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'SQCIETY NEVS New Year's Eve Party Is Arranged by U.C.T. Bismarck council of United Com- mercial Travelers will hold its annual New Year's eve dancing party for members and their invited guests at the Elks’ hall Saturday night, it was announced by H. G. Hilden, senior counselor. Dancing will dart at 9:30 o’clock,, with a popular orchestra furnishing the music. Novelty numbers and a favor dance will be included in the program. Christmas trees and other holiday decorations will be used for the setting. A supper will be served efter midnight. Arrangements for the party are be- ing made by a committee including Harry Lewis, Bernard Andrus and A. M. Omdehl. x ek Miss Betty Allison, Beach, has come to Btsmiarck to spend the holiday va- cation with her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Taylor, 511 Sixth St. xk Miss Ruth Jones, Park Rapids, | Minn., will arrive this evening to) spend several days as the guest of Judge and Mrs. A. M. Christianson, 1005 Fifth St. . * ee Alvin C. Schlenker left Friday for| ‘Washington, D. C., after spending the Christmas holiday in Bismarck with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Schlenker, 722 First St. { ee € Miss Eunice Fisher, 521 Thirteenth St, and her sister, Mrs. Herman Pelker, 717 Twentieth 8t., have gone to Minneapolis for a two-week visit with their aunt, Mrs. Charles Cadoo. xe * Mrs. John Messer and daughter, ‘Miss Elizabeth Messer of Almont, are spending the holidays in Bismarck as the guests of Mr. and Mrs. John Ehr- mantraut. Mrs. Messer is a niece of Mr. Ehrmantraut, ee Mrs. J. A. Burgum and sons, Leland and Joey Burgum, of Arthur and Miss Ruth Hoeger of Fargo arrived Thurs- day to spend the week-end with Mrs. Burgum’s son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs, J. C. Peltier, 312 Park St. * * # Miss Bessie Baldwin, of the state li- brary commission staff, left Friday for Sparta, Wis. to spend the New Year’s holiday with her mother, Mrs. R. 8. Baldwin, who will celebrate her R0th birthday this week-end. + # * Mrs. E. O. Stoudt, Jr., 116% Fourth St., who is spending the holidays inj Fargo, was a guest of honor at a/ bridge luncheon given Thursday by; her sisters-in-law, Mrs. R. M. Stoudt and Mrs. Cyril Arnold, at the home of Mrs, Stoudt. He * Mr and Mrs. J.L Hughes, 519} Eleventh St, will have as their guest over the week-end their niece, Miss Genevieve Edson, Moffit, who will stop here en route to Valley City, where she is a student at the Valley City state teachers college. ee * Mrs, L. W. Larson and two children, 315 Park St., will leave Saturday eve- ning for St. Petersburg, Fla., to spend the winter months with Dr. Larson's parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Larson. The trip to a warmer climate is ne- cessitated by the recent illness of Dr. and Mrs. Larson's daughter, Marjorie. ee ® Miss Ruth Nelson, Duluth, Minn., is a guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs. B. D. Wetmore, 813 Rosser avenue,! for the remainder of the holiday sea- | son. Another holiday visitor at the Wetmore home is Mrs. Wetmore’s nephew, Leonard Crawford, a student at the University of North Dakota. ee Leo Payseno, who has spent the last few weeks in Bismarck with his par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. John Payseno, 1216 Broadway, left Wednesday for Bow- man, where he will resume his duties as manager of the Red Owl store there. ee * Mr. and Mrs, G. A. Osmundson, 508 Avenue A, entertained guests for three tables of bridge Thursday eve- ning at their home. Score prizes were awarded to Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Ship- ley and Mr. and Mrs. Peter Berry. Red carnations and poinsettias were used in decorating the rooms and tables. ee * Miss Cora Marie Strauss and her brother, Ernest Strauss, who have spent the holidays here with’ their parents, Dr. and Mrs. F. B. Strauss, Christmas Setting Is Used for Party Strings of twinkling colored lights, Christmas trees and festoons of green- ery provided an effective holiday set- ling for the annual dinner-dance of the Rainbow and DeMolay orders Thursday evening in the Masonic temple. Red tapers and tiny Christmas trees draped with silver tinsel ornamented the long table in the dining room, where covers were placed for 112 guests. Red and green streamers hung from the ceiling above the table and evergreen trees were massed be- fore the windows. Donald Johnson, head of the Bis- marck DeMolay chapter, presided as toastmaster during a short program following the dinner. He introduced Mrs. Andrew Erdahl, mother advisor for the Rainbow Girls, Miss Doris Tait, worthy advisor .of the chapter, and Supreme Court Justice W. L.