The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 27, 1926, Page 1

MONDA ¥® Forecasr ose ser | y tonight and Tues- cold tonight. 1878 THIR’ A HOUSANDS ARE DRIVEN FROM HOMES Property Damage Is Estimat- ed at Hundreds of Thou- inds of Dollars FOUR DEATHS REPORTED | Situation Becomes More Crit- ical With Forecast of General Rains Memphis, Tenn., with thousands already driven from their homes and property damage estimated in the hundreds of thou- sands of dollars, Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi and Kentucky today were preparing to meet an even greater emergency. General rains were forecast. Nashville, Tenn. with more than 60 blocks inundated, and 2,500 people driven from their homes, was prob- ably the most severely hit point in the area affected by the floods. Four were known dead as a result of the swollen rivers and other small- er streams in the affected urea. Three were drowned when their au- tomobiles turned over into a small stream. Exposure from wading in a creek was the cause of a fourth death, Nashville Flooded , The crest of the flood at Nashville is expected to be reached tomorrow. Estimates of the probable number of people who would be driven from their homes, should the Cumberland river attain the expected 53 feet, in- crease to 400 while buildings which would be flooded would pass the 1,000 mark. Swollen streams in Mississippi had sent hundreds away from their homes. More than a hundred had vacated their dwellings as the waters from the Tombigbee river inundated a section of the town. Damage to highways, livestock and crops there is expected to exceed $100,000, Families marooned rear Columbus, Mississippi, were aided by relief crews in motor launches, and uncon- firmed reports were that’ several had drowned. West Point, Goodman and several other Mississippi towns re-. ported heavy damage from floods. Continuous gneral rains over parts of Arkansas had brought the water levels in hundreds of streams to rec- ord breaking heights. There was/ heavy damage to highways, livestock and ‘crops. Tennessee Hardest Hit The rivers in Tennessee have caus-| ed considerably more area to be flooded than in any other single state, it was believed. Roads in many sections of the lowlands have been abandoned and water was standing in some places at several feet deep. Reports from Kentucky towns and cities, located on swollen streams, were that much property damage was done but that no deaths had been reported in the state as a result of flood conditions. With the scomphon of Virginia, the Carolinas and Florida, rain was fore- cast for every southern state before tomorrow night. FLOOD WATERS DO DO MOST DAMAGE IN TENNESSEE Nashville, Tenn. Dec, 27—(/). Rivers that reached out of the banks and grasped valley dwelle: in five southern states in their icy (Continued on page five.) This Thermometer Tells How Cold it | Was During Night ||; Se ‘| of THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE [auonw | BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, MON ELE IS GUARDED IN PEN | Yoops DO GF GREAT AMOUNT OF Di DAMAGE IN IN SOUTHERN STATES A Marital Wreck Dec. 27.—)— | ‘Francis Burton for Ph Harrison, governor general of the has" been sued for Elizabeth Wrentmore n Paris, Mrs rges ubandonment, is not contested, He pictures of the two. Har. CHRISTMAS IS Churches All Have Appropri- ate Programs—Many Fam- ily Dinner Parties Christmas ices at the churches of the city were the most formal of te holiday observances made in Bis- marek. Programs were also given in the hospitals, at the penitentiary, and at the city auditorium, where the children were presented with gifts by Santa Claus. Large crowds attended every prograi Many family dinne ‘parties were held and there was a great deal of informal entertaining of friends dur- ing the day. In homes where there are child: the Christmas tree was an_ import feature of the day. At the Presbyterian church Chirstmas pageant, “The Old, old Story,” was given Thursday evening. About 150 members of the Sunday school took part. A Christmas pag- eant, “The Light of the World,” the McCabe Methodist Episcopal church Friday evening followed a short program of songs and readings by