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WEATHER FORECASTS Clondy tonight, probably unset- tled Sunday. Warmer tonight. wt int SS a OE 1878 THE SIsmAnDE T ANE SRAM NPE RE ee BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, SATU NORTH ____ BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, SAT SATURDAY, JULY 2, 1927 FLYERS RECEIVE HUGE OVATION IN PARIS HOLIDAY WILL. | BE OBSERVED QUIETLY HERE Ne Celebration Planned—All Offices and Business Places to Close EAKES ATTRACT MANY Ball Games at Wildwood and Brush Lakes—Turtle Lake Here Sunday ‘ th no celebration plunned for ismarck, the double holiday over Sunday and Independence Day will be quietly observed in this city, the quiet being broken only by the shoot- ing of firecrackers and fireworks by the youngsters, A great part of the city’s population wil] trek elsewhere |, for the week-end, to celebrate at nearby summer’ resorts or at Minne- sota lakes. Several tourist parties]. ‘will visit the Bad Lands in the west- ern part: of the.state and..the Black Hills in Soath Dakota, Fourth: of July ‘celebrations, with bpeeches, picnic lunches, sports of all kinds, firecrackers, pink lemon- ade, n’everything, will attract many to Wildwood: lake, near , Washburn, and Brush lake, near Mercer, Monday, The Bismarck baseball team will play the Mercer nine as ‘part of the cele- bration program at Brush Lake, while the A. O. U. W. team will cross bats with the Washburn: aggregation at Wildwood lake, as the feature at- traction of the program there, Sport J.overs Provided For Large crowds are expected in Bis- marck tomorrow to attend the Turtle Luke-Bismarck ball game, since rival- ry between the two teams runs high and the close games played ous encounters give promise of a full afternoon here tomorrow. Each team, won one game in the three played during the past two seasons, the seore in each instante being 2 to 1, rand in addition a third game played Jast fall was ended after the 16th inning with the score 0 to 0 Members of the Bismarck Country | “elu who do not Meare the city over ‘the Fourth will participate in a golf tournament to continue until ‘Monday night. Qualifying rounds are being played this afternoon and may be played ae cd noon tomorrow. The players. will tl shen be djvided. into flights, wit tt and second rounds of flig rg to be played before Sunday night.” The final rounds in the various flights will then be played Monday. The maslify Jing round will be over 18 hole: mM the final round in each fli ight. e first and second rounds of match play in each flight will be for nine oles each. Prizes will he awarded the holder of low gross and low net scores in, the qualifying round, and ee the winner and runner-up of each Mea ninirods will have a trap shoot at the Fort Lincoln grounds Sunday afternon at 2 p. m., and an? other Monday morning at 8:30, in pesparacon bag the state tournament which be held at Mandan two weeks. Teter, Special events. will be arranged at the grounds and all trap shooting enthusiasts are invited to take part. All Stores Will Close \ Business will be at a standstill over the holiday. Every local estab- lishment, with the exception of the few. which, the very nature < of! for an aerial h of San ‘will be lata Wie libra: achedul food aaah a cae of AE ee "estat itl onder holiday sched: bagi or 1 one mre of day 4 : ect 1 o'clock 1 | i in previ- |: weather reports LITTLE KNOWN FACTS ABOUT INDEPENDENCE DAY OONEY OUT O10 PAUL REVERE BY RIDING Bo PHILADEL a a | ‘LOWLY HORSE FLY HELPED RUSH PASSAGE OF — OF INDEPENDENCE ss played a big part in the adop-! 