The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 23, 1930, Page 1

a 4 North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE The Weather Possibly showers tonight or Sunday. Not much change in temperature. ESTABLISHED 1873 BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 23, 1930 PRICE FIVE CENTS Blum Is Leading Derby Fliers TO TAKE OVER ALL WHEAT CROP SALES Pool, Discouraged by Problem of Low Prices, May Sus- pend for Year NOT YET SET Wheat Prices Are at Such Low Level That Canadians Are Wondering What to Do 1930 PRICE Winnipeg, Man. Aug. 23.—(7)}— Prairie farmers today surveyed farm lands where three quarters of the grain is cut and wondered how the grain was to be marketed and what Prices it would bring. Talk of a wheat-board for the Prairie provinces, a unit to handle the entire crop, pool and non-pool, added new uncertainty to the situa- tion already aggravated by the wheat pool’s delay in naming its initial Price from the 1930 crop. Already grain is being delivered to the elevators in some places, and threshing is being hurried along be- fore advancing fall. But the wheat pool, giant cooperative of more than 140,000 members, has not yet an- nounced its advance on members’ grain deliveries. Usually, the initial payment is set July 15, cut-off date between the two crops. Pending final decision, pool members are being given 70 cents per bushel, the lowest advance in the Pool’s records. Fear that the pool, at least in Sas- katchewan, had become discouraged by the problem of handling the low price 1930 yield, arose today follow- ing the organization’s request to the Saskatchewan government that #& single body be set-up.te handle the province's entire crop—usually better than half of the western yield. It was clear in a statement from pool headquarters that the proposal had no connection with the proposal for a 100 per cent pool by legislation on which pool members are now bal- loting. The Alberta wheat pool, headed by the veteran Henry Wise Wood and the first of the wheat pools in Can- ada, decided it would suspend opera- tions of coarse grains pool for the current year. Pool elevators will handle coarse grains delivered by pool members on a cash basis, paying cur- rent market price. It was pointed out in the pool statement that the reason for the temporary suspension of the coarse grains pool was due to prices being at such a low level that the pool initial payment must of necessity be re- stricted to a nominal amount. WOULD MARKET ALL PROVINCIAL WHEAT Saskatchewan Pool Members Seek Government Aid and Formation of Grain Board Regina, Sask., Aug. 23.—()—Con- vinced an emergency exists, the Sas- katchewan Wheat Pool, whose marketings represent sixty per cent of the total yield of the province, has sought government aid and ad- vocates formation of a wheat board which would market the whole of the 1930 crop, including that of non- pool members. A resolution advocating formation of such a board has been presented to Premier J. T. M. Anderson. A spe- cial legislative session would have to be called. Erickson Sued for Damages of $40,000 Announcement that he had pre- pared a suit against F. E. Erickson for $40,000 in behalf of Adrian C. Vertz, was employed in constructing the gas line near the bridge and was crossing the bridge to board a motor truck and return home when he was struck. He is recovering in a hospital here. One Man Sentenced In Jesson Burglary Raymond Brokman, said to be from Minnesota, was fined $100 and costs and sentenced to 30 days in jail when before Justice of the Peace Anthon Beer late Friday on charges of petit larceny. Brokman and four others were ar- rested in connection with the alleged burglary of the farm home of Henry Jesson, four miles south of Sterling. jast Sunday. etter, Harold Hoffman, Roy ef ¥e end P. B. Scooter, transients, ereted in connection with the dismissed. Hi § d [those having jobs and voluntarily Here are the women pilots in the air derby from Long Beach, Cal., NORTH DAKOTA HELP IS NOT NEEDED FOR HERDS OF MONTANA | Governor Shafer Is Told That! Recent Rains Have Relieved | Situation to West Fargo,.N. D., Aug. 23.—(?)