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?sag*-1 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE [ FINAL fMTION [ ESTABLISHED 1873 BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, THURSDAY. MAY 19, 1927 PRICE FIVE cents' lUNIAC'S WIFE WAS HIS FIRST VICTIM BERTAUD WILL NOT MAKE TRIP LEVINE SAYS RESIDENTS OF ATCHAFALAYABASIN ARE FLEEING FROM THEIR HOMES WOMEN DIRECT WORLD’S FAIR OPENING TODAY Three Aces—With Paris the Pot PORTIONS OF BODY FOUND IN RUINS OF FARM Lisbon Woman Is . in Race to Head State Federation Lisbon. N. D.. May 19. -(4)—Mrs. Albert Jones, Lisbon, today was en- dorsed by women's clubs of the fourth district for president of the state federation of women's clubs. The election will be held in 1928, at which time Mrs. J. E. Featherstone, Valley City, present executive, will be in- eligible to run again. Mrs. Jones is the second candidate to head the women's organization, women of the third district having al- ready endorsed Mrs. E. O. Dickinson of Minot. INDIANAPOLIS IS HARD HIT BY SEVERUTORM At Least 45 Persons Injured —Five Lives Believed Lost at Peoria, 111. Indianapolis, Ind., May 19 —(A*)— At least 45 persons injured, property dumage estimated by police ut 02,- 500,000, between 200 and 300 homes were destroyed and several buildings were wrecked, a dozen larger business buildings unroofed, and badly crip- pled telephone and telegraph com- munication was the toll of a heavy wind and rain storm which struck Indianapolis and vicinty last night. Six of the injured are in a critical condition. The storm was general over the central part of the state, sweeping in from Terre Haute on the west and reaching to Richmond on the east. The wind at times reached a veloc- ity of 80 miles an hour, according to the weather bureau. Reports of loss of life were unverified. WORST CLOUDBURST AND HAIL STORM INJUSTORY Peoria, 111., May 19—(4>—With five lives believed lost, scores of persons missing, more than 350 home- less. and approximately a million and half dollars in property damage, Peoria today was recovering from one of the worst cloudbursts unu. hail storms in its histoly:* More than five and a half inches of rain fell between 2 a. m. and 5:30 p. m. Wednesday. PEORIA MAYOR'S SON IS ONE OF VICTIMS Peoria, 111., May 19—(A*)—Five per- sons may have lost their lives, one of them, Walter Mueller, son of the mayor of Peoria, irhen he and a com- panion were caught in u wall of water 13 feet high, in floods and rain storms in Peoria and vicinity yes- terday. A score or more W’ere re- ported unaccounted for. Train service in and out of Peoria was demoralized today due to wash- outs, and other utilities services still were crippled. The greater part of the telephone service was out of use. Young Mueller, a mine superin- tendent, and Lester Jones, were walking on the Toledo, Peoria and Western railway tracks when caught in the flood on Lemarsh Creek. Jones and others described it as a wall of water 13 feet which swept them into the torrent. Jones escaped although he was in a critical condi- tion today from exposure. Four other persons were believed to have lost their lives in the low- lands near here, and scores fled their homes in,East Peoria as the streams overflowed. The rainfall here was 5.52 inches. Flood Relief Director Urges Inhabitants to Get Out of Path of Spreading Waters —lnstructions Obeyed By Residents of 27 Towns Northwest of New Orleans New Orleans, May 19.— UP) —A new river, which army engineer** estimated to be carrying much of Ine tioori w*im Htr —*-•* through the Bayou des Glalsea crevasses from me was tearing its way through the fertile farm lands of the Evangel- ine coantry today, driving thou- sands rruiu their homes. More than 7,900 already had been forced to flee from villages and towns in the path the river was cutting to the sea to take up temporary refuge in concentra- tion camps. New''Orleans, May 10.—</!*>-—Resi- dents of the vast west Atchafalaya basin were gathering their posses- sions today and fleeing.from their homes because of ominous flood warnings issued by federal weather authorities and John M. Parker, state relief, director. Their homes are from 100 to 150 miles northwest of New Orleans. Mr. Parker hud a score of tele- phone operators at work urging the inhabitants to get out of the path of the spreading waters. His instruc- tions were obeyed by residents of 27 towns, none of which had a popula- tion of more than 500. The section is on the route to the Gulf of Mex- ico, expected to be followed by wa- ters from the Bayou des Glaises levee breaks and torrents pouring through crevasses in the Atchafalaya river at Melville, front which 1,000 men, women and children have de- parted. These floods converged 40 miles below Bayou des Glaises. A lake 250 miles long and from 15 to 100 miles wide was created. A sudden inundation of an addi- tional portion of St. Landry parish, sending several feet of water into Beggs, Garland, Dubisson, White- villc and into the country surround- ing Bunkic, was reported. More than 5,000 persons were estimated to be in the inundated territory. Rescue workers wore busy notifying them to rush to the Southern Pacific railroad line, where cars havp been .placed to take them out of the territory. FINE PROGRAM PREPARED FOR BAND CONCERT I Proceeds Will Be Used to Fi- nance Open-air Concerts ! During Summer j An excellent program of military marches, semi-classical overtures, and solo numbers by members of the band has been prepared by R. E. Wenzel, director of the Bismarck Elks band, for the concert to be given by the band tonight ut the city auditorium. The vocal soloist for the affair is Mrs. John Graham, and she will be accompanied by Mrs. Ar- thur Bauer. The band members have been re- hearsing faithfully for several weeks in preparation for tonight’s public appearance, and those who attend are assured of a most enjoyable evening. The concert is scheduled to start at 8:15. The proceeds of tonight’s concert will be used by the Elks lodge to finance the series of open-air con- certs which the band will give dur- ing the summer months, and to fur-, ther the welfare work being con- ducted in Bismarck by the organiza- tion. The Program The following is the program an- nounced by Director Wenzel: March, “Eldorado,” by Victor ' Herbert Band “Slavonic Rhapsody,” by Friede- mann Band Clarinet solo, “Fantasia de Con- certo,” by Boccalari.. Sam Kontos Vocal solos, sslected Mrs. John Graham, with Mrs. Arthur Bauer as accompanist. a. “Rain," by Pearl Curran. b. “Nightingale of Lincoln') Inn,” an old English song. Suite, “Atlantis,” by Safranek 1 Band a. Nocturne and Morning Hymn. b. Court Function. c. I Love Thee. d. Destruction of Atlantis. Xylophone solo, “Mocking Bird,” by Stobbs Joseph Sullivan Selections from “Magic Melody,” by Romberg Band March, “The Stars and Stripes For- ever,” by Sousa Band Dentists Will End Convention Today Fargo, N. D., May 19.—</P) —Proper diet, particularly the use j>f green vegetables and fruits, and early care of the teeth are the two extremely important and outstanding factors in preservation of the teeth of chil- dren, it was stated today by Dr. William Dekleine, director of the Fargo child health demonstration, in On address before the North Dakota State Dental association. Foiir addresses, dealing largely with oral hygiene, features the fore- noon program of the final day of the 22nd annual convention of the asso- ciation liere. In addition to Dr. Dekleine, who talked on. “oral hy- giene and child health,” there were talks today by Dtf. O. L. Kermott of Towner apd Dr. J. W. Smith of Barthold and a paper on “a dental study club,*** by Dr. H. C. Cooper of Abercrombie. The annual meeting, for election of officers end other busi- ness, is being held this afternoon. Successor Already Selected, But His Identity Is Be- ing Kept a Secret CONTRADICTS BERTAUI) Flyer Announced After Long Conference That He Would Go With Chamberlin New York, May 19.