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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-07-18
BEN G. WHITEHEAD, ONE TIME
LOCAL NEWSPAPER MAN, DIES
Founded Newspaper in Willis.
ton, and Was Colonel on
Governor Burke's Staff
WAS A PRACTICAL PRINTER
virility Of His Writings Made
Him a Prominent Figure
in North Dakota

Colonel Ben q. Whitehead. former
Bismarck newspAperman and widely
known throughout North Dakota at
one time as q champion Of the DEM
ocratic party and enthusiastic sup
porter Of william Jennings Bryan
for president. Is dead at Martin.
Texas. according to word received
here this morning.
Whitehead was In Bismarck for
several years after 1910, first as an
employe Of the Bismarck Palladium,
and later as publisher Of The Bis
marck State. He conducted an edi-
torial column In the Bismarck State
called Meetings OF the Ananias
Club in which he featured many
Bismarck persons.
Camo In 1906
Before coming to North Dakota In
1906, he was q well known special
writer and sociologist In the east and
south. He was attached to the staff
Of the Louisville Courier Journal as q
writer on race conditions In the North
and made q tour Of the northern
states and Canada studying sociolog-
ical conditions and attracting great
attention by his work.
He was educated as a printer
while an apprentice in the office Of
the Eastern Illinoisan. at Marshall
In his work he was connected With
the Cincinnati Enquirer. the Fort
Wayne Journal Gazette, the Kokomo,
Ind, News. and the Goshen. Ind,
News Times. Following his departure
from North Dakota, he became pub
Usher and editor Of q small magazine
at Michigan City, Ind, called yam
kee Doodle
On Governors Staff
Colonel Whitehead's first newspa-
per work In North Dakota was re-
porting the Democrats convention at
Minot. John Burke. now chief JUS
tice Of the state supreme court, was
nominated for governor at that con-
vention. During the ensuing cam.
paign he edited the Grand Forks
Press and then moved to Williston
where he established. with the aid Of
the Democratic party, the Williston
State. In the Williston paper. which
lived but few months. Whitehead
ballyhooed the cause Of the Demo-
| Gratis.
The veteran newspaper man was a
colonel on the staff of Governor John
Burke and also was q United States
commissioner at Schafer.
He was born in Marshall, ILL.,. Nov.
Is. 1869. His parents. Silas s. White
head and Eva Wood Whitehead, we're
both natives Of Indiana and Of
Scotch-Irish descent Ben was edu-
Gated in the common schools Of Clark
county. III.
He was married at LaPorte, Ind.
March I, 1907, to Laura Wadsworth,
and they had three children. Doro-
thy. Charles Miller. and Mary. An
other son, Henry, died at the age Of
eight years.
Colonel Whitehead was q Mason,
and Elk. and was Chancellor Com
mander of the knights Of Pythias
lodge at Williston at one time.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-07-18
ANYI-CR|ME SESSION
Opens IN M|SSOULA
Officers Seek to Know Why So
Many Criminals Escape Ap-
prehension for Crimes

Missoula. Mont. July 18.-(P,-Law
enforcement officers Of northwest
states and Canadian provinces gath
cred today for the opening session Of
q three-day anti-crime conference.
The officers will seek to determine
why SO many criminals so unappre-
hended In comparison to the number
Of crimes being committed.
Expected to be here for the session
late today were w. D. Smith OF
Helena, federal prohibition admins
tration. and Frank Lavigne, special
crime investigator.
Discussion will center around
means Of bringing about greater eff
cheney between law enforcement off,
GERS.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-07-18
FLAMES WIPE OUT
| DOCKS IN SEATTLE
Five Firsmsn and One Workman
Are Sent to Hospital by
$1,000, 900 Blaze

Seattle, July l8-(ReFire which,
destroyed the Union Pacific dock
here late yesterday caused . loss
Of almost t1.000.000 and sent five
firemen and . dock worker to the
hospital burned or overcome BY
smoke. lThirty-one companies Of fire.
men and three fireboats fought the
blaze for IN hour before getting It
under control. A cigarette. thrown
carelessly aside By IN employe. va
blamed BY officials for the blaSe.
which started beneath the ilooeing ou
the bay end Of the dock.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-07-18
Professors Rocket Explodes in Air;
Populace Thinks L Is Plane Crash

