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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-03-14
HINCHLIFFE IS
UNHEARD FROM
SINCE TUESDAY
Last Positive News of Plane
Reported Il Off Irish Coast
Yesterday
SHOULD REACH N. S. SOON
Elsie Mackay. Daughter Of
Lord Inchcape, Is Believed
Passenger
SHOULD REACH N. S. SOON

New York. March 14.-(AP) =
Captain Walter Hinchliffe's plane.
Endeavor, in which he left Cranwell.
England. yesterday morning presum-
ably with Hon. Elsie Mackay as a
passenger, for America. was unre-
ported this forenoon. although il all
had gone we'll he should have been
off the Nova Scotia coast.
Thirty hours after the British war
ace had left English shores. no ships
at sea had reported sighting him and
the big wireless stations along til,
coast were likewise silent. The last
positive news of the plane reported
it off the Irish coast yesterday when
London press report said q ship
had sighted it about 10 miles from
shore.
His minimum average speed. un-
less great storms were encountered.
was estimated at about so miles an
hour. The Endcavor, provided it
followed the great circle course,
would have covered 2,4OO miles about
9:45 q. M. and should have been
in the vicinity of Nova Scotia.
The plane, however. was capable
of greater speed under Favorable
conditions.
The commander of the Hamburg
American liner Deutschland reported
in wireless message to the Ass6-
ciated Press at a. M, eastern time
today, that he had seen no sign Of
the plane. The vessel is due in
New York about Monday and today
in midatlantic found visibility good,
with light wind from the north,
northwest.
A little earlier the White Star
liner Cedric, 500 miles out Of New
York and somewhat south Of the
probable flight route. had not seen
the plane and was. running into .
north gale.
, Last reports from Newfoundland
were of clear weather but with snow
deep on landing fields. Along the
New England and Lond Island coast,
however, there was fog and q threat
of rain.
Not Worried
IL am not a bit troubled" she
said with a little quaver in her
f! voice. 1T is not time for that yet
and ! don't think there will be any
need to be-
Mrs. Sinclair, wife of Gordon Sim
clair. who was first reported to be
aboard the plane with Captain
Hmchlnfe, spent the night with Mrs.
Hinchliffe and the latter said that
Mrs. Sinclair had not received any
word either. Consequently Sinclair's
whereabouts also was a mystery.
The lnchcape household has not
heard anything about Miss Mackay
since she left home late Monday
night. This is not the first time
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PROMINENT PERSONS
HAVE BEEN SUMMONED


Washington. March 14.-Rl-
Having closed another important
chapter in its elaborate history Of
the Sinclair continental liberty
bond donations in 1928 to the Re-
publican party, the senate Teapot
Dome committee attempted today
TO trace the recipients Of I block Of
these securities handled by the late
Fred w. Uuham, treasurer Of the
Republican National committee at
that time.
After hearing A.. v. Leonard Of
Chicago, who was Upham's assist
ant secretary, along this line, and
Montgomery clothier Of Philadel-
phia, ! mystery witness, the tran o.
this parcel o. the $200,000 Sinclair
bonds handled by Will H. Hays,
former chairman Of the Republican
National committee, will lead. 70
Chicago, where Chairman Nye and
Senator Norbeck, Republican, South
Dakota, will take testimony as Z
subcommittee tomorrow, Friday and
Saturday.
Subpoenas have been issued for
II persons to appear there. On
this list appears such prominent
percopages as J. Ogden Armour,
now dead; Samuel insult, utilities
magnate; Edward Hines, wealthy
lumber merchant; Albert D. Lask.
.er, former chairman Of the shipping
board, and Silas Straw, lawyer, who
recently visited China on special
mission for President Coolidge.
Purpose Of Trip
The trip to Chicago will be made
in an effort to learn just how ex-
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BRITISH AVIATOR 0mEW[HERE over ATLANTIC
Flood Death Toll Totals 248 and Is Only Partially Complete


