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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-12-31
BISMARCK Births IN
1929 TREBLE DEATHS
I215 Children Are Born to Capt.
tai City Residents, and
81 Persons Die

Two hundred fifteen children we're
born to Bismarck parents during the
last month OF 1923 and the first II
months OF 1929. vital statistics at the
office Of City Auditor Myron H. At
kinson reveal.
Children born in Bismarck to nom
resident parents numbered 297. OF
the total 512 children born in the
Capital City during the year, 266 were
boys and 246 girls.
During the same period, us per-
sons died i'll the city. OF this total
80 were residents Of Bismarck and 1873
were non-residents.
Figures showing the number Of
boys and girls born each month in
the city. the rlmbcrs born to Bis
n1arck parents. and the number OF
deaths, both resident and non-resi-
dent. for each period. follow:
uunnsxGS
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-12-31
New York Hotels Set
To Entertain ThrOn9s

New York. Dec. 3l.-R)-PredictinR
q noisier. more b~oisterous welcome
for 1890 than has been enjoyed by
any OF Its recent predecessors. hotel
and restaurant managements TODAY
prepared to entertain thousands Of
New Year eve celebrants.
Police Commissioner Grover A.
Whalen announced the curfew viii
drown out the blare of Jazz, tin horns.
and other noise makers in night clubs
promptly at 3 q. n. Wednesday. Ho-
tells. which are immune from curfcw
restrictions. advertised dancing until
dawn" Cover charges will run as
high as $50 a person.
Radio listeners may hear the New
Year chimes as early Is Z b. m.
eastern standard tirpe. tonight when
because of the difference in time it
Will be midnight In London and the
peals OF Big Ben, famous clock in
the tower of Parliament building. viii
be radio-cast across the Atlantic and
rebroadcast throughout this country.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-12-31
GAMBLE STORES
III Up WITH
HOOVER CAMPAIGN
Dssble Nswspepse Advesugiag
0vdget

Gamble Stores Are IN full accord
With the campaign Of President
Hoover 70 stabilise business condi.
tons Of the COUNTRY and keep L
on ito present sound basis By forg.
Ing ahead with all public works
and industrial oxpansion.
Il business conditions aro a. good
throughout the country % In the
eight states served BY Gamble
Stores. the country has nothing to
fear from business depression.
Their sales have Increased each
month during the year but the
month Of November. following the
stock market collapse. shows tbs
greatest volume Of sales during
any previous month.
Plans are already under way for
the largest expansion program In
their history. One hundred stores
Will b added IN new towns during
the 1Sse ok months oe 1870. max.
ing . total Of two hundred stores
BY July lot. requiring . capital out
lay ct approximately el,OO0.OoO.OO
ana IN addition to the sales force
Of from two hundred 70 three huc-
dred men.
Orders are now being placed with
manufacturers for morchandieo Tor
opening stocks Tor these new
storeS-an0 TOR anticjpatea roQuire.
meuts tor the one hundred and ave
stores now n operation. allowing
for . % per cent % - pr cent IN
crease IN sales volume DARING 1850.
One such order placed Tor shiD0ont
January LIT calls tor 100000 tires
and tubes. This will make CO
hundred solid carloads Tor shin.
mont ct this time. The placing oe
orders now viii enable factoeies
to 80 into production &C cuce, ana
take On men who have formerly
been laid % due to low production.
q WIN cause them 70 add more men
N order to speed up production.
4 heavy advertising canpaim
has boon planned Tor 1880. Orders
hare been placed Tor four 0illlon
catalogs tor distributes covering
the trade territory. Road oigna.
radios and other a6yoytolng has
been planned Tor. and tho opDso.
p13etton Tor nowepapos a6vostl0lng
has been 6oublod.
They have iound that best results
aro obtained By Q strong program
Of now1paper advestislng carried
Throughout tho yoar-anA oovoeine
their entire territory ~ uso 6 v
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-12-31
MANDAN HAS POWER
IN alumni CONTEST
High School Youths Lose Is 70
~ but outscore Veterans
in Second Halt

