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FUTURE DAYS.
ADAM A WEsCHLER & SON, Auctioneers

HOUSEHOLD. OFFICE FURNITURE, MA
CHINERY. JOHNSON PURIFYING SYs-
TEN PIANOS; ETC. BY AUCTION, TO
Day; sEPTEMRER ,TwENTIETHi, 1890.
land Il necessary continuing on subsc-
ouent Wednesdays and Saturdays until all
is sold, we VIII sell by public auction
NV. to enforce our lien. goods stored in
the following names, TO wit: John Richard
Burcher, jr.; z. T. Gobeen. Miss Louise
Jackson, r B. Riley: Mrs. Elizabeth Robin
Verling Harris. E. c. Snyder, u. s. marshal;
Julio J. qodoy. A. F. Beal executor; Luns-
ford l.. Hammer trustee; Robert @. Walker.
Parties interested please take notice
ADAM A. WESCHLER SON.
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J. OWEN / SON, AucT1oNEERs.
TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE TWO
STORY FRAME nWEIIINCi. SITuATE

TRusTEER' SALE OF VALUABLE TWO.
5O2s HuTCHINs PLACE NORTHWEST.
r Gus e at fSfS q 9a G o nr lard ra
crds of the. District of Columbia we shall sell.
P rPpf nS & t of ri 1880 h
TWo-THrRTY O'CLOCK Pm. lots num-
cen tisl in Clark and cottren. trustees.
subdivision Of part of ''Whitehaven." now
known as "pallssdes q the Potomac" as
veyor for the District OF Columbia in Llber
County a. folio Is -,
in one. two and three years. with interest
at sig, per lent ner annnn. PAYABLE semi
OF sal and the purchaser allowed hfteen
DAYS from date of sale to complete the pur-
chase. Further particulars A. time Of sale.
yF7HoN q. OWEN
THOs J OWEN 4, SON bUCTTONFFRS
1881 Eye Street Northwest.
CE yxImAsIE EEsy
ESowH,SsI , s : s7os 'NrSETErNrF STREET
red BY n 2:r mr. t SS S Of 5u St dqy
and sr.St at The request Of the sss
pre- fs Pu9sf SHSs3a IGn. Tsss
sc he Fioopna dsscfiPed land
and premises. situate in the City of Wash
ingtcn: District of Columbia, and DESIGNATED
as and being lot ifty-thres, $50. il square
one hundred and ten GInl. together with
the improvements, consisting Of a three
story and basement brick building, known as
| i7na Nineteenth street northwest
Terms of sale The said property is sold
| gnhtect 10 n first deed Of trust securing an
| Indebtedness OF $1,000 90. further partlcu-
! lars respecting which will be announced at
| the time of sale The entire purchase price
| in cash A deposit of $4,000 will be re-
auired at time of sale. All eonveyanctnE
+. Of sale TO be complied with within 30 days
| from day Of sale. otherwise the trustees
! the sisk and cost of defaultinE purchaser.
| after five days advertisement OF such resale
in some newspaper published in Washing
| ton, d. @. Taxes, rents and insurance pre-
NUNS are to be adjusted by calculation TO
CHARLES w SIMPSON,
au2e-d&ds. exSuishoI - Trustees.
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The large totem pole, one Of the
points of interest at Tacoma, wash, is
rs feet tall and was carved from O sin
gle cedar tree by Alaskan Indians.
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sALE-suBURRAN.
THoS. J, OWEN & SON, AucTIoNEERi
1881 Eye Street Northwest.
TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE THREE
STORY BRICK DWELLING: KNoMf

