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ba} .. & member of the Monson group. | +: MANDAN NEWS : YOUTHS ARRESTED =| INMANDAN ROBBERY Willie Wohkittel, 16, Caught Taking Money From Office of Purity Dairy No longer will Willie Wohkittel, 16- | year-old Mandan youth, get his spending moncy through nocturnal visits to the Purity Dairy company, Mandan. For several weeks Willie made oc- casional visits to the Mandan com- Ppany’s office and helped himself to pin money from the cash box. He ad- mitted this to Henry R. Handtmann, Morten county sheriff. He had the city and county author- ities “stumped,” and they laid a trap for him. For several nights Joc Ao special deputy sheriff. the dairy company’s office waiting tor the intruder. The trap did not spring until 12:55 a.m. Sunday. Willie broke out a small ee ae ticaae nia put his arm through the door to life the latch on the inside, and stealthily walked in and went directly to the cash box. AS he was taking some money from the box Mr. Frankl accosted him and put him under arrest. Today he was in the Morton county jail awaiting action by the authorities. a H. Connolly, Morton county wil prefer charges of either grand larceny or burglary against the boy. Willie admitted that he had taken about $60 from the box during his fre- quent visits, Sheriff Handtmann says. i father has announced he will re- y the money. It is expected the boy will be sent to the state training school. Veteran of Civil War Dies at Home of Only Son on Flasher Farm A. F. Pierce, os veteran of the|® died Union army during the Civil of old age at 1 a.m. Sunday at the | At Wife Expensive || To Mandan Husband : | Just a few Christmas Day punches ' at his wife has cost. Tony Richter, Mandan, a $50 fine and a sentence to 25 days in the Morton county jail. guilty this morning to | assault and battery. Charics M. | Sheen, Mandan justce of the peace, sentence. i father signed the Mrs. Richter, who has vowed that Tony will never “beat her up” again, was the principal witness for the Leben nin Mandan Lions to Hear Lecture on Relation Mandan Lions will start the new year right at their regular weekly} luncheon meeting at the Lewis and Clark hotel tomorrow noon with a lesson on safety. Dr. L. G. Smith, preskient of the club and optical specialist, will pre- side at the session and will be the principal speaker, his lecture being “Automobile accidents in relation to defective eyesight.” No other speakers are on the pro- gram. New Passenger Depot At Mandan Will Open Sometime in January Mandan is making ready for the formal opening sometime next month of its new Northern Pacific passen- ger depot and lunch room. the buildings will be open Tony had his hearing and pleaded | Pr' Of Mishaps, Eyesight | mex: PETERSON, SHIPLEY NEETING SPEAKERS Bismarck N Men to pees Before Hotel and Restaurant Op- erators at Minot Fred Peterson and D. E. Shipley, ; both of Bismarck, will be two of the ‘incipal speakers at the twenty- third Sanaa convention of the North Dakota Hotel and Restaurant Men's | association at the Waverly Hotel, { Minot, Jan. 15 and 16. nounced today by R. E. MacKenzie, Jamestown, president. As chairman of the legisla{ve com- jmittee, Mr. Peterson, of the Grand | Pacific and Bismarck hotels, will give & report on the work of his Committee. {while Mr. Shipley, of the state hotel inspection department, will give a re- port on the activities of his depart- C. E. Danielson, president of the jQreater North Dakota association and who soon will become operator of the Patterson hotel, Bismarck, also is on the program. Other speakers are A. J. H. Brats- berg, Minot mayor; Halvor Halvorson, Minot attorney; a representative of the Midwest Hotel » Omaha, ; A. H. Lelmbacher, Gardner hotel, Fargo; C. T. Neilsen, Joesting and Schilling company, &t. Paul, and William Ehr, association solicitor. The association has 200 members, MOUNTAINEERS OFF ONPIKE'S PEAK TREK Famous Club to Greet 1930 With Short Memorial Serv- ice and Fireworks Display Colorado Springs, Colo., Bec. 30.— .