The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 30, 1927, Page 1

WEATHER FORECAST Showers probably tonight and day. Not much change. ESTABLISHED 1873 a LOCKHART AND MILTON THE BISMAR == eee BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, MONDAY, MAY 30, 1927 DEAD HONORED \LAW OBSERVANCE IS NECESSARY TO AT ARLINGTON BY PRESIDENT Annual Pilgrimage Is Key- note For Nation-wide Exercises WILSON IS REMEMBERED Coclidge Honors War Dead in Address at Arlington—De-, cries Tendency Toward Sec-' tionalism Now Prevalent— Asks For More Reason, Less Force in World Af- fairs Washington, May 30.—>)—Law observance was declared nece: y by President Coolidge today for the maintenance of America’s institutions and for the continuance of its influ- lence in world affairs. Reanlts of the past are predicated, he said upon a law-abiding people. | Honoring the war dead as has been his custom in a Memoria) Day ad- dress at Arlington National Cem tery, the President warned that “we are always confronted with the conclusion that unless e law we cannot be free,’ We have made our place in th world through the Union and Constitution. We have flourished as a people because of our success in establishing self-government. “Unless we are an industriot derly nation we can neither mini to our own ‘requirements or be an feffective influence for good in the world, Tributes Come From Foreign Countries—G, A. R. Dec- orates Graves Washington, May 30.—()—Presi- dent Coolidge journeyed to Arlington today to speak for the nation in memory of its exalted dead. ~ The annual pilgrimage to the na- tional cemetery, where row upon row of small white crosses mutely testi- fy the price of freedom, was the keynote for exercises throughout the country which each Memorial Day @erishes its tribute to those who have died in its wars. Radio Carries Voices The president spoke in the Amphi- theatre and a radio hookup carried his voice throughout the country, In the foreground, where the un- \.known ‘soldier rests, the usual trib- utes were placed, ‘including those from the French wa the French colony of. Si which wore prought by Captain Ed- mund D, Willm, naval attache of the French embai On the other side! of the Potomac, a wartime command-! er in chief received another year's honors when individuals and organi- zations brought their tributes to the national cathedral at the tomb. of Woodrow Wilson. G. A. R. Parades The steadily shrinking Recalls Secession ; Recalling secession movements in the North as well as that of the i South, which were culminated by the Civil War, Mr: Coolidge took cogni- zance of “its heirs and successors in 1 the different brands of section- | ailism with their special pleaders who are oftentimes extremely vocal.” He condemned efforts seeking to ad. vance one section at the expense of | another as a “species of disloyalty | | to-the spirit of the Union.” | On. bebulf..of the nation the. Ex-| ecutive bestowed “*affectionate gar- lands of’ honor and ‘avclaim, for | ng ranks of those who gave their lives in it the G. A. R. of Washin nowt support but’ He cated also for respect } barely 2 company strength, paraded : fop its living protectors. Giving as-! up Pennsylvania avenue to carry out! surance. of general prospects of their customary ceremony of visiting; peace throughout the world he de- *dand decorating the graves of their! cjured that an adequate defense al-! comrades. Elsewhere, wherever @! ways would be maintained “with our soldier or sailor is buried, some one’ forces dedicated solely to the preser- carried flowers and placed a flag. |yation of neac | The day also occasioned a message Pleads For Reason of gratitude from King Albert of Bel-) In world affairs the President | giuny to America’s soldiers who fell }asked for the substitution of reason in the defense of that little country|and law in the place of force i during the world war and another to compulsion, and ndded: i lent Doumergue of France, from| “jt is because of our belief in’ lent Coolidge, who saw in the these principles that we wish to see] reception accorded Captain ‘Charles| all the world relieved from strife A, Lindbergh, “proof that the unity! and conflict and brought under the of purpose forged upon the field of | humanizing influence of a reign of battle by our forefathers_and by the f . law, Our conduct will be dictated, | ‘men of our times remains steadfast! not in accordance with the will of and strong.” the strongest, but in accordance with appa the judgments of righteousness. AMERICAN DEAD IN it is in accordance with this FRANCE AE HONOED " policy that we have sought to di Paris, May 30.