The Black Hills Weekly from Deadwood, South Dakota • Page 1

1 1 I OFFICIAL PAPER CITY AND COUNTY ASSOCIATED FBISS SZEV1CS TEE WEATHER Mostly fair tonight and Friday; rising temperature Friday. 5 THE BLACK HILLS EVENING NEWSPAPER THIRTY -SIXTH TEAR LEAD, SOUTH DAKOTA, THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 1930 PRICK FIVE CENT8 i MM I I ill i 5 II JIMORCAGE LIB3IJG LiEIl 130 CHINESE ARE EURNED TO DEATH, THEATER FEE HISS FORD EXPLAINS Y. C. ESSAY CONTEST Miss Edna Ford, county superin-: TINY ENGLISH PRINCESS IIAS "AFFAIR" WITH YANK CAGE (MIPS ASSEMBLE FOR TOURNALM Huron, Sioox Falls, Salem and Yankton Favored For Crown Among East River Fans. SIOUX FALLS, March 20.

(JP) High school basketball champions of South Dakota's eight regions gathered here today to await the opening of the state tournament tomorrow. AU teams except Huron, which will delay arrival until tomorrow, were scheduled to arrive today. With practice season over and each team at its top form, tournament officials predicted that capacity crowds would pack the Sioux Falls coliseum tomorrow and Saturday as Yankton high school defends the championship it has won six times, twice in the last two years. Huron, Washington high school of Sioux Falls, and Salem were popu jpp I i affair" with George England's Princes Elizabeth (right) has had an ASXeOIIFEREIICE 0RBECk Associated Commercial Club Committee Still Finds Surface Rights Bill Unacceptab'e. Senator Peter Norbeck and the senate committee on public lands have been notified by the committee on mines and mining of the Black Hills Associated Commercial clubs that, while the revised Norbeck bill pertaining to surface rights of mining claims is in several aspects better than tins original bill, the revised measure Is still unacceptable to the mining interests of the Black Hills.

The committee urged Senator Norbeck to come to the Hills on his next visit to South Dakota for a conference with the Associated Commercial clubs' mining committee in order that the details of the proposed bill may he worked out to the mutual advantage of all concerned. The committee makes it plain that although the primary objective of Senator Nor-beck's surface rights bill is worthy, there are still features of the measure that the mining men maintain will work a distinct disadvantage to the Hills mining industry. One of the objectionable features of the bill is that it applies to South Dakota only, whereas the mining men believe that such a bill should properly apply to all mining states. The action was taken last night at a meeting of the mining committee in the Rapid City Commercial club rooms, and was presided over by G. Wayland, of Lead, chairman.

Lead, Belle Fourche, Rapid City and Hot Springs were represent ed by the following men: Lead, Mr. Wayland: Rapid City, Dr. A. T. Roos and Professor Lincoln and Dr.

Redmond; Belle Fourche, W. Thomas; Hot Springs, Francis Case and S. J. Clark. Members of the legislative subcommittee of the mining committee have been named as follows: Chambers Kellar, of Lead; R.

C. Hayes, of Deadwood; George Philip, of Rapid City, and Francis Case, of Hot Springs. The publicity sub-committee is composed of the following: Dr. Redmond of Rapid City, Bert Bell of Deadwood, and Francis Case ATTEMPTED ROBBERY OF CAFE EISJN FAILURE NEW YORK, March 20. (JP) An attempt by three masked men to bold up a restaurant in Grenwtch Village shortly before midnight re sulted In the killing of one robber, the capture of another later after he had been severely beaten by patrons, and the wounding of a man and a woman.

D0HENY CASE EXPECTED TO CO TO JURY TOMORROW WASHINGTON, March 20 (.) The case of Edward L. Doheny, charged with bribery arising out of the oil scandals of the Harding administration, is expected to reach the jury tomorrow. ROBBES SLAY ASSISTANT CASHIER, MAKE GETAWAY COURTENAY, N. March 20. UP) North Dakota officials today found no trace of bank robbers who yesterday shot and killed Elmer Bunkowskl, assistant cashier of the First National bank here and escaped with 3,000 of the bank's funds.

