The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 3, 1931, Page 1

1. Airme “WV North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE The Weather Mostly fair Monday ané Tues- day; slightly warmer night. ESTABLISHED 1878 Bandits Rob Bowbells n Fail on Second Flight to Tokyo ROBBINS-JONES LAND IN ALASKA MONDAY MORNING’ Make Long Hop From Seattle} to Fairbanks in 12 Hours and 50 Minutes CONTACTED SUPPLY PLANE One Refueling Venture Had Been Successfully Completed When Landing Was Made Fairbanks, Alaske, Aug. 3.—(?)— The monoplane Fort Worth landed here at 7:35 a. m. after failing in its! second attempted non-stop Seattle- Tokyo flight. They left Seattle Sun- day. The two Japan-bound fliers, Reg. | L. Robbins and Harold S. Jones,; made the long hop from Puget! Sound in 12 hours and 50 minutes, | flying well inland north through British Columbia and not being sighted for more than a thousand miles of their journey. After spending 50 minutes from the time the plane first arrived un- til refueling was completed and the refueler was ready to follow, the Fort Worth away to the west at 6:45 p. m, (8:45 p. m., Pacific standard time). The skies were clear over the city and the refueling was completed eas- ily with 200 gallons of gas trans- ferred to the Fort Worth. | James Mattern, pilot of the refuel-| ing plane, said before taking off; that weather reports to the west mads the southern route down the | Yukon to the south shore of Nor- ton Sound, to Unalakleet and St./ Michaels, preferable to the flight by way of Nome. NADINE O'LEARY DEFEATS RIVALS IN GOLF TOURNEY Bismarck Girl Scores 89 on. Grand Forks Course to Sur- | pass Women's Field | Grand Forks, N. D., Aug. 3—@)—; Miss Nadine O'Leary of Bismarck, the! young defending champion, shot an 89) in the qualifying round of 18 holes in the North. Dakota state women's golf | tournament over tal Park | Municipal course Monday. t CAS mark led the field; of 25 starters and matched the round | she turned in Sunday in her first; practice tour of the course. After starting nervously she settled down: and shot consistent golf, except for a! tendency to get slightly off line with | her woods. ‘Another early finisher, playing in the foursome with Miss O'Leary, was Mrs. Royal Hall of Fargo, who turned in a 95 with rounds of 47 and 48 for second place. Miss O'Leary took a 45 and 44. \ ‘The heavy rains of Friday and Sat- urday and the showers of yesterday fhad softened up the fairways and slowed the greens, putting the course in as good condition as it has been i yuaiifying id pairings for | scores ant tomurow's 18-hole first round matches follow: Miss O'Leary 89 versus Mrs. .T. P. O'Connell, Grand Forks, 100. Mrs. Shulze 98 versus Mrs. W. A. McIntyre 109. ‘Mrs. Roy Hall 95 versus Miss Guinel Ness, Jamestown, 108. ‘Miss Agnes Murphy, Jamestown, 98 versus Miss Dollie Craig, Fargo, 107. Casselton Girl Is Injured in Accident Fargo, Aug. 3—(#)—In an automo- Bile accident in which a Casselton girl suffered concussion of the brain, two cars collided north of Casselton early Sunday and the driver of a third machine, think injured girl, is a patient in a Fargo hospital. GASOLINE 18 STOLEN Napoleon, N. D., Aug. 3.—Thieves stole about 75 gallons of gasoline from the Wentz garage here. lLowly Toad Hailed | | As Weather Prophet | ° Ipswich, 8. D, Aug. 3—)}— ‘The lowly toad gets thanks from Ipswich. H The toads, so low they even in- habit cellars, feed joyously upon millions of bugs and similar small pests. In turn they become feasts for chickens and ducks, Ipswich's weather de- clare the great number of toads to | Above at the left is shown the once- proud battleship North Dakota as it waits in the “isle of lost” ships at, Baltimore to be scrapped. At the jlower right is a picture of the ship as she appeared in the days of her glory, while above is a general view of the dismal “isle” in which the North Dakota is spending her last days. : ‘The silver service from the ship was jreturned to North Dakota, which do- nated