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The Bismarck tribune., 1925-09-24
PR0BERSYIEW
WRECKAGE0F
SHENANDOAH
Five Engines. All Consider
ably Damaged, Are
Placed on View
WILL STUDY BAROGRAPH
Inspection of Debris Occupies
Morning Session at Lake.
hurst

Lakehurst. N. j., Sept. "a --R)-
Wreckagc of the airship. Shenan-
doah. was inspected by the Naval
court Of inquiry here today SO that
members might form a clearer idea
from the testimony Of survivors
just what happened within the big
ship when she broke up in II storm
over Ohio, September 3. with loss
Of II officers and men.
Survivors explained the details re-
garding the ships construction and
the function Of the various pieces Of
wreckage which had been laid out on
the floor Of the hangar here in the
relative position in which it was in
the original hull.
Included in the salvage were the
five engines. of the air fighting
craft, all of them considerably dam
aged as Il result of their fall; parts
of the framing. much Of it twisted:
control and other wires; fragments
Of the control car; some Of the auto
matte and maneuvering valves for
releasing helium, some of them dam
aged by the fall. as well as parts Of
the covering bag. the gas cells and
even blankets used by members Of
the crew.
The inspection consumed virtually
all of the morning and there was no
taking of evidence. Later in the day,
the barograph record showing exact
Iy how the ship was bumped about
in the storm was to be presented to
the court to amplify the testimony
of the crew to the ships position
when the breakup came.
May Call Eberle
There was discussion here today Of
the possibility of calling Admiral
Ebcrle, chief of Naval operations,
and Rear Admiral Moffett, chief of
the Bureau of Aeronautics. for ques-
tioning regt,rd(ng the confidential
correspondence introduced yesterday
concerning plans for the fatal flight
of the Shenandoah, but members of
the court said there had been no
decision on this point.
Some officers attach comparatively
little interest to this line of evil
dence, since the inquiry has to do
with the causes of the disaster and
the relation of weather conditions
to it. 1t is pointed out that Lieuten-
ant Commander Zachary Lansdowne,
commander of the ship, in recon-
mending postponement of the voyage
to the second week in September,
made no mention Of possible bad
weather us basis for his recon-
mendation
The Bismarck tribune., 1925-09-24

Sioux City, Iowa.-The "Arbitress,"
owned by H. A. Weeldreger, Emery,
S. D., was among grand champions
named in Poland China class at. the
swine show of Tri-State Fair here.
In cattle division champions includ-
ed: Jerseys, Noble Rodeler, North
Dakota Agricultural College.
The Bismarck tribune., 1925-09-24
NEWS BRIEFS

Pepin, Minn.-John Kircher, farm
er, was accidentally shot and KILL
ed by his son, Gerald, 10, as they
were preparing to 60 hunting.
Fargo.-Frank O. Lowden, former
governor of Illinois, was made a
member of Chippewa Tribe of In
dians, near Walker, Mimi.
The Bismarck tribune., 1925-09-24

Washington, Sept. 2i.-Np--
Documents which in effect con
stitute a French offer for set
tlcmcnt of that nations $4,000
100000 debt to the United States
were submitted to the American
Debt Commission today at the
first meeting between the French
and American ncgOtiators.
Although the character of the
proposal was not made public. il
was established that to at least
some members of the American
commission II was not acceptable
as drawn.
The Bismarck tribune., 1925-09-24
WEATHER FORECAST

Generally fair tonight and
Friday. Warmer tonight, -
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Urge Cooperation
"We were glad to receive the help
which France extended to use when
we were fighting for our independ-
ence, and we were eager to
make some return in Frances's
own great need. The was is
over, but we minimize neither
the burdens France has borne nor
the difficulties which menace her
future.
Through the necessity of recreat-
ing her destroyed productivity,
through postponement of reimburse
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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-10-01
EIXI'R !!
ROUGH SEA HALTS
SUB RESCUE WORK
Efforts to Raise Sunken Vessel by
Giant Cranes Have to be
Abandoned

