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down the field. Auto headlights at the
opposite end spread an uneven aura OF
light over the grassy swells.
The belated ship swept past the Held
crew as a gray flash, then circled the
port. Groundsmen heard shout from
the air: Lieut.. MacKenzies farewell.
Headed over Nashville.
spotlights silhouetted the landing
gear as the ship banked and climbed
higher. Then it leveled out and sped
toward the incandescent heart of Nash
Vile straight as a beacons shaft.
It was 8:45 pm.
Mackenzie suspended a 100-foot wire,
from whose lower end he planned to
ignite the fireworks with an electric
current. 1t swung beneath the fuse
lage.
The ship climbed to 5000 feet, and
Williams few in a wide circle over the
city.
Mackenzie had surrounded himself
with packages of fireworks. He let down
a cluster bomb and it exploded with a
burst of sparkling gold, the shattered
fragments turnbling into a fountain Of
light. Another cluster bomb repeated
this effect.
Now thew few over East Nashville.
fumbling with the wire, Mackenzie held
the bomb in his lap. An electric shock
jolted the fuse 1t glowed. spread its
contag ion and fired the blast.
Echoes of the detonation had barely
scattered before the cargo in Mac
Kennels cockpit began booming, crack
ing, smoking and scorching.
Famed by the slipstrean, mad and
thirsty flames ieaped at the pilots
throat He coughed, cut the switches
and shut the fuel line.
Jump" Cries williams.
"Jumpi for Gods sake. MacI I'm
golngl" williams cried, releasing the
stick.
He swung over the left side.
The Waco's nose raised slightly,
sniffng the breeze.
The fuse wire had entwined itself
with MacKenzie's feet. He kicked AID
tore at it with blistering hands. His
clothes caught fire. A cliff of fame
He tried to sideslip the ship and per-
hapS control the direction of the blaze
1t was impossible. Red embers flew
of like sparks from an anvil.
With dexterous footwolk he olsen
tangled the wire and, clinging TO the
cowling, dropped oversize, his top
clothes ablsze and a blood heat cook
ing his skin.
One tug on the rip-cord ring I'M
furled the parachute and hoisted his
head.
With open hands. he beat the fire
that attacked his breaches and under
clothing. A wave of parching heat
swept over his legs. His boots were
afire Kicking the toe of one against
the heel of the other, he forced them
off in quick succession. They fell into
the cavernous void, relieving his limbs
Of that agonizing roasting.
Thus he fought the conflagration
through 1000 feet of the night, his own
body providing fuel for the pyre.
AS he neared earth the citys rec
tangular lacework of twinkling lights
subsidized into the horizon.
Lands In Cow Pasture.
Alighting on q street, behind shoe
factory and beside a COW pasture, q
passerby ran up and snuffed out the
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Immediately. for he landed on the lower
right wing, hanging by his stomach.
Anticipating failure of the engine
mount, Stanley and l had outlined a
program to be followed in the event 1t
became necessary to Jump. This plan
was adhered to, but doubtless. with at
tendant confusion, for had the jumps
been accomplished with propriety Stan
ley would have avoided striking the
wing and I might have cut the switches
before leaving the cockpit. However,
when fire leaps close to ones anatomy
it generates a certain amount Of hys-
terra. and in the vernacular, possesses
one of an irresistible desire to be long
gone.
IT. too, hold that every oficer and
enlisted man in the Air Corps should
be required to make at least one jump,
using a training chute. This will &C.
climate him to the air, so to speak, and
prime him for risks he should be pre-
pared to assume"
The history of this flight may pose as
a catechism for test pilots. 1t shows
the futility of planting too much faith
in linen wings and duralumin propellers.
To desert an airworthy craft is folly, to
remain rooted to a wreck is suicide.
Circumstance dictates procedure, and
flyers must be piloted by their own wis
dom.
If we deduce q simple lesson from
Lieut.. HutchinSons caterpillar adven-
ture, it reverses the war cry, Don't give
up the ship!"
ii. Pm Caterpillar Now"
Nashville was to have seen fireworks
in the heavens on Saturday night, July
3, 1925, but an accident at Blackwood
Field prevented the exhibition plane
from taking OF. A bomb exploded pre-
maturely as Capt Walter Williams and
Lieut.. John Mackenzie of the Tennessee
National Guard loaded pyrotechnics into
the front seat.
The burst of powder inquired no one,
but dampened the airmen's ardor. They
needed the harbinger and postponed the
flight.
Intent on completing the project, they
returned to Blackwood on Monday night,
July 5, and renewed preparations for
feting Nashville from the sky.
Lieut. Mackenzie, 81. graduated from
Brooks Field the year before, tested the
foils and controls. Satisfied with the
engine also. he loaded the fireworks
into the front cockpit and pronounced
himself ready. Capt. Williams accosted
a newspaper reporter standing near the
plane.
What will YOU have?"
"Oh. I'm just sticking around in case
anything happens. OF course, we don't
wish you any bad luck"
Il see, you're waiting for something
to happen. Cheerful prospects you bring
around" laughed Williams. Mackenzie
laughed, too.
From the rear pit Capt. williams
faced the two-place Waco into the wind
and with fun volley of the gun rolled
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munition Unaimed. the bullets f1ared
blindly and scattered everywhere. The
parachutist tried to shrink in his
clothes. One missile droneo over his
head and clipped shroud line. Others
hymned dirges about him Should one
pierce his flesh he would be mortally
wounded, perhaps dead before the
parachute grounded. If not a bullet,
the blind derelict would finish his tor
ture
What can a man think, or do when
he CANDLES with the caprices Of inn
pending death? What made him shud-
der more than anything was the subtle
hiss of flames nourished by the wind.
At least twice he heard their under
current. The wreck circled inexorably
his cheeks were famed by reeking heat.