FIRE AT OIL RESERVE ERINGS LOSS OF BULLIONS SALT LAKE CITY, Mach 20. JP) The firing squad at the state prison today faced the gruesome task of executing' Delbert Green. 21-vear- oM confessed slayer of bis wife, her mother and her stepfather. The Home TOURNEY OPENS FRIDAY NIGHT More Than ZOO Lusty Youngsters Will Be In Lead To Compete For Trophies. More than 200 lusty youngsters, juvenile basketball stars from 16 schools of the Northern Black Hills, will gather in Lead tomorrow for what has been described at the state's largest basketball tournament.

The youngsters' teams will be divided into weight classes for the purpose of fair competition, and trophies will be awarded to the winners and the runners-up in each class. Beginning tomorrow evening at 7 o'clock, the local school gymnasium will resound throughout the evening and all day Saturday and Saturday evening, with the competition of the young cagers. The local school band will be on hand to provide music for the event, according to R. G. Cart-wright, manager of the tournament, and it is expected that crowds of ness the games throughout the tournament.

Despite the diminutive size of some of the players, in past years the tournament of juniors has provided some thrilling games for the fans. The Lead and Newell heavyweights will open the tournament tomorrow evening at 7 o'clock. The two heavyweight teams from Spearfish will occupy the floor next, and the Stur-gis and Deadwood heavyweights will complete the first round in this class. The opening round for the 115 pound class will begin at 8 o'clock, with the Rapid City Indians on the war path for Whitewood's scalp. One of the features of the tournament will be the banquet for the youngsters, to be held at the Triple A cafe on Saturday evening from 5 to 7 o'clock.

At this time the plans for the annual junior spring track meet at Spearfish will be made. The junior tournament is annually sponsored by the club of Lead high school. BEGIN JUNIOR BASEBALL ACTIVITIES SEASON BROOKINGS, March 20. (JP) Organization and development of the American Legion's junior baseball program in South Dakota for the coming season are being conducted by T. C.

Kasper, Brookings, department athletic officer. Athletic officers for the fourteen districts in the state are being appointed to assist in the work. Last year approximately 3,000 boys in the state played Junior baseball. Gregory won the state championship. Mr.

Kasped believes more boys will participate this year than last and that more towns and cities will enter teams in the competition. Tournaments to decide state championships will be held in every state. The state champion teams will meet in twelve regional tournaments, six in the east and six in the west, during August. The regional winners in the east and west will clash in two sectional tourneys to decide the eastern and western champions. These two teams will be brought together in the junior world series, which will be played early in September.

The members of the team winning the Junior world series will be guests of the National and American leagues at the big world series. All tournaments to decide state champions will be under direction of the state organization of the Legion. Cooperating with the American Legion in the program are the two major leagues of professional ball. Financial support from these two leagues makes possible the holding of the regional and sectional tournaments and the Junior world series. BOWLING SCORES DOUBLES Dunn 156 178 162 Lovejoy 190 157 148991 Gallo 114 101 87 Mattson 139 107 115665 Autio 156 136 133 T.

Laurentl 166 157 156898 Nadramia 178 153 169 Batinovich 212 214 160-J086 Whaley 148 190 172- Wylie 198 141 124- 973 Streff 163 202 171- Long 203 163 171-1073 Weather and Roads Lead cloudy roads fair. Deadwood 12; partly cloudy ronds fair. Spearfish 12; cloudy roads fair. Kelle Fourche 13; clear roads good. Hill City 20; clear roads good.

Custer 20; cloudy roads good. Rapid City cloudy roads good. Hot Springs 20; partly cloudy roads good. Philip cloudy roads good. Presho 13; clear roads good.

Chamberlain 19; clear roaiU good. Newcastle 20: cloudy roads good. For a period of 16 hours up to 8 o'clock. Min. 4.

Max. 49. MUKDEN, Manchuria, March 20. UP) One hundred and thirty Chinese men, women and children were burned to death at Kirim yesterday when fire destroyed a motion picture theater. Twenty othere were injured.

SEEK AMENDMENT TO THE STATE MOTOR FUEL TAX LAW HOWARD, March 20. (JP) An amendment to the South Dakota motor fuel tax law permitting farmers to retain the four cent gasoline tax at time of purchasing gasoline for use in tractors and stationary engines was urged in resolutions passed here by the Miner County arm Bureau. The present law provides for refund of the tax on gasoline not used on public highways, upon application of the user. Another resolution passed favored repeal of the legislation permitting the tax on property for maintenance and construction of highways, "believing that all highways should be constructed and maintained by Income from vehicles using the roads." The 1929 law which reduced the license fee on cars over five years old was approved by the Miner county group. Other resolutions urged members to eat butter in preference to substitutes; asked merchants to refrain from selling butter substitutes; fav ored forming local organizations where five or more members resided in a community; favored the executive committee acting as an investigating committee to pass upon merits of all sales propositions put up to members of the organization, and pledged suport to the U.