the primary department, ‘The Sunday school of the German Baptist church presented its pro- ram ae evening ut 8 o'clock. he Evangelical church gave a Chirstams pageant, “Keeping Chirst in Christmas.” The program also in- ngs, readings and exercises, About 75 children of the Sunday school took part. Carols and Recitations The program at the First Lutheran church Friday evening was made: up Christmas carols, recitations, solos, ducts and other vocal numbers, There were about 45 numbers given. The Zion Evangelical Lutheran Sun- day school gave a Christmas play- Jet, “Praise Ye the Lord.” Anthems by the church choir, a violin solo by A. Engelhardt ane distribution of gifts to the children were included on the program. A Christmas serv- ice was held in the German language at 10:30 a. m., Christmas day. Services at the Trinity Lutheran church were held at 10:45 Christmas morning and Rev. I. G. Monson, the pastor, talked on “The Significance of the Birth of Christ.” ppasial songs were given by the choir. A midnight mass was held on Christmas eve at St. George's: Epis- copal church. The service began with a candle light service and was followed by the midnight choral eu- charist. Cruickshank’s service in E flat was sung by the choir and Mrs. H. ler sang “The Iafant Jesus.” arole, were sung by the choir during tl rvice. On Christmas morning’ a celebration of the Holy Communion was held. The Christmas program of the Bap- tist church was given Friday sraning and was m up of special Christ- -| many selectio mas music, responsive readings and by the children of the Sunday school. e latter part | tha of the program was in the form of a istmas cantata with the scene in Bethlel Hospitals Have Programs Both the Bismarck and St. Alexius hospitals “nurses a Cathereel cee! ices for the "Satholice, of ity. Special masses were held Grecatent (Continued..on page five,)........ | i ' 1 Washington, }to make its wi [porting col ma {value as is seldom recognized. p- via the Great Lakes has retarded de- divorce velopment of the fuel possibilities Harrison | ¢ suit have been conducted at Salome, Ari- cent|/zona, and Hebron and Grand Forks, ‘WELL OBSERVED, IN BISMARCK: i Washington Officials Assume “MAKES LIGNITE NEW PROCESS OF MUCH VALUE Cheap, Carbonizing Method May Make Dakcta’s Fuel Commercially Productive TESTS ARE suct ESSFUL Bureau of Mines Perfects Way to Carbonize Lignite Into Briquetted Fuel Dee. (P)— an area Which is now lurge- oul importing, may be made com- mere ay productive fuel by a ess, which bureau of mines. The department of commerce dis- jclosed in # statement today that the bureau “1 u method of carbonizi ra ignite into bri- quetted fuct char “and the produ- uct is beli d to be capable of meet- ing industrial demands. Lignite’ deposits make up nearly one-third of the total solid fue 3 of the country but, as it i has insufficient heat units use practicable. If the bureau's new process is applied, it is held, western regions now im- be able to utilize the product of their own areas. Means Much to N. D. Extensive lignite fields lic chiefly in North Dakota, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado and Texas. The commerce department views these deposits of such enormous. potential economic ip the present, the relatively cheap es on transporting eastern coal jof lignite, The bureau of mines experiments PRODUCT WILL MEET INDUSTRIAL DEMANDS Grand Forks, N. D., Dec. 27—)—| of mines, University of North Dakota, with stations in Hebron and Grand Forks, indicate that the product pro- cured by first carbonizing raw lignite and then briquetting the char fuel is capable of meeting industrial demands, according to Dr. Alfred W. Gauger, director of mines and mining experiments at the school of mines Gauger explained that the f carbonizing and briquet- iginated with the late Dean | es and his assistants. d States bureau of mines has been cooperating in the work of developing and industrializing e in order that the extensive lignite fields west of the Mississippi, an area which is now Lacgely, coal im- porting, may commercially produce this fuel by a cheap carbonizing process. DEVELOPMENTS IN NICARAGUA NOT REPORTED Latimer Successful in Form- ing