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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-11-15
ACTION BASED
ON AFFIDAVITS
FILED WITH HIM
Judge Would Learn Whether
There Has Been Criminal
Contempt Of Court
., NAMED TO MAKE PROBE
Committee Will Inquire Into
Charges That Juror kidwell
Discussed Case
3 NAMED 10 MAKE PROBE

Washington, Nov. 15.LtAP)-An
invest. cation to determine whether
there has been a criminal contempt
o. the District of Columbia supreme
court in connection with the Fall
Sinclair trial jury surveillance
scandal was ordered today by JUS
tice Frederick L. Siddons.
District Attorney Gordon, John E.
Lasey, q former district attorney,
and James E. Easily Smith, q prom
inent member of the district Of
Columbia bar, were named by the
justice to conduct the inquiry, and il
cause is found to proceed "as ex-
peditiously as. possible to prepare.
file, present and prosecute in this
court against such persons or per-
son charges Of criminal contempt
Of court, to the end that the author
ity and power of the court be vim
dicated, sustained and enforced"
Affidavits on File
Justice Siddons, who was the trial
Judge in the Fall-Sinclair case,
based his action upon statements
contained in the four affidavits
flied with him which resulted in the
declaration Of mistrial in the cele-
brated Teapot Dome case. -
These affidavits told of activities
of detectives in the employ Of the
Durns agency in shadowing jurors
ard Of remarks attributed to Juror
Edwerd T.. Kidwell to the effect
that he expected material gain Tor
himself from the case.
District Attorney Gordon has
been actively directing the grand
Jury invest;-a:.ion into the oil
scandal and it was indicated that
this work would take up all Of his
time until the grind jury was ready
TO report, p 1bably the latter part
of this week.
To Probe Kidwell Angle
The committees .lquiry will go
espccially' into the charges that
Juror Kidwell discussed the case
before the mistrial was ordered two
weeks ago today. :.
While Kidwell was a witness be-
fore the grand july, it has been
made. clear that the investigation
conducted by that jury has not gone
into the case inasmuch as the only
charge that might be brought
against him would be rat Of con-
tempt Of court
The grand jury inquiry has been
directed mainly against Harry F.
Sinclair. two Of his close business
associates, Henry Mason Day OF
New York and Sheldon Clark Of
Chicago, and William ]. Burns, his
SON, w. Sherman Burns. and the
more than q dozen operatives who
shadowed the oil jury.
CHARGES Filed Against Three
Sinclair, Day and Clark already
are under specific charees OF q
criminal conspiracy to influence
the verdict Of the jury. Day is ct
liberty on $25, 900 bond and Clark
On $4,000 bond. but the "'arrant
issued against Sinclais has not been
served since he alreidy is under
bond in the criminal conspiracy
case, growing out Of the lease Of
Teapot Dome, and the charge. OF
contempt Of the senate on which he
already has been sentenced three
months in the District Of Columbia
iail and to nay q fine Of $500.
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POLICE THINK
MORE BODIES
AREM RUINS
Rescue Workers Believe Il WIN
Require q Week to Ex.
plore Wreckage
WORKMAN KILLED TODAY
More Than $50 Have Injuries
Treated-Some Are IN Crit.
ical Condition
WORKMAN KILLED TODAY

Pittsburgh, Nov. 16.-1Ry-Iht
death toll, as Z result Of yester-
days disastrous gas tank blast on
the lower north side here, mounted
today rs rescuers dug their way IN.
to the ruins Of homes, fact6riss,
warehouses and industrial plants.
Digging into tho ruins Of one
structure, the rescuers brouete out
the bodies Of two unidentified naeu.
making the known dead "a.
One fatal accident occurred 81
the district during the morning. a
workman was killed instantly when
some reinforcing steel fell upon
him.
More Bodies In Ruins
Fire department officials bAlieved
that at least seven additional bod.
les would be found.
Firemen, policemen and volunteer
workers, engaged In the task Of
clearing the wreckage from the dis
Aster area Of one square mile, said
it would be at least . week bG1oro
they had explored all the ruins.
OF moro than $50 injured perSons
treated at hospitals, about 80 re-
mained in tho institctions today,
some in . critical condition.
Insurance experts, sfter inspect
ing the devastated district, refused
to give any definite estimat, Of the
loss, sayin. it would mount into
the millions. A survey showed that
some 80 large commercial houses
and 200 homes were hit by the gaS
blast. Hundreds Of windows
throughout Pittsburgh and suburbs
were shattered. $780, e
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-11-15
TAKE-QFF POSTPONED

