The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 3, 1927, Page 1

‘ at 4 | WEATHER FOREC: ST » Unsettled tonig! near freezing. Wednesday warmer. ht, temperature * if ESTABLISHED 1873 FLOOD CR ROTARY WORK » 1S PRAISED | BY M'CANNEL “Ninth District Head Summar- izes Accomplishments of Past Year at Mecting N.D, WELL REPRESENTED} Flickertail Delegation Em- phasizes; Progress Made Here in Dairying St. Cloud, Minn., May. will continue to be ‘al and living force so long as s contine to have a desire to make their communi- ties better places in which to live and rear their families, and as long as it is remembered | ithat . Rotary’s #) primary 3.—Rotary idual, D. McCannel- of Minot, N. D. governor of the district, said Bhere this fore-| noon in address: ing the opening! session of the) f ninth district an- nual conference. mB “Our connec- tion with Rotary can not help but) make us better in every way better friends, _ better competitors, bet- ter husbands, fathers and brothers, for it! inspires us to make friendship! one of the vital elements of true the districe governor de- men A. D. McCannel «Anappiness,’ clared. Praising ‘the work performed by Rotarians throughout the district, Dr.| McCannel asserted that in his be! the past year has been the best . the history of the ninth district, He continued by expressing appreefation of the part played by presidents and officers of the respective clubs, “for their splendid spitit of tolerance and the wonderful cooperation they have manifested.” Along Practical Lines making wonderful contributions many communities, where they are working out along practical lines the doctrine of service, the governor de-) clared, and added; + ‘Throughout the district, we find Rotary clubs behind Y. M. C, A, and YW. CA. 3; sponsoring the boy scout activities; getting behind Father and Son banquets, where the boys Jearn the fundamentals of hy- giene and father and boy get to know each other better; encouraging grade pupils to go farther in thei education and enter high school; be- coming big brothers to the adolescent hoy, advising and guiding him at this very important age; encouraging the farm boys through the calf, pig and sheep clubs, and Serough these many activities are bringing appiness into their own lives by stimulating their desire to serve others.’ Although much has been accom- plished in the district during the past few years, Dr. MeCannel expre: e belief that there are many op- portunities “to carry the banner or Rotary to even higher mountains of achiever-ent along many lines in the future.” It has been gratifying to note the steady increase:in attendance he said. Rotary education, business methods, boys, work, crippled children and rural urban acquaintance were dis- cussed in detail by the district gov- ernor, who declared that Rotary ie this district, made up of the type men of which it ig said, “can stand the acid test of a clair Lewis or any other iconoc! Attention to Education Taking up the subject of Rotary ed- ucation, Dr, MeCannel said that the Yotary school has, onl; operation by a few clubs ing conducted the most sui |. Hibbing reports having ived much benefit from the school, he speaker said. Practically all “clubs have had the four regular meet- ' -|Towa’s State Superintendent Rotary clubs and Rotarians Rn iliac ns to! at clubs during the last 10 rina lover and co-defendant, Henry (Continued on page two.) Fairmont, W. Va. May (AP)—The bodies of six addi- tional victims of the Eyerett- ville mine disaster were located by reseue workers to day, making the total known: 24, The rescuers continu search for 70 miners: still ing. 4 % i LEE 5 May., 3. — ( Roman pav. Re Home red the first century, A. D., vert at Founders Court, heat of England. ; 5 mn ef Bf a | miller were returning from a trip COOLIDGE APPEALS TO NATION TO. ' DOUBLE FLOOD RELIEF DONATIONS __, Washington, May 3—(AP)—Impressed .with the dire plight of thousands ot sufferers in the Mississippi river flood area and the grave crisis caused by further. crumbling of levees, President Coolidge has appealed to the nation to in- crease to $10,000,000 its donations for-relief work. This is twice the amount which was originally requested and means that the American public must duplicate its per- formance of the past week if the president’s new figure fs to be reached. The first fund has been slightly over-sub- scribed. The conclusion to double the first appeal was reached after an extended conference between President Coolidge and Secretary Hoover, who had just returned from the flood zone. Assured that $10,000,000 would be the minimum needed to care for the great throng of refugees, the sident again ek citizens to forward contributions expeditiously tg. the *Red Cross. . TEACHER ACQUITTED OF CHARGE OF TELLING RISQUE STORIES - BOARD MAY BE FORCED TO PAY HER SALARY Paralyzed Youth of Public Instruction Up-' Is Growing Weaker Roanoke, Va., May 3.