The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 15, 1927, Page 1

5 ans came Cloudy ‘tonight Tuesday. Casle . TABLISHED 1873 CK TRIBUNE [awe] ISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, MONDAY, AUGUST 15, 1927 PRICE FIVE C§NTS BAD WEATHER FORCES JUNKERS PLANES DOWN Elbert A. 1. Gary Dies Early T. oday ¢ at Home in N. Y. St. Paul Police Believe They Have Barrett’s Body ) | HAD BEEN BEEN IN ILL HEALTH FOR A MONTH! Internationally Famous Steel .Magnate Succumbs to Chronic . Myocarditis MARVELOUS CAREER Bedy Will Be Brought to Chi- Rago Wednesday to Be Buried Near Old Home New York, Aug. Aug. 15—(AP)— Cholee of a successor to Elbert H. Gary as chairman of the United States Steel corporation is expected in Wall street to be confined to a group of four men, with the leading candidate gen- erally believed to be Myron C. Taylor, lawyer and banker. New York, Aug. 10.—()—Elbert H. Gary, chairman of the board of the United States Steel corporation, died at his home: at 3:40 this‘ morning. Reports of Mr. Gary's death first began to circulate in the Wall street diftrict in the middle of the morning. Confirmation was not immediately available at the offices of the United States Steel corporation but when re- porters went to the Gary home at 11$0 Fifth avenue, an employe of the household made the bare announce- ment that Mr. Gary had died at 4 o'clock, He said all further, details would be given out in a statement at the steel corporation later. If! For a Month It was stated that the cause of Mr. (ary’s death was chronic myocarditis. He had been in ii! health for about a month. At the offices of the steel corporation, the exact time of death was placed at 3:40 this morning. TO BE BURIED IN ILLINOIS Chicago, Aug. 15.—(#) —The body of Judge E. H. bf will be brought to Chicago Wednesday. for burial near his old home in Wheaton, Ill. His two daughters, Mra, Rebért, W. Campbell, wife of the chi man of the board of tru \Northwestern University. and M Gertrude Uteliffe ot che cago, are at the Campbell honte in Evanston, seat of rthwest in Evanston, Seat of Northwest- Beyond that bare announcement it was said no details would be avail- able until somg,time during the aft- ernoon. , On the 25th of July Mr. Gary, who at that time had been ill for about a “week, was reported “on the mend,” and it was expected at that tithe thes he would return to his office within a few days. One of Mr. Gary's last- public acts was on the.16th of June when, by his hand over an electrically m, he set in oper- ion the gigantic electrified Home- von steel plant near Pittsburgh. perform this operation he sat in Be office at 71 Broadway and the feat involved building up a minute qui aw of ‘energy released from his. hand into great enowgh electrical strength to control the operation of the steel plant. Home on Fifth Avenue The home where Mr. Gary died is up town on ‘Fifth Avenue from the famous Gary mansion at 656 Fifth Avenue, said to be one of the finest residences in New York, which is nOw in process of demolition. The G mansion contained a marble staircase valued at $160,000. ae SE ae ats al Because the contractor tearing down the mansion estimated that it would cost the full value af the great stair- case to remove it, however, it was of- fered for sale for-§1 to ry pat 4 te birthday anniversary, rumors of fii ‘impending resignation as chair- ‘man of the steel corpor: Time after . time. rumors whick appeared to be based on- authentic info ‘ormation have been circulate, only to be provett base- ‘The general: belief that Mr. Gary was considering, resigning became renounced after th it meet- of the steel corporation’s stock- rs on April 19, when remarks raltition. that time were construed wersary oe Mr,.Gary cel- been recurrent. A month ma hg as su! ed "Two ing ee ago, when’ lieved he wee te i * Steel Magt Magnate Dies | opyright by Harris & Ew Elbert H. Gary Kibert H. Gary, chairman of the bord of the United States Steel cor- poration, died at his home at 340 o'clock ‘this morning following a month's illness. LANGER NAMED SOLDIERS ARE INCONTROL OP INCA UPRISING: Whole Division of Troops; In Use—Certain Sec- tions: Pacified DEATH TOLL .UNKNOWN| ist Agitators Incited Indians to Battie La Paz, Bolivia, Aug. 15.