The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, October 17, 1924, Page 1

¥ ry WEATHER FORECASTS Fair tonight and Saturday. Cooler tonight. ESTABLISHED 1873 ‘THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE (om BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1924 FINAL EDITION PRICE FIVE CENTS — G.O.P.CAMPAIGN FUND SHORT OF QUOTA * STATE'S MILL FAILS TO WIN IN NEW MARTS Unable to Break in Success- fully in Out-of-State Mar-' ket After 2 Years MEETIN! COMPETITION Mill’s Loss Now Shown To Be $635,000 in Report of Auditor North Dakota’s state-owned, state- operated flour mill at Grand Forks, after almost two years of operation, has not been able to break into mar- kets outside the state of North Dako- ta with sufficient force to put the mill on its feet financially, it is shown in the report of O. B. Lund, accountant for the state board of auditors, in a report submitted to the board, as required by law, on the ion from January 1 to he total loss skown by the auditor is $635,157.61, which cor- responds closely to the loss shown in a report of the board of managers as of the same date, made public. The significant feature as seen in the latest accountant’s report on the mill, as seen in some quarters, is the inability of the mill to win its way against competition of privately-own- ed mills in other states. Apparentlys the mill has succeeded fairly well in establishing markets in North Dako- ta, but the difficulties outside the state more than off-set the success within the state. Most of the big flour milling insti- tutions of the country have grown from small beginnings, enlarging as their slowly built-up business made e North Dakota state irly large institution, how- ever has been confronted with the difficulty of establishing a market for a big output from the start. It had been stated in the past by those con- nected with the state mill that the only ‘hope for success was in a large output, because of the investment in- volved. Heroic measures have been used by the mill management in seeking to establish out-of-state’ markets, it is,indicated. The sales reports show flour sold in many states in the union and in foreign countries, The output is so large that markets must be found outside the state. In ap- parently seeking to break into out- of-state markets, the mill manage- ment has priced its flour, said to be of high quality, low enough to meet all competition, but has not won its way to a point where it can raise its prices to yield a profit. Accountant Lund, in his report, points out that flour is sold outside the state at lower prices than within the state, this, it is understood, be- ing considered a necessity in estab- lishing markets. Several compari- sons are given by the accountant, He shows that on June 24 the mill sold flour in Fargo, North Dakota, for $8.10 a barrel while on June 10 it sold flour at Fort Dodge, Iowa, at $7.00 a barrel. On June 27 it sold flour in Bismarck at $8.04 a barrel and on June 16 it sold flour in Wa- terloo, Iowa, at $7.25 per barrel. Oth- er comparisons show a lower price obtained for flour outside of North Dakota than in North Dakota. Ac- countant Lund questions the prac- tice, saying: “In going over the sale price of mill products, it is found that they are sold at a lower price outside of the state than in North Dakota. This is a trade cus- tom but it might be questioned why North Dakota people are not per- mitted to purchase their flour from their mill as cheap as people in oth- er states.” The accountant’s report also shows heavy operations on the part of the mill in an endeavor to produce enough flour to reduce its overhead expenses to a point where it will show a profit, The mill has failed to do this, however, the loss from January 1, 1924 to June 30, 1924, be- ing shown as $126,779.01 in operating expense, with a total loss for the six months period, including deprecia- tion and interest, of $309,158.91. Diviies Operations For convenient comparison Mr. Lund divided the operations and costs for the three audit periods. During the periog October 23, 1922, the begin- ning of operations, to July 31, 1923, Y the mill had an operating loss of 48 cents a barrel. From August 1, to Dec. 81, 1923, an operating profit of 10 1-2 cents per barrel, while the per- iod covered by the present report— Jan, 1, 1923 to June 30, 1923--shows an operating loss of 29 6-10 cents per barrel. The total loss, adding inter- est, etc. for the respective periods is shown: 86.7 cents per barrel, 20.3 cents per barrel and 72.4 cents per barrel, or an average loss of 54.6 4 £ cents per barrel since the operation of the