Athletic Director Leonard G. Nc.
Mahan's Mandan high school basket
ball team brought cheer to the hearts
Of its followers by q great second
half rally. In q contest with q strong
alumni aggregation at the Mandan
high school gymnasium last night.
The alumni won the game 70 70 Is.
but only after being outscored ~ to .
In the closing two quarters. The
alumni used only five men In the
game. all regulars Of last years
strong Quint. while McMahan used q
bakers dozen in the fray.
Making up the alumni contingent
were Bill Russell and Jack Stephens,
forwards; Don Arthur. center; and
Lloyd Mcdonald and Phil Helbling,
guards. Russell. who Is attending st.
Thomas college. st. Paul. has not
been playing basketball this season
but wes ION his game" enough to
score four field goals. Mcdonald and
Arthur are regulars on the North Da-
kota agricultural college freshman
Quint. while Stephens has earned .
regular position with the University
Of Michigan frosh. fielbling did not
continue his school work.
The veterans had things pretty
much their own way In the first half,
leading at the quarter s to I and the
half II to l. But the high school
youths showed great improvement
and determination In the second half
and outplayed their rangy opponents.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-12-31
BANK ROBBERS AND
RESIDENTS OF CITY
STAGE GUN BATTLE
Kidnapped Cashier Escapes in
Hail Of Lead: Youngster
Warns Town

DAYTON. Ohio. Dec. 31.-tPt-Flve
bank robbers engaged in a wild gun
battle with citizens and officers at
Ph!llipsburg, Ohio, near here, today,
after they had kidnapped Ralph DAY.
export. cashier. in a fruitlesS effort
to loot the Phillipsburg State bank.
Davenport escaped from the rob-
bers in the confusion. A posse OF
deputy sl,eritfs and 20 armed citizens
at once pursued two Of the bandits in
to a woods near the town.
Davenport was slugged at his home
last night. While several members
OF the gang stood as lookouts, two Of
them bound and held him prisoner.
Mrs. Davenport tainted when they
brought the cashier inside. They
prepared coffee for her and remained
until six a. m. Davenport had told
them. when he recovered. that the
banks time lock would not open until
then.
At $50 a. nj. Floyd Davenport, the
cashiers l4-year-old son. returned
home after spending the night with
friends. He turned a flashlight on q
rear door and saw one Of the robbers
pointing a machine gun at him. The
boy fled before the gunman could
shoot OF capture him.
Floyd ave the alarm at a filling
station but meanwhile two Of the
robbers had entered the bank with
Davenport. The filling station en-
ployes set the towns fire siren
screaming. and at once bullets COM
menced to fly thick and fast.
Scores Of armed citizens collected
in the streets exchanging fusillades
with the bandits cars as the driver
endeavored to collect his partners and
escape. Once he turned q machine
gun on the siren but was unable to
silence 1t.
Three bandits finally got in the car
and escaped. though pursued holly
for many miles by citizens and Of
ficers in another car. The other two
members of the gang fled into woods
and fields on the environs Of the town
where search for them was started.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-12-31
Actress FavOrite Of
King Edward Is Dead

Los Angeles, Dec. 31.-(AP)-Mrs.
Lydia Yeamans Titus, whose act was
headlined in the United States and
England 80 years ago, and who was
signally honored by King Edward VII
after she had sung "Sally in Our
Alley" for him, was dead here TODAY.
King Edward presented the actress
with . gold bar pin in which the first
notes OF the song were shown in dia-
monds.
Mrs. Titus, the daughter Of Annie
Yeamans, Of Australia, who also was
famous on the stages Of two contin.
ents, was the last Of q celebrated fam
lily of actors. She was the widow of
Frederick j. Titus.
During the last weeks Of her life.
Mrs. Titus was cared for ut q hospital
BY the Motion Picture Actors Relief
association, to which she had donated
$4,000 when she retired from the
stage. She died Of paralysis.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-12-31
Mandan Youth Faces
Charge Of Burglary

