The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 11, 1927, Page 1

% "7 a Partly cloudy and “unsettled to- night and Pri ‘Warmer males 'ABLISHED 1873 Senator Fess, Ohio, Pred THINKS PARTY WILLINSIST HE “BE CANDIDATE Country Will Demand, That, © President Seek Reelec- tion, ‘Solon Believes REFUSAL IS NOT LIKELY] Railroad Consolidation, Farm Relief, Flood Situation " To Be Discussed Rapid City, S.D., Aug. 11—(P)}— Railroad consolidation, farm relief atid the Mississippi were problems opened to disci by President Coolidge today with Senator Fess of Ohio. and Represent- ative W. E. Hull of Illinois, who came into the Black Hills for sum- mer conference at the state game lodge. keaching the summer White House yesterday in time to attend the Rush- more memorial exercises with Mr. Coolidge, the Ohio senator predicted | Py, KNOWS,HOW TO RIDE Rapid City, 8. D., Aug. 11 (®)—President Coolidge knows broke into a to rear till to be shown, but.so far as waiking and trotting Mr. Coolidge kn all that ary to get along. x. Plain to a couple of cor- spondents, who rode with him to Rushmore mountain yesterday, that he knows more about riding than his casual rides in the dle would seem to warant. He knew how to keep up the horse’s head when it started to stumble, how to pull in the reins when the animal shied at something along the road and how to sit easy in the saddle for a trot. The horse which Mr. Coolidge rode yesterday was istletoe, known around here as a “buffalo chaser,” because he is frisky ‘and fast. Mistletoe loves to trot and act up and.those who have ridden him know he is everything a horseman would want. that the president would be nom- inated by the Republican convention next year in spite of his determina. tion to leave office. Larger Naval P: He brought with him, tion that congress would in: Foreseen naval program which would place the American navy upon an equality with ritain in the event President Coolidge was unsuccessful ig guarantees for limita- tion at another armament confer- nce. Senator Fess made these state- nts he rode with a couple of ndents in the sad- on his ushmore. | that of Great at. obtain’ m nm per corres} dle behind President Coolid, return Keystone from 7 lent Coolidge doe: sige anothe: (Continaea on page ‘Rise of Mercury & Tt may not be $0 warm today But wait until tomorrow. ‘The mercury will climb on up To everybody's sorrow, not de flood situation ||: term as his maiement THE SACCO AND VA BIS icts: OUTLOOK FOR ———_—— —__+ 6 | Curran Reappointed |: o-—-—___——_—__ -—-——____—-_~+ | garh FAVORABLE JULY WEATHER BOOSTS _ CROPS IN GENERAL Yield, ‘However, Esti- mated as Smallest in 26 Years—Increases Predicted} in Estimated Yield of Spring Wheat, Potatoes and Tobacco Washington, Aug. 11.—(®)—Favor-| able July weather has resulted in improvement in the agricultural de- partment’s outlook for crops in gen- ©: eral, with the corn yield, in spite of | a substantial increase in estimated production, still forecast as the smallest in 26 years. Increases in the estimated yield of springwheat, white potatoes and to: | bacco, As compared with estimates of ‘July 1, were, noted in the depart-| Vee i Le oS i James P. Curran, state from 1919 to 1922 and again during the past two years, has been Yeap- pointed to that position for another -year period. printer JAMES CURRAN [AGAIN CHOSEN ‘STATE PRINTER of Any Incumbent; Starts Fourth Term Curran, state printer, who pointed to thet office for term by the stete printi: commission Wednesday, can claim ‘that he has broken -a record. ‘Phin “is Mr. Curran's fourth ‘term | as state printer and marks the lon; ‘est term any man has he ‘fice. He was state print j to 1922, re: ing in the middle of his second term. He was i named state printer in 1925, appe inted this year. 3 » Curran, for a time after his resignation in 1922, was connected with the Bismarck Tribune comvany and then became editor of the State Record. He came to Bismarck in 1919 from Grand Forks. j In 1916-1917, when he was connect- ed_ with « Hibbing, Minn., firm, he was vice president of the Minnesota Federation of Labor and was pre: Grand Forks fypograp! cal union for several years. From 1920 to 1923, he.was secretary of the Bismarck typographical union. Members of the state printing com- mission which reappointed Curran are Frank Milhollan, chairman of the state railroad board; Robert’ Byrne, secretary tate, and Joseph A. Kitchen, commissioner of agricul- ture and labor. DERBY COMMITTEE MEETS Members of the committee i ment's August report, issued late with declines | indicated, winter wheat and fruits. Spring Wheat Gains Corn production was forecast at 2,385,226,000 bushels, an increase of ; 110,000,900 bushels as compared