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Evening star., 1935-07-06
HIGH TUBERCULAR
DEATH RATE HERE
SHOWS FUND NEED
New York City Association
Figures Reveal Capital
Is Second in U. S.
REQUEST FOR S65,OO0
NOW BEFORE BUREAU
Report Shows 600 Fatalities, or
120 Per Each 100, 900 Per.
sons, in 1884.

Washington's critical need for addi-
tional public health funds was brought
into bold relief today with the an
nouncement that the Nations Capital
moved up from third to second place
among major cities in its tuberculosis
death rate during 1884.
This staggering statistical revelation
came from G. j. Drolet. head of the
New York City tuberculosis and
Health Association. which has just
completed a tuberculosis mortality sur
vey of As large American cities.
With the unanimous support of the
District Medical Society and civic or
ganizations. the District Commis-
sioners have asked the Budget Bureau
for a $65, 900 supplemental appropria-
tion. representing the minimum needs
of the Health Department, but no
action has been taken on the request.
Congress cut $4,000 from the Or
iginal Health Department estimates,
not only preventing expansion of
present meager facilities, but neces-
stating further cuts and even in
voluntary furloughs unless more
money soon Is forthcoming.
Fight on tuberculosis.
DR.. George c. Rutland. new Dis
trict health officer, has announced he
expects to place major emphasis on
the fight against the white plague if
he can secure enough money to
operate efficiently.
The only other city during 1894
with a higher tuberculosis death
rate than Washington was San An
tonic, Tex, the survey revealed.
Washington's percentage of deaths
per 100000 of population was 100,
while in the Texas city the figure
was 145 Birmingham, Ala, ranked
third with 119 tuberculosis deaths
per 100000 persons.
This information reached Washing
ton through the agency of the District
tuberculosis Association.
500 Deaths in 1884.
The report shows 609 tuberculosis
deaths here during the year. OF
these, 416, OF 68 per cent, were
Negroes. Among colored persons the
death rate Was 295 per 100000 of
population.
Emphasis is placed on failure here
TO keep up with the rest of the coun-
try in preventive and curative work
by the very fact that the 1884 death
rate was a 2 per cent improvement
over 1888, and despite this, Washing
ton moved up into second place on
the roll Of American cities.
The average death rate per 100000
of population was found to be 696 in
1884 and 72.5 in 1888, a decrease of
4 per cent, or twice the percentage
drop here.
For most of the cities studied. the
death rate was figured on a basis Of
residents both in and out of town. In
the case of Washington. however, the
total includes only in-town deaths,
since other figures were not available
AS shown by the statistics, conditions
are particularly serious here among
the colored people. where facilities are
extremely restricted.
1t is estimated there is only half
. hospital bed available in the District
for each person who died of tuber-
culosis during the year.
Evening star., 1935-07-06
POLICE HUNT YOUTH
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
MANASSAS, Va, July 6.-An alarm
has been broadcast by the parents OF
John Patton, jr., II, of Manassas, who
disappeared from home July 4. Ac-
cording to information supplied police.
he was last seen in a car carrying
Maryland license and driven by
woman. He is described as weighing
about 144 pounds and is about feet
10 inches tall.
Evening star., 1935-07-06
Embezzlement Charged.

Daniel Milton Soliday, 10, who gave
an address in the 600 block of East
Capitol street, was arrested last night
by two members of the fugitive squad
on a Logan, Ohio, warrant charging
him with embezzlement of $3,343.93
from a child for whom he was legal
guardian. The arrest was made by
Detectives Joseph w. Shimon and
Richard /. oex. ~
Evening star., 1935-07-06
OIL SURFACING FINISHED

Oil surfacing in the projected
Shenandoah National Park, which has
caused much inconvenience and spat-
tering of cars of Washingtonians and
other visitors along Skyline Drive, has
been completed, officials of the Ma
tional Park Service today announced.
The oil is now thoroughly dry SO that
motorists may proceed in comfort.
Officials warned. however. that there
are two places where asphalt surfacins
is in progress. These are in the ares
between Thornton Gap, at Panorama
Va. and Swift Bun Gap. e..
Evening star., 1935-07-06
Licensed to Marry.