Willie Wohkittel. 16.year-old Man
dan youth who was caught Ia the act
Of robbing the Purity Dairy company.
Mandan. early Sunday morning, still
was in the Merton county jail today
charged with burglary In the third
degree. according to Louis II. Con.
molly. Morton county states attorney.
Wohkittel probably will BE- sent to
the state training school, the youth
already having admitted his guilt to
Henry r. Handtmann. Morton coun-
ty sheriff. He said he had taken al
most $50 from the same company In
several trips. His father agreed to
pay back all the money taken.
The boy probably Will have . hear
ing shortly after the New Years Day
holidays, Connolly said today.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-12-31
|SPEAKEASY PATRONS.
beat YECG TO Death.
Second Seriously Injured as Vic
Tins Of Holdup Turn on
6luffing Bandits

New York. Dec. 3l.-(F)-Eight men
in an establishment In West 53rd
street, described by the police as a
speakeasy. turned on two holdup men
early today, beating n of them to
death and seriously injuring the
other.
The victim was identified by the
police from his f%ingerprints as Will
liam Rogers, "a. Of this city. His
record showed an arrest for robbery
last month. The other said he was
Timothy Shine, Is, Of Brooklyn. He
denied that Q holdup had been at
tempted.
James Kelly. the proprietor, said he
ard his bartender. James Gavin, were
behind the bar when the two men
entered. There were four patrons III
a rar and two at the bar. He
said Rogers and Shine ordered two
drinks apiece and then putting their
hands in their overcoat pockets as II
holding pistols, ordered the barten-
der. himself and the two patrons to
place their hands on the bar.
All four men complied. but hearing
voices in the a room the holdup
men ordered the four to the rear room
also. AS they started for the rear. one
Of the intended victims expressed
doubt that the holdup e had guns,
and picking up a baseball bat hurled
1t. The bat struck Rogers on the
head. telling him. The others then
joined in an attack on them. When
the police arrived the two men were
lying on the floor. one Of them dead.
The patrons had disappeared.
Shine, who suffered sever lacera-
tons and bruises of the head and q
fracture Of the right wrist was held
on a charge Of attempted robbery,
Kelly and Gavin were charged with
suspicion Of homicide.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-12-31
DELuGE INCREASES
FLOODS IN ENGLAND
Overlooking Thames Creates a
Series Of Great Lakes Block.
ing Highway Traffic

London. Dec. 81. - HD - Floods
throughout England increased today
as the full result Of the deluge &C.
companying the weekend gale we're
felt. Wide areas were submerged,
traffic was hindered. and serious
damage inflicted.
In some sections the Thames rose
rapidly. overflowtng banks and form-
Ing . series Of great lakes blocking
many roads.
Several streets IN the city Of York
we're inundated. Many other towns
IN Yorkshire were flooded three to
ak feet deer. Southwest Linconshire
Ia the east and Somerset ana Cum.
berlaud In the north were among
other distrtcts suffering, q great NUM-
Der q people being driven to dwell
upon the upper floors q their homes.
There Was Z cloudburst at Bangor
Ia noeth wales. Streets were turned
into rivers, the electric and gas
plants were flooded and numerous
houses and business premises were
swsmped.
Vessels reaching port from the west
and south reported narrowing expert
ences with the gale over the week
end.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-12-31
POSTOFF|CE AHEAD
$5,267 IN RECEIPTS
over 1928 FIGURES
Slump in Latter Part OF Oecem-
Der Reduced Margin C
$1o,663 IN October