} Nuessle, DeMolay sponsor. Joan Hughes played “Bells of St. Mary's,” as a piano solo and also Played the accompaniments for Vivi- jan Coghlan, who sang, “I Love You Truly” and “Smilin’ Through.” Later the Sammy Kontos orchestra Played for the dancing in the up- stairs ballroom. A balloon dahce was one of the features. Plans for the party were directed by a committee composed of Rainbow Girls and DeMolay members. It in- cluded Doris Tait, Cornelia Tracy, Nina Melville, Donald Johnson, How- ard Brier and Omer Walla. Decora- tions were arranged by Kenneth Jos- lin, Wilma Wenzel, Cornelia Tracy, Frances Dunn and George Moses. ¢—_—________-_____@ | City-County News | Fe nen EDI erent There will be a meeting of the Capital City Chess club at 17:30 o'clock this evening in the communi- ty room at the World War Memorial building, to which chess players of the city are invited. * OR * C. R. Verry, Minot, former chief clerk for the house in the state leg- islature, is a visitor in Bismarck. *e * Mr. and Mrs. James McGuire, Washburn, are parents of twins born Thursday at the Bismarck hospital. One child is a boy, the other a girl. Olson to Recommend ‘Radical’ Measures St. Paul, Dec. 30.—()—The Dis- patch Friday said it had learned Gov- ernor F. B, Olson in his message to the legislature next week would ad- vocate a statutory income tax law and a program including many of the so-called “radical” measures of the Farmer-Labor platform. The Dispatch said these would in- clude special taxes such as chain store, billboard, oleomargarine and fur pelt levies to relieve the burden on general property; a statewide sys- tem of unemployment insurance; a provision for submission of a consti- tutional amendment providing intro- duction of the Ontario system of state development and administration of hydro-electric power and light and legislation permitting awaicipally- owned power plants to extend facili- ties and sell power outside their mu- nicipal boundaries, Game Law Violators Paid $1,260 in Month Fines totaling $1,260 were imposed on 23 game law violators convicted | during December, according to a re- Fort of Burnie Maurek, commissioner. In addition costs of $266.15 were im- Posed. Twelve of the persons were arrest- ed for killing deer out of season and M1 of them were fined $1,050 and costs of $201.55. The twelfth person arrested for killing and transporting deer was bound over to the district court. Killing or having pheasants brought the arrests of five persons while the other arrests were hunting without a license, trapping out of season or without a license, and killing prairie chickens out of season. POLES ARRANGE PAYMENT Warsaw, Poland, Dec. 30.—(®)—The Polish, government has arranged with Dillon, Read & Co., to repay $1,490,- 000 due Jan. 1 in six monthly-install- | % 223 First St., left Friday noon for|ments against the 1924 loan of $45,- ‘Minneapolis. dent at the University of Minnesota and Ernest Strauss is a pupil at Mc- Phail’s School of Music. ee % Miss Belle Mehus of the Mehus Conservatory of Music returned to Bismarck Thursday evening from Devils Lake, where she passed the Nolidays with her brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Leo Studness (Alma Mehus). She was accompa- nied here by her father, M. K. Mehus of Brinsmade, who will visit here for eeveral weeks. Short Illness Fatal To Bismarck Mother Mrs. Martha K. Anderson, 34, wife of Alvin Anderson, 416% Second St., died at a local hospital late Thurs- day night after an illness of less than a week. She was taken ill Christmas day and a short time later was taken to the hospital but physicians were un- able to save her life. Besides her husband she leaves five children, ranging in age from two to 1l.years. They are Marcella, 11; Raymond, 10; Joseph, 8; Jean, 5; Lorraine, Z. marriage to Mr. Anderson. services will be held at 2 Q' Tuesday afternoon at Webb's funeral chapel and ‘interment will ‘De_in Fairview cemetery. 