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Evening star., 1926-05-08
WHEAT IS HIGHER,
TRADING IS LIGHTER
Big Discount of Chicago
Prices as Compared With
Liverpool Is Main Factor.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, May S.-Wheat developed
something of an upward trend today
after a wavering start. The big dis
count of prices here and at Kansas
City, as compared with Liverpool.
helped to strengthen values inChicago.
and SO likewise did the fact that mill
ers were Offering Az cents a bushel
over May for No. hard wheat here.
General trade was light. however,
pending the Government crop report
due this afternoon
Chicago opening quotations, a off
to Il up, May new, 1884 TO 1.5S12
and July, 1884, TO 1882, were fol
lowed by slight sag all around. and
then by upturns to above yesterdays S
finish.
Continued fine weather kept corn
and oats easy. May and July corn
reached another low price record. 60
ing slightly under Yesterdays mini
mum figures. After opening un-
changed to u down. July, 1914 TO "A,
all deliveries in corn receded TO a
moderate extent.
Oats started unchanged to Is higher,
July, 41a4. Later there were trifiing
declines.
Provisions were little easier sym
nafhiZinp with corn weakness
Evening star., 1926-05-08
Texas and Pacific
Land Trust Jumps
200 i'm Three DAYS
BY the Associated Press.


NEW YORK. May 8.-Certif1-
Gates of the Texas and Pacific
Land Trust, which have never paid
a dividend. have advanced 200
points on the New York Stock
Exchange to a record price of 1870
a share in the last three days.
This is one of the widest and
quickest gains in recent stock ex
change history.
The corporation is unique. It
was organized under a declara
tiOn of trust, February |. 1883, by
holders of land grant bonds of the
Texas and Pacific Railway Co. TO
acquire nearly 3.5C0,O00 acres Of
land, against the surrender of land
grant mortgage bonds, and the in
terest scrip of that company. All
earnings of the company have
been devoted to the retirement of
outstanding certificates. less than
$2.000.000 of the 'original issue of
$10,369.4l1 par value being out
standing at the end of February.
Evening star., 1926-05-08
CROP REPORT CHANGES.
Acreage Estimates to Be Postpone
by Agriculture Department.

Changes in crop reports announced
Yesterday by the Department of Agri
culture include postponement of
acreage estimates until July and issu
ance of wool production estimates
July 90, and of monthly indices of
milk and egg production beginning
about August 10.
The changes were based on the rec
concentrations of the statistical ad-
visory committee which expressed its
disbelief in the necessity and wisdom
of bi.weekly cotton reports, but recon-
mended that If continued they contain
upper and lower quantitative fore
casts. 1t advocated decentralization
of the work Of the crop reporting
board and an Increase in its staff.
Evening star., 1926-05-08
Provisions were little easier, sym
"a hizinr with corn weakness
DAIRY PRODUCTS.

BALTIMORE. May s tSpeciaD-
Live poultry-Chickens pound. 45a5O;
springers, 40a45; old hens, 34a35: Leg
horns. 80; old roosters. 20; ducks, 20a
%; pigeons, pair, 40; guinea fowl, each,
75a85; old, 40a50.
Eggs-Receipts. 621 cases; native
and nearby f1rsts. dozen. offered at
2SA.
Butter-Good to fancy creamery.
pound. 39a41; prints, 41a43; ladies'. 34a
50; store packed 28a29; dairy prints,
2Sa32; process butter, 36a37; rolls,
2Sa32.
Evening star., 1926-05-08
POTATO MARKET ACTIVE.

Receipts. 65 cars; total United States
shipments. 574; Canadian, 4; on track
2S4: trading fairly active, market
slightly stronger; Wisconsin sacked
round whites, 3.25a3.5D: Idaho sacked
Russets, 300a325; few best, 3.35: new
stock slightly weaker; Texas sacked
Bliss Triumphs, 6.40a6.65 mostly $50
inferior, 6.25; Florida, barrel, Spalding
Rose. No. l, 10.75a11.00; No. 2, S.50a
q 90
Evening star., 1926-05-08
WOOL MARKET QUIET.
pecisl Dispatch to The Star.

