The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, September 17, 1927, Page 1

pee si WEATHER FORECASTS Fair tonight and Sunday. Cooler tepight. |, ESTABLISHED 1873 WINDS AND FOG ” FORCE FLYERS BACK TO LAND Capt. Macintosh and. Com-) mandant Fitzmaurice Come Down in Ireland WERE IN AIR 4% HOURS Men Find It Impossible to Steer True Compass Course Through Fog p Ballybunnion, peaaty’ Kerry, Trish | Free State, Sept. . failed, but without di The monoplane incess Xenia, owned by the American tin plate heir William B. Leeds, and named for Russian wife, came to a safe rest on Beale Strand near the mouth of the Shannon, six miles south of this sea-| side resort, last night after her pilots, Captain Robert H. MacIntosh und Commandant James Fitz- maurice, had fought vainly with v Jent headwinds and blinding fog over| the sea, in, an attempt to fly from the Baldonnel airdrome to New York. MacIntosh and Fitzmaurice were in the air a little less than four and one-half hours, » , Leaving Bildonnell field yesterd afternoon, they made fair progress over Ireland, only to encounter a 40. mile headwind soon after passing on to sen over the Galway coast, miles to the north of Ballybunn ‘hen came a dense fog. They tinued grimly for a time, but finding it impossible o steer a true com- pass cou ‘judgment dictated a return. 0 mn. \ Seek Landing Plac- | For an hour or ere one 4B gaining the coast t and Jroe at an rcale py Hows cite tude, peering through the mist and} seeking a favorable landing place. | Circling about and passing back} and forth a number of times along; the coast line, they at length brought their ship down at 6 p. m. on Beale Strand. | The flyers estimate that they} had progressed perhaps 300 miles! over the sea before ies decided that continuance of the flight un- der the prevailing conditions would be suicidal. They had hoped to Teach New York by way of Newfoundland in! 26 honrs, and the plane carried 720, gallons of fuel for the attempt. “We and the machine are OK. said Commandant _ Fitzmauric returned only because in the mist it was impossible to steer a true) compass course.” 17 Year Old Girl Seeks Divorce From 81 Year Old Husband, Memphis, Tenn., Sept. 17.—(@)- Flossie May Durham, 17, is seeking a eAivorce from her husband, James W Durham, 81, charging him with no: support, abandonment and cruel ani inhuman treatment. | Darham characterized the girl as| “the doggondest wife” of the eight women he has married. He told the} > court “he would be glad to get rid of | r. The couple has a 20-months old aby. eather ner Report bi Weather conditions at North Da- kota points for the 24 hours ending at 7 a. m. today: Temperature at 7 a, m. . 53) Highest yesterday . . Lowest I i 45 Precipi 0 Highest 16 ee Sue z o8 ao os Se oo ae a Amenia : 0 Clear BISMARCK - 8 0 Clear Bottineau Mt 46 0 Clear Crosby... 68 42 0 Clear Devils Lake . 50 0 PCldy. Dickinson ... 47 0 PCldy. Dunn Center . 42 0 Cloudy’ Ellendale .. 47° 0 Clear Fessenden . 44 0 Clear . Grand Forks .... 78 43 0 Cloudy Hettinger .. 77 42 0 Clear Jamestown . 40 0 Clear Larimore 51 © Clear Lisbon . 39 © Clear Mipot 42 0 Clear Pembifa ... 43 0 PCldy. Williston 68 52 0 Clear ‘Moorhead, Minn. .78 48 0 Clear WEATHER FORECASTS For Bismarck and vicinity: Fair tonieers and Sunday. Cooler tonight. For North Dakota: Fair tonight! sand Sunday. Cooler tonight. GENERAL WEATHER CONDITIONS The pressure is low over Manitoba and the northern Plains States while a high pressure area covers the Canadian Northwest. Seasonable temperatures prevail from the Pa- cific Coast eastward to the Plains States but temperatures are above normal in the nue Valley and Great Lakes region. The weather has been mostly fair, s' aiorers being Nmited to the northern Rocky Moun- tain region and at widely scattered places in other section ORRIS Ww. ROBERTS, Official in charge. , He also related La Moure Traj THE BISMARCK TRIBU! BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER ERBMBER 1G, Wee 1927 [_niswrate_] Fighters Ready for Big ig SEL » Robert H, British pilot, who landed n ‘bunnion, County Kerry State, last night after hi MacIntosh. winds anc 83, they decided that best dense fog forced him to give up his he Atlantic attempt to fl from Baldonn airdrome to N York after he ‘had en in the about four and one. half hours. i ross the : N.D.LIBR ARIANS NOW TURNED T0 NAME OFFICERS) LAND FLYERS’ FOR NEXT YEAR {cena den to a preliminury summary of the man who will raise the right Transoceanic Flying Yields of aericultural and financial condi-|hand of Tunney, or Dempsey, or Several hentai in List —Delegates Are Spending Todav in Bad Lands D.. Sept. 17.