The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, September 14, 1927, Page 1

\ | WEATHER FORECASTS Unsettled tonight and Thursday with probably showers, Cooler. 4 ESTABLISHED 1873 OFFICER KILLED IN ' Storm in Mexi MBSE LOLE SP ons, THE BIS BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1927 DEATH TOLL [400 Killed " ENORMOUS OX WEST COAST Collapse of Rail and Tele- graph Communication Keeps Details From World i — | TRAINS UNABLE TO RUN Thousand Miles of Mexican’ » Coast Lashed. by Storm For 3 Days Last Week j Nogales, Ariiona, Sept. 14— (AP)—Advices to the Nogales | Herald today said that thou- sands of refugees were cower- and overlooking 5 Mexico's coast line, whence they fled the middle of | last week from the worst hui ne and tidal waves in many rs. Nogales, Arizona, Sept. 14—(#)— The collapse of communication. both! by telegraph and railway today kept; from the world details of the whole- sale death and destruction believed to have been dealt out by a storm which for three days last week lashed thousand miles of the west coast of Mexico, Officials of the Southern Pacific! of Mexico railroad last night reported that no train connections with Mex- ‘ico City or southern coast ~oints «wpuld be made today. Guaymas, 1- main seaport of the wes€ coast of Mexico, is the north coast point on the Southern Pacifie of Mexico. Be- low that point communication was virtually impossible. Enormous Death Toll Meager reports said that death toll! in Salina Cruz and Mangzanillo, both’ important west coast ports, was enormous, Salina Cruz, port town of the state of Oaxaca, according to dispatches from Guaymas, felt the full fury of the hurrican The town was said to be in ruins and it was believed: that the loss of life might run ser hundred: : ‘Two s of the National linc, the Jalisco and the Navajoa, were re-} ported missing and there were fears for the safety of the fishing fleet which put out from Mazatlan, Sina- lao. * Latest reports from Mazatlan, a 30,000, were than it had caped great property damage, One leath was reported, a child having been swept over the sea wall. k Yavaros, a port of Sonora, was sai to have been hard hit. Guaymas Streets Flooded At Guaymas, the streets were flooded and there was damage due to wind, No loss of life was reported in the vicinity. The force which the storm evidently attained was shown in the report of the Guaymas me- | anese home office | In Fukuoka, Nagasaki and Kanag-! In Typhoon 2,300 Injured, 700 Houses De- stroyed—Tidal Wave Sub- merges Buildings Tokyo, Sept. 14.—()—Four hun- dred persons are dead; 2,300 injured, and 700 houses destroved in Kuma- moto prefecture, island of Kiushiu, in consequence of yesterday's typhoon’ end tidal, wave, reports to the Jap- tated today, awa prefectures there were few casualties, but numerous houses were ; inundated and damaged. The western part of Kiushiu is-! land, around Atiake bay, appears to! have been hit the worst by day's typhoon and tidal wave. At’ Kojima-Machi, 9 10-foot tidal; submerging about destroying huif wave swept in, 1.000 houses and that number. At Vathushira, the tidal wave washed some hundreds of houses from their foundations. The inmates climbed to the roofs. Numerous houses were submerged in Kumanoto city, Nagasaki, Omuta and Urakami, but the casualties are unknown. Yoohama also was hit by a storm is morning. A number of houses ‘were damaged: and several persons injured, none serious! The tail of the typhoon Tokyo this morning, and several thousand houses in the low lying sections were flooded, Thirty chil- dren were injured when the roof of a school house was blown off, SEVERAL THOUSAND PEOPLE MISSING London, Sept, 14.--(?P)—The Ex- change Telegraph Tokyo correspond- ent says official reports from various prefectural headquarters throughout th jand of Kiushiu tell of the dev- astating of coast villages from yes- terday’s typhoon, tidal waves and, floods which, while not unparalleled, are, nevertheless, catastrophical, in- volving the death of 600 persons. struck Nearly all communication was in-} terrupted throughout the night, the correspondent said, adding that gov- ernment wires were beginning to function bringing in reliable reports which led to the conclusion that first reports concerning the loss of life, had been considerably exaggerated. The entire loss of life could be not foicly estimated at pregtnt, the dis patch continued, but -it way: know! that there are several thousand miss- ing and tens'of thousands homeless. STATE IS HIT ‘BY HEAT WAVE Torrid Weather Sends Mer- cury to 92 Here Tuesday— Drops After Rain descended Torrid weather on co Brings | 'CHICAGO’S ALL-TIME gl ' Soldiers Coming ‘(| From Ft. Lawton eMedia Washington, Sept. 14.