The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 16, 1925, Page 1

age 2 \ | | i WEATHER FORECAST For Bismarck and vicinity: Most- ly fair tonight and Tuesday. ESTABLISHED 1873 VICTIM OF SAND CAVE IS DEAD JOHN H. BLOO FIND BODY OF | COLLINS EARLY IN APTERNOON H. T. Carmichael of Rescue Party Is First to Reach Side of Entrapped Man PHYSICIANS N HAND Victim Caught in Sand Cave Crevice January 30—More Guards Added = COLLINS’ BODY FOUND (By Associated Press) Cave City, Ky Feb. 16.—The body of Floyd Collins entrapped in Sand Cave, Jan. 30 was found in his tomb this afternoon. Floyd Collins was peached and foun! dead at 2:45 this after- noon an official announcement was made, after rescuers had d what they betieved the original. sand cave cavern where Collins was caught. No médical examination was made as ‘it was impossible for a phy- sician’to peach the victim. H. T. Carmichael was the first man to go to Collins, He said that apparently he was dead. The announcement of the find- ing of Collins was made by Dr. W. W. Funkhouser, geologist of the University of Kentucky. Pre- parations were made immediately for Maj. Moss an Capt. Cis, medical officers of the 149th in- fantry and Dr. Wm. Haislett to go to Collins. Mr. Carmichael and M. E, S. Posey executive se- crctary of, the state highway de- partmont and personal respresen- tative of Gov. William J. Fields were to accompany the physi- cians to Collins. GUARDS PLACED Cave City, Ky. Feb. 16.—(By athe A. P.)—Additional soldiers were assigned to guard duty around the Sand Cave area this morning. This is the first time that the guard has been” increas=:~ ed since official renorts were is- sued that rescue workers had found fissures and laterals ex- tending frem the side of the chaft beine sunk to bring Col- ling from his trap. Cave City, Kentucky, February 16. ~-Progress made during the night, revealed this morning that a lateral from the main shaft was wound uround and appeared beyond the uangerous rock strata which caused numerous slides and -has reached the roof of.an avenue in which the en-* tombed man is believed to lie. i Sand instead of limestone and heavy rock was encountered after midnight and the work progressed with increased speed. The tunnel was pushed nearly six feet after! midnfght, it was stated. a Collins believed held captive at a depth of 63 feet. The lateral | which is now some 15 feet long has reached the 60 foot level and no more dangerous or ‘heavy boulders are expected. " It is planned to tap the cave ave- nue through the roof and extend the lateral into the natural passageway. This avenue ‘may be filled with rock debris, but presents no serigqus; ex-:| cavation problem, rescuers. belieye. The estimated distance. ta, Collins depends on the route followed. by the. avenue, His place of.imprisonment. is not far distant ifrom. where,,, the, miners are now working, but. they | expect to follow the passage way al- though it may offer a somewhat longer channel to the prison. Is Optimistic H. T. Carmichael, director of the rescue work, is more optimistic to- day than during the night, when several falls of minor character oc- curred in the lateral. One of these falls hit him on the head as he“was directing the work. The fall, how- ever, contained no rock ,and Car- michael was not injured. “The sun will not rise on me at Sand Cave Wednesday . morning,’ Carmichael predicted this morning. “No natural crevice has been found,” Dr. W. D, Funkhouser said. “My first estimate of the time Floyd Collins will be reached which was Tuesday night, still stands,” he said. ‘ One of the principal witnesses be- fore the state military inquiry is to be Everett Maddox, one of the early rescue party men. He just returned to Sand Cave after a serious illness, caused by his exertions and exposure in Sand Cave. Talked to Collins Although an outsider, who did not know Floyd Collins, Maddox is ready to furnish the jolute truth of identification of the man fast in the Sand Cave rock vise. “Early. Wednesday morning I went back to Floyd,” Maddox says. . “That was before the shaft was started. I could reach as far as his | foot and I tried to loosen it but I could not. Finally, _ Floyd said: ‘Kiss me good-bye, I’m going.’ ~ “Then I noticed a gold front up- per tooth. I went out and soon after the passage way caved:in.” + This is the first absolute mark of (Continueg.on page 6) in the next Congress for it, Mr. Oashing said. Stephen Mather, director of the National Parks Service, has indicat- TH — E BISMARCK TRIBUNE) BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 16, Flash in Crystal Cave Sho: os S The remarkable photo above shows Floyd Collius in a crevice of Crysta! the position in whi Caye, in exa It was taken near Cave Ci y Below, Collins’ dog is shown mouring for him near the mouth of tke; cave. It has refused comf PARKS EXPERT TO. VISIT N. D, | Will Visit Badlands to Study It For National Parks Purposes Future «prospects for creation Roosevelt’ Memorial National Par in.the Badlands of western North Da-j kota depends largely on the outcome of a Visit of Raymond H, yt field secretary for the Parks Service, who will v' gion in June to make inspection | tour, according to W. F. Cushing of Beach, pres Memorial Nati of the state. turned from a trip to and Florida, There has been some reluctance on he part of Congress toward estab ishment of new nafjonal parks, but! Mr. Torrey and others are im- pressed by the possibilities in the; Badlands, a fight will be launched! Mr. Cushing has re Washington t er un “erest in the regionby send ing the best man in his department to4North Dakota, Mr. Cushing said. When Mr. Torrey visits the Badlands,) Northwestern railroads plan to have moving picture men accompany: him. pDirector Mather was purticpJarly in- terested in pictures of the petrified forest of the Badlands, and declared that .the North-Dakota petriNed for- est Was more interesting than the famous one in Arizona, Mr. Cushing said. Secretary of the Treasury Andrew Mellen, whose brothers conducted a bank in Bismarck in the boom days of the 80’s, has lent his “hearty sup- port to the, movement to create the Badlands park, Mr. Cushing said. Mr. Mellen, during trips to North Dakota in the 80’s explored the Badlands on hunting trips, and believes the re- ‘gion would be.a fine addition to the national 5 Cushing said. sThe Secretary of the Treasury recalled with pleasure his experiences in North Dakota in the pioneer days. The Mellens still own property irt Biamagedy snd Burleigh county, being heavy taxpayers. Ice Cream Men Will Gather Fargo, N. D., Feb, 16.—The ninth annual convention of the North Da- kota Ice Cream Manufacturers #sso- ciation will open in Fargo Tuesday for a two-day session. Meetings will be, held in the commercial club rooms. . ° Registration of delegates will be- gin. Tuesday morning at the commer- cial club prior to the opening of the regular session at 10 a.-m. Routine, matters. will be taken up at the first morning meeting, including: the pre- sigent’s “address, secretary’s report, naming of committees, and commit: tee’s reports. ‘ lechanical* refrigerated cabinets COLLINS IN CREVICE ws How He Was Trapped | ich he was trapped in just before he enterec! Sand Cave. id Cave, | ort since he was trapped. | air Cee eee Your Income Tax || This is one of a series of articles explaining tbe in- come tax to the laymen. It has been prepared in view of recent changes in tax Jaw the income ij. | | { o BY R. A, CONKEY ‘Tax Consultant Following is the basis for deter- mining gain or loss.¢ (a) The basis for computing gai from the sale or other d ion of property acquired prior} ch 1, 1918, is its cost, (or if not purchased, the value of time ac- quired), or the fair mraket value as of March 1, 1913, whichever is great- | The basis for computing gain s from the sale or other dis- position of property, acquired after Feb. 28, 1913, is the cost thereof, ex- cep! 1. As to property which should have been included in the last in- is the last in- ventory va In the case of property acquir- ed by gift subsequent to Dec. 31, 1920, the basis is the same as it would be in the hands of the donor, or the last preceding owner by whom it was not acquired by gift. 3. As to property acquired by a transfer in trust after Dec. 31, 1920, the basis is the same as it would be in the hands of the grantor, increas- ed in the amount of, gain or decreus- ed in the amount of loss, if any, T¢- cognized to the grantor under the law in effect at time of transfer. 4, In the case of property ac- quired by gift, including transfers in trust, prior to Jan.‘1, 1921, the basis is the fair market value of the property at the time of acquisition. 