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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-01-10
4 VICTIMS OF.
GANG WAR ARE
UNIDENTIFIED
Four Charrcd Bodies Found in
Ruins Of Dynamited Bir-
ger RdadhOuse

Marion, ILL.,, Jan. lO-LR-Through
process of elimination. Williamson
county officers today attempted to
establish the identity of the four
latest victims of the southern Illinois
gang war.
Four charrcd bodies were found
yesterday in the ruins of Shady
Rest. embattlcd camp and roadhouse
Of Charles Birger, gang leader,
which was dynamitcd and burned late
Saturday night. 1t was the latest
chapter in the gang war that has
taken l3 lives within less than five
months.
Officers attributed the affair to
the Shelton rang, whose leader, Carl,
with his brothers, Earl and Barnard,
are facing trial on a mail robbery
charge. Carl had been released on
bonds, but the brothers are in Jail
at Bloomington and Peoria.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-01-10
New Type of Engine
Passes Through City

A new type of passenger engine,
the first ofNa number recently pur-
chased by the Northern Pacific rail
way for use on its de luxe transcon-
tinental trains, passed through here
this noon, bound west. The engine
is now being used to pull freight
trains between Jamestown and Man
dan, this being necessary to "break
In" the locomotive, which is the
largest ever used on the Northern
Pacific.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-01-10

rounding adults. Still others, SINH
larly pinioned, were suffocated. Those
in the rear were caught by the flames.
Fircmcn, arriving from the St.
Catherine street east station, found
the stairway inextricably jammed,
with the lowermOst part Of the mass
only few steps from the main floor.
Attempts to relieve the pressure BY
pulling at individual members Of the
tangle were unavailing. riremen tied
a rope about the body Of one child in
the hope that it was the key-loe Of
the jam, but were unable to budge' it,
Then. as the quickest way through,
they smashed hole in the street wall
and formed human chain, passing
the victims through the opening.
In the rear Of the masS an usher.
w. W. Pare, fought heroically but
futilely in the binding smoke and
intense heat to save some Of the PIN
toned children. He dragged nine
little victims to window over the
entrance canopy and thrust them out
in the hope that some were alive.
None survived. Almost overcome BY
the smoke himself, he cravled onto
the canopy and was taken to the
street by firemen.
Injured Taken to H0epltals
Meanwhile holes had been chopped
through the stairs under the ian Of
bodies. Az the victims were taken
out by the fremen and volunteees.
they were removed to nearby stores
or dwellings to protect them from
the biting cold. Ambulance surnooas
fitted from one to another renderint
first aid. The more ssriously iAjut-
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-01-10
Fire Destroys Ryder
Garage With $40, 900
Loss Early Yesterday

Ryder, N. D., Jan. l0.-(Special.
Fire DESTROYED the garage Of the
Ryder Motor company here early
Sunday morning with q total loss OF
about $4,000, partly covered by in
suranec. Firemcn were unable ia
sAve the buildine. which contained
Oscars. No plans for the future have
been announced bv the owners Of the
eeNcesn, Easl +. vanHook and n. B.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-01-10
Two Local Dental
Firms in Merger

Announcement Of the taking over
Of the practice OF the New York
Dental company, formerly located at
AO8h Main street; has been made by
the, Boston Dental company. which
has offices in the Lucas block. All
dental requirement will be taken care,
Of at the latter office.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-01-10

