The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 29, 1930, Page 3

‘|, Marshal Joffre Has Only Few Hours Left to Live, IMPROVEMENT OF i HERO OF WORLD WAR SINKING SLOWLY BUT SURELY FROM ILLNESS Left Rather Than the Right Leg| and at the same time to establish Was Amputated In Emer- gency Operation MANY FRIENDS PAY VISIT Was Regarded As ‘Savior of France’ Following His Battle of Marne Victory Paris, Dec. 29.—()—Marshal Joffre Put up a valiant battle with death to- day but his doctors believe he could Postpone defeat for only a day more at best. Since 3 p. m. Sunday the hero of the Marne has been sinking most of the time and has been in a coma, with slight intervals in which he seemed to recognize those about him but could not speak to them. Professor Leriche, one of the mar- shal’s physicians, told newspapermen that it was but a question of hours. “The marshal passed a relatively good night; the heart holds admir- ably. However, it is ro longer a question of days, but a question of hours. How many? I do not look for the fatal end before today just before noon. But in any case I do not have much hope that the marshal will last until tomorrow.” The following bulletin was signed by attending physicians at 7:30 o'clock this morning: Night Without Incident “The night was without incident. Patient feeble but preserving all his lucidity. Pulse 90. Temperature 37.5 (95.5 Fahrenheit).” Dr. Fontaine, who remained with the marshal throughout last night, told newspapermen the old soldier had “upset all prognostications and might continue in his present.con- dition all day. “The marshal is of course ¢xtreme- ly weak and continues to sink,” he said, “but very slowly. He had a rel- atively calm night and from time to time he started up but relapsed again into profound calm.” He has had his left leg amputated in treatment of severe arteritis. Senator Louis Barthou, minister of ‘war, was the only person admitted to the dying man’s presence last night, his visit being official in that he is head of the army and personal in that he is one of the closest of Mar- shal Joffre’s friends. He found him in one of the flashes of consciousness and could perceive by the light in the old soldier’s eyes that he was recog- nized. Joffre attempted to speak and M. Barthou leaned down and put his arms around the shrunken form but could not make out what it was the General von Weygand and Alexan- der Millerand, former president of France, and Mme. Millerand were admitted to the bedside Sunday morning and said on leaving that Marshal Joffre had recognized them. Among other morning callers who were not admitted were Mme. Poin- care, who called in the name of her husband, also ill, General Gouraud, and Deputy Manaut. Premier The- odore Steeg and former Queen Amelie of Portugal also called. Telegrams continued to come from all over the world, bringing the sym- pathy and condolences of govern- ments and individuals. Upon leaving the hospital before noon Dr. Leriche told newspapermen the marshal had not spoken for some time and that he was dozing. Ma- dame Joffre and Madame Lafile were at his bedside. It was revealed today the marshal received the last sacraments of the Catholic church last Friday when the doctors considered their patient's condition critical. Savior of France tles of the World.” the first battle of the Marne—was won by General Joseph Jacques Cesaire Joffre, commander of the French armies in the west during the great war. Ending a series of dis- heartening retreats, after four days and nights of incessant fight, he stopped 2,500,000 Germans and drove them back where they were within 30 miles of is. “I mean to deliver the big battle under the most favorable conditions, at my own time and on the ground I have chosen,” declared Joffre to his generals. “If necessary I shall con- tinue to retreat. I shall bide my time. No consideration whatever will make me alter my plans.” ‘The onward sweep Bade on Som through Belgium, an Lorraine toward the French capital had reached high tide on September 5, 1914, despite the gallant defense of Liege, the stand at Mons-Namur- ; One must look behind. All must th— available, will show when the janitor the Near East. Joffre hinself was 63 and late in 1915 rumors arose re- garding the plans to shelve him. Nivelle Succeeds Joffre In 1916, General Robert Nivelle succeeded Joffre,-after Premier Uxi- and had annot the latter's ap- pointment as commander-in-chief of all the French armies except those i: Africa, Briand explained: ‘The sole object of the extended powers of General Joffre is to insure singleness of direction in military operations closer coordination between th2 com- Mander of our armies anc the tech- nical councils of the Allies.” Accepting from the government the baton and sword of honor of a marshal of France, the victoz of the Marne relinquished active military service and attended various Allied | conferences in London and Paris. In 1917, a few weeks prior to the; entry of the United States into the struggle, Marshal Joffre and former Premier Viviani as heads of the French War mission, came to this country and discussed with President ‘Wlison and other officials America’s Participation in the war. Marshal Joffre visited the United States again in January, 