The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, July 29, 1927, Page 1

WEATHER FORECASTS Partly cloudy ight and Satur- day. Somewhat mer tonight ————— ESTABLISHED 1878 ‘ ———_—$———————————_————— ‘A Cities, Many: Towns Completely Wiped Out Event Is Described as One of Most Terrible in All Times— Mountain Falls on One Community—Popu- : lace in Great Misery London, July 29.—(AP)—Scenes of death and terror are described in the first detailed account to come out of the “wild west” of China of the great earthquake, which occurred in Kansu province on May 23. The details, telling of the complete destruction of the cities of Sisiang, Liang- how, Tumentse and Kulang, and innumerable towns and vil- ges, the disturbance may be classed among catastrophies of all time. Mountain Moved. Monsignor Buddenbrock, with a casualty list estimated at 100,000 show that the most terrible \ Vicar Apostoline of the Stey! Mission at Lanchow, Kansu, gave the details in a letter, an outline of which has been sent to the Westminster Gazette by its Shanghai correspondent. It says that in Liangchow alone, at least 10,000 were killed, while a moving mountain completely wrecked the city of Tumentse. Scores of worshippers at mass in the church at Sisiang were over- whelmed by the sudden collapse of the edifice as subterranean rumb- lings were heard. Priests worked for hours administering the sacrament to the dying and carrying the injured to places of safety." Not a: house: in Sisiang escaped damage, and in each dwelling there were dead and dying. Througout the. earthquake area the p&pulace suffered untold miseries. Big Fissures Appear Monsignor Buddenbrock says that ‘at some places, great fissures ap- peared in the earth, from which a eish black liquid spurted. te in June .a report . reached Shanghai that a very severe earth- quake had ruined the greater part of Liangchow, in the northern part of Kansu province, near the Mongolian border, on May 23 This was the date on which seismographs of three continents recorded. a. heavy _ earth shock, Calculations by the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey in Washington were’ that the remote province of Kansi ‘was’ tle scene of!" the disaster. Seven years ago, Kansu was rent by a terrific earthquake, which al- though little advertised, teek a toll @f more than 100,000.” ~~ st STATE DEEDS ROLETTE LAND FOR NEW PARK Tract’ of 27 Acres Turned| Over to Historical Society. TO MARK CHURCH SITE Located Near St. John— ‘* Local Committee to Take Charge Deed to a tract of 27 acres in tte county has been received by the State Historical Society and plans now are being. made, for. the. opening of a state park near St. John, it was, suid here today. ‘The deed was granted by the Great Northern railroad which acted at the suggestion of ‘residents of St. John and vicinity who were desirous of preserving the site of the St, Claude chapel, the first church building in Rolette county. and the center of the rst settlement in that The next step in the plan to make ite a state park will-be th intment by directors of the hi of » local-board which pol torical societ; ill have charge of marking th japel site and beautifying t¢! grounds. It is hi Many slants com- _ mon there are found nowhere else in the state, offi f the historical iety are inform : At E it there is no other state park in the Turtle Mountain region, the nearest being at Walhalla. Ps have been taken, however, to acquire title to 9 small’ tract on the top of St. Paul Butte, the highest ‘ation ie mountains .on the American The St, Claude. chapel, the site of ich the new state park serve, was built in 1883 by Fat sionary priest, $< 1. Road Conditions| \(Mercury readi Bismarck—Partly ba Ty ther | at 7 8. m. tod: will} © FLOOD ALSO CAUSES HAVOC, SAYS SHANGHAL 10,000 Reported Drowned and 100,000 Homeless in Strick- en Country DAMAGE IS_ $2,000,000 River in Fukien Province on Rampage—-Second Disaster | of Kind Recently Shanghai, July 29—(AP)—The Bhih Pao re~ jung river in Fukien province. mountain floods were parti- calarly destructive in the region of Changchowfu, west of Amoy, the damage being estimated more than $2,000,000. A Shanghai dispatch, July 14, reported a flood disaster in Anh- wei province which is far north. Fukton province. More 1,000 deaths were reported e Ani lood, which was wed by the overflowing of the istze river Murderer of Five Faces Death Chair Fla, July 20—()—Ben- nklin Levins, charged with the slaying of five members of the Merrill family here last May, was found guilty without recommendation of mercy by a jury in circuit court today. ‘The sentence carries a pen- alty of death by electrocution, Scorching Weather Kills Three in N. Y: \ New York, July 29.