—)— Dreams of a new Inca empire, report- ed to be the goal of the Indian up- rising in various parts of Bolivia, ap- peared to be failing today, as troops euipped with the white man’s war devices were bearing down upon the rebellious hordes. A whole division of soldiers has TO REPRESENT AUDIT BOARD, Local: Atterney Named by Sorlie to Fight Suit Filed by John Gammons of William Langer, rek, to represent the state board in the suit filed against it by John Gammons, secre- tary of the state industrial commis- sion, was announced today by Gcv- ernor A. G, Sorlie. Gammons is seeking a mandamus order in district court to compel the auditing board to approve payment of || his salary for July. Commenting on Langér’s appoint ment, the governor said he felt tha it was up to the attorne: may generai’s office Lespennes the auditing Loard with cou Appointment id the auditing board none. Attorney General Georee| Shafer filed the suit against the board in the name of the state with r Both the governor Mand & Shafer said that Sorlie had asked the attorney general to provide counsel for the board but that Shafer had refused. Shafer said he G:u so on the ground it the board had not asked him for ice as to its action in refusing ‘o pay! Gursinond ealkey. Abe that, had it done so, he would have advised the board to pay it. Obviously, he said, he could not appear on both sides of question or appoint any member of bes) staff to represent the auditing ithe governor said that Langer's fee be paid from the ° fund con- trolled by the state emergency com- mission, consisting of the governor, Secretary of State Robert Byrne and Commissioner of Agriculture and La; bor J. A. Kitehen. ”“Weather Report | Report oe Weather conditi at ‘North cae kota points for the 24 hours ending at 7 a, m, today: Temperature at 7 a. m. Highest yesterday Lowest last night Prev ion to 7 wind velocity : 24 SS howest Seearkee =: on, Aiabost geneqesesecsess Al Pr BISMARCK Botfineas . Dickinson Ellendale Fessenden Grand For! eeesssesae \ Napoleon e s Williston Moorhead, Mi *For past 24 hours, Cloudy PCldy. The above pene is for the 48| to hours ending at 7 a.‘m, today, 1p time. WEATHER FORECASTS For Bismarck and Mg rnc Cloudy tonight and mostly fair, Cooler. For. North bane Meg ten under- and mony fair Tuesday. is this afternoon or Halak past ‘Cooler tonight, si msEtlons Coolet\ Tuesday east PRATHER CONDITIONS her bir pre- it Plain ranging sean th joy since” it has funts cor, been brought into action and the gov- ernment, claims to have succeeded in pacifying certain » sections. When the remainder of the troops detailed to the campaign reach their destina- tions. the government contends the | situation should be brought control quickly. ‘Hope For Success Lost In the failure of the Indians in the department of La Paz to join the movement, the Incas have lost their principil hope for sucegss, and if there is truth in the government’s ‘claim that the danger of a rising in La Paz is over, then it probably is {merely a question of time until the ‘ disillusioned natives in the more re- mote regions will be obliged to re- sume their menial labors, Clubs and slingshots are proving inadequate urms for the restoration of Inca power, pitted against the rifles, bayonets and machine guns, and the Indians now are making a pitiful defen: | The. Se ft white persons killed by the isin the regions Bitected is ‘not ) et mown, ‘and~probably ai exact decount will never be obtained. Communists Blamed Placing the blame for the trouble entirely on communist agitators, the government declares that, after a re- cent abortive plot to overthrow the government, these agitators incited the Indians to bring about restora- tion of the lost glory of the Inca em- pire. | In La Paz city all is calm, the In- jans going about their usual duties their Bicbureanne garb. The white | population, although greatly outnum> bered, is s! lesshielieaaatenasi no signs of alarm. 