24 HOURS TO GET T LPHIA, SELAWARE In TE TO CAST tap wore For THe Oe ON OF 3/08 PENDENC * SOHN HOMKINS. A UNG A OFFICER, IW PamLADELPwIA ON LY 8 ROMS Reve LATFORIA BUILT BY AN ASTSONOMER Dissension Among Assistants Keep ‘Dick’ Grace on Ground Former Bismarck Youth Who! _Plans to Fly From Hawaii} “to California Refuses to Comment’ on Trouble in} Camp—Weather: Conditions Highly Unfavorable Today | | | _—- | Mana, Island of Hawaii, July 2. (AP)—Richard — Graci fig ht to the California aie f two unsuccessful attempts get his monoplane into the Grace changed a tire on one of the take-off wheels of plane that had been punctured in his first attempt to rise from the rough runwa of the. “bark- ing sands” field. The change - togk considerable time and when it had’ been accomplished the the take-off cf Horrey. pon the amount of 7 =i in the monoplane’s ips along the route at night wilt te asked to play their search lights along their course as & to Grace. He will na dead Fegan The ile com- itor. uly 2.—(P)—Adverse and dissension in the camp of Richard Grace, Holly- Honolulu, wood stant fiver 408 sorner. © Bis- marck, youth who is ‘ing dash from Hawail to dimmed his takerat Today. a Feports broadca: ‘e that conditions e highly unfavorable for a ed tab ft ‘at jana, Island of Hauai, at Oaks there was no comm headquarters on ae delay” the start. Miers lect’ a quarrel between “ea ae Koger of the ician for the ares C- dng Grae sre isl ‘BURNS RECEIVED IN GASOLINE BLAST PROVE FATAL TO MRS. DOROTAEA JUNDT: No Paper Monday In order that the Bismarck Tribune company employes may be free to celebrate the Fourth of July as they desire, both the business and editorial offices and the mechanical departments of the Tribune will be closed all day Monday, and ‘there will be no is- sue of the Daily Tribune on that ay. BYERLY NAMED = | AS STATE LAND COMMISSIONER Velva Man Will Succeed Kositzky Sept. 1—Former Revenue Collettor W. E. Byerly of Velva will suc- ceed Carl R.\Kositzky as state land commissioner on September -1,. his appointment having been announced by the state land board. Byerly was internal revenue col- lector for the federal government oak the Wilson administration with headquarters at. Fargo He is a Democrat and lndavesaent political cireles, Ne “eh yerly was nominated by Miss Bertha Palmer, erintendent of 9 | Prbtte instruction, and was my y Attorney Genesal Geo: hi and State Auditor John "Ross. nor Sorlie and Secretary. of State Byrne, Nonpartislan members of the land board, did nat pe se meet- ing, They werd out Be 314 acs the office, for, a f ‘real ‘with Bismarck Woman Dies Fri- day Night at Hospital—- Gas Exploded, When She Struck Match in Root Cel-' lar at Her Home Friday Morning—Funeral to Be at| Hague — Mrs. Dorothea Jundt, 45, it. hospital here at 6:45 Fri- evening from burns. received ly Friday morning at her home, 323 Tenth street, following a gasoline explosion.. Practically her entire body: was covered with deep burns, according to the attending physicians, who-held little hope for her recovery from the first. The Srplanag oceurred when Mrs. Jundt lighted a match to locate the electric light in a root cellar which is built as an addition to the base- ment of the house. During the storm early Thursday morning a five-gal- Jon tank of gasoline which had been stored in the cellar for dry cleaning purposes was tipped over when water jooded the place, The gasoline had apparently evaporated to form gas’ in the air and when Mrs, Jundt struck the match a terrific explosion followed, flames instantly envelopin; her entire body. Mrs. and one son, in addition to her par- ents. Mr. Leak Mrs. John Schweitzer of Hague, N. D. brothers and o grandchild. Her husband, George Jundt, died 17 years ago. The children ‘a: ister M. Arleen of St. Joseph, Minn,, rived here last night; Zimmerman of. Taylor, N. Christine and Doroth:; George Jundt, all of . The body will Jundt and ismarck, be taken to Hague d | today, where funeral services will be} held at St. bee a Catholic church on Monday, July 4. stant: Ol, SCHOOL Isa, O] — The “University of “iconly ee macablahad et! A e@ resul attem| ie beard of education to aia tl com= BY employes in in their et vi res history, ‘geology, | res hich, den |e eee oe the legal aspects of, jthe {black gold” industry, - Jundt leaves’ four daughters, a four sisters, seven! -|of right ought to be free ay Trg, futt, oectanamion WAS FIRST. READ. 70 Mal #EFFERSON spew xeDAYS wniTiNG THE FIRST JOENCE. Si ET OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPI JMITTING IT TO A COMMITTEE OF FIVE my N APPOINTED BY THE CONGRESS FOR APPR tion of the Declaration of Independ- jence. If it hadn't been for ithese flies, | which flew in the windows of In- idependence Hall in Philadelphia and bit the worthy members of the Con- tinental Congress on their — silk- stockinged legs—skimpy plus fours. jbeing then in style—Independence Day might have come on July 9, or |10, or maybe not till Augus' | This is no playful fancy, but sober history, vouched for in the memoirs |of Thomas Jefferson himself, and | Jefferson was the man who wrote {the first draft of the famous docum- jent. Extended Sessions Years after the signing, Jeffezson delighted to tell this story. The debate on Jefferson's document |began on July 2, 1776. There was much wrangling. In two days, eight- ,een of Jefferson's sentences had been suppressed, ten had been amended, {and six had been added. Thursday, July 4, was a sultry ;summer day, Late in the afternoon; accqrding to Jefferson—left the liv- ery stable near Independence Hall and came in to see how the delegates were ‘getting along. The delegates iwere having ‘trouble, and the flies, as though sent by Providence, began to take ‘action. They nipped away at Continental Congressional legs until Contin- ental Congressmen could stand it no longer. They were many of those Congressmen who wanted to speak, but the flies: were too much for them. Passage was urged to eseape the flies age was had. The delegates e and left the historic hall Preceded Jefferson The real father of the Declaration of Independence Was a man few ‘school youngsters today hear of. This was Richard Henry Lee, of Virginia, {who might have written the Declara- tion itself had it not happened that wife was taken suddenly ill and that he went home to be at her bed- le, leaving to Jefferson the honor of composition. ‘Lee wrote whaY was: really the first declaration, a short resolution which was put before Congress on June:7, 1776. On that day Lee moved “that these United Colonies are and inde- pendent states; that they “are ab- solved from all allegiance to the British crown; and that all connec- tion patween them and “i er ligen of Great Britain is and ought to be dis- solved,” There, in ne short paragraph, is the whole Declaration of Independ- ence... You can even find this very wording in. the closing sentences of the Jefferson draft. Lee’s resolution was debated June 8 and 9, and it was the Lee resolu- Senet hich came before Congress on ‘Mand’ Wad ‘to be passed before “ad expanded declaration was taken . uj One~ “other “Continental _ Congress- man who stepped aside to give Jef- . the honor of willie the fa- document. was John. Adams. 8 to wile it. ft, wrote Ad “I had wa unpopular and 7obhoxious for’ mre. ai cTicootin rds peel in ee fact would, Sheree more cri AVRWRRNOY 98 page pores) ‘MRS. CHAPLIN FILES ANSWER TO CROSS BILL Film Comedian’s Attorneys Study Newest Bundle of Wife’s Charges i i ‘OTHER WOMAN’ TOLD OF | Lita Claims Her Friends Were; Offered Money to Make Statements Los Angeles, fragment eck of the jes Chaplin matrimonial ship! left on the legal shoals today th oo comedian’s attorneys studied Chaplin's newest bundle of | against her distinguished or husband, from whom she is seeking a divorce. In an 18,00 word. answer filed ye: ferday to the actor's dross gon plain irs. Chaplin described jelf as | having been a frequenter y secon, hand stories and a patron of bas ment bargain counters, the designer | and seamstress of her own clothes jand subject to her famous husband's | Japanese valet in financial matters. A $2 hat purchased from the ba : gain counter of a San Diego depa ment store served as her best head- gear, she said, {4—~More i Denies Accusations On her husband’s ¢ wes that she was too friendly with “a certain young man,” and with an automobile} salesman, Mrs. Chaplin's answer de- nied all of his accusations. She made the first specific ch:)ge against the actor of improper ass: ciation with another woman