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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-02-25
WATERLOO, NEB.
is THREATENED
BY HIGH WATER
Many Families Are Driven
From Homes, Nearly Every
Building Is Flooded

Waterloo. Neb.. Feb. 25.-lR-
Water early today was rushing
more than knee deep through the
streets of Waterloo and steadily ris-
ing to creep into practically every
building in the town, which is fac ing
one of the most serious flood threats
here in years as result of the Elk
horn rivers being damned by an ice
jam nearly mile long.
The water spread through the town
after a long dyke west of here broke.
letting the water pour in from the
west, as well as from the north.
where an ice gorge had formed be-
tween the Lincoln Highway and the
Union Pacific railroad bridges. Res
idents have been warned, as it was
feared the water tearing through its
banks may cut new channel, pos
sibly through the town itself
Families have been driven from
their homes, livestock shipped out Of
town, rescue squads organized to
save merchandise in the stores. and
ut least two men were marOoned by
Those who wer{ not busy through
out the night working to save prop
erty from the rising water, sat up in
fear of their homes being washed
away. or ready to help others wno
might be in distress.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-02-25
State OratOrical
Contest. Is Won By
Edmund @. Belshein,

jamestown. N. D., Feb. 25.--LFl :
Edmund O. Belsheim Of the Univer-
sity of North Dakota won over Levi
Larson Of jamestown college this
morning in the state oratorical con-
test held in Voorhees, chapel here by
two to one decision.
Judges of the contest were Supt
McKenna Of Edgeley. Judge w. L
Nuessle and j. L. Bell Of Bismarck
The contest also decided the univer.
sity as the place at which the district
contests. which are being held in
North Dakota this year, are to be
held.
DR.. Allen. president Of the Valley
CITY state teachers college, made the
award Of gold watch, which was Civ.
=. - Masonic grand - igc o1
North Dakota -.y- xSsa>sa
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-02-25

SOlOn's Fall May
Cost State $4,000

A bump on the head which
Rep. J. A. Meidinger. MelntOsh
county, received yesterday. may
cost the state $1,000.
During ! roll call the chair On
which Meidinger was sitting
broke and he thumped his cram
ium against the corner Of an nd.
joining desk.
This morning the house apprO-
riations committee added $1,000
to the appropriation for main
tenance Of the capitol building
and grounds. The money would
he used to purchase new chairs
for the house chamber.
The question Of reseating the
house chamber was raised by
William Watt. Cass county, chair
man Of the appropriations corn.
mittee. early in the session but .
proposed appropriation was de.
fested.
The amendment to the capitol
maintenance appropriation this
morning was Offered by J. u.
Burkhart, Ward county. minerity
floor leader.
At the same time the apprOpria-
tiOn for grading grounds and
roads and planting trees was re-.
duced from $4,oo0 to $2,oeo. The
net result was to increase the to-
tai appropriation from $l2SySSa
to $l30,3SA.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-02-25
RBPEAL0F N. D,
.ANTI-PASS LAW
SEEMS CERTAIN
Senate Votes II as Joke, But
House Approves-R0lI Call
10 BE Taken Today

Repeal Of the North Dakota anti
pass law, voted by the senate rs a
Joke Wednesday. became Il serious
question Thursday when the house
approved the senate action by "A
s.anuing vote OF 5S - Ia.
Final action will be taken in the
house today when IA roll call vote
will be had.
AS originally passed by the house.
the bill provided that certain in
dividuals and their families could
obtain free railroad passes. The only
change from the law which has exist
ed since lyll was a provision that
the families of railroad doctors could
receive free transportation. The sen
ate, however amended the bill So
that it now provides for repeal of
the present law.
L. L. Twichell, Cass county, said
he doubted if the Legislature wishes
| to vote to go back to conditions
which prevailed 20 years ago. Pass
nge of the bill. he said. means tina,
the man who Stands in with tn,
| railroad can get passes at the ex.
j pcnse Of those who do not Repeal ol
:. the law would put the railroads bacl
. into rolitics. he charged.
| r. f. Sleight, McHenry county, saio
he can give anyone free transporta
:. tion in his automobile if he wishes
and o. f.. Erickson. kidder county
pointed out that il the railroads gave
roo many free passes. they woult
have to appeal to the railroad boaro
| for increases and could be stoppct
there.
A motion to suspend the rules I.
! permit final vote on the amcndet
! bill was defeated when it failed II
get the necessary two-thirds ma ajor
! ity and the measure was placed OF
the calendar for today
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-02-25
Value of Plant Should BE
Written Down 10 Present
Day Replacement Cost. Au-
ditor Says-W0u!d Lessen
Depreciation Charge and
Put State Mill on C0mpeti-
tive Basis