5 ‘Mrs. Anderson’s parents are ¢x- pected to come here for the funeral. ——$_—_—_— LIONS TO MEET JAN. 17 Members of Lions clubs at 17 towns of the Missouri Slope area will at- tend a district meeting at Mandan Jan. 17, it was announced Friday. . Miss Strauss is a stu-/ 000,000. This agreement gave rise to| reports abroad that Poland was pre- paring to pay the December war debt nied this, explaining that negotiations for settlement of that obligation will continue when the new Polish minis- ter reaches Washington. SOUTH AFRICA OFF GOLD Cape Town, Union of South Africa, Dec. 30.—(/?)—Commercial banks Fri- 3 day opened South Africa’s “non-gold| } standard” exchange dealings with the quotation 91 pounds (South African) per 100 pounds (British sterling). This was the first quotation since pout Africa went off the gold stan- lard. AGED MAN SUCCUMBS Conklin, the man who lived so long he “forgot five years of his life” died Thursday night at the age of 103. He was celebrating his 94th anni. versary when relatives, who claimed they investigated pension bureau rec- ords, told him he in reality was 99. SUMMONS FARM COMMITTEE Washington, Dec. 30.—(#)—Hope- members of the agriculture commit- tee to a special meeting Saturday to| % .{ Study details of the domestic allot- ment plen. Pad STATES GET RELIEF gency relief funds Friday were voted the Reconstruction ition. Ken- tucky received $1,601,058, Kansas $656,- a Cottons, 1,360,840 and Montana totaling $4,237,253 to four states by Governors of North and ith Da- kota and Minnesota are expected to ‘be. guest speakers at the session, lo- cal officials said. i check charge actress, formerly known as (Wilson, had been withdrawn by ‘complainant. a local hotel manager. Advisory Board Bids | Farewell to I. Acker Members of the Salvation Army advisory board assembled at a lunch- eon in the private dining room at the Grand Pacific hotel Thursday noon to bid farewell to Iver Acker, presi- dent of the board, who is leaving the city. He was presented with a leather brief case, Mrs. Alfred Zuger making the presentation on behalf of the board. He responded with a brief talk. Rev. W. E.- Vater was welcomed as @ new member of the board. Elec- tion of a chairman to replace Mr. Acker will take place at a special meeting of the group in the near future. Welfare activities of the Salvation Army were summarized in a report presented by Adjutant Herbert Smith. From Oct. 1 until the present time, 2,228 meals were served to transients ard to indigent local pérsons at the community kitchen, he said. During the same period 763 lodgings have been furnished, 571 showers provided as well as many outfits of clean cloth- ing and materials and stamps for let- ters. Work was secured either on farms or from local persons for 29 transients. He pointed out that the Red Cross | is providing food for hot lunches for | 122 school children daily, the meals; being cooked in the community kit-| chen from menus worked out by a dietitian who is a member of the American Association of University Women, which organization also is assisting by providing transportation of the cooked food. ‘The Community Chest has donated a carload of coal to be distributed to Persons in need, Smith said. DISMISS MURDER CHARGE Havre, Mont., Dec. 30.—()—Dismis- | sal of a murder charge filed against | Ed Benz as a result of the shooting} of Mr. and Mrs. William J. Lidstone | has been granted at the request of! the county prosecutor at Chinook be- cause of insufficient evidence. Benz! has been at liberty on bond since} August. The elderly couple was shot} commenced to devote their interests | to developing air passenger traffic, is | being revived again with the sugges- || tion that air mail will bring about a j |. to death at the Lidstone farm home} in Blaine county early last July. Offi- cers expressed the belief the killings were the climax of a neighborhood! quarrel. \ ances i TWO SLAIN IN TOLEDO Monroe, Mich., Dec. 30.