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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-09-02
WOMAN LEGISLATOR
SAYS She IS Being
PROSECUTED BY BODY
Ruth Mccormick Grows Wrathy
II
cover Her Treatment by Sen.
atoriaI Committee
ADMITS HIRING SLEUTHS
Nye Committee in Chicago Calls
- More Witnesses for
Inquiry

Chicago. Sept. 2.-F)-Ruth Han
ma Mccormick. whose Republican
senatorial primary campaign ex-
penses we're recently investigated by
Senator Gerald P. Nye's funds COM
unnwas self -revealed today as the
z 10 retained private detectives
dire into what she termed
methods and affiliations"
Ehe "shadowing" of Senator Nye,
NE Republican senatorial candidate
sad in a statement issued last night
al her Byron, ILL.,. estate, was an att
eimath of the campaign funds In
qtiry.
Mrs. Mccormick pointedly answer
ed press dispatches quoting Senator
Ne's indignation" at being investi-
gated WITH the terse remark:
Il did it. l am still doing 1t and
the results have already justified my
course. What is Senator Nye going
to do about it?"
Thinks She's Prosecuted
The nominee said she had cooper
q ted In every way with the Nye COM
by submitting a detailed re-
bort of the most complete statement
ever submitted to a senate commit
tee by a candidate.
Meanwhile" Mrs. Mccormick con-
tinued. latter the Chicago hearing
TOOK place last July. and while was
assisting the committee in every way
POSSIBLE, what, took place? "A
prosecution became per4Scutlcn.
NV offices we're broken into and my
rersonal and business correspondence
flies were rifled. Spies invaded my
living headquarters. My residence
and office telephone wires were
tapped and they are still under su-
pervision.
"Tm making my own investigation
of the Nye investigation. l have act
ed in self defense. If Senator Nye
is indignant. SC am Ia congress-
man-et-large."
In the funds quiz Mrs. Mccormick
admitted a personal expenditure OF
s25O,Ooo. An additional $67, 900 was
expended. the testimony showed. by
others in her behalf.
The Swallowing" Of Senator Nye,
Mrs. Mccormick said. was no mys-
terry. She said her operatives called
Continued on page six
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-09-02

Syracuse. N. Y, Sept. 2.-(P1-A
distinct step forward has been made
by agriculture, said Alexander Legge.
chairman Of the federal farm board.
In an address here today. In securing
recognition Of the fact that agricul-
ture as an industry is entitled to the
same consideration at. the govern
ment's hands as other industries have
received.
Perhaps the soundest advice we
can give to agriculture Is contained
In the one word organize" he said,
speaking at the New York State Farm
Bureau meeting at the State Fair.
Properly organized I cannot see
any reason why agriculture might rot
go farther than industry. inasmuch
as most Of your products are con-
sumed every day and several times q
day. and the consumption must be
fairly continuous II we are to live.
perhaps the greatest difficulty we
have to contend with in accomplish
ing results under the terms Of the
agricultural marketing act Is the
rather prevalent belief on the part Of
the people we.are trying to serve that
some mysterious way is going to be
found where. through legislative &C.
ton, the handicap under which agri-
culture is suffering will be removed
and their position made secure with
out any action on the part Of the
farmer himself" This. he said. Is .
dream that Will not come true.
Speaking Of conditions IN the east.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-09-02
TEN FISHERMEN DIE
WHEN SCHOONER IS
sunk BY FRE|GH7ER
Members Of Halibut' Fishing
Crew Die in Accident on
Pacific Coast

Seattle. Sept. 2.-F-Ten members
Of the halibut schooner Orlent's
crew persisted yesterday in the Straits
of Georgia. north Of here. when the
50-ton craft sank after colliding in
a dense fog with the Pacific Steam
ship company'S freighter Admiral
Mutton.
The victims included Captain
Sedolph H. Rudd of the fishing
schooner.
The others were First Mate H. Fol-
son, Tony Anderson, Chris Peterson,
Harry Smith, Bob Perry. Martin
Burns, Tortain. the cook. all of Seat
tie, and Andrew Lokae and Don
Huseby, Of Vashon Island. near here.
Only three of the Orients men
survived. They were saved after
having been thrown clear of the fish
ing craft. Most of those who per-
ished were trapped in the hold of the
Orient. where they were sleeping.
The accident occurred off Sisters
Island, between Vancouver Island and
the British Columbia mainland.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-09-02

