The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 12, 1930, Page 1

ESTABLISHED -1878 E_ BISMARCK TRIBUNE | BISMARCK, NORTH DAKUTA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 12, 1930 The Weather “Cloudy, unsettled tonight and Wednes- day. Not - uch change in temperature, PRICE FIVE CENTS PLANE OF JACKSON AND O’BRINE SOARS Have Less Than Twenty Hours, to Go to Better Time of Hunter Brothers WILL STAY UP WEEK MORE Late Rival Endurers Visit Field and Offer Best Wishes to Men in Air St. Louis, Aug. 12.—(4)—The mono- Plane Greater St. Louis, piloted by Dale Jackson and Forest O'Brine, early today soared nearer and nearer @ new record for endurance refuel- ing flying. As Jackson and O'Brine approached the present record of nearly 554 hours, held by the Hunter brothers, their plane continued to function. Well—so well, in fact, that John Hunter, a visitor at Lambert- St. Louis field, said “It looks as they have got it in the bag.” At 2:11 p. m. today (C. 8. T.) Jack- son and O’Brine had oezen circiing over the field for 535 hours anc had slightly less than 19 hours to go to equal the Hunters’ record. Under en- durance flying‘regulations, they must remain up an additional hour to break the record. ‘Although within sight of the record, | magnitude of the drought relief task | which they formerly held, Jacksor. and |ahead was made increasingly evident | o’Brine ed to remain in the air at least eight days beyond the present record. Jackson, speaking over the plane’s radio transmitter, cven talked of staying up three weeks more. John Hunter, who acted as spokes- man for the brothers after their ar- yival here yesterday, assured their 8t. Louis rivals they would not at- tempt to break the record cf the : “Greater St. Louis” this year if a nev ‘k is achieved. there was @ suggestion of chagrin, however, in the well wishes of Harry ‘of St. Louis, Hunters’ man- ae Cf age it the Hunt $200,000 ne contracts which might have been forthcoming if there were not a tendency to wait and see if a new record was established, Perkins said. 400,000 VOTERS ASK POR DRY LAW VOTE publican Voters to Illinois Secretary of State Springfield, Il., Aug. 12.—()—The Cook County Republican committee petitioned the secretary of state today for a dry law referendum. ‘Three petitions, bearing the names of approximately 400,000 voters and sent. from Chicago last night under guard, called for the inclusion on the pallot of three questions. Shall the eighteenth amendment He aled? *Bhall congress modify 2 “Shall the Illinois search and seizure the Volstead had been obtained in Chicago county but that by request of the petitions vere circulated If approved, the questions will be voted upon atthe November election, in which Ruth Hanne Mi the Republican nominee, opposes James Hamilton for the senate. Lewis, the jocratic candidate and a former senator, is opposed to the dry law but Mrs. McCormick has taken no stand on the prohibition question. Murder Suspect Is Cleared by Dirt on Shoes of Dead Man man’s shoes Bye a face yesterday and cleared Geary of suspicion of murder. covered. It is believed Kesering, who said had been int the roof and fell to his death. TANK EXPLOSION COSTLY Braddock, N. D., Aug. 12.—(#)—Ex- plosion of a carbide tank caused a fire which destroyed the Fockler re- pair shop and s nearby barn here Sunday. No one was injured. The flames threatened other structures, develop and propagate .a n¢ Mich St. Loui igan, s Pair Near New Endurance Record | Hope to Regain Endurance Record | Dale Jackson (left) and Forrest O'Brine (right) are today within about 20 hours of the world’s airplane record. reported to be They plan to beat the old record by several days. EXTENT OF DROUGHT DAMAGE IS LAID BEFORE PRESIDENT New Reports Show Crop Pros- pects Cut 7 Percent Since the First of July Washington, Aug. 12—(a—The today by reports of devastation pour- ing in upon President Hoover and the officials preparing for the Thursday conference of governors. The drought to date, in the opinion of the agricultural department crop reporting board, has cut crop pros- peets seven per cent below the esti- mates of July 1, and every rainless | day was said to be reducing especta- tions of yield in many of the vital ing The picture of conditions presented Mr. Hoover by relief agencies and an endless stream of callers from the af- fected “states was a mixed one. The Red Cross represented conditivns in Kentucky and Virginia as “alarming.” with disease and unemployment threats apparent also in Illinois, Mis- souri, and other states. . A gleam of hope offered in weatner. bureau predictions of showers in por- tions of the dry region was main- tained, with the latest forecast prom- ising showers Wednesday in the Ohio valley, Tennessee and the lower lake region as well as in South