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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-12-03
MAY NOT GET
AMELICENSE
NUMBER AGAIN
Issuance of Certain Numbers
to Car Owners HinderS
Efficiency

Persons who like to have the same
automobile number from year to year
are going to have difficulty II get
ting the numbers they desir". il dc ..
veloped here today.
In previous years requests fu,' n
certain number have been g.'artcd
wherever possible but only 1T the
expense of considerable trouh:e and
efficiency in the registrars office.
Because of the small appropriation
granted his department for the bicn-
mum and the large increase in regis
tration which occurred at the same
time. it will be impossible for him
to comply with many Of these re-
quests, lngstad said.
Governor Gets No.
Following a time-honored custom
Governor Sorlie will receive license
No. |. The first license issued has
of tn state and this year will be no
exception. The governor also will
receive license No. ~ to be placed
on his small town car. That also is
the telephone number at the eXecu-
tive office.
VI I'VE will meet these requests if il,
is possible to do SO without inter
fering with the efficiency of the of
fice,' said Ingstad. However,: feel
that the interests Of the ordinary
auto owner will be best served by
issuing the licenses in the order that
applications for them are received.
There will be a flood of applications
right after the first Of the year and
we want to move them as quickly as
possible.
"The trouble with the old system
OF granting certain numbers on re-
quest was that it made bookkeeping
and Il check of the licenses issued
difficult. This took time and cost
the state money. If we had lots Of
money to run the department and lot 5
of clerical help we could do it this
year but indications are that we
cannot. No licenses will be held
back because someone has asked for
certain number"
Change Affects Bismarck Car Owners
Another change in the operation
of the registration department will
affect only citizens of Bismarck and
vicinity. In former years applica-
tions were received and licenses is
sued at "A window in the registration
department. The practice will be
discontinued this year.
Under the old scheme a series of
tags was assigned to the clerk in
charge of the window. The supply
might last a day, y week or more.
lngstad said. and 1.-THE result was
that it caused difficulty in record
ing the license tags in numerical
order. In the future applications
will be taken at the window and Il
receipt for the license fee issued.
These will be turned over to the de-
partment in charge of issuing the
tags and the tags will be sent ont
by mail in the same manner that ap-
plications received by mail are ham
died.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-12-03
BURIED CITY
BEING SOUGHT
IN MISSOURI
Searching for Buried Treas.
ure, WOrkmen Come Upon
Strange Chambers

Quincy, H., Dec. 3.--(P--A buried
city, the site, perhaps of pre-
glacial age civilization. has been
found in excavations in Pike county
Missouri, six miles from the Missis-
sippi river and so miles from here
Beneath IL feet Of glacial drift
well defined shaft has been un-
covered leading to floor. 65 feet
down. A wall leads from the foot
of the shaft, crossed by IA similar
wall. either dividing the passage
from subterranean chambers or sup
porting the roof AS pillars
Workers have concentrated efforts
on point % feet from the foot of
the shaft at the edge Of what they
believe is room. In it they hope
to find gold, pottery and possibly
mummies or skeletons Of the city's
ancient. inhabitants
Search For Treasure Brings Find
Search for buried treasure led to
the discovery of the shaft. An en-
pcdition headed and financed by R.
d. Burchard of st. Louis, investigat-
ing old Indian legends of buried
treasure. found it. BY means Of an
ioned divining rod. Burchard claims
to have traced the walls Of AZ un-
derground rooms and seven passage
ways connecting them.
Burchard has stakcd his lifc's saw
ings in the belief that he is on the
verge of a discovery that will startle
the world. The excavations SO far
have cost him nearly 100000.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-12-03
REPAIRING TO
DRILL FOR OIL
AT ANAM00SE
MC0rhead Syndicate Has Or.
dered Derrick. Pipe and
Other Equipment
DELIVERY JANUARY
Financed by Outside Capital
Company Has Three Other
Projects in Mind