1922, com- ing here from Japan, where he had been the guest of the Japanese Em- pire. In French Academy In 1918 Joffre was elected a mem- ber of the French Academy, thus be- coming one of the “Forty Immortals.” He was chosen on his literary record. His work was writte: on September 6, 1914, on the eve of the Battle of the Marne in a general order to his army and read “At this moment when a battle is about to commence upon the result of which the sal- vation of our country depends, no unite to attack and repel the enemy. Any troop finding itself unable to advance further must hold the ground at all cost and must fight until death. No retreat.” Joffre’s only other literary effort was written in 1895 when, after a French detachment had been anni- hilated by hostile tribesmen in Africa, he led a punitive expedition from the coast to the interior and described his experiences in a pamphlet en- titled: “My March to Timbuctoo.” Born at Rivesaltes on January 4, 1852, close to the Pyrenees, the son of a cooper, Joffre was educated at the College of Perpignan and the Ecole Polytechnic. He entered the French army as a second lieutenant during the Franco-Prussian war, 1870-71 and commanded a battery at the seige of Paris. He became a cap- tain in 1876, a major in 1889, a lieu- colonel in 1894, & colonel in ore brigadier general in 1901 and a major general in 1905. He served with distinction in China and Tonkin and organized the defenses of For- mosa. At the beginning of the great! war he was chief of the French gen- eral staff. Bereft of his wife early in his mil- itary career, 20 years later he married Mme. iozes, the mother of two chil- dren, with whom he enjoyed for years the quiet of a home at Auteuil. Spontaneous Com-_ |; bustion May Have | Started Flame; (Continued from page one) Acker is that spontaneous combustion began in the janitor’s room on the second floor, ate its way upward through the partitions and did not become evident until it reached the top of the building. Commenting on the statement by Joseph Winkel, janitor, that he heard an explosion just before he saw the} fire, Kennedy said it is possible the fire caused the explosion rather than that the explosion caused the fire. He had nothing in his office which might | explode, he said, and had no theory! as to the probable cause of the blast | which Winkel said he heard. H If the theory advanced by Kennedy | and Acker is correct, members of the; board of administration said, the in- terior wall of the building was ablaze) for many feet before the fire was dis- covered. The watchmen carried clocks which | could be punched only by using keys which were placed in different parts of the building. A tape in the clock showed the time at which the watch- man made his rounds. Inspection of this clock, if it is last visited that part of the building in which the fire was discovered, Kennedy said. Mother and Two Sons Are Dead from Poison Taylor, Texas, Dec. 29.—(AP)—A; mother and her two grown sons werc dead Saturday from poison admin- istered Christmas day. Despondent over the long illness ot her sons, Fritz, 26, and Rudolph, 23. Mrs. Pritz Heise, 61, a widow, gave them poison and then drank a fatal herself. “I am tired of this life of pain,” Mrs. Heise said in a note. The triple poisoning was discovered by a third son, Adolph Heise, who found the stricken ones early yester- day and rushed them to a hospital. Charleroi and a counter invasion of Alsace-Lorraine. Flushed with suc- , Opposed by a numerically in- Terior Yoree which had continually yielded ground, the Germans had every expectation of capturing Paris; and, France, once smashed, of turn- ing their strength to finishing the then menacing Russia. The French government, meanwhile had moved to Bordeaux. Joffre decided to strike on September 6 with fast and. furious flank attacks, following the terrific frontal onslaughts of the ene- my. The German right wing, under General Alexander von Kluck, checked by Joffre’s unexpected acd tremendous counter-offensive, fell back upon the Aisne river on Sep- tember 10 and extended itself barn ward through Picardy, Artois an Flanders to the Belgian coast. - Paris was saved and Joffre was socipienpe | Later Joffre retired from active command and was created @ marshal of-France. After the first battle of the Marne, occasional Allied reverses cast @ shadow upon the glory of the great French soldier. He aroused enmities in the chamber of deputies by his dismissal of 14 gen- erals and his replacement cf taem by had | world cotirt forces, that if @ special pers | Session. McLean County Girl Succumbs Saturday Erma T. M. Thompson, 21-year- old Max girl, died in Bismarck Sat- urday. The body will be taken to Max for burial. Funeral services will be held in the Catholic church at Max, Rev. Father William Wiggin, Underwood, offi- ciating. ! The girl leaves her parents, Mr. and | Mrs. Roy E. Thompson, and eight brothers and sisters, all of whom live ! at Max. They are Thomas, Roy. Herbert. ; Elmo, Allen, Lorraine, Alice and | Blanche. Would Demand Court | Vote in Extra Session ’ Washington, Dec. 29.