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nun rrr n5 Today's Circulation 17,412 cy portions toniguL, 5 I 3 "u3" fcwTJt port THE PAST I Jxxir- NO. 138 SHEBOYGAN, THURSDAY, MAY 28, 1931 PRICE 3 CENTS III WE FACE TO-DAY. LI LA i kiirllt Of Pbill Leii: Testifies On IBS ur oootleg Miles Ten i Is Reached Ascend Nearly Ten Miles Industry Is Flourishing, He Asserts Freak M.innesota Tornado Whips Train From Tracks Uon Always Was In '7 fTfZ Quarrel On Farm Leads To Tragedy Young: Mondovi Man Slays i And Mother In Law-Drinks Poison Complete control, prof. Piccard Tells Innsbruck Police One Person Killed When Great Northern Train Is Austria. (UP) Lifted From Rails Near Piccard returned to Moorhead today after a balloon trip warnps or Lae eaxi-u a announcing- that he had Moorhead, Minn.

(UP) Death, suffering and property damage ana acxueveu uuau marked today the zig-zag trail of a freak tornado which swooped down Mondovi, Wis. (UP) George Waldebillig, 24, Mondovi farmer. Ma companion. Epfer, landed in the closed upon a fast Great Northern train near here and hurled eleven pas killed his wife and mother-in-law with a shotgun last nignt and then tried unsuccessfully to commit sui senger coaches from the rails. cide by drinking medicated alcohol.

"art o'clock last night on a Vpeak, 75 miles southeast of Ter spent the night on the wSch is about 12,000 feet made their way today to Waldebillig- lapsed into uncon One man was killed and more than 30 persons injured when the Conductor Qives "Dynamite Signal" To Avoid Tornado St. Paul. () A train running away from a tornado was the story related today by Thomas E. Clark, St. Paul, conductor of the North Coast Limited, Northern Pacific passenger train.

He gave the engineer the "dynamite signal" meaning to get away in a hurry and the train missed the tornado by a quarter of a minute, Clark's estimate. A few minutes later it bowled the Great Northern's crack train, Empire Builder, from the track, killing one and injuring more than a score. The North Coast Limited had pulled into Dilworth, when Clark espied the funnel-shaped cloud sweeping toward them. "I yelled to Barrett (Jean Barrett, Staples, the engineer) to 'hurry up, let's get out of here' and followed it up with the dynamite signal. "Barrett didn't waste a second.

In no time he had that train going more than 60 miles an hour. Just as we got out of the path of the tornado, it struck and I saw it wreck a barn." Ninety passengers were on the Northern Pacific train. twister flipped the train from the sciousness after drinking yie liquid but was revived by Dr. A. Amundsen and removed to the county jail at Alma by Deputy Sheriff Alex Lun- jt- rtr? Tirrnpn arming Vi-' uui jr tracks.

A few minutes later an Krcctaa vaueys. Set Altitude Record other man was crushed to death when the tornado descended again derville. The young farmer's con dition is not critical, the physician at a point 18 miles away. said. After soaring upward through the thin atmosphere of the higher altitudes in an air-tight aluminum ball attached to a huge balloon, Professor Auguste Piccard, right, and his assistant, Charles Kipf er, left, landed safely on a glacier in the high Alpine valley of the Oetz in the Tyrol region.

They had reached a height of 52,500 feet or nearly ten miles. That no more were killed In the Coroner H. F. Stahr ordered an toll the chief of local po-7r the telephone he had which was his goal, hcfnrp reached bv man. unique wreck was considered mir inquest into the death3 today.

Fol aculous, but no less so than the lowing its outcome, Waldebillig will 5 described the trip as wonderful fact that the tornado skirted all centers of population and killed be arraigned on charges of first de gree murder. Both Die Instantly voyage over ine Aips as IcaZy beautifuL The balloon, sti'tehaved magnificently nd rnmplete controL It only one as it swept across farm lands of North Dakota and Minnesota. Hampered By Cloudburst Both the wife, Lucille, 22 and act even damaged in landing mother-in-law, Mrs. John Three Deceased Justices Of State Court Eulogized Rescue work was hampered by a died instantly according to Coroner Stahr. The tops of their heads were cloudburst which accompanied the he said.

Valuable Data Sxsri announced he had obtain-n abundance of most valuable tornado. Seven inches of rain fell blown off by the shotgun slugs fired from. close range. John Cain, an eye witness of the within a few hours in some places The man killed in the wreck was tragedy, was threatened with death tz data which would give STj of tne world material to identified as James Anderson of Montesano, Wash. He was thrown when he tried to take the gun away from his crazed son-in-law.

