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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-07-15
MINNESOTA BANK IS
LOOTED OF $4,000
BY FIVE ARMED MEN
Staples Bank Looted Wednes.
day Forenoon in Largest
HoIdup in Last Year

Staples, Mimi, July l5.-R-On
the first anniversary Of the $4,000
Willmar raid, five bandits Wednes-
day took advantage Of railway shop
pay day and robbed the First Ma
tional bank Of staples Of from $751;
900 to $4,000.
It was the largest Minnesota haul
since the Willmar robbery, the second
Minnesota bank holdup In two days,
and the second large northwest LOB"
in six days. A Yankton, s. D., bank
yielded $2l 900 Friday.
Overpowering a dozen persons, in
Guiding a policeman, the gunner, who
had handkerchiefs over their faces,
virtually cleaned out the bank.
Possemen, equipped with sub-ma-
chine guns, were aided in their hunt
by two airplanes. The bandits headed
west on Highway No. 2, toward Wa
dena, in their automobile.
While a fifth companion waited In
an automobile, four gunner entered,
one by one Once into the bank, the
four worked with clock-like precision.
Two walked leisurely to the rear.
the third stood near the door.
simultaneously, all whipped out
guns, as the leader Of the gang, at
the rear. yelled, stick 'em up, this
Is a holdup."
The bandit near the cashiers win
dow rushed to the inside Of the rail-
ing while the two at the rea covered
H. r. Minis, vice president, and Ed
ward Britton, policeman, who was q
customer.
In the bank also were K. +. Bar
rett, cashier; K. r. johnson, assist
ant cashier, and four or five custom
ers. Approximately half q dozen
other. persons came into the bank.
When all stood with hands In the
air, the leader commanded, Get
down on the floor and be quick about
it." All obeyed.
The gunner ransacked the cash
drawers.
Then, seeking the vice president,
they commanded him to open the safe
in the vault and took more. There
was no shooting.
"They were q mob Of professionals
all right" Vice President Minis said,
las they worked very cleverly and
swiftly. No one ever would have sus-
pected they were robbers as they en-
tered the bank"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-07-15
Exchange Of Wives and Children Is
Made by Two Families in California

Pomona. Cal, July l6.-Re
George B. spotswood and r. l..
Stevens have announced . din
ner for their families here satur-
day to celebrate their exchange
Of wives.
Their new romances began over
q bridge table. But, going farther
back. the original spotswoods
were married in Canada II years
ago and have two children, Doris.
10, and Billie, 8. The original
e~tevenses were married here 20
years ago and also have two chill
dren. Dale, 10, and Thelma, z.
Dale looked after the other
three children a. the couples met
at one home or the other and
found each other more than con-
genial. Their decision to change
mates was mutual.
epotswood and Mrs. Stevens
went to Las Vegas. New, Obtained
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-07-15

divorces on grounds Of mental
cruelty, and were married, Ste
vens and Mrs. spotswood caring
for the children meantime. When
they returned, Stevens and Mrs.
Spotswood went to Las Vegas and
were married last June 80.
1T was the only thing to do"
said Mrs. Spotswood- Stevens.
"Thelma win live with U.s."
said Mrs. Stevens Spotswood, ex-
planning Q new division Of the
children, and Dale wants to stay
on the ranch and help his father"
I'VE had the courage to
straighten out our affairs" said
Stevens.
"Yes. everything Il fine" added
spotswood. II turned my prop
erty over to my divorced wife.
She let me have the new sedan
and the radio. We and the chill
dren III are having dinner to-
gether Saturday"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-07-15
Steve WEIGH Is Buried
With Military Hon0rs

Steve WEIGH, Civil war veteran and
a resident Of Bismarck for almost 90
years, was buried here Wednesday In
st. Mary's cemetery.
A firing squad fired . salute and .
bugler sounded taps az. tho aged vet
eran was lowered Into his grave.
Members Of the Veterans OF Foreign
Wars escorted the flAg : drapped
casket from the funeral parlors to st.
Mary's church, where funeral services
were conducted.
Rev. Father II. z. Holleman offici-
ated and Rev. Father John Stag
preached the funeral sermon.
The Daughters Of Union Veterans
were present in q body at the services
as well Is delegations Of several
other patriotic organizations in the
city.
Many Of those who attended the
rites were pioneers who had come to
pay their last respects to one who
had spent more years In Bismarck
than any Of their number.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-07-15
TEMPERATURES SOAR
TOWARD HEIGHTS IN
MlDDLEWEST STATES
Prediction Of Slightly Cooler
for Wednesday Night Offers
Little Promise
HUMIDITY UNUSUALLY HIGH
Only Two Sea Coasts, Western
Mountains, Are Enjoying
EquabIe Weather

