The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 21, 1928, Page 1

ORTH DAKOTA'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER ESTABLISHED 1873 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 21, 1928 Mostly fair ton Wi The Weather ht and Wednesday. armor Wedussdaye PRICE FIVE CENTS TWO TORNADOES KILL SIX IN SO. MINNESOTA Hoover Goes Back to Boyhood Home prepared (* one deali HOOVER CHUMS |Smith Bitterly Attacks White’s Immoral Charge . WITH BOYHOOD ~ FRIENDS TODAY First School Teacher Greets Nominee at Little lowa : Birthplace VISITS PARENTS’ GRAVES Secretary Is Ready to Deliver Second Campaign Speech Tonight | West Branch, Iowa, Aug. 21.—(?) —Herbert Hoover arrived this wines ve his birth at 3 a * ac fe, 0 chum in wil oy friends and to Galiver his second re further with farm relief. Aci of more than a thousand cheered the Republican presidential mtr ashe si from his drum and ‘le corps greeted Hoov- #. with “Hail, Hail, the Gang’s All ere.’ Among the first to shake hands ‘with Hoover was Mrs. Nellie Brown Carran, the nominee's ficst school teacher, who rode with Mr. and Mrs. Hoover in their car to the single story building where the Republican bearer was born. There the Hoover family were the guests of Mrs. Jennie Scellars at breakfast. Poet weather irthplace, a bright sun shining with only a few fleecy clouds in evi- dence. ere was a cool breeze but a hot day was in prospect. 4 Brookhart Calls Senator Smith W. ealled at tke Scellars home to greet ier nee to gee he bien pledged support. senator motored over from his home at Washington, 10 miles away. A num- ber of Iow: congressmen. as well as party lead. : also were on hand for the homecoming celebistion. the Hoovers left the Scellars’ home after breakfast, . thanked his hostess with a deep bow as he shook hands with her. From the birthplace the party, trailed by visitors, newspaper cor- hhotographers, mo- the ceme- jah, are- was a block away, all cars were halted save that in which the family rode. It moved on into the cemetery ‘where the candidate remained for a short time Leside the graves. emis cag rrgpcusyrsl eed wing the cemete! ie sed in behind the old Tea brick h school building and there had a view for the first time of the mam- moth tent beneath which tonight he will deliver the second prepared ad- dress of the campaign, in which he will elaborate upon his farm relief views ex! in the acceptance speech at Stanford university 10 ry) . “Continuing on past his birthplace, the commerce secretary drove along the west branch of the Waspi-N + Noc creek en route to the old swim- pacdle mud and water. From this point they visited other laces where the presidential candi- ite used to hunt rabbits and ply and then proceeded to the new high school where the nominee greeted old time friends and political leaders until luncheon time. The mid-day ——+ SOUTHERN HAITI SWEPT BY GAL 200 Killed, 10,000 Homeless in Wake of Widespread Hur- ricane Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Aug. 21.— Desolution was wide-1) *o- southern insula of where itorm last ‘wrecked whole towns, killed persons and left 10,000 BY Pen SRE oi i! z E ef iE # fF ic H i i i | 3 i a $f B z.. se i 2 i s g t HE fp £ i iw H Hl f HHI gts al i z is u iH of his campaign | } Brookhart| } WHITING NAME BY COOLIDGE T0 HOOVER'S SEAT Personal Friend of Executive * Takes Oath of Office to Cabinet Wis. Aug. 21.—(7)— President Coolidge accepted today the resignation of Secretary Hoover from the cabinet and appointed Wil- liam F. Whiting of Holyoke, Ma: to succeed him. Mr. Whitiag, who has been a per- sonal friend and political supporter of President Coolidge for many ars, arrived in Superior this morn- and was administered the oath of office in the chief executives room at the executive offices here. Mr. Whiting is head of the Whiti Paper company of Holyoke, Mass. ie has never previously held pali. tical office but has peen very active in state politics ially in western Massachusetts. le was a delegate to the Republican National conven- tion in 198 , 1924 and 1928. He is about 65 years of age. Praises Hoover President idge accepted Sec- retary Hoover’s resignation by tele- gram, addressed to Washington, in which he praised the commerce sec- retary’s effort in promoting the commercial and business activities of the nation. ets knowledge ac- quired by Mr. Hoover of business and government while in the cabinet was Cone aimee ti President Cool- said. Und ntauth hereby accepted,” lidge “I wish to express to you my appreciation of the character of the service you Mave rendered in that office. it has been of great benefit to the comn.ercial life of the nation and has given a new impetus to our entire business structure. . “You have gained.a knowledge of the mechanics of. busi! and gov- ernment that is unsurpassed. It will always be a satisfaction to me to have