---(Spe- Tribune) —Closing Dickinson, N. j cial to the the guests of Di a day in the Bad Lands before leav ing for their home Officers to serve during the coming year were elected at the. Friday sessions as . follows: brary, Dickinson, er; Mrs. Florence H. torical library; Miss In; Mi secretary-treasur: public library, Farg -|nears its end, the pilots must soar! Baldwin, state libra commission.| over the lofty western mountain Bismarck, directors; Miss. Lillian ranges, perhaps the severest single Cook Bismarck, member tate library rican com: | executive cor mittee. Will and Byrne Talk George H. Will and P, E. Byrne, | Rismarek, wore the speakers ut an{ their intention of entering before open mecting held at the high school |‘the date of the auditorium Friday night when an all North Dakota program was presented. Mr. Will spoke of his experiences with the Heton expedition, illustrat ing his talk with pictures. Mr. Byrn | who has. achieved considerable fame as a North Dakota author, had as his subject “The Indian as a Warrior.” interesting exper- sane? connentad ne he at fed Tonos tl marc! in ie early da oO! settle- oad | ment. Mrs. Florence Davis, Bismarck, $10,000 Prize Offered read poems of Clell Goebel Gannon, Bismarck. to be present. Musical numbers given son. N. D. Legionnaires in Belgium Today 17.—(?)—Belgium was given the opportunity to welcome here first big contingent of American Legionnaires today with the arrival of the Canadian Pacific liners Mont- naire an® Montroyal, bearing 1,500 Montana, Pilaneista. North Dakota and Wash- state to the Legion convention Antwerp, Sept. delegates from Michigan, ingto with ighbo: their foot with “The Star Spangled Banner,” and “La Brabandonne,” to the accom- paniment of renewed applause. Representatives of the ministry of defense. the government of the Ant- werp military district, and the Ant- boarded the vessels to extend official welcome to werp city government the visitor: MAKES PERFECT GUN SCORE La Moure—M. the | © “The engine ran perfectly and we| business sessions of the 22nd annual | ° meeting of the North Dakota Library association here this morning, the, visiting librarians left for Medora as kinson residents for Miss Pearsop, agricultural college Davis, state his- library | Selection of the Detrait, veteran flyer an ace was left to the/ airplanes, and J. Parker \an Zendt, Mr. Gannon was unable included vocal and piano solos by Mrs. John Lish and Mrs. L. E. Osborn, Dickin- his blew and crowds cheered “ie ais liners, their decks jammed ys, were warped into Then bands broke out C. Sandness, world war veteran, shot a perfect singles seore of 25 at a recent shoot of the Gun club, the first | made since the club began shooting | years previous to that time had lived this summer, LEVINE UNABLE’ TO GET MACHINE OFF OF GROUND, ete: Projected Flight to: India After Two Unsuc- cessful Starts ' | } Cranwell, England, Sept. 17 | —(i—Charles A. Levine, who ij made an unsuccessful attempt with his pilot, Captain Walter Hinchcliffe. to take off on their far eastern flight this morn- | ing, left for London this ait- ernoon, saying that private business required him to he there tomorrow and that the start of the flight would be postponed until Mondav. Cranwell, England, Sept, 17. A | Charles A.’Levine postponed his | jected long distance flight to rhdial ter two unsuccessful attempts to} ifround this mornin, ‘Levine and his British pilot, ; tain Walter Hinchcliffe, made t attempt at 1 and f hour later, Sach time the plane kept solidly to ‘the ground, the tail refusing to lift. ‘Levine said he would study a method! of reducing the weight of the load carried and that he would take off | tomor ‘ow morning. 