North Dakota was in the grip Of
another heat-wave Wednesday.
In all parts Of the state thermome-
tiers were soaring toward the records
established three weeks ago and high
humidity added to the discomfort of
North Dakota citizens.
The federal weather bureau here
said 1t probably would be not quite so
warm Wednesday as Tuesday, when
the official reading was 80 degrees,
but at noon the thermometer stood
at SO and was rising steadily. For
Wednesday night the prediction was
slightly cooler"
This came as only a faint ray OF
hope for the thousands who suffered
through the sitting heat Tuesday
grees, with q maximum OF 80. Only
the western Canadian provinces, the
far western mountain region, and the
Pacific and Atlantic coasts were en-
joying equable temperatures.
AS the heat wave struck the north
west the death toll, which reached
tremendous proportions in the last
night. The lowest temperature re-
corded in Bismarck was SO degrees,
early Wednesday morning. At Grand
Forks, however. the minimum was IS
and at numerous places in the state
the lowest mark was above TO.
Most of the nation also was suffer-
ing and at Salt Lake City the mini
mum for the last "a hours was 80 de-
heat wave, began to mount. Eight
deaths were reported in this area dur
irg the last 24-hours, many OF them
directly traceable to the heat.
Although the sur was not as hot
Wednesday as Tuesday, the humidity
was higher, the reading at Bismarck
Continued on page two)
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-07-15
MOONEY BILLINGS
PROSECUTION HIT
BY FEDERAL BODY
Wickersham Commission Says
Affair Is Shocking to Ones
Sense of Justice

Washington, July Is. The
Wickersham commission Wednesday
denounced as shocking to ones
sense Of justice" the laws under which
the famous Mooney Billings case was
conducted.
Embedded deep in a formal report
to President Hoover on methods OF
criminal procedure, the commission
cited the case arising from the 1916
Preparedness day bombing In San
Francisco as one in which motions
for q new trial were held inadequate
to prevent injustice"
however. that the case be reopened.
In the body Of its report, signed by
10 Of the II members, the commits
sion concluded that blame should be
laid at the door of incompetent,
weak or politics ridden judges" for
much Of the general complaint
against this country's criminal pro-
cedure.
It presented q plea that the public
insist upon the complete divorce OF
the administration Of justice from
politics and that the selection Of
judges and magistrates be made upon
the ground of conspicuous fitness
alone.
Monte Lemann, New Orleans law
yer, who declined to sign the commits
sion's prohibition report, likewise re-
fused to sign this document.
He charges the report was made
without sufficient research to back up
the conclusions reached, adding that
"without adequate factual inquiry,
cancellations by the commission
seem to me likely to serve no useful
purpose"
In its comparatively brief discus
sion Of the murder sentences given
Thomas j. Mooney and Warren e.
Billings, for the San Francisco bomb
ing. the commission cited the refusal
Of the California supreme court to
grant q new trial despite the discov-
cry Of new evidence charging per-
Jury on the part of q material wit
ness for the state"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-07-15
N. D. FARMER DIES !
AS WELL CAVES IN
NEAR CO0PERSYOWN
Rescue Attempts Prove Futile
as Body of Arnold RetzIaff
Is Recovered

Cooperstown, N. D., July 15.-Pt
A fight by q score Of workers to ave
the life Of Arnold Retzlaff, young
Griggs county farmer who tumbled
into q pit well here at 8 .. m. Tues
day, was lost six hours later when
they recovered his lifeless body at
2:20 p. m.
Doctors began first aid measures
but said In a few minutes young
Retzlaff had been dead several
hours. His body vas marked In q
few places where rocks had hit him as
they caved in above him after the
fall into the 18-foot pit.
Retzlaff, together with his father,
Albert Retzlaff, and his brother.
Max, began cleaning the well on an
untenanted farm.
Arnold descended to the larger part
Of the pit, where q shelf at q depth Of
10 feet was held In place by Q rock
curbing. A smaller pit, extending
down eight feet, completed the shall
low well.
Retzlaff suddenly plunged to the
bottom OF IL well. The father said
afterwards q section Of the curbing
gave way.
Retzlaff's tumble started m ava
lanche Of soft dirt and stones into
the pit. An alarm brought many
workers to the scene and their heroic
efforts were thwarted by the con-
tinual oozing in Of soft dirt and the
cramped quarters In which pairs Of
men worked in shifts. As one dug
another hauled up pals filled with
mud and rocks.
As the hours passed. the crowd 1t
the well grew until more than 1000
were present to see the lifeless,
bruised, mud-smeared body lifted to
the surface.
Dr.. L. Almklov. 0Figss county cor
oner, said he believed the young
farmer lived only . few minutes
after his death plunge. suffocation
and bruises combining In i~nflicting
fatal injuries.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-07-15
GERMAN BANKS WILL
OPEN THURSDAY FOR
MlD-M0NTH PAYROLL
Even Darmstaedter und Ma.
tionaI, Which Closed Early in
Week, Will Reopen
'%RENTEMMARK' IS DISCARDED
Decree Draft Falling Due in
Bank Holiday Cannot Be
Collected for Week

