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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-03-11

Question Suspect i'm Bismarck Bank b
Lovers Face Murder Trial

One Of the Pacific
northwest's m o
sensational murder
trials began at Port
land, Ore, where Nell
son G. Bowles and
1rma q. LouckS went
on trial for the u
der Of Bowles' wife,
Mrs. Leone c. Bow
les. This picture
shows the two being
taken to the Null
tonomah jail. In
front, at the left, is
Miss Loucks, o
panied by Jail Ma
trpn Huda Anderson.
Bowles Is at the left,
In the rear, with De-
putty Sheriff Bert
Love. Mrs. Bowles
was found dead Of
stab wounds in an
apartment wher
Miss Loucks n
Bowles had been
meeting.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-03-11
Seed Loans Will Be
Available in Stark

Dickinson, N. D., March 11.-Stark
county is to be included in the seed
Inan area, according to advices from
the department Of agriculture ct
washington, D. C. Seed loan blanks
Ire not vet available at the office OF
q. q. Eastgate, county agent. When
they arrive they will be placed IN
nickinsons different banks for farm
exs 10 I'LL out and file.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-03-11
Farmer Identifies
Three Finger White

Chicago. March 11.-ReAlthough
President Carl stenger Of the Nc
Henry, Ill, bank could not identify
william Three Finger Jack" White
as the man who helped rob his place
Of $4,000. Hiding Hanson, . farmer.
did not hesitate Tuesday to say he
saw White fleeing from McFIenfy
shortly after the holdup.
Serg. James Mcbride. who was with
Policeman Edward Pflaurne when the
latter was slain, allegedly by White,
WAS under call as . witness tor the
state Wednesday.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-03-11
Metropolitan Opera
BasSO Kills Himself

New York, March l1.-R-WiIliam
Gustafson, six-foot Metropolitan
opera basso, shot himself to death In
his apartment Tuesday night.
Police said that after he received
a telephone call Mrs. Mary Wells
Gustafson threatened to take the
children to the home Of her mother
in Boston and he vowed he would
kill himself. AS she phoned for pull
mar reservations, she heard q shot
and found him lying on the floor with
8 wound in the temple. He was dead
when q doctor arrived.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-03-11
Renews Plea for
Export Debenture

Washington, March 11.-(R-A
renewed appeal from the export
debenture plan Of farm relief was
made by Senator Borah, Idaho, at
Wednesdays meeting Of Repub-
lcan and Democratic Independ-
ents.
The Idaho Republican said the
farm board had failed because
there was no element Of perma-
nent policy in its plan for dealing
with the farm relief problem.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-03-11
Pope May Broadcast
Message on April a

Vatican City, March ll.-lP-lt
was reported unofficially Wednesday
that Pope Plus XII will broadcast his
second radio message to the world
April 1, Holy Saturday. during the
Gloria" Of the mass when bells ST.
lent since Holy Thursday ring out
again.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-03-11
Deny Report Spanish
Republic Proclaimed

Madrid, March . 1l.-R-Inquiries
made In we'll Informed sources in
Barcelona Wednesday reaching re-
ports published abroad Of the pro-
clamation Of . republic ct Barcelona
brought the statement that nothing
was known there Of such . develop
ment.
Barcelona was reported to be quiet
and considerable surprise was ex-
pressed 1T the reports abroad.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-03-11
Three Men Held in
Litchville RObberies

Valley City, N. D, March ll.-R-
Three men " held here for q re-
cent series Of robberies committed at
Litchville.
Roy Hanson and John Twight have
confessed and are charged with third
degree robbery.
No charge as yet has been filed
against A. G. Farley. Carl Linstrom,
also Of LitchviIle, is being held for
questioning.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-03-11
CONVICT KILLS SELF

jackson, Mich, March 11.-FD-
william Cazuck, 81. inmate Of Mich
igan state prison committed suicide
Tuesday night by hanging himself
with his belt in his cell. His body
was discovered by q guard. Caxuck
was serving az to 5 years.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-03-11
The Weather

Cloudy Wednesday night and T1hlrs<
day. Cold wave Wednesday nigh&
The Washington times., 1931-07-22
illegal Operations
Outnumber Births,
Says Medic

