The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, July 29, 1929, Page 1

North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper TABLISHED 1873 ‘DEATH CHE i VIRGINA PLUMMER, 10, DIES AS AUTO PLUNGES OVER BANK} Thirteen Residents of Bismarck and Mandan Are Recover- Tammany Chief 100 Years Old ing From Injuries JAMESTOWN BOY DROWNS Automobile, Drowning and Mo- torboat Accidents Take a Heavy Week-End Toll Two persons lost their lives in North Dakota, and eight others are dead throughout the northwest, and six are missing, the result of auto- mobile, drowning and motor boat ar- cidents over the week-end. Thirteen residents of Bismarck and Mandan are recovering from injuries sustained in auto crashes during the past two days. Virginia Plummer, 10, daughter of William Plummer, farmer liv- ing near Mandan, was almost in- stantly killed Sunday afternoon when the auto in which she was riding plunged down 2 40 - foot embankment and then somer- saulted backward over a 35 - foot bluff one mile west of Sunny. Curtis Smith, 16, son of J. E. Smith, Jamestown, drowned Sun- day afternoon in Spiritwood Lake. In a crash between two motor boats on Lake Okoboji at Arnolds Park, Iowa, near the Minnesota line, Esther Ralston, 20, Alta, Towa, girl, drowned, 14 persons were saved and six are missing. Other deaths were: Louis Matyi, 18, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Matyi, farmers living near Upsala, Minn., killed in au- tomobile accident. Colonel Amren, 16, son of Nels Amren, killed in accident with Matyi. Louis St. Cyr, about 21, Little _ drowned in the Mississippi ver. George Cardinal, 27, Red Lake Falls engineer, drowned in a mill race of Red Lake river. Richard Allen, 3%, Virginia, drowned when he fell off a dock at Hibbing Point, Lake Vermil- ion. Sefred sell, 32, Duluth, drowned at Sturgeon Lake while swimming. Walter Wandrie, 26, Minneap- olis, killed in automobile accident. Mrs. Mary Stark, postmistress for years at’ Buffalo, Minn., was killed when an auto- He's the grand old man of New York Politics. John Voorhis, above, grand sachem of Tammany Hall, was 100 years old on July 27. But he comes daily to his desk and is active at the head of Gotham’s famed political tion, AIRPLANE CRASHES IN TOKYO ATTEMPT FROM TACOMA FIELD Bromiey Is Blinded by Spray of Gasoline From Fully "Loaded Tanks "~ Tacoma, Wash., July 29.—(AP)— Lieut. Harold Bromley, whose spe- cially constructed monoplane was wrecked here yesterday when he at- tempted to take off on a non-sto} flight to Tokyo, expects to try it again within 60 days. Heavily loaded, the low-slung plane sped down a specially built ramp and whirled into a “ground loop” after Bromley had be-n blind- ed by gasoline spray from the craft's aay loaded tanks. Half of the right wing of the plane was crumpled into a mass of steel and plywood. Bromley sprang from the wreckage unhurt. The flyer blamed himself for t'.e crash, de- cane he ppg stopped the ship as soon as the gasoline spray blinded him. After the crash a special mecting of backers of the flight resulted in a decision to rebuild the plane im- mediately. The wrecked plane was to be crated today and. sent to Burbank, Calif., to be rebuilt. An examination showed that the 425 horsepower motor of the plane had not been seriously da .aged. SOCLALIST LEADER CONTINUES BETTER Milwaukee, Wis., July 29.—()—De- spite the intense heat of the last three days, Victor L. publisher of the Milwaukee Leader and former of ea . A. J. Patek, ne ian cele . Je . one at l= the former was Sunday. Her daughter May, was Bismarck and Mandan persons injured are: Mrs. Lawrence Tavis, Mandan, dislocated elbow, shock and bruises. L. F. Tavis, Mandan, severe (Continued on page nine.) - FIRE GAINS GROUND AS HOT WEATHER DRIES OUT FORESTS Stiff Northwest Breeze Fans Flames in Superior Na- _ tional Forest Grand Marias, Minx, July 29— (AP)—Fires that at non today had » been burning for a week in the heart of the Superior national forest sweeping over an area of what was be more than 5,000 ing reported “extremely poor.” A stiff, northwest wind, low hu- midity and clear weather this morn- ing greeted the crew of more than men fighting the fires, which , fanned by a 22-mile an hour w~| LAMBERT IS KILLED =| WHEN PLANE FALLS Louis Robin Flight Loses Life in Crash BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, MONDAY, JULY 29, 1929 NATION LIES GASPING IN HEAT; THREE MILLION DESERT GOTHAM Temperatures Near the Century Mark in Widespread Re- gions of the Country SFVEN DROWN IN NEW YORK Canada Faces the Worst Forest Fire Situation Since 1923; Crops Burn Up New York, July 29.