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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-02-13
Commander Wiley Tells
Of MQcOt1'S Crash at Sea
Crew Calm Face Of Disaster Discipline Responsible for Small
Loss Of Life; Craft Assembled at Sharp Angle
Before Final Plunge Into Ocean

and although occasionally the in
clination was reduced considerably, it
could not be kept to small angle.
Begins to Descend
Meanwhile. the ship began to des-
cend from 1900 feet and even down
to 5000 feet. l expected to get the
ship under control with the engines
and the one rudder that was report
ed flnctioning.
"From about 5000 feet down the
ship descended at an average rate Of
800 feet per minute. and in spite Of
dropping all ballast and endeavoring
to drop airplanes from the airplane
hangar, the descent continued. The
angle Of inclination which had got
ten as low as 10 degrees again in
creased as the stern hung down to-
ward the water.
AT 1000 feet the order was giver,
to stand by to abandon ship although
the emergency signal to the crew had
been given Immediately after the cas-
ualty. About three minutes after the
casualty I had told the radio to send
out the sos
1.-THE stern hit the water with a
jar and I told everyone to get out OF
the control car and jump before the
control car submerged.
Swim to Rubber Boats
Everyone was out before I climb
ed out window and poised to jump
As soon as we were In the water
the rubber lifeboats which the crew
had prepared were floating around
and we swan to them.
after getting into boat and as
sembling five boats we picked up q
number Of men out Of the water and
endeavored to stay close to the air.
ship as several men were observed
still aboard on top end in the nose.
THE ship sank slowly stern first
crumbling from the action Of the
swell. We had q number Of flares and
a number had been dropped overheard
from the control car.
1.-THE people In the bow fired several
signal rockets which attracted the
cruisers which were in the vicinity.
I'VE were picked up with dispatch
and great credit is due to the COM
mand Of the cruisers and their per-
sonnet for their expeditions and ef-
ficient work"
Eighty-one Of the s. men on board
were rescued. Two still are missing.
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Copyright, 1885. by The Associated
Press)

San Francisco, Feb. l3.-A vivid
story Of how the dirigible Macon
crashed of Point Sur, CAL, late Tues
day was told in statement released
here Wednesday by her master, Lieut..
Commander Herbert v. Wiley.
The commander, also q survivor Of
the Akron disaster. said the first trou-
BILE developed when the ship was about
three miles off Point Sur. A short jar
was felt and inquiry developed that
the wheel had slipped out Of the ele-
vator mans hand.
The ship took bow up inclination
and rose, the commander said. with
the elevator man apparently losing
control.
Wiley said he received Immediately
q telephone report from aft that the
No. ! cell was gone. AL ballast and
emergency fuel in the after part Of the
airship were dropped. Gas was Waived
from the forward gas cell In an effort
to regain control.
Engines Slowed Immediately
The inclination Of the ship had
reached Is degrees and she assembled
rapidly.
THE engines were slowed immed-
lately as the ship took the up angle, =
said Commander Wiley's statement,
'in order to keep from ascending too
high and to relieve the strain on the
structure caused by the operation Of
the rudder and elevators at the high
air speeds.
II surmised that the structure was
damaged over No. gas cell in the
locality Of the fins, and endeavored
to relieve the strain on that part OF
the ships structure. Reports were soon
received that the ships outer cover.
ing was gone over No. and 2 gas cells,
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-02-13
WALTER F. CUSHING,
VETERAN PUBLISHER
OF BEACH, SUCCUMBS
Dean Of Slope newspapermen
Dies at Local Hospital
Early Wednesday
HEART DISEASE IS FATAL
Came to State In 1879, Was
Former Editor OF Bis
marck Tribune