1 ‘Today attempt were made; after a quarrel between Levine and| aptain Mincheliffe, the former seek-| x to hold off because of the wet: 1 conditions of the field, soaked after‘aj) and the latter declared "| never, Cap- their another 30 i t if (was no “NATION'S EB" EYES, Center of Stage to Over- Jand Marathon | New York Sept. 17.—4#)—Trans-. oceanic flying, which has dominated popular interest in recent months,, yields the center of the on ~ 21 to un overland “marathon he On the afternoon of that day ac- cording to present plans. a_ little flock of powerful and fleet airpianes will hop off from Roosevet Field,| N. ¥., on a 2,000 inite nonstop race | to Spokane, Washington, Some of the hazards of transoceanic flyin. and at least one test not faced by over-sea fliers—the cross pilots. library, Fargo, president; Mrs. Ethel Long Night Flight | | Kuenning, James Memorial library,! ‘The start—between m., Williston, viee president; Miss Ger-! eastern standard time,—should give trude Voldal, Dickinson, public > ir} the planes a few hoi of daylight {at the start. Then will come long| dle of the continent. As the race - | test of the flight. Such pilots as Eddie Stinson baikler of of ‘ong an army aviator, of Detroit, jhave entered for the race. Among others who have signified flight are Martin i/densen, second place winner in the | Dole Hawuiian race, who has said he would carry his wife as passenger; | Arthur Goebel, Bennett Griffin, Dole race, and Licutenant 0. R. Me- | Neel of Los Angeles of the Ryan Mechanics Monoplane company, Los Entry also has been made ational Airways System of Dole flight winner: by the At the finish line in Spokane a prize of $10,000 will await the first lane to alight. Another prize_ of} 3,000 awaits the second plane. Th money was offered by Spokane bi ness men through the National Air Derby Association. The pilots need not follow the courses laid out for the competitors in the National Air Derby, who will set out from Roosevelt Field for Spokane on the 19th and 20th. They! may choose their‘ own routes, but must not alight before the finish if they are to qualifv for the prizes. - Distinguishing Marks Observers along the routes to be, followed by the various racers will | be able to distinguish the nonstop flyers from the national air derby contestants by diffarent systems of marking their planes. The class A and class B planes in the derby will ‘be marked 1 to 30 and 31 to 60, re- spectively. Sponscrs of the nonstop race will announce the distinguishing | characteristic of tie nonsto) planes | before the event begins. | Spitzer Services to Be Held Sunday Funeral services f for Jacob Spitzer, | 61, prominent farmer of the Baldwin; re to held at his farm! afternoon G. W. Stewart of the First; Presbyterian church, Mandan, will of-| ficiate at the service: Mr. Sniteor bad lived in the Bald- win vicinity 19 years and for fiv> [north of Wilton, get the monoplane Columbia off the, ™ ‘was realized at Dickinson when a big Woman Is Car Victim Mrs. Jos, Brooks of Painted Woods Township Has Neck Broken eh lis Jos. Brooks of Painted Fans lownsmp — wa killed about 8:30 ¢ morning when the car in which she was riding turned over. The steering wheel struck Mrs. Brooks ucross the back of the neck and her neck was broken. Accompanied by Eugene Dan- strom, who was driving the car, and Mrs. Arthur Hanson, Mrs. Brooks was on her way to a neigh- bor’s place to help prepare for a} threshing crew when the accident occurred about one-half mile from the Brooks home. The other oc- cuvants of the car were uninjured. | Mrs, Brooks leaves her husband children and 13 grandchildren, tte tamily has lived in Painted Woods township, six and one-half outhwest of Wilton, for the | instantly ices will be held at the home Monday atternoon at 2] o'clock, and the body will be sent| jing to Perry, towa, for interment. CROP VALUES MUCH LARGER THAN IN 1926 ‘Cash Value of Grain and Po- tatoes Sold in August Placed at $23,000,000 The most important item of busi- ness news in this district for the jnext few months will be the c@sh in- come derived from the sale of crops; (ieee | serve prepared by the Federal Re- of Minn “This bank polis. income begins to increase in Augu: und usually reaches a peak in Octo- | ‘ber,’ ‘survey says. “Our estimate of the cash value of wheat, rye, flax und potatoes sold during