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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-09-22
THROW NEW
LIGHT ON
AIR CRASH
There Was Unusual Expan-
sion of Gas Cells, Accord
ing to Testimony
STORIES CONFLlCT T
Most Intelligent Accounts
Hold Ship Broke at
Bottom
STORIES CONFLICT I

Lakehurst. N. j.. Sept. 22.--tPp-A
new bit Of estimony-that there was
unusual expansion Of the gas cells
before the airship Shenandoah broke
up--was given today before the nav
al court Of inquiry investigating the
loss Of the ship.
Lieutenant Thomas S. Hendley.
communications officer. testified he
was awakened by the pressure Of a
gas cell on his face and likewise by
the unusual angle at which the ship
was riding. Previous testimony had
been that at this time the Shenan-
doah was above her pressure height
that is, where the inside pressure
of gas equallcd the outside pressure
of the air.
Before Lieutenant Hendley was
called, Lieutenant Chas. K. Bauch,
watch officer on duty at the time,
declared inspection some time be-
fore the accident showed the gas
pressure was not excessive.
Both Lieutenants Hendley and
Bauch, as we'll as Lieutenant Roland
G. Mayer, construction officers on
board. agreed with other witnesses
that the breakup occurred when the
ships nose was suddenly tilted up
during a second rapid ascent.
Call Witnesses
Stories as told by civilian eye wit
ncsses to the special investigating
naval board were summarized to the
court by Commander Jacob II. Klein,
president Of the board. He said the
two most intelligent of these wit
nesses agreed the ship broke at the
bottom. Others. less intelligent,
Commander Klein said, insisted that
the craft bumped up" and broke
at the top.
The special board was told by
some farmers near the scene of the
wreck that the wind was the strong
est they had ever experienced. Com
mander Klein said it appeared that
the wind was coming from all di-
rections at once.
None of the witnesses saw any
lightning near the ship, Commander
Klein added, and there was no evil
dence that there was any fire of any
kind before, at the time, or after the
craft broke up.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-09-22
Dickinson Normal,
Has New Faculty

Twenty-Five men and women will
comprise. the faculty of the Dickin.
son state normal school this year,
according to information received
here. Nominations for % of the
posts made by President Samuel T.
May have been approved by the state
board Of administration and two of
the jobs still are vacant. The va
cancies are instructorships in geo.
graphy and science and in CONNER
cial work.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-09-22
Weather Report

Weather Forecast
For Bismarck and vicinity: Fair
tonight and Wednesday. Rising
temperature.
For North Dakota: Fair tonight
and Wednesday. Rising tempera-
ture.
General Weather Conditions
The high pressure area with it's ac-
companying cool weather, extends
from the upper Great Lakes region
westward to the northern Rocky
Mountain states. Killing frost oc-
CURED in central and eastern North
Dakota. A low pressure area is cen.
tered over Saskatchewan and warmer
weather prevails over the Northwest.
Precipitation occurred in the middle
Mississippi Valley, central Plains
States and over the middle and
southern Rocky Mountain region.
Fair weather prevails over the ex-
treme West and in the Northern
Border States.
ORRIS w. ROBERTS,
Official in Charge
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-09-22
UNIFIED AIRCRAFT DEFENSE
S0UT0F DATE, SECRETARY
TELLSSPECIAL PROBE BODY
Holds Air Armament Is Integral Part of
Navy Defense Plan as Drawn by Sea
Experts

Washington, Sept. 22 - (AP) The weight of those
charged with administration of the Navy today was thrown
into the scales against sweeping change in the organ
zation of the Nations air defense
Testityng before the presidents air board Secretary
Wilbur Rear Admiral Edward Ebere chief naval opera
tons and other high ranking naval officers vigorously op
posed the plan advanced by Col VIM Mitchell
Mr. Wilbur declared against department of national de
fense proposed by Mitchell and favored by Major General
Mason NJ Patrick the air chief He likewise opposed
independent air corps analogous the marine corps
Admiral Eberle squarely lined up with the views of his
SUPERIOR which accord with the position of the war
depart ment
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-09-22
Patrick Starts
City RevaluatiOn

