The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 22, 1927, Page 2

psa FOR FEB, 15 T0 Judge Jansonius _Clerk of Court to Summon 48 Veniremen § he = miserable old man is C. Marble, sentenced to die fo Arnold Thiele, alleged slayer of shdoting the boys who teased him Police Chief Nels Romer of Mandan, genes = will be placed on trial the morning The Town “C vag es = of bruary 15 rding to an Marble, aged and nearly blind, nounce: Judge Fred Jansonius. Clerk of Court Charles Fi today bh a Drawi ounty uled for Febru: f State's Att Morton county over until the 15th onius has not yet an- > will sit’ in the all in a judge from the sixth judicial district.” This mat- ter will he determined at a confe ence between Judge onius and Judges Thomas Pugh of Dickinson, F Hettinger and H. L an. Both the attor cution and defense i their willingness to ge Pugh sit in the case if nsonius decides not to pre- rney ¢ the trial was pu Judge > Ae a Berry neys f have Co. Commissioners Decide to Hold Next Meeting at Bismarck ed by the ta County Commissioners’ for its meeting at on of this year’ rin “4 association the closing se y vention in Williston Tharsda, held Janua convention will be time during next cities extendin meeting were % City and Dickins au xcel- 1 accommodations. unson, Victor Moynier and s of the Burl y ] mnvention, returning home tod: : Last Minute _ News Bulletins | > Algiers, Jan, 22—(AP)—A vio- lent earth shock was felt in the Algiers district di night. Some damage but there were no casi —o Washington, Jan. 22—(AP)— Lincoln Dixon, former Demo- cratic congressman from Indiana, was nominated by President Coolidge today to be a member of the tariff commission. He ceeds H. H. Glassie of the q trict of Colum! Toledo, Ohio, Jan. 22—(AP)— Five bodies had heen recovered late today from the ruins of a two-story brick building was destroyed hy fire followii two explosions shortly after 22—(AP)— irming in states and territories title to mineral de-. posits in lands granted by the ¥ United States in the aid of public schools was finally approved by the senate today and sent to the president. —_—__—_—____—_—_* | Senate Calendar | . 7) on property acquired through | tax deeds and clarifies the method of dis- posal. S. B. 12—Committee on appropria- tions—Appropriates $86,400 for the game and fish commission. ‘ 3—Committee on appropria- tions—Appropriates $128,334 for maintenance and improvement of the capitol. B. 14—Committee on appropria- tions—Appropriates $30,950 for the state school for the biind at Bath-. Bate. B. 37—Forb: davits on descriptions of | with the register of d facie evidence of the facts in the affidavits. * S$. B. 43—Committee tions—-Appropriates $5 nify owners of animal gianders and dourine. - S. B. 44—-Committee on appropria- tions—-Appropriates $90,000 to indem- nify owners of animals afflicted with bovine tuberculosis. Carries emer- icy claus B, 45—Committee on appropria- tions—Appropriates $31,950 for the state livestock sanitary board. Bills Introduced 5 on appropria- to indem- afflicted with B, 80—Seamands—Amends Re ~dlers’ license law to re tyeee ae lers who travel by automobile. Ways and means. 8. B, 81—Patten—Provides that 20 per cent of the voters of any county & may demand an election on ishment of a county branch bank of ig ithe Bank of North ota, State af- rs. 8. B. 82—Patten—Provides for the ‘Sueteation of rural credits association “o8 five or more members, follewing Finelpet of the intermediate 1B. BE—"Ven Camp Amendment an 20] en if and coyote bounty law. TRY THIELE Instructs acen instructed by Judge J. Scho summon 48 veniremen fo! ; 4 15 Zs are to be auditor, ni y | let_him, h | wer to Bismarek | hers | (By NEA Service.) | Cherokee, Okla, | conflict between aj of the truism that b and lonely old men will be touchy strange tragedy has come to community. und youth As a result of it, one boy lies in a new-made grave, another fights for | life in a hospital, and a miserable old man who “ any longer,” 15-——the d “just couldn't stand i by his own quest, he is to be electrocuted » called the town “crab" of In a community of 100 persons, miles from here. The boys like recluse because to it made him an They took the trees, th ruit from his frui’ threw rocks on THEY this appily for March pester the old porch and taunted him for his age and tem- per, they and played prank on his dog ased his cat as boys are wont to do. What village is there that does not have a town * and a group of mischievous boys? But Marble was a good man, too. in his way, say his