The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, June 6, 1927, Page 1

WEATHER Generally fair t day. Not muel ESTABLISHED 1873 Charles Levine, in Germany, early today. to Germany.: non-stop flight any objective b Visibly Att fected by the long h during which it wa: ht to Berlin. name of Finneran. “Spread the news,” ben. Tell _all the boys.” fog near Berlin. The dis) tch telling good telephoni and more in She ,wants to fly. Dickinson ...,,. Dunn Center . Moorhead, Minn. 70 femarek and veisty? the ARE VISIBLY AFFECTED Were Confident of Son’s Suc- cess—May Go East to Wel- come Him Home + Omaha, June 6-—()—Proud parents of a brave and skillful trans-Atlantic flyer were almost overcome with de- light when they learned of the forced ‘ landing of Clarence Chamberlin, with monoplane, Columbia at Eisleben, | Ralph A. Mr. and Mrs. C. Chamberlin of Denison, Iowa, have been i Associated Press office here since Sunday, eagerly scanning the ported progress of their son’s rec- ord non-stop flight from New York “My son, its wonderful,” the white-haired mother. however, tht he didn’t get to Berlin.’ “Well, mother, there is no need to ”’ chimed in the happy: father. “You know they've made a_ recoi Chamberlin was visibly ‘af- urs of waiting, reported that the Columbia might have been lost he ‘heavy rain and fog near rlin. He could hardl; himself when the final telling definitely of the plane’s safe arrival and the resumption of its safe. That's all 4 care phone Denison,” he shouted, wrabbing Mrs. Chamberlin by arm and going to the telephone. They were about to phone their daughter, Mrs. Max Moffitt, of Denison, when the father considered that his daugh- ter was probably fast asleep by that time, 3:15 a, m. Instead he called the town restaurant. know who answered, but thought it was a man whom he knew by the ubout’i40- mites from there,“at chairman of Earn a = a report e | gates. Since Sunday moraines patiently .and 4intensi tn front of, the Assoriated Press automatic transmitting machines, watching detail by detail the prog- ress of their son’s flight. When a report came that the plane had been sighted by Berlin, mother: and father hugged and kissed ather, only to, be, later visibly lened by word that the plane was;of American and Canadian flags cover ‘another, and that the Columbia might | oe have been lost in the heavy rain and of the late Perry Internatiopal president who ‘resided in Chicago, and other deceased Kiwanians, was held this mornin Streets und buildings of Memphis, crowded with the thousands of visi- tors, and deluged in streamers, ban- +h |ners and ribbons of the official colors, | blue, white and gold. the city. tral tim “He's safe, though, I am sure of it,” Mrs. Chamberlin told the group 1a the office. “He will come out of For several hours they waited, oot Idaving the Srezatings o ity that the plane, if lan tural section of Germany, be heard from for some time, due to a holiday and consequent lack of ervice, made them all it that stay until deffnite word was received. Finally, in the early ‘morning hours, the flash and the second and more ‘appreciative sigh of relief came, Mrs. Chamberlin said she and her husband plan to go to) New York to meet their son when he arrives there. has written day. ‘=| Weather Report ———————_—_—_————_* i teateer conditions at North Da- for the 24 hours. crease the sal year for wants to be vera ta salaries in excess of tiated SeResearsgsesessegts Oo SOROS OO POSR OOS CORO The above dee te Deere ceting of 7. ei Aedee, aenes - time, salary “| Pole to inerease to” anata gases fied Pile sageo- Kiwanis Chief Memphis, Tenn., today. KIWANIS CLUB MEMBERS HOLD ANNUAL MEET 5,000 Sessions of National Con- clave at Memphis ide for convention purpos Robert F. Fr of Ottawa, Ohio, special committee to | bergh was a captain in the national study convention finance, will make ;guard and a flight commander in its his findings to the dele-{air unit here. * Hold Memorial Service A mem@rial service in remembrance | Patterson, a past tury. istory of 12 years of:Kiwanis phiavernent for the or- ganizztion,” Ralph A. Amerman, of Scranton, Pa. presi told the delegates in his opening message to- “However, our work has just begun, we must pledge ourselves to action.” SALARY RAISE QUESTION MAY BRING CHANGES Shafer’s Decision on Pay In- ‘crease May Affect Other Officials When State Auditor John Steen asked Attorney General George Shafer for an opinion way commissien’s sauthotity: to y of Fred B. Ingotad, state ‘antomeuie registrar, he opened a question which may have fa! ig ‘tesults teen’s. request for, advice was ed on ithe fact thatthe last leg- ture heated only. $2,400 a stad’s. salary and he ire that he is within his rights when, he pays more than ‘that amount. hers May Fee If the action ts held illegal, how- | Aye felt in|! 