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The Bismarck tribune., 1931-06-15
n. D. POST0FFICE
ROBBED OF SAFE
$500 in Cash and Undetermined
Amount Of Stamps Taken
From Orr Office

Orr, NJ D., June 15-(F-Automo-
bile bandits removed the 350-pound
save from the postoffice here early
Sunday morning after obtaining en-
terance through back window.
Postmaster Ed Etoeffel discovered
the robbery at a. m. Sunday and re-
ported 1t to Sheriff Ed Hough, Grand
Forks county. The safe contained
about 5000 in cash and an undeter-
mined amount OF stamps. Car tracks
IN rear Of postoffice building indicated
that the robbers drove along side the
rear OF the building and loaded the
safe into the car through a side door
after removing it from the postoffice
by means Ct the rear door, which was
left open.
Postoffice Inspector r. L. Griges,
East Grand Forks, MINI. was called
by Sheriff Hough and went immed-
lately to the scene Of the robbery. No
trace Of the safe has been reported.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-06-15
HURRICANE WRECKS
EXCURSION VESSEL
OFF FRENCH COAST
Men, Women, and Children VIC
Tins Of Tragedy; Only
Handful Are Saved
BODIES CARRIED OUT TO SEA
Blame Atmospheric Disturbance
for Capsizing FIimsy 1oo-
Foot Steamer

ST. Nauzalre, France, June l5.-(R
dozens Of harbor craft picked their
way across the Bay of Biscay Monday
with lookouts scanning the water for
the bodies of more than 4OC men,
women and children drowned Sunday
when a hurricane capsized the excur-
sion steamer st. Philibert.
Eight persons were secued and
eight bodies have been recovered. It
is possible others escaped death and
have not yet reported their safety,
but the toll Of the disaster was esti-
mated with as much accuracy as DOS
sible at about 400" dead.
There was an admittedly slim
chance a final check would reveal
many Of the passengers had left the
boat before the storm struck. It was
barely possible also some of those
aboard may have reached the shore
in safety.
The st. Philibert was a flimsy 1OO-
loot river steamer. She put out from
Nantes Sunday afternoon with a
crowd of picnickers on an outing
run by a labor organiza ton. She
steamed down the river to ST. Nazakre
and across the bay TO the Island of
Noirmuotier, not ia rto the south.
Weather Threatening
There most Of the passengers went
ashore. The weather was threaten
ing when the steamer started to re-.
turn and at first it was reported a
hundred or more had decided not to
go back by boat. Later this was
proved erroneous and it was said less
than so remained behind.
Off Point De st. Gildas the storm,
broke with sudden fury. The passen-
gers stampeded to the lee-ward side,
threw the boat off an even keel and
she turned over.
A lighthouse keeper saw her 90
down but was helpless.
Automobile loads of apguished- rel
atives from numerous towns crowded
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The Bismarck tribune., 1931-06-15
Three Tie for Lead
In Transmississippi

Golden Valley Golf Club, Min
neapolis. June 15.-(R-Contenders
for the transmississippi tournament
title. Bob Conliff. Jr., Oklahoma City,
Rodney Bliss, Omaha, and Denmar
Miller, Des Moines. shared the lead
among early finishers Of the first i8
qualifying holes Monday over the
Golden Valley Golf club course.
Conliff, Bliss, and Miller each went
the route In Is, three over par. Bob
McCrary, Des Moines, defending
champion, turned in q n, while Earl
Berryhill, Colorado Springs, and
James Garard, Chicago. stood next
low with 78.
Scoring = par 81, Conliff WAS low
man on the first nine and came home
In 80, three over par. Miller went
out IN 50 and made the incoming
round Ia 81. the same figures es made
by Bliss.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-06-15
n. D. AND MONTANA
SECTIONS ASK HELP
FROM GOVERNMENT
Mountrai| County in This State
and Two Counties in Mon
tana Suffer
CROPS FACE COMPLETE RUIN
States From Wisconsin West to
Pacific Are Hurt by Lack
of Moisture
CROPS FACE COMPLETE RUIN

