The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, September 4, 1925, Page 1

WEATHER FORECAST Partly overcast and unsettled to- night and Saturday; cooler. ESTABLISHED 1873 ) REPORT. DEAD REMOVED | TO MORGUE AT BELLE VALLEY Commandery Zachary Lans- downe Will Be Laid to Rest in Arlington GUARDS HOLD CROWDS Dirigible Collapsed in Air Cyclone at Altitude of 3,000 Feet Caldwell, O., Sept. AAP) —On gently sloping hillsides, some twelve miles apart, winds today whipped through flapping vards of torn silk and twisted and broken aluminum of the cracked Shenandoah, until yesterday proud mis- tress of the skies and pride of the U.S. Navy. What remains of the only American built dirigible, which met disaster in a thunder squall, near here early yesterday morning, was being broken up by the wind, much the same as an ocean- going ship aground is broken by the waves. Fourteen dead members of the crew, ant Commander Zachary Lansdowne, lay in an impro- vised morgue in Belle Valley, their faces uncovered to the view of the visiting hundreds. Survivors Number 22 Twenty-two of the surviv- -ors are en route to Lakehurst, N. J. the airport from whence the Shenandoah em- barked Wednesday afternoon for her voyage into the heart of the continent. Three of the officers and two of the crew spent last night in Caldwell where they were joined Db! Naval officers from Cincin- nati, Cleveland and Pitts- burgh. Two injured members of the crew are in a Marietta hospital. After last night a guard was thrown around the approaches to the wreckage in a belated effort to stem the tide of curi- ous visitors who had thronged the scene by thousands from early yesterday through last midnight. Caldwell, Ohio, Sept. 4—UP)—Air rushing through the holes torn in the Shenandoah by twisting off the radio and control cabins caused the buckling of the ship and its breaking up into two major parts, in the opin- jon of the naval board of investiga- tion that visited wreckage of the ship's prow today. Snapping of. guy wires at the same time that <he cabins were torn away in the gale, also served to weaken the structure. The stress upon the hull of the ship by its rolling and rising and falling in the wind and electric storm are believed responsible for the wrenching loose of the cabins. Visit Wreck Commander S. M. Kraus, Com- mander G. Fulton, Lieutenant Com- mander Wm. Nelson and C. P. Ber- ges, expert teehnicist on airship construction, all of Lakehurst, N. J. visited the wreckage of the ship's nose in company with Lieutenant R. G. Mayer, one of the survivors who landed with that portion 12 miles from where the tail and mid-section fell. Tn discussing the” crash it was agreed among the inquirers that nothing could have apprehended the disaster except, perliaps, | greater speed, to get away from such a gale. Technicist Burges said that ships had not been devised capable of taining a speed sufficient to have served the BHEpetss however. t Hopeless Nothing could have saved the_di- rigible in its battle with the storm, according to the consensus of all members of the crew. Neither was it any fault of the ship, in their opinion. The disaster was the result of the most feared storms known to an aviator, a line gquall, the result of the clash of hot and cold cur- rents of air. Lieutenant Charles E. Rosendah!, who came into command of the crew after the death of Lieutenant Com- manders Lansdowne and Louis J. Hancock, declared that nothing could have saved the Shenandoah and that human hands could not have joned 4 ship to live through the or- deal. Hold Inquest Commander J. H. jin, executive officer of the Lakehurst, N. J., air station, with two other officers of the United States navy were to hold inquests here and at Belle Valley to determine the cause of death. Looking at the scenes of disaster which was so prevalent yesterday, will be prevented today by a detail of 45 men and a number of officers from Fort Hayes, Columbus. Ameri- (Continueg on page 6) including Lieuten-] ;, was the cause of y precious helium.” In the storm, the craf upward movement of the ship in the middle. of sefety valves the crash Deluth, Sept. 4) Twelve year Ivn Peterson, who myster disappeared “while picking wild berries in the woods near Like- wood August 25, was found and well though somewhat bedragged, wandering along a road a mile from where she was lost by a neighboring farmer at 6:30 o'clock this | morn- ig. After eleven nights in the woods, and no other food than wild berries during the entire time, kept awake at night by howls of wolves, for the first time during the period she did not shy from a man when she s or heart one, All hope of her being found alive had been abandoned by her parents. Found In Woods K. B. Johnson, a farmer in Nor- mana township, found the girl. Her aluminum berry pail was in one hand. “Mister, Iam Evelyn Peterson and I want to get home,” she said in a moderate voice. Her checks were rosy, her hands and arms somewhat seratched by her adventures in the woods, and the once light orange colored dress smeared with daubs of mud as a result of the manv heavy rains during the period. He asked SLAYS GIRL, 13; TAKES OWN LIFE St. Paul, Sept. 4.