S. department of agriculture, and South Dakota State college's extension service. 1930 BIG ROAD BUILDING YEAR Esitmated Funds Available For Highway Construction More Than Five Millions. PIERRE, March 20. (JP) When the state highway commission received bids here Wednesday on more than 18 miles of pavement, it started a road program expected to cost approximately $5,700,000, making 1930 one of the biggest years in history of the commission.

With estimated funds available for 1930 totaling $5,705,369.63, and actual and anticipated obligations approximating $4,194,798.65, the com mission will have about $1,510,000 state funds and $1,245,201.47 federal aid funds for new construction this year. If President Hoover signs the bill increasing federal aid funds by $50,000,000, South Dakota's share would be an additional $821,974.66. The largest item in the 1930 anti cipation obligations is maintenance which is estimated to cost $1,900,000, a slight increase over 1929. Besides completing unfinished fed eral aid projects costing and state aid projects which will take $205,366.59, the commission has tentative plans for the following work: Grading and bridges- on 315 miles of federal aid highway at a cost of approximately $1,575,000, of which $934,951 would be the federal aid share. Graveling of 227 miles of federal aid highway costing about $375,000 of which $206,400 would be federal aid.

Paving of approximately 20 miles on federal aid projects costing of which $205,422 would be fed eral aid funds. Federal aid bridge projects estimated to cost $173,710, of which the federal government would contribute $124,4.10. State aid graveling projects on 180 miles of highway at a cost of State aid grading projects on 38 miles of road which would cost All these figures are approximations and may vary several thousand dollars with changing conditions and fluctuations of revenue. If the bill providing additional federal aid becomes law, it will make some changes, especially in the federal aid paving program. Although the commission has individual projects outlined tentatively, the 1930 program was made flexible in order to meet new conditions arising.

The commission has planned much of its work this year on federal aid projects in order to take advantage of federal funds not available on state projects. Under the tentative program, the state's share of the construction expense for 1930 would be $1,590,777.45 and the federal aid share $1,471,327.50. The miles of pavement on which bids have already been received alone make the 1930 paving program the largest In the state's history. This year's proposed grading, graveling and other projects will probably total approximately the same as last year. teadest of schools, announced today that the same district plans used In the county spelling contest would be used for the district Y.

C. L. essay contests, to be staged in the various districts of the county on Saturday, April 5. Each one-room rural school will be entitled to send its winning speak er for grades one to three, its winning speaker for grades four to six, and its winner in the essay and speaking contests for grades seven to eight. In town schools each Y.

C. L. will have the right to send its winner to the contest which the grade of the room is entitled to enter. The contest for districts 1 and 2, including Lead and Deadwood, will be held in Deadwood, Miss Ford announced. The schools included are Deadwood public, Deadwood parochial, Terraville, Central.

Trolan. Boulder Park, "Terry, Lead Public. Lead parochial, Pluma and O'NeiL Miss Ford and Miss Blanche Cal houn will conduct the district 1 and 2 contest. COMMUNISTS ARE BUSY IN PHILIPPINES MANILA, March 20 (JP) Exten sive activities of communists in the Philippines was revealed today by the request of General C. E.

Nath-orst, chief of the constabulary, to Governor General Davis that proletarian labor congress be denied the use of mails throughout the island. The boycott of American goods spreading of communist doctrines among the ignorant masses of the Island, and the active participation of communists in the recent school strike here were among the activities reported to Geaeral Davis. WINTER MAKES FINAL STAID) Lead Sees Drop of 45 Degrees In Temperature In 12 Hoars. Experiencing a drop of tempera ture of 45 degrees in 24 hours. Lead people awoke today to find winter again entrenched in spite of the fact that spring officially begins tomorrow, March 21.

The local weather office reported a drop of temperature from 49 degrees yesterday to a minimum of 4 above zero during last night. The sudden cold wave was accompanied in the Northern Hills section by a light fall of snow. Philip, at 2 above zero, was the coldest place in the West River section this morning, according to the daily weather report supplied by the Northwestern Bell Telephone company. Hill City, Custer, Hot Springs and Newcastle, all at 20 above, reported the highest temperature. At 8 o'clock this morning the temperature in Lead was 6 above zero.