The it ever with months of calcula- through a window as the coaches rolled over and was crushed when older man did not obtain the weapon, Gunmen Guard Cars To Ward Off Any Attempt To Seize Illegal Furs By HOLMES SERVICE Madison, Wis. BooUeg rings well organized to deal in beaver skins are operating in Wisconsin practically unchecked, their cars carrying gunmen to ward off any attempt that may be made by wardens to stop them, according to testimony offered the assembly committee investigating the conservation commission Wednesday afternoon. "The bootleg rings are organized so extensively that it is hard to get inside the rings," K. C. Jakoubak, Phillips, conservaUon warden, told the committee.

"Most of them carry gunmen and threats have been made against any warden that may dare try and stop them." Killed Warden Johnson He declared that these booties rings were responsible for the kilf-ing of Warden Johnson two years ago who was shot when he attempted to investigate a car that was stalled and which he believed was hauling illegal furs. He said that a few weeks ago one of the wardens was knocked from the running board of a car when he tried to search the machine. Warden Jakoubak commended two bills that are in the legislature and said that they would aid in giving the wardens more power to curb the fur bootlegging evil. One of these bills would provide a more drastic penalty for assault on conservation wardens and the other would license all fur buyers to make it easier to check up on them. He said the honest fur buyer wants regulation.

Explains Iliebe Case The mystery surrounding the death of Conservation Warden William Riebe was cleared up by Warden Jakoubak today. He declared that 40 beaver skins had been found in the basement of a man named Hanson and that Maurice Holzman had agreed to "frame" an Illinois fur bootlegger named Kantor. Rlebe was running to Milwaukee with the fur to turn the fur over to Kantor so that he might be arrested when he was killed in an accident near Milwaukee. Jakoubak declared that with the increase in the number of beaver the fur bootlegging industry has been flourishing. He expressed the belief that if the state provided more trained wardens with high powered cars the fur bootlegging could be checked.

He said that the bootleggers have high powered cars and the wardens are helpless to catch up with them. He said the bootleggers operate on a system, frequently changing cars to throw the wardens off the track. but he did manage to pick up Walde the train settled down upon its He said the trip was the wonderful experience he ever to have, not only from the iitoiat cf adventure, but pri- billigs year-old-son and run with side. him to safety. Cain summoned a passing motor On his farm 18 miles away, Andrew Hotledal saw the twister com biyfrom that of a scientist.

1st on the highway in front of his ing, ran to his storm cellar and and his companion arrived Gcrgl together. Gendarmerie farm and went to town for assis was crushed to death when a block cable to say whether they tance. He described clearly the of concrete fell, upon him. i tie reuef party by taking shooting and preceding events. Crop and property damage "George was lying on the lawn amounted to thousands of dollars, playing with his son while Mrs, but was comparatively light be route.

isequently. the delicate scienti-: istruments in the gondola i i charts and observations of trij were expected to be pre- Waldebillig was watering the flow cause, of the freakish way. the ers last night," the father-in-law explained. "She asked for another pail of wa storm skirted cities and farm homes and swept for the most part across open fields. Several times, to science.

Piccard was re- ter and George told her to get it herself. Lucille told him he was lazy and an argument followed. "My daughter was slow in obey it was said, the great green funnel (Continued on Page 2) Wausau Man rid to have returned to the -tiia thi3 afternoon to retrieve a Tie local newspaper quoted -2 a saying the trip was "a great sfe success." Sot Considered Risky trip in hi3 oxygen-cham-tie rarefied and bitterlv cold Ing her husband's command, and he jumped up, ran into the house and By HOLMES SERVICE Madison, (Special) Three deceased justices of the supreme court were eulogized by members of the bar and judges in the memorial exercises held in the court this morning. In all the history of the court this was the largest number of judges for which memorials were held at one time. The memorial to Justice Charles H.

Crownhart was presented by Edward J. Dempsey, Oshkosu, and the response was made by -Justice W. Owen, a former law partner of Judge Crownhart. The memorial to Justice i Kay Stevens "was 'presented by his old law partner. Justice Burr W.

Jones, and the response of the court was made by Chief Justice M. B. Rosenberry. The memorial for the late Justice F. C.

Eschweiler was presented by George E. Ballhorn, Milwaukee, and the response was made by Justice Oscar M. Fritz. Pay Tribute To Justice Crownhart Edward J. Dempsey paid tribute to Justice Crownhart for his work as chairman of the state industrial commission.