Atlantic states. A full attendance was assured the Petition Sent by Chicago Re. imeeting of executives of the twelve etiti \- most seriously affected states with President Hoover, at which a definite organization is to be set up to handle the work of tiding many farmers over the lean winter season ahead An- other group, representing the farmers themselves, has been summoned to meet with the president on Friday, immediately following the governors’ conference. At this session Samuel H. Thompson, president of the Amer- ican Farm Bureau federation; C. E. Huff. president of the National Farm- ers Union and Louis J. Taber, master of the National Grange will discuss their share of the task. The large part states and counties are expected to play in the relief work was emphasized yesterday by Vice Chairman Stene of the farm board, who pointed out that relief “in the form of loans from his or other or- ganizations could be forthcoming only to organized farmers. The decline in crop prospec!spwas attributed by the department of agri- culture in its monthly report, issued yesterday, almost entirely to drought and heat damage to feed crops Sup- plies of human food were said to be generally undamaged. Corn prospects declined nearly seven per cent—the smallest crop since 1901 being forecast. Hay and grain and sorghum crops, which to- gether with corn make up half the total acreage was expected to be the smallest in more than ten years, while oats and barley were reduced The average feed crop reduction was placed at 14.1, by comparison with the five-year average, while the total for all crops was pulled up to the seven per cent mark by wheat, rye, rice and buckwheat which were ex- ‘Continued on page nine) BRITISH SEND AID TO ‘BORDER; SITUATION CONSIDERED SERIOUS Partial Success of Wild Afridi Tribesmen May Harm Prestige of Whites Bombay, India, Aug. 12.—(?)— Strong reinforcements were sent today {to the general Peshawar area to be |used if necessary.4@ combat Afridi \tribesmen who have been engaged in |an attack on that city. | An armored train, fully manned by |troops, left this amorning. for Rawal. Pindi, PunjaB stronghold 90 miles southeast of Peshawar, from where they may ‘be moved up immediately ‘toward the city at the entrance to Khyber pass, fortified by Great Brit- ain to keep barbarian invaders out of India. The tribesmen so far have been successful, at least, in practically |isolating the northwest frontier city. |All telegraph lines out of Peshawar were cut and the government at Simla, summer capital, obtained its only information from it by means of wireless and airplanes. Although even this sparse informa- tion was subjected to censorship it was apparent that far more was at stake than just the city’s capture, or its defense. - The Afridis, winning their fight, could not hope to hold Peshawar, which, indeed, would not be their mode of warfare, but looting it, prob- ably would withdraw and retire into the hills where pursuit would be al- most impossible This development probably would be less serious than the consequent lowering of British prestige in a ter- ritory where it is already being under- Imined by a strong and determined na- tionalist campaign. The lent of the London Daily Mail learned the tribesmen dur- ing the last few days penetrated vil- lages north, northeast, and south and southeast of Peshawar‘and had gone far towards Nowshera, 25 miles away. British troops swept the plains for them and tribesmen lost hundreds of men. Policeman Is Killed By Three Speeders Sterling, T., Aug. 12—()—Three speeders whom he was pursuing turned on Highway Patrolman Robert Card early today and shot him to death. Card started after two ma- chines, as they were proceeding east- ward through Sterling at a high clip. When the speeders reached the east end of town, they halted, and fired five shots into the officer. More than a score of shots were exchanged by the policeman and the motorists Officers were investigating to de- termine whether the fugitives were the same trio who held up a drug store at Davenport, Iowa, and later engaged in a shooting at Tipton, Towa, last week. = Many Russians Ready to Walk on All Fours and Eat Bananas, Tomatoes whom there , Aug. 12—()}—The plight of “emigres,” of a5 $258 SEeews i “Aged in, lor, possessing a large fortune, hunts a Russian couple (mar- , from 30 to 45 years) without children, from excellent family, with education and having periei Nedge of the English language ‘The work will in helping to theory z but firemen were successful in avoid-|of physical and moral education, cahimated ab $3,000. spread of the blaze. The loss is | ete, etc.” Of the 300 persons replying a young doctor who had just returned from Colombia was chosen. But when he was ushered into the presence of the “father of the idea,” the