Forty-two committee assignments
were submitted to the state house .of
representatives by J. w. Carr. speak
er Of the house, when it convened to-
day. Little opposition to the list Of
committee assignments is expected.
Speaker Carr states that he has
tried, as much as possible, to place
men on the committees on which they
asked to serve. In many instances he
found this impossible, however, and
arranged them as best he could, he
said. Cards prepared by the smem-
bers showing their occupations and
giving personal data about them
selves were q great help, he said.
One without Application
Only one committee failed to draw
a single application from the house
members. It was the committee on
revision and correction OF the jour
mails, the duty of which is to read
the journal to make sure it contains
no errors.
On committees with 10 members,
the Independents have II places while
the Nonpartisans have eight. Those
with II members number 10 Inde-
pendents to seven Nonpartisans. On
all committees the Independents have
majority, sometimes of only one
member.
Only one of the members Of the
appropriation committee, Chairman
Watt, is from county which has a
state institution whose appropriation
the committee will review.
The Complete List
The list Of committee assignments,
as presented by Speaker Carr, fol.
lows:
Agriculture Elkin, Traill, chair
man; Thompson, Burleigh; Mcdowell,
Johnson, Foster, Montgomery, O'Neill.
Ellingson, Shurr, Hoffman, Keier.
leber, Gudmestad, Anderson, Divide;
Holthusen, Signalness, Larvick, Van
Herkom, Brown Of Stutsman.
Appropriation Cass, chair
man: Peters, Kelly, Craig, Traynor,
McManus, McGauvran, Guam. Thonp-
SON, Burleigh; Yeater, Halcrow, Fer.
ris, Brown Of Adams; Butt. Mont
Agomery, Anderson Of Sargent, Lyon,
Wilson, Bollinger. -
observation-disclosures Of Traill
chairman; eighth district-Olaf
first district; Burkhardt, second dis
trict; Levin, third district; Johnson,
fourth district; Steedsman, fifth dis
trict; Freeman, sixth district; veitch,
Seventh district; Twichell, ninth dis
trict; Plath. tenth district; Roberts.
eleventh district; Worner, 18th dis
trict; Lavik, 18th district; Hendrick-
son. 18th district; Trubshaw. 18th
district; Standley, 18th district; Loft
hus, 18th district; Flom 18th dis
trict; Tweten, 10th district; Conway,
Goth district; Thompson, Ramsey,
21st district; Hanson 22nd district;
Rulon, 23rd district; Opdahl, 2lth dis
trict; Wedel, 25th district; Larvick.
26th district; Cox, 9Th district;
CONTINUED on pa3e six.)
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-01-10

exits. Those on the second floor
seem to have reached the open with
out great difficulty.
Those in the balcony, terrified by
the -billows Of smoke and the heat OF
the Flames from below, ran for the
two stairways, down which they
struggled. swaying and shouting. An
usher succeeded in restoring some
order to those stampeding down the
west side stairs. But on the east, a
terrible panic developed, and il was
here that the worst of the tragedy
occurred.
The tide of children and adults
flowing to the street level was sud.
denly halted. Some one had fallen.
With panic redoubled those behind.
feeling the breath of the fire upon
them, surged downward and the stair
way became near-solid mass Of
eroaning, shrieking humanity.
Children Trampled
Children were borne underfoot to
be trampled. Others were caught and
crushed by the pressure of the sur
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-01-10
FAMILY SAVED FROM DROWNING

Washburn.-Quick action OF Chas
Mcclure and his son. James. saved
the ,lives Of Mr.. and Mrs.. George
Thamert and two small sons New
Years day when the Ford car in
which they were driving broke
through the ice on the Missouri
river and was submerged to the top.
James Mcclure ran . quarter OF a
{nkle to the scene Of the accident
d.bon hearing the cries Tor help. and
found the pare1tsi ihaAeiN4s = the
top Of the car, holding the children
above water. Mcclure WAS Joined
~ has fsther ana - tWo managed
q ct ths 5our ashore.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-01-10
WEATHER CONDITIONS

High pressure, accompanied BY fair,
cold weather prevails from the Mis-
Sissippi Valley westward to the Rocky
Mountain region. Temperatures are,
Xear zero along the central Canadian
border. The weather ~ somewhat
unsettled over the Great Lakes re-
pion and oyer the extreme West duo
to lower pressure over those sections.
+ CRRIS ". ROBERTS, !
~ Official IN charge.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-01-10

Weather conditions at North Da-
tofN points Tor the n hours ending
WEATHER F0REcAST

For Bismarck and Vicinity: Fair
tonight and probably Tuesday. Slight
ly warmer tonight.
For North Dakota: Fair tonight
and probably Tuesday. Slightly warm
er tonight.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-01-10
ACCIDENTAL oHOOTTNC IS FATAL

ACCIJENINL 1MQQIING IS FATAL
Napoleon.-TheAbpld Mueller, IA,
living 26 miles est 81 here. was in
stantly killed last Sunday evening
when the shotgun he was unloading
discharged and shot him through the
abdomen. The boy had borrowed the
shot gun from Z neighbor to hunt
rabbits. Funeral Aekvicss were held
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-01-10
CARR OFFERS
LIST OF HOUSE
COM MIT'TEES
Independents Control All
Committees, Sometimes BY
Only One Member
REQUESTS CONSIDERED
Members Given Appointments
Desired Wherever Posi-
bic, Cam States

Among the appropriation bills
scheduled to be introduced In
the senate some time this after
noon are the following: $4,000
for the North Dakota National
guard; 420. 900 for the state board
Of auditors; $500 for the North
Dakota Firemen's association;
$4,000 for bountles on wolves,
coyotes and magpies; 9S6,4oe for
the game and fish commission:
$l28.334 for the maintenance and
improvement Of the state cap
itol; $30,s5o for the school for
the blind; $l30,oo0 for const rae
tion Of buildings and purchase Of
lands for the state penitentiary;
$315,650 for operation Of the
state penitentiary; $3.50, 900 for
the state training school 1t Man.
dan.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-01-10

Fair tonight and probably Tues
day. Slightly warmer tonight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-24
No Business Closes Court.