AS the stoker in a steamships belly
feels the blood-hot radiation from
opening and closing doors, so he felt
the SINCE of the bomber. He rotated
on a spit in the air arena, great fire.
place, and gravity was adamant.
To escape he wound his fingers in
the shroud lines and twisted, strained,
drew and stretched. Unapologetically
the parasol disobeyed. Stronger forces
steered it. He sank into his harness
seat, exhausted and resigned. She was
unmanageable. Machine-gun bullets
out a pyrotechnic design. There were
1000 rounds all told. Soon the bomber
would be flaming cross. Stem to
stern, starboard to port, the candent
flames would sweep her body.
For almost a mile Of his descent
Hutchinson had these things to null
over. He had jumped at 5000 feet.
Not before he reached 1000 feet did he
have reason to expect salvation. Just
as deaths moose dangled about his
throat, and the heat became unbear-
able, the LB-1 dropped her nose slowly,
positively. Lifting her stern, she de-
scended in a series Of swift spirals and
buried herself in corn field with great
conclusion. The main gas tank re-
lieved strain by exploding Bullets
f1ared. Flames leaped anew over the
hulk
Meanwhile Stanley had drifted far
from the pilot and bomber, landing
without mishap In a field l mile of.
The bomber crashed to embers and
ashes.
Hutchinson grounded 4 Of a mile
from the wreck in the labyrinth Of a
limestone quarry. Not a very springy
landing place, but comfortable enough
for one delivered from the nav of
death.
His caterpillar diary recites his ad-
venture simply and assures us that
Army examiners were correct in judging
Lieut.. Hutchinson an intelligent, COOL
Drained pilot.
ITO me the explosion resembled the
firing of huge cannon" he said.
Flames filled the cockpit. coming up
around our feet. The fire wall had
blown out. l instructed Stanley to
jump. Fortunately. he had the pres
ence OF mind not to pull the rip cord
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Thsreupon he recountsd his tagging
struggle to free himself from the cock
pit; how he had kicked of his boots be-
cause they burned his toes, and had
torn on his clothes in mid-air
Chuckling and testing, he beamed
"Oh, I'm all right. I'll get out Of this. /"
He smiled as twilight came
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The pain and damage Of body burns
grew on Lieut. Mackenzie. but nothing
could quench his valorous spirit. And
all were astonished at his infectious
smile, glowing from a body smothered
in bandages like an Egyptian mummy.
Light me cigarette and I'll tell you
about It,"
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His superior officers and flying mates
at Blackwood Field said: a
There never was better scout than
Johnny Mac. He was a prince. and
nothing you can say for him will be too
good"
CTHE ENDl
fCopyrieht 1907
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last flames. Several others helped carry
Hes burned badly" somebody
groaned.
81 don't care" he said whimsically.
I'm Caterpillar now"
They took him to st. Thomas Hos
pital
Relating how he abandoned the plane,
/ Capt williams said: "~ saw
johnny Mac in q ninferno of fire
Twice / yelled to him to jump
fire singed my hand as l cut on the
motor.
I'm tbs air. my first sensation was OF
living on my side watching the burning
ship retreat. After a while-I don't
know how long. but 1t must have been
10 seconds pulled the ring. 1t came
loose in my hand and dropped it.
Instantly the parachute ran up my
back and Strengthened me out. There
was no severe jerk. Just quiet, steady
pull
1T seems that spent about 10 min
utes in the air but they tell me it was
slightly over minutes. That was
long time under the circumstances.
1T was very quiet. watched the
plane 60 to the ground and heard 1t
crash.
Il looked around for Johnny. I did
not see him, but / realized now that
something burning which passed me was
Johnny.
"The air was so quiet I thought he
might hear me if called. Over and
over again shouted, Johnny Johnny
There was no answer.
cat times the chute would oScillate
and I would have to steady myself.
"Then woul6 look down at the citys
glittering lights.
st didn't pray during the drop. was
thinking lot of Johnny Mac, though.
"As I came closer to the ground, saw
a line of autos below. warned them
to watch out.
looming down in a parachute
yelled. Get me when fall
Motorists Hurried Away.
do you think they stopped to help
me? Not bit of it
Instead, they started up their motors
and got away in a hurry. Perhaps 1t
was dsconcerting to hear q voice from
the air in that fashion.
Then I saw a mass Of green below
which looked like shrubbery, but was
really tree tops. I landed on the side
of a peach tree and hung suspended. !
ierked the chute and hit the ground
after a 10-foot drop
wrapping my chute, I stepped to the
road and went home with passing
autoiSt.
I'm mighty good friend Of para
chutes now. My ride down was wonder
full"
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Alighting on q street, behind a shoe
factory and beside COW pasture, q
passerby ran up and snuffed out the
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Al last. floating in space, and freed
from the sweltering heat, ne breatneo
deeply. Coming TO- after the opening
crack Of the chute he oriented himself
relative to the wreck, ana saw that tney
1-ere not safely separated The ship
cr1lissd around like a buzzard closing in
cn prey. Every spiral brought her
nearer. She closed heartlessly. At
every revolution the circumference OF
her sentry march shrank; each mo-
~ne,,t she knitted a belt tighter. He
could see this smoking derelict taper to
the point of her screw dive; imprison,
choke and annihilate the man who had
willfully Abandoned her. Together they
would powder to dust. In volcanic
blast his fragments would be strewn
over the countryside. It was not hard
to imagine as he descended in zephyr
ous air and measured the inches seps-
rating him from the flying wreck.
Exe reached the machine-gun am
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-04-02
SENDST TARIFF
CONFERENCE
adjust CHANGES
Five Representatives and Five
Senators Writing Meas
ure, Democrat Says