—(A*)—Lloyd Bcrtaud definitely will not make the Paris flight in the Bellanca mono- Klanc with Clarence Chamberlin, and is successor is already selected, Charles A. Levine, head of the com- pany backing the flight, told the Associated Press this afternoon. Lfevirie’s announcement followed tardily on an almost night long con- ference at the end of which Bertaud had said that all difficulties had been ironed out and that he would go on the flight as navigator as originally planned. Asked for Statement Lavinc made no statement at the time but when reports gained circu- lation that the situation was not quite as Bcrtaud believed it to be, he was asked to state definitely what the results of the conference were. “Bertaud is not going,*’ he replied. “That is definite. His successor has been selected but his identity will not be revealed until the plane is ready to hop off.” Bertaud had said injunction pro- ceedings to prevent the Columbia from starting on its trip without him would be withdrawn. The navigator felt satisfied, he said, that he would be with Clarence D. Chamberlin when the craft hops off. A temporary injunction returnable tomorrow was obtained by Bertaud yesterday. Weather Still Stormy f Adverse weather reports further delayed the Bellanca flight. Stormy areas between here and the New Foundland coast also held to earth Commander Richard E. Byrd’s giant Fokker monoplane America, and Captain Charles Lindbergh’s Ryan monoplane, Spirit of St. Louis. The mid-Atlantic, said weather re- ports, was clear but favorable skies the entire extent of the route prob- ably would not appear before to- morrow morning. Lindbergh is ready to depart. Levine said that Frank Tichenor, publisher of an airplane magazine, went to his house early today, taking 1 with him Bertaud and G. M. Bellanca, designer of the plane. He identified Bertaud in his statement as “former- ly navigator of the plane Columbia.” Is Definitely Out “Tichenor came as peacemaker and Bellanca was neutral,” he said. “Bertaud repudiated statements at- tributed to him in the press and at- tempted to conciliate me, but I told him he was definitely out. “He offered to withdraw the in- junction suit he started against me if I would let him go but 1 rejected his offer.” Asked why he had let Bertaud’s statement that all difficulties had been disposed of stand for eight hours before denying it, Levine said through a representative that he was not interested in any conclusions the public might draw from such action on his part. He said that he was not seeking publicity and only made a statement at this time because he had bilen asked for it. strletHreat IS AVERTED OR MICHIGAN ROAD Pere Marquette Employers, Employes Arbitrate—Were to Have Struck Tqday Detroit, May 19.— (JPh~ A threat- ened strike on the Pere Marquette railroad, set for this morning, was averted when railroad officials and representatives of the various unions, reached a working agree- ment, it was announced by members of the federal board of mediation, who extended their aid in ironing out the differences between the two factions. A number of the matters tn dis- pute were settled in a manner mu- tually satisfactory to both sides, it was said, while others were left to arbitration. The details of the set- tlement were not revealed. Agreement Satisfactory Representatives of both sides ex- pressed satisfaction with the agiee- metft reached, and union officials dispatched orders to locals to cancel strike plans. The representatives had been in conference for 13 hours. The approximately 3,000 employes of Uhe road had Voted almost unanimously to go on strike at 6 o'clock this morning, union leaders revealed. The workers', involved were the switchmen, engineers, fire- men, conductors, trainmen, telegra- phers, longshoremen and clerks. Al- though specific grievances of the workers were not revealed, it was ssid that ail branches had demanded changed working conditions and the, clerks had asked for an increase in P The railroad recently granted a wage increase to conductors; and trainmen. , WHERI THEY WERE Said the modern girl to the old- fashioned man: “Next week I'm go- i#v Paris for some /clothes." “Ah!”he replied in a relieved tone, “I wondered where you'd left them.” —Tit-Bitft4 Chicago Exposition Is Thor- oughly Feminine*—Foreign Nations Represented Crushed Skull Leads Police to Think He Killed Her Be- fore Setting Fire TO BE OPENED BY DAWES PLAN GROUP FUNERAL Each Day Given Over to Some Activity in Which Wom- en Are Prominent Michigan Town in Mourning —Tragedy Touches Virtu- ally Every Home Chicago, May 19. —(4V-A woman inspired, controlled and directed world’s fair, opening here today, will show the accomplishments of women in more than 100 vocations, most of which, until recently, were open only to men. The fair, the third of its kind to be held in Chicugo, is so thorough- ly feminine, that man's only part was in the manual labor of decorat- ing the coliseum, where the fair wilt bo held, of unpacking and arranging the exhibits, and even those activi- ties were carried out under the di- rection of women. A woman de- signed the floor plan, another wrote the insurance—even the broadcast- ing of events is in the hands of women. Sffi.-i&S! &pUrCtartU‘ , A n, U«dlif^h*7fcf«,'T " ilh '•*<- for’ th, sum* A. Chamberlin. In them, America’s hue f>• :h<. ,l ''' {l . thau * llyi-d (venter), ami Clarence UUa * 110,1 1 1 th « non-stop trans-Atlantic hop prize finds promise of iul- Ti Intent. SCHLAPSIS SCHEDULED TO HANG FRIDAY Marilyn Miller and Jack Pickford Seek Divorce in Paris BANKERS WILL MEET IN CITY ON THURSDAY Hath, Michigan, May 19.—(A’) \\ ith 30 of its children, who yester- day romped through its streets, and five adults lying still in death, this little village of some 300 persons was just beginning today to comprehend the full horror of the maniacal dynamiting of its school. Forty-four others were seriously injured; no one knows the number of -minor in- juries. A dozen foreign countries, and every section of the United States, have sent exhibits of women's handi- work, and illustrious women from every state have come to lend their aid. Eos Angeles, May 19. -,Ah Marilyn Miller, musical comedy star, and her husband, Jack Pickford, motion pic- ture actor, will seek a di\ .tree in Paris early in June, Piikio J ul mitted here last night. Pickford revealed that his wife, who now is in Chicago, would sail for France shortly. He said he would follow her abroad a short time later and a Paris tribunal would he petitioned for a divorce on the grounds of incompatibility. “Me tried a year's separation." Pickford admitted, “in order to avoid a divorce, but we finally decided that we Were temperamentally unsuitod for each other and decided to quit." Dawes to Open Fair Vice President Charles G. Dawes formally will open the fair tonight. It will continue until May 27. Each day will be given over to some par- ticular activity in which women have distinguished themselves. Women doctors and surgeous will demonstrate their capability in clinics, women lawyers will conduct a mock court, women artists, car- toonists, decorators, and designers will be seen at their work. A feminine mechanic will dismantle and assemble an automobile motor in 50 minutes, a milliner will design and make hats to individual tastes, and modistes will create before the eyes of spectators the latest in feminine attire. Women aviators, will tell how to fly, and women newspaper reporters will relate their experiences. The only woman watch- maker in the world, Martha Witt- nauer of Switzerland, has a booth at the fair, showing exhibits of her handicraft. Favorable Action By Gover- nor on Petition For Clem- ency Is Only Chance Included in the dead is Andrew kehoe. revenge-maddened farmer, treasurer of the township school board, who mined the school with dynamite and gunpowder and blew himself into eternity after watching the blast tsar the north wing of the school to pieces and hurl the bodies of its little pupils through windows and walls. Fust Slope Financiers to Gather Here Next Week For Annual Meeting Wolf Point, Mont., May 111. (4*) Unless Governor Erickson acts favor- ably on his petition for clemency, Ferdinand Schlap, 18-year-old farm hand, will be hanged here tomorrow for the killing of Ludmilla Geisler, who, with her husband, Antouc, were slain here May 1, 1920. DDcussion of common problems arid addresses by state official' and