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Lehr Bank Robbed of $3,000
Boy Soldiers Sing ‘Swan Song 9 at Ft Lincoln
400 C.M.T. YOUTHS
ENTERTAIN VISIT®
WITH CAMP PROGRAM
Citizen Doughboys Have Been
Training at Bismarck Post
GOVERNOR SHAFER SPEAKS
Public Is Invited to Attend Pro
gram Arranged for After
noon and Evening
Almost 400 boy soldiers from North
west and Mlddlewest states, who have
been “in the army” at the Citizens
Military Training camp here for the
last month, today were “singing their
swan song” at Fort Lincoln.
The C. M. T. camp was host and
entertainer to visitors today, the last
day before the camp’s break-up,
which will begin at 8 o’clock Tuesday
momlftg.
More than 150 visitors were at the
camp this morning, according to
camp officials, to watch the citizen
doughboys in their various exercises.
Program Began at 9:30
The program began at 9:30 o'clock
with a calisthenics exhibition.
Then Company M gave the cart drill
at the parade ground. Following
this, one of the companies gave an
exhibition of close order drill.
A review before Governor George
F. Shafer was completed shortly be
fore noon and the governor began
presentation of more than 120 prizes
and awards to youths and companies
winning in the various contests con
ducted at the camp.
Bqars, officers, and visitors were en
tertained at a luncheon at 12:45
o’clock, at which the governor gave a
short address.
The program will continue until 9
o’clock this evening, the last numbers
on the program being musical enter
tainment by the C. M. T. C. 38-plece
band, tho girls of the lirnnk In*>
dlan school, anothe Bismarck musl-
cal trio, beginning at 7 o’clock.
Musical Program Tonight
Visitors this evening again will be
guests at the camp’s mess hall sup
per at 6 o’clock. Events on the pro
gram this afternoon were a mule polo
game, by Company M; tunnel race;
centipede race; three tug of war
matches; and a baseball game In
which the championship C. M. T. C.
team was to face the regular army
nine of the post.
Prizes and. awards presented to the
winners by Governor Bhafer follow:
Basic student demonstrating most
proficiency ?n camp—Wayne F. Mil
ler, Co. L.
Beat Blue student—Lawrence W.
Linderer, Company I.
Best White student-rßay M. Foster,
Co. M.
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Best Red student—Ward Swanson,
Co. I.
Best Basic students In each com
pany: Jack Lane, Co. I; Ernest W.
Leßeln, Co. K; Wayne F. Miller, Co.
L; Wilbur O. Mortenson, Co. M.
Best Soldier-Athlete John Mc-
Gregor, Co. L.
Company strength test—Co. L
Individual strength test Ernest
Det Roches, Co. I.
Best "all round. man" Wilfred J.
Lilllbrldge, Co. K.
Best ftitisen—'William Evans, Co. K.
Best "all around athlete" Erast
Des Roches, Co. I.
Best bandsmen —William P. Ferret
tl, Maynord G. Hatlestad, and Han
sel E. Guloien.
Best entertainer—Victor Mattson,
co: i.
Best riflemen—David L. cnristo
pher, Co. L: Loren E. Christopher,
Co. K; and Konrad F. Stphens. Co. K,
in order.
Tennis singles—John McGregor, Co.
L, and Clyde Van Horn. Co. L
Tennis doubles —John McGregor
and Bernard Sherer, both of Co. L,
and George A. Allen and Hansel Gul
oien, both of Co. M.
Boxing—flyweight—Alfred Pilloud,
Co. I and Harold Moe, Co. M; feath
erweight—Asher Austin, Co. 1, and
Robert Menzle, Co. K; lightweight—
Everett Campbell. Co. I, and Malcom
Bromwell, Co. M; welterweights—
Bernard Prinsen, Co. M, and Willard
Peterson, Co. I; middleweight—
George'Johnson, Co. L, and William
Evans, Co. K; lightheavyweight—
(Continued on page nine)
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Plan Commencement
At Hoover School
4 o
Washington, July 14.—W—Fifteen
mountain children who have learned
their "reading and writing and
’rithmetic” at the school which Presi
dent and Mrs. Hoover established
near their own lodge in Virginia, are
to hold their first commencement
Friday.
With the big day near, the moun
tain folk are hoping anxiously the
Chief Executive and Mrs. Hoover will
be able to attend the exercises.