1 Results departments being p: ve cases money spurenrieied, for siete hire and other pure ‘been dive: ‘to pay Sees ar for pion already ,bn the , the effect of such transfers appropriations the extent of the amount (ran THE BIS Amerman_ of Scranton, Pa., president Kiwanis International, will preside at the business sessions of the organization which tonvenes in ling whatever was seen of the flyers Present ‘at Opening Memphis, Tenn., June 6—(#)—Five thousand Kiwanians from the North American continent have arrived here for the 11th annual con- vention of the orga Sessions in the munici opened this morning with an address of welcome from Mayor Payne and other civic leaders. One of the important issues to come on the convention floor will be the financin, conventions. Il parts of nization this week. al auditorium day of International Proposed amendments to the constitution and by- Kiwanis International ask for an in- creas of 50 cents per member to \be" ws of -pwhen Lindbergh return to St. Louis. (CONDITION OF A. profusion Tonight at 8 o'clock, cen- “All Kiwanis Night” will be celebrated, Over 1600 Kiwan: the United Stati meet in their ci taneously with clubs in convention ses- sion for a united expression of by qratitude for the good will and un- derstanding which has existed be- tween the two countries for longer to the hi he -reach- amounts ap- COLUMBIA. WAS 12 MILES FROM: U.8.8, MEMPHIS Lindbergh Rushes to Ship’s| Bridge, But Was Unable to Get Sight of Plane LIFE QUIET ON BOARD i For First Time Since He Left| New York, Lindy Is ‘Tak- ing Life Easy’ Us, 8. S. Memphis, By Wireless to} the Associated Press, June 6—/) —News that the Bellanca plane Col umbia had passed within. twelve| miles of the Memphis in its trans- Atlantic flight from New York to a European destination was the big event of Sunday, not only for C tain Lindbergh ‘but for the personnel of this cruiser wh taking the aviator back to Ame Lindy rushed to the bridge as soon as the wireless report was heard that the S. S, Mauretania had sighted | the plane. He scanned the hi hoping to catch a glimpse of the Col umbia, but although the Mauretania at that time was still in sight, noth- | S by the Memphis. This probably was due to the heavy mist prevailing. On the whole, Captain Lindbergh had the quietest day yesterday since he left home to start his enochal| flight. He’ did as he desired, read- | ing American newspapers and let-| ters. be CK TRIBUNE [eon] BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, MONDAY, JUNE 6, 1927 (FLYERS LAND NEAR BERLIN | PARENTS ARE OVERJOYED AT iB FLIGHT NEWS ; ‘ Chamberlin’s Father and Mother Get All Details in Omaha A. P. Office 2,000 Plan Ways to Fight Floods ppi valley flood control | venting disastrous floc is, is pictured above, thousand del s assemb'ed for the three-day parley. Glad to be ‘ree from the strentous round of welcoming ceremonies and | entertainments, Lindy is making the| most of Vice Admiral Burrage’s w coming greeting when he boarded th ship to feel completely at home and| “take no orders from any one.” He| has already had two good nights’! rest—nights when he could drop off to sleep without thought of a seem- ingly unending round of, introduc-| tions, speeches and handshaking on; the morrow. LINDBERGH MADE COLONEL IN’ MISSOURI GUARD UNI’ Jefferson City, Mo., June 6.—4)— Charles Lindbergh is now a colonel. Governor Sam A. Baker of Missouri today issued a commission, effective May 21, the day Lindbergh landed in Paris on his trans-Atlantic fligh naming him a colonel in the Missouri national guard. The governor plans to personally. tender the commission Prior to the new ranking, Lind- He also holds the rank of captain in the army) Sipleorvibe. ns air service reserve. SMALL GRAINS IS VERY GOOD Weather Poor So Far For Corn—Best Reports From Missouri Slope Area Although difficulty has been ex- perienced by farmers in putting in their crops in some parts of the state the total acreage will not be materially reduced in comparisofi|'~4 with year, reports by field agents of the Bank\ ef North Dakota in- dicate. Small prains are ‘generally reported to be good condition though conditions have been poor for corn. Most of the reports list a heavy swing toward flax as the result of fgilure by farmers to get wheat plant- ed _in time. Reporting from the northeastern part of the state, A. L. Miller said that a “yery small percentage of the crop is in and not much will be put in as it is getting late. The coun- try tributary to