prominent bankers are to feature iho meeting of the East Missouri Slope Rankers’ association, to be held here Thursday, .May 26. Only a whim of fate or accident! prevented destruction of the entire village. SEVEN LIVES ARE LOST IN IDAHO FLOOD Bankers from Sioux, Gnii" .V<u- ton, Mercer, Oliver, Burleigh, Mc- Lean, Kidder, Emmons, Mclntosh and Logan counties are to attend the meeting. One Wire Short Circuited Investigation showed that Kehoe, angered because of a school tux levied against him and nursing his opposition to the erection of the building three years ago, had care- fully mined the basement, installing an elaborate system of electrical wir- ing connected with a time clock. His plans seemingly called for destruc- tion of the entire structure, with its more than 260 pupils and instructors. One of the wires he so carefully in- stalled became short circuited and the electric impulse failed to com- plete its course. It was this failure that prevented the killing of more than 160 other pupils in anothur part of the building. Schlap's attorney will arrive in Hel ena this afternoon to present the boy’s case to the governor. The Geislers were Schlap's em- ployers. He confessed he coveted the ir automobile and some money they kept in the house. Schlap formerly lived at Ashley, North Dakota. The meeting will be held at the Association of Commerce chambers and will be called to order at 10:30. Rev. Walter E. Yater will give the invocation. A short business session will be held, followed by a talk by 1L E. Grimm of tire Greater North Dakota association agricultural com- mittee. K. A. Ripley of Mandan, member of the agricultural credit corporation, is to lead a discussion of banking problems. Many Represented Tn the foreign section, France, Fin- land, Czecho Slovakia, Norway, Swe- den, Japan, and Switzerland will exhibit work of their women, chiefly in hand loomed fabrics. OFFER OF JOB CAUSES DEATH ‘Slide* Dam, Formed in June, 1925, Breaks. Inundating Gros Ventre Valley Helen Bennett, u Wellesley grad- uate, who taught school, ran a farm, and edited a weekly newspaper in South Dakota, wrote club news for a Chicago daily, and directed the Chi- cago Collegiate Bureau of Occupa- tions, founded the women’s world fair three years ago. It was the first of its kind; and since its estab- lishment other cities and other coun- tries have taken up the ideu. Attorney General George Shafer will talk on “What I Expect of My Banker” and this will be followed by a discussion of service arid exchange charges. Idaho Falls, Idaho, May 19—(4)— Nature has restored the topography of the Upper Gros Ventre river valley to a semblance of its original appear- ance ut a cost of seven lives, it was revealed today as flood waters re- leased by a “slide” dam continued to menace several communities. St. Paul Girl, Given Chance at Teaching Position, Dies From Excitement Counties to Report Reports are to be given by coun- ties as follows: Grant county, J. G. Sejd; McLean county, ('. O. Thomp- son; Morton county. W. J. Watson; Mercer county, Roy Seibert; Bur- leigh county, J. I’. Wagner; Kidder county, I). D. McKee; Tri-county, J. I>. Meier. GIRL CRIES AS Story is told OF TRAGEDY St.. Paul, May 19.-- (A*)- An offer of a new position is believed to have lesulted in excitement which caused the death of Miss Bernice Rice, 20 year old primary teacher at a local school. The “slide” dam, created when Sheep Mountain shifted several feet in June, 1925, to send an avalanche of rocks, dirt and trees across the Gros Ventre river, collapsed yester- day to send a wall of water down the sparely settled vi%!ey. The lake created by the natural dam held ap- proximately 100,900 acre feet of water. Michael Tschida of Glen Ullin is to lead a discussion on “Public Con- fidence a Bank Asset.” Reports of committees and election of officers will complete the afternoon’s pro- gram. A dinner is to be held in the evening at the Bismarck Country club. Miss Rice, who died last night, re- ceived an offer of a position as teacher at Winona State Teachers college where she graduated a year ago, and was greatly excited over the prospect, according to friends. She returned home apparently in good health in the afternoon but later collapsed. ' Men Blown to Bits Kelly, little northwestern Wyoming community where about 75 persons lived, was inundated virtually witn- out warning. Although the death list stood at eight, others were unac- counted for. Kehoe was sitting in the car- Emory E. Huyck, superintendent of schools, was talking with him, one foot on the running board. Glenn O. Smith, village postmaster, and Nel- son McFarran. an aged man. were standing on the side walk a few feet away. Suddenly a terrific blast came from the machine. The bodies of Kehoe and Huyck were blown to bits. McFarran was killed outright and Smith so badly injured that he died in a hospital shortly afterward. Witness in Spitzer Case Who Saw Boy Killed Collapses While Testifying Other meetings to be held in this section of the state include one at Dickinson May 27. Retiring officers of the East Slope group are Roy Stibert, lla/.en; G. A. II u bind I, Glen Ullin and P. J. Rausch, Raleigh. Retiring officers of the West Missouri Slope group are R. J. List of Scranton, president; W. O. Torkelson, South Heart, vice pres- ident, and William Krebs! ach of Ree- der, secretary-treasurer. Gas Station Being: Fargo Is Ready For Continuing its race down the val- ley, the* flotfd struck W\'son, 25 miles below Kelly, within two hours, but no lives were lost at Wilson, as residents had been warned to flee. I Weather Report Linton, N. D., May 19—(Special to the Tribune) —A little 12-year- old girl who saw Leroy YLanormy, Ashley boy, killed when he was struck by Adolph Spitzer’s car, took the stand this morning to tell her story of the accident and then col- lapsed, weeping, to be carried from the courtroom. Convention of Lions Fargo, N. D., May 19.- (A*) -Repre- sentatives of the 36 Lions clubs of the fifth district will arrive in Fargo tonight for the annual district con- vention which will be held here Fri- day and Saturday. Convention com- mittees of the Fargo club have com- pleted all arrangements for the con- vention. Registration of members will begin here at 10 a. m. Friday. The Sheep Mountain slide followed a series ot earthquakes that caused considerable damage in northwestern Wyoming and Montana. The slide and avalanche created a dam nearly half a mile across and about 300 feet in height. This formed a lake about seven*miles long, a mile in width, and 250 feet in depth at some points. There are two versions of the ex- plosion in Kehoe’s car. One we* that he fired a rifle into a load of ficurdc}> : in the tonneau; the other that he Sei off the blast by touching a button in an electric current while sitting in the car. Built at Corner of Eighth and Main Construction of a gasoline filling station at the corner of Eighth street and Main avenue has been started by W. F. Wherland and O. A. Engebrctson. The station is being built on the site formerly occupied by the Lockwood Accessory company. Miesen Will Speak at Three Meetings She was Levina Brosz of Ashley, a neighbor and playmate of the Vanormy boy, and she was called by the prosecution in the trial ot Spitzer, who is charged with first degree manslaughter in connection with Vanormy’s death. Called away from school to testify, the girl took the stand and told how, looking out from the porch of her home, she saw Spitzer’s car, coming at what she aid was a terrific rate of speed, swerve from the road and run into the Vanormy boy. She was overcome when questioning begun and she had to be carried from the courtroom, while the spectators were visiblly affected. » Another witness, a 70-year-old man, was also affected when telling the story of the accident. He was Ed. Heinrich, who lived a short dis- tance away from the Vanormy home and and who saw Spitzer's car swerve toward the boy. 1 Coroaer Testifies Besides Kehoe. Huyck. Smith and McFarran, the other adult killed was Hazel Wetherbee, an instructor. A state investigation was under way to determine whether Kehoe was alone in the crime, and also the source of the large quantity of ex- plosive. Oil Company Granted Stock Selling Permit Authority to sell $20,000 of stock has been granted by the state secur- ities commission to the Red Top Oil company of Plentywood, Montana. Sales may bo -made only to persons who already are stockholders in the company, however. MAN BECOMES DEMENTED OVER SCHOOL TAX LEVY Bath, Mich.. May 19.