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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-12-08
STRANGE MALADY TAKES TWO MEMBERS
OF NEW ENGLAND FAMILY OTHERS ILL
Mrs. Emil @. Roettcher Sac.
cumbs to Peculiar Disease
Wednesday Night = Seven
year-old Daughter Die d
Tuesday-Three Sons Who
Have Been Ill Are Expected
10 Recover

New Englari, N. D., Dec. S.-iP
Death has claimed it's second
member Of the family of Emil O
Boettcher, farmer near here, within
three days from a strange maladyi
or combination Of nlaladies. Mrs
Boettcher, second Of five mbers
Of the family to be stricken with
the weird illnc !. died at 10 p. nj,
Wednesday.
Margaret, Z, daughter O. Mrs.
Boettcher, died Tuesday.
Three boys, all of whom have been
considered critical -or some days
are expected to reco, cr today by DR..
George, A. Sarchet, attending ply
sician, who has been baffled by the
disease.
The disease is strange combina-
tion Of spinal and cerebellus infec-
tion, the doctor said, apparently
having it's origin, in this instance,
in attacks of the flu.
: The youngest son, Richard, has
been unconscious fer several days
Cecil and Wayne, other stricken
sons, were ,ttacked two weeks ago
but are showing improvement now.
Members of the local camp Of the
Modern Woodmen wired to Mo-
bridge, S. D., Wednesday,. + obtain
. nurse to aid Mr.. Boettcher and his
sister, who have N caring for ne
five i'll members Of the family.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-12-08
America Is Nation
Of Thrift Addicts

New, York. Dec. S.-lP)-Purchase
in 1927 Of $4,000, ,000, 900 new life
insurance reveals America as . ma.
ton Of thrift addicts,, Archibald A,
Welch, president Of the Phoenix Mu.
tual Life Insurance company, de-
clared today at the 21st annual con-
vention Of The Association Of Life
Insurance Presidents.
The years new business, he said
brings to $4,000, 900 the number Of
policyholders, and to 115,O0O, ,o00
the number of policies in force. The
records offer proof, he asserted
that the American character is not
so3tened by accumulation Of wealth
and that the American income is
being spent to q considerable extent
for the comfort Of future genera
tions.
"rhis years payment to benefici-
aries and policyholders," Mr.. Welcf
said. will total $500, ,O0O, 900, al-
most eight times the return Of e
years AGO. Since the beginning Of
the century, life insurance compan.
ies have paid out $l6, =, ,00c 900,
nearly twice the amount Of life in
ourance IN force 1t the beginning Of
til period.
,ssThe present generation IS exec
'iug ~ former generations in MAX
tn9 provisions Tor IL families. While
cur population has increased only Z
little more than one-han since 1902,
Awer3ean jcyholders now mum.
1,o- ~ IN NJ ~ ,,er,.e th.,, ~ %i,ee1
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-12-08
e Below Zero Sets New
Record for Early Winter
Lowest Temperature Recorded Here Since January 26 1926
and Lowest An.Time Record For First IL Days Of De-
cember-35 Below at Fort Lincoln
Cold Wave Is General Throughout North
Digging Out From Under Heavy Snow Blanket Spread
by Worst Blizzard in Many Years
PASSENGER TRAINS ARE RUNNING HOURS LATE

With the mercury sinking to % below today
marck
$3.50 -" -" A.~AA - 80
1t was the lowest temperature
bureau SINCE January g. 1885, when
according to O. W. Roberts, federal '
Soldiers at Fort Lincoln the
soah seas and nsur
common to experience extreme
below the zero mark -
Plumbers business furnace cos
pipes cracked under the cold. " - ~
Trains
running
behind their
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-12-08
POISON LIQUOR
TAKES LIVES OF
YOUNG LOVERS
Girl and Fiance Drink Toasts
to Future Happiness in
Marriage, Then Die

