The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 9, 1929, Page 10

| BASTERN RAILROADS “TO LIMIT REDUCTION Farm Relief Rates’ Action to Apply Only to Wheat and Wheat Flour Washington, May 9.—(4)—Repre- sentatives of Eastern Trunk Line railroads decided today to limit the freight rate reduction agreed upon recently as a farm relief action, to; Went to Washington as Sena-! wheat and wheat flour in line with the action of the Western Trunk Linc railroads. 3 This action was announced today to the interstate commerce comm! sion by Robert N. Collyer, chairman of the Eastern Trunk Line associa- THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE How An Orphan Girl From Kansas Became Second Lady of the Land Mrs. Gann’s Devotion and Loy- alty to Half-Brother Helped Him to Success TOOK ORPHAN TO HIS HOME tor's Secretary; Now Is Social Leader There HALE 9.— (NEA) — By MARL Washington, Ma: tion. The action was decided upon at | Everybody knows how Charlie Curtis, &@ meeting in New York between | the boy jockey, rose to be vice presi- eastern railway executives and mill- | dent of the United States. | That's one of America’s ‘avorite | Mr. Collyer told the commission | success stories. " this would make it necessary for the} The story of Permelia Curtis, the eastern railroads to amend the appli- {little orphan girl, who now 1s offi-;and rearing a growing family. She cation made recently for reduced | Cially recognized as the Second Lady | nursed Mrs. Curtis tenderly in her ers. as rates on all export grain in the east- ern territory. At a recent mecting in Washington the eastern carriers agreed upon re- duced rates on all export grain in or- der to move the surplus crop out of the country before the new crop is harvested. Western railroads at a Tater meeting decided to reduce rates iad territory on wlicat and wheat r. The action today limits the reduc- tion of both eastern and western railroads to wheat and wheat flour. Mr. Collyer appeared before the commission today along with repre- sentatives of other industries some of whom favor and others oppose the rate reduction. The meeting was called by the commerce commission in order to air the views of both sides so that an agreement might be reached as to what should be donc. eva e@nn<<@ will be North 1 pol signated for that pur the hours of nine o+ PM, he purpose $ of such city na ane saanree N et of Bismarck, North he initial resolu used for the p str & public building to be used mors, gymnasium dof” purchasing xite therefor and o furnishing the xame?” he initial resolution w: adopted by the board of cit sioners of said cit y commi on the @th day howill be subi voters y for their appr ejection, is follows “Whereas, it has been det that it will be for the best of the city of Bismarck kota, construct a pu for the purpose of using the an armory, gymnasium and rium and to purchase and acquire a nite therefor and the equipment and furnishings thereof; and “Whereas, it is deemed expedient to issue negotiable bonds of such city for the said purpos ‘Now, Therefore, t Resolved by the Roard of City Commissioners the City of Bisma . That it is expedte Boetiable bonds of said Bregate amount not ex 000.00 in the — denomin: $1,000.00 each, payable in turity in the ‘year 194 not éxceeding the 1: cent per annum, pa ally, the proceeds t for the purpore of constru Me building for use as an armory gymnasium and auditorium and Purchasing and acquiring a site there- for and of equipping and furnishing je same. same. . That the assessed valuation of all of the taxable property i city as the same was finally and determined after the e¢ thereof for the year w ing a pul as, hereby declared to be, for all purposes 4 | $7,039,713.00. ‘That ness of such c: poses, ts. $478,000.00, that onded indebtedness of all purposes is $395,922.7) bonded for all pr net ity for ds that of the | $10,000 “4 That the issuance of additional bonds in the sum of $125,000.00 for the purpose aforesaid will create an aggregate bonded indebtedness of the eity in the amount now authorixi ie voters of the city along question of issuing such further question of becom- ted for xuch purpose in an amount not exceeding three per cent of the assessed value of the taxable property of the city without regard to the existing indebtedness thereor The form of such special election for the purpoxe of submitting the foregoing Question ‘umber 1 to the the 6th day ol ie ¥) declaring it expedient to issue the negotiable bonds id city in an aggre-( 1 TES amount. d $125,000.00, i ;Romination | of § ¥ le. * Matick’ tn the with interest not “Bhall t! ity of Biemarek b e city of ecome indebted | ee per cent of the assessed value the taxable property in said Mithout regard, to ‘spec! of submitting the foregoing r voters o} shail be as follow: 5 ity of Bismarck b in an amount exceeding ree per cent of the ax- seaned Value of the taxable - wolig.imt auch special electi ‘opened at nine 0 rae x, at even a’ H. ATK ‘ city ballot to be used at in an amount not exceeding uestion mia city i \ of the Land, is not as familiar. But that story has even more of the charm of a fairy tale. ‘Was Christened Permelia Permelia was the christened name of the famous lady now known as Mrs. Dolly Curtis Gann. It dropped off somewhere along her line of progress. The story of Permelia docs not exactly parallel that of Cinderella or of Goldilocks, but it does show what unstinted devotion and loving effort sometimes can do for a little girl who hasn't any magic slippers with which to win a golden palace and a hand- some prince. Permelia Curtis had only a public school education. She was born in Topeka, Kansas, and in Kansas spent all her girlhood years. Unlike her} big half-brother Charlie, she had no | Indian blood in her veins. Child When Mother Died She was only a schoolgirl in pig- tails when her mother died. She, remembers