Highways in several sections of the Northern Hills were reported snowy. Elsewhere in the West River section they were reported in good condition. Zero Weather In Montana SPOKANE, March 20 (JP) Swirling snow and zero temperature in Montana went hand In hand with a gale-like wind that has done extensive damage in eastern Wash ington and Northern Idaho. Late yesterday the wind, accompanied by a dust pall that caused a murky yellow light, swept into the far northwest. Farming operations in eastern Washington were halted by the great clouds of dust.

SIOUX FALLS, March 20. (JP) Temperature drops from 45 to 58 de grees in South Dakota last night and a blanket of snow an Inch or more deep over most of the state today marked the last day of the official winter season. From maximum tern- peratures in the sixties yesterday the mercury plunged downward to a low of five above zero at Watertown. The sudden change was greatest at Aberdeen, where the mercury fell 56 degrees to a low of eight above zero. Aberdeen, near the northern border, was the only large city in South Dakota that did not experience the late winter snowfall.

Brookings re ported four inches. STATE PAVING CONTRACT AWARDS AREANNOUNCED PIERRE, Mar. 20. (JP) Awards of paving contracts for highways In southeastern South Dakota were announced today by the state highway commission. J.

L. McCormlck, of Fargo, N. was given the contract to pave 6.014 miles of U. H. highway 77 miles south from Eiiux Falls, for $177,086.28.

With a bM of 153,323.82 the Larsen Erllng company of Sioux Falls was awarded the contract for paving 1.872 miles of state highway 37 north of Mitchell over the Lake Mitchell dam. The contracts are subject to the approval of the federal bureau of public roads. I Langham Miller (left), American lad. LONDON, March V) Prin cess fciiizaoetn, age 4, nas naa an affair" with an American boy. The young man is Master George Langham Miller, also age 4, whose father, Daniel Miller of Maryland, is an American vice-consul In London.

Last summer the little boy and the princess met almost daily in Regents Park. As the little girl, who might some day be Queen of England, passed in her carriage, AL CAPO! IS STILL MISSING Hiding Place of Notorious Gang land "Official" Continues To Baffle Police. CHICAGO, Mar. 20. (JP) Where, oh, where has Al Capone gone? Chicago police who have guarded the gang leader's usual hangouts since his release Monday from a Philadelphia penitentiary, say he has not appeared.

DRY FORCES CONTINUE PROHIBITION DEFENSE WASHINGTON, March 20 (JP) The organized dry forces of the nation today approached the conclusion of their staunch defense of prohibition in the house judiciary committee's hearing on proposals to repeal the 18th amendment. The appearance of one witness, Daniel C. Roper, former internal revenue commissioner, and the reading of two prepared statements completed the program for the day as drawn up by the prohibitionists. MAJOR SHEPARD HOPES FOR RELEASE ON BOND DENVER, March 20 (JV) Tear ful, and admitting his engagement to Miss Grace Brambdon, Brookfield Texas, stenographer, Major Charles A. Shepard, U.

S. army surgeon, to day hoped for immediate release on $25,000 bond from the Denver county jail where he had been held since Monday charged with the fatal poisoning of his wife. He continued to deny his guilt. ID lar favorites to give Yankton the closest competition. Aberdeen, Lead, Ipswich and White, the other entrants, although admittedly strong, were expected by local basketball fans to be eliminated by the semi final round.

FIRING SQUAD EXECUTES 21-YEAR-OLD MURDERER PHILADELPHIA, March 20. (iP) Official estimates place the loss in the fire which swept the Gulf Refin ing company's reservation at Girard Point last night in excess or iz.ooo, 000. The tanker steamer Hagan was badly damaged, and a pier, 15 tank cars, and a big warehouse filled with oil vats, tanks and drums were de stroyed. THE KEWSSPOTLIGHT LATE BRIEF NEWS BITS (By the Associated Press INCOME RECEIPTS SHOW INCREASE. WASHINGTON, March 20 (JP) Income tax receipts from the March 15 collection as shown by the treas ure todav totaled $314,200,558, ex ceeding by more than $40,000,000 the rnllections for the same date last year.

ENDS 5TH TERM IN PENITENTIARY. SIOUX FALLS, March 20. (iP) Todav ended the fifth term In the Smith Dakota rienitentiary for Sol Rishor. 60. of Rapid City, a cripple He has also served a term in the Stillwater, prison.