—(AP)— | Orders transferring the third battalion, fourth infantry, from Fort Lawton, Wash. to Fort Lincoln, N. D., by rail, were in- sued today by the war depart- ment in order to make the best use of department barracks. Buildings at Fort Lincoln, which has been unoccupied for some time, together with post utilities are said to be in goud condition to accommodate the battali.n of the fourth infantry now or dered to that station. SMITHS WANT | BOY BABY AND | G0 T0 COURT, Mixup in Babies at Hospital — Boy Born to | Them, But They Get Girl i e Cleveland, Ohio, Sept The alleged shuffle of Smith babies tat, Fairview hospital, Which has re- |sulted in a habeas corpus court ac- tion by Mr. and Mrs, Sam Smith to; force the hospital to give them a baby boy instead of the girl they tow have, today promised furthe complications in case they win their suit. Mrs” Sam For, Smith's other babies in addition child, three to teorological station at that point,; North Dakota Tuesday and sent the were born at the hospital about the | where it had lost much of its fury,: mercury here up to 92, equaling the same time, two of them having the (Continued on page three) i 1 Weather Report | -— Weather conditions’ at North -Da-; kota points for the 26 hours ending at 7 a. m, today: ' Temperature at 7 a, m 64 Highest yesterday . 92, Lowest last night 4 recipitation to 7 42 Highest wind velocity . 26 Temp: } { inehes Lowest in it © Precipitatio BISMARCK ... Bottineau: .. Crosby ...... Devils Lake Dickinson Dunn Center . Ellendate . Fessenden . 4 Grand Forks .. Hettinger ... 84 Jamestown .... Langdon .. Larimore ...... Lisbon : PCldy. PCldy. Clear Clear r Clear | P Cldy.! Clear Clear Rain PCildy. 0 Movrhena, ‘inn, 90 a 01 inn. WEATHER For Bisma' vicinity: Un- settled tonight’ and Thursday probably showers. eeeekeee zeeceegece, ler. Unsettied to- night and Thursday with probably shower, Cooler. WEA’ CONDITIONS The barometric disturbance is mov- ing slowly eastward and showers oc- curred at most places from the nor- ‘hern Plains States westward to the derth Pacific coast region. It By ol with 5 Coo! For North Dakota: raining this morning at western Canadian s| atures are rom. Siar east ig evails over forth Korth Dakots Core ce jort| For tne bays ending Sept. 14 baa Excellent progress was mi in farm work although wind bothered considerably, Flax harvest ‘and corn cutting is well advanced, much of latter in silos. Most corn is advanced | beyond frost danger, and pone, better crop than expected. of} spring wheat, yy and spelts are d to cell oats rally Light. ‘Potato digging Wf under way, y Potato di charge. |failed. for -the season prevous high 5. established Rains Tu ada evening brought relief to sweltering citizens, and to- day the iampert ture was moderate, with a brisk breeze blowing. A total of 42 of an inch of rain fell here in the evening. Further return to fall weather was indicated by the forecast of the federal weather~bu- reau, which predicts for tonight and Thursda: with prob- yi ismarck, however, was cool when compared to such places as Amenia and Lisbon. The mercury went to 98 at Amenia and 96 at Lisbon, Minot had a maximum of 95; Fessenden, Jamestown. Larimore and 94; Grand Forks, 9 Bismarck, Devils Lake, Ellendale and Pembina, 92, and Moorhead, Minn., and Lang- don, 90. Bismarck Has Heaviest Rain Bismarck had the peer istell of any reporting point in the e, but Bottineau, with a total fall of 46 Y behind. Crosby r it Dunn Center, .22; Fesseni Hise rig Napoleon, .03, ston, .10. Rumors that cloudbursts had again done damage in the Bad Lands, wash- ing out newly repaired bridge: definitely 9 . Trains w: today, but this was due to co of equipment farther west, said at the railroad offices here. The grade th the Lands has been repai: and is passable, while all bridges have been fixed, station officials reported. Earl Clark Awaits |. Action of Governor on Clemency Plea) tic Sacramento, Calif., Sept. 14.