The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, September 8, 1920, Page 1

PPD OTE, A a THE WEATHER Generally Falr ' — HE BISMARCK TRIBUNE | LAST EDITION Vie THIRTY-NINTH YEAR BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA. WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 8, 1920 SESE Sond ae PRICE FIVE CENTS HARDING GIVES G. 0. P. POLICY TOWARD FARMERS OF NATION IN SPEECH AT GOPHER STATE FAIR Price Fixing by Government Is Held Wrong as General Policy | NOT FOR “DOLLAR WHEAT” Candidate Explodes Story Cir- culated Concerning Utterance of Years Ago Minneapolis, Minn., Sept. 8.— The Republican party’s attitude toward agriculture and toward the farmer was outlined by Senator Warren G. Harding, Republican nominee for the presidency, in an address at the Minnesota state fair this after- noon, The party’s attitude is one of promoting the best interests of the farmer, without injury to any other industry or class of people, he told the great crowd assembled here. It is to encour- age agriculture‘in every respect, to foster its development, but not to “work out an elaborate system of agriculture and then try to impose it on the farmers of ‘the country.” The farmer needs just laws, can profit by co-operation, but should not we the object of government: pater- nalism, the nominee said. Want No Special Favors “Government paternalism, whether applied to agriculture or to any other of our great national industries would stifle ambition, impair effi-ci ency, lessen production and make us a nation of dependent incompetents,’ said Senator Harding... “The farmer requires no special favors at thc hands of the government. All he needs is a fair chance and such just con sideration for agriculture as we ought to give to a basic industry and ever seek to promote the com~ mon good.” At the outset of his speech, Sena- tor Harding his determination not to appeal to any special class or in- terests in his campaign for the presi dency. “I come to you with a common i terests and a very common concer}. for the welfare of our country,” saic the speaker. “While it is in my thought to speak to you specifically concerning agriculture, I want to sc convey my thought as to have "" known that I am thinking not of the welfare alone of those engagéd ir agriculture, but the welfare of agri- culture as it relates to the good fo: tunes of the United States of Amer- ica. Deplores Class Appeal “I very much deplore the present- day tendency to appeal to the par- ticular group in American activities.” If America is to go on, he said, “we must of necessity be ‘all for one and one for all.’” 3 Senator Harding exploded the “dol- lar wheat story” at the outset, ridicul- ing the idea that he, in the present days, had said that dollar wheat was. sufficient for the farmer. “I have helped to cut sixty-ceni wheat, I have known it to sell at forty cents,” he said. “I have fol- lowed the cradle and sweated behin® the reaper when binding was a cross to bear, and I know I spoke the truth when I said, some years ago that Ohio farmers, in the days before the war, rejoiced to raise dollar wheat. That statement had no ref: eretice to wartime; none to the pres ent after-war period. Conditions, well as prices, have changed since I made that perfectly natural an¢ truthful statement, and other grea! and important changes are in con templation, and no misrepresentation is necessary to bring them about.” Development of Agriculture Tracing the history of agriculture. the speaker dwelt on the great in crease* in city population. Farm products brought low prices for years because there was a period of over- production, he said. As the cities gained in population, as the American people turned more to industrial pur- suits, the over-production became an under-production and prices advanc- ed. With it land increased in price. “In truth, here in America, farm- ing came to that stage where it ceas- ed to be a mere struggle for susten- ance, and it found its place amid the competition for achievement,” he said. Senator Harding compliments the farmers on the wonderful effort dur- ing the war when the army and navy took away from the farms 25 per cent of the soldiers and sailors, and men and women increased production with no thought of re&tricted hours, in a mighty effort to feed the world. Restoring Balance ' War conditions, he said, put a pre- mium on grain growing at the ex- pense of livestock production. As | consequence, he said, many stock? producers and feeders have suffered heavy and, in some cases, ruinous losses. “If this condition should continue, we are in danger, in the near future | of having to pay very high prices for our meats,” he said. “For two outstanding reasons the maintenance of a normal balance be- tween livestock and grain production is a matter of national concern,” he added. One reason is, he said, that we are a meat-eating nation. The other is that the over-stimulation of grain! production depletes the fertility of dlir land. H “No one can forcast with certainty the trend of prices of farm products; (Continued on Page Seven) i TEACHERS SHIP AS “SAILORS” JANE WATERS AND (BE MISS GEORGIBELLE MUS- MISS LOW) SER, NE. A. Stat Special. Baltimore, Sept. §8.