D. A. R. TO ELECT OFFICERS TODAY. ABERDEEN, March.

20. (JP) Election of officers late this afternoon will close the state convention of the South Dakota Daughters of the American Revolution. Women from every section of the state have been In attendance at the two-day session. 120-YEAR-OLD INDIAN DIES. UNKIAH, March 20.

To the incantations of tribal members Indian Pete, patriarch of the Shibalny Porno tribe of Canto has gone to the happy hunting grounds in the arms of his great Manltou. The venerable Indian, whose age was believed more than 120 years, died yesterday. He was a papoose when James Madison was serving as fourth president of the United States and while Robert Fulton's smoke-belching steamship was astounding an incredible world. PREDICTS AMERICAN TRADE WITH RUSSIA. DENVER, March 20.

(JP) The prediction that American manufacturers will be called upon In the next three years to fill orders for millions of dollars for rolling stock and other equipment for Russia was made yesterday by D. E. Suliov, first vice-commlsar of the Union of Soviet Republics. FATALLY INJURED IN CAR WRECK. MONTROSE, March 20.

UP) Dr. L. R. Anzel, local physician, died enroute to a hospital late yesterday from injuries he received when his automobile overturned in a ditch a mile and a half south of here. CONFERENCE BID IS REFUSED.

CHICAGO, March 20. UP) Aug-ustana college of Sioux Falls was turned down In a bid for membership in the North Central conference as sociation of colleges and secondary schools at the annual meeting here yesterday. No reason was made pub lic. WOULD DISCOVER POLITICAL ILLS. CHICAGO, March 20.

() Clinic to discover Chicago's social and political Ills and to prescribe remedies were arranged today by the adult education council. Master George used to make a shy gesture of recognition. Then one day recently they met again. Both were dressed in yellow. The princess' carriage went slowly by.

A tiny hand waved at the little American boy. He was so excited that he called his mother's attention. "Mummy! she waved at me! She waved at me, mummy!" And thus an historical romance began. OLD CRONIES LIE STRICKEN IN HOSPITAL Two well-known old cronies of the Black Hills who have seen this section of the country develop from its gold rush days with gun-toting individuals standing guard over their claims to its present day status as one of the most famous gold producing areas in the world, are lying side by side, companions in illness, in St. Joseph's hospital in Deadwood.

They are W. P. Raddick, last survivor of the group of men who laid out the town of Lead with the aid of a lariat rope in 1876, and Richard "Deadwood Dick" Clark, early day messenger, and guard on the gold bullion trains out of the Black Hills. Both old timers are cheerful and jocular, as usual, despite the illness which has stricken them. All plans had been made for a publicity trip through the east, sponsored by the Custer Eattlefield Hi-way association, upon which Dead-wood Dick was to have been the mainstay of interest to the eastern people, but friends fear that Lick's illness may prevent his taking the trip.

In case Dick is unable to go, it is possible that several Inuians who will be able to tell over the radio of the scenic and industrial advantages of the Black Hills, home of the gods of their forefathers, will accompany Mr. Fisher on the trip. Dick's many friends, however, are hoping that he will be able to go himself. The trip, from Rapid City, will include radio talks at the following points: Mitchell, Yankton, Norfolk, Omaha, Lincoln, Shenandoah, St. Joseph, Topeka, Kansas City, St.

Louis, Louisville, Indianapolis, South Bend, Joliet, Chicago, Davenport, Iowa City, Des Moines, Ames, Fort Dodge, LeMars, and Sioux Falls. The pilgrimage of publicity will occupy 33 days, will include 125 meetings in which people of the middlewest and the east will be told about the vacational and industrial possibilities of South Dakota. It is estimated the trip will cover 2,200 miles, and the messages of South Dakota will reach an audience of 15,000,000 people. Four sets of moving picture reels of Black Hills scenery and activities will be shown along the way. SENATE TODAY CONSIDERS PROPOSEDLUMBER DUTY WASHINGTON, March 20 (JP) The senate moved on today to the consideration of a proposal that a duty be imposed upon imported lum ber, with the end of the long, acri- monius schedule debate In sight.

Individual amendments to all parts of the bill will be in order, and al though dozens of them have been nreoared for presenting. It is ex pected thev will be acted upon In rapid succession. Censor.