neighbors. ‘That is part of the pathos of it. The Town Samaritan When a husband died, leaving his aged wife destitute, it her wood. When another family w: one winter, Marble retrieved a worn- out stove from the dump yard it to their pla and set it up. with a goodl} supply of wood, neighbors | say. When once an aged bachelor came sick 2 te one nurse him, Marble did the job. Marble loved his dog, his his flowers, which made h garden spot of the town. Frequently he would take flowers to the sic During the employed him as night watehman, He encouraged no friendships and} life, would ' lived his own when folks quiet seclud especially boy : But on the day someone shot his do; The Murder | Guy Hutchinson and his two moth- erless sons, Gilbert, 14, and Roy, 16, sitting in a filling station, the town lounging p Old Marble wai n without a h word, peered tedly, and then without warning drew his | revolver and fired four times. Gilbert | was killed, Roy seriously wounded jand the father slightly Bystanders man. “I intended to kill them all and myself,” he regretfully told Sheriff |Dare Gross. “These boys are the ,ring leaders. They are the [boys on earth. I felt it my duty to kill them, as they had no place in | this world.” | In the uproar and confusion that followed, Old Marble was calm. He chuckled at sight of the bleeding ounded. overpowered the old two doctors. knows him. “They killed my dog,” he gritted, hate smoldering in his % Later he told the sheriff he So sa 3 everyone who planned to kill the boys and bur their bodies to prevent them from receiving decent burial. He even showed where he gasoline buried for the cremation. And in court, before Judge Chas. Swindall, he begged in his olarly Then, he bowed and said, “Thank you.” "| Whose Fault? | Where the mischievous boys at fault, or was the old man? Too, is it “punishment” to a prisoner at th he deliberately invites? Governor Johnston of Oklahoma must decide if any plea for clemency is presented to him, | Meanwhile one boy i i is seriously wounded, and their fath-| er bears a bullet mark— All because boys will be boys, andj old men will be touch: i giv e bar the pena A Be House Calendar | Bills Passed H. B. -Appropriates $27, the state transportation offic: 107 to 0. H. B. 33—Extends state hail in- surance coverage of fla® to Septem- ber 25, 95—Holthusen — Stipulates under which-appeals from utility rates may be taken to state railroad commi: Judi- ary : _ _H. B, 96—Trubshaw — Authorizes juages to order pers i driving while intoxic: refrain driving an automobile for not less than one or more than two years. P of imprisonment for iolztion of the order. Judiciary H. B. 97—Appropri tee—Repeals standing appropriation for state minimum wage department. | Appropriations. H. B. 98—Appropriations _commit- tee—Repeals standing appropriation for vocational edueation work. Ap- | propriations. ion, Pue eee English for the death penalty, H » a8 the court sentenced him,| dead, another} Marble | who gave her groceries and chopped as freezing | rted | at andi last few years the town j after Christmas’ i i worst} bodies and said they were the pret-| tiest sight he had ever seen. | Insane? No— i Old Marble is not insane. So say es. i arto Cabezas—Where the Pot Boiled Over Out of the ancient out will be boys! MARBL) I lost the s the other e; to be blind within a few months. s going. I If, at your option, you to confinement for life, or shorter, as the in unfami TEASED THE ‘TOWN | A Drama: ‘Justice’ The colloquy between the judge and the defendant when Marble was convicted of murder at Cherokee, Oklahoma, his choice of life imprisonment or death in the elec- r, thus is officially reported in the court records: A few months ago ght of one eye, and expect send me longer : case may be, jar surroundings, un- able to see what food ond drink that strikes me or the steel or stone be the cruelest fate I have ever known one white man to inflict on an- Tam on which I fall, it will other, On the other given or the * hand hand, at your option, I am informed you can sentence whereby I Mandan News me to the chair will pay the debt to the state, which may be satis- fied, the people of the community will be gratified and I will be electrified—or whatever you call it—and pay up in full and square- ly and promptly. I beg of you most humbly to send me to the chair, not to that continued, hope- less, weary wearing out to die of exhaustion in confinement alive, and Jet the young doctors ‘tmve my body to cut up while there is meat on my bones. THE COURT: T