sale of Cards

New York. Sept. 1.8-(Re@
Culbertson. contract bridge ex-
pert. is back from Russia with q
story about royalty. He had q
scheme for doubling the sale Of
playing cards In the Soviets, but
the man in charge Of the syndi-
cate would have none of it. HE
told me-" Culbertson said, that
he had been put on the job be-
cause there are kings and queens
in the decks. He boasted he had
slashed the annual sale to $780,
600 decks. They tried putting
out decks without figures Of roy
atty and the Russians refused to
buy them"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-09-18
F|REbUG IN
WAHPET0N bLAZES
Fire Destroys Railroad Round
house,; Is Fifth Within
Short Time

Wahpeton. N. D., Sept. 18.-Re
Believed to have been set by . pyro-
maniac, fire destroyed the Northern
Pacific railway roundhouse here
Thursday night. TWO engines In the
building also were damaged. Loss
was not estimated. Authorities be.
lieve q fire bug is working In Wahpe-
ton, five other fires having occurred
here recently.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-09-18
Minneapolis Banker
Is Sentenced to Pen

Minneapolis. Sept. l8.-ReThe
full amount Of his defalcationS still
unknown, Lindsay 8. Smith, assistant
secretary Of the Hennepin Savings
and Loan association. was sentenced
to from one to 10 years In the Still
water penitentiary for embezzlins
$4,000.
The money was taken from the fl
nancial institution which had en-
ployed him for more than is years
and in which his father, John l.
Smith, was the secretary.
Smith pleaded guilty to first degree
grau4 larceny
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-09-18
500 Line Officials
Visiting in Bismarck

A. e. Wallace, vice president and
general manager Of operations Of the
500 Line railroad, accompanied by i.
H. Buhlman, general superintendent
Of the railroad. were visitors In Bis
marck Friday.
They arrived here on an inspection
trip and spent the day comforting with
local officials Of the railroad and IN
meeting Bismarck business people.
They were scheduled TO leave Sat.
urday for their headquarters IN Min
neapouA
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-09-18
RESOLUTION ASKS
FAMILY HEADS Be
GIVEN PREFERENCE
Local Trainmen's Organization
Directs Request to Pub
lie Officials

Demand that they restrict employ.
ment to heads Of families was made
upon state and county officials Fri
day by members Of Bismarck Lodge
No. 936, Brotherhood Of Railroad
Trainmen.
The position Of the group was set
forth In q resolution, adopted Sep
TENDER Is and made public Friday by
J. M. 6tahl, secretary-treasurer Of the
organization. Copies have been sent
to all heads Of state departments,
without regard to political affiiation.
and to all county officers.
Stahl said q resolution, similar in
tone, was sent to Governor George
F. Shafer about three weeks ago and
its receipt had been acknowledged by
the governors secretary, but nothing
further had come Of it.
The text of the resolution follows:
Whereas, existing economic con-
ditions in the State Of North Dakota
and our different counties make It
imperative that positions be held by
but one member OF each family, pref
erably the head Of such family, and
that no one, male or female, be given
a position If the head Of such family
is earning q livelihood by other occu-
pations:
And Whereas, our attention has
been invited to the fact that many
state departments and county offices
are employing different members Of
the same family in addition to the
head Of such family,
And Whereas, we are advised that
the heads Of several departments are
employing their immediate relatives,
"Now Therefore, Be It Resolved that
Bismarck Lodge No. 936 Of the
Brotherhood Of Railroad Trainmen
go on record as opposed to different
state departments employing their
immediate relatives, or more than the
head or one member Of q family.
and that county offices employ but
one member Of . family.
THE purpose OF this resolution Is
to enable as many families Is posi-
BILE an opportunity to earn sufficient
money to live on during the coming
winter or depression period.
And be it further resolved that
copies of this resolution be sent to
all state officials and county offices
in this state and that due publicity
be given this resolution"
Stahl said copies Of the resolution
already had been sent to the five
other lodges OF the railway trainmen
in North Dakota and that these are
expected to indorse the movement
started here.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-09-18
ARMY MAN RESIGNS

Warrington, Sept. l8.-H-Maj.
Gen. william q. Everson has decided
to resign as chief Of the army militia
bureau on December l to return to the
ministry. He will become = pastor In
Qeuyess
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-09-18
WISCONSIN BANK ROBBED

stoughton. Wis, Sept. 10.-tF-
Five men held up the Citizens Naton-
al Bank Of stoushton and escaped
With 1901
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-09-18
FARM HOME BURNS

Nessenden, N. D.. Sept. ia dwell
ing house on the W. W. Lyneas farm,
six miles south Of Fesenden, was de-
stroyed by fire. The farm Is occupied
by Carl 6tavtch and his family.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-09-18
KINGDOMS ExHIBITORs VIM