5. Where property is acquired by 5. bequest, devise or inheritance, or by transfers made in contemplation of death, or by transfers in living trusts made in contemplation of death or intended to take effect in possession or enjoyment at or after death, the basis is the fair market value of the property at the time of aequisitign. TRIED TO HIRE — BROTHER FOR JAIL SENTENCE Fergus Falls, Minn,, Feb. 16.—How two brothers attempted to hire a younger brother to serve sentence for a crime he did not commit was revealed in federal~court here in criminal contempt charges against Anton, Richard and George Lichy of; Holding township, seven miles from Avon. The three brothers are cited to; appear before the court February 27 in criminal contempt charges. According to the complaint Rich- are Lichy, farmer, employed his} brothers. Several men arrested An-' ton on a charge of manufacturing and transporting liquor. Richard at St. Cloud at the time of the raid and alleged to have decided to represent himself as Richard, who has a wi id three children. / : tel GRows Buenos Aires, Feb. 16.—The esti- mated population of Buenos Aires and fountaing will he discussed Tucy- afternoon ata round table co: is now: 1,817,000. It is the largest city in South America, its growth ‘during the last ten’ years being: in excens of 300,000, ado he i; {tel here, at 10:30 } Rev, | Creel of Devils Lak DIES, VICTIM OF HEART ILL Editor-Manager of Nonparti- san League Organ Dies Suddenly in City LONG S TE FIGURE | Had Taken Part in Political Battle in North Dakota For Many Years John H. Bloom, 60, editor-manager of the North Dakota Nonpartisan, official organ of the Nonpartisan League, and for many years widely known in: newspaper and political circles, diéd suddenly of heart trou- ble in his room in the McKenzie Ho- o'clock Sunday morning. Mr. Bloom has been con- fined to his bed for several weeks. Funeral services for Mr. Bloom, ac- cording to present plans, R. T. Muir, | assisting in the arrangements, said, will be at 10 a. m. Wednesday in the Methodist church, Bismarck, with . F. Halfyard of Mandan offi- ciating. The body probably will be taken to Fargo Thursday morning for burial. Those who will act as “honorary pallbearers are: Judge John Burke, Gen. Baker of Bismarck; Lt. Maddock; Hon. B. C. Larkin; W. F. Lemke of Fargo. The following are the active pall- bearers: Hon. Robt. Byrne, Her- man Hardt, J. N. Hagan, R. T. Muir, Mr. Pepke and Sen. Ralph Ingerson. The body will be taken to Fargo Thursday morning for burial. Death came after he apparently was rallying from his illness. On Saturday he went down to the hotel lobby from his room on the third floor, for the first time in many weeks. He was bright and cheerful Sunday morning, and insisted that his wife, who had been a constant companion at his bedside, go out for breakfast, and -he asked for milk teast for his own breakfast. Mrs. Bloom had been absent from her ‘room’ but a few minutes, when she returned to find him breathing heav- ily and dying. She summoned help, but in a few minutes he had died. Mr. and Mrs. Bloom were planning a trip for the benefit of his health, land were going to Ohio and then to Ontario for a time, expecting to be absent from the state for three months. Mr. Bloom ‘last week an- nounced he was not # candidate for election as editor-manager of the North Dakota Nonpartisan, because it was necessary for him to seek a lower altitude. Felt It 2 Years Ago Heart trouble first began to af- fect Mr. Bloom seriously about two years ago. The trouble became more pronounced, especially about elec- tion time last fall, when he had several heart attacks. It was only a few weeks ago, however, that che| was forced to his bed. As ,publisher of the Devils Lake Journal, manager of the Fargo, Cour- ier ‘News and editor-manager of the (Continued on page three) ENGINEER SAVES TRAIN Wounded, ‘He Runs Two Miles, Flags Passenger Olahoma City, Feb. 16.—Louis Pruitt veteran St. Louis and San Francisco engineer, “rode his engine down” when it plunged from a bridge yesterday. Then he crawled from the wreckage and though halfblind- ed by a scalp wound and scalded by live steam he walked three quarters | of a mile and flagged a Frisco pass- enger train carrying\200 passengers before it could crash into his loco- motive and his wrecked freight train. Pruitt then sought to return to the wreck to‘give aid to A. W. Cor- ley, fireman, and R. A. Kahl, head brakeman. The two trainmen, resi- dents of Oklahoma City, were found! dead. Pruitt was rushed to a hos- pital in Sapulpa. 