—(4)— Walter holds County Superintend- : L. Boothe ‘continued to lose ground ent, Who Reversed School! today, said a report from the hospi- Hi ‘ tal where he has been kept alive by Board’s Action in Discharg- Artificial respiration for 12 days. A} It is now necessary to speed up ing Miss Cochran respiration for the paralyzed youth. Doctors said the end no longer smiles at his predicament and takes no interest in his sur- roundings, MRS. KLING IS Des Moines, Ia, May 3.—()—Miss Florence Cochran, former teacher of | the Broadhorn school near New Virginia, Jowa, discharged December 10, last, on a charge of telling risque stories following an earlier charge} of incompetency, today was free of the-charge andthe Broadhorn schéol| board faced the probabi y of hav- ing to pay her salary since that date. Agnes Samuelson, state superin- tendent of public instruction, late yesterday upheld M. McGee, Warren COACH WINNER the school board in its action in dis- | pi ieeging Miss Cochran, ‘Mies Sam. | Bismarck Woman, Who Has La pa Never Owned Car, Takes First Place in Contest that.she believed “they ure untrue. pela! 1 Thex acquittal virtually entitles} Mrs. J. Henry Kling of Bismarck iss Cochran to her salary from the! is the winner of the Whippet coac ime ofther discharge to the time her| offered by the Lahr Motor Sales com- it the Bk fer the best he and puzzle frrangémerits in-the Whigpet sCéach Puzzle Contest, it was announced today. Honorable mention in the contest was given to M, J. Connolly, Ne England; F, J. Bavendick, Bismarck; Charlotte M. Taylor, Bismarck; Ma i Kirk, Mi Frank E. Nichol CONFESSION 1H. Johnson, Williston, and Alfred 1. | Bitison, Miles City, Mont. Mrs. Snyder Admits, How-! ots iasdaniee peel ever, She Discussed Mari- which the various Whippet models were pictured. In the upper right tal Troubles With Gray Queens County Court House, ‘hand corner, in poster form, was the arrangement of the puzzle and in the lower left hand corner, the essay. The essay, in the form vf a poen, aoe fea Set AR deine jefense of Mra. Ruth Brown Sny- | uttaye y Seton se nae Bee Haye you vheard of the wonderful Inthe Snyder-Gray murder trial. | 78, quinoints the form Henry ‘mobiles follows: common far? Queens County Court House, New Like the Deacon's famous ‘One Hoss York, May 3.—()—Mrs. Ruth Synder testified today that when she saw 2 The Whippet, once yours, is with you to say. ludd Gray, beating her husband, she|“No weakest spot to break with wear, fainted and site reviving made NO! No surplus weight that pays no fare, torr te apes mt ether the husband| World's big traffic problem solved! ‘As the examination passed the first, "Peed, safety, comfort and more in- hour of the day, Mrs, Snyder's voice : salerie. and c often a pealed ntly to the cou inst the stern allansly te # Four wheel brakes—Sto Forty-three miles pe: Gray was sitting upright in his 3 hair, staring at the Jury, his hands | -onemy. Teso¥l) made to endure jor once in his lap and no longer “a thousand mileg on gallon of oil. fingering his chin. Pump circulation—engine ‘won't boil. Denies Statem ‘Economy wrought’ has meant pains- Mrs. Snyder . admitted discussing taking toil. her marital troubles with Gray but] A proved automobile, ‘according to denied sayi: in - the . confessiqn: Hoyle.” “Things had ome unbearable and : I saw +I must- find some way out.” id Mi Kling have never She denied that Gray wrote her it] owned a car fore, Mrs. Kling were better for them to “get rid of She stated that she expects to tal the governor,” before he got rid of} lessons in driving it, because she has is 4 never driven a car before, but she going to get| doesn’t expect any trouble in learn- ing how to drive a Whippet. Started Work First Day “The very first day the contest ‘was announced I started work on it,” Mrs. Kling said today, when tcld of her good fortune. “I stayed up and worked late every night after of- fice hours, and I started and restart- ed the puzzle many times. It took atience untold to work it out, but it certainly was well worth it. I can remember my little son standing by me watching