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The Bismarck tribune., 1931-05-28
TEACHER IMPRISONED
BY FALLING CONCRETE

Moorhead. Minn., May 28-P)-
From the tornado-struck prairies Of
Norman and Clay counties Thursday
came tales of bravery and Of treach-
cry of the terrific wind.
At the Hatledahl farm, eight miles
north Of Watts siding. In Clay coun-
ty, where Melvin Hatledal. l8, was
killed, Miss Lillian Jessness. Morris,
Mimi. school teacher staying at the
Hatledal home, was imprisoned near
ly a half hour before being released
by neighbors.
II was upstairs when we saw the
black cloud approaching" she said.
81 heard Mrs. Hatledal scream and
ran to the basement. Mrs. Hatledal
and the three younger children were
in one room. Melvin was attempting
to hold shut a door which led into
another part of the basement.
"As he tugged at the door, the
house was lifted from over our heads.
A section of concrete wall about
eight feet long broke from the wall
behind us, pinning Melvin to the
floor and leaving me imprisoned be-
hind 1t. The boys head was at my
feet. It was long time until men
came and moved the concrete 30 I
could get out.
Melvin didn't say a word, although
he did not die at once. was holding
his wrist"
With Mrs. Hatledal in the other
room Of the basement were three
younger children, Cora, is, RAYMOND,
IL, and Waldo, 8. The girl received q
slight knee wound.
The Hatledal home Is total wreck.
It was moved 80 feet and one wall
sliced away, leaving exposed on the
second floor, with furniture in COM
plete order, the room from which the
school teacher had fled to the base
ment.
After taking its toll at the Hatledal
farm the twister cut swath tarough
the trees halt mile north to demol.
ish the Concordia Lutheran church.
Members Of the congregation
Thursday visited the site where tho
structure stood to find only splintered
kindling among the gravestoles and
. debris filled basement. Standing in
the center Of the ruin walls Is the or
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-05-28
Leith Deposit0rs
Receive Dividend

A dividend OF 10 per cent is being
paid to depositors of the closed Farm
ers' State bank of Leith, L. r. Baird,
receiver of banks, announced Thurs
day.
Payment is being made through
the office of P. A. O'Keefe. district
manager here.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-05-28
Dickinson Will Spend
$4,000 from Band Fund

Dickinson, N. D., May 28.-(P)-
Members of the band committee met
with city commissioners here. pre-
senting plan for the expenditure OF
$4,000 from the band fund for main
tenance of the Dickinson city and
senior bands. Final action on the
plan has not been taken.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-05-28
Mandan Commission
Passes Resolutions

Resolutions dealing with prevalent
traffic problems and transfer of city
funds were adopted at q meeting of
the Mandan city commission We'd
nesday, according to w. H. Seitz,
Mandan city auditor.
A city ordinance requiring that
persons transporting dead animals
through Mandan be forced to cover
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-05-28
Steele Seniors Give
Belle of Barcelona

Steele. N. p. May 27.-Seniors in
the Steele high school presented the
Belle Of Barcelona" here Tuesday
night and are to give a repeat per-
Torrance Wednesday night IN the
high school gymnasium.
Those who appear in the cast are
Henry Halvorson, Joseph Dieruf,
Esther Zech. Bernice Wigton, John
Dornacker, Frank Omodt, Bud Guam,
Roland Loerch, Arthur Selness, Lor-
enc Brown, Anette Rosen, Beulah
Lindseth, Raymond Cunningham,
Gerald Prescott and Robert Argent.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-05-28

WILLISTON FARMER DIES
Williston, N. D., May 28.-(R)-An-
thony Schmidt. So, farmer. formerly
Of Minneapolis. died Of heart at-
tack.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-05-28

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logg's ALI-BRAN regularly is the
surest way to keep the members
Of my family from being con-
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Try it with milk or cream.
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cooking too.
At all grocers, in the red-and-
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in Battle Greek.
Ms@SyS
ALL-BRAN
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-05-28
U. s WOMEN HONORED

Istanbul, Turkey, May 28.-(H1-
Two American women have been ac-
corded the privilege, rare for foreign
ers, OF attending a ceremony in the
Byzantine Fish Church" DR.. Esther
Pohl Lovejoy and Miss Carol E.
Mills were honored because Of their
work for the Greek hospital. The
church owes its name to q sacred
spring In which there are fish. Once
a year the patriarch makes q visit,
and clad In vestments 500 years old,
says mass in the church.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-05-28