riers. In each instance the corpora
ton has s~teadfastly maintained the
policy that all interests accruing to
the government from such arrange
ments must be passed on to private
operators whenever in the future the
system is turned owe to private cap
ital for operation.
The tentative program of the secre-
tary had been arranged to fix the ar
rival at Clinton for the conference
in time for the secretary to view any
sites or proposed places for the ter
minal.
Reconciliation Of divergent view
points between local interests and
army officials on the proposed nine
foot channel for the upper MISSISSIPPI
pi, was effected at q conference be-
tween the secretary and his advisers
and representatives Of local shipping
producing interests In the twin cities
yesterday.
Hurley assured the conferees the
administration favored deepening the
channel. All interests agreed, how
ever, with Secretary Hurley that con-
struction within the period of Presi-
dent Hoover's five-year waterways
development program was a physical
impossihility."
The agreement ended the outstand-
ing divergent viewpoints between To-
cal interets and army officials and L
considered one Of the ratst important
reached IN years.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-09-02
PUBLISHER WILLIAM
R, HEARST EXPELLED
BY FRENCH OFFICERS
New York Man Told That He Is
l Considered an Enemy Of
France
DUE TO TREATY EXPOSE
Action Is Aftermath Of Publica-
ton Of Documents Showing
Secret Naval Treaty
DUE TO TREATY EXPOSE

London. Sept. 2-R)-William Ran
dolph Hearst. American publisher, ar
rived In London today. Mr.. Hearst.
asked about his expulsion from
France. said: X have no complaint
to make. They said I was ar enemy
Of France and a danger in their
midst"
The publisher continued:
THE reason for our strained rela-
tons was the publication of an Anglo
French treaty two years ago. by the
Hearst newspapers"
Officials were extremely polite"
continued Hearst. They made me
feel quite important. They said I
could stay a little while longer If I de-
sired. that they would take a chance
on nothing disastrous happening to
the republic. But I told them I didn't
want to take the responsibility of en-
dangering the Great French nation
that America had saved It once dur
ing the war and I would save 1t again
by leaving"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-09-02
Father Stag Speaks
At X. of C.. Breakfast

Rev. Father John A. H. Stag, rec
tor OF st. Mary procathedral here.
was the guest of honor at a break
fast given Sunday morning following
seven o'clock a at the cathedral
by Bismarck and Mandan members
of the knights Of Columbus.
Members of the order attended
Holy Communion in a body. offering
their prayers Of thanksgiving for
Father Slag's safe return from his
recent trip to Europe.
Frank Holman, Mandan, presided
at the breakfast and Father Stag was
the principal speaker. Others who
spoke briefly were J. P. Wagner, T..
P. Grain and c. F. Kelsch, Mandan.
Discussing his observations abroad.
Father Stag said the Knights Of Col
umbus have IN enviable reputation
because Of their fine work done In
Europe, especially in Italy, where they
are assisting the Pope In work among
Italian children by building play
grounds and r~ecreational centers.
Father Stag stressed also the ben
eft which both the church and the
nation derive from having an organ
lied body of 100000 Catholic men 6
tive in this country.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-09-02
VETERAN AER0NAUTS|
STILL REMAIN AL0FT|
IN BALLOON CONTEST
Captain DeMuyter Of Belgium
and Hill Of Detroit Reported
in New York
STARTS FROM CLEVELAND
Annual Cordon.B Bennett Race Is
Final Act Of Air Show
in Ohio
STARTS FROM CLEVELAND

Cleveland, O.. Sept. 2.-H)-Two
veterans of international balloon rae
ing appar ntly were setting the pace
as the Gordon Bennett trophy racers
somewhat from their expected
course and found themselves drifting
across New York state today.
A huge silken bag identified a that
Of Captain Ernest de Muyter of Bel
GUM, the dean Of the 10th interna-
tional classic, was reported over
In the central part Of New
York, at $50 q. m. (E. s .T.), a dis
lance of approximately 325 miles from
the starting point.
Another believed to be the City. Of
Detroit, piloted by Edmund J. Hill of
the American trio of contestants, was
seen at Syracuse. at 1880 a. m. Hill
won the event three years ago.
A third and unidentified balloon
yer Cortland. about 20 miles
west of Earleville. at $40 a. m. The
other three were unreported but pre-
sumably following In the same general
direction.
Observers Of atmospheric condi-
lions believed the b~allOoniStS, instead
of proceeding directly eastward across
New York as the latest reports in
dictated. had q good opportunity of
striking cross winds which would blow
them in a more northerly direction
and circle into Maine.
A report that one of the balloons
was flying perilously close t. the sur
face of Lake Erie alarmed race mead
quarters. but a diligent search by
coast guardsmen failed of results and
confidence was felt that all we're safe.
All carried inflated rubber boats or
other l~ife-saving equipment as , pre-
caution.
A balloon. in which George Hine-
man and Milford Vanik of Cleveland
took off ahead of the international
racers to show wind velocity and to
establish a duration and distance rec
ird for free bags of $4,000 cubic feet
capacity. also was In the air some
where east of Cleveland today. The
race started at 5!o4 p. m. yesterday
as the climax of a two-day air show.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-09-02
REPORTERS ACTIONS
HELD UNETHICAL