mill. The establishment of the full loss of $635,157.51, is to some extent, ar- bitrary, the accountant setting up amounts for depreciation, reserve for bad debts, ete, One accountant, who has seen the Lund report, holds that the depreciation charges are too low. The depreciation charged on mill mi chinery is at the rate of 5 percent a year, power house machinery “4 per- cent a year, while it is asserted by another accountants that on the basis ¥ of a 10 hour a day operation the * machinery. should be depreciated -6 (Continued on, page 6) Skip REOPENING OF BANKS IS HELP TO DEPOSITORS Those Having Claims on Other Closed Banks Gain By This Work of State CLAIMS ARE MADE The policies of the Guaranty Fund Conmission and “the State Department* during the past year! and a half, the most crucial period in the history of the banking busi- ness in North Dakota, has reduced | the liabilities of the Guaranty’ Fund Commission by a to- tal of $4,228,104.84, through the re-| opening of banks, in the belief of | officials responsible for the policies. | It is pointed out that each time a bank closes, the deposits become a liability of the Depositors Guar- | anty Fund Commission, and since, that commission has not, and_ will! not for years, have sufficient funds | to pay all depositors, the reopening of one of these closed banks in- creases the dividend it is possible to pay to the depositors of banks that cannot be reopened. The Depositors Guaranty Fund Commission and State Banking De- partment, with faith in the future of the state and acting under the bank administration act of July 1, 1928, endeavored to keep many banks open and to reopen closed banks. ‘Thirty-one of closed banks in the state, having deposits totalling $4,228,104.84 have reopened for office. Several more banks are scheduled to reopen with- in the next month, so that it is ex- pected that within a short time banks having total deposits of over $5,000,000 will have reopened. With the liability of the Guaranty Fund Commission to depositors of closed banks reduced this much, it will be able to pay larger dividends as as- sessments on open banks are re- ceived. The bank administration act of July 1, 1923, made it possible for the Commission to use some of its funds in an effort to keep banks open or to reopen banks, The com- mission, according to C. B, McMil- lan, a member, felt that under the Depositors | after a flight across the Atlantic. (N. Y.) shoreline on her way to Lakehurst, N. J., he new home. The Tribune, took the picture from an airplane high above the ZR-3, then dropped down to the airmail field at Mineola | Norwegian by Rev. Monson, who re- and the picture was started on its way to Bismarck by airmail. Banking | law it could not use all of the funds. But it applied enough, in his opin- ion, to make possible the reopening of many banks and the keeping open of many. While virtually all of the Depositors Guaranty Fund money so invested was amply secured and is being returned, the depositors of closed banks would have gained if the commission had lost hundreds of thousands of dollars, it is point- ed out. They gain through the re- duction of the liability to depositors and advancing the time of payment to them. FIRPO-FULTON GO PLANNED New York, Oct. 17— Although watching the outcome of legal pro- ceedings in which Luis Firpo is in- volved, Tex Rickard is going ahead with plans for a match at Madison Square Garden in November between Firpo and Fred Fulton, the Minne- apolis plasterer. The promoter is desirous of staging the contest on Nov. 14 or 28. Another South American heavy- weight, Quintin Romero of Chile, probably will appear on the same card with*Jim Maloney of Boston, as an opponent in the semi-windup. THE ZR-3 IN | BIG POTATOES EXHIBITED Bismarek is in the land of the “big baked potato. W. N, Griffis displayed at The Tribune two potatoes, which are samples of his garden crop. One of them weighed 30 ounces and the other ounces, He got 13 big. ones in one hill. Mr. Griffis said he had 25 bus- hels, without a blemish on any one of them. He did not water his garden and ploughed it but onee. ‘PLANS MADE T0 TURN BANK TO. ITS EMPLOYES Bank of Italy, | Largest in Cal- ifornia, To Be Given Qver:Under Plan San Fran if., Oct. 17—(By A. nty years ago A. P Giannini, commission merchant, gave business, then one of the largest kind, to his employes, Today he was ready to resign as president of the Bank of Italy ag the first move in a plan to permit the 2,200 emplo: ancial trol of the bank. The board of directors of the in- | stitution yesterday approved the proposed by Mr. Giannini. As a preliminary move, Mr. Gian- nini