6 Twelve cars of merchandise and eight cars of gasoline piled up in the ditch were destroyed by fire. A de- fective switch is held. responsible for the wreck. Dean ‘Squires Gives Address On Old Main Hall Grand Forks, N.'D., Feb. 16.—Re- lating the history of Merrifield Hall at the Universtiy of North Dakota and telling the ry of its condem- nation and partial destruction, De Vernon P. Squires, of the Univer- sity College of Liberal Arts, gave an address from the University broadcasting station Wednesday eve- ning. Dean Squires concluded his . talk. with the recitation of a poem con- cerning thia pioneer building and its years of service to the young people of the state. He also paid tribute to President Webster Merrifield, in | whose honor the building was named. | Webster, {mittee of the whole question of re-| BOY SUFFERS BROKEN LEG; Valentine Steiner, aged 9 | son of Mr, and Mrs. Rochus Steiner, | 413 Thirteenth street, suffered a! broken leg Saturday afternoon when he jumped from a street car on Fourth street und was struck by an automobile of Paul Willman, Wit- hesses said the little fellow jumped | in front of the car. | FINAL TEST ON MILL BILLIS | COMING TODAY | State Senate Is Expected to! Substitute Power of the Governor OTHER MEASURES Compulsory Deposits in the Bank of North Dakota on | Senate Calendar The mill and elevator management | Dill, and banking measures were list- ed on the calendar of the state sen- ate today as important matters for consideration, while the House had before it for virtual decision in com-} viving the state hail scheme in North Dakota. Having won a victory by voting acceptance of the minority report of the state affairs committee, substi-| tuting the power of the Governor | for that of the board of managers! of the Grand Forks state flour mill and elevator, and the Industrial Cotnmission, Independent members expected their ranks to hold today and to pass House Bill No. 4 with their amendments. The House, where the Nunparti- sans are in the majority. are ex- rected to reject the Senate amend- | ments, if carried through on final vote, and an effort to reconcile fac- tional differences may come in con- ference committees. House Bill No. 94, as passed by! the House, substituted the power of the Industrial Commission for that cf the board of managers of the state mill and elevator. The Senate Inde- pendents, by a vote of 25 to 23, serted an amendment Saturday aft- crnoon, substituting the power of the Governor, for the board of man- {agers and Industrial Comnission. | Two Positions | ‘The Independent position, as out-| lined in debate, was that Governor 'Sorlie had been elected to make the mill and elevator pay, and he should have full authority. Nonpartisan members declared that the members of the «Industrial Commission, two! ‘of the three of whom are Independ- jents, must share the responsibility | igiven them by the electors of the |state, in the management of the mill. Banking Bills Two important banking measures! were on the Senate program today, | the majority report of the commit: | tee on Banks and Banking being for | passage. These bills are S. B. 217 and S. B, 227. | posit of all public funds.in the Bank of North Dakota mandatory and pro- | vide for the establishment of branch- | es of the Bank of North Dakota] throughout the state, and would boost the assessments against. the private} banks of the state for the Bepositors Guaranty Fund to one percent of the banks’ average daily deposits for exch year. Defeat of both bills was expectetl: The first name will require a two- thirds majority, since the law re- nioving the compulsory section of the Bank of North Dakota law as initiated by the people. Defeat of the branch banking plan also was expected. The Senate late Saturday passed another bill which is expected to find a stormy voyage in the House. It provides an appropriation of $50,000 to meet federal aid for the extension division of the Agricultural College. Opposition to the county agent sys- tem and other activities of the ex- tension division, already voiced in the House, is expected to flare up again. The zoning system for hail insur- ce and the increase of the flat reage tax from one to two cents] ; aere, were to be discussed by the House in consideration of House Bill No. 86. There is much division ot opinion on the subject, and the bill came in on a divided committee‘ report. Charles Burke Is Captain on Team _ Of Journalism Grand Forks, N. Feb. 16.