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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-02-17
'GunShot Wounds Fatal To
ID. D. Mckee, Tappen Banker
Gun Discharges After Being
Knocked From a Table in the
Basement of His Home
DIES FROM LOSS OF BLOOD
Fingers and One Leg Torn OFF,
Daughter Finds Father;
Rushed to jamestown
Tribune Special Service,

Happen. N. Dak., Feb. 17.-With
four fingers torn from his left hand
and his left leg mutilated below the
knee by the accidental discharge Of
q shotgun about 3 p. m. yesterday,
d. D. Mckee, IS, Happen banker, died
in a Jamestown hospital at $50
o'clock last evening.
Mr.. Mckee was found MORALLY
wounded in the basement of his Tap
pen home shortly after the accident
by his daughter. Linae Joyce. He
explained the accident occurred while
he was repairing a belt on an engine
used to pump water for household
use.
Bumped from Table
The shotgun was on q table near
by and Mckee accidentally bumped
the table, causing the gun to fall to
the floor and discharge.
The wounded man was rushed to
jamestown in an automobile driven
by a neighbor. Henry Goss. but death
resulted from shock and loss Of blood.
No funeral arrangements have yet
been made. according to the dead
mans brother, James, who also is
connected with the Happen bank.
The brother believes services will be
conducted in North Dakota with ar
engagements being made by the Ma
sonic order at Steele, Of which MI.
Mckee was a member.
Mr.. Mckee was born in Denver.
Colo. and moved with his parents to
Sharon. N. Oak, when he was a small
boy. He moved from Sharon to Tap
pen In 1910.
Leaves Widow, Children
He leaves his widow. daughter, and
two sons. Owen. a stud INT at the Uni.
versity of North Dakota. Grand Forks,
and Walter. at home. He also leaves
two brothers. James. Happen, and J.
w. Mckee, Plentywood. Mont, and
four sisters. Sisters are Mrs. ]. G.
johnson. Fairview. Mont; Mrs. A. H.
Strand, Mrs Clara Smith, and Annie
Mckee. all Of Taft, Cal.
Mr.. McKee's mother. Mrs. David
Mckee. resides at Long Beach, Cal.
Owen rushed to his fathers bedside
when he learned Of the accident but
his father died before the sol reached
jamestown.
Mckee at the time Of his death was
cashier of the Happen State bank and
president of the Pettibone State bank.
He was a graduate of a high school
and st. Boniface college at Toronto,
Ontario, Canada.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-02-17

It was while flying to the Nanuk
TO transport passengers and furs to
Nome that the plane crashed last
Nov. g.
Wreckage Of the plane was found
January Is by Pilots Joe Crosson and
Harold Gillian. operating from the
Nanuk. Parts Of the plane were scat
tered e a wide area and were near
~ covered with ice and snow. The
Workmen sent to the scene by air.
plane and dog team to clear away the
snow in a search for the bodies. have
encountered severe hardships from
the frequent billiards. The searchers
included q party Of Russians from
the soviet ship Stavropol. which is
also ice bound at North Cape.
Accompanied by Pilot Frank Dor
bandit in another plane. Eielson and
Borland had made one trip to the,
Nanuk. conveying six passengers and
a quantity Of furs to Nome. On the
second projected flight, Dorbandt,
back on account Of bad wealth.
er shortly after leaving Teller, Alas
ka, while Eielson ana Borland con-
tinued. They encountered foggy
weather and were lost. The condi-,
ton Of the plane when found indi-l
Gated the craft had struck the tun-'
ORA while travelling at high speed.
Father Reaches Fairbanks
Ole Eielson, father OF Ben Eielson.
has arrived in Fairbanks.
EtelSOn came north to take hack
the body Of his son for burial In the
plot at Hatton. N. D., In the
event it Is found in the Wreckaee Of
the Eielson-B orland plane in Q lagoon
DO miles southeast Of North Cape.
While Eielson had contemplated
to the scene Of his sons
wrecked plane. he said he had decided
not to make the trip to Siberia. He
will fly to Nome instead, and there
await the results Of the quest for the
missing bodies.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-02-17
z FROZEN TO Death
AFTER BARGE Sinks

Cape May. N. j.. Feb. l7.-R-Two,
and possibly four. lives were lost in
the icy blasts that swept the Atlantic
ocean off the Delaware capes Sunday.
Two Of four missing men who were
aboard the foundered coal barge Mer-
rill were found frozen to death in q
lifeboat at dawn today by q coast
guard patrol boat. There was no trace
of the other two men.
The Merrill was one Of three bargcS
belonging to the Eastern Transports
ton company Of Baltimore which were
being lowed by the tug Montrosc
from Norfolk to New York.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-02-17

