The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, October 5, 1929, Page 7

tt ei WILLIAM J). CONNERS, |" MODERN MIDAS, DIES |, © FROM HEART ATTACK of Lake Transportation, Succumbs in Buffalo Buffalo, N. Y., Oct. 5.—()}—William J. Conners, §r., chairman of the Courier-Express and Great Lakés Transit corporation boards, widely known in financial, industrial and Political fields, where his interests extended from his native Buffalo to Florid@ and Cuba, died suddenly early today at his home on Delaware ave- nue, from the effects of a heart at- tack. Although Mr. Conners’ health had become impaired during the past year, he had maintained his usual routine since his return from Florida last spring. ‘Thursday afternoon he spent at the Courier-Express office studying plans with architects for the new home of his newspaper, Friday morning there developed symptoms of a recurrence of heart trouble from which Mr. Con- ners had been a sufferer. But these wore away later in the day. This morning he complained of re- newed trouble with his heart and his physician, Dr. J. Carroll Roberts, was summoned. : Dr, Roberts, upon reach- ing his bedside recognized the end was near and members of the family were summoned. Fought His Way Up The phenomenal career of William J. Conners, Sr., embraced successes in widely scparated fields of endeav- or, He fought his way up from dock Inborer, saloon-keeper and foreman of stevedores to a commanding posi- tion as capitalist and industrialist. After accumulating a huge fortune in the businesses of lake transporta- tion, newspaper publication and real ectate, he took his place as a phil- anthropist through the gift of $1,000,- 000 to charity in the city of Buffalo, where he gained his carliest successes The million was to be raised to five milllons as the need required. The monsy, he stipulated, was for the poor regardless of race or creed. ndmit yy a committee com- posed of two Protestants, two Cath- olics and two Jews. Fermed Great Corporation Born in Buffalo on January 3, 1857. Conners attended public school il he was 13 years old, when he ob- tained employment as a porter on a inke steamer. W1 sailing the lakes between Buffalo and Duluth, he ob- tained experience which was to stand him in good stead. In 1916, he ac- lished what he believed was his t achievement, the organization Great Lakes Transit Corpora- tion, controlling about 85 per cent of the freight and passenger steamships on the Great Lakes and including ex- tensive docks, terminals and ware- houses along the lakes. When rail nes were forbidden, by to cwn, operate or nsporiation lines, Mr. ers ed the idea of form- inz 2 company to take over the great fects opsrated by the roads. This pian he was eble to consummate, and the man, who, at the age of 13, had heen forecastle boy of a little freight steamer at $12 a month, became com- medore of the greatest fleet of stezm- ships in the history of inland waters. Med Midas Touch 73 cf the Midas touch” was a en applied to him. Certain- the cognomen was deserved in all Conners had to do with lake portation, Fiorida real estate and numerous other projects. He was one of the pioncers in the covelepment of Florida Evergiades. He spent a foriune in building a road nd the east side of Lake Okee- eto the town of, Okeechobee s married twice. His first Catherines Mahaney, died in Twelve years later he married A: Jordan, at West Seneca, N. William J. Conners, Jr., to tie mangement of his father’s en- t ise in his latter yea: Detroit Police Force Strengthened as Gun is Stolen from Army Oct. 5.—()—Police strial and financial dis- ugniented today to meet et of possible pay roll rov- 3 following the theft of a regu- ing machine gun from ‘ates marine corps re- vo machine guns were i s'gnecl to guard ban'ss and fac- 3 while hundreds of thousands of collars in payrolls were being trans- ported through the city. Life Sentence Fecing Mrneanolis Oil Yegg Minneapolis, Oct. 5.—(/?)—From five to 42 years in prison, and probably a sentence, confronted William clias Tom Finn, today. as beon convicted of first de- 2 rovbery, a cvime carrying @ sen- of from five to 40 years. How- convicted of five previous crimes, he faces a life sentence under Beumes lar. A jazy-in District Judge Mathias dane court found him uilty yece ‘cay after $9 minutes dolikerations wing his trial in coancetion with attempted heldup of Joseph octman, polis collector of the Pure Oil company. Officers BE sy iol in the company’s offices arrested Finn nad shot and kilicd his pal, Gil Pet- exon. pete Ene 7: FATALLY Oct. 5.