The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 4, 1927, Page 1

b “SAYER HANGED WEATHER FORECAST Mostly fair tonight and Saturday. Not much change in temperature, ESTABLISHED 1878 YOUTH KILLS MAN AT RE 9 YOUTHS ARE FOUND GUILTY OF SLAYING Jury Deliberates Two Hours}. and Decides Against Death Penalty Verdict TO GET PRISON TERMS Boys Killed Chicago Man Last Halloween While Stealing Watch and $25 Chicago, Feb. 4.—®)—Nine youths between the ages of 16 and 23 years, who killed Stanley Ciesla last Hallo-} ween, were found guilty of man- slaughter last night by a jury that deliberated two hours to decide against a death penalty verdict. The verdict of manslaughter, which was the minimum crime under the in- dictment, provided for sentence of from one year to life imprisonment, for each defendant. ‘The state charged that the youths killed Ciesla, the father of two chil-| dren, wi ‘they were robbing him} of a cheap watch and $26. The defense contended that Ciesla was fatally hurt during a street braw! | and it was asserted during the trial! that confessions had) been obtained | from seven of the defendants, under threat of torture and death. The confessions were finally admitted against the nine, the largest number of murder trial defendants in the hi: tory of Cook county IN CALIFORNIA PRISON TODAY Son of Prominent Denver Family Pays Penalty For Murder of Jap Woman Folsom, Cal Feb. 4.—(#)—Ed- ard K. Sayer, 25, son of a prominent Denver family, was hanged in ¥ol- som state prison today for the mur- der of x Japanese woman. The trap was sprung at 10:06 a. m. Sayer’s mother and father from Den: ver and his wife from San Francis: co parted from him last night after | iz spent the day with ’ ‘ayer had nothing to say as he walked to the scaffold from sa dungeon chamber. nds. Long Legal Rattle The exec n ended a legal battle in California courts waged since more than two years ago. when three men drove up to a small store in Penryn and ordered a Japanese wom- an to open a safe containing §$5,- 000. The woman and a Japan clerk ran and Arthur Muller of Sa- cramento, it was later established at se trial, fired the shot that mien er. Muller went to Sacramento, “told his father about the crime and then went to San Francisco. The follow- ing day he was found dead in a rooming house. Sayer and Ray Arnold, who wa: hanged last zee: at Folsom Prison, were trit complicity it the crim The itor ‘convicted them and they were sentenced to han, ae motion for a new trial was denied and an appeal was filed with the state supreme court. The decision was upheld. A rehearing was grant- ed by the higher court and the cision of the trial court was again sustained. From Prominent Families Arnold was a member of ‘a prom- inent Sacramento family and cata) ti Den Score; friends of Hoth families interceded with Governor C. C. Young for Comany. a SOVaENey, after a re- view of the da formal statement in “which he said that he found no grounds for executive clemency, Arnold, just before he was hanged, told the witnesses that they were about to see an innocent man execut- ed and requested that the noose be cut into 13 pieces and one portion be sent to each juror and the prosecuting attorney. Desperate efforts to save Sayer were made during the last. week. A member of the president's cabinet, a congressman, former governors and other influential Piis-; of Color- ado and Sayer’ school mates ae Denver eitioned Governor Young to spare him. J. .K Mullen, a million- aire Denver miller, made plea to the governor. Sayer’s widow and daughter live in San Francisco. Weather Report 1 oe Weather sonditions Ld North Da- ele Gap the 24 hours ending 30} topher Cole Precipitation to 7 a. m. Highest. wind_velocit chee VEATHER, FORKG: For Bismarck and orelrmald Monty fair tonight and Sotendey, Not mucl hange in tem} . For North Batoras’ Mostly fair er ponight east portion. » WEAT! The pressure peda over the weet Lakes jon an rete f pcre iy. the Seaaetere Bee slope. Precietenes secured in cad north Pacift ind cloudy weather prev: or ag at except in the popy Rocky ta and over the, forthe Moun-; Sis begs Sat pape msde sere pity 4 