me work on the puzzle and saying, ‘You'll win, mother, you'll Mrs. Kling sald that when she started work on the puzzle she real- No slip. e ‘Well, then all you want to do is ne ihe ‘we’ wherever it appears e' In reference to killing by hus- band, yes, May Establish r , Aviation School . Close to City With’ plans to establish an avia- tion training school and rebuilding aoa seat vila here, F. B. ized that her entry. would have to be dent and manager 8.) something original in order to attract Lees er, chief pilot of the North-| attention. She noticed that many of bert Oe red company of Linton./ the striking advertisements today Mr. vine said Bis company is en- I Seter og uA gfe, oe she deavorin fo secure n Inning el vere ined to make her entry in that ‘0 Incoln or nearer the city. “T extends thy to th bed The. Northwestetn Aircraft com-| other pa "ind f Koy vegies ny has the.distribution for North| day they'll have rill of drivi; kota and eastern Montana of “New| wonderful car h Whippet,” irvine ‘and- Mrs, Kili sald i to tak Swallow” plan Plentywood, Mont.. and neighboring cities, | David Larin Joins |Site! & i, Bottineau Courant |'»,8= evs pe": i, s + ge gee ‘i Whippet’s outstan: e irs, Kling Shobed ge ‘Motor Sales. company ‘illys-Over- near. Boothe/ ea road, onj ‘ONCE HEAD OF CALIFORNIA.U, DIES IN VIENNA Dr. | Had Been in Poor Health For Several Years . HIS SON Guided Destinies of Western School For 20 Years— Held Many Degrees Berkeley, Calif. May 3.—(@)—Br. Benjamin Ide Wheeler, president emeritus of the University of ja, whose death in Vienna last night ‘as announced today, was credit with being the person most respon: ble for the growth of the new erkeley institutio Dr, Wheeler had been health for several years. been abroad less than a year to be with his son, Benjamin, connected with the University of Vienni After retirement as active head of the iverstty here, Dr. Wheeler lived in Berkeley. The story of the grent physical growth of the University of Galffor- nia is the story of the principal | | WAS VISITING i \ | in poor jer, who for 20 years as president guided the destinies of the institu- |tion. He was elected president of the university while occupying the chair of Greek and comparative phil- ology at Cornell in 1899. At time the university of Californii then young among the universities jof the country, had an enrollment f 2.439 students. When he retired as the active head of the university “ 0! i NAMED WHIPPET: in 1919 and became president emeri- tus, the enrollment had reached: nearly 20,000, Received Many Honors Few men of scholarly attainment ‘had been the recipient of. a greater |nunter of academic honors from in- j stitutions of learning than Dt, Wheeler. «Among those which con- \ferred degrees upon him were Brown | Univers’ from which he received his A. B.'in 1875 and his master's {degree three years later; Princeton, | Harvard, Yale, Cornell, Johns Hop- kins, Pennsylvania, Dartmouth, Cal- |umbia, Colgate, Mlinois, Wisconsin, | University of Kentucky, University of Athens and University of Heidel- | berg. After he was graduated . from Brown Unive Dr. Wheeler spent deveral_yeurs as’ instructor at his Alma’ Mater and at Harvard and Cornell. For two years, 1895 and 1896, he was professor’ of Greek sliterature at the American School ical Studies, Athens, and in 09-1919 he was Roosevelt profes- sor at the University of Berlin, Great Businéss Ability When he assumed his duties ‘as Ipresident of the University of Cali- fornia, Dr. Wheeler from the begi ‘ning displayed his ability as a bus ness organizer in university affairs and as a director of education. He was the personal means through which many thousands of dollars | were made available for the univer- ity through gift# bequests or leg- lative appropriation. In his ef- forts to build up the university and through it spread intellectual influ- ence he always had the cooperation of the student body. He always im- pressed upon those under his direc- tion the necessity of keeping the mind as well as the body fit and often told the students that “The world makes way for the man who knows where he is going.” It has been said of Dr: Wheeler that had 1 Benjamin Ide Wheeler’ He “bad ) achievement in the life of Dr. Wheel- | | \ The dramatic climax of a ci actual explosion that wrecked the while part of the eva at the right.. The move was mad STEAMER AND LIQUOR CARGO IS STILL HELD od H Mysterious Order From Washington Cancels Re- lease of Seized Ship San Francisco, May 3 Pan