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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-03-10
Dancing Party Will
Be Held on Thursday

The next Masonic dancing party
will be held Thursday evening, March
13, instead Of Friday evening, as was
previously planned, according to
Arthur Sailer, chairman Of the Ma
sonic social committee. The change
was made in order not to conflict with
the basketball tournament at Man
dan, which q number of the local
lodge are planning to attend.
AS in several of the previous parties,
members of the Order of the Eastern
Star will assist with arrangements.
Members of the Star committee are
MRS. John Lobach, Mrs. Harry Groves,
and Mrs. James Wiley.
Masons and Star members are priv
ileged to invite guests to this event,
the committee announces.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-03-10

Miss Marian sandin, pictured above,
has been awarded a scholarship at
Carleton college, Mortified, Mimi, it
became known here Saturday. The
scholarship was arranged by DR..
James Robert Gillette. head of the
college conservatory of music, who
heard Miss Sandin sing while here
recently. Miss Sandin may become
soloist with the Carleton symphony
band next season.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-03-10

Occidental college, Los Angeles, is
creating a 1,000-acre campus at
Brentwood, a branch for men,.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-03-10
Major A. K. Kupfer Is
Hol0red With Dinner

Colnel w. A. Alfonte. command
ant aFort Lincoln, and Mrs. Alfonte
ente(hined Saturday evening at a
dinrf at the Hotel Prince In honor
of 1Ajor A.. X. Kupfer, who was re-
cert appointed to that rank from
tha of Captain.
lie national colors were used In
TIL able decorations and places were
;setor IA. Later bridge and NAH
Jaf were played at the quarters OF
a and Mrs. Alfonte at the post.
E13ors at bridge went to Captain H.
Ea3Noyes and Mrs. John r. Oswalt.
Ut. E. d. Pangburn received the
Nh Jong prize.
The guests includedsbesides Major
Mrs. Kupfer. Major and Mrs.
oetalt, Captain and Mrs. Noyes, Cap
"a and Mrs. r. r. Tourtelott, Cap
IN g. A. M. Anderson, Lieut.. and
Nxs. Pangburn, and Mrs. Eva Hunt.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-03-10

SPRING BLUES
Everyone should be blue In the
spring, to be really chic. Blue is the
outstanding favorite color predicted,
ranging from baby blue to navy.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-13
CHECK IS URGED ON
CITY UTILITY BILLS
Polar Ice Company Head
Wants Municipal Curb
10 Be Established.

Creation of a city department to
inspect water, light, gas, and power
meters, with the view of providing
a check on utilities and protecting
the public was advocated today by
Henry L. Dithmer, Polar Ice and
Fuel Company president, and promi-
nent civic leader.
No city supervision of utility me-
tiers Is conducted now through the
weights and measures department.
A city ordinance and possibly a
legislative act would be required
to give the city such department..
Dithmer declares that under the
present system the consumer has
no means of checking reading of
meters or accuracy of measures of
service except by complaints to the
company, and charged that, in many
cases, complaints on overcharges
have been ignored by utilities.
Patrons usually are required to pay
the bill. regardless of fairness or
accuracy, if they desire continual
ton of service, he declared. APP
pealS to the public service commits
sion by the average customer are
handled by red tape" he sdg-
geSted.
THE public has no protection
against errors or meters out of or
der at present" Dithmer said. Most
patrons can not read the meter and
must take the utility's statement as
to accuracy of readings. There is
no provision for testing meters In
dependent of the utilities them
selves"
Our department does not have
equipment or sufficient men to han
die any supervision of meters by the
city" Grover c. Parr, chief inspec-
tor of city weights and measures,
declared. City officials are consid-
ering establishment of such serv-
ice"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-13
BOWERS WILL GIVE
KEYNOTE ADDRESS

