The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 17, 1928, Page 1

NORTH DAKOTA'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER +] ‘ ESTABLISHED 1873 R k ¢ > 1 RAIN PREVENTS |Priest Chants HASSELL JUMP | TOGREENLAND| as con] Take-off of Greater Rockford from Cochrane for Mt. Evans Delayed WORK LATE JN MOTORS Hew from Illinois Home to Ontario Stop in Seven Hour Hop © chrane, Ontario, Aug. 17— .?)—Rain interfered with the plans of 3ert Hassell and Park- er Cramer % leave today on the second leg of their transatlantic flight in the monoplane Greater Rockford. The take-off for Mount Evans, Greenland, was postponed. Heavy rain fell dur- ing the night and conditions were unsettled this forenoon. Cochrane, Ont., Aug. 17.—()— \a- as Flaming Boat Sinks Requiem One of Launch Party of Six Survives to Tell Tale of ‘Heroism, French Father, Powerful Swimmer, Gives Life for Two Women North Bay, Ont., Aug. 17.—)— How a parish priest, blinded by fire, his clothes ablaze, stood on his burn- ing launch in Lake Lavigne and, crucifix in hand, granted absolution to five others of his faith before they plunged into the water, has bean fad by the sole survivor of the tragedy. The priest, Father J. B. Dubuc, al- though powerful swimmer, was drowned attempting to save the lives of others of his party. The dramatic pik the eaeeny was related by Albert Lafreniere, who with his wife and two children, Father Dubuc and Miss Leomie Sylvestre set out Wednesday night for a cruise around the lake, after a picnic at which they had been the The airplane City of Rockford was joised on the runway at the flying field near here today ready for the hopoff on the second stage of its flight from Rockford, Ill, to Stock- holm, Sweden, The next objective is Mt. Evans, Greenland, 1,600 miles to the east. Favored by following winds, the two pilots of the plane, Bert Has- Sell and Parker Cramer, flew the 800 \ miles from the Illinois city here yes- terday in seven hours. They worked late into the night testing their engines and filling the fuel tanks with gasoline shipped Y here from Rockford and then pro- nounced the plane ready for today's test.* From Mt. Evans their route will carry them to Reikjavik,Iceland, and from there to Stockholm on the final hop. They are the first to attempt ds saw Senator Joe Robinson Democratic vice presi- na, Martin of Spring Hill, Ark., queen of the third annual Southwest Arkan- sas Melon festival at Hope, Ark., the other . Senator Robinson is shown placing the coronet. HOOVER TELLS BASIN STATES TO BUILD DAM the oes a a en stages | Boulder Dam Construction Pos- 101 1c! be acThe y a were guests of the sible Only Through Co- Board of Trade at dinner last night, but were forced to hurry away be- fore the entertainment pla for them was given in order to complete their work on the plane. STEFANSSON POINTS OUT FLIGHT COURSE New. York, Aug, 17.—(AP)— Vilhjalmur “Stefansson, arctic ex- f « plorer, pointed out today that the \ peflyers in the monoplane, Greater ‘ “Rockford, have mapped out a course which is practically a straight line q from Chicago to Stockholm along 7 the lines of polar projection. Many 4 newspaper maps, he said, were in- correctly showing the flyers’ route on a deep curve, almost horseshoe shape. CREWE RITES HELD TODAY «Taps Sounded for Bismarck * Boy by C. M. T. C. Honor Guard operation Los Angeles, Aug. 17.—(7)—Cali- fornia should meet in every reason- able way the needs and views of the other states in the Colorado river basin in the final formulation of Boulder. dam lation, Herbert Hoover declared here today in an address at the cit “The future welfare of all states touching ‘the river is forever inter- dependent,” he said, “and it can be promoted only by a sense of com- mon interest and justice to all sides.” Asserting that it was desirable to have the greatest reservoir at Boulder dam “that the engineers will recommend,” the Republican presi- dential candidate declared he was “hopeful that the project will re- ceive favorable action from the pres: ent congress.” “I never come to California with- out wondering over its extraordinary development,” he said. “This city represents one of the most remark- able