The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 31, 1930, Page 1

ESTABLISHED 1878 Probe ASK FIRE MARSHAL 10 BEGIN INQUIRY ON CONFLAGRATION Illness Has Prevented Him From Taking Action, Reade Tells Tribune LAIST MAKES STATEMENT Gives It As His Opinion That Spontaneous Combustion Theory Is Untenable ‘The state board of administration today asked Fire Marshal Henry Reade to make an investigation and report on the cause of the fire which Sunday destroyed the state capitol building. Action was taken following sub- ‘William i THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1930 City Has Good HAPPY NEW YEAR In common with its great family of subscribers and friends in Dakota, Tribune Western North The hope and confidence. looks forward to the new Year 7 During 1930 it has made an earnest effort to give service to Bis- and the people of the Missouri Slope second to that performed ‘no other per in America for its own section. newspal In common with our friends and readers we look with pride upon our worthwhile achievements and with humility upon our errors. As the New Year dawns we seek new ways in which we can be of service; new methods for cementing the old friendships which we have had for years and the new ones which we have won. And at the same time that we make our New Year's resolution for a bigger, better Tribune for 1931, even more actively aggressive for the welfare of Bismarck and the Missouri Slope area, we wish each and every friend and reader happiness, peace and prosperity for the New Year. Because of the holiday there will be no issue of The Tribuné on New Year's day. City’s School Enrollment Increased by 327 in Year BOY EXTORTION FATALLY WOUNDED BY POSSE BULLETS ictim Only 15 Years Old; Two Companions, Captured, Confess to Plot would answer their wants, Dr. Finney reported to the sheriff he received a letter directing nim to leave $10,000 at a fence post on a lonely highway. Fifteen residents of ‘Waupaca county hid in shrubbery nearby. Three youths got out of an automobile and one of them, startled by 2 movement in the shrubbery, fired on the hidden posse. Answering rifle shots killed Gordon Pope. His friends were arrested after a short chase. soa NEW ORLEANS BANK ROBBERS KILL TWO) Third Man Is Wounded; After Shooting, Armed Trio Es- capes With Money Minnesota, Bickerstaff read about it and got into communication with the de- tective.bureau here. EDGELEY STORE BURNS Both City and Parochial Schools Now Training Moré Stu- dents, Survey Shows Enrollment in Bismarck’s schools this year showed an increase of ap- Proximately 327 students, according to statistics compiled by officials in Students enrolled in the city echools in 1929 numbered 1,806 and in St. Mary's 560. In 1930, 2,108 students Hogs “pit tae ected ketball teams having been organized among them. bin Enrollment at the St. Mary's school this year has reached the total 580, according to Father ‘school director, with 460 the grades and 120 in the high school. There are 18 members on $1,790, funds for which were in the athletic treasury. goed VITALITY CONTINUES TO POSTPOE DEATH French Marshal Sinks Into State of Semi-Conscious- hess Today LIFE HANGS BY A THREAD Notes From Two Americans Are Among Messages Sent to If] Man. last night appeared to be exhausting itself this afternoon and at 1 o'clock he sank into a state of semi-con- sciousness. His doctors said his blood pressure very weak. Life hangs by a thread, one of the doctors said, and death may come at any time. All visitors except Louis ‘Barthou, one of the Marshal's closest forbidden to enter . patient's condition is ary,” the bulletin said, there occurred 8 loss of this ‘morhing leaving the pulse weak with intermittent interruptions. At present he sleeps in a deep calm.” SAYS MEN FORCED HER TO TAKE DOPE ‘Mystery Girl’ In Fargo Tells of Being Member of Kansas City Gang Fargo, N. D., Dec. 31.