8 MINOT MEN ARE HELD IN ARSON PLOT under One is Former Minot Post/ :master—Two Out on Bonds, Others in Jail Minot, N. D., Aug. 15.—()—Wil- lian’ sly and Fred L. Anderson, the later a former postmaster of Minot, i lay are at \iberty under bonds of $5,000 each, and a third man, whose mame the authorities decline to re- vet is held in the county: j all facing charges of attempted arson. The three men were arrested late Saturday following an ‘attempt, it is alleged, to burn a residence at 203 Third street northwest, believed to belong to Anderson. The alleged at- tempt is said to have occurred Thurs- $y night. reliminary' hearings hay been demanded for Kelly and Anderson by their counsel, Attorney F. J. Fun! and are scheduled to be. held Wedni "| day afternoon before Police Magi trate Carl N. Cox. Kelly and Ander. son were held in the county jail on- ly about one half hour Saturday ‘fol- lowing their. arrest, until they fur- nished the large bonds. which were set by M ees abe ae Fn Jere prices. ras [maa apprehende. ni ordin; authoritie: if nd ee A ‘alleged br | ru officials to have said ee admit chee | * atended ‘to fire the house, ae which: he claimed he wae to receive sum $100 | Fra ormed in. ad ie: ok pha t Informed. in. advan: is for it | the Popes oer of hous, rd- in ‘house, and ee the ma- ody; trives | Ma |Government Claims Commun-|' i Is I Dead — - James Oliver Curwood, infection from which he had been suf- fering for the past week. FUNERAL FOR CURWOOD T0 BE Home in Owosso, Mich., Late Saturday Night “Owosso, Mich, Aug. body of James Oliver author and‘ noted beside that of hi in the small graveyard here, gregdtional church here. fection originating in his throat. daughter offered her blood to tempt to assist her father t- away quietly. At his eaatia were Mrs. Curwood, wood, dr. Another daughter, an illness in Albany, N. RAIN DAMAGES | Lodging of Uncut Heavy Between Here and Minot, Is ‘ Report Considerable damage to grain crops resulted throughout central and west- ern North Dakota last night as the result of the heavy rain, according to to the weather burcau here. tl, 1.56 inches falling there three hours. Advices to the weather bureau here | said that it was raining at 10 o'clock this morning at Dickinson, and B: marck experienced an additional rai o'clock this morning. Although unshocked grain suffered some damage, the priheipal loss was! the result, of the lodging of uncut| grain, advices here showed. The lodging w: ted. especially heavy” between Bismarck and Minot. Williston reported |1.08 inches pre- tion to 7a. m. today and Bot- ybad 1.07 inches." Ressenden ‘90; Minot, 85; Napoleon, 46; Cronby, 243 Dickinson, 87 and:Bis- fonieat and cee Man Stops in aes rom Seva Return ie J. saehetontrom Froid, © 4 » Titus Rich- ay ion! ‘ar ved in lamar by : plane heir ‘ret Stinnespa oe jater in ; font Ie Si ve Bonar Behn pray fi. famous writer of stories of the north coun-{ try, succumbed Saturday at his home in Owosso, Mich., to a streptococcic) HELD TUESDAY} Noted Authbr Dies at His 15.— (P) —The Curwood, conservationist, who died late Saturday night, after a week's illness, will-be laid to rest father and mother Funeral services will be held Tues- day afternoon from the First Con- Mr. Curwood died at 11 o’clock Sat- urday night as the result of ,an in; A in the fight to resist the effects of the in- fection, but after a short rally, the | author rapidly weakened and passed one daughter, Mrs. Antonio Jirus of Detroit, and a son, James Ojiver Cur- Miss | Viola Curwood: is convalescing from GRAIN CROPS Grain | | airport. 5 of an inch having fallen since 7) yead ‘!NINE PLANES | IN READINESS FOR AIR RACE 17 Men and One Woman wil Leave at Noon Tomor- | row For Honolulu FINAL TESTS ARE MADE Flyers Expect to Reach Hawaii 22 Hours After Leaving Oakland Municipal Airport, Oakland, —(P)—The first long distance gerial derby in history, over a tr Oceanic course 2,400 miles out in the Pacific, will be under way at noon| tomorrow when nine planes will swing into the airways for Oahu, main island in the Hawaiian group. Seventeen men and one woman Miss Mildred Doran, 22-year-old | Michigan school-teacher—will travel _.