Neutral Zone Washington, Dec, 27—()—Aside from the report of Rear Admiral Julian Latimer that he had landed a force of blue jackets at Puerto Ca- bezas and had proclamied a natural zone there within rifle shot of all American properties, Washington of- ficals were without information over the week-end as to developments in the Nicaraguan situation, Puerto Cabezas, near the Hon- duran border, was the headquarters of the Sacasa liberals, who are op- posing the conservative government of President Diaz which has been foccgn ited by the United States. The landing of American ‘forces there and at Rio Grande Bar has been ve- hemently peeetaa by the represent- stives ‘of ‘the liberal group, which has been recognized by Mexico as the constitutional government of ratte: dviail Washington _ of. jetuils; Washington of- ficiais assumed that Admiral Lati- mer had been ‘successful in establish- ing the neutral zone without trou- ble. Such a course calle for dis- arming of all military forces in the prcrnmess troops as well as followers. admiral’s Secliaa to land forces was i hog re to have been influences requests for pro- tection which, Mshington. authori- ties have been informed, American and individuals in the af- att aay n, Dee. i igea field, 66 years ‘old, the First National Lansing State Bank al Banfi cetporgtion, dic 2 es home here Sunday., For some time he has suffered from heart disease. The immediate eae of death was bronchial mon veneent services will be held Tues- urviving are Mrs. Banfield and six shildcen, Experiments conducted by the school; ! tnd | ng abot More Than Four Centuries of Matrimonial Felicity | These eight couple duration of their mai and Mrs. A. V. Care POISON BOOZE . Fs) years; Mr. ee Mrs have ililisacel their Rev. and M STATE BUDGET BOARD RECOMMENDS golden wedding anniver: Left to right Chusbane M. G. Bratkett, 50 year M » DECEMBER 27, 1926 behind wives), they Mr. Ww. W. Frohock, Leonard, TAKES TOLL OF | APPROPRIATIONS TO 77 DEPARTMENTS 41 IN NEW YORK Deaths Less Than Year Ago. But Hospital Cases More Than 1924-25 Combined New York, De Christmas liquor an ink-' ing today had garnered a toll here of 11 deaths, three less than last year, and 73. person alcoholism, more 1925 together, Fight of the deaths w hattan and three in Brok Improperly redistilled alcohol was largely responsible, in the opinion of, Charles Norris, chief medical ex- Dr. Thom sistant medical sent to hosp than for 1 e in Man- s A. Gonzales, as- miner, said, how- ever, autopsies on seven of the deaths | indicated that excessive drinking | rather than poisonous elements was sponsible. Dr. Norris said the were so rushed that in liquor, known to contain poisonous substanances, they would not ta time to remove sufficient poison, 15 Casex Serious Of 65 cases of alcoholism naparted by Bellevue hospital, only 16 considered serious and attendants sai all probably would recover, of the 65 were released after t1 ment. Included in those were eight women. Only one vi reported in Chicago over the week end, but Dr. Hermon N. Bund city health commissioner there, mated that “poison” costing upwa bootleggers redistilling of $10,000,000 was distributed in that city as gifts. in Poughkeepsie, N. Y., a railroad workman died from drinking home made liquor, ROMANCE OF PRINCE CAROL IS FINISHED Magda Lupescu, Who Filed With Him From Rumania a Year Ago, Has Left Him Paris, Dec. 27,—()—Magda_ Lu- pescu, auburn-haired beauty for Whom Crown Prince Carol of Ru- mania renounced his right of suc- cession to the throne, has apparently passed out of his life. Those credited with knowing his affairs say the romance, which be- gan with the flight of the couple from Rumania a year ago, has ended. The former crown prince—now plain Caro} Caraiman—has left his Neuilly Villa and is believed to be some- where on the Riviera, leaving his charming companion behind. Carol’s departure gave rise to the report that he was on, his way back to Rumania, but this is not given credence. It was just a year ago this week that Carol and Mme. Lupescu, daugh- ter of a Jewish merchant of Jassy, left Rumania and appeared at a hotel in Milan, Italy. Mune. Lupescu was said to have a husband somewhere in the