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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-06-04
Odd Fellows Hegira to
Bismarck Convention On

BY train and motor caravan, hum
dreds Of members Of Odd Fellows
lodges and affiliated bodies
throughout North Dakota have ar
rived in Bismarck today. Hundreds
more are expected tonight and early
tomorrow until the number Of visi-
tors here for the three-day state
convention which opens tomorrow
will be close to the 1000 mark.
The last minute program details
have been completed, many local
merchants have given their display
windows and the interior Of their
stores special decorations for the
event, and everything 10 in readiness
for the advent Of one Of the largest
conventions ever entertained In Bis
marck.
Advance reservations h . v .
crowded all local hotels to capacity
and many Of the visiting delegates
viii be housed in private homes, un-
der arrangements worked out by the
Bismarck Association Of Commerce.
Tuesday's Program
The Odd Fellows Grand Encamp-
ment win have it, opening session
tomorrow forenoon q $3.50 at the
Odd Fellows hall. High Priest
James. Hardie Of Grand Forks will
give The prayer and City Attorney
g. L. Young, In behalf Of the city,
will welcome the visitors to North
Qakota's capital city. PeteE Gjert-
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-06-04

Twentysx Thousand Attend Three Weekend Farm Meetings
and Make Veto of Farm Equality Issue Paramount
Campaign Issue
BY a Staff Correspondent

Jamestown, N. d. June 4-North Dakota farmers
oen organized political revolt because of the Coolidge veto
the McNaryHaugen BILL Led by Governor A. G. Sorle they
will stage parade of protest to the national Republican
vention at Kansas City, starting from Jamestown Satur
day morning at o'clock
They making farm equality the issue of issues in the
state primary election campaign and they preparing join
thousands OF farmers from all the Mississippi Valley States
great parade in Kansas City preceding the opening of the
national convention Thus they will voice their demand for
a farm equality plank in the national platform
More than 2eo farmers and their families three
meetings the
ours county Lake Sutsan county and Rice Lake
picnic gathering of than 5000
candidate
farmers candidate for the state industrial
L. Graham, Republican
G. C. Talbot member Agricultural
the Corn Belt Federation arranging
Sorlie today
Between 200 and 300 already enrolled
here at Saturday. The Of through
Glendale, Aberdeen Redfield, Falls
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-06-04
Gravel Highway Across
State Contracts Assure

accomplished within the last three
or four years.
oil Coating Satisfactory
Using oil on certain heavily
Travelled stretches Of road is prov
ing very suc1 ,ssful, according to H.
C. Frahm, state highway engineer,
who believes that the people of Bis
marck will be well pleased when
the road between the city and the
penitentiary is given this treat
ment. The oil gives the road thin
black top, he says, keeping down
the dust and preventing the gravel
from being thrown out Of the road
by heavy traffic. Tried for the
first time in North Dakota last year
in the eastern part Of the state and
west Of Minot, the oil treatment has
given very satisfactory results. II
is considered second only to pave
ment for withstanding heavy travel
The work will be done here the
latter part Of June or early in July
Mr.. Frahm states. It must be done
in hot weather. The oil ID heated. in
. specially designed tank truck and
Is sprayed onto the roadway. After
allowing about . day for the coat.
ing to soak in. it il then covered
with gravel. Closing Of the road on
which the work ID being done ID
necessary for about three days, and
during that time traffic to and
from the east will b routed south
of ths xaIEoed fEaeks.
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u. S. highway 10 will be gravel
surface highway for almost its en-
tire distance across North Dakota
from east to west by the close Of
another year, it was stated today by
highway department officials fol-
lowing the letting Of large num-
Der Of road contracts last week.
Latest improvements planned for
this transcontinental highway in
this state call for the grading Of
14.7 miles between Mandan and
New Salem, the resurfacing with
gravel Of 4.8 miles west Of Valley
City and 1877 miles east Of Cassel-
ton, and the oiling Of two short
strips-one between Bismarck and
the state penitentiary and the other
. three-mile stretch east Of Cassel-
ton.
The grading in Morton county
will close the unimproved gap be-
tween Mandan and New Salem, and
it is probable that this job will be
Rrave1ed next year, while short
stretches between Bismarck and
jamestown still ungraveled are un-
der contract for that improvement
and will be surfaced before the end
Of this summer. After Morton
county has graveled its part Of u.
s. highway 10 % far as New Salem,
the road will be surfaced for its en-
tire length from Fargo to New
Salem. "A o& which will have ben
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son Of Lisbon, grand patriarch Of
the Grand Encampment for North
Dakota, will rive the response.
The following is the balance Of
the program for tomorrow:
10 q. m.-Business session.
12:30-1 p. m.-Band concert.
1880 p. m.-Grand Encampment
business session.
><1:30 p. M. - Opening Ladies'
Auxiliary at A. O. u. w. hall.
8 p. m.-Encampment banquet at
Grand Pacific hotel.
1880 p. m.-Encampment degree
1T Patterson hall.
8 p. m.-Grand reception Of al
grand officers Of oil grand bodies at
Patterson hall. followed BY grand
march and ball.
The grand reception will Be for
members Of the order only. Heads
OF the various branches will receive
and the affair will be similar TO
formal military receptions held In
the nations capital.
Programs Tor Wednesday and
Thursday follow:
Wednesday, June s
10. Z. m.-0peuing Grand Lodge ct
city auditorium.
Opening Rebekah Assembly at
Elks hall.
Department Council at Odd Eel
lows hall.
lceatiauad On pase tvol
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Bomb Clouds Lower
Over Chicago Today
at Court Election