American steame with her $1,000,000 is whiskey and crew of 20 were further j detained in port here today while | government officials, at loss to} understand a mysterious order from | Washington canceling the release of the seized ship, awaited court ac-/ tion as the next development. The Federalship was made ready {| for release yesterday after ‘being | held almost two months since her | seizure under coast guard fire 2 miles at sea. Captain S. S. Stone and his crew, who had spent six| weeks in jail and were released several days ago when Federal Judge George M. Bourquin ruled that the seizure was “sheer trespass and ag- gression,” boarded the craft andj were awaiting word to shove off when Acting Collector of Customs Farmer’ received a telegram from General Lincoln C. Andrews, director of () in the air by the force of the blast. he entered business he would have | prohibition, ordering that the ship been one of the leaders of American | be “pending further negotia- industry. tion: ith the Pan American govern- Dr. Wheeler was the author of a/ men! lon on tour, number of scientific and educational wor! “Low-swung engine — car ean’t tip. July 15, 1854, and in June, 1881, mar- ried Amy Webb of Providence, R. I. This Should Interest Bismarck Housewives A. Schilling & Compa: of San Francisco have made arrangements with leading grocery men of Bis- marek making it possible for every housewife in this community to get one of Schilling's famous measuring spoons without cost. These handy utensils will be ‘attached to every tin of coffee or tea sold on May 7. Over half a million of these measur- ing spoons are being used in as/many western kitchens, Further announcements will, ap- jar in the Tribane this Week. ‘atch for these ads and then get in touch with your grocer, as the | supply of spoons will be limited. Dronen Funeral Largely Attended Funeral} services for 8, E. Dronen. 48, of Lyman township, near Wing, who died Thursday at a local hospital of complications following an oper wegian Lutheran church Drie Rev. . Fos: church, officiating. The rely ‘attended. Pall isis Oluon, Fred Kopin,” die ee eas. eal and mi in Bistearck north of services eare jarju, Axel Hedstrom an Mr, from bhi pastor of the | th United States District Attorney Hatfield, who had charge of the case against the Federalship, refused to take part in the further detention of the craft, declaring Attorney Gen- eral Sargent had instructed him to release her. | __As the result, the ship is in custody lof the treasury department, with the watch over her, i | Payment of Costs | of Thiele Murder | Trial in Dispute Dispute between Burleigh and Mor- ton counties over the payment of ex-! penses in the Arnold Thiele murder} trial totaling approximately $1,000! will be argued before Judge Fred Jansonius in Burleigh county dis-| i trict court late this afternoon, : Thiele, who was convicted of the| murder of Police Chief Nels Romer, of Mandan on last Christmas day and! sentenced to a long prison term, was tried in Burleigh county district court after affidavits of prejudice had been filed against the Morton county district court, Following the completion of the! case the statement of expenses was | certified to Morton county as is the cuxtom but the Morton county com- missioners refused payment of cer- tain {tems contained therein. These tion, were held Sunday at the Nor-| included payment of special sheriff's, $99,950, deputies for guarding the prisoner, expenses of ‘the Burleigh county! sheriff for serving subpoenas on) witnesses who lived in Morton county, \and the payment of jurors who were | here during the trial, with the ex- ception of the 12 who actually served on the Thiele case. Morton county ae aoe piped ror ~ Ceres of entire jury panel during the per-! iod of the trial. ° State's Attorney F. E, McCurdy will argne the for Burleigh countv and State's Attorney C. F. Kelsch will appear for Morton count; 2 ALTITUDE AIDS HEARING Hackensack, N. ‘ing 7, feet in an_ airplane improved the feel, mconding to her physician, Br cent, according er ysician, recommended the change in [est physician is 200 milex away, } the Bismarck Elk: 1s | First Picture of Blast That Broke Levee to Save New Orleans ‘ "s fight against flood disaster y Poydras, La., in the desperate effort to save New Orleans—is shown in this rema flood bar The ri ‘the black earth of almost up to the top cuated lowland country that will be flooded by the artificial in the hope that the outlet would ease the pr levees and