The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 25, 1936, Page 1

(=| THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, ESTABLISHED 1878 ROARING SNOWSLDE,| Virginia Bruce’s Baby THREE MILES WIDE, Is Target of Kidnapers ON OIL SANCTIONS IS BURIES MING ANP Camp Cook, Foreman, Black- smith Die Beneath Tons of Debris in Colorado DEMOLISHES $100,000 MILL Ouray Mine Was Spot Where Father of Evelyn Walsh Mc- Lean Hit Pay Dirt Ouray, Colo., Feb. 25.—(?)—Historic Camp Bird gold mine, where the late Thomas Walsh “struck it rich” in 1896, was a shambles Tuesday, caught in the crush of the Colorado Rockies’ second death-bearing snow avalanche in eight days. A snowslide three miles wide shot down “Chicago slide’ and crashed through the camp Monday, killing three persons and injuring at least four. On Feb. 16 the Hesperus gold mine, 50 miles south of here, was struck by an avalanche that killed six, Breaking loose from the craggy peaks rimming a canyon above here, the slide swept through the lower floor of a two-story bunkhouse, de- molished a $100,000 mill and a snow- tunnel connecting buildings of the camp and piled up a half-nille far- | mainly ther down the mountain. A second slide narrowly missed the camp, then joined the first avalanche to pile tons of snow, battered timber and other debris against the mine en- trance, temporarily trapping 25, min- trs on the lower level. They freed themselves. Mrs, Rose Israel, the camp cook, was killed. The other victims were Chapp E. RY INDICTS TWO MILL CITY POLICE HEADS FOR LAXITY |= Charges of Neglect of Duty Are Climax to Sweeping Li- quor Investigation lice here, and Forby were charged on two counts. Return Other Bills ‘The jury also returned two other| where indictments, naming two more liquor pol came in the midst of the city-wide campaign for better goverument in pe civic clubs, individuals, and usiness firms are cooperating. The drive acrimonious gatenens mee Mayor Latimer N. Holsaple, gaged ——$—$ 2 Rigs Gun to Catch Thieves, Kills Self Anderson, 8. C., Feb. 25.—(?)— ‘Waymon E. Below, 57, a farmer, found someone had been stealing corn from his crib and rigged up @ shotgun device that would fire its charge toward the door when it was opened. Absentmindedly, Below opened the door himself. He was killed. MEN'S CHORUS WILL SING FAVORITES AT THURSDAY CONCERT Familiar Music Chosen to En- able Audience to Judge Group's Excellence Familiar songs‘ will mark the ini- tial public coabert of the Bismarck Men’s chorus to be presented at the The old favorites were selected, Anderson said, partly because they are somewhat easier to sing but because members of the chorus believe that people enjoy hearing music with which they are somewhat familiar. Stel another factor, he said, is the belief that such a program will he explained. “But you can't fool the public on their favorites. When "~-gomething “they ‘iknow you've got to be good.” Since one of the purposes ot chorus is to stimulate musical res est among the men and boys of the community, two of neon eters usicians have bee Unidentified Woman Warns Ac- tress, Former Fargo Girl, of ‘Great Danger’ Hollywood, Calif., Feb. 25.—(#)—The home of Virginia Bruce, film actress, the former Virginia Briggs of Fargo, N. D., was under police guard Tues- day, after her two-year old daughter. Susan Ann Gilbert, was reported threatened with kidnaping. Gladys Hall, writer and Miss Bruce's per- sonal representa- tive, told detec- tives an unidenti- fied woman re warned her blonde player ona her child were in “great danger and must be noti- fied.” Miss Hall said the woman ap- proached her at her home and in- sisted that she be given Miss Bruce's telephone number and street address. When Miss Hall told her to contact the actress through her studio, the ‘woman reportedly exclaimed, “No, no, they are watching the studio. If I should see her there, I would have to leave town to escape them.” Miss Hall said the woman intimated there was a plot to kidnap Susan Ann, Miss Bruce’s daughter by her mar- riage to the late John Gilbert. The woman left hurriedly when she at- tempted to question her further, Miss Hall said. The actress, Gilbert's fourth wife, was bequeathed with her daughter the bulk of the late actor's $250,000 estate. WILENT? RETURNING | TO OPPOSE POSSIBLE REPRIEVEFOR BRUNO “| Governor’s Attack on Credibili- of the following Song, Kentucky berg. Stein Song, Sweet seep Boots and The Bells and by a famous classicist. ty of Two Witnesses Will Be Opposed Trenton, N. J., Feb. 25.