davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-08-24
JOY FADES AS
DOUBT ISCASy
ON AIR REPCI2
Reputed SOS Says Hassell a..
Cramer Safe Off New.
foundland
GET WORD TO FAMILIES
Two Amateurs Hear Call But
Authenticity Regarded
Skeptically

New York, Aug. 24.-R-Eric
Palmer jr.. Of Brooklyn, m amateur
radio operator, reported this after
noon that he had just been in COM
munication with a station represent
ing itself as that Of the missing
plane Greater Rockford. The mes
sage he received confirmed the COM
munication intercepted last night at
Chicago.
Chicago, Aug. 24.-(AP)-Out Of
the air early today there came .
wireless SOS signed "The Rockford
Flyers"
1t said the Rockford-to- Sweden
plane, missing since early Sunday
morning, was down on q small island
off Newfoundland and that the
flyers, Bert Hassell and Parker
Cramer, were safe.
Joy born of what apparently was
first definite information OF the
planes fate quickly faded, however.
when wireless experts began casting
serious doubts rs to the messages
authenticity.
1t seemed certain that 4 message
purporting to come from the plane
was actually broadcast, for two anna.
teurs, one in Chicago, the other in
Toledo. O., made Independent reports
Of hearing it. On the other hand, It
appeared very improbable to expert
enced radio men that the message
was sent from the planes small set,
KHAN.
Get word to the Associated Press
and our families" said the first mes.
sage received by X. J. Harris. Chi
cago amateur, that we are down on
q small island 50 miles off New
foundland. and are safe"
Communicates Message
Harris, whose station is 9CEJ,
asked the sender, who had signed
as "The Rockford Flyers" to stand
by for ten minutes while he COM
municated the message to the Asso.
ciated Press. Harris then retur.ai Il
to his set, and later reported rec~.
ing the following message:
"Our oil feed failed US, ana n.
landed on q small island. We I'D.
q. X. and safe, but food low. Us.ns
a generator for power for comma.
cation. Our position is on small
island about 50 miles off Newfound-
land"
After receiving this, Harris said,
he asked the sender to give him Z
schedule" for later in the evening:
that is, he asked the sender to set
later hour during which commune
cation might be resumed. In an.
swer to this request this message
was received:
I'VE are very tired and need sleep
badly. so can't have q schedule to-
night. Will call you tomorrow Right
CONTINUED on page two)
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-08-24
Marine Plane Leaves
Tela for Nicaragua

Miami, Fla. Aug. 24.-tN-Lieut.
c. Frank Schilt, plotting . marine
transport plane to Nicaragua.
.hopped of from Tela, Honduras. Tor
Managua at 0:37 .. N. central STAN
dard time tpdey, said . radiogram
70 the local tropical radio station
from IT, office at Puerto Castillo
near Tela. The flyers were expected
TO reach Managua about 1880 .. n.
coutral standard time.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-08-24
C0sgrave Leaves to
Sign Paris Treaty

Dublin. Aug. 2l.-M-President
Cosgrave Of the Irish Free State
left Kingston this morning for Paris,
70 sign the war renunciation treaty.
He expects 70 reach Paris Saturday
and viii return to Dublin with Sec
Rotary KELLOGG on the Amsriean
cruiser Detroit,
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-08-24
RESIGNS N PEEK.

Sc. Paul, Au4. M.-A-o. = -
Jacobson. member q tho ototo yoilp
road and warehouse commiooiGn.
said he had offered 10 Govoeaae
Christianson his xssignatioo - =
member of the conmit&ee a. - -
ing he was oppoood 70 uses q Wa11A
committee has ben yut y Geseoa
|peok e unnela
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-08-24

Waverly, MIMI, Aug. W.-R3-
J. C. McCarty, s., Of Hinckley, in
A2ector for state dairy and food de-
partment, died from apoplexy while
attending the annual convention Of
ninth district buttermakers.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-08-24

Fair and warmer tonight. Saturday
partly cloudy and warmer.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-09-27
MARYLANDERS ARE LONG
LIVED, REPORT STATES
People In Counties Live the AL
lOtted 3 Score Years and Ten