young dos- uage |tor was not convinced of the sanity of the proposition. In Prge the offer month and all ‘living expenses to the chosen couple dropped over the hori- zon. The American's notions were a bit severe for the Russian doctor, who was asked if he could eat at least a dozen times a day, and then nothing but bananas and tomato juice, and he could walk on his hands and feet and sleep a dozen times a day for short periods rather than taking the usual nightly repose. The scheme appeared fant to the doctir. who explained it to the other applicants and hopes which the advertisement had brought to 300 Russian couples went glimmering. . D., Bank Is Robbed —S——— VOTERS IN 5 STATE CHOOSE CANDIDATES ATPRIMAREES TODAY Fate of Several Figures of Ma- tional Importance Hangs in the Balance HARD FIGHT ON SEN. NORRIS Nebraska and Oklahoma Have Especially Bitter Clashes of Personal Nature litieal fate of national figures hung in the balance today as voters of five states chose party nominees for state and federal offices. The veteran Senator George W. Norris of Nebraska, faced two oppo- nents for the Repubilcan senatorial nomination in a primary intensified in interest by his defection from, the Republican ranks in 1928, to support Alfred E. Smith, the Democratic pres- idential nominee. In Arkansas, Senator Joe T. Robin- son, Democratic leader, and 1928 vice presidential candidate, faced primary opposition for the first time in 12 years. The colorful J. Thomas Heflin, sen- ator from Alabama, was forced to step aside at today’s primary by state leaders, leaving the party's senatorial contest in Alabama between John H. Bankhead, of Jasper and Frederick I. Thompson, Mobile publisher. Heflin, however, was urging the voters to stay away from the polls today. He will run against the Democratic winner as an independent candidate in the No- vember elections. In Oklahoma and Ohio, the Demo- crats selected candidates to oppose the Republican senatorial incumbents —wW. B. Pine and Roscoe C. McCul- loch, neither of whom had opposition within their party. | Washington, Aug. 12.—(4)—The po- ALFALFA BILL SHOOTS BACK AT ENEMIES Oklahoma City; Okla., Aug. 12.—(/?) —Table manners €fid*mode of dress were among the issues in Oklahoma's Democratic run-off primary eiection today. The election ended a brief but bit- ter campaign in which jibes, threats and taunts played no minor part. The principal contests were between Wil- lam H. (Alfalfa Bill) Murray and Prank Buttram, gubernatorial aspir- ants, and T. P. Gore and C. J. Wrightsman, seeking party designa- tion as senatorial nominee. Murray has been far from passive in the face of threats of impeach- ment attempts if he is elected. These attempts he has reporved, “will resemble the efforts of rabbits trying to drag a wildcat out of a tree.” He has made capital in agri- culture districts of his opponents’ charges that he “saucers his coffee” and is not too tidy in matters of dress. Murray led Buttram, a wealthy oil man, by nearly 65.900 votes in the first primary July 29. Both have had much to say about each other's record. Gore and Wrightsman have concentrated their campaign about each other's alleged ineligibility. NORRIS IS CENTER OF NEBRASKA FIGHT Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 12.—()—N¢ braskans decided between conserv: tism and progressivism today in & primary election that centered around the veteran Senator George W. Nor- ris. Norris, leader of the Independent group in the senate, not only was a candidate for renomination on the Republican ballot, but also he was the main issue in one of the hottest pri- mary campaigns this state has ever seen. Norris’ record of 17 years tn the senate, his bolt to the Democratic presidential nominee in 1928 and his frequent jousts with adminis‘ration forces furnished campaign fodder for both himself and his principal -ppon- ent, W. M. Stebbins, state treasurer. Stebbins and his supporters in the conservative - administration group of the Republican party vigorous!y at- tacked Norris’ record as showing him to be a poor Republican and a hin- drance to the Hoover administration. The gray haired senator defenaed his record saying it proved him to be a true representative of his people and not a “tool of New England Republi- "Accepts Norris Challenge Political leaders predict an unusu- ally heavy vote at the polls. Samuel R. McKelvie, former gover- nor and grain board member of the federal farm board, was the eleventh hour speaker for Stebbins last night. He charged Norris with party irregu- larity in blocking the admiristra- tion. “Norris,” McKelvie stated, “has challenged me to show where he is not a good Republican and I now ac- cept that challenge.” In the Republican gubernatorial race. Governor Arthur J. Weaver is opposed for the nomination