el ‘omperatures: Fr ed the sess: house Thursday. statement on the measure when he saia that the present law provides for dropping the flat tax when the hail Hes sa fund reaches $4,000,000. jfrom M the passed her bill permitting married bill sent back to the judici: mittee Cox, judiciary tonight and Saturday. Slightly warm-| bonds, _ THIRTEEN BILLS PASSED BY HOUSE THURSDAY IN BUSIEST DAY SO FAR THIS SESSION-8 OTHERS KILLED. Bill Repealing vat Hail Tax Passed and Clincher Motion Attached—Married Women Given Right to Act as Ex- ecutors—Senate Amend- ments to Bills Are Concur- red in .s and ows label bills, scheduled if be considered in the house committee of the whole to- day, were postponed until Mon:ay because of the aisence of several house members, More action and fewer words mark- n of the North Dakota Thirteen bills ane! assed, one was voted down on the| loor and seven were killed. In st: dition the house concurred in senate amendments to two bills which it had Previously passed. The bill to repeal the flat hail tax on all tillable land in the state pass- ed wit! er motion was carried afterward. hausted themselves in argument the committee of the whole vesterddy. and contented themselves with voting a 62 to 49 vote and the clinch- immediately had Nonpartisans e st it. It is understood. that the jority faction will ask the governor eto the bill, J. H. Burkhart, mi- y floor leader, made the only The house drew a vote of t ks D. Craig, one of members, when it Minnie two women s administrators and of estates and as guard eid, Moun attempted to hav t but Gordon chairman, contended that it would do no good since Swendseid’s amendment had already been cofsidered both in committee and on the floor. Swendseid's Contention wendseid contended that to make married women guardians of the chil- for amend: the; Attorney Censured For Tardiness in Covering ‘Bu ‘Bum’ Check | St. Paul, Feb, 4— 4.—)—Disbarment Proceedings against David A ’ of Preston, Minn the supreme cou Charges were that he had failed to make good a check for $1.50 given to Ida Bernhard, register of deeds at | Hettinger, N. D. The check was re- turned when his bank account was overdrawn, It was ee out that payment was made on the check later but Mc- Veety was censured by the court for| his tardiness. DEBATE OVER FARM AID BILL SET FOR TODAY Managers of McNary-Haugen | Bill Successful in Parlia- | mentary Fight were dis | Washington, Feb. 4.—(2)—To- bacco will be included in the Mc- Nary-Haugen farm relief bill as one of the basic agricultural commodities, The decision was announced today by Chairman McNary of the senate agriculture committee, Washington, Feb. 4. (®)- Success- 4 parlimentary fight to get the ry-Haugen farm bill before, the senate uhead of other measures con- dered by their supporters as equally important, managers of the surplus equalization fee proposal today were working for additional prospective affirmative votes among members still in the doubtful colum: hey were hoping to” bring” into dren resulting from a prior marriag would be x means of creating family discord e the second husbands would, in ir doing things against their wil and! the interest of their children. Th result would be, he said, that. in some cases the property of the child would be dissipated to maintain peace and harmony in the home. A. W. Fowler, Cass county, contend- ed that the but removes tne stacle to full realizati women of their le; puts them on a par with n single women in all matters before the lay., The rights of the children to property would be safeguarded by laws requiring guardians to ¢ bond: and requiring court property could he transferr 2 ( antine Laas on page t thre it The LEAGUE BANK BILLS KILLED BY PARTY VOTE | Measures Were For Branches of State’s: Bank and Rural Credit Associations Two Nonpartisan league program banking bills were killed by the state senate Thursday when majority re- ports of the senate state affairs com- mittee were sustained. Qne of them would enlarge the scope of the Bank of North Dakota by permitting counties to hold elec- tions on the question of establishing branches of the bank. A minority