worcester. Mass, July lS.-A-The
search Of Z professor Of physics ct
Clark university Tor . new propsllant
for rockets deSigned 70 explore the
uppeS, STRATA q tho air caused . sen-
sation hereabouts yesterday after-
noon, but the result Of the expert
ment. flguratiyely at least, was some
what up Ia the air today.
First reports from the isolated dis
trict In which Prof. Robert II. God.
dard has his l0-foot oteel tower and
experiment station were that . flam-
ing meteor had hurst With q terrific
detonation. Other persons thought m
atsplan9 bad csashed, and @ syeo4
NJ tlss oxeitean1at that mo po)leo
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-07-18


mittee Of the U. S. Senate COM
mittee on Indian affairs ID ex-
pected 70 spend . few hours in
Bismarck tomorrow. The exact
time Of the senator's arrival here
is not known.
Fort Yates. N. D.. July lS.-R)-
Forty witnesses were here today to
testify at the hearing being conducted
by the subcommittee Of the senate
committee on Indian affairs relating
to conditions on the Standing Rock
Indian reservation here.
The hearing was late getting under
way, Senator Frazier Of North Dakota
and Senator Wheeler Of Montana,
being delayed on their trip from Mo-
bridge. 8. D. It is expected to end
about Friday noon.
In q statement prepared for the
committee. E. b. Mossman, reserva-
ton superintendent, said the commit
tee would hear complaints only from
those Indians who have grievances
The good Indians, he said, have no
complaints to make.
Mossman charges that q woman
who visited the reservation last fall
to do research work had stirred up
trouble and induced Indians to COM
plain against the superintendent. He
said that this woman "crystallized
and unified the opposition Of bootleg
gers. moonshiners, grafterS and buns
to the administration Of affairs on
this reservation"
Later In the fall the woman re-
turned and campaigned for Smith for
president.
Through her efforts. Mossman said,
an Indian defense association was
organized. He charged that its Of
1tcerS are 'loafcrs and no accounts
and that one OF its members was dis
missed from the Indian reservation
service because of thievery.
Nellie Cottonwood, Cannon Ball. 4
young Indian woman. was the first
witness. She said that Mossman had
whipped her and Sarah Thompson
four years ago following an argument
at the Indian school. The woman
pretended that she could not speak
English and the committee spent
some time obtaining an interpreter.
Under cross examination by Moss
man, however. the girl admitted she
could speak English and did so. She
admitted that the whipping had oc-
Cured after she and the Thompson
girl had beaten small girl pupil at
the school and had knocked down the
matron when the latter attempted to
punish them.
Mossman charged that someone
had induced the girl to make COM
plant to the subcommittee, despite
the fact that the incident occurred
four years ago. The girl admitted
this but refused to say who it was.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-07-18
Lady Heath Plans
Marks for Women

New York, july lS. -R- Women
are to have Official aviation marks.
Lady Heath has been informed that
the Federation Aeronautique Inter-
rationale has granted her request to
create . category Of feminine records.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-07-18
BRIDGE WASHED OUT

A highway bridge paralleling the
railroad bridge was washed out. AM
balances and doctors from east and
west Of the wreck were being delayed
In reaching the scene by high water.
Until the water recedes. rescue
work will be difficult. said telephone
reports. It was estimated that It
would take four hours for the water
to lower sufficiently to begin opera
tions. The train, which Is through
passenger from the east. carried 40
coaches. Four Of these. including the
baggage car and the locomotive. went
into the creek.
An automobile road which parallels
the railroad for some distance was
five feet under water at the scene Of
the accident. This prevented anyone
from reaching the scene Immediately.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-07-18
LEG CRUSHED, BOY DIES

Breckenridge, MIMI. July l0.-lR1-
Kermit Larson. Z. Colfax. N. D., died
from injuries suffered when Z train
crushed his leg. Kermit was pursuing
q snake and crawled under Z box car.
The train started. and crushed his leg.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-07-18
China AND RUSSIA
TRANSPORT TROOPS
TOS|bER|AN BORDER
Rumors Are Rife That White
/ Guards Are Aiding 0ri.
entails In Struggle
ENGAGEMENT IS REPORTED
Soviet Makes Complete Break
In Relations With China;
Postpones Trouble
ENGAGEMENT IS REPORTED

Peipins, China. July lS.-(RE
Japanese news agency dispatches
from Harbin state that Russian forces
are being massed at Pogranichinaya
and Manchun along the Siberian.
Manchurian frontier.
The transportation Of Chinese
troops to the frontiers also was re-
ported being rushed.
The Russian co1sulAte.general IN
Harbin has been closed and the staff
II preparing to leave.
Persistent rumorS that white"
Russians were aiding the Chinese In
their conflict with the Soviet were
confirmed today with Z message to
the retired japanese major, Kuroki.
from Ataman semionov, white leader.
at Dairen, whom he served as aide
for many years. eemionvo summoned
him to come to Dairen where he was
planning resumption Of hts anti
Soviet efforts.
Major Kuroki said there were about
$4,000 white Russians In Manchuia
available for military service, and he
remarked this might present gold
en- opportunity for white blow at
the Red troops.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-07-18
A. O. u. ". llHR0rR

