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The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-23
SANTA SENDS WORD
HE WILL ARRIVE IN
BISMARCK THURSDAY
Community Players to Present
Holiday Play Christmas
Afternoon

A light snowfall occurring in Bis
marck Wednesday served to quiet
the fears of those who had believed
that Santa Claus would be unable
to get to Bismarck for his scheduled
appearance at the Christmas pro-
gram at the city auditorium Thurs
day afternoon.
The committee in charge of the
affair has received telegram from
Santa himself, saying that there is
plenty of snow between here and
the north pole and his reindeer will
have no trouble in getting him here.
It is believed that Santa will leave
Immediately after the program on
a tour of the world to deliver toys to
boys and girls Of every nation.
After Saint Nicholas is introduced
every child in the audience will be
presented with a bag of candy. Judge
A. B. Burr is chairman Of the com.
mittee instrumental in bringing
Santa here. Harold Shaft is chair.
man of the program which will
commence at 2:3O p. m.
To Give Program
The program follows:
Music-High school band under
direction of Clarion Larson.
Christmas Carol, 1T Came Upor
the Midnight Clear"-children lee
by Otto Bauer.
Solo-Mrs. w. ]. Targart.
Christmas Carol, Jingle Bells
children.
Address-Rev. Ira f. Herzberg.
Solo-Lorenzo Belk.
Christmas Carol, "Silent Night
Continued on page Seven
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-23
Omaha Police Seek
Slayer of Lapidus

Omaha, Neb, Dec 23-tP)-Police
Wednesday sought q solution OF the
killing of Harry Lapidus, wealth
Omaha business man and a leading
figure in Nebraska politics. IN the
tangled love affair of an employees
daughter.
Lapidus was shot and killed in his
automobile near his home shortly be-
fore Tuesday midnight. Detectives
learned New York man. who sought
to marry the daughter of one Of his
employees, told Lapidus Tuesday. "1ll
kill you If it's the last thing ever
do"
Lapidus, police were told, was ap-
pealed to by the girls father, after
the man had come from New York
four times to see the girl. Lapidus In
tervened, and Tuesday told the man
he must not press his attentions on
the girl.
The girl, Rose Nepomick, 10, and
her father, Ben, told the story to au-
i thorities.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-23
Unurecedented Warm Weather Marks
Opening Of Winter in United States

the frost coming out Of the
ground.
New York had one Of those old
fashioned summer time thunder
showers. with gloomy fog that
made ship movements difficult,
and Pittsburgh reported an elec-
trical storm and heavy rain.
Roses were blooming In Louis
Vile and the Chicago weather
man had to go all the way back
to Dec. %, 1875, to find temper
ature to equal Tuesdays 81.
Cleveland had 50, an all-time
record.
The southwest was warm too.
So was the Rocky Mountain Sec
ton. Tennis courts and golf
links were doing a rushing busi-
ness In Denver. On the Pacific
Coast the weather was mostly sea-
sonable.
And Christmas is just around
the corner.
In contrast TO the Summery
winter of other areas, between 300
and 1000 wild horses were starv-
ing to death on the San Luis VAL
ley, east of Manassa. Colo, be-
cause the rangeland was covered
with snow.
Attendants worked to keep the
roads open through General
Grant Park In the Sierras. where
winteI had laid a thick covering
Of snow.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-23
|M'LEAN OFFICIALS
PROBING ROBBERY
Seek Information in Emmons
County About Wilton
Bank Bandits

