The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, September 12, 1928, Page 1

L di ae 0 | THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE ESTABLISHED 1878 BA NON-STOP AIR «DERBY IS OFF _ ON GOAST HOP Clifford McMillin Leads Trans- continental . Flyers from New York City AIM FOR LOS ANGELES Mrs. Stillman’s Plane, the North Star, Leaves Without Stolen Compass Roosevelt Field, N. Y., Sept. 12.— (®—With long intervals between the takeoffs, the transcontinental non- top air marathon got under way to- day in one of the greatest races in aviation history. The first of the nine entries to leave was Clifford McMillin of Syracuse, N. Y., at 11:34:10 this morning. He was forced down in Pennsylvania, but uninjured. Up to late this noon four others had on their way to Los Angeles, but one of them, Ran- pall Page, almost immediately re- ui immed. The ones still in the air were N. B. Mamer in a Buhl, Emil Burgin in a Bellanca, and Oliver Le Boutillier in Mrs. James A. Stillman’s Bellanca, North Sta: The third entry to take the air ‘was Emil Burgin, who left at 1:20 o'clock, Eastern standard ti Whirlwind-motored. Be! as accompanied by Captain L. A. ancy. The start of the race, at the end of which awaits $22,500 in prizes for the first four pilots to finish, was set for any time after 9 a.m., but i tions were that most of the would not get away before ‘The record for the coast-to-coast AS is 18 hours and 58 minutes, held by Colonel Art Goebel Harry Tucker, who with their Lock- heed Vega plane are the favorites in the present race. The planes in the non-stop air derby can take any route the: please, but official “probable course,” over h the racers were likely to ass as New York, New Jersey, ennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, . Mis- souri, Kansas, Texas, New Mi Arizona, Nevada, and 2:19, Eastern standard time, leaving without @- compass stolen shortly before the departure. The plane was piloted by Oliver Le Bou- tillier. Mrs. Stillman did not go. * George Haldeman, Ruth Hider’s ocean pilot, took off at 3:35, Eastern standard time, the sixth entry to take the air. He was flying a scar- let Bellanca numbered 199. He was accompanied by Shirley Short of Chicago. PLANES MAKE « FOG LANDINGS Minot Craft En Route to Bis- “ marck Hearings Forced Down at. Yucca have attended the airplane z this morning, made a forced landi at Yucca early this morning due t fog, it was learned at the/ 9 hea state railroad commissioners office this morning. pase, Bis- in. ‘ing begin late this afternoon , it was said at the Although the Northern Airlines, Inc., and the International Airways, Inc., effected a merger last week, the state railroad commissioners of- fice has not been notified, and noti- fications to both companies ha' rns the ap- Feaiice ofthe MA Flsee: Beis aad sit company will be heard. Thé has applied for permission B ccang vagteors pe it ice from Fargo to Grand Fx Grand Forks to Minot; Minot Portal and Fargo to Minot. STABBING ENDS Hospital; Assailant Caught Fleeing . ‘ Only two non-stop flights ever have been made across the U. S., but all four of these flyers hope to accomplish such an air journey in the final event of the New York- to-Los Angeles races. At the left you see Art Goebel with his “Yan- BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1928 = : New York-to-Los Angeles Non-Stoppers kee Doodle” plane; top center, Owen | ;, Hoagland of Buffalo, Minn., who will fly a Cessna monoplane; bot- tom center, Emile Burgin, who is to pilot a Bellanca; right, George deman, who will be at the stick of a second Bellanca. Missouri Navigation Is Farm Relief Need VON ELM, GUNN, EVANS, OUIMET LINKS VICTIMS Four Champions Eliminated from National Amateur Golf Tourney Braeburn Country: Club, Newton, ‘Mass., Sept. 12.—(?)—The defeat of four former champions, including George Von Elm of: it, who had been favored. to ‘veach the finals, farnished a succession of sensations today in the first 18 hole match play round of the National Amateur Golf championship. Von Elm, playing poorly in a drizzling rain, lost to Arthur W. Yates of: Rochester, N. Y., by a score of 3 and 2. The passing of the 1926 titleholder was followed in rapid succession by the downfall of Chick Evans, of Chicago, 1927 run- ner-up. Max Marston of Philadel-| ed phia, 1923 champion, and Francis Ouimet, Boston favorite. Evans bowed to the spectacular oes of his fellow townsman, John wson,.2 and 1, after a great struggle. Dawson made the turn in a record-breaking 33 and finished in 71, equaling the tournament an championship course record. Mar- ston fell before the Briton, Eustace Storey, 1 up in 18 holes, while losing young Philli; in- lay, of Boston, 2 up. re Bobby Jones, defending champion, came through his first test deci- sively, beating the New Jersey title- holder, J. Wolcott Brown, 4 up and to play: Brown put up a great fight for 11 holes, but cracked under Bobby's persai ling pace on the last few holes, the match ending on the fifteenth green. 