The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 7, 1928, Page 1

i ea oe \ NORTH DAKOTA'S ‘ OLDEST NEWSPAPER ESTABLISHED 1873 WHEAT PROTEIN CONTENT VALUE _TS SCRUTINIZED Reflecting of Protein Value to Farmers Discussed in Bismarck ELEVATOR MEN ATTEND Marketing of Combine Thresh- ed Grain Is Subject of Meeting Between 50 and 60 elevator men and farmers in the Bismarck dis- trict today attended meetings deal- ing with protein content of wheat, reflecting of protein value to farm- ers, and the marketing of combine harvester-thresher threshed wheat Among the specialists visiting here to attend the meeting are A. H. Benton, head of the marketing department of rural organizations, from the state agricultural college at Fargo; N. D. Gorman, county ag- ricultural agent leader, from the same institution; W. J. Kuhrt, of the U. S. department of agriculture; R. C. Miller, federal grain super- visor, of Minneapolis; P. A. Lee, sec- retary of the Farmers’ Grain Deal ers’ association, of Grand Forks; and Harry G. Anderson and Marvin Peterson, both from the agricul- tural college. County agents here for the meet- ings ate A. R. Miesen, Burleigh; L. A. Norling, McLean; R. C. New- comer, Morton; Theodore Martell, Grant; and C. A. Carlson, Kidder. The methods of marketing wheat threshed by the combine, and the ef- fect of the combine on the farm, were discussed at a session at 10 a.m. today. Methods of protein content of wheat were dis- cussed at a meeting at 1:30 today. Both meetings were held in the Bis- marck Association of Commerce rooms, with Gorman presiding. Anderson and Peterson, who have charge of the department which tabulates annual records of 35 ele- vators in the state, discussed their work in the morning session. Kuhrt discussed protein reflection at 1:30, and Miller explained the function of his office. E. G. Booth, extension agronomist of the state agricultural college, talked to the assembly a short while on the nafure of his work. Four meetings, at which protein ‘content and reflection are discussed, are being held in the state. The roup of experts held a meeting in ‘argo last Friday, will hold a meet- ing in Minot Thursday, and one in Devils Lake Friday. Most of the men at today’s gath- ering were elevator men. ice farm- ers are occupied at harvesting and were unable to come into the city for the meeting. BISMARCK WILL ENTERTAIN 200 ~~ MISSISSIPPLANS Bismarck Boosters Asked to Donate Cars ‘To Show ’Em the Town’ arck will show visitors from Mississippi Saturday that the capital city town.” That is what He chairman of ad A pasinipes COI » I. P. Goddard. secretary of the associ- ‘id today. two ‘hundred Nisitars. incl bilee minstrels a! large mie ippi Better™ Duemeland, to the capitol where they will ed by a North Dakota is a “real live | ha tion of Com-| erly BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 7, 1928 31 MEN IMPRISONED IN SUNKEN SUBMARINE -Here’s the Real ‘Tarzan’ and Bride noted book, > Chose as his bride the author’s dai They are.shown here on the lawn of the’ Bu rroughs. when thay met ato” gard wi met at a Pearce should becomes mo lace chosen for aad ee Thei y iss Burroughs suggested actor ad take the leading part in her father’s story. Three:Matches and Rubber Band Land Four in ‘Cooler’ Gambling Lure Proves Too Much for Indiana Man; Loses Watch Three matches and rubber band have landed four transients in the Bismarck jail. + - 0 Be eleg 3 fen are James Hillard, . Harrington, Mike Bass, and H. P, Green.: - Burget, Indiana, stopped to wat two men gambling with a rubber band device in front of the Northern Pacific de) yesterday. One of them lost a cigar. When he went into the depot to purchase the cigar, the other called Burget over and conspired with him to “frame” the third man when he returned with the cigar. Burget, according to the plan, was to lose his watch and three dollars and would soon win them back. ‘ ~ Burget lost his watch and three dollars, but he lost them for “keeps.” The two abies “ski 2 When Police Chief Chris Martine- son arrested the four conspirators after scouring the city, he found several wads of bills in their posses- ane. het the * proved only Bald . magazine and newspaper cove: by bank bills. Among their posses- sions the police found deeds to farm land and miscellaneous check books. They also had several “Genuine slickers,” the chief re- marked this morning. They The quartet reniained here after the carnival, for which they form- worked, left the Missouri Slope ‘a tney will be arraigned charges on cl of mv ose money through false before Justice of the Peace land H. Crane late this afternoon, Socialists to War on Smith in Solid South| i, HOOVER FACES | FIRST BED FOR NATION'S YOTE Stanford University, Cal., Aug, 7. Bae gg E alte in i il BEE’ 85 decks of]. GLEN ULLIN BOY DROWNS DARING FLOODED HEART Otto Schelle, 24, Caught in Swift Current of Swollen River Otto