is to retire from the presidency of the $350,000,000 bank and Sames A, Baoigalupi, the present seni vice-president, is to succeed him as head of the organization, The Bank of Italy is among the seven largest banking corporations in the United States. It has approxi- mately 600,000 depositors and 86 branches throughout —_ California. Gh nnini, who founded the bank 20 ars ago, and who first proposed fa ain o@ Ath Gra Tere ay (he employes, will continue to act as chairman of the bank’s executive committee and financial committee. | The plan calls for the obtaining of a controlling block of stock by active employes, a change in the list of of- ficers und the directorate at least every five years to allow promotion of these officers from the bank’s em- ployes anq the full protection of the rights and potential earnings of the! 14,000 stockholders. The bank has $17,500,000 in stock outstanding und an actual strength of $15,000,000. DAVIS SPEAKS IN CHICAGO Candidate Invades Foreign Quarters of City Chicago, Oct. 17.—Jdhn W, Davis earried the Democratic presidential campaign further into Chicago to- day and prepared, after a series of addresses, scheduled for tonight in the Bohemian, Polish and Jewish quarters of the city, to turn south again, headed this time for East St. Louis, Ill. ang Missouri. The candidate devoted his time during most of the day to confer- ences at the ‘hotel where he stopped and rested between the brief inter- val allowed him by his callers for that purpose. Many of those who visited Mr. Davis said they had call- ed for the specific purpose of congra- tulating him on the address last night in which he restated his atti- tude on the Ku Klux Hlan.* of California’s largest fin- | stitution to thke over con-| THE U.S. A. SOUTH DAKOTA ‘ISOBJEGTIVE | Senator Leaves for Sioux Falls After Speaking in Minneapolis | OF LAFOLLETTE: LaFollette jai, en route to hall, Minn,, Oct. South Dakota w: Sioux Falls, Ma (By the A. P.). M. LaFollette as he continued active igning today in the Northwest. ihe independent presidential candi date planned to follow up with jaddress at Sioux Falls the attaek he | President Coolidge last! night to a Minneapolis audience. | Robert M, LaFollette Jr, who « accompanying his father, issued this tement to: s the candidate's train traveled toward Sioux Falls: “My attention has just been called) jo on! Wed Tom O'Connor, chairman | shipping board, in which he challenged ‘anyone in absolute au-/ thority’ in the progressive campaign | to deny that large amounts of money have been sent through Mexico from to help the LaFollette-Whcel et. “In the votabulary of the progres- sives ‘ubsolute authority’ means the people. But so far as campaign con | tributions or source of party fund are concerned I have absolutely) no knowledge and I emphatically deny | O'Connor's statement. I denounce as a wilful and malicious campaign * * 1 am telegraphing Frank P. Walsh at Chicago, request- ing that he subpoena O'Connor be-| fore the Borah committee and put) {him under oath and require him to| testify on two points: first, as to] his alleged evidence of campaign con-; tributions to the LaFollette-Whecler campaign from Russia or from any other foreign source, directly or in-} directly; secondly, as to O’Connor's payment of railroad fares, taxi ex- penses, hotel bills and entertain- ment of the hired audience of fu Jabor leaders’ delivered F. O. B. White House to listen to President Coolidge’s Labor Day address. I want to know from whom he got his a thority to hire the audience and pay the freight on it both ways and where he got the money to pay the bills.” MacManus, Noted Lecturer, Will Be Here Tonight Seamus MacManus, noted lecturer, entertainer and author of works in Ireland, will speak tonight at p. m, at the St. Mary’s Auditorium. Mr.: MacManus spoke yesterday at Mandan. He has recently been lec- turing before normal schools in the country. Mrs. Hall-Quest Is Remarried Chicago, Oct.’ 17.—Mrs. Shirley Knox Hall-Quest, divorced here two weeks ago by Dr. Alfred Lawrence Hall-Quest, and Frederick William Hart, divorced by Mrs. Rosamond Hart of Cincinnati, last . Monday, were married here last night by Judge Denis E, Sullivan. They left i | j made on | , of the { the next objective of Senator Robert ; i Here is the-first picture taken in America of the ZR-3, giant airship delivered by Germany to the United States The picture was taken Wednesday as the big ship sailed acro: Arthur Galaid, photographer for NEA Service and the Long Island ADJUSTABLE BAND INVENTE Valley City, N. D., Oct. 17.