—(7)—Notice was given Saturday by Sen. Swanscn, Democrat, of Virginia, a leader of the sesion of congress is forced this spring, he will demand prompt con- sideration of the world court in that The ‘senate foreign relations cum- the Argonne to # minor commans ‘n | mittee has voted to defer consider- | ation of the court issue unt!! the next regular session in December. THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, MONDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1930 CAPITOL SOUGHT BY 4 GOVERNORS: | 1 ' Last Recommendation Made By, Late Gov. A. G. Sorlie At 1927 Session i | | Recommendations of four governors | for improvement of the capitol build- | ing-or its replacement by one or more | new structures were ignored by the j legislature in the last 25 years, a search of legislative records shows. ‘The first recommendation was made by Governor E. Y. Sarles in 1905, the last by Governor A. G. Sorlie in 1927. The statements of these men and the statements to the legislature by John Burke when he was governor are given below. eee Governor E. Y. Sarles in addressing | the ninth: legislative session, January 4, 1905, said: “It is, I think, desirable that the state of North Dakota have a capitol | building in accordance with its grow- | ing wealth and importance. The gen- | eral government donated to the state,! at the time of its admission, a gen-| erous allotment of land, the proceeds of whose sale was to go to the erec- | tion of a capitol building. “I believe that you should legislate | for the creation of a capitol commis- sion to provide for further improve- ments to the state capitol building and its completion in harmony with the style and plans of a new structure. “Funds for this purpose can be ap- Propriated from time to time as the | sales of the capitol endowment lands | Justify, It is not necessary or desir- able that funds be taken directly from taxpayers for this purpose. The land endowment of the state will amply care for its necessities in the way of ad- ministration buildings. But I- believe you should provide means to apply this endowment to the purposes for! which it is intended.” | se Addressing the 11th legislative ses- sion January 6, 1909, Governor John Burke said: “By law, the state treasurer is made the custodian of all bonds and securi- ties representing investments of school and institution funds, and there is now on hand bonds and mortgages securing $4,358,412.85. The vault in the treasurer's office is protected by two tanks near the top of the building, which will -not furnish sufficient supply of water in case of fire and which are constantly leaking andj Spoiling and loosening the plaster and are a great deal of annoyance. An appropriation should be made for the construction of a tank or standpipe outside the building that will furnish Protection against fire.” eee Governor John Burke in his mes- Sage to the 12th legislative assembly, January 4, 1911, stated: “In reference to the capitol build- ing, I can only repeat my regommen- dation made to the last assembly.’ I invite your inspection of the building so that you may determine for your- selves the necessity of the improve- ments recommended. There is no supply of water for fire protection, ex- cept that contained in two tanks near the top of the building, which is not @ sufficient supply in case of fire. The tanks frequently leak, spoil and loosen the plaster and are a great source of annoyance. There should be a tank or standpipe outside the building large |enough to furnish ample protection against fire.” eee In his message before the 20th legis- lative session, January .4, 1927, Gov- ernor A. G. Sorlie said: “In course of time it will become necessary to erect a new capitol build- ing. A proper building program should be visualized now. There is available at the present time in the building fund the sum of $250,000. I recommend the erection of a building | k Opposite the Memorial building and of similar architectural design, as a background for Sixth street. This building should be named the Agri- cultural building and could be used to house several state departments that are now overcrowded. “Following that in two years, the building program should provide for the erection of another similar build- ing, and then in the next legislative Period the fourth building could be erected. : “Upon completion of these buildings all departments of the state would be! Properly housed, and we could then turn our attention to the erection of & capitol building of sufficient size to Provide adequately for the senate and house and executive department. “A building program such as this would take care of all departmental needs and avoid unnecessary over- crowding. The utmost care should be taken in adopting a building program to adequately provide for future needs of the state.” ' Many Attempts Failed | Numerous attempts to pass bills for a new capitol building failed, the records show, and the only one which met with legislative approval was in- validated by the supreme court as unconstitutional. In 1905 the legislature appropri- ated $600,000 to finance construction | of a capitol building and executive | mansion. To obtain this sum the board of university and school lands was di- rected to sell sufficient lands belong- | | sion, {the windows. |Mess, state insurance commissioner, and the cost of the executive man- | though limited by law