with! figures announced a month ago. Spring wheat gained — 24,000,000 bushels during the month, the depai , ment said, with production now esti- mated at 298,000,000 bushels, while a decline af 28,000,000 bushels was no! ed for winter wheat, placing the to-| tal estimated yield at 652,767,000 bushels. The -white potato crop was mated at 411,000,000 bushel pared with a five-year average of 394,000,000 bushels. An improvement of 39,000,000 pounds in the tobacco estimate was announced, with the total yield indicated ag’ 1,138,000,000 pounds. The apple crop was reported to have undergone a dectine of 9,000,-, 000 bushels, with fruit prospects gen- erally more unpromising than a/ month ago. Below 10-Year Average Corn, oats and most fruits were} reported as the only crops in which an acre yield below the average of the last 10 years was expected. The yield of all crops. combined was esti- mated at one per cent below the 10- year level. Corn growers were warned that,! in spite of the more optimistic fore- cast for their crops, most of it is so te that, but for a late warin fall) there maybe serious frost damage. | KIDS: PICK OUT LINDY AS NAME FOR TAG'S PONY Boys and Girls From All Parts of Country Show Love for Airman Lindy is the name of Tagalong Mc- Goosey’s pony. : The last letter of the last big bundle of letters that have come to The Tribune suggesting names for the new pony in the kles and His Friends” comic strip has been checked and rechecked. And the re- sult is— LINDY. Now, besides giving the pony e that he likes, and that Freck- of arrangements for the Na ‘Air Derby here next month, held a meeting_last night at the As. socjation Commerce chambers. Plans for the event were discui Another meeting is to be held few days to map out definite plans. Bismarck was ‘cool yesterday, with the mercury reaching an onl: maximum, but it went Nigher, today and .will The prediction ‘i lightly warm: Napoleon, Fessende! with maximums ef warmest places in the state yesterday, whtle Grand Forks, with 75, was th coolest. At 3 o’clock this. afternoon the gov- nt thermometer registered 86 @ zero. ‘Mercury readings st 7 s. m.) roads good, , 68; roads good. inkato——Clear, 70; roads good. phester—Cl 69; roads good. F rood. C B — Er shooting ig as Joyner, 20, das bon her [Temperature and } | .Road Conditions | —> ntinue its rise tomorrow. and Crosby, were the last nigh! Precipitation to 7 Highest wind velocity .. 2 BISMARCK Bottineau roats arty rather see cigs tities Partly ck led ton! $e BALL TOURNEY. PAIRINGS ARB: DECIDED UPON Drawing Held Last Night: Mandan Meets Mercer, Giants Meet Lehr Friday’; SIX TEAMS ENTERED Winners of Friday Games Meet Bismarck and James- town Shopcraft Nines With six entries received for the iasouri Slope basball tournament e held at Baker field here Aug- ust 26, 27 and 28, drawings for posi- tions in the event were held last. night at the Association of Commerce rooms. The result of the drawings were as follows: Mandan and Mercer to play at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon; Oliver County Giants of Center, and Lehr, to follow. Bismarck and the Jamestown Shoperafters drew bye: Saturday afternoon the winners of the Giants-Lehr and Mandan-Mercet mes are to play Bismarck and Jamestown, respectively. The championship game will be Sunday at 3 o'clock. Pep may be added to the tourna- ment with the possibility now put forward that the Jamestown band and the famous Oliver County Juve: nile Band may come. The “home town teams” are trying to arrange for these bands to make the trip. The ismarck men entered . are: Kelty Simonson, “Doc” Love, Charley Boardman, Floyd Fuller, “Babe' Mohn, John Sagehorn, Ole Elliott, Louis’ Lenaburg, N. 0.’ Churchill, H. Webster, B. A. Nelson, Leo De- Rochford, Edward Tobin, E. Adding- ton and G. C. Jones. Entered by the Jamestown Shop- crafters are Lindbloom, L. M. Pyse- ley, D. Schneider, H. Scott, G. Erick-' son, L. Pocolle, N. Powell, E. Raud, H. Schauer, P. Singer, P. Boehm, H. Fergus, G. Deeds, P. Willard and H. Heinmiller. Mercer has entered the following! men: H. W. Johnson, F. Heupel, P.! H. Raugust, Ed. Pi Wentz, F. Sprout Prigge, H. Hey, Leif, J. Leif, Aon G. Pierce. ‘ The Oliver County Giants, with headquarters at Center, have entered B. B. Conyne, C. J. R Wonn, Abner Larson, Clarence Scherer, Kenneth Light, J. Flowers P. R. Matteson, Boyd ight, Henry Price, Harvey Smith, L. B. Cox and Earl Light. ‘ Sacramento Show House Destroyed; 3 Firemen Hurt Sacramento, Calif., Aug. 11—)— Three, fire were injured and $400,000 loss caused by a mysterious fire which destroyed the new State theatre here early today. Efforts of the entire Sacramento fire depart- ment were required to keep the flames from