Paris. Sept. 2.-F)-The Havas
News Agency said today an order Of
expulsion had been served on William
Randolph Hearst. American news
paper publisher. and that Mr.. Hearst
would leave France this evening in
compliance with it. No reason was
given for the order.
Harold J. r. Koran. a Paris CORE
spandent: for the Universal Service.
one Of the Hearst news organizations,
In October. 1923. was expelled from
France for his part In securing for
publication In America in the Hearst
papers and other members of the
Universal Service association docu-
mentS connected with the secret
Anglo French naval pact.
Koran was charged with having OBJ
tanned the documents from the
French foreign office in a manner
considered unethical. The Anglo
American Press association expelled
him from its membership in connec-
ton with the affair.
At the time the French press as
sailed Mr.. Hearst al responsible for
the naval accord leak. The so-called
secret accord provided for a cruiser
arrangement between France and
England. Publication of its terms
aroused a storm of protest in Europe
and America. where accusations were
made of a new Anglo French military
alliance. The pact subsequently was
diSavowed.
The Paris Afternoon Press printed
briefly an announcement Of Mr..
Hearst's expulsion. One paper indi-
Gated the government action was due
to his 'inimical attitude" toward
France.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-09-02
Attack
Takes Infants Life

Cecil Eugene Springsted. infant
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Cecil r. Spring.
sted. 419 Front avenue, died Monday
night at a local hospital of pneumon-
la which developed following an at
tack Of intestinal trouble.
Besides his parents the child, who
was five months and five days old,
leaves two brothers. Virgin, Z, and
Dale. 2, and one sister. 1rma, 4.
Funeral services will be held We'd
nesday afternoon at Voltaire. Me-
Henry county, the Springsteds' FORM
er home. They will be In charge Of
Rev. Opie S. Rindahl. Bismarck, who
will make the trip with members Of
the family.
The child had been i'll for some
time and a blood TRANSMISSION was re-
sorted to in an effort to save its life,
MI. Springsted offering his blood for
his infant son.
Mr.. Springsted is employed at Tib-
esar's machine shop.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-09-02
NATURALC Oasis
TURNED ON HERE
New Fuel Available West OF
Third Street; Crew OF Men
Making Adjustments

Bismarck residents living west Of
Third street we're burning natural gas
today.
The new fuel was turned into the
mains of the Montana-D Dakota Power
company at seven o'clock this morn
ing and a crew of 40 men begal. tnl-
mediately the work Of making adjust
ments Of gas equipment necessary for
he proper use of the new fuel.
Under the system adopted to facil-
tate the work. one house may te visit
ed. by as many as three workmen, &C
tcording to James Trimble. gas COM
kAv manager. First there is a man
adjusts the top burners Of gas
les and the burners Of gas water
ers.
may be followed by another who
adjust the oven burners. This
i. often takes as much as an hour.
e1mble said.
The third workman adjusts the
rllers in radiant fires or other
.ating devices not used for water or
cooking.
The gas company's office was be-
sieged today with telephone calls from
persons living In the eastern part Of
! ne city who sought to know when
~v will have natural gas service,
Z'mble said.
ne explained that the natural gas
! not be turned on east Of Third
ct until adjustments Of gas stoves.
as and water heaters in the wes-
n part Of the city. Trimble said he
III be able to tell definitely at noon
l'ednesday when that will be and
at announcement Of the fact will be
lde in The Tribune.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-09-02
STATE FEDERATION
OF LABOR HITS AT
PROHIBITION LAWS
Holds Annual Convention at
Grand Forks and Chooses
Bismarck for Next Meet