BLOOMSBURY. Pa. February "a
R).-The regular term of the Column
bia County Court has been called off
because Of lack Of business"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-24
PUPILS SAVED IN STORM.
Building Demolished Few Minutes
After School Is Dismissed.

MILLEN, Ga, February "a N).-The
promptness with which two teachers
dismissed classes probably saved their
lives and those Of As school children
yesterday when the Oak Hill School.
five miles from here, was demolished
by high wind which reached the pro-
portions of a tornado.
The two teachers, Miss Flora Wick.
cry and Miss Ressie Drinkard, saw the
approaching storm, dismissed school
Is minutes early and marched the pu-
pills out of the building only few
minutes before the structure was
ripped from it's foundations and
wrecked.
The storm, which was accompanied
by heavy rains, also unroofed several
.outbuildings on a farm mile from
the school and uprooted scores of
trees. No one was injured.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-24
PHYSICIAN DENIES
Staying OF WIFE
DR.. LOOMS Withstands Severe
Grilling-Police Charge
Discrepancies.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
DETROIT, February 24--After grill.
ing for nearly 20 hours, DR.. Frank
r. Loomis. held in connection with
the clubbing to death Monday night
of his wife, Grace. "a, police today
admitted they had been unable to
shake the mans profession of limo.
cence or to uncover possible motive
for the Staying.
Dr. Loomis held to his story that
he discovered his wife's body in the
sun room of their home after return
ing from walk, but officials claimed
they discovered number of dis
crepancies in his statements. He
stated. they said, that he did not
touch the body prior to their arrival
at the house, but was unable to ac-
count for blood stains on his clothing.
He also told conflicting stories regard.
ing the route he took on the walk, &C.
cording to the officers.
A number of relatives and friends
of the couple were interviewed in an
endeavor to uncover a motive. All
told the police the two were devoted
to each other and were never known
to have had serious quarrel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-24
LAUDS PRINCIPLES
OF ORDER OF ELKS
Grand Exalted Ruler Urges
Local Lodge Members to
Practice TenetS.

Charity, justice, brotherly love and
fidelity. the principles Of the Benevo-
lent and Protective Order of Elks.
were urged as effectual forces in every.
day American life by Charles H.
Grakelow of Philadelphia, grand ex.
allied ruler of the order, in an address
last night at the meeting of the
Washington Lodge held in his honor,
attended by 600 members.
If every Elk lived the principles Of
the order, Mr.. Grakelow contended, a
new and powerful asset would be es-
tablished for the whole Nation.
Rush Holland Speaks.
Past Grand Exalted Ruler Rush l..
Holland, who is a former Assistant
Attorney General, advocated the &C.
tive upholding of the Elk principles
also, and he scored the number OF
members of the order who 'join
merely for the sake of becoming an
Elk" and who never think of the re-
sponsibility which they assume in
membership.
Grand Chaplain John Dysart of
Flint, Mich. and a former assistant
rector at st. Adams Episcopal Church
here, and Grand Secretary Fred c.
Robinson of Chicago accompanied the
leader of the order to Washington and
each spoke briefly. Rev. Dysart told
of his visits to the national shrines.
including the tomb of the Unknown
Soldier and the Lincoln Memorial, and
OF the spiritual uplift" he received
from contact with each.
Reception Committee.
The members of the reception COM
mittee included Past Grand Exalted
Ruler Holland, District Deputy Grand
Exalted Ruler John B. Berger. Exalted
Ruler James E. Colliflower, Secretary
William s. Shelby. Past District
Deputies Edward ]. Shine, Edward ].
Murphy, Patrick j. Callan, James A.
Ward and Joseph A. Burkart, Past
Exalted Rulers Daniel Fl. Nihion.
James A. Balderson, William Finkle. .
John German, DIR. Percy f. Payfair.
Dennis Harper. Rosa Downey, Fred
and the following other
officers of the lodge: John Lynch.
Nathan WE'LL, John Dillon Fitzgerald.
Thomas King, Michael G.. Mccormick.
Lem Robey, Gustive Brahler, Anthony
A. Auth. Judge Robert E. Mattingiy.
John Marville, Arthur A. Reimer and
Arthur d. Marks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-24
NAVAL ENGINEERS DINE.
Wilbur Guest at Annual American
Society Event.

