The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 16, 1928, Page 1

NORTH DAKOTA'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER ESTABLISHED 1878 STATE CAGE SHIP MAY HAVE RESCUED THEM Searching Parties Sent Out to Investigate Report of Hearing Plane 1 RUMOR DUE TO MIRAGE Hinchliffe’s Parents Buoyed Up in Hopes For Son’s Safety by Dream Washington, March 16.— (AP)—The Canadain legation today informed the state depart- ment that the Canadian Pacific railway had reported to Ottawa that a Mr. Dean of the Hollings- worth and Whitby company of Greenville, Maine, had received a report from their Camp Num- ber 1 at Roches Pond on the morning of March 15 that a large airpla had passed Roaches farm The report — the plane was to ve 25 miles northeast of Greenville. we AR, It was added that this information was later con- firmed by a man and his wife who drove ‘into Greenville and said that they had seen a plane that seemed to descend in the forest northeast of Greenville. The Canadain report ssid that af it was und searching partics had been sent out. Fusion Idea Has Resulted Dis- New York, March 16.—(AP)—All] astrously to Party, He indications today were that the Hon- Aw orable Llsie Mackay and Captain Claims—No Alliance of Walter G. R. Hinchliffe had been| thority Has Been Made With lost at sea on their transatlantic flight in the monoplane Endeavour. The only optimism. was the hope that the flyers might have been picked.up by‘a vessel as in the cases of Hawker and George Haldeman and Ruth Elder. Suggestions were made that they might have reached Newfoundland and landed in some Any Other Party in State With only: five days remaining before the presidential primary elec- tion, the Democratic state executive committee has -launchd an active cam for the election of Tobias D. y of Di n as national committeeman from this state, it ite “spot. "ie intent rane about a plne| ESS er” ce aut oer he vi jue to somew! es > X hotel proprietor’s wife at’ Old Or- | Ame of E. d,. Hughes a S., chairman. of the Democratic state central: committee, John Gammons as scretary of the state committce and Charles Simon as chairman. of the Democratic state executive com- mittee, the attention of Democrats throughout the state is called ta. Mr. Casey's record and the statement made that he would be an ideal na- tional committeeman. No reference is made in the let- ter to the candidacy of J. Nelson Kelly, Grand Forks, Casey’s oppon- ent for the place, except indirectly, The text of the letter follows: “Fellow Democrat: “The presidential held next Tuesday, chard Beach, Mainc. thought she saw the wreck of an airplane on Stratton I:land, three miles’ off shore. The coastguard investigated ‘ and concluded that the sun’s rays on a farmhouse window deceived the woman, With no report from the plane since it cleared the tip of Ireland, Tuesday morning, save an uncon- firmed rumor that it had been sight- ed by a ship 170 miles. off the Irish coast, it was generally believed that search would be futile and that noth- ing more would be heard of the one- eyed English war ace and the dauch- ter of Lord Inchcape. Radio station WOR of New York city, held religious services yesterday for the missing flyers, prayer being offered and the unseen audience be- ing asked to join in the singing of “Lead Kindly Light Amid the En- circling Gloom,” and other hymns, RELATIVES TELL HOW FLIGHT WAS ARRANGED ; London, March 16.—(AP) — With scarcely # vestige of hope held for the qriasln lane) Badearene, ublic attention lay centered mainly on the grief of the relatives of the fly- ers and stories of how the flight was The family of the Honorable Elsie Mackay had long been aware of her ambition to fly across the Atlantic and was stated to have exacted a poeary will be larch 20. Upon the Democratic ballot will appear the name of Alfred E. Smith, for president, together with the names of five presidential electors and 10 delegates to the national convention. There is no opposition to any of these candidates so all of them will: be automatically selected. The only contest is for. the position of ne-| tionr] committeeman. Majority Favors Casey large majority of the active Democrats of the state, and of the state central’ committee, are favor of Tobias D. Casey of Dick- inson for national committeeman, Mr. Casey ‘isa’ progressive Demo- Se type: and has never recognized party factions. In one campaign he was, THE BIS crat of the Bryan and John Burke |* Capt. Hinchliffe and Miss Mackay De SLIGHT CHANCE || A Little Sleuthing in Oil ||EARTH SHOCKS Senator Gerald P. Nye of North Dakota, young chairman of the Sen- ate