Grand Forks. N. D.. Sept. 30.-tFe
The North Dakota State Federation
of Labor, concluding its annual con-
vention here yesterday. reelected N.
H. Hinkle. Fargo. president. chose
Bismarck for the 1891 meeting place
and adopted resolutions treating
problems of organized labor and re-
lief for unemployment.
AS a final flourish, the federation
took a stand against prohibition,
terming 1t a complete failure and re-
sponsible for crime and contempt of
law, and recommended substitution
of government manufacture and dis
tribution of alcoholic beverages.
Immediate work OH state and pri-
vate construction projects already
planned. as an aid toward relieving
unemployment, was urged in another
resolution.
Officers elected besides Hinkle,
were Russell A. Young. Bismarck; j.
G. Bell. Grand Forks: George H,
Martinson. Minot: c. N. Gonser,
Devils Lake: Roy c.. Arntson, Bis
marck, vice president; and l.. j.
Nero, Grand Forks, secretary-trea-
surer.
William Lemke. Fargo. former at
torney general: George C.. Munger,
state printer. and Walter G.. Preckle,
workmen's compensation bureau di-
rector. spoke. Lemke also addressed
o Labor day convention here.
Jack Williams. Fargo. was toast
master for the annual dinner Sunday
night. Speakers were Peter Morgan,
Grand Forks; Ralph Bates, and s. S.
Mcdonald. both of Bismarck. all vet
Grams of labor unions; Senator w. s.
Whitman. Grand Forks: Russell A.
Young. Bismarck; and E. G. Hall,
Minneapolis, president of the Mime
sofa Federation of Labor.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-09-02
C0STE AND BELLONTE
CROSS ATLANTIC IN
FLIGHT FROM FRANCE
Are Expected to Reach New
York About 7 O'clock
This Evening
WILL BE FIRST OF KIND
People Of France Watch Course
Of Flight With Feverish
Interest

New York, Sept. 2.-(P-Ploughing
through skies which grew increasingly
foggy, the French transatlantic planet
Question Mark reached the coast of
Maine this afternoon and pushed on
New Yorkward at a pace Of about Is
miles an hour.
At $3.50 (E.S.T.) this morning Dieu-
dome Coste and Maurice Bellonte
made history when their Question
Mark scared over Canso. Nova SEQ
tia, on the Canadian mainland.
achieving the first flight from the
continent of Europe to the continent
Of North America.
An hour later they were passing the
entrance to Halifax Harbor, more thar
a hundred miles nearer New ron,
and were headed true and swiftly for
their goal.
In reversing the trail which Charles
A. Lindbergh followed from New
York to lie Bourget Field outside Of
Paris, Coste and his comrade made
one patriotic depression: They edged
around the southern tip of Newfound-
land and came first ove North Amer
lean territory above an insular pos
session of their native France the
Isle Of st. Pierre.
Welcome Is Ready
That was at six o'clock (E.S.T.)
this morning. Their subsequent prog
reSs along the coast indicated they
would come to earth at Curtiss-
Wright Field, on Long Island, in New
York's eastern purlieus, before sunset
this evening.
With a spontaneity of enthusiasm
for the feat Of the successors TO the
lamented Nungesser and Coli, New
York prepared to give Coste and
Bellonte a welcome such as /. would
Continued on page sikh
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-09-02
LINTON MAN MAY
DIE AS RESULT Off,
AUTOMOBILE CRASH
Robert Sautter Seriously Hurt
IN Accident Near Hazeltcn:
Girl Is Injured

Robert Sautter, IS, Linton, is in a
critical condition at st. Alexius hos
pital AS the result of the head-on
collision of two automobiles near
Hazelton about 10 o'clock Sunday
morning.
Attending physicians said he has
fractures Of the skull, jawbone and
shoulder and may die.
Miss Otilia Lipp. 81, who was rid
ing with Sautter in the machine, was
less seriously injured. Her nose was
smashed and she sustained cuts on
the head and bruises.
1t was said at the hospital that
Sautter's machine met another head
on but the name of the driver of the
second a was not learned and It
was not ascertained If anyone, other
than Sautter and Miss Lipp, was in
jured.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-09-02
Challman Transferred
To Sioux City, Iowa

Transfer Of r. r. Challman, man
ager Of the Montgomery Ward store
here for the last two years. to Sioux
City, Iowa, where he will continue in
the Montgomery Ward service was an
n0unced today.
Mr.. chatham will be succeeded as
manager OF the local store by A. H.
Mas. who has been managing y
Montgomery Ward store at Williston
for nearly q year.
While in Bismarck MIR. chatham
was an active worker in local organ
izations and in the promotion Of city
activities. He was a member Of the
Bismarck Rotary club.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-09-02
Woman Free
OF Treason Charge