Four state tax commissioners
and a deputy from his own Of
flee have been assigned by State
Tax Commissioner T. H. H.
ThOresen to aid w. H. Patrick.
tax commissioner for the fourth
district, in re-appraising real es-
tate in Bismarck.
The additional help was neces-
sary in order to complete the re-
appraisal in = reasonable time
and thus avoid holding up any
longer than is necessary the Bur-
leigh county auditor in complet-
ing his tax lists, Thoresen said.
Another advantage, he pointed
out, is that much of the work is
being done by men who are not
residents of Bismarck and have,
therefore, no interest in city po-
litical affairs.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-09-22
PLANT 100000 TREES

Quebec, Que.-The province Of
Quebec this year is planting 100000
trees to beautify and shade the high
ways of the province. Officials state
that in addition to beautifying and
shading the highways, the trees will
help to preserve the roads by protect
ing them from the elements.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-09-22
DEFENDS NAVY AIR PROGRAM
SLAYS SHERIFF.
DEFIES POSSE

Peoria, Ill.,, Sept. 22.-%-Joseph
Spenraz. coal miner, who shot and
killed Sheriff Orvillc Litchfield of
Marshall county and John Leonard,
Toluna police chief. was surrounded
in farmhouse near Toluna early
today by a posse which asked that
tear bombs be rushed from Peoria
to dislodge the fugitive.
Litchfield and Leonard were fatal
~ wounded when they went to Spcn-
raz's home after neighbors had com
planned Of threats he made to Kill
anyone who came near him.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-09-22
Order Bids on
New Water Main

The city commission ordered ad-
vertisement for bids on laying wa
ter main on Eighth street from
Avenue E to F on specifications
drawn up by the city water depart
ment.
Estimate for laying the Eighth
street main submitted by the city
engineer fixes cost at $l,O91.5O.
No action was taken by the COM
mission on the capital trolley or the
project for undermining the city fire
department. The meeting was brief.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-09-22
RARE PEARL DISPLAY

LOndon.-In Regent street shop
here are shown rare collection of
pearls. There are white Austrian
pearls, with a silvery sheen, very
beautiful, but very cold, to be worn
by the pale blond. There are the
warm magnolia-tinted pearls found
in the depths Of the Red Sea, ideal
for darker women, and the rare
black pearls, found in the Gulf of
Mexico by fishers searching for the
black mother Of pearls.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-09-22
PRISON ROAD
IMPROVEMENT
PLAN DROPPED
Reject All Bids on Project to
Pave Penitentiary
Highway
NO FUNDS AVAILABLE
Improvement of Prison Road
Has Been Pending Nine
Months
NO FUNDS AVAILABLE

Four bids for improvement Of the
pcnitentiary road, east Of the city,
opened by the highway commission
last December, have been rejected
and certified checks returned to bid
ders, II. G. Frahm, newly appointed
highway engineer, announced today.
Improvement Of the penitentiary
stretch Of the Red Trail, grading and
paving, was to have been completed
with federal aid.
Failure on the part Of the Bur
leigh county board Of commissioners
to approve plan proposed by state
highway commission is the reason
for dropping the improvement pro-
gram.
Low bids on all items were made
by the Haggart Construction COM
pany, Fargo. Haggart bids were as
follows: black base and bitulithic
top, S123,4s4.Sl; concrete, $ll5 529.5l.
One of the first acts of Mr.. Frahm
on taking office was to close ncgo-
tations in the penitentiary road pro-
ject which have been hanging fire
1Or nine months.
Plan Funds
The highway commission had
planned on using approximately $25.-
600, promise Of which was secured by
Gov. Sorle from the 500 and North
crn Pacific railroads for elimination
of four grade crossings on the Red
Trail near the penitentiary.
1t had been the plan of the state
highway commission to pave the
penitentiary section of the Red Trail
by force account and use of convict
labor at material saving to tax
payers.
Publish Letter
A communication addressed to the
county auditor announcing rejection
of the bids follows:
Sept. 10, 1925.
Mr.. +. J. johnson,
County Auditor,
: Bismarck, n. ID.
"Dear Sir:
reference is made to the letting
held on December %, 1924, for road
grading and paving on the above
mentioned project; also to resolu-
tion of the county commissioners
recommending award of contract to
haggart Construction company Of
Fargo as low bidder, on the condi
tion that the various sources of
funds contemplated for the payment
Of construction of this project be
certified to the highway commission
as available.
"Thcrcfore, as it is almost nine
months since the letting was held
and the necessary funds are not
available, and as it does not appear
that they will become available for
some time in the future, it is deem
ed for the Best interests of the state
and county to close up the matter.
You are therefore advised that un-
der the powers conferred upon me
as state engineer by paragraph 6,
chapter 131 of the 1917 session laws,
have rejected all bids received for
this project and have returned the
certified checks deposited by the var
ious bidders.
eve will be pleased to have you
take this matter up with us again in
the near future, whenever the coun-
ty commissioners believe that the
time is opportune and funds can be
made available to finance the con-
struction of the project.
"Trusting our action in this mat
ter meets with the approval of the
county board, we are
"Yours very truly,
"Chief Engineer e. Secretary"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-09-22