—}—Cll 1S CLEMENCEAU SCOTCH? St. Vinecnt Du Jard, France, Oct. 5.—(#)—Georges Clemenceau pays half a dollar 8 month rent for his retreat here on the vendes coast. pelea ‘What is thought to be the Diggest tcrioise arrived at don Zoo recently. It weighs about 300 pounds, is three fest 6 inches lon and'is nesrly hundred may be identified when traced. One Time Saloonkeeper, Tycoon | a) | Growers of Poultry, | Especially Turkeys, , Urged toStencil "Em | he sheriff's office is taking up} complaints of wide-spread theft of turkeys and is trying to induce grow- ers to stencil their birds, so that they So far turkey owners and breeders have been neglecting to mark their fowl in any distinguishing way by which ownership may be proved. This week the office sent a deputy to a complainant in the southern part of the county on an investigation of an extensive theft. The owner informed the deputy that the missing birds had been stolen by a neighbor. However, he was unable to furnish evidence in any form that the stolen turkeys were in the possession of the | neighbor. The latter also is raising turkeys and both grow the same types and breeds. The deputy could do nothing. By stenciling poultry on the under side of the wings, owners of chickens, turkeys and ducks will be able to pick out any stolen fowl and identify them. | They are advised to get in touch with the county agent if they do not know how to install this method of idcn- | tification, COMMUNITY CHEST DRIVE NEAR FINISH What Will Be Left After Today | Will Be Prospects Difficult to Find at Home Community Chest teams were on their third and final day of the can- 'vass today with totals of the drive still waiting to be computed. The peak of the drive, however, was passed the first day and what remains to be col- jected in pledges, checks and cash has to deal with prospective contributors | who are out of town or are hard to| meet at home, as railroad men in and out on runs. About half of the chest was collected before the 30 teams started | on their task Thursday. This half comprised the large givers in the city | and the contributions from out-of- | town home offices of branch business- | es here. It may require a week or two | more to manage to see these remain- | ing prospects. The outlook is for the usual total of | contributions, Harry P. Goddard, sec- | retary of the chest, thinks. Some of the assessments were cut, others in- | creased, by the givers. Thousands Will Pass Bier of Stresemann) Berlin, Oct. 5.—(#)—Thousands of Germans are expected to file past the Hugh Allen THE FIRST AUTHORIZED STORY OF THE LIFE OF THE COMMANDER OF THE ZEPPELINS CHAPTER XIV It is now interes! Eckener, the bu: ing for the financing of Zeppelin lines, and Dr scholar-pilot of the f circumnavigate the from | cf | Was the | to to, of years ‘ago. For by referrit the boy we may better tac the genius of the man—t t pilot who) coast at 100 miles an hour. He had | was so strong that the ship was mo-| the former amate Hs a ‘ a ° ur saltor drove 4 ERS . leaves from Interstate Trainee ec to ride the storms. jridden the storm—put it to work for | tionless. It swung forward, fighting its | airship by blind reckoning, only onl qacnineto: on ye suite ee dic. m the Bay of Flensburg young | hit | three occasions getting sight of the | yo ot iney tary etry Hugo Eckener learned to s: jserved the winds and clou As he sailed more and grew older, these winds and clouds began to tell him things. He became the weather) authority of the sailing c: And now we come to Dr. E pilot, first on the Z Atlantic in 1924, and Graf, crossing the Pacific on world cruise. When Dr. Eckener was preparing to leave Friedrichshafen with the ZR-3 l. He ob- | big the ae He the north, not the south, soa | | since the great circle of the storm | gale. Instend of missing Ne | not against him. Checking ; thom a chance to rest, he drove down | the Newfoundland and New England were in a gale. Also on the first return trip of the |Graf Zeppelin from Lakehurst | Germany in 1928, Dr. Eckener utilized | the storms, although fog took him} Y-| somewhat off his course, New York | had given him a great reception and inland cities were urging visits by the anxious to be off. He headed back over the north At- \tantic, taking the Lindbergh route, or the great circle course. Twenty-four the motors had been added perhaps southwest to be reerected on the other side the world. The at start gave another 60 by the viciou. Ss turning