—()—Two | men, identified tentatively by Toledo police as Sam Paplan and a man! known to them as “Speedy” Lampert | of Toledo, were found shot to death} and étrangled with rope and wire Friday in the rear seat of an auto- mobile near the Monroe city limits. Possible retaliation by a rival liquor gang was ascribed by the police as, the reason for the slaying as they began an investigation. George Collins and his Collegians of Fargo will entertain you here New Year's Eve 6 to 8 P. M. Saturday night, Dec. 3ist SPECIAL TURKEY DINNER Will Be Served Make arrangements now to cele- brate with us The Prince Cafe Celebrate NEW YEAR’S EVE installment, but the government de-| % Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 30.—()—Eligah | § ful of reporting a farm relief bill to|% the house by the end of next week, | ¥ ,|Chairman Jones Friday summoned Deb. 30.—(P}—Emer-'| 8 Saturday, Dec. 31st at the Lewis and Clark (Mandan) Main Dining Room Cover charge 50c. Dancing be- gins at 9 o'clock. Excellent music. Says Glass and Byrd Won’t Enter Cabinet Richmond, Va., Dec, 30.—(#)—The News Leader said Friday it had learn- ed authoritatively that neither U. 8. Senator Carter Glass nor former Gov- ernor Harry Flood Byrd would be able to accept portfolios in the Roosevelt cabinet in the event either or both should be asked. Senator Glass, the paper said, is ex- pected to decline because of senate duties and because of health impaired by hard work. The former governor has asserted he was not a candidate for a cabinet post and the News Lead- er reports his friends as saying he will not accept if a post is offered. Both men have been mentioned fre- quently as probably cabinet choices, > \! To Be Centenarian | On New Year’s Day | CARESS Mon HN LAW” Y Minneapolis, Dec. 30.—(P)—At exactly 3 a. m. New Year's day, the clear voice of a 100-year old war veteran will ring through the corridors of the Minnesota Sol- diers’ Home hospital—he will be singing in his 101st year. “At 3 a. m., Jan. 1, 1833, I came into the world at Lyons, France,” he said Friday. “They haven't gcaught me sleeping for 100 years, and don’t think they'll catch me sleeping when that 100 years are up. I'm going to sing.” His name is Felix Cornayer. “My father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Cornayer, died at Glencoe about 35 years ago. They were both 102 years old,” he said. “I have never been sick. I did my drinking and ‘smoking. I had 12 children.” | | > BOOST AIR MAIL New York--The U. S. Post Office Department, according to the Aero- nautical Chamber of Commerce, is launching a program to increase in- terest in air mail. This program, shelved some years ago when air lines speeding up of business. WHALES HAVE LICE A small, jointed animal, related to the fresh water shrimp, is a par- asite on the skin of whales. lice, | These Jittle creatures are known as whale ‘THE BISMARCK ‘TRIBUNE, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1¥3z ——— | Legionnaire Leads | Trio to Treasure ARE Sesh att Pir be shema Fergus Falls, Minn., Dec. 30.— (®)—Alex Sin led three American Legion buddies on a treasure hunt that ended under a drift of snow and netted $580. Sin, committed to the state hos- pital here from Middle River, about 200 miles north of here, confided in Oscar Elton, past commander of the Legion post, Douglas Misfelt and Theodore Fossen, Legionnaires, who called on him at the hospital, that he had a buried treasure. Obtaining permission to take Sin with them, they drove to the Middle River neighborhood this week. Sin had a cabin there in which he had lived alone. Ob- taining an iron bar he proceeded to @ patch of rushes in a dried out lake bottom and began dig- ging. Heavy snow impeded his search and he was about to give up when his iron bar struck a stone and his face broke into a broad grin. Then he tore away brush and earth and revealed a jar filled with oats and tightly capped. Unscrewing the cap he poured out the oats and in the center was a small roll of bills—his life's savings of $580. He has request- ed that it be placed in govern- ment bonds. Will Move Alleged North Dakota Slayer Davenport, Iowa, Dec. 30—(#)— Jack Spiesman, arrested in Muscatine last Monday and held in jail here on a federal warrant charging him with the slaying of a patrolman at Devils Lake, N. D., will be taken to Des Moines Friday night. Spiesman, who pleaded not guilty to the charge when arraigned here, will be held in Des Moines for North Dakota federal officers. o- irene