But the white house has been un
* able to give assurance of this because,
so long as the senate is In session, Mr.
Hoover never knows until the last
minute whether he will be able to
leave the capital.
Twenty-two pupils first enrolled,
but'with some being called home to
help on the farm and others dropping
out for other causes, only fifteen have
been, able to.remain, faithful to their
desire for learning.
for Last Month
THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE
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I Girl Returns Home j
MART McCLENNY
After her parents had exhausted
themselves hunting for her and had
concluded that she had been kid
naped for ransom, Mary McClenny,
Richmond, Va., society girl, returned
home Sunday.
FINANCIER IS SHOT
TO DEATH IN HALL
AT LOS ANGELES
Motley H. Flint Killed in Court
room by Man Who Claimt
He Wat Defrauded
Los Angeles. Calif., July 14.—(£’) —
Motley H. Flint, 65, Los Angeles
financier, was shot to death In the
Los Angeles city hall today.
The shooting occurred in the court
room of Superior Judge Collier.
Flint, who was a brother of the
late United States Senator Frank P.
Flint, was killed instantly.
Witnesses said the shots were fired
by prthk o. Keaton, a former real
estatebrokcr.
* t FHntVwae a witness'in Je suit toJ
David. C. Selmick, film executive,
against the Security First National
bank of Los Angeles.
After firing, Keaton threw his pis
,tol at Flint, raised his hands and
surrendered.
Flint came into prominence as a
principal figure in the Julian Petrol
eum corporation stock swindle of
1927. Charges of violation of the
corporate securities act were pend
ing against Flint as well as other
charges growing out of the Julian
case.
The court room in the Los Angeles
county hall of Justice was in a tur
moil.
Flint had Just stepped from the
witness stand when Keaton, sitting
in the second row, shot him in the
throat
Keaton said he had bought some
stock from Flint’s old concern sev
eral years ago and had suddenly de
cided to shoot him, but he did not
know why. Three shots were fired.
“This fellow ruined me—he ruined
me,” cried Keaton, who Is 56 and a
former real estate broker of Ingle
wood, Los Angeles suburb.
“I put all my money In First Na
tional bank stock and it went down
a hundred points. I had four thou
sand shares. I didn’t mean to kill
him. I came down, town .looking for
a Job. I heard of this cos. I came
to the court room and sat down. Just
when I saw him coming through the
gate in the railing, something hit me
all at once and 1 shot him.”
HIM MEN (EVE
IN SUIT
Lund Says Burchard Placed No
Check Marks on Books of
State Mill and Elevator
Grand Forks. N. D., July 14.— UP) —
Auditors working at the state mill
and elevator here Under the direction
of F. F. Buchard, Grand Forks ac
countant, in 1938, checked only about
one-fourth Of the institution’s books,
it was claimed as the mill opened Ms
defense in a suit brought by Burchard
for $5,098 for auditing services.
To establish its point, the defense
placed O. B. Lund, Bismarck account
ant, on the stand to examine and
identify the mill’s records for 1938
as to auditing done by his employes
in checking the Institution for the
state auditing board, or by other
auditors.
The only check marks found on
books not placed there by his organ
isation, according to Lund, for the
first 10 months of 1938, was on the
grain voucher record of the mill. No
auditing oflu kind, other than that
of his orgaflSation could be found
by Lund on the general voucher or
general ledger records, the defense
maintain^!
Lester Diehl, Bismarck, Lund’s as
sistant verified statements made by
Lund. Earl Benser, Grand Forks,
also a member of the Lund organisa
tion, took the stand shortly before
noon. Cross examination of defense
witnesses by the plaintiffs counsel
was deferred until later.
Benjamin Btoddert of Maryland
was the first secretary of the navy.
H 8 entered , upon his duties June
18, 1798.
PLANS MADE FOR
ENTERTAINMENT OF
N.D. LEGIONNAIRES
One of Biggest Convention
Crowds Ever Seen in Bis-
marck Is Expected
STATE OFFICERS 0. K. PLANS
Eleven Committees of Local Men
Complete All but Last-Min
ute Details of Work
Plans for the entertainment of one
of the largest convention crowds ever
seen In Bismarck were made at a
meeting Sunday of state officers of
the American Legion with committee
members of the local American Legion
post.