— When the schooner Purcell T, White docked here recently old sea captains gasped j ind shook their heads as two girl) salts” strolled down the gangplank. The sctiooner was just in from Por- to Rico, and the girls. were Miss Jane Naters, daughter of the mayor of Bonner. Springs, Kas., and Miss Ge-| wrgibelle Musser, of Denver. Teach- ars in Porto )Rico, unable to ge steamer reservations for home, they sersuaded Skipper Grant to: ship them 1s members of his crew rather than leave them on the island for the sum- mer., “It was lots of fun,” Miss Waters says. “No, of course, we didn’t let mur’ parents know how we were re- curning until we landed. “Our chief work was praying for favorable winds HARVESTER CO, HEAD REFUTES TRADE REPORT 3ays That Commission Has Not Charged Farm Implement Prices Are Exorbitant Chicago, Sept. 8.— Cyrus H. Mc; Cormick, chairman of the Interna- tional Harvester company's board of | th expireed term. j 3 ature directors reterelne tio “thet federal sa free ings and read our literature. You i: issi rt | people will have to talk the issues trade commission report, which | peop! cha q i raise farm 4 jand the men over among yourselve: Charges collusion: to, raise, {arnt | and in this manner arrive at your; plement prices, said today: i conclusions.” “It should be noted that the report does not find that prices or profits in the farm implement industry are ex- cessive, exorbiant or unreasonable. and yet the commission's figures on manufacturers’ profits greatly ex- veed the Harvester company’s net earnings as shown by its balance sheets, audited and certified to by public accountants of the highest standing. mers Not Hurt “The report specifically finds that the farmer was not prevented from) making fair profits on account of the increased price on account of the) stiwaukee, Sept. 8—With more | houses as well as the governor, the increased price of farm implements’ 14.) one-fourth of the precincts in| state expenses had increased 16 per because from 1913 to 1918 the increase in implement prices was only 73 per cent, while the increase in prices of farm products was 118 per cent. Furthermore it finds that farm im- plement costs constitutes less than 10 per cent of farm operating ex- pense. The full text of the report shows the increase in prices of farm implements, farm products and all commodities between 1914 and 1918; and says after 1915 all three increased rapidly, but the greatest increase was that in farm products, while the smallest was that of farm implement Giving each of the groups the value of 100 in 1914, by 1918 farm im- plements had increased to 173, all commodities to 197. and farm prod- ucts to 212. Beyond Control “The commission might well have added that if the farmer were allowed the same rate of compensation per hour for the labor of, himself and family that the, manufacturers pay for the production of farm imple- ments it would be evident that the farmer needs all this advanced price of farm products in order to make a decent living. The advance of prices in both cases is due to caus? beyond the farmers’ or manufactur- ers’ control It has been definitely proved that when a human muscle contracts an electric current flows in it. oe CAMEL DRINKS RED LEMONADE APLENTY CITY ELECTION ON BOND ISSUE TS CONSIDERED, Revolving Fund Would Enable! City to Pay All Bills Promptly &. Indianapolis, Ind., Sept. .—Fifty Indianapolis. police ofticers, sta- tioned as special police at the In- diana state fair,’ were called on to quell a'camel, which appar- ently had not had much to drink during the last few days. The animal broke loose and wandered into a soft drink stand, and drank ten gallons of red lem- onade before the police officers and camel trainer could make it return'to the “Garden of Allah.” “ QCONNOR GETS | WARM WELCOME "ON SLOPE TOUR payment of paving and sewer war-, Speaker Talks of Issues in Cam- rants, was suggested by Mayor Lucas | . 