The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 1, 1928, Page 1

oy ; \ \ \, that corn is tasseling NORTH DAKOTA’S ’ OLDEST NEWSPAPER ESTABLISHED 1873 BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1, 1928 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE The Weather Unsettled tonight and Thursday, with local thunderstorms. Cooler.” PRICE FIVE CENTS 9 KILLED AS STEEL CANAL GATE COLLAPSES —__-——— Spanish Guitars Strum Farewell to Four Round-the-world Flyers'THRTY OTHERS GLOBE HOP IN 45-DAYS AIM OF SPANIARDS “Plane ‘Numancia’ Leaves Cadiz on 1,200 Mile Jump to Azores FLEW ATLANTIC BEFORE Ship Takes Off After Load Is Lightened to Prevent Disaster Cadiz, Spain, Aug. 1.—()—With jitars strumming a farewell four Spanish airmen hopped off this morning in a four motored seaplane on the first lap of a flight around the world in forty-five days. Two attempts were necessary be- fore the plane, named Numancia, rose from the waters after part of its load had been lightened. At 7:15 p. m. on the third attempt the plane too!. off and headed for the Azores, some 1,200 mil From there the airment intend. to head for Halifax and then New York. Before leaving, Ramon Franco, pilot and commander, informed the Associated Press correspondent that he hoped to be back in Cadiz in 45 Captain Ruiz de Alda, who ‘was with nco on the first flight « across the South Atlantic in 1926, ‘was navigator aboard the plane. The other members of the crew were Emilio Gallarza, co-pilot, and Pablo Rada, mechanic. A picturesque crowd gathered on the beach to see the airmen off. Men, women and children had been assembling since midnight. Some had guitars and by two o'clock this morning many couples were dancing in the moonlight, while the children Bang. ‘Meanwhile the four airmen were aboard the plane, anxiously await- ing the moment of departure. At 6:15 the Numancia’s four 500 horse- power motors added their roar to the music which came across the waters from the shore. A few minutes later the grey sea- ‘plane.with a Spanish flag painted on its side sped over the waters of the * harbor. It was unable to rise. An- other futile attempt was made and then the plane was lightened. On the third try the plane rose grace- fully from the water, and disap- peared toward the Azores. The plane will be navigated by directional wireless. CROP HARVEST IN FULL SWING Fair to Good Yield’ Expected in Northwest With Quality ‘Good’ St. Paul, Aug. 1—)—With har- “vesting in many localities in full swing, Minnesota’s crops promise to bring a fair to good yield, but in most instances the quality is re- ported as “good,” a survey of county agents throughout the state today revealed. In North Dakota and South Da- kota virtually all small grains give indications of making average crops, with corn prospects in both states reported as “good to excellent.” Most sections report harvesting al- ready under way. Satisfactory headway has been made in the harvesting of small ins in southern Minnesota, while Red river valley cutting of barley and oats has made good ad- aie wa a ine een a 8 whea: rit al- @ ready have been cut, with harvest- ing of durum wheat expected to be- = earnest in sees pr ase days. crop, some- what in and June, has made bE pieaieged Eat the “4 few weeks ows Promise, ° The scourge of black rust has not ap good deal depends upon wea conditions in the next iod days, when r will become general in the northwest. A number of sections throughout walled Minnesota and the Dakotas report and silking, with indications that the best corn soe ms many years is in store. excessive moisture, po- tatoes are to be below the average in in the Red river “svowalley, despite an increase in the acreage. il é : no ‘ = peared noticeably this year, but/The | Spanish Flyers and World-Circling Ship Here are the men and the shi: that fi re in the most ambitious world air-tour ever attempted. Inset at the left are Captain Ruiz de Alda, relief pilot, and Major Ramon Franco, chief pilot, both famous airmen of -horsepower motors, in tandem pai: irs. ‘in. Right is their mechanic, Gallarza. Their huge seaplane, the Numancia, above, is powered with four The men took off today from Cadiz, Spain, for the Azores. Nova Scotia, New York, Mexico City and San Francisco were the next stops listed on their route. Parachute Jumper Thrills Fair Crowds in Narrow Death Escape}; $75,000 SPENT BY AGENTS 10 DRY BROADWAY ‘Four Horsemen’ as Liberal Spenders Gained Night - Club’s Confidence New York, Aug. 1.