—)— With his application for executive clemency fore Governor a Earl Clark, Los Angeles slayer, is awaiting in his cell in death row at San Quentin for the word from | }o° to the gallows September 28, or to the jute mill te beg in a life sentence, Lf At the governor's office it was reported that the clemency plea had been received only a few days ago and was under consideration. There ye to intimation when arswer eoul ex! le . Clark was convicted of stabbin, peariee De Silvia, i ena to deat! in Ss Angeles rll, uarrel over.a girl. He appealed the Seat sontence and then escaped from the county. > Arret at Minot, N. D., where he k was returned hate mged to death after sev- eral attempts to have him freed had Napoleon,, them, st 925, in 8 | large parental name of. Smith. i And the mothers of all three of; these, babies anid today they are , Satisfied they have their own off-' spring and will “never, never give, them up.” = They Want a Boy | |_ The little infant which Mrs. Sam Smith nurses at the hospital is known only in the records by the label “Baby Smith, female.” |_ But neither Mr. nor Mrs. Smith rental _ inc! j toward aby Smith, female, do they want her, Instead, thay are asking the hos- ‘pital authorities for “Baby George Smith,” who they claim was born to Mr. Smith said the attend- ig physician tojd. him the baby was a boy and made ppt g birth certificate giving the male sex, " | Mrs. Smith said the nurses talked | to her continually about her “bo; Then, ‘suddenly, “Baby George” be- came “Baby Smith, female.” Mixup in Records It was due to a mixup in records, for the Sam Smiths never had a George,” hospital officials declared. ‘ Common Pleas Judge Carl V. Wey- gent is the modern Solomon who must decide the parentage of the in- fant girl. He said’ he will order blood tests, if necessary. Sam on Little Missouri Bridge Is Started Construction work has started on the bridge across the Little Missouri river at Chaloner’s Ferry in Me- Kenzie county, according to informa- m received at the state highway department. The eontractors expect | ‘to work as much possible during; the winter and to complete the bridge by June 1 of next ir. R. Van Patten, who had charge of the work on the Williston bridge until he was injured in a fall, ha signed by the highway depart- ment as resi engineer supervis- the work. PEN REPAYS BANK Profits made by the t plant at the state penttontiaky this year have enabled the jmstitution to pa: the Bank of North Dakota $270,509.60, nd interest on a loan, enna. be- cal a red material lant year and ran short ead By ‘of ready ga: The ranks of the American Legion will swing past these historic through the Arc de Triomphe, ~~ POR SEPTEMBER BROKEN YESTERDAY weather bureau history, came from : of the Great Lakes before Friday, logist here, said the excessive and! *%° nore lays of this heat, and no relief, weather in thi in sight. Wholesale Death mere AES. Places next along the Rue Royal from the HEAT RECORD Madeleine into the Place |Up Search | for Flyers Collapsible Rubber Boat Car- ried by Transatlantic Fly-. ers Not Found in Wreckage of Old Glory—Shipping Men} Windy City Has Maximum of 95—Beaches Thronged Un- til Late at Night—Heat Causes Closing of Schools in Midwest States—Little Relief in Sight Chicago, Sept. 14.—(P}—The mid-| Believe Continued Search| west looked in vain today for relief! | from the three-day heat wave which| Is Useless | rh Syed pease Bd redicted | will continue throu jursday. aa. Reports of many deaths and of ris- Jondon, ‘Sept. 14 —(AP)—Air | ing temperatures which are making sverpol BOS «can panel peat at this month the hottest September in -plane found weveral days ago on. | the beach at Newquay. are under- utoed to have decided that it in mot that of any of the mi transatiantic planes, says a d's. patch from Newquay to the Eve- ning News, A private message - from Newquay says that the wrickage has been identified as all parts of the west central states. Only foue cities renorted their tem- peratures as under 90 deerees, | Eight deaths were reported here, where the mercury touched 95 de- grees, equaling the all-time record for September, established in 1906, e reading was 80 degrees at 10 giclock last night, and beaches were| that of a glider. thronged untid after nightfall. , hel Many linois, Indiana, and Mis-| » New York, Sept. 14.—G)—Only the | sourt achdgls were closed’ due to the | ts nt prmeeat p cat! seen | intense heat. j adventurers had survived the storm- Abiteng erarere im Texas reg: (tossed Atlantic since last Wedne: poe ins the’ Ue States yesterday, /da¥ today remained to searchers for | i 4 mbeeunyoc laine as phate 4 en ae the oceupants of the monoplane Old | sda "euleaak Gaaaain sate Glory, after discovery of the wrecked grees, St. ashvit {hulk of the giant’ craft 600 milen! fered under 98-degree heat, 1 oft Weeronaie FORCE Teens eth teens |" MidtheaWetalled description, aLAbe of the preat plains tomorrow ,night, recovered wreckage, the steamer but this relief is not expeeted to Kyle wirelessed that it would con: | leviate suffering in the lower region |tinue the searc cee | | The Kyle indicated the steel