Linton, N. D., Dec. 23.-(P-Mc-
Lean county authorities were in Lin
ton Wednesday investigating clues In
connection with the robbery of the
First National Bank Of Wilton on
Dec. g.
Came From Washburn
States Attorney G. A. Lindell and
and Sheriff A. J. Loudenbeck, came
here from Washburn Tuesday. Their
investigations have been yelled in
secrecy.
Gunder Osjord, head of the state
bureau of criminal apprehension
who came here on another case, con.
ferred with the Mclean county au-
thorities.
Several of the victims of the Will
ton bank robbery were called here
but declined to discuss the purpose
of their visit.
Emmons county authorities saio
they had no knowledge of the pur'
pose of the Mclean county officials
visit to this community.
The First National bank of Wiltor
was robbed by three men who es'
capped with about $500 cash the after
| noon of Dec. 8.
The trio escaped in an automobile
and were traced to the western bor'
de. of the state, where the trail was
! lost.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-23
Five Supper Clubs
In New York Raided

New York. Dec. 23.-(P)-Five rich
ly appointed supper clubs faced con-
fiscation of thousands Of dollars
worth of equipment and furnishings
Wednesday under the revenue act OF
1866 as the result of series OF raids
by prohibition agents.
The raids, in which IS agents par
ticipated, were the first in New York
in which the revenue act was applied
since it was recently upheld by the
supreme court as all instrument
against prohibition law violators.
More than 100 persons were arrest
ed, among whom we're seven held Tor
immigration authorities for illegal
entry.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-23
Scores Bridge as
Well as Whistling

New York, Dec. %. - (AP) -
Charles Gray Shaw, the New
York University philosophy pro-
fessor who recently stirred a
storm of protest by asserting
whistling was a noise emanating
from empty heads, has now
turned his attention to the Lenz-
Culbertson bridge match. :.
1.-THE worse feature of bridge"
he said, "is its tendency to weaken
the function of natural emotion;
| it is anemic in its general effect.
It takes it's devotee out of life
and keeps him, 'botffwhile at the
card table and long after the
game is over, from participating
in experiences of the actual world
of men and women"
The professor conceded bridge
playing might require brains but
insisted the quality Of gray mat
ter developed at the bridge table
was not worth cultiVating.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-23
Police Intensity Search
For Slayer of Young Girl
Fear That 11-Year-Old Cincin-
natl Boy Met Same Fate
Is Set at Rest

Cincinnati, O., Dec. 23.-(AP)-
William Hornsby, 11-year-old boy
who disappeared from his home Eear
where the nfutilated body Of. SIX
year-old Marian Mclean was found
Tuesday, returned Wednesday.
Earlier in the day police had been
asked by his father to aid in his
search. The boy was found by a
policeman near the home of friend.
Meanwhile police intensified their
search for the slayer Of the Mclean
child.
The Hamilton county grand jury
has returned first-degree murder
indictment against the unnamed
slayer of the Mclean child.
The indictment was eturned
solely to speed bringing the girls
slayer to his fate, should he be
found. 1t charged murder in COM
misSion Of criminal attack, and mur-
der alone, both offenses bearing death
or life Imprisonment as penalties.
Meanwhile police questioned three
men.
One was Charles Bischoff, as
Pudgy Shoemaker who found the
girls body in his cellar. Another
was James Devenny, 40, his brother
in-law, who lives at the address
from which the Hornsby boy dis
appeared. A third was Dennis Del
aney, a., accused heretofore of mo-
testing young girls.
Prosecutor r. N. German said thu
grand jury returned the "John Doe
indictment for two reasons; first
if Marian's slayer was apprehendet
in another state it would pave thu
way for easy extradition; and sec
ondly, if the kidnaper was caugh
here he could be arraigned directl!
in common pleas court, saving tn:
time required in preliminary police
court hearing.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-23
JOSEPH DIETRICH
STRICKEN AT HOME
TUESDAY EVENING
EIks Lodge Will Have Charge Of
Funeral Services Thurs.
day Afternoon
HAD LIVED IN CRY 81 YEARS
Heart Disease Fatal to octo-
genarian, Former Friend
Of General Custer

