The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, July 16, 1927, Page 1

i be “WEATHER PORECASTS Fair tonight snd. Sunday. Some- what cooler tonight, THE BIS CCK TRIBUNE (auomr] Saas s ESTABLISHED 1878 BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, SATURDAY, JULY 16, 1927 4 d F Se Si as SO es ra LYERS Vienna Is Plunged Into. BI 40 ARE DEAD, MANY HURT, SAY REPORTS Workers Set Palace of Justice and Other Buildings on Fire UDGES ARE BEATEN utbreak Centers Around City Hall — Socialists Are Blamed . Pai July 16.—()—Vienna, mong the. stateliest. capitals of Eu- ‘ope, was, plunged into one of the orst riots of,.its checkered history yeserday, but reports reaching Paris, both by way of Berlin and the Czecho- Slovakia frontier town of Bratis- lava, today indicated that the police, fter fighting all afternoon, restored semblance of order late in the eve- ing. ‘ How many fell in the battle it was npossible to determine. Reports vere conflicting, but it appears cer- in that not less than 40 persons ere killed and hundreds injured, hany of them seriously, The ma- rial damage was extensive. The palace of justice was ruined y fire started by a mob, and there fre reports that the ministry of ports as also set on fire and parliament louse, the opera house and perhaps her buildings’ were more or less se- jously damaged. Strike Is Called What made the gravity of the sit- ation particularly felt here, was the ct that all communication was sud- nly cut off at 7 o'clock last, night hen, in obedience to a general strike rder, the telegraph and telephone erators left their posts. The ostensible cause of the ovt- eak was the acquitta) Thursday ight of three Austrian monarchists, harged with shooting to death a jan and a boy during a socialist monstration in a village near the fungarian border last January. It is known, however, that the cialists were bitterly di pointed not having succeeded pected in the recent general ele lon, which, while it gave them i ensed representation, did not ge the state of the parties ma- tially and left the bourgeois groups control of the ‘administration. Mob Gets Usly From the welter of contradictory ories reaching here from neighbor- 1 counties, which might for polit I reasons, not be averse to color- ig the accounts, it is difficult to ce together exactly what occuried. pparently the workers called e in the morning and organized gigantic manifestation to prote ainst the verdict. They comma ered street cars and although the lice did their best to shepherd the onstrators and on the whole suc- ded, there were a number of shes in which shots were fired on h sides. Then the mob began to ugly. It was soon evident it was ting out of hand altogether, an light incident was liable to statt large scale outbreak, This was pvided by a fierce tussle between P police and a crowd in front of a rch on the Maximilian Platz. Police Return Fire Private advices, rece! at Bratis- by the correspondent of the vas news agency, state that when police tried to disperse the mob, of the Platz manifestants opened . The police are said to have re- ned the fire. Infuriated, the wd swept them down liki H rushed for the palace of ring down all opposition. rmed the building, cut the g set fire to the escaping ga a few salnutan eae whole edi was: wrapped .in flames. he Vienha correspondent of the rnal says the manifestants beat otherwise, illus the judges in thered all records and ‘could lay their hands land fed them to the flames. Oth« ds, he reports, at! ity building, parliament house the city hall, with more or le: ess and even began raising bar- des to prevent troops being ught up, t ighting also took place near the ‘a house, which is not far from of the leading. hotels, from h, according to the correspondent ithe Continental edition of the don Daily Mail, many tourists on, Rush Machine Guns ie worst batth 3 to have fought around tl city hall. ding to pressure from. govern al leaders, the chiet- ot police ded to rush machine guns th e at once rs being kil d tl th justice, mn. It parent the mob wi te rah ee oe hati es e front of littered with dead. dad wounded in a short time, the int building resembled-s field hos- }. more than 100 persons iying Hing on the floors. By this time, Police had been reinforced and ‘hments of troops had also ar- with machine guns. rt