State Commander Harry Hart, Ray,
and State Adjutant Jack Williams,
gave approval to the plans .outlined
by local legionnaires and added some
touches of their own.
The complete convention program
Is expected to be announced Thurs
day.
Eleven committees of local legion
naires have been working on the con
vention plans and all but the last
minute details of their assignments
will be completed at that time.
In addition to the entertainment
prepared for them as part of the con
vention arrangements, visiting legion
naires will be accorded every courtesy
by the city and state and numerous
impromptu stunts are expected to add
to the gaiety of the convention.
Members of local committees in
charge of the convention have been
acting under the direction of Spencer
Boise, general chairman. The com
mittee members follow, the chairman
being named first:
Hotel Reservations—B. S. Boise, B.
E. Hitchcock, F. F. Skinner, Kenneth
King and L. P. Warren.
Entertainment of Speakers—W. E.
Gole, G. M. Constans, Captain G. A.
1* Anderson and W. C. Gttrtts, Fargo.
Parade and Police—Major Harold
Sorenson, H. A. Brocopp, Ferris Cord
ner, H. T. Murphy, W. I. Franklin.
Street and Business House Decora
tions—F. J.’Bassett, A. C. Brainerd,
Henry Hanson, Donald McPhee and
Oscar Boutrous.
Transportation—R. V. Stair, Oscar
Belvlg, H. P. Goddard, A. A. Jones and
Morris Batter. •
Band and Drum Corps—A. L. Fos
teson, Curtis Dirlam and George Bird.
Halls and Signs—Myron Atkinson,
Roy Aratson and William Yegen.
Free Acts, Carnival and Judges
Stand—Rayne Baker, E. F. Trepp,
Roy Mills and Lyman Morley.
Ways and Means—W. A. Bather,
Charles Martin, H. W. Rosenthal, H.
W. McCready and T. J. Galvin.
Publicity and Program—Kenneth
W. Simons, Carl E. Knudtson, A. R.
Tavls and H. D. Shaft.
Registration and Badges—John
Bowers, Milton Rue, Lyman Baker,
Charles Martin and George J. Janda.
Ml* SOCIETY
GIRL RETURNS HOME
Admits She Went Away With
Carageman Despite Fact
He Wat Married
Richmond, Va., July 14.—(/P)—Mary
Frances McClenny, 30-yea»-old Rich
mond society girl, was at home today,
exactly two weeks after she disap
peared with Harry Dickinson, her
"garage-man" companion.
Her father and mother, Dr. and
Mrs. D. O. McClenny, exhausted by
search for the girl, were on the verge
of collapse, A. Russell Bowles, the
family attorney, said.
Mi** McClenny returned home yes
terday from a small rooming-house
at Waynesboro, Va., where she and
Dickinson had posed ss Mr. and Mrs.
H. L. Jones, of Lynchburg, Va., since
their secret departure July 1. They
were found by an attorney and a
newspaper reporter.
Dickinson surrendered to police
who held a warrant charging him
with “abducting and secreting" the
missing girl. He was released in ball
of SI,OOO for appearance July 18. The
bond stipulated "he must not attempt
to communicate with Miss McClenny
either directly or Indirectly until the
case has been disposed of."
/Miss McClenny in a siged statement
said she went away with Dickinson
with full knowledge that he was mar
ried and undivorced. She also said
she fled because of parental objection
to Dickinson.
Mystery Epidemic I
Kills 45 Indians |
Ganktok, Sikkim, India, July 14.
(;p)—The populace of this little state
has become greatly worried by a mys
terious epidemic which since the
earthquakes of a few days ago has
claimed 45 lives. Many others are ill
and not expected to survive.
The theory of some physicians that
the earthquakes, disturbing the
earth's surface, uncovered dormant
germs, has been accepted to some ex
tent. The disease is similar to
cholera.
BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA* MONDAY, JULY 14, 1930
CHARGE IOWA MEN
WITH OBSTRUCTING
DRY AGENTS’WORK
Village Officials Accused of Ar
resting Prohibition Mon to
Halt Pool Hall Raid
Dubuque, lowa, July 14.—(#)—Faced
with counter charges of obstructing
enforcement of the Volstead act after
they had arrested and fined two Fed
eral prohibition officers for traffic
violations, three city officers and a
private citizen of McGregor and Mar
quette were free on bond today.