lower the crest of the flood sufficiently to save the anxious city. : Over $200 Donated For Flood Relief he Burleigh county Red Cross pter's flood relief - fund was creased by $20 today, bringing the total of contributions —re- ceived to date up to $209. The local chapter sent $100 to nation- al headquarters out of its trea. sury inoaddition:to the individual contributions. Inasmuch as President Coolidge has asked the nation to contribute $10,000,000 instead of $5,000,000, us at first requested, for the relief of the people in ‘the flootl-stricken area, the officers.of the local chapter hope that additional contribu- 1 be for \ com reported today in- A friend i Ed. Wagner, Arena H. P. Goddard .... Mrs. R. E, Bonham ... E. J. Tulberg ........ Donation ‘FLU EPIDEMIC BREAKS OUT IN SOUTH ALASKA Neatest Physician at Nome, 200 Miles Away—All In- habitants Stricken. Nome, Alaska, May 3.—()—An in-} fluenza epidemic of serious propor- tions was raging today in Fortuna coast guard maintaining a double} Ledge precinct, southeast of here in| court and the record of the trial is The near- at the lower Yukon Valley. Nome. A radio message to the United States marshal here said that all of the inhabitants of the precinct were stricken, A request was sent to Governor George A. Parks, urging him to send an airplane from Nome to the dis- trict with a physician. Plane Production Gains During 1926; Washington, May 3.—(#)—Aircraft vroduction showed a 65.8 per cent increase last year, as compared with 1925, the census bureau announced in “connection with the. opening of the aircraft exhibition here. Air planes numbering 1,179 were produced and, in addition, seven sea- planes. as against 711 airplanes and 78 seaplanes manufactured in 1925. Total ‘value of the ‘airplane output was $8,771,077 and. the seaplanes, comptred with $5,908,335, and $765,324 in 1925. Make Arrangements For Band Concert Arrangemests, for a concert to be en at the city auditorium Friday, 20, are now rd pore by and. Thig will be a public benefit von- cert and its net proceeds will he used to defray expenses of free concerts, to be given during the summer an: also to aid the Elks’ Welfare Asso- ciation. : The hand, which is composed of 25 pieces under the direction of RE. ‘Wenzel. is working on several spe- cial features, novelty numbers, Furth it sli Paul yw, wh Hane Wo, te ap ‘Hae pilot, of the airplane. tly |. BREAKING OF ~ 2) DIKE TO SAVE ~NEW ORLEANS |) Engineers Confident That {| Drastic Action Will Pro- 4 tect ‘Largest City’ REFUGEE LIST GROWS ‘River's Crest Approaching Vi i| New Orleans, May o- ‘| coseful termination af the feht. to j| hold the levee line against the cha: ‘lof the Mississippi. river today be- jcame a question of grim endurance {in the Natchez ‘sector while a relief {| squadron ploughed through the mud- |dy waters to remove reside! ‘rom the ndated lowland parishes of northeastern Louisiana. The flood waters from the Red ‘land Mississtppi rivera, streaming ‘| from breaches in the levee system: | continued their invasion, widening | their territory northward and wes | ward as they moved to meet the com- i] ing flood from the Arkansas rive: Crisis Expected Soot The dike fight became d the west bank of the Mi: !| the neighborhood of Vidalia a crew worked throughout the night on : | electrically ited embankments. At | Newellton also the situation became {critical as waters slopped over levee tops and emergency measures we speeded to stop the flow. The crisis pb ce yo pegirhoes Vege ip s cntabire »| and Deer Park, in the same territory, able picture of the| Vithin the next. two days. amiting of the M ippi levee at the levee w: of the levee, George Bangs Appears For Appellant—E. R. Sinkler asse can be seen| castern Louisiana, the creat | Avoyelles and neighboring parishes the coming floo Refugees Marooned more, Concordia parish, and arrange- neers said that the sufety of | to Argue For State { widened to 1,000 feet, releasing i shot nearly 100 feet | “With thousands of persons already on New Orleans! approaching Vicksburg, | Mi | in Louisiana already had been desert- | (A rescue fleet, headed by the Pla’ | Iemerre inert r- Acty for relief came Test geen iwents Were made to send. boats te New Orleans, was uesured._ as tha sufficient amount of wate 10 lower ble at the right) driven from their homes inn Many towns In Concordia, Catah: i led, but in others reliance was Bheced in protecting levees, Residents; . | ttrengthened, their defenses. before, as flagship and composed. of