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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-02-15
NORTHERN PACIFIC
FILES TAX SUIT IN
FEDERAL TRIBUNAL
Railroad Says State Is overas.
sessing Its Property; FOL-
lows 500 Line Lead

Fargo, Feb. l5.-(P)-Following the
example Of the 500 Line railroad. the
Northern Pacific railroad has gone
into federal court seeking relief from,
alleged excessive taxation.
A bill Of complaint. copies Of which
have been given to the marshal's Of
flee for service, was filed In federal
court Wednesday.
Like the 500 action. the case
brought by the Northern Pacific is
against j. j. Weeks, state tax COM
missioner, the state auditor, and the
county commissioners and auditors OF
50 North Dakota counties In which
the railroad has property.
The railroad agrees to pay 70 per
cent Of its 1888 assessment and asks
an injunction restraining further
collections until the property assess
ment is determined by the court.
The amount of taxes levied against
the railroads property in North Da-
kota for 1888 is approximately $l,182.-
039, it is alleged, distributed as fol-
lows. Barnes, $74,12754: Benson. $42.-
335.03: Billings. $25,8oO07: Burleigh,
s81 1894 Cass. $85,903.66; Dickey.
$7,9085l: Dunn. $25.56395: Eddy.
$685. 20; Emmons, $l7,090.20: Foster.
sl9,751Ol; Golden Valley, $36.675.2l;
Grant, $32,652.57; Grand Forks. $21,-
S30.l7: Griggs. $l9,7ll9 go: Hettinger,
$ll,26825: Kidder, $54,054.02: La
Moure, $47,74774: Logan. $2.746O8:
Mclean, $8.87l.27; Mercer, $35 $50 80;
Morton, l47,647.35; Oliver. $l6.8O7. 70:
Pembina. $24,62713: Ransom, ST.
3l420; Richland. $l9.980l9: Sargent,
$50 TAG 20; Sheridan. $22. l29.87: Sioux,
$l794329: Stark. $73.7l06l: Suits
man, $104,893.0e; Walsh. $l8,334 so:
Wells, $23,l6207.
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East wins with the king and re-
turns spade, which dummy wins
with the king. The nine Of hearts is
returned from dummy, East covering
with the jack and South winning with
the queen.
The nine of diamonds Is led by
South and won in dummy with the
jack. The six Of hearts is returned
from dummy. and when East plays
the eight, the ten is finessed, holding
the trick. The ace of hearts Is cash.
ed, picking up Easts king, q club be-
ing discarded from dummy. West
discards spade.
Three more rounds Of hearts are
taken. West lets 60 three clubs, and
three clubs are discarded from dunn
my. East discards three diamonds.
The ace of diamonds Is played and
West is squeezed. II he drops the
queen Of clubs, declarer's four Of clubs
will be good. while II he lets go the
jack Of spades, the declarer will win
the last two tricks in dummy with the
ace and seven OF spades.
Copyright, 1894. NEA Service, 1nc)
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-02-15
WISCONSIN MAN IS
KIDNAPPING VICTIM
Strangers Halt Motorist and
Force Him to Drive Them
to Point in Iowa

Menomonie, Wis, Feb. l5.-P)-
Claiming he had been kidnapped by
two men q block from the loop dis
trict here Tuesday noon and later
released near Decorah. a., Fred
Dreger, Menonpnie garage man, re-
turned to his home Wednesday night
and reported the incident to the au-
thorities.
Dreger said two men forced their
way into his car as he stopped at an
intersection a block from the loop at
Ito p. m. Tuesday. one Of the men
pointing gun at him. They then
forced him to drive five miles south
Of here where they stopped, put him
on the floor of the rear Of his car,
covered him with a blanket. and
drove on.
Between and 10 p. m. they robbed
him Of Sos leaving him 50 cents. and
put him out Of the automobile about
six miles south Of DEBORAH. Ia, be-
tween that city and Canover. and
drove on.
Dreger's car, a 1925 sedan. was lat
er found abandoned at DEBORAH, near
the depot. Dreger walked to DEBORAH
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-02-15
Murrel Is Acquitted
On Charge Of Assault

