The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 18, 1924, Page 1

WEATHER FORECAST Fair and continued cold tonight. Friday fair, rising temperature. ESTABLISHED 1873 ( WOMAN KILLED IN APARTMENT, NEIGHBOR HELD Wife of Assistant Insurance Company Manager Found With Throat Slashed ARRESTED ‘A ROSE YOUNG MA Caught Fleeing From Apart- ment, But Denies Any Knowledge of the Crime ager of the Travelers’ Insuranc Company, was found slain in her home here yesterday, afternoon. Wenzel Hoover, 22, whose home i in Shorewood, a suburb, A parents-in-law, Mr. and trick Regan, live in the flat below} that occupied by the Bosshards was | taken into custody as he fled from the Bosshard flat. He is being held without charge at police headquar- ters. Questioned by police, Hoover is said to have admitted that he was in the house when police arrived, aiter | Mrs. Regan had telephoned that a desperate battle was going on in the ¢ flat above. Blood stains were found on Hoover's clothing, police said, though Hoover had no knowledge of though Hoover denied having any knowledge of how the woman came} to her death or having touched the Herewith is one of ae She is the Manaranee is known throughe peauties of Tak w Mrs. Bosshard fought a desperate battle with her slayer, the police in-| vestigation revealed, There was in- vestigation that she had first been choked, stabbed with a carving knife and then slashed across the throat. Police are of the opinion that Mrs. Bosshard attempted to defend her- self with the knife. When a de- tective reached the Bosshard home in response to Mrs. Regan’s call, he broke in the door of the flat and found the slain woman. At the, same time he heard a noise in the front hall and when he reached the head of the stairway, he reported, he saw (8 man leaving by the front entrance. ‘The man leaped down the stairs and the detective flung himself upon him. The man was later identified as Hoover. “1 went to the home of Mrs. Boss- hard to make a sale,” Hoover told police, explaining sthat he is a soli- citor. pped ut the rear door which I recognized ast jest July 1, has van . Bosshard, said ‘Come in. ae ane Tientered/and’round Nerionstiaitioce| ee ee a and I was so startled that I didn’t know what to do, I didn’t want to be seen coming from the place and I didn’t want to be found in it.” Hoover is not a stranger to police. He twice arrested, once on a . statutory charge and once in connec- tion with the burglary of an apart- ment. Neither charge was prosecut- RISKS SEENIN [22 OFFICE JOBS|':.:-: BUDGET BOAR RUNS AGAINST May Have to propriations to Meet Debt ,on Bond Issues | MUST CONSIDER LEVY The s! consider made to the legis tions for the biennium te net the pro budget with sit to for industries in is ncee conduet of s North Dake Thi being considered for the first time in ppropriations for the cdu penal and charitable institu- tions and the various departments of the ate government, There i $260,000 milli operations of the v at Grand due in 1 new factor m ti is total d to aid mill and ele- $250,000 there is du capital st k of North J nid to retire ew of official tate n farts these , in the v The state off sider the 4 mil Unusual Cases Are Reported | by the Constitution n of this levy isu in providing: to Workmen’s Compensa- funds lo pay the state soldiers’ bonus, . the usual expenses of government tion Bureau must be met chiefly from a 3 militax panies levy. Money needed for interest on few no h bond issues is exempt from the limitation, but levi ing to R. E. Wenzel, Commissioner of | for me the principal the Worl mpensation Bureau,| empted, according to officials. Cases cited to illustrate this, and| The tax levy for general expense which have come before the commis-| made last fall by the state sioners, include: udministration was 2.8 i ‘An employe of a bank, doing regu-| proaching the maximum: lar office work, while lifting the end | be levied. of a desk, broke « blood vessel in the eye, resulting in a permanent injury to the eye. A clerk in a store, carrying a point- ed pencil in his vest pocket, while