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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-12-06
til the mail might have been his
Lost in the Fog

Lost in the Fog
That was in the days Of the orr
ginal Kew York washington air.
mail route. He had left the Bel
mont Park, N. Y, terminal headed
for Washington, with bad weather
ahead, planning to follow the Long
Island shore, hop the bay to the
Jersey coast and then strike inland
to Washington.
1t was his first experience with
bad weather flying. He set his ship
on its course, blowing through fog
banks and showers of rain. When
he had been on his way 80 minutes
he looked below hoping to sight the
bay. There was nothing below but
fog:
Then housetops and church spires
began to flash by, too close below
for comfort or safety. He was off
his course, flying over the house
tops of Brooklyn.
"There. was nothing to do but
plunge on, lodging the high build
ings if | could" Smith says. "Luck
was with me. l found myself over
the river I'D headed down the bay
1.-THE air was soup of fog. Be.
low / could hear the whistles Of
tugs and far away the clatter of the
Il trains over the bridges. My goa
was the Statue of Liberty. If
could find that, / could point my
! way down the bay and to the Jersey
coast"
Dodges Statue of Liberty
The statue looms up large OF
Bedloe's Island on clear day. i
is a different matter to find i
from the air, when the air is full
Of fog and rain and you can't SCI
where you're headed.
Suddenly, l saw the long up
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NOTICE

To The Stockholders of the
Depositors' Holding Co.:
The annual meeting of the
stockholders of the Deposit0rs'
Holding Company will be held
at the Elks Hail in the city
Of Bismarck. North Dakota, on
Tuesday, December 18th, 1928,
at $500: p. M. @
At this meeting there are
five directors to be elected, and
such other business as may be
properly brought before the
meeting.
1t is desired that you attend
this meeting If possible, but in
the event you are unable to be
present, and in order that a
majority Of the stock may be
represented, we ask that you
send your proxy to someone
that. is going to be present OF
to the secretary.
N. /. ROOP, Secy.
Dated November Is, 1928.
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AirxnaI Pilot Plays Hide
And Seek With Fog Death
Tribune Offers Readers New Aviation Series Crammed With
-Booded Thrills About Veteran Navigators Of the
Ether Carrying Uncle Sans Mail
How Brave Flyers Get the Mail Through at Any Cost Toll
by Pilot Who Has Flown Distance Equal to 20 Times
Around World in Long Aviation Career

EDITORS NOTE: Every day. every night death rides in
playing and among the clouds with
the daring whsk letter through the skies for
Here is the first Of five stories in
Smith, superintendent of the New York
tohicago division Of the ansconnntal airmai service tells
the flyers In the airmai service him.
Major Smith has flown hat million miles,
oil 20 times around the earth.
Death rides lanes where the airma wings it's
His fingers clutch from the fog the storms lightning the
ice Clouds His is 40 of the finest pilots America has
trained in this new science of riding the Skies
But the times has cuched empty air legion for
the daring youths who fly the skies have learned through grim
experience to outwt their foe and outguess his moods.
Battling the og the storms and the ice has become their
business Squeezing their planes between clouds and
tops riding HIGH roaring valleys between the hills
are all part of the days work.
Gambling with which
riding high above the lights
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Clerk Shoots Man
in Atlanta Street

