The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 27, 1927, Page 1

— — *' Second Confession Made Aft- WEATHER FO! Partly cloudy tonight an Not much change in tem - ESTABLISHED 1873 | SIX KILLED | Lon CK TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 1927 ACETYLENE GAS EXPLOSION MADISON MAN DISMEMBERED WOMAN'S BODY, William Coffey, Who Killed | Bigamous Wife, Changes Details of Confession BODY BURIED IN PIECES ‘er Officials Find Pick, Shov- el and Blood Stains Mauston, Wis., Jan, 27.—(P)—R. N, | Orchard, district attorney of Grant) county, where William N. Coffey con- fessed he killed Mrs. Hattie Hale: Hoax; Tragedy | his bigamous wife, and buried her ing murder, county officials announe- ed early today. It is expected that Coffey will be taken to . Platteville today, where he will be asked to point out spots where he buried the re- mains of the woman. The Madison bond salesman and lay-preacher yesterday madi confession, declaring that i: ing the body of Mrs. H: the Mississippi river, as he had claim- it first, he kept the body of the dead woman in his automobile for a day after her death and then, terror stricken, used a butcher knife to dis- member it, Killing Accidental ° Coffey, in his new confession, still maintained that he accidentally killed the woman with a baseball bat curing an argument in their tent pitched on the Wisconsin side of the Mississippi, in Grant county, In re- vamping the details of the woman's death, however, he changed the date * from October 13 to October 9. Finding that the blow of the bat had killed the woman, Coffey said he placed the body in his car and drove to a grove about five miles from Platteville, where he spent the re- mainder of the night and all the next day. y Coffey declared that he then de- cided to cut up the body and bury it. Hacking the body into more than a dozen pieces, he said he wrapped them in newspapers and sections of his tent, dug holes over an area as two.city blocks and carefully ch seetion. The next morn- ing, October 10, he found’ he could driver, who sent a repairman. This part of Coffey’s story was corrobo! ed last night by Ray Spink, Platte- ville automobile repairman, who said he distinctly remembered the inci- dent. Went to Asheville, N. C. With his automobile repaired, Cof- fey! said he drove to Boscobel, La » where he first met Mrs. Hales, Mauston and then to Asheville, N. C., Cros: where he remained until returning to Elroy, Wis., where he was arrested Yast Friday. ‘The second confession was obtained by Juneau county officials when new evidence was disclosed by the discov- ery of # pick and shovel and a grass mat bearing stains believed to be blood in the basement of Coffey's home at Madison, where his wife and , three children lived. COMMISSIONER WANTED 70 AID WAR VETERANS _ Senators Baird, Hamilton and \*, Schlosser Sponsor. Veter-' ans’ Service Bill ' Appointment of a veterans’ service id _ex-service men commissioner t is provided in bill introduce: z the senate Wednesday by Senstors “ L, B. Baird, Stark county; D. H. H ilton, MeHenry county, and Walter Schlosser, Grand Forks county. The bill prevides that the commis- sioner be appointed by the governor for: two-year terms on. the -recom- mendation of the state executive com- ‘mittee of the American lon, and that the commissionér must be an ex- service man. x ‘His dutic the United Sta “the federal pe $8,600 = year. “The bill further provides for an ‘appropriation’ of $18,000 for expenses of carrying the act into effect and bas ‘an emergency clause. ‘ | The measure states that there a 400,000 ex-service ‘in the al who are unable to nroperly pursue o-thefr compensation claims, was made “recently, the Veda Bellefeuille longed to be loved; Mall robbery in South St. Paul April ike the herpines in story books are, 1% 1024. So the 19-year-old Marshall- town, Ia, girl wrote letters to -her- self from imaginary suitors and show- ed them to her fiance, Charles L, El- ‘As a result Elrod’s body found in his hotel room the other day. It is believed that jealousy led him to take his own life. AUTHORITIES — AWAIT FINISH Tests to Date Reveal No| Peat before government officials Trace of Poison, lowa Uni- versity “Dean States Completion of’ a second analysis of the viscera of Charles Elrod, Lewel- | pond, mi len, Neb., whose body was found ly-| Sommer denied that he had any| ing on u bloody pillow