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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-08

TIME Nations foremost altitude
flyer, Lieut. Apollo Soucel
of the Navy, holds no hope
for practicable Commercial
aviation operation at grea
heights. An altitude of 10000
feet or two miles, he believes, will
mark the limit of ordinary ali
transport operation.
yc In the light of preSent-day
knowledge of conditions in thu
bitter cold upper air levels, Lieut.
Soucek contends, there is no rea
basis for predictions that pas
Senger lines some day will oper-
ate regularly at enormous alti-
tudes. above the level Of the high
est clouds and storms.
I'VE must remember" Soucek
said, that there are almost un-
varying trade winds in the upper
air. In this country these winds
blow with unfailing regularity
from the southwest to the north
east and at great attitudes this
wind maintains tremendous veloc-
ity.
Except for planes flying from
the southwest to the northeast
there would be no benefit derived
from climbing up into these great
trade winds. 1t would obviously
be to no ones advantage to climb
miles above the earth and then
try to buck a 75-to-1 00-mile-an
hour head wind when favorable
winds might be found closer to
Che earth'S surface.
! Then, too, we must take into
consideration the fact that the air
Is rare and very cold always at
attitudes. 1t would be necessary
to heat airplane- cabins and to
brovide oxygen for passengers,
and such procedure would be
expensive and would entail the
earryign of heavy equipment"
I At attitudes above $4,000 feet,
Lieut.. Soucek pointed out, the
temperature remains fairly con-
slant throughout the year and
above 10000 feet this temperature
ranges down to rs degrees below
zero, regardless of the season on
the earth's surface eight miles be-
low.
Holds Altitude Flying Important.
I Though he does not believe that
commercial aviation will operate
normally at great attitudes, Lieut..
Soucek is convinced that altitude
aging has a most important place
in aviation development, especial
ly in the progress of military
aeronauticS.
But there is something more to
altitude flying than this" he said.
'When we have built an airplane
that will climb to 10000 feet we
have an airplane that will climb
rapidly at any altitude. We have,
in other words, obtained better
performance throughout the en-
tire range. In striving to learn
the secret of the good altitude
plane we learn how to build bet
ter and more efficient airplanes."
The altitude work on which
Lieut.. Soucek has been engaged
for the past two years constitutes
one of the romanceS of modern
aviation in a day when the ro-
mantle element in aviation is fad
ing away as the airplane becomes
an ever more commonplace factor
in everyday life.
His flight above the National
Capital four days ago took him
into regions visited by only one
other living mortal. A third man,
also an American military pilot,
reached an equal altitude, but lost
his life in the attempt and so left
no personal account of his expert
ences, and the meager account
furnished by the instruments he
carried could not be considered
as official.
Waged Unseen Fight.
Eight miles straight above the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-08

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-17

Of the force, he win pass the two-score mark
OF service on September l.
Through Birkights remarkable record runs
the thread Of virtually the whole story of the
harbor police, for he joined the force Just three
years after the service was created.
Born on the river front near the foot of the
Key Bridge at almost the exact spot where
he now makes his headquarters in a weather.
beaten little house on the waters edge, the Po-
tomac and its banks were his playground. He
has known every foot of the region he now pa
trolls since his boyhood.
Analostan was his Treasure Island" when as
q youngster he and his barefoot gang went to
dig for pirate gold. To the shady banks OF the
placid river he hied when playing hockey in
the fishing season and he knew every good
swimming hole from Key Bridge up to the Lit
tie Falls. Will Reynolds was his chum in those
days, and today Reynolds, who owns a boat
house at the foot of the bridge, Is Stin his pal
Through all these years the two men have
been 'inseparable. Reynolds is often in the boat
with him when he patrols his beat. and when
ever he gets a call the veteran riverman ac-
companies him. They are familiar figures on
the river. Together they have saved scores of
persons from drowning and have recovered hum
dreds of bodies from the depths of the stream.
Birkight has always loved the water. When
hardly more than boy he joined the Navy
and sailed over three quarters of the globe in
fuIl-rigged ships. He tells of bucking storms
aboard the 'Monangahely" of Cape Horn and
in the South Pacific and of being shipwrecked
In 1899 on the Trenton in hurricane off the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-17