A survey or appraisal By competent
engineers of the state mill and elc-
vator property at Grand Forks, with
the idea Of writing down the value
Of the plan, to "a fair present day re
placement value, is suggested in the
COMPLETE report and audit made by
+. +. Ruwhard of Grand Forks which
was sent to the lower branch Of the
state legislature Thursday afternoon
hy Governor A. G.. Sorl;c. The re-
port was presented to the house
shortly after u resolution had been
offered by Rem. {. y. Freeman.
Grand Forks. calling on the governor
to file with the legislature his re-
port on the operation Of the state
mill and elevator. as required by
law
In a letter to Speaker John W.
Carr, the executive said he had only
one copy and that il would cost
approx imately 81 900 u print the re-
port so that each member could have
an individual copy.
The audit made by Burchard places
the net loss for the enterprise n;
Si63 ,OO9.6l for the last year and
states that this figure was arrived
ut after making adequate provision
for deprec iation on fixed and NOV.
able assets.
Interest Not Considered
The iurchard report says: "Ac
crued interest on the construction
and operation bond issues has not
been cons idered in computing ne
income, our contention being thai
the association is not obliged to pa!
the interest until surplus exists
"ln our opinion, the enterprise i.
in the same relative position as ;
private corporation, which concerl
could not hope to pay dividend oi
it's capital stock outstanding unles!
earnings were made To the exten
that it would be enabled to do $,
in accordance with law.
"The funds derived from the sail
of bonds totaling $4,000 arr
therefore permanent capital allotte'
to the mill and elevator association
by the state of North Dakota ol
which liability exists for bond in
terest only as Il surplus is created.
During the period under revie,
the mill has sold 56i,l2 barrels o
flour, and using this figure i'm com
pcting the average sales price .
! flour per barrel we present the los
per barrel and the total barrel cost.
The loss per barrel for the perio
ending December 81, 1926. was place
mt 1852 cents and the cost per barre
$6.5l5.
Book Value Too High
| recommending the appraisal o
the property, Burchard pointed OH
Continued on page thrce)
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-02-25
N. Y. Judge Ignores
Threats and Bomb
Explosion Follows

New York, Feb. 25.-R)-Threats
that the home Of John Palmieri, for
mer city court Judge, would be blown
up unless he paid $4,000 to the
writer's of anonymous letters were
followed early today by the explosion
of bomb in front of his home in
Brooklyn.
The family, including four chi'
dren, asleep when the blast occurred,
escaped injury. Windows in the
front of the house were shattered.
The property is one Of the show
places along Ocean Parkway. The
bomb had been hidden in shrubbery
in front of the house.
Mr.. Palmieri ignored the demands
in two letters that he post $4,000
at spot in Prospect Park. He said
he had no knowledge as to the au-
thors of the letters.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-02-25
Man Murders Five
Members Of Family

Gaudenz. West Prussia. Feb. 25.-
UP) - Franz Lewandowski, p, is
charged with having murdered five
members Of his family because they
disapproved of his intended fiancee.
The tragedy occurred in the small
village of Grosstarben, near here.
Franz 7O-year-old grandmother
and his young sister were instantly
killed with an axe, and his father,
mother and younger brother were
mortally injured.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-02-25
APPRAISAL OF STATE MILL PROPERTY
BY COMPETENT ENGINEERS SUGGESTED
IN BURCHARD'S REPORT TO GOVERNOR
GunyaldSen Is
Nominated u. S.
Marshal For N. ID.

Washington, Feb. 26.--LR Ole
Gunvaldsen Of Burke county, Nortn
Dakota, was nominated today as
United States marshal for that state.
q. Gunvaldscn came to northwest
North Dakota in 1910 ut the age Of IL
years. Except for the four years. 1872
1926, when he served as sheriff. and
the time he served in the army durin"
the World War. he has been engaged
in farming in burAe counL!. rvf .ne
past three years he has served as pos,
commander of the Bowbells post,
American Legion.
He completed his education ut the
North Dakota agricultural college,
Fargo.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-02-25
One Killed and Two
Injured BY Gangsters

Philadelphia, Feb. 25.-tR) -Four
gangsters in speeding sedan raked
with machine gun fire a group stand
ing in front of q Chestnut street
night club here early today, killing
one and wounding two others. An
underworld fcud is blamed. The
dead man was John Brickcr. The
wounded were Mickey Duffy. self
styled "King of the Tcnderloin," and
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-02-25
Dry Ridge, Kentucky,
Has Disastrous Fire