Drilling in an endeavor to locate
oil will be commenced seven miles
southwest of Anamoose, McHenry
county. shortly after the first Of the
year. according to reports broug ht
to Bismarck yesterday by a local man
who talked to members of the Moor
head Syndicate, which will carry on
= the work. E. E. Fredeen of Ryder is
member of the syndicate and is
managing the company's affairs in
that vicinity. E. V. Moorhead of
Minneapolis is head Of the syndicate
and there are about 20 stockholders.
Orders have already been placed
for an 8i-foot steel derrick, 22.60O
feet of pipe. a as horsepower engine,
and other drilling equipment, costing
in all approximately S74.4OO. and this
material is to be on the location Jan
uary /, Mr.. Fredcen stated to the
Tribunc's informant. The syndicate
has three other projects in view in
this state, although their. locations
have not yet been announced: If
these materialize, and it is believed
by those interested that they will,
equipment identical with that order
for Anamoose will be used at each
location.
4 Closed Corporation
At a mass meeting at Anamoose
last Friday evening Mr.. Moorhead
told his audience tnat the Anamoose
project is the first one in the state
TO be financed by outside capital,
which is unlimited. The syndicate is
Il closed corporation, he said, and has
no stock for sale and he advised the
farmers not to invest in wild cat prop
ositions, since they cannot afford to
take the chances. If oil is founG the
: farmers will share handsomely any
way, he told them. from the one
eighth interest to which they are
entitled and also in the increased
value Of their lands.
Latest runors from Robinson. cur
= rent in Bismarck, are to the effect that
A. {. Townley, former Nonpartisan
league chieftan who has leased land
and 10 said to be planning to drill for
oil near there, has called in all of
his solicitors for the present and that
an oil geyser has been struck on his
property in Kansas. The rumor has
no verification, however
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-12-03
CHANGES in
COMMITTEES
OF CONGRESS
RevisiOns in Some of the More
Powerful Committees
Effective Monday

Washington, Dec. P)-Sweep
ing changes in some of the more pow.
erful Of the House and Senate stand.
ing committees will become effective
with the converting Of the new Con.
grcss next Monday.
Both Of the committees dealing
with railroad legislation will have
new chairmen. Senator James l.
Watson Of Indiana succeeds Senator
Ellison d. Smith, Democrat, South
Carolina, as head Of the Senate In
terstate Commerce Committee, while
James S. Parker of New York will
replace Samuel f. WinslOw Of Mass
achusetts. as chairman Of the House
Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Committee.
Stanfieid Succeeds I-add
Senator Stanfield Of Oregon sue
ceeds the late Senator Ladd Of North
Dakota, as chairman of the Public
Lands Committee, the famous Teapot
Dome investigating body. With
changes in the membership. admins
tration Republicans will be able to
rscapture control of this body, which
may be asked to make other oil in,
vestigations at this session.
Other of the more important SEN
ate committees winch Will nave new
chairmen are those on Postoffices and
on Pensions, with Senator Moses Of
New Hampshire replacing former
Senator Sterling of South Dakota, on
the former. and Senator NOrbeck of
South Dakota succeeding former
Senator Bursum Of New Mexico on
the latter.
New Chairmen of House Committees
House committees which are to
have new chairmen include those on
Flood Control. Indian Affairs. lnsu.
lar Affairs, Merchant Marine and
Fisheries, and Military Affairs. These
chairmen are yet to be selected, but
in the order of seniority they would
be in the order named: Thomas +.
Curry, California; Royal c. Johnson,
South Dakota; Charles E. Fuller, Iii.
nOis; Frank D. Scott, Michigan, and
John M. Morins Pennsylvania.
Changes in>the personnel of vir-
tually all of the standing committees
of both houses are made necessary by
the decision of the Republican or
ganizations of the two houses to treat
Insurgents within their party as non
Republicans and to assign them extra
places at the foot Of committees
without party designation.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-12-03
FEAR OF SC0LDINC FOR 0VERDRAFT
CAUSED MRS. ROGERS TO ROB BANK

and that her mother believed that
$3.50 was all that had been obtained
in the robbery.
A check .of the banks cash the
day following the robbery showed
that $396.50 was missing. In their
first alleged confession, however,
both Mrs. Rogers and her daughter
were emphatic in their statements
that $98.5O was all that had been TAX
en-. They also admitted that they had
made visit to the bank on October
6 when they stole $191.
Previously Robbed Bank
Mrs. Rogers said that she and her
daughter visited the little town and
went to the bank to get warm. They
were invited behind the caging, she
said, so that they could get nearer
the stove and during a visit Of the
cashier to the vault. scooped up a
handful Of bills which were IN a
cash drawer under the counter.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-12-03