fusel- | of Old Glory was shattered | unseasonal heat is due to a stagnat-{Cither by the force of its fall or} ed condition of atmosphere over the; the blows <f the waves. { central valleys — an area from, the Evidence of Bad Weather ! Rockies almost to the Atlantic. “The ship’s undercarriage and left : Great For Corn: Crop wheel are fairly complete,” said the | The wave of heat, however, has/ dispatch received by the New York! brought jubilation to farmers and! Daily Mirror, owned by William R. bankers of the midwest, because of Hearst, backer of the flight, from | its value to the ripening, corn crop. ‘Douglas Muir, its correspondent “But, if they could see what I see,” aboard the Kyle. “But the wings Professor Cox said, “they would be d&d supports are a tangled mass of praying for rain. I'sce at least three stays, giving evidence of boisterous vicinity, which may | ‘Continued en page three) Henry J. Cox, government, meterol- | BENSQN MURDER CASE (Friday, June 14; 8:80 a. m.) | ‘that, on the morning of the momentous une the fourteenth when the diseovery of the murdered body of Alvin H. Benson created a sensation which, to this day, has not entirely died away, I had breakfasted with Philo Vance in his apartment. It: was not unusual for me to share Vance’s luncheons and dinners, but to have break-; fast with him was something of an occasion. He was a late’ riser, and it was his habit to remain incommunicado until his midday meal. _ The reason for his early meeting was a matter of busi- ness—or, rather, of aesthetics, On the afternoon of the! previous day Vance had attended a preview of Vollard’s col-| lection of Cezanne water-colors at the Kessler Galleries, and having seen several pictures he particulary wanted, he had | invited me to an early breakfast to give me instructions! regarding their purchase. " A word concerning my relationship with Vance is neces- sary' to clarify my role of narrator in this chronicle. The legal traditon is deeply imbedded in my family, and when my preparatory-school days were over, F was sent, almost as a matter of course, to Harvard to study law. It was there. 1 met Vance, a reserved,.cynical..and caustic freshman who was the bane of his professors and the fear of his fellow- classmen. Why. he should have chosen me, of all the stu- dents atthe university, for his extra-scholastic association, I have neyer been able to understand fully. My own liking for Vance was simply explairied: he* fascinated and inter- ested me, and supplied me with a novel kind of intellectual diversion, — .. ; Upon graduation I entered my father’s law firm—Van Dine and Davis—and after five years of dull apprenticeship I taken into the firm as the junior partner. At present Tam the second Van Dine of Van Dine, and Van Dine, with offices at 120 Broadway. At about the time my’ name fir apheored on the letter-heads of rae the. firm, Vance returned from Europe, whore he had been living dur- ing my legal novitiate, and, an aunt of his having died and +i him “fe | a am and somewhat unusual relation- mt between us. Vance had a strong, ai ite for any kind of business een te edn op, E became tae al is moni inter. his agent at large. % found, affairs were various in mn ATTEMPTED in Paris in the September par: ; two days by bad weather. j rived at Kasumigsura, near here, to-| ‘ad, whe [Ship Keeps SCHLEE AND BROCK PLAN T0 FLY HALFWAY ACROSS PACIFIC FRIDAY Round-thc-world Flyers In- sist Journey Despite Belief of Japanese Aviators That At- tempt Would Be Almost Suicidal ii Tokyo, Sept. 14.--4P)—Edward F.) Schlec and William S. Brock, yilots| of the round-the-world monoplane | Pride of Detroit, today announced | they expect to hop-off near here for | Midway islands, nearly! halfway! Across the Pacific, Friday. i ‘This was a reiteration of the ytate- | ; ment made previously by the flyers | at Omura. where they were held up| They ar- | day after Omura, i 'The projected flight to Midway is land means u hop of 2,480 miles over water and almost errorless naviga- tion if they are %o resch their des- tination. Midway is only a coral formation of a few square, mijes in area. Japanese ‘aviators believe the | attempt would be suicidal and there | has been a wave of protest against | their disposition to continue. i Brock and Schlee are endeavoring to break the round-the-world record, of 2842 days, They are now in their! 