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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-03-12
HOPES TO EQuAL|ZE
TAXES IN BISMARCK
City Assessor J. A. Graham in
Charge Of eva Assess
ment in City

For the purpose Of equalizing TIKI
tax burden in the city of Bismarck
assessors now are making appraisal.
LOT residential and business struc.
lures, according to City Assessor ]
A. Graham. The campaign. made
possible through CWA funds, was be.
gun March 2.
The completion OF the project viii
see the realization Of plan the city
assessor has advocated for several
years.
When Graham took the city office
In 1891 he saw the need for more
detailed information for making ac-
curate assessments than was then
available. At his own expense he
went to st. Paul and to Cleveland to
study the assessment systems Of those
two municipalities, said to be two OF
the best In the country.
Then Graham. working with City
Auditor M. H. Atkinson, drew up a
plan which was presented to the city
commission.
Committees Outline Work
The commission appointed two
committees. one to establish real es-
tate values In the city, the other to
establish unit values on the same
type structures and to set deprecia-
ton rates. Their work has been COM
pleted and all that remains Is the
survey Of the city to determine the
classification of each residence and
business house.
Without the aid Of the CWA funds
the project would have been delayed
for some time. AS 1t Is, the city as
SCISSOR hopes to have the information
completed for the 1885 assessment.
To facilitate the work, Graham
appeals for the cooperation OF the
people Of Bismarck. He wishes to
impress upon them that the assess
ment is not for the purpose Of rails
ing taxes, but for the fair distribu-
ton of taxation.
The assessors are covering the c..y
II: teams Of two. The territories they
are canvassing. with the names Of
the workers, follow:
How City ID Divided
Northern Pacific first addition:
West of Fifth st., north Of Avenue A,
east of Washington st., and south Of
Avenue D; w. F. Jones and Albert
Cook.
Northern Pacific second addition :
East Of Fifth st., north Of Avenue A.
west Of Twelfth st., and south OF
Avenue D: Paul LaFrance and b. NJ
Etling.
Mckenzie and Coffin addition;
East of Washington st.. north Of
Avenue D. west OF Twelfth st., ant
south OF the Boulevard: Hjalme,
Rud and s. E. Register.
Original plat: East Of Washington
st.. north Of Main, west OF Ninth ST.
and south Of Avenue A; John Sund
quist and r. J. O'Brien.
Riverside addition: West Of Wash
ington st., north Of the Northern Pa
cific tracks, and south Of Rosser ave
nue.: Charles Gray and Frank Urell
Williams addition: East Of Mint
st.. south of Avenue A, west {
Twelfth st., and north Of Bowe
avenue; F. e. Andrist and E. N
Walla.
| Sturgis addition: East of Twelft
St., south Of Rosser avenue, west q
Sixteenth st.. and north OF Indian
st.; Charles Canthers and Ray Fin
| kle.
Other North Dakota cities tina
have applied for CWA funds for thu
same assessment plan, include Fargo
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-03-12
Local Man Treasurer
OF State Show Group

Valley City. N. D.. March l2.-tP)-
John Piller Of Valley City was re-
elected president Of the North Dakota
Theater Owners association at an an
nual meeting here Sunday.
Anton Giles. Wahpeton. was re-
named vice president; G. A. Troyer,
Rugby, secretary, and Gus Wingreene,
Bismarck, treasurer.
The next meeting will be held at
Mandan June 10.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-03-12

seized On those chimes Is . clue 70 the
hideout.
They reasoned that the banker had
been held within 800 miles Of st. Paul,
for he was able to reach his home sew
en- hours after being released. 80 the
investigators searched for . church
with chimes within that radius.
They learned that the only church
with chimes Of that kind was st.
Boniface church here. The Rev.
Father Ferdinand Krings, pastor q
the church, has followed regularly IN
old world custom Of sounding the
angelus and investigators believe
Bremen was held prisoner near
Menominee.
There are q number Of vacant
houses in this vicinity and all are
coming under the close scrutiny OF
the officers.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-03-12
Bank Insurance Law
Extension Approved

Washington. March 12.-F-Twe
administration measures, extending
the temporary bank deposit insur.
ance Law and guaranteeing the prin.
cipal Of home loan bonds, were ap.
proved Monday by the senate bank.
ing committee.
The first measure would extend fol
Z year, or until July I, 1885, the tenn
porary insurance Of deposits plan now
In effect.
The second would place govern
ment guarantee back Of the $2,0O0.-
0OO. 900 issue Of home loan bonds au-
thorized by the last congress to re-
finance small home mortgages.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-03-12
Vote No Indictment
In Purchasing Probe

