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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-03-19
Miss Runey Will
Be a Candidate
For Reelection

Adding fuel to the fire under the
county political pot, which began sim.
mering recently. Miss Madge Runey
today announced that she has decided
to seek reelection to the post Of
county superintendent Of schools
Within a short time she plans tC
circulate petitions throughout the
county in order that her name may be
officially placed on the ballot at the
primary election in June.
Miss Runey has been twice electet
to the county position and seeks {
third term strictly upon the record Of
her conduct Of the office during the
past four years.
Jos. Coghlan, Bismarck attorney
announced yesterday that he will bt
candidate for the nomination fol
states attorney Of Burleigh county a
the June primary. During his sever
years residence in Bismarck Mr.
Coghlan has served as supreme court
reporter and librarian, and was as
sistant states attorney under f. S
Allen, who was his law partner.
Other candidates who have an.
nounced themselves include G. l.
Spear, who will seek second term as
county treasurer; and Grant Palms ol
Arena, who will be a candidate fol
county sheriff. Friends of L. F.. Hea'
ton of Mckenzie are urging him to be
come an independent candidate fol
the legislature from Burleigh county
Although no public announcement
has been forth coming from S. ]
King, formerly of Moffit but now O.
Bismarck. word comes from the coun.
try districts that Mr.. King is now cir
culating petitions in preparation TO
q campaign for the county sheriff
nomination.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-03-19
Big CROWDS IN
MANDAN TODAY
FOR CAGE MEET
More Than 1000 Reserved
Seats SOld-Title Game
Is Saturday Night

Mandan, N. d. March 19.-(AP.) :
With hundreds of fans on hand from
all parts Of the state and all teams Of
the eight district champions here ex-
"ept Dickinson, due to arrive early
this afternoon. everything was in
readiness for !the opening Of the an
nual state basketball tournament:
More than 1000 reserved seats have
been sold and it is expected that 1900
people will witness the opening games
this afternoon between Fargo-Dcvils
Lake and Mandan- Minot.
Confidence is expressed by every
coach and every team. Dickinson au-
tomobiles by the dozen were trailing
into Mandan today with more than SOC
fans expected from that city. The
weather is ideal for motoring in the
western part Of the state, with the
mercury ranging about 60 at noon. 9
condition which will add to attend
ance, tourney officials believe.
|. Tonight Grand Forks and Valley
City, Donnybrook and Dickinson will
meet. Winners Of this afternoons
and tonight's play Saturday morning
Consolation games will be played Sat
urday afternoon and championship
contests Saturday evening. A ban
quet will follow the final games will
superintendent w. +. McClelland o,
the state training school as host
Games are being played in the stat'
training school gymnasium southwes
of the city.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-03-19
MILLS TOTAL
LOSS PLACED
AT $S24,25O
Audit Made BY @. b. Lund
Places Deficit For 1925
at $188, ,4O3.O5

North Dakota's state mill and term
inal elevator is $824.250.02 "in the
red" according to an audit report for
the period from July l to December
81, 1925, filed with the state auditing
board by O. B. Lund.
The total liabilities of the institu-
ton are $6,016,O9902 and the deficit
is deducted from it to strike balance
with the assets. listed at $5,19l ,848.10.
Losses by years are listed as follows:
1922-$125,963.24; 1923-$278, 8,92482;
1924-823O,959.81; 1925-$l88, ,4O3. .05.
The principal asset items listed on
the consolidated balance sheet are:
cash and bills receivable, $6ll,18S.97; /;
inventories, grain, flour, ETC., $l.5lO.-
515.O8; fixed assets, real estate. build
ings. machinery, equipment. etc, 3d.
061 .O23.5O.
The chief liability items were: s4.-
100000 in capital bonds; $94O.447.3i
in interest and depreciation and $685.
643.82 in current liabilities.
Lost 36.9 Cents Per Barrel
In his report Lund said: "On the
bisis of 800 days Of "a hours each per
year. the, mill operated 30.68 per cent
Of the time during the first six
months Of the year and $3.50 per cent
Of the time during the last half Of the
year, or Al .63 per cent of the time for
the whole year. manufacturing 510,364
barrels Of flour at loss Of 1863 cents
per barrel, including depreciation or
plant and interest on bonds outstand.
ing"
The report. which is SO typewriter
pages long, gives a detailed account
of the various transactions at the mil
! and a complete inventory of IT'S assets
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-03-19
New YOrk's Best
Dance Orchestras
on Radio Tonight