NEW YORK, July 22.-Amer-
ican women pay over 100000
900 annually to doctors for Grim.
inal operations which main.
cripple and kill thousands upon
thousands" DR.. Abraham j.
Rongy. in a plea for birth con-
troll knowledge, says in the July
issue Of the American Medicine
Magazine.
d. DIR. Rongy estimates that IL
legal operations performed upon
women in this country by other
than physicians bring the total
to more than 1,250.0O0. Accord
ing to him, the number of ply
siciAnS held accountable for
illegal operations is an alarm.
ingly small portion of the whole
number Of those who perform
such operations.
The Washington times., 1931-07-22
PRISON TO HELP
FALLS HEALTH,
SAYS MEDIC
Harding "Cabineteer" Sleeps
Late His First Day in Jail;
Murderer Is His Orderly

SANTA FE, N. NJ, July y
(TNS0 ALBERT Bacon Fall, once
the most powerful political figure
in this sparsely settled western
state, now number 699l in the
penitentiary here, gradually took
up prison routine today.
He was one of two Federal prlS'
oners in the institution, the other
being an Indian serving term
for thefts on a government res
ervation.
Falls sentence of year and a
day was for accepting a bribe in
connection with naval oil leases
while secretary of interior in the
cabinet of President Harding.
Has View Of Rockies
Since Fall went behind the gray
stone walls he has been protected
from all publicity and only unot-
ficial reports have come from
authorities. His room is on the
second floor in the penitentiary
hospital. From the iron-barred
windows he can see the towering
Sangre de CriSto range OF the
Rockies.
On his first day Fall read in
bed until 1:30 a. m. and slept un-
til 10 o'clock when DR.. Eugene w.
Fiske, prison physician, gave him
an examination. His findings
bore out previous ones by Army
doctors showing Fall with weak
heart and arrested tuberculosis.
In the physicians opinion,
Fail will leave in better health
than he has had for years, par
ticularly because worry over
serving a prison sentence Is be-
hind him.
Slayer His Orderly
Falls needs are looked after by
Robert H. Evans, serving life
term for numbering night
watchman.
Yesterday Fall received his first
mail, reported to consist largely
of advertisements from publishing
houses.
Mrs. Fall, ner two daughters,
Mrs. Jouett Elliott and Mrs. c. C.
Chase, and Martha Fall, grand
daughter, visited the ex-secretary
In the afternoon.
The Washington times., 1931-07-22
$50 Boys and Girls
Here on Iona Tour

One hundred and sixty boys
and girls from Spartanburg. S.
c., arrived in Washington yester-
day as the last stop on their
sightseeing tour of large Eastern
cities.
They will spend three days
here, visiting the National Capt..
tails spots of historic interest,
They arrived from Atlantic City,
where they madU a brief stop,
after a long one at New York.
The Washington times., 1931-07-22
FINED FOR PIGEONS

Charged with allowing pigeons
to run at large within the limits
Of Montgomery county suburban
district, Walter v. Holmes. was
fined IS and costs by Police
Court Judge Charles w. Wood
ward in Rockville, Md.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-12
LIGHrNING AND THUNDER

An interesting test may be per- formed with an iron ball and a ring just large enough for the ball to pass through. Heat the ball until it is red hot. Then--holding it with pincers-try to drop 1t through the ring. If the ring has not been heated. the ball will not pass through!
 This means that the ball grows larger when heated. When 1t cools, you may again pass 1t through the ring.
 In the same way the heat which lightning produces makes air ex- pand. Lightning is like a giant cleo tric spark, and each flash or "stroke" means that heat is given forth.
 Lightning streaks across the sky at terrific speed, and the sudden heat pushes out against the air around it. Waves are set up in the air, and these waves make the noise we call thunder.
 You must have noticed that we sometimes fail to hear the thunder from lightning flash until several seconds later.
 Why is the noise delayed? Be cause light travels faster than sound.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-12
UNCLE RATS CORNER

Light travels at the speed of 186,- 900 miles per second, and we may | almost say that we see lightning "in no time at all''. Sound, on the other hand, travels only one-fifth of q mile per second This means that when lightning flashes a mile away, we do not hear the thunder until five seconds later.
 Next time you watch lightning, you may hold a watch and test the amount of time which passes be- tween the flash and the noise of thunder. If the thunder comes 10 seconds later, you will know that the lightning flash was two miles away.
 When lightning strikes within 700 feet of us, the sound of thunder reaches us at almost the same time we Sc the flash. In sue ha case. 1t is good idea to move inside the house,
 Sound coming by radio waves travels at great speed. We hear someone in England within small part of a second after he speaks a word; but we must remember that radio waves are electric, and do not travel in the same manner as slow moving sound waves.
 TO-mOrrOw'-HOmc- Made Lightning.
 UNCLE RAY.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-12
ZEPPELIN TRAIN