7 ‘to the commission at its meet- paign and Teils Men to | Hear Both Sides | 1 NT TO BUY FIRE TRUCK Question of Swimming Might Also Be Placed Before Voters at Election 1 | | The bonding of the city for the creation of a 090 to $40,000 revoly ‘ing last evening. Besides the Mayor, ; Commissioners French, Bertsch and | Thompson were present. |. Many taxpayers are generally de- | linquent in paying up some of their {taxes in the spring and the warrant i due at that time. In the fall the ‘ {delinquent taxes are paid up and the, Promises of Leaders of League then has the money to pay the! \ A Have Been Broken, Candi- ie rants which were due in May and} June. Thus the warrants cannot be | : | date Declares ; paid promptly under present system land the credit of the city is constant- ly menaced. | No Loss | TAXES SHOWS JUMP IN H = | J.B. T. O'Connor, Democratic-Re- ‘publican fusion candidate tor Gover- The creation of a revolving fund; nor, has just finished a campaign would enable the city to pay these |tour through McLean, Oliver, Mercer warrants to be paid when due. Then! and Dunn counties speaking at Wash- jin the fall the delinquent taxes would) burn, Center, Fort Clark, Hazen, Beu- | be paid in and the fund would be/lah, Zap, Dodge, Halliday, ° Werner {brought up to the original total. fand Oakdale in the Killdeer Moun- | The creation of such a fund, to-! tains. This is some of the strongest gether with the issuance of bonds to! league territory in the state but in | provide for a motor fire truck, and w' spite of the busy season fairly Di: {swimming pool probably will be put: crowds greeted the speaker every- ‘before the citizens at a special elec-! where and the voters gave the anti- tion. | Townley candidate a fair hearing. ! Will Grade Avenue D In line with his record in the house { A petition was received from the} of representatives as well as in ac- ‘majority of the property owners onj cordance with the plans outlined by Avenue D between First street andj the Joint Campaign committee, Mr. Washington Avenue asking that the} O'Connor discusses issues only and {street be graded. Commissioner | does not resort to personalities in | French moyed that the street be grad-) any shape or manner. He is almost led and the ‘required resolutions were; painfully fair to the opposition in- ‘passed by an unanimous vote. asmuch as he goes out of his way to |” The city engineer reported that the! give them the benefit of the doubt. sidewalk along the south side At the same time he is not afraid ain street, from Second street t0/to take issue with the league leaders Mandan avenue (along the U. S./and he shows his audience that they CROSS-COUNTRY [SCORES OF AIRPLANE MAIL SERVICE BEGUN Ships Start From Four Divi-| sions in New York to San | Francisco Line | ! EXPLORER, AFTE TWO YEARS IN ICE SAVE OVER TRAIN TIME! Greatest Air Route in World; Placed at Disposal of Mili- | tary Forces Transcon- | > to San Fran- | uly inaugurated to- day when R. J. Page, piloting an air-{ plane specially equipped to carry 400 pounds of mail, started his westward | flight at 6:30 o'clock. He carried fn his cargo of mail letters to the ma- yors of six cities along the route. {| The trip is expected to be complet-j; ed in three days, arriving at Sau} Francisco 42 hours ahead of the time j regularly required for mail trains. The flight mapped cut is 2,651 miles in length. The establishment | of the service places at the disposal ; of the United States military forces | Oo wus offic eS) oe what is probably the greatest system m i of regularly maintained landing fields | RQILD AMUNOSEN « and facilities in the world, according} to the posioffice department. This picture, just arrived from Sen eee Alaska, shows how Roald Amupd- : FOUR TD HONS sen, the noted Norwegian ex- Chicago, Sept. 8- erial mail ser- plorer, looked when he a ed in vice between New York and SanFran- cisco was off ly opened this morn- ing. The mail planes started in the! four divisions of the service, each! carrying 600 pounds of mail and ad- vancing their loads 16 hours over the | train mail time. ne, Alaska, after battling the Arc north for two years, much of which time he was reported “lost.” The Norwegian complet- ed the first circumnavigation of the world between the northern t : | coasts of Europe, Asia and Amer- Postal off have figured that) ica and the edge of the Arctic ice the total delivery of 4,800 pounds of) pack, mail over the air route will be 128) hours under the mail train time. The ships will leave Chic hoth directions at 5:30 each mi The service is divided into four visions, New York to Chicago, Ch: go to Omaha, Omaha to Salt Lake and Salt Lake to San. Francisco. POLAND FACES NEW ENEMY IN Weather Bureau station) was narrow in almost every instance have broken and below grade. The street commis- | sioner was authorized to write to the | federal authorities. the Killdeer Mountains’ Sunday was