—@)—The American| continue the old practice of competi- lads lying beneath wooden crosses in| tion in armaments and cast our in- France received their ine of| fluence on the side of reasonable fommemoration today in th ‘ou: limitations. We wish to discard the nce of American morial Day. element of force and compulsion in General Pershing, their command-| international agreements and con- er?. Ambassador Herrick, high offi-| duct and rely on reason and law. cialspof the French government and} recognize that in the present state repre! tives of the American.) of the world this is not a vision Licssman, state; by the of benediction by Rev holiday. y | offices are closed und the usual holi-| sons stranded on levees. We | day RIBU FINAL EDITION PRICE FIVE CE! fe *. FLOOD WATERS . AMERICAN WELFARE, PRESIDENT SAYS Government Uses Its Own Flowers Washington, May 30.—(@)— Uncle Sam used his own flowers today to decorate graves of the heroic dead in Arlington. Pansies, thousarids of them, cut from ‘the grounds and green- houses of the Department of Ag- riculture, were sent by truck to the national cemetery. Those that were left were tak- em with great bunches other flowers to the Soldiers’ Home cemetery—even older than Ar- lington. There lie regular army veterans of the Mexican War. 3. A. R., its ranks thinned has turned the work ion over to the Ameri- can Legion. MEMORIAL DAY IS OBSERVED IN BISMARCK Parade, torium Scheduled For This Afternoon Bismarck Memorial today is Day, with. .graves of sol- diers and sailors decorated and with a monster parade and program at the city auditorium scheduled for this afternoon, te The parade is to sta¥t mptly at 1:30 and will march through the downtown distrigt, ‘The ling of march is to be from ti e corner of Broad- way and -Second street, south to Main avenue and then east to Fourth street; north on Fourth Thayer avenue and east on Thayer to Sixth street; north-on Sixth to Ros- ser and east to Ninth street; south jon Ninth to Broadway and then west to the city auditorium, The program at the audi scheduled to be; will be as follow: Ami by the audience, led by Henry Hal- verson; Invocation, pronounced by Rev. I. G: Monson; musical num- |bers by a quartet composed of Mrs. R. E. Wingreene, Mrs. F. J. Baven- » Henry Halverson and George Humphreys, with Mrs. R. E. Morris as: accompanist; address by Chas. assistant. secretary of “Star Spangled Banner,” sung audience, and pronout nt C. F. Strutz. Business at Standstill Business is practically at a stand- still, since Memorial Day is a legal All state, county and city jay service is being given by the postoffice department. Banks are closed. Grocery stores and meat markets Program at Audi- celebrating street to} MAY SUBMERGE. 3 MORE TOWNS ‘Grosse Tete, Rosedale and Maringouin Are in Path. of Rising Floods | RESCUE FLEET IS READY | Red Cross Reports Complete Evacuation of New Iberia’ Now Inundated New Orleans, May 30.--(P)--Slowly ; Spreading the area of inundation: op the eastern side of the Atchafalaya river, water from the McCrea cre+ vasse on that stream threatened three. towns today as it rolled toward the f Mexico, : rosse Tete, Rosedale and Maring. be submerged by the swell- ng Rrosse Tete, which, rapidly filling with crevasse water, promis- ed to from its banks and over- flow a wide territory. * Meanwhile, the flood on the west- ern side of the Atchafalaya was re- Ported falling at all points down to New Iberia, where the stage .was stationary. The Red Cross reported complete evacuation of New Iberia, whose inhabitants were thrown into fright when waters from Bayou Teche joined those from Spanish ‘ Lake to inundate the town, To meet possible emergencies the flood descends through the \cinity of Grosse Tete. in Iberville | parish, about 110 miles northwest of | New Orleans, a rescue fleet has been assembled at Plaquemine, ‘ 7,000 Persons Endangered |. ‘There*a¥e seven thousand persons in Grosse ‘Tete and vicinity. They epending upon an old” levee, i y reinforced, to save them from hhe inundation. The levee, four and one half feet high, was built in 1882 and flanks the town for 22 mile More than half of the territory comprising. the four parishes of Iberville, West Baton Rouge, Pointe j Coupee and Assumption, has been looded by the crevass@ water from a break. While evacuation continued along ‘the main line of the Southern Pu- cific railroad west of the Atchafalaya river and to some extent to Morgan City, nestling on the eastern bank. the meteorologist advised that uation of towns along the main | of the railway was not considered necessar; Hundreds of persons, gathered on levees in the flooded sections, c Ainue to be fed by relief boats, whil | other hundreds, loth to leave their homes, must be reached by supply v before their stocks of food become exhausted. Boats have been | sent to Sherburn and Krotz Springs! to take off between 100 and 150 per ing Bayo Fifty Inches of Snbw Falls Near Anaconda, Mont. Hentos City, May 30.