The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 15, 1936, Page 3

~ Se | { i i ; { ‘ Nei fe a i] q e ¢ ¥ ry =} * QQUNTIES COLLECTEDI $3,000,000 IN TARDY TAXES IN DECEMBER Big Chunk Taken Out of 29 Mil- lion Dollar Delinquency of Four Drouth Years North Dakota's 53 counties in De- cember probably collected more than $3,000,000 in delinquent real estate ‘and personal property taxes. “That should mean lower taxes in ‘the coming year and a more equal dis- tribution of a crushing burden,” de- clares Reinhard Steinley, editor of‘the Broa! Dakota Taxpayer, which made the survey. “By eliminating delinquencies, the need for higher levies, so the past few years to meet greater governmental expense despite econo- mies, will be partially eradicated,” Steinley asserts. Holiday Was Big Aid Major factor, of course, in causing the phenomenal payments was the waiving of penalties imposed on de- linquents, an act of the state legisla- ture. This period of grace, which ex- pired Dec. 31, was extended by oi- ficial proclamation of Gov. Walter Welford recently. Another factor not insignificant was the thousands of dollars the gov- ernment poured into the farmers’ pockets through the AAA and other federal agencies. From these federal funds many delinquent taxes were paid. Still another factor was the rise in the prices of farm products which en- abled some farmers to salvage some money over and above their necessary expenses which they promptly used to pay up tardy taxes. $29,000,000 Was Tardy Steinley believes a material part of the $29,000,000 in taxes delinquent during the years 1931 through 1934| will be paid this year if the prairies How Current Cold Breaks Old Record ° How the current cold spell exceeds previously known by the federal weather bureau here is proved by the following figures, compiled anything from official weather records: 1936 1887-88 Jan. 11° 0 = 1 Dec, 24 12 -8 25 13 219 26 14 1? 27 15 24, 28 16 -25 29 17 -10 30 18 -9 31 19 “16 Jan. 1 20 14 2 31 -19 3 22 -3 4 23 =5 6 24 220 6 25 -26 7 26 29 8 27 =30 9 28 22 10 29 28 iL Feb. 1 -37 14 =30 15 =23 16 22 17 -18 18 =26 19 Taser owmamermesee forever) | Weather Report | WEATHER FORECAST Bismarck and vicinity: Fair to- night and 81 ui un- Ay continued bloom lush again and market prices! and ‘re sustained. Much of the credit for the tax col- lections goes to the county auditors, Steinley said, who carried on intensive campaigns through advertisements in their county papers and the issuance of personal statements. The accompanying table, prepared from reports sent in by county audi- tors, shows the collections on delin- quencies during December and repre- sents taxes unpaid in the main dur- ing the years of 1931 to Aug. 1, 1934 Approximately $7,500 collectea repre- sented delinquencies for yéars prior to 1931, one sum dating back as far as 1916: it Grand Total Adams. ms $ 41,481.32 i fi o8 tinues from kot Generally fair and continued cold tonight and Sunday, with colder tonight along Nebraska boundary. é For Montana: Generally fair and FAP continued cold tonight and Sunday. Minnesota—Generally fair and con- tinued cold tonight and Sunday, with somewhat colder in so in southeast tonight. Absetaere R CONDITIONS A 30.54, while a low pressure area over- lies ‘the Southwest, Modena, 29.60. The unusu coe 2s emperature of am, the lowest ever rt dea ra that tiation, m 42 degre em! ure Was 8:30 a. m., ‘wi Fel low Cit; and heavy oa were re 22! over the Southwest. 858.31 111,710.70 + 89,382.05 54,429.08 65,349.97 80,194.89 00 (Steinley esti the _unrepor counties collected. the difference be- tween $2,711,478.77 and the $3,000,000 » mation, Some auditors did nok breek: gone. elinguencies petwepn real es and personal property, combining the totals.) A horse cannot gallop with all four feet off the ground, except when flexed beneath the body. Dancing at Midway Club to- night, starting at 9. Music by Sam and his City Fellers. = 44| Normal, Jan. Ist to date . 03 | Accumulated defcy. to date Bismarck station barometer. inches: 28.48. Reduced to sea level, 30.51. Sunrise today 7:58 a. m. Sunset today 6:07 p. m. Weather Outlook for the Week of Feb. 17 to 22: For the region of the Great Lakes— Cold practically all week, with some local snows especially over east por- tion. For the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys and the northern and central Great Plains—No definite in- dications of break in cold; precipita- tion rather frequent over south por- tions, not much likely in north. PRECIPITATION For Bismarck Station: NORTH DAKOTA WEATHER Pct. BISMARCK, clear 00 Devils Lake, foggy 00 Williston, foggy 00 Fargo, clear 0 Grand 00 00 0 00 Dickinson, clear WEATHER AT OTHER POINTS Low- High. a 2 est 24 apenl clear calasey fe ie ear ary, 3 oldy i PERRY FUNERAL HOME