—(4)—The coun- try lay gasping today under a heat wave. In various sections Sunday tem- peratures approached the century mark. The highest point for the day was 98 degrees, which was from such widespread points as Al- bany, N. Y., Baltimore, Phoenix, Ariz., 8t. Louis and Washington. The mercury stood at 92 in Montreal, Boston, Cleveland, Cincinnati, De- troit, Philadelphia, Portland, Ore., and San Antonio, Texas. New York City, where the temper- ature was 92 degrees, was deserted by about 3,000,000 people who sought comfort by jamming nearby beaches and filling highways leaving the city. Seven persons were drowned in the metropolitan area. The drought, which has been vir- tually unbroken for a month, gave tfurther cause for alarm to farmers jand brought to Canada a forest fire situation which dominion officials ibelieve to be the most serious since 11923. The wheat crop of western Canada was reported hopelessly scorched. Produce farmers in the PRISONERS ESCAPE AS 1,700 INMATES MAKE WILD REVOLT Fifty Long-Term Inmates of Au- | | burn State Prison Lead Attack on Guards SET SEVERAL SHOPS AFIRE Convicts Seize Arsenal Charge Handful of Guards in Break for Freedom Auburn, N. Y., July 29.—(AP)— Fifty long-term convicts at Auburn state prison yesterday led a revolt of the 1,700 inmates, captured the prison arsenal, with its stock of ap- proximately 50 rifles and four mi chine guns, stormed the main gates; four guards, one seriously. Four convicts escaped from the prison in the first rush; two of the mutineers were killed by the fire of the guards, and a third was wounded seriously. A handful of guards, two-thirds of the staff being off duty because it {was Sunday, beat back the first at- tack then, reinforced by the remain- ing guards, hastily recalled, and by state troopers, they held a yelling, surging mob of convicts at bay un- til the outbreak spent its force and quiet was restored. The four convicts who escaped |Metropolitan district faced ruin un- less the drought ends speedily. TWENTY LOSE LIVES (AS THEY SEEK RELIEF Detroit, July 29.—(#)—Twenty per: sons lost their lives by drowning in ;Michigan and nearby points in On- |tarlo over the week-end as they sought relief at lakes and rivers from the heat wave. TORRID TEMPERATURE CAUSES MUCH SUFFERING Chicago, July 29.—(AP)—The midwest waited hopefully today for the relief promised by government weather forecasters from the torrid temperatures of the past few days. The relief, however, was expected tome splat ana See: 1 In Chicago, alone, approximately 350,000 bathers paths ¢ the beaches yesterday. while Milwaukee and other lake cities reported enormous crowds. Thirty-five men were overcome by the heat while marching in an Ameri. can Legion parade at Decatur, 1 Several of them were in a serious con- dition today. Three deaths while swimming were reported near here, and one down- state. A man died of heart failure while swimming in a quarry near Lemont, Ill., another struck his head on a submerged pipe in a creek near Elgin, Ill, and another drowned in aay drainage canal near Wheeling. In Wisconsin the water took many lives. Three were drowned near Mil- waukee; three girls and a man were drowned near Sturgeon bay, when the man tried to rescue the girls and was pulled under; three boys were drowned in the Pine river near Merrill, Wis., and a Chicagoan was drowned when his boat Hopped over in the Mukwanago river. Altogether, | Wisconsin’s death toll attributable to ihe. heat stood at 25 for the week- en SIX PERSONS DROW AS BOATS COLLID BODIES NOT FOUND Front Portion of Speedi Is Split Open by Crash; Launches to Rescue Arnolds Park, Iowa, July 29.—(7)}— Six persons are believed drowned in a collision SF Soe Wesnches. rearued ? Kazan, —In the trousers. women in the have. tried to cool peasant and Ex Duis, Grand Forks, N. D., representing 4 north to have been| Rome, the Francisco a U.S. 8. R., July 29.—( AP. iton greys | veston flood also should its | national were: George Small, serving a term of 12 years for robbery. Joseph Caprico, serving a 20-year term for robbery. Arthur Barry, serving 25 years for burglary. : Steve Pawlik, robber, serving life as a fourth offender. Return to Cells A checkup today showed that, with the exception of the slain con- victs, one in a hospital, and the four who escaped, every inmate of the prison was in a cell, although the cells were crowded because of the damage to a cell block by fire. While most of the rifles stolen from the prison arsenal had been recovered, three machine guns were missing. Prison officials pointed to the similarity between the outbreak at Auburn yesterday and the revolt of the prisoners at Clinton prison, Dannemora, a week ago. News of such attempts to gain freedom y,|travels fast along the “grapevine terious method of telegraph” — m: nown to the under- communication world, Today vigilance at state prisons Continued on page nine» Former Construction Superintendent Dies At Age of 116 Years Guthrie, Okla, July 29.