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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-10-26
North Dakota Bank
Has 13 Million in
u. S., State Bonds

Resources and liabilities Of the
Bank of North Dakota balance at
$l8, 6,346.47, according to the state
ment Of its condition at the close Of
business on October Is.
An appreciable amount Of its re-
sources, $13,648,278 is in United
States and state bonds. It has $4,-
33O,025.1S in cash and due from 9TH
er banks. $1,O61, ,6OO.l1 in real estate
loans assigned to the state treasurer,
e24, 1856, 900 in real estate loans pledg.
cd with the state treasurer to cover
outstanding bonds, $1,091, ,782.64 in
bills receivable, $996, 6,i27.43 in loans
due from state institutions and ST.
091 ,892.65 in receiver certificates Of
proofs Of claims against closed banks
and other loans 70 closed banks.
Liabilities, in addition TO the capi-
tai stock Of $1,000, 900, include $780,
900 due the state treasurer on bank
bond interest. 924,369,000 in. out
standing real estate bonds and 42l,-
237,1O7.38 in deposits and other
claims. In the latter item are includ-
cd 37,566, ,676.91 IN certificates Of de-
posit; @2,690, $500 due county
treasurers; 41,095,010.A8 due school
treasurers; $5,408, ,766.11 due the state
treasurer and 81 ,o62 ,00o.40 due var
ious state institutions.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-10-26
GOVERNMENTAL
ECONOMY MAKES
GREAT STRIDES
This Assertion Made By Re.
publicans-DemOcratS Dwell
on Campaign Funds

Washington, Oct. 26.-LP)-Govcrn
mental economy under Republican
rule, and slush fund campaigr
charges were made the basis fol
statements today by leaders Of botl
the Republican and Democratic cam
paign committees.
Senator Phipps Of Colorado, chair.
man Of the Republican senatorial
committee, asserted that the record
was plain that government ccon0m.
had made tremendous strides under
Republican administration.
Representative Oldfield of Arkan.
sas, chief Of the Democratic congrcs.
sional committee, said the Democra'
tic cause had been greatly strength
sned by "the splendid work of the
committee headed by Senator James
A. Reed. Of Missouri. not only in ex.
posing these huge slush funds in
primaries, but BY putting the fear
Of further exposure into the hearts
Of Republican contributors to cam
paign funds as well as candidates. Sc
that the Republican practice Of buy.
ing elections is minimized this year
Representative Oldfield added that
''the Republican party without a big
campaign fund is deprived of ita
most effective weapon
Senator Phipps offered figures
which he said showed the Republican
party, since It came into power, "has
reduced the interest bearing public
debt $685., ,013, ,66S: the annual rou.
tine expenditures have been reduced
by $4,000, 900; federal taxes have
been reduced $1.7S7 ,000, 900. and total
government expenditures have been
cut from $6,482, ,OoO.101 in 1920, to
43.3S4, ,007 .073 In 1925.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-10-26
AUTHORITIES
INVESTIGATE
DEATHS SIX
Former u. S. Attorney in II
lin0is and Family May Have
Been Slain by Enemy

Marion. ILL.,, Oct. 26.-tR--Investi-
CATION of the death of w. q. Potter,
former United States district attor-
ney. and five of his family here Sat
urday night, today was ccntering
around finger prints on blood
stained furnace shaker, with which
Potter is thought to have killed the
members Of the family, and then
committed suicide by jumping into "a
cistern.
States Attorney Arlic o. Boswell
was continuing his investigation Of
the finger prints after the theory
was advanced that the six persons
had been slain by an enemy and the
fathers body thrown into the cis-
tern. Finger prints. Of each Of the
dead have been made. Prints re-
ported to be those other than Pot
ters are said to have been found on
the shaker, but Boswell revealed that
ut least three officers. including him.
self, handled the implement.
No Water In Lungs
Another feature Of the inquiry was
devoted to the announcement that no
water was found in Pottcr's lungs
and that there were numerous scalp
wounds on his head.
An undertaken who prepared the
bodies for burial said he believed
Potter was dead before he dropped
into the cistern and that the wounds
on the head could not have been
caused by striking the walls or the
bottom Of the cistern. Relatives have
mot entered into the investigation.
holding the belief of murder and sui
eide as returned by. . coroncr's jury
Sunday.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-10-26
JURY TRIAL
DEMANDED FOR
MISS GIBSON
Officials Want 10 Know
Where She Got Revolver
Used to Wound Mussolini

