The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 26, 1925, Page 1

WEATHER FORECAST For Bismarck and vicinity: ly cloudy tonight and Friday. Part- ESTABLISHED 1873 °. THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE. BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, "1925 FINAL EDITION PRICE FIVE CENTS INDIANA ASSEMBLY MEN IN FLIGHT a een BISMARCK DEBT HAS REACHED $1,815,249 Per Capita Burden Is $232.89 —Highest of Many Cities EXCEEDS NEW. YORK Analysis of Obligations Pre- pared For Study of City’s Voters Editor's Note: This is the first of a series of articles touching tax- ation in Bismarck. It has been prepared carefully from the offi- cial records of Bismarck and should cause the voters of the city to contemplate upon the rising costs of municipal govern- ment in this city ‘The debt burden per capita resting on the citizens of Bismarck is cer- tainly one of the heaviest, if not actually the largest in the country. ‘This fact is revealed by a compa’ son of the debt of Bismarck with ‘data supplied by the U. S. Census bureau for cities of 30,000 inhabi- and over covering the year s the last year for which rnmental stutistics are available. sed upon the same method of computation as employed by the census bureau, Bismarck’s per capita debt in 1924 was $232.89 for each man, woman and child in the city. ‘Vhis is $139.65 higher than. the aver- age debt for 261 cities with a popu- lation of more than 30,000 people. is $50.17 more than the same s for the people of New York Bismarck’s ne known competitor for ‘the honor of being the community with the largest debt 1s Cincinnati with ap pita of .23 in 1922, Other cities in Bis- maiek’s: class are.New York. with $182.72; Seattle with $185.11; Nor- tolk with $194.28; Miami with $162.41 st Cleveland $186.52: 3 not contended that all money derived ‘from the bond issues made onvbehalf of the people of Bismarck was not wisely expended, nor that the bond issues were for undesirable purposes. The things which these leans bought may, have‘ contributed |; much :to make Bi: ck a very de sirable city in which to live, the ther hand, there is such’a thing! vated in. the ho money than one p:15 whic! as borrowing more ought to borrow and buying things which one yeally cannot afford. Over-expansion and over-borrowing has ruined many a business concern and: may materially retard a city which indulges in the same practice. 7\t is submitted however that money borrowed must be repaid and that interest must also be paid on the Joan, and that these two factors may place so heavy a burden on the taxable-property as to work a hard- ship on the taxpayer and hence make investment unprofitable w in turn will retard civie growth. Before proceedipg further, it is de- sirable to agree on two important factors affecting our basis of com- parison, The el is that the larger the city the heaviér is the per capita cost of its operation. This is con- ceded by every student of municipal affairs and is also borne out by cen- sus bureau statistics. The reason is (Continued on page three) PROBE COUPLE'S SUICIDE PACT Are Under Treatment for Poison Sickness Boston, Feb. 26.—While Frederick Miles Jr., Boston University law student, and his wife, Dorothea, were uhder treatment at a hospital for poisoning today, District Attorney Arthur K. Reading, let it be known that he was investigating the birth of a child in the couple’s home at Newton last October. Mr. Reading said he was endeavoring to discover at present. Miles and his wife,/were found un. concious in their apartment yester- day, At the hospital physicians said they had each taken an overdose of a poison. Hospital authorities said they probably would recover. A maid who found the couple, told police that Mrs. Miles revived sufficiently to say: “Fred lgves me and I love Fred. We decided to die together.” MOTHER. SON, TO BE REUNITED s Stanley Nn, D., Feb. 26.—Sam ‘ George, farm: hand near Stanley, is expecting the arrival of his wife and * son from abroad, whom he has not seen since h@ left them in far off Syria 14 years ago, the son being then but 6. months old, ‘The wife and son left Syria 15 months ago, coming via Cuba, where they were forced to remain for some time. They landed) at Ellis Island, New York, on Leagan yr mn where the il and not to Seevel READY F Boston F playing 12 high-pr attained. FEDERAL AID FOR ROADS IS HIT BY SENATE: Morton Resolution Asking Congress to Discontinue It Is Passed After disposing of 22 senate bills; prior to the deadline of the 50th leg- islative day yesterday North Dakota senate continued its work Gn measures which had origi- and passed eight for, several days past The ‘only one of the the senate, was H. B. 188, Rep, Mor- ton's concprrent resolution declar- ing that the federal aid system of highway