BOSTON, May S.-The raw wool
market closed the week quietly. with
a few scattered sales of domestic
wool reported, but with foreign sorts
inactive. American buyers still ap-
pear disinclined to do much pending
settlement of the British strike, but
some inquiries are coming in from
Continental sources. A big Utah clip
is reported to have been bought at
35 cents and Wyoming growers are
said to be consigning a large part of
their unsold wool.
Evening star., 1926-05-08
ARGENTINA CORN CROP.

BTENOS AIRES, May 8 (P).-Es-
timates given out by the ministry of
agriculture last night placed the corn
crop for l925-26 at 7,0S7 900 tons. This
would leave an eXportable surplus of
about 100000 tons. The estimate is
considerably lower than was generally
expected. The quality of the crop is
said TO be good.
Evening star., 1926-05-08
BANK CLEARINGS.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, May S.-New York
bank clearings. $942, 100000: New
York bank balances, $SS,000, 900;
New York Federal Reserve Bank
credits, $70,OO0,0 900.
Evening star., 1926-05-08
GERMAN BONDS AND STOCKS,

Approximately 80 per cent of Rail
way Steel Spring Co. stock has been
deposited for exchange into American
Locomotive shares in connection with
the proposed merger of the two com
panieS.
Evening star., 1926-05-08
BUTTER UNSETTLED.

CHICAGO. May 8 P.--Butter-Un-
settled receipts. l6.9S4 tubs cream
cry extras, 3924 standards. 3934; eX-
ira firsts. 3S12a39; firsts, 3612a37 Il ;
seconds, "a 12a3512.
Evening star., 1926-05-08
Washington Stock EXCHANGE

SALES.
Merchants Transfer Storage pfd.-1O
at 100.
AFTER CALL
Capital Traction Cos at 1881
Washington Rwy. & Electric ptd-i0 at
n0
Evening star., 1926-05-08

Signora Margherita Sarfatti is
known 40 the mother Of the Fas-
cist movement In Italy.
Evening star., 1926-05-08

Dividend rates as given in the above table
are the annual cash payments based on the
latest quarterly half yearly declarations
Unless otherwise noteu. extra or special divi-
dendS are not included.
a Paid this, year. no regular rate, bor
extra. $Payable in preferred stock. tPlus
tfc in stock payable % quarterly. aPlus
81 in stock payable | q 70 quarterly.
Evening star., 1926-05-08
Record Of Weeks Failures.

Failures this week are fewer in
number than in recent preceding
weeks or than in the correspondents
week of last year. the total for the
United States being 403. compariuS
with 493 defaults last week, 474 the
preceding week and with 424 a yea
ago. A reduction in the number ap
pears for each section this week a.
compared with last weeks. which is
very marked in the South and West
Evening star., 1926-05-08
Commodity Prices Lower.

Although somewhat less pro
nounced than for some time past, the
trend of prices i'm the wholesale COM
modify markets continues toward a
generally lower level. 80 out of the
73 changes that occur this week In
the list of quotations collected by
Dun's Review being declines against
81 advances. In last weeks tabula-
ton there were AZ recessions and "a
increases; in a similar comparison
for the corresponding week q year
ago, SO reductions contrasted with
% advances.
Evening star., 1926-05-08

One modern bulb-makinG n
does the work of 145 glassblowers.
Evening star., 1926-05-08
Bid and Asked Prices.
PUBLIC UTILITY.
MISCELLANEOUS
STOCKS.

D. C. Paper Co. Mfg. Us. 80. "a
Pot. Joint stock Id Blk. 5s.. 1O1 II
Southern Bldg. 6hs s....... 10!a II
Wash. Mkt. Cold Storage 5s. 9j
Evening star., 1926-05-08
GOULD IS LEAVING
MORTGAGE FIRM
Resigns Presidency to Form
Another Similar Concern
in Capital.
BY EDWARD G. STONE.