He said that in this. Judge Crownhart was a pioneer in a new field. "Due largely to wise and judicious administration, the law soon became popular in Wisconsin," declared Mr. Dempsey. "It has always been elective but- within a few years after its adoption it was accepted by practically all of the employers of the state.

During the first years of his service as a member of the Industrial Commission, Judge Crownhart traveled about the state and held hearings in compensation cases. In addition to this he addressed groups of laborers and their employers in practically every city of the state. Sometimes he talked to joint meetings of employers and employes. At other times he talked to each group separately. His exposition of the law was so lucid and convincing that he won friends and supporters for it wherever he appeared.

"The early decisions of the commission were uniformly sustained by the courts but he was not satisfied with merely administering a scheme of compensation for accidental injuries sustained in industry. He gave his thought and, energy to something more fundamental. He wished to eliminate as far as possible the social waste and human that resulted from compensible injuries. Prevention was more important to him than compensation. Ably assisted by his associates he laid the foundation for a code of standards, rules and regulations for the protection of the life, health, safety and welfare of employes that has been accepted as a model by practically every state in the Union.

"All of this is accepted now as an integral part of our industrial life. At that time everything of this nature that was suggested was looked upon as an unconstitutional usurpation of power and a radical innovation. The qualities that made him a wise counselor (Continued on page 15) returned with a shotgun. "Lucille got down on her knees and begged him not to shoot. But Hedge-Hopping Tornado Is escribed By Eye Witness St.

Paul, JP) His "remarkable experience" in witnessing devas- tation wrought by the tornado which later wrecked the Great North- ern railroad's Empire Builder and gave that road its first fatal accident in 13 years, was described today by Ben E. Lyons, St. Paul. Viewed from the rear platform of the observation car attached to the Northern Pacific railroad's north coast limited, Lyons, general counsel for that road, said it was "like having a box seat at a baseball game. It was so terribly exciting we probably did not fully realize what we were seeing." Leaves Ahead of Other Train The Northern Pacific train pulled, out ahead of the Empire Builder from Moorhead, yesterday and missed being hit by the tornado that killed one person and injured more than a score when the crack limited was brushed off the track.

"A brakeman summoned the passengers to the rear platform," Lyons said, "to watch what he called 'a big blow coming We saw a greenish black cloud hanging over the country a few miles west of us. We had a fine view. Just Hedge-Hopped Along 'The cloud seemed to hover close to the ground and not to be moving very fast. It sort of hedge-hopped along and we saw clouds of dust swirl through the air, then earth sucked into the funnel. "It headed for a group of farm buildings, dipped low and hurled -the barn skyward.

Pieces of roofing were hurled what seemed hundreds of yards away. Other passengers said the house too was demolished. Cattle scampered away and the cloud rose. It was a question then whether it would strike a grove of trees. "Just as it seemed it would be missed, every tree was leveled.

I can't vouch for that but other passengers vow it's so. Heads For Other Train "We didn't think of the Empire Builder then. The cloud sort of circled behind us and cut toward the Great Northern tracks, about three miles away. The brakeman at the time remarked 'She's heading right for the Empire He was right, though at the time he didn't know it. A few minutes later the Empire Builder was off the track, swept out of the path of the greenish black cloud.

Utilities Association Winds Up Convention At Plymouth above the earth excited the Shoots Heroine Of His Book he fired and the charge went into lotion of the world, but be- her head. He saw Mrs. Cam then siari ana alter his landing. i-IEet unobtrusive scientist was j-ai matter-of-fact. insisting and chased her through the house.

As she came out the back door, George killed her. Picks Up Baby "I tried to get the gun away from him hut was unsuccessful. So I ran Girl Cast In Leading Part (Cocttaued on page 2) Of 'The White Queen" Hflnrn TTtaIII around the house, picked up the wrt Sentence For IGrldand Is Seriously Wounded During Quarrel Wausau, Pleading guilty to a charge of assault with intent to kill Miss Jean Zick, 27, whom he made the heroine of a book he had written, Walter Grunewald, 48, today was sentenced to a 10-25-year term in state prison. Wausau, Wis. (JP) Jealous, Bank Closed ey General "Is Bark- Up Wrong Tree," He Declares On Question Of Sentence graiao, Ind.