Th poommveds she said, in July, 1925, in a bungalow owned |by Chaplin on his Hollywood studio lot. Other instances in the Chaplin Beverly Hills mansion and other places in southern Califor- | ‘nia were mentioned. The woman was unnamed. | An automobile salesman whom she} knew, many of her acquaintances and persons with whom she had any con- tact, ineluding beach boys at Hono- lulu and oilers aboard the steamer City of Los Angeles all had been ap- | proached by persons who said they were representafives of her husband, she declared, and received offers of money to inake statements to the ef- fect that she had been indiscreet, Detectives Watch Her She accused her husband of having arranged for her trip of last sum- mer to Hawaii in the hope that he would be: able to obtain evidence against her. Detectives watched her every movement, she declared. In answer to her husband's charges of over drinking, Mrs. Chaplin de- clared that after taking the first drink with her husband, on his urg- ing, she sometimes drank wine in their home. She recounted a visit to the home of one of his friends where she took one drink, somewhat unwillingly and after urging, but with disastrous effect. She became so ill she was unable to eat her din- ner and was forced to lie down. 1,789 New Autos" | Registered During | Month Just Closed New passenger automobiles bought | by North Dakotans during June | totaled 1,789, according to informa-' tion compiled by the Bismarck Serv- ice company from records in the state registrar's office. / Sales for June,/ 1926, ‘totaled 2,696. ‘ | New car sales to date this year are less than half the total for the same period a year ago, comparative figures being ose to 18,975, Cass county had the most new reg- istrations with 201 and Ward county was second with 144. Registratio from other deading. counties were: Barnes 54, Burleigh 82, Grand Forks 139, Morton. 49, @Ramsey 90 and Stutsman 70. Motor truck s' during June totaled 193, the same as for, Ju te] last year. ‘The total for the y: date is 878 as compared with rd for the same period in 1926. 4, The Fae eenen er ener RN HTT Acosta’s Collar, ' Bone Fractured | ° Paris, July 2—P)—Bert Acos- ta, pilot of the transatlantic plane America, ix suffering trem aw tractured clavicle and — must wear his arm in a sling, it was learned today after an examina- tion of the American aviators. Commander Richard E, Byrd, leader of the expedition, is so fatigued and nervous from strain of, the flight th storm and fog, that he must fore- xo all social affairs for the next ew days to devote his time to complete rest and rehabil.tation, Physicians, after a thorough cxamination, said that Command- er Byrd had nothing the matter with him except nervousness and great fatigue and that he must give most of his time to Festing | for the present LINDY ESCORT | KILLED WHEN | _ PLANE FALLS Was Member o of Squadron Which Accompanied Fiy- er From Detroit | Ottawa. July 2—@)—Tragedy nie the arrival here this ernoon of Colonel Charles A. Lind- bergh to atiend the Canadian diamond | jubilee celebration, when one of the airmen accompanying him fell to his death It was while the squadron was circling over the field taut the plane driven by Lieut. J. Thad John crashed. There w around the flying field, and it was! some moments before it was estab- lished that the pilot had been killed. Colonel Lindbergh, who had already | landed in his transatlantic plane “Spirit of St. Louis,” went to the spot and viewed the wreckage before | taking his place at the head of the procession which was formed to es- cort him to the cap! His famous smile was replaced by an expression of sadness, which was | reflected over the entire crowd of! thousands of people who witnessed the accident. All the other planes, which had escorted Lindbergh from Selfridge Field, Detroit, landed safe- ly. ‘Lieut. Johnson's plane was said to! have been thrown out of control by a collision with the plane immediate- ly following him, when he suddenly changed his position in the forma- tion, The