19th day and have covered but 12,275 miles of their course, having more than 9,000 miles, mostly by water, before them, Opce at Midway, the flyers would face a 1400-mile gap of water to Honolulu and then 2400 more miles to San Fran . They must fly to Harbor G N. FS to their itine POLICE REPORT | 1S GIVEN OUT Doors of 31 Bismarck Busi- ness Places Found Un- locked During August Doors of 31 Bisma: business places were found unlocked during the month of August, according to the monthly report of Chri artine- son, chief of police, 10 the city com- mission Monday evening. Seven arrests were made for drunkenness and disorderliness and six for drunkenness, while one man was arrested for being drunk on the street. One mah was arrested for disorderly conduct, driving a car and having liquor in it. Two arrests we made for fornication; three 4 600-mile trip from! lor vagrancy, and one for assault and battery, while 25 were arrested for minox offenses, Cars tagged for traffic violations totaled 290 and 349 with improper lights were notified. Twelve were arrested for speeding and one for obstructing traffic. Cars stopped at “Stop” signs totaled 270, { A total of $18.50 was collected and turned over to A. J. Arnet, city treasurer. There were 45 lodgers over night in the city jail. A total of 10 auto accidents were investigated and 20 fingerprints were tal Card: for stolen cars totaled 700 and 50 letters were answered. Calls reported and in- vestigated totaled 343 and 20 lone distance calls were made. Telegrams Teceived and answered numbered 24, and 56 white way lights were fixed. Cigarette Sales. Reach New High Cigarette sal reached new high peak in North Dakota during August, figures compiled by, State Treasurer C. A. Fisher show. | Good crop sponsible by state officials who say Prosperity is reflected in the quality, of “smokes” used by the average, citizen. Last winter, after a- rela-! tively poot crop year sales of cigar- ette tax stamps felloff, and the de- ducation then was that a large num-, ber of North Dakotans had taken to “rolling their own.” This view was supported by a large increase in the’ sale of tax stamps to be placed on; cigarette re. The for the month shows tax! stamp ‘sales of $36,132.23 pared with 55 a year ago. ring the month, the department t a new tecord for a single day's se business, $9,200, having ben collected | on August 7. To the left they will pass the He‘el de la Concorde, then tu Notre Dame, on Continuing Their . complete ‘barley 20, rye 16 and fl prospects are held fel as com~ good. Ville (eity hall), ihen re the parade will disband, ——_—_________.____-¢ Quake Along Black Sea Is Disastrous oe ~~ —~ —Late reports tell of further deaths in the carthquake along the Black sea coast. Thirteen perished at Yalta, 358 were injured and many houses were deseroyed. A falling wall killed three at Miskhor, where also the tower of a famous villa called “The Lark's Moscow, Sept. 14.— CRT. 20d ret ae toe tey PRICE FIVE CENTS JAIL DELIVERY and Destructio TWO OTHERS ~ ARE WOUNDED AT LA CROSSE Hubert D. Staatz, Deputy Sheriff and County Clerk, Is Victim 1 | \ | 1 | | | RI LEADER CAPTURED | { Confesses He Was Offered $1,000 to Free Man Held For Robbery La Crosse, W Sept. heriff was killed and two i were wounded in an at- | tempted jail delivery at the La Crosse county jail here shortly before mid- night last night. The affair ended in tragedy for Hubert D. Staatz, county clerk and deputy sheriff, who was shot and killed by another officer who mis- took him for an attacker. Lawrence Allen, who led the al- leged jail attackers, was shot in the right arm and later captured in a corn field. D. I. Klunder, a deputy sheriff, also was shot in the right arm and he said he believes the bul- let was fired by Allen, Both men will reeaver, 14.—-) — Alleh Confesses Allen is said to have confessed after his capture that he and his companions had gone to the jail in am effort to free Robert Holt, held for trial in connection with an oil station robbery. Allen declared he had been offered $1,000 to get Holt out. A guard had been stationed in and about the jail after Sheriff Walter Nest,” on the summit of a rocky height, toppled into the se hocks continued at Yalta, Se- bastapol and Simferopol. ORN CROP IS NOW SAFE FROM FROST DAMAGE | Bary Varicties Ripe in Slope Area—Threshing of Small Grain Well Along In many 5 corn frost ions of North Dakota where cording to ad- vices nk of North Dakota from i ents. y varieties have ripened in the southwestern part of the state, Cy A. Seamands reports, and 10. days' of, | ure hres! s well along a wenerally are the best In the north ¢ the state corn is d Miller estimates of good weather will 1 or feed and so Pierce, Wells, Foster ties, covered in his report, hayi completed and all harvesting ex- flax. Threshing hat done, The ¢ better than