report, recommending passage of the bill, lost by a vote of to 21. Senators 0. A. Olson, Bur- leigh county, and P. Sathre, Steele county, both Nonpartisans, voted with the Independents. The league lost another possible vote through the ab- sence of Senator L. 0. Fredrickson, Nelson fount The other bill would allow the or- ganization of rural credit asso tions, which could make loans to members borrowing funds from the Bank of North Dakota. The minority report, recommending passage, also lost 28 to 21, Fredrickson. Sathre and Olson of Burleigh voted with the Independents. Another league bill that would pare deticleney judgments was kill- ed, 2 when a third minority rep “4 e a Papeba Senator Olson, Burleigh county, again voted with the fadanenacele. A bill repealing the law establish- ing conciliation courts, originally intended to aid small debt claims to be settled out of court, passed by a vote of 26 to 23, Nonpartisans were opposed to the repeal. Leif Erikson Recognized With nine dissenting votes, the s: ate passed the bill that would give Leif Erikson eqeal credit with Chris. for discovering making Columbus day, Discovery day to inclu je America y October 1: a boca aes ¢ $,. n emergency appropriation of $5,- 350 for a deficit in the department of Public instruction was also passed. Consideration of the senate bill that would allow banks to deposit werrente or bills receiwable re ree in order to obtain depos- lic fands was sesin post- eal snather for final consider- — The bill has been placed on oe ealendar twice, but has been re- ferred to. the committee on banks for further consideration and ha: been almost entirely rewritten. Among the bills introduced was one that would place the entire state um- der cantral stata time, id , precens western half. of the state is i line these senators by consenting to yield to suggestions for minor changes. One of ‘the outstanding compromises sought, and which lead- ers feel would remove, the, chief ob- tacle in the bill’s path, is an agree- {ment with southern members on the} proposed: fee on cptton,. one pf. the} five basie farm commodities on whi j& charge would be thade to hi surpluses. Cotton provisions of the bill were gone over at a confere: last night between cotton. orga tion repre- dle | j sentatives and the bill’s manager in an effort to reach a compromise on ithe fee and the Harrison insurance plan. Although no definite agreement reached it was announced that} conferences were planned. Motion Adopted, °66 to 14 Debate on the bill itself was prom- McNary of the ag culture committee, | whose motion to take up the bill im mediately was adopted, 66 to 14, ye: terday after a storm of debate led| to his withdrawing a request for an, unanimous consent agreement to vote upon it not later than Monday. On the basis of preparations to head off any filibuster by invoking ‘eloture, limiting debate, supporters | anticipate a vote on the measure within a week, They predict its passage in both senate and house, while opponents look for a c look for a close vote. COFFEY GETS | LIFE TERM IN | STATE PRISON Madison Man, n, Who Brutally Slew Bigamous Wife, Shows No Emotion in Court Lancaster, W: Feb. 4.—0?)— liam N. Coffey was sentenced to life imprisonment in the Waupun peniten- tiary today when he pleaded guilty before Circuit Court Judge Sherman D. Smalley to ‘a charge of murder- ing Mrs, Hattie .Hales,.to whom he was bigamously married. 3 Coffey, the 5i-year-old Madison bond salesman who confessed he kill- ed his illegal wife with a baseball bat and hammer and then dismem- bered the body, probably will begin his prison sentence tonight. Jn charge of Sheriff Bert Morse and a deputy, Coffey started on his trip to the prison in an automobile at 12:30. No Emotion. Coffey showed no sign of emotion at the sentence and walked out quietly with Sheriff Morse to return to the jail while Preparations were made to take him to Waupun. ‘An infatuation for a grey-haired widow caused Coffey to foresake fam. ily ties of years, for a romance that ended in tragedy and brought him today with the shadows of the state prison walls, Becoming enamoured with Hattie