New York. March l9.-The music
of five Of. New York's best known
dance orchestras, interspersed with
selections by Helen Clark, soprano,
the Revellers and the Shannon quar-
tettc, will be broadcast through WIZ.
New York, and the other stations OF
the network Of the Radio Corporation
of America, this evening, beginning
at 3 p. M, eastern standard time. This
| is the sixth concert in the 1926 series
of the Victor Talking Machine COM
pany.
Seven groups of dance numbers
have been so arranged on the pro-
gram that substantial part Of the
hour and half can be devoted ia
dancing by the radio audience. Var.
iety is provided between the Orches-
tral selections, however, by a care.
fully arranged program of solo, duet
quartette and other selections.
In addition to, WIZ, the program
win be heard through KYW, Chicago;
KDKA, Pittsburgh: WBZ, Spring.
field. Mass: WGY, Schenectady. and
WRC, Washington b. C.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-03-19
State Railroad Board Author
ICES New Rate Schedules
Consumers in the Three
Cities Will Benefit COnsid-
erably by Establishment
of Lower Rates.

Reduced residential electric light
ing mates for Minot and Grand
Forks and reduced gas rates for
Fargo and Grand Forks were ap-
proved today by the state railroad
board
In each case consumers in the three
cities will benefit by substantial re-
ductions. Frank Milhollan, chairman
Of the state board said, although the
total amount in any case cannot now
be estimated.
In both Fargo and Grand Forks gas
rates are placed on sliding STALE
basis. Fargo's previous gas rate was
81 per 1000 cubic feet regardless OF
the quantity used. Under the new
step-ra system, the first 500 cubic
feet or less will cost a minimum of ST
as readiness tO-serve charge. The
rate for the next 800 feet will be
$1.80,. cents, net; for the next 5000
feet, $l.66h cents; for the next 10,.
900 feet, $l.52 and for all over 10000
feet a minimum rate Of $l.b5.
Proportional reductions were made
in the gas rates at Grand Forks, al
though the scale is somewhat higher
because consumption of /gas is not
as large in Grand Forks as in Fargo
Nilhollan said.
Will Encourage Further Use
The step-ratc system, Milhollar
said. will not only reduce the cost Of
gas to every consumers but by en-
cOuraging the use of gas will enabls
the company to distribute it's fixet
charges and overhead costs over
greater volume Of business, thus les
sening the cost of any one consumer
1t is probable, he said, that the low
rates. in the higher steps will encour
age the use of gas by commercial an,
Industrial firms, thereby adding t
the volume and making possible re
ductions in operating costs.
| In the Fargo case the commission
! order required the company to kee
accurate cost and revenue data an
| reserved to the commission the righ
| to reopen the case, either on CON
\ plant Of consumers or on its own mo
Continued on page four.)
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-03-19
Gripping War Film
to be Shown Here
First Time Tonight

"The World War;" the first COM
prehensive historical motion picture
Of the great conflict to be sanctioned
by the United States government,
will be shown tonight and tomorrow
night at the City Auditorium in Bis
marck under the auspices of Lloyd
Spetz Post No. /, American Legion.
An orchestra has been engaged to
play during the show, which will
start at 8 o'clock each evening, with
only one show each night. A matinee
will be given Saturday afternoon.
The proceeds from the entertainment
will be used by the local Legion post
for some community project.
This picture is based entirely upon
historical facts and scenes. Perhaps
that is why it has been characterized
by critics as "the most gripping and
Il true story Of the World War ever
told on the screen
The pervervid fictioneering of q
highly imaginative scenario writer
did not create the thrills or the
(. heart -throbs and the "human inter-
est" of this unusual picture. The
| World War, cruel and real, created
this film classic and gave it its most
appropriate title.
"When this picture has been seen
the World War in all its magnitude
! in 50 Tar as the faithful camera re-
cords Il, has passed in review" was
the comment Of Admiral w. S. Ben
son, u, S. NJ, after viewing the film
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-03-19
FOUR HELD, TWO
ARE SOUGHT IN.
FORGING GAME
Young Men Are Alleged 10
Have VictimiZed Merchants
Out Of $4,000
WORKED IN MINNEAPOLIS
Former Minct Bank Clerk and
a Fargo Man Among
These in Custody

