The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 24, 1930, Page 1

t North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper ESTABLISHED 1878 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1980 fair Dut some cloudiness. Colder tones and PRICE FIVE CENTS City Ready For Gala Christmas Mandan Women Say Indians ‘Beat Them FIVE BILLION-DOLLAR EXPENDITURES PLAN THROUGHOUT NATION Challenges to Unemployment Are Made in All Sections ASSAULT CONNECTED WITHBANK ROBBERY CASE, CLAIM MADE One Had Signed Complaint Causing Arrest of Four Sioux County Men SEARCHING FOR ASSAILANTS Two Women Knocked Uncon- scious but Do Not Suffer Serious Injuries Search for two men reported to have beaten Miss Marie Streitmatter and her companion, Freda Morant, in the former’s home at Mandan was continued today by Morton county authorities who said they had uncov- ered no definite clue as to the men’s identity. Miss Streitmatter told police the two men which she said were Indians, left and reported to police as soon as they revived. QUAKE DESTROYS ARGENTINE TOWN Many Inhabitants of La Poma, Capital of Salta, Are Reported Killed Salta, Argentina, Dec. 24—(P\—The town of La Poma was reported de- stroyed by an earthquake early today. ‘The suthorities here organized a re- Nef expedition which left this morn- ing. The quake was felt strongly in Galta and there was some panic mong the inhabitants. La Poma is a small town in the Andes only a short distance from Salta, This city is the capital of the state of Salta, in northwestern Argen- tina. The report from La Poma said many of the inhabitants had been Killed. GETS CHRISTMAS DIVIDEND Denver, Dec. 24.—(F)—A $9,000,000 Christmas dividend by the Midwest Refining company is going mostly in- to one exchequer. The Stan ou Company of Indiana owns 99.93 per cent of Midwest, which nas declared an extra dividend of $14 a share. Grant County Said . To Be ‘Best of Best’ Pointing to its more than a million acres of fertile land, its abundant vein of lignite coal, its growing all unusual success in THE STAR OF BETHLEHEM ity knows today. ring with the song “On earth New Member Wins Over W. J. Church in Organization Meeting Nelson Sauvain, Devils Lake, newly of the state board ee Tg7E att afevey z 5 é i & i e é lock was his vote with Joseph A. secretary of agriculture and id Bertha R. Palmer, super- it of public instruction, in fa- Sauvain. R. B, Murphy sup- Church on every ballot, but Sauvain received the majority Murphy moved to make the elec- tion unanimous. Sauvain took the oath of office Monday after his appointmerit had HEARING FOR JOHN il (An Editorial) ‘The Star of Bethlehem shines tonight over the homes of Bis- | marck, North Dakota, America and the world. Everywhere hearts and minds are being lifted up to Him who came into the world a child and taught the greatest lessons human- Tonight, by millions of firesides, in implicit confidence that they will Tonight, as 1,900 years ago over Nelson Sauvain Elect State Board’s little stockings are being hung be filled when morning comes. the hills of Judea, the heavens of Country unemployment. ROAD FUNDS ARE INCREASED Highway Construction and Pub- lic Works Being Pushed In Middle West New York, Dec. 24—(}—A five Dillion dollar construction symphony steel and pick and shovel on hard winter earth is the nation’s challenge Chairman(: Up ' Extra! Extra! i ‘Deaths in 1924 Has Caused Sixty-nine This Year taking an increasingly heavy toll of North Dakota lives were formulated at @ conference of physicians here Tuesday at the offices of the state health department. é | HOLMES POSTPONED Counsel for Wing Blacksmith, Charged With Murder, Asks Continuance Preliminary examination for John Holmes, Wing blacksmith charged! with the murder of George Piepkorn, Burleigh county deputy sheriff, was continued until January 5 after a hearing before Justice of the Peace Anton Beer here g se Which. Caused Three}: Plans for a concerted attack on cerebrospinal meningitis which 1s | brant in World County Attorney Overrules Judge and Health Officials to Let Dance Go. On| Bishop Wehrle Will all ii $45,000,000 voted for drought relief. Total Figure Is Large L. Seth Schitman, chief statistician .