Samoan Islands With the relish Of an old salt
he spins yarns of cruising of the coast of
Africa and along Peruvian shores and tells Of
putting in" at Valparaiso, Rio, Panama and
other ports of call. But he remained true to
his first love, the river, and after his years at
sea returned to settle down along its banks.
When Pvt. Birkight signed up with the har-
Dor police in September, 1890, his commander
was Commodore" Robert Sutton, at that time
a civilian. It was not until 1905 that Sutton
was appointed lieutenant and made the first Of
fetal harbor master by act Of Congress. The
police feet in those early days consisted Of a
few rowboatS and the headquarters was a small
dilapidated shack. Few pleasure craft were on
the river and those few were sailing sloops.
The day of the motor boat had not yet dawned.
At the wharves were moored fishing craft. and
cargo boats whose mastS and riggings rose like
naked trees against the sky. Freight and prod
uce we're easy prey for water front thieves,
set TO follow as one OF his first duties.
HE has seen service under flve harbor
masters. Lieut.. Russell Dean in 1909 after
Sutton; then Harry Lehman, William Hesse and
Lieut.. Harvey. He has seen the force grow
from handful of men to the present COM
mand Of 81. He has seen the precinct ex-
pand into new and larger quarters, and has
watched the feet grow to its present pro-
portions.
Well he remembers when the harbor police
got its first steam tug the old Joe BIackburne
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-17

I Up on the bulletin board at the harbor pre-
cinct. where the orders posted. you will
find the name Of Pvt. c. NJ Birkight. always
assigned to the upper river" For nearly 40
years that has been his beat. Oldest member
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-09-24
Suggests u. s. Aid
White Bread Sale

Atlatic City, N. j., Sept. 24.-F-
Bruce Barton, New York advertising
man and writer, urged before the
American Eakers association Tuesday
a nationwide advertising campaign by
the federal farm board to restore
white bread to its place in the Amer
lean diet.
I'VE have 10000. 900 people in the
United States" said Mr.. Barton, land
100000 900 too many bushels Of wheat.
The government proved in the war
that its influence was sufficient to
cut down the consumption of wheat
Why should that influence not be
exerted now to build up the consump-
ton?
1.-The propaganda Of the food adj
ministration persuaded us to make a
20 per cent cut in our use. The right
kind of newspaper advertising, spon-
sored by the farm board, would 60 far
toward restoring bread to its old
place Of honor and Importance in the
family diet.
I'm conducting such a campaign
the government would be merely
making reparation for the blow dealt
to the business Of the wheat growers,
the miller and the baker by propa-
ganda to diminish wheat consumption
In the war.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-09-24
TAR AND FEATHER
FLORIDA COMMUNIST
Miami Tailor Is Assaulted and
Beaten Because Of Red
Expressions

Miami, Fla, Sept. 24.-R-Tarred,
feathered, bound, gagged and
wrapped in a white hooded garment,
David Weinberg, A, q tailor. was
hurled from an automobile in the
downtown district here last night.
Police attributed the attack to dis
pleasure with communistic beliefs
said by Weinberg's acquaintance
frequently to have been his subject Of
conversation. He was thrown from
the automobile in q neighborhood
where he was well known.
Authorities said his condition was
not critical.
Weinberg said he was kidnapped
from his home about 8 p. m, by three
unidentified men, one Of whom dis
played q badge. He was handcuffed
and ordered into an automobile. He
told police he was driven for some
time and then transferred from d
coupe into a touring car and was
blindfolded. gagged and beaten. He
said he was asked questions concern
ing his ideas of communism and lit
erature which he had in his home.
While blindfolded, he said, they
rode for probably two hours and then
the automobile stopped. He believed
the other car was nearby. After be-
ing taken from the q he said the
handouts were unlocked. his ankles
and arms bound and his clothing re-
moved. He was ordered to lie down
and the coat of tar and feathers was
applied. Then he was placed in one
of the automobiles and again taken
for a long ride before being thrown
out.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-09-24
Hettinger High Has
PA in Four Classes