San Antonio, Tex. Feb. l5.-(P>-
Lieut.. John H. Murrel. cleared OF q
criminal attack on Miss Blanche
Rails. red-haired Alabama divorce,
said Thursday he Is going back to the
army with clear conscience"
Il knew would be acquitted the
Ninth Infantry officer said. 4 sup
pose it was because my conscience
was clear. The trial has not embit-
tered me. I still have the same con-
fidence always have had In the
womanhood Of America and I am 60
ing back to the army to perform my
duties in the same spirit as before. l
want to thank all of those who have
stood by me through the trial and
since the charges were filed
Miss Rails. who Is %. was the only
government witness. She testified she
met Lieut. Murrel the evening Of Oct.
II and went with him and others to
a night club near San Antonio. Dur
ing the evening, she said. she had
about three cocktails.
About 4 a. m. the next day. she tes-
titled, she got into car with Murrel
to 90 home Instead. she charged, he
took her to the army post and attack
ed her.
Lieut.. Murrel denied any attack.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-02-15
COMPACT q
." [XPIRIS PLAY II -
Solution 70 Previous Contract Problem
BY WIN. E. MCKINNEY
Secretary, American Bridge League)

I hope my readers have had oppor-
tunity to lay out all the cards in
today's problem, and try to figure out
the solution. 1t is an interesting and
tricky little play. The hand was sent
to me by Arthur p. WaShburn Of New
York City.
I must admit that 1t would take
rather optimistic bidding to arrive
at q contract OF six hearts with the
North and South hands. However,
Washburn failed to tell me how they
proceeded to this final contract. al
though the bidding might have gone
South one heart. West two clubs.
North double, South three hearts,
North three no trump. South four
hearts, and North six hearts.
The Play
Vests opening lead is the king OF
clubs, East drops the Jack. and South
wins the trick with the ace. Figuring
that East holds the singleton jack OF
clubs and that the only way to make
the contract is to find East with the
king Of diamonds totherwse there
will not be enough entries IN dummy
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-02-15
Is Answer Drinking
Charges in January

Drunkenness and related charges ac-
counted for IS arrests in Bismarck
during January, according to the
monthly report Of Chief Of Police G..
J. Martineson.
Eight offenders were arraigned in
police court on drunk -disorderly
charges: two for driving car while
intoxicated: and is for being drunk.
Four were arrested on assault-and-
battery charges.
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- O N TIN u E 1,
from page cuc'
State CWA Payroll
Is Put at $354,OOO

sation Of federal civil works no: ca
federal or other public property.
With practically all Of It's first
$400, 000, 900 fund exhausted last Sat
urday, the CWA appeared about to
halt stock-still or at least 60 payroll
less.
But even with this problem answer
ed, Hopkins served notice that plans
for reducing the force are still In ef-
feet.
Hopkins intends to cut the total
Of employees by about 10 per cent q
week, until the army will have prac-
tically vanished by May l. Once at
q peak Of 100000 men. it already Is
100000 below that figure.
Under Hopkins latest instructions,
further generalization begins Thurs
day night, but the exact number to
be dismissed at once has not been de-
termined. The orders. civil works Of
ficials estimate, affect the employ
ment Of 263, $50 individuals.
Some will b retained on few con-
tinuing federal projects, however.
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to carry out policies essential to the
cause Of good and honest government
His subsequent conduct In office soon
demonstrated an utter disregard foa
well defined progressive principles
BY numerous executive acts he has
clearly shown that his chief concern
was self-perpetuation in office rather
than sane, honest and economical
government. To be silent in the face
of this situation was to condone, and
when it became definitely certain
that the governor had broken faith
with the people. the state officials
were impelled to make their position
clear.
Opposes Mulcting Of Money
Specifically deserving of condemna-
ton Is the mulcting Of funds from
state employees and private business
for the establishment OF certain per-
sonal business ventures and for the
building up Of campaign funds de
signed to reflect him to office; his
undue and unwarranted exercise Of
the veto power in multiplying the &C
ton of the legislature on important
measures affecting the welfare OF
our citizens; his unwillingness to
counsel or cooperate with other state
officials and the duly constituted
leaders of the party: his appointment
to important positions Of men who
do not merit the confidence and re-
spect of the people: his Unsuitable de-
sire for personal power, self-aggran-
dizement. and self-perpetuation In
office; his countless displays Of inane
gestures and political hokum intend
ed to disguise the real motives OF his
administration; his cold blooded dis
regard for promises made in the in
terests of good government: his un-
principled subsidy Of influence to
accomplish questionable ends; his
demonstrated unfitness for the high
office which he now holds-these
were among the considerations which
prompted us to definitely absolve our
selves from the responsibility for the
administration OF William LANCER,
and which causes us to again declare
that we cannot conscientiouSly sup
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THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY l5 1884