from this, some of the most us fighting urred in the nfelstrasse, ‘where, according ialists, somebody fired on from a window, wounding ‘of the demonstrators, who col- d. The mob thereupon stormed house and threatened to in_ they foane in it to ‘saved by hang He was on! guard fit wi s well as? j|haye been constantly washed jist | result in _ Held in Killing in Louisiana James Beadle has been accused by Dr. Thomas Dreher and the widow of James J. Leboeuf as the slayer of Leboeuf. They say Beadle fired the shot that stigation mutilated thé body, sinking it in the lake near “Morgan City, La. Beaule denies the charges. WHOLE TOWN PUT ON BLUFF Red Cross: Also Has to Dig Out Another Due to Mis- sissippi Rives Rampage Washington, July 16.—(P}—Moy- inj whole town onto a high bluff a distance of half a mile and digging out another, buried under an eight foot deposit of river mud and sand, | Were two tasks of the Red Cross i its Mississippi valley flood recon- struction program. Columbus, Ky., with 1,000 popula- tion, is to be set high and dry upon a bluff half a mile away, as the river has been gradually many. of its buildings. during floods in recent year: By Melville, La. y the Red Cross as city ind parts of it are. still under water. Through the broken levee directly south of the broken levee direct}; together with quantities of mud, into its streete and houses. Abandon- ment of the town was considered for a time, the Red Cross said, but, since its population of 1,000 wants to go back plans have been made to ex- cavate it, Santa Barbara, Cal., Wins Homes Contest Four thousand communities throughout the United States, Alas- ka, Hawaii and the Philippine Is- lands, competed in the annual Bet- ter Homes campaign, which culminated in the observance of Better Homes ‘Week, April 24 to May 1. Announce- ment has been made of the award of fipst place to Santa Barbara, Calif. for the best all-round program of home _ improvement. This award carries with it a cash prize of $500, and is given to the community con- ducting a program of highest educa- tional value. The campaign is spon- sored annually by Better Homes in America, an educational _organiza- téon of which Herbert Hoover is president. Albert Lea, Mina., got special mention. ———_——— OO i Weather Report | Weather conditions at North Da. kota points for the 24 hours ending at 7 a. m. today: is Temperature at 7 a. m. 60 Highest yesterday 8 Lowest last night .. 59 Precipitation to 7 a, m. . 15 Highest wind velocity 24 ‘ipitation in inches ‘State of Weather Preci Amenia . BISMARC! Bottinéau Crosby... Devils Lake . Dickinson a Dunn Center .. Ellendale ...... 7 Fessenden .... Grend Forks .. ui ingdon imore . Cloudy Cloudy PtCldy. PtCidy, PtCidy. Cloudy Cloudy Rain Cloudy Cloudy Clear Cloudy Rai i ‘Clear. Clear Rain For Bismarck and vicinity: Pair tonight and Sunday. Somewhat cool- er _tonight. For North Dakota: Fair tonight and Sunday. Somewhat cooler east and south portions tonight. Some- what warmer Sunday east portion. Somewhat more settl conditions prevail this morning than for some time pest. High covers the entire Northwe: generally, clear: Li to wy preci me over the Great ooons See cocoate i ‘occur- Paine ae ae -four. hou Dakote being’ con: southern half of tii fl killed Lebocuf at the in-| Dr. Dreher. and then ‘Tu: ‘Oétictal te, ebnaae. | ta JURY DECIDES. GRASSY BUTTE BOY WAS SHOT 22 Rifle Probably Used, Ver- dict Says, Based on Doc- tors’ Reports NORTON IS RELEASED, New Clues and Much Conflict- ing Evidence Presented at Inquest Watford City, N. D., July 16.— (AP)—William Norton, who had been held in connection with the death of Matt Karlenchenko, 16- year-old Grassy Butte youth, was released from custody today. Action was taken by State's Attorney J. S. Taylor, Jr. after he had grilled Norton for several hours without obtaining any evi- dence on which to base a charge. Norton had been held in jail since shortly after the youth's body was found. { Norton has indicated a desire | to pay the lad’s funeral expenses | and to aid his estranged wife in other ways, Taylor said. Upon -his release Norton at- tended the funeral of his step- son and accompanted the body to the little gr near his home. jorton admitted that stepdaughter, Mary. | truthful, he said the j; mistaken when she told a coron- er’s jury yesterday