The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 24, 1930, Page 8

Funeral Services Held for Pioneer New England Man New England, _N. D., Dec. 24.— Funeral services for John Monke, were held Tuesday in the Black Butte Hines, veterans administrator, estimating the great expenditures | years to care for the ex-soldiers. “Basing our estimates upon the | # last 12 years,” he said, “indications | MY are that by the end of the fiscal year | § Lutheran church. Rev. C. Bartels, | Veterans relief will total more than pastor of the Black Butte Lutheran church, officiated. Monke came to North Dakota in 2905, shortly after his 21st birthday. He homesteaded in Rifle township @ little later, and served continuously on the New England school board while in Hettinger county. He leaves his wife, and nine chil- dren, Ralph, Clara, Alma, Elmer, Henry, Ruth, Irving, Rufus, and Wil- lis, all of New England. He also leaves his father, Henry Monke of Iowa Settlement, Iowa, and five brothers, Theodore Monke, of near Hettinger, Frank and Louis Monke of near New Salem, and Adolph and Emil Monke who live in Illinois. Pallbearers at the funeral included Herman Gabbert, John Luhman, and Albert Saunders of Luhmann, and Louis and Herman Hartman and John Steinmetz of Black Butte. Interment was made in the Black } Butte cemetery. Los Angeles Kidnap Solution Seems Near} Los Angeles, Dec. 24.—(P)—While | they waited for the fulfillment of a | gruesome promise from the under-) world, police today believed Chicago's | gangdom had furnished one of the principals in a kidnaping and gun- fight in Long Beach the last week- end. J. Sherman, arrested after the shooting in which a Long Beach of- ficer was seriously wounded early Sunday, identified. by police yes- terday as Ralph Sheldon, Chicago hoodlum who once served as an aide to Al Capone. The promise, which authorities ex- pected to see fulfilled, was that the ody of a second gangster, who was wounded in the gun fight Sunday would be given up to police upon his death, which was expected momen- tarily. Bloodstained clothing, believed to be his, is in the hands of police. ‘The gunfight took place a few hours after E. L. Caress, wealthy gambler, and his wife were kidnaped late Sat- urday night by gangsters who de- manded $50,000 ransom. Caress wrote checks for the amount and the cou- ple was released. Missing Towner Man Mystery Cleared Up Towner, N. D., Dec. 24.—(?)}—Mys- tery as to what had become of R. P. Syverson, bachelor living near Den- bigh, after he was dismissed from jury service here, has been solved with return of Syverson to his home. After being excused from jury service here on December 19, Syver- | son decided to go to Balfour to visit with acquaintances. Neighbors of Syverson, who had | hired a man to work on his farm} while he was gone, became alarmed | over the unexplained absence and | Sheriff James Scholl of McHenry county was notified. Seaboard Air Line Railway Bankrupt Norfolk, Va., Dec. 24—(#)—The Seaboard Air Line Railway company, which operates 4,500 miles in the south, went into receivership late yesterday. The railroad concurred in the complaint of a creditor that it faced obligations it was unable to meet. Federal Judge D. Lawrence Croner granted the application of the Beth- Jehem Steel company for the receiv- ership and appointed Legh R. Powell, President of the railway since 1921, and Ethelbert W. Smith, vice presi- dent of the Pennsylvania railroad, as receivers. ‘The bill of complaint set forth that the railway had refused to pay a debt of $34,381.98, due the .steel company. | $13,000,000,000. The government, through the vet- erans burcau, already has expended $5,000,000,000 for relief, he added. Turkish Revolution Attempt Is Failure Istanbul, Turkey. Dec. 24.—(P)—An ; attempt of six Turkish fanatics to stir up a revolution in the village of 'Menemen, near Smyrna, yesterday failed. The rebels beheaded a youth who attempted to inform the police of their activities and in subsequent fighting two gendarmes were killed ;and four civilians wounded. Three rebels were killed and one was cap- tured. The leader escaped. ‘The rebellion had its inception in an expedition of rebels who cam¢ from the mountains and attempter to incite the population to overthro: the Kemalist regime and restore th Caliphate. GET CHRISTMAS BONUSES Milwaukee, Dec, 24.—(4—Chris' mas cheer in the form of bonui checks amounting to $25.000 today greeted the 558 employes of the Globe Union Electric Manufaciuring com- pany here. ITALIAN BANKER DIES Rome, Dec. 24.—(#)—G. C. Bonaldo Stringher, governor of the Bank of; Italy, died here today. He was 177/ years old and a former minister of the | treasury. service, yet enjoyed. 406% Broadway The total indebtedness of the rail- ‘way company, the bill alleged, is now $215,695,301.84. Youths Victimize Local Merchants Two local youths, 12 and 14 years old, are being questioned by local po- lice who believe that the pair have been responsible for passing $70 worth of bogus checks on a half a oreo unsuspecting Bismarck mer- ts. Chief of Police Chris Martineson says a comparison of the handwrit- ing of both boys with the hand- writing on the checks seems to indi- ere il ened tied # hand in the af- Neither boy would admit writing the checks and each charged the oth- er with being the guilty party. Discord in Rumanian Royal Family Pictured Budapest, Rumania, Dec, 24.—(P)— Pictures of general discord in the Rumanian. royal household are drawn in dispatches reaching here from Bucharest. King. Alexander, Jugoslavia, a brother-in-law of Queen Helen, was .. to visit King Carol this week, but it is understood that Queen Marie wired him not te come, fearing that Carol's nerves’ would not stand any further rubbing on. the subject of his es- trangement from Queen Helen, * New York Needy Get ‘ ‘$1,700,000 Present New York, Dec. 24—(%)—New York's needy will find on Christmas, * morn that St. Nicholas has written them a cheek for more than $1,700,000. 7 Incomplete figures from seven agencies which have conducted cam- _ Paigns for relief funds revealed today that $1,704,038 had been contributed already. The Salvation Army has received $1,207,833 from two sources gione, ~ Last World War Vet Will Live Until |.985 Rlrmgerboagl prog fo ‘will live until 1985, and the last wid- . Ow of @ veteran will not die until 2058, if veterans bureau calculations © @re correct. This prediction, based on records of __ beldiers of previolis wars, has been | that will become necessary in future | XG 1940, disbursements for all phases ot | = MERRY CHRISTMAS! year be the happiest and mos prosperous you have THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, WEDNESDAY, DECEMB North Dakota Power & Light Co. In extending to you the Season’s Greetings, we wish also to express our sincere thanks and ap- preciation for your many favors and for the cordial and pleasant business relations existing between us. By serving you faithfully and efficiently, we hope always to merit your goodwill. We shall at all times endeavor to give you the best possible And may the coming Melville Electrical Shop Phone 179 Loads of Holiday Season. At this Holiday Season—a season sig- nificant of service—we express our hope that the telephone has brought you something of enjoyment and well- being. Through the past year we have tried to furnish dependable, prompt, accurate and courteous service. 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