where he reported his experience to
the authorities, who In turn got in
touch with Sheriff John p. Harmon
Of Menomonie.
Sheriff Harmon reported the mat
ter to Harold Nathan Of st. Paul, as.
sistant to ]. Edgar Hoover Of WASH
ington, Of the department Of justice,
placing the case In the hands Of the
federal investigators. Dreger will be
taken to st. Paul Thursday by Sheriff
Harmon at the request of Nathan to
attempt to identify his assailants from
photographs at federal headquarters.
Nathan is in charge of the search
for the kidnapers of Edward q.
Bremen. wealthy st. Paul banker, who
was released after payment OF $780,
600 ransom.
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port his denomination to office.
In Created Servant

Is Created Servant
mo creature can be superior to its
creator-thus the attempt of william
LANCER, created servant OF the Nom
partisan League, to become dictator
Of the League and thereby make 1t
subservient to his wishes-forces our
position to oppose his ambitions and
INSCRIPTIONS attempt to use the
League as q personal political ma
chine.
This statement is not q political
move on our part. We have no desire
to influence or dictate the naming Of
any candidate or candidates. We
have been identified with the Nom
partisan League since the beginning,
and we believe 1t is vital to the fu-
ture Of good government in North
Dakota that this movement should
be preserved and protected. Our ac-
ton In pointing out the facts as they
now exist is done with this In view.
Our own political fortunes are Of
small consequence compared to the
Of helping maintain in
our state type OF government that
will secure the respect, confidence
and support Of our citizens"
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C. ON y! TIN II =, U E D
Tell People Why
They Are Opposed
To denomination
Text OF Statement

The full statement of the officials
reads:
ITO clarity the stand already taken
by majority Of the present state
officials In repudiating the policies
and administration of William LANCER,
an honest regard for the opinions Of
the electorate demands that we should
state the reasons for such action.
Our disavowal Of the present gov
ernor Is not sQuabble over political
preference or power. It is based
wholly on the conviction that he has
violated the principles Of the party
which elected him and that he has
used his official position for per-
sonal and selfish purposes.
when the governor took office he
was supported by a majority of the
people Of the state who looked to rim
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-02-15
GENERAL CONDITIONS

The barometric pressure Is high
over the northern Great Plains States
and over the Rocky Mountain States
Lander 30.38) with low pressure over
the east and over the far west Rose
burg 1886, Temperatures are high
er IN the Great Lakes region and in
the extreme south and extreme west,
but slightly colder weather prevails
from the upper Mississippi Valley
westward to the northern Rocky
Mountain states. Generally fair
weather prevails IN all sections.
Bismarck station barometer inches:
1889. Reduced to sea level, 1924.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-02-15

Projects nearing completion are ex'
pected to be finished but many under
way probably will be discontinued.
State civil works administrations may
take over others.
The largest force affected by the
non-public property order Is In the
public health service. Hopkins has
ordered it to stop malaria control O..
forts employing 29,779 men, and rural
using 5000, and the seal
Ing Of mines by 6,571 workers to pre-
vent water acidity in the Ohio val
Lev,
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-02-15
Strange But True
News Items of Day
CITY NEEDS GOOD LOCK
(By The Associated Press)

Oak Lawn. Ill.-This village may
be In the market for a good lock to
put on the jail to keep out bank rob-
bers.
Six men invaded the Jail, stole the
police force-one policeman named
Arthur Eichler-and used him as
shield In an unsuccessful attempt
to hold up the Oak Lawn Trust &
Savings Bank. which was frustrated
when the cashier set Oft some tear
gas bombs.
The policeman was overcome by
0as
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-02-15
PRECIPITATION

For Bismarck station:
Total this month to date ...... 90
Normal. this month to date 49,. "a
Total, January LIST to date 49,. .08
Normal, January LIST to date =. SO
Accumulated deficiency to date 81
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-02-15
QUITS TRAINING EARLY

Chicago, Feb. l5.-lR-Ben Jeby Of
New York was 50 close to the middle
weight limit Thursday that he quit
training for his ten round non-title
bout with Vince Dundee, the middle
weight champion, ct the Chicago sta
dunn Friday night. day early.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-02-15