to) $600,000. This was the last legislation passed | with a view to constructing a new | capitol building. Officials Direct Salvage Activity As Hundreds Help} (Continued from page one) i out records and equipment through | The salvaged mater- 1 was relayed along strings of per- sons leading from each window and the material saved was carried in each case several rods from thej building. | This process was maintained until | it was impossible for workers to re- main in the building. While in the! building, the men did not open the vaults, hoping that they would with- stand the fire. One of the last sections to start burning was the state insurance and hail department, in the northwest corner of the north wing. 8, A. Ols- and his crew of assistants were able to save many books, files, and records, but the extent of the department's total loss remained undetermined. Loss Was Diminished | The hail department loss was not as great as it might have been had | the fire occurred a short time ago. | The department recently completed its work for the year, including the issuing of warrants, and many col-{ lections had been completed. As it | was, much important business had | been transacted before the fire de- | stroyed the erstwhile important rec- ords, Under the direction of the insur- ance commissioner, firemen played a water stream into and above the in- surance department vault in the hope ! of keeping the flames at bay as long} as possible. | State Auditor John Steen, super-j{ vising what salvage was possible in his quarters in the newest wing, acted as one link in a string of persons which relayed records and equipment | from his office. Almost from the | time he arrived, it was impossible to get at the records in his office, and the salvagers spent most of their ef- forts in recovering equipment, in- cluding typewriters, protectographs, mimeographs, electric typewriters, and other mechanical devices. Work- men remained in the offices until the fire department issued its warning to vacate the building shortly after 9 o'clock. Commissioner of Agriculture and Labor Joseph A. Kitchen was on the scene carly, but as his department, on the second floor in the oldest sec- tion, was one of the first to go, he | was unable to save anything from his offices, He lent a hand wherever Possible in salvage work in other de- partments. Attorney General James Morris was | another official who was forced to stand by helpless to save anything | from his office whatsoever. His de- partment was on the third floor in the main building. Saved Budget Records State Auditor Steen and his help-, ers succeeded in saving part of the records of the state budget board, in- | cluding listings for the next fiscal | year. These records were loaded in- | to the automobile of one of the offi- | j | cials and taken to a Bismarck home for safe-keeping. Former Governor Walter E. Mad- | dock and former State Tax Commis- | sioned T. H. Thoresen were among | the energetic working hundreds on | Capitol Hill. c | Because their offices were not lo-| cated in the burning capitol, several | departments were affected only in-j directly if at all by the fire. Among | these departments were those in| downtown Bismarck, including the. motor vehicle registrar's offices, game | and fish commissioner's department, | offices of the receiver of closed banks, | state mining inspector quarters, state | regulatory department, state health | department, offices of the state fire | marshal, and the Bank of North Da- ota. In Liberty Memorial building, just a few rods from the burning capitol, | were offices of the state supreme | court, adjutant general, state library, | and the state historical society's | museum and quarters. i Hauled Materiai Away i After the salvagers had done all | Possible, arrangements were made | by the heads of the various depart- | ments to have what records and! equipment had been salvaged hauled | by motor trucks and private automo- biles to residences and offices in the | city for sefe-keeping. i E. G. Wanner, secretary of the! board of administration, spent much | of the morning putting his shoulder | to the,wheel where help was needed. | He spent much of his time helping Auditor Steen save as much as possi- | ble from the latter’s office. Secretary of State Robert Byrne | Was the only casualty of the fire. | Breaking a window to get into his office, he opened the vault and! emerged with the original copy of the | constitution of the state of North Da- kota. Fire singed his hat and his fingers were cut by the glass as he made a hurried exit through a win- dow. BISMARCK AIDS JOB OF FINDING SUITABLE SPACE (Continued from page one) of agriculture and labor on third floor of Quain and Ram- stad Clinic building. State railroad board—In store room vacated by Wool- worth company on Main avenue, east of Fourth street. State auditor, state treasurer and attorney generai— Liberty Memorial building on state capitol grounds. State insurance commissioner—First National bank building in rooms vacated by Provident Life Insurance company for emergency. Hail insurance department and fire and bonding insurance department unplaced. State highway commission—In new Weinberger build- ing at Fifth street and Broadway avenue and in