by Harry O. Palmer, Omaha attorney. Charles W. Bryan, a former governor of Ne- ig|oraska who in 1924 was the Demo- cratic nominee for vice president, seeks his party’s gubernatorial nomi- nation. He is opposed by Antor Jen- sen, of Lincoln. Bryan, brother of the late William Jennings Byran, and Weaver were foes in the 1928 governorship e!ection. Three of Nebraska's six congress: men face contests in today’s primary. ES Se Pe t Killed by Comrades f ! Louis A. Pratt, coast guardsman, while searching for a burning motor- boat off Ipswich, Mass., was fired up- on and killed by fellow guardsmen out on rum patrol. JINX PLANE, ONWAY TO TOKYO, CRASHES, INJURING BOB WARK Hoodoo Airship ts Hopelessly Wrecked at Vancouver After a Long Series of Misfortunes Vancouver, B. C., Aug. 12—(?)— The wreckage of a jinx-hounded air- Plane rested on Ladner Field today as a forlorn monument to several ambitious flight projects and one of the craft's owners, Bob Wark, was re- Ported in a serious condition from in- juries received in its latest crackyp. Wark was injured and the plane, dubbed “The Pacific Era,” was smashed yesterday when the, flier ‘overshot the landing field in return- ing to Vancouver from Buly Island Air Field, near here, preparatory to resuming a projected four-stop fl.ght from Tacoma, Wash., to Tokyo. Eddie Brown, partner of Wark, was not in the plane, having gone to Lad- ner Field by automobile with the ex- pectation of continuing the transpa- {cific flight as soon as the ship could be made ready. Wark's injuries originally were thought to have been slight. A phy- sician’s examination was said to have revealed possible internal injuries. Had Many Owners The “Pacific Era” was intended for one of the four planes built fo: Ma- jor Pedro Zanni, Argentine flier, for @ round-the-world flight. It never jwas used. Major C. C. Osborne, | British aviator, found it stranded in Halifax, N. S., and purctente it in- jtending to enter the Dole flight from Oakland, Calif. to Hawali in 1927. Osborne drowned as he fell overboard the boat bringing him from England to Canada. Major D. R. McLaren, Canadian war ace, bought it for the Dole fight ;but found it so hard to handle that he did not master it in time to enter the famous race. Sir George Hubert Wilkins obtained jan option on the plane for possible ‘use in his arctic explorations in 1927 but left it in a Seattle hangar. Then Lieutenant James Brewster, iU. 8. N., bought the plane. He also lexperienced trouble in handling it. Brewster invited E. E. Dildine, a brother officer, to try it out and Dil- jdine managed to land it only by cracking it up. Dave Logg, of Seattle, then pur- chased it for Miss Ruth Rhodes who planned an endurance flight. Miss Rhodes was killed in a hunting acci- dent the day before her flight was to have started. Wark and Brown bought the plane for a song. After much delay they left Tacoma Sunday, but were forced down at Lulu Island by clogged feed lines. MOON SPOILS METEORS Williams Bay, Wis., Aug. 12.—()— Dimmed by the brilliance of a full moon, “Pluto's playmates” were bare- ly visible at Yerkes observatory last night. Dr. Edwin B. Frost, director of the observatory, said no ‘photo- graphs were obtained because of the ; Moon's radiance. No ‘Dunking’ Is Rule of Contest Rules for the doughnut eating contest to be held in connection with the Big Harvest Sale festi- val to be held Wednesday at the city auditorium were announced today as follows: contest committee at auditorium or with North Dakota Power and Light company. All doughnuts must be com- pletly eaten. No crumbs will be permitted. No “dunking” will be permitted. Contestants may drink before or after eating a doughnut but not while doing so. No fractions of doughnuts eaten will be counted. Woods of Upper Michigan and| {miles of his tower. DANGER GROWING AS FOREST FIRES IN TWO STATES ARE RAGING Wisconsin Afire in Many Scattered Sections HOPE FOR RELIEF FROM RAIN | At Least 75 Fires Are Reported | in the Péninsula Counties; | Highway Travel Stopped Menominee, Mich:, Aug. 12—(>)— The thirsty timber in the northland crackled today. Reports of new danger points came in hourly as flames blazed through parched cut-over and timberlands in | the upper Michigan peninsula and northern Wisconsin. On observer in a forest patrol tower 60 miles north of Menominee said he counted ten separate fires within ten In the drought-stricken peninsula counties, more than 75 separate fires were reported. These raged through Marquette, Dickinson, Luge, School- craft, Alfer, Chippewa and Mackinac counties. Highway travel has been cut off between Cedar River and Stevenson in Mackinac county | __All of Menominee county was in danger unless the fires were controlled soon, Joseph M. Hornick, conservation commissioner, said. Only rain could bring