Chicago, June 4.-(H-A bomb
less, terrorless election day dawn:d
with this mornings sun; whether it
would end that way remained to be
seen.
Seven superior and one municipal
court judges were being chosen, and
there were three little ballots" in
volving question: Of public policy in
transit matters, bond propositions.
and . county cemetery for war
veterans. These s'in-between" elec-
tions usually are quiet, even In .
city which has had It's share Of
election day violence. but today's
voting WAS being watched partic.
ularly 70 see Il . trend toward
sharper law enforcement, which was
indicated at the April 10 primaries,
has continued
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-06-04
VOICE FROM DEAD SPEAKS TO Save
TOM MOONEY, RADICAL, FROM PRISON

Mrs. Sphinx made their home in
Oakland, California. Mrs. Sphinx,
who was a German, became friendly
with Mr.. and Mrs. Powell Mertz,
neighbors. who the affidavit said,
were reputedly German agents.
On the day of the preparedness
parade in San Francisco Mrs. Sphinx
mentioned to her ne; e;e..hbors that she
planned to cross the bay for the
celebration. Mrs. Mertz warned her
not to, the affidavit set forth, tell
ing her that something awful" was
going to happen.
Something awful" did happen,
II persons being killed. Sphinx
planned to notify the authorities of
what had been said by Mrs. Mertz.
according to the affidavit, but was
persuaded not to by his wife, whose
health was poor and who feared
the consequence of any disclosures
they might make.
Sphinx kept the information ia
himself until the death Of his wife
a year ago. He then confided to
one person-John Fitzpatrick, presi-
dent Of the Chicago labor federation
but made Fitzpatrick promise the
things he had revealed would not be
made public until Sphinx himself
should die. His death last week re-
leased the affidavit and led the
federation yesterday to renew eff.
forts to obtain pardon for Mooney
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-06-04
Two Army Warplanes
Arrive Here Tuesday
for Post Maneuvers