Eltinge building. State printer—Room 358 in federal building in quar- ters offered by C. G. Boise of federal land office. Tele- phone No. 298. Senate chambers—On gymnasium floor in new World War Memorial building. House chambers—In city auditorium, which will be remodeled for purpose. The board had under consideration an offer by E. A. Hughes, Bismarck capitalist, to construct a fireproof building for use by the state on the site of the present armory building at Second street and Broadway avenue. The building would be five to eight stories high. The offer was predicated on the state leasing the structure, or a major part of it, for a term of years. May Move Some Offices Later k. G. Wanner, secretary of the board of administra- tion, said some offices which have sought temporary loca- tions probably will be moved when the board completes the work of leasing new quarters, The cost of leases as well as the time for which they can be had is an important factor, he said, since prepara- tion will be made to house the offices for a two-year period. The board of administration has taken up temporary quarters in the Association of Commerce rooms aud will direct its work from there until it can establish itself more permanently. In addition to finding new quarters the board faces the task of purchasing new equipment for the various of- fices and numerous equipment and supply salesmen were waiting at the Association of Commerce rooms to talk with the board today. Governor George F. Shafer, in a statement issued to- day, said all state departments are expected to be estab- lished in temporary quarters during the next few days. ‘Disaster’ Says Shafer “The destruction of the state capitol building Sunday by fire,” he said, “is a great disaster to the state, caus- ing a heavy loss, the full extent of which cannot even be, estimated until we know whether vaults have remained intact. “Due to the generosity of the public officials of Bis- marck, Burleigh county, the local and state American Legion bodies, the Association of Commerce and numerous others, it will be possible to immediately receive tem- porary quarters, not only for the various state depart- ments, but also for the legislature. I believe that within a few days all the departments will be located and will be attending to much state business as the condition of laws and records will permit. “I hope the people who have business with the state government during the next few weeks will bear with us charitably while we are reorganizing its departments.” Will Recommend New Building He will recommend construction of a new capitol and pobably a state office building to the legislature which con- venes here January 6. Thousands of visitors came to Bismarck Sunday after- noon to view the ruins as information regarding the fire spread. The ruins still were smoking today and members of the Bismarck fire department were stationed there to protect the vaults in various parts of the building from further damage by flames. Where only rubbish was being consumed the fire was permitted to burn. Company A of the national guard was called out Sun- day afternoon to police the crowds and a detachment was on duty today to protect the vaults from possible vandal- ism. The vaults of the treasurer’s office, land department and state auditor were opened this afternoon and the con- tents were found to be intact. This fact caused sharp reductions in the estimates of possible loss, since the treasurer’s vaults contains mil- lions of dollars in bonds and securities. Vaults in the secretary of state’s office and the at- torney general’ office apparently fared worse, however, and smoke was issuing from them this afternoon, indicat- ing that the contents were afire, Secretary of State Robert Byrne said that damage to the incorporation records of his office would seriously handicap the business of the state since there is no way of replacing them. The probability is that incorporations would have to refile their papers or take out new incorpora- tion papers, he indicated. The state highway department was one of the hardest hit. Many of its standard designs for bridges and roads were destroyed together with data on contemplated road impovements. Some of this material is held in the district highway department offices, however, and will be available, The federal government recently made available ad- ditional funds so that a four-million-dollar construction program was contemplated for 1931. With road designs and data destroyed, the highway department may be unable to use all of the money alloted to it this year, officials fear. They will have no idea of their situation until they complete a check of the district offices, " : x said he woul a We Ons se Pope Hig to the legis- | pose. In the event the legislature lature 1g the construction of | failed to make such appropriations, /@ new capitol building but has not the orders could be cancelled. Physicians Say and the governor and other state! officers to establish offices there. The | message said a survey had been made! |and that plenty of space was avail-| | able. It said committees had been | appointed to cooperate with state of-| ficials in getting their departments | settled in the Red River city. i The suggestion drew