August, 1927, by farmers in this district. is $23,000,000, which i n double the value of July gs and represents an increase of 22 per cent over the value of the quantities sold in August a year ago. The income from the, sale of dairy products was ‘also larger than last year, according to preliminary fis- ures. The movement of livestock in August was smaller than the move ment in August a year ago, and prices of hogs, lambs, hens and eges ing | were lower than last year, but prices|He has often refereed amateur of mountain ridges—face the racing| of butcher cattle were higher than| matches but never a professional | a year ayo. Account Debits Increased “Debits to individual accounts dur- ig August were two per cent lary cr at the 17 reporting cities than hours of night flying across the mid-|‘the volume in August a year ago, invited to view his last sparring which is a smaller increase than should be expected, since August this year had one more business day t August a year ago. business doy should produce a four per cent increase in business. Those cities where debits to individual ac- | counts increased more than four per Wiggins laid open a gash an inch cent over last year were Duluth and Winona in Minnesota, Aberdeen an Sioux Falls South Jamestown kota and Billings and Helena in Mon tana. From the ographical distri- bution of these ies, it is apparent; that the large grain crops in the western part of the territory are be- an entrant in the|Rinning to have a stimulating effect; on business. During the week end- Ing September 7, debits to individual | accounts at the 17 cities combined were seven per cent larger than in the corresponding week a year ago, with 10 cities reporting increases. ‘arloadings in the northwestern district during the four weeks end- ing August 27 were five per cent} smaller than carloadings in the cor- responding veriod last year. Smaller loadings of ore, livestock, coal and coke accounted for the decrease. dings of grain and grain products | tl increased 21 per cent und there were small increases in the other items. Shipments of flour from Minneapoalis in August were as ltiree as in the same month last year, but shipments! of Hngeed products were 14 per cent smalle~. Sales Larger “Department store sales in the larger cities of this district were! nearly 11 per cent larger in August | this year than in August a year ago,! according to preliminary figures! which have been received. “Building permits at 18 cities in this district were 19 per cent smaller in August than in the corresponding month last year, but building con-| ‘tracts awarded wero 15 per cent larg- ft owing to a much larger volume of highway construction and other pub-} jlic works. FIRE DESTROYS WAREHOUSE Dickinson—A loss of approximately $8,000 partially covered by insurance, ‘warehouse owned by the Dickinson Ice and Transfer company w: urered by fire. Conerete Jocks, ‘inery, and 1,500 bushels of oats were burned or damaged by the blaze. Ambrose Heiromonachus Pamperes published a poem in 1862 consisting; of 140 pages, each line reading the same backwhrd or forward, as “Lewd siti This additional ; filed in, federal court and sched- !from Lake county for a visit and | i ECTION OF © REFEREE La | DETAIL LEFT Mecuty Keviviny in Chicago For Championship Battle Sept. 22 INJUNCTION | Is SOUGHT! Chicago Reform Worker | Would Prevent Bout, But | Rickard Only Smiles | E. TAYLOR Sports Writer) | BY MASOD (Associated Pri { Chicago, Sept. 17.—(AP)—Law- yers with injunction suits, ticket speculators with “ringside seats,” ex-champions with reporters’ cre- | ;dentials, and visiting firemen from} jthe far-flung bailiwic rriving in sing and enthu: num- | s were emphatic reminders to Chicago today that the “fight of the ages” is just around the corner, The gladiators of the three mil- lion spectacle wi to draw per- haps 160,000 persons to Soldiers’ Field next Thursdy night have virtually wound up their intens: conditioning. | Champion Gene Tunney nursed a | black eye at his Lake Villa train- ting camp, and had no more serious ; punching practice in prospect. | Jack Dempsey at the Lincoln (Fields race track, worked out fast land hard last night and said he was ready, with only one more