Schelle, 24, was drowned in the Heart river 18 miles south of Glen Ullin Monday. His body had not been found at noon today, though Sheriff Henry Handtmann and a crew have been ing the river for traceg of the of Glen Ullin and Hebron had raised the level of the river more than 10 feet. Ordinarily a sluggish stream in midsummer, the Heart river was transformed into a raging torrent, Schelle, with his broth sisters, was watching the swirling waters near the home of their par- ents, Mr. and Mys. John Schelle. He declared his intention of swimming bil to the opposite bank. i Plunging into the rushing river, Schelle reached a point half way across when a swift current se! his body and whirled -him down- stream while he vainly battled to reach the more peaceful eddies along the shore. He had disap- peared before his brothers sisters awoke <o his peril. Farmers along the stream haye been asked to watch for the body and a watcl. :an has been posted at prevent tne body being. carried past prevent ly being. pas! that point and into the Missouri Maret ‘a few miles below the-dam, many rains that fell Sunday evening. KILLED IN DRUNKEN pad ‘were composed will get over to the iy it et oa BEN EIELSON TO FLY SOUTH WITH WILKINS ‘North Dakota’s Own Aviator’ Decides to Invade Icy Antarct CANCELS TOKYO FLIGHT Edsel Ford, Backer of Pacific Hop, Unable to Complete Plans Grand Forks, N.D ., Aug. 7.—()— Carl Ben Eielson will accompany Sir Hubert Wilkins on the proposed south pole flight. Announcement that he had sent a message of acceptance to Wilkins in Los Angeles, was made by Eielson last evening, while the famoi tic flyer was ‘~ Grand Fork: guest of honor at a banquet ar- ranged for him by local service clubs and attended by several hun- Persons, Lieutenant Eielson had been with- holding his decision pending negoti- ations with Detroit interests rela- tive to a flight over the Pacific to Tokio. He told a representative of the Grand Forks Herald that his de- cision was made upon receipt of a message from Edsel Ford that delay was being experienced with prelim- rel plans relative to the Pacific ‘ollowing the banquet, “North Dakota’s own aviator” returned to the home of his father, O. Eielson, at Hatton, N. D., where he is resting from his flight with Wilkins over the top of the world from Point Bar- row to Spitzbergen and the incident celebrations held for them through- out Europe and the United States. Earlier in the day he addressed the summer session of Methodist pasto1 t Wesley college, of which he is a former student, and con- ferred with faculty members at the University of North Dakota, of which he is an alumnus. Eielson, in his banquet address, expressed the hope entertained by Wilkins that there may some day be established a whole circle of weather stations around the arctic and that by means of these the weather may be forecast weeks and even seasons ahead for a large part of the world. VERNON KING IS IMPROVING Vernon King, 20-year-old Menoken youth, who was injured in an auto- mobile accident in Bismarck Satur- day night and who suffered a frac- tured skull, multiple break jn his collar bone, and broken ribs, was proving in a local hospital is morning, attending physicians said. King, rendered unconscious when his head struck the pavement at Fourth street and Avenue A, has m conscious 48 hours. He is eat- beer and|ing lightly, and close friends were allo lowed to visit him today. L. H. Damberger, Harriet, who was slightly injured in an automo- le crash at Driscoll Sunday, is re- ted greatly improved today by ttending physicians. Damberger is able to walk about the hospital. ized | though it is not certain when he will ave. = COSTES OCEAN JUMP PLANNED Washington, Aug. 7.—(#)—Defin- ite announcement of a proposed transatlantic flight to the nited States by Lieutenant Dieudonne | Coste was made today by Major G. Thenault, acting military the French embassy. His statement said: “Coste will undertake the crossing of the Atlantic (as a private enter- prise), going over following itiner- "Cape Finisterre (Spain), the Azores, Halifax, New York. He will art as soon as weather its, il Breguet 19, with a six wi oy ho + Hispano motor, es x us. me plane takes off, broadcast by a Slope Sheep Farmers Have $93,528 Draft A«R. Miesen, tural il The NAVY T0 BUILD WAR CRUISERS FOR AIR FIGHTS Bids for Two Gigantic Dirigi- bles Called by Naval Air Bureau $8,000,000 AUTHORIZED Will Be 785 Feet Long, 155 High, 137 Wide and Must Speed 72 Knots Washington, Aug. 7.—(®)—A board of American naval lighter- than-air craft experts will convene here Friday to consider bids for two dirigibles of about 6,500,000 cubic feet capacity each to be used as ex- perimental wa) cruisers of the air. Rear Admiral W. A. Moffett, chief of the Naval Bureau of Aeronautics, is president of the board. Although no official announce- ment has been made as to what con- cerns submitted the bids, it is known that the Goodyear Zeppelin company of Akron, Ohio, and the American Brown-Boveri Electric corporation N. J., have made a study ions It is under- stood that the Zeppelin interests of Germany, submitted a bid, in view of the fact that they have construct- ed more than 100 dirigibles. 