--Ac- cording to the Chicago Gazette, J R. Marquise, local merchant, has ap- plied for a patent on an adjustable neckband for shirts. The inventor si that this invention will enable the of the neckband to be changed more than an inch, and that it will enable retailers to get along with smaller stocks. An un- losuble collar button would be a companiment, say male size welcome shirt weare! ‘MANCHURIAN FORCE DRIVEN BEYOND WALL ‘Central ‘ Government Troops Claim Victory Against Invading Force Peking, Oct. 17-—-Chang Tso- Manchurian troops have been dri beyond the great wall, says an of! cial comminque. BATTLE CO. Tientsin, China, Oct. tle of Shanhaikwan ingly today Shanhaikwan itself suffered consid- erable damage from the bombard-| ment of the churian troops seek- | ing to make a permanent capture of that key border town. The central government soldiers were being massed in an attempt to retake Sha- himenkhai, another great wall point. TINUES 17.—The bat- continued MANY KILLED Mukden, Manchuria, Oct. 17, (By; the A. P. remendcus ¢ alties | have been caused in the fighting: |around Shanhaikwan through the | use of subterranean mines by the central Chinese government forces: it was declared here today. No estimate of the casualties of the past two days fighting has yet been made available. It was officially stated that the Manchur- ians had entered Shanhaikwan yes- terday. ALLEGED AUTO THIEVES HELD Barnes County Officers Get Two in So. Dak. Valley City, N. D. Oct. 17.-Sheriff James Kelley returned to the city from Aberdeen, S. D., with two men giving their names as Martin Poland and Noble Smith, charged with steal- ing a Buiék touring car here Sunday evening from Erle Fouks who had left his machine parked in front of the Security National bank between the hours of seven and eight o'clock. - Mr. Fouks accompanied Sheriff Kelly to the South Dakota city and the officer in company with Mr. Fouks and the two prisoners return- ed’in the stolen car yesterday. One of the men, who had unusually small hands, slipped the cuff links off and made an unsuccessful attempt £0 es- cape, Again the Barnes county offi- cer who has made an enviable record for capturing thieves this fall, cap- tured his man with little trouble. They will be arraigned before Judge I. J. Moe. Election results will be announced immediately for Minneapolis, home of Mrs. Hart's mother. from the National Radio Exposition in New York, November.8 to 8. un-| * TRIBUTE PAID AT RITES OF THEO. KOFFEL Masonic and Odd Lodges and Friends J in Ceremonies BF ellows | BODY LIES IN STATE; + | Viewed by Clese Friends ge Impressive Ceremonies Are Conducted Final rites in dore Koffel, promi in legal,- political and fraternal | cles in the state, was paid today in} private services conducted for the family and public services con- ducted at the Masonie Temple this afternoon, First tribute was paid at the pri- vate services held in the Perry cha- pel at 1 o'clock this morning, with Rev. I. G. Monson of the Trin- ity Lutheran church officiating. Pre- sent at the services was the mother of the late Mr. Koffel who, though 90 years of age, came from her home in Montevideo, Minnesota, to be pre- sent for the rites, Remarks espec- ially directed to her were given in of Theo- for myny| memory it minded her of the many things she} had done for her son, and told her} that the faith she had reared him ia he had confessed, Words of comfort | were addressed to sorrowing rela- tives, Formal ritualistic ceremonies were held at the Masonic Temple this af- ternoon, The Masonic Bodies andj the Odd Fellows lodge, both of which Mr. Koffel was a prominent member, cooperated in the arrangement of the ceremoni The body was removed | from the Perry parlors to the Ma- sonic temple at noon today, with Knights Templar in full uniform furnishing the guard of honor. They ained as a guard while y | friends passed by as the body lay in state in the lodge room of the Tem- ple for two hours. Formal services were opened with a prayer, after whjch B. F. Flanna- gan, chaplain, and Fred Roberts, tak- | ing the part of Noble Grand of the Odd Fellows lodge, conducted the fritualistic services of that order. Highest tribute was paid to Mr. Koi- fel, who was Brigadier-General in the Patriarchs Militant branch of the {lodge. Members of this order, in full, uniform, escorted the body to Fair- view cemetery, followed by a long. line of mourners. Rev. Monson again j conducted services at the cemetery. A quartet composed of Mrs. Her- man Scheffer, Mrs. W. J. Targart, Henry Halverson and George Hum- phries sang “Rock of Ages” and “Crossing the Bar.” Officers Are Pall-Bearers Pall-bearers were officers of the 'Patriarch’s Militant, they being ‘Col. P. B. Rognlie of Esmond, colonel of the First regiment; Col, W. J. Hol- brook of Rugby, colonel of the Sec- ond regiment; Lieut. Col. C. L, Han- eut. Col. P. G staff, Major R. 1E. Carlander, Assistant Adjutant- 1, and Major A, Scharnowski, nt Inspector-General. Major Carlander, was designated to repre- ‘sent the grand encampment by F. E.