Aberdeen. s. D., July lO.- Dr.
Merger o. the South Dakota iurisdic-
tton of the Ancient Order oS Unlted
,Worhmen With the North Dakota
jurisdiction beccmes effective today
2 leasks, 1Aseo. n. p. has An
acnneed.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-07-18
LONDON HEARS RUMOR
OF BATTLE ON AMUR

London, July l8.-(F9-The Daily
Mail today published . report from
It's Peiping correspondent OF rumors
In Chinese quarters there that Soviet
troops had been repulsed In IN at
tempt to cross the Anur river. which
forms the northern boundary Of Man
churiA.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-07-18
0rnaON1a ARE PARENTs

Brussels. Belgium, July lS.-@ -
Mrs. Hugh .. Gibson, wife Of the
American aSnbaaeedor here, eave birth
70 ! son today. Both mother and child
80 Aoine nieslN
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-07-18
TRAIN CoNsISTW.0E- :.
TWENTY STEEL CARS

Chicago. ILL.,. July ID. West
bound Rock Island train No. S. which
was wrecked early this morning near
Stratton. Colo. left Chicago at 1850
p M, Tuesday. It consisted Of l.
steel cars and pullmans. The train
was known as the Colorado Express.
An official report received at head
quarters Of the Rock Island lines here
said the wreck occurred at 3:55 q. m,
three and one-half miles west Of
Stratton.
The engine and tender derailed and
spread the rails, causing nine cars to
pile up and break through q bridge,
the report said. The three last cars
remained on the track.
One car pitched down an embank-
ment Flood waters submerged the
ill-fated Pullman car, drowning sew.
eral passengers. The submerged car
contained seven passengers and .
Pullman porter.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-07-18
COLORADOEXPRESS
ROLLS into CREEK;
! PASSENGERS
Heavy Rains Cause Dry Wash to
Become Torrent; Bridge
y, Is Weakened =
PULLMAnS ARE SUBMERGED
Injured Number 20; All Avail.
able Physicians are Rushed
to Scene Of Wreck
PULLMANs ARE SUBMERGED

Denver. Colo. July 1S.-(P)-Eigh
persons we're killed and more than Z
score injured in the wreck near
Stratton. Colo, early today Of the
west-bound Colorado Express Of the
Rock Island lines, several cars Of
which plunged through q bridge
weakened by a sudden flood follow
ing q cloudburst.
One car of the train carried most
Of It's occupants to death when It
submerged in the swtrling waters Of
Landsman's creek.
Railroad officials said 1t had been
established that seven passengers and
4 negro porter had been killed.
Twenty-seven passengers were list.
ed as injured. none apparently In .
dangerous condition.
Morris Gest, theatrical producer of
New York city. who was on the train,
aided In rescue work and later went to
Stratton where he telephoned q
graphic account Of the accident to the
Denver Post and the Associated Press.
The train, carrying several hundred
passengers. hit q. weakened bridge
near here early this morning and
after two locomotives. q baggage car
and chair car passed over the struc.
ture. . chair car plunged into the
stream. which had become . raging
torrent, ten feet deep and 100 yards
wide.
From the sunken car only one per.
son emerged. One man broke q win.
dow and, bleeding from many cuts,
svanasto safety.
The body Of an unidentified man
was found q quarter Of . mile down
stream from the scene Of the wreck.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-07-18
WITNESSES TESTIFY
BEFORE SENATORIAL
BODY AT Fl. YATES
Senators Lynn J. Frazier and
Burton K. Wheeler Are Aid.
ing in Investigation
COMPLAINTS ARE HEARD
Mossman, the Agency Head,
Charges That indians Were
Urged to Complain

Spending today at Fort Yates,
members Of the special subcom-
mittee Of the u. S. Senate com.
mittee on Indian affairs ID ex-
pected 70 spend . few hours In
Bismarck tomorrow. The exact
time Of the senator's arrival here
is not known.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-29
VAIL STREET BLUES

MY stock leaps up in the morning.
My heart leaps, too. in glee;
But my happiness dies aborning-
II drops again ut B..
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-29