sgoEi Is7 FF EfSkMNRTw FRLLRsEE8S E KNSosWN
WEST
BY virtue Of a certain deed OF trus. duly
recorded in Liber No. eas0, folio ass ct. seq,
OF the land records of the District OF Co
lumbia, and at the REQUEST OF the party
secured thereby, the undersigned trustees
will sell at public auction. In front of the
premises, on TUESDAY. THE SECOND DAY
OF SEPTEMBER. AID. 1880. AT THREE
THIRTY O'CLOCK PM, the following de
scribed land and premises situate In the
District OF Columbia, and designated as and
sion Of lot 4 in block IS. Columbia Heishts,"
row known as square 1859, as per plat re-
corded in the once Of the, surveyor for the
District Of Columbia. in Liber Ia at folio
pls .ubject to the covenants Of record.
Terms; Sold subject to prior deed Of
which will be announced at time of sale the
purchase prize neCe sS ust 70 Be paa in
veyancing. recording, etc; Ct pgrchAssT,s
thirty days otherwise deposit forfeited and
the property may be advertised and resold
At the discretion of the trustees.
EARL H RAYMOND.
HAROLD d. TRANTHAM,
Ru20 %. as 39.se2 Trustees.
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THos. J OWEN 4, SON. ETJCTTONFFRS
1891 Eye Street Northwest
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ESTATE. IMPROVED nv THT EE- STORY
AND BASEMENT PPTCH Butt DING
KNOWN 0I,,, rs ,7os NINETEENTH STREET
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-12-13
MOTHER HAD PREMONITION
Mrs. Haven had a premonition of death. Read
about it on page 3 of this issue of The Tribune.

non was unmolested. A little while later another neiehbor,
named Fawcet, also visited the farm and Bannon told how he
was able to see them near the house by peekng from a hole
in the barn.
lannon's excuse for not burying all the bodies in the same
grave was that ut was too hard work." Mrs. Ravens body was
hauled to Mrs. Bann0n's farm and buried in an Indian cave.
Knox, who prevailed upon Bannon to confess, said when
Bannon started to tell his story his face was greatly distorted
and it was with difficulty that Bannon could speak. After It
was over, Knox said, Bannon appeared greatly relieved.
Mrs. Bann0n, the prisoners mother, also seemed to ex.
perience a feeling of relief as her son completed the confession,
according to Knox.
Suspect Cries
At intervals Bannon cried, and with hts face grimacing he told OF the
vertable months Of hell he has spent on the farm since the sayings &c
CURED. The Ravens would rise from death to act before his eyes in rest
less sleep. he said Once he thought Mrs. Haven stood over him with q
butcher knife.
But through all this questioning and pleading. including urging BY
his mother that he tell the whole truth and clear up the crime, he has told
no story which would make him the slayer. such as the officers have G.
cused him Of doing.
Bannons stories have widely differed a to how the family died. First
there va q story that Mrs. Haven killed the infant daughter and Haven
buried it in q manure pile. The family became frightened and Bannon
Continued o. page two)
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DEFENSE TESTIMONY
OFFERED By MAJOR
SHEPARUSLAWYERS
Government Closes Its Case
Reading Statement Attrib-
uted to Defendant

Kansas City. Kas., Dec. 13.-RH
The defense opened its testimony to-
day In the trial of Major Charles A.
Shepard, army medical officer
charged with the poison murder Of
his wife, after the government had
completed reading a statement at
tributed to the defendant by federal
agents and containing statements at
variance with prosecution evidence.
It's introduction brought to q close
two days of testimony with Miss
Grace Brandon, San Antonio steno-
grapher. in the witness chair. Miss
Brandon is the woman for whose love
the government alleges the major
poisoned his wife.
Shepard was quoted in the state
ment as saying the subject of a d.
vorce with his second wife, Zenana,
had never been discussed and that
no one had eve come into their lives
to furnish q motive for such a desire.
This conflicted with the trial testi-
mony Of Miss Brandon that Shepard
fell in love with her several months
before Mrs. Shepard's death at Fort
Riley, Kas., In June, 1929.
Another particular in which the
statement failed to agree with testi-
mony in the court record was a Sec
ton n which the medical officer vas
quoted as declaring he never had OBJ
tanned any bichloride Of mercury
from the dispensary at the army post.
Sgt. Winslow A. Rose. pharmacist
at the post. testified that he had
filled a prescription for the officer
calling for eight grains Of mercury
The prescription was filled April 8,
1929.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-12-13
LEADERS OF SPANISH
REVOLT TO Be shot,
MADRID STORY Says
Seven Reported Killed and Two
Wounded in Ayerbe Bat
tie Yesterday