in a Marshall- ception with a rere anolarig: tows; town; hotal veeks tio, was} “these charges have been brought on st Phe) ater Bey ep BPekemet, WOE) ees word of 4” conviched:stgion, cluding a girl and two young broth-|of fixing a ball game, By no decent system of justice could such finding be made. Therefore, they were not silver] piped 4 ceetipthta. tie medals in three. cases, and bronae |” sqm tare te pe medals in the others, in addition to dependents of those who sacrificed their lives. awhited anxiously today by authori- .ties attempting to determine whether the man was slhin, took his own-dife, mane f polo Ain abe of St. Puul.” ‘The former chef refer. Despite physicians’ opinions at a {post mortem examination that Elrod $6,600 to the (died of poisoning, Dean Wilbur Teet-| f° the South St. Paul robbery. ers of the pharmacy college at the TT. vt wrire cases, awards totaling - $12,800 were Towa indicated last ma produce the same conclusions as made in the first—no evidence of | applied as sanctioned for many pur- B: { id he had found ng trace of E poses, ineluding ‘education. liver or stomach, j The: youg girl who gave her life|cretary to Commissioner Lundis, was Louise A. Corgiat, of 812 First Louise, who and hoped to complete tests on the other organs today, | Street, Modesto, Cal. e A second fuilure to find poison will was 15, died in an attempt to rescue{ they represented by counsel. Com. plunge theories as to the cause and motive of Eltod’s death back to their —_— starting point. Love Letters in Backgrou: Loticre entangled. in the ieve of | Graduate, Fights When De- Elrod and his 19-year-old sweetheart, iat. Veda Bellefeuille, which are known nied Right to Talk pceariies ve Seales Mies Corea tochave aroused ‘Elrod to a Righty] a a emotional state before his death, re-| Indianapolis, Jan, 27.—(P)—A fist i mained in the background today pend-| fight between Powers Hapgood of "/monthly for each of two children, jean Teeters’ definite decision. persisted in courtship of the girl. Elrod’s jealousy. ease, which has “TRADE WEEK’ City Will Be Host to- Slope erat ict of the union becaust Country Folks March 7-12, A. C, Group Decides Bismarck will’ be host to Slope country folks March 7-to 12 as the|| Weather Report ! result of @ decision of the Association of Commerce to’ hold a general “trade week” at that. time.’ ¢ The decision was made by a com-| gt 8 a, m. today. Five automobile men| Temperature at and five other business men, at a] High meeting held yesterday afternoon at| Lowe: the Association chambers. Full plans| Precipitation to 7 @. m. affair are to be announced| Highest wind velocity . ‘would be to assist ex- service men to secure adjustments of claims which they might have against Veterans’. bureau, in. bureau, or any other benefit.they may be enti to » under the laws of the United. States or any state. His salary would be mittee of ten: Members of the’committee are W.| \, WEATHER FORECAST E. Lahr, Burt’Finney, W. 8. Ayres, S.| For Bismarck and vicinity: Partly W. Corwin, R. M. Bergeson, A, E,| cloudy tonight and Friday. Not much Brink, Robert Webb, M. B. Gilman, J. change in tomporatorg, P. inch and Fred Peterson, Decision to hold a general meeting| tonight and Friday. Not much change Manday -empnine, Tenntey, 21, st 6 1 POE o'clock at. Association of. Com- morcd chambers was made. by the The Sek pertonte bine res its committee. All business men are in-| sceompanying cold weather, extends ple we ne a ee Pigpan cdi from the Mississippi Valley eastward 4 je sho rep New States. "] The trade week matter first came 2 oe ane bie for discussion when the. sutomobil dealers held s meeting Ti Hoollipent ge very ¢ ernoon to discuss plans 4 bite FORMER POLICE ‘CHIEF IS AMONG ‘FOUR INDICTED Men Charged With $35,000 . Mail Robbery in South St. Paul in April, 1924 | SIX ‘COUNTS ARE LISTED, Frank'W. Sommer, One Time’ N. W. Secret Service Chief, é Denies Oharges | Winona, Minn., Jan. 27.—(?)