Two army airplanes will arrive al
Fort Lincoln tomorrow. They are be.
ing brought here by Lieutenants
Skow, Daniel and Coppin, for Fort
Riley, Kansas.
The three men from the air serv.
ice will use the planes to demon.
strate their use against ground
troops and will be used to aid prac.
ticing defense by ground troops
against air attacks.
The Third Battalion, Fourth In.
fantry, will be taught the new ways
Of reducing losses from air at.
tacks.
Special training will be given in
signal work between infantry troops
and airplane pilots such as would
be used in warfare, with the ground
forces giving the flyers their loca-
tion by signals and the planes drop.
ping messages.
The main purpose Of the visit Of
the army planes here, 1t. Col
Thomas w. Brown, commanding
Fort Lincoln, says, is to train in
fantry troops to cooperate with
forces Of the air in wartime maneuv-
ers.
The planes were scheduled to ar.
rive hero today but word was re.
ceived this morning that they would
be delayed and would not get here
until tomorrow. They will be here
two days.
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Inc 8OOVe IcCOIQ ID ZOE tu0 20
hours ending at TOO .. m. this
morning.
WEATHER FORECAST
For Bismarck and vicinity: Gen.
srally fair tonight and Tuesday.
omewhat warmer tonight.
For North Dakota: Generally
"tr tonight and Tuesday. Some
'GE warmer east and south por-
as tonight.
WEATHER CONDITIONS
The pressure is high over the
treat Lakes Region and the north
'acific coast. Low pressure pre-
sails over the south central part Of
he United States and over Mon
,snan and the western Canadian
provinces. Light to heavy rains
have fallen in the Southern Great
Plains. The low over Albert u &C.
companied by light rains.
Fair weather with no rain has OBJ
tanned throughout North Dakota
for the last forty-eight hours. Light
frosts were reported from the south
eastern part Of the state this morn
ing:
Highways are in good to excellent
condition throughout the state.
ORRlS w. ROBERTS,
---a~.-..- Official IN charge,
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Dead Sports Writer'S C0nfes.
sional Affidavit Alleges San
Francisco Preparedness Day
Bombing in 1916 Was Work
Of Germ an Government
Agents

Chicago, June 4.-(R-A voice
from the dead spoke today to save
Tom Mooney, radical labor leader,
from the life sentence he is serv-
ing in the San Quentin, California,
penitentiary.
It was an affidavit bearing the
signature of Alfred H. Sphinx, 4
sports writer, who died last week.
It set forth that the preparedness
day parade bombing in San Francis
co July %, 1916, was plotted and
executed, not by Mooney who was
found guilty of it, but by agents Of
the German government.
The federation of labor, by reso-
luton yesterday. voted to seek
Moneys release, using the new
document as the basis for action.
The thread on which the Sphinx af-
fidavit spins the suggestion Of ab-
solution for Mooney winds back to
the ante-bellum days when Mr.. and
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-06-04
STOCK MARKET
ISPLAYGR0UND
FOR RICH-PO0R
Women Now Big Factor in
Speculation Such as World
Has Never Known

New York, June 4.-The stock
n arlet, once the preserve of big
business, has become the specula.
tive playground of the world.
Each business day the eyes Of
tens Of thousands of persons are
focused on 1900 stock exchange
tickers, located in 157 titles Of the
United States and Canada, as they
grind out the rapidly changing
fluctuations Of hundreds Of stocks
with their message of hope or des-
pair. Thousands of other persons
center their attention on the 1900
tickers of the New York curb mar
ket, scattered among 22 cities east
Of the Mississippi and in Eastern
Canada, and on those Of the Chicago,
Boston, Philadelphia, San Francis
co and other large exchanges.
Several large commission houses
have openly attempted to discour-
age speculation on the part OF per-
sons Of small means by demarcingg
full payment in cash on small lots
Of securities, or {. minimum credit
balance Of $1,000 with Is to 50 per
cent margin on securities purchased.
These demands have been readily
met, and the fact that IA mutual
savings banks in New York showed
. net loss Of S15,662,272 in deposits
during April has been construed in
some quarters as "a indication that
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-06-04
NEST0S DELIVERS
KEYNOTE SPEECH
North Dakota Should Demand
legislators Cooperation
in Congress-

Mekinock, N. D., June 4.-lP-
One of the main things which North
Dakota should demand from it's rep
resentatives in congress :,d in the
Senate is that they secure for the
interests Of this state the cooper
alton of legislators from other
states, r. A. Nestos, Independent
candidate for the Republican SEN
atorial nomination, said in the key
note speech Of his campaign here
today.
In an apparently direct comment
on the record of Lynn j. Frazier, his
NQnpartisan opponent, Nestos said
he has felt that "there has been in
the past, on the part of senator's
sent there with League endorsement,
too much of a disposition to assume
q carping, critical and belittling at
titude toward the administration
party and legislative body of which
they are members, to give them even
q fair chance to accomplish for our
state what our state needs and our
citizenship desires them to accom-
plish."
1t is to be presumed, Nestos said,
that every candidate for the Senate
or congress in this stat is favorable
to the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence
waterway and the McNary- Haugen
bill. He pledged his full support to
these and other measures which he
conceives to be in the interest of
the people of the state. At the same
time he pointed out that cooperation
with the leaders of the party fre-
quently make it possible for q SEN
ator to obtain things for his state
and to WELD wider influence for
its benefit than does q policy Of
obstruction and criticism.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-06-04
R0BBER GANG
APPREHENDED
Missouri Slope Store Robberies
of Past Month Near Solu-
tiOn With Arrests