Atlanta, Ca, Dec. 6.-(AP)-G.
Hall Davis, automobile dealer, was
shot and killed on q downtown street
here today by w. L. Shippey, a
warehouse clerk, who surrendered to
the police with the statement that
Davis attentions to Mrs. Shippey
was the cause.
A few minutes after the shooting
Shippey accosted two policemen in
front of police headquarters and an
nonnced he wished to report the
killing of a man.
Are you sure you killed some
one ?" he was asked.
II hope SO" was the rejoinder. 81
shot him through the head five
times"
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increase the present tariff by so per
cent. If this were done, Ogg told
the commission that there would
still be difference of SO cents per
bushel" in production costs in favor
Of the Argentine grower.
Asserting that tremendous i'm
portations Of flaxseed have had a
detrimental effect on the domestic
growers, Ogg said United States
export trade in flaxseed has been
"extinguished."
Despite increased consumption
during the last 20 years, he said
the crop Of the United States has
been declining.
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testimony of the witnesses at tn,
coroner's inquest in some detail.
Stresses Cursing Claim
He particularly stressed tn
claim that Potter, in telephone con
versations overheard by. the maid il
the Potter home, had apparentl,
been displeased; that he curse.
Webb at the time Of the shooting
asserting that Webb could not "ge
away with that on me" and that Mr.
and Mrs. Potter, after the shootin,
Of Webb, walked away and lief
Webb lying helpless in the street.
Judge Coffey interrupted tn
proceedings to suggest that persons
attending the trial come early ant
be seated when the trial opens. H,
warned against whispering in tn,
audience or passing in and out dur
ing the sessions, pointing out tina
it is an important case and he dit
not wish Interruptions from the au
dience.
DR.. L. w. Larsen was the frs
witness. He performed the .autops,
on Webb's body and related hi!
findings, reading from his records
He said Webb had been killed by :
gunshot wound, the shot passing
through the abdomen from right tt
left. The larger organs Of the bod,
were untouched, but the intestine!
were riddled. Larsen said. He tolt
of finding eleven buckshot on tn,
left side of the body but said h,
didn't know if he had found all tn.
shot which entered Webb's body
He found the shot wadding in tn,
wound on the left side, he said.
DR.. Larsen identified the bucksho
taken from Webb's body.
Objection Sustained
The court sustained the defens.
objection to a question regardin,
whether Webb had suffered Sc
we're external hemorrhagc. The de
Tense contended an examination
several hours after death would no
show this.
Taking up the cross-cxamination
L. H. Connolly asked only few
questions. Larsen said he found n,
clothing fabric in the wound and n,
powder marks. The cross-examina
ton was brief.
Willard B. Pierce testified to tn
same things as DR.. Larsen. He sal,
he assisted at the autopsy. Their
was no cross-examination. DIR.
I O. Hansen, hospital inferno, treate,
Webb upon his arrival at the hos
pital after the shooting. He de
scribed Webb's condition at tina
time and said it was obvious tina
the wound would be fatal.
He told of giving Webb a stimu
liant and of treating his wound
Webb had bad internal hemor
rhage, he said, although there wa
little external bleeding. He identi
fled the clothes which Webb wor
when he was brought to the hos
pital.
Gave Webb Stimulant
The coat, showing the hole mad
by the buckshot, was exhibited t
the jury.
DR.. Hansen said he dressed tn
wound and gave Webb a stimulan
and other medicine to relieve til
pain.
The prosecution objected
cross-examination as to the cor
versation between Webb and D.
Hansen, saying that the convers;
ton is a part Of the defense an
should be BROUGHT out bv direct o,
animation. The objection was SUI.
tanned.
Several other questions wei
barred on the same basis and tt
defense made no further effort
cross-examination.
! DR.. E. P. Quain was the last med
cal witness. He said he was Gale
to treat Webb and that Webb VIZ
then a dying man. He describe
Webb's condition in detail, sayir
he was too near death to permit il
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Davis Recommends Further Restriction of Alien immigration

raised hand Of Liberty ahead"
Smith says. II swung to the north,
got my bearings and swept past to-
ward the open sea and the Jersey
coast, waving farewell to the Cod
dess as passed. ! was On my
course again and the rest of the
journey passed without incident"
On another occasion while still
flying the New York Washington
route, Smith lost the ground soon
after he left Baltimore, heading
north for New York. For three
hours, he flew blind through clouds
and snow flurries, bound for the
Newark, N. j., field, then the north
ern terminus of the route.
Know Towns by Smells
But he overestimated the strength
of a head wind and when he found
a hole in the clouds and dove down
to land he found himself in country
covered with snow. He was at
Orange, Conn, straight on his
course, but he had overshot Newark
by 40 miles.
Such "blind" flying is part of the
airmail pilots business today. He
will battle fog and storms for hours
on his course, if only he is assured
of an even chance to land his plane
at the end Of the journey.
Their instruments keep them fly
ing level and at safe altitude, even
though the fogs hem them in like a
blanket. Some times they find their
way home by the smells of the towns
they are headed for. Many an air.
mail pilot has found the Chicago
field by the smell Of the stockyards.
They know by the pungent odor Of
the oil refineries when they are
passing Baltimore.
NEXT: Eight thousand feet I'M
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The first establishment of lace
manufacture in England is said to
be due to some refugees from
Flanders, who settled in the village
of Cranfield, west of the county of
Bedford, adjoining Buckingham
shire.
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Analysis Of $4,000 industrial &C.
cidents. recently completed by H.
w. Heinrich Of the Travellers In
surance company, reveals that I
man who i mentally disturbed is Is
much Of danger to himself and
fellow workers as II he were physi.
cally disabled.
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Y1NEC AR RIrR