Sioux Falls, S. D., Dyr. 3.(P-
Fear of a scolding from her husband
when he learned Of checks she had
written which caused an iOverdraft of
500 in their bank account prompted
Mrs. Catherine Rogers to rob the
First State bank ut Renner, S. D.,
last Friday, police said today.
Questioning Of Mrs. Rogers and her
daughter Zera, who are in jail charg-
ed with first degree robbery, reveal
ed that last summer the Rogers FAM
lily was in fair financial condition
but that Mrs. Rogers had been draw
ing heavily on their bank account.
Another point was cleared up when
Zera admitted that $40 found in thu
bottom of trunk in the Rogers
home was part of the loot obtained
in the Friday holdup.
Dsughttr Held Out $50
Zera confessed. police said. that
she was holding this out on Ma"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-12-03
PEOPLE COME
MANY MILES TO
HEAR JAMES
More Than 20 Hit the Trail
Last Night After FOrceful
Sermon on "Helr'
TONIGHT'S FEATURES
Sermon "A Man with a Stolen
Wifc"-By Evangelist James.
Tenor duct-"HOly SaviOr'-Dc
Capua. by Messrs. Chubb and
Crow
Biy song service
Big song service,

With 300 hearers listening raptly
to every word, Evangelist Harry A.
James scored Il touchdown with his
powerful, dramatic sermon on He'll
at the James Evangelstic Campaign
last night. The great preachers
voice rang through the tabernacle
as he hammered home the facts he
so logically proclaimed. And when
James breaches, SO compelling is his
speech. his logic, and so vivid are
his dramatic illustrations, everyone
listens, from first to last.
And it was evident in last night
service why MIR. James is, proclaimed d
by many authorities as the outstand-
ing, most successful evangelist in
America today. A colorful per-
sonality, unusual dramatic power,
fearlessness in preaching the truth,
the ability to draw capacity
audience anywhere, Il deep knowledge
of human nature, and most of all
utter conservation to Gods work and
hours daily spent in prayer, alone
with God,-the result is evident
just what is happening in Bismarck
people of all walks of life, all
faiths and creeds, turning to God
by the hundreds.
A survey Of the audiences shows
that, people are coming from all
parts Of this section Of the state
to attend the campaign, some coming
as far as hundred miles for no
other purpose.
"Hell'-Again
AS on the previous night, "Hell''
was the subject Of last nights SER
A. ifc <ns,.I,,sinr ho~
20 people hit the trail, and went into
by an uplifted hand, asked for the
might have the courage to step out
during the invitation-each person
out urging by personal workers.
James Said:
"Money won't damn you. Get all
you can. honestly--but don't let
money get YOU"
say there isn't. Who's liar-you or
Christi"
''The Lordship Of Jesus stands or
falls on the existence of hell. II
there is no hell. we don't need a
odSlOT anu uCVCF ulu. SnrlSL Salu
there is hell. If He was mistaken,
then He's not the Christ"
"DO you know where hell is? ri
tell you. It's right ut the end Of a
self-righteous, goddess, drunken, ly-
ing, crooked, or libertine life: just
the next second after you breathe
your last-there's hell staring you in
the face"
"A man said to me today, James,
if you'll come to Bismarck and estab-
lish church. thered be u thousand
men join your church tomorrow
said Il won't. I'm an evangelist, and
I'll stay an evangelist. Why don't
you give that support to the fine,
gOdly pastors you have here? They
Continued on page g.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-12-03
CITY IN IOWA
SUFFERS HUGE
LOSS BY FIRE
Damage to Council Bluffs
Business Section Estimat-
ed at $1,OOO.OOO
HOTEL GUESTS FLEE
Fire Companies From Omaha
ASSIST City's Firemen in
Fighting Flames

Council Bluffs, Ia. Dec. 3.-(A)
a destructive fire struck the busi-
ness section Of Council Bluffs early
today, causing a property damage cs.
timated at more than $l.OOO.0OO in
loss to buildings and several hundred
thousands Of dollars in loss Of stock
in stores.
The fire started in the basement
Of the Continental Furniture com.
pany, when boiler exploded. J
McNanigal, night watchman at tn,
building. was badly burned about the
head and body before he escaped from
the burning building. Eighty guest
at the Grand hotel were forced to
flee in scant attire when the flames
enveloped and later destroyed the no.
tel. Their personal property was
lost.
Eight Fire Companies Called
Eight fire companies from Omaha
and Council Bluffs battled the flames
and for a time it appeared as if the
fire would spread throughout the en-
tire downtown district.
The fire destroyed the seven story
Grand hotel, the Shugart block. four.
story Smith building. four-story Con
tincntal Furniture company build.
ing, the general office building of the
Citizens Gas e. Electric company, the
New York Plumbing shop, and tn,
Consolidated offices of the Chicago
Great Western. Milwaukee, Illinois
Central and Wabash railroads.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-12-03
THREE ARMED
BANDITS HOLD
UP TA0PI BANK
Thought 10 Have Escaped
Into Iowa or Wisconsin
With Sl.S69 Cash
SHE'LL. Is ONLY CLUE
Cashier and Customer Locked
in Vault and Threatened
With Death