W. E. PERRY 208 Fifth St. BESSSEREEERBEREBERESRESSSBSRSBSBRBEe3: high pressure area is centered over the north-central states and the Canadian Prot Prince Albert, cold weather con- 3 | acquitted. thin one degree of the! McClusky and Wil- N. Dak., reported 53 degrees 9 | below. heel Dieeipltation has oc- 1.72) curred in tral Plains States ported | Monday Unless Probe Re- veals New Evidence Minneapolis, Minn., Feb. 15—()— The rest period over the week-end for the jury trying Isadore (Kid Cann) Blumenfield on a charge of murder in the death of Walter W. Liggett, weekly newspaper publisher, was interrupted Saturday by a visit to the scene of the slaying a short distance from the downtown loop. Under guard of eight deputy sher- iffs, the jurors were taken to the alley where Liggett was killed by a machine gunner. The order for the trip was given by District Judge A. W. Sel- over, before whom the case is being tried. Thomas W. McMeekin, defense counsel made the request that the jury view the scene of the crime. Judge Is it In transmitting his order to the jury, Judge Selover said: “You will be taken to the scene not to get new evidence but so you will be better able to apply the evidence you have re- ceived. You are not to question any- one up there and no one is to speak to you. No one juror is to go off on an investigation trip on his own.” While the jury was being shown the place where the militant news- Paper publisher was killed early the night of Dec. 9, 1935, the prosecution was pushing an investigation of sev- eral matters recently brought to light to determine if additional rebuttal testimony would be offered Monday. said Frederick A. Pike, assistant state attorney general. He refused to dis- close the nature of the investigation. If the investigation fails to produce new material, the state will rest formally when court opens Monday, he said, with arguments starting im- mediately. The defense has said it will offer no rebuttal. Probe Old Shooting The county attorney’s office, in its |Search for new evidence, was investi- gating a report a police officer said he had seen Blumentfield, with a gun in his hand, near the scene after a night club shooting several years ago. |A policeman was wounded. Charges against Blumenfield in connection with that case were dismissed. Testifying in the present trial, Blumenfield admitted he had been a Lia but denied he was a gun- “The shooting was that of Fred Trepanier, former policeman, crippled as the result of the wound, suffered in the Cotton club in 1927. He and another officer entered the club to quell a disturbance. Verne Miller, desperado now dead, was tried and C from page one D ‘Back Welford’ Is Plea by Flannigan sored political weekly, Flannigan as- serted, “We find an attempt to un- dermine the confidence in your elected leaders sponsored principally in a priavtely-owned but bombastic sheet that has masqueraded as an official organ of your organization, but over which you, as League members, have had no control. Note well that it 1s NTINUE Arguments Will nts Will Probably Begin | FATHER OF PRIEST DIES AT ANAMOOSE | Assistant Pastor of St. Mary's to Officiate at Sire’s Fu- heral Tuesday { John M. Schmidt, 62, father of Rev Joseph Schmidt, assistant pastor of St. Mary’s procathedral here, died Thursday afternoon at his home in Anamcose, according to information received by ‘iis son here. He had been suffering from a minor ailment for some time but was strick- en and died suddenly. Mr. Schmid: was a pioneer of the Anamoose country, having settled on a farm in Pierce county 35 years ago. Several years ago he retired from the farm and at the time of his death was superintendent of the water serv- ice at Anamoose. Born in Germany, he came to America when he was 18 years old and several years later was married to Mrs. Schmidt in Minnesota. Coming westward they settled at Bigstone, 8. D., but later moved to Pierce county in which area they have: since made their hom., Active in civic affairs, Mr. Schmidt had often served as a member of the district school board. In addition to his widow he leaves 12 children. Besides Father Schmidt here they are Hubert and Francis Schmidt and Mrs. Charles Metzgar, Anamoose; John of Minneapolis, Martha and Elsie of St. Paul; Agnes of Fargo; Mrs. Milton Chapek, Law- rence, Clement and Florence, all of Anamoose. Puneral services will be held at An- amoose at 10 a. m, Tuesday, with Father Schmidt as celebrant of the solemn requiem high mass and Father Herman Wilkes of Anamoose as dea- from page one co D Machine Gun Jack M’Gurn Murdered the near-northwest side awaiting their turn, three men entered the place and ordered “stick ‘em up. Stand where you are. McGurn, his back to the men, stood erect, Without another word, the trio opened fire with .45 