immediate relief. Forest lands still blazed at the edge of Menominee but the city was safe unless a strong west wind lapped the flames against outlying buildings. In Wisconsin, Indians and whites toiled together to save timber in Ashland, Forest, Bayfield and Lang- lade counties The Wisconsin fires have not reached a serious stage but forest men said constant vigilance ‘was necessary. spate oereg had only a few scattered PARACHUTE JUMPS | ARE FEATURES OF - CARRION BLE Young Waitress and 54-Year- Old Tinsmith Risk Lives to Thrill Crowds Garrison, N. D., Alig. 12—(}—Dick Boden, 54-year-old tinsmith, and Garnet Jacobson, 24-year-old wait- Tess, are notables in Garrison today. It was they who added thrills and the zest of the unusual to Garrison's silver jubilee anniversary, held last Friday and Saturday, by engaging in Parachute jumps. Approximately 4,000 persons saw them jump from & height of 2,000 feet. Each made » perfect landing. Boden made his jump Friday and Miss Jacobson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thorstein Jacobson of Garri:on, made her leap on Saturday. It was Miss Jacobson's first aerdal adventure and she liked it. She said she hopes to make another jump soon. The girl had been working in Minot, but returned to her parents’ home for the celebration and was induced to try the parachute leap. Indians from the neighboring reser- vations added color to the celebration. Each of the two-days was featured by a parade and rodeo and there was other entertainment. The crowd each day was estimated at 4,000. Each of the parachute jumpers leaped from a plane piloted by George Albrecht, local aviator. Girl Loses Reason as Result of Lightning Sheriff Henry Klindworth of Stan- ton was in Bismarck over night as a result of bringing here for transporta- tion to Jamestown a 13-year-old girl who has lost her reason from shock. The home of the girl's family at Golden Valley was struck by lizht- ning in a recent storm, was fired and ourned. The lightning and thunder along with the fire gave the girl such ~ Dolores Del Rio | On Honeymoon , | ° a ' Dolores Del Rio, Mexican screen star, and Cedric Gibbons, movie art direc- tor, are shown here leaving on their honeymoon after their wedding in historic Santa Barbara Mission, Santa Barbara, Calif. The wedding, an- nounced only a few days before it took place, surprised Hollywood. CLOUDBURST FLOODS MANY UTAH TOWNS Homes Are Demolished by Water Sweeping Down From Mountain Canyons Salt Lake City, Utah, Aug. 12—(7) —Homes, farmlands and highways beneath a sea of mud today, washed upon them when cloudbursts sent floods roaring out of canyons into sec- ime of the Salt Lake valley yester- lay. At Bingham, site of the Utah Cop- per company mine, the flood swept down the town’s long single street de- molishing 20 homes, damaging many more and filling business houses with Rocks and mud. Centerville and Farmington, too, felt the full fury of the storm. Near- ly a hundred farm residents were driven from their homes by torrents which killed livestock, tore down buildings and endangered the lives of fleeing farmers. The Salt Lake-Ogden highway was buried under piles of huge rocks and big trees in places. Valuable orchards, truck garden acreage and nursery lands were ruined by boulders and mud. Repair work was started today by railroads and communication lines. ‘Those made homeless were being cared for in the small towns in the affected area. Now Report Queen Will Rejoin Carol Vienna, Aug. 12.—(#)—Reconcilia- tion of King Carol of Rumania and his wife, Queen Helen, was said, in re- ports from the Rumanian summer Dalace at Sinaia today, to be immi- nent. ‘The reports represented a reversal from dispatches of a few days ago which said a reconciliation was hope- Jess and that Carol would be crowned, Possibly in September, without Hel- en’s participation. BANDITS NET $1400 Minneapolis, Aug. 12.—()—Two bandits held up Nate Goldberg, pro- prietor of a pool hall downtown and @ nervous shock that she lost her rea- son. She was in a highly hysterical condition on arrival here. escaped with $1,400 in cash, the day’s receipts. e Shooting of Minnesota Laundryman May Be Echo of Chinese Tong War Minneapolis, Aug. 12.