Give your furniture . vinegar rub
every once in 4 while. To do this
dip : soft cloth in vinegar, wiring
dry and wipe the furniture with It.
Polish with dry cloth and you will
eet ! fine gloss.
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A high school chamber of COM
merce has been organized by New
Bern, N. c., students.
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Father Johns Medicine Keeps Them
Strong and Free From Colds

"My four children are strong and
healthy and l get lots of compli-
ments on them," writes Mrs. John
Mayes Of Port Austin, Michigan, II
always give them Father Johns
Medicine. When my boy was seven
he seemed to get coughs and colds
very often and Father Johns Medi-
cine proved very effective. ADV.
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NEXT: Eight thousand feet up
in flaming plane.
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Feminine Urge to Shop Causes
Them to Exercise Greater
Care

Editors Note: In this. the
last of three articles dealing
with the wild rise of the stock
market. is described the part
that women can and do play in
finance. The author is q woman
who herself has attained IN ex.
ceptionally high place in ex-
change activities. she is Mrs.
&. &. Wyckoff. president and
publisher Of the Magazine Of
Wall Street, who writes this
article exclusively for The Trib-
unc and NEA Service.
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FATHER STATES
DYING SON SAID
WAS ACCIDENT

(Continred from page one)
testimony of the witnesses at til
coroner's inquest in some detail.
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Essentials Of Selection

The three essentials of selecting
well-managed company in a sound
industry with increasing earning
power, should be the basis for every
investment that a woman makes.
Avenues for securing this funda-
mental information are open to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-01

Harry Heilmann. veteran Detroit out
fielder. returned 10 the American
League batting peak to maintain his
remarkable record Of landing On top
every other year. Harry's streak
Row has run through l97i-Ise3-.S--F.
Wholesale PLAYER Shake-ups topped
on the playing season. Walter John
son. after u straight years with
Washington. went 10 the minors To
manage the Newark Tnterra tiuE.atS
for 1873. Ty Cobb was released nv
the Athletics. Xxi CGyler. Psra.e
Stcrm-eerter. went TO the Cubs
George Sister was sold for onfy ahou,
$4,000 10 Washington as the Browns
put on hcuse-cfea ming. Harry
Manush. 1895 batting champion. was
traded 20 So. Louis along with Ia
Blue for Van Glider and Rice
Toledo, under the guidance os the
veteran Casey Stengel. woa tss first
American Association pernans Snd
trouncesi Buffalo. International League
champions. in the Little World
Series"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-01
CARR IS YEARS STAR
ON TRACK AND FIELD

Pole vault supremacy, held by the
sensational Norwegian. Charley Hoh,
for nearly FIVE years. returned to the
United States In 1921 on the winged
flights Of sabin W. Carr OF Yale. Carr
set q new indoor world srscord OF IL
fest 81. inches In February and then
eeiipsed all marks by soaring ~ feet
In the intercollegiate championships
in May.
His feats were easily the high spot
Of O track and field season thst ~ "
some sterling sprint perfOrma nces by
the Southern California flyer. Charley
Eorah, and Che. Bowman: 9 record
smashing 44o.ysrd hurdle performs nee
by Johnny Gibson end series Of bril-.
liant indoor races by Lloyd Hahn,
Hahn, representing the Boston A.
"A, vas un6efeafed on the boards,
bYea king three records and coming
within oDe-flftb second Of ibe mile rec.
ord when he beat Edwin Wide. the
Twed1sil ss.hDoiEna in ll2 l's al
Madison Square Garden,
Giving the paciGo Coast colleges
their sfxth victory in ssysn years.
SlaBfofa's athletes Won the L. G., 4.
A. A. A. championships, dispiaeiDg
E1UtbsrB California. The Illinois 4.
4. H0n the AHiionat A. A. q, T.. cham
pIoasblIts al LiDoeln. AFlF.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-01
"BIG 3" OF ROWING
UPSET DURING YEAR