building was causing the financial ruin of the stat Senator Hamilton objecte passage of, this bill decla the bridges etc. which were being {built through federal nid would be 4 great blessing to future generations Senator Ingerson however, that the measure should be passe! taking the ground that the terms it used were if anything too mild. Th resolution passed by a vote of 31 to 18. Other including measures the Hor Bill 188, prohibiting. the placing of - ad- vertising signs, along highways where they interfered with the view of grade crossings, and H. B. 61 in- tended to facilitate the tedemption cf property sold for delinquent tax Se Senator William Martin’s biennial attempt to repeal the state prohibi- tion law,-which is embodied this year in Senate Bill 21, was indefinitely postponed early in the afternoon, on motion of the committee on temper- ance. ‘An effort on the part of Senator Olson of Burleigh county to intro- duce a bill to take care of the expen- ses of the state owned street railway line at Bismarck was voted down just before the senate adjourned for the 50th regi lative day. PRISONER TRIES TO KILL SELF Fargo, N. D., Feb. 26.*-Ben Wein- berg, held in the Cass county jai a fugitive from justice warrant at the request of authorities at Bill- ings, Mont., slashed his throat with! ‘razor at 97a. m. yesterday morn- ing in an attempt to commit suicide. Before he could repeat the act fel- low prisoners seized him. Worry over his commitment, and the appearance of Sheriff Russell Sage of Yellowstoné county, Mont. yesterday, morning ‘to take him into custody is believed to have caused Weinberg to try to end his life, Al- though he is weak from loss of blood physicians declare that he is in no immediate danger. , A fellow prisoner who was about to shave himself left the razor lying for a moment in the cell corridor. In the interval ‘Weinberg cut his throat. The man is held ‘on a charge of obtaining $150 from Frank J. Holt- man of Billings under the pretense of entering a partnership in a vaude- ville show. ‘Sheriff Sage has cured ‘extradition papers at Bis- marck dnd is ready to return Wein; berg to Montana as soon as he ean treyel, were passed, Department tested out the new ure streams into Bo: ‘The test was satisfactory, [EUGENICS BILL rnoon the; h had been on the calendon | House ills } over which there was any debate in! declared | "| Bureau OR FIRES high pressure system by on harbor ‘ote the height IS DEFEATED on, Feb. 26.—-The attempt of | Miss Mildred Barber, Marathan "sembly woman, to widen the : the Wisconsin eugenics law uted by the assembly 66 to 2 which would have required phy ‘und mental examinations of women us well as men before isstance of jmartiage licenses, to indefinite post- |ponement. LEGISLATURE FALLS SHORT ;Commissioner of Workmen's ' Compensation Bureau De- plores Lack of Enactment ion of the legis- ure, in refusing to pass a bill of- ,fered by the Workmen's Compensa- jtion Bureau providing for an appro- priation of.$500 has left the Bureau with un unworkable provision ‘in the | jlaw, according to R. E. Wenzel, com- | 'missioner. ‘Mr. Wenzel said: “The 1919 session of the legisla- ture passed the Workmen’s Compen- ‘sation law. It was therein provided (section 71) that if an employer ‘failed to pay premiums into the| Coravensation Furd any injured em- ploye or his dependents could sur the employer direetly (with certain jcommon law defenses denied) or ap- Plication could be made to the Bu- reau'for an award, which would be- come a liquidated claim against the employer. “No sufficient method for carrying this part of the law into effect provided. As a result, persons in- jured while working for employers who have failed to comply with the law are in worse “condition than those working for employers who heve complied with the law. “Take a specific illustration: iman was killed some time ago in the extreme northwestern part of the The present se: for an employer who had not com: plied with the Compensation law. The widow filed application for an avard, The employer contests th application. It is necessary for the widow to prove her case before the in order to get an award She has no funds with which to , bring witnesses to Bismarck. As the Bureau has no funds, except those which belong to employers who have complied with the law it has no means of accommodating the parties by sending a Commissioner to the place of injury to get the testimony. “At this session a bill was offered, calling for an appropriation of $500 a year out of the general fund, to take care of this feature of the law. The bill was indefinitely postponed. As a result we continue a provision of law that is practically unwork- able, except in cases! where there is no dispute,.or cases where the in- jured has sufficient funds te prose- cute the claim.” OSLO CHORUS TO SING Grand Forks, N. D., Feb. 26.