a chuckle from state officers and others present! and was given no consideration. Attorney General James Morris j sald later it would be impossible to! accept such an invitation because the} | Constitution requires that all elective | state officers have their offices at the| | seat of government, which is design-| ated as Bismarck. The legislature} y also is required to meet at the seat | of government. t Proposals to move some of the state! offices to the state training school at | Mandan or to have the legislature} | meet there, meet with the same con- ; Stitutional bar, Morris said. ! Departments ' Unassigned | Departments unassigned to space | are: Tax commissioner, state engineer, | jState land department, state bank) jexaminer, industrial commission, im- | migration commissioner, and the jlicensing department of the attorney! | Seneral’s office, { Buildings which offer space, in | | Addition to those ‘listed, ave: ‘Bis- | marck Bottling Works; Baker build-| ing; North Dakota Power and Light building; the old express office on | Broadway; bulidings south of Tribune} | Which now are vacant; rooms in the| | Princess and Patterson hotel build-! | ings; International Harvester com- | Pany rele Wachter Transfer ' company’s building; Hincklev build- ting; Elks hall City National | Bank building; Patterson hall: ; Stair. Motor company — building; | Richholt building; the present of- fices of the Montana-Dakota Power company on Broadway, which soon | are to be vacated; Lahr building; , | basement ot the Bank of North Da-! kota; Fleck’s garage, and a large ; Pom over the N. P. ficket office. i Principal Problems | One of the principal problems is that of obtaining vault space for | offices needing it. If space in fire- { | Proof buildings is available, however, this problem will be eliminated in! | Part by the purchase of filing cases | ; with good locks. it was pointed out. | Although Governor Shafer said the jlegislature has the Prerogative of | choosing quarters for itself, prelim- ' inary plans were made to house the senate in the gymnasium on the bot- tom floor of the new World War, Memorial building ang the house of representatives in the city audito- rium, which will be hurriedly re- ; Vamped to make this possible. {, To arrange for the senate, it will) material and 20 orders were pre- |sented to The Tribune job depart- ment before noon, Munger had new printing orders, destroyed yesterday. prepared Sunday in order to meet the demand for blanks, forms and sta- tionery. Land Commissioner W. E. Byerly said the state treasurer has a record of all the bonds and farm mortgages of which Byerly is custodian and t-> Joss of these records would not mean. necessarily, that they could rot be recovered. Loss of the original state jJand grant would affect his ofiiec most, he said. H. C. Frahm, state highway head. said he believed that three of the commission's four vaults io be intact. but the condition of the fourth vau. which contained plans for the lat projects, was problematical. John Gammons, secretary of state securities commission, the stated that all bonding records of iis de- partment are duplicated at the Bank of North Dakota. The state-owned street car line. constructed to operate from the downtown district to the state capitol. ran on schedule today. It carried many who were curious to sec © the ruins of the building, and employes quartered in the Liberty Memorial building, which is on the capito! grounds. The version given of the origin a local wit was that blaze probably started from “poi friction.” fire's the jeal State employes today asked the question: “Where do we go?” Many were without quarters as departmeni heads sought to obtain assignments of temporary offices from the state board of administration, and to get office furniture. Groups from many offices convened on the streets for curbstone conferences. Governor Shafer, referring to inc S| Mew quarters in the federal postof- fice building, said it appears that “the revolutionary government has taken possession of the federal prop: erty.” Lieutenant Governor John Carr Jamestown, and L, L. Twichell, Fargo. came to Bismarck Sunday night fol- lowing the fire to make plans for housing the two branches of the leg- lature, j be necessary only iesks the fase oe Gesks On| Approximately 20.000 income ta:: jblanks for 1930, sealed, stamped and Rows of seate aiTiam emoved Teedy for mulling inthe offies of from the auditorium at intervals and |State Tax Commissioner Iver Acker temporary desks will be built in| Were destroyed, series with drawers in which house members may place their books and! v y records. These may be made from ieee SEL 5 1 jcitizens of the state to refrain from tively amatl cost, Ghaive woud’ e mailing business correspondence to purchased for both senate and house |“epartments housed in the state cap- members. Temporary desks for the |itol building until later, unless it is senators may be leased or rented. iof the utmost imporance. He called j,, With this arrangement of the attention that numerous departments | house and senate, they would be s: {housed in the Liberty Memoria! build- uated near to cach other. and addi- {tional rooms in the World War Me- | {morial building would be available {for conference