Rome, Oct. 26.-LP)-n Tevere
says the attorney general has de-
manded a jury trial of the Hon. vio-
let Albina Gibson In order to inves-
tigatc her repeated assertion that
the revolver with which she wounded
Premier ,Mussolini last April was
givet her by former fascist cabinet
minister, now an opposition deputy.
Miss Gibson, a British subject and
sister Of Lord Ashborne, shot Musso-
lini on April as he was emerging
from the capitol in Rome after OPP
ening the international congress of
surgeons. The fascist leader escaped
with slight wound near the tip Of
the nose.
Medical experts. appointed to ex-
anime her, reported on August 4 that
she was suffering from chronic hal
lucinatory paran0ia and was COM
pletely irresponsible for her act. They
advised that she be placed in an i'm
sane asylum.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-10-26
SUFFERING
Is INTENSE
IN ARMENIA
Fifteen villages In Ruins and
% Others Party Destroyed
900 Killed
FOOD SHORTAGE ACUTE
Moscow Government Donates
$25O,0OO For Relief
America Sends Help
FOOD SHORTAGE ACUTE

Leninakan, Armenia, OCT 2o.-CN
--hsartened BY the Immediate assist
snee from America and every part Of
Russia. Armenta 10 strugS1in6 val
iantly 70 extrieaks hsrssl{ from the
misery, famine and desolation caused
by the series of earthquakes begin.
ming Friday night.
Ftftten villages are in ruins and q
others partly destroyed. The death
total is placed ~ high N 800, with
1000 others naimcd or missing in
the earthquake zone, which covers 100
square miles.
Lack Bedding and Clothing
The survivors are cncamped on the
bleak hillsides, unsheltered, lacking
bedding and some without necessary
Clothing, the intense cold adding to
their misery. There is also an acute
1000 shortage, as much Of the live
stock was destroyed and the flour
mills were razed.
In this city $50 houses were level
ed. The orphanages of the Near East
Relief were considerably damaged,
and some of the buildings housing
the American personnel are beyond
repair.
Leninakan is still without electric
lights, the power station having been
wrecked. The telegraph and postof-
flee also was leveled, and telegraphic
communication 10 greatly curtailed.
Thus the correspondent is allowed
but half-hour each day by the gov
eminent for transmission of dis
patches over an improvised wire to
Tiflis.
Moscow Donates $2so,eeo
The Moscow government has donat-
ed $250,000 for relief, and the big
industrial centcrs of Russia are con-
tributing generously.
Through all the anguish and terror
produced BY the recurring earth
shocks Friday night, American wom-
en- Furnished an example Of supreme
Four Near East Relief nurses. who
modest1y asked that their names be
not used, operated on the MANNED
all night, plying their surgical in
strunents and binding wounds while
the ground rocked under their feet.
City Must Be Entirely Rebuilt
An extraordinary commission has
been despatched to the earthquake
region by the trans-Caucasian gov.
eminent and reports already have be.
gun to come in saying that the prop
crty destruction will be much great
er than at first announced. Not a
single house remains in the towns
Of Daarly and Baindour. Even sturdy
churches and school houses built
Of concrete have been reduced te
fragments.
The havoc in Leninakan was &C
great that the entire city must be
rebuilt, leaving $4,000 persons more
or less homeless for the present.
The city Of Karakala has suffered
heavily also. =
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-10-26
MANY CHARGES
MADE AGAINST
BANDIT TRIO
Grand Jury's Action Directed
Principally Against Clar.
ence Kelly, Leader

San Francisco, Oct. 26.-LN-Cla-
rencc Kelly, Lawrence Weeks and
Mike Papadaches, the alleged trio Of
bandits who tcrrorized the city two
weeks ago, were indicted on charges
Of murder, robbery and kidnapping
by the county grand jury early
today.
The full brunt of the grand jury's
action fell on Kelly, who police aver
was the leader of the gang. The
indictments charged him with four
counts Of murder; sl5 counts of rob-
berry and one count Of kidnapping.
Kelly is in y hospital with q wound
received when he was shot trying
to escape arrest. "a
Weeks was indicted on one count
of murder. 10 of robbery and one
of kidnapping. Papadaches, a ~
year-old boy. was indicted for three
murders and five robberies.
The crimes for which the youths
were indicted occurred October 0 and
IL. Four men were slain, four were
shot and wounded, a number of
others were beaten and one woman
was kidnapped.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-10-26
Aviator Is Killed
While Performing
For Motion Picture