67 ESCAPE FIRE ON YANKEE SHIP Papas) Yucatan, Mexico, Se; aboard the Ward Line steamship fo and New York were safe today. on shore |STATE PARTY LEADERS WILL Valley People Demand Im- provement of River Along With Mississippi The people of the Missouri Valley are demanding the improvement and navigation of the Missouri River along with the balance of the Mis- sissippi River system as a relief to agriculture from the present high freight rate: Bulletins are being issued and dis- tributed in the states through which the Missouri flows or borders, by. the Missouri Navigation company, of Kansas City, and copies received here have been read with interest. ‘The seven states affected by the Missouri River:during 1927 praluced 365,189,000 bushels of wheat, or 41.88 per cent of the entire United States crop. Rye production in the same area totaled 31,965,000 bushels or 55 per ce): of the U.S. crop, while oat production was 451,891,000 bushels or 37.81 per cent of the en- tire crop. ae No other agricultural section in the world has as long and expensive rail haul in marketing its grain as does the Missouri Valley, it is point- out. It costs the grain producers of Kansas, Nebraska and North and South Dakota more to ship their grain to Liverpool than it does the Australian or Argentine farmer be-|bery. cause of this long haul, the report says. id The Missouri Valley farmer gets from 8 to 14 cents per bushel less for his wheat than the Canad: farmer; from 10 to 12 cents less than the Argentine farmer and from 2 to 4 cents per bushel less than the Australian farmer. “Millions of dollars will be lost to the cape of the Misiougl: Srey year the opening of navigation on the river is delayed,” said the bulle- tin. “This great wealth producing ultural district, the breadbasket the nation, needs water transpor- tation on the Missouri River to make bacas more profitable.” The improvements of the Missouri river and the whole Mississippi sys- tem for navigation, offer substan- wal and permanent farm relief, it is Daniel M. Kenyon, 64, N. P. Conductor, Dead Fargo, Sept. 12.—@)—Daniel M. Kangen, 64, conductor for the North- ern Pacific out of Fargo for the last eight years, and formerly conductor out of Jamestown, died in the North- en Pacific meseltal in St. Paul Mon- , after one oneshalf years illases. Funeral services will be held in Fargo Thursday. Newtons Masts Sept. 12-—(AP) mer man’s this golf. Uh , 16, society 4 2 76, Don Moe, 17, of and that antique YOUTH CHARGED WITH RUTHTON BANK ROBBERY Young Dry Cleaning Estab- lishment Proprietor Is Al- leged Bandit Pipestone, Minn., Sept. 12.—— Herbert Spooner, 25-year-old propri- etor of a dry cleaning establishment at Tracy, today. was charged first degree robbery in‘ connection’ with tbe daylight holdup of the Farmers and Merchants State Bank of Ruthton Tuesday. After locking the assistant cashier and a book- keeper the vault, the robber escaped with $2,500. He reported to Marshall police, fol- lowing the robbery of the bank, that his automobile license plates were stolen. He was held in the county jail here today for investigation in connection with the holdup. According to Sheriff Andrew A. Christenson of Marshall the as- sistant cashier of the bank, R. E. Bryte, who was held up, and two men who saw the bandit leave the bank charged Spooner with the rob- ry. Spooner is being held without charge while authori heck his movements. He claims that he can establish an alibi that he was not in ian|Ruthton when the bank was robbed at noon yesterday, when $2,500 in currency was stolen. COGHLAN TO QUIT RACE TO BENCH zs. Jansonius, Coffey and McFar- land Remain in Running for District Judge A three-cornered race for district ial district devel ped Joseph Coghlan, Bismarck attorney, withdrawing from the race yester- “Fie candidates remaining in the race are the two present judges, Fred Jansonius, Bismarck, and J. A. Coffey, Jamestown, and 1. G. Me- Farland, Jamestown. in presented statements of Robert ¢ and Burleigh County | Auditor A, C. Isaminger, yesterday afternoon. Coghlan i ing that law practice in Bismarck durii campaign which would be necet if he remained a candidate. Coolidge Host Hurt Stepping from Auto Washburn, Wis. re ae rveallg . L. Gary, Kansas City millionaire who host to President and Mrs, his| tends to be brought compl No Action Planned by Langer in 7 ical Bismarck Attorney Confers With Girl Who Killed Father at Hazelton what action will be taken in lense of Inez Gontka, 17-year- lazel Pparricide, charged with murder by Emmons county officials, is still un- decided. This information was released in Bismarck today by William Langer, Bismarck attorney, who has been re- tained the girl’s mother, Mrs. Charles Gontka. Mrs. Gontka is ap- ep eager to fight to relieve er daughter of penalty. inger spent yesterday in Hazel- ton investigating the affair, inter- viewing the girl and members of tne ily, returning to Bismarck late st night. The retention of Langer came as surprise in Bismarck yesterday as ports from Hazelton and Linton jast_ week indicated that the girl would not be defended by an attor- hey in her trial. inger would make no statement today concerning the type of trial he would demand. The girl hi signed a written confession to shoot- ing her 60-year-old father, Charles Gontka, twice with a shotgun Labor Day, dumping his body in a creek nearby. girl confessed to the crime last Thursday and was arrest- ed by Emmons County State’s Attor- ney Charles Coventry and Sheriff Andrew H. Fischer, who took her to Linton. The girl was released from jail in the custody of the sheriff, how- ever, as the Emmons county jail had no quarters for women, and she is now with her family on the farm a few miles southwest of Hazelton. Langer is quoted as saying last night that he could see no reason why the girl should be called upon to answer a first de; murder charge. Although she previous- ly agreed to plead guilty when a raigned in district court, he said she “absolutely will not plead guilty to murder in the first degree.” Langer has not yet decided wheth- er or not he will demand a jury trial for the girl, but it is generally as- sumed in Bismarck that the demand will be made. The case will go be- fore either District Judge Charles E. Wolfe or District Judge George M. MaTe had nothing to i le nothin; say concerning rocedure he would follow the Emmons county prosecu- ibetitute a lesser charge. COOLIDGE BACK IN WASHINGTON Hoover Meets Executive; Pres- ident Anxious to Talk With Kellogg Washington, Sept. 12.—()—Pret dent Coolidge returned to Washing- ton this morning from his vacation in Wisconsin and was met at the sta- tion by Herbert: Hoover and several members of his cabinet. A variety of official tasks, await- ing President Coolidge’s immediate attention, spelled a definite end to the days of leisure which the chief executive has been enjoying since he left the capital three months ago for a vacation in the solitude of north- ern Wisconsin. Rested and invigorated by the open air life.he led on the banks of river, .Mr.. Coolidge left Superior, Wis., Monday evening for the 38 hour return trip to Washing- ton with every intention of settling down to hard work as soon as he got back to the White Mrs. Cool- idge, whose health has been com: pletely restored by the bracing at- mosphere of the head of the accompanied Mr. Coolidge on the turn journey. £ President Coolidge is known to be Gontka Case BISHOP'S CLOUT IN NINTH FRAME WINS GAME 4-3 Orwoll and Pipgras Relieve Pitchers Ehmke and Hoyt in Final Stanzas The final score: Philadelphia 413 0 Yankees 31) 2 Yankee Stadium, New York, Sept. 12—(AP)—Bishop cracked a home run into the right field stand in the ninth inning, and the Philadelphia Athletics walked off with the fourth game of the Yankee-Athletic series by & score of 4 to 3 today. The Athletics peppered Hoyt hard all through the contest. Another large crowd was pres- ent to see the last home game of the Yankees. First Inning _ Bishop popped to Koenig. Haas ent up a high one which Combs Cochrane singled past Laz- Simmons flied out to Ruth. No runs, one hit, no errors. Yankees: Bishop tossed out Combs. Koenig grounded out to Foxx. Gehrig took a third called strike. No runs, no hits, no errors. Second Inning Foxx struck out. Miller lined out to Lazzeri. Dykes also fanned, go- ing after a high fast one. No runs, no hits, no errors. Yankees: Meusel hit into a dou- ble play, Dykes, Bishop to Foxx. Lazzeri fouled out to Cochrane. No runs, one hit, no errors. Third Inning Boley got an infield single over Hoyt’s head. Ehmke sacrificed, Gehrig to Lazze: Bishop sent up a high one to Combs. Haas went out, (Continued on page seven) BALLOON WINS STORM BATTLE Thousands Watch American Zeppelin Crew Fight for Life Above Detroit Detroit, Sept. 12—(?)