Les Angeles March M-(AP)A summary ef the stuatlsn
4 The stricken The result Of tho st Francis dan break
touoWts
Available fs1res this nen!ng showed se belss
Properly damage ssi.aea at en eoeeeeee te eooeo4ooo
The affected is 9 niles lonC bog1ning WITH tho floor
Of San Ffoncisauto Canyon which g half nile Vide at le
dan s and extending Into ge(lay widening valley ahe1t
and rlnnlpg Into the Poclflc.
Some city officials declared prelminary exampation
lead The break had been caused the result OF earth
movement external eree Hatne motorists and valley
resdens declared sepg The buess might have been
The Cause
The few psens who escaped after being elgulfed n the
racing waters for To most part unnrel There WAS
little demand oe relief Wok medical supplies. said
The aid Of the state weuA net b needed.
Orange growers q the stricken district sa they threat
ton ct ns ne.sat When ths ssp was rssey for s.gpls
eene1 American Legion nenbers and valley reotaente to
rsuSA The Thousands Of tons OF st for bodies ot the
Victims
Pack ts.. formed to bodies cut u Tho qessne
whers aussbne other methods of transportation failed
c.ysn betton a.d valley were swet eiser q az ss,
deep Fenansl Incosnted bodies Of
The Victims houses livestock and other ruins.
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SENATE TEAPOT DOME PROBE Will,
Be RESUMED IN CHICAGO TOMORROW
Today in Congress

Senate opens debate on Tyson
emergency offieers' retirement
bill, while house takes up mes.
sures on unanimous consent cal
endar. y M
Teapot Dome committee calls
two witnesses for Questioning
about disposition OF Sinclair
beads By the late Fred w. Up
ham.
Coal and cettou price in.
quiries continue before other
senate committees.
Farm relief, Muscle Shoals,
immigration and shipping legis.
lation are before house commit
tees.
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Investigations Reopened When
Woman Tells Authorities
That Two Men She Knows
Committed the Murders and
|. Are Now Threatening Her
Life

Detroit, March II. -(AP)-The
age-ysllowed sheaves Of q 50-year-
old criminal record were turned to-
day by police attempting to solve 10
mysterious slayings committed be-
tween 1874 and 1856. Eight Of the
crimes, the records show, were per-
petrated in, Detroit and vicinity and
the other two IN Chicago. All. po.
lice said. were the work Of two men
for whom search was being made to.
day IN Pontiac, Mich.
The half century old investigations
iwere, rsopened last night by Inspec.
tor William Cross Of the Hi9hland
Park police department % the result
Of story told him by . 63.year-old
woman. The woman, whose name
the officials declined to reveal, de.
clared that one Of the men, m un-
welcome suitor Of her girlhood days,
confessed the crimes to her, and i'm
plicated the other man.
The slaying victims, Cross said,
were Frank Knoch, 26; his wife, Su.
san, 81: two sons, George, 2, and
Frank. 10 months; Charles and
Christian Knoch, brothers Of Frank;
the father Of one Of the men sought;
m unidentified girl and two 1niden.
titled inmates Of . Detroit orphan.
age.
Records Tell OF Murders
+ Police records show that Frank
Knoch. his wife and two children,
were shot to death in their. home and
the house set on fire In 1874. The
Knoch home was located where now
stands the main plant Of the Ford
Motor company. -
Charles and Christian Knoch were
beaten to death and their bodies
thrown into the Detroit river few
days after the first slayings.
The father Of the man sought was
hacked to death with an axe at his
home in Chicago and few days IL.
ter the body Of young girl, who
had been stabbed to death, va.
found in the same nsiehborhood. The
date Of these slayings was not eiv.
en-. The two orphanAge inmates
were slain in Detroit in 1879.
| Back files o. local newspapers con.
tanned accounts Of the Knoch slay.
ings. One account Of . coroner,s in.
vestieation Of the death Of. Frank
Knoch and his family stressed thu
testimony Of . witness who told ot
having seen Knoch and On assailant
graphing By . window. The witness
said he saw the struggle clearly al
the flames illuminated the place.
Bodies Found on River Bank !
The bodies Of the two btotheri
were found on the Canadian shorl
Of the Detroit river and newspaper
accounts linked the slayines With
those Of Frank and his family.
| The woman informant, Inapecto,
Cross said, and = squad -of Highland
Park detectives went to Pontiac
early today. The two men, the WON
"a said, reside there. Loaruin1, oa
tho woman's whereabouts recently
they threatened her ufe, she said
and she decided to bring about theil
arrest % . matter Of sek.protection
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Newhall, Calf, March 14.-(AP)
The horror Of the st. Francis dam
disaster reached new depths today
Is rescue workers counted 24S bodies
lying in y half dozen improvised
noreues and. resumed their search
through miles Of saffron quagnirs
for from 900 to 600 ot t'the fesidents
Of The little valley who were BE-
lisvsd to have perishsd in the flood:
Because the swath Of mud and
slime stretched for IS miles through
the Peaceful Mountain valleys and
in some places stood 80 feet deep,
there was no means OF determining
how many victims remained in the
muddy graveyard which the escap-
inn waters formed for the victims
Is they were picked up from their
homes and dashed to death.
Rescue Work Continues
Sheriff Traeger. Of Los Angeles
county. who announced the number
Of known. and recovered dead early
this morning after . checkup, re.
fused to estimate the number Of
missing. The estimate, which
ranged from 800 to 600, made dur.
iug : night Of almost futile attempts
to ascertain the extent Of death and
havoc, were allowed to stand o. the
second day Of rescue work began.
Attempts to determine from rural
and telephone lists the number Of
possible victims still unaccountsd
FOR. were shown to be useless when
ma1y bodies Of victims were brought
in whose names did not appear on
these ljstO.e 4
Oxnard, 1; Ventura, 8; Fillmore
IS; Newhall, l6; Piru. 81: SAINTS
Paula, 50; Saticoy, 5; Moorpark, 81;
total, 231.
Governor Launches Investigation
Governor Young rushed 70 thl
stricken area from San Diego, and
at Santa Pa1la, where 800 ,homel
were swept away with m undeter
mined loss Of life, announced thl
launching today Of IN official In
vestigation. Governor Young sale
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SEARCH FOR
MORE BODIES
ISCONTINUED
Victims In Some Sections Bur-
led Under Layer Of Mud
80 Feet Deep
PROPERTY DAMAGE HIGH
Governor Young Orders lnves.
tigation Into Cause Of
Big Disaster