San Antonio. Texas. Oct 20. t@)
Cadet Charles NJ. Wisclcy OF the
pursuit group, Selfridge Field. Mich
igan, who was killed here ycster-
day, met death while playing the
part Of Il German aviator for u
motion picture, the official state
ment OH the death issued today re-
vcaled.
Cadet Wiscley was one Of seven
pilots operating from an enemy
airdrome." The play called for
him to simulate a dive into the
American troops advancing up hill.
He was maneuvcring behind the
hill when sharp turn cost him so
much speed that he was forced to
dive. He was unable to flattcn out
in time to avoid the hill and his
machine telescopcd, crushing and
killing him instantly.
Wiscley's home is at Cleveland.
Ohio.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-10-26
TO-DAY
THAT AWFUL EARTHQUAKES.
AMERICAN GEESE.
WHAT'S ADvERTlSlNC?
A MOTHERS STATUE.


Part Of California feels q slight
earthquake trcmor, lasting o few
seconds. hurting nobody, and eastern
ncwspapcra make as much fuss al
though. heaven had fallen upon the
Garth. They forget that one single
wind in the northwest recently killed
more people than earthquakes have
killed in California il fifty years.
Herbert Fleishhacker, from San
Francisco, wires that the "wholc ter
riblc earthquake" Of which cxaggera-
ti0n makes SO much, would about
equal an ordinary automobile smash
up" and IL would be q smashup with
out any loss Of life.
It is we'll to be polite to q visiting
lady, whether she be--through acct
dent Of birth--a queen, or, BY gift Of
genius, q Madame Curie. But, when
Philadelphia, where the Declaration
Of Independence was signed, crects .
throne, puts forcign-born queen
upon It, and fools pass before her,
kissing her hand, that becomes q lit
tie too asinine. There should be
some limit even to American toadyism
and snobbishncss.
Every American ignoramus with
money ought to know that kissing the
hand means admission Of inferiority.
Those that kissed the Queens hand
probably were her Interiors by mil.
lions Of miles, but Why admit it 50
blatantly?
The fools may say, ut 10 the Gus.
tom in Rumania TO kiss the Queens
hand. therefore we shenld kiss her
hand for p0liteiess."
Whyf Suppose Il we're NE custom
in Rumania 20 kiss the ontSn's foot.
Would our proud A46fto1fns strain
their backs to kiss that xoot1 IN
some oriental countries those that
approach the king ct down On their
hands and knees and lick the floor d
they approach the thtvne. Should we
feel bound to do that lf some oriental
monarch came to visit use
President Coolidge will talk 20 ad-
vsYtising men next Woek, and will tell
them, undoubtedly, thst what you
don't say Il sometimSs moro import.
ant that what you 10 say.
IL you say too much the public
lcontinusd on pags tkrse.)
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-10-26
WIT n NESSES
TELL ABOUT
FOOT TRACKS
Effort Being Made to Identify
Desert Tracks as Those
of Evangelist

Los Angeles, Oct. .--lR-Arizona
witnesses were to offer more testi-
mony today in the conspiracy hearing
Of Aimee Semple Mcpherson in sup
port Of her contention that she cs-
capped from kidnapers in the north
crn Mexican desert and walked near
~ 20 miles to fall exhausted near a
house in the border town of Aqua
Pricta.
II the tracks which some witnesses
have testified they found Is or IL
miles south Of Aqua Prieta, near q
shack. are hers, then, her attorneys
assert. II tends to prove she walked
long distance to escape from her
abductors. II no tracks that can be
identified as hers can be found more
than three or four miles from Aqua
Prieta. then the prosecution asserts
1t proves she went to the Mexican
town in some conveyance and walked
only a short distance.
Douglas Constable Testifies
Constable 0. A. Ash Of Douglas
Arizona, across from Aqua Prieta
who was on the stand yesterday wher
court recessed until 10 a. nj. today
described tracks he found about -four
miles south Of Aqua Prieta. He was
expected to complete his testimony
today.
g Several times during the hearing
the question Of tracks has come up
The state contends if she made an,
tracks they led from Ocean Park
where she went in swimming last
May and disappeared, to Carmel-By
The-Sea, resort town, where it is
further alleged she was the bunga
low companion of Kenneth G. Ormis
ton, former radio operator at hcl
church. The state admits that Ger
tain tracks in and around Agu;
Prieta may have been hers.
Superior Judge Carlos S. Hard!
yesterday testified that ho accepted
the evangelist's abduction story as ar
explanation of her disappearance
from Angelus Temple last May ant
her temperance in Mexico fivt
weeks later. He said he employed
detective shortly after the evangelist
disappeared to attempt to get in touch
with the kidnaper who, he had been
informed. would return Mrs. Nc
Pherson if a suitable reward was of
fered.
Several witnesses were to testify
today relative to attempts to locate
Mrs. Mcpherson during her absence
and when the state charges she WA.
in hiding ut California resorts.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-10-26
GIRLS BODY
FOUND UNDER
SCHOOL STEPS
Killing Has Similarity 10 Mys.
terious 'Clubbings' Of
a Year Ago
HEAD CRUSHED BY BLOW
Failure of Teacher to Return
From University Night
Glass Starts Search
HEAD CRUSHED BY BLOW