London, Dec. 13.-R-An En-
change Telegraph dispatch from Ma
drid said several leaders Of the Span
lh revolt will be shot tomorrow.
First official reports of the casual
ties In the battle which ragged about
Ayerbe and the nearby town Of Pla-
sencia said five rebels and two fed
eral soldiers we're killed and q dozen
wounded, but 1t appeared certain that
the figures would grow.
In Madrid the threat of court mar
tial for the rebel leaders was inter-
preted as an indication they would
be executed. General Herdia. who
executed this mornings campaign. Is
q son-in-law of the late Butcher
Weyler who commanded the Spanish
forces In the Spanish-Amer1can war.
The name Of Ramon Farnco. the
stormy young aviator who recently
escaped from q military prison. con-
tinued to arise in discussions Of the
origin Of this revolt.
One Of the revolving officers who
surrendered vas Captain Salinas, SOD
Of General Salinas, Spanish chief Of
staff at Saragossa. Thus. II Captain
Salinas should be ordered executed.
his own father will have to sign the
death warrant.
King Alfonso and Queen Victoria
attended the opera last night. The
king then going to all night confer
ences with the cabinet and army
leaders.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-12-13
Tells AttOrneu
WOmQn'S BOdu
Hidden in Cave
New Statement Of Suspect in Mckenzie County Slaughter
Case Says Murders Were Committed on Morning Of
Feb. 10; BaresI Details With Mother Present

Wiliston, N. D. Dec. 13-(AP)-Charles Bannon. 22-year.
lston, that he murdered the Albert E. Haven family of six on
their farm home, one mile north of Schafer. on the morning Of
last Feb. 10. Bannon's mother, Mrs. Charles E. Bannon, was
Bannon claims he alone committed the murders and abb
solved all persons he mentioned previously in several conflicting
stories.
The story of Bannon's admission was told to the Mckenzie
county states attorney, j. S. Taylor, as soon as Bannon had
eo"P Rssoo ms mo mos th teee tha account Sa%n % 9 ! n Inc d aana OF t nS;. haSens.
been recovered, is buried on his mothers farm, which is near
the Haven farm. He said the body was buried in an Indian cave
on the farm and searching parties from Watford City started
for the farm to verify this most recent angle in Bannon's story.
States Attorney Taylor was sk.eptical Of some of the ad-
story until verified by investigation.
The story in general was the most plausible account yet
given by Bannon since questioning began last Thursday night.
ford City to formally determine, if possible, the exact man
ner of the deaths of Haven and members of his family.
outgrowth Of a dispute with Daniel. 1s.year.oid Haven boy.
Bannon said he quarreled with Daniel over some chores about
the barn.
Daniel, he said, dared him after Bannon had made the re-
mark, Il ought to shoot y0u.' Bann0n said he took his rifle
from the saddle of his horse and fired, but did not intend to hit
the youth. He said. however. that he accidentally killed the
boy.
Leland, the 1s-yearod son, was next to enter the barn,
and an argument ensued: Bannon said he shot Leland in self
Mr.. and Mrs. Haven then came to the barn in search of
the boys, he said, and he STAYED them off with the gum. Haven
Haven started back to the house to get a gun, according to the
confession.
Bannon said he shot Mrs. Haven while she was going back,
He said he then tried to disarm Haven. Unable to do SO. he at.
tempted to disable him by infictng a bullet wound in Haven's
arm, but his aim wasn't SO good and he MORALLY wounded him
in the body.
SAYS HE WAS RANTIC
Bannon said he was frantic by this time and went into the
house and shot the three-year@ld child. He then killed the re.
naming member of the family, a three-month-od baby, by
striking it with the butt of his gun.
Steps were then taken to bury the bodies in the barn. He
place, he said, and remained in the barn while Grautio entered
the house. Grautio did not go to the barn, however, and Ban.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-12-13
OTHERS ARRESTED IN
EMbEZZLEMENT MIX
Hold Auditor and Bookkeeper OF
6eesemysr, Who Admits
Defalcations