Covington, KY. Feb. 25.--tP)--
Fourteen buildings, including the
famous 4O-room Carlsbad Springs
hotel, in the business district of Dry
Ridge. Ky. 4 miles southwest Of here,
were destroyed by fire early today.
Loss is estimated between $l75, 900
and $2OO, 900.
About three-fourths of the town
was destroyed. Among other build
ings burned were the Farmers Bank
and Equity building, the postofficc
building. 4 motion picture theatre,
undertaking establishment. festau.
rant, confectionery. grocery and six
private homes.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-02-25
|CL0TURE RULE
MAY BEINV0KED
I'm j. s. SENATE
Efforts Being Made to Limit
Debate on Boulder Canyon
Dam and Tyson Bills
EyCONGRESS IN LAST WEEK
House Reduces Senate Provi-
sion For Cruisers From
$1.2OO.OOO to $45O.OOO
Washington, Feb. 2s.-LR-The
Boulder Canyon Dam bill was
temporarily side-tracked today by
the senate.

Washington. Feb. 25.-LP- The
sixty-ninth congress entered its final
week today with prospects in the SEN
ate of the usual fireworks that at
tend short session climaxes but with
the house in more orderly mood and
driving determinedly to clear most OF
its slate.
While both houses moved today to
ward consideration Of the second
deficiency bill. additional fuel for tho
blazing senate debate was promised
IS result Of a parliamentary situa
ton leaving the much kicked about
Boulder Canyon dam measure as the
unfinished business.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-02-25
T0day's Program
in Legislature

" House and senate meet at 2.
House to continue with commit
tee reports to get bills on calen-
!. dar..
Senate to act on bridge appro-
priation bills.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-02-25

CdtuCG SVuVlWVuB ~ AvVItu Ia
kota points for the "a hours ending
Vat 8 a. M. today.
I Temperature at Z a. m. ....... "a
Highest yesterday ........... So
Lowest last night ............. ~
Precipitation to 7 q. m. ..... o
Highest wind velocity ........... 18
!, WEATHER FORECAST
=, For Bismarck and vicinity: Fair
tonight and probably Saturday. No
decided change in temperature.
For North Dakota: Fair tonight
and probably Saturday. No decided
change in temperature.
WEATHER CONDITIONS
Low pressure areas over the Great
Lakes region and over the north Pa
cific coast are causing precipitation
in those sections while fair weather
accompanies the high. pressure area
that covers the Platns States and
aKScky Mountain region. Colder
weather prevails over the southern
Plains Stat.l,. Elsewhere temperatures
ORRIS W. ROBERTS.
Official IL charge.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-02-25
Weather Report

Weather conditions at North Da-
kota points for the "a hours ending
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-02-25
WEATHER FORECAST

Fair tonight and probably Sat-
urday. No decided change,
New Britain herald., 1927-07-21
CIVIL SUITS RECORDED

Leon Haberski of this city has been made defendant in a suit for S150 brought by the sherman Sand &; Gravel Co.,, through Nair & Nair. Joseph Greta of New Britain has been named defendant in suit for S200 brought by the Commercial Trust company through Attorney Harry Nair.
 A suit for s1,20o has been brought against Nels N. Nelson of New Brit ain by Concetta Amenta through At torney Cyril F. Gaffney. The Elihu Burritt Co.,, has named Harry Odell of this city defendant in suit for S750. Donald Gaffney is the plaintiffs attorney. Leon Haber'lli of this city is being sued for S125 by the Incandescent Supply Co.,, of New York city. Nair 6 Nair represents the plaintiff.
 All the writs were filed today in the office of the city court clerk by Constable Fred Wrinkle.
 Louis Horwitz of New Britain has been named defendant in suit brought by w. H. Norton of this city. Thomas J. Cabelus is the plain tift's attorney and Constable Frank ! Clynes served the papers.
New Britain herald., 1927-07-21
FIRESTONE CALLS
 0N HIS OLD CHUM
Discusses Plans for Their Annual
 Vacation F