—(#) ck Nas- tyck, 25 years old, crept into the second floor bedroom of 13-year-old Genevieve Santoski, here eurly to- day, and. fired two shots into the body of the sleeping girl. killing her instantly. He then killed himself with a shot through the head. Nastyck, it was said, had known the girl for about a year, and sev- eral times had attempted to force his attentions on her, only to be re- buffed. Police said that the girl was alone on the second floor when Nay~ stick entered the home. The par- ents of the girl were on the first floor and were not aware of Nay- styck’s presence in the house. The girl, according to her parents, was asleep, and probably did not awake, one shot entered her head and. the second took effect below the left shoulder. Heat Wave Spent, Weather Man Says Bismarck's hopes for a break in the tropical wave which has envel- oped North Dakota for almost a week today lay in drenching rains which fell in the Bismarck area. Rain was local this morning. The mercury which rose to 98 ‘late yesterday hit 103 at Fessenden, the hottest point in the state, and 102 at Lisbon and Napoleon. It was 99 at Amenia, 98 at Moorhead, Minn. Grand Forks and Pembina were the only two cities in the state where temperatures were below 90, weather bureau reports indicate. O. W. Roberts, local weather fore- caster, today predicted an end of the hot wave which has gripped the city. Tearing down the Mandan-B marck paved pike last evening at dusk, a large touring car filled with passengers hit the danger signal light near the west end of the Bis- marck viaduct or underpass, break- ing it and tearing two sections of the iron railings’ down. The car leaped over the curb barrier between the pavement, and shot over to the bank on the opposite side, Fortunately the car did not tip over, but the lives of five persons, three of them childret id of the reckl caped injury only by turning into the ditch. The car was coming from Mandan at a terrific speed and was racing to pass a car in front of it as the two approached the viaduct. Seeing that to effect a passage would mean a collision, the car en- tered the approach to the’ under- ve While BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1925 pg DISASTER CAME TRYING TO SAVE HELIUM, EXPERT SAYS Toms River, N. J., Sept. 4.— (AP) — Captain Anton Heinen, former German dirigible pilot, and construction advisor in the building of the Shenan- doah, today said that the removal of eight of the eighteen safety valves on the dirigible’s gas bags sterday’s disaster and that the victims of the crash “gave their lives to save this t rose too fast for the re- maining valves to let off sufficient gas, he said, the ship causing rapid expan- sioa of the gas bags which broke the shell of the “T would not call it murder,” said Captain Heinen, “but I cannot put it too strongly that ifit had not been for the foolishness in cutting down the number would not have occurred.” FARMER FINDS SMALL GIRL LOST IN WOODS 11 DAYS; YOUNGSTER IS HEALTHY ON DIET OF WILD BERRIES Little Gril Tells of Hearing Wolves Howl at Night; But Is Afraid of Men and Cows her ques but she would not j talk. She told police she had heard cows mooing, roosters crowing, and men shouting, “but always went the oth- er use I was afraid.” ions, Taken Home An hour later, when she was tak- en to her home by Chief Barber her mother was absent, continuing the rch for her, Her father her in his arm ers were jubi and laughed, appi her dres: and bedraggled and gave dence. of having been soaked. by the heavy rains over the week end, her black patent leather oxfords were hardly seratched. She said she had taken her off at ni, , and some times them during the day when wet “so I would not soil them. Searching parties set out morning to trict for M this arch the Lakewood dis- . Peterson, to prevent her continuing the search for the girl, as it was feared that if she spent the entire day in her search, and then returned to find the girl at home, the shock would be serious. ORDER DETROIT BORDER PATROL Washington, Sept. 4.