The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 27, 1928, Page 1

NORTH DAKOTA'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER ESTABLISHED 1873 BLE LOS AN ctl HARRY BROOKS DROPS INTO SBA LATE SATURDAY One Wing of Plane Entirely Torn Off—Fabric Stripped More Than $17,000 of the $183,000 Loot Allready Re- covered—Two of Those Ar- rested Confess Actual Par- CONDITIONS IN ‘From Other Wing ticipation in Daring Holdup : ae feago, Feb. 27—(7)— SAFETY STRAPS LOOSE ‘risanty tome’ Veen wal ois vom C0 AL MINE BELT ena baa police as im- “s ited in $133,000 Grand 6 3 Indications Are That Pilot Me Oucs tobded: weer 0 ARE. SHOCKING Freed Himself From Ma- xP Z coat aemiattice ae chine Before Plunge won tre of the men bad con- Senate: Subcommittee Con- sore actasl pat tends They “Are ‘Blotch Sebastian, Fla., Feb. 27—@)— the holduy only $17,125 of lane which dis- ' pF ty Bg — | Indiana, Pa., Feb, 17.—@)—De- scribing conditions of the Pittsburgh coal -belt as “a blotch upon Amer- ican civilization,” the senate inter- state commerce subcommittee here today issued a statement declaring the “industrial war” affected the entire nation. The committeemen, who came yesterday from Pittsburgh — spent today making a survey local coal camps and mines, assert- ed that a “remedy must be found to relieve the shocking conditions” Pittsburgh district. ‘The commltiee ‘itteburgh district. e comt Idaho, Saturday night off Melbourne was washed ashore near here this morn- | W: ing. No trace was found of the body of Harry Brooks,-who was Lime the plane when it disap- peared, The plane was badly damaged. One wing had been entirely torn off by the waves, and the fabric of the other wing was stripy The propeller was Peo ean and. the fuselage wrecked. Examination of the sirap y which Brooks was said to have fastened. himself into the plane when he Titusville Saturday offered no clue as to, whether he dleengaged himself before the crash. tered con- dition Ss the fusel bee this means letermining pilot’s ex- act fate im . It was —, 1 Tilgtet howevee, that head time to free himself before the plane Laas lane Almost Demolished Almost total demolition of the body of the plane obliterated any other indication which might have peer es Brooks’ actions before or after be ‘ While rch for Brooks’ body went forward with vigor, fishermen with such matters ventured ion that it should be brought in by the tide this afternoon if ever. They said that if the body did not (Contirue~ om -.ge two) MOFFAT TUNNEL [eres The men and women were ordered lodged in county jails in nearby counties. Aldrich said he intended to seek indictments today or to- morrow, Chicago, Feb. 27—(AP) — Police today Bnnounced the solution of the $138,000 mail train robbery at Ever- green Park Saturday morning, the arrest of five of the seven bandits and the recovery of a large part of the stolen money. NATIONAL K. P, HEAD COMIN 0 BISMARCK Bl iter nal rl Be ag rps Gooding, i it on the case, said chairman; Wagner, New Yor Richard S. Witte of Milwaukee/ he would tars ‘over. to the postal in Wheeler, ontana, and Pine, O! to Attend. Meeting Here |""eLimpy Gussie Cleaver, at whose Making this city, some of Gover- - . qaMareh 6 home was found $17, $600 . nor John S. Fisher, their base, the committee today heard both sides of Williém Donovan, whom police say central plotted the * with Cleaver. William , Angelo Fran- the dole Od dispute in the cisco and Joseph » the latter Pennsylvania fields. The senators visited several mines and conferred rietor of a it room where ais of the ate were said to with an equal number of operators thered. uty. commissioner said he confessions here and and union officials. Cleav- HURT IN BLAST AT OIL, PLANT Fire Follows Explosion—Half ‘of Toledo Rocked—Win-' dows Shattered Ravenswood National bank holdup, on,|in which $80,000 was taken,.and the ejholdup of Joseph Fekete, mortgage WEST OF DENVER). OPENED. SUNDAY |= : Shorter Transcontinental Rail| tended to Route Is Now Step Nearer ‘ Completion at Cleaver’s home were identified as ee been taken from the Fekete Nr Tie sopany pete cotersianion police commissioner, who has been in active charge of the bers | investigation from the moment word ie ~ that os Grand a in ing pay roll money to two tol Harvey, lily banks -had been held » did not reveal the exact amount of money recove “It is a ant deal: more than the $17,125 we found in Cleaver’s home,” he said, “but the exact sum will not be announced until we have com- pleted our work.” He would not discuss the police that a raid on the far south itte early today, in which three here by| women were arrested, led-to the (Continued on page iwo) ==! MORE FLYERS ARE BELIEVED LOST IN OCEAN Toledo, O., Feb. 27.