—()—Prohibi- Other State Fair Officials Praise Western North Da- kota’s Exposition ‘Bismarck Day’ Fair Attend- ance Expected to Set New Crowd Record The Missouri Slope fair is a suc- cess. This was the consensus of opin- ion of spectators, officials, exhibi- tors and troupers. Tuesday. Before one of the largest open- ing day crowds in history, the pan- tion authorities estimated today that|orama of western North Dakota’s it cost them between $65,000 and/ ¢ $75,000 to obtain evidence which they believe will dry up Broadway. Four undercover agents from|tion that has shington, whom Broadway has nicknamed.“The Four rounds of the sorts, establishing contact t! h the liberal spending of money. Coming to New York in Fel these four men soon beca: known in the city’s night life as eral spenders, making no complaint at paying $22 a bottle for Moselle, $42 for champagne, §2. for domestic ginger ale. They were welcomed at all the| Pitality and neighborliness. night clubs. Then they disappeared. Broadway Pisa rho where they had gone, but not for long. On the night Governor Smith was nominat-, Jumping from her plane. the dimin- ed for, the presidency at Houston federal. raiding parties descended on| Broadway. and served warrants on the late hosts and hostesses of “The Four Horsemen.” Later came the padlocking of the bars in six of the most popular clubs and yesterday indictments were re- turned Pats eight clubs and 31 individ raising the total indict- ments of the week to 26 night clubs and 139 individuals. One of the bars padlocked was Texas Guinan’s Salon Royale. The eight latest victims of the in- dictments were the Marguery Ren- dezvous, J. T. Martin’s restaurant, Chez Florence, or which Miss Gui- nan’s brother, Tommy, was in charge; Little club, Owl club, Foot- light club, U. S. I. restaurant and| three Lauretta McDormont. QOVER SEEKS. SHASTA TROUT Deserts Oregon Streams for Mountain Brooks of . California Shasta Springs, Cal., Aug. 1.—) lure of the trout brought Herbert Mount Hoover &3. Fae 3 . ‘ = = fe i é f bse ticki? ge i HE it ii i ‘ i ey if i 1 j i Bi Hi BF 5 3 i z i E 4 | i z Ir Es Hy i if f j : revision, to with i h i .25 for cock- | officials extending “hands across the tails, $1.75. for. imported and $1.50] river” have promised residents of sition unfolded. isiting officials of other North Dakota fairs ised the organiza- rought the Missouri Slope fair on a par with the state Horsemen,”| fairs at Minot, Grand Forks. and ight re-| Fargo. Roads leading to Mandan today were humming: as the citizenry of the Slope headed for the fair weil _ ere Big crowds are predicted lib- | fo1 r the final three days of the fair. Bismarck Day Thursday Bismarck Day is Thursday. Fair the Capital City typical Mandan hos- Miss Gene DuRand, inneapolis ee parachute jumper, brought esday’s crowd their biggest thrill. utive aviatrix narrowly escaped death as her parachute missed the track enclosure and dragged her over the tops of tents automo- biles at the back of the grandstand. The Four Aerial Lorenzos, who defy death on a steel scaffold 110 leet above the earth, were also credited with giving the stands “spine shivers” as they nonchalantly flipped through the air on trapezes and did acrobatic stunts never be- fore seen in western North Dakota. Fireworks Tonight The feature of today’s celebration 1! be a $2,000 pyrotechnic display to be shot off in front of the grand- stand at the evening performance. Comedy aplenty is furnished the fair patrons by the Bacardie Trio, ites i Sonar a une, minutes of tumbling, Fagg ey Bucki Ford, a snorting motor car that does almost Mipeshington Dogs please the kid n’s Dogs please l- dies and people who never grow old. “Spot,” a fox terrier, wheels balls up inclines and does backflips that make human troupers envious. The Jack Starry Duo, ts, i ht down the evening se” with ir assortment of trick rid- ing stunts that had the stands gasp- q Dust Drowns Autos A heavy layer of dust that covered track qamescey spoiled for many of the automobile drivers what: had promised to be a real ht for the roaring road champion- 5 gered state. Cameron of Grand Forks, Chevrolet, and Oak Hill, bbed the F & i i i , [ F i r it if Ps if I ! | eu a MEE : ‘ } i f é F : REFINERY-STILL BLAST INJURES SCORE OF MEN Explosion Showers Blazing Oil Over 75 Men Fighting Small Fire Vincennes, Ind., Aug. 1.