—Four men today faced charges of robbing the mails and conspiracy to commit ‘the crime as the result of indictments . returned here by the federal grand jury in connection with the $35,000 carriyng maximum penalties of 112 years in prison. Great Western railroad at South St. Paul, and Ruben D. Lilley, alias Blackie Carter, St. Paul, were the others named in the blanket indict- ment. Lilley previously was indicted on a charge of robbing the Superior, Wis., Sommer was not arres' d but per- mitted to return to St, Paul and there at his first opportunity. _ His j bond was set at $5,000. | | Hogan was taken into custody inj St. Paul and held under $100,000 bond, while Lilley, alleged driver of j while I stand on my record of ser- vice to the government and the city red to Terry Moran, who was sentenc- ed to 15 years in Leavenworth prison Powers Hapgood, Harvard faction of the miners, The men, including Frank WW.) the founder of Hull Sommer, former northwest secret ser-| Chicago banqueted Jane Addams, not-| Tigers vice chief and later chief of police of | ed social worker, the other day. Five spectively. St. Paul, were indicted here yesterday. | thousand ateanded: SOthiis pletune Ks The indictments list six counts! Miss Addams was taken at the time. Pittsburgh, Jan, eight acts of heroism, including four | after they learned that Leonard had ers. The..commission ; There was a full house in honor of withdrawal from baseball and return House when to the Peserve lists of the Detroit This picture of ‘nate . Sa This request was in contemplation of Teeul Torkur eat tor the Citas , [cordance with the commissioner's | , IN HERO LIST [: QF ANALYSIS cS amenieaiii Twenty-eight Acts of Hero- ism Recognized By Carnegie Hero Fund Commission the bandit car during the holdup, has | by young women, were recognized by never been apprehended. the Carnegie He Blaul is. being held under $10,000] at the twenty-third annual meeting Players Not Guilty “This is the Cobb-Speaker cuse,” : ; said the decision by Commissioner In the commission of heroic decds.{Landis.. “These players have not been, nor are they mow, found guilty ro Fund Commission | rangement. here late Wednesday. ten of those cited lost their lives, in- awarded , and in ten others, the awards The money governed by the commission, to be a girl from drowning at Modesto on : : May 30, 1926, Her grandmother will SPAS AEA on TOES paver) helper, was drowned when he receive a bronze medal. ‘eet, Stockton, Cal., a plum His $70 a month pension and-$5 addition- 2 The two brothers met death while Creston, Pa. Harvard graduate and| attempting to save a girl from drown. The letters were written to Elrod | son of a prominent Indianapolis manu-| ing in Lake Francis, Dobbins, Cal. by a supposed rival for Veda's affec- | facturer, and a sergeant-at-arms tem- They were Keith L. Torrey and Ken- tions, who signed as “Keith Clayton” | porarily disrupted today’s meeting of| neth N. Torrey, both in their teens, and threatened death to Elrod if he} the relies ies Workers of America,| Their heroic act took place on July in convention here. cs 3. i to the res- . —_ the coroner's jury, Miss| Hapgood, who claims to be a dele-| (he° Wher the Cokes rer| Staved Off Hunger—Men Bellefuille said the letters were copied | gate but whose claims the credentials Je {rom a magazine by herself to arouse | committee ignored, attempted to plunged into the water full speak on a resofution assailing the|Grant L. Torrey, of Dobb' A, grand jury investigation of the] United Mine Workers’ Journal, offi- been delayed by | cial publication of the union, for not otHer court actions, is expected to get | printing the views of the minority under way in a week or two. When the task appeared fruit- summoned Kenneth, who Wrecking Boat For Fuel both of his. sons were drowned. father Hapgood the floor and when 2 ser-| ing the deed of the boys. seant-at-arms attempted to scat him, Hapgood resisted. The melee fol- of his radical views and because, it Weather conditions at North kote points for the 24 hours yesterday last night For North Dakota: Partly cloudy and temperatures have risen rapidly Other Other heroes wi Auburn, George A, Branard, Sr., 5815 Sher- man’ street, Houston, Tex., suffocat- ed when he’ tried to rescue a young gas-filled sewer at Houston, June 13, 1923. Bronze sels pale to his wodow, with a pension of rived. 4 & Je 2 month and $5 aati for sacha The men, Frank Jentzen, Harvey| ly to build,” says the letter. “It i Freyer and Joe Van. Kirk, apparently | Would also be possible to keep such two children, fects from | road open for winter travel. The William A. Busby, Rural Route 3,| had suffered no serious mer died in’ gn! long exposure.” Hulbert, Okla. : fariner attempt to rescue an aged from a burning house at Mount Ju- dea, Ark., March 10, 1926, after he had pressed. 