and committee pur- | i . |. Governor Shafer said today that | an inquiry into the cause Of the fire | | doubtless’ will be made. He knows nothing of the cause, he said, and ing and downtown offices are operat- ing as usual. Many officials had no offices or equipment for their cm- {ployes. State officials, who hac loaned copies of their biennial reports to the = Associated Press bureau and Tho Fee ae anauld ibe made the sub-!reitune today were gratified that ¢ the cause of the blaze, if|these had not been returned earlier. Possible. The originals of many reports were He had not contemplated any |believed destroyed by the fire. method of making such inquiry, he | sald, the first thought of ‘state officers being to relocate state pf- fices so they could continue doing | business. The state bonding department. held {$95,000 of the insurance on the cap- |itol building, while the remainder was {distributed to 50 private companies. }A few months ago, insurance on the jeapitol building was increased by As Capitol Burned | Bismarck’s custom of slecping late ;on Sunday morning was evidenced | by the lack of speed with which a crowd gathered to watch the fire. | A full-blown rose of fire had ap- | peared over the east side of the| structure before as many as 100 per- | sons were on hand to watch the fire- | men fighting the blaze. Later, | the news spread, and several j Yhousand residents wiped the sleep | from their eyes as they watched the j historic structure go up in smoke. One young married woman left | with her husband before the blaze | had burned itself out. | “I am not going to stand around; jout here any longer without my | i { | | | 1 i { | how- | garters,” was her comment. Frank Bryant, remo yg & to the gov- ernor, was thinking of history when , he rescued the pictures of North Da-| kota's former governors from the ! Walls of the governor's chamber. | | It has been the custom to place ithe picture of each governor on tie i Walls of the executive suite and, in| {many cases, there are no duplicates | in, existence. | Bryant gathered a squad of helpers, broke the windows in the governor's office and rescued the pictures, which were taken to the state me- | morial: building. It is expected that | they will grace another governor's Joffice in a new capitol building. | $140,000. Attorney General James Morris ac- cepted an offer from Adjutant Gen- eral Angus Fraser to set up tem) ary offices in the adjutant’s quarter 's It will take dynamite to moye At- torney General James Morris from his new quarters in the Liberty Memorial building. His law library, valued at $5,000, was destroyed, and the oniy other big law library in the city is that of the supreme court. “We have to get a plac? near thos2 books,” said Jim. Adjutant General Fraser heard the call and gave Morris and his helpers some of the space used by the mili tary department. Morris believés the more valu- able records of his office, such as those pertaining to licenses, are intact. Miss Bertha R. Palmer, superin- tendent of public instruction, set up offices on the third floor of the oh and Ramstad clinic building this morning. Her department will occupy six small consultation rooms. Miss Palmer believes that it will probably be two or three days before the vaults could be opened and an examination of their contents made. It was her understanding that unless they were to be allowed to cool before being opened, the paper records would have a tendency to disintegrate when they came into contact with the cool air. Miss Palmer is relying on her mom- George Munger, sta ‘inter, has |a@ lot of work to do over again. He | had laid out the details of the print- \ing work to be done for the legis- ‘lature, but it was destroyed along | ory and that of her subordinates, none of whom have been with the depart- |ment less than four years, to carry |definitely formulated his ideas on Cc. W. McDonnell, railroad com- | The concerted effort to find all missioner, also was one of the busy | Officials in the salvage work. | Many other state officials and em- | ployes participated in the laborious salvage work, ing to the state, which were granted | by the federal government for the | purpose of erecting public and capitol , buildings. { In anticipation of the receipts ot; proceeds from the sales of such lands, | the commission was authorized to is- | sue certificates of indebtedness in a! sum not exceeding $600,000 bearing | five per cent interest, payable an- | nually. { Injunction Granted r The commission advertised for bids but an application was made to the supreme court by George Rusk for a | writ of injunction. George A. Bangs and John A. Sorley, both of Grand Forks, and Burleigh F. Spalding, represented Rusk. C. N. Prich, attorney general of the state, and Tracy R. Bangs, who had been retained by the commission to assist the attorney general, appeared for the commission. The supreme court held the law unconstitutional and invalid, as an unwarranted dele- gation of legislative power in that the | commission had unlimited discretion as to the cost of the capitol building. + A Alfred-E. Atkinson | Dies Here Yesterday, Alfred A. Atkinson, 50, a resident , of Menoken for many years, died here Sunday at 10 a. m. Funeral services wiil be held