Berlin, July 15-R-President
Won Hindenburg, who remained at
his country place In Neudeck all
through the rnaneuverings Of the last
two weeks, returned Wednesday to
take q hand in lifting Germany out
OF its financial crisis.
Shortly after he arrived It vas
learned IN excellent authority the
banks temporarily closed Tuesday
by government decree, will be opened
Thursday to meet the mid -month pay
roll.
Even the Darmstaedter und Nat
ional bank, which suspended pay
ments at the beginning Of the week,
will be opened for pay day.
In the meantime the cabinet, de-
batting ways Of meeting the situation
without initiating the currency. def
initely discarded a plan to put the
domestic "rentenmark" back into
circulation.
Civil service salaries and payrols
Of individual firms will he paid, it
was learned. Unemployment doles
and sick benefits also will be met.
A considerable number Of private
firms have payroll accounts with the
D~armstaedter bank which suspended
payments at the beginning Of the
week.
The cabinet issued another emer-
gency decree Tuesday night provid-
ing In effect that q draft falling due
during the bank holiday cannot be
collected until one week after the
institution opens. It stipulated that
the presented holiday should have the
same legal status as normal holidays
and that the period Of grace should
not end until q week had elapsed.
Two possibilities Of transcendjng
trportancs for tia ~pacihcA&1oA Of
Continued on page two)
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-07-15
Many Attend Rites
For Mary Parsons

Funeral services for Mary Parsons,
secretary Of the state railroad board,
were held Wednesday morning at St.
Mary's procathedral. Interment was
in st. Mary's cemetery.
Hundreds Of persons attended the
services and followed the body to the
grave. Among them were many en-
ployes Of state offices with whom
Miss Parsons had worked for . num-
Der Of YEARS
Rev. Father Robert John saeehan
q childhood friend Of Miss Parsons
said the requiem mass. Rev. Father
John Stag, rector Of st. Maryi
preached the sermon.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-07-15
Help Divide Farmers
In Purchase of Seed

Crosby. N. D., July l5.-Re1m-
mediate steps were taken here BY
members Of the Divide county board
Of commissioners following recent
rains to supply farmers with funds
with which to purchase seed.
Demands Tor millet after. the rains
appeared to be the principal require
ment and the board Of county COM
missiouers restricted the allotment to
individual farmers to 800 pounds.
Funds for the purchase Of the mil
let and other feed seeds were secured
by the transfer Of several thousand
dollars from the road and bridge fund
to the county poor fund. County
orders are given Sor the purchase Of
tho red.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-07-15
$l9,475,0O0
14,487,50O
11,400,00O
REPRESENTATIVES Suicide
Is Blamed to Dependency
Peter Keierleber, Member OF
Legislature Last Two Ses-
sions, Hangs Self