—(#)-—The Treasury took another step today in its campaign against liquor smug- gling from Canada, by authorizing Collector Ferguson, at Detroit, to establish a new unit of enforcement to control northern border with Detroit as the center. Hold Couple Here on Mann Act Charge A department of justice operative working out of St. Paul today was investigating a young Mexican cou- ple arrested by police while loiter- ‘DROP about 100 miles of the, ~ TRIXTOTALOF | STATE WEALTH FOR TAXATION A Total of $1,331,963,073 Is Set as Valuation of North Dakota TEN Real Estate Comprises 61.889) Per Cent of State Wealth Total North Dakota's total wealth is $1,331,963,073 or $10,000,000 less than the total wealth for 1924, figures is- sued. today by the state board of tax equalization show | Of that amount farm real estate comprises. § 5,002 or 61.889 per cent of the total; city and village} real e: is valued at $139,725, { nt; personal prope 58,380,712 or 11,89 F MILLION | cent 2 timated to 16.729 per cent Assess 75 Per Cent The total value of all property wi of its gs ssed at 75 per cent i timated actual value, reducing the | x levies will be} aniount on which ade to $998, $1,006,026,96: ‘The total acreage assessed in 1925 99.24 compated with 41-| The average value 5 was $19.90 compar-| ed "with $20.23 in 1924, i The result of the reductions made by the board will be a decrease in the total amount of taxes paid this; year. The tax rate, however, will not be set,by the board for two weeks, Tax Commissioner T. H. H. Thoresen said. istics on all items of property for 1925 as compared with 1924 fol- | low: General Property Value Pert. 1924 of tota Farm real estate $839,464,168 62.56 Town and city lots 40,121,315 2.99 Business Bldg’s. 33,385,282 3.64 Residences 68,593,417 4.37] Total city and vil- lage realty 134,100,014 10.00) Total Realty 973,264,482 72.55 | Personal property 159,281,986 11.88 Total General Pro- perty 1,132,546,468 84.43 General Property Value Per ct. 1925 of total 61.889 3.000 Farm real estate $824,345,592 Town & city lots 39,964,825 ing in a Bismarck railroad depot. The pair, who are held charged with violation’ of the Mann Act, gave their names as Joseph Garcia’ and Belle Martinez. They came here from Den- ver. Pending investigation the couple are being held in the county jail. If it is found they are not American citizens, they will probably be de- ported. When taken by police they were without funds and could give no good reason for being in Bis- marck, according to Officer Pecht. PROTECTION FOR SEALS Sitka, Alaska—But one year re- mains of the Il-year treaty, signed by Canada, Japan, Russia and the United States, whereby the protec: of the seal rookeries of the Pribilot sands was handed over to the American government, However, at. the end of the period it is believ- ed that another similar, and per- haps more stringent protective act will be promulgated. CAR PLOWS THROUGH BARRIERS ~ AT BISMARCK UNDERPASS PLACING SEVERAL LIVES IN DANGER pass on the wrong side of the road, veered to the right and went crash- ing into the ditch beyond, just miss- ing a coupe in front of it. The license number could not be obtained. There was evidence of drunkenness apparent in the hand- ling of the car. Daily some act of reckless driving is reported alon; the pike, but to been made to patrol the road. Fifth street seems to be the most, favorite for the secret service po- lice of Bismarck. One might be de- a shift on the pike, wen if the resorts on Fifth street are more alluring. If conditions continue on the Mandan-Bismarck pike, it may be necessary for a citizen’s organiza- tion to take turns in policing the highway. After idark the highway is not safe. A ig | LePage, aged three years. late no effort has | h: ‘Business Bldg’s. 917,900 | Residences 63,842,697 Total city and village realty 139,725,422 10.490 Total Realty 964,071,014 72.379 Personal prop. 158,380,712 11.891 Total General Property 1,122,451,726 84.27 Corporation Property Value Per ct. 1924 of total Railroads $200,672,275 14.96 Express 892,717 067 Telegraph 1,301,593 .097 Telephone 4,879,254 364 Sleeping car 383,172 029 Street und inter- urban railway 321,289 024 Transmission line property 872,523 028 Total Corpora- tion property $208,822,823 15.569 Value Per ct. 1925 __ of total Railroads $200,672,275 15.066 Express 892,711 067 Telegraph 1,301,593 098 Telephone 5,600,000 413 Sleeping car 431,552 032 Street and inter- urban railway 271,178 .020 Transmission line property 442,038 