Los Angeles, Dec. 13.-R-Start-
ling repercussions were expected as
state and county officials settled
down today to . systematic investiga-
ton Of the activities Of Gilbert H.
Beesemeyer. Guaranty Building and
Loan association official who yester-
day confessed misappropriating more
than 100000.
Rupert L. Teury. vice president and
auditor Of the Guaranty company.
was taken to jail after he testified
before the grand jury, which :ndict-
ed Beesemeyer for grand theft, that
for five years he was aware Of his
superior's misuse Of funds. Miss
Ethel Flanagan, the firms head
bookkeeper, ~ sent to . hotel to be
held under guard until she could be
questioned further. She testified she
kept Beesemeyer's private books.
Beesemeyer said he had converted
$780,, 7p3.7S Of the Guaranty COM
pany's funds to his personal account
and used 1t In private ventures. He
was held In lieu Of $260,000 bond.
Investigators said audits Of the
books Of the North American Bond
and Mortgage company and the
Guaranty Holding corporation, which
companies Beeserneyer also said he
had plundered, were under way They
said q shortage Of $562,000 was found
In the records Of the Bond and Mort
gage company.
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open YOUR HEART
HEADS issue new
CLOTHING REQUEST
Heavy Demand for Apparel for
Children Of School Age
Is Received
TOY SOLICITATION IS BEGUN
Charity Army Navy Football
Game Figures Into Scheme
Of Local Drive
TOY SOLICITATION IS BEGUN

Heavy demand, particularly for
clothing for children of school ages,
today caused the American Legion
"Open Your Heart" committee to is
sue new appeal to the public to send
in more material for distribution In
connection with its Christmas cheer
effort.
The idea. as originally announced
by the veterans, Is to have people
send In material which they have
discarded or for which they have no
further use. for distribution to the
needy of the city and county.
In addition to clothing, such items
as food, fuel, shoes, candy. nuts and
toys are being solicited.
Toy Solicitation Begun
Bismarck's Boy Scout troops this
morning began q solicitation of the
residence districts for toys which still
are disable Or which can be repaired.
They reported a generous response
at noon.
The toys will be repaired by the
prisoners at the state penitentiary
under an agreement with warden G,
G. Turner.
Milton Rue, chairman Of the veter-
ans committee, said today that the
renewed appeal for material Is based
on the fact that the outgo Is much
heavier than the influx and that the
headquarters shelves would be bare In
q few days unless more material were
received.
All of the material given out to
date has been carefully directed into
worthy hands. he said. and much
good already has been accomplished.
Charity Game Broadcast
The Salvation Army today was dis
tributing tickets for a radio broad
cast Of the Army-Navy football game,
the idea being that ticket holders
would send them In, with q contribu-
ton of a dollar to the Salvation Army
fund. Proceeds Of the ticket sale as
well as the proceeds of the game
proper will go to the Salvation Army.
Money contributed from this area
will be returned here together with q
share of the gate receipts of the
game.
Football fans gathered today at the
Paramount theater and the open
Your Heart" headquarters to hear
broadcasts Of the game as received
by radio. The broadcast was spon-
sored by the Philco company. which
paid q record price for the privilege.
This money also will be turned over
to the Salvation Army.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-12-13
Santa Claus Will Arrive
In City Monday Morning
Asks That All Children in Bis
marck and Missouri Slope
Come to See Him
WILL BE HERE TWO DAYS
Arrangements for Reception
and Celebration in His
Honor Are Complete