The tallest building in the British
empire is but 290 feet. It has just
been completed in Toronto. 1t con-
tains &c stories.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-09-22

Granite is called the Mother Rock
because it is the lowest rock in the
earth's crust. Granite shows no evil
dence of animal oF plant life.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-09-22
WEATHER FORECAST

Fair tonight and
Rising temperature.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1925-12-10

a telephone booth. He was
making his report, Bertram thought ;
but in moment. when Furgrister
emerged, it was plain that he had
learned something, too. His manner
had become suddenly alert. He
stepped to the curb and signaled a
taxi; and Bertram walked up beside
him.
Get in" he said abruptly to Ber-
tram. recognizing him and command
ing him at the same instant. He held
the door open and Bertram got In.
"Cleahy's," the plain-clothes man d.
rected the driver. "D'you know itT'
'Emil's?' said the youth at the
wheel expectantly.
MAKE 1t snappy," ordered Furgris-
ter, and the driver started at 1t SO
snappily that Furgrister bounded
against Bertram as he seated himself.
"All right now, DOCTOR" he invited,
in excellent spirits Tell 1t to me-"
II saw you in the cigar store" be-
gan Bertram, and knew that 1t was
stupid opening.
Z sThe smoke there didn't bother my
eyes" said Furgrister.
ct mean," said Bertram, when l
saw you I wanted to ask about Pei
lem"
''Pellen7" repeated Furgrfster.
"Pellen." said Bertram.
well, It's all the same thing,
said Furgrister. "She's with him.
kitty Hewitt, you mean?"
Didn't your"
Eyes. Where are theyp"
did you catch where told the
cab to go?'
"Cleahy's, you said"
That's the place"
Bertram cleared his throat and de-
manded boldly: whats on tonight
at Cleahy's?"
Furgrister chewed his cigar and
shook his head. "You'll see, doctorl
BY - you're doctor, amt your
Right on hand, doctor!
Bertram sat back In his seat be-
side Plain Clothes Officer Furgrister.
Cheer filed Officer Furgrister; with
each mile clicked off by the cab he
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NOOHtlAueu ITOTn page uVeD
sat alone eating his cafeteria supper,
he was specializing as to her present
position in regard to. Eddie Pellen.
For, after having accompanied the
police, whom she had called to Col
toms home In time to save Darand
and MacLaren, she had disappeared !;
and Bertram did not have to know
the whispers which this day had
run from lips to ears about the eoun-
!ty jail to recognize that the girl
must be In great danger because Of
what she had done for him.
Where was she tonight and with
whom? Pellen?
Pellen undoubtedly knew where to
find her, IL he wanted her company !;
] Bertram knew no more than the adj
dress which she used, under the name
i of Amy Wing, Nah Jong teacher; and
! at that address inquiry drew only a
blank today. Uneasily Bertram wand
Tered about the city streets.
!: A light, dry snow was falling
| through the air. which was almost
y SILL IL was l6u ueSfccS VI 50 DclOW
freezing, but the night seemed only
| pleasantly crisp. The show-windows
! of the large stores were all alight,
], theatre and flm-house facades gilt
tered with their electric signs under
which throngs of people were crowd
ling to the doors for the opening
shows. Into corner tobacco shop
!. Bertram walked. and bought a pack
age Of cigarets.
A thick-set man in brown over
coat and derby was buying cigar,
/: and, as he turned, Bertram vaguely
recognized the dark, large-featured
face. Yet the fellow simply glanced
at Bertram and without showing any
recognition went out. Suddenly Ber-
tram remembered him. The man
was Furgrister, Of the special detail
iof plain-clothes detectives who were
working in the cleanup; Furgrister
was the officer who had 'picked up"
Eddie PelIen this last time.
Bertram hurried out and followed
with an impulse to overtake Furgrfs-
ter to inquire where Pellen might
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1925-12-10