Sherman Hales, widow of a railroad conductor, Cof- fey forgot hi som panlon of 23 years and his three children in Madison, to conduct an ardent courtship ¢ulmina’ ing in their .marriage. at Winon: Minn., September 15, 1926. For four weeks ‘Coffey played the role of a- devoted: husband to turn to murderer at the end. of a. month to “hide his sin.” Slaying the wo- man with w’ baseball and a ham- mer while she Jay on her cot in their camp amidst ‘the concealing trees of Pines ton Woods, five males, south of rege a the nd ead dismember- the a in om om. graves Rmeacad | of here, where northern an | troo; BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1927 SITUATION IN SHANGHAI | ISUNCERTAIN | Marshal Sun Chuanfang, De- fender of Shanghai, Claims to Be Holding His Own iCOLLAPSE IS Reports Say ‘Central Section of Sun’s Forces Near Yen- chow Was Repulsed Shanghai, Feb. 4.—(?}-—Conflicting reports left Shanghai in doubt to- day as to the military situation south southern Ps haye taken positions for a battle which is expected to deter- mine possibly the fate of the republic. Headquarters of Marshal Sun | FORECAST | \ a Chuanfang, defender of the city against the Cantonese advance, de-! clared he was holding his own. Natio- | nalist circles forecast his early col- lapse. Missionari: the! battle front area in Chekiang pro- vince reported today that 500 of Mar- | shal Sun's wounded soldiers reached Hangchow from his Yenchow front, | crowding the Hangchow hospitals | and necessitating the moving of overflow wounded to the southern Presbyterian mission hospital at Kashing. Battle Has Begun The appearance of the wounded to | of the defend- it evidence that) province had | rriving from the battie in Chek begun. ‘The war theatre i than 100) mi puthwest of Sun's forces v entrenched along the Ysientang river, using Yenchow | as a headquart The last known! position of th: were centering miles south of ¥. but little mor Hangchow, where the wounded were | being rece ab tween shal Si hai. arned here yesterday that the two armies had clashed and that the central section of Sun's forces had been thrust It wi U8, AVAL FORCES ARE .. | MOVED NEARER NG! | Washington, Feb. 4—() —As north ern and southern Chinese fo! Gueuaer s fe ¢ goal, including 1,450 a are being moved closer to the danger zone measure to pi Americans. While the rblehead protection t | cruiser: Richmond and Cincinnati we 5! y from Balboa, Can “ pproval before Some progress has heon made. Further | s of the fourth regiment were te from San Diego under to report to Admiral Wil marines will be Shanghai area by Admiral from forces now in the ines or dueyto arrive NEWS HAN SUES BROWNING FOR $250,000 LIBEL Reporter Seeks to Prove Rep- utation Is as Sacred as Those of Other Men New York, Feb. 4,—-(4)- West Browning, real estate operate today was under $10,000 Lond } cause a reporter is seeking by a libel suit to prove thi | reputation is as member of any other calling.” Browning was technically under rest for more than two hours yesterday before his lawyers pro ed bonds for his appearance in a $250,000 suit brought by Arthur Lee Mefford, reporter for the Daily ror, a tabloid paper. “The belief that you cun’t libel 3 newspaperman iz a general one, Bernard H. Sandler, counsel for Met ford, “although it hes no foundation that'I know of. To my knowledge this is the first case of this exact | character. | Mefford is suing because of churges of Browning that the reporter kid- naped Mary Louise Spas, former} Browning had threatened him when he took the girl to the office of h | Newspaper, where, he says, she was | paid $500 for her story. The girl im ‘her own right is now suing Browning for $500,000. Mayo Clinic Medic Gives ‘Low Down’ on Alcoholic - Deaths Rochester, Minn., Feb, 4.