The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 10, 1927, Page 8

a PAGE EIGHT \ THE BISMARCK TRIRUNR SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1927 at opera she tied jfor first place i LINDY GIVEN & 4 a i Congress Bestows HONOR MEDAL Highest | “Award Within Its Power .. Upon Famous Aviator Washington, Dee, 10.—(AP)—The eOtigressional medal of honor, the highest award that congress can be- stow, was unanimously voted Colonel @harles A. Lindbergh by the house today just a few minutes after the youthful flyer had been accorded a ia” reception on the floor of that Lindbergh had just left the cham- ber where he had been introduced by Speaker Longworth as “America’s most attractive .”? when a resolution to confe thie medal was presented by Chairman Snell of the rules committee. “There is but one more honor that can be bestowed upon the distin- guished flyer,” Snell said. “I pre- sent a resolution to do that now.” The resolution was carried to the rostrum by a page amid applause, and as soon as it had been read, the speaker gave a resounding bang with the gavel. “The bill passed,” he almost thouted without asking for a vote. Members ‘applauded this unusual action again and again. New England Boy’s 1 4s ge Condition Critical New England, N. D., Dec. 10.-- (AP)—Hope had been abandoned here today for the recovery of Ricn- ard Boettcher, 8, who entered this morning upon his twelfth consciousness, The boy ing from an encephalitis of influ va origin, which already has r ed in the death of his mother, Mr: Emil O. Boettcher, and his siste Margaret, 7. Dr. George A. Sarchert, attending physician, has been growing £ and has little chance for life. other members of the famil. 15 and Wayne, 12, recovered and W better today, Dr. Former University Students Confer Graduates and former students of the University of North Dakota holding a meetirg in the nate chamber at the state capitol today to discuss the athletic situation at the university. It was the consensus of opinion of a number of alumni that Halle tions would be adopted expr the view held by the alumni and former students of Bismarck in re- gard to the situati n as it exi Some of the alumni who were e: pected to attend were Judge W. Nuessle, C. J. Lynch, Mike Avery, R, E. Wenzel, L. Stenshoel, Ar- thur Lucas, Lt. Cc. Bergquist ang others) Main Bore of Moffat Tunnel Is | Is Completed Denver, Colo, Dee. Dec. 10.—(AP)—= The main bore of the Moffat Tunnel, started four and a half reduce the mileage of trai al trains by piercing the continental divide, was completed today. The final blast in the work of in- sreasing the central railroads tunnel FOLEYS HONEY: ~ TAR COMPOUND Children like it. Mothers endorse it. All husers recome to the necessary size of 16 by 24 feet was fired carly this morning. Whaat Atel of train service will! reduce the distance between here and Salt Lake by 173 miles. The esti- mated cost of the Project is $18,000,- 000. The tunnel is approximately six miles att and is about 2,900 feet below Yhe crest of the divide. It is understood that several roads | plan to use the new route. Engineers announced they expect- ed to run trains through the bore! shortly after the first of the year. Hiram Reed Indicted For Dynamite Blast Ottawa, TL, Dee. road -(AP)—| Hiram Reed was in here to-| day by a special grand jury in con-| which seriously injured his country | teacher sweethea: ford. His bond Reed, after his st, to have confessed stuffing the flue( of the stove with dynamite and at-| taching a fuse so that the cl would be set off whin Miss Bra:t- ford lighted it the next morning. He! later repudiated the confession, Miss Bradford had instated on a wedding 3 to become a mothe y was badly injured hy bits of the stove when it ex- ploded. The pupils of the school were, leg room thai car at of near its price. ie safety feature. with one exception, pla Jyard outside. A nine-ye fi. the building was not i Was foo Young Reed said he thought he war, 0 young to be tied down by t Four bills were returned again-€, | Reed, charging assault with intent, to kill Miss Bradford, damaging the building by an explosion, damaging the building with an explosive with intent to injure Miss Bradford, and damaging the building with an ex- plosive to injure Grace Johnson, the only pupil in the school at the time. TWO AVIATORS KILLED Paris, Dec. _10,—(AP)—Pierre ;Corbu, who participated in Leon Givon’s unsuccessful _ transatlantic flight last September, was killed Aye in a test flight. Mechanician toste, who was with him, was aio killed. MURDERERS ENCED Landing. N. J., Dee. 10.— Margarct Lilliendahl and Ww Beac ch, convicted of voluntary manslaughter for the killing of the woman's aged n husband, Septcmber 15 today were each at hard jJabor in the state prison, Burn Beulah Coal Wachter Transfer Co. Phone 62 Miss Witwer Sings’ Way to Acclaim in Chiago Opera Role \.. *hicago,. Dec, 10.--(AP)—Muske- 'gtik Mich., Baraboo, Wis., and now Coatesville, Pa., have given grand opera three new and promising voices since the season opened at the auditorium a month ago, | Miss Kathrun Witwer, born. in Coatesville, safig !.er way to acclaim era production of “Carmen” last j night, Tepeating the success, scored earjer this season by Leona Kruz of Muskegon as “De.iemona” in “Otello,” and Charles Ringling, once Me Baraboo, as the clown of “Pag- ace Gary, Ind., was represented in the audience, .or it was in Gary that Miss Witwer, daughter of a steel worker, :rew up. ~ Critics agreed that Miks Witwer s a lyric soprano of unusual e, a stage presence that belies her inexperience and an easy famil- y with the role she interpreted. In thé capacity audience were Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Witwer, the sing- er’gy parents, who came from their home in Cumberland, Maryland, to- gether with Miss Witwer's sister, Mrs, T. P. Richards, also.of Cum: berland. ® In the musie federation contest which gave Miss Witwer her chance When You Seek the Christmas Path to Any Heart with the features you want in your 1928 car Gather the family together and take a vote. Shall it be the usual assortment of more or less useful gifts this Cotes pe stall it be a Whippet for all the family to enjoy? as Micalea.im the Chicago Civic Op-|% Cabriolet Coupe $675; Sedan $875; Landau without with Mrs. Hilda Burke of Baltimore. Mrs, Burke will have her audition with the opera company in the spring. o Dog Screen Star Was Worth $100,000 Los Angeles, Dec. 10.—(AP)— Peter The Great, one time sereen star, was valued at $100,000 by-a jury in superior court here yesterday. udgment for that, sum and an additional $25,000 for ‘damages ‘cause ed by his death was awarded the dog’s owners, Edwayd. Faust and Charles Dreyer, in a suit against Fred Cyriacks, wealthy Notth Holly- wood land owner, who shot and in- stantly killed Peter the ria last year. 25 Rebel Generals Have Been Killed Mexico .City, Dec. 10.—(AP)— Twenty-five rebel generals, four colonels and two lieutenant-eolonels have been killed, mostly by execution, “the beginning of the Gomez- ‘rano revolutionary attempt, says El Uhiversal Grafico. The bed says that in the same two months’ period the federals have lost only two colonels and two lieutenant-colonels, which were killed Remember that a means much more than init, com. fortable transportation. 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