—(#)—The | things, man who told the Flemington jury Bruno Hauptmann “will be thawed out when he hears that switch” sped back to New Jersey Tuesday to make sure the convicted killer of the Lind- bergh baby will not escape the chair. Attorney General David T. Wilentz was scheduled to arrive here from afternoon to The entire program will be pre-|county prosecutor Anthony M. Hauck, | the sented without instrumental accom-jJr., the burden of replying to Gov. paniment except for Going Home,| Harold G. Hoffman's attack on two piano accompaniment against for which the will be played by Kling. MILLER TO RETURN CONVICT 10 PRIS Paroled Man Attempted St. Louis, Holdup in Which Pal Was Slain C. A. Miller, head of the state bu- reau of criminal identification, left here agent for Jefferson City, Mo., will take John Peters, pa- ruled North Dae igen into cus- ee a from the state prison here in ee ane robbery, during which another ex- was shot expires this be brought back re to serve lance of a 20- sentence imposed in Ward coun- ty in November, 1929, following his conviction on a robbery charge. Sebastian also had @ long criminal record back of him before he was killed during the attempted holdup at St. Louis. Sentenced to five years in the North Dakota penitentiary from Richland county in 1919 on a first degree manslaughter charge, he escaped in 1920 but was brought back after serving a term in the Idaho state prison. He served out his term and was released here in April 1934, shortly before the St, Louis episode. Ohioans Hear Nye May) Campaign With Borah Columbus, O., Feb. 25.—(7)—Rumors -|were current Tuesday that Senator .' |Gerald P. Nye of North Dakota or! JIGGS WILL LIKE THIS Newark, N. J. Feb. 25.—(P}— Corned-beef and cabbage did it, Mrs Ann Devaney said Tuesday as she celebrated her 103rd anniversary. EAU CLAIRE MAN DIES Shanghai, Feb. 25.—(AP)—George cere eo. 27. Of eeu. Cine. Wis., died Tuesday bullet from a his head..- Rep. Hamilton Fish, Jr., of New York might be Senator William E. Borah’s presidential running mate in the fight for Ohio's delegation:to the Cleve- land Republican convention, BURY GARRISON WOMAN Garrison, N. D., Feb. 25.—Puneral services for Mrs. R. H. Ray, wife of a Garrison physician, were held in the] nilari Congregational at 1:30 p.m. o the state's witnesses uptmann is under sentence to die the week of March 30, but prosecution officials believe another reprieve may pe. peamraniee unless they act quickly to forestall further attacks on the case they presented against Hauptmann. Wilentz is expected to tell the gov- ernor the latter's attack on the in- tegrity of the two state witnesses, Millard Whited and aged Amandus Hochmuth, is not grounded on fact. Governor Still Jittery ‘The governor has indicated he may seek legal advice on the validity of Hauptmann’s extradition from the Bronx in view of his allegation that Whited, Sourlands mountain logger, led at the proceedings when he swore he had seen Hauptmann prowling in the woods near the Lindbergh ane aed before the kidnaping, March The Rev. John Mattiesen of Tren- ton, Hauptmann’s spiritual advisor, April of in an aizempied| Monday night in New York, quoted the condemned man as saying he be- Meved Dr. John F. (Jafsie) Condon testified against him unwillingly un- der police pressure. In the New Jersey assembly Mon- day night Assemblyman J. Parnell Thomas demanded that Governor Hoffman drop his “will-o’-the-wisp Justice,” and Assemblyman Charles R. Geddes attacked his alleged neg- lect of state relief affairs for “an il- legally entered alien.” Hitler Is Doing Good Job, Paster Asserts Minot, N. D., Feb, 25.