The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 24, 1926, Page 1

‘WRATHER FORECAST Pie toni; becoming unset- ed Sotardag NOE we cal ESTABLISHED 1873 ITHE BISMARCK TRIBUNE [ma | BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1926 19 KILLED IN TRAIN WRECK POINCARE 10 TAKE CONTROL OF EXCHANGE Government Plans to Main- tain Franc Between 121 and 123 to Pound Sterling WILL STABILIZE FRANC Recent Steady Rise Source of | Worry to Government and Commercial Interests , Dec. 24—)—The Poincare government today decided to take control of the exchange situation and | ; call to the Indian school west of Firemen Are. Called to Indian School The fire department answered a the city about 5:30 last evening but the blaze was well under control before the city firemen arrived. A small fire started in the school’s gymnasium and the department war called so that help would be at hand if it was needed. At 11 o'clock last night the department answered a call which told of a fire at the rear of the Bismarck Grocery company’s warehouse. No fire could be found, however. | ‘UNHAPPINESS CAUSES “IRL. | TOSTART FIRE | Blabon, N. D., D., Girl, 15, Con- to maintain the French franc at «| price between 121 and 128 to the pound sterli that this decision of the government will amount to virtual stabilization of the franc within the narrow lim- its. The recent steady rise of the French franc has been a source of worry both to the government and to commercial and financial interests in France The franc. within the past month or two, rose to a point | where it seriously upset trade. Ex- tensive nem loyment was reported. Some French economists estimated that the turn-over throughout France | fell 15 to 20 per cent, while former minister of the treasury Loucher re- ” cently said that business had dropped fesses Burning Father's | Home October 9 |. Devils Lake, De 2 er father’s treati ent of her, and her younger brother is given by Clara omby, 15, as her reason for de- stroying her father’s home at Blabon, N. D., by fire October 9 after three unsuccessful attempts, all four of which occurred in one week, eager] ing to the girl's admission made to | Sander Peterson, deputy state fire marshal, who was in Devils Lake Clara is the daughter of The state taken the The girl told Mr. Peterson that she had hoped she and her younger brother would be placed in another 50 per cent. Egan Is Pardoned By S. D. Governor Sioux Falls, 5D, D., Dec. 24.—)— George W. Egan, serving a two-year sentence for maki and fraud- ulent insurance cla! eae has been par- .. doned by Governor Carl Sasderses George Jameson, warden of tl state prison here, announced the og don today. Egan, Sormeriy a promi: ent in state politic: jis sen- tence June 22, 1925, oe would prob- ‘on released in February, Egan’s conviction grew out of in- surance claims filed after fire had destroyed his dance pavilion near here. The casp was carried to the United States supreme court. Tells How Cold it | ' Was During Night | se e could destroy the house, thus escaping her father’s alleged BLUE JACKETS | LANDED AT RIO GRANDE BAR Commander of U. S. Squadron Proceeds to Center of Rev- olutionary Movement INTERVENTION IS ASKED Fighting on East Coast Re- ported More Severe, With Loss of Life Appalling 24—@)—The nin Nicaragua ing increasingly ‘al Julian L. Latimer, in ad of the ‘American special squadron in Latin American has found it advisable to and a force of Blue Jackets at Rio Grande and to proceed himself, iboard his flagship, the Roch © Puerto Cabezas, the chief cente of revolutionary movement. Meanwhile Adolfo Dia; servative president of ‘ho has been Washington, revolutionary situ: waters, the con- aragua, United States and is being opposed by tho liberal revolutionary group headed by former Vice Sacasa, recognised as president by | Mexico, has renewed his appeal for American intervention. Appeals For Intervention Reiterating his charges that the Sacasa faction is being supplied with guns and men by the C: government of Mexico and that sidious Mexican [Sager rey Is being broadcast daily by Mexico,” he de: shat which she stated included se- beatings. The father, however, dectee the cicl's allegations. . Clara and her brother,, younger by two years, are the only two of the six Tromby children who have been liv- ing at home, the other four being cared for in other homes since their mother’s death oe. the flu epi- demic a few years ago. Three Attempts Fall The first time the destroy the house was on October 2, when she set fire to some bedding, the blaze being extinguished bY] Tay poe cnn The bedding was com- troyed. =f days later she tried ain, this time setting fire to the beddin; in another bedroom. Again the n bors sxtingeiaben the blaze. occurred October A. third Sie. the neighbors ane ceeding in are ing out the fire in st sae S bedroom. This happened Othet Tourth and susconstal attempt made the October 9, it after the “had left for inley when Clara, ‘Scconding to her admission to Mr. Peterson, soaked rags with kerosene, placed them “GENEROUS ON WALL STREET |=: Bonuses By : enna and | tir, Brokerage Houses Estimated to: Total $50,000,000 New York, “Dee. 24.