—() More than fifty men were in- jured, one fatally, in an explo- sion at the plant of the Indian * Refining company at Lawrence- ville, Til, nine miles west of here. Jack Freese, age 30, of Law- ‘ renceville, one of 36 men brought here for treatment, died shortly after noon. Vincennes, Ind., Aug. 1—(#) Between 4 Oand 50 men suf- fered burns, and four of them are in a serious jition, as a result of wn oil explosion today at the plant of the Indian Re- fining company at Lawrence- ville, Il, nine miles west of here. The blast fofowed a fire at one of the steam stills, and extinguished the flames. The property damage was small, be- af cei imated at approximately 1,000. Employes of the refinery an- swered the fire call and were manning a chemical hose when the head of the still blew off, uring hot oil over the fire- lighters. Thirty-six of the injured men were rushed in ambulances to the Good S: itan hospital here after receiving first aid treatment at the company hos- pital. Three of the men were released after their wounds were dressed. The most seriously burned Lewis Hensley, still fore- Three. others also were in a serious condition. A messen- ger was rushed to St. Louis to obtain drugs to prevent tetanus. Every doctor in Lawrenceville and Vincennes responded imme- diately after the explosion. Am- bulances from Vincennes raced to the scene of the blast and seedily brought the injured men to the hospital here. Lawrenceville, Ill., Aug. 1.—()— Seventy five men, employes of the Indiana Refining company here, were injured, several of them per- haps fatally, when a steel pressure still exploded and drenched them in hot oil during a fire early today. Twenty-seven of the more serious- hurt were rushed to hospitals at ‘incennes, Ind., about 14 miles from here across the Wabash river. It was reported that at least six of these men were burned so badly ve, The explosion of the cil pressure still oce' a short time after a reg fire had started at the still. once, bringing out all the volunteer fire fighters, employes of the In- +] diana About 10 minutes later the stiil exploded, hurling hot oil over vir- tually all the workers fighting the Litchfield Reports Seeing Bank Robbers Minneapolis, Aug. 1—(?)—Re- ports that the bandits who obtained there was little hope for them to! di TO ‘INFLUENCE? Mother Superior Denies She Fostered Slaying Idea in Youth’s Mind BELIEF NURTURED ALONE ‘Art Student Believed Crime Would Solve Mexico’s Relig- ious Problem Mexico City, Aug. 1—(4)—A nun, Concepcion Acebedo de la Lata, has been named by Jose de Leon Toral, youthful art student, as having “in- directly influenced” him in the assassination of President - elect Alvaro Obregon. Toral named the nun when ques- tioned by the judge in the prelim- inary court of first instance in San Angel where he was formally charged with murder. Without a collar and his scraggly black beard showing more than a week's growth, Toral seemed utterly indifferent’ under the questioning. le was calm and composed. His voice was low but he 6 clearly and without a tremor. He occasion- ally clenched his fists. “Did you consider well everything involved when you were going to kill Obregon?” Judge Mendosa yes,” Toral replied, “I thought of the consequences but not of all.” “Who influenced you to commit ‘ho indirectly?” “The Mother Superior Concepcion Acebedo, who figures in the investi- gation.” “How did she intervene?” Death Urged “In conversation. She told me the religious persecution was being pro- longed and the remedy only could be obtained with the death of Obregon, President Calles and Perez.” (Perez is patriarch of the so-called Mexican Schismatic Catholic church which anes ; Sg recognize the Pope at orrfe. The nun who is being held in po- lice headquarters in Mexico City de- nied to newspapermen that she had fostered in the mind of Toral a be- lief that he could solve the religious problems by his crime. “Who did influence Toral to kill Obregon?” they asked her next. “I do not know,” she replied. “Toral himself has stated that no- body knew of his intention and that nobdy influenced him. His father, mother, wife and brothers say they knew nothing of his plan and if any- body has admitted knowledge of his intention, that admission has not been made public.” Continuing his examination of Toral, the judge asked him if he had considered killing Calles also. Toral replied: “Only in case Calles and Obregon were together and it was possible to kill both at the same time, but I ne thought especially of killing alles.’ AL TO DISCUSS FARM TROUBLE Nominee Asks Corn Belt Farm Leader to Confer on Agriculture Hampton Bays, N. Y., Aug. 17.— (®)—Governor Smith has invited George N. Peek, a farm leader from the cornbelt, to have breakfast to- morrow with him in New York and to discuss the agricultural situation. ‘Phe Democratic presidential nom- inee announced his engagement with Peek just before he departed by motor for New York from Canoe Place inn, his vacation headquarters since Saturday. Peek, who is a Republican and was a supporter of Frank 0. Lowden during his pre-convention campaign, has been in New York conferri with the Democratic executive cam- ‘ign committee. He has expressed is dissatisfaction over the’ farm plank in the Republican ‘platform and over Hei Hoover's can- idacy. Peek lives in Moline, “Ill, and is chairman of the committee of 22 which has been active for several years in an unsuccessful effort to obtain federal legislation along the lee of the vetoed McNary-Haugen His conference with Governor Smith comes as the jocratic nom- inee is shaping up in his mind his acceptance 6 which will be de- livered at Al three weeks from intends to, diseuse campaign fasues, int cam ues, including farm relief. ———— CORN SOARS T0 NEW HIGH MARK Chicago, Aug. 1-—0—Corn avail- able for ‘September went 80a) as hi 500 Boys from Seven States Being Processed Today at Fort Lincoln Will Spend Few Days in Awk- ward Squads Learning Army Rudiments More than 500 boys from seven states were being processed at Fort Lincoln today and learning “what's what about the army” in preparation for North Dakota's first Citizen's | Military Training camp here during August. Youths wero still arriving this morning after traveling many routes by various transportation devices. Examination of credentials of the | candidates was the first step in the Processing. After credential exam- ination candidates are assigned to tents and beds and are taught how to make their beds and what is ex- pected of them in their platoon. They are next given physical examina- tions and issued uniforms. Camp officials estimated that all of today and Jette of tomorrow would be taken to finish the processing. Reveille Sounds Tomorrow Reveille sounds for the first time at 5:45 a. m. tomorrow. Prelim- inary platoon instruction given by instructors makes up the greater part of tomorrow's program. Taps will sound at 11 p. m. Candidates, most of whom will be “green,” must be given early in- struction on army phrases, tactics, and rules, officers in charge said to- day. All squads will be “awkward squads” for the first few days. With constant drilling and instruction, the citizen candidates will soon be able to stage a creditable dress parade, officials say. Among the first things that the new soldier must learn are the sig- nificance of reveille, first call, as- sembly, mess-call, fatigue call, stable call, sick call, drill call, guard mount, recall, ceremonies, retreat, tattoo, call to quarters, and taps. Have Heavy Schedule That the rookies will have a busy month is jndicated by the week-day Program Which is as follows: Reveille, first call, 5:45 a. m. March, 5:55. Assembly, 6:00. Mess call, 6: Fatigue call, . Stable call, 7:00. Sick call, 7:15. Drill, first call, 7:20. Assembly, 7:30. Guard mount, first call, 11:10, Assembly, 11:20, Recall from fatigue, 11:30: Mess call, 12:15 p. m. Drill, first call, 1:20. Assembly, 1:30. Sick call, 4:30. Recall from fatigue, 4:30. Ceremonies Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday. First call, 4:50. Assembly 5:00. Adjutant’s call, 5:10. Retreat, first call, 5:30. Assembly, 5:40. Mess call, 5:50. Tattoo, 9:00. Call to quarters, 9:45. Taps, 11:00. Take Oaths Tomorrow The 500-odd soldier candidates will take their oaths of allegiance at 4 p, m. tomorrow, Recreation galore is planned. A band will be musteredassoon as pos- sible and regular practice sessions under an army director will be held. Each of the compantes will use the post gymnasium for a dance during the period they are in camp. Base- ball games and a tournament is on the