committee investigating the Teapot Dome oil scandal, is shown]. with the magnifying glass which brought the name of Secretary Mellon into the affair as one of those “dummy contributors” who bought Sinclair’s Liberty bonds. There were several notations on the docu- ments which were invisible to the naked eye. Among’ these were said to have been the names of Mellon, Dupont, Butler and Weeks. DEMOCRATS URGED TO VOTE THEIR OWN PARTY TICKET THIS YEAR BY E. J. HUGHES, DICKINSON, CHAIRMAN b gg RET ae | Today in Congress ‘ i ener etter nnn House approaches vote on naval building program as Sen- ate considers Interstate Com- merce Commission nomination of John J. Esch in executive ses- sion and debates Norbeck migra- tory bird bill. Farm relief, Muscle Shosls, arms ex- Veterans, move to bar ved “satilebbyiet peopecsia, by: and ant " fore House commitiors. SOUTH STATES TAKES 1 LIFE Property Damage Estimated Over $50,000—Accommoda- tion Train Wrecked New Orleans, La., March 16.— (AP)—Property damage estimated above $50,000, one life lost and an ac- ;commodation train wrecked, was the j known toll today of a freakish wind- storm that swept the oil fields of northeast Texas and northwest Louisiana yesterday and later hit the west and east boundaries of Missis- sippl in the vicinity of Vicksburg Meridian, respectively. The loss from the blow centered in | largely in the oil areas, where an in- complete count sh about 30 » Tullos | lan ks smashed. The Caddo, and other oil fields of Louisiana suf- heavily. E. Chambers, aged resident of died of juries MARCK TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 1928 rrr ARE FELT AT SPOKANE, WASH. Tremors Continued Three! Hours — Georgetown Seismo- graph Records Temblors | ARE OF GREAT INTENSITY}: Buildings in Xylocastron, : Greece, Collapse — Carson City, Nev., Affected . 8 ine, Wash., March 16.—(AP) —] thquake shocks which began] - here at 9:18 last night continued until 12:01 this morning, A. M. Jung, seismologist at Gonzaga uni- versity, announced. The heaviest tremors were observed at 9:45 last night, he said, estimating their cen- eee @ point about 4,850 miles dist- ani Athens, Greece, March 16/—(AP) ~-Earth tremors caused a number of buildings to collapse at Zylocastron, near Corinth, today. The population was panic stricken. Zylocastron is a maritime vil on the southern shore of the Gulf of Corinth about 21 miles east of Corinth, Washington, March 16.—(AP)— An earthquake of an intensity great- er than any ever noted on the seis- mograph of Georgetown university here was recorded early today by director Tondorf, The shocks lasted for more than four hours, reaching their maximum and hour after midnight. Three extremely powerful shocks were re- corded at 1:06, 1:09 and 1:14 a. m. These shocks disturbed the needles of the instrument six inches. Director Tondorf was not able to tell the exact distance of the shocks from Washington, but believed them shows the center section still standing, but both ends of DEATH TOLL IN : DAM COLLAPSE Scere ET REACHES 206 Carlsruhe geodetic seismograph reg- iste: irly strong pn tin 321 this morning and distance was State Engineer Says Founda- tion of Dam Was Not Sufficiently Strong Rag amen = Senta Patia, Cale,” March 16— @—With the known death toll standing at 206, sevcral sets of in- vestigators dug r into the available evidence lay. in an ef- fort to unearth the cause of the St. Francis Dam disaster. Although two coroner's juries found: yesterday that the victims $ bal a London, March 16.—(AP)—The Kew observatory recorded an earth- 5:20 this morning. The epicentre was estimated to be 8,400 miles distant. Carson City, Nevada, March 16,— were fat here last night, beth com were felt here last ni th com-| came to their death by drowning as ing close together. No damage was| the result of the breaking of the done but dishes and windows were | dam, they. did not attempt to fix the rattled, The t.emors occurred about} blame. From two official investi- 7:30 p.m. They were felt also at| gating sources, however, came re- Virginia City. ports that the foundation upon which DOWN RIVER The report of State Engineer Ed- Little Missouri Clear at Wil- ward Hyatt, Jr., that “had the dam had a sufficiently strong foundation liston—No Immediate Dan- ger Here happened,” was echoed in a report|of the St. Francis dam by Ventura County Engineer] valley toward the se: Charles Petiti. Governor Starts Probe And _on the heels of these reports, Gov. C. C. Young telephoned B. B. Meek, head of the department of public works at Sacramento, to select a group of competent en- gineers to examine the dam. The action, the