Joseph Dietrich, IS, died at his home

Joseph Dietrich, IS, died at his home
In Bismarck at p. m. Tuesday to
bring to a close the career of man
who came up the Missouri river In a
river steamboat 81 years ago to help
bring civilization to country which
then was little more than a Wilder
ness.
He was Bismarck's oldest living
resident.
In robust health during his long life,
Dietrich was stricken with a heart at
tack Sunday which rapidly sapped his
strength, death coming less than 90
hours later.
Physicians had held out little hope
for his recovery because OF his ao-
vanced age.
Besides his widow. he leaves two
daughters, Mrs. p. E. Byrne, Bismarck
and Miss Mable Dietrich, Los Angeles
Cal. and three grandchildren. William
Byrne, st. Paul. and oseph and Jane
Byrne, Bismarck.
Funeral services will be held at
Wcbb's Funeral Parlors Thursday
afternoon at 2:30 p. m. The Elks
lodge will have charge OF arrange
ments.
Dietrich's relatives requested Friday
that no flowers be sent for the rites
First as an ambitious young adven-
turer seeking his fortune IN the IRON
tier northwest and later as mercn-
ant in thriving young city, Dletricn
had been widely known flgure III
Bismarck since the first rude shack
was built here more than hall a cen
tury ago.
Was Friend Of Custer
The early life of Joseph Dletr1cr
was surrounded with the glamour gen
orally associated with frontier days o.
the old Northwest.
General George Custer and many O.
the soldiers Of his command were
among the acquaintances OF youns
Dietrich. who had already been IN tns
territory six years before Clusters col
umn started on its ill-fated journey Il
the Little Big Horn.
Dietrich had already applied for
post as assistant guide to the expedl
ton. when Charley Reynolds, famous
frontiersman, believing the risk to-
great, prevailed upon him TO give W
the, idea. Reynolds was killed feV
weeks later in a skirmish between
Major Reno's command and ban'
of Indians.
Born in New York state IN l84e
Dietrich came up the river by steam
boat from Sioux City. Ia, in 1869. !
Young man Of Is, he had elected y
cast his lot with those who found ad
venture in braving the hardships Q
the wilderness under constant DANCE
from attack by hostile Indians y
seek their fortunes in a new country.
He landed at Painted Woods,
steamboat fueling station. few mile
north of where Bismarck now stands
He remained there until the spring 0
1870 working with few others cut
ting timber for fuel for boats tina
piled the Missouri.
Built River Boat
A few months later he built rive
boat which he piloted down the knif
River to the point where the vlllag
of Stanton now stands, to establish
fueling station Of his own. Here n
worked alone in district wnere tn
lContiuued on page sevenI
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-23
.CULBERTS0N PAIR TO
START SECOND HALF
1Q,7O5 POINTS AHEAD
Leading Bridge Team Lost 4l5
Points Tuesday Night in
Long Session

New York, Dec. 23.-(F)-Ely Cul-
bertson and Theodore A. Lightner
move to the Waldorf Wednesday
night. l0.705 points ahead. For the
second half of a l50-rubber match be-
tween a team representing the Gull
bertson system Of contract bridge and
Sidney S. Lenz and Oswald Jacoby.
playing the Lenz system.
Second best in the matter of PEN
alties in the 11th and final session at
the Chatham. ending early Wednes-
day. Culbertson and Lightner lost Ais
points and five of nine rubbers. The
rubber standing OF the series became
AZ for Culbertson's side and 36 for
Lenz and Jacoby, the points 70,255
and $3.50 respectively.
Culbertson and Lightner were pen
allied 1900 points during the session
compared with 1900 for their rivals
One set Of 900 came at once against
Culbertson, another Of 600. Lightner
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-23
Churches Arranging
Christmas Services
Christmas Eve Programs Thurs.
day Evening Planned BY
Seven Denominations
TO FEATURE SPECIAL MUSIC
Children to Take Leading Parts
in Religious Tributes to
Newborn King