Mineral Wells. TEXAS, Feb. r.-R
Major George smedley p. Butler vas
here today for "a indefinite stay Of
several days 1t the bedside Of his
brother, Samuel Butler. who was M
iurod several days ago IA m autoIno-
ihile accident that cost the LIE Of Hpr-
ace Butler. another brother, Of East.
land, Texas.
General Butler arrived hare yester-
day. after travelling Ia an army plane
from ouantico. Va, to Shreveport,
La. from there ~ train = Dallas
where he arrived Sunday morning
and proceedod hare by automobile.
ne found his brother pretty badly
bruised. but much improved. he said
last night.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-02-17
Farley Situation Is
Called Serious I'm London
United States and Great Brit.
aims Stand Threatened by
French Demands
WOULD ALTER AGREEMENT
Parity Proposals and Reduce
tons Are ~Jeopardized by
Frances Fear Of Germany

London, Feb. The five
power naval conference today faced a
situation which London evening news
papers were describing pessimistically
a. serious"
Frances demand for naval tonnage
Of 724.A70 has brought from a British
spokesman this morning-in substance
to France:
IT you persist in your attitude we
must consider the necessity Of revising
our own requirements, which are
virtually settled In agreement with
America"
In particular, Great Britain is dis
turbed by Frances claim to the right
to build up to 10000 tons Of cruisers
SO as to compete with the new Ger
man super-cruiser type. British OBJ
servers declare this would entirely al
ter England's agreement to reduce the
number Of her cruisers to so from Is,
and might also preclude reducing the
number Of her battleship to IS In
agreement with the United States.
y AAS1SoD O0JoyD
With all this stir In the Lon
don conference, Fr9tnler Tardieu Of
France, who exploded this French
tonnage mine, Is Ill in Paris. and there
Is little hope Of tackling the problem
seriously until he returns 70 England
To sum the thing up, unofficia.
British observers claimed to feel thai
AuOlo Aisnerican naritv nrnnnsn1a 0nf
attendant reductions were In jeopardy
The conference subcommittee, meet
ing at st. James's palace. adjourned
after discussing the question Of spe-
cial classes Of vessels for about ar
hour and . halt.
The three chief DISSATISFACTION
aid. Stimson and Wakatsuki-went
into session at st. James, late this
afternoon, accompanied by their ex-
perts and advisers. There was NO in
dication how long the session would
last.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-02-17

garnished . matted milk with whip
ped cream. livingston entered the
argument, defending Hickman,s view
point. and McDride chimed In With
. remark to Livingston. referring TO Z
ham salad sandwich = customer had
sent back the other day.
Il was ct this point that the first
caramel nut sundae flew Through the
ar. A head Of lettuce retali9ted. and
pretty soon the drugstore soda section
was = me1s. A plate glass window al-
50 suffered seriously. y
This Is one Of the rare occasions ia
which lettuce and Ice cream have
been known to become involved u
accessories to charges Of disorderly
conduct
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-02-17
Death Of Religion Is
Celebrated in Siberia

Chita. Siberia, Feb. 17.-tP)A-In re-
Spouse to the demands Of 10000 work.
ers who paraded the streets today
with anti-religious banners the soviet
authorities closed all churches. syna-
eoeues and shrfnes in Chita.
These will be converted into schools
ana cultural" institutions. The gov
ernment's decision was hailed with
shouts Of approval ana loud hurrah-
Ing BY manifestants who. Is night
approached, held q torchlight pro-
cesstol and celebrated the death Of
religion"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-02-17
MKELVE TO SPEAK
AIAulI0RluM On
farm BOARD WORK
Wheat Member Of Farm Relief
Agency to Explain Opera
tons Here Tonight

s. r. McKelvie, wheat member OF
the federal farm board. win be here,
this evening, to speak on the oper-
atoms Of tn. board before q public
meeting at tie city auditorium, at 8
p. m. The meeting Is part Of q tour
Of the Northwest wheat area which
the former governor Of Nebraska is
making.
Governor George shafer will be
chairman Of the meeting and G. r.
Monroe, director Of extension, will be
on the sage and will possibly speak.
The arrangements for the meeting
were made through the Agricultural
college extension department in CO.
operation with County Agent A. r.
Miesen.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-02-17
1t. WIG. MASER, g,
IS BLOWN TOB|ISB BY
AIRPLANE CATAPULT
Body Missing After Premature
Explosion Aboard Battle.
ship DemoIishes Plane
WAS SON OF STARK JUDGE
. Annapolis Honor Man and War
Veteran Was Testing New
Propulsion Dynamite
WAS SON OF STARK JUDGE