—(®)—Two men are dead and three others in- jured, one seriously, following an ent and fire which swept the Bon il night. The dead are Frank Krause, 52, and Verne St. Clair, 29. The injured are Earl Miller, burned seriously; Fireman Charles Denver, ‘Feb. 21. A. shorter transcontinental rail route was a ca step ae coe seat, hal inauguration o! . first. regula teale, neces through the- Moffat] lod tunnel, west of: here. : tunnel formally ‘1 oO 14 Lake railroad 2,500| from the east to the west following a cerem in Bile a Coleen’ and Utah officials PeStarted in-1923, in conformlt fe ” M. Russell, sprained ankle. The first blast rocked half of Toledo and windows for blocks around were shattered. Eight oth- er crude oil stills and two storage tanks caught fire and were de- stro; of the company believed all of the-250 employes were ac- counted for. Conservative estimates Placed the loss near $200,000. . LEGION POST ORGANIZED Glen Ullin—The Lawrence Higbee Post No. 239 of the American Legion has recently been organized here. This is the y it post in the state and plans ae made for a drive to get ex-service men to join. New York, Feb. 27.(P)—A fight freezing cold col n ilot and a AG meet an & fF flyers lost at sea. fe two missing men are Walter aid, of New 2 Figs ee EDITOR'S NOTE—The Seiet, noted W: March 18—New Ham; m3 THE BISMARC 2 KILLED, THREE} company plant here last/ mary J. Osborne, sprained back; Fireman | didate. Harr oe following ‘calendar, prepared by Simp anthorite s on: “elections, liste the ees of and the state conventions ‘sched Meeting Is Said to Foreshadow Political Developments of an Important Nature — Shafer Has: No Comment, Except That Conversation Was on Friendliest Possible Basis Political developments of ar im- Portant nature are foreshadowed by a conference held here Saturday be- tween R. A. Nestos and C. D. Baker, Minot, Attorney General George F. Shafer, Bismarck, and L. L. Twich- ell, Fargo, Although little could be learned ‘about the conference todev, it was understood that it was held at the ‘suggestion of Twichell and was in- beno hard feslings in Todependent no in nt ranks regardless of whether Shafer ‘or Nestos is endorsed for the United States senate at the convention to be ‘beld next month in Jamestown. Shafer had no comment to make ‘on the conference except to say that it was very pleasant throughout and that the conyersation was on the friendliest possible basis. Shafer and Nestos have been close rsonal friends for years and it was indicated that each the support of the other, is of who is nominated at the Jamestown - convention, H Democrats Active Meanwhile Democrats of the state were prepared to resist ; minute attempt to prevent the ma- jority of the North Dakota delega- ion to the Democratic ‘convention from sup) Governor Smith of New York. Rumors that supporters of Sen- ator Jim Reed of Missouri might tee} the latter's name on the pres- dential primary ‘ballot and thereby win an. instructed delegation for their‘ candidate, were met with the announcement that the Smith advo- ‘have's. “ana that: oe te er Reed's nainé on the ballot will ‘be the signal ‘for filing the Smith petition. Unless a petition for Reed is filed, however, the Smith petition will be held up. ‘The North Dakota delegation to the Democratic con- vention has not been instructed by any party caucus or convention but most of the 10 men whose names will mupeas.on the presidential pri- election ballot March 20 are Smith ‘supporters. Most .of the Democratic leaders here are confi- dent that Smith would “win in a walk” if his name appears on the ballot in opposition to any other can- Infant Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. O’Brien Gloria Mary O’Brien, six-months- old daughter of Mr. Mrs, Ernest O'Brien, died at her home this morning’ as-a result of double Pneumonia. Beside her parents, she leaves two