The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 18, 1927, Page 1

Fair tonight and robably Friday. Slightly warmer ni ‘iday. sad pesdel creases ord oe MER CES 1873 ‘OCEAN OCEAN SCANNED FORTE Start of Flight to Rome Delayed laVeqi SEATTLE MEN CHARGED WITH MANSLAUGHTER English Law to Be Used in| Trying Men for Death of Dance Teacher DROWNS IN LAKE} a | Polica Claim Men Made Ne | Effort to Rescue Her— Called Cawards ’ RAINTURNS (____NaPumetnNew Sores] MUDDY FIELD Bertaud and Hilt Announce “Storm Precludes All Hope of Start Today PLANE IS READY TO GO Faulty Landing Gear De-, layed Start of 4;300 Mile ~ Flight Yesterday josevelt Field, N. Aug. 18. ones that turned the runway } to a spongy swamp this morning pre- luded .all possibility of a take-off P sive afternoon for the monoplane Old Glory on its projected 4,300 mile non-stop flight to Rome. Lloyd Bertaud and James D. Hill, | GiRL Seattle, Aug. 18.—()—An age-old provision of English common law has been uncovered in musty legal tomes here to provide the basis for prose- cution of F. Creigh Nelson wealthy mee clubman, and Amory F. Bell, t of Nelson’s yacht, on a ¢ of manslaughter for the “ret of Miss Violet’ Maude Paine, ,|¥oung dance teacher, who drowned during a liquor party on the yacht early last July 20, ; . f : : : As Prosecutor Ewing D. Colvin to- } : day prepared to file the manslaugh- t ; js ter cnarges against the two men, he explained that the common law of gland. governing maritime erimin- @ity will hold Nelson and Bell, ‘as owner und skippef of the boat, legal: Ww responsible for the death of their guest. Men Called Cowards Evidence at the coroner’s inquest last month showed, Colvin pointed out, that the two men stood by and tbe glant craft to earth viet: Se" oaeey yeneueaay: made no effort to save the drowning woman, who slipped and fell into GAMBLING D DEN : : Lake Union while leaving the yacht. 2 : apa at the oderd testified — oo : e drowning occurred in not woe IN ne : : e —- than 10 feet qf water and that life ~ boats and tife be were ciose at : ee : = : - . hand. had the-men desired to assist 3 =: . the struggling woman. t age a coe ae Ss F Iq its report, the dury branded ! Nelson and Bell as “cowards” and Fashignable . North Shore Bowling Club Found to the air mail pilots who will operate the single motored Fokker, announced fter inspection of the runway that Il hope of a start today was gone, though clearing weather might per- jit 9 test flight. Faulty landing gear bearing held Law Previously Applied Here The English common law, .which Chigago, Aug. 18—4)—A fashion- able rendezvous the Norin the prosecutor said would be used against the two men, was first ap- ong Shore “Gold Coast” at “the Newport Bowling cle 1b, was ind plied in the United States in the smartly. Mept case of the skipper of the old wind- jammer, “Charger.” who was acquit- gambling. secede tor}. roulette, cards and other games when & squad of police battered its way ted of manslaughter in federal through guard joors in’ @ success- fercus © seaman who had fallen i In the. instructions to savas: the ar areay life, a verdiet. of erday, in which the resort was|Which came down during test flights. Capt. Arthur W. Rogers, British war ace, was killed when. the why chould: be returned. said to be operated by “Big Tim”) Angel of Los Angeles (top) crashed to earth ten mirutes after he had taken off. The rescue of Pilot James court at-San Francisco in 1864. The skipper was tried for failure 5 alee ee : : 3 se aes i ‘ the leg it was-held that if by stop- ‘ : : “ ing. the vessel and ‘putting out a ike Srald wees se 1 temp ex-|, When the ontrants ii the $35,000" Dole race from San Francisco to Honolulu heard the word “Go.” Despite the acquittal in the San Francisco case, the interpretation of Murphy, former Chicago labor teader,| L. Giffin’ and. his companions, after the Pride of Los Angeles