Newhall, Calf, March H.
(AP)-A list Of bodies recOve
cred IN various towns In the San
Francisauito flood area, posted
st the. sheYiffs sub.station here
this morning, showed . total OF
24e.
An exact cheek could not be
made owing 70 chaotic conditions
in the stricken regioa. Dup!ica.
tions probably had occurred n
some places while omissions
were possible IN others. The
figures given for Pisu. 81. were
unofficial and we're felt "a, Be too
high but Il was impeesible %
xet into eoMmunicetion- With
that town, isolated By mud and
water, when the list was posted.
Unoffieial estimates of the
total loes Of life, resulting from
the bursting Of the St. Francis
dam yesterday which sent : wall
Of wstes down the San Francis.
quito canyon and the Santa
Clara river valley, ranged from
So to 600.
The figures on The recovered
bodies posted here follow:
Oxnard, 4; venturis, g.; Fill.
more, a.; Newha1l, l6; Piru. 81
.(unoffieial); Santa Paula, 36;
Saticoys, s; Moorpsrk. ~; to.
til, 2l6.
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Lindbergh Resumes
His Flight Today

Coatesville. Pa. March 1l.-tR,- =
Col. Charles A. LindbsrGh, who wa
forced down on . farm near herr
yesterday BY FOG. hoped oil, Tor %
unannonnced destination aat 1880 ..
n. today. s
The plane disauuoared % tn
southeast IN the general diractton
Tho "Lone Eagle" and his,pess-
/ enger. nsnry 1reck9ri1 1ge. 1 spep.
~ nloht q . nearby tatmhou1e.
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Temperature at Z .. m. .......s 10
Highest yesterday ........s....29
Lowest last night ,.........:...t Is
Precipitation 70 Z Am. .s.....:.
Highest wind velocity J. .'...:... .1e
WEATHER FORECAST
For Bismarck and vicinity: Prob.
ably snow beginning tonight Or
Thursday. Not much change =, y
Temperature.
For North pakota:. Probably
snow beginning tonight Or .ThirS-
day. Not 70 cold tonight east per-
wEATHEt CONDITIONS
The pressure IL high over the
northern Pl9tns States, western
Canadian Provinces and over the
north Pacific, coGst while low pres
cure areas aye centereds ovNr the
Great Lakes region. and over the
Southwest. The weather il, unset
tied n Ill sections and scattered
precipitation occurred, With tn
greatest amounts OVER The oxfxeuae
Northeast and over tn axtrotpl
NorthWest. Seasonablo tmp1fA-
lures prcysil "A III ,seetfona bul
ylth tko lokegts taInpeyo otutog a1os
~ 1ed River Valley ard d A1ber.
Canada. N;
:Woether apd crop report Sor tn
SIX ending 4lrck l3, .o4e.
'Chanto06)o weather pre16iled '3l
H. secfjnns ~ flSo !. s2etS. '6ome
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-03-14
POLICE ATTEMPT TO SOLVE
SLAYlNC OCCURRING 50 YEARS AGO
Flood. .Sidehghts