—(#)—Another scorching day was in prospect for; New York when the thermometer seemed likely to equal, of surpass yesterday’s maximum of 87. Thr persons died yesterday from prostra- ‘Weather conditions at kota points fer the 26 ho jay: Temperature at 7 a. m. Highest yesterd Low las North urs ending 51 3 in inches Amenia ... BISMARCK . Bottineau Hettinger Jamestown ©000000000020000000Precipitation jarck and vicinity: Partly ahd Saturday. Some- tonight. Da-| ton for the Burlei 7 | the Slope count BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, JULY 29, 1927 BOAT CAPSIZES; 27 DROWN EARTHQUAKE KILLS 100,000 IN CHINA/Squall Sends Passengers AIMEE. PLANS TO QUIT JOB, SH DECLARES Evangelist Says She Will Leave Angelus Temple in Near Future TO HELP NAME PASTOR Plans to Remain in Office Un- til Minnie Kennedy’s Squab- ble Is Ended LOOKS AS THOUGH SHE WILL LEAVE RIGHT SOON Loe Angeles, July 28.—(AL)— Aimee Semple McPherson declar- ed today that there “is no doubt. of an immediate change” at her Angelus Temple here, an.ough she announced publicly lant night that she was going to resign as leader of the temple and move to other fields of evangetlam. Los Angel .—4P)—The Times says je. McPher- son will durrender control of Angelus Temple as soon as her position as pastor can be filled and the present squabble between the evangelist and her mother, Mrs. Minnie Kennedy, can be settled. Torn between her desire to con- tinue her work here and the wish to engage in world evangelical work, the evangelist said she had made her choice und would leave Los Angeles, according to the Times. Will Submit Resignation evangelist announced she would submit her resignation to the church committee now engaged in reorganizing the business affairs of the temple. The newest difficulty broke out a few days ago, when Mrs. McPherson charged that her mother, Mrs. Minnie} Kennedy, business manager of the temple, had attempted to usurp her place as head of the temple, and re- moved Mrs. Kennedy on the ground that other church leaders demanded it. Mrs. Kennedy charged her daugh: ter with underhand methods and de clured she had not beet peful fc the “protection”“which gave her while her story of the kid- naping was being attacked. nver ne will be necessary for me to re- main in charge until the unfortunate difficulties between the church and my mother have begn amicably set- tled,” Mrs. McPherson said. “I am hoping that a new. leader can be found and the church difficulties can be straightened out during the next three weeks.” Denver, she said, had movement to found a temple similar to Angelus Temple, where she wonld appear periodically. The same plan would be followed in Chicago and New York. From these points her organization would extend through the United States and into foreign countries. HEBRON WAN IS ACCUSED OF FORGERY Peter Eberle, Charged With Getting $150 to $200, Caught at Linton The After a chase of months, extending over the western part of the state, ‘a man who was alleged to have forged | and passed checks, estimated at a total of between $150 and $200, was taken in custody yesterday at Lir- county sheriff's Peter Eberle, 22, of Hebron! an? ine is alleged to have ‘ checks of the Fairmount Creamery, company, Fargo, at towns all over office. He Eberle is to have bis pretimina: hearing tonight before Justice R. ne. ing that Eberle; who had ‘the North Soo re- pe, sherif! offic re. At Linton, the sheriff, Fisch took him into, alleged to have, y, id. to have passed checks at a number of towns, in- cluding Wilton, Wing. Driscoll, Bter- line and Hagelton. He is being held on a charge of forgery. Russian, 113, With 54 Children, Seeks started | { IBREAKUP OF {Washington Believes That ‘Monday's Session Probably ;_ Will End Conference §OME STILL HOPEFUL. Bt nar rs Will Seek to Act as ? $ Mediator Between Two | Countries CABINET CALLED London, July 29—(AP)—The British cabinet convened late thin aiternoon after having been « hastily summoned, several min- inters who were en route to the country for the week-end being recalled, SUGGESTION OFFERED Geneva, July 29—(AP)—A sug- gestion which the British claim might solve the present difficulty over eight inch gun cruisers and by the same foken save the tri- partite naval conference emana- C. Champion of the ‘s air force, who has just starred in another aviation thrill While Champion was more than miles above Bolling Field, Washing- ton, in an attempt to break the alti- tude record, the motor of his plane exploded. ‘Champion piloted the powerless ship to a safe landing. COOLIDGE IS DRAWING CARD FOR PILGRIMS President Sees More P This Than Any Past Summers gestion was that the delegation ask for the right to build more eight inch wun secondary cruisers tnan ix under the British Plan submitted yesterday, and that the British would look fa- vorably upon such a proposal, prov.ded the British total ton- Washington, July 29.