governor said, was “not taken in a spirit of hostil- ity toward anyone.” He that there were “three parties at inter- est—those afflicted by the disaster, the people of Los Angeles and the California pantie at large.” A federal slant was given to an- Saugus, Piru, While there is no immediate dan- ger at Bismarck and the immediate vicinity, those living on the low- ds adjacent to the Missouri river ing ). W. Roberts, of the local office, who states 't ice in the finitely Given Up as LostiwListon AND Le wreexep pam] This photograph, transmitted over telephoto wires for The Tribune by NEA Service, shows the wreckage of the St. Francig dam, 45 miles north of Los Angeles, just after the gigantic reservoir had spent its deadly force on the valley below, where at least 200 persons were believed to have been drowned. a massive concrete structure, 185 feet high, built across San. Francisquito canyon. tions it backed up a lake of water containing more than twelve billion gallons of water, mountains sent such a torrent against the dam that it collapsed, almost this great tragedy never would have| This map shows the path of the flood which swept from the wreckage ex. Buildings and homeg were carried away by the head of water as it tore a path through the cities of Newhall, Fillmore, Santa Paula, Starting from a point about 45 miles north of Los Angeles, the torrent widened into a flood two miles wide that raged southwest toward Ven- KELLOGG PLACES U. S. GOVERNMENT ON RECORD IN-FAVOR OF ANTIWAR TREATY BETWEEN ALL GREAT POWERS The Weather Mostly unsettled ton! Saturda: and y- Warmer ight, PRICE FIVE CENTS TOURNEY OPENS TODAY AT MANDAN ET BOWBELLS MEET IN FIRST GAME Mandan and Grand Forks to Take Floor in Second Game of Afternoon TITLE GAME TOMORROW Fargo and Grand Forks Quints Doped to Go to Finals For State Honors se BER GAMES TODAY 2:30—Williston vs. Bowbells 3:30—Grand Forks vs. Mandan 7:30—Valley City vs. Hettinger 8:30—Fargo vs. Rolla GAMES SATURDAY 9:30—Friday p. m. winners 10:30—Friday evening winners 2:30—Friday p. m. losers 3:30—Friday evening losers 7:30—Saturday a. m. losers 8:30—Championship. North Dakota’s 14th annual Inter- scholastic Basketball tournament opened at the gymnasium of the State Training school at Mandan at 2:30 p. m. today. (Mandan time.) Eight district champions of the state will have flashed their wares before an estimated attendance of over 3,000 fans when the first round of games have been played today. To Williston and Bowbells went the honor of taking the floor first The dam was Under normal condi- A cloudburst in the without warning. The picture the dam, which was 1,250 feet long, were washed PARK CARS BACK OF MAIN BUILDING TO AVOID MUDDY FIELD Officials at the State Train- ing School wish to warn per- sons driving cars out to the State School grounds for the tournament games that the parking space east of the gym- nasium is soft. So soft that it is no longer fit for use. To avoid grief, persons should drive their cars up to the main build- bed Frokie school and besiege. . Parking space on the ball field has been provided and @ gtavel walk has been built there to the gymnasium. pie ah cd in wets ot guide at 2:30. The much heralded Man- dan-Grand Forks game was being played at 3:30. . Hettinger and Valley City opened the evening games, the clash being scheduled for 7:30. At 8:30 Fargo and Rola were to draw the first day’s games to a close. retournament favorites today were Williston, Grand Forks, Valley City and Fargo, with the Forkers and the Midgets doped to go to the finals. All Teams Ready All teams reported in the city Thursday night, the Grand Forks and Fargo fives being first on the scene of battle. Six games will be played Sature day. At 9:30 a. m., either Williston or Bowbells will meet either Mandan or Grand Forks. The winner of the Valley City-Hettinger game will meet the victor of the Fargo-Rolla set-to at 10:30 a. m. Consolation games for the first round losers will be played on Sat- urday afternoon. At 2:30 the losers of Friday afternoon’s games will ay while at 3:30 the losers of the ‘riday evening games will meet. The championship game will start at 8:30 p. m. Saturday, to be pre- ceded at 7:30 by a consolation game high in the Sierras down through the Santa Clara Santicoy, Castiac, Oberg and Camarillo. tura, on the coast. Reted when the roof of his barn, hurled|river at Pierre and f hort dis- ‘slan ; SE mae at 7:30. promise from her that she would not tee only, emecet, ean tte ugh ‘the air by the "twister, tance: above that, point moved ‘cut| other investigation of the disaster If Principal Nations are United|‘o