Columbia and Harvard eight Dared
VARSITY crews provided Inc main thfif]s
snd apsets among the swssp'swinksfs,
~ the b.R TsKsttss 0f The year wit
aess4d tha overthrow ~ Yale. Wash.
sBg.oa snd Ahs Navy, the Big Three
~ chs intercollegiate seas for Fix pre-
ylous years,
Columbia young crew. ineiil0taR
sls sppBom0rss and Hoached b5
young Dick" Giena0n. behf Wash,
jngloa ~ the big rare 81 I'DnRbkestt'
e5e, with fhe tayotila AbyS crew m
lsilne fourth behind California.
Al New J>DhdoD iinrFatd "aIir"~"d
faie for the ilfst time sinre 1879 Gam
bgldge made ia iDjir straight 0yet DA.
ford in ti1e English college 1itFs4e,
Joe Wright, o.. stopping h1n ~ shs
NOTED Canadian cf,ani. Mas the out
standing scuiIeT Of ia. year. Only an
seeident near the finish II Tie final
fer iHe Diamond F1Uiis prevented him
from winning this British Henley
classic snd fae ki1E elem sweep ~
! the main events. He Non the Aational
kiHFis8 and sci q new m0Fids record
fSa ih2 quarter mile dash ~ liz Is,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-01
By the Associated Press.

| BY the Associated Press.
n Jew YORK, December 81. -
Tennis courts of the world Wit
NJ nessed full share Of the dra'
i matte and dazzling in 1927 in
the great French Reyolu,
ton" that captured the Davis Cup
the downfall Of such American main
stays az Bill Tilden, Bill Johnston and
Moila Mallory and the rise OF Amer
ica's Helen Wills and England's Betty
Nuthnll.
Led by poker-faced Rene Lacoste
In campaign that would have done
credit to Napoleon, willy quartet OF
youthful F'renchmen. who had tried
two years and failed. attained their
goal in brilliant victory over the vet
eran American Davis Cup defenders
at Germa ntown.
1t was three times and out. In
1925 the Frenchmen first reached the
challenge round. only to take 3-to-0
withdrawing. In 1926 the handwfit'
ing on the wall appeared in a victory
for Lacoste over Tilden in a 4-tO-1
score against the invaders. II re-
manned for 1927 to see the climax in
the carefully executed attack which
tore through Johnston almost at will.
wore down a CALAMITY fighting Tilden
and ended the famous pairs seven
years Of supremacy.
LacOste vs.. TiIden for Title.
Fate, which must love a good fight.
singled out the central figures in this
great international engagement for a
dual tests Of strength few days later
in the United States championship al
Forest Hills.
There Tilden was beaten squarely
by Lacoste. who had done IL before
in the deciding match Cor the Davis
Cup. When this tireless automatoE
OF the courts overcanie the desperate
brilliance of the lanky American in
three long sets. the crown that used
to adorn the head of Tilden each year
went to the Frenchman for the second
time in two seasons.
Helen Wills, who now shares the
throne of world tennis dominance
with Lacoste, moved through her
matches on the courts of England and
the United States with queenly charm
and fnesse. winning at every attempt
She won the singles championship OF
England at Wimbledon and the dou
bles, paired with Elizabeth Ryan. She
won her own United States champion
ship, which in her year of poor health
had passed to Mrs. Mallory. and in do
ing so downed the lS-year-old phe
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-01
1927 BLASTS MANY
GRID TITLE HOPES

Shattered attendance records and
blasted title hopes marked the grid
iron trail Of ieas Crowds that
reached climax with tho throns
~ 49, at the Southern California.
Notre Dame game IN Chicago came
out 10 see the favosites and cham
pinns knocked right and left,
Not one Of the undetaated group of
igad survived the melee. aud some
Of them, such as Alabama, brown,
Lafayette aud the Navy. went skid
ding sharplN dawn the scale Georgia,
after Winning nine games In teW
was bumped off nv uearsia Tech
Aurh atruna teams Ia Metre Lame,
Snle. Pittsburgh illinois Minnesa'a
Southern California, Texas Aagies
Missouri, Fnhaska aud others all had
al least ma had day. when they eithei
| mel defeat ~ We're uneN neetedlv tied
| The suddenis discovered inel,sihIh
| us at bruce Caldwell, Yaie's great
! halflmck. on the eva IT tina l'ttaeetan
game provided an adhltlaaal saass
1 iinn. A past season climax, the
Army and Navy, temporarily az least,
hfnke M relations ever sllsshhillis
differences,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-01
RING GAME ENJOYS
AN EvENTFUL YEAR