Claude G. Bowers, distinguished
historian and keynoter at the Dem
ocratic national convention in 1923,
tonight will deliver the keynote ad-
dress for the 1880 Democratic state
campaign.
His address will climax the
annual midwinter meeting Of the
Indiana Democratic Editorial AS
ISOLATION and will be heard between
1000 and 1900 party leaders Of the
state at the banquet in the Riley
room of the Claypool.
Himself distinguished Hoosier,
Bowers long has evinced a great
interest in the fortune Of the Dem
ocratic party in this state and his
address is expected to deal with
pertinent party problems.
Issues of the year were discussed
at a joint conference of the state
committee, the advisory board and
Democratic mayors this afternoon.
Mayor Reginald Sullivan of In
dianapois will welcome editors and
their guests at the banquet.
Miller Ellingham, secretary-treas-
urer of the Fl. WAYNE Journal
Gazette and president of the Demo-
cratic Editorial Association, will be
the POSTMASTER.
A business session Of the editorial
association will be held Friday
morning when new officers viii be
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-13
BANK ROBBERY
Baked, BELIEF
Cumberland Cashier Locks
Door on Three Men.

Locking the doors of his bank
early today as three men ap-
preached, George Wiese, assistant
cashier of the Cumberland State
bank, believed he frustrated plans
Of a robbery.
Indianapolis police emergency
squads were seeking the sedan
bearing the trio, said to have been
driven west from Cumberland to-
ward this city.
One of the men entered the bank
and asked for twenty nickels in
change for a dollar, Wiese said.
Then he joined his companions in
the sedan, which bore an Ohio
license. Soon the three got out of
the car and walked toward the bank.
With several customers in the
bank Wiese fastened the door. The
men shook it, then returned to their
car and drove away.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-13
DRY GAIN ALLEGED
Stark Talks on Progress at
w. c. T. U. Session.

Cocktail glasses reflect the ugly
features of machine guns, gang
murders, skUlking, bribery and the
corruption of officials, both high and
low, Prosecutor Judson L. Stark de-
clared Wednesday night in an adj
dress before members of the w. c.
T. U. at the East Tenth street M. E.
church. Stark'S topic was Progress
in Respect for Law
Pendulum of public opinion on
the prohibition law is swinging away
from a general disregard, and
gradually is being resolved into a
national respect" he said.
Mountains of evidence against
liquor have crystallized public senti-
ment into a respect which can not
be changed until both human nature
and the effect of whisky are altered,
and that never will be-" Stark de-
clared.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-13
TRIAL PANIC SCENE
200 Flee Prisoner Exposed
to Spinal MaIadY.

Two hundred spectators fed
criminal courtroom early today as
dread of cerebrospinal meningitis
stalked corridors of Marion county
courthouse.
A jury that heard evidence in the
case of George Fellows, charged
with criminal assault on a 10-year-
old girl this morning, signif1ed it
hs6 reached a verdict after nights
elaboration.
Fellows was confined in county
Jail, quarantined today after a pris-
oner's death from meningitis. To
free the jury, DR.. William F. King,
state health commission director,
gave permission to take Fellows into
court.
Judge James A. Collins cleared
the courtroom of all save attaches
and jurors, threw open all windows
and doors, and Fellows entered the
room to hear a guilty verdict on
charges OF assault and battery with
intent to commit a felony. Penalty
for the offense is a one to ten-year
prison sentence.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-13
STATE OFFICERS
SEIZE 4 BUSES
Drivers Held for Operating
Without Licenses.

-Four BUSES operated by the South
Side Motor Coach Company were
impounded today by state police and
four drivers and the superintendent,
Everett Harland, 2408 South First
street, Beech Grove, we're ordered
to appear in municipal court three
Friday to answer charges of oper-
ating buses without licenses.
State Police Lieutenant Charles
Bridges and Officer Nicholas Raw
lings, who made the investigation,
charged the bus company purchased
but Two sets Of plates for the four
buses and divided them among the
coaches. They also charged 1929
plate was attached to one bus and
two drivers did not possess chauf-
feurs' licenses.
The drivers who must appear in
court are: Edward Jennings, 2l03
South Emerson avenue; Asa Bow
ser. 5206 Terrace avenue; Frank
Stevenson, 1871 South First street,
Beech Grove, and Lee Allen, 4O8 AL
bany street, Beech Grove.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-13
PAY PROBE DELAYED
Jurors Investigating Other
Matters, Report.

