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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-02-19
MECHANICAL MAN IS
PLANES LATEST AID
AT LANDING FIELDS
Robot Turns on Flood Lights IN
Obedience to Siren Note
Of Approaching Ship

Newask, N. j., Feb. l9.-R-Mr.
Televox, the mechanical man, has
come to the aid Of aviators by max
ing dangerous landings on unlighted
flying fields unnecessary,
IN obedience to the, note, Of : siren
on IN approaching plane the mechan-
ical man turned on the flood lights
at the Newark airport last night with
out the aid Of human hands.
Mr.. Televox. whose name. freely
translated, from the Greek and Latin
means distant voice." demonstrated
his ability as m airfield attendant
when In repeated tests he flooded the
new airport with 24.000,00 candle
power in response to the distant voice
Of plane high In the air.
Pete Branson, airmail pilot. ap-
preached the field from various di-
rections and at different attitudes In
the tests, turning on . wind driven
siren as he neared. Each time the
sound Of the siren reached the field,
the mechanical man flashed on the
lights.
The device which gives Mr.. Televox
the similitude Of human response to
sound Is the combination Of two re-
cent inventions. the Knowles grid
glow and q vibrating Reed selector.
The vibrations set UP In the Reed
selector when q sound Of 4. certain
pitch is impressed upon It are trans.
mitted to the .rid-glow. converted
into electrical energy and amplified
sufficiently to operate the switching
mechanism Of the flood lights.
The Televox device was recently
demonstrated by its designer, r. J.
Wensley Of the Westinghouse Electric
and Manufacturin. company.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-02-19
THREE LIFE TERM MURDERERS
SAW WAY TO PRISON LIBERTY
Slayer of Don MeIIett, Canton
Publisher Crusader. Is
Among Desperadoes
BLIMDINc SNOW STORM AIDS
Seven Other Prisoners Refuse
to Escape Through Aper-
ture in Prison Bars

Columbus, Ohio, Feb. 19-(AP)-
Three life term murderers. includ-
ing Pat McDermott, slayer Of Don
Mellett, Canton publisher, and two
other prisoners sawed their way to
freedom from the state penitentiary
eafiy todgY. ga,
They dropped from the roof Of the
residence Of Warden Preston e.
Thomas and escaped under cover Of
= binding snow storm that soon
obliterated their tracks.
Besides McDermott, those who es-
capped are:
William Young. 40, Washington
county, serving q life term for MUIR
der.
Mike Jacko. 81, Cuyahoga county,
serving = life term for murder.
James Walton, 80, Cuyahoga coun-
ty, serving . term Of IL to IS years
for robbery.
Joe Rosso, 26, Cuyahoga county.
serving q term Of 10 to Is years for
robbery.
Search Organized
An extra guards were sent out to
search near the prison Immediately
after the escape was discovered and
police Of surrounding towns and cit
les were notified to be on the look
out for the men.
Seven other prisoners, including
another life term murderer, who
were quartered with the five escaped
men refused to escape.
One bar on each Of three cells was
sawed in two with . hack saw, an
aperature wide enough for . man to
crawl through being made. The es-
cape is believed to have been made
between 4 and ga. m.
Snow Hides Escape
After the five men left their cells,
they slipped along the corridor Of
their tier, which is in the front Of
| the penitentiary, then mounted "a
the roof through ventilator. From
there they crawled to the roof OF
the warden's residence, suspended
their improvised ladder made o1
mattress material, and bed clothing
from the roof and slid to the ground
disappearing in the snow filled dark
ness.
The crime for which McDermott
was sentsnced- the murder Of Dor
B. MeIlett, crusading Canton pub
Ilisher-was one Of the most sensa
tional Ohio has known.
Young was sentenced TO life To-
the murder Of Harrison Z. Boyden
Marietta policeman, during m at
tempted safe robbery att Marietta Il
the spring Of 1926. He isa said to hav'
been known in Ashland, Kyy ~
safe blower.
Jacko was sentenced In 1877 at th'
age Of 70 for the murder of join
ISo,ize. Cleveland butcher.
| walton, alias Walden. was sen
ilteuced to serve II TO = years Tor th'
IhoIdup Of card game tn CleveIaua
I'm 1871.
49, wss sentenced In 1917 70 ,
term of from 10 to = years Tor nj
Inoe robbery.
"a. = statement issued several hour
i after the escapes. Warden Thoma
1ixod reopongibility on "iSnogaiac
fand dlsopsdience of ordsrs on the pes
tol of5icess."
Yinaabee Aiaed Cenvicts
h rid that some okl1cer had "a
| trulted the koy % the yentilator doc
| | q a inmate plalmlber and ha6 there
liz paved ~ ~ for : col1uaacn h.
tWeon To pamnabor And 90 eecape'
4 K Ii A "A ST.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-02-19
HAGUE BANK BANDIT
CONFESSES H0LDUP