sparring si n, for the 10-round engagement with the champion. Referee Not Chosen Only one little fight detail is left unsettled, as far as the public is ayare, and that is the selection perhaps both, next Thursday night about 10 o’clock. Tex Rickard and George F. Getz, {the actual and nominal promoters of the fight, and John C. Righemer, chairman of the Illinois state ath-\ Ietie commission, have held long * secret conferences with each fight- er and his manager in the past few days, discussing the desirabil- ity of various candidates for referee. ; The most frequently mentioned name has been that of George Lytton, millionaire State street clothing merchant, and a former amateur boxer of considerable skill. | contest. As to Dempsey’s condition and | training, the public has had not a | personal glimpse for a week, and ‘the boxing critics who have been sessions have d mixed | opinions, But there has been gen express ral anx- of the injury to Tunnev’s right eye, which began 10 days ago, when Chuck long in the champion’s eyebrow. jdackie Williams stuck his thumb ‘in the optic yesterday and Wig- ,gins landed several Icft hooks on lit, so that it was rather inflamed when Gene finished what may be his last sparring before the bis i fight. Sharkey Is On Deck Jack Sharkey, whom Dempscy ‘swept from his path to a come- back match two months ago, was in town today, in accordance with Rickard’s plan to use him as a sub for Gene or Jack if anything hap- pened to either. Sharkey expressed surprise at Tunney bulk when he got a close look yesterday, but withheld any spinion on the possible outcome of match until he has looked at Dempsey. The latest injunction suit, in- tended to halt the bout, only widen- ed Rickard’s smile a bit today. The Rev. Elmer L. Williams, well known Chicago reform worker, was the instigator of the action, ue for preliminary hearing to- lay. Attorneys for Rickard, Dempsey | and others have received notifica- tion that B. E. Clements will re- new his injunction suit Monday in the state courts, seeking to prevent the fight because of his claim to a peer. contract with Dempsey for a! mpsey-Harry Wills battle, Another Suit Planned Clements’ action for a prelimin-| ry injunction was denied in state courts last week, and he made plans to bring another suit for a‘ Permanent injunction before Judge fisher Mot Tunney’s ly law suit just now is more or less quiescent until he acts upon the invitation of Sheriff Graydon of Cook county to come in receive the summons in the $15,000 He Flies Trails She Helped Blaze {Verne Roberts of Fargo, N. D., who flies 4 mother pi-neered half a century ago, is encered in the National Air Derby trom New York to S pokune. Rol and his grandmother, who was the first white woman to come to Fargo, are pictured above. SENATORS WATSON AND ROBINSON OF INDIANA LINKED WITH AN ALLEGED ATTEMPT TO INFLUENCE HIGH COURT MANY PLANES AT NEW YORK FOR AIR RACE y the trails his grand Indiana Star Published Let- ters Claimed to Have Been Exchanged Between Sena- tor Watson and E. S. Shu- maker, Anti-Saloon League juperintendent { | Indianapolis, Sept. 17.— —BKecause of published letters indicating an alleged attempt to influence the Indiana su- preme court, Attorney General Gilliom today filed a moiivs with the court to increase tha Lieut. Gephart’s Plane, City of Olympia, Crashes in Pennsylvania Dickinson, N. Sept. 17.— ie Delayed in securing Fr sentence imposed in the con- # for hiv Eagle Rock bi- | tempt cases of Dr. E. Sulce. which was forced down maker, superinten lent here Tuesday when a valve Indiana Anti-Saloon head blew out of the motor, and two L Puce stiieneys. Letters published in the Indiana- polis Star this morning link the names of United States Senators J Wa and Arthyr R tional air derby, and his server, Harry Tucker, abandoned their flight kane today, 2? fF for Spe- | Robinson of Indiana in an alleged one attempt to have a sentence of the 5 ms Indiana supreme court for co volt Piel whore Lindbeweh, Rose | tempt of court modified. berlin and Ry rted their flights| The lette! vert to ted again today (¢xchanged between E, vith post time maker, superintendent of the In- dig and S vy ator re HUE Spokane a'r derby. ive inspectors of the