i aT ry interestin athering, the j Want Walks to School {Bee NOLy aero ne ae B: = 2 Gs vi f ct leagiie those | A letter from George Will, presi- crowd was fifty per cent leagiie je present claimed, but Mr. O’Connor ‘dent of the school board, was read,|\_, i lin which Mr. Will requested that | “22 sreeted' with enthusiasm when i i hé was introduced and several times ava lS be pare the new F. A. during his talk he was interrupted] Bids were to have been received by applauge''and cheers. and opened for the construction of Hear Both: Sides ja sanitary sewer for one block on| At the Oakdale meeting, as well as panel street. No bide being rec pat all the other Estherines during ed ,action was postponed. the week, Mr. O’Connor appeale The city engineer was instructed | strongly to the voters to hear botn |to ray OB plan’ ia the feta sides of the apestion fetere they made land grading of Main street. asiu their miytts ow to vote a he suggested by members of the com- November election. This is the way mission that dirt for filling in the! he puts it: road be excavated from the proposed! “What would you think of a can- swimming pool site. 5 ., |didate for judge who would come to | A notice from the board ‘of rail-| you and say: If you will vote for ‘road commissioners setting forth an) me for judge I promise not to hear increase in rates applied for by the| more than one side of the case; I 'Hughes Electric company, was pre-i shall decide any case in favor of the |sented. On motion of Commission- first one that comes to me and tells jer ‘Thompson the matter was referred! me his side of the story? How many to the city attorney. votes would such a candidate for j ze ON in this | Atkinson Made Auditor Jndge: gett Wy none ‘1 % election you voters are the judges, A: committeo, composed of Commis: and still there are people who would sioners Larson, French and Bertsch, nay Nae a i > j ai veg wdvise you to hear only one side of ir us enpolnied Leas changes | the argument. J ask you to listen : 5 iegi. accepted: the’ re-| to both sides. Go to the league mem- pane Natt doy Mistonenad nee | bers and tell them that you will go signation Of Ceci SErons Gan au~| to their meetings and hear what their aitet uy aes waar ea speakers have to say and read their I aha acs | literature if they will go to our meet- faith with the people. The great open air celebration in ' state financial institutions be kept as | far as possible away from politics, | | the farther the better. He calls at- ' tention to the increase in state taxes in spite of the fact that the league leaders promised the people taxes. In 1917, when the league had} control of the house but not of the} | senate, the administrative expenses of |the state amounted to four and a quarter millions of dollars; in 1919, | when the league had control- of botn |Leading Nonpartisan Opponent in First Returns—Women Vote in Election | the state heard from Senator Irvi lcent, or to over thirteen millions. |Lenroot had a lead of 8,400 over his, These figures are given by Tax Com-} missioner Wallace, appointed by! jnearest opponent James Thompson {of Lacrosse, according to returns tab-) Governor Frazier. ulated early today by the Milwaukee | ; | Sentinel. With 620 out of 2,379 pre- Endorses Initiated Laws i The fusion candidate for Governor | | cincts heard from the vote stood: dat feet 42,516: Thompson, 34,116;:: also endorses the initiated laws up- i with A.C. McHenry, of Oskosh, far| on which the voters will give thei ; | behind both. decision at the fall election. He crit- ‘The race for the Republican guber-| icizes the Bank of North Dakota foi LAYER MOTION FOR TRIAL TO. LITHUA NT ANS Conditions Becoming More Seri- 'more than one person. ! hardly possible that Layer could have | i Mr. O’Connor tells his hearers that | L he always has supported the eleva et) | ‘and mill program, but he advises that |” lower | ¢ ous—Report Trotzky Spurs Reds to Action BE FILED SOON |GERMAN REDS INVOLVED E. P. Kelly Says That, Move Will Be Made in District Court at Washburn | Warsaw, Sept. 8.