Iaopl. Mlnn.. Dec. %.-(P) Belief
that three armed bandits who held
up the FIRST state bank here late
cdncsday. taking 81 SO? in cash
have escaped into either Iowa or
" i>consIn, was express Sed today by
county officers from Austin. - miles
east. who are seeking clues in the
case.
with the Iowa border only few
miles distant. toward which the ban
dts headed their car. escape in this
direction was generally thought most
probable. Iowa teacc officers were
notified but despite a fairly good
description of both car and men. no
answer 10 requests to npprehcnd
suspects was made.
Two Force! Into Vault
The bandits forced &. G.. Ellcfson.
cashier. and Leo Reamer. II customer,
into the vault. Believing the safe
door locked and threatened with
death by bombs if they attempted 20
get out. they remained until released
by "A woman customer 10 minutes lat
cr. Then the alarm was sounded
"A she'll from Il .3S calibre revolver
was the only clue left by the robbers
but it was considered almost value
less by deputy shcritfs from Austin.
1t was of an ordinary mercantile type.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-12-03
Plans to Form a
Farmer-LabOr Party
May Not MaterialiZe

Plans of some former leaders Of the
Nonpartisan movement to organize a
Farmer-Labor party at convention
scheduled for Minot December IS
may die borning. Frank Vogel. Cole
harbor. told friends here today. Ef-
forts are being made by Nonpartisan
leaders to quell the disturbance in
their organization, he said, in the
hope that the proposed Minot meeting
will have no lasting result on the
Forthcoming campaign. Vogel was
majority floor leader in the house
at the last session.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-12-03
COnfeSSeS That
She Clubbed Her
Husband to Death

Milwaukee, Wis. Dec. S.-R)-
Mrs. Joseph Moretta. mother of six
children. late last night confessed.
police say. that she dubbed her hus-
band to death early Monday morning
in their home here. She admitted.
police asserted. that she struck him
on the head with a table leg follow
ing Il quarrel over his drinking.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-12-03

Churchill May
Retire From
Writing Field

New York. N. T., Dec. 3.-(P
Winston Churchhill. one Of the
most popular and prolific writer's
Of q decade ago. may retire per.
mancntly from the field of crea.
tive writing in disgust at the
ways of publishers and book SELL
ers, he announced on the eve of
his departure for a vacation in
Bermuda.
The writer said he was fed
up with the modern purreyOrs
of books" and added that all the
writing he had done for the tast
10 years was for his own pleas
urc alone.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-12-03
THOUSANDS VISIT PARK

Yellowstone Park--All Yellowstone
National Park travel records were
broken during 1925. 1t has been the
most successful season in the parks
history. The total travel was 154,-
2S2 persons. The record entrance
travel for single day occurred July
81 with a total Of 2693 visitors.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-12-03

London-Twin sisters, aged Il,
were sentenced at Old Bailey. They
wers y. CHARGE ssa With nsIns S. ID
thought to be the firstt case where
twins past the 7O-year mark were
partners in the same crime.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-12-03
Seasons Records Broken
WHEAT GAINS ; CENTS
IN MINNEAPOLIS TODAY

Minneapolis, Mimi. Dec. 3.-~tP -
A sharp upward turn in the grain
market today brought the highest
price for wheat futures of the pres
ent crop. prices being more than BE
than the opening price Monday. To-
days grains we're five cents above
ycste rdaYs closing prices.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-12-03
WHEAT PRICES
TAKE BIG JUMP
December Wheat Touches
$l.77A Liverpool Ad-
vance Gives Impetus