Berlin.-The Railway Zeppelin train has made it's appearance here. It runs on rails like an ordinary train, but is moved by propellor like an airplane. Speeds of nearly 100 miles an hour have been reached in this streamlined car. The propeller Is affixed in the rear and Is a "pusher" type.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-15

established, in 1849 the affairs Of the Pension
Bureau were handled by the War Department,
and the four or five clerks then employed on
this work occupied quarters in the basement
of the old War Department building. which
stood for many years approximately where the
north end of the State, War and Navy Building
now stands. Later the bureau moved into quar-
tiers opposite (quite likely on Seventeenth
street,, where its 20 clerks or more were located
before moving into Winder Building = later
called Winder Building.
When Thomas Ewirg was commissioned the
first Secretary of the Interior, on March 8,
1849, and assumed his duties, he found the
bureaus assigned his department somewhat
scattered The Land once was in the third
story of the Treasury, the Patent Office in its
own building, the Office of Indian Affairs In
the War Department and the Pension Bureau
in the Winder Building.
THIS building. which is still standing at the
northwest corner of Seventeenth and r
streets, was in course Of construction during
the year Is47, as noted in Sessford,s chronicles
for that year, as follows
"a large building is in the course Of erection
by Mr. Windef, at the intersection of Seven
tenth street west and north F, five stories
high, fronting 200 feet on r and 101 feet on
Seventeenth embracing 100 rooms; the base
ment faced with marble and the fronts to be
plastered It is TO be occupied by public Offices
The building is to be fireprcof, the floors sup
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nearly sec, 900 in rent, the Government pur-
chased the building in 1855 for 100000"
Mr. Croggon also includes as occupying this
building about 1851 the Ordnance Bureau, and
saws that "a very attractive museum was for
q long time quite an attraction" This museum
was later moved to G street west of Seventh
James L. Edwards was the first commissioner
of pensions his commission being dated March
3, 1883. He received S2,5O0 year, and his
entire force included George W. Crump, chief
clerk; Benjamin L. Beall, Richard Ella, William
L. Allison, French S. Evans. Henry A Sylvester,
Vinal Luce, Nathan Rice, d. Brown, J. d. VIII
son, william R. Palmer, z. D. Bullock, d. d.
Addison John T. Sprague D. Boyd John Crom-
well, w. !. Williams, NJ Bergman, F. F.
Franciosa and William M. Stewart
THE Commissioners ONCE remained in the
Winder Building until at least 1853, and
it Is quite likely until 1862, when we find
it located at Seventh and F streets which
of course means the Patent once Building
From here a part of the bureau at least soon
moved to quarters located on the north side
of G street between Seventh and Eighth
streets and then to the old Seaton Building
which formerly stood on the south side Of
Louisiana avenue between Sixth and Seventh
streets. In 1873 quarters for large part of
the bureau were secured in the Shepherd Cen
tennial Building, as before stated. and from
here and from the Republican office and the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-15

