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é TUESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1927 MRS. BERGESON PASSES. AWAY THIS MORNING at the family home, 610 Avenue A, follow. an illness of long duration. fat be et in {ating health Soa tat four an condition fa been quite serious * since last Opin ah denne » Neb., Ai 1873, Margaret “te Anh Sesh we the married on October 22, a to Mr. Bergeson at Si After re- They have since lived. Besides _Ler husband. N. M., and a , Sam Stockha: ee came to Bismarck in June and has been with her sister during her seri- ous eis nN wi fe member i (ett Pint. a evan chure! was, he Prin ey er in the churca cieties. She was also a kinda oe, ae local chapter of the Eastern Funeral services will be Thursday afternoon at 2:30 oe Presbyterian church, with the Rev. Paul . Wright, pastor of the church, officiati Interment + “1 be in St. Mi ; cemetery. Another Member of Boettcher Family Is Expected to Die New England, N. Dec. 20.— (AP)—Settling down shag to await what attending doctors say is the “inevitable,” two surviving members of the family of Emil 0. Boettcher, farmer near here, awaited word that the third surviving member of the family was dead—the victim of @ strange malady which has claimed the lives of his mother, his sister, Dorothy and his brother, Richard. * It is only a matter of hours, Dr. Cr--re A, Sarchert, attending phy- siclan, declared today, until the +++ so Gisease will have glaimed its fourth member of the Boettchar family. Wayne, 12, has been de- lirious spasmodically for nearly two weeks. He has been able to take no nourirhment for three days and is growing steadily weaker. No hope is he.d out for his recovery, Calles and Obregon Fly With Lindbergh. Mexico City, Dec. 20.—(AP)— ‘Willingly placing themselves under the wing of America’s young air hero, Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, President Calles of Mex!co and for- mer president Obregon today made their first flights. The two, most powerful personal- ities in the ‘fexican republic went Kidwell Was Aware of Being, Shadowed Washington, Dee. 20.— (AP) — Playiig a trump card, the gove ment todey obtained from Ei’ J. Kidwell, a juror in the Fe clair contempt case, a statement that he wac aware he was belog — by detectives during tie The testimony was considered im: portant, inasmuch as-the defense bas claimed that no contempt of court could have been committed so tion caer carte pe under surveillance. well is the man accused of having boasted of gains he from a verdict in the trial of Harry F. Sinclair and Albert B. Fal Called as a government witn Gay, he identified two Burns tives as those who followed hi The witness said John Kline, one of aod detectives, approached him in beer saloon and the other, lerritt, had followed him, from the courthouse, boarding the same street car. This testimony was the first to show any member of the conspiracy jury was aware of the surveillance being made by Burns detectives, employed by Sinclair. ~. CITY MAY HAVE SKATING RINK Amos Olson Plans to Flood Lets East of Auditorium If Board Approves Bismarck may still have a om aaunicipal len ‘ating rink this winter jf plans tentatively present- ed to the city commission last night by Amos Olson are found feasible apt by the board. Mr! Olson pane to flood the va- aa lots at the corner of Seventh street and Broadway, just east of the ei city auditorium, and pay rink seen He asked the board permission to use the small building formerly used as a warm- ing house at the city operated rink, agreeing to move it to his pro; location from the Hughes athletic field, where it now is, and to move it to any place the city fathers designate at the close of the season. The city auditor and city street commissioner were instructed to look over the site where Mr. Olson eed to operate the rink to see if its operation there would inconven- dence the public in the way of icy sidewalks when warm weather in- tervenes.. Skating rinks established at the Richholt, William Moore and St. Mary’s schools are now in good shape, the street commissioner re- are being heavily pat- ronized by the city’s younger gen- eration. Water and Milk O. K. Wn. S. Koller, city bacteriologist and seed reported that the city water has been found up to stan- dard and that no exceedingly high counts or evidences of dirt were found in the 25 milk samples ex- amined. en — jen it pleased cooperation whit the health laboratory has been giv- en, he stated that the laboratory has now been movd to new quarters in the City National bank building and visitors will be welcome after the holidays. The new quarters provide for the installation of considerable new equipment and. the better ar- rangement of apparatus, Mr. Koller operate a up separately with Lindbergh on| said. flights lasting 20 minutes each, with the American flyer at the stick of a cabin Fairchild monoplane brought this