Preparations were being completed
Wednesday for the observance of
Christmas in Bismarck's churches.
Seven churches will hold services on
Christmas eve and the others will
confine their cbservances to the ma
tai day of the Newborn King.
Those which will open the holiday
with Thursday evening services are
the McCabe Methodist Episcopal, First
Evangelical. Zion Evangelical Luth-
eran, German Evangelical, First Bap-
tist, st. Georges Episcopal and St.
Mary's Roman Catholic.
With the exception of the services at
st. Mary's, which will consist of the
traditional midnight Mass. and at st.
Georges Episcopal, all of the cere-
monies are scheduled for early Thurs
day evening.
Special music and religious tribute
to the Child of Bethlehem will fea-
ture all the obseryances. In many
cases children will take leading part
in the services.
McCabc Methodist
Ceremonies at the McCabe Metho.
AAoU AiPAoCOPeAA SAluACll Will SCU ullNCA
way at 1880 p. nn.. Thursday with q
song, Joy to the World" by the con.
gregation. Evelyn Coats will give &
scripture reading and Kathleen Spohr
will lead in prayer. The Sunda!
School will sing There's Song II
the Air" and David Nye will give Sc
,lected recitation. Betty Ore will re-
cite Long Ago on Christmas Night
and Jean Pickles will tell "The Christ
mas Story" The Sunday School viii
sing Silent Night" and six girls viii
present an exercise, Christ is Born.
Elizabeth Ritterbush and five small
girls will be THE Stars of Christmas
while four second-grade boys viii
serve as porters. Betty Jean and Pau
Christianson will sing Sleep Baby
Sleep" while the Sunday School vii
sing "The Christmas Manger Seen
and Away in Manger.'
Spencer Boise, Jr.. Paul Gilbert an,
Earl Garrison will sing Three King
of The Orient"
! Afterward there will be presentation
of gifts by each Sunday School pup1
at the church altar. These will b
distributed to persons in need or givel
to the Mandan Deaconess Hospita
Candy and nuts will be given to chill
dren of the Sunday School at the clos
|, of the exercises.
First Evangelical Church
Services at the First Evangelica
church will begin at 7:45 p. m. Mem
bers Of the program committee ar
Mrs. A. C. Baulke. Mrs. william
Schwartz and Mrs. A. w. Heidingel
They have been assisted by Mrs.,A {
Small and Mrs. R. E. Drew. Merrill
J Larkin, Sunday School superintendent
will preside. with Mrs. Baulke at tn
piano and Rev. Ira E. Herzberg Il
charge of the worship program an
oIertory.
Silent Night" will be sung by tn
Sunday School as professional an
songs and recitationS will be given b
the Little Beginners group. and tn
primary and junior department.
tCOntinued on page sevenI
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-23
VETERANS CLOSING
HEART CAMP AlGN
Rue Says Packing Of Christmas
Baskets Main Item Still
to Be Done

Members Of the American Legion
Wednesday were preparing TO write
"finis" to the public service effort OF
the veterans organization for this
year.
Milton Rue, chairman Of the Open
Your Heart" campaign. said most OF
the Christmas boxes which will be
sent out have been packed and a
large number already are on their
way. Only q few clothes remain Of
the vast stock given to the campaign
by the public for distribution apd all
of these will be disposed Of by the
time the headquarters Is closed
Thursday, Rue said.
The main effort wednesday was
being centered on the preparation OF
~ Christmas basekts which the Le-
gion will distribute as its part in the
citys good fellowship" effort
Donation of SIT in cash Wednesday
brought the total of money gifts to
s63936. The list of new donors fol-
lovfyS.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-23
PARENTS GUILTY OF
MISTREATING Child
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry N. Riley
Sentenced to Two Years
Imprisonment