calibre pistols. One shot struck McGurn just behind the right ear and the other in the lower part of the neck. Was Cold Blooded The police called McGurn a cold blooded gangster and one of “Scar- face” Al Capone’s chief tommy gun operators. William Aloisio, who said he was the owner of the bowling alleys, told the police McGurn was a regular customer of the place and had en- tered 15 minutes before he was shot down. Aloisio said when the gunmen entered he was sitting on a billiard table and ducked underneath when the shooting began. He said the two men walked to within 15 or 25 feet of McGurn and fired at him while his back was turned. The police found two discharged -45 calibre pistol shells on the floor. Nearby was a hole apparently made by another shot. ‘ramped on the floor near the spot where McGurn fell, they found a comic valentine addressed to McGurn. NTINUE priavtely owned, operated as a propa- ganda medium for the political ag- vancement of its owner.” “It attempts to sustain its claims. not by alleging violations of deviations from the principles of the League or Of good government, but by a genera! warning the party is about to be be- trayed.” Flannigan said “in this report you may detect effects of whole-hearted cooperation of state officials” and re- ferring directly to the administration record, asked, “does this look like be- trayal, like a sell-out to your political enemies? We think not.” Says Honesty Fundamental Thoresen. calling for support of Welford and of other state officials, declared, “this is not a wholesale en- dorsement of all that your present administration has done. I am not in a position to pass judgment thereon at the present time. “But—where there is honesty of purpose and a sincere desire to du what is right, those other things wil! readily be solved. “We believe this can best be ac- complished by endorsement of Acting Gov. Walter Welford and his associ- ates who have now declared and demonstrated that they also have Joined with us in combatting evil in- fluences.” { Opening of the new 40-foot road across Boulder Dam affords a num- ber of new auto trips through the California and Arizona desert, as well as in southern Nevada, —SSS——— MONEY TO LOAN To all classes of salaried men and women in amounts of $25 to $200. Convenient monthly payments. Planters Investment Co. Minot, North Dakota SPECIAL BREAD SALE AT PATTERSON BAKERY 6 Loaves assorted bread ...25¢ Delicious french pastry, french rolls, french doughnuts, french bread. Live lobsters from Coast of Maine—Also Blue Points. | De Grazio.’ jbeen torn up. The police sought to The police said they were not sure whether the slayers dropped it as they fled or whether the slain gunman had received it earlier and discarded it. House Marked ‘Sold’ On the front of the valentine were the figures of a man and woman ui their underwear. In the background was the picture of a house marked “sold” and another sign reading “household goods for sale.” After McG-rn fell, Aloisio said the hoodlum’s companions, neither of whom were known to him, leisurely straightened out the body. They walked over to the bowling score sheet, tore off the page on which their names were entered and took it with them as they left. Another crumpled valentine lay on the floor near where they Had been sitting. It was addressed to “Willie The missive inside haa Beasport. Eat lobster and Blue Points at The Patterson Received alive direct from the waters of the Atlantic Ocean to The Patterson. We cordially invite the pa- trons of The Patterson to inspect our sanitary electric kitchen any hour day or night so they may see where their food is pre- THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1986 ann Jury Visits Scene of Slaying learn whether De Grazio might have been one of McGurn’s companions. Says He Was Asleep The police also took into custody Aloisio and the janitor, who gave the hame of Tony Moscarello. The jan- itor told the police he was asleep when the shooting started and all he saw were the persons who were fleeing from the room, On McGurn’s body, the authorities found $3.85, a package of cigarettes and two unused tickets for a prize fight held at the Chicago stadium Fri- day night. There was also an automobile li- cense for a coupe issued in the name of William Belmonte of Chicago and ® bill of sale showing he purchased the car last Dec. 24. The widow was brought in from her home in suburban Oak Park for questioning a few hours after the slaying, but the police said she could give no information as to who might have slain her husband or why. Concordia Professor To Speak Here Twice Prof. J. Walter Johnshoy, dean of Philosophy at Concordia college, Moorhead, Minn., who will be guest speaker at the Trinity Lutheran -|church 1936 Mission Festival services