—(#)—Hitler is doing a better job of running Ger- many than most European leaders are doing in other countries, says Bishop Raymond J. Wade of Stockholm Sweden, While taking exception to Hitler's anti-Jewish and his totalitarian state Policies, Bishop Wade said here Mon- TU ESDAY, FERRUARY 25, 1936 Dr. R. S. Towne Accidentall Killed, 4 Hurt, i A BRITAIN'S INTENTION |{ itis Funerar Hera] BERENSON SENTENCE | Wied ete | STILL QUESTIONABLE Eden Avoids Committing His Government to Definite Declaration on Issue CABINET TO MAKE DECISION Commons Ignores Appeals That Defense Fund Be Cut, Passes Appropriation (Copyright, 1936, Associated Press) London, Feb. 25.—Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden’s much-heralded house of commons speech, which side- stepped a stand on the oil sanction issue, aroused belief Tuesday that only a slender chance remains of Bri- Tey. Pressing for an embargo against General satisfaction greeted some sections of Eden’s maiden speech to the commons as foreign secretary, especially his proposal for a worl wide system of collective security, rather than a policy of “encirclement.” Disappointment spread in political circles, however, because Eden gave no indication of the government's final intentions concerning an oil sanction, uppermost question in the League of Nations campaign against the Italo-Ethiopian war. No Prospect of Action The consensus of commons lobbies was that there was little prospect that Britain would take the lead for adoption of an gil embargo when the league's sanctions committee of 18 tad at Geneva March 2 to act on e ‘The final decision was believed to rest with the meeting Wednesday of Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin's cabinet. The house of commons then turned to supplementary estimates for the nation’s fighting forces and gave its Prompt ‘approval. - The estimates included about $24,- 500,000 for the royal navy, about $6,- 750,000 for the army and $8,055,000 for the royal air force. Lord Stanley, parliamentary and financial secretary to the admiralty, told the house some of the navy funds would be used-for a flotilla of new large-type destroyers. See Armament Race Albert Victor Alexander in moving for a reduction charged the govern- ment with “beginning an armaments race” at a time when, among other it has a “debt of £900,000,000 (about $4,500,000,000) to the United States.” His motion was rejected, 286 to 95, and the naval estimate carried, as did those for the army and air force after similar labor amendments for reduc- tion were rejected. Eden's noncommittal attitude to- ward oil sanctions drew charges from me epee press that he evaded BURLEIGH LEAGUERS INSTRUCT DELEGATES Five Envoys Ordered to Support Present Members of State Administration Five delegates elected to the state convention of the Nonpartisan League by the Burleigh county convention held in the statehouse Tuesday after- noon were instructed to endorse pres- ent members of the state administra- tion for nomination and re-election to office.. The delegates named are H. E. Paul and Russell Young, both of Bis- marck, Martin Strand and Julius Ol- scn, both of Regan, and Earl Mowder, Canfield township. There was one proviso in the in- structions—that if any member of the Present administration accepted the endorsement of any other political faction or party, or if any member of the present administration withdrew from the Nonpartisan League, the delegates were instructed not to recog- nize such candidate, Several resolutions were drawn up, one of them condemning the Leader, weekly newspaper, and declaring it ts not to be recognized as the official organ of the League. The faction led with William Langer met in the courtroom at the county courthouse with William B. Falconer, Lincoln township, as chairman. The first item of busi- ness was the appointment of a cre- dentials committee composed of C. J. Johnson, Regan; A. C. Jordan, Dris- coll, and C. D, King, Menoken. At the same time the Welford fac- tion was holding a meeting in the capitol building with C. D. Dursema hairman. day night that the Nazi chieftain is| 45 _¢! achieving many desirable aims. Given the opportunity of a free election, 85 per cent of the German people would vote to keep Hitler in power, the Methodist churchman said Bishop Wade was a speaker at a family night meeting in Vincent Methodist church here. CELEBRATE MARDI GRAS New Orleans, Feb. 25.