Toledo. Ohio. Oct. 26-[P)--Thc
mutilated body Of Miss Lily Croy. 26.
teacher at Gunckel school and Toledo
university night student, was found
under the steps Of Washington school
early today. The clothing WINS torn
from the body, which bore marks or
criminal assault, Conorcr Hcnzlcr
stated after examination.
Miss Croy left her home carly in
the evening to attend class at To-
ledo university. When she failed to
return home at the usual hour follow
ing the class her mother, Mrs. Emma
CrOy. notified police.
A large squad Of police and dctcc.
tives were sent in search of the wom-
an, whose body was found hy j. w.
Weist, a half brother of the slain
teacher.
Girls Head Crushed
The left side of tho head was
crushed, apparently by blow from a
heavy weapon. There were two
gashes across her forehead.
Similarity between the murder Of
the girl Monday night and the mys-
tcrious murders and clubbings which
tcrrOrized Toledo year ago il seen
by police.
During the reign Of the mysterious
assailant Of women at that time. three
women were murdered and score of
women struck down. 1t was generally
believed that one man was rcsponsi-
BILE for all of these.
Coroner Hcnzler recalled similar
circumstances in the fatal attacks on
three other women in recent months.
Mrs. Lydia Baumgardner was found
murdered August 81. Her head Ind
been crushed. Mrs. Emma Hatfield.
=, was clubbcd May "a. 1925, and died
from her injuries September 8.
The last murder attributed ~ 10
lice to the clubbcr was that Of Miss
Mary Handley, AZ, whose body was
found near her home early on the
morning Of January 10, 1895.
Other Attacks in Same Vicinity
Almost all of the attacks occurred
on the west side, several Of then, nO&
far from where last nights victim
was found.
The murder, police said, was the
work of degenerate. Although the
Staying of Miss Croy, in its brutality,
bore a marked resemblance to the
clubbcr attacks, police point out that
in the clubbcr cases, there was no
criminal assault as was the case with
Miss Croy.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-10-26
CHARGES MADE
BY WILLIST0l|'N'| J
PAPER PR0BED
K. E. Leighton Is Represent
ing Attorney General in
Investigation

X. f. Leighton, assistant attorney
general, is In Williston today to rem
resent the attorney generals depart.
ment in an investigation Of charges
made by a Williston newspaper
against Ernest A. Francis, states ut.
torncy Of Williams county.
Francis has been accused on taking
unauthorized compensation Of 3d. 900
In connection with work done in OBJ
tanning certain settlements Of the af-
fairs of the Williams County Farmers
bank.
Francis. on his part, has caused
the arrest of several persons on
charges of criminal libel.
Petitions asking that q grand Jury
be called by the district court to In.
vcstigatc the situation have been In
circulation for several days but have
not been filed, Judge Leighton told
The Associated Press.
The attorney generals department
was called into the case to represent
the state since Francis deputy now Is
Q candidate for states attorney with
his chiefs support.
Definite developments in the case,
which ID said to be closely interviewer
with q tanglc IN Nonpartistan ranks
In Williams county, arc expected with
in day or two.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-10-26
BOMB FOUND
IN new YORK
COURT HOUSE
Contained Enough Dynamite
to Blow Up Big Section Of
Lower New York