Washington. March 12-{F-The
District of Columbia grand jury has
refused to return any indictments as
q result of its long investigation of
war department business dealings.
This information became available
in mid-afternoon Monday, after weeks
Of study Of contracts and preparation
Of contracts by the war department.
One after another Of many Witness
es were heard, including the assistant
secretary of war, Harry H. Woodring,
various Of his aides and officers Of
the highest army command.
For days there had been conflicting
rumors Of the indictment Of one or
another Of the names mentioned, all
Of which were set at rest by the final
decision.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-03-12
Banghart Identified
As Factor Kidnaper

Chicago. March 12.-(PeJohn Fac
tor from the witness stand Monday
pointed out Basil Hugh CThe OWL
Banghart, gangster, as one Of the
men who last July abducted him
from q roadhouse and held him for
$4,000 ransom.
The state expects Factors test
mony to help send Banghart to the
electric chair or to the Joliet peniten-
tiary, where Roger Touhy, Albert Ka-
tor and Gus Shaefer are already serv-
ing 99-year terms for the crime.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-03-12
Seth Parker Program
Dates Are Advanced

The three Seth Parker programs
announced for Monday, Tuesday and
wednesday nights under auspices q
the Sterling, Mckenzie and Asnoken
Methodist churches have been chanGs
Cd. It was announced Monday. Ifse
first program was given Sunday eve
ming at the Sterling Methodist church.
The second performances Is to b
given Monday evening ct the McKen-
lie school and the third Is scheduled
for wednesday evening at the Me-
noken Community hall. The programs,
which are open to the public. feature
John Howard.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-03-12
Attempt to Escape
Prison Is ThWarted

San Quentin Prison, CAL, March u.
-tP)-Using home made guns, three
desperate convicts attempted 4 dar-
ing escape from the prison here Nom
day but were frustrated by guards AZ
ter many shots had been fired and
one prisoner killed.
The attempted escape was led by
Ethan A. McNab. guards said. Will
liam Bagley and Lewis H. Downs
were the others seeking to scale the
walls.
The prisoner accidentally slain
when McNab's gun went off was John
Hubert Arbuckle, 20, Of San Bernard
mo.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-03-12
Say Congress Would
Shorten Work Hours

Washington, March l2.-R-Au
MIRA survey was reported Monday t.
show . commanding congressional
sentiment In favor Of shorter hours
In industry.
The survey led to speculation thas
the administration would seek def
mite legislation to carry out It's pro-
gram for d 10 per cent reduction In
hours with unreduced pay, II indus
trial resistance should become tho
great.
Hugh s.. johnson, MIRA administra-
tor, was reported to believe, however
that such q step would not be neces-
Sary.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-03-12

Spring wheat growers depending up.
on the second payment under wheat
plan for funds to buy their seeds are
reminded by the Agricultural Adjust
ment Administration that this pay
ment will not be made until after
seeding time and farms have been in
spected for compliance with the wheat
contract.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-03-12

Pays With Life for
Schoolboy's Murder

Columbia, 8. G., March l2.-{R-
Robert H. Wiles was electrocuted Just
before dawn Monday at State Peni-
Tertiary here for kidnapping and kill
ing Hubbard H. Harris, Columbia
school boy.
The 40-year-old mechanic went Ia
his death with hymn on his lips after
making q full confession and taking
sole responsibility for the crime.
The Harris youth was lured away
from his home and hammered to
death with an iron bar on his 18th
birthday, two days before last Christ
mas.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-03-12
Spanish Reds Fire
Church Kindergarten

Madrid, March 12.-lR- Radical la
borers set fire to a Catholic kinder
garten full Of children Monday but
civil guards arrived in time to stop the
attack, save the children, and arrest
two OF the mob members.
The children were thrown into q
panic. The furnishings Of the school
In the Conception district, were con-
siderably damaged.
The attack on the school was one
of several outbreaks of violence dur
ing the day in connection with strikes
called by radicals.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-03-12
Seek Church Chimes
In Bremen Abduction

Menominee. Neb., March l2.-(F-
The chimes Of an obscure little church
may prove the undoing on the kid
napers of Edward q. Bremen, st. Paul
banker.
Bremen knows little Of the hideout
where he was held captive for more
than three weeks, but he remembered
that every day he heard the chimes Of
q church in the vicinity. Officers
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-03-12

Emma Jorde, freshman In the school
Of home economies and former All
club member from Oberon in Benson
county. was one Of the 10 freshmen
highest in scholarship at the North
Dakota Agricultural College for the
term ending Dec. Is.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-03-12
Suspend Purchases
Of Hogs for Relief