033 Total Corpora- tion property $209,511,347 15.729 Note: Number real estate hold- ings of telephone companies not yet finally valued. DEATH TAKES R. VANDERBILT | Portsmouth, R. I. Sept. 4—()—j Reginald C. ‘Vanderbilt died early today at his country home, Sandy Point farm, here as # result of in- ternal hemorrhages. Mr. Vanderbilt had been in. fair-| ly good health, riembers of his household said, up to last night. Shortly after midnight he suffered a hemorrhage, which left him in al weakened ‘condition. About four o'clock this morning a second at-| tack caused his death, He was in, his 45th year. | Cure Credited at Shrine of Newly Canonized Saint! Prince Albert, Sask., Sept, .4.—()! —A_ statement by the physician at- tending the family of Colin LePage, of Proudhomme, Sask., received here certified the cure of a daughter of The child been taken to a shrine at W: kaw, 50 miles south of here, to St. Theresa of Lisieux, France, estab- lished after the saint was canonized last May. An operation last year failed to cure a serious affection of an ear of the child. At the shrine the TeP Ret family prayed nine days. On the oe ninth day the cure appeared. The physician's statement did not refer to the trip to the shrine. Ona return visit at the shrine the family rendered thanks to St. Theresa, ’ Grimm Will Return | to Face Indictment St. Paul, agreement Grimm, former cashier New England, N. D., State bank, will voluntarily return to answer charges of embezzlement, was reached between the two factions ata requisition hearing before Governor Christiansen today. Grimm is charged with embez- zling more than $12,000 of the bank's funds and of obtaining signatures to notes under false pretense. He is now residing in Minne- apolis. North Dakota officials sought his extradition, but cording to the agreement ae: Mr. Grimm will remain in Minneapo- lis under bonds, holding himself ready to return when the Dako- ta state officials desire his ap- Dearance. AUTHORITY OF BOARD UPHELD Game and Fish Commission Can Fix Maximum Ex- penses, Ruling nd fish commis | i HE’S New York Banker, Well Pas Let Age Worry Him, and Stays The state game sion has the right to fix the maxi-| ie mum amount of traveling xpense | JOUN AIKMAN which its employes may incur and| BY GEORGE BRITT \ not directly subject to the state! NE. Writer | diting board, Attorney neral! Morristown, Nod, Sept. 4. When rorge Shafer held in’ an nTime demanded his | surrenier a tted today to C. W. t’ three-score years and ten and ‘again | . president of the state same id fish co of e state ‘ayditing board has control of the auditing of accounts of the various but in the Game fish ¢ artments; h Dakota of the and Fish cling and other expenses. ineur- red by the appointees of such com- mission, ction 8, chapte 224 of [the session laws of 1 being a part of the general e and fish law, provides as follows: Board Has Power “‘The ¢ e and Fish Board shall! have full power and authori fix a maximum amount of traveling and other expenses whch may might be incurred by any or all of its appointees or by the game commissioner. “The foregoing provision is a lim-| itation upon the general authority of the te auditing board to the! extent that it vests authority in the game and fish board to fix the max- imum amount of travel and other e penses that may be incurred by the appointees of such board d, ac- cordingly, it is my opinion that the order of the game and h board covering such expenses is binding upon the state auditing board as to the amount which may be allowed for such expenses. I would advise, however, that the game and fish | board file with the state auditing board a copy of its orders touching the expenses of its employees, so that it may have a record of what phould properly be atlowed there- or.” BLINDNESS AIDS Lester, Pa.—Every man piano tuning department of a factory here is blind. The manage- ment claims that instead of their blindness being a handicap, it proving an asset, is COMING ‘“Has Arnott told you about me?” asked Peter. A story you'll’ want to read. “The One Who Forgot,” by Ruby M. Ayres. It’s another exclusive NEA serial. It will appear every day in The Bismarck Tribune starting Sept. 10. exclusive | | ice the game and! nmission is vested with some 1 authority over the matter of and fish, far in thei SORLIES USE | i | 1 i [cot Detroit, Sept. 4.