Ezra Gould. president of the Wash
ingto1. Mechanics Savings Bank, has
resigned his position as president Of
the National Capital Mortgage CO.,
923 Fifteenth street. and II. &. Mad
duX. first vice president, has been
elected to the presidency.
Mr.. Gould has been at the head Of
the company since ii was founded.
more than two years ago, and Is Gl'
ing up his duties to form a similar or
ganiZatiOn. During his service with
the concern it has enjoyed RAPID
growth.
In advancing IA. G.. MadduX to the
presidency there occurred a vacanCy
as executive vice president. and this
has been filed by the election of T.
Howard DuCkett, q we'll known local
business man. Phe officers now are:
II. G. MadduX, president r. Howard
Duckett. executive vice president; T..
Brooke Lee. r. &. Marshall. jr.: G. Is.
Mallory and James 4. Moss. vice
presidents. and +. =. Williams, Secrr-
tary-treasurer.
Mahlon GroO. a retired builder and
real estEte operator. has been added
to the board of directors. the other
members being II. &. Barnes. T. j.
Cowie. j. T. Dickman. Charles +.
Drake. r. Howard Duckett, Harvey
6. Hayes. f. Brooke Lee, II. c. Mad
dux. G.. H. Mallory, X. G. Marshall, jr
ID. RI. Maury. James A. Moss. Cour
land Nixon. s. 5. Ross, James u.
TAYLOR. George T. Unmacht, NJ. w.
Ireland, j. NJ. Wheeler, +. +. Vii
IiaroS
Evening star., 1926-05-08
Reserve Loans Increase.

The Federal Reserve Boards weekly
condition statement of 706 reporting
member banks in leading cities as
/ OF April 2S shows an increase Of
$4,000, 900 in loans and discounts
and a decrease of s3.000.0 .000 in invest
ments. These changes were accom-
panied by increases of $4,000 600
in net demand deposits, S9.000.000 in
time deposits and $5S.O00.000 in Dor
rowings from the Federal Reserve
banks
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-02-18
SHAFER TALKS
TO DELEGATES
ON STATE MILL
Convention Has Large Dele
CATION Than Any Previous
One Of It's Kind
WILL NOT INSTRUCT
Gordon Cox, Lynn Sperry, ].
M. Thompson May BE
Legislative Ticket

Whilc tho RurleiEh county COM
blneG real He3uhlican and !. v. A.
convention. being held at the court
mouse this afternoon. will he very
friendly &c II. a. Ecstoa OF Minot
TOR any other office but that OF
United states senator, IL is Indicate
by the political complexion Of the
delegates present that the sentiment
OF the meeting will he in favor Of
l.. u. Hanna Of Fargo for tho SEN
atorship
The convention In the largest OF
.its kind ever held in Hurleigh conn.
ty. there being 70 delegates present.
while COMMITTEES was checking
over the credentials Of the dele
gates. Mrs. Frank Barnes led in
some community singing and d. r.
owens gave talk on conditions i'm
North Dakota, Iowa. Minnesota anu
South Dakota.
Attorney General George Shafer
addressed the delegates on the no.
litical future of the state, anG
dwelt at length on the state mil,
and elevator and other Nonpartisan
League operations.
II. q. Wanner. secretary Of Boa I'd
OF Administration. was elected chair
man OF the meeting and Gordon Cox
was named secretary. The convention
VIII elect nine delegates from Bur-
leigh county to the real Republican
state meeting and l3 delegates to
the !. Y. \. state meeting, both of
which will be held at Devils Lake
next week.
Talk among the delegates before
tho meeting opened indicates that
BurleiIh county will place legis-
latiVe ticket in the field. and Cor
don Cox. Lynn Sperry and j. NJ.
Thompson are being mentioned as
the most likely candidates
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-02-18
19-YEAR-0LD
GIRL NEWEST
PRIMA DONNA
Capacity House Gives Kansas
City Girl Great Ovation at
Her Debut