—(@)— Memorial Day brought cool and cloudy weather to the northwest FOUR AVIATORS ARE RACE F FAVO RITES ‘LOS ANGELES | Lockhart | Norman MEMORIAL DAY “The brave men, living and dead. . . have consecrated this ground far beyond our poor power to add or subtract.” —Lincoln at Gettysburg. In Flanders fields the poppies blow. Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; -~John McCrae: In Flanders ’ 1 Will Be Guest of Honor at Re-| ception Planned By King) George and Will Accom-, pany Prince cf Wales in Derby — Plane Slightly | YOUTH LEADS FROM START Sets Eliminition Pace With Speed of 120 Miles an Hour 1 DRIVER BADLY BURNED Batten’s Machine Catches Fire When Gasoline Tank Springs Leak 1,000 spectators x them on to new speed ree. drivers, their tiny perfectly tuned, 10 o'clock today in the start 500-mile automobile race over » Indianapolis Speedway Frank Lockhar, a 23-year-old | Los A youth who came out of the west unknown a year ago to win the 9 was a red hot favorite to » with Tommy Milton, twice | winner of the race, ranking as’a dan- {gerous challenger. | spe 8 |an hour and seemed to have plenty Milton, a veteran of the roaring race road, returned to the sport after retiring 18 months ago. He drove r of his own build, a mysterious ial, which qualified at 108 miles lof speed in reserve, é i Fields. / et | | | ing clouds, | 350 miles provided r ‘sides of LINDBERGH'S FOUR DAYS IN LONDON PROMISE T0 BE VERY STRENUOUS-FLYER ANXIOUS TO GET HOME ‘Rowing While Drunk’ Charge i Is the Latest Knoxville, Tenn., May 30. (#)—John Hamther of this city spent last night in the county Record Crowd When the race started, T, E. Mey- s, general manager of the speed- , eatimated the attendance at 145,000 psing the crowd ofa Near uge. At that hour the race ns. lured to the track for thrills, spills and perhaps tragie deaths, were still rambling through the gates in a seemingly endless stream. The sky was heavy with lo ang carrying a threat of rain, ugh for a few then retr called a rae in interfefes, Lockhart, driving a tiny white car, with No. 2 painted in k on both the hood, sent his mount over the 2!2 mile brick a speed of 111 miles an he sun e event will be neing at lead ow the s ripping along rs of a mile ahead at the end of the sec- Hartz another Los Angeles driver, was third. Lockhart knocked off the first 50 miles in the fastest time in the his. ot the race. The time was an average of 106.93 miles Duray was hanging on in place with Charles “Dutch” Bauman, a star of the dirt (Continued on page two.) BUSY 2 WEEKS nearly of Le ond lap Frencl British veterans’ societies | which will be immediately realized, joted in honoring the hero dead. | yet little by little, step by ‘step, Special service was held in the/in every practical’ way, we should American Cathedral in Paris « and’ show our determination to press on similar ceremonies in the American! toward this mark of our high call- jail here charged with “rowing while drunk,” the first. man ever to be so charged in the history of Knox county. Hamther was arrested yest and parts of the southwest the wake of 50 inches of snow in the Rocky Mountains near Anaconda, Montana. at noon for the balance of the day. | Garages and service stations remain- ed open, while clinics, dentists and drug stores observed Sunday hours. IN PROSPECT Damaged By Huge Crowd at Landing Field \ — | churches in other cities and. towns.| ing, The French joined with the Ameri-| “Our government has recently been in decking with flowers all the] attempting to proceed in accordance ‘American war cemeteries. The iso-| with these principles in its relations lated American graves in the French! with China. Nicaragua, and Mexico, cemeteries were not forgotten, and in’ inviting Japan and Great receiving its tribute. Britain to participate in a three- The wreath of red and white peon-| power naval limitation conference. jes, placed in the battle cloister. of irs Important the American Cathedral here by Cap-| “While the foreign relations of tain Lindbergh before departure} this country are becoming more and ng the prefuse| more Jnpervent, and constitute a there. field to which it will be necessary for our government and our