—()—With’ special“Christmas dividends by large redler oon aggregating be- tween an a including more than $200,000,000 t common share holders of the United States Steel corporation, Santa Claus has been copiously generous again this year on his annual visit to the financial district. Although no accurate sriimate, of bonus distribution is possible, peak employes will. receive greater be fits than a year ago, while employes of brokerage houses probably will receive less. Bonuses by varior are estimated in the neighborhood of 850,000,000, the amount of individual distributions ran ‘ing from five to 25 per cent of ual salary, although are larger. 8 few prob: ID JAZZ BAND New Yous modern jazz orches- diana taha's ‘blind. lender, recently ir, recent! ’ reanleed under the Mie eniee | mal banking and brokerage institutions aa clared, “Mexican oppression is be- coming so strong that cannot cope with it, peal to the America American intervention, which, with its high ideals is many times more ep le than Mexican culture al- rbarism.” revolution is. appall- eee consul in Honduras, he aM jad reported the landing of » Mostly Mexi- cans, and arms" wh @ gun runner at Puerto Gabezas, near the Honduran border, which is Admiral Latimer’s destination. e The admiral, Movements to the thorities, gave no d what developments h to land Blue Jackets at Rio Grande Bar and go to the revolutionary cen- ter. It was assumed the Blue Jack- ets were put ashore to protect Amer- fean and other foreigners. Christmas Dinner Is iat nineties. Dec. 2 24.—)—A spe- Christmas dinner, with a tree 'n ryihine, that horses like, will be rovided for poor dobbins tomorrow Animal Rescue League. Ply an ht. r-old bay nee and Archie, a small black mule, searing 30, will be the reception com- Jerry, once @ scrawn: bus leek a n oun be those fortunat mules. whose owne: ak enough, "at ben to bring them to the league's affair. ARMY FLIGHT IS DELAYED AT TAMPICO Airplane St. Louis Burns Out Motor—Must Wait For Re- recognized by the) resident | ill | 1846, memoration of the birth Prophet and Teacher. kind. now a reality. Christmas. over us. prevails over all. opportunity friends.) S. D. Cook, nearly §1 years of age and a resi- dent of Bismarck for the past 13 years, passed away at his home, 703 Second street, Thursday night fol- lowing an illness caused by the infirmities of . Fun- eral services will we W} Sunday afternoon at 2:30 at the Webb Undertaking rlors, with Rev. 1 8. right’ officiating, mali will be furnished by Mi John Graham. In- terment will be in Fairview cemetery. Mr. Cook, who has been actively engaged in life in- surance et, for 40 years, wag ai me inent Montana men inthe ion of the Mon-, fe Insurance com- eee a number of years id; since 1915 has os the company’s on eral agent for tl ite of North Dakota, Born in 1846 He was born January 9, in Towa. After at- tending the Towa ‘State university and ‘serving as superintendent of schools in one of the state’s large citi for several ‘ne Mr. Cook moved Chi- fate, where he resided for 10 years, Miss Alice Brown, who at Chicago in 1904. Three ‘children were born to them, two of whom sur- vive—W. L, Cook of Chicago and Mrs. ne Cc. ou of erenes Are rgentine. other daughter, Mrs, Charles N. Price of Portland, is dead. In 1905 Mr. Cook went to Spokane, where he en ages in the real estate business wit firm of Cook-Clark Ape pany. ue rae bas winia Hedger of two children—Sylvanus Daniel cane 12, and Victorine Votaw Cook, 5, sur- vives. also leaves, ter, Mrs. placement From Texas . ington, Dec. 24—()—The rmy's Pan-American flight will be Rated temporarily at Tampico, ue: ico, because the airplane St. ed out its. bag y most await a. Dunean Field, nny m te ing a said hat’ while while Brantson J. Miles of Salem, Ore., and ‘a brother Har J. Cook of Spokane. Mr. Cook came to Bismarck in_1913 and organized the Dakota Live Stock and Casualty Insurance company. this concern was merged with e! Louig| nother in 1915 he assumed the state the Montana seeeey for nae ue oad Company. en very active in this work. "Dari the it decade the company’s business 9 idly until now. is tl id in th fal the la: rte of its in the to} ma with prising much to do with the Louis | building yp of the orgenization. owned and The great day has come. in Him rests undiminished. Man, ments, has always looked to Him for comfort and support. His spirit is omnipr esent. Verily this Christmas is a glorious one for man- “Peace on Earth, Good Will Toward Men” No longer are against each other‘in mortal strife; no longer are the children of