El Paso. Tex. Feb. lo.-(R)-A con-
fession Of participation In . faold'up
and robbery Of ! hank In Hague, n.
D., on November n. le2s. has been
obtained from pearly Peterson, alias
Frank q. Olson. police have an-
nounced.
Police said Peterson named George
Eyenson g hts companion IN the
holdup.
Peterson also has admitted, pol,ce
officials state. that he broke JAN g
NorthWood, H.. sfter being afreeteo
IN connection with bank 'roone5y
there.
Approximately tl,2oo il currency
Wns obtained 4, the robbery Of tne
First State Bank of Haglae.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-02-19
PENALIzE LEGISLATORS

Lansing. Mich. Feb. l9.-Rl-The
custom IS for the state senator intro
ducing each Tooth bill to give party
to his colleagues. The idea was to
curb the multitude Of laws. But so
many weighty matters need legisla-
ton that their Is protest and 1t Is
proposed to limit expenditures at such
penalj1ing functions to $25.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-02-19

Heated arguments today were pre-
Sented to the senate game and fish
committee which has under consider
alton the bill to eliminate the pres
ent game and fish commission and
place the department under the con-
troll Of one man
G.. p. Peterson, game and fish COM
missioner. and John w. Benson. dep
uty for northern district, appeared
in opposition to the measure.
A large number Of sportsmen and
members Of Izaak Walton League
clubs talked in behalf Of the bill.
Joseph Schannach, Fargo. was
spokesman for those advocating the
bill.
Final committee action probably
will be taken in q meeting tomorrow.
Warning to the committees to speed
up thier work was issued by John
w. Carr, presiding officer. Monday
night rs bills still were In committees
and only eight days remain for the
senate to complete the work OF send
ing senate bills to the house.
Among measures recommended for
passage was one to buy . section OF
land which would be leased by the
state to the Northern Great Plains
Experiment station ct Mandan for 81
year.
The governor also signed the bill
appropriating $4,000 for new build.
ings 1t the state agricultural college
at Fargo.
Hylsnd, Patterson Clash
Another tiff between Frank Hyland
Ramsey county. and Dell Patterson
Renville county, developed Monday
Attacking the report OF the public
health committee. recommending To-
passage the bill permitting counties
to organize into health districts. Pat
terson said that he had attended tn
committee meeting but had beel
called away. After he left, he salt
he was informed. someone who con
trolls the purse strings" appeared be
fore the committee.
Hyland demanded IN explanation
Of this remark, charging that Patter
son was casting Z slur upon the com
mittec membership. A brisk ex
change resulted. Carr halted the dis
cussion by ruling that personalitie
have no place In Z discussion befor
the senate. A motion BY Patterso
: TO defer action on .he committee r.
lport was adopted. .
Later. however, Patterson and D
Ser ~ Va~,k>. euns,S1a<ep >>rnsvpteS S>naa a
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-02-19

ynyalids should not "a Asked 70 eat
IL ssasne food at two aleals = 80.
The Washington times., 1929-05-14
RADIO SEEN AS
END Of BABEL

An ending of the Babel Of
Tongues" the host of languages
that for centuries have held apart
the peoples of the earth end led to
much bitter hatred 'and warfare,
is seen by DIR. A. c. Kennedy, pro-
fessor Of electrical engineering at
Harvard University.
DR.. Kennedy. speaking at the
meeting of the Intitute Of Radio
Engineers last night, declared that
the radio will bring an univarsal
language to the world and will
make for future peace and security.
The convention opened yesterday
morning at the Mayflower Hotel
with the reading Of technical papers.
DR.. A. Hoyt Taylor, chief of the
United States Naval Research Lab
oratory, radio division, and presi.
dent Of the International Radio
Engineers, spoke.
A photo-radio demonstration was
given by c. Francis jenkins, of the
jenkins laboratories.
The Washington times., 1929-05-14
SINCLAIR SHOWS
DIPLOMA