human migrations in history. Upwards of two million of people who have poured into southern Cali- fornia have builded one of the first rank of American cities. Nor is its growth over. There is but one limi- tation which looms upon the horizon of the future, and that is adequate water supply. tt can and must b2 assured 9, Six former chums of Wilton F. ‘Crewe Jr., 15-year-old-son of Dr. and Mrs. Wilton F. Crewe, who died at Fort Lincoln Wednesday morning, were pallbearers at the funeral at 2:30 p.m, today. Jolin O’Hare, Willard They Dunham, Joe Byrne, Dale Brown, from the Colorado river in ample time to meet paar expanding needs. I scarcely repeat my support to that development which I have so ‘William Kraft, and Harvey Erlen-joften given during the last seven meyer. years. We want the greatest reser- Six members of the First platoon | voir at Boulder Canyon that the en- of Company I at North Dakota’s|gineers will recommend, and I am first Citizens Military Training |hopeful that the projec’ will receive camp at Fort Lincoln stood guard |favorable action from the present during the funeral | congress. 3 over the body ‘ing Oy teal that Calif which were conducted by E. Elsworth, Jamestown, at |should meet in every reasonable way k Episcopal church. The |the needs and views of the other entered that platoon Au-|states in the hasin in the final. for- gust 1. mulation of that ition. The fu- A rifle squad fired a salute before |ture welfare of all states touching body was lowered in the grave|the river is forever interdependen' the family plot at Fairview ceme- it and it can be promoted only by a eee A bugler sounded taps as the | sense of common interest and justice was lowered. : to all sides. irs. Hermann Scheffer sang two} “The Colorado river basin is one solos at the funeral services, “Saw nati The Ye Saviour” and “One Sweetly priest’s guests. They had proceeded a mile up the fine ignited gasoline, inthe bilge. gine igni gasoline in the e The egies tank exploded, envelop- ing the boat in flames. Calming his guests as the flames crackled around them, Father Dubuc calmly recited the ritual of his church and then said: “There is nothing else to do. We must jump into the water.” Lafreniere, clasping his oldest mn, Claude, 3, in his arms made for mall island which the glare from flames shi 300 yards distant. er Dubuc went to the aid of the two women. Mrs. Lafreniere had her month-old son clasped in her arms. When almost to the island, Lafre- niere lost his hold on his son, and was barely able to win the shore alone. The others were all drowned. The bodies of all except Miss Syl- vestre have been ound. PLANE SERVICE Twenty Bismarck Passengers to Be Carried on Courtesy Flight Airplane passenger service be- tween Bismarck and Minot will be inaugurated Monday. This announcement was made in Bismarck today by Ba i ham eee. owned by the International Airways Company, Inc. The plane will arrive in Bismarck shortly be- fore 10 a.m., and the passengers will step out of a bus at ‘the Prince hotel at 10 o'clock. The Ryan plane, similar to the Spirit of St. Louis, which Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh piloted across the Atlantic ocean, will be piloted by Vernon Schupe. Passengers leave the Prince hotel here at 1 p.m. for the flying field, where they will board the plane for the return trip to Minot. ey will be at the offices of the air com- pany at the Leland-Parker hotel at 330 p.m. The round trip will be made each Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Twenty passengers will be taken on courtesy flights in the plane here Monday, Mr. Russell They are Mr. and Mrs. James ‘Wakeman, Mr. and Mrs. O. W. Mat- m, Fred L, Conklin, Srey Pea Mann, Frank Shepard, F. A. , A G. MeG: » Harry P. Goddard, fonte, Marjorie Brockman, John Pe- terson, Fred Peterson, E. G. Pat- terson, J. G. Belanger, A. P. Len hae John French, and Police Chief The Prince hotel will be the per- manent depot for the air service STARTS MONDAY] d- by her-first husba: in, Lt, Col. W. A. Al- of BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 17, 1928 Manville Sprague Missing Grafton Banker Arrested Information that Manville Sprague had been arrested