—The Academie Mixed Chorus of. Oslo, Norway, will give a concert here June. 3, according to plans outlined by a committee here. nambering 50, will arrive in New York about May 15, and wilt tive concerts in- some + oe visit marks the ' the ope of} ON ONE BILL i] At the time he was working | LIGHTING OF BRIDGE; ROAD. PAYMENTS UP 'Highway Commission Con- tinues Probing Into Twichell’s Contracts ip YING State Pays and Expects Coun- ‘ties to Reimburse Com- mission, Says Black FOR LIGHT | | i i Method of lighting the Missouri River bridge between Bismarck and Mandan and Federal Aid projects in Sargent and Richland county for | which Treadwell Twichell of Fargo was contractor comprised the chief ee of the testimony adduced this morning at the hearing of the House ‘Highway Commission — investigating | committee. Mr. Black said that money for lighting the bridge was paid from the 10 percent fund of the Highway. | Commission and that reimbursement! from the counties of Burleigh and {Morton was expected. Asked if he thought that the state could take money from this fund to pay for the jlighting, he said that he thought ‘this could be done, Asked if it were {not considerable more work than if the counties were billed direct, he said bookkeeping was entailed, and that the |ned only during the winter months, was ordered when the Mandan paving | job was under construction and ; there was a barricade at one end & the bridge. | Road Settlement A. Myhre, assistant chief en- Tr, was questioned concerning settlement on the Twichell contract ‘in Sargent county and in Richland unty. There was an addition of something over $8,000 paid on the Sargent county conttact. Mr. Myhre said that Twichell presented claims for work ordered and Oliver Knut- son, resident engineer, was called jin and the work was figured over from the blue prints and the amouht of money due the contractor arrived at. “Was this not part of maintenance | work required of Twichell?” the wit- Iness was asked. | “No, sir,” was the reply. Myhre said there was a shrin factor on the fills and Twichell ‘had | to go back and fill out the shoulder: There was a brief tilt, during which Mr. Myhre refused to answer ques: tions “yes” or “no” and insisted on right to explain the matters. He saig the Twichell work on the Sargent county job dragged over ithree years and that much of the ex- itra work was ordered by engineers | prior to 1922 and that the manner of these records was so lax, that final figures had to be made over. He said engineers would make changes and {not report on them, | Asked if supplemental agreements ‘were made for extra work, he said |that supplemental agreements cover- ed new work but not alterations in existing plans. ; “Then it is the practice of your department to accept the report of the contractor for extra work done?” he was asked. “No, si He “declared that the Twichell claims were investigated and sub- stantiated by Knutson’s records. Revised Estimate On the Richland county job a re- ‘I vised estimate as high as the award of the board of arbitration had been presented to the government by the | gine | *| Highway Commission prior to the| jaward of the board of arbitration. Mr. Myhre said there was nothing [strange about this; that it was a foregone conclusion that the settle. ment would go to court or some tri- unal before final settlement, and it was necessary to give the govern- |ment the full possible award so that (Continued on page three) —-—____—_—_ | Weather Report ee For 24 hours ending at noon Température at 7 a, m. Highest yesterday {Lowest yesterday . Lowest last night | Precipitation Highest wind velocity . For Bismarck and vicinit: cloudy tonight and Friday; probably snow. Not so cold Friday. For North Dakota: Partly cloudy tonight and Friday; probably snow southwest portion. Not ,so cold Friday and northeast portion to- ight.’ v WEATHER CONDITIONS The large high pressure area over jthe northeastern Rocky Mountain slope yesterday morning has moved to the novthern Plains States and much colder weather prevails from the Great Lakes region to the east- ern slope of ‘the Rockies. Temper- atures dropped from 20 to 35 degrees in the Mississippi Valley and Great Lakes region and temperatures were ‘considerably below zero in the Red River Valle Snow fell over the northern Rocky Mouritain and Great akes Eds Apa At te acai +-the. weather. i 4 wen rally, ft lighting, which was plan-[ LEGAL RATE OF INTEREST IS REDUCED House Enacts Measure Mak- ing Nine Per Cent Legal Contract Rate ACTION OTHER TAKEN 'Refuses to Relieve Adminis- ' trators Caught in Closing of Banks The House of Representatives yes- te rday afternoon passed Senate Bill . reducing the maximum legal t rate of interest from 