—(A*) One- fourth of the children of this village are dead, as many are maimed, and the hand of tragedy has reached into virtually every one of* the hun- dred homes of the community as a result of a carefully devised plot of a demented farmer. Among- the 41 victims of the blast- ing of the village school house yester- day was the perpetrator of the tragedy, Andrew Kehoe, 45-year-old farmer, who was known as a man of brilliance in the community, but whose mind had been diverted to schemes of revenge against the school board because of anger over a- school tax levied against him. Kehoe was a member of the board. Of the 41 who were killed, 35 were pupils in the school which was wrecked by the explosion of dyna- mite, white 40 others were injured. Of the hundred and sotne odd fam- ilies of the community, there was none who had not lost a child or relative or friend by the fiendish handiwork of Kehoe, who set the death dealing blast while under the delusion that school officials were conspiring to ruin him. Funeral Maas Being Mads The usual only morning hurry and scurry of getting the children ready for school was conspicuous %y its absence. Parents whose daily ritual It was to hustlo tho young- sters from bod and scrub their faces for school, wore engaged in the duty (Continued on yaft thresj The company needs the money to finish the work of sinking a well which already is being drilled, the commission wus told. To organize junior clubs, County ! Agent A. R. Mieseii will speak at th ree meetings tomorrow . in the j northern part of the county. Mr. Miesen will speak to school children at Baldwin tomorrow loom- ing; to students at Wing tomorrow noon, where he will assist in the organization of a girls’ sewing club, and to the Driscoll Parent-Teacher association tomorrow night. Two new junior clubs were recently organized at Sterling. 3 Illinois Youths Held at Rapid City Rapid City, S. D., May 19.—(A*)— Preliminary hearing for Lawrence Arnold. John Brady and Russel Olander, all about 20 years old, giv- ing their residence at Glen Ellyn, 111., was set for late today. The three are charged with highway robbery. In addition, charges of assaulting a Rapid City girl have been filed against Arnold and Olander. They also are said to be wanted in Fargo, N. D. The three were arrested at Custer Monday evening. Women students in English uni* versities number 9,000 ?nd»*\ Fifty years ago them were only 71, Stainless Steel For Automobiles Forecast Milwaukee, May 19. —(A*V—“Stain- less steel” that will provide automo- biles that shine like mirrors is fore- cast by W. H. Eisenmun, Cleveland, Ohio, national secretary of the Amer- ican Society for Steel Treating, which will open its annual convention here today. Not only the automobile, but the airplane, and steel beams and pillars in buildings, furniture, and other ob- jects, may in the future be made of the chronium mirror steel, Mr. Eisen- man said. The chronium steel is an alloy, of light weight and marvelous strength. . The steel men are going to bend their efforts to produce still stronger and lighter alloys for the airplane and steel alloys for motorcar bearings which will reduce vibration, according to Mr. Eisenman. John Laemmle, Mclntosh coroner, told of examining the boys body after the accident and said that the hub of Spitxer's right wheel had knocked a hole two inches across in the boy's head. This indicated to him, be said, that Spitser must have been coming at a high rate of speed. The boy died instantly, he said. The defense today continued to hammer away at the state’s witnesses in an attempt to prove that Spitser had made the car swerve toward the boy because he wanted to avoid an- other youth who woe crossing the street, but none of the witnesses called would admit that they believed the accident unavoidable. The case is being tried before a courtroom packed to the doors, with people lining the walls. It has taken on the aspect ef a bitter fight, with three firms of lawyers from Ashley, Maadan end Linton representing Spitser and with Frans Bhubeck, Mo- (Continued on page throe; A LITTLE FOOLISH 1 “Don’t you think he’s crazy, get- ting: engaged?” “No, not crazy—just sentimentally defective” —Everybody’s Weekly. Halli, Mich, May 19.— .(>p)— Mrs. Andrew Ki'hur, wife of the maniac who yesterday blew up the consolidated school here with u lotM of 41 lives, his farm home and himself, was the first victim of his fury, it was established today, i ortions of her body were found in the ashes of one of the outbuildings on the Kehoe farm. Her skull was crushed, leading to the belief. Kehoe kill- ed her before casting her body into the building to be burned. The discovery was made by Hoy Cole, a deputy sheriff. In all there were three explosions. The first occurred early yesterday morning at Kehoe’s home, about u mile west of the village, destroying the house, barn and wagon sheds. All apparently were wired to the same timing device. The second blast was that in the school building. It came about 9:43 a. iy., only u few minutes after classes had been assembled. The time has been fixed definitely because all , of the clocks in the wrecked wing stopped at that minute. The third blast came in Kehoe’s automobile in front of the school about 30 minutes later. Weather conditions at North Da- kota points for the 24 hours ending at 7 a. nt. today: Temperature at 7 a. m 39 Highest yesterday 50 Lowest last night 35 Precipitation to 7 u. m 0 Highest wind velocity 12 Temps, g •3 «* £ *M 2 ti ’Sys ° S C » Mi Cl M £ h p |g , 5 s Is I* Amenta 58 33 .20 Clear BISMARCK .... 50 35 0 Clear Bottineau 48 37 0 Clear Crosby 41 34 0 Cloudy Devils Lake «... 58 34 0 Clear Dickinson 55 39 0 Cloudy Dunn Center ... 52 36 .07 Cloudy Ellendale 43 33 .19 Clear Fessenden 51 35 0 Clear Grand Forks ...'. 50 40 0 P Cldy. Hettinger 71 36 .15 Clear Jamestown 44 35 .27 Clear Langdon 67 32 0 Clear Larimore 50 34 0 Clear Lisbon 53 35 .42 Clear Napoleon 43 30 .41 Clear Pembina 70 35 0 P Cldy. Williston .-64 38 0 Cloudy Moorhead, Minn. 48 40 0 Clear WEATHER FORECAST For Bismarek and vicinity: Show- ers tonight and Friday. Warmer to- night. i For North Dakota: Showers to- night and Friday. Warmer"*'east . and central portions tonight. GENERAL WEATHER CONDITIONS The pressure la high over the nor- thern Great Plains. It is low over other sections,, with the greatest de- preseion over Utah. Showers oc- curred in all sections except in a narrow strip over the Rocky Moun- tain region. The precipitation was light over the' Plains States, but with the greatest amounts over east- ern North Dakota. Cool weather pre- vails throughout 'the north central and northwestern states.. ORRIS W. ROBERTS. Official la charge. i Last Minute | ! Bulletins | ? ; O Nogales, Aria., May 19.— </P) A delayed report to the Nogales Herald today says that bandits attacked a train in the Mexican state of Jalisco May 16, burying alive a priest and a young girl .rom Tepee. Portland, Oregon, May 19.—(4*) —The Federal Marine Telegraph company announced late last' . night that the steamship Indiana Harbor was sending out distress signals from a point 10 miles south of' Point Groda, south of Eureka, Calif., where she is aground. She was bound from San Francisco to Portland. The steamship Haruriki, 18 miles north of Indiana Harbor, went to her aasistance. Okmulgee. Okla., May 19.— UP) —Matthew Kimes and hia bandit band who held up two Beggs h**nks yesterday morning, killed - Chief of Police W. J. McAnaly and eacaped with 617,961.49, have been cornered at Quay, tu Pawnee county, by n posse of more than 199 armed citiseha and officers. This report came in a telephone call Hub morning from Con- stable .E. W. Jones of Beggi, who was leading the posse. THE LAST TIME “I'll never ask another woman to marry me aa long as I live." "Refused again?” M N% accepted.”—Tit'Biti.