program. Boxing, wrestling, and special features are planned for the stadium in the evenings. Moving pictures will be shown Tuesday, Fri- day and Sunday evenings. A trip for all members of the camp to Lake Isabel, near Dawson, is assured for Aug. 12. Boy soldiers will swim at Lake Isabel on their special trip and will also swim at regular hours during week days inthe city swimming GOP FUND FIXED AT $4,000,000!:s. Washington, Aug. 1—(7)—A Re- pabllens campaign fund of $4,000,- , was called for today by Chair- man Work of the national commit- tee. The figure was fixed at a confer- ence of y leacers here, including J. R. a committee treasurer, Jeremiah Milbank, eastern treas- urer; Franklin W. Fort, committee secretary and Herbert L. Gutterson, executive secretary. Active solicitation of funds will begi Mr, Nutt said. Meanwhile, he reported, many con- tributions, large and small, are com- ing into the Republican till from all sections of the count The 1924 cam} has been estimated to have cost @ little more than $3,000,000. paien of the party | Jection: Ben Eielson Plans Transpacific Hop to Toyko, Japan Grand Forks, N. D., Aug. 1.— ®M—A flight the Pacific to Tokyo, Japan, is again under consideration by Lieute Ben Eielson, North Dakota ator, who is resting at his Hat- ton home. This was indicated Tuesday when the flyer, who piloted Sir Hubert Wilkins across the Arc- tic fields, came to Grand Forks with his sister Helen for a brief e indicated that the Pa- cific flight is under considera- tion by himself and interests in Detroit, Mich., and that the out- come of these negotiations will influence his decision with re- spect to accompanying Wilkins on his South’ Pole expedition. WOMAN AUTHOR SETS CLOTHING ABLAZE TO DIE Disappointed in Love, Touches Match to Turpentine- Sat- urated Self New York, August 1—()—Ap- parently disappointed in love, Miss Louisa Amelia de Hostos, 38 years old, set herself afire in her upper West Side apartment and died at Harlem hospital today. Miss de Hostos, said by a friend to be the daughter of Eugenia de Hostos, a Porto Rican educator, came to New York to seek a career as an author. She was unconscious when found in her apartment. At the hospital it was said she had saturated her clothing with turpentine and then, after climbing into the bathtub, had applied a match. She was burned from head to foot. Although she refused to discuss with a detective the cause of her at- tempt at suicide, she told him to read a letter uddressed to the ‘chief of police of New York” which she had left in her apartment. This note appeared to have been written in reat haste and lacked coherence. It read: “As there is no punishment for a man who takes a lady’s name and disfigures it with all kinds of lies in a sneaky way, never giving any clues for his identification. As the victim has not even the means of defending herself I have decided that he may answer before God for this taking of my life.” +o After finding the letter, the detec- tive returned to the hospital and asked Miss de Hostos for the name of the man mentioned in the note, but she refused to give it. CAL FINDS NEW LAKET0 ANGLE Superior, Wis. Aug. 1.—7)— Reaching out for new angling ex- periences President Coolidge went fishing today in a half forgotten lake not far from Cedar Island Lodge, whose waters have been un- troubled by fishermen—with the ex- ception perhaps of some poacher— for 10 years. White house.attaches were retic- ent about the exact whereabouts of Mr. Coolidge’s new fishing ground. The lake, however, is in a private estate close to the summer white house and has been kept closed for 10 whole years. The chief executive started out early on a fishing trip, bidding good bye from his canoe to Vice Governor 5 Gilmore of the Philippines, who closed this morning his over- night stay at the Lodge. Mr. Cool- was out fishing yesterday, when Mr. Gilmore arrived at the executive residence and the apart was entertained by Mrs. Coolidge until the president returned at sun- set just in time for dinner. Railroad Withdraws Bus Line Objection _ Opposition to the proposed bus line between Minot and Devils Lake has been withdrawn by the Great Northern railroad, it was announced today by the state railroad board. The railroad company had opposed granting the bus company permis- sion to operate, but withdrew its ob- two cities. Hearing in the case will be held at Minot August 3. Pi Mea Bg vn — vy Port Arthur, , Aug. 1.