Hettinger, N. Oak, Sept. 24.-At
present 214 students have enrolled IN
the. Hettinger high school. Several
of the seniors, due to lack Of desks,
must use the domestic science room
for study room.
All the classes have had their busi-
ness meetings and have chosen class
officers.
The senior class has an enrolment
Of AZ. Glass officers are Dorothy
Bradberg, president; Wayne Springer.
vice president; Dean GRANDSON, Sec
retary-treasurer. Miss Geral d n e
Ewald was chosen class advisor.
There are 81 juniors. Glass officers
are Orville Bergland, president; Mari
eta Austad, vice president; Evelyn
Knudson, secretary-treasurer. Juniors
selected Miss Claire as class advisor.
Sophomore enrolment totals 43.
Class officers are John Clement, pres
ident: Blanche Erlandson, vice prest-
dent; Gordonna Quickstad, secretary
treasurer. The class has not yet
chosen its class advisor.
Freshmen total 20. Glass officers:
Genevieve Rutledge, president; Rob
ert ~Stolzenburg, vice president; Mar
earet Fossen, secretary-trea 8 urer.
Miss Carmody was chosen class adj
visor.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-09-24
MOTHER OF BANDITS
SHARED IN BOOTY
Marzo'f Brothers Say Parent
Was Given 500; Knew
How It Was Obtained

Bottinau, N. D.. Sept. 24.-Re
Sheriff J. G. Miller. Of Bottineau
county today said that the mother Of
Andrew and william Marzolf, who
are serving prison terms for the rob-
berry Of the First National bank Of
Kramer, N. D., received 500 Of the
loot from her sons:
Sheriff Miller said that no steps
have been taken to recover the 500
from the mother. Mrs. Fred Marzolf,
and no criminal charges have been
filed against her.
The Marzolf brothers and Lloyd
Lyons were committed to the state
penitentiary at Bismarck late yester-
day, following their pleas Of guilty.
Sheriff Miller said the two brothers
told him they had given 500 to their
mother and informed her that the
money was part Of the plumber from
the Kramer bank which was robbed
September 3.
Mrs. Marzolf Is q widow. Her hus-
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-09-24
MEMORIAL
WILL Be IN HATTON
COMMITTEES Recommends Shrine
to States Hero to Be Used
to House Mementoes

Hatton, N. D. Sept. 24.-R-The
memory Of Carl Ben Eielson should
be honored with q lasting monument
to be erected here to house the tro-
phies which the North Dakota hero
aviator acquired, members Of the Carl
Ben Eielson Memorial association adj
visory committe informed the asso-
citation yesterday.
The committee, appointed last
spring by Gov. George F. Shafer and
Harry Hart, then legion commander,
recommended the shrine to Eielson
Rave no other use than as a memorial,
ard that souvenirs Of the flier, who
was born and Is buried here. be housed
In it.
Officers Of the memorial association
said q campaign would Immediately
be begun on q statewide basis for
funds for the shrine and q fund to
provide for its perpetual maintenance.
Last night the committee was guest
at a civic banquet at which more than
$50 persons paid tribute to Joe Cros-
son, the filler who located Eielson's
wrecked plane on the Siberian coast.
Pat Reid, Winnipeg, who headed a
Canadian searching expedition, was
also present.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-09-24
MANDAN WORLD WAR
VETERAN SUCCUMbS
Funeral Services for Frank Ko.
ponen, 80, Will Be Held
South Of City

Frank Koponen, 80, Mandan World
war veteran, died in Fargo yesterday
He was the Son Of Mr.. and Mrs
Frank Koponen, farmers near Man
dan.
The veterans body was brought
from Fargo to Mandan today fol
funeral and interment services. Ac-
companying the body was Oscar Ko-
ponen, brother Of the dead man.
Koponen, during the World war,
served with Battery G. 339th Field
Artillery. He was discharged from
the army Feb. IL, 1919.
Funeral arrangements have not
been made definitely pending word
from q sister in Seattle, Wash.
Burial will be made at st. Johns
cemetery, about IL miles south OF
Mandan. Tentative funeral arrange
ments call for only a short ceremony
at the grave, with Rev. o. o. Andvik,
pastor Of the United Lutheran
church, Mandan, probably in charge.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-09-24
DISTRICT GOVERNOR
TO VISIT LIONS MEET
Will Be Chief. Guest at Glen UIIin
Conference Thursday
Evening

Arthur o. Lee. district governor Of
the Lions, will attend the zone meet
ing at Glen Ullin Thursday evening
and make an address,. About 200
members are expected to be in attend
ance.
John G. Fischer, past president Of
the Glen Ullin club, will give the
address of welcome and Harry Wien
bergen. president Of the Dickinson
club. will deliver the response.
Michael Tschida. vice president of
the Glen Ullin club, viii serve as
POSTMASTER.
Speakers on the program include s.
p. Rigler, Of Hebron, district deputy
governor, and D. E. Shipley, president
Of the Bismarck club.
The dinner will be served by the
ladies aid society of the Sacred Heart
church. F. A. Maser, president Of the
Glen Ullin club, o. McGrath, Michael
Tschida and D. Cooper are in charge
of all other arrangements.
Towns expected to be represented
are Bismarck, Beulah. Bowman, Dick
inson, Elgin, Hebron, Hettinger, Lin
ton, McClusky, Mandan, Mott, New
Salem, Steele, Washburn and Glen
Ullin.
The conference will open at $50
D, m.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-09-24
Braves Are Crippled
For Ashley SkirInish