-Condilions along ;the Lithuanian front are becoming more serious daily, and, according to latest reports, the Poles and Lithu- anians are fighting spasmodically cross the improvised frontier. In one action two Lithuanian ofticers and 200 men were captured by the SEES LAYER IN PRISON, A motion will be filed within the Poles. next week or ten days in the district, German and Russian Bolsheviki court at Washburn asking for a trial’ are aiding the Lithuanians, it is con- for Henry Layer, confessed slayer of; tended by Polish authorities. Reports eight people at Turtle Lale last April,; reaching army headquarters stated BH. P: Kelly, of Carrington, attorney, that Leon Trotzky, Russian minister retained by Layer’s relatives and! of war and marine, has ordered So- friends, said toda. ‘viet troops to drive the Poles out For several weeks Mr. Morris, part-| of the country. The latter, however, ner of Mr. Kelly, had been investigat-| contend they have not crossed the ing the case. Mr. Kelly talked to Lay-| line fixed hy the allies. er at the state penitentiary here yes-; ‘Trotzky is asserted to be terday afternoon. on a campaign of propaganda, decla Emphasizing that he believed Judge ing the Polish invasion threatens L W. L. Nuessle, of the district court,|thuanian independence and urging who sentenced Layer to the penitenti-| that the Poles be expelled at all ary for life on his pela of guilty, gave) Costs. the defendant every opportunity that | a court is charged with giving an ac- contended by the Poles that {the Germans and Bolsheviki plan to cused man, Mr. Kelly stated that the] US Lithuanian as a corridor between petition for a trial would be based on! Russia and Kast Prussia. Reports the subsequent investigation. | have been received which seem to in- The attorneys for Layer hold that} dicate that German military and com- the crime probably was committed by | mercial interests have © mbined witn They say it is, the Bolsheviki to encourage Lithuani ans to wage war against Poland. killed the seven members of Jacob]! cae = Wolf's family and the chore boy by; the use of a shotgun. They hold that) the circumstances show that Layer’s | confession of guilt was false. Layer ig said to be in good health. working in the prison laund i He has been seen on the streets of ON NORTH 500 s tk several times recently, ac- mpanied by a guard, coming in to! treated. have his ey URGE $3 PRICE FOR WHEAT AFTER | Business Men Want to Get in Another Good Fellowship j who COSTS ARE SHOWN’: lina, Kan., Sept. 8—A minimum price of $3 a bushel for No. 2 wheat n Kansas City was urged and millers profiteer were condemned resolutions adopted today by several hundred wheat growers who met here t the call of Maurice McAuliffe, pres- ident of the Kansas Farmers’ union. The call for the meeting extended an invitation to wheat growers and rep- resentatives of farm organizations in ouri, Kansas, Oklahoma and Ne i ‘i i ing ni illions of dollars on inatorial nomination apparently had} keeping nine mill 1 n narrowed down to three of the’ six! deposits in Big Biz centers when the | candidates when 293 of the 2,379 pre- league leaders started the bank for; {cincts had been heard from. With wea Lob nes Ithese returns compiled Roy P. Wil-| money at home where it is needed. | ‘cox was leading with 17,266; John! {J. Blaine was second with 12,831,/ while Gilbert S$. Seaman, of Milwau-| kee, was third with 10,608. i The lenghty ballot and the fact; that a large number of women cast | K their votes for the first time account-! ed for the slowness of the returns coming in. WHEAT QUALITY Halliday, N. D., Sept. 8—Eighteen [car loads of cattle, aspecial train, was made up here Monday and loaded with VARIES, REPORT Dunn county choice cattle, bound for | the Chicago markets. Most of the cat- Grand Forks, N. D., Sept. 8.—The tle were from the Ft. Berthold Indian quality of wheat from the 1920 crop|reservation and a number of Indians in North Dakota is greatly varied,/accompanied the shipment. This is according to “A. J. Surratt, United) the second large shipment from this States field agent for the state./place within the past few days, sev- Threshing in the state is about one-'eral car loads having left for the St. fourths complete, Mr. Surratt says. Paul markets last Saturday. FINE CATTLE 10: braska. In arriving at the $3 minimum the on states had established the fe t'the cost of producing a bushel of BY wheat was $2.7 RANCHERS WANT TO GET RAILROAD}: Reeder, N. D., Sept. 8.—Ranchers in the northwest corner of South Dakota and a portion of Montana and North Dakota want a railroad. Not- withstanding conditions in the rail- road world they have launched a movement to obtain it. There is a territory about 200 miles long and a hundred miles wide, along a line between Isabel and Camp Croik, which would bé served by the proposed road. ‘A preliminary sur- vey was made years ago for such a line. in} Another booster tour being plan- ined by Bismarck livewires. | It is proposed to make the trip on Thursday and Friday, Sept. and 24, visiting the towns on the North Soo as far as M Two booster tours were taken in | the spring, and they were so success- ; ful that it is hoped to get in one more ;tour this fall. | If the tour is made on the 23rd and 24th, the band and an airplane | will accompany the motor caravan. 