|)—Eleven members of the unique in its present location until was announced this morning AdAmAn club, will leave this morning for their annual New Year's climb up|: the frozen sides of Pike's peak. | This is the eighth year the mem- jbers of the unusual organization have trekked their way to the snow cover- home of his only son, Roy Pierce, farmer near Timmer, it was an- nounced in Mandan this morning. He had been ill but a short time. The son was the only living relative Jeft by the veteran. Fhueral services will be conducted at the Methodist Episcopal church, Timmer, at 2 p.m. Thursday. with the Methodist pal minister from Flasher officiating. Burial will be made in the Timmer cemetery. Mr. Pierce was born in Waukesha, Wis., in 1842. He moved to Timmer to live with his son, from Fond du Lac, Wis., in September, 1928. Flasher Man Charged With Threatening to A warrant for the arvest: of Tom ; Monson, Flasher. charged with | threatening to kill George Jenson, also of Flasher, has been issued, it was announced this morning by Louis H. Connolly, Morton county state's attorney. Monson probably will be arrested in the near fuiure by Henry R. Handt: mann, sheriff, and brought to Man: dan for a hearing before Charles M.: Sheen, justice of the peace. Argument between the two men has heen raging for more than a year and 1s reported to have reached “white heat” only recently. Trouble between the two is said to have been given {ts | made by ‘| start through charges member of the Jenson family against Braves Ready to Face ing |¢d summit of one of the west's most and will receive fixtures from the old building for the service, it is an- nounced, Episco- | Former Bismarck Man Helped in Adapting Of Screen en ‘Virginian’ The coming of “Th “The Virginian” to the Paramount theatre talking screen has been discovered to be of particu- lar interest to Bismarck. William B. Palconer discovered the name of Kirk bred ese as collaborating writer of y along with Owen Wistar, au- K After or Angematt os of the story. when he and Mrs. saw “The Virginian” on a recent visit to Mr. Falconer recalls that Kirk La Shelle was in the printing business with Henk Palmer, operating a job print ire in Bismarck about 1883 and later editing a small Paper called “The Bismarck Advertiser,” which boasted of having the now famous police detective, Thomas Gleason as | “printer's devil.” Mr. Falconer re- members the La Shelle-Palmer estab- Bandits Who Killed Banker Evade Posses Bowling Green, n, Ky. Dee. 30.—(A)— A manhunt, participated in by mem- bers of the National Guard, citizens Strong Alumni Outfit (any appercntiy’ ned revenied. 16|! gaan of Mandan high school's cagers will robbed the bank clash with @ sirong alumni team at killed J. Robert Kirby, president. of the Mandan high school gymnasium ee sae las aggregation. Making up veteran which is a strong favorite to win the two contest, will be five veterans from and vigil Inst year's five. Starters probably will be Jack Stephens and Phil Hel-' mobiles bling, guards; Don Arthur. center; |Green were being searched mcthodic- end Lloyd McDonald and Bill Russell, | forwards. Ceptain Wilfred Lillibridge will Ny At forwards will be the two Franks, Boehm and Heidt. Lioyd Dietrich may oceupy the center post, with Lloyd Spielman at the other uard. ae C. Gould, superintendent of schools, said this morning that. of- ficials would not be announced until game time. f Personal and 1 Social News of |' { Mandan Vicinity dl | sil A a Hy I | 5 30—)—Charges there is altogether too much profan- widely known peaks to welcome the|nuane new year a short memorial service and fierworks display. Featuring the pyrotechnic exhibi- Se ee oo rocket inio the north in mem the late Royald Amundsen, are! aretie ft plorer, who was an honorary mem. ber of the club. ‘A ton of fireworks has been locked in the summit house ‘on the peak since the cog train made its last trip in October. The club drives its name from the fact that only one member is added each year. It started in 1922 with five charter members, all expert moun- taineers, Radio Expert Coming Back to Continue on City Trouble Survey L. M. Parks, radio ¢ expert, who was home in Minneapolis over Christmas, is returning here today to resume the search for radio interference. It is as- sumed that the city will enforce the ordinance against the -sourcss of trouble, 80 of which in the business | ;, district have becn reported to the city commission. If the city should Pipe bade to make such enforcement the North Dakota Power and Light company would not feel inclined to make further efforts The oomneny. is eine to considerabic expense to make and it asks cooperation when repo are located. That is, that the disturbance be remedied, as the company is doing pyres it eee its transmission system Senator Says Havana Has Too Much Profane Language at at Contests Havana, Dec. that foie Barnoe, Decenall names. eee today made the interior