brothers, Robert and Billy. Fu- neral - services will be ‘held Tuesday: morning at 8-o'clock at St. Mary's Procathedral with. Father Fischer officiating. Interment will be made in St. Mary's cemeter: fuled to date.) ., April .24—Pennsylvania Primary. el choice Mg President Dies of Pneumonia): _TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1928 i GELES EN RO ; Ford Flivver Plane is Washed Ashore-- Pilot Chicago Police Round Up Part ot Bandit Gang Which Robbed Train CONFERENCE IS HELD HERE SATURDAY BETWEEN NESTOS, SHAFER, TWICHELL UTE TO PANAM Still Missing HUGE AIRSHIP Misa Iola Bradford, 23, is shown (center) with State's Attorney Rus- sell O. Hanson (top), and part of her class of pupils who were called as witnesses at Ottawa, Ill., in the trial of Hiram Reed, 24. He is charged with planting a bomb which exploded in the little schoolhouse where she taught. Miss Bradford received leer facial scars from the ex- plosion. INVENTOR SAYS QUEER MOTOR IS SeINOT A ‘HUMBUG’ Radio and Allied Phenomena Have Nothing to Do With It, Hendershot Claims Pittsburgh, Pa. Feb. 27.—47)— Lester J. Hendershot, 29-year-old West Elizabeth, Pa., inventor whose fuelless motor has gained the inter- est of Col. Charles A. Lindbergh and others prominent in the world, wants the “humbu ted from reports on his inven- tion, which he developed while ex- perimenting on an effort to produce an improved compass. “Make it clear to the world,” he said, in commenting on stories giv- various descriptions to his cre- ation, “that radio and its allied phenomena have nothing to do with my motor. “The force that turns my motor is the same force that pulls-the needle of. a, compass aroun eee eri is nothing mysterious about that.” Hendershot said that when he took up aviation three years ago he dis- covered that the “ultimate develop- ment of aviation depended largely upon the discovery of invention of an absolutely true and reliable com- pass” and that his first experiments were an effort to develop such an iment. ordinary magnetic compass “The does not point to the true north—it| J, ints. to the magnetic north, and varies from the true north to # dif- ferent extent at almost every point on the earth’s surface. “There is another compass, :the manner induction compass, that indi ws the true north. But it must be set before each flight, and it is not always reliable. I really got to wrk 2 SAH ideas Bboat &. year ago, and last an see that I was headed toward my How It Happened “I found that with a premagnet- izedcore { could set up a magnet- ised field that would indicate the true north, but I didn’t know just how to utilize that in a compass J set out to find. In contiguing my experiments, I learned: that by cutting the same 4 replied bye ve a motor built on that will rotate at-a con- built for any desired speed, and a ible constant speed motor is one greatest needs of aviatibn. ‘motor I ii 2 i f 5 Py Washington, Feb. 27.—(?)—The dirigil 8 Angeles was a little south of Cuba and .proceedings to he Canal zone at 6:40 a, m. today, ie bert department: was, informed rat a A. ‘tire contents of the message was not announced, but it was said at the naval communications of! that the airship at that time was “a little bit south of Cuba and pro- ceeding to the Canal Zone.” This was taken to mean that she had de- cided to attempt the 2,200-mile flight from Lakehurst, N. J., with- out mooring to the mast of the tender Patoka, anchored in Guacan- ayaba bay about 700 miles this side of her destination. Nassau, Bahamas, Feb, 27.—(?)— Although prevented by lack of. mooring facilities from accepting the invitation of the Colonial gov- ernment to make a stop here en route -to Guantanamo, the dirigible; Los Angeles circled the city twice at.1:05 this morning and then dropped greeting: Washington, F ing. over southern in nonstop flight from. Lakehurst, J,, to the Panama Canal zone, the Aairship Los Angeles reported to the navy department at 10:07 cast- ern standard time _ th three miles off south Negr Jamaica. This would place the big ship 612 miles from her destination. Panama, Feb, 27.