The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 5, 1929, Page 2

BISMARCK'S SHARE OF INSURANCE PAID LAST YEAR $79,160 Total for North Dakota Shown by Underwriter Journal to Have Been $5,700,000 WANAMAKER HAD $5,823,450 Millions Carried by One Ohioan Saved His Corporation From Going to the Wall Policyholders and beneficiaries re- ceived $2,057,000,000 from the life in- surance companies in the United States and Canada last year, accord- ing to the annual life payments num- ber of the The National Underwriter, an insurance journal. This is an in- crease of $31,000,000 over 1927. The increase in 1927 over 1926 was $160,- 464,432. q Payments of the life insurance companies in this state were $5,700,- 000. Of this state total Bismarck policies brought here $79,100. ‘This was di- vided as follows: $5,000 to $8,000: G. C. Wachter, one name not given, $12,883; $3,000 to $5,000: Gilbruth H. Leathers, one name not given, $6,399; six $2,000 claims, $12,849; two $1,000 claims, | $2,009. Other North Dakota payments were as follows: | Ashley, $27,096—$8.000 to $12,000: Adolph Lidke, John Straub, $20,000; $3,000 to $5,000: Jacob Breitling, Philip A. Colberg, $7,096. | Cando, $34,515—Alger V. Smith, $33,500; one $1,000 claim, $1,015. Devils Lake, $49,500—$15,000 $2,000 claims, $6,000; four $1,000 claims, $5,005. Elgin, $10,000—$5,000 to $8,000: Will J. Beck, Louis Stcigman. $10,000. Fargo, $186,000—$12,000 to $15,000, T. Verne Carey; $5,000 to $8,000. three names not given, $15,980; $3,000 to $5,000, two names not given, $6.736; seven $2,000 claims, $14,500; seven $1,000 claims, $8,429. Flaxton, $20,297—$15,000 to $20,000, one $1,000 claim, Nelson; 500. Grand Forks, $142,000—$8,000 to $12,000, Arthur G. Sorlie, one name not given, $18,000; $5,000 to $8,000, Laura A. Foster, Paul E. Franzen, three names not given, $27,000; $3,000 to $5,000, Percival A. Saunders. one name not given, $6,000; one $1,000 claim, $2,000; five $1,000 claims, $5,007. Harvey, $15,000—$15,000 to $20,000; | Hugo Eberlein. Hillsboro, $35,448 — $20,000 to $25.- 000, name not given; $5.000 to $8.000, name not given; $3,00 Oto $5,000, Gus- taf Meline. Jamestown, $38,700—$3,000 to $5,000, | Otto W. Thoemke; three $2,000 claims, $7,153; one $1,000 claim, $1,000. Larimoré, $21,017—$8,000 to $12,000, A. Hazen, one name not given, $20,017; one $1,000 claim. $1,000. Luverne, $10,018—$8,000 to $12,000, name not given. Miinneweukan, $19,012 — $15,000 to $20,000, name not given; one $2,000 claim, $2,000; one $1,000 claim, $1,012. Minot, $43,600—three $2,000 claims, $6,500; seven $1,000 claims, $7,597. Starkweather, $15,000 — $5,000 to $8,000, Morris King, Frederick Mag- nus; one name not given, $15,000. Sutton, agg rarer to $12,000, George Eugene incilman. ‘Wahpeton, $28,200—$25,000 to $30.- 000, William E. Purcell; one $1,000 claim, $1,063. Sashburn, $22,700—$15,000 to $20,- | ——— f Weather Report o— ‘Tem ture - Highest yesterday Lowest last night thest_wind velocity Temperature \Precipi- tation THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, MONDAY, AUGUST 5, 1929 SIDE GLANCES By George Clark “Goes to prove how impractical women are; been cooking my own meals for a weck now and haven't spent fifteen minutes on any of them.” 000, name not given; one $2.000 claim, $2,310; one $1,000 claim, $1,450. Striking Features A striking feature of the compila- tions shown here is the fact that the disbursements are in modest amounts. Notwithstanding the huge total, there are very few large pol- icies, The money goes back to families and children who need it, and not to| add to swollen fortunes. Taking all the death claims above $109,000 listed | the total is only — $59,621,000. This is only a drop in the bucket com- pared with the gross volume paid to Policyholdcrs and beneficiaries. If these large claims had not been paid the total would not have been affected perceptibly. There are, however, many substan- tial payments large cnough to keep a family from want. The day of the $1,000 policy is gone. and that of the $5,000 policy is passing. The vast de- velopment of life insurance is due to the new economic conditions that make life insurance the best answer to the modern problem. When there, was only one standard of living for the mass of the people, when provision for the future went no farther than potatoes and salt pork in the cellar, when women worked in| the fields and widows supported their families by raising their scanty food | on a plot of ground and toiled by| candlelight to make their clothes, when education was rare and children went to work at 10 or 12 years of age, | the need for life insurance was not. So