showed himself more and more graft
fed with his anticipations but his
satisfaction never made him more
communicative. In contrast to him,
with each mile Bertram Darand be-
came more filed with foreboding.
Thus, after half an hours ride to-
gether, they came at last to the white
pillared, gay facade Of Cleahy's cafe.
At their elbows entered eager, hon
estly hurrying couples: shipping
clerk with check-out girl, an account
ant with his comptometer operator, q
clearinghouse "cutter" with dark
haired, black-eyed buttonhole-maker
to these Cleahy's was an aspiration
OF course the demi-monde was rep
resented In that large inner hall Of
Cleahy's where hundred tables with
places for four or six at each. clus-
tered about the shining dance-floor.
Such. upon this January night, was
Cleahy's, where music was playing as
Doctor Darand entered beside Plain
Clothes Officer Furgrister. The wide
oblong of the dance-floor was half
filled, although 1t was little after nine
o'clock; for Cleahy made specially
| Of dinners and had as famous a chef
az there was In the city. Most OF
the couples now dancing probably had
/ dined here; and this speculation
caught Bertram Darand with sharp
poignancy as he recognized upon the
! dance-floor Kitty Hewitt In the afms
Of Eddie the Immune.
Then Bertram heard the blonde
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1925-12-10

now be found Furgrister was of
duty, Bertram thought; and he felt
sure of this as he saw that the plain
clothes man was making for the Au-
uitorium Theater on the next corner,
where Grand Opera was on tonight.
"Bertie, helloW the pretty daugh-
ter of Henry Fraley hailed him. "Why
not come along with US? We've two
extra chairs! Oh, you're not dressed
well never mind that!''
You're getting famous" the debu-
tante daughter of Logan Grier told
him gaily. ''Tonight's papers are full
of you'll I'm dying to hear about all
the gunner. Bertram. And that girl
they say saved you" 49, ,.#I@
But Bertram escaped them and
stood farther away from the door but
still In sight Of Furgrister. who was
smoking his second cigar as he gazed,
idly yet curiously. at the crowd Wis
IDLY diminishing. So few remained
about the door that Bertram noticed
for the first time that Furgrister evil
IDENTIFY had had companion on watch
beside him. The men did not speak,
they merely glanced at each other
whereupon Furgrister moved away
leaving the other on watch. Follow.
ing Furgrister, Bertram was led
around the corner to the entrance fol
the galleries, where man ap
preached Furgrister and. merely with
= shake Of his head, made a negative
report. Furgrister stepped into the
aharmacy upon : the corner apd en-
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Continued on page fivs)
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-10-01
WHAT is A MORALS
EXPERT?
DRY LAW SURVEY Is AssAII4ED by METH
ODISr MORAI.S ENPERTr

ODiSI ssNbfktlN
GO reads a newspaper headline. What
~ is a morals expert?
Does it mean man whose morals are
so very good that calling him simply a
good man or a moral man wouldn't de-
scribe him? How do you go about becom-
ing an expert in goodness? The title sug
gests man who had practiced so hard at
being good that now he can do it almost
without thinking. Probably he can be
good with both hands tied behind him.
He certainly can with both eyes shut For
the morals expert referred to in the head
line is our old friend. Dr. Clarence True
Wilson, general secretary of the General
Board of Temperance, Prohibition and
Public Morals
DR.. Wilson has shut his eyes tight and
hard in the matter of the report issued
BY the Federal Council of Churches on the
subject of prohibition. He can't see that
report. 1t isn't his idea of any kind of
report for the churches of America to be
putting out Why. that report says that
prohibition is facing its supreme test and
that there is doubt as to the final out
come,
So, as morals expert, he disposes Of
the report thus:
IF the writer Of the articles for the
Federal Council is not getting anything
from the National Association Opposed to
Prohibition, he is a fool. 1t is exactly
the kind of stuff that organization pays
for"
Not being a morals expert, we would
have hesitated about making an insulting
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-10-01

insiuuaton of that kind especially since
the Federal Council of Churches repre-
sents nearly all the churches, including
the Methodist church which hires DR.
Wilson. We would have sought little
information about the man before we ac-
cuSed him of being either fool on a
crook That's what Dr. Wilson's sugges-
ton amounts TO, of course.
Our lack of moral expertness would
have caused further hesitation, II would
have occurred TO us that it might be un-
kind and un-Christian TO call a brother
church worker fool,
But morals expert must know his
stuff. As said before, he can be moral
without even thinking, just MS an expert
automobilst never has to think in any
emergency-shifts gears from low TO high
and from high TO low, almost automatic
ally. So with morals expert. Shifting
from high morals to low morals is just as
easy. For Dr. Wilson certainly wasn't
going in high when he offered that re-
markabe insult TO his fellow church
worker
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-10-01
AN ISSUE IN THE MAKING