it, and now is on exhibition in oe state historical museum here. PANGBORN-RERNDON REACH KHABAROVSK -ON SIBERIAN COAST Arrive at End of 1,200-Mile Journey After Battle With Rain and Mist Tokyo, Aug. 3—(P)—A Rengo dis- Patch Monday said the American globe fliers, Clyde Pangborn and Hugh Herndon, had arrived in Khab- arovsk, Siberia. The dispatch said the fliers landed Monday at 3:50 p. m. Khabarovsk time, arriving after a 1.200 mile flight: from Chita in Eastern Siberia. The fliers arrived while a heavy rain was falling and said they had BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, MONDAY, AUGUST 3, 1931 Ship, Once Navy's Pride, Lies Neglected in ‘Boneyard’ at Baltimore of the great battleships in the navy, jthe North Dakota lies in Baltimore's “Isle of Lost Ships,” a dismantled derelict among derelicts. The ; 2d ae will be reduced to junk. Unlike the storied “Old Ironsides,” recently reconditioned and now visit- jing ports plang the Atlantic seaboard, she will be up into scrap metal sg will remain in navy annals sim- met the end which all abandoned ships should meet. It was planned’ to send her out, radio-con- trolled, as a target for more modern cruisers and destroyers. To the ac- companiment of the thunder of guns and the rush of black smoke she would have been sunk beneath the Now, only 21 years old, she must soon be torn apart by acetylene torches. Perhaps she will wait for years, though, for the contract with the Union Shipbuilding company says that she must be reduced by Decem- ber 31, 1936. The North Dakota cost $4,377,000. In 19@8,when she was launched at Quincy, “Mass., many navy officers flown through rain and mist most of/2nd ® few congressmen watched the way from Chite. They said their greatest difficulty was in avoiding the mountain ranges. They left Chite in eastern Siberia at 5:30 p. m. (9:30 a. m. E. 8. T.) Sunday. They had arrived from Omsk several hours before after & 1700-mile, non-stop flight on their) fifth day out of New York. On their journey across eastern Siberia and northern Manchuria they followed the route of the Trans-Si- berian railway over some of the most, deserted and barren terrain in the world. Leaving Chita, they had used 119 1-2 hours of their allotted and were almost a full day behind the mark ‘of Wiley Post and Harold Gatty at that point. From Khabarovsk they hope to re- turn to American soil with a non- stop dash across the sea of Okhotsk and the Bering sea to Nome, Alaska. Thence they plan to return to New York across Canada without a stop in an effort to better the record of} eight days, 15 hours and 51 minutes. While they lost precious time in BOY Is » N. D. seric INJURED AGAIN Aug. 3.—Injured occasions, Chester, 15-year-old son of and Mrs. Ed Lundby, Sykeston, be a sign of wet fall ospital. lously on four previous: FOWLER BROTHERS TIE FOR LOW MARK INN. D. TOURNEY Bill and Dick Score 77's to Beat Cook, Defending Champion, by One Stroke Fargo, Aug. 3—(7)—Bill and Dick Fowler, Fargo brothers, led the field of 111 golfers seeking the state title here with 77’s at the end of 18 holes of the 36 holes of qualifying play be- ing run off today. They were fol- lowed by Paul Cook, the defending chemphhe, who had 78 for the 18 The scores ranged from the 77's carded by the Fowlers to 111. There were 34 with 90 or under, indicating Washington Men Are ’ Stricken with Fever Helena, Mont., Aug. 3.—()—Relat- ing a tale of illness and death and a struggle of two days against storms, nine Seattle, Wash. men reached North Dakota Waits for Scrappers to Begin Work Baltimore, Md., Aug. 3—Once one/ waves, But that plan was abandoned. | |proudly as she slid into the water. She was one of the finest then. Now she has been sold for $87,206, ap- proximately two per cent of her original cost. At Vera Cruz She never had an exciting career, but it was honorable, and some of the glamour that always surrounds fight- ing ships was hers. She was com- |missioned at the Boston Navy yard, jand Commander Plunkett, later a) jrear