placing a box on a shelf, had the pen- cil pushed through the sleeve and into the arm, resulting in an infect- ed wound and some rather extended disability. The employe of an elevator was carrying matches and nails in the sume ‘pocket. While operating cars, the matches were ignited, re- sulting in a severe burn, requiring extended medical attention. “A number of cases of employes in office and store occupations have come in, showing slivers in fingers from handling boxes, with resulting infections and extended disability,” Mr. Wenzel said. also must con- levy limit placed ince one mill employments ard, atcord- that ple Hl make the It poss limitation of the levy \ provide all of the funds needed next | year, unless other methods of taxa- tion are devi the Constitution changed, the valuation raised or ap- propriations pared to the limit. It is und ood that members of the budget board teel that it is their duty to keep recommendations for expenses as low as possible, so as to contribute their share to keeping the next y tax levy within the Con- stitutional limit, Since it is felt that a levy will have to be paid to ret: bonds issued for state industries, is possible that the budget board will find the necessity of making recom- mendations for lowering other ap- propriations. Soo Railroad — To Cooperate In Meetings Cooperation of the land depart- 94 KILLED Manila, P. I., Dec. 18.—Twenty-four| been offered to W. F. pee alae Teale persons were killed today when a se-| dairy commissioner. H..S, Funstqns, vere earthquake rocked’Surigao pro-| land commissioner, informed Mr. vince, on Mindanao Island. Reynolds the railroad, through the id Agricultural Credit Corporation, had assisted in putting 1,500 dairy cows on farms on their lines last fall, and well-known London stiltwalker, re-| the railroad desires to offer service cently attracted much attention when] in the way of furnishing experts to he stood on tremendously high stilts} lecture on best methods of handling and painted his house. Howard was] such stock. Many such meetings are arrested as a “peeping Tom” two] to be held in the state after January years ago. He is about 60 years old.” 1. 4 PAINTS ON STILTS London, Dec. 18—Walter Howard, OF INDI t India as one of thet ancient daughters. N.D. INDUSTRIES Pure Other Ap-} ficials to be! state board of equalization unable to / BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1924 | DEPOSITS ROLL INTO BANKS OF STATE SS EESESEEEaeEEeae—E—e—EeEeEeEeeeeeeeeee i i the ite east, tamed in song and rhyme. of the f Mahi ‘Takari, and jand’s most beautiful EXPELLED FOR HAIR CUTTING 18.—Hair able offense ppi. ion yester- at the Following the exp day of 10 upperclassmen for urticipation in a hair-cutting ty Tuesday night when fr en were the victim. the institution further — investi th tened to involve ppe men in the MALL ROBBERY | - STORY TOLD which It other affair, IN HIGH COURT): Monango and Ellendale Banks! Fight Over Bonds Taken in Train Holdup An echo of a train robbery at the tshirts of the twin cities about | judged SORLIE WOULD GIVE PRIZES FOR SLOGANS Governcr-Eleet Offers $50 for Best Suggestions for Ad- ing State ASSOCIATIO Would Have Them Judged by North Dakota Press ociation at Meeting D., De amounting to $50 for North Dakots re being offered by Governor: G. slogans at the winter mecting of the North Dakota State tion to be held at Valley uary 16 and 1 cording to th terms of Mr. Sorlie’s offer. A prize of $35 will be given to the writer of the slogan judged best and $15 to the-writer of the second best slo- gan, As it Mr. Sorlie’s these slogans should dio return cards, ete. formulas are what is wanted. testants should send their slogans to J. I. Bacon, President of the North Dakota Press Association, Grand Forks, North Dakota, before the date of the press meeting. Mr, Sorlie’s letter setting his idea and the terms of his is as follows Mr, Julius F. Bacon, President, North Dakota Press ciation, id Forks, Dear Sir: We have and Forks, Prizes sugge gans Elect A. The ions for Sorlie. submitted will be Associa- City, Jan- Press