San Ft10C1Sc0D Nov l6s-(APJ-
Captain Frederick A. Giles has post
poned the start Of hiQ propoeed l2.-
900 mile flight to New Zealand,
3, s,sleduled today. ~ rainsoalod rum
way at Mills {ield, Where Giless plane
was prepared toe The flight, caused
postncnement. He plans to tahe-o1f
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-11-15
SCORES OF HOMKS i
REDUCED TO RUINS

Pittsburgh, Nov. is. = (AP) A
column of fire aud steel shot high
into the air. A tprrific report car
ried a message of death to an ur-
known number Of persons and struck
feae.&A~4ho .aaAxAA. .0k 1il1iAn iacrss.
A tremendous conclusion reduced
scores of homes and factories to
ruins. A pail Of black smoke turned
daylight into darkness.
Such was the explosion which YES
terday spread gloom throughout the
Pittsburgh district when q 5000, ,000
cubic foot gas storage tank Of the
Equitable Gas company at ReedsdaIe
and FOntella streets, north side, let
60 and spread death and destruction
throughout the neighborhood.
Twenty-one known dead, IA of
them identified, had beep located this
morning. Fifty more were missing.
More than 500 injured had been
treated in Pittsburgh hospitals.
Hunt for Bodies Continues
While fresh rescue workers re.
::ieved the tired men who had labored
throughout the night by aid Of
searchlights and flashlights, proper
ty owners sought to estimate the
cost in dollars. No one, however,
could say more than that the loss
would run into millions Of dollars.
The damage to the gas tank which
exploded, and the two beside it, is
in excess Of $1,000,O 900. All about
the tanks, factories and houses were
twisted masses Of wreckage. Plate
glass worth CSC, 900 was shattered.
Daylight today found firemen and
police still at the task Of searching
the ruins for bodies Of men believed
trapped in cellars and beneath the
debris Of fallen buildings. Swayine
walls were pulled down and the Ohio
river was dredged for possible VIC
Tins.
Repair Crew Killed
Coroner w. J. McGregor and the
state public service commission be-
gan investigations Of the cause Of
the blast. The secret, however, may
rest with the Is employees. of the
Ritner- Conley company, who ware ct
work overhauling one Of the three
tanks when the explosion occurred.
The entire repair crew was believed
to have met death. This tank had
been empty for months. The men
were working with blow torches ana
it is thought that . reaiduo of Gas
was ignited, resulting Ia . minor
explosion which limited great ou01.
titles Of gas leaking 4rom rents
caused by the first blast ii the other
tanks.
Vys%raseAe .esR ~~~>a A>M -
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OF
RIVER WATERS
URGED BY NYE
North Dakota Senator Has
Plan For Canals and Dams
Ready For Congress

Cooperstown, N. D., Nov. 1t.-
(AP)-Diversion Of water from the
Missouri river in North Dakota to
help control floods, to provide recre-
ational sites, to furnish power for
development Of Ignite deposits and
to replenish the water supply Of .
drying watershed populated by half
a million inhabitants Of the two Qa-
kotas, will be proposed to congress
rs wirt-r BY Senator Gerald r.
Nye Of North Dakota.
His plan contemplates Z series Of
3p-foof tunnels and canals to convey
v. ters of the Missouri from Z point
near Garrison, N. D., into the head
waters Of the Cheyenne river Of
North Dakota, miles northeast
ward.
From this point some Of the wa
ter would flow into Devils Lake and
eventually into the Red River Of the
North and Hudson Bay. The rest
would flow from the Cheyenne into
the James river, down through east
ern South Dakota, and back into the
Missouri near Yankton, S. D.
Project Declared Feasible
Rough estimates of the cost range
from SO, ,OO0, 900 to $4,000, 900, and
Senator Nye has told President
Coolidge, in broaching the plan, that
every engineer who has been consult
ed on the project has found it feas-
ible.
The control Of floods along the
upper Missouri would be Q minor
benefit, Nye points out. The water
diverted into Devils Lake wodld re-
plenish that rapidly-drying basin
and make it an excellent park site,
he declares, and the increase Of the
flow in the Cheyenne and James
rivers would solve the water supply
problems and furnish drainage to
such cities as Jamestown, N. D.. and
Aberdeen, Huron and Mitchell, s. D.,
which are affected by the drying up
Of the James s;ver. Sponsors Of the
diversion plan would run the water
from the Cheyenne riyertinto Devils
Lake b. q dam which would cause
the water to flow into the lake
through q natural channel. Thence
1t would travel through other natur.:
al channels into Stump lake and
back into the Cheyenne.
Could Control Floods
Another canal would enable de
version Of water from the Cheyenne
to the James river, and . dam
north Of Jamestown in the latter
sfronvtn yv0s.lA 6nnh1A yi.ao,>o,,v,<1i,,1p ~
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Cloudy with probably some an0W. ID
night and Wednesday. Continued oojd.
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Weather Report

IperaturS at z 3. m.
Evening star., 1927-11-06
IMPROVING,
PHYSICIAN SAYS
Rests Easily After Taking
First N0urishment in
Many Hours.