fortunate condition— MARBLE: I want td be dead quickly. s is an un- MERCHANTS HAVE MEET LAST NIGHT Local Storekeeper Must Give Service Equal to That of Larger Stores, Says Sorlie | ssed last held here yesterday, Need of service to be given b i merchant if he is to compete with merchants of larger cities was night by Gov. A. G. in his address to a district j meeting of retail merchants which was Governog Sorlie, who was the mer- ” guest of honor, spoke from the viewpoint of a merchant and cited a number of reasons why the local mer iser nm years a ell if, you trade from 10 t6 the governor said, 75 miles away ari in point of t proved conditions of travel.” Other Speakers program of the banquet gi ident of the Merchants Association, yore-gble to draw "15 miles around,” “while today places no farther distant | ne in view of the im- Other speakers who were on the nin the Lewis and Clark hotel included M. A. Johnson of Michigan City, state pre: North Dakota Reta Walter D. Powell, Fargo, state secretary of the association, and Edward Yecum of the United States Department of Ag- riculture, the state merchants’ a: In his opening talk as the head of iation, Mr. Johnson outlined a program of com- | munity welfare and de: is being undertaken part of the {merchants program this year. The first of the community programs that | is being sponsored by the merchants is barberry eradication. The mer- ;chants of the state gave printed j bulletins which are being distributed to the school children of North Da- kota. Edward Yocum, who is accom- panying the state officers on their tour of district merchants’ meetings, explained the relation of the common barberry to the spread of stem rust of cereal grains. Meeting One of Series Walter D, Powell, state se. spoke on the question of value seeured from local merchants, | fouple of the local merc is not one of price,” he s it rather one of impression, usually cregted by the advertising of 4 for- lopment that | | i | house.” | ilar to others of a series of ten that are being held over North Dakota by the North Dakota Retail Merchants’ association in preparation for their annual convention which will be held in Grand Forks, March 8, 9 and 10, The next of the series is scheduled for Bismarck, Tuesday of next week. BRAVES LOSE 10 HI-LINERS Husky Valley City Team Scores 21 to 12 Win—Game Declared Hard Fought The Mandan Braves lost a hard- fought game to Valley City, 21 to 12, on the Hi-liner floor last’ evening, pees THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE meager ‘reports from the Barnes yi. Mr. and Mrs. W. J, Sheehan ha eign competitor, often a mail-order} The meeting held in Mandan is sim-| county city state. The score wai tied, 10 to 10 hi but the husky Hi-liners stepped int rolled up their big tally. much larger than the Braves and al | though the local cagers fought hard they were unable to overcome ‘hi handicap. | with him in the game. 'St. Joseph Quint | Wins 18-7 Victory | | The St: Joseph school’ basketball | team defeated an eighth grade team | from Magdan central school by an 18 Both | | sides put. up good fights but the St Joseph team was able to maintain a | | to 4 score yesterday afternoon. safe lead all the way through. Spie! | man and Carroll played forward for| he Mandan team, with Dietrich at nter and Hoffman and Bjornson ut | Owens and Knoll played for | ward for St. Joseph's with Buckly at Schacht at guards, center and guards, Schantz an | Personal and Social. News of SURPRISE PARTY Mr. and Mrs, dan, were honor guests at a surprise party Thursday evening. Cards and dancing were the diversion of the eve- |ning and a luncheon was The honor guests were presented with a set of dishes. Mrs. Harold Hogue at the end of the half,| Coach Leonard McMahan/ | used all eight men who made the trip |* | | | Mandan Vicinity | peor sas: cache AR M. Messmer, who were married Sunday, January 9, at | St. Joseph's Catholic church in Man-j served. | 0 the lead in the third quarter and! , The Valley City men were said to have been ij While sitting up Determined a; To visit the cl 8 Just one week ago, Ie 1! It rang. through the air like And soon thef were far At last Santa halted and, He climbed down the Where children resided; So he soon f; \ And a child’s “Oh, ho,” said old Santa. They cherish the Well, now, after { No more yearly tri | Then h Where ‘ui And, as for a moment or two He heard a child murmur; Santa’s Visit ¥ (Florence Borner) ‘Twas a week after Christmas and Santa, Who had filled children’s stockings for hundreds of