Detroit, Mich.. July 21 (UP)- Harvey S. Firestone was in Detroit today to see his sons play polo and Zee his old friend, Henry Ford, about their vacation this summer with Thomas A. Edison.
 The rubber king admitted deep interest in Ford's new car and said he would keep his ears open, hop ing to hear something about 1t when he went out to see the manufacturer about vacation.
 Firestone's four sons, Harvey Jr., Russell, Leonard and Raymond, are members of one of the Chagrin Val ley Hunt club teams of Cleveland, which meet each other in the Gen. tral West Circuit tournament this afternoon.
 The price of rubber is coming down, Firestone said, because the world is producing more rubber than 1t is consuming.
 Speaking of the British export restrictions, Firestone said: Those fellows are foolish. They are going to hurt themselves more than any one else by maintaining those re- strictions. Today. even with those restrictions, the price of rubber is 35 cents."
New Britain herald., 1927-07-21
DISPUTE HEARD

The action of Charles T. Gigl against Herbert w. Peterson for dissolution of the partnership al legged existing under the name of the New Britain Typewriter Ex- change, and division of the profits of the business, was heard in city court yesterday and will be re- resumed next Tuesday. The plain tiff alleges that the partnership has existed since 1918 and the defen- dant has failed to make an ac- counting, while the defendant claims there was no partnership.
 Miss Agnes T. Ringrose testified that she was in the employ of the concern from 1920 to 1926 and un- derstood there was a partnership in existence. Miss Ethel Fender of Plainville testified that she had the same understanding during the pc riod of her employment from 1918 to 1920 Income tax returns were introduced by the plaintiff in sup port of his claim that a partner ship existed.
 Attorney Donald Gaffney repre- sents the plaintiff and Nair & Nair the defendant.
New Britain herald., 1927-07-21
DOWAGER QUEEN l 0F SPAIN IS 69
Observing Her Birthday Anni.
 Verapy Today

Madrid, July 21 (UP)-Dowager Queen Maria Cristina, who came from Austria nearly half century ago to learn the business of ruling Spain, is 69 years old today.
 Because of her charities, her long reign prior to the time King Alfonso XIII attained his majority, and her unquestioned loyalty to her adopted country the queen mother occupies a unique place with the people of Spain. Because 1927 marks the pas sage of 25 years of Alfonso's rule special attention has been drawn to the mother who prepared him for the position he was destined to fill.
 Maria Cristina, daughter of the late Archduke Carlos Fernando of Austria, and Isabel, Archduchess of Austria, was married to King Alfon- so XII of Spain, November 29, 1879. Both of her first two children were daughters and they died after a short time. The king lived for only six years after their marriage.
 At Jtulo ol tSF tliio 1Olt t's7i II born queen took up the duties left her by the late king. but six months later she was made hopeful in her task when Alfonso XIII was born. She continued as regent until May IT, 1902, when Alfonso. then 16 years old, became king.
 Speaking of her work for Spain the newspaper La Epoca recalls that when the queen took up rulership of Spain she was not familiar with Spanish politics, very important and difficult part of any rulers task
 But she faced all obstacles and finally triumphed," said the newspa- per. Her strength lay in the scrup- ulousness with which she attended to her queenly duties, as we'll as her duties as mother of the future king. She respected the force of Spanish politics, letting them go their own way just so far as was compatible with the continued progress of the country"
New Britain herald., 1927-07-21
KING BEN'S FLOCK
 DEFENDS HIS NAME
Charge of Immortality at Benton
 Harbor Denied

Benton Harbor. Mich, July 21 (UP)-Charges of immortality in connection with the conduct of the religious House of David colony were denied in court today by former members of the cult who are gath ering to the defense of King" Ben jamin Purnell, aged leader.
 Circumstances surrounding the suicidal death years ago of Eliza Murphy were explained by her fath- CT, Daniel Murphy, S9, patriarchal member of theN colony anN his daughter, Winifred Murphy Baush- Ike. Murphy and Mrs. Baushke de- nied the charge that Eliza became Respondent after a marriage which was forced upon her. Eliza never enjoyed good health, according to her sister, and never confessed any irregularities in connection with Purnell.
 Mrs. Baushke denied that Purnell ever assaulted her ,repudiating testi- mony of lone Rosetti that on one occasion Purnell attacked three or four girls. among whom were both Miss Rosetti and Mrs Baushke.
 The aged father and his daughter as we'll as Otis Baushke, husband of both Eliza and Winifred Murphy, denied that Purnell had made claims of divinity. All members of the col ony, they averred, strove for immor- tality and perfection. King Ben was merely the guide and leader, | they testified.
 Winifred Murphy Baushke testi- fled that no girls were ever forced to marry against their desires. She recalled having been absent on a berry picking excursion on which girls conversed regarding their fu- ture husbands. No group marriages were by compulsion, she alleged.
New Britain herald., 1927-07-21
FAMOUS APACHE IS REPORTED ESCAPED Makes Successful Getaway But
 Is Caught