SMOTHERED IN CRIB
Williston. N. D., May 28-R1EThe
two-months-old child Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Falcon was snothered in
It's crib during the night.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-05-28

DIES IN PLANE CRASH
Sand Leandro, Calf, May 2S.-(R
George Vernon. 20. son Of Mike
Vernon, Holdingford. Mimi, was
killed when the plane he was plotting
fell.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-05-28

gan, seemingly unharmed by the wind
which tore the floor from under it.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-05-28

See the Devil Fish in front
Of Gussner's Grocery.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-05-28

of the North Coast Limited, Northern
Pacific passenger train.
He gave the engineer the dynamite
signal - meaning to get away in a
hurry-and the train missed the tor
nado by a quarter of minute by
Clark's estimate. A few minutes later
it bowled the Great Northern's crack
train, Empire Builder. from the track.
killing one and injuring more than q
score.
Ralph Budd, president of the Great
Northern, had a word of praise for
Leonard Henderson.
Henderson, dining car inspector on
the Empire Builder, climbed through
window Of one of the overturned
cars. tagged an automobile on an
adjacent highway, and was driven to
Moorhead, Mimi, where he dis
patched the first physicians and
nurses to reach the scene.
In relating their experiences Mr..
and Mrs. e. F. Pinneh and Mrs. j. F..
Lidral, all of Seattle, criticized what
they said was disorganization Of re-
lief efforts by the railroad company.
Their car lifted effortlessly into the
air. carried 80 feet to the side Of the
track. and then dropped gently as it
rolled over on its side in farm field
that Is the story Of two United
States mail clerks.
Richard Cotton, veteran of the mail
service, and Leonard Haugen, both Of
st. Paul, told their story to Walter
Jennings, Fargo superintendent Of
the mail service.
So gently did the terrific wind
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-29
20 DEAD in LINTON Mine EXPL OSION
SeUen Are SaUed
From DOOM. Too
Men in Hospital
BY PAUL H. KARNES
United Press STAFF Correspondent

LINTON Jan. 29-Their grewsome task completed with
twenty-nine bodies the toll of explosion in the Little
Betty coal mne five miles west of here Wednesday, the folk
lay plans for relief of families of victims
Identification of each of the bodies morgues here
after the body of Fred Reed the last discovered
taken from the death-dealing mine this morning.
Thrty-eight trapped by the blast Besides the
twenynne who died. escaped without serious injury
and two in hospitals
Formal Probe Scheduled Soon
Formal investigation Of the of the blast will follow
analysis Of reports the preliminary survey made during
operations today it announced by Albert G.
Daley, Knightsvile, state mine Inspector
Thought at first to have been caused by spark in
era kegs of blasting POWDER the explosion today deter
mined have been caused by gas and dust fall of slate
state and federal officials declared evidence of the
porous-rock formation from which the gas exuded
With the last of the bodies brought out of the charne
hole mine workers repairing the ventilation system
to rid the gashoked lanes of the leha black damp 1t
said by veteran miners that the shafts could be entered
and production of coal resumed Friday Governor Harry G.
Leslie left this morning for this city to aid in relief work
Two Men Expected to Live
The two who endured the horrors of the blast Itself
are expected to live One is Don Burrs of Digger who
with Earl Bedwe the first victim discovered by
SQUADS that rushed to the Little Betty mine from surround
ing mining fields.
Bedwel, burned horribly, and manned by the blast died
few hours after his Buris gassed is expected
to recover. The other is Joe Wallace of Sullivan.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-29

6O-odd years of trouping on the
SawduSt.
He captivated them when he
punctured the bloated garb Of a
fellow clown with a long sword.
You've seen the trick? You've seen
the comic get Debated? Well, the
fellow with the sword was Jules.
A FTER the performance
IA talked to him.
He was shy on being photo
graphed. Felix, fellow-clowns,
pleaded with him to have photo
made.
There's no other of him that
We know of. He won't let us lake
it." explained Felix.
Jules acceded to being photo
graphed. He told of the Euro
pean countries he'd visited, the
kings and queens he'd known.
"DUT do you know the king
- and queen of all I've played
to: Well I'll tell you it's when
little dirty-faced boy and little
Shaggy-haired girl somewhere
looks out on the track and laughs
right in your eyes," and he wab-
bled away.
That was Jules, prince Of clowns.
who's now doing another bit
somewhere under the GREAT
ZIG TOP.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-29