After hearing testimony of John
E. Shearer, president of county COM
missioners, grand jurors probing
the alleged disappearance of a court
reporters pay increase record to-
day, postponed the investigation un-
til Tuesday
Rumors that the jury is not limit
ing the quiz to the alleged removal
Of the salary record but also IS
delving into other activities of COM
missioners, were current today.
Shearer's appearance before the
jury completes the list Of commis-
sioners to testify. Two council
members, Auditor Harry Dunn.
judges and court reporters have
testified.
Clinton H. Givan, county attor-
ney, is the only person, whose name
has been mentioned in the matter.
who has not testified.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-13
VETS JOYFUL OVER
EASTERN TRIUMPH

In the June primaries, Maine,
pioneer prohibition state, will have
an avowed wet seeking the Repub-
lican nomination for a seat in con-
gress. The first time in one hum
dred years
Dugald B. Dewar, dealer in in
veStment securities. who will seek
the seat now held by Senator Ar
thur R. Gould. has pledged himself
TO stand with those who believe the
prohibition law "is a failure and are
working for its repeal or modifica-
ton"
Conrad w. Croker, executive
secretary of the Liberal Civic
League, has proposed Major Gen
eral Clarence R. Edwards. 100 per
cent wet and wartime commander
of the Twenty sixth (Yankeel divi-
sion, as an "all-party" candidate
from Massachusetts, for the United
States senate.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-13
SMOKE CHART CITED
Veterans Hospital Would
Not Be Affected.

Despite the smoky atmosphere of
Indianapolis. veterans would be
safe from danger to their health in
case the new government veterans
hospital is located here.
This was the assurance of the
United States weather bureau in an
affidavit, submitted to federal au-
thorities here today, as one of the
city's briefs in its fight to gain To-
cation of the hospital here.
The weather bureau gave charts
showing that prevailing winds in
Indianapolis insure the fact that
the site in Riverside park would not
be smoke-Swept.
The charts show, over a period of
five years, only seven-tenths of per
cent of the time when prevailing
winds would send the city's smoke
across the proposed hospital site.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-13
HELM IS MADE
POLICE Captain
Succeeds Patrick 0'Connor;
Reilly Advanced.

Police Lieutenant Edward P.
Helm was promoted to rank of cap
tain by the board of public safety in
a special meeting this morning to
take the place of Captain Patrick
O'Connor, who died recently.
Sergeant Francis Reilly was ad-
vanced to a lieutenancy to succeed
Helm and Martin O'Connor was ad-
vanced from patrolman to sergeant
to replace Reilly.
Ferdinand D. Holt and Charles
R. Peak were appointed patrolmen.
John E. Ambuhl, secretary Of the
department, was reduced to rank of
detective sergeant, and Arch D.
Hinch was appointed as secretary
to succeed him.
The board also appointed Roose-
welt London, James Sydner, Gilbert
Jones. Chester Ridley and Grant
Simpson, all Negroes as janitors.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-13
SUES FOR BEATING
Taxi Driver Asks $4,000
From Employers.

His passengers were too tough. so
Charles Caldwell. taxi driver, asked
$4,000 from the Red Cab Company
in a. suit filed in superior court three
today.
His complaint charges he was sent
on Oct. Is into "a dangerous neigh
borhood infested with notorious
characters" TO get two passengers.
The passengers, Clarence H. Har-
ris and John Ford, beat him up,
have been convicted of assault since
that time by Circuit Judge James
A. Collins and now are serving SEN
fences. the suit alleges. Caldwell's
suit claims he suffered permanent
injuries as a result of the beating.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-13
FORTRESS OF
PHILISTINES IS
UNCOVERED
Cross Section of Eight His
toricaI EpoChS Un-
earthed.
BEIsAN SITE OF WORK
Expedition Conducted by
U. of Pennsylvania
Meets Success.
BIZ United Press