u. S. Submarine Base, New London,
Come ALL rescue operations
on the submarine S-51 have been sus-
pended because of unfavorable, weather
conditions, Rear Admiral H. H. Christy
reported in message today to the
submarine base here.
The message from Admiral Christy,
who is in charge of the feet working
over the spot where the S-51 went
down last Friday night after being
rammed by the S. s. City of Rome
said:
present weather conditions make
S-51 operations impossible"
This was the first word to come
from the rescue feet since late last
night with the exception of a brief
weather report transmitted by the
submarine mother ship, Camden.
Plans to make another attempt to
raise the submarine by the two giant
cranes, Monarch and Century, have
been thwarted when the numbering
craft were forced to return to New
port early today after midnight at
tempt to join the rescue feet.
Rear Admiral Christy has refused
to give up hope that some of the men
who went down with the ship are
still alive and his feeling is shared
by Captain E. ]. King, commander of
the submarine base. Many Of the
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DETHMAR LOSES
/ KENOSHA COUNTY
Young Bob Noses Out Dith-
mar in County by Scant
216.Majority.
BOB CARRIES THE CITY

For the first time in the political
history Of the state, the regular Re-
publicans failed to annex Kenosha
county on Tuesday when Robert M
LaFollette Jr., in an election at which
less than half the voters went to the
polls, carried Kenosha county in an
election for United States Senator
winning from Edward F. Dithmar, run
ming as an independent candidate on
a Coolidge Dawes platform, by scant
majority of 216 votes.
Young LaFollette carried the city of
Kenosha 1882 to 1857, but lost the
towns Of the county, 563 to 494 This
gave LaFollette majority of 216 for
the entire twenty-five precincts of Ke-
nosha city and county, the vote totals
being: LaFollete 1876, Dithmar 3,1G0
Each Carried Seven Precincts.
In the city of Kenosha each Of the
leading candidates carried seven
precincts. In the wards which have
lican centers, Dithmar garnered only
slight majorities, evidencing that the
voters did not take much interest in
the election after the debacle Of the
primary. LaFol1ette on the other
hand carried his customary wards in
the city by comfortable majorities
thereby giving him the majority in the
city.
Most of the Democrats in Kenosha
county either did not vote or side
stepped their candidate, William
George Bruce, who ran as an independ-
ent and who received only 1873 votes
in the entire county. OF this number
1872 were cast in the city Of Kenosha
and 20 in the towns Of the county.
Running fourth in the race in Re
nosha county was John NJ. Work, the
Socialist candidate, who received an
even 100 votes in the city of Kenosha
and nine votes in the towns of the
county Bauman, the Socfalist-Labor
candidate, received but 20 votes in the
entire county.
The tabulated returns for Kenosha
county's vote are found in another
column Of this paper.
The vote on Tuesday was even
smaller than the vote cast in the
county two weeks ago at the primary
election when Roy P. Wilcox carried the
county over Young LaFollette, 2,71s
to 2,317, with Woodward third with
/ ,379 votes and McGovern trailing with
2s2. The total vote cast at the pri-
mary was 6,876 as against $3.50 in the
election yesterday. The switch in
votes gave evidence that Dithmar was
not as strong candidate as Wilcoz
III this county. Even the fact that q
special referendum election on a
school board issue was carried on in
the city of Kenosha failed to arouse
the voters from their apathy as the
city of Kenosha cast 5,Tb7 votes in the
election Tuesday as compared with
1897 in the primary.
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northern section of the state, LaFol-
lette showed plurality of 134,544 over
Dithmar, and a majority of 1895.
Approximately half the voting strength
Of the state went to the polls, and re-
turns from 2,377 precincts showed that
331, 1897 votes were cast, although in
the election of 1924 slightly more than
800,000 votes were polled. The Tues
days election. vote was slightly larger
than that polled in the primary of
September Is.
The new senator went on record
during both his primary and election
campaigns as unqualifedly endorsing
the platform of the Wheeler-LaFol-
lette party of 1924. He emphasized in
almost every talk he made, however,
that the contest in which he was then
engaged was between a man who will
stand behind the Coolidge adninistra-
ton and one who will follow in the
footsteps of Robert Marion La
Toilette"
He promised to carry on the work
started by his father and made this
one of his leading pleas for votes.
One Of the surprises of the election
was the weakness displayed by the So
cialists in Milwaukee, For the first
time in fifteen years they failed to
carry single ward in the city of Mil
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STATE Is SWEPT
BY LITTLE BOB
r. M. LaFOllette Jr. Elect
ed to Succeed Father by
Big Majorities.
ALL BUT ONE COUNTY
Carries Every County in the
State with the Exception
of Rock County.