Carson, N. D., July 15.-(R-Au-
thorities Wednesday attributed the
suicide Of Peter K%eierleber, So, men,
Der Of the North Dakota Legislature
in 1929 and 1881, who hanged himself
in a hAyloft Of a barn at his home
near here, to brooding over q skin
disease and financial reverses.
The widow said she noticed his alb
sence late Monday, looked for him
about the farm and q few minutes
later found the body hanging IN the
barn.
His threats to commit suicide were
not taken seriously. Grant county
authorities said the legislator also
had threatened his family. Coroner
Emanuel Hertz, Grant county. called
by q son Of the legislator. said no in
quest would be held.
MI. and Mrs. Keierleber came tc
Carson about 20 years ago from Au'
rora, III. They settled on q large
farm three miles south Of here.
A Nonpartisan, Keierleber wa.
elected to the 1929 session from thu
eth legislative district. He was re-
elected to the last session. but became
Ill and was unable to complete thu
term. Following treatment at q hos
pital for erysipelas, he was released
and returned home.
He wa appointed to several stand
ing committees at the last session. In.
GLIDING the committee On agriculture
the committee on apportionment ane
the committee on state affairs. HI
also served on the house joint COM
mttee on labor.
Keierleber. jointly with Representa-
tive Christ Sprenger, Elgin. was au'
thor at the last legislature II . bill
to repeal the 1929 act which place.
all North Dakota In the central tim'
zone. The bill was passed.
Besides his widow, Keierleber leaves
nine children, and four brothers
Funeral services viii be held at tn
German Congregations church
Thursday. Burial viii b. In tn
church cemetery.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-07-15
Shot by His Dog,
Man Is Near Death.

Zeigler, Ill, July 15.-F-sho
by his dog, Noble Potts, 26. lay
near death Wednesday.
The dog was digging n q
ground hog hole when its foot hit
the trigger Of Potts gun. The
charge struck Potts In the back.
Physicians said there was little
hope for his recovery.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-07-15
Hettinger Made III
Hail Claims in June

Hettinger county reported 12l Of
the 6o6 claims made to the state hail
insurance department for hail losses
for the week ending July II, accord
Ing TO figures announced Wednes-
day by Martin Hagen. manager Of
the department.
Bowman and Grant counties re-
portAd 90 and "a losses respectively.
whiQ Dunn had A claims: williams
Il 3eAdans 81; Slope 80. and Walsh
s5con6ther counties having claims In
cvyeah Ramsey Is; Morton -; and
] aysiieh :.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-07-15
HITS lis IN ARIZONA

Denver, Colo, July i5.-Ns-one
death was recorded Wednesday from
the effects Of high temperatures pre-
vailing over sections Of the Rocky
Mountain area. Near ella Bend.
Aris., where the mercury shot to 1le
degrees. Robert sibley. ~. m Okla
honaa motor tourist. died from heat
proetraton.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-07-15

Mayville. N. D. July l5.-A-Jens
Strand. 10, son Of Mr.. and Mira.
George Strand. Portland. N. D.. farm
ers. drowned In the Goose river near
here. After swimming across tho 80
foot 'stxeam. b started back. Hi
strength gave out, and be sank D.
spite the efforts Of his hrotheT1 r
savs him. 1ns body VA rscovUre6
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-07-15
TAKES OFF
FOR NEW YORK e L

st. Louis, July 15.-(R-Laura In
gals, little New York aviatrix con-
templating a solo flight Gro thu
Atlantic, took off from Lambert-St
Louis Field Wednesday for New York
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-07-15
NEPHEW OF JUSTICE
JOHN BURKE IS DEAD
Ruptured Appendix Causes
Death of w. A. Burke, La
kota Attorney, in Forks

Grand Forks, N. D., July l5.-R-
w. A. Burke, Lakota attorney and
nephew Of Supreme Court Judge
John Burke. died early Wednesday
in q hospital here after an illness Of
q little more than q week. Death was
caused by q ruptured appendix.
Funeral arrangements have not
been completed pending word from
his mother, living In Livingston,
Mont.
Before the World war Mr.. Burke
was associated with Murphy and
Toner. Grand Forks attorneys. After
being discharged from the United
States army he established = Law
partnership with the late Carl Erich
at Lakota. Since the death OF Mr.
Erich he had practiced alone. His
wife. formerly Miss Gene Porterfield
Is left.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-07-15

BULGARIAN CHURCH BURNS
Sofia. Bulgaria. July l5.-R-Ths
Catholic cathedral 1t Plovdiv Wa vtr.
tually destroyed BY fire Wednesday
The damage was estimated ct t2.000..
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-07-15

|. Judge and Mrs. Burke and their son
and daughter, Assistant Attorney
General Thomas Burke and Marian
Burke, were to leave Bismarck today
for Grand Forks.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-07-15