Washington, March 12.-(P}-Farm
administration officials said Monday
they had suspended purchasing Of
hogs and hog products for relief pur-
poses.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-03-12
SEES BETTER BUSINESS

New York, March l2.-(P)-Myron
C. Taylor, chairman Of the United
States Steel Corporation, sees an "en-
couraging" outlook for 1894 with
present indications pointing to in
creased business.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-03-12
New Comfort for
Those Who Wear
FALSE teeth

No longer does any wearer Of false
teeth need to be uncomfortable. FAS.
TEETH. q new. greatly improved
plates, holds them firm and comfort
able. No gummy, gooey, pasty taste
or feeling. Deodorises. Get FAS-
TEETH today 1T any good drug store.
~-AdveFtisement.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-03-12
A Baby For You?

II you are denied the blessing Of .
baby all your own and yearn for 4
baby's arms and baby's smile do not
to Mrs. Mildred Owens, SO15 Coates
House, Kansas City. Mo-. and she
will tell you about simple home
method that helped her after being
has helped bless their lives. Write
now and try for this wonderful hap.
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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-03-12

Minot, Valley City, Dickinson and
Mandan, Graham said.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-03-12

CONSTIPATION s YEARS.
TROUBLE NOW GONE
John ]. Davis had chronic consti-
patton for six years. BY using Ad-
lerika he soon got rid Of 1t, and feels
like new person. Adlerika is quick
acting-safe Halls Drug Store.-Ad-
vertisement.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-03-12

These Club Oefers are net
eoo1 II the city of His.
6oTeks at prices Quotoa u
thlo aAvoHt1oement. Suh.
ecfloeFs living outside 81
The state must o1A ol.oo g
ony club o1leR Aooe1iAeA
0ub0e1tbeHu Notes the
ro0l1o4 Ter delivery q
0A9aaeno0 & . . weeks.
Evening star., 1934-01-21

much more money than he had made
as mail rider and as clerk, so that
before long he was able to crafty his
objective, which was desire for knoWl-
edge He entered a private school, pay
ing his own way, and then he felt that
he really had commenced to climb the
ladder
A few years later found him a stu
dent at Straight University, New Or
leans, doing odd jobs to help carry on
and working in the commissary depart
ment of the Pullman Palace Car Co.
during vacations. From Straight he
went to Fisk University, in Nashville
and after graduating there he came to
Washington and matriculated in the
Law College of Howard University,
graduating with a masters degree in
1901. He soon opened law office, and
was in a fair way to most lucra-
tive practice when Charles j. Bona
parte, Attorney General in the cabinet
of President Roosevelt, named him Spe
cial Assistant to the Department of
Justice.
Prizes Col. Roosevelt's Letters.
About this time the young lawyer
became personally acquainted with the
Chief Executive, an acquaintance which
developed into lifelong friendship.
His most priced possessions today are
letters from Theodore Roosevelt, writ
ten when he was in the White House
and later when he became associate
editor of the Kansas City Star. 1t is
, interesting to note the explanatory
sentences with which these epistles in
Evening star., 1934-01-21
Judge Cobb, Once Mail Boy,
Ind0rsed for Third Term
Former COIOred " ait
Backed by ID. G. Bar for
Municipal Bench.
Rise Of Louisiana Orphan,
to High Post Is Result
of Hard Work.

He was such little boy he had to
lead his horse to block upon which
he climbed before he could swing into
the saddle and start with the mail pouch
for the daily trip between Arcadia, a
plantation town, and Mount Lebanon,
the railroad station. Such a little boy
and only years old. yet working for
Uncle Sam and saving his money be-
cause he knew that in all the wide
world there was no one upon whom
he could depend
Such a little boy. a colored waif,
whose parents had died soon after he
was born on plantation near Shreve-
port, La. in the year 1876 What
chance had he in that region and era
Endorsed for Third Term.
Yet. within the last 10 days, in
Washington. the man who once was
that little boy has been indorsed by the
Bar Association of the District of Co.
lumbia for a third term as Judge of
the Municipal Court, he has been con-
suited by high officials concerning the
legal angles in the proposed anti-lynch-
ing Dill ana he mas attended Lltel-
ing of the Washington Committee on
Housing.
In commenting upon such career
one should be pardoned the bromidiom
if he descants upon the glorious op-
portunities under the Stars and Stripes.
But it took more than opportunity
to make James A. Cobb, the little col
ored orphan, the man he is today: 1t
took grit. determination and a fixed
purpose to achieve. He saved money
as mail rider and later when clerk
in a general merchants store, saved
for the purpose of engaging in business
for himself He wanted to become the
sole owner of an enterprise. And he
soon Was-the owner of a pushcart
loaded with fruits and candy which
he trundled through the streets of
Shreveport. crying his wares.
That did not satisfy him, however.
He had a higher objective. and the
pushcart became only the means to the
end in view. For it earned him money;
Evening star., 1934-01-21
K|WAN|ANS MAKE
EXTENSIVE PLANS
Program for Year Includes
Aid for UnderpriviIeged
and Vocational Work.

The Washington Kiwanis Club, which
has done much worthy social welfare
and charitable work in recent years,
has mapped out an extensive program
OF activities for this year, which will
include the aiding of underprivileged
children. vocational guidance and boys
and girls work.
The club has on its rolls about 90
cases of crippled and underprivileged
children. according to President Lewis
T. Breuninger, who are being given nee
essary medical aid. disqualification and
nursing They are also supplied with
orthopedic and other appliances when
needed Vocational guidance activities
will include counselor advice, talks be-
fore schools and other bodies and week
ly broadcasts by business and profess
sicnal men.
Other officers of the Kiwanis Club
are: Harold N. Marsh and Bynum H.
Hinton, vice presidents; Bruce Baird,
treasurer; George H Winslow, secretary
emeritus, and Edward D. Shaw secre-
tarV.
Evening star., 1934-01-21
CHASE AND CRASH BRING
LIQUOR CHARGE ARREST

Captured after a 3-mile chase that
ended when his automobile crashed into
a tree Meyer Ehrlich, %, of the 300
block of l street southeast was at lib
erty on bond yesterday, charged by po-
lice with possession Of five gallons OF
alcohol and with speeding.
The chase began Friday at Eight
eenth and Newton streets, where Liquor
Squad Policemen G. c. Deyoe and Will
liam McEwen became suspicious of
Ehrlichs car The pursuit led along
the edge of Rock Greek Park to Adams
Mill road and Lanier place, where the
crash occurred
Ehrlich, according to the officers,
leaped from the machine and fled afoot,
only to be captured after a two-block
chase.
The liquor squads post-repeal ac-
tivities yesterday also included the ar
rest of Harry Cohn. 20, of the 1900
block of Varnum street for possession of
half a gallon of alleged whisky. The
arrest was made at Fourteenth and
Harvard streets.
Evening star., 1934-01-21

variably open. One can almost hear
the Teddy of Bull Moose days shout
Delighted" or That's fine!"
Cobb was assigned by the Attorney
General to the Office of the United
States attorney for the District Of Co.
lumbia. The pure food law took effect
about this time. and the prosecution of
all cases was intrusted to Cobb, who
made Nationwide reputation in this
line of practice.
He served in this Office during the
administration OF three Presidents, four
Attorneys General and four United
office only ended because of legislative
itself.
Named Municipal Judge.
Back to private practice went Cobb
and again was becoming busy with
clients when President Coolidge ap-
pointed him judge of the Municipal
Court, an appointment which was re-
newed by President Hoover.
It Is remarkable the unanimity of
approval voiced by members of the
Washington bar when they speak of
Judge Cobb's service on the bench.
Laymen as well as attorneys enjoy
hearing him sum up case and render
a decision. He quickly casts aside su-
perf1uous evidence much as one would
rid a chestnut of it's burr. then he opens
the shell and brings the meat of the
case into view.
Judge Cobb is unmarried and lives
at 1892 S street He Is Mason. an
Elk and a member of Sigma Pi Phi,
Alpha Phi Alpha and Tau Delta Sigma
Fraternities. He was formerly vice dean
of Howard University Law School. His
lectures on constitutional law and ne
gotiable instruments. which he still de-
livers, attract wide attention
The Judge is a member of the Ma
tional Economics League. Of the Ameri-
can Academy of Political and Social
Science and the National Geographic
Society
And only Is years before he was
born all of his race we're slaves!
Evening star., 1934-01-21
PRICES IN DECEMBER
DROP HALF PER CENT
Wholesale Commodity Index Num-
ber Is 70.8 Per Cent Of
Average for 1925.

BY the Associated Press.
In December wholesale commodity
prices dropped about one-half of l per
cent, according to the monthly state
ment of the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The index number for December re-
ceded to 70.8 per cent of the 1926 aver
age, as compared with I'll per cent for
November.
Decreases were reported the bureau
announcement said, for 179 items. in
creaseS for ITO and in 435 instances
there was no change.
OF the decreasing items, 80 were farm
products and manufactured foods. Hogs
dropped 10 per cent eggs Is, butter and
Evening star., 1934-01-21

cheese Ia, lard 13. meats 4 and sugar
and flour per cent.
Despite the drops in prices during De-
cember the index showed an increase Of
13 per cent over December, 1882 and 10
per cent over last February.
Evening star., 1934-01-21
SEEKS CONGRESS SEAT
Coad of Omaha, Who Managed
Burke Race, Now Rival.


Burke Race, Now Rival.
OMAHA. Nebr., January 20 RhN
Ralph G. Coad, president of the Omaha
metropolitan utilities district. last
night announced that he would file as
a candidate for the Democratic nomi-
nation for Congressman from the sec
ond Nebraska district at ten next pri-
mary election.
Although 1 managed the campaign
of Edward Burke. our present Con-
gresham, in the last election, on ac-
count of his recent complete subservi-
ence to our national committeeman
arthur Mullen) and his recent an
nouncement siding with Mr.. Mullen
and against the President. 1 have de-
cided to file for the Democratic nomi-
nation" said Coad in a statement
Evening star., 1934-01-21
Seals Defy Ice.

During the recent cold spell in Pari
Gals in the Jardin des Plantes tough
their way through ice to seize fish
thrown to them.
The Washington times., 1934-03-02
TIMES IS VICTOR
IN TWO SUITS

Verdicts in favor of The Wash
ington Times Company were re-
turned by a jury before Justice
F.. Dickinson Let's in District
Supreme Court yesterday in two
suits instituted by James H. Mar
tin, former clothing store manager,
for a total of 5000, 900 damages.
The suits were based on two
newspaper stories, one published
in The Washington Times, June
10, 1892, and the other in the
Washington Herald, June II, 1882.
Mr.. Martin, through Attorneys
Rosa F. Downing and Joseph j.
Malloy, contended the articles in
jured his reputation in the cloth
ing business.
Defended by Attorneys Wilton
]. Lambert, Rudolph H. Yeatman
and George D. Horning, jr., The
Times Company took the position
that the articles grew out of an
episode involving Martin in Police
Court and were protected by q
qualified privilege.
After a trial lasting a week, the
jury deliberated the case less than
an hour and returned it's verdict
for the company. The jury found
that the articles were qualifiedly
privileged and that no malice in
their publication could be charged
against the company.
The Washington times., 1934-03-02
QUIZ VOTE
! DUE IN HOUSE
~ International News Service

~ International News Service
: Investigation of Army aviation
and airplane contracts amounting
TO hundreds of millions of dol
lars was due to be authorized by
the House as the rift between
Secretary Of War Dern and the
House Military Affairs Committee
Widened.
I Confident that the House will
give the committee broad power
with $4,000 to make the in
pestigation, Chairman McSvain
ADJ Of South Carolina. hoped to
call the investigation resolution
stp for passage today.
:. While a Federal grand jury is
Investigating Army purchases.
Mr.. McSwain said the House in
auiry was planned with a view
OF paving the way for legisla-
tion affecting the military policy.
especially that Of the Army Air
Corps.
!. Inquiry into the death rate Of
the Army Air Corps was under
way by q Military Affairs sub
committee. Representative Rog.
sers CD Of New Hampshire gave
the aviation death rate as fol.
lows: 1928, So killed; 1924, "a;
1925, 38; 1926, AZ; 1927, 43; 1928
~; 1929, 81; 1880, So; 1881, IS;
1892, so; 1888, 46.
The Washington times., 1934-03-02
Social Work Class
Aids Chest GrOUU

Mrs. John Jay O'Connor, chair
man Of the volunteers committee
Of the Council Of Social Agencies,
today said many new volunteers
for social work with the various
Community Chest agencies have
been obtained as q result Of the
volunteer course in social work.
The final lecture in the course
was given yesterday by DR.. Tracy
w McCregOr,
The Washington times., 1934-03-02
STAIRS FALL Fatal

: A fall down q flight Of stairs
February Is yesterday caused the
death Of John F. Conway, 70, in
Gibley Hospital. He fell at his
home in the 1900 block Of Mass
Achusetts Ave. S. E., suffering .
compound hip fracture.
The Washington times., 1934-03-02

THE way you are demanding
= Golde" Wedding is proving at
least one ding Americans are
pretty keen judges of what's in
side the bottle! AS a matter of
The Washington times., 1934-03-02
News Photographic Service.
REGISTERED BRAND

serve of cask -mellowed straight
whiskies for blending has sOme-
thing to do with it. And here is
something that has a lot to do
with it .. Golden Wedding is