apparent. Those who have higher standards of living for their families necd life insurance. Wanamaker Left $5,823,450 The largest payment was on the life of Rodman Wanamaker, whose insurance amounted to $5,823,450. Wanamaker for many years was noted as the most heavily insured man in the world, although with the adaptation of life insurance to pro- tect business enterprises a number of individuals are reputed to carry more than was paid on Wanamaker’s death. In addition, Wanamaker dur- ing his lifetime matured some large endowment policies, his early insur- ance being on the endowment plan. Following Rodman Wanamaker, Benjamin Dansard of Detroit and Monroe, Mich., left $4,510,000 in life! insurance. He was a real estate op- erator whose large projects demanded eavy insurance. Next in order with $1,125,000 was William J. Burke of Portsmouth, O., president of the Vul-| can Last company, a successful in- dustry associated with shoe manufac- turing and sporting goods business. By Mr. Burke's death his company} suffered heavily, and if it had pa been for the life insurance payments the stockholders would have lost very heavily indeed. This case is an in- teresting example of the value of a key man in any business, no matter how large or small it may be. The next man, Thomas A. De Vil- biss of Toledo, O., left $1,032,000. He was the founder of the business which makes the famous De Vilbiss atomizer, a business which he himself built up from a very small beginning to one having an international trade. The fifth man who left over $1,000,000 was John M. Coward of New York and Glen Ridge, N. J. Although there were only five pol- icyholders who died during 1928 leav- {ing $1,000,000 or more of life insur- ance, there were two who left $975,000, | amount there being $68,046,000, an rease of $5,000,000 over 1927. Payment. in Chica~» were $42,500,- 000, an increase of nearly $3,000,000. Philadelphia came third with $23,- 023,000 a gain of nearly $4,000,000. Pittsburgh again was fourth, with $12,700,000, somewhat less than in 1927. Brooklyn shows $12,179,000, passing Detroit, which shows $11,- 930,000. St Louis holds seventh place with $10,850,000, being a new- comer in the $10,000,000 rank. Cleveland comes next after St. is with $9,586,000, followed by Cincinnati with $9,226,000. Then come Los Angeles with $8,767,000, Buffalo with $8,740,900, Baltimore with $8,178,700, Minneapolis with § 5,000, Kansas City with $7,058,- 800 and San Francisco with $6,540,- 000. Milwaukee shows $5,800,000 and Washington, which ranked sev- enth in 1927, follows bah eed for 1928 with $5,542,000. jewark, N. J., shows $5,000,000. Lead in Minor Millions Portland, Ore., ieads the cities under $5,000,000 with $4,981,000, outranking Boston with $4,900,000. Toronto heads the Canadian citics with $4,828,300, Atlanta comes next with $4,680,300. Leuisville cores next with $4,477,000 and Denver closes the $4,000,000 ranks with $4,- 070,000. Leading the $3,000,000 class is Columbus, Ohio, followed by Rich- mond, Ya. Toledo, Indianapolis, Montre: New Orleans, St. Paul, Memphi Seattle, Hartford, Dallas and Nashville, Tenn Providence leads the $2,000,000 class with $2,888,000, 29 Kidder Schools Out of 96 in County Qualify on State Aid Twenty-nine schools in Kidder county have been classified by the state department of public instruction and will receive financial aid from the state in the neighborhood of $4,000. From this present school year and on, rural schools will receive twice as much state aid in money as formerly as a reward for standardizing. The schools are judged for classifi- cation on qualifications of teaching force, length of term, buildings, school grounds, cquipment, and adminis- trative requirements. Kidder county has 96 schools and 132 teachers. The classified schools are: First class high school—Steele. First class consolidated — Dawson, | Tappen. Tuttle, Robinson, and Petti- | bone. Third class consolidated: Buck- 2 rystal Springs, Allen. First class I—Haynes No. 2. Second class ; | rural—Haynes No. 1, Pleasant Hill No. ayia or Deualt ee Parming:| 1, Pleasant Hill No. 2, Crystal Springs ton, Mich., Santa Barbara, Calif., and| No. 4. Third class ruyal schools—Ar- Nantucket, Mass. Many Not Wealthy Estate and inheritance taxes ac- count for some of the large policies. Experience has shown that an estate may be wrecked by the necessity of selling the choicest assets in order to meet the demands of the government and the various states. However, the list of large policies includes many men who were not wealthy. They en- joyed good incomes and found life in- surance an ideal provision for their families