Warrington, April 2.-(R-The
house today sent the tariff bill to
conference with the senate for the
adjustment Of hundreds Of differ
ences In rates and administrative
provisions between the two bodies.
Opening. the debate under an
agreement providing for three hours
consideration, Chairman Smell Of the
rules committee emphasized that the
people were not interested in parlia-
mentary procedure but only TN
what the final provisions r to be
In the BILL"
1.-THE responsibility for this measure
Is On the Republican party ana we
accept It," Smell said, amid applause
from the majority side.
Representative Crisp, Of Georgia. q
Democratic member Of the ways and
means committee, assailed the Re-
publican leaders for holding up the
measure q week before reaching an
agreement on procedure.
During this week, the steering
committee" he said, has engaged in
conferences and proselyting to bring
the erring brothers back safely into
the fold.
1.-THE leaders efforts have been sue
cessful and the steam roller is now
ready to roll" he asserted, adding:
"Our august masters have spoken
and the house again becomes a mere
rubber stamp to execute the orders Of
it's BOSSES"
Crisp said he realized the outcome
would be adoption Of the rule, and
the house then would be gagged"
and five Of its members and five SEN
ators will write the tariff bill.
1.-The rest of us will be zeros," he
said.
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C0ULTER'S Mission
PROMISED SUPPORT
Former North Dakotan consults
Twin City Groups Inter-
ested in Marketing