decide third and fourth places, make the attempt. Captain Walter (Continued on page two) landed on him. "Iquietly on Wednesday, and that a when Elwood Mead, director of the A The consolation game will be bee G. R. Hinchliffe, her companion in pieced ka ngers on an accommodation Teoidea rise has taken place in the| United States reclamation service, in Sincere Desire For Such} tween the losers in the semifinal the Endeavour, was said to have train of the Texarkana-Shreveport | river at Williston. agreed to head a board of engineers 4: a stlesmnnia A round. promised a member of Miss Mackay’s GOV D A MOODY branch of the Texas and Pacific! At 5 o'clock last night the river)‘ be aasten from the. membership 3 Compact, a Formula Accep- ace family to disregard her appeals, and A railway probably were saved injury|had risen six ‘at t point, to| of the merican society of civil en- table to All Can Be Devised, BLAIR SEITZ DEFINITEL’ if this was so the young woman's . by the fact that the passenger|a stage of 15 feet.’ The ice is re- rs, : OUT OF TOURNAMENT PLAY pleadings seem to have proved irre- coaches were coupled on to the rear | po to be unusually thick and RS isa and tee assienn| C0 RT-M ARTI AL Secretary of State ays Mandan, N. D., March 16.—(AP) eMThe Dally Express today quoted oan ean ert bace tamed tha] log the Beaks hed a Seer nlnce | the aid of men in searching the | sh cane’ ladicitan tonnes Sia a friend of Mise’ Maske as p track onan intel roadbed, Z “fetrea. Ice in the ile ot ane envied waters for the| — ; em. Nore Marah Acer (Pe- Pier ing here this afternoon were Jmber. Shape Seon ae Ste is determined to DRY CANDIDATE neferi ae i. Vicksburg ey Sunday, piety that The call for the machines came|Found Guilty on Six Counts— ally on record in favor of an un- the aoe. filts. which will go far © go and the cepersainainne has be- si unrooting. of f dwellings, uprooting of | stream clear & ice on y, Mr. Ee gh fc eae: weeks Sentenced to Ten Years’ alii aubiese. tresiy. lates toward determining the state chame the only difticul Miss Mackay and on onttying iene Two! Ice ‘above, Pierre is still] the bodies on the surface of the Imprisonment retary Kel logs said in an address] The hopes of the Mandan Braves felt was how to hide ber prepara-|Movement Launched to Have, were injured. holding‘ all points, eltnough ‘the| flood apc had been, found here last night that if the principal] to defeat Grand Forks were dimmed tions from the family. Regarding Te ion S _ ion of the ice at Mob: is 206 Bodies Recovered —— n nations are united in a sincere by the definite announcement this (Continued on page two) > xas Delegation Support joy Admits Putting) terre! = ‘and| The last report showed the bodies| Henry Eidson, 24, private in Com-| sire for such @ compact, a formula| morning that Blair Seits, star fore an Prohibitionist ry showing some disintegrat- my ame of Ee Gand pecveeed ao pany vied beat Lome i could be devised ble to a weed 6 the heels uad, nt, be une a umber of missi elling, has learn secretary 8; before re ankle Weather Report Sew i are two in the Yel-| 196, a total of 402 as the possible that f doesn't paytofrandaentiy en-| Council on F Relations and earlier ea the aay It had been —_ =| Dallas, Texas, March 16—(AP)— lowstone river, one above Glen-| death toll. + {list in Uncle Sam’s fighting forces | took for his subject ¢.e war pre-|hoped that the injury would heal A to dive and one. below, Mr. Searchers today also were ordered | or to violate state and federal laws! vention policy of the United States | enough to let him enter the tourna. 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The sentence, of| Mr. Kellogg’ expressed: the hope| ing round, Bowbells being scheduled ‘ Warmer tonight and east portion | 7. iencntion 0. Gee Vienna, 16.—The oldest] Leaders of the rescue work be-|course, is subject to approval of the, that the ; negotiations with (Continued on page two) Senraay. Setar oe house plan in egy The. Oliatt! sssee waaay more. bodies will bol Sertawing cninorition” France’ have’ as their object —__—_—_—_ day northwest “I am not Tem architect's drawing discovered in| found when piles of debris in| Eidson was foundguiltyof fraudu-| the conclusion of = general anti- WEATHER CONDITIONS Reed, nor for Mienle. 2 2 Mesopotatnie, has been placed on ex-| the lower ‘are torn apart, [ently enlisting in the a at Little| war treaty would be successful date in Pe fh area, secompan-|“I do not believe it ° About four thousand years| This is the job for the steam - | Rock, Ark., in November, 1927, after miinately. 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