peers to give much more attention t! now realized, yet it is our domestic affairs that must always assume the fi rank, Nations which are torn by dissension and discord, which are weak and inefficient at home, have little standing or influence abroad. Even the blind do not choose the blind to lead them: “Foreign peoples are certainly go- ca ms iN DISASTROUS ing to seel istance only from és those who have demonstrated their * — capaci © 0 maintale Speke om a Large Section luable}| fairs efficiently. we desire to be 3 of Val an we in Ay, otha gg ee Timber : Burns—200 uillity an wi in the world, é Men ve must be rites a te. reagrerass S Are Combating Flames ficient sacrifices to \live by these r . precepts at home. e can be a a moral foree.in the world only to the Denver, May 80.—U@~Two hun-jextent that we establish morality in dred men today were. de ered floss our own country.” a six;mile fro! C rest | in the reniente mounteins IT PAYS TO SAVE | far Alamorgado; N. Mi The blase| ; Kansas City—Two weary “knights spread rapidly last night and was the road” trudged along toward reported out of control. | Kansas oy berating the unkind ‘A large section of. Ne. timber! fates that had “them without “was destroyed in’ the isabel ,dime’or a meal in two days. The forest near Pueblo in a wi saw two high school boys strug- ‘was controlled paeesay after the water of a flooded creek, raged for several days. s ed them. ‘A fire that threatened said it with $300, of Baileys, 32 mil ol thing, food and offe: here, was brought under control good jebe But the pair moved on, terday after. fb burned over: J, [rag fe ea bus transportation to May _ 20. DE PINEDO AND PLANE SAFE AT FAYAL ISLAND Italian Four-continent Flyer ’ Lights Near Ship Because . ‘of Fuel Shortage Island of Fayal, Azores, ‘ommander Francesco De Pinedo, Italian aviator, arrived here this morning on the Italian steamer Superga, which has his sea- plane, the Santa Maria II, in,tow. _ Undaunted by his forced landing in the Atlantic, De Pinedo said that as soon as his seaplane had been ut in flying order he would resume his four-continent journey, which began from liari on February 13 and has carried him to Africa, Soath America, and the United States. Interruption of the attempted hop from Trepa: New Foundland, to this port last Monday, the commander said, was caused by adverse weather conditions. The start from Trepassy was made ip moderate weather but plane encol d a blanket of fog and for 400 miles had to fly at a high altitude to get above the At Aras an “contrary “a wind was sneounte sowing the speed of the machine increasing (Continued on page twe.| Horta, Kansas City, | mist. PLANE CRASHES Motor Goes Dead on Bomber Above Landing Field in Georgia Augusta, Ga., May 30.—(P)—A mass of wilted flowers, draped with four American fla and fastened to 2 broken propeller, marks the spot where four army aviators lost their lives yesterday in-the crash of a giant bombing plane. Several hundred persons gathered to watch the departure of 14 planes from: maneuvers at San Antonio to Langley Field, Va. paused in sur- prise when one of. four that took off together, careened sharply at a height of 600 feet, banked suddenly and dipped. Two hundred, feet above ground it went-into a nose dive, tore through electric wires and crashed ‘in flames, Before a man could get through the flames the plane’s four occupants were burned beyond -recognition. The dead, identified by their service tags, were: Lieutenant Dan F. Voorhees, Onarga, Iil.,:pilot; Sergeant Clifford | Glenn, ‘Akron, Ohio; Sergeant James | Reid, Pittsburgh; Corporal. Melvin | Andréws, whose record gives a sister, Mrs. Bruce Page, of Raleigh, xt of kin, d A supposition is that a motor of the plane went dead. i — The original Bridge of Sighs’ was built in Venice about 1600. It was an enclosed passage through which condemned persons were taken f the Doge’s palace to the city pri: om Although the snow was report- ed limited to the continental divide section near Anaconda, the cold wave extended into Wyom- ig with comparatively low tem- eratures .in Nebraska, Kansas and Missouri. The maximum temperature here yesterday was 58 degrees as compared to 90 a year ago. Two Arrested For Alleged Complicity in $3,000 Robbery Walker, Minn., May 30,—@)—Two men are under arrest here today following the recovery of furs valued at approximately $8,000, stolen from the Kriebs Fur Shoppe at Hackensack Thursday night. The men, arrested where the furs had been cached near Hackensack, told officers they were F. H, Johnson, 25, Minneapolis, and George Burns, 41. 