New York, Dec. 8.-(R)-The
deaths from poison liquor of 25-
year-old girl and her fiance were
on the record Of the medical exam
iner To-Day a the closing chapter Of
= party where they had drunk toasts
to future happiness in marriage.
A draught Of the same liquor
that caused the death Monday Of
MISS Catherine Gray McDenald,
former Columbia University stud
ent, took the life Tuesday of S.
Hetton Sleckinger, q, salesman, an
investigation by the chief medical
ex9miner showed. Blindness pre-
ceded death in both cases.
Miss Mcdonald, authorities said,
returned to her apartment in Green
wich village Monday from Balti-
more, where the party was held at
the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. MUIR
ply, and Immediately complained Of
feeling i'll. She died before a ply
sician arrived.
Sleckinger, called from Baltimore
by friend who notified him of his
fiance's condition. returned to New
York and was able only to reach
his apartment before he was strick-
en-.
ployed as a secretary, came here
from her home in Jacksonville, Fla,
about two years ago. Sleckinger's
home was in Norfolk, Va. They had
planned to be married in February.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-12-08
WEDDING PARTY
CAUSES ACTOR
TO BE ARRESTED
Pat Somerset Pays Fine, But
His Bride Pleads Not Guilty
and Will Be Tried

Los Angeles, Dec. .S.-(APl-
Charged by policemen with having
been drunk 1t wild early morning
party in Hollywood which was giver
to celebrate their wedding, Pat Som.
erset, the English actor, and Shelby
Benson Woodall, his bride, have
taken separate ways to account to the
law for the alleged escapaf
Somerset and his bride obtained
their release yesterday from the
city Jail where they had been held
Tho actors admission of guilt and
plea that he was celebrating his
marriage resulted in the court sus-
pending q $50 fine. Two friends
and co-celebraters paid $40 fines
Mrs. Somerset was released ate,
she had pleaded not guilty and her
trial had been set for December IL
The arrest of the couple was the
wedding announcement for most Of
their Hollywood friends, for Somer.
set used his true name, Patrick
Holm Sumner, in applying for the
license prior to the Tuesday we'd
ding, and no one assoc. ted that
n me with the English actor.
Gee, / adore him." said Mrs
Somerset, one time queen of Calves
toms Mardi Gras. She said she had
fallen in love with him when she
was a school girl in London.
s'They have no Manners, she said
Of the Hollywood policemen. even
at $3.50 in the morning ne rht ia
be able to sing little bit without
b-ing arrested especially on YOU,
wedding night
Somerset had been the leading
man in three off-stage weddings and
had been accused Of playing the
"heavy" in two domestic tangles.
He divorced his first wife, Margaret
Bannerman, and subsequently mar.
ried Edith Day, former wife Of
Carle Carlton, theatrical producer
who had named Somerset in his d.
vorce proceedings.
Miss Day divorced Somerset.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-12-08
SMITH NAMED
NORTH DAKOTA
BUYING AGENT
Local Business Man Succeeds
w. A. Donnelly, Who Re-
signed a Month Ago

Resignation Of w. A. Donnelly as
purchasing agent for the board Of
administration and the appointment
Of ]. B. Smith, Bismarck business
man, was announced here today. :,
Donnelly presented his resigna-
tion month ago, saying that the
salary was too small to warrant the
work involved in proper adminis-
tration of the office. The job pays
5000 q month.
Donpelly took the office less than
year ago, succeeding NJ. E. Nc
lntyre.
The state purchasing agent super
vises the purchase Of all materials
needed in the operation Of the var
ious state educational, penal and
charitable institutions.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-12-08
WOMAN ADMITS
SHE MURDERED
HER HUSBAND
21.year-old Velma West of
Perry. Ohio, Confesses
After Crilling
KILLING WAS BRUTAL
Used Claw Hammer and Table
Leg For Weapons-Then
Went to Bridge Party