morning from Tampico. Tue flights. were made at the Valbuena eir field where Colonel Lindbergh made his landing last week from Washington. President Calles* face was wreathed in smiles when he stepped from the cabin of the plane. “One doesn’t feel any movement. It’s even better than riding on a train,” the president said. General Jose Alvarez, Mexican chief of staff, accompanied the pres- To Raise Dog Licénse Fee City Attorney C. L. Young was -instructed to Prepare ‘an amend- ment to the FS for female dog. The application of Theo. R. Tay- lor for cancellation from the rec- ords of 1927 general taxes and school poll in tele city was granted. Mr. Taylor stated that he. was in Painted Woods town- sed | he al KILLED AND 7 INJURED IN BLAST ON SHIP Fire Breaks Out After Explo- eion on Naval Aircraft Carrier Langley San Diego, Calif. Dec. 20.—(AP) expected|—Chief Carpenter Ainsworth wes killed, four men seriously injured and three slightly hurt in an explo. sion aboard the United States naval aircraft carrier Langley here tod Fire broke out after the explosion and the navy tug Koko and the San Diego fire boat Bill Kettner were dispatched to the scene. The crew of the Langley promptly started fighting the flames with steam and extinguished the fire be- fore the Koko and fire boat arrived. Ambulances were rushed to the wa- terfront from the navy hospital, bat 30 minutes after the explosion none of the injured had been brought ashore. ~ At naval headquarters it was stat- ed that no details of the explosion had been received other than that two men had been killed and five injured. Naval officers expressed the belief that the explosion was from sagt stored on the Lang- ley. REMUS’ FATE IN HANDS OF JURY Case Given to Jury at 12:49 P. M. Today—One of Sever- al Verdicts Possible Cincinnati, Ohio, Dec. 20.—— George ‘Remus’ murder trial for slaying his wife was given to the jury at 12:49 p. m. today, five weeks and ee days after it began Novem- r 14. Remus seemed nearly overcome when he realized that Judge Ches- ter R. Shook’s Ce had denied him the opportunity for an outright acuittal, He dropped his head forward on his hand, which held a handkerchief. with his elbow upon the counsel table from which he had directed his own defense, He stared at the floor with face flushed and jaws grimly clinched. The 18th, or spare juror, immed- iately was dismiss-d and the jury retired and began deliberation. bined the a “A the Sea! re, juittal upon the sole grou insanity was the hest Remvs could hope for, with direct punishment ranging from a finding of prilty of manslaughter, with one to 20 years imprisonment, to death in the electric ‘chair. Acquittal upon the sole ground of insanity would throw the case into a sanity hearin to determine Remus’ present mental eee Remus was to jail to await the verdict of the jury of two women and 10 men. PLANE FORCED DOWN San Francisco, Dec. 20.—(AP)— After remaining in the air for 49's hours in an attempt to break the —_=___—_=_——_—_——_ Burn Beulah Coal Wachter Transfer Co. Phone 62 world's record for an endarance! of California,’ SSomait ol an eeuenniad ban Eek. exhausted fuel DAMAGE ORCASE NOW ON TRIAL Barbie's $20,000 § Suit Against | contai: Hughes Company Will Re- quire Several Days Trial of the “$20,000 damage suit of Nick Barbie vs. Hughes Electric .jcompany and E. A. Hughes was started in district court here th' morning, the greater part of yester- day afternoon's session being takea up with the selection of a jury. Mr. Barbie is seeking dameges because of the erection b the élec- tric company of a cooling plant ad- Jacent to his property on the aged side. He, rae the Hi the plant has damaged ae and caused a considerable loss cf business, and was also responsible for the death of a member of his family. He asks $10,000 for alleged damages to his property, for alleged damages to his dry cleaning Dusiness and loss of trade, and $%,- 00 for tue death of the child. Indications are thet there is @ mass of ‘evidence to be introduce? poo the ral aye. will probably require 8. TEN YEARS FOR TWO CENTS Ai,| aaee Dec. 20.—(7)—La- So abundant are mahogany trees in certain parts of Mexico that rail- road tie: made of them. All Rebekahs are requested to meet-at the I. O. O. F. hall at 1 o'clock Wednesda: noon to attend Sister 5 ing, 20 f, 20 years old, of Adcl,|son’s funeral. Signed, we the ‘Anamosa reformatory years at the Anamosa reformatory aa - theft of two cents. Harding Bonner that he and ana » 17, snatched a purse containing two cents from Miss Anna Flood-here several .‘ceks ago. Page is held by juvenile authorities, petal inreanesarat INVESTIGATION ASKED Washington, Dec. 20.—(AP)—In- vestigation by a housé committee of Ee sinking of the navy submarines and S-51 was asked today by Kapreseatine Griffin, Democrat, jew York. Jim Olson would like to meet his friends at Klein’s Toggery. 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