Having taken nourishment for the
first time in many hours, Albert B.
Fall was resting easily last night.
His physician, DR.. James j. Kilroy,
expects him gradually to regain
strength unless complications set in.
"Mr. Fall is doing nicely" said DR..
Kilroy, upon leaving the hotel room
where the former Interior Secretary
has been confined to his bed since
early Friday. ''He Is breathing easily
and resting more comfortably" he
continued. He appears cheerful"
DIR. kilroy believes Mr.. Falls
chances for recovery TO be more en-
dangered by unsteady nerves and ad-
vanced age than by the congestion
that has developed in his throat and
lungs. Mr. Falls resistance is de-
clared to have been weakened by wor-
ries over court procedure against him
and Harry +. Sinclair, which recently
ended in a mistrial.
''He weathered storm somewhat
like this before, however" said DIR.
kilroy yesterday. 'and so / think he
may recover"
Mark 3. Thompson of Mr.. Falls
counsel, said encoura cement lay in
the fact that pneumonia had not
set in.
Mrs. Fall and two daughters are
nursing the 66-year-old former
cabinet member. A leading part in
the nursing is being taken by Mrs.
G. G. Chase, who took care of her
father under a similar attack about
year ago.
Evening star., 1927-11-06
CAPT. GRAY'S RECORDS INDICATE
HE SURPASSED ALTITUDE MARK
Officers Oxygen Gone, Fellow Soldiers
Find; Paragraphs Register Height of
Over $4,000 Feet for Balloon.

and Cincinnati, was told in the log
Of the craft.
One of the first entries was made
yesterday afternoon. 1t told of the
beginning of the death trip at 2:22
pm. from Scott Field. later entry
gave his height as 10,600 feet at 2:3S
and another entry gave the temper
ature as 40 degrees. Army officers
said they believed the temperature
at the time of the entry was below
zero. Capt. Gray made note of the
snow and extreme cold" he en-
countered at this height
Radio music stopped was an
other notation "Antenna gone"
One of the last entries in the log
said: Sky blue; sun very bright;
sand all out. 10000 feet" Here the
handwriting of the officer became less
legible. At the beginning of the trip
his hand was smooth small and even
Near the end Of the journey it grew
large and uneven.
Capt. j. e. Bryson Of Scott Field.
who arrived here by airplane this aft.
ernoon, said Capt Gray had en-.
countered temperatures ranging from
Continued on Page 2, Column s.
Evening star., 1927-11-06

By the Associated Press
New England flood deaths rose
to a.
Montpelier. Vt. lost to communica-
tion two days, reached the Associ-
ated Press by direct phone, telling
of one dead. great destruction and
need OF relief.
The Red Cross and Gov. Smith of
New York ordered relief agencies into
action.
Cold and some snow succeeded the
West Indian hurricane with nearly
5G hours of rain
Weakened reservoirs in New Eng
lands rugged hills added one of the
sharpest flood menaces.
Maine dispatches told Of large
areas of famous hunting ground
isolated, with the fate Of sportsmen
therein unreported,
Southern New England. already
damaged by it's own overflows. piled
sandbags against the menace OF riv-
ers rising from the north.
Boston and many other points were
threatened with short mix ratiofs
as washouts stopped shipments.
Canada reported damage from the
overflow where extreme nortn New
England rivers turn toward the 81
Lawrence.
Ten thousand homeless in Spring
field. West Springfield and AGawam'
Mass
Evening star., 1927-11-06
BUILDING COLLAPSE
FATAL TO 1856 CHINESE
Walls Fall Upon 500 Women and
Children at Labor Meeting.
200 Hurt, Man Dead.