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?sag*-1 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE [ FINALfMTION [ESTABLISHED 1873 BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, THURSDAY. MAY 19, 1927 PRICE FIVE cents'

lUNIAC'S WIFE WAS HIS FIRST VICTIMBERTAUD WILLNOT MAKE TRIPLEVINE SAYS

RESIDENTS OF ATCHAFALAYABASINARE FLEEING FROM THEIR HOMES

WOMEN DIRECTWORLD’S FAIROPENING TODAY

Three Aces—With Paris the Pot PORTIONS OFBODY FOUND INRUINS OF FARM

Lisbon Woman Is. in Race to Head

State FederationLisbon. N. D.. May 19. -(4)—Mrs.

Albert Jones, Lisbon, today was en-dorsed by women's clubs of the fourthdistrict for president of the statefederation of women's clubs. Theelection will be held in 1928, at whichtime Mrs. J. E. Featherstone, ValleyCity, present executive, will be in-eligible to run again.

Mrs. Jones is the second candidateto head the women's organization,women of the third district having al-ready endorsed Mrs. E. O. Dickinsonof Minot.

INDIANAPOLISIS HARD HIT BYSEVERUTORM

At Least 45 Persons Injured

—Five Lives Believed Lost

at Peoria, 111.

Indianapolis, Ind., May 19 —(A*)—

At least 45 persons injured, propertydumage estimated by police ut 02,-500,000, between 200 and 300 homeswere destroyed and several buildingswere wrecked, a dozen larger businessbuildings unroofed, and badly crip-pled telephone and telegraph com-munication was the toll of a heavywind and rain storm which struckIndianapolis and vicinty last night.Six of the injured are in a criticalcondition.

The storm was general over thecentral part of the state, sweepingin from Terre Haute on the westand reaching to Richmond on theeast.

The wind at times reached a veloc-ity of 80 miles an hour, according tothe weather bureau. Reports of lossof life were unverified.

WORST CLOUDBURST ANDHAIL STORM INJUSTORY

Peoria, 111., May 19—(4>—With

five lives believed lost, scores ofpersons missing, more than 350 home-less. and approximately a million andhalf dollars in property damage,

Peoria today was recovering fromone of the worst cloudbursts unu.hail storms in its histoly:* More thanfive and a half inches of rain fellbetween 2 a. m. and 5:30 p. m.Wednesday.

PEORIA MAYOR'S SONIS ONE OF VICTIMS

Peoria, 111., May 19—(A*)—Five per-sons may have lost their lives, oneof them, Walter Mueller, son of themayor of Peoria, irhen he and a com-panion were caught in u wall of water13 feet high, in floods and rainstorms in Peoria and vicinity yes-terday. A score or more W’ere re-ported unaccounted for.

Train service in and out of Peoriawas demoralized today due to wash-outs, and other utilities services stillwere crippled. The greater part ofthe telephone service was out ofuse.

Young Mueller, a mine superin-tendent, and Lester Jones, werewalking on the Toledo, Peoria andWestern railway tracks when caughtin the flood on Lemarsh Creek.Jones and others described it as awall of water 13 feet which sweptthem into the torrent. Jones escapedalthough he was in a critical condi-tion today from exposure.

Four other persons were believedto have lost their lives in the low-lands near here, and scores fled theirhomes in,East Peoria as the streamsoverflowed. The rainfall here was5.52 inches.

Flood Relief Director Urges

Inhabitants to Get Out ofPath of Spreading Waters

—lnstructions Obeyed ByResidents of 27 TownsNorthwest of New Orleans

New Orleans, May 19.—UP) —Anew river, which army engineer**estimated to be carrying much ofIne tioori w*im Htr —*-•*

through the Bayou des Glalseacrevasses from mewas tearing its way through thefertile farm lands of the Evangel-ine coantry today, driving thou-sands rruiu their homes.

More than 7,900 already hadbeen forced to flee from villagesand towns in the path the riverwas cutting to the sea to take uptemporary refuge in concentra-tion camps.

New''Orleans, May 10.—</!*>-—Resi-dents of the vast west Atchafalayabasin were gathering their posses-sions today and fleeing.from theirhomes because of ominous floodwarnings issued by federal weatherauthorities and John M. Parker, staterelief, director. Their homes arefrom 100 to 150 miles northwest ofNew Orleans.

Mr. Parker hud a score of tele-phone operators at work urging theinhabitants to get out of the path ofthe spreading waters. His instruc-tions were obeyed by residents of 27towns, none of which had a popula-tion of more than 500. The sectionis on the route to the Gulf of Mex-ico, expected to be followed by wa-ters from the Bayou des Glaiseslevee breaks and torrents pouringthrough crevasses in the Atchafalayariver at Melville, front which 1,000men, women and children have de-parted. These floods converged 40miles below Bayou des Glaises. Alake 250 miles long and from 15 to100 miles wide was created.

A sudden inundation of an addi-tional portion of St. Landry parish,sending several feet of water intoBeggs, Garland, Dubisson, White-villc and into the country surround-ing Bunkic, was reported. More than5,000 persons were estimated to bein the inundated territory. Rescueworkers wore busy notifying them torush to the Southern Pacific railroadline, where cars havp been .placed totake them out of the territory.

FINE PROGRAMPREPARED FORBAND CONCERT

IProceeds Will Be Used to Fi-

nance Open-air Concerts !During Summer j

An excellent program of militarymarches, semi-classical overtures,and solo numbers by members of theband has been prepared by R. E.Wenzel, director of the BismarckElks band, for the concert to begiven by the band tonight ut the cityauditorium. The vocal soloist forthe affair is Mrs. John Graham, andshe will be accompanied by Mrs. Ar-thur Bauer.

The band members have been re-hearsing faithfully for several weeksin preparation for tonight’s publicappearance, and those who attend areassured of a most enjoyable evening.The concert is scheduled to start at

8:15.The proceeds of tonight’s concert

will be used by the Elks lodge tofinance the series of open-air con-certs which the band will give dur-ing the summer months, and to fur-,ther the welfare work being con-ducted in Bismarck by the organiza-tion.

The ProgramThe following is the program an-

nounced by Director Wenzel:March, “Eldorado,” by Victor

' Herbert Band“Slavonic Rhapsody,” by Friede-

mann BandClarinet solo, “Fantasia de Con-

certo,” by Boccalari.. Sam KontosVocal solos, sslected Mrs. John

Graham, with Mrs. Arthur Baueras accompanist.

a. “Rain," by Pearl Curran.b. “Nightingale of Lincoln')

Inn,” an old English song.Suite, “Atlantis,” by Safranek

1 Banda. Nocturne and Morning Hymn.b. Court Function.c. I Love Thee.d. Destruction of Atlantis.

Xylophone solo, “Mocking Bird,”by Stobbs Joseph Sullivan

Selections from “Magic Melody,”by Romberg Band

March, “The Stars and Stripes For-ever,” by Sousa Band

Dentists WillEndConvention Today

Fargo, N. D., May 19.—</P) —Properdiet, particularly the use j>f greenvegetables and fruits, and early careof the teeth are the two extremelyimportant and outstanding factorsin preservation of the teeth of chil-dren, it was stated today by Dr.William Dekleine, director of theFargo child health demonstration, inOn address before the North DakotaState Dental association.

Foiir addresses, dealing largelywith oral hygiene, features the fore-noon program of the final day of the22nd annual convention of the asso-ciation liere. In addition to Dr.Dekleine, who talked on. “oral hy-giene and child health,” there weretalks today by Dtf. O. L. Kermott ofTowner apd Dr. J. W. Smith ofBarthold and a paper on “a dentalstudy club,*** by Dr. H. C. Cooperof Abercrombie.

"¦ The annual meeting, forelection of officers end other busi-ness, is being held this afternoon.

Successor Already Selected,

But His Identity Is Be-ing Kept a Secret

CONTRADICTS BERTAUI)

Flyer Announced After Long

Conference That He WouldGo With Chamberlin

New York, May 19.—(A*)—LloydBcrtaud definitely will not make theParis flight in the Bellanca mono-

Klanc with Clarence Chamberlin, andis successor is already selected,

Charles A. Levine, head of the com-pany backing the flight, told theAssociated Press this afternoon.

Lfevirie’s announcement followedtardily on an almost night long con-ference at the end of which Bertaudhad said that all difficulties hadbeen ironed out and that he wouldgo on the flight as navigator asoriginally planned.

Asked for StatementLavinc made no statement at the

time but when reports gained circu-lation that the situation was notquite as Bcrtaud believed it to be, hewas asked to state definitely whatthe results of the conference were.