Walter F. Cushing Of Beach, pioneer
North Dakota newspaperman and
publisher, boyhood companion Of An
drew Mellon, former secretary OF the
treasurer, and also an intimate friend
Of the late President Theodore Roo
sevelt, died early Wednesday at q
local hospital following q prolonged
illness.
Cushing, whose colorful life as trav-
eler. community builder, printer.
promoter, reporter and publisher, led
him into many corners Of the earth,
was an eye witness to the assassina-
ton OF President Mckinley. He
would have been 70 years old next
June Il.
The veteran publisher, who welded
a powerful pen in state politics and
who was q lifelong Republican, en-
tered q local hospital November y,
suffering from q heart ailment. For
q time he rallied and was sufficiently
improved to walk about. He was
forced to his bed by q relapse two
weeks ago where he remained until
his death at 3 q. M, Wednesday.
Funeral Here Friday
Funeral services will be held here
at 2:3O D. m, Friday at the Masonic
temple to be conducted by the Rose
Croix degree or Scottish Rite Masoals
with g. r. Dullam Of Bismarck. mas
ter, in charge. Burial will be at Fair
view cemetery beside his wife, who
died q number Of years ago.
Active and honorary pallbearers in
clude Thomas Hall, former congress
man, e. g. Wanner, F. G. Orr, T. O.
Plomason, F.. L. Gage, John Lying
stad, all Of Bismarck: w. H. Suits
man and Earl Tostevin Of Mandan
and several close friends from Beach
NJ. F.. Graham, president Of the
North Dakota Press association, III q
letter of sympathy to members OF the
Cushing family on behalf Of the 200
publishers Of the state stated that
"our wish is that we, too, may EMU
late Walter Cushing In life Of sery-
ice to his fellow man."
Born In Pennsylvania
Born at Tidioute, Pa, suburb Of
Pittsburgh, on June 81. 1857, Mr.
Cushing was reared in Pittsburgh
where he was q companion Of An
drew Mellon. He completed his edu-
cation in Columbia university.
His desire to become . newspaper
man strong in him, Cushing learned
the printing trade on Pittsburgh news
papers. beginning the profession there
in 1877.
He purchased newspaper in upper
Pennsylvania, only to be persuaded IN
1879 by the Grandin who established
farms in Trail county, that the Da-
kota territories held more in. store
for him.
He went to Valley City, intending
to start printing establishment. An
other paper already In the field
| Gushing entered the business field
first as lumber dealer and grain buy
Ter. He remained in Valley City un-
til 1887. In the nine years he made
CONTINUED on Page 9esUn) ?
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NONPARYISAN CLUBS
VISIT LEGISLATURE
During CONVENTION
1z5 Out.of.ToWn Visitors Here
for Fedsration's Largest
Convention

One hundred and twenty-five wo-
men here for the ninth biennial con-
vention Of the North Dakota Fedora
ton Of Nonpartisan Women's clubs
adjourned business sessions Wednes-
day afternoon for visit to the state
legislature. The Third House Grid
iron, a traditional event Of the SeS-
sion, was staged for their benefit at
4 p. m.
Routine business ard a roll call
which delegates answered by brief
comment on congress or the state leg
islature occupied the Wednesday
morning session at the World War
Memorial building dining room. In
the evening, Alice Lorraine DAILY,
Aberdeen, S. D., newspaperWoman,
and w. H. Payne, Bismarck high
school principal who will speak on
THE Plight of Our Schools and Our
Duties as Citizens" will address an
open meeting at the Memorial build
ing.
Tea 1t Executive Mansion
Thursdays convention plans in
clude an address by Dr.. Maysil Will
lian,s, state public health officer; a
talk on Public Health and Child
Welfare" by Mrs. Arlan Stair. Bot
tineau: the final business session in
the afternoon: tea for delegates,
out-of-town visitors and members OF
Bismarck Nonpartisan Club No. l.
the hostess group. given by Governor
Walter Wexford and his sister, Miss
Ethel Wexford, at the executive man.
sion, and the convention banquet at
the Patterson hotel Terrace Gardens
Mrs. Helga Kolstad, Steele, fedora
ton president, will preside and Mrs
Lydia LANCER will be POSTMASTER Of
the latter function.
VALUE Of the Nonpartisan Clubs
is the theme for the convent ~ which
opened Wednesday with 80 counties
represented. Secretaries from the
counties already organized and fed
Grated gave reviews of the year just
closed and told Of projected plans
Five counties who wish to be organ
lied have sent visitors.
When the registration was COM
plete, it was found that this is the
largest convention the federation has
ever held.
Committees Appointed
Members named to the convention
committees and their home counties
include: credentials-Mrs. Shurr. Bot
tineau: Mrs. Cox, Ward, and Mrs
Hanson, Kidder: auditing - Mis-
Hample, Sargent, and Mrs. G. g
Boise, Burleigh: publicity-Mrs. A
Mattson, Dickey: Mrs. Nelson, Cava.
lier, and Mrs. Fisher. Enmons.
The public meeting Tuesday eve.
ming was arranged by the Auxiliary t.
Club No. and honored the Lincoln
anniversary. The following program
was offered: piano solo, Miss Myrtle
Buchanan: reading, Miss 0ermine
HeinSe: group Of dances, Rannsey
School Of Dance: talk. Albert Hartl
solo. Miss Rose Iefor: chorus mum.
bers, Auxiliary members: talk, "Ou
Federation, Past, Present and Flu
ture," Mrs. John N. Hagen, Fargo
and m address by w. J. Flanagan.
With the exception Of Mrs. stelll
Haverstraw, Rugby, first vice presi
dent, al executive board members arl
here. Others besides Mrs. Kolsta<
and Mrs. Haverstraw are Nrs. Marie
Durey, Ellendale, second Vice presi
dent: Mrs. r. \. Smith. Dottineau
recording secretary. and 1lrs. Berth
Cleveland. futile. executive secre
tary.
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Restored Wages Get
Roosevelt Approval