Bismarck p~ostofficc is running
nearly $4,000 over 1923 receipts as
this year comes to the point of clos
ing.
a reorganization by Postmaster
Lundquist and Assistant Harry Lar
son shows receipts from January l,
1929. to December %. inclusive, to be
$21O. O64. 81. Sales for Monday and
Tuesday arc estimated to be about
81. 900.
This would give a total Of receipts
for the year Of S21l ,O64.8 81. The total
for 1923 was sos .397.64. The excess
for 1929 would be approximately
$5267.
For the three quarters of the year
up to the present quarter of October.
November and December. the receipts
we're $172, la. SO, while last year for
the same period they were $161 .483. so.
This showed an increase Of $40, 6 .86
over 1928.
The increase was not maintained,
however, as December receipts last
year were more than $4,000 and this
year they are nor expected to 60
above $l1 600.
That, however still leaves the year
more than $1,000 ahead of last year.
Assistant Postmaster Larson said
the drop had occurred in the latter
half of December. There vas not as
much Christmas mail coming in or
going out this year. This indicates a
slump in business at this time Of
year. Easier delivery also indicated
less mail to handle.
The office will not have exact fig.
ures on the year until all the figures
have been checked up and balanced.
which will be by the latter part Of
the week.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-12-31
show SET
FOR january 1O-24
IN VACATED Store
TO Be Held IN Former Harris 4
Woodmansse Room; TulIy
Chosen to judi &c

The Missouri Slope poultry show
has selected the period Of January
1924 for its annual exhibit Of birds
here.
This year the truck room Of the
international Harvester company
will not be available. In its place
the storeroom vacated by Harris and
Woodmansee, 113 Fourth street, has
been obtained for the show.
At = meeting Of A. r. Miesen, Sec
retary.treasurer, President Wilbert
Fields and Carl Nelson, Of the Ar
mour creamery, the men who will
handle the arrangements for the
show, Mr.. Nelson was selected as
superintendent.
W. C. Tully, poultry specialist ut
the Agricultural college, was Sc
lected - judge. He will begin his
work January 81.
Entries close January 20. Owing
TO the reduced showing space this
year, entries will be confined 70
single displays-no pens.
Premium books now are going to
the printers and copies will be sent
TO all last years exhibitors. These
already are looking forward to the
show with expectations of entering
numerous displays. Premiums will
$500.
Word was received from Tom Bag
nall. Beulah, announcing that about
30 birds will be sent from there.
The Underwood show will be held
January Clio and the pick of its
winners will be entered here. Linton
already has had its show and it and
New LeipSie will be big exhibitors
Of the best in their communities.
The Slope show was set late in the
month SO rs to give these outlying
communities the opportunity to send
their premium winners here. At the
same time the local show proceeds
the big turkey show Ut Grand Forks,
January 27-31, and this will permit
local turkey winners to enter their
birds in that exhibition.
Competition here will be open 70
the world, however.
One day Of the local show will be
given over to q program. The annual
will be held January "a. Gov
ernor Shafer and others will be
speakers.
Two fine cups are assured the
show. Through the Finney drug
the G. E. Conkey company,
has assured the donation
Of one cup. The other will be do
mated by the Chamberlain company
manufactures feeds, and this
will Be presented through the Sta
cey-B Bismarck company.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-12-31

lrienS and yoemanettes, must speak
for It before Thursday midnight. Or
forever hold their peace.
The adjusted compensation act Of
1924 provided for payment Of all vet
Grams Or their dependents In accord.
ance with the services they gave. It
guaranteed . monetary recompersc
to every man who served more than
90 days ct home or In the trenches,
and the only provisio 1t laid down was
that requests be made to the branch
IN which the service was rendered.
before Jan. 3, 1880.
At the war department. 1t was said
today, between 100000 and 100 600
veterans who are eligible to apply for
compensation have not yet done so.
and must BY midnight Thursday in
order to receive the benefit. Navy
veterans who yet may apply number
62,29l, and marines, ll,l5l.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-12-31
DISCOVERS
new UNKNOWN Land
Flight Over South Pole Ice Cap
Reveals Country Hitherto
Unknown to Man