| for the F. W. Dodge (Continued on page eleven) = REDISCOUNT RATE OR TWOPERGENTISSET New York Federal Reserve Bank Announces Lowest Rate corporation, es- reduction was the since the break in the stock in the fall of 1929, when the Tate was 6 per cent. At the present time, the rate of the Bank of France 4s 2% per cent and that of the Bank of England cent. Say Midnight Mass 2 ANNA KUNMER HAS BEGUN PRISON TERM To Serve 18 Years in Peniten- tiary for Killing Father at Anamoose Miss Anna Marie Kummer, 21, Anamoose, sentenced to 18 years for killing her father, hye Fried mate Penitentiary today to jer term, Prison officials said she will be as- signed to sewing and general house work. Besides Miss Kummer there are four other women serving prison terms. George Brown, state transportation officer, brought the girl from Towner to the prison. At the same time he took to prison Charles Higley, elderly Granville man, who was sentenced to two and a half years on an arson The young woman had been in time she was convicted and sentenced, several days, she preferred to remain at the sheriff's residence in Towner Tather than return to . | A Merry Christmas ° Superior, Wis. Dec. 24—(P)— It will be a Merry Christmas in the Christmas household when Mary Christmas comes home for Christmas, William Christmas, her father, said today. And not only Mary, but Cecil Christmas and Mrs. Cecil Christ- mas will join mother and father Christmas in the Christmas home. So also will Herbert A. Ronn, who last year married Mary Christmas, s0 now there is no Mary Christmas in the Christmas home except at Christmas. Merry Christmas! BRAZILIAN INDIANS ATTACK ANERICANS 21 Employes of Ford Rubber Plantation at Cardosa Reported Killed New York, Dec. 24—()—A message from Para, Brazil, to Pan American Airways headquarters in New York said a Pan-American plane had been sent to the Ford rubber plantation, at the request of the Brazilian govern- ment, on reports that there had been years on a statutory charge, BANNON TRIAL MAY COME IN JANUARY He Will Convene Court at Their Desire Minot, N. D., Dec. 24.—(}—District Judge John C. Lowe of Minot today announced that he has advised State's Attorney J. 8. Taylor of McKenzie county that he will convene court anytime in January for the trial of implication In the slay Sof the six Ing of the six members of the A. E. Haven family near Schafer. It is unlikely that the case will be CUT BREAD PRICES Neenah, Wis., Dec. 24.—(P)—A re- tail price cut‘from 13 cents to 10 cents for 24-ounce loaves of bread was in mayor ran, and they looked Celebration of midnight will up the law, and they got out s |be the event of the ban. “These girlies are Christmas services at St. Mary pro- too hard and too long; they're be- Father John A. H. ing mistreated, and that's very | Slag, rector, said today. wrong.” Thus ran the order The ceremony will consist of a and once more the feet pontifical high mass with Rt. Rev. scouring the hardwood with | Vincent Wehrle, bishop of Bismarck, rhythmic beat, as celebrant. Bishop Wehrle also But county sttorney, by | Will give the sermon. name Leo Sparks, heard tell of Other masses on Christmas day will the battle and made some re- | be said at 8, 9, 10, and 11 a.m. The man released by the law, took the | eongs at the 9 o'clock mass. bit in his teeth and thrust out his ae Taare of 21m. efit he a high Jaw. “There's no legal basix for |™msss. All others, except the mid- sin te tly tng i_| Bgh, ags, vl be Yow mae, "re carried, and the charge I'll dis- Father Slag. gi So with tears.in their eyes and at ee waitaighs lam aol cone oe corns on their toes, the dancers | the 11 o'clock mass. At the latter resumed with’ the wailing of | mass the men will be assisted by the effect today. Bakers said low wheat Prices made the reduction possible. trouble there with native laborers, The plane left Para at 4 p. m. yes- terday. At the time the message was sent there were reports at Para that no lives had been lost but that there had been considerable property damage, Dispatches received at Rio de Jan- eiro last night said a band of Cayapos Indians had invaded the village of Cardoso, in northern Para, killing 21 Persons Judge Lowe Informs Authorities] into the and carrying three children jungles. e state government sent 30 sol- diers from Para but because of trans- Portation difficulties it was not be- Neved they could reach Cardoso in Christmases Expect | CHAIN GROUP BUYS PRINCE HOTEL HERE Local Hostelry to Be Taken Over by Roberts-McNab Firm January 1 Purchase of the Prince Hotel busi- ness by the Roberts-Mac Nab Hotel company was announced to The Trib- une today by Arthur L. Roberts, President. The