"AAOS SoANASA
For North Da-
kota: Partl y
cloudy. war m e r
southeast portion
tonight; Frid ay
fair and somewhat
colder.
For South Da-
kota: Fair, warm
er west portion to-
night: Friday gen.
orally fair.
For Montana:
Mostly fair to-
night and Friday,
>a->>-A - - - 80 - ~
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-02-15
DULUTH LOSES TO ST. PAUL

DULUTH LOSES TO ST. PAUL
St. Paul, Feb. 15.-FeParker's
goal with one second left to play in
an overtime period gave st. Paul .
to victory over Duluth in Central
League hockey game here Wednes-
day night. II was the Saints second
Strai0ht win.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-02-15
MINERS BEAT EVELETH

Eveleth, Mimi. Feb. 15.-tR-The
dumping Eveleth Rangers were hand
ed their third straight hockey defeat
IN q many starts here Wednesday
night when the Hibbing Miners went
on ! scoring spree to ring up six goals
70 EvelethS one.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-02-15
IT FAILED TO WORK

Milwaukee. - Nathan Gorenstein,
stopped by a traffic officer, offered
the following excuse:
Sorry, officer, didn't intend to
Jump the stop sign, but. you see, I'm
in q hurry to get home for supper.
I've got my fathers false teeth In
my pocket and If he doesn't get them
he'll starve."
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-02-15

Friday extreme west pOrClOH, HUE
change in temperature.
For Minnesota: Partly cloudy, not
so cold In north portion tonight; Fri
day unsettled. warmer in south and
extreme east portions.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-02-15

MISSIONARY KILLED
Hsinking (Changchun) Man.
chukuo-Bandits killed q French
Canadian Catholic missionary at
Laiouyan, north Of Mukden, and
escaped.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-02-15
STANDS FOR FREEDOM

Preston. England ~ Britain, said
Stanley Baldwin. Is almost the last
country standing today for freedom
Of speech and conscience"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-02-15
JAP TROOPS ACTIVE

Tokyo - japanese troops were re-
ported to have occupied . Chinese
city near the Russian frontier In q
drive against bandits.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-02-15

Green gooseberry sawflies are be-
ing reared at Manchester, England,
to get q fuller knowledge Of their life
history.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-02-15

Ss2.e Service Drug Store and all
other good druggists guarantee It.
Contains no chloroform nor other
narcotics, and no sweet. sugary syrup.
Not habit forming. Smells worse
than 1t tastes. But II you are cough
ing yourself to pieces, INSTANT RE-
LIEF IS what you want-and what
you get with observation-disclosures
tisement.
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Too Late TO Classify

HAVE your HAIR and SCALP OK.
anined ~ Mr.. Harrington, Z u
censed Dr. Parker practitioner q
hair and scalp tfouble. Exemina-
tinns ~. HaEringtonh Phone 10.
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Weather Report
FORECAST

For Bismarck and vicinity: Partly
cloudy tonight: Friday fair and some
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-02-15

Wanted - Old Spark
Plugs-8c each allowed in
sets of 4 or 6 on new Tiger
Plugs at 29c each exch.
Rebuilt Generators, $2.96
and up exch. Piston Rings
1Oc each. Tail Light Bulbs
each Sc. 13.Plate Battery
1919. Gamble Stores.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-02-15

Praha ~ C1echoSlovakian So
cialist workers struck for five
minutes Is = gesture Of sympathy
toward Austrian revolutionaries.
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Bits of News From
Throughout World
by The Associated Press
ASKS END TO sQUABBLING

Paris = Premier Doumergue. taking
his new cabinet before parliament for
the first time. urged the legislature to
cease squabbling and act to restore
political peace in France.
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New Spring Coats and Suits
are here! The s. & L. Co.
Two Doses Stop
Cough or no cost

No argument-money back
Il two doses Of Bronchuline
Emulsion don't give you IN
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-02-15

He paid S. In district court.
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II throat is sore, crush and
dissolve 3 Bayer Aspirin
Tablets in a half glass Of
water and garsie accord
ing to directions in box.
St. Croix tribune. [volume] (Christiansted, St. Croix, V.I.) 1922-1937, 1934-08-11
C,hristiansted Theatre
GAS Sunday NIGHT
''The Mad Game"