| towards Wheeler Field, near Hono- lulu, for a $25,000 first prize and 10,000 second award, the gifts of james Dole of Hawaii. { ly today, but one plane lacked | approval. The ‘Dallas piloted by Capt. William Erwin, distinguished wartime flyer, which arrived here a few days ago, ion tests and ted "to before noon, the deadline tor federal certifica-j tion of official entries to the Dole starting committee. { ‘to Leave One at a Time \ The planes will carry nine tons of ; frasoline, averaging a ton of fuel to each plane. They will dash do’ take-off runway, permitting on plane to get into the air at a tim Originally there were 15 entrant: in the race. Two failed to find planes, three rlanes crashed en route to the take-off place resulting in| three deaths, and one has been un able to get away from his home han gar with his new plane. Today the airport was a stream just’ from the roar of, motors pits through their final paces before post time tomorrow. The pilots and navi- gators were cleaning up final details focident to their departure, the most important of which was sending wardrobes to Honolulu by steamer, for they all feel certain of landing on Wheeler Field shortly after dawn| Wednesday. Ten minutes would elapse between take-offs. The list of starters, in the order of take-off, is, as follows Starting Order 1— The monoplane “Oklahoma,” | piloted by Bennett Griffin, Al. Hen- ley, navigator. ih _2—Norman Goddard, San Diego, | exp gston G. Irving, war ace,' gz alone in a Breese monoplane. | ely sa es SO Md fe a ge Francisco Examiner's “Golden Eagle,” | navigated by Gordon Scott of Santa | Monica. | S—Augey Pedlar of Detroit, pilot, | Lieut. V. aw tr San Diego, nav- igator, carrying Miss Mildred Doran, | 22-year-old Michigan school- teacher, 8 passenger. Pakayurt’s “Air Ill, and navigated by Ralph ¢ Lowes, Jr., Peoria, Ill. The plane is the smallest in the race. 7—Martin Jensen, 26-year-old fly er from the Hawaiian Islands, car ing Paul Schluter, master mechan’ in the navigator's cabin, They w fly a new Breese monoplane, pur [chased by citizens of Honolulu. /<"g--Arthur Goebel, Hollywood stunt | flyer, piloting a monoplane, navigat- eq by Lieut. William C. Davis, U.| ‘9—Captain William Erwin, “Dallas Spirit,” navigate H’Eichwatat, | ‘The airmen expect to be in Hono-| «(lulu 22 hours after they leave this) piloting) TOO SLOW FOR HIM Stoughton, Mass.—Leaping from hi fjre truck in front of a burning house |at the flames and waited for the He waited and le house was in there still. was no water, Tye dropped the nozzle, threw away his helmet, ; | and quit. the fire departme: + BOARDING. HOUSE BOMBED ‘Washington Pa., Aug. 15.—(P)—A hoarding house the open shop Tyler mine of the Washington Gas * «at company was bombed today. Five negro oecupants, all non-union miners, and the proprietress. a ne- gress, escaped injury. Windows in sonore! paarey, _bannee ad Trip)’, 7% bomh, ba ‘was placed on Trip} thereat 7g Police are without clues seer Or EEG. > — jozzelman John Tye pointed the hose '' Three ree Fiyers Killed | The figure 13 played a- finent part in the crash that killed Lieu- tenants George Covel and R. S. Waggener (above) as they were flying from San Diege to San Francisco to take part in the air race to Hawaii. They had position number 13 in the race; their plane had 13 instruments; the ailerons were lowered 13 inches from’ the ground and George D. Covell had 13 letters in his name, This pic ture, the last ever taken of them, shows them just before the take- off. Covell is on the left. Below, is Capt. Arthur. ¥. Rogers, another’ his home hangar near Los Anaviee SACCO BREAKS — HUNGER STRIKE Takes asses of Beef Broth | After Physician Tells Him He Must Eat Boston, Aug. 15.