—(#)—Im- proper drinking of good alcohol, not poisonous substance in the beverage, is most frequently the cause of al- cohol deaths, Dr. A. E. Osterberg, Mayo suai nomlst. told the Kiwanis Club here Thursday. trary to the general impres- said Dr. Osterberg, “alcohol is not a stimulant. It is a dep! Taking alcohol is like taking the brakes off a car going down h The toxic poisoning is not nearly so often caused by denaturants, but is due to the alcohol itself, be- cause it is not’ taken seyentttjcalle The margin between a state of de- ression and fatal results is small. back near} ER ZONE United | there | ward of Browning. ‘The reporter stid | | The nerth | The Pa shows Emile St. Goddard, the winner, and his team cf Rnkieg, neari: low is a close-up of St. Goddard and his lead dog. him on, The course was 120 mil St. Goddard by a Canadian Nati Today’s Doings in Nation’s Capital Congress meets at noon, Four-department supply bill is before senate. House wind trict of Colu Second deficieney bill is before house appropriat committee, Senate committees continue hearings into bread trust and tariff questions. Board of tax appeals further testimony in ment's, tax — recovery against former Ford imi OMAHA RATE HEARING IS NEAR FINISH Shippers’ Testimony Will Be , Taken at Kansas City Be- ginning April 7 up work on Dis- bi ill Bind Four Persons Robbing Offices of Lyon & Healy Music Company (@). -Bindi s blew a takes govern- tion oh gE fo! fe " escaped early tad: , overlooking $10,000 i believed per bui yco's bu! rs, who are have hidden in the sk ing in the heart of Ch ness district last evening, accost the watchman, John Pradder, tow morning and demanded that he them to the offices. of Lyon a ‘Healy on the ninth floor. The men scemed av | persons lived in the building and th ‘cries of “fire” brought from th artments Mrs. Saida | : Robert, and Theodore Bergey. oners, Blast Shakes Building Omaha, Neb., Feb. 4.-(?) | tion of testimony on the pr proposed levels of lown interstate rates in a special session, Thursday night, brought predictior that the hearing of western carriers seeking @ general upward revision! Officials of the company. of class freight rates by western) Rergey is an amateur boxer and trunk line railroads in 11 midwestern’ ynoe! states would be concluded before the when the: Interstate Commerce Commission yim through the door of his studio. here today. “[ smacked one of them in ‘The Omaha hearing, which has been! eye and knocked him down,” Berg devoted entirely to testimony tern carriers, will then adjourn until the April 7, when the commi: wil open the first of a series of meetings pers’ testimony at Kan-' , | in objection to the propo: ed_increage. Inadequacy of rates within state of Minnesota and lowa with re- heavy business inside these prints, states in less than carload ntpmanias 4 keene sien’ rait-, Gopher State Has 107 Deaths From j building.when th ot ttract any attention from t outs. ‘The 14-year-old boy finally ceeded in frecing himself und others, who no y shouted “fire” and pull ore ematically acksmen wore glov aned off the safe to was covered by A. F the Chicago and Northwestern rail- road, He pointed out ¢: hauls within Iowa en than short hauls on inters es where long; a lower rate te traff St. Paul, Feb. dred and seven deaths from a lism—the highest number since : orded in the state du | Revolutionaries of Oporto Garrison Have Surrendered |’: Nations Lisbon, P. tugal, Feb. 4, Thelda C. I revolutionaries of the garrison at’ tistics of the state board health. Oporto, who began a movement; The number marks the high poi jagainst the government of President in a scale showing |Carmona yesterday, have surrendered of deaths from this cau to the government troo {In only three years, 1913, 1914 a Unofficial advices say the revolu-'1915, have as many deaths been re; tionaries submitted to loyalists, led istered from the same cause in by the minister of war, who organ- years. ized a surrounding movement. The, Mrs. Pierson explai revolutionaries were headed by Gen-'method of classifica eral Sousa Di who: was supported by armed ians. patches indicate there was no conflict. esident Carmona is quoted as declaring that although civil strug-! gles are deplorable, the present case proves irrefutably that the Portu- guese army is with the dictatorship in its work of national restoration. | | | t n adopted chiefly ‘recent years probably has a tenden im- when the alcoholism {was less broad. Lisbon, ii bh Feb, 4—(#)—A!A white Holla general