Minneapolis, March 10. tAD Two
Youths were held by Minneapolis po-
lice, one by the police Of Grand Forks
n. d., one in Fargo and two more
were being sought in connection with
alleged check forging operations in
northwest cities in which Minneapo-
lis merchants lost about $4,000.
Robert Fins.ad and Francis Wells
both 20 years old, were brought here
from Fargo by detectives; Tilman
Thompson. Il former Minot, N. H..
bank clerk, is under eight months
sentence ut Fargo for fradulent
checks. and Dougies Travitz of Far
go, were held at Grand Forks. Two
of the gang are still ut large.
Wells and Finstad were charged
with forgery late yesterday on com
plaint of merchants whom they were
alleged to have victimized.
According to police, the six men
took lodgings in different sections OF
the city and after becoming ac-
quainted with store keepers Of the
neighborhood, presented checks for
amounts not exceeding $50 drawn by
other members of the gang.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-03-19
Frank GOttlOb, Who Sued For
100000 For Alleged Alien
alton Of His Wife's Affec-
t'+t r = ssrt y 80 = II ~ -
tions. Claims He Signed Pa
pers While in Disturbed
State Of Mind.

Billings, Mont, March 19.-(R :
Attorneys filed Il reply here late yes
tcrday claiming that q release from
all damage claims, Oh which Walter
J. Hill of st. Paul based his answe,
in an alienation suit brought hJ
Frank Cottlob, was obtained by fraua
and Misrepresentation.
The reply was filed in Park count.
district court and claims that Il re-
lease was obtained for a considera
tion Of 81 and that it is this re
lease on which Hill based his answer
in the suit for 100000 brought by
Gottlob for alleged alienation Of Mrs
Gottlob's affections by Hill. Iii
denied in the answer all points >ol
the complaint except that he hat
met GOttlobs wife in the summer O1
fall Of 1921 and that Gottlob's wife
obtained divorce on February 27
1922 on the ground of extreme cruel
ty.
Gottlob alleges that. there was j;
conference at Butte in the office o.
Mrs. Gottlob's attorney and that n
that time he and his wife and he
plcadings in the divorce action.
IL uaO Dcen agreed, tne repl.
states, that if the action whicl
Gottlob had started on the grounds
Of adultery With Hill, had beer
amended, that Gottlob should hav'
the custody, Of the three-year-ol'
daughter.
Gottlob alleges he was in n grcatl,
disturbed state Of mind for fear h
would not get the custody of the chill
and he was told that certain papers
which were handed to him to sign
related to the decree Of divorce, AM
gave him the custody Of the chill
and that unless he signed them tn
child would be given to it's mother.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-03-19
TO BUILD AN
ADDITION TO
THE VAN HORN
General Contract Let To John
l.. LarsOn-WOrk to be
=
Started Soon

Contracts have been awarded for 4
four-stery addition to the Van iorn
hotel, on Third street between Broad
way and Main, construction of which
will begin in the near future, with
completion Of the addition expected d
by early fall. The addition is being
built by the Bismarck Improvement
company, which OWNS the hotel build
ing, and will add Is large rooms to
the present. capacity Of the hotel,
which is 100 rooms. Each of the
rooms in the new addition will have
bath in connection.
The contract for the general con-
struction has been let to John l..
Larson, local contractor. The cleo
trical work will be done by L. X.
Skeeis and the plumbing and heating
will be installed by Frank Gramhs.
There were four bidders on the gen
eral contract. Mr.. Larson estimates
the total cost Of the project ut
$4,000. The addition will be between
the present hotel building and Log
ans grocery store.
The addition will be of fircproof
construction. and will be 25 x 30 feet
in size. The ground floor will be
no decision has as yet been reached
as to what line Of business will oc-
cupy the room. It may even be pos
sible that the room will be used for
the hotel cafe.
Work On Apartment To Start Soon
Construction work on the addition
to the Hughes apartment building at
the corner Of Broadway and Second
street, will be started next week. Mr..
Larson states. Most Of the cxcavat-
ing for this project was completed
last fall. The new addition, which
will face Second street, will be SO X
20 feet in size, and will be three
stories in height, matching up with
the present building. White brick,
similar to that used in the main
building, will face the front OF the
addition.
The addition will provide IL new
apartments and will include an ele.
vator which will serve the apart
ments in both the present and new
sections Of the building. The pre-.
sent building contains 80 apartments
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-03-19
MAN TAKES: HIS
OWN LIFE AFTER
SHOOTING SIX
Stockton RealtOr Goes Amuck
After Hearing That Wife
Seeks Divorce
WIFE ONE OF VICTIMS
Murderer Sends Bullet Into
Own Brain As He Is About
to be Captured