fell into the water near Oakland airport, is and “Nicky” Arnstein of New York, Biggs below. A swimmer is shown ela a line to the flyers. stop his vessel and attempt to fe boat the skipper might have published. bj x ae ‘Dally News two me ane were missing from ‘the lineup. They'were’Angel of Los Angeles, and Pride of Los: Angeles, hic! the English law is said to have re- eeta ct wh +4 ie ae: i herini ceria nA e are whom once were ners courts. t it The federal penitentiary “ak. Leavenr a. 7 Sars efieshy sanresa, pravisia vis re PROMINENT —_ ARE BOOKED {gested in mysterious silence to-| the type identical with our sun ex- common law is by express provision The resokt was equipped lavishly ‘day the fate of L. 8. Ashley, geolo-| ploded in the ‘southern sky half way of the constitution a part of the statutes. with all the accoutrements of expen- sive gambling, the police confiscating gist, who entered. the cavern Mon-| up ne xenith early-yesterday, it was ) day on an exploring trip. aggre a HELD MOND AY! ‘Ashley declared at that time that] reported in cablegram from Ger he woyld return Tuesday night at the Geologist Is Lost in Tennessee Cave Chatanooga, Tenn. Aug. 18.—()— ~~) The gloomy, subterranean avenues of { Nick: a-Jack Cave, at Shield Mound, worth several thousands of dollars. A doorman iceneet int forntal tire refused admittance to the police raiders when they failed to present‘ Senator T. J. Walsh of Mon- Saund’ Drought. forth fire ares. and| tama, Dean Roscoe Pound of ors00 names, are prominent per-}- Harvard Law School and other Leaders Listed on Program of Grand Forks; Explosion of Star Chicago, Aug. ahh star of further conspired to conceal the | Be Lavish Resort ( fact of the woman's death. Hse sons, was found. i ps, ranging in valpe from $20 to re among the equipment roulette wheels and other devices Cablegram Reports many to Prof, E. B. Frost, director latest. Since then nothing has’ been | yMeized: It was reported that only last heard of him and yesterday a party of the Yerkes observatory at Wil- liams Bay, Wis. The explosion of the star. known Wien a musical comedy atar, lost ‘aimil of telends organized to search for] as Nova Acquilae, was the first re- $7,500 in a night's gambling while] © Gathering Hatuilton Does Not Ask Post-|5i,, ported in two Professor Frost i ether yansanrree Geel bachewe Inet ‘ ponement, So Governor Plans Th ey traced him for a distance of| Paid’ If asinine ‘explosion ‘should four, miles, into the cave, . followed ‘chalk marks which he had left on the walls. Where the chalk marks ended, foot- prints were. found in the ‘moist earth and other marks which indi- cated that the explorer had stumbled and fallen. Nearby was a sharp de- clivity which ended as the bank of an underground stfeam. The search- ers feared that ‘Ashley had fallen into this stream and that his body was carried away into unexplored re- cesses. Further search was to be carried out today. occur within the sun. all life on the earth would vanish within 138 hous, he pointed out. No cause of the ex- plosion was given. PERSHING AT MANKATO Mankato, Minn. Aug. 18—()— General John J. Pershing was a vis- itor in Mankato for 20 minutes last evening, stopping between trains en route from the summer White House in the Black Hills to Chicago. He was taken for a trip about the: city by representatives of ‘civic organiza- tions. ineteen patrons were present} Grand Forks, N. D., Aug. 18(>) ane police pared, but none]—Technical subjects. will vie with golf ‘and social affairs a fed gon- ree test for the interest. of North‘ Da- kota he dale staan. he conven- Ty Weather Report | tion of the: stat te bar association here Weather conditions at’ North Da- to Follow Schedule Meeting of Governor A. G..Sorlie with members of the senate commit- tee appointed to investigate the state mill and elevator apparently will be |held August 22 at Grand