Miami. Fla, Sept. 2.-PHBack in
her native land after an airplane
flight from Cuba, where She was &C.
cused OF treason. Sonora Martha Lane
Marlote, widow Of . Cuban officer, to-
day was on the way to visit her father
in Longmeadow, Mass.
She denied that she entered into
negotiations with agents Of Colombia
and the United States to sell . secret
code Of the Cuban air corps after her
husband was killed when his plane
fell July l.
Sonora Marlote, who went a ~
hunger strike IN lai. was r1a6a6Da
yesterday after "a tnv~eetig1kipa
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-09-02
TWOFATALLY HURT
AT VALLEY CITY
Woman instantly Killed and
Man Near Death When Freight
Train Hits Automobile

Valley City, N. D.. Sept. 2.-P,-
Mrs. Ella Common was instantly kill
ed, and E. H. Briggs. 68. is near death
from injuries suffered when their au-
tomobile was struck by a 500 Line
freight train a mile north of here last
night.
The machine was struck broadside
and carried several feet.
Briggs has been unconscious since
the accident and is not expected to
recover. He.is part owner of the VAL
ley City Interurban Railway COM
pany.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-09-02
APPROVE BOND ISSUE

|Williston, N. D., Sept. 2.-With APP
val by voters Of a $4,000 bond
re at q special election Saturday,
me north wing to the high school
! w under construction here will be
Because the original bond
issue Of $4,000 proved insufficient
al ditional $4,000 was needed to fin
tsh the north wing. The building will
Ae ready for use Jan. /.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-09-02
SEALER BRINGS REMAINS OF
ANDREE PARTY INTO 0 N
Swedish Scientist Goes Over
Data Left by BaIIeonist
Explorers

Tromsoe, Norway, Sept. 2-(F-The
sealer Bratvaag. DR.. Gunnar Horns
expeditionary ship. bearing the re-
mains Of the Andree exploration par
ty found on White Island, arrived this
forenoon. There vas no official re-
ception but large crowds gathered at
the harbor.
Norwegian and Swedish experts
went aboard the Bratvaag somewhat
before she made this port to carry
out preliminary investigation of the
evidences Of the Andree tragedy.
Various objects were found in the
canvas boat which was marked with
Andree's name.
The investigators reported they
found many evidences the discovery
was authentic. Among the objects
We found" said their statement. was
Photographic apparatus marked, An.
dree's polar expedition No. L. two ice
sledges. a pair of high boots. instru.
ments, an thermometer. a star map
and a piece of canvas which possibly
vas part of a tent. Some bones also
were discovered but We have not yet
ascertained If they were human"
Copyright, all rights reserved In
North and South America and ia
pan, BY The Associated Press.)
BY Wireless to The Associated Press.
, Aboard the motor ship Bratvaag.
Skjaer Island, Norway. Sept. 2.-Pl-
Solomon August Andree. Swedish
balloon explorer. and his two COM
panions in the 1897 attempt to fly
cross the north pole died of exhaus-
ton and slept themselves into death,
it is believed by DR.. Gunnar Horn.
head Of the expedition which found
their remains on White Island, east of
Spitzbergen.
After a tortuouS march and ride In
frail boats across 1870 miles of ice and
icy water from the spot where their
balloon came down, the explorers sus-
tanned life on White Island only q
few months, Horn believes. killing
birds and a bear for food. With the
approach Of winter 80 years ago they
died one by one. and at least two Of
their bodies froze into a sort of semi
permanency.
Finds Headless Skeleton
Those bodies remained in their
natural graves of ice and snow until
two harpoonerS of the Horn expedi-
Continued on page nine)
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-09-02

Three acres of pole beans and three
acres of Irish potatoes brought a gross
return of 4,100 in 1929 to A. G. Sell
man, Beckville. Tex, farmer.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-09-02

washington. Sept. 2.-tR-The re-
turn Of the bob is predicted; In fact
recording toimembers arriving for the
lanual convention Of the National
trdressers and Cosmetologists' as
iation. It sill be more popular than
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-09-02

The population of the non-Chris-
tan area of the Philippine archipel-
ago Is estimated by the provincial
governors at 1895, 785.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-09-02

A gold watch lost 20 years ago by
John f. Frazer Of Halstead, Kas.,
has been found by q road grading
crew. It was little damaged.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-09-02

Orange county, Calf, asriculturists
took a., 100000 from the soil In 1929,
the county farm adviser estimates.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-09-02

One Of New York's power stations
3 train load Of coal every
day-abput 80 car loads.