—North Dakota will not be called to relieve Montana livestock producers because rains in the last 10 days in that state have literally, washed out the live- stock crisis, Governor George F. Sha- fer and other North Dakotans were/| informed at a conference here yes-| terday. Governor Shafer reported North | Dakota has an abundance of feed, particularly along the Missouri river, in the Mouse river valley. in the) jnortheastern part of the state and/ over much of the eastern area. While’ the crisis is past in Montana, and it is not now expected it will be neces- sary to move breeding herds into {North Dakota to carry them through} the winter, the campaign will be con-| ‘tinued to bring feeder cattle and sheep into the state for fattening. — The conference was called by the Greater North Dakota association, at the suggestion of Governor Shafer in response to the appeal of Secretary of Agriculture Hyde, who telegraphed the North Dakota governor recently asking him to see what could be done to relieve the Montana situation. A. J. Dexter, of the Northern Pa- cific railway development depart- ment, informed the conference the recent rains have entirely changed the Montana situation. B. E. Groom, of the Greater North Dakota associstion,.and-C. F. Monroe. director of the extension division. North Dakota Agricultural college read reports to the conference con- firming Mr. Dexter's statements re- garding the changed situation in Montana. =~ “Montana has been suffering more from a lack of water than from & lack of feed,” said Mr. Dexter. “The recent rains filled water ways on the ranges.” PLAN HOOVER SERVICES ‘Washington, Aug. 23.—()—Sunday services are to be held at President Hoover’s camp on the Rapidan in Virginia henceforth. Two anda Half Million Americans Officially Reported Out of Work Washington, Aug. 23.—(AP)—A total of 2,508,151 able-bodied Ameri- cans, comprising two per cent of the country’s total population, were list- ed today by the.census bureau as un- employed last April and lookingf for k, work, The total was announced on the base sof preliminary returns from every section of the country. The bureau explained that six other classes of unemployed were not in- cluded in the present total, but added that those “without a job, “able to work and looking for a job” unques- tionably constituted the bulk of those to be listed as unemployed. Because tabulations have not been completed on the number of persons now gainfully employed, a definite comparison was not available. The bureau estimated, however, employed would Sprcoxtinats 40 oS cent of the total population. is would bring the number idle to approxi- mately five per cent of the normally employed population. y states, the Percentage. of 2 Ber seekers ranged from 0.5 in kota and Mississippi to 3.2 in Rhode see and New Jersey ahd 3.3 in in, The other classes to be covered by the unemployment those having jobs but lsid off with- gut pay; persens unable to work: CHARGE CARSON MAN, \sopulenski,20, wanted at Butte. Mont. census include § Hindenberg, 83, Goes Hunting in Vacation Berlin, Aug. 23-()-In his 83rd year, | President von Hindenburg, puts on a) much-worn waterproof costume with | green cap to match and sallies forth to hunt chamois, wild boar and the like in the Bavarian mountains. He is on his annual vacation. | | | | | LONG FUGITIVE, WITH SLAYING MONTANAN Butte Officers Arrest Steve Kop-; ulenski as Sister Unwitting- | ly Discloses Identity ! Carson, N. D., Aug. 23.—()—A re-| mark unwittingly made by his sister; led to the arrest yesterday of Steve) on a charge of murder. | Kopulenski, who waived examination, today was on his way to Montana. the killing of Steven Choliaga, Ana- conda miner and former French ‘World war flying ace. He was in cus-| today of Harry Freebourne, Silver Bow county attorney. Kopulenski was arrested while leav- ing the farm of his parents near Ral-| eigh, N. D. Freebourne, with Sheriff | Henry Hertz, of Grant county, N. D.,/ went to the Kopulenski farmand asked | about crops. Kopulenski’s 16-year-old | sister, was their informant. The) men then sought to ask Kopulenski as he by, but the girl told the authorities he did not know anything, “because he had just got home.” ‘This led Freebourne and the sher-| iff to believe the man was Kopulenski. | Choliaga was murdered as he walked along @ road by shots from an automobile carrying two men. Some- time after the slaying Freebourne re- ceiveda letter fromKopulenski mailed from Salt Lake City, Utah, in which he told the.prosecutor he was being sought in connection with the killing. The letter said Kopulenski would come to Butte for questioning, but he failed to do so. Search at Salt Lake/ City was unsuccessful and Freebourne arranged for a watch to be kept at (Continued on page fifteen) | idle, and vacationists and others drawing pay bat not The group laid off without pay was considered particularly impor- tant in coal mining districts where the bureau reported a disposition on the part of miners to report them- selves laid off rather than jobless, even though they have done no work for a long pened Many of the group were believed to be in the same economic status of the jol seekers. A good portion also w: expected to represent. workers laid off for short periods for seasonal or other temporary reasons. ther classes were not considered impor- tant in consideration of the uner ployment program but will be in- cluded to avoid confusion. A table giving the totals of im- portant states follows. Figures are subject to revision by the census bureau. Persons out of Pet.of ‘ajob_ Pop. 364,617 2.9 Michigan Minnesota lowa wees North Dakota 0% Dakota ne ington Oremon California «+ to Chicago. Left to right: Marjorie Doig, Danbury, Conn.; Jean La Rene, Chicago; Ruth Stewart, St. Louis; Ruth Barron, Hollywood; Gladys O'Donnell, Long Beach, and Mildred Morgan, Beverly Hills. NUMEROUS PERMITS FOR BUILDING ARE ISSUED BY AUDITO Courthouse and Jail Are Most Costly Enterprises Listed During August * Although the new-courthouse-end jail outrank all other construction projects launched recently in Bis- marek, considerable other building and repair activity is evidenced by a survey of the building permits issued by City Auditor M. H. Atksinon. During August, the records show, permits were issued for three new houses, Carl Tolliver is building a home at 1922 Avenue D, listed at $2,000. A. Beisegl, wealthy stockman from the southwestern part of the state who owns considerable resi- dence property here, is constructing a $7,500 duplex at 215 Thayer, west, and M. P. Smith is erecting a home at "| 301 Thirteenth street costing $5,000. | The new courthouse and jail are listed on the city permit books at |He was arrested in connectior with)" The Washburn Coal company ob- tained a permit to build a new coal shed at 901 Broadway. Numerous garages are being con- structed. Andy C. Lovin has obtain- ed permits to build garages at 908 Eighth street and 714 Avenue E. the total cost being $950. Mrs. Louisa Evans is building a triple garage at 400 Ninth street, cost- ing $800, Emil Bob obtained a permit for a! a at 305 Tenth street to cost . Webb was authorized to con- struct a garage at 406 West Rosser, to cost $250. Alterations and additions to busi- ness houses were recorded as follows: Minnesota Steel Machinery company, construction of an addition to its; | warehouse at 807-809 Main avenue. Trio Makes 1,000-Mile Trip: It will be a frame building, 50 by 100 in dimension, with a brick front. The Eppinger estate is moderniz- ing the store room at 316 Main Ave- nue for occupancy by 8. and L. com- pany, a chain store concern. W. H. Webb, remodeled the ground floor of his building at Fourth street and Main avenue for occupancy by Tittle Brothers Meat Market. The Richmond Bootery remodeled the store room at 121 Fourth street emett the needs of the modern shoe Sf be Residence alterations include an un- provement by J. W. Rodgers at 904 Sixth street, by which he will make a duplex of a one-family residence. The cost was given as $2,500. Miss Julia Milum is repairing a house at 514 Seventh street at a cost of $1,000. Charge Filed in McGahan’s Death Los Angeles, Aug. 23.—()—A man- slaughter complaint was issued here yesterday against W. H. Mace, Long Beach, Calif., businessman, as a result | of the death July 21 of Luther D. MacGahan, local newspaper publisher, ; in an automobile accident. The com- plaint charged Mace with operating his car carelessly. McGahan was a former North Dakota publisher. Mr. McGahan operated a weekly newspaper in Bismarck a number of years ago and at that time was active in local politics. a HIRE TEACHERS FROM N. D. Red Lake Falls, Minn., Aug. 23.