UPPER MARLBORO, Md, July 6
(SpeciaD. - Marriage licenses have
been issued here to the following:
Lyman Alphonso Shelton, %. and
Lillian Louise Padgett, l6, both of
Washington; John william DALEY, IS,
and Nellie Beatrice Ray. 80, both of
Accokeek, Md: Jacob Francis Long,
~, and Ellen Maude Chambers. 50,
both of Washington; Emmett Lewis
Lauer, %, Riverdale, Md, and Doro-
thy Elizabeth Hill. 1e HyattSville,
Md; Frank L. Anderson. %, Wash
ington. and Clara o. Bacon, 1s. Riv-
erdale, Md.
Evening star., 1935-07-06
STORE SALES INCREASE
o.5 PER CENT IN WEEK
Gain Proves 3S.2 Per Cent More
Than in Same Period
in 1884.

An increase in department store
sales last week Of 95 per cent over
the previous week and 1872 per cent
more than in the same week of 1884
was reported yesterday at the De-
partment of Commerce.
The increase in vacation pur-
chases here corresponds with retail
and wholesale sales throughout the
country, the department said. Bank
clearings here were 253 per cent. and
642 per cent ahead of the week last
year.
Evening star., 1935-07-06
81 BILL UNP0PULARITY
GROWS IN DEPRESSION
$32, ,0OO, 900 Circulation at End Of
1884 Is $11, 900, 900 Decline
From October 81, 1880.
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
The two-doilar bill, object of super
stition, seems to have become even
more unpopular during the depression.
A Federal Reserve Board compila-
ton today showed only $32,000,000 in
bills of that denomination were in
circulation at the end of 1884, a de-
cline of $1,000, 900 since October 81.
1890.
In contrast. substantial increases
were noted for other denominations.
The increase in the amount of larger
bills outstanding was attributed in
part to a hangover of boarding from
bank crisis days.
Evening star., 1935-07-06
Plan for Convention.

The Executive Committee of the
Association Of Land Grant Colleges
and Universities of America is meeting
today at the Willard Hotel to prepare
plans for the associations annual con.
yention here next November.
Evening star., 1935-07-06
Found Unconscious, Man Dies.

Bert Bories, So. was found uncon-
scious in his room at GIG street early
today and pronounced dead upon ar
rival at Casualty Hospital. He was
found by Stanley Parker, another oc-
cupant of the house, 4
Evening star., 1935-07-06
PARENTS PARK infant
IN STRANGERS AUTO
Solution to Shopping Problem
Fails, but Babe Is Recov-
cred at Bureau.

Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Phillips of An
napolis, Md, ended shopping prob
lem yesterday by parking their s.
month h-old daughter Nancy in the
rear of an unoccupied car. They re-
turned to find her gone.
Attracted by her cries, Walter Little,
3145 Mount Pleasant street, had found
the child in the car. Perplexed, he
summoned police, who had the young
ster taken to the Women's Bureau.
Persons were still gathered about
discussing Nancy's plight when the
parents returned. They went imme-
diately to claim the child.
Evening star., 1935-07-06
CHINESE TO SPEAK
Canton Physician to Talk at War
renton Tomorrow,

WARRENTON, Va, July 6 (Spe-
ciaD DIR. PAX Chue Chan, educated
in the United States and for several
years in charge of large hospital in
Canton, China, who has been in this
country several months doing research
work. is visiting friends in Warrenton
and will speak tomorrow morning in
the Methodist Church.
The monthly union service will be
held in the Methodist Church tomor-
row evening.
Evening star., 1935-07-06
MRS. ENGLISH HOME

Wife of Byrd Explorer Cripple as
Result of Plunge.
Mrs. Lucille T. English, wife of the
naval officer who commanded Ad-
miral Richard E. Byrd's Bear of Oak
land through the frozen wastelands
of the Antarctic, returned home to
the Embassy Towers Apartments.
1920 Fuller street, yesterday with the
prospect of being a hopeless cripple
for the rest of her life as a result Of
her Jump from a window of her fifth
floor apartment two weeks ago.
Mrs. English, according to attend
ing physicians, is paralyzed from her
waist down from an injury to her
spinal column.
The Bismarck tribune., 1935-01-29
Problem Child Born
To 13.Year-Old Girl

Denver. Jan. 20. - @ - Johnny
Doe," Denver's day-old problem child.
was described as q normal, brown
haired infant Tuesday at the hospital
here where his l3-year-mother rested
under the care Of physicians and won
dered II she would be permitted to
keep her son.
The birth Of the seven-pound
youngster Monday was the climax Of
. strange social question raised by
the baby,s grandmother. She appeal
ed unsuccessfully to the courts for q
birth control operation to be per-
formed on her granddaughter, con-
tending motherhood would imperil
the girls life. Doctors disagreed and
refused to perform the operation.
The father Of Johnny Doe,"-John
w. Brewer, Is. is in the Colorado
penitentiary, serving q 2o-year SEN
tence on q morals offense conviction.
The name Of the l3-year-old mother
has not been disclosed.
The Bismarck tribune., 1935-01-29
ACT WOULD ABOLISH
STATE GRAIN CHIEF
Office Of Grain Commissioner
Refused Appropriation
Two Years Ago