had the benefit of your wise counsel in meeting. the. problems which have arisen during my adiainm ‘tion. best wishes will sl- a you in the broader field to which you have been called.” Supports Coolidge After his appointment, Secretary Whiting said that in his new office he would endeavor to maintain the policies which the commerce depart- ment has been carrying out, under Mr. Hoover. These policies he said, fret in fren gpa with iB Seek ilge’s political program and woul therefore be adhered to by him. - The new commerce secretary said he would leave Superior this eve- ning for Massachusetts to straighten out ‘fairs before going to Washington next week. Untii then he said he preferred not to discuss matters connected with his depart- BUS VICTIM IS IDENTIFIED BY. WRIST WATC Dental Student on Minneap- olis Vacation Trip Cremated ciency Red Wing, Minn., Aug. 21—(AP) A wrist watch found on one of the victims of the fatal bus accident near here Monday led to his identi- fication today as Robert Hendricks, St dentification made by M ntificat was Ir. and Mrs. J. Stahl, living at the home of Mrs. Walter Schulte. Min- neapolis. The Stahls and the Schultes came hére and identified the body through the wrist watch and statements of one of the in- jured victims that the youth was on his way to the Minneapolis address. The Stahls formerly lived in St. . He His parents live in St. ig Son ite a Be = s Declares Legislative Record Satisfied People of Own State Denounces Editor’s Utterance as ‘Unfair, Unmanly, Un- American’ BY D. HAROLD OLIVER (Associated Press Staff Writer) Y., Aug. 21.—@)— mn legions swarming into Albany from all sections of the na- tion to see their new leader official- ly notified of his presidential nom- ination tomorrow night, ‘today found Governor Smith sl waiting his hour of triumph as well as the reace tion to his sweeping counter thrust at critics of his long record in the New York legislature. Clearing his desk for the moment-| © ous event, the \ ara made public a detailed reply to William Allen White’s charges that he favored the saloon and was lenient towards gambling and prostitution in his votes on a long list of bills while an mblyman—an answer which he id must be considered final. Declaring his legislative record “as an opponent of immorslity is fixe 5 that he was itisfied the people of New York state did not concur in the “slander- ous attack,” the nominee the Republ: for “open; a matter }.. rege Raps n He aimed the rejoinder pri at the Kansas editor, but he inten ed it to apply to his other critics, in- cluding Dr. John Roach Straton, New York Baptist minister, who has charged the governor with being the greatest foe of the forces of moral progress in the country today. After taking up each bill covered by White, the nom:nee denounced the whole thing as “unfair, unmanly and un-American,” and added * e the satisfaction, however, of knowing that it is not concurred in by the people of my own state who have year after year expressed confidence in me, notwithstanding that a large part of this matter here- in referred to laid before them in the by agents of my political enemies He said he was “glad to hi matter out of the whisperii and put in the open.” it as Viewed political, “when J rsh aces Propose have campaign befog over irrel nt tl 4 dit jion of my votes as a legisla- tor some 20 or more Sly ago.” Criticizes Allen “No one in all of the 25 my public life has ever ¢ to make the vile suggestions which approval of Henry J. Allen, publicity Ree of the Republican Nationst committee the reply ears of egntinued. Then, referring to White’s cablegram from Europe denying, he had “retracted” his charges as to gambling and com- mercialized vice and which Governor Smith said was given to the ncwspa- pers by the committee as an “official release,” it went on: Tackling first White’s- charges dealing with liquor measures, Gov- ernor Smith said there had been “a deliberate attempt” to show that “my votes dealt with a far greater number of so-called liquor bills than in fact ,” that the intent.of many had been misre) }, and that almost invariably Republican leaders had voted as he did on them. As to commercialized vice, the governor took up his vote it, a bill introduced first in 1919 and which proposed to regulate the rent- ing of rooms in hotels, this measure, he contended, was “unquestionably unconstitutional and unworkable.” All of the santling menaniea res ferred to by White to do with race track betting, the governor said, explainin;; that he had voted with Governor Hughes against them, but later, at a special » voted “the othe: way” as a protest against the “unjustified action of thy eS ernor in ca‘ling the legislatur. back into extraordinary session after the matter had been fully thrashed out on disposed of at the regular ses- Minimum Wage for State Workers Is Urged in Minnesota Winona, Minn., Aug. 21—?)