six | left Natchez today to comb the area / covered by water. [ber of refugees marooned at Frog- j tue nearest point on the Black river, E Poydras break below the ci the level at New Orleans from .1 vo Le pa supreme court in th of L. J. | Rodman, forman Williston banker, j convicted of receiving deposits in an involvent bank. | Most of the morning session taken up by orge Bangs, | Fo attorney for the appellant, who charged irregularities in proceedings of the grand jury whi indicted Rodman and e vourt in its charge to the will finish his argument th noon and E. R, Sinkler, Minot, | present! the argument for the stati Bangs said the case has aroused} | wide interest among bunkers and | jlawyers in this and neighboring states because two of the points in: | volved are those of when a bank may | be termed insolvent in connection) with a criminal case and who may | | properly appear before a grand jury during its investigation. He contends Argument was heard today in the Residents of Bunkie ant Marks- ville, in the path of expected breaks at Echo and Big Bend on Buyoy lex Glaise, hoped that they would be able to repel the invasion should the levees crumple. Protection levees at Bunkie were strengthened ard it was lieved that Marksville was on suf- ficiently high ground to insure its safety from flood danger, Iville and other sections of net was rand | Avoyelle parish, however, were xpected to escape unscathed, Reparations M The stream continued a slight: fall ut Baton Rouge, attributed to the crevasses in the neighborhood _of Glasscocke. | Emergency measppes were taken, however, The reparations committee, desig- nated to assess damages caused citi- zens of St. Bernard and Plaquemine parishes when the raging waters were that Sinkler appeared before the Wil- !liams county grand jury without prop- {er authorization, having been ap- pointed assistant state’s attorney by released upon their homes and fields to save New Orleans, was to meet today. Before them the members had a message from Governor O. H. including solon and incement. concerning will the county state’s attorney whereas the duty of appointing assistant state's attorneys is delegated by law | to the county commissioners. The argument will be completed this afternoon, The case has attract- | ed interest here by reason of the fact [that the brief for the appellant is ;one of the longest ever filed in th Simpson, terming the voluntary sur- render of their homes by residents of the two parishes, “one of the most (Continued on page two.) ! Weather Report 1 Weather conditions at North Da- kota points for the 24 hours end: at 8 a. m. today: Temperature at 7 a. m. Highest yesterday . Lowest last night Precipitation to 7 Highest Wind veloc! {the most voluminous to come before {the court in many years. ‘Rev. Robertson Succeed Patterson on Pardo n Board Rev. D. T. Robertson, Fargo, has ibeen named a member of the state | pardon board, succeeding E. G. Pat- terson of rek, \ ‘ Governor Sorlie said the Rev. Rob-| Amenia ertson hag shown great interest in| BISMARCK . matters pertaining to the pardon| Bottineau . board operation. | Crosby | Appointive members of the board) Devils Lake . serve at the pleasure of the gover-| Dickinson nor. Patterson was appointed by| Ellendale je two years ago. Dr. Robertson| Grand Fo: will assume his new duties at once. | Jamestown Kiwanians Observe : National Music Week A special musical program, planned | by Chris Bertsch and Father John Slag in observation of National Music Week, was enjoyed by Kiwan- ans at their lurieheon today at the ire paritie poet i Wenzel in the singing of club songs. settled: to- Ed Cox, president of the club, told| night, with rain or snow east pve of « recent trip to Chicago. Bradley | and colder in southeast portion: - Marcks of Fargo, grand master work-| perature near freezing. Wed: _y man of the A. 0. U. W. a partly cloudy with warmer west jon. - ti ' accompanied by high wi ripper ites region te the woomrs ek LRAGAAighest i e322 parts of the country a! itality of ,the elu largest cities. Mr. Marcks travels all over the country in his work. | {An interesting description of the metl is user in it in fight ‘western Mouse river flood was givem by| the Dabetes, ‘Another lee’ ta Herigstad, Minot attorney, who|ied over north ie was a guest of the club. He told of in thats tor hvedreds of valunteer workers| and in the. western Canadiam who had raised di along both! inces. High. ides of the ies. |b; colder. we ate Fi @ bi Be stone Hick oa