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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-08-31
BLAME INSANITY FOR
SHOOTING, SUICIDE
coroner's Jury Reaches 0eoi-
sion in Triple Staying Sat
urday Near Hamberg

Hamberg. N. D., Aug. 31.-(R-GW
Stensgaard, .7~0-year-old farmer, tive
miles north Of here, shot ana killed
his son Lawrence, II, and his wife
and then committed suicide while
temporarily insane, q coronerS jury
decided Monday.
They believed stensgaard became
insane because Of financial worries
The inquest was called by DR.. r. J.
Critchfield, Wells county coroner.
Members Of the jury were Harry Dun
ham, H. @. Rosendah and Sylvester
Bererude, all Of the Hamberg district
Harry Liudahl, Hamberg oil dealer.
who found the bodies. Andrew Elkin
and Alfred Lynne, neighbors OF stems
gard, and Lauritz stensgaard. MS
brother, testified.
Liudahl told Of finding the bodies
about $50 q. m. Saturday when he
called at the farm to deliver oil TOR
q tractor. 6tensgaard testified that
while Liudahl was on his way to IN
form neighbors Of the tragedy he ap-
peared at the farm and saw the three
bodies. Two other witnesses told OF
seeing Mrs. stensgaard working
around the farm home before I q. m.
Saturday and Of being called to the
scene by Liudahl.
The gun found In Stensgaard's
hand and the three shells found In
his pockets were exhibited during the
hearing.
Funeral services for the victims Of
the shooting Will Be held ct the Viking
church near Maddox Tuesday.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-08-31
MINNEAPOLITAN IS
sought BY PR0BERS
Believe Don Leisman, 81, Can
Give Information in Hans
Ryland Case

Billings, Mont, Aug. 31.-(F-1n
the hope they might he able to cast
light on the staying Of Hans J.. Ry-
land, Minneapolis salesman depart
ment Of justice agents and Saltwater
county authorities Monday continued
their search Cor Don Leisrnan, 81, also
Of Minneapolis.
Leisman Is believed to have been
one Of four men In Ryland's car when
1t was left at q Reed Point garage
after the salesman was shot near
Baker, 800 miles to the east.
The driver OF the car, as yet un-
identified, Is suspected Of the Staying.
Records OF q hotel ct Bowman, N.
D, showed RylAnd registered there
June I and checked out June 9. His
body was found alongside q road near
Baker Aug. az. A few days later his
car was discovered at Reed Point
Investigation disclosed the driver
bought . railroad ticket to Helena OF
Big Timber, instead Of Salt Lake City
where he was supposed to have . job.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-08-31
EASTERN CANISTER
CHlEFTAlN IS SLAIN
Wife Of Mickey Duffy, to Whom
Trust Fund Had Been
Left, Is Held

Philadelphia, Aug. 31.-lF-Police
of New Jersey, Pennsylvania and New
York Monday sought the killers of
Mickey Duffy. South Jersey racketeer
chief slain Saturday in Atlantic City.
He had set up trust funds totaling
$500, 900 for his wife.
Released in $4,000 bail after arrest
as a material witness, she was guard
ed by six gunner in her Philadelphia
mansion.
Duffy's. henchmen were searching
underworld hangouts for the killer.
Both police and the gangsters held
the theory that Duffy was slain by
his own men as he slept.
Harry j. Green, Duffy's gambling
manager. and James Richardson, ex-
pugilist, were arrested at Berlin, N. j.,
on suspicion Of having knowledge of
the killing, and were held under $780,
600 bail.
Duffy had known for several weeks
that he was ION the spot. Twice
during the last six weeks he had been
the target for bullets that missed.
Philadelphia police took control Of
the Duffy suite In the Ritz Carlton
hotel and obtained papers which they
said would rip open" the under
world.
s. Camerson Hinkle, assistant prose-
cutor Of Atlantic City said Duffy was
shot because 1t was absolutely nee
essary he be shot that day wherever
he was"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-08-31
MACDONALD WON'T
QUIT POST IN House
Flies Back to Resume Govern
ment task; Thomas Breaks
With Rail Body