New York. Feb. l8.--P) Marian
Talley. once q choir singer in Kansas
City, NO.. today. at 10, stands ac-
claimed Americas newest and young
est prima donna Of the first rank
Last night she swept to brilliant
triumph in her debut at the Metro
pOlitan opera house as 5000 persons
outside stormed the doors and ca
pacity house of more than 1000 gave
her an ovation rivaling those accord
ed Enrico Caruso.
Twenty times the young soprano
was called to the curtain when the
opera was finished. The aria "Caro
Nome," the high spot in her perform.
ance as Gilda IN Verdi's "Rigoletto,'
brought nine calls.
Though New york took The shy
singer to it's heart with enthusiasm
none was happier than Miss Tallcy'.
parents and 200 friends and relatives
who. came from Kansas City to sec
her triumph.
While those within the huge au.
ditofium were hearing her frs,
no otes, mature and full, mounted ljO.
licc were riding, four abreast. along
the sidewalks outside to clear them
of the crowd.
500 Seat Offered
With every available seat sold
days ago, belated would-bc patrons
offered spectators as high as $l0O
a seat. Eight men were arrested as
ticket scalpers.
Across a little corridor from the
stage, Charles NJ. Tallcy, a tclc-
graph, Vpeeetor for the Missouri Pa
cilic cfai3foad and once an operator
for tie Associated Press, licked out
on a,1ife Installed by the Associated
Press that the dreams Of the family
had. come ttue.
Asked IL his daughter had in
herited her voice from him, Mr.. Tai
ley remarked:
II guess it's from heaven"
Has . Great Future
"The American nightingale" was
what Arturo Bodanzky, conductor
called her. He predicted that she
weuld become as popular as Patti.
Newspaper critics were generous
though pointing out some technical
defects which they attribute largely
to inexperience.
Tomorrow night she makes her ra.
dio debut, singing with Martin Eli
Metropolitan tenor, from VIZ and
allied stations at Q p. m.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-02-18
OMAHA DOCTOR
.SHOT'T0 DEATH
Police Think Sniper.manias
Is Responsible Neigh
borhood Terrified

Omaha, Feb. ls.-GP)-Police said
this morning that . sniper-manlac'
who has spread terror in certain
Omaha neighlborhood bordering the
downtown district, shot and killed
DR.. A., D. Searle, Omaha specialist;
last night. DR.. Searle was found
shot to death in his office this morn.
ing.
Police said DR.. Searle had been
shot through the head, the bullet en-.
tering the back. by his ear. 1t ap.
pears, they said. as if he was Just
about to leave the room when shot
Today's discovery has added to the
mystery of the shootings. First one
reported he had been clipped on the
lip by bullet; then William Nc,
Diyftt, . dairyman, was found sno'
through the head last Sunday night
and again Tuesday several persons
reported being shot at. "Wednesday
every available detective here wai
sent out on the case. s.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-02-18
w. C. T. u. Plans
Campaign Against
"Wet' Association

st. Louis, Feb. l8.-tA9-The Wom-
ems Christian Temperance Union is
planning ian aggressive campaixm
against the Association Against the
Prohibition Amendment. Miss Alea
Bole, national president said in an
address last night at the women's
national exposition.
The Association Against Pruhibi-
ton. Mrs. I3olc said, plans to elect
wet congressman in every district
now represented by a dry. and udded
that 1--WE plan c;tizcnship campaign
for election of dry governors, dry
United States senator's. dry congress-
men, dry Legislators and dry jadges
and local officials.
I'VE plan m educatioual eamHnign
to show that America's aeaderab3p of
the world financially = GreoAly en-
HANGED BY the benefits az wrGAibSe
ton even under ialpeFfoek e11erce-
|ment." "a isIs M ss.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-02-18
MEN INDICTED
FOR ATTACKS
ON US. GIRLS
Government Issues Order
Closing Tiajuana to Amer
lean Visitors