was declared this morning on ‘the * state ‘railways in Southern and Southeastern Portugal. The government is taking measure: to avoid paralyzation of traffic. of’ the 1927 Al by this deci preme turkey in the world, The “ Nearly every muscle in the body receives a slirhy impulse during a enceze—more than 50 muscles in all. N. D., winner. at the 1926 show, Before n and Healy, mu- hat sev eral Ballantine, her of music, her 14-year-old son, The three were immediately made pri: suc- the ' budget bill for expenses of state de- ied the police and partments, with a total of $1,676, State aid for high schools and rural graded and consolidated schools wi cut from the budget of the public struction department. on this slash is ked one of the cracksmen down Alcohol i in 1926 director of vital st. early increases , to. include more cases than formerly, classification Grand Champion of ' Turkeys Announced Grand Forks, N. D.,\Feb. 4—(®)— d adult tom turkey owned by Blair Chapman of Brins., was declared grand |-American Show here this morning a ration becomes the su-{ In th QUEST OF The Winning of the Dog Derby With Mercury at 42 Below ng the at bill wh Final vote on bill Ss divided 1 in the annual dog derby at ing event. The upper view inish mark, At the left be- | At the right are some Canadian beauties who cheered | time was 11 heurs 27 minutes. The pictures were tak al Railways photographer. Bold Yeggs Blow Safe for$15,000 Today’ s Program in Legislature House meets at 1 p.m, senate enate expected to fight over repgrt on flour label ih. House to take up bill to legal- ize snuff sales in committee of hole. Also flour label bill. to license real estate broker's scheduled in ho | ur | in} ay in! to ld. si ed rd ad nd e eir oes: Cu he the | tions age he’ led he ey ate t ‘iation fot A terrific blast which shook the ment of pub: e safe was blown did ouse. STATE AID FOR | SCHOOLS CUT FROM BUDGET: Senate Appropriations Com- ittee Slashes $507,000 ‘rom School Department iting, $507, 000 from the appro- state aid in the depart- ruction and add- ing a total of $3000 to various items, senate committee on appropri: last night recommended pass- of Senate Bill 19, the general A hot fight expected in the sen- his afternoon. Two thousand dollars was added to the governor’s budget to be used in , cooperation with | Saint. Lawrence hander- ition in promoting the proposed ve: | way, executed | $2: es | wa Am i er an court state- retai urer, | shal, tion, instr tion, 3,84 iv isi int. ind | e- 16 he in ey $2: curit: missi: $24,1. state | budge rest St. depo: ew line! ‘jury departments ar State auditor, epartm, $88,000; $54,780 State commissioners, $99,100; railroad com- since 1920, ! missioners tration, $64,480; library comm |prehension of cri cause of “poor paper, commissioner of banks announced. the Great Lakes- Tidewater Associ making a total appropriation of The securities commission en $400 additional and’ the make | state Hie marshal $600 additional. certain they would leave no finger- jounts allowed for the various Governor, $25,150; | lieutenant governor, $2,000; supreme ; court, $79,750; supreme court report- d law librarian, $19,800; district judges, $135,500; secretary of , public’ printing, $31,700; | see- ry of state, $44,980; state treas- $48,840. 59,300; insurance nt, $32,000; state fire mar- $21,800; attorney general, department $33,080; ‘uction—state aid and examina- $176,800; agriculture and labor, agriculture and labor—dai ion, $42,180; lund commissioner, | 0, examiner, $131,180; railroad — elevator commision, 0; guaranty fund, $49,801 ies commission, $8,850; tax co joner, $66,880; board of ad: sion, 40; $15,350; adjutant general, adjutant general—returned soldiers fund, $13,100; state e1 45,840; printer, $8,800; com- mission, $11,250, Twenty-first $112,500; board legislative assembly, of pardons, $5 et board, $2,000; reward for ap- als, $1,000; ar- of fugitives from justice, $5,000. NELSO! N, MINN. BANK CLOSED Pau te ae Nelson on, Minn., -with sits of $188,000 closed today be- flown nearly 2,000, vy, succeeds a’ bronze tom owned miles and carried 25,000 passengers Hart! of New Rockford, without a ts i ingle mishap involving in- to either passenger or crew, British air ,000"| THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE [awa] ‘PRICE PRICE FIVE CENTS CENTS MOTHER CONFESSES: SHOOTING TO AUTHORITIES | | Victim Had Been Forcing At- tentions on Woman at Point of a Pistol DIDN'T MEAN Boy’s Mother Accompanied ' Him, Waiting in Auto While Shots Were Fired TO KILL Deroit, Mich., Feb. 4.