idea that used on ra- short, snappy Con- is forth offer Asso- North Dakota. a large number of radio ets throughout our state and re- ceive a lot of radio concerts and programs of different kinds from all parts of the United States. Many ot these sending stations request an answer to whether or not their message came ac how it was en- joyed, etc. The idea has occurred to me that we should have a slogan for Dakota. Then in answering the sending stations in various parts of { the country we could attach our state slogan to such answers and in that way give North Dakota a lerfui lot of favorable publicity, ly all sending. stations nswers to their pro- in their turn repeat these answers over the radio, I am personally going to offer prizes amounting to $50, $85 for the best slogan and or the second best slogan. The North Dakota Press Associa- tion meeting at Valley City on Jan- uary 16 and 17 will be the judges a to the best and second best slogans, ecember 1, 1920, was heard in the preme court here today, ina court decision on a dispute arising between ‘the Bank of Monango and the Ellen- nal Bank over $6,000 liber- bond. lost in the holdup. The bonds, according to the court review of the case, were sent by re- stercd mail uninsured, from Mon- to Ellendale, received by the Y nk and seat to the Reserve Banks in’ Minneapolis, | Sto be used as collateral in-negotiat- ing a los r the nefit of the Monango Hendale — bank ity hen the mail train reached the suburbs of Minneapolis it was set upon by highway robbe d_ these bonds with others stolen,” reads the court decision. “The bonds never reached the Federal Reserve Bank cand it did not rediscount the pa- could | This was designed to raise | that the he plaintiff! sought to recover from the Ellendale bank the value of the Liberty bonds, which were not in- ured though registered. The Dis- trict Court had dismissed the action. | The Supreme Court, in reversing Dis- trict Judge Wolfe, ordered judgment for the plaintiff. The court held that reasonable 1s not used in transmitting the in that they were not insured, bus of the decision writ- Justice Bronson holds “that Liberty Loan Bonds, payable to bearer, earry no earmarks of identification, varying substantially from those to be applied to currency ten by in its transmi ion, should be similarly applied to such bonds, in transmission, in ascertaining the ex- Secure Buffalo For Barbecue Devils Lake, N. D., Dee, 18,—Two young buffalo were shot at Sully ill National park Sunday, one of which has been put in storage until next June when it will be served at a barbecue to be given during the annual meeting of the Grand Lodge, North Dakota I. O. O, F., which will be held in this cit; This buffalo weighs 1120 pounds dressed, and was shot by the warden at the park. On the expedition were Roy Bar- rickman, Albert Nelson, A. J. Klem- ‘etsrud and C. C. Hullinger. The other buffalo will be sold on}the local market. and will v, no doubt, make honor- ble the slogans which do not All slogans and communicatio} should be forward- ed to Juluis F. Bacon, President of the N. D. A., Grand Forks. Yours very truly, ‘Gignsw) A. G. SORLIE, ALLTO ASK RQUAL SHARE IN PAYMENTS United Sates, Also, Insists on Equal Share in Debt Payments hington, Dec. 18.--France's re- ported intention to open discussion with Great Britain on an arrange- ment for funding her debt to the London government, occasioned a prediction at the Treasury today that this government, tike Great Britain, would insist on equal treat- ment. STILL SERKING GERMAN HEAD Chancellor Marx Authorized to Make Survey of Situation Berlin, Dec, 18.—President Ebert this morning again met with Chan- cellor Marx and authorized him to make a thorough and final survey of the parliamentary situation in a last attempt to form a ministry which could command the necessary ma- jority in the Reichstag. The summons followed: the failure of Foreign Minister Stresseman, leader of the German Peoples Party, to construct a straight non-social- ist party. RACCOON COATS IN JAPAN Tokyo, Dec, 18.