under modern conditions. There are thousands of men in this country making handsome incomes and who with their families wish to enjoy the comforts and luxuries of modern life. Under old conditions they would have lived inexpensively and put aside each year a large share of their earnings. Life insurance en- ables them to budget their income and make ample provision for their fam- ilies through life insurance, instead of Pinching all their lives in order to} il leave their dependents in comfort. New York Leads States New York naturally leads the states in volume of payments, the life insurance distributions in that state being $327,500,000. Pennsylvania comes second with $180,000,000, and Illinois third with $173,500,000. Ohio shows $129,000,000, all other states re- ceiving less than $100,000,000. New York ranks first in life in- surance payments and also in popu- lation, while Wyoming ranks last in both, Connecticut ranks fourteenth in payments and twenty-ninth in | population, Arkansas twenty-fourth in population and thirty-fifth payments. There were 84 cities in the United States and Canada in which the pay- ments amounted to $1,000,000 or more. New York naturally led, the in lington No. 2; Baker Nos. 1, 2 and 3; Chestina Nos 1, 2, 3 and 4; Merkel No. 3; Stewart Nos. 1 and 2; Clear | Lake Nos. 1, 2 and 3; Vernon No. 2. | Stamboul Rich Must Aid Poor Neighbors Stamboul, Turkey — (AP) — The old question, “Am '* my brother's keeper?” has just been answered in the affirmative by the prefecture of Stamboul, th: answer taking the form of a drastic law. Under this law every well-to-do |family in each of the many districts into which the city is divided, must see to it that at least one pauperized family living in the same district does not starve or suffer from ex- posure. Government inspectors are draw- ing up lists determining those fam- s which are well-to-do, and those which are paupers. The former may use what method they choose for protecting the latter, either by supplying food from their own kitch- ens, by paying money allowances, or by procuring wo-k for the able- bodied members of ihe pauper fam- ily, "ks there are not enough wealthy families to equal the nummer of guardian angels needed for the thou- sands of impoverished in Stamboul, the government inspectors will dele- gate to the wealthy individuals only the worst cases. The Turkish Red Crescent Society, the equivalent of the Red Cross, will attempt to care for the others. The tropical year contains 365 mean solar days, 5 hours, 48 minutes and 46 seconds. | OUT OUR WAY DIDN' Yo V)R1 BELT BER! 1 b2R1 11 REI EB sRgRipegeRR ERE if WHY, You ToL . ME T Couto HAVE A SAMWIDGE, WHY SURE YOU OT YES, BUT 1 DIONT TELL You “THAT You Cov_O PLT THE WHOLE \Ce BOK IN IT! THE VERY 1DEEUH! TINO WEENIES) TWo PICKLES, A FRIED By Williams EGG AND A PorK CHOP IN ONE SANDWICH ! OIL-GRAVEL SYSTEM MAY BE. TRIED HERE If County and State Can Get Together on Cost, Will Sur- face Road by Prison First test of the new system of oil- ing graveled highways may -be made in this county by the state highway commission and the county commis- sioners joining hands in the experi- ment. It is tentatively proposed to try the new surfacing on the five-mile stretch of highway No. 10 from the edge of the city out by the state prison to the Fields ranch. Engineers for the department have reported that this strip of road offers a splendid opportunity to test the new method. The western end of the proposed improvement would touch the two-mile stretch of tar road out of the city. The two kinds of road surfacing treatment could then be studied under virtually the same con- ditions. The work is expected to start as soon as the highway department and the county commissioners can agree on a division of the cost. The state wants the county to bear 25 per cent of the cost of the improvement. ‘The road oiling system which North Dakota proposes to try has been used for two years in Idaho. After viewing the roads in that state, highway com- missioners decided to try it here. A special type of road oil is used. This is spread on the gravel and the gravel worked with blade graders until all particles are thoroughly coated with oll. The gravel then is spread on the road and is packed by traffic passing over it. Ringling Show Booked For Minot August 14 After all, there is but one great circus. And now comes the announce- ment that Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey's “Greatest Show on Earth” will soon visit this vicinity, with all its myriad of wonders, when it exhibits in Minot on Wednesday, Aug. 14. Coming on 100 double-length rail- Toad cars, carrying