10 to ) percent in the state, wfter the act becomes effective July 1, and the weasure now will go to the Governor for signature, As originally intro- duced by Senator John Miklethun,, Nonpartisan, Griggs county, the bill} sought to cut the contract rate to eight percent, but the bill was amended in the Senate to make the, rate nine percent, and an effort to lower the rate to eight again defeated in the House. The measure passed today, 102 to one, with ubsen Re tarke of S plaining his vote said he opposed left out thé provi w that a person y interest on interest. The measure provides that: ‘ons, firm, epmpany or 1 directly or indirectl receive, or agree to take or ceive in money, goods or things action or in any other wa: greater sum or any greater value for the loan or forbearance of money, | goods or things in action, than nine | percent per annum and in the com-! putation of interest, the same shall | not compounded. Any violatio! of this action shall be deemed usur ‘There was no debate on the meas- ‘e when it came to a final vote. rmy scenes enacted in t se prior to its adjournment for! Oth legislative day, just af r| two o'clock, during consideration of | FKouse Bill No. 279. rewriting the! (Continued on ae ge three) GIRL KILLED, k county, wzainst the be on in the present contract to! ex. Dill, | corpora- uke re- in any be | Quarrel and Broken Engage- | ment Ends in Tragedy Winnipeg, Feb. rel, a broken engagement, and an tempt at reconciliation resulted in the slaying of Miss Marguerite An- derson, twenty-year old school teach er, and the: suicide of Grant Wallis,} 24, her former sweetheart, at the little school house of | Westwood! near Wheatland, itoba, in the Brandon district yeaterday, according! to reports reaching here. | is believed to have killed! the and then to have committed suicide by shooting himself. The! bodies with a gun nearby were found | on the floor of the school yesterd: afternoon, « few minutes after Mis Anderson had dismissed her class, Their families were neighbors and the two were brought up together,! attending the same school. Last summer they became engaged, but at! Christmas time, Miss Anderson broke! her engagement. Provincial police are investigating, | FIRERAGES IN SUBURB $100,000 Damage Is Done in| Robinsdale, Minnesota # Minneapolis, Feb. 26.—Virtually| an entire block in the heart of Ro: binsdale, a by a fire which early today swept! through the town before a 30-mile! gale, causing a loss of $100,000, Five stores with their stocks, and | two residences were leveled, while’ families fought through smoke an flame to safety, and voluntary fire-| men and six Minneapolis fire com-, panies drained the wells for half a| mile around to fight back the flames WIFE DESERTER FACES SENTENCE, Minot, N. D., Feb. 26.—Joseph Lauvre of Columbus, N. D., charged | with desertion of his wife and fam- ily, pleaded guilty in district Court | in Minot Saturday, and was senten- ced to serve three years in the pen- iténtiary at Bismarck. Judge George H. Moellring suspended the sen- tence, however, pending the depos- iting of a $1,000 bond to guarantee | that he will support his family. Lauvre was brought to Minot in the custody of Sheriff 0. Gunvaldson of Bowbells, aa Attorney /B. L, ‘Wilson. and .C! of. District Court Cc. B Stitt, ot Bt Burke county. Lauyre ause there is * | ‘SCULPTOR DISMISSED, DESTROYS MODELS WHICH HE HAD DESIGNED Armed deputies were guarding Stone Malkin and the property of the Stone Malkin Confederate Monumental Associat after the development of yester when Gutzon Borglum was dismissed from his post as sculptor of the memorial, Deputy sheriffs armed with w J.G, Cutler, Superintendent of oper- ations at the mountain, with destruc jtion of the designs and models ing the two, Under the contract with Borglum 1,000 KILLED BY TRIBESME Damascus, Feb, Wewish Tel ph Agency) One thou sand inhwbitants of trans-Jordania were killed and many were wound- ed when taken by surprise by for ces of 10,000) Wahibi tr.be. n who crosseq! the border of trans- Jordania and started a march to ward Amman, says an announce- ment made today by Sultan lon Saod's political representative here, “ SORLIE MILL MEASURE WILL Senator Agrees on the | if Measure (es | ALSO BRIDGE BILLS| Governor Sorlie’s bill declaring the | state owned mill and elevator at} and Forks to be a terminal grain and empowering the commission to fix intra-state vy rates: ordingly was today } recommended for passage through th senute by the committee on affairs. The bill has already the house. Senator Frank Ployhar of who moved that the bill be for passage, said that whil not agree with Governor Sorlie on passed Barnes ported he did| fi tants charging Borglum and! for Hthe work, early today still were seek-! BE REPORTED, “No, State Affairs ~ Committee ofc hurch, to which the body w attorneys for the association said, the models and designs for the work were the property of the organiza- tion, They, however, it was pointed out, can be replaced by the sculptor selected to continue the work, by reconstruction from photographs now in the archives of the association. The models were destroyed late yes terday within a few hours — after Borgium had been dismissed by the directors of the association. The work of destruction was carried out it was charged, at the order of | Borglum. 