t, ons 8: rear pietes Se sent aes ment Police instruct- inspectors and ing them to stop the use of profane language. ‘The Havana senator said that not | infrequently when pleyers protested & decision of the ump‘sc, they round- pA get ree oa noyance of women spectators. further charged that ths practice by players was copied > & gE 20. Mrs. Frank Denver sent a Christmas for her infant son, Frank, to his aunt, Miss Barthen in 3 { progfen of transacting regu: ‘or 4 ins Nasliions Of ce diexiet, Rev. see ecm. Rontice, Sviert Maine, Wits eae pore ta Soh ce ee ‘ to locate the sources of interference. | | Rum Raiders Shoot | i Selves in Gun Fight | 5 ee eee fi Kansas, Dec. Paehil Two liquor raiders were in a hospital jtoday suffering from bullet woes received in a gun fight between two equads of Kansas officers who mis- took each other for bootleggers. The ;Taiding parties ex shots at; an abandoned coal mine five miles north of here, where they had raid a still last night. The opersvor® of the still were not captured. Constable Jo: n Crawford was shot jin the right lung. He was accom- Log on the raid by another con: stable, ‘The complete program was an- | up of a federal prohibition agent and {at the Lions club luncheon at noon, two deputy. sheriffs. Reputy Sheriff | Ora Folk was shot in the arm and a bullet grazed his scalp. FUNERAL OF NURSE LARGELY ATTENDED Church Unable to Accommo- date All There; Banks of Floral Tributes Funeral for Minnie A. Tapley, at iiconshy Sunday, were so largely attended that the Methodist church was filled and people stood outside, looking on through windows ‘and doors. Floral tributes the wall back of the pulpit and smothere® the altar. ‘Those sent from here, when the body of the nurse was taken home, filled a truck. The services were conducted by the pastor of the McClusky Methodist church, Rev. H. C. Newman, assisted by Rev. Walter E. Vater of Bismarck, who preached the sermon. Another service was conducted at the Tapley home, as the mother could not attend the church rites, due to illness. The church -quartet sang several Baker, J. J. Dahl, £. O. Kleve and A. . Pinstad The body was started for LeRoy. Minnesota, this morning, for inter- ment in the family burial plot there. Among those from here who at- tended the services were A. C. Brooks, Daan en taba department, and TWIGHELL SATISFIED Preliminary Plans for Plans for State Convention Made; Time and Place Not Picked Members of the executive commit- ‘tee of the Independent Vogers Asso- WITH IVA'S OUTLOOK |: \ THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE. MONDAY, (DECEMBER _ 30,1929 EPISCOPAL RECTOR MAGIC AT LUNCHEON ks |g, P. Srvinen Pita Puts on Little | Mystification; Mrs. Frank | Barnes Sings Rev. Bennett-! Haines, the new Epis- | ‘The other raiding party was made ‘copal rector, was a guest and speaker | Vesperman, 211 Avenue D. Death | today, sharing honors of entertaining with 8. P. Bowman—the Chicago magician who gave a free show at the {Lions children's dinner, Christmas— land with Mrs. Frank Barnes, who sang several solos, accompanied by R. E. Morris. | Mr. Bennett-Haines announced that after the services at St. George's get uninterruptedly under way, there will be community singing at the rectory after Sunday evening services. He could see, he said, by the singing a (the service club luncheons that Bis- marck had a liking for this sort of music. He also pledged the Lions his co- operation in any such activities as their Christamsdinner to thechildren. What he wanted to do here, he said, was to preach religion in his church, but to do a man’s part in the com- munity, He illustrated this by a story lof one of his London acolytes, whom he discovered kneeling on a pick- pocket he had knocked out. “I'm just showing ‘im, father,” the acolyte said, “that we may be religi- ous but we haint soft.” pean Bowman showed the Lions a lot of puzzling card, egg and coin tricks, assisted by William Doty. A rising vote of thanks was tender- ed Miss Mary Cashel for her part in selecting the boys to whom the Lions tendered the Christmas afternoon dinner, Mrs. Barnes sang “The Garden of Happiness” and “The Old Lady.” 8. K. Clark, of Waubay, 8. D., who is one of the charter members of a new club to be instituted next Mon- day night, and C. 8. Fossum, Bis- marck, were introduced as guests, ANNOUNCE! STOMACH Stomach aufferers in Biemarck and sicinity will be plad to learn Hall's Dri . Bismarck, N eer Rit pd iced oxclusive leigh and Morton