Two and probably three regulars
on the Mandan high school football
team may not be in condition to start
in their second game Of the season
against Ashley at Mandan Friday
afternoon, It was announced today by
Athletic Director Leonard G. Nc
Mahan.
Ephraim Owens. tackle, and Al
Schwartz, end, seem definitely out Of
the picture for this weekend. Nc
Mahan said, with leg injuries. Cap
tain Walter Kalpacoff, who was un-
able to play in the first game at Elgin
last Saturday because Of q leg injury.
is not in the best Of condition and
may not start either.
Little is known Of the Ashley
eleven. which has but q few regulars
from last years eleven returning.
The game Is set for $3.50 o'clock at
the football field in the Missouri
Slope fairgrounds.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-09-24
ROTARIANS TO HEAR
DISTRICT GOVERNOR
William J. Stevenson, Minneap-
oils, Will Pay Mandan
Visit Thursday

Mandan Rotarians tomorrow Will
entertain william j. Stevenson. Min
neapolis, their district governor.
Mr.. Stevenson will speak on
whats Real in Rotary" at the Man
dan clubs luncheon meeting at the
Lewis and Clark hotel, according to
Rev. Gilbert w. Stewart, secretary OF
the organization. /.
The district governor Will meet
with the board Of directors, which in
cludes the officers, and chairmen OF
the clubs committees in q pre-!unch-
con council at the Lewis and Clark
hotel ct 10 o'clock Thursday morning.
according to Rev. Stewart.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-09-24
Walking Cow Says
He Was Robbed of
SIS During Night

Though Walking Cow was short
about SIS this morning, he claims he
did not lose his money while walking,
Walking Cow, as the name would
indicate, is an Indian from the
Standing Rock Indian reservation
who has been living in a tepee in the
eastern part of Mandan the last few
days.
He charges a man and q woman
entered his tepee during the night.
The man. he says, threw a coat over
his head and tied him down. Then
the pair, according to his story, took
his money and several blankets and
left.
Because the Indian says he. ear
identify the couple, police today were
seeking suspicious characters in con-
nection with the affair.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-09-24
SEASONABLE GOODS
TO Be OFFERED At
ANNIVERSARY SALE
Lucas Company Event Starts
Tomorrow and Continues
for Nine Days

A nine day rather than q three day
special sale will mark the 31st an-
niversary Of the A. w. Lucas COM
pany's entrance into business In Bis
marck.
The gigantic sale win open Thurs
day and continue through Friday and
Saturday and all next week, ending
Saturday, Oct. 4.
Counters and shelves piled high
with seasonable merchandise at mod
ern prices will greet customers at the
opening of the thirty-first anniver-
sary sale Thursday morning.
Employees have been working sev-
eral days in preparation for the an
niversary event. Mail orders will be
filled and sent postage paid in first
and second zones from Bismarck.
The annual Lucas company ami
versary sale marks one Of the big
merchc ndising events Of the year in
Bismarck and is being staged in &C
cordance with the firms custom Of
launching its efforts to gain new
customers and to strengthen the
bonds of its association with old ones
at the beginning of each year Of its
history.
With that object In view. A. W.
Mundy, owner and manager, said to-
day, the sale beginning tomorrow win
be the biggest and best in its history
Of 81 years in Bismarck.
Another item In the sale program,
according to Mr.. Mundy, is that 1t
affords the store, annually, an OPP
~portunity to show its appreciation Of
the patronage it has received
by extending to customers opportun-
tiles to purchase needed fan goods at
reductions In price.
The sale, beginning tomorrow. viii
mark the seventh under the manage
ment of Mr.. Mundy.
From q small beginning the Lucas
store has advanced to the position Of
n Of the largest in North Da-
kota, doing q huge business annually
and serving patrons for many nLes
around Bismarck.
At first the anniversary sales were
relatively minor offerings, when COM
pared with those OF today, but with
the advent Of Mr.. Mundy IS owner
four years ago new impetus vas given
both to the store and to its anniver-
sary sales. AS q result, many care
full housewives have come to look for
ward to the annual Lucas company
anniversary sale as one offering them
an opportunity to increase the value
Of their dollars when exchanged for
merchandise and q way Of keeping
the family budget within bounds.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-09-24
HETTINGER COUNTY
RAISES MORE STOCK
Poor Crops and Prices for Grain
Are Giving Impetus to
Diversification