—The should adopt a miniznum wage for all workers on its Jobs, the Minnesota sta‘ told by depression, and” plontifal of labor, contracto doing for the state are ‘able to force low fair standard of Back to the scenes of his bo; Republican presidential nomi familiar places. in a boyhood bat born. Hoover's in West Branch, Iowa, Herbert Hoover, , returned to meet old friends and revisit At the top here is Newt Butler, who “licked” Hoover ttle. “Below is the old Hoover home, where Herbert was At the bottom of the old West Branch Friends’ church, where ther used to preach at the women’s sessions. Doctor ls Lured From Office and Shot Dead Stranger Asks Physician to Accompany Him to Sick Wife’s Bedside Pittsburgh, - Ai 21.— (AP) — Lured from his o! in Carrick, a suburb, |: ight, ostensibly. to min. ister to a sick woman, Dr, Harry R: Dapper, 30, prominent physician, was mae Aen apeesding to iad physician’s father, by a man w escaped in loctor’s car. Henry J. Dapper, 55, the father, who accompanied his son and the un- identified ese ir on the trip, slugged with a blackjack. He is in a hospital, where his son died today from @ gunshot wound. Because of the fact that the young pe had no known enemies, po- ice were at a loss to ascribe a motive, The doctor's widow and his father told police the stranger appeared at Dapper’s office last night and said “Come quick! My wife is sick. Asked where he lived, the man said his_home was in the country. Dr. Dapper .asked his father to acqrapany him. “You sit in front with your son,” the Dapper said he was in- structed. by the stranger, as were about to enter the physician's automobile. The father said he be- came suspicious and went to his room and obtained:a revolver, which, however, was not loaded, at a secluded spot in the country, caller said they would 2 the remainder of the way on foot. 8 they were about to leave the ma- chine, according to the father, the stranger shot "De. Dapper with volver ipped with a silencer. said he tall; him, to A motorist took the pair A eee FIVE ROBBERS {2s | GRAB $19,000(s | Medora Maids and | Bad Lands Flappers Spurn Polite Duke ; ee ee (Special To The Tribune) fedora, N. D., Aug. 21.—There is sorrow among the maidens of Me- dora, the weds from the dude ranches and the Bad Lands’ flappers. The annual weekly dancc was merrily sweeping along last Friday night when a tall, handsome strang- er sauntered into the hall. He watched the dancers for a few mo- 3} ments. Catching the rhythm of the fg he turned toa girl sitting near “Mademoiselle, may I have this dance?” he said bowing poy. Rai scornfully si turned away. Undaunted by his . dismissal, the stranger asked a second girl only to be met with a second rebuff. ° A few moments later he left the dance hal 2 “Who was that man,” the girls rizzled old veteran of the cow punching days, smiled wryly and inked at a couple of his cronies. “That was the mepre - ls Mores, the old man chuckled. “Heh, heb, you girls don’t know a real gentle- man when you see one.” The son .f Medora’. first royal cattle baron had stopped off for a few hours from a transcontinental eg visit the 9,000 acre estate which was left by his father and to renew childhood: mem- ories of romantic days at the Chat- eau de Mores. =|CHICAGO MAN. LEADS FIELD Bob-o'-Link Club, Chicago, 21-—(AP)—John Dawson of oe ee 141, to io fi amateur golf championship, with ttle ‘prospect that he would” be Hassell Plane Is Missing Off Coast of Labrador Fear That Rockford Airship and Navigators Are in Arc- tic Sea Entertained Canada, United States, Denmark Join in Search for Lost Flyers Washington, Aug. 21.—(AP) —The coast guard announced today it had been informed that F. L. Hull, Stamford, Conn., amateur wireless operator, had received an S O S signal signed “R” at 10:30 o'clock last night which the receiver believed to be from missing plane Greater Rockford. Coast guard officials did not place any too much hope in the message and telegraphed Hull for further information. Aug. 21.— (AP) —The ve lengthened into days without word from Bert Hassell and Parker Cramer, trail-blazers of the Arctic airways. It was a certainty that the mono- nal the Greater Rockford, has n down since Sunday for its fuel supply would long since have been exhausted. That it i reaching some lonely on the Greenland coast ing hope for those anxi ing news here; that it had dropped into the sea somewhere off Cape Chidley, Labrador, was the ever- growing fear. Donald MacMillan, the Arctic lorer, now at Nain, Labrador, “If they are in a land plane,” Mac- Millan added, “it is all over. “If Hassell is down on the coast in the vicinity of Cape Chidley we may hear nothing of them for sev- eral weeks, as fishermen’s schooners are now leaving. Some bays are deep, and walking to safety is almost impossible for one not knowing the sites of the Eskimo