—(P)— ‘Thomas Sloan, 116, died here Satur- day. At one time he was superintend- ent of bridge construction for the Pacific railway when it built its line to the west. Two North Dakotans On Marketing Board Chicago, July 29.—(4)—A committee of 16 grain men was formed here Sat- urday through the federal farm board to organize a grain marketing corpor- ation. The committee includes George west pools; M. W. Thatcher, 8t. representing the Farmers Union com- mission agencies; and F. H. Sloan, Sioux Falls, and P. A. Lee, Grand Forks, representing Montana, Minne sota and the Dakotas Farmers Eleva: ig Craft| tor associations. Mussolini Celebrates 46th Birthday at Home Buy, 2 Today was Premier forty-sixth birth- and) Long Grind After Reaching the Seventeenth Day ‘PILOTS GET $2 A MINUTE | Flyers Declare Reporters Have Nothing to Kick About While Waiting on the Field St. Louis, Mo., July 29.—()—Forest. O'Brine and Dale (Red) Jackson, | champion endurance flyers, today | were nearing the 400 hour mark aloft in the St. Louis Robin. | At 12:17 p. m. they had completed | 389 hours in the air and had exceeded |the record of the Angeleno by 140 hours. The joint earnings of the fly- ers, accumulating at the rate of $116 | an hour, amounted to $16,060 at that | time. ‘The Robin came low over the field | at 6:30 a. m. as the flyers tossed out |a@ message. The fluttering streamer | attached to the container caught in ® wing strut, however, and a few minutes later a second container was tossed out and fell clear. The mes- of the refueling crew, said: “Shorty: Give us 60 to 70 gallons of gas and oil. Everything going fine. Obie got ex- cited and lost the other note. Red.” ‘OUTCOME OF NAVAL ' MAY LEAVE CRUISERS At Least Ten of Ships on Pro- gram Will Have to Be Built, Experts Say Washington, July 29.—()—The | final outcome of the naval limitation | discussions now advancing into a highly technical phase in London is ‘expected by American experts to |leave at least two-thirds of the 15- | cruiser program intact. | As they see it, at least ten of the contemplated 10,000-ton vessels will have to be built under any arrange- ment which may be reached in car- rying out the agreement between the United States and Great Britain on ‘the principle of absolute equality in | the fighting strength of their navies with all kinds of craft considered. keels of three cruisers which were to have been put down in navy yards next fall, it is recalled, President | Hoover himself remarked that “gen- erally speaking, the British cruiser | strength considerably exceeds Ameri- can at the present time and |the actual construction of these three jeruisers would not be likely in them- selves to produce inequality in the final results.” More Ships Needed Construction of ten of the 15 cruisers, it is reasoned. would give the United States only the 18 of this | class regarded by high naval officers ims essential to . balanced fighting leet, ted States then would have in tne cruiser category, besides th 1€0,000- ton vessels, ten of 7,500 tons classed as first line ships and 19 of varying tonnage in the second line, many of which, if present navy department ) | Paul, and H. G. Keeney, Omaha, studies indicate the desirability of such action, probably will be sold or otherwise disposed of. Those considerations undoubtedly will enter directly or indirectly, into the new phase of the London discus- sions which, having passed the point of agreement on general British- American aera parity, were turned problem exactly how that is to be attained. Yardstick This was the reason for the re- turn to London of Hugh 8. Gibson, American ambassador to Belgium, as head of this government's delegation to the League of Nations Preparatory disarmament commis- sion, proposed in April that the formulate a new “yardstick” for measuring the comparative of navies as a whole. ‘Whereas, heretofore, naval com- (Continued on page nine) i & : Being Humorous; Declares Prohibition Fosters Bribery Washington, July 29.