'M’CORMICK T0 BE BURIED IN HIS HOME CITY ‘Former Senator From Illinois Is Paid Tribute by Coolidge /PAY LA RESPECTS | Chicago, Feb, 26. for the funeral tomorrow jator Medill McCormick w ‘pleted’ today while politi peculated on his succes The obsequies will be conducted from the Fourth — Presbyterian 1 be on arrival here Arrangements of Sen- immediately Wasiington, Mrs. McCormick, his Robert McCormick, ends officials from Washington accompany — it here. The body will be entombed in Greatland “Cemetery pending | final burial at Byron. MeCormick’s death consid- ered in some quarters as likely to Col, DEMOCRATS GO TO OHIO, HALT DAY’S BUSINESS Gerrymander Bill Affecting Congressman Is Declared Cause MAY ARREST THEM However, the Senators Ap- parently Are Free From Extradition Dayton, Ohio, Feb, —(By the A. P.)—The blanket warrant for the arrest of Democratic senators of the Ind ieneral Assembly who bolted the Legis- lature yesterday and came to Dayton, was served on all but two members early this morning. Jerome Brown, mandated state house at Indianapolis, said the men flatly refused to ac- knowledge the instrument. They ee his authority, he adds e Minority leader Crazens offer- ed to resign as a senator, but told Mr. Brown that the senators would not follow him hack to Indiana, Brown formatly read the war- rant to Senators King and Batt, whom he had not served carlier in the morning. Doorkeeper Brown, shortly before noon, was ordered to re- turn to Indianapolis, He d President James Nejdl told him to come bac India polis, | Feb. 26. — absence of eighteen Democratic members from the Senate stopped legisla- tive machinery in the upper house have a far reaching effect on Re- pudlican factional disturbances in Mlinois. Robert FE. Crowe, state's attor here, was considered likely 10 ssume leadership in Chicago with} the senator's {Wlowing divic ing! hetween senatoreiect Charles F.[ Deneen and Sehator William B. McKinley. many things he was as anxious as} anyone to see the mill and elevator | ucceed, and that he believed the! of this bill might aid in There was no debate. committee on appr voted to recommend for! {Passage four bills which have passed | the house carrying appropriations} trom the state highway fund for \bridges. The appropriations carried are: $200,000 for bridge over the Missouri river near Williston; $100,- 000 for a bridge over the Missouri near Sani: 000 for bridge over |Des Lacs Lake between Ward and {Burke counties, and $75,000 for a bridge over the Red River at Fargo. The appropriation bill re-open- ing the state school of forestry at Bottineau was ulso recommended for passage by the committee. This bill as passed by the hous ries an ap- propriation of some $66,000 TALK PURCHASE wn, assur 1. OF LOTS FOR ™\°kertss| PLAY GROUND The suggested proposal that the city might buy the property on the corner of Fourth and Rosser Streets, in back of the Will School, for use ne playground for school childern, has progressed no further than the gossip stage, according to a board of education member. The suggestion that this plot could | be had was made at a board meet- ing about six weeks ago when the shortage of play room was brought Since then the matter has been Patecataed informally on several oc- casions, but no serious consideration has been given to the proposition. Rumors have circulated that the suburb, was destroyed! price for the corner plot, is $15,000, | and that the non-resident owner of | the adjoining plot gives $5,000 as her ' figure, Board members state that unless the property can be secured at a rea- sonable price it will not be consider- ed. Another question raised informally by the board recently, concerns the advisability in future school expan- n plans, of using the Will School is : exclusively as a lower grade school,| and if it is desired to continue the junior high school plan, of turning the present high school into a jun- ior high and erecting a new senior school on the ample grounds in back of the present high school, which property is owned by the city. Such suggestions look to meeting the ed- ucational needs to arise from the normal future growth of the city. FIRST TO GET POLICY Killdeer, N. D., Feb. 26.