8 authori: the expendi- ture of $8,000,000 for the two dirig- ibles, with $2,000,000 available next year. The legislation provided that construction of the second airship could be cancelled, if circumstances changed, and that in this event, not more than $5,500,000 should be ex- pended on one ship, Under the specifications the air- ships must be complete in detail and have passed a speed test of 72 knots an hour before being accepted by the navy. The le is limited to 785 feet and the height to 155 feet. with the width not in excess of 137 feet. The gas containers must be “ea pastes and fitted to hold either helium or hydrogen, or a combination of the two. Quarters for12officers and a crew of 30 men, a photographic labora- tory and accommodations for cook- ing, are required by the specifica- tions. Montana Posse Seeks Alleged Wife Slayer Aug. 7.—@)— y authorities today are leading a posse in search of Jules Trahan, 60, Flathead Valley farmer, in connection with the shooting of his wife late Monday, according to information reaching herc. Details of the shooting were not given. SHOTGUN BARKS GANG REVENGE Los Angeles Italian Killed in Bed for Alleged Liquor Theft Missoula, Mont. Los Angeles, Aug. 7.—(?)—Gang- land claimed revenge today for an alleged liquor theft when Gaetano Binetti was killed by four men who stood by his bedside and shot him with his own shotgun. Bullets from the Is that killed Binetti also wounded fis wife Con- cetta. Physicians said she has only a slight chance to recover. Mrs. Maria Binetti, a relative, who heard the shots from an adjoin- ing room, told police that the men, wearing what spgeared, to be pelice badges, entered house shortly after midnight, three of them going directly to Binetti’s bedroom. The other stood guard with her, she she said. Before shooting Binetti one of the. men said to him, according to the itnes “You stole my liquor.” Pinettt | deni he I in Ttallen, andl one o! men up a si yots into his body.” : FLORIDA FEELS TROPIC STORM LG 3 . if tex rie fire THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE The Weather Mostly fair tonight and Wednesday, Inesday. Somewhat warmer Wed: PRICE FIVE CENTS [He Guards Nats on J TTALTANCRART Admiral H. H. Rousseau, director of naval petroleum reserves, now in charge of Teapot Dome and Elk Hills fields. Bismarck-Minot Plane Service to Begin Soon POWDER BOAT BLAST ROCKS PUGET SOUND Thousands of Window Panes in Tacoma Shattered by . Explosion Tacoma, Wash., Aug. 7.—(?)—The powder boat, La Blanca lay wrecked in the Puget Sound narrows today, and thousands of window panes on the shore adjacent and in downtown Tacoma were broken, the result of a ee powder explosion aboard the ti, The crew of two men, Captain ‘hristensen and his son, Nels, quit the ship last night when flames aboard got beyond control. Run- ning the craft close to shore they swam to safety and had raced half a mile away when the 12 tons of black and blasting powder aboard went off. i The explosion rocked the adjacent countryside, breaking practically all window gless on Day Island Titlow . It was estimated that plate glass worth $2,500 was shattered downtown Tacoma, seven miles di tant. Telephone service was dis- rupted. The blast was heard Seattle, 40 miles distant. i The detonation blew burning de- bris on the dock at the Day Island, nearly a half mile away, and 3 woods fire started on the west side of the mile wide narrows. The craft’s entire cabin was blown up on the bluff, near where Christensen and his son had sought safety in a ground depression. The boat was bound from a Du Pont, Wash., powder mill to Kenny- dale, near Seattle. 150 Passengers Safe on Grounded Steamer Port Arthur, Ont., Aug. 7.—@)— The 150 passengers of the upper lakes steamer Huronic were safe here today, after being removed from th Alp which is hard aground on a pinnacle of rock known as Lucille island in Lake Superior, 50 miles southeast of here. Many of the passengers were excursionists from the United States. The steamer ran aground on the island in the early morning hours vousrdsy. The steamer Champlain answered the Huronic’s calls for as- sistance and took the passengers off. The Huronic was on her way to Port Arthur from Duluth, Minn, Lee Schoenhair Pilots New Lockheed-Vega Ship to Capital City Lee Schoenhair, Los Angles, pilot of the Rapid City-Minot airline, and A. W. McHugh, president of the Northern Airline company, landed at the Bismarck airport at 12:25 p. m. today after traveling from Minot in a Lockheed-Vega monoplane. The two men, who will supervise the improvement of the local land- ing