—(/P)—Break- ing her silence today, Sally Mayfair, young “mystery” girl, who was picked on the highway near Glyndon, Minn, in @ semiconscious condition, told Chief of Police Charles Albright ‘The girl with a gang of “racketeers” whom she met in a Kansas City, Kan. hotel and is afraid to talk for fear of being killed. She said members of the gang had threatened to shoot her if she ever talked. ‘The girl said she left Minneapolis’ Sunday about 8 a. m. in company with Helen and Philip Clark, Min- neapolis, presumably to drive to De- Lakes. About 40 miles out of Minneapolis, she said, Clark drove the car into where two men were service basis met with little favor at an informal meeting of city, county and state officials and local business men here last night. be established within 8 few years. | Business Year of Capitol Blaze Is Ordered by Board PROSECUTOR WOULD ARREST PAIR AGAIN L. H. Connolly Believes Evi- dence Would Justify Re- Arrest of Wicks, Nord Re-arrest of Joe Wicks, Sioux coun- ty deputy sheriff, and A. R. Nord, Sioux county insurance man, on county state’s attorney, in a confer ence with Attorney General James Morris scheduled for today. Mr. Connolly, who was appointed by the attorney general as a special Prosecutor in the case, said that he felt the state had sufficient evidence to cause the men to be bound over to the district court in connection with the holdup of the Farmers and Mer- chants Bank of Hurdsfield August 14. Wicks and Nord were freed of the charges at a preliminary hearing be- fore Justice of the Peace 8. J. Ker- Connolly said he feels that Ker- shaw’s decision was & mistake, and that s re-arrest of the men so that they can be submitted to another preliminary examination will be rec- ommended. In the meantime similar charges Believe Rustlers at Work Near Fort Yates Fort Yates, N. D., Dec. 31—(P)— Cattlemen of the Fort Yates vicinity Piatt Dunn, rancher 11 miles south- west of Shields, lost 10 head two weeks ago. Private sleuthing had led him to believe the cattle were moved to South Dakota. : Dunn's loss is not the only one in the community. A steer or cow often is missed from herds. NEW BALL WOBRIES.BABE He favored immediate enlargement of-the state bureau of criminai iden-| tifteation and apprehension. j loon ball only 250 or 260 yards. He hopes to offset the loss of distance by better putting, alongin golf by socking the new bal- | i | Legislator Might | Sit on Milk Stool ———— Fresno, Cal., Dec. 31.—(?)}—Two rams in two days were re- ceived by C. Todd Clark, rancher and newly-elected state assem- blyman, each assigning him to a different seat in the caiptol. Clark finally wired: “Seat me anywhere. If run short of seats I will along & milk stool.” FARGO PREPARED 1 BETTERITS ARPORT Would Meet Federal Require- ments If It Were Made Stop On Air Route you bring Fargo, N. D, Dec. 31—(P}—Im- .| provement of Fargo's municipal air- port, asked if the city was to be a stop on the proposed Twin Cities to Winnipeg air mail route, was ap- the period of its contract. The resolution was sent to Earl A. ‘Wadsworth, superintendent of the airmail contract service, at Wash- ington. FORKS ACTS SIMILARLY Grand Forks, Dec. 31.—(#)—The Grand Forks city commission wired postoffice authorities at Washington their agreement to meet requirements for airport facilities for mail planes on the F.oposed Twin Cities-Winn!- peg route at the municipal field here. ‘THINK OF GOOD DRIVE’ Iowa City, Dec. 31.—(#)}—Wonder- ful tip to the duffer: Just think of a good drive. Said Dr. Herbert 8. COUZENS ATTACKS Mostly fair tonight and Thurs- day; not so cold tonight, PRICE FIVE CENTS TOTAL OF TURNOVER APPARENTLY EQUAL TO LAST YEAR MARK Decrease In Gross Recelpts. Attributed to Drops’ tf Commodity Prices BIG YEAR OF CONSTRUCTION Public Improvements Cost $151,319 While Building Cost More Than $1,000,000 Beview of Bismarck’s population increase, business and fi- equal to that of last year, the de- crease in price accounts for the fall- ing off of gross totals. It would appear, Goddard said, that automobile dealers and farm im- Plement and machinery houses have Suffered a slump in business amount- ing to from 30 to 40 per cent, but the various other wholesale houses have RAIL, MERGER PLAN exec Michigan Republican Charac- terizes Consolidation As " ‘Most Unethical’ ‘Washington, Dec. 31—UP)—Presi- dent Hoover's announcement of an | 10) agreement between eastern railroads for a four-system consolidation was characterized today by Chairman Couzens of the senate interstate com- | °! 2s merce committee as “most unethical.” The Michigan Republican had just conferred with Danuel Willard, presi- dent of the Baltimore and Ohio road, around which one of.the four sys- that unless the interstate commerce commission approves the proposal, Consolidation will be impossible. He said the scheme was ohly slightly plan proposed the commission a year ago and was “workable” whereas the commission’s mission's proposal added upon the Wabash and the Seaboard atrline. “No one wants @ fifth system,” Willard said. LEGGE SEBS SHORT SALES ELIMINATION Answers Announcement That Chicago Board of Trade Might Close Exchange 8 Rag °