—(#)—Pong Toy,-52, laundry man, was taken to a hospital with a broken leg after two gunmen fired four shots at him while he was at work in his laundry here last night. Most of the Chinese colony here went into hiding when the word sifted around, and police opened an investi- gation into the possibility of a tong | to war. Pong. who is a member of the Hip Sing, told police he didn’t get a look at his assailants. A Chinese was killed in Chicago last night and another in New York. Police in all three cities believe tong warfare was responsible and sent ad- ditional patrols into their Chinese districts in an effort to prevent fur- ther outbreaks. George Moe, believed to have been @ deserter from the Hip Sing tong of Chicago, was shot three times by three assailants as he walked down a street. Witnesses said he fell dead before he could pull out a gun he carried. Moe's death was interpreted by police as a warning against de- sertion into the ranks of the On Leon ng. In New York, Charles Ye Katjn, Hip Sing tongman, was shot twice by two Chinese as he locked up his laundry in the Bronx. He was taken to a hospital where he died. The streets of Chinatown were im- mediately deserted after each of the shootings, but Chicago police rounded up 15 Chinese fer questioning 4 ae York officers held three. TWO MEN HOLD UP CASHIER AND OBTAIN NEARLY $3,000 CASH Pair Enters Building During the Night and Waits for Offi- cial When He Arrives BELIEVES ROBBERS NEGROES Though Trussed Up, He Frees Himself in Time to See the Bandits Drive Away Michigan, N. D., Aug. 12.—(®)—Two masked men, believed to be negroes, robbed the Lamb National bank here of between $2,000 and $3,000 cash this morning after forcing the cashier to open the vault. The robbers gained entry to the bank by breaking through a window, apparently during the night, and held up Cashier Steve Hofer when he ar- rived at the bank at 8:20 a. m. They bound Hofer with rope and placed ‘him in the vault, making their es- cape in a dark blue coupe. Hofer freed himself in time to see the men fleeing intheir car which was going west. Make Cashier Open Vault The robbers were hid in a clothes closet when Hofer entered. “They came out of the closet and ordered me to open the vault,” Hofer said. “They then made me open the safe which was in the vault and took about all the cash in the bank. They asked me if there was any more money in the bank and I told then that was all. “They wore a brown rag over their face below the eyes. They spoke like negroes and from what I could see of them I am pretty sure they were ne- groes. They spent about 15 minutes in the bank. “They did not tie me up very much and I was able to free myself almost immediately. As they did not lock the vault 1 got outside the bank soon and saw them leaving in their car, going west.” One Stout, Other Medium The two robbers took off their = when they left the bank, Hofer said. He did not obtain ful) descriptions of the men, one’ of whom was stout and the other medium sized. A broken window in the bank showed where the two men entered. It was believed they broke into the bank either early this morning or dur- ing the evening and remained in wait for the cashier. J.,M. Lamb of Mich- igan is president of the bank. M. K. Fjeld, Lakota, sheriff of Nelson coun- ty, was immediately notified and sta- tioned guards on all roads in the vi- cinity. THIS WHALE PROVES REAL LIFE OF PARTY Australian City Dwellers Get View of Chase When Leviathan Upsets Boatload of Hunters Sydney, New South Wales, Aug. 12. —)—A 40-foot whale in Sydney Harbor gave city dwellers here today plomsctD thrills of an Antarctic whale unt. The visitor leisurely explored Port Jackson, the great harbor’s main water-way, until the noted shat fisherman, Charlie Messenger, and a newspaper reporter and photographer started out in a small boat to attempt @ capture. While thousands on harbor craft and along the shore looked on, Mes- senger twice harpooned the whale which dived each time and wrenched itself free. \ ‘When the whaling party made a third attempt from close quarters the leviathan swept its tail across the launch smashing the upper works and knocking Messenger and others into the sea. Then with a lightning turn the whale churned the water into foam, lifted the boat's stern out of the water, and shot on a direct course past the harbor entrance to a tre- mendous hooting of harbor sirens. LE ey | Girls Turn Bandit | And Meet Bad Luck —_——— Detroit, Aug. 12—(@)—Two 16- year-old girls were in the juvenile de- tention home today after a profitless and brief adventure in kidnaping and highway robbery. The girls last night held up Steve Schultz, 28, a chauffeur, pointing a toy pistol—which he thought was a real weapon—at him; got into his automobile; demanded his . money; forced him out when he insisted he was penniless, and drove away with the car. Later the car was found abandoned, and Schultz pointed out the girls on the streét. DEOUGHT IN FRANCE, TOO Paris, Aug. 12—(4)—Minister of Ag- riculture Fernand David, today told the cabinet that rains have seriously impaired French wheat crops in pro- portion to the damage done by exces- - sive heat in the United States grain fields but that the crisis apparently had been reached. M. David said what had promised to be a bumper crop now stood reduced to 60 per cent and |to 70 per cent on the average and in eome regions even less,