Florence Lake | Wail nidon tai eoe | By HELEN WITT vi Mr. and Mrs. Henry Roth and son Alvin spent\a few days of.the past week at the John Witt home. Mr, and Mrs. Clarence Kindred The Greatest Doug Saturday, Teh ok a a a a a a a aa a a a a Celebrate New Year’s Eve. Dec. 31st, at with Harry Turner and His Orchestra in music and vaudeville acts. The evening will be celebrated in cabaret style, eats furnished by the Grand Pacific Restaurant. No cover charge made. Balloons, Confetti, Noise-makers, etc., given free. Admission for entire evening, $1.10, including tax. Unaccompanied ladies, 25c. Make table reservations with of All, in a Modern Comedy Drama That Fairly Leaps From the Screen. It's DOUG all over . . . zoom- ing, bounding, way through thrills and ac- tion! las AIRBANKS fighting his at his best as BINSO RERUSOE SNe Attend the New Year's Eve Midnight Show—Starts promptly at 10:30. See Will Rogers in “TOO BUSY TO WORK’ the Dome them. ~ ° | diana are the parents of @ daughter born Thursday morning. | D. F. McClellan has dressed his turkeys and taken them to Chicago. From there he plans to go to In- to visit his mother. | Miss Mabel Lytle, teacher in Flor-| ence Lake No. 2, is taking a week's Christmas vacation. ; Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Witt were Bis- | kola, Theodore Hokana, John, Gyl- jmarck and Mandan visitors from Thursday until Saturday. | Miss Irene Marchant called at the| John Witt home Saturday evening. | Miss Mabel Lytle spent the wee! a with Miss Catherine Lee of Den- hoff. Mr. and Mrs. J, E. Witt, Mr. and Mrs, Leroy Marchant and son Lioyd,| Mr. and Mrs. David Hochhalter and family, Margaret and Irene Mar-| chant, Emil, Edward, Ted and Annie Stroh, Herbert Hoffman and Gust) and Emil Witt attended the Christ- mas program given by Miss Nellie | Fitegerald at the Schrunk school. | ‘Miss Mabel Lytle called at the John | ‘Witt home Thursday evening. | Mr. and Mrs. David Hohalter and | family spent Monday evening at the | R. G. Marchant home. Mr. and Mrs. John Witt spent Sat- urday evening at the William Witt | home. | Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Marchant and son Lloyd and Mr. and Mrs. John ‘Witt and Herbert Hoffman spent Sunday at the R. G. Marchant home. Mr. and Mrs, Herman Nieters and sons Leo, Albert and Bill attended church in Wing Monday. H SSSSSSSSS Johnson’s Borated Mulsified Cocoanut Glycerine and Rose a $2.00 value Nonspi, 60c bottle . 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GYLDEN A party was held at Art Magnus’ Saturday evening. Sulo and Severt Glyden, Eino Hoc- den and son Sergie, Eino Johnson, Walter and Earl Waiste spent Sat- urday evening at Gust Eckholm’s. Emil Niemi, Selma and Sally Gyl- den were callers at William Harju’s Saturday evening. Fino Johnson and Severt Gylden were overnight guests of John Gyl- den’s Saturday. Miss Sylvia Eckholm and Edwin; Olson were callers at Dave Joseph- son's Sunday evening. Matt Setala was an overnight guest of John Gylden’s Tuesday. Mrs. John Waiste spent Monday with Mrs. Gust Eckholm. Many attended the programs at Lyman school No. 1 and Linden No. 1. Bill Wanttaja was a caller at Ida Thorson’s, Arne Antilla’s, John Mat- son's and Gust Eckholm’s Tuesday. Miss Selina Gylden spent the week visiting Miss Lenora Hedstrom, teacher of Linden school No. 3. Mrs. Anna Dronen and sons Harold and Gerald were town callers Satur- day. En route home they called at Miss Lenora Hedstrom’s school. Louis Olson recently motored to overnight! guest of Mrs. Bill Wanttaja Wednes- day evening. Miss Saima Antilla was an over- Be Ped guest at Morris Erickson's Sat- ye Peer om rcemere 78! i SHOOTS SELF ACCIDENTALLY Belle Fourche, 8. D., Dec. 30.—(?)}— Homer G. Foraker, 52, Butte county stock man, was killed by his own rifle while crawling through a fence on his ranch near Arpan Thursday. He leaves his widow and three chil. dren. 4,283,153 ARE ILLITERATE Washington, Dec. 30.—(#)—The, number in the United States who can neither read nor write is estimated at 4,283,753. That figure was con- tained in the final rej of the na- tional advisory acy, appointed by President Hoover three years ago with Secretary Wil- Pettibone to get Lawrence Olson, who A.W. LUCAS CO. 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