The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 16, 1929, Page 1

NORTH DAKOTA'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER ‘THE BISMARCK TRIBUN: ESTABLISHED 1878 BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, SATURDAY, MARCH 16, 1929 13 PERSONS KNOWN DEAD IN TORRENTS’ WAK Decisive Battle of Revolution Is Expected 7 r FEDERAL GENERALS "CONVERGE FAST ON KEY CITY, TORREON Estimated 30,000 Government Troops Surrounding 5,000 Rebels Under Escobar MAY ‘FIND CITY ABANDONED Calles Occupies Durango in Another ‘Bloodless Battle’ and Pushes Forward Ira C. Eaker, chief pilot of the Question Mark, who took a prominent part in keeping the plane up in. the.air during its recent refueling endurance test, hopped off today from Brownsville, Texas, 1 an attempted dawn-to-dusk flight to Panama. The first model of the new army P-12 pursuit plane he is using, with a 135- mile cruising speed and possibilities of 188 miles an hour, is pictured above, with the flyer insert. He plans 4 stops. Eaker Starts Texas-Panama Hop BIBLE FLOOD STORY Question Mark Pilot Essays MISSOURI RISES BUT TRUTH EVIDENCE IS First Dawn-to-Dusk Flight to France Field DANGER OF FLOOD [8 POUND BY SCIENTIST] ius. soneouueo sroes| NOT ALARMING HERE Penetrate to Layer of Silt and * ‘Sand With No Mahifesta- tions. of Human Life pedi. museum of the University of Pennsylvania and the British museum which with a crew of 160 4rab workmen has been engaged for seven years in excavating the ruins of Penetrating through 1 f -l . &. layer ol evidence indicating a highly develop- ed civilization of about. 4000 B. C., they ‘suddenly came @ layer of to Cover 1,950 Miles in New Type Army Pursuit Plane by 7 P. M. Exp Brownsville, Tex,, March 16—(7)— Captain Ira C. Egker, famed pilot:of the record breaking endurance plane, Question Mark, took off at 4:08 O'clock this morning on a dawn to dusk flight to. France field, Colon, Flying the Pan American, first model of the new army P-12 pursuit plane to be tested, Captain Eaker hoped to reach Colon by 7 o'clock to- night. The plane is capable of a speed of 188 miles an hour. His schedule cells for an average speed of 135 miles an hour including four stops for refueling. The first scheduled stops were at ‘Tampico and Minatitlan, Mexico, where United States army planes have been sent to facilitate servicing of the ship. Other stops dg ven emala City, Guatemala; Managua, Nicaragua and David, Panama. Captain Eaker carried diplomatic mail including letters of felicitations from the American government to of- his |ficials.on the five cities on his route. in Eaker wore a fur lined ing | flying suit and carried for lunch a few chicken Will Talk Over Days of Yore, at Grand Pacific: Evening ~ Dinner and Dance salamat and a bottle of orange juice. The famous pilot asked no aid from luck in his attempt. “Weather and my- 460 horsepower motor will decide the result,” he said. Big Muddy at Washburn Rising While Williston Reports a Fall; Ice Sheet Solid Though the Missouri river at Bis- marck rose one foot during the last 24-hour. period, conditions this morn- ing in the Big Muddy and its tribu- taries gave no occasion for alarm over. flood possibilities. * This statement was mate by O. W. Réberts, federal meteorologist locat- ed ‘here. ‘The river rose 3.2 feet in the same period at Washburn, however, Roberts reports; while the river at Williston, after reaching a high stage of 143 feet March 12, has gradually fallen since then to 13.6 feet. Roberts again urges residents of the district to keep in communication with the Bismarck U. 8. weather bur- cau regarding conditions of the river. The telephone number is 151. Causes Williston Rise Ice in the Yellowstone River, which broke up a week ago and gorged in the vicinity of Savage and Sidney, Mont., has moved down to the Mis- sourl near Mondak, causing the rise at Williston. Reports indicate that the ice moved out at Pierre, 8. Dak., this morning. Due to a gorge below, flood stage prevails at Yankton, 8S. Dak., the meteorologist says. While near-freezing temperatures held the flow in check in northwest rivers and streams during the night, movement of ice continued with some streams rising and others continuing recession which began Friday. The Black and the Bad rivers in Wisconsin were still above normal to- day. Water Recedes In 8. D. At Odanah, Wis., about 15 miles from Ashland, the Bad river rose Fri- '|dey-to a point where the Indian in- habitants were preparing to leave their homes but reports today said the situation is “not serious.” High water in the vicinity of Her- reid, 8, D., was slowly receding, but the highways are still flooded and im- Although some rivers and streams in southeastern Minnesota continued to rise, none threatened to result in serious damage, with the exception of inundating lowlands. BUY $100,000 WORTH OF ROAD MACHINERY Commission Reduces Auto Al- lowance Mileage for Em- ployees on State Business beat lg il SHAFER COMPLETES BLL CONSIDERATION WITH ECONOMY PAN Lops $102,000. Off Appropria- tions for Agricultural Col- lege and University MAKES FORD WAIT FOR CASH Signs Watt Measure Increasing State Gasoline Tax From Two to Three Cents Governor George F. Shafer today completed consideration of the bills presented to him by the legislature. He knocked $97,000 off the general appropriation for the state agricul- tural college, $5,000 off the appropri- ation for the state highway and ve- toed a bill appropriating $56,000 for income tax refunds.’ Items vetoed in the agricultural college appropriation were: Power plant addition $25,000; new boiler, stokers and coal handling equipment $50,000; new stock room for library $19,000; equipment for Proposed library addition $3,000. The governor pointed out that he already has approved bills appropri- ating $190,000 for wings on the agri- cultural building and science hall and $210,000 for a new physical education and auditorium building, of which $125,000 will be available during the next two years and $85,000 in 1932. Would Overload Program “To allow the total amounts appro- priated by the legislature. would, in my judgment, overload the building program for the agricultural college during the coming biennium,” the governor said. “I have, therefore, eliminated the items which I think are least neces- sary to proper functioning of the col- lege in the immediate future. The new power plant will not, in all prob- dings. pr The library addition, needed, can be taken care of at the next session of the legislature. “I algo feel that the total propriations made for new buildings at the various state, - penal and charitable institutions are more than present conditions fairly warrant, and that consideration of public economy require that some reduction therefrom be made.” The item loppc +t off the appropria- tion for the :'*‘e university was $5,000 for a pro-:.*d warehouse and storage building. {ter a telephone conversation witi: aniversity officials this morning tk; governor sald the university would :i2ve plenty of stor- age space in the \:asement of the new building which will be completed with an appropriation made at the recent session and already approved by the governor. Makes Henry Ford Wait Most of the income tax refund bill would have been apportioned to Henry Ford for overpayments of taxes prior to 1923. The governor indicated that, since the state had waited this long to make the refund it might properly wait a little longer. He was up against ‘he necessity of reducing the appropriations some- where. Among the bills signed today was the Watt bill increasing the state gasoline tax from two cents to three cents per gallon and giving the addi- tional revenue to the counties for use in road work. A_ bill giving municipalities the right to contract for the purchase of electric and telephone properties and to pay for ther: out of the profits of the enterprises, was approved along with the general budget for the opera- tion of state departments, the bill reducing the maximum tax levies which may be made by various po- litical subdivisiors anc the bill ap- Propriating ‘210,000 for the con:ztruc- tion of a physical education and @uditorium building at the state agri- cultural college of which $125,000 will be available now and $85,000 two FOUR BANDITS STEAL UNITED STATS HAL ‘Chicago, March 16.—(#)—Four ban- oeEE Phat Zi Eielson, Wilkins Welcomed “Home to spend the night’—meaning that long period of Antarctic dark- ness which will end next October—Sir Hubert Wilkins, left, famed explorer, was greeted in New York by Mayor James J. Walker, center. in the welcome at City Hall was Ben Eielson, right, Hatton, N. D., Wilkins’ aide. The expedition, which discovered new lands, secured new geograph- ical data and located areas of value for meteorological purposes, will return to the frozen polar lands next fall. ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTER DESCRIBES ALABAMA FLOODS PRESIDENT HOOVER IS NOT LIMITING HIS CIRCLE OF ADVISERS Unlike Many Predecessors, Chief Executive Will Not Play Lone Executive Hand ‘Washington, March 16.—()—Presi- dent Hoover neither is playing @ lone hand in the conduct of the affairs of the national government nor is he relying largely upon the counsel of a single adviser as have some of the chief executives of the past. With -the engineer's insatiable de- sire for all the facts of a situation, he is consulting with those who can supply them and whose opinion and advice can be of material assistance to him in solving the manifold prob- lems with which a president con- stantly is faced. It was to avail himself more read- ily of the fund of experience and knowledge in ‘sgislative and govern- mental affairs possessed by Vice Pres- ident Curtis that he invited that of- ficial to sit in on cabinet meetings where major policies of administra- tion are discussed and frequently worked out. But the president is not limiting his circle of advisers to those within the public service. There are many men on the outside to whom he has turned or is apt to turn as vexing problems arise. Some of these might be termed the “elder statesmen” of the country as well as of his own party while other. are his personal friends with whom he was associated in the many endeavors which helped to form the whole picture of his col- orful career before he attained to the presidency. Charles Evans Hughes, former sec- retary of -state-and internationally known jurist, is'one of those upon whose counsel the president is be- Meved to rely. They were associated together in both the Harding and Coolidge cabinets, re close friends, and beyond that each has the. pro- jective type of mind which studies the major problems of the time. Another former secretary: of state with whom Mr. Hoover has consulted often is Elihu “toot, who now is over- seas in an effort to work out a basis Dodges Death Twice as Two Boats Sink After Rescu- ing Persons DEATH TOLL MAY REACH 100 Finds 15 to 20 Feet of Water Coursing Through Streets of Inundated Elba —_— Montgomery, Ala., March 16.