—(?)—New eer became @ bedlam of carnival Tuesday. The whole city of Mardi Gras. The jot was expected to be con- testing delegations from Burleigh county at the Nonpartisan state con- vention here March 3. The same sit- uation was understood to prevail in some other counties of the state. Swanson, who has been ill of pleurisy and a fractured rib, was followed word from Naval hospi- Tuesday by here Tuesday Joined once more jn meas celebration tal that “Ris improvement continbes Washington, Feb. 25.—(P)— Leaders in the government and friends gathered Tuesday for the funeral of Col. Henry Latrobe Roosevelt, assistant secretary of the navy, who died Saturday. President Roosevelt, a distant relative, arranged to attend the services at 10:30 a. m. (CST) at St. John’s Episcopal church, Burial will be in Arlington ceme- tery. LEAGUERS ASSEMBLE IN LOCAL MEETINGS TO NAME DELEGATES County Conventions Will Select Representatives to State Gathering Nonpartisan League precinct dele- gates prepared to aig in county con- ventions the state Tues- day to select representatives to the state convention at Bismarck March 3. Charges and counter charges and broken alliances in the pre-conven- tion campaign paved the way for pos- sible conflict in many of the coun- ties with probability of split conven- tions in some instances. As the conventions swung into ses- sion, acting Governor Welford and former Gov. William Langer appeared to carry the pre-convention strength. although Adam Lefor, state bank ex- aminer; R. H. Walker, chairman of the state Workmen’s Compensation bureau; and Senator E. C. Stucke of Garrison were expected to receive some votes, 166 Votes in Convention A total of 166 delegates will be sent to the state convention, including the five members of the executive com- mittee of the Federation of Nonpar- tisan clubs and 12 labor union dele- gates. One labor delegate will be Picked from each of the following counties: Cass, Grand Forks, Bur- leigh, Stutsman, Ramsey, Ward, Wil- liams, Stark, Morton McLean, Mer- cer and Wells, In addition, counties will be en- titled to the following delegates to be selected at conventions today: Adams 1, Barnes 3, Benson 4, Bill- ings 1, Bottineau 4, Bowman 1, Burke 3, Burleigh 5, Cass 5, Cavalier 5, Dickey 3, Divide 3; Dunn 2, Eddy 2, Emmons 3, Foster 1, Golden Valley 1, Grand Forks 4, Grant 3, Griggs 1, Hettinger 3, Kidder 2, LaMoure 3, Logan 3, McHenry 3, McIntosh 3, Mc- Kenzie 3, McLean 6, Mercer 3, Mor- ton 5, Mountrail 4, Nelson 2, Oliver 1, Pembina 4, Pierce 2, Ramsey 3, Ran- son 2, Renville 1, Richland 5, Rolette 2, Sargent 1, Sheridan 2, Sioux 1, Slope 1, Stark 3, Steele 2, Stutsman 5, Towner 2, Traill 2, Walsh 3, Ward 6, Wells 3 and Williams 3. Both Welford and Langer forces were expected to make an effort to win control of the Burleigh county delegation at the county convention opening in the courthouse at 2 p. m. ‘Welford is expected to win the del- egation from Pembina county his home, without real opposition. Huge Crowd Attends Funeral for Bangs Grand Forks, N. D., Feb. 25.—(7}— Friends by the hundreds attended funeral services Monday for Tracy R. Bangs, Grand Forks attorney, who died suddenly Saturday. The crowd failed to find room for itself in St. Paul's Episcopal church where Rev. Homer R. Harrington rector, officiated after private services at the home. Bangs was 73. Leading members .of the state bar and civic circles were present. Dr. Mordoff Fails to Locate Birth Record Minneapolis, Feb. 25. — (® — Al- though unable to find Minneapolis records verifying the birth of a son to his wife, Dr. Gordon E. Mordoff of Chicago Tuesday nevertheless re- mained steadfast in the belief 3-year- old “Sonny Boy” is his son. Dr. Mordoff made a fruitless search of Minneapolis