—(#)—Chester Long of Wichita, Kansas, today was elected president of the Ameri | Bar Association to succeed Charle Evans Hughes. William Me Cracken, Jr., of Chicago, was chosen urer. i eae sO il Weather Report ‘| ¢ ti os i en the tradit tl maximum of f John Aikman Stewart ed gayly that he had just t nt. 0 time finds him today, just past | his one-hundred and third birthday xoing on 104, with battle flag fut tering defiantly. Stewart is chairman of the board of trustees of the United States Trust Company of New York. lie is tsily the senior among the of the nation’s finance, the Depews and Bakers in tion of callow youthfulness, He is the oldest head of , in the United States, He is the oldest university trus {te is the oldest living alumnus of to Columbia. He is the oldest resident of Mor- or ristown. Life has herd on to Stewart—so n th vitality b to li ‘The yet when he had ave not con hem to be sure, dup the stride of wiry-frimed, wiinkled, ed man. , His hearing’ is muscular ‘activity exhausts him. But his signature still is firm as he writes it precisely upon a i check or bond, His stecl-gray e3 are clear and keen. And the brain which looks through them with in- terest upon the world understands what is going on and shrewdly or- ganizes its observations. He would rather talk about the settlement of the French war debt or the coming election of a mayor in New York than to remember what Andrew Jackson said that time he heard him speak at the City Hall. YOUNG AT 103 Vor thos FIXED AT 14 TR TT Mark, Right on the Job t Century Declines to N STEWART But there is one memory to whieh fondly. It is ef his frend Lincoln. tn the dark da dent Lincoln calle York financier to discuss means of keepin up the credit of |the nation abroad. Stewart was al | frequent adviser. He dinner at | the White House just a few ings before Lincoln was assassinat It was the remarkable night of my life, x one talked. with don't believe ious times net moral in. the middle of the — last The banking system has improved so he believes the old-time panics will not ove But peor ut when the ame, people sim- bought papers, hough essentially aman of the t began life in surround- ings as rural as is his country estate here upon which he is spending his latter days. He was born August 26, 1 5 uiton st ow All around at that time » green mea- dows und open fields. It was coun- try. art was graduated in 1840 from Columbia University. He has been for more than fifty years a trustee of veton Unive for two yea ter the r of Woodrow Wilson he se s its president. vas neary 90 years Most of the notable figures of the three generations here were ntances of his. Yet the old pids_ reminiscence He for- eof the the dead for the . Todag's newspaper is an y's program, FLOUR sacks OROSSING Handiness with a needle by the First Lady of North Dakota more than interest in promoting state products probably is re- sponsible for a rather ci 8 advertisement by Gov. A. G. Sor- lie's small son of the products of the state mill and elevator. Properly cut and sewed, the sacks used to pack state-milled | flour make excellent bathing suits for small boys and one now reposes proudly on the desk of the executive at the capitol. Wichita ‘Lawyer Headg American Bar Association Wadhams of was reelected treas secretary, and Fred E. Albany, Temperature at 7 a. m. Highest yesterday .. Lowest last night Precipitation to 7 a. m. Highest wind velocity Wea Weather Forecasts : Part- ly overcast. and somewhat unsettled | tonight and Saturday; cooler. For Bismarck and vici For North Dakota: Partly over-j cast and somewhat unsettled tonight and Saturday; cooler Saturday and in south portion tonight. General Weather Conditions A low pressure area, accompanied by scattered precipitation, prevails over the northern Plains States and along the northeastern Rocky Moun- tain slope. Helena, Mont. reportcd a half inch of precipitation but at other skations the precipitation was very light. The weather is gener- ally fair in all other sections. High temperatures prevail over the Plains States, Mississippi Valley and Great {the Chicago, 50 | and the INSPECTION NEARING END Members of Railway Com- mission Touring State on Gasoline Speeder Completion of the railroad the haz- state into months, an of the Members of the board are touring e rights of way of railroads in the tate on gasoline speeder carefully noting condition crossing. Later orders will be i: designating those at which motorists must come to a full stop before rossing. Orders also will be issued to the railroads as to the kind of n which shall be erected particular crossing and signs shall be placed. Complete Tour Commissioner Fay Harding and Chief Engineer E. H. Morris already have completed a tour of the main line of the Northern Pacific and of Milwaukee