Painesville, Ohio, Dec. S.--tP-A
restless night in a county Jail cell
smoking cigarets for solacc, was
2l-ycar-old Velma Vests prepare.
tion for facing a charge of husband
staying today.
Mrs. West signed a confession
yesterday that she had killed hel
husband, Thomas f. West, 26, Tues.
day night in their home in Perry
Ohio, near here, using a claw ham.
n1er and table leg for weapons;
and that she had then motored tc
Cleveland to keep bridge party
engagement. The Staying, she said
followed a quarrel.
The afrest was made at the
Cleveland home Of her mother, Mrs
Catherine Van Woert. Brought
here, Mrs. West was given no init.
nation that she was suspected oi
having knowledge of how her hus.
band had met his death. She was
questioned by Sheriff Ed Rasmus.
sen and Prosecutor Seth Paulin.
After two hours of questioning
Rasmussen suddenly asked:
"Why did you leave the back
door open?"
Willis Under Questioning
Mrs. West seemed suddenly to
wilt. Then, Strengthening she re.
piled:
"All right. I'll tell the truth.
killed him after q quarrel"
). The bridge party, to which she
had been invited by> Miss Mabel
Young, Of Cleveland, was the cause
Of the quarrel. the confession said
Her husband did not want her to 60
In their little bungalow at Perry
the argument became heated. Mrs
West got claw hammer from thu
kitchen. followed her husband intt
the bedroom and struck him z blow
on the head, the confession said
Then she grabbed leg which had
been broken off q small table and
beat him.
Then Goes to Party
She tied the lifeless feet with
twine, the confession detailed. and
stuffed a gag in the mouth. Taking
off her blood-stained garments she
dressed for the bridge party. II
was then 6 o'clock. She went down
to the parlor, picked her music off
the piano-for she knew bridge
would become monotonous and that
she. would be asked to sing-left
the house with the lights all burn
ing and drove in her own car ia
Cleveland.
When she reached Miss Young's
home, she said she went upstairs
and washed the blood from her
hands and arms. The guests at the
party knew little about bridge and
she, too, was a beginner. In time
the game grew monotonous, as she
expected it would. They asked her
to play. So she played while the
others danced.
She remained overnight with Miss
Young and in the morning went to
her mothers home in East Cleve-
land, for they had planned to shop
together. They had just returned
from the shopping tour when de-
tectives came to the house. Mrs.
West collapsed when she heard the
news that her husband had been
killed.
Young West was the son Of T. B.
West Of Perry, well known nursery
man. He was employed by his
father at the nurseries.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-12-08
University President
Seeks Removal Of Paul
J. Davis, Athletic Coach
Walter Schoser State Senator and Former University Foot
ball Captain, Charges President Kane With Being
Cruelty Unfair and Unjust to Davis
Schosser Labels Complaint Lodged With Board of Admins
traton as Pure Falsehood-Samuelson Has Inflated
Ego, Small knowledge and Immature Judgment

angle in the attempt
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letter, OF be the
handling the affairs the university
OF the president
university departments.
respectively
sentative Burh county said they had received letters the
subj by
Ambrose Friends
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-12-08
Low TEMPERATURES
FOLLOW BLIZZARD

st. Paul, Dec. 8.-(AP)-Record
low temperatures for the season
slid into the northwest today to
complicate the task Of recovery
from the most severe blizzard in
years which swept this section yes
terday.
Virtually all points in Minnesota. !.
North and South Dakota reported
clear weather today, but told Of in
tense cold throughout the three
states and roads blocked by huge
drifts left by yesterdays binding
storm.
Hibbing, in northern Minnesota,
and Williston, western North Dako-
ta, reported the lowest marks, 80
below, but many other points closely
approached that temperature. Wi
mona, in southern Minnesota, was
the warmest, with nine below.
In North Dakota, Bismarck and
jamestown reported 26 below, with
Fargo and Grand Forks having the
maximum 1t 10 below.
South Dakota Also Hit
Similar conditions prevailed III
South Dakota with ! minimum Of Is
Continued on page eight)
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between Ambrose and Thomas f.
Kane, president of the institution.
At recent meeting in Grand
Forks, it developed today, the board
quizzed Kane with regard to his
relations with Ambrose in the ef-
fort to remove Davis.
One Of the preliminaries to the
attempt to remove Davis, Schloss-
or said, was sermon by Ambrose
in which he attacked Davis and his
management. of athletics ut the
university. This Is said to have oc-
Cured about the same time that an
attack on Davis was launched in
the student daily newspaper.
Questionnaires Sent Out
The editor Of the student daily,
it was disclosed here today, wrote
numerous letters to various alumni
of the university, asking their opin-
ion on the advisability Of keeping
Davis as the athletic department
head. He is said to have told the
board Of administration at Grand
Forks that he chose alumni whom
he believed would be- unfavorable to
Davis. Some, he said, opposed
Davis, others favored him hut the
great majority made no response
to the letter.
Schlosser today was insisting
that the board Of administration
sift the attempt to oust Davis to the
bottom and establish the truth or
falsity Of the charges leveled
against him by President Kane.
Although board members declined
to discuss the matter it was the
understanding here that q sharp
division Of opinion exists on the
board, some members supporting
Kane and others supporting Davis.
It is expected that large number
of witnesses will be called by the
board when the hearing on the case
opens Monday at Grand Forks.
In his address yesterday Schlosser
labeled the charges against Davis
as "trumped up and utterly un-
true.''
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-12-08
SEEKS REVENGE BECAUSE
HIS FACE WAS SLAPPED