—(P) —Two vacancies in the teaching staff of the Red Lake Falls public schools have been filled, according to Super- intendent J. A. Hughes. - Miss Myrtle N. Haugen of McVille, N. D., will teach home economics succeeding Miss Frances Bellamy .° Drayton, N. D., who resigned. Miss Eva A. Swenson of Kacote will teach the fifth and) epply to sisters. sixth grades succeeding Miss Della ‘Willins, resigned. BISMARCK FLOWER SHOW [S RIOT OF BEAUTIFUL COLOR Blooms Transform Old Armory Building as Gardeners Dis- play Their Best GLADIOLI STRIKE KEYNOTE Pool With Running Water and Lilies, Vines on Trellis Are Features Gladioli struck the color keynote at Bismarck’s annual flower show in the old armory building today. There were other flowers of course, more than a score of different va- rieties being on display, but the g!ad- ioli exhibits dominated the other entries in a riot of blooms. Judging at the show was to start at 2 o'clock this afternoon with T K. Killand of the Northern Great Plains Experiment Station, Mandan, in charge of the work. The armory building was laid out as a formal garden with vine covered trelliswork and a pool with running water. Beautiful pink and yellow water lilies decorated the pool. The gladioli exhibit was a riot of color, entries including spikes of red, pink, white, orange, yellow, lavender, blue and mottled varieties of all shades in between. There were single “glads” and “glads” in baskets and “glads” in collections containing other kinds of flowers. The entry list contained names which might easily be placed in the he who” of Bismarck garden- om. Leading in the number of entries was Captain E. G. Wanner, local gladiolus king and winner of the grand championship gladiolus prize last year. Others listing one or more entries were Mrs. John Lobach, Mrs. Sher- win, Mrs. H. J. Taylor, E. W. Herbert, Mrs. Fred Jansonius, Meyer Cohen, Mrs. 8. D. Cook, Mrs. Ferris Cordner, Mrs, Otto Holta, Mrs. D. B. Cook, Andrew Luyben, Mrs. Fred Stucke, Mrs. William Harris, Mrs. George Dullam, Mrs. Davis, Mrs. R. S. Towne, Mrs, Charles Liessman, F. J. Baven- dick and Mrs. A. R. Miesen. | Flowers being shown, in addition to | gladioli, were: single and double pe- tunias, zinnias, larkspur, snapdragons, marigolds, phlox, salpiglossis, spab- iosa, asters, cosmos, pinks, golden glow, pansies, dahlies, calendula, red, | pink, white, lavender and blue sweet ‘peas; balsam, coreopsis, daisies and gaillardia, A radio \was installed in the show room this morning for the entertain- {ment of visitors. The committee in charge of the show, appointed from members of the Bismarck Yard and Garden club, are Mrs. H. J. Duemeland, Mrs. F. Copelin, Mrs. E. J. Taylor, Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Thorberg, Mrs. Charles Liessman, Jesse Melton and Frank |J. Bavendick. (GERMAN AVIATORS FLY 10 GREENLAND From Iceland on Way to United States Copenhagen. Denmark, Aug. 23.— (®)}—Captain Wolfgang Von Gronau, German aviator, and three compan- ions, today were at Ivigtut, Green- land, presumably on their way to the United States, after a flight from Reykjavik, Iceland. Greenland authorities reported the fliers’ arrival yesterday afternoon after several hours of mystery as to their course after they left Reykjavik, avowedly going to Germany but actually heading in the opposite di- rection. Departure from Reykjavik yester- day was at 6:35 a.m. (2:35 a. m. EST). One hour and 35 minutes | later a radio message from the plane | indicated a westerly rather than east- ehly flight, and information later ;Sald the plane landed at Ivigtut at 3:30 p. m. Greenland time (1:30 p. m. EST) the trip was about 1,000 miles over water most of the way, and re- quired about 11 hours flying. The four airmen have the same Dornier Wal flying boat that brought Roald Amundsen and his companions back from their unsuccessful attempt to reach the North Pole in 1925 Be- sides Von Gronau, they are: Franx | Hack, mechanic; Herr Albrecht, wire- less operator; and an aviation stu- dent named Zimmer. Need New Law to Decide Succession London, Aug. 23.