Times may change, but the fine traditions Of hero
Ism OF the sea still remain.
One finds the proof in the thrilling story Of the
rescue OF three men and one woman from the wave
tossed waters Of Lake Erie after q Cleveland-Detroi
passenger plane had been forced down and funk the
other day. One man-John Kasper, q co-pilot Of the
airplane-was lost, but the ether three were Iaved.
Weighted down with heavy flying clothes and
heavy boots but aided by q life preserver. Cy Caldwell,
the chief pilot Of the plane, swan four miles through
rough seas 10 the nearest steamship lane.
Caldwell was a mere dot on the horizon. bobbing
up and down with the waves. when Allan Emerson,
easle-eyed second mate Of the Canadian freighter
Midland King. CHANGED to sight him. Quickly. the
ship put about and Caldwell was hoisted aboard where
he told Of the other survivors still out there IN the
water.
Capt. Roy Burke, master Of the Midland King.
turned his vessel and raced for the scene. His power
full searchlights penetrated the darkness and revealed
Mrs. Robert Little, a passenger. struggling tn the
water.
One glance at her pr-edicament was enough for
Walter Joslin, first mate OF the Midland King. With
out even waiting to don a life preserver, Joslin lived
over the side and swamstoward her. She was so ex-
hausted that she could do little to aid him and he
soon became exhausted too.
Sam Wilkinson, a wheelsman, saw what was hap
penlng. and dixed overheard to mid the tast-weaken-
ing Joslin. wilkinson, however. was swept around the
stern Dy L1G Sl4OAH CaAANAb @N4 11SS
save himself by grabbing q life preserver that was
thrown to him.
Joslin, with a half-unconscious woman on his arm.
made his slow and painful way to a rope ladder.
dropped over the Midland Kings side. Supporting
Mrs. Little with one hand, he grasped this. Inc
waves tossed him about as though they were trying TO
snatch him TO his death. but he held on with One
hand until his arm was nearly pulled from its socket
and the bone nearly broken. Then he passed Mrs
= t..,a -, ~ Second Mate Emerson, who had descend
ed to the foot of the ladder. Slowly, he followed them
up the side of the ship
Meanwhile, c. A. Lupold, another airplane passen-
gre. was being picked up by another snip Wnere "u'h
the same scene was being enacted.
Yet. the glorious traditions OF the sea stil i've
even in this modern day when survivors from Inflated
liners are rescued from the deep. Times are eifferent'
but the cry for aid still finds willing and heroic res
cuers ready TO respond.
Thank God that even in this day Of advanced
progress and modern science we still have men VINO
are real men!
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-29


Who am I? How many times has
my father been premier of Great
Britain? OF what party is he a
member?
Where Is the birthplace OF Robert
Burns?
The hero Of what novel fought
windmills?
And III a man also strive for mas
teries, yet is he not crowned, except
he strive lawfully" Where Is this
passage found in the Bible2
TOday's Horoscope
Persons born on this day are neat
in their habits and have discrimi-
mating minds. They have quick but
not vengeful temperS.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-29

Hoover. They were armed with all sorts Of arguments,
they said. 70 combat the proposals of the Lords Day
Aniance-but they never did get q chance to present
them. After cooling their heels about the White
House steps for four days therefore. the COMMITTEES
members returned 10 their homes. compelled 10 tom
tent themselves with the issuance Of statements eon-
corning their hard luck. Mr.. Hoover had neatly side
stepped the visitors for q fishing trip down IN Mary
land.
Apparently. the catching Of q good mess Of fish
was considered more interesting.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-29
StarLOre.
Working on Plans for the Big ZOO
Inch Telescope
By Arthur Dew. Carr


BY Arthur Dew. Carpenter.
The designs for the 200-inch tele-
scope to be constructed for the CAL
ifornia Institute ofof Techonology.
with the cooperation Of the Mount
Wilson observatory. are being vigor-
ously pushed. The plans call for "a
powerful fork in which the tele-
scopic tube will rest, rotating on
roller and ball bearings. The tube
will be about 80 feet long. Expert
mentS are being made with quartz
for construction OF the enormous
mirror. Other kinds of glass are
also being experimental with. The
total weight for the constructed
telescope will be around 200 tons.
"a test of atmospheric conditions at
various mountain stations III Cali
fornia and Arizona will be carried
on for two years before the site is
selected.
More tomorrow
Answers 20 Foregoing Questions
/. Ishbel Macdonald; twice; La
Dor.
2. Alloway. Scotland.
3. Don QuiXote.
4. Timothy, ii. >.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-29