God in fear of their neighbors. io| in particular, have reason to be well gratified this It seems as though His blessings hover Our country is prosperous and our people are contented and happy. are a thing of the past, a feeling of brotherly It’s the true spirit of Christmas. | And The Bismarck Tribune, on behalf of every member of its staff, wishes to express to all readers and ‘patrons its sincerest wishes for | A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS! We herald the com- of the Savior. Our faith He still remains our in his darkest mo- 8 nations arrs We, Discord and dissension ove | (There will be no issue of The Tribune on Christmas day, and every employe will be given the to spend the holiday with family or S. D. COOK, STATE AGENT FOR MONTANA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY HERE FOR PAST 11 YEARS, DIES LAST EVENING 8. D. COOK In 1875 he was married to} In 1881 he established the Chamber- d_away | lain Register, the Charles Mix Chron- icle at Wheeler and the Brule Index at Kimball, all in what is now South Dakota, In 1883 he established the Daily Republican at Mitchell, S. D., assisted in the contest for the state capital, which had been placed on wheels by the state legislature and Governor Ord: posnd of his th Dakota In 1887 he di per interests in turned to Sioux 5 Towa, where he again entered insurance work and assisted in the organization of a local company known ‘as the lowa Life, now a part of the National U. 8. A. of Chicago.. He also owned, for a time, the Iowa ih 4 Republican, a daily newspaper, later founded the Davenport, Iowa, Republican. pe Kgkes n morte. Oe Me: hts Templar an rine orders, and took an active art during his reanerr years in all Masonic ac- newspa- ? 80 ITS YOU! — ndon—A boy ef 10 stole two from a grocer 20 years ago. ntly he met the same-grocer in a bus of which he oe the senduaiee, and the two men another at once. At first th hele leaks hostile, bat as nad fovea soak ra a and re-| don. | Col. ‘Ned M. Green | Resigns Position | San Francisco, Dec. 24—)—col- | onel Ned M. Green, dry administrator for northern California and Nevada, | who was acquitted Tuesda: Besaling confiscated liquor, branded his job as a thankless one as he add- | ed he was through with it. “Fulfilling a prediction by his friends that he would remain in of. fice only long enough -to quit, the/ d to his desk later sent effective | esccond dtd SNOW, SLEET | ~ STORNS GRIP | CALIFORNIA Southern Part of State to! Have First White Christ. | mas in Many Years | a Ta oe Los Angeles, Calif., Dec. 24—4) Southern California today looked for- ward to the first white Christmas in rs, as the southland con- nued in the gi of storms which yesterday scattered snow, frost and cold rain over the entire lower half he state. Even the Mojave desert, which holds most of the records for heat {and aridity, welcomed a fall of snow. Three inches of snow were report-| ed last night covering stretches of desert around Barstow for the fi 4. a with flurr s t continuing 1 “XMAS SEASON BRINGS WAVE OF ADOPTION Many Homeless V Waifs in New York and London Will Have Real Homes New York, Dec. 24,--(4)-—-A score of homeless waifs in New York and London will ha real homes this bir let enya. h fathers and mothers wn, as a result of a rush ota chilaicos couples to adopt chil-, ters, many of ridden the ti favor for orphans in New York homes, two of them becom- ing heirs to fortunes and soc prominent. In London, @ similar wave of adop- tion has accompanied the arrival of the Christmas season and officials of the National Adoption Society re- port all previous records broken. In High Social Standing One little, tot who has attained high social standing is Gerald Atter- bury, a brown-eyed boy of 10 months, who has become the heir of Mr. sed Mrs. Howard E. Atterbury. Mi terbury is president of Attevbary Morgen’ banking interests. "Mrs, At rests. Mrs, At- terbury way Miss Faith Ripley of jusnneapolts! ‘ine roaple were mar- ried about 20 years ago. | The other child tp enter a socially | prominent family Ivia Nettie Bi who Paid Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Meatioaion Babcock. Mr. Babcock is vice president and a director of J. H. Lane and company. ion laws the children estates of their fos- | if they hed been ‘boys appeared to be in equal favor with girly for adoption here, a decided preference for girls, and especially blon was noted in Lon- Larceny Charges Against Schoeler Brothers Dropped Jamestown, N. D, D., pe. ove ‘The charge of grand larceny against Sch of Corute- er, Herman Schoeler, Sr., inf file charges of embezzlement against these two sons. The elder Bebenier shins ae a kage, su; posed in 10,000 tn’ cask, browgh him. by the sons from their er, only contained $500 when he On their original arrest z ber of the - oung farmers urtenay dis- Bee quickly f furnished