Hobart March 4. 1897 Upon this occasion the
scribe, in telling US Of the ball, went beyond
the walls of the old building and the confines
of the Capital City, and even included all past
social events in the Western Hemisphere as be-
ing mere ordinary affairs compared to this
notable gathering. This is the introduction to
his story the following day:
1T is not exc ggerating to say that never in
the history of the New World, never during the
l22 years of independence of America, has there
been such a social gathering on American soil
as that which distinguished the grand ball at
the Pension ONCE Building last night"
But it was no doubt an affair thoroughly in
keeping with the occasion and tradition. Pres
ideEt and Mrs. Mckinley were never happier
than upon this occasion, though the latterS
health prevented her from taking a very active
part in the joyous occasion. Naturally, Nc
Kinley's campaign manager, Mark Hanna, was
there, and so was Mrs. Hanna, and after the
departure of the presidential party they held
a reception much lvelier than that held by the
Chief Executive and Mrs Mckinley. The re-
porter said that Mrs. Hanna looked like q
queen around whom court quickly gathered,
every member of which was only too willing to
pay her admiration.
What great changes a few years viii bring.
Vice President Hobart died two years later:
Mckinney was stricken down by the hand of an
anarchist, September 6, 1901, while attending
the Buffalo Exposition. The writer's friend
and neighbor, the late William " Cox, was
present when Mckinley Us shot, serving in
his official capacity as Se~-ctary Of the Gov
eminent Board of the n-American EXPOSE
tioa One evening a few years before he
passed away, and while we were riding to our
respective homes in Brightwood in a Georgia
avenue car, the assassination of Mckinley was
talked oyer. Mr.. Cox said that every possible
safeguard was thrown around the President
upon that occasion, and that it was not hui
manly possible to have prevented the dastardly
act. At that time he went into detail, and
outlined the precautions taken for the public
reception which was TO be Mr. McKinley's last;
all. however to no avail.
Mrs Mckinley, Senator and Mrs. Hanna, and
many others have passed away since then,
though Mark Hanna, an astute politician, Is
well represented by his daughter, Mrs. Ruth
Hanna Mccormick, who has just left Congress
after having been defeated for the United
States Senate.
TWO well knswn band leaders were in at
- tendance at this ball, with their respective
Organizatio ns-Victor Herbert, the noted Irish
American composer, and own viii Haley
Of fond memory. The former brought along
the band of the 22d Regiment Of New York,
and the latter furnished the dance music with
IN orchestra of about $50 pieces.
When Strauss named one of his most cele-
brated waltzes, Wine Women and Song" he
knew well what appealed most to the human
heart and mind. At this ball there were plenty
of women from the most cultured and refined
TO most any one who could raise the price OF q
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-15

REFORE the Pension Bureau moved into its
Office in Judiciary Square, it was housed in
three separate places in Washington: In the
Shepherd Centennial Building, at the north
east corner of Pennsylvania avenue and
Twelfth street. where the Hotel Raleigh stands:
in the National Republican Building, which
stood on the southwest corner Of Pennsylvania
avenue and Thirteenth street, and In the
May Building, sos Seventh street northwest.
Obviously this branch Of the Federal service
has always been one Of the most useful and
important. since for many years It has been
the medium through which the Nations
soldiers, their widows and orphans have been
taken care of by grateful Republic.
Before the Department Of the Interior was
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ticket, and the music supplied the song. There
was no wine, but an elaborate menu was served,
and included:
Raw Oysters
ConSomme in Cups
Broied Oysters
oysters la Poulette
Chicken Outlets
Sweetbread Patties
Terrapin
Chicken Salad Lobster Salad
Crab Salad
Game Pate Boaed Turkey
Pate de Foie Gras
Tongue Smithfeld Ham
Roll Sandwiches
Vanilla Ice Cream Chocolate Ice Cream
Lemon Ice
Roman Punch Cakes
Fruit Cafe
Johannis Water White Rock Water
Following the Mckinley Inaugural Ball Of
1897 came another to that President in 1901.
Then followed the one given to Roosevelt and
Fairbanks IN 1905, and the final one held in
the building on March A. 1909 for President
WiIliem Howard Taft ard Vice President James
s. Sherman. President Wilson and the Chisf
Executives who have followed INN dispensed
with this early CUSTOM which produced a great
deal Of pleasure and enjoyment, and provided.
to considerable extent at least, means for
the Inaugural Committee to pay its expenses,
which largely fall upon the local people, and
tWO years from row It should be revived.
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ported by heavy iron Orders and the rooms
heated by furnaces"
In the next report by Mr. Sessford. for 1S4S,
he says: The extensive building erected last
year by Mr. Winder has been finished and is
now occupied by various public Offices" This,
it would seem, would about set the date when
the Pension ONCE first occupied this building.
James Croggon, in speaking of the Winder
Building says that it was erected on the site
OF the old yellow printing Office Of Alexander &
Bernard by Charles n Winder about the
time the bill was passed. He first rented 1t to
the Government for the accommodation Of
such Offices as could not find accommodations
In the department buildings. After paying
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-15
Ice Prcdachon Rises.