a NATIONAL issue seems to be in the
~ making in the matter of giving the
president what might be called business
autocracy; that is, absolute authority to
handle government bureaus. consolidating
and co-ordinating such rs he pleaseS. In
deed, Mr.. Coolidge has already given a
demonstration in his shifting of the pat
cnt office and bureau of mines from the
interior to Mr.. Hoover's department. a
move founded on good reason. since he
gets in Secretary Hoover an able and ex-
perienced business manager for these
branches of government work.
The fight over this innovation is bound
TO be very bitter. since there are both
strong business arguments for il and
strong political arguments against il.
In any business. superfluous bureaus.
heads or staffs mean waste, and there is
no question but there are on the Wash
ington payroll many bureaus, commits
sions and official staffs that are not only
useless, but are also often in conflict with
one another. On the other hand there
can be, even in a republic, dangerous
Capitalization of government and there
already is popular alarm over too much
government by Washington"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-10-01
BLARING AT SMITH

nov. AL SMITH, having won cork
VI ing victory in the New York pri-
maries, most democratic organs of the
country are viewing with alarm" the
possibility that party leader has arisen
who may even win in the next democratic
national convention without reducing the
patry to its well-known fragments
Editor JoSephuS Daniels, for instance,
deprecates the character of Smiths
speeches. The Memphis Appeal man feels
embarrassed by Smiths lack of dignity
Virginia and Solid South editors, quite
generally, feel that the stronger Smith
becomes the more acutely sensitive the
party to creeds and factions.
This editorial attitude must appear
laughable TO all folks who are not cogs IN
some party's machinery, The idea that
the democratic party must beware of
a democratic leader who makes hot
speeches, lacks dignity and carries a
metropolitan primary surely punctureS
observers in the risibles Sounds a bit
like GabrierS horn trying TO revive A. b.
Parker, which would be real funny en-
deavor,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-10-01
IMPROVEMENTS Won't
BE HELD FOR MODELS
Mr.. F1Iat of The Star
Undertakes Here to Remedy Your Troubles, il tn,
Are Of Public Interest

Mr.. Fizif: am an iHuali5.
Hiring 10Th my husband and
ftoo goien sons al lumber
camp so niles out from Erer-
en- need roman 10 Ice
,ciih NO aud do The hoasenotk.
could 0ire hsr a comfortable
home and soms tpaOes DO vou
kHom Of anyone looking for
Thar Kind Of a placer
READER.
Mr, Fixlt viii DO glad to for
ward names Of those who would
like such "A home ar this.
hr. Firii IL there IN Seattle
recognised radio school which
oires oil Of the fraiuino neee.-
sarv 10 obtain operators H.
esnsei Would also be glad 10
kHoto " there Is much demand
on steamships for operators and
tchat Is The usual ialryyf
RADIO.
The Y. NJ c. A. conducts n
radio school that IS recognized
by tho radio Inspector rs a
firs.-elaAs school. Most OF those
who take a thoro course there
are ablo 20 pass tho necessary
tests You would be able 70 get
the other information from the
Y NJ G A
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-10-01

1r. Firit: Can you help u,
pet a bus line on the STREET
from the University bridge 10
me end Of the ftih arc. ear.
line al The Aonfiate bridoc
This ieoaid greatly benefit. hun
dreds Of eitissnS. VIZ.
~ soon as the fiji in the
street 10 Laurelhurs, is com
pieted the regular bus line 10
Laurslhurst will he back on the
run, and win supply the trans
porta,ion you desire. It VIII
possibly be two months before
this fll is finished.
Mr. Firit Recently you had
complaint ia your column
about an old truck that had
long been abandoned on East
. lake. May ! haro the truck.
and hoo ioovid 90 about Sc
curing ~ Z. b.
Tho traffic department re
ports this truck has been taken
into possession, and will be al
vertised and sold az auction in
30 days II unclaimed You might
learn from the traffic depart
ment, MAin-7sio. when Il win
BE- sold. and bid II In.