San Diego. Feb. lS.--tP)-Four men
have been indicted for the attacking
of Clyde and Audrey Pcteet, Ameri-
can girls. in Tiajuana, and the
American government has issued an
order to further close the border
town to American visitors.
Luis NJ. Amador, proprietor of the
Oakland bar. Zanaido Llanos, former
Tiajuana chief of police, and Francis
co Gonzales, former policeman, were
those indicted yesterday. The first
three are charged with attacking the
girls, while Gonzales was indicted
for concealing the crime. Three 9TH
ers were freed. Trial for the four
men, which will come before fed
eral jury, will not be held for sew
eral days, officials said. Conviction
on the charges would carry maxi
mum sentence of 15 years. The
prosecution will ask for the full pen
alty
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-02-18
SESSI0NS0F
P00LERSA ARE
CONTINUED
SSA' =
Elimination of Competition
Between Producers Will
Be Discussed

St. Paul( Feb. l8.-lR)-Elimina-
tion of competition between produce
ers of the United States and Canada
was advanced for discussion today
before the first international pool
ing conference.
This problem. together with var
ious other subjects before the con-
ference, has resulted in an extension
Of sessions expected to continue most
OF today.
A speech BY D. p. Pavlov Of Mos
COW, Russia trade delegate Of the
Soviet union, was among the import
ant events. on today's schedule. Mr..
Pavlov, who is here with his inter-
prefer, came to the conference from
Montreal, where he maintains offices.
international sales policies and
cooperation, q report by the resolu-
tions committee which has drawn up
q proposal which deals with the SUR.
plus wheat question, and proposal
to hold scmi-annual conferences Of
the nations spoolcrs were to be dis
cussed br disposed Of before nd.
journrhent today.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-02-18
MEDAL SOUGHT
FOR GUARD WHO
SAVED LIVES
Walked Barefoot II Hours
Through SnOwdrifts to
Get Assistance

Biddeford, Maine, Feb. 1S.--R)-
While Joseph Liable, coast guards.
man here, was being urged today by
his fellow townsmen as q deserving
recipient of . Carnegie medal, An
tonic, his brother, was under sen.
tencc to serve two months in Jail
and pay q fine Of 800.
ceedings, in which Antonio figured
named his hero brother as the de-
fendant. This later was corrected.
The feat for which Joseph Liable
is being mentioned in connection
with an award for heroism occurred
at the height Of the great blizzard
last Thursday whsp,. after his boat
the Rhode Island coast, he walked
barefoot IL hours through snow
drifts to bring help. to five compan-
ions.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-02-18
DEATH TOLL is
ESTIMATEDAT
FROM So TO 70
IS Are Known Dead and an
Equal Number Is Missing
buildings Ruined
RESCUE WORK STARTS
Avalanche Dropped 1000
Feet in Its Zigzag Path Of
Over Two Miles
RESCUE WORK STARTS

Bingham, Utah, Feb. f0.-lN-
Thirty-five dead and an equal num-
her missing was the known toll early
today of the avalanche tasak over
whelmed the Highland Boy mining
camp in Sap Gulch, near here, yes
tcrday.
Officials directing the search Of
the scrambled ruins of . score Of
buildings, one . three.story frame
boarding place housing so persons.
believed that in the neighborhoo of
20 lives had been lost.
Frank A. Wardlsw, superintend-
ent of the Utah Delaware Mining
company, which operates the High
land Boy workings, made up list
OF missing, Including only the
owners and lessees of houses de-
stroyed. He was unable to say how
many other persons might have
lived in the cabins. It is known
there were some alien boarders not
employed by the mining company.
Only 18 Identified
Only 18 Of the known dead had
been identified and the II unidenti-
fled bodies may be those Of persons
listed as missing and believed dead
On that basis, with only IS missing
the final death toll would be in The
neighborhood of 53.
The rescue workers, numbering
more than SO, took heart when they
found alive Jimmy Mcdonald and
his wife. owners of the boarding
house, after more than IA hours un.
der the wreckage.
The McDonalds were brought out
late last night 1fter hope had been
abandoned for the buried.
Gibh Campbell. miner. first
heard their faint cries coming througa
the snow and splintered timbcrs
Calling for aid. he dug and chopped
his way to them. Mcdonald. with
a badly injured hip, had burro~ce
his way 4 distancesOf several feet II
(Continued on page y
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-02-18
CORONER JURY
WSB0DY OF
DEAD CONVICT
Bruises and Cuts Discovered
Authorities Await OF.
fetal Report