Life in the counties of Maryland
tends toward the completion of the
allotted span of three score years and
ten, according to report prepared by
DR.. John Collision, Chief of the Bureau
of Vital Statistics of the State De-
patrment of Health. Out of the total
of 5,056 deaths that occurred in the
counties during the first six months of
the current year, nearly two-fifths-
2,051-were of persons siXty-fve
years or older Another large group
j, 160-over a fifth, occurred among
persons from forty-fve to sixty-four
years old.
The remaining two-ffths ranged in
age from babies under year old up
to men and women under forty-five.
There were 500 deaths of babies under
one year old, and 17S of children from
one to four years old. The age group
in which the smallest number of
deaths occurred was that from five to
fifteen, in which there were 131
deaths. There were 967 deaths in the
group from fifteen to forty-four
years old. .t.
Of the total, nearly two-thrids--
3,318-occurred in rural districts, and
1,73S in towns of one thousand or
more population. There were 1858
deaths in the white population and
1908 in the colored.
Heart disease, which was RESPONSE
BILE for 9O3 deaths-720 white and
1873 colored-was the leading cause
of death in both white and colored
populations. Chronic Bright's disease
and other diseases of the kidneys had
second place with SIS deaths, 453
white and 122 colored. Pneumonia,
broncho and lobar, was third, with
SOB deaths, 374 white and 129 colored.
Apoplexy with 473 deaths-389 white
and "a colored; tuberculosis (of all
forms), with ASP deaths-281 white
and III colored, and cancer, with 354
deaths-318 white and Sc colored, had
fourth, fifth and sixth places.
There were 55 deaths from suicide;
80 from railway accidents; GA from
automobile accidents; II from dia-
betes; sc from Influenza; SO from
measles; 10 from whooping cough; Is
from diphtheria; 16 from typhoid fe-
yer; from tetanus (lockjaw); and 2
from infantile paralysis.
The total population of the counties,
estimated as of July 1, 1928, is 1885,
700; white, 673, $50; colored, 116,14O.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-09-27
DIE D..
MRS. SUSAN BUTT.

Mrs. Susan NJ. Butt, mother of Mr..
Samuel Butt, of Oakland, died sud-
denly at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. Forrest McCammon, New Lex
ington, Ohio, on Friday following a
stroke of apoplexy. The deceased is
survived by two daughters, Mrs. Carl
Storel, of GAINESVILLE, Ohio, and Mrs.
McCammon, of New Lexington, and
by her son Samuel Butt, of Oakland.
Funeral services were held and inter-
ment made Sunday afternoon at New
Lexington. The deceased lady was a
member of St. Marks Lutheran
church of Oakland. She was held in
high esteem by all who knew her.
Among those who attended the fun
eral were Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Butt
and children and Mr.. and Mrs. Will
Butt and children, of Oakland.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-09-27

Mrs. J. Leyden White, of st. Louis,
Mo-, is here, the guest of her sister,
Mrs. James D. Hamill, Oak street.
Mrs. Thomas Boggs, of Bretz, w.
Va, spent yesterday in Oakland Wis
iting her mother, Mrs. George T. Por-
ter, and other relatives and friends.
Mrs. Leo Helbig, of Oakland, who
has been very i'll for several weeks,
was taken to hospital in Cumber-
land this morning for treatment and
possibly an operation.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. R. Gilpin, Greer,
w. Va, gave party in honor of their
niece, Miss Clara Beckman, of Swan
ton, on Monday night. Quite num-
Der of gusests were present.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. C. Sincell, who
spent two weeks in New York, Boston
and Bethlehem, Pa, at the latter place
visiting their daughter, Mrs. Weston
Dodson, returned to Oakland Sunday
evening.
Messrs. Joseph E. Harmed, Walter
w. Dawson and Delbert Davis drove
to Morgantown yesterday morning
and spent the day attending the ses-
sions of the West Virginia Conference
of the M. E. church.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the u.
B. church at Swanton will hold fes-
tival in the Oss building at Swanton
on Saturday evening, September 29.
Refreshments will be served. The
general public invited.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph E. Harmed re-
turned home last Friday from short
visit to their daughter at Mount Airy,
being accompanied to Oakland by Dr..
John G., Robinson, of Gettysburg, Pa,
who will probably remain here until
the holidays.
Mrs. Julius Littman and daughter
and Mrs Littman's mother, Mrs. Wal
ter Hanna, Westernport, returned to
Oakland Monday from Ravenna, Ohio,
where they attended the funeral of a
relative. On their return they visited
Mrs. Littman's sister, Mrs. c. Simon,
at East Palestine, Ohio.
Mrs. Oliver Smouse and son How
ard, of Myersville, Md, spent Satur-
day evening and part Of Sunday at
the home of Mrs. Smouse's parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. j. M. Falkenstein. Mr..
Smouse remained in Cumberland with
his mother, Mrs. Anna Smouse, who
was a patient in the Western Mary
land Hospital until Tuesday when she
was brought to her home here by Mr.
F. A. Smouse, an older son. She is
rapidly recovering her strength fol-
lowing an appendix operation per-
| formed about three weeks ago.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-09-27