—The little semirigid balloon, Puritan, a Zeppe- lin type craft, owned by the Good- year Tire and Rubber company of Akron, Ohio, held a thrilling vic- today over one of her. tradi- tional enemies, the Lower Lakes’ Gale. Returning to Detroit last night after a short cruise, the craft, built three months ago, was caught in the 55 mile an hour wind which at times threatened to rip her to pieces. The storm came with little more than a moment’s warning, and caught the ship as it was traveling over the eastern residential section of the city. 3 The first gusts caused the Puritan to pitch violently. Pilots A. J. Boettner and Vernon Smith headed the craft into the wind and the perilous battle that was to last for 35 minutes was on. As the wind velocity increased the dirigible’s motors: were turned up to meet it until finally they were doing 1,700 revolutions per minute, the maxi- mum. The ship held its own for a time then slowly began to give ind, at the same time, alternate- ly plunging toward the ground and rearing into the ai These gyrati increased with the added wind velocity until it seemed that the ship must nose over or under with certain destruction awaiting when it struck a cross very anxious to confer at the earli-| wind. bere emer of the sf to ol ‘an "his imy jions concerning the recent signing of the multilateral anti-war pact in Paris and regard- When. matters looked darkest for the little craft and her passengers, however, the storm, by a freak peculiar to the area, abated as sud- denly as it appeared. Thousands of Detroiters, home- ward bound during the rush hour, witnessed the thrilling duel and sent ‘the up cheers when the storm lifted and Franco-British naval limitation un- derstanding. In general, President Cooli in- y up vernment ing a trip to Vermont, which he hopes may be-. gin in the next week or ten days. Royalty Leaves | Counter to Wed | to date ding all the sports hes Si Se perenne commer WH be a> the Puritan, assuming an even keel, turned her nose proudly toward the Ford airport mooring mast and safety. BOMB FACTORY FOUND Lisbon, Portugal, Sept. 127) Government police today discovered ‘a bomb i bee sear is Beja, a town of ft Many bombs were seized and numerous arrests were made. Madame Frances Alda is a Metro- politan Opera star and Giulio Gat- ti-Casazza, her husband, is the Metropolitan’s director, but their common interest in music didn’t make their marriage a success. Madame Alda is seeking a divorce at Nogales, Mexico, charging in- compatibility. They've lived apart for three years. Alda will continue to sing at the Metropolitan, she said. COURT T0 CALL JURY THURSDAY Petition for Special Session Conform to Law, In- dicated Judge Fred Jansonius, of the | Fourth district court, indicated today that he would issue a call for a special session of the Burleigh coun- ty grand jury tomorrow as requested in petitions presented to him Mon- day signed by 935 Burleigh county voters. Judge Jansonius was still going over the petitions today. So far he has found nothing irregular about them. When the voters petition a special session and the petition is found to conform to the law, the court has no discretion in the mat- ter of a special grand jury session, the judge said. The petition calls for the session to convene Tuesday, October 2, to “investigate matters of grave im- port.” ARRESTS STOP SPANISH PLOT New York, Sept. 12.—(AP)—Re- ports from the Franco-Spanish bor- der say numerous arrests have been made in Spain after the discovery of a plot against the government of Primo de Rivera, who is about to celebrate his fifth anniversary as dictator of Spain. A dispatch from Hendaye, France, says the arrests were reported to have been made in Madrid and other Spanish cities. There were indications of the im- position of a strict censorship. The Western Union Cable company noti- fied The Associated Press that the Spanish authorities had refused to deliver a message to The Associated Press Madrid bureau asking about the reported plot. Although the usual run of news was received from Madrid, the cables made no mention of any movement against the state. On July 14 there were border re- ports of a widespread plot against the Bpenth