1A definite route may be laid out to- the alleged purpose of keeping th?/ resolutions set forth that a survey of) night. The Town Criers club has plans ‘under way to take a bunch of boost- {ers to Mandan on Bismarck day at issouri Slope fair. The Mandan who planned to come here Hl y evening of this week to ad- vertise the fair, are unable to come. The Elks’ band.planned to give a street dance on that night. GET LICENSE FUND OF $193,619.92 | The State Highway commission to- day received a check for $193,619. the commission's share of the motor vehicle registration for the i months period from Jan. 1 to July 3 The commission receives one-half of the amount and the counties the re- maining half. | LIVES ARB BELIEVED LOST IN EARTHQUAKE EXTENDING __OVER NORTHERN PART OF ITALY Reports From Stricken Region Come In Over Faltering Tele- graph Wires OVER AREA OF 100 MILES Crumbled Under Strain of Convulsion of Buildings Earth, Say Messages EARTHQUAKE BULLETIN Rome, Sept. jun dred person the district ¢ more were in. a dispateh to Massa, ording to Rome, Sept. 8.—Scores of lives are believed to have been lost §n the district north of Florence which was shaken by an earthquake yesterday morn- ing. As reports from the stricken region came in over faltering telegraph and_ tele- phone lines’ the extent of the disaster seems to be growing, and there is a possibility that the damage may be more seri- i i | the ous than was at first believed. The territory violently disturbed seems to be shaped with Florence at the southern Apex and Modena at the northern end. It extends along the Ktrurian coast, and runs over the Appenines stward for upwards of 10 miles. In this district there are nany populous towns and no tidings hive as yet been received from many of them. There is every indication that the shock was a severe one and ‘eports from cities in the earthquake wea show that buildings crumbled beneath the strain of the convulsion of the earth. Posial Force Killed , At Sivivvano, a town of 17,000 in- habitants, near Caerara, almost every ouilding was damaged and many were destroyed. Among the -collapsed structures is the postoffice, in the ruins of which is the entire staff. Soliera,” in the province of Massa, Marittima and Monti nearby were partially destroyed. Rivesano, Forni, and Momtignoro are reported in ruins while in Marina and Carrara many structures have collapsed. Panic prevails at Lucca as a re- sult of the catyclysm, and from Ga- vinara and Limestre from reports of lives being lost. At Villa Franca, an entire family was buried in the ‘wins of their home, and the village of Vigetta was destroyed. Serious lamage was done in the Krignano dis- trict where houses collapsed and at Frassinero, where a number of houses fell. Pievepalago and Sant Andre were badly damage, but the number of victims has not yet been ascer- tained. COX QUOTA FOR ONE CITY HELD T0 BE CORRECT Witness Says Cleveland Raised $400,000 for G. 0. P. Cam- paign Fund Chicago, Sept. 8.—TMlirst evidence supporting Governor Cox's charges that large quotas were assigned to he principal cities by the Republican ‘ampaign fund committee was intro- luced in the senate investigation committees hearing today when Dud- ey Blossom who helped raised Cleve- land’s quota, testified Governor Cox's figures, $400,000 for that city were correct, Senator Reed called the witnesses attention to the quota submitted by “red W. Upham, Republican national reasurer, giving $400,600 as the quota for the state of Ohio. Mr. Blossom testified that A. A. Prontzman, a paid agent of the na- tional committee, was present when the Cleveland quota was announced as $400,000 and that Mr. Prontazman helped direct the raising of the noney. Forty teams of six teams each were organized for the ¢ Mr. Blossom said, twenty under his direc- tion and twenty under C, T. Brooks. A list of 5,000 names was provided by W. R. Woodford, chairman of the ways and means committee of Cuya- hoga county and from this list each team captain selected the names of fit to enty- men to be can- vassed by his team. ROOSEVELT HAS NARROW ESCAPE ON PLANE TRIP Chapman, Missouri, Sept. 8.—Lieu- tenant Colonel Theodore Roosevelt had a narrow escape from death here this noon while preparing for an air- plane flight to Sinita and Tulsa, Okla- homa, to fill speaking dates. Colonel Roosevelt was entering the front seat of the plane, with Kem- bler, candidate for congress -in_ the irst Oklahoma district, as Paul Mane, the pilot, gave the propeller blade a twist. The trottle was too high and the big machine tore wildly down field. Roosevelt jumped from the plane and landed so that he escaped the rudder of the machine.