that he had returned home the day | Matt's disappearance carrying i the shoes which the boys wore | when last seen alive. He denied | that he had seen the shoes since the time his stepson wore them away from home. Norton promised, before his release, that he would keep away from the home of his estranged wife, Taylor said. Watford City, N. D., July 16—() New clues and much conflicting vidence was presented to the coro- |ner’s jury which yesterday decided , that Matt Karlenchenko, 16-year-old | Grassy Butte boy, was shot to death, | probably with @ 22 caliber rifle. The | finding was based on the reports of undermining; two doctors who had examined the j body. | “Meanwhile, despite his “apparent ; willingness to tell all he knows and to aid the authorities in solving the mystery of the youth’s death, h stepfather, William Norton, still ing held in jail for further inve: tigation. Norton has even enlisted the serv- ices of a clairvoyant in his efforts to disclose the manner in which his stepson was slain and the name of the murdere Sister Testifies Much of the important evidence presented revolved around the shoes which young arlenchenko wore shortly before his death but which had been changed for another pair when the body was found. The only sensation of the hearing came when Mary, 14-year-old sister of the dead boy, said her stepfather came home at 10 o'clock on the morning after Matt disappeared carrying the shoes which he had been wearing when last seen by John Kukla, a friend. The girl said she said nothing regard- ing tl fact because she was afraid of her stepfather. The girl said Matt and John Kukla played cai at the Karlenchenko home until 4 o'clock uf the afternoon on which Matt disappeared and then left the house, taking with them a gun. c Kukla denied this and said he’ and Matt left the home at 1 o'clock and 3 when they separated. a few minutes Norton Gave Shoes to Boy Norton said he gave Matt the shoes found on his body the Saturda: fore the boy disappeared. The find- ing of the shoes worn by Matt when last seen and the manner of the dis- appearance of the new shoes from a granary where Norton said he left them is unexplained. Kate Norton, mother of Matt Karlenchenko and estranged wife of William Norton, said the beef hide fc in her home was from a beef killed by Norton four years ago and which he claims to have purchased from Wyett Lutterel, a neighboring | ‘ A Galaxy of Transatlantic Heroes this picture was taken on the steps WORK LET T0 GRAVEL ROADS Contracts Totaling $161,344 Are Awarded By State Highway Commission Contracts totaling $161,544.71 were {mission this morning as. follow | Graveling federal route No.°81, 14.8 miles north: from Argusville, Cass) county, $84,080.18; H. Pickus’ Con- struction company, Sioux City, Ia. Conerete bridge and earth filling on federal route No. 81, north of | Reynolds, Grand Forks. county, $1,- | 861.24; J. A. Jardine, Fargo. Graveling 7.9 miles of Red trail | west from McKenzie, Burleigh coun-' ty, $15,164.20; Earl C. Haggard, Bis- marck, Graveling 3.8 miles west from Mi-| not on federal route No. 2, Ward; $4,827. William = Coman, | Goodrich, Graveling 10.5 miles on state route 45, notth from Cooperstown, $15,- 164,20; H. Pigkus Construction com- pany. Graveling 12.1 miles south from Langdon, Cavalier county, on state route No. 1, $31,991.12; Si Brothers, St. Paul Graveling additional four-mile stretch from Langdon on state route ; No. 1, $8,756.11; William Thiel, Val- ley City. VETERANS PICK BUCK PRIVATE Barry Blumenthal of Chicago: Is President of. Rain- ~ bow Division Des Moines, July 16.—()—Barry Blumenthal, of Chicago, a former buck private, was elected national! president of the Veterans of the Rainbow Division today at the annual; reunion here. Blumenthal, an_ at torney, served in the 149th Field Artillery. Other officers elected are: First vice Bresident, Orville Carson, Colum- bia, Ohio; second vice president, Paul ; Muellikin, Indianapolis; third vi ranchman. Lutterel ified that he sold no beef to Norton. heriff C. A. Jacobson reported that he had sifted all the sand around the spot where the body was found but had found no bullets, John Ham- mered, justice of the peace and one of the coroner’s jury, said he believes he was within a few feet of the ‘spot here the body was found during the rch made for the lad- after his disappearance. Norton, it was developed, formerly bore the name Wasil Zakahayke but acquired his present neme when ‘he was admitted to citizenship. Marie Will Split Goods With Hubby Los Angeles, July 16.