wiping out @ whole busi- ness block. Nearby residents declare the fire was preceded by two explosions. Fire officials believe this to have been ‘ag and ail the rest of the pen-and-ink kids like, these hundreds of letters prove aainething that Mis. ouri Slope mothers and fathers ca pretty proud of. For they prove that Colonel Charles Lindbergh is | the present-day hero of childhood. In all, there were more than 750 names suggested, 80 you can see what a task it was to keep an ac- curate check on every . And. the total number of ‘letters from boys and girls all over the country was 24,000. Others, too late for the con- test, still are coming in. ‘0 be sure, since Colonel Lind- bergh is the hero of the hour, his nickname was not the most original of the names sent in. But since it hows the sincere admiration of the youngste! A in am 30 many thousands other name suggested, The Tribune ry no choice but to call the pony k Beauty” Second name that received the next largest number of vot in their or- der, were: Black Beauty, Prince, Bobby (after gobby Bacon, ‘the lit- A boy whom ‘Tagslong found), Tony, ‘and Gyps: ‘agalong - and Freckles and Mr. , the artist, huve asked The to thank all the boys and girls who are so much i ated in their Some tee aa they t a 4 names for the pony. Tag says that Ne ecauat acknowledge letter individually. there Sf ter et eee ki Is he knows that Rin playing with 5 But for}. The theatre, which was operated as a motion picture house, had been cleared more than an hour before thi blaze broke out but midnight crowds had not yet dispersed and the entire olice force was called out to muin-, jain orde! Indians Go On ) Warpath in S. A. Paz, Bolivia, Aug. 11.—(P)— nds of Indians have gone on rpath in the Pocoaia region, 200 miles southeast of La Paz, several La Thous: ie about killi The Indians are said to be advanc- ing into the farm country, with gov- ernment troops actively engayed in an attempt. to pacify them. + persons, ray reports, y| Teaching here from Potosi. BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 11, .1927 NZE When an Interu rban Wrecked a Bank building after the crash. Dole Air Race From ’Frisco to. Honolulu Postponed Two Weeks LINDY’ TAKES FORD FOR RIDE Detroit Auto Manufacturer GAMMONS CASE GOES TO COURT State Auditing Board Or- dered to Show Cause for | Not Paying Salary ‘An alternative writ of mandamus was issued in district court here to- day to compel the state auditing board to show cause why it should not approve payment of the salary of John Gammons, industrial commis- ion secretary, for the month of July. The mandamus order is returnable August 22 and a hearing of the case is expected at that time. * The state of North Dakota is made thé plaintiff in the case on behalf of Gammons and the members f the auditing board are made defendants. The complaint avers that Gammons is and has been secretary of the in- dustrial commission, that no one has legally been appointed to take his place, that he worked during July and:presented a voucher for his usual monthly salary, and that instead of allowing him $233.33 the auditing) board allowed him only $52.68 as pay- ment for his services for the first sevemmdays of the month. Further showing is made that the voucher for $52.68 was drawn on the trial commission’s balance of which remains from appro- priations made in previous years and that this amount is available to pay the salary of the secretary. The,complaint makes no mention enor Sorlie’s action in ap- x “Gilbert Semingson, state “examiner, to perform the du of ‘secretary, of the industrial com- misston without pay. Since that time, however, Gammons has continued to do the work of the office. Service of the papers in the case was made on State Treasurer Fisher this morning but Governor Sorlie id at noon that he knew nothing f the su No indication is available as to the defense which will be made to the action, The governor said he had no comment. ' Red tape, an éxpression sit eo formality and delay, had its orig in the red tape once used in tying up official documents. Governor A Petition Filed .in Executive “Office Charges George H. Purchase With Misconduct, Malfeasance and Habitual Drunkenness. rre.H. Purchase today by five Sioux Removat. drunkenness a. gross in- it changes iim with refusing ‘to is: oper complal sked to Remove Sioux Co. State’s Attorney proseedings wees He progre: embers. of, the Sioux coui poearate cae At that time, it Heged, Purc! delayed the trial by getting drunk. ~ -He is charged with falling down the stairs of a Mandan hotel while drunk, with having been lodged ‘i the Bismarck jail.to “sober up” and with earing. at a dance at Self- Tidge, Blows county, on July 30 and not. only. publicly drinking liquor him: but of, giving it to his ; etaamhich the complaint, at- leges, is }0 great hemil on and d of, the electors of the county of Sioux.” ‘Petition fee in geared ‘and P, J. Jack: | ponement of tomorrow's $35,000 Dole Flight Committee and De- partment of Commerce Is-| sues Order, Claiming That) Entrants Are Not Proper- ly Equipped or Qualified San Francisco, Aug. 11.