London, Aug. 31.-R-Prime Min
lister Ramsay Macdonald flew from
Lossiemouth Monday to take up the
task Of his new national government
where he left off Friday.
Reiterating his pledge to steer the
emergecy cabinet through the finan-
cial crisis, he made It clear he has no
intention Of submitting to the de-
mand Of his constituents In seaham
harbor that he resign from the house
Of commons.
II am going to see It through" he
said. there Is no time for delay and
I do not intend that any time should
be wasted"
While he was on the way from
Scotland ]. n. "Jim' Thomas, one Of
the few labor cabinet ministers sun
porting the new government, broke
with the National Union q Railway
men after : lifetime association.
The Union demanded his 1onlgna-
ton from the national cabinet ana
Thomas, asserting that suoh N g.
ton would brand him . : cOWard
and . cad. resigned 1tnm tn loA69-
ship Of tho Unirn 1mo1oaG
Ministers q Tho new emaacy
government prepnred = ~ -
rough ccFnsss az taaelr PIN - -
auctnG III nattcn4 1nnon
Taxet4On ana non1o
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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-08-31
Dickinson Man Sets
Buildings Afire and
Shoots al 2 Women
Raphael Kuntz, About IS, Is
Held by Police Officials
For Observation
DAMAGE PLACED AT $1,000
Mrs. w. J. littlehales and Mrs.
A. E. Smith Are Not
Struck by Bullets

Dickinson, N. D.. Aug. 3l.-R-Ac-
cused of setting fire to three homes
and Of attempting to shoot two per-
sons, Raphael Kuntz. about IS, is held
by police here for observation.
He was arrested Sunday after run
ming amuck, armed with q revolver.
Authorities said he had been drinking
and that he was also regarded as be-
ing queer"
Kuntz had attended church serv-
ices in the morning, and then went to
the w. j. Littlehales home where he
asked for MI. Littlehales. Told by
Littlehale's wife that he was not in,
Kuntz was said to have asked for q
drink Of water.
This was given to him by Mrs.
.Littlehales, whom he seized as she
a preparing lunch. When she
warded him off, he fired at her
through the window Of a door as she
fled to another room. She was cut
about the face and neck by flying
glass, but otherwise was uninjured.
Kuntz then went to the Patrick
McKeever home where officials said
he started fires in the basement and
sleeping porch causing damage esti-
mated at 81 1000. Next he fired a gar
age, causing between 500 and $500
damage, authorities said.
Then continuing to another home.
he set fire to a trunk which was TAX
en- from the house before the flames
spread.
Kuntz next appeared at the A. E
Smith home. where he found Mrs
Smith and her two children. The
tchildren ran from the house. as, Kuntz
fired at Mrs. Smith, missing his mark
Police already were searching fol
the man and apprehended him at the
Smith home where he was arrested
by Deputy Sheriff John Wanner.
Authorities said he would be held
under observation, and that a hearing
may be held to determine his sanity
He admitted to police he had been
drinking.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-08-31
Wilton Youth Killed in
Montana Auto Accident
Mack Newman, -. Fatally In
jured When Roadster COL
lides With Truck

Mack Newman, 10, son Of MI. and
Mrs. Ted Newman Of Wilton. died In
Bozeman. Mont, Sunday. from in
juries received Saturday night when
a truck loaded with hogs collided
with a roadster in which he was rid
ing.
Dick Bohart, a, driver Of the
roadster was in a critical condition.
-Four other Passengers in the car were
not seriously hurt.
According to information tele-
phoned to the boys father at Wilton,
the accident was caused by the trucks
being driven without lights.
Young Newman left Wilton about a
year ago and since last spring had
been working with q highway con-
structiou, crew near Bozeman. He
was born and brought up in the Nc
Lean county city and received his
education there.
He leaves his parents; two brothers,
Martell and Perry of Wilton; and two
sisters, Martha Of Wilton, and Fay, q
student nurse at the st. Alexius hos
pital in Bismarck.
The father left for Bozeman Sun
day and Is expected to bring the body
back to Wilton for burial.
MI. and Mrs. w. B. Britton, Sawyer,
N. D., were injured Sunday when
their automobile collided with a car
driven by Erwin Ewart near Redwood
Falls, MINI.
Ewart received cuts on the face and
Ferris Jeppeson, who was with him,
received cuts on the face and legs.
None was hurt seriously.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-08-31
MAN ADMITS KILLING
FIVE PERSONS, SAYS
THERE ARE NO more
Convict Road Gangs Digging
Through Debris on Prop.
erty Of Slayer
MURDERS ARE DESCRIBED
Killed Youth with Hammer Be.
cause he Screamed as
Mother Met Death