Nswhsll,t ! Calif., March l4.-(AP)
Viewing the havoc caused BY the
st. Francis dam break from the air,
it looks like . streak Of no mans
land. Sticks thrust upright in the
muck mark the places where bodies
Of the victims were found buried in
silt. The sticks make them easily
found. i
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!. Airplanes, which scared over the
stricken area In great numbers, aid.
ed the searchers by dipping low to
indicate the positions Of bodies. It
Is easy 70 spot human beings from
. considerable height It their faces
are upturned.
The aarjal view Of the wrecked
dam y Ike 4 . picture Of . broken
toy. Both right and left wings Of
the structure were broken and swept
away the central section renaatnfno
upright. N3tAink. rslilained in tho
wreclAee that remotsly resembled
o, building. Railroad tracks were
twisted like. a6hstti.
C.. E. Phillips, Los Angeles water
and power official, who superintend-
ed the building OF the big dam. ex.
pressed the belief that only some
external force, such as an earth
quake or ! dynamite blast, could
have caused the break. It was point
ed out that a.slight earthquake was
registered in the neighborhood last
SATURDAY nleht.
A girl who saved herself from the
flood by 'grasping . plank and stick.
ing to it until It deposited her In
the quagmire. at the waters edge,
buried herself n the mud after her
clothing had bSen torn away from
her body. When located by rescusfs
she refused to emerge until . man
gave her his shirt for drapery.
Fate played. cruelty with one
rancher who foresaw the danger and
thought he was out Of it, reach. He
loaded his three children TO . small
automobile and then stopped for Z
moment to warn . neighbor. Wher
he turned back to his car It had beer
swept away, human cargo and al.
Newhall's appeal for aid II mol
going unhooded. Trucks were Ar,
riving every. hour with food and
clothing Of every description. The
little hall that. was being used b
the Red Cross ~ temporary. head.
quarters was crowded TO capacity
| and 10 one who applied for food o.
clothing went away empty handed.
First to reach the cute,
world Of the collapse Of the dam wal
carried TO the sheriff's substation q
Nswhall by r. =. -Starhard, Edisor
Icompany'sePatrol helper shortly BE-
fore o'clock yesterday morning. AL
facilities OF the. local telephone com
pany were enlisted to svaeuate ths
thousands Of residents In the patti
Of. the torrent
r.. Two trucks, deserted on the high
way, were mute evidence Of another
Of many, ,stretedies @pactsd in th'
disaster. Thar drivers, caught II
the midst .0f:: the torrent, wer'
thought to hate bssn swept away j
the swtSlngs waters.
The eroat dam sounded It's ow,
preculiar warning to some of thos'
below It, ), IAeTe were two BIZ
1 - eeenktmSaaA 80 .aA~n 10y - ~f-
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Airplanes, which scared over the
stricken -arsa in great numbers, aid
cd the searchers by dipping low to
indicate the positions Of bodies. It
Is easy 70 spot human beings from
. considerable height II their facet
are upturned.
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Probably snow tonight or Thur
day. Not much change.
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|@.. Two trucks, deserted on the high
way: were nuts evidence Of another
Of MANY. tragedies (pactsd In the
disaster. Ikeir drivers, caught In
the midst ~ !, the torrent, were
thought to h9tl bsen swept away in
the swiyliheswaters.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-16
F0WLER-0'NElLL WIN
D. C. DOUBLES TITLE

Hal Fowler and Maurice ONeil, who
attained the District doubles tennis title
yesterday by defeating Jack and Don
Dudley In straight sets at the Edge
moor Club. are a unique combination
Both are left-handers and each prefers
the steel racket
For three years these portSide net
men have been shooting at the goal
they gained yesterday On several oc-
casions they have performed almost
faultleSsly in public parks and intercity
matches, but their big opportunity did
not arrive until yesterday.
The Dudley brothers. who survived
hard match the day previous when
they defeated the Navy stars. Godfrey
and Watt, were completely outplayed
and outguesSed yesterday by the left
handed public park players. Both
O'Neil and Fowler placed shots with
uncanny accuracy. which kept the
younger pair dashing TO all angles of
the court
So completely did the new champions
show their mastery of the situation
that their rivals extended them to but
one deuce game iii the first two sets,
which were played In less than 20 min
uteS and resulted in love victories for
the champions. Dudley brothers made
game effort la halt the steady plav
OF the older team in the third set, but
finally yielded g.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-16
D. c. TYPOS ASSURED
OF PLACE IN FINAL