A bill to abolish the office Of grain
commissioner was introduced in the
North Dakota house Tuesday by Alex
Dal1ell and Franklin Page, both o1
Pembina county.
Repeating chapter 1873 Of the 1925
laws, the act carries an emergency
clause which would make It immedi-
ately effective, ousting G. Lebert
Crum, now holding the position.
Two years ago the legislature re-
fused to make an appropriation fo1
the office but failed to repeal the act
IA bill has been introduced at this
session for an appropriation to pay 4
deficit for the salary and expense,
LOT the office as q result Of q court
order which held the officer was en-.
titled to the salary since the act wa,
not repealed.
It was one Of eight bills introduced
In the house as 1t convened Tuesday
including . second measure to reduce
from seven to four per cent the in
terest rate on judgments recovered II
court.
A bill by Albert Bjerke Of 0riges
county amends the law relating to ell
gtbility Of sheriff and county trea-
surer to two successive terms Of two
years each with . provision that nc
person may be eligible to any county
office more than eight years.
Another proposal by Bjerke makes
it unlawful and grounds for removal
for any state, county or municipal Of
ficial to attend conventions and
charge any expenses Of attending to
any political subdivision.
The Bismarck tribune., 1935-01-29
S0lOns Considering
Sales Tax Proposals

Presentation Of ct least one and
perhaps two, sales tax proposals to the
North Dakota legislature as . means
Of raising needed revenue was antic-
ipated Tuesday.
Following appearance Of . represen-
tative from the state tax commission
er's office with statistics on expen-
ditures Of the state government, pay
meut Of taxes levied and probable
needs before the senate committee on
taxes and tax laws, John &. Brogtuen
Of Mckenzie. chairman, said = "turn-
over" sales tax was being considered.
He expected It to Be introduced
some time this week. and indicated It
might be introduced by the commit
tee. Another sales tax bill. gross
earnings tax, Was being prepared By
senate forces With Introduction ex-
pected soon. Both would have The
revenue 90 partly to schools. y.
Drcstuen pointed out there Is . need
for revenue producing measures, de-
claring that the regular taxes for l03S
are nearly half delinquent.
The Bismarck tribune., 1935-01-29
WINTER CARNIVAL
SET FOR SATURDAY
Outdoor Attraction Postponed
Because Of Cold Weather
to Have Same Rules

The first Burleigh County Winter
Sports Carnival, postponed last Sat-
urday because of the sub-Sero weather.
win be staged In Bismarck Saturday
Of this week, the committee In charge
announces.
Rules governing entries and routes
in the three parades which win be
IN outstanding feature remain the
same.
The pet parade. which opens the
afternoon program, will form 1T !
.. m. at the Will school and proceed
through the downtown business sec
tion. winding up at the skating rink
north Of the high school. where the
competitive athletic events will be
held. To be eligible to march In the
parade, each person must be accom-
panied by q pet Of some sort.
Opening events In the evening, the
torch parade viii leave the World
War Memorial building at Z o'clock
Participants are to bring their own
torches.
The costume parade. from which
the king and queen Of the carnival
are to be picked, viii climax the sports
events In the evening, coming imlne-
diately after the hockey game BE-
tween the Demon puck chasers and
the jamestown Bluejays.
The Bismarck tribune., 1935-01-29
Fifth Defendant in
Still Case Sentenced

Minot, N. D., Jan. 2o.-(P)eLyle
Roth Of jamestown and Moorhead,
Mimi. formerly from Wisconsin, was
sentenced in federal court Monday
to serve six months in the Cass county
jail and to pay q fine Of 1900. after
he had pleaded guilty to . four
count indictment against him as .
result Of the seizure Of large still
on q farm near Logan last July.
J. j. Brand, on whose farm the
still was found, also was arraigned
/ before Judge Andrew Miller for sen
tence. but imposition Of punishment
was deferred.
q Roth received . sentence Of six
smonths on all four Of the counts, and
~ fine Of 900 on each Of three. But
the court ordered tho jail sentences
10 run coucurreutly.
az Charges against Frank Brand. Q
ION Of ]. J. Brand. also brought In
onuection with the seizure Of the
tau, were dismissed on motion Of the
1overnment.
M Roth was the fifth defendant to
Head guilty TO charges growing out
ak the seizure Of the still.
The Bismarck tribune., 1935-01-29
dam SITES URGED
| IN Land PROGRAM
Byrne Points to Need Of Water
Reservoirs a. Phase Of
PWA Plans in N. D.