—(#)—The Examiner Marie Prevost, film star and her husband, Kenneth Har- th separation fin: of the screen, have taken | :, step toward making their by signing # prop- ment was announced by Ivon Pt declared, TH! The smartest and sport consist ixedo jacket, jo jacl " bite wool skirt and. exquisite Tulivred white crepe da chine’ blouse Duluth—Cloudy, 64; roads good; ’ Crooks B : president, Souter, fourth vice president, C. Zimingham, i chaplain for life. Resolutions passed asked the war department to fe the Rainbow Division, requ a battle mon on the Champagne battlefield endorsed national. preparedness. Action on a movement to form an auxiliary organization for the wives and mothers of Rainbow veterans was deferred until next year. [Temperature and | ‘Road Conditions | |. (Mercury readings at 7 a. ae “Bismarck — Cloudy, 60; roads addy. St. Cloud—Cloudy, 72; roads good. Rochester—Cloudy, 72: roads good. Hitook Cheng bs: roads fair. Jamesto Joudy, 65; roads fair. Mankato—Cloudy, 78; roads good. Winona—Clear, 70; roads good. Mandan—Cloudy, 57; roads muddy.|. 8 Fi Reinin~ 68; roads fair. | Hibbing—Partly cloudy, 65; roads}: Boads good, ton—Ch 193 Grand PorkeCieidy,” Berit. Lake—Cleas, 67; road ries dao N tenant George Noville, Byrd and Bernt Balchen; in the second row, berlin, and between Byrd and Balchen, Levine. jawarded by the state highway com-| fond of exaggerating,” he sald. - M.in some strange places but the fam- Father|ily has never been molested, due to! Duffy has been elected|the presence of the sacred’ animal, F dren ‘of the natural and geographical ment, bearin the Rainbow insignia things of interest he picks ap an hig and travels, s 61; roads | of the Internaticnal Club in Pa to-Germany flyers. Mill City Prisoner Escaped From State | Prison in Oklahoma Wichita, Falls, Tex., July 15.—(?) ames Clellan, arrested at Minneap- | olis, escaped from the Granite City, Okla., prison, where he was serv-' ing terms for three bank robberies | and Oklahoma City payroll holdup, it was learned tonight. John Long, police chief at Seminole. Okla.. doubted Clella alleged con- fession of 17 robberies. “Clellan ae DRAGON PAYS VISIT TO CITY); Chimese Sacred Reptile, 200 Years Old, Brought Here in ; ‘House on Wheels’ A Ghinese dragon, 200 years old, the enly one in the country, and re- clining quietly a lounge in a “house on wheels,” paid a brief visit to Bismarck yesterday afternoon. It was in the possession of Will A.! Harris of Point, Texas, who, accom- anied by his wife and daughter oretta, are making an international | educational tour of the United States, Canada and .Mexico. The party e up from the south and wi ia on its. way east. ( “Some dragons, held so sacred by the Chinese, are said to be 800 to 1,000 years old, but this one is only a youngster, 200 years old,” said Mr. Harris. “I got him from a_ soldier, who smuggled him from China. H had to smuggle him in; otherwise, the Chinese might have made him pay the death penalty.” The creature was about six feet long and beautiful in color, mostly green, with pearl: scales on the head. He feeds mostly on bananas! but she is fond of other fruit and vegetable “He very intelligent,” said Mr. Harris, as he parked in front of the Tribune. “He knows his way to the front of the car and will stand up with his forelegs on the window sill, like a dog.’ Mr, Hauris is, on his fourth year traveling in his domesticated car, which is on a Chevrolet chas: and of two rooms and a bath. He covered 40,000 miles and stayed the belief of Mrs. Harris. In the | ter Mr. Harris lectures in the xas public schools, telling the chil- Girls Get Scare Three Bismarck girls who went for @ stroll last evening thoyght they were in Florida for a few minutes. They were walking peacefully down stregt, near the new telephone building, when something loomed up in front of them on the sidewalk. rubbed their eyes, rubbed them in, and thought they were dream- en, what they saw began to . “That set them off. They ut- tered calls for belo. “One of them rushed into the phane building and ed for aid. ‘here’s an alligator on the