The quartet comprised Mayor Fred
erick Walter and Marshal C. D. Phelps
of McGregor and Marshal Frank
Barton and Ernest Lange of Mar
quette. Filing of federal charges at
the direction of Col. George C.
span deputy prefrlMMen admlntotra
tor, followed an alleged attempt by
the four , to hinder federal agents
Harry H. Kirshman and Reuben H.
Taylor in raiding a biUiard hall at
Marquette last Wednesday.
MoOregor and Marquette citizens,
indignant over the arrest of their of
ficials, wired a protest to Senator
Smith W. Brookhart and asked an
Investigation by the federal prohibi
tion enforcement bureau.
Parsons described the trial of his
agents as a “kangaroo court,*’ declared
the charges “trumped up” and said
Mayor Walter was “playing up to the
wet sentiment” of the two towns.
SIX DROWN AFTER
BATTLE WITH SEA
Lone Survivor Tells Story of
Death in Waters of Mas
sachusetts Bay
Boston, July 14.— (JP) —The story of
five youths and a girl who fought a
desperate but losing fight for life in
the squall-swept waters of Massa
chusetts bay late yesterday was told
today by the sole survivor, Barden
Garceau, 33, of this city, when he was
landed here by the trawler “St. Rita."
Still chilled to the bone from the
long hours of immersion, during which
he clung to the rigging of tthe cap
sized yawl in which all had left Scit
uate harbor only a short time before,
Garceau described how one by one
the others had loosened their hold
and dropped from sight.
The girl, Betty Munsell of Water
town, was the last to go. Garceau
was picked up, hours later, by the
trawler which sighted the wreckage
at 9:30 a. m. Miss Munsell’s body
was found floating nearby.
Beside Garceau and Miss Munsell
the others aboard the yawl were:
Charles ttUl, 33, of Scituate, son
of E. A. Hall, owner of the craft, and
its skipper.
John Blower, 36, Pittsburgh.
David Gar ache, 37, Concord.
Willis Earle, 33, Kansas City.
waiter Kleiber, 38. Youngstown, O.
"The yawl was going along in fine
shape when a sudden squafl capsized
her in very quick fashion,” Garceau
told reporters. "We were thrown
into the water and began to fight for
our lives. Mlsa Munsell and myself
clung desperately to the overturned
craft. The water was very rough.
**The others of the party dropped
off one by one until there was only
the girl and myself left. We were
having a hard time of it but I tried to
keep up her courage by telling her
that a vessel of some kind would
surely come and pick us up.
"Some time during the night the
girl became hysterical. She had been
making a wonderful battle against
heavy odds. Suddenly she screamed
and when I looked she was gone."
Elsie Janis’ Mother
Dies in California
Hollywood, Calif., July 14.—(ff) —
Mrs. Janis E. Bierbower, mother of
Elsie Janis, the actress, died yester
day. She was 60. Throughout her
daughter's stage career, which began
with child theatricals in her home
towp of Columbus, Ohio,. Mrs. Bier
bower was her constant companion.
To Entertain at State Veterans Meeting
DR. C. S. PUTNAM
AUDREY HOUGLUM
Here are three of the people who
will contribute to the gaiety of the
American Legion state convention to
be held hi BMmarck July 28 and 28. .
Audrey Houglum, the young lady
in the center, is a dancer who will ap
pear with the Btate American Legion
band. She recently, completed a tour
with the Publlx-Paramount theatres
and will appear soon In a moving pic
ture, going from here to Hollywood
to attempt a movie career for which
she has a contract.
Dr. C. S. Putnam is North Dakota’s
oldest bandmaster, having been lead-
ing bands for 53 years. He will be
guest conductor with the band here
and will lead It in several Important
numbers.
Albert Andrews, Fargo, is the band
director and will lead it in most of its
local appearances. He has been with
the band since it was organized as
the First North Dakota regimental
band and served with it in France
for 18 months. Andrews also has been
soloist with several famous concert
bands.
Late News
Bulletins
SIGNS FOB BOUT
St. Paul, July 14.—(^P) —Spud
Murphy, Moorhead, was signed
today for a six round bout here
July 22 with Wayne Short, St.
Paul 130 pounder.