—(?i—All Parations were, completed ing for the reception of the Di ble Los Angeles at France field, Canal zone, at the end of her 2,000- mile flight from Lakehurst, New Weather conditions were des as “good” by naval offi- cials and it was added that the diri- gible would have trade winds with her across the Caribbean, a very desirable factor for speeding up the trip. Three hundred soldiers were instructed in the work of aiding the Los Angeles to anchor at. the moor- ing mast erected at France field. Famous Author May Get Order of Merit London, Feb. 27.—4)—Gossip has lately included George Shaw among the possible early re- cipients of the exclusive and rarely conferred order of merit, The Daily Sketch today said that Shaw, on being asked whether he had been approached by the order, : “Not officially, but I con- the order of merit on myself long ago.” pre- this. mor merit is designed as I distinction for eminent men tpeed, 2 speed predetermined ; kni motor is built. It can be aE i a Flight Bulletins |__ Flight Bulletins | : HICKMAN-HUNT sj testimony and arguments by couu- ,| Seb today was foreseen. The Weather Fair tonight and Tuesds: much cl in sem PRICE FIVE CENTS | DUE TO ARRIVE THERE TONIGHT Started Unannounced From Hangar at Lakehurst, N. J., Sunday Morning Is UNEVENTFUL Flight Is First Attempted Nonstop Voyage of Such Craft to Canal Zone TRIP Washington, Feb. 27.—(AP)—Far past the midway mark, the giant air- ship Los Angeles glided over south- ern waters today on an unheralded nonstop training flight from Lake- hurst, N. J., to France Field. Pan- ama, Starting unannounced from her New Jersey station at 6:15 yester- day morning, the big lighter-tha: air craft was attempting her ‘lon, est journey since she was flown from Germany as the ZR-i, ‘The trip, approximately 2,200 miles and mostly over water, should be wit barring motor trou- ble and bad weather, in about 38 hours provided the ship maintains the better than 50-mile-an-hour pace she set for herself for the first half to reach Nassau 18 hours and 50 minutes after she left Lakehurst. On this basis it was estimated she would reach France Field around 8 o'clock tonight. The flight is the first attempted nonstop voyage of a craft of its kind to the Canal Zone, although . two years ago the 658-foot German-built dirigible flew to Porto Rico. nonmilitary craft is in charge of. Lieutenant Commander Charles E. Rosendahl and has a full crew aboard. Most of the trip is being made over water to demonstrate the ship's fitness for the; equivalent to @ transoceanic voyage. Trip Planned for Some Time While the trip has been con- templated for some time, news of her departure from Lakehurst was kept secret until aftcr the ship was | actually under It first was {announced that ie soon would cruise to Guacanayaba Bay, Cuba, there to, anchor to the mast of the aircraft tender Patoka, but it lat- er was decided to send her farther into the south to visit one the TRIAL NEARING FINISH TODAY Taking of Testimony and Counsel's Arguments May Be Ended by Night |, Los Angeles, Feb. 27.—(AP)—De- fense counsel and prosecution attor- !neys in the dual murder trial of William Edward Hickman and Wel- by Hunt today planned a final ef- fort to impress their respective ideas of a proper verdict on the {minds of the jury of six men anu six women. Possibility of the completion of Testimony of the Hunts, father and: son, remained to be complet The elder Hunt was to take t stand as a character witness for his son, as part of an effort. by De- fense Attorney A. Gray Gilmer t> show that young Hunt tad led a model life except when under the alleged dominance of Hickman, Le- gal squabbles that featured last week's sessions were expected to break out anew should Gilmer carry out his plan of attempting to show that Hickman ced Hunt to ac- company him on the robbing excur- sions that finally ended in the fa- tal shooting of C. Ivy 1» Rosehill druggist, in his drug store a year ago last Christmas eve. A .32 calibre iatomatic carried by Hickman on the night of the rob- bery and killing was found yester- day after Hickman had revealed the place where he had discarded it. Thoms, according to medical and Barnard|arms experts, was killed by a .38 calibre bullet. Hunt had that size ;gun with him on the night of the shooting. He had steadily insisted that he did not fire bis arm at all, Hickman’s gun was found near a much traveled boulevard intersec- tion about 22 miles east of Los An- ae Hunt's gun never has been found.