fought gas and ever-present danger
of cave-inS or additional explosions,
a first aid hospital was set up near
the mouth of the shaft, and hearts
of many who fiicked bandages and
cared for injured and exhausted
men f1uttered with the dread of
finding next beneath their hands
one Of their own family.
John Engleman, boss of the near
by Templeton mine No. /, stumbled
out of the shaft about midnight.
He had led his rescue crew down
into the gas-f1lled tunnel, and was
almost exhausted when he came
back to the surface.
P. L. DOME, mine superintendent,
whose brother was one of the vic
Tins, directed the rescue work,
warning each man who entered the
shaft that he was risking his life.
None faltered.
The Little Betty mine is one of
the most important in southern In
diana. It is owned by the Little
Betty Company of Chicago, and Is
one of the few mines that have
operated in that district this winter.
Through his secretary, L. o.
Chasey, Governor Harry G. Leslie
offered any assistance the state
could render, as soon as word of the
blast was flashed to him.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-29
DENY DUvAL.L
CASE APPEAL
Supreme Court Refuses to
Review Conviction.

Former Mayor John L. Duvall
must serve a thirty-day jail sem
tence and pay a $1,000 fine.
The Indiana supreme court today
denied Duvalls position for permis-
sion to appeal on the Judgment of
the appellate court to the states
highest jurists.
Duvall'S petition was one of thirty
similar misdemeanor cases refused
the right of a review of Judgment
by the supreme court.
The Jail sentence and fine was
imposed for alleged violation of the
corrupt practices act during the
1925 city campaign.
The court in denying the appeal
applied an act of the 1929 legislature
which refused to permit appeals of
misdemeanor cases to the supreme
court. The act was made a law to
clear the supreme court docket.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-29
jim WAS BOSS;
WOULDN'T QUIT
Mine Chief Risks Life to
Aid Trapped Men.
Bg Times Special

By Times Special
LINTON, Ind, Jan. "a tale OF
blind heroism, of one mans scorn-
ing safety to lunge to the rescue of
his fellow-men, emerged from this
deat.a-saddened village today.
The man was Jim Wall, boss Of
another mine, who was among the
first to go into the gas-filled tunnel
and search for the bodies In the
Little Betty mine.
After hours Of work, Wall stag
gered unconscious from the mine,
but as his brain cleared, he STUN
bled back into the shaft and was
gone several hours, reappearing at
dawn.
Other workers tried to prevent
his return, but he was the boss and
they couldn't stop him.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-29
LONG TERM IMPOSED
Bandit Who Beat Aged Man
to Serve 20 Years.

By United Press
VEEDERSBURG, Ind, Jan. 3d.
Fred Cowan, 35, today was under a
twenty-year state prison sentence
after he had confessed to beating
and robbing John Lyons, "a, Civil
war veteran who lives on a lonely
road south of here twice.
Cowan, alleged leader of Foun-
tain county gang, was charged with
nine offenseS.
John and Edmund Scott, alleged
accomplices of Cowan, are under ar
rest and, although they have not
admitted any part in the Lyons at
tacks, are said to have confessed
other acts of banditry.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-29
BY ARCH STEINEL

ny ARCh SIEANEL
CLOWN alleys of the world can
~ hang bit of crepe this cir
Gus season, and hang it proudly.
And if they're deep in a pinochle
game at winter quarters, be it in
Peru, Ind, or Sarasota, Fla,
there's an even money bet that
between melds today they are
talking about Jules Tournour, 80,
the eldest "mugger" of them all,
who died Wednesday in Valley
Stream, N. Y.
Stubble fields in tank-towns,
unused baseball lots, trampled
grass-grown blocks of many a city
of the nation felt the comic flap
ping shoes of Old Jules, the mas
ter clown of them all.
n
A ND the circus grounds down
IN on keystone avenue in In
dianapolis was no stranger to his
antics.
Jules was here in 1929. 1t was
the last year he trod the track
under the Big Top.
No longer did he roll harum-
scarum from the breakup Ford
to the huzzas of laughter of the
grand stand children. His bones
were brittle when he was here,
and Ringing, and Barnum- Bal
ley's circus could not chance his
life.
They wanted to pension him.
He would have none of it.
WON'T forget his last visit to
l. the city. The circus was late
getting in. The "top" was spread
in one and one-half hours. Din
ners were swallowed. The matinee
must be given on time. Clown
alley slung clothes on.
A few PAGES away stood Jules.
He was "white-face." Infirmity
made him wabble when he walked.
A bugle sounded for the grand
parade On the big track"
Jules grabbed the trunk Of an
elephant he was to lead and
waddled into the arena.
The show was on for Jules was
there.
A ND that's the way he was, he
L N wouldn't quit. His age
wrinkles he capitalized to the last
to make brighter and more
laughable mugs" SO the children
would chuckle.
He even, and have this on the
word of Felix, made his infirm
legs seem a bit weaker because of
the comic effect they brought as
his hesitating gait led the heavy
pound Of a baby bulls" boots.
CHILDREN knew he was trying
~ TO please. They knew his
facial wrinkles. put their by age.
were laughing. too. IN delight at
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-29
STOCK MARKET FIRM
LOSES DAMAGE SUIT