SAYS BREAD TOO HIGH
Washington. July 14.—(/T”)
Samuel R. McKelvle, farm board
member for wheat, said today he
thought the retail price of bread
was too high.
WANTS DEFINITE STATE
MENT
Topeka, July 14.— (IP) —Oov.
Clyde M. Reed of Kansas today
again urged Chairman Alexan
der Legge of the federal farm
board to make “a definite state
ment” of the grain stabilization
corporation’s policy. The gov
ernor’s request was in answer to
a telegram from Chairman Legge
which the farm board chairman
said all wheat purchased by mill
ers from the grain stabilization
corporation under storage con
tracts “is being replaced by other
wheat.”
OPPOSES TAMPERING’
Cleveland, 0., July 14.— UP) —
About 2,000 young members of the
Walther League, Lutheran church
society in convention, today heard
E. J. Gall Meyer, Fort Wayne,
Ind., their president, declare that
“tampering with the United
States constitution for the pur
pose of regulating personal con
duct” places the constitution “in
Jeopardy.” “If well-meaning and
sincere people can tell us what to
eat and to drink, what assurance
have we that they will not very
shortly tell us how, when and
where we shall' worship?” the
speaker said.
TEN KILLED IN CLASH
Ayutla, Guerrero, Mexico, July 14.
— UP) —La Prensa’s correspondent re
ported ten persons were killed and
many wounded in a clash today be
tween residents of the neighboring
villages of Cahuatache and Zoyatlan.
ALBERT ANDREWS
NEW PROCESS OF
REFINING OIL TO
INCREASE OUTPUT
Patented System Held by N. J.
Standard Oil Made Avail
able to Other Firms
New York, July 14.— (ff)— The
Standard Oil Company of New Jersey
announced today organization of a
company under which a new refining
process is made available to 17 oU
companies. The announcement de
scribes the process as capable of
doubling production.
. The new company, called the Hydro
Patents company, controls use within
the United Btates of the new process
which was developed by the Standard
’TSf wfew Jersey and the German I. O.
Farbenlndustrie. All the stock of the
Hydro Patents company will be held
by companies using the process in the
ratio of their crude oil running ca
pacities.
In return for use of the process the
new company will pay a fixed and
running royalty to the Standard of
New Jersey and the German I. G.
Farbenlndustrie.
The companies involved are: At
lantic Refining company, Barnsdall
Corporation, Cities Service company,
Continental Oil company. Mid-Con
tinent Petroleum corporation. Pure
Oil company, Shell Union Oil com
pany, Sinclair Refining company, the
Standard Companies of California,
Indiana, New Jersey, New York and
Ohio, the Texas company, Union Oil
company of California and the
Vacuum Oil company.
OU nftn expect the new process to
become an Important factor In the
control of crude oU production and
price cutting.
NORTH DAKOTA Will
SUPPORT MINNESOTA
Railroad Board Will Reinforce
Sister State's Opposition
to Railroad Merger
The North Dakota board of rail-,
road commissioners will support Min
nesota in its opposition to the pro
posed Northern Pacific and Great
Northern railroad merger, C. W. Mc-
Donnell, president of the state board
of railroed commissioners announced
today.
Members of the North Dakota com
mission conferred over the week-end
with D. F. Jurgenson, chief engineer
of the Minnesota railroad and ware
house commission, who Is enlisting
the support of other states in oppos
ing the proposal.
Youth, 22, Denies
Murder of Woman
Portland, Me., July 14.— (JPh- A 22-
year-old youth, alleged by police to
have confessed the slaying of a 20-
year-old girl when she repulsed his
advances, today pleaded not guilty to
a charge of murder.
James M. Mitchell was arrested
yesterday a few hours after the
charred body of Miss Lillian I. Mac-
Donald was found in a furnace in the
basement of a Congress street sta
tionery store, where both were em
ployed.
The young woman was last seen
alive Saturday.
The court today remanded him to
Jail without ball for the September
term of Superior court.
Clerk’s Estate Is
Pride of Museum
New York, July 14.— {IP)— The en
tire estate of an humble clerk is the
proud possession of the Metropolitan
Museum of Art. William Christian
Paul left a collection of antique
Chinese fabrics which museum offi
cials call unique and supreme exam
ples of the textile art. He worked
for an insurance company and spent
moet of his income for love of beauty.