in the opposite direction | land by 100 mile: the hands of the clock. the top! they were over it a few minu the storm was moving with him, | Pierce discovered the shore li | ta the amazing speed of the ship as it his motors and giving rode the storm. And now the passengers kr th At times the wind jo, causing a day’s delay ‘oss the Pacific to Los A . Eckener geles, |typhoon which was passing up t Japanese coast and hurried the s' waj ‘hie Graf's motors were v ful. Storms in time play the xe * ere fornia cos to a Japanese steamer Ww the Newfoundland ccast. the next day the sun had come out ‘and they found themselves in mid- ‘ocean. | Dr. Eckener’s presence on the shin| is never merely formal. He is the actual commander of operations. No | one could drag him from his chair in the control car when di culties are ahead. He takes his rest ors “Not bad.” he smiled. thirty miles off.” TH “We are bi ship, but the commander was Db iLindberghs | Wait for dent which dented a pow: the oppor: [tunity to seize the tail of another | was po |of the speeding Graf. For 40 houwi tars to check his calculations. Finally, t distance from the Cali- | @ joint sighted. He hailed it by wireless, asked | Ploye of the g is position, checked it with the navi- | Companion Scientists file a statement of his stock holdings in corporations, FIND FARMER'S y Fergus Falls, Minn., Oct. The body of F-nil Brandt, @ living 10 miles north of " disappeared Wednesday, was a woods near his home. Thal Pearls are placed in the sv, bal Hindu warriors to denote tu their enemies, U3 —_—_————ee ' ~ BISMARCK-FARGO bun SCHEDULE how Effective Oct. 7, 1928 ive 1 DAILY SERVIC, VEST BOUND— ted, estown — Bismhet 2:15 pam, Arv, 62 cat of} jetson and Dr. A. V. Kidder, were er | pected sometime today. Plans for de- in| parture of Colonel Lindbergh and his, n- | party were held mewhat in abey- Fargo Ly. 10am, Ary ance awaiting their arrival, but there —EAST BOUND— bility of beginning the series | Bismarck — Jamentown ate he | of exploration fights as early as late; 70°” = today. | BISMARCK-FARGO BUS. 0 For information, phone 5¢1-. rv of North Dakota reintroduced | ; EYHOUND _ |so PORTATION C HH. G. PAGE, Owner requiring every | ress and ev em- ernment receiving a salary of more than $3,000 a year to resolution as| member of c¢ TRA | Ut | aa “THE OLD RELIA An Oid Line— Ascets $16.146,852.90 Ofters you MARDWARE INSURANCE” I Keserve Mutual Insurance Surplus 36,01 moplete Insurance Protection he was asked what route he intended i hings riet © he ad Insurance on preferred risks only. passengers and one stowaway were , When things are quiet. He had had ‘i to take. |but eight hours’ sleep cut of 112 on apres | Motes . Griffin. s “I will decide that when we get Toetinit up the New F the first Graf Zeppelin flight to! ee ee st = NU ah ready to start,” he replied. * EECA CUTRUML Ge “ete | Aiiertta Had aa even ess ‘onthe el and Mrs. Charles A. Phone 1211 P. 0. Box 512 Bismarek, Ne crossings will follow the si We will select the one t the best weather. We mi sail as far south as the A up may start on one route and change 19 | ship pass over New York and Montauk | told of 3 typhoon ahead | Point, had taken naps after breakfast | and risen to find chicken, vegetabl the other before we get there.” eR RK His words were proph sal on radioed to him that a gre: was swinging up from the Gulf of storm Mexico. Storms are not arbi y thing, arising from nowhere, bound now They follow certain na | The air is warmed or coolo 4 by cor tact with the earth. Cool a: |and pushes the lighte in, off: jmotion. The rotation of the earth tends to set the air currents turning | in great concentric circles, Hig! sure areas, or “high: fair weather, low pl “lows,” bring storms. sometimes 500 mil ‘ around the world, from A lagging behind the wor' rotation, | jand, in the northern hemisphere, in a | counter-clockwise direction. This storm, reported to the ZR-3 as | w ly | bier of Dr. Gustav Stresemann, de- ceased German foreign minister, to- | morrow morning when his body is! placed on a catafalque outside the | Reichstag before its interment. Later in the day it will be taken through the streets of Berlin to the modest cemetery where Dr. Strese- | mann wished to buried. The body was laid out in state late yesterday in his official residence ad- joining the foreign officc, with a po- | lice guard on duty day and night in the garden outside the building. The bier was draped with flowers. 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