Mrs. Charles J. Bolgiano and five
daughters, who have been spending
the summer at their cottage in Loeb
Lynn Heights, left Monday morning
for their home in Baltimore.
Mrs. Nanniene T. Offutt returned to
Oakland Friday night from New York
city, having accompanied her daughter
to that city earlier in the week where
the latter has entered school.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Board of County Commissioners will
be held in the board room at the Court
House on Monday, October l, for the
purpose of transacting general rou-
tine business.
Miss Margaret Selby, of Baltimore,
who spent few days in Oakland with
her father, DR.. B. F.. Selby, returned
to Baltimore Sunday, being accom-
panied by DR.. Selby, who returned to
his home Monday morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harland L. Jones re-
turned to Oakland Sunday evening
after a weeks absence spent at Get
tysburg, Chambersburg and Freder-
lex, Md, at which latter city they en-
tered their daughter Miss Helen Jones
as student in Hood College.
Revs. Charles A. Shilke, Oakland,
and E. E. Campbell, Bittinger, will be
two of fifteen delegates from Mary
| land churches to attend the sixth BIZ
ennial convention of the United Luth-
ersn Church in America meeting in
Erie, Pa, from October 9Th to 18th.
Mrs. BENZ. H. Sincell is attending
the sessions of the natioanl mission
airy convention of the Lutheran church
in session at Johnstown, Pa, this
week. Delegates from every state Of
the Union and also from Canada are
present at the convention, the regis
tration being well up in the hundreds.
Mrs. Robert Hazlett, Wheeling, is
entertaining a weekend house party
at her summer home in Oakland
Those who are members of the party
are Mrs. Harry Bradley, Mrs. McCabe,
Mrs. Field, Mrs. PAUL and Mrs. Nc
Gregor, all of Wheeling. Tomorrow
Mr.. Bradley and Mr.. Hazlett and FAM
lily will join the party for the remain
der of the week.
Howard Rathbun, son of County Su-
perintendent and Mrs. F. E. Rathbun
accompanied Mr.. and Mrs. Paul
Kemp to their home in Cincinnati, O..
last Thursday,the trip being made by
automobile. Mr.. and Mrs. Kemp had
been in the east visiting relatives and
friends for a short time and were
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Rathbun at
their Oakland home on Wednesday.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-09-27
Collision Near Grantsville Brings
Into Limelight Most Polite
Tourists,

The following story appeared IN the
Fairmont CIV. Va.) Times of Sunday
The gentleman mentioned in the story
is the father of Clay V. Miller, Jr.,
who was editor of the Mountain Echo
Keyser, w. Va, during the past win
ter and early spring. Here it is:
Clay V. Miller, merchant in Graf
ton, in a story in Chicago paper, is
lauded as being the ''world's most po-
lite motorist." The story is told in
the Grafton Sentinel and it is as fol
lows: Mr.. and Mrs. Miller and their
daughters, Catharine Miller and Vir-
GINA Miller, and Clarence Poe were in
an automobile accident near Grants
vile, Md, on August 80. Mr.. Miller
car collided with a machine occupied
by three young college men of South
town, a suburb of Chicago, said by
Mr.. Miller to be the most polite
youths he had ever met. 1t is not SO
often that when an automobile acct
dent occurs that there is mutual
good feeling for each other by those
who experience the accident. In this
case both think that each of the other
exceeds all others in that splendid
quality known as politeness. The story
by the Chicago paper is as follows;
Returning home from three weeks
travel through the east, three South
town youths declare they have found
the worlds most polite motorist.
"The Southtown boys, William
Dean, 20 years old; Elmer Stonehouse,
II, and Charles Michael, Is, were mo-
toring through the Allegheny noun
tains, near Grantsville, Maryland.
GAS they were going down a steep
mountain grade on rainy day, an
other machine coming in the oppo-
site direction skidded on the wet
pavement and ran into their car. The
machine occupied by the boys was
turned over and demolished.
"Although his own car was badly
damaged and his wife injured, the
other motorist, of Grafton, w. Va,
took the boys to the nearest town
Cumberland, Md and bought them
a new car of the same model as they
had been driving.
"He filled the gas tank, took the
boys home to dinner, kept them as
guests in his home over night, and
wished them luck as they started on
their way"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-09-27
CIVIC MEMBERS DISCUSS
COUNTY HOMEPROPOSITION
Letters From Adjoining Coun-
ties Read at Meeting