Broadening Of land classification
policies under the sub-marginal land
acquisition program. with PWA funds.
has been asked Of Washington by the
state planning board, it was an
nounced Tuesday by Robert Byrne,
chairman.
Funds are now available for acqui-
sition Of land In North Dakota for:
q. 8. biological survey: for additions
to Indian reservations: for grazing
preserves: ana for park ana recrea-
tion areas.
Byrne called attention to q fifth
type Of purchase needed in North Da-
kota. Because Of our dwindling sur
face water supplies. the impounding
Of water becomes one Of the most I'M
portant types Of projects within our
borders," he said. Emergency con-
servation work camps are available
to construct dams to store up the wa
ter In reservoirs. All we lack d
means Of acquiring that land which
will be flooded"
Pointing to half . dozen feasible
impounding projects now known to
the board, Byrne commented that
from the standpoint Of assisting to
alleviate future emergency drouth
conditions. this type Of natural reser-
voir project might be construed %
the most valuable type Of all. Funds
involved would total much less than
those which are now claimed to Be
available for purchase Of land for
other purposes, he explained. since
most Of these natural reservoir areas
are relatively small, and made up
mostly Of former bottom lands.
"The board has addressed its plea
to John 8. Lansill, in charge Of land
purchase program under the SUBJ
marginal land committee, which oper-
ates with PWA funds. Approval Of
this appeal will mean construction
during 1885 Of many splendid water
conservation projects in North Da-
kota which have been out Of the ques-
tion before, because Of the land pur.
chase angle" Byrne said.
The Bismarck tribune., 1935-01-29
Theodore HOchhalter
Funeral Is Arranged

Funeral services will be conducted
at the Gospel Tabernacle at Regan
Wednesday afternoon for Theodore
Hochhalter. son Of Mr.. and Mrs. An
drew Hochhalter Of north OF Still,
who died ct his home at $3.50 o'clock
Sunday afternoon after . long illness.
The youth was born In February
Of 1915 and ct his death was Il
years and II months old. He be-
came III last August while enrolled
In the Civilian Conservation Corps.
At that time he lost the sight In one
eye and was discharged and returned
to his home. Following that, he wa
. patient at . Bismarck hospital fof
nine weeks and while there became
totally blind.
Members Of the Hustlers 4-H club
Of which Hochhalter was . member
viii oct Is pallbearers ct the last
rites.
The Bismarck tribune., 1935-01-29
Teachers Relief to
Continue Till March

Funds for teachers reliefs In North
Dakota will continue until March !, It
was announced Tuesday by e. A. WILL
son, FERA administrator for North
Dakota, following word from Wash.
ington.
Declaring that the school aid funds
first were made available until Febru.
ary / with the expectation that the
legislatures would take some action
regarding the problem. Wilson said
It was realized that the assemblies
could not provide the funds 20 early.
The extension was made to March /.
Wilson said he had met with the
full education committee Of the North
Dakota house and senate which re.
quested he ask 4 continuation Of the
school aid.
Following his request for some
tangible Information. joint resolutions
were introduced In the house and sen.
ate Monday to authorise collaboration
between senate and house committees
and the department Of public instruc-
tion TO present educational needs Of
the state to the FERA.
The Bismarck tribune., 1935-01-29
COMMITTEE STUDIES
PROPOSAL TO CLOSE
four IN. D. COLLEGES
Senate Tax Group Seeks Econ
omical Means to Care for
Overflow at Asylums
Appointment OF sub-committees +