American officer made a gal- lant effort to save his life when his plane begun to fall. Spe s said that when he shaken himself clear of his plane, he could be seen turning in the air as if to hasten the opening of his parachute. He was dead when the nearest spectator reathed him, Banks Will Report Their Conditions ge} aft- } ‘almost to. the bursting on Last Thureday | state bank examiner today issued a call for the condition. of ail | state banks in North Dakota at the| close of business on Thursday, June! 30, * — P) — The, today Washington, July 2. comptroller of the currency | issued » call for the condition of ail | Devils national banks at the close of busi- | ness on Thursday, June 30. St. Paul, July 2.—P)—A, J. Vei-| | gel, state ‘commissioner of banks, | | today issued » call for the condition | Hettinger . of state banks as of June 30. Flying Cross May - Be Awarded Byrd Washington, July 2—(P)—Award| of the distinguished flying cross to Commander Byrd will be reeom- mended to President Coolidge by Secretary Wilbur. In addition .Sec- retary Wilbur said he would see what could be done to take official cognizance, of the part in the trans-|, atlantic flight by Byrd’s three com- panions. The flying cross, the highest amer-| <e™ Ee ican aviation award, was given to Lit rgh and to the Pan-American goodwill flyers, to civilian flyers. Accidentally touching the aon a $10 0 gold nes a 2 Calforae| banker was jcc bearing the spread It cannot be given [closing two phot RIBUNE [awamw L ETON | PRICE FIVE CENTS ‘THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE CROWD R. R. STATION 1 Saal Frenchmen Cheer Byrd and Companions Wildly on Ar- rival From Ver-Sur-Mer HEROES OF THE HOUR {Men Expect to Remain,‘in Paris a Week or So—No Definite Plans Paris, July 2.—4)—Commander Richard E. Byrd and his three eom- panions on the transatlantie flight of the giant monoplane America: ar- ‘rived in Paris from..Caen at 12:28 p. m, today, receiving a tremendous ovation from a huge crowd at the St. Lazare railroad. station. The great crowd filled the station joint and overflowed into every nearby street. So dense was the throng that Com- mander Byrd: and . his companions, after a short reception upon. their arrival on the station platform,- had to fight their way to waiting auto- mobiles. while the crowd. cheered — and threw flowers in their pat Despite a heavy rain the American aviators, who had battled for 42 hours with fog and storm in thei transatlantic flight which ended the early hours of yesterday on the beach at Ve Sur-Mer on the coast a miles west of given a reception such as that et to Charles A. Lindbergh twho so quickly became the darling of Paris on his own epochal flight. ane Place du Havre, in front of the Lazare station, was crowded as it ia not been before in the mem- ory of veteran Dens d'armes. Passageway- Jammed Men held women high in the. air | to watch the passage of the American flyers while children wormed their way through inconceivably small places to get into the front line and the big police force stationed all along the route had the hardest kind of work keeping a passageway clear for the procession. The tremendous enthusiasm. was not confined to Paris and every sta- tion along the line from Caen. where the American aviators went — last night from Ver-Sur-Mer. was ‘jammed with people when the train passed. So eager were the crowds to. see their new heroes that the windows of (Continued on page three) — Weather Report j Weather conditions at North Da- kota points for the 24 hours ending at 7 a. m. today: Temperature ut 7 a, m. Highest yesterday Lowest last’ night Precipitation to 7 a. Highest wind velocity Temps. in inches Amenia . | BISMARC! | Bottineau Crosby L Dickinson Dunn Cente: Ellendale Fessenden Grand Forks © oPrecipitatio SBLSPLIAHighest 5 3 socege im} Jamestown Larimore Lisbon ... Minot ... Be ae Moorhead. Minn. % <s WEATHER For Bismarck poe vicinity: Inereas- ing cloudiness tonieht. probahl coming unsettled ‘Sunday, tonight. ‘For North pereen ener Fv probably