The biggest spectacles and some
OF the biggest "sauawks" OF all time
featured the fstic year. All indoor
records for attendance and receipts
were shattered when close to 10000
paid s201. 900 to see Jim Maloney beat
Jack Delaney at Madison Square
Garden In one OF the years biggest
upsets. All outdoor marks went by
the board for the second straight year
when the Dempsey-Tunney encore
drew $4,000 fans TO Soldier Field.
Chicago, and gate receipts that Tex
Richard placed at $3.50 900.
The big scrap fell below expecta-
tions of a $4,000, 900 house." but ex-
ceeded expectations I'm the amount of
controversy provoked by the long
count" over Tunney in the seventh
round. Dempsey partisans raised a
terrific "squawk,' but its only effect
has been to stir UP the ballyhoo for
third title bout between Gene and
Jack
Disputes were numerous over titles
as well as decisions. The voluntary
retirement of two champions. Fidel
I.aharba among the iyweights and
Jack Delaney as light heavyweight
king. complicated matters. The
scramble was still on at the close ut
the year for the fiyweigh; title. with
Johnny Mccoy. Frenchy Belanger and
Icy Schwartz In the lead. Tommy
Loughran won the light heavyweight
laurels by defeating Jimmy Slattery.
The featherweight division also lack
ed a titlehoider for the second straight
year. the sfanding claimants being
Benny Bass and Tony Canzoneri.
Mickey Walker went abroad 10 heat
Tommy Milligan and retain his mid
dleweight supremacy Joe Dundee
dethroned Pete Latxo as welter cham
pion. Bud Taylor succeeded to the
bantam thrpne. vacated by Charley
fphiD Rosenberg. Tod Morgan kept
the junior lightweight, title in spite
Of difficulties. Sammy Mandell. light.
weight king. did not choose to take
any risks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-01
PROVIDE YEARS FEATURE
WITH DAVIS CUP TRIUMPH
Seventeen Reign of Tilden and Johnston Is Ended.
Helen Wills Returns to Throne-Ceorge Lott
Rated Highest of Crop of Youngsters.

nomenon. Bounding Petty" Euthall
In the final. In addition she shared
with Mrs. Mallory the brunt Of the
American attack which checked En-
glands bid for the Wightman cup.
TiIden's Activity Notable.
The attempted comeback Of Tilden
and met with more reyerses. Start
ing play with the new year in Florida,
invading Europe with Frank Hunter
as partner, then moving at top speed
from tournament to tournament in the
United States. big Biz set some
thing of record for sustained tennis
activity. In this strenuous campaig~,
Tilden failed when most was at stake,
losing cha nee for the French cham
pionship to f1acoste. falling before Co
Chef in the British title event. and
then on home soil losing bis two
climatic battles with Lacoste.
Tilden-HuBter Team Successful.
Tiiden and Hunter were notably Sic
cessfui as a doubles pair. winning the
British and American championships
and thsir match in the Davis cup chal-
ienge round. They dominated Amer
lean invitation tournament play. sew
eral times winning in doubles and
meeting in singles with Tiiden VIC
torious.
In this same year which saw the
passing OF Tilden as the invincible
master of them ali and the retirement
of Johnston after his brave fight at
Germantown. a promising crop Of
youngsters made its appearance
George Lott Rated Highest.
Rated highest were George Lott. 20
year-old Chicago lad. who beat Ti!fen
in Florida early in the year and
downed Lacoste at Southampton, ~.
Y. late in the Summer: John Doeg OF
San Diego. Calf, ls-year-old master
of the bullet serve, who breezed
through Eastern tournaments early in
the season, then suffered a form re-
versal. and John Hennessey Of Indi-
annapolis. who trimmed Cochet and
teamed with Luke Williams OF Chica-
go 10 beat Lacoste and Borotra in the
national doubles championship. In
the same tournament Doeg and Lott
downed Cochet and Brugnon. the sec
ond French pair.
Other stars were John van Eyn and
Kenneth Appel Of Princeton. intercol-
| iegiate champions in doubles. and
Wilmer Allison. University Of Texas.
singles titiehoider