Solution Of several store robber-
les in this section Of the state dur
ing the last month is believed by
local authorities to be near follow
ing the arrest here Saturday Of
Harold Freeland, so, Madison, Wis.,,
and Garnett Whittle, %, Ocean
Beach, Calf, robbery suspects.
The two -men are said to have
been operating in and out Of Bis
marck for several weeks and have
been under suspicion for the last
week following q tip given the
sheriff's office by the chief Of po-
lice. Their car was found parked
in front of local hotel Saturday
and the men were arrested as they
stepped into the machine.
In the car were found two re-
volvers, four suitcases, two travel
ing bags, and q large quantity of
mems wearing apparel and other
merchandise. Some of the loot has
already been identified as having
been stolen recently at Anamoose
and Benedict. The two men will be
arraigned today before Justice Of
the peace r. H. Crane on a charge
of carrying concealed weapons.
1t is likely that they will be held
in Jail on this charge until the au-
thorities have time to investigate
further and check up on other rob-
berries which have been committed
hereabouts in the last month.
Bore Wisconsin License
The car which the men were using
was stolen in Wisconsin, the
sheriff's office has learned, and
was carrying Wisconsin license
plates which had apparently been
stolen from some other machine.
It is believed that two other men
have been working with those held
here. It is definitely determined
that the Anamoose robbery was
committed by four men. Officers
are on the watch for the other two
and hope to take them into custody
soon.
Local authorities claim they are
positive these are the men who
robbed the safe at the Dance garage
at Menoken little over q week ago
of $40, and who blew the same last
Tuesday night but obtained nothing.
Efforts are being made to connect
the men with recent robberies at
Sawyer, Donnybrook, Tappen and
Velva.
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Halifax, N. S., June 4.-F-The
monoplane Friendship hoped of
this morning for Trepassey, New.
foundland, on the next leg Of con
templated flight across the Atlantic
to England.
A perfect take-off from the
eastern passage airport on Halifax
harbor was made at 1886, eastern
daylight saving time.
The plane, equipped with pom
toons, is a tri-motored Fokker pur.
chased from Commander Richard E
Byrd. The expedition is backed by
the Mechanical! Science Corporation
represented by the New York pub.
Usher and c':plorer, George Palmer
Putnam.
With no advance publicity the
plane, named the Friendship, took
off from Boston harbor yesterday
morning for Trepassey, N. F. Run.
ming into fog off Halifax, Stultz
turned back and landed in the har'
Dor here.
Present plans call for a stop al
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Lars Ellingson Named
Wool Growers Leader

Devils Lake, June 4.1R-Lars
Ellingson, Brinsmade, was elected
president of Ramsey County Wool
Growers at an organization meet
ing here SATURDAY. afternoon, attend
ed by about so farmers.
The Wool Growers decided to
stage the first sale of wool in
Devils Lake June 25, when prom
inent eastern buyers are expected to
tour this section of state.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-06-04
Two Children Burned
to Death in Fire at
Detroit Lakes, Mimi,

Detroit Lakes, Mimi, June 4.-R)
Two children, four and two years
old, were burned to death when fire
destroyed a log cabin here Sunday
night.
The dead are Betty Phifer, 4, and
Donald, 2, children Of Mrs. Robert
Phifer. q widow.
A 12-year-old bay escaped un-
hurt.
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ITALIA SOS IS
PICKED UP BY
RADIO AMATEUR
Franz Josef Land, Bleak Arc.
tic Spot, May Be Dirigible's
Resting Place