—(AP)—Ir- vin S. Cobb, in his first statement as chairman of the Authors and Art- ists committee of the association | against orn Seok icion. al bition is a { be among ‘the noble experiments of our Asserting the it to te for bios gr semareein rae citisennare engaged ip 3 BY j violation of the Volstead He cited graft, the letter and spirit of act.” “corruption, _ bribery, risy, prejury, beer- “We have ary experiences Jackson and O’Brine Continue| sage, addressed to “Shorty” Chaffee | ‘LIMITATIONS PARLEY In postponing the laying of the| of determining | THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE | Two Lose Lives in North Dakota Accidents ST. LOUIS ROBIN NEARS 400-HOUR RECORD | AS HUGE THRONG LOOKS ON FROMBELOW; | MOTOR OF PLANE PURRS SMOOTHLY AHEAD Word that the Minnesota endur-/ ance flyers had crashed this morning was sent up to the flyers by their wives, who inclosed notes for each in the breakfast container. This morning's refueling was the forty-fourth transfer of gasoline and | oil and the seventy-second contact | between the endurance plane and the refueler for all purposes. So far 3,320 gallons of gasoline have been trans- ferred. Given Encouragement Art Goebel, California to Hawaii flyer, was one of the visitors yes- terday and sent aloft a note, to it boys, you are certainly doing a wonderful job. Another great step in aviation. Kindest regards.” Goebel showed much interest in the flight, particularly in the re- fueling, going aloft when Major Wassell and Shorty Chaffee made a contact at 4 o'clock. Jackson and O’Brine took to task the reporters at the field who are awaiting their r.turn to carth. In |a note dropped yesterday they ob- jected to some of the articles in pa-| pers sent up to them, especially! the use of lights at night and the newspapermen’s wailing because of | sleeping on cots at the field while} on the “endurance watch.” | The Weather‘ fair tonight and ‘Tuesday. Generally Somewhat warmer. PRICE FIVE CENTS ATS MINNESOTANS OF FLIGHT MARK CRICHTON KILLED AS PLANE PLUNGES TO CONCRETE TRACK Owen Haugland Is Seriously In- jured in an Early Morning: Crash at Minneapolis HAD JUST LEFT MESSAGE Low Flying Speed and Lack of Elevation Are Blamed for Fatal Accident Owen Haugland i Minneapolis, July 29, — (AP) — Death early today cheated Owen Haugland and Capt. P. J. Crichton of als mane to set an endurance light record in their mo ine noplane, the The plane crash > S ed at 5:25 a. m., | Wold-Chamberlain airport, kill: i Captain ton an ously injuring Haugland. The flyers, who were into their seventh day of con- tinuous flying had been aloft 154 hours and 45 minutes, plun, to the ground from an altitude Bs feet. The flyers had swooped down to within 200 feet of the ground to drop what was their last message telling “everything is going fine” ter, there’s no excuseg for printing such be I got a big laugh when they tried to smooth things over about our speed, saying w- were bucking headwinds. First time I knew wind blew in circles. Lights Go Out The note read: “Tell those re-| porters we are not running without lights because we want to. battery lasts only a little while and then our lights go out. If those birds don't know anything about this ma‘ * Head of Fielder ‘| Helps Home Run e Hazleton, Pa., July 29. — (AP) — |The head of Rightfielder Layden of Binghampton in the Penn league has been responsible for a home run by Roseberry of Hazleton. | ‘him on the head and bounced over the fence. Layden continued in the | game: : [MONGOLIANS INV ADE | CHINESE TERRITORY | ASCOUNTERACTION \ | Oriental and Soviet Armies | Withdraw to Create Neu- tral Zone Between London, July 29.—()—Rumors in Tokyo of a Mongol invasion of China as a counter movement to Chinese in Manchuria today disquieted Lon- don international circles hoping for peaceful settlement of the controversy between Russia and China. Mongolia’s connection with the na- tionalist Chinese government at Nanking has been strained from the | Nanking government's inception and | various soviet actions apparently have presumed upon allegiance of Mon- golia in any movement against China. The communist spirit is strong in the vast province, which id Pig be- tween China proper ant " The rumors were accepted as the reason for other advices from Man- chuli, at the western end of the Chinese Eastern railway, that the armies had withdrawn to within 12 miles of each other, the ground be- tween being a “no man’s land” each promised to respect. The entire situation, however, re- mained obscure. Moscow maintained a deep silence, with papers there rei- terating stories of “atrocities” against, Soviet citizens in Manchuria and denying negotiations between the two countries for settlement of their dit- ferences were under way. It was reiterated also that Chinese troops in Our | th TIN.P. CONTRACTS FOR As Layden| was chasing a fly ball the ball hit! : largment of the present yards by ex- seizure of the Chinese Eastern railway | tod: requesting 100 gallons of An the refuel h , As the refueling ship, Ace sister ship of the Minnesota, nee, pared to take off, the endurance plane sideslipped. Crichton, who Ia- ter was found to have been at the controls, succeeded in rtially hting the craft but the low alti- tude and lack of sufficient flying s eed prevented him from avoiding a crash, Plane Pancakes The plane pancaked onto the con- crete automobile ‘ing track en- circling Wold - Chamberlain airport. When the ground crew reached the ship, Crichton dead in the pilot’s seat, his body ly mangled by the heavy motor, which had been shoved back by the impact with the ground. Haugland, unconscious, had. been sleeping on the bed over the gasoline tank in the fuselage. He was rushed to the Fort Snelling hospital nearby "! hysicians said he had a pos- sible skull fracture and a possible broken jaw. The wings were intact “but the fuselage and landing gear were vire tually demolished. Haugland and Crichton took off at 0 p. July 22, from Wold- Airport on what was sixth attempt to set a new record and Crichton’s first. During the last week they had flown over many cities in Minnesota. An- other tour of Minnesota cities had been scheduled for today. Wife Arrives . I can’t see what they have to kick about sleeping on the ground. They should be glad to get out in the open and get some fresh air. They can get up and walk around ind we can’t. Sleeping on a gas ank isn’t so hot, either.” HUGE LOCOMOTIVES; MAY REBUILD SHOPS Further improvements on Yards Will Be Nec to Han- die New Eljfnes Purchase of 11 of the world's larg- est locomotives to operate on the Mandan-Glendive division of the Northern Pacific railway will neces- sitate further improyements in the Mandan shops and yards, according to information received in Mandan to- day. \ H. E. Stevens, vice president of the railway, said in a telephone conver- sation today “the installation of new turntable and enlargement of the Present roundhouse is likely.” It is rumored in Mandan that the construction of new shops, the en- Ten minutes after the accident Mrs. Crichton arrived at the field with food she had prepared to be taken up for the flyers at the 6 a. m. refueling. She just missed seeing the crash which brought death to her husband. She was prostrated by the shock and was taken to a hospital where her condition was reported as serious. Captain Crichton celebrated his 35th birthday in the plane Friday. He was vice president and executive officer of the National Aeronautical association; has served as president of the Air Corps Reserve Officers as- sociation, and was organizer and commanding officer of the 4Tist ob- servation, squadron, United States air corps reserve. Sixth ..ttempt Haugland previously had attempt- ed five times to set a new mark, four times with Gene Shank, Minne- apolis commercial flyer as co-pilot, and once with Thorwald “Thunder” «Continued un page nine.) START BUS SERVICE MINOT-TWIN CITIES tension three miles west to Sunny will bring’ 450 families from Brainerd, Minn., to Mandan. Railway officials refused to confirm or deny the rumor a. Duplicate Experimental Engine The new locomotives are to be du- Plicates of the Yellowstone type en- gine, which was put in service in March as an experiment. Exhaustive tests have since been made in hauling freight trains, and this locomotive's performances, as recorded by use of a dynamometer car, have been declared entirely satisfactory. The experimental engine has been used between Glendive and Mandan, & 216-mile stretch, where there is an undulating grade line, with control- ling grades of 1 per cent so separated over the territory that it has been impracticable fod establish helper or pusher districts. Until this mammoth donomieetye me Points. With the 11 new locomotives, the neighborhood of Harbin had mu- 9 ARE MADE SICK Police Start Investigation Fol- lowing Discovery of Food Poison in Chicago Chic: J 20.—(P)—Twenty. nine ra ag coffee cake sold a side neighborhood bakery i i E i i i i 1 “E g : gE | i at Ee @ & : i efi] all the Northern Pacific will have a fleet business Bismarck Is on Route of Inter- state Line; Maiden Trip Piloted by Owner BY POISONED CAKE| sass