field in preparation for air traf- fic through here between Rapid City jand Minot, circled the city several |times before landing. Shoenhair brought two Lockheed- Vega monoplanes to Minot from Los dingeles, arriving in Minot yester- lay. The two men are making a pre- liminary survey of the air route tween Minot and Rapid City. The Bismarck field must be improved be- cause it will be the main stopping place between the two extremities of the line, Passenger service on the line will be inaugurated in a few days, ac- cording to present plans of the com- any. Announcement of the estab- lishment of the line was made in Bismarck a week ago by David S. Owen, secretary of the Minot Cham- ber of Commerce; McHugh, and D. H. Badholomew. Passengers will be carried in five- (passenger Lockheed-Vega plane: Express and freight traffic may be started and request for air mail {contracts may be made, the company officials announce. MRS. TOM HX PLANS DIVORCE Los Angeles, Aug. 7.—()—The Examiner today says that Tom Mix, cowboy film star. and his wife, Mrs. Victoria Forde Mix, have come to a rting of the marital trail, and that irs. Mix, who left here a month ago for Europe, is planning to ob- tain a Paris divorce. Mr. Mix had confirmed the news of the projected divorce proceed- ings, it was declared. “When she went away I told her I would agree to anything she wanted to do. Her happiness and that of our baby is mine. But every alse I pray that she and Tomasi will come back to me,” Mix w quoted aying. “This house is always open to them.” LOS ANGELES MEAT CUTTER . _ TELLS DRINKING BOUT YARN ult rE SINKS 180 FERT WHEN RAMMED: Air Pipe Attached to Crippled Vessel to Keep Crew Alive IN DANGER OF BURSTING Rescuers Fear Great Depth Pressure Will Split Com- partments Open Rome, Aug. 7.—()—Rescue work- ers, laboring all night to bring aid to the crew of the Italian submarine F-14 sunk in the Adriatic early yes< terday morning, have succeeded in attaching a pipe to the crippled ves- sel in order to supply air to the 81 imprisoned men, Divers who went down to inspect the F-14 which sank after a colli- sion with a destroyer during ma- neuvers, also were able to tie @ steel cable to the hull. The work of attaching the air and cable was accomplished wipe great difficulty because of unfavor- able weather conditions. 1 The crew of the ship was known be live today and they were maintaining communication with the rescuers by means of a submarine tele myer ‘The position of the F-14 - initely determined today ana! < navel vessel Quila was anchored eesti AIRE ie beet went on e Quil te the rescue wor! oe! ¢ Inspection by divers who went down this morning showed that the submarine had been struck by the orien near the stern. , The rescuers were racii time in their efforts to, raflons the submarine since it was feared that her watertight compartments might okt etd ial et The F-14 strongly en to di depths up to 130 eet but as he eae marine became older this maximum ie eres was gradually red: er maxi safe it y ii tet : imum depth is only e submarine now lies i than 130 feet of ‘water, oF almost twice her safe limit and it is there- ae ee erey, & question © before i - partments yield. Seine iss: Although communication between the submarine and the rescuers is being maintained, it is not known how many members of the crew are alive and it is feared that some have been killed by the first rush of water which was prevented from flooding the é@ntire submarine by her watertight compartments, MINNESOTA HAS SEVERE STORM Crops and Property Damaged. by Terrific Wind, Hail and Rain St. Paul, Aug. 7.—)—Telephone and telegraph communication, para- lyzed in many seetions of Minnesota by terrific rain, wind and hail storms Monday night, was restored today in the affected areas while farmers were checking up on losses to crops and farm buildings, { Southeastern Minnesota was hit, hardest by the storms, Red Wing, in’ ue county, was ited with a: cloudburst that washed out corn fields, flattened grain in a wide, territory ¢nd washed out numerous! streets in 'the city. A tornado struck at Rosemount and vicinit using heavy damage to farm buildings and “bafk” plants of the Standard Oil company. A‘ check-up in that vicinity ed that the monetary loss would gate Petree $40,000 and $50,000, at least is Basements and cellars’ were’ flooded in homes. Wintiows were shattered and trees stripped of their foliage during a driving rain and windstorm in the In the Twin Cities a and rain storm struck, causing dam- age to streets, telephone tele- ite pol a and By ce bd street railway system. In St. Paul aj f° imately $50,000 damage was pia to street: In Minneapolis street car service was tied w) hours after a bolt of the power cables of a manhole. Fort Lincoln Band to Play Concert Tonight Musical talent at Fort Lincoln’s Citizens Mili Trai x be shown Bismarck eltaeas tn iru Ee for five itning cut