Moscow, Russia. June 4.-(R-
The Soviet Russian Mobile rescue
commission, which has been investi-
eating a report by a radio amateur
that he had picked up q message be.
lieved to be fro n the missing dirigi.
BILE Italia from Franz Josef land
today held . growing belief that the
Mobile expedition may have landed
at that place.
The radio amateur at Voznesensk
in North Dvinsk province bordering
Archangel confirmed reports of the
message giving the full text, al
though apparently garbled.
It read:
"Italia Mobile Frame Josefs SAS,
S o S, S O s. Terri Teng Ehn.'
This message was received on q
1885 wave. corresponding to. the
Italia's radio station, the -mateur
operator stated.
Franz Josef land Is an Archipel.
ago lying east of Spitzbergen and
north of Novozembla, running be.
tween so degrees and 81 degrees
north and AZ degrees and Ga de-
Rrees east. It is a high glacier
covered land -eaching an extreme
elevation Of about 2,400 feet.
The islands are volcanic. The
bear and fox are the only land
mammals and insects are rare. A
few low plants grow along the shore
while toward the interior are glac-
iers with q perpendicular ice wall
1t is thought that there may be q
connecting island chain between
Franz Josef land and Spitzbergen.
General Mobile on one of his ex.
ploration trips in the Italia flew
past Fr.nz Josef land en- route tc
Leninland.
The possibility that the dirigible
may have landed at Franz Josef is
strengthened by wind conditions
about the time that the Italia lost
contact with Kings bay. the wind
blowing in an easterly direction.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-06-04
FLYERS JUMP
FROM HAWAII
SUNDAY NIGHT
Australian American Crew
Radio Two Motors Are
Splitting Trouble
Gasoline Shortage With Re.
syitant Disaster Feared as
Going Gets Rough

Tanning Island, June A.
(AP)-After . long silence the
Southern Cross radioed at $3.50
a IN. (6:24 .. m.) Pacific coast
time. the following message:
Doing fine. Been expecting
sight land but none yet. It's not
so clear as one would like. Al
titude 1000; speed 80 knots"
Honolulu, June 4.-LR-With
motors OCCASIONALLY "spitting" out of
tune, the monoplane Southern Cross
was dodging through black storm
clouds today en- route to Suva in the
Fiji Islands, the second leg Of .
'7,7S8 mile flight to Australia.
A stream of messages from the
plane throughout the day told of
the ships progress from Kauai,
Hawaiian Islands, on its attempt to
blaze an aerial pathway into the
south seas and Sydney, Australia.
The Southern Cross, commanded
by Captain Kingsford- Smith, took
off from the Barking Sands beach,
Kauai, at 500 a. m. yesterday, 1850
Pacific coast time. It was expected
about Sc hours would be required to
cover the 3,138 miles to Suva.
The messages indicated the crew
Of four was maintaining the same
confidence in the ship as was dis
played on the 2,4OO mile hop from
Oakland, California, to Wheeler
Field here last week.
Plane off Course
Position reports received from the
plane in the day indicated that it
had swerved slightly over q degree
west from the course that was to
carry it over Phoenix Islands, 1856
land miles from Honolulu and 1,270
land miles from Suva.
It was believed here that the sixty
miles or so deviation from the
course was due to navigation by
dead reckoning. Later position re-
ports were said to have corrected
the error.
AS for the motor trouble-the
fist inkling that anything was
wrolis with any of the three Wright
radial e7Aines on VIII: h the flyers
staked their lives came at $40 p. m.
(6:1O p. m. Pacific coast time) say
ing that the motor mounted beneath
the right wing had started "flutter-
ing" and that the plane had cut its
speed to sixty miles per hour. Mes
sages that followed this one, stated
that there was no danger but that
the plane proceeded at varying
speeds.
Then the motor mounted beneath
the left wing started splitting"
CONTINUED on page two)
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Wilkins and Eielson
Leave for Amsterdam

Berlin, June 4.-(AP)-Captain
George H. Wilkins and Carl B. Eiel-
son, who flew across the top Of the
world. left Tempelhof airdrome by
the regular passenger plane for
Amsterdam this morning. They will
70 to London on Wedne stay.
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400 COMMUNISTS
KILLED AT HATNAN

Canton, China, June 4.-(AP)-
Four hundred communists were
killed and four hundred captured in
Lingshui, on the Island of Hainan,
on May 30 in a clash with govern
ment troops, said advices reaching
Canton today.
The troops alta ed the commun-
lists after purposely permitting them
to enter the city.
There are rumors in Canton that
martial law may be proclaimed in
this city and that a red uprising is
possible.