Washington, Feb. l3.-R)-Fuu re-
storation az government salaries e.
fective April / was approved Wednes-
day by President Roosevelt, nut ne
gave notice that congress must pro-
vide revenue to meet this and any
other increases In the regular budget.
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A bill Ii Oklahoma would Tar
bachelors who are over -, % you
see. women hare n1cre influence In
politics than YOU may think.
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Unsettled tonight and Thursday,
possibly snow; colder Thursday,
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motorman changed his bell and
they moved off. Mr.. Smith looked
over his notes 3.
The vague woman addressed
him in a troubled way. did you
get much out of it?'
Yes and no." replied Mi.
Smith guardedly.
The woman said, 81 feel that
way, too. I suppose a lot OF these
people feel as if they know all
there is to know about the GRIM
inally insane, just from this one
trim through the institution"
Mr.. Smith frowned. THAT is
utter conceit," he answered. "NO
one understands the criminally
insane. Not even the doctors.
The greatest fools on earth are
your good psychiatrists. And
when they're not good, but schcm-
ing Quacks, they're devils instead
of foolsw
"Would you care if I'd write
that DOWN." asked the untiAy
little woman earnestly.
"Not at ALL" Mr.. Smith as
sured her, and watched with sat
iSfactiOn as she did it.
She said then, "I'd appreciate
any other conclusions you could
give me. This course in abnormal
psychology is difficult for ne.
Which type Of insanity, for it,
stance, do you consider most dan
gerouS?'
Mr.. Smith replied thoughtful
ly, "Not your dcmentia praccoX
case because his condition is usu-
ally very evident. He shows his
mental distintegration. I'd say a
certain type of paranoiac is most
to be feared because he's often an
intelligent person with a screw
loose. He has a delusion. He
nurses it and weaves his life
around it, sometimes secretly. On
the other hand, some people who
seem insane are not insane at all
but merely neurotic. Their emo
tons get the upper hand. All OF
u.s." he added after a pause, "arc
potential killers. We need only
the right state of health and of
external conditions to bring it
out"
Glow can you say that" ex-
claimed the vague little woman
in distress. "Take yourself, for
instance. A quiet, studious man
who teaches the young and takes
time to study psychology. How
could a man like you be a poten-
tial murderer"
Mr.. Smith ! smiled with con-
straint. "Well;" he replied, "per-
haps not myself. That would tax
your imagination too far" AS
his smile faded he was recalling
the feeling of his hands on a GER
tain hated throat. Ele wanted
to sit quietly and think. Not Of
that, but of the thing he must do
next. Of his way of escape when
he should leave this car.
But the earnest little school
teacher who was taking a special
courrc in psychology would not
let him think. She asked, "Did
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brain were tired together from
the tenseness of his plight. He
thought, "I'll take a tramp steam
CT for South America, Of course.
But first I've got to wait around
a bit. They'll be hunting for me
in railway stations and ship Of
fees. I've got to bide my time. "
He saw that the crowd was
thinning. Those who had come
in the street car, were entering
I"c grounds of the school. He
could not follow them, nor could
he remain standing here He
noticed the motorman changing
the sign on his car. He re-
moved CHARTERED. NORMAL
SCHOOL" and su b sti t Il c d
GROSS TOWN, NORTH. EN-
Or LINES"
John Smith got on. He rode
acres the city, hut he did not go
TO tn" end Of the line. That might
cause BIN to be remembered. He
got off at a brisk shopping COM
munIty, where there were numer-
Gus small stores and many people
milling about.
i2 sought, and found, a second
hand showroom for automobiles.
He went in and bought small
used car Of reliable make. He
SUI pr:sed the young salesman by
paying cash for it. lie had it
serviced and got into it. (Which
way to New York out of here
he asked distinctly.
The salesman showed him tho
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street to take, gave him a road
map with marked DIRECTIONS.
The man called John Smith ap-
parently followed them. But q
Jew miles distant he crossed town
at an angle and took a road which
he knew well. The read toward
Cleveland. ... r.. 49,
He was thinking s'The, old
woman will put me up. She'll
hide me for a while. Nobody will
look for me there. They'll be
watching the trains and steam
ships"
\ bit later he gained the open
road and relaxed. The sun shonc
mistily on autumn fields, at rest
from the summers fertility.
Naples and beechcs and oaks
Haunted their foliage. The man
laughed. "Worthvillc Il suppose
the doors still blue. I'll know the
place by that He sa,utcd a.
trfafic cop as they passed one,
another. The officer salutcd back
carelessly. .
(To Be Continued)
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you get all that lecture on the
routine Of the inmates? He talked
so fast | couldn't take it down."
Il didn't take it down either,
but think i remember it." said
the obliging Mr.. Smith. And he
gave her fairly accurate account
of the lives of those who dwclt
behind the walls he had Just
quilted. Il don't recall what he
said about the violent cases." he
added. "Those, | believe. are
treated either as invalids or hard
ened criminals. Padded cells.
Solitary confinement. That sort
of thing
The little woman shuddcrcd
and thanked him. "i'm ever so
grateful to you," she said.
Mr.. Smith noticed that every
one was getting ready to get off
the car which had stopped before
an institution, this one without
walls or guards. 1t was the Nor
NAL School.
Mr.. Smith got off with the
crowd, paying his dime as he did
so. His hand touched q bilifold
in his pocket gratefully. There
would not be the dearth OF money
that most fugitives had to face,
"Good old Bertha Gibbs" he
thought. "How long since she
sold that bond for mc?'
He could not remember. He
only knew the money was safe in
his pocket and had been there
for a long time. His body and
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Fist Tournament of Roses