—44)-Nicola Sac-| co broke his fast today after start- ing upon the 30th day of his hunger; strike by refusing breakfast. Dur-| ing the forenoon he took a quart at beef broth. “The time has come, Sacco, ibe | you must eat,” De. McLaughlin, the prison physician, told him plained that the process nary medical sent for the beef tea. Vanzetti joined in ‘the pleas Sacco, who merely shrugged. his; shoulders and insisted he did’ not} want to. When at last the doctor, told him he would have to, he gave in and as he started to drink a cup-| ful of the broth he held {¢ up and | ell, I hope this in no way uf. fects the success of the case. I hi to eat: under compulsion, ee ronnie, 5 Lives Lost in Fire at Montreal Montreal, Quebec, inne hf Py Five wear, were killed six in- jured b; » smoke and debris from Ad “a yn which blasted hal Branko td a wf Frigg ignited an apartm jouse t Vinzehso Collette, ra lo¥t his life while ponrraing see 8 for ae ated and four children who Smoke entering’ a ae ggrene atory flat asphyxiated ‘ee members” of" the ‘eeDgnala: foray en remes tale ‘were trying to Fire a in the imreee se cxpigsion. an ordi- treatment ‘and then! "MAN'S BODY IS | FOUND ALONG COUNTY ROAD So Badly Decomposed and Burned By Sun That Iden- tificaition Is Hard INVOLVED IN KILLINGS Authoritics Learn Barrett and Another Man Were Liquor Hijackers | } St. Paul, Aug. -—(PI—A decom. posed body, with a bullet wound {through the neck and believed by police to be that of James Barrett, j Whose wife and sister-in-law were ain in their home here last’ week, s found last night alongside county road near St. Paul. After police had first announced ithat the body was that of Barrett, j they declared that they were not so certain of it early today after. sev- ‘eral of Barrett's friends had viewed the remains at the. county morgue. Identification Not Certain The body apparently had lain in a field alongside the road for four or five days and had been burned al- most black from the hot sun. Th made positive identification uncer- tain. Police had been searching for Bar- ‘rett since last Thursday when h | wife, Mra, Ruth Barrett, and her si: ‘ter, Mrs. Lillian Kooser, were found ‘shot to death at the Barrett home here. They are believed to have been kille because they “kn too jmuch” about recent bootleg killings jhere, which have taken a toll of 11 Idives in a year and a half. Mrs. Kooser's husband surrendered to police Friday, but was released | after questioning, Involved in Four Killings In tracing Barrett's movements prior to his disappearance, police declare they have learned from Bar- rett’s friends that he wi at Jeast four of the r here, These include the deaths off three men and one woman, aceording to police. The authorities said that ee ioe and another man, who was la ed, had been “double crossed Mine hijacking of 1,600 quarts of whiskey and that four slayings resulted. Barrett organized and was pres- ident of the Federal Acceptance Lor- poration, a 000 concern here, which refinanced automobile deals for delinquent purchasers. COUSINS CLAL IS THAT. OF BA RET St. Paul, Aug. 15.—A)—Two cou- i El Encanto,/entrant in the Honolulu air race,| sins of James Barrett, whose wife an Diego, who was killed in a trial flight at! and sister-in-law were slain in their | home here last week, today identified | Be body of a man found alongside a | country road near here last night, as fa of their missing kinsman. Although the body was too badly | decomposed to permit direct identi- | fication, personal clothing and the ‘facts of Barrett’s army service were described by L. W. O’Brien and D. D. O'Brien, cousins of Barrett, whose ss name is William O'Brien. Reports were that the body bore | several bullet wounds, although a preliminary examination disclosed only one bullet through the neck. The xact cause of death was difficult to | determine because of the condition | of the body, which apparently lay by | the roadside several days before it | was discovered by a farmer boy. | John F, O'Brien, of Mankato, fath- er of the slain man, is expected to | view the e body later today. Chaplin Agrees | to Settlement Offer 1s —{P)—T| er San Francisco, Aug. 15 Examiner says Charlie Chaplin and He ex-!his attorneys have virtually aed |Washouts Repaired |to accept a prereny settlement of- fer submitted by the film comedian’s \estranged wife, Lita Grey Chaplin, and to| that the amount involved ,is “some- what