—Raccoon coats, po- pular with American college youths, have been introduced by Pepaness, university students, North | FRIENDSHIP T0 JAPAN 18 TOLD BY SEC. HUGHES Continued Reports cf Rriction Causes Departure Precedent By AMBASSADOR W) State Continuance,of an U Good Feeling From Him Secretary of 1 of De on government, whose ve been pu urbed by a Japanese relat day to form: “the most cordia the two countries, Departing from tary Hughes issued taking notice Suneo M new Japanese ambas y him to th sp toward a farther friendship between hington. TRIBUTE PAID BY THOUSANDS TO MR. GOMPERS Late Labor Leader Is Buried in Famous Cemetery After Funeral Services Washington, Is. The W officials nd somewhat dis American- . took occasion to bespeak an era of relations” between precedent. Secre- a formal state- of the appoint- sudaira as here eon rent Tokio and SERVICES RADIOCAST New York, Dee. 18,-Impressive j funeral services were held to ‘Samuel Gompers at the after which the body was taken by automobile to Tarrytown for inter- ment in famous Sleepy Hollow cem- etery. The great assembly hall of York lodge Nod draped in the ;mourning purple, was crowded to feapacity by cow and friends of the late President of the Amer- iean Federation of Labor. In the throng men high in the ‘state and city. Thousands gain admitt New re of people unable into the hall sembled in the town hall across the street. and heard the services by radio. Other thousands stood rev- erently in rby streets, held by police, Off of Sol Telkuskey, the }marched into the hall the obituary ritual nity. The simple Jewistic ritual for the dead was intoned by Rabbi Stephen Wise. ‘This service began by the Hebrew of the Twenty from the to : as- ne: b rs of the lodge headed by exalted ruler, and conducted of the frater- . of tion of Labor, in his culo ized labor what he said of Mr. Gompers When Mr. Gompers end was near, Mr. Dun summoned him to his said in part ve them this message; is I kept the f. pect them to keep the faith, must earry on.” THREE DEAD IN MINE BLAST Several Entombed in Explo- sion in Mine Near Tacoma the he and realized said, bedside ‘They Tacoma, Wash. Dee, 18.—Three men ure dead, two injured and three unaceounted for in an explosion at the Pacific Coast Coal Company's mine ut Burnett. Washington, 29 miles southeast of here, according to a report received here from M. D. Moore of Senttle, president of the company. Seattle, Wash. Dec. 18.—Seven men are trapped in the 1,800 foot level of the Pacifie Coast Coal Com- pany’s mine at Burnett, 29 miles southeast of Tacoma, by an explo- sion, at 6 o’clock last night. Three crews of 15 men each work- ed in the mine to reseue the entomb- ed men. A report from Buckley said that a blast of dynamite caused an ex- plosion of black damp that brought the roof of the seam topping on them. TWO COLLAPSE FROM THE COLD Minneapolis, Dee. 18—Two men overcome by cold collapsed on the streets today and were rescued by police, Both are frost bitten, but are not:.in a serious condition, LCOMED | ; \ Heralds [ HE IS NEW AMBASSADOR | Viscount: Yasuhury dor to the United St Tokio government Matsudaira is appointed to be Japan's Assit Ss succeeding Masanao Hanihara recalled by the The viscount is seen here wit his wile Woman Held Up SHOALS DAM T0 Lectures Youth; saoatte Surrender: OPEN TRANSIT TO MINE AREA ber flourished a small revolver Shoals Project in the face of Miss Lillian John- son last night and demanded her econd Only to the Canal purse she responded with a lee- ture on the evils of a criminal career, persuaded him to give her the weapon and wait while she summoned the p He pave his name Donald McClough, : arm hand COLD WAVE T0 GO SOUTHEAST I$ INDICATION Cold Tonight, But Rising Temperature Tomorrow. Is Bureau’s Forecast le Is ‘alled as -anama MEMORIAL TO WILSC America’s to have an en- Wilsen Dam at commissioned Washington, Dee war tifie president is during memorial in Muscle Shoals, to late in the summer of 1925. The project, deemed an engineer ent second only to the nant |, Was 52 1-2) percent comple: . 