The discussion of the need Of a
county home was discussed at the last
meeting of the Oakland Civic Club at
which time two letters We're read
which came from counties adjacent to
Garrett, in West Virginia, where con-
ditions are about the same as in this
county. The first one reads as fol-
lows:
eve feel that it is very advantage
Gus to have a county home, for al
ways there are those among the coun-
TVS poor who must be taken care of
entirely. Such cases we send to the
county home. We have, however, num-
erous cases that we help to support in
their own homes at small allowance
per week and we find we get along
better by having home to which we
may consign persons in extreme need.
"Our county home inmates range
from 80 to 40 in number and is about
self-suppOrting, but should we crowd
it to the extent Of the demand for
county aid it would cost US more than
our present plan"
The second letter reads as follows:
"The county has an Investment in
the farm of $4,000. There are 270
acres, all cleared and improved except
80 acres; equipment of horses, wag-
ons, machinery, tools, cattle, hogs
and chickens, would go about $4,000.
They have at present Is inmates. The
farm is not self sustaining, as it costs
$4,000 in addition to interest on in
vestment.
"The inmates are supposed to do
such work as they are able but l know
that to be very little. 1t also costs
the county several thousand dollars
to keep the widows pensions. We feel
that the poor farm is not success;
that at least two or three counties
should go together, giving more SUI
pervision.
"The ideal condition would be to
take care of these people in their
homes, but that would cost more. The
home is separate from the superin-
tendent's family and home. They are
furnished the raw materials and are
supposed to do their own cooking, the
women among them usually doing
this"
An article from Salisbury was read
in regard to the consolidation of coun-
ty homes in Maryland, desiring a COM
munity house and infirmary to sup
plant the present county almshouses
which now have dwindled to six on
the Eastern Shore.
A report from Garrett county gave
a list of twenty men and sixteen wo
men as those cared, along with fif-
teen families and three couples at 6
cost of over $4,000 each year.
This information has been giver
out by the Oakland Civic Club SO that
the voters of the county may be in,
formed on question for which they
must cast their votes in November
and not in any way to influence theil
action, Miss Thekla Fundenberg, pres
ident of the Civic Club, stated.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-09-27
PERSONAL AND LOCAL
NOTES OF INTEREST

Gilmor Hamill who spent the sum-
mer here, has returned to Princeton
University.
Mrs. Ellen Fahey and daughter, of
Grafton, w. Va, spent a day or two
in Oakland this week.
Nelson Offutt left Sunday night for
Gilman School, Baltimore, where he
has resumed his studies.
Mr.. Henry Hanst, of Kingwood,
was here Sunday and Monday where
he visited his daughter, Mrs. D. R.
Sincell.
Mr.. and Mrs Robert Stewart and
daughter spent few days this week
with relatives in Frostburg and West
ernport.
Mr.. and Mrs. Milton Sincell spent
Saturday and Sunday at Johnstown,
Pa, with the latter's father, Mr.. Jas.
VanCleve.
Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd Wensell, re-
siding south of Oakland, announce the
birth of a daughter, Dorothy Jane, on
Saturday, September %.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cecil Smith, who spent
two weeks motoring through New
York State, returned to their home in
Oakland Friday morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert L. Hanst, of
Clarksburg, w. Va, spent yesterday
evening and this morning in Oakland
with relatives and friends.
Henry Hamill has returned to
Washington College, Chestertown
Md, in which institution he is mem
Der of the Sophomore class.
In Cumberland yesterday marri-
age license was issued to Frank F
Teets, Hazelton, w. Va, and Agnes
Elizabeth VanSickle, Friendsville, Nd
~ Miss Margaret Stewart returned tc
4 Or home in Frostburg Saturday after
having spent a few days here as
guest of her brother, Robert Stew
art.
DR.. Henry w. McComas returned tc
Oakland yesterday morning from Bal
4 / I L IA III q
meeting of health officers the day pre-,
yious.
Rev. w. B. Brown, of the Park
motored to lFollansbee, near Wheel.
ing, w. Va, on Wednesday, having
been accompanied to the above place
by some friends.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-09-27

years, one month. On December II,
1879, she was married to Hiram S
Coleman and to this union were born
eight children. She united with the
Cherry Grove church of the Brethren
AZ years ago. She is survived by her
husband and seven children; also by
six brothers. Funeral services were
held at the home and Cherry Grove
church on September 4, by Rev. B. M
Rollins, assisted by Rev. D. W. Reese
Rev. R. A. Haney and Rev. Arthur
Scrogum. Interment was made in the
cemetery nearby.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-09-27
GLENN ODDS BLOCKER.