New York, Oct. 2C.-LR-A bomb,
which experts declared contained
enough dynamite to blow up big
section Of Lower New York, was
found today on a window ledge of
the first floor of the New York
county court house.
The bomb was wrapped in small
paper valisc and was found by a
man who was about to enter the
court house,
The valise was taken inside of the
building and two clerks tried to
open it. As they did so they heard
q clicking sound which aroused their
suspicion. The bureau Of combus-
tibles Of the fire department was
communicated with and three ex-
perts opened the valise. They gasp
ed when they saw the contents-a
mechanism similar to that used in
time bombs and large quantity Of
dynamite.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-10-26
TWO LARGEST
MAIL ORDER
FIRMS MERGE
New Corporation Will Have
Assets Of $235. 900, 900
$45O,OOO,OOO Business
BIG SAVING POSSIBLE
Exact Terms Of Merger Not
Yet Completed, Pending
Government Approval
BIG SAVING POSSIBLE

Chicago, Oct 26 -tp)--A new cor
p0ration with assets Of $235, 900 900
and an annual business Of more than
$450, 100000 is seen by LaSallc street
in plans for the merger of Sears
Rocbuck 4 Co. and Montgomery Ward
& Co., the two largest mail order
houses in the country.
Informal negotiations. conduct
cd by the largest interests Of both
concerns for several weeks, have now
reached u point where government
sanction will be sought, Chicago
newspapers said today.
New Corporation Formed
The plan, according to LaSallc
streets information, is the formation
of a new corporation to absorb the
present companies, with an exchange
Of stock of the new concern for that
Of the old companies. Exact terms
have nto been worked out, pending
governmental approval.
Financial observers estimated the
merger would effect q saving Of
$1O,OOO,0O0 to $l5,00O,OOO q year in
operating expenses. The outlay now
made by both houses for catalogues
alone runs between $4,000, 900 and
$20,OOO,O00.
The largest interests in Sears Roe.
buck is held by Julius Rosenwald.
with LaSalle street estimating his
holdings around thrce-quarters Of the
4.200,O0O share Of no-par capital stock
outstanding, with current market
value of nearly $164,OOO,OO0. The
largest interest in Montgomery Ward
is held by the J. p. Morgan-First Ma
tional Bank group Of New York, esti-
mated ut around one-third of the
1,l41,c5l shares Of SO par common
stock outstanding, with market
value of $25,OOO,OOO.
The total combined business of the
two corporations this year is expected
TO exceed s47O,O0O, 900 compared with
$420 100000 last year. Net earnings
Of Sears Roebuck in 1925 were $780,
OF, 1904, equivalent to 1922 = share on
the, present stock, while Montgomery
Ward earned @11,3SS, ,a9S, equal ia
$500 on the common.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-10-26
QUEEN Will
BE HERE FOR
IS MINUTES
To Make Brief Stop at N. d.
Capital at Invitation of
Governor SOrlie

1t is probable that a brief recep-
tiOn program will be arranged for
Queen Marie Of Rumania next Mon
day when she will stop in Bismarck
for fifteen minute visit. The stop
will be made on the invitation Of
Governor A. G.. Sorlie.
The special train on which the
queen will travel over the NprthsrsD
Pacific railway will arrive in Bis.
marck at 1925 p. M, Monday, No
vember 1, and will remain here for
Is minutes, leaving at 12:40. The
manner in which Queen Marie will
be welcomed to the capital Of North
Dakota has not been decided 40 yet
but it is certain that an appropriate
greeting will be extended to her.
Queen Marie and the Princess
Ileana, who is accompanying her
mother on the trip, will travel in
"The Yellowstone" the private car ol
Charles Donnelly, president Of the
Northern Pacific railroad. It is the
same car that was used by Crown
Prince Gustav Adolph and Crown
Princess Louise of Sweden on their
western trip last July.
The Itinerary
Leaving Bismarck the royal train
will pass through Mandan, Dickinson
Clendive. Billings, Livingston, Boxe-
man, Helena, Missoula, Spokane
Maryhill. Portland, Tacoma and Seat
tie. On her western trip Queen Marie
will travel over more than 1000 miles
of the country.
A stop will be made at Mandan at
the queens request where the royal
party will meet the Sioux Indians
Red Tomahawk. who killed Sitting
Bull. will be q Member Of the recep.
A real wild west rodeo will be
staged 1T Medora, the ranch home
Of the late President Roosevelt. The
queen will also stop at Helena, the
capital of Montana, on the invitation
of Governor J. E. Erickson Of Mon
tana.
At Maryhill, Washington. Queen
Marie will dedicate the new Maryhill
Fine Arts museum, which is located
between Spokane and Portland. 1t
was built by Samuel Hill, son-in-law
of the late James J. Hill. The queen
will bring baggage car load Of
Rumanian treasures to tho museum.