Washington, June Is. -R- The
weather report Monday said a
drought worse than the bllstering
dryness of last year has gripped the
Northwest from Wisconsin to the Pa
cific.
Appeals for financial aid have
reached the agricultural department
from North Dakota and Montana.
Reopening of drought loans was
asked in Phillips and Valley coun-
ties, Montana. and Mountrail county
North Dakota.
Crops were reported to be facing
complete ruin and farmers in seri-
Gus plight. The department replied
there was no authority for recpening
the loans inasmuch as the season for
planting crops has passed. It also
was pointed out that crop destruction
by the drought has removed govern
ment security for loans.
Requests for additional loans also
have been made for single counties
in Texas, Missouri. South Carolina
and Georgia. In the two latter states
some farmers have suffered hail dam
age.
Recent rains In the Red River VAL
ley of North and South Dakota gave
needed relief in limited area, but
wheat In other sections Of the North
west. with the exception of western
Oregon and Washington. was said by
the weather bureau to have suffered
considerable damage"
Wisconsin had SO per cent Of nor
NAL rainfall this spring as compared
with SO last spring: Minnesota, 70
against 80; North Dakota. 81 against
81: Montana, rs against "a; Idaho. 81
against l09: and South Dakota, 62
against 90 No figures were available
for the eastern districts of oregon
and Washington where 1t was report
ed distinctly dry"
j. B. Kincer, weather bureau
meteorologist, said the Northwest
drought did not indicate a repetition
Of the 1880 disaster for the whole
country as I'VE have come to expect
a drought in some section each year.
He explained that rainfall in the
other sections of the country had
Continued on page seven)
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-06-15
CORN BELT FARMERS
stop HERE ON TOUR
144 illinois and Indiana Fami.
lies Tour Bismarck and Man.
dan En- Route to Park

One hundred and forty-four Illi-
nois and Indiana farmers and their
families, including nearly 500 persons,
toured Bismarck and Mandan Monday
morning en- route to Yellowstone
park.
The party arrived at 8 a. m. on a
special train. Leaving the train at
Bismarck, the group was welcomed
by J. M. Devine. commissioner OF i'm
migration, who spoke to them OF the
opportunities offered the farmer by
North Dakota.
Members Of the city commission
and the Association Of Commerce
greeted the party as they left the
train.
A Gordon Of buses and taxicabs
carried the visitors on tour of Bis
marck. After the Bismarck trip was
completed the party was taken to
Mandan, where they inspected the
government agricultural experiment
station. !.
Officials In charge Of the tour said
that excursions would be conducted
through the Bad Lands Tuesday.
The trip Is being sponsored BY radio
station WLR, Chicago.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-06-15
Submarine Nautilus
T0,Ued by Battleship
Sir Hubert Wilkins Under.Sea
Vessel Out Of Commission
on Atlantic

Washington, June 15.-(P-The
battleship Wyoming reported to the
navy department Monday it was tow
ing the arctic submarine Nautilus at
five knots on a course east OF north
east from the position in mid -Atlan-
tic where she became disabled.
The battleship took the Nautilus
in tow at $50 a. m. (E. S. T).
Since early Sunday the Wyoming
and the Arkansas, now on midship-
men cruises to European waters, had
been standing by the disabled sub
marine. Sir Hubert wilkins. her
commander, reported that one of the
Diesel engines upon which she de-
pends for surface motive power had
stalled.
It was estimated that from the po-
ton last given by the Nautilus the
course on which she was being towed
would take her to Queenstown.
The undersea craft. In which Sir
Hubert wilkins plans to reach the
north pole by navigating beneath the
ice, broke down while nearly 1000
miles from its first point of destina-
tion-Land's End, England. It's take
off point for the undersea dash is
Spitzbergen.
Early Monday she was in such
condition that what little power that
remained In her batteries was being
conserved for emergency signalling.
The submersible has encountered
heavy seas since she left Province
town, Mass, June T. Saturday the
starboard surface engine failed when
a cylinder cracked. The submarine
strained her remaining motor when
she nosed into rough seas. Sunday
the second engine failed. To add to
the peril of those aboard, the bat
teries, used for under-surface travel,
lost their power. She then called for
help.
It was estimated that at the time
the Wyoming took the disabled Neu-
titus in tow she was about 800 miles
from Queenstown.
If the speed Of five knots were
maintained about seven and one.half
days would be required to reach that
port.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-06-15
M'KELVIE PREDICTS
ACREAGE REDUCTION
THROUGHOUT WORLD
Nebraskan Retires From Fed.
era| Farm Board. After Serv.
ing Two Years
SAYS PARLEY WORTH WHILE
Asserts Exporting Nations
Would Have Been Content
With Quota Plan
SAYS PARLEY WORTH WHILE