1, the date of the lat- est formal report. An appropriation of $7,000,000 more will be from Congres. » total cost, with ight generators installed, will be $45,800,000, and the dam will be cap- | able of some time next summer. mate capacity of 600,000 hor: over the disposition of wh ter controversy raging in gress. rising tempor- producing power her bureau's lifting of the cold wave which overed a wide in the Northwest and Rocky Mountain Regions. With the high pressure area still moving southcast- ward, Chicago and other points in the middle west probably will take the cold wave away from the Northwest. It will be continued cold tonight, ! however, it wa ndicated Bismarck prded her low the year tod » weathe reporting 2 Williston below, whi low. Sub-z ed to be repe citie: coldest terin low power, how bit- » heralding « an artificial 13 in the n quarters of a mile, is considered the lar es} and isa mile tong, 1 avaia (euvers Lomi the general } General Harry River about 18 width of thre The dam proper an the world 7 feet high, and 20 acres, supervision of Major ylor, chief of army ut, Col, George R. apparatus wi summer. A power 20 feet long, 160 feet wide t high, will be in use, two st Jock for navigation, with @ lift of 3 feet, forms one of the} tures in connection with the pro- H i Surplus Han in through electric p ready by yi house, 1 and 1d fe country below. St. Paul next 2. tuday, while he zero temperatures were reported! from other Minnesota cities, and from South Dakota, COAST TRAINS ARE DELAYED : Snow in Rocky Mountain Region Hits East Bound Trains waters the during fived river will be passed steel flood control 18 feet iit eet long is 105 fect thick at the base. special spillways equipped | erily valves will pass sur- r during normal flow on the Thirte | with hi | plus w | river \ known us is one of Tennessee on Dam is officially 1 Number Two,” and three projected the River at Muscle ber One not yet author below Wilson | gation dam, not yet miles above Wilson estimated cost of After all proposed here from{are completed, engineer offic ‘arrived Inst{ Point out, the Tennessee River will night about 7 o'clock, and today’s No.) Bie dom thesOhioutt yer: to) 2 was to arrive about 5 p.m. yasnoxyalle: Ben: The trains from the eust were! The district through which doing better. No. 1, dye here about; Tiver flows is rich in’ mineral, 11:30 a. m., was reported two hours) ber and agricultural resources, and a half late, No. 3, due at 12:54| ¢lres Mujor General Taylor, and last night, came in pretty well on; Would be greatly benefited by ude- ‘quate river transportation facilitie time. ! A 1 The principal obstruction to nav Branch line and local trains are not} pele epee ren ees much affected, although some of them, gation are the shoals in the Muse Shoals area, and completion of Wil- are running late, H ee ie son Dam will be the first great step! | ton ards opening up that region to RAT FIGHT water development, CARRIED ON; Through train service continued to affected today by the cold weath- and particularly by heavy snow: in Montana and the Rocky Mountains, | Northern Pacific train No, 4, due} here cast bound, at i this mornin, vil reported t noon today, 2, due .m i i i 5 1 fe 10,000. four] 000, ou. fe hours late, improven Yesterday’s No. this tim de- ducted here under the direction of! R. Scott Zimmerman, federal expert, { will be carried to the state peniten-} tiary. A scientific survey will be made by him and exceptional effort made to exterminate the rats, The campaign in the city has been; Minneapolis, Dec. 18-—After three somewhat delayed by cold wenther,|wecks secession of hostilities the but will be continued for a week, Mr.