The action Of Paul Davis in slap
ping the face Of Paul Samuelson is
responsible for the attempt to oust
Davis as athletic director at the
University Of North Dakota, Walter
Schlosser, Grand Forks, told the
state board Of administration here
yesterday.
Schlosser IS : one-time football
captain Of = university team, q
member Of the university athletic
board, sponsor and director Of the
stadium drive, former president Of
the alumni association and state
senator from Grand Forks county.
He c1me 700 miles from Indian
Head, Saskatchewan, to make
statement to the board with regard
to the Davis case.
ssIn the interest Of fairness and
Justice" Schlosser told the board,
s'the friends Of Davis will not per-
nit hir1 to resign until the charges
against him are withdrawn.
Recitinr his connection with the
university and his deep interest in
its athletics since he was caut4in Of
its football team h 1909, SchIbsser
ayerred that Davis has done more
for athletics at the university than
any other man. Davis. he said, ORR
cinated the stadium idea and made It
possible to conduct q successful
drive for funds which resulted In
Continued on page eightl
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-12-08
KANSAS CITY
SELECTED FOR
COP, MEETING
Central Western City Gets
Necessary Majority o.
Twentieth Ballot
FRISCO ALMOST WINS
Charles Evans Hughes Men.
toned For Temporary Chair.
man Of Convention )

Washington, Dec. 8.-R)-The
battle Of ballots for q Republican
presidential candidate to succeed
Calvin Coolidge will be waged in
the civic auditorium Of Kansas City
beginning next June II.
Offering 2 foretaste of the skir.
mishing likely to develop at the
convention, selection Of the Missouri
city by the Republican national
committee came late yesterday or
the 20th ballot. Although openly
supported by Chairman Butler Of
the committee, Kansas City won out
only after a dogged fight that AT
one time found San Francisco Just
four votes from victory.
The final vote was: Kansas City
So; San Francisco, 80; Detroit,
four. and Chicago, one. Cleveland,
Philadelphia and San Antonio also
received scattered votes.
Selection Of June 12 for the open
ing day Of the meeting made it ap-
pear certain that the Democratic
convention will follow that of the
Republicans. The Democratic ma
tional committee will meet, here
next month to select = date, prob
ably in the last week of June.
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sofa forced engineers to pl Ii their
locomotives at slow speeds and
track walkers carefully sea: med all
steel rails for signs Of cracks that
would derail freight or passenger
trains.
Due to arrive in. Bismarck at
1O:46 last night, Train No. was
scheduled to arrive 1t Ais p. m. to-
day. The North Coast Limited due
at 1885 q. m. today was billed for
6 p. m. while the Twin City local
due at 1855 p. IN. will not arrive
until 8 p. IN.
Roads Are Passable
Y. S. highway No. 10 from Bis
marck east was reported passable
today although members Of the
highway commission advised all
tourists to carry shovels.
The main highway north to Mi
not was blocked between Bismarck
and Baldwin, while from Baldwin to
Minot the road was reported pass
able. The Interstat Transportation
company operating busses from Bis
marck to Minot had q crew Of
men clearing the highway between
here and Baldwin today. and stated
tnat the Minot bus would leave 2k
! p: m.
Mercury IN bismarck .i'ernome-
ters started It's race Tor the 28 be-
low mark at =. m. Wednesday
wnen from 3 below gradually sank
70 - at noon, 10 at 9 p. M, - 1t
midnight, 20 from 2 .. M. until s
=. M, reaching Tho loves POINT 1t
esas m. today.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-12-08
n. Y. SOCIETY
FOLK CURIOUS
Identity Of Man to Whom Mrs
Wood Was Reported En-
gagged Remains Secret

Odessa, Ukraine, DEF. 6.-@
-Ukrainian authorities have
not the faintest knowledge Of
Sir Donald Thursfield and say
reports Of him being killed IL
the Ukraine are the purest in.
vention.
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The Weather

Fair tonight followed BY 'increas-
ing cloudiness Friday. Not % cold.
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Fargo. N. D., Dec. S.-lP)-The
minimum temperature reported here
today was 20 below at 8:l5 a. M:
an hour later the thermometer had
risen q degree, with moderated
temperatures forecast,
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Grand Forks, N. D., Dec. 8.-(R-
The temperature went to the low.
est level here for the season during
the night when 10 below zero was
reached. At 7 o'clock it had climbed
only one. degree. A bright sun was
shining but there was 4 raw north
wind.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-01
BUSINESS SHOWS
4PER CENT GAIN
IN STATE SURVEY
l. U. Research Director Re.
ports on February
Volume Increases.