Bowesmont, Joliette, embina, Neche, Bathgate, Hamil- mn and South is in bad condition and the same is true north of Hensel. The balance of Pembina county and most of Walsh county is in fair con dition with a reasonable acreage now in considering the spring.” < Pastures G Miller. estimates that the wheat acreage in’ Pembina county may be only 50 per cent of last year although in some parts it will run to 90 per cent. Condition of pastures and stock is said to be improving rapid- ly. The general ag eae he said, are good except in localities which were. suffered from too much rain. ting for the Minot territory HM |, Erickson said that wheat seed- ing is nearly completed id that barley and flax now are. being plant- ed. Prospects for a big grain erop syeiae rains have seriously de d the spring work. ig for the state, said rogress that spring work is “making .” Around Ray, Epping and and the wheat acreage will Mrs. John W. Langley of Kentucky, the fir: above as she attended the flood. confere: y (left), a Republican, and Senator Pat Harrison (Democrat) of M weman elected in the ng the map are pierre in the oval tson of Indiana | | | ‘ ab Four of the leaders at the flood conference are pictured above. They are (left to right): gar Jadwin, chief ‘of ‘engineers, U 5 Maycr William Hale Thompson War Dwight W. Davin ‘Mayor Arthur J. O’Keefe of New Orleans. “\CHAMBERLIN'S HOME TOWN IS TO CELEBRATE After Staying Up Most of i unday Night, People Were Asleep When News Came *School- ra Will Be Tomorrow | MRS. A. B. COX DIES AT HOME LAST EVENING Mother of Prominent Local Men Had Been in Ill Health For Several Years With the polls open from 9 4. m. school election will be held here tomorrow to elect one member of the school board to fill the only mane, which occurs on the expires this year and he has filed. as a candidate . for reelection, y a date to file for the position. Voting booths’ will be at the urged to visit the polls as carly in tht, day as possible. ROTARY HELPS IN FURTHERING WORLD PEACE | Business Men Aid Cause, Rogers Tells Group at ‘Ostend, Belgium Mrs. A. Beecher (Grace VanVoorhis) | Cox, 60, mother of Gordon 'V. Cox of ti Denison, Iowa, June 6—(#) son was asleep when word of Cham- berlin's landing was f! thé Associated Press. had retired almost en masse shortly ‘Two Hurt after 2 o'clock, i the first conce New York Saturday morning, The first signs of doubt that Clar- ence might have met mishap came after their intent elation following a premature report that he had been News that Cham- at Berlin was city, died lust at 9:20 at her home here. Mrs. Cox had been in failing health for several years and for the lust six weeks had been seriously ill with pernicious. anemia. Mrs, Cox was born March’ 9, 1867, at Monongahela, Pa., and moved with her parents at_an eurly age to Color- ado Springs, Colo. | uated from Hammond Hall at Utah, in 1884, * graduation she D., where her par since Clarence left sighted at Berlin. berlin’s arrival confirmed , acted as an to a celebfation that: started shortly | after midnight. * Long waiting for news of the Bel- plane’s progress told crowd of several people, men, women and children, who stayed close to Nielsen's news stand, latest bulletins on the} flight were being posted. Cooperstown, N. nts had located. }, 1887, she married A. Beech- ‘ox at Cooperstown. i after thelr marriage, M Cox established horn, where Mr. Cox was in the lum- ery, business,~ Tn 1898, Mr. and Mi to Valley City, living there moved to Farg: After living there two years, Valley? City where ties hen they ‘moved to | ir children* were Samed aundred Denison June 6—-)— Where kings and congresses, courts and armies, threats and diplomacy business and professional men from ‘every nation are coming | |forward to further the cause of in-) ternational peaée through understanding, Rogers, of San Antonio, Tex. dent, told the eighteenth annual con. vention of Rotary International here False Report Arrives The crowd started to sing, horns, and had just organized for a parade when reports that the ®el- lanca had been sighted over Berlin Bismarck because tl ay lee Old Family The celebration was halted for a moment, then bedlam broke loose, but a scarce five minutes latez quiet pre- it was learned that Chamberlin had not reached. Berlin. |. A huge bonfire started on the mi intersection burned unattended while | the crowd waited to learn something \further of the brave aviator's plight. ‘No news came, however, and the| was | to” trickle homeward.) Nat severely, injured in a. head-on! srcribed nrimagily to the heavy cloud Two! ton, William Weigel of Fessenden,| banks and confusing a oldest families in the United