The first Tournament of Roses
parade was held in Pasadena, In
the year 1880. having been inspired
by the Carnival Of Flowers at
Nice, France. At first the festival
was called the Battle Of the Flow
erS. Later the affair took its name
from tAe governing board, which
was called the Tournament Of Roses
association.
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his heart while he contemplated
an opening flower, a budding
plant, struggling seed, but il
never went away entirely. He
kept it there, ready to use against
lie and the people who had mis-
used him. For Mr.. Smith fell
that his sentence to this place wa:
a wrong and an unjust thing
mat, however, was the way most
OF the inmates felt about THEN
Incarceration, so in this particular
Mr.. Smith was not outstanding
When he demanded Justice no one
listened.
A plan was forming in Mr.
Smiths head. AS he worked the
soil around a purple chrysanthc.
mum he thought the thing out.
He would leave with the Wis,
itors when they went away.
In an hour, perhaps two hours
he could not be sure because
of the tumult in his mind-he
heard them coming. The same
guard with them, a man whom
he did not know by name or sight
A man who perhaps did not know
him. On this thread hung his
first hope.
As they circled the grounds
following the graveled driveway
and observing the "Kccp Off the
Grass" signs, they passed quite
near the flower-beds. The visitors
seemed in excellent spirits. Note
books were still in evidence anC
fountain pens scratched spasmodi,
cally. The guard was answering
the questions of a pretty young
lady who walked beside him. He
fingered the collar of his uniform
as he did so, and prcencd himself
They passed Mr.. Smith without
a glance, for there was nothing
about his neat, thin body and
quiet, shattered face to attract
attention. AS the last of them
went by he Strengthened himself
and joined them. In his hands
ne held a notebook and fountain
pen. He was taking notes.
They were approaching a high
stone wall where the driveway led
to an iron gate. Guards with guns
paced the broad top of the wall.
Other guards stood at the gate.
Mr. Smith moved into the thick
est of the crowd and continued
with his notes. He wrote down a
description of the gate and its
defense. No one was more abb
sorbed than he.
When the gate presently clang-
cd behind them his knees felt
weak. and the breath of
his body too light to support him.
A few cars were parked out
side, but most of the crowd
there were perhaps so in all
moved toward a street ca" which
was waiting on a switch. The
car bore the SIGN: CHARTERED
SCHOOL,"
Mr.. Smith. still midway Of the
crowd, boarded the street car.
He sat down in a vacant seat be-
side a woman who looked little
tired and vague. Presently the
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BEGIN HERE TODAY