7 ae daug! is M. Busby, Hulbert, re- silver medal with death benefits for éach of three children mane igen * 8. Pensyl, elisburg, Ps., Injured fatally When he ‘cue @ woman from a bu in, Feb.. 25, Heroes ho lost their lives] ty, Indiana, Alameda on July 1, 1923. was asserted, he js not a miner. Hap-|™edal to the father, Michacl J. An-| Teach this el ood is f ni liza- | derson, Alameda. oe pres ment ws ia bab ane 413 East Main Street, Susquehanna,| Short distance only until they ‘ - |Pa., 14 year old school boy, ‘drowned Were caught, and the Sandmaster at Oakland, Pa., Feb. 3, 1924, when] turned about to assist them. he tried to save a companion from Bs ee the Susquehanna river. Bronze medal|» Chicago, Jan. —27.(#)-—Three] New Cross-state to his mother, Marie Marchetti, Sus- ; Arminio Marchetti,| Power. They , Michael J. Lelehant, 17% itreet, Auburn, N. ¥., dies trying to rescue girl from drowning at Raqu- ette Lake, N. Y., July 7, 1926. Bronze I te 4 Lelehant, | through to their side. ia ae The rescuers found that supplies| Lake, Minnewauka of food dropped by airplane had| bridge to the Montana line is advo- staved off hunger, but in their des- | cated by the Plaza Community Club perate fight against numbing lake| in a letter winds the three men were wrecking| “This direct across-the-stute road their boat for fuel when help ar-| Would run through open or reasonably —(#)—Twenty- In eight clothed, s, father) Chicago, Jan. 27.—VP)— of the boys, then went to the rescue.| from ihe’ banc tec fee In ahieh He succeeded in saving the girl, but] jt had been held prisoner in the The| ‘southern end of Lake Michigan two posthumous President John L. Lewis denied|swards—bronze medals commemorat- ee ie ern vite. ph Sb oe Water His eldest. ied. to fes- ae esilver medal and |}- ition 1 ree. ‘COBB. SPEAKER | VINDICATED OF _ ALL CHARGES | Landis Gives Them Permis- | sion f Rescind Withdraw- From Baseball \MEN NOT FOUND GUILTY | Attendance of Dutch Leonard at Hearing Could Not Be | Indueed Nor Enforced Chicago, Jan. 27—(#)—Tyrus Cobb and Tris Speaker today were cleared of all chatges which) might make hem ineligible for participation professional baseball, in a decision by Kenesaw Mountain Landis, and given permission to rescind their ind Cleveland Indians, re- The decision today was in response to a request from Cohb and Speaker that their baseball status be defined. statement of December 21, 1926, when he said: “These men being out of baseball, no decision will be made unless changed conditions in the fu- ture requiré it.” Preceding that announcement both players had been released. Cobb and Speaker appeared before Contmissioner Landis November 27, 1926, and were informed that Dutch Leonard, retired pitcher formerly with Detroit, had turned over letters to the American League, stating that the game of September 25, 1919, be- tween Detroit and ‘Cleveland had been ifixed, Cobb, Speaker, and Smoky Joe Wood branded the charge as false included them as parties to the ar- ‘those clubs.” passed out the typew the commissioner's de tiny fishing dd their withdrawal from baseball, the re- leases which the Detroit and Cleve- land clubs granted at their requests, in the circumstances detailed above, are cunceled and these players’ names are restored to the reserve lists of Neither Cobb nor Speaker was pres- ent today when Leslie O'Connor, se- ten sheets of ion, nor were BY FREIGHTER Food Dropped By Airplane| The commission's de Gypsy Queen Dies | Of Blood Poisoning | } Philadelphia, di Be- neath the royal g: y of heavily embroidered white silk, the Lody of Crown Princess Binbo, daugh- | ter of the Queen of the Gypsies, to-| day awaited burial. Stricken several days ago with) blood poixoning, the princess die while scores of her subjects knelt on | the lawn adjoining, chanting pray-| ers for her recovery. | Gypsies from all parts of the coun. | try are expected to uttend the fun-| eral, arrangements for which will not! be complete for several days. Princess Binbo two weeks ago gave birth to a son, her sixth child, and elaborate preparations had been made for its christening, when a scratch on the princess’ lip became .infected and blood poisoning developed. "BE REVISED | Her Ford Acorn Is Fore Ww | Some of the Injured Literally pany and saw them grow into forests, Mrs. Rosetta Hauss was the only woman, She loaned her brother, James