Placervillc, Cal, March 19.-R-
John M. Coins, Stockton real estate
man, killed six persons yesterday and
then ended his own life ~ posses
were chasing him over dangerous
mountain highways.
Hard-pressed by posses, Coins sent
bullet into his brain as his auto
mobile plunged over mountain cliff
near EldoradO, few miles from here,
ending day of tragedy in the up
per San joaquin Valley.
The dead:
Mrs. Florence Podesta Coins, his
wife; Mrs. Minnie Podesta Clark, his
wife's sister; Mrs. George McNoble,
wife of former president of the
State Bar Association; Alex Marengo,
Mrs. Marengo and their married
daughter, Mrs. Henry Dutra.
Coins began his maniacal round of
killing when he heard that his wife
was seeking divorce.
Killed Wife First
Coins went first to the Podesta
ranch near Stockton, where he shot
and killed his wife and her sister
Mrs. Clark. Escaping from the ranch
he returned to Stockton and sought
the law office of George F. McNoble
husband Of Mrs. McNoble, who he
had heard was advising Mrs. Coins
concerning a legal separation.
Learning that McNoble was in San
Francisco, the crazed man went tc
the McNoble home, where he found
the attorneys wife. whom he inter
rogated regarding Mrs. Coins di
vorce plans. Mrs. McNoble denied
any knowledge of them, whereupor
Coins shot her three times, killing
her almost instantly, as one OF he1
children looked on.
Leaving Mrs. McNoblc dead, Coin.
drove madly TO Gait, about "a mile;
north of Stockton and shot and kill
ed Marengo, his wife and theil
4 daughter, Mrs. Dutra. .@-a
Mrs. Dutra's two small children
three and Four years old, were tn,
only witnesses, but farmhands hear,
the shots and saw Coins climb int,
his automobile again and driv'
northward.
The motive for the Marengq, kill
ing, aside from Coins possible in
sanity, was that some years ag
Marengo figured as n prosccutin,
witness in charge of horse steal
ing against Coins.
Intended To Hide
From Gait. Coins started at
mad pace to Placer county, whcr
he owned property. It is suppose,
he intended To go into hiding there
Meanwhile. officers of our countie
were on his trail and highways il
all directions were guarded.
Radios broadcast warnings to b
on the lookout for the killer. Tn
whole countryside from Stockton t
Sacramento was in state Of alarm.
The tragedy, however, was cnde'
as quickly as it started. As Captain
carcl f.. Slatterback, state traffic Of
ficer, and w. s. Riggs, supervise
Of Eldorado county, two of his pur
sucrs, bore down on him near Eldor
ado, Coins car suddenly swerve
from the road. The officers foun
the murderer with a bullet from hi
own gun in his brain.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-03-19
The Scourg;ng Martinez

Cruel hours became days, and days
skunk into weeks, and the weeks crept
into months. and Time. the scourging
martinez, whipped the months into
years. and Daddy had not come home.
But night after night the young
wife and mother dipped new candle
into the dying flame Of the faith
candle" Of the night before, and with
steady hands set the new blaze in the
window. hope burning as brightly in
her heart as the flame Of the new
nights candle.
And with morning was guttcring
dying candle. and q wOman's heart al
most as drained of hope.
Death came to the little cottage.
The baby son died in a strange city
where the wife had 'gone to forget
And there was only mother to fol-
low the tiny white coffin to the field
Of death.
81 love thee to the level of every.
days most quiet need. by sun and
candlelight."
Mrs. Briggs continued loving "to
the level Of candlelght." No vestal
virgin tending the altar fire of the
Goddess Vcsta kept the light burning
more faithfully than did this aband-
oned wife.
Penelope weaving her threads by
day. telling her suitors that she would
forget her absent husband Ulysses
and wed one of them, when the gar
mcnt was finished. only to unravel he,
; days work at night, and thus never
, admit Ulysses would not return, was
no more faithful than this modern
Penelope.
But it's seven years. The tiny
daughter of 2 is a school girl Of 81
Gray is in the temples of the wife and
! mother. Each day she goes forth tn
/ toll for bread for herself and child,
!; Each night returns to light "thc faith
! candle.
"Thc Light That Failed"
Seven years it is. Must the faith
candle" become only "the light that
| failcd?"
Briggs was in the old Eighteenth
National Guard Regiment. They were
| married just before the regiment en-
trained for Mexican border duty.
! Returning home to Lawrcnceville he
worked on the river boats Of the Allie
ghcny, was a salesman, a mill-workcr
Then--missing. Only postcard which
SAlu. keep thIS I'LL lHc ch''"IeH van
read it."
One child will never read II. He is
dead. The other has read it for sew
eral years now, and Daddy does not
| come home.
"But he will some day, | know.
says the wife. II shall light the can
die every night until | die"
"COlors seen by candlelight
/, Will not look the same by day
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-03-19
GAS RATES REDUCED IN GRAND FORKS
and FARC0-L0WER ELECTRIC RATES
PROVIDED FOR MIN0T, GRAND FORKS
Health Problems
of State Will Be
Discussed Here