| Payne, of Fargo, grand patriach o the grand encampment of North Da- kota. The casket was banked high with beautiful floral tributes, which came not only from many friends in and outside of Bismarck, but from fra- ternal bodies in various parts of the state. SALMON PLENTIFUL Victoria, B. C., Oct. 17.—British Columbia canners will have a bumper crop of canned salmon this year. Al- ready 1,350,000 cases have been pack- ed, and a low estimate puts the ag- gregate returns from the canneries this year at 1,500,000 cases, Large shipments of the new pack continue ‘corporation in Nome, Mr. to move out on every steamer for England. A scene rivaling the stories of “re- venuers” and moonshine raids in southern hills was enacted on the North Dakota prairies in Hettinger county Monday, according to the story related by F. C. Myers, deputy state license inspector, Attorney- General’s office. Three officers intent on enforcing the prohibition law were met with the threat that they could not enter a farm house tg capture liquor and hope to come out alive. The threat was backed by a revolver in the hands of a 19-year-old youth and a sharp-pointed auto, ring in the hands of an elderfY lady, with her husband also making threats. The scene occurred when Myers, Federal officer Harrison Carter and a Deputy Sheriff Slate went to the home of Fred Kereshman in Hettin- ger county and read him a search war- rant. Qhe officer found two 16-gal- lon kegs of moonshine in the base- ment of the house and then came out to report, Myers said. Immediately, he continued, a boy, about 19, brand- | | Baby Suffocated By Sand, Pebbles Allantien Gig N. Jy Oct. 17. Three months old Dorothy Coy was suffocated yesterday by sand and pebbles thrown into her car- by two small children, The n left unattended mother, Mrs. riage baby had be outdoors by h Merrill D. Coy. The children who used the infant’s death made ol before their identity could be learned ‘WHOLE COLONY CARRIED AWAY FROM ISLAND Reported From Alaska That Russians Remove British From Wrangel Island . STEFANNSON’S VIEWS Explorer Asserts That Colony Was Planted There by an American Firm Alask intended to e Nome, Oct. 17.——A colony ablish British title to | Wrangell Island, in the Arctic ocean north of Siberia, was carried off by the Russian armed transport “Red October” which raised the Rus: flag there August 20, it was learned an j here today. UP TO U. 8. HE SAYS New York, Oct. 17.—Vilhjalmur Stefansson, who a year ago founded the colony on Wrangell Island which is reported from Nome to have been carried away by a Rus today said the colony was comprised of 13 Eskimos and Charles Wells of Uniontown, Pa. The colony was not founded in be- half of Great Britain but of the United States through an American said. “This situation is up to the United States,” he said. H. H. KOHLSAAT FORMER NOTED, EDITOR, DIES! Passes Away at Home of Secretary Hoover in Washington Washington, Oct. 17. saat, noted former Ch and close friend of died suddenly here tod of Secretary Hoover, He had come to Washington for a visit and although he had been in poor health for some months his con- dition had not been considered ser- ous. He was 71 years old. Death resulted from a_ stroke of paralysis suffered by Mr. Kohlsaat at the Hoover residence on, Tuesday. Mrs. Kohlsaat and their two daugh- ters, Mrs. Potter Palmer of Chicago and Mrs. Roger Shepard of St, Paul, were with him at the time of his death. For many years Kohlsaat had been on terms of intimacy with a wide circle of public men. He was sulted on public questions by Mc- Kinley, Roosevelt, Wilson and Hard- ing and many times had been a house guest at the White House. Recently he had not-taken an active part in politics but remained a friend and adviser of those of his many ac- quaintances in public life. He had retired from active newspaper life in 1913. -H. H. Kohl- 0 publisher presidents, y at the home ‘OFFICERS ON LIQUOR RAID DRIVEN OFF BY IRATE FARMER AND FAMILY; THREAT TO KILL OFFICER IS MADE ished a revolver and Mrs. Kereshman waved the dangérous looking iron spring, asserting the officers would be killed if they entered the house. “We could have taken the stutf but we would have had to do some shooting,” Myers said. “We chose the path of discretion, went back to