Montevideo. Uruguay, Dec. 3l.-R)
The first fruits OF Captain Sir
George Hubert wilkins exploration
flights over Antarctica were revealed
here today with adviccs he had dis
covered previously unknown land In
his last venture over the polar ice car.
The government radio service an
nounced receipt Of a message to tt.is
effect from the steamer Melville,
which carrid the explorer to Decep-
ton island. which he uses as q base.
Details were not given.
Since Deception isle, one of the
south Shetland group, is in the So
called Wcddell Quadrant OF Antarc-
tica it is believed probable the new
territory is somewhere in the vicinity,
Or south Of TERRA del Fuego and the
Argentine.
About . third Of the way round the
world in nearly the same latitude
Rear Admiral Byrd and his party re-
Gently have made important South
Polar explorations. completing a
flight over the South Pole, and discov-
ering new land to the east Of the Ross
Quadrant Of Antarctica.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-12-31
Personal and
Social News Of
Mandan Vicinity
Miss Lucille Smith
And f. Zachmeier Wed

At q wedding service read ct .
Christmas morning Ia st. Jo-
Catholic church. Miss Lucille
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Leonard Smith. became the bride Of
Francis Zachmeier, son o. George
Mandan. Father Paul Of
ficiated.
The brides gown was o. chiffon In
fuschia shade. and II was orna-
mented with spiderweb lace. Her
flowers were . corsage of roses. The
bridesmaid. Miss Charlotte Gardner.
was also attired IN Z frock 81 fuchsla
George Pulkrabeck attended
the groom.
A wedding dinner WAS served to -
guests ct the home Of Mr.. and 1lrs.
II. Z. Henke. grandparents Of the
bride. Holly. mistletoe. evergreen.
and red tapers were used n the dec.
grafton Of tho rooms.
Mira. zachmeier. who y . graduate
81 the Mandan high school and tho
Dickinson normal, Il engaged n
teaching near 1eandan. The groom
has = farm near lCandan where the
couple win make their home.
Complimentary % NH. George
Sloan. Boston, MAJ, vino has oeen
visiting In Mandan, llrs. n. /. Dahn-
ers and Mn. j. !. refcy entertained
Saturday q . luncheon at the rercy
home. 0oyet1 Woee pissed to- -,
and ap0o30tm10fSs Ve90 IN koonfng
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-12-31
IA Fly from Chicago
To Cleveland IN Hour
And Half to Set Mark

Chicago, Dec. 3l.-R1eChicago to
Cleveland Ia m hour and . hall.
The record was set up yesterday by
. tri.motored plane on the universal
cir line. travelling at m average Of
203 miles per hour between the two
cities with . load Of ~ passengers
md two pilots.
Pilots Ray Former and Garnet
Caldwell took their ship off from the
municipal airport here at I p. ID. and
dropped down on the Cleveland air.
port, 326 miles away, et 6:37 p. m. Il
was the fastest flight a record be-
tween the cities and one o. the fast.
~ 1tripg turned II " = commeyctal
it1of q yegnlafly 4ho10lo9 A1gl.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-12-31
Idaho Chief Justice Is
Backed for Commerce
Commissions Vacancy

Warrington. Dc. 3l.-R-William
=. Lee. Of Idaho. Is under serious
confederation b. President Hoover Is
. member q thu interstate commerce
commission TO succeed Johnston r.
Campbell. whose resignation . effec.
tive January &. Announcement Of
Less appointment u expected soon
b. thoee supporting.
lAe = chief justice d the Idaho
supreme court. Re was endorsed to
the president today ~ the Idaho con-
UrooGional delegation. H Is expected
70 Win support 1rom members q con-
groGD 1som oehoe statoD Of the west
Including Oregon md Washington.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-12-31
Mayville Teachers to
Open New Gymnasium,