C~larksburg. w. Va, Aug. 3l.-<R-
Convict road gangs Monday began
digging through debris littering an
old well near the garage Of death Of
Harry F. Powers, a, seeking other
possible victims besides the five he
confessed killing in his quest Of the
property Of matrimony-seeking wo-
men.
They dug despite the smiling state
rnent from Powers concerning the five
that that's all there are" Digging
progressed because officials stiu held
to the belief that more Of the hun
dreds of women with whom Powers
c~orresponded might have died by his
hand In the garage. and are buried
nearby.
Formal confession OF killings Of Mrs.
Asia Eicher and her three children.
all OF Chicago, and Of Mrs. Dorothea
Lemke. Worcester. Mass. and st.
Paul, Mimi, wa promised by Powers
Monday, with the possibility OF ar
raignment to receive his plea later In
the day. AlientstS may examine him
also. a move designed by the prosecu.
tor to offset any possible insanity
plea.
In almost every state OF the Union.
meanwhile. police officers and postal
authorities sought women who had
written to Powers In his euiae Of
Cornelius o. Pierson. wealthy and
home-seeking civil engineer.
Once Sunday Powers told his ques-
TONERS he did not know how many
persons he had killed. Later he In
sisted there were but five-those
whose bodies already have been re-
covered.
He brought the two women ana
three children to the lonely garage
building about Aug. l." he said, kent
them a while in the dark. airless cub
lcles OF concrete and hollow tile he
had constructed secretly in the cell
lar. and then brought them into the
light and air above only to die at
ropes end and by hammer blows, and
suffer crude, clandestine burial.
Harry Eicher, II, saw his mother
killed, Powers said, but In the middle
OF 1t he let out an awful scream. Was
afraid the neighbors would hear It
so I picked up q hammer and let him
have it."
DR.. Edwin e. Mayer. psychiatrist
and faculty member Of the University
OF Pittsburgh, said that in his opinion
Harry F. Powers Is legally sane"
DR.. Mayer talked with the maj for
two hours yesterday.
Powers attorney said insanity win
be the plea In I'LL probability"
Discovery Of q gas mask caused au-
thorities to believe the basement OF
Powers garage may have been de-
signed for asphyxiation OF persons by
means Of natural gas.
The gas mask was found under a
corner OF a house owned by Powers
wife and sister -in-law here.
There were gas jets in the basement
Of the garage.
Discovery of his victims, and tell.
ing Of his confession, seemingly AZ
fected Powers little once he had
broken and revealed his secret. He
ate well, played poker with other
prisoners In the county jail, using
matches for chips.
At intervals he talked to himself.
Rudolph Valentino was hts idol. he
Continued on page two)
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-08-31
Life.Restoring Cortin Is
Described By Doctor to Chemists

adrenalin, the latter another
powerful horlnone from . differ
ent part Of the adrenals, but not
an Addison'S disease remedy. This
treatment restored signs Of life
and q hurry call brought corton
20 minutes later. With its arrival
restoration began.
Appeals for cortin are nulner-
Gus. said Dr.. Hartman, coming
partly from individuals facing
death, but more from universities
and general hospitals where scien-
lists and physicians wish to tx
pertinent.
The extract Is obtained from
adrenals Of beeves. These organs
from $50 cattle yield enough ex-
tract II dried to make q pile about
the size Of = pinhead. At this rate
cortin q one Of the worlds ex-
tremely precious substances, for
It requires the extract Of 50 to 40
beeves to make enough Tor onG's
medicine for one acute case o6
Ad6iDoo'S dlseAse.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-08-31

Buffalo, N. r, Aug. 5l.@F-
The story Of q man who stopped
breathing, apparently dead, and
then was restored to partial
health In three days from cortin,
one of the new hormone extracts,
became known Monday ct the
opening meeting Of the American
Chemical society.
Cortin is q secretion Of the COW
ering Of the adrenal glands. small
organs near the kidneys. It was
isolated In the department Of
physiology Of the University Of
Buffalo by Dr.. F. A. Hartman. The
latest findings, how II works like
. match In the body's muscles to
enable them to burn their heat
producing fuel, were given in q
paper Of Oh. Hartman released BY
the chemical society Monday.
The man who stopped breathing
had Addison's disease. A hospital
inferno finding him apparently
lifeless, and without even : detec-
tabIe pulse, hasttly gayo salts md
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-08-31
DENIES that WOMAN
ADMITTED Staying
Attorney For Detroit Rooming
House Operator chal-
lenges, Prosecutor