—()—Term- ination of the a tripartite Pnaval conference without the accom-| lishment of a limitation agreement | js regarded in official circles here as in all probability likely to occur at, its plenary session on Monday,| but interest continued in the wateh-/ ing of the parley’s developments, | centered on the hope expressed by| British delegates that the conversu-| tiong would be continued, today; Is EVIDENT Route to School Building Is Lined With Cameras Ready to ‘Shoot’ BIG HAT However, the major attention of the state department offici was devoted to careful stud; new British proposals, which expected to be the final turning point of the parley. The official text of |the proposals did not reach Wash-| |ington until late last night. ‘A, cursory review of the proposals; indicated to the officials, however that the British plan did not change! the fundamental differences of the conference over the cruiser strength problem. The general reaction here was that because of the likely fail- ure of the proposals to meet approval the conference probably would break up with little further delay at Mon- day's session, ENGLAND HAS NO NEW PLAN TO OFFER Geneva, July 29.—(@)—The British delegation has no intention of sub- mitting any new pronosal for a tem- porary arrangement concerning cruis- ers. A British spokesman told the Associated Press this today, when asked about a report circulating in naval conference circles that such was Great Britain's intention, The spokesman added that the pro- jected Geneva treaty would in itself be essentially temporary since i would run only for 10 years and moreover another conference must be convoked in 1931, under the terms of the Washington treaty, to di: whether technical and scient! development warranted making /any modifications in the existing size of warships. The spokesman further said that the British delegation assumed that Hugh S. Gibson, chief of the Amer- ican delegation, had cabled the text of the British proposals to Wash- Rapid City, July 29.4) ar away here Black Hills r idence President Coolidge is actually eeing more persons than during any of his past summer visits outside of Washington. Each day brings a new caravan of automobile tourists along the wind- ing rad, which leads past the state game lodge. Few of the travelers whose cars bear the license’ plates of many states, are satisfied until they have hada peek at the presi- dent or Mi i S. D., in hi Hands lapped Most have learned that on almost every morning, Mr. Coolidge is at his desk in the school building in this city and the street in front is al- ways lined with ears of tourists, who usually greet the president with handclapping as he enters and leaves the building. : ‘The front row of the crowd await- img his departure from the building comprises, on most occasions, a line of kodaks and cameras and the ama- teurs frequently plead with the presi- dent to hult a moment to give them ample opportunity for a “shot.” ‘Also, there are a number who ob- tain permission to go inside the building and there shake the hand of Mr, Coolidge. Front Porch Reception In the afternoon, if he is not fish- ing or horseback riding, the president is frequently on the front porch of the state game lodge, usually wear- Chicago, July 29. man, the depths. CLARK TAKEN T0 PEN; WILL HANG SEPT. 28 Red Rose Slayer,’ Captured | in Minot, Cannot cape Gallows \ Fatally Stabbed San Pedro,| Cal., Sailor Nearly 2 | Years Ago | HAD ESCAPED FROM JAIL. bos Angeles, July 29—()—-Ear! J.) Clark, “Red Rose. Slayer,” who .fa- tally stabbed’ haries Silva, San’ Pedro sailor, nearly two years ago, tuke da: was | to San Quentin prison yester- | to be executed September 23. | The slaying resulted from Silva! civing Clark's sweetheart, Mamie Stephens, the red rose as a love! pledge, and Silva's alleged attempt) to aid the girl to flee. Chief, Figure Through uppeals and jail escapes, Clark “made desperate ‘attempts to| evade the death penalty. He was aj| chief figure in a sensational escape with seven other prisoners from the county jail in March a year ago. He was the last fugitive to be captured, being discovered in Minot, N. D., last January, where he had married and set up a small business. DU PONTS PLACE SURPLUS GAINS Purchase of Steel Stock Does! Not Mean Combine With General Motors New York, July 29.—()—A plan of corporate management whereby suc- cessful concerns use their surplus funds to purchase stock in other suc- + cessful firms is the explanation of- fered by the New York World to for the purchase by the Du Pont in- terests of 114,000 shares of com~on stock of the United States Steel. ing one of his broad rimmed hats. He is easily visible there to the pass- ing motorists who park their cars in fields nearby and hasten back to get as close as possible for a pic- ington and thought that the British delegation would not: wish to explain or comment on the British plan un- til Mr. Gibsocn had heard from Washington. Japs Not Pleased The Japanese have already referred to the conference as a “washout,” and have set Monday’s plenary session as the date for the final breakup. The Americans do not see a particular | brilliant prospect for the conference's {termination along the lines honefully laid down by President Coolidge when he suggested the parteys. rejected British proposals were ¢ a‘few hours after the return to Geneva of W. G. Bridgeman and Viscount Cecil. the chief British del- egates, who had gone to, London to confer with the cabinet. ‘The understanding is that the Jap- ‘aswell as th ed with the proposals. objections were based on the| yw that the plan would curtail the liberty of the United States and pilgrimages have _been Black. Hills residence and more are on the program. 