Tries to Stir Up j
Chicago, Is Jailed j
Chicago, July 14.—(A*) —When they
asked Dave Hunter what aU the
shootln’ was about, he said as foUows:
“This Is a dead town. I heard tell
about there being a lot of shootln’
going on In these parts, but there
hasn’t been a gun fired since I hit
town two weeks ago. Where do they
get the idea this Is a tough town?
“Sure, I fired the bullets through
the window of the place where this
fellow, A. L. Watts lives, up on North
Dearborn street. I can’t understand
why you put me in JaU. A fellow’s
gotta have some amusement.”
Mr. Watts, past whose head the bul
lets buzzed, made the complaint lead
ing to Hunter’s arrest. He said he
had lived In Chicago quite a while
and had become accustomed to Its
peace and quiet.
BOBBY JONES GETS
WARM RECEPTION
ON RETURN HOME
Atlanta Business Houses Close
as Clerks Pay Homage to
King of Golfers
Atlanta, July 14.—(fl*)—Bobby Jones
returned today from his triumphant
golfing wars to find his home folks
had prepared the greatest of all re
ceptions since he began winning na
tional golf titles eight years ago.
A number of close friend met the
train which brought Bobby from Min
neapolis, outside of Atlanta and took
him to an undisclosed destination un
til the hour for the start of the for
mal reception set for 12 oclock,
C. 8. T.
Mayor I. N. Ragsdale had declared
a holiday and citizens of Atlanta,
young and old, prepared to toln in
welcoming their hero. Business houses
had announced the would close for
two hours so their employes could
participate in the exercises which
vfere to atari, with a parade aown
Peachtree street.
SOUTH IS sm IN
GRIPOFHEATWAVE
Thirteen Deaths Reported in
Dixie; Storms Do Damage in
Georgia and Alabama
Atlanta, July 14.— (JP)—' Thirteen
deaths were traced today to exces
sive heat, which reached its peak In
the south yesterday with a tempera
ture of 113 degrees at Columbus,
Miss.
Nine deaths were reported in the
vicinity of Memphis, Tenn., where the
mercury climbed to 103, three in
Arkansas and one in Montgomery,
Ala. A rarlfled atmosphere coupled
with a disregard of airport restric
tions by the manager of a Mempnls,
Tenn., flying base for an airplane
crash near Ripley, Miss., in which
Robert M. Hines, 27, and Dr. Thomas
Hayes, 31, were injured fatally.
Lightning accompanying severe
windstorms in Georgia killed two
negroes in Macon. The gales broke a
long hot spell and drought but dis
rupted communciations and damaged
6mall dwellings in many sections of
Georgia and Alabama.
Plane Too Slow for
Transpacific Jump
Tacoma. Wash., July 14.— UP) —111
luck for the fourth time has thwarted
Harold Bromley’s ambition to attempt
a nonstop Tocoma-Tokyo flight.
Three of his planes destroyed by
accidents, the fourth proved too slow
for the 4,780 mile flight. After a test
yesterday the aviator announced he
would be forced to stop in the Aleu
tian Islands for refueling.
Meanwhile, Roberts Wark and Ed
die Brown, Seattle fliers, continued
preparations for a similar flight be
ginning Thursday, the day Bromley
plans to take off.
Four-Year-Term Plan
To Go on State Ballot
The measure to extend terms of
county and state officials from two
to four years will be placed on the
November 4 ballot, Secretary of State
Robert Byrne announced Saturday
following the completion of a check
of a petition to initiate the proposal.
M. L. Mcßride of Dickinson, repre
sentative of the Committee of Peti
tioners who sponsored the legislation,
was notified by Mr. Byrne today that
the signatures on the petition were
found to be sufficient and in compli
ance with the statutes.
A total of 26,359 signatures were on
the petition. A minimum of 20000
names is required to have a measure
placed on the ballot.
PRINCE DISAPPEARS
Bucharest, Rumania, July 14.—(£>)—
An automobile in which Prince Con
stantin Brancoceanu was riding fell
into the river Olt while crossing a
bridge today. The Prince disappeared.
The current afterward tossed up the
body of his chauffeur.