BOSTON. August Washington
Union Printer nine will meet st. Louis
In the NTH days play of the Interna-
tional Union Printer Base Ball League
, tournament tomorrow, after winning a
fourth consecutive game yesterday over
Pittsburgh. 10 to O.
Blu. four teams Survive--Pittsburph
Cleveland and Detroit being removed
yesterday. Chicago, last years winner.
is Washington's nearest rival at present,
Chicago will meet New York tomor-
row
Capital City Typos are certain OF
/ reaching the finals, as two teams will be
eliminated tomorrow Washington will
meet the survivor
The series Is conducted on lose
! ~games~and-out basis, so Washing
ton Is sure OF place In the title clash.
Chief Roudabush held the Smoky
City typesetters 10 3 hits yesterday and
never was III trouble. Gerard Edwards
and Cy Simons led the stick assault for
the winners. getting three safeties each
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-16
PLAYGROUND NET
/. T|TLESARE DECIDED
Adkins and KeIso Win Girls
DcubIes-Lat0na Takes
Boys Singles.
and Garfield play
grounds claimed interplay
ground tennis laurels yesterday
when Anthony Latona of Cor


@oRCoRAN and Garfield play
grounds claimed interplay
ground tennis laurels yesterday
~ when Anthony Latona of Cor
coran won the boys champion
ship. and Loyeye Adkins and Dorothy
Kelso Of Garfield triumphed in the
girls doubles.
patons defeated Thomas Dunn from
Bloomingdale to carry the day in the
boys division for the Western section of
the city. The scores were: GO, 2-6,
81
Misses Adkins and Kelso. scoring for
West, then to the East. MontroSe rep
ground team, Edith Clarke and Rose
Dawes, 60, Is, IS. to win the
girls title
In both divisions. the winners had
won their way - the final round by
scoring over all-comerS in their section
of the city IN preliminary tits.
Thrills abounded in the iris match
VT the pendulum swinging first to tbs
west. then to the east. MontruSe rep,
reSentatives breeZed through the two
opening games as though they were K
have things all their own way But
Garfield called : hal on their advance
and the Adkins KelSo team won the
next eight games to take the first set
and established a two-game lead for
the East in the second. But the West
came back and the Garfield players
saw their advantage wiped out as Mon
troSe plowed through to win the second
set
In the final brace. Garfield opened
with a lead. but MontroSe took foulz
straight games to stand within points
of victory. Spectacular rallies featured
the play from this point Garfield
evened things at Al MontroSe took
the next game. giving them winning
edge on the match but Garfield. not to
be douned. evened the count once more
and took the two odd games to win the
match.
Prizes will be awarded both the VIM
nerS and runners-up at the annual field
day for girls TO be conducted on Au-
gust 80. at Plaza playground.
Anthony Latona had little difficulty
In downinr Dunn in the first set of his
match. but found the tables turned in
the next. which Dunn won with the
loss of but two games. III the third
Latona found his footing once more
ard scored deciSiyely to win the title.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-16
SHIELDS AND WOOD
SET PACE AT TENNIS
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press
CULVER. Ind. August l6--Frankie
Shields OF New YORK defending cham
pion IN the national junior tennis
championship at Culver Military
Academy and his chief rival for single
honors, w, Barry Wood of Milton
Mass. today were steaming ahead to-
ward the doubles title
The Eastern lads advanced through
to the semi-final round yesterday with
out much of a struggle. defeating Har-
old Blauer of New York. and G. f.
upmann. the Cuban champion. In
straight sets "a 6~-i. Two of the
other seeded teams, however, went into
the semi-tinals In just as imposing
manner
The Western team of Keith Gledhill
of Santa Barbara. and Ellsworth Vines
of Pasadena and the Southern pair of
Cliff Suffer of New orleans, and Wilmer
Hines OF Montreal. N. c., brushed aside
their opposition In straight sets,
Two of the leading boys teams went
into the last four but the third and
fourth seeded teams lost John Rau~
mann. Chicago boy champion, and Bob
Hutchinson of Lawrenceburg. Ind. be-
came favorites 10 so 10 the finals In
the boys division when they defeated
Frank Parker. the Milwaukee l3-year-
old net star and his partner, Caldwell
Russell of Louisville,
The singles play was down 10 the
quarter final round today.