last y estimat the following the urea: wheat 12 bushi is more than are id. He ields for outs 15, to 15. prospects Production Estimates rting on conditi in Golden ley und Stark counties, H. Leutz ated the following production: 15, oats 35, barley 35, rye 15 and flax 4 to Considerable corn already is ripe in that area and farm- ers should be urged to gather seed corn quie Leutz said. Through- out both counties crops are fine ex- cept where they were damaged by hail, he said. Grasshoppers are doing some dam to flax and alfalfa. Unofficial reports to the bank in- dicate that Sioux county will have e the highest average grain production in the state, according to C. R. Green, bank manager. ‘Threshing reports show few wheat fields producing less than 20 bushels an acre and some are producing considerably morg, he said. Bentley Farmer Gets Yield of 26 Bushels Mott, N. D., Sep. 14.—Twenty-six bushels to the ucre on 220 acres of Canadian Marquis wheat weighing 61 pounds, or a total of 5,760 bushels was threshed by Jacob Reichert, of Bentley, N. D., who with his three sons farms about a thousand acres in southeastern Hettinger county. This is the best yield and heaviest wheat so far reported in this coun- ty. It was grown from Marquis wheat shipped in from Canada this spring for seed and will be saved and sold for seed purposes. It is being tested for protein and will probably show a high average and bring a premium for millizg. >-—_———_——__—_ -________« !Temperatureand | Road Conditions | (Mercury reading@ at 7 « m,) Bismarck—Clougy, 6: kK St. Cloud—Clear, 74; roads good. » 67; roads Minot — Threaten good Mankato--Clear, 78; roads good. Rochester—Clear, 79; ro: good. Winona--Clear, 68; roads good. Jamestown—Clear, roads good. Duluth—Foggy, 60; roads good. Hibbing—Clear, 65; roads goo Mandan—Partly cloudy, 3- Toads Devils Lake—Clear, 72; roads ghod. Stand? Forks—Clear, 78; roads rood, Crookston—Clear, 70; roads good. —Clear, 75; reads good, Rice had received a telephone call that federal agents were bringing three prisoners for confine nent. ‘the call aroused Sheriff Rice’s suspi+’ cions and he notified the city police. The police sent out five men armed with pistols and sawed off shot guns and three deputies were placed inside the jail. About 11:15 Pp. ™., two automobiles louded with men drew up to the jail and a man domi a mask asked for the turn- ey. Wilcox Opens Fire As the masked man, later iden- tified as Allen, stepped into the cor- ridor, Under Sheriff Harry Wilcox opened fire. Allen returned the fire and then fled. Meantime, the auto- mobiles hud disappeared. As the shooting started, Staatz ran from the jail. He refused to halt when commanded to do su by Herman Rick, a policeman who was in the jail, and then later fired. Staatz fell, fatally wounded. Klunder, also across the was hit by a bullet. Allen was fou a corn field near the . He had been released from jail September 5, after being held on a minor theft charge. Royal Colburn of La Crosse was ar- Tes after Allen had told his story, jand will be held for questioning i sonnection with the plot. Allen said. Colburn was one of the men who helped hin, street, later in ‘LANDING FIELD ‘ ALL PREPARED FOR AIR DERBY Markers Painted on Fort Grounds—Planes to Come Through Here Sept. 20 Work of preparing the landing field at Fort Lincoln for the Na- tional Air Derby planes, due to stop here September 20, has been coms pleted, Under the direction of 0. W. Roberts, chairman of the Association of Commerce aeronautics committee, a large white circle has been laid out in the center of the field; the ground has been leveled off, and cones have been installed to indicate to aviators the direction and velocity of the wind. Bismarck is the only town in west- ern North Dakota at which these {planes will stop. Racing in here, the aviators will be allowed five minutes |to refuel and then will start out jagain for Glendive, designated as an overnight stop. Starting from New York, Class “B” planes, routed this way, are to make stops west of the Twin Cities as fol- lows: Fargo, five minutes; Bismarck, five minutes; Glendive, Mont., over- night; Miles City, five minutes; Bil- lings, five minutes; Missoula, five ae ccivegy pentane. ‘lass “A” planes are to fly via Aberdeen. Entries for the derby, in which large cash prizes are offered, jindicate that it will be one of the thrilling aerial events of the year. eee | Verona Robbery | | Suspect Is Held | —_—_ Fargo, N. D., Sept. 14.—()—L. R. Walden, coshier of the Farm- ers and Merchants hank at Ver- ona, N. D., a week and Jack Aldrich, taxi cab line at Valle: