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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-03
BY WILLIAM C. DEFINING.
President, United States Civil Service
Commission,

Il am sometimes asked concerning
my first impressions of the city of
Washington.
They were received many years ago.
had finished four years at Allegheny
College the previous June and had
spent the Fall and Winter in New
York City in order to gain some knowl.
edge OF metropolitan business methods
and perhaps to satisfy my curiosity as
to life in general in a big city.
Before settling down to newspaper
work I made brief visits to a number
of Eastern cities in the role of a
tourist.
Remembers First Week.
reached Washington during the
FIRST week of March. and was here on
the closing day of the short session OF
Congress. From the gallery of the
| House l saw Speaker Thomas B. Reed
bring down the gaVel for the final ad-
| journment and was both surprised and
amused by what appeared to be the
riot which followed. was a bit puzzled
! 10 understand how several hundred
men could apparently throw every
thing that was loose and within reach
st one another, excepting ink bottles.
} and not sustain some personal injury.
1t seemed to be a good-natured per-
1 Torrance, however, and there were 40
! ca sualties.
1 recall that~a popular mode CT
j transportation, in addition TO the street
cars, was the hOrse-draw n herdics-a
name applied to a sort of omnibus.
The>name came from that % the in
Yentor, one Peter Herdic. The floor OF
the herdic was covered at that season
with straw, which served the double
purpose, ] assume, of keeping warm
the feet OF the passenger and protect
/ 4re the floor of the bus from perma
nent accumulation of District mud.
Strange to say, of all the statues
and monuments in Washington, even
at that time, the only one OF which
] carried away a lasting memory was
the Jackson equestrian statue, in La
fayette Square. There may be those
whose artistic sense is offended by
the heroic bronze figure of Jackson or
q rearing charger, but the statue Is
unique and good deal of interesting
history attaches to its conception and
execution.
F0resees Improvement.
Like other patriotic Americans,
had read. with dramatic interest Of
ti1e last march of the Union Armies
down PENNSYLVANIA avenue after the
Civil Waf In my minds eye Penn
sylvania avenue stood for all that was
big and beautiful and inspiring. Il
was disappointing. AS compare
PENNSYLVANIA avenue today with the
Pennsylvania avenue of that period
am amazed at the small change tina
has come about, but there are 1ndl
cations that the next generation will
see a marked improvement.
was iparrAEsAd by nav visit 10 thu
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Seward daily gateway., 1927-09-10
$25O .O|L PAINTING
 FOUND WORTH FORTUNE

ST. LOUIS. Sept. 10. (R-Max Saffron, St. Louis art dealer, has the word of a art critic that a painting he purchased for s25O may be worth from hundred to a thousand times that much
 Maurice Godblatt, Chicago art dea- Ter, holds the canvas to be the work Of Eugene Delacroix early nineteenth century French artist, and says it has been lest for years. He judges it's value at between $25,oO0 and $250,0oO.
 Saffron obtained the painting from New York agent, and he said at the time neither felt it had much va lue. It is entitled "A Scene from be- fore the Temple in Jerusalem,' and shows Christ surrounded by his dis ciples, with scores of men, women, soldiers and slaves throngiEg a stone f.agged court.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-09-10
BASKETBALL PLANS ARE
 FORMED J. $. 5. C. MIN

A meeting was held yesterday .af- ternoon at headquarters of the W. A. M. c. & T. System to elect mana ger and captain, pro tenn, for the pro- posed basketball team which will re present the brawn and athletic prow- ess of the Signal Corps this season.
 Quite large squad of aspirants to fame and honor on the boards" turn ed out and were called to order by Captain R. R. Guthrie, officer in charge of the System. Smith was elected manager of the team, due to his wide experience and success as both manager and coach on several of the best basketball teams in the State of Oklahoma.
 Sergeant Stevenson was elected as captain of the team by acclaim. As brainy player he has proved his sterling qualities and worth in for mer skirmishes on the local gym floor and in past performances in the States. He looks forward to a banner year this season.
 Equipment for the team was over- hauled and Smith will be open to bids from merchants of the town for various articles still necessary to properly equip the squad.
 It is said that when the team gets little practice and we'll organized they intend to hurl into the teeth of the champion Seward team, chal- lenge; they also will promise to wear hob nailed boots in order to make it a little more even.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-09-10
TORTOIS WINS AGAIN

SAUGUS, Mass, Sept. 10. (P)-A tortoise was arrested" here by mot orcycle patrolman, but got away. The
 reptile, a 20-pounder, became cautious halfway across a busy turnpike, and
 parked" in the middle holding up traffic The patrolman captured the traffic law violater with ease, lugged
 it to the police station, and locked it in cell. When the police looked for the prisoner later it had disappeared, probably under the bars of the cell.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-09-10
COLLEGE FOR CULTURE

MADISON, Wis, Sept. 10. (P)- University of Wisconsin officials say cultural courses in college are more popular. They report that enrolment in the special courses of commerce, engineering and agriculture has been decreasing.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-09-10

W. R. Neville, we'll known Alaska travelling salesman, returned to Sew ard last evening from a three weeks business trip to the Interior.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-09-10

! Fresh killed local chickens. Car
 stems Packing Company.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-09-10

Schallerer's Alaska Shop.
 Vantine's Incence anL burners.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-09-10

Start the day right-order the best meat which is FRYES'S BABY BEEF.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-09-10

A 1 Matanuska Potatoe $500 per hundred. Browl 6 Hawkins Corp.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-09-10

School supplies. Alaska Shop.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-01-18
GRAND JURY
WILL PROVE.
LAND BANKS
Special Session Convenes at
st. Paul-57 Banks I'm.
der Investigation

st. Paul, Jan. 18-(PD-A special
session Of federal grand jury was
convened here today to investigate
federal joint stock land banks as a
continuance Of the session that re-
ccssed in December.
A previous grand jury investiga-
tion resulted in q nation wide in
vestigation under the attorney gen.
eral at Washington. Judge Sylvester
Russ of Washington, special prosecu.
tor for the federal attorney generals
office, arrived here today to present
evidence before tn grand jury.
The investigation here ccntcrs pri-
marily around the southern Mime
sofa joint stock land bank, formerly
of Redwood Falls, MINI. The bank
has been removed to Minneapolis and
base been reorganized.
Affairs of 81 banks. scattered
throughout the country, have been
under investigation. Excessive val.
uations on loans, excessive increases
in common stock and sales Of stock,
and "loose methods Of banking" are
some OF the matters under fire.
More than 100000 in bonds
has been issued by banks under in
vcstigation, it was said. Regardless
Of the outcome Of the investigation
there will be no loss to investors or
farmers who have obtained loans on
their lands, federal authorities here
declared today.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-01-18
Casualty Results
From ChicagO's Hunt
For Pigeon Killer

Chicago. Jan. R.-(P-The ma.
chine gun, favored weapon of Chi
Cages gangsters, has been pressed
into service. and one man has been
shot in the hunt for the winged peril
that Is depicting the loops popula.
ton of pet pigeons.
Irked by the failure of scores OF
marksmen to bring down the preda-
tory hawk or hawks, and by daily
swelling hubbub over the pigeon
killings. detective bureau squad >un-
limbered machine guns.
A human casualty was chalkcd up
when Raymond Loctz, Is, went down
with bullet in his leg. Loetz had
just purchased an old % calibre rifle
and was examining it preparatory to
joining in the hunt, when the weapon
was discharged accidentally.
The accident, however, left no
noticeable gap in the ranks of the
many hunters Of the killer or killers
Of the gentle birds that make their
homes at the Art Institute, the board
of trade and downtown skyscrapers.
The hunters have been permitted to
stalk the streets as armed vigilantes
by a formal police warrant for Accip-
ter J. Fuscus, scientific alias for the
hawk. who killed his first squad a
week ago and since has eluded hun
dreds bent on his death or capture.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-01-18

ances in the United States. In Jan
uary Of last year Madame Apfelbeek
gave series of concerts in commem-
Grafton Of the twentieth anniversary
Of her first series pr concerts ia
Vienna, following which she had r..
cieved the golden cross Of merit, an
honor which has come to only two
women artists. ~s4l
Madame Apfelbeck has made her
home in Minneapolis for the past six
years. She was with the staff Of the
Minneapolis School Of Music for some
time and lated Joined the faculty Of
the McPhan school.
Funeral services were held Satur.
day in the Basilica Of st. Mary's and
interment will be in st. Mary's Gene.
terry. Madame Apfelbeck is survived
by her husband and two sons, Charles
and Anthony.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-01-18
Alex ROsen Named
to Head Expansion
Project in City

Alex Rosen was officially elected
chairman Of the Bismarck committee
of the National Farm School expan-
sion project, it was announced today
BY Adam L. Gimbel Of New York
city, who with Samuel M. vauclain,
president of the Baldwin Locomot olive
Works, Abraham Erlanger, retired
merchant, Nanny Strauss, business
consultant, and Ex-Governor Sproul
Of Pennsylvania, form the Business
Mems Council Of this movement.
The election Of Mr.. Rosen, accord
ing to Mr.. Erlanger. is IN line WIN
the policy of the Business Mems
Council to secure for The National
Farm School expansion project the
services and experience Of prom inent
men and women throughout the coun-
try who are in sympathy with the
vital work Of the school, which takes
deserving city boys, supports and
educates them for three years In
scientific merchant farming, and
finds places for them in the import
ant agricultural work o. the nation.
The Dusiness Mans ACeuncil Of The
Mationai Farm SCHOOL. in elscting
m. 1ossn 70 this important pest, il
eenfi1snt that his services will con
tdbutc materially 70 The Spceess d
xT kx@.4 y
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-01-18
SEVEN BILLS
RECOMMENDED
FOR PASSAGE
House Appropriations Com
mittee Accomplishes Much
at Morning Session

Swinging into action, the hous,
appropriations committee recon.
mcndcd seven bills and voted to re.
consider one at meeting held this
morning in the committee room q,
the Grand Pacific hotel.
Reconsideration of House Bill 23
appropriating $21 500 for the state
historical society, was voted after
Lewis +. Crawford, superintendent,
of the organization, had appeared be.
fore the group in a closed session at
the beginning Of this mornings SEES
sion. Just when definite action will
be taken on the bill is not known,
committee members stated.
House bills numbers Z, q, 26, &c,
~, 48 and 40, were recommended for
passage.
Bill 81 appropriates 100000 for
the biennium for the payment
Of premiums received on policies is.
sued on property to various fire dc.
partments.
Bill z provides for an appropria.
ton of 500 for the biennium to pro-
vide funds for the payment of ap-
praiscrs of inheritance and like mat
tiers, while bill &c appropriates $40O
for payment of commissioners ap-
pointed in actions to release insane
patients.
Bill as provides for the appropria-
ton Of $1,000 for the biennium to
pay travelling expenses of delegates to
national nominative political convcn-
tions. Bill AZ appropriatcs $500 to
pay the expenses and per diem Of
presidential electors.
The sum Of $500 is provided in
Bill AZ for payment of the costs Of
burial of inmates of the penitentiary
and state training school and Bill 40
approrpiates $500 for burial Of hon
orary discharged soldiers, sailors and
marines Of the Civil War and for
erection Of headstones.
Action Postponed
A report on Bill 22, concerning an
appropriation Of $2S, 100 for the BIZ
ennium for the state transportation
of officers, was postponed until to-
morrow.
House Bill No. s, appropriating
$4,000 for care Of insane patients
whose residence cannot be determined
end whose care must be borne by the
state, was set over until a later date
to enable representatives Of the state
hospital for the insane at jamestown
to appear before the committee.
House bills l6 and II, dealing with
appropriation for the motor vehicle
registration department, were dis
cussed but no action taken.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-01-18
A. c. Group Meets
Continue TONIGHT

Continuing the group meeting:
which were started last week by the
Association Of Commerce for it,
members, the third of the series will
be held this evening at the Associa.
ton chambers with f. A. Lair and
Bert Finney in charge.
All members whose names begin
with the initials H through l. arc
to meet this evening 60 outline a
program for 1927 and discuss the
needs of Bismarck. Many worthwhile
suggestions have been received from
the earlier groups, according to Sec
rotary H. P. Goddard.
Tomorrow evening, members whose
names begin with the initials M
through Il will meet under the direc.
ton Of J. L. Bell and S. w. Corwin
and Thursday evening those with
names beginning with s through z
will meet with A. M. Christianson
and A. w. Mundy in charge.
All civic needs are to be taken up
in detail by the groups yet to meet
and projects to which the association
will lend its support this year will
be discussed. When the series of con-
ferences is completed, a full pro-
gram for the association will be
prepared from the suggestions gath
cred.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-01-18
Squirrel Club Is
Very Popular With
City'sG Young Men

More than 80 members Of the
Squirrel club were in attendance
Monday evening at the regular meet
ing held at the local Armory hall,
Officers Of the club include Ben
Jacobson, president. and Lowell
Jones, secretary.
A discussion of the possibility 81
selecting hall for the benefit 81
club activities was . feature Of the
business session. Carl Sundland. who
headed an investigation COMMITTEES
appointed at q previous meeting,
gave an interesting talk. He urged
that If the club is to be a perm
anent one many. things should be
undertaken to benefit it in the future.
The club is gaining favor among The
younger men of Bismarck, he said.
and the members are making efforts
to have the club take the place that
7. NJ. c. A. organization might fill.
1t was planned to have dancing
party Saturday evening. The. COM
mittee in charge will include Carl
Sundland, Ernest Penwarden and
Kenneth Preston.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-01-18
Shafer Talks to
KiWanians About
Death Penalty

Attorney General George Shafer
addressed the Kiwanis club today on
the subject Of restoration of capital
punishment in North Dakota. Judge
A. G. Burr, justice Of the North Da-
kota supreme court, was given the
club charge by r. E. Wenzel.
The club president, E. B. Cox, pre-.
sided. p. E. Byrne was chairman of
tne aay. mr.. enzei led IN 81. ~
Miss Clara Peltier. accompanied by
Miss Lillian Bell, sang two solos.
The local Kiwanis won the attend
ance record of the Minnesota a. NJ rth
Dakota district for the past year.
PRESIDENT Cox advised the members.
The local club had record of SIG
per cent for the year. Sixty-seven
clubs comprise the district. Mr.. Cox
credited the past president, DR.. j. @.
Arnson, with winning the record for
the Bismarck Kiwanians.
Visitors included C. S. Buck of
jamestown, H. w. Brattelein of Cros-
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-01-18
WELL DRILLBRS
OF STATE HERE,
FOR SESSIONS
- Registered This Morning.
More Expected Before End
Of Three-day Meeting

discussing problems of mutual in.
tcrest, members of the North Dakota
WeT-Drillers association met here
Tor che opening session Of their an.
Goai convention, held today, tomorrow
and Thursday.
The convention opened with regis
tration and placing of questions re.
lating to well-driiling in special
'Question Box" Mayor A. p. Len
hart welcomed the delegates on be.
half Of the city of Bismarck and A.
:. Schultz OF kcnmare gave the re-
Spouse.
Appointment Of committees took up
the early part Of the afternoon ses-
sion. The committee on defining
class "A" wells gave its report, after
which a general discussion OF this
topic was held.
y. n. Lecn, attorney for the Mime
sota Wcll-Drillcrs association, de-
livered the principal address of the
day on "The Lien Law in North Da-
kota and Recommendations for I'm.
proving It,"
N. J. Spencer, president Of the
Minnesota association, talked on
What We Are Doing in Minnesota
About the Lien Laws" and an in
formal discus sion yensued.
The evening session Is to be de-
voted to talks and informal discussion
by seven representatives Of supply
houses and manufacturing concerns.
Those Registered
On the registry list at noon today
were the following:
A. J. Schultz, kenmare; F. Robe,
Bowbells: f. Krenelka, Kenmare; r.
Cairncross, st. Paul; Chris Bietler,
Pingrce; J. w. Classem, Glen Ullin;
w. M. Mclaughlin, New Salem; Val.
+. Wolf; David Sollenberger Malta,
Mont; Bert Wayne, Robinson; Arthur
Dawn, Heaton; Robert Mclaughlin,
New Salem.
Sherman Dempsey, Regina, Sask.;
George Flaisgens, Minot; G. Boelter,
jamestown; Erwin Kuehl, Temvik; J..
+. Kennedy, Canda; +. Jaszkowiak.
Bismarck; Fritz Nelson, Mott; A. Y.
Haglund, Bismarck; Carl f. Kuehl,
Temvik; Peter Rcinholdt and r..
keinholdt, Sawyer; E.. NJ. Stanton,
Bismarck; Fred Slctvold, Cakes; A. r.
klopfleisch, Chicago: j. j. Larson,
Yankton, S. D.; T. J. Lowe, Strasburg
and K. F. Jahnke, Parshall.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-01-18

the movement in this city, the quota
OF which has been set at $3.50.
1t is the aim Of the Business Mems
Council to SO expand the facilities of
The National Farm School at Doylcs-
town, as to permit it to be Of greater
value to the nation by continuing to
offer its gratuitous support and
courses Of practical agricultural
study to hundreds Of additional boys
between the ages Of sixteen and
twenty-onc, who through the Schools
present lack Of endowment, dormi-
tories. acreage and agricultural i'm
plements, must now be refused ad-
mission. The plan Of the Business
Mems Council is to secure $5,OOO,OOO
within the next three years for The
National Farm School.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-01-18
Dairymen Meet at
Thief River Falls

Thief River Falls, Mimi, Jan. Ia
A>--The Minnesota State Dairymen's
association and the Red River Valley
Dairymen's association opened. their
Joint convention here today, spend
ing the morning in preliminary work.
The business session Of the Red
River Valley organization is sched-
uled for tonight. Annual reports of
the officers will be given. following
which new officers will be elected for
the coming year.
The meeting marks the 49th annua!
convention of the state dairymen's as
sociation, and the 23rd annual Of the
Red River Valley organization.
The joint convention will continue
through Wednesday and Thursday.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-01-18
Tacna-Arica Dispute
Is Far From Solution

Washington, Jan. 18.--(R-Solu-
ton Of the 40-year-old dispute be-
tween Chile and Peru over the SOW.
eteignty Of the provinces Of Tacna
and africa was as far away today as
!. was when The American lhebiscitary
commission decided that successful
plcbiscite was out Of the question.
Peru, in a note presented to the
state department yesterday by Am
bassador Valarde, rejected the pro-
posal Of Secretary Kellogg, made al.
NEST two months ago. that the pro.
vinccs be coded, with appropriate
guarantees, to land-lockcd Bolivia
The latter had previously accepted
the proposal and Chile had agreed ia
1t in principle.
Thus American arbitration officials
find themselves in tho position o1
having had turned down what Score.
tary Kellogg described as the only
remaining avenue of escape from the
aging controversy.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-01-18
Madame Apfelbeck,
Scheduled to Play
in Bismarck. Dies

Madame Marie Louise Bailey-Apfel.
beck, noted concert pianist and teach.
or. who died last Wednesday at her
home in Minneapolis, was scheduled
to appear in concert in Bismarck
on Friday, January IL. The concer,
had been indefinitely postponed
however. because Of Madame Arfel-
beck's serious illness. The Thursday
Musical club was to have sponsored
Madame Apfelbeck's appearance In
Bismarck.
The famous pianist was born in
Nashville, Tenn, and was taken to
Europe at an early age where she
received her musical education under
the leading masters of the continent
She made her debut in Vienna and
for many years was known over
Europe as q concert pianist. She
also made frequent concert appear.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-01-18
FAM PROMOTED''
SAYS b. B. c. MAN

Like hundreds Of oeher graduates
of Dakosa Business College, Farao,
who started out - seenoerapher and
bookkeepsr, N. L. Abrahamson
forged quickly ahead. He an
nounces that the Northern Pacific
r. Z. he promoted him to Assise-
ant Land Examiner.
ri bank officers IRE Dakoea-
trained. So are hundreds OF business
executives. Waech each week. See
who get positions and promotions u
. result Of p. b. G. ACTUAL
BUSINESS training Copyrighted.
unobtainable elsewhere. Follow
the Succe1Sful." Write F. L.
Watkins, Pre-, sos Front St., Fargo.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-01-18
DR.. WEIGH, Head of
Insane Hospital For
"a Years, to Travel

Fergus Falls, Mimi, Jan. le.-(P)---
Thirty-four years continuous service
as superintendent of the Fergus
Falls State Insane Hospital were COM
pleted today by DR.. George o. Welch
as he retired to travel abroad. His
successor is DR.. w. L. Patterson.
At the time DR.. Wclch assumed the
superintcndency of the hospital. the
institution consisted Of one building
and 142 patients. Today it is one of
the largest in the country, and &C.
commodities 1000.
DR.. WEIGH plans to sail for Spain
Ecxt February z, to make u general
tour Of Europe.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-01-18
Empress Charlotte
in Dying C Condition

Brussels, Jan. 18-(AP)LEm-
press Charlotte, 86-year-old widow
'of Emperor Macmillan Of Mexico,
was in q dying condition this morn
ing, the influenza from which she
suffered for several days having
developed into ! pneumonia. The
attending physicians, after q con-
sultation, announced that. death
might come ut any moment.
Charlotte hardly touched food
for the last five days. She recog-
nized those about her, but was un-
able to speak. 'S
King Albert, informed that his
aunt could not live throughout
the day, hurried to her bedside.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-01-18
VIM. Cook Will Not
Be Candidate For
Police MAGISTRATE

William L. Cook, veteran Burleigh
county bailiff, who announced recent.
~ that he would be candidate for
the office Of police magistrate at the
spring election here. has reconsider
ed his decision and today announced
that he would not run. Friendship
Of so years standing with Capt. John
Belk caused him to change mis- mind
Capt. Belk has announced that he will
be candidate for the position and
Mr. Cook has decided to support
Belk's candidacy.