Mayville, N. D., Dec. 3l.-R-Dedi-
cation Of the new gymnasium at the
Mayville state teachers college Is
scheduled for January l0.-Exerciscs
Will be held at 2 p. N. following a
student athletic rally in the morning
ana faculty and citizens will poin In
. banquet ct $50. "A band concert
Ia the evening will be followed by q
basketball game between Mayvillc
and Valley City teachers college. An
informal dance will conclude the days
festivities.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-12-31

is in a healthy condition and that there
is no reason in sight why the upward
trend should not be maintained.
Automobile distributors soOn will
be exhibiting their 1880 models.
Each will have Dir improvement
and the outlook is for attractive
types OF cars. They believe that there
will spring up a good demand for
these as o as the spring season
opens. Anyhow there are now SO
many cars owned and used that the
accessory business is sure TO be Of
big volume in itself.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-12-31
Night Coughing
Quickly Relieved
Famous Prescription Gives
Almost Instant Relief

Night coughs, or coughs caused by
. cold or by an irritated throat are
usually due to causes which cough
syrups and patent medicines do not
touch. But the very first swallow of
Thoxine is guaranteed to stop the
most stubborn cough almost Instant
~. Thoxine is . Doctors prescription,
working on m entirely different prin.
|ciple, It goes direct to the internal
cause.
Thoxine contains no harmful drugs,
il pleasant tasting and safe for the
whole family. Sold on . money back
guarantee to give better and quicker
relief for coughs or sore throats than
anything you have ever tried. Ask
for Thoxine, put up ready for . in
SIC. 60c. and 800 bottles. Sold by
all druggists.-Adv.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-12-31
in California. have returned to Man

In California, have returned to Man
dan.
Mrs. veronica Zingsheim has re-
turned to her home ct Denver after
spending the past two months ct the
home Of her daughter. Mrs. A. ].
Sinkula.
Mr.. and Mrs. Il. B. WEIGH had Is
their guest over the weekend, Prest.
dent Todd Of the College Of Puget
Sound. Tacoma, Wash.
q. z. Erickson has returned to his
home In Minneapolis after spending
Christmas In Mandan with, his son.
d.. L. Erickson.
4 4
MI. and Mrs. Paul Bennett are
spending New Years day In James
town IS the guests Of Mrs. BENEFITS
sister.
william stutsznan, Minot, has come
to Mandan for . weeks visit with his
parents, MI. and Mrs. w. H. stuts.
man.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-12-31
20 BIRTHS, DEATHS
FEWER Than IN 1928
Children Born In Mandan Dur
ing Last Year Number TAT;
Deaths Total 80

Births and deaths recorded in Mani
dan during 1929 were fewer than In
the preceding year. q glance at the
vital statistics in the office Of City
Auditor w. H. Seitz reveals.
Children born in the Morton county
city during the last year numbered
l4l while deaths totaled so in the
same period as compared to $50 births
and % deaths in 1923.
A table showing the number of
births and deaths for each month Of
the year Just ending follows:
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:: MANDAN NEWS ::

ley. Mandan, daughter; MI. ana Mrs.
Harry Hunke. Mandan, daughter.
Dec. 24-Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sucky.
jr., Mandan, son.
Dec. 25-Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Kidd.
Mandan. son.
Dec. 26-Mr. and Mrs. Newton r.
Hyde, Mandan, daughter.
Deaths
Dec. 4-Bernard z. Ford. n, Man.
dan.
Dec. 15-Joseph A. Bremen, -,
Thinner.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-12-31
CARDINAL CASPARRI BETTER

CARDINAL GASPARRl BETTER
Vatican City, Dec. 81. LAP
Cardinal Gasparri, retiring papal sec.
rotary Of state who is i'll with influ-
enza, felt much better today although
he ran . temperature during the night.
He received the under secretary of
state, Monsignor Pizzardo, and his as
sistant, Monsignor Otaviani, in q rou.
tine audience on current affairs.