—The first Tormer serviceman in this section to receive his ‘government adjusted compensation insurance policy, so far jand TRIBUTE PAID Washington, Feb. -President and Mrs. Coolidge joined with mem- bers of the Senate and House and} others high in the official life of jthe nation to pa t respects tod: to Medill McCormick, senior senator from Illinois, who died suddenly here esterday. Funeral serv. s at the home here of Countess Eleanor Gizycka, form- erly Miss Eleanor Patterson, of Chi- cago, were arranged to permit the attendance of friends and officials with whom the Illinois senator was closely associated in public life Accompanied by close relatives and committees from the senate and house, the body was to leave here this afternoon for Chicago. Both the senate and house adjourn- ed yesterday out of respect to the Illinois senator after his death had been announced on the floc Inspector Ward, who is especially qualified on partnership corporation reports, has been assigned to assist Deputy Collector b, E. Hitchcock in income tax filing from March 2nd to the 16th. Deputy Collector Hitchcock an- pounees that he will be in Mandan, ait Service Room at the Post Office, March 2nd, 3rd and 4th from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m, and in Bismarck, Room 228 Federa! Building, March 5th to 14th inclusive, from 9 a. m, \to 5 p. m. to give assistance in mak- ling income tax returns for the cur- {rent year. NEGRO SLAIN _ . BY WHITE MOB Shrevesport, La. Feb. Airy, negro, alleged slayer of N. A. Yarbrough, state highway officer, was lynched today near Benton, La., {by a mob after being wounded by a Revenue 26. -Joe, {was suggested’ but admittedly w of the Indiana General Assembly The’Democrats in a minor: y, ‘but in sufficient strength to break a quorum fled yesterday in an attempt to block action on «a Gerrymander. bill and today six teen were reported to be within the hospitable borders of Ohio, rom which state extfadition is im- vuble. Two of the minority senators were unable to leave In- diana because of illness. Republican senators. usual at ten a. m, today voted discussion to means which be employed to re turn fugitives. Indictment under i state law providing $1,000 fine for a legislator who absents himself, was not a solution to the problem of getting the Democratic senators back to their seats. Thus far Republicans have de- clined to talk of a compromise ou the Gerrymander bill which the Democrats insist would give their opponents a strong advantage in electing a Congressman from the Second Indiana district now ciass- met as but de- fed as doubtful. Only a prolonged absence of the Democrats wiil seriously interfere with the legislative program, ac- cording to Republican senators. The ‘biennial appropriation bill jis said to be the only measure of prime importance that has not yet passed the Senate. = Senator Penrod, author of the ger- rymandey bill to which «the Dema- cratic solons objected, today chara erized the action of the minority as “cowardly.” “In 1911 Senate minority leader Cravens, then a member of the house of representatives of which the Dem- ocrats were in control, introduced ‘gerrymander’ bill which took Law. rence from the Second Congression3: District and placed it in the third. ‘he Republicans took their medicine then although the act deprived them of a Republican congressman.” The Penrod bill now seeks to r.- turn to Lawrence county, normal] 00 Republican, to the Second d et. ‘Under no circumstances will I withdraw my bill,” said Senator Pen- rod, NEW ROCKFORD HOTEL BURNS {deputy sheriff, according to a report | reaching here from the offices of the {sheriff of Bosier Parish, The negro brought to bay by the | posse, drew his revolver on the de- puty sheriff, whereupon the officer | fired, wounding the fugitive. The mob then took the wounded man and hanged him, the report said. The negro is said to have shot and killed Yarborough last night when he went to arrest the negro as a fugi- tive from the parish farm where he was serving time for bootlegging. CHAS. PONZI FOUND GUILTY Boston, Feb. 26.—A verdict of guilty was returned today by a jury trying Charles Ponzi, former inter- national postal return coupon finan- as it is Palade is Rev. Mr. Conrad. [t_aees for. the. maximum amouns, Mr, Conrad having served in the aria cier, on far of alge Ham Sipo0 to Hien aa save Property of Great ~Northeru Railway / New Rockford, Feb. 26.—Fire of undetermined origin destroyed the Great Northern Hotel here, owned by the railway by that name, and on the ri of way near the station. The fire, which broke out in the basement, was discovered about: 2 a. m. It had been used to house and feed railway employes and others. Firemen, handicapped by cold, were unable to/get the fire under control, after some ‘delay. in connecting: up water. ASK REPORT ( on