health department records seeking support for his claim the child was born to his wife, who REDUCTION MAY NOT| gm BE DECLARED LEGAL); Cass State’s Attorney Was Not Notified of Pardon Board Hearing on Case BURKE SAYS ACTION WRONG New Chapter Added to Fargo Liquor Law Violator’s Long Legal History Commutation of sentence of Arthur A. Berenson, Fargo liquor law viola- tor, by the state board of pardons re- cently which would release Berenson from prison April 1, may not be legal, {t was learned Tuesday when the board received a protest from A. R. Bergeson, Cass county state's attor- ney. Bergeson, in a letter to the board, claimed the action was illegal because he had not been notified prior to the Pardon meeting. Chief Justice John Burke of the North Dakota supreme court, and member of the pardon board, called on the attorney general's office for an immediate opinion as to the legality of the action. Studying statutes requiring the state’s attorney who prosecuted the case and the presiding judge be noti- fied of applications for clemency, Justice Burke informally declared he believed the action of the board to be “illegal” because of the failure of the board to notify either Bergeson or District Judge M. J. Englert who pre- sided in the case. Two Out of City Governor Welford and Attorney General Sathre, two other members a the pardon board, were out of the city. “This was an inadvertence of the board,” Justice Burke said. “We naturally assumed the state's attorney and district judge had been notified of the application of Berenson, prior to his appegrance. If this rahe is illegal, it is illegal. Inthe future we shall “ascertain definitely whether Proper officials have been notified, prior to the meeting.” Berenson’s sentence of 18 months was commuted to expire April 1 at the February meeting of the board. The action was taken at a session of the full board consisting of Justice Burke, Welford, Sathre, R. R. Bor- man of Abercrombie and M. T. Bar- ger of Linton. A check of pardon board records indicated no notice had been sent to (Continued on Page Two) HIGHWAY COSTS 10 BE REDISTRIBUTED BY TAX CODE SHIFT ed by Interim Tax Survey Commission Body North Dakota's interim tax survey commission contemplates a complete revision of the state tax code to dis- tribute more equitably the burden of highway costs, W. M. Felson, member of the commission, said Tuesday. Felson, serving on the commission’s subcommittee on highways, said the committee had completed its report, but that final detatls would not be re- vealed until the commission had ac- cepted it. Some “minor adjustments” me te be made in the report, Felson said. “North Dakotans must exert them- selves if they choose to construct and maintain transportation arteries which will permit economical year- round access to local and distant trading centers,” Felson explained. “This is particularly true in view of the state’s unusually large state high- way system in relation to its popula- tion and number of motor vehicles.” “The seriousness of the road tax implications may be appreciated when it is known that North Dakota has only 89 persons and 21 vehicles per mile of state highway,” Felson said. “This compares with Minnesota which has 226 persons and 82 motor vehicles per mile of state highway. “In the final analysis, it is the number of persons and particularly motor vehicle owners to whom the state must look for a large share of its revenue for highway purposes.” Currency Inflation Backers Lose Power Washington, Feb. 25.