side- walk!” she exclaimed. At first, the workers laughed. Then one,of them went back to the place whele the alligator was seen. That convinced “him. He captured the reptile and took it back to the build- ing, Rees it spent a comfortable ~ Nobody could explain where it came from until this morning, when the of the dragon, entered the te see if anyone knew where tor had gone. He said his |Of the seven American aces to fly the Atlantic this spring, only Colonel Lindbergh was on the o meeting of Commander Richard #. Byrd and his crew of the “America” with Clarence A. Chi At the left, hat in hand, is Bert Acosta, then Lieu- between Noville and Byrd, is Cham- Club members are grouped behind them. It was (AVIATOR HELD FOR B ROADHOUSE Illinois Mayor | Towan Claims Paid $1,000 bsent when ion of the mberlin anl OMBING to Him For Performance Waterloo, Towa, “July .16.—U)—E1- mer Kane, 26-year-old local aviator, was arrested here late last night in connection with the bombing of the Birger roadhouse » 11, 1926. Police signed statement mayor of West C jhim $1,000 and gave hi mobile as payment bombing. Kane at Marion, Ill, on had that Joe ity, TM. made a Adams, an auto- for his part in tae On the night before the bombing, the confession said, Kane was flying from Sparta, Ill, to Denton, Ill. in landing at Denton he had ‘a minor accident and while men, members of th repairing it, three whom he later learned to be Shelton gang, ap- proached and offered him the job of bombing the roadhouse from his conference air- ith several men, he said, including Bernie and Carl | Shelton and Joe Adams, the proposi- tion was discussed. Afterward, he suid, he flew his air- | plane over the Birger roadhouse while a member of the Shelton gang dropped the bomb: | waiting rooms and private office: | Two combination spread- flood} |lights and are lights of a million! that the plane : |candle power were installed to make | Large Number Enjoy Picnic With President and Wife A at Ardmore Ardmore, 8, D., July 16.—(?)—It! was the farmers’ ‘turn today to rub | with the president of: the | elhows United States. Great numbers of them from South | Dakota. Nebraska and Wyoming put | up their corn hoes and. pitchforks and turned the milking cows over to the unfortunate chore boy. while they put on their Sunday best to Ardmore to eat a and came nic ner, had_ paid | ' Educator's Mother, | ’ | Old Settler, Dead| mother of Miss Minnie J. Nielson, | former state superintendent of pub-| lic instruction, died at her home| here at op. m. Friday, after an ill-| ness of several months. | Mrs. Nielson was born in Glasgow, | otland, in 1852, and came ta Amer- | with her parents, Mr. und Mrs.| Stewart, when she was two! years old | She w married on April 9, 1873) to Wylie Nielson, who was engaged in the mercantile business at Jack- son, Mich, The Nielsons lived in son for six years and then moved | Barnes county, North Dakota. The | Nielsons arrived in. Valley ¢ the first time in April, 1874 The farm upon which they’ first’ made their North Dakota home is located in Stewart township, 11 mues cou | ; Valley Cit 1H | FRISCO BUILDS | BIG. AIRPORT Keen Riva'ry Prevails Among Ccast Cities For Trans- i pacific Race | Rae | July 16,-—(P)--A modern airport with three runway: the longest being approximately mile in length, is San Francisco bid for’ the honor of being the ii joint in the James D. Dole trans- c take-off committee 0,000. for it the Dole inducement for the to providing facilities, a citizens’ flight ndertook the raising of juirport south of the cit: ‘Several announced starters in the | jspectacular but hazardous sporting | iventure i ed they will use | San Francisco's field but others fa-| vor Los Angeles, Oakland and other | Pacifie co. irports. Gold Proves Lure triumph in ma flight from Oa to Hawaii has deprived any participant jin the great air derby from being ‘the first to span the Pacific. T lyemains, however, the thrill of the! ‘longest air race yet attempted and ithe pot of gold for the winners. | From the Dole prize, the first to arrive -at-Honolulu will receive $25,- 000. The second gets $10,000. Ap: portionment of supplementary prizes has not been announced. | There has been keen rivalry be- | tween Pacific coast cities for choice as the starting point for the 2,400- mile race but the Dole committee left