'Burns: first told officers he was from Duluth, but later said he had no home, . Sheriff. L..G. Morical said; today that the men were about to remove furs“when taken into custody. lobert Thomas, farmer, found the Stolen goo wrapped in canva: while hunting cows a mile north Hi sack, and officers lay in wait. Morieal said, had reached the gache. He told officers he had beet aking along a railroad tra s seeKing a place to sleep. JohaBen, who remained near a car on the highway, heck he had ‘jare highlights in the program that London, May 30. of the English y as Derby Week. a} name in 1927—"Lindbergh and Derby Week.” The arrival \beye jof the in-| trepid Atlantic flyer brought to al fever point the admiration already | bestowed on him and his achievement, | and his doings here are destined to share with Wednosday’s turf classic, the derby, the interest of a vast pub- He which admires sporting spirit, whether displayed on the turf or in the air. Judging from the reception given | Captain Lindbergh when he came to earth after a 200 mile cross-channel flight from Brussels at 6 o'clock last night, his four days in London promise to be more strenuous than the seven days that followed his | great flight from New York to Paris. A reception by King George and a trip to Epsom Downs to see the derby, in the company of no less a personage than the Prince of Wales, r, but it has a has been arranged in his honor. Record Breaking Crowd Never before in English history has such a large and enthusiastic crowd assembled to greet an individ- ual as was at the Croydon air field when the western aviator completed his 2% hour trip from the Belgian The police estimated that n 100,000 persons were gath- i. shouted, they cheered led, and when the Sp touched the earth ii ly’ surrounded. e look out for my machine.” These were the words of Lindbergh before he hopped out of the plane. The excited bobbies tried in vain to keep the excited throngs back byt they: pres ever closer. lane di jt escape damage, day paddling up the Tenne river, using a barrel stave an oar. This morning the authority of state officers who caused his ar- rest was in question. The Ten- ness¢v is a navigable stream to and beyond Knoxville. Habeas corpus proceedings on the grounds that exclusive jurisdic- tion rests with federal courts is expected. for | Weather Report ‘| Temperature at 7 a, m.........+ . 46, . 53} 46 26 18 Highest yesterday Lowest last night .... Precipitation to 7 a, m. ... Highest wind velocity ..... WEATHER FORECAST For Bismarck ond vicinity: Show- ers probably tonight and Tuesday. Not much change in temperature. GENERAL WEATHER CONDITIONS| The pressure is high over the west- erp Canadian provinces and over the north Pacific coast while low pressure extends from the lower Great Lakes region southwestward to the southern Rocky Mountain and Plateau region. Considerable prec! tation is falling in North Dakota and Montana while elsewhere in the no! thern border states and in the west- ern Canadian Provinces light showers occurred. The rainfalljin North Da- kota during the past 48 hours ranged from 1.08 inches at Dunn Center to none at Pembina and Lang‘ FOR COOLIDGE President Must Clean Up Much Work Before Leav- ing on Vacation Washington, May 30.—(7)—A busy two weeks faces President Coolidge before he starts westward for his summer home which is planned for the Black‘Hills of South Dakota, In addition to his address today the president will make two more speeches before going into the sum- mer retreat. As usual, he will talk at the regular semi-annual budget meeting to be held June 11, and on the following Tuesday he will stop on his westward journey to dedicate @ park memorial in Hammond, Ind, S To Review Fleet Another and more novel ei ment is on the president's, schedule—— the review of America’s fleet on next Saturday off Hampton Roads, Va. ‘his will give Mr. Coolidge hi iret glimpse of the fleet whose expansion he hopes to curtail in the naval arms conference called to meet next month in Geneva, Completing of arrange- ments for this conference which will be convened at his invitation also will oceupy the executive's attention. All details are expected to be mapped out this week so far as he is con- cerned. Before Mr. Coolidge leaves for the desks west, he expects to clear ional judgeships ;eutho! * Co weather continues in all sections. but British ajrmen, after examining (Continued on page two.) ORRIS W. ROBERTS, Official in charge. of several appointments, ene it f congress. at the last session of ditional judges for California. and Pani. are now holding bis stten- jon, i Ps