at Webb Funeral Parlors Tuesday aft- | ernoon at 2 o'clock. Rev. Walter EF. | Vater of the McCabe Methodist | Episcopal officiating. The body will be sent to East Troy. | $900, Wis., for burial. body to Wisconsin will be Hallard W. Atkinson, a son, and Mrs. A. N. Nel- | son, Winona, Minn., Mr. Atkinson's former wife. Mr. Atkinson leaves a son, Hallard, seven sisters and two brothers. They are Mrs. C. R. Enright, Forman; Mrs. F. W. Powers, Havana; Mrs. Elvin Johnson, Helena, Mont.; Mrs, Harry | Sorenson, New York City; Mrs. M. M. Lawlor, Mrs. G. W. Shields, and Mrs. C. R. Mules, East Troy, Wis. The brothers are P. W. Atkinson. East | Troy, Wis., and W. W. Atkinson, Los Angeles, i i cures construction | available office space and apportion ht, however, is to|{t to various state departments was of a capitol | ier tay pelore the fire had been n | extinguishes junday. pune ot poe ae to Fe | At a preliminary conference held h branches of the legislature and a"tno dovermee mansion at nvo: fhe state departments required “by | Pine, wovernor’s thi ciation of commerce presented. a pri crm office building would be egaege | minary ist" of epece, avaiaiie fn e city for use by the legislature Speed de nanie other state offices | 204 state departments, Give Snexestions C. W. McDonnell, chairman of the state railroad board, suggested that ® modern office building might be ues fe ie ae pore. me egislature and all s! lepartinents. Few estimates of the cost of a new senting the atte Akpan structure were made, but no one i A feumed to contemplate the expendi: | a2 "Genta dence ae, aia MIG: tee: ae 81.00 es trom | Auditor John Steen, Secretary of 2 {State Robert Byrne and C. W. Mc- be eae Tes pia" | Donnell, chairman of the state rail pf re uikd~ | pect ing Sind pe a) Foallzed from | 98d board, as a committee to act o the subject. His: initial thor | building and city auditorium were offered early in the day by George H. Will, chairman of the board | county commissioners; Mayor A. P. n. | . & Tecent tax with him in conferences with the state board of administration rela- wnineur sae : Netting ‘at the ‘association ‘of com. tents of the bu! not t merce rooms at 3p. m, the joint and “supplies cost Of mew equipment | Committee ‘went over the ait feney appropriatibns will be neces: in detail and eh - sary to get the various departments ments needing new offices and the $4 : | space avatiable. The board accepted bay oy \| an offer by F. L. Conklin for a com- State departments have no author- | mittee from the association of com- ity for the purchase of supplies and| Merce to assist in ascertaining the eater eas Be le ne: | ed ad a ome Beg hs cet dt be ature, IS CX] at orders will be placed in anticipation of de-. from Mayor A. T. Lynner, Fargo, * Use of the world war memorial! Lenhart and R. J. Kamplin. repre- : jovernor Shafer read a telegram in-, or ficlency appropriations for this pur -, viting the legislature to meet there'him with aemf&nce for with all of his records and equip- | ment, There wasn’t as much as a Pencil left, he said. The big safe in the office of Tax ;Com:nissioner Iver Acker was found in the offices of the state board of administration, three floors below. | This was true of metal filing cases {and other non-inflammable objects in other parts of the building. All came down a floor or two. | Among major personal losses of workers in the building were two pri- vate law libraries. R. J. Kamplin, assistant attorney general, valued his personal law books }at $1,500 and Charles Liessman. deputy secretary of state, estimated , his at $500. | Many other persons lost personal Possessions which they hed stored in their desks. | About 69 road contractors were in Bismarck today to submit their bids on projects which were to ke let by tion the highway commission this morn- | ing. Because of the capitol fire no bids were let and the contractors Joined others in hotel lobbies and Street corners discussing detalls of the blaze. ' State Printer George Munger was the first state official to transact business in his new quarters, Heads state departments were Hriag new print: on the work of the department, all correspondence files having been lost. She feels that the schools throughout the state will not suffer because of the fire and its effect on her depart- ment. Fortunately the high school examination questions for this period had not been received from the printer nor had the eighth grade examina- tions, which had already been written, come in, McClusky Man Recalls Christmas 66 YearsAgo McClusky: seantiest , year can’ hardl; that of Col. W. ardsville, a civil years ago. Col. Pickard’s story follows: “Sher- | man's army was encamped at Savan- {nah, Ga, on Christmas day in 1864. | We ate the last of our rations Christ- |mas eve. The government ships were lying outside of the harbor, but could | not get to dock on account of the imines. We could hear the ‘boom, {boom’ of the mines as they exploded “The commissary department sent wagon loads of oysters to the camps. We cracked oysters all day. | but fl were a joke as they were as empty %s our s » . So our Christmas dinner consisted of water and fresh ais,” s D., Dee. 29.—Even the as dinner of this be compared with . Pickard, of Pick- wor veicran, 66 \s