Detroit, Aug. 3l.-ReA claim by
the prosecutors office that Mrs. Rose
Veras had confessed the Staying Of
one Of IL men to die In her rooming
house during the last eight years was
challenged Monday by Frank NJ. Ken
ney, Jr.. attorney for Mrs. veras and
her son, William.
Kenney challenged the alleged con-
fession after Mrs. Veras and her son
stood mute In recorders court when
arraigned on charges Of staying Steve
Max, the roomer. They were held
without bond pending examination
Sept. 1.
Duncan g. McCrea, assistant prose-
cutor, said before the arraignment
that Mrs. Veras confessed the Staying
to q person not connected with the po-
lice department. In the alleged con-
fession Mrs. Veras was quoted -
stating she had pushed Max to his
death from an attic window after at
tempts to poison him had failed.
Kenney said he had talked with
Mrs. Veras at. the arraignment and
that she denied confessing to anyone.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-08-31
Governor of Idaho
Orders Martial Law

Boise, Idaho. Aug. 3i-R-Charged
by Governor g. Ben Ross with the
duty Of hunting out incendiarists &C.
cused Of lighting fires to provide en-
ployment, 400 National Guardsmen
Monday patrolled the forests Of CEN
trail Idaho, where flames which have
ragged two weeks we're believed to have
been halted.
Branding incendiarism g = vicious
practice that some men have fallen
into" the chief executive declared
martial law in the area Saturday
night.
Martial law WAS resorted 70 altar
forest officials expressed fearS that
incendiay blases would become more
numerous With thu feleaue a. mnn q
The 3tses were brought undoe oontgpl
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-08-31
SCH|LLING PREDICTS
MORE FARM PROFITS
IN MINNES07ATALK
Urges AgricuIturists to Cooper.
ate by Following Pro.
gram Of Board
LISTS THREE DETECTIVES
Efficient Production, Strong Co.
operatives, and Adjust
ment Needed

Watson, Mimi, Aug. 3l.-F>-
Farmers were warned against expect
ing miracles from the Federal Farm
Board Monday by q member, w. F.
schilling, Mortified. who returned
to his home state to plead for support
of the boards program Of cooperative
marketing.
Around the cooperative marketing
plan, the board expects to make itself
valuable to the farmer through re-
flecting to the producer a larger share
Of the cost of products paid by the
consumer, schilling declared IN an
address at q farmers community pic
mic Sunday afternoon.
The depression has made the work
of the board difficult, he said, but
he pointed to the declines IN the
values Of farm products as having
suffered no more and In some cases
less than other business, including
prices of stocks, crude oil, tin, rubber.
copper and silver.
BY sticking closely to the boards
program he pictured possibilities o.
bringing farming to q more profit
able basis. He urged stronger bank
er support of the boards activities,
asserting that II cooperative efforts
will make farming more profitable 1t
will strengthen businesses depending
on farming.
"The farm board Is not In business
except in the business Of helping
farmers build and operate their own
marketing machinery" 5chilling As
serted. Certainly no n can OBJ
iect to farmers marketing their own
products through their own farm
crowned and farmer-controlled
groups. Farmers grow their products
and have q perfect right to market
them.
Are Three Detectives
There r three important obJec-
tives in the national agricultural pro-
gram. First Of all there must be Ell
ficient production: second, strong
we'll financed, efficient. cooperative
marketing organizations; and third,
adjustment of production In guam
tity and quality to the potential mar
ket demand.
"Only the efficient producer can
be helped by cooperative marketing
His cooperative a help him plan his
next years crop but for 1t to be OF
real service to him the farmer must
be an efficient producer. There Is
nothing that can be done to help the
inefficient man who refuses to
change his methods.
Cooperative marketing Is not 9
panacea for all farm Ills, nor Will IT
make the farmer rich over night. 1t
must be clearly borne In mind that
there is no way Of working financial
miracles through cooperative mar
keting and the farmer should know
this from the very outset.
Cooperative marketing Is not q
method Of setting aside the law OF
supply and demand or prtce-fixing'
but rather 1t Is effective and eff
Gent merchandising that returns to
the grower the full price paid for his
Continued on page two)
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-08-31
Tilted Suitor, Is,
Stays Young Groom