at Norfolk, Va., was received at Fargo today by Seth Richardson, U. S. district attorney for North Dakota. The information was contained in a telegram to Richard- son from the U. S. district attorney of Virginia and indicated that Sprague had been arrested or was being held at Norfolk. Sprague fled from North Dakota in May, 1927, just before the First National Bank of Grafton closed. Sprague was an officer of the bank. He is wanted in this state on charge of making false entries in the books of the bank and false state- ments of the bank’s condition. In the telegram received by Richardson the Virginia of- ficial asked that papers be forwarded to him so that Sprague may be returned to North Dakota to answer the charges against him. Shimmy Queen and Dance Hall Hubby Seek Divorce FEDERAL COSTS ANALYZED FOR Gilda Gray Tries to ‘Shake’ Gil Boag Because Marriage Irks Milwaukee, Aug. 17.—()—Gilda Gray is seeking a divorce from Gil Boag, her second husband, while Boag is seeking to annual his mar- riage to Gilda. One action or the other, the fa- mous Milwaukee shimmy dancer and | her well known husband expect to retrieve a separation. They were married in 1924, Gilda’s divorce action was filed at — Says Commodity Costs and Living Standard Increased Expense Boise, Idaho, Aug. 17.—(AP)—In- creased commodity costs, due to the World war and th pan: of gov- Port Washi mn, Wis., July 27 by|ernmental activities because of a Attorney W. F. Shaughnessy of Mil. raised standard of living, were given waukee, it was learned Thursday.|as reasons for increased govern- At the time the dancer was in baaiares eet by gh a is. sen, tax commissioner of North Da- ert oe kota, in an address to members of ag, wnel eral dance halle Raarcanares int "New York, |the Western States Taxpayers’ asso: ciation, in convention here today. started his action as a counter to the one started by his wife. He| Granting that the people do not cabled his Los Angeles attorney,) Want to abandon many of the things Milton M. Golden, to start court|Performed by government, to reduce movement for an annulment Thurs-|taxes, Thoresen cautioned the tax- payers to guard inst over- expenditure and to demand that “the oa ; of pone dmpscrments and ublic. operations e in ke fe with the nature: of the service given.” In explanation of the system in- augurated in North Dakota to stem the ri tide of taxation, Mr. Thoresen said: “The te has been put on budget system since 1925.” careful scrutiny of proposed budgets by a special committee consisting of the higher officials, the report “must be in the hands of the legislature no later than the tenth day of the legis- lature.” ach county is on a budget sys- jtem, each official must file a budget uest with the county bo: after ich it is Fags ished and a public hearing held. The public levy is fixed after the hearing. “Since 1925 there has been‘a city budget law, which requires the same Procedure as in the county.” south Dakota Police Hold Three Suspects in Buxton Bank Case Aberdeen, Aug. 17.—(AP)— men were taken into custody at Britton, and one man at Webster, Thursday, for questioning in connec: tion with the robbery of the First National Bank of Buxton Tuesday, when four bandits escaped with jay. Gitda’s divorce suit, it was re- de with Boag. ee aome, fe wi was. that he used intoxicants to excess, that he per her Aes frie auld threats of violence in public. Boag also is charged with having de- stroyed some of the dancer’s cloth- ing while in a fit of hia Boag’s attorney cdmitted, accord- ing to reports from Los Angeles, that his client’s suit will'be of aj “sensational nature.” He said pre- fraud will be charged son, Martin, 15, He is now living with her parents in Cudahy, Wis., a suburb of Milwaukee. She was married to John Gorecki, a bar- | 14 tender here, when 15, and shortly after her divorce married Boag. the shimmy raised her from the cafes here to the bright lights of Broadway where she met Be and came to be managed by the famous “Diamond Girl.” Under his management Gilda broke into the movies for several successes and also into the Zeigfeld follies. DEATH BRINGS RALLY CLIMAX | TAX OFFICIALS _ | to death following the holdup of the THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE Mostly fair tonight and Saturday. Warmer, The Weather PRICE FIVE CENTS Vengeance Guns of Gangs BROKEN POWER Body of Feminine Judas Found Shot and Burned on Crime- land Edge First Time in Gangster Annals Woman Has Been ‘Taken for Ride’ Chicago, Aug. 17.