BY ths Associated Press
SHANGHAI, China, November s.
Trapped within falling walls and
crushed by debris and splintered
beams. 135 of more than 500 women
and children in a three-story building
perished in the native quarter Of
Shanghai. when the structure col
lapsed today. At least 200 more were
seriously injured.
The disaster came in the midst of a
meeting held on the third floor of d
picture palace, in the chapel district
where women textile workers had
gathered to form a new labor union.
A local labor leader, Yen Hsin, who
was attending the meeting. is the only
man known to have been killed.
The workers, after discussing vari-
Gus problems of the new organization.
had just elected their officers and
were standing up to applaud them
when the floor beneath their feet be-
gan to sway.
Bearing its burden of 500 or so
human beings the floor gave way and
crashed down on the second floor of
the structure. This floor in turn
Yielded under the enormous strain and
collapsed, while the walls on every
side tumbIed in, showering down
bricks and splintered timbers and
burying the mass of victims under
meath.
AS soon as word of the disaster was
received. Chinese troops surrounded
the area and with policemen went to
work rescuing the dead and injured.
Evening star., 1927-11-06
GILBERT FORESEES ECONOMIC
PERIL IN GERMAN FINANCES
increasing Expenditures and
Loans Scored by Repara-
tions Agent.
Borrowing With Scant Re-
gard to Consequences Call
ed Danger to Budget.

by the Associated fEeSS
BERLIN, November 5.-Criticism
and defense of Germanys financial
budgetary proceedings find full scope
in the memorandum which S. Parker
Gilbert document became known. the
recently submitted to the German
minister of finance. DIR. koehler, and
the German governments reply to the
memoran ndum, both of which We're
made public today.
Although more than two weeks
have elapsed since existence of the
Gilbert document became known the
cabinet only This week decided to
place it at the disposal of the Ger.
man public. MIR. Gilbert previously
had informed the ministry of finance
that he had no objection to the publ
cation of his communication.
Expenditures Scored.
In the course of his observations
on the drift Of German finances and
economics since his interim report
June 10. Mr.. Gilbert says:
Evening star., 1927-11-06
POISON ALCOHOL BLAMED
IN DEATH OF FOUR MEN
Three of Baltimore Victims Were
Saloon Employes-Liquor
Probe Is Started.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, November 5.-Four
men, three of them saloon employees
have died within the last three days
after drinking alcohol which authori
ties believe was poisonous, it was re-
vealed tonight.
James Mcbride, Charles Nathan
and Clarence Elliott, negro, died on
Thursday. police said. Acute alco-
holism" was given as a contributing
cause of death in each instance. All
were reported to have been employed
by the same saloon owner
The body of John klaman. thought
to be a native of Washington, was
found in a rooming house yesterday.
He was pronounced victim of alco-
holic poisoning.
An investigation to learn the source
of the product is being conducted.
Evening star., 1927-11-06
10000 ARE HOMELESS.
Armed Guards Patrol Vicinity OF
SpringfieId-Many Victims Rescued.

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. November
& R.-FuIiy 10000 persons wee
routed from their homes in this city,
West Springfield and Agawam tonight
a. the flood reached it's greatest fury
in this vicinity. Armed guards in
row boats patrolled the stricken
neighbornood and scenes OF rescue
were so common as to be passed al
most unnoticed.
Memorial Bridge spanning the Con
necticut River, was closed TO traffic
here tonight as West Springfield dixie
burst. releasing flood waters into the
township. Five square miles OF Chico
nee was reported inundated and many
resctIes were made. Nearly ] 300 men
were engaged in a night battle TO save
the north end Of this city from the
waters and many streets were I'M
uassable. More than 100 persons were
ordered out of their homes at Agawam.
The Eastern States exposition
grounds were inundated here as the
food sped westward following demo
ution of the meadow dixie. Refugees
began pouring into the city and it was
found necessary TO take over the
State Armory 10 care for them.
The death toll in Barre. VT, had
reached 25 and might 90 higher by
morning, said dispatch tonight to
the Republican from the stricken city.
Principal streets of the city were un-
der 51a feet Of water. 4 woman and
three children were drowned when the
boat in which they We're leaving their
rnarooned home capsized.
TWO busses. thought to be filed
with passengers, We're believed 10 have
foppled into a stream. but this repO: t
could not be verified.
Evening star., 1927-11-06

BY the Associated Press.
SPARTA Tenn, November Bin
tries in the log kept by Capt. Haw-
thorne G. Gray, Army aeronaut of
Scott Field. Belleville, ILL.,, bore mute
evidence OF his third and fatal at
tempt to ascend in a free ballon to
a height never before attained by
man.
Slumping slightly forward in the
basket Of the balloon, with an oxygen
mask over his face. Capt Gray was
found dead in the treetops OF q noun
tain wilderness near Sparta early
today, after his descent there yester-
day afternoon
Army officers and others who gave
his instruments cursory examina-
tion. said they believed only deaths
battle for the captains life at $4,000
to $4,000 feet above the earth. had
cheated him of the honor he sought
How the intrepid balloonist stood
in the basket of the balloon yester
day afternoon and heard the wa;.
wishes of radio stations at St. Louis
Evening star., 1927-11-06
ALMADA REPORTED ExECUSED.
Leader of Revolving Garrison Killed
With Gomez, Statement Says.