0 the occasions the visitors are re- ceived on the ‘ront porch or, if, the crowd is too big, on the lawn im- mediately in front While other presidents, whether on a campaign tour or a pleasure trip, have seen more parts of the coun- try, Mr. Coolidge had“the ad- ntage of a restful idence, as thousand: of the nation ha HP. CHAIRMAN Old Age. Pension Joly 29—1)—Andrew Juk- ee old resident of Omsk | in Siberiap has come’ ag bar’ erigdlag jr ant gf e entit! to an ol pen- Hon.) Hg has 64 children, the oldest of whom is 80 and teaches school at Omsk. * Mi A a 113 ARNEGARD BANK DISSOLVED An Pg dissolving ac [ano geod Bank of Arnogard,- issued 1° y Japan to ‘build secondary cruisers having eight inch guns; that the ish had relinquished the stand be limitea by that ‘under schem Unit ates navies would have to accept six inch gun crulsers. As made public, the British pro- poshia placed the combined total ton- bed cruisers, destroyers and sub- jarines below the age limit for re- 000 tons for Great United States and PASSES AWAY nected With, Northern Pa-_ ‘cific, Dies at St. Louis bush, chain rectors and fo) earl fe Death was di pant ‘three * would a maintain 25 per tion of cornorate and private wealth, says the World, are not taken ser iously in responsible financial circle: The Du Ponts, points out the World, merely were following their previous policy, as when in 1920 they pur- chased a dominant interest in Ge eral Motors. Du Pont now rec annually between $15,000,000 _and $25,000,000 in dividends from its Gen- eral Motors holdings Escape Taxes The World says there are two fac- tors for investments by corporations in one another—the yield is higher ‘than that of bonds and the returns in dividends are not subject to taxa- tion. In lesser degree, says the World, this practice is being followed by scores of corporations. It points out that Allied Chemical and Steel owns approximately 100,000 shares of Uni- ted States Steel and that the General Electric company owns an-equity in the Radio Corporation of America. IRISH GUARD TS FIRED ON Attack Is Made on Military Shots Exchanged Dublin, July. 29. | mountain VICE PRESIDENT | Engineer | Others Hurt jpy {Noted Passenger Asleep at Suggestions that the Du Pont pur-| ably averted wrecking o chase foreshadowed a vast combina-| train. \ nine investigating Mont Blanc to Be Called Mussolini Rome, July (#)--Mont Blane, highest peak of the Alnus, is renamed Mont Benito Mussolini in honor of the fascist premier, This was announced today uration on ti iret of a serie cainps taining youthful blackshirts univers The 1 of Alpine thousands of} of the fascist renaming of the IV take place August 12. | — | DAWESINFATAL WRECK IN SOUTH Killed + and Two | | Special Train TRESTLE GIVES WAY, | | Time of Accident—En- gine Only’ Falls Memphis, Tenn. July 29.—()—Ons | man was killed and two others seri-! ously injured today when the locomo- | tive of a special train bearing Vice President Charles (3. Dawes and his party, plunged thréugh a trestle on) the Yazoo & Mis: pi Valley | railroad, near Head, Mississippi. | The vice president was asleep in his berth and was not awakened by the accident. Structure Crumbles Sam Jones, of Memphis, engineer of the train, J. F. Horton, also of Memphis, was seriously injured, as as Henry Fletcher, of Greenville, traveling en- gineer of the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley railroad, The trestle which gave way spanned a drainage ditch which car- . to Serene or} ‘as killed, his fireman, | THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE [huaior] SS UT EE EEE ne eee PRICE FIVE CENTS Rushing to One Side of Ship in Lake Michigan VICTIMS OF DISASTER MOSTLY WOMEN AND CHILDREN Fifty People Are Saved in Thrilling Rescue By Millionaire Yachts- men—Crew Do Heroic Work—Inquiry Under Way (AP) —Whipped into a wrath by a sudden squall, Lake Michigan dragged down the excursion steamer, Favorite, a half mile off Lincoln Park yesterd: t- ernoon, drowning 27 holiday makers—seven little gir’ te me little boys, 10 women and one Today, still angry, the lake pounded away at five tugs anchored under a leaden sky at the scene while divers groped about to make certain the last victim had been taken from The tragedy came almost 12 years to a day from the date of Chicago’ 2 disaster, the sinking of the steamer Eastland, with a loss of 812 ees fhe two eeauttad from