encampments.” The MacMillan message was sent from the field radio station WNP of the Rawson-Field Museum expe- dition, and received by station 9AFA, operated by Ralph Brooks, amateur operator at Calumet Har- bor, Ind. Although several amat less operators reported Greater Rockfor Central standard time, Sunday.mi ing, only one, F. L. Haj, at Stanford, Conn., told of hearing anything be- sides the plane’s ¢: letter “R,” which indicated its po- sition as 75 miles off Cape Chidl Hall said the letter “R,” which w: & prearranged code signal, was fol- lowed by six repeated SOS calls. The distress signals, Hall felt were from the p! Hall said th: @ message was sent after the cal but that interference prevented his getting it. Canadian government planes and the United States coast guard cutter Marion had started a search for the airmen today. The Danish government has been asked by the Washington govern- ment and by the Rockford (Ill.) Chamber of Commerce, sponsoring the Hassell flight, to lend its as- sistance, The Greater Rockford, which started from Rockford last Thursday morning on a three-hop flight to Stockholm, Sweden, carried a col- j also added to the da lapsible boat, un, and provisions for three weel ESKIMOS SEEK FLYERS IN_ HUNTING CANOES conenhanen, Denmark, Aug. 21.— ()—Eskimos, sweeping along the western coast of Greenland in Davis Strait in their hunting canoes, today were searching for Bert Hassell and Parker Cramer, missing American fliers. Parties of arctic hunters were ex- ploring the fiords between Cope ‘arewell.and Holstenborg in tl hope that the fliers may have come down somewhere in that vicinity. Holstenborg is near Mount Evans, goal of the airmen on their hop from Cochrane, Ontario. Acting on the request of the American legation to assist in the search for the Americans, the Greenland trading ships promised to keep a sharp lookout for the air- plane Greater Rockford and its crew of two, Watkins Refused Seat by.Labor Convention Winona, Minn. Aug. 21—(P)— William Watkins of Minneapolis, who opposed Senator Henrik ‘Ship- stead for renomination in the June maries was refused a seat at the linnesota Staie Federation of La- bor convention today. today for d the field in the lthe floor of the TERRIFIC GALE veal IN NORTH TOWA | swt TAKES 3 LIVE Hoover’s Birthplace Has Holi- day Garb Stripped by Rain and Wind Fort Dodge, Iowa, Aug. 21.— (AP)—Twin Lakes near here was to be dragged today to de- termine if any of nine persons now unaccounted for was drowned as the result of a tor- nado which struck the summer resort late yesterday. Several bet and a number of auto- ala were blown into the ie. Des Moines, Iowa, Aug. 21—()}— Death of two persons and unesti- mated property damage was the known toll of a tornado thi ruck at Twin Lakes, north of Rockwell City in Calhoun county, yesterday evening, and was accompanied by general wind and rain storms over northern and eastern Iowa. A two months old hter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Neaubauer was killed and other members of the family were injured whe' terrific wind razed their home, demolishing virtually all other buildings on the place. The baby was lifted from her crib and borne to a field outside where the body was found after sev- eral hours of search. Scars of destruction marked by demolished farm buildings and aged crops, were traced from the resort through the southern portion of Hamilton county. Apparently the| fi same tornado, traveling eastward about 7 p. m. was responsible for the damage. The wind’s force was also felt at here one hous: was moved off its foundation and others were damaged and from Marshalltown came brief reports of trees blown over by a wind of short durati Telephone communication temporarily disrupted Portions of north and east Iowa, but. a downpour of rain least part of The tornado’s wictims at Twin Lakes Were Stella Powell, 45, ‘of Traer, and her sister, Mrs. George| the Speer, 50, of Havelock. The storm truck while they were in a resort cottage, which was demolished, with nearly a score of other buildings on the east side of the lake. Flattened corn fields and scattered shocks of small grain, as well as damaged farm buildings, were re-| be! ported in Hamilton county, ting near Stratford, and continuing south of Jewell, past ElJaworth to Rad- cliffe. Wind and hail, said reports, e at Larch- wood and near Rock Ra; At Radcliffe five persons were slightly injured, it was reported, and near Jewell, a Mrs. Swenson and her son were reported bruised. Wind-driven rain at West Branch was reported to have swept aw: street decorations in honor of H bert Hoover's visit there today, a to have flooded the streets. Wer Branch is located on a graveled highway, bu: from appearances the soaked ground would inconvenience the large crowds expected during the visit of the Republican nominee. eo tae storm at West Branch, both Cedar Rapids and Iowa City re- ported exceptionall; h.avy rains, CATHOLIC BODY STAYS NEUTRAL Knights of Columbus Will Not Support Candidates for Any Office Cleveland, Aug. 21.