—(#)—The daily sketch says birth of a daughter in- stead of a son to the Duke and Duch- ess of York has necessitated passage of @ special act of parliament to put beyond a question the succession to the throne. The principal point of the paper's contention is that the British law of primogeniture does not Thus if there is no mele hetr, two or more sisters be- come co-heiresses. Grain Marketing Worries Canadian Farmers GOVERNMENT ASKED |[____ Competitors in Women's National Air Derby a & | Official, Named es J CREW OF 40S SARE AFTER NELIT-LONG | FIGHT WITH STORM Fishermen Abandon Craft Near Home and Are Blown to Sea Again 1S GIVEN UP Exhausted Men Are Finally Blown Against Breakwater Wall and Reach Safety ALL HOPE Lewes, Del., Aug. 23.—(4)—Blown to sea on the wings of a fifty mile This public official was named as having accepted money from Jack Zuta, slain Chicago gang leader. REVOLT BREAKS OUT IS TAKEN BY REBELS President Leguia, Supposed to Be Strongly Entrenched, Meets Opposition Lima, Peru, Aug. 23.—(P)—A serious militery revolt in southern Peru to- day threatened the administration of President Augusto B. Leguia. The garrison at Arequipa, third city of the republic, was at the helm of the movement. Revolting under the leadership of officers, the garri- son arrested the civil and military chiefs of the department and today was in complete control. The government was said officially to be taking appropriate steps. ‘There were reports these involved sending of a fleet to Mollendo, port nearby to Arequipa, and in moving aircraft against the city itself. Mollendo was closed by official order both to national and foreign commercial vessels. Arequipa was closed also to commercial airships. An official pronouncement by the government said: “Troops forming the Arequipa gar- rison, incited by Lieutenant Colonel Sanchez Cerro, revolted this morn- {ing at about 11 o'clock. The revolt was based on forged army ordinance say- ing the government had decided to discharge officers and troops and re- duce their salaries. “The rebels arrested the depart- ment prefect, Fererico Fernandini and e Chief of Arequipa division, Bri- ie General Leopoldo Arias, but there was no bloodshed. The rebels took possession of the city. The gov- ernment has taken the necessary steps in the hope of re-establishing order in Arequipa department.” President Leguia reached the Per- Juvian presidency on July 4, 1919 by a coup, d'etat, and established a gov- ernment which has been a model of strength in meeting opposition throughout South America. He was re-inaugurated in 1924 and in 1929, to hold office until 1935. Oslo, Norway, Aug. 23—(#)—The {long mystery of their fate cleared, the bodies of three men who 33 years ago tried to fly across the North pole in @ balloon, today were on the way to such posthumous honors as their nation and the world may bestow. ‘The bodies of Salomon-Auguste An- dree, Swedish explorer, and his two companions, Knut Frankel and Nils Strindberg, were found August 8 on Hvitvoen (White island) by a Nor- wegian Arctic expedition headed by Dr. 8. Horn. ‘The small sealing vessel Brattvaag, with their bodies, together with relics of their last camp on the ice, is ex- pected to reach Tromsoe, northerly Norwegian port, about September 10. Meanwhile further news of the ex- pedition’s discovery is not obtainable, since the Brattvaag has no wireless. ‘Two books aboard the Brattvaag are expected to tell the complete story of the first attempt to cross the pole by air, what brought the balloon down, and of those long days of starvation thereafter and when death claimed first one of the trio, then a second, and finally the third. One of these books is the balloon’s log, in which although the boo: was not opened completely, could be seen an entry of July 18, 1897, seven days after the start of the flight from Dane's island, Spitzbergen, reading: “83 degrees north, 32 east.” The second of the books is the per- sonal diary of Andree in which the entries are believed to be complete up almost to the hour of his death. Both log and diary were frozen stiff with ice. Lest the pages be broken or the documents otherwise damaged, no attempts were made to open them. Other relics of the expedition aboard the Ersttvaeg include two |stedges, one boat, a