—(7)—Venge- ance guns of the gangs, ever drawn against betrayers, appeared today to have been turned for the first time in years against a woman. Police could not be sure that the woman whose body was found in a ditch near Crown Point, Ind., early yesterday, was involved in Chicago gangster intrigue, for identification was lacking early today. Their theory was that the woman was Adeline Zaccardo, “Girl Friend” of Angelo Francisco, whose body was found early this week in the aban- doned automobile which five men had used in the robbery of the West McHenry State bank. Identifi-ation was difficult be- cause after the woman hid been shot, her clothing was saturated with oil and then set fire. The single bullet in her jaw, the cor- oner said, probably did not cause death, and she may have been con- scious when fire was touched to her oil-soaked clothing. If it were Miss Zaccardo, the kill- ing could be explained on the theor; that she “knew too much,” accord- ing to officers. It was she who tele- phoned Francisco's parents, urging them to look at the body of the man found in the robber’s automobile, thus providing positive identifica- tion of the man as Francisco. In any event, even should the theory that the woman was Miss Zaccardo b: wrong, the crime bore every mark of the gang killer's technique. It was apparent that the woman had been “taken for a ride,” which is the usual method employed in getting an intended victim to a desolate spot where he may be killed. The bullet wound also indicated gangster methods. Setting fire to the clothing, however, was without pre- cedent in modern gang killing. It was the first time, too, that a ‘woman had been picked for assassin- ation by the “taken for a ride” method. While women have played active parts in the careers of many notoriops Chicago gangsters, they have for the most part remained in the background so far as the public has been concerned. Efforts were being made today to identify the woman slain near Crown Point. There were, however, only a few clues—a shred of red crepe, a fragment of light gray hose, a piece of fur, a silver buckle, and a few stands of hair. CONFLICTING EVIDENCE BAFFLES AUTHORITIES Chicago, Aug. 17.— (AP) —Con- flicting evidence confronted author- ities today in their attempts to identify the woman found slain near Crown Point, Ind., yesterday amid hart ing circumstances, The body, burned so badly recog- nition was almost impossible, was at first believed that of Adeline Zac- cardo, young sweetheart of Angelo Fancisco, bank robber, who was shot West McHenry State bank on Mon- day. The girl’s mother and sister partly identified some of the rem- nants of clothing taken from the burned body, and a-scar similar to one on the girl’s right arm was found on the charred body. However, Coroner’s Physician C. R. Pettibone, who conducted a post- mortem, reported the slain woman was not a mother, while the miss- ing Zaccardo girl has two children. $7,000 in currency and securities. The men will be held pending the arrival of North Dakota authorities. South Dakota police declared the Eve! rene 10 be spesiioned. in hia nection number of minor robberies. TOOMBS FACES LARCENY COUNT Chicago, Aug. 17—(AP)'—Roy C. Toombs, Chicas (eters broker Knights of Pythias Official Succumbs on Convention . Rostrum Milwaukee, Aug. 17.— (AP) —A dramatic anti-climax to the supreme Knights Marion, Ind., collapse: few minutes later, while he was ad- dressing the order's national conven- tion. death threw the con tion into confusion, and a recess was until afternoon. Dr. Priest, chairman f the commit- Solemn Thought.” Major L, C. Fair- 2 Sy ne os jor . Fai 4 in: come banks sang “Abide With Me.” se of hundreds of of Southern Hero velopment will bring added great- Faces Divorce Action |ness. “There is every reason for mutual San_ Francisco, Aug. 17.