Washington, June 15.-P)-A
shrinkage OF an overstuffed world
wheat basket was seen Monday by
Samuel r. McKelvie as possible re-
suit of the recent London interna-
tional wheat conference.
The grain member of the farm
board, one of the United States dele
gates, told his colleagues in a report
that "all in all the conference may
be regarded as having been worth
while"
McKelvie retired Monday after q
two-year service. He plans to return
to his Nebraska farm.
In discussing the problem of over
production of wheat, he said leach
country will have to approach the
question iA-itS own way. This Is
facilitated and expedited by conver-
sations that lay bare the underlying
facts. Acreage reduction is coming
about In Australia. Argentine and
Canada through sheer necessity. It
will be fastened by realization that
there is no legerdemain by which such
abnormal quantities of wheat can be
disposed of at profit to the grower.
It Is apparent that Russia is not so
happy with her situation, and some
Of the Balkan states are looking to
other crops than wheat. These are
encouraging signs"
Favored Quota Plan
McKelvie asserted exporting nations
at the London meeting favoring a
quota plan for controlling surpluses
would have been we'll content with
recognition of that principle.
Having gotten that" he said, "the
next steps would have come along in
logical form"
He added that few, If any. Of the
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The Bismarck tribune., 1931-06-15
HOOVER ON HIS Way
TO M|DDLEWEST TO
DELIVER SPEECHES
President Confers With Repub.
lican Leaders as Special
Train Moves
En- route with President Hoover to

En- route with President Hoover to
indianapolis. June l5.-F-President
Hoover conferred with Governor Con-
ley of West Virginia and other Re-
publican leaders of that state as he
moved into the middle west Monday
to open three days speaking tour
at Indianapolis.
The West Virginia Republican
leaders were welcomed aboard the
special train at Charleston. They
travelled as far as Huntington.
MIR. Hoover showed an cagerness to
talk with the party chieftains. He
was interested, too, in learning Of eco
nomic conditions in that mining
state.
Girls presented Mrs. Hoover with
flowers at Charleston. Speaking at
the West Virginia capital city the
president thanked the citizens for the
welcome and said 1t was inspiring to
see the American people at work."
He was introduced by Governor Con-
ley.
A large crowd cheered MIR. and Mrs.
Hoover as they boarded the train at
Orange, Va, Sunday night. The
president stood on the back platform
In a big cvercoat worn down from
storm mountains near his
Rapidan camp and waved his hat to
the crowd. Mrs. Hoover also respond
ed by smiling and nodding.
Mr.. Hoover is pursuing path that
leads into the states Of Ohio and I'LL
nois which, with Indiana, delivered
many Republican seats to the Demo-
Gratis in the congressional election last
year.
His trip follows closely the boom
for his denomination sounded last
week before the conference of young
Republicans at Washington by Chair
man Fess Of the Republican national
committee and cabinet members.
However, the journey was planned by
the president some time ago.
The special train reachec Indiana
polls late today. MIR. Hoover speaks
tonight before the Indiana Repub-
lican Editorial association.
Tuesday morning the president
travels to Marion, Ohio, to dedicate
the memorial to Warren Harding.
He will be joined at those exercises
by Calvin Coolidge. Leaving Inn
mediately after the ceremony, he will
go to Columbus to review a parade Of
q. A. r. veterans and to visit the
Ohio legislative assembly before
boarding the special train for an
overnight trip to Springfield, Ill.
At Springfield Wednesday the pres
ident will be the guest Of Governor
Louis Emmerson. He will visit the
Illinois legislative assembly before re-
at an afternoon service the
tomb Of Abraham Lincoln.
The president will leave SPRING
field Wednesday night, arriving inl
late Thursday.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-06-15
Heart Disease Proves
Fatal to Fort Rice Man

Failing to rally from effects Of q
heart attack which seized him last
week, Peter Schooner. So. Fort Rice.
died here at 1890 a. m, Sunday. 4
few hours after having been brought
to Bismarck for medical treatment.
Doctors said that Schcuer had
been suffering from heart ailment
for some time.
Schooner had lived on farm near
Fort Rice for the last 26 years Be-
fore that he lived five years In Man.
dan. Besides his widow he leaves q
large family. r
Funeral services win be held 1t 10
o'clock Wednesday morning at
Odense, In charge Of Father Franz Of
solen. Burial Will be made u the
Odense cemetery.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-06-15
Catholic Cardinal
Deported from Spain

Madrid, June l5.-tR-C Cardinal
Pedro Segura Y Saenz, Catholic pri-'
rate of Spain, was deported Monday
b., the Republican government
Cardinal Segura, with police guards.
left Ouadalajara Monday afternoon
In q government automobile for the
French frontier under orders to leave
Spain.
The minister OF the Interior Maura
declined to reveal the charges against
the Cardinal
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-06-15
RITES ARE Held FOR
SUBMARINE VICTIMS
10 Were Buried Alive and Two
Others Succumbed After
Being Rescued