BIZ United Press
JERUSALEM. Feb. 13.-Alar
Rowe, director of the University Of
PennSylvanias archaeological expe'
dition, is convinced he has founc
the strongholds of the ancient
Philistines-the warrior race thai
run through the biblical stories Of
Saul and David
In the mound of the fortress al
Beisan, fifty-f1ve miles north Of
Jerusalem, has uncovered a cross
section of seven religious period;
and eight historical epochs, dating
back to the temples Of Ashtoretf
and Dagon, the Semitic tribal deity
of the Philistines.
AS the excavators cut through the
mound, they discovered, superim-
posed on each other, eight distinct
city levels, where one civilization
had crumbled and been replaced
with another.
Seven religious structures already
have been identified.
At the top we're two Byzantine
churches. Then came a Hellenic
temple. Below that was temple o
Seti the First; then one of AMEND
phis III. Deeper, lay the house o
Ashtoreth, and, finally, the tempt
Of Dagon.
Links to Kings
The two latter deities link thu
spot definitely with the history O.
the Israelite kings.
Beisan is the "BethShan" Of the
Bible. Located at the crossroads O
teenling highways, connecting an
icent cities from the Mediterranean
to Transjordania, it was the key Il
a military road extending along tn
valley of Esdraelon and Jezreel.
The Philistines recognized tn
military Importance of Beisan, ant
used it in their strategic and com
mercial orepations in northern Pal
/ estine.
From remote antiquity to the TIM
of the crusades, Beisan has figured
in "war news" The Greeks knew
the place as Scythopolis. And al
invaders of Palestine, Egyptians
Utilities, Israelites, Persians, Ro'
mans, Byzantines, Arabs and Euro
pean crusaders have stormed TIN
Beisan mound in their campaign
against Jerusalem, fifty miles away
Remains of Church
In the top layer of the mound
beneath recent Arab houses anC
the discarded weapons and lamps o
the crusaders, were found the re
mains of a Byzantine Christian
church. below which rested
Graeco-Roman temple, probabl,
dating from the time Of Christ.
In the third level, evidently be
longing to the Philistine- Israelit
period, were revealed two Philistin
temples mentioned in the narrative
of Samuel and Chronicles.
The main feature of the tempt
of Ashtoreth Queen of Heaven
was a rectangular hall about fifty
four feet long and thirty feet wide
Fifty feet from the top Of tn
mound, in a layer of debris directl.
below the other temples, was fount
the earliest Canaanite Sanctuar.
vet discovered in Palestine. Furthe
digging into the mounds antiquitie
is continuing.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-13

hN [ NttcH FtSc
BOSTON, Feb. 13.-Conservative
New England, which long has chung
to certain traditions, appeared to-
day to be on the Threshold OF a
political revolution, through which
is woven the prohibition motif.
Tuesdays victory Of William J
Granleld, elected as the first Demo-
cratic congressman for the Second
Massachusetts, district, served only
to intensity a situation which de-
veloped a year ago last November
when Alfred E. Smith carried this
normally Republican state.
Granfield, a wringing wet, was
obliged not only to defeat Freder-
lex D. Griggs. a wet with dry reser-
yations. who had the Endorsement OF
his party. and Of Senator Frederick
H. Gillett, but two other bone-dry
Republicans Grsfeld had ma
jority of $3.50 votes.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-13
GAS STATION WRECKED

E1mbyro yeggnen Wednesday night
badly wrecked the interior of a
Standard filling station at Illinois
street and the canal, but failed to
open the safe.
Robert Schwitzer, 1912 North New
Jersey street, attendant, opened the
station this morning and found that
explosives had been placed on top
of the safe and exploded.
The blast did not open the safe
as the "yeggmen" had failed to bore
into the safe door.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-13
SCOTS at Million in Graft;
Can't Collect His $4,000 Pay
Pat Roche, Determined Foe
of GangsterS, Is Out to
Clean Up Chicago.

In two preceding stories, Bruce Cat
ton. staff writer for The Times and
NEA Service, described the predicament
of bankrupt Chicago and the efforts of
a committee of prominent citizens to res
cue the city from financial chaos. Today.
Cation tells of the background of crime
that lies behind the city's plight and of
the man who is the nemesis of Chioago's
upderuorId
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-13
CHURCH WINE is STOLEN
JanitOr Sees Robber Escape With
Sacramento Liquor.