—(#)— A graphie description of the flood in and about Elba was given by tele- phone this morning by Kenneth Miller, Associated Press correspon ent, on assignment within the strick: en area. Miller's personal experiences in “covering his story” were fraught with ‘personal danger. The corre- spondent was thrown from a boat and hung in a tree top until rescued. He waded four miles in water waist deep and aided in the rescue of many. Miller-said authorities were at wide variance as to the death toll. State and county officers report no casual- ties in Coffee county while refugees contend the death list may reach 100. ‘Thus far, Miller said, no bodies had been recovered. The correspondent accompanied a detachment of Alabama national guardsmen into the flooded area. “I shall never forget my experience of the past three days,” Miller said. “The nt was one of adven- ture, fraught with danger, yet the tasks had to be accomplished. People were crying for food and water from the house tops and the urge to reach them cost many of the members of rescue parties a wetting from boats capsizing. “We left Montgomery Wednesday night about midnight and drove steadily in big army motor trucks for eight hours before we reached Troy, 52 miles to the south, Lost Four Boats “We lost four boats in attempting to cross Big Creek after abandoning our trucks. Our first rescue work was among our own number although we were successful in each instance. Arriving in-the city proper, we found from 15 to 20 feet of water coursing from which may be realized an ardent | per desire of the chief executive—ad- herence of the United States to the in governmental, i ae G i 2 Z é if Sea 4 | - A I te thi rel tl | | f j fi rake if | 5 i iy | a i t4 i i ! : i i i i i i 5 i if zt ui s STUATION VERY BAD IN FLOOD SURPERING SOUTHERN ALABAMA Disease Breaks Out as After- math of Overflowing Dixie Rivers and Streams RED CROSS WILL FEED 1,000 More Than 100 School Children, Many Citizens, Still Ma- rooned in Elba His right hand amputated after his fingers were mangled when a stick of dynamite he was holding exploded, Henry Medchel, Wis- hek, is in a serious condition at a” local hospital today. Doctors say he has a slight chance of recovery, Medchel was rushed to the local hospital on a special train ‘ after the accident yesterday. He was about to throw the dynamite stick on an ice jam near the Soo Line Railway company bridge across Spring Creek when it exploded. The injured man is roadmaster of the Soo Line railroad at Wishek. His right hand was amputated in a local hospital after his ar- rival here at 1:30 a. m. today. He was resting easily at 2:30 p. m. today. Belief that he may have other body injuries was ex- Lei by his attending physi- clans, a Atlanta, Ga., March 16—()—Thir- teen persons were known dead today from the torrents of flood waters that have overflowed villages and lowlands oes south, although the various re- lef agencies ti ht many others had lost: their rear wy: Approximately 20,000 had been forced to leave their homes tempor- arily, with the gravest situation in southeastern Alabama, where the town of Elba was inundated and high waters were into some miles further south, to a depth of several feet. Twelve of the dead were in Ala- bama, where the Pea and Choota- watchee rivers, and- their ~ tributaries were sent out of banks in one of the worst floods. in years by unceasing rains of the fast week. Grave fears were held for resi- dents of Geneva, a city of 3,500 popu- lation where the situation was de- scribed as “very bad” by a National Guard plane that flew over the town. Red Cross Begins Work The Red Cross today was taking steps to keep down disease in the refugee camps. Measles already had broken out in one camp and serum was taken into the area by boats. In Georgia, where the other known death occurred, rivers which last week, went out of their banks, again were rising, although the Chattahoochee; : which forms the boundary between many residents had moved from thein homes. The 400 residents of Newton, who moved to a neighboring village (Continued on page seven) BISMARCK DEFEATS MANDAN FIVE 24-16 Fargo, Grand Forks, Walsh County Aggies and Valley City Other Finalists Fighting a courageous uphill battis to overcome a 12 to 9 lead in the sec- ond half, Bismarck last , |championship of Region C, the right to meet Fargo for cps round of