Sunday, has a distinguished scholas- tic record to his credit. Since his graduation from Luther college, Decorah, Ia., in 1911, he has studied at Luther Seminary, St. Paul, the University of Oslo in Norway, the University of Pennsylvania, Harvard university and the Pike's Peak Bible Seminary of Denver, Colo. He has published two books, “Christ, the Rock” in 1930 and “The Master Key to Revelation” in 1935. His sermon theme at 11 a. m. will be “Christ, the Shepherd of Souls.” Rev. Opie 8. Rindahl, pastor, will conduct the liturgical service and the Trinity choir, directed by Ralph War- ren Soule, will sing Mendelssohn's “How Lovely Are Thy Messengers.” The offering will go to synodical mis- sions in China, Madagascar and South Africa. At the 7:30 p. m. service in charge of the Trinity Study Circle headed by Miss Inga Olson, Dr. Johnshoy will give an address on “The Book of Rev- elations” and the choir will sing two numbers. The public is invited to both services. U.N.D. News Service With the beginning of the second semester, the University of North Da- kota journalism department revived news service to papers of the state under the editorship of Melvin Ruder, son of Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Ruder, 2061 Main avenue. Ruder is news You can always find the help you need when you read The Tribune’s classi- editor of the Dakota Daily Student, campus publication. The service releases a bulletin to all weekly papers in addition to furnish- ing special stories, mats and cuts to all the newspapers in North Dakota. The aim ts to better inform state rest- dents concerning activities on the university campus. Jordan Will Speak on Snaring of Criminals A. C. Jordan of Bismarck, business manager of the North Dakota Sherift and Peace Officers association, will speak here Monday morning on the apprehension of criminals and stolen articles in the state. His radio talk, to be given at 11:05 @. m. Monday over KFYR will con- stitute an effort to answer questions on the reasons for and results of the daily broadcasts and how the organ- ization is able to give them, he said. 6 to Receive Master Mason Degree Monday The Master Mason's degree will be conferred on six candidates at the regular meeting of Bismarck Lodge No. 5, A. F. and A. M., at 7:30 p. m.. Monday in the Masonic temple. The Masonic Male chorus directed by Ralph Warren Soule will sing music incidental to the ritual and a short additional program. Bismarck Youth Edits | THREE DANCES WILL BRIGHTEN OPERETTA Personnel of Three Choruses Is Announced by Mrs. Themar E. Simle “The Mikado,” which will be given in the city auditorium Tuesday, Feb. 25, will feature three dance choruses un- der the direction of Mrs, Themar E, Simle. The setting of the operetta is in Japan and the dancers will wear the colorful kimonos of the Orient. The 20 girls who will appear in the Japanese fan dance are: Mary Jane Refvem, Ruth McCurdy, Joan Morton, Anne Tillotson, Ruth Register, Helen Hedden, Marietta Meyer, Joyce Pav- lak, Ann Bergeson, Edna Lyngstad, Grace Sanborn, Betty Walla, Mary Ann Cox, Dorothy Knecht, Alice Stone, Elizabeth Ritterbush, Merriam Mann, Wilda Chapman, Eunice Om- | dahl and Ann Louise Selvig. The largest dance ensemble is the garland dance in which 32 girls par- ticipate. ‘They are Maxine Brauer, Florence Boutrous, Alice Stoen, Lois Milhollan, Barbara Baker, Virginia Malm, Helen Hedden, Joyce Pavlak, Dorothy Knecht, Mary Jane Refvem, Betty Rosenthal, Lila Brynjulson, Pearl Porter, Grace Colberg, Marian Martin, Ruth Register, Arzella Ode, {Irene Klein, Merriam Mann, Kath- Jeen Spohn, Martha Jonathan, Eileen Skei, Ann Louise Selvig, Marietta Meyer, Frances Boutrous, Charlotte Sloven, Mary Ann Cox, Joan Morton, Eloyce Kositzky, Wilda Chapman, Elizabeth Ritterbush and Dorothy Nelson. In the parasol “dance are Lillian Gray, Ruth Elgner, Dolores Brier, Ardella Jacobson, Jeanette Forsythe, Evelyn Starner, Hazel Halvorson, Verne Dresbach, C ONTINUE D Further Aid Asked As Christmas Fund cific coast. Epidemics of influenza and colds spread in the wake of the Ruth Bjornson, Irene White and La- from page one Surplus Dwindles storm, Carried 30 Miles One of the flu victims, Mary Astor, the movie star, was carried 90 miles through a mountain blizzard in an ambulance to Tahoe City, Calif., after her film company was freed from drifted snow. Flood waters smashed a 125-foot bridge over the Corralitos creek, isolating 50 ranch families and 100 federal transient workers near Wat- sonville. Landslides cut 140 CCC boys off from the rest of the world at Placer- ville. A seaplane was dashed into the ocean at San Diego, and its crew re- scued by coast guardsmen. Fifty persons were believed snow- bound on a highway east of Lava Hot Springs, Idaho. Ice clogged sewer out- lets