The states health problems will
be discussed at a meeting here the
first week in May Of the County
Health Officers Association. Ways Of
preventing the spread Of disease and
other items Of interest will he dis
cusscd, according to DR.. A. A. White
more, state health director and sccre-
tarytreasurer Of the organization.
DR.. c. f. Stackhousc, Bismarck,
is president and DR.. w. p. Thelan,
Wilton, is vice president Of the or
ganization.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-03-19
FRAUD AND MISREPRESENTATION IS
CHARGED IN CONNECTION WITH SUIT
INVOLVING WALTER ]. HILL, ST. paul
TO-DAY IN WASHINGTON
House debates legislative n

House debates legislative app
preparation bill.
...Farm relief hearing continues
in house agriculture committee, ),
Senate judiciary subcommittee
considers prohihi Iinn - .modiiica-
tion bills.
Vote is taken On cooperative
marketing bill by senate agri-
culture committee.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-03-19

Will Her Tiny Spear Of Light Be The
Candle Of Faith, or The Light That Failed?
(By Al.IENE SuMNER)

Pittsburgh "a. March ~. Must
"thc faith candle" become only the
''tnc hlh, hat tai!cd?"
Seven years ago. little Mrs. William
Arthur Briggs OF I4awrcnccville, u su-
bnrh Of Pittsburgh. lit her "faith
candle" in anguish of heart. .
She placed the tiny spear Of light
glowing with the warm yellow Of Il
fuIl-blown marigold, in tho window 0t
her tiny home.
Aud with the blue spurt Of the match
held to the wick. she brcathcd q
prayer into the black night stiffness
that the little light would tell the
missing husband and father that "all
was forgiven" and that love still
waited him inside whenever he "camc
home"
Margaret Mary, their child. was a
mite of only two then. And there was
a baby son Of two months. all tire.
waiting in loneliness and wan. for
daddy to come home to US"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-03-19
TO-DAY
COOLIDGE HANDS OFF.
1l,246 LAWYERS.
SILLY SOULS. NOT DAMNED.
MEN WILL FIGHT.
BY ARTHUR BRISBANE
(lCopyriGht. 1926l

President Coolidge was eiected, and
is paid to act as executive. approving
or vetoing laws, enforcing them, il
necessary. He knows that he was
NOT elected to MAKE laws or change
them, and he acts accordingly.
He tells earnest prohibition gentle
men urging him to discourage agita.
tion for modification Of the Volstead
act that the public can be. trusted to
work out that problem for itself. In
other words, he will KEEP out of the
liquor dispute.
Meanwhile, congressional commit
tees are discussing and studying var
ious "modification bills" Old brew
cry properties, recently as plentiful
and cheap as any kind Of leaves II
Vallombrosa. are In demand. and on
the political horizon wet cloud
bigger than q mans hand, seems te
say, eight wines and beer
Whether the light combination
would check the ravages Of heav,
bootleg whiskey or discourage boot
logging and its crime wave, time. ma,
tell.
In New York City there are 11.24t
practicing lawyers, almost three times
as many in Chicago. There are more
lawyers than there once were saloon
keepers in the big city.
And the l,246 will agree that the
1 only client worth while is the big
corporation. that "hisses" for its
faithful defenders VIXEN In trouble.
In the long calender of saints, onl,
one was 4 lawyer. He lived in Brit
tany. and on his Saints Day. this sons
is sung:
s.s 81 Advocatus. etlnoR I.atrc.
~ Res Miranda PDpasiG. !"
The accuracy tof that quotation ].
not rfeS.sS9 Sea =. ~ splsls s.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-03-19
yEsTRY AS CLUBROOM

Many modern business girls have
cause to remember with gratitude the
vestry Of the Church Of St. George
the Martyr which is famous for its
associations with Dickens "Littlei
iIlUrrit." The rector of the church has
invited all business girls working In
the vicinity to use the vestry rs a
clubroom. where they can eat their
lunch and rest. .'ls,@ $50 II
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-03-19
WahpetOn Man Is
After State Job

Wahpeton, n. d.. March 10. (AP)
Petitions are being circulated here
nominating Fred R. Barnes. former
county superintendent, for the posi-
ton Of state superintendent of public
instruction.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-03-19
DIDN'T MISS IN y YEARS

rural mail carrier here for 22
years, has retired because Of the age
limit of the postal service. He never
missed. day in the % years.