Wehhaiwei. China, June 15.-(F)-
Memorial services were held afloat
and ashore Sunday for 20 British
sailors who lost their lives In the sub
marine PoSeidon after collision in
the Yellow sea Tuesday.
All available British submarines
and a number Of other vessels as
sembled near the spot where the craft
sank and the nourners included the
IS survivors Of the ill-fated SUBJ
marine. The services on shore In
cluded q ceremonial parade.
Eighteen persons were carried to
the bottom in the sinking vessel and
two Of those who escaped died later.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-06-15
Four Escape Injuries
AS Automobiles Crash

Four persons escaped injury In an
automobile collision in which two
cars were badly damaged on High
way No. 10 q few miles east OF Bis
marck Sunday afternoon.
The accident occurred when car
occupied by an unidentified Dickin-
son couple crashed into an autopo-
bile driven by N. Lyle, an employe
ct the state penitentiary.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-06-15
Wallace to Leave
On Trip July 26

Duncan Wallace, winner OF free
vacation trip to the Yellowstone Ma
tional park IN the Boy Scout popu.
larity contest sponsored BY The Trib-
une and the Paramount theater. VIII
leave Bismarck July Is, It wAs an
nounced Monday.
Wallace viii jOtn at Bismarck the
Boy Scout winner Of . similar contest
q Fargo and the Two lads WI make
the trip tneethsf. Th1y Wu1 - eons
week.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-06-15
Lightning Kills Two
Men and Injuries Boy

Kansas City, June 15.-(P,-Light-
ming killed two men and seriously in
jured q l6-year-old boy as they sat
at refreshment tables at the Num-
cipal airport here late Sunday.
The men were identified as r. p
Mogaard, Minneapolis. and Anthony
Veneziano, Chicago.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-06-15

MEDICAL AUTHORITY DIES
Philadelphia, June 15.-(R)-Dr.
Hobart Amory Hare. widely known
professor, author and medical au-
thority. died Monday at jefferson
hospital after long illness. He
was 68.
The Washington times., 1931-06-08
Justified His Place

It was right then and there
that Tommy justified his claim
to a place among the golfing i'm
mortals. To be sure, he had just
bro-yht off a marvellous iron
shot, but that was easy COM
pared to the torture of holing the
putt. And yet he stepped up on
his ball and with all the non
chalance in the world, he rolled
it in as though he had never
missed one.
BY the time he had won the
championship the next day, he
had sold himself the idea that
this putting wasn't so hard as it
looked. He practiced by the hour,
but it wasn't until he bought him
self wooden putter in the spring
of 1928. that he became really
great short-game player.
He picked up the weapon
while he was in England for
the British Open and it proved
his salvation.
He putted his way to victory in
The Washington times., 1931-06-08
P POL|CE RIFLE
ACES CLASH

Inter.city pistol matches be-
tween Baltimore and washington
police will be inaugurated tomor.
row at / o'clock, on the Police-N.
r. A. range at Louisiana Avenue
and C Street Northwest.
The Baltimore pistol shooters
will be headed by Lieut.. James c.
Downs, their instructor. They will
be divided into two teams, one
team comprising Setgt. Graydon
Ware and Officers Thomas Dunn,
and James Dickerson and vii.
liam Poska, and the other team
consisting of Lieutenant Downs
and Officers John Walstrun,
Walter Cuszmaul and Charles
Rothman.
The Washington police will
put three teams into action. The
teams will be picked from among
Lieut.. L. E. Kelly, K. D. McCor-
mick and G. M. Stewart, Seventh
precinct; Sergt. John Fondahl,
NJ. I. Bridges and Officer Richitt,
Traffic Bureau; ]. F. Phelps, e.
l.. Warden and Officer Bean,
Third precinct; S. r. Mckee,
Eleventh precinct; E. c. Moore,
Thirteenth precinct. and Detec-
tiv Steve Brodie. E. F. Mitchell
will officiate.
The Washington times., 1931-06-08
Pickups and
Putouts