Minneapolis, April 2.-P-En-
couraged In his mission by promises
Of support already received, DIR. John
Lee Coulter, ernissary Of the federal
farm board. spent today In conference
with individual Twin City leaders Of
groups interested in the marketing Of
farm products.
He said he expected to leave for
Grand Forks late today or early
Thursday to continue his campaign
for cutting down the acreage In the
spring wheat states Of Minnesota.
North and South Dakota and Mon
tana for the season Of 1890. i
Among others consulted today was
Dean w. G. Coffcy, director Of the
Minnesota College Of Agriculture,
with whom he had q conference dur
Ing the morning. He plans to meet
and get the views Of the heads OF the
agricultural colleges in the other
states affected.
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THE BISMARC TRIBUNE. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2, 1880

self . newspaperman to the end.
Warned Of his dangerous condition,
he stayed the hand Of the surgeon
until he could give explicit instruc-
lions to q reporter to write q full and
unbiased account Of the shooting.
Mayor Stricklin ended his own life
in his sons undertaking establish
ment soon after shooting Birdsall.
The two deaths brought to an end a
bitter feud existing between the edi-
tor and mayor since the editor pub
lished In his tri-weekly an account
Of the indictment Of Mayor Stricklin
on q charge Of calf stealing of which
he was acquitted later.
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Christian EndeavOr
Officers Make Plans
For State Meeting

TO formulate plans for the state
convention, and to make arrange
ments for the district rally, q meet
ing Of the state executive board Of
the Christian Endeavor Society was
held Sunday afternoon at the Charles
Leissman home. The state conven-
ton will be held In jamestown April
26-27, and the district meeting will
be in Wilton, April 13.
Among those present were Walter
Leroy, Underwood, state president:
Walter sahr. jamestown, missionary
superintendent: Mrs. southmayd,
field secretary; and w. Wilmot, dis
trict secretary, both Of Wilton: Mrs.
Virginia Butler. world vice president;
Mrs. ]. l. Hughes, junior superintend-
emit. and Thelr1a Leissn1an, world rep
reseptative. all Of Bisnack. and Alvin
JAMIE. extension superintendent:
Margaret Leroy. and Cleome Eng
lund, Underwood
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DESPERATE EFFORTS
TObEM MADE TOSTOP
CUSHER'S bELCH|NC
Raging inferno Imminent With
Petroleum Sprayed Over
| Wide Territory

Oklahoma City, April 2.-RHAn-
other desperate effort to conquer the
No. / Mary Sudik, Wild oil and gas
gusher Of the Oklahoma City field,
was to be made today Is Z towering
plume Of oil from the largest sweet,
high gravity producing well In the
world continued to shower the coun-
tryside.
Emergency fire fighters today con-
tinued their vigilant guard duty in
fear that q flash Of fire might turn
the surrounding petroleum soaked
territory into q raging inferno. Dep.
uty sheriffs have been assigned to
patrol the section, and even airplane
pilots have been warned not to fly
overhead, In fear that gas In the air
might be ignited.
A north wind has removed danger
Of the oil spray sweeping over Okla
horna City.
The well Is the property Of the
Indian Territory Illuminating Oil and
the Foster Petroleum companies In
the 24-hour period ending last night
10,504 barrels Of oil were recovered
from pits around the hole. Great
amounts Of petroleum were sprayed
high into the air and could not be re-
claimed.
Engineers have assembled q new set
of connections and valves with which
they hope to halt the rampage Of the
gusher. Today marked the beginning
Of the second week the well has run
wild. Drilled In q week ago as a
strong gasser, the No. / Mary Sudik
soon developed an enormous oil flow.
A master gate valve was clamped
on the well late Sunday. Connec-
tions were ripped aside by cutting
sand hurled up with the oil and gas,
and field men face q serious prob
lem in renewing pipes and casing torn
by the blast.
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easily. Doctors and nurses recon-
mend such . natural treatment AZ
Nujol, because this crystal-clear
liquid isn't a medicine at all! It can
not harm even q little baby! It con-
tains absolutely no drugs. It is
simply internal fabrication that your
body needs like any other machine.
Good looks and good ~spirits-do
they spell popularity? You know
they do! Get a bottle Of Nujol to-
night in any drug store. Sold in
sealed packages only-trademarked
"Nujol." Insist on Nuiol by name.
Don't expect to be made over by
tomorrow. Give it q chance for
normal, natural action. It costs but
a few ccnts-and it will make you
feel like a million dollars. Begin
Nujol tonight!
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-04-02
MISSISSIPPI EDITOR
FATALLY WOUNDED
Dying, He Instructs Reporter to
Write Unbiased Story; As
sailant Is Suicide