Santa Claus will arrive In Bismarck
early Monday and In q message to-
day to the Association Of Commerce
he asked th&t all the children be In
Bismarck and the Missouri Slope
country be invited to visit him dur
ing his two-day stay here.
He expects to leave Bismarck Tues
day night for his return trip to the
North Pole.
Arriving at Winnipeg, Manitoba,
today, Santa Claus advised the
Chamber Of Commerce that he would
be here on schedule. He will make
the trip here from Winnipeg by easy
stages he said. since he was some
what worn by his experience Of Wed.
nesday and Thursday when he res
cued Tautak. and two other members
Of an Eskimo family from q pack Of
wolves in northern Canada.
Arrangements for his reception
and for the celebration to be held IN
his honor were complete today. He
will parade the downtown district
ct the head OF Bismarck's school,
children Monday noon and will par.
ticipate In . festival Monday evening
1T N. p. park, where his reindeer vii
be stabbed when not attached to hi
sleigh.
| Everyone viii have an opportunit,
to see Santa Claus and the Teindesl
at that time.
Monday morning he win visit sicl
children In the hospitals and als<
will tour Bismarck's residential dis.
trict 50 that small children and those
who may be Ill at home will have ar
opportunity to see him and his ia.
nous team.
The relatively short trip from Il
Pas. Manitoba, where he was re.
ported yesterday, to Winnipeg, wa
without incident, Santa Claus re-
ported today, and both he and his
reindeer expect to be In fine fettle
when they arrive in Bismarck Mon
day.
A feature Of his two-day stay will
be an interview with q Tribune re-
porter Monday at 5:45 p. m, to be
broadcast over KFYR and his fare
we'll address at $50 p. m. Tuesday
over the local station.
The association Of Commerce an
nounced today that local stores will
remain open for business Monday
night and from that time until
Christmas.
This is being done to permit resi-
dents of Bismarck and the Missouri
Slope country to do their Christmas
shopping at the same time they come
to see Santa Claus.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-12-13
MRS. ALEX stern
IS DEAD IN FARGO
Had Been Prominent for Many
Years in Charity and
Other Civic Work

Fargo, N. D.. Dec. 13.-R-Mrs.
Alex Stern, one Of Fargos and North
Dakota's most widely known women,
prominent for many years N charity
and other civic work, died yesterday.
She had been Ill since August.
Mrs. Stern was born Aug. 26. 1854,
in Aurora, New, the daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. Gabriel Kaufman. Her
father was q follower of Carl Schurz.
coming. with him in exile from Ger
many.
Upon her marriage in New York In
1883, she came to Fargo. Mrs. Stern.s
charity first became widely known In
1893 when Fargo was almost destroy
ed by fire. She organized the first
relief units. In 1899 when floods
swept Fargo and the Red River valley,
she was foremost In rehabilitation.
She was an organizer Of the North
Dakota Children's home society.
Funeral services will be held here
Monday with Rev. william Ballou.
pastor Of the Fargo Unitarian church,
officiating.
Besides her husband. she leaves
three sons, William and Sam, both Of
Fargo. and Edward, New York City.
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Wolf murders but refused to say who
the person was.
The idea "a discounted, however.
by the fact that Layer had become
somewhat unbalanced mentally before
his death.
The Haven mystery Is the second
to occur. in Mckenzie county and
usurption Of the Haven property by
Charles Bannoa IN one respect Is Sim
liar to the crime for which Sam A.
Burns now is serving q life term ut
Bismarck.
Burns, q farmer with ! large fam
lily. was convicted Of killing Henry
Segxe. q bachelor, in May, 1914. The
bringing of q false deed Of the Segxe
farm to Alexander for . loan aroused
suspicion and investigation was be-
gun.
Burns admitted but little, however.
and only after one jury disagreement
and much legal efforts was he found
guilty. Segxe's body was found Ia
August by q hunter.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-12-13
Wolf Case Is Only N. D. Parallel
To Slaughter of Haven Family