years, late in his house made fain he was going to go ildren and see them once more, A thing he had not even thought of before. “Iam anxious to know,” said he, The gifts that I brought them with joy and wi ni at the glad Christmas season, The things they had asked for; I tried hard to I am getting quite old and the trip’s rather risky, My reindeer know this and are growing too frisky, my dears, of snow, treasure “just how ered pleasure please them. 2 u arnessed up his reindeer And jumped'in his sleigh, with a whistle so clear an engine’s sharp blast, | And startled his steeds, so they journeyed quite fast; from the Land of the Snow, Where lights from the city shone brightly velow. 1, still as a mouse, chimney and entered the he’d been there before, + oe vides PRR or sate etek le opened it wide; what a sight met his eyes, ~ It filled him with grief, and angr; ae j Strung out on the flooy were each one lacked’ something to There were drums that were broken, There were books torn to piec There were dolls leaking saw And a doll that had lost all the ie There were horns that were battered, house, ery. door, surprise; ri toys, like a fleet, make it complete. and cars without springs, , and birds without wings, ust all over the. place paint from her face; and rudderless ships, le set of dishes was broken to bits. “So this is the way (beetles I brought Christmas Day, this my good ease I can take, 4 y ips to these children I'll make.” silently tiptoed across te the beds, lept the four children with dark towseled heads, he did pause, “Dear old Santa Claus,” of Dickinson was an out-of-town child i | quest. Mrs. Messmer was Miss Odelia | As though in his dreamings he thought of a friend, Ebberts of Dickinson before her whom, in emergency, marriage, DANCING PARTY Members of the Elks lodge and their ladies were entertained Friday evening with a dancing party in the {Elks hall, Dancing began at 9:30 and | continued until midnight when a re- | freshment course was served. | wept psd el Peea Genera | Judge H. L. Berry,and Court Re- porter L. C. Broderick have returned from Hettinger where they have been attending a term of district court. court will open Monday. REELECTED SECRETARY Edward A. Ketter, former secretary {of the Mandan Chamber of Com- | merce, was reelected for the sccond | Gia as secretary of the Jamestown Chamber of Commerce. TO VISIT IN MONTANA Mrs. Pat Tobin will leave Saturday for Big Timbgr, Mont., to visit at the home of “her -law and | daughter, Mr, james Scully, { PARENTS OF SON | Mr. and Mrs. Arthur G. Rooth of | Mandan are the parents of a son born | Friday morning at the Deaconess hos- + pital. | VISITOR LEAVES | Miss Pearl Anderson left Friday evening for her home in Cleveland, | Ohio, after a visit in Mandan at the home of her brother, B. L. Anderson. VISITS IN MANDAN Walter Gasper of Milton Junction, | Wis., is visiting in Mandan, the guest |" his brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs, E. W. Tobin. RETURNS TO BOWMAN Alanson Place left Friday for his home in Bowman after a two weeks’ visit at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Place. FRACTURES WRIST William Weilenman is suffering a fractured wrist, received Friday morning while cranking a Motor truck. MARRIAGE LICENSE ISSUED A marriage license was granted to Ben Ereth of olen and Miss Bliza- | beth: Bullinger of Timmer Friday. ENTERS HOSPITAL A. K, Pierson has entered the Bis- marck hospital, where he will receive y;, treatment for stomach trouble, | TO VISIT IN ST. PAUL gone go St. Paul and Stillwater, Minn. | to visit with relatives. PARENTS OF DAUGHTER |. Mr. and Mr# Clair Hagen of Cen- ter are the parents of a daughter born Friday morning. O. R. Lowen Dies at. Home in Minneapolis Minneapolis, Jan. 22—UP)—Oscar | R. Lowen, 46, head of the test and regulating department of the West- jern UnionTelegraph and Cable com- pany for Minnesota and surrounding states, died late yesterday at his home here. Mr, Lowen is survived by three daughters, all of Minneapolis; two sisters and three brothers, Lowen, rand Forks. N. Lowen, Si bcd eli E. i. oT. Lowen, 'Gevernor Talks to State Senate Friday in the method of handling closed state banks were advecated by H. L. Bur- dick, former tievtenant governor, in a brief address befere the state senate here Friday. e Burdick asserted that the present laws have been obeyed and have not worked out satisfactorily. He sonposied Pg pees laws be amended so & propo: rimary system of both majority and Hahei brain enow; dower, it my in this \eelutetues then im the next one, to draw up such a Seat bank, itors, who nothing to say of the “affairs funct institutions, Burdick said. * that a system, be depesitors take bp el @ Paks theseolves and wérk ol tl own salvation. : ‘ The former |i governor ex- pressed bi: 4s telling the atom “what ¢ people in*the ‘waods The January term of Morton Keays | Changes in the primary law and| = a. losers in the closed state|{ Old Santa Claus wi; he could depend. ped a bright tear from his eye. He knew he was loved, and that love could not die: | What though all t! | He knew he would visit them } “I was foolish to think,” said That children would act as all Well, well, now I know that their love he gifts were destroyed right away, each Christmas Day. old Santa, “’tis true, gtown people do, is so deep, } They think of me even when they are asleep.” | So Santa returned to his reindeer and sleigh, i ie with . rind ae on his hi and a And of di inte |Program Given By Roosevelt Pupils Largely Attended A delightful two-part prograrh’ was given Friday evening in the gym- nasium of the Roosevelt school by the pupils of the school. The first part of the frogram’ was composed of songs, duets and instrumental musi- cal numbers. ‘The isecoad part was made up of readings, playlets and a Ben Hur chariot race. Teachers of the school were in charge of the program, which was largely attended. 'Home Run King Signs |. For Part in. Movies “Burbank, Calif, Jan, 22—()—Babe Ruth, home run king of the American League, has signed a motion picture contract with First National Produc- tion corporation, a studio announce- iment here today said. The Bambino will begin work on a film within a few days and will have Anna Q. Nils- json in the feminine lead opposite jhim. Rail Rates to Twin City Auto Show Cut St. Paul, Jan. 22—(#)—Announce- ment of reduced railroad rates“ for the Twin Cities market and automo- bile show week was made today. The Great Northern, Northern Pacific, Soo Line, Northwestern, Rock Island, Mothers-— F's Hey, 4 ‘Tar ee ginencyr ed \what your children ought to have fur 3 feverish colds,croup( spasmodic) it coughs. bland to the tender throat of a child, and ise efiective.in stopping the stubborn coughs of persons. grown A fine dependable family medicine - Remember the ; Name ———————————— . it's ui It’s not the title of the latest song hit—BUT— the same everyday occurrence of your aequain- and strangers ir Cr ? I'm was soon on his way, smile on his face, nent, not evén a trace. Minneapolis and St, Louis are in- cluded in the arrangements to reduce rates from February 6 to 9 and other lines are expected to concur in the plan, Territory affected includes all of Minnesota, North and South Dakota and Montana, and part of Iowa, Wis- consin and Michigan. Charles jonaparte, a small-town lawyer of Corsica, was the father of four kings. They were Napoleon I, Joseph, king of Naples; Louis, king of Holland, and Jerome, king ‘of Westphalia. | } | be: LOSE T0 DICKINSON. INHARD GAME Stark County Team Scores 23 to 14 Victory Over Bismarck Quint in ‘Comeback’ The Dickitison cagers scored a 23 to 14 vietory over the Bismarck Demons last night in a game which fully disproved the contention that Dickinson has only a weak team iy the field this year, ‘ Bismarck piled up an early lead and until the bevinning of the third quarter maintained a safe margin but the speedy playing of Captain Maule of. the rk county aggregation, coupled with the smooth teamwork exhibited, soon brought Dickinson to a tie with Bismarck. In the final quarter a spurt brought the western- ers ahead and the game ended with the score 23 to 14, Coach Frank Richards of Dickinson was reported to have had a dearth of material this year, with the ma- jority of his veterans graduating but. the result of this game sho thet the Stark county quint has ; gokd chance to again win the fifth district championship. The Demons are to play Hebron to- night on the Brickmakers’ floor and another hard fight should be in sto for them. Althouch the Demons won selves, the score will be close. jocal floor, they will have the disady vantage of playing on a floor smaller than their own this evening. Unless they are able to acclimate them- selves, the score will be el FINEST TIRES In All the World On Easy Payments Here you_can buy Pennsyl- vania or U. S.—finest tires made—any style, any siz all firsts, on a plan which makes your Payments Easy This plan is convenient, dig- nified, and payments are hardly felt. . 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