The second week of the many
weeks he has to serve in the Dis
triet jail for being in contempt of
the United States Senate has begun
for the multi-millionaire oil baron,
Harry F. Sinclair.
Taking almost a boyish pride in
II, Sinclair yesterday displayed to
Fellow inmates and to Major Will
liam l.. Peak, superintendent of the
jan, his diploma, received many
years ago, showing him to be a
pharmacist graduate of the Univer.
sity Of Kansas. Sinclair is the Off
cial pill mixer and doctors helper
At the bastile.
Once he began mixing pills and
the old lessons returned to him, no
~one doubted but that Sinclair was
all he said he was.
Provided he behaves we'll while
I In the Jail, Sinclair's sentence will
) be communted at the rate of five
days month, shortening his 9O.day
term by Is days.
The Washington times., 1929-05-14

placed at work in a stone quarry
at Fort McDow. While he was
working at this. he says he was
ordered to 90 to the top Of a pile
of stone and dislodge 1t. His foot
was pinned in by the fall and badly
mangled.
He alleges that through neglect
and i'll treatment at the hospital 1t
became necessary to remove his
leg.
Had to Beg CrutcheF
He claims he was discharged rom
the hospital without even a pair
Of crutches and that 1t was only
through the Intervention of a Red
Cross worker that he was able to
get a pair and transportation to
Ell Paso. There, he says, another
Red Cross worker got him a ticket
to his home in Butler.
He Is in Washington tying to
fight through the red tape" that
has been woven about his case. All
that he wants from the Govern
ment, he says, is a square deal He
says he needs an artificial leg 80
that he can get work. He is an
expert mechanic, he says, but no
one will hire him when he applies
for a Job on crutches.
The Washington times., 1929-05-14
DR.. r. p. Cooke Will
Be Convention Guest

BERRYVIIILE. Va, May 14-Dr.
Robert P. Cooke who has been
awarded a gold medal by Congress
for distinguished service in recogni.
ton of an act Of outstanding hero
ism in the assistance he gave the
late DIR. Walter Reed in his investi.
cations of the causes Of yellow
fever and it's methods Of transmits.
sion. will be one Of the speakers
at the annual county convention Of
the Order of Kings Daughters and
Sons to be held in Christ Episcopal
Church. Milwood, May IS.
The Washington times., 1929-05-14
Quick -Triggered Drys
Scored by Prosecutor

" ROCKFORD, ILL.,. May IA U.sL--
Shooting prohibition agents were
Aayed yesterday by William D.
knight, Winnebago prosecutor, and
staunch supporter of the prohibition
law.
There is no question but what
all this killing on the part of prohibit
ton enforcement officers is influenc-
ing juries so that it Is extrenely
hard to obtain convictions in liquor
cases. Something must be done to
end the activities Of these quick.
triggered agents"
The Washington times., 1929-05-14

According to the story told by
Metcalf, he enlisted in the Army in
1924 and after serving several
weeks was arrested and charged
with having enlisted under false
colors. Someone else, he claims,
entered the Eighth Cavalry under
the same name, at Fort Bliss, Tex.
and deserted.
The other man had a birthmark
on his back and Metcalf has none
and shows no sign of having one
effaced. Nevertheless he was SEN
fenced to Is months at LeaVen-
worth, Kans., but was held at
Fort Hay where he worked on
mechanical jobs around the post.
He was also to be given a dis
charge.
Duty, But No Pay
He claims he entered into an
agreement with captain who
befriended him to have him restored
to duty. This was done, he says,
pay he found that he could not
get any.
Disguised, he deserted and went
TO Mcheesport Wnere ne secured q
job in a steel mill. One day he
went to Akron, Ohio, where he
visited some friends. He was
arrested there and taken back to
Fort Hay where he was sentenced
to serve a year for deserting.
Thinking he might be able to
present his case better at another
post, he left and went to the
Presidio in California, where he
surrendered.
There he was sentenced to serve
six months additional and was
The Washington times., 1929-05-14
Hoover Asked to Aid
Georgia Enforcement

President Hoover was asked yes
terday by Senator Harris Of
Georgia, to send a message on law
enforcement in Georgia to the
Christian Index Of which DR.. Louis
Newton is editor. The Index sup.
ported MIR. Hoover in the recent
campaign and Senator Harris SUBJ
mitted the request at the sugges-
tion of DR. Newton.
The message which the President
Is asked to write would be used in
a law enforcement drive now in
progress in Georgia, The President
did not indicate to Senator Harris
whether he would comply.
The Washington times., 1929-05-14
Winchester Woman
Gets Absolute Divorce