The American Society of Naval En-
gineers held it's annual dinner at the
Carlton Hotel yesterday evening with
Secretary of the Navy Wilbur as the
ranking guest. Rear Admiral John
Halligan. jr., president of the society,
presided.
The Assistant Secretary of the Navy
for Aeronautics, Edward I. Warner,
spoke on NAVAL Flying and the En-.
gineer." Representative Updyke gave
a brief address on 1.-THE House of Rep
resentatives and Naval Defense"
Capt. w. M, Mcfarland. past presi-
dent OF the Society of Naval Archi.
tects and Marine Engineers. took as
his subject. "Honored Names in Naval
Engineering. The United States
Navy Orchestra gave a program dur.
Ing the dinner. which was attended by
$50 members Of the society.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-24
PAPEETE is MADE
RUM RENDEZVOUS
Vancouver Paper Says Tahiti Port
Is New Liquor Capital" of
Pacifc-Stores Move.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia,
February 24.-Papeete, Tahiti, in the
South Seas, is the new rum capital"
of the Pacific, succeeding Vancouver,
and stores of liquor here are being
transferred to that port. the Province
says yesterday.
Liquor of all descriptions, from the
choicest wines to Oriental intoxicants,
are being loaded aboard the Swedish
steamer Falterbo. which will clear for
the South Seas. In transit liquor from
bonded warehouses all over the city is
being moved.
The customs commission is blamed
by the liquor exporters for killing
Vancouver as a liquor port. the Prov
ince says. A yearly expenditure of
81 200 900 for supplies for the fleet of
the liquor exporters will be lost to the
city. it is expected.
Tahiti was chosen because the
charges for bonding liquor there are
not excessive and Government regula.
tons are satisfactory. The LIQUOR can
be carried to Tahiti aboard tramp yes
sells. and the exporters have their own
vessels for final disposition of the
drinkables.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-24
INCOME OF VOLIvA
REACHES $4,000, 900
Dowie's Successor as Overseer of
Zion City Had Only SO
Cents in 1907.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, February 24.-In 1907
Wilbur Glenn Voliva, overseer of Zion,
ILL.,, scheduled his total assets as SO
cents; today he has an income of
$4,000, 900 year and controls 26 insti.
tutions and industries.
The successor to John Alexander
Dowie, founder of the Zionist Church,
made this assertion to correspondent
OF the Chicago Tribune at New Or
leans, in support of his statement that
he is a "self.made man.
Voliva. who is enjoying a vacation
In the South, recently sold several
parcels of Zion land at huge profit.
1.-THE land values near Zion have in
creased enormously the last year, and
as a good business man I cannot af-
ford to retain them" the overseer was
quoted as saying. "Times have
changed, and I can do more good with
my money than Dowie could with the
lands If he were living"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-24
OUTLINES HISTORY
OF ROTARY CLUB
Everett Tells of Organization
in 1905 in Chicago by
Four Men.

The Washington Rotary Club OBJ.
served the twenty-second anniversary
of the founding of Rotary, when VIII
liam w. Everett, a member, read a
chronological sketch Of the club,
which has grown from a meeting of
four business men in Chicago in 1905
to it's present enrolment of $500 clubs
in 35 nations, at the weekly luncheon
yesterday afternoon at the Willard
Hotel
Just before Mr. Everett was intro
duced, William Raymond and Fred
East, popularity known singers oe the
District, entertained with several
selections
Preceding the historical sketch, it
was announced that $4,000 had been
contributed by Rotarians to the recent
Casualty Hospital drive.
Four Organized Club.
According to Mr.. Everett, Rotary
was begun with a meeting of four
men in Chicago-Paul p. Harris, an
attorney, who is now president
emeritus of Rotary; Sylvester Schiele,
a coal dealer, Hiram L. Shorey, a mer-
chant tailor. and Gustavus Loehr. a
mining man, in whose office they gath
cred, with the idea that business men
could be and should be personal
friends. The little group met the Sec
ond week, and fifth member, Harry
Ruggles, a printer, was admitted, and
it was he who later introduced the
prevailing custom of chorus singing
at the club meetings.
At one of the early meetings the
name of Rotary" was suggested by
Mr.. Harris. The name was prompted
by the original plan of rotating the
place of meeting. the officers and even
membership. for at that time mem
bers were elected for period of a
year only. At the same meeting a
''fine" of so cents was imposed upon
members who were absent from the
meeting, and Mr. Everett explained
that for a long time the expenses o
the club were cove. 4 by thse fines. a."
New Clubs Organized.
During 1909 clubs were organized
In the order named in Oakland, Calf:
Seattle, Wash.;. New York City and
Boston. Nine additional Rotary Clubs
were established during the first seven
months of 1910 and in the same year
the first national convention of Ro-
tary Clubs was held in Chicago, at
which meeting the National >Asocia-
ton OF Rotary Clubs was established,
with Mr.. Harris as it's first president
Clubs We're formed in Dublin and Bel
fast, Ireland, and in London during
1911.
In 1912, according to Mr.. Everett S
report, the name of the national or
ganization became the International
Association of Rotary Clubs and it
was thus known until 1922, when the
present title, Rotary international,
was chosen aft the thirteenth cOnyen-
ton, held in Los Angeles.
The I,000th club was organized at
York, England, in 1921 and in the last
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-24
Total of 1,130,366 Pupils Now Enrolled
In7,789 Public Schools In PHILIPPINES