Glenn ODDS Blocher, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. John Blocher, Jennings, died on
September Is, at the age of Is years,
II months and 10 days. He was i'll
only a few days with paralysis. He is
survived by his parents, three broth
ers and one sister, Frank Blocher, of
Uniontown, Pa; Ernest Blocher, Mey-
ersdale, Pa; Victor Blocher, Jen-
nings; Mrs. Gay Warwick, Jennings,
and Edna, at home. Funeral services
were held at the home with burial in
the New Germany cemetery.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-09-27
WILLIAM EVERETT CUSTER

William Everett Custer, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Harvey Custer, Grantsville,
died September 7 at the age of 16
years, 6 months and days. His death
was caused by commissions. Besides
his parents, he is survived by three
sisters, Mrs. Norman Wilburn, Jen-
nings; Miss Gladys Custer, Akron, o.;
Mary Ellen, at home; and by one
brother, Glenn, also at home. Funeral
services were conducted at the resi-
dence, Rev. J. E. johnson officiating.
His body was laid to rest in the New
Germany cemetery.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-09-27

L. S. Hartley, Baltimore and Ohio
live stock specialist, is in Oakland to-
day in the interest of the Boys Calf
Club of Garrett county. He is much
gratified with the work of the boys.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-09-27

An addition 2Ox20 feet has been
authorized to be built at the local
creamery to accommodate a new milk
drying machine, which will be in
stalled as soon as the building is COM
pleted.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-09-27
MARTHA JANE COLEMAN

Martha Jane Coleman, born August
2, 1859, died September 2, 1928, at her
home in Frostburg. She was aged SO
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-08-24
p,rd Sails From New York in His An
arctic Ship Sampson in Quest
of Bleak Regions

on+b pole which has been hi
IL. Inc 0nIy twice attained, IS the OBJ
theTDo O' Of Commander Richard E.
sc.1SVi IN the most carefully planned
Byl looa p of exploration ever made.
'O S51ss,,n,ander Byrd is departing from
~, COi Work. in his Antarctic ship, the
New na nm accompanied by So volun-
S GAM among them such heroes OF the
u sts' ss Bernt Balchen, Thomas Mulroy
snd Harold l. June.
'- commander Byrd is taking three
.lanes with him. He believes the
P ,tnrctic can be conquered by the
Ai ;oIare lust as the Arctic has been
aLlp""orpd He has also purchased
t g.. fbp venture an iron freighter, the
III .iis which is in New Zealand.
The Chelsea will be used mainly to
transport the supplies.
After leaving New Zealand, Byrd
rin establish a base on the Ross ice
S S,r about 1000 miles from the
U Uo 4 self supporting settlement
Pill Pill he established there and the
Sa,, will be sent back to New
Zealand Zealand to prevent the loss of her by
rushing in the ice. Byrd will es-
f,6iisb bases from the barrier to the
NILE 100 miles apart from each other
e be used in case of emergency.
When the bases have been laid ByrC
will fly toward the pole in his tri-mo
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-08-24

of live stock is an important industry
on the project and the quality of the
dairy cattle is steadily being improv-
ed. Cow testing associations are in
operation on both the Fort Shat and
Greenfields divisions. Sheep are in
creasing in number and good profits
from small flocks are the rule
Poultry does we'll on the project
with Montana turkeys bringing top
prices for the past several years. The
principal local market is Great Falls.
Livestock is shipped to St. Paul, Min
neapolis, Spokane. Seattle. Chicago
and to the packing plant at Great
Falls. Sugar beets Of which q small
acreage is grown are shipped to the
factory at Chinook, Montana Grain
elevators are located at ten shipping
points on the project.
Gibson dam will be completed ir
1929 and the assurance of on annie
water supply should aid materially Il
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-08-24
BENEFITS OF HIGHWAYS

Highways are an investment that
pays real dividends and shows profits
according to Frank Page, chairman IF
the North Carolina highway commits
siO1H In a recent speech, he showed
what benefits have come to that state
from its fine roads.
AS the first item he listed relief to
towns and counties and savings to
road users, through reducing wear
and tear and losses.
Second, educational opportunities.
Third, the rapid, cheap and safe
transportation of agricultural pro-
ducts.
Fourth, factories avoid congested
centers and labor needs no tenements
in town.
Fifth, increased accessibility of re-
sorts and places of scenic interest.
Sixth, the appeal good highways
make to potential residents.
Seventh, social advantages, by do
ing away with isolation.
! These are highway dividends" that
are paid in every state and every To-
cality. A community that neglects
building good and adequate roads is
ccndemning itself to mediocrity anC
retrogression.