LAREDO, Tex, November 5 LP).--
Capture and execution of Gen. Hector
Almada, as well as Gen. Arnulfo
Gomez, revolutionary candidate for
the Mexican presidency, was reported
from three sources along the border
today.
A statement issued here by Consul
Ismael VasqueZ said that both of the
rebel leaders had been executed bv
Federal troops under Gen. Jose Con.
zalo Escobar. The Mexican consul
asked his government for further de-
tails.
Dispatches of the Trens News
Agency of Mexico to the Brownsville
Herald also told of the executions, as
did semi-official adyices to the Herald
at Nogales, AriZ
Gen. Almada led the revolt OF part
OF the Mexico City garrison forces last
month, and mad been reported with
Gen. Gomez in the state of Vera Cruz
Evening star., 1927-11-06
By the Associated Prezs.

By the Associated Press.
Thoughts Of a family homestead
overtaken by disaster and the lives of
old friends and kinfolks in danger.
brought the New England food close
to home for President Coolidge yester-
day and caused him to find a deep
personal interest I'm the relief meas
ures which he ordered for the
stricken area.
The orders were for the War De"
partment 10 furnish every necessary
facility for relief work, even to the ex~
tent Of furnishing troops. and they
were issued by the President in his
official capacity just as he has or
Tered the Federal machines into ac-
ton in other disasters. But while
they were going out Mr.. Coolidge
must have had mind pictures Of the
waters raging over familiar landmarks
# his native region.
Awakening this maEainG to be con
Evening star., 1927-11-06
European Governments to Pay u. S.
$96574,000 on War Debts December Is

other debts, including those of Italy,
Rumania, Jugoslavia are due next
June or August.
Treasury officials expect France to
come forward with some funding pro-
posal after the French elections in
the Spring. If that country does not
come TO terms on the funding of
their total war debt, she will be ex-
pected to pay $500. 200. 900 in. lump
sum on her war supplies debt, which
falls due next August.
The Treasury has charged up to
the account of bad debts the $3.50.
600 900 Russian loan and the $4,000.
900 Armenian lean. n
Evening star., 1927-11-06
The Soft Coal War,
Its Effect on You
And How TO End IL

The ping of bullets in the
dark. A sputter of machine
guns! Evicted families.
That sounds like war, and
there is warm the soft coal
fields.
Whiting williams, economist.
authority on human relations.
lecturer at Harvard and Dart
mouth, who has worked and
lived as a miner himself, has
written three articles to tell
you about this war.
The first will give the union
miners side. the second will
present the viewpoint of the
operator. and the third will
give Mr.. Williams own con-
clusions and suggestions for a
solution from the public's side.
The first article will appear
In The Evening Star tomorrow.
Evening star., 1927-11-06
Scores of Outstanding
Grid Games Yesterday

Penn. "a; Harvard. 0.
Princeton. 20: Ohio State, o.
Notre Dame, Z; Minnesota, !.
Pitt, 0; Washington and JEFF.
ferson, o.
Georgetown, 27; Lafayette, 2.
Penn State, 13; George Wash
ingtOn. @.
Yale, 30; Maryland, 6.
Michigan, Ia; Chicago, 0.
Illinois, IA: Iowa. 0.
Georgia Tech. 0; Vanderbilt. 0.
Georgia. 28: Florida, 0.
Virginia. l3; Washington and
Lee. I.
Stanford, 13; Washington. Z.
Johns Hopkins, Z; Columbia, Z.
Dartmouth, l9; Brown, Z.
Evening star., 1927-11-06
President Alarmed as Reports Set
His Vermont Home In Path of Flood

gronted with unconfrmed reports that
his homestead at Plymouth. VT. was
in the path Of the flood and that Mrs.
Sargent, wife of the United States
Attorney General, was in danger at
Ludlow, the President spent uneasy
hours until welcome news told him
that both rumors were unfounded.
A trip down the Potomac on the
Mayiiower had been under considera-
ton but these plans were shunted
aside while the state Of the flood re-
manned In doubt. The lack Of news
also brought deep anxiety TO Attorney
General Sargent and 1t was not until
late in the afternoon that he was Ger
tain that Mrs Sargent was safe.
Communicating this information TO
The White House. he also gave Mr.
Coolidge the news that while the flood
waters were near the Presidents
homestead. there was no danger be.
cause the farmhouse is on high
grounA