itor. Prunder's Rept which SUMMONS State of North Dakota, County of Bur- prong are very well satisfied with | 5, existing situation in atate politics, Twichell, re iy. Eight of the nine committee mem- bers met here yesterday, laid pre- liminary plans for the state conven- pri ‘and canvassed the political situ- ation. The time and place of the conven- tion were not definitely fixed but it in March or early in April. Forks and Valley City were promi- nently mentioned as host cities. Both the time and place for the tion as soon as they can | tained, Twichell said. to have captured 1.000 cases of go being transferred from small boats a truck. It was reported that sieht, men \ were arrested and to Ocean City, Coast guards to give out any information. County of Bur- ict Court, Fourth Judicial Dis- le, Plaintiff, Jane Denni umbrance upon the property de- ribed In the complalut, Defei ‘of North Dakota te the abové med Pe: ‘ou are awer ihe com taint a 2 pen Ae ote jOTICH med Defendants, and ‘That the above 4 tl chem RY a vest Pare sheet Be Turty on 1c tai) is ony ae jon cat's bis ot’ One (1 lock Oni Her ay aaa wer Be oe? in tm iat Ban's Oe ated ah thie, Sw see Ae of Pecember. ri nae 4/6 —— (zae, aera ee er .| made ge matte the Inman, Sheafe, M. dames’ W. Ray r H. Bly s Mary (C. Askins the prope the complaint, Defend- was tentatively decided to meet late ree pla it. th nt December, To the abov Take Not Lone Coast Guardsman som Confiscates — Lead |‘: h iutht for the’ nyr- oe quieting: title to maid. prop: and that no personal claim is Against the defendants, or either or any of them. rppated this 1th day of December, Bank Building, North Rakate. North Dakot: County of Burleigh In_District Fourth jotice is hereby given that by vir- tue of an execution to me directed and delivered and now in my ha issued out of the Clerk's office of District Court in and for Burleigh County, North Bake ment rendered vor of J. a. peaieet Ton 3. des property’ Poe aid defendant, tos Durant two door nutoiponiie I for 1929 15 P. je front dooi the court house io the Le of Bismargk, in sald County and State, procéed to sell the right, ius and pee of iH orre. named J. ‘ered ft) y at per cent per Annum at E peptic Auge ama, See thie ord aay "sl Cameron ret oe of aha County, PIONEER RESIDENT IN *| SPEAKER 10 LIONS; | NORTH DAKOTA DEAD Mrs. Johanna Vesperman, 85, Mother of Three Bismarck 5 Men, Dies Here Mrs. Johanna Vesperinan, 83, pio- neer resident of North Dakota and mother of three well known Bismarck businessmen, died at 11:30 p. m. Sun- !day at the home of her son, E. E.! ‘was due to infirmities of old age. Funeral services will be held from the Evangelical church at 2:30 p. m. Wednesday with Rev. C. F. Strutz, district superintendent and livelong friend of the deceased, officiating. Columbus, Ohio, Dec. 30.—(4)—Gus Stafenus, Andrew Karlos, and Photios ——————— ESE breeding t Bixmarek’ ‘Tribune, Bismarck in Washburn. She also leaves eight grand children and four great grand- children. Despite physical handicaps during the latter years of her life, Mrs. Ves- berman maintained an active intcr- est in club and church work. 3 KILLED AT CROSSING Dry Cleaning, Pressing, pairing, Remodeling. Klein’s Toggery red salesin 6 weeks ti Addre: . care of ate Rev. Ira E. Herzberg, pastor, will ase | sist. Burial will be made in St. Mary's cemetery beside the body of ber husband who died in 1913. Born January 15, 1844, at Streut, Germany, Johanna Mueller came to the United States with her parents in 1851. The Muellers settled on a farm near Madison, Wis., where Mrs. Ves- | Perman grew to womanhood. She was married to Christian Ves- | Perman in 1864. The Vespermans maintained their residence in Madi- son until 1888 when the call of the west took them to Grafton where they engaged in farming. Retiring in 1905, Mr. and Mrs. Ves- perman came to Bismarck to make their home with their son, Ernest. ides E. E, Mrs. Vesperman leaves two other sons, O. A. and E. H. L., both residing in Bismarck. A daughte! A. Brummund. Dr. Hibbs DENTIST CAREFUL GENTLE NOT ROUGH pismagce SMARCK Dies C Cee The guaranteed special patent flours OCCIDENT. LYON’S BEST OR CLIMAX “Our Money Back” guaran- tee is an insurance policy with every sack. RUSSELL- MILLER MILLING CO. BRIQuUETS Burn Longer Because they contain washed Pennsylvania hard coal. Biended with this is the quicke starting Pocahontas toe ae tach are popu lar and satisfactory. 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