Mott, N. D., Sept. 24.-Poor crops
and prices for grain have given a
great impetus to stock raising in Het-
finger county this rear. County Agent
Sales reports that farmers who never
before rave any thought to stock feed
ing now are studying the proper
blending of wheat, rye, barley and
corn for the proper rationing of diff
ferent classes of farm animals.
A great deal of corn for fodder was
grown this season and q bigger acre
age is expected for next year. In
spite OF the short stand, there will
be plenty Of locally grown seed corn,
and a great deal of carr Is being ex-
ercised in curing and storing 1t, to
insure 100 per cent termination.
In the vicinity of Regent five up
right siloS were built this year, and in
the Mott area several upright and pit
silos were added. Trench silos are
being abandoned. because they have
proved impractical and wasteful, and
in most cases are being changed into
pit silos. On the Victor Gilbreath
farms near Mott, a trench silo located
on a side hill has been transformed
into a big hog house, as there is good
natural drainage.
It is reported that William Mehrer
one Of the biggest farm operators ct
Mott, plans to make the wheat crop
a minor factor in the future. He will
develop dairying to a greater extent
and is preparing to purchase rs high
grade Guernsey cows this fall.
Fred Mutchelknaus, who owns
1900 acres on the Cannonball river q
short distance from Mott. has only
$50 acres under pillow and most of
that land is in feed crops, the rest
being in pasture. Mr.. Mutchelknaus
has a herd Of 100 polled Herefords,
headed by q purebred sire and has
been raising Hampshire hogs the past
five years with uniform success.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-09-24
Mrs. Hazel Olson, 80,
OF McGregOr, Dies

Hazel Dorcas Olson, 80, Of McGre-
gor, died in this city this morning,
after being here seven days, receiv-
ing treatment in an illness. She was
the wife of Arnold F. Olson.
Mrs. Olson leaves no children. She
was a native of Minnesota, where she
was born August 16, 1897, the daugh-
ter of MI. and Mrs. Walter s. Fenton.
Funeral services and interment will
be held at Ambrose, Sunday.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-09-24

band died about seven years ago. She
lives three miles from Kramer.
william Marzolf and Lyons were
arrested at Sioux Falls, s. D. Sheriff
Miller recovered 1884 Of the nearly
$500 loot.
The sum Of $242 was found on Will
liam Mar0olf's person and a Sioux
Falls attorney started garnishment
proceedings and obtained this
amount. william made an affidavit
that all but $40 Of this was stolen
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-09-24
= MANDAN NEWS ::
Mandan Burglar Believed
Held By CrOOkstOn Police
Three Officials and Pete Knoll
Leave for Minnesota to
View Suspect

-Four men left Mandan this morn
ing for Crookston, Mimi, where they
were called to identify a man held as
a suspect in q series of North Dakota
crimes. including the robbery Of the
Mandan Recreation Parlors early in
the morning Of Aug. rs.
The quartet included Henry r.
Handtmann and Louis II. Connolly,
Morton county sheriff and states at
torney, respectively; Peter Knoll,
manager of the Mandan pool hall
who was in the establishment at the
time of the robbery; and Gunder K
Osjord, chief Of the bureau Of, GRIM
'inal apprehension.
The man held in the Minnesota
city gave his name al Tex O'Connor,
Nashville, Tenn. He also is suspected
Of participating In the robbery Of the
Huesgen jewelry store at Devils Lake
and the fatal shooting Of the chief
Of police at Ray, Sept. 4.
O'Connor has been identified as
one Of the men who robbed q Crooks
ton grocery store.
The two young gunner who held
Knoll and two customers at the point
Of guns while robbing the establish
ment Of approximately $500 are be-
lieved the same pair who an hour
earlier had kidnapped J. J. Kelly,
Mandan railroad man, and stolen his
automobile. Kelly va left q few
miles out Of town bound hand and
foot.
The quartet expected to reach
Crookston this afternoon. Knoll is
confident that he can positively iden-
tify the men who robbed his pool
hall. he said this morning.