“Bertaud is not going,*’ he replied.“That is definite. His successor hasbeen selected but his identity willnot be revealed until the plane isready to hop off.”

Bertaud had said injunction pro-ceedings to prevent the Columbia fromstarting on its trip without himwould be withdrawn. The navigatorfelt satisfied, he said, that he wouldbe with Clarence D. Chamberlin whenthe craft hops off.

A temporary injunction returnabletomorrow was obtained by Bertaudyesterday.

Weather Still Stormyf Adverse weather reports further

delayed the Bellanca flight. Stormyareas between here and the NewFoundland coast also held to earthCommander Richard E. Byrd’s giantFokker monoplane America, andCaptain Charles Lindbergh’s Ryanmonoplane, Spirit of St. Louis.

The mid-Atlantic, said weather re-ports, was clear but favorable skiesthe entire extent of the route prob-ably would not appear before to-morrow morning. Lindbergh is readyto depart.

Levine said that Frank Tichenor,publisher of an airplane magazine,went to his house early today, taking 1with him Bertaud and G. M. Bellanca,designer of the plane. He identifiedBertaud in his statement as “former-ly navigator of the plane Columbia.”

Is Definitely Out“Tichenor came as peacemaker and

Bellanca was neutral,” he said.“Bertaud repudiated statements at-

tributed to him in the press and at-tempted to conciliate me, but I toldhim he was definitely out.

“He offered to withdraw the in-junction suit he started against meif I would let him go but 1 rejectedhis offer.”

Asked why he had let Bertaud’sstatement that all difficulties hadbeen disposed of stand for eighthours before denying it, Levine saidthrough a representative that he wasnot interested in any conclusions thepublic might draw from such actionon his part. He said that he was notseeking publicity and only made astatement at this time because he hadbilen asked for it.

strletHreatIS AVERTED ORMICHIGAN ROADPere Marquette Employers,

Employes Arbitrate—Wereto Have Struck Tqday

Detroit, May 19.— (JPh~ A threat-ened strike on the Pere Marquetterailroad, set for this morning, wasaverted when railroad officials andrepresentatives of the variousunions, reached a working agree-ment, it was announced by membersof the federal board of mediation,who extended their aid in ironingout the differences between the twofactions.

A number of the matters tn dis-pute were settled in a manner mu-tually satisfactory to both sides, itwas said, while others were left toarbitration. The details of the set-tlement were not revealed.

Agreement SatisfactoryRepresentatives of both sides ex-

pressed satisfaction with the agiee-

metft reached, and union officialsdispatched orders to locals to cancelstrike plans.

The representatives had been inconference for 13 hours.

The approximately 3,000 employesof Uhe road had Voted almostunanimously to go on strike at 6o'clock this morning, union leadersrevealed. The workers', involvedwere the switchmen, engineers, fire-men, conductors, trainmen, telegra-phers, longshoremen and clerks. Al-though specific grievances of theworkers were not revealed, it wasssid that ail branches had demandedchanged working conditions and the,clerks had asked for an increase inP

The railroad recently granted awage increase to conductors; andtrainmen.

, WHERI THEY WERESaid the modern girl to the old-

fashioned man: “Next week I'm go-i#v Paris for some /clothes."“Ah!”he replied in a relieved tone,“Iwondered where you'd left them.”—Tit-Bitft4

Chicago Exposition Is Thor-oughly Feminine*—Foreign

Nations Represented

Crushed Skull Leads Police toThink He Killed Her Be-

fore Setting Fire

TO BE OPENED BY DAWESPLAN GROUP FUNERAL

Each Day Given Over to SomeActivity in Which Wom-

en Are Prominent

Michigan Town in Mourning

—Tragedy Touches Virtu-ally Every Home

Chicago, May 19. —(4V-A womaninspired, controlled and directedworld’s fair, opening here today, willshow the accomplishments of womenin more than 100 vocations, most ofwhich, until recently, were open onlyto men.

The fair, the third of its kind tobe held in Chicugo, is so thorough-ly feminine, that man's only partwas in the manual labor of decorat-ing the coliseum, where the fair wiltbo held, of unpacking and arrangingthe exhibits, and even those activi-ties were carried out under the di-rection of women. A woman de-signed the floor plan, another wrotethe insurance—even the broadcast-ing of events is in the hands ofwomen.

Sffi.-i&S! &pUrCtartU‘,

An, U«dlif^h*7fcf«,'T " ilh '•*<- for’ th, sum*

A. Chamberlin. In them, America’s hue f>• :h<.,l''' {l.thau * llyi-d (venter), ami Clarence’ UUa * 110,1 1 1 th « non-stop trans-Atlantic hop prize finds promise of iul-

Ti Intent.

SCHLAPSISSCHEDULED TOHANG FRIDAY

Marilyn Miller andJack Pickford Seek

Divorce in ParisBANKERS WILL

MEET IN CITYON THURSDAY

Hath, Michigan, May 19.—(A’)\\ ith 30 of its children, who yester-day romped through its streets, andfive adults lying still in death, thislittle village of some 300 persons wasjust beginning today to comprehendthe full horror of the maniacaldynamiting of its school. Forty-fourothers were seriously injured; noone knows the number of -minor in-juries.

A dozen foreign countries, andevery section of the United States,have sent exhibits of women's handi-work, and illustrious women fromevery state have come to lend theiraid. Eos Angeles, May 19. -,Ah Marilyn

Miller, musical comedy star, and herhusband, Jack Pickford, motion pic-ture actor, will seek a di\ .tree inParis early in June, Piikio J ulmitted here last night.

Pickford revealed that his wife,who now is in Chicago, would sailfor France shortly. He said hewould follow her abroad a shorttime later and a Paris tribunalwould he petitioned for a divorce onthe grounds of incompatibility.

“Me tried a year's separation."Pickford admitted, “in order to avoida divorce, but we finally decided thatwe Were temperamentally unsuitodfor each other and decided to quit."

Dawes to Open FairVice President Charles G. Dawes

formally will open the fair tonight.It will continue until May 27. Eachday will be given over to some par-ticular activity in which women havedistinguished themselves.

Women doctors and surgeous willdemonstrate their capability inclinics, women lawyers will conducta mock court, women artists, car-toonists, decorators, and designerswill be seen at their work. Afeminine mechanic will dismantleand assemble an automobile motorin 50 minutes, a milliner will designand make hats to individual tastes,and modistes will create before theeyes of spectators the latest infeminine attire. Women aviators,will tell how to fly, and womennewspaper reporters will relate theirexperiences. The only woman watch-maker in the world, Martha Witt-nauer of Switzerland, has a boothat the fair, showing exhibits of herhandicraft.

Favorable Action By Gover-nor on Petition For Clem-

ency Is Only Chance

Included in the dead is Andrewkehoe. revenge-maddened farmer,treasurer of the township schoolboard, who mined the school withdynamite and gunpowder and blewhimself into eternity after watchingthe blast tsar the north wing of theschool to pieces and hurl the bodiesof its little pupils through windowsand walls.

Fust Slope Financiers to

Gather Here Next WeekFor Annual Meeting

Wolf Point, Mont., May 111. (4*)

Unless Governor Erickson acts favor-ably on his petition for clemency,Ferdinand Schlap, 18-year-old farmhand, will be hanged here tomorrowfor the killing of Ludmilla Geisler,who, with her husband, Antouc, wereslain here May 1, 1920.

DDcussion of common problemsarid addresses by state official' andprominent bankers are to feature ihomeeting of the East Missouri SlopeRankers’ association, to be held hereThursday, .May 26.

Only a whim of fate or accident!prevented destruction of the entirevillage.

SEVEN LIVESARE LOST IN

IDAHO FLOOD

Bankers from Sioux, Gnii" .V<u-ton, Mercer, Oliver, Burleigh, Mc-Lean, Kidder, Emmons, Mclntosh andLogan counties are to attend themeeting.