Milwaukee, Wis. - Wiscon-
sin again placed the stamp of approval
upon the name of LaFollette and at a
special election held yesterday chose
the thirty-year- son of it's late sem
ator to represent the Badger state in
the United States senate.
The approval was emphatic as~shown
by the enormous majorities that all
but one county in the state gave to
the new senator. Only one, Rock, that
rock ribbed home of the stalwart sec
ton of the Republican party refused
to bow to Robert M. LaFollette Jr
The other four counties of the First
Congressional district, formerly con-
sidered invulnerable, when the right
wing Of Wisconsin Republicanism was
being put to the test, failed to show
the staunchness exhibited by their sis
ter county of Rock. Racine showed
the greatest weakness and capitulated
to LaFollette by almost a two to one
margin, while Kenosha was lost to the
regulars by the narrow margin of 2I6
votes, and Walworth went over to the
LaFoilette camp by 1876 votes, and
Waukesha by 1922 votes.
Carried BY Large Majorities.
Nine other counties were carried by
LaFollette by less than two to one,
thirteen went to him by approximately
two to one vote, while his tremen-
dous strength was shown in two coun-
ties, Calumet and Kewaunee, where
the new senator ran ten to one ahead
of his leading opponent, Edward F.
Dithmar of Baraboo, Republican,
running as an independent.
The strength of young LaFollette
was plainly shown by the percentage
of the vote in the other counties Of
the state. Of these he carried eight
by more than two and half to one,
eleven by more than three to one,
four by three and half to one, six
by four to one, nine by five to one,
four by six to one and one by seven
to one.
With 315 precincts of the 1882 in
the state missing early this morning,
owing to a heavy rainsrorm in the
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witnesses who were present at the
time of the accident, all of whom de-
clared from the witness stand that
Voss wos intoxicated. The defense
presented nine witnesses, including
the defendant himself, all of whom
declared that he was not intoxicated.
Of the defense witnesses none were
present at the time Voss collided with
the other cars, except himself, but
these others testified to events just
preceding the accident and just after
the accident, when, they said, Voss
was not intoxicated.
Attorney Edward F. Ruetz repre-
scented the defense at the trial. The
jury Of five was chosen, although it
is customary in a justice trial to have
six jurors, because when the jury was
in the box and ready to be sworn
the sixth juror, a woman, asked to
be excused. As the jury stood finally
there were four men and one woman
Those who testified for the state
were Frank Houston, Mrs. Frank
Houston, Pearl and Lucille Houston
Harold Tacki, Mrs. Tacki, Fred King
biel and Mrs. Klingbiel. These were
all present at the time of the COLI
sion on the Twin Lakes road on the
evening of September 10 between Voss
and two automobiles, one driven by
Frank Houston and one driven by
Harold Tacki. Voss was coming from
Twin Lakes, and the others were in
three cars driven towards Twin Lakes
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Says Navy Department
Was Responsible for
Blimp Disaster.
FOR FLIGHT FUNK TOO
Also Takes the Department to
Task for Failure of Navy
Plane to Reach Hawaii.

Washington, D. C. - {. Re-
sponsibility for the Shenandoah dis
aster and failure of the navy airplane
PN-9 No. 1 to reach Hawaii was placed
directly on the heads of the navy de-
partment today by Colonel William
Mitchell in testimony before the presi-
dents aircraft board.
The sending of the big dirigible into
the middle west was "in direct viola
tion of the law" he asserted, and ar
engagements made for the PN-S fight
looked like the work of "bungling
amateurs"
showed the PN-9 could not possibly
have reached Honolulu without refuel-
ing en- route, and that the planes sent
to the Arctic were designed and built
for service in the tropics and along
the Atlantic coast.
"Yet these planes" he added, "were
sent to the Arctic regions where of
fcers in charge of planning the ex-
petition expected them to give salts
factory service"
Points Mcmillan Errors.
The former assistant chief of the
air service severely criticized the
work of the navy in arranging equip
ment for the navy contingent accom-
panying the Macmillan Arctic expedi-
tion, declaring fragrant" mistakes
made in preparation for these aero
nautical events made it impossible for
air men to remain silent.
BY sending the Shenandoah to the
middle west, he insisted, the navy vi
olated the law, because in time of
peace land activities belong to the
army.
The big dirigible, he charged, was
not equipped with parachutes. "This
is like sending ship to sea without
lifeboats," he added.
Colonel Mitchell declared an at
tempt to get obsolete vessels from the
navy for target practice, brought re
ply from Assistant Secretary of the
Navy Robson that there were "no OBJ
solete vessels"
1T might be well to build pontoons
and RATS for this purpose" he said in
reply. to a question, adding:
"The point is, we can't be choked
off this way when everybody else is
going ahead"
Discussing the Lassiter aircraft re-
port, Colonel Mitchell declared the
navy secretary repeatedly declined to
accept any suggestions which would
link the army and navy air services,
even declining the proposal of the
secretary of war that appropriations
for the two services be considered
jointly.
Colonel Mitchell again brought up
the charge made by him last winter
that junior officers were "muzzled" to
prevent them from telling the truth to
congressional committees.
France is aspiring to control the
air." he said, sin the same manner
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JURY ACQUITS
WILLIAM V0SS
Bassetts Station Man Is
Found Not Guilty of
Drunken Driving.
HOST OF WITNESSES