Lieut.. Walther George Maser, 81,
naval aviator who was born and
raised In Dickinson and whose imme-
diate relatives still live in Dickinson
and Glen Ullin, Is dead as the result
of premature explosion Of q charge Of
dynamite as his plane was being cat
Applied from the deck Of the y. 8. 8.
Nevada at Guantanamo, Cuba.
Lieut.. Maser was the son OF Fred.
erick Maser. Dickinson, Stark county
Judge, and 6 brother Of Fred Maser.
mayor Of Glen Ullin.
Although reports to the navy de.
partment were lacking In details. It
was said his plane was blown to bits.
The body had not been recovered early
this morning, according to q telegram
sent to Fred Maser at Dickinson BY
Mrs. Walther Maser 1T Norfolk. Va.
Explosion Reason Unknown
Reports received at Washington,
According to an Associated Press dis
patch, indicate the aviator was trying
out q new type catapult, using dyna-
mite as the starting force. The rea-
qrrefnrt the premature explosion =
..-A-AeS ~ ~
Maser was graduated from the .. 8.
Naval Academy at Annapolis Is an
honor man in the class q 1918. he
was regarded as an able aviator and
for three yeats was an instructor IN
flying at Annapolis.
with the body not yet found, no
arrangements have yet been made for
funeral services, the mans brotner'
Fred. told the Bismarck Tribune this
morning over telephone from Dtckin-
son where he went by automobile to
join his father Immediately after re-
ceiyine the report Of the tragedy.
Walther Maser was born at Belle
blaine, Mimi. Sept. Is. 1897, ana
moved with his family to Dickinson
in 1904. He received his grade and
three years Of high school educataon
at Dickinson, leaving for the Naval
Academy in 1915 when he was q
iunior in Dickinson high school,
Served in World War
upon his graduation from the
academy he was assigned to sub
marine duty, seeing service IN the
WOflO W6E. k1c ACAV w SSs~A
service in 1925.
He had been stationed at Norfolk,
Va, and on the west coast Ut various
times IS well as on ships. He waa
considered n Of tho best aviators
in his squadron. The pilot leaves MS
widow and four-month-old son, ROD
ert Brockwell Maser. ct Norfolk, M
father. three brothers, and two sisters
brothers are Fred. Glen Ulltn: Pictor'
Minneapolis: and Albert, = senior q
ST. Olaf college, Mortified. MINI
His sisters are Ruth and Viola, notn
students In Dickinson high school.
.Walther, as I remember him II
years ago, always was . Cheerful! per.
son and was mechanically inclined"
Fred described his brother to the BIS
marck Tribune.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-02-17
Telephone Operator
Saves Lives Of Two

San francisco. Feb. l7.-K-Don
dc Clerico and his wife were recover
ing today from inhaling gas fumes
from Z water heater. thanks to Misg
Mary Jones, telephone operator, who
sent = police ambulance TO their hams
when De Clerico, Just before loGtne
consciousness, managed to knock the
telephone receiver OF is hook.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-02-17
CLARENCE 0SB0RN'S
BASKE7bALLNDURY
FATAL DICKINSON
Ruptured Spleen, Caused b.
Collision, Brings Death to
Son Of Major Osborn
Tribune Special Service)

Dickinson, N. D., Feb. 17.-Clarence
Osborn, 81, youngest son of Major A.
J. Osborn, head Of the local American
Legion post and the Spanish-Amer-
lean war veterans, died in q local hos
pital at $50 p. m. Sunday Of injuries
suffered in a basketball game here
Jan. 20.
At first thought to have suffered q
broken rib after a collision with .
teammate in q game played between
the local Company K quint and the
Lions club five. an emergency opera
ton about 10 days later revealed
osborn's spleen was ruptured..
Funeral services will be conducted
at 2 p. m. Tuesday at the Dickinson
Episcopal church. with interment be-
ing made In the local cemetery. Rev.
Hall, rector Of the church, will con-
duct the rites. Pallbearers will be
chosen from among his fellow-mem-
berS in Company H, National Guard
unit here.
Clarence Osborn was born I'm Dick
inson, Jan. rs. 1908. He completed his
grade and high school education here,
being graduated from the Dickinson
high school with the class of 1925.
Following his completion Of high
school he entered the photography
business here with his father. Besides
his father and mother, he leaves one
sister, Mrs. John Hoopert. Detroit,
Mich, and two brothers, Lawton and
Norman, both at Dickinson. His sis
ter arrived at Dickinson Friday eve
ming.
Besides being a member Of the Ma
tional Guard unit. the youth has been
q member of both DeMolay and the
Boy Scouts Of America.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-02-17
Closed Thinner State
Bank Pays Deposit0rs