it to each starter to select hi point of departure, stipulating only that it should be on the North Amer- ; jican continent. Landing may be made any place on the Island of’ Aahu but it is hoped land planes will finish at John Rodgers airport, four miles west of Honolulu and seaplanes at Pearl Harbor, eight miles west of that city. Well Equipped after the posting of the} ves, San Francisco inaugurated work on its new municipal airport | |near San Bruno and spent money |lavishly to make it attractive for the Honolulu race. The entire field covered with crushed rock and coat ed with gri Underground drain |pipes were lid to take cure of ai | flood waters that might result from ‘a sudden deluge, almost unheard of | |in this vicinity between May ani |October. A large hangar was erect- Jed with a beacon light on top of it., A depot was built with a fully equipped hospital room, lunch room, op. as | ‘possible night time test flying. After | the Honolulu race the field will be | used as a general commer and | airmail port. ! ROAD JOBS ARE AWARDED, Contracts Aggregating $170,-| | 931 Are Let By State High- { | way Commission | under the shade trees with President | and Mrs. Coolidge. Mr. and Mrs, on a special train from Custer, S. D., after a 15 mile automobile drive from the summer White Hous was looking forward to this opportun- | ity of seeing some real dirt farmers | of Red Trail While he | Contracts totaling $170,931.73 were! ‘oolidge were to come | awarded by the state highway com- mission sterday afternoon. Bids} ,on other jobs will be received at an-| jother meeting today. Awards were: Regrading 2.9 miles vest of Valley city, close at hand, he was interested in | $8,142.89, Lewis Walwind and Sons, the Ardmore government which is experime ing, something: he desired to inspect| crete carefully. station, ating in dry farm- A Varied Program In the sheen a desire by Presi. | dent Cgolidge. the picnickers bv Governor Bul kota, been invited, but tend. raga in the spee: spection trip were over, jake an addres: ‘were.to hear a speech | Mountrail counties, $13,890. low of South D: Governors Emerson of Wyom- ing and McMullen of Nebraska had | company, unabe to at- ehnraking” and in- re were | Lidgerwood. Concrete pipe, Fergus Falls Con- Pipe Company, $2,940.55; meta! culvert, North Dakota Metal Culvert company, Fargo, $3,051.72. Grading 2.8 miles of Federal route No. 2 through Tagus in Ward and bell and Campbell, Gr: City; cul ‘verts to North Dakota\Metal Culvert Fargo, $12 conerete | pipe, North Dakota Concrete Prod- | ucts company, Mandan, $753.38. |, Grading 15% miles, state route No, | 8. Underwood to Max, $45,738.74. on the program foot races. a bowerv | Steig and Olson, Esmond. dance, a baseball game and the rest} of that make up an old f the things time picnic. HOMEMEKERS HOLD ANNUAL CNIC PI Grading 7 miles of State Route No. 2. from Bonnie View. south, $21,- P. Zimmerman, Dickinson. | Berger Manufacturing com- pany, Minneapolis, $3,692.98. Con- | crete pipe, Kingsley Brothers, Mott, Elein—Approximately 150 attend- | $5,770.41, the annual nienic given by the| Gi Grant county Homemakers’ clubs,| No. 2 southward from a point four which_was held recently ‘» 9. crows! miles near Elgin. Miss Grace DeLong of Concrete ‘rading seven miles of state route south of L foe $10,483.: : 44. pine, Kingsby rs Fargo was in charge ot the prv.,rau | Mott, $9,709.88. of the day, which ‘had let it out last evening lae, when it suddenly disa | tainment furnished clubs. it noon, consisted of enter- by the various | A picnic lunch was served Grading state route No. 7. 18.8 miles east from Fintev. 11.50. ‘eludes concrete wo ing the jc .09, = | Graham Brothers, Frazee, Minn., in- Lt at PRICE FIVE CENTS. FINISH EXCITING TRIP TO HAWAII oodiest Political Riot in Its History SHITH, BRONTE PLUNGE INTO Win Honors as First Civilians to Make Trip From California | | Valley “ y . July 16—Aar—| | L Mrs. ylie Ni 5 resident of} | North Dakota ce’ 1879, and. the | | ics | PLANE IS WRECKED Army Aviators Take Pair in Triumph to Honolulu— Gas Supply Short July 16.