transfer from the present ownership of E. A. Hughes will be made January 1 and C. P. Stone will remain as manager, Mr. Roberts said in a telephone conversation. The new owners have taken a 15- year lease on the building, owner- ship of which is retained by Mr. Hughes, and have purchased the Sacaieare, fixtures and other equip- ment Acquisition of the Prince gives the Roberts Mac Nab company three ho- less than eight days. tels in North Dakota. Others are the Gladstone at Jamestown and the Mayer at Devils Lake. In addition, the company operates hotels in Min- nesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, In- diana, Montana and Nebraska. Head- quarters are at Winona, Minn. Expressing satisfaction that his company had been able to complete the deal for the Prince, Mr. Roberts said he regards Bismarck as one of the finest cities in the northwest with unusually good prospects for fu- ture development. The operation o§ the Prince, he said, will be kept on the same high standard maintained under Mr. Hughes’ ownership. 2 Children Burn to Death in Kentucky Beals, Ky., Dec. 24.—()—Two chil- dren were burned to death this morn- ing in a fire which destroyed the home of Casper Goldsberry near here, Casper Goldsberry, Jr., three years old, and Mary Goldsberry, 18 months eA EL old, died in the flames. Universe Is Likened to Swelling Soap Bubble Which Is Destined to Explode London, Dec. 24.—()—The uni- verse in which we live was likened to @ fragile soap bubble by Sir James Jeans, famous British scientist, in a radio lecture broad- cast last night. “It 1s easy to blow a soap bub- ble,” he said, “but far less easy to keep it in existence more than @ minute or two—after that it is apt to burst and disappear. I hope I shall not startle you too much if I say that it has been discovered quite recently the uni- verse is somethign like that. As soon as the universe came into existence it started swelling and must go on expanding.” If the calculations of many as- tronomers as to the speed of Nebulae receding is correct, he said, the universe must be ex- panding”—I might almost say, exploding—at a really terrific rate.” “The material universe,” he continued, “appears to be away like a tale that’s told, dis- solving into nothingness before the light of day.” He said the number of stars Probably equaled the number of raindrops falling in London on the days of a heavy rain, but that still the universe was very empty. “Leave only three wasps alive in the whole of Europe,” he said, “and Europe will be more crowded with wasps than space with stars,” ates 9 |NEEDY CARED FOR AS FAR AS POSSIBLE BY SEASONAL CAMPAIGN Churches Will Give Religious Services This Evening and Tomorrow CHRISTMAS DINNER PLANNED Santa Claus Talks to Children This Afternoon; Candy Is Distributed last-minute shoppers. Churches of the city and county were ready to present special tonight and tomogrow and the spirit of “On earth peace to men of good will” was noticeably present. The city’s biggest p re-Christmas celebration was that at the auditor- jum Wedn« in i Hf auditorium they were presented with the candy. ‘The Arherican Legion had practic: ally finished its “Open Your Heart” campaign and only a few - pairs -of old shoes remained at the headquar- peal te la ‘The last pack- ages were ready for delivery today and Milton Rue, campaign chairman, (Continued on page eleven) ALLEGED ILLINOIS BANK ROBBERS HELD Three Men and Woman Arrested When $85,000 in Secur- ities Are Found Chicago, Dec. 24.—(P}—A_ police- man's casual kick at a loose board in & north side apartment revealed $85,- 000 in stolen securities, police said, gnd caused the arrest of three men and a woman who are suspected by the authorities of at least eight bank TopUeries in central and northern Tili- nois, Trailing a blue sedan with a. “wanted” license number, Lieut. Andy Barry surprised Glen Nichols, 32, ale leged jail-breaker, and Gladys Rob- inson, 27, Peoria, Ill, and began » cursory examination of the ment. A nick in the floor led to of Lil Negotiable securities stolen, officials said, from the First State bank of Wenona, the Allerton State bank and the Farmers State bank at New Windsor, Nichols are from Champaign, IIL, later came to the apartment and were arrested. Police said they confessed the three robberies, implicating Nichols as the actual robber and the girl as the con- federate. | Sad Holiday Looms Looms t For Orphaned Colt ee Se =