Appointment Of subcommittee to
draw up sales tax and liquor bills,
and to study feasibility Of closing -four
state educational institutions was au-
thorized Tuesday at q meeting Of the
senate taxes and tax laws committee
The committee discussed possibility
Of closing state teachers colleges at
Valley City and Mayville for q two
year period, and using the Ellendale
Normal and Industrial school and the
Bottineau School Of Forestry as
branches Of the state hospital for the
insane and for the San Haven Tuber-
culosis Sanitorium, respectively.
Appointment Of q chancellor over
all state educational institutions. to take
steps to eliminate duplication In
courses, also will 60 before the sub
committee for consideration.
Liquor Committee Named
A liquor law will be drawn by a sub
committee composed of Senator's J. p.
Cain, Stark county, Ole Ettestad. Nc
Henry county, and Harry Peterson,
Mountrail. The other sub-comnit-
tees are to be named.
Discussions In committee brought
before the members the Washington
state liquor law as possible model
for q North Dakota proposal. This
law provides for state-owned liquor
stores, with bars prohibited. Also
considered was the attachment Of q
provision outlawing road houses.
In addition to the group charged
with drawing sales tax law, a SUBJ
committee will be named to revise the
state income tax statutes.
In discussions, committee members
suggested that the overflow from the
insane hospital could be diverted to
the Glendale school, while 60 chronic
cases could 60 to the Bottineau insti-
tuition.
Members called attention that Of IS
students at Bottineau. Is are taking
high school work. It was suggested
that students now enrolled there could
be taken care of at the Minot Teach
ers college.
Would Transfer Students
While it was pointed out that the
Valley City and Mayville schools are
land grant colleges, the suggestion was
advanced they could be closed for two
years by failure to provide legisla-
tive appropriation.
CONTINUED on Page TwO
The Bismarck tribune., 1935-01-29
Noodle May Appoint
Citizens Committee

Governor Thomas H. Noodle Is
in no hurry to intervene in the
situation at Fargo where drivers Of
coal, Ice and other trucks are on
strike, largely for recognition Of
the union.
The governor said appeals have
been made to him from both sides
but that he feels the people Of
Fargo should settle their own Diff
ficulties without state Intervention
II it IS possible to do 50.
Meanwhile. he has asked the
federal department Of labor to in
vestigate the case, since one OF the
matters involved Is Section IA Of
the National Industrial Recovery
Act, which guarantees to workers
the right Of collective bargaining.
He has been informed, he said
Tuesday. that representatives of
the department Of labor have been
sent to Fargo from Minneapolis.
II he feels it necessary to act In
an effort to adjust the situation,
he indicated. he may appoint q
committee Of Fargo citizens. not
connected with either the strikers
or their employers, to ascertain
the facts In the case and make
recommendations. An alternative
course would be to 60 to Fargo
himself and conduct an investiga.
ton and negotiations personally.
Last fall Ole H. Olson. then gov
nor. went to Fargo and assisted in
settling q strike Of milk wagon
drivers which was sponsored by the
same union organization as Is con-
Quoting the coal drivers strike.
The Bismarck tribune., 1935-01-29
WALLET CONTAINING
$1,4ao,oOO SOUGHT
BY POLICE, AGENTS
Messengers Wallet vanishes
From Table in Wall Street
Brokerage Office
NO CLUES FOUND IN HUNT
Y. S. Treasury Notes Were Be-
ing Delivered to Banks by
Trusted Employe

New York, Jan. 20.-(P-Federa
agents joined police Tuesday in an
attempt to solve the mystery of the
disappearance Of $1.4500O0 in U. s.
treasury notes from a Wall street
brokerage office.
Authorities spent hours questioning
financial messengers as they sought
to learn how wallet containing the
securities could vanish from an eight
by ten foot room as the man who had
charge Of them stood only q few feet
away.
Besides the treasury notes, the
wallet contained $1,000 in bonds.
All the securities are negotiable
and are insured, said o. q. Alexander,
assistant vice president Of the bank
Of the Manhattan company to which
they belonged.
The disappearance occurred Monday
In the messengers room Of the brok-
erage office of c. ]. Devine & Co.
George BloSsfield, 65 year old
messenger Of the bank Of the Man
haitian company. had left the bank
with $1,000, 900 in securities to be de-
livered at four places. The Devine
office was his first stop and he de-
livered $850,O0O in treasury notes
there.
It was learned, however, that addi-
tional securities were to have been
sent to the brokerage firm, 50 Bloss-
field sent his guard, John Mccarthy,
back to the bank to find out about
them.
Blossfield said he placed his wallet
on q table and then waited until Nc
Carthy returned with the additional
securities for the Devine firm.
Blossfield handed the packet In at
window and then turned back to the
table to find the wallet gone. He ques-
toned other messengers IN the room
at the time, but none saw the wallet
disappear.
Mccarthy. who was waiting In an
outside room, also said he saw no one
leave with the wallet.