The Weather
Fair and warmer tonight and
Tuesday.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
FOUR IN ENTER
INSTITUTION, ONE
REMAINS OUTSIDE
Farmers and Merchants Bank
of Mclntosh County Is Vic-
tim of Bandit Raid
MAKE ESCAPE IN MOTOR CAR
Transient Beggar and Cashier
Locked in Vault While Rob
bers Scoop Up Loot
Lehr, N. D., July 14.— (JP) —Five men
robbed the Farmers and Merchants
Bank of Lehr at 11:30 a. m. today and
escaped with $3,000 In cash and $5,000
in travelers checks. One man was
seated outside the bank in an auto
mobile, while four entered the place.
The robbers forced W. J. Schell, 21,
assistant cashier, who was alone In
the bank, to the floor and locked him
in the vault before they left.
A transient entered the bank to be?
for money for a meal just as the
holdup men came in and he also was
locked in the vault.
Schell had only meagre discriptlons
of the men, two of whom went behind
the counter, the other two remaining
in the front portion of the room. The
fifth man sat in the car, which bore
a 1929 license plate. The motor of
the machine, a (Chevrolet) sedan was
kept running while the men were in
the bank.
The four men In the bank brand
ished guns. They were unmasked and
shabbily dressed. One was said by
Schell to be about five feet 10 Inches
tall, and the other about five feet,
four Inches. The taller man had a
short blond mustache.
Schell caught merely a glimpse of
the other two men who were in the
front part of the bank.
Dave Ziegenhagel of Lehr passed
the bank as the men were driving
away. He entered the building which
he found deserted, and immediately
gave the alarm. Schell was able to re
lease himself from the vault by a de
vice on the inside, and appeared
shortly after Ziegenhagel came in.
“The men entered the bank and
ordered me to ‘Stick ’em up,’" Schell
said. “They then made met get down
on the floor. The entire robbery took
about five minutes, the robbers say
ing very little while they worked.
After they took all the money and
securities they could find, they locked
me and the other fellow in the vault.”
The men hurried to their automo
bile after the robbery and drove off
in the direction of Ashley, south of
here.
J. E. Giedt, cashier of the bank,
was away at the time, arriving about
10 minutes after the holdup men de
parted. He notified radio station
KFYR at Bismarck, and WNAX at
Yankton to broadcast word of the
robbery. Sheriff William J. Pudwill
of Mclntosh county and the North
Dakota Bankers association also wefe
notified.
John Bischof of Zealand is presi
dent of the bank. Lehr is approxi
mately 80 miles southeast of Bis
marck. Its population is 462.
Auto Driver Killed
In Plane Collision
Lewes, Del., July 14.— UP) —Stephen
Adkln, 37. of Salisbury, Md., died in
a hospital last night from injuries re
ceived in an airplane-automobile col
lision. Four of the seven persons in
the airplane were slightly hurt.
The plane was making a landing
near Rehoboth with passengers who
had been taken up for a short flight
when it collided with Adkin’s car. The
automobile was turned over and Ad
kln, its only occupant, thrown out.
Expect Announcement
Of Princess’ Wedding
Stockholm, Sweden, July 14.—(ff)—
Prince Hendrik of Holland arrived in
Stockholm from Finland today where
he had a luncheon engagement with
King Gustave.
The newspaper Tidningen says it is
most likely that the engagement of
Princess Juliana, Queen Wilhelma’s
daughter and heiress, to Prince Slga
vard, will be announced in Stockholm
on Wednesday.
Anzacs Thrill to
Race Against Death
Melbourne, Australia, July 14—(JP) —
The exciting race of the Australian
warship Anzac in the teeth of a tor
nado to save the life of a lighthouse
keeper’s wife has thrilled Australia.
When word was received Florence
Broderick, pretty 21-year-old wife' of
the keeper on Bago Island, was dy
ing, the Anzac was ordered to aaa
with a surgeon. After being battered
by the storm and swept from end to
end by mountainous seas, the warship
hove to off the barren island.
Bluejackets rowed the surgeon
through the surf to the rocky shore
and all that night he remained at the
woman’s bedside. In the morning he
was able to report that the crisis had
passed and his patient was out of
danger.
Gabo Island is a mere rock off the
eastern ooet of Australia and its pow
erful light warns shipping away from
treacherous shoals which have been
the' scene of many disasters. The
only inhabitants are the lightkeepes.
his wife and an assistant