the het Sone ihe ohare. PRICE FIV FIVE —_ TWO PASSENGER TRAINS CRASH AT ROCKMART, GEORGIA-MANY PEOPLE HURT, SOME SERIOUSLY One Train Was Idling Along Main ng Main Line, Waiting For Another to Pass It on Sidetrack, But Both Crash Headon— Dining Car Telescopes Day Coach . REGULAR ENGINEER WAS | WAS NOT AT THROTTLE Relief Trains Hurry to Scene scene of Wr Wreck From Rome and At- lanta—Bodies of Some of the Dead Mangled Beyond Recognition—Injured Are in Hospitals Rockmart, Ga., Dec. 24—(AP)—Nineteen sons perished as a result ‘of the head-on collision here last night between the Ponce de Leon, north- bound from Miami to Chicago, and the Royal Palm. south-bound, of the Southern Railway. The seri- ously injured numbered 29. The death today of little Goldie Wiliiams of De- troit in a hospital at Cedartown, and of W. H. Brew er, baggage master on the Ponce de Leon, in a hos- pital at Rome, brought the total known dead to 18. Railroad officials said they did not believe more bodies would be found in the wreckage, which had been thoroughly searched. Rome, Ga., Dec. 24:—(AP)—Robert M. Pierce, engineer on the north-bound Ponce de Leon that crashed into the. Royal Palm, sounth-bound from Chicago, at Rockmart, Ga., last night, died of his injuries in a hospital this afternoon. The chief dispatcher’s office of the Southern Railway today said the wreck “was apparently ° caused” by the engineer of the Ponce de Leon over- looking the order to take the siding for the Royal alm. Rockmart, Ga., Dec. 24—(AP)—A crash between two fast passenger trains of the Southern Railway here last night, during a driving rain storm, exacted a toll of dead pated at 18, and more than 50 injured. The trains were the Royal Palm Limited, en route from Chicago to Miami, anc ‘the Ponce de Leon special, bound for Chicago from Jackson- ville. Sixteen bodies had been taken from the wreckage early today and others were believed to be in the debris.. Four persons, three of them negroes, were missing. Railroad officials and town people, armed with blow- torches and crow-bars, labored all night to extract the bodies of those whose journey northward for the Christmas holi- days was ended by the crash. Relief trains from Rome, 20 miles away, and Atlanta, 52 miles distant, were at the scene and dawn found frantic efforts continuing to liberate the in- jured imprisoned in the debris as well as to free the bodies” of those whose lives were crushed out. Diner Telescopes Day Coach Most of those dead and injured were at dinner on the north-bound train, which was making considerable. speed as it rolled down an incline to the station. In the crash, the dining car telescoped tite day coach ahead, and rooted under the tender of the locomotive ea ASK COMPLETE EXONERATION Twelve of the dead are her ‘our were taken to Atlanta. Sixte Men Accused in Latest Base- ball Scandal Want Chance of the injured are in an Atlanta ho pital. to Face Accuser Eight of these are in u serious condition. Eleven injured are in the Harbin ‘hospital at Rome, Georgia, and two of the injured are in a hos- pital at Cedartown, A new switch, gleaming in a pour- ing rain, is believed tohave figured in the pile-up of the cars, The Ponce de Leon, north bound from Jack- sonville, ‘Fla., with many passengers, roared past the switch at 6:45 last night, and a half mile further on | crashed into the southbound Royal alm. The south bound train had trailed along the main line, waiting for the other train to pass on a sid- ing. “I was waiting for the north bound train to take the switch and pass us.” said Engineer Corey of the soutn bound Royal Palm. Fireman Is Missing “Instead she roared past. I bed the brake lever, yelled - fireman to jump and tied the w is! down, Then I jumped, I had cleared a fives and jumped a ditch when nooner fireman was unaccounted ineer S. J. Keith of the north train was blinded and severely barned and could not furnish an ac- - count, R. M. Pierce, Losier 2 en- ‘Boer Ne = Loe Mag Pod oo pressed amazo- ee et ee Fred nt of the crash. When it and the Chicago, Dec, 24,--)—-The fire baseball Christmas scandal smoulder- ed today. Baseball’s masters are con- tent to let it go out. The fire vie- tims—Ty Cobb and Tris Speaker—al- so want the blaze extinguished, but complete exoneration is the only ex- tinguisher they want used. Both Cobb and Speaker, generally, ‘pi rated as the two greatest players of modern baseball, continued their pleas for a chance to face the man who started the fire—H. B. (Dutch) Leonard, former Tiger pitcher. Leonard continues noncommittal regarding the sharers linking the] for. bee © of Cobb Speaker with a ‘ore between Cleveland and Detroit, ptember 25, 1919, which he said was p xed ese Detroi the ta ‘talking Leonard ‘said at, his ranch near Fresno, Calif., “when the time comes Vl iesue a statement.” ions of a ga in Cobb cope! on page three.)