background, and Carol was married to Princess Helen of Greece. Renounces Throne Upon leaving Rumania, Carol re- nounced hi ret of succession to the throne, and his abdication was made legal by act of the Ruman parliament shortly afterward. H 1d his companion spent some Sad in Milan es Mens Fane 2 Bate ‘and engaged villa in Neuilly. The house now is occupied only by oromnnicatire. servants and ~ tive: ned as a guard by the French al ucrinies have been bangs pending boa oi Mme. Lupescu iF cont ted to be a a anil fi rom the villa. ENGLISH poner London, fal of leat Lhe Ni 24,—(NEA)— ie Jarvis, En; The arri ight, who ated out: tee United “Beater aivieta es Aeclares, in th i aed BP Foeni ehh seit Seriy he nds Supreme Court . e| 1 Seventy-seven different depart ments or funds will re priations from the stute gen if the legislature follows the j mendations of the state budget boar |Last year the number of appropria- tions from the general fund was 89, Des aller number of | tune 8 getting money, howe recommended. for s almost one million than for the fund greater | biennium, The following detailed report by Department or Fund Supreme Court and Reporter j aud Secretary | Secretary printing * State Auditor . State Treasurer. Commissioner of Ins urance Fire Marshal : | Attorney General . Supt. of Public Instruction upt. Public Inst. Aid to schools Commissioner of Agri, & Labor | Dairy Commissioner and © missioner . Railroad Commissioners .. State Examiner x Commissioner Rourd of Administration ecurities Commission .. Depositors Guaranty Fund Com, i of State, | publie jthe budget board Appro- | recom: | i} last | Present Budget 15,800.00 135,100.00 41,580.00 90,600.00 900,00 shows the amounts appropriated for the last the amount -d for the nd mount recommended the budget board together with the detailed supplemental recommen dations ni the board the legislature. report was made necessary by the fact that the anticipated revenue will not meet all the expenditures which budget bourd members felt were justified, and the amount recommended by the budyet board. Amount lowed 79,750.00 19,800.00 135,500.00, 44,980.00 i Ue 300,00 4¥/840.00 | | | 100,00 180.00 300,00 (essed “8,450.00 £00.00 49,800.00 a 800,00 int Continued on page three.) MOURN DEATH OF EMPEROR Line Four-mile Route From ‘Palace to Station—Body Returned to Tokio 27.—(P)—Silent and bare aded, more than a million mourners lined the four-mile route from Harauku. station to the palace as the body of the peror Yosh o was , retu Tokyo tonight from the Royal Villa a na, Where he i Tokyo, Dee. From the railroad the streets w e sand as a ceremony of ion. On either side the fringed with soldiers and ‘n—15,000 of them. cortage was preceded into the capital by the new emperor Hirohito, and the new empress. As the body was borne from the villa at Hayama, 48 mourning guns sounded from a battleship which rode at anchor nearby, and oth ships of war fired farewell salutes as the special train proceeded —to- ward Tokyo. The route from Hayama to Tokyo was lined with not only tro but also by thousands of his majesty's subjects, The new rulers met the casket at the lace entrance and conveyed it to Shinden ‘Hall. Priyer marked the end of the day’s ceremony. Hundreds of cabled ‘condolences from other sovereigns and from Japanese abroad have been received. Cablegrams from President and Mrs. Coolidge, addyessed to the dowager empress and the new emperor and empress, were among the fisst to be received. Reduced Rates to Fargo Stock Show The Northern Pacific Railway will authorize an open rate of fare and one-half for the round trip from all eats in North Dakota, and from tions in Minnesota, Moorhead to Staples inclusive, Manitoba Junction to East Grand Forks inclusive, and Wadena to Breckenri inclusive, for the meeting of the North Dakota Live Stock Breeders_and Little In- ternational Live Brak Show Aasoci- ‘ation which will be held in Fargo, N. D, January 19:81, 1927. ‘Tickets mt be rye gnenar) 18, 19 f limit of that | $Ptusry 24 24, 1927, ty wh which, time pas- sengers must reach original starting point. prinkled station to the | | ( — | found on the Adam and Eve Are Parents of Son Minot, N. D., Dec son, which has been