Trader, Sold Out in Crash, Awarded
SS6,697 Damages by Jury.
By United Press
ST. PAUL, MINI, Jan. pa
district court jury today awarded
$36, 697 .26 damages to A. j Connolly,
a trader, against the brokerage firm
of Paine, Weber & Co, which sold
out his account in the stock market
crash of year ago.
Connolly had sued for $192, 437,
claiming that he lost that amount
because his holdings we're sold on a
declining market. In setting the
amount of damages, the jury made
a lower valuation of the stock than
that set by Connolly.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-29
Tribute Paid

In the house Of representa-
tiveS today, one minutes si-
lence paid respect of the legiS-
lators to the victims of the Lit
tie Betty mine disaster, and to
their stricken families.
A resolution adopted unani-
mouSly, to pay this tribute to
the miners, was introduced by
Representative Edward H. Stein
Dem.. Greene.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-29

Jules Tournour,
nations oldest
clown, who died
in New York, was
a frequent visitor
to the Keystone
avenue circus
grounds through
out his sixty years
service under the
"big top"
Jules was diff
dent about hav-
ing his picture
taken.
He was a good
"mugger" when
on the circus
track during a
matinee perform
ance, but he re-
fused to be mug
ged."
The accom-
pan In 6 photo
was taken by The
Times photogra-
pher in 1929 when
Jules visited this
city.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-29
MINERS TOSS DICE WITH
FATE AND EMERGE ALIVE
FROM TINY HAVEN IN PIT
Mine Blast
Death List

By Times Special
LINTON, Ind, Jan. 29.-To the
grim roll of the race of men who go
down in mines to pit their steel
against eartbTs black diamonds are
added the names of twenty-nine
fathers and sons and brothers who
persisted Wednesday afternoon In
the flaming cyclone" disaster In
Little Betty mine, near here.
Compiled after hours of ceaseless
toll by crews of brother miners, the
official and completed list of dead
follows:
Otto Hale, PIeaSantville.
Jess TempIeton, Linton.
Hubert Butler, Sullivan.
Lotus Mitchell, Pleasantville.
John Letot, Linton.
Earl BedwelI, Linton.
Andy WinterbottOm, Sullivan.
Homer Robertson, PIeaSantvilIe.
Lee HOffiditz, Digger.
Clarence McQuery, JaSOnville.
John Southland Jr., Linton.
Ralph EnochS, Linton.
GircheI Jackson, White Rose.
Everett Bedwell, Digger.
James Mitchell, PIeaSantviIle.
Charles Centers, Linton.
Martin DOME, Sullivan.
william Brown, ScOttStOwn.
Dean Phipps, Linton.
Don Newkirk, Linton.
Halle Harod, Linton.
Henry Mertz, Linton
Julian Letot, Linton
Clarence Cooper, Linton.
Hugh Cross, Digger.
George Neal, Linton
Fred Reed, Linton.
william Boswell, Linton
John McPhail, Linton
INJURED
Don Burris, Linton
Joe Wallace, Sullivan.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-29