—)—Having their uncertain flight to Hawaii by deliberately plunging in- to a kaiwe trees on the Island of Mo- lokai, Ernest L. Smith and Emory B. Bronte, explained as they. rested in Honolulu after reaching their goal today, why their radio was-silentfor five hours after they sent out calls and why they continued oniko terra firma without informing resewe ships that they still were in the aif. Antennae Hits Ground When still 500 miles or more from land, Bronte revealed, the failure of their gasoline pump led them to be- lieve their fuel was running ex- tremely low, and it caused the plane lose so much altitude that their railing wireless antennae struck the sea and was torn away. The decrease in altitude effect of resusci Honolulu, completed had the ating the gasoline pump and they shot up into the air again and headed for land without knowing how long they would last, without knowing whether their calls had been heard and uncertain of their bearings. Find Tanks Dry Navy flyers announced they had salvaged the motor and instruments from the wrecked plane and had found her gasoline tanks absolutely ‘dry. When the initial excitement and confusion had disappeared, Smith and Bronte had distinguished them- selves as being the first civilians to fly from California to Hawaii. They had won a battle with unfavorable weather, perverse luck and all the natural odds that flyers face in ng the sea with land planes. They had outsmarted fate by diving into the tree when their last drop of gasoline had been used, forestail- ing the possibility of being pinned beneath their plane in an upset. From the time they left the Gold- en Gate at 11:08 a. m., Thursday, un- til they were near their destination, they saw neither, Deluded rages _ Several times Smith reported see- ing stretches of “land” tempting enough for the exhausted flyers to alight upon, but the sights were onl; illusions—mirages cast upon th clouds and fog by the light of the of their trouble came 5 a. m. Honolulu time (Honolulu time is 24% hours behind Pacifie time and 6% hours behind eastern daylight saving time). At that moment they sent out their first SOS, after having concluded they had only enough gasoline to stay in the air another hour. They presumably were about 700 miles from Honolulu and 500 miles from the nearest land. “We are going to land in the sea, We have a rubber lifeboat, but send help,” several ships reported them as saying. Rush to Rescue Three steamers, the liner Wilhem- viina, the army transport Kenowis and the steamer President Pierce, turned joff their courses almost immediately and rushed to their aid. Less than minutes later, they sent out a new call for help,’ es gasoline supply suffici f them four hours. The plea for as- stance was continued Soon the Wilhemina wirelessed ‘ad settled to the wa- ter and that the ship supposedly was about 90 miles from it. All radio stations were silenced in the hope that further word would come from the monoplane’s radio. None came. Visions of possible disaster forced the ships toward the spot at , full speed. Then there was ‘wu long si- lence. Word of their forced landing at Molokai at 9:46 a. m., Honolulu time, was then flashed into Honolulu. Rescuers turned back on their course and army planes left from Wheeler field near here to take them off the leper island and bring them in tri- umph to Honolulu. Goes 2,340 Miles 4 The little monoplane, City of Oak- land, which had been groomed for weeks in anticipation of her over- seas flight, was virtually demolished. The plane was in the air 25 hours and 36 minutes, during which she traveled about 2,340 miles. Smith hopes to salvage the engine, but no jmore. } Still 60 miles from their destina- ion, Smith and Bronte wirelessed Captain Lowell H. Smith of round-the- world flight fame, now stationed at Wheeler field. Because Smith was absent when the message arrived, it lay unread for nearly two hours, while thousands were wonderin; what had become of the City of Oa! ind, | Once their fate became known, jarmy planes. came to their aid and brought them to Wheeler field. Prexy Now Dances Like Rest of Em Topeka, Kansas.—)—A_ “reform” literally started with the feet of Washburn college students eight nt ago has at last reached the ead of the school. President P. P. Womer is learning to dance. id He has turned ‘to a pastime that the campus until when custem forbade on the’ junior prom in 1919, x! dents carried out a conspiracy to’ |break the custom. Dr. Womer pee nes dancing lessons from @ 3 dancer, and “steps out on the floor”) student parties. 4