its entire comple- ment of 1,600 persons and 1,000 ani- mals, the big show will exhibit such stars as Zachinni, “the Human Pro- Jectile,” fired bodily from the mouth of a cannon; Goliath, the five-ton sea elephant; the combined Wallenda- Rellmut troupes, daring artists of the high wire; Con Colleano, greatest of tight wire performers; Miss Lillian Leitzel, most famed of all female aerialists; the Flying Codonas, led by the intrepid Alfredo; Maximo, the funniest of wire acts; the Rieff- enachs, and Ernestos, greatest of equestrians, and many others from these and foreign shores. : les aincc i, Hampton | By ELIZABETH KOPPY Andrew Kremer of Linton was a j business caller in this vicinity Satur- day afternoon. Math Koppy was a business caller at the Porter Umber home Saturday. Mike Billingsly who is working for Frank Lawler, and the latter's son Murray, called at the Steve Koppy home Saturday forenoon. Bill Gilman returned to his home at Livona Saturday after spending the past week working in the harvest- ing field in this vicinity. Earl Smith and children of Linton were visiting at the Frank Chesrown home Sunday afternoon. Ed Weller went to Linton Sunday. John Renskers called at the Frank Chesrown home Sunday. Porter Umber, Francis and Russell who is staying at the Ed Weller home during harvest, were callers at the Steve Koppy home Sunday. Francis and Bob Chesrown were 1,|Callers in Linton Saturday evening. A number of young folks of near Temvik were out in this vicinit swimming in the Horsehead creek Sunday afternoon. family were visiting friends in Gay- ton Sunday afternoon. Elmer Anderson of near Linton was calling in this vicinity Sunday eve- ni Porter Umber and Steve Koppy, 8r., Hig business callers in Linton Mon- 2 Dewey Lawler accompanied by Math Koppy and Bob Chesrown S. Dak., Sunday. Godfrey Grenz and Gottlieb Maier, the latter working for Mr. Grenz, were business callers in Hazelton Sat- urday evening. Fred Petrie of Linton was a busi-: ness caller in this vicinity Monday. Francis Chesrown was calling on friends in Linton Tuesday. Chesrown, and Raymond Livermoore,| is ty | postponing their marrie; Mr. and Mrs. Godfrey Grenz and {| her that S FSFE Sen ot THIS HAS HAPPENED MOLLY BURNHAM and RED ‘© | FLYNN have decided to collaborate on a crime play. The plot is to be taken from real life, and will revolve about the mysterious death of BER- NICE BRADFORD. Bernice was poisoned. and Lionel Barrows, the lover who stood trial for her mur- der, subsequently acquitted. Later Red Flynn, a police court reporter, meets a hoy named PERRY INGERSOLL, who gets intoxicated, and admits that he was also a sweet- heart of the dead woman. . He tells Red the story of their sordid romance, and Red immediately sces its possi- bilities as a myotery pizy—a play centering about the unsclved murder of the Bradford women. Red visits Molly, who covered the tria!, and tells her the amezing story uzfolded by young Ingerscll. They determine to get to werk as playwrights immediately. But Molly is suddenly sesigned to cover another murder i—the triel of a gunman, charged, with the killing of a night wat in. Phi cng ingpeset a gioco fy Jack Wells, who has insisted upen time an he can save a little money. Mr. Wharton, te elt nest, Sains covering landinelio trial will be dangerous business, as the Chi- Solution of Vesterd: INING- TALE BY ELEANOR EARLY 1.82%, cago gunmen are watching develo ments with deadly interest.” 5 NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY CHAPTER Xill Certain radical publications had|I their fepresatnies at the Mandi- nello trial. Long-haired men, with dirty finger nails and soiled shirts. At noon the reporters lunched to- gether at an inn across from the & i A doing that sort of thing, seat sor fellow feels, What's him?” “Oh, I don’t care,” she announced. “I’m fed up on this wretched trial anyhow.” It was Friday, and court did not sit on Saturday. Seopuatzely Molly de- to New York for over Rad seen Jack. Jack. they léft thé dining yoni, jdeew her aside, s It had been a long time since | jured her prese: | Daily Cross-word Puzzle across "eo Purzle 10. Style of Greek arebitectere 1. Easy rock HIE] 1% Electrified aritele 18, Fetiow 18, M and iF King of Illy 24. So 26. Juneda 2% Lock of halr 30, Part of & flower 32. Doetrin earth | 8%. Tendont comb, 1. form 8. Kind of tes 8. 