—()—Oppon- ents of currency inflation were jub- ilant Tuesday at word that only 25 tepresentatives have signed the peti- tion designed to force a house vote on the plan of Representative Patman (Dem., Tex.) to pay the soldiers’ bonus with new greenbacks. To force the vote that Patman wants, 218 signa- tures would be required. Congressional leaders noted also that a petition by Representative Lemke (Rep. N. D.), to force action on his bill to refinance farm mort- gages with up to $3,000,000,000 of new it |currency, now bears 207 names. There were 214 signatures on it a fortnight 350. u : DR. R. S. TOWNE A leader in his profession in the northwest for many years, Dr. R. 8. Towne, Bismarck dentist, was acci- dentally killed Monday night in an accident at the Northern Pacific rail- road depot in Jamestown, OMAHA CORPS AREA COMMANDER'S NAME ENTERS HAGOOD ROW Robinson Accuses Bolles of ‘En- gaging’ in Politics Defend- ing Administration Washington, Feb. 25—(7)—A charge that Maj. Gen. Frank C. Bolles, com- mander of the 7th corps area at Omaha, Neb., was “actively engaging” in politics developed Tuesday in sen- ate debate on the suspension from a, of Maj. Gen. Johnson Hagood as 8th corps area commander. Senator Hastings (Rep.-Del.) had termed the action in relieving Hagood of his command an “illustration of terrorism in government” when Sen- ator Robinson, the Democratic lead- er, hurled the charge about Bolles. He col it with an assertion that Senator Hastings was “instrumental” in sending Brig. Gen. William Mit- chell, former air corps chief, “to his grave him.” Robinson asserted that Hagood “violated” the army code in taking Part in politics by criticizing the ad- ministrative agency. Accuses Bolles “And there is at least one more corps commander,” Robinson shouted, “who is actively engaged in politics, who has a candidate of his own for the presidency and boasts he is mak- ing efforts in his behalf.” He gave General Bolles’ name in response to a direct question from Hastings, but did not name the can- didate he was assertedly supporting. Turning to the Mitchell case, Rob- inson declared Hastings had held up action for « year on a bill the mijor- ity leader had introduced to “remove the stain” from the record of General Mitchell, who was court-martialed for his outspoken denunciation of army leaders he held responsible for lack of air corps development. Hagood Ordered Home Hagood, in what already has threa- tened to become a political i. ordered home to “await order: ly after telling a house subcommittee that works progress administiation funds were “stage money.” Hastings, chairman of the Repub- lican senatorial campaign committee, decthred: “Here is an effort on the part of the commander-in-chief of the army and navy to see to it that nothing re- flects on his administration, not of the army and navy, but of the general affairs of his administration.” New Dealers Silent High New Dealers were silent on the order, issued “by direction of the president.” Some in the capital be- lleved Hagood, who told a house sub- committee that WPA funds were “stage money” and that there would be “nothing permanent” to show for much of it, might be kept on the in- active list until he reaches retirement age of 64 next year. Declaring he would fight the war department “to a finish” for what (Continued on Page Two) Dustpan Hailed as | Major Beauty Aid Ithaca, N. Y., Feb. 25.—(7)—Mi- lady was advised Tuesday to take up her broom, mop and dustpan militantly as major beauty aids, “The broom is a homely thing, but it hides many a beauty secret,” declared Miss Dorothy H. Bate- man, women’s physical instructor at Cornell university. “If properly wielded, it will sweep into the dustpan everything but the good looks of its mistress.” It is just an old wives’ tale, said Miss Bateman, that these implements of the cottage and flat leave the “hausfrau” looking at a third strike in her contest for allure with her office working sister. “There is no excuse for such an idea,” asserted Miss Bateman. “If she works properly the house- wife is ahead of the office worker anytime. It’s easier for her to keep fit.” The Weather Generally fair and somewhat tonight and Wednesday. ae PRICE FIVE CEN ts Killed O Rescued From Avalanche Debris(cswet mux UPSET BY TRAIN AT JAMESTOWN DEPOT Bismarck Dentist Dies Within Hour After Being Crushed Against Station Wall WAS EN ROUTE TO ST. PAUL Head of Clinic Had Been Lead er in His Profession for Almost 30 Years Dr. R. S. Towne, Bismarck dentist and a leader in the dental profes- sion in the northwest, died in a Jamestown hospital Monday night: from injuries received less than an hour