WINCHESTER, Va. May 1l.--A
decree has been entered in the cir.
cult court of Frederick county
granting an absolute divorce to
Mrs. Bessie santimier from Robert
X. Santimier on statutory grounds.
The custody Of their two children,
Marie and Dorothy, is given to
mrs. Mary Vance, a sister Of the
husband. Mr.. santimier is required
70 pay $40 per month for their
BOARD. He is also required Ito pay
sns costs In the case and also tho
attorney fee OF his wife.
The Washington times., 1929-05-14
Religious Unity Urged
As Churchmen Meet

A meeting to further religious
unity was held last night in the
Eighth Street Temple. Rabbi Abram
Simon presided
Speakers included Rabbi Edward
L, Israel of Baltimore, Arthur w.
Hummel of the Library Of Congress,
the Rev. Hugh Stevenson. Bhagat
singh Thind, and the Rev. DR.. Jason
Noble pierra
The Washington times., 1929-05-14
MAYOR TAKES OFFICE

HYATTSVILLE. May 14.-Mayor
Fl. r. Willis, recently reelected, and
five councilmen, J. Moses Edlavitch,
Harry A. Boswell, e. Murray
A. C. Moon and E. b.
HilIey, were inducted into office
last night Immediately after the
last meeting of the old council.
The Washington times., 1929-05-14
Six Senator's Are Named
To Ren. Casey's Funeral

A delegation of six Senators will
represent the United states Senate
at the funeral Of Representative
John J. Casey CD of Pennsylvsnia,
it was announced today by Vice
President Curtis.
The delegation will include sena-
tors Reed R) Of Pennsylvania, Kean
ORD, New Jersey; Townsend RI
Delaware; Barkley Cd, Kentucky;
Thomas Dl oklahoma, and Goa.
nally D.), Texas. The three Demo
Gratis served with Casey in the
House before they entered the seri'
ate.
The Washington times., 1929-05-14
WoMAN's CLUB MEETS

BELTSVILLE, May l4.-The
Woman's Community Club met here
Yesterday afternoon at the, home OF
Mrs, John Armiger,
The Washington times., 1929-05-14
Ex-Soldier Asks y. S.
To Buy Him Peg Leg

James H. Metcalf Of Butler, Pa, wants the War Depart
ment to give him artificial leg Metca claims that he
was in the Army was framed and sentenced, and while
serving his time lOsth leg
The Washington times., 1929-05-14

to be absolutely safe.
And the shoe cream-you can
with the slightest effort and with
out soiling the hands or clothes
clean and polish your shoes in a
moment. Stalfort Shoe Cream is
not alone q cleaning and polishing
compound but is a preservative
for the leather. One application
gives a soft flexible finish that
prevents the leather from crack
ing and becoming hard.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-30
Record Voyage of Bremen
Challenge to Maritime World

News says. THE voyage OF the Bre-
men probably marks the beginning Of
an era Of commercial rivalry Of vital
importance to the campaign of the
United States to extend its trade and
commerce to all parts Of the world"
The New York Sun asks, AFTER the
Bremen, what?" as it discusses plans Of
the United States Lines to build two
giant vessels. and says Of the project.
have the sympathetic support of all
who, for sentimental and practical rea-
sons, wish to see the United States
merchant marine take a place on the
seven seas commensurate with the re-
sources and obligations of the country"
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle is proud of
the fact that the liner dropped anchor
at the South Brooklyn dock, and thinks
she is so far in advance in the matter
from her in the near future"
Predicting "a growth for American
shipping which will place this country
once more in q position at sea that will
be comparable to its prestige in other
respects" the Long Beach Press-Tele-
gram sees Interesting competition"
ahead, out Of which will come great
good for America" The Asbury Park
Evening Press wonders If the spirit Of
competition that now seems 70 be IN
the air will result In IAN Atlantic
Derby, q weekly event, with records
falling as do those Of the endurance
flight
AFTER ALL" suggests the Kansas City
Journal Post, Competition between ma
tons as well as individuals Is the great
engine that moves US to seek out our
powers and use them. When COMPETE
ton is the order during peace, progress
results in which all share and by which
many prosper"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-30

the swinging door and the bar with
It's brass rail not only prohibited by
law. but never allowed to encroach,
Uncle Sam putting into practice all the
theories of his specialists on home
making, garden cultivation, education,
child-building play, community life.
Here the youth of the town will have a
real part In one Of Uncle Sans most
stupendous works and will know that
he is protecting 1t from any faint of
lawlesSness and any ghoulish pandering
upon the weaknesses of human flesh.
Probably no man with larger vision
for this sort Of thing, more practically
idealistic for the welfare Of the workers
and the proper development Of youth
could be found than Secretary Wilbur,
whose life has been devoted to the
training Of youth.
It is noble experiment" Of infinite
possibilities, which may well be watched
and may well become one of the popu-
lar points on tourists pilgrimages.
Hail to little Utopia!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-30
Wreck Shows Menace
OF Slow Thinking
BY z. z. FREE. Phi. D.