One Wire Short CircuitedInvestigation showed that Kehoe,

angered because of a school tuxlevied against him and nursing hisopposition to the erection of thebuilding three years ago, had care-fully mined the basement, installingan elaborate system of electrical wir-ing connected with a time clock. Hisplans seemingly called for destruc-tion of the entire structure, with itsmore than 260 pupils and instructors.One of the wires he so carefully in-stalled became short circuited andthe electric impulse failed to com-plete its course. It was this failurethat prevented the killing of morethan 160 other pupils in anothur partof the building.

Schlap's attorney will arrive inHel ena this afternoon to present theboy’s case to the governor.

The Geislers were Schlap's em-ployers. He confessed he covetedthe ir automobile and some moneythey kept in the house.

Schlap formerly lived at Ashley,North Dakota.

The meeting will be held at theAssociation of Commerce chambersand will be called to order at 10:30.Rev. Walter E. Yater will give theinvocation. A short business sessionwill be held, followed by a talk by1L E. Grimm of tire Greater NorthDakota association agricultural com-mittee. K. A. Ripley of Mandan,member of the agricultural creditcorporation, is to lead a discussionof banking problems.

Many RepresentedTn the foreign section, France, Fin-

land, Czecho Slovakia, Norway, Swe-den, Japan, and Switzerland willexhibit work of their women, chieflyin hand loomed fabrics. OFFER OF JOB

CAUSES DEATH‘Slide* Dam, Formed in June,

1925, Breaks. InundatingGros Ventre Valley

Helen Bennett, u Wellesley grad-uate, who taught school, ran a farm,and edited a weekly newspaper inSouth Dakota, wrote club news for aChicago daily, and directed the Chi-cago Collegiate Bureau of Occupa-tions, founded the women’s worldfair three years ago. It was thefirst of its kind; and since its estab-lishment other cities and other coun-tries have taken up the ideu.

Attorney General George Shaferwill talk on “What I Expect of MyBanker” and this will be followed bya discussion of service arid exchangecharges.

Idaho Falls, Idaho, May 19—(4)—Nature has restored the topographyof the Upper Gros Ventre river valleyto a semblance of its original appear-ance ut a cost of seven lives, it wasrevealed today as flood waters re-leased by a “slide” dam continuedto menace several communities.

St. Paul Girl, Given Chanceat Teaching Position, Dies

From Excitement

Counties to ReportReports are to be given by coun-

ties as follows: Grant county, J. G.Sejd; McLean county, ('. O. Thomp-son; Morton county. W. J. Watson;Mercer county, Roy Seibert; Bur-leigh county, J. I’. Wagner; Kiddercounty, I). D. McKee; Tri-county, J.I>. Meier.GIRL CRIES AS

Story is toldOF TRAGEDY

St.. Paul, May 19.-- (A*)- An offer ofa new position is believed to havelesulted in excitement which causedthe death of Miss Bernice Rice, 20year old primary teacher at a localschool.

The “slide” dam, created whenSheep Mountain shifted several feetin June, 1925, to send an avalancheof rocks, dirt and trees across theGros Ventre river, collapsed yester-day to send a wall of water down thesparely settled vi%!ey. The lakecreated by the natural dam held ap-proximately 100,900 acre feet ofwater.

Michael Tschida of Glen Ullin isto lead a discussion on “Public Con-fidence a Bank Asset.” Reports ofcommittees and election of officerswill complete the afternoon’s pro-gram. A dinner is to be held in theevening at the Bismarck Countryclub.

Miss Rice, who died last night, re-ceived an offer of a position asteacher at Winona State Teacherscollege where she graduated a yearago, and was greatly excited over theprospect, according to friends.

She returned home apparently ingood health in the afternoon but latercollapsed. '

Men Blown to Bits

Kelly, little northwestern Wyomingcommunity where about 75 personslived, was inundated virtually witn-out warning. Although the deathlist stood at eight, others were unac-counted for.

Kehoe was sitting in the car-Emory E. Huyck, superintendent ofschools, was talking with him, onefoot on the running board. Glenn O.Smith, village postmaster, and Nel-son McFarran. an aged man. werestanding on the side walk a few feetaway. Suddenly a terrific blast camefrom the machine. The bodies ofKehoe and Huyck were blown tobits. McFarran was killed outrightand Smith so badly injured that hedied in a hospital shortly afterward.

Witness in Spitzer Case WhoSaw Boy Killed Collapses

While Testifying

Other meetings to be held in thissection of the state include one atDickinson May 27.

Retiring officers of the East Slopegroup are Roy Stibert, lla/.en; G. A.IIu bind I, Glen Ullin and P. J. Rausch,Raleigh. Retiring officers of theWest Missouri Slope group are R. J.List of Scranton, president; W. O.Torkelson, South Heart, vice pres-ident, and William Krebs! ach of Ree-der, secretary-treasurer.

Gas Station Being:

Fargo Is Ready ForContinuing its race down the val-

ley, the* flotfd struck W\'son, 25miles below Kelly, within two hours,but no lives were lost at Wilson, asresidents had been warned to flee.

I Weather ReportLinton, N. D., May 19—(Special

to the Tribune) —A little 12-year-old girl who saw Leroy YLanormy,Ashley boy, killed when he wasstruck by Adolph Spitzer’s car, tookthe stand this morning to tell herstory of the accident and then col-lapsed, weeping, to be carried fromthe courtroom.

Convention of LionsFargo, N. D., May 19.- (A*) -Repre-

sentatives of the 36 Lions clubs ofthe fifth district will arrive in Fargotonight for the annual district con-vention which will be held here Fri-day and Saturday. Convention com-mittees of the Fargo club have com-pleted all arrangements for the con-vention. Registration of memberswill begin here at 10 a. m. Friday.

The Sheep Mountain slide followeda series ot earthquakes that causedconsiderable damage in northwesternWyoming and Montana. The slideand avalanche created a dam nearlyhalf a mile across and about 300 feetin height. This formed a lake aboutseven*miles long, a mile in width, and250 feet in depth at some points.

There are two versions of the ex-plosion in Kehoe’s car. One we* thathe fired a rifle into a load of ficurdc}> :in the tonneau; the other that he Seioff the blast by touching a button inan electric current while sitting inthe car.

Built at Corner ofEighth and Main

Construction of a gasoline fillingstation at the corner of Eighthstreet and Main avenue has beenstarted by W. F. Wherland and O.A. Engebrctson. The station is beingbuilt on the site formerly occupiedby the Lockwood Accessory company.

Miesen Will Speakat Three Meetings

She was Levina Brosz of Ashley,a neighbor and playmate of theVanormy boy, and she was calledby the prosecution in the trial otSpitzer, who is charged with firstdegree manslaughter in connectionwith Vanormy’s death.

Called away from school to testify,the girl took the stand and told how,looking out from the porch of herhome, she saw Spitzer’s car, comingat what she aid was a terrific rateof speed, swerve from the road andrun into the Vanormy boy. She wasovercome when questioning begunand she had to be carried from thecourtroom, while the spectatorswere visiblly affected. »

Another witness, a 70-year-oldman, was also affected when tellingthe story of the accident. He wasEd. Heinrich, who lived a short dis-tance away from the Vanormy homeand and who saw Spitzer's car swervetoward the boy. 1

Coroaer Testifies

Besides Kehoe. Huyck. Smith andMcFarran, the other adult killed wasHazel Wetherbee, an instructor.

A state investigation was underway to determine whether Kehoe wasalone in the crime, and also thesource of the large quantity of ex-plosive.

Oil Company GrantedStock Selling PermitAuthority to sell $20,000 of stock

has been granted by the state secur-ities commission to the Red Top Oilcompany of Plentywood, Montana.Sales may bo -made only to personswho already are stockholders in thecompany, however.