Fresno, Calf. Aug. 31.-R-
Tilted by his 13-year-old sweet
heart, Rosa Guerrero, Jesus Bor-
j., Is. attended her wedding to
Pete Garcia. ~: ct Kingsburg.
Sunday.
Monday he was held on q charge
Of having stabbed Garcia to death
with q butcher knife. Young
Borja surrendered voluntarily.
Police said Borja attacked the
bridegroom just as . photographer
was preparing TO- photograph the
newly married couple ct q we'd
ding party less than two hours
after the ceremony.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-08-31
HOOVER IS VEXED
F|NA~NC|ALPR0BLEM
that C0NFR0NTS HIM
President and Mellon Must
Thresh Out Solution Be-
fore Congress Meets

Washington, Aug. 31.-R-An-
nouncement by Secretary Mellon of
a billion dollar financing program for
the September quarter brought Pres
ident Hoover Monday face to face
with the vexing problem Of how to
balance next years budget.
It Is q matter he must thresh out
with Mellon and the Republican lead
erS of the house and senate before
the opening Of congress In Decem-
Der. It appears now to be very much
a two-sided problem.
Mellon, despite his resort at this
time to another huge bond issue. Is
known to favor q revision Of taxes
to raise the necessary funds to meet
a prospective billion dollar deficit
next year. The fiscal year ending
June 80 incurred a sos, 900 900 deficit,
largely met by a long-term bond is
sue.
In the first two months Of this fis-
cal year, the treasury shows q de-
ficit of $685., 000. GOO. Income taxes
have continued downward this year,
yielding $11 ,000, 900 less than in this
period q year ago. A drop Of $13,-
COG, 1000 in miscellaneous tax receipts
has added to the administrations wor-
ries.
Next year Is q campaign year, how
ever, and up on Capitol Hill the po-
litical leaders are holding up their
hands against any immediate raise in
taxes, contending It Is difficult tc
ask for votes after increasing the tax
payers bills. Thus, Hoover is con-
fronted by a none too easily solved
situation.
Moreover, Senator Watson of In
diana, the Republican leader, has
warned the president that If congress
once starts to raising taxes next SEES
sion there is apt to be no limit on 1t,
Hopeful and confident that the
next few months will show an upward
trend In business and a resultant in
crease in income tax returns, Hoover
is withholding immediate decision on
what recommendation he will make
for balancing the federal budget.
But the Republican Independents.
who will WELD the balance of power
next session, are on record for tax
revision. They want to increase the
rates on incomes In the higher brack-
cts, boost the estate tax rates and re-
store the gift tax.
Mellon, however, in suggesting a tax
revision program last spring. spoke OF
broadening the base Of the American
taxation system by the imposition of
new excise levies.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-08-31
SUGGESTS NATIONS
PUT ARMED FORCES
IN LEAGUE CONTROL
Frenchman Predicts His Coun.
try Will Lead Way at Dis
armament Conference

Paris, Aug. 31.-N)-A proposal
that the nations Of the world place
their armed forces under the control
of the League of Nations and a pre-
diction that France would lead the
way at the 1882 disarmament confer
ence was made Monday by Joseph
Paul oncour. chairman Of the for
eign affairs COMMITTEES of the cham
Der of deputies, In q statement to the
Associated Press.
InaSrnuch as M. Paul-Boncour Is
acknowledged as Frances greatest
authority on disarmament and is GER
tain to be one of Frances chief dele
gates to the disarmament conference
in Geneva next February, his state
ment was considered to be of such
far-reaching importance that 1t will
give an entirely new angle to the
struggle for the reduction and limita-
ton Of ornaments. The impression
prevailed that he would not have
made his statement unless he was
that it harmonizes with re-
sponsible opinion in France.
when the disarmament conference
agrees upon the actual figures Of the
defense strength of each country" he
said, "our idea Is that these forces
should cease to be forces left entirely
to the disposition of these countries
and that there should be an inter-
national mortgage upon them.
II mean that the council Of the
League Of Nations when face to face
with q a S of proved war of agrees
sion should be empowered under ar
ticle 16 Of the League covenant to
make use of them to settle q wal
crisis"
The statement said that in his
opinion the disarmament conference
would be the gravest event since sign
ing Of the war treaties and a decisive
step In the evolution Of peace.