Another evidence that people who
think slowly may menace their fellow
citizens perhaps as much as people who
think viciously has come to light du-
ring the official investigation of the
railway collision at Ashchurch, Eng
land, on January ., 1929. Lieut.. Col.
A. H. L. Mount, whose report to the
ministry of transport has Just been
published, finds no cause for this &C.
cident except that the engineer OF the
train which caused the collision did
not think quickly enough. This I'M
fortunate individual was known to be
q stolid, slow-thinking person; o fact
regarded by Col. Mount az significant.
The collision occurred when patches OF
fog were drifting over the ground. This
fog may have prevented the engineer
from seeing the danger signal as far
away as usual, but he must have seen
it, 1t Is agreed, when the distance was
still SUFFICIENT for stop had his mental
and physical reactions been as fast as
the average. The average speed and
weight of trains Is increasing. This
means that their stopping distance Is
longer. A fraction OF o second lost in
applying the brakes may be vital:
Some people have reaction times, /"
psychologists report, much slower than
the average. The unfortunate British
engineer seems to have been one Of
these; which cost his own life and those
OF two passengers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-30

nounced that hereafter he viii not COM
pete In the Davis Cup championship,
but with his sterling record Of seven
teen victories and only three defeats in
challenge round competition. he can
well afford to retire on his llonors.
Americas greatest need for the flu
ture is the development of singles play
ers to take the place Of Tilden and
Johnston. In Cochet. Borotra and La
coste, who at the present time Is In
poor health, France has triumvirate
of youthful stars of the first magnitude.
Against such court luminaries as these,
notably Cochet in the singles, America
must place players ripe In experience
and generalship II it has any hope OF
bringing the Davis Cup overseas. A
great future is held out for Lott, but
others must battle side by side with
him. It may take a year or two years
or even more, but America will never
rest content until world champion
tennis honors again rest in this country.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-30
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
By FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

q. How wide is the Mississippi River
near its mouth when it is normal
P. B.
A. The district engineer Of New Or
leans says that the normal width i'm
mediately above the delta at the mouth
OF the river Is $3.50 feet.
@. What is sago?-S N
A. 1t is a dry granulated starch i'm
ported as an article of diet and for
stifening textiles. 1t is prepared chiefly
from the trunk of the sage palm, but
also from the trunks of the gebang,
Jaggery, areng and gomuti palms and
from several cycadaceous plants.
Q. Please give a biography Of Nc
Guffey, who compiled the Readers
H. A.
A. William Holmes McGuffey was an
American educator, born in Washington
County, Pa, in 1900; graduated at
Washington College, Pa, in 1925. He
was a professor of ancient languages
and later of moral philosophy in Miami
University in 1869; president of the.
Ohio University in 1839-43; professor
Of moral philosophy in the University
of Virginia from 1845 until his death
Eclectic Series" and other school
books.
q. What island in the South At
lantic did Norway annex about Q year
ago?-L. T. c.
A. Bouvet Island.
O. What is the story connected with
St. Swithin's day.. S.
A. st. Swithin was an English
bishop Of Winchester. At his request
he was buried after his death outside
his church at Winchester. When,
century later, he was canonized his
body was exhumed and buried within
the church. There is legend that this
was to have been done on July Is, but
was delayed on account of violent rains
which continued for 40 days. This has
given rise to the popular superstition
that If 1t rains on st. Swithin's day
1t continues to rain for 40 days after
ward.
@. What does the ending ham"
mean in English names? How Is Bur-
ham pronounced?-M. N.
A. The termination ham" is fire.
quently found in British surnames. 1t
means home or residence. The English
pronunciation Of the name Durham Is
Bur-um.
Q. Will a small water lily pool in a
garden near a house breed mosquitoes?
e. S.
A. It is advisable through the Sum-
mer season to keep several goldfish in
such a pool who will feed on any larvae
OF mosquitoes, If present, as well as add
to the attractiveness Of the pool.
@. Are the London policemen armed
with revolvers?-I. P.
A. The British Library of Informa-
ton says that "a wooden truncheon
or staff is the traditional weapon Of
the constable in this country England.
It will be surprise to many that
handouts are hardly ever used; they
are kept, like revolvers. at stations to
be used only for violent prisoners