1a “Now don’t tell me I’m crazy,” he commanded, “and don’t forget that T’m old enough to know what I’m talk- ing about. You're going to get in trouble, if you don’t lay off Mandi- nello. You're signing your stories, and laying things on pretty thick. Wharton says our circulati has jumped 25,000. Maybe it has. What's the blooming circulation worth, if it baie your neck?” Molly tried to laugh. “You don't think they’d shoot me, Slim?” “That's just what I think,” he told her shortly. “You notice I don’t take any chances? Not on ycur life I don’t. | ® T’ve toned down my stuff, since they sent Tony Tommy froza Chicago, to] @ give us news hounds the once over.” “I’m not afraid!” she boasted. “That’s becace you haven’t sense enough,” he informed ker. “That's whet they'll sey when they write your obituary ... ‘I’m not afraid,’ she said. And they'll call you the Brave Young Reporter, and the Beeutiful Little Martyr, and send some ewell floral pieces to the rel, And watch your step, Mcily, end do as these ht yee ake seater gunmen her geet ~ It’s been done to girls fore, you know.’ “Youre a cheerful friend,” she chided. > “It's for your own good,” he in- going to New York for the week-end,” she told him. “And Tl have me CrnPapibarttlge Se and ics ina > Sup) wate ‘the old sob stuff ‘abcat the poor little bride, and the love nest on 18th street?” “Go ahead,” he urged. “Probably whan won't nae re fess ee batter in wrong w: e office than the rack tee: eteers. Molly wired two discreet stories that night, and telegrapked the of- fice that she was going to New York and would be back on the job Mon- day morning. Then she telephoned rang to meet her at the Grand Cen- ral sn @ During the journey she wrote sev- eral pages of dialogue intended for the play on which she end Red were to rate. had decided that a name would be “The Death of ga a dl E maliciously ed, would sit the you: shed from the dead i at i i F : nee, Molly worked until the train pulled since or Bee ‘Insured and Beneficiaries Drew $2,057,000,000 Insurance in 1928 . they matched the scarlet tips of tri-colored scarf. et Jack was waiting at the gate, and in she was in his arms, i ‘Oh, Jack! Jack!” “Molly!” he cried. “It’s good to see you.” ey kissed fervently while red capped porters grinned. “How did you happen to get away?” ” he outward | “Oh, I was fed up on the trial,” she told him airily, “so I wired the Plaza and reserved a room. And here Iam!” She was clinging to the brief case she carried as though it held dia. monds, 4 “L’ve got something in here to show you, Jack!” she boasted. “You'll be e Midd al Ue about die, S go somewhere where we can talk and talk.” “You're not going to rave about that job of yours?” he demanded 9 Getta Molly pouted. “Now see here,” she retorted, “that just reminds me, Mis- ter Wells, you never so much as wrote me a line about what a smart girl I was at the Barrows trial. What did you think of my stories? Weren’t they all right?” “Oh, they were all right,” he as- sured her, “if that’s the sort of 1i ature you aspire to. What do you say, dear, to the Commodore Grill? They've lobster cocktails with the Russian dressing you like. And we can get a booth where I can kiss you when nobody’s looking.” She shrugged indifferently. sip bag al bl get 8 of my writing,” she pursued icily, when the: had found a table, is i ; “Oh sure,” he parried, “if you like that sort of ‘stutt™ i “Well, it’s worth more money than you can earn,” she told him cruelly. Jack flushed painfully. “Molly darling, You didn’t come to quarrel with me?” “I didn’t come to be insulted either,” aid, and bit her lip on an angry She patted the brief case “T’ve copy here for a Play, Jack. Don’t you want to hear it?” “Why of courseIdo. Are you hon- estly writing a play, Molly?” “Well, I’m writing it,” she con- fessed, “but the idea wasn’t mine. y You know Red ae an I’ve written you about . He gave me a idea, and we're collaborating on “You're not falling in love with him, are you Molly?” She threw back her head and laughed. “In love with Red!” she cried. “When I’ve a sweetheart like you? Why, honey, Red is homely and crude, and —oh my goodness, he’s nobody a girl oe look at twice. But he’s awfully nice.’ She was too excited to eat, but teld instead of the night that Red and Slim found Perry Ingersoll. Then she took the papers from her brief case, and read aloud what she had written. Jack listened with ill-concealed an- Noyance. “I don’t like it, Molly,” he said flat- ly, when she laid the sheets aside, and turned her little radiant face to him. “It's not like you, writing filth and beer Good Lord, what’s come over you “T don’t understand,” she faltered. “Oh, you understand all right,” he interrupted brutally. “It’s rotten! A sweet little kid like you running round with goles reporters, wanting to write a play about a courtesan and @ murder... .” Molly’s painted lips trembled. 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