— Charles Burke, managing editor of the ‘Dakota Daily Student, has been appointed captain of one of the di- visions of the first journalism team. The three’ divisions of the team will each edit an issue of the Student, ithe purpose of the competition be. ing to acquaint the members of the team with the work, as it is likely that matches with other schools will be held. insurance | | | jdressing itself to Black alone; They would make de- |; { 1925 eee eee ee SAYS PERSONA ATTACK IS NOT PROBE PURPOSE Counsel for Highway Com- mission Probe Body Says It Wants to be Fair BLACK WILL APPEAR Counsel Teils Committee He Cannot Appear Until Tomorrow Morning Declaration that the Highway Com- mission investigating committee of the House is not engaged in a per- sonal attack on W. G. Black, chief engineer, or anyone clse, was made today at the hearing by F. J. Graham, attorney for the committee. The de- claration came during an interchange between Mr. Graham and J. M. Han- i ley of Mandan attorney for Mr. Black. The chief engineer's counsel, ap- pearing in the committee hearing room, said that Mr. Black was ready to appear and testify when he was informed of the charges against him and had full oportunity to examine them, including additional testimony . Graham replied that the com- mittee was not engaged in a criminal investigation, that no charges had been made against Mr. Black except such as might be brought out in the investigation, and that the committee was willing to subpoena all witnesses Black requested. Mr. Hanley said that many had got the idea that the committee was ad- that if the purpose was to conduct an investigation as to whether or not the Highway Commission affairs had been well conducted, there would not be much difficulty between him and the committee. Purpose of Probe Mr. Graham said the only purpose of the investigation was to make a report to the legislature to show whether the department had been carried economically and whether recommendations should be made to the legislature. Mr. Hanley then said) Mr. Black was willing to appear but could not until Tuesday morning. He said he would appear with Black and ask that he be permitted to ask ques- tions. The committee voted to allow Black until tomorrow morning to ap; pear. Judge Graham then said that if the committee didn't see fit to allow Black’s lawyer to ask questions, if Hanley handed him questions or leads he would ask questions and develop the leads. pages of the transcript and then said that some records desired of Black ing. A. D. McKinnon, project engineer, was recalled to the stand, He was questioned particularly concerning the plans and specifications for the paving project from the east end of Bismarck’s main street past the penitentiary. Mr. Graham, through his question- g, sought to bring out that ad- ditional specifications which dis- criminated against concrete in favor of black base paving had been re- quired, and inquired concerning specifications for concrete. Me- Kinnon said that he was not a con- struction engineer and refused to give a personal opinion regarding the types of paving. . Paving Type Mr. Graham asked if it was not a fact that a four-inch sub-grade were required on the road from Bis- marck east, and this had not been asked on the concrete road between Bismarck and Mandan, and that the sub-grade was usually required only in sandy or silty soil such as on the Mandan side. Mr. McKinnon de- clined to commit himself as to the difference not being required. Richard Myhra of Wahpeton then was called to discuss the Treadwell Twichell Federal Aid project in Richland county. A settlement re- cently was made on this project. C. E. Lounsbury, states attorney of Richland county, Wahpeton, sat by the side of Mr. Graham and con- versed with him during question- ing of McKinnon and Myhra. Myhra put in records on Federal (Continued on page three) ‘ WOUNDED VETERAN Chicago, Feb. 16.