Couzens, now U. 8, sen- atcr, $100 to gamble on flivvers wh ii Ford refused to place her name on hi her a share of his own stock, and eventually she r 0 Mrs. Hauss, pictured above with her adopted daughter, Helen Eliza- beth, is among these fighting U. S. tax claims on their Ford profits in a hearing now under way at Detroit. WOUNDS GIVEN » N. DAKOTA MAN CAUSE DEATH yesterday at the Lankenau -hospital,|H. M. Walker of Strasburg Dies at Ft. Crook Without Regaining Consciousness yn they were Walker of Strasburg, N. D., who found bound hand and foot and beaten into anconsclousness in a pasture near La Platte last Monday night, died at Fort Crook hospital lest night @rithyr:* se- gaining consctousness. Walker, who was badly beaten PRICE FIVE CENTS BLAST OCCURS WHEN LIGHTING SYSTEM FAILS Mormon Chapel and Recrea- tion Hall Wrecked During Basketball Game WALLS, CEILING FALL Blown From Building By Force of Blast Turner, Idaho, Jan. 27—-)—Six persons arc dead and nearly a score injured, 12 seriously, as a result of an explosion of acetylene gus which wrecked a Mormon chapel und re- crention hall here last nigMity WAU |a basketball game was in ‘progressyil About 200 persons had assembleg-4 in the one-story frame building for a e between the Turner and Central, Idaho, teams. Shortly play rted the lighting failed and, witnesses said, some ot lighted a match. A terrific ex- plosion followed, wrecking the rear wall. As the players and spectators started for the only remaining exit at the front of the building, a por- tion of the ceiling fell, hurling tim- bers and plaster ‘into the crowd. Before the hall could be cleared, the front wall collapsed. Most of the dead and many of the injured were found near this exit. Some of the injured said they were literally blown from the building. Others near the door found little dif- ficulty in escaping. Turner is located in Bannock county in the Bear Valley ranch country of southeastern Idaho. G, PATTERSON'S CROP MORTAGE BILL IS KILLED Spirited Debate recedes Vote—Fight a Party Issue’ —Vote Is 27 to 22 about the head, appeared at first to be the victim of robbers, but the theory was discarded when $15 was found in @ woncy beit about his knee. A. L. Martin, who found Walk- er, sail he saw two men run the scene as he approached. Two men who gave their Clifford Reiper, 20, and Richard Risner, 20, of Sioux City, were FREIGHT RATE | ON MEAT WILL | po mortgagys illegal prior to the I. C. C. Orders Revision of Rates From. Packing Houses West of Mississippi Washington, Jan. PA revi- sion of rates on meat products from packing houses located on and west of the Mississippi river to eastern ter- ritory was ordered today by the In- terstate Commerce Commission, to become effective April ion reversed a finding made in 1926 as to the west- crn meat rates and resulted from a reinvestigation, The key to the new schedule lays in the fixing of a rate on fresh meat from St. Louis to the eust, which shall be eight cents per hundred pounds above like rates from Chicago. The St. Louis rate will determine the charge to be made from all yacking centers on the Missouri and Missis- sippi rivers. mercy of the ice today, some- where between here and Michigan A radiogram from the Sand- Li a , 2119 Ala- master, sent to the rescue of the Bg A! hodayan, 310 Se: | Cabin raat, trom Chlearo, said expelied from a Pennsyl-| student, drowned when he attempted| the crew of three, on being re- oe beeausc|to save a man from drowning at| Vived, had boarded the Imperial, Bronze| 0t up steam and attempted to inder their own iad proceeded a Today’s Program "in Legislature Senate gnd house ‘meet at 2. a Jenne. 0 vote on appropria- House to’ pass on newspaper ‘pill, Drake mill sale of fence and From Wichita, Kansas, to the cast the commission prescribed a rate of 37 cents above St. Louis, from Okla- homa City 43 cents and from Fort Worth, 54 cents. In its former de- cision, the commission held that the St. Louis rate to the east should, equal 117 fer cent of Chicago rates. Rates on cured meats and hides! from western packing house to the east were held to be reasonble. ‘The former decision required a redu in these rates. weather-worn fishermen, for five days held captive, by the ice that locked Highway Advocated their tugbost in the middle of a big e462, ice floe in lower Lake Michigan, were) BY, Plaza Citizens rescued early today