show that there are 1870 ,s66 pupils
in the Philippine Islands. as compared
with an enrolment of 621,115 pupils
and 4,291 schools in 1915. The develop
ment of Filipino instruction personnel
since the American occupation of the
islands in 1899 is regarded by officials
as 1.-The most conspicuous achievement
Of the American system in that quar-
ter of the world"
In accordance with the existing
laws of the islands, primary education
is entirely free for all children be-
tween the ages of z and IA, and sec.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-24
TESTS TO DANISH FOG
PLANNED IN CHICAGO
Static Electricity Will Be "Shot"
Into Atmosphere to Clear It
for Airplanes.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, February 24.-Experi.
ments to determine whether fog
overhanging Lake Michigan can be
fought off successfully by static
electricity "shot" from airplanes pass.
ing through the fog are to be attempt
ed here, Maj. Rufus w. Putnam, for.
mer Government engineer and now
chief engineer Of the Chicago Harbor
Commission, announced.
The experiments are to be con.
Quoted to determine whether a $4,000
600 airport contemplated for Chicago's
lake front would necessarily be handi.
capped about one-third of the year by
fog blanket making landings difficult.
The experiments here will consist
in shooting static electricity into the
fog with particles of sand or steam.
Both mediums, 1t is believed. should
make the fog disappear. falling to
earth in the form of a miniature
shower.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-24

ondary education is partially free, a
moderate tuition fee being required in
some secondary schools for partial
support. Practically all the elemen.
tary school principals, number Of
the high school principals and divi-
sion superintendent and one of the
directors of the Board Of Education
are Filipinos.
According to the report, the Uni
versity of Santo Tomas, at Manila,
established in 1911. is the oldest uni
versity under the United States flag,
antedating by fully quarter of GEN.
fury Harvard University, the oldest
university in the United States.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-24
PUPILS ARE CLEARED.
Charges of Gambling and Vice
Against Children Not Borne Out.

NEW ORLEANS, February "a R)
New Orleans school children We're
cleared Of all charges of gambling and
vice at public hearing held by the
Board of Education here last night.
Twenty-Five members Of the Public
School Alliance, report of whose ut
terances caused the hearing, denied
any knowledge Of gambling among the
children and stated that they had no
intention Of inferring that the pupils
INDUCED in gambling. They said that
they had discussed reports that gam.
bling devices and dog track where
gambling was permitted were oper-
ated in the vicinity of one of the
schools. No one could be found to
make charges of marijuna smoking
and other vicesagainst the children.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-24
Film Benefit Planned.

A benefit performance will be given
at the Ambassador Theater tomorrow
afternoon at 2 o'clock by the Henry
ID. Cooke School Farent-Teacher Asso.
citation. Lloyd Bennett will take the
leading part in the picture, the title
OF which is "a Kiss for Cinderella"
Bennett is a Washington boy, about
10 years old, and has been playing
in movies for some time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-24
Bottle Set AflOat
In Illinois Reaches
Philippine Islands
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
MILTON JUNCTION, Wis, Feb
ruary ga bottle thrown into a
creek in southern Illinois eight
years ago has been found on the
coast of the Philippine islands,
according to information received
by A. A. Whitford.
The bottle contained the name of
Miss Leona Smith, with her ad-
dress. and was thrown into the
creek at Farnia, ILL.,, Mr.. Whit
ford said. He has learned that
Miss Smith received word from
Maurice Evans, soldier in the
Pacific islands, that he picked up
the bottle on the seashore there
December 20, 1926.