harpoon, cooking INPERU; ARHQUPA Zose=czrecs ioc \gale in one of the worst storms the Delaware Bay has seen in years, forty men of the crew of the fisherman Emily A. Foots stepped. ashore here ;today with a dramatic and thrilling story of their experiences. | Their 100-foot Deisel engine craft, pounded to pieces beneath their feet the exahusted crew found safety early today only when their life boats MAKES FAST TIME ONBILLINGS, MONT. TO BISMARCK HC Nick Mamer, Third to Arrive Here, Is Second in Elapsed Time From Seattle TAKE OFF FOR ABERDEEN Race Officials and Contestants Entertained at Lunch by Local Committees Five airplanes roared into Bismarck early Saturday afternoon on the Bil- lings-to-Bismarck leg of the North- west air derby from Seattle to Chi- cago. John Blum, flying a Lockheed- Vega plane and accompanied by Ivan Kearns as passenger and mechanic, was the firs‘ to zoom over the Fort Lincoln field. He arrived at 1:15- :073-5, having come from Billings in three hours, 12 minutes, 7.6 seconds. This again gave Blum the lead in the race, since Nick Mamer, his near- est competitor, who arrive third at 1:28:22.4 p. m., took three hours, 23 minutes, 22.4 seconds for the hop. Mamer held a lead of three min- utes, 23.6 seconds in elapsed time crashed against the stone wall of the outer breakers. Helping each other up the slippery sea-washed walls, the little band walked three miles across the top of the wall to the harbor refuge light. where they huddled together until daybreak. The vessel was returning to Lewes, its home port, from a fishing expedi- tion up the Delaware Bay and met the advance of a northeastern gale shortly before 10 o'clock last night. Its loss is estimated at $100,000. Is Pounded to Pieces when the fliers left Billings this morning and the unofficial records showed Blum leading at Bismarck by the slim margin of seven minutes, 52.2 seconds. The fliers were to take off at 3:30 o'clock this aft.rnoon for Aberdeen, 8. D., where they will spend the night. Floyd Keadle, accompanied by Mrs. Edith Foltz as passenger, was the second to arrive, at 1:25:10.4. He was followed in order by Mamer, Frank Kammer, who arrived at 1 _ 10.4 and Bert Rouff, who came in at 1:35:30.4. The total elapsed time of the con- Captain John M. George, realizing it was impossible to make shore in the face of the terrific storm, ordered the anchor thrown over but his ship continued to drift toward the outer breakwater. Hardly had the order to man the life boats been given when the vessel lost section after section of its deck, to be pounded to pieces by the waves. Megaphone in hand, Captain George directed the course of the | two boats from a perilous position in his own. While the men tugged |frantically at the oars in order to keep in view of each other. Mile by mile, each of them certain they were being blown to their deaths, the small boats headed toward sea. As the boats neared each other in jthe fog for brief periods Captain |George repeated his shouts through the megaphone to keep within view of the harbor refuge light, which now {and then sent a ray of hope through |the fog. Bodies exhusted and nerves nearly defeated, one after the other, the men would slump down against their oars. About 2 a. m. the captains’ boat crashed against the stone wall of the Jouter breakwater, while the others jfloundered about, a half mile away, helpless to steer their course in any | direction. | Hand by hand, the twenty men in the first boat drew each other to the top. Sometime later the second boat was blown against the walls and its occupants were assisted to safety by their fellows. LUCIEN WOLF DEAD | London, Aug. 23—()—Lucien Wolf, | author, died today. Lucien Wolf, who | Was 73 years old, was noted as a news- | paperman and for his writings on | Jewish topics. | Bodies of Andree Party on Way Home From Arctic Flight of 33 Years Ago apparatus and other utensils. No trace was found of either a tent which the party must have had, or of the balloon itself. Two of the bodies, including that of Andree, were per- fectly ; the third, which had been partially sheltered from the ice in the small boat, had deteriorated. There were indications the three men had lived for some time after |being forced down on