Washington, Dec. %. (AP) =
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry N. Riley were
sentenced to two years Imprisonment
and fined $3.50 Wednesday for cru
eltv to thei-. 12-ycar-old child. Edith.
Justice F. D. Let's imposed the
maximum penalty after describing riis
evidence in the case as "revolting to
the common sense Of Justice
The Rileys were convicted Thursday
of treating their child cruelty over a
period of years. It was testified they
kept her confined in a dark close!
four years and otherwise mistreated
her.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-23

also went down 600 in lump. In a
futile effort to save the last rubbe-
of the session the side lost 1850 points
in three straight hands. Several
times during the session Culbertson
was more than $4,000 points plus.
Says Lenz Underbid
Lenz remarked that his opponents
were fortunate in not being vulner-
able when they stepped out. Culbert-
son congratulated himself that his
loss was not greater. He thought his
opponents grossly underbid on several
occasions through the faults OF their
system.
CONTINUED on page Seven)
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-23
Farm Borrowers Have
Returned $11,934,253

Washington, Dec. 23-tF)-The gov
ernment's farmer borrowers have re-
turned $l1,o34,253 to the treasury tills
from funds advanced last spring to
plant new crops after the 1880
drought
More is coming in daily as the
farmers sell fall harvests on which
the government took liens In many
cases where settlement now would
work a hardship. time extensions are
ceing made.
The agriculture department loaned
approximately s4s.0CO,000 from the
SGT .oo0 1000 appropriated BY the last
| congress for relief purposes.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-23
Late Bulletins

NIGHT MARSHAL WOUNDED
Lime Springs, Iowa, Dec. 23.-
R)-Resisting q gunman who at
tempted to kidnap him, Emil vo-
gel, 5O-year- Lime Springs
night marshal, was shot and
wounded seriously early Wednes-
day. Physicians said he is ex-
pected to recover.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-23
WOULD BOOST BANK FUND

Washington, Dec. 23.-(F1-An ad-
dition OF SIS, ,0O0. 900 to the 500, ,000. 600
land bank bill, designed specifically
to allow the banks to be lenient with
delinquent borrowers, was suggested
Wednesday at a senate committee
hearing.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-23
INFANT Is SOUGHT

Hobart, Ind, Dec. 23.-tR)-
David Piper, four months son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Piper.
was sought Wednesday by Lake
county authorities following a re-
port Of the baby's disappearance
from his home.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-23
BACKS PROSPERITY BONDS

Washington, Dec. 23.-fP)-A plea
for a $500, 0,000,0 900 issue Of prosperity
bonds" for immediate expansion OF
federal. state an local building was
made Wednesday by Senator La Fol-
lette who introduced such bill last
night.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-23
Today in Congress
WEDNESDAY
Senate

WEDNESDAY
Senate
Stands adjourned until Jan. A.
Banking subcommittee under Chair.
IAN Cary OF Wyoming. ope = 4',ar-
.ags on proposals TO increase Ian.
canks' capital.
House
In adjournment for Christmas.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-23
WOULD CUT FEDERAL
SALARIES

Washington, Dec. 23.-(P9-Reduc-
tions of 10 per cent in all federal sal
aries above $4,000 was advanced Wed
nesday by Senator Borah, Republican
Idaho.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-23
VOTE SUBSIDY TO FARMERS

VOTE SUBSIDY TO FARMERS
Madison, Wis, Dec. 23.-P)-
Wisconsin's progressive assembly.
in a tumultuous session, voted .
subsidy to the state farmers. II
the income of = farm does not
pay its operator at the rate of
30 cents for an eight-hour day
and time and half for overtime
It Is proposed that the state reach
into its treasury nd pay the
farmer tho difference.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-23
The Weather

Partly cloudy tonight and Thurs
day; not much change in temp
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-23