Forks: ds |acheduled, it was said at the gover- nor’s office today. A letter speaieas. yesterday: from Senator D. Hamilton of McHenry September 6 ai Announcements F coutiy” sent ‘out notify all members, of the associa that, those “who Ged ry ‘weakne kotn points sfor phe 24 hours ending! toy golf” will have amp le opportunity id m. todays, te giew their sci driver, perature at ‘.. mm. + s Het yesterday 60 marie A Toca commit. { “Flying School Teacher” Lost in Pacific M Mildred Doran, pretty 22-year-old Michigan achool teacher who was a passenger for Honolulu in the airplane “Miss Doran” when t took cff from Oakland Airport Tuesday in the Dole air race to Hawaii, is missing somewhere between the two points as the plane has not reached its destination and so far has nct been located. She is.shcwn above in the umiform and helmet she wore just before her take-off in the air marathon. Her pilot is Auggie Pedlar. PRICE FIVE CENTS IACE OF MISSING PLANES | TWO ENTRANTS IN RACE FAIL TO REACH GOAL ‘Miss Doran,’ Carrying Girl Passenger, and ‘Golden Eagle’ Are Lost SHIPS TAKE UP SEARCH N Dole Derby Won by Art Goebel, With Martin Jen- sen Finishing Second San Francisco, Aug. 18—()—By ship, aircraft and radio, search was being pressed today over the broad expanses of the .mighty»Pacific for the two missing entrgnts. in the transoeeanic air race ap pon Iy,, The search was of almost the two successful flyers had the James D. Dole prizes $25," and $10,000 by landing » yesterday near Honolutu. Interest centered largely in the ft of Miss Mildred Doran, pretty, 1int, Mich., school teacher, whos the only woman in the Dole race, was passenger in the biplane named in her honor the “Miss Doran,” piloted by J. A. Pedlar of Flint and navi- gated by V. R. Knope, San Diego navy lieutenant. The other missing aircraft was the cigar-shaped| — monoplane Golden Eagle, owned by George Hearst, pub- lisher of the San Francisco Examiner, of which Jack Frost of New York was pilot and Gordon Scott of Santa Monica, Calif., navigator. Ships, Planes Used in Hunt Two score vessels, more than half of them belonging to the . United States navy, were cruising over or speeding toward the path believed to have been followed by -the missing planes. To vessels’ on the steamship lanes to Hawaii, thy wireless agencies were broadcasting directions for a ‘search over the surface of the waters, while aircraft hopped off from both mai land and Hawali to scan’ the high seas for signs of the missing planes. Captain W. P. Erwin and Navigator A. H. Kichwaldt of the monoplane bs Miss Doran’s Friends Anxiously Await News|? MANY ATTEND FUNERAL FOR STEEL HEAD Great and Humble Gather at} 3. stich, ‘ug! J8:_-0e—En: Wheaton Church to Pay | thusiasm of home town friends and : relatives of Miss Mildred Doran, Gary Final Tribute passenger with “Auggy” Pedlar in the transoceanic plane, who waited | expectantly for favorable news yes- terday, had given . away to tense whnxiety today when the plane failed to arrive at its destination, Honolulu. Newspaper offices were besieged with telephone calls last.night. Ex- tras issued at intervals were eagerly scanned for news of the missing fly- ers. Crowds kept watch until late last night in front of newspaper bul- letin boards. iss Doran’s brother, William, 25, a law student at the University of There was a brief ceremony ar-| Cincinnati, who appeared at one ranged for the church, with music by | newspaper office early Wednesday a quartet chosen by old friends of] morning after a sleepless night, was Mr. Gary who knew and respected’ still at his post today, hollow-eyed his wishes for simple rites. The from worry and loss of sleep. tunerat sermon was prepared by the! Young Doran kept in constant tele- Right Rev. Frederick D. Leete, Meth-| phone communication vith other odist bishop of Indianapolis, with: members of the family. prayers by Rev. James T. Ladd of| se Bigin, Rev. Ernest Tittle of ‘Evans-| - alle: bike: Gane at rar es ton and Rev, A. M. Pennewell, pastor departing for San Franciscd to par- Newspaper Offices at Flint, phone Calls—Girl’s Insist- ent Demands Upon Guard- ian Won Her a Place in Cabin on Ocean Trip Wheaton, Ill, Aug. 18.