—()-—Post- flight from San Francisco Bay to] Honolylu....becausg..the_entries who have thus far. presented themselves “are not now properly equipped or qualified” was ordered today by the flight committee and the department of commerce subject to the approval of the Honolulu chapter of the Na- tional Aeronautic association. | _The committee announced its de-| cision to the Associated Press after] a meeting which lasted well into th early hours of the morning. A state- ment given out said that the starting committee had decided to recommend the postponement of the start of the flight for a period not exceeding two weeks. “The recommendation was _ pre- mised upon the opinion that the lanes and the participants which ave thus far presented themselves! are not now properly equipped and qualified and that there is not suf- i time remaining in which to ary navigation tests, to start August! 12, the scheduled date, would present) hazards never contemplated by the! donor or the committee andthe re- sult ‘could easily be unfavorable. “It was further recommended that no additional entries be accepted for the postponed date.” DeValera and 44 Members of Party | Will Take Seats Dublin, Aug. 11.—(>) De | Valera and 44 other members of the | Fianna Fail Republican party, of| {which he is the leader, will take the! [oath of allegiance and their seats in the Dail Eireann Friday. The decision, taken unanimously! would consider the oath merely as} gan “empty formality;” that the Fian-| jna Fail would consider its only alle- giance to the Irish nation. 45 Republicans assuming their seats! in the Dail, there will be a strong| majority for the opposition parties and there is considerable speculation over whether the government of President Cosgrave will be able to/ hold out against it. The oath of allegiance to which the Republicans have directed their long standing op tthe Irish Free State as by tablished, and that I will be to his majesty, King George V, his with Great Brii ence to and membership of {of nations forming the British com- | monwedlth: of nation \Underwood Boy Hurt When Auto‘ Tips Over Underwood, N. D., Aug..11.—(Spe- elal to the Tribune)—Elmer Hepper, 12, son of John Hepper, farmer liv- ‘ing northwest of here, was badly cut bout the head and legs and was} bruised when a car in which he was pot igeed itr tig miles south of The boy was ridifg with his fath- is way back Even though some of them{ before might be able to pass the prelimin-! flight. at a meeting last night, was qualified! here, ‘by the announcement that the party|was little damage With the! the Sace: i sition is: i do solemnly swear true faith! end allegiance to the constitution of| nounced this afternoon that he would law es-| begin his transatlanti faithfpl| o'clock tomorrow mor: | mil ace » The This shows the A heavily loaded interurban freight train ran wild down a mile long grade in Ann Arbor, Mich., jumped the track at the foot of the grade in the heart of the business district and crashed at a speed of 70 mil hour into the front of the Farmers’ & Mechanics’ Bank building, causing $500.000 dam: occurred in the night and no lives were lost, the train crew jumping to safety. an lent wrecked GET 12-DAY RESPITE Coolidge’s Nomination Takes First Plane Trip With Famous Flyer took his first airplane ride and was taken up this afternoon. The de 1 Detroit, Mug. 11.—()—Henty Por today when he climbed into the cockpit of|contention of Arthur D. Hill, of de- the “Spirit of St. Louis” with Colonel ;fense counsel, that a few more days Charles Lindbergh at Ford Airport) a sion to make the flight ap-| Justice Sanderson to defer until to- parently was sudden, as no previous indication had been given either by those close to the motor manufac- turer or by Colonel Lindbergh, who spent the night at the Ford home after arriving here late on his nation-wide. air tour. yesterday Provision was made for taking Mr. Ford aloft by installing a seat in the plane. special The plane, after cruising above the field, landed about 10 minute: Although Mr. Ford is an enth later. stic backer of aviation and has invested millions in his own factory, he never had consented to make a After Ford had landed, Edsel Ford took his place in the plane and was taken up by Lindbergh. Edsel Ford’s flight with Colonel Lindbergh lasted about 10 minutes and immediately after the Spirit of St. Louis was brought to the ground, | Henry and Edsel Ford, Colonel Lind- bergh and others associated with the Ford organization were taken aloft in one of the Ford three planes. Bomb Exploded At U. S. Consulate In Sofia, Bulgaria) Sofia, Bulgari: The authorities, engined Aug. 11.