MAN BECOMES DEMENTEDOVER SCHOOL TAX LEVY

Bath, Mich.. May 19.—(A*) One-fourth of the children of thisvillage are dead, as many are maimed,and the hand of tragedy has reachedinto virtually every one of* the hun-dred homes of the community as aresult of a carefully devised plot ofa demented farmer.

Among- the 41 victims of the blast-ing of the village school house yester-day was the perpetrator of thetragedy, Andrew Kehoe, 45-year-oldfarmer, who was known as a man ofbrilliance in the community, butwhose mind had been diverted toschemes of revenge against theschool board because of anger over a-school tax levied against him. Kehoewas a member of the board.

Of the 41 who were killed, 35 werepupils in the school which waswrecked by the explosion of dyna-mite, white 40 others were injured.

Of the hundred and sotne odd fam-ilies of the community, there wasnone who had not lost a child orrelative or friend by the fiendishhandiwork of Kehoe, who set thedeath dealing blast while under thedelusion that school officials wereconspiring to ruin him. •

Funeral Maas Being MadsThe usual only morning hurry

and scurry of getting the childrenready for school was conspicuous %yits absence. Parents whose dailyritual It was to hustlo tho young-sters from bod and scrub their facesfor school, wore engaged in the duty

(Continued on yaft thresj

The company needs the money tofinish the work of sinking a wellwhich already is being drilled, thecommission wus told.

To organize junior clubs, County !Agent A. R. Mieseii will speak atth ree meetings tomorrow . in the jnorthern part of the county.

Mr. Miesen will speak to schoolchildren at Baldwin tomorrow loom-ing; to students at Wing tomorrownoon, where he will assist in theorganization of a girls’ sewing club,and to the Driscoll Parent-Teacherassociation tomorrow night.

Two new junior clubs were recentlyorganized at Sterling.

3 Illinois YouthsHeld at Rapid City

Rapid City, S. D., May 19.—(A*)—Preliminary hearing for LawrenceArnold. John Brady and RusselOlander, all about 20 years old, giv-ing their residence at Glen Ellyn, 111.,was set for late today. The threeare charged with highway robbery.In addition, charges of assaulting aRapid City girl have been filedagainst Arnold and Olander. Theyalso are said to be wanted in Fargo,N. D.

The three were arrested at CusterMonday evening.

Women students in English uni*versities number 9,000 ?nd»*\ Fiftyyears ago them were only 71,

Stainless Steel ForAutomobiles Forecast

Milwaukee, May 19. —(A*V—“Stain-less steel” that will provide automo-biles that shine like mirrors is fore-cast by W. H. Eisenmun, Cleveland,Ohio, national secretary of the Amer-ican Society for Steel Treating, whichwill open its annual convention heretoday.

Not only the automobile, but theairplane, and steel beams and pillarsin buildings, furniture, and other ob-jects, may in the future be made ofthe chronium mirror steel, Mr. Eisen-man said.

The chronium steel is an alloy, oflight weight and marvelous strength.. The steel men are going to bendtheir efforts to produce still strongerand lighter alloys for the airplane andsteel alloys for motorcar bearingswhich will reduce vibration, accordingto Mr. Eisenman.

John Laemmle, Mclntosh coroner,told of examining the boys bodyafter the accident and said that thehub of Spitxer's right wheel hadknocked a hole two inches across inthe boy's head. This indicated tohim, be said, that Spitser must havebeen coming at a high rate of speed.The boy died instantly, he said.

The defense • today continued tohammer away at the state’s witnessesin an attempt to prove that Spitserhad made the car swerve toward theboy because he wanted to avoid an-other youth who woe crossing thestreet, but none of the witnessescalled would admit that they believedthe accident unavoidable.

The case is being tried before acourtroom packed to the doors, withpeople lining the walls. It has takenon the aspect ef a bitter fight, withthree firms of lawyers from Ashley,Maadan end Linton representingSpitser and with Frans Bhubeck, Mo-

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A LITTLE FOOLISH 1“Don’t you think he’s crazy, get-

ting: engaged?”“No, not crazy—just sentimentally

defective”—Everybody’s Weekly.

Halli, Mich, May 19.—.(>p)—Mrs. Andrew Ki'hur, wife of themaniac who yesterday blew upthe consolidated school here withu lotM of 41 lives, his farm homeand himself, was the first victimof his fury, it was establishedtoday, i ortions of her bodywere found in the ashes of oneof the outbuildings on the Kehoefarm. Her skull was crushed,leading to the belief. Kehoe kill-ed her before casting her bodyinto the building to be burned.

The discovery was made byHoy Cole, a deputy sheriff.

In all there were three explosions.The first occurred early yesterdaymorning at Kehoe’s home, about umile west of the village, destroyingthe house, barn and wagon sheds. Allapparently were wired to the sametiming device.

The second blast was that in theschool building. It came about 9:43a. iy., only u few minutes afterclasses had been assembled. The timehas been fixed definitely because all ,of the clocks in the wrecked wingstopped at that minute. The thirdblast came in Kehoe’s automobile infront of the school about 30 minuteslater.

Weather conditions at North Da-kota points for the 24 hours endingat 7 a. nt. today:Temperature at 7 a. m 39Highest yesterday 50Lowest last night 35Precipitation to 7 u. m 0Highest wind velocity 12

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Amenta 58 33 .20 ClearBISMARCK .... 50 35 0 ClearBottineau 48 37 0 ClearCrosby 41 34 0 CloudyDevils Lake «... 58 34 0 ClearDickinson 55 39 0 CloudyDunn Center ... 52 36 .07 CloudyEllendale 43 33 .19 ClearFessenden 51 35 0 ClearGrand Forks ...'. 50 40 0 P Cldy.Hettinger 71 36 .15 ClearJamestown 44 35 .27 ClearLangdon 67 32 0 ClearLarimore 50 34 0 ClearLisbon 53 35 .42 ClearNapoleon 43 30 .41 ClearPembina 70 35 0 P Cldy.Williston .-64 38 0 CloudyMoorhead, Minn. 48 40 0 Clear

WEATHER FORECASTFor Bismarek and vicinity: Show-

ers tonight and Friday. Warmer to-night. i

For North Dakota: Showers to-night and Friday. Warmer"*'east

.and central portions tonight.

GENERAL WEATHER CONDITIONSThe pressure la high over the nor-

thern Great Plains. It is low overother sections,, with the greatest de-preseion over Utah. Showers oc-curred in all sections except in anarrow strip over the Rocky Moun-tain region. The precipitation waslight over the' Plains States, butwith the greatest amounts over east-ern North Dakota. Cool weather pre-vails throughout 'the north centraland northwestern states..

ORRIS W. ROBERTS.Official la charge.

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Nogales, Aria., May 19.— </P)—A delayed report to the NogalesHerald today says that banditsattacked a train in the Mexicanstate of Jalisco May 16, buryingalive a priest and a young girl.rom Tepee.

Portland, Oregon, May 19.—(4*)

—The Federal Marine Telegraphcompany announced late last'

. night that the steamship IndianaHarbor was sending out distresssignals from a point 10 milessouth of' Point Groda, south ofEureka, Calif., where she isaground. She was bound fromSan Francisco to Portland. Thesteamship Haruriki, 18 milesnorth of Indiana Harbor, went toher aasistance.

Okmulgee. Okla., May 19.—UP)

—Matthew Kimes and hia banditband who held up two Beggsh**nks yesterday morning, killed

- Chief of Police W. J. McAnalyand eacaped with 617,961.49, havebeen cornered at Quay, tu Pawneecounty, by n posse of more than199 armed citiseha and officers.This report came in a telephonecall Hub morning from Con-stable .E. W. Jones of Beggi,who was leading the posse.

THE LAST TIME“I'll never ask another woman to

marry me aa long as I live.""Refused again?”MN% accepted.”—Tit'Biti.