—(#) — The xreat and the humble who knew El- bert H. Gary and called him friend, gathered today at his bier to pay him final’ tribute. : Funeral services in. the beautiful church which the steel master built as a memorial to his parents brought not only the kings and princes of ghe world of Business but also neighbors and townsmen of the farm boy who rose to captain of a great industry. Ceremony Is Brief Lowest last night . 48lan interesting time tation to 7 parations also are being made st wind velocity wives of Grand Forks attor- to entertain the “wives and of the visitors at See not ath Sean the meeting postponed but said that he might, find it difficult to attend. At the same time, However, the go ernor’s office was advised that: Se tor Walter Schlosser, Grand Fi ‘Thad left Indian Head, Sask. the list of heavy, sub-|\Grand Forks to attend the meeting. jects*to be considered at the meet-/'Senator Schlosser has been at In- ing is “Reform in Federal warren v4 dian Head for several weeks in con ppt So aoe uabhect of Watt, an age Rection with bis private business and |-~ . U. e wi rel 8. Senator from Montana, on the to oe Epeseinee eAae men omnis went. nator Fredrickso in the morning, after the usual . owning 40 sind tp ae | county close to Grand Forks and pre: mably would ‘come to Grand Forks lage toate - convention wil laneeat it is serasiags for the + FE. Bette! djacuss the sub-|'Sther tnembers;’ it slat it a of eat my aeinent "coy wit Ratk |, Beport of the. committde ‘appointed ont "Amsericnn Citizenship G. Pe Dur / Dy, ene state: i areal ee kon Jirie yatanee given out. at. his. Mttiee because te milf and and ww. Reform and. member of the ittee had asked | let will Present: the ae of eps | mem that it be e isheld from publicati committee’. on » inform: RGoxerner perils today. Geet A Iatlonship with th ag iin sprig at this cere —— Soath Will Vote for Smith lf Democrats Nominate Him, Atlanta Publisher Declares Howell said. “When I first ia it his, statement, I was inclined doubt whether he had definitely pre dineclt out pf the race, but now lieve he meant to do that,” he Unwise pide, ar a iat fot sion of cal to map out plans for pre. oe of future floods along pe Lississippi would be unwise, Howell said. He fa ana confi- dence that the next sa ng ion of peoarese reais ouut pies ithe sit situation ‘aoa a robably do tt batts sae! if a session” were called Bae Clark ‘Howell, Well Known Editor ‘and Former~Demo-| 1 ~gratic, Committeeman, in the a oon Iver ‘Acker will iT | talk on Prag cd a Ww. Carr will present the report of. the 4 islative comm! he ‘Al Bmith is gh ie Deaiésl given ¢ Demo~ eratio. 1 eam AS jdency, Lat the’ South will Yo He for a ene kj painion ‘of cles Dee. itor, and beter iy ries Democratic ring of peer ipires a two- a candidate, nrovided “it “ewoxthirdal j of the Gary memorial church. : arene fa cipriree ev anna HENS de hamllebhe Mise Dorah xp per allie oss MERC ite | “T feel sure we will win, but if we body of Mr. Gary's first wife. Near-| don't—Wwell, life is just a game of by, in another plot of the smail cenje-| Pe DON aa ee saat) tery, lie the remains of his parents’ i." william Malloska, wealthy Flint | oil’ man, sportsman ‘and backer of; the plane, won Miss Doran her place in the cabin on the plane's flight. Left motherless several years ago, Miss Doren kept house for her father and brother here while attending a Flint high school, After graduating in 1924, she worked nights in a local telephone exchange to obtain money ‘attend college. ~ Graduating from ti state normal school and a grade teacher at and