Depositors Of the closed Thinner
State Bank Of Thinner, Morton coun-
ty, are being paid q dividend Of III
per cent, according to I. r. Baird,
state receiver.
This payment brings total returns
Of 2lh Per cent to the depositors and
is being made through, p. A. OKeefe,
district manager ct Biimarck. !,
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-02-17
SEEK TARIFF TRUCE

Geneva, Feb. I7.-NJ-RepreSenta-
tives Of 20 national governments.
meeting here today to seek an agree
ment for q tariff truce. hoped for
some measure Of success in eleminat-
ing "obtacleS to trade" between the
nations Of the world. The United
States. although invited, Is not par
~ticipating. The conference was called
for by the League Of Nations assem-
bly, last September.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-02-17
SMITHS Z .BuRNs

New York. Feb. l7.-(F-The three
upper floors Of the six story building
ct Madison avenue and 26th street
occupied by the Manhattan club,
whose membership includes Alfred r
Smith, Mayor James ]. Walker and
|other prominent men. were damaged
BY fire today.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-02-17
Carpenter C0nfesses
Killing Aged Seaman

Kansas City. Kansas. Feb. l7.-R
william =. Shelton. who confessed
to the Staying Friday night Of Captain
Thomas A. Sanders, 81 year old re-
tired Great Lakes ship owner. Vas In
Wyandotte county jail here today
awaiting the next move q authorities
In adjoining johnson county.
Shelton, arrested on information
furnished BY neighbogs. q liEse -.
Eied the crime but later admitted h
had beaten Captain Sanders - 0oath,
Intending 70 rob him a monoy ~ 49,
lieved to b sscreted about ~ house.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-02-17
Woman's Masquerade
As Man Ends in Death

San Francisco. Feb. l7.-R}-Death
today had ended the masquerade Of
DR." Hjalmar w. de Dannevile. 20.
Z woman who for II years lived and
worked here, dressed always Is . man.
After her arrest in 1925 for masquer-
aiding Is q man she was given q per-
NIT to wear masculine clothing.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-02-17
court House COST
BELOW MILL LEVY,
COMMITTEE HEARS
Publicity Of Bond Issue Refer.
endum Taken Up and
Committee Named
BAv0NE SAYS IT IS FILTHY
State Sanitary Engineer In.
spects Old Building and
Urges Replacement
BAv0NE SAYS IT IS FILTHY

Building Of q new court house will
cost less than q mill levy on the gen.
eral assessment Of the county, the
general committee Of service club, AS
ISOLATION Of Commerce and American
Legion representatives was informed
at its meeting, Saturday evening, at
the association rooms. One-fifth Of
the cost will fall on corporations. as
the railroads, the power companies,
telephone and express lines.
County Auditor A. G. Isaminger
furnished the committee the stats
tics, showing how the cost in the form
OF taxation will be distributed over
20 years. The county is virtually out
Of debt, having more funds than re-
quired to pay off its final bonds still
outstanding, but the holders refuse to
permit their redemption, they are
such q good investment.
A special subcommittee on public
ity was named. with Thomas Burke
as chairman and including A. J. Ar
not, B. z. Jones, w. II. Webb and w.
8. Ayers.
Fire Risks Shown
Other reports were made on the va
rious phases Of the new building
project. The photographs Of the in
terror Of the old building were SUBJ
mitted by E. B. Klein, and 1t was de-
cided to have copies Of these placed
around the city in store windows. as
a means Of acquainting the public
with the shabby condition Of the pres
ent county offices and the fire risk
assumed in keeping the county rec
ords in such q place.
Insanitary, Says Engineer
One Of the striking reports was
from A. L. Bavone. state sanitary en-
gineer. on the insanitary conditions
prevailing with regard to plumbing
and ventilation In the old building.
The engineer found the place q trap
Of noisome odors. His report to DR..
J. K. Blunt. who Is handling. this
phase Of the publicity. was that the
plumbing Is poor, with insanitary con-
ditions present in the lavatories ana
toilets, due chiefly to lack Of proper
venting and poor installation Of fix
lures. Odors traceable to the sewer
age are very much in evidence, Engi-
neer Bavone reported. The lavatories
and toilets r very poorly located and
maintained. he said. The wa
ter Is not piped to all parts Of the
building and the drinking fountains
r Of an insanitary type.
In conclusion, the sanitary engineer
reported that the general sanitary
condition Of the building Is very un.
satisfactory from the public health
standpoint, that 1t has outlived its USE
fulness and that steps should be taken
for its replacement.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-02-17