depa commerce wert amination of e plane sentenced to the penal farm for 60 days for of the supreme court, was fined state contempt compete for $42,500 in prizes, a share DUt was pardoned by Governor jof waich is sought by each of 57 an- Jeekson. : nounced catries. The exchange of letters followed Eleven additional planes -five in a telephone conv sation between class and six inc “BY ator Watson reached the ficld yvesterd 12th crashed in a Pennsy field after one of its occu made a par: i pilot ha re Expeeted volplaned on August 6, 1926, Shumaker wrote Watso: minding: him that he had told him (Shu- n maker) that the yme court “toon case jon of that him. Sena would not after the © then only fine Washington, le. ont his nian the City of Olympia, when the en- gine went dead 2,000 feet in the air. fred Varker, of Anderson, Indiana, son. peph Nannie M3 Ns ¢ son, reply umaker made the foreed landing, neither of Qanicd eg the airmen suffering inore than; was held over the munor iajurics. Now arrivals daciujled jsaid that Dr. Shumaker misunder- Class A planes: Rallough, | stood him. Senator Watson’s let- Chicago, Laird Commercial; C, Sloan, ter said, however, that Senator Moline, Illinois, Yackey Monoplane; | Robinson came to him at Washing- James” Ray, Philadelphia, Pitcarn: ton and asked him to do what he Mail Wing; Robert Hudson, Marys: could do to prevent Dr. Shumaker ville, Michigan, Bubl Airster; Robert! trom being sent to jail. 8. Fogg, Concord H., Waco Whirl. wind. | A statement last night by Shu- maker declared that he did not call Class B planes: Verne Roberts, ;? Fargo, N. D., Monocupe; A. N. Banks, ,on Senator Robin son for the pur- Philadelphia, Pitcarn Mai i pose of having his case settled im- Leslic Miller, Des Moines, ‘lowa,! mediately and prevent the con- Eagle Rock; Hilaire Campbell. tempt case from being held over Long Island, Engle Rock .W. Mey-|his head during the campaign in ers, Detroit, Waco, Tenn.; and E. G.' the fall of 1926, Pt Raapy, Ypsilanti, Michigan. | did declare over the telephone, Shu- 15 Entrants on Field ‘maker insisted, that had con- Fifteen entrants are on the jferred with three judges suppose1 for the class “B” flight which st: to be unfriendly to Dr. Shuma Monday morning and has overnight und that there would be no halts ut Chicago and Glendive, Mont. | contence, A five-minute stop is to be made at) iar inua kia cmingy Bisma . N. D., Sept. 20. ‘There were no-entrants on the field; A statement issued by Senator { last night for the nonstop flight from| Robinson last night said that he New York to Spokane, although seven | idid places have been li GEPHART VISITED BISMARCK, SEPT 1 talk to Sénater Watson at ted for the event.) Washington about the Shumaker case but expressed only sympathy for Ui dene Robinson, ania Gephart. who leaped{}he told Shumaker he could no trae ttt tiene Nl City of ‘Dimas nothing about having his contempt when the engine went dead over a;case decided at an early date but | Pennsylvania hay Peta yesterday, vis- | advised him to see Watson about it. ‘ited Bismarck Sept. 1, inspecting the | Watson then was reached on the Fort Lincoln landing field. He telephone and Shumaker was al- secretary of the National heranaie lowed to talk to him. Watson at tes association. present is a patient at the Mayo prohers hospital at Rochester, Minn. Watson’s letter to Shumaker said that what he tried to say over the phone was that the supreme court was on vacation and that, therefore, he thought it would not ect ae Ae SET case a power at ordinary minimum stream|@fter the election. Watson said Fine (i, e, throughout the year), asi not intend to tell Shumaker WINS CORN CLUB CONTEST Dickinson—Clifford Culver, son of Mr. and Mra. E, D. Culver, won first prize in the Versippi Corn club over a field of 12 entrants. The judging Hn done by County Agent J. C. Rus- sell, Canada has 18 1-4 million horse- salary suit of Thomas McHale of did I live evil I did dwel,” and so on, am page Fon)” [estin wll We seltag "henge ie Bowe 13 = (Continued on ‘page four.) pia nani wn Sg MARAE 18 1 769 jn Austria. ing to more than 32 million tor ot {that the court would only fine him least six months of the yeax, iH (Continued on page four.) E| FINAL EDITION ~~ PRICE FIVE C rs (M'AD00 NOT TO BE CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT * Latest Ocean Flight Att Attempt Unsuccessful! || ANNOUNCEMENT MADE IN LETTER TO PUBLISHER ys His Chief Concern Is ‘Supremacy of Democratic Principles’ STATEMENT EMPHATIC Prefers to Stand Aside in Or- der That Field nie Be Left Clea Washington, William G. his ft Sept. 17.