Chicago, ILL.,. Dec. P)-Nearly
vertical jumps in the price of wheat
took the market upward almost six
cents bushel in the first half hour
today. December rising TO $l.17i. An
unexpected big advance at Liverpool.
together with reports of unusual
scarcity Of wheat there. gave fresh
impetus to buying in Chicago.
Later. the wheat market made fur
ther gains. December delivery climb
ing to $l.7S. an advance of 6 ] &c
since yesterdays finish.
Indications that Europeans were
swapping up offerings Of wheat from
this side Of the Atlantic and we're
also making heavy purchases of fu-
ture deliveries in Chicago stimuiat-
ed the buying side of the market here.
Most Of the selling came from own
ers who were in Il position to real
izc profits.
Seasons Records Broken
Unsatisfactory threshing and crop
conditions meanwhile ,were again re-
ported from Argentina. and there
were similar adviccs from Australia
High price records for the sea son
were broken on today's advance in
the wheat market. Largely rs re-
suit too Of this advance, rye. corn
and oats scored notable upturns rye
about 3 lie a bushel, corn nearly
&c and oats about l2c.
Topmost prices of the day in wheat
came during the last moments Of
trading. Final transactions, showed
IA net advance Of 7c bushc in some
cases since yesterdays finish. The
market AS whole was five to seven
rpNtS nm
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-12-03
Otter Tail Power
Company Permitted
to Issue Stock

Permission to issue $1,OOO,00O in
preferred stock has been granted to
the Otter Tail Power company by the
state railway board. The issue will
consist Of 10000 shares at 500 a
share.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-12-03
UNDERGROUND GARAGES

Paris-Plans are being nrade here
to construct underground garages to
relieve the traffic situation. Many
of these garages built at convenient
stops along main streets will free
the road for motorists.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-12-03

France has received so many in
habitants from other countries since
the war that a proposal has been put
forward whereby all foreigners who
stay on French soil beyond a certain
pc riod will be compelled to become
French subjects.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-12-03
Weather Report

Weather Forecast
For Bismarck and Vicinity: Cen
orally fair tonight and Friday;
colder tonight,
For North Dakota: :---Generally fair
Tonight and Friday; colder tonight
Weather Conditions
The deep barometric disturbance
extends in a trough over the Plains
States while a large high pressure
area is centered over Oregon and
Nevada. This pressure distribution
is causing conside rable wind through
out the Plains States and .prccipita-
tion occurred over the central Rocky
Mountain region, northern Plains
States and upper Mississippi Valley.
Somewhat colder weather prevails
over the Rocky Mountain region.
Elsewhere temperature changes have
been slight but with rising tend
ency. aa 81 F
ORRIS w. ROBERTS.
Official in charge.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-12-03

Sewing machines which are small
enough to hold in the hand and vet
capable of light work are being ex-.
ported from Germany.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-12-03
lKipling Lies
Seriously Ill
With Pneumonia

London Eng. Dec. 3.-tP)-
Kudyard kipling the noted
writer. Is lying III with double
rnucm"nia in his home in, the
little village Of Hurwash. in Sus-
sex.
lie passed fairly good night
and his condition this morning
was unchanged
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-12-03
WEATHER FORECAST

Generally fair tonight and
Friday; colder tonight.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-12-03
AGED TWINS GUILTY

ORRIS w. ROBERTS.
Official in cha rye
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-09-29

sph Medical W.
St. Siph sells full supply soo
ON Al any o or suit's stores
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-09-29
Health Secretary
Urges Education

Miss Jane Bellows. national health
education secretary OF the Y. w. G.
A., Is In Seattle for few days,
while on an organization tour OF the
Pacific coast.
Physical education, says Miss Bel.
lows, has broadened its scope from
the purely physical TO the moral
and psychological as well. She is
working with Miss Suella Nicely,
physical education secretary of the
local Y. w. c. A. Both were honor
guests ut luncheon, Tuesday noon,
at tho Y. W. c. A. tea room, given
by the board Of trustees.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-09-29
SPECIALISTS
FROM SOUTH

Specialists from Lain countries
Of Europe. such as France. Spain.
Italy and Portugal. described how
Demon Reform was being held in
check. Reports on Switzerland. Ger.
many and Austria said the battle
was still raging fiercely with the
issue ombarrassingly in doubt
Scouts from Great Britain and Bel.
GUM sadly announced that certain
rctirements had been made TO pre-.
viously prepared positions. but that
the morale was high among the
I@glons for Liquid Life.
Delegates from Norway, Denmark,
and Finland were forced TO admit
some reverses, but said joyously
that government revenues had stop.
ped and Illicit stills had sprung I'm
because Of increased taxation Of
spirits and that the prohibition
drive vas being encirclod aud would
have TO retreat out of sheer eco.
nomic thirst.
United States and Canadian en-.
voys told how bootleggers were
defeating the enemy and making
tho war against rum ridiculous.
Wheroupon John Barleycorn went
marching on.