The fate Of the Albert e. Haven
family has but one parallel In homi-
cidal history in North Dakota, the
killing Of eight persons near Turtle
Lake. Mclean county. 10 years ago.
Jacob Wolf. his wife. five young
daughters and q hired man were slain
April "a, 1920. only q year old baby
being spared. Two days later the
crime was discovered. but It was three
weeks before the mystery was solved.
Henry Layer. . neighboring farm
er. ~ sentenced to life imprison-
ment for the crime and died q few
years later in prison. Layer. before
his arrest. evinced great gries over
the tragedy and was very solicitous
in aiding officials. His eagerness to
help and subsequent clues unearthed
by him brought him under suspicion.
Layer died q few years ago In the
state ~penitentiary here. It was rum
ored that, on his deathbed, he limited
thai he had an accomplioe In thu
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-12-13
Grizzled Miners Prepare Grubstakes
As Nevada Gold Strike Word Spreads

Reno, Nevada, Dec 13.-(F-Word
Of q gold strike spread over the
deserts Of Nevada today and grtzzled
miners, their lives spent in searching
for the precious metal, waited eagerly
for news that might start q stam-
pede.
From the Rabbit Hole mining dis
trict In the Northwestern part OF the
state. just on the edge Of the great
Black Rock desert, came the first
word Of q new strike. Whether the
discovery would mean a short-lived
furry or q real boom. was uncer-
tain.
Reports received here last night
stated two brothers, Charles and
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-12-13

James Scossa, had made the strike
after q year Of prospecting the dis
trict.
The two brothers arrived In Love-
lock. town Of 1900 population, on the
overland route Of the Southern Pa
cific railroad, with IL sacks Of the ore
which they had found. It assayed S.
per pound. Three prize sacks, known
as picture rock" showed q value Of
346,276 q ton. Based on these figures
the brothers had already acquired q
small fortune.
Further reports stated that dozens
Of residents of Lovelock had started
for Rabbit Hole. IS miles away. ready
to stake out claims and be In on the
ground floor In the event Of . boon
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-12-13
Sing Sing Executes
Cry Baby Bandits

Ossining. N. Y. Dec. 13.-R-
Three "cry baby bandits" youths who
shed tears profusely during their
trial, were executed last night for the
Staying of . Long Island druggist.
James Bolger. 10. James Butler, 20;
and 1talio Ferdinand, %, died In the
electric chair at Sing Sing prison aft
er Governor Roosevelt had refused to
commute their sentences to fife I'm
prtsohnnent.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-12-13
Even Robbers Help
TailOr's Publicity

Pittsburgh. Dec. IL. -@-I It
pays to advertise, take It from
Daniel Shelter. owner Of q tailor
shop.
Burglars recently smashed a
window In his place with . brick
and purloined several suits OF
clothes and an overcoat.
SO Shelter posted this sign In
his display window:
Even burglars like Shelters
clothes. Come In the look at our
winter selections"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-12-13
n and Rain Fall
In Northwest Areas

Snow and rain came to parts OF
the northwest today, with tempera-
lures ranging from 80 degrees to IL
above.
Snow fell at Bemidji, Hibbing. WILL
mar, Brainerd, and Little Falls. In
Minnesota, and Fargo. N. D. The
lowest temperature was IL above at
Devils Lake, N. D.
Albert Lea reported rain with the
mercury lowering around freezing
point. Icy roads were reported IN
many sections.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-12-13
Paramount Resident,
49 Years, Succumbs

Paramount. N. D.. Dec. 13.-Re
Funeral services for Alfred jackson,
76, pioneer who died after a short
illness, will be held here Sunday.
Mr.. Jackson, who lived in this
community - years. was city mar
shall 10 years. He leaves a son and a
J daughter.