—(By the A. P. When Horace Love, torn by machine gun bullets, was waiting for death in No Man’s Land, a dog saved his life. Yesterday he saved that dog. Love, now a student at Northwest University, was severely wounded at Argonne, when the dog, Boliver, of the German Red Cross, found him, went back to surgeons and brought them to Love. Later American forces captured the position and when Love returned to this country he brought Botiver. About a month Other members of Mr. Burke's di- Vision are Helen Leo, of Grand Forks; Glenn Parson, of Red Lake Falls, Minn., and Lyle Webster, of Boliver while exploring the de searched in vain. Mr. Hanley was given additional | would be sent down during the morn- | ago, Love, with another student, lost late regions of Skokie. For days they Meanwhile reports were brought in by motorists that @ UBLISHER DIES IN WEST San Francisco, Feb, 16M. H. DeYoung, one of the last survivors of the dwindling school of personal journalists in the United States, who built a great newspaper from a theatrical hand bill he started on @ $20 gold piece in 1865, died here last | inight. He was 75 years old. Early last night he underwent an oper- ation for intestinal trouble. Two hours later he dead. Mr, DeYoung was a director of the Associated Press for 25 years. ROAD PROGRAM ISFRAMED IN HOUSE ACTION Decreased Federal Aid Road Building in 1926 Would Be the Result LICENSE Increase in Motor Vehicle Li- cense Fee Is Voted in Lower House The House of Representatives was ready today to vote on House Bill No. 3, the motor vehicle license revision act, the hopes of good roads enthusiasts of a large road building program appear doomed to defeat. ‘The positive tion of the House, as expressed in consideration of the measure in com- | mittee of the whole Saturday after- noon, indicates that attempts to ma- terially change the program as out- lined in that body will not succeed. The road building plan for North Dakota, after 1926 when it is pro- vided by the government that Feder- al Aid must be met by an exclusive state highway fund, is as follo Division of motor vehicle tax equally between counties and state, atter deductions. Levying of additional one-cent gas- oline tax for road building, the di- vision yet to be anticipated. No bond is state road building plans. Effective Next Year The proposed program, for creation effective the state than at present, according to members of the House Highways cation of funds is figured as fol- lows: | proposed schedule, probably $1,000,- :000 a year. From this $150,000 a year would be deducted for admin- hicle registration department Highway Commission, and $130,000 a year for the bridge building fund. Fifty percent of the remainder would go to counties, under the bill as ap- proved by the state, and 50 percent to the State Highway Fund, or pro- bably $350,000. Since the State Highway Commis- sion must maintain Federal Aid roads already built or the state will be denied future Fegeral Aid, it is estimated that at least $300,000 of (Continued on page three) FARM INSTITUTE CORPS COMING Farmers Institute meetings will be held at Driscoll Friday, February 27, and Sterling Saturday, February 28. Sessions will be held at 1:30 p. m. and 8 p. m. at both places, ac- cording to an announcement made by the Farmers Institute board. Speakers at both these places will include Dr. J. B. Hollenbeck of the Bureau of Animal Industry, United States department of agricul- ture, who is stationed at Bismarck; and Albert Severson, assistant pro- fessor of animal husbandry, North Dakota Agricultural college. , Dr. Hollenbeck will discuss ani- mal diease control, with special em- phasis on hog cholera. Mr. Sever- son’s subject will include the care and management of hogs. He has worked out some interesting data for a number of years on the prol- ificacy of various breeds of hogs and the rate of mortality among pigs, which will be preesnted in his talk. OF WAR, SAVED BY DOG, IN TURN SAVES DOG'S LIFE “wolf” had been see running across the bleak land. Yesterday Love, still at his quest, was stopped by a policeman because his automobile lacked a license tag. At a suburban station he explained his search. took half a dozen of us—after he had scared folks on the road, He looks be shot in the morning.” “You'll have to shoot me first,” Love sai ‘will be no execution. ‘ Boliver was brought in. He was a skeleton but he cleared the room in one