i, The father and ing-tailed monkeys ICY STREETS CAUSE DEATHS Northeastern States Covered With Snow and Ice After Mild Temperatures 27--) named mother in the New York, Di ice today covered the states with a white a cating after mild Christmas peratures. Streets in New York were turned into an iey glare from an inch of | sleet tollowed by a light snowfall, numerous accidents were a oe One man was killed when he fell down slippery steps und a skidding auto- mobile caused another fatality. There was a heavier snowfall. in upstate New York and in the New England states. At Glens Falls, a hoy was killed in a cousting acci- dent, Massachusetts had nine inches of snow. f Weather Report | 1 Weather condjtions at North Da- kota points for the 24 hours ending at 8 a. m. today, Temperature at 7 a. m. Highest yesterday |. Lowest last night Precipitation to 7 a. m. Highest wind velocity . WEATHER FORECAST For Bismarck and vicinity: Mostty cloudy tonight and Tuesday. Not so cold tonight. For North Dakota: Mostly cloudy tonight and Tuesday. Not so cold to- night west and Bore porters Snow and slippery tem! 8 21 8 0 10 The pressure is high over the ern Lakes region, central Canadian Provinces and over the Southwest and cold weather prevails over those sec- tions. A low pressure area, accom- panied by warmer weather covers the northern Rocky Mountain and north Pacific coast regions, Cloudy weather prevails in the Great Lakes region tone Mississippi Valley and over the Mountain region. Skies are pst ly clear in the Plains States while rey tation coger in the morth Pacific coast stat ORRIS W. 7 ROBERTS, Official in charge. union ne ‘ld recently and M rs. ‘National Director dlewest, of the STRANGE CLUE | LEADS SLAYER Police Captain Notices Mur- | i ne northeastern | Lindstrom | t Milo, Me., the aggrentte nd M uw, ee jamin . 60 rs, and Mr, ¢ of Modern Woodmen | Dies at Rochester Rock (a) Frank Sunday | following an] Isiand, HL, De terly, 64, Minn., terly, whose home was na us ye known in fra. ternal ins al J les of the mid nd as aw national director | Modern Woodmen of Amer- headquarters here Denver, Col, jen, with TO JUSTICE dered Man’s Shoes Dry, Despite Wet Pavement Chicago, De y shoes on a dead man's feet were the clues. ! that turned to justice the slayer of | William Lindstrom, radio cabinet maker, Loren Patrick, who confessed kill- ing Lindstrom recently favor” for Mrs, Lillian Frase friend, | who got me out of jail,” continued nonchalant in his attitude toward the afta When the body of Lindstrom was pavement, death ap- peared accidental. It had rained dur- ing the night, however, and Police| Captain Dennis Carroll’s first glance at the dark figure lying in the wet alley showed that the soles of the man's shoes were dry. “Murder,” he s ‘men to work. Patrick verified the murder theory yesterday. Was Paid $137.50 “Sure,” he suid, “1 hit him over the head with a lead pipe. Mrs. Fraser fixed it up to pay my $137.50 fine for bootlegging if I'd kill him, She planned to collect his $1,000 accident insurance.’ Mrs. F and he put his r is in jail, as is Mrs. ler of Crown Point, held as an accessory. y she introduced Patrick to Fraser with the intention of getting him to undertake “the job,” and that she accompanied him in dis- posing of the bo in the flat in wh Mrs, Fraser Ji Confe catherine friend, h Lindstrom and “of Patrick und the two women said the killing was plan- so that Mrs. Fraser could get insurance money and re- husband, from whom she st nged four OUON Te an j turn to h ed been : WOMAN'S BODY UNCLAIMED AT OMAHA MORGUE der Suspicion of Murder, Maintains Innocence * Omaha, Neb. , Dec. 27-—(#)—The body of Mrs. Angeline Lynch, who was killed in a fall from a third story window of a rooming house here last Wednesday night, lies in a local mortuary, unclaimed by her in. Mr. and Mrs. John Jaglowski, who live near Chisholm, Minn. were wired about disposition of the body. They sent the following reply: “Can do nothing toward burial for our daughter. Look to her husband for burial. We would like to have body sent home.” James E. Lynch, 30, held in con- nection with his ‘wite’s death, told police he is penniless, It was said at police headquarters that Lynch | probably will be arraigned Tuesday, morning on a manslaughter charge, | although County Attorney Beal an-| nounced, after the inquest Friday, he would ask that a first degree murder charge be filed. Lynch maintains his innocence, and holds to the story that his wife bey | verdict stating that ‘ Husband, Held By Police Un. | PRICE FIVE CENTS MANDAN KILLER PUT THERE FOR SAFE KEEPING Preliminary Runtie For Man Who Shot Police Chief Not Yet Called INQUEST HELD TODAY ineral Services For Victim Held at Mandan Today, at Jamestown Tuesday Arnold Thiele of of Mandan, who shot and instantly killed Nels H. Romer, chief of police at shortly after noon on Christmas’ day in the Thiele home, is in a cell in the state penitentiary here to- day, while in Mandan this after- noon all ‘busi activity halted from 1:30 ti lock and the citi- zens of the Morton county seat joined in paying their last respects to a highly respected citizen who met instant death in the perform- |ance of duty. Thiele was brought to the peni- tentiary about 5:30 Saturday aft- ernoon by Sheriff Charles McDon- ald, who feared violence. Groups are reported to have gathered in various places about Mandan to | discuss the murder, and McDonald believed it safer to have oner behind the pri Governor A. G. Sorlie received several calls from Mandan during |the afternoon and early evening. requesting that protection be sent to that point because of the nossi- a ity of a lynching, but inasmuch wi from Ito ed to b jconing with the situation su fully, no action was taken. his pris- Coroner Holds Inquest corcner’s inquest was held ing under the direction of Corsner J, K. Kennelly, with George Ford, Paul Miller and H W. Schmidt as members of the jury. After hearing the testimony of witnesses from 10 a. m., until 12:30 p. m., the jury returned a rnold Thiele, armed with a 38 calibre automatic revolver loaded, shot Chief of Po- lice Nels Romer three times, in the left temple and t es i the body. That Thiele in- flicted mortal wounds from the ef- fects of which Romer died instant- |ly, and that Thiele committed the act_unlawfully and feloniously. Ten witnesses, including the wife of the murderer, were ques- | tioned this forenoon by State’s At- torney C. F. Kelsch and his assist- ant, M. J. Higgins, but it is net likely that Thiele will be given a preliminary arraignment today. Called to investigate a family quarrel, Romer was shot to death by Thiele, traveling salesman, when he entered the door of the Thiele home in Mandan at 12:30 jon Christmas day. Captured By Sheriff Thiele, leaving the house, walked toward the downtown district with the death pistol still in his hand. He was captured by Sheriff Charles McDonald at the postof- fice corner shortly before 1 o'clock and taken to the county ji At 5:30, Mandan time, fearing vio- lence, McDonald removed the mur- derer to the state penitentiary. The shooting was the outcome of a family quarrel in which Mrs. Thiele and four children had been chased from the home. Chief Romer was called by a neighbor and had entered the house un- armed. Funeral Held Today Funeral services for Mr. Romer were held this afternoon at 1880 from the Palace tneatre. Past ex- alted rulers of Mandan lodge No. 256, B. P. O. Elks, conducted the itwallstie services for the deceased, who served as head of the locai lodge in 1024-1925. Reverend G. W. wart preached the sermon. ani S. F. Halfyard gave the prayers. From 2 o’clock Sunday afternoon until noon today the body lay in state (Continued on page five.) Last Minute News Bulletins New York, Dec, 27—(#) An: nouncement of the donation of $250,000 by Nathan Straus, phil- anthropist, for the creation of a health center in Jerusalem, was made today. One of the features Ks the health centre, the first of its kind in the near east, will be a milk pasteurizing plant. Boston, 27—(7)—Galen L. Stone, who ge life in the finance’ district as a cub re- porter and rose to eminence in the money world as a member of ei investment house of Hayden tone and company, dicd at his pod here last night aged 54 years. Moscow, Dec. 27—(4)—Eastern Siberia is being swept by the worst snowstorm 7 jumped fi the window. He has made no effort to be released.