William voss, whose trial in justice
court occupied the entire day Of Tues
day, was found not guilty of driving
an automobile while intoxicated on
September 10, by the verdict of the
jury of five persons, reached at about
seven o'clock in the evening. The
jury took the case at $500 p. m. and
a little more than an hour later were
ready with their verdict.
Voss had been arrested on the
charge on the complaint of Harold
Tacki, as the result of an accident
on September 10Th on the Twin Lakes
road. There were no county officers or
police officers who witnessed the ac-
cident or who testified in the case.
Many Witnesses In Case.
The state presented about eight
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HOW THEY VOTED.
School Board Referendum

the special Referendum ballot at the
polls on Tuesday. The final tabula-
tions in the city showed 2,848 votes in
favor of the seven-meinber board and
2,768 against, carrying the project by
eighty votes
The voting for the proposed change
in the school board, which would elm
mate the present system which annu-
ally supports an eieht9ar9member
board with two commissioner elected
from each of the nine wards of the
city, carried nine Of the fourteen pre-
cincts in the city. The greatest ma
jority was recorded in the first pre-
cinct Of the First ward with ASS votes
for and 317 against, majority IT 121.
The second precinct Of the Eighth
ward pulled strongest against the
change with vote of ITS for and 1858
against, a majority of 1873.
When the tabulations we're being
made as the balloting in each of the
precincts was being completed the
early returns indicated close vote.
The First, Second and Third wards
came in together with the Sixth, Sew
enth and Eighth wards and compare
son of the totals Of these wards
showed slight majority against the
change When the Third ward was
completed-the last TO be turned in,
the vote stood 81 against the change
and the supporters Of the referendum
turned to the Third ward to pull the
result out of the fire. This ward
brought in Alb votes in favor Of the
change and 301 against, giving the ref
erendum favorable result by eighty
votes.
While the entire vote was not mean
Nv complete one in the various pre-
cincts it is taken as representative
expression Of opinion and with the
majority Of the voters in favor, action
will be taken at once which will ulti-
mately place the change in effect with
the next general election in the
spring.
Supporters Are Gratified.
The present school board will con-
1tinue to serve until the new board is
elected and qualified, and it is prob
able that the new change will become
effective on April 1, at which time the
officials chosen at the regular election
take office.
Oscar H. Theleen, president of the
Kenosha Civic council, which spon-
sored the campaign of education IN
the city in support of the referendum,
today expressed his qualification over
the results.
II was rather disappointed, how
ever" he added, ain the number OF
votes cast. would like to have seen
the project go through with larger
majority. / believe that the vote ex-
presses step in the right direction
and l blieve that a seven-member
school board with each commissioners
elected from the city at large to be
the best form Of administrative body
for the schools and for the city.
~ want to thank all Of the people
within the Civic council and without
who aided in raising the interest in
the project. They deserve tremen-
dous amount of credit for their
efforts"
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RAIN FAILS TO
HALT BOOSTERS
r etaiIers' MOtOrcade
Swings About County
Despite Weather.
VISIT COUNTY TOWNS