bound and almost floored his master in his joyous assault. There. Motor vehicle license fees, under | istration expense of the motor ve-| and) alf-starved; he’s scheduled to PRICE FIVE CENTS DEATH INSTANT IN COLLISION ON PAVEMENT ‘Two Autos and Motor Bus Are Mixed Up in the Fatal Accident PARTY GOING HOME Had Been to Bismarck to Visit Patient in St. Alexius Hospital Theresa Naekel, 31, daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Joe Naekel of Valley City, was instantly killed about 4 o'clock Sunday afternoon when the car driven by her fiance Arthur Marshall of Selfridge was struck by another machine turning on the in- ter-city paved highway a mile east of Mandan, and caromed into a head- on collision with an interurban bus. Miss Naekel, whose parents are pioneer farmers of the Valley City district, living about six miles from that place, came to Selfridge, N. D., last summer to visit a sister Mrs. John Tweten, and had remained there in the employ of the B. L. Smestad general store. Sunday with Mrs. Smestad, her four children Lloyd, Irene, Barney and Clifford Smestad, and Arthur Marshall, Miss Naekel came to Bis- marck to visit Mr. Smestad who is in a hospital recovering from a ser- ious operation. Going Home The party was hurrying home to Selfridge and had reached a point about a mile east of Mandan when Arthur Nustad, Bismarck, who had driven into the roadway leading to the Frank McGillic farm in order to turn around, turned back on the pav- ing, The Nustad machine and the Marshall car collided and caused Marshall to lose control of his ma- chine and carom over to the left side of the road striking the heavy inter- urban bus head-on. Miss Naekel sitting at the left of es or tax levies fortthe rear seat of the, machine, a Dodge touring’ car, was crushed. One of the door handles of the bus pierced her head below the left eye and tore January 1, 1926 under the House bill, | og the top of her skull. Practically will result in a smaller amount Of | every bone in her body above the Federal Aid road work being done in! waist was broken, Boy Escapes Clifford Smestad, aged 6, who had Committee. The division and appli-' heen sitting on her lap escaped with a severe bruise on the forehead. The . Dodge was rolled over twice by the _ impact and the entire party pinned beneath it, all miraculously escap- ing death. Irene Smestad suffered a badly bruised arm and sheulder, and Marshall a severe cut below the eye. Miss Naekel would have reached her 3ist birthday on Wednesday, February 18 and was engaged to be married in June to Arthur Marshall, who is employed on the Wm. Ostrum ranch near Selfridge. A brother John Naekel arrived in Mandan this morning and will re- turn with the body of his sister to Valley City tonight. Inquest Held Coroner J. K. Kennelly was at the scene of the accident shortly after it occured and subpoenaed a number of witnesses for the inquest held at 10 o'clock this morning. According to Glen Lonie, driver of the bus, Thomas Murphy, a passen- ger who was riding with the driver on the front seat, and a number of other witnesses, the Nustad car driv- en from’ the side road struck the Marshall machine. The radiator on Nustad's machine was apparently frozen and steaming badly which may have clouded the vision of the driv- er. Nustad, however, and two compan- ions Paul DeFord and Cliff Holder, all of Bismarck, insisted that their car did not hit the Marshall machine, but that Marshall driving at a rapid pace was weaving from side to side on the road, Glen Lonie was the driver of the bus. ——— -—______—_——_—_ | Weather Report | For 24 hours ending at noon: Temperature at 7 a. m. . Highest yesterday Lowest yesterday . Lowest last night Precipitation Highest wind velocity . WEATHER FORECAST For Bismarck and vicinity: Mostly fair tonight and Tuesday. Not so cold tonight. For North Dakota: Mostly fair to- night and Tuesday. Not so cold to- night and southeast portion Tues- day. A large high pressure area, ac- companied by cold weather, extends from the upper Mississippi Valley, westward to the north Pacific coast. Temperatures were below zero. in parts of Minnesots, the Dakotas, eastern Montana and in the Cana- dian Provinces. Light precipitation occurred at scattered places the Great Lakes ion, central States and hove Rocky Mountain iegion. Skies clear in North |