(UP) Virgil baby, ana stopped a passing motorist. We went into town for help." Waldebillig, meanwhile, had gone to the telephone and called his mother, who lives on a farm north of here. "Good-by," he told hex briefly. Then he called Dr. Amundsen at Mondovi and said: "I have killed two women, come on down." When the doctor arrived he found that Waldebillig had carried his wife's body to the kitchen.

The farmer was lying across it in an unconscious condition. He got up in a minute and tried to drink some more of the medicated alcohol. Dr. Amundsen took it from the youth's grasp and he collapsed. In Waldebillig's hand was a note to his mother.

It said: "Dear Mother I have had trouble and am ending it alL Take care of my son. Good-by, mother dear, and father." and angered at her refusal to marry '2i iwate reformatory will Public Utility Regulation Bill Ready To Sign Assembly Concurs With The Senate In Duncan Bill Changing Name Of Railroad Commission Uiio6 take no acUon aM at 1116 sentence was In.8??. shouId have been Innr him, Walter Grunewald, 48, last night shot and seriously wounded Miss Jean Zick, 27, whom he made the heroine of his book, "The White Queen." Grunewald surrendered to police several hours later. They said he confessed. Miss Zick was in a serious condition at a hospital here, but hopes for her recovery were expressed by attending physicians.

Worked In Africa Grunewald had been courting the young woman since his arrival here about two years ago. He had worked in the mines of South Africa ten years previously and set about putting in writing the material he had gathered. Miss Zick collaborated. As an expression of his love, Grunewald cast her in the leading part. The book was published but.

met with success. Grunewald repeatedly professed -aaorney-general barking ng tree- Crumpacker 'Ser sentenced Kirkland jury convicted the youth of jSn tattery on Arlene ic--f sweetheart, vtr to attack. s.83 contpwrf. Public Will View Remains Of Kabquados a XJ' statute courts to fiv KSJed a 1921 ltch the Penalty for Plymouth, (Special) Kaukauna was selected as the 1932 convention city of the Wisconsin Municipal Utilities association at the closing session of the annual meeting here today. J.

H. Kuester, Menasha, former vice-president, was elected president of the association. Other officers are: Walter Sanders, Plymouth, vice-president; John Jedwabny, Menasha, secretary-treasurer. Discussion of subjects in which the convention delegates and visitors were interested occupied, the program this morning. George Marvin, superintendent of the Marsh-field municipal utility, led the discussion on "Rural Distribution." C.

F. Otto of the Employers' Mutual Liability Insurance company, spoke on safety, and A. G. Ottenheimer of the General Electric company, on progress in street lighting. H.

F. Weckwerth, of on general utility problems this afternoon. Theodore Kronshage and David Lilienthal, newly appointed members of the Wisconsin Railroad commission, entered into the discussions with delegates and others during the Wednesday afternoon session, answering perplexing questions that V0'Jd have been Actress Told To Keep Still Over Slaying Los Angeles, (UP) Jean Riley, motion picture actress, who declares three men ran from the Hollywood office of Charles Crawford, politician, after he and Herbert Spencer were murdered, was told by police to "go home and keep her mouth shut," Special Prosecutor W. Joseph Ford said today. Ford reluctantly made the admission to newspapermen after Miss Riley was.

said to have made a statement about it. Miss Riley declared the men she saw running from Crawford's office were Spencer, who was mortally wounded; David H. Clark, municipal judge candidate now charged with the slayings, and Ray Radke, Crawford's secretary. One of the men appeared to De carrying a bundle of papers, the actress said. She asserted she attempted to report to police soon after the slaying to tell her story and was instructed to depart and remain silent.

Ford disclosed that he had taken steps in regard to Miss Riley's reception by police. "Did police tell her to go home and keep her mouth shut?" Ford was asked. "Yes," Ford replied testily, "and I snoke to Chief of Police Roy At Green Bay By Directors Federal Banking Examiners Placed In Charge Of McCartney National Bank Today Green Bay. Wis. (JP) The McCartney National bank failed to open its doors for buisness today exactly one week after George A.

Richardson, 53, president, fatauy wounded himself in a washroom of the downtown building. Federal banking examiners took charge and immediately began an audit of the accounts. J. H. Tay-ler, chairman of the board of directors, could not be reached for a statement.

It was generally understood frozen assets were the cause of the difficulties and that the directors hoped to reopen the institu-Uon soon. Old Financial House A statement of the bank's condition, issued last March showed time and demand deposits of more than $2,000,000. The McCartney bank was one of the oldest financial houses in the city. Bank directors, at the time of Richardson's death, denied that a shortage in accounts existed. Tayler and relatives told Coroner Frank HodeR that ill health prompted the suicide and no inquest was held.