Through the sweat and
the toll, the anguish and the
horror of the disaster this
morning, fate smiled with that
cruel leer with which she
sometimes taunts mOrtals on
whom disaster falls.
The explosion came three minutes
before 3 D. m, just as the men OF
the day shift were leaving the NINE
for their cottages.
Had it occurred ten minutes ear
lier, the death toll might have num-
bered $50. Had it happened five min
utes later death would have laid its
fingers on none of the workers.
Many Out of Peril Zone
Men Just were leaving the west
workings and a large majority OF
them were out of the danger area
when the burning cyclone" struck.
Those imprisoned had no chance 10
save themselves, and many were
burned to crisp.
Many miners on the fringe OF the
explosion area made their way to
the shaft, nearly mile distant, and
were hauled 27O feet to the surface.
They turned about, and, with min
ers from neighboring mines, formed
rescue SQUADS that went into the
tunnels, grouping for the victims,
hoping against hope that some had
been spared.
Emergency treatment for miners
and rescuers was provided in Free
man Greene county hospital, Lin
ton, where cots and bedding were
supplied quickly by merchants and
townspeople.
The Linton Citizen took charge of
relief in the city, and rescue work
went on through the night without
thought of rest.
Roads Are Blocked
Ambulances that screamed their
way to the mine shaft, five miles
west of Linton, found the roads
blocked by hundreds of autos. At
one time incoming cars could ap-
proach no nearer than three miles
from the shaft.
Later the crowd dwindled, and
around the shafts mouth huddled
only those whose fathers, husbands,
sons and friends had descended
into the dread pit, never to return
alive again.
They hoped, but they knew in
their hearts that hoping was futile.
Sullivan county knows what a
mine blast Is. Six years ago, at
1925 on the morning of Feb. 20,
1925, f1fty-one miners persisted in
the City Coal Mining Company
pits, near Sullivan, 1000 feet below
the surface.
Several of those who died late
Wednesday we're relatives and
friends of men who lost their lives
in that disaster, when rescue
workers labored for days through
poison gases ana QeDrlS TO Dr1ng
bodies Of the victims to the surface
Clear Tunnels of Gas
Nine bodies were brought up from
the Little Betty mine before mid
night. and Their rescue work was
halted until crews could clear the
tunnels Of carbon monoxide gas
the after damp"
1t was said that not more than
two bodies could be brought up at
a time. They were laid in rows in
one section Of the mine where the
air was pure.
AT least seven of the rescue work
ers were overcome by gas or
dropped from exhaustion during
the night.
For those brave fellows who
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-29
Vanderbilt Is Silent

81 JNfttu FTtts
PHOENIX, Ariz., Jan. 29.-In-
formed today that General Smedley
D. Butler has been ordered court
martialed by naval authorities, Cor
nelius Vanderbilt Jr.. writer and
former newspaper publisher, re-
peated that he had no statement
at present.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-29
STATE AID TEACHER
RELIEF is SOUGHT
House Bill Provides Payment of
Salary Arrears.

Immediate relief of teachers in
state aid schools whose salaries are
in arrears was sought today by Rep
resentative Albert F. Walsman
Dem., Marion), through the intro
duction of q bill requiring the state
superintendent OF public instruction
to obtain sworn affidayits on claims
and make immediate payments
from state aid funds.
WalSman declared more than
$4,000 is owed teachers in south
ern Indiana and many are destitute.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-29
CONTESTS SENATE SEAT
Hefiin Announces Intention of
Fighting BIankhead Election.

BIZ scripDs-Hotoord Neacspaper AHsoncs
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29.-Sena-
tor Thomas Helm of Alabama filed
formal notice with the senate that
he will contest the election ard
seating Of John H. Bankhead, his
successful rival in the voting last
fall.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-29
HOLD CHIvALRY BANDIT
Police Told He Tried HOldup to Help
Destitute Friend and Wife.

CHICAGO, Jan. % Chivalry,
represented by an attempted holdup
to get money for a destitute friend
and his wife, was blamed today by
Edward ]. Smeig, 80, university
graduate and mechanical engineer,
for his arrest allegedly attempting
to hold up a store, using a fountain
pen tear gas gun as weapon.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-29
Church Destroyed by Fire

LOGANSPORT. Ind, Jan. %
The Methodist church at Kewanna,
eighteen miles north of here, early
today was destroyed by fire be-
heved to have started from defec-
tive wiring. Loss was $25: 600.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-29
GUNS AT BERRY PATCH
BLOCK COSTLY PROJECT
Embattled Family Holds Up Con-
structiOn Of Pipe Line.


By United Press
ST. LOUIS, Jan. 29-The embat-
tied Fuchs family, armed with shot
guns, patrolled the family straw
berry patch today, preventing COM
pletion of the last ten miles of a
1,000-mile pipe line.
A warning sign, keep out or get
shot" emphasized by guns in the
hands of John, Joe and Herman
Fuchs on their farm a few miles
southwest of here, stopped work on
the Phillips Petroleum Company's
pipe line.
The berry patch has been owned
by generations Of the family for
100 years.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-29
AIMEE FRAUD VICTIM

Loses $500 to Fake Baron While on
Trip to Europe.
By United Press
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 29.-Aimee
Semple Mcpherson, evangelist, was
defrauded Of $500 by a fake Hun
garian baron during her recent pill
grimage to the Holy Land, the Los
Angeles Examiner said today.
Mrs. Mcpherson met the baron"
at Budapest, gave him a fur coat
with which to obtain loan and
was unable to recover it before she
sailed from Europe.