admiral, was put in command. |For the first three years she operated |with the Atlantic fleet, then was at Vera Cruz in 1914 and during the war patrolled Chesapeake bay and was in’ fleet maneuvers off Long Island. After the war she cruised with dif- |ferent squadrons. In 1923 she put in jat Norfolk, Va. and the bad news |was received there: Too old, out of |date, a relic at the age of 13. Food for Flivvers | Down came her flags. Magazines | were emptied, flags were furled, guns; were stripped. Under her own power) she made the Baltimore ship junk yard. Her turbines vere yanked out! ;—and there she has rested since. | Around her are some 50 vessels, all | falling apart, ghost-like reminders of better days. From her decks a forest; of masts and funnels and rigging can be seen. They are all “dead ships.” They'll be scrap iron, too—like the North Dakota, which instead of a glorious grave beneath the sea must) |submit to become base metal for pos-| Isibly 20,000 flivvers. | Mayor Is Puzzled j | By War on Pajamas | er New York, Aug. 3.—(?)—Peter Messer, president of the Rock- away board of trade, has a prob- lem to settle. Women bathers have filed a demand with him to ban pajama wearing by men on the boardwalk. “It's, immodest,” | said one complainant, who wore beach pajamas. | | Fargo Will Have New Radio Station Fargo, Anug. 3.—(?)—H. 8. Stokes, asisstant radio engineer for the United States department of com- merce is in Fargo today to select a site for an airways radio station. He {is making an inspection of suggested locations. YOUTH LOSES FINGER Goodrich, N. Dak.—Walter Augus- tadt, son of Mr. and Mrs, Herman Augustadt, nearly lost his right arm when he caught it in a rope and pul- ley as he was helping his father pull up a drill four miles east of Harvey. ‘He was taken to the Harvey hos- pital. The first joint of his middle LINDBERGHS LEAVE CHURCHILL ON HOP 10 CANADIAN LAKE Take Off From Churchill, Mani- toba, for Relatively Short Flight Monday PLANS MAY BE CHANGED Country Worried Saturday as Eagle and Spouse Fail to Communicate by Radio Churchill, Manitoba, Aug. 3—(?)}— En route to Baker lake, 375 miles to the northwest of Churchill, Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh and Mrs. Lind- bergh left this northern seaport at 12:45 p. m. (C. 8. T.) Monday. | Refueled and thoroughly inspected| by the colonel and mechanics, the Plane swooped from its harbor an- chorage, circled the town and then headed north. They spent a pleasant night in this modern Canadian frontier town which boasts a six-mile seaport. They had been welcomed by the 2,000 laborers and the eleven wo- men of the town—the entire femin- ine population—when their pontoon- ed monoplane churned its way into the harbor from Moose Factory, Ont., 750 miles east. They arrived at 6:50 p. m. eastern standard time and already having flown a total of 1500 miles. From Baker lake on there may be @ change, the Edmonton Journal said) in a copyrighted story Sunday. The newspaper said that “instead of flying from Baker Lake to Bath- urst Inlet on the Arctic coast, it is probable the route to be taken will be from Baker Lake to Hunter Bay on Great Bear Lake, then to Fort Norman and down the Mackenzie river to Aklavik.” The Lindberghs’ flight so far has) been made in good time and without) untoward incident as far as they are; concerned, but anxiety already has’ been caused to the outside world. i ‘They took off Saturday from Otte-) wa, for Moose Factory but soon lost! communication with the world by wireless and it was not until a plane chartered by the Associated Press had flown in to Moose Factory and out again that the world knew of their safe arrival there, and by that time,’ which was Sunday afternoon, the Lindberghs were on their way again, landing at Churchill. { ‘While the world was worrying about the Lindberghs they were happily, going about their work at Moose Fac- tory, preparing for continuation of their vacation flight to the Orient. | Working about the ship, both seemed delighted with the way every-| thing was going and, like a little boy, at play, Col. Lindbergh removed his shoes and all afternoon went about barefoot. | Monday morning indicated they expected: to get away) for Baker lake about 2 o'clock, E. 8. T.’ They spent the morning supervising! refueling of their plane and checking) over their radio. | Marrying Brakeman Is Guilty of Murder Eagle River, Wis, Aug. 3—(P)— George W. Perry, Milwaukee's marry- ing brakeman, was convicted by a jury of first-degree murder for slay- ing Mrs. Cora Belle Hackett, Chicago, one of his seven wives. He was sen- tenced to life imprisonment. MILWAUKEE MAN KILLED Miwaukee, Wis. Aug 3.—(?)—John Hebl, 35, was shot and killed today by Motorcycle Policeman Arthur Wacholz and Hebl’s companion, Paul Schroet- er, was wounded when the officer overtook the pair after a filling sta- tion robbery here. NOTED CHURCHMAN DIES St. Paul, Aug. 3.—(?)—Dr. Hans Gerhard Stub, 82, former president of the Norwegian Lutheran Church of America, died at his home here after | the Lindberghs| finger on the right hand was ampu- tated. Mott, N. D., Aug. 3.—(Special to ‘The Tribune)—How the new state dog law works was demonstrated here last week when H. O. Thiel- man demanded, under the terms of the law, that dogs owned by E. 8. Bope, B, C. Phillips and E. R. Baldwin of Mott be killed. by the Dogs Get Break When Tried for Killing Turkeys of Mott Farmer a three months’ illness. = Read zagee k Rae a A Edison Shows Improvement THOMAS A. EDISON ‘West Orange, N. J., Aug. 3—(?)—Thomas A. Edison spent a good night, sleeping soundly for ‘seven hours, Dr. Hubert 8. Howe announced Monday. ‘The physician's bulletin, issued at 8 a. m. said: “Mr. Edison had a good night. He slept seven hours. He is in excellent spirits and is taking more interest in outside affairs than he has for many years. His condition seems to be steadily improving.” Among many messages expressing the hope of a speedy recovery was one today from Sir Thomas Lipton. After issuing the morning bulletin, Dr. Howe said Edison seems “definitely improved but he has a great deal of poison in his system. The uremic poi- soning from which he is suffering is especially bad.” “The problem now,” Dr. Howe said, “is the adjustment of his diet so that it doesn’t affect any of the four diseases from which he is suffering, diabetes, Bright's disease, ulcers of the stomach and uremic poisoning. “His heart is functioning well and his pulse is normal.” ‘The inventor, Dr. Howe said, was in “an astoundingly good frame of mind,” adding that Edison this morning asked to smoke a cigar. Because of his, condition, however, it was. refused. SLAPPED BY AN AUTOCRACY (An Editorial) The state of North Dakota and the city of Bismarck Saturday felt the sting of one of the greatest autocracies existing in America, the general staff of the United States army. It is this brave aggregation which inspired the idea to remove the troops from Fort Lincoln. It has fought for and insisted upon a plan for concentrating troops in various areas so that the generals will know how an army looks and have the fun of playing with it in maneuvers, Without regard for the interests affected, sound military policy, economy, or any other factors except their selfish desires, members of the general staff have decreed that Fort Lincoln and numerous other small posts must be abandoned. Secretary Hurley promised several North Dakota officials that no action would be taken on the matter until he had talked with them further, and then, just as he left Washington for the Philip- pines there came the order to prepare for the evacuation which will take away the small detachment of regulars which this state has had for the last four years. There is cheer for Bismarck, however, in the knowledge that orders issued by the war department have occasionally been counter- manded. This is one which should be, and if it is, the efforts of North Dakota’s citizenry will be the cause, The original subterfuge behind the order was “economy,” a much- used and much-abused word in our government. The general staff would have the public believe that it is cheaper to keep a soldier at Jefferson Barracks, or at some other point, than at Fort Lincoln. When this excuse was blasted by cold facts, produced by the North Dakota committee leading the fight to keep Fort Lincoln oc- cupied, the general staff fell back upon the time-tried excuse of “military policy.” The inference seems to be that the civilian population, which pays the bill, has and can have no idea whatever about military policy. It is a deep, dark and mysterious thing beyond the ken of ordinary men. But there are too many North Dakotans with military experi- ence to let this absurdity go unchallenged with regard to the ef- ficient training of troops for service in defense of their country. Subjected to analysis from any standpoint, the whole argument falls flat. Nevertheless the order to evacuate the fort was issued be- cause an autocratic bureaucracy wanted it issued, As it stands now, the right and justice of the case are no longer at stake. The fight to keep Fort Lincoln occupied has resolved itself into one of expediency. The elected officials and representatives of this state stand ready to do their full share in the fight which must be made. If they did not they would be derelict in their duty. The final authority in dealing with affairs of the army, as with all others in this country, rests with the people through their elected officials, President Hoover and his secretary of war can, if they wish, overrule the autocracy which has directed the abandonment of Fort Lincoln. They can see that North Dakota gets » square deal, Our elected officials and the local committee should leave no sfone unturned to see that North Dakota’s case is presented to these of- fictals as forcefully as possible. Hoover and Hurley should be made to understand the resentment which will burn in the heart of every loyal North Dakotan if this injustice is persisted in, And the rest of us must stand ready to assist in the effort in every way which lies within our power. The battle to keep Fort Lincoln has just begun. It will wail (bs srdet G Goticmana es Mt oe the active history of the post, PRICE FIVE CENTS ank (LOOT WILL TOTAL BETWEEN 6 AND 7 | THOUSAND DOLLARS Four Are Forced to Lie on Floor While Raid Is Made by Two . -+-- -- Young Men .. ...4 ROBBERS FLEE NORTHWARD Citizens fail to Heed Burglar Alarm Promptly; Thought It Was Being Tested Minot, N. D. Aug. 3—()—The First National bank at Bowbells, county seat of Burke county, was held up at 11 a. m. Monday by two masked bandits who escaped with between $6,000 and $7,000 in cash and and an undef in Pelled to lie on the floor and mee in a vault before the bandits Both men were described as being about 28 years old. The robbers fled north out of Bow- bells and a short time later it was model Ford sedan, on a side street before four escaped from the vault and the alarm of the robbery was spread. Cyke Masters, assistant the bank approached to wait upon. two men when titey entered the and was threatened with guns told to lie on the floor. At the same time others tin the bank, Westrum, cashier, Donaid Westrum, his son, and Minnie Stokes, clerk, were given the same command, which they obeyed. Donald Westrum was engaged in clipping currency at the time others in the bank, Overlooked this money which was tying on a table in front of him. They = passed up some silver in the tell- Bas BSSe 3 a z é i |AWARDS ARE MADE FOR IMPROVEMENTS ON STATE HIGHWAYS Contracts Approved Saturday by New Road Commission Total $270,249 Contracts were let Saturday North Dakota highway elas) pene of highway construction Projects include 132.506 miles grav- eling, 30.157 miles earth en Most of the contracts for grading Projects went to the Butler Construc- project, th ee y's bid Me , the company’s bid ran $700 a mile, much below the Co., Grand Forks, $14,635.93. Dunn—87.72¢ miles on 8. R. 23 and 25 south and east of Killdeer;