—(@)—A bomb was exploded late last night in the garden of the American consulate No one was injured and there ter a hasty in-/}up a band of “saw and hatchet burg- vestigation, expressed the belief that the bomb was thrown as a protest in Vanzetti case. heavy guard. French Pilot May The Ameri- can legation and consulate are under Start Tomorrow Paris, Aug. 11.—(P)—Leon Givon, pilot of the Farman Blue Bird, Givon later qualified hi: heirs and successor by law in virtue nt by saying he would tal of the common citizenship of Ireland the woat her inl tain and her adher-| pated | er is better than it is Le anics began filling the ire ” tanks late this afternoon. ‘Help Is Wanted to | | Fight Forest Fires ||,” oo 5 flescaped when JUDGE DECIDES TOREFER CASE TO FULL BENCH Governor Delays Execution Less Than an Hour Before ‘ Time Set nite NEW REASONS GIVEN Supreme Court Justices Ex- pected to Meet Tuesday For Hearing Boston, Aug. 11.—)—Twelve more s of life have been assured Nicola § and Bartolomeo Vanzetti. Fifteen minutes before their march to the death chair was to have start- i ed, the warden at Charlestown prison 19 brought them word that Governor Fuller and his council had announced a respite until and including Aug. 22. The delay was ordered to pefmit a ruling on a writ of error by State Supreme Court Justice Sanders. s Decision Is Favorable : Judge Sanderson today announced that he will allow exceptions to go before the full bench on his denial cee of u writ of error in the case of Sacco and Vanzetti. The announcement came after a conference of more than two hours in chambers with Arthur D, Hill, de- fense counsel, and Attorney General Arthur K. Reading. A bill of exceptions was agreed upon, and after this has been formally worked up and approved Judge Sanderson indicated that he would allow it. ‘ It was said that the four justices of the supreme court who will hear the exceptions were all within 24 ‘ hours’ journey of the court house and had already been notified to hold themselves in readiness for the ses- sion, which will probably be on Tues- day ‘worning. A third respite, signed with the others less than an hour before the current would have been switched on for the first of a triple execution, stayed for the same 12 days period the death of Celestino Madeiros, con- victed of another murder and self- identified with the case of the other two. finally New Reasons Presented The dramatic announcement came after Governor Alvan T. Fuller, who once before. had respited the con- demned men and who only last Wed- nesday had turned down a plea for § clemency after. a long investigation, had presested to his councit new rea-_ sons for ‘delay. i‘ Those reasons, in brief, were the were needed to prosecute his 11th i hour fight through the remaining le- gal channels, and the decision (Continued on page three) 15 Injured When. - Bomb Explodes In Berne, Switzerland Berne, Switzerland, Aug. 11—(#)— The city of Basle was aroused today over the explosion of a bomb in a telephone booth at the street car station in the Barfuoplatz late. last night which injured 15 persons, one of them gravely. Two of the injur- ed_are women. Thus far the police have no clue to the authors of the outrage, but they believe it was intended as a protest execution of dkainst the The station is id Vanzetti. of ruins. Paris, Aug. 11—<()}—-One of the - two women injured last night in their explosion of a bomb in Basle, itz- erland, died this morning, soa Havas dispatch from Be The women was the mother of five chil- dren. . Band of ‘Saw and | Hatchet’? Burglars | Believed Broken New York, Aug. 11.4)—In the arrest of four men after a hand-to- hand fightin a dark cellar early to- {day, police’ believed they had broken lars” who have been rifling Brooklyn stores for weeks. ire | The burglars operated by prying their way into cellars with a large assortment of tools and then cutting through the floor to the store above. One patrolman was. injured {n to- day’s cellar fight. Police ‘@ summoned when a householder heard ‘ing in the- store building back of his home. Six officers entered the cellar. and be with black jacks as the bi jars, al numbering six, attacked ‘them with their tools. é Two of the men were subdued there, the other four fleeing. Two of the latter were caught but the others Patrolman De Nyse, who was pusuing, fell off a roof. Levine to Try For Philadelphia