States. | “For some. years,” it: .This is to be advanced -by ‘te'Powehip of business oorhis, being a captain in the | Pe oF] professional me » beside “har hus- band, two children, Edward B. Cox and Gordon V. Cox, a sister, Miss Hannah VanVoorh' with her, and. twa grandchildren. Services Ti ‘omorrow Services will be held to: Orrow at: ernoon at 2 o'clock aed Revolutionary of all businesses wholived here and: eecat Helps Such a union, aiming at. interna- | tional good will, is fostered, Rogers showing clearly its concern. on a cent less than in 1926. Ry jing well although the acreage is small, He reports that considerable H. Leuts, reporting on “tbe central said mt for se = that sectio: of small ogenins tn pre is practical: completed. “that to fe Bacar es ee aire sad in ie tas Sllowing score of men and young boys re- mained in the hope that momentarily favorable news might be received. Some of the more optimistic pre- dicted that Clarence and Levine gone on past Berlin for a more dit tant destination. that perhaps he had decided: to try ying records—to break rt Acosta’s continuous ged. Crowd Gathers at. Field. ¥ wil Boy Hui that the Cotamb va inte af 51 hours, while at| John Sawicki. 5, son of Mr. andj place was the f yy. the already universal interest in high business standards and by the growing interest in relationship | of emoloyer and employee. “Rotary has taught the importance co-operative effort. taught that we each hers an obligi tion to serve—to ‘se! sally Perperatively and ae pe einnt Prenbyter i flax will be and that much Mandar off ene new ground is belt Koso for flax.| take place in St. Mary aha Pallbearers will be: Interment will R. A. Nestos of is F. O'Hare, Otis Dunham, the | district ast of the blaeent tiver,| T. R. Atkinson, c. * Green, and E. G. thought eae - be} pom Wanner. PICNIC pa Rar rah of the ie 88 at at Red Lake. tee) who will be the tone “time shatter Lindbergh's th convention of from New York to| his right hand badly lacerated when ee record ranged Dae Sdey, He PRICE FIVE CENTS. ATLANTIC SPANNED FOR SECOND TIME IN FORTNIGHT BY PLANE- CHAMBERLIN LANDS AT KOTTBUS | Non-stop Flight Ends at Eisleben, Saxony, 110 Miles From Berlin, When Plane Descends For Refueling— Attempt to Reach Berlin Is Unsuccessful ; PROPELLER BLADE BROKEN IN Americans Credited With Plucky and Sensational Flight | Covering More Than 3,800 Miles—Were in the Air } 42 Hours—Flyers Unhurt in Forced Landing | Berlin, June 6.—(AP)—For the second time in little | more than a fortnight an American airplane has ed the vast Atlantic and landed safely on the Europea ; nent. | The non-stop flight of the Bellanca monoplane Coltita bia, piloted by Clarence D. Chamberlin with Charles A. Le ». called to find methods cf pre-| Vine as his companion, ended at Eisleben, Saxony, 110 miles Twelve| southwest of Berlin at 5 o’clock this morning (midnight | New York daylight saving time) when the fuel supply was | exhausted, j ‘Taking to the air again, the flyers made a brave at- tempt to reach Berlin, but apparently lost their way in the | cloud banks and adverse winds encountered during the morning and came down at last in a marshy field at the vil- | lage of Klinge, near Kottbus, Brandenburg, 70 miles south- feast of the capital. In alighting th2 propeller hit the | ground. — The wheels of the Columbia settled into the | =| marshy ground and further progress + -_____—_—0] was impossible. The plane had Bellanca Plane Log (iter aes Eisleben, and, & —_--—_-—--.. if headed in right directon, i have Isnded at Berlin. Nah aiAuaceinted Frere), | New Record Estab ahed (EK iets Daylight Time Saturday) The flyers failed to a th goal, Berlin, but they established & hopped off at Roosevelt new’ long distance sustained flight Fie : record, having covered about 3,800 x:C0 a, m, passed North Westport, miles from Roosevelt Field, New Mass. York, to Eisleben, .m, Long Pond, Mas: Starting from Roosevelt Field at 50 a, m. Marshfield, 6:05 a. 7. Saturday, they had been in 6 p.m. Yarmouth, p.m. 1 the wir 42 hours when forced to land at Eisleben, as compared with 3312 p.m, hours for Captain Lindbergh's 3,610- sn. Chebuckto Head. SS. mile flight from New York to Paris . m. Shag Ledge Lighthouse,| a little over two weeks ago. News of the Columbia’s start and .m. Wedge S. the subsequent dispatches telling of p. m. Steamer report-| their progress had’ brought Berlin ed a pl 0 miles south of St.) to fever heat and the great Tempel Pierre, Miquelin. . q, | hofer Field, nucleus for a web of . m. Passed St. Shotte, N, F.! commercial air lines, was massed with . m. Trepassey, | crowds waiting to welcome the Amer- . mi. Cape Race, icans. Many waited all night. An American flag was run up the Sunday i : 11:20 a, m. Cireled steamer Maure-| Min flag: staff, the band of the ia 360 miles west of Scilly » England. TRAVEL 3,905 MILES p. m. | Passed Land's End,! Washington, June — 6.