Linton, N. D.. Sept. l8.-R-Among
Ernmons county farmers winning
awards ct the Tr-County fair ct
Wishek were Arno Capeue, g. 4.
WaEd and n. 6. T11yGes.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-09-18
ROAD CONDITIONS GOOD

ROAD CONDITIONS GOOD
All constructed portions OF the state
highway system are In good condition
generally, the North Dakota highway
department reported In the weekly
road condition summary.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-09-18

Cloudy and somewhat warmer 70.
night; probably showers Saturday.
The Washington times., 1931-06-10
CONVICT CAMP
FACES PROBE

RICHMOND. Va, June 10.-A
petition to Gov. John Garland
Pollard, requesting that an in,
vestigation be made into condi-
tions existing at convict camp
No. 18, in Goochland county,
signed by a number of Norfolk
residents, was sent to Richmond,
accompanied by affidavits from
two former prisoners of the camp,
who allege unnecessarily brutal
treatment by camp guards to-
ward their charges.
The ex-convicts who signed the
affidavits gave the names of D.
r. Byrd and c. c. Ratcluff, both
Of Norfolk.
The petition was sent from
the offices of A. C. Philpotts,
Norfolk attorney, who, during the
last two or three days. has con-
ferred with the prisoners.
The affidavits describe in de-
tail the practices of hanging
up" and whipping, which they
allege are ordered as punishment
for such minor offenses against
camp routine as talking back"
to q guard,
The Washington times., 1931-06-10
LeLGn,d-CheUy Chase
Sign War Is Ended

Signs saying "You Are Now En-.
tering Bethesda" one of which
was placed in Leland, theI cby
causing a dispute which lasted
for some time, will now grace the
extreme boundaries Of the Bethes.
da voting precinct, at the District
Line on Wisconsin Avenue and at
Grosvenor Lane on the Rockville
Pike, following a special meeting
of Merle Thorpe's industrial com
mittee Of the Bethesda chamber
of commerce held in the County
Building at Bethesda.
AS an outgrowth of the com.
plant about the signs there grew
a long argument as to whether
Leland is a part of Chevy Chase
as it's residents claimed, or
whether it belonged to Bethesda
as claimed by those living in
Bethesda.
The Washington times., 1931-06-10
CHOICE
SURPRISES

RICHMOND, June 10. - Poll
ticians today were discussing
Governor Pollard's appointment
of DR.. Warren F. Draper of
Lyonhurst, Va, assistant surgeon
general Of the U. s. Public Health
Service, to the post Of Virginia
State Health Commissioner, as
successor Of the late DR.. Ennion
G. williams.
Stalwart Democrats were sur
prised that q Democratic COVER
nor would appoint DR.. Draper,
who is a Republican and was
born and reared in Massachu-
sets. Mr.. Pollard is waiting to
hear from DR.. Draper, who is at
tending the American Medical
Association in Philadelphia.
The Richmond News Leader
supported Governor Pollard by
stating that DR.. Draper's politics
has nothing to do with his ap-
pointment since he is wanted for
a technical post and not a po-
litical one.
The Washington times., 1931-06-10
SCHOOL GROUP
WINS FIGHT

Victory for the citizens OF
Franconia, Fairfax county, in
their fight to secure an adequate
public school, was indicated yes.
terday when the county school
board instructed Superintendent
of Schools W. T. Woodson to ad-
vertise for bids for a new school
to be erected in that community
at once.
A number Of heated sessions of
the school board resulted last
winter when delegations from
Franconia appeared before it to
insist that some provision be
made for caring for the school
children of that district.
They charged the present
school was old and overcrowded
and could not be properly venti-
lated or heated
The new school, according to
plans being drawn up in the
engineers office, will be one Of
the most modern schools in the
county.
Adequate lighting, heating and
ventilating systems will be in
stalled, while each room in the
building will be wired for in
stallation Of radios to be used in
instruction.
The Washington times., 1931-06-10
WIDOW BY law,
BRIDE AGAIN

RICHMOND, Va, June 10.-A
widow by presumption of law,
Mrs. Gertrude Rosalie Patrick
was married here yesterday to
James c. Rigger, of Baltimore.
Mrs. Patrick was granted q
license to marry when she certi.
fled that she had not seen her
husband in twelve years. The
Virginia law holds that a person
missing seven years is legally
dead.
The woman told the license
clerk she was married here Sep
tember, %, 1915, to Frank Howard
Patrick, an automobile mechanic.
Shortly after they went to live
in Baltimore he left and she has
not seen him since.