town, got warrants and went out the next night and served them.” Charges of assault with deadly weapons with intent to kil! were drawn up, he said, and a liquor charge placed against Kersehman. Father and son were held in $7,000 bonds, he said. The woman said she was sick and they did not take her to town to face a magistrate, but will later. Kereshman, Myers said, has been arrested before on liquor law violation charges. The officer reported two or three small children were about the house and when he asked a little girl if she went to school she replied she didn’t “have time to go to school.” sThe officers made nine arrests in a series of liquor raids in Slope, Het- tinger and Morton counties. tefansson; BUTLER AYERS $1,300,000 IS BEING SOUGHT Republican National Chair- man Says That $3,000,000 Is Goal in Campaign GIVES TESTIMONY “Lays Cards on Table” Be- fore Investigating Com- mittee of Senator Borah 17.—(By the A. P.) ~-The Republican national campaign organization intends, if possible, to collect an additional $1,300,000 to carry on its work between now and election day, Wm. M. Butler, chair- man of the committee, testified to- day before the special committee investigating campaign funds. This sum would make up the $3,000,000 budget which the Republican com- mittee decided at the outset of the campaign would be necessary for the conduct of what Butler denom- inated as “a vigorous campaign.” “That is a modest amount in view of the expenditures that have been made before,” President Coolidge’s field marshall told the committee. Chairman Borah inquired as to the uses to which the fund had been put and Mr. Butler said it was used by the various bureaus within the or- ganization. Are there any organizations which are raising money and ex- pending it for the Republican or- ganization except yours?” asked Senator Borah. i “None that 1 am aware of, except the different state organizations,” Mr, Butler. replied. Chicago, Oct. Carawav’s Inquiry Senator Caraway, Democrat, Ar- kansas, inquired about the letter of a Massachusetts manufacturer, in- viting contributions to the Republi- an campaign in excess of the legal amount, with a promise that con- tributions . would be “covered up.” Mr. Butler declared the Republi- can organization not only had noth- ing to do with that but disapproved of it. “You fixed the budget at $3,000,- 000,” said Senator Caraway, “and you called on Pennsylvania for $600,- 000, or one fifth of the amount. Why was that?” Mr. Butley started to explain and Senator Caraway broke in: “Was it because you regarded Pennsylvania as a fruitful field?” “{ had hoped so,” Butler replied, IHinois quota $400,000 Illinois was put down for $400,- 000 of the total for a similar rea- son. Senator Caraway remarked that if the Republican organization had gone cn the same percentage basis through the 48 states it would have received more than a billion dollars, “No, no,” said Mr. Butler. George Barr Baker, director of the publicity bureau of the Repub- ican committee was called and gave details of the expenditures of $437,000 up to October 10 last by his bureau. Question as to the cost of cer- tain types of publicity, Baker said matrix material for a list of rural papers had cost approximately $20,000. Asked by Senator Borah regard- ing the subject matter of such material Baker said the subject “usually varied with the moment.” “One release,” he said, was “de- bunking” LaFollette. “How much did that cost you?” demanded Senator Shipstead, Farmer-Labor, Minnesota. The witness said he did not knew the cost of any one piece of material. Baker said he had pur- chased no newspaper space for his matrix matter. “How many papers were sup- plied with ‘gannj-d{ edjtorials?” asked Sen. Caraway. “TI think we have a list of some 6,000 publications,” was the ans- wer. After the examination of Baker had been concluded Chairman Borah announced the adjournment of the committee subject to call. The investigators had ex d to hear tcday Frank P. Walsh of Kansas City, who is to present Senator LaFollette’s charges of an effort by Republicans to raise “a slush fund” in doubtful states but they were advised that Mr. Walsh could not reach Chicago before tonight and possibly not before tomorrow. DYNAMITE DEATH CAUSE Tron River, Wis., Oct. 17.—Valen- tine Depta, a farmer near here, re- ceived fatal injuries late. yesterday when 25 sticks of dynamite he had in a bucket while blowing stumps de- tonated. He died en route to a hos- pital. A companion of Depta, though blown through the air a considerable distance, was not injured. a Transformer ratios are low to avoid distortion from high voltages.