CONTINUED on page Seven)
Evening star., 1931-12-16

that the. American Capital City = the
In its national government.
What is 1t not and does not
Our constitutional amendment:
J.. Does not propose the admission uf
State.
q. Does not propose the destruction
OF the "10-mile square" provision of
the Constitution or lessen In the slight
est degree the complete control of the
Nation over the District.
s. Is not a measure for local SELF
government; and,
4. Does not disturb in any way the
financial relation OF the Nation and
Capital.
Need Aid Of the Voters.
To put this program through Con-
gress and the State legislatures the
Citizens Joint Committee on National
Representation requires and deserves
the active aid Of every patriotic Ameri-
can who believes in fair play. Such
help is especially needed from those
sovereign Americans who are so fort,1-
nate as to possess the ballot, and con-
sequently are represented in Congress.
These voters have the power of appeal
to Senators and Representatives which
the District voteless citizen does not
possess In theory these District peo-
pie are represented In Congress by the
entire membership of the two houses.
but 1t Is difficult to discover members
OF either body who recognize these vote
less ones as their constituents.
To the voteless Washingtonian this
campaign for political equity presents a
real challenge. This fight will not be
won by watchful waiting, or even by
well wishing. 1t is a job deserving Of
the very best that Is in us. When the
patriots in Boston were confronted bv
the necessity of making a protest so
forceful that even the British govern
ment would understand it they did not
falter but made every needed sacrifice,
In the same way sacrifice of time
effort and money Is required for the
District to win these fundamental
rights. This Is a job which will have
to be done, for it is unthinkable that
so anomalous a condition can longer he
tolerated at the very heart of the Ma
ton. There appears to be no time
better than the present for the settle
ment OF this matter, which Is so vital
TO the preservation of the rights Of the
National Capital community. Organ
lZed washington has spoken almost with
single voice In support of this CON
stltutlonal amendment but there rnust
be added to this the persistent a.d de-
voted effort Of every bloomin' soul" II
victory Is to come within a reasonabj.
time.
Evening star., 1931-12-16

the American patriots Of that time were
of one mind on the question of taxa
ton by a government in which they
were not represented. They had had
no part in plunging the British govern
ment into its heavy debt, and resented
the disposition to use the unrepresented
colonies as source of revenue.
There seems to have been no disposi-
ton en- the part of the colonies to evade
any responsibility of taxation or other
obligation to the mother country. They
were, however. firmly grounded in the
belief that there should be no taxation
by Parliament in which they had no
representation. They declared en-
phatically that taxation without repre-
sentation is tyranny Of course, the
English idea of representation was
somewhat different from that of the
colonies. In fact, there was such a
marked difference between the two ideas
Of representation that to the English
the American objection seemed foolish.
The English believed that representa-
tive from any part of England repre-
sented the whole nation, and that the
American colonies, being a part of Eng
land, were consequently represented.
The colonists' idea was that the voter
and the representative voted for must
be residents of the same district The
voters of any district had the right to
send one of their own citizens to any
assembly If they were to be represented.
We today encounter those in and out
of Congress who still hold to the British
idea of representation, for they tell us
that the District of Columbia alresoV
is represented in Congress by the 435
Representatives and the e6 Senator's
There is just about as much truth in
that theory as there was in the claim
of the old lady that she had the iden-
tlcal tea set used at the Boston Tea
Party.
The forceful protests in various uavs
ny tne other colonies had an influence,
but without question the affair at Ros-
Evening star., 1931-12-16

ton had the most pronounced effect on
the English government, and resulted
In further expressions. thereby hasten
ing the day of complete separation from
the mother country.
Citizens Here Give Aid.
In our meditation on this historic
anniversary it is we'll for us to remem-
ber that the first to respond with relief
for Boston after the imposition of the
heavy penalty for the tea party were
the people of this section of Maryland.
This District was then a part of Fred
erick County. and as such contributed
In money and man power to this relief.
There then existed in the hearts and
minds of these people the same hatred
for a condition of taxation without
representation as existed in Boston.
Descendants of these our local Revolu-
tionary patriots are here today, and
they are taxed and required to render
military service and bear all of the
other burdens Of citizenship but are
denied all representation in that Gov