Spencer Tacy,Cl Trevor. Mogan
pitur t maybe O
itself with the efforts the
thad
anst the
Admiss a W eadvise secure your
tsinad advance d so
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From Madeira

HENRIQUEZ and HENRIQUEZ
Largest growers and producers of Nader
ra wine
A mere mention Of the famous brands
from the sellers of this ancient house is
enough to tell the whole story of superb
quality. he following names are den-
tified with the most splendid wines thatI
Madeira produce.
ZINE MEDIUM Dry, "BFLEM"
RICH MALMSEY" "OLO BOAL"
Vintage of 1876 etc
Firm Of John Alexander
Sole Agents for the Virgin Islands
Evening star., 1934-11-25
Christmas Seals.

The 1884 Christmas Seals in aid OF
the National tuberculosis Societys
campaign against the white plague
will go on sale this week. In the de-
sign is depicted the famous little red
house" at Saranac Lake, where DIR.
Edward Livingston Trudeau began his
work fifty years ago. The building is
shown in Winter landscape with
the familiar two-barred cross sketched
against the sky-a symbol Of hope not
very different from that seen by the
Emperor Constantine with the motto
In hoe signo vinceS,' meaning: by
this sign shalt thou conquer"
And the parallel is apt. The strug-
gle against tuberculosis has succeeded
far in excess of the expectations of its
first leaders. By processes Of educa-
tion millions have been saved from the
ravages Of the dread disease, and
thousands Of others, once Ill, now are
cured. The fever which within the
memory of living individuals COM
monty was considered fatal has
yielded its hold and is being van
quished step by step and month by
month as organized medicine, soci-
ology and philanthropy continue with
ever-increasing power the drive
launched half century back.
How much the Christmas Seals
have helped since their invention in
1907 no one can tell. Their worth
to the movement has been great be-
yond computation. They have dram
atized and democratized the cause to
which they are dedicated. Especially
during the depression they have been
Evening star., 1934-11-25
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHrLANDER JOHNSON.

Incompletion.
We live along from day to day
In toll that grows pathetic.
We face In some mysterious way
A problem arithmetic.
The student takes hand; likewise
The singer and the dancer.
No matter how each person tries.
Few reach the proper answer.
Some one says 2+2 make five,
As fancy proves a rover.
Then seeks a method to contrive
To work the whole thing over.
But life is short, the years go by
In futile calculation.
Among the theories we must try
May be "reincarnation."
Evening star., 1934-11-25
The Luminous Brain.

Fantastic was the exhibit Of the
luminescent brain witnessed by men,
bers of the National Academy Of Sci
ences at their Cleveland meeting last
week. 1t was symbolic Of the light
giving function of this organ which
has been the searchlight Of mankinds
craft in the strange voyage Of the
race through unknown, dark seas Of
time in search Of the promised land
whose mirage ever recedes as it Is ap-
preached. But the radiating proper
ties Of the cerebrum are not to be
considered as any supernatural mani
festation, but as depending, without
question, upon ascertainable laws Of
physiology.
1t Is more than an hypothesis that
the behavior Of the brain Is essentially
electrical-that thought itself Is an
extraordinarily complicated electrical
process. One Of the latest techniques
Of the neurologist, in fact, is study Of
the infinitesimably small electrical
reactions Of this highest center Of the
central nervous system. There has
long been a theory that the brain
actually acts as q human sending sta
ton for something vaguely in the ma
ture of radio impulses which can be
received by other brains at q distance.
II this theory ever should be proved
1t would tend to explain much that
now is essentially inexplicable.
The scientific method Of explaining
the phenomena of the luminous brain
will be to approach it on the basis Of
fundamental physical - and possibly
chemical-principles. It will seek to
determine the wave length Of the
luminosity and its place in the energy
spectrum.
This was only one of the remarkable
phenomena exhibited or reported az
the Cleveland meeting, but 1t obviously
held the first place in public interest.
It appealed to the public taste for the
mystical and the spectacular. Science
itself is far from regarding these
aspects with disrespect and realizes
that the spectacular often leads to
new knowledge Of the fundamental
principles that underlie all phenom-
ena. The investigation Of nervous
luminosity, and the kindred problem
Of the so-called mitogenetic radiation
sent out from living things, is one Of
the most fascinating paths on the sci
entific horizon.