—(#)—|cooperation in its development. sous coer ¢ tot M’BRIDE LAUDS scene thousands new homes. Its outlet to the sea is southern California. Its de- re seeking annulment. of her mar- to Ai She charges that at lah recreate ried to another i fe -& zt Bar re ad 3 7 : F | E ae at Ld J Bes fe E i Ei MAGNUS MAKES. THRESHER CALL Bismarck’s U. S. labor agency received its first call for thers. It was from the us di bi ten and banker, and head of a St. Louis insurance company, was sought for fag ilen with grand larcesy at $8,000. siete St. Louis where It had boot signe a ui where by J. J. Lemen, assistant’ United Chicago tee on a national tuberculosis sana- torium for the order, wa: taticing on the to build the hospital. He was at the high point of his Sed tae “a catapaign’ of cdecaton, at & campai 0! lucation, eradication of » tuberculosis, rather than establishment of the hos- pital, when he collapsed. Dr. Priest died five minutes later. Death was due to heart disease, ag- gravated by the heat. States district atto Po lice obtained a fugit warrant in isresay, and sgt about tra te fad 5 set about the broker and insurance man, whose financing has been blamed for virtu- | Geo: brokers.’ ti Extended Route Will Mail route iio. 4, Mott, will be Sept. ‘This announcement was received H. Sin- BRias #584 1 Zo Ls a 2se~ ii E Eu Aid 26 Mott Families) tackie wlinot Given Rotary Lake county authorities were con- tinuing their investigation, not satis- Turned on Chicago Moll Sign for Hoover ee : es loover-for-President i motor car tags soon are to be distrib- uted over the country,, but the first one ever made is pictured here as The official Miss Esther Stieg of Washington, D. C., was installing it on her own car. The pretty Hoover booster is an employe of the national Republi- can committee. CURTIS READY FOR STUMPING Republicans Notify Kansas Senator of His Nomina- tion Tomorrow BY FRANCIS M. STEPHENSON (Asgociated Press Staff Writer) Topeka, Kas., Aug. 17.—(7)—His 68 years well seasoned by the sun and winds of the western plains, Senator Curtis of Kansas has given a ready assenttothe call of his party for that heavy role of campaign “stumping” on which it usually re- lies in its vice presidential candi- date. Tomorrow Senator Curtis will be notified formally of his nomination by the Republicans fcr vice presi- dent. Sunday he will set forth on the campaign and hi. first trip car- ries the veteran half way across the continent. He will be “riding the rails” much of the time from then until election day in November on a trail that will lead first to the east, thence south, and finally back into his homeland in the middle west and northwest. “T never felt better in my life,” remarked the senator as he dis- cussed plans while sitting o1 the front porch of his commodious residence on oeautiful Topeka ave- nue. He looked -the part. Days spent in his youth on the prairies with his Indian forebears, seasons on the frontier race tracks, where he was a winning jockey, nights de- fied with the identification. LLOYD GEORGE AIRS AVIATION Liberal Leader Urges Cutting Down of Armaments of Aerial Forces London, Aug. 17.—()—If£ the re- cent air manoeuvers over London|I have proved anything, they have P that cutting down of arma- ment of the air is most urgent in the Cpialen f David Lloyd George, the Liberal leader. Commenting in an Evening Star interview on the lessons of the air maneouvers which many experts de- clared revealed that London was vulnerable to an air attack, Lloyd rge said: ’ “It is horrible to think of what war in the air will mean in the fu- ture. It will be devastation, annihil- ation—nothi ” Liberal leader said that the showed whole sting “that (og are not the slightest use unless yot disarmament. It is useless to Convention ‘n 1929 voted to driving hacks about Topeka, while he ‘was studying law, have, tempered the aging years of this son e iadian and French - Canadian stock, Rhode Island gets the first call on his speaking tour. From Rhode Island Senator Cur- tis will go to Syracuse, N. Y., speak- ing at the state fair there on August 28. Maine and husetts will be visited before he turns southward for Kentucky and probably Tennes- see. Beyond that he has no plans. “I don’t mind campaigning,” Cur- tis says. “Seven speeches a day from the middle of September to election day is.a regular die+ for me. have done that about Kansas, traveling by automobile, many a campaign.” PLEAD QUICK RAILS RELIEF Chicago, Aug. for quic! bse “ark form Ga - vanced rates, a page has teen filed with the interstate commerce commission culminating a and a Lalf of hearings on be- of the western railrouds. 