government. At that time frontiers were under a strict guard and passengers on interna- tional trains were subjected to a searching investigation. a aoares BISMARCK NAMED FOR GERMAN TRON CHANCELLOR 55 YEARS AGO well are you posted on the ot-your city? vd E3e tory,” Mr. Falconer said. “That was in the year 18' yet rele ue The Weather Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday, possibly showers Thi ’ PRICE FIVE CENTS LOUGH LEADS AIR DERBY INTO LOS ANGELES a ae Re TR | Operatic Divorce TAIL SPIN PUTS CLASS B CRAFT OUT OF RUNNING Ballough’s Plane Scatters Mu- tor Parts Over Final 15 Miles ONTARIO SHIP FAR BACK Earl Rowland Wins $5,000 Prize for Leading Class A Derby San Diego, Calif., Sept. 12—— E. E. Ballough of Chicago was the first of 14 class B transcontinental air derby racers to reach Rockwell field today from Yuma, Ariz, He landed at 8:54:20. Before the dust clouds stirred up by the tail skid of his Laird plane, in which a new motor was installed last night, had settled a Waco mono- plane piloted by John Wood of Wau- sau, Wis. swooped gracefully down. into the field. Close on his heels came John Livingston of Aurora, Il, also flying a Waco, and landing at 8:54:47, Robert W. Cantwell of Duncan, Okla., in a Lockheed Vega, was the first of three class C entrants to ar- tive. He was followed by Captain C._B. D. Collyer, New York city, in a Fairchild monoplane. The two transcontinental contin- gents, class B and class C flyers, 16 Planes in all, awaited the starting signal at Yuma, Ariz., that would send them hurtling toward their ‘oal, with a fuel stop at San Diego. th classes hopped from El Paso yesterday. A crash that resulted in the seri- ous injury of a passenger put one eee out of the running in the class division. The Waco biplane of Stuart F. Auer of Milwaukee went into a tail cin 42 miles east of Yuma, and R. E. Herron of -Mil- waukee received injuries which were declared serious but not fatal. Another ship earlier threatened with withdrawal from the same sec- tion, when E. E. Ballough’s Laird lane scattered motor parts over the last 15 miles of the course, dergone r as the machine topped the last moun- tain pass and started coasting down upon the overnight stopping place, Parts Strew Course, Ballough’s 71-year-old passenger, Charles B. Dickinson of Chicago, thrust out his hand and caught the first piece of the engine as it gave way. But from then on a shower of motor parts came hurtling down, and the plane was almost without power for the 15 miles, but Ballough brought it in ahead of the other 12 planes left in the race. _ Last night Ballough, a leader in his division, gambled $5,900 on his chances for money prizes. It cost him that to purchase a new motor in Los Angeles and charter a plane to carry it to Yuma. Mechanics worked throughout the night installing and tuning aA the motor. John H. Wood of Wausau, Wis., was second of the class B to reach Yuma with his Waco, and Living- ston of Aurora, Ill., believed to have the advantage in elapsed time, third, in pnnelner aca. ‘obert W. Cantwell of Duncan, Okla., led the three class C planes into Yuma. Captain C. D. B. Coll- yer of New York in a Fairchild and ward J. Brooks in a Fokker fol- lowed in that order. Drury Leads Whyte The third race contestants, the two Windsor (Ont.) to Los Angeles flyers, made their overnight control at Las Vegas, Nev., William Drury’s Waco leading Kennedy Whyte's Moth by two hours in the Springs - Salt Lake City-Las Vegas lap of the international trek. au lao Ma, Sor fapaiien race, @ lartin, pilof . P. Stant was far behind at Salt Lake cu” Official standings in the first of the transcontinental races—the class A derby which ended Monday—were announced last night by’ officials who had compiled the ‘telegraphed reports from control stations. First place, with its $5,000 prize money, went to Earl Rowland of Wichita, Kan., who made the 16-ho} flight in hours 14 minutes and'’6 seconds. Second place and $2,500 went to W. H. Emery Jr. of Bradford, Pa. The other prize-winners, in order, were: Robert Dake, Pittsburgh, American Moth; Theodore W. Kankon, Boston, Challenger; James S. Charles, Rich- mond, Va., Eagle Rock; and Warren B. Smith of Fords, N. J., Swallow. , The times and awards were sub- Jest to action on a protest signed by 16 contestants because of time lost at Kansas City. If granted, this wien aa ee Hagan Is Appointed Dry Chief for N. D. John N. Hagan, Fargo, todas. was appointed isteator for” North Dakotas with at Fi according