Above it on the wall was a shelf
loaded with books.
The closet door stood open. and
hanging from a hook just inside
the door was a pink bungalow APP
ron-no doubt left there by Bry-
ants wife when she went away from
him and from this home of theirs.
The pink bungalow apron was too
much for Chatty.
She switched off the lights and
went out into the kitchen where
Bryant was chopping ice.
The kitchen, too, seemed 10 DC
fairly alive with the presence Of
Bryant's vanished wife.
Here, too. at the window, hung
little frilly white curtains, all daint-
lily made by hand.
The tea towels, on a white rack
above the sink, had been hemmed
by hand. too. Besides the sink
stood a tall, white stool-the kind
that women sit on when they are
Smelling peas or peeling potatoes.
Who keeps this place in such
wonderful order?" Chatty asked,
sitting GOWN on II STOOL anO leel-
ing as If she had no right to be
there.
The laundress my wife used To
have comes in once a week and fix
es 1t all up. She vas here yester-
day. he answered. land today, too
She does everything for me. Nice
little place, isn't it?"
Darling" Chatty answered, alb
sently.
She got up from the stool and
wandered back into the living room
Among the lowered silk cushions
of the couch lay something small
and soft and white. Before she pick
ed II I'D she knew what II was. "A
woman's handkerchief, perfumed
delicately. and finished with a roll
ed hem that had been done by
hand.
Chatty looked at the tiny neat
stitches. Stitches that were tus'
as tiny and Just as neat as the
stitches in the curtains all over the
house.
Your wife's been here lately
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-29
The Once Over
WHY PULLMAN TOURISTS GO Mad


(Scene: A parlor car. A highly inquisitive young
ster OF about seven years has been placed In one Of
the chairs by a mother who has gone into another
car for some peace. A gentleman who boards the
train finds his chair in back Of the child
Child Con knees In chair facing the ~stranger): Has
this train got one engineer
Man Ca little surprised: Yes, ! think 10.
Child: Has it got one engine or two e~ngines7
Man (opening a newspaper One engine Is MI on
q train Of this kind, my boy.
Child: ] was on q train once that had two engines.
Man attempting to read): Were you?
Child: What kind Of trains have two engines?
Man Ga little annoyed, but trying to be tolerant):
Heavy trains. I guess.
Child: Heavier than this one?
Man: Heavier than this train, yes.
Child: How heavy Is this train?
Man Gattling his paper: Quite heavy.
Child: lis It heavier than q freight train?
Man urowning): 4 dunno. ron.
Child: I know what runs his train.
Man: Do you?
Child: Yes. Electricity: 1t runs halfway by cleo
.tricity and then they change to steam-engines. Why
do they change to rteam-engines?
Man Crying to hide behind paper: I haven't any
idea.
Child: I know what 1t says on those signs out
there. 1t says Danger. Live wires My mother
told me il anybody touched the wires they would get
killed. If you touched EN- would you Get killed?
Man drritably): Yep.
Child: I betcher I could touch one and not ret
killed.
Man now quite hot and bothered: I'm afraid 70.
CThe man changes his seat to one ncross the risle.
The child pursues him.
Child: Ooh. we're going over a trestle now. Can
two trains 60 over This trestle TT once?
Man sharply: No.
Child: Why not2
Man: They just can't. Here. take this paper rnd
zee the funny pictures.
Child: I don't like funny pictures. Can a train
like this 20 off a .restle into The water?
Man: Yeah.
Child: Was you ever in a wreck?
Man: Never.
Child: Ny father was n q wreck.
Man (under his BREATH: I suspected rs much.
Child: And my mother was in \ wreck.
Man sliding down in seat quite dejected): In
glad Of that.
Child: I was never in 4 wreck. though.
Man: No such luck.
Child Cstanding In seat so he can look down into
the passengers face over the top Of his newspapers:
What does 1t mean when the man blows The fngine
whistle like that? Are there cows on the track?
Man desperately resolving to get rid Of the n
fant): Now look here. I don't want you to ask y.
Mother (sweeping into the car suddenly: Oh. has
little Roscoe been annoying you? He makes friends
with everybody and asks so many questions. Has
he bothered you?
Man Crying to be nice): Not at all. not ut NIL.
Mother Oeading the boy away: You come right
over with mommer and be quiet.
Man behind mis- paper: Idiot
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-29

Some weeks ago a COMMITTEES representing the
Lords Day Alliance called on President Hoover 70
discuss plans for making the city Of Washington .
"model of morals" for all other communities m tne
United States. They proposed rules and regulations
that would ultimately. provide q "workiess md sport
less sabbath" for the Capital City: what they rccom-
nlisfed Is not known, but, at least, they experienced
no trouble In getting the presidents ear.
Then. last week. the National Association Opposed
"a Blue Laws sent a committee to call ON President