less” than $1,000,000. The newspaper says the settle- ment is expected to alleviate the ‘bitterness between Chaplin and his wife to such extent that the divorce proceedings, scheduled for a week from tomorrow in Los Angeles, will tbe a mere routine. haplin prob- viding generously for their support, in addition to the expected pranerey Per emeat according to the iner. pin arrived early yesterday lew York. HERE'S 1927 MODEL | "New York—According to experts of | to the National Hosiery Exposition. in New York * Cit; fect feminine leg of 1927 is just a little more rounded than it was in Cc from knee, 14 ie. inches; “thighs 20 ie inches. Last year’s winner had nh ‘ei ana landed safely.! | | SHIPS START OCEAN FLIGHT BUT RETURN Flyers Encounter Stormy Conditions and Dense Fog over Atlantic EUROPA FIRST TO LAND Is Badly Damaged in Landing —Bremen Returns to Field After 22 Hours og (By The Associated Press) Germany's first bid for transatlan- tic aerial honors hés failed. The metal monoplane Bremen, which left Dessau at 6:20 Sunday night, returned to the airdrome andy landed at 4:20 this (Monday) afters noon, forced back by the conditions over the Atlantic. Her. sister ship, the Europa, the second in the aerial argosy of Junk- ers planes, had already landed, being forced to turn about by engine trou- ble and dense fog over the North Sea. Damaged in Landing The Europa, in landing at Bremen last night, was badly damaged, but Herman Koeh! and Friedrick Loose brought their ship, the Bremen, down unharmed on the Dessau air field this afternoon. The Junkers officials had. stated that, after making sure of the me- chanical defects of the planes, they would take no chances with unfavor- able weather, but the pilots had not progressed far over the North Sea when they encountered fog so thick that, according to Conelius Edsard, of the Euro it was impossible to see the hand before the eye. Sighted Off Norfoik' Coast Despite these conditions, the crew of the Bremen kept on ai thought to be well on her w: the Atlantic when first reports cam of the sighting of the Junkers mon plane off the Norfolk coast of Eng- land, bound in the direction of Ger- many. Denial by the Lufthansa, or Ger- men aerial league, that the plane was the Bremen seemed at first to set at rest these reports. Then, after a li eriod of silence, came the news from lessau that the Bremen had returned stormy ‘PURCHASE TO. HAVE HEARING SEPTEMBER 2 Governor ‘Sorlie Issues Re-, moval’ Order Today— Crum Named Referee An order removing George H. Pur- chase as state's attorney of Sioux county was issued by Governor A. G, Sorlie this morning. \ At the same time the governor an- nounced that hearing in the case would begin September 2 in Sioux county before C..L. Crum, appointed by the governor as referee to take testimony in the case. Purchase pre- viousl; ad announced his intention of fighting the charges against him. They include misfeasance in offi habitual drunkenness and other mis- demeanors, Purchase charges that the move- ment to unseat him was launched by a clique of political enemies for whom he refused to approve the legal ity of certain bills contracted by the Sioux county commissioners. It was said at the governor's offi that Purchase was reported to be Mandan and the removal order wi placed in the hands of Scott Cai eron, attorney representing the com- plainants, for service. on N. P.; Trains to Be on Schedule Time Washouts on the Northern Pacific line in eastern Montana, which made trains run behind schedulé Sunday and today, have now been and service will be resumed “on ay oil this afternoon, it was said here day by officials at the local station. A washout five miles west of Wi- baux, Monday, resulted switched around and it to take the place of train No. 8 on enst- bound service, this afternoon. The North Coast Limited enstbound train, due here morning at 8:54, also was delayed and was expected to bey fa sahout 4:30 this roaring Other trains are expected’ to on being recentaly, the per- | time, KNOWS 15,000 CONVICTS San Angelo, u 7 1-2 ine ankle, Ph calf ‘and benoit knee and 29-inch tl