~ Times SDecidE
BLOOMINGTON, Ind, April T.
Business in Indiana during Febru-
airy, as evidenced by reports of
eighteen leading lines, was per
cent above that of the same month
a year ago, according to a report on
statewide conditions prepared by
Prof. Lionel d. Eide, director of the
Indiana University Bureau of Bust
ness Research.
Total volume of business for Feb
ruary also showed a gain of per
cent over the preceding month, ac-
cording to the report which says
that while business conditions
throughout the State are not all
that might be desired, the favorable
factors at this time outweigh the I'M
favorable items in the business struc-
ture.
Where Gains Were Made
According to Prof. Eide increases
of more than 10 per cent as COM
pared with February, 1926, were
made in bank debts, coal produc-
ton, electricity production, chain
store sales, freight car loadings, and
retail hardware stores.
Smaller gains were recorded by
post office receipts, chain drug store
sales, value of building contracts
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were made by stone production, pig
iron production, building permits
awarded, advertising, new car regis
trations, store sales, employment
and total receipts of live stock, Eide
stated.
State Ranks High
In spite of the fact that several
important lines of industry during
February showed declines from the
level of year ago, business through
out the State continues at high lev
els and Indiana is ranked by leading
authorities as one of the best bust
ness States in the country at the
present time, Edie said.
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honors as a fencer at Purdue Uni
versity, where he is a student.
John ID. Walker of Adams is the
first man i'm his community to
plant spring garden. Warned of
frost, he said, "Well, more seeds
are available"
A thief rung up mo sale" on the
cash register when he robbed the
Culbertson store in Hartford City of
1895.
days that used to be days" will
probably be recalled when Mas
ter hOrseshOers hold their State
meeting in TT. Wayne April 5 and
6.
Ancil Thompson, IA, of Mt. Olym-
pus is the first baseball casualty of
the season. He broke his leg when
he collided with another boy trying
to make a "homer."
Bloomington police mean business
in making pedestrians obey traffic
laws. One man was arrested on a
jay walking charge.
Paul Cox of Attica found on the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-01
HOOSieY
Briefs

Small boys at Wabash are agOg.
A classified adj i'm a newspaper
there offers 81 for live tOads.
When John OFT and Jacob Barton
invaded a farm to set stakes for the
Warren-to-Bippus highway near
Huntington, bull chased OFT out of
the field and two billy goats routed
Bartrom. Both men escaped by
vaulting fences.
Indiana Hospital Association will
meet at Evansville April Z.
Charles Marley, A, farmer near
Bluffton, had the sight of one eye
destroyed when a wire L. was
stretching for a fence broke and
Tipped in his face.
Ernest Sewellin of Waterloo
wishes he lived in the days when
knighthood was in flower. He won
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-01
CARE FOR TRANSMITS
Social Agencies Work Out Plan For
Cooperating With Police.

Plans for coordinating the work
of the police department and social
agencies for the care of needy tran
sients here have been made by
Homer w. Borst, executive secre-
tary of the Community Fund, and
Police Chief Claude F. Johnson.
Transient men are to be sent to
the Family Welfare Society during
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city dumps an old account book con
tanning records of the Toledo.
Wabash Packet Express, operated
on the old canal there in 1856.
Milburn WOOIems, of Princeton,
barber, is i'm the monkey business.
He is constructing monkey
speedway" to be exhibited in car
nival this summer.
Anderson will hear it said with
flowers Tuesday. State florists will
hold their convention there.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-01
WALB co. RE0RGANIZES

Republican, State Chairman IncreaS-
es Shares in Construction Firm.
Financial recognition of the Walb
Construction Company, LAGRANGE,
Of which Clyde Walb, Republican
State chairman, is president, was
registered today with the Secretary
of State.
Common stock was increased from
500 to $4,000 shares and preferred
from $500 to 5000. Capitalization
remains at 100000, par value a
share being reduced in each instance.
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APRIL /, 1927

day hours and to Wheeler City Mis-
sion at night. The Theodore Home,
reached through the Volunteers of
America, is open day and night to
homeless women and children.
A special worker, available until
p. m, daily, takes care of transient
cases for the Family Welfare So
ciety and the Wheeler City Mission.
Police will clear cases coming 81
their attention through the Socia,
Service Exchange.
Giraffes attain a speed of thirty
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awarded, and life insurance sales,
the report showed.
Actual declines from a year ago
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Giraffes attain a speed of thirty
miles an hour in their native habitat.