—(7)—With more than 50,000 members of Cleve- land Catholic orders Pereding through down town Cleveland an celebration of a pontifical high mass, cupreme council of the Knights of Columbus reached its busiest and most eventful day of its convention today. At the public hall, all the cere- mony and pageantry of the Catholic church was to be used in celebrating the pontifical high mass. Two questicns—the situation in Mexico and alleged circulation of a spurious Knights of Columbus “oath’—were expected to cause the most discussion at today’s confer- supreme of priests and nuns from Mexico constitutes 8! medica’ problem in which the hts of Columbus feel very deeply. He an- nou! tho convention would firm ial stand takes at the os convention in Philadelphia, pro’ ing to the United States government the expulsion of Catholics from urged in- Mexico. “We have never Knights of Columbus i. TWO MILLION IS LOSS AS GALE WREAKS HAVO Converge Near Stat Boundary and Devastate Huge Area AUSTIN DAMAGE HEAVY National Guardsmen Called to Prevent Looting of Leveled Homes Austin, Minn., Aug. 21.— Two tornadoes, which conver, @ short distance north of Glen- ville and then wreaked destruc- tion as they traveled on and through Austin, left a toll of six known dead, scores of in- jured, and property damage es- timated at $2,000,000, latest re- Ports from the devastated area revealed this afternoon. One tornado originated in Towa, four miles south of the Minnesota-Iowa line, while the other came from the southeast and converged with the first twister near Glenwood. Witnesses declared today it was evident the two tornadoes then continued to Austin and tld a half circle back into jowa. Austin, Minn., Aug. 21—)—Toh of the tornado which swe; two southern Minnesota count late Monday afternoon, razing large sec- tions of the city of Austin and sur. rounding Minnesota and northern Towa towns, grew to eight known dead this morning as two more vice tims died in an Austin hospital, Scores more injured were report- ed bringing the list to nearly 100 as farmers and neighbors brought storm victims in automobiles for medical attention this morning, and it was belicved that as lines stem munication were restored today many others would be listed :.mong the injured and possibly other dead reported from smaller towns and rural communities. Damage in Aus- tin alone was put at $625,000 today, The latest dead are Marvin Baum- gartner, who died in the hof#pital from wounds received when the tor- nado crushed the Baumgartner horac, Kiting outright his 12 year old Harold, and who also died in the hospital storm erumpled the J home like an egg shell, Mrs. Joi: sat holding a baby in each ar: though the mother was fatally | by a falling beam neither vaby injured. The hospital at Austin was fi! to capacity with injured, and a nuim- r of others continued to be brought to this city today. _ Handicapped by darkness, physi- cians and nurses cared for the in- jured at Austin by candle and Jamp light. The local electric light plant ‘was wrecked. An effort was made late last night to hook up the city power 1 with the Hormel Packing Company power plant but this was not completed un- til this morning, under the direction of Jay Hormel, head of the pack- Ing concern, Sufficient power will be given to city to operate apparatus at the hos- pital here, and for publication of the local daily newspaper. Escape From Theatre At the Park Theatre, scores of Persons escaped injury or death when they left an afternoon formance just ten minutes before fee tornado vented its fury on Aus- The roof was torn off, and the front of the theatre wrecked, scat- tering bricks over a wide area. The pipe organ was destroyed, with the Gare loss enamnaiet as $55,000. S$ soon as si sub- sided Minnesota national ad special police and mem! of Amer. ean Legion posts aided in rescue work, The Austin Red Cross chapter sent out aid to the midst of the storm area, and homeless families were rounded up, fed and house. Hot coffee and sandwiches were served it the local armory. : Sixty members of Company H. of ~ Austin were on duty, together with . ae special police and 105 Legion- res. The storm area in the city was roped off and persons were eyed inteshe area, ae fected here was 8 trolled. Thieves were caught fo Bae sme ate Personal close 4 longing mes (Continued on Pa Three Physicians Are Named to M. D. Board Appointment of three membership on the state board c: 1 examiners was announce: today at thé governor's office. Th appointees were H. F. E: 'ppoi we = ‘mert, Cave E. > i to county; le " elth comin. as member of the of the state and ap) board. teachers’ in- Norfolk, Ve, Aug. 21—UM—Mane gee oer ree