Ruth Woodson, 10 years old,
an orphan, leaves Brooklyn by
bus for the midwest to look for
a job. Unable to pay her fare,
she is put off the bus in the lit
tie town of Worthwhile, just as a
storm is breaking. Ruth seeks
shelter in an old stone house, with
a blue door and faints from hun
ger just as Penny, the old house
keeper, opens the door.
Ruth is carried upstairs by the
old woman, assisted by John Nc
Neill, from next door. The old
woman mistakes Ruth for Elaine
Chalmers, whose GRANDPA c r
built the house. Ruth let her
continue to think this. She is
ashamed of her deception and re-
solves to slip away, but decides
to stay longer when Penny tells
her the next day is her 18th birth
day and pleads with Ruth to make
"a long visit"
Elaine Chalmers meanwhile, AT
Graycastle College, vows in q So
rority meeting to win the love of
her first sweetheart, John Nc
Neill. She writes his a letter,
telling him she plans u visit to
Worthwhile, but fails to mail the
letter.
When Penny turns over to Ruth
a box of lovely clothes, sent by
the Chalmers family for rum
mage sale, the girl resolves to
wear them, letting charity fall
where it WILL" She has promised
John to 60 for a ride with him
that evening.
NOW co ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER XIII
An immense stone building,
across whose windows iron bars
kept guard perpetually. This was
the thing the man at the flower
beds hated with a consuming
hatred-hiS home.
Along the graveled walks
party of visitors was being con-
Quoted by a guard-men and
women carrying open notebooks
and everpoiscG fountain pens or
pencils. They asked questions and
wrote down the guards answers
avidly, consulting each other as
thew wrote, chatting, looking
aleitly around, sometimes laugh
ing.
laughing! TIL" man who bent
over the flower-bed gritted his
teeth in hatred of all tn daughter
on earth.
As the party went on it's way
and entered the jaws of the grim
building his hatred followed
them. Yet the process did not
ease his heart. There was more
hatred there, and to spare, for
the man who had put him in this
place.
They called him Mr.. Smith. He
was a rusty, and he was espe-
cially good with flowers. They
said he had been a botanist in his
day. Sometimes John Smiths
hatred hung suspended and i'm
potent in the dark chambers of
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Roof Of Copper Pots

A plating of copper made of beat,
en- household pots and pans Is be-
ing used in reroofing the foreign
office of the Supreme court building
of Denmark. a building in which
kings and nOtables of all sorts have
been dined. The roof needed re-
pairing. but It was found there was
no appropriation. The people came
to the rescue WITH gifts OF outworn
copper pots and pans
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Tax to Gross Bridge

\ sidrlight on Willemsted. Gu
racaO, population Is provided by q
study of the tolls charged on the
puntOon bridge which crosses the
harbOr. People wearing shoes pay
one cent to walk across II, while
those without shoes pay half az
much.
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Two Mounts of Olives

There are two official Mounts of
Olives In Jerusalem, and Christian
sects not infrequently engage in
bloody street fights after arguments
as to the genuineness Of one or the
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LEONA ALLEN YOUNG, regis
tered Optometrix. Correct test
ing and fitting. Mail street,
next door State Trust Co.
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PAY YOUR TAXES WITH
BONDS, COUNTY, CITY AND
STREET AS S E S S III E MIS-.
PHONE 81. D. ROY KEITH,
REAL. ESTATE.
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WE PAY CASH for used furni-
ture, heatrolaS, stoves, ranges.
Reliable Furniture Co. Opposite
Court House.
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WE TRADE furniture, stoves,
tools, horses, cows, chickens,
hogs, feed, flour, hay, clover,
grass seeds, fruit jars and rub
Der caps. Govan Hyder Feed
; Store. 7th Ave.
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WHY TAKE chances on cheap
pcrmancntS, when we can give
you a good one for $500. De-
Luxe Beauty Shop, Phone 916.
Next to Carolina.
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SEE US about your furniture re-
pairing, Iefinishing, upholSter-
ing, Grating, storing, re-silver-
ing mirrors rug cleaning. We
buy and sell household goods.
Railroad Salvage Co. 31S Main
St., phone 99S.
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WE WILL BUY poultry Tuesday,
Sept. 18th. Heavy hens, 15c;
fryers 15c; light hens he.
Farmers Federation, 7th Ave.
East.
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REFINANCE, BUILD or improve
YOUR home under our long
term direct reduction monthly
payment plan. 6 per cent
interest. moderate costs. Con-
suit US on any kind of Home
financing. First Federal Saw
ingS & Loan.
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DIVINE HEALING

Why try substitutes? Go direct
20 the Source through Divine
Healing. 1t never fails. F. w.
Sumner will help you. Services
free. Residence BoylstOn Rd.,
S 1-2 miles West of Hender-
sOnville