Yves SchuImerich, BOSt ton
Braves Outfielder, was a foot
ball star at Oregon University
:. Ruth Martinez, the local
tennis player, also pens short
stories for the Colonial Re-
view, edited by George Wash
ington University students. e.
Frank X. Shields, the Davis
Cup tennis player, stands 6
feet 2 inches, but uses a
girls recquet. Lefty Jewett,
the sandlot baseball player, was
secretly wed a year ago in
Winston Salem, N. CD oh n
Duffy and Francis Crowley, pos
ing as detectives looking for
"a couple of guys" crashed the
ball game yesterday. GOldie
Ahearn, the ex-fighter, ex-man-
ager and ex-promoter, was also
at the game.
The Washington times., 1931-06-08
GOLF QUALIFYING
ON TODAY

NEW YORK. June 8.-Play in
90 sectional meetings throughout
the United States opened today
to determine the golf stars who
will be eligible for the National
Open championship at Toledo,
July 2, 3 and 4. From coast to
coast more than 1000 golfers
will engage in 36 holes of medal
play, fighting for the 81 vacant
places for the title Bobby Jones
won last year.
Most of the outstanding golfers
of the New York district finished
among the first 80 in the Open
last year and automatically quail
fled for this year, but several
stars will play today at the West
chester Country Club course in
the qualifying meeting.
These include Willie McFar-
lene, metropolitan champion:
Witty Cox, holder of the North
and South championship: Bobby
Cruickshank, Willie Klein and
Mike Brady. The amateurs in
clude Phil Perkins, Gene Homans
and George Voigt.
The Washington times., 1931-06-08

Today he remains the great iron
player, the great swatter. but to
those shot-making abilities he has
added that of the great putter.
1t is an unbeatable combination,
and it has paid big dividends to
the Black Scot.
In eight years-he forsook the
amateur ranks in l923-Arnour
has won every open title worthy
his blade, including the national,
two Canadians. the Western, the
metropolitan, the P. G.. A.. and
now the British. It's a marvellous
record, particularly for an indi-
virtual who has had to contend
with so many. physical dlsadvan-
tages.
Possibly it's a good thing for
Bobby Jones, Walter Hagen, ct
al, that Tommy is blind in one
eve and q shattered left arm, as
souvenirs of the war.
The Washington times., 1931-06-08
'HEAV|ES NEE 7
IN WEEK

The first heavyweight fight of
the season takes place next Mon.
day night at Fort Washington
where Arthur Huttick, New York
heavy and Jack Denning, all,
Navy heavyweight, will do battle
in the windup over a 10-round
route.
It has been quite some time
since Washingtonians have wit
messed a pair of big boys such
as Huttick and Denning perform
for their entertainment. Indeed
the cash customers should relish
such a match inasmuch as Hut
tick and Denning are coming
here with pretty good records
The Huttick boy let Billy
Schwartz stick around last Feb
ruary at Madison Square Gar
den for exactly 40 seconds and
then uncorked what the on
lockers labeled a terrific right
hand flush to Billy's chin and
it was all over.
Billy didn't even know he was
hit. In fact. it took quite some
time to bring the baker boy to
his senses to make way for the
ndee-Harvey brawl, which was
scheduled to come.
Denning is no piker when it
comes to throwing dukes himself
Recently he stepped down to
Greensboro. N. c.. and let ,Ad
Warren, a favorite there, have it
with both barrels. easily winning
the verdict in an eight-round tiff
Jack is the former light-heavy-
weight champion of the Navy.
He held this title for three
years, during which time he
licked every fisticuffer his
weight from coast to coast.
AL Singer, former lightweight
champion. has an interest in Hut
tick. 1t was Singer who first
spotted the big boy when he was
knocking 'em stiff in the anna
teurS.
Four six-round bouts will sup
port the main go at the Fort
Monday.
The Washington times., 1931-06-08
In and Out Amateur

In golf they say there's no pay
off on the drive. 1t applies to
Armour's case. When he couldn't
putt, he couldn't win. AS an anna
teur, he was the rankeSt kind OF
an in-and-outer, and 10 one day
might mean an IS the next round.
For a long time after he took
up his residence in the United
States, he couldn't win even a
local invitation tournament. He
was taken over the jumps by
golfers whose names shouldn't
even have been bracketed with
his. He got so that anyone
could beat him and great num-
ber did.
But today Tommy is great
among the great. Professional
golf, played from the dollars
and cents point of view, made
the Scot a master of the links.
It meant years of competition
and weary days of practice. for
only in rare cases are champions
born and not made. Recognized
on all sides as one of the great
shot-makers of the world, it took
Tommy four years to come into
his own. The blue ribbon classic
eluded him until that memorable
Saturday at Oakmont, where he
was called on by the irony Of
fate, to hole a difficult 8-footer
for a tie with Harry Cooper.