when the ocean- going freighter Sandmaster crushed letter recently sent out. flat country and would not be cost- public living along this route, where there is poor railroad service. would be enabled to get to Minot, Williston or Devils Lake for hospital service.” geod highways. be rushed through’ “at as date as possible.” ¢ being held pending investiga- | TO LOCATE MURDERERS ' Sheriff H. A. Olderog of Sarpy coun- ty today attempted to weave loose ends of scunt desériptive evidence to solve the myste man partially identifed Walker of Strasburg, N. D. The man was found clubbed to in sensibility in a pasture near LaPlatte, y night by A. L. Martin, knotted tree limb, which was found d-with blood and matted His fingers on one ttempted | to ward off blows. Fort Crook army hospitat last night without regaining consciousne: he Walker was slugged by wnother man where his hands and feet were tied companion was about to rob him when Martin appeared and scared him away. Money Not Taken $15, was tied about one leg, and both boots had been removed and/the boot laces used to tie him ups»: *. Risner’ and Clifford {Rieper, beth 20, and both from Sioux were . arrested. by. Fort Crook guards when ‘they came to the shortly after Walker was found, and are in the custody of Sheriff Olderog, ‘who plans to check their albiis that A new eust and west road across so far appear to be good. the state via Grand Forks, Devils ‘ and the Sanish identified Walker as one of two men who had stopped there for Junch.| | The senate also passed it: Warren said Walker had a compan- An inquest will be held here Platte None of Walker's relatives could be located at Strasburg. who formerly there, have moved uway. parents both died at Strasburg some A sister ved Walker's SERVANT RETIRES Rome.—“Linda,” as Mis: The road would bring Grand Forks is called, has grown 75 miles closer to Williston, the let- feeble and wil retire shortly ftom ter claims, and asserts that a good the service of Pope Pius XJ. She is road would be supplied a large por- 70 now and has served the pope ever tion of the state now having few since he entered the priesthood. For {years she has prepared or |} The Sanish bri will be complet- after the. Pope’ ed early in the- ‘and the letter eats but littie—usually’soup, fist or urges that such a road, if it be built, vegetables with a small glass of wine rly ao pripeiags meal, Pm, ‘aval | After a spirited debate, the senate ) Wednesday killed the bill to make harvest of the crops by a ve.s sf 7 to 22. k The fight was a party issue, but iSenators 0. A. Olson, Burleigh coun- jty, and L. O. Fredrickson, Nelson county, voted with the Independent j majority. | Senator G. Patterson, Ren county, who introduced the bill, ex- plained tha object was to protect, farmers from “salesmen who keep! crops mortgaged year after year.” “Mortgaging. of crops i overriden proposition by high powered salee-| men,” he contended, and asserted that} this works a hardship on the entir community. Senator J. E. Eastgate, Grand Forks} \county, in oppo: the bill, ex4 | pressed himself as “really surprised” that the farmer should need prot tion from himself. Senator P. 0. Sathre, Steele county; supported the measure with the con: tention that North Dakota would havi been in better condition in the last 10 years if crop mortgaging and cred it had been eliminated. Senator @l |Ettestad, McHenry county, termed {crop mortgaging as “gambling in th {future,” and sarcastically remark that the state has ainst gam; | bling and horseracing, but that Z is unconstitutional to forbid tl farmer to gamble.” z | Needed Form of Credit |. That the bill would deprive th farmer of his right to do as he see: fit with his crops and that mortgag ing provides a sometimes much need} ed form of credit, were the a |ments advanced by Senator W. § Whitman, Grand Forks count; against the measur A number of m were pass: by the senate -in a long _ sessio: Lieutenant Governor Walter Maddo was forced to cast the deciding vot on the concurrent resolution int: duced by Senator Peder L, Hjelms! Walsh county, memorializing con gress to first submit the propositio| to a vote of the people before agail increasing its salaries. The vote wi 24 to 24, with Senator Olson of Bu leigh county absent. Maddock vot in favor of house bill, house bill four, defini more definitely the terms city co cil and municipalitie: ‘Theodo-