vividly today her tears and her utter misery and how Brother Charlic comforted her and took her into his home. That was in 1889 and Curtis. who had studied | law in another man’s office and had ‘and a wonderful lawye But little Miss Curtis had more than @ double incentive. “She was always engaged in poll- tics.” fond Brother Charles once said. “She was as deeply interested in the game as I have been myself. She | did wonderful, untiring work helping me keep in touch with the home folks en that’s any congressman's big job.” y Curtis, like her brother, was | always a lover of horses. For a while ; she rode her own horse. And today the vice president and his official hostess sometimes are seen attending | the races at nearby tracks. | Early years in Washington formed Dolly’s character. She turned out to be a woman ‘/h»> enjoyed making her | she loves will come out on top at last own garden, reading. sewing and |—well, that romantic idea had its “doing things for people.” | triumph, too. Duties Multiplied As the wife of Senator Curtis be- came increasingly an invalid, the loyal little sister took over more ana | more of the duties of keeping house call either by his pet name except at home. Mrs. Gann, now probably the most socially active woman in Washington, is naturally cordial and has kindly blue eyes. Lately she may have felt on the defensive. Put she is not a j Woman of consuming social ambition. ington’s “social war” through loyalty |to Charlle and Charlie stuck to his through loyalty to her. She felt that she had a great duty to perform for , him and she refused to back down in the face of snobbery. She won and Charlie won. And | the fairy tale idea that a good little girl who labors unselfishly for those |President Hoover to |last illness. She did everything that | Hoover today told a committee of | might be expected to inspire the re- | Senators from the Mississippi valley | ‘imarkable effection which Curtis has | states affected by flood waters that | for his half-sister. {he desired to study the question of | In 1915 another great intevest came | Whether additional legislation was | into her life. She married a lawyer, | necessary to protect local levee dis- !a Kentucky Democrat, named Edward | tricts in the flood protection work on | Everett Gann. And no one ever has | the main stem and the tributaries of | suggested that her heart wasn't big | the Mississippi | | enough to hold notn hee husband and / The committee informed the presi- brother. The strong bond of affece | dent that it was the clear intent of tion became tri-nartite. c to provide such protection. e intensely inter- | The ef executive requested thei doing: of each {committee prepare and forward to ‘other. And her friends say that what! the white house a complete memo- jhas made Dolly Gann unhappiest | randum of its views as to the intent has been the suggestion that she per- | of congress. Among the members of mitted her duties as her brother's | the committee were Senators Hawes. | hosiess in a ‘ Missouri. and Watson of husband. = It i: ¢ Republican leader. She Loves Them Both To her “Billy” is a “wonde: ested in the i ! Tune in on KFYR every! morning for the A. W. Lucas! | th lie” is “precious,” served two terms as county attorney, | was one of Topeka’s leading lawyers. , At that point began Doliy Gann’s long career of loyal and devoted service. which now has been so richly rewarded. Washington know: brotherly and sister! appealing or more e! and Permelia have together—and, as the New England, “done for each othe: —for 40 years. Hers Is Blue Blood Mrs. Gann’s grandmother, Permelia Hubbard Curtis, was a > England- er. And her mother. second wife | of Charlie's father. w descendant of the famou first chief justice of e States. Blue blood courses throug Dolly Gann’s warm heart. In 1893 Curtis was elected to con- gress and Permelia came to Was! ington as his secretar: At time only one other member of con- gress had @ woman secretary, Senator Warren of Wyoming. The members of the house had no office building and so the little girl did her brother's secretarial work at | home. Jt was then that she who al- ready had devoted her life to her brother's happiness turned to the task of aiding his political succe: Any secretary on Capitol Hill has+ to be a politician; it’s part of her job | h She stuck to her guns through Wash- | Study Flood Control: Washington, May 9.—(4)—President | IMOVIE STAR INCOME TAX DODGERS DODGE ' Federal Investigators Examin- | ing Earnings of Other { Cinema Performers Los Angeles, May 9.—()—Indict- ment of Tom Mix. cowboy movie star, on charges of falsifying income tax returns for a three-year period dur- ing which his earnings apparently averaged nearly $400,000 annually, spurred federal investigators onward today in their attempt to uncover other alleged tax dodging by notables | of the screen. : | Mix and three others were named jin three indictments returned yester- day. In Minneapolis, where the actor and his famous horse, Tony, were ap- | Pearing in vaudeville, Mix declared he had not intentionally defrauded the | government and that he had left his income tax affairs in the hands of an expert. Announcement has been made that | Mix was through with the movies, which during 1927 brought him a sal- ary of $7,500 a week in addition to royalties. Representatives of the actor announced they wouid post a bond of $15,000 in his behalf at once. The indictments charge Mix con- spired to withhold $112.114.11 due as income tax during 1925, 1926, and During these years the actor's ss income Was given in the in- dictment as $345,001.72 for 1925, $405.020.14 for 1926, and $412,- 640.06 for 1927. The government did not allege the gross income had been misrepresented but charged the de- duetions of $164,598.24; $139,272.32, Bt Dr. R.S. 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