To the optimistic strains of sit Amt
Coin to Rain No More" the Kenosha
Retailers association motorcade braved
the elements and set out from Mar
ket Square in a downpour of rain at
a belated hour this morning, on their
annual Booster Tour of Kenosha coun-
ty, designed to carry the hand of
goodfellowship from the metropolis
to country citizens.
It was 8 a. m. when twenty-five
automobiles, carrying members of the
Retailers association to the number
of about 100, moved from Market
Square, led by the SINCE Band, out
Milwaukee avenue toward Somers
Their first stop was made at Somers
at $3.50 with the skies still letting
loose but failing to dampen the spirits
of men who are interested in keep
ing Kenosha before the county as the
best retail market in this section of
Wisconsin.
Pleasant Prairie, Woodwork and
Bristol were next on the itinerary in
the stop for dinner. The arrival at
Salem was a little behind the ILLS
schedule, owing to the late start and
the rain, but before that point was
reached the rainfall had abated and
the motorcade rode into the village
bearing abnormal appetites, and made
havoc of the splendid chicken dinner
that awaited them.
The scheduled two-hour stop at Sa-
lem was cut little short and the
party moved on to complete the heav-
Ter afternoon schedule, including
Trever, Wilmot, Silverlake, New Nuns
ter, Wheatland, Brighten and Paris
Corners. At Paris the itinerary ends
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cHARIIEs MOTHER STAYS.

Washington, D. c. ~ { Ham
nah Chaplin, the aged mother OK
Charles Chaplin, the moving picture
comedian, was today granted temper
ary permission to remain in the Unit
ed States until February /, 1926. Since
her original entry into the United
States in 1920, Mrs. Chaplin has been
under treatment in home maintained
for her by her son in California.
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GET YOUR BRAKES TESTED.

Chief Of Police Thad Logan
recommends to every motorist
short trip over to Grant street, be-
tween Linden and Division streets,
on the north side of the city, where
the Kenosha Safety council traffic
committee, of which he is chair
man, is beginning 3-day brake
test program, Thursday morning at
o'clock. Whether you think your
brakes are in good condition or not,
give them test and make sure.
1t will take but few minutes and
there is absolutely no cost to any
one taking the test. The tests will
continue throughout the day until
o'clock in the evening.
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SUES MELONS COMPANY.

Boston, Mass. { Suit for
$15,0Oo,000 against the Aluminium
Company of America of which Secre-
tary OF the Treasury Mellon is one of
the principal owners, and its direc-
tors, was filed in the federal court
here today by George B. Haskell of
Springfield, president of the Bausch
Machine Tool company. He charges
conspiracy.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-10-01
MEMBER
BOARD CARRIED
Proposed Change in School
Administration Wins by
Eighty Votes.
WINS NINE PRECINCTS
Only Five Precincts Show Ma
jOrity of Voters Ready to
Retain Present Board.
WINS NINE PRECINCTS

The administration of public school
affairs in the city of Kenosha begin
ming on April of next year will be-
in the hands of board of education
consisting of seven members elected
from the city at large. That was the
choice of the majority of voters in Kc-
nosha who expressed their opinions in
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New RAILwAY PRESIDENT.

Philadelphia, Pa. - ga " Will
liam Wallace Atterbury today was
elected president Of the Pennsylvania
Railroad company. He succeeds SAM
uel Rea, retired under the company'a
pension regulations.
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Board of Education Budget For 1926 Asks For 600
@rM LaFOLLETTE IS ELECTED WITH 100000 MAJORITY
Vote by Counties
for u. S. Senator

With only few precincts missing
the tabulated vote in the special cleo
ton held in Wisconsin Tuesday for
United States senator is given below,
showing the vote in each county OF
the state:
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Precincts in Counties-2.692.
Precincts Heard From-2,S77.
LaFollette-222.i51.
Dithmar-S7, 607.
Bruce--9.S57.
Work-11 072.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-11-24
RiUdIs His Dads
Place in Spotlight

Chuck" Eslauor. ertwhuo uuuur
eng man, song writer actor. etc, dl.
rector Of Tho Nan on tho Box"
the sgd Chaplin picture now az the
Blue Mouse, has a serious rival In
HIS art
His yOungstor, "Dlnky Dean" has
become DO famous thru playing with
Charlie Chaplin and IN other pro.
duciiour, that Chuck" ls becoming
known no. 'D,uky Deans dad" and
10 seems Tho hld hos stepped in and
stolen hla 1ad'a place ia tho spot
light n has reached the point
where somebody printed on
"Chuch.f' chair ON the studio ret.
"DInky Deans Dad. 80 lHnt
Chuck" is now undecided whether
M not 20 quit work and Int "DlaEy"
support the family for awhile.