A quart of Sacramental wine, in
tended for communion service at St
Philips Episcopal (Negro) church:
702 North West street, probably was
consumed in an underworld den
early today.
When Julius Taylor, Negro, church
janitor, went to work this morn
ing he saw man run from the
rear of the building. Investigation
disclosed that the thief entered
through an unlocked basement door
and took the wine, intrinsic value 81.
and gold-plated communion service.
valued at $25.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-13
APPOINTED AS RECEIVER
A. ". Hutchinson Takes Charge OF
Auto Firms Affairs.

Superior Judge William S. Nc
Masters today appointed A. w.
Hutchinson, auto dealer. as receiver
for the Charles w. Sanders Com
pany. Jordan auto dealers, as result
Of voluntary receivership proceed
ings brought by Sanders.
Evidence given McMaSterS showed
that creditors we're threatening
suits for a total of sl1,600 in past
due accounts of the Sanders COM
pany. Sanders SaleSrooms are at
1893 North Meridian street.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-13
BUSINESS is ORGANIZED
Real Estate Board Speaker Makes
Optimistic Forecast.

American business is organized
for the first time and nothing can
stop its progress" Harry S. KiSsell
of the Hoover business survey COM
mittee and vice-president of the
National Association of Real Estate
Boards, declared before the Indi-
annapolis Real Estate Boards week
" luncheon at the Lincoln today.
He declared records show the
lowest ebb of business and building
recession has passed and that con-
ditions will return to normal by the
latter half of 1880.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-13
BY BRUCE CATION
NEA Service Writer

CHICAGO, Feb. 13.-If he wanted
to be crooked he could make $1,000,-
900 year, according to his own
estimate.
But he prefers to be honest
so he gets along on his annual sal
airy of $4,000, and just now he can't
collect even that.
That's by way of introducing you
to Pat Roche, chief investigator for
the states attorneys office here and,
the nemesis of Chicago'S under
world. Among all the varied people
who make bankrupt Chicago the in
credible city that it is, Roche is
one of the most interesting.
Crooked politics, tax favoritism,
graft and bribery lie behind Chi
cago's sorry predicament which has
emptied the city treasury and per-
mitted it's gangSters and racketeers
to wax rich. And Roche knows a
lot about graft, the bribery, the
gangsterS and racketeers.
Escapes Murder Attempt
He has been SO active in investi-
eating gang murders, bombingS and
the like that the underworld has
attempted to assaSsinate him.
Just the other day man was
detected IN the act of trying to at
tach bomb to his auto in such a
manner that it would explode when
Roche stepped on the starter pedal.
Quite casually Roche told me that
he could collect $1,000,000 a year
in graft if he wanted to. The
gambling ring" alone has offered
him $4,000 week to LAY Off"
But Roche, hard-fiSted Irish
man, laughs at ganglandS attempts
to make a crooked millionaire out
of him. And he also laughs at
gangland's attempts to bomb the
life out of him.
And SO, if he lives, he may yet
turn Chicago into a relatively law
abiding town.
Roche Puzzles Them
Because he has shut down
gambling, arrested the leaders of the
local pineapple" syndicate and
proved that he can neither be
scared, bought nor influenced, Roche
has the underworld puzzled.
They're Desperate. says Roche.
Their mobs will fall apart if they
don't get things opened up pretty
soon. So they're trying to blow the
lid off now"
Roche is a busy man just now.
He wants, desperately, to stamp out
this uprising of hoodlums-you call
them "hoodlums" in Chicago, not
"gangsters" but he is handicapped
by Chicago's empty treasury.
Unpaid Since December
1--WE got just seven men to work
with and no money at all" he says.
eff this Office could spend, say $780,
900, and tackle the job right, we'd
get somewhere. But we have too
few men, and those we've got can't
get their pay. I can't get mine.
None of us has been paid since
December"
I asked Roche how Chicago could
be cleaned up.
Cleaning up Chicago!" he ex-
ploded, Damn it, the job could be
done in forty-eight hours if they
really wanted to do it. These hood
lrrns are all known. There isn't
any deep mystery about it. Run
'em in every time you see EN-, and
keep doing it--and pretty soon
you'd have half of 'em in jail and
the other half would be leaving
town.
1.-THE one real obstacle is the fact
that the ordinary man in Chicago
is scared. He won't testify against
the gangSterS.
Show him that you mean bust
ness, give him energetic police work,
and he'll get over that. Then the
job is half done"