Yazoo City, Miss, April 2.-Re
Frank r. Birdsall, editor Of the va
ZOO Sentinel and a member Of the
state tax commission, died early to-
day of bullet wounds inflicted yester-
day by Mayor J. T. Stricklin who
committed suicide o o after the
shooting.
Doctors had held little hope for
Birdsall's recovery since he was taken
to q hospital with three bullet wounds
in his body. An operation was per-
formed from which he failed to rally
The 65~-year-old editor proved him.
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William Lee Elected
Dictator for Moose

jamestown, N. D., April 2.-R)-
william Lee was elected dictator Of
the local order Of Moose here last
night, succeeding George Mason.
Other officers elected were: r. z.
Freerks, vice dictator: Emil Peterson,
prelate; Dr. G. A. Ottinger. trustee
for three years. j. M. SOULS is q hold
ove trustee for two years. Mason
was elected delegate to the national
convention ct MooSeheart, III.
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Klein's Toggery Will
Continue in Cleaning
And Dyeing Business

Announcement that his company
has not gone out Of the cleaning and
dyeing business was made today by
e. B. Klein, Of Klein's Toggery.
Mr.. Klein said that he had dispos-
ed Of q one-third interest in the
cleaning plant at Rosser avenue and
Eleventh street and that Klein's Tog-
gerry in the future will have its whole
sale cleaning and dyetng work done
elsewhere.
Klein's Toggcry still invites clean
ing business from It's customers and
the general public.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-04-02
Minnesota Firm Fined
For Buying Uneandled
Eggs in North Dakota

Burt and Squires, Bertha, Mimi,
firm operating q truck line out of
Valley City, has been fined for buy
ing and shipping uncandled eggs. it
was announced here today by officials
of the state food department.
The Minnesota company paid a
fine Of $685. after pleading guilty to
the charge before q Valley City JUS
tice. The arrest was made by w. G.
eastman, Bismarck.
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DE VALERA DEFEATED
Dublin, April 2-(R-A motion
in the Dali Eireann 70 elect
cannon dc Valera, Fanna Fail
leader, president Of the Free State
council, was defeated late today
50 to -.
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C O x GROW

INCUME TAAES OhOW
Washington, April 2.-tP)-The
treasury departments final state.
ment for the month Of March to.
day showed income taxes aggre-
eating $627,524,917 were collected
during the first quarter Of the
fiscal year to $1,S12,l37, S44, IN in
crease Of $12E,574,244 over the
same period Of the previous fiscal
year.
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DELAY PLENARY SESSION
London, April z-(RD-Official
announcement was made today
that the plenary session Of the
naval conference called for Fri
day had been postponed until
next week.
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COSGRAvE Is REELECTED
Dublin, Irish Free State, April
2.-R)-William r. Cosgravc was
reelected president Of tho Irish
Free State council by the Dali
Eircann today.
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Bulletin News
sCHOENHAIR n Pr,

0CHOENHA18 LANDS PIX
Metropolitan Airport, Newark,
N. J., April 4-R-Bringing
photographs Of the Byrd antarctic
expedition for The Associated
Press, the New York Times and
Paramount Newy, Lee Schoenhalr
landed here from Miami 1t $50
=. "a.
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w IN

HAWKS IN OKLAHOMA
Oklahoma City, Okla, April B.
ReCaptain Frank Hawks ar
rived over the Oklahoma City
Municipal airport In his glider
attached to IN airplanc ut 1880
o'clock today. He cut the sail
plane loose from the tow ship to
entertain the spectators with .
glider demonstration before land
ing. Hawks left Wichita Falls,
Texas, at IL a. m.
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CATHOLICS SAFE

CATHOLICS SAFE
Washington, April 2.-(P)-The
National Welfare conference has
informed the state department
that members Of the American
Catholic mission At Kanchow.
China, who, last week, were re-
ported in danger from Chinese
briGands arc safe.
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SENATE tn CONFER

SENATE TO CONFER
Washington, April 2-(R-The
senate today agreed to enter .
conference with the house on Diff
ferences over the tariff bill and
named five conferees headed by
Senator Smoot, Republican, Utah.