C. W. Loman. vice president, announced all depositors would be fully protected although stockholders probably would lose heavily. He said liquidation would be started tt once but that it was not expected Continued on page 2 j-uve years.

8S, Special) With m- Pendleton S3! starting a 1 iJinsoQ sentence imood tensions, equipment Installations and other purchases regardless of size may be made without consulting the common councils, he stated. This appeared to have been Information that few in attendance possessed. Several commented upon it. Horace G. Davis of the Plymouth water and light board said that the Plymouth board had submitted all contemplated expenditures above 5500 to the common council for approval.

The council has always approved the recommendations, but delays are caused through submitting the proposals, Mr. Davi3 said. Others commented similarly. Mr. Kronshage asserted that in some municipalities profits of the publicly owned utility are turned over to the city administration for general He advised against this plan of action, declaring that profits should be kept by the utility with the idea of 'reducing rates, if a sufficient surplus is obtained.

He emphasized the point that the utility should be entirely divorced from the city administration. During the afternoon cession, E. H. Aberdeen of the Westinghouse Electric Manufacturing company, gave a talk on "Electric Appliance Load Building." Importance of selling electrical appliances to customers with the idea of building up demand for electrical current, thereby reducing overhead so that reduction of rates may be made if the reduction in costs is sufficient, was stressed. He went at some length into the progress that is being made in rural electrification, stating that farmers nowadays may enjoy i Continued oa pag 19i Madison, (UP) By unanimous action the assembly concurred with the senate today in passage of the Duncan bill to give the railroad commission greater supervision and control of public utility operation in Wisconsin.

The bill which now goes to Gov. Philip F. La Follette for almost certain approval changes the name of the regulatory body to the public service commission and extends its power over utilities as -well as establishing many new requirements for them to meet. Cost of any investigation of a utility by the commission for any reason may be assessed directly upon that utility upon completion by the public service body, under provisions of this bill introduced by Senator Thomas M. Duncan, Milwaukee socialist.

It permits more extensive investigation of relations between utilities operating in Wisconsin and their holding companies. A majority of the directors of any utility operating in this state must be Wisconsin residents under this bill which, also gives the com Lt asidrHSatate wa in motion 123 caict a heavier morning youST sentenced hi, iry with intent fe'TiS death When the peopte flock to Peninsula State Park at Fish Creek next Saturday they are going to have an opportunity to view the remains of Chief Simon Kahquados who died November 30, 1930. This week C. E. Broughton, representing the Conservation Commission, visited Wabeno and the undertaking parlors of M.

R. Reese. The body was embalmed immediately after the chieftain's death and though all these months have intervened there is no indication of discoloration. Mr. Reese, in charge of the body, will leave Wabeno atnoon tomorrow, escorted by twenty-five Ppta-watomis, and they will arrive in Green Bay at three o'clock, continuing on to Sturgeon Bay, and arriving there between four and five o'clock.

The body will lie in state in both Sturgeon Bay and at the state park preceding the hour of the ceremonies. The chieftain is clothed in a robe of varied colors and 'the remains repose in a handsome steel his love to Miss Zick but was not accepted. He became enraged yesterday when unable to communicate with her, police said. They quoted him as saying he thought she had gone out in company with another man. Waited Outside Home He waited outside Miss Zick's home last night and conversed with her when she returned.

Again she refused to marry him, whereupon police said, he fired one shot, through the screen door, inside which she was standing. The bullet struclc her in the left side. Grunewald fled, surrendering early today. Police quoted Grunewald as saying he blamed Miss -Zick for the loss of his tire and radiator repair shop here. Grunewald was arraigned in county court today and pleaded guilty to a charge of assault while armed with intent to kill.

He was bound over to, circuit court and remanded to the Marathon county jail in default of 5,000 bond, i were asked and giving much valu able information. Replying to one question, Mr. 't4 car waa Popularly Kronshage said that municipally owned utilities must operated either by a utility commission hav ing that responsibility only, or by a fte, t. board of public works. The former is preferable, he said.

Powers of the utility commission Esta Prosecutor Ta10Unced ne had Attor-ICO-- -Lr en that are Independent and unlimited so far as the operauon of the utility is C3ket. concerned, Ur. Kronshage, said. Ex mission greater control over regulation of depreciatica of reseryess 4T Streciel About It,".