| Chinese tong war flared up here to- Zimmerman reported he found some|day when two members of the On people reticent to unswer questions|Leony tongs were attacked on the concerning infestation, in question-| street by three unidentified Chinese, naires delivered to them. Such re-! who fired six shots before fleeing ‘in plies are asked simply for purposes! an automobile. Though a bullet cut of information and are confidential, through the overcoat of one, neither, Lhe said: of the men attacked was injured. required | It will have an ulti-) Con- | Wilson Dam will eventually create '$ tending upstream ! The work is under) in immediate charge of they 1 Al per- | high from the ta PRICE FIVE CENTS ARE INCREASED 16 MILLION IN BUT 2 MONTHS Reach Total of $91,000,000, Axceeding Total Deposits Of a Year Ago LOANS ARE REDUCED Reserve Increased and Billa Pavable Cut, Is Showings of Abstract i w Remarkable improvement in thé banking situation in North Dakota ig reflected in the abstract of come parative statements of state banks, mude as of close of business Novem~ ber 15, completed today from ree ports und announced by Gilber@ Semingson, state examiner, Deposits have increased, reserve is bettered and the banks have ree duced their indebtedness to outside agencies in remarkable manner. Deposits in the 509 state banks and four trust companies, as of Now vember 15, totalled — $91,269,803.40, which represents an increase in de- posits of $16,506,579.40 as compared to the September 17 statement two months previous. The deposits also ine $2,000,000 over the state- ment of a year ago. The full effect of the 1924 crops on deposits is not reflected in the statement, in the opinion of officials, since much grain was still unsold on November In calling attention to the in- crease in deposits, banking depart- ent officials pointed out that 112 reporte@ deposits as of than on a “comparative last year. Reserve taken a b date the state banks has jump. The total reserve qeparted of November 15, 1924, ia § 078.9 compared to $11,- 477,127.94 on September 17, 1924, and $11,554 on October 31, 1923, The total reserve required by law as of November 15 was $7,652,260.80, the excess of reserve over legal ree quirements being $18,872,818.15. The manner in which loans ar@ being paid to the state banks is shown the comparison of loans und discounts for three separate periods. Loans at the time of the ‘last three statements were: {oect. - $92,061, 145.78 Sept. . No’ ion of § 539 2 bee September 17 and November is shown, while the loans are over 25,101,164.06 than a year ago The bills payable abstract, repree enting me owed by the banks, ulso shows a liquidation, due to ine resources of the banks, Comparison of bills payable states ments for the three periods show: Det. 31, 19: -$16,044,157.55 {Sept. 17, 18 - 11,651,91: Nov, 15, 1924 6,092,663.25 Increase in i deposits be- en September 17 and November shown to be $166,470.90. he ubstraet of statements of the banks as of November 15, 1924, rep- “resents a remarkable improvement,” said State Examiner Semingson. “It is the strongest statement in the last [three years or more.” XMAS LIQUOR WOOD ALCOHOL | Deaths From Poison Whisky; in New York Reach 29 tween {1 gS ttw New York, Dec, 18.—Sixty barrels of liquor seized by prohibition agents and police in their campaign against Christmas “hootch” have proved upe ysis to be wood alcohol, In addition, eight barrels of denatured alcohol have been confiscated. Deaths from bad liquor so far this month total 29, Seventeen alcohol victims, three of them women, were admitted at Bellvue hospital during the 24 hours ending this morning. ¢—____-—_____—_—_ Weather Report | 6 For 24 hours ending at noon. Temperature at 7 a. m, . Highest yesterday . Lowest yesterday . Lowest last night Precipitation Highest wind velocity .. WEATHER FORECAST Por Bismarck and vicinity: Fair and continued cold tonight. Friday fair with rising temperature. For North Dakota: Fair and cone tinued ‘cold tonight. Friday fair with rising temperature. WEATHER CONDITIONS The high pressure area has spread southeastward somewhat but it still covers the entire Northwest, Sub- zero temperatures prevail from Min- nesota and the central Plains States northwestward to the western slope of the Rockies. Minimum tempera- tures ranged from 30 to 40 degrees below zera in Montana and Wyoming, Light precipitation occurred. at. all reporting stations from the Rocky Mountain region eastward to the Great Lakes. ORRIS W. ROBERTS, wow