DESPITE the ilroads electric and gas FS-
frigerators have made in the ice market,
the sellers of manufactured ice found the year
1929 profitable, with total output of nearly
100000 tons of ice, an increase over 1897 a
nearly 10 per cent.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-09-07

$2500, the result of 10 days of work of four men. The brick was placed in the First National Bank of Anchorage.
 Jack Doyle has already expended $11O,OOO in these mines. The gold from the Mint is of exceptional quality and brings $20 an ounce.
 Pyle has been exceedingly pleas ed with the seasons help of Mr. Ray, a government geological min ing expert whose assistance has been a great help all summer.
 A recent visit from pr. Smith, successor to pr. Alfred Brooks and present head of the geological work in Alaska was enjoyed by the mine
Seward daily gateway., 1931-09-07
ANCHORAGE NEWS
(By special correspondent

Q. A. Pyle, manager of the Mar ion Twin Mining Company, operat- ing the Mint mine and on Craigie creek. of which Jack Doyle, mil- lionaire oil and mining man of Los Angeles, is the owner, has closed down operations for the season at
 Willow Creew. Manager Pyle would have preferred to continue work a little while longer as they recent ly struck rich find on the Mint. He brought out gold brick worth
Seward daily gateway., 1931-09-07
CORDOVA FORESTER

To take over the management of the Prince William Sound divi- sion of Chugach National Forest, replacing Supervisor W. J. McDon- aid, shortly to be transferred to Ketchikan. District Forest Ranger Harold A. Smith arrived in Cor dova recently to make his head quarters there. He is accompanied by Mrs. Smith and his two daugh- ters, Lorraine and Virginia, says the Cordova Times
Seward daily gateway., 1931-09-07
SERVICE ASSURED

It is reported in the Cordova Times that the proposals for the Yakataga mail contract, with four trips a year, would be accepted by the Postoffice Department and that this service is virtually as sured. This is the first definite: result of the Cordova Chamber of Commerce activities toward en-. larging the COrdova service.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-09-07

The Wrangell School Board will require that all school children must present certificates of small pox vaccination before they may enroll in the Wrangell schools, reports the Sentinel. Pupils are to be vaccinated free, the town bear ing the expense.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-09-07
JOHN HAGEN DIES

John Hagen, who entered the Seward General Hospital some time ago with serious ailment, passed away Sunday morning at about 4 o'clock. It is believed Ha- gen was Westward resident but little information seems to be available about him He was about 40 years of age.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-09-07

Henry Dad" Baxter, oldtimer of the Northland and resident of Anchorage, passed away in that town recently, according to The Times. His death was due to a cancerouS growth.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-09-07
HOPPING PACIFIC TO-DAY

The plane City of Tacoma" with Allen and Moyle on board, took off from Tokyo at 10:15 this morning on their projected flight across the Pacific Ocean with Seattle as their destination.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-09-07

Funeral services were held re- gently in Wrangell for Joseph Will Hams, who died in Juneau from inflammation of the brain, reports the Wrangell Sentinel.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-09-07

George Barclay, well known res ident of the Interior railroad belt, who has been working in the Cache Creek mining district dur ing the summer, succumbed to illness while being conveyed to Talkeetna, reports the Anchorage Times.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-09-07

Andrew Iverson, pioneer old timer of this district who has been ill for the last year, was very low Sunday, according to a hos pital report. His brother, Antone, is enroute to Seward from Seat tie on the SS. Alaska
Seward daily gateway., 1931-09-07

John Boyle, aged five years, son of MT. and Mrs. John c. Boyle of Circle, passed away in Fair banks recently. His parents were with him when the end came, says the NewS-Miner.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-09-07

Otto Vetric, an oldtimer of DaW- son was found dead in his cabin recently, says the Dawson Weekly News.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-09-07

Stricken by heart attack while he was eating dinner at a Fairbanks bakery, George Ewers, aged 66 years, died in a few mo- ments, says the News-Miner
Seward daily gateway., 1931-09-07

Miss Amelia Christiansen and Earl Nieuwejaar were married in Seldovia recently, says the Herald. The couple will make their home in Seldovia.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-09-07

Mrs. David Lewis passed away
 recently in Wrangell after months of suffering from cancer, says
 the Wrangell Sentinel.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-09-07

IngWald Jacobson, local resident, cut hand badly with an axe, it is said, and is in the Seward General Hospital.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-09-07

officials, as was call from MT. Mendenhall, United States geologi- cal expert and head of the work in the United States. Manager Pyle left Seward on last weeks boat for the Outside.
 a: ]: *
 The body of a man who had com mitted suicide by shooting himself was found recently in Anchorage in the brush near the new flying field on the east side of town. The man was identified by w. A. Van Wink le. who had loaned him the gun about the 1st of November, last. He said the dead mans name Wasa John Miller. A gunshot hole in the head, an empty shell nearby was proof of a self made tragedy. No thing is known of the mans rela- lives or where he came from.