the same cause—the rush of passenger: Ashore the authorities set themsel Two women, who were believed mi The two resulted 3 to the port side of the ship. and fix blame. gz in the disaster last night, were found safe at me. : _Although the lake looked angry, boats with divers tugged at their anchors as waves broke around them, the spot where the Favorite capsized, as the search for additional bodies went on today. The last body recovered, that of a boy, had been washed in toward shore. Caps, articles of clothing and other | salvage were brought up by divers who, after four hours’ work had jfound no other bodies, Crowd Starts Gaily It was a gay crowd of excursionists that left Lincoln Park, aboard the vessel in the late afternoon, for the two-mile ran to the municipal pier. _ A two-piece negro orchestra—ban- jo and mandolin-—strummed “I’m Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover"; children scampered along the two decks and the elders hung over shore- Ward rails, admiring the Chicago sky- ine. Suddenly, when a mile out, a rain- storm broke and with it came a gust of wind out of the northwest. As the captain, Arthur Olson, who has sailed the luke 18 years, sought to head his boat into the wind, the passengers rushed to the port side, away from the driving rain. The boat din sharply and as the lake water rushed over the decks, turned over. sree Fight bad Preston jldren, candies and popcorn still jatchedih thelnceiwmmde yt wee free themselves, but the weight of chairs and other encumbrances on deck held them under. thrown free of the boat a of these grabbed up belts and rafts as the steamer righted itself and sank until all but the roof of the superstructure was submerged. The five members of khe, crew escaped and these, all experienced suilors, saved many from drowning by tossing life preservers and rafts to those in the water. The Favorite's two lifeboats ulso were unleashed, and into these clambered a number of the survivors. Word of the tragedy sped along the luke front, a popular resort for swim. mers, and small boaté put out to the rescue. The first to reach the scene was Mr. Hofnauer'’s yacht, Dorris. Hofnauer and his companions saved a number of persons. Captain Is Arrested Today a triplé inquiry into the accident was under way. One was an inquest, investigations by Michael Hughes, chief of police, and State’s Attorney Robert Crowe. Olson and his crew were ar- rested shortly after the tragedy. Out of the sudden disaster came | acts of heroism and devotion. Olson, at the wheel of the boat, leaped | through i cabin window, into the ried about 18 feet of water, The wooden structure crumbled beneath the impact of the heavy locomotive. Messages from the scene of the ac- cident stated that the train was run- ning at low speed, due to the weak- ened condition of the roadbed as a result of the floods which have swept the territory. This fact alone, of- ficials of the railroad declared, prob- the entire DOCTOR SHOOTS TWO ROBBERS Thugs, Posing as Patients, Arouse Chicago Physician’s Suspicions and Gets Drop ‘ Chicago, July 29—(%—A doctor beat two gunmen at their own game last night, killing them both when they attempted to rob him. identified, posed tering the doc doctor, had been robbec patients on en- offices but the e Pi a, drawer, whip) a pistot fired before they could level their weapons. Staggers Out One fell dead but the other stag- changed. The the milit it emi ary, su ther ire Harry . Hardwick, 17, "Val outh, fs'being held in the cou ere ‘0 fapuing vines ind Si father own: + wi re is in’ Valley The robbers, who have not been: per andj water, turning back to drag sever lof his passengers from the boat | Pulling himself along the sides of | the boats, he also cut away preserv- Lers, tossin’ them to persons fioun- i dering near the steamer, His daugh- | ter, Katherine, 9, also assisted sev- jeral children to gain rafts or boats. | Leo Sobato, an army officer, whose ‘hand was mangled, told of throwing | four children into a boat, Sobato | related his experience as his hand ‘was being dressed: | ““] got four kids and a woman, The boat was full of water and we could not get any more in. A girl started ling out with a strawhat. I was When the Favorite went down ed ———" and_he swooned, Visitor Is Heroine Opal Helton, 18, of H visiting in Chicago, litle girls through a window and held them ‘afloat unti her of the crew pulled them into a lifeboat. “It was terrible, I wish I had gone down with the boat,” Olson mur- mured as he watched his steamer | being raised. : “It’s horrible—horrible, I ithe boat's master shouted. best I could—I tell you, man, it was terrible and I had only recently spent a lot of money improving the Fa- vorite.” Sixteen year old George Holmes, of wed his father and at- cue his mother but she om shock and hesrt dis- A Premonition ‘A mother of five children. Mrs. Gertrude tell you,” “I did the » I tempted to had died fr. ease,