Rio Janeiro, July Fl R-Euesne Dieudonne, only living member of
 the internationally known pre-war
 band of Partisan Apaches led by the
 dreaded criminal Jules Bonnot, the
 demon chauffeur" recently escaped from the penal colony in French
 Guiana. This fact became known to- day through his recapture by the
 Brazilian police in the state of Para, Northern Brazil.
 Dieudonne declared he was the victim of mistake on the part of the authorities, and that he never
 was a member of Bonnot's band. He
 was unjustly sentenced to life im- prisonment, he said, which later was reduced to Is years penal servttude in French Guiana.
 He was denied any freedom and determined to make his escape. He secured small fishing boat and sue
 ceeded in getting down the Oyapock
 river and reached Vigia, in the state
 of Para, after 72 days navigation in
 which his frail craft capsized twice. Finally he landed at Belem. There he found employment and was say ing his money he said. to return
 home, where he has a wife and
 child.
New Britain herald., 1927-07-21
Byrd's Plane First to
 Take Movies Over Ocean

Rochester, N. Y, July 21 (UP)- The return of Commander Richard E. Byrd and his party to America has revealed that their plane was not only the first to carry radio across the sea but the first to take motion pictures.
 The film which was used was back in Rochester today, stained by salt water in a few spots and with it's reel rusted from lying in the wreckage after the America had gone into the sea off the French coast. But the scenes on the film were unspoiled.
 They show the coastline which the America followed during the first day of it's flight, including shots" across the nose of the mo- tors. The Second half of the trin was in dense fog and night, so that mo- tion pictures were impossible.
New Britain herald., 1927-07-21
Cleveland Approves of
 Great Lake Project

Cleveland, July 21 RHDirectors of the Cleveland Chamber of Com merce in a report issued today ap. proved the proposed Great Lakes St. Lawrence waterway project which would transform this city into an ocean port doing a business of more than $170,000,000 annually.
 The report concurred in the find ings of the international joint com- mission and the St. Lawrence com- mission of the United States which recommended the improvement of the St. Lawrence river.
 The report showed that while the water way would cost between $125,- 000,oo0 and $14S,0o0,000 the ex- penditure would be much less than the annual exports from Ohio alone, which totalled s171,450.1S4 last year.
New Britain herald., 1927-07-21
Better Business Within
 Next Three Mcnths Seen

Atlantic City. N. J., July 21 P- George E. MacIlwain of Boston. business economist, addressing the eighth annual convention of the National Cigar Manufacturers as sociation here yesterday. predicted the acceleration of business within the next three months, making the year 1927 equal to that of 1926, and added that 1928 with the presiden- tial election. would present more critical aspect with the uncertainty of the outcome resulting in caution and some degree of unsettlement on the part of business
New Britain herald., 1927-07-21
Chicago and Cincinnati
 Mail Bids to Be Opened

Washington. July 21 (UP)-Bids for a new contract air mail route Indianapolis will be opened August 1S.- Postmaster General New an- nounced today.
 Service on the new line will be daily with planes leaving Chicago 6 a. m. for arrival at Cincinnati g a. m. and leaving Cincinnati 4:S0 p. m. for arrival at Chicago 7:30 p. m.
 New said the new line would give Cincinnati direct connection with the trans-continental air mail system,, which would save day in transporting mail from the coast.
New Britain herald., 1927-07-21
Yale Films Stolen But
 Are Quickly Replaced

New Hvaen, July 21 RNThe mysterious disappearance of several of the Chronicles of America" his torical films produced by the Yale University press and their equally mysterious reappearance was re- vealed here today by George Parn- ley Day, president of the university press and treasurer of the university.
 The films had been loaned to Catholic University in Washington D. C., and were placed for safe keeping in an out building. Monday they were spirited away in some manner and the police of Washing ton were asked to look for them but the films were back in their places yesterday before any clue to their whereabouts had been found.
New Britain herald., 1927-07-21
Traffic Violation Ends
 In New Haven Court

New Haven, July 21-Jay Cook Mcclure, giving his occupation as a salesman secured from the city court today a continuance of a week on four charges made against him by a traffic officer resulting from a left turn at traffic signal in vio- lation of a rule. It was understood that Mcclure also had to be chased by the officer before he obeyed the whistle.
 Mcclure is said to be prominently connected here but the facts were not brought out owing to postpone ment of the hearing.