the ice. They jhad food enough aboard the balloon jfor six months, and the remains of a |polar bear found at the camp site in- |dicated they may have added fresh |meat to their diet. Andree was believed here today to have reached a point less than 500 miles from his objective, and to have |been beaten back to the inhabited world when death overtook him. Dr. 8. Horn, scientist with the ex- Pedition which found Andree’s body and those of his two comrades, said he did not think their balloon landed on White island, or Hvitvoen. since there were distinct traces of the party having arrived by rowing or walking. On the back page of the balloon’s log, one of two books found in the camp with the bodies, there is a no- tation, “83 degrees north 32 east,” with the date of entry, July 18, 1897, seven days after the start of the balloon. The position given is some distance north of the spot where the men’s bodies were found, and about 475 miles from the pole itself. The captain of the Brattvaag said the camp was arranged in an intelli- gent manner. Moccasins and other equipment found were very much worn, indicating long use. Andree apparently lived the longest. Rifles and instruments were placed at his side; aleo there wes his diary in which he wrote his last words. testants from Seattle to Bismarck was: Blum, 11 hours, 39 minutes; 55.6 sec- onds; Mamer, 11:47:41 Kammer, 12:04:45.7; Rouff, 13:05:46 and Keadle, 14:05:44.5. The racers were accompanied by a pilot plane which took off from.Billings ahead of the contestants but was sec- ond to arrive. It was piloted by Emery Bronte, San Francisco, chair- man in charge of the race. He was accompanied by George Dickson, San Francisco; Joe Carmen, Seattle, and “Swede” Rothe, San Francisco. . Blum said he “had her open all'the way” from Billings to Bismarck and encountered favorable flying condi- tions on the whole, although the vis- ibility grew poorer as he neared here and he passed through a light rain northeast of Baker, Montana. He is flying for the Northwest Air Serv- ice, Seattle. The elapsed time from Billings to Bismarck was: Blum, 3:13:07.6; Keadle, 3:24:10.4; (Continued on page seven) FERGUSONS PROMISE TO FREE CONVICTS Plank of ‘Ma's’ Platform Is Re- lease of All Imprisoned Prohibition Violators Dallas, Tex., Aug. 23.—(?)—The fate of Miriam A. Ferguson’s attempted political come-back was in the bal- ance today as the state's former wo- man governor opposed Ross D. Sterl- ing, Houston publisher and capitalist, for the nomination for governor in the democratic run-off primary Sterling, chairman of the state highway commission, and Mrs. Fer- guson, emerging from a field of eleven condidates in the first primary, con- cluded a vitriolic campaign last night. James E. Ferguson, ousted governor barred from the race by his impeach- ment, conducted his wife’s campaign on the promise of “two governors for the price of one.” Notable among his campaign utterances was the promise that all imprisoned violators of the prohibition law would be lib- erated if Mrs. Ferguson won the elec- tion. He said she would free 2,000 convicts. Ferguson attacked Sterling's pro- posal the state issue $350,000,000 in highway bonds, his education, his ability, his attitude toward labor and his reputed wealthe , Sterling. a novice in politics, coun- tered with an attack on Mrs. Fergu- son’s pardon and parole record, ref- erences to Ferguson's impeachment and named “honesty in government. as the paramount issue.” Hughes to Arrive With Plane Today Information that E. A. Hughes. whe yesterday announced the purchase ot a,new four-passenger airplane, would arrive in the ship this afternoon in- stead of tomorrow as_ originally planned was receivéd by friends to- jay. The message said that Mr. Hughes, piloted by Vincent Cavasino, local flier, had left Minneapolis shortly be- fore noon today. They expected to make the trip in four or five hours. MISS HURLEY TO WED Chicago, Aug. 23—(#)—The engage- ment of Miss Helen Hurley, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward N. Hurley. to William A. Ryan, Chicago attor- ney, was announced today. Miss Hurley's father was formerly chatr- men of the U. S. shipping board and s chairman of the federal trade corh- | mission,