and St. Paul Midland Continental roads. Recently they inspected a crossing and decided it was one of the least dangerous in the state, a report to the railroad board shows. A few days later a farmer was killed by a train at the same crossing, despite the fact that approaching trains are visible for several miles in each direction. The natural deduction, board members said, is that a cer- tain porportion of accidents are due to human liability to error and could not be prevented by the best possi- ble signs, gates or other safety de- vices, They are hopeful, however, that the safety orders which will follow completion of the investiga- tion will materially reduce the num- ber of grade crossing accidents in the state. warning s t each where the Most people believe that diamonds Lakes region. ORRIS W. ROBERTS, will not wear out, yet those used in fine glass engraving establishments, Official in Charge wear out within six or eight weeks. Prrelurs THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE [wom PRICE FIVE CENTS SEAPLANE IS FOUND ' SHENANDOAH DEATH 1 LIST IS" SEARCH FOR LOST CRAFT WILL GO ON PN-9, Number 1, Goes to Limbo of Ships Lost at Sea Without Trace EARCHER SEES FLARE Navy Officials Cling to Last Ray of Hope for Plane | and Crew | _ San Francisco, Sept. 4—()— y officials" here place no lence in radio reports from Australia that there has been found parts of the missing naval seaplane, PN-9 N The navy radio office in Francisco re- mains in constant touch with the rescue ships and nothing has received from them which would indicated that either the crew or the seaplane had been found. St. Augustine, Fla., Sept. 4—(AP)—The St. Augustine Record says a local amateur) was in communication with an Australian station early today and had learned the missing — seaplane PN-9, No. 1, had been found, with all on board safe. No confirmation | of this has been received. The paper says the amateur also learned the plane would be refueled to continue — its journey. | The amateur stated he heard from the Austral- ian station every morn- ing by appointment and that when he heard today that the PN-9, No. 1, had been found, he asked if all aboard were safe, and the Australian replied in the affirmative. San Francisco, Sept. 4. (AP)—The Navy depart- ment has instructed Ad- miral Robinson to de- spatch 18 destroyers that left Samona September 1, for Hawaii, to the search zone, to participate in the hunt for the PN-9, No. 1, crew. Honolulu, Sept. 4.—(AP)— Into the limbo of “Ships lost at sea without a trace,” has gone the giant seaplane PN-9, Number 1, pride of the Navy, and Commander John Rodg- ers with his four companions, pioneers of naval aviation. who set forth fearlessly from San Francisco last Monday and disappeared on Tuesday afternoon, it seemed most probable with the passage of the sixtieth hour since the plane came down. Although the search for the missing plane and members of her crew is still proceeding with increasing forces and frantic intensity, air station officers, who had maintained rigid faith in the hope that the plane would be discovered, yielded from their position last night, dolefully shaking their heads and saying: “Too bad, but we had better scratch Commander John and his crew from the list.” Would Be Miracle In spite of the halting expression of the unwilling feeling that it would be a miracle if the plane were dis- covered and the occupants rescued, new searching detachments are speeding toward Station V, where the Aroostook had her place in the line of guardships. Here the searchers will be reorganized today and their efforts intensified. Aviators grudgingly express the opinion that one of two things pro- bably happened to Rodgers if the plane is not still afloat. First, that he was unable to turn in to the wind due to the lack of gasoline and was forced to land with the wind on the tail, which forced him down, a highly precarious operation in any sort of sea with about one chance in a hundred of landing safely. Blinded By Rain Second, that he was blinded by the heavy rain sau alls to which he re- ferred in his last series of messages and that the aviators, with their clouded goggles, were unable to dis- tinguish rain from the sea, thought they had more “ceiling” than they really possessed, descended sli ightly, and struck the ocean at highflying speed which would have resulted in a crash, and the wrecking of the plane. Meanwhile haggard officers. some of whom have had practically no sleep since Sunday, pour over charts plotting each report from the sea- (Continued on page six)