in the Couer d’Alene river en- dangered public health at Wallace. Fifty-five passengers of a railroad train marooned by drifts near Sauk- ville, Wis., slept in a warm coach and waited for a rescue party. The train was one of two caught behind a stalled snowplow. New drifts and a mercury drop to 10 to 25 below zero was expected in that region. The cold had already stopped bidding on the Wisconsin cheese exchange and farmers call board at Plymouth. Five Ships Released At Muskegon, Mich., five vessels were freed from floating ice tossed from the bay into the lake by a thaw. Lake View, Ia., was marooned by snow for the fourth successive day. Railroad ties were the only fuel left at a federal transient camp near there. Iowa miners worked on their The junior high school operetta, | ! Fargo Grand Forks Jamestown Bismarck Williston Devils Lake Dickinson Minot McClusky ‘Willow City Denbigh not leak through frozen earth, con- tinued to peril Belleville, Il. Flood waters swirled over Ohio as temperatures spiraled downward. Four persons were rescued by deputy sheriff's boats when the Olentangy river rose at Columbus. Tornado Hits N. Y. New York state traffic skidded slowly over rain, ice, sleet and snow covered roads. Trains were late. A “young tornado” ripped off roofs and tore down trees in Helena, N. Y. Ni- agara Falls was still frozen, and the river jammed with ice. Three were killed in a Yonkers, N. Y., fire. Small boats were warned to keep clear of the Delaware breakwater CONTINUE from page one’ D Is Second Lowest Reading Recorded Here for February, trains, whiled away the time with ore ganization of “snowbound clubs.” Operate Plane in Shifts Fred and George Height, owners o& the only ski-equipped plane in the Belle Fourche area of South Dakota, operated the craft in shifts as they hurried on errands of mercy. A girl was flown from Newell to a Rapid HAD FUEL, HAD FOOD BUT, BY GUM, NO *BACEY Emmetsburg, Iowa, Feb. 15.—(#) —A half dozen Emmetsburg town- ship farmers, frost bitten and weary, shuffled stiffly into a store here. “How did you fellows get to town through the drifts,” asked a clerk. “With a bobsled and four teams,” one of the farmers replied. “We had to come across country part of the way, cutting our way through the fences. It was @ tough trip, but we just had to get some supplies.” “Out of fuel?” asked the clerk. “Nope,” replied the farmer, “Out of food then?” “We can use some groceries,” an- swered the farmer, “But what we need most is chewing tobacco. “We've been out for nearly a week.” City hospital for an emergency oper= ation. Food supplies were flown to snowbound Marcus. For many of his 97 years of life, Bjorn L. Kleveland of Mayville, N. D., regaled his family with stirring tales of frontier days and winters on the North Dakota prairies. Saturday he said he will “date all weather yarns from the current season.” Rural schools in many sections of channel as heavy storms lashed the Chesapeake bay. At Richmond, Va., an ice-jam in the James river broke and sank one steamship. Another was swept aground and still others were imper- iled. There was no loss of life. The ice jam broke just after midnight. Distress calls from the New Eng- land fishing fleet, far out on the storm-swept Atlantic, sent coast- guard cutters from Boston to their aid. A number of fishing boats were disabled and in grave danger. , °52 in Montana Lowest official temperatures in Montana were marks of -52 recorded at Roundup, Big Sandy and Kenil- worth with +49 at Great Falls and -47 at Big Timber. At Misoula the Northern Pacific railroad recruited 200 men to shovel snow when @ 23-inch fall in 24 hours set a new all-time record. As in other parts of the frost-para- lyzed west, isolated villages were in trouble and rural schools were closed. CARRINGTON BONDS SOLD ‘Washington, D, C., Feb. 15.—(?)— The Reconstruction Finance corpor- ation Saturday announced the sale of $46,000 board of education, city of Carrington, N. D., 4 per cent school construction bonds, to the First Na- tional Bank of St. Paul, and associate at a price per $1,000 of $1,037.25. The bonds were purchased by the RFC from the PWA and offered for bids. the northwest have been closed for a month. Others are open with ate tendance optional. ELEVATOR DESTROYED Morristown, S. D., Feb. 15—(}—A $10,000 blaze destroyed the Equity Exe change elevator here, Remember the ‘forgotten Man. Treat him to dinner at the Prince. STATE ENDS TONIGHT (SATURDAY) “Village Tale” Randolph Scott - Kay Johnson Adults 16¢ Children 100 Rex and Rinty - News - Comedy COMING—SUNDAY - MONDAY Saturday holiday again, but the coal shortage remained acute. Escaping gas, carried into homes from broken mains because it could CAPITOL “Storm Over NEW IN PLOT! 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