before in an accident at the Jamestown depot of the Northern Pacific railroad. He was 50 years old. Dr. Towne left Bismarck on the evening train Monday night to attend @ convention of the Minnesota Den- tal associaticn at St. Paul. When the train reached Jamestown he and L, B. Wheadon, also of Bismarck, got off to walk in the fresh air and break” the monotony of their journey. A truck loaded with cream cans had been left standing too near the track nearest the station and was struck by DEATH IS SECOND IN FAMILY WITHIN WEEK Death of Dr..R. 8S. Towne at Jamestown Monday night was the second in his family within a week, members of the family disclosed Tuesday, Last Monday his sister, Mrs. E. G. Lewis of Wagner, 8. D., died. Dr. Towne was prevented by de- layed trains and snow-blocked roads from attending the funeral. the engine ok oleh line train from Oakes w! was pulling into the station. = Remains Conscious The expreas truck was catapulted into Dr. Towne, crushing him against the station wall, according to infor- mation received here. His chest was within an hour. He was conscious un- til the time of his death, Police Magistrate Frank L. Kellogg, acting coroner in the absence of E. D. Willett, and Russell D, Safe) Stutsman county state's attorney, op ened an inquest into Dr. ‘Townes death Tuesday morning. Testimony of Doctors W. W. Wood and P, G. Artz relative to the autopsy was tak- without the restitution due] en, The inquest was then adjourned until two o'clock Wednesday after- noon, The jurors are E. J. Rhodes, Vernon Gardner and Harry Wolf. Will Bring Body Here The body will be brought to Bis- marck late this afternoon and will Ue at the Webb Funeral chapel. Roy Salem Towne had occupied an enviable position in the professional, civic and business life of Bismarck for more than 25 years. Born at Denison, Iowa, May 1, 1885, he was the son of Salem H. and and Agnes Calderwood Towne. His father was a native of Whiteside county, Ilinois, the son of one of Illinois’ first panei families, His mother was born Paisley, Scotland. Reared and educated in his native county, Dr. Towne’s father, following in the footsteps of his own father, moved west with civilization, taking a homestead in Crawford county, Iowa, where he passed the remainder of his life until death came in 1925. Son of War Veteran Dr. Towne’s father was a Civil war veteran. He enlisted with Company C, 75th Ilinois Volunteer Infantry, and served through many engage- ments, the major ones being the bat- tles of Chattanooga and Lookout Mountain. Dr. Towne received his primary education in the rural schools of Crawford county and for two years was a student in the Denison Normal college at Denison from which he was graduated in 1904. For three years Dr. Towne attended the University of Iowa college of den- tistry from which he was graduated in June, 1907, with a degree of doctor of dental surgery. At the university he was affiliated with Sigma Nu so- cial fraternity and Delta Sigma Delta, dental fraternity. Came to N. D. in 1907 Feeling the urge to go westward, like his father and grandfather be~ fore him, the young dentist came to North Dakota in 1907, stopping first at Jamestown where he took care of the business of another practitioner for several months. From Jamestown he went to Linton, where he opened It was while he was practicing at Washburn that Dr. Towne met Alice Jenny Williams, daughter of General E. A. Williams, Bismarck pioneer. In 1910 he came to Bismarck and opened a dental office and on Nov. 1, 1911, he was married to Miss Wil- ams. His widow and two children survive, They are Roy Salem, Jr., 10, and Matilda Alice, 8. A little later he associated himself with the late Drs. G. A. Rawlings and 8, B. Toney in the dental clinic (Continued on Page Two) HONOR BANGS MEMORY Fargo, N. D. Feb. 25.—()—Cass county district court under Judge Daniel B. Holt recessed Monday for memorial services at the time of the funeral of Tracy R. Bangs, Grand Forks attorney. Speakers included Judge Holt, H. G. Nilles and M. A, Hildreth, president of the North Dae kote Bar ¥