EARL boRLAND was killed instantly when the plane
struck the tundra and searchers said Eielson also must
have been killed outright.
B0rland's body was removed to the camp Of tents
and snow houses maintained by the IS men conducting
the search and will be sent tomorrow to the ice-bound
motorship Nanuk at North Cape.
The hunt for Eielson's body was resumed TODAY
after an interruption of three days due to storms.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-02-17

NeCUVery OF DUrIduQ 3 U00y fe.
moved any doubts that the men had
persisted, although death of the fly
r had been accepted as a certainty
following the finding of the scatter
ed wreckage of the plane.
Advices relayed from Pilot
Harold Gillian, who had been at the
scene Of the wreckage, said Bor-
lands body was located Thursday
under five feet of snow. It lay near
the engine which had been hurled
100 feet from the wrecked ship.
Indications were that Dorland
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-02-17

Warrington, Yeb 17.5R-The con-
dition Of william Howard Taft Wa
unchanged today his p~hysicians said
IN the usual noon bulletin issued ct
the white houoe. Il was added that
the former chief justice had spent 4
comfortable night
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-02-17
Flyers Corpse Buried By
FiUe Feet of Tundra StOlU
Located Near Engine Hurled 100 Feet from
Fuselage by Terrific Crash in Arctic Lagoon
10 Searchers Resume Digging in Wreckage ant
Ice for Missing Body of North Dakota Aviator

Point Arrow. Alaska, Feb. 1s-(AP)-The fate
land, his companion, was definitely established today
with the receipt of radio advices telling Of the finding
of Borland's body buried in the snow at the spot near
North Cape where their plane crashed Nov. g.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-04-21

Main, conferences in Canton, Hankow, Shang-
hal and Vladivostok and the w Congress in
Moscow of the Red International of Labor
Unions.
Also to the articles in the Daily Worker in it's
issues of Dec and Jan. last that the Philippine
independence talk in Congress is merely fake,
but only the masses demand is real, and that
the native capitalists and politicians pretend
ing to lead the movement will betray it, etc.
Wainwright Stimson say "No freedom" and
that the very members of the present Inde-
pendence Mission now in the u S. weer the
supporters of Stimson while he was the oGv-
ernor General of the Islands, etc.
We are not publishing only the said letters,
resolutions and articles, but we also bring all
these documents in all public meetings and
gatherings. Really these are so very interest
ing documents that the natives like to see and
hear.
have observed in many barros towns and
provinces, which have visited, that the people
like to hear opinions resolutions and articles
from abroad regarding the aspiration of the
people Of the Philippine Islands and the broad
masses of the workers and peasants. They are
also willing to hear something of what the
Filipino Million in the United States are doins
according to the observation of the workers
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-04-21
Against Opportunism.

Sixty thousand readers for the Daily Worker
within six months will help achieve this. Fifty
thousand should at once join the unions of the
Trade Union Unity League. Mass circulation
for the Daily Worker will help achieve this.
This accomplished, then these workers, instead
of facing the Party as new, will march with us
facing and against the exploiters, defending
our organizations against the fascsts and the
badged and unbadged authorities in seats of
claw and order"
The campaign for mass circulation for the
Daily Worker comes in a period when the great
est, most advantageous results can be obtained.
The capitalists internationally are slipping
around, like lot of hogs on ice. Internal and
external contradictions of this looting crew
mount. Markets, in relation to production and
capital investments are narrowing. No work
for the workers, struggles, demonstrations, pol
itical strikes. Beginnings of revolts in colonial
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-04-21

scribe to the Daily Worker the minute it is
handed them
There are difficulties, of course. Some times
a comrades nose is nearly nipped by slam
ming door. There is an occasional night in Jail
for daring to sell our paper at factory gate.
But what of it? Ten new contacts, subscrib-
ers, to one slamming door or night in JAIL is
worth the price.
Z 1t is just at this time, with workers every
where clenching one hand at their bosses and
the bosses police and political lackeys while
with the other hand they reach for us, that we
can bridge the difference between the broad
influence our Party has attained and its or
ganzational weakness.
A Million Face Us.
A million workers are facing towards us, have
heard the call of our Party, know its slogans,
have seen it in action. Ten thousand more
should be brought into the Party at once.