—<A) Ss Bagland Chamberlin and Levine were uthwestern tip of 45 . Padstow, ngland credited with a flight of 3,905 5 miles today by the geological Boulogne, Sur Mer, survey which measured the dis- tance from Roosevelt Field to 11:08 p. m. Dortmund, Germany, Eisleben. Midnight — wanded at Eisleben, Tha survey's figures onthe Germany, refueled and resumed Lindbergh flight were 3,610 flight. miles. The computation was (Kastern daylight time.) made at the request of Carl F. idnight -Landed at Kisleben 110 ] Schory, secretary of the National miles southwest of Berlin. |] Acronautical association. \d of non-stop flight.) | a. m, Resumed flicht . 10 a. m. passed over Magdeburg| Lufthansa, or German Air League, 30 miles from Berlin. played lively airs and officials About 7 a. m.—Landed at village| bustled about making arrangements a of Klinge near Kootbus, 70 miles| for the reception. southeast of Berlin. As the morning wore on rain and Se dose winds chilled the ardor of the wait- to be without reliable information re- garding the Columbia’s whereabouts. IN ACCIDENT Peg as The plane was first sighted over Germany at Dortmund in the Ri valley at 4:00 a. m., but thereafter became a phantom ship until its a pearance at Eisleben, where it cam t ing thousands und conflicting rum- ors added to the general inconvenien The airdrome officials appeared rth for fuel. American in Crash on Me- 3 left. Tempelhofer Field at 9 a. m., after having waited for four hours, but returned when it wu tc ported that the Columbia was over Magdeburg, less than two hayrs flight from Berlin. if Su Mopar roe As soon as the landing at Klinge Four people were injured in auto’! yecame known thé ambassador con seen oe weckcod uty 2n| ferred with German offic another accident a child received a| MX arrangements for the ; ld received al Meine hurned off, carrying Amer wae pe, Mand thee tHe member was) can and German officials, This wus immediatety followed by pag ena Papucleon of: Blsmarek {¥88| half a dozen other machines bearing and Daye Withnell, also of Bismarck,| REWSPAaper men. It was decided that received minor injuries when the car| {he airmen should be taken to Kott- in which they were riding crashed | PUS.D% motor and permitted to res into the rear of another car near the| UP! tomorrow. : " Crowds Disperse Mendon waderpats ‘est. night, It was said. this afternoon that it Goes Through Windshield was doubtful whether the Columbia Samuelson was thrown partly| could be put in proper condition to through the windshield and Withnell| permit the Americans flying her to flying glass. The car of| Berlin tomorrow. Shortly after noon, Val Hoerner of Elgin, into which| When news that the airmen’ had lost they crashed, was damaged but none| their way and had landed at /Klinge of its occupants was hurt. was megaphoned fo. the watchers at The accident was said to have hap-| Tempelhofer Field,’ the crowds there pened when Withnell, believing the| began melting away and in less than road ahead of him was clear, turned] haif an hour the great air drome was out to pass Hoerner’s car. Just as| deserted. r ij he turned, a car approached from the] _ Despite the disappointment, the west and he was forced to turn back,| Americans were credited with. a striking Hoerner’s auto. Fenders and| Plucky and sensational flight. It was radiator on Withnell’s car were soiniee out that Chamberlin encoun- smashed. d thick, muggy weather ‘gs soon Miss Esther Pepple of Fetsapdan. oy Fhe crossed into Germany, and his verely injured hea failure to find the trail to Berlin was morial Highway—Wilton Boy Has Hand Cut in whose car she was riding, received} Although a flock of oeatiie 5 lanes slight injuries. went out to locate him soon aft The accident occurred after elark| was sighted over Dortmund, he wen- last evening and glaring lights on the| dered too far to the east. Bod a : other car were said to have been its} course been a direct one after cau according to Mi Pepple.| ing over Magdeburg, he would Weigel’s car was badly damaged and | arrived at the Tempelhofer Fi the other car was. also dams; Mra. Matt Sawicki of Wilton, had it was cut by a hatchet yesterday and doctors today said they may Crowd Goes Home Bat about 2 o'clock they felt that eee to reméve his hand. The boy disaster pethaps had visite® the Be! ister, - | w: ‘ing with and by 2:80 only & half ace Peatalis siveck hatchet, “AOR W zing 2 ‘ ud tntoe ants ay H