grandparents, whose .lives| spanned back to the days of the colonies. _ Honorary pall bearers were some} of the leaders in the business world who called the dead man their friend. They include-Vice President Charles G. Dawes, Charles Schwab, | Nathan L. Miller, Senator Charle Deneen of Illinois, James A. Farrell,! John J. Mitchell and Frank 0, Low: 4,04 ge | osition as fifth The active pall bearers were 10! P young high schoo} and college ath-| ©2% followed. : letes whose services were required; Yields to Her Requests to bear the heavy casket to its grave.! Later becoming a ward of Mallos- They were chosen from families’ of , i Doran became interested in Mr. Gary's Wheaton friend ‘Among | 9 ion about the time Malloska, al- them were Garland Grange, brother ys an enthusiastic sportsman, coe of “Red” Grange, and Victor Gustaf-! ceived a Fii o- Hoole Ni fer son, captain of oat . ORR PES Construction of’the e university Football te an” was begun. feuntin Mich., Besieged With’ Tele-) Fret Dallas Spirit, whose wind-torn fuse- lage defeated their effort to get aWay os entrants in the Dole flight ssday, worked past midnight at Oakland Airport to be ready to off at noon on a searching fli he--end of whnich-they expecter st Tand in Hawnii,. Two arm> nivnss Crissy Field, the San i iting ore ders to starch to the extent of their cruising radius oveg the mainland ent of the Dole race Curse. At the Hawatian end of the course, army and navy planes were zooming out to scan the broad expenses where. it is believed the flyers may be afloat. Goebel Wins Race While interest in the flight swerved to the search over the Pa- cific, tucked safely in their hangars at Wheeler field, Honolulu, were the monoplanes Woolaroe and Alo which landed at the finishing point late yesterday. The Woolaroc, pilot- ed by Art Goebel, won first prize of $25,000 and the Aloha, in second Place, gets prize money of $10,000. Goebel skimmed across the . tong course in 26 hours, 17 minutes and 3d seconds, while Jensen’s time was 28 hours, 16 minutes and 20 seconds. At midnight the missing planes had been out more than 34 hours, long past the time when their gasoline (Coatinoed en page three) ARMOUR DEBTS AREAN EXCESS OF HIS ASSETS Once a. Millionaire, Packer Dies Owing $20,000,000, Chicago Paper Says 5 Chicago, pe, 18.—()—The piste xaminer today says that Armour, who once ref Me $130,000,- 000 for his interest it Company, died leaving li will not be covered by his asugte and stated that he ewed at the time of his death in the neighbarhood of $20,000,000, most of which was due Armour & Company. The newspaper qui close ‘but unnamed financial associate of “Mr. Armour as aang the packer owed between $17,500,000 id as a result tion in lands ni post war deflal iy asa contributory, cause. Of the purported debts, the said between $: and. 000,000 was due Armour, & Com- Posted broached the pro} Pits body of] Mle one af are | being one of the passengers rested alone in| Friends recalled téday thal Maltos- “Outside @ guard (ka, ai reluctant to give his nally yielded to Miss e second time since the !'an's requ: a8 “dedicated 26 years ago eet feminine ‘was not I Gary had been within its| ing in Miss nia practical: prep- Honor G Throughout last the dead steel the’ hushed c] ary walls. The pressure of business mat- | ‘aration for ¢! ight. Asked, goon a had seen B, Pg seat after ber oop one ion in the. ‘light | 4 ‘rom: paying & vi ime | had bi | after time. | tare whe, replied ‘that the. wou weal “ly But fees sgeieinusd paces gers + 7 ana fo but. srt flying ui ome town im form it arrive # | ation and affection. sn whieh ie Bea.) lens sab Mr..Gary. The enti ee, the sotto which fonewed STECHER DEFENDS rit, if not in iy ‘ bi as biel un i to’ BaETy ent but this was understood to- be tected by, ape collateral, $00,600 stimated a Mind development baka sae ix ifornia. ‘ Bank Vouk fe aa Mr Arment & }