1 ae telat Wallace DAM MENACES BROAD VALLEY Four States Count Thousands of Dollars Damage from Floods HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES LOST Wrecked Farm Lands, De- ‘« stroyed Homes and Build- ings Strew Dixie : Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 17.—@—Four southeastern states counted 10 dead and great property damage in the wake of storms and floods today. In the wake of receding waters railroads, telegraph and telephone companies were struggling against heavy odds to restore communication lines which were broken by bet od waters in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. perty owners in ‘tions states contemplated thousands of acres of wrecked farm land, destroyed and damaged homes and buildings, as well as unestimated bridge and high- way damage which cannot be ree stored for months. Probably the greatest menace obs tained along the Broad river in South Carolina, which is the drai chan- nel for the western edge of North Carolina as well, where a Lockhart Power company dam had already burst near Union, S. C. Fifty Families Move The structure, 1,000 feet long and 18 feet high, cracked at midni threatening, as a result, the Bi river valley dams to Columbia. While officials said there was no danger to residents in the valley, some 50 families were declared by an officer at Union, S. C., to have moved to safety in the territory ime neal below Lockhart. The Union Manufacturing come pany’ dam at Neil’s Shoals and the road River company’s dam at Parr Shoals, near Columbia, were seven to twelve feet under the flood crest, with all gates open. Early toe day the crack in the long Lockhard structure was believed to be small, with enough vent to relieve the Pressure and prevent collapse. Waters Falling Some 40 miles to the west the par- alleling Saluda river, with its string of power dams, was declared.to be falling as a result-of loosened flood gates at Ware Shoals and other Points. Many small dams in North and South Carolina collapsed, without serious damage to the countryside, during the height of the flood. As communication was restored last night and today, reports came in of great damage throughout the Piedmont areas, and loss of life was believed definitely fixed at ten. They were Myrtle Young, 11, Hickory, N. C., drowned; Guy Young, 9, Hickory, N. C., drowned; Arvin Blythe, Hene dersonville, N. C., drowned; John W. Jones, Ashley Heights, N. C., tore nado victim; unidentified man, Ashe ley Heights, tornado; L. Marvel Simms, 50, Ariel, S. C., drowned; Ballenger Hudson, Ariel, S, drowned; Jesse Dove, Roanoke, Va. drowned; A. A. Craft, Sprin, Va., drowned; Miss Ethel All Warrenton, Va., dropped dead fright while crossing Roanoke bridge over flor JURY ABSOLVES DICKINSON MAN Replacement of Arterial ‘Slow’ Sign by ‘Stop’ Marker Urged Creme Kanan, 19-year-old Dickine son youth, was released from Stark. county officials late today after a coroner’s jury cleared him of charges relating to the automobile accident August 13 when Miss Grace Olsen was killed. The jury said, ‘however, tha Kanan had disobeyed a “slow” placed on the intersection b; state highway department Tete ommended that the highway departe SHE replace the sign with a “stop” placard. Miss Lois Agnew, who was take! to the hospital with severe internal injuries to her head and body, has @ good chance of recovering, accorde ing to physicians at St. Joseph's hospital, Dickinson. Another inquest to fix re: I: bility for the death of Peter ety who died the same day as the resuli of an automobile collision will be held today. ; Clark Appointment as Under Secretary Not Yet Confirmed Washington, Aug. 17.—(AP)—A‘ though the state department has de clined to confirm Sak 4: Reuber 2 FEE é di | 10 DEAD IN WAKE OF SOUTHEASTERN STORMS} i | i!