This chart, prepared by the Berlin nlusMierte zetung shows graphically
the flow Of German war repMauons payments for the current year that has
been stopped by President Hoovers debt holiday" plan.
The dotted channels show the amount of payments made by Germany to
foreign countries, from a total Of $4O5I75000.
The lined channels show the amount paid by foreign countries to the
United States and other nations In settlement Of their debts.
The smaller circle shows how much money there remains in each country
from German reparaton payments.
BY comparing the inside and outside circles one gets a comparison Of about
how much Germany enriches foreign countries per capita.
Here's a example that affords q key to it all:
italy, for instance, receives from Germany $453625o0. Now here's what
Italy does with it:
Pays Great Britain $1S47oSW
Pays U. S. 144S75OO
Retains In Italy I.aOUVuV
rota $45362.5OO
German gold marks have been converted at the current Exchange rate OF
2375 cents. The figures in dollars given in round numbers, are therefore
approximate.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-07-15
The Weather

Partly cloudy and somewhat cooler;
Thursday mostly fair.
The Washington times., 1931-06-30
Porch Frocks 8 Hoover
cites, SOC

Percales and sheer fabrics. Short
sleeve or sleeveless models. Washable.
16 to So in the group.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-02-20
CHILDREN, 5 AND 6, LOST IN
NORTHERN WOODS 20 HOURS
Wet, Chilled, Without Food, Deer
River Boys are Found by
$50 Searchers

Wet, chilled, but not exhausted,
after being without food or shell
ter for 20 hours, Glenn Carlberg. 5
years old and his brother Alvin, 6,
were found in swamp near a
farm seven miles west of Deer
River, Mimi, by searching party
composed of more than $50 men.
The swampy land into which the
two boys had strayed two miles
from their home, is covered with
virgin timber and heavy under
brush.
The boys are sons of Carl Carl
berg, a farmer and widower with
nine children. At the time the
boys were lost their father was in
town buying supplies, and the
children were in care of a 14-year-
old sister. Physicians pronounced
the vitality of the boys most re-
markable.
Church services were suspended
and community dinner was ar.
ranged for the family as a rejoic.
ing.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-02-20
Germs and at least two small rail-
Outlook School Notes
Margaret Simonet and Emma Wolle


On Friday, Feb 10, the Freshmen
honored the rest of the high school
with a very interesting program.
Some very superior talent was ex-
hibited by the members of the class.
Tuesday, Feb. 10, the Outlook Hi
School basket ball team played Com
ertown on the local floor. A very
decisive victory was won with a
score of "a to 0 in favor of Outlook
Friday, Feb. 1S the first and sec
ond teams of Outlook motored to
Medicine Lake. Two exciting games
were played. The first game ended
with a score of to for Outlook.
The second team also won with a
score of 4 to 2 after playing an over
time period.
Feb. 16 the agriculture class went
out to Andrew Ueland's farm to
judge beef cattle.
Miss Craig Tuesday and Wednesday
OF lats week while the latter had an
operation on one of her fingers.
Mr.. Bits, spoke to the high school
students on Thursday in behalf of
the Montana Children'S home at Hell
ena.
The Outlook debate team will have
their next debate with Brockton on
Feb. II. No decision has been made
definitely as to the place at which
they will debate.
The high school basket ball team
will leave for the tournament We'd
nesday afternoon. Eight teams will
take part in the tournament. They
are Scobey, Bainville, Froid. Out
look, Whitehall, Medicine Lake, Gull
bertson and Plentywood. The first
game which Outlook plays is on
Thursday morning against gilbert
son. The winner Of the first three
games will take part in the district
tournament which will be held al
Glasgow on the 26th and 9th of this
month.
FIRST GRADE NOTES
We are papering and furnishing a
new room for the doll house. The
boys sawed the door and are making
furniture.
We made frames in red, white and
blue for Lincolns picture. The name
Of the picture studied was, "Abra,
ham Lincoln and Tad"
Since Saturday was Valentines
day we had a Valentine box on Fri
day and made Valentines. Everyone
got 100 in spelling so we had a sur
prise FRIDAY
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-02-20
CARD OF THANKS

We, the undersigned, wish to
thank those kind and considerable
friends and neighbors whose SYM
pathy and brotherly deeds in this
time of bereavement, softened the
sorrow, and assisted so much, at
the time of the sickness, sudden
and untimely death, and at the flu
neral of our beloved brother and
nephew, and take this manner of
expressing as far as possible our
appreciation therefore.
We wish to express our graft
tude to the quartette, Messrs. Ros-
tad, Raaen, Fortney and Rev. Aim
lie, and the high school chorus for
the songs rendered and to Mrs.
Rostad who accompanied on the
piano. And we wish to thank each
and every one for the floral tok-
ems of affections and tribute to the
memory of our dear one.
Mr.. and Mrss E. s. Strand,
Ethel Strand,
Glen Carlberg,
hurry Hunstberger.