—(AP)— McAdoo has informed iends that he will not be a e¢ for the Democratic pres- ! nomination in 1928, s decision has been commun- icated to George F. Milton, pub- r of the Chattanooga, Tenn. ews, in a letter sent in response from Mr, Milton that he ounce his candidacy. The letter, together with the one from Mr. Milton to whieh it a reply, was made public t foo's law offices her Mr. ote Ac His Chief Concern that his “chief ey of Dem: progres: said that Declaring cern” was the ocratic inciple: policies,” Mr. con- and McAdoo SMITH WITHE LDS COM- New Y Sept. 17.—@) Governor Alfred E. Smith, pu tential candidate for the Dem- ocratic presidential nomina- tion, declined to comment to- day on the announcement by William G. McAdoo — that he would not be a candidate. T can do more to advance ct as a private cit indidate for the pr prefer to stand “perha| this ob; “L added, “in order that the field may ide,” be left clear, so far as I can c) it, for the development of a te: ship that can more effectively gain these ends. shall not, therefore, be a can- didate for the Democratic presi- dential nomination in 1! Recalls Last Convention In his letter Mr. McAdoo recall- ed the Madison Square Garden con- vention of three years ago, at which, on 91 ballots, he ted the ield of candidates, declaring that if the Democratic situation should agam develop in guch a way as to cause a repetition of the pneclu- ive and disastrous fight in the New York convention of 1924, it would be calamitous and the party Fwould be reduced again to impor- sidential contest. verything possible should gone, ” he continued, “to prevent the 1928 convention from degener- ating into a mere struggle of in- dividuals for personal preferment, at the expense of principles and policies of fundamental importance to party character and to the wel- fare of the nation. Principles and s must come fi Personal ns, however legitimate, and try self issue should be sub- inated to them. or Willing to Cooperate After declaring that he would not be a candidate next year, Mr. McAdoo said: “But the struggle for the press ervation of the constitution in its integrity, for the defeat of null- ification, for obedience of law and for the stern repre: for incorruptible government, impartial justice, social and nomic, must be carried on ant every earnest patriot must see that it carried on. In an effort to achieve those things T shall, as a private citizen, be glad to cooperat + with all those who deem them es- sential to the public welfare.” Much Speculation Whether Mr. McAdoo’s declaration will draw from Governor Al S: New York any statement of h s a matter of widespread sp tion among politicians here. Some a these pointed to the exact quotation of Mr. McAdou that he preferred to clear the field “so far as I ean clear it” for the development of a party leadership. There was nothing in the letter to indicate to whom the support of ‘the McAdoo forces might be thrown. Al- though the McAdoo declaration un- doubtedly will cause some shifting in the plans of various undercover pro- convention candidates, the extent of its influence probably cannot be de- termined for several days. To Try y Wishek Man For Manslaughter Wishek, N. dD. S Sept. 17.—(Special to — the ‘Tribune)—Philip Koch, Wishek, will “go fo trial in district court at Ashley Nov, 18 on a charge of second degree manslaug! Koch, who figured in an automobile accident in which Fsther Ley. 8. was Killed, waived préliminary examina- tion when he appeared before Justice Daniel Nickish Friday afternoon and was bound over to Ee district court. Bond of $1,500 set by Justice Nickish and darnianee by the accused man. RECORDER-POST IS SOLD Dickinson—Otto Thress, who has been owner of the Recorder-Post, a weekly newspaper published in Dick: inson, for the past six years, sold the paper recently to W. H. Rappuhn, editor.