—U®)—Antho- ny Enyedi, 16, confessed to High- land Park police today that, urged by his mother, he shot and killed George Fanchali, 43, last Tuesday night. Mrs. Elizabeth Enyedi, 36, corrobo- ‘rated her son’s story. Both are un- der arrest. She said Fanchali, who was mar- ried, had forced attentions upon her at the point of a pistol. She told her husband and son. The elder Enyedi became angry at her, but the lad fearing she would, as she declared, “go crazy and shoot him myself, if you do not,” sawed the barrel from a shotgun, went to the Fanchali home and shot through a window. Fan- chali, sitting in the parlor, received the charge of both barrels in his head d neck, dying almost in- stantly Anthony meant “only to shoot him ‘in the arms, so he could not eat,” he told police. Hix mother accompanied — him, , Waiting in an automobile while he did the HOURS Soe eee GEO. W. NEWTON, PIONEER HERE, ~ PASSES AWAY | Aged Lawyer Dies at Hospi- tal at Age of 89—Funeral Plans Not Yet Made George W. Newton, pioneer resi- dent of Bismarck and prominent in legal circles of the state for many years, died this morning at 10:30 at St. Alexius hospital. Death was due of age. He would rs old on February “ate Newton is survived by three sons and three brothzs. Song are William. S. Newton. @f Bellingham, Wash., George G. Newton, Superior, Wisconsin, and J. H. Newton, Mandan, Rrothers are Dr, Newton of Rouses Poin 5 Dr. Jasper New- ton, Benson, Vt., and Walter R. New- ton of Rutgers College, New Bruns- [ wick, N. J. Funeral ‘arrangements have not yet been announced, pending the “arrival from Roseburg, Wash. of William S. Newton and J. H. Newton and their families. They were on their way to California when word was conveyed to them of the death of Mr. Newton. Genres G. Newton is in Bismarck to- jay. Born in Vermont George W. Newton was born at Swanton, Franklin: county, Vermont, February 12, 1838, He was the son of Silas Whitcomb Newton and Char- lotte Amanda Smith, both of English parentage but long’ settled in New England. He was educated in the schools of Franklin county and at Thetford Academy, Orange county, Vt. He was admitted to re Pay, in 1862. As a schools, in hgate, Va., and for | Schools in Highgate, Vt. and. for | eight years was trustee of the Unit- ed States Deposit Money. For two years he was attorney of Franklin count; In 1883 Mr. Ni nm e to Bis- marek and in the following year be- the practice of law, associating | Bimself with Isaac R For some | Years after this he practiced inde- pendently and then associated him- self with George Dullam and later with C. L. Young, in the firm of Newton, Dullam and Young. He had made his home at St. Alexius hos- for the last three years. ability in legal work was rec- ognized by his appointment on the ion for the revision of the legal code and he served the state | well as a man of high ideals and marked public spirit, -Ithough he never accepted political preferment outside the lines of his profession, except places of honor, Held Important Offices He was a member of the Stefi tiary board and was api by | Territorial Governor Mel ne asa member of the board of commission- ers of public property. This office he held for some years and admin- tered with much fidelity, finally procoring the repeal of the law un- der which the board existed and as- signing the duties to the proper state He was at one time city of Bismarck, aa High- ewton was married at gate, Vt, May 9, 1863, to Mary L. Skeels and three children were of this union. Loa Newton away March 27, in 1016 Mr. Newton married Mrs. ¥. Young of Fargo, who died in Bis- marck in 1922, Mr. Newton was a member of the Masonic order. | rs attorne: Mr. It airplane ie igel,| Gui dnsed ate ina "eee