Tuscumbia, Alabama. Feb. lS.--[P)
Investigation of the death Of lIoote
Taylor, convict, shifted back to Tus-
cumbia today, where authorities
awaited the official report Of the
roroner's jury which viewed his body
when his grave was opened at Town
creek.
In it's report the jury said bruises
and cuts were discovered and al
though the charge that these blows
produced death was avoided, the
findings of the jury are declared to
be in sharp contrast to the official
report filed with the prison board
setting forth that the prisoner died
Of heart trouble.
Charges by j. G. Taylor, his faith
err, that the son was clubbed to
death by two negro TRUSTEES, led to
the investigation. Taylor, who was
80 years old, died last November. lie
was serving 1O-ycar sentence for
second degree murder.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-02-18
TODAY
ARDENT "DRY" TAKE NOTICE.
WONDERFUL SUZANNE.
NO WORDS-NO THOUGHTS.
MRS. POTIPHAR'S DRESS.
BY ARTHUR BRISBANE.

Copyright, 1926, BY The Star Com
If an American wants to travel on
legitimate business in Europe, he
must get a passport, have his photo
graph taken, pay money. endure de-
lay.
But if he wants to get into his car
and drive to the Gin Mills, race
tracks and other dives at Tiajuanna,
he needs no passport.
Heaven only knows why things
have been arranged 50 comfortably
that there is no intsrference with
the dive resort, just across the Cal
ifornia border.
Good prohibitionists can eally in.
tsrsst Secretary Kellogg and Presi-
dent Coolidge in that 0Foposition.
This government can apply to Tia
juana's dives severe passport re-
strictions. Instead OF the frontier
being wide open at that point, re-
strictions should be most severe.
Helen Wills defeat by Suzanne
marvellous French woman, and no
disgrace to the American. Helen
Wills IS a young girl, her strength
only partly developed. suzanne Lcng-
len, the worlds greatest woman play.
er, at her best in physical strength
and will power, could not do better
than 6-3, s-6 against the young
In Suzanne you see the type of
woman to whom France owes her
power and glory. Such women as
Suzanne were mothers Of the French
soldiers who made good their state
ment, "they shall not pass" at YER
dun.
Helen Wills is particularly inter-
csting as q California product. Cali
fornia children grow in strength all
year round. In less favored states
they grow for six months, then stop
growing. waiting for the sun to come
out again.
Moral, bring up your children in
California, and give them a. 100 per
cent chance.
Professor coover, head Of the
Psychology Department at Stanford
University, after 10000 experiments,
announces that telepathy. sending
thought from one brain to another,
without words or writing. is-inpos-
sible. s
TO confirm the abatement, you
don't need ten thousand experiments.
One is enough. Try to think without
using words ia your mind. You< will
find you cannot do II. The emo
tions, hate. fear, can ~ felt, without
words. You can't think without
words. Therefore You. can't trans.
for thought without w0fds. II
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-02-18
N0NPARTISANS
CONFIDENT OF
BEING ELECTED
Campaign Proper to Open
May l5-Mass Melting at
jamestown Tuesday

Confidence that the entire Non
partisan ticket will be successful at
the June primary and November cleo
tion was expressed today by Alfred
S. Dale, Nonpartisan campaign man
ager, following a conference of cam
ddates at which campaign plans were
discussed.
At the conference it was deter
mined to leave preliminary campaign
arrangements in Dale's hands and to
open the campaign proper about May
Is. Several meetings will be held
prior to that time, however, the first
being mass meeting of Stutsman
county Nonpartisans to be held next
Tuesday at Jamestown.
"Thc Nonpartisan League now is
stronger than it has been for many
years." said Dale. 1t is practically y
certain that the entire ticket will be
elected. Overconfidcnce is our worst
enemy.
II believe the people are we'll sat
isfied with the present conduct of
state affairs and will listen to no
chicanery directed at men who have
proved that they have the interests
Of the people ut heart"