-U)— |damage in claims filed today with John Helmer, spector, of Duluth, |the state hail ‘who was to the general hos- ns were reported here after his rescue following | from h county, 60 from days lost in the Nungesser lake | Barnes, 23 from Emmons, 82 from ection of the Red Lake area, died La Moure, 57 from Logan, and 49 TORAL CHARGES|First C. M. T. C. Reveille|REPORTED HURT ASSASSINATION|Sounds at 5:45 Tomorrow! AMID WRECKAGE Injuries to Some of the Work- men May Prove Serious, Re- port Says FORTY IN VICINITY None Believed to Have Escaped Injury in Crash Just Before Noon St. Catherines, Ont., Aug. 1.—@, Collapse of the steel gate of lock No. 6 of the new Welland canal at Thorold, Ont., today caused the deaths of at least nine workmen and injuries, some of which may prove serious, to about thirty others. About forty workmen were in the vicinity of the lock when the disaster oc- curred just before noon, and none is believed to have escaped death or in- jury. The accident was caused by the boom of one of the cranes slipping when an effort was being made to - raise a huge 500-ton steel gate into place on the west side of the lock. Two cranes were at work at the time, one handling each end of the heavy gate. The crane nearest to the head of the lock held, but the boom of the crane at the lower end slipped. The huge gate crashed into the steel ate fabric at the east side of the lock and, smashing the steel work, fell to the bottom of the lock, crush- ing the workmen. KILLER COP IS QUIZZED ABOUT SECOND DEATH Baffling Milwaukee Murder Mystery Now Centers About Police Recruit Milwaukee, Wis., Aug. 1.—(?)— Authorities today. are preparing tc press further the questioning of Ber Eckert, recruit policeman under in- dictment for murder in connectior with the death of Alice Herdegen, ir an effort to determine what the slayer knows about the death last October of Lillian Graef, Milwaukee Eckert admitted Tuesday night that shortly after the discovery of the murdered: Lillian’s body under a bridge in Waukesha county that he boasted to friends that “for $10,000 re could name the slayer to the po- ice.” Beyond the admission that he made this statement, Eckert for twe hours last night stoutly maintained that he was merely boasting and that he actualy knew nothing which might assist the authorities in solv- ing the mystery. The slaying of the Graef girl is one of the most spectacular and baf- fling in Milwaukee’s unsolved crimes. The girl left her home on a “blind date” with a man in a Ford coupe and failed to return. Her body was found two weeks later floating in the river and an autopsy indicated that she met her death the same night she disappeared and that death was caused by numerous fractures of the skull. Mildred Graef, sister of the slain girl, admitted that thé man had called at the Graef home to keep a date with her, but that her sister had gone in her place. She said she met the man a few days previously when he “picked her up” in a Ford coupe. TRAIN SERVICE POOL PLANNED (#)—Presidents Chicago, Aug. 1 of six railroads appointed a committee to draft a plan for “pool- ing” passenger trains operating be- tween here and St. Paul and Minne- apolis, to reduce the number of trains required, officials of roads involved said today. Railroads operating between Chi- cago and the Twin Cities include the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy; the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific; the Chicago & North- western; the Ghickas Great West- ern; the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific; and the Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie. , Adoption of the plan would result in caer economy of operations and better service between the three cities. It was said the number of trains might be reduced from 21 now operating to seven or eight daily in each direction. SORLIE KEEPS TO BED ee ee he ane alon; ' not fo Splritwood Iake' lake to te From the heart ‘attack which is keep- ing him in bed, it was at the executive mansion today. Chatiem No per 1—@)—For m, N. J., Aug. 59 years H. Day, Tt, bank controller, been be- tween Regine cd and New Y He he began his sixtieth year. “I have to come to somehow,” he said. He has When. be" startels the ‘cars ‘ary lighted by kerosene lamps. and had